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Commencement, 1956 .

The Old Grads Return

Making Real The Unbelievable On Conserving A Noble Tradition

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Solon Bolivar Cousins .... They Like Our Graduates

Breaking The Chain Of Infection Student Life At Old Edinburgh

Bloody Okinawa .......... . Alumni In Washington Churches Spiders Post Impressive Record In Baseball, Track and Tennis.

Westhampton Class Notes Westhampton Alumnae Local Clubs

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Chapters

Alumni In The News .....

Necrology ..... What Do You Know About The University Of Richmond? . Alumni-ae

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THE ALUMNI BULLETIN Publi shed quarterly at the University of Richmond by the Gen er al Society of Al umni . Entered as second-cla ss matt er at the Post Office, University of Richmond , Virgini a, May l4 , 1948. Subscription pr ice: $1.00 per year. VOL.

JULY , 1956

THE GENERAL S OCIE TY OF ALUM NI \V_ Roland Ga l\"in. '25 Pr e.!Jident Thadd e u s 'I,_ Crump, '48 . . . 1st l'it ·e Pre .sident Dr. Emmett C. Mathews, '30, 2nd Vice P te8ide n t Re e d I. \V es t , '30 . . 3rd T"ice Pr esil lent Guy R. Fridd ell , '46 . . . Secretary -Jo:-:eph E. Nett les, '30 .. .. Exen1ti.1.:e Se, ·r etary EXECli

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Charl es C. Broaddus. ·31 .J. Ea rl e Dunford, '15 and t h e above officers THE ALU1INI COUNOIL Thadd e u s T. Crump, '48 .......... Pt·esident Garland Gray, '2 J ....... . 1st Vt'.ce President G. Edmond )la ss ie, III , ' 41. 2nd T"ice Pr esident Jo sep h E. X ettl es, 1 3 0 . . . Secretory Robert )I. Stone , '30 1'1·ea8urer EXECGTIVE

The Measure Of Our Devotion . the University wilt depend increasingly on the support of its sons and daughters through th e Alumni and Alumnae Funds. " That 's what President Modlin told the trustees at their annual meeting in June. He had just finished an account of his stewardship for the ten years of his administration and was attempt· ing to chart what lies ahead . le would be clear sailing but for the perilous financial shoals that are the fear of every pilot of an educational institution, particularly those institutions that are privately supported. Money, or rather the lack thereof, is the chief concern of the University"s administration as it seeks to set the course for the years that lie ahead, years in which the University will be expected to cake care of an enlarged student body and provide decent salaries for an enlarged faculty. As President Modlin said, the University must turn for help to those who have received the most help, to those whose positions in business or the professions were made possible by the training they received in the classrooms and laboratories and in other associations on the campus . Private enterprise is very much resented by the Ford Foundation, individual corporations, is giving porations give they are asking this

aware of its stake in the private colleges. Business, as rep• the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges and man y more liberally than at any time in history . But as these corquestion: "What are your alumni doing for your support?"

Our answer must be that we are doing more than ever before-but not enough . The Alumni Fund, currently at approximately $40,000, and the Alumnae Fund of $18,000 are far above lase year ' s figures but neither can be accepted as an expression of the full measure of che devotion of Alma Mater 's sons and daughters. Fortunately more alumni and alumnae are joining the procession. And fortunately more :ind more are making contributions of substantial size, rather than mere token gifts. As one alumnus said: "My first obligation is to my University."

is co my family. My next obligation

is to my church. My third obligation

Aside from the sense of obligation, each gift can carry with it an expression of appreciation, an expression of devotion to an institution that for l26 years has been dedicated co the task of teaching young men and women how co live and how co make a living .

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,JO SEPH E. XE'l'TLE S. '30 ..... Editor 1 Ll :S LIE S. BOOKER, 22 ... Westhampton Editor \-IR GI N IA IV EY, '48 ...... La,w School Edit01· TH01( AS S. BERRY . ... . B usi n ess School Editor ROBER'l' )I. S 'l'OXE . '30 .. .. Bu.'(iness Jlan oger

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S. Frank Straus, '33 R. L. Lacy. ' 1 8 Beec her L. Rhodes, '09 Reed I. W es t. '30

Wl cS 1'HA1IPTON COLLEGE AL UMXAE ASSOCIATIOX )1ar~ - )fill s Fr ee man , '35 . . . . . . Pr esident Este lle K e mp e r Butler, '18 .... T"i.ce President Lesl ie Sessoms Booker. ' 22, Executive Secretary -:'\Iail all cont ribu t ions an d n e ws it ems to ·Mrs. Secretary, \ ·Vest• R. E. Booker. Executive P.O. hampton Co llege Alumna e Association ' ' U niv e r s ity of Ri chmond , V irginia . In ez D eJarn ett e Hit e, '2 4 E\· elyn Boat'\,·r ig-ht. Lynch , 't5 .\{ar~r A.nn G u y Fra nklin, '35 ~lf 11mbe1·s·at· _ ,Jean ~easmith Dickin son. '41 1 L (lr{Je )Iiugaret \Veil s. '50 F lor ence B. Decker, '1 7 } )[nry )!ill s Fr ee man. ':35 . , , Eliza?eth Ton~p~.:in s . ' l 9 Roord o_r 1 nis tns Harn et S. , v 1lling ham , '26

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SCHOOT, OF Bl:SIXESS AD1 IIXISTRAT1OX ALUMNI ASSOCIATION " rilli am Farmer , '50 ........ Pr e11ide11t G iles E ng led o\·e. Jr., '5 1 . . rice PresidPnt Edward Kurtz, '50 Secretary-Treu-surer Dr. H e rm an P. Thom as. '17. Fa c11lfy Representa.ti,·e

COMMENCEMENT, 1956 RESIDENT MODLIN, who a year earlier had P reviewed 125 years of the University's history, took a backward glance at the last ten years in presenting his report to the annual meeting of the board of trustees in June. In characteristic fashion, he depreciated his own accomplishments in giving an account of bis stewardship during those ten years of his presidency. Economic and educational conditions during that period were fa vorable , he said ; furthermore, the faculty, staff, trustees and alumni all put their shoulders to the wheel. That was part of the explanation. But the board of trustees emphasized another important reason in resolutions adopted at the annual meeting. "We express our gratitud e to God ," they said , "that we have had the leadership of Dr. George M. Modlin as president for the past ten years." They spoke appreciatively of his service to the University an d to the cause of Christian education, It hadn 't all been easy for the 53-year-old president who had piloted th e University in impressive but unspectacular fashion , building on the foundation already laid through the half century of devoted and inspired le adership of the late Frederic William Boatwright. Pressing forward, one objective at a tim e, he strengthened the faculty, added new buildings , and raised the University's prestige among the Baptists , the alumni, the citizens of Richmond, and the business and industrial community of Richmond and the entire State. Under his leadership the school had grown into the largest private institution of high er learning in Virginia. During the decade at-

tendance had risen from 2296 to 4160. the full-time faculty had increased from 7'3 to 106, six major buildings, among th em the $1,000,000 Boatwright Memorial Library , and 14 minor buildings had been constructed, and the University's assets had grown from $7,000,000 to $12,000,000 . Although he was guardedly optimistic as he approached the University's plans for the future, Dr. Modlin expressed his growing concern about the inadequacy of teachers' salaries. Mincing no words, he told the trustees that "it is imperative that faculty salar:es be increased. Indeed , the most pressing problem facing the University at this time is the necessity for immediate and substantial raises in faculty compensation . Not only is this necessary to provide a comfortable and respectable standard of living, but it will be increasingly essential as competition, resulting from the pressure of rising enrollment , is intensified for able teachers." He made it clear that the administration had exerted every effort to raise faculty salaries and pointed out that during the past decade seven general increases had raised salaries approximately 80 per cent. The last raise of four per cent was made possible by the Ford Foundation grant of approximately $450,000.

20 % More Needed The University of Richmond was one of th e institutions which received an additional "accomplishment grant" from the Foundation in recognition of its leadership in efforts to improve " the status and compensation " of the faculties.

Dr. J. Maurice Trimmer, '27, chats with Westhampton and Richmond College senior class presidents, Liza Hubble and Wilbur Kersey, before joining the academic procession for the baccalaureate service. With them is President Modlin.

President Mod lin told the trustees that a further increase of at least 20 per cent in facu lty salaries is essential if the University is to mai n tain and improve its posit ion in th e field of higher education. The President hopes th at an increasingl1 important source of revenue wil l be corporate gifts inspired by the philanthropy of the Ford Foundation and by a number of corporations which have made substantial gifts in recognit ion of private industry's stake in private education. Particularly significant is the fact that during the past year 183 corporations contributed $287,025.41 to the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, to be shared by the 12 private member co!Jeges. The Virginia Foundation , which got energetic leadership from Dr. Modlin who is current ly its president, was fifth among 38 similar organizations throughout the country in total funds received and third i11 the average amount per member coll ege. This corporate aid, President Modlin hopes, will be an important supplement to other revenue which must come from the Baptists of Virginia , the alumni and alumna e through their annual funds, and through an increase in student fees. The president wa s outspoken in appreciation of the financia l support received during the past decade from the Baptists through the cooperative program of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Last year alone the Baptist support exceeded $200 ,000. The President's concern about the future pointed up an educational paradox in striking contrast with business experience. In education , the more "customersÂˇÂˇ (students) th e Treasurer Charles H. helps Commencement

more difficul t it is to mak e ends meet. The exp lanation lie s, of course, in the fact that th~ U niv ersity los es money on each studen t, since none pays more than 60 per cent of the cost of hi s ed ucation.

Enrollment Up President Modlin feels therefore that there must be an increase in fees as the "pressure of enrollm ent rises" during the next decade to what ed ucators are agreed will be an alltime high throughout the Un ited States. ( Th e upward trend in enrollmen t ha s already begun in the und ergraduat e colle ges and was reAected in the largest graduating class since 1953. Th e tota l of 268 w as 45 above the 22 3 of last year.) The pre sident rea ffirmed what h e belie ved should be the University's policy con cerning enro llm ent, emp h as izin g th e University's " heavy ob ligation to serve its constituenc ies as fully as it is ab le." Th e U niversit y therefore "m ust increase its enrollmen t to the extent that its fac ilities and fa culti es wi ll pe rmit , without lower ing its academi c stand ards. In ge neral , reg istration s should be restr icte d in each divi sio n to a figure beyond which the quality of education wou ld be impair ed and the personal relat:onships between stud ent s and faculty would be jeopa rdized." H e pointed out that as the enrollment Iimit s are approac hed, the Unive rsity can exe rcise a greater degree of select ivity, thuÂˇ, elevating the academic performan ce. ( At Westharn pton Coll ege, w here both dormitori es are filled to capacity and enrollment necessar ily limit ed, the scholarship is the high est in the school's hi story.)

New Dorms Needed Dormitory facilities for men are cons idered by Pr esident Modlin to be the University ':;

Wheeler, 111,secretary of the Board of Trustee s, Speaker Carlos P. Romulo don his academ ic regalia .

chi ef physi cal need at th e present time . Althou g h Wood Memorial H all, which is now under construction and should be complet ed for use in September, will ho use some 75 additional student s, severa l more such dormitori es are urgently needed. President Modlin put new dormitories for men and a building to hous e the School of Business Administration at th e top of the list of new buildings which must be constructe d to care for the grow ing needs of an expa nding Unive rsity. Although the Univ ersity was bequeathed $225, 000 by L. U. Noland, Newport News industrialist , this sum is insufficient to constru ct th e building th e school needs in carrying on its program. Dr. Modlin in hi s rep ort of the 10 years of his pres idency cited th e estab lishm ent of the School of Business Administration as the most important sing le accomplishm ent of the decade. (The selection of a successor to Dr. F. Byers Mill er, who organized the School and serv ed with dist inction as its first dean , is one of the problem s now facing th e administration. D ean Mill er resig ned to become executive director of th e National Asso ciation of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers in Chicago, effective September l. ) In addition to the Business School bu ilding an d the new dormitori es, oth er buildin gs on the age nd a are a fine arts buildin g to meet the expa ndin g needs of mu sic, drama and other arts, a swi mming pool for Westhampton and a swimm ing pool an d field hou se for Ri chm ond College, and a University auditorium to seat 2,5 00 p ersons. (The remarkable g rowth of the dep artment of musi c und er the leaders hip of Dr. John R. White has serve d to empha size th::: need for bett er ph ysical faciliti es for th is department which is expe cted soo n to v ie

with the very best in the entire South.) Every alumnus of the University can look with sat isfact ion upon the recor d of the Un i\Âˇersity throu gh the years and can note with approva l the leade rship of the pas t de cade. Every member of the graduating class wh o received hi s degree at the finals on Jun e 4 kn ew that th ere was nev er a tim e wh en a Unive rsity of Richmond dip lom a was held in high er esteem.

"Never So Good" Th ey knew also that there nev er was a time w hen from an economi c standpoin t prosp ects were rosier. From th e pla cemen t officers of Richm ond College, the School of Business Administration , Westhampton College and The T . C. Williams School of Law came th e same sto ry: "Th ey never had it so good." Alumni of 1930 vintage who w ere thankful to land any job and happy if it pai d as mu ch as $100 a month will be sligh tly popeyed and understandably envious of the young gent lemen and young ladi es of th e class of 1956. Perhaps the most unbe lievable stat istic is that one of the memb ers of the class of '56 accepted a teaching job that w ill pay $4,50 0. This salar y is fa r, far above the genera l teaching level, D ean Edward F. Ov erton , '31, adm itted sad ly but at the same time he point ed out that teachers' salari es are on the way up. The average was about $3,000 for beg innin g teachers, with northern Virginia and out -ofState schools paying the bett er salaries. D ean of Students C. J. Gray, '33, at R ichmond Co ll ege, Dean of Students Josephin e Tu cker, '23, at Westhampton , and Dir ector of Pla cement Thomas S. Berry at the School of Business Administriation were agreed on (Continued on /iage 19)

Seated in the historic Blue Room of North Court just before th e commencement exercises in the Luther H. Jenkins Greek Theater are General Romulo ; Representative J. Vaughan Gar y, '12; Walter S. Robertson, assistant Secretary of State for the Far East ; Judge J. Hoge Ricks, '08 , who received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, and President Modlin .

THE OLD GRADSRETURN

Horace L. Ford poi nted As outthe theRev.hundreds of alumni and al umnae in Millhiser Gymnasium represented many shades of differences in matters political, economical, phi losophical and religious. But all were united in their admiration of and affection for the "ma n of devout faith" whose portrait wa s being unveiled at the annual dinner. This man - Dr. Solon B. Cousins, for many years head of the Depart men t of Religion - had "translated" this faith, as Ford pointed out, " into sympathetic compassionate service for G od and man." Perhaps everyone at the dinner had occasion to think in personal terms of some occasion when he had been befriended by the genial, kindly Christian gentleman wh o had spent most of his active ministry in Virg inia but had never quite shaken off his tie t.o his native Georgia. In the same booming voice and with the same recourse to homely humor that had made him beloved in the pulpit and in the classroom, Dr. Cousins spoke to the University on " Conserving a Noble Tradition." He expressed the hope that as the University grows tremendously in students and resources that it will never lose its "human, homelike touch" that has characterized it since its humble beginning. When he had completed his address, he received an ovation from the assembled sons and daughters of Alma Mater. Then masterfully, Hora ce Ford , 37, pastor of Richmond's Broadus Memorial Baptist Church , who had serve d as chairman of the portrait committee, presented the portrait which had been painted by David Silvette. Jt was accepted for the University by Pres ident George M. Modlin. The portrait presentation climaxed the 0

SOLON B. COUSINS Alumni Day and Alumnae Day programs which were held a month earlier than the customary commencement week end. Members of the alumnae and alumni executives committees that made the decision to have the celebration at the earlier date felt that the change would be a popular one with the old grads for at least three reasons: There would be more activity on the campus, the campus would be at its prettiest, and the weather should be more favorable. It was on the third point that the planners were 100 per cent correct. The weather on May 5 was ideal, sunny but not too warm. On June 2 ( the traditional date for the celebration) the heavens opened and the rains fell. Three inches. While the executive committees were not willing to take any bows as weather forecasters, they felt that the alumni and alumnae found a great deal more activity on the campus on May 5 than they would have found on June 2 . In general the old grads seemed to feel that the earlier date was preferable, although some of the alumnae felt that perhaps there was too much activity in

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the joint May Day-Alumn ae D ay progams . May Day was unusually colorful and included , in addit ion to th e games on the green and the pomp and ceremony of the coronation in the Luth er H . Jenkins Greek Theater, a ballet at n ight at which the story of Cind erella was enacted. The alumni spent the afternoon watching the Spiders notch anoth er victory in what was to be a successful quest for the Big Six championship. Mac Pitts 's men won in dramati c fashion in the ninth inning, 8 to 7. At Westhampton registration was followed by a faculty panel in Keller Hall , while the men were being taken on a conducted tour of the newest addition to the University plant , the Wood Memorial Dormitory. The "sidewalk superintendent 's tour" was conducted by Dr. R. E. Loving, '96, professor emeritus of physics , who for the past several years has lived in Thomas Hall , a stone's throw from the new building. Participants on the alumnae panel were Dr. Helen G. Stafford of the history department; Dr. John R. White , head of Âˇthe department of mus ic; Dr. Edward W. Gregory , head of the department of sociology, an d Dr. Robert F. Smart, chairman of the depart ment of bio logy. Dr. Marguerite Roberts presided. Members of the Westhampton and Rich mond College senior classes were guests of honor at luncheons on both sides of the University Lake, over which Alumnae President Mary Mills Freeman, '3 5, and Alumni President J . Earle Dunford; ' 15, presided . Mr. Dunford later presided over the joint dinner. (Note: Excerpts from Dr. Cousins ' address at the joint dinner and Mr. Ford 's remarks in presenting the portrait will be found on page 7.)

Registration

Luncheon At Westhampton

It's May Day , Too

Sidewalk Superintend ent s

Faculty Panel

Safe At Home. Foster Scores For Richmond

MAKINGREALTHE UNBELIEVABLE \\

BY ROD YOUNG his gaily colored stick, Mr. Punch, that grotesque, demoniacal prnppet who has been around literally for ages, raced down the hallowed halls of North Court towards his private sanctuary, the University Puppet Studios. The University of Richmond hasn't been the same since Mr. Punch and his compatriots found their winsome way to this place of refuge . Since his arrival at the University Mr. Punch has been busily presenting impressive evidence that his fantastic art form is a crystallization of beauty, form, movement, color and fun. He is more than happy to open doors to the magic world in miniature that is the timeless art of puppet theatre. Some m.onths ago the golden beam of a hidden spotlight bathed the small stage of the Univers ity's Puppet Studios in ethereal light as an intent audience sat hushed and spellbound by beauty. Stately rod-puppets were presenting a performance of the Nativity. More recently a University vesper audience was entranced as colored, moving shadow figures enacted the story of David and Goliath. And why not puppets in con-

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temporary biblical story tell ing? Audio visual aides are nothing new in biblical teaching . The puppets bring closer that feeling of unreality of .form in space which has long been the dream of creative man. When the first earth inhabitant stepped from his cave into the warm, bright sunlight and saw his moving shadow on the ground, the puppet was born . No doubt our primitive man cried out in fright and ran back inside his cave. Much later in our time span when small animated figures were utilized in chur ch pageantry they were referred to as "littl e Mary's" which later became "mario nettes, " the name given stringed puppets. Pupp etry is the creation of personality in the inanimate object to provide animation. The puppet theatre offers a unique opportunity to the college student for the understanding of many arts. All must work together for a unified result. The value of any subject to the curriculum is determined by its contribution to the educational program. Th e theatre arts have a special function since entertainment and recreation are basic human needs which the theatre satisfies in a type of

JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS. Rod Young, instructor in pupp etry a t the University of Richmond, has a real affection for some of his puppet friends . Such good fel,lows as Hugo W . Wrat who is perched in his lap, the rabbit, Pistachio, and above them, Percy Q . Mouse. The guiding light of the University's Marionette Repertory Theater is Dr. Caroline S. Lutz of the English department .

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"NEIGHBOR" PINCHBECK. The good dean of Richmond College is among the campus celeb rities who have been brought to the puppet theater stage.

creative activity which also has beneficial social aspects. Althou gh t.he origin of the puppet is buried in antiquity, we know from early records that puppets have always appealed to the simpl est and greatest minds alike. In Japan the classic pupp et theat r e is taken as seriously as any of our Shakespearean dramas. It is not unusual for a Japanese to take his lun ch and enjoy his puppet experience for a full day. Italian traditional shows are said to continue for month s at a time in serial shows attended for the most part by the older male popu lace. Every country seems to have a traditional puppet figure who embodies the philosophy, the customs and the character of the adopted land. Everyone seems willing to ~it back and roar at the comic personage lampooning their culture. This willingness to laugh both with and at oneself might be a secret of the charm of puppetry. Just as the famous George Sand and her son, Maurice, loved puppets because of the means of giving soul to the unreal, this close and intimate association that one finds in puppetry brings release as in no other way. Pupp ets ranging from Edgar Allan Poe, Dean May L. Kell er and D ean Raymond Pinchb eck to the Richmond College Spider have trod the boards at Westhampton . A recent entrant to the puppet tanks is Hugo W . Wrat, born and bred under Beacon Hill from a fine old Boston line of wrats . A water wrat of excellent taste, particularly for rare cheese, Hugo came to the Puppet Studios direct from a career in the Water Wrat Navy (Continued on page 36)

ON CONSERVINGA NOBLETRADITION* itself must be rescued from the traditions that are associated with it. To some it may suggest a dead hand that blocks new ideas and paralyzes progress. To others it may be the consecration of the obsolete. And to many it may savor of sentimental custom which is outdated, outmoded and outworn. It is imposing horse and buggy ideas on a generation keyed to the tempo of jet planes. In Government and social conventions tradition seems not to present any problems . But in education and religion the word has for some while been suspect. When things have not gone too well in these fields the conclusion has frequently been drawn that we have been throttled by some form of mental siavery and that our liberations can be secured in shaking off the graveclothes that have bound us. So, in many seats of authority the waste-basket has taken on importan ce. And old wells have been filled, not that the water was impure but the pump was old fashioned. When the play was not a success the trouble was not with the actors but with the mechanics of the stage and the scenery. To be sure, tradition has often been a barrier to advancement, and the weight of custom has retarded progress. Always "the letter killeth." To cling to a fixation when all it has to commend it is the sanctity of age is to live in a nostalgic past, wistfully to wish for a future that cannot arrive and meanwhile to ignore a sacred present. But there is another side to the record and one which we might profitably play and hear. On one side of the record we play,

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at its best. And when that tradition , the tradition of free men in a free world, bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, was endangered, he rallied the people of America to a level of idealism that they had not known before or since. So-Churchill , when the British Empire was staggering to apparent defeat under the blows of Nazism, changed despair to victory by beseeching his fellow countrymen to remember who they were and the tradition in which they stood. And whether in defending a country or maintaining the honor of a family name, there is power in a noble tradition. , , , The real progressives are the conservatives. Dean Inge in writing of What Life Has M eant to Me said, ' 'There is nothing so reactionary as being up to date." Indeed from the Hebrew prophets down to this night the true prophetic voices have been those who have insightfully seen drifts, traces, trends, symptoms and have called generations back from long detours to what is fundamental, basic, permanent. Some Isaiah living in a period of international tensions set religionto the religion of their desert faith-trying

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SOLON BOLIVARCOUSINS*

So say we all. Nothing is good simply because it is old, and nothing is true simp ly because it is new. Imagine our plight now if new ideas had not been accepted. Think of where we would be if the opponents of scientific thinking and discoveries had won their fight. We would not now have what civilization we do have. But if the "good" had not been conserved "the jungle would have engulfed us again." Our most precious possessions in the home, in the community, in our social and religious institutions, in the nation, are our traditions. , , , This year here in Virginia we are celebrating the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson. The dust of controversy which blinded partisan eyes to his vision of a free world has been laid low. The bitter Babel of raucous voices that were lifted against his crusade for a League of Nations that would assure the peace of mankind have been silenced. Symbol was he, interpreter was he of the American tradition

REPRESENT a host of people - from many walks of life- with varying degrees of difference in matters of politics, economics, philosophy and religion - but people whose hearts beat like one on this occasion as we pause to honor a man so worthy of our admiration and esteem. Some of this group are colleagues of our honored guest on the faculty of our beloved University. Some are business men. Some are doctors, or lawyers, or politicians, or preachers . Many of us hav e had the coveted privilege of "sitting at his feet''-and under the impact of his wise and sympathetic influence- have been inspired to build for ourselves moral and spiritual foundations upon which the whole superstructure of our religious and philosophical life has been erected. Many of us who are ministers are quite certain that we are what we are today largely because of the tremendous influence of this man upon our lives. Our longing to be a part of that endless and eternal caravan that is forever searching for new truth; the capacity tc lay hold of the unchanging factors in a changing world; the spirit of unruffled serenity and quiet determination which leads us to strive for righteousness in the face of brutal and tyrannical injustice ; that sense of inward peace and stability that carries us triumphantly through moments of profound crisis. We believe that these and many other qualities which motivate us on lif e's higher

*Excerpts from address by Dr. Solon B. Cousins , professor of religion, at the annua l alumnae-a lumn i dinner in Millhiser Gymnasium , Saturday, May 5.

*Excerpts from remarks by Rev. Horace L. Ford , Âˇ3 7, at the presentation of the portrait of Dr. Cousins at the joint alumni-alumna e dinner.

New occasions teach new duties Time makes ancient good uncouth We must still be up and onward Who â&#x20AC;˘would keep abreast of truth ...

persuade Jerusalem and Judah to set religion, reverence for Almighty God in their designs; some Jeremiah, noblest and most progressive figure of a decadent era, standing in the market place entreating a heedless people to "ask for the old paths and to walk therein." Now these men were not fit subjects for an ecclesiastical Smithsonian Institution. They were scholars. They could read the signs of the times. And they discerned th e things that make for peace, for sanity. They were moderns in their day. So modern that they had their heads cut off for their revolutionary ideas. They foresaw that to go farther they had to go back and recover principles that are ageless and unaging. They were the spokesmen of a new order -an order resting back on unshakeable foundations. They stood in the great tradition and they were, at the cost of their lives and popular acclaim, defending it. f , f There is a University of Richmond tradition. One of the rare experiences I have had in anticipating this evening has been living for some while with the creators of that tradi-

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levels have been greatly stimulated and made real by the profound impa ct of this man of God upon our lives. While some whom I represent may not have had the privilege of a student-teacher relationship with our honored guest, at the same time, they gratefully acknowledge the spiritual enrichment which he has brought into their lives. To some, he may have ministered while serving as the beloved pastor of the Second Baptist Church here in Richmond. To others, it may have been just a casual but tremendously significant ministry which found its point of contact here on the college campus. To many it may have been just a word of sympathy or encouragement spoken in a moment of extreme crisis. It may have come in the form of a personal handwritten letter as they stood within the shadow of some tragedy or sorrow. But whatever the medium through which that ministry has come- these men and women whom I represent are very definitely convinced that their lives are richer and more meaningful because this hand of tenderness and sympathy was extended to them in a moment of perplexity and despair. In this ministry they felt the warmth of a passionate heart; they saw the beauty of a devoted and sincere soul; they caught a vision of an unencumbered mind ; they were inspired by a man who reflects in his own life a faith to live by, a purpose fit to live for, and a divine companion fit to live with. This, we believe, is the man whom the (Continued on page 35)

THEYLIKEOUR GRADUATES By CLARENCE J.GRAY, '33 and THOMAS S. BERRY Placement Directors, Richmond College and the School of Business Administration, Who find that business and the professions welcome U. of R. men of Class of 1956 are at a premium all over as prospective employers have competed sharply for the best of this year's crop of graduates. Never before has this campus seen so many company interviewers, or so many jobs availab le, or such high offers. To the credit of our graduating classes let it be said also that the interest of seniors in placement activities has been greater this year than ever before. This has not always been the case. In some years when jobs have been plentifu l, interest has lagged. Companies are assessing their personnel needs well in advance and are making their recruiting plans earlier than in the past. As this story goes to press, we have already signed up more companies for interview dates next season than we normally used to have in an entire year. In addition, some company representatives like to look over the most promising juniors, with summer work programs as an added attraction. In spite of the rush for graduates, we cannot say that there has been any sacrifice in selection standards. Large corporations with training programs geared to their particular needs seem to be interested in all qualified seniors regardless of college major. This significant comment by a leading executive, Clarence Randall, chairman of Inland Steel, is quoted in an article iu the April 1956 issue of Fortune: "For the perpetuation of management in corporate life we require men trained in the creative and imaginative qualities that come from a general education. We want, first of all, a man who has demonstrated that he can master any subject. And above all, we require a man who has the intellectual courage to tackle something for which he was not trained. A business leader must be able to talk with confidence on unfamiliar ground." The larger companies have also been interested in qualified candidates even though they are liable for military service . The placements listed below will show that some of our men will interrupt after a brief work exper ience to go into uniform. Smaller companies with immediate vacancies to cover, ordinarily require veterans or draft-exempt men. The greatest demand for our graduates has been in the fields of chemistry, physics, mathematics, accounting, teaching, insurance, management, training, sales, production, and retailing. Across the nation, short ages in engineering, the sciences, acco untin g, and teaching are acute. Opportunities for women are better th is year than last, with attractive job offers for chemistry and mathematics majors, increased openings in administrative OLLEGE MEN

C the country,

work in business and industry, and the usual large number of teaching positions. Starting salaries in business, industry and government positions have reached a new high, with a range of offers from $275 a month to $475 a month. Our experience her e at the University of Richmond indicates that, on the average, salaries have increased about $50 a month. Teachers' salaries still suffer greatly in competition with job offers of this kind . A realistic average for teachers is about $3000 for the school year, although the range of actual offers was from $2700 to $4500, the latter a combination teaching-coaching job out-of-state. We turn our attention now to actual placements in business, industry, government, the Law, the military, and teaching. To round out the story we shall give a picture of the large number of placements in graduate and professional schools.

