Alumni Bulletin, University of Richmond, Volume 6, December 1941

DECEMBER, 1941

DA VE E. SATTERFIELD ,

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"There areNaIslandsanymare " There once was a time when a man could withdraw after college to a life of pure research, to a snug little business his father had built up for him, or even to a tropical island.

There are no islands any more . Priorities get into laboratories - taxes and the SP AB have their way with businesses -submarines and bombers use tropical islands for bases - and selective service finds its men no matter where they go.

Like it or not, the news is happening to all of us today-in college and after college. And it is only common sense to understand what is happening and what

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And that is why TIME can be so continuously useful to you in the months ahead. For TIME's only purpose is to keep intelligent people well informed about the racing torrent of today's newswhich is a bigger and more important job now than it has ever been before.

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Satter{ieldObseroesthe Battleof London History may record that the University of Richmond's man of the year was Congressman Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. , who as naval observer at the American Embassy in London, spent a month expertly watching the grim battle for possession of the British Isles.

No military novice is Congressman Satterfield who as a naval aviator in the World War held the rank of lieutenant commander. Accordingly his selection as naval observer was appla uded not only in the halls of Congress but generally by persons who recognize the value to the United States' fighting forces of the information he will be able to transmit .

In his London post, Mr. Satterfield was attached to the staff of Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, chief of the special naval mission to the United States Embassy in London.

His office in Washington was kept open during his absence for conduct of Congressional business . He returned home early this month.

Mr. Satterfield is the first member of Congress to go to London in an official capacity since the "Batt le of London" began. The request for leave because of a call to service was presented to the House of Representatives by Representative Bland, dean of the Virginia delegation , and was immediately adopted by the House.

An account of his trip to England by clipper and his impressions of the British people are contained in the following letter to President Boatwright: AMERICAN OFFICE

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4 November , 1941.

Dr. F. W. Boatwright, President, University of Richmond , Richmond, Virginia.

My dear Doctor: I sincerely hope the drive for the social center building will continue to advance and that our friends in Richmond will rally to the cause. I arrived in London on Saturday , November 1, 9: 30 P.M., after a splendid trip from New York on the American Clipper via Bermuda, the Azores and Lisbon.

Only one leg of that flight gave me any concern and that was the trip from Lisbon to England. The journey had to be made in a Douglas land plane , and abou t 800 miles of it was over

water. The ship was twin motored and manned by a Dutch crew. We had an excellent pilot who, some years ago, won the famous race from London to Melbourne, Australia , in a Douglas airplane. You may remember that one of the competitors was our old friend Roscoe Turner . · I have been given an office here in the Embassy buildin g and will operate from this point throughout Scotland and Ireland in an effort to get all the information which I trust will be helpful to my colleagues when I get back to Washington . I hope to get back home for Christmas and to attend the opening of the second half of the 77th Congress .

Guy Hope, whom you will remember , is a Naval Reserve Officer and is attached to the Embassy here. He met me at the Paddington Station , Saturday night , and in the dark , amid thousands of people, found me. How he did it, I do not know. We went immediately to the Dorchester Hotel and 15 minutes after I had gotten to my room, the first air raid wa rning since July was sounded . Poor Guy, who had not heard one before, was at a loss as to what to do with me. Happily, there were no bombs dropped , but I did learn that some German planes were knocked down by the British .

I landed in Bristol and was instantly reminded of White Ladies Road and Black Boyd Hill from whence, by the way, one may venerate the memory of John and Sebastian Cabot, those intrepid heroes, who , in the Matthe w manned by 18 men and bound for Asia , landed at Cape Breton in June of 1497 and solemnly took possession in the name of King Henry VII. There is a 105 foot tower erected in 1897 on Brandon Hill in commemoration. I was much impressed with the inscription upon this tablet. It reads as follows: "This tablet is placed here by the Bristol branch of the Peace Society in the earnest hope that peace and friendship may ever continue between the kindred peoples of this country and America . Glory to God in the highest, and on earth , peace and good will toward men. " There never was a time , it seems to me, in the history of the world when so solemn a hope should need complete fulfiJlment .

I will not have much chance to see the things I have so ardently wished all my life to see in England. Tomorrow , I leave for an inspection of certain bases in Scotland and Ireland, and when I return , I shall visit Bomber and Fighter Commands near-by.

Yesterday morning , Captain Lockwood, the Naval Attache , put me in charge of his chauffeur for a brief ride about (Continued

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Entered at the post office of tbe U ni versity of Ri chm ond , Vir gini a, as seco nd -class matter.

Teachingthe ThreeR's To UncleSam'sFightingMen Richmond , Virginia December 4, 1941 Dear Alumnae: Every now and then the Westhampton Alumnae Association sends a questionnaire to its members that reads some; Number of young hopething like this: Married name __ ; and so on . .My form fuls ___ ; Recent graduate work __ is returned with a "Q" after each statement. Since the field of adu lt education receives scant publicity, I am happy to write this letter to you about the work in which I am now engaged and which I find to be positively thrilling .

Can you imagine teaching in a school in which there are no disciplinary problems, no complaints of long assignments, no clock watching; where those who come to learn do so because the teacher gives them something in information, in skill or in culture which they know is essential to their jobs tomorrow . Here the challenge for effective teaching is the greatest. This is the kind of educational work I am doing.

For the past six years I have been a supervisor of WPA Adult Education in Virginia . .My part has been to help train teachers of adults on the job. Approximately 15,500 illiterates have been taught to read and write in Virginia und er the WPA Program to date, yet there are thousands remaining in this state. When this is told to the average layman he remarks, "Oh really, I don 't know anyone who cannot read or write," and that is that. Those of us who have been trying to do somet hin g about it work on quietly and say little. But now comes war again . Men registered for Selective Service were g iven examinations at the Induction Center s. The men who failed to pass a literacy test equivalent to a fourth-grade level of abilit y were rejected as illiterates.

_J Virginia Gregory, '24, whose job is to help educate some of the illiterates who are called for military service.

Then our Virginia papers read: "Illiteracy causes startlingly high percentage of rejections of men called for selective service in Virginia," and "Illiteracy leads in cause s of rejection ." Into the Replacement Training Centers poured hundreds of men who could write on ly their names and could read on ly the simplest sentences .

On arrival at camp they were given more classification tests and pages and pages of mimeographed and typed materi al with information and instructions to read, to interpret , to learn and to follow with no questions asked. If these men had an education equivalent to the fourth or fifth grade of grammar school they were classified as Type V. The list of Type V men was then sent over to the Training Sections. Thank goodness, officers in charge of the training in our Army believe in giving men a chance, so instead of turning these men out to fatigue duties, a Literacy School was organ ized. In this Literacy School the Type V men are taught the 3 R 's. Who could instruct these men ? That was not choose the easy. The Army was full of teachers-why teachers or were who selectees of instru ctors from the list would inWho life? civilian in training had had teacher elementary of field new almost this in ctors instru the struct ad ult education? A call was made to the Office of Education in Washington for help . The WPA was doing some splendid work in the elementary adult field in the several states, so why not call on the supervisors in Virginia ?

This is where I entered the picture. I went to work immediately at Fort Belvoir. I was assigned to conduct an instructors' group two hours a week. .My task was to teach the instructors how to teach the 3 R 's, and they in turn were to teach the selectees classified as Type V men. I am still at it.

Would you like to observe my class? This particular class has thirty-five selectee instructors. Since this is the first class meeting , the men do not know what it is all about. They were told to report to the meetin g at 6: 30 on Friday night in a Building marked NG 29. For the next twelve weeks each in structor will help a group of twelve or fifteen men.

These illiterates could not keep up with the regular engineers so they are taught whi le the others are having Eng ineering Reconnaissance classes. In this initial class meeting the Colonel in charge of the Literacy School issues a challenge to the men and outlines the objectives of the schoo l.

He says to them , " Here is an opportunity, gen tlemen, to render a real service to your fellow soldiers as well as a service to your country."

I am then introduced to the group, and I begin the lesson where the Colonel left off. Who is this illiterate who is living very close to you, sleeping on the cot next to yours, eating the same food at the same table, taking a twenty-mile hike with you, yet livin g in another world, where the printed ( Contin ue d on pC1ge9)

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RichmondAnswersthe Call to Arms War has come again to America and the sons of Spider members of the A.E.F. are responding as did their fathers to the call to the colors. With the same grimness, with the same determination, students are ready again to do their part for the perpetuation of the democratic way of life.

Many of the young alumni are in uniform, there have been some enlistments from the student body. Other students are expecting the call momentarily. From the administration has come a "God bless you" to those who have gone but the earnest admonition that there be no wholesale enlistments, that the students remain in college until they receive the official call to arms.

On this page is presented the administration viewpoint as expressed by Dean Raymond B. Pinchbeck in a letter to members of the faculty and the student body, and also an expression from Robert Cotten, president of Omicron Delta Kappa, of student reaction to the emergency. The students are ready, grimly ready "to do whatever may be asked of them."

Even before the United States entered the war, one former University of Richmond student was listed with those missing after a bombing expedition over Germany. Each passing day since the announcement on November 11 has dimmed the hope that all might be well with Captain Douglas Byrd Van Buskirk, twentytwo-year-old Royal Air Force pilot who failed to return from one of the war's heaviest air raids on the European continent. Douglas was a student in the University of Richmond for one year after his graduation from Bronxville, N. Y. high school in 1936. His brother , Bruce, '40, a former University football star and campus leader, is in Uncle Sam's Navy.

When the Japanese dropped their load of bombs on Hawaii, there were a number of University of Richmond men on ships which based at Pearl Harbor. Among those known to be in the zone at the time were Warren Townsend, '38; Russell Walton, '39; Roy Newton, '39, and Leslie Phillips, '42. All are ensigns .

Viewpoints of administration and student body are found below:

Dean Pinchbeck

Bob Cotten, '42

You all are aware of the grave problems of our country as a result of the treacherous attack of Japan on our people .

Undoubtedly every man in the Richmond College student body and faculty is giving the most serious thought to his proper service to our country at this time when we are in danger of attack from many directions. In this serious hour of our history it is the patriotic duty of every American citizen to bear his full responsibility for the defense and service of our beloved country.

Your teachers and the officers of administration of the University of Richmond pledge the resources of University of Richmond, all of its officials and teachers to serve our country in every possible way. We believe that you gentlemen of the student body join in this all-out pledge to the defense and the service of the United States of America, our native country.

After a careful study of the present situation, and the needs of our country, it is my opinion that the very best possible service a student in Richmond College can now render his country is to do well his work as a student until he completes his course of study, or until the call for his active participation in the armed service is made official by our government.

I would not for a moment wish you to feel that the University of Richmond does not applaud its students who volunteered for the various branches of the armed service.

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I sat down to write this article at about 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, December 7. I started off by mentioning that Santa Claus would soon be here , that he would bring to the University of Richmond one of the longest holidays in recent years, that nobody on the campus was excited about anything in particular , that nobody cared much what Hitler was doing, that everybody was worried sick over how they were going to get that term paper written.

At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon I got tired of writing about such stuff and decided to put off finishin g the article until that night.

I walked into another room and was confronted with a blaring radio, a group of silent , attentive boys, and numerous "shush's. " "What's up? " "Japan just attacked the United States ," one replied .

Then in absolute quiet, the whole group listened to the announcer tell of the unprovoked Japanese attack upon the Hawaiian Islands and Manila.

When the news bulletin was completed , the boys just sat , rather awed and shocked at the announcement , but apparently not quite able to understand what had happened and to realize what would happen. In a few seconds ther e was general uproar. Indignation , however , soon turned to laconic humor and the threat to organize and "go downtown right now and catch us a Japansey and beat the hell out of him. " After the realization of the attack as a fact, no one seemed

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AssetsandNeedsoftheUniversity

By PRESIDENT F. W. BOATW RIGHT The Universary's treasurer's report for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1941, showed that the University possesses assets valued at $6,019,625 .95. Of this amount $3,155,621.95 was income-bearing endowment and $2,864,004 represented plant equipment, buildings , etc. These figures indicate that the University is a substantial, well established institution, equipped to offer instruction of high grade. But they also show that its resources are inadequate to meet the demands of 2,000 students. Many colleges with half the enrollment of the University of Richmond have two, three, or even five times as much endowment.

Among other assets should be mentioned the desirable location of the University 's 300-acre campus in the western suburbs of Richmond , which on January 1, 1942, will be brought within the corporate limits of the city. Many visitors from all over the world declare this campus to be the most beautiful they have ever seen. Richmond is a metropolis of wealth and culture , as well as an historic shrine . Students of the Univeristy have easy access to the advantages of famous churches and museums , as well as to good concerts, plays and publi c lectures .

