WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Two Challenging Years 1930 Has Itself a Reunion! Twenty Points of Agreement une 1955 Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Fall Sports Schedule 1959 FOOTBALL 8—Centre College 15—Davidson College - 22—Southwestern College (Homecoming) 29—Washington University 5—Hampden-Sydney College 12—University of the South , 19—West Virginia Institute of Technology CROSS-COUNTRY 3—VPI, Lynchburg and W&L 8—Bridgewater, Richmond and W&L 14—Roanoke College oe 22—West Virginia 29—Davidson, VMI and WL. 5—William and Mary 7—Big 6 12—AAU | 21—Southern Conference SOCCER 3—Lynchburg 12—Roanoke 19—Duke 25—Virginia 3—Roanoke . 7—North Carolina State 8—North Carolina 11—Georgetown 15—Maryland 22—Virginia Lexington Davidson Lexington St. Louis Hampden-Sydney Sewanee, Tenn. Lexington Lynchburg Lexington Salem Lexington Lexington , . Lexington (VMI), Lexington Davidson Lynchburg Salem Lexington Charlottesville Lexington Raleigh Chapel Hill Lexington Lexington Lexington i eeeneeee’. eo eeoe? % eee? e @oee® «@ eee? @ eee eoo0ee® e eeoe® e @ @ eS Appalachian—A. G. Lively, ’12, Lebanon, Virginia - Augusta-Rockingham—Col. Paul J. B. Murphy, e "14, Staunton, Virginia ® Atlanta—Rodney Cook, ’46, 40 Pryor Street, N.W. - Baltimore—C. William Pacy, ’50, 169 Stanmore Rd. 2 Birmingham—W. Bestor Brown,’30, Liberty Na- . tional Life Insurance Company e Charleston, W. Va.—Ruge P. DeVan, ’34, United ® Carbon Building 7 Chattanooga—Rody Davenport, 750, 216 Stephen- ® son Avenue e Chicago—Charles A. Strahorn, ’28, Winnetka Trust e & Savings Bank, Winnetka, Illinois . Charlotte—Jack Crist, Jr., ’45, Box 1045 @ Cincinnati—Jack L. Reiter, ’°41, 1020 Union Trust * Building, Cincinnati, Ohio 7 Cleveland—Kenneth A. Goode, ’25, Harper Road, ° R. D. No. 1, Solon, Ohio e Danville, Virginia—R. Paul Sanford, ’21, 422 Ma- e sonic Building . Florida West Coast—W. E. Tucker, °48, Stovall e Professional Building, Tampa e Gulf Stream—L. L. Copley, ’25, Security Building, e Miami, Florida ; Houston—Ben Ditto, ’48, Norton-Ditto Co. e Jacksonville—David W. Foerster, ’51, Atlantic Na- 7 tional Bank Building e Kansas City—W. H. Leedy, °49, 15 W. 10th Street e Louisville—Ernest Woodward, ’40, Kentucky . Home Life Building e Lynchburg—C. Lynch Christian, Jr., '44, Box 638 e Mid-South—S. L. Kopald, '43, The Humko Co., : Memphis, Tennessee @ New York—William M. Farrar, Jr., ’19, 70 Pine ° Street, New York, New York ; New Orleans—Herbert Jahncke, Jahncke Service ® New River and Greenbrier—Harry E. Moran, ’18, >; ® @ @ Beckley, West Virginia Norfolk—Gilbert R. Swink, ’35, National Bank of Commerce Building North Texas—John M. Stemmons, ’31, 401 Repub- lic Bank Building, Dallas Northwest Louisiana — Richard Eglin, ‘44, Shreveport, Louisiana | Peninsular—Thomas P. Duncan, ’24, 601 Riverside Drive, Warwick, Virginia Philadelphia—William L. Leopold, ’39, 133 Pelham oa Piedmont—A. M. Pullen, ’36, 203 Southeastern Building, Greensboro, North Carolina Pittsburgh—Anthony E. D’Emilio, Jr., ’41, 401 Plaza Building Richmond—FPaul M. Shuford, ’48, Suite 501-2 Mu- tual Building Roanecke—Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, 43, Municipal Goode, Jr., ’48, 407-09 Building W. "21, 4144 Lindell 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., ’38, 525 Cumberland Street, Cumberland, Maryland Washington, D. C.—Arthur Clarendon Smith, Jr. JUNE, 1955 Vol. XXX No. 3 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 Editor Harry K. (Cy) YOUNG, 1917 Class Notes Editor Mary BARCLAY THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC President JOHN F. HENDON, 1924 Vice-President STUARD A. WURZBURGER, 1928 Secretary Harry K. (Cy) YOUNG, 1917 Treasurer H. L. SHUEY, 1924 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN F. HENDON, 1924 WILLIAM L. WEBSTER, 1912 H. L. SHUEY, 1924 MartTIn P. Burks, III, 1932 STUARD A. WURZBURGER, 1928 Howarp W. DosBINs, 1942 PARKE S. ROUSE, 1937 ERNEsT Woopwarb, II, 1940 COLT TAS) News N APRIL, AT LONG LAST, Campus workers transferred the offices of eleven University professors into their quarters in the new $250,000 academic building (see cover). ‘The transfer was the first major move on the campus since the McCor- mick Library was remodeled in 1941. Most of the faculty members who now occupy offices in the new building were formerly housed in the basement of the Library. ‘The ROTC unit, which also occupied some of the basement space, has moved into the offices vacated, and its former area has been converted into study rooms. Departments which share the fa- cilities of the new building in- clude Education, Fine Arts, Ger- man, Greek, Latin, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, and some History. In all, the building has eight classrooms, eleven offices, a small auditorium, a large projec- tion room, and facilities for Fine Arts. Specifically, those facilities for Fine Arts include two offices, a classroom, a studio, and an exhibit hall, and were made possible large- ly through the gift of the parents of a student. Their gift was desig- nated for that purpose. m THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL con- vention of the Southern Interscho- lastic Press Association convened on the Washington and Lee campus in late April. On hand for the affair were some 950 delegates, a record for the occasion, and an im- posing array of speakers. The lat- ter included Milton Caniff, crea- tor and artist of “Steve Canyon” and the originator of “Terry and the Pirates,’ John Scott, assistant to the publisher of Time and form- er overseas correspondent for that publication, and Lawrence E. Wat- kin, who taught at Washington and Lee for fifteen years before joining Walt Disney’s staff as a screen writer. ‘Twenty-six other speakers, in- cluding newspapermen, — photo- The Southern Interscholastic Press Associ- ation made its annual invasion in April. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE graphic experts, college professors, radio news directors, and typogra- phy experts helped to conduct a wide variety of lectures, panel dis- cussions, and critiques. As usual, awards were made to outstanding student newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, and radio news shows. At the final banquet C. Harold Lauck, Director of the Journalism Laboratory Press, received S.I.P.A.’s Distinguished Service Award for “outstanding achievement in_ the field of scholastic publishing and in acknowledgement of devoted and effective service to journalism, to education, and to youth.” The citation accompanying the award noted that “For nearly twenty-five years C. Harold Lauck has given devoted service to the Southern Interscholastic Press As- sociation. As a member of the staf and faculty of the Lee Journalism Foundation, and as superintendent of the Foundation’s printing labo- ratory, he has participated in the planning and the programs of SIPA and has been responsible for all of the Association’s printing. “Those of us who work with him know what special thought and care he has always given to SIPA publi- cations, and the generous dedica- tion of his talent and energy which they represent. ‘The results are seen year after year in the beautiful SIPA programs, the certificates, and other publications that bear the Association’s imprint. “Of special importance, however, is Mr. Lauck’s willingness, by exam- ple, by precept, and by friendly interest, to share his profound knowledge of the graphic arts with young people, with the members of SIPA as well as with our own stu- dents, and to help them to an un- derstanding of craftsmanship and an appreciation of good taste.” B DR. GEORGE HUTCHESON DENNY, president of Washington and Lee from igo1 until 1911, died in the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Lex- ington on April 2, 1955. He and his family had returned to Lexing- ton in 1937, following a quarter JUNE 1955 century of service as President of the University of Alabama, to live in the beautiful home they built on the outskirts of town. A native of Hanover County, Virginia, Dr. Denny was graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1891 and received his master’s and doctor’s degrees from the Univer- sity of Virginia. He taught at Pan- tops Academy in Charlottesville and was professor of Latin and Ger- man at Hampden-Sydney before coming to Washington and Lee in 1899 as professor of Latin. He was elevated to the presidency in 1901 when he was only 32 years old. During his administration in Lex- ington the enrollment of the Uni- versity was increased appreciably, the physical plant grew from year to year, and in many respects the whole institution assumed a new ap- pearance. At the same time his marvelous faculty for remembering the personality and background of every student with whom he came in contact made him innumerable friends with each succeeding year of service. In 1912 the University of Alaba- ma, then a small institution, in- vited him to become its president. Washington and Lee regretted los- ing him and a student mass meet- ing protested his leaving. But the invitation presented a challenging opportunity, and he accepted it. He served there from 1912 until 1937 when he became chancellor. Five years later he was recalled to Alabama as president; and he was again named chancellor the fol- lowing year. During his full career, Dr. Denny served as president of both the Na- tional Association of State Univer- sities and the Southern Associa- tion of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. He was a Trustee of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- vancement of Teaching, chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship Com- mittee for Alabama from 1912 until 1937, and during 1944 and 1945, chairman of the Virginia Educa- tion Commission. His honorary societies included Phi Beta Kappa, for which he was a senator for the united chapters, Omicron Delta Kappa, and the Newcomen Society of England. Apart from his direct Services to education, Dr. Denny served as a member of the College of Electors of the Hall of Fame for a number of years. He was head of the cotton- seed industry division of the United States Food Administration in 1917- 18, and was appointed by President Hoover as a member of the national commission to study the relations of the Federal Government to edu- cation. In 1925 he was named by popular vote “the most distinguish- ed professional leader of Alabama” and in 1946 was acclaimed first citizen of Alabama at a ceremony in Birmingham. Dr. Denny was married to Miss Jane Strickler, daughter of Dr. Givens Strickler, °67, then of the faculty of Union Theological Sem- inary in Richmond and Rector of the Board of ‘Trustees at Washing- ton and Lee. She survives him, as do two daughters, Miss Frances Denny and Mrs. O. Hunter McClung, both of Lexington; two sisters, Miss Mattie Denny of Harrisonburg and Miss Otelia Denny of Amelia; and a brother, Robert Denny, ’10, of Nicholasville, Kentucky. H WASHINGTON AND LEE was one of three Virginia colleges to be hon- ored in Los Angeles in May when the Westwood Hills Christian Church dedicated its University Window. Twelve by fourteen feet in size, three years in preparation, and valued at $15,000, the Univer- sity Window consists of the coats of arms of ninety-six colleges and unt- versities throughout the world, set in stained glass. | “The arrangement of the ninety- six coats of arms, in eighteen panels, beginning with the first European university at Salerno,’ writes Dr. Jesse Randolph Kellems, pastor of the Church, “makes possible the tracing of the ancestry of the col- leges and universities from the var- ious denominations by which they were established.” Washington and Lee and Wil- liam and Mary are among ten American institutions founded dur- ing the Colonial period whose crests appear in the window. They are located in a panel with the heraldry of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, the Univer- sity of the South, and Johns Hop- kins University. The University of Virginia is included in a second group of thirty-two American col- leges founded later. Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul, pres- ident of the University of Califor- nia, delivered the principal address at the dedication of the window. Representatives of all ninety-six colleges and universities marched in the academic procession for the occasion. Among them was Thomas Ball, ’03, a San Marino, California, attorney, who represented Washing- ton and Lee. ONCE AGAIN THE TREE-SHADED Cam- pus in front of the President’s home was the site of the Commencement exercises which brought to a close the go6th college year. One hun- dred eighty seniors received their 4 The close of the 206th year bachelor’s degrees in laws, science, and arts from Dr. Gaines and heard him, as is tradition, deliver the Commencement address and confer the degrees. Charles Henry Nowlin of Wilmington, Delaware, was vale- dictorian for the Class of 1955. Necessarily unpublicized in ad- vance of the exercises was the sur- prise presentation to Dr. Lucius Junius Desha, made by Dr. Gaines in behalf of the Board of Trustees, of a scroll honoring his long ser- vice to the University. ‘“Washing- ton and Lee University,” the cita- tion read, “in gratitude for his 35 years of inspired teaching, his wise counsel, his generous participation in the life of the University, his noble influence upon many gener- ations of students and alumni, ex- presses its appreciation to Lucius Junius Desha, accords to him the rank of professor emeritus, and ad- mits him to all the rights and privileges of that position. In tok- en whereof we have affixed our sig- natures and the seal of the Univer- sity, this third day of June, 1955.” = A PORTRAIT OF William Graham was presented to the University in April by Thomas R. Watkins, presi- dent of the Peninsula Chapter of the Washington and Lee Alumni Association. The portrait was paint- ed by Mrs. Agnes McMurran John- son of Newport News, the sister of four Washington and Lee alumni, George K., ’41, John M., °44, Rich- ard E., ’51, and Lewis A. McMur- ran, Jr., °36, all of the Peninsula area. The Reverend Graham. be- came the first president of what is now Washington and Lee in 1782 when Liberty Hall Academy was incorporated by the Virginia Leg- islature and empowered to grant degrees. He served until 1796. AT THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Virginia State Printers Association in Richmond in February, Wash- ington and Lee’s Journalism Labo- ratory Press, directed by C. Harold Lauck, received the August An- drew Dietz, Jr.. Memorial Award, a bronze plaque, for its publica. tion of the Washington and Lee Alumni Magazine. ‘The magazine was Classified as the best printing of the year by a small printing house in Virginia. The Associa- tion’s awards system divides all shops into one of three classes— small, medium, and large. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE m A PLANETARIUM, purchased by General Robert E. Lee, now stands almost forgotten in the attic of Reid Hall. When General Lee pur- chased the room-size scale model in 1868, it was the latest thing for the study of astronomy. Projection- type planetariums have since super- ceded it, however, with the result that today this complex mechanism is a museum piece. All the same, as Dr. Robert W. Dickey, head of the physics depart- ment points out, this scale model illustrates some things which _to- day’s planetariums cannot. It in- dicates, for example, the relative positions, movements, speeds, and inclinations of the three planets closest to the Sun and the Earth’s moon. In contrast, today’s plane- tariums can show only how these various bodies appear in the sky. For this reason General Lee’s pur- chase was overhauled and put in good working condition in 1951, and is used occasionally by students studying astronomy during the al- ternate years in which it is taught. Back in June 1867, General Lee told his Board of Trustees that “a planetarium which would be very serviceable in teaching the course of astronomy next year has been offered to the College by the inven- tor, Professor Barlow, at halt cost.... Contributions have been made in Kentucky to aid in (the) purchase which will reduce the cost to the College to between $400 and $500. I therefore recommend (the) purchase.” A year later he reported to his Board that the planetarium was of “great service to the professor in his instruction and (had) lightened the labour of his scholars.” Thirty-one gears operate the Washington and Lee planetarium and carry the earth in a 4o-foot orbit around the sun at the same time as they move the moon, Mer- cury, and Venus in their respective orbits. Most of this intricate mech- anism operates the Earth, govern- ing its daily rotation and its ever- changing tilt on its axis, while JUNE 1955 seven other gears control the move- ment of the small moon. The outer rim of the planetarium is divided into twelve months of the year. Thus it can be moved to show the earth’s inclination, which determines the season, at any time of the year. Mercury and Venus are small balls, swinging around the Sun at their relative speeds. The plane of the Earth and Sun remains cons- tant, with the two planets sweeping above and below this plane in their relative deviation as they make their trips around the Sun. According to Dr. Dickey, only three or four planetariums of its kind were made by Professor Bar- low. A sister model is now located at the University of Mississippi, but the whereabout of the one or two other models are not known. m EDITORS AND EDITORIAL WRITERS of Virginia newspapers gathered at Washington and Lee in late March for the fourth Virginia Editorial Writer’s Seminar. Over fifty repre- sentatives from daily and weekly newspapers in the state took part in the program, which is held every other year under the sponsorship of the Virginia Press Association in cooperation with the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation. Program principals included Shenandoah Valley publisher Harry F. Byrd, Jr.; C. Stuart Wheatley, attorney for the Danville newspapers; Creed Black of the Nashville Tennessean; J. L. Wiggins of the Hartsville, South Carolina, Messenger; Dr. Nicholas P. Mitchell of the Green- ville, South Carolina, News-Critic; and C. A. McKnight, director of the Southern Education Reporting Service of Nashville. ‘TRUSTEES mg “WHEN THE SUPREME CourRT hand- ed down its steel seizure decision,” editorialized the Indianapolis News of June 6, 1952, “the occasion marked the passing of an era in the American bar. It was undoubtedly the last case, and of course, the most historic, to be argued by John W. Davis.... And Davis is the last of that triad of great lawyers, of whom the others were Charles Evans Hughes and Newton D. Baker, who for a generatoion presided over the American bar and gave it a dig- nity unsurpassed in any earlier per- iod of the profession. “Many commented with gratifi- cation that John W. Davis had had an opportunity to appear in the sunset of his years, in a case that must inevitably remain a landmark in defining the limits of executive power. His arguments likely will be examined as long as this constitu- tional republic endures. Neither Hughes nor Baker, outstanding as were their abilities, had this chance. “There was a_ striking coinci- dence in the education of two of these three great lawyers. John W. 00000000009 HHOO0OO088808F6H8HH0H9O0HOH6SHOH6OO088OO8008888088888 Degrees Awarded, 1954-55 Degree Soe ee a Total oe Bachelor of Laws 1 6 27 34 30 Bachelor of Science (Commerce) 3 44 47 42 Bachelor of Science 1 21 22 14 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) 8 3 1 Bachelor of Arts 4 6 85 Q5 116 ‘Totals 5 16 ~—-180 201 203 0000000000080 O8HOHO8O8898SE8E8FGHEHHHOHOHO9OCHOO888H8H88888 5 Davis and Newton D. Baker were products of the Washington and Lee Law School. Nothing in its ar- chitecture or setting ever proved such ornaments to. this. small school.” Such was the distinction that John W. Davis, A.B. ‘92, LL.B. ‘95, brought to himself and to his alma mater. On March 24, 1955, at the age of 81, he succumbed to his third attack of pneumonia during the past winter. At the time he was at Yeaman’s Hall, a resort colony near Charleston, South Carolina. Born in Clarksburg, West Vir- ginia, on April 13, 1873, John W. Davis was of Scotch, English, and Irish stock. His paternal ancestors included some of the earliest Vir- ginia settlers. He received his early education in private schools, en- tered