Business, Industry, Government, Military Business School graduates with majors in accounting who have accepted jobs include George Bailey, now with Leach, Calkins, and Scott; John Beasley, with R. S. Montgomery; and William Higgs, who is with Baker, Brydon, Rennolds, and Whitt. Clyde Bellamy is tackling a special accounting project with the Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Co. until he goes in the Army via R.O .T.C. this September. Frazier Hoover, another R.O.T.C. graduate, was accepted for the accounting training program of Esso Standard Oil Co., and will report for Army duty in September. Henry Horowitz and Randolph LaPrade have both taken federa l civil service appointments with the General Accounting Office. Harold Mims and Robert Winckler have joined the staff of Andrews, Burket and Co. and in the Fall will go on active duty with reserve commissions in the Army and Air Force, respectively. Other accounting majors include James Morholt, who has joined Lybrand, Ross, Brothers, and Montgomery in New York for about a year's work before military service; and Murray Siegel, who will have about two months with the Richmond office of Ernst and Ernst before he goes into uniform as a new second lieutenant in the Air Force. Two Business School finance majors who have reported job acceptances include Paul Hammond, who will be ~ special projects accountant with the American Viscose Corp . in Front Royal; and Vincent J. Meads, Jr. , who has join ed the staff of the International General Electric Co. in New York City. Aubrey Thomas goes with

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the Richmond office of the Trav elers Insur ance Co., in auditing . He will be joined there by R. E. Swain, a manag ement major, who is to be an underwriter trainee, and a Richmond College English major, J. Robert Wingo, who is training for a special agent's position. Jim Roland (psychology) will take his special agent's training with the Travelers in Philadelphia. A number of other insuran ce company appointments, principally salaried positions, have been accepted by RC, SBA, and Law School graduates. Jack Wilson ( sociology) will travel north to accept a special agent's position with the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co. in Springfield, Mass. Jim Wheatley (political science) has until September with the Mutu al Benefit Life Insurance Co., and then will interrupt for Army duty as an R.O.T.C. graduate. Robert L. Mays, Jr. (economics) and John H. Fetherston, Jr. (English) are with the Indemnit y Insurance Co. of North America, in the Rich mond office and the Newark, N. J., office, respectively. Homer Ford (management) is continuing his career with the Lawyers Title Insurance Corp . in Richmond. Life insurance sales wiil occupy the time of Edwin Wright ( accounting) wit h the Life Insurance Co. of Virginia; and Anthony Silveri (management) with the Home Beneficial Life Insuran ce Co., of Richmond. Earl E. Tinney, of the Law School, journeys to Huntington, West Virginia, to enter the Law Department of the State Farm Mutual. Two other Law graduates, Thomas E. Collins and Frank E. Fleenor, Jr. will join the legal staffs of insurance companies here in Richmond. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., will have a strong continge nt of management trainees from Richmond College and the School of Business Administration. In the group are Bernard Ragl and (accounting), winner of the Alpha Kappa Psi Scholarship Award, who will have Air Force duty in January 1957; and that popular pair of ODK's, Ed Harrison (marketing) and Walt Lysaght (economics). Ed was the winner of the Norman Medal and Walt a top-ranking Phi Beta Kappa. Other C & P trainees are J. Robert Rutledge (psychology), Lindsay S. Tucker (political science), and Thomas Z. Mills (management). Tom will go into the Army Transportation Corps in the Fall. E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. will have four of our graduates. ODK Gary Kalbaugh, a personnel major and president of the SBA Student Government, enters the production department of the DuPont plant in Waynesboro, prior to Army duty in May (Continued on page 22)

Dr. Sidney A. Slater, '07, Learned How to Lick T. B. by

BreakingThe Chain Of Infection By A MONG

THE MEMBERS

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fl. who stepped forward to receive degrees conferred by the University of Richmond (then Richmond College) on a day in June, 1907, was Sidney A. Slater, a young man whose future accomplishments in the tuber culosis eradication program would be so numerous and of such high qualiity as to win for him worldwide recognition . At the time, however, young Slater did not feel like a potentia l international figure; he was simply a gratified graduate with a B.A. degree. Behind him lay his childhood at Enfield, Virginia, where he was. born August 26, 1884, his public school training in King William County, and his student days at Rid1mond College. Ahead stretched the years at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond (from which he would receive the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1909); after that would come his internship (in Richmond City Hospital) , and general practice. Beyond that point he couild not see. Nevertheless , he was already a dedicated young man . . . . From 1910 to 1912, Dr. Slater was a general practitioner in West Virginia. The following year he went to Grand View Sanatorium, Oil City, Pennsylvania , as superin tendent and medical director. He remained there until January , 1919, when he resigned to assume similar duties at Southwestern Min nesota Sanatorium , Worthington, Minnesota, and began his wholehearted , dramatic fight against tuberculosis. From the beginning, Dr. Slater had a vision of tUJbercu losis control which carried through to the ultimate eradication of the disease. He had entered college about the time that the National Tuberculosis Association was organized. Durin g his school years, inoluding medical school and internsh ip, he saw tuberculosis at the height of its destructiveness in the United States- nearly 200 people out of every 100,000 were paying with their lives because no one haid yet conceived of a way to control the spread of this scourge.

J.A.

MYERS, M.D.

the general practitioner 's vital role and acted according ly.

The "Team Concept" Today, perhaps, there may not seem to be anything revolutionary in the "team concept" of treating and controlling tuberculosis. Thirty-seven years ago, however, the idea that the office of every physician was ( and still is) a TB center where the lates.t information and methods on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the disease were to be known and practiced- this ideal had yet to gain, universal acceptance anÂˇd practice, although it is now being generally adopted by tuberculosis specialists. Just what was the role of the family physician on the team of TB control and treat ment as ,defined by Dr. Slater? Of course, the general practitioner's office was the detection center where the new cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed. When the patients arrived at the sanatorium, they heard praise for their own physicians, which seemed to bolster their

confidence that things were not too black aifter all. During their stay in the institution, Dr. Slater kept in close touch with the family doctors, invit ing them to visit their patients freely and thus maintain their trust; for the work of the general practitioner was not over when his patient was discharged! Prior to the time when a person was to leave the sanatorium , Dr. SlaJter would inform the family physician that his patient was returning home and that full responsibility for "postsa n" care rested upon him . The patient was instructed to return to his doctor and to keep himself under close observation with periodic examinations. The success of this team concept in practice was attested to by the fact that soon the lowest mortality, morbidity and infection attack rates in the state were registered in the counties, of this sanatorium district. This in an era when it was rare for a tuberculous person to enter a sanaitorium whose disease was not so far advanced ( and contagious) that many were within days or weeks o.f death on admission! (Continued on page 37)

T. B. His Enemy

In 1912 tuberculosis had become his personal enemy, forcing him to abandon his career temporarily for rest and treatment, but leaving him with a firsthand knowledge of the disease and a determination to fight it that no texbbook or lecture series could ever provide. In addition, his two years in the general practice of medicine had afforded a sound viewpoint as to the importance of the "G.P." in controlling tuberculosis; therefore, when he became medical director o.f the Southwestern Minnesota Sanatorium, he recognized

TUBERCULOSISIS HIS PERSONALENEMY. When tuberculosis laid him low in 1912, Dr. Sidney A. Slater swore eternal vengeance. On e of the nation 's great men in T.B. eradica tion, Dr. Slater has given 37 years to Southwestern Minnesota Sanatorium, a post from which he will retire this year. Above he is examining the chart of one of his patients at Southwestern. [ 9

STUDENTLIFEAT OLD EDINBURGH been said that "Edinburgh is pure theatre." This expression refers, 0 on the one hand, to the large number of FTEN IT HAS

legitimate theatres in vhe city, the world -famous music and drama festival lasting three weeks in the late Summer, the numerous movie houses, the fine museums and art galleries, and the many places steeped in centuries of Scottish history. On the other hand, one thinks of the picturesque location of the City on the southern bank of the Firth of Forth ( an arm of the North Sea), the tremendous rock on which Edinburgh Castle stands, the Mound with its commanding view of the City as it slopes down to the Forth, Arthur's Seat (a mountain within a city), the unusual Sir Walter Scott Monument and the intriguing flower dock in the Gardens, and many beautiful churches . Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland governmentally and is also its capital in many other ways. Here is the center of Scottish culture and arts, the focal point of Scottish Presbyterianism, and one of the most outstanding universities in the world. Those of us who were fortunate enough to secure a room in the New College Residence ("dorm" in America) are ideally located. For, not only is the Edinburgh Castle just a block aibove us, but below our windows we look across the beautiful gardens into Princes Street, the main street in the City.

GRIDMEN SEEK QB REPLACEMENT Ed Merrick's 1956 eleven will bid for the fourth consecutive winning season under his tutelage . The U of R gridders have nineteen letter winners back for action and should show a speedy ground attack and a balanced aerial offensive. The big pre-season question mark is the quarterback slot. Ed has a trio of pretty good operatives to choose from in Jim Hoffman and Gerry Landis of Cumberland, Md. and Frank Gagliano of New York City. Hoffman, the only experienced signal caller, is a junior; Landis and Gagliano are sophs. Richmond will field one of the finest center-of-the-line combinations in the Southern Conference with Dick Eaton, a 6-2 220pounder at center flanked by Dave May, AllSouthern Conference and Don Hillegass, a three-year regular , at the guard slots. Soph Pat Lamberti and junior Fred Wilt or Jc:;rryMingus look like good bets for the tackle berths while the flank positions have Duke Thacker and Don Dziedziak at the left end and Lou St. Clair and Joe Biscaha at the right side of the forward wall. John Zupicich and Buddy Davis are experi enced hands at the fullback slot and George Riggs, David Ames, Mickey Marinkov, and Don Brown offer the depth at the halfbacks .

THEY LIKESCOTLAND. U. of R.'s five students who are now studying in the University of Edinburgh are unanimous in their appreciation of the charm of Edinburgh and the Scotch people in general. Left to right are Paul Garber, '51; Horace Twine, '51; William Winn, '49; Phillip Hart, '45. (Chester Brown, '52, was not present for the picture.) All are doing post-graduate theological study in New College which is the theological college of the University.

Just to our right is the artificially constructed Mound which leads across the Gardens and on to Princes Street, passing the National Art Galleries of Scotland which contain orig inal paintings oif Rembrandt, Raphael, Van Dyck and many others. On the East side of the Residence are New College's library and classrooms. One block back of the Residence is High Street. It has long been known as the Royal Mile because it connects the historic and oftbesieged Edinburgh Castle with Holyrood House Palace, both places having been the residences and prisons of royalty. The Palace is still the official Scottish residence of the reigning British monarch . Along this Mile are the now antiquated homes and one-time haunts of such notables as John Knox, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, and countless others. Along it kings and queens marched in royal procession and also fled for their lives. Here in the College we study under such noted scholars and authors as Principal John Baillie and Professors James Stewart and William Manson. Dr. Baillie and Dr. Stewart are also official chaplains to the Queen . In December, we only have about eight hours of daylight-from about 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Therefore, our classes begin at 9 :00 a.m. and usually are over at least by 3 :00 p.m. There is a good American custom at 11 :05 each morning after prayers[ 10)

a coffee break for both students and faculty. At 1: 15 p .m. we all have lunch together in the dining hall and there are delightful periods for fellowship with other students and with the faculty. Only about one-half of the approximately 250 students here are Scottish. The rest are from all over the world, with Americans constituting the largest foreign group. Students from Scotland, Ireland, England, America, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland , India, Formosa, China, and elsewhere mingle and study together, pray and play together , live together and yes, debate with one another. Such debate is usually as good -natured as it is inevita1ble,due to the fact that we have Presbyterians, Ba,ptists, Methodists, Congregationalists, Lutherans, Quakers, Disciples, Anglicans, and those of the Reformed Church and Salvation Army here. (The nearly twen ty Southern Baiptists here usually hold their own in this stronghold of Presbyterianism.) We've found the Scottish people to be everything they are reputed to be-honest , simple, hard-working, keen, friendly, and usually imperturbable. Many enduring friend ships have been formed between students of all nations but especially between American and Scottish students. They've made us welcome wherever we go in Scotland and we look forward with great anticipation to the rest of our stay. - HORACE E. TWINE, '51

BLOODYOKINAWA:Ten YearsLater As Seen By PHILIP FREDERICK, JR., '50 A Naval Medical Officer on 11The Rock " Where Everything Can Be Bought From Cokes to Cadillacs. EW AMERICANShad heard of Okinawa F until April 1945 when American soldiers an d marines stormed ashore to take the island at a cost of 49,000 casualties. Today , just a little over a decade lat er, only the most astutely observant of those original American fighting men would recognize the isfand as the site of the bloodiest fighting of the World War II Pacific campaign . Left a flattened , smouldering ruin by the fighting, the island today is a beehive of constructive activity. Although guns and tanks are frequently seen on "The Rock," as Oki nawa is semi-affectionately called by Am ericans, the casual observer is more impressed by the number of giant bulldozers , scrapers, and caterpillar tractors all aggressively clearing the land for new buildings . Everywhere on the flatter southern end of the island modern barra cks, dependent housing units, recreational faciliti es, warehouses, and administrative buildings are under construction on land whi ch for centuries had been rice paddies and sugar-cane fields. Not all construction is military , however. Th e main four Jane military highway which runs the length of the southern half of the island and connects the major military establishm ents is lin ed with Ameri can and Oki nawan commercial buildings. Selling everyth ing from new automobiles to Coca Cola, these civilian enterprises bring many luxury items not available at the military post ex-

changes and add to Okinawa a touch of home for the benefit of the multitude of Am erican civilians and military dependents who find themselves on the island. About seventy miles long and from two to ten miles wide , Okinaw a is the largest island of the Ryuku chain which stretches like stepping stones from Kyushu, the southernmost Japanese island, to Formosa . The rugged mountainous terrain of the northern part of the island rising from the Pacific on the east and the East China Sea on the west makes a splendid pictur e of oceanic beauty for the many travellers who pass Okinawa by air and sea. Because of its central location between Japan on the north and the Philippines and Formosa to the south, Okinawa is a familiar landmark to many of the Ameri can service personnel in the Far East. In spite of the almost picturesque beauty , the omnipresent relics of the battle for Okinawa are a constant and grim reminder of the thousands of dead of both sides who fought here. Almost every hill from Naha to Kadena is hon eycombed with caves and tunnels which formed the Japanese defensive positions. Although many entrances w ere closed during the fight or have been closed for safety purposes during the occupation, almost every hill has at least one remaining opening. Those who are willing to brave the hazards of live ammunition , reptiles, and cave-ins still find rusting guns, helmets and

. The new building is the University Library CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITYOF RYUKUS which was completed in November, 1955, on the site of the old Shuri Castle which served as Japanese Army headquarters atop Shuri ridge where the bitterest fighting of the Okinawa campaign took place . (Inset, Author Frederick.)

other relics of 1945 Japanes e vintage. Skin divers swimming among the shoreline coral formations almo st always discover unexploded shells. Occasionally bulldozers uncover grim reminders of the enormous loss of lif e. Judging from the vast amount of mon ey being spent on permanent buildings on Oki nawa, it seems likely that American forces will remain on the island long after our mili tary establishment vacates Japan . Perhap s Okinawa is destined to become the major Ameri can fortress in the Far East and to assume the role of "Keystone of the Pacific," as Okinawan license tags proclaim . If the American occupation of Okinawa has meant chang es in the physical appearance of the island, it has even more markedly affected the people. Nowhere in the Far East have West and East been more thoroughly and inseparab ly united than on Okinawa . Long regarded by the Japanes e as poor country cousins, the Okinawans in a typically Japanese manner have been quick in adapting to the sudden influx of West ern ideas and customs. Although most of the o:der Okin awans cling to their kimonos , obis, and wooden sandals, the younger generation, particularly the girls , have learn ed to dress in the highest tradition of a society belle on Easter Sunday. On an island of inconsistencies one of the most striking is the sight of a dolled up Okinawan girl in high heels , stockings, and tailored suit Jiving in a house which is flimsily constructed of wood with sliding panel doors and a thatched grass roof. Like many of their American counterparts, most of the Okinawan teenagers are fervid Hollywood fans and spend much of their leisure time pouring over the latest movie magazin es all written in Japanese. The striking characteristic of the Ok inawan young people is their joviality and wonderful sense of humor. After a conversation with an Okinawan the grins and often gales of laughter lead an American to suspect that he has either committed some hilarious "faux pas" or is a mislead Bob Hop e. Although almost every Okinawan family lost at least one loved one to the bombs and artill ery of World War II and many of the survivors bear shrapnel or burn scars, the passage of a decade has healed almost all of the ill will resulting from the war. Th e older Okinawans, who bear the more acute memories of the misery and death of wartime, tolerate the Ameri cans with quiet Oriental disdain. Th e youngsters, however, appear to hav e developed a real affection for the boisterous and by Japanese standards opulent Yankees. In either case the Okinawans realize they are (Continued on page 37)

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ALUMNI IN WASHINGTON CHURCHES EDWA RD J.FOX, '17* The number of Richmond alumni occupying positions of leadership in the Baptist chur ch es of Washington far exceeds what might be considered their proportionate share, considering the fact that the population of Washington is drawn from every state of the Union. The quality of leadership displayed by these alumni is even more outstanding than the numerical superiority. The first in alphab etical order would be Dwight Anderson , '48, a relative newcomer to the city, who since 1952 has been assistant pastor at First Baptist Church in W ashington. His brief period of service has been at a most trying time due to building operations during which the congregation has been dispersed in temporary quarters in different parts of the city. In addition to his regular pastoral duties , he has served as Secretary to the Baptist Ministers Conference and as a member of the D . C. Convention 's Committee on Evangelism. Alfred Bowers, '24, Superintendent of the Extension Department of D . C. Baptist Sunday School Association, for years has been a leader in his own church, the Bethesda Baptist, where he is currently serving as Treasurer. Joseph E. Carr, '49, Pastor of Morn ingside Baptist Church, although not a graduate, attended the University for a while during his preseminary days. John Coburn, ' 17, called to Fifth Baptist in Southwest Washington five or six years ago, soon found himself h emmed in and greatly restricted by the changing color lin e and sought greener pastures in one of the new suburban areas which are springing up like mushrooms on all sides of the city. For the past two years he has shephe rded a newly organized church at Forest Heights. The congregation is about to enter upon building operations. William J. Crowder, '24, has served the D. C. Baptist Convention as Director of the Department of Missions and Evangelism for the past ten or twelve years. His responsibility is to seek out suitab le sites for new mission stations, get them organized and find capable and willing sponsors for them. His greatest contribution has been the development of a convention-wide consciousness of need and a determined concerted effort to do something about meeting the church requirements * Author Fox , lay President of the D. C. Baptist Convention, has Jong been active in promoting the Broth erhood-Council , a convention-wide organization of laymen which seeks to stimu late interest among men in their own chur ch and to promote felJowship among membe rs of the severa l churches. Included in its program for this year is a laymen 's retreat in \l(/ashington this summer for the Atlan tic area extending from Main to Flo rida. In his own church, the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist, Mr. Fox has served as teacher, deacon, trustee , treasurer, and Sunday School Sup erintend ent. As a member of the church's building committee, he sugges ted the desi);n that was adopted for the first unit of its new church home near Tenley Cir cle. His son, Edward Jr., '50, is song leader for the Brotherhood-Council and a member of the Education Committee of the Convention. He and hi s wife are active in the music and education programs of the First Baptist Church of Silver Spring.

of the rapidly developing suburban communities . He has manag ed to persuade some of the older established churches in the city proper to sponsor newly organized missions in these new areas and help them until they could stand alone. Now many of these stations have become established churches and are in turn helping to establish other stations. His work in the division of evangelism is no less outstanding. He has just completed plans for the seventh annual convention-wide simultaneous evangelistic campaign. Menter P. German, '27, current President of the Baptist Ministerial Conference, has been pastor of Bethany Baptist Church for many years. Under his leadership, Bethany , Highlands, and North Washington Baptist churches combined memberships and pooled

resources to build a handsome new church edifice at the corner of Colorado A venue and Fourteenth Street, N.W. It was in this build ing that Pr esident George M. Modlin addressed the 76th annual session of the D. C. Baptist Convention in 1952. Joseph F. Gulick, ' 10, now retired from the Patent Office and from most of his church activities, still carries on as a private Patent Attorney and as a substitute teacher of the Men's Bible Class at Chevy Chase Baptist Churd1 . A much younger Edward T. Hooper, '49, has just recently taken up his duties as Superintendent of Sunday School at First Baptist Church of Silver Spring . Edward H. Pruden, '25, a Past-pr esident of both the American , and the D . C. Baptist Convention, has been pastor of histori c First Baptist of Washington for more than tweno/ years. Luther Rice was a member of this (Continued on page 37)

SPIDERS POST IMPRESSIVE RECORDS IN BASEBALL, TRACK AND TENNIS

By JAY KAPLAN, '57 ALTHOUGH

WINNING

the Big Six baseball

ÂŁl. title is getting to be an old story, it still brings a new thrill to the Red and Blue 's '"Silver Fox" who has just piloted home his ninth championship team. The 1956 Pittm en won it the hard way with a great stretch finish in which they captured seven of the last ten contests. Th e sweetest victory of all was the 6-2 triumph over Virginia which was fashioned by a clever lefthand er, John Dav enport , with the aid of some lusty hitting by Bucky Luck. Bucky Luck, who .can take a place beside the greatest outfield ers in U. of R. history, won a contract with the D etroit Tigers and is currently playing class B ball at Durham, N. C. Both Luck and Sid Foster, a good second sacker and a .357 hitt er, won berths on the all-Southern Conference team. But baseball wasn't the only spring sport in which the Spiders excelled. Coach Fred Hardy who has been doing an outstanding job as track coach finally reaped some of the fruits of his labor. His thinclads won seven of their eight dual meets. Only a heart-breaking loss to William and Mary in the final meet deprived them of the first undefeated track season in University of Richmond history . The tennis team won the right to be classed among the Red and Blu e's best with an 11-2 record- the best season since 1939. Chuck Straley, Richmond 's ace, won the Southern Conference singles championship and the Thalhimer Invitational singles and doubles crown. Although the golf team was on the short end of a 3-7-1 record, Coach James H . Barnett, Jr. did a good job in piloting the team through its first full season since being reactivated . All of the teams will have a rebuilding job to 90 to offset the loss by graduation

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of star performers. Perhaps the toughest task will be faced by Pitt whose baseball team lost such star performers as Luck, Davenpor t and Foster. Among those who will be back are two football players that Pitt moulded into good perform ers for the 1956 team- Mickey Marinkov a freshman from Lebanan , Pa., at short ,' and Joe Biscaha, another freshman, behind the plate. Biscaha, who hails from Passaic, N . J., shared the catchmg with the veteran Bill Lucas. The trackmen had won seven consecutive meets and were tied with William and Mary at 63-all until the final event of the eighth meet, the mile-relay , which the Indians captured. Tri-Captain George Riggs of Portsmouth, was the leading point producer with a total of 106. He scored well in the broad jump , the 100-yard dash, and the 200-yard low hurdl es. Jerry Vaughan paced the Spider weightmen with consistent victories in the shot and discus. Vaughan and Riggs will co-captain the 1957 team. In the wealth of talent returning next year will be Don Brown in th e 220; Ted Masters, 440; Page Wayni ck, 880, Warren Chukinas, mile and two-mile; Frank Gagliano , javelin , and Sherwin Beck in the pole vault. Straley will be back for the 1957 tennis team, along with Bob Collins, Bob Turner , Ben Mit chell and Lonni e Schorr, all of them capable performers. Joe Collins , who handled the second singles position, will be missed. Th e golf team will lose three of its outstanding performers - Footballer Lou Wacker and Basketeers Ed Harrison and Gil Moran - but have an outstanding prospect in Earl Spicer, a freshman .

JACK HAMIL TON TO EDIT NORTHERN VIRGINIA DAILY 1900From Columbia, Ky. , Joseph P. Scruggs sends his praises of the University's all-around expansion He congratulates Alma Mater on the new men's dormitory, on its increasing enrollment, on its athletic achievements, and on the successful alumni fund drive.

1903W. P. Clark writes that he has retired as Dean of the Graduate School of Montana State University and that now he is "going strong as a civic worker" and is thinking about going into politics "o n a small scale."

1908After many years of service as Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Richmond, James Hoge Ricks has stepped down from his office to the regret of all his admirers and friends.

1910George W . Sadler has recent ly returned from a missionary journey which covered approximate ly 30,000 miles. Most of his time was spent on an African safari, but he also touched the Middle East and Europe .

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Arthur D. Davidson, '05, who had served as editor of the Northern Virginia Daily at Strasburg, Va., since the first issue on September 15, 1932 , has stepped down from the editorial chair and has been succeeded by John A. Hamilton, ' 51. Hamilton, who won Phi Beta Kappa hon ors at the University of Richmond, was graduated in Jun e from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Previously he had served as editor of the Fort Lee Traveller during his Army hitch and later as a member of the staff of the Lynchburg News. While at Columbia he was Columb ia correspondent for the New York Tim .es. Although he had enrolled as a Root-Tilden

Scholar in the New York University School of Law following his graduation from the University of Richmond, he later shifted to Journalism, a career in which his father, Charles H. Hamilton , managing editor of the Richmond News Leader, had achieved eminence. At his graduation from Columbia he received an award of $300 for his work in newspaper law, after making the highest grade ever given at Columbia on a newspaper law examination. Last September Mr. Hamilton married the former Miss Nancy Bradsher, a newspaper woman who has worked on the staffs of the Salisbury Post, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and the New York f ournal-American.

In a letter from Hampton , George A. Jordan reminisces about some magnificent names in the history of the University of Richmond-Boatwright , Mitchell , Metcalf , Anders on, Loving , and Miss Ryland- and sends best wis hes for his Alm a Mater.

the president " under his signature when necessary . Dr. Henry W . Decker has been appointed as chief of staff for the Richmond Memorial Hos pita l.

1915John H. Ryland is now serving as superint enden t of the Bruington Baptist Ch urch in Wa lkerton, Va. , a position which he ha s held for 31 consecutive years. H e is also serving as chairm an of the Board of Deacons . R. Inman Johnson tells us that the trust ees of the Southern Baptist Theologica l Seminary hav e recently added "Alumni Secretary" to his teaching job. He also reports that he can add " assistant to

1916Word from the Rev. H enry Oswell Wyatt in Ardmore , Pa. , tell s us that he has been pastor of the First Baptist Church in Ardmore since March , 1950. ' Th e Rev. L. Bland Taylor has returned as the pastor of the Rehoboth Baptist Church after 37 years. Mr. Taylor is living in Rehoboth , Md. W. Hub ert Bahlk e ha s ret ired from the Standard Oil Company after 35 years of service . Our hope for a speedy recovery go to Mr. Bahlke who ha s been hospitalized for over a year.

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Archer B. Bass spent the past winter in Pasadena, Calif. , at work in the Huntington Library . His research concerned the topic, "Religious Persecutions in the Course of Christian History ." The Rev. A . L. Shumate writes that he has been doing pu lpit supply work for pastors and churches in Roanoke and vicinity since his retirement from the active pastorate in late 1953. H e began to serve as interim pastor for the Mill Creek Baptist Church May 1 of this year and will remain in this posit ion until a permanent pastor is secured.

1913The Rev. John Wesley Elliott, Jr. , writes from Westerly, R. I., of his retirement plans on October 1, 1956, after celebrating his 65th birthday August 19, 1956. Pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Westerly since 1950, Mr. Elliott has served 16 years with the American Baptist Publication Society, and 11 years as president of Alderson-Broaddus College and is now ready for a "quiet period at a little rural retireme nt spot in the hill s above the Mohawk Vall ey" in West Winfield, N. Y .

1914Odis B. Hinnant writes from Jacksonville, Fla., that the Y.M.C.A. has just bu ilt a new building there at a cost of over $1,000,000. Mr. Hinnant is general secretary of the "Y."

A. B. Marchant's career has taken him to various parts of the country, but wherever he went, leadership and participation in community activities followed. In his undergraduate days, A. B. was a leader. He 's been one ever since his gradua tion (1939) in both profess ional and civic circles. As a student, he captained the 1938 football team, was an all-state selection in both football and baseball and was president of his Kappa Sigma fraternity chapter. He joined John s-Manvi ll e Corporation shortly after graduation and has been with that company ever since. After 10 years at the firm's Jarratt, Va. , plant in several executive capacities, he became plant manager at Natchez , Miss., in 1949. At Natchez, he was president of th e Natchez Rotary Club, vice president of th e Natc hez Association of Commerce , presid ent of the Adams County Communit y Chest and a director of the Mississippi Manufa cturers Association. In January of this year, h e was promoted to buildin g products division plant manager at John s-Manville's Waukegan, Ill., plant, whe re a number of products are produced for the building industry. Although his time at Waukegan can be ( 13]

measured in months, he 's already become active in affairs of the Waukegan Rotary Club , Waukegan-North Chicago Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Manufacturers As sociation. Despite his busy schedule , Mr. Marchant maintains his interest in athletics two-fold . He shoots in the middle 70's on 18-hole rounds of golf. And the three children of Mr. Marchant and his wife, the former Virginia Shuman, are interested in sports, so football, baseball and swimming have become favorite family subj ects for the Marchants, who lived at 411 Hull Court, Wauke gan .

MERCER CONFERS LLD. ON B. C. HOLTZCLAW Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw , professor of philosophy at the University of Richmond since 1929 and dean of the Graduat e School since 1939, received the hono rary degree of Doctor of Laws from his alma mater, Mercer University, at commencement in Jun e. After graduating from Merc er, he was a Rhodes scholar. He received his A .B. and A.M. degrees from Oxford Univ ersity, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He taught at Cornell, New York Univer sity and Mer cer before coming to the University of Richmond.

position of Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Masons in Virgini a.

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0. B. Falls, Jr. (left) points out features of an atomic power plant to his manager of product planning.

0. B. FALLS,G.E. MANAGER OF MARKETING, TO MOVE TO CALIFORNIA IN SEPTEMBER 0. B. Falls, Jr. , ' 34, is going west- and atomic power is the reason for it. Obie is manager of marketing for General Electric Company's new atomic power equipment department at Schenectady, N. Y. The department will soon establish a manufacturing facility at San Jose, Calif., and Mr. Falls will move to Los Altos, Calif., about September 1. The department's first order was for $45,000 ,000 for a complete atomic power plant for Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago and associated utilities . In his work as manager of marketing, Obie directs the atomic power equipment

1917From Pullman, Wa shington , Claudiu s 0. Johnson writes that the sixth ed ition of his Government i11 the United States was published in March . The Rev. George We st Diehl is leadin g a full life in Lexington , Va ., where he is a rural pastor, a farm operator , an author , and an archivist for Rockbridg e Company. Mr. Di ehl 's Trails of Gl ory, a sequ el to The Flaming Frontier, is being run in serial form in th e Lexington Gazette. Ha rry A. Ru ssell is princip al of W est Carrollton, Ohio , High School.

