WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY The 207th Year in Review Progress and Projects Summer 1956 ~ Reunions for 1906 and 1931 Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Fall Sports Schedule 1956 FOOTBALL 6—Centre College Danville, Kentucky 13—Davidson he Lexington 20—Southwestern Memphis, ‘[ennessee 27—West Virginia Tech Montgomery, West Virginia 3—Wabash Crawfordsville, Indiana 10—Sewanee (Homecoming) Lexington 17—Hampden-Sydney Lexington 24—Washington University CROSS-COUNTRY 2—Lynchburg, VPI and Wk&L 6—Davidson, VMI and WX&L 13—Roanoke College 20—Richmond 25—Virginia 29—William and Mary 3—Randolph-Macon 12—Big Six , i1g—Southern Conference SOCCER 2—Randolph - Macon g—Virginia . 16—North Carolina 18—Roanoke College 25—Lynchburg 31—Frostburg 6—Duke : : 12—North Carolina State 19—Georgetown 20—Maryland St. Louis, Missouri Blacksburg Lexington Lexington Richmond Charlottesville Wuliamsburg Lexington Richmond Lexington Ashland Lexington Lexington Salem Lexington Lexington Durham Lexington Washington: D.C. College Park °32, Tazewell, Vir- "34, Appalachian—Albert G. Peery, ginia Augusta-Rockingham—Fred O. Funkhouser, Harrisonburg, Virginia ’46, 40 Pryor Street, N. W. Atlanta—Rodney Cook, Baltimore—David E. Ryer, ’51, 225 Stanmore Road Birmingham—Warren G. Merrin, Jr., °49, 2824 Thornhill Road, Apt. 282-B Charleston, West Virginia—Ruge P. DeVan, Jr., *84, United Carbon Building *50, 216 Stephen- Chattanooga—Rody Davenport, son Avenue Chicago—Charles A. Strahorn, ’28, Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank, Winnetka, Illinois "41 3916 Shel- Charlotte—Herbert Woodward, Jr., ton Place "41, 1020 Union Trust Cincinnati—Jack L. Reiter, Building Cleveland—Charles F. Clarke, Jr., ’38, 1857 Union Commerce Building Danyille—R. Paul Sanford, ’21, 422 Masonic Build- "34, First ing Florida West Coast—John A. Hanley, Federal Building, St. Petersburg °25, Security Building Gulf Stream—L. a Copley, Miami, Flori Milton Morrison, ’38, 23283 Fannin Houston—A. Street Jacksonville—A. B. Conley, Jr., ’48, 625 Hogan Stree Kansas City—W. H. Leedy, ’49, 15 West 10th "40 Kentucky Street Louisville—Ernest Woodward, II, Home Life Building Lynchburg—Richard F. Burke, III, ’42, 203 Lynch Building Mid-South—Harry Wellford, ’46, Commerce Title Building, Memphis, Tennessee New York—Clark B. Winter, ’837, 65 Broadway New_ Orleans—Herbert Jahncke, ’30, Jahncke Service New River and Greenbrier—Harry E. Moran, ’13, Beckley, West Virginia Norfolk—Gilbert R. Swink, ’35, National Bank of Commerce Building North Texas—John M. Stemmons, ’31, 401 Re- public Bank Building, Dallas Northwest Louisiana—Richard Eglin °37, Jamestown , 44, Shreve- por Peninsula—Park S. Rouse, Jr. Road, Williamsburg, Virginia Philadelphia—William L. Leopold, ’39, 183 Pelham *36, 203 Southeastern Piedmont—A. M. Pullen, Jr., Building, Greensboro, North Carolina Pittsburgh—Anthony E. D’Emilio, Jr., ’41, 702 Frick Building Richmond—Don Fergusson, ’51, 802 Insurance Building Roanoke—William B. Hopkins, ’42, Boxley Build- ing W. Goode, Jr., °48, 407-09 San Antonio—John South Texas Building St. Louis—John L. Patterson Boulevard Tri-State—T. J. Mayo, ’31, Box 1672, Huntington, West Virginia Upper Potomac—William L. Wilson, Jr., ’88, 525 Cumberland Street, Cumberland, Maryl and Washington. D. C.—Arthur Clarendon Smith, Jr., , 1313 You Street, N.W. "21, 4144 Lindell Summer 1956 Vol. XXXI No. 3 Incorporated Published quarterly by Aiumni, Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Lexington, Virginia, September 15, 1924 Printed at the Journalism Laboratory Press of Washington and Lee University Editor James H. PRICE, JR., 1941 Associate Editor CHARLOTTE E. WALLIN EDITORIAL BOARD PAXTON DAVIS, JR. FRANK J. GILLIAM AMES H. PRICE, JR. DoNnaLD E. SMITH Harry K. (Cy) YOUNG THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC President MartTIN P. Burks, III, 1932 Vice-President Howarp W. DOBBINS, 1942 Secretary Harry K. (Cy) YOUNG, 1917 Associate Secretary AMES H. PRICE, JR., 1941 Treasurer STUARD A. WURZBURGER, 1928 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MARTIN P. Burks, III, 1932 JouHN F. HENDON, 1924 STUARD A. WURZBURGER, 1928 Howarp W. DOBBINS, 1942 PARKE S. ROUSE, J]R., 1937 ERNEST Woopwarb, II, 1940 Harry E. MORAN, 1913 Davin D. JOHNSON, 1921 Cover: Alumni and Graduating Sons after Commencement Exercises Fall brought Quiz Bowl jubilation, and spring a gay Fiesta mood. Freshmen prepared for an awesome world. Student lawyers argued minutely outside Tucker Hall. Freshman Camp to “College Friendships” T WAS A BUSY YEAR. As always I the students studied hard and played hard. They argued over the parking situation, and The Ring- tum Phi editorialized at length about the need for a Commons, the football games, the Interfraternity Council, and rejuvenating the “speaking tradition.” Fads included motor bikes and dark shirts. ‘The freshmen came early in Septem- ber, learned to know each other at camp at Natural Bridge, and together returned to the campus to face the awesome world of “college” and to be engulfed by fraternity rushing. Upperclassmen struggled The 207th and pursued knowledge, wrote papers, endured labs on hot spring afternoons, invaded the library in droves before exams. Cane-twirling law students argued minutely in their chairs outside Tucker Hall. Seminars, term papers, lectures brought new learning and an at- mosphere of intellectual endeavor. Apart from classes, books, and the library, there was much to fill the already busy days. In the Col- lege Quiz Bowl, Washington and Lee’s panel had two victorious evenings at the expense of Ford- ham and Northwestern, before meeting defeat at the hands of a THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE DEEVINE CoMEDY’s faculty foursome discarded formality. Year in Review combined team from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Prize money of $1,000 was used for re- cords in the Anderson Music Room and other extra-curricular items. Fraternities carried on with high spirit. But it was the last year for their customary hazing practices. Action by the Board of ‘Trustees, the faculty, and the Interfraternity Council ruled out harmful hazing, although harmless initiation stunts can be continued. In the fall, the ZBT’s contributed most generously to Campus Chest and earned the services of three distinguished waiters: Deans Leyburn and Gil- SUMMER 1956 liam and Treasurer Mattingly. Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity broke ground for its new house (opposite the Lambda Chi Alpha house) and voiced the hope it will be com- pleted in time for rushing parties in the fall. In a sudden pre-election switch, Delta Upsilon changed the balance of power by withdrawing its support from the Independent Party, thus enabling the University Party to capture six out of seven major campus offices. The ‘Troubadours three types of plays, Shakespeare's lusty Much Ado About Nothing, O’Neill’s somber, violent tragedy, presented Deans LEYBURN and GILLIAM, Treasurer MATTINGLY served. Student Shakespeare vied with Dixieland. Desire Under the Elms, and an ex- perimental production of “theatre in the round.” The Deevine Comedy was drama of another sort. ‘This musical show, with students, coeds from neigh- boring campuses, and a_ faculty song-and-dance routine, was _ pro- duced by the Student War Me- morial Scholarship Fund Commit- tee. Proceeds from the sell-out per- formances went toward the second $10,000 SWMSF goal. Almost every week there was a concert or lecture. ‘The Concert Guild presented Menotti’s Christ- mas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, featuring student singers and visiting artists. Other perform- ers on the Guild Series included University Dean James G. Leyburn at the piano, and senior Frank R. Ahlgren, Jr., of Memphis in a pro- gram of folk singing. The Glee Club and University Band _pre- sented formal concerts, and other musical groups—the Sazeracs, the Southern Collegians, ‘The Blue ‘Lops—were in frequent demand. ‘Then there were the dances— Openings in Neptune’s Elysium, Fancy Dress in the Land of Oz; Spring Dances a Fiesta occasion south of the border, and the Finals Dances in “‘Bermuda.” Lecturers included literature scholars, a Brazilian novelist, sev- eral professors of history and politi- cal science, a former vice-consul to India, a German count who was The year brought many visitors to the campus, among them 15 Robert E. Lee Scholarship candidates, and 478 Parents’ Day guests... one of the conspirators against Hitler, public relations experts, a representative of the Danish infor- mation service, ministers, politi- cians, lawyers, newspaper editors, a news analyst, and a cartoonist. ‘The English department held a series of “Seminars in Literature’ and the chemistry department had weekly seminars led by members of the de- partment and advanced students. The spring ‘Tucker Lectures brought to the campus William 'T. Gossett, vice-president and general counsel of the Ford Motor Com- pany, who spoke on the responsibil- ity of the large corporation in American society. ‘The year brought many other vis- itors. Nine hundred Southern Inter- ... Alumni Fund Agents to map their strategy, and Parents’ Advisory Council members to discuss parent-University relationships. scholastic Press Association dele- gates and their advisors descended upon the campus in May for their annual convention. The Virginia Industrial Management Conference brought industrial leaders from all parts of the state to the University for discussions and lectures. In the fall, 409 parents of students came to the University’s first Parents’ Day, to get acquainted with the college and with members of the faculty and administration. ‘The Parents’ Advisory Council met at the University twice. Alumni class and regional agents came together to plan their campaigns for a larger Alumni Fund. In May, the Classes of 1906 and 1931 held enthusiastic 50th and 25th reunions. Prospec- tive students and their parents came all through the year, as did 10,000 Or more tourists and visitors to the Lee Chapel. And candidates for Robert E. Lee Scholarships were invited to Lexington in the spring for personal interviews. It was a year of high academic achievement. Fourteen undergrad- uates and two law students were selected for Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma chose four seniors; and the Order of the Coif named three law students. At Commence- ment, two men graduated summa cum laude, fifteen magna cum laude, and twenty cum laude. UT WITHOUT A pbouBT, the big B event of the year was the Mock Convention, suspended on its open- ing night, and reconvened a week later to nominate Stevenson and The convention, dramatically suspended, resumed a week later to nominate Stevenson. Clement. No one will ever forget keynote speaker Alben Barkley, his pleasure at the proceedings, his wholehearted participation, _ his good-humored partisan speech, the drama of his last words: “I had rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than sit in the seat of the mighty.” For the faculty it was a year of change and recognition. Dr. Leon F. Sensabaugh of Birmingham- Southern College was appointed Dean of the University, to replace Dr. James G. Leyburn, who re- signed last October to devote his full time to teaching. June brought retirement for Dr. James S. Moffatt, “I had rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than sit in the seat of the mighty.’ — ALBEN BARKLEY. professor and head of the English department, who had taught at Washington and Lee for thirty years, and Dr. Wil- liam W. Morton, who for thirty- one years had been professor of religion and Bible. Six teachers were promoted to full profes- sorships, four to associate pro- fessorships, one to an assistant professorship. ‘Iwo were given leaves of absence for the coming year: History Professor Ollinger Crenshaw, who will teach at the LEYBURN A deanship resigned Naval War College, and Philosophy Professor Edward D. Myers who is already on his way to Germany for a year of research under the auspices of the Fund for the Ad- vancement of Education. A new official of the Alumni As- sociation was appointed. James H. Price, Jr., ’41, assumed his duties as associate alumni secretary the first of January. ‘Twenty-two of Washington and Lee’s faculty members were named for John M. Glenn Grants-in-Aid FISHWICK A tradition analyzed PRICE New duties assumed for summer study. Robert Stewart, assistant professor of music, was awarded a scholarship to the Mac- Dowell Music Colony in New Hampshire, where he will spend two months composing a symphony. Paxton Davis, assistant professor of journalism, was selected a Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers Confer- ence in Vermont, on the merit of his first book, Two Soldiers. ‘The books of three other faculty members were also published dur- ing the year: The Virginia Tradv- CRENSHAW An appointment accepted MYERS Research assignment accepted tion, by Marshall Fishwick, asso- ciate professor of American Studies; Chessie’s Road, the story of the C&O Railway, by Charles W. ‘Turn- er, associate professor of history; and Industrial and Commercial Geography, by M. Ogden Phillips, professor of economics. Two emeritus professors died during the year, Dr. James L. Howe, who began teaching chemistry at Washington and Lee in 1894, and Dr. Glover D. Hancock, who gave devoted service to the University ‘TURNER A railroad chronicled as teacher and dean of the School of Commerce for forty-two years. In athletics, the year was one of disappointing team scores. but notable individual achievements. Gibby McSpadden, who ended his college wrestling career with 39 victories and only two defeats and who won three Southern Confer- ence championships, was awarded the trophy as the school’s outstand- ing athlete of the year. Jay Fox twice set pool records in the breast- stroke; Alex Platt established a new school standard in the shot-put; and Dom Flora’s two-year 1,160-point- total fell just short of an all-time major college record for a basket- ball player’s first two years of inter- collegiate competition. For the University as a whole, the year was one of improved re- sources