Washington and Lee at the age of 16, and graduated with the A.B. degree at 19. After teaching school for a short time he reentered the Law School at the University and graduated with the LL.B. de- gree in 1895. From that time on he was to spend a year in practice in Clarks- burg, a year as an assistant professor at the University’s Law School, and then move on to a long and distin- guished legal career. In the course of that career he became president of both the West Virginia Bar As- sociation (at the age of 33) and the American Bar Association. He also represented many corporations be- fore the United States Supreme Court, one of his last appearances being in behalf of the State of South Carolina in the public school segregation case in 1954. Nor did John W. Davis devote himself exclusively to the practice of law. He served one term in the West Virginia House of Delegates and two terms in Congress. He was a delegate to the Democratic Na- tional Convention in 1904 and again in 1932, and in 1924 was the party’s Presidential nominee. In 1913 he was appointed Solici- tor General by President Woodrow Wilson, an office he held until 1918, 6 DAVIS when he was appointed United States Ambassador to Great Britain. He served in this most important diplomatic post until 1921. Three decades later, on April 12, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II appointed him an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The decoration 1s the highest rank of the order, and the highest civilian distinction the Queen can bestow on a United States citizen. In addition to this honor, and to those bestowed upon him by many universities in this country, Mr. Davis also received honorary degrees from the University of Birmingham (England), the Uni- versity of Glasgow, and Oxford University. He became a member of Wash- ington and Lee’s Board of ‘Trustees in 1921 and continued in that ca- pacity until 1949 when he was named Trustee Emeritus. In his estate he remembered his Mater with a bequest of $25,000. alma He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa fraterni- ties and was a 32nd degree Mason. Mr. Davis was married in 1899 to Miss Julia McDonald. ‘Their daugh- ter, Julia, (Mrs. Charles P. Healey), survives him. Mrs. Davis died in igco. In 1912 he married Miss Ellen G. Bissell, who died in 1943. Shortly before Commencement, the University received from Mrs. Healey a fine oil portrait of her father. That portrait of John W. Davis will hang with portraits of other distinguished members of the Washington and Lee family in Washington Hall. DEVELOPMENT TWENTY-FIVE MEMBERS of the Par- ents’ Advisory Council came to the campus on April 23 for the initial meeting of their group. They came from Montana, ‘Texas, Louisiana, Florida—in all, from eleven states and the District of Columbia. Twelve brought their wives. ‘Chey joined with University officials for morning and afternoon meetings to discuss ways and means through which the University can be of ereater service to parents and through which the organized el- forts of parents can be useful in promoting the welfare of Washing- ton and Lee. Since alumni who have sons at the University maintain their ties with Washington and Lee through the Alumni Association, the Advis- ory Council’s membership is made up of non-alumni parents. It was pertinent, therefore, that they should hear about the University in some detail from its administrative officials, and have an opportunity to meet and talk with numerous members of the faculty. ‘That is exactly what took place. During the morning _ session President Gaines, Deans James G. Leyburn and Frank J. Gilliam, and Director of Development Donald E. Smith discussed with the group the functions of their respective ad- ministrative positions. At luncheon and during the coffee and dessert at the President’s Home which fol- lowed, there was further opportu- nity for discussion with administra- tive and faculty personnel. Members of the Advisory Council had an opportunity, also, to dis- cuss matters that were on their minds. They were particularly con- cerned with the University’s in- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE formation - to - parents’ program— with the Newsletter that they have been receiving and with the possi- bility and desirability of their re- ceiving other publications from time to time. They discussed mat- ters concerned with the progress of their sons, and with the sons of other parents. They talked of the possibility of parents attending alumni chapter meetings, but con- cluded that while many would like to do so, the initiative with regard to inviting them should remain with the alumni chapters. During the course of these meet- ings, four specific functions were suggested to the Council as ways it, or its members, could render important service to the University. They were: (1) as a forum for an active interchange of ideas between parents and University officials, (2) as an organization wherein plans can be formulated, and through which they can be administered, to bring the parents of all students into a closer association with and understanding of the University, (3) as individual “ambassadors” of Washington and Lee within their own communities and within the realm of their personal contacts elsewhere, and (4) as a significant force in the University’s Develop- ment Program, specifically by (a) representation on the University Development Council, (b) making or suggesting such helpful contacts as it may be within their province to do, (c) furnishing information that will be helpful and valuable to the Development Office’s continu- ing program of research, and (d) as- sisting with such programs of group or individual giving as the Coun- cil may deem prudent. For a major part of these meet- ings, Maxwell Caskie, Jr., assistant vice-president of the Reynolds Met- als Company of Washington, D. C., served as chairman pro tem. One of his first official acts was to appoint a nominating committee and to direct that committee to present nominations for the chairmanship of the Council and for the position JUNE 1955 as representative on the University Development Council. At the af- ternoon session the committee rec- ommended that there be co-chair- men of the Council, and that they be Christian C. Luhnow, publisher and editor of Trusts and Estates of New York City and Gordonsville, Virginia, and John E. Larson, an attorney, of Washington, D.C. Mr. Caskie was nominated to. the University Development Council Their election was unanimous. The Council’s co-chairmen set to work immediately. ‘They suggest- ed that there be discussion with re- gard to the possibility of a Parent's Day, at which time the parents of all students would be urged to visit the campus and see it in action. Such a day was scheduled tenta- tively for November 19, 1955. Looking to the further develop- ment of plans for that gathering, and to developing also a statement of philosophy and _ specific plans for carrying on constructive work in others areas where the Council can be of assistance, Messrs. Larson, Luhnow, Caskie, and Smith met for a lengthy discussion in mid-June. Matters which they discussed will be circulated to members of the Ad- visory Council during the summer, and will become topics for further discussion at the next meeting of the Council which is tentatively scheduled for November 18, the day preceding Parents’ Day. It is being planned, also, that the deliberations of the Council will be discussed ful- ly at an open meeting of all par- ents on the following day. FACULTY & STAFF CHANGES INVOLVING twenty- one faculty members have been an- nounced by Dean James G. Ley- burn. They include four new ap- pointments, five resignations, eight promotions, one retirement, and three leaves of absence. New faculty members who will begin their duties in September in- clude Dr. Ruben E. Alley, Jr., cur- rently head of the physics depart- ment at the University of Rich- mond, who will become associate professor of physics at Washington and Lee; Lloyd Jackson Lanich, Jr., who will be assistant professor of dramatics and public speaking; Wil- liam J. Watt, appointed assistant professor of chemistry; and Charles J. Harrington, who will become as- sistant professor of physical educa- Dr. GAINES ponders as MAXWELL CASKIE, JR., chairman pro tem, guides the discussion at the initial meeting of the Parents’ Advisory Council, which was held here in April. 7 The annual alumni luncheon produced a record crowd. tion and backfield coach. Lanich and Watt are currently in graduate school at Yale and Cornell, and both will receive their Ph.D. de- srees in September. Harrington 1s coach at Norview High School in Norfolk, Virginia. Resignations have been received from Lt. Col. Richard W. Jones, Jr., professor of military science and tactics; Russell L. Bowers, visiting professor of accounting; Carlson R. ‘Thomas, assistant professor of dra- matics and public speaking; Law- rence H. Peterson, assistant profes- sor of history; and Hallam Walker, instructor of romance languages. Promotions have been approved for Esmarch S. Gilreath, to be pro- fessor of chemistry and head of the department; ‘Troy ]. Laswell, as as- sociate professor of geology; Arthur Ross Borden, as associate professor of English; Norman F. Lord, as as- sociate professor of physical educa- tion; Charles J. Herbert, William T. McCann, and Richard Miller as assistant professors of physical edu- cation; and Delbert A. Davis as instructor in physical education. The physical education depart- ment promotions involve coaches and trainers who now hold faculty status under the University’s new integrated athletic program. Dr. Gilreath replaces Dr. Lucius Junius Desha as head of the chem- istry department. Dr. Desha was appointed Professor Emeritus of Chemistry by the University Board of Trustees at the June meeting. ‘Two faculty members will return from leaves of absence in Septem- ber, and one will take leave for research work. Returning are Dr. William A. Jenks, associate pro- fessor of history, and G. Francis Drake, assistant professor of ro- mance languages. B. Stuart Steph- enson, assistant professor of Ger- man, will study next year at the University of Minnesota under a Danforth Foundation grant. m WASHINGTON AND LEE’s director of religious activities, Dr. David W. Sprunt, will be among a group of twelve religious studies professors from American colleges who will study this summer at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The six- week course he will pursue will be in the form of a graduate seminar, with half of the period being de- voted to lectures and the other half to field trips to historic sites. Funds for this sojourn in the Holy Land are being administered through the department of Hebrew of New York University. Dr. Sprunt and others in his party will fly to Israel in July and return in early September. While there he will represent Washing- ton and Lee at the dedication of Bar-Ilan University, founded by Americans at Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. m IN APRIL, Professor O. W. Riegel, director of the Lee Memorial Jour- nalism Foundation, took part in the program of the 25th Anniver- sary Institute for Education by Ra- dio-Television as a member of a discussion group for the topic “Maintaining Cultural Levels on the Air.” In the same group were Edward Stanley, public service man- ager for the National Broadcasting Company; E. W. Stirton, executive secretary of the Detroit Education- al Television Foundation; and Har- ry Skornia, executive director ot the National Association of Educa- tional Broadcasters. ‘The Institute was held in Columbus, Ohio, under the auspices of Ohio State. m PROFESSOR CHARLES R. MC DOWELL of the Law School journeyed back to Centre College in June to re- ceive the accolade of his alma mater in the form of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. ‘The citation for the degree noted that he was born in Danville, went to school and college in Danville, as did his father and two brothers before him, and that his mother was in the audience. “Through these family ties and per- sonal experience,” it continued, “‘he acquired the rich knowledge of his birthplace which enabled him to write that book which has delighted so many, “The Iron Baby Angel,’ published a year ago. ‘Though Charles McDowell has studied at Columbia University and Yale Law School, practiced law in Danville, Kentucky, and Palm Beach, Flor- ida, and is now a member of the law faculty of Washington and Lee University where he has been since 1927, and though he has acquired many honors along life’s way, he still regards as his proudest achieve- ment his year as coach of the Centre College basketball team which beat THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE the University of Kentucky for the State Championship in 1921. It gives me real personal pleasure, Mr. President, to present an old friend and loyal son of Old Centre for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.” As he conferred the degree, Cen- tre’s president, Walter A. Groves, said, “I know that there are many memories of other commencements at Centre, commencements which you witnessed as a boy, later as a student, still later as a young mem- ber of Centre’s faculty, and across the years as an alumnus, which come to your mind. We, your friends of the Board of ‘Trustees, alumni and alumnae of the college, and a host of others gathered here, want to add another pleasant mem- ory in this tribute to you for your fine job as a student and teacher.” DR. L. L. BARRETT, professor of Spanish, addressed the annual meet- ing of the Modern Foreign Lan- guage Association of Virginia in April on the subject, “Languages and Intercultural Understanding.” Dr. Barrett also continues his work as a member of the Committee of Spanish Examiners of the College Entrance Examination Board. m THE PROBLEMS OF A Virginia plan- tation owner during the post-Civil War period were brought sharply into focus by Dr. Charles ‘Turner, associate professor of history, in an article in the spring issue of the Virginia Journal of History and Biography. His article, “The Diary of Wilham J. Hart, 1871-73,” con- sists largely of excerpts from the actual journal kept by Hart on his Louisa County estate. Hart had been a captain in the Confed- erate Army, and had returned to his home to deal with a labor short- age and with other crises of the postwar period. DR. MARCELLUS H. STOW, professor of geology, is known to keep a pret- ty close check on radioactivity in the air around Lexington. In a JUNE 1955 paper prepared for presentation at the Virginia Academy of Science meeting in May, he reported that things got relatively hot a year ago, at which time he recorded a read- ing of sixteen times the normal ra- diation. That was on May 14, 1954. He pointed out that “fall-out” was the probable cause of the ra- diation, but that he had been un- able to link it closely with any spe- cific Atomic Energy Commission tests that usually are responsible for higher radiation readings in many sectors. He went on to explain that it is possible for radioactive par- ticles to be carried around the earth in the atmosphere several times be- fore the right set of atmospheric conditions result in a fall-out. ‘The weather on that day, he reported, was ideal for it—warm and muggy with a heavy rain all day. Stow was quick to assure laymen that the radiation noted was not in the least dangerous, and also that he had cleared his paper through the Atomic Energy Commission be- fore submitting it to the science meeting. His recordings were made on a scintillatien counter, a sort of extra-sensitive geiger counter. His paper was one of five pre- sented by Washington and Lee pro- fessors and students at this year’s Academy of Science sessions. Dr. Troy J. Laswell, associate professor of geology, spoke on “A Virginia Occurence of Paligorskite.” “This mineral, discovered in 1862 in the Ural Mountain region of Russia, was unknown in Virginia until Laswell discovered a specimen near Glasgow. Student papers dealt with mineralogical studies of sediments from the Eastern Shore peninsula, New River, and Banister River. LAW SCHOOL m TWO MID-TERM LAW. graduates from Charleston, West Virginia, have gone their separate ways now, William R. Cogar to a Richmond law firm and John F. Kay to a pri- vate practice in Waynesboro. But it will be a long time before folks around Washington and _ Lee’s Tucker Hall stop talking about the way their academic careers paral- leled each other. | Besides being from the same home town and the same age, 26, Kay and Cogar started and- com- pleted their A.B. degrees at Wash- During the Tucker Lecture weekend, this portrait of WILLIAM H. MoreLanp, late Dean of the School of Law, was presented to the University by members of his family. Present at the ceremony were (left to right) DR. GAINES, Mrs. MorELAND, WILLIAM H. MoreLanp, III, WILLIAM H. MORELAND, JR., and DEAN CLAYTON E. WILLIAMS, Dr. Moreland’s successor. 9 ington and Lee at the same time. It was not until they entered upon the study of law, however, that their records really began to look like carbon copies. Both had their college careers interrupted by Korean war service. ‘They left school at the same time, received second lieutenant’s com- missions in the Marines, served the same length of time, and returned to the law volumes on the same day. ‘They found themselves taking the same courses, working together on the Law Review, joining the same legal fraternity. Lifelong friends, there naturally sprang up a friendly rivalry be- tween them. Cogar would do better in Torts than Kay, but Kay would beat Cogar in Contracts. But when the smoke had cleared and _ the averages were computed, Kay had outpointed Cogar, not by a tenth of a point, nor by a hundredth of a point, but by a mere one-thou- sandth of a point. Kay’s 83.088 av- erage and Cogar’s 83.087 were both good “A’s” at the Law School. Dean Clayton Williams and his secretary, Mrs. Catherine McDow- ell, recall how, after the boys real- ized how close a race it would be, they would go to extremes to make sure neither had any advantage. “One day after we posted class and exam schedules,” recounts Dean Wilhams, “Cogar came tear- ing into the office demanding to Juggle his classes. Seems Kay was going to have an extra day to study for ‘Trusts when exams rolled around, unless Cogar could substi- tute one course for another.” “He nearly had a fit,’”’ adds Mrs. McDowell, “until we finally con- vinced him nothing could be done.” At one time it looked like Kay had stolen a march on Cogar when he was named editor of the Law Review, while Cogar remained only a contributor, which in itself is quite an honor. Cogar was elected president of the Student Bar Asso- ciation, however, and everyone feels one offset the other. Until this fall, Cogar was a 10 member of Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership fraternity, and Kay was not. When Kay was tap- ped, another parallel was estab- lished. And finally, just to top it off, both were elected to member- ship in Phi Beta Kappa. Only in domestic life was there a really pronounced difference be- tween the two. Cogar is married and the father of two children, while Kay is merely engaged. Folks at Tucker Hall are just biding their time until this little difference is eliminated, also. mE FOUR SENIOR LAW STUDENTS and an alumnus have been elected to mem- bership in the Order of the Coif, the law equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa. Student members are Wil- liam M. Bailey of Wilmington, Ohio; William B. Poff of Vickers, Virginia; and William R. Cogar and John F. Kay, both of Charles- ton, West Virginia. ‘The alumnus chosen for member- ship in this society is Edward S. Graves of Lynchburg. Graves grad- uated from Washington and Lee in 1930 and subsequently received his law degree at Harvard. He current- ly is serving as a guest lecturer in legal draftsmanship, in which ca- pacity he returns to the campus weekly. The Tucker Lecturer for 1955 was the HONORABLE ROBERT C. STOREY, Dean of the School of Law at Southern Methodist University, here flanked by CLAYTON E. WILLIAMS, Dean of Washington and Lee’s School of Law, and Dr. Francis P. GAINES, University President. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE gs HAVING HEARD PERSONAL injury cases discussed from the plaintiff attorney's viewpoint by Melvin M. Belli (Alumni Magazine, March 1955), law students heard the de- fense side of the picture when the President of the International As- sociation of Insurance Counsel, Stanley C. Morris, Sr., of Charles- ton, West Virginia, addressed the Student Bar Association in April. His topic: “Is the Defense Ready?” The Student Bar Association spon- sored his talk as part of a program aimed at bringing outstanding at- torneys from various fields before its members. LIBRARY = OVER FIVE HUNDRED BOOKS and pamphlets belonging to the late Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman have been donated to the McCormick Library by the widow of the noted Southern editor and historian. The volumes, which Mrs. Freeman said would be of particular interest to Washington and Lee, deal almost entirely with the Civil War pe- riod, its battles and leaders, and with General Robert E. Lee. Valued at more than $2,000, the collection includes 412 books, 150 pamphlets, and miscellaneous 1s- sues of various historical magazines. According to Dr. William G. Bean, professor of history and an authori- ty on Civil War history, the books represent “a good working library for what Dr. Freeman did.” More- over, the gift includes many books now out of print or difficult to ob- tain, including a complete set of the “Confederate Veteran,” a peri- odical published from around 1890 to the early 1930's. The Freeman gift is the largest of several recent donations enriching the Southern history section of the Library. Jason B. Sewell, Jr., a member of the Class of 1954 from Dallas, recently made a substantial eift for use in purchase of histories relating to the South and early West, and the local chapter of Kap- pa Sigma fraternity has made a JUNE 1955 gift of Southern history books in memory of a former member, Rob- ert Dodd Horn, of Pelham Man- or, New York, who was killed in the Korean conflict. R.OVT.C. m= WASHINGTON AND LEE’S ROTC unit climaxed its first complete four-year training cycle a few weeks before Commencement with the year’s final battalion review and the awarding of medals and citations to forty-four outstanding cadets. It was President’s Day, and Dr. Gaines reviewed the Corps. For Lt. Col. Richard W. Jones, Jr., it had a special significance, for it marked the final review of the Corps under his leadership as pro- fessor of military science and tac- tics. After having been with the Washington and Lee unit since its installation in 1951, he is soon to be detached and to embark upon a tour of overseas duty. In recognition of his fine service to Washington and Lee through his leadership of the ROTC unit, the Faculty of the University recorded its appreciation in the minutes of its final meeting of the year. And, in token of their appreciation after having received their degrees and their commissions as second lieu- tenants on Commencement morn- ing, seventy-six senior ROTC ca- dets presented Col. Jones with a silver serving tray. They accom- panied it with a very official looking letter setting forth their thanks for his four years of leadership and guidance. The letter bore the names of each member of the senior muli- tary group, and was signed by Ca- det Lt. Col. Lowell D. Hamric of Lexington, battalion commander. m MAJOR JOHN P. BODKIN took up his duties at Washington and Lee in April as associate professor of mil- tary science and tactics and exec- utive officer of the ROTC detach- ment. His previous assignment was as commanding officer of the 509th AAA Operations Detachment in Weisbaden, Germany. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, he served four years during World War II and was recalled to duty. g WITH THE GRADUATION of Robert E. Bradford of Blacksburg, Vir- ginia, the Gaines Guard, named in honor of Washington and Lee’s President, elect a new commanding officer. The selection went to Theodore M. Kerr from Midland, Texas. This crack drill component, while not an official unit of the ROTC bat- talion, has recently been extended full recognition as a University function by the Faculty. Army offi- cials encourage membership by qualified cadets and award drill credit for participation. The Guard has marched in numerous state pa- rades and served as Honor Guard at the inauguration of Governor Thomas B. Stanley. Plans for next year include half-time drills at home football games. found it necessary to m EVEN MILITARY UNITS can lose their dignity at times. On this par- ticular occasion the entire battalion was decked out in its inspection finery. Corps officers were trooping the line. The recorded lilting strains of a martial waltz came over the Wilson Field public ad- dress system to complete the set- ting. Suddenly the whistle blared and the band switched to a lively rag-time tune. While the troops euffawed, flabbergasted _ officers dashed to change the record. On closer inspection of the label, ROTC officers wished they had tested more than only a few bars of the recording before using it. The next day Lexington disk jock- ey Bob Bradford, a senior ROTC student, let others in on the joke when he played the record on his morning radio show. SCHOLARSHIPS m IN AN ACTION OF great significance to Washington and Lee and to po- tential members of its student body who need and want scholarship as- 1] sistance, the University’s Board of Trustees, at its meeting in June, established thirty new scholarships in memory of Letitia Pate Evans. ‘These scholarships will be financed by a portion of the income that will accrue to the University annually from its share in Mrs. Evans’ estate. Ten of these scholarships will be valued at $1,250 each and will be renewable for each of the four years a recipient is in attendance, thus bringing their value to $5,000 for the four-year period. They will be the largest ever offered by Wash- ington and Lee University. The other twenty awards are valued at $650 per year or $2,600 for the four- year period. Candidates for Letitia Pate Evans Scholarships will be judged on the basis of character, promise of col- legiate success, and relative need. No geographical or other restric- tions have been placed on the award of these scholarships. Mrs. Evans, whose memory the scholarships honor, died on No- vember 14, 1953. In her will she provided that Washington and Lee receive fifteen per cent of the income from the residual of her estate which was placed in trust. While the exact amount which the University will receive is not yet known, the gift is definitely among the largest in the University’s two- hundred-six-year history. The Board’s action in setting up these scholarships was particularly timely in view of the recommen- dations of Development committees for an additional $2,000,000 in en- dowment for undergraduate schol- arship awards. ‘The Evans Scholar- ships, plus the duPont-Gaines Scholarships, which were establish- eda year ago, reduce this $2,000,000 figure to about $1,250,000. A YEAR AGO THE Alumni Magazine noted that each year since the in- ception of the Fulbright Scholar- ship program in 1949, at least one Washington and Lee student had received an award for study in a foreign country. The magazine went on to announce that three undergraduates and one member of the faculty were recipients of Fulbright Scholarships for study during the 1954-55 academic year. Small wonder, therefore, that University officials—to say nothing of the young men concerned—were elated to learn that three members of the Class of 1955 and three alum- ni, a total of six in all, had been awarded Fulbright grants for study during the 1955-56 academic year. ‘Those selected from the Class of 1955 were Gerard W. Fee of Shelby, Ohio, Raymond D. Smith, Jr., of New York City, and William D. Goode, Jr., of Newport News. Fee will study English political institu- tions at Oxford University; Smith will study humanities at the Univer- sity of Rennes, France; Goode will continue his work in physical chem- istry at Rennish Frederick William University in Baunn, Germany. In passing, it should be noted that Smith is the son of Raymond D. Smith of the Class of 1922 and the grandson of Henry Louis Smith, President of Washington and Lee from 1912 to 1929. This young man was also the recipient of the 1955 Washington Award, presented by the Washington Literary Society to the student rendering the most dis- tinctive service to the University. Alumni recipients of Fulbright awards this year were Edwin M. Gaines, ’50; David D. Bien, ’51; and J. William Stewart, LL.B. ’5e. Gaines, the son of President and Mrs. Gaines, will go to the Uni- versity of London for a year’s study on Anglo-American relations lead- ing up to the War of 1812. He has been doing graduate work in Amer- ican history at the University of Virginia, and expects to receive his doctorate there in August 1956. Bien, whose home is in Baltimore and who has been studying at Har- vard, will go to Toulouse, France, for a year of research work, while Stewart, a resident of Washington, will go to England to do research on the personal liberties of the English citizen as compared with those of the American citizen. The addition of these six men to the Fulbright ranks brings to sixteen the number of Washington and Lee graduates whose academic records and promise have made them beneficiaries of this program. In addition, two other graduates in years past found it necessary to decline awards that had been made to them. During the past year two stu- The Sazaracs sang at the annual Senior Banquet, sponsored by the Alumni Association and held at Natural Bridge. These four members of the group are (left to right) JAMES W. Lewis of Irvington-on-Hudson, New York; MicHAEL E. CHANEY of Southport, Connec- ticut; WILLIAM M. GREENE of Birmingham, Alabama; and ARTHUR B. ROCKE of Rye, N.Y. dents, Phillipe Labro of Paris, France, and Henrik Wanscher of Copenhagen, Denmark, have been 12 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Fulbright scholars: STEWART, BIEN, SMITH, FEE, GAINES, and GOODE. studying at Washington and Lee under Fulbright grants. The six scholarships awarded this year to Washington and Lee grad- uates are among 800 grants for graduate study abroad made under the United States Educational Ex- change Program. Under executive agreements with the Foreign gov- ernments concerned, exchange pro- grams will be carried out for the academic year 1955-56 in twenty foreign countries. “” THREE WASHINGTON AND LEE grad- uates of the Class of 1955 have been awarded grants for graduate study at Harvard and at the Uni- versity of Illinois. Charles H. Nowhn, of Wilmington, Delaware, valedictorian of this year’s class, received a $2,100 scholarship for study in applied physics at Har- vard’s Division of Applied Science. He will work toward his doctorate in electronics. Lowell D. Hamric, a commerce major, has been award- ed a fellowship in economics for study at Illinois during the 1955-56 session, and Roy C. Herndon of Washington, D.C., received a teach- ing fellowship, also at [llinois, in the amount of $1,500 plus tuition costs. He will work toward his doc- torate in nuclear physics. UNDERGRADUATES TWELVE STUDENTS and one alum- nus were initiated into Phi Beta Kappa in April. Dr. Maurice C. Langhorne, ’25, Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Emory University, was the alumnus chosen to membership. Undergraduates in- cluded three law students, eight JUNE 1955 seniors, and one junior. Law stu- dents elected were William B. Pofl of Vickers, Virginia, and William R. Cogar and John F. Kay, both of Charleston, West Virginia. Sen- iors chosen were William H. Bartsch of Washington; Watson A. Bowes, Jr., of Denver; Lowell D. Hamric of Lexington; Roy C. Herndon of Washington; Raymond D. Smith, Jr., of New York; John W. Stackhouse of Dillon, South Carolina; Robert D. Whitaker of Tampa, Florida; and Robert N. White of Memphis. Charles M. Drum of Richmond was the single member of the junior class elected to membership. Dr. John A. Krout, provost and vice-president of Columbia Univer- sity, delivered the annual Phi Beta Kappa address. mf ON APRIL 17 THE College Press Conference, a nationwide ABC television program, featured Robert E. Bradford, a member of the Class of 1955, in an interview with Re- publican Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey. The show’s producers invited Bradford to appear on the program in view of his outstanding background in radio news presenta- tion and commentary. While at Washington and Lee he won for four consecutive years the top award of the Virginia Associated Press for non-metropolitan station news commentary with his produc- tion and broadcast of a fifteen- minute news analysis program over station WREL each Sunday. B TWO SENIOR JOURNALISM students, Roy C. Martin of Glasgow, Vir- ginia, and M. Lewis Cope of Mar- shall, Texas, have been awarded the James Street Awards for audio- visual communications for 1955. Both received recognition for tape- recording interview work done dur- ing the past year. Martin’s entry was an original radio public service documentary program dealing with the reaction of Lexington and _ Rockbridge County school officials to the Su- preme Court’s segregation decision. Cope’s entry dealt with the signif- icance and effects of the decision to suspend football at Washington and Lee for the 1954 season. ‘These awards honor James Street, the late distinguished American writer, who donated funds for them two years ago, and are designed to encourage and recognize imagina- tive production in audio-visual media. Competition is primarily among students in the course in audio-visual communications. Professor O. W. Riegel, director of the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation, reports that several motion picture documentaries on the local scene were completed too late for judging this year and will be entered next year. PROMPTED BY A commendable spirit of civic-mindness and, we sus- pect, a certain zest for adventure that offers of reduced rates, special tours, and the like nourished heartily, three Washington and Lee students took off from the airport in Lexington in March en route to Havana, Cuba. Their mission: to take part in a large scale promo- tion stunt sponsored by the Miami 13 A Mink in Wahoo country Cy Youne (left) and Basketball Coach Bitty MCCANN were prepared for any eventuality when the former was guest speaker at Virginia’s Athletic Awards Banquet in May. Aeronautics Club and the Cuban government and aimed at increas- ing interest in Florida-to-Cuba va- cation flights in light planes. The trio consisted of plane owner and pilot Michael Davis of Flint, Michigan; alternate pilot Duane St. John of Summit, New Jersey, and passenger and would-be ad- venturer, David M. Clinger of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. ‘They re- turned to the campus on schedule with enthusiastic reports of their Cuban experience. ATHLETICS m ONLY ONE SPRING sports team at Washington and Lee won more contests than it lost, but just about everyone connected with the athlet- ic program will agree that the 1955 season was a successful one. The criteria by which Athletic Director Cy Twombly and _ his coaches judge the results successful are these: (1) the largest participa- tion on record of students in the spring sports program, and (g) the enthusiasm displayed by the ath- letes, even in losing efforts. All this is not to say that Wash- ington and Lee is emphasizing par- ticipation and minimizing the de- 14 sire to win. Nothing could be fur- ther from the truth, for every man on every team played his heart out to win in every game. The losses were disappointing, but very few players became discouraged when the victories were hard to come by, and team morale was just as high for the final contests of the season as it was in the beginning. The increased participation in spring sports was due largely to the ereat number of freshmen and sophomores who came out for the teams. One reason for this was the fact that this year for the first time students who played varsi- ty sports were given physical edu- cation class credit. This may have encouraged some to take part who would not otherwise have com- peted, but it must be remembered that a student who plays a varsity sport puts in many more hours of hard work than does the fellow who attends physical education classes three hours a week, so they were not making things easier on them- selves by competing. Coach Twombly believes these same freshmen and sophomores will continue to compete in intercolle- giate sports even after their psysical education requirements are ful- filled. He believes that the increased participation was due more to a new realization on the part of stu- dents of the real purpose behind the Washington and Lee athletic pro- gram. At every turn this year, coaches have sought to emphasize that the sports are available for the benefit of the students and the students alone. While all cannot make the teams, all are invited to try to make them, and the result has been a rejuvenation of the entire athletic program at the University. With the freshmen and sopho- mores dominating the rosters, the relative inexperience of the athletes was reflected in spotty performances in each of the five spring sports. The only team to finish the sea- son with a winning record was Coach Charlie Herbert’s fine young lacrosse squad. ‘Their record of five wins, two losses and a tie fails to reflect the real strength of the team or the splendid work of its 28-year-old coach. Boasting a strong nucleus of boys from the lacrosse capital of the world, Baltimore, the Generals turned in the best record a Wash- ington and Lee stick team has ever compiled. And it should have been even greater, says Coach Her- bert. The final match against Vir- einia was a _ heartbreaker and one the Generals really wanted to win. But as in the match against Loyola in the season’s opener, they waited too long to get rolling. ‘Vhey scored seven goals in the last quar- ter but fell short by a 12-11 margin to end the season on a sour note. The 12-12 tie with Loyola was another one the Generals should have taken, Herbert says, but it was the matter of inexperience that kept the stickmen from coming up to their best. They later beat soundly several teams that trounced the Loyola team. The 15-2 loss to Maryland, the national champions, was nothing of which to be ashamed, and Herbert feels that next year’s team could (continued on page 17) THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Ulcers notwithstanding .... Left: Cy Twompsty, friend, and Townes LEA, ‘42, official tourname flank Twompsty. Also in the above picture are the runners-up fro Southern Conference Champions IGHLIGHT OF THE SPRING sports calendar was the H surprising triumph of Coach Cy ‘Twombly’s golfers in the Southern Conference tournament at Danville, Virginia. While it was the only match the Generals won all year, the Conference trophy more than made up for narrow-margin losses in previous dual matches. Again, but this time in reverse, it was the unpredictable play of inexperienced young players that held the key to the team’s success. Theodore M. Kerr, a slender, crew-cut sophomore from Midland, Texas, caught fire at Danville, carding a 138 for the 36-hole event, ten strokes better than the runner-up, and sufficient to beat out The Citadel by two strokes. While the Danville performance was the only bright spot of the past season, ‘Twombly goes out on a limb about team prospects for the next two years. Kerr promises to develop into a top-notch individual per- former. The other youngsters shot good golf this year, but when the competition became intense, their in- experience told on them and they lost, often by very narrow margins. Twombly feels that with added ex- perience, his teams of the next two years will have the best depth of any he has coached in many a year. In addition to Kerr, this year’s team included Fred Bear, Jr., of Montgomery, Alabama, the only senior on the team; John E. and Otis D. Chapoton, fresh- men from Galveston, Texas; Ellis Drew, a junior from Anderson, South Carolina; and Donald Rosen- feld of Ladue, Missouri, a sophomore. JUNE 1955 ....a conference championship .... nt scorer. Right: Trppy Kerr (left) and Team Captain FRED BEAR m other Southern Conference colleges. Below: TwomBiy and Kerr. ....is worth it Fifty-six top-level representatives of business and industry met in April to consider corporate contributions to higher education. Out of that conference came these significant points of agreement. Twenty Points of Agreement NE OF THE MOST encouraging O of recent developments in the field of corporate giving took place at Arden House, Harriman, New York, on April 1-2 when fifty- six top-level representatives of busi- ness and industry came together for the Conference on Corporate Contributions. It was jointly spon- sored by the Council for Financial Aid to Education and Columbia University’s School of Business, and it drew an imposing array of presi- dents, board chairmen, and other key executives of major corpora- tions for nearly forty-eight hours of stimulating discussion. For much of the time, the participants met in four small groups for full and trank discussion of the topic. Each of the four groups drew up a report for presentation at a plenary ses- sion. There, after continued gen- eral discussion, the participants were able to compile an impressive list of twenty subjects on which there was agreement. Here, with permission of the Council for F1- nancial Aid to Education, are the twenty points of agreement reached at the Conference: 1. Helping to support higher education is sound business policy, but represents an opportunity rather than a responsibility. 