The histor y of the University is an asset of incalculable value . The institution has served church and state in both peace and war. The statue of one of its former professors stands in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington. Its buildings served as hospitals for both the Confederacy and the Union . Again in 1918 all its buildings were used by the W ar Department as a general hospital for thousands of soldiers wounded on the Western Front. Among its alumni have been governors , representatives in Congress, judges, college presidents and professors , and ministers , professional and business men in great number.

Not least among the assets of the institution are faithful trustees who safeguard its property, scholarly faculties who maintain high educational standards, and loyal alumni who add increasing lustr e to the University 's name . With such assets and with the financial support of the friends of youth who believe in the value of college training the future of the Univeristy should be assured. Let no friend forget, however, that further development absolutely requires additional income and equipment. This is true even if there should be no considerable increase in student attendance.

The University of Richmond has entered upon its 110th session. It is free of debt , and this has been true for more than a generation. All endowment funds of whatever kind given to the institution since the War Between the States are intact and are conservativel y invested . In recent years the number of students has steadily increased , as is indicated by the enrollment figures for the past twenty-five years, taken at five-year intervals , as follows : Session 1915-16, 633; session 1920-21, 725 ; session 1925-26, 1,241; session 1930-31, 1,283 ; session 1935-36, 1,327 ; session 1940-41, 2,026.

Such growth in numbers of students calls insistently for more teachers , more classrooms , more library books and read(4)

ing rooms, more laboratories, more dormitories and more recreational facilities. The trustees have carefully considered these requirements and while they have no intention to expand the institution indefinitely, they are asking friends of the University to make gifts amounting to the totals shown below. All endowment gifts of $1,000 or more, whether made outright or by bequest, may constitute named memorials and bear such name as shall be agreed upon by the donor and the University . Gifts are sought as follows: I. FOR ADDITIONAL

ENDOWMENT:

Five Endowed Professorships at $100,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$500,000 Fifty Scholarships and Fellowships, $1 ,000 to $10 ,000 each. . . 200,000 Library endowment for purchase of books and new equipment.

200,000 Total. . . . . ]I. FOR NEW

$ 900,000

BUILDINGS:

Central Library .. . . . .. . . ..... . . . $350,000 Fine Arts .. .. . ... . . .. .. .... . .. . 150,000 Dormitory for Westhampton College 150,000 Student Activities for Richmond College . .. . .. .. . .. .... . . . .. . 100,000 Law School . ........ . ... . . . .. . . 150,000 Tota l . . ... . ... .. . . . . . . .

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900,000 $1,800,000

These endowment and building needs are not remote but immediate. Just now a quiet campaign is in progress to raise $100,000 for a Student Activities building for Richmond College. Over $47,000 has been obtained in cash and in addition there is in hand $20,000 in pledges to be paid

by July 1, 1942. This undertaking should be speedily completed and a general campaign launched for the full endowment and building program . Many alumni who have received letters asking for a contribution to the Student Activities building have laid them aside for a more convenient season, and this season should be now , when more money is said to be in circulation than ever before. Defense bonds , which we buy as a patriotic duty, may not be hypothecated, but they are highly acceptable gifts to Alma Mater and are received as cash.

Most colleges and universities on private endowment are appealing to their alumni to consider themselves the "Living Endowment" of the institution and to make annual contribution for current support just as they are accustomed to do to churches , community funds, service clubs and other organizations. Ten dollars apiece from fifteen hundred alumni is equivalent at present interest rates to an endowment of half a million dollars. Surely among the twelve thousand former students of the University now at work in the world there may be found fifteen hundred who will thus endow Alma Mater.

MalcolmPitts,'ISand'42, LeadSpiderBasketeers If a couple of promising sophomores make the grade, the University of Richmond basketball team under Mac Pitt's expert tutelage may be one of the Old Dominion's finest this season.

There are two holes to plug-those left by the departure of Dick Humbert and Arthur Jones-but if sophomores Louis (Weenie) Miller and George Gasser live up to expectations

Mac Pitt, Jr.

and lanky Dick Thistlethwaite, a reserve last season, co11tinues to show improvement, the Spiders will have to be reckoned with in the Virginia title chase.

The team will be led by Captain Mac Pitt, Jr., finest defensive player and also the high scorer last year. Aggressive , cool under fire, and a wizard in getting the ball off the boards , he's expected to make a fine inspirational leader.

Other regulars who will be in harness are Robert (Swede) Erickson of Jamestown, N . Y., a good shot, and little Archie Giragosian, a fast fell ow who won a place last season on the basis of his determination and team play.

These three, together with Dick Thistlethwaite, lanky son of the University athletic director, and the sophomore Weenie Miller started for the Spiders in their early practice games.

Thistlethwaite alternated with Arthur Jones last year and showed considerable ability in follow-up shots on which he used his height to advantage. Miller has unusual ability, a fine team spirit and, all in all, is one of the best sophomore basketeers the Spiders have seen in a blue moon.

Gasser has considerable offensive ability and Coach Pitt hopes to bring him along fast in an effort to add strength to a team which can use his marksmanship if he can bring his defensive skill up to par. Other likely sophomores are John Madigan of Long Island, a good passer who "feeds" the ball well; U. S. (Doc) Savage, an outstanding defensive player who hails from Hampton, Va.; Chester Bourne of Quantico, Va., Max Walker of Clifton Forge, Va ., and Bill Miller of Madison, Conn.

In addition, Bay Jacobs, a little fellow from Petersburg , and Stanley Watts of Richmond, reserves on last year's quintet, are battling for places on the team.

Young Pitt already has demonstrated himself to be an inspirational leader and the players, under his guidance, are expected to serve up the same spirited competition which has characterized Spider basketball teams. Four of the home games, those with William and Mary , Virginia, George Washington, and V.M.I. will be played in the newly completed Cavalier Sports Arena in Richmond which can seat approximately 3,500 persons.

The 19-game schedule is as follows : December 9-Langley Field December 13-Maryland December 16-Randolph Macon January 6-Hampden Sydney January IO-Virginia January 13-William and Mary January 16-V.M.I. January 17-Washington and Lee January 31-Randolph Macon February 3-V.P.I. February 5-Virginia February 7-Hampden Sydney February 10-V.P.I. February 13-Furman February 14-George Washingtc,n February 17-William and Mary February 20-V.M.I. February 21-Washington and Lee February 24-Univ . of North Carolina

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GridmenWinOnlyTwoContests The Spider eleven suffered its only losing season since Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite took over in 1934. Only two games were won-those with Randolph-Macon and Hampden -Sydney-and there were seven defeats, all at the hands of "Big Six" and Southern Conference foes.

For this unhappy turn of fortune, two explanations can be offered: ( 1) The logical reaction which usually follows the loss of such outstanding stars as Arthur Jones , Dick Humbert and Andy Fronczek, all of whom are playing on major league professional teams this season. ( 2) The Spiders were trying to play football without a punter.

The Spiders had been reconciled to the loss of Jones, one of the greatest backs ever to play football for the University of Richmond, and to the loss of Humbert, an amazing pass catcher from his end position. When the Southern Conference declared Andy Fronczek ineligible for participation in a freshman game at Drake, the Spiders lost a tackle who had won All-Southern Conference recognition the season before.

Jurney Edgerton , sophomore from Fayetteville, N. C., dropped out of school just before the contest with Virginia and left the Spiders without the services of a capable booter.

Weird punts of less than 10 yards and blocked punts were quickly converted into touchdowns by opponents.

Alumni who had been led to expect very little at the start of the season were overjoyed when the Spiders held favored North Carolina State to a 14 to 7 decision. Mac Pitt, Jr., playing his first varsity game for the Spiders at end, took a touchdown pass from little Lem Fitzgerald to tie the score at 7-all. The Wolfpack finally triumphed 14 to 7 when Dick Watts went through a hole opened on a well-executed "mouse trop" and romped 65 yards for a touchdown. But the Spiders had looked good in losing and the press sounded its praise of the little scatbacks , Fitzgerald and Walter (Sonny) Wholey.

The Spiders got by Randolph-Macon 26 to O and then started preparations for their tilt with Virginia's Cavaliers at Charlottesville. Virginia won 44 to O and the Richmonders never recovered from that setback. The Spiders couldn 't solve the Cavaliers' tricky "T " formation and All-American Bill Dudley was never better than that afternoon when he passed and ran our boys dizzy.

Then came the Homecoming game with Washington and Lee. The Generals led 6 to O at the intermission and then clinched the game when Harry Baugher, 15 5-pound sophomore tailback, returned the second half kickoff 8 5 yards for a touchdown. W-L added another touchdown and field goal for good measure and won 21 'to 0.

Richmond played its best football of the season in losing to V.M.I. 25 to 7 in a game which was much closer than the score indicates . The Spiders put on a great aerial show under the direction of Walter (Sonny) Wholey and completed 20 of the 53 passes thrown for a total of 261 yards .

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deducting for two blocked kicks) was the principal factor in the def eat.

Hampden-Sydney was a tartar the following week-end, but Richmond triumphed 14 to 7. North Carolina followed with a 27 to O victory.

The Spiders fought their hearts out against William and Mary but Indian power, coupled with the lack of a punter, combined to give the visitors a 33 to 3 victory. Richmond scored first on a field goal by guard Max Katz in the opening period.

Virginia Tech won the finale at Blacksburg, 13 to 0.

The Spiders, looking hopefully toward another season, can expect some help from this year's freshman team which although it won only one game showed some better than fair backs, chief among them Francis (Bud) Evans from Pottsville, Pa., and two Salem, Va. boys, Jack Wilbourne and John Gleason. Another Salem product, Dick Fisher at guard, played outstanding football.

On the other side of the ledger is the fact that 12 of the 27 players who received monograms will be lost to the Spiders next season. These are Josep,h Amrhein of Richmond, guard; Frank Baker, Mt. Lebanon, Pa., back; Vincent Collins, Appomattox, Va., end; Lem Fitzgerald, Covington, Va . back; Joe Mack, Runnemede, N. J., tackle; Captain Bert Milling, Mobile, Ala., center; Gordon ReMine, Richmond, back; Dave Robertson, Pelham, N. Y., tackle; Walter Wholey, Fredericksburg, back; Coxey Bowen, Tazewell, Va., back; William Bingham, Richmond, guard, and Mac Pitt, Jr., Richmond , end.

Four SpidersStar in Pro Footba11 Four University of Richmond football greats won headlines throughout the National Professional Football League during the season which has just closed.

Arthur Jones, the triple-threat who ranked as one of the finest backs in University of Richmond history, was Pittsburgh's chief offensive weapon and topped off a great season by winning a place on the all-professional second team. It was a rare tribute to a first year man.

Dick Humbert was the same sensation as a pass catching professional as he was in collegiate livery and his play with the Philadelphia Eagles frequently won headlines . Lyle Graham , another Spider of several seasons back, was the first string center for the Eagles.

Richmond also was heard from in the camp of the Brooklyn Dodgers where Andy Fronczek, all-Southern Conference tackle last season, was the third ranking tackle and saw lots of service in every game.

It is doubtful if any college of comparative size had as many representatives in professional football's major league last season.

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Alumni to Vote On ProposedName Change A show down on the "Spider" controversy which has been boiling since W. F. (Tip) Saunders, '13, proposed that the traditional nickname be dropped in favor of some other "trade mark," will come at the annual election next spring.

At that time alumni will be given an opportunity to vote, first, as to whether they favor discarding the name "Spider," and, if so, whether they favor the suggested nickname, "Rebels," or would prefer some other tag.

Mr. Saunders who first proposed that the name be changed to "Confederates" in recognition of Richmond's seat as the capital of the Confederacy has since indicated that he would be willing to settle for the shorter ( a boon to headline writers) title, "Rebels." Richmond Rebels, he pointed out , has an alliterative value , in addition to being reasonably short.

The results of the balloting will be announced to the annual meeting of the General Society of Alumni next June at which time final action will be taken.

When the proposal first was made by Mr. Saunders, letters reaching the alumni office were about evenly divided, pro and con with a slight edge for those favoring the change. In recent weeks, the opposition has been in the saddle . The Philadelphia chapter recorded itself as opposing the change and there have been a number of adverse comments from ol' grads who have written to the alumni office. "Keep the name 'Spiders,' " writes the Rev. Aubrey S. Tomlinson, '28, from Laurinburg , N. C. "Old timers," he says, "will be forever excluded if we go on singing, 'I'll be a Spider dead,' and there ain't no such thing. . . . Spider never means insect to a loyal Spider, except as old U. of R. stings some opponent, notably William and Mary."

