L933 t i w Oo =) KG THE Washington and Lee University Alumni Fund THE ALUMNI FUND 1s your fund. Organized and directed by the alumni themselves, it provides the channel through — which all men of Washington and Lee can express their confidence in, and contribute to the well being of their Alma Mater. And further, the appeal is made only once a year. Your Class Agent 1s doing an unselfish and loyal job for the University. He will do his part. Do your part by replying to his letter. Appalachian—Jerry F. Stone, ’26, Kingsport, Tennessee Augusta — Rockingham — Ed Moore, ,’25 Waynesboro, Virginia Atlanta—Thomas E. Schneider, ’24, Box 173, Station C Baltimore—Frank C. Brooks, ’46, 1206 West Lake Avenue Birmingham—Clifford B. Beasley, Jr., '46, 2824 Overhill Road ae la a W. Va.—W. T. Brotherton, ’47, Box 5 Chattanooga—Charles L. Claunch, ’'27, Chat- tanooga Bank Building Chicago—W. C. Olendorf, ’46, 1059 Fairoaks, Deerfield, Illinois Cincinnati—Robert B. Shreve, '40, 576 Howell Avenue Charlotte—Jack Crist, Jr., ’45, Box 1045 Cleveland—Paul L. Ho!den, ’38, Lincoln Elec- tric Co. Danville, Virginia—E. Ballou Bagbey, ’29, First National Bank Florida West Coast—W. E. Tucker, °48, Sto- vall Professional Building, Tampa Gulf Stream—L. L. Copley, ’25, Security Build- ing, Miami, Florida Houston—Ben Ditto, °43, Norton-Ditto Co. Jacksonville—Rhydon Latham, ’28, Florida National Bank Building Louisville—Elbridge Barker, ’26, Avon Road, RR 6 Lynchburg,—J. C. Holloran, Jr., ’46, Peoples National Bank Building Mid-South—William B. Morgan, ’41, 14 South Second Street, Memphis 1, Tennessee New York—Stuard Wurzburger, ’28, 10 East 40th Street New Orleans—William B. Wisdom, ’21, Ameri- can Bank Building New River and Greenbrier—Harry E. Moran, 18, Beckley, West Virginia Norfolk—Gilbert R. Swink, ’35, National Bank of Commerce Building Northwest Louisiana—James W. Hammett, ’40, Giddens-Lane Building, Shreveport North Texas—Harry Rand, ’27, Universal Mills, Fort Worth Peninsula—Judge Herbert G. Smith, 17, Court House, Newport News, Virginia Philadelphia—Allen Snyder, ’41, 2114 Benezet Road, Abington, Pennsylvania. Piedmont—Dr. J. P. Davis, ’30, Winston- Salem, North Carolina Pittsburgh—Anthony E. D’Emilio, Jr., ’41, 401 Plaza Building Richmond—Adrian Benheim, Jr., ’42, 1013 East Main Street Roanoke—Barton W. Morris, Jr., ’48, Times- World Corporation San Antonio—Carl C. Wurzbach, ’15, 505 Brady Building St. Louis—John L. Patterson, ’21, Pierce Bldg. Tri-State—H. Preston Henshaw, ’39, Hunting- ton, West Virginia Upper Potomac—William L. Wilson, JT; > 38s 525 Cumberland Street, Cumberland, Md. Washington, D. C.—Thomas_ C. Wilson, 43, 1000 Columbia Drive, Bucknell Manor, Alexandria, Virginia THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Published quarterly by The Washington and Lee University Alumni, Incorporated Drawer 897, 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 ddr. 2 ee Harry K. (Cy) Youne, 1917 Assistant Editor...... J. W. BENJAMIN, JR., 1954 Vol. XXVIII AUGUST, 1953 No. 4 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. President..... Witiiam L. WeEpssTER, 1912 Vice-President....Wyatr C. HEeprick, 1910 secretary... .. Harry K. (Cy) Youne, 1917 Treasurer... EMMETT W. POINDEXTER, 1920 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PauL C. Burorp, 1913 Hucu J. Bonino, 1936 EMMETT W. POINDEXTER, 1920 WiLiiAM L. WEBSTER, 1912 J. STEWART Buxton, 1936 Wyatt C. Hepricx, 1910 JOHN F. HENDON, 1924 H. L. SHury, 1924 THE COVER Were you among this crowd on the back campus at the Alumni Luncheon in June? This picture shows one of the largest crowds since our Bicentennial Alumni reunion. Make your plans now to be here for another big reunion in 1954. SOAIM IIOY} PUL S9YILOD [TeqQ}OO} 9y} YIM ‘ET, ‘YING YdIq 3deg uosyoun’T wunyy oy} }e Ayied pue ‘y81 ‘eT, ‘projng ‘dO [ned jWopriseig tuwtyy yeyo A[pusrsy e Surfolus “EQG6t JO SSeTD OY} JO ‘eIs1OdK ‘aT[IASeWOULL ‘adeTTeAA “LL We £6. ‘TPPPM UosuLsepy “APY ‘uUOrueduIod uOsYyoUT] SIP “G68 FOUIS May AIDA -qoy “Iq pure ‘Ayonjusy sT][IAsInoT ‘uosduresg ‘y ‘YW ‘els10ar ‘eluUETY ‘reweT ‘gd 'M PeSSIW Sey IFy ‘UOSYIUN'T 94} }e POUOPIAD UI YONUI AIDA SEM DMOFY SIMO] Sowef -1q The 204th Commencement Washington and Lee University celebrated its 204th graduation exercises on Friday, June 5, at 11:00 a.m., on the shaded campus. President Francis Pendleton Gaines announced the names of recipients of scholarships, awards and commissions. Seven members of the graduating class received commissions from the United States Army, making the first time the university's ROTC department has awarded second lieutenant’s bars to members of the ‘Transportation Corps unit, established here in 1951. Dr. Gaines delivered the tra- ditional commencement address to 194 graduates, and Benz Buell Howard, Jr., of Plainfield, New Jersey, was Valedictorian of the class. In his remarks to the gradu- ating class, Dr. Gaines disclaimed any “essay on the philosophy of education” or “a capsule solution to the problems of the universe,” and said he sought simply “the word of the day” for the graduates. The most vital “word of the day,” he said, is faith. He reminded the graduates of General Lee’s great- est spiritual bequest, the faith The Academic procession with Prof. Charles Light, Marshal of the University, leading which made him choose as his fav- orite hymn, “How firm a founda- tion. ..1is laid for your faith.” Alumni Board Meets; Elects New Otticers Wilham L. Webster, °12,. of Schenectady, New York, was elected president of the Washing- ton and Lee Alumni Association at the meeting of the Board of Listening attentively to Dr. Gaines at the Commencement exercises on a shady campus spot WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Trustees of the Association held in the Alumni Offices on Thursday, June 4. Mr. Webster is President of the Webster Motor Sales Co., Inc. He succeeds Paul C. Buford, 13, of Roanoke, Virginia. Other Alumni officers elected “were: Wyatt C. Hedrick, °10, of Fort Worth, Texas, vice-president, and Emmett W. Poindexter, ’20, of New York City, treasurer. Minutes of the Alumni Association Meeting The General Meeting of the Washington and Lee Alumni As- sociation was held June 4, 1953, at 2 p.m. in Washington Chapel. I. The meeting was called to order by President Paul C. Buford, 13, who greeted those present on behalf of the Alumni Board of Trustees. Il. Dr. Gaines spoke briefly to the group. Elaborating on the story of a campus visitor who had once asked him the question, “Who is Washington and Lee?”, Dr. Gaines emphasized that in answering he said that it is a fellowship of those who toil and of those who benefit 3 ! uo yoo] ‘60, ‘sexA'T BOL pue ArezaID9g yt pesofus aaey 0} Waes Ady} JNq 9deY }eOg FY} SOT MaID AWNIeY 9yL UUIn;y eu} ‘1Z, ‘preuAey[ e83100r) se ‘QT, ‘OH AyIOW s}9013 ‘GZ, “IIALIG YIV peztuesiosIp opis} e 1eedde Ady} se punoigai0j ay} Ul MoID ARNIeY 9YUL ainsiy [ed [eury from some measure of that toil. “But more than a fellowship, more than a fraternity, more than a friendship—it is a kind of ideal to which we all subscribe, which runs from one generation to another. Perhaps the ideal is that ideal of trying to discover the fine and gifted among the young and trying to give them some fulfillment of that promise. It is a kind of conse- cration. It is a kind of altar upon which we pour all that is fine with- in us.” Dr. Gaines went on to say, “I cannot imagine this University without the interest and the sup- port of its alumni. In fact, you alumni are the heart of Washing- ton and Lee. It could not exist with- out you. I thank you for all the help that you have given and I beg you to remember us in such ways and at such times that will make us a better institution.” Iii. H. K. Young, 717, Alumni Secretary, made a report on the ac- tivities of the association for the year 1952-1953. IV. Arch A. Sproul, ’37, ‘Treas- urer of the Association, made a re- port for the year ending June 30, 1952. This report showed that our Association had trans- Right—Dr. Gaines congratulates Jimmy Caskie, ’06, the Rector of the Univer- ferred to the University Treasurer $38,007.72. V. President Buford introduced Dean Lewis W. Adams of the Commerce School and Dean Clay- ton E. Williams, 712, of the Law School. At the 1952 General Alumni Meeting reports from the Dean’s Office and the Director of Admissions’ Office were well re- ceived and the Alumni Board sug- vested that other department heads be called upon at future meetings. Dean Adams paid tribute to the superior work that was done by Dean Robert H. Tucker and Dr. Glover Hancock, now retired, and also praised the high caliber of the present faculty. He spoke of the growth of the Commerce School and reported a present enrollment of 182 sophomores, juniors and seniors. An outstanding record has been made by these business stu- dents; in the past four years two of the valedictorians and two of the student body presidents have come from the School of Commerce. ‘This School has been a member of the American Association of Colle- giate Schools of Business since 1927—the Association has a mem- bership of 63 outstanding business schools in the country. sity Board of Trustees. Left—Cy Young, 717, talking with his hands to Walter McDowell, 710. In the background——Professors Riegel of Journalism and McDowell of Law. WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY JAMES R. CASKIE, A.B., ’06, LL.B. 09, of Lynchburg, Virginia, law firm of Caskie, Frost, Davidson and Watts, was elected Rector of the University Board of Trustees, at its meeting on Thursday, June 4, 1953. Mr. Caskie replaces Herbert Fitz- patrick, B.A. 92, LL.B. 793, LL.D. ’28, of Huntington, West Virginia, who will remain as a member of the board. Mr. Caskie has been a member of the board since 1924. Dr. Gaines com- mented after the meeting that he con- siders Mr. Caskie “one of the most useful trustees this university has ever had.” Dean Clayton Williams reported on the progress of the School of Law. He said the Law School has weathered many storms, worst of which was during World War II when enrollment dropped to two students. However, the GI’s came back rapidly, an accelerated pro- gram was established whereby a student, taking three semesters in one year, could complete three years of law in two years; and a peak enrollment of 254 students was reached in 1949. In 1951 the Law School was awarded a Chapter of the Order of the Coif. The Law faculty now consists of six full- time professors, one law librarian, and two visiting lecturers. Recent developments of note are: (1) a Student Bar Association, sponsored 5 SoS: R. W. Jordon, Jr., ’28, and Mrs. Jordon discussing a legal problem with Dean Clayton Williams, ’12 by the American Bar Association, and work on a Moot Court Room on the third floor of Tucker Hall; and (2) the formation of a Law School alumni group. VI. Coach Carl Wise gave a brief report on the football situa- tion and the prospects for the com- ing fall. He outlined many prob- lems facing our team and especially the difficult schedule to be met. The schedule is as follows: Sept. 19—Shepherd College—Lexington Sept. 26—Maryland—College Park Oct. <3-—North: Carolina—Chapel Hall Oct. 10—West Virginia—Morgantown Oct. 17—Richmond—Lexington Oct. 24—V.P.I.