Alumni Bulletin, University of Richmond, Volume 10, November 1945

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• THE ALUMNI BULLETIN P~blished quarterly at the University of RIChmond by the General Society of Alumni .

Entered as second-class matter at the University of Richmond Post Office.

Dear Alumnus: I feel highly honored that you Alumni have seen fit to elect me President of the General Alumni Association. The responsibility of the office is such that I will need the counsel and assistance of every University of Richmond Alumnus .

Dur~ng the war period it has been necessary to curtail the activities of the Association, but now that peace is here again, we look forward to a stronger and more active Association than Alma Mater has ever known.

During the war our Alumni were scattered all over the globe but now each day, from every branch of the Service, the sons and daughters of the University of Richmond, are returning.

Your Executive Committee met . recently and unanimously decided to hold our Home-Coming before the William & Mary Game on Thanksgiving Day-Thursday, November 22. Luncheon will be served at 1 2 Noon in the college dining room. Let's have an old-fashioned home-coming and renew our fellowship with those who have been absent in the armed services. Those of you who have so splendidly served our country and have been unable to enjoy alumni functions during the war are especially invited.

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JOSEPH E. NETTLES, '30, Editor (On leave with United States Navy) ALTON WILLIAMS . . .

EDWARDC. PEPLE } RALPH c. MCDANEL Ed1tonal CoJ?m1ttee ROBERTM . STONE for the durat10n MRS. R. E. BOOKER ANNUAL DUES Sustaining membership ....... ... . $5.00 Membership ........... .. .. ... . . $2.00 (Mail check to R. M. Stone, Treasurer, P. 0. University of Richmond, Va.) THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OFFICERS H. Aubrey Ford, '21 . . .. .... . . President William Ellyson, Jr., '23, 1st Vice-President Oscar Hite, '22 .... ... 2nd Vice-President Chas. H . Ryland, '36 .. . 3rd Vice-President Emanuel Emroch, '28 .. . . .. .... Secretary EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE A. H . Camden, '11, R. T . Marsh, '23, R. E. Booker, '24 and the above officers.

THE ALUMNI COUNCIL OFFICERS W . B. F. Cole, '12 .. .. .. .. . ... President Robert T. Marsh, '22 ... . 1st Vice-President W. Richard Broaddus, '21, 2nd Vice-President Ralph C. McDanel, '16 ... . Acting Secretary Robert M. Stone, '30 ..........

Treasurer EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE

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Alma Mater wants you for her guest Thanksgiving The success of the Home-Coming depends upon YOU.

Day.

I'll be seeing you at the luncheon.

Cordially yours, H. Aubrey (Jitney) Ford, Pres.

General Alumni Association.

P.S. If you have any good ideas concerning our new Social Center Building, be ready to discuss them at Home-Coming on Thanksgiving Day.

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D. N. Davidson, '09 Frank C. Riley, '13 John J. Wicker, Jr ., '16 and the above officers.

WESTHAMPTON COLLEGE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION Camilla Wimbish Lacy (Mrs. Evan), '23 ... .. ......

President Mary Ryland Babcock '32 . ... Vice-President (Mrs . Alvin].), Leslie Sessoms Booker ·(Mr s. R. E. ), '22 ... . Executive Secretary Mail all contributions and news items to Mrs . R. E. Booker, Executive Secretary, Westhampton College Alumnae Association P. 0. University of Richmond, Va . ' Sadie Engelberg, '12 } Mayme O'Flaherty, '41 Elizabeth Fleet, '29

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Florence Boston Decker } .

(Mrs. Henry), '17 Dr. Emily Gardner, ' 18 Board of Tru .rtees Elizabeth Tompkins, '19

SamuelChilesMitchell An Appreciation

By JOSIAH MORSE University of South Carolina BEGAN corresponding with Doctor Mitchell in September 1900, when I arrived at Clark University, Worcester, Mass., to which institution he had obtained a scholarship for me. I have been corresponding with him ever since, on an average of about once a week-not long letters; just a note or a card, but a communication, a contact- enough to keep the flame of friendship alive.

I mention this fact because of the light it throws on the man- his tremendous power to win and to hold his students a whole lifetime. Were I the only one of his constant correspondents over a period of four decades or more, it might not be a fact worth recording, but I am sure there are scores of former students whom he holds bound to himseif by chains made of postcard links and the feelings and sentiments they embody and express.

Dr . Mitchell is a rare type of genius-a genius in what I may call "creative friend ship." The formula for genius-one tenth inspiration and nine-tenth s perspiration applies to Doctor Mit chell's type. He practiced "creative friendship" as assiduously as any violinist or pianist practiced his instrument.

His friendship not only warms and satisfies you- the common garden variety does thatDo ctor Mitchell 's friendship continuously stimulates and inspires you until such seeds of ability as you may have had unwittingly lying dormant within you germinate and grow to full fruition, surprising you yourself far more than anyone else. In that respect I am brash enough to say that Doctor Mitchell was a g reater lover and artist than the immortal Socrates. Socrates stopped all sorts of people , many of them illiterate and untutored , and by probing and blasting into their subconsciousnesses he brought forth many bits of knowledge they didn't know they had in them . Then he was through with them. He had no furth er interest in them, personallv.

And in the process of probing and blasting he often made fools of them, which was why later they joined to condemn him to death.

Do ctor Mitchell's interest in students was not ephemeral; it was enduring. He was not using them to prove some theory of his; he was trying solely to make young men believe in themselves and stretch themselves to their very utmost. I know of no one who was ever discouraged, or shamed, or humiliated by him ; and therefore it is unthinkable that there is any former student of his who ha, anything but high regard and affection for him .

Certainly no grudge , or rancor, or hatred, as in the case of Socrates' victims. When 1 was a student at Clark University a young man looked me up and by way of introducing him-

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self said: "You don't know me, but I have heard of you and I know you' re a Mitchell man, and so am I, and I just wanted to meet you." He had a grudge against the College and was quite critical of it and all its works, but he had only words of affectionate praise for Doctor Mitchell.

But the greatest miracle of character an.:! personality conversion and sublimation in my time (1895-1900) was that of the late Walter McNeill, Dean of the Law School. Mac was a genial Irishman from Greenville, S. C., 1 think. His parents had left him enough money to Jive comfortably and that's exact!y what Mac did. His guardian had sent him to Richmond College, hoping for the best from the environment. I wish space permitted the telling of the remarkable story of the young man, who, but for the grace of God and the heroic and persistent efforts of Doctor Mitchell -e fforts only he would have thought of making - would certainly not have become the distinguished Dean of the Law School and rendered the high service he did until his death . From the morning Mac appeared in one of Doctor Mitchell's Latin classes to the astonishment and dismay of the rest of us who feared he was up to some trick on our saintly and beloved teacher- an act that would have been next to sacrilege-to his graduation with the A.B. degree, to his years of study in Germany for the Ph. D. degree, his return to this country and matriculation in the Harvard Law School, his service as editor of their Law Journal, his graduation and call to his Alma Mater to head her Law School- through all those years and incidents he was in constant touch with Doctor Mitchell, and in every spiritual sense was a "Mitchell man. " More dramatic is the case of Doctor Jacob Billikopf , a poor immigrant boy, who came under the spell of Doctor Mitchell 's intiuence and became a brilliant pioneer and outstanding leader to this day in the field. of Social Service. Space does not allow even the sketchiest outline of his remarkable career.

In South Carolina, M. A . Wright, now one of its leading citizens, was so powerfully influenced in his student days by Doctor Mitchell that his liberal views and interests, his speech, gestures and mannerisms are so identical with Doctor Mitchell 's it would be difficult to distinguish between them were it not for differences in their physiognomies .

But I am recounting what is pretty generally known. Many an alumnus within the last half century can match and excel these cases, chosen almost at random, with cases of his own knowledge and experience. Surely, no one who has ever been in Doctor Mitchell 's presence for any length of time,

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and their number is legion, will cavil at the highest praise that might be bestowed on his many noble traits of character and personality . .Recently I wrote to the editor of our local newspaper, in response to his editorial on Doctor Mitchell : " . .. He is of the vanishing tribe of 'gentlemen of the old school'-a noble character, a captivating personality, a Chesterfield in manners, and a teacher of rare dynamic force and inspirational influence. Fifty years ago, this month , he came to Richmond College as professor of Latin, and despite the handicap of his subject, he immediately fired the campus with his tremendous enthusiasm, energy and love of learning. Among his students, even those who succeeded in escaping his Latin grammar and literature were caught and held firmly by the magnetic power of his personality .

You indulge in no hyperbole at all when you say, 'Many a man who is a success today is glad to give credit to Doctor Mitchell for taking him to the heights and showing him the distant view.' I have met such men in considerable numbers in various parts of the country. His influence is pyramiding itself with the passing months and years.''

It occurs to me the alumni would do a Yery worth-while thing if they would place on the campus a full-sized bronze statue of Doctor Mitchell, his left hand on the shoulder of a youth standing eager and starry-eyed in front of him, and his right hand pointing upward and onward to some worthy objecti',e .

That would perpetuate the true Doctor Mitchell- the genius in "creative friendship" - for all future generations. I hope some alumnus will undertake the project.

Evelyn Linda Cosby, '4 2 , Wins New Hon ors Evelyn Linda Cosby started on her scientific career while at Westhampton by winning first prize in the National Beta Beta Beta Contest for her paper entitled "Chlorophyll and its Therapeutic Uses.'' Other honors while at Westhampton included membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

After leaving the University of Richmond she attended Woods Hole Marine Biological School during the summer of 1942.

In September of 1942 she received a fellowship to study at Cornell Graduate University. While there, several of her research papers were published . She has just received, in October 1945, her Ph.D . degree in Biochemistry, her thesis being on the subject of enzymes.

Recently she has been appointed a member of the staff of Middlebury College, Middlebury , Vermont.

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By SIDNEY S. NEGUS Medical College of Virginia NE of the great teachers of chemistry in the South has recently retired. Doctor Garnett Ryland, inspired at The Johns Hopkins University by his master teacher, Dr. Ira Remsen, has placed nothing in his professional career secondary to the instruction of students in begin ning chemistry with the result that but few of his contemporaries have been his equal in this great calling. One of his former students, now a professor at Cornell University School of Medicine, puts it this way, "A lways synonomous in my mind with th e name, Garnett Ryland , are the words - A Christian Gentleman and a Great Teacher."

In his undergraduate days, Doctor Ryland had the privilege of studying under the natural-born teachers of the old McGuire 's University School of Richmond. Their influence still permeates the lives of scores of Virginians. Then for five years he studied everything the Richmond College of over a half century ago had to offer. There were eight "schools" in those days, common to all Virginia colleges, namely, Latin, Greek, Modern Languages, English, Physics, Chemistry,

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Mathematics, and Philosophy. Those successful in completing all eight earned M . A. degrees. Doctor Ryland stepped up to the rostrum to accept his Master's degree in 1892.

Right early in his career, he had acquirecl the distinction amongst his fellows of presenting subject matter clearly and succinctly.

During his Richmond College days, which he looks back upon as unusually happy ones, our teacher was awarded the Steel Medal for reading and the Woods Medal for declamation. He also received the medal for the outstanding series of articles contributed to The Mess enger. The fact that he was first editor-in-chief of The Messenger is significant because this experience must have helped him in his teaching career later on . Doctor Ryland also was final president of the Philo logian Society which called for his presiding at the commencement exercises. This was a great honor in the good old days of Richmond College because it was a mark of superlative statesmanship , diplomacy, orshould we say- politics!

After teaching for three years at Chur ch-

land, Virginia, Brownsville, Tennessee and Harrodsburg , Kentucky, Docto r Ryland started on the second great milestone of hi, career-graduate study at "The Hopkins."

When he got off the train in Baltimore, he thought he had firmly fixed in his mind the desire to study medicine. It was not very long, however, before he became acquainted with the professor of organic chemistry, Dr. Ira Remsen, distinguished in those days as the best chemist the world had to offer in this particular field. Do ctor Remsen remarked to our hopeful premedic that he had turned away from the study of sttbstances of human body origin because he could not get them to boil or crystallize! But for this statement from a man whom he respected highly, Doctor Ryland might have studied physiological chemistry or medicine. Instead he started off on a problem in pure organic chemistry. Fate entered the picture again when this research student keenly observed during his work that he had come across a mixture of liquids which he could not separate by distillation. Doctor Remsen figured that (Continued on page 19)

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By DR. GEORGE M. MODLIN Dean, Evening School of Business Administration OR returning service men and women who plan to go to work and get an education at the same time, The University offers an educational program in the Evening School of Business Administration . Already dozens of veterans have enrolled in the Evening School during the present semester, many of them under the G. L Bill's educational provisions.

Several courses and programs are being conducted primarily for veterans. For example, an intensive refreshc:r course in "Contemporary Accounting" is proving popular with veterans who wish to brush up on the developments in accounting during the last few years. Based on a textbook recently published by the American Institute of Accountants, this course is sponsored , by the Vir ginia Society of Public Accountants and is instructed by several prominent Richmond accountants who are specialists in their respective fields. This is the first such course to be organized by any university in the country.

