Alumni Bulletin, University of Richmond, June 1938

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UNIVERSITY

JUNE

OF RICHMOND

1938


IT WON'T BE LONG NOW as the monkey said -when he stuck hi's ta£! i'n the lawn-mower ...

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it won't be long now before the Spiders will begin their 1938 football season. Ten

tough games, six of them at home, are on the program. To the success of this program the team and the coaches pledge their best efforts. We hope the alumni will like the 1938 edition of the University of Richmond eleven and that your presence at each game and active support will be an inspiration to lead us on to victory. Here's the schedule: Sept. 16-Apprentice Sept. 24-Maryland

School at Newport News. (night) at College Park.

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1-Randolph-Macon

at Richmond.

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at Farmville.

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15-V.M.I.

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22-Roanoke

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at Richmond. at Richmond . and Lee at Richmond.

Citadel at Charleston, S.C.

Nov. 11-V.P.I. Nov. 24-William

at Richmond. and Mary at Richmond.

Meanwhile, if you find any potential All-Americans running around loose lasso 'em. Tell 'em all about the University of Richmond and get their feet pointed in the right direction.

Cordially yours, GLENN

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THISTLETHWAITE

Athletic Director ~ALCOLM

JOHN

U. PITT Backfield Coach

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PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND JOSEPH E. NETTLES,

Volume II

EDITOR · UNIVERSITY

OF RICHMOND,

VIRGINIA

Number 4

JUNE, 1938

Alumni Day Draws Record Crowd Best ever, both from the standpoint of attendance and enthusiasm, Alumni Day exercises brought back to the campus a crowd of 2,000 persons (including many non-alumni who came out to watch the athletic events) . Although the exercises reached their climax with the presentation to the University of a portrait of Dr. R. E. Loving, professor of physics for thirty years, and an excellent address by Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. , '1 7, representative in Congress from the Third Virginia District, the largest crowd turned out to witness the afternoon baseball game between alumni and varsity teams. Bucky Jacobs, '37, leading Piedmont League hurler who has won nine out of ten starts for the Charlotte Club, pitched magnificently for two innings but after he left the mound the varsity staged an uprising that gave them the game by a 7-2 score. A Sharing mound duty with Bucky was Winston Browne, '30. •Tom Morris, '35; and "Doc" Richardson, '27. The starting infield was composed of Doug Gunter, '30; "Cotton" Landrum, '31; "Pinky" Mann, '30, and Fred Cook, '25. In the outfield were "Speedy" Vial, '32; Neely Godsey, '37, and Ed Schaaf, '37. Preceding the baseball game, hundreds of alumni and many townsfolk witnessed the colorful water carnival in which were entered best swimmers on the campus and the outstanding "bathing beauties" of Westhampton. Phi Gamma Delta repeated its victory of the previous year to keep possession of the handsome Boatwright Trophy. At the annual luncheon given by the University in honor of alumni and members of the graduating class, J. Vaughan Gary, '12, was the principal speaker. It was his pleasure to present to Ralph Patterson Moore of Richmond, '38, the Alumni Council Medal which is awarded annually to the outstanding member of the graduating class. Vaughan praised the two previous winners of the medal, William J. Fallis, '36, who next year will complete his training at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, and Alfred J. Dickinson, Jr. , '3 7, of Mobile, Alabama, a graduate student at Harvard Business School. Bill is serving as assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church at Roanoke this summer and Al is working with a Richmond business house. A Dickinson, _after making a splendid student government presiW, dent at Richmond College, was chosen president of the

Harvard Business School and also won the tennis championship of the school. W. B. F. Cole, '12, reelected president of the General Society of Alumni, presided at both the luncheon and the annual dinner. At this dinner was announced the election of officers of the Alumni Society and the reelection of Thomas W . Ozlin, '09, as president of the Alumni Council and the election of other council members. Robert M . Stone, '30, presented his report as treasurer of the Alumni Council, a report which showed a total income of $6,567.35. (The detailed report is printed on page 11 of THE BULLETIN.) Joseph E. Nettles, '30, alumni secretary, gave a report of the activities of the Alumni Office during the year, including the quarterly publication of THE ALUMNI BULLETIN, the sending of 35,000 pieces of mail to alumni, the addition of a class file to supplement the alph abetical and geographical card files, and the preparation of 1,000 articles which were published in newspapers from coast to coast. He also reported active efforts to secure a motion picture camera and preclICted that a University of Richmond motion picture would be available for showing before the end of another year.

No Cooperation If Bllcky Jambs , '37, had received a little "cooperatio1," from a couple of good University of Ri ch111011dalumni !he other day he would have pitched the fo11rth no-hit game of his brilliant career. As it was Bucky allowed only two hits in pitching the Charlotte Hornets of the Piedmo11/ L eag11elo a 4 to 1 victory over Rocky Mount . The two Rocky Mount hits were collected by : George Lacy, '36, catcher and c!eanttp batter, who hit a home rttn, and Taylor Sanford , '29, frst baseman who hit a do11ble. It was the ninth victory in ten starts for B11cky who ts leading the Piedmo nt League. Among the int erested "s pectalors" at !he game was one Clark Griffith , owner of the Washington c/11bin the American Leag!le who may be calling B11cky back almost any time now to help the Senators in their bid for a pen nan/.