Edward F. Overton, ' 31, writes from Fredericksburg where he is a member of the James Monroe high school faculty: "I have been interested in the discussion concerning the

proposal to change the name 'Spiders .' If anything's wrong with that-and not one writer has convinced me that there is -we ought to have a new name but by no means should it be a name that has any suggestion of such a connotation as 'Rebels' or 'Confederates .' In this day when many forces are seeking to disturb the unity of the American nation, let the University of Richmond be the last to suggest the revival of terms which have been associated with one of the bitterest episodes in our history-of terms which were once applied to disunited forces ." He signs himself, "Spiderly yours."

As for H. R . Neathery, '30, he's "agin it. " From Atlanta, Ga ., his headquarters as an employee of Colgate, he writes: "Brothers of past years should scan the sport pages and see some names other college teams go by and without a doubt-I may be wrong-they will find ol ' Richmond is the only 'Spider' team on the list. As for being an insect , Philip Whitfield, '27 (October BULLETIN), should remember that Bees, Hornets and Yell ow Jackets are very popular in sport pages. So are Elephants , Mules, Bulldogs, Gophers, Seals, Mustangs, Broncs, Bears, Moccasins (pardon me , a snake in the grass and very deadly), Lions and so forth through the animal kingdom . Also, Preachers, Teachers, Colonels, Generals, Admirals, Tornados, Avalanches, and Green, Red and Pink waves. As for Rebels, this nickname has been hitched to Mississippi for years. So I say, hang on to the 'Spider,' as it is outstanding to Richmond. In my own mind, I can't imagine anyone with any 'Spider Spirit' who would want the name changed. As far as beauty of a nickname, 'phooey,' beauty is only skin deep , and it is what is underneath that counts. " Ralph W. Allen speaks up from the class of '41 to say: "Don't dare to tamper with that name of 'Spiders '-it would be the same as destroying our Alma Mater and everything she stands for. There's more tradition in that name than any in the State and we're proud of it ."

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Phi Beta KappaElectsThree ~lumni Three alumni-an artist, a historian, and a psychologistwill be initiated into the University of Richmond 's Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on March 19 along with outstanding undergraduate scholars in the class of 1942.

Theresa Pollak, associate director and professor of art of the School of Art of the Richmond Professional Institute of William and Mary College; Dr. Charles Clinton Pearson, Professor of history and head of the department of social sciences at Wake Forest College; and Dr. Henry Edward Garrett, executive head of the department of Psychology at Columbia University are the three alumni whose election was announced by Dr. R.E. Loving, secretary of Epsilon chapter.

He pointed out that not only were each of the three eligible by his "exceptional scholarship" while in the University before the installation of a Phi Beta Kappa, but that since graduation "each has more than fulfilled his promise of future usefulness."

After receiving her bachelor's degree from the University

of Richmond in 1921, Miss Pollak did graduate work at Harvard and at the Art Students League of New York. She is president of the Virginia Art Alliance and has been a member of the Richmond Professional Institute faculty since 1928. Practicing what she teaches, she has won prizes over the country with her paintings, the latest award being a first place in painting at the Virginia Artists Exhibition of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1939.

Dr. Pearson, a graduate from the University in 1899, took his M.A. degree in 1904, and then won his doctorate at Yale.

He began his teaching career as a member of the faculty of the Richmond High School in 1903 . In 1913 he went to Columbia and later to Yale for graduate study . After a brief professorship at Washington and Lee he went to Wake Forest in 1916 as professor of political sciences. He has remained there since that time except for a year at the University of Pennsylvania where he held a Harrison Research

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WesthamptonHomecoming Twenty-six classes and the Richmond College Co-eds were represented when President May Thompson Evans, '23, called the roll of classes at the Westhampton Thanksgiving Homecoming dinner on November 19th. Only '24 and '30 were not represented .

In keeping with the times, Mabelle B. Blake, special consultant in the Consumer Division of the Office of Price Administration talked on "Colleges and Defense." Dr. Blake described her work in setting up consumer groups in American colleges and universities and stressed the importance of the alumnae setting up such groups in their own communities.

Large banners decorated the dining room and asked that Americans conserve and curtail waste.

Dr. Blake went to Washington from the field of education.

Author , psychologist and teacher, she has been associated with the faculties of Bradford Junior College, Wheaton College, Smith College, Chicago Teachers College and Gateway School, and Wheelock School, Boston.

Miss Keller brought greetings to the alumnae and told of the defense program already set up in Westhampton Col-

lege, where the students were excused from classes one hour each week, to form discussion groups, studying subjects pertinent to national defense .

Dr. Boatwright announced the need and possibility of a new dormitory at Westhampton and asked the alumnae to 5end students back to their college.

After a dinner of turkey, dressing, vegetables and pumpkin pie the alumnae and faculty members went to the reception room for coffee, served by the Richmond Club.

A meeting of the Governing Board was held prior to the dinner.

The annual alumnae-varsity hockey game was played on the athletic field on Thanksgiving morning, witnessed by a record crowd of students, faculty members, alumnae, husbands and children. For the first time in several years the alumnae , captained by Margaret Purcell , '41, captured the game, 5-1. Coffee and doughnuts were served by Mortar Board to the alumnae and players after the game.

Alice Lacy Chalkley, '38, was chairman of Homecoming arrangements. {*; .....

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Far-Flung Facultyfrom27States University of Richmond faculty members and their wives ( or husbands) represent no fewer than 27 States and five foreign countries.

Professor W. B. Hackley who started gathering the information as an entertainment stunt at a faculty party became so interested in the project that he later continued his study to embrace the faculties of Richmond and Westhampton Colleges and the Law School.

From coast to coast and from Michigan and Montana to Mississippi and Missouri. From Australia, from Canada , from Holland, from Ireland, and from Scotland. From the far corners of the earth have come the teaching corps of the University of Richmond .

Seventy-one come from Virginia, 86 from 26 other states and seven from foreign countries. The far away West Coast is represented by Alton Williams, director of dramatics, who hails from California, and Mrs. Edward C. Peple , Oregonian ~if~ of the assistant professor of English, himself a Virgmian.

The contingent which claims foreign but friendly lands as their birthplaces is headed by Miss Susan Lough, professor of history at Westhampton College , who first saw the light of day in Ireland , as did Mrs. Frank Apperly, instructor in speech. Miss Marie-Louise Charlotte Bok, instructor in physical education, claims Holland and both Fred C. Ahrens, associate professor of German, and Mrs. Ahrens are natives of Canada. Mrs. Willmoore Kendall, wife of the newcomer to the political science staff, is from Scotland, and Mr. Apperly is from Australia . [ 8)

Aside from Virginia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and New York lead the procession of states, each with seven representatives among the faculties and faculty wives and husbands. Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina have six apiece and Mississippi and North Carolina are next in line, each with five.

Surprising to many alumni will be the fact that President F. W . Boatwright, closely associated with the Old Dominion throughout his life, is a native of West Virginia .

Register On the Press You can blame the world situation for keeping the Westhampton biographical register, THE FIRST THOUSAND, from being distributed at Thanksgiving as was planned. The paper shortage held up our order and temporarily delayed the printing. But the paper has been secured and the presses are turning out our first register.

As soon as the books are received in the Alumnae Office they will be sent to those who have paid for their copies. Notices will go out to all who have made reservations and your copy will be sent you upon the receipt of two dollars.

There are still a few copies which have not been reserved, so send in your order to the Alumnae Office.

Satterfield Observes the Battle of London

this letter to answer all of these questions , but we do know that the men who are there will become better and happier ( Co111i11 11ed from /1<1ge I ) soldiers when taught the important things that they should London prior to lunch. We passed the Tower of London , know . and I am sorry indeed that I will not have the opportunity to For a demonstration of our methods in teaching beginners feel my way among its thronging ghosts. It was astonishing to read and write , the instructors are my class of illiterates to note how miraculously St. Paul's had escaped while all and I am the teacher. The demonstration is given and evalu about it square after square of buildings were demolished. ated . A workshop type of meeting is also used in which On the way, I saw Captain Scott's famous ship , the Disc overy. actual lesson plannin g and preparation of supplement ary It is an excellent tribute to that great explorer. materials is worked out to accompany the lesson topics .

I spent all of Sunday and Sunday night as the guest of CapNow my class is over. Tomorrow I shall observe the teachtain Lockwood at New Pipers , a country home some 25 miles ers in action . Perhaps you would like to observe the classes to the south and west of London. This place is located in what with me. We will observe the four classes that are being is known as Virginia Water , and I felt very close to home . held in the Third Battalion Recreation Hall. There is a class When wandering that afternoon, I noticed a very beautiful in each corner of the room . The students are seated around home on Gorse Hill and the name of the place is Culpeper. a table. Which soldier is the teacher? He is the one sittin g Almost within sight is Runnymede , and the Barons of Kin g on the left-hand side of the table , the second man from the John marched and counter-marched on my blankets all end . On what is the class working? Arithmetic. Tod ay the y through the night. are figuring out a soldier 's budget. How does he account The spirit and the energy of the English are marvelous . for the $21.00 a month which he may receive. Take a look Would that our labor situation could reach the point of co- at the listed items . PX Book, cigarettes , soap , bus tokens operation already attained by Mr. Bevin , whom, by the way , ( the thumb does not alwa ys carry him to town) , Coca-Cola I hope to talk with shortly . I lunched with Admiral Bailey of and beer , and maybe some insurance money has to be sent the British Navy on yesterday , and I have an appointment home or kept in camp. A real laundry list is used to check with the First Lord of the Admiralty , Admiral Alexander , at the articles of clothing to be cleaned and pressed and in this 12 today . Mr. Winant, our Ambassador , is a splendid man , way a soldier becomes acquainted with another important and he has been most kind to me. Please give my love to item in Army routine. members of the faculty. I hope to see you Christmas .

An Army vocabulary is taught. This vocabulary is preWith kindest regards, pared by the instructors to fit the particular Repl acement Sincerely yours , Center. This one is for Engineers. The first list reads : P.X .; 25 M .P.H.; O.G .; M .P.; E.R.T .C.; K.P . ; B.N . ; C.W.S. Wha t DAVE E. SATTERFIELD, JR . in the world do all of these letters mean ? If the illiterate does not know , he does not ask because he does not want everyone to discover th at he does not know .

Teaching the Three R's Later we see all of the students ' heads together with eyes ( Con tin ued from J,age 2) and fingers following lines on a large sheet of paper. The page means little or nothing? This physically fit young chap class is having a lesson in map reading . The other selectees is, in most cases, of a pure Anglo-Saxon stock from some- are in an Engineering Reconnaissance class. Sounds imwhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line . He "cannot read portant , doesn't it? All that they are doing is reading map s writing or write reading. " He has been given pages of read- too, but the maps are different. The class uses first a map ing about General Orders, A Soldier's Handbook , an Engi- of the Fort. This one looks like a puzzle picture. The next neer 's Manual , etc. You college men admit that some of this map that is used is one of the ne ar-by towns or cities in which reading does not make much sense to you, so what about the the soldiers spend much "off time. " Still another is an out line of the U. S. which is used to aid in locatin g home states , fellow who cannot read or interpret it ? maneuver grounds and sight-seeing spots.

You must not think these men are ignorant. They do not The lesson in writing today will be a letter home or to a know how to read and write and they are unfamiliar with books, but they have the experience of life . They may have best girl. Some of the students have not written a letter , all more to teach you than you to teach them about many things . by themselves, to their girls since they have been in the servMake your personalities gracious, sympathetic and sincere . ice. The boys in the barracks were pretty nice about helpin g We must get in some of the Dale Carnegie ideas, you know . when asked , but who wants to tell his girl he loves her If they have a sense of humor by all means use it. Laugh second-handed? Simple letter form is explained and some letters are written for practice. Help is given , if needed , by with the men and not at them.

I then ask if there are questions and I receive a deluge of the teacher and soon each letter is addressed and posted . them . Why did these men stop school before they completed What a difference it makes in an Army man's life when he the fourth or fifth grades? How have they gotten along with gets mail. You know you have to write letter s to get letters little or no ability to read the printed page? Have they been and it is now a private ' s personal business . working and, if so, how could they hold a job? What did Two hours is the length of a class period with a ten-minute they do in their leisure time? What do I mean by the 3 R's? break each half hour. Thus all of the above subjects are not What textbooks do we use? How do we know that the men necessarily studied in one period. There is not space in this want to learn and can learn? I shall not have the time in letter to explain the methods , technique and procedure used

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in this kind of teaching, but when you see it in action then only will you understand.