The School of Business also offers for veterans_ a special two-year life insurance program in cooperation with the Life Agency Managers Association of Richmond . Two courses in Salesmanship and Sales Management are conducted by the Sales Executives

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Club of Richmond. Other programs proving popular with veterans are banking, business management, credit management, and personnel management.

The first-semester enrollment of 395 in the Evening School of Business Administra tion is a sharp increase over the 150 first-term registrants last year. Most important among the factors accounting for this increase is the recent affiliation of the Richmond Chapter of the American Institute of Banking with the Evening School. Twelve A.LB. courses have been added to the Evening School curriculum and approximately 150 A.LB. members are now enrolled . These classes can also be entered by other students in the school. The addition of these courses, and the resulting closer relationships between the Business School and the Richmond banks, will materially strengthen the educational programs in banking and finance offered in both the Evening School and the business department in Richmond College.

Another factor that has caused an expansion in the evening division has been the inclusion of several courses formerly offered in the Engineering , Science, and Management War Training program. This training program, in which over 3,600 employees of

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Richmond 's war industries received specialized technical training during the war, was terminated on June 30, 1945. The most successful of these classes, which were conducted in the Evening School of Business Administration, have been added to the Evening School curriculum, and a number of ESMWT trainees have enrolled in the school.

In view of the rapidly increasing number of inquiries being received from discharged servicemen, a large group of courses will be offered at the beginning of the second semester in February. The educational opportunities in the Evening School of Business Administration appeal particularly to veterans who return to work, as well as to other employees in Richmond 's industri es and business firms, because the credits received in the Evening School can be applied to a Certificate in Business Administration , to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Ad ministration, or to a Master's degree , all of which can be earned in the Evening School.

Consequently it is anticipated that this division of the University will continue to expand its usefulness to the citizens and the business community of Richmond and that next year the enrollment will reach a new high record.

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HE Censor is out of a job, and we hope forever. Many of the choice bits were deleted by the man with the blue pencil ( or razor blade) . And much more was never written because of his pressure.

This should be the "now it can be told" time, with letters coming in from all quarters of the globe, spinning tales and yarns by the yard. But with shifting of troops and the thoughts of being home soon, letters have fallen off to this department and to the campus.

But better still, Alumni are coming back.

From the parade of Spiders visiting the campus, wearing ribbons for action all over the world, it would seem that Home-Coming ..,this year would be a gala reunion. Those men returning who visit the Dean's office are usually noted, for both D ean Pinchbeck and Miss Monsell usually make a note and drop it in the Alumni Office. Many of these will be noted herein.

And with the printing of additional Service Record forms, all men who make the visit are asked to fill out the record if they haven't sent in one from the BULLETINpage.

So this final "Censor" column will be of many things-letters, notes of visits, service records taken from clippings, or whatever information we may have.

First off is a letter from Lt. Max Katz, '43, "As you see, I am in India, the land of disease, poverty and holy cows." He goes on to state that his living quarters is a former tea planter's home, but that his former hqr 's was in the jungle, living in leaky tents. " At that post we slept with our guns in our beds since there was a hungry Bengal tiger who had taken a fancy to the vicinity and American flesh. He attacked two boys right in their tents, in their beds, as a matter of fact. The boys were pretty well chewed up and I understand that it completely broke one of the boys' nerves." Evidently the war in the Asiatic sector wasn't all Japs.

From Germany writes Lt. Col. George M. Percival, '15, "My assignment as Sub-Control officer of the Hochst plant of the Farben combine is proving very interesting . I am not manager, more of a trustee, pending the breaking down of the colossal international cartel. It is amazing how they have their grasp upon the chemical industry of the world and their interest in American plants and vice-versa. It is a stupendous task to dissolve the combine, but definite plans are mapped and in course of time, the desired goal will be reached."

Dave E. Satterfield, Jr., ' 17, writes in that Dave III, ex. '43, is now a Senior Lieutenant, fighter pilot. He has served on the Lexington, the Bon Homme Richard, and is at present on the Randolph in Tokyo Bay with Admiral Halsey. Furthermore, he is the father of a

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Cpl. Stuart L. Williams, '42, is on detached service for three months from his outfit in Rotenberg, Germany, studying at the University of South Wales, Cardiff, Wales. He is studying law, economics and public administration.

Dr . Sadi James Mase, LL.B., '40, is in Germany on the staff of Justice Robert Jackson, war criminals prosecutor, as legal consultant and translator between Russian and American delegations.

Lt. Walter D. (Sonny) Wholey, '43, writes "I recently returned after a short tour of duty in Europe. I was attached to a fighter group flying P-47's, which supported the 7th Army in Southern Germany . Flew only a few missions but some of them were 'interesting ' enoug h." One of the interesting missions that he mentions was the work done by the group on the airdrome in the vicinity of Munich, where he got two planes . "While on my way home, my wife presented me with a baby daughter, so my leave was spent getting acquainted with her. " Lt. (jg) R. E. L. McNeely, '38, (MC) USNR, is now head surgeon with a Marine battalion in the Pacific and from reports he expects to remain "out yonder" for some time to come. James W. Bain, 2/c, '43, is with a radar group in the Pacific.

Congressional Medal of Honor winner Lt. Ernest D er11ishian, '3 8, is now a civilian and plans to resume his law practice after a little rest and brushing up on the techniques of law.

Chaplain Vernon B. Richardson, '35 , USNR returned home for a short leave. He is Chaplain on the cruiser San Diego which was the first Allied warship to dock in Japan.

Lt. Emory Carlton, '29 , is out of the Navy and has returned to Tappahannock where he will live with his wife and baby daughter.

Lt. Col. Henry M. Taylor, '12, has dropped his Army rank and has returned from the Pacific.

Lt. Col. Jesse M. Johnson, '22, is stationed in Japan as staff judge advocate with General Eichelberger. In a recent letter to friends he stated, "Some days ago I went to Naha, the largest city and capital of Okinawa. Befor e the war it had a population of 65,000 Now, not a single house is left standing. It is hard to believe that such havoc and ruins can come to a people. Surely Sherman was right when he said, 'War Is Hell'. " Lt. Col. P. A. L. Smith , '13, who has served several years with the Judge Advocate General's Dept., has returned to civilian life.

Captain Berkley H. Martin, AUS, '37, is stationed in India, a member of a hospital unit. Major Jack G. Webb , '37, has returned from the Philippines to duty at the Walter

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Ensign William James Bryan, Jr., USNR , '44, is serving aboard the USS Richmond, having been with the ship from her Aleutian days right through her adventures in the Japanese hom eland waters. Commander Kenneth J. Radar, USNR , '32, is expecting release from duty after 19 months in the Pacific. He plans to make Richmond his home.

Lt. (jg) William B. Correll , '38, took General MacArthur 's Cadillac into Yokohama the day before the signing of the peace treaty. His was the first LST to beach on Japan. With the automobile and other personal property of the General , LST 717, of which Correll is second officer, left Manila immediately after the visit of the peace envoys there and arrived in Tokyo Bay just before the signing. Correll notes that the bombers did a good job on Yokohama but there was enough left to give evidence of the once busy city.

Col. Seth Gayle, (MC) AUS, '22, moved the 113th Evacuation Hospital into Berlin to be the first American Hospital ever to operate in the German capital. The unit was less than 75 miles from the battered capital when the shooting ended.

From Mrs. Pinchbeck we received the following items just after we had gone to press last BULLETIN.The news may be old by now , but we'll briefly note: Lt. (jg) Roger T .

Walke, '43, communications officer on LST in the Pacific. Pfc. D . J. Sasmor, '43, wounded on lwo Jima and evacuated to hospital on Saipan. Dan reports running into Lt. (Kelly) Kielpinski, '38. Pfc. Charlie M. Edgar, '35, went from Casablanca, through Africa, over to Italy , including Anzio , and then into Southern France. "Sonny" reports an encounter (pleasant) with Captain Mott Booker, (MC) AUS, '35, while at Anzio. Lt. Anthony (Tony) Smerda, '36, has roamed the Pacific. Mrs. Pinchbeck reports that when she last saw him ( while he was waiting for a new ship in Philadelphia) Tony was wear ing one silver star and four gold ones. He had seen action from the Aleutians to the South Pacific. Lt. A. L. Tobias, '3 7, sent greetings from FPO, San Francisco. Pfc. George Longaker, '43, in Italy.

Harry Griffin, '41, writes Miss Monsell , ''I've been along the entire Aleutian chain and was stationed at Attu for six months.

Then I went to New Guinea and Pelau and from there to Leyte and then was in the Mindanao invasion . We had it tough there but most of us got back."

Chaplain (Captain) George C. Patterson , '22, is giving up some of his free time to teach in the GI school at Bovington College, near London. Chaplain (USNR) E. Guthrie

Brown , '36, is stationed at Groton , Mass.

Campus visitors: Major Leonard ' Kamsky, '39, attached to Gen. Eisenhower 's staff. He pl ans to return to the University of London to continu e study of economics. Lt . (jg) J. E. Foster , ex-' 44, USNR , air corps with eleven stars. Captain Clarenc e E. Major, ex' 42, AUS, who remained in England long enough to marry and have a two-year-old daught er. H e plan s to return and attend Oxford Univ ersity. Lt. Billy Grant, '41, home from bombing Tokyo , paused by the campus, th en rushed on to complete plans for his marriage to Senator Bankhead 's granddaughter.

Charle s Gindhart, ex-' 43, and bride. Lt. Fran cis J. Snow, '42, and bride. Cpl. Don Murrell , '4 0. Capt ain R. P . Van Buren , '41. S/ Sgt. Henry Snellings, '38 , hom e from England .

Ens . Duvall Shepherd , ex-' 44 . Ens. Victor Skorapa , Jr ., ex-'44 . Lt. Edward H. Amos, ex'4 3. Major Milton E. Wills, '39, after a long stay in the South Pacific. Lt . Sydenham B. Robert son, '38 , who was cited for work on the atomic bomb by War Dept. Radioman 3/ c A. F. Beale, '4 1, USNR. Lt. (jg) J.C. Horsl ey, '4 2, after 15 months in England.

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Lt. Kenneth L. Black, Jr. , '39, USNR, Silver Star Medal, for gallantry in action in the landings on Luzon while commanding a group of LST's . Lt. Black served 10 months in the Mediterranean before going to the Pacific. He wears three stars for action in the Mediterranean and two for Pacific engagements.

Sgt. Alfred W. Maner, 'ex-38 , Air medal.

He has been a tail gunner aboard one of the big flying ships in the C-B-1 Theater.

Captain (Chaplain) Warren F. Cuthriell, '2 6, USNR , letter of Commendation with ribbon for "meritorious conduct as a division chaplain during the assault and capture of lwo Jima."

T / 5 R. Scott Copeland, '35 , Bronz e Star for meritorious services with the armed forces in Europ e.

Lt. Col. Nathan S. Mathewson , '29, awarded Legion of Merit for outstanding services in M editerranean Theater.

Lt. (j g ) Junius S. Foster, Jr., ex-'44, Letter of Commendation with ribbon for excellent services against the enemy as landing signal officer on an escort carrier while that ship was in close contact with enemy forces, supporting the Philippine invasion. Lt .

Foster has participated in more than a dozen major engagements.

Major Edward W. Eanes, ' 29, Chaplain AUS, awarded the Certificate of Merit · for outstanding d.uty in ETO .

Lt. Russel E. Herring , Jr., '40, Bronze Star.

Lt. (j g) Fletcher L. Elmore, '43, D.F .C., the Air Medal and four gold stars for 31 flights in combat areas where enemy antiair craft fire was heavy and enemy patrols occurred . His job was to spot Japanese coastal defense guns and direct fire on them. He flew three different squadrons in the Atlantic before reporting for duty in the Pacific.

Lt. William S. Gordon, Sr., ' 38, has returned to these shores after 23 months as a platoon leader in the SoPac. He has been

awarded the Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantryman Badge, Philippine Liberation ribbon and the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon with three battle stars.

Lt. Ernest B. Baker, ' 36, has completed 27 months overseas with the 50th Engineer Combat Battalion. As a platoon leader he saw action in the Aleutians, the Marshalls, the Philippines and Okinawa.

Lt. Victor Bistany, '30, was one of the first Americans to enter the city of Vienna as a member of General Mark W. Clark 's U. S. Forces in Austria. He is with Headquarters , USF A, which is exercising military control over governmental agencies during the rehabilitation period.

Lt. (jg) John P. Abernathy, USNR, '41, has been released to inactive duty by the Navy. As a radar officer aboard the destroyer USS Wilkes , he participated in Atlantic convoy duty and in many SoPac operations.

Lt. (jg) Chauncey Welton, '41, flying a fighter plane , did a little pre-surrender sightseeing over Tokyo. While on regular trips over the capital, he swung low to take a look at the Imperial Palace.

Lt. Comdr. Edward B. Walker, Jr. , ex-'41, commanded the first destroyer escort to pick up a Jap submarine after the surrender and escort it into Tokyo. He has served in both the Atlantic and Pacific.

Lt. Comdr . Walter Winslow, '36, has recently returned to the United States from a Jap prison camp . He was captured at the time of the sinking of the cruiser H ottston in the early months of the war and remained a prisoner until the Japanese surrender.