—Blacksburg Oct. 31—Geo. Washington—Lexington Nov. 7—Davidson—Winston-Salem Nov. 14——Virginia—Lexington (Home- coming) Nov. 21—William and Mary—Wil- liamsburg VII. The Director of Athletics, “Cap’n Dick” Smith, was called to give some information on the re- cent secession of seven members of the Southern Conference and how it affected Washington and Lee. It was his opinion the split was strictly a question of the secession- ists wanting to play big-time foot- ball. “Cap’n Dick,” who will re- 6 tire next January after 32 years connection with the University, took this opportunity to voice his thanks to the alumni for their co- operation and support. (NOTE: Since the meeting, Mr. Smith has been persuaded to serve in his present capacity at Washington and Lee for another year, retiring July 1, 1954.) VIII. President Buford read the report of the Nominating Commit- tee for Board replacements for Messrs. Buford and Sproul whose terms expire on this date. Mem- bers of the Nominating Committee, none of whom were able to attend this meeting, were J. L. Crist, 13, Chairman, Howard D. Leake, ’24, and George S. Wilson, ’25. Their recommendations were as follows: John F. Hendon, °24—Aca- demic, Birmingham, Alabama; Harry Lysle Shuey, ’24—Law, Morganton, North Carolina. A unanimous vote was cast for these two alumni. Recommendations for Alumni membership on the University Ath- letic Committee were Randolph Rouse, 739, Washington, D. C. and Warren E. Tilson, ’26, Lexington, Virginia. A unanimous vote was cast also for these two alumni. IX. On motion, the meeting ad- journed at approximately 3:20. Report of the Alumni Secretary On June 25, 1840, a group of former students met to organize the Alumni Association of Wash- ington College. It is stated in the by-laws of that early charter that the purposes of the Association were: “To keep fresh the pleas- ant memories of college life, to preserve and strengthen the ties of friendship then formed, and to ex- ercise a filial care over the inter- est and welfare of Alma Mater to whom we acknowledge a debt of gratitude never to be forgotten.” Now, 113 years after the organi- zation of your Alumni Association, it is with pride and pleasure I make a report which indicates Wash- ington and Lee alumni are still ex- ercising filial care over the interest and welfare of Alma Mater. * * * Certainly much was done dur- ing the past year to preserve and to strengthen Washington and Lee Football co-captains Jack Delahunty and Bob Thomas trade football uni- forms for Caps and Gowns THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Judge Herbert Smith, °17, and Douglas McG. Smith, ’53 friendships all over the nation. Chapter meetings have been held, since my report of last June, by 22 local Alumni associations in 14 different States: Johnson City, Tennessee; Baltimore, Maryland; Birmingham, Alabama; Charles- ton, West Virginia; Chicago, II- linois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Cleveland Ohio; Danville, Virginia; Louisville, Ken- tucky; Lynchburg, Virginia; Mem- phis, Tennessee; New York City; New Orleans, Louisiana; Shreve- port, Louisiana, Newport News, Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania; Richmond, Virginia; Roa- noke, Virginia; St. Louis, Missouri; Cumberland, Maryland; and Wash- ington, D.C. I personally attended twelve of these Chapter meetings, and one or more representatives of the Uni- versity were present at the others. Dr. Gaines was able to attend sey- eral of these meetings, and he is now planning an itinerary for the coming fall that will include many of our Southern and Southwestern cities. No new chapters were formed during the year but I can report that most of our alumni groups are more active than ever before and certainly they are a tremendous help and inspiration to the Alumni Association and to the University. + + + Your Alumni Association has had another good year in. all phases of its activity. Our Student- Alumni Relations program is _ be- coming more firmly established. We begin “talking Alumni Asso- ciation” at Freshman Camp even before the prospective alumnus has registered as a student; the pro- gram includes a dinner party for the seniors shortly before gradu- ation (at which the Association is host); and, to put it plainly, we never let a student forget that we plan to lean heavily upon him when he enters the alumni category. We have many opportunities to assist in student endeavor on the campus. A recent example made possible the recording of our own Washington and Lee songs. Our superior ROTC band, together with our excellent Glee Club, needed a sponsor to finance this project. We were happy to come to their rescue when they needed us, and realize full well that our alumni organiza- tion will need the support of all these men. Incidentally, the record is on sale here today. I recommend it highly. Capt. Greenlee D. Letcher, ’88, repre- sented the oldest class here for Finals and Hunter Lane, ’53, the youngest. WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Dr. T. Dewey Davis, 719, and T. Dewey, Jr., ’53 And while I am speaking of stu- dents, it will be of interest to re- cord that 89 sons of alumni were in the 1952-53 student body. To- morrow morning 16 of them will receive their diplomas as a part of our 204th graduating class. + * * As is our custom, The Alumni Magazine was published quarterly. The June, August and December issues went out to subscribers only (that 1s, to Alumni Fund contribu- tors), plus faculty members, fra- ternities, and exchanges. The March number, containing the Fund report, was mailed to the en- tire alumni list of 10,826. Also, I might add here that every student is put on the Magazine list, gratis, for one year when he graduates. The Alumni Magazine is compiled and edited right here in the Alumni Office and it is printed in the Uni- versity Journalism Press Labora- tory. A few articles are written by student journalists but the bulk of the material is assembled and written by the office staff, and most of the class notes are digests of letters written to the class agents. * * * Out of all the daily routine in t WILLIAM L. WEBSTER, A.B. ’12, elected president Washington and Lee Alumni Association for the year 1953- 1954. President, Webster Motor Sales C., Inc., Van Curler Motors, Inc., Bigs- bee Motor Co., Inc., and Hotel Van Curler; Director, Union National Bank. Address: 1044 State Street, Sche- nectady, New York. the Alumni Office, there is just one item I shall call to your attention now. Certainly no Alumni Office can function effectively without correct addresses for all of its alumni. I am sorry to have to re- port to you that at the present time there are approximately 800 for- mer students now unlocated on our files. We plan to concentrate on this important phase of the work during the summer months. Many of you will receive tracer-cards asking for help in locating a for- mer classmate or friend and we will appreciate anything you can do to help us. In a report of this type, I shall aim to omit many of the numer- ous details in which any alumni office is necessarily engaged—such as lists for meetings, lists for wed- ding invitations, requests for foot- ball tickets on the 50-yard line, room reservations, and so forth. We are delighted to be of service whenever we can. In reply to the numerous questions with regard to 8 Alumni Reunions at Finals, I will take this opportunity to report that we plan to begin shortly on the pro- eram of our 1954 Reunion for all classes on the order of the Bicen- tennial-Alumni Reunion of 1949. Beginning in the early fall pre- liminary plans will start reaching you. This will be the Bicentennial plus 5 years—and we hope to make it the grandest reunion ever. * * * Now I have come to that portion of my report which pleases me most. I refer to the Alumni Fund. Our annual Alumni Fund is one of the most significant elements in Washington and Lee’s financial operations. Each year the proceeds of this Annual Giving program are turned over to the Trustees of the University as unrestricted funds to be used wherever they will do the most good for the University. The year 1952 was the most successful for our Fund since it was started in 1933. Even in these days the total we received, $44,520.19, is a sizeable sum of money; and the 2,105 contributors who gave so generously total just exactly 119 more contributors than we have ever had before. But with 10,826 located alumni on our list, 20 per cent response is not enough. So much for the 1952 Fund. We must raise our sights if we are to continue to be of financial assistance to the University. Our goal this year was set at $50,000. As of this 4th day of June, I report $30,013.39 of this amount has already been raised. And may I add this is the largest amount of money I have ever been able to re- port at an Alumni Day General Meeting. I further report that the number of 1,344 contributors is the largest ever for this date. Our 87 class agents are turning in another great performance. I want to take this opportunity to ex- press to them my real gratitude for their cheerful and wholehearted cooperation. The Alumni Fund is filling a crucial need in the University fi- nancial picture. It must continue to do so if we want to preserve for our sons, and their sons, all that is good in Washington and Lee. * * + In closing I want to take this opportunity to thank our Alumni Board of Trustees for a job well done. They have directed the poll- cies of our Association with thoughtfulness and understanding. President Paul C. Buford has been in constant touch with the Alumni Office and with the entire adminis- trative staff of the University. He has furthered our cause immeasur- ably. Respectfully submitted, Harry K. YounG Faculty Changes Dr. Gaines has announced the appointment of seven new faculty members, the return of three pro- fessors from their leaves of absence and the resignation of five faculty members. The new appointments, effec- tive September 1, are: HARRY LYSLE SHUEY, LL.B. ’24, elected member of Washington and Lee Alumni Board of Trustees for a three-year term. President, Morgan- ton Furniture Co., Morganton, North Carolina. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE JOHN F. HENDON, B.S. ’24, elected member of Washington and Lee Alumni Board of Trustees for a _ three-year term. Operating Automobile Service, Parking, Gas and Oil Business. Ad- dress: 1631 North 3rd Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama. Jay. D. Cook, Jr, BiA. ’43, as assistant professor of accounting. Mr. Cook, who graduated with honors from Washington and Lee, has taught at Denison University. He will receive his Doctor’s degree from Ohio State University in the near future. Dr. Troy J. Laswell as assist- ant professor of geology. He is a eraduate of Berea College, received his Master’s degree at Oberlin and his Doctor’s degree from the Uni- versity of Missouri. He has taught at Berea, Oberlin and Missouri. Dr. James K. Shillington as as- sistant professor of chemistry. A graduate of Iowa State College, Dr. Shillington attended graduate school at Cornell University and received his Doctor’s degree in 1952. He has taught at Amherst College. Wilfred J. Ritz as associate pro- fessor of law, received his A.B. degree here in 1938, LL.B. at the University of Richmond in 1950 and LL.M. at Harvard Law School in 1951. He was assistant profes- sor of law at Wake Forest School of Law. James: W. -H.- Stewart, A.B.; University of Alabama, 1949, LL.B. Washington and Lee, sum- ma cum laude, and LL.M. Har- vard, 1953, as assistant professor and law librarian. Dr. David Worth Sprunt, di- rector of religious work and asso- ciate professor of religion. A grad- uate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Mr. Sprunt received his A.B. de- gree from Davidson in 1940 and his D.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 194.3, and after a tour of duty with the Navy, attended graduate school at Princeton, the University of Zurich, the Univer- sity of Edinburgh, the University of Vienna, Union Theological Seminary and the University of North Carolina. John H. Wise, as associate pro- fessor in chemistry. Haverford College, B.S., Brown University, Ph. D., Mr. Wise comes from Stanford University where he has been an assistant professor. The following will return from leaves of absence in September: Dr. Lynton Lomas Barrett, pro- fessor of Spanish, after two years of study in Ecuador; Dr. George H. Foster, ’34, associate professor of English, after one year with Walt Disney films; and Assistant Pro- fessor R. Winter Royston, 731, of the mathematics department, after two years of study at the Univer- sity of Michigan. Resignations have been accepted from Keith F. Oles as assistant pro- fessor of geology; Ashley Brown as instructor in English; Leonard Rex Criminale, B.A. ’46, as assist- ant professor of Spanish, Walter M. Miller as assistant professor of mathematics, and Dr. H. Milton Colvin as professor of law. Edgar Shannon, ‘39, Awarded Fellowship The March issue of the Alumni Magazine carried a note on the publication last fall by the Har- WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY vard University Press of “Tenny- son and the Reviewers,” by Dr. Edear Fo Shannon, Jr.,- BA. °39, A.M. Duke ’41, Ph. D. Oxford °4.9. Dr. Shannon was among 191 scholars and artists from the United States, Canada and Ene- land awarded fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Mem- orial Foundation recently an- nounced. He has received a sabbat- ical leave of absence from his po- sition as assistant professor of English at Harvard University to do research in England for the sec- ond volume of “Tennyson and the Reviewers.” Dr. Shannon has been author- ized by the Tennyson family to begin collecting Tennyson’s _let- ters for a definitive volume which he plans to publish later. Many of these letters are now in the hands of the poet’s grandson and great- grandson, the present Lord ‘Tenny- son, who are allowing him to make use of them. He sailed on June 17 for South- ampton, England, where he ex- pects to be for about fourteen months. He is the son of the late Dr. Edgar F. Shannon, professor and head of the Department of English at Washington and Lee. the Law Class of 1928 9 Dick McLaughlin Exudes Good Humor The following story on RICHARD JAMES (Dick) McLAuGHLIN, B.S. ’35, written by a co-worker, appeared in a recent issue of the Cleveland Press, Cleveland, Ohio. The most amazing thing about Richard James McLaughlin—as viewed from an adjoining desk—is the balding little fellow’s appar- ently inexhaustible stock of good humor. Dick may be sitting at his desk, furiously pounding out an impor- tant news story, with only a few minutes to go to an edition dead- line, when a stray citizen wanders over and taps him on the shoulder. “Where,” he asks, “should I go to get a copy of the Milt Widder diet?” Most mortals would have a curt, clear, friendlosing response. But Dick pauses graciously, smiles pleasantly and courteously directs the stranger to the Public Service Department. Then his fidgety fingers resume their ballet on the typewriter, rushing to make up for the precious lost moment. During 17 years on The Press— with time out to be an advance rifle scout with infantry at Anzio and get shot at by the Germans as he marched through France, Ger- many and Austria—Dick hasn’t missed any deadlines, despite his polite reaction to interruptions. In the newspaper trade, Dick McLaughlin is regarded as a master craftsman. He does some legwork, and his byline appears on many sparkling reports, but his major output is the anonymous daily grist of heartache, tragedy and good fortune that is the back- bone of the daily newspaper. The tools with which he works are telephone, typewriter and vo- cabulary. Press reporters phone in the facts to Dick, and he deftly fashions them into vivid, under- standable accounts. The piecing together has to be 10 Dick McLaughlin, *35 done at high speed, with maximum accuracy. Reporters like to turn in stories to Dick McLaughlin be- cause he has the knack of polishing their descriptions into moving language, and has a sixth sense for the “human interest angle”—part of the event that will be most inter- esting to the average reader. “I like to write,” he explains simply. “I never had any desire to be an executive. This is about the only kind of work I’ve ever wanted to do.” Dick was born at Elyria 39 years ago. His journalistic start was as a sports writer on the Lake- wood High Times. He later at- tended Washington and Lee Uni- versity and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern Uni- versity. The Press is the only newspaper Dick has ever worked for. He likes it here, and the feeling is mutual. “Anything the city desk tells me to do, Pll do,” is his philosophy. Some of his assignments were: Squatting in a tent at the Sta- dium gate for three days to get the first bleacher seat to the 1948 World Series. He didn’t budge when the Health department cited him for camping without a permit. Running down the Palace Thea- ter isle in a nightshirt as a stooge for Olsen and Johnson. Living on grass and drinking parsnip coffee to test the edibility of same. Carrying a spear in an opera. Dick’s past includes terms as book and church editor of The Press. His week includes writing “Mac’s Tips for the Week End,” popular Saturday feature. Dick’s spare time is chiefly di- vided between reading books to himself and funnies to his children, Richard Jr., 6, and Jamie, 3, in their home at 20512 Beaconsfield Road, Rocky River. Oh yes—he won a Bronze Star while he was in the 15th Regiment of the Third Infantry Division, one of the Army’s most-decorated units. His explanation of the award: “Oh, medals were worth points toward getting you home faster—so we all got one or two.” Dr. Moger Named Film Educational Consultant Dr. Allen W. Moger, professor of history at Washington and Lee, has been asked by Coronet Instruc- tional Films of Chicago to serve as educational collaborator in the making of three films on the period of the American Revolution. Dr. Moger served as educa- tional advisor for the company in the making of the recently com- pleted film on Robert E. Lee. The subjects of the three new films will be the causes of the Revolution, the colonies in arms, and the new nation. These films are being made for instructional purposes in Amerl- can history and the social sciences in schools and colleges. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE (Condensed from an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch by SALLY LEVERTY.) An unsigned portrait of a young woman in eighteenth century dress hangs in the museum of the Lee Memorial Chapel. Against a dark background the lady lifts her head proudly. Dark brown hair is dressed high over the ears, with two soft curls on the forehead. Her silver-white brocade gown is made with pointed basque, and a frill of fine lace edges the low neckline which is outlined in gold braid. A dark blue velvet cloak with lilac- colored lining is thrown back from her shoulders. About her neck is looped a thin gold chain to which is fastened the miniature pinned below her breast. The miniature is the head of George Washington. Around its narrow gold frame is inscribed: “George Washington to His Dear Ann.” Careful scrutiny reveals that several links of the chain are missing. The portrait is thought to be of Ann Carter Lee, mother of Robert E. Lee. It has proved impossible to authenticate it completely, so the museum authorities have hung it there without identification. ‘The portrait was found many years ago in Italy, and left to the Uni- versity by Francis Augustus Mc- Nutt, who bought it in Rome around 1900. Dr. Douglas Freeman’s _ bio- graphy of “R. E. Lee” gives some background information. Beneath the reproduction of R. E. Lee’s father, General “Light Horse Harry” Lee, is the notation: “No well authenticated portrait of the mother of Robert Edward Lee is known to be in existence, although what is believed by some to be a painting of her was found in Rome several years ago.” The biography, of course, includes information about Lee’s mother and her part in shaping Lee’s life and character. Robert FE. Lee, born at Stratford in 1807, was the fourth child of Anne Carter Lee, and “Light Horse Harry” Lee, brilliant and glamor- ous hero of the Revolution, special favorite of George Washington, member of the Continental Con- gress, and in 1793, at the time of their marriage, Governor of Vir- oinia. Lea Booth Changes Jobs Lea Boorn, *40, recently staff head of the Committee on House Administration, Washington, and formerly head of public relations WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY at Washington and Lee, has ac- cepted the post of executive secre- tary of the Virginia Federation of Independent Colleges, with head- quarters in Lynchburg, Virginia. He assumed office on August 1, 1953. Dr. Gaines is president of the foundation which is made up of twelve independent colleges in the state and was established in 1952 to solicit financial and other sup- port for the schools. Booth, who will direct a cooperative public relations program for the founda- tion, was described by Dr. Gaines as having “every quality necessary for doing a magnificent job.” 1] rE tg Portrait of Robert E. Lee’s Mother? © W. and L. Student Is Author of Novel A Washington and Lee Univer- sity junior will be among the new novelists presented to the American reading public in 1954. Glenn Scott, a 20-year-old, crew-cut Vir- ginian recently signed a contract with E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., of New York for publication of his first novel, “A Sound of Voices Dying.” Scott has aspired to be a writer since he was 15. His early writing consisted of mystery stories, and while attending Smithfield High School he worked on his father’s weekly paper, the Smithfield Times. He wrote a radio adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s short, “The Cask of Amontillado” which was broad- cast over WRVA in Richmond by the Sound Stage radio group di- rected by Warner Twyford. The same group turned down another script by Scott which was a science-fiction story involving the assassination of the President of the United States. His story was written before the attempt on Har- ry Truman’s life. At Washington and Lee Scott, a journalism major, has contributed short stories to the literary mag- azine, Shenandoah, and to the stu- dent humor magazine, The South- ern Collegian, of which he is now editor. Scott wrote his 90,000 word novel during the summer of 1951 between his freshman and sopho- more years. He worked on it only for two or three hours each night since his work on his father’s news- paper kept him busy during the day. He averaged more than 1,000 words a night. In creative writing class under Dr. George Foster, who is now a script writer for the Walt Disney Studio in Hollywood, he revised his 366 page manuscript. Last year a Vice-President of E. P. Dutton and Co. came through Lexington 12 scouting for manuscripts. Scott submitted his, and three weeks later received a letter saying that the company wanted to talk to him about his book. Subsequent talks led to the recently signed contract and a tentative publication date of February, 1954. The novel grew out of Scott’s experiences and observations at Washington and Lee. It tells the story of an “ordinary” boy’s growth and experience at “Philips-White- head University, a gentleman’s school in southwestern Virginia.” Scott says his book is not autobio- graphical although parts of it may resemble campus life at Wash- ington and Lee. The story affirms the author’s belief that today’s col- lege youth has a better outlook on life than the “jazz-age” generation portrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the twenties. The title of Scott’s novel, “A Sound of Voices Dying,” represents the theme of the book, that in growing up, memories of childhood and adolescence fade away. Last summer Scott took a tour of Europe. After he finishes the necessary revisions on his con- tracted book, he expects to start his second novel telling about American youth in Europe. If his first novel should click, Virginia may well have another celebrity to claim, but don’t tell anyone that the author in question flunked English in the sixth grade. W. and L. Alumni On Official Visits Lron W. Harris, LL.B. ?15— The twenty-fifth anniversary con- vocation honoring President Annie Dove Denmark, Anderson College, Anderson, South Carolina, Feb- ruary 14. EpmMuND D. CampBELL, B.A. "18, LL.B. ’22—The inaugura- tion of Dr. Hurst Robins Anderson as the new President of American University, February 24, Wash- ington, D.C. EMMETT W. POINDEXTER, B.A. ’20—The inauguration of Buell Gordon Gallagher as the seventh President of The City Col- lege of New York, February 19. GABRIEL DE LA Hapa, LL.B. '17—The Fiftieth Anniversary Ceremonies of the University of Puerto, Rico, Rio Piedras, March 12. Evi H. Fink, B.A. ’32, LL.B. ’°35— The Centennial Celebration of the University of Florida, Gaines- ville, Florida, in March. GeEorRGE H. Foster, B.A. 734, M.A. ’35—The inauguration of Chancellor Raymond B. Allen, The University of California, Los An- gveles campus, March 20. Dr. R. GLENN Craic, B.A. ’17—The 85th Charter Anniver- sary of the University of California and the inauguration of Dr. Clark Kerr as the Chancellor of the Ber- keley campus, March 23. JOHN G. HERNDON, B.A. 711, M.A. ’712—The meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, April 10 and 11. JosEPpH M. Hott, B.S. 725, LL.B. ’29—The inauguration of Dr. Ralph Murray as the thirty- first president of Greenbrier Col- lege, Lewisburg, West Virginia, April 17. GeorGceE T. Ciark, Jr., LL.B. ’°25—The inauguration of Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson as president of the University of Miami, Florida, May 7. Lancpon L. Sxarpa, LL.B. °38—The inauguration of Dr. Ed- ward Newlon Jones as the sixth president of Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas, May 18. BENJAMIN F. Fiery, B.A. "13—The inauguration of Dr. G. Brooks Earnest as President of Fenn College, Cleveland, Ohio, May 9. Witt PoLtk KirKMAN, B.S. ’94.— The inauguration of Dr. Ran- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE son Kelly White as president of Belmont College, Nashville, Ten- nessee, May 18. Joun. S. Stump, Jr., LLB. ’24—The inauguration of Dr. John Wesley Pence as the twen- tieth president of Fairmont State College, Fairmont, West Virginia, May l. Ears. §:. MATTINGLY, B.A. ’°25—The exercises in connection with the dedication of the Fine Arts Center and the Student Activities Building, Mary Washington Col- lege of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, May 9. Bill Wertz Elected To High Position WitiiamM H. H. Wertz, B.A. 33, forty-three years old, the youngest man ever elected to the national presidency of the Izaac Walton League, was chosen presi- dent of the 43,000-member or- ganization at the national conven- tion in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on June 6, 1953. He has been a member of the league for 12 years, serving as president of the Wayne County chapter, vice-president of the Ohio Division, national direc- tor for three years, and is current- Bill Wertz, ’33 ly head of the Ohio chapter, a directive committee. His wife, Bon- nie Jean, is also interested in the league. She organized the first wo- men’s chapter of Izaac Walton in Wooster, Ohio, four years ago, and spoke at the national conven- tion of the league in 1949, outlin- ing plans for women’s units. The Wertzes have two daughters, Mardie 14, and Bonnie Jean 10, and one son, Edwin 12. After gvraduation here with the A.B. de- oree, Mr. Wertz received the LL.B. degree from National Uni- versity Law School, Ohio State University. Karly Newspapers Presented to W&L Two old Colonial newspapers, printed on a Boston hand press in 1769, have been presented to the Lee Memorial Journalism Foun- dation at Washington and Lee as a reminder that this free nation has been built upon a free press. The two papers, still legible, al- though almost two centuries old, are a gift of Dudley A. White, II, a 1951 journalism graduate, and now co-publisher along with his father of the Norwalk, Ohio, Reflector-Herald. The Whites also publish the Register-Star-News at Sandusky, Ohio. One of the papers is the Boston weekly News-Letter, printed by Richard Draper at his printing of- fice in Newbury Street on Thurs- day, May 4, 1769. The other is the Massachusetts Gazette, “pub- lished by authority” by Draper on the same day. Both reflect life in the American colonies at a time when difficulties with the mother country were reaching a danger- ous state and independence was uppermost in many men’s minds. O. W. Riegel, director of the Lee Memorial Journalism Foun- dation, had both of the old news- papers permanently preserved. First, the papers were permeated with a plastic preservative, then WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Fred Bartenstein Named Counsel FREDERICK BARTENSTEIN, B.A. 739, LL.B. ’41, has been ap- pointed Counsel of Merck & Co., Inc., manufacturing chemists, as of June 22, 1953. He was form- erly General Attorney and head of the Legal Department. He joined the Merck organization in 1942 as a member of the Legal Depart- ment. In 1947 he was appointed Associate Attorney, and in 1949 he became the company’s General Attorney. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the As- sociation of the Bar of the City of New York, and the New York State Bar Association. Address: Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey. His wife is the former Isa- bel Anderson of Lexington, Vir- ginia, and they have two sons, Frederick, Jr., and Arthur Ander- son. encased in an air-tight double glass aluminum frame, similar to those used by the Library of Con- gress to preserve historic state doc- uments. The frame is hinged to a walnut base mounted on the wall of the journalism lecture room so that students may swing it out to read both sides of the papers. IS Director of University Development Appointed President Gaines has announced the appointment of Donald E. Smith, of Worcester, Massachu- setts, as Director of University De- velopment at Washington and Lee. Smith, secretary-treasurer of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association, will assume his duties at Washington and Lee on September 1. In announcing Smith’s appoint- ment to the newly-created post at Washington and Lee, Dr. Gaines said Smith will work closely with the Alumni Association and the administration in a broad develop- ment program designed to fit the university’s growth in its third century. Pointing out Smith’s highly suc- cessful work at W.P.I., Dr. Gaines said his appointment ended a thorough search among qualified college executives for the Wash- ington and Lee position. “Mr. Smith’s work at W.P.I. has been among the most successful in the United States and I am highly gratified to have him at Washing- ton and Lee,” Dr. Gaines said. As one of the country’s fore- most alumni executives, Smith served as chairman of District I of the American Alumni Council from 1949 to 1951, and was chair- man of the General Conference of the American Alumni Council in 1952 and will serve again in this capacity in 1954. He served as a member of the board of directors of the alumni group in 1949-52. Smith graduated from W.P.I. with distinction in 1941, receiving a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. He received his Master of Arts in education at Clark University this past June, his thesis concentrating on develop- ment offices. After working in New York City and Newport News, Virginia, with engineering concerns Smith re- 14 turned to W.P.I. as an instructor in civil engineering in 1942. He taught at New Mexico Col- lege of A.