1918The Rev. E. W . of H arlem Valley N. Y. The hospital of M ental Hygien e

Miller is serving as chaplain State H ospit al at Wingd ale, is a unit of the D epartment for the state of New York.

department's sales activities, advertising and sales promotion programs, market research and product planning. This new GE division devotes all of its time to the development and sale of systems and equipments for peacetime or commercial app lications of atomic energy. And Obie finds it a fascinating operation . "This is the most challenging business to be in and one with almost unlimited horizons for the future, " Falls said recently. "Furthermore, it is rapidly changing and we hardly know when we leave the office one day just what the new developments will be the next day."

Meade T. Spicer, Jr., writes that his office has been moved from the Mutual Building to 1309 State-P lanters Bank Building . W erter H . Hurt tells us about his five chi ldren, four of whom are University of Richmond alumni, the other being a University of Vir gini a medical doctor. Mr. Hurt is residing in Culpep er. P. B. Smith, Jr., has now comp leted his thirty first year as principal of t he Warr enton High School in Warrenton , Va .

1920Sam Bowman writes about his fri end , Gordon W. Shepherd, who is "one of the top men with the Depa~tment of Taxation and ha s mad e a spl endid record. " H e is now serving as liai son representative covering the whole Commonw ealth of Vir ginia.

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W. Braddock Hickman has been appointed Di rector of Economic Research for American Airlin es. Mr. Hi<:kman has been a member of the faculties of Princet on and Rutgers and, before joining American, was Supervisor of Economic Studie s for the New York Life Insurance Company and also Director of the Corporate Bond Research Project of the National Bureau of Economic Research .

1922From Summit, N. ]., comes word that A . B. Rudd, Jr., had a grand time at th e N. Y. Alumni Chapter meeting on April 24.

1923Dr . Addison M. Duval , of Washington , D. C., became a grandfather for the first time on March 2, as hi s on ly daughter welcomed a baby in Huntsville , Ala .

1924Robert R. Reese has been elected to the offi<:e of treasurer of the Sout hern Railway Supply Com pany in Richmond . From Arlington, Waddy D. Street informs us of the gift left to the University by his mother, Mrs. J. M. Street, in her will. Mr s. Street had previously set up the $3,000 Joseph Montford Street fund administered by the University in honor of her husband .

1925George Freedley , curator of the Theatre Col lection of the New York Public Library , received the Antoin ette Perry Award of the American Theatr e Wing to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of hi s founding of th e Theatre Collec-

tion. Mr. Freedley was also honored with the Kelcey Allen Award for " distinguished contributions to the progress of the American Theatre." Dr. William R. Pankey reports from Richmond that he is having the best year ever in his evange listic ministry and that his work is now nation wide . The Rev. W. Roy Carner, of G len Allen, Va. , has been appointed pastor of the Hi llside Baptist. Alma Mater wishes for Mr. Carner continued success in his Christian service.

FRED COOK NAMED PR DIRECTOR Two University of Richmond alumni have won promotions with Virginia Electric and Power Company. G . Fred Cook, '2 5, formerly Vepco manager at Portsmouth, has become director of pub lic relations for the company. C. T . Eubank, '49, has been promoted to supervisor in the records section of the payroll department. He formerly was a clerk in subsidiary records.

JULIUS H. FANNEY , JR., JOINS ESSO INDUSTRIA L HYGIENE STAFF Julius H . (Skip) Fanney, Jr., '51, has joined the staff of the Esso Research and Engineering Company at Linden, N . J., as an industria l hygiene field investigator for the medical division. Since 19S2 he had been an industrial hygienist for the Virginia State Hea lth Department, and earlier he had worked as a chemist for the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation at Pittsburgh, and later the Albemarle Paper Company in Richmond. In addition to his B.S. from the University of Richmond he has the degree of Master of Pub lic Hea lth which he received from the University of Michigan in 19S4. He is a member of Delta Omega, honorary public health professional fratern ity, and Phi Kappa Phi, national honor society.

19291926James B. Blanks, who is residing at La Grange College in La Grange , Ga. , has just been placed on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Teach er Education Council for two years. Dr. Clyde N. Parker will head the first full department of sociology at High Point College starting in September, President Dr. Dennis H. Cooke announced at the begnining of the year. Dr . Parker is current ly professor of sociology at High Point , a course which falls under the broad heading of social studies.

1927Norwood G. Greene has been transferred to Scranton, Pa., where he is Special Agent in charge of the United States Secret Service for the middle district of Pennsylvania. Thomas Eugene West is now guest instructor in piano and voice in the Toccoa Falls Institute in Ridgecrest, Georgia . Kenneth F. Lee, director of the State Division of Alcohol Studies and Rehabilitation, was a member of the four-man team which made a pre liminary study of the alcoholism problem among Indians in the Gallup , N. M ., area. In this work, he served as a consultant to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

1928The Rev. P. E. Taylor , who has completed eight years as pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church at Covington, Ky., is looking ahead to 1957 when his church will celebrate its 100 birthday. The Rev. Wilbur S. Sheriff assumed the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Williamsport , Pa ., October 15, and was eleGted chairman of the Commission on Social Service at the Pennsylvania Baptist Convention during the same month. Dave Herman recently celebrated his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary with his close friends and rel atives at a reception in the Willard Hotel in Washington , D . C. Mr. Herman , who was editor of The Richmond Collegian and also assistant sports editor of The Richmond Time s-Dispatch, now heads his own advertising and public relations agency in Washington . He is residing in Silver Spring, Md .

Mrs. Fanney 1s the former Barbara Beattie, 'so.

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Dave Buchannan writes that , after 19 years in Yonkers, he and his family have built a new place in Chappaqua, N. Y., on the former farm of Hor ace Greeley. He says that, instead of going West, they have moved further North. The Buchannan's even have a ski run right in their yard, and April 8, they put in a strenuous day gliding over 12 inches of snow . Thomas H. Austin has established residence in At lanta, Ga ., and is serving as resident vice-president for the Reinsurance Division of the Republic National Life Insurance Company of Dallas, Texas .

PHILIP MORRIS PROMOTES BRITTON Andrew C. Britton, '29, general manager of Philip Morris factories in Richmond and Louisville, has been named chief of manufacture for the tobacco firm. Mr. Britton, who will continue to make his home in Richmond, will supervise Philip Morris' manufacturing, production, engineering and personnel management in both Richmond and Louisville. His new assignment was part of a realignment of duties for several ranking executives of the tobacco manufacturing firm.

1930Lee 0 . Gaskins is presently serving as chief attendance teacher in Spartanburg County , S. C., a position which he has held since 1951. He has recently made a study of the school drop-outs in Spartanburg County for the years 1941-42 through 1953-54. T. C. Yeaman, division auditor of receipts for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia , has been chosen a national director of the National Office Management Association. The Rev. David Ray Hepler is in his 14th year as pastor of Fairview Baptist Church at Fredericksburg, Va. During his ministry , the church's membership has increased from 285 to 1,050.

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John Bagby, Jr., president of Pollard and Bagby, Inc. , Richmond realtors , was in April named a member of the Board of Review of Real Estate Assessments by Judge W. Moscoe Huntley of Hustings Court. In Apri l, employees of the A. H. Robins Company, Inc., in the United States, Canada , and some Latin American countries gave their president, E. Claiborne Robins , a surprise party on the occasion of his 20th anniversary as president of the pharmaceutical manufacturing concern. Altogether , the emp loyees contributed $4,200 in cash and checks, a gift which is to provide for a trip for Robins to a place and at a time of his own choosing. Bruce A. Morrissette was one of 13 members of the Washington University faculty in St. Louis, Mo. , to receive promotions to the rank of professor. Mr. Morrissette, who has been at Washington University since 1938, is now professor of Romance Languages.

1932The Rev. Floyd Thomas Binns was saluted with an article in the Colgate Rochester Bulletin for his twenty years of service in Virginia Baptist churches. Since going to Culpeper County in 1935, Mr. Binns has become known as a preacher, teacher, civic leader , and spor tsman.

1934William W. Seward , Jr ., gave the Irene Leache Memorial lectur e at the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences on March 9. Hi s topic was "The Mistake About H emingwa y."

CHARLESH. RYLAND HEADS LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Charles H. Ryland of Warsaw has been elected president of the University of Richmond Law School Association. He succeeds Judge Harold F. Snead of Richmond. Other officers are Judge C. Champion Bowles of Gooch land, vice president; Virginia Ivey of Richmond , executive secretary, and Harry L. Snead, Jr. , of Richmond, treasurer. New directors. who will serve three-year terms are Y. Mefvin . Hodges of South Hill , Emory L. Carlton of Tappahannock and L. Shields Parsons, Jr., of Norfo lk.

1935The Rev. Samuel A. Bagby will intern for a year at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital , Wins ton-Sal em, as he enters th e field of hospital chaplaincy. He has resigned as pastor of Fairmount Avenue Baptist Church, Rich omnd , a post he held for seven years .

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Simpkins and Par ker. wit h Richard H. C. Taylor, an alumnus of the University law School , as associate . Mr. Parker's offices are in the State-Planters Bank Building.

1940John T. Watkins , Jr. , of Suffield, Conn. , has become a member of the sales department of Monsanto Chemical Company's Plastics Division in Springfield, Mass. Mr. Watkins had been emp loyed for the past seven years as assistant superintendent of training and sales promotion for the Travel ers Insurance Company at Hartford , Conn. Born: Thanksgiv ing day, November 24, 1955 , a second son, Russe ll Timot hy H erri ng, to Dr. and Mrs. Russe ll H. Herr ing , Jr., of Crozet , Va . Dr. T. Stanford Tutw iler, of Watchung , N. J. , has been appointed a section head in the Products Research Divis ion of the Esso Research and Engineeri ng Company, the concern with which he has been in association since 1943. The Rev. C. A. Whit latch has moved his pastorate to the Trinity Congregationa l Church in Scranton , Pa. , as of May 15. Mr. Whitlatch report s that his new church is active in aJI phases of ch urch life. Dr. Rob ert Henry Fen nell, Jr., is now Assistant Professor of Patho logy at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Previously , Dr. Fennell had served as an insÂˇtructor in the Harvard Medical School, as an Assistant Professor of Pat hology at the University of Tenn essee, and in various hospita ls. Gus D ean Mandaleris is chief accountant for the Pepsi-Co la Bott ling Company of Richmond .

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B. Redwood Councill and his family have recentIv moved from Holland , Va. , to 7902 Dogwood Road , Richmond. Mr. Counci ll was promoted to the post of Assistant Commissioner of the Unemployment Commission of Virginia in December. Commander Walter G. "Windy " Winslow has been appo inted Chief of Pub lic Information for the N .A.T.O. in Norfolk. Dr. Robert T. Parrish sends a " thumb- nai l" sketch of his activities during the past 20 years which includ e college teaching, service in the U. S. Navy, and his pr esent position with the Creole Petroleum Corporation in lagunilla s, Estado Zulia, V enezu ela.

1937Charles W. Turner, of Lexington , Va. , served as chairman of the Railroad Historical section of the Am erican Historical Association in December , 1955 , and has written a book , Chessie's R oads, which was published in May. Born: A dau ghter, Sarah Bridges Ford , April 3. 1956, to Mr. and Mrs. Dors ey B. Ford , of Hopewell, Va . Dr. Thomas E. Hill , of the Department of Philosophy of M aca lester Co llege in St. Paul , Minn. , writes that his second book, Ethics in Theory and Practice, has just recently been publish ed by the Thomas Y. Crowel l Company of New York. Hi s first book, Contemporary Eth ical Theories, was published in 1950 by the M acmi llan Company.

1939F. Byron Park er has recently formed a Jaw firm with Edward P. Simpkins, Jr., under the name of

W ild life Service. "Wonderful place," he writes. W. R. Gambill announced that Sidney L. Bertz , a member of the class of '48, has become a member of the firm of Gambill, Minor and Wright , all of whom are U. of R. grads.

1943William B . Graham , of Mutual In surers , Inc. , of Richmond , has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Mutual Insurance Agents Association of Vir ginia and the District of Columbia . The election followed a thr ee-day annual convention in the Home stead at H ot Spring s. H. Addison Da lton is current ly serving as editor of Th e V irginia Acc ountant, quarterly journal of th e Virginia Society of Pub lic Accountants. Born : A daughter , Eli zabeth Todd , to the Rev. and Mrs . 0. Edwyn Luttrell, of Norfolk. Writes Mr. Luttrell: "E lizabeth Todd arrived in November, making two boys and two girls , balancing the male and fema le contingents." From D etroit, Jerry Gros s writes that he ha s just res igned from his sales and supervisory posi tion with Broyhi ll Furnitur e Factories in the New Jersey-Phi lade lphia area to associate himse lf with Abe Warshawsky in representing Amencan Furm ture Company of Martin sville, Va. , in the Detroit area and in Canada. The Rev. Elm er S. West, Jr., personn el secretary of the Baptist Fore ign Mission Board , spent five weeks in the countries in the southern area of Latin America in June and Ju ly. Mr. West's duty was to survey the conditions under which the missionaries Jive and work and also to eva luat e the need for additional perso nnel. From D eltavi lle, Va. , the Rev . I. Ray Baker writes: "Ju ne 30, 1956 , ended three happy years in the pastorate at Zoan Baptist Chur ch, Deltavi lle, Va. We look forward to many mor e years of usefu lness here." Born: Wa llace Jen ning s Horne , September 9, 1955 , to the Rev. and Mr s. Linwood T. Horne , of Petersburg , Va., their fourth child. Capta in Howard 0. Burnette wa_s recently graduated from the mi litary medical on entat10n course at the A rmy Medica l Service Schoo l, Fort Sam Hou ston, Texa s. The course stressed medical service in combat. Captain Burn ette has received orders assigning him to Sandia Base. Albuqu erque , N . M .

1944Robert P . Van Buren , of Richmond , reports that he has been promoted to lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve. More service news comes from Douglas W. Davis. He tells us that he's completed 20 month s of sea duty with the Pacific Fleet and is now Commanding Officer of the Naval Reserve Train ing Cent er in Richmond. Edgar M. Arendall, of Birmingham, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Howard Col lege in June . Haro ld J. Gordon , Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa. , had several articles published in the book, Th e Red Army, edited by Captain B . H . Liddell Hart and published in May.

1942The Hon. J. H. Montgomery became the second judge of Richmond 's 40-year-old Juveni le and Do mestic Re lations Co urt in Apri l. Montgomery was sworn in as the successor to Judge J. H oge Ricks. S. H. Knipe has just comp leted ten years with J.B.M. He is sett led in his new home at 15 Robert Drive , Chatham , N. J. D. E. Marab le has sold his paper, The Union Maj/ , and is begi nning a new job wi-th the Arthur Fu lmer Seat Cover Company as Sales Supervisor for the state of Florida. Wi lliam H . Bing ham is the new president of the Richmond J unior Chamber of Commerce. L. B. Sheffield, Jr., informs us that he has been in the southern part of Ill inois for four years working as a par k ranger for the U . S. Fish and

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Captain Charles K . Gutta s was graduated from the military medical orientation course and ha s been assigned to W illiam Beaumo nt Army Hos pital , Fort Bliss. Born: A son, Charl es Wayne, to Mr. and Mr s. Lewyn M. Oppenheim , of Arlington . . Th e Rev. Preston J. Tay lor reports that he 1s most happy as pastor of the First Baptist Church

WILLIAMS HELPS W-M ESTABLISHPRIORITY The College of Wi ll iam and Mary has added to its list of firsts- and a U111versity of Richmond grad uate had a prominent role in the achievement. At W illiam and Mary's 263rd commencement exercises, the coll ege's first degree of master of law and taxation went to D avid Oscar Wi lliams, Jr., a graduate of the University of Richmond and also an alumnus of Bluefield College. T he new taxat ion degree was established at Wi lliam and Mary duri ng the college's Marshall -Wyt he-Blackstone celebration in 1954. Anot her Unive rsity of Richmond alumnus, Senator A. Wi llis Robertson, '07, received an honora ry doctor of laws degree from Wi ll iam and Mary.

in the beautiful mountainous region of Mount Airy, N. C. The Rev. John P. Oliver, Jr., wri ,tes to us that his Chestnut Hill Church in Lynchburg, Va. , continues to grow , and that he and his wife, Margaret , never have a dull moment at home with their four lively youngsters. The Rev. William R. Snead , of Stevensburg, assumes his duties as pastor of the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Richmond, July 15.

1945Charles F. Kingery wr ites that he is in the process of buying a drugstore, that he and his wife are the parents of two children, and that he has been living in Franklin, Va., since 1951. Philip R. Hart sends us his new address: 70 Findhorn Place, c/ o Mclaren, Edinburgh , Scotland.

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Birth: A son, David Courtney Ross, arrived April 25 to the Rev. and Mrs. Zane Grey Ross in Indian Head, Maryland . Mr. Ross has been the pastor of the Indian Head Baptist Church for the past six years.

RALPH SHOTWELL LEAVES U of R The Rev. J. Ralph Shotwell, '46, has resigned as a member of the University of Richmond faculty to become senior minister of Greece Baptist Church at Rochester, N. Y. His brother, Malcolm G. Shotwell, '54, who will be graduated next year from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, will be his assistant at Greece Baptist Church. Mr. Shotwell's resignation as director of religious activities and assistant professor of religious education at the University of Richmond was effective July 1. A graduate of the university and ColgateRochester Divinity School, he was pastor of Union Avenue Baptist Church, Paterson, N. J., before joining the faculty here in October, 1952.

Jeff erson High School , Fitzgerald resigned from his duties at Teejay in January , Dr . R. McCutche on, Jr., is now doing general practice in Richmond at R.F.D. #11, Hull Street Road, and is also working in the general practice clinic at the Medical College of Virginia . Born: A son, D on McGlory, Jr. , to Mr. and Mrs. Don McGlory, of Groton, Mass. , last November. He is the McGlory 's second child, the first being a daughter.

1948Born: A son, G. Gray Henley, Jr., to Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Henley, of 1405 Wentbridge Road , Richmond , February 23, 1956. Young Master Henley weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Robert J. Thalman, who had been serving Hampden-Sydney College as acting athletic director since February, was awarded the post on a permanent basis in May. Thalman was elevated from an assistant in football to head coach and named acting ath letic director short ly after the resignation of Jim Hickey at the beginning of the year. He joined th e Hampden-Sydney staff in 1953 and is one of three U. of R. grads in coaching positions at the D eath Valley schoo l. Lewis "Weenie" Miller and Lem Fitzgerald are the other ex-Spiders. L. B. Bagby has joined the Indian Bureau at Gallup, N. Mex. , and is busy learning the Indian language. When he is not studying Indian, threemonths-old Christopher Bates Bagby keeps him occupied. Harry J. Perrin, Jr., is now Director of Research Services for the Richmond Chamber of Commerce . James Wiltshire, Jr., has accepted a position in the Insurance Department of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation. Hugh T. Adair and Miss Doris Wampler were married in June . The bride is from Rural Retreat ; Adair is from Bristol. Bill Pond was married on New Year's eve, De cember 31, 1955, in the midst of a blizzard in Rochester to Miss Barbara Bohman, of Rochester , N.Y.

Herbert Liebman of Frankfort , Ky., has become a referee for the Kentucky Workmen 's Compensation Board. His work as a referee is in addition to his private law practice. Âˇ

1949H. Douglas Pitts has resigned as coach of basketball and track at Randolph-Macon College. He had been a member of Randolph-Macon 's athletic staff for two years. Robert L. Shue of Bon Air has joined Tractor Brand Company , Inc., as a sales representative. He will cover Eastern Virginia for the firm. George Lynch writes that he has just completed one year in the "Lone Star State " as a salesman for Dan River Mills . He and his wife , Nancy , ar e the proud parents of a baby daughter, Sara Nan, born September 24, 1955. Captain W . N. Gee, Jr. , has been transferred to the Mitchell Air Force Base Hospital in East Meadow, N. Y., where he is assistant chief of medicine. He will get out of the service in January of '57 and will return to Richmond. Ellett R. McGeorge , Jr. , is now completing his seventh year as coach at Varina High School. Alex Jordan has sent word that he has accepted the position of vice-president with Lester Brothers , Inc., of Martinsville, Va . He was formerly associated with First Mortgage Corporation , of Rich mond . Harvey R . Cooley has been transferred to the southern department of the Continental Casualt y Company of Chicago and will be located in Atlanta as manager of the Fidelity and Surety Department. Joel B. Yowell writes that he is married to the former Elizabeth Graves , that they have two daughters , and that he is combi ning the professions of farming and teaching. Mr. Yowell is teaching at Madison College. James R. Phipps is now living in Roanoke at 317 Woods Avenue , S.W., and is still traveling for the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America .

GLEE CLUB AND CHORUS RECORDSNOW AVAILABLE The Westhampton College Glee Club and the University Chorus have recorded portions of their respective repertoires on long -playing records. Four traditional or soon-to-be traditional Westhampton songs are included on the Westhampton Glee Club record, which was made this spring from tape recordings taken in Keller Hall. The record also includes several special arrangements of folk tunes made by James Erb, director of the Westhampton group. The classics are represented by Schubert's setting of the Twenty-third Psalm. The University Chorus recorded a variety

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1947Birth : A son, Thomas Louis, born to Mr . and Mrs. Thomas L. Turner, April 18, 1956, at the Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg . Young Tom's father is on the staff of WLVA radio and television stations. Harold L. Flax is sti ll in Montreal as branch manager for Markel Service of Canada. He is the father of two childr en. Lem Fitzgerald, star halfback at the University from 1938 to 1940, has accepted a position on the ath letic staff at Hampden-Sydney College . One of the state's top backfield coaches while at Thomas

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Frank Wertzel left Montreal June 12 for a twomonth trip to Europe. His mother and sister will meet him in England later this summer. Walter H. Williams , of Richmond , has just become associated with Slater and Vaughan, Realtors, as commercial property manager . Mr . Wil liams also announces the birth of a son, David Mills , born February 13. Robert G. Gibson was married in June, 1955, and is working as a state agent for the Pacific National Insurance Company of Mississippi. Gibson is still residing in Richmond. Robert M. Doss is now associated with Massey, Wood, and West, Inc., of Richmond, in the fuel division. He was formerly a field manager for the Ford Motor Company. John Zizak has won his Master of Arts degree in School Administration at George Peabody College. Born: A daughter, Mary Susan, to Mr. and Mrs . Warren E. Rowe, April 18, at Richmond's Stuart Circle Hospital. Born: A daughter , Mary Joan , to the Rev. and Mrs. William E. Winn , March 11, in Edinburgh, Scotland. D. B. Morrissett has been promoted to Branch Manager of the Roanoke office of I.B.M. Morris sett joined l.B.M. in 1950. Born: A son, Arthur Christian, to the Rev. and Mrs. Edward T. Clark , Jr., April 10, in Purcellville. Young Arthur is the third child for the Clarks. Conard B. Mattox, Jr. , former city attorney of Warwick, was appointed a senior assistant city attorney in Richmond. Mattox had been city attorney of Warwick since July 1, 1952, and had practiced Jaw in Richmond for a short time after getting his law degree at the University. Born: A daughter, Susan Ramsey, to First Lieutenant and Mrs. F. M. Smither, April 4, in Noyoya, Japan.

Jack L. Flint is now Supervising Auditor in charge of the Louisville office of the Payroll Audit Division, Travelers Insurance Company. He is the father of two girls, and his new address is Louisville, Kentucky . Thomas E. Coleman, Jr., is administrative assistant to the Director o.f the Department for Professional and Occupational Registration, Commonwealth of Virginia . The Rev. Samuel W. Crews has given up his pastorate at Austinville , Va., to become pastor of First Baptist Church Mission at Gaffney , S. C. Born: A son, Brad Allen Gregory to Lt. (jg) Todd R. Gregory and Mrs. Gregory at DePaul Hospital, Norfolk , on May 7. Lieutenant Gregory i~ on the USS Siboney. Herbert R. Blackwell of Richmond has received a fellowship at Duke University. He will begin work on his Ph. D. degree in the fall. Bernard H . Smith is manager of industrial sales and institutional sales for J. B. Roerig & Co. of Chicago, a pharmaceutical firm. He, his wife , Clara , and their two children, Larry, 8, and Vivian, 2, Jive at Deerfield , Ill ., a suburb of Chicago. Engaged : Lewis T. Booker to Nancy Brogden. The wedding will take place in September, at which time Miss Brogden will have completed her junior year at Mary Washington College and Mr. Booker, his tour of duty in the Army.

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1950Born: A son, Stuart, to Mr. and Mrs . Carl L. Shires, June 5, 1956, at the Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond . Master Stuart is the third boy for the Shires. Dr. William J. Hargis is back in the state after spen ding last year in Charleston , S. C., teaching chemistry and biology at the Citadel. Dr . Hargis is now associate biologist for the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory in charge of the oyster drill research program at Gloucester Point. Captain Edgar C. Goldston is a physician ac the U. S. Army Hospital Post Dispensary at Fort Story, Va. Born: A son, Dean Chandler, to Mr. and Mrs. Julien Picot , May 5, in Decatur, Ga. First Lieutenant Charles J. Townsend recently graduated from the military medical orientation course at the Army Medical Service School in Fort Sam Houston , Texas. Dr. John B. Rose, Jr. , writ es from Fredericksburg that he and his family are happily settled in that town. A resident of Fredericksburg since 1952, Dr. and Mr s. Rose are the parents o.f three children. N. Carl Barefoot, Jr. , has been appointed Di rector of Publications for the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Barefoot was formerly associated with the A. H. Robins Company, Inc. , where he was advertising assistant. Earl B. Lee, of 3033 Park Avenue in Richmond , and Jane Alice Stewart were married April 7, 1956. The Rev. Ernest L. Harris has resigned from his pastorate in Fluvanna County after three years of service to accept the pastorate of the Maysville and Mulberr y Grove Baptist Churches in Buckingham, Va. J. Boyd Sutton received hi s Master of Sacred Mu sic degree May 25 and began his new job as Minister of Musi c at the First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, N. C., June 1. D . H . McNeil! , Jr., is now a lieutenant in the Navy M edical Corps and is stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point , N. C.

Married: Albert Duke Murden, middle school master of Louisville , Ky., Country Day School, to Martha Frances Neblett of Louisville on June 21. E. R. Graves , Jr . is a general line salesman in the Portsmouth area for the United States Gypsum Company. His address is 14 Bender Court. Born : A daughter, Nora Leigh, to Mr . and Mrs. Edwin F. Comunale, of Richmond. Young Miss Comunale weighed in "at 8 pounds, 8 ounces. John A . Hamilton is the new editor of the Northern Virginia Daily at Strasburg. Captain Paul V. Romero is now military advisor for the Colombian Army, and his address is Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia , Ministerio de Guerra, Mision de! Ejercito de Los Estados Unidos Republica de Colombia . ' Born : A daughter, Anne Somerville, to Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Ryland , Jr. , April 9, 1956, in Dahlgren , Va . Malcolm I. Silver writes that he is now connected with the Sales Department of the Warwick Manufacturing Corporation in Elizabeth, N. J. Bruce Banks has returned to Richmond from the Travis Air Force Base in California where he saw duty as a pilot. He has now joined the staff of Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, and his new address is 304 West Franklin Street, Richmond. James G. Holdaway reports that he has recently joined the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation as a special analyst in product development and process control. Holdaway is now Jiving in Mouth of Wilson , Virginia. Dr. Willie Matthew s Reams, Jr. , of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. , married Miss Mary Katherine Parr in the University Baptist Church in Baltimore , Md ., June 22.

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Mr. Hal James Bonney , Jr., was the author of the meditation used in the Saturday, May 12, issue of The Upper Room. Approximately 11,000, 000 people around the world are readers of this publication of daily devotions .

1952Jess H . Walters has received an appointment as research assistant in the Bureau of Public Ad ministration at the University of Virginia , effective September 1, 1956. Walters expects to complete the requirements for his Ph.D. degree in political science at U. C. L. A. in August. After graduating from Cozer Seminary in Chester, Pa., in May, 1955, the Rev. Clarence P. Moore became pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church of Columbia , Va ., and the Beulah Baptist Church . He was ordained April 22, 1956, by his home church, the Cape Charles Baptist Church, and was married to Miss Lillian L. Comegeys of Queens town, Md. , April 28, 1956. Charlie Heath was married March 31 to the former Miss Thelma Newhart and is now coaching football and track and teaching in Wanchula, Fla. He received his M.S . in physical education last August at the University of Tennessee . Born : A daughter, Patricia Anne , to Mr. and Mrs . Dalton E. McCoy, January 9, 1956, in Norfolk. Little Miss Patricia Anne was the McCoy' s second daughter. Born : A son, Charles Stokes Goodrich, Jr., to Mr. and Mrs. C. Stokes Goodrich, October 24, 1955, in Richmond. Mason D. Wood, of Tunstall, Va., is now a real estate salesman for Phillips-Hall, Inc., of Richmond . Harold J. Goodman writes that he graduated from the George Washington University Law School in 1955 and is now practicing law in Norfolk. Lt. (JG) S. Franklin Foster , Jr., is now serving as operations officer aboard the USS Washtenan County , a unit of the U. S. Sixth Fleet. He has visited many places in the Mediterranean region and expects to be transferred to a destroyer soon. The Rev. Kenneth Barkley Bryan received his Master of Theology degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at the commencement exercises Friday, May 25, 1956.