An incomplete list of alumni recently promoted to Lieutenant-Commander in the Navy would include: Bruce Van Buskirk '40 Wilfred P. (Buddy) Lawless, '39,' M~lcolm Evans, ex-'40, Roy Newton, '39, Russell Walton, '39.

Ray F. Adams , ex-' 44, has recently been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps as an Air Observer. He entered the service in Dec. 1942.

Myron M. Yagel, ex-'4 6, who attended the University both as a civilian and in the Navy V-12 unit , has recently been commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve.

Pvt. Walter F. Hyer, ex-'46, a member of the 37th Infantry Division, serving on Luzon, has been awarded the Bronze Star.

Pvt. Buntyn McKenzie, '43, whose death in action on April 18, 1944, was previously reported in the BULLETIN, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in covering the withdrawal of his comrades from a disabled tank at Oberott, Germany.

Captain Charles Briel Keppler, '37, (MC) AUS , the Bronze Star Medal , for heroic achievements in Germany. Capt. Keppler volunteered to infiltrate the enemy lines to aid a wounded comrade who wa·s seriouslv wounded and held captive by the enemy.

Under heavy enemy fire, he braved the fire to aid and evacuate the casualty to friendly territory.

Art Jones, '41, renown as one of the Spiders' great tailbacks, has doffed his Navy Officer's uniform and has returned to profootball with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Art.

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who played the 1941 season with the Steelers and gained for himself a place on the 2.Illeague team, recently returned from the Philippines , where he was with a naval air unit.

PROMOTIONS

Captain (Chaplain) A. C. Walker, '39 , AUS. Lt. William E. Harris, '39, AUS. Lt. John Edward Norfleet, ' 35, AUS. Lt. Col. Benjamin R. Allen, '32, AUS. Lt. Addison G. Billingsley , '31 , AUS. 2nd . Lt. William A. Trotter, ex-'44, AAF .

Lt. Comdr. Julian 0. Kay, '3 9, USNR. Lt. Samuel M. Moody, Jr., '41 , USNR .

Lt. A . S. Jacobs, '43, USNR .

Sa£ety Engineer Captain W. L. Groth, '32 , safety engineer of the Virginia State Police, has been elected chairman of the police division of the traffic section of the National Safety Council. The police division of the council works primanly to promote traffic safety through improving police methods . It is regarded as among the nation 's most important traffic • safety groups.

Captain Groth was recently elected president of the nation-wide Traffic Education Association, composed of educators, police officials, safety directors and others in the traffic field.

Additional Alumni in the News W. Roland (Chunky) Galvin, '26 , for many years a teacher and Assistant Principal of Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond , has been made Principal of the Westhampton Junior High School of the Richmond City school system.

Three graduates of the University of Richmond , all of them veterans of W odd War II, have recently been given positions , or declared eligible for positions as probation and parole officers, by the Virginia Parole Board.

They are Charles T. Booth , '33 , who served as a Lt. (jg) with the Navy , Ray S. Boisseau, '40, an ex-fireman in the Navy , and Thomas E. McGehee , M.A. ' 37, who served as a CPO in the Navy.

Pfc . Thomas G. Burton, USMCR, '4 3-'44, of Richmond, has recently been awarded the Commendation Ribbon for excellent service with a field artillery battalion survey team from October 20 to Dec. 12, 1944, during the occupation of Leyte, Philippine Islands.

Word comes of the spectacular army athletic career of another of the University of Richmond past athletic greats , Ned Butcher, '41.

For over two years he was stationed at March Field, California, where he played baseball and football with the Air Force teams there. Subsequently he was sent to Paris to assist in Army rehabilitation in France and Germany. He has been captain of both baseball and football teams and finished the recent baseball season with the best batting average on the league-leading team. His present football team is also leading the league and recently played a game in Germany before 35,000 spectators.

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PRO PATRIA Sgt. Robert F. Williams, '40, was killed in an explosion Sept. 11, 1945, at Hollandia , Dut ch New Guinea. H e was a member of the 119th Chemical Processing Company, and had been in the army for three years. After _graduation from the University he was employed by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation until he entered the service.

Lt . Walter S. Townsend, USNR, '40, of Petersburg, Va ., was lost from a minesweeper in the typhoon that struck the Okinawa area Sept. 16-18, 1945. "Tippy, " as he was known , was the commanding officer of the YMS 98, which had been operating in Pacific waters since July 1945.

Major Francis E. Doane , 1919-20, was killed in a plane crash near Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 21, 1945 . Major Doane was a civil e ngineer with the Richmond City Dep artment of Public Works prior to entering the service in November 1940, as a captain. He was a former member of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues.

1915 Earle J. Dunford , Lt. Col. AUS. Commanding Officer, Marshaling Area, Southern England .

George M . Percival, Lt. Col. AUS. Civil Affairs Division and Army of Occupation, ETO , with one star.

1923 Richard A. Bowen II , Lt. Col. AUS. Exec. Med. Officer of 43 Gen. Hosp.

Afro-European ribbon.

1929 Joseph H. Cosby, Capt. (Chaplain) AUS. ETO, with 6 battle stars.

Joseph B. Mulieri, Major , MDTC. 1931 Paul J. Forsythe, Lt. USMC. Med . Bn, 6th Marines. Okinawa campaign.

Stanley I. Craft, Lt. USNR. Officer-inCharge, Welfare and Recreation, USNTC, Sampson, N . Y. 1932 Randolph P . Canada, AUS . ETO, with 4 battle stars. At present studying French and Civilization at the University of Nancy , France, under Army Ed. Program.

Herein the ALUMNI BULLETIN lists the first of the service records received from Alumni or their famil ies. While the BULLETIN listing is brief, the complete record of every man from whom we have heard is kept intact in the files of the office-with public relations releases, news clippings , lett ers and photos. These will remain a permanent record of the services of the men of the University of Richmond in World War II. If your name, or the name of your son, or other relative, is not carried herein, please fill out the form on the last page of this BULLETIN and send it in immediately. If your military record isn't complete at this date, you can add to it later.

1905 John A. Cutchins, Col. AUS. Chief of Staff, 29th Inf. Div. , Director, Internal Sec. Div ., 3rd Ser. Command.

Samuel A. Irby

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1936 Willis H. Wills, Lt. USCGR. American Theater.

Morris Green , Lt. USNR . Asiatic-Pacific Theater .

Robert Nathan Heller , Sgt. AUS. North African, ETO. 1938 Frank Alvis. Lt. Comdr. USNR. (submarine) Asiatic-Pacific, Philippine De fense. Silver Star, Presid ential Unit Citation.

Walter Brock, Ens. USNR. Pacific Theater.

Thomas R. Thornton, Capt. AUS. American Defense, American Theater, ETO with 4 stars. Bronze star.

1939 A. R. Bowers, 1st Lt. Asiatic-Pacific and American Def ense.

Douglas W. Davis , li eut. Comdr. USNR. American Defense , American Theater, European-African Theater (1 star), Pacific-Asiatic Theater, 2 stars.

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Claude J. Overstreet , T /4 AUS. Med .

Dept , 77th Inf. Div. 1933 E. L. (Cotten) Wright, Lt. USNR. Armed Guard commander , with service in Atlanti c and Pacific.

1934 Clark Du Val, Lt. (jg) _USNR. Atlantic and Pacific duty.

Edward E. Haddo ck, Lt. (MC) USNR. American Def. , Asiatic-Pacific ribbons.

A. S. Hard castle, Ens. USNR. Research, Tropical diseases, Combat star, Okinaw a campaign.

1935 James T. Francis, Sgt. AUS . ETO. Bronze Star. Presidential Unit Citation.

Combat Infantryman' s badge.

George I. Allen, Capt. AUS. Asiatic-Pacific ribbon. [ 7

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Samuel A. Irby, Flt. JO AAF. ETO, Air Medal, Bronze Star. Bronze Arrowhead on ETO ribbon for airborne landing in Holland.

William I. Kell, 1st Lt. AAF. Asiatic Theater, Okinawa Campaign, Philippine liberation .

Everett L. Noble , Lieutenant USNR, Atlantic and Pacific Theaters.

John Tivis Wicker, Lt. USNR. AmericanEuropean Theater, 1 star; Pacific Theater, 6 stars.

Edwin Wortham, Lt. (MC) USNR .

European Theater.

1940 C. F. Wortham, Lt. USN. Pacific Theater, Navy and Marine Corps Medal; British "Mention in Despatches."

Claiborne H . Stokes, 1st Lt. Army United States. European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, ETO, 5 stars.

James W. Turkington, 1st Lt. US Army .

American and ETO 2 stars; Air Medal;

Everett L. Noble Purple Heart. March 1943-April 1945 Italian-German POW. Paul Gr~y Watson , Jr. , Lt. (jg) USNR. Amencan Theater, Asiatic-Pacific The ater service ribbons . Philippine Liberation ribbon with one bronze star. Parang, Mulubang, Ootabato and Borneo.

John T. Watkins, Jr., Capt. AAF. SWPA 4 bronze stars. Air medal.

1941 Robert P. Van Buren, Capt. US Army .

ETO with stars for campaigns in Normandy , Northern France, Ardennes , Rhineland, Bronze Arrowhead for initial assault on Normandy Beach, American Defense Service Medal, Croix de Guerre with Palm.

Charles J. Ferneyhough, Jr., Lt. USNR. American and Asiatic-Pacific Ribbons .

Waverly S. Green, Jr ., 1st Lt. US Army.

ETO ribbon with 2 battle stars. Bronze star, Purple Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat infantryman's badge.

Thomas P. Hughes, Ensign USNR. Pacific Theater.

Chastine W. Jones, Lt. (jg) USNR .

Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon.

Thomas E. Pugh , Capt. US Army. ETO ribbon , 2 battle stars. · Charles W. Reynolds , 1st Lt. US Army .

H. Edwin Wortham

Asiatic-Pacific Theater, American Defense, American Theater.

James _ Arthur Wagner, Capt. USMC. Pacific Theater. 4 stars. Presidential unit citation.

1942 William Beville, Lt. USNR . American Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Theater 4 stars Philippine Liberation, 1 star'. Navai Unit Citation with 1 star.

Daniel Nathan Brock, Chief Petty Officer USN. ' Melvin D. Burgess, Lt. (jg) USNR. American defense ribbon ; European-African Theater ribbon with 2 battle stars.

Robert E. Robertson, ARM 1 / c, Americ~n Theater, Pacific Theater, Philippmes. Recommended for Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Ulysses S. Savage, Jr. 1st Lt. ETO. Bulge and Rhine jump. Bronze star and Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantryman's badge.

Donald Trump, 1st Lt. Transport chaplain USNR. Scott Wermuth, Lt. (jg) American ribbon; Asiatic Ribbon, 8 stars, Philippine liberation, 2 stars.

1943. Maxwell D. Katz, Lt . US Army. AmerJCan Theater, Burma-India Theater.

Wm . Semple Kirk, Capt. AAF. DFC Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters ETO ribbon with 1 bronze star and A TO ribbon.

George Kenneth Miller, 1st Lt. ETO ribbon with 6 battle stars. Bronze arrowhead .

John A. Schools, Lt. (jg) USNR. American Theater, ETO, Middle east, African ribbon with one star. Presidential Unit Citation, Letter of Commendation.

1944 Edward E. Bowden, Ensign USNR. American Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Thea_ter, with one. star, Philippine Liberation. Navy Umt Commendation.

Herbert E. Feinberg, Ensign USNR. American Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Theater with 2 stars, Philippine liberation, 1 star.

James E. Hubbard, 2nd Lt., AAF. Thomas E. Johnson, Jr., AAF A / C. William H. Lockey, Cpl. US Army, general hospital , ETO, 2 stars, Belgian campaign, invasion of Normandy .

R. Wmston McGeorge, ETO with 4 stars.

Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman's badge.

1945 Thaddeus T. Crump, 1st Lt. AAF. ETO ribbon with 4 battle stars. Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, 2 oak leaf clusters.

Charles F. Kingery, 1st Lt. AAF. ETO ribbon with 4 battle stars. Air Medal with 5 oak leaf clusters.

Willard A. King, T / S US Army. Southwest Pacific-Asiatic Theater with 3 battle stars. Presidential Unit citation American Defense. ' Harry Mundy, ETO ribbon with 2 battle stars. At present at American University in England.

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1946 Morris Cather, Cpl., US Army.

Herrick Stuart Massie, Jr., 2nd Lt. US Army. ETO. Wirt H. Wills, Pfc. AAF. ETO, 2 battle stars.

New Faces Among the Faculty At Westhampton Westhampton again has a dean of students this year in the person of Miss Caroline Cochran. Many alumnae will remember Caroline Cochran when she was a student here hers~lf, and will be delighted to know that she 1s at the college in this new capacity.

After receiving her B. A. from Westhampton, Miss Cochran taught school for two years, and then served for some time as edu~ational director of the First Baptist Church m Meridian, Mississippi. Returning to academic work, Miss Cochran went to Vanderbilt University, where she received her M.A. and was at the same time assistant to the Dean of Women. Following this, she became Dean of Women at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute where she remained until the past year. Miss Cochran has done graduate work in sociology, psychology and personnel at Vanderbilt and Columbia Universities. ~ther new members of the faculty are Miss Hannah Coker, an M.A. from the University of Oklahoma, in the Music Department, Miss Gloria Vicedomini in the Spanish Department, Mrs. Peggylee Purcell Gano in the Psychology Department, and Miss Caralie Nelson, Director of Religious Activities at Westhampton College.