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Sweet and Honorable "It is sweet and honorable to live in the memory of one's friends and in their affections." Thus spoke Dr. R. E. Loving, '96, for thirty years professor of physics at the University, in responding in a few words to the eulogies which accompanied the presentation of his portrait to the Un iversity at the Alumni Day dinner. "D ulce et decorum est pro patria mori," said Vir gil. But whether "it is sweet and honorab le to die for one's country" becomes more and more a debatable question. That "it is sweet and honorable to live in the memory of one's friends and in their affections" is undeniably true. Who was the more touched-Dr. Loving or the scores of friends around him who had come to pay him honor - it would be difficult to say. For those who were present the moment when the portrait was unveiled was a moment which will not soon be forgotten. He who had worked for the joy of the working, spurning offers of more money from larger institutions in order that he might remain with his alma mater , received at last the reward he prized above all others, the esteem and affection of his students. One of Dr. Loving 's most distinguished students, Dr. C. H . Will is, '14, professor of electrical eng ineering at Princeton University, spoke for all of Dr. Loving's students in the brief presentation address. Elsewhere in THE BULLETINare printed Dr. Willis' remarks which were characterize d by the same "gentle humor" which he admired in the subject of his eulogy and by the evident sincere devotion of one who had been priv ileged to be both a stud ent and an associate of Dr. Loving. Masterfu l but restrained, the bri ef address deeply moved all who heard it. But it remai ned for Dr. Loving to put in words the thought which was uppermost in the minds of all. It is indeed "sweet and honorable to live in the memory of one's friends and in their affections."

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Athletes Plus When the Alumni Counci l announced a year ago that its fellowships would not be mere athletic fellowships, it meant just that and now , after the plan has been in effect for one year, the Council can proudly point to the record of Fellowship recipients . The public print recently carried the anno uncemen t of this year's fellowship winners , Gordon ReMine of Richmond and Vincent W. Collins of Appomattox. The Counci l h as every reason to believe that these young men will measure up to the high standards set by the first three fellowship winners. When the fellowships were estab lished last year the first awards were made to Robert Keil of Oak Park, Illin ois, Arthur Jones of Suffolk, and Richard Cash of Bristol. Kei l not only proved himself an ath lete by placing first in every high hurdle race during his freshman year but also won

recognition on the dean 's list of distinguished students. Furthermore, all three of the Fellowship winners passed more than the minimum academic requirements during their first year and all will be eligible for athletic competition this fall. Arthur Jones gives promise of being an outstanding football star as a triple threat back and he can play basketball and run track also . Dick Cash , a first class end on the football team , played center on the yearling basketball team . As for this year's recipients, Collins ranked fifth academically in a high school graduating class of fifty-two, was presi- a. dent of student government and athletically was a line-pound - W ing fullback and a catcher on the baseball team . ReMine who was graduated from Thomas Jefferson high school with a grade of 86, was president of the sophomore and junior classes and was a member of the student senate for three years. In track he ran all the sprints from the 100 to 440 and participated in the broad jump and high jump. In football he is a triple threat back. These youngsters should make good athletes . True. But above all they should make good students, good men , and good alumni.

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A Memorial to Professor Harker That was an eminently fitting tribute to the creative genius of Professor Frederick Flaxington Harker when on a springtime Sunday afternoon a group of his colleagues in the faculty presented a memorial collection of his published music to the University. For while we knew Mr. Harker as a beloved professor in Westhampton College for twenty years and his work, first at Biltmore and then for eighteen years at St. Paul's in Richmond , won him recognition as an organist and choir director of the first rank, his widest reputation came from the compositions which are an enduring contribution to music. The collection is in two sets, each of four handsomely bound volumes, one for the University Library and one for the Music Department of Westhampton College, where future generations of music lovers may know and enjoy these products of his rare gifts. Professor Harker was born in 1876 in Aberdeen , Scotland , of English parents. His musical education was begun in childhood , as he gave early evidence of unusual ability. At seventeen he was organist and choirmaster in Aberdeen. After a period as assistant organist in York Minster, he was invited in 1901 to come to America as organist and director at Biltmore, North Carolina. There are one hundred and sixteen compositions in the collection. Their publication dates from the second year of his residence in this country down to 1936, the year of his death. The first volume contains the songs- his first publication was a song, "A Rose Jar," dedicated to Mrs . Harker. The second ha s his compositions for the organ and piano. General anthems are in a third and the fourth includes Christmas and Easter anthems and services. In the introduction to the collection Mrs. Ward says, "Even a cursory inspection of this music gives a remarkable insight into the personality of the composer. He has chosen for his texts, both in sacred and secular compositions , those conveying the joy, triumph and happiness inherent in the certainties of !if e. In the music, as in the words , there is a joyous freshness , a soaring melodic beauty , a triumphant rhythm, coupled with dignity of style and rever- Ai ence of spirit." 9"

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1-W . B. F. Cole; 2-John Archer Carter; 3- Rev. J. Mauric e Trimmer; 4- Virgil H. Goode ; 5- Douglas Gunter; 6- Graham A. Carlton; 7- J. Claud ius Kidd; 8- J . Vaughan Gary; 9-Dr. Julian L. Rawls ; 10- A. Willis Robertson ; 11- Morgan L. Comb s. The alumni have spoken in no uncertain way, reelecting as pr esident of the Alumni Society none oth er than the genial W. B. F. "Billy" Cole, ' 12, of Fredericksburg. For vice presidents th ey chose John Ar cher "Nick " Carter , '16, of New York ; the Rev. J. Mauri ce " H ank " Trimmer, '27, of Salem, and Virgil H. Good e, '27, of Rocky Mount. Dougl as Gunter , '3 0, of Richmond , was elected secretary-t reasurer, and Graham A . "Legs" Carlton, '23, and J. Claudius Kidd, ' 18, both of Richmond , were elevated to the executive committe e. J. Vaugh an Gary , ·12, was reelected to the Athletic Council of which he has been a member since his und ergraduate days. Nom inated for the board 's consideration for election to th e board of trustees were Dr. Julian L. Rawls, '01, of Norfolk ; A . Willis Robertson, '07, of Lexington, and Morgan L. Combs , '17, of Freder icksbur g.

