Alumni Bulletin, University of Richmond,Volume 5, March 1941

MARCH, 1941

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WarrenChappell, '26 JOSEPH E . NETTLES,

Volume V

EDITOR:

UNIVERSITY

OF RICHMOND,

VIRGINIA

MARCH , 1941

Number 2

DistinguishedAmerican Artist

By MARK LUTZ, '26 Owners of Volumes II to V of The Web would be wise to hold on to them as collectors ' items. These were the year books designed and illustrated, either when he was art editor or editor-in -chief, by Warren Chappell. And, naturally, they belong on the same shelf with the many other fine books Chappell has so ably illustrated since that spring day when he and the rest of the Class of '26 returned safely the rented mortar boards to the proper authorities.

Chappell 's undergraduate work already showed the sound foundations for the craftsmanship which has gone into his Alter highly and justly lauded output. His illustrations for ~on Quixote , Docto r Dogbody's Leg , Saroyan's Three Plays, Maxwell Anderson 's Eleven Verse Plays, The Tale of a Tub , Th e Pleasant Pirate, and Peter and the Wolf are wide! y recognized as standing favorable comparison with the best of the fine old French engravings . A modern-day Jacques Callot , Chappell has filled his drawing pen with a great deal of imagination , wit and charm and wielded it with abundant technical skill, variety and freedom.

In addi tion to his creative work, Chappell has admittedly done much to raise the standards of American lettering .

Lydian , a type regarded as unique from the viewpoint of pure design , has won an important place in fine book and advertising typography . This distinctive lettering, in the exquisite tradition of the ancient calligraphers , is generally conceded to possess amazing vitality and freshness. It is especially praised, from the utilitarian side, because of its legibility in mass and its highly individual displa y qualities.

Chappell is recalled by his classmates as an uncommonly entertaining companion and the master of a mordant humor.

After an enviable scholastic record run up at John Marshall High School, Chappell amassed a formidable array of A's during his four years stay at the University. Whether he was working on Th e Web , attending to onerous scholastic chores, managing the affairs of Omicron Delta Kappa , or engaged aiJRextensive social relaxation , Chappell found ample time to Wc1ltivate the fine art of acting so successfully that he was awarded the Players ' Key.

Shortly after graduation Chappell departed from his nat ive Richmond for New York where he entered the Art Student s League . Within the month after he started there he was monitor of the graphic arts department; within the year he was a member of the board of control of the school. Durin g his second year at the League , in order to get first hand prac(Co ntinued on page 20)

Chappell: Self Portrait

Entered at the post office of the University of Richmond, Virginia, as second-class matter.

About 1,500 alumni have had a part in raising the first $50,000 of the $100,000 needed for a Student Activities Building. It has been no small task to secure this first half of the building fund, and the seconcla half cannot be secured without the hearty cooperation of a considerable proportion of the 2,000 alumn,-r on our BuLLETIN mailing list who have as yet made no gift or pledge to the fund. I am certain that among these 2,000 non-contributors there are many who intend to give, but have just overlooked or postponed sendin g in a pledge. Some of these have actually promised to contribute, but something has delayed them.

These men love their Alma Mater as much as any of us and they fully intend to help. Some of them will give liberally, but thus far they have forgotten that he gives twice who gives promptly .

Today we have reason to be confident that the full amount of $100,000 will be secured because 1,500 alumni not only were willing to make some contribution, large or small, but acted as soon as opportunity offered. Among gifts already made are nine of $1,000 each. Many are for $5 or $ 10. Perhaps the largest number are for $20 , payable in four instalments of $ 5 each, six months apart.

No alumnus doubts the need for a Student Activities Building on the Richmond College campus that will serve as social and recreational headquarters for students and alumni. Most strong colleges already have such buildings. Those which do not have learned of their usefulness and importance and are earnestly striving to secure funds to build. Surely Richmond alumni are not willing for their Alma Mater to be among the last to have such a building. All who are concerned about the future of Richmond College should bear in mind that the tax-supported colleges, benefitting by the subsidies of State and Federal governments, are constantly making their campuses and their social facilities more attractive to students. This is as it should be. But if colleges on private foundation, like the University of Richmond, do not provide similar or better facilities the most desirable students will go elsewhere. In these days, also, when interesa_ rates on endowment funds are suffering from a prolonged fainting spell, student fees, modest as they are~ coun t for more than ever before in recent years. Considerations such as these make a Student Activities Building essential from the standpoint of the trustees and all who plan for the long future.

Think also what a Student .Activities Building will mean to the student. He will have a place for appointments wit h fellow stud ents and other friends, a place to meet with the committees and organizations in which he holds membership. If he comes to the campus for the day only and does not have a dormitor y room, he will find a place to keep his books, wraps and small personal belongings. All students and visitors will enjoy a spacious lounge and reading room, with current newspapers and magazines . The advantages of restaurant, barber shop, book-shop and post-office will be at hand . An office will always be open for information . All general student organizations, like Student Senate, Y. i\1.C.A., Honor Council, Literar y Societies, etc., etc., will have appointed rooms. Final decision as to just what other facilities the buildin g will contain will rest with officers of the Alumni Society, subject to the approval of the Uni versity trustees.

A fresh appeal will soon go out for the remaining $50,000, which should be pledged this spring. All alumni who can do so will be asked to give not less than $22.50, in thr ee payments of $7. 50 each, Jul y 1, 1941, January 1, 1942 and July 1, 1942. It is hoped that this will be considered an average gift and that many will give more. Some of those who have not contribut ed can assuredly join the group of the nine stalwart supporters who have given $1,000 each. Many of small income can give $5 or $ 10. It is of great importance to the University to have some gift from every alumnus. The man who gives his money, however little , will help in other ways. l\!Iay we not have 1,500 new contributors to make up quickly this second $50, 000?

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WilliamByrd'sDiary A

William Byrd of Westover , on a typical day, read before a chapter of Hebrew and a hundred or more verses •reakfast from Homer , according to his diary, the second volume of which is being edited by Dr. Maude H. Woodfin, of the class of '16 . Intimate diaries kept by important persons are so rare that the discovery of this lengthy journal was an event of importance to all persons interested in colonial history.

Dr. Woodfin teaches Virginia and American History at Westhampton College.

The document is particularly valuable because it is the earliest extensive diary in the South that has yet come to light.

Dr. Louis B. Wright discovered the strange book in the Huntington Library , San Mario , California, during his research for material for The First Gentlem en of Virginia. It was decoded from its original seventeenth century shorthand

by Mrs. Marion Tinling of the Huntington Library.

Simultaneously , Miss Woodfin found another secret diary of William Byrd in the Weeks Collection in the University of North Carolina Library . Through newspaper accounts of the discovery of the diary , each learned of the other's work and they at once planned to publish the two volumes, uniformly, with the shorthand by Mrs. Tinling.

The volume which Miss Woodfin is editing will be entitled The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1739-1741 Letters and Literary Exercises.

-ith Byrd's diary provides a detailed narrative of early colonial life in the South and is a daily journal kept by the greatest Virginian of the day. It is a contribution to present day knowledge of colonial life in Tidewater Virginia in the early eighteenth century and corrects many false beliefs held about customs in that time.

Byrd's diary contains a vast amount of detail about manners and customs of the times . He describes visits to his neighbors; he makes note of dinners, dances , and other social occasions; he tells of his gallantries and mentions his social conquests; he takes pains to tell of his attendance at church; he writes of his slaves and white servants and of his efforts to enforce rules of morality upon them; he reveals quarrels with his wife and of an occasional indiscretion. The story of early eighteenth century politics is also described by Byrd.

He tells of his induction into the Council ( when he drank too much French wine, played cards, lost twenty shillings, and forgot to say his prayers) ; he confesses that he tried to buy the governorship of Virginia for a thousand pounds sterling. Byrd notes his crops, the life of his overseers, the arrival of tobacco ships, the state of his tannery and mill, plans for improving his property, the high cost of growing tcbacco and the poor prices received , and the health of his slaves.

Concerning his personal habits the diary is very revealing.

• e restricted himself to one or two dishes at a meal and took large quantities of medicine. Like other Virginia gentlemen

of his time Byrd supported the Anglican Church and records his attendance regularly.

The following passages from selections chosen at random by the publishers, serve to illustrate the nature of the journal: "July 18, 1709. I rose at 5 o'clock and read 2 chapters in Hebrew and some Greek in Josephus . I said my prayers and ate milk for breakfast. I sent the boatmaker to Falling Creek to build me a little boat for my sea sloop. I read some Latin.

Tom returned from Falling Creek and brought me word all was well there and that the coaler found the coal mine very good and sufficient to furnish several generations. I ate cold chicken for dinner. In the afternoon Captain Wilcox came from Williamsburg and brought news several ships were come in and one was come up this river. He was out of humor about the freight. In the evening it rained a little , that I could not walk about the plantation. I said my prayers and had good health, good thoughts , and good humor , thanks be to God Almighty.

"A ugust 31, 1709. . . . In the afternoon I read some news that came to hand, by which I found there is a great likelihood of peace. I read some Greek in Homer and in the evening took a walk about the plantation. I said my prayers shortly . ... My letters from England told me tobacco is sold for nothing there , and skins for very little, that hardly any hills are paid , and very little goods will come by the next fleet.

"November 13, 1709. I rose about 7 o'clock but could read nothing because we were in haste to go to church. . . . About 10 o'clock we rode to church , which is 6 miles off. There was the biggest congregation I ever saw in the country. The people looked half dead since the sickness which they had last year. Mr. Dunn preached a good sermon. After church we returned to Colonel Custis' again. About 3 o'clock we dined and I ate boiled beef . In the evening we drank a bottle of wine pretty freely and were full of mirth and good humor, and particularly Colonel Waters. However we were merry and wise and went to bed in good time by my means . I neglected to say my prayers but had good health , good thoughts , good humor, thanks to God Almighty.

"November 24, 1710. I rose at 7 o'clock and read 2 chapters in Hebrew and 100 verses in Homer. I said my prayers and ate rice milk for breakfast. Several persons came in to see me, among whom was Mr. Cary to satisfy me about his accounts. Then I went to court, where we did some business.

I directed a letter to Nat Burwell with a lampoon in it and threw it into the capitol and Mr. Simons found it and gave it to him , which put the House of Burgesses into a ferment, but I discovered to nobody that I had a hand in it. . . . About 4 o'clock we went to dinner and I ate boiled pork. Then we went to the coffeehouse, where I played at cards and I lost my money but was diverted to see some of the Burgesses so concerned at the lampoon . About 10 o'clock I went home, where I said my prayers and had goo d thou ghts , good health , and good humor , thank God Almi ghty. It rained moderately (Continu ed on page 4) this evening ."

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The1940Football Season With a highly successful 1940 season behind them, the University of Richmond Spiders are turning their football thoughts to the 1941 gridiron. Spring practice is already underway with co-Captains Andy Fronczek of Harvey, Illinois, and Bert Milling of Mobile, Alabama, two of the best linemen in Richmond annals, already proving their leadership.