Autumn A dusty road . . . and where the paths go through Beneath the pines, October flaunts her gold; Spills leafy radiance enough to hold The woods enchanted with each vibrant hue; And sighs. Pines tall against the heavenly blue Reach, enterprising, upward to enfold The warm sun rays before the sun grows cold, And n!ght' s impatience steals the scene from view.

I sha~l not weep for winds that prey and chill, Leaving the earth impoverished with their sting Or days as still as silenced guns are still; ... After the autumn ... winter . .. then the spring And-though the dusk now broods upon the lakeT hen beauty more tumultuous will awake!

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Marian Marsh Sale, ' 26, is one of Westhampton's better known poets. Her poems have appeared in a number of recent collections of verse .. Her poem :·Au~umn" written by request and published herewith, 1s the first writing Marian has done in several years, but now that her young son has entered school, she hopes to return to the field of writing. '

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of overseas Red Cross workers, I was told that I would move and act under strict military security regulations and that my destination would remain unknown to me until I was well out at sea. While this increased the element of adventure in my new undertaking, it added greatly to my quandary as to what type of clothing and supplies I should pack in the limited luggage I was allowed. In one small foot locker and a bedding roll I must pack things I would need for two years in climates ranging from extreme cold to tropical heat. To these I added extra lipsticks, pins, needles, and flower and vegetable seeds which I might share with the inhabitants should I be sent to a war-torn country.

After completing a four weeks orientation course in Washington, I was sent to New York to join our training unit where I was to gain further experience while awaiting transportation overseas. As a Personal Service Director in a large club, it would be my responsibility to recruit and supervise volunteers and to perform personal welfare services with servicemen who visited the club.

However I was told that I must be ready for any eventuality. So, for three months I was given biweekly assignments in various welfare and recreational agencies in New York and environs. During this time I worked in servicemen's canteens and lounges, a Merchant Seamen's Rest Home on Long Island, an Army General Hospital, and a Red Cross chapter office.

At last, on May 15, the long-awaited sailing day arrived. Our group of fifty Red Cross workers boarded a ship, which was a part of a large convoy, along with thousands of troops. We were equipped in true warlike fashion, complete with gas mask, pistol belt ( sans pistol), knapsack, helmet, mess kit and canteen. There was none of the elated excitement which one usually senses in normal times upon boarding ship but rather a quiet, serious, and perhaps determined atmosphere prevailed, especially among the troops, who were practical] y · all young, recently recruited men. As we sailed out of the New York harbor early in the morning and saw the Statue of Liberty grow faint and then disappear, I experienced a mingling of emotions -fear and dread for the young troops who were going forth to face 1:he enemy in the knowledge that many would not return, and on the other hand the natural excitement which one feels when facing an unknown destination and experience .

As is the case with all troop ships, our ship was carrying thousands instead of the few hundred for which it was equipped in peacetime. My eight roommates and I were snugly stacked into a stateroom which normally houses two passengers. This was accomplished by stripping the room of all furnish-

ings and setting up three triple-deck cots.

Mine, which was third up, I commonly referred to as my lair. This small twenty-fourinch-wide bed became quite a haven during my thirty-day trip as there were no chairs on ship except in the dining room, where we were allowed only a limited time to eat our two meals a day. At other times we had to sit on deck, lean on the rail or lie on the bed.

It has never ceased to amaze me how congenially nine women could live in such limited space. Time passed pleasantly and quickly as we made our way down the eastern seaboard toward the Panama Canal and then across the vast Pacific. At last after a one-day stop at a tiny island, Bora Bora, in the Society group, we disembarked at Brisbane, Australia.

My first assignment was in our club in the beautiful, stately city of Melbourne. This club, which was the first American Red Cross installation to be opened in Australia, had been in operation for one year. It was beautifully equipped with a large lounge, canteen, ballroom, game room, poolroom and three floors of dormitories. Some two to three thou;and men-marines, army, navy and merchant marines visited the club each day for meals, bed and recreation. As most of the men were between eighteen and twenty-two years old, the atmosphere usually resembled that created by high school students revelling after a big football game. In addition to being responsible for recruiting volunteers and supervising them in such services as bed booking, hospitality, checkroom, sewing and mending, and bed making, I was available between 9 A.M. and 12 midnight for informal contacts.

This service ranged from individual welfare services to group talk sessions during which subjects varied from Home and the "Old Country," the term commonly used when referring to the U.S.A., to broad international problems. Then there were the short, smart quips which every Red Cross gal is expected to have on the tip of her tongue in answer to the incurable wit of the G.I. Thus my first three and a half months in Australia were spent.

I was then transferred to our Field Office in Melbourne where for fourteen months I was responsible for all welfare services to the United States Armed Forces in the State of Victoria. It was through my office that cable messages, usually concerning serious illnesses, death, or other emergencies, were originated on behalf of servicemen and were received and transmitted to the men. Other welfare services ranged from involved family problems to minor services such as redeeming a watch from a pawnbroker for a man formerly stationed in the area. Families of United States servicemen who married in Australia also sought welfare services through my office as their husbands were sent to forward area. In performing these services I had occasion to visit hundreds of Australian

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homes and thus become acquainted with the social and economic life of Australian families on all social planes.

I soon learned that an overseas American Red Cross worker who served the civilian population as well as servicemen was looked upon as an "ambassador" for the United States. All sorts of inquiries poured into my office from the general public regarding the United States. Thanks to a world almanac of the pulp variety, which I frequently called upon to supplement my general knowledge, I managed to gain quite a reputation as an informed American.

During my last 10 months in Australia I was stationed at our headquarters in Brisbane as Home Service supervisor. In this position it was my responsibility to supervise and coordinate the welfare work which the American Red Cross was performing with families of United States servicemen. I only wish that space permitted me to tell of my travels throughout Australia and of my trip to Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea during this period. Australia, with its geographical and technological frontiers still unconquered, is in many respects similar to our country several decades ago. Australia, with its lovely cities, beautiful seacoast and mountains, is similar to our country today.

On September 11, I embarked at Brisbane, homeward bound with 550 wives and 200 babies of U.S . servicemen and about 2,000 Army men and nurses . As the chaplain aboard requested four Red Cross workers and myself to operate a nursery for the care of babies during their mothers' meal hours, I can assure you that time did not hang heavy during the two weeks' trip. When the Golden Gate appeared in the mist, our ship, in contrast to the ultramilitary appearance of the one on which I had sailed 28 months before , was not only flying the Stars and Stripes and its other flags, but steamed in, hundred~ of diapers waving in the breeze.

Co-Eds Gay Broaddus, who formerly lived in Spotsylvania County where she taught, is now living in Richmond, Virginia at 1'024 West Grace Street.

Julia Gay Barnes (Mrs. Lester Hudgins) who formerly lived in Farmville, Virginia (She went there when she married. She was a Richmond girl.) now makes her home at Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Mary Hawes Tyler (Mrs . H. Laurie Smith) is president of the Woman's Club of Richmond.

Sands Smith, Jr., son of Mattie Louise Brown (Mrs. Sands Smith) , who was wounded at Aachen, Germany , October 15, 1944, is again in this country on limited service.

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1901Dr . Julian L. Rawls, of Norfolk, Class of '01, and Trustee of the University , was recently elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia .

1913Dr. Pierce S. Ellis, ' 13, has recently entered on his duties as pastor of the Waynesboro Baptist Church.

1915Dr. Henry E. Garrett , '15, professor of psychology and Chairman of the Department of Psychology, Columbia University, has been elected president of the American Psychological Association for 1945-' 46 .

1920The Rev. Mr. Lester Lane, B.A ., '20, of Greer , S. C., has received a call from the First Baptist Church of Suffolk to succeed the late Dr. Harry J. Goodwin .

1923Dr. George S. Mitchell, B.A., '23, until recently Director of the Southeastern Regional Office of PAC , has joined the staff of the Southern Regional Council to direct a special progr am for veterans , with emphasis upon a square deal for Negro veterans.

1924Married : Mary Bell Bear, of Harrisonburg, and John Milton Fray, 1920-'24, in Farmville.

1925Lt. Col. Willard G. Barker, '25, has resigned his position as President of the Morris Plan Bank of Washington to become Vicepresident of the City Bank of Washington.

l927Jesse W . Dillon , '27, has been appointed

by Governor D arden as Secretary of the Commonwealth and ex-officio secretary to the Governor . Dillon , an expert in taxation , recently served as the director of the inheritance and gift tax division of the State Tax Commission.

Dr . J. Mauri ce Trimmer , '27, has accepted the call of the Fifth Avenue Church, Huntington , W . Va., where he will succeed Dr .

E. B. Willingham . Dr. Trimmer has been at the First Church of Macon, Ga .

Dr . Carl W . Lafratta, 1925-'27 , 1s now out of the service and on the staff at Pine Camp Hospital , Richmond.

1928W. S. Norman, B.A., '28, has accepted a call to the Cape Charl es Baptist Church.

1929Lt. Douglas M. Trolan, 1925-'29, of the State Police Department, was on August 1 promoted to Captain.

Dr . Edwin M . Crawford, B.A., '29, was recently appointed city veterinarian. Dr. Craw_for~ has been_ engaged in sanitary inspect10n m Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

Cyril _B. Myers, '29, was elected Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, and General Auditor of the New York Water Service Corporation.

1937The Rev. R. Carrington Paulette, B.A., '37, _formerly assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church, Baltimore, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist Church of Berryville.

1939The Rev. W.W . Glass, B.A., '39, of South Hill, has accepted the pastorate of the Ridgeway and Mayo Baptist Churches. He and his family will make their home in Ridgeway.

1940~orn: A son, Richard A. Farrar, Jr., to MaJOr (B.A ., '40), and Mrs. Richard A. Farrar, of Washington, D. C.

1941Married' : Marian Louise Bankhead of Jasper, Ala., and Lt. (jg) William A. G~ant, Jr., B.A., '41, in August.

The Rev. Richard Stuart Grizzard, B.A., '41, of Fredericksburg, has accepted the pastorate of the Orange Baptist Church.

Married: Miss Raymonds Sabbah, of Casablanca, French Morocco, and Pfc. George E. Roberts, B.A., '41, of Nassawadox, on June 16, in the chapel of the U.S. Army Hospital at Casablanca. Prior to his present assignment in the North African Service Command in Morocco, Roberts served with the Fortyfifth Infantry during the Anzio, Rome, and Southern France campaigns.

Married: Beatrice Dean Hopkins, of Bristol, Pa., and George Henry Landers, Jr., B.S., '41, on July 3. They will make their home in Bristol , Pa. The Rev. James M. Fogg, '41, has accepted the pastorate of Mount Olivet, Walnut Grove, and New Prospect Churches in the Strawberry Association. He will make his home in Thaxton.

Born : A daughter, Elizabeth Anton Markham, on August 1, 1945, to Lieutenant (B .

A., '4 1) and Mrs. Jessee W. Markham .

1942Married : Alma Kathryn Newell and Lt. (jg) William Harrison Bingham, USNR, B.S., '42, on November 3, in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Engaged: Annette Marie Butler, of Mosheim, Tenn., and William Bruffie Connor, II, B.A., '43, of Roanoke, who is now a senior at the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, N. Y.

1944Engaged: Virginia Katherine Cunningham and Ensign John Bertram Rose, Jr., USNR, B.A., '44, who is at present attached to the staff at Fleet Headquarters in Italy.

The wedding will take place in the Fall.

Married : Stella Sue DeVilbiss and Joseph Michael Kuczko, LLB ., '44, on October 6.

1945Stephen W . Glover, '45, was ordained to the ministry at the Cool Spring Baptist Church on July 29.

Thanksgiving Home-Coming at Westhampton? Yes! !

This year for the first time in four years we can anticipate a normal Thanksgiving Home-Coming without the dread specter of war hovering over us. A normal Thanksgiving for Westhampton? That means all the joy of coming back to the campus for a real get-together, for the Alumnae-Varsity Hockey game, and best of all for the traditional Thanksgiving dinner as guests of the college.

This year we hope for the biggest Homecoming since before the war. Now that we can get gas, we'll all pile in the cars that are available (we realize railroad travel is still restricted) and head for the college. Here is our program of events : Wednesday, November 21st : 5 :30 P.M . Meeting of Governing BoardAlumnae Room.

7:00 P.M. Formal Dinner (but don't let this keep you away)-College Dining Room. Alumnae are guests of the University.

8 :00 P.M. After-dinner coffee served by the Richmond Club - Reception Room Talk by Rebecca Brockenbrough.

Thursday, November 22nd : 10:00 A.M. Alumnae -Varsity Hockey game ( Any of you who can play, please get in touch with Lillian Belk, 6908 Edmonstone Avenue, Richmond, or phone 5-8424) .

11 :30 A.M. Alumnae and players served coffee by Mortar Board .

And because the war is over and all this is in store for us, we can truly say that this is our most thankful Thanksgiving .