I say to you that every adult in this country should be able to read, write and to understand the principles of our great government. We talk about education being an adjustment to life, that we are defenders of democracy, which is our way of life, yet what about these 16,000,000 people who make up a part of the whole of American citizenry.

Robert Cecil Pooley, President of the National Council of Teachers of English (University of Wisconsin) says that "Wars today are fought not only with weapons but with words . At the forefront of this fight stand our writers, editors and teachers of speech and English."

This letter grows long but some time let me tell you in person what a thrilling job teaching the 3 R's to adults can be and how important it is that we help each individual take his rightful place in the great army of defenders of this democracy.

I hope you will find this letter interesting and understand my enthusiasm for the work I am doing as teacher and supervisor in the adult elementary education field.

Sincerely, VIRGINIA

GREGORY,

'24.

P. S.-I serve as consultant to the two Literacy Schools, Quartermaster and Medical Divisions of Camp Lee, Virginia.

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for immediate service since the attack of Japan. They, like many others, feel that their country is in immediate need of their services. For this fine patriotism I commend them as the finest examples of loyal American citizens.

However, our Selective Service program , with such amendments as may later be made, represents the planned policy of the United States government for the calling of men into the service as they are needed, and as the government is prepared to equip and train them . This program makes it possible for them to complete their college work under certain conditions. The whole plan anticipates that men will go forward with their work with the full intention to graduate if possible before being inducted into the service. If this is not possible, every effort should be made to complete the semester's work or the session's work. Students should plan as far ahead as possible, to the end of the session, to the end of the semester, as the case may be. This will simplify their plans when they return from the active service when peace is declared. It will also equip every student to render a larger service to his country when he is called to the active service, and when the peace does come.

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to regard the situation with too much seriousness. Apparently no one had had the time to absorb fully the probable results which actual participation in a war would thrust upon

college students. There was talk. Yes, plenty. But the talk concerned itself mainly with gay, trifling suggestions to "organize our own battalion and go get 'em. Let's join the Navy! What branch of the service are you going to get into?

Those little, yellow, slit-eyed sons-of-guns can't do that to us! Why, we'll lick' em in a week! What are we waiting for?"

But they were not serious. They did not mean what they said because they did not know what they were saying.

Monday morning brought a more sober reflection on the situation and the realization that war had actually begun and that we were in it. Groups of students gathered all over the campus to discuss what had happened and what would hapen to the world in general and college students in particular. Dr. Mitchell's English history class was filled to overflowing with eager listeners standing around the wall.

An economics professor postponed a scheduled test on the grounds that the students were psychologically unprepared.

Excitement was intense but this time it was a serious excitement. People were now really concerned. Conversations were grave and students began wondering if the University would follow the course it took in the last war of granting degrees to those who had completed three and a half years of work.

Immediately an order came in from the War Department that the air warden station at Patterson A venue and Three Chopt Road was to be maintained on a 24-hour basis. Early Monday morning students and professors were assigned to shifts to fill out the 24-hour vigil.

News bulletins came in day and night and radios on the campus were on all day and most of the night. Gradually it sank in that "we are in this mess to the finish" and hurried requests for information concerning enlistment went to the Army and Navy Recruiting Stations . Enlistments have been negligible, however, because college men understand that they have an important part to play and they do not desire to throw their chances away to render the best possible service to their country. Now they are looking at the situation grimly and realistically. They do not like it. They do not _ want to die. But they are ready-ready to do whatever may be asked of them.

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Fellowship . He has served as summer school professor at both the University of Virginia and at Duke.

Dr. Garrett received his bachelor 's degree in 1915 from the University of Richmond, and took from Columbia his M.A. in 1921 and his doctorate in 1923. His publications range from scientific papers to widely used textbooks in psychology.

He is associate editor of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, and Psychometrika; consulting editor of the American Psychology Series, and a member of the National Research Council. He also holds membership in the American Psychological Association, the Association of Applied Psychologists, the Psychometric Society, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Columbia Chapter of Sigma Xi. Besides Columbia University, Dr. Garrett has lectured at the University of California, the University of Southern California, and the University of Hawaii.

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tions upon the birth of a son, on December 10th.

Frances Cake is serving in the Department of Physical Education in Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Class of' 31 Class of '20 Nelson Sutton, Jr., young son of Frances Shipman Sutton, is president of the Student Cooperative Association, an organization composed of high school leaders in Virginia.

He presided at an annual meeting held recently in Richmond.

Gazelle Stubbs Smith's daughter, Byrd, now a student at Sweet Briar, will make her debut in Norfolk this season.

Kitty Vaughan Willis' (Mrs. Clodius) oldest daughter, Julia Somerville, entered Vassar College in the fall.

Class of '21 The class of '21 bas had its name written in the Hall of Fame by Theresa Pollak. The announcement of her election to Phi Beta Kappa makes our hearts swell with pride.

Congratulations , Theresa. She is on leave from the Richmond Professional Institute this year to do some painting.

At the recent Thanksgiving Homecoming '21 was represented by May Thompson Evans and Maie Collins Robinson . We were seated with our older sister classes. At our table were Sally Atkinson Ryland, Jeffries Heinrich, Virginia Jones Snead, Elizabeth Gaines, and Elizabeth Tompkins . It was a grand occasion 1

Class of ·22 Dorothy Thomas Davis is now secretary to the Chief of Insurance Unit, Engineering Division of the War Department. Her only daughter, Dorothy, will be ready for Westhampton next year.

Class of '23

By the way, don't forget to place your order for the First Thousand, compiled from the questionnaires recently sent out to Westhampton graduates. The following is just a sample of information taken from '26 's questionnaires: Out of 59 members in the class, 40 returned the questionnaires. (We are anxious to have news from the other 19). There are 38 of us who have married and we have 44 children, 26 girls and 18 boys. Since 1926, 25 of us have done some form of graduate work. Among these we have 2 Ph.D's, 2 M.D's, 7 M.A's, 1 M.S . and 3 R.N's. Only 9 of us live in Richmond, although 27 live in other sections of Virginia. The other 21 are scattered throughout the other states in the union. Marian Wiley, Alumnae Secretary, will be glad to receive your order now. The price is $2.00 per copy. Wouldn't you like to know many other interesting facts and all about the hobbies, likes and dislikes of your fellow classmates? I assure you that they are very revealmg.

And please don't forget to make your contribution to the Alumnae Fund. Our percentage of contributors has been very low in the past. Let's win the cup in June for the highest percentage of contributors. Any contribution will be gratefully received by Marian Wiley or by me.

If this BULLETIN comes out before Christmas here's wishing you a Merry Christmas. If it comes out after Christmas here's wishing you a Prosperous New Year. In any case, Best wishes to you all, MADGEP. PENNELL (MRS. W. A.), Class Secretary, 6308 Ridgeway Road, Richmond, Virginia.

Camilla Wimbish Lacy and her husband were in Richmond during the Thanksgiving holidays.

Elizabeth Parker is living in Danville.

Louise Haley Forster, who for a number of years was a commercial artist at Macy's, New York City, is now at B. Altman's. She has two children, a son and a daughter.

Mary Fugate is building a new home in Danville, where she is dean at Averett College.

Eloise McEwen Ware, who formerly made her home in Richmond, is now at 2621 North Florida Street, Arlington, Virginia.

A son, Antony Massey, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald DeVilbiss (Anna Massey) on October 16th.

Class of '24

Class of '29

A future Westhamptonite was added to the family of Anna Hardaway White (Mrs. Jesse P.) on March l 7th, when May Hailey White was born.

C las.rof '26

December 6, 1941.

Dear '26'ers, Do you remember last year that I asked you to put me on your Christmas mailing list? Well, I'm being "nervy" again and reminding you of that request. You see I must have some way of collecting news to publish in this BULLETIN.

Eddie Soyars Swanson (Mrs. J. Chester) is no longer located in the Canal Zone but makes her home at 711 Anneslie Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.

Class of '27

Mrs. Julius Conn (Garland January) has another son, born in the summer.

Mrs. Edgar Schuler (Kathryn Reinhart) is living in Baton Rouge where her husband is a professor at L.S.U. Mrs. William Jennings McClure (Mary Pillow) has a daughter, Patricia Anne. They live in Dumbarton.

Frances Schofield has been awarded a fellowship by the University of Virginia. She will continue her research in chemistry.

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Amelia Ullman Victor is now employed as a correspondent in Sears, Roebuck and Company, Collection Department.

Class of' 32 Helen Pollard Deck (Mrs. James L.) has a baby daughter.

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To all members of the class of '3 2 : In a few weeks we will all be thinking of the good resolutions we should make as we welcome the New Year. One , I hope you will all sincerely make and keep, is to return to Westhampton in June and attend your 10 year reunion 1 Looking out upon a snow-covered landscape, June seems very far away, but do you realize that our fine reunion committee, headed by Buena Perkins Myers, has been working on plans since September? Miss Woodfin, our class sponsor , is, as ever , being of invaluable assistance.

I realize that every class attempts to have their reunion the best, but I know from past experience, that I can count on all of you to cooperate to the extent that the class of '32 will in reality hold the most satisfying and enjoyable class reunion that has ever been held at Westhampton College.

Why not start writing old friends urging them to join you in Richmond in June, and show the committee that you are enthusiastic by sending in any ideas that might contribute to the success of our first official get-together) I hope to see all of you soon.

Sincerely, JANET FORSYTHKELLY.

Class of '34 Grace Rowland Wells , her husband and daughter, are now making their home in Richmond. Until they are permanently established, they will be visiting at the home of their parents. On November 21st Miss Lutz gave a tea in honor of our class president.

A son, Ford Tyler Swetman, Jr., was born to Margaret Proctor Swetman on August 30th.

Katherine Brown Van Allen is rece1v111g congratulations upon the birth of a daughter.

Virginia Sanford has changed her job and is now assistant director of Girl Scouts in Long Beach, California. Her address is 1114 Times Building.

Class of ' 35 Alice Harrington and Richard Westley Hunt were married in Lynn, Massachusetts, on November 27th. They will make their home in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Hunt is a graduate of Tufts College.

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have recently announced the marriage of their daughter, Florence, to Mr. Robert B. Harvey, Jr. The wedding took place July 5th in Arlington. The bridegroom is stationed at Fort Story and "Bumps" is continuing her welfare work in Norfolk County.

Ruth Parker Jones (Mrs. WilJiam Tall) has a nine months old daughter, Elizabeth Parker.

Judith Hodges became the bride of Harold Frederick Schulte on December 6th. Mr. and Mrs. Schulte will make their home in Mishawaka, Indiana.

Lucy Blackwell was back at Westhampton for Homecoming. She is still doing library work and is located at 2139 R Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Helen Falls is W.M.U. Young Peoples' Secretary for the Baptists of Maryland. She may be reached at the Y.W.C.A., Franklin and Park, Baltimore, Maryland.

Virginia Kirk became Mrs. James Seymour Weeden, Jr. in the early fall. She is now living at 419 Market St., Oxford, Pennsylvania.

Class of '37 Josephine O'Grady has been Mrs. William Anthony Carter since the summer.

Nancy Chappell Pettigrew has a son born on December 5th.

Martha Ann Freeman Eck (Mrs. Bernard) is now living at 824 Kingston St., Charlotte, North Carolina.

Louise CarrolJ Gano and Albert Wilkinson were married recently.

Myrtle Norris Cardwell (Mrs. Eugene) is returning to Richmond for the Christmas holidays.

Class of ' 38 "Kakie" Leake underwent an appendicitis operation on November 28th at Stuart Circle Hospital. She is recovering nicely.

Nancy Orthey became Mrs. Edward L. Rowan on June 7th. Her husband is employed at the Naval Mine Depot in Yorktown, where Nancy is also working.

Adele Maxie is working at Newport News in the Western Union office.

"Jo" Trevvett married George Melchior, a senior at the Medical College of Virginia, on October 16th. They are both completing their courses this year. "Jo" was entertained by members of the class and other Westhampton friends.

Florence Fowlkes and Julia Gunter attended the Virginia Library Association Convention, held at the Jefferson Hotel, October 16-18.