1953Four members of the class of '53 received degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in May. The Rev. Robert S. Alley , the Rev. Cecil Elwood Marsh, the Rev. Garvin C. Martin, and the Rev. Leroy P . Richardson, Jr ., all were awarded their Bachelor of Divinity degrees . James T. Edmunds is now practicing law in Kenbridge , Va. He and his wife , Ellen , have two children, a boy and a girl. They invite their classmates to drop in to see them any time. Sidney E. Brown completed requirements for his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics at V.P .I. last July and has been serving in the Army in Fort Hood, Texas, since December. Thomas A. Couch joined the Aetna Life Insur ance Company , February 15. The Couches now have three children, the third having arrived April 13. Their new address is No. 1 St. Claire Lane, Richmond . H. W. Crafton, Jr. , sends us word that he finished his two-year stay in the Army last summer and is now with the Sales Finance Department of the Bank of Virginia in Petersburg . The Rev. Robert G. Parrish , III, of Richmond, received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the College of the Bible, Lexington, Ky., during the first week in June and then went to Aiken , S. C., to become first minister for the Ellentown Memorial Christian Church . Born : A son, Clifford Lynn, to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Alsop , March 22, at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. W . D. Fleming is now a sales representative in

Raleigh, N. C., with I.B.M. He and his wife welcomed a baby girl , Pamela Jeannette, February 21, 21 days before going to Raleigh. Robert Wayne Walker is presently employed with the Beneficial Finance Company in Greensboro, N. C., and was married to Barbara Ann Reynolds December 3, 1955. The Rev. Cecil Marsh, who was graduated from Southern Seminary in June , has been named as pastor of Randolph Memorial Church at Madison Heights near Lynchburg. First Lieutenant Bobby G. Holden has completed a company officers' course at the Army's transportation school , Ft. Eustis, Va. The course is for the training of company grade officers handling company and battalion duties in the transportation corps. Thomas N. Pollard , Jr. has been named personne l administrator, a new position in Richmond city schools, effective July 1. A former employe of the Arlington County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court , he is scheduled to receive his master 's degree , with a major in counseling psychology, from George Washington University in November. Ralph E. Peachee is associated with the State Department of Health as a sanitarian in Roanoke County.

1954Preston P. Purdum is senior salesman with the Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation in Richmond. The Purdum 's had their first child , Grace Carter, on October 22. A. Wallace Agee has been promoted to 1st lieu tenant in the 15th Fighter Group, Air Defense , USAF, and is stationed at Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, N . Y. , as purchasing and contracting officer. The Agees had their first child, Elizabeth Claire, on February 23, 1955. The Agees now live at 4725 Isherwood Drive, Niagara . Dan Ingram informs us that he has been representing the New York Life Insurance Company in Oakland, Md. , for the past year and expects to continue with them . The Rev. Lawrence E. Matthews and Miss Jean Burroughs, a member of the Westhampton class of '56, were married June 30 at the Talbot Park Bap tist Church in Norfolk, Va. Ronald G. Mann was discharged from the Navy April 15, 1956, and is now living at 1580 Montpelier Street , Petersburg, Va. Billy Conrad Hill was married to Miss Doris Watson Atkinson , February 4, in the St. John 's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Va . Married: Robert Spottswood Brooke Ossman, who is associated with Chesapeake and Potomac Te lephone Company at Norfolk, to Frances Louise Dinwiddie on July 7 at Monumental Episcopal Church , Richmond .

1955George F. Tidey is stationed at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, where he is participating in the observer training program. Lieutenant Tidey is scheduled to complete the training program March 20, 1957. James M. Wilson, III of 76 Cedar Ave. , Newport News , has completed his tour of duty with the Air Force. Ted R. Buckner, of Walnut, N. C., began two years of active duty in the army April 30. J. D. O'Bryan, Jr. , is a member of the firm of O'Bryan and O'Bryan , Attorneys at Law , in Kingstree, S. C. Lester "Skip " Lamb is now working as Hospital Administration Supervisor at the Medical College of Virginia and plans to enter the School of Hospital Administration there in September. He and Miss Mary Lou Watson , WC class of ' 56, will marry in Winchester August 18. Jeff Stephenson writes that he is teaching English and typewriting at Beaverdam High School and that he is still the pastor of the Little River

Baptist Church at Buckner , Va. Stephenson hope s to go on to a seminary in the fall. Lt. Parke D. Pendleton is now serving in Korea as commandi ng officer of headquarters company of the 70th transportation battalion. He expects to be there until March, 1957. Joe S. Bage tells us in a note from Luray , Va ., that he is the weekday religiou s education teacher for Page County and that he ha s 650 boys and girls in the fourth and fifth grad es. These children are taught one hour each week und er the guidance of the Virginia Council of Church es. Bage is find ing much pleasure in his work. John Van Rensselaer Kelly was married July 9, 1955 , to the former Miss Jean Math ews. He is presently employed as manager of the Richmond sales territory for th e Crenshaw Corporation . Lawrence B. " Lonny" Bond is now on active duty in the army at Fort Eustis. He p lans to enter the William and Mary Graduate School in the fall to ":'ork toward a Master of Education degree in music. Leo J. Androconis entered the Army Transportation Corps at Fort Eustis January 15 for a six months ' tour of duty and now has completed th e Transportation School course. John Booth has been in The Netherlands for the past two years serving as a missionary. He reports that he journeyed to the Arabic lands of Syria, Lebanon , and Jordan last summer and that he expects to return to the United States for a short visit this fall. From the Army Home Town News Center in Kansas City, Mo., comes news of eight U. of R. grads of the class of '55. Pvt. Marshall L. Waring, of Richmond , was recently assigned to the Fifth Antiaircraft Regional Command at Fort Sheridan , Ill. Second Lt. John B. Dorsey, of Aiken, S. C., has graduated from the Army's Transportat ion School at Fort Eustis, Va. He is now in the troop duty phase of six months of active duty at Fort Story, Va . Second Lt. Bennie E. Luck, Jr ., of Mineral , Va ., recent ly helped umpire LOGEX 56, one of the Army's largest peacetime logistical exercises, at Fort Lee. Lt. Luck is regularly assigned to The Transportation School at Fort Eustis, Va. Second Lt . John W. Bragg, of Richmond, has also graduated from the Army's Transportation School at Fort Eustis, Va. , as have Second Lt. John S. Magyarosi, of Rochelle Park, N. J.; Second Lt . Donald A . Stokes, of Hopewell , Va.; Second Lt. Andrew J. Daffron, of Richmond, Va .; and Second Lt. John W. Lewis, of Mount Airy, N . C. Earl 0 . Grubbs , Jr., makes the news with the opening of his Universal Insurance Agency in Richmond .

1956Our congratu lations go to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. "Red" Keville on the birth of their son , Master Steven Keville , in April at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond.

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two genera l propositions: ( 1) there has never been a year in the Un iversity's history when graduates were more in demand, and (2) starting salaries have never been so high. Furthermore, everybody who wanted a job had a job or had one in prospect. T he sciences and business offered the better salaries with the top range above $450 per month in both categories. Even the lawyers, who in the past were reconciled to at least one financially rough year before making any appreciab le amount of money, were being offered unusually good opportu[ 19]

nities to enter the practice of law with a law firm, or to join the legal departments of business and industrial organizations. Dean Wi lliam T . Muse, '28, said he had never known a time in his 25 years at the Law School when the economic outlook was so encouraging for the graduating lawyers .

50 % To Grad School Of course, as usual, a great number of the students - approximately 50 per cent in Richmond College- will continue their formal edL:cation in graduate and professional schools. And, as usual, about 50 p er cent of Westhampton's graduates will begin careers in teaching. Another important Westhampton statistic is that 25 of the 80 graduates have married or will be married before the close of the summer. All intend to work, for a while at least. Military duty loomed immediately ahead for a great many of the graduating males, up to 13 per cent in Richmond college. Most of the men probably thought of their military obligation as they listened to a fiery commencement address by a great Philippine patriot who told them they may have to defend with their lives the freedom that was won for them by "Thomas Jefferson and his fellow-rebels. " The speaker was General Carlos P . Romulo, Philippine Ambassador to the United States, who made it clear that the future of the free world may well depend on whether Communism sweeps through or is rebuffed in Asia. Asians who believe that it is possible to take no sides in the struggle of the two opposing ideologies, the concept of the free nations as opposed to the Communist doctrine, are due for a rude awakening, he said. Such an attitude, he told the overflow audience in the Luther H. Jenkins Greek Theater, "is not neutralism but suicide."

IIFreedom Is Precious" "What is going on in the world today," he warned, "is not a freshman debate about the relative merits of the horse and the cow. We are talking, rather, about the tiger-who does not walk away if you turn your back on him." To the Asians and to the world in general he gave this advice: "Take sides! Freedom is precious- defend it! It is not cheap, or easy, or neutral. It is dear, and hard, and real. Take sides-or you will lose it." General Romulo, who had won plaudits from the press of the free world with his outspoken attack on Communism at the Asian-African Conference at Bandung, spoke in the same vein as he lashed out against the Soviets. "Never in the history of man," he asserted, " has there been an imperia lism so destructive of the free spirit, so ruinous of man's yearning for self-respect, so cynical about the dignity of the individual, so designed to degrade men rather than improve their lives, as the imperialism of the Soviet Union." Bluntly he charged that "Communism pre-

pares for world conquest, whether by war or by the clever uses of cold peace." And the Soviets' repudiation of their patron saint, Joseph Stalin, brought this caustic comment from Romulo: " If slave labor camps, ridicule of religion, suppression of free ideas and thinking , dishonesty and duplicity in human affairs, idolatry of a man as a hero and a patriot for over a decade and then suddenly debunking him as a murderer and a traitor - and this by his former associates and accomplicesif all these mean nothing to us, then the answer is yes, we can stand aside and be neutral."

Honorary Degrees At the conclusion of his address, degrees were conferred on four distinguished citizens, three of them alumni. Dr. J. Hoge Ricks, '08, for 40 years judge of Richmond's Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, received the degree of Doctor of Laws. Dr. Jay B. Hubbell, '05, professor emeritus of American Literature at Duke University and one of the recognized leaders in his .field, received the degree of Doctor of Letters. Dr. J. Maurice Trimmer, '2 7, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church at Huntington, W. Va ., and the Rev. D. S. Dempsey of Lowesville, who has done a remarkable work in rural ministries, received the degree of Doctor of Divinity. . The conferr ing of the D. D. on Trimmer made him an honorary member of the class of 1956 to whom he had preached the baccalaureate sermon the previous night. All of them , he said, were headed for enrollment in what he termed the "largest graduate school-life itself. " Their graduation, he added, "can also be considered as matriculation at th e University of Experience." He urged them to meet all of life's changing circumstances "with the attitude and spirit of a student." Twenty-four hours later, in his final word to the students after the degrees had been conferred, President Modlin echoed the admonition of the baccalaureate preacher in telling the graduates they should seek not only money and fame but, of more importance, the path of service to their fellow man. " Your graduation tonight," President Modlin said, "is convincing evidence that you have the character, industry, ideals, and ability to bear the heavy responsibility that society imposes upon you as college graduates. By fruitful lives of devoted service to your God, your country, and your fellow man you still must prove that you are worthy of the great opportunity that has been yours."

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tion . It cannot fully be defined . It can only be described. It is a composite blend of the vision, the devotion , the faith and the sacrificial labors of many. In it are pastors, editors, trustees, laymen and women, churches, administrators, friends, benefactors , teachers,

ten thousand alumni and alumna~, workmen on the grounds, staff members, and in far backgrounds the Richmond Female Institute and Woman's College ... . The long road from Dunlora Academy by way of Columbia Hall to the Library by the lake was an ascending way on which journeyed a company of joyous pilgrims .... In the one-hundred and twenty-six years of the life and work of this University, wherever has been our home, as the processions have come and gone, there have presisted unbroken continuities. There has been abiding; core. Let me summarize, as I have discovered them, the traditions which have been and are our pride . And I begin with where we began with the Christian religion. This university, we would never forget, had its origin in the hearts of believing men who took seriously the command of Christ to teach the Gospel. ... And it had its beginnings with the people called Baptists. And they were disciples who knew the Baptist position in its original meaning. It was to think and let think, to live and let live, to have no formulary save the New Testament. Within the pattern of the New Testament there is freedom in plenty. Moreover, proudly recall that the founders had a sense of mission in establishing the College. It was not simply to add another educational institution. It was a divine impulsion to serve better the churches and the kingdom of God through competent leadership .... To length and breadth they added depth. In the words of President Pusey of Harvard, it was an education that would "address itself to the whole person - not any less to minds, but to hearts and wills." And in the words of Dr. Boatwright, "to teach students to live nobly and to serve unselfishly," and to be "concerned more with teaching them to think than with telling them what to think." And other characteristics shine out in our long story. There is integrity in the conduct of its affairs and in its academic offerings. There is adjustment to new conditions with out compromise of principle. There is a sense of obligation to those who are our supporting allies. And always this has been not the least of the traditions in which we have pride : We have had a care for those who without our aid might not have the opportunities of training. We have kept open doors for every worthy student. And there is the tradition of pioneering. And the tradition of sacrifice. i i i Another era in the University came in June, 1946, when Dr. Modlin received the investiture of the office of President. And with that investiture he was made the Custodian of a tradition. It had its origin in Ryland , Jones and Boatwright. For .fifty-one years, Dr. Boatwright had carried forward, strengthened, glorified the legacy committed to him. We salute him tonight. We knew when he was among us that we were near to greatness. Grandeur, the majestic mien, and granite-like qualities and gentleness were the [ 20)

hall-marks of his character. Every year adds new cubits to his stature. And when the mantle of Elijah was cast on Elisha it fell on worthy shoulders. So we believed then. So we know now . His first, and alike his last , thought has been, and is, to keep vital that which was handed to him. Paul's word "This one thing I do" is fittingly the word to describe him. To our varied constituency, denominational, urban, State-wide and worldwide, he has brought understanding, executive skills, vision, confidence, large-heartedness. If standing at the door of his office with watch in his hand he says to a caller, "See you shortly," he is not hurrying to a vacation spot but on errand bent somewhere to see people who are potentials for add ing to the resources to this university - and to extend its ministry. The keeper of the keys is trustworthy, and in his strong hands the scroll is secure. i i i And what of tomorrow? No one can foresee in this strange, bewildering world the shape of things to come. But this we know: as long as there are people on this planet organized into a society that depends upon the conservation of spiritual values for its stability and continuance, this institution and those of like spirit and purpose will be indispensable. These buildings are the silent symbols of a cause and that cause is braided into the texture of this universe . They witness to the basic and unending quest of the human spirit for fullness and richness of life. For the answer to these quests this university was founded. Its philosophy of education has been vindicated in educational councils and sanctioned where the work of the world is being done. Man cannot live by bread alone nor by knowledge alon e.

ALUMNI ELECTGALVIN, CRUMP W. Roland Galvin, '26, principal of Richmond 's Westhampton School, has succeeded J. Earle Dunford, '15, as president of the Society of Alumni. His election was announced at the Alumni Day luncheon. Thaddeus T . Crump, '48, has been chosen president of the Alumni Council, the Society's fund raising organization. Mr. Crump also was chosen first vice president of the Alumni Society. Dr. Emmett C. Mathews, '30 and Reed I. West, '30, also were chosen vice presidents. Guy R. Friddell, '46 was chosen secretary, and Mr. Dunford and Charles C. Broaddus, '3 1, were elected to the executive committee. Clyde Ratcliffe, Jr., '34, was chosen as an alumni representative on the Athletic Council. In addition to electing Crump as president, the Council chose Garland Gray, '21, and G. Edmond Massie, III, '4 1, as vice presidents; Joseph E. Nettles, '3 0, secretary, and Robert M. Stone, '30, treasurer. S. Frank Straus, '35, the retiring president; R. L. Lacy, '18; Beecher L. Rhodes, '09, and Reed I. West, '3 0, were elected to the executive committee.

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L. O'FLAHERTY (Ce leste Anderson) 3603 Moss Side Ave., Richmond, Va.

MRS.

Norma Woodward Throckmorton, '16, Frances Glassell Beale, '18, Ethel Smither and I drove up to Waynesboro, Virginia to attend the lovely wedding of Irene Stiff Phillips' son, Sydnor, to Better Quillian. Coming back we stopped in Charlottesville at Sup Reams Hundley's home for supper. The last book in a series of four Bible stories for boys and girls 8-11 years of age has just been published by the Abingdon Press. Ethel Smither is the author of this latest book in a series for children to read for themse lves. "Stor ies of Jesus" was printed in 1953 and has been brought out in Athens in a Greek edition. "Stories from the Early Old Testament" was published in 1954 and has been turned into Braille by the Temple Sisterhood American Hebrew Congregation. The third book, " First to be Called Christians" was published in 1955. Sara Thomas Hambrick writes that she and her sister and their husbands have just returned from a Florida vacation. She has two grandsons and one granddaughter and is expeding a new one in June. With all of them living right in Georgetown, she has a wonderful time keeping up with them .

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(Juliette Brown) 1001 Gates Avenue, Norfolk, Va. When I wrote last of seeing Esther Cheatham, I did not rea lize that she was so extremely ill. We learned soon afterwards of her death on March 30, in the Farmville Hospital. I am sure that each of you will join me in an expression of sympathy to her children , Louise Chandler of Chase City, and Philip of Hopewell. We fee l very keenly her Joss from our group. We know that she has left behind her memories of a lif e of unselfish service to her family, her friends, her church, and her community. H er daughter recently sent me snapshots of our 1919 commencement. It has been nice hearing from two of you-Adelaide Walt on and Janet Wyatt Fountain. Adelaide is a very busy person with assisting her husband in his business in Gordonsville , Va., running a large home nearby, and keeping "open house" for a daughters and one son. The fami ly of four-three latter returned last February from service in Korea, married Sara Sherman, W esthampton '54 and is now a student at the U niversity of Virginia. With two married daughters and one single daughter and severa l grandch ildr en, we can see Jots of activity around home on Sundays when they all get together. Janet writes a nic e letter from Greenwood, Mississippi. Her son, Maynar d, Jr. , wife and children, Bill, 4, and Beth , 2, are living in Charleston , Mi ssissippi, about fif,ty mi les from Greenwood. And her daughter Janet, husband, and 2Â˝ year old son, live in Memphis. They do get together freque ntl y and have Jots of "family fun" and good times. Virginia Wright and Lucille Steinh art and husband, Carl , have had a recent Florida trip. We hope ir was nice because we planned it for them! I shall be flying to Detroit on May 18 for two days w ith my brother and family, before going to Milwaukee on the 20th to join a group of AAA travel person nel from various clubs for a week's tour of the scenic and resort sections of Wisconsin. Tell you about it later. Hav e a h appy summer, and don't forget-our 24th Street, Vi rcottage door wi ll be open-307 gi nia Beach.

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MRS. E. L. D uPuY (Catherine Little) 703 Beechnut Lane, Martinsville, Va.

Our news is almost like an obituary column, we regret to say. Eva Ellis Kilby died at her home in Culpeper on February 5, 1956. You will recall reading about the fine record her daughter made at Westhampton . She has been employed this past year at Langley Field. Eva's death occurred one month after her husband was made postmaster of Culp eper. M arion Stoneman 's widower died since our last news to you. Mildred Rucker Oaks, who is sti ll doing a wonderful job of full time teaching had an overnight visit with Katherine Spicer Edmonds not too Jong ago . Mildred's journalism class produces a most creditable newspaper . Katherine Spicer Edmonds and her husband had an interesting trip to New Eng land recently . Virginia Lane writes enthusiastically about her work teaching hygiene and being school doctor at Blue Mountain College in Mississippi. Leonora Dorsey is enjoying her experience as residence counselor at Stephens College. She finds the program a very sensible one. Your secretary was again elected State Recording Secretary for Virginia Baptist W.M.U .-a position she has held now for fou r,teen years. G ladys L. McCutcheon has a daughter in the freshman class at Westhampton. Her son is a practicing physician now . Maie, Frances and G ladys represented our class at the recent secretaries' day at Westhampton College.

I hope each of you will heed the recent appeal to help complete the swimm ing pool annex by 1961 as well as help honor Emily Gardner. Can you ever forget how good she was to us as freshmen at Westhampton?

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E. JOHNSON (Virginia Clore) 4633 Leonard Parkway, Richmond, Va.

MRS. WALKLEY

We wpre represented on Alumnae Day by Inez Hite and Ikey Carlton of Richmond ; Virginia Gregory from Raleigh, North Carolina and Lillian Woodyard Lipscomb from Suffolk. This was the first time Lillian has been back since 1926 and I am sorry more of us were not there to greet her. Norma Broaddu~ attended the meeting of the Poetry Society in Williamsburg on that day. It was agreed that Homecoming in May was more satisfactory and enjoyable than the former dates in June. Ruth Lazenby McCulloch 's youngest daughter, Nancy, is coming to Westhampton next year. She was at Converse this year, but left because of illness. She and Ruth spent some time at Sea Island, Georgia in the spring and she ha s been much better since that time. Ikey's son is expecting to enroll at Richmond College next fa!J,-which will make 100% loyalty from the Carlton family, since her two daughters are graduates of Westhampton. My son, Walkley, Jr., will receive his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia this June and has been accepted by the Law School there for next fall. My daughter has had a wonderful year in the Graduate School of Social Work at Tulane and will

THE CO-EDS Isabel Harris , '06, was guest of honor at a luncheon given at the home of Frances Trevett Matth ews at Glen Allen , Va ., on May 26, 1956. Sharing the honor with her was her classmate, Juli a Peachy Harrison, '06. They were the only two co-ed members of the Class of 1906 whe were present. It was reported that Julia Barnes Hudgins was convalescing from a serious accident ; Hattie Smith had another engagement; Minni e Thalhimer H eller died last year and the present address of Maria E. Bristow was not known. Miss Harris is driving to Maine for the

summer and Miss Harrison is planning a VlSlt to the Scandinavian countries. The Class of 1906 graduated the largest number of co-eds at Richmond College of any class until the Class of 1911. Letters from a num ber of former co-eds were read. They all were living an active and interesting life. Others present were: Mary Harris Willis, '03, Angelina Gregory Patterson, '11, Pauline Pearce Waring, '11, Eudora Ramsay Richardson, '11, Celeste Anderson O 'Flaherty, '15, and Ann Ruth Harris, '17.

Front row: Mary Harris Willis, '03; Isabel Harris, '06; Julia Peachy Harrison, '06; Frances Trevett Matthews. Back row: Pauline Pearce Waring, ' 11; Angelina Gregory Patterson, '11; Ann Ruth Harris, ' 17; Eudora Ramsay Richardson, '11. (The picture was made by Celeste Anderson O 'Flaherty , '15.)

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return to her position with the Richmond Department of Welfare in June . I flew to New Orieans for th e Easter holidays and loved every minute of it. If some of you would only write to me, or some of the other Richmond "girls " , I might have more news for th e rest of you in the fall BULLETIN.

1925

Secretary MRS. R. E. WALSH (Martha Lipscomb) 5601 Second St., South, Arlington, Va .

News has just reached us that Evelyn Boatwright Lynch's 13 year old daughter , Donna, is going to Europe with a Virginia delegation headed by Gov ernor and Mrs. Stanley who are going to invite Queen Eli zabeth to attend the 2 50th anniversary of the settling of Jamestown next year. There will be one other young girl in the group, a granddaught er of one of the couples and a friend of Donna. They will sail from Newport News on September 29, visit England , Scotland , France , Holland and other spots concerned in early American History and return November 5. Only three of the class of '25 attended Alumnae Day on May 5, Mickey McVeigh Ratcliffe , Evelyn Boatwright Lynch and Marjorie Rhodes Hall. "Boaty " had had a letter recently from Virginia Jarvis von Borries. She lives in Maumee , Ohio and is working for an advertising firm. Her daughter is to be married on August 4. Her son has two little girls, thus adding Virginia to the grandmothers of our class! Bessie Anderson Knecht and her husband Jack took a Caribbean cruise in the late winter. They stayed awhile in Cuba and Florida on their way home. I plan to take a couple of courses at George Washington University this summer so guess I'll stav pretty close to home. The next BULLETIN comes out in the fall, so please send me any news of summer trips or anything else that you do. We all like to keep posted.

1928

Secretary MRS. LOUIS s. CRISP, (Louise Massey) 210 College Circle , Staunton, Va .

Eleanor Physioc Fletcher writes from Shreveport, La., "I am thrilled to death over my appointment in February to be in charge of the Genealogy Department of Shreve Memorial Library . It is a large neglected collection and I am having the fun and work of restoring it. For the past two and a half years, I have been doing a weekly TV show over a local network reviewing books and interviewing Louisiana celebs. I actually bear the title of TV Coordinator for the Library : Miss Keller and Miss Lutz and Mrs . Chappell will perhaps remember me as a ham and I am still, I guess, aged but not cured. "

1929

Secretary Miss HELEN C. MooN 111 Tonbridge Road, Richmond 21, Va.

29's children are in the news these days : Virginia Perkins Yeaman's daughter, Ann Carol, graduated from Westhampton in June . She is going to the University of Pennsylvania next year to study Occupational Therapy. Jimmie Stuessy Mattox 's daughter, Marilla , finished at T . J. and will attend Mary Washington next fall. Mary Richardson Butterworth 's daughter , Mary Harris graduated from Collegiate (incidentally, she was a member of the National Honor Society and also editor of the annual.) She is undecided between Hollins and Wheaton for next year. Violet Cervarich Simpson 's son, Bill , is a junior at Randolph-Macon where he bas won many honors and is also on the Dean 's List. Pearle Powell Prillaman writes that her son, Bill , was married last February. Robert is in the army and attached to the Honor Guard in Washington. I went to New York for a week in March and had a glorious time . I had dinner one night with Miriam Figgs Rankin and her husband, Weston. They were fine and still delighted with their 18th century house, in Darien, Connecticut. Mary Stevens Jones is planning a New York

trip this summer to show her 16 year ÂˇoJd nephew "the big city." Did you notice that '29 was the third largest contributor to the Alumnae Fund (as of April 1)? I was sorry that this represented only 24% of the cl-ass.Let's aim for at least 50% next time! Please write me the news!

1930

Secretary MRS.WM. B. SHINNICK(Virginia Prince) 2 Clarke Road , Richmond 26, Va .

Frankie Willis Overton has had a newsy Jetter from Cornelia Ferguson Underwood , telling of a recent visit from Helen Strickland . Cornelia and her husband plan to come east this summer for a visit in New York . Frankie 's daughter , Margaret , is graduating from high school and is enrolled in Westhampton College for next fall. Alice Richardson Connell has a son graduating from high school too . He will enter V .P.I. next fall. Alice is going to N ew York soon to visit Emma Taliaferro . And there's a wedding among our children . Crissie's daughter, Margaret Jean Logan (a Westhamp-

Our Graduates (Continued fr om page 8 )

1957. ODK Bill Reynolds (economics), veep of the RC Student Govern.ment, remains at the Richmond plant in production work until he takes up his R.O.T.C. obligations this September. Clarence W. Vining (management) is attached to the management staff of the Spruance works; and Henry Minor (chemistry) is with DuPont at Gibbs town, N.J. Robert F. Williams (management) joins the production line of Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio; while C. H. "Red" Keville (sociology) will be in sales in the Richmond area, with Army duty scheduled for next spring. F. Gale Connor (sociology), has accepted a sales job with Shell Oil Company, in Baltimore; and Don Reynolds (marketing) will also be in Baltimore as a sales trainee with the Royal-McBee Corp. Aubrey Heath (management) has joined the sales training program of the Ford Motor Co. out at Byrd Field; and Robert C. Myers expects to work at the Brown and Williamson plant in Petersburg until he reports for Army duty as an R.O.T.C. graduate. Douglas Watson, a personnel major, is training in the electric typewriter division of the Internation Business Machines Corp in Richmond, Joseph Mersel (marketing) has made a connection with Schneider's Transfer Co. in Richmond; and Lester Putze is continuing his career with the Richmond office of the Esso Standard Oil Co. Others who will remain in the Richmond area include Malcolm Levet (political science), with the Atlantic Electric Supply Corp.; Bob Sgro (sociology) who continues with the Westhampton Memorial Park until he receives active duty orders from the Army as an R.O. T.C. graduate. ODK John W. Edmunds III, Norman Medalist as the best graduate in Law, joins the legal department of the VirginiaCarolina Chemical Corp.; and another Law graduate, John D. Buck, will be general man[ 22]

ton College student) is being married on June 9th to George Michael Ball. Shirley Gannaway Cornick is building a new home in Norfolk and will move there soon from Yorktown. Dorcas Hooker Berthe! is taking it easy following an operation . She is very proud of a new grandchild , Patricia , who arrived in March. How about a card from some of the rest of you? We like to hear from you .

1931

Secretary Miss MARGARETLEAKE 408 N. Meadow St., Richmond , Va . THE DAY-our 25th reunion - about which we all talk ed so much in college has come and gone . We had a grand time and missed each of you who couldn 't be with us. Eighteen of us attended the dinner at Lauretta Taylor Sullivan's mother 's house on Friday evening . All day Saturday we visited with each other and had a grand finale at the breakfast given by Miss Harris on Sunday morning. Those attending were: Johnnie Adams Irby , Carolina Beattie , Betty Bailey Hooker , Virginia Beck Hargrove , Page Cauthorne Spellman, Frances Kerr Burnett , Lucie Francis Samuels , Emily Gray, Fran-

ager of Richmond Investigators, Inc. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad will have Joseph J. Edwards (chemistry major) in the Richmond office. James A. Buchner (Law) is a reporter with Richmond Newspapers. W. Rush Loving, Jr., Ellyson Medal Winner in History, will be on the Richmond TimesDispatch staff, and then will be an Army officer in February 1957, via R.O.T.C. A business economics major, Conrad Bareford, is reporting to the Durham, N. C. store of Sears Roebuck and Co., for training in merchandising. Thomas L. Mitchell (political science) has taken a position with the Richmond Dry Goods Co. ; and Bobby Carter (management) is with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Richmond. Ben F. Wingfield (management) returns to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; and Robert N. McKenney (history) will be associated with George Noblett in Kilmarnock. Philip H. Kirkpatrick, a February graduate in psychology, has been employed by Central Louisiana Electric in Louisiana. Don Whitley (English) another February graduate, will be with the HooperHolmes Bureau until he dons his 2nd lieutenant's bars with the Air Force in September. Gene B. Hansley (English) has an interesting position in advertising with the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, in Nashville, Tenn. Vaughan Dunnavant (managern .ent) is working as a traffic technician with the Virginia Highway Department and will be ordered to active duty as an officer in the Air Force in November. Two of our Law graduates have accepted state positions . Harold V. Kelly will be with the Department of Statutory Research and Drafting of the State of Virginia. Arthur P. Rooney will be in Charleston, West Virginia, with the law department of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Another Law graduate, and ODK member, James B. Fray, will enter business in Lynchburg. (Continu ed on inside back cover)

WHO SAID RETIREMENT?

ces Farmer, Anne Jones Berkholtz, Hattie Habel Moschler, Selma Rothschild Mann, Louise Sanford, Laura Thornhill , Lauretta Taylor Sullivan, Frances Givens, Elizabeth Gill Minor , Virginia Peers Hart and Margaret Leake . Of course, we spent much time passing around pictures of the past and present. Lauretta appeared in her pirate costume at the dinner and it still fits. We read the letters received from various ones of you and wished for each of you . Much of our talk also centered around the present and the future , for we all agreed that the years had dealt kindly with each of us and -there are many more reunions in store. Some events of which we are proud are the arrival of Lauretta 's grandchild; publication of a lr7 ilson Reader edited by Frances Farmer and published in connection with the Woodrow Wilson celebration; and the election of Gertrude Murrell DuPont as member-at-large to the W esthampton Alumnae Board . And now to each of you-my deepest thanks for the gorgeous piece of luggage you gave me . It and I will grow old together on a trip to Europe thi s summer. I had come all cocked and primed to re sign after 2 5 years as class secretary-but how can I now! So each of you must promis e to send me one bit of news each year and I will see that it is passed on. A happy summer to each of you.