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19141914 is pro ud to announce the arrival of a Grandson and tenders congratulations to the prou d parents and to the even prouder grand parents. Ralph Edwin Williams, the third, arrived September 8 at Bryn Mawr H ospital, son of Louise Arnold Williams and Lt. Ralph Edwin Williams of the United States Navy and grandson of Audrey Dillon Arno ld and Lt. Colonel Clifford H. Arnold, AUS. The Rev. and Mrs. L. Valentine lee (Margaret Clendon Lee) and two of their sons, Gilbert and Lewis, of Jacksonville, Florida, spent the month of .August as the guests of Mrs. Lee's sister and brother-in law, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Gills, at their home, "Glenwood " in the suburbs of Richmond. While there they were joined by two other sons, Valentine, Jr ., and Clendon, both members of the Army of the United States.

Anot her son, Sperry Lee, Lt. (jg) is with the amphibious forces in the Pacific Theater.

Our sympathy goes to Virginia Crump Turner , who lost her husba nd, Hol mes C. Turner, last spring. Mr. Turner had been Superintendent of the Maso nic Home for years and was widely known and loved.

Virginia Turner is now living at her old home at 3019 Griffin Avenue, Richmond , Virginia, with her daughter, Nancy, while her other daughter, Virginia, is at William and Mary College.

1915~ Ethel Smither spent the summer in Ober lin, Ohio, teaching in the graduate summer school at Oberlin College. This fall she is at the Johnson Publishing Company in charge of their educational program .

1918Dear 18's , Didn't you enjoy the July number of the ALUMNI BULLETIN telling all about Dr .

Boatwright' s Golden Anniversary as well as the service records and war activities of alumni and alumnae? · D id you notice that the Westhampton Class Notes started with 1919? I blush to confess it, but not once during the two or three years that I have been alumnae class chairman has ' 18 had an item in the class notes . But what can I do? Nobody ever tells me anything.

Leslie Booker says that you are easy on the purse strings, responding generous ly to every appeal but you surely are tight on the news. Mary Porter Rankin and Mary Lett, the old dears, wrote me long letters but while I waited for others of you to supplement their tidbits the BULLETIN went to p ress without us.

Do sit down and pen a line about yourself or any other '18 news you may know . Don't let 'em get the idea we are not as busy as the next one with the fight for peace and with community and civic activities . ·

One would not expect much news from us in regard to marriages or babies but perhaps there are grandchildren! Remember, '18 's spirit is never dead, not even after twenty-eight years!

Yours in affectionate remembrance, DEBORAHA. McCARTHY.

1919Hester Tichenor of Nashville, Tennessee, has been visiting Elizabeth Tompkins in Richmond.

Virginia Bundick Mayes is lecturing before garden clubs in different parts of the state on horticu ltur e and also on her collecttion of antique glass .

Virginia Jones Snead has recently been visiting in New Yo rk.

Janet Wyatt Fountain came up from Mississippi this summer to visit her brother, John Mitchell Wyatt, and Elizabeth Tompkins.

1922Dear '22's : It's wonderful to settle here by my pop ping fire this rainy morning for a chat with you.

In the morning mail I heard from Valeria Arrington Bonney ( Mrs. Wesley L.) whose new addres s is 304 North Grove Ave., Oak Park, Ill. Valeria and her husband moved to Chicago last December and find it a very interesting place. She has just returned from a trip thro ugh North and South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota .

I had a letter last week from Stella Hubbard (Mrs . Washington Taylor , 1111 Colley Avenue, Norfolk), telling me of so many things that have happened to her since college days. It was Stella's ambition even during Westhampton days to study voice. This she did for six years, and had a position in one of the Norfolk choirs . Since her husband's death , she has been teaching English and dramatics in Maury High, belongs to the Wednesday Club, a gro up of writers , and to the Poetry Society of Virginia, is a hostess at the Naval Officers' Club, is a Boy Scout Den Mother - and has since the war had to learn to cook, which was never one of her aspirations . Stella's one son, ten, appears to be gifted in both music and art , as well as being a real boy.

Gladys Booth Bentley , Washington, D .

C. tells me she has developed into a wonderful dishwas her! So have I. Her older daughter, Florence, received her degree from Florida State College in July with a Physics major , and started to work at once for the Navy Research laboratory at Orlando. The second daughter, Jane, transferred from Westhampton to Chapel Hill this year, so she could get an art major.

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anot her term of duty. Anna decorated the finest and largest "l eave Hotel" for service men in Calcutta .

Narcissa Daniel Hargraves had the pleas ure of having Gladys Booth Bentley in her home recently when Gladys was in Phila delp hia. I imagine Westhampton's ears burnt that nig ht.

T he Lawson sisters are still in Washington. Rebecca (Mrs. C. H. McReynolds) is deligh ted to have her husband teaching at Bethesda, Md., this winter instead of in Mis souri , near their farm , and where they spend the summers. Hilda and her husband expect to build their home in Arlington this spring .

Mary Fugate will be Hilda 's guest when she goes up to the Dean 's conference this month.

Alice Garnett Thomas was president of the Washington branch of the Alumnae Association last year. It was a very enthusiastic group, I hear, and there were probably more members from ' 22 than any other class. Virginia Russell will be the new president.

Leslie Sessoms Booker is back at college as Alumnae Secretary. She recently enter tained about sixty college friends at tea in honor of Hannah Coker and Caroline Cochran, new members of the Westhampton faculty .

Irene Summers Stoneman (Mrs. W . N .) and Pete are now the sole owners of "Varina ," one of those historic James River estates, you know , and will before too long move into the lovely old home . Up to now , Irene has lived in "Bedlam Cottage ," out among the boxwoods of the lower lawn of "Varina. " If we all have as much fun at the new home as we have had at "Bedlam ," 'twill be a great place to visit . Irene named the cottage when the three children were small. Highly suitabl e, eh, mothers?

Here on the farm , all the activities of th e summer are over, the silos filled , the corn cut, the winter's supply of wood in , enough fruits, vegetables , and meats in the Freezer Plant to last all winter , so I can now take life a little easier. Yes, and our R. P. Jr. has left for Fishburne Military where he 's a Senior .

Son Tommy is struggling along in our little country school. I do wish Westhampton had taught me how to teach a child to read, J or that's how I spend my evenings !

Unt il next time , JuuA Roop ADAMS, Class Secretary, Upper Kentland Farm , Whitethorne , Virginia .

1923Dorothy Kent Sadler was married to Bar tee Edwin Corprew in Washington , D. C., on August 20, 1945.

Midshipman E. H. la cy, Jr., former sport s editor of the South Boston Ne ws, probably the youngest sports editor ever to hold thi s po sition on a Virginia newspap er, was among the 865 men commi ssioned as Ensigns, United States Naval Reserve , in ceremonies held on July 5 in the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine , New York City. Th e group was the twenty -fourth class to be graduat ed from the old est and largest Nava

Reserve Officer Training School, and brings the total number of graduates from the training center to approximately 22,000. Ensign Lacy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan H. Lacy of 1309 Wilkerson Street, South Boston. He graduated from C.H. Friend High School in June 1943 . He was a member of the V-12 unit and took his basic training at the Uni versity of North Carolina, going to Columbia University School for Midshipmen in March, 1945. He was assigned to a battleship in the Pacific and reported for duty July 20th.

1926Dear 26ers, Sorry we didn't have any news items in the last BULLETIN, but we felt the splendid articles by Marguerite Roper Tuggle and Frances Bell Barnes in that issue put the class of '26 well into the news.

The latest bit of news that has come to my attention and which you have probably seen in the papers, is that Betty Ballard Willett is coming to Richmond soon to live. Her husband has been selected as the new Superintendent of Schools for Richmond. We are looking forward, Betty, to having you join our ranks which will make us ten strong on the home front. We wish you were making the move immediately so you could be present at Miss Lough's tea on November 9th .

She is inviting all of us in Richmond to meet with her to stir up some plans for our reunion. Can you believe it? Twenty years, come this June! Now all of you 26ers put into your budgets and your plans a trip back to Westhampton this spring, because we are definitely going to "reune." The exact plans regarding time and events will be sent you later after we " brew them up" over a cup of Miss Lough 's tea. Doesn 't that sound fa-

miliar? This Christmas you may have a surprise note or card from some of our Richmond tribe. This will be a wonderful time to return, the first June after the war. Twenty years is a long time but remember, "life begins at forty." If you have any clever ideas as to how this can be accomplished gracefully and easily, please rush them forward for our reunion plans. In fact any ideas for making this occasion an interesting "come back" will be gratefully received.

And many thanks, MADGEP. PENNELL (Mrs. W. A.) 6308 Ridgeway Road.

1929Elizabeth Fleet is studying in New York -has a leave of absence from Thomas Jefferson .

Helen Moon is teaching at Collegiate School for Girls.

Thelma Pruden is teaching at George Washington High School in Alexandria.

Mary Jansen is teaching at Mary Washington College at Fredericksburg.

We moved here on the 17th of October and I am still not straight. We are trying to do a little painting which shows our progress somewhat, but when we get settled we'll be very comfortable here even though the house is smaller than ours was in Richmond.

I' 11 be thinking about you all on Thanksgiving and being just a bit homesick for Richmond I am afraid.

Sincerely, VIRGINIAYEAMAN (Mrs. T. C.) 624 Beech Avenue, Charleston 2, W . Va.

1931Edna Royal Davis (Mrs. J. Edward) is a member of the American Red Cross Staff at

Memo to ttBequestive" Alumni The economic well-being of successful Americans has lqng been subjected to strains that have caused philanthropy to languish. For instance, the prosperous, loyal alumnus no longer feels as free as of yore to share his worldly goods with Alma Mater.

Bequest by life insurance requires but little out of current income, leaves the donor's general estate untouched, enjoys certain tax-exemptions, and is payable directly and immediately to the beneficiary.

Ask our nearest representative , or write direct to the Company, for details of our Bequest Insurance plans.

The Life Insurance Company of Virginia . .. RICHMOND BRADFORD H. WALKER, Chairman of the Board ROBERT E. HENLEY, President

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McGuire General Hospital. She, her husband, and daughter, Betty, are living in Richmond.

We have had several new additions to the class families. Lucille Clay Berard (Mrs. Dwight) has a son born recently, and Selma Rothschild Mann (Mrs. Bert) has a son, John Bertram, born in September.

Two members of our class are members of our Richmond group now. Frances Givens has moved back and is teaching in one of the high schools. Louise Sanford is living here and teaching in one of the junior· high schools.

I do hope lots of you can come back for the Thanksgiving meeting. It's always a grand chance to see everybody and we usually have a nice group from our class there.

MARGARETLEAKE. 1932Buena Perkins Myers has a daughter, Mary Wheeler Myers, born April 8, 1945.

1933Master Sgt. Vivian Grace Hart, WAC, was married to First Sgt. James Marvin Tillinghast of Shreveport, Louisiana, in Williamsburg, Virginia, on July 14, 1945. Vivian and Marvin are making their home here in Richmond.

1934Vital Statistics: Frances Folkes Blinn has a second daughter, Suzanne Fisher, born in Richmond, April 4, 194 5. Colonel Blinn has returned to this country and they are now stationed in New Orleans. He is a West Point graduate so they are permanently army.

Virginia McIntosh Puckett also has a new daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born April 26.

Her other two girls are Janet who is 4, and Mabel Ann, 3. If Mary Elizabeth is as pretty as these two, she will be outstanding.

Margaret Proctor Swetnam has a second son, Mark Henderson, born in Alexandria, June 6, 1945. This makes three children for her too, the middle one being the girl. Busy, busy Proctor. Tyler, who is a Marine, received a leg injury on lwo Jima, but now is recovered and is one of those waiting for a ship to come home.

More General News: · Ann Wood reports that she visited Helen Cunningham Laney (Mrs. Roy), in Monroe, North Carolina recently. Helen is still musicminded, and keeps busy directing the choir and playing the organ in her church. Ann, who is chairman of the Henrico Junior Red Cross, met Lucille Oliver Bean in the Red Cross Canteen at Camp Lee where she was serving coffee and doughnuts.

Puff McDanel Shelburne is one of the luckier ones. Her husband, Lt. Commander Daniel Shelburne ( no less !) has arrived from Pacific duty aboard the Iowa and will shed his "blues" for a position as bank examiner for Federal Reserve. They have a very redheaded 2-year old.

Marydee Lowe Winbish has received a cable from her husband stating that he was allo~ed to fly over the Hump from Calcutta into China. At last-she expects to take

Anne and young Marydee to join him as soon as possible-maybe by summer.

Katherine Sergeant Newby's husband , who is Radar officer aboard a destroyer converted into a mine sweeper, is now in the Pacific cleaning up after the end of the war.

And I, G. R. Wells, also have a Lt. (jg) husband floating around out there-Communications officer aboard an LST which is ferrying men and medical supplies from the Philippines to Japan . His home-coming will be too late even to show off his ribbons, I fear- "Home by spring (or summer!)" is my motto .

Please send me news any of you hearthere must be lots of it and we would like to know it.

Sincerely, GRACEROWLANDWELLS.