Although the squad of 33 is exceptionally large for spring practice, indicating unusually fine morale, Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite and all the boys know prospects for next fall are not too rosy.

The Spiders are losing by graduation probably the greatest passing combination in the United States. One half of this combination is agile Dick Humbert of Suffolk, who gained more yards catching passes than any other end in the country, according to figures compiled by the American Football Statistical Bureau. The other half of the combination is Arthur Jones, another Suffolk boy, who can hit a dime at forty yards.

He was the Dixie star of the North-South game at Montgomery, Alabama.

Jones has been pitching to Humbert ever since they were teammates in high school and their loss next fall will be a severe setback to the Spiders .

Jones and Humbert were co-stars in perhaps the most important football victory in Richmond sports annals - that 14 to 13 victory over North Carolina-and they played important roles in other Spider victories . The 1940 record of six victories and only three defeats was one of the best ever achieved.

Although offensively, the Spiders can not be expected to show a great deal of strength next fall, they expect to be strong again defensively. They have the best tackle in the Southern Conference in Co-Captain-elect Andy Fronczek who was an odds-on choice for an all-Southern Conference berth and is regarded as one of the nation's outstanding linemen.

Co-Captain Bert Milling, light but aggressive guard, was chosen a member of the International News Service allSouthern.

The loss of Harold McVay, 225-pound tackle, and Bill Fitzhugh, another big fellow who played center, will be felt but the Spiders expect to have a rugged line.

Furthermore , the backfield blocking is certain to be improved with three good blockers coming up from the yearling team. The lack of ball carriers may be embarrassing, however. In addition to Jones, the Spiders lost another good man in Ned Butcher , triple-threat wingback, and they'll face the 1941 season with only two good running backs on the team - 150-pound Walter "Sonny" Wholey of Fredericksburg who understudied Jones last season and Warren Pace of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, who showed occasional flashes of form as a sophomore .

The freshmen are sending up a prime prospect in Francis "Fritz" Laurinaitis of New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose vicious blocking and speed make him a prime favorite for a varsity wingback job next year. To get it, he'll have to beat off the challenge of two veteran half-pints, Lem Fitz-

gerald of Covington and Bay Jacobs of Petersburg, the latter an excellent blocker.

Two other freshmen, Jurney Edgerton of Fayettevill~ North Carolina, a blocking back, and George Hall of Washington, fullback, are regarded as varsity bets, principally on , the basis of their blocking. Edgerton's chances are particularly bright because of his ability as a kicker. Other promising freshmen backs include lanky Tom Nichols of New Rochelle, New York, a converted end, and Courtney Lawler of Clifton Forge.

In addition to the backs, other freshmen who may be of use to the varsity include Horace Deans of Churchland, U. S. "Doc" Savage of Hampton, and Ray Adams of Richmond, ends; Hugh Feeley of Silver Creek, Pennsylvania, and George Gruber of Richmond, guards; Mitchell Spitzer of Harrisonburg, a tackle, and Paul Graham of Brooklyn and Bill Scheerer of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, centers.

As for the 1940 season, the Spiders were in the running for the State Championship until their 16 to O def eat by an amazingly powerful William and Mary team which went through its Old Dominion schedule undefeated.

The record: Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond Richmond

38-Apprentice School 0.

28-Randolph-Macon 0.

13-V. P. I. 7.

0-Franklin and Marshall 21.

0-Washington and Lee 3.

9-V. M. I. 7.

39-Hampden -Sydney 13.

14-North Carolina 13.

0-William and Mary 16.

William Byrd's Diary (Continued from page 3)

The second volume, which Miss Woodfin edits, throws new light on Byrd's biography. There is the story of Byrd's secret confession of the courtship of a Miss Smith whose father wasn't satisfied with his financial status and forbade the match. William Byrd rebuked the lady when she married a baronet. The letters disprove the romantic legend concerning the old Earl of Peterborough's suit for the hand of Evelyn Byrd.

The first diary dates from 1709, the year his beautiful daughter, Evelyn, was two years old, and the second diary covers the much later years of 1739-41. Both were decoded with difficulty, for Byrd omitted all vowels in his shorthand, especially when he mentioned the ladies' names.

The discovery of the Byrd diary contributes an invaluable addition to _the source mater_ial of colonial history. They also prove rntensely rnterestrng to all persons concerned wi. the literature of personal memoirs.

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Basketbal 1eam l ingoufhe,'ttt Co 11.teJte11.ce 1ou'r.11.a.me 11.t Richmond's Spiders, with another scrapping quintet have ~n their sixth consecutive invitation to compete among the Wague 's best teams in the annual Southern Conference basketball tournament .

The game which clinched the bid was a 46 to 41 victory over William and Mary which the Spiders won by overcoming in fifteen minutes of playing time an apparently safe 19-point margin held by the Indians.

As THE BULLETINgoes to press, the Spiders are preparing for their opening tournament game against South Carolina's Gamecocks.

The Southern Conference tournament was a remote possibility when Coach Mac Pitt issued his first call for practice and found only one regular of last season reporting. Gone were Stuart Hoskins, all-State guard last year, Bill Burge, towering center , Jimmy Ely, shifty little guard, and two Richmonders , Seabury Stoneburner and Eddie Bragg.

Despite the paucity of material , Coach Pitt set out to put together a quintet around Captain Dick Humbert, only regular returning from last year's team which won eleven contests in its sixteen game schedule.

Three other letter winners returning from last year are Mac Pitt, Jr. , who has developed into an exceptional player , Arthur Jones, Humbert's team mate from Suffolk, and Hugh Crisman .

A promising sophomore, Robert "Swede" Erickson, and ~tle Archie Giragosian, a junior , have moved up to the first .am with Erickson and Pitt at forwards , Jones at center , and Humbert and Giragosian at guards.

Crisman , a Winchester senior, Dick Thistlethwaite, son of Athletic Director Glenn Thistlethwaite, and Walter "Sonny " Wholey of Fredericksburg have been used in relief roles .

The Spiders scored a clean sweep in their four preChristmas games downing Hampden-Sydney, Maryland, Randolph-Macon and Clemson in succession. Returning from the holidays they triumphed over Lehigh but found the nationally celebrated George Washington Colonels too much and went down 58 to 36 for their first loss of the season .

Then the Richmond five lost two to Virginia 's championshipminded team with a victory over Randolph-Macon sandwiched between. Maryland and V.M.I. fell victims to the Spiders who were beaten later by the Indians of William and Mary . The Spiders then scored victories over Furman, V .P.I. and lost to Hampden-Sydney as they embarked on a difficult road schedule.

Mac Pitt, Jr., and "Swede" Erickson are waging a nip and tuck battle for the team's high scoring honors with Erickson holding a one-point margin at present. Erickson has 125 and Pitt stands next with 124 and Captain Humbert ranks third with 89 points.

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BASKETBALL RECORD Richmond 31- Hampden-Sydney 29.

Richmond 48- Maryland 36.

Richmond 39- Randolph-Macon 25. [ 5}

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Clemson 45.

Lehigh 38.

George Washington 58.

Virginia 37.

Randolph-Mac on 29.

Virginia 37.

Maryland 17.

V .M.I . 18.

William and Mary 37.

Furman 25.

V .P.I. 35.

Hampden-Sydney 36.

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Remarks of Mr. Justice Edward W. Hudgins of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at the dedication of courtroom November 19, 1940: The fundamental reason that society needs lawyers is because society has laws. These laws are, in essence, men's agreement as to how they will live together and conduct their affairs- rules of the game of life. Lawyers and courts help the great majority to keep these agreements and force the minority to do so. If there were no courts and no lawyers , no one knows the wrongs that would be committed and the social chaos that would follow. This truth was manifest during the first half century of the existence of the Massachusetts colony. The Puritans expressly declared that no lawyer should become a permanent resident therein. Disputes were settled by laymen, dominated, to a large extent , by the ministers , who were practically the only men who possessed even the rudiments of an education. These tribunals rendered no written opinions and kept no records by which to establish precedent in their decisions. At the end of this period, and when the English Crown became interested in the revenues derived from her colony, some fundamental rights which had been granted in the original charter were withdrawn and cancelled. This, in all probability, would not have happened if the colony had been represented at home and in London by lawyers instead of laymen.

Now, in order to be a successful lawyer, it is absolutely essential that you master the agreements or the contracts that men have made to live together. The purpose of the T. C. Williams School of Law is to give you the proper start in that direction. That is why you are here . The dominant part of an education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live. As Mr. Justice Holmes said: "The mark of a master is that facts which with the magnetic current of his thought, leap into an organic order, and live and bear fruit." Master the rules of the game, apply these skillfully to changing events-then success is assured.

Mr. T. C. Williams, Sr., whose portrait adorns these walls , dreamed a dream. He saw the possibility of establishing a grea t law school in Richmond , the capital of the Confederacy, and thereby training masters, leaders in the civil life of the State he loved so well. This building, its furniture, its fixtures, its books , and the instructors are the result of the practical application of his vision. You and I are what we are because of the reality of that dream.

I did not have the pleasure of knowing Judge Roger Gregory, but I ha ve known many of his students. From their reports I would say that the first law instructor of this institution inspired his students with love for the teacher and instilled into them reverence for the science he taught.

Dr. McNeill, my one time partner, and long time friend,

was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, teacher I ever had .

He had the ability to arouse one's mental curiosity to see the final result of logical reasoning. He so used the case system of instruction that the student soon learned not to accept the conclusion of the old judges, unless that conclusion was reached by logical steps. ( He visioned a rebirth of the states of the Confederacy .) He settled in Richmond and became the dominating influence on the faculty of this institution because he felt that by training lawyers, arousing their mental curiosity, he could kindle an indistinguishable fire which would spread to all sections of the South. Again I pay homage to his memory.

This courtroom is your workshop-your laboratory-in which you are given the opportunity to test-and apply-the principles you have learned. As you have doubtless discovered, law is not an exact science, such as engineering, and, to a more limited extent, medicine. It deals with the strength and weakness of mankind, the brilliant and the dullard, and those between these two extremes, as well as the crook and the honest man. Justice is not static. Man's perception of justice grows and widens, as civilization advances and progresses. In determining what is just-that is, in applying the rules of law-one must know the facts on which the respe~ ive contentions of the parties are based.

W As a lawyer, one's client and his witnesses will give their version of the facts. The other litigant and his witnesses will give to the opposing lawyer a different account of the same transaction. The experience of ages has convinced Anglo-Saxon people that the real truth of the transaction, which gives rise to the disputes between man and man, and man and the State, can best be ascertained in an open forum where each and every witness is subject to cross examination under pertinent rules.

Hence, a well conducted trial is, in the highest sense, a search for truth. How to conduct such a trial cannot be found in law books . The best means to acquire such knowledge is by observation and actual experience .

This room is dedicated to the specific purpose of giving you that experience. In the litigation conducted here the facts given may be fictitious, but the main purpose is to create in this room, as nearly as possible, the actual conditions which will confront you in the trial of cases after you leave college.