Virginia Russell has recently been appointed Art Chairman of the Richmond A.A.U.W. She is represented in the collection of the American Library of Color Slides in New York City. In 1941 she exhibited at Blue Ridge, North Carolina, in the Southern Artists Exhibition, in the Virginia Exhibition of Representative Virginia Women Painters at Stratford College in Danville, and in New York and San Francisco. She still goes from Richmond to New York and maintains her studio in her home at 1605 West Grace.

The class wishes to extend its sympathy to Barbara DeJarnette Bagwell in the recent death of her father.

Anne Payne Stites (Mrs. B. M.) is now living in Yorktown, where her husband is a lieutenant stationed at Ft. Eustis.

Class of '40 Dear Forties: Greetings to all of you. First, here's a bit of news that is really something. Our baby cup has gone to its real home. Carol Ann Jurgens is still a bit too small to use it yet, but Maude and Fred said that they would take good care of it for her. She was born on October 20th and I had the cup suitably engraved and presented to the young 'un.

Say, the crowd grows and grows . . . those of our class who are gettin~ "hitched."

Mildred Burnette and James Taylor Costy were married on October 1st, and the news was received just a trifle too late to be included in the last BULLETIN. Betty Scherer became Mrs. Robert Miles on November 29th. Here's wishing you much happiness, "Teeta" and Betty. And, too, "Buggie's" and Gene Peek's engagement was recently announced. They will be married on December 20th.

Doris Hargrove is teaching Latin, French and English at Varina High School.

I heard from Eileen Lloyd the other day.

It was a most interesting letter from Puerto Rico. She's teaching there again this year and likes it quite well. She says her Spanish is terrific. Would I like to see her Conga! She's planning to fly back home this summer and I hope she'll make it in time for the reunion.

Speaking of reunions reminds me. There were a lot of you missing at the Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great affair and those who came enjoyed it. Charlotte Ann Dickson, Caroline Doyle, Libby Johnson, Dimple Latham Gravatt, Margaret Ligon, Janet Gresham, Doris Hargrove and Marie Keyser were among those present. What happened to the rest of you?

Marian Wiley reminded us about that cup to be awarded to the class with the highest percenta~e of contributions to the Alumnae Fund. There's no reason for our not getting that cup. It would be a nice one to add to our collection.

After working at the State Health Lab for

awhile and taking care of a dentist's othce for a spell, Kathleen Francis has finally settled down to teaching. She is up in Berryville at the high school. She is the first Westhamptonite to teach in that county in the last twelve years. I guess we forties get around.

You all are so quick at getting new jobs that it is hard for me to keep up with you.

It seems that in each BULLETIN I have a correction to make. Patsy Joblin is no longer in that doctor's office, having switched her allegiance to insurance. She's working for Aetna Life and has the most marvelous hours .

This is a definite steal from Mr. Winchell , and is still just a rumor (unverified by the party concerned), but what very prominent member of our class has so suddenly changed those cynical ideas on. .

Love, DELL. Remember "reune in June."

Class of '41 Mary Arnold became Mrs. Royall Brandis , Richmond College, '40, in November. Mary and Royall are living in Wilmington, Delaware.

The engagement of "Lib" Henry and Frank Britton was recently announced.

Carolyn Gary became Mrs. Lawrence Victor Hugo on October 24th. They are at home at 305 W. 89th Street, New York City. Mr. Hugo is a graduate of the University of California and is studying dramatics with Carolyn at the Neighborhood Playhouse.

Margaret Brittingham is planning to enter the Richmond Professional Institute in February.

Edna Drumwright is attending SmithdealMassey Business School in Richmond.

Class of '42 Louise Holland became Mrs. William Jackman Howard, Jr. on November 15th.

Louise Sheffield and Robert Koiner Vaughn were married in August and are making their home in the Stuart Court Apartments, Richmond.

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tember he became the fourth member of his family to hold this position. His grandfather, Judge Ben T. Gunter, and two uncles, John J. Gunter and Bent T. Gunter , were similarly honored by Eastern Shore Baptists.

The Rev. W. H. Baylor, D .D ., '88, has ret ired from the ministry after 51 years of serving. Dr. and Mrs. Baylor are livin g at their new home, 712 Benninghaus Road in Baltimore. They moved to Baltimore from Portsmouth where Dr. Baylor was pastor of the Park View Baptist Church.

From Florence, Ala., comes a letter from the Rev. R. L. Motley, D.D., '89, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church of that city who at the age of 77 still serves as supply pastor after almost 50 years in the active ministry. "My years in dear, old Richmond College were a world of wealth to me," he writes.

The Rev. John J. Wicker, Sr., D.D., '9 1, president of Fork Union Military Academy, reports a record enrollment of 500 students.

Colleges and Universities in which F.U.M .

A. students are enrolled this session include the University of Richmond, V.M.I.; V.P.I. , the University of Virginia , William and Mary, N. C. State, Duke, Notre Dame, Dart • mouth, Maryland, Carnegie Tech, Washington and Lee, Lehigh, University of North Carolina, Cornell and Colgate.

Dr. W. F. Dunaway, '94, professor of history at Pennsylvania State College, has re-

cently been appointed college historian by the Trustees of Penn State and given the important assignment of writing the authorized history of the institution.

Dr. Jackson Arthur Hall , '98, professor of philosophy at Baylor University, is writing a book on philosophy which will be published soon.

Harold S. Bloomberg, ·oo, of Richmond was stricken in June, 1939, with a coronary thrombosis and was required to retire from practice. While a student in the junior law class Mr. Bloomberg was the winner of the

Edward Thompson Company prize in a law thesis competition.

George M. Percival, ' 15, medical supply officer for Fort McClellan , Ala., recently

The Rev. Paul B. Watlington, '07, has just finished his third year as president of the Maryland Baptist Union Association and is rounding out 28 years of continuous service as a pastor in Maryland, more than 15 of them at his present post, the First Baptist Church of Hagerstown.

Second in command in the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company where the Indiana recently slid down the ways six months ahead of schedule is J. Brockenbrough Woodward, '07, who holds the title of general manager. He 's a member of the University board of trustees.

For the fifth consecutive year Dr. S. A. Slater, '09, has been elected president of the Minnesota Public Health Association. Dr. Slater, superintendent of the Southwestern Minnesota Sanatorium at Worthington , Minn., also was honored by election as president of the newly formed Mississippi Valley Trudeau Association, a medical organization.

Dr. Thomas E. Cochran, '11, is the author of a number of textbooks on general, edu-

cational , and adolescent psychology. He has been professor of psychology at Centre College since 1930.

John J. Wicker, Jr., '13, will try to be two places at the same time next June when daughter Lila gets her B.A. from Westhampton and daughter Kitty, '40, takes her M.A. at the University of North Carolina. Mr .

Wicker is receiving congratulations on his promotion for the American Legion of the recent Tobacco Bowl game between Richmond and Washington all-star teams. The Richmond eleven was victorious, 19 to 6, under the tutelage of Malcolm U. Pitt, ' 18.

When John W. Edmonds, Jr., '13, was elected Moderator of the Accomac Baptist Association at the annual meeting in Sep-

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was honored by election as Grand Chef de Gare ( State President) of the Society of the Forty & Eight (honor society of the American Legion).

W . S. Green, '15, twice qualified as a member of the Father-Son Legion of Honor , is sending a daughter , Virginia May , to Westhampton next fall. She is at Averett College now. W . S., Jr., '4 1, is at Virginia Tech this session doing graduate work in agricultural economics, and another son, Tom, will graduate from Richmond College next June. Mr. Green is associated with the Farm Credit Administration.

Dr. Henry E. Garrett, '15, was recently elevated to the chairmanship of the department of psychology at Columbia University .

Other recent honors include his appointment to a committee on selection and classification of military personnel, a committee set up by the War Department to study and devise methods for the classification of selectees. During the past summer he lectured in the summer school of the University of Southern California.

The Hampton Baptist Church of which the Rev. John H. Garber , '16, is pastor celebrated its 150 anniversary in October. President Boatwright, '88, delivered the commemorative address on October 12th to a large congregation. The year also marks the completion of a $45,000 remodeling and enlargement program and next February will make the 17th anniversary of Mr. Garber 's pastorate.

Dr. Malcolm Hart Harris , ' 18, is Mayor of the town of West Point, Va .

The Rev. J. Ernest Wrenn , '18, has accepted a pastorate at Wise, Va .

Ashby W. Kay, '18, entered upon his new duties as Division Superintendent of Goochland (Va.) County Schools on July 1.

Major Albert M. Woody, ' 18, is on active duty with the Air Corps Reserve at Maxwell

Field, Montgomery, Ala. where he is on the staff of the general commanding some 40 flying schools in the South.

Commander Francis Lee Albert, '19, is completing 23 years of commissioned service as a naval chaplain. He is now aboard the U.S.S. North Carolina.

Boyce Loving, '19, recently accepted the position of Civilian Adviser on Soldier Theatricals, 3rd Corps Area, U. S. Army. He works under the National Theatre Conference and the Citizens Committee for the Army and Navy, Inc., 111 encouraging amateur theatricals within the Army posts of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Meanwhile, from the press of the Dramatists Play Service, Inc. of New York has come his 12th three-act comedy, "Main Street Princess."

The Rev. Chester R. Wagstaff, '19, joins the Father-Son Legion of Honor Club this year with son, Chester Lee Roy who is enrolled as a freshman in Richmond College.

Mr. Wagstaff has been pastor of the Dinwiddie Baptist Field with residence at McKenney, Va., since 1931 .

Sam T. Bowman, '20, was recently reelected Commissioner of the Revenue for the City of Bristol.

A. B. Honts, '20, is manager of the Warren Paint and Supply Company at Front Royal, Va. The Rev. W. E. Trainham, '20, has recovered from a recent illness and has returned to his work as pastor of the Front Royal Baptist Church.

"North Carolina Boundary Disputes," a '"'ook by Dr. M. L. Skaggs, '21, has just come from the University of North Carolina press under the auspices of the departments of History and Political Science at the University of North Carolina .

Lawrence Mills Whitehurst, '23, has moved to 307 Wilcox St., Joliet, Ill., where he is in the employ of the duPont Company.

Henry Riley, '23, has just been elected a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Washington of which Edward H. Pruden, '25, is p_astor. _Mr. Riley holds a responsible pos1t1on 111 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Shades of Shakespeare I This from the Rev. W. T. Vandever, '23, of Erie, Pa.: "The gray hairs streak my temples, The wrinkles crease my brow, But I love old Richmond College And wish I was there now."

The Rev. J. R. Johnson, '23, of Bassett has recovered from a critical illness.

Edgar M. Johnson, ' 23, was made director of the audiovisual education distribution center which recently was established at State Teachers College in Farmville. This new position is in addition to his duties as a member of the faculty of the education department.

J . Hillis Miller, '24, associate commissioner of education for the State of New

York, has recent ly been appo inted coordinator of information on defense activities in the colleges of that state. He also is beginning a study of higher educat ion in the Empire State. Recent honors which have .been accorded him include membership on the board of education of the Northern Baptist Convention, the Planning Board of the Association for Democratic Processes, and the board of trustees of Colgate-Rochester Theological Seminary.

Davis T. Ratcliffe, '24, and Mrs. Ratcliffe (Idaline McVeigh, '25), have moved from Baltimore to Richmond where Mr. Ratcliffe is associated with the New Amsterdam Casuality Company.

Henry G. Chesley, '25, recently was elected vice president of the Richmond Kiwanis Club.

The Rev. H. Wark Curry, '25, has been sent to the Methodist Church at Front Royal, Va., and has already begun an active ministry.

The Rev. William Russell Pankey, '25, reports the gift of $19,000 to the Second Baptist Church at St. Louis where he is pastor.

This amount pays the entire indebtedness on the church property . One hundred six new members were added during the first six months of Mr. Pankey's pastorate.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J.Babcock are the parents of a son, Alvin Judson, Jr., born August 20.

Mr. Babcock, '25, is manager of the fabrics goods division of the Benjamin T. Crump Co. with which he has been affiliated since leaving the University.

Dave Miller, '26, has recently joined the field staff of the Surplus Marketing Administration and is stationed at Memphis, Tenn.

A daughter, Dorothy Ellen, was born July 23 to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Wingo. Mr. Wingo, '26, is a member of the faculty at State Teachers College, Farmville, Va. J. Parker Lambeth, Jr., '27, is Special Representative for Virg inia for the Surplus Marketing Administration which operates under the United States Department of Agriculture. Mr. Lambeth also is in charge of the Food Stamp Plan for Richmond.