1935Estelle Veazey was married to Donald Graham Jones, United States Naval Reserve, on September 21, in Glendale , California .

Her address is now 1752 North Mariposa Avenue, Los Angeles 27, California.

We were all distressed to hear of the sudden death of Margaret Taylor Gallaway 's husband last June. We extend to her our love and sympathy .

Sue McClure Jones has moved back to Hartford, Connecticut temporarily. Her husband, Art, is still with Pratt and Whitney Airplane Company in California .

193'6Now that Alice Ryland is at the University of North Carolina working on her Master ' s and Elizabeth Chapman is resting from her duties as Alice's assistant, you are in for a series of notes from pinch hitters.

First of all, we express our deepest sympathy to Anna Castelvecchi. Anna has lost her father since the issue before this was sent to the press.

Libba Conwell is back in Richmond. She is serving as the Girl Reserves Secretary at the YWCA here. Welcome back, Libba!

Virginia Ingram has an excellent position with the Du Pont firm here. Congratulations !

Virginia Burfoot is the Secretary for the Second Baptist Church.

Louise Callison worked at Miller and Rhoads again this summer. ~itty Ellis Fox is living m Ginter Park agam.

Several of our classmates have been moving around to keep up with tlieir husbands who are in the armed services. Sue Bonnet Chermside is now in Providence, R. I., where her husband, S 1/ c Herbert B. Chermside, Jr., is working in the Radar division . They have been to Gulfport, Corpus Christi , and Norfolk since they left the quiet little village of Charlotte Court House, Virginia.

Marjorie Pugh Tabb is now making her home in Norfolk.

Bobby Brock Clevinger was in Richmond to visit Mary Virginia White. New Orleans is a long way away, isn't it, Bobby?

"Bumps" Marston 's husband , Sgt. Robert B. Harvey, Jr., is expected back in this country soon.

Even if we are ready to celebrate our tenth graduation anniversary, we are not too old to consider marriage. Little birds have been whispering that Mary Virginia White is engaged to Lt. Leroy Webb of Union , S. C. He is with the Army in Germany. Lt. (jg) Lucy Barber Blackwell is engaged, so I hear , to Ens. Paul Alexander of Chevy Chase, Maryland . This Coast Guard officer was in Europe loading ammunition when the news came my way.

There are several additions to our own younger set. Frances Williams Parkinson has a little daughter, Virginia Ann , born April 10, 1945. Esther Walsh Dutton has a son, John Dalton Dutton, Jr. Lou White Winfree has a brand new son, Rupert Rieves Winfree . Ruth Parker Jones has a son, William Tall Jones, Jr. If you have any news, please send it to Mary Ellen Stephenson , 3009 Montrose Avenue , Richmond 22, Virginia, in time for it to reach the next issue.

You have our best wishes, Alice. Don 't forget to plan to return in ,time to help us celebrate our tenth anniversary in June.

1937Dear Class of '37, Our class has several announcements that may be news for some of you.

Margaret Dudley Griffith has a daughter, Beverley Allen Griffith, born August 21.

Louise Gano Wilkinson and Mildred Vick Chatton have sons born recently.

Several members of our class visited in Richmond this summer. Among them were Kitty Broyles Kerr who is still living in Detroit; Myrtle Norris Caldwell who is now living in Los Angeles ; Helen Roper Quinlan who is again in Boston; Grace Elliott who is teaching at Alderson Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia ; and Alice Torbeck Bryant who is still living in Chicago .

Nancy Chappell Pettigrew is living with her mother at 2125 Stuart Avenue while Tom is still in the Pacific.

Nancy Lee Riley McFall just told me that 1 Lyle is back in the States again. · Margaret Harris Bradner is expecting to see Billy soon as he is already on the way home.

Ethel Eubank Gold is now living in Dela plane , Virginia. Lloyd expects to get his discharge from the Navy soon.

Please send me any news you know about us '37's.

Sincerely, LOUISECHEWNING (Mrs. C. C.) 805 Lancaster Road, Richmond , Va. 1938Dear 38's: I hope you all missed our class news from the last issue of the BULLETIN- it was my wish that you'd feel so deprived of such interesting information that I'd be swamped with voluntary letters from each of you filled with news of your activities! Vain hope!

Since then, however , at my insistent solicitation I have received some interesting and informative communications.

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Emily Cudd Creal writes that after her marriage in 1943 she has followed her husband from Camp Breckinridge , Kentucky ; Fort Benning , Georgia ; Camp Blanding , Florida; to Camp Van Dorn , Mississippi.

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Frankfurt, Germany. Her letter was a grand one, and I did appreciate it, as I did Jean Bobbitt Grubbs' amusing note. Says she, "I wish I had something exciting to report but even the birth of a baby looks humdrum in print. But I guarantee there's nothing humdrum about it." George Ronald Grubbs, Jr. was born March 5, 1945.

Doug Gee Baldwin visited Richmond this summer; and although she had no other news, she sent you all her best wishes.

Virginia Russell was recently commissioned to do a portrait of Valma Clark for the jacket cover of her new book "Hour of Plenty." Virginia also during the past summer did a series of portrait sketches of the Deputy Directors of the O.W.I. Overseas Branch for the "Outpost Service News."

Nancy Orthey Rowan is just back after spending .fifteen months out west. She told of her husband's being stationed in San Diego, then at the Navy Yard in Bremerton near Seattle-he is now on inactive duty in the Marine Reserves, and Nancy declares she is glad to return to civilian life again. They expect to settle in the vicinity of Washington, D. C. where Ed has his former job in the General Accounting Office. Their daughter, Nancy Lula, celebrated her first birthday last May 22.

Frances Flick ( ex-'38) was pleasantly obliging when she wrote of her new position as Engineering Librarian for the Carrier Corporation, which manufactures and designs air-conditioning equipment in Syracuse, N. Y. She is living at 211 Clarendon Street. She, too, sent her best wishes to all of you and gives us news of other ex's ! Liz Lewis is Mrs. Frank Preston, and lives in Port Washington, Long Island. Grace Pilcher is Mrs. George Barnhart, and lives in Chicago. Faye Hart was working in an insurance office in Hartford, Conn., at last report. Her address is still Bristol, Connecticut.

The one voluntary letter I did receive came from Dula McClure Dunwell-bless her!

Her husband, Steve, is a Major in the Signal Corps and still stationed in Arlington; his job when Dula wrote in June was "one of those 'hush-hush' secret affairs." On his summer furlough they all visited his family in Plainwell, Michigan. Then with young Roger (14 months) they visited Richmond.

Anne Walker , since May 15, 1945 has been with Reynolds Metals in the Research Laboratory. She has moved to 1813 W. 46th .

Street, in Richmond.

Peggy Lockwood Nolting's second son was born July 14; his name is James Lockwood , and Peggy says that already "Rickie" is quite attached to his young brother.

We all extend our deepest sympathy to "C. C." Harrison whose husband was lost in action over Germany last winter. "C. C." with her three children has moved to Long Beach, California and lives at 4409 Rutge~s Avenue.

Virginia Ellis Hladycz is living with her two-year-old , Virginia Anne, in Waynesboro, Virginia, with her pare nts. Her address is 548 Maple Avenue, c/ o Dr. Pierce S. Ellis. Liz Shaw became Mrs . Bert Burchill August 29. Bert was a staff sergeant, but will

soon be released and they plan to make their home in Chicago.

Alice Cooke Molleson (Mrs. Robert S.) is still with the Virginia Tuberculosis Association but her territory as a field worker has been changed. She now travels in Northern Virginia and on the Eastern Shore. Her husband is with a Bomb Squadron on Tinian and expects his release soon.

Molly Fleet spent her summer at hockey camp at Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania and doing Red Cross Motor Corps work in Richmond.

Since June of this year I have been living in Norfolk where my husband is interning in the Naval Hospital. I've enjoyed seeing Augusta Straus Goodman ( ex-' 38) and her two darling children, "Robbie" and LynnSweet Carpenter, Hennie Harrell Smith-and Millie Harrell Clinkscales. Millie became Mrs. Sidney Clinkscales on June 29th in Norfolk, with her two sisters in the wedding.

Her new address is 511 New Hampshire Avenue. Gene Austin Hall is also in Norfolk with her husband, living at Ocean View and working at the Air Station at the Naval Operating Base, where "T" is stationed.

Best ever, JULIA GUNTER

DAVIDSON.

1940Dear Forties: The welcome home signs for the husbands returning from overseas and for the gallivant-

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND OPENING DATE of the next semester February 1, 1946 Veterans may enter on this date to begin college work or to complete college work already begun. Every effort is being made to meet the needs of returning servicemen.

Work in classes for first year and advanced students may be begun on February 1st.

Alumni in service are invited to suggest names and home addresses of servicemen to whom the University catalogue and other information may be sent.

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ing married couples who have crossed the U.S.A. from coast to coast are certainly in evidence here in Richmond. First on the list to return as "Mr. and Mrs." are Harvey and Frances Gill. At the present time they are spending half of their time in Richmond and the other half in Petersburg. Now that Frances is here she and her family can look forward to Major Bailey's arrival in the near future. Frank and Emma Lou were the second discharged couple to get home and we will be seeing them around town. Last September Libby J. Alvis had the word that Frank was due in, so off she went to California to meet him. They spent two weeks here and had a chance to see everybody and back to the West Coast they went.

Another flying trip was made by Kitty Wicker Long and her young son from Texas.

They visited here with her family for about a month and it was like old times chatting on about where all the 40's were. Kitty, by the way, is planning to make her home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, when Jack gets discharged from the Navy. Rumors have it that Ethel O'Brien Harrington made a quick visit and with her was "little Harrington" who resembles papa. We would like to have more news about yourself, Ethel, so when you get settled long enough in Georgia to writewrite !

Congratulations for one of the new babies in the class go to Lt. and Mrs. G. T. Talton (Mildred James). Catherine Lee Talton was born August 7, 1945. Mildred writes "I wish I could have been at the June reunion!

Would have written but we moved into our new home and I was really busy. Know that you all had a great time together. We are still here at Parris Island and Gordon is still with the Dental Corps-don't know what the future holds for us." Lt. and Mrs. Wesley Bernhart have a son, Thomas Wesley, born August 13, 1945. Margaret hears regularly from her husband who is in Japan.

Captain and Mrs. Alfred Dickinson also have a son Alfred Dickinson, IV, born August 9, 1945. Elsie's husband is with the Marines based in Guam. Here's hoping that all of you will have your husbands home before very long.

Our very best wishes and hearty congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams (Saddye Sykes). The couple were married in the chapel of the First Baptist Church in June, 1945.

Another husband (Bobby Winfrey's) home from the Paci.fie after 14 months is Edmond Cannon. At the time I talked to her, she was bubbling over with joy at the thoughts of seeing him again ; we are mighty happy for you, Bobby. From Washington, D. C., Westhampton ties have brought Lucy, Charlotte Anne, and Harriet Yeamans together. The apartment that Lucy and Charlotte Anne share is at 4817 36th Street, N.W., Apartment 405, Washington, D. C. Lucy writes in that they are seeing Harriet these days and that since they are only a few blocks away it is very convenient for the three of them to get together.

Kathleen Francis is at Volens High School at Natalie, Virginia where she is a librarian.

In the summer she has been working on her B.A. degree at William and Mary . Keep up the good work and let us know about the teaching profession.

McGuire Hospital has a very capable Mrs. John Jordon working in the Personnel Office these days. Marie is quite pleased with the type of work that she is doing out there; she is hoping that John will soon be home from the Pacific and out of the service.

We all are happy about Alice McElroy Smith having her sister back home after so many years of anxious waiting. I am sorry that more of you were unable to come to the Alumnae Luncheon on October 20 when Jessie gave us firsthand her exp~riences '_V\th the Japanese at the prison camps in the Philip• pines. You really missed ~ thrillin$ account.

Alice and Emerson are still working at the Seventeenth Street Mission and getting much pleasure and satisfaction from the work.

There isn't much to tell about the vacationers but as usual Dot Robert s heads the list. She passed through Richmond during the summer on her way to spend several weeks in Canada. Where are you now, Dot ?

Virginia Beach was visited by several in our class; Betty Willets, Flo Fowlkes Garret, '38, and I were there for a week and missed Charlotte Anne by one day. However , we did meet up with lots of girls from the little sister class (' 42) . Patsy J oblin spent her vacation there also and says, "I really had a wonderful time."

Alys Spealman took the time on the day of her 8-month anniversary to let me know that she and her husband expected to return to Richmond sometime in the late fall-hope some of us will get to see you while you are here. It looks as if I will have to do some indirect corresponding to find out the news about the rest of you "foreigners" -way off in places north , east, south, and west from here.

Until next time, MILDRED

DONOHUE

had a nice note from Betsy Woodson Weaver in the spring , saying she and Albert were still .at Fort Sill. Has anyone more recent news of her? She was getting a kick out of the Indians, the old Fort Chapel, built in 1870, and fishing with salt pork for bait.

It would surely be grand to hear her tell some of those stories.

The most startling news of the past six months was Teeny Evans' sudden marriage to Bristow Hardin. They were married August 25th at the Base Chapel, Puget Sound Navy Yard. He is a mus1oan aboard the Washington, which has just returned to the East Coast. Teeny is still in P.S.N.Y. but expects to be out of the Navy and home by Christmas.