and encouraging support. An anonymous donor gave $250,000 to establish the Robert E. Lee Scholarships, the first of which al- ready have been awarded to young men who will enter as freshmen next year. This and other gifts will enable the Scholarship Com- mittee to award more than $90,000 to deserving students in the years ahead. In 1953, the comparable sum was $39,000. In September, 1955, all Universi- ty personnel received a five per cent increase in salary. At the final facul- ty meeting in June of this year Dr. Gaines announced that another increase would become effective next September; full professors and deans will receive an increase of approximately ten per cent, all other personnel five per cent. ‘This salary increase was made possible by a combination of gratifying gifts. As this issue goes to press, for example, the record-breaking Alum- ni Fund has reached $100,000, with 3365 alumni recorded as contribu- tors. Parents have _ contributed $27,000 to the first annual Parents’ Individual achievements highlighted an otherwise disappointing athletic year. SUMMER 1956 “Our college friendships soon must sever And fade as does the dying day..... 33 Fund. And from the more than 180 corporations that gave to the Virginia Foundation for Indepen- dent Colleges, Washington and Lee has received $23,000. Capital sums have included $516,000 from the Ford Founda- tion, $368,000 from Mrs. Jessie Ball duPont, $88,000 from three mem- bers of the University’s Board of ‘Trustees, $3,500 from the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, $2,000 each from Eastman Kodak and Colgate-Palmolive companies. During the year University of- ficials gave careful thought to the future. A new upperclass dormi- tory and Commons, long urged by faculty and student leaders, was approved by the Board of ‘Trustees. This building is scheduled to be completed during the = 1957-58 session. The Board authorized the appointment of a University archi- tect to appraise the current physical plant and draw up a master plan for future campus development, and also directed that a study be made of all factors bearing on the future size of the University. T WAS A BUSY YEAR, culminating I in Finals Week—dances, the Alumni luncheon, board meetings, Baccalaureate, and finally Com- mencement. Under a hot cloudless sky, students and faculty lined up for the processional and parents proudly watched their boys receive their coveted diplomas. Within a few hours after the singing of “Col- lege Friendships,” the campus was deserted. For the next two months, few offices other than those of the administration will see much activi- ty. But almost before anyone can realize it, September 19 will have arrived, and with it the beginning of the 208th session of Washington and Lee. And believe it or not, we will be looking forward to it. University ~ News “VHE UNIVERSITY CLOSED the 1955- 56 academic year on June 8 in ceremonies highlighted by the awarding of 181 undergraduate and law degrees to seniors and four honorary degrees to a former Uni- versity Dean, two alumni, and a distinguished Virginia educator. Perfect June weather greeted the hundreds of parents, relatives, friends and alumni who attended the Finals events. Challenging ad- dresses by the presidents of two Universities—Dr. Willis M. ‘Tate of Southern Methodist University and Washington and Lee’s Dr. Gaines—were heard by the Bacca- laureate and Commencement au- diences, while the alumni luncheon, the President’s reception, and the Finals Dances, contributed to the social flavor of the two-day program. Completing the packed agenda of Finals activities were meetings of the University and Alumni boards of trustees, the commission- ing of 60 seniors in reserve compon- ents of the Armed Forces, and the general alumni session. In his traditional commencement remarks, Dr. Gaines urged the grad- uates to see life’s “‘tip-toe mom- ents of delight’”” which come when one has attained the summit of achievement and happiness. But he warned that the fullest measure of A familiar campus scene during Finals material success is often not the source of man’s ecstasies, and he cautioned against escapism as a shortcut to the happy life. More than 2,000 persons heard Dr. Gaines speak and looked on as he conferred degrees upon 23 Bachelors of Law, 28 Bachelors of Science in Commerce, 25 Bachelors of Science, one Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, and 104 Bachelors of Arts. ‘Two students, law senior Beverly Gray Stephenson of Wakefield, Vir- ginia, and philosophy major Clay Bryan Carr, of Winchester, Vir- ginia, received their degrees swmma cum laude. Sidmon Joel Kaplan, an Amateur photographers—proud parents, relatives and _ friends—all set for the approaching academic procession at Commencement. SUMMER 1956 Before an audience of more than 2,000 people, PRESIDENT GAINES conferred honorary degrees upon a former University Dean, Dr. ROBERT ‘TUCKER; a Virginia educator, DR. MABEL WHITESIDE; and two alumni, Dr. WiLey Davis Forsus, 16, and JoHN WILSON DryE, ’20. A. B. graduate from Miami Beach, Florida, was announced the winner of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion for excelling “in high ideals of living, in spiritual quali- ties, and in generous and disinter- ested service to others.” The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon former Dean Robert Henry ‘Tucker, a member of the Washington and Lee family from 1915 until his re- tirement in 1948. In reading Dr. Tucker’s citation, Dean James G. Leyburn declared: “His retirement has simply in- creased his range of service, for he now advises the Commonwealth on matters of transportation, and he has counseled it in the past on taxation, local government, and reorganization. Economist, adminis- trator, scholar, and gentleman, his gracious generosity of spirit make him beloved by every Washington and Lee man who has known him.” Others receiving honorary de- grees were alumni John Wilson Drye, ‘20, New York attorney, and Dr. Wiley Davis Forbus, ’16, profes- sor of pathology at Duke Univer- sity, and Dr. Mable Kate White- side, professor emeritus of Greek at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Of ‘Texas-native Drye, who re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Laws, Dean Leyburn’s citation said: “With truly Texan magnificence, he has shown himself at home on the range of legal problems, and has, as director, ridden herd on many great corporations. He is a past president of the Washington 10 and Lee Alumni Board of Trustees, an ornament to the legal profession, and a wise and generous counselor to all who know him.” The Doctor of Science citation for Dr. Forbus stated: “His teaching, research, and pub- lications are notable. He has been consultant to many hospitals and governmental bodies on pathology, and to the Secretary of War on in- fectious and epidemic diseases. His alma mater is grateful for his achievements in the conquest of disease.”’ Dr. Whiteside, the second woman to receive an honorary degree from the University, was made Doctor of Letters. Her citation included: “She has inspired students for fifty years with a love of classical learning. In all she does, she follows the Greek ideal of arete, excellence in all that is admirable.” The honorary awards were the first Washington and Lee has made since 1954. For the Baccalaureate service, Washington and Lee had as its speaker one of the outstanding young college presidents in Amer- ica. Dr. ‘Tate, a former star foot- ball player and a prominent lay leader in the Methodist Church and the National Council of Churches, became the fifth presi- dent of Southern Methodist in 1954. He is now 45. In his address to the seniors, he implored them “to become some- thing more than little empty bottles filled from the master jug of a college education.” He said a col- lege diploma should represent a receipt for the weapons and tools with which Washington and Lee has equipped them for facing life. Dr. ‘Tate cited independence of thought and action, capacity for tension, willingness to accept re- sponsibility and universal values as “indispensable tools’ for getting along in the world today. Following Dr. ‘Tate’s address, more than 625 seniors, parents, faculty, and alumni were the guests’ of the Alumni Association at the annual luncheon on the back cam- pus lawn. That night, the Presi- dent’s reception for seniors and their guests was attended by ap- proximately 1,500 persons. On the student social side, the Finals Dance set included the mu- sic of the newly organized Glenn Miller Orchestra, under the leader- ship of the late musician’s war- time friend, Ray McKinley. Sixty Seniors Commissioned in Lee Chapel Ceremonies IN BRIEF LEE CHAPEL ceremonies held the morning of commence- ment, 60 Washington and Lee sen- iors received commissions as sec- ond heutenants and ensigns in the Army, Marine Corps, and Naval reserve components. ‘The University’s own R.O.T.C. program provided the largest group receiving gold bars, as 51 members THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE of the Class of 1956 who had com- pleted four years of campus and summer training were commission- ed by Lt. Colonel Charles E. Coates, Jr., professor of Military Science and ‘Tactics. Three seniors were made second lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve, and one student was made a regular Marine officer. Major Adolphus G. Schwenk, Marine pro- curement officer of Washington, D.C. presented the commissions. The new officers had taken part during the summer vacations in the Marines’ officer candidate and pla- toon leaders school at Quantico. Five officer candidates in the Naval Reserve program were com- missioned as ensigns by Captain J. B. Azer, director of reserve training for the Fifth Naval District. ‘hese students had attended the Navy’s officer candidate school at Newport, Rhode Island, for two summers. All new officers have begun or will begin in the near future active duty tours. Army personnel will serve for either six months or two years on active duty, while the Ma- rine and Navy personnel will draw assignments up to three years. Seven additional R.O.T.C. grad- uates will be commissioned at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, following the completion of sum- mer training there. In all, 62 Wash- ington and Lee cadets are among the more than 1,500 college men undergoing training there. Three officers and five enlisted men of the University’s training staff are on duty at Fort Meade for the eight- week period. Colleagues, Former Students Honor Veteran Professor A BRONZE PLATE INSCRIBED ‘“‘Mof- fatt Seminar Room...in honor of James Strong Moffatt, Jr., Ph.D.... SUMMER 1956 Friend and teacher of Washington and Lee Students 1920-1956... Pro- fessor of English and Chairman of the Department 1938-1956,” will be placed on a new English seminar room in tribute to the veteran pro- fessor who retired in June after completing 36 years at Washington and Lee. Plans for the establish- ment of a room in his name were revealed to Dr. Moffatt for the first time by his departmental colleagues at a dinner held on June 4. The University and hundreds of Dr. Moffatt’s former students have provided funds for the room, which will contain seminar tables, com- fortable chairs, curtains, and built- in bookcases for a special reference library in English and American lit- erature. The books are the contri- bution of Dr. Moffatt’s depart- mental colleagues. A gift of the department, a silver tray inscribed with a quotation from the epic Anglo-Saxon poem, “Beowulf,” also was presented to Dr. Moffatt, whose course in Anglo- Saxon literature has been one of the few offered in this field by an American undergraduate college. Dr. Moffatt also received the many letters of tribute from his former students which accom- panied contributions for the new seminar room. Just before his retirement, Dr. Moffatt had been honored at the annual sports outing by being awarded a W&L monogram sweater and a special certificate for his loyalty to the Generals over his 36 years as a faculty member. Dr. and Mrs. Moffatt are now re- siding at their family home in Mt. Chickasaw, South Carolina, where Dr. Moffatt plans to continue his study and shoot quail. 