John C. Williams, '27, was recently appointed referee in bankruptcy for District 3 of Virginia. The appointment was made by Tudge Robert N. Pollard, '02, of the United States District Court.

E. Elwood Ford, '27, has returned to Richmond with the accounting firm of Leach, Rindfleisch & Scott. He passed the C.P.A. examination in New York State a couple of years ago.

George H. McGraham, Jr., '27, has an important position with the manufacturing division of the Francis Leggett Company of New York (food packers and imoorters).

A son, Samuel Tilden Habel, III, was born October 25, to the Rev. and Mrs. Samuel T. Habel, Jr. Mr. Habel, '27, is pastor of the West End Church of Suffolk.

R. Garnett Bledsoe, Jr., '27, is engaged in the practice of law at Halifax, Va. Nick Cooke, '27, and Preston Jarvis, '27, are buyers with the Imperial Tobacco Company.

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Mrs. Edgar Allen Harper announces the marriage of her daughter, Alice, to Dr. William Taylor Muse, '28, a member of the Law School faculty, on November 15, at the Pryor Memor ial Presbyterian Church in Crew, Va. H. Hadden Dud ley, '28, has been honored by elevation to the presidency of Chowan College at Murfreesboro, N. C. Waller Wynne, Jr., '28, is in Washington with the United States Department of Agriculture, making social and economic studies .

L. Carlton Crump, '28, is Chief Inspector for the State Department of Labor and Industry .

Dr. John W. Clark, '29, is practicing medicine at Front Royal, Va. ]. S. Hart, '29, is an integral part of the good neighbor policy what with his job with ]. M. Huber, Inc., ink manufacturers, which keeps him in South America about six months out of each year. The Harts intend to move into their new home at Packanack Lake, N. J., on January 1. A near neighbor is Mark Andrews, '31.

A daughter, Marjorie Ann, was born November 4 to Mr. and Mrs. David V. Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan, '29, is now assistant engineer, system engineering department, Consolidated Edison Company of New York.

Captain Randolph L. Wood, '29, has returned to duty at the Panama Air Depot, France Field, Canal Zone, after a two months leave of absence in the United States. Returning to Panama Captain Wood's plane developed engine trouble in Guatemala City and the officers and crew had to remain there for three days. "That wasn't hard to take," however, "because we landed there on the day of the President's birthday ... and we were very nicely entertained."

A son, Richard Jeremy, was born May 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Chiles J. Cridlin. Mr. Cridlin, '29, is with the United States Bureau of foternal Revenue in Kansas City, Missouri.

A son, Britt MacDuff, was born November 4 to Dr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Johnson.

Dr. Johnson, '29, is an executive in the research laboratory of General Electric Company at Schenectady.

Hobart E. Duggins, '29, is Field Director for the American Red Cross at Camp Wheeler, Ga. Dr. Rodolph H. Fowlkes, '29, is engaged in the practice of medicine in Crumpler, W .

Va. Henry E. Redford, '30, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Johnson were married October 7, 1940. Mr. Redford is a member of the staff of the Mechanics and Merchants Bank 111 Richmond.

Louis Onesty, '30, has been placed in charge of the junior school athletic program at Staunton Military Academy where he also will continue his duties as head coach in swimming and assistant in varsity football and track.

Dr. Walter H. Bennett, '30, is at the University of Mississippi as assistant professor of economics. He formerly was a member of the staff of the University of Alabama. He

received his doctorate last year from Duke University and wrote as his thesis, "American Concepts of Federalism from the Colonial period to 1900."

The Rev. John A. St. Clair, '31, took over his new pastoral duties at Rocky Mount , Va., on December 1.

James R. Ceranton, '31, is to be congratulated on a new job, principal claims examiner for the General Accounting Office in Washington, and a new daughter, Gail Renalds, born July 27.

Mr. and Mrs. Isom Mullins announce the marriage of their daughter, Judith, to Carl Frederick Woost, Jr., '31, on October 29, in Charlotte, N. C. David S. Hammock, ' 31, has moved from Lawrenceville to Buena Vista where he is pastor of the Buena Vista Baptist Church.

Since September, First Lieutenant Lee G. Crutchfield, Jr., '32, has been on active duty as a reserve officer with the Army on First Army maneuvers in North Carolina. He is expecting momentarily to be transferred to Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, the center of chemical warfare preparations.

Westhampton College is well represented in Warren County, Va., with Mrs. Elise Reager Shirey, '32, as music director for the schools of the county, and with three alumnae on the Warren County high school faculty at Front Royal: Vista Robinson, '40; Nancy Lee Riley, '3 7, and Anne Garth, '41.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Walker of Lilian, Va. announce the engagement of their daughter, Ann Page, to Dr. Edmund Moseley LaPrade, '33, of Richmond.

J. Arlington Painter, '33, is bookkeeping teacher and faculty manager of all athletics at Lock Haven High School, Pa. He's building a new home at 700 Bellefonte Ave. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vranian, a son, Henry, Jr., on August 2. Mr. Vranian, '33, is chief chemist for the Chesapeake Corporation at West Point, Va. Wildman S. Kincheloe, Jr., '33, is temporarily located at Bowling Green, Va., where he is examining titles to the land for the A. P. Hill Military Reservation and Artillery Range. He's engaged in the practice of law in Crewe, Va.

J. B. Hening, '34, has gone to Jamaica, British West Indies, as one of the executive officers of the Jamaica Base Contractors, on an $18,000,000 contract for a government air base.

A daughter, Margaret Estelle, was born October 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Van Allen of Farmville , Va., both members of the class of '34 .

Judith Cleo Mizelle of Windsor, N . C. was recently married to Lieutenant Anthony James Baroody, '34, U.S.N.R. The Rev. Richard V. Lancaster and Mrs. Lancaster of Fredericksburg have announced the engagement of their daughter, Martha McCoy, to Ensign Herbert M . Early , ' 34, U.S.N.R. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Widgeon of Princess Anne County announce the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Leigh, to William Ward Seward, Jr., '34, professor of English in the college department of Greenbrier Military School at Lewisburg, W. Va. Dr. Sandor B. Kovacs, '34, professor of sociology at Baylor University, is chaplain at the Waco State Home for Dependent Children and has started, in cooperation with the churches there, to take the children to the evening services in town.

Victor H . Chaltain, '34, is working in the advertising department of Parents Magazine. He came back for the Thanksgiving game.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bernard Hart of Watertown, Mass. announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Geraldine, to Dr. J .

Frederick Chairsell, Jr., '34, of Christiansburg, on October 21 in Washington.

John Doley, '34, has gone into the laundry business with his father-in-law in Newport News. His home is at 196 Hilton Terrace, Hilton Village.

Ensign Robert S. Montgomery, Jr., '35, is stationed at Hamilton Hall, Soldiers Field Station, Boston.

Enno T. Sauer, '35, and Miss Marie Rach of Baltimore were married September 20.

They are now living in Philadelphia where Mr. Sauer is in the employ of Rohm and Hass Company and also teaches a class in chemical engineering in an engineering defense training course given by the University of Pennsylvania.

Filmore Hargrave Sanford, '35, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in June and is now a member of the Harvard psychology department.

Lieutenant Frank Straus, '35, is in the material division of the Air Corps and is located in the office of the district supervisor of the central procurement district at Detroit.

The office is headquarters for the entire Central Procurement District which comprises 25 states down the middle of the nation from Michigan to the Gulf.

Woodrow E. Carter, '35, has accepted a position with the Piedmont Trust Bank of Martinsville. He also represents the Atlantic Life Insurance Company.

Braxton B. Townsend, '36, has been appointed special attorney for the Atlantic

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Coast Line at Rocky Mount , N. C. He had been in the practice of law in Petersburg from 1939 to 1941 and was a member of the Petersburg Central Democratic Committee and a member of the Board of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

A. N . (Tony) Smerda, ' 36, leaves in January for training for a commission as ensign in the Navy. He'll be stationed at Annapolis.

G. Thomas Taylor , ' 36, and Miss Mildred Boyd Mitchell were married in the Boulevard Methodist Church , Richmond, on November 18. Mr. Taylor is practicing law in Richmond as an associate of the firm of Bremner and Rooke.

Miss Marjorie Virginia Pugh and Randolph Porter Tabb , ' 36, were married recently at the Boulevard Methodist Church in Richmond.

The Rev. William J. Fallis, '36, as student secretary for Virginia , directed the annual Baptist Student Convention which attracted to Harrisonburg, Va. some 200 students from Virginia Colleges. Th e University of Richmond sent 21 delegates. Among the speakers were the Rev. Edward H . Pruden , D .D., '25 ; the Rev. J. B. Hill, '09; the Rev . Vernon Richardson, '35; the Rev . Joseph Cosby, ' 30; and the Rev. George W. Sadler, D.D. , '10. The Rev . Lynn Dickerson, · 17, pastor of the Harrisonburg Baptist Church , preached to the convention. Jack Manley, '43, was elected president of the Baptist Student Union .

James G. Baldwin, ' 36, and Miss Ellen Douglas Gee , '38 , were married on August 2. They are at home at 165 Edgewood Avenue , Wheeling , W. Va .

Dr. John Edgar Stevens , ' 37, graduated last June from the Medical College of Vir ginia and is now an interne at Stuart Circle Hospital. His professional honors include his election to Alpha Omega Alpha, national honorary medical society.

Sergeant Milton Rosenstein , ' 37, sailed in September for Iceland where he is stationed with the 394th Engineer Company.

Rev. Cecil C. Anderson , ' 37, is now pastor of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Richmond. He was formerly band director at George Washington High School in Alexandria. The Andersons have one child, Thomas Hugh , born October 6, 1940. Mrs. Anderson is the former Virginia Pinchbeck.

Dr. Robert L. Mason, '37 , is a member of the Town Council of Ridgeway, Va. and is dental examiner for the Henry County Draft Board. His office is in Martinsville.

Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Dean of Canton , Miss. , announce the wedding of their daughter, Dorothy, to the Rev. Paul Garland Wiley, ' 37, pastor of the Central Baptist Church of Richmond, on November 6 in the First Baptist Church of Canton.

A son, Horace Lee, Jr. , was born June 8 to the Rev. and Mrs. Horace L. Ford. Mr. Ford , '3 7, is serving a field of Baptist Churches in the Goshen Associat ion and living in Fredericksburg , Va .

Dorsey B. Ford , '37 , is in the employ of

the National Permanent Building Association in Washington, D. C. Roland Buford Brandis, III, was born on November 15. R. Buford, Jr., '37, was recently promoted to Acting Manager of the Department of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta.

Miss Marguerite Rose Phillips and Melvin Belvin Gaskins, were married October 18 in the Monument Methodist Church in Richmond.

The Rev. Philip H . Tomlinson, '38, is at Midlothian, Va. where he has taken over the churches Dr. R. H . Winfree served for 52 years. The Tomlinsons have a two-year-old daughter.

Francis W. Tyndall, '38, has accepted the position of secretary of Shrine Mont at Orkney Springs, Va .

All is quiet on the Pacific, writes Roy Newton, '39, who has graduated from captain of the U. of R. crew to ensign aboard the U.S .S. Chester, based at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii. He frequently runs across Ensign Russ Walton, ' 39, U.S .S. Ralph Talbot, and Warren Townsend, ' 38, U.S.S . Litchfield.

(Roy's note arriv ed just a few days before the bombing.)

McLean Whittet, Jr., ' 39, is in the army now. Company E, Third Signal Training Battalion, SCRTC, Fort Monmouth, Red Bank, N. J. G. Randolph Babcock, ' 39, is stationed at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss . where he is enrolled in the Air Corps Technical School.

A daughter, Patricia Davison, was born November 1 at Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond to Tohn Davison Faiella , ' 39, and Jane Bayliss Faiella.

Jack Sanford , ' 39, is in the army now and is stati.oned at Camp Lee. Both he and Stuart Hoskins, '40, played baseball during the summer with the Camp Lee medical detachment team.

Frank S. Cosby, '3 9, is now located in New York City with the Royal-Liverpool Insuran ce Group s in special fire insurance edu cational work.

Hunter S. Jackson , ' 39, now a junior intern in Stuart Circle Hospital, expects to get his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia next June.

Corbin (Bob) White , '39, and A. E. ( Andy) Ander sen, Jr., '39, are in the U.S. N.R. Midshipmen 's ·school at Chicago .

Geor ge L. Oliver , ' 39, has been promoted from Second to First Lieutenant in the Hg .