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Fullback,Additional GuardsChiefNeeds as Spiders Face FallCampaign This is the season of the year when John Alumnus wants to know "what kind of a football team are we going to have next fall ?" The guestions have been bundled up and referred to Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite who tells a pitiful story about the lack of g uards but to the critical observer there seems to be a lot of optimism seeping out around the edges. After thirty years in the profession, however, Coach Glenn has learned that June hopes ofttimes are blighted by the first cruel frosts of autumn and conseguently he's just sawing wood and making no predictions. As far as the backfield is concerned , Coach Thistlethwaite is somewhat like the old woman who lived in a shoe- he has so many chillun he doesn 't know what to do. Or doesn 't he? A usually well-informed source ( as newspaper dispatches from Washin gton so charmingly express it) says that some of the backs will be guards before the season's over and that some of the surplus ends will be pulled in toward the center of the line where the battle always rages and it's "root hog or die. " The "three musketeers " of last season- Tom Davenport of W est Haven , Connecticut and two Richmonders, Forrest N orvell and Bill Via- will have to bear the brunt of the battle next fall since last year's freshman team produced very little from the standpoint of guard material. All hands agree that ther e is no better guard in the state than Norvell, and Davenport and Via are a couple of good ones but they'll need some help if they are to hold up their part of the line during the gru ellin g ten-g ame schedule. John Moore of Onancock showed some promise in spring pra ctice and will be invited to participate in the early practice this fall and a couple of last year's letter-winning ends, Jack Powers of South Norfolk and Enders Dickinson of Richmond , probably will be given a try-out at the guards . There's a possibility th at they 'll be joined by Bob Keil of Oak Park , Illin ois, sturdy-legged sophomore , and several other backs. Althou gh bolstering the guards seems to be the only serious problem in the line , Coach Thistlethwaite and his aides face two problems in grooming a successor to quarterback Len Kielpinski of Milwaukee who has graduated and fullback Clyde Pendleton who has withdrawn from school. Bruce Van Buskirk of Bronxville, a husky sophomore who was giving the great Kielpinski a run for his money before a leg injury felled him in the Washington and Lee game , is as strong as ever aga in and probably will get first call at the signal callin g job. He is a superb blocker. Jay Corbett of Hot Sprin gs, another husky fellow , and the courageous half-pint, Leon Al exander of Petersbur g, are other leading candidates for th e gu arterback position . De velopin g a fullba ck may be Coach Thistlethwaite's toughest problem. Bill Fitzhugh , a great prospect who came from Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond as a tackle, shift ed to guard and ended the freshman season as a ball

carrier, is determined to win the position in a three-cornered fight with Clyde Francisco of Danville, Pendleton's understudy last year, and the veteran George Spears of South Boston who probably will be shifted from hi s usual halfback position. From the freshman ranks will come two of the best ball carriers the yearlings have furnished in many a day. They are Arthur Jones of Suffolk and Ned Butcher of Richmond and both of them are red hot candidates for a first string position. Both can run, kick and pass and each should cause the enemy considerable consternation this fall. Buddy Lawless , of Richmond , a grand competitor who almost reached the heights last year, shou ld end his gridiron career in a blaze of glory and great things are expected of Stuart Hoskins, the Fredericksburg flash. Another letter winner , Jack Kennedy of Pittsburgh, and Bill Robinson of Hampton , hero of last season's victory over Hampden-Sydney, will be ready for service. Two Washington sophomores, Carl Sachs and Ludwig Kroutil, probably wi ll be heard from also. The Spiders have ends aplenty, including two all-Staters, A. B. Marchant of Urbanna who won his laurels last season and Jack Sanford of Luray who was selected the previous year while only a sophomore. Jack was out of action last season with a leg injury but is fit as a fiddle again. Other ends are Bill Burge of Martinsville, Powers , Dickinson , and John Wright of Lynchburg among the veterans and three first class sophomores , Dick Cash of Bristol, Dick Humbert of Suffolk, and Starke Jones of Fredericksburg. Although they'll miss Captain Chuck Siddall, the Spiders should be well-fortified at tackle with three lettermen and three sophomores. Ed Sinar , the lanky Clifton Forge fellow who is a first class punter as well as an able lineman; and Bill Morrison of Pittsburgh will be joined by Ames Harrington of Milwaukee who couldn 't be used last fall because of scholastic difficulties. They'll have to keep jumping, however , to beat off the challenge of a trio of determined sophomores who won their spurs on the yearling team. Particularly outstanding is Andy Fronczek of Chicago, a vicious charger who specializes in blocking punts. Harold Mc Vay of Norfolk was outstanding also and Bill Terry of Chatham , another big fellow who hits the scales at about 215 pounds, will be ready for service. The Spiders shou ld get some help too from Tom Hall, the Rupert , West Virginia behemoth who weighs all of 235 pounds. As for the center position, there's no worry there. Ed Merrick of Pottsville , Pennsylvania who won all-state second team honors as a sophomore last season is on hand and he 'll have to play like an all-Stater to beat off the challenge of Bill " Moose " Faris, a grand competitor from Miller School. Sophomore candidates are George Shackelford of Hampton , Charlie Miller of Kearneysville , West Virginia , and Charles ~ Catlett of Carington .