1956 Calyx Dedicated to Retired Chemistry Professor ‘THE 1956 WASHINGTON AND LEE Calyx is dedicated to Dr. Lucius Junius Desha, B.A., 1906. Dr. De- sha, professor of chemistry emeri- tus, retired in June, 1955, after 35 years of teaching at Washington and Lee. The dedication states: “Some of us have enjoyed the privilege of knowing you _ well. ‘They have seen you give time and energy from a seemingly endless store, all directed towards us, our problems and our University... They know your goals and stand- ards and the discipline which is no less strong for being sympathetic. Those of us have been privileged indeed to know you this well... We have no way of knowing how much you have directed our lives through your work in directing our Univer- sity, but we know, nevertheless, that 00000008000 HOH0HOHO00HHOGOH0HOHO8OH8O88GO8008080888088H888888889 Degrees Awarded, 1955-56 Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Science (Commerce) Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) Bachelor of Arts October January June Previous 1955 I956 1956 Total Year 3 23 26 34 4 28 35 47 25 25, 22 1 1 3 5 104 111 95 12 181 198 201 Totals 11 Dr. DESHA In full awareness of the great debt owed some part of your wisdom has be- come a part of each of us. “Therefore, it is with genuine love and humility and in full awareness of the great debt which we all owe to you that we dedicate this book to you, Dr. Lucius J. De- sha, knowing full well that the goals of the University which it symbo- lizes and the goals which you have exhibited in your own life are, in the end, identical.” Ford Counsel Gives 19560 Tucker Lectures ‘HE ROLE OF TODAY’S corporation lawyer and the complex problems he faces were assayed by the general counsel of one of America’s big- gest corporations for the Eighth Annual John Randolph ‘Tucker lectures at Lee Chapel, May 11-12. William T. Gossett, vice-presi- dent and a member of the board of directors of the Ford Motor Com- pany centered his three-lecture series on the theme of “Corporate Citizenship and the Law.” Addressing an audience of stu- dents, law professors and visiting at- 12 torneys, Mr. Gossett opened his first address, “The Role of the Law” on a note of warning for big business to deal fairly and justly with all segments of society or face the pros- pect of repressive legal restrictions. “The age-old cry of ‘there ought to be a law’ will always be heard in America,’ Gossett declared. He said corporations must find ways of assuring fair treatment of all whose lifeblood is intermingled with that of the corporate being. He cited the concept of the “cor- porate conscience’ as a_ possible means by which big business is be- coming increasingly aware of its responsibilities. Mr. Gossett added that corporate structure has its roots deep in American society, and its potential for both good and evil is tremendous. Playing the leading role in the development of ‘“‘corporate con- science” is the corporation lawyer, the Ford official said. In his second and third addresses, ‘““Che Role of the Corporate Conscience’ and “Guides and Limitations,’ Mr. Gos- sett outlined the qualifications for this branch of legal practice, stress- ing a need not only of knowledge of law but of public opinion and the forces which act upon it. GOSSETT Concept of “corporate conscience” cited ‘The corporation lawyer will be alive to the social, economic and’ political implications of the time, and he will avoid a narrow, short- sighted approach to his corpora- tion’s problems,’”’ he asserted. Fail- ure to be aware of public sentiment may see a legal battle won, but a social war lost, Gossett added. “The quality of his advice, his real effectiveness, will be just as good as the quality of his broad judgment and the depth of his in- sight into the world around him,” Gossett said in summing up the corporation lawyer. The ‘Tucker Lectures, which were established in 1949, honor the second dean of Washington and Lee’s School of Law. Dean ‘Tucker, who served as president of the American Bar association in 1892- 93, headed the law school from 1873 until 1896. ‘This year’s lecturer is a native of ‘Texas and received his B.A. de- gree at the University of Utah and his LL.B. at Columbia. He joined the Ford Motor Company in 1947 following a distinguished career in other phases of corporate coun- seling. He is 51 and lives in Bloom- field Hills, Michigan. Athletes Receiwe Awards and Select Captains FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row, participants in Washington and Lee’s winter and spring sports pro- grams enjoyed the hospitality of Cap’n Dick Smith at the former athletic director’s Rockbridge County farm where the Athletic Department staged its annual awards barbeque. More than 150 athletes, coaches, faculty, athletic committeemen and guests lined up for the roast pork and trimmings, served by the coaches’ wives. Although a May thunderstorm THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE curtailed the individual monogram presentations which followed the barbeque, those attending braved the rain while six athletes were ac- corded special awards. The man who received the big- gest hand was not an athlete, how- ever, but one of the most devoted sports followers in the University’s history. Retiring English professor Dr. James Strong Moffatt, Jr., was presented with a monogram sweater and a special certificate. ‘The top student award went to Gilbert R. “Gibby” McSpadden, of Memphis, three-time Southern Con- ference wrestling champion and a track star, as the University’s out- standing athlete. The trophy, pre- sented each year by alumnus Pres Brown, ’41, a former General foot- baller, goes to the athlete who, in the coaching staff’s opinion, has brought most honor upon himself and the school during the past year. McSpadden climaxed a_ brilliant wrestling career by winning the 177-pound championship in_ the Southern Conference ‘Tournament, held in Doremus Gymnasium March 1-3, and then displayed newly-discovered talents as a high and low-hurdler for the Generals’ track team, winding up the season as the squad’s second-highest 1956 point producer. Besides the top athlete award, McSpadden also received the Archie Mathis Wrestling Trophy as the outstanding mat performer during the 1955-56 season. Alex Platt, a junior from River- side, Connecticut, received the For- rest Fletcher Memorial ‘Trophy as the outstanding competitor on the 1956 track and field squad. Platt established a new school record in the shot put this year, adding to laurels won last season when he erased the school’s previous stand- ard for the discus. Bob McHenry, diminutive vet- eran guard on Coach Billy Mc- Cann’s basketball team, was hon- ored as the “most valuable player,” SUMMER 1956 A portrait of the late LucIEN H. Cocke, former rector of the Board of Trustees, was pre- sented to Washington and Lee by his surviving daughter and sons. Taking part in the ceremony were (left to right): C. FRANcIs Cocke, Mrs. WILLIAM Goopwin, LucIEN H. Cocke, JR., and PRESIDENT FRANCIS P. GAINES, who accepted it for Washington and Lee. ending a four-year basketball career at Washington and Lee by serving as the sparkplug and playmaker in the Generals’ late-season recov- ery of winning form. He received a wristwatch, presented by Hamric and Sheridan Jewelers as the first award in this category which the Lexington firm will make annually. Big Six diving champion Charlie Richardson, of Urbanna, Virginia, was named the swimming team’s outstanding performer. The stocky junior was unbeaten in dual meet competition, and missed the South- ern Conference crown by only a small margin. Senior Carlos 'T’. Bailey, of Wash- ington, D.C., received the Wheel- right Memorial Lacrosse ‘Trophy as the team’s star player, and sopho- more John C. Croker, of Ruxton, Maryland, was accorded a special award in recognition of his out- standing team spirit. Participants in nine winter and spring sports—basketball, wrestling, swimming, track, baseball, lacrosse, rifle, golf and tennis—were awarded 106 individual monograms. Announced as captains and co- captains for next year were: basket- ball—Barry Storick, of Brooklyn, and Lee Marshall, of Ashland, Kentucky; wrestling—Dick White- ford, of Baltimore, and Bob Miller, of Charlottesville; swzmming—Lou Aliotti, of Izmir, ‘Turkey, and John J. Fox, of Bluefield, West Virginia; baseball—Dick Belden, of West Hartford, Connecticut, and John Alford, of Glasgow, Virginia; track—Alex Platt, of Riverside, Connecticut, and Pres Pate, of Joplin, Missouri; lacrosse—~Tom Moore, of ‘Towson, Maryland, and Dick Whiteford, of Baltimore; tennis—John Peale, of New York City, the only rising junior to head any of the major sports. Alumni Return for Finals and Elect New Officers WASHINGTON AND LEE welcomed back to the campus for Finals on June 6-8 more than 300 alumni, among them a number of the 26 fathers who had sons in this year’s graduating class. The Alumni Smoker, held at the Student Union Building on the 13 The Nominating Committee, LEONARD 'T. BROWN, SorsBy JEMISON and JOHN Fox, in a last-minute conference before presenting their report to the general alumni meeting evening of Wednesday, June 6, fol- lowed by the Senior Ball, started Washington and Lee’s Commence- ment festivities, which continued on Thursday with meetings of the Alumni Board of ‘Trustees in the morning, the Alumni Luncheon on the back campus at noon and the general meeting of the Alumni Association at Washington Chapel in the afternoon. The reception of President and Mrs. Gaines for seniors, alumni and guests, pre- ceded the Final Ball, with gradua- tion exercises on the front campus BURKS Elected President of University alumni 14 concluding the week’s activities on Friday, June 8. ™ MARTIN P. BURKS, I, Roanoke attorney and third’ generation Washington and Lee alumnus, was elected president of the Washing- ton and Lee Alumni, Inc., for the year 1956-57 at the meeting of the Alumni Board of ‘Trustees on June 7, 1956. A graduate of the law class of 1932, Mr. Burks succeeds John F. Hendon, ’24, as head of the Uni- versity’s alumni group. Other officers chosen by the Board are Vice-president Howard W. Dobbins, ’42 law graduate, of Richmond, and ‘Treasurer Stuard A. Wurzburger, ’28, New York la- bor consultant to management. The more than 50 alumni who attended the afternoon general ses- sion in Washington Chapel on June 7 heard reports by President Fran- cis P. Gaines, University Director of Development Donald E. Smith, outgoing President John F. Hen- don, and Alumni Secretary H. K. “Cy” Young. The Association elected David D. Johnson, ’21, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Harry E. Moran, 13, of Beckley, West Virginia, to three-year terms on the Alumni Board of ‘Trustees and chose John H. Thomas, °34, of Charleston, West Virginia, and W. J. Driver, 26, of Lexington, to one-year terms as alumni representatives to the University’s Athletic Council. Classes of 1902 and 1931 Celebrate Reunions in. Two-Day Program WASHINGTON AND LEE was host on May 11-12 to 33 members of the academic and law classes of 1931 and 20 members of the classes of 1906 for the second in a new annual reunion series sponsored by Wash- ington and Lee and the Alumni Association. It was the second year for the 25-year Convocation and Reunion, but the return of the “old timers” a half century after graduation marked the inauguration of the 50-Year Convocation and Reunion. For the most part, the two classes took part jointly in the meetings with University officials and pro- fessors and in the full social pro- eram, but class banquets and re- ceptions permitted a measure of merrymaking and reminiscing for each group. On the speakers’ stand through- out the two-day session were Presi- DRIVER Chosen for Athletic Council THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE dent Gaines, Dean James G. Ley- burn, Clayton E. Williams, Lewis W. Adams, and Frank J. Gilliam, as well as Professors Walter A. Flick and William M. Hinton and Stu- dent Body President Ellis B. Drew. Rector of the Board of ‘Trustees James R. Caskie and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus Dr. Lucius]. Desha, both members of the Class of 1906, also took important parts in the program. Most of the returning alumni were accompanied by their wives, and a tour of Lexington gardens highlighted a special phase of the program for the ladies. The reunions opened with a Fri- day joint luncheon at the May- flower followed by discussions of “The State of the University” in Washington Hall. Campus open house followed before the ‘31 group headed for the Mayflower and its class reception and banquet, and the ’06 graduates went to the home of Dr. and Mrs. Desha for a recep- tion and later to the Robert E. Lee Hotel for banqueting. Further discussion of the Un1- versity today was resumed at du Pont Hall Saturday morning, with a coffee hour at the President’s home following. Alumni were special guests at the final address of the Eighth Tucker Law Lectures, and the reunions came to a close with the Alumni Association lunch- eon at the Mayflower, with Martin P. Burks, III, recently elected Presi- dent of the Association, presiding. During the luncheon the ‘31 group presented a check for $6,926 as a contribution to a Memorial Fund to honor their deceased classmates. University and alumni planners of the reunions were heartened by the attendance, especially that of the ’06 class. The 20 members who returned constitute over one-third of the surviving membership of that class. Top to bottom: Convivial gathering; and luncheon; check for ’?3z1 Memorial Fund; Sanders’ magic at ’31 banquet; ’06 banquet. The Alumni President Reviews Progress and Projects JouNn F. HENDON, ’24 HIS MEETING MARKS the close of 1 my third year as a member of your Board of ‘Trustees. ‘They have been years of pleasant associations, of interesting and challenging prob- lems and projects. It has been a period of my life when I have gained a sense of personal satis- faction which I could have received in no other way than to have been allowed this intimate association with Washington and Lee—its alumni, students, faculty and ad- ministration. ‘To top it off in greater honor, for the past year I have been privileged to serve as your president. In addition to two regular meet- ings this year in Lexington, your board members have been in fre- quent contact with the University, either in person or by telephone. Each member has made a real effort to follow University proceedings and alumni activities closely, so that he might give a full measure of serv- ice both to Washington and Lee and to you who elected him. ‘The “task force” of the Alumni Association, of course, is the Alum- ni office staff, headed by our Execu- tive Secretary, Cy Young. I have nothing but the highest praise for his devotion to our University and for the energy and wisdom he con- tinues to impart to the program of the Association. ‘Though he has labored for years with marked success and without complaint, Cy Young nonetheless has been in need of administrative assistance. A special committee of 16 the Alumni Board with Howard W. Dobbins, ’42, as_ chairman, tackled this problem early this year and in October recommended to the Board the appointment of James H. Price, Jr., ’41, as associate alumni secretary. I am happy to say that his nomination met with the full approval of your Board and of University officials, and he as- sumed his duties at the beginning of the calendar year. Much of the success Of our various alumni ac- tivities these last few months can be credited to his resultful efforts. Other members of the staff have worked with equal diligence. But the staff, and we, are faced with another big problem. ‘The alumni program with its many ramifica- tions outgrew several years ago the HENDON Here are taught the unchanging values space and facilities available for its efficient operation. During the past few years we have eased the burden by providing much needed new equipment to streamline the mechanics of office procedures. In fact, we have gone about as far as we can in this direction. But the space problem still remains. Your Board is aware of it and has shared its thoughts with University of- ficials. We are hopeful that a satis- factory solution can be found, and that in the not too distant future. Details of Alumni Office activi- ties will be given you by Cy Young. I wish to consider only a few in this message. First, I think you would be in- terested to know that your Alumni Board had a part in securing a new dean for Washington and Lee. At the request of University authori- ties, we appointed a member of our Board, Paul C. Buford, ’13, to advise in securing a successor to Dr. Leyburn when he resigned his po- sition as dean. I am highly pleased to report the appointment of Dr. Leon Sensabaugh of Birmingham- Southern to this position. Second, I wish to report on the Alumni building. A special commit- tee with Martin P. Burks, III, ’32, as chairman and members of the Alumni Board and faculty repre- sentatives has been studying this project carefully. Several proposals have been presented; several pos- sibilities exist. At this stage in our deliberations, however, there is no definite answer to advance. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE The third item concerns the Alumni Fund. And here I want to pay sincere tribute to the members of the Alumni Fund Council and to its chairman, Paul C. Buford. These men have seen the possibilities of the Fund, and they have been in- strumental in initiating new and improved fund procedures. ‘This year we have seen overwhelming proof of the wisdom and effective- ness of their labors. When the Fund Council was established three years ago its members saw the possibility of doubling the Alumni Fund, which then totaled $49,000.000 from 2,317 alumni. Cy Young has reported today, and with several important weeks ahead before the close of the current campaign, these figures may well be doubled. To Washington and Lee this means that faculty salaries can be raised, an essential step if we are to retain our very able teaching staff. It means that our library can be improved, book collections enlarged and expanded. In a very real sense this will be a stimulus to our whole University, for in many respects the library is the heart of the school. Moreover, our growing Fund means that other operational necessities also can be met. But an improved Alumni Fund has still another important value that cannot be overlooked. It relates to our University Development Pro- gram, begun in September, 1953. ‘To me, one of the red-letter days in the progress of the University was that on which the University chose Don Smith to formulate and head this Development Program. Don has made a shining reality of pro- posals and plans. I cannot speak too highly of his ability and the job this ability has already produced. The Development Program an- ticipates securing funds for the Uni- versity’s current and _ foreseeable needs from a variety of sources other than alumni—from parents, corporations, foundations, and SUMMER 1956 friends of the University. None of these groups is as closely asso- ciated with Washington and Lee as we, the alumni. They very fre- quently ask, therefore: ‘“What are your alumni doing to help?” The stronger answer we, as alumni, can give, the more easily we can con- vince others that their support will be well placed. I believe that one of the reasons our Alumni Fund and Development Program are meeting with such suc- cess is that we are all becoming in- creasingly aware that the indepen- dent college, particularly the small private institution like Washington and Lee, is one of the strongest buttresses of our American way of life today. In this type of college, in my opinion, lies our springing hope that this country will turn rightward again and exemplify the home of the free individual and not the corral of regimented masses. In this day of mass production, mass entertainment, the promise of expanded mass education, and government by the masses, the indi- vidual has all but gotten lost in the shuffle. With the great emphasis on technical training, we seem to for- get what was once the prime ob- jective of education—the training of the thoughtful man. Mr. Leroy A. Lincoln, Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, speaking be- fore a commencement audience at the University of the South last year said: “...nowadays private enterprise is dependent, in large measure, upon private educational institu- tions for executives, technicians, methods, business philosophy and for basic research. If business and industry could not draw upon a large reservoir of educated man- power, they would be handicapped in every phase of their operations. One well-known businessman has pleaded, ‘give us educated men. We can train them ourselves. But we cannot educate them.’ In the past American education has done that job; it has provided educated men for private enterprise.” Dr. Robert E. Wilson, Chairman of the Board of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, said: “A recent study of 33,500 busi- ness executives shows that 88 per cent had college backgrounds, and significantly, that 71 per cent of them came from privately sup- ported colleges and universities. I say ‘significantly’ because it has been the independent, privately supported schools that have chiefly fostered the general or ‘liberal arts’ education in the past.” Private education, in most cases, is education in an atmosphere of freedom. ‘The private college must retain this atmosphere. It must be free to resist all pressure groups, particularly political _ pressure. James Bryant Conant, as President of Harvard, once said: “The primary concern of Ameri- can education today is not the development of the appreciation of the ‘good life’ in young gentlemen born to the purple. Our purpose is to cultivate...an appreciation both of the responsibilities and the benefits which come to them be- cause they are American and free.” Washington and Lee has this atmosphere of enterprises and free- dom which produces leaders. This University trains men to think for themselves and to act on those thoughts. Men are taught to think of themselves as responsible indi- viduals and not to become a small conforming part of mass indoctri- nation. Here men are prepared to be the leaders of the future, but are given a sobering sense of continuing by their actions a long and honor- able past. Washington and Lee gives a man more than he can learn from books. Here men are taught those unchanging values—the apprecia- tion of courtesy, the respect for (Continued on page 20) 17 Report from the Alumni Secretary Describes A Notable Chapter H. K. (Cy) Youne, ‘17 HROUGHOUT MY 27 YEARS Of re- Posi aakine you have heard a ereat deal about the activities of your Alumni Association and of plans for its future. In this brief summary I am happy to remind you that many of those plans, once in the blueprint stage, are now a very real part of our alumni structure. We have a healthy, growing Alumni Fund that is beginning to compare favorably with similar funds of other institutions like us in size and caliber. I shall return to this topic a little later. We initiated this year a sort of workshop for the Class Agents and Regional Agents who are working in behalf of the Alumni Fund. In November we invited the Class Agents to visit the campus to be- come acquainted with the Wash- ington and Lee of today; and in March, Regional Agents assembled on the campus for the same pur- pose. We have 87 Regional Agents doing personal solicitation work for the Alumni Fund.-this year, and 91 Class Agents. Our Class Reunion Program seems established. The second an- nual 25-year Class Reunion was held here in May, and the 50-Year Class was added to the plan. ‘The entire group included 61 alumni and about 50 wives. We believe everybody had a good time. Inci- dently, the Classes of ’31 (Academ- ic and Law), celebrating their 25th anniversary have made a total con- tribution of $7,092.00 to the Alum- ni Fund this year, designated as a memorial to deceased classmates. 18 Definite steps are under way to- ward acquiring an Alumni-Faculty House. This project has been studied and discussed by both the University Board and the Alumni Board, and we now feel this long- needed facility will be realized within the foreseeable future. We are mailing The Alumni Magazine and an _ ever-increasing amount of informative literature to ALL alumni on our list—55,000 pieces of mail went out from our office in December alone— whereas we formerly mailed the Magazine to contributors only. Much of all this progress is due to the fact that we now have an office that is equipped with some of the best in time-saving and labor- saving machines. ‘his year we have added a Pitney-Bowes postage me- ter machine and an automatic feed for our addressograph machine, to mention just two new items. We could still use more files and equip- ment if space permitted. Now I come to what I personally feel is the most progressive step taken by the Alumni Board this year, the appointment of James Hubert Price, Jr., Class of ’41, as Associate Alumni Secretary. Jim came with us on January 1, and I cannot praise his work highly enough. I attribute much of the success of this year’s Alumni Fund to his untiring efforts. He has been a true son of Washington and Lee from the day he entered as a fresh- man in 1937 and, through his fath- er, even before that time. I ain de- lighted to have Jim Price with me. Thus we have seen many dreams come true at Washington and Lee this year. Now to return briefly to the 1955- 56 Fund: When the Alumni Fund Council met in September they set a goal of $100,000 for this year’s Fund. At the time I thought they were entirely too optimistic; after all, the jump from last year’s $62,000 to a goal of $100,000 rep- resented a 4o per cent boost. How- ever, from results as of June 7, it would appear that I was entirely too pessimistic, since $88,289.65 from 2, 810 is already “in the till.” These figures represent by far the most money and the largest number of contributors ever to participate in our Fund. It is true that we have not reached our goal but we still have 23 more “Fund- giving days’ until we close our books on June 30, and past records show that the month of June is — usually the most productive. And so I report to you that I am tremendously encouraged. I am at a loss to know how to thank so many for doing so much. The administration has cooper- ated completely, and Dr. Gaines, Dean Gilliam, Dean Leyburn, and Mr. Mattingly have been generous with their time and support. Jim Price has been my right hand. The ladies of the office staff have been efficient, loyal and cheerful. Don Smith’s vision with regard to the University development pro- gram has been an inspiration to all of us, and his staff has worked hand- in hand with the Alumni Office. The Class Agents and the Reg- ional Agents have been wonderful. The Alumni Fund Council, and especially its chairman Paul Bu- ford, has guided us and had confi- dence in us. The Alumni Committee of the Faculty and the Faculty Reunion Committee have done marvelous jobs for us. (Continued on page 20) THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Friend to Students, Faculty and Alumni Miss Mary Retires NE OF WASHINGTON AND LEE’'S best friends—friend to students, friend to faculty, friend to alumni— has retired from active association with its activities. Miss Barclay, who celebrated her seventy-fifth birthday in February, stepped down from the alumni office staff this spring. Her retire- ment became effective March 1. Long associated with Washington and Lee and its traditions, Miss Barclay — ‘‘Miss Mary,” as those who knew her well called her—had served the University for more than forty years when she stepped aside. During most of that period she had been intimately involved with all phases of alumni work, and her retirement takes from the Wash- ington and Lee scene one of its most familiar, and one of its best loved, figures. “Miss Mary” is the descendant of two former members of the Uni- versity Board of ‘Trustees, and a member of one of lLexington’s oldest families. Her grandfather, Colonel Alexander ‘T. Barclay, served on the Board from 1835 to 1839. Her father, Alexander 'T. Bar- clay was a member of the Board from 1885 to 1915. Born in Lexington, Miss Barclay began her active part in University affairs in 1913, when the late Paul Penick, in whose law office she had been secretary, was appointed Washington and Lee treasurer. She served as his secretary for several years, and for a time was secretary also to Dr. Henry Louis SUMMER 1956 Smith during his presidency, and then, during World War I, she in- terrupted her career here to take on war work in Washington. She first took up her duties as a mem- ber of the staff of the alumni of- fice in 1919, when she returned to Lexington. For many years she was the only office assistant to the Alumni Sec- retary. At one time, before H. K. (Cy) Young became Alumni Sec- retary in 1929, she took charge of all alumni office activities; and again during Mr. Young’s absence in World War II, from November, 1942, to September, 1944, she super- vised alumni work. All aspects of alumni work held Miss Mary BARCLAY A beloved figure steps aside her interest, but her principal con- cern for many years was the Alumni Magazine, which she edited for several issues during the 20's, and for which she traditionally com- piled class notes throughout her career here. Because of her alumni work, and because, as she recently _ said, “We've always had students living here’ (referring to the Barclay home on Lee Avenue), Miss Barclay probably knows well as many alum- ni as any person associated with Washington and Lee. Many official alumni letters have been personal- ized by accompanying notes from “Miss Mary.” But time will not hang heavy on her hands. For years her princi- pal outside interest has been wood- carving. ‘This interest, which began as a hobby and in time developed into a skill which brought Miss Barclay widespread recognition, will probably occupy much of her time now. Completely self-taught, she perfected a technique which ultimately won her high praise and numerous assignments. One of them was a commission to carve chests for presentation to Queen Mother Elizabeth and to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Another was Washington and Lee’s cere- monial mace, which she carved in three months in 1951 from a design by Dr. Marion Junkin, ’27, head of the Department of Fine Arts. Other examples of her work adorn many fraternity houses on_ the Washington and Lee campus. 