88 Inf. Brigade , 29th Division , at Fort Georg e G . Meade.

A. P. Staples , Jr.. ' 39, is now associated with the Newport News , Va. , law firm of Skinner and Ferguson.

Lieutenant Reed F. Taylor , ' 39, who had one of the best throwing arms college baseball has ever seen when he held down the h'1t corner on the Spid er nine, is now in the " rough , tough , first to go, hard hitting Fleet Marine Force" at New River , N . C. Reed captain ed the battalion soft ball team which won the Division Championship without losing a game .

Virginia Bugg, '40, will be Eugene Peek 's Christmas present. Their marriage has been set for December 20. Gene, a member of the class of '39, is a student at the Medical College of Virginia.

William B. Burge, Jr., '40, has been transferred to Curtis Field at Brady, Texas, and from there will leave soon for advanced school at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.

He previously was in the Spartan Air Corps Training Detachment at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Miss Mary Arnold of Clearfield, Pa., was married recently to Royal Brandis, '40, in a ceremony performed at the home of the bride 's parents. Mr. Brandis is with the Priority Division of E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company at Wilmington, Del. Henry Lee Foster, '40, a student in Crozer Theological Seminary at Chester, Pa., is serving as chaplain of the U. S. Veterans' Administration Facility at Coatesville, Pa. George Rochkind, '40, is one of Uncle Sam's soldiers in the armored force, Machine Records Unit, at Fort Knox, Ky. William Calhoun, '41, since grarluating from the Law Sch0 ol has returned to his first love- show business - and is now operating what Bill describes as the " finest

New York Mr. Joseph Day Lee (M.A. 1899) died on July 10, 1941.

Mr. Donald B. Ward (1915) died in June , 1941. He was killed almost instantly in an automobile accident. His wife, Gladys , received a broken neck and other injuries , from which she is recovering. Mrs. Donald B. Ward 's address is Baldwin Apts., Baldwin, Long Island, N. Y., c/o Donald Parker.

Mr. Fred Y . Toy, BS, ' 14, has moved from New York to Phoenix, Arizona , where he is associated with Western Lands , Inc. , 836 North Central Ave. Mr. A. M. Woody, '16, is a Major in the air corps and is stationed at Maxwell Field , Montgomery , Ala. Bruce P. Van Buskirk, '40, is serving with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two, New York.

Jerome Lawrence Epstein , ' 36, is a private in Company H , 6th Q.M.T. Reg . Camp Lee, Va. Dr. Joseph T. N. McCastor , '23, is a Major with the 102nd Engineers at Fort McClellan , Alabama.

Dr. Bob Hill sman , '28, his wife and their two cla•1ghters are living at 681 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, N. J., where Bob is practicing medicine.

Vic Chaltain . ' 34, who is carrying the ball again for Richmond as president of the New York Alumni Chapter, is associated n;i•h the Advertising Department of Parents M:1g:1zine, N. Y. City.

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little Night Club in the State-Club Silver Lake at Christiansburg, Va. In addition, he's producing weekly stage shows for five theatres in the vicinity.

George Henry Landers, Jr., '41, is a chemist with the American Tobacco Company in its research laboratory on Petersburg Pike, near Richmond.

George H. Shackelford, '41, has won his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He is stationed at Quantico , Va. Stuart Grizzard, '41, was ordained into the ministry at services held in September.

Mr. Grizzard is now a student in Crozer Theological Seminary.

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Paul Little anounce the marriage of their daughter, Barbara Charlotte , to Earl Sidney Holman, '41, on October 11 at St. Stephens Church in Richmond .

J . Arthur Wagner , '41, is in training at Quantico, Va. for a reserve commission in the United States Marines.

Ashley DeShazor, '41, is in the U.S.N.R. Midshipmen 's School at Chicago.

Four members of the class of '41 are in Union Theological Seminary this session: Lawrence Hilgeman, Bolling Williams, William Raney, and Charles McNutt.

Mr. James J. Coleman, ' 13, is now stationed in New York City as a technical advisor of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

W. K. Gaines. '29, is living at 246-10 Alameda Ave., Flushing, New York City.

His young son, Richard, is already on the road to becoming a real Spider.

Mr. Charles W. Buford, ' 15, is connected with the National City Bank of New York. His son is a sophomore at the U. of R. and he has a daughter attending Stephens College of Columbia, Mo. Noble T. Crossley and his family, which includes three children, are living in Short Hills, N. J. Noble, '17, is associated with Alexander and Alexander, Inc. of New York City, and insists on classifying himself as a ..struggling insurance broker."

John Lewis Ames, '37, is now taking graduate work in the New York University Law School in taxation with expectations of :in S.J.D. degree. At present he is also acting as trial attorney. He married Miss lvlargaret Kilbon in April, 1939.

Morris Sayre, '06, lives at 36 Prospect Ave., Montclair, N. J., and is Vice-President of the Corn Products Manufacturing Co., l 7 Battery Place, Whitehall Bldg ., N. Y. He is married and has two boys now in business, one a Radio Station salesman and the other a lawyer.

Sid Upjohn, ' 30, is married and has a six month ol:I daughter, who he says is Westhampton material. He is Assistant Director of the British Ministry of War Transport.

George A. Glass, M.D., '31, is a Physic!an and Surgeon, practicing in New York City, and lives at 15 W. 11th St. E. G. PICKELS, '32.

Secretary, New York Chapter.

., ., ., New York Alumnae The New York chapter of Westhampton Alumnae had a tea on November 29th at Therese Worthington Grant's, 284 Park Avenue at which about 15 members were present .' We had as a delightful speaker, Miss Phoebe MacCortney, Carnegie Hall, who is one of the leading teachers of speech in the city. Everybody enjoyed her a great deal.

Sally Davis, president of the chapter, presided. Others who attended were Mrs. Jeannette Freeman Minor, Blanche Morgan , Estelle Billups, Elizabeth Kelley, Mrs. Dorothy Seay Brumbaugh, Frances Gottlieb, Mrs. Margaret Flick Clark, Mrs. Margaret Lowe Logan, Suzanne Trussell, Mrs . Dorothy Lee Van Duzer, and four invited guests who were n::it alumnae.

On Thursday, December 11th, four representatives from the chapter went to Port Washington, L. I., for College Night at the senior high school. Various colleges were represented. N ew York chapter representatives were Estelle Billups , Margaret Forrer Wrenn, Suzanne Trussell (who lives at Port Washington) and Sally Davis.

The chapter will meet again in the spring with Richmond College alumni.

., ., ., Philadelphia Norwood Green was named p'resident of the Philadelphia Chapter of the University of Richmond Alumni Association meeting No vember 20. Dr. Jacob Billikopf and Mrs. Richard (Marion Conrey) Smith were selected as vice presidents. Other officers elected upon recommendation of a committee headed by Dr. Wilbur L. Mahaney are Mark Lutz, secretary, and Carlton A. Whitlatch , treasurer. Dr . V. Carney Hargroves , retiring p=idffi~p=id~. . .

A brief talk, followed by motion pKtures of the University campus, was made by the guest of honor, Joseph Nettles, general alumni secretary. Among the new members at the meeting were Dr. Herbert Allen , now located at the Philadelphia General Hospital ; Mrs. Carlton Whitlatch (Juliette Loving, '4 1); Wilbur H. Wrenn (now at Claymont, Del.) ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H . McCraw ; Mr. and Mrs. (Elizabeth Gill) Carroll Minor.

George E. Long , a charter member of the chapter, is now at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, Okla ., he wrote. Other charter members no longer in the Philadelphia area are Dr. J. J. Hladyez , now at St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, N. Y.; Dale Griffin, at Parkersburg , West Virginia ; W. A. Wright, recently transferred to Martinsville , and Mrs. (Betty Conrey) B. P. Van Buskirk, Brooklyn, N . Y. MARK LUTZ, '26, Secretary, Philadelphia Chapter.

Washington The Washington Chapter grows a~ :Vashington grows. Among the recent add1t1ons to our membership are Chaplain Wm . S. Jones , Major Seth Gale of Fort Belvoir, and_Chaplain A. W . Coates, also of Fort Belvo1r. And speaking of additions, our worthy treasmer, Mr. J. R. Ceranton, boasts a prospective candidate for Westhampton, born July 28th last. Other such events are in prospect, but we mustn't beat the gun.

Our energetic alumnae were well _represented at the Thanksgiving Homecommg by a group including May Thompson Evans, Margaret Taylor Chambliss, Alice Garnett Thomas, Elizabeth Elgin , and Lucy Blackwell. A grand time was had by all. . .

Our president , M. P. German , 1s bemg honored on De cember 7th on the ninth anniversary of his pastorate of the Bethany Baptist Church, and by coincidence, _Ed Pruden has his fifth anniversary at the First Baptist Church on the same day.

We also note that G. W. Quick of th e National Bureau of Standards is now a full fledged metallurgist, and continues to add to the papers he has contributed in his field. C. T. Thomas also presented a paper before _the Chicago Convention of the Electrochem1~al Society in October , and Dr. Fl1pp111contnbuted recently to a meeting of the Sou_thern Historical Association in Atlanta with a paper on Southern history of the Civil War period. Dr. Flippin also been_ma4e pre_sident of an assooat1on of h1stonans 111 Washington and vicinity.

C. T. THOMA S, '20.

Secretary, Washington Chapter.

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., ., ., Halifax Miss Nancy Riley, '36, who is teaching at Front Royal, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Riley.

Frank M. Lacy, '30, and Mrs. Lacy spent the week of December eighth in New York.

Edwin S. Snead, Jr., '25, attended the annual U. of R.-W . & M. game Thanksgiving in Richmond. He has attended this game every year for the past twenty-three years.

Katherine Little Dupuy, '2 1, (Mrs. E. L) was elected president of the South Boston branch of the A.A.U.W. for the coming year.

Roy Shotwell , ex '21, of Richmond, spent a few days at his home recently to enJoy the opening of hunting season.

Marydee Lowe Wimbish, '35, (Mrs. Louis, Jr.) and two little daughters have returned from Richmond , where they spent the month of November.

It is with sadness that we report the death of Mr. Walker DeTarnette, the father of Barbara DeJarnette Bagwell, '36, who died Nov ember 30.

Camilla Wimbish Lacy, '23, (Mrs. E. H.) spent Thanksgiving in Richmond.

Dr. T. Ryland Sanford spent a few days last week with friends in South Boston.

CAMILLA WIMBISH LACY , '23, Secretary, Halifax Chapter.

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Lawrenceville Rev. D. S. Hammock resigned this fall as pastor of the Lawrenceville Baptist Church and accepted the pastorate of the Buena Vista Baptist Church. He and his wife were very popular with people of all ages and denominations and their leaving has been keenly regretted by all.

Harold Hobgood is teaching in the Blackstone High School.

Mr s. Howard Richardson (Virginia Snow) with her husband and two children spent the summer in Lawren ceville. Mr. Richardson is principal of a school in Alex andria.

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Dr. Boatwright's visit to Georgia to address the Georgia Baptist Convention was the occasion for an informal alum ni meeting in the Henry Grady Hotel. The Rev. J. Maurice Trimmer, D.D., '27, who arranged for the get-together, reports that "we had a fine session with Dr. Boatwright and greatly enjoyed the fellowship and discussion of Alma Mater, past and present. We rejoice to see Dr. Boatwright looking so hale and hearty in his forty-seventh year as president of the University of Richmond . We were delighted with his optimism and enthusiasm concerning the future of Alma Mater.

"Dr. Boatwright's address on Christian education which was delivered before the Georgia Baptist Convention was a masterpiece. It was given headline publicity in the Atlanta papers. " Alumni who met Dr. Boatwright at the Henry Grady Hotel were: A. R. Willingham, '00, president of the Central Sash and Door Company of Macon; Dr. Raleigh White, '11, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Albany ; Dr. C. C. Thomas, '17, pastor, First Baptist Church, Elberton: H R. Neathery, '30, of Atlanta, salesman for Colgate and Company; W. C. Woo<lfin, '22, with the United States Fruit and Drug Administration in Atlanta; James B. (Squire) Blanks, '26, professor of education in LaGrange College; Edward S. White, '34, a member of the Atlanta law firm of Gambrell and White, and Dr. Trimmer, '27, pastor of the First Bapt ist Church at Macon.

R. T. Marsh Collection Mrs. Robert Thornton Marsh has recently given to The University Library the very valuable collection of books of her husband who died this past June.

