Be Re ea Reunion of All Classes, fune 11-13 1959 Spring Sports Schedules BASEBALL Mar. 30-Apr. 2—Parris Island Marines College ‘Tour- nament Apr. 3—Citadel i.e ceeereeeen ‘There Apr. 4—Citadel oo... cece eereeein ‘There Apr. 9—Richmond oo... cece tet eereeees ‘There Apr. 10—William and Maty...........cc cece There Apr. 14—George Washington... ‘There Apr. 21—Richmond. oun... ccc ccc eetee eee erneeennes Here PROT ORV Be pasion ce geapsongvestecssttateaane rte eneaseondetleseroens Here Apr. 25—William and Mary..........ccccee eee Here APY. 29O—VPE cic ic cccsicseusennseseseseneeeteenrentactege a There May 2—Davidson ou... cee cect eeeeteeeeeeteeeeens Here May 8—West Virginia ..... ccc ccc cece eeeee eee There May 9g—West Virgina occ ee eee eect eeeeee ‘There May 13—Unilv. 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Augusta-Rockingham—J. B. Stombock, Box 594, aynesboro, Virginia Atlanta—Richard A. Denny, Jr., ’52, 434 Trust Company of Georgia Building Baltimore—Gideon N. Stieff, Jr., 52, 108 Ridge- wood Road, Baltimore 10, Maryland °25, 1631 North 3rd Birmingham—John V. Coe, Street Charleston, West Virginia—Ruge P. DeVan, Jr., *34, United Carbon Building Chattanooga—Gerry U. Stephens, ’50, 904 Avon Place Chicago—Charles A. Strahorn, ’28, Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank, Winnetka, Illinois Charlotte—Charles L. Green, ’40, 1207 Commercial Bank Building Cincinnati—Jack L. Reiter, ’41, 1020 Union Trust Building Cleveland—James D. Bonebrake, ’54, 925 Superior Building Danville—Richard L. Heard, ’44, 220 Robertson Avenue Florida West Coast—John A. Hanley, Federal Building, St. Petersburg Gulf Stream—L. L, Copley, ’25, Security Building Miami, Florida Houston—Ted Riggs, ’38, 2000 First City National Bank Building Jacksonville—A. B. Conley, Jr., °43, 625 Hogan "49, 15 West 10th Street Kansas City—W. H. Leedy, "40, Kentucky 409 First 34, First Street Louisville—Ernest Woodward, II, Home Life Building Lynchburg—Edward S, Graves, ’30, Colony Life Building Mid-South—Harry Wellford, ’46, Commerce Title Building, Memphis, Tennessee New York—E. Stewart Epley, ’49, McKinsey & Co., 60 East 42nd Street, New York 17 °30, Jahncke New Orleans—Herbert Jahncke, Service New River and Greenbrier—Harry E. Moran, ’13, Beckley, West Virginia Norfolk, Virginia—Sam R. Ames, ’42, 603 Nation- al Bank of Commerce Bldg., Norfolk 1, Va. North Texas—John M. Stemmons, ’31, 401 Re- public Bank Building, Dalias Northwest Louisiana—Richard Eglin, ’44, Shreve- Peninsula—Beverley W. Lee, Jr., ’42, 13 Earl Street, Hampton, Virginia Philadelphia—James T. Trundle, ’50, 159 EK. Val- ley Brook Road, Haddonfield, New Jersey Piedmont—A. M. Pullen, Jr., ’36, 203 Southeastern Building, Greensboro, North Carolina Pittsburgh—Anthony E, D’Emilio, Jr., ’41, 702 Frick Building Richmond, Virginia—Robert A. Dementi, °40, 4215 Seminary Avenue, Richmond 22, Virginia Roanoke—H. Thomas Martin, ’41, 442 King George Jr., °48, 407-09 port Avenue, S.W. San Antonio—John W. Goode, South Texas Building St. Louis—Andrew H. Baur, ’37, 50 Picardy Lane, Clayton 24, Missouri 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., ’41, 1313 You Street, N.W. Se@ea5 C®e@ °° °° crc ecce ee CCee@ Winter 1959 Vol. XXXIV No. 1 Incorporated Published quarterly by Alumni, Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Lexington, Virginia, September 15, 1924 Printed at the Journalism Laboratory Press of Washington and Lee University Editor WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 Managing Editor ‘TINA C. JEFFREY EDITORIAL BOARD PAXTON DAVIS FRANK J. GILLIAM, 1917 WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 JAMeEs W. WHITEHEAD THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC President Davin D. JOHNSON, 1921 Vice-President FRANK C. BROOKs, 1946 Secretary WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 