1932

Secretary MRS . CHARLES

SCARBOROUGH

(Zephia Campbell) 5109 Sylvan Road , Richm ond 25, Va . I surely wish that more of you could have been back for May Day and Homecoming. Jane Little Gray, Helen Po llard Deck, Mary Ryland Babcock, Katheri ne Roberts Hesby were at the luncheon. We were glad to have Bertie Flippo back with us for her first visit to the campus in fifteen years! Valerie LeMasurier Jones and her teen-age daughter , Rosemary, joined our group for the May Day exercises. Our class was much in the Alumnae Day spotlight. Helen Deck was elected a member-at-large on the nat ional Alumna e Board. She had just completed a similar term on the board of the Richmond Chapter. Jane Gray had been on the nomi nating committee for the nationa l chapter . Katherine Hesby will be Vice-President of our Richmond Alumnae Chapter next year. Mary Bab cock is co-chairman with Miss K eller of the Emily Gardner M emorial Fund committee. A project of Eleanor Ewell's daughter, Patricia , was the subject of an interestin g news storv in the Times-Dispatch in March. Pat, a senior in 路dramatics at William and Mary , has formed a drama group at Eastern State Hospital as pa rt of a fine arts "problems in directing" course. Since drama therapy is something new in the treatment of men tal patients , Pat took a special orientation course in mental hospital work before she undertook her pro ject, which she reports as "q uite a challenge. " Eleanor has gone back into social service work after a brief period of working in a doctor's office. Two of our class had exciting trips to New York during spring vacation . Mar y Babcock took her boys and had dinner with Jo seph Holl and who got them tickets to the

lsn ' t it a shame? There is no Newsletter for our profs, especially those who are not so actively engaged on the Westhampton campus as they once were. Not that Fanny G. doesn't still watch the Hockey Team "run, run on down the field" whenever she can spare the time or that D ean Keller, Dr. Lough, and Miss Harris don't attend receptions, campus lectures, May Day, and commencement, when possible, but what occupies the time once taken up with class lectures, grading tests and themes, and being faculty advisors? These are some of the questions which were flying thick and fast during the recent class reunions .

Miss Keller is "busier than any bee" for she has membership in many organizations. This year she was most active on the Inter national Committee of the Altrusa Club, on the Richmond Cancer Society Driv e, and served as moderator for foreign students for a Woman 's Club plus accepting many speaking engagements. Why , she reviewed the books on Pearl Buck and Ellen Glasgow so much that she felt they must have been permanent guests in the Deanery! Those who have "gone out of Miss Keller's drama" will be interested in knowing that she has not missed a single play or musical concert given at the new Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Theatre . When queried ~bout future itineraries, our litt le Dean said she wished some day to visit the pre-historic caves in Southern France and Northern Spain. "Many people have asked why I don 't write my memoirs," she added near the end of our conversation. "I have decided to be an exception and not do it." (Is this not unfair to unorganized alumnae who would adore just such a work?) Sailing in March and not returning until late June was nice for Fanny G. but very discouraging for us who wou ld like to hear more details of her second trip abroad. (You'll remember she travelled first with Miss Keller and Miss Turnbull but while they stayed in Italy, she attended the coronation and saw some of England.) A card from her present trip said she took a freighter up the Adriatic. Fanny G. was one of seven passengers served by four stewards so you can see she was treated royally on that jaunt. ... Last fall Miss Crenshaw was over at McGuire Hospital working with the Educational Therapy Clinic. Courses were arranged with the University of Wisconsin plus extension courses with the University of Virginia. The vets were a most interested lot-s ome asked

to complete high school while others wisl:fed to go ahead and get work done for their college degrees. "Can I have a course on Russian history? " inquired one patient. Fanny G. thought to herself, ''I'll not be stumped. Why, I'll get a book and bone-up on the subject." Then she had a much better idea. "Why , only this year Miss Lough stopped teaching the two classes at R.P.I. and maybe I can talk her into doing this." The latter accepted and has enjoyed going deeper into this phase of history. Being a volunteer and staff aid for the Henrico Branch of the Red Cross has found Miss Lough at times swamped- just imagine being responsible for 1,600 Red Cross kits being filled! Dr. Lough enjoyed the year she lived in Europe right after her retirement but a future trip to California is all the prospective travelling on her agenda at the moment. Did you know that there is a Susan M . Lough Fellowshvp Grant and also a May L. Kell er Fellowship Grant given by the Richmond Chapter of the AAUW? These grants are awarded each year to foreign students who. wish to do special study in America. Miss Keller, one of the founders of the AAUW in Richmond, has held both state and nation al offices from time to time. Miss Harris retired from teaching math, I believe, so she could teach math. Somehow路 the Harris and Gaines families never seem to get it out of their blood. Two evenings a week she teaches businessmen algebra and trig at R.P .I. When queried as to whether these men were better students than WC freshmen, she diplomatically added that all these men asked to take the courses. The remark was well taken and the subject quickly changed to astronomy. The campus telescope damaged by the hurricane is completely repaired, but Dr . Wheeler reports that it is still a DP waiting for a sponsoring building to, offer its roof for housing . Miss Harris is one of the most enthusiastic members of the Richmond Astronomical Society which has an observatory here . Beingthe interested person she is in all different types of subjects, she finds membership in theResearch Club very reward ing . In her "free" moments, she enjoys keeping in touch with her many math majors. She also found time 路 to write an excellent history of the mathematics department at the University for the last issue of the BULLETIN. With roughly ten hours out of each day used for eating and sleeping, one can readilysee that these four professors are crowdin g the remaining fourteen hours with interestingand worthwhile, as well as rewarding, activities.-Ding Lambeth Shotwell.

play in which he is now appearing with Alfr ed Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Aft er th e play J oe took Mar y and th e boys back stage to meet the Lunts. Mary reports that all thi s ju st made their trip a real treat. Katheri ne H esby also had a visit to New York

and saw M arie and Joe D eatelh auser while she was there. Th e three of them enjoy ed severa l evenings . with Rus s Whalen and hi s wife. Russ was a contemporary of ours across the lak e. K atherine reports that Jessie Mill er Jon es Turner 路 too k a teaching position after the loss of her lius- -

So open your ears and you shall hear Of the midnight notes compiled here!

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band and is getting along nicely. We were all shocked to learn of the death of Elsie Reaguer Miller of a heart attack on May 16. Her husband was G. Tyler Miller , President of Madi son College, and she died at her home in Harrisonburg. Beside her husband, she is survived by one daughter , Elsie Browning Miller. Don ' t forget to look at the Alumnae Fund report elsewhere in this issue and see how '32 came out in its percentage race with '31.

1933

Secretary

1936

S. HOPSON, III WILLIAM (Helen Denoon) 3404 W . Franklin St., Richmond 21, Va.

MRS.

"MEMO TO: Absentees FROM: The 34 Present SUBJECT: 20th CLASS REUNION

Secret ary MISS GERTRUDE

DYSON

1500 Wilmington Ave ., Richmond 22, Va. Ann Dickinson Welsh , Marion West, Etta Whitehead Nachman, Peggy Cammack Hood, and Archie Fowlkes attended some of the festivities at the college May D ay week-end. Carolyn Cutchin Powell visited the gardens at Virginia Beach during Garden Week in Virginia . Kathryn Harris Hardy had a trip to Wilmington for the gardens and homes in that area. Hope you all have a wonderful summer ... make Phon e 7-403 6

Lucy Blackwell Alexander, who missed the 10th reunion, said she had waited for the 20th, and it was well worth it. ow here are some of the reasons why we wish you had been in Richmond the first week-end in May, 1956 . On Friday evening Elizabeth Chapman Wilson most graciously welcomed us to her lovely Westham home for our Class Supper. Such a delicious one it was too! This occasion was memorable for it was the only time we were all together. Many happy reunions took place, as did de ligh\ful reminiscing and comparing of notes. Dot Enslow 's scrapbook was a masterpiece with each page beautifully and appropriately illustrated. A class picture , taken then, will be available upon request from our secretary at one dollar each. The Faculty Panel on Saturday morning at Keller Hall was most interesting and informative . The 327 West Main Street VIRGINIA scope of the curriculum would please you as well RICHMOND as amaze you as you beard about the present acFurniture for Schools. Churches and Other Buildinga tivities and accomplishments on the campus. The OWERS FL Folding Tables faculty members , new to us, would have delighted Desks ( Office and School) you. You would have been proud of our friend, Dr. Smart, now head of the Biology Department. LOUNGE FUR NI TURE The Music Department's report was interesting and CHAIRS thri lling . A University Orchestra exists now with town people members of it. Faculty and student CHURCH FURNITURE concerts are given in Keller Hall for audiences WINDOW SHADES • Churcl School with standing room only. We heard about the and BLACKBOARD Pullies111in,Fa;a1l111 many opportunities for expression of creative talent · in all possible areas.

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At the business meeting an in memoriam tribute to Dr. Emily Gardner was given, and a moment of silence in her honor followed. Some of us squeezed in a tour of new buildings before luncheon. The Law Building, Boatwright Memorial Library, and the South Court Dormitory are magnificent. Miss Ke ller, the Alumnae Day luncheon speaker, de lighted us with her reminiscing of W esthampton' s ear ly days. Miss Turnbull , Miss Harris, Miss Lutz, Miss Ross and Miss Lough greeted us cordially. Marjorie P. Tabb asked us to sign our picture in the 1936 Annua l. Painful! May Day gave a festive and gay setting to the day's program, the May Pole and carnival being very colorful. The campus in full spring glory was perfect ly beautiful; dogwood everywhere; brilliant azaleas now enhancing the path down to the lake . Our regret was that our schedule did not include all of the May Day festivities. On the campus we sorely missed our beloved class advisor, Miss Maude H. Woodfin . Miss Crenshaw was in Europe , and we missed seeing Mis s Jean Wright. Several attended the banquet in the Millhiser Gym. We were delighted to have Miss Lutz at our '36 table for the evening. Dr. Solon B. Cousins was the guest of honor and a fine portrait of Dr. Cousins was unveiled and presented to the University. Sary Covey Bradford entertained at her home Saturday night, and Florence Mar ston Harvey invited our class to Sunday breakfast in the College tea room . Comments heard at the Bowers Hotel ; there is a closeness in this large, congenial group, not because we are '36e rs; even though different parts of the country were represented, there was an awareness of chronic problems existing; helpful to group to recognize same problems connected with children, social and psycho logical adjustments. In retrospect there is a special satisfaction and stimulation in remembering our time together, a sense of pride in the traditions of Westhampton and a thrill in the forward look of our Umversity. Sincerely, Your Classma tes" Thank you, Betty Kelly Conley, for the above review of our wonderful reunion week-end. I'm sure that every one present felt ,that it was a huge success. Dot Enslow, Elizabeth Wilson and I thoroughly enjoyed making the plans for the dinner and receiving dozens of letters from you. P lease, those who have not sent a letter to Dot , do so now. Her address is Baldwin , Maryland. If you would like to have the scrap book sent to you send me a card and I will put your name on the list. Out of the 48 graduates, (and we have lost two of these Anna Ferrell and Mary V . White) 29 returned p lus 5 who did not graduate with us . We missed those who were not present. Alic e Turner Schafer and He len Falls wrote that they were teaching and could not get away and Margaret Watkins Weatherall wasn_'t able to_get aw~y from her job. Mickey Myrick Hirschfeld 1s rn Pans where her Commander husband is stationed. She has three children. Ruth Parker Jones and Anna Caste lvecchi De l Papa were unable to come at the last moment after looking forward to it for a long time . Booda Gregory Th?rpe and Ju?ith Hodges Schulte had children rn school. L11?ba Conwe ll was busy with the ca_mp season start1_ng at the YMCA. We enjoyed readrng her letter which came on the day of the reunion. We also enjoyed a letter and picture from Annabel Carswell Audit that came on May 5th. Annabel has a n~w daug?• ter born last June. Virginia Burfoot 1s still rn Japan but plans to be home this summer. We want to extend our sympathy to Frances Bowers Jones who lost her mother in April.

1937

Secretary MRS. EDw ARD McCARTHY

MILLER

(Jean Hudson) 1708 Elmsmere Ave., Richmond 27, Va. Grace Elliott Olsen, who lives on the campus of Perki nston Junior College in Mississippi, is a

reporter for two city newspaper s. Now that Alice, their only child , is in first grade, Grace hopes to return to childr en's library work. Louise Thompson Chewning's fami ly, the whole half-dozen, spent two weeks in Florida in June , after staying severa l days at Sea Island. Ali ce Wr enn Watts is taking on new responsibilities in the garde n club world. Ali ce is on the State Board of Dir ectors of the Virgini a Federation of Garden Clubs and is also State Chairman of the Flower Show School held in cooperation with VPI. Frances Wright James and h er sons, ages 9 and 7, are in Richm ond temporarily until they can join her hu sband in Baltim ore. Army lif e has taken Frankie to Turkey, England, and many sections-of the U nit ed States. Virgi nia Roane Causey, w ho was with us our freshman year, still suffers with t he art hri tis that has p lagued her since college days. Vir ginia, Baker and their son Charlie, who is a junior in high schoo l, live at 517 Montval e Avenu e, Richmond. By the time you read this, K atheri ne Broyles Kerr will have discarded her crutches. W e're so happy, Kitty, that you will have no permanent disability as a result of the automobile accident. Can anyone give us the correct ad dr esses for Mrs. Glenmore J. Bolf (D orot hy Cole) or for Mrs. Robert Taylor Cosby (B arbette Stephenson) ?

1938

Sec.-etary MR S. BERT

BURCHILL

(Elizabeth Shaw) 6709 Kensington Ave., Ri chmond 26, V a. I was sorry not to be able to attend the May D ay festivities, but my littl e girl, Jean, was down with the mumps. She recovered in time to be reg istered at W esthamp ton School for the fa ll term in Junior Primary 1. Dou glas Gee Baldwin report s attending one of the meetings and saw Elizabeth D arracott Wh eeler, Barbara D ejarnett e Bagw ell, Marth a W are, and Anne Payne Stites. Th e "Virgini a Auth ors' Yearbook for 1956" was pub lished recently by Mar garet Haley Carpenter of 1032 Cambridge Crescent, Norfo lk, containing news of w hat Virgini a writers have been doing during the last year. This fact was noted in a recent editoria l in the Richmond News Leader entitled, " A Nation of Poets." Many of us will remember that "Sweet" was always quite interested in poetry. Josephine M allory Cosby ha s been quite active in the W estwood Gard en Club, here in Richm ond . She was president last year and is very proud th at the club won the Pace Memori al Aw ard for civic beautification. Thi s was th e first time that this award has been given. Ann e Walk er has been transferred from Birmingham , Alabama, to Columbia, S. C. H er address is in care of the V . A . H ospital in Columbia. She was home for M ot her's Da y and it was nice to see her again. Olive Messer Lewis was in town one day recent ly and I had a nice chat with her. She is bu sy with the children and scout work.

1941

Secretary MRS . ALBERT

T . ELLWANGER,

JR.

( Henri etta Sadler) Route 13, Box 50-A, Richmond 26, V a. We had a wonderful reunion. About twentyeight of us were at the various events . The buffet supper at Al ese H ardaway Prince's home star ted our activiti es. Mary Owen Bass and K enneth, Charlotte Dudl ey Patteson and Pat, Mi ss Rivenbur g, Barbara Eckles Crizzard and Stuart, Ad a Land, Ann W oodwa rd Courtney and Bob, M ary Alice Smith Tillotson and Rex, Dorothy H ars hbarger, Elizabeth H olden Slipek and Ed, Phyllis Coghill Brow n and Roy, Mayme O 'Fla herty Stone and Pat, Virginia Omohundro Purc ell and H aro ld, Betsy W oodson Weav er and Albert , Lib H enry Belcher and Ray, Jean Neasmith Dickin son and Enders, Dotty Hewe s McGlincy , Ann e Addison Bowling , Antoin ette Wirth Whittet and Mac, .l\nna Marie Rue Stringfellow and Thornton, M arion

you to Alese Prince and Charlotte Patteson for having us in in their homes. aomi Lewis Policoff wrote she was sorry to miss the reunion . Her two children like being Yankees and Leonard is Chief of the Physical Medical D epartment of Albany Hospital and is Asso-

John G.Kolbe, Inc. SU EAST MAIN STREET Rawls Waymack, Virginia Lee Ball Glover and Roy, Louise Morrissey Moyer and Joe and Al and I were there. We all had a wonde rful time and Alese and David were most gracio us hostess and host. Saturday morning Charlotte Dudl ey Patteson had a lovely coffee. There were some new faces there. Evelyn Cosby and Kathryn Leviston Krug came. Everything was delici ous and fattening and we did transact a little class business. After the coffee we went over to W esthampton and took part in the Alumnae D ay program. At lun ch Betty K eesee Rhodes, Jean Huffm an Waite , Connie Powell Lu'ttrell, and Jo Fennell Pacheco were added to our number. May D ay was beautiful. Toni Whittet took pictures of all available chi ldren of '41. After chasing over the campus with childre n and frie nd s, dinner at Millhiser Gym and the Rotu nda Club , most of us were exhausted. It rea lly had been fifteen years since June, 1941. There are many peop le to thank for a wonderful weekend but especially Jet me say a special thank-

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ciate Professor of Medicine at Albany Medical College. Jean Neasmith Dickinson and family, Julia Ann, 11, Dickie, 8, and John 1½, have moved to 1400 Confederate Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. She is a part-time Psychologist at Tucker Hospital. We have heard exciting news from Kitty Craw ford and Howard Lindsay . They won The Christopher Award for their television play "Miracle at Potter 's Farm ." They also have a contract with C.B.S. for five television shows . We are very proud of them . Caroline Gary Hugo was in Richmond a short time ago. Her husband , Larry, has a regular part on the " I Remember Mama" show and was recently seen in "Star Tonight ." Kira Nicholsky Curwen and Jane Trevvett Clark were planning to come to the reunion but were unable to get here. Kira and family recently took

a long trip to Colorado. I got several letters from you. Georgie Philpot Ingram wrote and sent pictures of her girls, Sarah Sue, 4, and Anne Marie, 2. Virginia Lee Ball Glover sent a picture of her "chosen son" Peter, almost two. Susan Trussell Wright wrote of daughters , Caro.J, 11, and Pam , 7, and their tent trailer with which they are planning a camping vacatio n to the Canadian Maritimes this summer . Patsy Garrett Kokinacis wrote that "5½ year old Jeff has a lovely sister , Kathy Virginia , and we still can't believe our good luck " ! She is also doing a T.V . series over C.B.S. in Hollywood . Cecile Geddis Smith wrote that they have a new baby girl born, Friday, April 13th. Her name is Nancy Carol. The Smith fami ly took a trip to New York where Cecil attended the American Economic Association Convention. Helen Dodd Driscoll is teaching school. She says she and the three boys all go to school together. Let me hear from you soon. We enjoyed seeing everyone who came to the reunion and missed all of you who were not here.

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Unti l you hear otherwise, it looks as though I am class secretary. Louise Moser found that she couldn 't handle it, in addition to a new baby, etc., so, here I am and if anyone would like to app ly for the position please let me know . I would love to hear from you for our class needs news about each other. My address is at the beginning of this article . I saw Lillian Jung's name on the guest book at Alumnae Day but did not see her. Incidentally where was everybody else? Going ,to the Virginia Federation of Woman's Club Convention is a little like going to a Westhampton homecoming. Dot Keeling was very busy as Junior Secretary-Treasurer , and Ann Goulding was there too. She has been Junior Legislative Chairman. Emma Bee Cruickshanks was also at the convention . I thoroughly enjoyed the convention. For the first time in eight years I wasn 't representing any club or district or chairmanship. I just sat back and relaxed. Nancy Parkerson has recently had her fourth child-a second daughter . Sally Seavers is church secretary for Overbrook Presbyterian Church here in Lakeside and keeps quite busy, as you can imagine . Remember, next year is our fifteenth reunion . If you have any suggestions-or advice, please let me know and please write me about yourselves.

1943

Secretary MRS. DAVIDR. TALBOTI (Barbara Lewis) 224 Westwood Road, Annapolis, Md .

Our deepest sympathy is extended Rose Koltukian Wallace whose seven-year-old son, Gregory , was killed on May 1, whi le they were visiting her

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family in Richmond. Her other son, Kevin, is almost two. Rose's address is 16 Colonial Road, Wilbraham, Massachusetts. The class sends its sympathy to Carolyn Babb Heflin, too. Her father died last Christmas. Carolyn's new address is 406 Har vard Street , Norfolk , Virginia . Several Richmond gir ls have moved to different homes: Pepper and Bob Hathaway are at 8518 Julian Road in a lovely, new split -level house. Maxine Rogers and the childr en now live at 1401 Cedar Lane, Apt. 4. And back to Maine go Fran and Bob Bell where he 's entering the building business. They're at home on Woodcrest Road , Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Fudge and Tom Starke had a marvelous vacation in May . . . visited Los Angeles, at.tended a steel convention in San Francisco, continued on to Canada and returned home by way of Yellow stone National Park. At the convention of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs in April, the state junior clubs presented a beautiful silver service to "Cozy" Long whose outstanding, two-year term as junior director expired this spring. Puff Hurnbevt plans to take two education courses at U. of R. summer school to help with her substitute teaching-while Dick takes the three girls with him to Camp Chinquapin each day. Puff rep laced Fran Bell as Richmond Correspondent. The Henry's blue-green house on the hill in the deep woods is ready. Pam Carpenter Henry and George have gone color-happy on the interior, too . During the past month every little Henry but one had had measles, mumps, etc. They wish for a reliable M. D. to open his general practice in Barnesville so they could have George home at least two nights a month! Mary Jean Shelby Proctor leaves her job with the State of N. C. Department of Personnel June 1. Recently she had lun ch with Anne Byrd Tucker Moore . So good to hear from Mickey Allman Cage. She and Norman have two boys, Norman, 6, and Tommy, 3, and are busy redoing their ramb ling farmhouse. Says she, "We 've gone pony crazy. Each boy has his own pony and Daddy, a horse . Mother stays away from them. " From Ann Chambliss Surber comes word that Sonny has recovered from his accident to the extent that he works at night and goes to school by day. She rarely sees him! Ann and the children plan to spend the summer with her parents; so she hopes for a trip to Richmond to see some of you girls. Peggy Jeanne Kyle Anderton has a family car now and learned to drive and got her permit in three weeks. With all four children Louise Wiley Willis went ,to May Day at Westhampton. She spent a week in Richmond. A newsy letter from Ellie Proffitt Jones tells of the fifteenth reunion of Rex's class at Richmond. Earl Fox was up from St. Petersburg, Florida, where he is practicing geriatrics . A patient of his has given one of his sons a four-year scholarship to Yale! Reba Booker Fox couldn 't come with him because she had just taken a too-good-to-turn-down job with the local TV station down there. Their address is 4900 Fourth Street, South. . . . The Joneses are raising sheep and are kept busy with the Jambs of contrary mothers. They are adding on to their house--a utility room and porch downstairs and a bedroom upstairs. Lowaita Rowland Martin, Harry and the four children have been living in a Japanese house in Japan-quaint but cold last winter. Eddy, 7, was to have a muscle-grafting operation on his hand to help repair the damage from polio. Debby, 11, has no ill effects. They are all picking up the Japanese language and enjoy their two maids . At the alumnae luncheon we learned , much to our chagrin, that the Class of '43 had one of the lowest percentages of contributors to the alumnae fund of any class. Up to May 5, only eleven members had contributed to the 1955-1956 drive. We have done much better and should strive to raise our percentage much higher in the next fiscal year .

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1207 Maywood Road, Richmond, Va. Since last writing for the Spring Bulletin I have received several more of the questionnaires with news about some of you. As I write this in the middle of May, some "news" may be "history." Lottie Blanton is now stationed at Fort Dix , N . J., where I und erstand she is expanding the occupationa l therapy department of the Army Hospital. Mary Ellen and Stewart Lowry are the proud parents of a blue-eyed and brown haired son , Stewart Lowry , Jr., born March 23, 1956. We have heard from three "out of the country" girls. Chotty Thomas Patrick with husband and four children are in Haiti. Chotty will be coming to the United States for three months beginning the end of May. Anne Steadman Fletcher is stationed with her air force husband on the "coo l" North Sea, near Ipswich, England. Lydia Crabtree Love's address is American Consulate General, APO 757 , New York. Anne Fisher Keppler, Philip and three chi ldren Jive in Northampton, Massachusetts. Philip is a very busy man with his teaching at both Smith and Mt . Holyoke colleges. Natalie Heller Moore and husband, who is a dentist , and two children live in Union , New Jersey. Betty Kirkpatrick Warwick and attorney husband are in Anchorage , Kentucky. Peggy Baker Deierhoi writes from Bennington , Vermont . Her husband is an engineer and they have two children . Ansley Hulfish is a receptionist at a new Medical Center in Warrenton, Virginia. Sorry I didn't see more of you at the alumnae lun cheon on Saturday, May 5th. This year as Alumnae and May Day were on the same date , I did not plan a lunch eon at a restaurant, but thought we could get together at Westhampton. The "D ay" was full , successful and beautiful. I'm sure all of you have heard of this year's special drive for the Alumnae Swimming Pool Fund with the goal of completion by 1961. I hear that our class percentage is improving. Maybe you want to contribute now before you forget .

1946

Secretary MR S. ]. RALPH

SHOTWELL

(Ding Lambeth) 2 5 34 Ridge Road, W ., Rochester 13, N . Y.

If ever there were two perfect days, weatherwise and reunion-wise, they were May 4th and 5th. 36 grads from our class wended their way back to

for Reynolds Metals. Marion introduced Lois Bradley Baker who has two pre-schoolers , Alan and Jean. Arlie is with the Navy Department and the Bakers have spent some time living in the Canal Zone. Alice Mae Prigg Drummond has three children, Carl 5Â˝, Bryan 4, and baby Lora. Husb_and Douglas works for the Patent Office in Washington and works with both Ellen Hodges Sawall's father and Peggy Macy Chevin 's mother and father. (It was at this point that Nancy Todd Lewis accused some of cramming for this game of introduction.) Priggum told us how cute Gail was as she was teJling of Joyce Eubank Todd's activities since college days. Joyce, most of you will remember, is one of the 10 world travellers of whom our class boasts. She taught the children of G. I.'s in Germany, taking side trips to about eig~t other countries Everyone laughed when Joyce said that Jeanne Yeamans had a marvelous trip to Europe because she went "without reservations. " Jeanne had her Miller and Rhoads coworker and co-trave ller to Europe to introduce. Lelia Phillips Toone is now Secretary to the General Manager of the store. Dottie Ann Feinberg just missed the Baby Cup, for Gail was born just two montl1s af.ter Barbara Anne Dunnavant (both of whom are having their eighth birthdays this summer.) Dottie 's son is 4, but the news that surprised us all so pleasantly is .that she has been studying art since she graduated and has a degree from the New York Uni versity of Fine Arts . An exhibit of her painting has been held in Leonia, N. J. Having a Master 's Degree in Clinical Psychology has aided Cora Lynn immensely in her present job which deals mostly with juvenile delinquents. Between her teaching careers Majorie Webb has studied radio and creative writing. She even had a radio script of hers accepted for the Dr . Christian Radio Series. Anne Harris Wood is packing up for her trip to Wake Forest. Bob will keep his church in Smyrna on week-ends while he is studying at Southeastern Baptist Seminary. Cally Goode Jackson and Iren e White Bain have two things in common-their trio of children and their pharmacist-husbands. Seated between them was Jeanne Pebworth Gammon who has a son and a daughter and lives in a trailer at V.P.I. Her husband 's field is radio engineering and he will finish in another year. We understand that Mar guerite Berryman is married now and living there in Blacksburg. Helen Mump er Dunnav ant gets our class' "Green Ribbon" for she not on ly ha s our Baby Cup girl but also heads the list with four Alumnae Daughters prospects. Bev Ryland aside from her recent trip to Europe has taught school in Hopewell, Guatemala, and Richmond. Bev introduced Nancy Todd Lewis whose daughter Nancy Wray Lewis was only three weeks old. We give Nancy "E" for effort and are also indebted to her for the stunt she and Jeann e Yeamans voluntarily performed. Nancy said that Frances Anne Beale Goode is

very happy with her daughter but with David in the tabulating business she was sure they were "counting on " having more . .. . Speaking of tabulation Jackie Hodges Walker says she has trouble keeping track of her four children . Henry is a teacher in Fairfax County. Working for the Purchasin g Department of ORT is interesting to Jackie Barnes Wolf. Jerry, her husband , is liaison man for a wholesale drug concern. It was brought out "he pushes the drugs to the doctors so they can push them on us. " We were glad that Barbara Richie Branch didn 't take any offense at this because her doctor-husband will start his practice in Roanoke July 1st. Mary Lucy Willis Bareford enjoys living in Urbanna where T is a lawyer. Her daughter, Anne, and her Junior Woman's Club work keep her well occupied. After her teaching career of four years Nooky Richardson took on the full time job of being Mrs .