The care and diligence which you, as law students, use in the preparation and conduct of a trial in this room will be a prophecy of the care and diligence with which you will conduct a trial when, in fact , a man's life, liberty or property will depend upon your skill. I hope, therefore, that each of you, as opportunity presents itself, will make full use of it.

For these and other reasons, I £eel honored in being sele, ~, ed as the judge to preside over the first case to be tried witn .. these walls.

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$2.00 x 300 Alumni Needed forBulletin February 13, 1941.

Mr. Jos. E. Nettles, Secretary, General Society of Alumni, University of Richmond, Virginia.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

When it was decided some years ago to publish the UNIVERSITYOF RICHMONDALUMNI BuLLETIN the Alumni Council hoped there would be a sufficient number of alumni paying annual dues of $2.00 each to cover the cost of publication. The plan was to allocate $1.00 of the dues to THE BuLLETIN and $1.00 to expenses of the Alumni Office, such as stationery, postage, printing, and the expenses of Alumni Homecoming in the fall and Alumni Day in the spring. Since the University pays the salary of the Alumni ecretary and also most of the office expense, it was believed the Alumni could and would support THE BuLLETIN. Dues payments to date, however, have not been made in sufficient numbers to fully support THE BuLLETIN. The present cost per issue is $250 to $275, of which only a small part is paid by advertising.

I believe all alumni will agree that we are publishing a BuLLETIN which will compare favorably with the publications of larger and wealthier colleges. If, however, the present size and pictorial excellence of our BuLLETIN are to be maintained there must be regular and systematic support from a large percentage of our alumni.

Our fiscal year ends May 31, 1941, and if 300 additional alumni will send in $2 each before that date, then we can continue the publication of our BuLLETIN. We all appreciate the fine magazine which is being published and I hope and believe our alumni will show their approval of it by sending immediately the small annual dues of $2 each.

Cordially yours, ROBERTM. STONE, Treasurer, Alumni Council.

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THANKSGIVING HOMECOMING Every class was represented when Westhampton College celebrated Thanksgiving Homecoming on November 20th.

May Thompson Evans, president of the alumnae, fresh from her triumphs in the recent presidential election, presided over the dinner, to which the University had invited the alumnae as guests. More than 175 returned .

Alumnae travelers came back again to tell of their experiences since they had left college. Mabel Henderson Crabtree, '18, and Anne Gordon Steward, '25, were the speakers. They told of the lives which they had led in Brazil and in England and the alumnae were fascinated with their stories of the people in which Americans are so interested at this time .

Mrs. Crabtree is the mother of Margaret Crabtree, '40, and has lived in Rio de Janeiro as a missionary since she left Westhampton. She told of the lazy, colorful life of the Brazilian and stressed the unimportant role played by women in that country. She told of the increasingly important part Brazil is taking in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere .

Mrs. Steward has lived in England since 1929, until last July when she brought her young son to America out of the dangers of the war zone. Her husband has been professor at London University.

She told of the quiet courage of the British people as they prepared for the expected invasion of the Nazis. Discussing the effects of the war on the English, Mrs. Steward declared that she learned more about them after their declaration of war than she had during the ten years that she had previously spent in that country.

She described a total blackout and told of hearing blind

people give hints over the radio as to how normal people might get along in· the dark. Commenting on Nazi radio propaganda she said that the British were amused by it, but then realizing the effect it might have, began broadcasting propaganda of their own contradicting the German statA. ments . .,, She said that Americans could rely upon the truth of the statements the British made concerning their war gains and losses but that the information was often withheld until several days after the occurrence.

Miss Keller brought greetings to the alumnae and announced that the college was now the owner of a new grand piano which stands in the reception room of the Activities Building.

After a dinner of turkey, dressing, vegetables, and ice cream the alumnae and faculty members went to the reception room for coffee which was served by the Richmond Alumnae Club. Later, many alumnae attended the co-ed in the gymnasium as guests of the Senior Class.

Meetings of the class secretaries and the governing board were held prior to the dinner.

The annual alumnae-varsity hockey game was played on the athletic field on Thanksgiving morning. The varsity, annual winners, captured the game, 4-1. The cheering section and members of both teams were invited to have coffee and buns after the game with the members of Mortar Board.

Mary Ryland Babcock, '32, was chairman of Homecoming arrangements and Molly Fleet, '39, made plans for the hockey game .

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* * * WESTHAMPTON CLASSSECRET ARIES A further step in the direction of better organization and growt h in the Westhampton College Alumnae Association came with the appointment of a permanent secretary for each class since the co-eds came to Richmond College in 1898. The class secretary forms the connecting link between the Alumnae Office and the members of her class. She writes the class notes, informs the alumnae secretary of address changes, new names and accomplishments and keeps the class posted on important alumnae activities.

Recently , special emphasis has been placed upon the class secretary and her work. Two meetings have been held with the executive secretary and the president of the Association explaining the importance of the class secretary in the work of the Association. The secretaries met on Alumnae Day last June and on Homecoming Day this Thanksgiving.

It was decided at these meetings that the Alumnae Fund would be raised through the class secretaries, each class trying to raise its percentage of contributors by Alumnae Day, 1941.

In carrying forward the Alumnae Association through the classes, emphasis is placed upon two things: ( 1) Securing from 60% of the membership of each class contributions to the Alumnae Fund, which is the fund by which current activities are conducted. [ 8

( 2) Securing will bequests of $100 from at least two class members.

Westhampton alumnae will be interested to know that 91 % of the members of Miss Keller's class at Goucher College make annual contributions to their Alumnae Fund.

The following is a list of the classes and the percentage of their members who contributed to the Alumnae Fund in 1939-40. The class of '17 leads with 30%: Richmond College Co-eds . ..........

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WESTHAMPTON CLASS SECRET ARIES Anne Ruth Harris, '17; (2) Jeannette Henna, '22; (3) Ethne Selden Headlee, '23; (4) Madge Pollard Pennell, '26; (5) Cecyle Loving Hackendorf, '27; (6) Virginia Perkins Yeaman, '29; (7) Valerie LeMasurier Jones, '32; (8) Archie B. Fowlkes , '33; (9) Ann C. Wood, '35; (10) Alice G. Ryland, '36; (11) Julia Gunter, '38; (12) Dell Williams, '40

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The man in the middle is Porter Vaughan, '40, the greatest left-handed pitcher in University of Richmond annals and destined, says Connie Mack, to be ranked some day with Robert "Lefty" Grove. Vaughan is now in spring training with the Philadelphia Athletics on the West Coast. The big fellow at the right is Jack Sanford, '39, slugging first baseman who is owned by Washington.

At the left is pitcher Ned Butcher, captain of the 1941 baseball team.

Oh, a Sailor'sLife .....

We are in the Navy Yard here at Mare Island with millions of paint chippers making merry all day long, and expect to be here for several more months . So, there'll be very little to write about because the work that is being done is not to be noised around. Just taking a few precautions, from lessons learned from the present war. We don't intend to be caught with our pants down.

The life aboard is very much like living at the country club. I have a Negro boy who takes care of my clothes and shines my shoes , another to make my bed and clean up my cabin , and another to bring me cigarettes, "cokes," and the like , and still another to bring me hot water for shaving.

Don 't get the mistaken idea that we have so many boys that we can use a separate one for each officer. Each boy has special duties and looks after any officer who rings for him.

Now , as all good conversations usually turn to the weather , we 'll consider that in passing . From my observations, there are two types of weather indigenous to California: good and unusual. When it's good you go out and play and have

a lot of fun. When it's unusual, however, it's not fit for man nor beast. That's when we have fogs so thick you can't see a car fifteen feet ahead of you with the headlights on full.

These Californians go tearing down the highways at fifty or sixty miles per hour in fog like that just as if the sun was shining on a clear day. The temperature will range from about 45 ° to 75° in the day.

We have been very gracious! y received by the officers of the Salt Lake City and four of us have been permanently assigned to her, and there are four more who are going to the Augusta when she comes in for repairs.

I've joined the Officers' Club here and go over every afternoon for badminton and cocktails if I don't have the duty.

Have stood four watches since I've been aboard and have the duty today at twelve for the next twenty-four hours. In that period I will probably stand two four-hour watches.

A lot of men are on leave now and our complement is not up to full strength, but probably will be raised to full strength before we shove off for the islands in March.

This will have to be all for now as I have to go and chec~ some firing for the rifle team.-JoE MAHER, '36.

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Class of '23 Rosa Sanders Thomas is now living at 1015 '-"'arrington Road , Roanoke , Virginia .

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Class of' 15 Et~el Smither r_epresented the University f Richmond Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta appa at the installation of a Phi Beta Kappa Chapter 111Alb10n College, Albion, Michigan, on November 8th.

Class of' 16 Helen Mansell has had her fourth book for children published, entitled Lucy Lott Fights For Her Rights. It humorously dep icts the first Woman's Suffrage Movement in which Lucretia Louise Lownsberry accompanies her aunt on lecture tours around the country.

Frieda M. Dietz (in disguise as F. Meredith Dietz) is broadcasting a weekly program, Thursdays at 7: 30 p.m. over Richmond station WMBG. Programs are known as "Old Melodies." Dramatic scenes from the lives of celebrated Southerners are presented. The dramatic soprano soloist on these programs is another Westhampton alumna, Louise Schmidt, '31. As editor of The Southern Literary Messenger, revived two _years ago as the only monthly literary, music and fine arts magazine in the South, Fneda has corralled such advisory editors as the great South_ern poet, Archibald Rutledge, Florence D1ck111son Stearns; the novelists, Rose Wilder Lane and Harry Harrison Kwll ;_and heads of English departments as d1tonal advisors and reviewers of just about I of the universities in the South. Dean eller, Miss Lutz, and Maude Woodfin have been among the reviewers . Frieda also conducts a lecture bureau in connection with The Southern Literary Messenger and Louise Schmidt illustrates her lectures on Poe and other Southern subjects with songs. Recently the program was presented by Frieda with Mayme O'Flaherty and Billy O'Flaherty, children of "Mike" and Celeste Anderson O'Flaherty, '15, providing piano and violin music for the Bowling Green Woman's Club, Frances Glassel! Beal, '18, chairman.

In May, Frieda and Louise will rustle their hoops and silks before the Tappahannock Woman's Club of which Irene Stiff Phil lips, '15, is president.

Miss Keller del ighted an audience on October 30th with a review of How Green Was My Valley, by Richard Llewelyn. This was for the benefit of two crippled colored people for whom Celeste O'Flaherty, Norma Woodward Throckmorton, Ethel Smither, and Frieda Dietz are securing a wooden foot and cork-soled shoes.

Class of ' 17 (Mrs. Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson Sherwood) was one of the twenty-five promAmerican women who protested send&nt food to the smaller nations under Nazi 1111111!'g domination.

Class of '.18 Elizabeth Ellyson Wiley (Mrs. Hundley) returned with her husband and three sons to the United States from Shanghai, China, in December. Her daughter, Louise, is a sophomore at Westhampton.