1g SECRETARY'S REPORT (Continued from page 18) The Alumni Board has given un- told hours of time and thought to University and alumni problems, and no Alumni Association has ever had a more devoted and ener- getic president than John Hendon. We are fortunate to have his coun- sel for another year. I know how dangerous it is to make such a listing; I hope that I have not left out too many per- sons and groups. Certainly I want to report to this assembly that we lost, this Spring, the services of one of our most loyal supporters when Miss Mary Barclay retired from our staff. She will be greatly missed not only by those who had the pleasure of working with her but by the hundreds of alumni who have known her over the years. When the Alumni Fund Council set a $100,000 goal for us in Sep- tember, they set the pace for what I believe has proved to be the busi. est year in our Association’s 116- year history. Through generous co- operation the rewards of effort have made the year a notable chapter in that history. PRESIDENT’S REPORT (Continued from page 17) truth, the cherishing of friendships, and, above all, the love of honor. No man can stay on this campus for four years and not become imbued with these principles and not feel a real sense of responsibility to uphold them all his life. You know, if the success of a college were measured like the suc- cess of a business, by the number of satisfied customers, then Wash- ington and Lee would be one of the most succesful ventures of all time, for I truly believe that it would be difficult to find a graduate of this institution who does not feel loyal, grateful, honored, and proud to be an alumnus of this University. 20 06 Jupce Henry C. TILLMAN is enter- ing his third term as Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. WiLL1AM L. HoceE has been traveling ex- tensively to the West Coast, mainly Wash- ington and Oregon, on business trips in connection with his interest in Western New Ply Corporation of South Bend, Washington. He attended the Fiftieth Reunion of his class this May. 09 WILLIAM EDMOND MORELAND, M.D., writes that he still administers a few tablets, pills, shots, etc., after almost 43 years of active practice. He now has nine grandchildren, five boys and four girls, and lives in Powhatan, Louisiana. 10 Hucu M. Wirr has been in the in- surance business since 1910 and is plan- ning to retire July 1, 1956. He has been associated with Insurance Company of North America for thirty-one years. Ad- dress: North America Companies, Carleton Terrace Building, 920 South Jefferson Street, Roanoke, Virginia. D. WAMPLER EARMAN has been engaged continuously in the general practice of law since his admission to the Virginia Bar in September of 1910. Common- wealth’s Attorney from 1920 to 1940 of Rockingham County, he now is engaged in private practice solely and has his offices in the First National Bank Build- ing, Harrisonburg, Virginia. / 3 CHARLES EvVANT HUNTER is senior member of the law firm of Hunter and Fox in Roanoke, Virginia. He is in ac- tive practice and expects to “continue for many more years.” / 5 ALBERT LUTHER BENNETT has been enjoying life as a “Virginia Gentleman” since his retirement. Address: 2526 Wil- lard Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia. LrEon W. “SHorty’ Harris reports that he now has six husky grandsons and hopes that, eighteen years from now, his grand- children will make up more than half of the Washington and Lee football team. “Shorty” visited the campus during Finals. W. W. Casu, JR., was granted a fellow- ship in the Institute for Science ‘Teachers held June 4-July 13 at Marshall College in Huntington, West Virginia. ‘The Ins- titute was sponsored by the National Sci- ence Foundation, Washington, D.C. Mr. Cash, Eagle Rock (Virginia) High School teacher, has organized science clubs in Botetourt County’s six high schools and this year was instrumental in organizing Botetourt’s first science fair. / 7 Gus OTTENHEIMER last year gave up active management of Ottenheimer Brothers Manufacturing Company, one of the largest dress companies in the South. Since his “‘retirement,’ he has formed a company to build a 400-home subdivision in southwest Pulaski (Arkansas) County; he has been named chairman of a lay- man’s group evaluating Little Rock Junior College and its possible expansion to a four-year school; and he has been named a commissioner of the Metropolitan Plan- ning Commission and is chairman of the staff recruiting committee. Gus and brother Leonard (also retired) are now looking forward to retiring again, pos- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE sibly next year, to take a vacation from their “vacation.” 2 0 EpWArD GEE BAILEY is chief under- writer for Federal Housing Administra- tion in the Richmond, Virginia, office. 23 DavE MATSON is one of our more remote alumni, being located in Mexico City. He spends his leisure time in Aca- pulco. Address: Calle Bolivar 21. THomMas MorreELL WADE is now president of Brown and Williamson ‘Tobacco Com- pany, with whom he started as a chemist shortly after graduation. THE REVEREND RAYMOND C. WICKERSHAM will celebrate 25 years in the Presbyterian ministry this November. Before coming to Fernandina Beach, Florida, in 1951 he served in a pastorate in Center Line, Michigan, and prior to that was a Navy chaplain for three years. He and his wife, Dorothy, have six children; Raymond and John, the oldest boys, after serving two years in the Army are married and now live in Michigan. Raymond is hoping at least one, or maybe two, of the younger boys will enter Washington and Lee. BERNIE HAMPTON is pastor of Virginia Avenue Methodist Church, West Graham, Virginia. Bernie took his theological work at Emory University after leaving Wash- ington and Lee. He has three daughters; the oldest is married and lives in Indiana and the two younger are at East ‘Tennessee State College, Johnson City, ‘Tennessee. Emit GUMPERT, past president of the Cal- ifornia State Bar and for many years a leader in the San Joaquin County Bar, will serve the unexpired term of Super- ior Court Judge Georgia L. Bullock, who has resigned. A resident of Los Angeles for the past four years, Emil is chancelor- founder of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was its president and chair- man of its board of regents. He is a member of the American Bar, the Amer- ican Judicature Society, the Westwood Bar, B’nai B’rith and the American Le- gion. He served in the Army in World War I. He is married and has a son Wil- liam K., who was recently admitted to practice and is a deputy in the City Attorney’s office. 2 4 Dr. JoHN “Jack” 'T. COLLINS writes that he is still practicing optometry in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and has three small grandchildren. E. ALMER “SHorTY’” AMES, JR., who is practicing law at Onancock, Virginia, has been elected Virginia State Senator for the First Senatorial District for the term 1956- 60. His son, Edward A., III, is now a SUMMER 1956 junior at Episcopal High School in Alex- andria and hopes to enter Washington and Lee in the fall of 1957. PAUL WHITFIELD is a new editor in the College Department of Oxford University Press in New York. 25 Dr. A. ALDO CHARLES, Professor of Economics and head of the insurance de- partment at the University of Georgia, has been elected first vice president and a member of the board of directors of a new Georgia life insurance company. The newly formed corporation, Bankers Fi- delity Life Insurance Company, will have its home office in Atlanta. A native of Virginia, Aldo is a nationally known edu- cator and author and is one of the fore- most authorities on insurance in_ the Southeast. His book on _ business law, which includes comprehensive coverage on insurance law, has been a standard col- lege textbook in this field for many years. Before becoming affiliated with the Uni- versity of Georgia in 1948, he served as Dean of Admissions and assistant professor at the Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. 26 EmMMETY W. MAcCorkLE, JR., writes that he is still vice president of Air Re- duction Pacific Company in charge of the Southern California area. He lives at 1002 Roxbury Road in San Marino with his wife, Nelda, son, Emmett, III, 14 and daughter, Alice, 8. Emmett is serving as Class Agent for the 1955-56 Alumni Fund and hopes to get back to Lexington for a visit in 1957. Dr. CHARLES W. Lowry is head of the Foundation of Religious Action in the Social and Civil Order, an all-faith move- ment concerned with the war of ideas and faiths in the world today. Charlie spent seven weeks in Europe this winter and was received in private audience by Pope Pius XII. He saw, among other leaders, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dean of St. Paul’s in London, and the Lord Chancellor of England. 2/ G. ‘T. Davis of Salt Lake City, Utah, has sailed from Los Angeles for Europe and a trip around the world. He writes that he may be back for Christmas. LE Emit J. SADLOCK was recently re- elected to a two-year term as Mayor of the City of Garfield, New Jersey. 29 Ropert B. LEE is vice president and deputy controller of Bankers Trust Company in New York. He is married, has two sons, and lives in Pelham, New York. 3 ] STANLEY D. WAxXBERG has been practicing law in New York City since 1935 and is now a senior partner in the firm of Dodge, Saltzman and Waxberg at Nine East 4oth Street, New York 16, New York. He was married in December of 1954 to Ella Nicole Nardine of Zurich, Switzerland. Address: 930 Fifth Avenue, New York 21, New York. 3 2 Epwin A. NeEspirT is still practicing law in Dallas, Texas. He has four chil- dren, Allen, 11; Dawson, 8; and Lucy and Sally (twins), 3. He writes that the alumni of the North Texas Chapter enjoyed having Dr. Gaines for their fall meeting. CHARLES H. BLAKE last year coached Holly- wood film stars for television appearances and produced ‘“The Forward Look” musi- cal for the Chrysler Corporation. Cur- rently, he is directing for TV “The Eighth Lively Art,” a documentary for General Electric, and “The Pee Wee King Show.” Car. C. Tucker, after leaving Washington and Lee, received his B.A. degree from Ohio State University, and went on to re- ceive a J.D. degree from there in 1934. Shortly thereafter, he became associated with the firm of Jones, Day, Cockley and Reavis, attorneys in Cleveland and is now a partner with the same firm. Carl writes that THomas M. HarMAN, ’25, a member of the same firm, had an accident on the ice recently and broke a bone. He expects to be incapacitated three or four months. CHARLES E. LONG, JR., is serving in his first elective term as judge of the 134th District Court of Texas at Dallas. He writes that his two sons, ages 13 and 10, are potential candidates for admission to Washington and Lee. Dr. FRANK CUNNINGHAM, director of the Sequoia (California) University Press and vice president of Sequoia University, won second place nationally in the 1955 Free- doms Foundation contest with his patri- otic essay, “Stars of Glory.” The honor marks the third time Frank has won an award in the Freedoms Foundation compe- titions held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. 33 M. Hoce CrIGHTON is southeastern manager for Seaboard Surety Company. He writes that he has been married 19 years to the same “loving and patient” wife. His son, Richard, will be a candi- date for admission to Washington and Lee in about ten years; his daughter, Melissa, is 34, “beautiful and smart” and keeps the family busy. 21 JoHN WabE Jones has been City Auditor of the City of Waynesboro, Virginia, since 1952. He was formerly City Auditor for Winchester before coming to Waynesboro. J. Frep Cook is in the retail hardware business begun in 1910 by his father in Waynesboro, Virginia. In addition to bringing up three children, James Fred- erick, Jr., 10; Thomas Hoge, 7; and Barbara Lindsey, 4, he is kept busy taking part in civic affairs, being a member of Rotary, the School Board and the District Scout Council. Also, he is past president of Virginia Retail Hardware Association. RICHARD K. Eppy is a life insurance under- writer in Winchester, where he lives with his wife and six-year-old daughter. CLAUDE A. LAVARRE writes that he is still manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company in Colombia, South America, and hopes to visit in the States during July, August and September. ‘'T. DEALE BLANCHARD just moved into a new home at 216 Pine Road, Briarwood, Portsmouth, Virginia. Deale sells hard- ware and fuel oil and is kept busy as a director of the Retail Merchants Associa- tion and the Chamber of Commerce. Also, he is vice president and finance chairman of the Elizabeth Manor Golf and Country Club, board member of his church, and lo- cal board member of the Bank of Virginia. 3 4 GEORGE D. McCiure has a new hobby—raising and showing champion- ship Dachshund dogs—and in keeping with the noble background of the ani- mals he has named his kennels “Von McClurheim,” from which, no doubt, much news will soon be heard. DarBy Woops Berts, in December, 1955, became Dean of The Cathedral of St. John in Providence, Rhode Island. He came to Providence from The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, where he was formerly head master of the Cathedral Choir School. 