&M. for one semester, prior to joining the Navy in 1944. In the service, Smith served as com- munications officer aboard the U.S.S. Maumee, a Navy tanker. He returned to W.P.I. in 1946 as secretary-treasurer of the Alumni Association and as editor of the institute’s alumni magazine. Smith, 34, 1s married to the former Miss Nathalie Jewitt, of Worcester. They have two chil- dren, David, 5, and Deborah Balch, 32. Local Chapter Meetings HOUSTON, TEXAS The first rezular meeting of the Houston, Texas, chapter of the W. and L. Alumni Association was held at River Oaks Country Club on July 8, 1953, with forty-eight alumni and wives present. The Washington and Lee color movie was shown and very much enjoyed. Guests of the chapter were: Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Peeples and the Rey- erend Herbert Miller. Ben Ditto, ’43, president of the chapter, was re-elected to serve for another year. Dr. Gaines will meet with the Houston chupter in the fall. CLEVELAND, OHIO The Cleveland Chapter of Washington and Lee Alumni held their spring meeting with a buffet supper at the home of Dr. John D. Battle, ’34, 14311 South Wood- land Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio, on the evening of June 12, 1953. About twenty alumni attended, with several out of town mem- bers present. At the business meeting follow- ing, Paul Holden, ’38, was elected president, Clinton Van Vliet, 41, vice-president, Dan Woolridge, 51, treasurer, and Roy Prentiss, "44. was re-elected secretary. The outgoing officers, Dr. John Battle, 34, Bill Murray, °41, and Buz Fraier, ’48, all of whom served at least two terms, were given a strong vote of appreciation. It was decided that the annual football meeting again be com- bined with a Cleveland Brown foot- ball game in November. It was asked that graduates who return to Northern Ohio and those who may move there, contact Roy Prentiss at Apex Electrical Mfg. Company, Ulster 1-4200, so they can be advised of the meeting. After the meeting the group at- tended the Indian-Yankee game— the start of a “lost week-end,” base- ball wise. Alumni meeting at a ghost town in Alaska where two or three families re- main from a city of 4,000. The picture was taken in front of the Old Saloon, which still remains open. Left, John Mehler, ’39, librarian at the University of Alaska, and Walter Flick, ’24, teach- ing in the summer school there, are singing College Friendships, much to the confusion of the few Indians and Eskimos looking on. The University is at College, Alaska. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Class BB ..8' Captain Greenlee D. Letcher has re- ceived from Robert T. Stevens, Sec- retary of the Army, an appointment as a Reserve Commissioned Officer with the grade of Captain in the Army of the United States, dated March 2, 1953. DE e's Leslie M. Crouch is practicing law in partnership with his son, Leslie M., Jr., with offices in the Citizens National Bank Building, Harrisonville, Missouri. O4.... Dr. M. T. McClure retired in Sep- tember, 1951, to emeritus status after thirty years at the University of Illinois. On June 18 he was to make the com- mencement address to the University of Illinois Colleges of Medicine, Phar- macy and Dentistry. Address: 1101 West University Avenue, Champaign, Illinois. Lt. Col. John McClure retired from New Mexico Military Institute, Ros- well, New Mexico, in 1948, after forty years of service as head of the de- partment of chemistry. He served 12 years on the Roswell City Council and 25 years as elder and trustee of the Presbyterian Church and has held many offices in Masonic bodies. He has two children, Frances, now the wife of Col. R. P. Kirk, now serving in Korea, and John, Jr., who graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1953, now a Lt. Col. in the Engineers, has been with the planning division in Frankfort, Germany, the past two years. Address: 1312 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Ros- well, New Mexico. OO. 6% Ira T. Ritenour has recently built a new home in Pendroy, Montana. He is still operating his large farm but is taking life easier since his daughter and son-in-law are living on the farm and taking much of the responsibility. He and Mrs. Ritenour had an extensive trip during February and March, driv- ing through Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Address: Pendroy, Montana. Claude P. Light, A.B. 706, LL.B. ’11, is the editor of this year’s edition of the Annual of the Law Class of 1911, s | Ee : ==] ont ig a es “AZM gail yp Ss. me } SSeS ee ’ ite a i an vi uh Haymes l MY 1 Hi Ls Let us remind you again that the ma- terial from which these notes was compiled consists of letters received by the class agents during the spring and summer and from questionnaires returned by alumni during that period. If notes are not up-to-date, we would appreciate any further information you can let us have which was distributed to members of the class in the early spring. This 39th edition of the Annual is in attractive form and contains newsy letters from 16 members of the class. Claude is practicing law in Parkersburg, West Virginia. OS © as, Wheatley M. Johnson is operating the Clover Hill Farm, established in 1770, Manassas, Virginia. His oldest son, Marshall, graduated here in 1942 in Journalism, served in the Air Force, and is now in Richmond with the As- sociated Press. He is married and has a son, 7 years old. The second son is with his father in the dairy farm bus- iness at Manassas, the youngest boy is now in Korea in the Signal Corps. Mr. Johnson has two daughters, one of whom is married and the other liv- ing at home. O90 a. L. T. Wilson was retired from the U. S. Naval Academy on June 30, 1951, with the title, ‘‘Professor Emeritus U.S. Navy.” In September of the same year he joined the faculty of the Jack- sonville, Alabama, State Teachers Col- lege, where he is Professor of Mathe- matics and Physics. His wife (Ph.D. Cornell) is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics in the same college. They are greatly enjoying their new home. Address: 421 North Pelham Road, Jacksonville, Alabama. Oscar R. Price writes his class agent that although he thinks he has retired, it can’t be done. He is living with his niece at 3952 Douglas Road, Miami 33, Florida, taking care of 2,500 to 3,000 orchids, besides about five acres in the yard and some 50 fruit trees. However, WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Notes he admits that he plays golf on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and has just gotten back from a trip to Mexico and Ocapulco. We can’t sym- pathize with him too much. TOs. 6 William Gaines Lackey is president of the First National Bank of Buena Vista, Virginia. El oe ans Fred P. Guthrie is still with the Radio Corporation of America, but in another capacity. On February 1, he transferred, after thirty years with the telegraph part of the company, to the R.C.A. Frequency Bureau. Resi- dence address: 4301 Argyle Terrace, N.W., Washington 11, D.C. 12 es Col. Paul A. Rockwell wis overseas with the Air Force for some four years during World War II, and since that time has been spending about half his time in this country and half in France. He writes that he is more or less retired, but does some writing on _ historical subjects and a great deal of research on the Confederacy, which has become more and more his passion. - Dr. George F. Ordeman, manager of the Wood River, Illinois, refinery of Standard Oil Company, retired on August 1, 1953. Dr. Ordeman joined Standard in 1919 as a chemist at Whit- ing, Indiana. After successively impor- tant positions with the company he was advanced to manager at Wood River in 1946. At Washington and Lee Dr. Orde- man received the B.S. degree in chemistry and mining, and Ph.D. in chemistry at Johns Hopkins in 1916. He was associate professor of chem- istry at Washington and Lee for two years. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta social fraternity. Address: 1204 Logan Street, Alton, Illinois. ie ear Joseph Richard Mighell has been with Mobile Steel Company for prac- tically all of his business career, serv- ing in many capacities, and at present is its president. He has taken more than passing interest in civic affairs. Presently he is a director in the First 15 National Bank of Mobile; vice-presi- dent of the Mobile Chamber of Com- merce; vice-president and trustee of the Mobile Infirmary Association, which has just completed a four and a half million dollar modern hospital. a Robert P. Hobson sends his Class Agent the news that he now has a grandson, Robert C. Hobson, who will be a freshman at Washington and Lee in the fall of 1970. Address: Suite 1805-28, Kentucky Home Life Building, Louisville, Kentucky. BD Se. Arthur M. Birdsall is a member of the law firm of Birdsall and Madison, 714 Tenth Avenue, Belmar, New Jersey. He and Mrs. Birdsall have three daugh- ters, all married, and two. grand- children. They were planning an ex- tended trip through the west beginning the latter part of June. Loring C. Kackley, after serving 15 years as Trial Justice of Clarke County, became the Clerk of the Circuit Court April 1, 1947, by appointment follow- ing the resignation of the Clerk to enter private practice of law. He has since been reelected to serve for the term to expire December 31, 1959. Mr. Kackley re-married October 23, 1950, after five years a widower. Mrs. Kack- ley is Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank of Berryville. Address: Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Clarke County, Berryville, Virginia. 