Mabel Henderson Crabtree was one of the Homecoming speakers at Thanksgiving.

She told of her life in Brazil since leaving Westhampton.

Class of' 19 Virginia Gay did graduate work in the Department of History, Columbia University, this summer.

Elizabeth Gaines (Mrs. William) and her husband visited her mother-in-law in Columbia, South Carolina, during Thanksgiving.

Elizabeth Tompkins has recently been on a business trip to Texas. She visited Janet Wyatt Fountain, '19, in Greenwood, Mississippi. Janet has two children, a boy of twelve and a girl of nine. Elizabeth also visited Hester Tichenor Warfield, '19, in Nashville, Tennessee. Hester has a daughter thirteen.

Helen Hancock Hundley wants to know where the 1919 chain letter is. Please send it on if you have it. She is anxious to have it come back to her, Mrs. Palmer Hundley, 3021 Noble Avenue , Richmond.

Class of '20 Anne Castles Anderson, daughter of Marie Crowder Anderson, who has been so 111for over six weeks is a great deal better.

Byrd Smith, only daughter of Gazelle Stubbs Smith is a sophomore at Sweet Briar.

Frances Shipman Sutton was in Richmond recently attending the Kiwanis Convention.

Her husband, Nelson Sutton, was district governor.

Classof'27 May Thompson Evans was the speaker at the v1Ctory d111ner of Democratic Women Third Congressional District in Richmond' ' ' recently.

The class is making plans to celebrate its twentieth reunion in June.

Elizabeth Sydnor Nicholsky is doing personnel and placement work in Teachers College, Colu1?bia Un_iversity. Her stepdaughter, Kira, 1s a senior at Westhampton this year. She has a two-year-old son of her own, nicknamed, Koka.

Gladys Lumsden McCutcheon now lives at 3217 Third Avenue, Richmond.

Catherine Little Dupuy , '21, has been elect~d to succeed herself as president of the Halifax County Fe_deration of Community Orgamzat10ns. This Federation strives to unify the various agencies in the county to bring about a maximum benefit to the people of the county with a minimum of overlapping.

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Class of '24 Anna Hardaway White has a daughter, Anna Hardaway , born February 27, 1940 .

Mabel R. Allen received her M.A. degree from the George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Class of '25 Anne Gordon Steward spoke on the effect of the war on the English people at the Thanksgiving Homecoming.

Class of '26 Dear Class of '26 And this means everyone of you, from Abrahams, Evelyn, to Woodward, Mary (Mrs. Pilcher).

I wish I could get you all together in Richmond at one time so I could tell you what I want instead of having to write it.

You, of course, know that Westhampton now has a full-time Alumnae Secretary, Marian Wiley, who is doing a grand job of keeping the various and scattered Westhamptonites informed of what is going on .

But do you know what a difficult time she is having getting her information together?

She looks to the class secretaries to furnish news for the BULLETIN, and we look to you to give us first-hand knowledge. Occasionally_ your wide-spread fame drifts our way indirectly, but second-hand information may change a boy baby into a girl or an M.A. into an M.A.M.A. Can't you see the hazards of guesswork?

Will you do two very definite things for me? First , put me on your permanent mailing list. ( A penny postcard will be quite satisfactory.) I am going to be very selfish and bold and even ask you, while you are checking over your Christmas card list, to put me on it for future years, at least while I am serving as your secretary. On these cards that you will drop me several times a year, let me know any bits of news about yourself, marriage, baby, degree, job, thesis, new address, etc. Also let me know what ~ind of news you would like to have published m the BULLETIN. Would you be interested in having a complete list of your class with addresses? The second thing I want you to do is this: Look in this issue of the BULLETIN for a blank form printed for your convenience in making your contribution to the Alumnae Fund. Please fill it out and return it, with your contribution, to Marian Wiley, Westhampton College, or to me. Do you know that during the past year only 9 % of our class contributed anything to the Alumnae Fund? That doesn't sound like the spirit of '26, does it? Please don't let me face the Alumnae meeting again in June with such an embarrassing report.

There's much talk of a silver loving cup to be presented to the class with the highest percentage of contributors. Let's make ours 100 % .

This is a very prosaic and 1, 2, 3-ish letter but when I get more to write about, I promise to make it more newsy.

Looking forward to many, many cards

( and lett ers) during th e year and wishing you a Pro sperous and Happy N ew Year, I am, Mo st sincerely, MADGE POLLARD P ENNELL,

Secertary, Class of '26.

Mr s. W . A. Pennell 6308 Ridgeway Road Richmond , Vir ginia .

P.S.: Will someone please send me the addresses of Mary Little (Mrs. C. W. Watson ) and of Alma Jame s?

Class of ' 27 The death of Virginia Martin comes as a shock to h er friends and classmat es. Virg inia will be long remembered for her straig htforwardne ss and sincerity.

Elizabeth Hud son is teaching school at Syringa, Virginia.

Cecyle Loving Hackendorf has moved to her new hom e at 48 12 Riverside Drive , Richmond .

Class of '29 Elizabeth Fleet recently received her M.A. from the University of Chicago.

Class of '30 1930 has two more potential WesthampGarnett Ellett, tonites for 1958-Susan daughter of Katherine Tyler Ellett; and Cary Hut chison, daught er of Estelle Crenshaw Hutchison.

Mar garet Flick's (Mrs. Robert S. Clark) new address is 88 - 11 63rd Driv e, Forest Hills, Long Island.

Frankie Willis (Mrs. Ed Overton) is in Charlott esville this winter whil e her lmsband wor ks on his degree. H er address is 485 Fourteenth Street.

Margaret Oliver became Mrs. Horace Saund ers on December 21st. They will liv e in Oceana.

Virginia Prince Shinnick with h er young daug hter, Peggy Prin ce, spent the month of December in Richmond wit h her father and mother.

The lma Bryant recently received h er Master's Degree from the University of Michigan.

Class of ' 31 Frances Farmer ha s added to h er other talents that of professor. She is teaching a class at the law school this winter. All of us extend to her our deepe st sympathy in the loss of her father and mother this summer.

Don't forget the class anniversary this June and p lan to be there.

Dot Lee Van Duz er is now located at Queen's College, Long Island, N ew York.

Class of ' 32 Mrs. James L. Deck (Helen Pollard) is program chairman for the Richmond Branch of the American Association of U niversity Women this year.

Mrs. Herbert Fulmer (Laura Clarke) with Lt. Fulmer is stationed at present in Hawaii.

Katherine Lugar Buxton ha s a new son born in the latte r part of the summer. Their little girl, Kay Ellington, is two years old .

Betty Burns Nuckols took the part of

Winifred Baxter in the production of "The American \'{fay" recently sponsored by the Junior League of Richmond.

Mary Billings is Educational Director of the Fir st Baptist Church in Hinton , West Virginia , and teaches piano , also.

Class of' 33 Mary Elizabeth Frazer became the bride of Mr. William Ashworth Burslem on Augus t 17th at Macedonia Christ ian Church , Orange, Virginia . The groom did both his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Maryland and is now teaching science at Maryland Park High School. Mr. and Mrs . Burslem are living at 110 Parkway Drive, Chevenly, Maryland .

Marian W est, who is teaching at St. Catherine's spent a part of her summer vacation gathering statistics in Richmond for the Gallup Poll.

Isabel Taliaferro of the staff of the Medical College of Virginia , studied at the University of Wisconsin this summer. Isabel's field is in ph armacology .

Matilda Tisinger was awarded her Master of Arts in education at Columbia this summer. Matilda teaches at the Morningside School in Atlanta , Georgia.

Margaret Crews is teaching in Glenwood, Georgia.

Dolly Latane Hammond has a son born November , 1939. . Jane Reynolds is teaching in Aldie, Virgmia.

Ella Freeman Anderson has recently moved into her new home at West Point , Virginia .

Archie Fowlkes continued her work in the field of guidance and personnel at the University of Michigan this summer.

Ruth Langley writes that she is still in New Orleans working as a physiotherapist at the Charity Hospital and doing muscle training and testing in infantile paralysis.

Class of' 34 Helen Cunningham is now supervising music in the graded schools in Albemarle, North Carolina.

Congratu lations go to Ammye Herrin Hill on the birth of a son, Thornton Hill , Jr. Mr. and Mr s. Hill have just built a new home in W esthampton , Richmond.

Frances Folkes Blinn (Mrs . Fisher) 1s now making her hom e in Alaska .

Class of '35 Beverly Bates had a puppet show, "The Night Before Christmas," at Miller and Rhoads during Christmas.

Class of '36 Ann Kinc annon was married to John Penn Rutherford of Schenectady, New York, in D ecember.

"Nooks"' Miller became the bride of Mr. Robert Bruce of Culpeper in early December.

Reverend and Mrs. Roscoe Marvin White have announced the marriage of their daughter, Lou Chapman, to Mr. Rieves Westwood Winfree , Jr. , on November 23rd.

The marriage of Anna Ferrell to Frederick Neil Hog e of Fredericksburg took place

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in October. Mae Chalkley , '39, was maid'. of honor and Esther Walsh, Marjorie Pugh , and Kitty Ellis Fox were among the bridesmaids .

Louise Callison attended the Univers ityof West Virginia in Morgantown this summer.

Rae Norford (Mrs. Jame s M. Griffith) now lives at 802 Walnut Street, Allentown,l Pennsylvania. Her husband was transferr~ there in August as commercial representativ e' with the Bell Telephone Company , having worked in Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg since their marriage in April.

Marie Rice was married last January to Mr. Byron Stone and has a home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey.

Martha Riis Moore (Mrs. Jam es Thomas, Jr.) has a daughter.

Lyndele Pitt is teaching in the new high school in Charlotte Court House, Virginia .

Monnie Bowers may be reached at th e Department of Social Group Work , 1817 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Class of '37 Nancy Chappell Pettigrew is living at 115 West 4 7th Street, Richmond.

Margaret Harris became the bride of J. William Bradner, Jr. in November. She and her husband are making their home at Charlotte Court House , Virginia .

Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Chewning Jr. (Louise Thompson) are receiving congratulation s upon the birth of a daughter , Patricia Louise. They are now making their home at 3414 Monument Avenu e, Richmond.

Class of '38 Johanna Fisher Baldwin has changed h_~ address from Washington , D. C. to B9 224, Route 3, Rockville, Maryland .

Allie Martin became Mr s. Holbleib on De cember 18th and is living in Ashland.

Ernestine Akers is now employed by the Richmond Hospital Service Association , and is living at 1204 Park Avenue.

Ali ce Lacy Chalkley has recently returned from a trip to New York. She spent Christmas at her home in Halifax.

Florence Folkes and Julia Gunter attended the Virginia Library Association Convention at Charlottesv ille in October.

Dot Cavenaugh Strotmeyer ' s address is St. Francis Apartments, 1106 W. Franklin Street, Richmond .

Hilda Kirby spent Christmas in Florida.

She leaves around the first of the year for a radio position in Cincinnati .