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Wm. Phipps , a lumb erman's wife. They have two chi ldren. In September Jean White Robeson, Andy and their two daughters will leave Blacksburg. Andy is goi ng to spend a year working and learni ng at the Oak Ridge School of Nuclear Fission. (We enjoyed Jea,~·s dancing rendition of " D own in Louisi ana . ... ) Did you know that Amy has received her Master's D egree from the U. of Pa. in H istorica l Researc h? Addison is a C. P.A . and is in business for himself. They are the only people I know who took a post-income-tax-time vacation. Amy was sporting a beautiful Florida tan. We are all deeply ind ebted to Libby Thompson Schmidt and Eddie for opening their lovely home to us for an informa l get-together after the Alum nae-Alumni Banquet and the ballet. It was wonderful to have an opportunity to meet the husbands and the committee had planned everything so perfectly. Libby is an expert flower arranger, an d you should have seen the May Pole centerpiece with various colored satin ribbons and little nosegays at the end of each streamer. A bed of moss depicted the green. Marie Peachee Wicker was seated next to Libby. Peachee enjoys her career and she bears quite a long title, Placement Director for the School of Engineering of the University of North Caro lin a. All seated together were Virginia Gibson Stewart, Peggy Ma cy Chevins and Lucy Harvie . You mig ht expect it was a chemists' convention except

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that Lucy is the only one using her special skill at prese nt in the lab . Ginny and Peggy find th eir specialized training has helped them greatly in making formulas for their babies . Peggy should have hon ora ble mention made of her because she trave lled the farthest-flew from Connecticut for the reunion . She had pictures of her three chi! dren and a grand article written about Tony and the advertis ing work that he does in NYC. Barbara then told us that Cornelia Reid Rowl ett is presi dent of her garden club in Cha rlotte , N. C. Connie and B.J. enjoy the Couple's Class at their church and she keeps the Nursery during the church services some of the time . Others who could only attend the Saturday activ itie s were Peggy Bowdler with Bill and th eir chi ldren, Julia Shelton Jacobs (whose job at the post office in H anover kept her from the banquet) , Elsie Henl ey DiS ervio, and D ottie D avis Whitt enberger. Julia has a daughter named Julie. Dotti e and Ri chard have tw o boys now and they have lived in Panama from time to time. We enjoyed sharing the news that so many of you sent through your letters: Alta sent a darlin g picture of her three children which were the rea son she couldn 't at tend plus the many miles distance from Cincinnati. From the same city came a nice Jetter from Gale Abbott who had th e same problems. Our Kansan Faye Clarke Randl e said "w hile I am at the D odge City Fiesta May 4t h I'll be thinking about our class and be wishing I could be there. " She continu es "Jack has been in privat e pract ice since last July. The commun ity built a beautiful and well-equipped small hospital two years ago. Jack is the only doctor for Bucklin and several surrounding towns . Dau ghter Di ane is six and Clar ke three. I stay busy with fami ly, home, civic clubs and medical auxi liaries." June 1st Ellen Hodges Sawall received a promotio n . She is now Executive Secretary of the D emocrat ic Party of Wisconsin. " It is a fascinating job including edi tin g a monthly newspaper, running the state headquarters, handling the finance work , planning meetings , etc." Ellen couldn 't come because their annu al Jefferson-Jackson Dinn er with Averill Harrim an as speaker was on May 5th. " I am a Jaycee-ette, member of a church circle and a study group that meets once a week . My two main hobbies are oil painting and sewing but Judy (5) and her two young er brothers keep me from doing a great deal on either." This news comes from Betty Simpson, now Mr s. Wilmer Edward Breeden , Box 183, Culpeper, V a. Teaching six classes a day to some 144 student s was not enough for Isabel Gunnels Snyder who had a professo r and two stud ents from Georgia State College for W omen observing her classes. Tentative plans are for Isabel to take a student teacher fr om that college next fall for a nine week period. She hopes she might get to Chapel Hill this summ er to ge t in a littl e more work toward the Master's D egree in History. Anne W are Fry and Bill will be Jiving in Da yton with the "s mall Frys" as soon as they can sell their home. Anne taught in a Bible School at a

girl's hom e in Clifton, Vir ginia. Elaine Weil Weinberg wrot e a nice lett er of reg ret s saying that at reun ion time she was movin g to Ale xandria where Larry is working for a priv ate research firm. Their two daught ers were sick wh en they moved to the apartment which they have taken only temporarily. (1 607 S. 28th St., Apt. #5, Arlington , Va.) At a short busin ess meeting I was elected to serve as your class secretary for a year. J eanne Yeamans and Mary France s Bethel Wo od will succeed me in that order, and each will serve two-year term s. Barbara Richi e Branch was elected as alternate. By this time you have probably received the history of our class that was mail ed to you. An ite m of new bu siness was sugg estedtha t we ha ve a get-together of our class in 21/z years which would make it during the Fall H omecoming of 1958. (Fiv e years is ju st too Jong to wai t!) Did you kno w: Mary Sue Barnett is gettin g married this summer , that Ruth Smith T schan had an art icle, "What Shall W e T ell Our Children Ab out D eath ?" published in the Christian H erald, that Anne J ones Park er and D on bought an older hou se and are doing the redecorating themselves , that Jinx Booth Arm strong has moved to Richmond, that Mary Lane Willi ams Brockenbrough will soon move into a newly built hom e, and th at Mary Tuck Echol s is livin g in Peru? We are ind ebted to Jeanne Yeamans and Lelia Toone for the lovely programs and especially for the words of the college songs. Ju st wish you could have all been with us in the friendship circle as we sang "Te ll Me Why ."

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News is might y scarce these days. I hope with vacation time coming up all of you will write and tell us about your vacation s, fami lies, etc. Let 's have a lot of news for the next BULLETIN. Betty O 'B rien Yeats and Joe are pro ud parents. Their son, Jam es McGuir e, was born M arch 10th. Congrat ulation s. Betty Tinsley Andrew s and M ary Cox And erson were together for a few days at the conventio n of the Virgin ia Federation of W omen's Clubs . They had a grand time forgetting housework and catching up on all the news. Alice Mason Cralle and J esse went to New York in April when Alic e had her sprin g vacation . Sounds like fun I Marion Husk e Moomaw and her family moved into their new hou se in May. It is on Cowan Road in Bon Air but their address is just Bon Air , Va. J. and I are now settl ed in our apartment after what seemed lik e w eeks of unpacking. We had a grand trip, staying in Ft. Lauderdale and Vero Beach, Florida, for several days. We came north through Charleston , Myrtl e Beach and Wilmin gton, getting back home on April 20th . Ha ve a grand summer and do write.

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Secretary MRS. J. LANDERAI LIN (I sabel Ammerman) 4312 Old Brook Road, Richm ond , Va.

Secretary Mils. JACK B . WI LBOURNE ( Sarah Bishop) 609 Arlie Avenue , Richmond 26, Va.

You 'll have to admit it, as a class we have sett led into a comfo rtabl e rut. We follow our chosen paths quietly , we hope efficientl y, but collectively we are most unnewsworthy. However , there are some among us who make the ir daily living worth reporting here. W e're delighted to welcome home H annah Barlow on a year's leave from her beloved missio!1 work in Japan. She arri ved in Richmond May 20, after a six week trip th at encompassed th e glob e. Hannah left Tokyo Ap ril 2, with two friends to begin th e tri p that touched Man ila, H ong Kon g, Bangkok, Rangoon , Calcutta , D elh i, Karachi , Cairo , J erus alem, Tel Avi v, Cyprus, Beirut , Ath ens, Rome, Milan , V enice, Zurich, Paris, London, Amst erdam , Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Glasgow and finally New York and Richmond. I understand she has

a strenuous speaking tour awaiting her but I sincerely hope we will be able to see Hanna_h and let her share with us some of her nch expenences. Virginia Herndon's engagement has b~en announced to William Alger Pugh, Jr. At tlus writing the wedding plans are incomplete, but Gi_nna says they will be married in August. Aliser 1s a student at V.P.I. and Ginna has a teaching contract in Christiansburg this fall. Sally Taylor DuBose sent word that_ ex-48 Marian Kuehl is living in Ann Arbor, M1ch1gan, where her husband, Don, is working on a fellowship . Sally also had seen Betty Hardin Elmore on her vacation to North Carolina. Incidentally, Sally recently made a quick trip to Virginia aad while here had lunch with Peggy Stone Cunnmngham . Peggy had lots of news of the Cu_nninghams who had visited Doris Vicers Hall while in Washington . But most exciting is the news that Gerry has bought a nine acre lake, Overhi!l Lake, for swimming, boating and fishing. Take the family and go for this summer. There 's an excellent chance Peggy will be the fast person you see. . Boo Koltukian Cowles 1s spending a month in Grand Rapids, Michigan, while her husband is working there. Pat Adams Wood _head went aJong for the ride with Bob on one of his recent business trips and found time to visit with Suzanne _Lovern Peeler in Staunton and Jo Hoover Pittman in Norfolk. Both families were reported looking fine. Jackie Pitt Suttenlield called to say Jimmy had dropped by to see Pat and Irene Barbour Fenlon on one of his trips to Flint, Michigan . They and the two boys were line and so delighted to hear first hand news of Virginia. A birth announcement from Jack and Lois McClanahan Garrett told of the April 18th arrival of daughter number two, Kathryn Gilchrist Garrett. The other name on this cradle roll is little Margaret Ownby , born May 7 to parents Ralph and Margaret Elliott Ownby. Imagrne ha_ving a full time pediatrician to solve all the dilemmas encountered with the first baby! A letter from Anne Brunner Woo told of her reading an article by Virginia Kreyer in the monthly magazine, Pastoral Psychology_, called "The Ministry and the Handicapped." Ginny is quite busy with her job as Guidance Consultant to the Cerebral Palsy Center of Nassau County, N_ew York, writing her autobiography and performing duties as a Baptist minister. We 're so pleased to hear that Frances Stuart Bailey's husband Rolen recovered nicely from an .attack of rheumatic fever. Anne and Frances have had an opportunity to see each other. Janice Conant McCoy and I were the only two '48'ers I saw at Alumnae Day. The campus was lovely with the azaleas and dogwood still blooming and the May Day program couldn 't have been prettier. I watched the gals trimming the gym with Spanish moss and crepe paper for the dance , with a warm nostalgic feeling saying it couldn't have been TEN years since we did this very thing. Peggy Clark Bowdler said Ann Bowie Little had been home for a visit this spring with the two children. The class response to the Fund drive was totally disappointing as is your response to even a simple appeal for current addresses and news. Our days of youthful irresponsibility are long past. As we approach our tenth anniversary of graduation I believe, as do many others, it is high ti~e we take a place with the other classes in contnbut10n not only of money but time and interest. There are many worthwhile endeavors we, as alumnae, can perform for Westhampton to make her stronger. I do not plan a lecture but this is not the ]~st to be said on the subject if a marked change 1s not observed. Our class stands absolutely alone with this uncooperative attitude toward bot_h the Alu~nae Association and each other. Think about 1t and let me hear some of your views. Finally two address changes-both lovely new homes for: Mary Jane Spivey Snead-1912 Riverview Drive , Richmond, Virginia. Peggy Stone Cunnningham - 8821 Gayton Road , Richmond, Virginia.

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406 Jefferson St., Emporia , Va. I h~d previously mentioned their new home, but did not know their address . Kakie (Smith) and Warren Spratley are anx Before you become engrossed in the news, I iously watching ~he building of their new home . would like to remind you that it was suggested They hope to be in by fall. bv Flo (Gray) Tullidge at our last class reunion Ann Wilson and Bill Bryant have also moved tl1at we have a planned get-together at the half to their new home, 2533 Northumberland Rd., way mark before another reunion, which would Richmond. be Homecoming time this coming fall. The girls Bobby Rhodes and Bill Barker have decided who live in Richmond and I would be glad to their apartment is growing too small,_ so the)'.' plan plan a weekend of events if you are interested in to move in November. They are buying a tn-!evel returning. Please let your group leader know, so home in Richmond . George and Frankie (Robinthat we can determine your attitude . It would son) King also plan to move into a similar type be fun to see everyone once again. home in the same neighborhood. Betty (Evans) Hopkins received a letter from I have learned that Ann (Carter) Kraft's husMrs. Booker thanking the class of '49 for the band received a promotion in the Kraft Cheese check ($37.50) sent to boost the swimming JJOOl Company, and the family has moved to upper fund . This was the money collected at the bndge state New York. But, I do not know where they party that we gave in th~ Tea-room .. are located . If anyone would volunteer any more Mimi (Anderson) Gd! was chairman of May information I would appreciate it. Day , and made a splendid job of it. It was a Izzy Taylor also contemplates a move. She is colorful day of festivities. Some of the out of town leaving Miami and returning to Pensacola. She girls were: Flo (Gray) Tullidge and her older says that the big city is too much for her. daughter, Agnes; Joyce (Roberson) Goforth; Ruby We had a big s<are. Caroline (Lynne) Doyle's (Patterson) Weber; and Laura (Saunders) Jan:ies. Forgive me if I missed anyon~Âˇ~ name . Many R1-ch- husband was in an auto accident . Fortunately he was not hurt although there was much damage to mond girls enjoyed the_ fest1v1ties. . the car. Mimi has some family news. The biggest event Burt (McCullough) Palmer and family _are liv is that she and Bill have bought a new home and ing in Salisbury , Md., and seem to love 1t. Jane plan to move in on July 15th . Their new home, having 4 bedrooms , 2 baths, and a large scree~ed in porch , is located at 3310 Loxley !-ld. For exC1~ement into the Gill family, Billy hit Spence with the living room stool. As a result little brother got several stitches in his head . U.S. DEPf. OF Audrey Bradford and Bill Saupe are on the m?ve again. Bill will be transferred to Panama City, AGRICULTURE C. Z., where he will manage a tobacco factory for two or three years. He will come to Richmond SAYS: for several weeks to observe the factory here before he goes to Panama. Audrey and Kathy ~i\l join "MILK him about a month later. She will VISlt her mother in Portsmouth and will remain there for her sister's wedding. DOESMORE FORTHE BODY Mary Ann (Peddicord) and Bo Williams a~e THAN ANY OTHERFOOD. becoming very excited over the prospects_ of their new tri-level home, which is being built. Th~y IT PROVIDESHIGH QUALITY hope to be in by the last of August. Burr, t~eir young son, over ran the bath tub recently, causing PROTEIN, the plaster in the kitchen to fall. Boys really know how to get into trouble. VITAMINS The class extends its sympathy to Martha Hall, who lost two uncles recently , Mr. Moseley and Mr. Harvey Martin. Many of us remember the Enioy the convenience of regular home hospitality of the Martins during our college days. delivery by courteous routemen! Aunt Edith and Uncle Harvey's home was open to many '49ers on weekends. Instead of reporting babies this issue it seems DIAL 5-2838 that the trend is toward new homes . Several lucky families have recently moved. Helen (McDon ough) and Matt Kelley have moved into their new home at 7404 Mt. Bella Rd., Richmond 25, Va. Matt is most proud of their home because he actually did much of the construction himself. Jean (Moody) and Stuart Vincent's address is Secretary

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(Ferris) Barden, her husband, and their two sons Jive only two blocks from Burt. The mothers get together often. Alda (Marlin) and Bob Noftsinger, who are living in Wilmington, Del., came down recently to visit the Palmers. Burt arid Jane, please send us your complete addresses. Did you hear that Jessica (Niblet) Miller was visiting her family in Richmond during Christmas? Her visit was extended due to the fact that her baby's leg was broken . Things are now on the mend! Carolyn (Bonham) and Charlie Thompson were in Richmond the weekend of May 19·2·0 . They were on vacation (alone), and were traveling in Virginia. They visited Betty (Evans) Hopkins and Mag (Knapp) Howe. Carolyn brought news that Rosie is doing fine. From what I understand several '49ers have been trying to get in touch with Hazel (Jennings) Walker , and now I understand why they have failed. Hazel and her daughter, Jan, have been on

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vacation in D etroit, seeing friends. When they return, Hazel plan s to go to Texas and California. Mitzi (V era) Williams had been in Richmond visiting her mother while Jack finished exams. She and Lisa have had fun visit ing friends. The Williams will be in Chapel Hill next year, where Jack is working toward his Ph.D . Jane (Norris) Knutson and her two children visited Jane's grandmother who lives in Richmond. Jane's husband is a geologist and they live in Max Meadows, Va . Nancy (Berry) H>ulcher reports that after having two boys her little girl is an angel. Beth (Wilburn) Hooker reports an opposite opinion. Her two boys are very good, but it is her young daughter who rules the household . The Class of '49 is proud to claim Cornelia Ayre as one of its Joyal members. She has been accepted in the American Society of Civil Engineers and is the only girl in the Society in Va. Cornelia is employed with the State Highway Dept. Hathaway Pollard wrote that she expected to attend the national convention of the Special Librarians Assoc. in Pittsburgh, Pa. , in early June. Her sister graduated from Virginia Intermont and plans to attend Westhampton in the fall . Marilyn (Alexander) Kubu accompanied Ed east in the spring, He attended the Textile Conferences in New York and interviewed students at Princeton Univ. for Goodrich, ' That sums up the news for this issue, except for me to remind you to· participate in your Alumnae Fund. Send in your contributions and boost our poor percentage . We can do better than 16% .

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Pris Enslin is engaged to be married in October. On March 27, at the First Baptist Churd, in Richmond , Mary Lee Rankin became the bride of Dr. Thomas McCullough. She was a beautiful bride and the blue striped taffeta dresses that Peggy Wells Meador and the other two attendants wore were just perfect. Ida Smith was there with several of Mary Lee's former students from William and Mary , and I enjoyed myself thoroughly. Gregory Reid Phillips was born on January 27th to Nancy Chapin and Alex. Two little boys should make the Phillips' home a lively one . A new candidate for Westhampton made her appearance on March 30th , to her happy parents, Charlotte Westervelt Bispham and hubby. We extend our sympathy to Martha Jones, whose father died recently. Ida had a Jong Jetter from Bea Covington O'Flaherty. Little Jeff had measles, mumps and chickenpox in one month. The big news is that when Bill gets out of the Navy he will be an assistant executive director of the Tobacco Tax Coun cil with the main office in Richmond. They have bought a home on Noble Avenue in Ginter Park with six bedrooms and three floors and they hope to be all settled by the first of September, We are

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looking forward to seeing Jots of them and are so glad to have them in Richmond. Charlotte Westervelt held the first alumna e meeting for the Wilmington vicinity recently. A surprising number of al umna e came, including several girls from our class. Clarice Ryland Pric e reports an unexpected visit from Claire Noren Griffin, Bob and little Barbara in April. Claire is thrilled over their new Cape Cod house in Melrose, Mass. It sounds as if Betty Finney Tuttle and Arthur wi ll have a luxurious summer in Chapel Hill, as they are moving into a professor's house for three months . It 's equip ped with air conditioning, automatic dishwasher and a maid I Barbara White Balderson and Lew and Helen Lampathakis Kosty] and Dick went to Florida in May for severa l weeks . Doris Lee Reeves Childress has a son who was born May 21. Glad Barbara Beattie Fanney is out of the hospital and feeling fine. Would you like to be enrolled in T. C Williams Law School for the fall term? Well , one of us will be! Marianne Beck is giving up her position with the T . B. Association to become a law student. Dr. Joanna Maiden finishes surgery at Baptist Memorial Hos.pita! in June and will then do a residency in general practice at City Memorial Hospital in Winston-Salem, N. C. Margie Canada has been promoted to director of occupational therapy at Boston State Hospital. This is the largest center of its kind in the countr y and she will not only head the staff of 25 but supervise training of students, medical stude nt s and nurses. Joanne Waring has been in the Dominican Repub lic-again ! Ann D orsey James is doing fine, but still has a few limitations on her activities. Joe left for three weeks in Japan on May 20, Penny Wilks Fitzgerald and Earl are getting their new yard all fixed up and are helping and hoping to see a new college in Fayetteville , N. C. one of these days, Jo Martens is busy with the N. Y. Westhampton group, Doris Balderson Burbank says she 's Jtill teaching at St. Christopher's. Tucky Bellows Morri ssett and family have moved to Roanoke. Basil has been promoted to branch manager for LB.M. Congratulations! Barbara Lee Jones and her husband Harry Jones have a daughter, Katherine Terrell Jones, born April 6. Win Schanen Mitchell and her husband Bill recent ly spent a week in California visiting friends. Catherine Krause Kenn ey's husband Grafton, who recently graduated from Southern Seminary, is now pastor of the Hebron Baptist Church. They are living in Avon in a beautiful new brick parsonage which was recently pictured in the ReligiouJ Herald, May Day was just wonderful! The luncheon was delicious and it's a shame so many of you missed it. Those we saw were Clarice, Piggy, Margie Parsons Owens, Jean Tinsley Martin, Libby Givins Pierce, Janice , Joanne Waring, Frannie Sutton Oliver, Kitty Rosenberger Garber, Gene Heart Joyner, Maggie Alexander Anderson , Aggie Feild Burke, and yours truly, Our class worked up to 30% contributing to the Alumnae Fund by May Day, but several classes younger than ours did better and several worked up to 50%. Aren't we as good as they are? Have a nice summer and be prepared with Jots of news to send us arou nd the tenth of September.

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Miss ELIZABETH GILL 47 Tawana Rd, , Richmond , Va. Greetings , gir ls! Just before this letter was due , I sudden ly found myself occupying a position held long and well by Frances All en Schools. So here goes I Just keep me posted and I'll try to keep you all up to date, The mo st current news concerns the fifth re-

union during May Day weekend at Westhampton. On Friday night M the John Marshall Hotel, thirty members of the class gathered to eat, reminisce, compare notes and show baby pictures. All agreed that everyone looks even better than ever after five years out of school. We had our picture taken to prove it! Among those present were Paula Abernathy Kelton and Elizabeth McRae Dudley who spent the weekend at Bobbie Brown Yagel's with their husbands and little John Kelton. Others from out of town were Helen Clark Hensley, Nancy Taylor Johnson, Ann Plunkett Rosser , Libba Eanes Basker ville, Suzanne Holt Bagley, Mary Booth Watt and Rosie Varn. Lea Thompson Osborn stayed with Mary Glyn Cooper McGraw who, incidentally, is our newest group leader. She lives in Richmond now at 1301 Devers Rd. and is sporting a sleek new haircut and a gorgeous tan. Piret Koljo arrived from New York, to everyone's delight. She is still recovering from a subway accident about a year ago, but seemed her usual happy self. Other Richmonders present were Pat Kelly Smith, whose baby, Page III , arrived November 18, 1955; Shirley Hoover Freeland, Frances Arrighi Tonacci, and Ann Marie Hardin Bailey. Also, Jean Love Hanson, who has moved to 8904 Penguin Rd., is fine arts chairman for the Westwood Jr. Woman's Club. Others at the reunion were Jane Lawson Patton , Ginna Herrink, Charlotte Houchins Decker, Marilyn Montague Harper, Frances Allen Schools, and Shirley Hall Murphy, who had a Florida vacation last winter. We also saw Gwen Priddy Donahue, who welcomed her little girl, Terry, at 4802 Patterson Ave . on December 3, 1955; and Ann Jackson , who has been secretary to the sales manager at the Jefferson Hotel since leaving WC. She began working June 1 for the account executive at Cabell-Eanes Advertising Agency. We are glad to have Ann enrolled actively in our class again. To Renie Blackburn Pierce we are grateful, for she farmed out her three on Saturday morning of the reunion and served coffee and doughnuts to all comers out in her huge backyard on West Club Lane. About 15 attended and again the talk focused on family doings and baby pictures. Later at the Alumnae luncheon, in the WC dining rooms, Henri Dow Vinson showed up and announced the birth of her second son, Kenneth Edward, on March 3, 1956, and also her new address which is 205 Maxwell Lane, Warwick, Va. During the festivities on the green, some of us were pleased to see Joyce Gladding Thomas joining in the fun . A letter from Pat Atwill Schwartz was passed around at the dinner. She didn 't make it after all. She reported a busy life filled with music and drama, as she and Bill continue to participate in their favorite occupations. From the various efficient group leaders has come news of others in the clan and topping the list is the arrival of Natalie McKissick Hussar's fourth girl, Andree DeVonne, on April 2, 1956. She's the first of our class to achieve that as far as I know. Another baby in the news is Charlotte Herrink Jones ', Stephen Graham, who arrived April 21, 19 56, her third boy. Sue Pitts Hodder and Bob have moved to New York City where he has begun work with an

engineering firm. They live at 417 Riverside Dr. in case any one is ever up in that neighborhood. Norma Streever Doss and Bill are living at 1720 Grove Ave. in Richmond. Jean Booth has been back at the UR during the past couple of years, and this June she received her Master's degree in history. She wants everyone to know too, that she was initiated into Phi Alpha Theta, honorary history fraternity, during May, and that she will be teaching at St. Catherine's School in the fall . Jean is pleased as Punch, and we would all send warmest congratulations on her achievement. Last Spring Millie Waters Harford went to Germany for a few weeks. I hope we'll know mme about this in time for the next Jetter. Bookie Maroney, now living in Bethesda, Md., has moved into a house with some other g!fls at 4708 Chestnut St. and loves it. Nancy Anderson Hall has moved to Orlando , Fla. Does anyone know her address? Some of you may remember Doyne Croft, who was with us at WC only a year. Well, she 1s now Mrs. William Herndon , Jr., and they are living in Kittery Point, Maine . . Just one last item before signing off. While trying to put this letter together, I was slightly distracted by the fact that I received a ring from Don White of Baldwin, L. I., presently in the U. S. .Army; and the next letter may be a little harried by the mad rush of wedding preparations. So have a good summer, everybody, and get your news in early!

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MRS. WILLARDE. LEE, JR. (Kathleen Cole) 3505 Stuart Ave., Richmond 21, Va.

News is mighty scarce this time. Listen, gals, we're not mind readers; drop us a line and let us know what you're up to. The stork visited Bev Gilbert Lovell the end of April and brought her another little girl-Susan Beth. Dizzy Stuart-Alexander is still in Texas going to school studying geology and working part time in the research lab of the Sun Oil Company. Barbara Cawthorne Clarke visited Anne Gibson Hutchison and Dick in Asheville and enjoyed being present for Anne's little boy's first birthday. Jeanne Hootman Hopkins started teaching in a nursery school in Baltimore June 1, from 8:15 to 12:30 five days a week. Her little girl, Emily, who is two years old, is attending the school. Clarice Underwood Thompson and Gene will move to Kinston, North Carolina this summer. Gene has accepted a position with the Textile Fibers Lab of DuPont. He will receive his Ph.D. in August from ,the University of Tennessee. After three years in Knoxville, Clarice says she'll be thrilled to live only 150 miles from home . Catherine Towler Gibson and Ray have been Jiving in their new home near Chatham for about a year. Catherine taught the fourth grade in a Danville school this past year . Jane Ozlin Given and Fred were in South Hill for the month of April , and Bettie Snead Herbert

and Scott, who live just a few miles away in Boydton, enjoyed seeing them. Lou Gladding Shelton, Bud, and Chip spent a week-end with the Herberts in April. Kitty Little Dupuy Alfriend, John and Emily also visited in Boydton in April and saw the Herberts while there. Mary Jean Ivey Simmons and her darling little boy were in Richmond for Mother 's Day. Beverley Randolph is now Mrs . Richard Shannon, after a beautiful June wedding. Bev and Dick are living in an apartment in Richmond on Grove Avenue where Harriet Wheat Fralin (' 53) and Charlotte Houchins Decker (' 51) live also. Our fifth reunion is Jess than a year off and it is certainly hard to believe. However, it's not too early to start thinking about the kind of get-together you want to have. Do drop me a line and let me know what you want.

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MRS. JOHN W. GuY, III (Segar White) 4234 Main Street, Stratford, Conn.

This being the traditional season for brides, we shall get into the spirit of the times by announcing several engagements and weddings of interest to us. Betty O'Bannon and Ralph Borden Culp were married on March 31 in Falls Church, Va. Shortly afterwards they traveled out to Dallas, Texas where they now live at 5633 Reiger Avenue. Margaret Gooch became the bride of Thomas Williams on April 7th at Calvary Methodist Chur~h in Ri~hmond. "Mike " as he is better known, 1s an assistant division ~anager at B. T. Crump Co. in Richmond. Margaret works as bacteriologist for the State Health Department . June Pair Carter _and Mildred Gamble were guests at a shower given for her. Mildred is working for the American Tobacco Co., where her math training comes in handy. Gerrie Kantner's engagement to Hervey Strader Jones of Richmond has been announced. Pat Mo~an will marry the Rev. Charles Tall:Y, a Presbyten _an minister in Millers, Maryland, m August. Alice Gardner writes that she and J. L. Wilson, a graduate student at Louisville seminary, plan an August wedding also, Alice receives her Master 's Degrees from Carver School in May. Mary Creath Payne and Jim are t!1e parents of a baby girl, Sarah Aylette , born Apnl 10th. Janet Johnston Parsons and Ronnie have a daughter also, born back in February. A second son, Paul Cox, was born to Betsy Williams Roberson and Joe on March 29th . We hear that Page ~cCray Miller and Bill have a new daughter , Elizabeth Leigh . We have news of several classmates who have not been mentioned recently. Jane Sheema spent the past school term teaching at Halifax County High School and working on a Master's Degree besides. She acquired a 1956 Chevrolet dunng the year, which must have taken her mind off her work some. Carolyn Orange completed her third year of teaching biology, Latin, and general soence at Highland Springs High School, where she also

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served as sponsor of the Beta Club. Mrs. Margaret Reilly returned another year to Manchester High School where she taught three classes in Spanish, two in English and one in guidance. June Pair Carter 's project this year has been learning to play her new piano in the hopes of eventually accompanying Mann, who is tenor soloist in a Richmond church. Harriet Lamm Ezekiel and Jerry have spent the year traveling about the country as a result of his being in the army. They have lived in South Carolina and Texas , taking trips to New Orleans and Mexico when possib le. Speaking of travel, Jane Willcoxon has planned a two months ' tour of Europe this summer, beginning in June with the trip over on the Queen Mary. Ruby Vaughan Carson and Don will be in Richmond this summer. Ruby will return to the University of Richmond for summer courses in education. Kay Beale is going to school at Columbia University for six weeks this summer and wi ll ret urn to Richmond in the fall to work as a music supervisor in Chesterfie ld County schools. Jo Deter Sullivan and family have moved to an apartment on Jahnke Road where their address is Box 686, Bon Air, Va. Pat Shomo Bradshaw's address is now 6604 Horsepen Road , Richmond. Since the last report, I have taken a job at Columbia Records Corporation in Bridgeport, discovering that being housewife-career woman is a breathless but rewarding existence. Although May Day at the University this year had the added attractions of Alumnae D ay, I was sorry not to see more of our class out for the various events upon which the sun shone cont inuously for a change' Will and I hurriedly decided to make the trip that weekend and we enjoyed every minute of our stay in Richmond and on campus. I saw Rosa Ann Thomas , Betty Lear , Shirley Mason , and Ginny LeSueur Carter briefly. Betty and Shirley taught at Warwick, Va., and had an apartment together last term. Rosa Ann was planning to attend summer school at the University of Virginia for several weeks. Bettie Kersey, after her graduation at the Genera l Assembly 's Training School, Richmond , wi ll become director of Christian Education at Graham Presbyterian Church, Graham, North Carolina. Alice Gardner wishes to send an S. 0. S. mes-

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sage to the girls in her group with whom she has lost contact-Marilyn Keeton Comer, Velda H arrell Agee, Joyce Brock Bennett , Nancy Nicholson, and Velta Erdmanis. She would like to hear from all of you so that our records of names, addresses, and any other vita l statistics may be brought up to date. Pauline Decker Brooks and Joe announc e the birth of a daughter, Denise Anne, on April 30th . Please don't forget to send me or your group reporter news about the interesting summ er you are having. By so doing you will insure our making a complete report in the Fall BULLETIN.