16 0's Dr. Wiley D. Forbus, Chairman of the Duke University Medical School’s Pathology Department, has _ been granted a temporary leave of absence to accept a six-months assignment as a Mutual Security Agency consultant in Formosa. Dr. Forbus’s primary task will be to assist in the rehabilitation of the National Taiwan University Medi- cal School, Taipeh, Taiwan. He was to leave Durham on July 20, accompanied by Mrs. Forbus. TO Gs Homer A. Holt, former governor of West Virginia and recently director, vice-president and general counsel for Union Carbide, is returning to private practice of law in Charleston, West Virginia. His resignation will be ef- fective August 31, but he will continue as director and a member of the exec- utive committee, and as an attorney © and counselor. Ady § wip D. Boone Dawson, since the first of the year, has been attorney for the 16 Kanawha County Court. Address: National Bank of Commerce Building, Charleston, West Virginia. John Boyd Hoke is connected with three engineering construction firms; The Potomac Construction Co., of which he is secretary and treasurer; the Asphalt Products Co., manufactur- ers of bituminous paving material and paving construction, of which he is partner and manager; and Skelly & Hoke, an engineering firm doing con- sultant engineering and construction. His step-son, Wallace K. Bishop, ’51, eraduated from the Cornell School of Engineering last year and is still at Cornell doing graduate work in his profession. The Hokes have a younger son, John Boyd, Jr., who will be eligible for Washington and Lee in 1956. Ad- dress: 650 West Race Street, Martins- burg, West Virginia. George D. Felix has been appointed right-of-way engineer for the Virginia Department of Highways as of June 24, 1953. He received his B.S. degree from Washington and Lee in 1921 and a civil engineering degree here in 1924. He joined the Highway Department when.he was made resident engineer in Williamsburg. He was later resident engineer in Wytheville and Covington and in 1938 became district engineer for the Bristol District. He is a Mason, member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity and of Grace Covenant Pres- byterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Address: State Highway Office Build- ing, Richmond 19, Virginia. 2a gikic Walter H. Scott is practicing law in Roanoke, Virginia, with offices at 132 A, Campbell Avenue. Since he came out of the service he has been very much interested in the American Legion, and has been commander of the largest Legion post in the state which owns all the stock in the County Fair Association and Roanoke’s only municipal auditorium. He is serving as chairman of the American Legion state convention in August, 1953. Walter G. Burton is a member of the law firm of Burton and Griffin, Prince- ton, West Virginia. His daughter grad- uated from college this year with a B.S. in education. His son, Walter W., will be a sophomore at Washington and Lee next year, and another son, 16 years old, is a junior in the Princeton High School. Ogden Shropshire has been in the stock and bond business since gradu- ating from the University of Alabama in 1924, and has had his own firm since 1939—-Shropshire & Co., 207 First National Bank Annex, Mobile 6, Ala- bama. His daughter is a junior at the University of Alabama (after two years of Randolph Macon) and his son, Bill, is entering Washington and Lee as a fresnman this fall. James W. Wilkinson has his own general insurance business at 120 East Fourth Street, Charlotte, North Caro- lina. He was married to Nell Marsh of Charlotte in 1927. They have one daughter who graduated from Chatham Hall last year and in May, 1953, was a member of the freshman class at Smith College. James Bain Price has been in the Industrial Supply Business contin- uously since leaving Washington and Lee, until disposing of his interest in 1952. He and his wife, Katherine, at- tended the Washington and Lee-Van- derbilt game in Nashville last fall and saw many old friends. Address: 2290 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, Texas. Otis Howe and his family have fiin- ished cutting down their timber hold- ings and, although they still use the Howe Lumber Company, Inc., as the name of their firm, they are strictly in the farming business raising mostly cotton and rice. The Howes have been faithful to Washington and Lee—Otis, 24, his sons, Otis, Jr., ’52, Jimmie, a freshman in 1952, and the youngest son, John, eight years old, looking forward to being here in the future. Three uncles of these boys, French McKnight, and Jimmy Thomas, both of the class of 1923, and Bob Howe, ’28, and a cousin, Bob Thomas, ’53, are also grad- uates of W&L. The Rev. Robert B. Campbell came to Hickory, North Carolina, from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947 as Rector of the Church of The Ascension. Since that time the congregation has raised and built a $125,000 church. This was in the first two years after Mr. Camp- bell came to Hickory. By the canons of the church, church buildings can- not be consecrated until the church is debt free. The church was consecrated on February 8, 1953. Francis W. Plowman, vice-president of Scott Paper Co., Chester, Pennsyl- vania, has been named assistant to the president. He will head a new program aimed at doubling the company sales volume by 1958. Residence address: 425 North Swarthmore Ave., Swarth- more, Pennsylvania. Charles H. Phillips was a candidate for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates in the Democratic pri- mary on July 14, 1953. Address: Mu- tual Building, Richmond, Virginia. ZO ia Ransom B. Houchins, formerly with the Veterans Administration, returned to the practice of law in 1948, with of- fices in Mountain Trust Building, Roa- noke, Virginia. Address: P. O. Box 744, Roanoke, Virginia. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Newton A. Black has become asso- ciated with A. M. Kidder & Company of 127 North Main Street, Orlando, Florida, as a registered representative. C. Walton Rex is president of Rex- McGill Investment Corporation of 128 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida. He has a married son and two grand- sons. BW. oe Cyrus O. Davajan lived in Teheran, tran, from .1927 to: 1934, .. where > he practiced law and was engaged in construction business. He is married and has a lovely wife and two children. His daughter is graduating this year from San Jose State College—majoring in art; his son is in his first year at Stanford University—he will study medicine. Mr. Davajan decided not to follow his profession after his return to this country as it would take five more years to become an American citizen before he would be allowed to take his State Bar Examination. Ad- dress: 204 Sycamore Avenue, Modesto, California. 2s John O. Strickler has been appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Strickler is a life- long Republican and is prominent in party affairs in Roanoke and the Sixth District. His son, John Glenwood, re- ceived his A.B. degree from Wash- ington and Lee in 1950, and LL.B. in 1952. Address: 115 West Kirk Avenue, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia. Edwin (Eddy) Lanier Gilmore and his family are now enroute to the United States from Russia, where he has been AP correspondent in Moscow since January 1948. A recent lifting of government restrictions by the Soviets enabled Mrs. Gilmore, the former Tamara Chermashova, a Russian, to travel outside the country. The Gil- mores have two daughters, Vicki and Suzanna. 20 bis Charles K. Hauke has been practicing as a certified public accountant for several years, and for the past three years has been in business for him- self with offices in the Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan. His prin- cipal recreation is flying, with the ac- cent on gliders. He says, “While this isn’t the best soaring country, we oc- casionally make flights of 5 or 6 hours.” Address: 680 Delaware, Detroit 2, Michigan. BD an oi Dr. Robert H. Williams, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, D. RAYMOND SNIVELY, ’23, has been named _ vice-president in charge of sales of the Hagerstown Leather Goods Company, manu- facturers of an extensive line of billfolds and leather specialties. For the last eighteen months, he served as sales promotion mana- ger of W. D. Byron & Sons, Inc., leather tanners, recently resigning to accept the new position with the Hagerstown Leather Goods Com- pany. Mr. Snively is exceedingly well known in the billfold trade, having been associated with the Hagers- town Leather Company for 26 years prior to his association with W. D. Byron & Sons, Inc. Seattle 5, Washington, received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1934. Much of his research work, particularly in recent years, deals with the application of chemistry to fundamental clinical problems. 30 28s Col., AGC, Harry E. Trail, for the past year has had the extremely in- teresting assignment of Administra- tive Advisor to the Cuban Army. He has been one of a small group consti- tuting a Mission to reorganize and train their Army. He says they are good, too, and someday may be a valuable ally. Col. Trail says, “The years spent under Doctors Hancock and Tucker have often been helpful in this work (the only difficulty being they didn’t teach us these fundamen- tals in Spanish.)” Address: United Army Mission in Cuba, Ciudad Militar, Havana, Cuba. M. P. Lindsay is still operating his lumber and building supply business in Prichard; Alabama, with.’ which he WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY has been associated for some years. He has been married since 1944, and has a daughter seven years old. Address: P. O. Box 191, Prichard, Alabama. at es Eugene Johnson has recently com- pleted 20 years service with the duPont Company in Waynesboro, Virginia. Ad- dress: 816 Fourteenth St., Waynesboro, Virginia. George Junkin has had a busy year with the Department of Agriculture as an Actuary for Federal Crop In- surance Corporation. He and_ his family, wife and two children, made a trip to Austin, Texas, his old home, in June. D2 aes Dr. William D. Hoyt, Jr., Associate Professor of History at Loyola Col- lege, Baltimore, has been named LJi- brarian of the College, with a re- duced teaching schedule. Ross L. Malone, with no solicitation on his part and to his complete sur- prise, on July 1, last year, was offered an appointment as Deputy General of the United States, to serve under At- torney General McGranary. He ac- cepted the appointment only when he realized that there was a real service to be performed in trying to “get the Department of Justice back on the track” and that he might be able to make a contribution to that end. He spent a very interesting and strenuous six months in the job, having stayed on after the change of administration for a short period to assist Attorney Gen- eral Brownell during the transition period. He returned to his firm in Roswell on March 1, and is more than happy to be there. Address: Atwood, Malone & Campbell, Roswell Petro- leum Building, Roswell, New Mexico. 