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Congratulations from colleagues and friends are being his efforts to teaching and to the cause of education . He heaped upon Hugh Godwin Noffsinger, '98, for twenty-five taught at Windsor Academy 1899-1904; was principal of Franklin (Va .) Academy, 1904-1907; and was president of years president of Virginia Intermont College at Bristol. It was appropriate that the speaker at the special program Southside Institute, a Baptist preparatory school for girls on May 19th, honoring Dr. Noffsinger's quarter of a century at Chase City, (Va.) from 1907 to 1912. He came to Virginia Intermont as vice president under Dr. of service, should be another old hand at the business of college president, Dr. F. W. Boatwright, '88, for forty-three J. T. Henderson in 1912 and was made president in 1913 years president of the University of Richmond and the nation 's when Dr. Henderson became the Brotherhood Secretary of Southern Baptists. oldest college president in point of service. Dr . Noffsinger's selection "was a fortunate choice," PresiA crowd which filled to capacity the college auditorium dent Boatwright said, "for under his Dr. praise Boatwright heard President administration the school has far surNoffsinger' s fine qualities as a man and passed all its previous records in mahis great ability as an educator. To him terial progress, in enrollment of stumore than any other man in the long dents, in breadth of curriculum and in history of the school which was founded influence in the world of education." in 1884 should go the praise for making When Dr. Noffsinger began his duties as Virginia Intermont "what it is today," president there were 165 students enDr. Boatwright said. \ rolled and there was a small debt of The speaker paused to pay tribute to about $7,000 . For the past year 405 Dr. Noffsinger's "fa ithful helpmeet ," were enrolled from thirty states and (Civilla Brock of Smithfield, Virginia three foreign countries. Assets now total who was married to Dr. Noffsinger in well over a million dollars. 1901) and to his "a ble son [H. G. Noff) Or as Dr. Boatwright expressed it: singer, Jr., '28, business manager] who "Under the leadership of President has come in recent years to share the Noffsinger Intermont was one of the burdens of the administration." first junior colleges admitted to memPointing out that "the average term bership in the Southern Association of of service for a college president in Colleges and Secondary Schools. PresiA America is five years," President Boatdent Noffsinger has been an outstanding wright quickly added that "if a presi• leader in the American Association of dent, as is rarely the case, proves sucColleges and in 1929 was presiJunior cessful for a period of twenty-five years, H. G. NOFFSINGER dent of this national organization. His then he usually goes on for fifteen years more." He cited President Eliot of Harvard as an example success as an administrator, as upholder of good educational and said forty years as president "has come to be the goal at standards and his organizing ability have brought to him, which college presidents aim. I trust," he said, "that nothing and consequently to Virginia Intermont, wide recognition and less will satisfy President Noffsinger and his board of praise in the world of education. He has been more than an educator, for he has also taken a prominent part in civic trustees." Another alumnus of the University of Richmond appeared and church affairs." He told his Bristol audience that "we shall need President on the program, Dr. J. Emerson Hicks , '99, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bristol and a member of the college's Noffsinger for many years yet to continue his work of making Intermont strong, a beacon of light and learning, a bulwark board of trustees. An impressive part of the exercises was the presentation to of freedom and free democracy such as our fathers sought to establish at the cost of much treasure and blood." the college of an oil portrait of Dr. Noffsinger. His Alma Mater honored President Noffsinger last year The celebration of Dr. Noffsinger's silver anniversary afforded a timely occasion for a review of his contributions to with the degree of doctor of letters-the first one ever awardpublic life, and particularly to the college and the cause of ed by the University of Richmond . education in Virginia. Born in Botetourt County , Dr. Noffsinger attended the old C. Earle Hoshall, '26, is head of the history department at Allegheny Institute at Roanoke befor e he matriculated at the University of Richmond the year before Dr. Boatwright be- Rid gewood High School, Ridgewood, N. J.,and also serves as coach of soccer and tennis. He has done graduate work at came president. 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''OURDOCTORLOVING'' PRAISED AT ALUMNI DINNER (For the benefit of the thousands of Alumni who were not present to hear the beautiful tribute paid Dr. Loving by C. H. Willis, '14, in presenting the Loving portrait to the University , his address is printed in THE BULLETIN.) With much interest, I have observed in recent years that the wor ld is grow ing younger. A few years ago our generation was composed large ly of my seniors. Today a majority of those present are younger. When first I came to Richmond , the facu lty seemed venerab le and austere men. Now th at the wor ld has grown younger, I count amo ng my most beloved friends many of these same faculty members whom I regarded so fearfu lly a short while ago. This has been a delightful change . Another symptom of advanc ing age is my increasin g int erest in the events of years almost forgotten. Sometimes l h ave suspected that it was not so much my audience as myself that was thr illed by the se sto ries of the past, but certainly nothin g could be more appropriate for this occasion than a few reminiscences from stud ent days and associat ion with Dr. Loving. If I give to these reminiscences a personal touch , you will pardon my indulgence because so many students and friends of Dr. Loving treasure similar memo ries. If , viewin g these departed days in the dim light of recollection , I seem to see them in a sun set g low of romance and adve nture , remember that so also do many hundreds of our fellow students. A ll but the youngest here have surely heard the story of the freshman who, seeing his tra in depart from the old Elba station on Broad Street without unl oading his trunk, chased it vain ly down .Monroe Street and ret urned to observe that he couldn't catch it but that he did chase it in a hole. This was a mythical lad I can assure you and not myself, because I arrived at the .Main Street Statio n. In other respects we had much m common. This story has fa iled of its purpose if it has not called to mind the picture of a coun try boy, awkward and un couth , naive and simp le, a lum p of clay fresh from the hill s. Clay for the hands of a skilful potter, clay to be moulded on the wheel of study, to be adorned with the pattern of knowledge, to be fired with purpose and determination . Of such there has been a continuing procession through the halls of Richmond . For many of you the old Science Hall on Franklin Street can be but a legend . For others it is a vivid memory. H ere the sciences were stratified , chemistry on the first floor, physics on lhe second, math and biology on the third. This building was erected before it was known that the odors of chemistry would rise . Those on the upper floors were never in doubt if the chemists were making hydrogen sulfid e. The buildings, the apparatus, and the student body with a dozen charming coeds were only a toke n of what the futur e