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Mis s CAROL JONES 8325 Rolando Drive Richmond 26, Va.

Our first reunion is over now, and we can look forward to 1959 and our five-year reunion. Almost thirty girls participated in the reunion activities on May Day weekend, but all of us here were dis -

appointed that more of you could not come. The photographer sent to take a picture of us Saturday morning at Jane Gill's house was overwhelmed by the spirit of '54. I think ours must have been the noisiest group he photographed. We enjoyed seeing lots of husbands and dates at the party at the Chesterfield Saturday night. Lola Varney drove all the way from Detroit to be here for the coronation. She was unable to stay longer than that. She has been working since March 1 as a research chemist with a hydraulic pump company in Royal Oaks , Michigan , a sub urb of Detroit. Peggy Brown and Ann Powell Oast stayed with Mary Lou Dorsey. Pegi is .working on a graduate degree in education at the University of Virginia at night. She also has a full-time job in the trust department of a Charlottesville bank. Ann is teaching third grade at Natural Bridge again this year and expects to be working in a new building next year. She and Townsend wi11 be in Lexington one more year. Barbara Bull Tu11 and Dickie drove up from Parksley. This year Barbara is teaching seventh grade core curriculum in a junior high school in Maryland , just a thirty-minute drive from Parksley. She helped the high school students there with their prom in May. They used theme and decorations just like our junior prom, Stairway to the Stars. Barbara is the newly elected president of the Eastern Shore Alumnae Club. The newlywed s, Shirley Ward Wingfie ld and Buddy were her e for the weekend. Their wedding on April 14 was attended bv a large delegation from '54, '55, and the Theta Chis. Macon Day was one of Shirl's attendants. One of the guests was Tommy Banks , Macon's finance. They plan to be married in Shepherdstown in July. Shirl and Buddy honeymooned at iagara Falls and visited Toronto. In Jun e they will be living in Newport News, and Shirl plans to do some more work on her master 's degree at William and Mary th is summer. She wil l be teaching in Warwick next year. We saw Betty Dowdy at May Day for the first time in ages. She is still teaching English at

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Thomas D ale, and ha s been coaching girls' softball this spri ng. Congratulations to Jane Gill , who not only enter tained us royally Saturday morning, but also was pinned Saturday night to Avere tt Toombs. Ave has recently completed work on his master 's degree in biology at V.P.I. and has now gone into the Arm y. J ane's plans for the summer will take her to New Hampshire where she will be a counselor at The V alley Camp, which is devoted to drama and dance. Oth ers in the class will also be camping this summer. Nancy Lay plans to return to Camp Robin Hood at Chambersburg , Pennsylvania. She was here for the reunion and says she has enjoyed the year in Pittsburgh very much. Barbara Cronin, who was unable to get to May Day , wi ll be at Camp Wawenock on Lake Sebago in Maine again th is year. May Da y at Wh eato n and a horse show in Connecticut combined to keep her away from Virginia over the reunion weekend. Laura Mapp was here, and was talking of plans to work at Camp Wawenock with Cronin this summ er. Marc ella Hammock brought us news of Betty Fleet. Marcie visited her in New York recently. Betty is engaged to Roger Schmutt and is planning to stay in New York. Congratulations , Betty! Polly Newman Smith missed part of the reunion because John Ran was in the hospital for minor surgery . They will be in Charlottesville next year as John Ran wil l intern at the University Hospital. Little Davis McDaniel missed all the reunion. Sharon Lorraine McDaniel arrived the week before May D ay, and she demands most of Little's and Bobby 's time. Joanne Russell came up from Virginia Beach. She has been teaching at Oceana this year. Sue Simpson Cooper wrote that she had to miss the reunion because little Bill was expecting the measles. The Coopers are sti ll living at Windmill Point on Chesapeake Bay, and Bill is not in Newfoundland as I previously reported. Betty Mo and Harold Lucas brought pictures of the baby. He 's nine months old now , and he looks just like Harold. Jean Burgess Sadler says her littl e one is old enough to be trudging around in pintsized sneakers now. Bev French missed the reunion, but attended May Da y at Longwood that weekend. Linda Goodman Lewis and Denby came down from Bainbridge, Maryland, for the weekend. Remember E's big cartwheel hat s? She's sti ll wearing them and looks better than ever. Her sister Dorothy is a sophomore at Westhampton now. Nancy Harvey Yuhase was talk ing about their new home at 2118 Ridgemont Road, and their Great Dane puppy, which ate Nancy's Easter corsage! Sara Sherman Cowherd and Rush were here again at last . They have been in Charlottesvill ~ this winter , Sara teaching Eng lish and phys. ed. at Lane High School. Cos Washburn Barnes and Harry drove down from Martinsvi I le. We have news that Ann Hanburv Callis is not teaching this year. Betsy Evans brought us news of Ann Whitehurst , now Mrs. Roger Crawford. They live at 1207 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tenne ssee, and have a little girl born last October. Barbara Konkle Duke is now living in New Orleans. Jean Merritt Lewis and Hal have been trans ferred to Patuxent River, Maryland. Donna Jean is now seven months old and "pic king up a new trick every day" according to Jean. Shirley Bruckman Martin writes that she and Bob are living in Chicago. Bob is working to start a Southern Baptist Church in a suburban area of Chicago which has no church. They are enjoying the work very much. Our baby cup gi rl is almost a year old now. Mary Hel en Stewart Lawrence and 1 im have a baby boy, Nimrod Flavious Lawrence, Jr. , born April 29 in Germany. Greta Clark is working in Boston at the Harvard School of Business. She has the official title , Assistant End Course , which she says means that sheÂˇ grades the students' papers .

Jane Lanier was disappointed to miss the reunion, but she sent a Jot of news. She will be head resident and part-time Eng lish instructor at W isconsin State College at Platteville next year. In March Jane attended the convention of the Nationa l Association of D eans of Women in Cincinnati. She saw Miss Tucker there. She also has trave led to Chicago, in Iowa and thro ugh W isconsin during Easter vacation. Barbara Pollard is studying at the University of Virginia again this year. Edie Jackson and Betty Rosenberger wi ll be flying to California soon. They leave Ju ne 30, and plan to be go ne two weeks. They must have been inspired by Kaki Ross. Now an airline hostess with American Airlines, Kaki lives in Boston and has flights between Boston and Richmond. She was in Richmond several times in May. Keep the news coming, and be sure to Jet your group leader know immediate ly when you change your address or name, so that you wi ll conti nue to get the BULLETIN.

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Secretary Miss AucE CREATH 1518 Nottoway Ave., Richmond, Va.

Best wishes to Janet Pace and Bill Burbage who were married June 16th. Jackie Kilby and Hunter Brooks were married on June 2nd. Jackie will be wor king for I.B .M. while Hunter completes his physics major at the University of Richmond. Ann Pettit Getts accepted a scholars hip for graduate work at Duke University this summer. Congratu lations to Burrell Williams and John ny Schultz who were married in Florida the end of March. Peggy Hall Flippin has had practice teachi ng and some required courses to prepare for her teaching in Pennsylvania in the fall. Ed pla ns to attend a seminary in Pennsylvania. Peggy was sorry she couldn't bring their daughter, Shelly Marie, on her trip to Richmond during the spring. Arnett Kizzia Neuville is now back at the Public Hea lth Laboratory. Bob works with an insurance company and attends the Univers ity of Richmond. It wi ll be nice to have Bobbie Reynolds Orrell and Durwood back from New Mexico. They will be making their home in Martinsville this winter. Congratulations to Mariah Chisholm Hasker and Bill. Little William Terrell was born April 14. They have moved to Highland Park in Richmond. Jody Weaver will be teaching 8th and 9th grade Eng lish at Douglas Freeman in Richmond this fall. Shortly after Sue Smith's wedding to Allan Van Wick ler on March 31, he left for his army base in Germany. She is going to join him this summer near Frankfurt and hopes to be teaching over there until the Fall of '57 . Angela Groth Guent her has a choice description of Dick's first year of Denta l School in Portland. Oregon: " H e loves it but I have my doubts that my teeth will survive four years of being practiced on." Jean Carter Cypers had a boy, John Carter, in February. Caro lyn and Jimmy Lindsey are spendi ng the summer in the mountains where he wi ll be minister to two churches. They have a huge ma nse, very few neighbors or city recreation, but beautiful country. Carolyn was sorry to miss Westhampton May Day but was supervising her first graders at Battlefie ld Park on that day. Attention all travelers to Virgina Beach! Renee Gartner Diamonstein lives at 306 Mayflower Apts., Va. Beach. Though she doesn't have extra sleeping quarters, she wou ld love to have he llos from our class members. The '55 Bridge Club is operat ing nice ly in Richmond. Not much playing is accomplished, but I'm glad Ethel Smith is there to collect news for our BULLETIN. Ruth Owen is now living wit h her sister in the Crestview Apartments. She has re-

ceived a promotion from the Virginia-Caroli na Chemical Corporation. Pat K antner Kn ick doesn't expect to be back to the U. S, unt il June '57. Ethe l Smith and Phyllis McGhee met Beulah Boston at a Social Workers Convention in Roanoke last March . Smitty said she enjoyed the trip she made with the Bon Air girls to the Westhampton annual picnic. Pat Stump is a guide for Genera l Electric in Cincinnati. Congratu lations to Gail Tench Miller and Newton on their litt le girl, Ann Brandon, who was born last spri ng . Pat M urray and Waring Cowles now have a "full house." Their two litt le girls, Pam and Julie K., were born in Ju ly '54 and November '55. They live in Colonial Heights, where Pat has a part-time job as a beauty clinic director. Alma Pitt and Dick Perkins are now living in the west end of Richmond. Betty Leigh S<tembridge Leggett is expecting

Tommy to be home from Germany in time to attend second semester summer schoo l. Betty Jean Parrish Knott and Charlie have moved to Salisbury, N . C. to continue their work with the Parrish bakery. They accompanied Dottie Smoker and Fred Nielsen and me to Sue's wedding in Altavista. We hope Margaret Eng lish will give us a full account of her European trip this summer. Best wishes to Jean Crittenden and Myron Kauffman, who became engaged last spring. Shirlee Garrett Maxson and her husband are moving to Richmond in the summer. She will be teaching 7th grade at Crestview. Ginny Swain was married to Ashby Carmichael Saunders April 14th. The wedding was a grand reunion for many Westhamptonites-Alice McCarty, Marty Glenn Tinsley, Barbara Pratt , Peggy Armstrong Clark, Marilyn Abrams, and Myra Embrey. Alice is planning to stay in Boston to work next year. Please send your group leader or me your change of jobs, addresses, or names. Thank you .

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The Wes thampton Alumnae Club of the Eastern Shore held its spring luncheon meeting on Saturday, May 12, 1956, at 1:30 p.m. at the Ow l Restaurant, north of Accomac, with Miss Jessie Jarvis, President, presiding and nineteen members present. After roll call, tl,e minutes of the fall meeting were read and approved. The treasurer's report gave a balance of $6.64, and Mrs. Susie Johnson, treasurer, was authorized to pay Miss Edmonds the cost of printing and mail ing the announcements of this meeting. Mrs . C. E. Critcher, chairman, gave the report of the Nominating Committee resulting in the election of Mrs. Richard Tull, Parksley, as president, and Miss J. Elizabeth Jones , Townsend , as secre: tary. The secretary was requested to write a note of sympathy to Mrs. Hea ly Rue, Jr., whose mother had recent ly died. After checking on dues and donations, the treasurer was instructed to send a check for $25.00 as contribut ion to the Dr. Emily Gardner Memorial. Miss Jarvis presented Mrs. Watts who graciously introduced Mrs. Ralph Mapp. Mrs. Mapp gave a detai led review of "The Sure Victory" by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, with many persona l references to and deep appreciation of the author. Miss Jarvis thanked Mrs. Mapp for coming to us, and she than ked all members who had assisted her during her presidency. Mrs. John Edmonds moved that we adjourn after the club gave a standing vote of appreciation to Miss Jarvis.

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also describing the campus. The way she wrote it you could just see the beau tiful campus unfold before you! It was unfortunate that she could not have been with us to present her report in person. We discussed both of the above reports. Then, more or less corroborating Piret' s report, Lillian Jung just happened to bring along some slides of May Day and a viewer which she passed among us. Our main purpose of the meeting was to make plans for our meeting in the fall. We asked our members to either send suggestions in or to bring them. We finally decided to take a boat trip around Manhattan Island on September 29, because we can see a Jot and also invite our families and friends. Thus we had a lovely time, and we hope to see more of the members who couldn't make it this time out next fall.

Peninsula Club President: MRS. GILES E. WOOD, JR, (Mary Frances Bethel) 5 Cambridge Place, Hampton, Va. We had a most successful tea for prospective students in the spring . The setting was lovely and the size of the crowd most gratifying. At this meeting a business meeting was scheduled for May 21st. Plans for the coming year were made at the business meeting and it was agreed that we would sell "club calendars" as a money making project for our club. Shirley Carson was elected secretary and Kake Smith Spratley was elected treasurer. The president and vice president will remain in office for another year. It was also decided to have a card party in the fall ( for the members only) and a luncheon in January.

Richmond Club

President : Miss JOSEPHINE T. MARTENS, 109 Elcock Ave nue, Boonton, N. J.

President: MRS. MATTHEW L. WOOD (Dorothy Abbott '30) 1 Calycanthus Road , Richmond, Va .

The New Yor k Club had a very pleasant meeting at Schrafft's on West 57th Street on May 12. We had a report on the Local Clubs Conference which was based on the information sent from the Al umnae Office. P iret Koljo represented us at the business meeting on Alumnae Day, and she wrote us a most interesting and informative letter not only tellin g what went on at the business meet ing but

The Richmond Club year ending May 5, 1956 has been an eventfu l and successful year. This would not have been possible without the untiring cooperation of the members. On September 8, 1955, a tea honoring local freshmen entering Westhampton College under the capable chairmanship of Mrs . Randolph Tabb was he ld at the home of Mrs. Alfred Dickinson,

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III at 6101 Three Chopt Road. The Richmond Club feels this is a necessary affair in order that new freshmen may meet and know each other better . Dr. Ralph McDanel honored the Richmond Club with an excellent talk on the facts and growth of Westhampton at the annual fall luncheon and busines s meeting held on Saturday, October 15, 1955 , in the tea room of Keller Hall . Mrs . Charles Cosby was in charge of the luncheon and Mrs . Robert R. Jones, Jr. of the program. Richmond Club members always look forward to th e Christmas party for children of alumnae. Mrs. Charles Wood , Jr., served as Chairman and Mrs. George Ritchie as Co-chairman. It was held in the reception room of Keller Hall and refreshments were served in the tea room. The Forum Lecture Series was held jointly with the Richmond College Alumni Association. The Music D epartment was featured in the series by performing at the opening and closing programs. The first program on Tuesday, January 31, 1956, featured James Erb, tenor, John Whit e, pianist, and Hilton Rufty, pianist. Tuesday, February 21, 1956, Dr. Edward C. Peple spoke on "Literature : Highway or Byway." Tuesday, March 6, 1956, there was a panel discussion entitled "A Look into the Economic Future." Members of this panel were: Dr . R. Buford Brandis , Mr. J. Clifford Mill er, Jr., Mr. Thomas I. Storrs and Mr. T. D. DuCu ennois . These panel members, their wives, Dr. and Mrs. Modlin, Mr. and Mrs . George Sadler, Mr. Aylett Goode and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dick inson, III were entertained at dinner preceding the program in the college dining room. At the final program the music department featured Frederick Newmann, violinist and Roy Je sson, pia nist. A Coffee hour followed each program of this Forum Series under the Chairmanship of Mr s. Randolph Tabb . Mrs. Edmond Massie , III compiled and had published a new year book for the Richmond Club. These were mailed to all local alumnae. .Ait the meeting of the National Alumnae Conference in February, it was decided that all local clubs would sell engagement calendars as a money making project. Again , the money making project for the Richmond Club was a p_uppet show by Rod Young under the chairmanship of Mrs. Pendleton Shiflett. The profit from this project amounted to $95.00 and will be retained in the Richmond Club treasury. The final spring business meeting was held on April 20, 1956 , in the reception room of Keller Hall. Election of officers was h eld . Those elected to serv~ for the next two years were as follows: President-Mrs . Mathew L. Wood , First Vice Glenn S. Hesby and Correspond~resident-Mrs. John S. Pierce, Jr. mg Secretary-Mrs.

Southw est Virginia Club President: MRS. CHARLES GAMMON (Jeanne Box 3682, Va . Tech, Station Pebworth) ' Blacksburg, Vir gi nia . Sixteen members of the Southwest Virginia Club gathered for a luncheon meeting on April 14 at Grant's Tavern , near Christiansburg. Dean Josephine Tucker and Mr s. R. E. Booker brought greetings from We sthaml?ton a_nd told us of the many mterestrng and exc1tmg thmgs which are going on at the college. Mrs. Charles ~ammon (Jeanne Pebworth, '46) was elected Pre sident . Other officers who will be ' serving a second year are: P. H . D eH art Vice-president-Mrs. (Frances Sykes) D . R. Fessler (Mary M. Secretary-Mrs. Ryland) Richard P. Adams (Julia Treasurer-Mrs. Roop) Robert C. Moore, Publicity Chairman-Mrs. Jr. (Arline Moore) We are hoping to do a bit toward steeri ng outstanding local students to Westhampton by placing University of Richmond annua ls in the libraries of high schools in Blacksburg , Christiansburg and Radford next fall.

Suffolk Club President: MRS. L. T. HALL (Marjorie Rhodes '25) Windsor, Va . The Westhampton Club of the Suffolk area held its spring meeting and reception for prospective students. on Tuesday night , March 27, in the recreational building of th e West End Baptist Church , in Suffolk. Our president, Mrs. Marjorie Rhodes Hall, presided. Mrs. Gladys Holleman Barlow gave a most interesting resume of the alumnae workshop held in February at the college. Our chapter had five mem bers present. Mrs. Lena Thornton Small, Mrs. Ann Simpson Turner and Mrs . Lillian Woodyard Lipscomb presented for adoption a set of by-laws to our constitution. The club voted to send a gift of fift een dollars to the Emily Gardner Memorial Fund. The following slate of officers was elected for the term 1956-1958: President , Mrs . Eleanor Hardaway Parker; Vice President , Mrs. Lena Thornton Small; Secretary, Mr s. Barbara Rose Burton ; and Treasurer, Miss Gertrude Williams. The area college girls home for spring vacation were: Betty Brinkley , Ann House, June Gray, Harriet January, Courtney Price and Aimee Lee Raveling. They presented an amusing original sketch, and showed beautiful slides of the campus to the members and to high school students and their mothers from Windsor and Suffolk. Mrs. Ann Call Taylor and Mrs. Ethel Pond Brinkley were host eslies at the informal reception which followed the meeting. Miss Gay Winslow , class of '58, was welcomed into our club. Ther e were twenty-seven members and guests present.

Washington Club President: MRS. BENJAMIN F. WINGFIELD (Shirley Ward '54 ) 3901 Illinois Ave ., N.W ., Washington, D. C. Our year began with a dinner meeting and election of officers in July, 1955. In September the officers met to plan the activities and projects of th e Club for the year. A news Jetter announcing the tentative plans was sent to each member of the club following the meeting. On November 7, our club participated in the Annual College Night program which is sponsored by the Associated Alumnae Clubs of Washington. We were pleased to have Miss Tucker and Miss Angela Pett-it, a Westhampton junior, represent Westhampton along with Mrs. H. F . Butler, the Westhampton representative to the Associated Alumnae Club Council and the President. The Washington high school girls and their parents were given information about the program Westhampton offers. The fall meeting was held on November 19, at the home of Miss Frances Burnette. After a tea and social hour, Miss Agnes Delano , formerly the head of the English Department at Mount Vernon Junior College, gave the group an illustrated lecture on Modern Art. During the month of December we conducted our fund raising project of selling pecans which netted a profit of $90.00. In addition to the material gain of this project, we felt that it was most valuable in that it was a cooperative endeavor which enabled many members to participate who usually cannot attend the meetings. On February 11, we had a luncheon at the First Baptist Church of Clarendon in Arlington. It was our honor to have Mrs. Booker as one of our guests. A most enjoyable musical program was rendered by Dr. Jesson and Mr. Erb of the University Music Department. Miss Eleanor Radley represented our club at the Local Club Workshop held here on the campus on February 18. The annual Spring Tea was held on March 25, at the home of Mrs. H. F. But ler with the Washington area Westhampton students as the honored guests of the Washington Club. At present we are makng p lans for our final

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meeting on May 28, when we shall elect officers for the coming year. In all of these activities it has been our purpose to carry out the objectives that have been set up in the Handbo ok for L ocal C/11bsand to main tain an interest in and desire for active participat10n among al l the members.

CHAPTERS New York Chapter Members of the New York chapter are already at work on plans to have the entire chapter on hand at Hom ecom ing on Octob er 20, when the A ll-Tim e University of Richmond football team wi ll be announced. _The mythical team has been selected by a rnmm1ttee appointed at the instigation of the New York chapter. The chapter had its spring meeting on April 24, at the Phi Gamma Delta Club . The speaker was J. Earle Dunford , ' 15, president of the General Society of A lumni. Chapter President R. Sterling Phipps , '29, presided.

Washington Chapter Waddy D. Street, '24, has been elected president of th e Washington Alumni Chapter, succeeding Dr . R. Buford Brandis , '37. The election was held at the alumni dinner on April 2_3 at the Occidental Restaurant. A pleasant rnnovat1on was the presence of the wives of chapter members. A _ report of the year's activities was given by President George M. Modlin who with Alumni Society President J. Earle Dunford, 'â&#x20AC;˘15, and Secretary Joseph E. Nettles, '30, came up from Richmond for the meeting. In addition to President Street, the society chose ]. Bruce Kellison , '43, as vice president and Elwood L. Coates, '5 1, as secretary-treasure~.

1894-

Necrology

Dr. Wayland Fuller Dunaway, whose career in education extended over 61 years, died April 25 111 the Centre County hospital in Pennsylvania . Pennsylvania historian and retired professor of American history at the Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Dunaway was born May 22, 1875 at Kilmarnock , Va ., began his Jong career in education at the age of 19 when he was appointed principal of the Woodville, Va., Classical School after receiving his bachelor of arts degree in 1894 from the University of Richmond. In 1904 he received a master of arts degree from Alma Mater, and in 1917 he was conferred the master of arts degree by the University of Chi cago. The following year he received a master of theo logy degree by Crozer Theological Seminary , followed by a doctor of philosophy degree in 1934 by Columbia University. Dr. Dunaway 's active career also included a professorship of Latin and mathematics at Averett College in Danville, Va. , and ministerial duties in Virginia and West Virginia . He became professor of American history at Penn State in 1926 and retired September 1, 1944, with emeritus rank. Dr . Dunaway was also a prolific writer. His first book, History of the James Riv er and Kanawha Company published in 1922 , was followed in 1935 by A History of Pennsylvania, in 1944 by The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Penn sylvania, and in 1946 by The Hist ory of the Pennsylvani a State College. He has written extensively for magazines and other publications, and following his retirement, he was commissioned by the Pennsylvania State His torical Commission to write a book about Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania . Dr. Dunaway comp leted the

work before his death, but it h as not yet been published. His widow , thr ee children, and a brother surviv e.

1897Dr. Charl es Gilb ert McDani el, retired Bapti st missionary-educator to China, died April 21 in Culpeper, Va . Dr. McDaniel , who spent 41 years in Chin a, return ed to the United States in 1943 on th e repa triation ship Gripsho lm after spending two years as a Japan ese priso ner of war. Dr. McDani el's surviv ors include two sons and three daughters.

1904Willi am H . H am, retired superintendent of postal finance for the Richmond Post Office, died in Richmond in M ay at the age of 71. Mr. H am had been with the Post Office in various phases of work for 50 years. H e is surv ived by his wife, two sons, a sister, and a broth er. Dr. L. L. Gw altney, Sr., editor emerit us of The Alabama Ba/Jtist and a minist er since 1902, died Nove mber 10, 1955, in Birmingham, Ala. He was 79 years old. Born March 5, 1876 in a rural district about 12 mi les fr om Jamestown, V a., D r. Gwa ltney entered Richmon d CoJ!ege in 1899 in p repara tion for his life 's work. Later he attended the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond and th e Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisvill e, wh ere h e was grad uated with the master of theology degree. In 1908 he went to Al abama as pastor of th e Baptist Church at Prattvi!Je. Whil e there he received the degree of doctor of sacred theology. In 1928 H oward CoJ!ege conferred up on him the honorary degr ee of doctor of lit erature. H e became edit or of The Alabama Baptist in 19 19 after holding pastorates in thr ee Alabam a towns . As an auth or, Dr . Gwaltn ey published seven books. Surviving him are hi s wife, two sons, one daughter, thr ee sisters, and two grandchildren.

1905William Laze!! (U ncle Bi!Jy) PhiJ!ips , 82, one of 12 Richmond CoJ!ege students who founded Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity on November 1, 1901, died of a heart condition at his home in Richm ond on June 20. From 1908 until hi s retirem ent in 1942 Mr. PhiJ!ips was grand secretary of th e fraternity which now ha s 141 chapters and some 50,000 members. He was the found er of the fraternity 's Journal, which he edited for 11 years, and was busin ess man ager of th e fraternity for a period of 30 years. Mr . Phillip s had served his fr aternity as pr esident in 1944. H e was a member of th e fr aternity 's conclave ritual committee in 1907 and editor of the membership dir ectories of 1915 and 1921. H e was a trustee of the fraternity endowment fund fr om 1925 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1949. H e was a trustee of the national headq uart ers corporation fr om 1927 to 1942 and a tru stee of the student loan fund from 1930 to 1940. H e had attended a!J of th e 24 grand chapter conclaves of Sigma Ph i Epsi lon, the most recent of which was held in Cincinnati last September. In 1943 the fraternity set up in his honor the WiJ!iam L. Phi!Ji ps Foundation , which provides scholar ships for deserving fraternity members.

1911A loyal alumnu s of the University and dean of the junior divi sion and director of vetera ns educatio n at Louisian a State University, Stephen A . Caldwell died April 16 in Baton Rouge, La. H e was 67 years old. A member of the LSU faculty since 1934, he had been promin ent in Loui siana education for many years. Aft er receivi ng hi s B.A . degree from LSU in 1925 and his M.A. and Ph .D. degrees from th e University of Texa s, he served as a memb er of the faculty of th e latter institution. He had also

serve d as public school principal and supe rint end ent in the Loui siana school system. Dr. Caldwe!J was the author of two book s, and a number of bull etin s and articles in th e field of social science and econom ics. H e is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son, two sisters, a brother, and three gra ndd aug hter s.

1912Dr. Edward Mo seley Gwathm ey, pres ident emeritus of Converse College in Spartanburg, S. C., and a native of Richmond , died June 7, in Spartanburg. He became president of Converse in 1933 after serving as director of the Norfolk division of the College of WiJ! iam and Mary . Dr. Gwathmey retired in 195 5. Aft er gra du ating from Richmond College in 1912 , he was later awarde d the master of arts and doctor of phil osophy degrees by the University of Vir ginia. H e received th e honorary doctor of laws degrees from V irginia and the University of South Carolina. Th ree children , three grandchildren, and six brothers and sisters survive Dr. Gwathmey.

1920Word has been received of the death of A . Gordo n BiJJingsley, of Arlin gton , Va. He di ed April 24, in the George W ashi ngton Hospital in Washington, D . C.

1930The Rev. Jam es P. Wilbourn , pastor of the First Bapti st Church in Clarksburg , W . Va., died Apri l 4 in Clarksburg . H e had been i!J for several months. A graduate of the Colgate Rochester Di vinity School in Rochester , N. Y., Mr. Wilbourn received his M.A . from the Yale Divinit y School. Hi s wife and a daughter survive.

1940W ord has been received of the death of Carl Ashby Felton in Norfo lk, Va. H e was residing in K inston, N . C., and was employed by Rice-Stix, Inc. , at the time of his death.

1951A victim of cancer, John L. (Johnny) Thomas, 27, basketbaJI coach at Hampton High School , died June 20. He had returned to coach at his high school fo!Jowing his graduation from the Univers ity of Richmond with an outstanding record as a southpaw passing quarterback . In his five years as basketball coach at Hampton High, his teams won 66 games and lost on ly 34. H e also coached track for four year and served as an assistant coach in football.