2. Once started on helping to support higher education, business should plan to “stay with it.” But while recognizing the need for con- tinuity of support, business firms cannot be expected to take on long term commitments to institutions of higher education. This article is reprinted here, with permission, from the Alumni Digest for May 13, 1955, published by the American Alumni Council. 16 3. Business wants to accept some reasonable share in aiding higher education, but is not going to as- sume the exclusive support of col- leges and universities. 4. If an aid-to-education — pro- gram is properly conceived, proper- ly planned and properly carried out, there need be no objection from stockholders or employees. Such a program should be re- ported to stockholders, but, like other management responsibilities, it should not be submitted for ap- proval. 5. Under the conditions stipulat- ed in No. 4, there is no particular need for a company to fear criticism of its ald of higher education. 6. Company grants of aid to edu- cation ought to be publicized—the manner of publicizing to be left to the individual corporation. 7. Companies cannot expect im- mediate benefits from grants to higher education. In the long run, very real benefits are to be expected. It was the consensus that grants cannot be related specifically to fu- ture profits of a donor company. 8. Each company must determine for itself the total amount it pro- vides to aid education. ‘There is no common yardstick. g. As to the type of institutions to be given support, the consensus seems to be: give priority to inde- pendent colleges and universities, but do not rule out the tax-sup- ported ones. 10. The quality characteristics in beneficiary institutions include (a) sound financial management, (b) evidence of substantial alumni sup- port, and (c) accreditation by ap- propriate agencies. But it is recog- nized that many institutions, not now accredited, are performing a useful function, and should be as- sisted to build up the strengths that may earn accreditation. 11. No over-all plan for com- pany allocations of grants will serve all cases. : 12. Scholarships (for undergradu- ate students) are regarded by many companies as a feasible and useful form of aid to education. But a cost - of - education supplement should be paid to the enrolling institution, for its unrestricted use in current operations. 13. As a corollary, a company should not put a financial burden on a college or university because of the nature of the grant(s) which it makes to the institution. i4. [fa company provides tellow- ship funds for professional or grad- uate students, it should pay a cost- of-education supplement to the en- rolling institution regardless of whether it is independent or tax- supported. 15. From among _ the types of aid needed by colleges and universities, donor companies must make their individual selections. Each company must determine what it wants to do and what are the needs of any college it desires to support. 16. Nevertheless, the urgency of providing funds to raise the scale of faculty salaries was recognized by all of the conferees. 17. It was agreed that company, in making grants to high- er education, should scrupulously avoid infringing upon academic freedom, or upsetting college ad- ministrative procedures. ‘The gen- eral attitude was: pick your insti- tution carefully, give, and then hands off its internal affairs. various every THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 18. Each company has to deter- mine for itself the kind of intra- corporate organization it needs to administer its program of aid to higher education. 19. A company foundation 1s a means of insuring stability and con- tinuity of giving, in bad times as well as good. Such a foundation is not, however, equally well suited to the purpose of all companies. 20. Grants of aid to colleges and universities are an investment, nota gift or a charitable gesture. IN ITS MIMEOGRAPHED report on the deliberations of the Conference on Corporate Contributions at Arden House, the Council for F1- nancial Aid to Education, by agree- ment, does not associate the names of the participants with any of the specific comments or remarks made during the discussion. Nonetheless, most of the observations made by this group of business leaders will be read with real interest and value by all those concerned with this important development in edu- cational philanthropy. More spoke vigorously on the subject than one industrialist of alumni giving in the course of arriving at a general agreement on Point No. 10 of the list carried above: “Quality characteristics in beneficiary institutions include (a) sound financinal management, (b) evidence of substantial alumni sup- port, and (c) accreditation. ” Here are some direct quotations from the transcript: “|. One of the things that shocked me when I went through the Refer- ence Book was the figures on the degree of alumni support which the universities are now getting. The reporting institutions now have, I think, an average of 20.5 per cent participation, and an average contribution of $25. It seems to me we can put a little more emphasis on the universities” ‘management of funds’ and ‘management of pro- > 99 erams for securing funds’. ‘“...In our group we discussed the question whether it would be ap- JUNE 1955 propriate for us to suggest that, in their own interest, universities might make a more effective pre- sentation than they are now making of their efforts to secure funds from their own family group and other available resources.” “...Our group arrived at this: We shouldn’t tell colleges and univer- sities what they have to do in these areas (1.e., in alumni support and good management). We simply state to them, clearly, that one of the things we’re going to take into ac- count when we are considering grants to them is what evidence they can bring to us on this point.” “ ..1 think the fundamental fact here is that business doesn’t want to take over the whole job. It wants to take over some reasonable part of financial aid, but it’s not going to assume the exclusive support of colleges and universities. ‘They have to show they’re getting some other support.” University News (continued from page 14) possibly be in contention for na- tional honors itself. He loses a few key players, including Dick “Stumpy” Johnson and Harry Ford, both of whom Herbert chose for the All-South squad which he coaches this year for the annual All-Star game. CoacH Brtty MCCANN was un- able to work wonders with the base- ball team as he had with the Gen- erals basketball team in the winter months, but even in a losing season there were bright spots. The biggest were the pitching performances turned in by soph- ~omores Joe Knakal and Joe Amato and junior Dick Skolnik. Knakal tamed the Richmond Spiders twice, Amato pitched brilliantly in spots although he failed to win a game, and Skolnik—the really hard-luck guy of the mound staff—showed marked improvement as the sea- son progressed. Only the Generals’ lack of power hitters and failure to hit with the ducks on the pond kept these boys in the losing columns. ‘Any coach in the Southern Con- ference would love to have them on their teams,” McCann said. “If we could have hit the ball this year we would have had a good year.” Knakal was named to the Vir- ginia Big Six second team, along with first baseman Dickie Kops, a senior and co-captain. Outfielder Cal Couch, a freshman and the team’s leading hitter at .368, re- ceived honorable mention on the Southern Conference all-star team. CoacH Norm Lorp’s track forces are also due for better things next year. The General thinclads boasted good men in almost all events, but they lacked the team depth neces- sary to win. In winning one dual meet and losing seven, the Generals were outclassed badly in only the VPI and William and Mary tilts. ‘The team was sparked by Cap- tain Harry Kennedy, Charleston, West Virginia senior, who could be counted on for points in both hurdle events and the broad jump. Freshman Frank Hoss high jumped over six feet on several occasions; sophomore Alex Platt broke the school discus record and threatened the shot standard; junior Randy Creel approached the javelin mark; and frosh Paul Ironside showed good dash form—all encouraging signs for future track seasons. ‘THE GENERAL’S TENNIS. team, coached this year by Dick Miller, finished with a 5-5 record in matches and with a fourth in the Southern Conference tournament. Relatively speaking, the tennis squad played the toughest schedule in the spring sports slate. ‘They absorbed sound beatings from Rollins College, ranked. sec- ond nationally, Southern Confer- ence champion Davidson, and al- ways-powerful Colgate, but the losses to Georgetown and Wayne were by one-point margins. ~ As an undergraduate BILL Warp (right) and his Model-T took Derby Day honors; his May 13 birthday prompted Atlan- ta friends to send this fioral tribute, which MAuRY ARND holds. SA Oe Above: Bitt Warp (left background) accepted birthday felicita- tions. Below: Evening festivities centered on steak and sociability. 1930 Has EMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC and law Classes of 1930 M spent two days on the campus in May in cele- bration of the 25th anniversary of their graduation. ‘They and their wives were here as guests of the Unt- versity at the first annual 25-Year Convocation and Reunion, which was designed both to reacquaint alumni with Washington and Lee as it is in 1955 and to give them a thoroughly enjoyable time. Activities got underway at the Mayflower Hotel, which the University had taken over for the occasion, with luncheon on Friday, May 13. Dr. Gaines pre- sided; Dean James G. Leyburn gave the first of several short talks by members of the University family. These talks concluded with the 25-Year Convoca- Left: “Light-up time” at the banquet. Right to left: JOHN OLiveR, Mrs. OLIVER, CHARLIE URQUHART, Mrs. URQUHART, HERB JAHNCKE, and GEORGE ASHWORTH (left foreground). Center: Cy YouncG and Mrs. SHIPMAN cut a mean figure at the post-banquet dance, with BARNEY BARNETT and wife following close suit. Right: This pre-luncheon huddle at the Mayffower Hotel, featured MosBy PERROw. Itse e evening. They included Law Class President WaT EWELL, Mrs. Class dignitaries occupied head table spots at the banquet in th MERY, Mrs. Eweiu, and Academic Class President BARNEY BARNETT. MONTGOMERY, Mrs. BARNETT, Master of Ceremonies Monty MONTGO If a Reunion! tion on Saturday, at which Dr. Gaines was the fea- “College Friendships” featured ErnteE Woop (center), Mrs. tured speaker. H. Graham Morison responded for the Woop, STAN HAMPTON and Cy Younc’s direction (background) Class at the luncheon which followed, and proposed the establishment of a Class Memorial Fund honor- ing those members of the Class who have deceased. His proposal was adopted. Despite what may appear to have been a swirl of planned activity, there was plenty of time for fun. From the outset it was apparent that nothing was needed to break the ice. Former classmates were com- pletely at home together. ‘Their wives entered into the spirit of things, too, and seemed particularly to enjoy the activities planned for them. When all was said and done, it was quite a week-end! The Sazaracs, undergraduate singing group, were on hand, too. The President of the Association reports at the close of — Two Challenging Years WILLIAM L. WEBSTER, 12 ITH THESE REMARKS, and the W close of this meeting this af- ternoon, I shall terminate two very happy, interesting, and personally valuable years as President of our Alumni Association. They have been years during which I have come into closer contact with Wash- ington and Lee, its alumni and stu- dents, its faculty and administra- tion, its policies, and yes, its prob- lems, than I had ever dreamed might be my opportunity. They have been challenging years. I saw, for example, Washington and Lee’s Student Executive Com- mittee face squarely and resolutely a very severe infraction of the Honor System we prize so highly; and I saw the Honor System, to say nothing of the student body, gain in stature for the splendid manner in which the students themselves dealt with that infraction. I lived with the many misunder- standings that grew out of the Uni- versity’s decision to discontinue the subsidization of athletics. I believe that Washington and Lee is now stronger for the integrity of its de- cision, for the determination with which it held to its position, and for the patient consideration with which it sought to clarify the mis- understandings that arose. And in all this I like to believe that your Alumni Board was helpful. I hasten to add that in this mat- ter, and in others which have come before the Board, I take no person- al credit. Rather, any credit proper- ly belongs to the individuals whom you elected to the Board. 20 Let me indicate just how active your Alumni Board has been dur- ing the past year. We have had three full meetings. The first was held in Washington in October so that we might meet with the Uni- versity Board of Trustees and dis- cuss with them at length matters of mutual concern and _ interest, primary among them the misunder- standings that arose in the wake of the athletic decisions. This was followed by a special meeting in Lexington in January, at which time we gave further con- sideration to those misunderstand- ings and had another opportunity to have lunch and to talk with members of the University Board. ‘These two meetings, plus the gen- erous portions of time which each Board member gave to discussion with other alumni, with members of the University’s administration WEBSTER and faculty, and with Lexington townspeople, led to the special re- port that appeared in the March issue of the Alumni Magazine. And yesterday we had our third Board meeting of this college year. In addition to these activities, some members of the Alumni Board served on a_ special committee, chairmanned by Martin Burks, to consider and advance the project of an Alumni House on campus. Here again, generous amounts of time, both in and out of committee, were involved. I believe you will agree with me that members of the Alumni Board do make a genuine effort to follow University activities closely and to give a full measure of service to Washington and Lee and to you who elect them. ET ME TURN NOW to the work of | the Alumni office and of its Executive Secretary during the past year. My commendations for both are of the highest order. ‘There has been, I know, a conscious effort on Cy Young’s part to open and widen the channels of communica- tion between the University and its alumni. He and other University officials have been traveling often and far to meet with regional chap- ters so that alumni far afield from Lexington may better know what is happening on the campus, and why. And in preparing the Alumni Magazine and sending it to all as is now done, an equally import- ant effort is being made to present, and to interpret, information about Washington and Lee to the alumni. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE The Alumni Fund_ has been strengthened in many ways, notable among them the extension of our program of personal solicitation, begun a year ago, to twenty-nine chapter areas. ‘These efforts to strengthen the Fund will continue, I am sure, to the end that annual giving will become an even more significant factor in Washington and Lee’s continued welfare. In May of this year the Univer- sity sponsored the first 25-Year Con- vocation and Reunion. The Alumni Office and a faculty committee were instrumental in its planning and execution. Members of the aca- demic and law Classes of 1930 and their wives were guests of the Uni- versity for the better part of two days, during which time they not only had an opportunity to enjoy themselves thoroughly, but also had the equally important opportunity to see the University in action and to discuss its program and its needs with members of the faculty and administration. All in all, | think this has been an excellent year. At its beginning we were faced with what seemed to be adversity (I refer to the after- math of the athletic decisions), but it seems to me that we were success- ful in turning adversity into ad- vantage, with the result that both the University and the Alumni As- sociation have been strengthened. WOULD BE REMIsS if I were to close without calling attention to the University’s Development Program, and to the key role Wash- ington and Lee’s alumni must play if it is to be successful. That pro- gram is concerned with matters that are vital to the health and well-be- ing of Washington and Lee: the salaries of the faculty members, scholarship funds for deserving young men, the library, and essen- tial additions and renovations to the University’s physical plant. The Development Program cannot be regarded lightly. Nor can we who are the _ bene- JUNE 1955 ficiaries of a Washington and Lee education regard our own respon- sibilities lightly. I believe that we must show by expenditures of our time, thought, energy, and funds, that we believe in Washington and Lee and all for which it stands. Only when we, the alumni, have done our part can we _ expect others—corporations, foundations, parents, and friends of the Univer- sity—to assist. If we accept the re- sponsibilities that are ours, and rise to the opportunity they pre- sent, we can be a_ bulwark = of strength to our beloved alma mater. And I suggest that for doing so our reward, though intangible, will be many-fold. It will lie in the sat- isfaction that comes of knowing that we are helping future genera- tions of Washington and Lee men who, just as we have done in years past, will travel the walks of this campus, learn in the classrooms of its buildings, and benefit from the traditions we have come to value so highly. It will take form in the confidence we feel that these young men will make a mark in the world that will be a credit to themselves and to Washington and Lee. And certainly we shall be rewarded in the pride we will feel as, in the fu- ture, we welcome them into our own Alumni Association. ©9080 OOFOSHHOGBO88HOHHHOHOTTHHHOH0HHBSHOHSOCHSHHOOHOSSOHOHCOSSEECOSE From the Assoctation’s New President, A Statement of Conviction Joun F. HENDON, ’24 AS I TAKE OFFICE as President, and certainly I am a novice, please al- low me to state a personal convic- tion which is very much a part of me. It was extremely well put in an editorial that appeared in an April issue of the Wall Street Journal. ‘There it was noted that Dr. Gordon HENDON Gray, president of the oldest state- supported university in the country, © the University of North Carolina, had said in a recent speech in Los Angeles that were he to have to choose between saving the inde- pendent institutions of higher learning and those supported by the state, he would choose to save the independent colleges. This statement carries my con- viction. I firmly believe that the purpose of education is the develop- ment of minds in an atmosphere of free inquiry. Since leaving Wash- ington and Lee in 1924, in my busi- ness I have felt very often the threat of government encroachment on the field of private enterprise. Will not this same threat come to institu- tions of higher learning unless com- plete freedom from government in- fluence and support is observed in the teaching of our future citizens? With this conviction in mind | promise to do my best in the serv- ice of this institution as President of the Alumni Association. 