Dr. Mar sh was an honored alum nus of the University and during one of our endowment campaigns rendered noteworthy service as Field Representative . He was wart?ly interested in its progres s and was consistently loyal. During his long career as pastor, editor, and frequent contributor to our denominational periodicals Dr. Marsh had accumulated many useful volumes dealing with religious topi cs. The Department of Bible (Co11ti1111edon page 20)

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Forty-five years of service as a student, alumnus, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer of the University of Richmond were recognized on Dec. 5 as students and professors joined in memorial tribute to B. West Tabb. Among those in the audience were Mrs. Tabb and Mrs. Roderick Moore, only child of the veteran treasurer.

Not once dming his 30 years as treasurer did the University close the year with a deficit, Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, rector of the board of trustees, noted in praising his financial ability, sterling character, and foresight.

Besides Dr. Freeman there were present on the platform Dr. R. E. Gaines, math professor for over 50 years, and President F. W. Boatwright, both of whom had taught Mr. Tabb when he was a student at the turn of the century. On the platform too were Dean May L. Keller who was closely associated with Mr. Tabb during her more than a quarter century at Westhampton College, and Dr. S. C. Mitchell, veteran professor of history, who lead the congregation in prayer.

President Boatwright pointed out that the memorial ceremony had been delayed until the fall because school was not in session and Mr. Tabb's colleagues were far scattered at the time of his death aboard a steamship en route from Boston to New York on August 7.

Despite his many duties, said Dr. Gaines, "all of us thought of him not as simply an impersonal official of the University, but as a sympathetic friend to whom we could go for counsel about any of our problems." Dr. Gaines cited the many hours the treasurer had spent in his concern for the welfare of the faculty members by "working out the plans for our group insurance, retiring allowances and similar matters which mean so much for the security of those who are here giving their lives to the cause of education."

"Future generations," he predicted, " in looking back over the history of the University for the first half of the twentieth century will recognize, no doubt, as one of the factors which contributed to this growth and stability, the constructive service which was rendered by our able and devoted treasurer."

Dean KelJer described Mr. Tabb as a man who "never considered himself nor his own convenience , but gave gladly and freely of the best that was in him and was interested in all the many phases of college life." Even when he was obliged to refuse a request, she said, he had "the ability to create the impression that he was as sorry to refuse as the person concerned was to receive a negative answer."

She characterized his life "full of love and service" in the words of Browning: ''One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break ,

Never dreamed though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to awake."

Earlier , on October 18, the Executive Committee of the University of Richmond Alumni Society met and adopted resolutions of sorrow and of appreciation of Mr. Tabb's influence on the University.

Creed Thomas Knight, '77, died in Danville on November 18th . Born at Inwood, Nottoway County, he was educated at Norwood School and Richmond College, and then engaged in business in Chicago where most of his life was spent.

Senator Edward E. Holland, '81, served in Congress from 1911 to 1921 and had been a member of the State Senate continuously since 1930. He died October 23rd in Suffolk.

His long and varied public career was not marred by a single defeat in a political campaign. Before going to Congress he was in the Senate two years and previously had served as Commonwealth's attorney of Suffolk and Nansemond County. He was mayor of Suffolk from 1885 to 1907 .

Born in Nansemond County in 1861, he was one of the oldest active bank presidents m the country by virtue of his 50 years as head of the Farmers' Bank of Nansemond.

In the Senate he sat on the Committee on Insurance and Banking and headed the Committee on Public Institutions and Education .

At Richmond College he received the LLB. degree, and then attended the University of Virginia. He was a Phi Beta Kappa.

Sixty-two years of service to the ministry ended on October 14th with the death of the Rev. Millard Fillmore Sanford, '81, former evangelist of the Baptist State Mission Board.

Born in 1852 at Montross, Virginia, he was educated at Warsaw Academy and Richmond College. He entered the ministry in 1879 and held active pastorates throughout the State until 1912 when he became an evangelist of the State Mission Board. He served with the board for 18 years and retired at the age of 77.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. H. Lester Hooker, of Richmond, and Mrs. T. F. Nelson of Amelia, and four sons, Dr. E. W. Sanford, of Farmville; Dr. T. Ryland Sanford, of Luray; M. F. Sanford, Jr., of Chestter, and R. Paul Sanford, of Danville.

Nelson C. Decker, '93, Fredericksburg businessman , died on October 30th at Mary Washington Hospital of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile while crossing the street.

Particularly active in church affairs, he was a member of the board of deacons of the Fredericksburg Baptist Church, treasurer of the Baraca Bible Class, a member of the church choir, and of the Fredericksburg Choral Club .

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Burnett Miller , Sr., '95, dean of the Culpeper bar where he had practiced for more than forty years, died on October 9th in the Culpeper court room where he had gone for local papers from his office across the street.

Member of a prominent Madison County family, he graduated from Richmond College and had a wide practice over the state.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Grimsley Miller; a daughter, Mrs. Eliza Grimsley Reams, wife of Judge Reams of Culpeper ; and four sons, Thomas F. Miller, of Portsmouth, '31; Burnett Miller, Jr., '3 1, law partner of his father and a member of the House of Delegates ; Judson Miller, '40, Washington, and Robert Morton Miller, Culpeper.

Known to thousands of Richmond children as Santa Claus for the role he played in department stores around Christmas time, Timothy L. Light, '9 4, died on October 7th in the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.

Mr. Light, who was a retired Chesterfield County farmer and Spanish-American war veteran , presided from his throne in the local department stores from 1934 to 1939 .

He had spent the last two years in frequent trips to the Washington hospital for heart and kidney ailments which finally proved fatal.

Leroy S. Cohen, '97, president of the former Cohen Company Department Store in Richmond, died on October 15th following a heart attack.

He was born in Richmond in 1875 and was educated at Mrs. Cramm 's School, at Fishburne Military Academy and the University of Richmond. During recent years he had been connected with the American Paper Company . He was a member and former officer of Beth Ahabah Congregation.

Captain John C. Weckert , '99, veteran of the Spanish-American and World War, died on November 8th after a year's illness .

He was a charter member and past commander of Fitzhugh Lee Camp 1, United Spanish War Veterans . During the SpanishAmerican War he wore the medal he won three times in 1898 as champion marksman of the Walker Light Guard , a unit of the First Virginia Regiment whose history he authored.

In 1916 he served on the Mexican Border as sergeant in Company B, First Virginia Regiment , and in the World War he won his captaincy.

The Rev . Hugh Wirshing Sublett , '03, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, died on November 4th after a six weeks' illness.

Although he had been in poor health for two years he refused to pause in his work in the community and at St. John's Church where he took a strenuous part in its bicentennial program and in the campaign to raise $50,000 to preserve the building as a historic shrine.

He was born in 1880 , and educated mostly by private tutors until he entered the University of Richmond where he took both hi s

B.A. and M.A. degrees in 1903 and 1904.

As a student he won the Tanner Greek Medal. He took his ministeria l training at Union Theological Seminary, from which in 192 3 he received his doctor of divinity degree.

In 1914 he became rector of old St. John's where he remained the rest of his life. He was the author of several books on religious history. f

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The Library Corner TH E BULLETIN has been kind enough to offer me space for library news . I realize that many alwnni never see the annual library reports with acknowledged appreciation of alumni gifts, so I am delighted to ha ve th e opportunity to tell you of recent gifts and , also, to make a plea for general alumni interest in the library, individually or in an organized group.

I will mention a few of the ways in which you can help.

Interest in obtaining funds for a central library building.

Gifts of collections on special subjects, or singl e volumes to add to our author collections.

Original source materials on the history of Virginia, the South, and other subjects.

Annual contributions of money.

Gifts of manuscripts or rare volumes. $500.00 to establish a library book memorial.

Two needs have recently been mentioned by faculty members - an exhibit case for the main reading room and a set of George Cockayn e's Ne w Compl ete Peerage.

Our University library should be the strongest link joining the Westhampton and Richmond College student bodies, and I sincerely hop e that each University graduate will always be interested in obtaining important and necessary materials to add to the library 's resources.

An outstanding gift of 800 volumes from the library of the late Dr. Robert T. Marsh, class of '9 4, was presented by Mrs. Marsh this past summer. A memorial bookplate will be pla ced in each volume . R. C. Ancarrow , Walter E. Bass, Beverley Britton , Julian D. Martin, Mr. Howard Jenkins and Dr. Maude Woodfin have sent many and interesting volumes during recent months.

Alumni sending their own publications for the alumni collection are Dr. A. B. Rudd, Mr s. Florence Boston Decker, and Boyce Loving.

Wasn't it just like Dr. Harris, on one of his visits to the library , to extend an invitation "to com e over to my library, look over the shelves and help yourself"? I have made thr ee automobile trips thus far and have brought back 60 or more volumes to add to the H arris Classical Collection.

I wish all of you could hav e heard Dr. Met calf' s Phi Beta Kappa address . The library staff was delighted to have a visit from Dr. and Mrs. Metcalf that afternoon , and having th e pleasure of telling them in person how much the faculty and students are enjoying the l 94 1 interesting publica -

tions sent during October for the Victor Sharp Metcalf Memorial alcove.

Whenever you are on the campus, won't rou come to_ the library? The library staff 1s al ways delighted to see you and interested to know what you are doing I LUCY T. THROCKMORTON, Acting Librarian. f

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ing to make this list more complete. Please feel that it is at your disposal and that the Alumni Office will be happy to furnish you with addresses of former schoolmates, answer questions about the university, and serve you in every other possible way.

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R. T. Marsh Collection

'TU give you five dollars if you can locate Bill Jones, a classmate of mine in Richmond College in 1924."

Such a postcard, signed by an alwnnus, came to the Alumni Office not so long ago.

With some searching (Bill was temporarily in the lost file) the correct address was found and sent on to his schoolmate who was eager to correspond with him.

True to his word, the alumnus sent five dollars and was enrolled as a sustaining member of the Alumni Society.

The Alumni Office maintains an address file for all former students whose correct addresses are known and is constantly striv-

is very grateful to Mrs. Marsh for this serviceable contribution.

Dur ing the past several years because of the growth of the Department of Bible there is an increasing demand for books dealing specifically with the courses offered in religion . Through the annual appropriation from the Administration and through the generous donations of friends our religious sections in the University Library are making a creditable appearance . Dr. Cousins' library of several thousand is also available for all the students .

SOLON B. COUSINS.

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Summer School ReachesNew High Under Director W. L. Prince The Summer Session of 1941 proved to be the largest and most successful in the twenty-two years of the existence of this branch of the University. A faculty of twenty-six taught 341 students in the academic section of the school, while twenty-five students were engaged in pursuing the mysteries of the law at "Columbia. " Twenty students received degrees at the close of the session, August 15th.

The first summer school was held in 1920, under the direction of Prof. H. B. Handy and a faculty of twelve . In that first session 5 5 students were enrolled. Professor Jl:7. L. Prince joined the faculty of the University in September, 1920, and for the following summer he was made Director of the Summer Session , a position which he has held with marked success for twenty years.

For the summer of 1921 the enrollment was 76 . Since that date the attendance has increased gradually, with the exception of two or three years during the worst of the depression, when there were slight decreases. The two hundred mark was passed in 1934 and the three hundred mark in 1939. Not only has the attendance increased but its character has undergone some significant changes. In the early summers the great majority, if not all , of the students wer e from the winter session of the University. While a considerable number of our own students still take advantage of the summer school to shorten their college life or to make up work failed , there has been an increasing number of students from other colleg es and universities and a steadily increasing number of school teachers from Richmond and vicinity.

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tributed to the fact that the Trustees agreed rn 1940 that degrees could be obtained by summer school work. Any undergraduate or graduate degree conferred by the University may be secured at a commencement held at the close of each summer session. In addition the graduate degree of Master of Science in Education may be obtained by summer school work.

For the first eight years the session was six weeks in length. When, in 1928 , the University adopted the semester system in place of three terms, the Swnmer Session was lengthened to nine weeks.

As might be expected, most of the facu lty members who have taught in the past twentytwo years have been members of the regular University faculty; however, a glance through the catalogues will reveal a surprising number of visiting faculty members for a relatively small summer school.

The quality of the work done in the Summer Session has always been high . Some of the earlier catalogues carried the statement that, "Only those wishing to do serious work should app ly for admission. " That statement still holds good.

The Summer Session is an integral part of the University with great possibilities for growth and development . Started as something of an experiment it has proved its worth during the past twenty-two years. For its steady and satisfactory growth , for its maintenance of high standards of scholarship , for its increasing service to the University and an ever-widening clientele, the greatest measure of credit is due Prof. W. L. Prince who has so ab ly guided its career.

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