3S 6s Augustus Pembroke Thompson was released to inactive duty from the Navy in 1946 and rejoined the Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, as Marine Engineer, where he is at present. He joined a training unit Naval Reserve in Washington and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in August, 1951. He was married to Cliffie Scott in October, 1951, and they have a son, Augustus Pembroke Thompson, III, born February 23, 1953. They live on their farm near Bayard, Virginia, where they have planted 1,000 apple trees, and in three years hope to leave the government and devote their time to farming. Address: Bayard, Virginia. T. Deal Blanchard was elected as one of a five-member Advisory Board for the Portsmouth Office of the Bank of Virgina, on July <1, 1952; and, recently 17 was re-elected to another two year term on the Retail Merchants Association Board of Directors. He is President- Treasurer of Blanchard, Inc., coal, fuel, hardware, 3410 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia. SA as 6 John M. Harrison has been prac- ticing law in Little Rock, Arkansas, since 1937, with offices in the Pyramid Building. He was married to Jose- phine Heiskell, of Little Rock on April 3, 1940, and they have two children: Fred Heiskel Harrison, born February 15, 1942, and Ellen Wing Harrison, born June 21, 1950. SO se ae Grier Wallace is representative of several manufacturers of electrical equipment, and is busy on the side with church and Rotary Club activities. He is serving as president of the Charlotte Engineers Club. Address: 205 Wales Avenue, Charlotte 7, North Carolina. DL eb as William C. Wilbur, Jr., has recently received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. He has also been promoted to the rank of Assistant Pro- fessor of History at Muhlenberg Col- lege, Allentown, Pennsylvania. J. Addington Wagner was elected National Vice-Commander of the American Legion last September. One of the other four Vice-Commanders was Lyon W. Brandon, °18, of Como, Mississippi. Mr. Wagner is a member of the law firm of Wagner, Wagner & Wagner, 25 Regent Building, Battle Creek, Michigan. Harry T. Moreland is manager of the Little Rock, Arkansas, Claim Di- vision of Maryland Casualty Company, with offices at 325 Waldon Building, having recently been transferred there from Asheville, North Carolina. The family, wife and two children, Caro- line, age 7, and Richard, age 2, live at 5420 Country Club, Little Rock, Arkansas. BOSS. John T. Fey, associate professor of law at George Washington University, has been named acting dean of the Law School. Fey served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1946 to 1950. He practiced law in Cumberland, Maryland. After leav- ing Washington and Lee he received an LL.B. degree from the University of Maryland in 1940 and a master’s degree in business accounting from Harvard University in 1942. During World War II, he served in the Marine Corps, leaving the service in 1945 with the 138 rank of major in the reserves. Fey also attended Yale Law School as a Sterling Fellow in 1950-1951 and received a doc- torate in juridical science for his work in the field of taxation. Address: 3830 39th N.W., Washington, D.C. John L. Hawkins is a member of the recently formed partnership for the general practice of law, Rose and Haw- kins, 51 North Street, Pittsfield, Massa- chusetts. 40) es Dr. Joseph R. Mighell, Jr., after graduation, entered ‘Tulane Medical School. He interned at Turo Infirmary in New Orleans and entered the Navy as a doctor in World War II. After a tour of foreign duty, he returned to New Orleans for a fellowship at Osch- ner Clinic. Entered private practice in Mobile, Alabama, married and has four children—three girls and a boy. Re- called to active duty in the Navy Feb- ruary, 1953, and is now at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola as Lieutenant Doctor. Gilbert Gardner has joined the pub- lic relations department of the New York Life Insurance Company as head of its News Bureau. He was for- merly chief of the Chicago bureau of the Journal of Commerce and has been associated with Fairchild Publications and the Chicago Herald-American. He will supervise the release of news from New York Life’s home office and from its 145 local branch offices located across the United States, in Canada and Hawaii. Address: 11 Hillside Av- enue, Cedar Grove, New Jersey. elas Clinton Van Vliet is now with The National Security Corporation at 610 Williamson Building, Cleveland 14, Ohio. Cameron Dean, planter of Leland, Mississippi, has been elected president of the Leland Rotary Club, taking of- fice in July. Gale C. Boxill is teaching at The University of Georgia School of Phar- macy, working toward his Doctorate. This fall he is starting work at Mead Johnson as one of the section heads in their Pharmacological resarch divi- sions. Herbert C. Wolf, since leaving the service, has been with the Union Fork & Hoe Company, 9 Buttles Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, running the sales forecasting department. Residence: 500 Dublin Avenue, Columbus 16, Ohio. Ernest Vaughan (Tim) Echols keeps his business address at 330 Sherwood Avenue, Staunton, Virginia, although, for visiting purposes, he lives at Apartment E-5, University Gardens, Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottes- ville is more centrally located as a base of operations for his business which is highway and bridge construc- tion, principally within the State of Virginia. William B. Morgan is still single, living in Memphis, and working for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, 14 S. Second Street. He has kept up his reserve status and is a lieutenant commander in the Naval Air Reserve program in Memphis. Bill is now presi- dent of the Mid-South Alumni Chapter, having succeeded to the office when Benton Wakefield, Jr., ’41, moved from Memphis to Monroe, Louisiana. Thomas W. Brockenbrough is asso- ciate professor of civil engineering at the University of Delaware, Wilming- ton, Delaware. Mr. Brockenbrough had been assistant professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Vir- ginia, since 1949. He received his B.S. degree from that institution in 1942, and his master’s degree from the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology in 1946. He has also done advanced work at Johns Hopkins. Address: 117 Briar Lane, Newark, Delaware. ie 5s ols Grady H. Forgy, Jr., formerly with the Little Rock, Arkansas, general agency of Arkanses Butane Dealers As- sociation, is now with the John Han- cock Mutual Life Insurance Company as an executive official of the home office in Boston. Receiving the B.S. degree here in 1942, he received his master’s degree in business adminis- tration from Harvard in 1947. He is now a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve. He is married and has two sons, David Russell and Christo- pher Boone. Address: 16 Cavanaugh Road, Wellesley 82, Massachusetts. Dr. Sidney Isenberg is still affiliated with Boston University School of Medi- ‘cine in the department of psychiatry and neurology and serving as clinical director for one of the state hospitals. He is also engaged in private practice. Address: Boston University School of Medicine, 80 East Concord Street, Boston 18, Massachusetts. Frank LaMotte, Jr., is busy running his 150-acre dairy farm at Worton, Maryland, which is mostly a grassland operation. Last month his 35-cow herd was rated in the top ten in Maryland in the Dairy Herd Improvement Asso- ciation. BD ih wa R. Francis Johnson became Asso- ciate Professor of The College of the Bible in Lexington, Kentucky, a theo- logical seminary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He re- ceived his doctorate (Th.D.) from THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Union Theological Seminary in May, 1953. His doctoral work was done in Old Testament. On June 12, Hannah Duston Johnson arrived to join her older brother and two older sisters. Address after September 1: 214 Jesselin Road, Lexington, Kentucky. Bass. Walt Van Gelder was USNR Com- munications Officer, Pacific, until 1946, Cornell University, College of Archi- tecture, 1947-1950, Fulbright Scholar- ship, Holland 1950-1951, and is now working at his “architectural intern- ship” in Greensboro, North Carolina, under the requirement that architec- tural graduates spend 3 years in an office of a registered architect as part of his qualification in becoming regis- tered himself. Address: 2401 Walker Avenue, Greensboro, North Carolina. Dr. John B. Cancelmo, II, whose surgical training at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School was in- terrupted by two years in the Navy, the last ten months as Battalion Sur- geon with the Ist Tank Battalion of the Marine Division in Korea, is now back in this country. Address: 633 Malvern Road, Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Edward P. Lyons is practicing law in Memphis with the firm of Burch, Porter and Johnson. He is married to Betty Lou Burton, whom he met at Sweet- briar while attending Washington and Lee, and they have a little girl 2 years old. Address: 1006 Exchange Building, Memphis, Tennessee. A] pies First Lieutenant Arthur C. Anderson was recently awarded the Commenda- tion Ribbon for meritorious service with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Lieutenant Anderson is the adminis- trative assistant for the 3lst Regiment’s Medical Company. His unit, the so- called ‘Bayonet Division,’ made the amphibious landing at Inchon in the fall of 1950 and has since fought in every part of the Korean battleground. Home address: 1030 West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia. AS 2 ss James R. Lyle has been practicing law in Kingsport, Tennessee, for the past three years. Address: P.O. Box 802, Kingsport, Tennessee. Claude E. Taylor, Jr., is practicing law in Martinsville, Virginia, with offices in the Professional Building. He is married and has three children. AD ss o's James Dale Johnson is now connected with Houck & Company, Inc., Adver- tising, 625 First Street S.W., Roanoke, Virginia, in the copy and publicity de- partment. He comes to the company with a background of newspaper expe- rience in Lynchburg and Roanoke, Vir- ginia, and merchandising experience with the Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Sales Co., Savannah, Georgia. He is a veteran of World War II and the Ko- rean War, with the rank of First Lieu- tenant in the Army. He has _ been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. D. Earl Brown, Jr., has had quite a busy month; on June 2, 1953, he re- ceived his M.D. degree from