21 The Alumni Secretary makes A Report of Progress Harry K. (Cy) YOUNG, ‘17 AM HAPPY to make this annual I report to the alumni, and I am happy to be able to call it a report of progress. Somewhere along in the late summer or early fell of last year there were serious doubts on the part of some that alumni work would actually prosper again; and all of us will agree that the 1954-55 year has been a strenuous one. I am sure that every alumnus is acquaint- ed with the July 23 decision of the University Board of ‘Trustees to cancel our 1954 football schedule and to discontinue subsidization of athletics at Washington and Lee. Unfortunately many of our alumni interpreted the newspaper and mag- azine articles to mean that we were discontinuing football—which was never the intention of the Trustees. Thus the tumult began in the Alumni Office and, in fact, in all of the administrative offices on the campus. For several months it was our main job to see that the alumni clearly understood Washington and MartIN P. Burks, III, ’32, of Roanoke was chosen to a three-year Alumni Board term. 22 Lee’s new athletic policy—its whys and its wherefores. Let me mention here three published statements, sent to all alumni, that proved of inestimable help in making clear the athletic situation and in dis- pelling many rumors that had arisen. The first of these was a letter written by Dr. Gaines and sent to all alumni and parents on August 5. Lhe second was an article written by Mr. James R. Caskie, Rector of the Board, and printed in the De- cember issue of the Alumni Maga- zine. And the third statement, which was the result of many con- ferences and much study, appeared in the March issue of the Maga- zine and was the expression of our own Alumni Board. I am grateful for all these excellent presentations of fact. Many of the reactions were un- derstandable, especially in the light of the long football history of the institution, but it is now clear to most that the decisions made were the only ones possible if the best interests of Washington and Lee were to be served. We will have a football team in 1955 and we hope that a fine crowd will return for Homecoming on October 22. As was said in one of the three statements just mentioned, “It has been clearly demonstrated to us that there is a real need for more adequate communication between the University and its alumni.” This leads me into the second topic of my report: Development. By now all alumni should be fa- miliar with the fact that we do have a Development Program in progress at Washington and Lee, and that under the guidance of its director, Donald E. Smith, this pro- eram is making important strides. The Alumni Office and the Devel- opment Office are not only located side by side in Washington Hall, but they are actually working side by side in every sense. Another aspect of this Develop- ment Program, designed to open channels of communication, was initiated this spring. On May 13 and 14, the University invited to the campus as their guests the mem- bers of the Law and Academic Classes of 1930 on the occasion of their twenty-fifth anniversary. ‘Thus have we begun the 25-Year Re- union. This was the first effort to bring a reunion class to the campus while school is in session. In addi- tion to the usual social events, a planned program made it possible for the men, and their wives, to see the college in operation and to hear members of the administration and faculty report on the state of the University. I believe that every man who came was reassured about his Alma Mater, enjoyed the program, and went away with new interest. Attendance far exceeded our ex- pectations. We plan to continue reunions with classes. Moreover, next year we hope to add the 50-Year Class, and to have members of the Classes of 1906 and 1931 as our guests. Another phase of our program for broadening the channels of such succeeding communications between the Uni- STUARD A. WuRZBURGER, '28, New York, was named vice-president of the Association. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE yn a tS sll Harry L. SuHuty, ’29, Morganton, N. C., was re-named Treasurer of the Board. versity and its alumni concerns the Alumni Magazine. | am sure you have noticed that your maga- zine looks different. As for its con- tents, I hope you have noticed that we have tried to give you up-to-date news both on the University and on your fellow alumni. In addition to re-styling the mag- azine, we now are sending it to every alumnus of Washington and Lee for whom we have a correct address on file. To send it to this enlarged audience of approximately 11,000 alumni is the realization of a hope we have cherished for many years. The additional cost to your Association has been about $3,500, but we think you will agree it Is money well spent. In another effort to keep the alumni abreast of the University we mailed to every alumnus Dr. Gaines’ special “Report of the President to the Alumni.” The re- sponse from alumni to this sum- mary of the University’s activity for the preceding year was so favorable that I hope the practice will be continued in the future. With the increase of activity in the Alumni Office, it has not been possible for me to attend as many of the local chapter meetings as I had hoped for. Every chapter in our organization (and we now have 37 active chapters) has had one or JUNE 1955 more good meetings this year and a representative from the University was present at most of these. Our chapters have never supported us more generously and more loyally than during the past year—perhaps we have never needed this assurance of their cooperation more. The alumni chapters serve in many ways, but I shall mention here only one service, at this time perhaps their greatest—the recruit- ment of students for the University. At a time when we have so many more applications than we can pos- sibly accept, we need all the help we can get in selecting the right boys for Washington and Lee. Throughout all of the activities that by their very nature relate the Alumni Program to the Develop- ment Program, we have been stress- ing-one theme: we should not hope for great support from those outside the University family until we can first demonstrate a solid measure of alumni support. Although there is much work to be done to bring our Alumni Fund into line with the funds of other colleges and universities compar- able to us in size and purpose, we definitely are making progress. Fach year the organization of the annual fund seems to run a little smoother. For example, men now ERNEST Woopwarb, II, ’40, of Louisville was named to a three-year Board term. ParKE S. Rouse, Jr., 37, of Williamsburg was chosen to a three-year Board term. seem glad to serve as Class Agents and in many instances we have had volunteers for this important assign- ment. Also, with the new office equipment we have procured dur- ing the past two years, we are in a much better position to serve our Class Agents and our Regional Agents. With regard to the latter, this year we have 29 Regional Agents as compared with 12 last year. They and their committees are working, and through the per- sonal solicitation they conduct, we hope for our largest gain. It is a pleasure for me to an- nounce that, as of June 1, a total of 1,977 alumni have contributed $50,483.87 to the 1955 Alumni Fund. Both of these figures repre- sent an increase over any previous year on the same date. In closing, I should like to thank all of those who have made this such a fine year for your Alumni Association: President Gaines, the members of his administrative staff, Class and Regional Agents, the ladies in the Alumni and Develop- ment Offices. And particularly, I want to express publicly to the members of the Alumni Board and to Mr. W. L. Webster, President of the Alumni Association, my deep gratitude for their wonderful co- operation and active interest dur- ing an especially difficult year. 23 jo & G. THomMAS DUNLop, after two years at Washington and Lee, entered Princeton University, graduating with the degree of Civil Engineer. He then graduated in Law at Columbian (now George Washington University) in 1806, and practiced law in Washington, D.C., for 50 years. Now in his retirement he is deeply interested in his several Alma Maters. Address: Manor Road, Chevy Chase 15, Maryland. 95 JosepH B. DABNEY was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1872 and has re sided there all his life; attended Washing- ton and Lee in 1891-92 and 1892-93. He was appointed deputy clerk of Warren County in 1893, and became Clerk in 1895 and, concurrently with this position, served as County Superintendent of Edu- cation until 1903. He received his law de- gree from Millsaps College, and entered the practice of law, retiring from active practice some years ago, and is now con- ducting a real estate loan business. Mr. Dabney writes most delightfully of his association with fellow students and towns- people in his college days, particularly among them his friend the recently de- ceased JoHN W. Davis, and among the latter the Ross family and their friendly home at “Sunnyside” near Lexington. 03 Dr. D. V. GUTHRIE is retiring this year after serving 44 years as Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 04 FRAMPTON E. ELuis retired Feb- ruary 4, 1955, after 43 years as county administrator and guardian of Fulton County, Georgia, Ordinary’s office. He was presented a certificate in appreciation for his services in a ceremony in tne courtroom on April 4. Mr. Ellis was honored “for his ability and integrity exhibited during his service as county guardian and administrator since 1912.” 24 Address: 208 Georgia Savings Bank, At- lanta, Georgia. Mr. Ellis was succeeded by FRANK FULLER, LL.B. ’32. 06 Brent E. CLARK is owner and op- erator of the James Hotel, looks after his real estate and keeps in close touch with hs family of three children and six grandchildren. Address: 219 N.W. 4th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ira ‘T. RITENOUR is still living in Pend- roy, Montana. His son-in-law is running the farm, while Mr. Ritenour does some work and oversees what is going on. He has three grandchildren, two grandsons and one granddaughter. He is interested in the 50th reunion of his class. Rev. SAMUEL R. NEEL, retired Methodist Minister, member of the Baltimore An- nual Conference, A.B. Washington and Lee; B. D. Vanderbilt University, has had pastorates in Roanoke, Virginia, Balti- more, Maryland, and Cumberland, Mary- land. Address: 311 Maryland Ave., Cum- berland, Maryland. 07 Rev. THomas F. Opie, D.D., is founder and president of Outside Aid for Patients in Mental Hospital, Great Bar- rington, Massachusetts. The organization has recently published a summary of its service indicating that much has been ac- complished in helping these unfortunates to be rehabilitated. Mr. Opie is a retired minister of the Episcopal Church, and a native of Staunton, Virginia. Dr. Emory West BITZER, SR., retired from practice six years ago and he and Mrs. Bitzer are now living on a lake at Her- nando, Florida, just off U. S. Route 41. Their son, Emory West, JR., B.S. ’51, was graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School in June. Pi O08 EARLE K. PAXYON, now retired as professor of mathematics at Washington and Lee, is farming at his place in the county, but living at his home in Lex- ington. He is slowly recovering from a broken leg sustained in November which kept him cenfined to crutches and a wheel chair for four months. Residence: 602 South Main Street, Lexington, Vir- ginia. 09 CARL HINTON retired as Postmaster at Hinton, West Virginia, on March 91. 1955, after 21 years and 2 months ser- vice. Rev. HArotp H. Leacn, 22 Terry Street, Staunton, Virginia, became 80 years of age on May 11, 1955. He became a _ grand- father for the first time on April 17, 1955. He says he is writing a book, “Male and Female Created He Them or The Divine Order of the Sexes.” DANIEL K. SADLER, in the November, 1954, general election, was re-elected to a fourth consecutive eight year term as a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico. He is now serving his 25th consecutive year on the Court on a term which will end December 31, 1962. / 0 LrEsTER B. DuTrow was presented with a “Certificate of Service” by the International City Managers Association at its goth annual conference on Decem- ber 8, 1954, in honor of his contribution to the proficiency of his fellow managers and his achievement in advancing munic- ipal administration. He is City Manager of Front Royal, Virginia. / 7 HENRY MONCURE is Chief of Process Inspection at the Radford, Virginia, Arsen- al. He writes that he has several Washing- ton and Lee men working for him and that S. MAppox LANE, ’g0, is Civilian Prop- erty Officer at the Arsenal. FRED P. GUTHRIE, assistant vice-president, Radio Corporation of America, has been with Radio Corporation for 32 years and expects to retire in July 1956. His young- est son, Jack, is now a freshman at Washington and Lee. Address: 4301 Argyle ‘Terrace, N. W., Washington 11, D.C. / 2 Dr. Epwarp Lyons, after 26 years as chemist with Parke Davis in Detroit, moved to Gainesville, Florida, where he lived for seven years, four of which were spent teaching at the University of Florida. He and his wife then moved to Holly Hill, Florida, on the east coast. Aside from the fact that he has “retired” he has now become Director of Research for Pan-Ormond Corporation. Their home is at 145 3rd Street, Holly Hill, Florida. 13 ‘THE REV. MARION A. STEVENSON of Athens, Tennessee, writes that he lives in THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE the middle of the great Tennessee Valley Authority, with lakes on every hand, and fishing galore. It is a beautiful country but not so beautiful as the Blue Ridge country of Virginia or his own blue grass country of Kentucky. Marion has two children and five grandch..dren. He looks forward to retirement, still 9 years away, so that he can have time to finish a manuscript on New Testament Greek and to do more fishing. Lewis TIwyMANn, ggg Southwest First Street, Miami, Florida, after practicing law for some go years, serving as City Attorney of Miami, 1939-41, now devotes most of his time to restoring his ances- tral home in Buckingham County, Vir- ginia, where he spends his summers, and to his various interests, business and other- wise. Summer address: Wingina, Virginia. Guy M. Warp, of Batesville, Arkansas, writes that he is a reformed-retired-tired school teacher who still teaches young- sters in his dreams. Guy coached basket- ball for 25 years and made quite a repu- tation coaching the state championship team in 1927. That team also was second by only two points in the national tour- nament. The Batesville gymnasium is named after Guy, the Ward Gymnasium. Jupce Epwarp S. DELAPLAINE of Frederick, Maryland, is an active member of the Lincoln Society and recently had an article published in the Lincoln Herald entitled “Lincoln’s Companions on _ the Trip to Antietam.” Rev. GrEorcE W. DEAL, in 1949, retired from the pastorate of the large Presby- terian church of Corpus Christi, Texas, and is now pastor of the Oxford Pres- byterian church in Rockbridge County, on Buffalo. He is a farmer-stockman oper- ating his farm, “Dundee”; is archivist of the Rockbridge County Historical Society; and a genealogist, which he finds intrigu- ing and remunerative. He has recently published an article, “The Flaming Frontier; the Augusta Border, 1753-64,” appearing in the Lexington Gazette. WILLIAM A. HYMAN, as reported by In- surance Advocate of January 29, 1955, 1S head of a committee cf tue New York State Bar Association which investigated calendar congestion in the Supreme Court in the Metropolitan Area. On February 18, 1955, the State Commission on the Courts reported favorably, requesting 21 new Judges for the Supreme Court car- rying out substantially tne recommenda- tions of the committee. Mr. Hyman ini- tiated this tremendous undertaking single- handedly almost five years ago against the opposition of politicians who feared the cry of “keep expenses down, keep taxes down” and also the opposition of many prominent members of the Bar—who sel- dom got into Court to try a case. Mr. Hyman’s offices are at 111 Fulton Street, New York 38, New York. / 4 Morris L. MASINTER is still engaged in the practice of law with offices at 803-4 JUNE 1955 State and City Building, Roanoke, Vir- ginia. His son, Michael, is a freshman at Washington and Lee, and he has another son, Arnold, who is still in high school but is looking to the time when he also will be going to Washington and Lee. 16 EpwARD W. DEARMAN is now re- tired after 27 years with Federal Civil Service as an architect. He is now recover- ing from a major automobile accident sus- tained on February 9. Home address: 2322 4oth Place, N.W., Apt. 102, Washington 7, D.C. HON. CLARENCE J. Brown is still repre- senting the Seventh Ohio District in Con- gress, is Republican National Committee- man from Ohio, and in the newspaper business. During the year The Brown Pub- lishing Company has added the Urbana, Ohio, Daily to its string of papers. Home address: Blanchester, Ohio. RUssELL S. RHODES was honored on_ his twentieth anniversary as executive vice- president of the Tulsa Chamber of Com- merce with a luncheon attended by nearly five hundred people. He and Mrs. Rhodes were presented with very handsome gifts in honor of the occasion. Immediately thereafter they left for a month’s tour of Canada and Alaska. Next year will be the 40th anniversary of Mr. Rhodes’ class and he is looking forward to being on hand for the occasion, if possible. Address: Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, 616 Soutn Boston Avenue, Tulsa 3, Oklahoma. / Oo GEORGE P. MACATEE is in the building supply business under the name of Macatee, Inc., at 4703 Bengal Street, Dallas, ‘Texas, where he has been for the past 22 years. Mr. ana Mrs. Macatee have one son 27 years old, who was married last September, and they are taking the young couple to Europe for a two month’s visit, leaving this country in April. 