Cousins

1927-

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Word has been received of the death of J. B. Wi gg ins, of Rout e 3, Fr anklin , Va., on June 11. D r. Jam es Richard Brown , 55, prominent surgeon of Huntin gto n, W . Va ., di ed M arch 2. Dr . Brown received his M.D. degree from the Medical Co!Jege of Virginia in 1929 and was licensed to pract ice in West Vir ginia in 1931. H e opened his office in Huntin gto n in 1932, where he continued in active practice until his death. Dr . Brown is survived by his widow , two daughters, a son, and three brothers, all physicians. Dr. J. H erm an J ohn son, associated professor of sociology at Al abama Polyt echnic Institut e for 21 years, died August 27, 1955, in Auburn, Ala . Born in South Boston, V a., Dr. Johnson received his M .A. and Ph .D . degrees from th e University of North Carolina. H. Ray Benn ett , who farmed near Ringgold , V a., died of a heart att ack J anuary 4. H e had been i!J with myelorma.

artist has painted. A man of devout faith, but one, who in his own lif e, has translated faith into sympathetic and compassionate service for God and man. As th e portrait is unveiled you will note that he holds in his hand a book. W e who know him intimately are quite convinced that this is his Book of Life. It is not a magical sort of thing that was handed down from the stormy heights of some ancient mountain peak. It is not a collection of divinely dictated words and phrases, but a record of the deeper experiences of the human family, with pointed emphasis upon those eternal principles that will make real the Kingdom of God on earth.

THREE BOOKS OF INTEREST TO VIRGINIANS THE MAMMALS OF VIRGINIA A collection of fascinating stories about the furred animals of land and sea known to Virginia,-from mice to men , and from bats to whales, including domestic mammals , man and fossils. 1946. 99 illustrations. 416 pages . Formerly priced at five dollars ....... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Now $2.50 per copy .

BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND Contains an account of the origin, development and growth of the Department of Biology, including biographical sketches and photographs of every faculty member who has served in the department ; a description, including floor plans of MARYLAND HALL; names of all b iology majors; research and graduate studies in biology ; Phoeni x Society; Beta Beta Beta; the University Museum, etc. 113 illustrations. Printed in 1939. 194 pages. Only fifty copies left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.50 per copy.

FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, 1878-1948 The record of every team, every game, every coach, every player and his position on the team, the managers, the University colors, the "COLTS" and the "SPIDERS." Statistics galore. 170 pages. Full cloth binding (Originally $3) .................................... now $1.50 Paper binding (Originally $2) ... . ....... .. ........... . ....... ... . now $1.00 Order direct from the author : John Wendell Bailey 27 Willway Road , Richmond 26, Virginia.

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Dr. Modlin, we take great pride in presenting to our beloved alma mater the portrait of a man held in such high esteem by so great a host of people. Because of what he has meant to us as individua ls, and as alumnae and alumni of this University, we cherish the hope, that through the years, and even for generations to come, the young men and women who shall pass down the halls and across the corridors of this place of learning shall see in this portrait the same noble qualities which inspired the countless numbers in our day to reach up for the higher and better way of life. We are grateful to you and to the University for your cooperation in placing this portrait where it rightfully belongs- in alma mater 's Hall of Fame. We give you, honored president, the portrait of our beloved teacher, counselor and friend - Dr. Solon Bolivar Cousins.

Making Real (Continued from page 6)

and several years of work on an Atlanta television station. Although Mr. Punch and his traditional friends have ha,d to move over for this more modern brigade of puppets headed by Hugo W. Wi;at, they haven 't minded much, as long as they are still revered and given their rightful position of importance. Wh<'m the puppet shop was rejuvenated over a year ago, fresh red paint was happily ~plashed here and there, creating a more exciting place to work and experiment in this ancient art. It may smack a little of Bohemianism, but it only seems right, since the puppet seems always to have had traces of gypsy spirit in him. At any rate, as girls msh down to get their mail from the Norbh Court mail room they can't help but be aware that puppetry is very much alive these days around the campus.

Creative Individuals Once the snowball of puppet interest is rolling it grows larger and larger wibh the accumulation of countless allied subjects. Creativity is essential towards active minds in an intelligent and growing community. The University does not hope to produce professional puppeteers by offering courses in puppetry. Rather it hopes to produce creative individuals who are able and willin g to wpe with any sort of new situation with capability and spirited enthusiasm. While crhildren are able to jump easily fmm the world of reality into the world of the imagination and not lose sight of either, it takes certain stimuli for an adult to achieve such a state of relaxation. With both intellectual md emotional appeal puppetry can quickly unlock the subconscious mind and lead us into fantastic and unimagined worlds. A sense of artistry and design is achieved in making the puppet and again emphasized in its manipulation before an audience . Puppetry should be an entire synthesis of arts with no more stress on the craft angle than on pr esentation values. Many characters

bhat would be impossible on the hum an stage are fully plausible on the puppet stage. Pup pets can never accurately produce a complete imitation of life and it is important when working in the medium to remember the peculiar quality that makes the puppet what it is. Puppetry can make the unbelieveahle very believeable ! "Wh at really affects us in bhe theatre," saiâ&#x20AC;˘d George Bernard Shaw, "is not the muscular activities of the performers, but the feelings they awaken within us by their aspect. For the imagination of the spectator plays a far greater part bhere than the exertions of the actors. The puppet is the actor in this primitive form." Shaw was just one of many well known, gifted people realizing the individua l value of fantasy experience found in puppetry.

Not Child's Play The Univers ity Puppe t Studios build all sorts of puppets from the most simple paper bag hand puppet ro complex marionettes and over lif e size rod-puppets. Experimental work in abstract color design and movement and

the utilization of different materials to suggest shape and crharacterization is being done. Th e secret of the puppet lies in the fact that it is not mere child's play, but has a role far beyond the sJapstick comedy of Punch and Judy. Creative imagination, coordination, appreciation of world literature and the arts, and above all, a sense of cooperation is the emphasis of puppet classes at the University. A lively interest in aesthetic appreciation comes from active study and work in the arts. Puppetry is a composite synthesis of the artis and the curriculum activities. Television, educationa l and otherwise, offers wonderful opportunities for pupp et endeavor. A never ending audience of children is always ready to laugh and learn . As an expression of man's dream for an embodimen t of fantasy, as a key to unlocking the nature of man or child, as a perfect blending of the creative and manual arts, as sheer, delightful entertai nment, puppetry offers wide scope for the focusing of many interests and has unexplored strength.

What Do You Know About Some time ago when Dean William T. Muse, '28, of the Law School, was called on to address the class of 1930 at its 25th reunion he prepared a multiple -choice test that reminded the class member s of other " pop " quizes a quarter of a century ago . In the main, the scores were prett y good. Some were very good, among them the 17out-of -20 score of Dr. Emmett C. Mathews, chairman of the reunion committee. Since then Dean Muse has revised the quiz and brought it up to date . Test your own knowledge of the Universit y by checking what you consider the appropriat e ans wer to each question . Then turn to page 38 to see how well you ha ve done. 1. The University has a great and noble president.

He is:

(a) Nicholas Murray Butler. (b) Charles H. Wheeler Ill . (c) Theodo re F. Adams . (d) George M. Modlin . (e) Francis Pendleton Darden.

2. Alma Mater was chartered as the University th e school was founded in the year:

of Richmond in 1920,

but

(a) 1066. (b) 1215. (c) 1730. {d) 1830. (e) 1840.

3. The rector of the University (chairman of the board of trustees) is a professional man of national reputation. His name is: (a) T. Coleman Andrews. (bl T. Justin Moore. (cl T. Fore Tew . (di W . R. Broaddus Jr. (el E. Douglas Gunter .

4. She is a scholar and she is pretty. The dean of Westhampton

is:

(a) Marguerite Roberts. (bl Fanny G. Crenshaw. (cl Emily Gardner. (di May L. Keller. (el Carrie Natio n.

5 . The most recently completed building on the campus cost $1,000,000.

It is:

(al YMCA Building. (bl Business School. (c) Barracks A. (d) Frederic William Boatwright Memorial Library. (e) Law School.

6. The 1955 footballi team had the following (a)

record (won-lost-tied):

10-0-0. (b) 8-1-0. (c) 4-3-2. (d) 2-7-0. (el 0-9-0.

7. Who was the Red and Blue pitcher who hurled three no-hit one season? (a) Bucky Jacobs . (bj Herb Hash. (c) Porter Vaughan.

games in

(d) Johnny Adams. (e) Lou Burdette.

8 . What member of the staff served the University for 51 years without promotion in rank?

(a) Garnett Ryland. (b) Raymond B. Pinchbeck. (c) Frederic W . Boatwright. (d) May L. Keller. (e) S. C. Mitchell.

9. The total assets of the University are between: (a) 1 and 5 millions. (b) 5 and 10 millions. (c) 10 and 15 millions. (d) 15 and 20 millions. (e) 20 and 25 millions.

10. Virginia's Chief Justice is an alumnus Trustees. This nationally recognized Jurist is:

and a member

of the Board of

(a) John Marshall Moseley. (b) Willis Dance Miller. (c) Harold C. Maurice . (di M. Ray Doubles. (e) Edward Wren Hudgins.

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Young People's work; George Terry and others. Lawrence Whitehurst , '23, is Head of the Standing Committee of National Baptist Church , of which Edward B. Willingham, Âˇ21, has been pastor for the past ten or twelve years. (See page ) . This church is unique in that it symbolizes the essential unity of American , and Southern Baptists. Both contributed to its erection as a memorial to Roger Wil liams back about 1925. And now a word about those "peculiar people" (I Peter 2:9) called Baptist. Unlike those in other parts of the country, Baptists of Wash ington are neither Northern nor Southern. Certainly, they can be called "American, " but that does not signify what is commonly meant by that term since the former Northern Convention resumed that name. More logically we shou ld be called Universal, or at least World -wide Baptists. Through collaboration with agencies of the two above-named conventions , the churches of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention , though fev, r in number , enjoy the widest coverage of any group of Baptists on earth.

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church while he was actively engaged in organizing the Baptist churches of America_ in support of Adoniram and Anne Hazeltme Judson as missionaries in Burma. This was the beginning of the missionary enterprise among American Baptists . Many hearts were saddened to witness the demolition of the old ivy-covered red brick building that stood so many years on the corner of Sixteenth and 0 Streets, N.W., to make way for the new G othic ,stone structure in which the congregation held the first service on Christmas day, 1955. Costing about one and three-quarter millions of dollars, this new building is easily one of the finest church homes in the nation 's capital. In addition to his many outstanding contributions to the drnrch life of Washington , Dr. Pruden has held numerous important assignments in both the American and lhe Southern Baptist Conventions. At present he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Southern convention. Included among the members of his church are fellows like Henry Riley, a deacon; Wally \'v'ilson, Director of

University of Richmond? 11. Richmond College is the oldest division of the Un iversity . Which is the youn gest? (a ) Low School. le ) Graduate School.

lb) Summer School.

le) Westhampton

College.

Id) School of Business Administration .

12. " Professor Whiskers ," now a professor emeritus , some months ago cele brated his 95th birthday . Can you identify him from among the foHowing? la ) Rufus Har ris. (b) Herman

P. Thomas . le) James H. Barnett Jr. Id) R. E. Gaines.

(e) Malcolm

U. Pitt .

13 . A Richmond College professor emeritus when a boy fished from the ban ks of the Rivanna Rive r. Who is he? (a ) Henry B. Handy . (b) R. E. Loving. (c) Garnett

14 . A new athletic field, dedicated prominent alumnus . Name him. (a ) E. Claiborne

Ryland . Id) Isaac Walton . (e) Kay Keyser .

more than two years ago, is the gift of a

Robins . (b) Roger Millhiser . (c) Marshall

Field.

Id) Esau Brooks. (e) Garland

15. In point of service he is the oldest member fa culty : (a ) B. C. Holtzclaw . (b) R. C. McDonel.

Gray.

of the Richmond CoHeg e

16 . All but one of the following distingu ished men hold honorary degree s fr om the University of Richmond . Which of the following does not have a U. of R. degree? lo) Marshal Ferdinand Foch. lb) Dwight S. Robertson. (e) Chester W . Nimitz .

D. Eisenhower . (c) Franklin

Delano

Roosevelt.

(d) Wolter

17. The University of Richmond Library now has a record number of 120 ,000 vol umes . What is the name of the librarian? (a) Lucy T. Throckmorton . (b) John Ray W. Frantz Jr.

Bunyan.

le) Woodford

B. Hackley . Id) Josephine

Nunnally . (e)

18 . Alma Mater ha s had only four presidents. Check the one who has not been a president : (a ) Mortica i Fortescue Tiber ius Gracchus Jones .

Metcalf.

(b) F. W . Boatwright.

le) George

M. Modlin.

(d) Robert

Ryland . (e )

19 . The largest single gift ever made to (:In educational institution in Virgin ia was made to the University of Richmond by a devoted and distinguished alum nus. Who was this donor of two and three-quarter millions? (a ) John D. Rockefeller.

(b) A. D. Williams . (c) John K. Settle.

(d) Henry Ford (e) J . W . Fulbrite.

20. The last of the original faculty members of Westhampton la st year after 41 years of service. Who is she? (a ) Isobe l Harris.

lb) Moy L. Keller.

Turnbull.

College retired

Id) Fanny G. Crenshaw . le ) Pansy Yokum .

For the Correct Answers, See Page 38.

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enjoying a higher standard of living than could ever have been expected without th e Amer ican occupation. All have sufficient in sight to avoid antagonizing the goose that lays the go lden egg. With the exception of a few veteran members of the regular armed forces, the great majority of American military personnel hav e only vague recollections of the great battl es of \\'lorld War II. Even the junior officers were most ly in the advanced stages of Boy Scouting when Okinawa was invaded in 1945 . \\7ithout doubt it is well that the present day man in uniform does not feel th e bitterness that his predecessors of a decade earlier might feel at the sight of le Shima , the satellite island off the coast of Okinawa where Ernie Pyle was killed, or the monument to General Simon B. Buckner, who died in the battle for Okinawa. The new generation of soldier is a product of its enviro nment. Because he has spent most of his life during periods of semi-mobilization, today's soldier accepts his tour of military dut y as a part of life, as a part of the price reciuired for living in a modern society. Few enjoy the arbitrary discipli ne of military life , so incongruous with the American concept of individua l freedom, but most accept it with the easy ilexibility of youth, and all accept it. Unlike his wartime predecessors , the peacetime soldier enjoys relative safety and the knowledge of when he can expect his tour of military duty to be terminated. These advantages permit him to make future plans with intelligent foresight and make the often sedentary job of peacetime soldiering more tolerable. Most serv icemen are aware that Russia and China are the potential enemies and Japan the ally, but few really understand why. Few understand the dynamic intricacies of international politics which in the course of ten years have converted friends to enemies and enem ies to friends. But then who does unde rstand these things? Meanwh ile most servicemen here, while a litt le lonesome for their wives and fami lies, are making good use of the present period of peace to see the strnnge new sights of the Orient. Ma ny are developing new understanding and tolerance of the Far Eastern peop les.

Breaking (Continued from page 9)

In 1919, when Dr. Slater began his work , 2,244 people in M innesota died from tuberculosis, a morta lity rate of 95.3 per 100,000 popu lation. In the eight counties which constituted his sanatorium district there were 67 deaths in 1920. The sanatorium had a ca,pacity for 50 patients . Not only was it filled to over ilowing, but there was a long list of people forced to remain at home awaiting admission . As he spent a major part of his time caring for the sick, it became obvious to him that TB would never be eradicated anywhere as long as peop le with contagious disease were allowed to remain in homes and communities

and disseminate germs of tuberculosis to their associates. Dr. Slater realized that a true program of eradication must start with t~e child, inasmud1 as children are born unmfected with tubercle bacilli- the TB germs. Thus, he reasoned, it was a matter of creating an environment free from tubercle bacilli in hospitals and homes where d1ildren were _born and therea,fter maintaining such an environment. The chain of infection had to be broken! As rapidly as possible he removed the contagious adult cases-fathers, mo~hers, grandparents - from their homes and isolated them in the sanatorium. He knew also that the bovine type of tubercle bacillus is as destructive in human tissues as in those of cattle; therefore he gave fullest support to veterinarians in their campaign to destroy animals infected with the disease and thus eradicate TB from the herds .

Tube rculin Test in Schools In anoth er revolutionary move, Dr. Slater entered the schools vhroughout his sanatorium district and administered the tuberculin test to children and personnel. Here he found that there were teachers and others on the school payroll who had contagious tuberculosis. Prior to 1924, it was contended that 111 most places 90% to 95% of all school children had been infe cted with TB germs. Then, appearing before the annual meeting of the National Tuberculosis Association in Atlanta, Dr. Slater startled tuberculosis workers all over the world by his report that the testing of more than 1600 rural school children revealed that only about 10% were harboring tubercle bacilli, but 80% of the children from homes where contagious cases of tuberculosis had been allowed to reside were infected with these organisms and therefore reacted to the tuberculin test. Armed with his findings , Dr. Slater continued to stress the necessity of "breaking the cha in of infection," and through public addresses, artioles in medical journals, and other publications, he emphasized the importan ce of pre-employment an.:! periodic examinations for school personnel everywher e.

School Certifica tion Sidney Slater"s interest and accomplish ments in tuberculosis control in schools were so recognized that he was appointed a member of the Minnesota subcommittee of the Committee on Tuberculosis of the American

School Health Association in the early 1940 's. This committee drafted certain standards by which schools might be officially certified on the basis of TB control work in progress. Using these qualifications ( which have since been adopted in severa.l states), De Slater participated in the ceremornes at which, for the first time in the world, such certificates were granted to schools. Since 1940, Dr . Slater has been a member of the committee on tuberculosis of the Minnesota State Medical Association. This is a working committee with frequent meetings each year, and although he lived 200 miles from the meeting place, minutes taken throughout the years show that he has ~arely been absent . Always an active partmpant, making sound recommendations and supporting worthwhile projects to be undertaken_ as a part of the Medical Association 's statew1d_e tuberculosis control program, he worked diligently for the adopt ion of a plan to accredit counties officially by the State MedJCal Association the State Board of Health, the State Tuber~losis and Health Association, and the 6 overnor. He, more than anyone else, _was responsible for establishing .t~e qualificatt~ns which were adopted for oflioally accred1t111g the counties on the basis of accomplishments in TB contro.J, and on December 11, 1941, he gave one of the main addresses on the occasion of granting the first county accreditation certificate at Tyler (Lincoln County). Throughout the succeeding years, his persistent promotion of this project has been so successful that by the close of 1956, most counties will have qualified. . . . One of Dr. Slater 's first acts on arnvmg 111 Minnesota in January of 1919 was to join the Minn esota Tuberculosis and Health Association . His value was promptly recognized. He has served on every important committee and was president for six years (1938-1943). Since 1930, this Association has annually recommended Dr. Slater as its representative on the Board of Directors of the National Tuberculosis Association, in which capacity he bas worked for 26 years- far longer than any other Minnesota physician has served on that board. The nam e "Sid ney A. Slater, M.D." honors the m.embership roll of many an organization. There is practically no important local, state or national medical, public health, or tuberculosis association or society that does not claim him as a member. He bolds Fellowship in the American College of Physicians , the Ameri-

What D'You Know? (See Page 36) (1) George M. Modlin. (2) 1830. (3) T. Justin Moore. (4) Marguerite Roberts. (5) Boatw_right Memorial Library. (6) 4-3-2. (7) Newton (Bucky) Jacobs, 1936. (8) F. W. Boatwright (Pres1d~nt for 51 years). (9) 10 and 15 millions. (10) E. W. Hudgins, _'05. (11) Sc_hoolof Business Adm111istration. (12) R. E. Gaines. (13) R. E. Loving. (14) E. Claiborne Rob111s.(15) W. B. H?c_kley. (16) F. D. Roosevelt. (17) Ray W . Frantz Jr. (18) Morticai Fortescue Metcalf. (19) A. D. Williams, '91. (20) Fanny G. Crenshaw . Your Score (17-20) You should have a Phi Beta Kappa key. (14-16) Not bad, not bad. (12-13) You r,ass, but no quality credits. (Under 12) Perhaps you had better come back for a refresher course.

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INFORMATION PLEASE Your alumni or alumni office wants up-todate information on you and your career. Please take time to supply the biographi c_al material requested on this data blank . It will become a part of your file in the al_umni ?t alumnae office where it will be available 111 supplying information to newspapers and other publications , including the ALUMNI BULLETIN. (If you have filled out a similar data blan_k at some previous time, please send now _additional information subsequent to that , time.) can College of Chest Physicians, and the American Medical Association. He has served on the most important committees of the National Tuberculosis Association and was vice-president in 1947. He has also held important posts in the -'.'merican Trudeau. So: ciety and is a past president of the M1sS1Ss1p p1 Valley Trudeau Society. He has been president of the Southwestern Minnesota Medical Association, Southern Minnesota Medical Association, Sioux Valley Medical Associatio~ , Minnesota Trudeau Society, and v1ce-pres1dent of the Minnesota State Medical Association, of which he was a member of the house of delegates for ten years. He is also the author of numerous articles in local and national medical journals.

A Winning Battle Since his original sanatorium district was established four more counties have been added; th~s, he now serves twelve counties with a pop ulation of 230,000 people. Th e success of his efforts is so phenomenal that 111 1954 only four people in the entire district of twelve counties died from tuberculosis ~ His work has also resulted in a marked decrease in morbidity-so much so that now only about a third of his sanatorium _bed_sare occupied. Dr. Slater's present _obJe~t1ve1s the erad ication of the tubercle baollus 111 the area which he serves; the knowledge and means for attaining this goal are his! In 1945 the University of Richmond recognized Dr. Slater's dedi cated work and conferred upon him the honorary degree of Do ctor o.f Science. Also in that year, the local (Epsilon) chapter of Phi Beta Kappa called him to Richmond to award honorary membership. In 1947 the Mississippi Valley Conference on Tuberculosis voted him the Dearholt Medal A ward for being the most outstanding worker of the year in the entire area served by the confere nce (twelve states with a total population of approximate ly 46,000,000). Since 1913, when he first became medical director of a sanatorium, his lif e has been devoted wholeheartedly to the diagnosis , treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. Few physicians have ever lived who have so completely compre hended tuberculosis in all o_f its aspects as has Dr. Slater. Few have diagnosed so accurately, treated so successfully, prevented so effectively. When the final chapter is written on the erad1cat10n of tuberculosis, the name Sidney A. Slater will deserve-and receive-a prominent place.

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Wilbur Cardoza, has entered the Naval OfEleven of the future M. D .'s and one ficer Training School at Newport, R. I., and Âˇ D. D . S. expect to begin or continue their (Continued from pa1;e 22) Jim Lampros ( marketing) expects to go into professional studies at the Medical College the Marine Corps . Two other marketing ma- of Virginia in September. Second-year men At the Naval Research Lab in Washingtoa, D . C. you will find two of our new physics jors, Wayne Liebich and Don Warner, are at MCV are PBK Morton Bender, Ernest L. graduates, Francis E. Bishop, Jr. and Charles in the Army Transportation Corps. Also look- Clements, Jr., L. Arnold Frederick, and Laing forward to early military service are two cey M . Jacobs, Jr. After serving as B.S.U. M . Bowden; while another physics major, political science majors, Ronald F. Dobson , Summer Missionary to Jamaica, British West David L. Shelky, Jr. will be at the Naval and John C. Rennolds; and a biology major , Indies, ODK-PBK Jimmie W . Bush will beProving Grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. gin in September at MCV and plan ultiThree of our June graduates will take a Robert H. Leavelle, Jr. mately to become a medical missionary. Othturn at professional sports. Eric R. Christeners in the new class at MCV will be Howar d Teaching Positions sen, Jr. (economics) will operate from the C. Cohen, PBK Arthur B. Farfel (and winEast coast with the Washington Redskins Material on teachers has been assembled ner of the Ryland Award in Chemistry), football team, and Frank Pajaczkowski (poPBK S. William Finley, II, Stanley A . Laster, litical science) from the West coast with the with the help of Dean Edward F. Overton, '31, professor of education and placement of- Eugene M. Newman, George E. Pritchar d, San Francisco 419-ers.ODK Eugene "Bucky" lu ck, Jr., (marketing major) has signed a ficial for teaching appointments. Eight men and Girard V. Thompson, Jr. William E. contract with the Detroit American League have signed contracts to teach in September , Tuggle will enroll in the Dental School of baseball club. All three of these star Spider and there are others who will teach after the MCV. Luis R. Miranda will enroll, in medicine, at the University of Virginia. athletes are slated for military duty. Bucky completion of graduate studies or military Other graduate students at UVa. will inexpects to begin his military service this Aug- service. Two will go to Fairfax High School, ust, Pajie and Eric in the Spring of 1957, in Arlington; Adair R. McConnell and H . clude two majors in physics and one in EngJames Strohm. Adair will teach French and lish. PBK Philip A. Flournoy, winner of the with R.O.T.C. commissions. English, after a summer in "The Common Reference has already been made to a num- Glory." Jim will teach English and social Loving A ward in Physics and the Crum p Prize in Mathematics, has a DuPont Fellow ber of law graduates. The information on studies. Warwick High School w.ill have these graduates has been made complete only James T. Stewart on the general science fac- ship; and Temple S. Timberlake has a teachthrough the good offices of Dr. William T. ulty. William H. Perkins, Jr. will continue ing assistantship in physics . H. James Bard in will do work in English. Muse , '28, Dean of the T. C. Williams at Virginia Beach High School, Princess Anne Ten June graduates plan to stay at the School of Law, who has been willing to sup- County, where he has been during the second ply us with the material for this general place- semester. Gerald M. Garmon will join the University of Richmond for graduate studie s, including PBK David M . Armbrister , recipiment story on male graduates. Including those English faculty at the Douglas Freeman High ent of the Mitchell A ward in History and a who completed requirements in September School, Henrico County; and John E. Brooks Williams Fellowship , Preston W. Doyle, and 1955 , there were twenty-two LLB. degrees will also be an English teacher at Jefferson Samuel W . Holland, all in history. The group and one Certificate of Proficiency awarded Consolidated School, Monroe, Michigan. at Commencement in June. Dean Muse re- Douglas Maclachlan will teach and coach at in English is made up of Robert S. Berlin, ports that self-employed lawyers engaged in the Middletown, N. J., High School; and Kenneth H. Byron, and PBK Harold D . Gibson. ODK James W. "Buddy" Stump, Jr., the general practice of law include Ivy P. Wynn Gregory will do the same at Hargrave may do work in Spanish or English , befor e Blue, Jr., and ODK Seymour Horwitz, in Military Academy. he goes on active duty with his R.O.T.C. Richmond; Stephen G. White, in Petersburg; commission in February 1957. Graduate work Frederick J. Dean III and James H. Foreman, in sciences at U. of R. will occupy the time of in Norfolk; and John H. Thomas, in Ches- Gradua te a nd Professional Schools R. Tignor, Jr. and Francis B. LeftMilton ter, Virginia. Located out-of-state as self-emAs usual, over half of the R. C. graduating ployed lawyers will be Silas E. Daniel, Jr., class will pursue further studies. Seminary stu- wich, in biology, the latter as a William s Fellow. John A. Richman , Jr. will continu e in Florida; Charles Skomski, in Pennsylvandents lead the field again this year, with twenia ; and James F. Hewitt, in California. Asso- ty students. The largest group, headed for his research association with Dr. J . S. Pier ce ciated in law practice in the Richmond area Southeastern Baptist Seminary at Wake For- in chemistry. Three of the June 1956 class are heading will be ODK F. Ward Harkrader, Jr., with est, includes Robert L. Estes, Everett Gill III, for law degrees . J. Peyton Farmer will begin John Grigsby; and William J. Williams, with W . A. Harrow, and ODK-PBK L. Wilbur L. W . Witcher. Russell R. Stallard will also Kersey, president of the Richmond College his first year at the T. C. Williams School practice in Richmond. William C. Fitzgerald Student Government and winner of the of Law; and Ellsworth P. " Sandy" Bassett is entering the service. Alumni Council Medal. Also at Wake Forest goes into his second year with Dean Mus e. O ther RC and SBA graduates who will will be Thomas F. Mabe, Robert L. Morris , David Harfeld will travel to Ann Arbor to report for active duty with Army R.O.T.C. Jr. (R.O .T.C. graduate), Justin T. Paciocco, enroll at the Law School of the University commissions are: Claude W. Anderson (po - Charles W. Smith, Paul W. Stouffer, Norof Michigan. litical science major) in November; Harold man E . Towler, Jr., and Nollie A. Witcher, ODK-PBK Samuel R. Stone III will follow Jr. At the Southern Baptist Theological SemiK. Anderson II (management) in August; a. work-study program as a Howard Hughe s Sidney E. Friedenberg ( accounting) in Octo- nary at Louisville the list includes Donald ber; Otis L. Brown (political science) in No- E. Lytal, PBK Frederick C. Mallory, and Fellow at the Hughes Aircraft Co., in Culver vember; Kenneth L. Jackson (biology) in Robert J. Paciocco. George W. Barnes will City, California. Nazem Abraham continues in chemistry at Marshall College, HuntingJuly; John D. Lewis (political science) in go to Fort Worth, Texas, to the Southwestern ton, West Virginia. ODK John C. Allred will September; W. R. Lucas (psychology) in Baptist Theological Seminary; while David October; K. S. Vandergrift (political science) C. Morefield remains in Richmond at Union. register at the University of North Carolina , in September; and William M. Wandall (po- Pennsylvania-bound seminary students are in social work; while James L. Carnes may litical science) in March 1957. Already an Edward A. Flippen, Jr., to Eastern Baptist , travel down the line to the University of officer in the regular Army at Fort Bliss, in Philadelphia, and Philip E. Jenkins, to Miami for graduate studies in biology. Texas , is Kenneth F. Matthews, Jr., an R.O. Crozer, in Chester. Colgate-Rochester DiviniThis is the story to date. Only a handful T.C. graduate. The Air Force has also com- ty School is the destination of Edward B. of students had not completed their plans missioned the following A.F.R.O.T.C. grad- Willingham, Jr. and James F. Wyatt. Ed, a before we went to press. If you have read physics major, was a recording engineer duruates: H . L. Bass, Jr. (philosophy), William J. Kerr (economics), and John W. Reams ing the summer at the radio center of the this far, you'll agree that this has really been (chemistry), all of whom will probably be American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, a busy year in placements. And that's the way we like it! on duty by November. Management major , Wisconsin.

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