held in store. As students we never dreamed of fields so spacious, of halls so luxurious, or of a student body so promising and so numerous as adorn the new campus and the new Richmond. It was only a few hours after my arrival in Richmond that I met Dr. Loving. He was, with other members of the faculty , sitting in the president's office to matriculate new students. It was only a few minutes later that I learned that Dr. Loving was from Fluvanna . Soon I knew of his interest in the "K ingdom " otherwise known as Orange. .My first meeting with Dr. Loving , resulted in a struggle, one sided though it was . (I was insisting that the courses in physics should be taken in reverse order.) Through all the years of my association with Dr. Loving , as student, as assistant, and as colleague, these intellectual duals never failed to stimulate and to instruct. With homely metaphor he would parry a thrust, with gentle humor he would anoint the wounds of his adversary. As a student I feared his logic, as an assistant I respected his judgment , as a co-worker I admired his character, as a guest in his home I came to love and honor Dr. Loving and his "Lady ." Dr. Boatwright , on behalf of his many students and friends it is a great pleasure to present to the University of Ri chmon d, this portrait of Dr. Loving. By this token we wish to show our • gra titude for an inspirin g teacher, a teacher who is also a sympathetic friend, a friend who loves and advises as only a student of human nature may, a student who comprehends with the understanding of a philosopher, "Our Doctor Loving."-C. H. WILLIS, '14.

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On Monday, June 6, at 10 a.m . registration started in the Alumnae Office and at 10:00 p.m. that night when the book was closed ninety -one alumnae names had been recorded. Many others visited the campus but failed to register. At 11 :00 a.m. a new alumnae feature was inaugurated into the regular commencement program. Two of our outstanding alumnae, May Thompson Evans , '21, Assistant Dir ector of the Women 's Division of the D emocratic National Committee, and Evelyn Boatwright Lynch, '25 (our own President' s daughter) , who is a fashion wr iter in New York City, spoke at an open meeting of the Alumnae Association. Mrs. Lynch was introduc ed by Miss Isabel Harris. The history of fashion, the inside workings of how style and fashion is created, and some most interesting experiences of her own life were told by Mrs. Lynch. Mrs. Evans, who was introduced by Miss Lough , spoke of her work and advantages that were open to women to study government and politics today. At the conclusion of this meeting Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. Evans were entertained for lun ch in the gazebo of the new formal English garden. At the same time the '28 lun cheon was held in the students' study and a numb er of alumnae luncheon parties were held 111the tea room. Immediately following the meeting of the government board at 5: 30 p.m. the regular business meeting of the Alumnae Association took place in the reception room . Besides the president's annual report and the report of the executive secretary there were reports given by the various committee chairmen. The nominations for the members-at-large of the association submitted by Madge Pollard Pennell, '26, chairman of the nominating committee, were: Elizabeth Tompkins, '19, Lila Crenshaw, '26, and Dr. Louise Fry Galvin, '26. These were unanimously elected at this time. It was voted by those present to turn $700.00 of the book shop surplus over to the building fund and to have this sum invested under the guida nce of .Mr. Tabb . At the Alumnae-Senior Banquet there were approximately 150 present. After greet ings had been expressed by Dr . Boatwright he announced that for next year there would be another alumna, Grace Landrum Watkins '30, as a member of the faculty in the de'. partm ent of socio logy. After a few words of welcome from Miss Keller and from Mrs. Frank Epps, President of the Woman's College Alur1;nae, Miss Woodfin spoke briefly about the 28 reunion. Margaret L. Watkins

then introduced and recognized several of the distinguished alumnae who were present. In conclusion Mrs. Leslie Sessoms Booker '22, National Alumnae President, made ~ speech of welcome to the sen iors the class of '38 and cert ificates of membership into the alllmnae assooat10n were presented to them. The report of the execut ive secretary showed a balance on hand of $201.00. The secretary reported that 4,550 pieces of printed matter have gone 0llt of her office since Septem ber and that since January three new and corrected sets of class lists have been mad e and a geographic non-graduate file had been completed. Special attention has been given to undergraduate cult_ivation, the secretary reported , and at a speoa l chapel in April Mrs. Book er and Mrs. John Tyree, as a repr esentativ e of the Richmond Club, addresse d the students. There also was held a spec ial meeting of the semor class at which the alumnae association was presented and explained. Special emp hasis has been placed, Miss Watkms said, on the establ ishm ent of the Alumnae Fund, new local club organizations, and the Westhampton College tea room. _The Westhampton College book shop committee of which Mary Denmead Ruffin, '18, is chairma n reported a gross profit of $2,131.99 and expenditures of $ 1,365 .12, leaving a net profit of $766.87. Deducting the one-fourth o_fnet profit which is the manager's commission, there remained a net to alumna e of $575 .15. Margaret Harlan Hilton, '26, reportin g for the Richmond Club of the association spoke of the sightse eing tour in October fo; delegates visiting the college for the national student government convention, the Christmas party in December for children of alumnae_ and. facul_ty, a card party in February in conJunct10n with the Woman's College Alumnae, a tea for the vis iting high school students during hospitality week, and a historical tour of Richmond which was conducted by Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman. Mrs. Hilton reported that approximately 160 persons went on the tour. "Bes ides being a financial success," she reported that the tour was "an occasion of dignity and charm." Miss Isabel Harris, chairman of the Alumnae Loan Fund Committee, reported loans to students of $430.00 and a loan of $250 .00 to the tea room. The balance on June 6th was $155.00 with $294 .50 outstand ing in unpaid loans.