35 Britt Dyer, cartoonist for the Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel has drawn a booklet entitled Chucky Jack’s 22 A’Comin’. This vivid stroy of Tennessee’s founder, John Sevier, is a tribute in pic- tures to the pioneer patriot, who will be honored this summer in an outdoor drama written by Kermit Hunter, author of Unto These Hills. Chucky Jack’s A’Comin’ was published in cooperation with the Great Smoky Mountains Historical Association, Inc., producers of Hunter’s epic. FREDERICK DE ROsseT STRONG was recently elected secretary of Pepperell Manufac- turing Company in addition to remaining controller. Fred began working for Pep- perell in 1946 as assistant to the controller of the Boston concern. LoyaL PAUL GASSMAN is working as a Methods Analyst for the Micro Switch Division of the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company. He lives in Free- port, Illinois, with his wife and six chil- dren: Mary, 9; and Paulette, 4; and four possible W&L students, Loyal, Jr., 13; Eugene, 8; Dick, 2; and David, 1. Dr. WILLIAM SCHUHLE is associate profes- sor of Political Science and International Relations at Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana. Bill came to Man- chester from Adrian College in Michi- gan, where he had been professor of his- tory and government and chairman of the Division of Social Science. He received his doctorate in the Social Sciences last year at the University of Minnesota and had been a member of the Adrian College faculty since 1945. JAMES STERRETT Woops, JR., is still active in the glass sand business and the radio business in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. CLAUDE H. Barrick, JR., writes that his major efforts go to keeping that “‘good old Barrick’s Lime Maryland’s best’ with extra time spread on church, club, little league and other local activities. Claude has an 18-year-old daughter entering col- lege in the fall, another daughter enter- ing high school, and a son in the fifth grade. Claude says that Mrs. Barrick is an ardent garden clubber, so he sees “‘it- tle of her these days.” 3 6 PAUL G. HERVEY is teaching Eng- lish and doing guidance and counseling work in Webster High School at Webster, Texas. Also, he is doing work toward his doctorate at the University of Houston. Paul writes that all of his family enjoy living in that Gulf Coast area. 37 PARKE ROUSE, JR., on leave from he Rockefeller organization, is director of the State of Virginia’s observance of the 350th anniversary in 1957 of the Jamestown settlement. Parke says he’s “working like a beaver and having a grand time.” Davip B. WHARTON writes that he is find- ing his tour as Consul in Bermuda ex- tremely restful after Afghanistan, New Zealand and Indonesia. Address: American Consulate General, A. P. O. 856, N. Y. KeLLey E. REED is in the general insurance business in Charleston, West Virginia, where he has been a director of the First National Bank now for 20 years. Kelley is married and has a daughter, Sally, age three. Golf is his favorite hobby. C. ARNOLD MatTrHEws has been promoted from associate professor to professor of Finance at the College of Business Admin- istration of the University of Florida. GrorGE S. Lowry, president of Meherrin Valley Dairy, Inc., has been married four- teen years and has three good prospects for Washington and Lee— ages 12, 8, and 6. George is serving as Regional Agent for the Emporia, Virginia, area in the 1955-56 Alumni Fund campaign. 3 5 BRENT REMSBURG was appointed acting town manager of South Boston, Virginia, following the resignation of Marvin W. Lee on March 16. Brent, formerly assistant city manager in Nor- folk before going to South Boston, has served as town engineer since December, 1954, and will act as town manager until a permanent manager is named. Cyrus V. ANDERSON was recently promoted to Assistant General Counsel of the Pitts- burgh Plate Glass Company. Cy has been associated with the firm since 1945. Ad- dress: 26 Mt. Lebanon Boulevard, Pitts- burgh 28, Pennsylvania. SamM McCuHESNEY, JR., is now Cleveland manager of This Week magazine, and lives at 22588 Westchester Road, Shaker Heights 22, Ohio. Sam is serving as Re- gional Agent for the Cleveland area in the 1955-56 Alumni Fund campaign. ROBERT EDWARD SURLES, after receiving his Doctorate of Law at Emory University in June, 1952, moved to Rome, Georgia, to begin the practice of law with a large firm there. On October 15, 1954, he moved 25 miles north to Summerville to estab- lish his own practice; also, he is city at- torney for Trion and Hyerly. On April 8, 1955, he married Mrs. Vanita Kell Johnson of Rome. Tep Hays Riccs recently left the general practice of law and his firm of Bates, Riggs and Singleton to represent a pri- vate ranching and oil interest. Address: 5649 Piping Rock Lane, Houston 19. HERBERT C. CLENDENING resigned from the Army Corps of Engineering in April of 1954 to enter the field of civil engineer- ing. At present he is working as drainage engineer for Howard, Needles, Tammen THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE and Bergendoff, General Consultants in the construction of the Kansas ‘Turnpike. He was married to Barbara Randebrock of Bedford Village, New York, on June 14, 1941, and now has two sons and a daugh- ter. He says that her good cooking keeps him gaining weight, her housekeeping is something to brag about, and better still, her Yankee accent is almost gone. Address: 620 Grandview, Topeka, Kansas. 39 Dr. PATRICK STEPHEN MULLINS, JR., having been certified by the American Board of Urology in 1952, is now en- gaged in private practice in Utica, New York. He has three children: Patricia Anne, 9; Terrence ‘Thomas, 8; and Ker- rin Michael, 5. B. MEREDITH TROTTER last June accepted the position of Personnel Director at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Ten- nessee. Address: 3109A West End Circle. NATHAN C. BROWNELL is president of Moodus Net and ‘Twine, Inc., and vice president of sales at Brownell and Co., Inc., in Moodus, Connecticut, where he is engaged in the manufacture and sales of nylon twines, ropes and commercial fish-netting. Nathan is married and_ has two children, both girls. ‘THomas W. Moses has been elected presi- dent of the Indianapolis Water Company, one of the largest privately owned water utilities in the country. Before moving to Indianapolis last year as assistant to the company president, Tom was asso- ciated with Investment Management Cor- poration in Dallas, Texas. Formerly, he had practiced law in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, and in Charleston, West Virginia. HEATWOLE Promoted on Steel legal staff SUMMER 1956 Joun L. Davis is in public relations with Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis. John has four children, Steve 11, Ruth 9, and Scott and Lee (twins) 5. Address: 5859 Sunset Lane, Indianapolis, Indiana. ANDREW M. EASTWICK, JR., iS associated with E. R. Jones and Company, invest- ment bankers in Baltimore, as a registered representative selling securities. Andy is also in real estate work, handling mainly county properties. He is married and has two children, Andy and Betsy. The East- wicks live in Baltimore County in a home they built seven years ago. Andy writes that their property is divided into two acres of lawn, two acres of pas- ture, and three acres of pine trees, of which he has about 3,500. 4 0 HAL B. WATTERSON will soon com- plete 15 years with the DuPont Company in Signal Mountain, Tennessee. He writes that he is still single but hasn’t “given up all hope yet.” 4] KENNETH D. MoOxLey moved last November to St. Amand’s Key, Sarasota, Florida, from Yale University ‘Theater, New Haven, Connecticut. MURRELL O. MATTHEWS, JR., recently was appointed sales manager for the Houston Division of Ideal Cement Company. Mur- rell joined the organization in 1949 as a salesman for the Houston Division. He was transferred to Mobile, Alabama, where he later became assistant sales manager in that area. Subsequently he served in the same capacity at Oklahoma City. HEnry J. Crocker, JR., has been employed the past four years in sales and promo- tional work for Charles B. Silver & Sons, Inc., Vegetable Growers and Packers at Harve de Grace, Maryland. He is married and has two daughters: Francina Lowell, 244, and Sara D’Arcy, 8 months. WILLIAM L. SCHULTHEIS is currently em- ployed as manager of the Insurance De- partment of Schmidt and Wilson, Inc., in Richmond and has two future W&L stu- dents, Harry John, I, and David Cates. WILLIAM LEE SHANNON is now Secretary- Treasurer of the Shannon Funeral Serv- ice in Shelbyville, Kentucky, after nine years as a chemistry instructor at the Kentucky School of Embalming in Louis- ville. He has five children: four daugh- ters 13, 10, 6 and 4; and one son, 2. Joun D. “Jack” RAYMOND is now Nation- al Sales Group Supervisor, Bureau of Ad- vertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association. Address: 70 Locust Avenue, Apt. 411B, New Rochelle, New York. CHARLES L. Hopson recently began his second two-year term as City Solicitor of MOosEs Elected president of water utility Frankfort, Kentucky. In March Charlie completed his first ten years of general law practice. His firm name and address are Hobson and Meigs, 215 St. Clair Street. Marion G. “Gus” HEATWOLE is one of three men who were recently appointed general attorneys of United States Steel Corporation. Gus, who was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1947, joined the law department of United States Steel in 1946. He received the degree of bachelor of laws in 1946 from Washington and Lee. Macey H. RosENTHAL, M.D., is associated with his father in the practice of urologi- cal surgery in Lynchburg. At present he is busy planning the construction of a new doctors’ building which will soon be the location of his office. At home, his wife and children, Nancy, 4, Stephen, 6, and Macey, Jr., 8, take up most of his time. He writes that his brother-in-law, “MickEY”’ ABRASH, °51, Was discharged from the service in April. 47 WALLACE REYNOLDS has been a cus- tomer’s broker since 1949 with Dean Wit- ter and Company, members of the New York Stock Exchange with offices at 14 Wall Street, New York. Wallace and his wife, Jane, have two children—David, 7%, and Mimi, 6. L. A. PripHAM is a partner in the firm of Vivrett and Pridham, general contrac- tors in Dallas, Texas. Pete has two chil- dren, ages g and 6. He recommends that everyone move to “this little state of Texas’; also anyone wanting beef cows should give him a call. R. J. PAYNE, JR., has been married nine years and has two sons, ages three and 23 seven. Vice president of Lindell Trust Company for several years, he has been active in the alumni group of St. Louis. STANLEY L. SATER is the owner of a re- tail furniture store in Martinsville, Vir- ginia, and has two sons and two daughters. LAWRENCE JOHN FISHER, JR., is currently working in textiles as plant manager of the Gerrish-Milliken Mills at Pendleton, South Carolina. Jack lives at 226 Moultrie Street, Anderson, South Carolina, with his wife, Louise, and three sons, ages 10 years, 7 years and g months. STANLEY L. CARLSSON is a Dodge-Plymouth dealer in Huntington, New York. “Swede”’ has five children: two boys, Stan and Tom; three girls, Trudy, Patrica and Monica. JAMEs W. MARTIN, JR., is now employed as manager of market research by Celanese Corporation of Ames Plastic Division. He and Barbara A. Brands were married in 1954 and live at Tarrytown, New York. ARCHER CLIFTON PUDDINGTON was ap- pointed Southern Regional Manager for The Valspar Corporation last year. He re- sides at 4036 Carolyn Road, Fort Worth. Dr. HENRY M. YOUNGE is married, has two boys, and is practicing internal medi- cine in Pensacola, Florida. RUSSELL G. BROWNING is vice chairman of the United Fund of Greater New Bed- ford and chairman of New Bedford Port Committee, an appointment made by the Governor of Massachusetts. Russ also finds time to be the Kiwanis New England chairman of Key Club. 43 JAMEs W. FUNK is in the law part- nership of Lewis and Funk at Vincennes, Indiana, where he is Exalted Ruler of Vincennes Elks Lodge, President of Knox County Bar Association, President Elect of the Vincennes Rotary Club, member of Board of Directors of Vincennes Chamber of Commerce. Jim has one son, born in Lexington, who Jim hopes will be attend- ing Washington and Lee about 1965. 44 F. ‘Tl’. Bromm has been promoted from assistant cashier to assistant ‘vice 24 president at the First National Exchange Bank in Roanoke, Virginia. He has been employed by the bank since 1951. RICHARD ROCKWELL became a partner in the law firm cf Day, Berry and Howard on July 1, 1955. Dick specializes in real estate and probate work. He resides at 201 Fern Street, West Hartford 7, Conn. ROGER M. Sor is industrial engineering supervisor with the Hammermill Paper Company in Erie, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Mary Lee, have one daughter, Perrie Marshall Soth. JOHN SCHUBER, JR., has been named trust officer of Wachovia Bank and ‘Trust Com- pany in Charlotte, North Carolina. John joined Wachovia in 1949 as a member of the trust staff and was named assistant trust officer in 1952. ‘THOMAS LEETE STILWELL has been made manager of the Textile Machinery Di- vision of Warner & Swasey Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Tom joined the firm in 1948 as an executive trainee and in 1950 he became textile field engineer for the Philadelphia territory. Early this year he returned to the company’s home office in Cleveland as assistant sales manager of the Textile Machinery Division. 45 WALTER E. FRYE is an elementary school teacher in Santa Barbara, Califor- nia, and lives at the Y.M.C.A. 4 Mabison D. MCKEE, JR., has been promoted from assistant cashier to assist- ant vice president of the First National Exchange Bank in Roanoke, Virginia. Madison has been employed by the bank since 1949. CARTER C. CHINNIS is a Washington rep- resentative for National Research Corpor- ation of Cambridge, Massachusetts, en- gaged in nuclear and metal research. He and his wife, Pam, have bought a re- stored house on Capitol Hill, about two blocks from the Capitol. “The welcome mat is out,” he writes. Dr. DONALD E. WARREN graduated from the Medical School of Duke University at Durham in 1952. He interned at Grady Memorial Hospital and was a resident at Duke Hospital. He is now a Fellow in Cardiology at Emory Hospital in Atlanta and plans to practice internal medicine in Florida starting in July of this year. J. P. “Jack” LeicH resigned last Decem- ber from Buick Motor Division of Gen- eral Motors Corporation in Dallas, ‘Texas, to accept a partnership interest in a Buick dealership in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Address: 854 Sylvan Road. STEPHEN W. RAMALEy has been appointed assistant sales manager of Asbestos Cement Siding Products of the United States Gypsum Company. Steve joined the or- ganization in 1949 and since that time has served the company in various capacities. Before his recent appointment he was roofing salesman in Washington, D. C. JOHN H. REED, JRr., after serving two years with LEE KENNA, ’40, aS a counsel with the West Virginia Turnpike Commission, is now back in general law practice in the First National Bank Building, South Charleston, West Virginia. Henry M. BARKER is now claims manager of the Memphis office of Pacific Employers Insurance Company. Hank just recently moved his family—wife, Marilyn, daugh- ter, Margaret, and son, Henry, Jr.