20 PINKNEY GrissoM is a Senior part- ner in the Law firm of Thompson, Knight, Wright and Simmons with offices in the Republic Bank Building, Dallas, Texas. He has been with the firm since April of 1921. Mr. and Mrs. Grissom have three grown sons, two of whom are married. There are six grand-children in the Grissom family. The youngest son is a sophomore at the University of Texas where he is studying mechanical engi- neering. Pinkney says “none of his boys thought enough of the law to make it their profession.” He, however, has en- joyed every minute of nis long legal ca- reer. Dr. RANDOLPH 'T. SmitTH, after leaving W&L, taught French at the Augusta Mili- tary Academy in Staunton, Virigina, then went to the Undergraduate School at Johns Hopkins for one year, then 4 years in the Medical School, graduating in 1926. He spent the next 6 months at the Balti- more City Hospital, then 2 years in Phila- delphia at the Lankenau Hospital. Then he returned to Arkansas, where he has been practicing his profession of general surgery at go4 Donaghey Building, Little Rock. Arkansas. He married a girl from Georgia and they have a son 25, who is at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, doing his two year stretch with Uncle Sam. 2i NoBLe B. HENprRIx, who has been dean of students at the University of Ala- bama for ten years, will assume a similar position at the University of Miami, Flor- ida, on July 1. He has been Alabama co- ordinator of the National Association of Secondary School Principals and is a mem- ber of the executive committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Sec- ondary Schools. After graduation here he received a master’s degree from Columbia. HOMER E. HENDERSON and his familv spent their vacation last summer in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and by pre-arrange- ment, JUDGE B. HUNTER (FATS) BARRow joined him in Danville, Virginia, for a day and night, and soon had as their guests in the hotel room, NORMAN JEFFER- SON (DupDE) Waucu, LinpsEY Moore, and PAUL SANFORD, all of the same W. and L. vintage. They had a delightful afternoon and evening and much kidding and rem- iniscing transpired. Homer is vice-presi- dent and trust officer of the Second Na- tional Bank, Houston, Texas. A. D. Burke started to work January 1 for Olin Matheson Chemical Corporation, For- est Products Division, as manager of Treating Cylinder. He also started his gist year in wood preserving. Address: 3113 Centenary Boulevard, Shreveport, Louisi- ana. FRANKLIN M. THOMPSON, who has been in Geranhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil, for the past four years, plans to return. state- side soon. He has been engaged in teach- ing the Portugese ana in the erection of electric high-power transmission towers. Harry B. Burr is still in the ice cream business—Burt’s Good Humor Ice Cream Co. in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His son Harry, III, just out of the Air Force has recently joined the company. His youngest son, Jim, is a junior at Columbia Military Academy, Columbia, Tennessee, and an honor student. Address: 3755 South Dela- ware Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. DANIEL BLAIN is engaged in general promotional work as Medical Director of American Psychiatric Association for mental hospitals and associated com- munity activities in field of psychology in United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and West Indies and member of Expert Committees on Mental Health and World Health Organizations. This leads to much travel here and abroad, including a round the world trip a year ago. Address: 3126 Woodley Road, N.W., Washington 8, D.C. 25 22 CHARLES O. HANDLEY, SR., of the Conservation Department has been ac- corded national recognition for “outstand- ing work” in the management of West Virginia’s white-tailed deer and_ wild turkey programs. Mr. Handley is among 10 professional workers in all conserva- tion fields in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, receiving a bronze plaque and a $500 award under the Nash Conser- vation Award Program by the Nash Divi- sion of American Motors Corporation. Address: State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia. 23 Rosert K. Park is president, man- ager and treasurer of Farmers’ Building & Loan Association, Ravenswood, West Virginia. Mr. Park transferred from Wash- ington and Lee after one year in order to take a course in Electrical Engineering at the University of West Virginia. He hopes that his son, now a sophomore at Mercersburg Academy, will come to Wash- ington and Lee for his college work. Douc.Las S. PERRY is still Regional Group Supervisor with the Travelers Insurance Company at 80 John Street, New York City. During the past year he has served on four committees of the National As- sociation of Life Underwriters and one committee of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters. Currently he is a member of the Parish Develop- ment Committee of the local Episcopal Church. Home address: 75 Park Street, Tenafly, New Jersey. 24 JouN G. GUERRANT is still with the Virginia Paper Company in Richmond. His only daughter is now married, hav- ing graduated from Sweet Briar in 1953. She and her husband live in Charlottes- ville where he is attending the Univer- sity of Virginia Law School. Address: 400 Henri Road, Richmond 26, Virginia. Rosert T. MERRITT is now entering his 29th year with Southern Bell Telephone Company. Residence: 710 Peachtree Street, N.E., Apartment 717, Atlanta, Georgia. E. ALMER AMES, JR., has been practicing law in Onancock, Virginia, since eradu- ating from the Law School here. He has been Commonwealth’s Attorney for Ac comac County for the last twelve years and this year is a candidate for the Vir- ginia State Senate. He is married and has one son 16 years of age, who is a first year student at Episcopal High School in 26 Alexandria, Virginia, and hopes in another couple of years to go to Washington and Lee. 25 Mr. JOHN C. ANDERSON has been elected a member of the Board of Di- rectors of the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation. Upon his gradua- tion in June 1925 he entered the employ of this Company at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was transferred to Louisville in the Purchasing Department in January 1929. After some years as As- sistant Purchasing Manager, Mr. Anderson turned his interests to manufacturing and took up residence in Petersburg, Virginia, in May 1934, as Factory Superintendent of the Brown and Williamson Branch in that city. On January 10, 1944, he became Branch Manager. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two children, a daughter, Julia, who is the wife of WALTER H. WILLIAMS, ’49, Richmond, Virginia, and a son, ‘Thomas K. who graduated from Petersburg High School on June g, 1955. Address: 1836 Westover, Petersburg, Virginia. Rev. HERMAN J. WOMELDOoRF is in his fourth year as professor of Religion at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and at the same time Minister of Roth Memorial Presbyterian Church, where they are building a new church. The membership of the church has trebled in four years. Last summer, Mr. Womel- dorf took his family to Europe and sup- plied a church in Scotland for two months while there. H. Epwarbd RIETZE, JR., writes that his son, Ed, III, 17 years old and 6 feet 3 inches tall, is now a senior at McCallie School in Chattanooga, and daughter, Lucy is in her second high school year at Ken- tucky Home School in Louisville. Ed., Jr., is interested in Rotary, and expected to attend the Rotary International meeting ANDERSON in Chicago during the last month in May. Address: 2208 South Floyd Street, Louis- ville 17, Kentucky. Dr. WILLIAM L. WOooLFOLk, after leaving Washington and Lee, spent four years in medical school at the University of Penn- sylvania, and three years more in hospi- tals, before returning to practice his pro- fesison as an ear, nose and throat special- ist, in Owensboro, Kentucky. ‘The Wool- folk’s oldest child, Margaret, has been accepted as a freshman at Randolph-Ma- con Woman’s College for September 1955, and their son, Bill, Jr., will enter Wash- ington and Lee in 1957. Ep Moorg, Class Agent for Law ’25, sends the following items on members of his class: . E. ALMER “SHortTy’’ AMES is a candidate for the State Senate this year and _ is directing his boy’s attention to W&L; Mor- RIS ABERNATHY is making a fine record in the insurance business in Norfolk and has two college-age daughters and a son ten years old. “Buck” BAUGHER won the month-long sailfish tournament at Pinas Bay with a 152 pound catch on a 27 pound test line; GEORGE CLARK and LUTHER CopLey both practice law in Miami, Florida; Hers GouLp does a lot for GM at Detroit and, in strictest confidence, is quite vain about his pretty daughter of the stage, radio, and TV. Lin Henry has a son “‘Patrick’’ (believe it or not) at Washington and Lee this year and CLARENCE HINKLE’s boy “Jim” received his law degree from ‘Tucke1 Hall; Ranson HoucHIns and WALTER Woop practice in Roanoke, and “BILLy” McRITCHIE continues to direct Guaranty Trust Company in New York. ‘“MitcH” MITCHELL sends greetings to all the class from Indianapolis, Indiana, and “JOHNNY” Morrison enters his oldest son in Washington and Lee in September; “Cap” NELSON has two daughters one of whom will enter college this fall; PERRY NORMAN continues to run the Texas di- vision of Western Union and has a son who is eyeing S.M.U. JOHN STRAHORN is buying higher education for his daughter who is in college and says he is living with his first wife after twenty-five years; GEORGE WILSON’s boy is an intermediate lawyer after receiving his A.B. last year, and will be a candidate for the law degree in June, 56; GEORGE PaArT- TERSON, JR., continues to adorn the bench in Clarksville, Arkansas, and here endeth the news. 2 6 BurRKE WILLIAMSON is still practic- ing law with the firm of Adams, William- son & Turney, 39 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. His brother, JAck A. WILLIAMSON, ’30-A, is a member of the firm. He lives in Lake Forest with his wife and two daughters. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE QUILLAN, ’55 and QUILLAN, ‘24 2 Dr. JOHN PRESTON Moorg, associate professor of history at Louisiana State Uni- versity, is the author of a book on local government in Peru from 1530 to 1700, re- cently published by Duke University Press. Dr. Moore received his B.A. degree from Washington and Lee, his M.A. from Harvard, and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. LE Dr. JosEPH B. CLOWER, JR., since graduation at Washington and Lee has received the B.D., Th.M., and Th.D. degrees from Union Theological Semin- ary, Richmond, Virginia. He is now pro- ST. JOHN, °55 and St. JOHN, ’25 fesssor in the Department of Bible at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia. Rass David WIcE was honored with a citation of merit at Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad Street, Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, on February 18, by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Special recognition was rendered Rabbi Wice for the many years of fine service he has rendered the NCCJ, for his leadership in good causes, for his de- votion to the Kingdom of God and the fine example of his personal life. Stuarp A. WuRZBURGER has announced the dissolution of the firm of Wurzburger and Steinman and the continuance of the firm’s business under the name of Stuard Wurzburger, Labor Consultant to Man- agement, 50 Church Street, New York 7, New York, as of May 1, 1955. REED JOHNSTON is a member of the firm of Johnston and Lunger, members of the JUNE 1955 New York Stock Exchange. He writes that at the end of the day he is happy to catch the train out to the country and conse- quently does not go to the lunches or dances given by the New York Alumni As- sociation. Their daughter is at Radcliffe and their son at Exeter and since the chil- dren are not at home, Mr. and Mrs. John- ston will make their third trip to Europe in less than two years. After this trip they will have qualified as “one day” experts Bear, ’26 and BEAR, ’55 on everything from Ireland to Istanbul and North Africa. 29 R. M. Irsy, after serving as super- intendent of Rockbridge County Schools for 28 years, resigned that office to be- come director of instruction in the county school in 1949. He has been serving in that capacity since that time, offering his resignation as of June 30, which was re- eretfully accepted. Harry Gopwin writes that he and his wife moved from Jacksonville, Florida, to STONE, 55 and STONE, '26 Ashland, Kentucky, seven years ago. Harry is general sales manager for Ashland Auto Parts, Incorporated, which is engaged in the distribution of automotive parts in eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ten- nessee. He says that he has just purchased a new home and would like to extend an invitation to all of his old Washington and Lee friends to stop by and see him. ERNEST E. SANDERS is a member of the law firm of McDonald, Sanders, Nichols, Lud- lum, Wynn & Ginsburg, Oil and Gas Building, Fort Worth 2, Texas. His firm is engaged in the general civil practice of law in Fort Worth, where he has been practicing since graduation from the Uni- versity of Texas Law School. His son Albert is a student at the Medical branch of Texas University at Galveston. 3 0 W. Bestror Brown is Auditor for the Liberty National Life Insurance Com- pany, Birmingham, Alabama. He has been with this company for the last 19 years, except almost four years in the Navy dur- ing World War II. He was overseas about thirty-two months of the time he was in the Navy and came out with the rank of Lieutenant. Dr. Joun P. Lyncu is still practicing in- ternal medicine at the McGuire Clinic, and has recently been made chairman of JONEs, ’26 and JONES, ’55 the gerontology committee of the Rich- mond Area Community Council whose function it is to study the impact of the increased age of the population on so- ciety in general. He is also chairman of the committee on local arrangements for the annual meeting of the Medical Society of Virginia. He was present for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his class at the University on May 13 and 14. EarLt T. Jones is business manager of Jones Sausage Company, Raleigh, North Carolina, manufacturing sausage and frankfurters which are _ distributed throughout North Carolina. Earl and Mrs. Jones were present for his class reunion in May. Ropert E. Criapp, Jr., with his family of four boys, has found it necessary to find STIPES, 55 and STIPEs, ’28 27 a larger home and has recently changed from city to country and has moved to an old home on a 240 acre farm about four miles south of Frederick, which was the scene of the battle of the Monocay dur- ing the War between the States. He still practices law in Frederick, Maryland, and the move has entailed more travel and inconvenience, but the family is happy in the move. FreD L. GLaize, JR., and his brother have owned and operated the family lumber and apple business in Winchester, Vir- ginia, for the past twenty years. Dr. STANLEY F. HAmprTon keeps busy in the practice of medicine making a special- ty of allergy. He is assistant professor of Clinical Medicine at Washington Uni- versity School of Medicine and Director of the Allergy Clinic. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Foundation for Allergic Diseases, and of the Council of the St. Louis Medical So- ciety; and serving this year as President of the American Academy of Allergy. Dr. and Mrs. Hampton have two children, a daughter, age g, and a son, 4. He was present for his class reunion in May. C. R. (CHARLIE) VAN Horn started work BowEs, '55 and BOWES, ’31 with the Baltimore and Ohio in Cincinna- ti in 1929 and has been with the company in various locations ever since, finally to New York in 1946. He is now General Passenger Agent. SHUFORD R. NicHois, a director of the Little Rock branch board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis since January 1, 1952, was elected Chairman of tne Board at a recent meeting of the board. Mr. Nichols, a resident of Des Arc, is president of the Southern Compress Company, vice-president of the Planters Compress Company, and a partner in S. R. Nichols & Company and the Des Arc Lumber Company. V. J. (BARNEY) BARNETT, class agent for 1930-A, is Manager of the Group and Pension Departments of R. S. Edwards & Company, General Agents, Aetna Life Insurance Company, with offices at 1616, 120 South LaSalle St., Chicago g, Illinois. He and Mrs. Barnett were present for his class reunion in May. 3 ] COLONEL BENJAMIN AYARS has completed a long tour of duty in the Far East—from November, 1951 to May Members of the 1930 Law Class paused to pose during their 25th Reunion in Lexington. Front Row: Bostwick, WARD, ARND, PALMER, and RAYDER. Rear: SHIPMAN, PENICK, OLIVER, URQUHART, DEAN WILLIAMS, ECHOLS, PADGETT, RAWLINS, EWELL, and MONTGOMERY. 28 1955. During this assignment he has re- ceived a Legion of Merit and promotion to Col. R.A. He will report on August 8 as a student at the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks. He is interested in the 25th reunion of his class next year and hopes the duties of his new assignment will not interfere with attending. GILMORE N. NUNN, owner and operator of The Nunn Radio Stations, WBIR, Knox- ville, —Tennessee, WCMI, Ashland, Ken- tucky, WLAP, Lexington, Kentucky, makes trips to Central and South America sever- al times a year in connection with inter- national communications work. He went to Peru in April, 1955, as U. S. delegate to General Assembly of Inter-American Association of Broadcasters. In 1954 Mr. Nunn was appointed this Association’s delegate to United Nations, an Organiza- tion of American States representing hem- ispheric radio and television communi- cations. Address: Radio Building, Lexing- ton, Kentucky. 32 Davin J. Wisk, for the past five years, has been radio-T'V Director for the Union of American Hebrew Congre- gations, 838 5th Ave., New York City. He married Mildred Staubsinger 10 years ago and they have two sons, Jonathan, age 8, and Jeremy, age 4. J. K. (Kir) Vinson has been in the U. S. Foreign Service ten years, rising to Consul, then Assistant Economics Chief at Berlin for the State Department during the oc- cupation. He is now taking a try in the oil business. Address: 5620 San Jacinto, Apartment 2-E, Houston 4, Texas. CHARLES F. RICHARDSON is still working for the Biology Department at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. He will be starting his gth year in September. He is the only person in the department who doesn’t teach but there is always plenty to do to keep 19 professors and instructors supplied with all their needs for teaching classes. He does all the ordering, beok work, repairs on expensive equipment, budget, etc. Ad- dress: P. O. Box 1512, College Station, ‘Texas. 33 Joun A. WoMELporRF is Assistant Minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Waynesboro, Virginia, during the build- ing and organization of the Westminister Presbyterian Church in West Waynesboro. The city is growing rapidly, especially in the west end with the coming of new industry such as General Electric. Address: ig00 Mt. Vernon Street, Waynesboro, Virginia. JoHN Norton HorrMaAn has been con- nected with the J. C. Penny Company since eraduating here in 1933. He has a wife and three children, a home in Westchester County, and a summer place in the Berkshires. Home address: South State Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Here are the members of the Academic Class of 1930 who were on hand for the 25-Year Convocation and Reunion on the campus. Front row: HAWKINS, GRASHORN, JAHNCKE, MERRICK, E. ‘I’. JONES, NELSON, WHITE, CRADDOCK, and GrRAves. Rear: V. C. JONES, LEWis, STUCHELL, LyNcH, SUTHERLAND, Morison, Woop, Dr. Jor B. WaHarton, aside from being quite busy in his profession, has added the great responsibility of having become a father-in-law, a father and a grand- father all within the past year. His adopted daughter married and ten months later presented him with a fine grandson. In the meantime he adopted another three-month old son of his own last June and is hoping to have another of his own and the Lord knows how many grand- children. Address: Dr. J. B. Wharton, 312 North Jefferson, El Dorado, Arkansas. LuTHER F. Vrovetr is still Regional Man- ager for Dun & Bradstreet, in charge of New England operations. He married Marjorie Trisler in 1936 and their oldest son is now in the Marines. Address: P. O. Box 382, Back Bay Annex, Boston 17. HoMER G. Ray, Jr., is president of a chain of Peanut and Oil Mills, with his home in Moultrie, Georgia. He also has a farm operation known as Rancho-Ray on which are produced three hundred dozen eggs a day among other things. However, the pride of their business is the manufacture of fine salad and cooking oil named RAVO, which is made from peanuts. Ad- dress: Georgia Peanut Co., Moultrie, Georgia. Dr. ROBERT SMITH is now associated in the practice of Pediatrics with Dr. Carl H. Hoover at 436 W. Chestnut Street, Lan- caster, Pennsylvania. He is also Associate Pediatrician, Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 34 FosTER PALMER is in his 17th year in the Harvard College Library and finds JUNE 1955 HAMPTON, BARNETT, ROBERTSON, ‘[LARRANT, it a stimulating job with opportunities of meeting interesting and attractive people. He is on committees of the American Li- brary Association and one of its subdi- visions. One of these is studying the pos- sibilities and problems of international interlibrary loans. Address: 104 Mt. Au- burn Street, Watertown 72, Massachusetts. Joun H. ‘THomasS has numerous business interests, practicing law in partnership with Philip H. Hill, running a_ whole- sale grocery business and is vice-president of Federal Savings and Loan Association. Address: Box 1427, Charleston, West Vir- ginia. He was married in 1940 and has three girls and a boy ranging in age from 12 to 5. The boy is the youngest and has a pretty rough time with three older sisters. WILLIAM G. GROVE, JR., is employed by the Goodyear ‘Tire & Rubber Company, Inc., working as Field Representative in Sales from the Columbus office. Home address: care of R. H. Grove, Landville, West Virginia. Attention 1931! Save the dates, May 11-12, 1956 for your 25-Year Con- vocation and Reunion on the Campus in Lexington. @200€06000006000060060963906800669 DAVIS, GOWEN, WILLIAMS, and ASHWORTH. Joun A. HANLry resigned from FBI on January 15, 1954, after passing the Florida Bar examination, and is now practicing law in St. Petersburg with Robert W. Fisher, also a former FBI agent. ‘Their offices are at go3 First Federal Building, St. Petersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Hanley are the parents of twin sons born in 1947, and a daughter, born September 25, 1953. Home address: 445—26th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida. 35 W. W. (BILL) FOWLKES is now in the full time practice of law with offices in the South Texas Building, San Antonio, Texas. Bill was President of the San Antonio Bar Association last year and devoted a great deal of his time to this organization. He still has his mother’s old home place in Lunenburg County, Vir- ginia, where he raises some beef cattle. 