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,__ 19_2_8_Yl_eun_w._ The reunion of the class of 1928 was a great success and one of the finest alumnae gatherings ever to be seen on the campus. At 5:30 p.m . on Saturday, June 4th, the reunion was_officially opened by the lak e with a picnic. Besides the '28'e rs all the faculty and staff of Westhampton who were here in 1924-1928 were invit ed and a large number were present. Songs, speeches , and jokes formed an interesting program. Among the invited guests present were Dean Grace W. Landrum, of_William and Mary, Miss Mary Scott, Miss Withers, Miss Harris , Miss Lough and Miss Woodfin, Miss Crenshaw, Mrs. Grove, and Miss Turnbull. On Sunday afternoon a large numb er of th ~ class were present for the tea given by MJSS Woodfin in the Social Center Building. The class colors of '28, blue and white, were most effectively carried out in the color scheme of the party . Many of the class members who were unabl_e to attend the picnic were present at this tune . The closing event of the 1928 celebration was the lun cheon on Monday in the tea room. Two particularly de!ightful numbers on the program were the 28 movie made and shown by Emerald Bn_stow and the poem by Mildren Anderson Williams. The movie was a pictorial history of the class hand-painted on a roll of paper so attached to a large wooden fram e that it could be run through a picture-like frame. A number of the class were pres ent for the A_lumnae-Semor _banqL1et on Monday mght 111 the gym. This was the concluding feature of Alumnae Day. Mrs. Louise Massey ~mp, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris Jones, Mrs. Bennett e Greenbaum Kohn, and Mrs. Virginia McMurtry Lyon are especia lly to be congratulated on the fine work they did as members of the reunion committee The members of the ci"ass of 1928 who were registered at the reunion were as follows: Frances Anderson Stallard Richmond· Hazel Anderson Carpenter, Ly~chburg; Mil: dred Anderson Williams, Richmond; Emer Thelma Louis e ald Bmtow , Richmond; Cheatham, Richmond; Sarah Cudd Gaskins Coraopolis, Pa.; Henriette Greenbaum Kohn ' Richmond; Kathleen Hagood, Richmond'. Elizab eth Hams Jones , Richmond; Lydia Hatfield Chappell, New York City; Cecelia Hunt Wn~ht, Washington, D. C.; Mary _m_ond; Louise Massey Cr isp, Jenkms, R_1ch Suffolk; V1rg111iaPleasant Rob ertson Chester; Ethel Pond Brinkley, Riverview;' Dorothy Seay Brumbaugh , New York City ; Cynthia Stephenson, Richmond , and Betty Win ston, Richmond. f

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During the Southern Baptist Convention we were able to welcome many alumnae back to the campus. Among them were Margaret Chapin Perry, '28, from Greenville , Alabama ; Eva Sanders , '24, from Lagos, Niegeria, West Africa; Saxon Rowe Carver, of New York City , '27, and Mrs. Zola Hubbard Leek, '22. f

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kins, Thornburg , Pa . ; Louise Massey Crisp, Suffolk; Virginia C. Willis, Hyattsville , Md.; Ethel Pond Brinkley, Suffolk; Mary Payne Copenhaver, Chilhowie , Gertrude Lewis and Nooks MilJer of Culpeper; Catherine Geoghan, New Rochelle , N. Y.; Katherine Tyler Ellett and Aon Kincanon of Roanoke; Bobby Brock of Appalachia; Virginia Peers, Charlottesville; Katherine Essex Clark, Winchester; and Panny Frazer of Charles Town, W. Va.

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Trackmen Win High-lights of a successful track season were victories over William and Mary , 67 to 59, and V.M.I. 63½ to 621/z. The Spiders lost only to Washington and Lee's strong Generals who triumphed , 85 to 41. Randolph-Macon fell before the wellbalanced Richmond team in the opening meet and the following week end North Carolina State took it on the chin, 82 to 43. In addition to closing the season with a record of four victories in five dual meets, Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite' s thinclads made creditable showings in state and conference meets. Frank Alvis, gallant little captain and ace hurdler , led the Spider scoring and other consistent performers were Bill Morrison of Pittsburgh, captain-elect, in the shot and discus; Jack Sanford, weights; Dick Stoneburner, Richmond, pole vault; Ed Sioar and Ed Bragg in the javelin . The not-so-lowly freshmen, however, stole the show by coming within a gnat's whisker of winning the state meet. Bob Keil, star high hurdler who woo first place in all of his dual meets, beat the flock to the tape in the state tournament but was disqualified because he knocked down three of the old-fashioned hurdles. As a result , Virginia's Cavaliers woo the meet by the scant margin of two points. Outstanding member of the freshman squad and the OLJtstaodiog freshman in the state was Bill Brauer, groomed by Cleve Kero at McGLJire's School and brought along fast by Coach Thistlethwaite. All Brauer did in the state meet was to win three first places in the 440, high jump and low hurdles 1 Harold McVay, the husky fellow from Norfolk, woo first place in the shot in every meet and was th e winner w ith the discus in all meets except one which was won by his teammate, Bill Fitzhugh of Richmond .