Minna Williams has been working in the accounting department of the Virginia Electric and Power Company since Auisust.

Virginia Russell returned to Richmond for the Christmas holidays from her studies in New York .

Martha Ellis Ross and her husband are planning a motor trip to Florida during February.

Kakie Leake and Martha Ware expect to vacation in Florida, leaving Richmond December 26th.

Class members present at the Thanksg!IIII' ' ing Homecoming banquet were: Doug Gee , Liz Darracott Wheeler, Martha Ellis Ross,

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Josephine Mallory Cosby, Peggy Lockwood, Gene Austin, Julia Gunter, Jo Trevvett, Anne Walker, Ruth Ruffin, Hilda Kirby, Kakie Leake and Ernestine Akers.

Class of '39 Mildred Markham became Mrs. Arthur Darrington Jackson, Jr. on November 11th.

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are making their home An Marion, Virginia. ., Dot Alston and John L. Adams were married during the Thanksgiving holidays .

Ruby Ellis Danner works as an apprentice to Lanz of Salzburg, a clothes designer in New York City.

Kate Peterson Klaffky spent Thanksgiving in Richmond and Hopewell.

Marian Wiley recently attended the regional meeting of the American Alumni Council in Atlanta, Georgia .

Margaret Harris is making plans for her wedding to Tom Isbell, Richmond College, ' 39. At present she is working for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Richmond.

Class of '40 Dear Forties, Well, here we are agam, regular old timers at this now-but I'm afraid that I don't know so much news. Please bear with me.

Pauline Cortopassi is really using her abilities. She's teaching some young ones in Richmond piano. May she have as much success with this as she did with our May Day music.

I certainly was disappointed by the '40' s at the alumnae dinner and doings during .AThanksgiving , but it was great seeing those ~ho did make it. Lucy Baird, Charlotte Ann Dickinson, and Vista Robinson were there it's the first we've seen of Lucy since that fatal day in June. Those three are teaching; Lucy at Rural Retreat, Virginia, Charlotte Ann at Washington.

(Yes, Washington, Virginia. She said that it's near Front Royal, where Vista is teaching, incidentally.) Betty Willets came in just a little too late for the dinner, but in plenty of time for the dance and some good fellowship! Dot Roberts and Caroline Doyle were th ere along with too few of the Richmond kids. It was really a glorified bull session.

Last time, I wasn't very specific about where any of the gang are teaching, but I can let you in on some of the dope now.

Mildred James is at Bloxom; Caroline Doyle is at Reams; Doris Hargrove at Carson City; Libby Johnson at Rockville; Margaret Ligon at Green Bay High School ; Betty Willets at Etlam; Marie Keyser at some school near Providence Forge; Annabel Lumpkin and Myra Anne Gregory are both in Chesterfield Cot;tnty; Margaret Crabtree is teaching Latin at Austinsville; Mabel Leigh Rooke is at Churchville; and Eunice Flanagan is teaching seven grades in a one room school. All of these are in Virginiaand our class has one teacher far away. ~ileen Lloyd is teaching English down in Wf>uerto Rico. We all wish you the best of luck, Eileen, and every success.

Emma Lou Parsons and Madeline Cosby

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Rev. Robert Henry Winfree, '81, has retired from the ministry after fifty-two years of continuous service as pastor of Bethel , Mount Hermon and Winfree Memorial Baj)tist churches in Chesterfield County, Virgmia.

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President F. W. Boatwright, '88, was signally honored by the Richmond TimesDispatch which listed his name among the thirteen on the Virginia Honor Roll of 1940. The selections were made for "jobs done superlatively well" in "service to Virginia."

The eulogy concluded with these words: "President Boatwright is honored and respected by his faculty and students for his sound scholarship, his tolerance of diverse points of view, his calmness in difficult situations, and his readiness to defend members of his teaching staff from unwarranted criticism and attack. · He believes in allowing freedom of opinion on the university's campus, and is quick to defend those who sometimes express views there which are not altogether in harmony with those of the majority.

"A wide and voluminous reader , Dr. Boatwright manages , nevertheless, to maintain an intim ate knowledge of the administrative details of the great institution he heads. He is one of the most effective spokesmen for the place of the denominational institution in American education, and one of his basic theses as a university president is that educators should be as deeply concerned for the development of character as for the training of the intellect.

As he completes 46 years as head of the University of Richmond , the faculty , students, alumni and friends of that center of learning wish him many more decades of usefulness to his alma mater , to Virginia , and the nation."

He was again honored when the Richmond Kiwanis Club, at impressive exercises made him an honorary member of the club.

'89 Rev. E. T. Wellford, D.D., '89, for many years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Newport News, has retired from the active ministry .

'01 Dr. T. Ryland Sanford , '01 , who recently

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are getting their experience at Albert H. Hill School in Richmond - doing what is commonly called practice teaching.

And we have two librarian s in our class.

Lois Blake and Maureen Fugate are both doing library work; Lois is down at the public library in town, and Maureen is in the library at Ewing.

I have some more to add to the list of those going to business schools. Mary Anne Tucker is taking a business course at Strayer Business College in Washington, D. C.; and Janet Gresham (who was reported among the missing) is down at Smithdeal-Massey .

And speaking of business reminds me of a mistake that I made last time. Dimple Latham is working for the Life Insurance Company of Virginia . Virginia Bugg is working at the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. Helen Smith is with Sears, Roebuck and Company.

As for those missing, I still don 't know what Teeta and Ginny McLarin are doin g.

If anyone knows of the whereabouts and whatabouts of them, please let me know.

Thanks. And so until next time. . . .

Love, DELL. 1 1 1~

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retired as pastor of the Main Street Baptist Church in Luray, Virginia , has moved to Fredericksburg, where he will make his home.

'03 Dr. L. M. Ritt er, '03, was presented with a purse on behalf of th e Bowling Green Bapti st Church last October on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as pastor there.

'04 Dr. Dougla s S. Freeman, '04, is on e of three Virginians who were honored last month by election to Phi Beta Kappa As sociates at the first annual meeting of th e organization in N ew York. Dr. Freeman who se R. E. Lee won the Pulitzer Prize in 1934 is now at work on a new volume to be called Lee's Lieutenants.

'06 Rev. H. Frederick Jone s, '06, former pastor of th e Brantl ey Baptist Church at Baltimore, has begun hi s new duties at Liberty Church in the Appomattox, Virginia Association. ' 07 Arthur D. Davidson, '07 , editor of the Strasburg Northern Virginia Daily has been selected as the 1940 recipient of the Lee Editorial Award which is presented annually to th e writer of an editorial or series of ed itorials which performs th e most mer itoriou s and distinguished community serv ice. Mr. Davidson's award was won wit h a ser ies of editorial s on county government an d the public schools of Shenandoah Cou nty.

Dr. S. A . Slater, '07, superintendent of the Southwestern Minnesota sanatorium at Worthington, was reelected president of the Minnesota Public Health Association at its annual convention in St. Paul in October.

'09 His many friends were disappointed to learn that Thomas W. Ozlin , '09, after long consideration had decided not to make the race for Governor of Virginia. Chairman and widely known as a member of the State Corporation Commission, Mr. Ozlin was prominently mentioned for the position as chief executive of the Old Dominion.

Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honored him recently by electing him to honor ary membership and he will be initiated on March 5th. His reelection for a three year term to the presidency of the Farm Credit Board of Baltimore has been announced.

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Dr. J. J. Cook, ' 10, pastor of the Baptist Temple, Huntington, recently was elected president of the West Virginia Baptist State Convention. The meeting was held in the First Baptist Church of Morgantown of which Dr. 0. 0 . Dietz, '13, is pastor.

'15 Lieutenant Colonel J . Earle Dunford, '15, is at Fort Meade, Maryland, where he is billeting officer attached to post headquarters.

He will be there for one year.

'19 The Richm ond Times Dispatch salutes Lloyd M. Richards, ' 19, State Law Librarian on the occasion recently of his thirtieth anniversary in the service of the State . His is an Horatio Alger story. He started as janitor in the Law Library , worked up to assistant law librarian , and finally became librarian. He studied three years in the night classes of John Marshall high school, studied at Virginia Mechanics Institute and then enrolled in the University of Richmond Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1919.

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R. W. Nuckols , '21 , has been elevated to

the position of assistant cashier of the First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond .

Entering the banking business soon after his graduation, Mr. Nuckols has risen steadily.

He has studied at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Banking and is a graduate of the American Institute of Banking.

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The Rev. George D. Eubank, '22, ha .. resigned the pastorate of three churches inW' the Augusta , Virginia Association and accepted the pastorate of Modest Town Church in the Accomac Association.

Dr. George Dewey Stevens , '22, for more than ten years the pastor of the Melrose Baptist Church at Roanoke has accepted a call to the Moffett Memorial Baptist Church at Danville.

Dr. A . L. Carson, '22, has been promoted from acting director to full director of the bureau of maternal and child health of the Virginia State Health Department.

J. Rolfe Brame , '2 2, who has been in charge of the payroll at Camp Lee, has resigned to accept a position with the City of Richmond as clerk of stores at Howard Road.

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A daughter , Cary Douglas, was born to Herbert R., '23 , and Mrs . Hutchison on October 31st.

'24 C. Ernest Cooke, ' 24, a member of the faculty at Virginia Intermont College, recently gave an exhibit of some of his art collection , including a Titian original, "Portrait of a Dog." '25 William R. Pankey, '25, of Pittsburgh, is now serving as vice president of the Ministers' Conference in the Northern Baptist Convention.

Three distinguished gentlemen of the class of 1928 swap experiences as they hold an informal reunion Homecoming day . Left toright are Emanuel Emroch, Richmond lawyer; Guy Mattox, who is with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Richmond, and Robert Edwards who is district supervisor for the C. and P. Telephone Company in Norfolk.

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George Freedley, '25, curator of the theatre collection of the New York Public Library, is co-author of A History of the Theatre which is being favorably reviewed.

Mr. Freed ley, whose interest in drama began at the University of Richmond, has been closely identified with the stage since his graduation.

Mr. Freedley is dramatic critic of the Ar,l\few York Morning Telegraph and for sevWera l years he was stage manager for the Theatre Guild.

He is co-author with Rosamond Gilder of Theatre Collections in Libraries and Museums; author of the introduction and collaborator on Theatrical Designs from the Baroque through Neo-Classicism; president of the Theatre Library Association and executive secretary of the American section of the Societe Universelle du Theatre.

The Very Rev. Walter Henry Gray, '25, was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut at Hartford last November. He is a graduate of William and Mary and took law at the University of Richmond Law School. After being admitted to the State bar he decided to enter the ministry and was enrolled in the Virginia Theological Seminary at Alexandria.

John Crowder, '25, professor of music at Montana State University since 1930, has been appointed dean of the school of music there. After graduating from the University of Richmond, he studied piano in America with Mrs. Elizabeth Brockenbrough, sister of John Powell, and in Vienna under Frau Malwine Bree, former assistant to Leschetizky, and Dr. Hans Weiss, now head of ~iano at New York's David Mannes School 9f Music. He holds the master of musicology degree of the Eastman School of Music at Rochester.