the Medi- cal College of Virginia; on June 4, 1953, he was commissioned a Lieuten- (j.g.) in the U. S. Naval Reserve and reported for active duty on June 29, is stationed at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia, for his intern- ship year and will be on active duty for two years. On June 22, he was mar- ried to Miss Lelia Adrenne Motley, a medical technologist at the Medical College of Virginia. Their address; 22 North Hatton Street, Apartment No. 1, Portsmouth, Virginia. First Lieutenant William H. Leedy, after completing school work at Max- well Field, Montgomery, Alabama, was reassigned to the Staff Judge Advo- cate’s Office at Randolph Air Force Base, Randolph Field, Texas. Address: P. O. Box 502, Randolph Field, Texas. J. P. Leigh was transferred on April 15 from the Waco District, Buick Motor Division, to the Dallas-Fort Worth District. He was married on April 16, this year, to Phoebe Hipp in Waxahachie, Texas. Address: 1906-A, Argentina Drive, Dallas, Texas. Calvin Hatcher, after being recalled to active duty in the Navy, was dis- charged in 1951. He is now in the School of Medicine at Yale University taking hospital administration in the Department of Public Health. Starting in July he will be at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for the next two years taking his residency in hospital administration. Address: Bard Hall, 50 Haven Avenue, New York 33, New York. Glenn Chaffer has left the General Electric Advertising Department to open up his own advertising agency with a friend. Address: Troland, Inc., 1336 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Granville S. R. Bouldin, B.S., *49, LL.B., ’51, is now associated with Granville S. Ridley in the general prac- tice of law, with offices at 124 South Spring Street, Murfreesboro, ‘Tennes- see. 50 G5’: R. Bleakley James, Jr., is now em- ployed as an attorney with the South- WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ern Railway Company in the Real Estate and Conveyancing Department. His office is in the Southern Railway Building, Room 507, Washington. D. C. Bleakley has been married for over a year. Roger H. Mudd was awarded the M.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in June, 1953. Russell Victor (Vic) Marler, former high school coach, Belle Haven, Vir- ginia, 18 now with the coaching staff of Maury High School, Norfolk, Vir- ginia. Marler will introduce the T-for- mation at Maury. He was a halfback at Washington and Lee in 1947, 1948 and 1949. The 30-year-old veteran played freshman football at Notre Dame be- fore entering the service, and upon his discharge from the service entered Washington and Lee where he gradu- ated with the A.B. degree in 1950. He is a member of Phi Gamma Delta, so- cial fraternity. R. B. Hailey has announced the for- mation of a partnership for the general practice of law under the firm name of Townsend and Hailey, Sevier County Bank Building, Sevierville, Tennessee. OT es B. A. Davis, III, has been selected as one of the assistants to John O. Strickler, LL.B. ’27, recently appointed United States District Attorney for Western Virginia. Mr. Davis lives at Rocky Mount, Virginia. Richard A. Pizitz received the ad- vanced degree, Master of Business Administration, with distinction, from Harvard University at commencement exercises on June 11, 1953. Address: 2900 Southwood Road, Birmingham 9, Alabama. W. Randolph Carter, formerly trial attorney in the criminal division, De- partment of Justice, has become asso- ciated with Willis E. Cahoon of Suf- folk, Virginia, in the general practice of law. D2 6 ches William James Kenneth Rockwell, after graduation, was commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve and is now assistant navigation officer on the USS Antietam. This is the first U.S. aircraft carrier with an angled flight deck. The Antietam arrived at Portsmouth, England, the latter part of June to take part in joint American- British naval maneuvers. Address: 142 Hillside Street, Asheville, North Caro- lina. Lynn F. Lummus was recently grad- uated from the U.S. Naval School, Pre-Flight, Great Lakes, Illinois. He is now assigned to the U. S. Naval Aux- iliary Air Station, Whiting Field, Mil- 19 ton, Florida, where he is engaged in primary flight training. Home address: 622 North East 98th Street, Miami, Florida. James W. H. Stewart, LL. B. 52, re- ceived the advanced degree, Master of Laws, from Harvard University at commencement exercises on June 11, 1953. Address: 3811 Eighth Street, Tus- caloosa, Alabama. Pvt. Philip Robbins is now serving with the 3rd Infantry Division in Korea. Home address: care of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Robbins, 1 Madison Drive, Hopewell, Virginia. Otis Howe, Jr., is at the State Col- lege, Memphis, Tennessee, where he will graduate in June. Still in the Army reserve but his unit has not been called as yet. Home address: Wabash, Ark. William Fuqua Strother, who gradu- ated here with the B.A. degree, is now taking preparatory work for entering the Episcopal Ministry. Address: 1409 Maryland Parkway, Ashland, Ky. In Memoriam 1887 David Harry Irwin died June 3, 1953, at the home of his daughter in Elwyn, Pennsylvania. Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 28, 1865, he grew up at Cherry Grove near Fairfield, Vir- ginia. He received the LL.B. degree from Washington and Lee and lived until recently in Minneapolis. 1891 William Winston Gaines, 86, retired attorney and church and civic leader, Atlanta, Georgia, died July 8, 1953. 1897 Col. Bryan Conrad, 83-year-old vet- eran of the Spanish-American War, the Mexican border campaign and World War I, died on June 20, 1953, in Washington, D. C. 1904 James Byrnside Akers, B.S. ’04, C.E. 708, chief engineer of the Southern Railway System, died July 8, 1953. His death occurred in Washington, D.C.,, where he had resided for many years. Interment was in Roanoke, Virginia. 1912 Edward Wright Noble, for many years affiliated with the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, died May 31, 1953. His home was in Gloucester, Virginia. 1913 Frederick Wilson Moses died March 13, 1953. His home was in Jacksonville, Florida. 20 1921 Thomas Carson Penn died May 21, 1953. His home was in Clearwater Park, Covington, Virginia. Leo Howard Sutherland died June 13, 1953. His home was in Floyd, Vir- ginia, where he was practicing law. 1934 Bernard Stevens died April 11, 1953. His home was in East Orange, New Jersey. 1951 William Joseph Laffoon died June 8, 1953, in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Births 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Kirsch are the parents of a son, Robert Dean, born June 1, 1953. 1939 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Gilmore are the parents of a daughter, Leigh Vir- ginia, born June 1,-1953. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Rippe are the parents of a second son, born April 28, 1953. 1941 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lehr are the parents of a son, Stephen Jeffrey Lehr, born October 18, 1952. 1942 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Pardee are the parents of a daughter, Melissa Aline, born July 8, 1953, Canoe Hill Road, New Canaan, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Fuller are the parents of a daughter, Victoria Bar- ret Fuller, born May 13, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Forgy, Jr., are the parents of a son, Christopher Boone Forgy, born March 4, 1953. 1943 Mr. and Mrs. 8S. L. Kopald, Jr., are the parents of a son, Jack Daves Ko- pald, born in May, 1953. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Soule are the parents of a son, Donald Redford Soule, born May 4, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Forgy are the parents of a son, John Robert, Jr., born May 29, 1953. 1949 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bower are the parents of a son, John H., born May 25. 1953. They have three other children, Betty Lee. 3 years, David, III, 2 years, and Katherine, 1 year. They have a new address at 22120 Westwood Road, Fairview -Park 26, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Porterfield, Jr., are the parents of a son, Jack B., III, born February 28, 1953. 1951 Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Brown are the parents of a daughter, Pocahontas Whitaker, born July 11, 1953. Marriages 1941 Morton Darrell Barker, Jr., was mar- ried to R-Lou Porter on June 20, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois. Robert C. Peery was: married to Mary Stewart Buford of Lawrence- ville, Virginia, on October 25, 1952. They have a new address at 3514 Han- over Avenue, Richmond 21, Virginia. 1949 Matthew W. Paxton, Jr., was mar- ried to Mary Raine Winfree on Sat- urday, June 20, 1953, in Lynchburg, Virginia. Washington and Lee men taking part in the ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church were Robert Owen Paxton, 54, brother of the groom, who served as best man, and C. Raine Pettyjohn, ’50, Elias Richards, III, ’54, Marion G. Robertson, ’50, Charles S. Glasgow, Jr., 48, J. For- rester Taylor, 49, and Edwin Gaines, "50. James R. Fain, Jr., was married to Susan Elizabeth Bentley on June 27, 1953, at Hampton, Virginia. William C. Smith was married to Winnie Fitzgerald on June 12, 1953. They assumed the pastoral duties of the Glasgow, Virginia, Baptist Church on July 1. Lloyd Addison Lanier was married to Melissa Emery on June 20, 1953. Alumni attendants at the wedding were Philip Lanier, 50, who was his brother’s best man, and ushers were Fred M. Vinson, Jr., 48, John Fox, ’48, and Roger J. Bear, Jr., °45. 1950 Joseph McFarland Vicars was mar- ried to Margaret Eleanor Goode on June 27, 1953, in Henry, Virginia. 1951 Joseph Baker McCutcheon was mar- ried to Ann Bailey Flythe on August 1, 1953, in Emporia, Virginia. Robert Clayton Carey was married to Anne Post Hubert on July 18, 1953, in Brookhaven, Long Island. 1953 Leonard B. Ranson, Jr., was married to Patricia Ann Class on August 1, 1953, in Northwood, Maryland. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE University of Virginia November 14 This game will be a sell-out, place your order for tickets today with Ticket Manager, Box 891 OTHER HOME GAMES September 19 . . . . =. . ~~. ~~ Shepherd College October 17... .« «Sw SSSt~«wS*éCSUSiniieerrsitty oof RRichmoondd October 31. «. « « «+ George Washington University SOMETHING NEW! A Washington and Lee Chair (with Crest in five colors) This Chair made from Northern Birch and Rock Maple—Finished in Black with Gold trim (arms finished in Cherry.) 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