—from Nashville to Memphis, where their new address is: 4942 Essexshire, Memphis 17. SPENCER W. Morten, vice president of the Basset Mirror Company in Bassett, Vir- ginia, is president this year of the local Kiwanis Club. Spencer is married and has three children, two boys and a girl. Lewis DAUGHTREY WILLIAMS, attorney at law, announces the opening of his offices at 1523-29 Central National Bank Build- ing in Richmond, Virginia. Lewis formerly was associated with the Claims Depart- ment of State Farm Mutual Auto Insur- ance Company in Richmond. RICHARD H. TURRELL is assistant secretary of Blue Coal Corporation in Newark, New Jersey. This June Dick and his wife, Sally, moved into a new home in Chatham. Address: Six Essex Road, Chatham, N. J. Everett L. Taytor, Jr., M.D., is taking a general practice residency in Bluefield, West Virginia. He plans to start a general practice somewhere the first of next year but hasn’t decided on the location as yet. Address: Care of Bluefield Sanitarium. 5 0 WILLIAM P. WALTHER is managing a drug store in Eldred, Pennsylvania, now after graduating two years ago from the University of Pittsburgh School of Phar- macy. Bill writes that his wife, Joann, and daughter, Dianne, age 3, both help. ARTHUR MARENSTEIN, following his gradu- ation, worked for a year in sales for a textile house and then returned to school at ‘Teachers College of Columbia Uni- versity. After receiving the degree of M.A. in the teaching of social studies in June, 1954, he taught at a private school in Stamford, Connecticut, for a year. Now Arthur is teaching in a public school while working for his Ed.D. in School Guidance at Teacher’s College. He writes that he is a “Volkswagen enthusiast and owner, a hi-fi bug and a ski-nut.” Joun R. Core, M.D., is assistant resident in surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, where he also THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE interned. John writes that he is unmar- ried, “thus far.” CLIFFORD C. ‘THOMAS, JR., is now at NAS Quonset Pt., Rhode Island, attached to VF-71, flying an F2H-s. JOHN F. WILHELM is State Agent for Se- curity Insurance Company. He and _ his wife, Josephine, have two daughters, ages 4 years and 17 months, and live at 1400 Maywood Road, Richmond, Virginia. DonaLp D. Hook, after more than five years’ service as an officer with the Air Force in the United States and abroad, was retired last year from active duty. He plans to teach and study German at Duke University this fall. He and his wife, the former Harriette Gay Blackwell of Farmville, Virginia, were married in Mun- ich, Germany, in 1954. They have one daughter, Karen Fowler. WILLIAM B. STODGHILL, M.D., is continuing his residency in internal medicine at Maryland University Hospital. The latest word we had from Bill was that he was planning a Derby party in Louisville with “Fos” ’50, and Anne WILLIAMS. Bill, his wile, Susan, and_ five-month-old — son, Speed, live at 211 D Rogers Forge Road, Baltimore, Maryland. I. LEAKE WorNoM, Jr., recently was ap- pointed Assistant City Attorney of New- port News, Virginia, where he is associated in the practice of law with Neal J. Patten of the firm of Patten and Wornom. He was married in June, 1954, and has one son, I. Leake Wornom, III, age 7 months. Tuomas A. Hous is now in the hard- ware and furniture business with his father in Forsyth, Georgia, after having worked for McKesson and Robbins in Macon for four and a half years. JACK CARPER, director of sports publicity at Virginia Tech for the past two years, has resigned to accept a position as man- aging editor of the Orange, California, Daily News. Before coming to Tech, Jack was employed on the Smyth County News at Marion, Virginia, served as sports edi- tor of the Roanoke Times and was em- ployed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Associated Press in Richmond. At one time he was publicity director at Washington and Lee and at Virginia Mil- itary Institute. 57 DaAvE WOLF, Jr., is now a special field representative for Markel Service, Inc., in charge of production for Mary- land, Delaware, and the District of Colum- bia. Dave's address is 1800 Court Square, Baltimore, Maryland. DONALD M. FERGUSSON is resident repre- sentative of Employers Mutual of Wausau, Wisconsin, in Richmond, where he is pres- SUMMER 1956 ident of the local chapter of the Wash- ington and Lee Alumni Association. Don has remained active in sports in some form; namely, officiating in football and basketball games. Joun A. F. HALt, Jr., writes that he is currently living in La Rochelle, France, g00 miles from Paris, during his two-year stint in the Army. He reports an easy life in climate “just like Virginia’s.” His main job is Cub Scout Master for dependent children. John says he saw a lot of fellow Phi Kap Jack ELLIs, ‘51, who was in France until last September, when he re- turned to Ashland to practice law. ALBERT F. KNIGHT, after two years of law practice in Virginia, has returned to New York, where he is associated with the law firm of White and Case at 14 Wall Street. RicHArD E. WHuiTsoN, JR., in his work as assistant to the vice president of Dominion Minerals of Piney River, travels all over the eastern part of the country promoting their aplite rock to the ceramic industry. Dick says he runs into a lot of VMI men in the glass and related industries but has yet to see W&L men in the field so far. He lives with his wife in Amherst just “over the hill” from Lexington and gets over here quite often. He writes that Puitie Pace, Class Agent for 1908, lives near him and that, on the whole, W&L is well represented in Amherst. 5. 2 KENT RIGG is associated with Ken- nedy’s Piggly Wiggly Store, Inc., in Nor- ton, Virginia, where he writes that he has also done some “lawing.’’ Kent lives in Wise with his wife, Posey, and one son, Kent Sutton, a potential candidate for admission to W&L in about 15 years. PICKETT Named national first-place winner Pvt. JOSEPH J. MULLINS, JR., is serving with the U. S. Army at Fort Bliss, Texas. Address: Hq. Btry. 4054 (Btry. D). ROBERT FULTON, JR., joined the staff of Fulton Motor Company, Lincoln-Mercury sales in Chickasha, Oklahoma, after his release from active duty with the Air Force in February. During his tour he was stationed with the Auditor General at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas. He and his wife, Betty, will re- side at 2728 South 18th, Chickasha. WILBuR C. PICKETT, JR., while a junior last year at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was named national first place winner of the Blue Shield- Student American Medical Association Essay Contest. Bill was awarded a check for $500 on May 7, 1955, at the SAMA banquet held in Chicago where, in addi- tion to representatives from all medical schools in the United States, one essay winner from each state was _ presented. The national winners were selected from the state winners. CHARLES B. CasTNER, JR., following his discharge from the U. S. Marine Corps in March of 1954, made a long playing recording with Tom Harris, 52, for Para- mount Records of Chicago, Illinois, under the title “Powerhouse Piano.” He then went to work for McLean Piano and Organ Company of Louisville, Kentucky, where he is still employed as a piano and organ salesman, organ teacher, and “chief test pilot and demonstrator of musical instruments.” WILLIAM HENRY Lyon went in the Army in 1952 after graduating and assigned most of the time to the Counter Intelli- gence Corps at Fort Holabird, Maryland. Following his discharge in May, 1954, Bill and his wife, Ruth, returned to Michigan where daughter, Barbara Ann, was born October 31, 1954. He is now working in the Sales Department of Lee L. Wood- ward Sons, manufacturers of wrought iron furniture, in Owosso, Michigan. Address: 4121 Grand Blane Road, Swartz Creek. ‘THOMAS G. GARDNER, Phg, is finishing his last year with the U. S. Navy and expects to return to civilian life this July. He has been stationed at the Photo Laboratory U.S.N.A. in Annapolis, Maryland. Epwarp D. Martz, Jr., has recently be- come associated with the law firm of Crowell and Leibman at 208 South La- Salle Street in Chicago, Illinois. KENNETH EUGENE Fox left for service in the Armed Forces in March and will take basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He had been doing graduate work at the University of Virginia since he left Washington and Lee. Puitie Roppins, after being discharged from the U. S. Army in August, 1954, 255 entered the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and received his master’s degree in June, 1955. Phil is currently employed on the news staff of the Evening Sun in Baltimore and lives at 3101 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore 18, Maryland. ROBERT W. STOREY, on active duty with the Navy, is stationed at the Navy Pur- chasing Office, Naval Supply Center in Norfolk, Virginia. Bob hopes to be re- leased in September, when he plans to re- turn to Atlanta and practice law. 53 WILLIAM HorTON COLEMAN, since his discharge from the Navy in August, has been employed by Meehan and Took- er, Inc., a lithographic firm in New York City, in the Production Department. Ad- dress: 302 Chapel Road, Manhasset, N. Y. CHARLES JACKSON FRIEDLANDER, after spend- ing last summer traveling through nine countries in Europe, is assistant to a buyer of I. Magnin Company of California. LEO BARRINGTON, released from the U. S. Coast Guard with the rank of Lieutenant, j-g., in San Francisco on October 7, 1955, is working for the Associated Press in Huntington, West Virginia. Address: 1034 Tenth Avenue, Huntington. HENRY W. Grapy, Jr., is affiliated with Fulton National Bank, Atlanta, Georgia. BENJAMIN CHARLES MARTIN, JR., was dis- charged from the Navy last August and entered Yale Divinity School in Septem- ber on a Rockefeller Brothers’ Theolog- ical Fellowship. Address: 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut. Lr. (j.g.) S. H. GALPERIN, JR., is serving with the U. S. Navy, attached to Potomac River Naval Command Heights, Wash- ington, D.C. Address: 1655 ‘“W” Street, S. E., Washington 20, D.C. JouHN R. O'CONNELL, JR., is currently working on the editorial staff of a Mc- Graw-Hill publication, Engineering and Mining Journal, in New York City. Ad- dress: 131A Grand Avenue, Leonia, N. J. ALDEN M. PITarpD was released from active duty in the Navy in May. He expects to enter graduate school at the University of Washington in Seattle this fall. 26 James Epwarp WisE of Sumner, Mississip- pi, was graduated from the school of Law at Vanderbilt University at the end of the fall term. 5 4 Ltr. Rospert LEEDS Cocks, commis- sioned in the Marines, is reported by his wife as being in Korea flying combat planes in the Navy. Address: 24 Vander Venter Ave., Port Washington, N. Y. James C. CONNER is in his first year of law at Cornell Law School, after return- ing from a year in Belgium and other parts of Europe. Prc. FrrepRICH G. LACKMANN, JR., recently took part in “Polo Ball,” a Seventh Army command post exercise in Germany. The exercise tested communications, clothing, equipment and supply operations in snow, rain, mud, cold and wind. Fred, a mem- ber of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, has been in the Army since January, 1955. PAUL K. Brock is stationed with the U. S. Army in Kaiserslautern, Germany. His wife has been with him since last March and both are taking in as much of Europe as possible. SEDGWICK L. Moss has recently completed one year of service with American Air- lines as a ticket sales agent at Wash- ington National Airport. He and his wife just returned from a visit to the west coast where they saw Los Angeles and San Francisco as well as much of the country between the two cities. 55 ‘THOMAS WATERS ROBBINS, JR., iS in Duke Medical School. Address: 2404 Ves- son Avenue, Apt. 6, Durham. Pvr. New McBrien is scheduled to leave the U. S. for Germany in June as part of Operation “Gyroscope,” the Army’s unit rotation plan. His unit, the 3rd Armored Division, now stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, will replace the 4th Infantry Division in Europe. Neil entered the Army last July and completed basic training at Ft. Knox. SECOND LT. MICHAEL Davis of Flint, Mich- igan, was recently assigned to the 854th ‘Transportation Terminal Service Com- pany of the U. S. Army at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Mike a platoon leader, entered the Army in October of last year. His wife, June, lives in Warwick, Virginia. WILLIAM Boyp CLOPTON, of Warsaw, Vir- ginia, served as Art Director for Barks- dale Memorial Theatre, Hanover Court- house, Virginia, until February, when he was drafted. Bill is now stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. FE. NaAupaAIn “Nick” Srtmons, III, is sta- tioned in France with the U. S. Army. Home address: 2503 Tracy Place, N.W., Washington 8, D.C. James M. “TED” SHOEMAKER was dis- charged from service last July and is now in pre-law at Tulane University. He writes that JOHN DUHE, ’55, is a junior in law school there and HAROLD QUINN, ’54, is in medical school. ‘Ted ran into Buppy EANES, 54 and Roy MATHEWS, ’54, at the Baton Rouge Open not too long ago. ‘They are both in the construction business. SECOND LT. ANTHONY VALEN is serving with the U. S. Army at Fort Eustis, Vir- ginia. Address: Co. B, 763rd Transporta- tion Battalion. PaAuL H. WEINSTEIN is attending the George Washington Law School. Address: 2801 Bellevue Terr. N.W., Washington. DaAviD BERLINGHOF is stationed at Fort Eustis, Virginia, having been in the Army since last September. He is in the 557 Truck Company of the 48th Transpor- tation Group. HARRISON SOMERVILLE, JR., is stationed with the Navy in Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, and expects to be there until he returns to civilian life in November, 1957. Har- rison writes that he is “not seeing ‘the world’ as the Navy advertised.” 