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The baseball bubble finally burst and the University of Richmond Spiders , after winning four consecutive state championships, bowed out of the picture during the pa st season. The Spiders lost to William and Mary and the great "Rosy " Waugh, 6 to 0, and the Indians woo the state championship with an outstanding baseball team. Beset by injuries and short of pitch ers, the Spiders were off to a slow start and lost five consecutive games before outpointing Cornell 9 to 3. They won 7 of their last 13 games, however , including a 10 to 2 victory over North Carolina and a 5 to O shutout over

V.M.I Keeping up his "policy" of developing one great pitcher a year, Coach Mac Pitt brought the sophomore, Porter VaLJghao, a left-hander from Stevensville to top form. He scored victories over North Carolina and V.M.I. but was bested by Waugh in the final game of the season. Although they lost 10 and woo only 8 games during the season, the Spiders had a 5-5 record in state competition. Pete Jacobs, captain and star third bas eman who was out of the game all season with a head injLJry, will return for his M.A. degree next year and will add strength to the team. The Spiders also can look forward to the graduation of several of the freshman stars to the varsity ranks. Outstanding member of the team , Jack Sanford, Luray giant, will captain the Spiders next season. Jack hit at a terrific .442 clip and led the Southern Conference battling parade during most of the season. Dr. Charles M. Caravati, was chosen first vice-president mond Academy of Medicin e. time Dr. R. Angus Nichols, elected recording secretary. f

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New York The Annual Alumni Banquet of the New York City Chapters of Westhampton College and Richmond College was held on Tuesday evening, May 17th , at the Town Hall Club, New York City. Dr. Boatwright was the guest speake_r [or the occasion and it is the unanimous op101on of all who were present that the "good doctor" was never in better form. His talk was a rea l inspiration and tonic to all tho sc_present and we wish to express to Dr. Boatwngbt our sincere appreciation for his in_terest i_n our chapter and for his kindness 111commg to New York to speak to us. Mr. Morris Sayre, '06 was toastmaster at the dinner and handled the job with his usual finesse . Many alumni were present who had not attended any of our functions for several years, am ong whom were Fr ed Toy , ' 14; _Dr. H enry E. Garr ett, '15 ; Sydney E. Henmg , ' 11 ; Rev. Cecil Earle Kite , '26, and Paul Bartlett McD aniel, '23 . Mr. H ening is now associated _with the Youn er M en's Christian Assoc1at1011, 347 Madi:on Avenue, New York City, having been transferred here about a year ago from Pittsburgh wh ere he was locate d for many . . years . Harry Hill , '28, retired as president of our Alumni A ssociation under the system established about a year ago and William J. Moll , '13, who was vice president the p_ast term, succeeds Mr. Hill as the new president for the ensu ing term. Charles W. Buford , ' l 5, becomes the new secretary and Victor H. Cha ltain, 34, assistant secretary . Harry Hill , as is well known , has been a d iligent worker for a number of years and has contr ibuted larg ely toward keeping alive th e interest of our alumni in the college. Chandler B. Snead , Class of 1906 , had as his guest to our dinner, Dr. Powhatan James , '03. Dr. James is pastor of the First Baptist Chur ch of Tuscaloo sa, Alabam a He spoke for a few minutes , inform ally, giving int er est ing side lig ht s of his years, both during and since attending college . W e we re glad to hav e him present and thank Mr. Snead for hav111g brought him along. f

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as head of the dramatics department of Hol lins College. Her commencement play this year was ' 'The Romantics ," a satirical come dy by Edmond Rostand . William Fallis, '36, is again serv ing as assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church during the vacat ion months. "B ill': has one more year in the Seminary at Louisville. Dr. Blanton P. Seward, ' 18, recently married Miss Edna Gibbons of this city. The wedding brought_ about the impossible- aa. union of the U111vers1ty of Richmond andW I the Colleoe of William and Mary. Mrs. Seward is ~n alumna of the Williamsburg school. Hon. Willis Robertson , '07, of Lex ington was in Salem recently attending a birthday celebration for his mother, Mrs. F. P. Robertson , who on April 12th attained the ripe age of four score years. Dr. Eugene Luck, '04, has a daughter, Anne, who graduates this year from Sweet Briar college . John Glasgow, '25 , has become an outstanding local churchman. He is teach_er of a boys' class in the Sunday School, and rs leading the Junior Brotherhood which was recently organized at Virginia H eights Baptist Church. Rex Brugh, Jr., '36, graduates this spring from th e Harvard Business School. Miss Elizabeth Sutherland, '26, of North Garden, near Charlottesville, is a W esthampton alumna who has been a popu lar member of the faculty of Andrew Lewis H igh School, Salem, this year. Ministerial Notes: Rev. John Coburn , ' 16, is president of the Roanoke Baptist Ministers' Conference this year. Dr. John Kincl1eloe, Jr. , '2 8, of Emporia, and Rev. J.M. Trimmer , '27 of Salem negotiated an exchangeA agreement this spring, each assisting the otherW in a week of special services in their respective churc h es. Rev . Howard Arthur, ' 26, is helping Rev . Sam Stone, '32, in special services at the Cave Spring Church in June. (Vital Statistics: Rev. and Mrs. Stone are receivin g congratulations on the arrival of a daughter.) Dr. George Dewey Stevens , ' 22, preach ed th e commencement sermo n at William Byrd High School of Vinton. Rev. Roy Orrell , '23, has taken a prominent part in the organizat ion of the local Optimist Club. Rev. J. E. Davis , '25, won an important case in the local Hustings Court when his church had to resor t to litigation to establish the validity of its title to property occupied by an oil company. Dr. George Braxton Taylor, '81, and Dr. Richard S. Owens, '33, were on the univers ity campus at commencement attending the trustees meeting. Local alumni are rejoicing that Franklin and Mac Hough , sons of R. F. Hough, superintend ent of the Baptist Orphanage of Virginia, are matriculating at Alma Mater this MAURICE TRIMMER, '27, secretary. fall.-J. f