36 L. LestrE HELMER is now Director of Industrial Relations for Celanese Cor- poration of America, 180 Madison Avenue, New York City. He has two children, Bettie, 17, who goes to college next year, and Lee, 7. His address is: 17 Wakeman Road, Darien, Connecticut. WALTER ‘TERRELL LAWTON, JR., writes that he has been in the human relations field for the 19 years since he left Washington and Lee—both as a Baptist Minister and later for 8 years as a social worker. He entered the field of business last year and is now a special agent with the New York Life Insurance Co., connected with the branch. office in White Plains. Address: Box 336, Thornwood, New York. 29 CHARLES B. Cross, JR., is practicing law in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was married to Eleanor Royce Phillips of Norfolk, Virginia, eleven years ago and they have two daughters, Martha Eleanor, 3, and Charlotte Marie, 1 year old. Address: 210 Law Building, Portsmouth, Virginia. 3/ GEORGE W. LOwrRy was promoted in January from cashier to vice-president of The Oklahoma National Bank, Clinton, Oklahoma. He remarks to his class agent, “However, with all the dry, hot weather, and dust blowing, the banking business in Western Oklahoma may be something you want to get out of and can’t.” 3 & PauL M. MILiLer and his family have been in the Philippines for a year and have found a nice home. Paul is a second secretary in the Foreign Service and has been engaged in Consular work for the past year but recently changed to Economic Reporting, which he likes much better. He is also attending classes at the University of Santa Tomas and hopes to get a masters degree in Political Science next spring. For the first time in eight years in Foreign Service, he has run into W&L graduates; in Bacola on Negros island he met Dick KIMBALL, 745, with Standard Oil Vacuum Co., and in Manila. DUNCAN Burn, ’34, who runs a credit bureau. 3 9 J. H. (Jack) Warp, ITI, since gradu- ation, and with the exception of Navy service from 1942 to 1946, has been with the Aetna Life Insurance Company. Until 1950 he moved around a lot but since that time has been General Agent for Kentucky located in his old home town, with offices at ggo Starks Building, Louis- ville 2, Kentucky. CHARLIE SEMPLE, since graduation, has been employed at Citizens Fidelity Bank and Trust Company, Louisville, Kentucky, as ‘I'rust Investment Officer, handling pur- chases and sales for their many trust ac- counts. Charlie was married in 1947, and they have two boys, Charles, III, 4 years old, and Henry Whitestone, now Just past six months. RALPH KIRCHER is still working for Stand- ard Vacuum Oil Co. After several years in the Philippines and Indonesia he had been in New York for some 18 months in May 1955. He has recently completed a 30 six-week trip to South and East Africa, India, Pakistan and London. He _ was married to Dorothy Freeman Skidman in 1944 and they have two sons, John, 7, and Peter, 3. Address: Fairview Avenue, Bay- port, New York. ‘THOMAS W. CHRISTOPHER, associate pro- ° fessor of law at Emory University, is co-author of a reference book in law, published recently by the Commerce Clearing House. The 1400 page volume, “Special Federal Food and Drug Laws,” is the most comprehensive book ever done in that field. Working with Christopher on _ the book was Charles Wesley Dunn, New York lawyer and professor at New York Uni- versity. The volume will be used by stu- dents, lawyers, and technologists and in- cludes laws, legislative history, and cita- tions of cases relating to federal regula- tions in such areas as narcotics, meat grad- ing, and insecticides. Christopher, who holds a Master of Laws from New York University, has been on the Emory fac- ulty since 1950. JOHN J. Davis, JR., is practicing law at 309 Louisville Trust Building, Louisville, Ken- tucky. He and his wife, Katherine, have two children, John J., III, age 7, and Katherine, age 214. FRANK M. HANkrns is operating a retail lumber company and hardware business in Bridgeton, New. Jersey. He is married .and has three sons, Brent, aged 614, Bruce, 5. and Craig, 31% years old. Epcar M. SHANNON, after a very enjoyable and profitable year of research in England on a year’s leave of absence, is back at Harvard, where as assistant professor of English, he lectures in Nineteenth Cen- tury English poetry and fiction. Address: H-21 Lowell House, Cambridge, Massa- chusetts. JOHN B. BEECHER, JR., has been in the advertising business since leaving school, STEELE now with Progressive Farmer, and_ has had two years in the U. S. Navy. He has been married fifteen years and they have three children. 40 Dr. Lioyp E. Worner, of the department of history, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been named acting dean of the college. After two years here, Dr. Worner graduated with the B.A. degree from Colorado, and later received the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Missouri. Selected as a Ford Fellow, he studied at Harvard dur- ing the 1952-53 academic year. GrorcE M. Foote was retained as citv Judge of Ward 1, Alexandria, Louisiana, by an overwhelming vote on May 8, 1955, receiving the Democratic nomination, tantamount to election. No Republican nominee was put forth. Appointed by the governor to serve the interim term after the death of Judge Gus A. Volz on Feb- ruary 23, the judge will serve until De- cember 1, 1960, two days short of five and a half years. After receiving his B.A. de- gree from Washington and Lee, he re- ceived the LL.B. degree from Tulane. A veteran of the Marine Corps in World War II, Judge Foote is married and has four children, a seven-year-old daughter. and sons of two, three, and five years. EpwIN J. Fottz was appointed to the po sition of Director, Personnel Department, Campbell Soup Company, on February 1, 1955. Mr. Foltz joined the Company in January, 1953, as Assistant to Director of Personnel Administration. He was ap- pointed Assistant Director of Personnel Administration (Labor Relations), in April, 1953, and held that position until his recent appointment. Address: 917 Blackrock Road, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 4] Rosert E. STEELE, public relations manager at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut, has recently been transferred to New York City to the newly created post of New York Public Relations Man- ager for the Corporation. He will have general responsibility for the company’s public relations activities in the metro- politan area. Bob went with Electric Boat in May, 1953, after serving with the Navy as public information officer for the Seventh Fleet off Korea. Prior to his recall to active service during the Korean War. he had been director of public informa- tion for the Virginia Department of High- ways in Richmond, Virginia, and a re- porter for the Roanoke, Virginia, World News. SYDNOR KIRKPATRICK was elected President of the New Jersey Pest Control Asso¢ia- tion on May 20, 1955. He is vice-president of Western Exterminating Company of Newark, New Jersey. He is in charge of ‘Technical Services, Research and Develop- ment, Industrial Pest Control, and Soil THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Management Departments. After gradua- tion at Washington an. Lee, Sid received his degree in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During World War H, he served in the Sanitary Corps with the rank of First Lieu- tenant. He is married to Jeanne Thomp- son, of Boston, and they have two children, John, 6, and David, 10. Address: 27 Academy Road, Madison, New Jersey. ARTHUR CLARENDON SMITH, JR., was elected president of Smith’s Transfer and Storage Company in July, 1954. Also elected presi- dent of the Washington Chapter of the Washington and Lee Alumni Association, February, 1955. Address: 3208 Cleveland Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. HENRY T. CROCKER, JR., 18 associated with Charles B. Silver & Son, Inc., canned foods packers, Red Cross brand, princi- pally distributed in the South. He was married in October, 1951, and they have a daughter, Francina Lowell, age 2. Ad- dress: Box 41, RD No. 1, Darlington, Maryland. RicHarp M. HERNDON has completed 214 years of a Washington assignment in the Foreign Service. He and his family of four moved from Washington, D.C., to McLean, Virginia, in the summer of 1953. Address: Box 54, McLean, Virginia. Dr. Rosert H. Corretp graduated from University of Cincinnati Medical Col- lege; interned at Christ Hospital, Cin- cinnati; U.S.N.R. 1945-46. He then was in general practice in Felicity, Ohio, for 9 months, and residency in Orthopedic sur- gery at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. He began practice, specializing in Or- thopedic surgery in Cincinnati in 1951. U.S.N.R., aboard USS Haven, Inchon, Korea, 1952-53; and now in practice again doing Orthopedic surgery with office in Covington, Kentucky. Address: 50 Avenel Place, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky. 42 E. W. BrockMAN, Jr.,. has been practicing law in the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, since graduation from the Uni- versity of Arkansas Law School in 1947. C. Lane Sartor and his family moved into their new home last August at 4812 Camelia, Shreveport, Louisiana. He chang- ed jobs last fall from Standard of Indiana and is now geologist with Wheless Drilling Company, Commercial National Bank Building, Shreveport, Louisiana. WILLIAM C. WHERRETTE was in Germany last year doing some research work on a Fulbright grant. He is now back at the old stand, teaching at the University of Washington, Seattle. Their second girl- child was born in Paris last year. Address: 4073 University Circle, Seattle, Washing- ton. Evan ELrvizATos CHriss became a mem- ber of the law firm of Gordon, Feinblatt & Rothman on February 1, 1955, with offices at 1000 Baltimore Life Building, Baltimore 1, Maryland. JUNE 1955 KIRKPATRICK Grapy H. Forcy, JR., was appointed General Agent for South Carolina with The John Hancock Mutual Life Insur- ance Company early in March, 1955. Fol- lowing graduation here in 1942, he served four years as a supply officer in the Navy during World War II, and subsequently was graduated from the Harvard Graduate Business School in 1947. Immediately thereafter, he became associated with John Hancock in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he compiled an outstanding record as an agent. He is a graduate of the SMU Institute of Insurance Marketing and was awarded the degree of WUnartered Life Underwriter in 1952. While in Little Rock, he was quite active in civic and underwriters affairs and served as _presi- dent of the Little Rock Life Underwriters Association and the Leader’s Round Table of Arkansas. In January, 1953, he was appointed an Agency Assistant in the Home Office General Agency Department, and in July of that year was made Assist- ant Manager of Field Training. He gradu- ated from the LIAMA Agency Manage- ment School in 1953 and in 1954 was awarded a Certificate in Life Insurance Agency Management by the American College of Life Underwriters. Because of the nature of his training and experience. Grady Forgy is well qualified for the re- sponsibilities he has assumed. Mr. and Mrs. Forgy have three sons, David Russell, Christopher Boone, and Jeffery Steele. ‘Their home is at 822 Belt- line Boulevard, Columbia 1, South Caro- lina. THomas A. CLARK is an attorney at law in Bainbridge, Georgia. He is married and has four children. Ray WEsT, JR., has been cruising in Euro- pean waters on the U.S.S. Macon, (CA- 1392), F. P. O., New York, N. Y., for the past three months. 4b 3 WILLIAM ROBERT CoRY is now “Mr.” Cory for the first time in 16 years, when his resignation from the U.S. Army Reserves was finally accepted on March 9, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Cory are the parents of a second child, Ernest Neal Cory, II, born May 4, 1954. Dr. and Mrs. HAVEN W. MANKIN are the parents of a third son born October 27, 1954. Dr. Mankin will be leaving Roches- ter, Minnesota, at the end of this year to enter private practice of Radiology. Address: 1612 Second Avenue, N.E., Rochester, Minnesota. WILLIAM DONALD GRAY was recently ap- pointed Director of New England Sales for Schmidt’s Brewery of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Statler Office Building, Boston, Massachusetts. He has been with Schmidt’s since 1946. He married Rita Dunn of New Britain, Con- necticut, in 1950. They have a son, Ste- phen, four years old, and a daughter, Joan, two. Address: 842 Ridge Road, Wethersfield 9, Connecticut. GRANT E. Mouser, III, is serving as a Foreign Service Officer at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran. His present duties are in the Economic Section of the Embassy. He arrived in. Tehran in No- vember of 1953, and expects to be there until late 1955 or 1956. Before coming to Tehran he served as a Foreign Service Officer in Frankfort, Hamburg, and Han- over, Germany, from September, 1950, to August 1953. f j Ropert M. DEHAVEN was recently appointed Assistant Director of Aircraft Operations and Flight Test Division, Hughes Aircraft Company, and is carrying on also as Chief of Experimental Flight Test. Address: 3450 Laurel Canyon, Radio City, California. WILLIAM BELL (BILL) GUTHRIZ is com- pleting the long grind of graduate work at the University of Virginia, and at the end of the summer hopes to have com- pleted his doctoral dissertation, leaving only the three-hour orals before the whole faculty as the final hurdle. He is editing the diaries of Matthew Arnold, which Arnold kept the last 37 years of his life (1852-1888), and has really enjoyed the task in spite of its tedious, detailed work. This September he and his wife move to Richmond, Virginia, where he has ac- cepted a position at the University of Richmond. Joun R. (Buppy) ForGy is with the same firm of architects in his home town of Little Rock, Arkansas, that he joined after receiving the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Washington University, St. Louis, in 1949. The Forgy’s have two children, a daugh- ter, 4, and a son, 2g. Their home is at 211 Crystal Court, Little Rock, Arkansas. 4 5 RoBERT HINES BERTINI has been in the wholesale lumber business for the past four years. He and his family spent a 41 year and a half in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and last July moved back to Charlotte. North Carolina, to work out of the home office of R. J. Smith Lumber Company. He travels the western part of Virginia along with other territories and has high hopes of seeing a good many of the games on the football schedule this fall. His family, wife Ann, and three and a half year old son, Bobby, lve at 504 Wakefield Drive, Charlotte 7, North Carolina. 46 Dr. HArotp T. MANKIN is working in cardiology at the Peter Bent Bingham Hospital, Boston, on a fellowship from the Minnesota Heart Association. He will return to the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, in July. Address: 10 Hilliard Place, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. 4/ T’. W. (BILL) Sommer, Attorney, In- ternal Revenue Service, returned to Okla- hema City, Oklahoma, in January, 1955. after having spent four months in Wash- ington, D.C., helping to write regula- tions for the new Internal Revenue Code. Address: 717 N.W. g9th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Gorpon L. (SwisH) SipLey is director for the Mass Insurance Coverage Adminis- trators, Inc., (MICA) in the Chicago area. ‘The company administers group insurance and health and weifare plans. The Novem- ber, 1954, Employee Benefit Plan Review carried the picture of Swish on its front cover. Address: 545 Washington Avenue, Glencoe, Illinois. CHARLES H. SHooK bought a home and settled in Rochester, New York, after his discharge from the U. S. Army in October, 1953. He is now employed by Eastman Kodak Company in the Indus- trial Engineering Department at Kodak Park Works, Rochester, New York. Home address: 50 Cohasset Drive, Rochester 18, New York. Rosert A. Warms has made his home in Philadelphia for the past few years. In 1953 he was married to Miss Jessie Van Baalen of Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. This year Mr. Warms became vice-presi- dent of the Philadelphia Yellow Trading Stamp Company. Address: Erringer Place Apartments, Philadelphia 44, Penn. 48 Dr. E. LOVELL BECKER, now Cap- tain U. S. Air Force, School of Medicine, 32 Randolph Field, Texas, will become as- sistant professor of medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, after July 1, 1955. He has been appointed one of twenty-two Scholars in Medicine, by the John and Mary R. Markle Foun- dation, to receive aid to doctors planning careers in academic medicine. ‘The purpose of the program is to offer both academic security and financial help to faculty members at the beginning of their careers as teachers and investigators. The Founda- tion has appropriated $660,000 toward support of these doctors and their re- search, to be granted over a five-year period at the rate of $6,000 annually, to each of the 22 medical schools where they will teach and conduct their research. After graduation here Dr. Becker re- ceived the M.D. degree from the Univer- sity of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Interest: Internal Medicine. He was mar- ried to Margaret Webb Thompson in 1949, and they have a son, James Thomp- son, born July 8, 1953. JAMES A. QUISENBERRY is practicing law in Erie, Pennsylvania, and is co-owner of WSEE-TV. His offices are at 1404, G. Daniel Baldwin Building. Mr. Quisen- berry served as Representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1953-54. 49 Dr. EvLLis N. ZUCKERMAN has had an active time since graduation in 1949. He was married in 1953 to Bernice Morgan Bryant of Strasburg, Virginia, and Oak Park, Illinois. Graduated from the School of Medicine of Medical College of Vir- ginia; currently interning at Medical Col- lege of Virginia Hospital in Richmond; hopes to complete one year of residency in Internal Medicine at new Charleston, West Virginia, hospital beginning July 1, 1955, before entering the Army. Son, Ellis B., was born November 26, 1954. Cy Twombly will be delighted to know that the next W&L “Zuck” is far more athletic than the last—constantly practices pushups and has all but mastered situps. He frequently rehearses for fraternity meetings and at 5 months is able to de- liver political orations that can win any voter without an understood word. To boot, he has Ma’s good looks. HaypEN D. AUSTIN is practicing law with offices in the Con Roy Building, Room 200, Casper, Wyoming. He finds practice there extremely interesting because of its variety and scope, which he says he does not believe an attorney starting practice in the East would duplicate. Casper is the center of the Rocky Mountain oil area which has its own legal problems in oil leases and especially in action to quiet titles. Hayden was married to Virginia Lewis of Casper on August 21, 1954. They are living at 532 South Park, Casper, Wy- oming. 