'2 6 Rev. 0 . W. Pebworth, '26, has resigned the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Bramwell, West Virginia and has accepted a call to Shiloh, North Carolina.

'27 Rev. L. W. Kersey, '27, of Church View , Virginia, has accepted a pastorate at Grundy.

Ben Hilliard, '27, recently began his new duties as field secretary of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. He comes to the State Chamber from the American Book Company which he represented in Southwestern Virginia and Southern West Virginia. He is a former supervisor for the State Department of Education.

dalk, Maryland , and president of the Maryland Baptist Training Union.

their daughter , Virginia, Milchin, '32, of Bishop.

'29 Mrs. Daniel Lans ing Moose announces the marr iage of her niece, Miss Marjorie Phyllis Berical, to Ralph Poole Johnson, '29, on November 1st at Schenectady , New York.

In late November comes a card from Captain R. L. Wood, '29, mailed from Correos de Guatemala ( country of eternal spring) which he was visiting on a cross-country flight from Panama. In early December comes word that while returning from Guatemala and Nicaragua his Army C-33 transport cracked up at Puntarenas, Costa Rica. "While here in Puntarenas," he writes, "I ran across another Richmond alumnus, Dr. Rafael Nunez, '29 . He went to the Medical College of Virginia after the University of Richmond. We had guite a time. I return to France Field (Canal Zone) after a week here."

'33 Miss Mary Ellen Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer L. Cook of Bonsack, Virginia, and Benjamin Edgar Chapman , '33 , were married last November at the home of the bride. Mr. Chapman who is practicing law in Salem is the representative from Roanoke County in the Virginia General Assembly.

Rev. E. B. Cahoon, '33, and Mrs. Cahoon of Village, Virginia, are the parents of a daughter, Carolyn Martin, who was born last July.

'30 Dr. and Mrs . Hunter McC!ung announce the marriage of their daughter, Eleanor, to John Henry Powell, '30, on November 9th at the Lexington Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Virginia .

A son, William Earle, was born to Joseph E., '30, and Mrs. Nettles on February 13th.

'31 C. W. Miller, '3 1, has taken over the principalship of Pearisburg High School rn Giles County, Virginia.

Hugh Ross, '31, is practicing law in Madison, Virgin ia. Brother Charlie , '29 , is clerk of court.

Dr. C. C. Chewning, ' 31, a practicing physician in Bowling Green, Virginia, for a number of years, and Mrs. Chewning, formerly Louise Thompson, '37, have recently moved to Richmond where Dr. Chewning is serving on the medical staff of the State Penitentiary. They are the parents of a daughter, Helen Louise, born November 26th.

William Hoke Berry, '31, is a member of the . foreign languages department of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.

After serving as instructor in modern languages in the Richmond public schools from 1931 to 1938, Mr. Berry became graduate assistant in the department of botany at the University of Michigan and also resident advisor.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fenson have left Richmond to make their home in Port St. Joe, Florida. Paul is a member of the class of '3 1.

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H . G. Noffsinger, Jr., '28, business manager of Virginia Intermont College, will entertain the Southern Association of College and Univers ity Business Officers at the college on April 17 to 19.

Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, Jr., ' 28, has moved from Emporia, Virginia to accept a pastorate at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

A The Rev. and Mrs . P. E. Taylor of the yalboa Heights Church, Canal Zone, are being congratulated on the birth of twin girls.

Mr. Taylor, '28, was formerly pastor at Dun-

'32 Rev. Arthur Hume Cox, '32, has accepted the pastorate of Grace Memorial Episcopal Church at Lynchburg after serving three churches in Fluvanna and Louisa counties for the past two years.

Rev. R. Cole Lee, '32, has accepted the pastorate of Webster Memorial Church at Greensboro, North Carolina after previously serving at Morehead City.

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'34 Edward S. White, ' 34, is engaged in the practice of law at Atlanta, Georgia as a member of the firm of Gambrell and White.

'35 Waverly W. Barbe , '35, has left the George Peabody College Teachers Library at Nashville, Tennessee, to accept a position in the University of Alabama Library.

William J. Gilfillan, '35, of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was married to Miss Janet R. Smith on October 7th at the Mt. Lebanon U.P. Church. Mr. Gilfillan is employed in the mortgage department of the PeoplesPittsburgh Trust Company.

Cleveland C. Kern, '35, has resigned as teacher and coach at Chester High School to accept a position with the drug firm of Van Pelt and Brown in Richmond.

'36 Milton J. Lesnik, '36, is co-author of an article, "Espousing Spouses for Taxation Purposes, " which appeared in the December issue of Tax Magazine.

Arthur Ritz Kingdon, '36, is one of seven West Virginians who won United States Army flying cadet scholarships for the November class.

Rev. Arthur W. Rich, ' 36, and Mrs. Rich announce the birth of a daughter, Joan Elizabeth, on October 4th, Mr. Rich is pastor of the Fairmount Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond .

The Rev. and Mrs. Roscoe Marvin White of Petersburg announce the marriage of their daughter , Lou Chapman , to Rieves Westwood Winfree, Jr., ' 36, in November.

Mr. Winfree , a practicing attorney in Richmond, is a member of the city Board of Aldermen.

'37 Bernard M . Dabney , Jr., ' 37, is commercial manager of radio station WGAC at Columbia, Georgia.

Mr. and Mrs. John Milton Cozart announce the marriage of their daughter , Louise Ray, to Rev. William Latane Lumpkin , '37, at Asheville, North Carolina , on July 5th. Bill who received his Th .M. degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville last June is now pastor of the Baptist Church at Holland.

The wedding of Miss Jane Mary Bixby, daughter of Dr. and Mrs . Clarence Edwin Bixby of Jamestown , New York and Paul Somers, Jr., '37, took place on De cember

28th at Jamestown. Paul is a member of the farnlty at Howard University , Birmingham, Ala .

John Mann Butler , '37, is a research chemist for th e Bakelite Corporation at Bloomfield , New Jer sey. He received his Ph.D. last year from Ohio State.

Mi ss Sarah Ellen Dickerson , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniel Dickerson , was marri ed recently to John Nicholas Pastore, ' 37. They are making their home at 50 1 Clydesdale, Prospect Hills , Roanoke .

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Miller of Annapolis, Maryland, announce th e engagement of their daughter, Sonia Victoria , to David Morton Bear, '3 7. Da ve is now a student in the dental school of the M edical College of Virginia.

Hugh L. Williamson, '37, has completed his basic flight training at Randolph Field, Texas, and is now wearing Air Corps wings .

'38 Walker E. Turner, '38, and Mrs . Turner announ ce the birth of a daughter, Grace Carol, on January 15.

Mr. and Mr s. Amo s M . Burlin announce the marriage of their daughter, Jean Alcott, to William Paul Dooley , '38, on January 25t h at Wilmington, Delaware.

Paul S. Siegel, '38, is in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Duke University and is servin g as housemaster in Southgate Dormitory , residence of students in the College of Engineering.

Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt B. Alston announce the marriage of their daughter , Dorothy Elizabeth , to John L. Adam s, '38, on November 21st.

Rev. George A. Harris Jr. '38, has accepted the pastorate of the K enbridge Baptist Church where h e succeeds Rev. J. L. King, '83, who ha s retired from the ministry.

Harry T. James, '38, was recently hon ored by his election as president of the senior class of 1941 at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School whe re he is completing his third year of study .

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Bowie of Niagara, New York, announce the engag ement of their daughter, Barbara Jean, to Curtis M. Haug, ' 38, of Newton, Massachusetts.

Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Estil Steel, announce the engageme nt of their daughter , Betty Kirk, to Midshipman T. Nash Broaddus, ' 39. T he wedding will take place in March. Mr. Steel is a member of the class of '08.

'39 G. Benjamin McClure, '39, is assistant to the manager of the advertising media department of the Vick Chemical Company 's office at Greensboro , North Carolina.

Arne Chri stensen , '39, is employed in the DuPont plant at Ampthill.

Herbert Churc h, '39, is doing g raduat e work in physics at V.P.I. Mi ss Nancy Lee Anderson , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Anderson, was married to Clyde T. Francisco , ' 39, in the Mount Vernon Methodist Church recentl y. Clyde,

only student ever to make a "straight A" record at the University , is now studying at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville.

Daniel Grinnan , '39, has joined the sports staff of the Rich mond Times-Dispatch .

Reginald Cosby, '39, is now professor of electronics at V.P.I. where he received his M.S. last June .

'40 Wilbur H. Wrenn , '40, is doing graduate work in engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Luther Jenkins, '4 0, is working in the cost section of the engineering department of the E. I. DuPont plant at Louisville, Kentucky. The plant is so big, writes Luther, that it cost $54,623 just to buy enough fence to go around it.

Milton Joel , '40, is with the Air Corps Training Detachment , Municipal Airport , Tuscaloosa, Alabama .

Mr. and Mrs. Grover Adlai Nimmo of Suffolk announce the marriage of their daughter, Villa, to Moody Eason Stallings ,

Bluefield The Bluefield Branch of A .A.U.W. has just done a splendid piece of work . The branch sponsored a series of teas in the main dining room of one of the hotels for the benefit of "Bundles for Britain." With the slogan, " Your cup of tea may save a life " the plan was to give an opportunity for tired shoppers to rest and refresh themselves and at the same time to help a worthy cause.

A large sum of money was realized. The following Westhampton alumnae are members of the Bluefield Branch: Mrs. Vernon Ellett (Joanna Savedge, ex-'24); Mrs. Newell Sapp (Ruth Pickens, ex-'29); Evelyn Easley, '3 1; Martha Jeter Lazenby , '36; Mrs. Taylor Frazier (Dorothy Connelly, ex'28); Mrs . Clark Brown (Margaret Lazenby, '26).

Joanna Savedge Ellett was born November 5th. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ellett (Joanna Savedge , ex'24).

Martha Jeter Lazenby , '36, has just returned from Culpeper where she was a bridesmaid in the wedding of Lena Ruth Miller, '36, and Robert Jack Bruce. The two girls were roommates at Westhampton.

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Danville Norvell R. Green, '26, who has for several years been located in Pittsylvania County, is now pastor of the Baptist Church in Mappsville, Virginia, on the Eastern Shore.

R. W. (Bob) Edwards, '28, for several years manag er of the Danville office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephon e Com-

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Parke P. Starke, Jr. , '40, is doing graduate work in meteorology at California Tech in preparation for joining the United States Weather Bureau . Parke writes that someone- as a gag- sent him a letter addressed to "Pasadena, State of Pleasant Weather and Sunshine. " Yes, it was delivered promptly .

Porter Vaughan, '40, a regular on th~ pitching staff of the Philadelphia Athletic. last season , has left for Carlsbad, California , and spring training. Ten pounds heavier and feeling fine, he is looking forward to a big season.