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t1ves in the ministeria l, medical, legal and educationa l professions. We are very proud that one of our numb er, L. M. Ritter, '03, received the degree of Do ctor of Divinity at the commencement exercis es at the University this month. Mr. Ritter is the president of the Caroline Chapter. Four of the five lawyers are University of Richmo nd men: W illing Bow ie, '11; Frank Beazley, '20; Bernard Mahon, '23; and Elliott Campbe ll , '27. The medical profession has five Universi ty of Richmond representatives in Caroline County; Dr. Clarence Campbell, '05; Dr. Roder ick Dew, '85; Dr. John Broaddus, '01; Dr. C. C. Chewning, Jr., '31, and Dr. 0. P. . Campbell, '33. Dr. Ritter and F. J Park er, '35, are th~: representatives in the ministry. In education are W. A. Vaughan, ·20, division superintendent; two high school principals, B. E. Mitche ll, '21, and J. B. Martin, '98; one school board member , L. G. Pitts, '16; and six high school teach ers, Miss Lucy Anne Wright , '30; Miss Louise Thompson, '3 7; Mrs. Clarence Campbell, ' 10; Miss Dorothy Chewning , '3 4; Miss Virginia Bell , ·29; and Miss Gay Broaddus , '0 7.- W. A. VAUGHAN, '2 0, secretary. f

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Suffolk Francis S. Chase, '2 1, principal of Suffolk High School, was elected governor of the 187th district of Rotary International at last month's meeting of more than 500 Rotarians from the Eastern half of Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina at Elizabeth City, N. C. His election was unopposed and unanimous. A past president and a leading member of the Suffolk Club for several years, Governor Chase also has taken an active part in group and district Rotary affairs . During the past club year he has served on a number of important committees and as chairman of the group of Rotary Clubs of which the Suffolk club is a part. Charles B. Godwin, Jr., '18, was elected president of Godwin Motor Company, at a reorganization meeting recently. The new pr esident, widely known through out Eastern Virginia and North Carolina, is commonwealth 's attorney of Nansemond Cou nty and a well-known sportsman.-B. REDWOODCOUNCIL, '36, secretary. f

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ordained at impressive and solem n exercises in Courr Street Baptist Church. Among those who assisted in the ordination were President Boatwright and President James H. Franklin, '95, president of Crozer. Margaret Virginia (Peggy) Brown , '35, recently became the bride of William Dixon. They will live in Norfolk. Polyanna Shepard , ' 3 7, is recovering in a Portsmouth hospital from a recent illn ess. -- J. TALBOT CAPPS, '36, secretary . f

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work which will appear in Volume VI Genealogy of First Families of America. a recent communication, Mr. Corr points that he was th e undergraduate roommate '' the honored president of the University Richmond." i

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John Brooks Kaufman, '97, a th e Navy Department at Washlocated temporarily at Norfolk, an undergraduate he played on

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Bernard Gilman, '3 7, is now attending the sales school of Remington-Rand at Hartford, Conn. ,, ,, ,. The Rev. Charles F. Leek, ' 22, has made an amazing record in the ministry since his graduation from the University just fifteen years ago . His name appears in both Wh o's l.f/.ho in America and the Internation al Blue Book . Mr. Leek is pastor of the Highland Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery and is vice president of the Montgomery Ministerial Association. He and Zola Young Hubbard, '26, were married during their sophomore years and they were the first married couple to receive degrees at the same commencement. i

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H. W. Provence , '94, tr easurer of the Provence Printing Company , at Gr eenville, S. C., is the author of The H earl of the Lesson, a weekly newspaper Sunday School 1 1 feature. 1 Jesse Dillon, ' 27, a former Spider football captain, is now supervisor of inheritance taxes for the State Department of Taxation . Mrs. Dillon is the former Margaret E. Knight, a Westhampton graduate. i

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Harry C. Hubbard, '3 5, a student now at Union Theological Seminary, recently was ordained into the Baptist ministry. He will continue his studies next year at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. i

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Paul H. Cale, '31, has been principal of Greenwood high school in Albemarle county since 1935 . i

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Samuel H. Keister , '36, is serving as pastor of the Atlantic Avenue Baptist Church in Rochester, N. Y., while he is attending th e Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. i

Welcome, Johnny! Here's a double-barrelled salute to Johnny Fenlon, who joins the athletic department staff on September 1st as freshman coach. A littl e fellow who won renown as one of the braini est quarterbacks who ever played at George Washington University, Johnny made good in a big way as coach at Fredericksburg High School where h e developed two class "B" state ch ampions in football. Last year's tea m wo n further honors by winning the South Atlantic title in Class "B."

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Dr. H. Marshall Taylor , '01, of Jacksonville, Fla., one of the nation's leading physicians, both in research and practice in the specialized field of ear , nose and throat, recently was chosen chairman of the American Medical Association's section of Oto-laryngology. The medical body's action was taken at the San Francisco convention . The distinction was but one of many which have come in quick succession to Dr. Taylor in recent years. Augmenting the numerous honors which have come to him in his chosen profession was his tenure of office as president of the American Bronchoscopic Society. Dr. Taylor also holds membership in all of the special societies pertaining to his particular branch of medicine . Dr. Taylor is credited with being responsible for legislation controlling the sale of poisons which could be ingested by children - principally lye . Through his efforts these poisons are now required to be plainly labeled , the result being that many small children's lives have been saved and their happiness insured.

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