5 0 ‘THE Rev. SAMUEL S. Opom, rector of the Episcopal Parish for Giles County, Christ Church, Pearisburg, will become rector of the cure of Episcopal churches in Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in June. He has been connected with the Episcopal parish of Giles County for the past three years, coming there in June, 1952, as student minister from the Theological Seminary in Alexandria. JAMES 'T. ‘TRUNDLE is still a sales represen- tative with United Air Lines and does convention work and sports representa- tion. He had the pleasure of flying with the University of Maryland football team to the U.C.L. A. game and of flying with the Washington Redskins on chartered trips which he arranged. Address: 2832 South Abingdon Street, Arlington, Vir- ginia. JoHN C. EARLE is Sales Manager of Blaney Park Resort, Blaney Park, Michigan, and is currently attending the School of Hotel Administration at Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan. He will receive a B.A. degree in Hotel Administration in June, 1955. RicHARD A. HurxTHAL is still located in New Jersey as Newark District Manager with Scott Paper Company and they still have only one offspring, Richard Allen, Jr., (Class of ’75). A classmate at W&L, CHapP Boyb has just moved into town. He says they don’t run the town like the W&L crew over in nearby Garfield, but give them a few years. WILLIAM B. PRuITT went into flight train- ing with the Navy, graduating in 1950, and spent a year of active duty on the west coast. He was released from active duty in 1951; went to work at Rohr Aircraft in Chula Vista, California. Since 1953 he has been with the Glenn T. Martin Com- pany in Baltimore. Address: 57B Oak Grove Drive, Baltimore 20, Maryland. James S. Taytor has been practicing law in Jacksonville, after graduating from the University of Michigan Law School. He is now with the law firm of Adair, Ulmer, Merchison, Kent and Ashley. HERMAN ULMER, 15, and JAcK BALL, ’32, are mem- bers of the firm. Address: 1215 Barnett Bank Building, Jacksonville, Florida. Epwarb K. SHELMERDINE completed a trip around the world last September visiting many strange and fascinating places. He spent 10 months as a mate on the famous Brigantine Yankee, then flew home from Siam stopping in Hong Kong, India and Europe. He is now studying for a degree in Physical Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. Address: Box 251, Swarth- more, Pennsylvania. ADRIAN WILLIAMSON, JR., is manager Jonesboro Branch, J. A. Riggs Tractor Co., Caterpillar Dealer for State of Arkansas. He is Flight Commander, Local Air Force Reserve Unit. Address: 616 W. Matthews, Jonesboro, Arkansas. 5 / ALAN L. Kaptan will graduate from Colorado University College of THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Physicians and Surgeons in June and will begin his internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in July in Miami, Florida. Lr. AnrHony H. Woopson entered the USAF as a end Lieutenant on November 15, 1953, after graduating from _ the University of Louisville Law School and passing the Kentucky Bar in June, 1953. He has been in Oakland, California, for 114 years, assigned to San Francisco Air Procurement Dist., in Oakland, California. He is thinking of staying around there as a civilian. HERBERT G. PETERS, III, received the LL.B. degree from Harvard at ts.e mid-winter term, 1954. Residence: Lee Heights, Bris- tol, Virginia. RIcHARD B. TAyLor was recently appoint- ed Sales Manager for the Fresno Hacienda, Fresno, California. Dick will have the re- sponsibility of keeping filled over 300 ultra-modern guest rooms and_ seven major meeting and banquet halls. After leaving college he started in the hotel business as a bell-boy at the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park. He re- turned to Los Angeles and took a job at the Hotel Statler, learning Front Office operations, later qualifying for the posi- tion of Sales Representative. Joun A. F. HAL, JR., was married to Diane Virginia Gray on April 17, 1954. He graduated from Harvard Law School in June, 1954, passed the Pennsylvania bar examination and is currently serving in U. S. Land Army. Address: 2530 North end Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Dick CANCELMO was married on August 1, 1954, but does not give us the lady’s name. He has a new address at: Bala Apart- ments, 50th and City Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NorMAN LEMCKE graduated in June, 1954, from the Yale School of Drama, with the degree of master of Fine Arts. When his letter was written he had not been called to service but was expecting it every day. Address: 93 Collinwood Road, South Maplewood, New Jersey. 52 RoBerT F. CONNALLY, upon grad- uation, was commissioned an ensign in the Navy and assigned to the Bristol, a destroyer, where he spent 25 months as the Communications Officer. Their tours of duty carried them to the Mediterra- nean and Northern Europe twice for periods of six months each time, and a two-month trip to South America with a group of midshipmen. Since September, 1954, he has served in the Mine Force as the Executive Officer of the Bobolink, a minesweeper, with a two-month tour of shore duty at the Mine Warfare School at Yorktown, Virginia, prior to his reporting. His ship is currently in the Naval Ship- yard in Charleston, South Carolina, for conversion to a mine hunter. His tour of duty is up in August, but he has ap- plied for retention and has an applica- tion to be reverted to the Regular Navy. JUNE 1955 Address: Lt. (j.g.) R. F. Connally USNR USS Bobolink (MCH 44). Care of FPO, New York, New York. GrorcE V. SHANNO has joined the Phila- delphia Agency of the Home Life In- surance Co., New York as a Planning As- sistant. After graduation from Washing- ton and Lee Mr. Shanno also attended Columbia and ‘Temple Universities. He is an Army veteran and has been active with the Westmoreland Club. Address: 6012 Drexel Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. EDWARD B. SICKLE, JR., is in the Sales Con- tracts Department of the Aeronea Manu- facturing Corporation in Middletown, Ohio. His new address is: 2817 Moorman Drive, Middletown, Ohio. WILBuR C. (BILL) PickeTT, after gradua- tion here, entered the University of Mary- land Medical School. In his first year there he was president of his class; class repre- sentative to Student Council in his second year, and now president of the Student Council; and served as chairman of class committee to establish a school honor system at the Medical School. He served as intern at Maryland University Hospital for two years and held a fellowship in in- fectious diseases last summer. He was married to Nancy Elizabeth Parsons of Pittsville, Maryland, July 22, 1953. GIDEON N. STIEFF, JR., was released from the Army in 1954, after having spent 15 months in Korea with the Second Divi- sion. He is now working in the retail de- partment of the Stieff Silver Company, Baltimore, Maryland. Address: 108 Ridge- wood Road, Baltimore 10, Maryland. Bos STOREY was graduated from Emory University Law School in June, 1954, after receiving the B.S. degree here. He then went to Newport, Rhode Island, to complete ROC school and was commis- sioned in September, 1954. He is now at the U. S. Navy Supply School in Athens, ‘TAYLOR Georgia, and will leave there in April. Permanent address: 3103 Peachtree Drive, N.E., Atlanta 5, Georgia. DAVE CONSTANTINE, JR., after graduation went into the Army and was stationed at Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky, before being shipped to the Far East (Korea), where he served with the goth Infantry Division. Following the truce, he was transferred to the Military Armistice Commisson Support Group at Panmun- jom, and surrounding areas. Now back in civilian life, he is in the real estate business with his father’s firm, Morton G. Thalhimer, Inc., 1013 East Main Street, Richmond 19, Virginia. LESTER E. ZITTRAIN is now in his last year of law school at the University of Vir- ginia. He passed the State Bar examination last December, but expects an Army hitch to come before he starts practice of law. Home address: 1202 West Princess Anne Road, Norfolk, Virginia. WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE, now a senior in the Yale Law School, has been elected Vice-President of the Law School Student Association. ‘The Yale Law School is the only branch of the University which has a student governing body. The Association serves as a liason between law students and faculty on matters pertaining to ev- ery facet of student life, from dormitory regulations to curriculum. 53 Lr. (j.g.) PARKER KIRWIN SMITH, JR., is serving as Communications Officer on board the USS Menifee APA 202, an at- tack transport with a home port of San Francisco. He was married to the former Miss Audrey Flora Raymond of Montreal on November 26, 1953. Their son, Stew- art Freeman Raymond Smith, was born January 18, 1955. Parker expects to be re- leased from active duty around the mid- dle of August and will return to his home in Interlaken, New Jersey, for a vacation, and then job hunting. THOMAS KyYLE CRESON, JrR., has been awarded the M.D. degree from the Uni- versity of Tennessee Medical College of Memphis, Tennessee. Address: 695 West Clover Drive, Memphis, ‘Tennessee. CHARLES Scott May returned to the U. S. last August after a year of graduate study at the University of St. Andrews, St. An- drews, Scotland, and of travel in Europe. He is now studying for the B.D. degree at the School of Theology of the Univer- sity of The South, Sewanee, ‘Tennessee. C. R. Lovecrove has been promoted to editor of The Illuminator, publication of public relations department of Appa- lachian Electric Power Co. Home address: 358 Allison Avenue, S.W., Roanoke, Vir- ginia. Lr. JAMES ‘TERENCE FLANNERY, after being graduated at Washington and Lee (1949 to 1953) entered the Air Force aviation cadet program and on completion of the program was commissioned July 18, 1955. 33 He is now stationed with the strategic wing Air Command in South Dakota as a Radar Obsever and will fly on R-B 36’s. Address: 28 Strat. Recon. Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Station, Rapid City, South Da- kota. He was a visitor to Lexington on January 24, 1955, enroute to his station. STEPHEN F. LICHTENSTEIN, in January, 1955, was in the midst of preparing for examination for the law school, New York University. He writes that the Root- Tilden program is really a fine one—with as good a faculty as can be found in the country and he feels he has a fine oppor- tunity to get the best of legal educations. His first year in law school was certainly successful as he finished second out of his class of 175, and was invited to work on the Law Review. Home address: 2301 Lincoln Avenue, S. W., Roanoke, Virginia. Douctas M. VAN Riper has been em- ployed in his father’s business for the past year—Douglas Van Riper, Inc., Realtor and Insurer, at 190 Plandome Road, Man- hasset, Long Island. Douglas is still in the U. S. Naval Air Reserve at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York. 54 ALVIN YALE MILBERG has entered the general practice of law with offices in the Walter Read Building, Suite 518, 710 Mattison Avenue, Asbury Park, New Jersey. DAN D. DICKENSON, JR., is now a student at Union Theological Seminary in Rich- mond, Virginia. James D. BONEBRAKE, at present is serving for two years in the Army as an instructor in the Terminal and Water ‘Transporta- tion Department at Ft. Eustis, Virginia. He was married on February 5, to Sarah Catherine Horton of Louisville, Kentucky. They will be living in Williamsburg, Virginia, commencing June 1955. WYATT FRENCH, JR., is an Assistant Buyer in the Home Furnishing Department at Thalhimers in Richmond, Virginia. He lives at 6419 Three Chopt Road, Rich- mond, Virginia. ©9509 OF0O85HHCOO86OFBHHTDHDOHOH0OOHOOHHTOHHOOOOOO8GOHOHOOO00OO00OFO9OOCHO8SHHOOD8OHOHOOOOCOOROO 1941 WILLIAM BUCKNER MorRGAN was married to Nancy Ann Hughes on March 5, 1955, in Memphis, ‘Tennessee. 1947 Dr. H. PAGE MAUCK, JR., was married to Janet Garrett Horsley on May 14 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. Dr. RoperT H. MAUCK, ’50, served as best man and WILLIAM R. MAUCK, ’52, served as one of the ushers. Both are brothers of the bridegroom. 1949 CHARLES LOGAN APPERSON was married to Marjorie Lee Timberlake on April 23, 1955, In Richmond, Virginia. 1951 RICHARD Epes MCMURRAN was married to Martha Terrell Warburton on April 23, 1955. in Bruton Parish Church, Williams- burg, Virginia. 1952 W. F. STROTHER was married ot Mary Alice Phillips on June 4, 1953. He is now attending Bexley Hall, the Divinity School 34 of Kenyon College in preparation for the Episcopal priesthood. 1953 ‘THOMAS M. MaApbiIsoN was married to Julie Russell of Jacksonville, Florida, on June 11, 1955. Their address is: 6 A Lom- boll Street, Charleston, South Carolina. 1954 HAROLD GORDON LEGGETT, JR., was married to Patricia Reid Webb, of Baltimore, Maryland on July 17, 1954, in Richmond, Virginia. JAMES PEARCE BRICE was married to Phyl- lis Purcell Topping on March 12, 1955. JAMES WyATT FRENCH, JR., was married to Fay Ann Danner on June 11, 1955, in Richmond, Virginia. WILLIAM JOSEPH FRIEDMAN, II, was married to Nancy Lucille Staley on June 11, 1955, at the First Methodist Church in Wichita Falls, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. E. ALTON SARTOR are the parents of a son, Alton Oliver, born April 7? 1955. 1939 Mr. and Mrs. WALLER CrEciL Harpy, Jr., are the parents of a son, Walter Cecil, III, born March 26, 1955. 1940 Mr. and Mrs. JAMES W. HAMMETT are the parents of a son, James W., Jr., born March 20, 1955. 1941 Mr. and Mrs. CARL EDWARD BURLESON, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Edith Dar- den, born May 5, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. WILLARD H. KELAND are the parents of a son, Harold William, born March 22, 1955. 1942 Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL C. LEwis are the parents of a son, Robert David Lewis, born May 6, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Ropert ‘I. VAUGHAN are the parents of a son, John H. Estes Vaughan, born February 28, 1955. 1943 Dr. and Mrs. W. ALLEN FULLER are the parents of a daughter, Lucy Byrd Fuller, born April 25, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. KENNETH L. COGHILL are the parents of a second son, David Calvert, born March 30, 1955. Dr. and Mrs. HAven W. MANKIN are the parents of a son, Jarrette Law, born Oc- tober 27, 1954. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. JAMES PRYOR GILMAN are the parents of a son, James William Pryor Gilman, born November 27, 1954. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Mr. and Mrs. StuART Moore Fatson are the parents of a daughter, born February 16, 1954. 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Epwarb J. BLANKEN are the parents of a daughter, Jean Gregory, born April 17, 1955: Mr. and Mrs. ELLiot SCHEWEL are the parents of their third child, a daughter, Susan Ellen, born April 19, 1955. They have two sons. 1946 Dr. and Mrs. GrorGE CoopER Morris, JR., are the parents of a son, George Cooper, III, born in April, 1955. 1947 Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES SHOOK are the parents of a son, Eliot Drake Shook, born March 5, 1955- 1948 Mr. and Mrs. HENRY J. ForEsMAN are the parents of a son, Lee Gephart, born May ay 1 Q5D- Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM F. LEFFEN are the parents of a daughter, Sarah Goodner, born March 29, 1955- Mr. and Mrs. JoseEpH E. BLACKBURN are the parents of a daughter, Martha Lee, born February 12, 1955- 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Frost, JR., have a second Washington and Lee prospect to go along with Tom III, born May, 19532. The second son is William Holden, born June 14, 1954. Mr. and Mrs. Howarpd L. STEELE are the parents of a second son, David Allan Steele, born March 21, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Witu1AM S. Topp are the parents of a son, Arthur Doggett, born February 7, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. MircHELL Ives LEwIs are the parents of a second son, William Robert Lewis, born April 28, 1955. Mitchell Ives, Jr., was born August 20, 1953- Mr. and Mrs. RoNALD E. Levick are the parents of a daughter, Jill Haft, born April 30, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. EpwaArpd POLK ‘TATUM SMITH, JR., are the parents of a_ son, Robert Brian Bray Smith, born April 18, 1955- 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. MARKEL, JR., are the parents of a son, Samuel Andrew Markel, H, born February 22, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL DaAvip DICKENSON, Jrv., are the parents of a son, Daniel David, III, born May 31, 1955. JUNE 1955 1888 THe Rev. Dr. WILLIAM McQuown THomMP- SON, a Presbyterian missionary to Brazil since 1890, died on March 8, in his ninety- first year. Washington and Lee conferred an honorary degree on Dr. ‘Thompson in 1922. 1897 Davin Harris LEAKE, 79, former Gooch- land County Judge, Goochland-Fluvanna Delegate and general attorney for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, until his retirement in 1947, died Sunday, May 8, in Richmond, Virginia. 1907 THe HONORABLE JOHN WILLIAM FLANNA- GAN died at his home in Bristol, Virginia, on April 27, 1955. At one time he was Commonwealth’s Attorney for Buchanan County and was president of the Dickin- son County Bank in Clintwood, Virginia. In 1930 he was elected to Congress for the Ninth District of Virginia. ABNER E. GrirFitH died May 1, 1955, at his home, 512 Battle Avenue, Winchester, Virginia. 1908 GrorGE McP. MINETREE died April 2, 1955, at Garfield Hospital in Washington, after a brief illness. He served as a lieutenant in World War I with the Eighteenth Di- vision. He had many friends in Lexington. WILLIAM ErNEstT OrFrutr died March 10, 1955. His home was in Arlington, Virginia. 1913 SOLON CLIFTON Rose died at his home in West Point, Mississippi, on March 21, 1955- 1915 GEORGE PRINCE ARNOLD, former assistant to the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Development and form- er newspaper reporter, died March 12, 1955, in Richmond, Virginia. 1917 James H. CLENDENING died January 13, 1955. His home was in Martinsburg, West Virginia. 1923 JAMES CLARENCE Rog, Jr., of Wilmington North Carolina, died unexpectedly at his home on April 15, 1955. He was a mem- ber of the Board of Education and active in civic affairs. Mr. Roe was a_ partner in Foy-Roe and Company Department Store. He was recently elected a director of the Bank of Wilmington and was also on the board of the Carolina Building and Loan Association, and at one time served as its chairman. 1924 JOHN CLIFTON Westprook died February 24, 1955, following a heart attack. His home was in Jonesboro, Arkansas. 1925 Dr. Joun W. Hocker died April 29, 1955, at his home in Chattanooga, ‘Tennessee, following a heart attack. After receiving his bachelor’s degree here in 1925, and his medical degree from Vanderbilt Univer- sity in 1931, he began private practice in Chattanooga in 1934 and later opened the Hocker Pediatric clinic. Arcutt R. Hawkins died March 13, 1955, at his home, 1200 Norbee Drive, Nor- mandy Manor, Wilmington, Delaware. A eroup supervisor in the control division of the DuPont Company’s engineering de- partment, he had been with the company since 1933. 1936 ANDERS RUDOLF LOFSTRAND, JR., 42, died March 8, 1955. Mr. Lofstrand combined a 20-year-old business career with an eight- year role as a county Republican leader. At the time of his death he was secretary- treasurer, vice-president and general man- ager of the Lofstrand Co., in Rockville, Maryland. A majority of his 200 employees lived almost within view of his sprawling estate, Southlawn Farm, and the plant site on the outskirts of Rockville. 1937 Jerry M. Gasriet died January 20, 1955. His home was in Rockville Center, New York. 1938 WILMER IRVING ANDERSON died December 24, 1954. His home was in Lorton, Vir- ginia. 1940 Dr. Puitie A. WILLIAMS, JR., associate professor at the University of Virginia died in Charlottesville on March 16, 1955. 1950 WittiAM ARTHUR GREGORY, JR., died March 6, 1955. His home was in Griffin, Georgia. 1952 Lr. Ropert Dopp Horn of the Marine Corps, was killed in a plane crash on April 21, 1955. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. His home was at 463 Pelham Road, New Rochelle, New York. Two Important Dates NOTE THEM ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW cet iy _>2> Saturday, October 22, 1955 HOMECOMING FOR ALL ALUMNI pt aay <> Friday, Saturday, May 11-12, 1956 50-year Reunion and Convocation for the Law and Academic Classes of 1906 25-year Reunion and Convocation For the Law and Academic Classes of 1931 WASHINGTON AND LEE Commemorative Plates ( Wed gwood Sold only in sets of eight different scenes Price, $18.00 per set (in Blue only F.0.B. Lexington, Virginia WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. Lexington, Virginia The 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.) A perfect Gift for an Alumnus for Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary or Wedding. A beautiful addition to any room in your home. All profit from the sale of this chair goes to the scholarship fund in memory of John Graham, 714. Mail your order to: WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. 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