Ed Bragg, '40 , is doing graduate work at V .P.I. '41 Harry Widener, '41, went right to work in the auditing staff of Allied Chemical and Dye Company, Hopewell, Virginia, after graduating in February. Harry's marked resemblance to Spencer Tracy of movie fame has caused many an amusing case of mistaken identity.

pany of Virginia, has been promoted to the position of district commercial supervisor for the Tidewater District, with headquarters at Norfolk. Mr. Edwards was one of our most enthusiastic alumni, and we shall miss him.

A Jesse R. Hite, ' 20, has been quite ill i1W a Richmond hospital.

Mr. ('28) and Mrs. Gray Bromleigh, of Chatham , have a daughter, Henrietta Reed , born on May 10, 1940. · Harry Thomas James , '38, and Miss Sarah Elam , of South Boston, were married on June 19th . Mr. James is this year a senior at the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York.

Dr. Walter H. Bennett, '30, is teaching political science at the University of Alabama.

Dr. ('31) and Mrs . Ernest D. Overbey, of Chatham, have a young son, born on July 19, 1940.

Miller Bradley, '39, was married during August to Miss Virginia Bruce Davis , of Danville .

The Danville chapter regrets the death of Dr. John A. Hawkins, ' 17, on June 7, 1940.

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Halifax The Halifax County Alumni Association of th e University of Richmond completed plans for organization at a dinner meeting held at the Hotel John Randolph, July 23d.

This meeting was the result of a decision in favor of separate organizations , reached ~ the Pittsylvania-Halifax Chapter at the annual dinner held at the Hotel Danville on

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Sixteen loyal alumni were present, and the following officers were elected: President, Frank M. Lacy, '30; Vice Pres• J. Garnett Bledsoe, '26; Secretary and -ent, Treasurer, Camilla Wimbish Lacy, '23.

The speaker was Dr. R. C. McDanel, '16, of the History Department of of the University. He spoke most enthusiastically concerning the progress that the school has made. He also told about the plans for the new Student Center Building.

In addition to Mrs. McDanel and Mrs. Bledsoe, who were guests, the following were present: Catherine Little Duquy, '21; Barbara DeJarnette, '38; Betty Riley, ex-'41; Camilla Wimbish Lacy, '23; Frank C. Riley, '13; A. T. Elwanger, ' 14; Edwin S. Snead, Jr., '23; William Creath, '29; Shanks Wilborn, '38; J. B. Wilborn, Jr., '30; John Green, '36; Frank Lacy, '30; Joseph Inge, ex-'21; R. L. Lacy, '18; J. Garnett Bledsoe, '26.

Barbara De J arnette, '38, was married to Don P. Bagwell of Halifax, Virginia on September 12, 1940 at the bride's home. Mr. and Mrs. Bagwell are living on Mountain Road in Halifax.

In December the First Baptist Church of South Boston celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the pastorates of the Rev. Frank C. Riley, D.D., '13.

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Noble Crossley, '17, who is connected with Alexander and Alexander, insurance brokers, announces that he is in competition with the famous comedian Eddie Cantor since the stork paid the Crossleys another visit on November 13, 1940, and left them a baby girl, Emelia Sue. This now makes three girls, Emelia Sue, Carolyn, age six years and Constance , age seven years. (Only two to go, Noble.)

J. W. Decker, '12, has informed us that he has a son who is a sophomore at Richmond College.

Dr. Henry E. Garrett, '15. Home, 35 Clairmont Avenue, New York City. Ph.D. in Psychology, Columbia University, 1923. At Columbia ever since, now Professor of Psychology.

H. T. Spiers, '19, has been transferred to the New York office of the National City Bank of New York .

Dr. A. A. Marchetti, '24. Home, 3448 81st Street, Jackson Heights, New York City.

Before marriage, his wife attended the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He and his wife are blessed with three prospective Spiders, Marco Anthony, age five years; Peter, age o and one-half years; Michael, age four nths . Dr. Marchetti is now Assistant Proessor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Hospital - has been since 1932 and

was the first resident physician m the new New York Hospital.

Luther Wells, '32, married Westhamptonite, Grace Rowland in 1935. Home, 307 East 35th Street, New York City. One daughter, Linda Wyatt, born August 7, 1939. Luther is commercial artist in the art department of the New York Sttn and does some free lance drawing on the side.

McEldin Trawick, '34, Ph.D. degree, Psychology, Columbia University, June, 1940-studied under Henry E. Garrett, Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond alumnus himself. Trawick is now instructor in Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Rev. Charles Ridgway, '36. Home, 2049 McGraw Avenue, New York City, married in February, 1940. Since 1938 has been assistant to the editor, the Watchman Examiner, New York City, and is also doing supply work in the ministry.

Bruce Van Buskirk, '39, and "Wish" Martin, '39, are both aboard the U.S.S. Illinois, taking a three months training course, upon the completion of which they will qualify as ensigns of the United States Navy.

JOSEPH 1. PITTORE, '37.

Piedmont Howard Harlan is at the University of Virginia this year working for his doctor's degree in sociology, having a leave of absence from the University of Alabama where he has been a member of the Sociology Department for several years. His wife, the former Gertrude Ryland, and young son are with him for the year in Charlottesville.

Lena Ruth ("Nooks") Miller was married in Culpeper Baptist Church, December 14th to Robert Jack Bruce of Culpeper. A classmate, Martha former Westhampton Jeter Lazenby of Bluefield, West Virginia was one of the bridesmaids. The bride's cousin, Mrs. C. E. Reams, Jr., the former Eliza Grimsley Miller, '26, and also a Westhampton alumna, was matron of honor.

Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison Willis of Lignum, Virginia are the parents of a son, John Harrison, Jr., born in May. Mr. and Mrs. William Alan Smith (Charline Williams, ex-'29) have a young son, William Alan, Jr., born in November.

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Among those attending were, in addition to the officers: Mesdames Har groves, Willis and Mahaney; Dr. and Mrs. J. Warren Hundley, Jr. , '23; John Hladycz, Joe Straughan , '3 8; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sturgis, '30; John T. Tanous, '38; Carey White , '26; Miss Marion Conrey, '39; Miss Leonora Johnson , '3 2; Miss Marjorie Lenton , '42; Miss Eleanor Waters, '27; Dr. and Mrs. Audrey B. Arnold, '14; Dr. and Mrs. James H. Franklin, '95, of Crozer; Dale F. Griffin, '38; Miss Rosalie Oakes, '39, Crozer ; Rev. Eldridge B. Hatcher, D .D., '86; Miss Betty Acker, '41; Miss Grace Elliott, '37; Harvey M. Phillips, Jr. , Clarence E. Denoon, Jr., '34; Mr. and Mrs. Norwood G. Green, '27.

In addition to those attending, letters from a number of other alumni asking to be placed on the charter membership list were received.

Alumni of the University of Richmond living in Philadelphia and vicinity will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. James H . Franklin at a picnic at Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, on the afternoon of May 10th .

A picnic lunch will be provided by the hosts, and alumni residing in and near Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania , Delaware and New Jersey have been asked to attend.

Dr. S. C. Mitchell was the chief speaker at a meeting of the Philadelphia group February 10th. The world situation was discussed by Dr. Mitchell, who, at the close of his address, held an informal session to answer questions about the University and faculty . Greetings to Dr. and Mrs. F. W .

Boatwright, Mrs. Mitchell , and to members of the faculty were sent by the alumni. The Reverend V. Carney Hargroves, president of the Philadelphia Chapter , presided.

Among those attending were Dr. Jacob Billikopf , Mrs. Hargroves, Jack Hladycz , Joseph Myers, Mark Lutz, Joe Straughan , Misses Betty and Marion Conrey, Miss Leonora Johnson, Miss Marjorie Lenton, Miss Eleanor Waters, C. A. Whitlatch , Clarence E. Denoon, Jr. , William P. Dooley , Dr. James H. Franklin , Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Green, Dale F. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard C. Paulette, Miss Grace Elliott , Miss Rosalie Oakes.

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Roanoke Dr. E. Berkley Neal, '26, is rounding out five years of a most successful medical practice in th e Magic City. E. Berkley has made a host of friends her e giving much of his time and efforts to civic enterprises.

A graduate of medicine in Emory University, '29, Dr. Neal has done graduate work in Henry W. Grady Hospital, Atlanta , Georgia , and in th e New York City Post Graduat e Hospital.

Fred Repass, '27, has an attractive suite of

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The Reverend Jesse E. Davis , '25, and Mrs. D avis hav e adopted a fine boy, Jim , as he is to be known by hi s friends.

Henry M. Glasgow, '28, has recently gone to N ew Jersey with th e Her cules Powder Company.

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Carl H. Robinson, '20, is chief of Di vision of Cotton Marketing, Departm ent of Agriculture.

Carroll T. Thomas, '20, is chief chemist in Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

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T. T. Belote , BA, '02, Ph.D. , has been for some years chief of the Division of History in the Smithsonian Institution.

Francis Lee Albert , ' 19, has been promoted to the rank of Commander in the United States Navy.

Edgar W. Ligon , Jr. , BS, '32, Ph.D. , Duke University , '38, instructor in pharmacology in School of Medicine, George Washington University, married Miss Nola Robinson of Durham , North Carolina, August 10, 1940, in th e Duke University Chapel.

Dr. Daniel B. Moffett , BA , ' 10, is an eye ear, nose, and throat specialist at 1738 M Street , N.W. Dr. Claude L. Neale, BS, '24, is a physician in Walter Reed Hospital.

Dr. John A. Boston , ·11, 1505 N. Garfield Street, Arlington, Virginia is a practicing dentist.

Robert A. Ryland, ' 14, 304 N. Highland Street, Arlington , Virginia , is a practicing attorney.

G. A. Charter Heslep , BA, '2 6, managing editor, Washington D aily News, married Miss Margaret Smith of Walla Walla,

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Arthur W . James, 1919-22 , University of Richmond Law School, has a position of supervisor, Juvenile (Offenders) Section of the United States Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Justice. He is the author of Virginia's Social Awakening, which was published by Garrett and Massie in 1940.& Edgar B. Franklin, 1926-28 , was tranWJ ferred in June, 1939 from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington , where he is now employed as chief, Operations Unit , Air Carrier In spection Section, Civil Aeronautics Administration. Since leaving Richmond College his career has been both varied and interesting; he has served in the United States Cavalry and Air Corps, and in 1933 started working for the United Air Lines as a pilot on their Chicago-New York route, where he remained until 193 7. In December he departed on a flight by Pan American Airways to survey a proposed new route. Stops will be made at Bermuda; Lisbon , Portugal; Bolama , Portuguese Guinea , West Africa; Port of Spain , Trinidad, British West Indies , and San Juan , Puerto Rico.

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Since the last issue of THE BULLETIN, death has removed from the list of active alumni many of the University's most devoted sons.