Jean Neasmith Dickinson, Ann Woodward Courtney and Kitty Spencer Philpott are among those in Richmond at present.

Jean joins Enders soon in Memphis where he is connected with Eastern Airlines. Ann, with her young son, is living at home while Bob is in the Pacific. Kitty 's husband Al is in Law School but no one seems to know where they and the children are living. Can you help us, Kitty?

Baby Department: Born September 5thtwo girls-Gregg Wilson Wren (Margaret and Woody are the parents) and Anne Page Brown (Phyllis Ann and Roy claim kin in this case) . Both fathers were in the Pacific at the time. Woody is due home momentarily for a discharge- and Margaret hopes Gregg won't grow up before he gets here.

Evelyn Cosby writes that she was the youngest alumna present at the September meeting of the Washington Chapter -a t which time she was elected Treasurer of the group. She has a fascinating job in the Office of Fiscal Director of the War Department. Evelyn says she is lookin g forward to

the five-year reunion in June- when we plan to see all of you.

Romance: "Its " Holden, we hear, is merely marking time, waiting on the schedules of Uncle Sam before she too becomes Mrs. (She and Frazier Drumwright returned from El Paso, Texas, in the early summer. Frazier is teaching this year.) "Purcie" has a diamond and a man- but has set no definite date.

If you see a bright red truck with a smiling blonde at the wheel , it's Betsy Woodson Weaver, yes- actually, and she has the most fun with it! She has come back home to live since Albert is going overseas. Sounded grand to hear her voice again, telling of her many experiences since we last saw her. Do look her up-s he is on Kent Road near Mary Owen Bass.

The best always comes last-a nd this time Kitty Crawford rates that spot. I think she is our " big shot." She is Lt. (jg) in the Naval Supply Depot in Pearl Harbor. There are 40 people in her office, responsible to her and she has a secretary and a jeep-honest.

Isn't it wonderful? She rather hopes to be home by February. Then I'm going to let her be guest columnist and write us a real story.

'Til then, HELEN.

1942Dear 42's : Sometimes I wonder what I'll possibly find to write about a few years from now when everybody is married. Silly thing to worry about now, though, isn't it, with plenty of weddings still going on ....

Grace Norris and Barthonhue Reese were married on August 30. Yes, that's the "Bart" you may have heard of after that Debat e trip Grace and Clarine made to American U.,

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P.S. What about Jimmy? He 's on his way home! ! !

1941There is much to catch up on· and probably a great deal of it is prehistoric at this point .

Having heard nothing to the contrary I am willing to stick my neck outDot Hewes was married to William McGlincy, Jr., on June 2nd-reported by Edith Burfoot Loving whose card I neglected shamefully. Edith's husband was overseas at that time and she was living in Fentress. Perhaps Lanny was lucky enough to be among the early arrivals? Do let us hear when your address is permanent, Edith. To get back to Dot, I haven't received any other information. Maybe some of you have her address.

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way back there. Bart returned from two years overseas duty this summer. He's a lieutenant in the Army, stationed in Texas, I believe.

Anyway they went there right after they were married.

A note from Esther Wendling the other day told of her marriage on September 29 to William A. Mueller. He 's an aeronautical engineer at Langley Field, and they are living in Hampton (2103 Kecoughtan Road).

Wendy is planning to start lab technician's training in November.

Virginia Parker was married on September 2 to Ensign James Hoyt Dozier. Ensign Dozier is a graduate of Wake Forest College and a member of Delta Sigma Phi social fraternity.

Best congratulations go to Evelyn Cosby who has recently received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cornell, and an Appointment to the faculty of Middlebury College in Vermont. Nice going, Evelyn. We're proud of you!

Several weeks ago Lillian Jung was down this way, visiting Peck Peters, who is 'director of young people's work at the First Baptist Church in Portsmouth. On her way back to New York, Lillian stopped off for a brief stay in Richmond. She is looking fine and is still having fun working for the Museum of Modern Art, when she isn't stepping around the country.

Best regards to you all.

RO SALIE CLARY,

1512 Palmyra Avenue, Richmond 22, Virginia.

now Mrs. David R. Talbott II and is living in Florida. According to her, marriage is indeed "necta r and ambrosia." She wa.s in Florida during the recent storm and had some experiences to tell. Jo Ward, of whom I had heard nothing until recently, was married in May to Lt. Michael D. Franks, Army Air Corps. Anne Lilly has left Grumman and is teaching Math in Bluefield. Other schoolteachers include Anne Oakes in Staunton, Elizabeth Webb and June Hargrove here in Richmond at the same school. Congratulations are in order for June who earned her Master's degree at the University of Richmond in just two summers.

In Hopewell while waiting for Dave to come home from Tokyo Dolly is teaching Social Studies. Mickey Allman, Marguerite Shell and Baby Doll Savage are teaching together here.

We have a new baby since last I wrote.

Peggy Jeanne has a daughter named Donna Kyle Anderton. This brings our baby total up to eight or nine. Our first girl baby, little Carol Pauli, is quite a young lady now. She celebrated her first birthday in September.

Her daddy , Ed, is still overseas and according to Mary may be there for some time.

I had a nice note from Anne Arwood Sheedy telling me that Bob is back and she and little Bob ( who looks exactly like his dad) are going away to be with him.

Hedy and Rose Koltukian are still with the Newspaper. I see them occasionally. The last time I heard from Audrey Foster she was in Florida visiting her brother who is stationed there. I saw Shirley and had a most enjoyable chat with her the other day. She is still very pleased with her work. " Shorty" is in Richmond working at the Medical College of Virginia and having quite a gay time, I understand.

Now just a word about our Alumnae Association. Don't forget your contributions and the big Thanksgiving Home-Coming .

Let's make a real effort to come. Hope I'll see all of you there.

Sincerely, MAX WILLIAMS.

Alice Gray Simpson Alice Gray Simpson, '42, has arrived in the European Theater of Operations to serve the armed forces as an American Red Cross staff assistant. Miss Simpson is one of hundreds of young women who have recently been recruited to serve on the Red Cross overseas staff. Before her Red Cross appointment , she was director of physical education at Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Va.

1943Dear Class of '43: Well , I have a few items of interest to report to you this time. My first news of B. Lewis since we finished school is that she is

1944Dear '44's: As usual our big news is weddings and weddings-to-be.

Evermond was married to Everett Daniels, a boy from Florence, October 27. From all reports he's a grand person. Among the attendants were Westhamptonites Fran Kennard Wolf, Dee Dee Howe, Margaret Lide, Pat Husbands and Betty Anne Gustaffson .

Our newest bride-to-be is Gene Shepard who is engaged to Clark Hammitt. Clark, a Lt. (jg), will be going back to sea so no definite plans have been made for the wedding.

Rita Muldowney is going to be married November 17 to Almon Copley, back at Camp Lee after 17 months in India -t his time going to O.C.S. When Al is discharged, they will live either in Buffalo, New York, his home, or Boston.

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truly a loyal alumna.

Opal Ross has left the ranks of business girls and is teaching high school in Marion this year. After a month's experience, she still says that she likes it a lot. .

Kay Hanley has abandoned· the higher heights of flying and is back in Washington working with the Y.W.C.A. Molly Warner is taking a training course in New York with the American Express Company. She has no idea where she will be assigned, just somewhere in the U.S.A. , but she is crazy about the work. She sees Buttsey occasionally and reports that she looks marvelous.

Mary Frances (Trader) Carey and her husband are teaching in the same high school on eastern shore. Dot Monroe Hill is a case worker at the Social Service Bureau and Ann Burcher Stansbury is taking "our" baby back to Florida where Warren has been stationed .

The Export Department of Reynolds is moving up to the New York office the middle of November and I'll be up with it for a while anyway. Don't know how long I can take the frozen north, but I' 11 keep you posted.

Please write, you out-of-towners, so we can keep up with you. My address is 2348-A West Grace.

Love, BILLY JANE .

1945Dear '45ers: You all were just wonderful about writing and telling me your plans and your whereabouts. With the exception of about five who just wouldn't write, everyone is here or accounted for . Ten years from now we'll still be able to say that, won't we? Anyway, it's great, 'though a trifle sad, to be alumnae , isn't it? Just to give an idea of what we' re growing up to be:

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"Fish" spent the summer as a Staff Aide at the Yorktown U.S.O., and she says it was quit~ interesting work. She's at home now, helpmg keep house.

Ruth Hiller is now Mrs. Moseley Powell.

The address is 6411 Three Chopt Road, and Ruth has taken a job with the Valentine Meat Extract Company until "Mo" finishes school. · Ann Clark (now that we're alumnae, the nickname can be omitted) will be off to Chapel Hill November 1st to be an assistant in the chemistry department. Audrey Grubin will do the same at Syracuse University. By this time her father is surely back in the States, and we're all very happy for her.

Lottie Blanton is in Philadelphia in an Occupational Therapy School. She'll stay there until October 23, and then she'll go into an Army Hospital. And speaking of Army Hospitals, Latimer is in Physical . Therapy School at Ashford General Hospital in West Virginia (lucky girl-plug).

Dot Francis just can't get enough of school ! She's in Atlanta in the Library School of Emory University. She says she has to work pretty hard, but she figures she's fairly used to that by now.

Liz Parker was offered two jobs, but refused them both to be her father 's secretary in Williamston. She says she likes her work a whole lot, and she especially likes living at home.

Bitsy makes the third of our "brains" who is a lab assistant, but you should hear her title! She is, quote, "Lab assistant in the crystal section of the Radio Transmitter Division at General Electric." Whew! Even so, she sounds as if she's having a marvelous time.

Betty Lawson is waiting for Dick to come home, but in her spare time, she' s doing case work for the Social Welfare Department in South Boston. She says she drives the cutest bus-mo-bile .. Alice Rawlings and Leah are doing social work, too . Alice is here in Richmond, and Leah is working for the Elizabeth County chapter of the Red Cross. They all seem to like their work very much.

Betty Biscoe is working at the Patent Office here in Richmond and " Little Tucker" has a job with Reynolds Metals. They both look as if they like their careers.

How about all these weddings? Ruth's has already been mentioned, and then we all know about Twombly's wedding in July. She and Jim have the loveliest little apartment in Silver Spring. But Carrie is the one who surprised us all. She is Mrs. Danny Drinkard now, and is ridiculously happy, they say.

Marianne's wedding in June was beautiful.

She's in Parris Island now.

Doris Mills and Lydia will stay in Mexico until November, studying at the Academia Mexico (pardon my Spanish). They claim they're working awfully hard, but rumor has it that numerous duels have been fought for their fair hands-and that's not far from the truth, either.

Annie Breedlove is keeping up her good work at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, where she is working for her M .D.

Seay has been taking a course in methods ~ngineering in Ilion, New York, and now she 1s back there working for Remington-Rand .

As she says, it's a far cry from Beowulf. \Vhich reminds me, does anyone know what Francis Tait is doing? I haven't heard from her.

Nat Heller is a member . of the great army of unemployed, still wondering what kind of work she wants to do. She spent the summer in a girls' camp, teaching the little ones about nature.

Conway is at the Medical College working at McGuire Hall. She, too, is crazy about her work.

Ruth Maris is still trying to decide what her career will be. And while she's trying to decide, she's running the bookshop at Westhampton. Mary Campbell is still undecided also as to what she's going to do. She spent the summer in "little Washington," as Dr. Loving would say, helping with the canning.

Does anyone know anything about Nell White's address? I wrote to her this summer, and the letter, after going all over Pan-America, came back. However, they say she's getting along fine down in Bahia.

Peggy Clark is working for some kind of bookbinder here in town. And if you think she has lost her ability to show up late just ask those of us who meet in town on Saturdays for lunch!

Then we have a long list of teachers from our class. Annette Patterson and Lillian Belk are teaching at Battlefield Park. Betty Clement is teaching up in Twombo's home town, Jane Wray is in Lynchburg, and Sallie Lawson is teaching at Highland Springs. The three of them are teaching (guess what?) phys-ed ! Jen Lea, Elizabeth Whitehorne, and Connie are teaching in Culpeper, and having a wonderful time, they say. Eulalia is teaching at home, as are Libby Kibler and Lib Weaver. (I think that last comes merely from hearsay.) Kathy Mumma is teaching at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and Gin is teaching in Ashland-they say that there are others from the U. of R. there! Anne MacKenzie, while waiting for Mac to come home for good , is teaching, and Jackie Batten is teaching at Chuckatuck. "Wick" is really the one, though. She's teaching the sixth grade at Fork Union Military Academy.

Does anyone know anything about these people: Doris Colley, Nancy Leslie, Jean Motter, Rita Vaschak, Inez Vest, Jane Woodward, or Evelyn Cosby? When the BULLETIN went to press, I still hadn't heard anything from or about them. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Me? Well, I'm working in the Questions and Answers department at the newspaper here.

Guess this just about covers us for this time. But please, if any of you change your jobs or your names, or if there are any corrections to be made here, keep me posted.

You'll be hearing from me again soon, and here's hoping the responses will be as good as last time .

• NANCY GREY.