1933 CHARLES J. LONGACRE, JR., was married to Helen F. Collins of Union, New Jersey, on December 22, 1955. Charlie is now the director of the Part-time and Extension Division and also the Summer Session at Newark State Teachers College. 1939 RANDOLPH D. ROUSE was married to Au- drey Meadows on May 26, 1956, in New York City. PARKE S. RousE, ’37, brother of the groom, served as best man. 1946 GEORGE B. STOTT was married on May 5, 1956, to Mrs. Ruth Marie Small Ferris of North Tarrytown, New York, in the Little Church around the Corner in New York City. SipnEY M. B. COouL.Line, ’46, served as the groom’s best man. 1948 WARDEN SPERRY LEE was married to Pa- tricia Anne Wood on June 16, 1956, in Jacksonville, Florida. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Jostan POLLARD RoweE, III, was married on June 16, 1956, to Anne Martin Wilson in Fredericksburg, Virginia. CHARLES S. RowE, 45, brother of the groom was best man. 1950 WiLniAM J. LEDBETTER and Shirley Ann Good of New York were married on May 5, 1956, at the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Bill is an attorney with Cravath, Swaine and Moore in New York. JAMES SpRATT TAYLOR was married to Nancy Martyn Bishop on May 26, 1956, at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Jackson- ville, Florida. Among the groomsmen were JAcK Crowoner, ’47, of Falls Church, Vir- ginia; and ‘THOMAS DUNCAN COOPER, ’49, of Burlington, North Carolina. 1951 Henry KinG HILL, JR., was married to Paula Daggett of Waterloo, Iowa, on May 19, 1956, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in New York City. “Hooks” is the son of H. K. HILy, ’25, of Louisville, Kentucky. 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Rosert E. GRAHAM are the parents of a son, Robert Edwin, Jr., born February 18, 1956. The Grahams also have a daughter, who is three years old. Ms. and Mrs. FREDERICK A. MARSTELLER are the parents of a son, David Arell, born on May 11, 1956. Mr. and Mrs. CLarkK B. WINTER are the parents of a son, Schuyler Van Rennselaer, born May 9g, 1956. Address: 47 Locust Street, Garden City, New York. 1939 Mr. and Mrs. RoBerT A. BROWER are the parents of a second daughter, Nancy Ann, born May 22, 1956, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Barbara Alice is now two years old. Bob is vice president of Beau Brummell Ties, Inc., in Cincinnati. 1941 Mr. and Mrs. JAMES BENAGH, Jr., are the parents of a second daughter, Jane Mar- shall born July 21, 1955. JUDGE and Mrs. PAUL DouGcLAs BROWN are the parents of a second son, David Mc- SUMMER 1956 Dowell, born April 16, 1956. Paul Regan will soon be three years old. Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM BUCHANAN are the parents of a daughter born March 16,1956. 1942 Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT F. SCHULTz are the parents of a third child, a daughter, Martha Elizabeth, born November 14, 1955. Bob is presently employed by the U. S. Office of Education, Department of Health, Edification and Welfare, as Pro- gram Officer, ‘Teacher Exchange Branch, in connection with the Technical Assist- ance Program. Address: 805 Pinewood Terrace, Falls Church, Virginia. 1943 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG are the parents of a son, Scott Blackburn, born May 3, 1956. Address: Orienta Point Apartments, Mamaroneck, New York. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Rosspins LADEW GaTEs are the parents of a daughter, Martha Rob- bins, born February 7, 1956. Address: 167 West 81st Street, New York 24, New York. Mr. and Mrs. ALFRED L. HELDMAN, Jr., are the parents of a third child, a son, Alan, born December go, 1955. Al has been sell- ing industrial soaps and chemicals for Texo Corporation during the past nine years in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Moore Falson are the parents of a son, Stuart Moore, Jr., born January 11, 1956. Their daughter, Irene, is now two years old. 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Ropert A. Haynes, II, are the parents of a daughter, Lisa, born May 10, 1956. Bob has moved to Sarasota, Florida, where he is now vice-president of a travel bureau there. Address: 899 Freeling Avenue. 1946 Mr. and Mrs. DONALD STUART HILLMAN are the parents of a son, James Sherwin, born May 13, 1956. Their first son, Peter Norman, is now three years old. 1948 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM M. HARRELSON are the parents of a daughter, Margie Howell, born July 7, 1955. There are two other children in the Harrelson family, Anne DeWitt and Thomas McRae. 1950 Mr. and Mrs. JAMES T. ‘TRUNDLE are the parents of a son, David Riker, born No- vember 5, 1955. Address: 3464 Gunston Road, Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. ANDREW WADE McCuLLOcH are the parents of a son, Charles Elliott, born September 28, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. JoHN H. McCormack, Jr., are the parents of a second child, a daugh- ter, Paula Neville, born November 9. 1955. Address: 4521 Iroquois Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida. 1951 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM F. O’NEIL are the parents of a daughter, Jan Hardy, born March 16, 1956, in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. DONALD R. STEENBURGH are the parents of a son, Neil vonSteenburgh, born May 15, 1956. New address: Box 367, Bon Air, Virginia. 1952 Mr. and Mrs. RicHArpD A. DENNY, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Margaret Sul- livan, born October 2, 1955. Dick is prac- ticing law with the Atlanta firm of Spald- ing, Sibley, Troutman, Meadow and Smith. 1953 Mr. and Mrs. R. SUTER Hupson are the parents of a son, John Suter, born De- cember 10, 1955. Suter is stationed with the U. S. Navy in Corondo, California. Mr. and Mrs. PARKER KIRWIN SMITH, Jr. are the parents of a son, Stewert Freeman Raymond, born January 18, 1955. Parker is employed by the C. & P. ‘Telephone Com- pany of West Virginia and was appointed Accounting Supervisor this past April. Mr. and Mrs. Epwarp L. Oast, JRr., are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth, born October 12, 1955. Ed. is serving with the Air Force at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. He will be discharged in September and plans to return to the general practice of law in Norfolk. Home address: 106 Winston Road, Portsmouth. 1954 Mr. and Mrs. GrorceE M. Younc are the parents of a daughter, Marjorie Francis, born in April, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon FIsHer, III, are the parents of a daughter, Katherine Arnold, born April 4, 1956, at Fort Devens, where Gordon is stationed with the U. S. Army. 1955 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM DoucLAs GOopE, Jr., are the parents of a daughter, Mary Katherine, born March 3, 1956. Doug is now on a Fulbright scholarship in Ger- many. Home addres: 5201 Huntington Avenue, Newport News, Virginia. 27 1892 ArTHUR M. STRAUGHAN died March 27, 1956, in Charleston, West Virginia. 1898 CHARLES W. F. SPENCER, Rock Hill, South Carolina, attorney, died February 20, 1956, following an illness of several month. Born in York County, Mr. Spencer moved to Rock Hill in 1900 and opened a law office, a firm in which two of his sons are now associated. Mr. Spencer had served as city attorney since 1915 and was mayor of Rock Hill in 1913-14. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the York County and South Carolina Bar Associa- tions, a director of the Mechanics Federal Savings and Loan Association and _ the last surviving member of the original board of directors of the Peoples National Bank in Rock Hill. NorMAN S. FirzHucH died March 3, 1956, in Charleston, West Virginia. 1901 WILLIAM RAYMOND ALLEN died in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on April 8, 1956, fol- lowing a prolonged illness. Formerly head of Sinclair Refining Company’s Chicago Central District legal department, Mr. Allen had retired from active duty in 1943. He had first joined the company’s legal staff in 1919. Previously, Mr. Allen was for many years general trial attorney for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, where he was the center of many spectac- ular legal cases involving “fake” claims against the railroad. When he left the Katy he had won more of these cases than any attorney in Oklahoma’s history. He received his law degree from Wash- ington and Lee in 1901, after which he began practicing in Muskogee, Oklahoma. 1908 JAMES CLivige CARPENTER, JR., died May 14, 1956, in Clifton Forge, Virginia. Presi- dent of the Clifton Forge National Bank since he was 27, Mr. Carpenter served in the General Assembly from the Twen- tieth Senatorial District from 1944 through 1955. He was a general contractor for many years and served as a member of the Virginia Electric and Power Com- pany’s board of directors and as chairman of the Clifton Forge Baptist Church’s board of deacons. He was past president 28 of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club and the Cliftondale Country Club and was a member of the Virginia-West Virginia Senior Golf Association. 1913 ALEXANDER SLOAN died at his home in Cumberland, Maryland, on May 7, 1956, after suffering a heart attack. A native of North Baltimore, Ohio, he was the owner and president of the Sloan Glass Company in Cumberland. 1920 Dr. RANDOLPH TUCKER SmiTH, Little Rock Arkansas, surgeon, died suddenly of a heart attack on March 22, 1956, at the home of a friend in Fort Smith. He was to have been the guest speaker for the first anniversary dinner of the Albert Pike Numismatic Society of Fort Smith, an organization of coin collectors. Dr. Smith was secretary of the Arkansas Numismatic Society. He received his degree in medicine from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. A native of Arkansas, he prac ticed at Little Rock for 28 years. Previous- ly, he had lived in Camden and at one time was a professor of surgery at the University of Arkansas Medical School. 1921 Harry Forrest HENSON, JR., died March 2, 1956. His home was in San Diego, California, where he had been legal ad- viser for the Navy public works depart- ment for 15 years. Previously, he had practiced law in Roanoke, Virginia, for 15 years. He was a veteran of World Wat I and served in the Coast Guard auxili- ary in San Diego during World War II. 1924 Marvin Bruce “Monk” Matrox died May 8, 1956, of a heart attack while playing golf in his home town of Salisbury, North Carolina. An outstanding sportsman, Mr. Mattox was the second of five brothers— all well-known athletes—to attend Wash- ington and Lee, which had a Mattox brother in the student body every year from 1918 until 1934. Mr. Mattox began his lengthy athletic career while a stu- dent at Fishburne Military Academy in Waynesboro, Virginia. He excelled in football, basketball, and baseball there and at Washington and Lee, where he cap- tained the football team in his senior year. An active leader in church and _ civic affairs, he also served for many years as a football official in the Southern Con- ference Officials Association. At the time of his death, Mr. Mattox was distributor for the Gulf Oil Company in Salisbury. WILLIAM RoceRs CLAY, JR., died March go, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio. A native of Lexington, Mr. Clay had _ resided for several years in Cleveland, where he was associated with the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. 1930 Juttan Howarp Buiack died January 14, 1956, at his home in Waynesboro, Virginia. At the time of his death Mr. Black was president of a bottling firm and secretary- treasurer of little league baseball, of which he had been the first president. He was past president of the Rotary Club and past vice-president of the board of the Chamber of Commerce. He belonged to the Waynesboro Planning Commission and was active in Parent-Teacher Association work. A Naval officer since 1934, Mr. Black was recalled to active duty in World War II, rising to the rank of commander on his last tour of duty in 1951-53. He had resided in Waynesboro since 1949. 1932 GEORGE FREDERICK CARTWRIGHT died very suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on August 15, 1955, in Philadelphia. His home was in Allentown, Pennsylvania. WILLIAM Lewis MAyorte died May 4, 1956, in Schenectady, New York, following a stroke. Mr. Mayotte, Schenectady county election commissioner since 1952, had served as aide to the three Democratic county chairmen during more than a de- cade and was noted as a leading cam- paigner and spokesman for the Demo- cratic party. 1933 VAUGHAN AMI BLAKEMORE died May 15, 1956, in Waynesboro, Virginia, after an illness of several weeks. Owner and opera- tor of the Blakemore Esso Servicenter in Waynesboro, Mr. Blakemore was formerly district manager of the Charlottesville- Culpeper district of Virginia State Em- ployment Service and at one time was em- ployed by the Minnesota Mutual Life In- surance Company. 1952 MARINE LIEUTENANT ROBERT WARNER CRocKER died May 17, 1956, after his jet fighter crashed into the Neuse River near Cherry Point, North Carolina. Lt. Crocker began his training in the Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia, in 1952 and took his flight training at Pensacola, Florida, and Corpus Christi, ‘Texas. He had been sta- tioned at Cherry Point since January. 1953 James A. ArtHurR, III, died April 14, 1956, in Lynchburg General Hospital after an illness of several weeks. A native of Lynchburg, he was planning engineer and assistant office manager for Brookneal Mills in Brookneal, Virginia. In 1949, the youth was awarded the James R. Caskie Scholarship at Washington and Lee. 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