Among them was Dr. Walter Jorgens,1 Young , a BA graduate of the class of 19 and professor of psychology and philosoph and head of the department of philosophy and education at the University of Richmond, 1913-18. He died on November 23d at his home in Fredericksburg at the age of 57. After his graduation from the University, he received the B.D. degree at Crozer Theological Seminary in 1910 , and the Th.M. in 1911. He was awarded an M.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1910 and the Ph.D. in 1911. He was professor of psychology and philosophy at Mary Washington College.

Colonel LeRoy L. Sutherland , who received his B.A. in 1904 and his M.A. in 1905 from Richmond College , died November 26th. For more than thirty years he had been a resident and leadin g citizen of Staunton where, at the time of his death, he was professor of chemistry at the Staunton Military Academy . He served as superintendent of the academy for a time and was also a former president of the Virginia Academy of Science.

The alumni office also has been notified of the passing of the following: Denny C. Culbert , '14; Morton T. Davis, ' 19; Nathaniel B. Dial, '83; J. T. L. Dickinson, '04; Luther E. Fuller , '24; John A. Hawkins, '17; William B. James, '9 1; R. Lee Marshall, '08; Clinton J. Morgan, Donald Bolling Riley, '34; William V .

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Alumni Honor Roll The BULLETINis proud to publish the University of Richmond honor roll of fathers whose sons are enrolled in Richmond College this session. No father can pay his Alma Mater a greater compliment than to send his own son.

Fifty-two students, records compiled by e Richmond College personnel office show, the sons of alumni. In addition, 18 stunts are the sons of mothers who attended the Woman 's College or Westhampton.

The honor roll follows: UPPERCLASSMEN:

Arendall, E. M.-Dr. C. B. Arendall, Mobile , Alabama.

Bareford, J. M.-J. B. Bareford, 6600 Prospect Road, Richmond .

Berrey, Thomas C.- Emmet C. Berrey, Luray, Virginia .

Bingham, L. W., Jr.- L. C. Bingham, 3019 Grove A venue , Richmond.

Boatwright, J. B., Jr.- Law School-J . B. Boatwright, Buckingham, Virginia.

Bradshaw , J. O.- L. H . Bradshaw, Burkeville, Virginia.

Brandis, Royal- R. B. Brandis, 4006 Crutchfield A venue, Richmond.

W. BrockenBrockenbrough, Allan-Benj. brough, 1617 Princeton Road, Richmond.

Combs, M. L.- M. L. Combs, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia .

Crouch, F. M.-C. C. Crouch, 512 North 24th Street, Richmond.

Crowder, C. W. - Law School - C. W. Crowder, 1411 Avondale Avenue , Richmond. ckinson, H. H.-C. W. Dickinson, State .

WD epartment of Education, Richmond.

Donohue , J . H. - J. H. Donohue , 2330 Monument A venue , Richmond .

Durrett, R. W. -- 1201 Second Street, Hartsville, South Carolina.

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Gravatt, W. D.- Dr. A. B. Gravatt, Ellerson , Virginia.

Green, W S., Jr.- W. S. Green, Burkeville , Virginia Griffin, H. E., Jr.- H. E. Griffin, Dillwyn, Virginia .

Hall, T. M.- Rev. W. H. Hall , Rupert, West Virginia.

Ham, R. D.- W. H. Ham, 417 Northside Avenue, Richmond.

Long, M. M., Jr.- M. M. Long, St. Paul, Virginia.

E. Massie, 4001 Massie, G. E., 3rd-G. Grove Avenue , Richmond.

Matthews, J. A.-Dr. S. T. Matthews , 3213 West Grace Street, Richmond .

Morgan, C. A., Jr.-C. A. Morgan, Rockville, Virginia.

Pankey, G. R., Jr.- Rev. George R. Pankey, 1828 West Grace Street, Richmond.

Parks, R. C.-R. C. Parks, 5604 Cary Street Road, Richmond.

Reid, E. K.-E . E. Reid, 203 East 33rd Street, Baltimore , Maryland .

Ryland, Charles- Garnett Ryland, University of Richmond .

R. Sanford, 123 South Sanford, J. D.-T. Court Street, Luray, Virginia .

Waite, G. T.- Geo. T. Waite.

Walker, A. C., Jr.- Rev. A. C. Walker , Exmore, Virginia.

White, C. B.-G. C. White, 210 Hardy Ave .

Whittet, R. McL.- R. M . Whittet, 3406 Gloucester Road, Richmond.

Wicker, J. T.- J. C. Wicker, 1308 Victor Street, Richmond.

FRESHMEN:

Batten, Caleb Livingstone -Ca leb Batten , R. F. D. No. 2, Smithfield , Virginia .

Bingham, William Harrison - Lucien Warner Bingham, 3019 Grove Avenue, Richmond.

Bremner, Wm. Frederick - Leith S. Bremner , 23 Roslyn Road, Richmond.

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Combs, R. H. - Morgan L. Combs, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg , Va. Crockett, Jos. McL. - David Thompson Crockett, 1307 Hamilton Boulevard , Hagerstown, Maryland.

Easley, Richard B., Jr.- Richard Booker Easley, 3404 Park Avenue , Richmond.

Ellwanger , Albert, Jr. - Albert Ellwanger, Clover, Virginia.

Green, Thos. Walton - Wav erly Sydnor Green , Burkeville, Virginia.

Grizzard , Richard Stuart- Robert Washington Grizzard , 503 Oglethorpe Street, N.W., Washington , D . C. Gwathmey , Owen-Dr. William Gwathmey, Beulahville, Virginia.

Habel, Nathaniel B.- Samuel Tilden Habel , Amelia Court House, Virginia .

Lichenstein, James- Valentine Lichenstein, 119 Gifford Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Purdy, Leonard Alfred - T. C. Williams Law School-C has. R. Purdy, 2817 Stonewall Avenue, Richmond.

Taylor , William Alexander -Spe ncer, Virginia.

Todd , Julian Pratt , Jr.- Julian P . Todd, Dumbarton , Va. Valentine, Allen W. , Jr.- A. W. Valentine , 1137 West Avenue, Richmond .

Wright, Wesley- Aubin B. Wright, 6805 North 12th Street, Philadelphia , Pennsyl vania.

Wyatt , Evans Young - Henry Oswell Wyatt, 6320 Ventnor Avenue , Ventnor , New Jersey.

Students whose mothers atte nded the Woman 's College or Westhampton are: C. W . Crowder, E. L. Field , H. A. Bullock, M . P. Boswell, T. N. Broaddus , J. M. Fredericksen, A. G. Howell , R. C. Krug, W. P. Lawless, W. L. Maner, Jr., J. Q. Peers, A. J. Phaup , Jr., J. D. Sanford', S. Schwarzschild, C. A. Watkins , and J. T. Wicker.

Rudolph Koch. There, while Warren worked at typecutting and wood cutting, Mrs. Chappell busied herself with bookbinding and tapestry making.

When the ChappeHs returned to New York in 1932 he set up his own studio. Until 1935 his work was largely typographic: he did a great deal in the way of ornamental lettering, the design of formats, and the drawing of general decorative material for books and ma_gazines. ~or a while Chaa pell taught at the League. In his spare time he wrote Tl• Anatomy of Lette1'ing which was chosen one of the Fifty Best Books of 1935. Packages that he designed around this period won a gold medal. Another volume , that of the Don Quixote illustrations, was declared one of the Fifty Best Books of 1939.

From Don Quixote In 1935 Chappell went to Colorado Springs to be assistant to Boardman Robinson and to teach the graphic arts at Warren Chappell, '26 the Colorado Springs Fine Arts School. The following year (C ontinu ed from 1,age I) the Chappells returned to New York and Warren designed tical information about printing, Chappell spent part of his the Lydian type ( named in honor of his wife) series for the time designing for George Grady at the Strawberry Hill American Type Founders. That year Chappell also designed Press. and made a few hundred drawings for the Junior Classics, a In 1928 Chappell took a job as a typographer with the ten-volume collection of the outstanding literature for chilTribune Company. Here he designed some of their promo- dren. During the last couple of years Chappell has done the tional advertising . That same year he married the beauteous trade books already listed. Added to those mentioned are Lydia Hatfield (Westhampton, '28). After some three years some dozen privately printed books. Two years ago he dewith the Tribune Company ( during which time Chappell signed a roman and italic typeface which was being cut by collaborated with Charles Locke in illustrating Swift's The hand in Europe, but the war has made that impossible to Tale of a Tub) Mr. and Mrs. Chappell went to Offenbach- complete. am-Main where Warren studied with the late and great Last year Chappell lectured to classes of the Architectural ea School of New York University. At present one of his extra &Si;::Q;:::Q:::~~::Q::::!l:=!:t:::!l~:Q:::(J;:::!!~::Q:::~~::Q::::!l:=!~~::Q:::~~::Q:::!t/ curricular activities is service on a jury which has been invited to try to raise the standards of the WPA in New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Chappell now make their home in New Yo~ How's Your Social Security City. Although still of war duty age, Chappell has a stantial background of accomplishments which should stand him in good stead, wherever the chips may fall, in this rapidly disintegrating world. There is cultural chaos abroad, but artists of the calibre of Chappell will continue to preserve the graphic arts in these United States .

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The Cover Snapped as they partook of the excellent barbecue luncheon which, as always, was a feature of Homecoming exercises, are four distinguished alumni of the University. Left to right are J. Vaughan Gary, president of the General Society of Alumni; Morris Sayre, past president of the Alumni Council; W. B. F. Cole, past president of the General Society of Alumni, and J. Claude Kidd, president of the Quarterback Club, Richmond City alumni chapter.

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Biology at University of Richmond A few copies of Dr. John Wend ell Bailey's Biology at the University of Richmond are still available at the price of $2.50. This history of the biology department, published by n~.Bailey af_ter exhaustive research, has be~n favorably 1 ceived by reviewers and by the many alumni who have rell' it.

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a record of 1.5 accidents per million man-hours worked, emW ITH ployes of the Virginia Electric and Power Company have again been

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awarded first place-for the third time in succession-in the nationwide competition sponsored by the National Safety Council.

This record is not the result of any high-pressure Safety Campaign conducted within the organization, but the product of a united effort on the part of all employes who have made up their minds to work safely and to study and apply recognized Safety methods and practices in their daily work.

The Utility business is by its very nature a hazardous one, requiring unusual care on the part of both men and foremen, and although employes of Vepco have made commendable progress in reducing their accident frequency over the past decade, they realize that there still is much room for improvement.

They have, accordingly, set for themselves during the year 1941 the goal of not only holding first place , but of bettering their last year's score of 1.5 accidents per million man-hours ·worked.

1939

THE VEPCO TEN-YEAR Year

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1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40

No. Man-Hour s

4,149,663 3,741,319 3,284,235 3,406,268 3,291,224 3,565,749 3,793,941 4,172,495 3,997,997 3,945,582

No. of Accidents

40 17 10 12 12 11 11 10 5 6

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No. of Employe s

Fr equency

Fin al Standing

1,702 1,616 1,452 1,583 1,513 1,571 1,639 1,876 1,803 1,840

9.639 4.54 3.045 3.523 3.646 3.085 2.899 2.397 1.251 1.521

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