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Rev. Samuel L. Naff, '08, of South Roanoke, Va., died July 18, 1945.

Richard R. Florance , '94, a prominent member of the bar of Richmond, died in that city August 19, 1945.

Harry N. Phillips , Sr., '86, of Richmond died Sept. 15, 1945 . ' Dr.. Fred Gochnauer, '99, of Upperville, Va., died Oct. 9, 1945.

James T . Lewis, Jr ., 1911-13 , of Richmond, Va., died Oct. 11, 1945. He had been engaged in the printing business in Richmond for a number of years.

Dr. Francis W. Upshur , 1893-94, of Richmond , died Oct. 25, 1945.

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Tidewater Club President: Pollyanna Shepherd, 1053 Naval Avenue, Portsmouth , Virginia .

On Saturday, September 8, the Tidewater Chapter had a lun cheon in honor of the Tidewater girls who were to be students at Westhampton this fall. There were 17 alumnae, 6 students and one guest present. Gene Shepard, vice-president of the chapter, planned an interesting program which helped to acquaint the new students with the traditions of Westhampton.

Another luncheon meeting is being planned for the middle of November at which time officers of the National Alumnae Association will be guests of the chapter.

Washington Club Officers for 1945-46: President, Virginia Hansford Russell, '38, 2626 Tunlaw Road , N.W ., Washington 7, D. C., Phone, Ordway 4860.

Vice-President, Emerald Christian Bristow, '28.

Secretary, Harriett Rudd Yeamans, '40.

Treasurer, Evelyn Virginia Cosby , '41.

The Washington Club of Westhampton Alumnae held its first meeting of the season Sunday, September 9 at the home of Mrs. William Ney (May Thompson) Evans, 465 1 Kenmore Drive, N .W. The day was lovely . .About fifty members and friends were present. The business portion of the meeting began at four o'clock when all alumnae present convened in May's cool and charming playroom. We did have an exce!Jent business meeting. The discussion was built around the college's postwar aims and potentialities and the fact that now it was more important than ever that people be well-educated and that the money we were able to "invest " in the Alumni Million Dollar Drive was actually an investment in our and our descendants ' future in a better , more peace-loving world.

Thelma Farrell Burnham is publicity chairman and several other chairmen will be appointed later , as we hope to have more frequent meetings now that gasoline rationing is off.

As soon as the business was finished, we adjourned upstairs for tea and to chat with each other over sandwiches, cookies and punch, also to greet late arrivals.

Richmond Club President, Emily Parker Kendig (Mrs. E. L. Jr.) 5707 York Road , Phone 4-9101.

The first meeting of the Richmond Club for the 1945-46 period was a luncheon at the Chesterfield, Octob ·er 20th. The attend-

ance at this meeting was unusually good, and that was attributed to our interesting speaker.

Jessie McElroy Junkin told us of her experiences in a Japanese prison camp, and she brought along many unusual souvenirs to illustrate. Jessie , her husband and son (who was born in camp) spent three years and six weeks in prison camps near Manila.

Leslie Booker presented a recommendation to the Richmond Club which was made by the Executive Board of Westhampton. The recommendation was: The Richmond Club shall take over the replanting and maintenance of the Formal Garden at the Social Activities Building. The money for this will be supplied from the National Alumnae Fund. Madge Pennell, Elizabeth Gaines and Emily Kendig were appointed the committee in charge of the maintenance of the Formal Garden.

The president announced that plans are now under way for the annual Christmas party which is given for the entire family.

And it is hoped that each alumna will bring her children and husband, ·and that our attendance this year will be a record-breaking one .

Margaret Leake is now serving as Program Chairman for the Richmond Club and Mary Hoduett Matthews is her assistant.

Sincerely yours , EMILY

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Westhampton Campus Notes

By ELSIE MINTER Class of 1947 We are back at Westhampton for our first year of college life in a world of peace; it is with joy that we plunge wholeheartedly into study and play - working harder, playing harder just for knowing that now students the world over may enjoy university life once more.

Just to begin : the Navy has left our campus; it is really a strange but wonderful feeling to walk across the lake and see no sailors-just civilians-and to see how many of them are wearing the gold lapel buttons that mark the discharged veterans . The University has come through the war to take her place in a world at peace .

Peace brought a renewal of Intercollegiate Hockey . Well, although W. C. put up a great fight , Beaver , her first opponent, rather walked away with the game-the score? Oh, that was 8-0. Better luck next time! After Miss Appleby 's coaching ( she brought hockey from England to the United States) the team should really be on its mettle and pile up the score against Madison , Sweetbriar, and William and Marr.

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biggest and best, we think, is the innovation of the Friday Night Informal Dance. No longer do we wander around in a maze on Friday dates, forever wishing that there was the inevitable "something to do" ; now we plan on an evening in the lounge of the Student Activities Building with dancing , food, and lots of fun . The opinion of the students is that it's tops! (It makes for better work too.)

Among the other new things on the campus-or at least it is new to us- is the renewal of an old Westhampton Custom dropped for some unknown reason. The Y.W .

C.A. has begun the practice of having Vespers each evening in the Blue Room at 10: 30 P.M. This period of quiet beauty has become the climax of each day for the girls who have formed the habit of attending.

Soft music, candlelight and a few impressive words induce pleasant dreams and better living.

Imagine standing on the path watching girls stream from Thomas Hall. Can you believe it? We can't; never will we cease to be amazed at girls in a boys' dorm, especially Westhampton girls in a Richmond College dorm ! And are we looking forward to the new dorm on the hill? You can bet your life! Everybody on the hill living together makes for the unity of spirit that characterizes Westhampton, so we really will be happy when we are all together once more.

Hey all you ODDS! ODD DAY is coming the 7th of November and with a bang . Remember last year we adopted the lamppost as our ODD symbol. Well , one year has rolled around and now our lamppost's birthday has arrived. The Junior and the Freshman classes are really planning a big birthday celebration with speeches and guests and all the other fanfare necessary for such a guest of honor. Red , yellow, and white will swing the day and blaze from every available spot on campus . The lamppost will be especially beautiful in its blaze of glory.

Happy Birthday to the ODD lamppost!

Well, except for hard study, which isn't very entertaining, that's all that's going on around campus . So see you next time.

Wedding in Cannon Chapel Strictly a Class of 1932 Affair Katherine Roberts, '32, was married in the Cannon Memorial Chapel at the University of Richmond on October 13 to Captain Glen Spaner Hesby. With the bride at the wedding were Virginia Jones Pharr, Carolyn Thompson Broaddus, Mary Hodnett Matthews, Jessie Miller Jones Turner , Katherine Roberts Hesby , Marie Davis Deatelhauser, Mary Ryland Babcock, Elsie Reaguer Shirey, and Evelyn Gardner Ward, all members of the class of '32.

AlumnaeHonorDr. MaudeH. Woodfin on HerTwenty-fifth Anniversary at WesthamptonCollege (EDITOR'SNoTE : The following is a copy of the address made by Elizabeth Fleet at the Alumnae Luncheon last commencement.)

In the course of this golden anniversary celebration all of us will join in paying tribute to Dr. Boatwright. It is not necessary for me at this time to add to what is being said.

However, I am reminded of Henry James's characterization of an educated man. "He is," said James, "one who knows a good man when he sees him." The same applies to women. When, twenty-five years ago, Dr. Boatwright invited a young graduate of this institution to return as associate professor of history he fulfilled James's definition-for that woman was Maude Hawlett Woodfin.

There is much I could say concerning Miss Woodfin' s intellectual and professional atM.A. and Ph.D. degrees tainments-the which she has received from the University of Chicago, the honorary Litt.D. degree conferred on her in 1939 by the University of Richmond, her wide research and study, culminating in writings of historical value and importance. But that is not necessary in a group of Westhampton Alumnae . The vital fact for us on this day is that she is one of us. She is our friend and advisor. When alumnae committees need help on a tangled problem , so often someone says, "Let's ask

Miss Woodfin. She'll be able to straighten us out." And she does!

I have a friend, a graduate of a neighboring college, who, observing the close relationship which other alumnae and I enjoyed with our former history professors here, exclaimed, "You Westhamptonites amaze me.

I don't know my major professor well enough to speak to him when I meet him on the street, while your former teachers are friends and confidantes!" That is the spirit of West hampton which in a unique and unfailing degree Miss Woodfin always exhibits.

In reaching back in an attempt to evaluate what she means to her students through the years there comes to me a passage of scripture which has never failed to give me strength and comfort. It is this, "The truth shall make you free." From her we learn to know the truth and if we will it makes us free. She sets for us a shining yardstick of spiritual values and high achievement. I remember vividly something she said to our class one morning. "If, when you leave college, you are the same person you were when you came, there is no point in coming." We were not the same after our contact with her.

And though, through the years, we often fail to measure to the standard she sets, the challenge is always there.

major professors, Remsen , Morse, and Renouf, our young doctor of chemistry began he must have a new compound, but in search- the third milestone of his professional career ing the literature it was found that there were - college teaching. After appointments at eight so-called constant boiling mixtures the University of Maine, Converse College which had been reported by others. From and Georgetown College, covering a ninethen on, Mr. Ryland sought for other such teen-year period of successful accomplishmixtures and found fifty of them. In modern ments, Doctor Ryland was called to head the parlance, he had become a physical chemist. department of chemistry at his Alma Mater in 1917. The younger men that he has brought His report of this investigation was published the staff of the department since that into in the American Chemical Journal and attracted international attention since little was time have been Dr. R. C. Burwell, now proknown about constant boiling mixtures at fessor of chemistry in the College of Agriculture, Ohio State University, Dr. Sidney S. that time . Sir William Crookes republished Negus, now chairman of the chemistry dethe report in "Chemical News" (London). partment at the Medical College of Virginia, One book with which the writer is familiar, "Distillation Principles and Processes," by Dr. W. R. Cornthwaite, now manager of the Doctor Sydney Young, refers to Doctor Ry- Vinyl Products Division for the Du Pont land's research on constant boiling mixtures Company, Dr. A . I. Whitten, now with the a total of forty times. For years, he had the Solvay Company, and Dr. J. S. Pierce, presdiscovery of more such mixtures to his credit ent professor of organic chemistry. "Thanks to my able colleagues," generously says Dr. than any other chemist in the world .

Besides the observation displayed by Ryland, "we taught in this 28-year period Doctor Ryland in arriving at the results he 2,665 students, 394 of them were graduated obtained in this investigative work, he ob- with majors in chemistry. Thirty-two went served with keen interest the methods of his on for Master 's degrees, 17 to Ph.D. degrees , "model teacher," Doctor Remsen. There are and 275 to the M.D. Ninety of these students few of Remsen's former students who have are still in medical schools." Although Dr. been more successful in reproducing his Ryland decided not to study for the M .D. degree himself, he has been largely responsimethods than Professor Ryland . ble for influencing 365 of his students to be(1898) hand in degree Ph.D. With his and with words of commendation from his come physicians, with a very large percentage

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of this number standing high in their classes at medical schools all over the country.

On the night of October 21, 1925, the building housing chemistry, biology and physics burned to the ground. Under Doctor Ryland's direction, the present chemistry building was planned and erected.

The honors bestowed upon Doctor Ryland have been numerous. He has been a leader in local and national scientific, civic, and religious organizations. His hobby has been collecting old books having to do with the history of chemistry and of Virginia. Now in the fourth milestone of his career-retire"Christian gentleman and great ment-our teacher " will first of all keep track of his former students and in between times " dabble in a little history," as he puts it.

The word "doctor" means teacher . Not until the 14th century was a doctor 's degree conferred in medicine. There is no greater satisfaction known than that which Teacher Ryland now enjoys.

Returned Gl's Since the beginning of the war one of the most frequently asked questions in academic, military, and veteran circles has been, "Will the GI go back to school?" We have thought all along that the answer was "Yes," and the experience of Richmond College to date would seem to prove it.

As of November 1st, there are 67 veterans enrolled in Richmond College . So many applications and inquiries have come in since the beginning of the semester t~at the facul~y decided that it would be advisable to begm a new series of classes Nov. 5th, classes that will meet five days a week until the end of the semester, thereby completing a full semester 's work in each class. Already more than twenty-five applications have been received for those classes. All signs point to a greatly increased enrollment of veterans in the second semester , beginning Feb . 1st. The GI is not coming back to school, he is already here!

Men in the service have frequently suggested that they would be too old to go back to college, or to start on a college course by the time they were discharged. These veterans now enrolled in the University range in age from 19 to 37. In the service they ranked from Private to Major.

These are the former U . of R. students who are back in school: W. R. Burruss, 1940-42.

Dale C. Chapman, 1942-43.

H . H. Chapman, 1936-40.

E. G. Conklin, 1938-42 .

C. H. Davis, 1939-40 .

D . B. Goforth, 1942-43.

M . G . Harman, 1939-40 .

J.E. Heslep, 1942-43.

Fred A. Jennings , 1938-42.

G. C. Owens, 1942-43.

George M. Pence, 1942-43.

G. F. Pendleton, 1943.

J. S. Proffitt, 1940-42 .

Geo. W. Sadler, Jr. , 1939-42.

J. C. Sullivan , 1936-40.

G. L. White, Jr. , 1937-41.

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