Treasurer BEN W. DITTO, 1943 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ERNEST WoopwarbD, II, 1940 Davin D. JOHNSON, 1921 FRANK C. BROOKS, 1946 BEN W. DITTO, 1943 CLARK B. WINTER, 1937 CLARK B. WINTER, 1937 BERNARD LEVIN, 1942 PAUL M. SHUFORD, 1943 Come Back for Reunion Time, GENERAL REUNION Of all classes A is set for June 11-13 in Lexing- ton, and a big, broad welcome mat is out for alumni. Using the slogan, “Be First in Line in ’59,” the Reunion will seek to bring hundreds of gradu- ates together for three days of re- newing friendships with each other and the University. Originating with the Bicenten- nial in 1949, Washington and Lee has adopted the policy of a RE- UNION OF ALL CLASSES every fifth year. The last reunion, in 1954, was most successful, and saw the return of some 650 alumni and their families to the campus. And now we look forward to this year! One interesting innovation is that the three Anniversary Classes will merge with the Reunion. It will be recalled that each year, since 1955, the 25th, goth, and 50th Anniversary Class Reunions have been held in May. Alumni of these classes and their wives have re- turned to the campus as guests of the University. This year, after thorough study and a survey made among the anniversary classes, it was decided to consolidate the two events for one large celebration in June. As in 1954, the Reunion has been scheduled for the week fol- lowing graduation ceremonies at Washington and Lee and V.M.LI., because of the limited lodging fa- cilities in town. 2 june 11-12 Lexington will be yours! You and your families will be housed, by classes as far as possible, in motels, hotels, and dormitories close to the college, and near the familiar scenes of the campus. Relax! Live again the days of your youth. Visit with classmates and friends, compare notes, and talk over ‘“‘the good ole days.” There will be a full program, but ample time for leisure. Included are special features and events for the three Anniversary Classes. There will be golf, tennis, dancing, and gaiety for those who wish it, and there will be serious discussions of the problems and future of your alma mater. The ladies will enjoy a fashion show and the ‘teen-agers trips to Natural Bridge or Goshen Pass and other attractions. In view of Dr. Gaines’ approach- ing retirement, the Reunion this year becomes even more significant to many who have had the privilege of his association. To see a large circle of the Washington and Lee family back on campus is perhaps his fondest hope. Probably no other man can envision the future of Washington and Lee as vividly as can Dr. Gaines, nor so articulately define its orbit, and he will be one of the main speakers at the big event. The Reunion will also mark the end of the initial phase of the capi- tal fund campaign for University development. Returning alumni will benefit in explanations of progress reports and first-hand ob- servation of its aims and final goals. Detailed study of the building plans and the functional opera- tions of the new developments will be of great interest to all. Share with your classmates the opportu- nity of shaping the important ad- vancements of Washington and Lee. Literature in more detail on the Reunion is being mailed to each alumnus. Begin now with YOUR plans to attend. Coordinate through the alumni office or your class agent the friends from your class or your area who will attend. BE FIRST IN LINE IN ’59! Make this Reunion of All Classes the biggest ever. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION tO Washington and Lee in September are running slightly ahead of the rate at this time last year, accord- ing to Frank J. Gillham, Dean of Students. Last year, a record total of 1,116 applications was received, from which the University selected a class of 312 freshmen. mw THIRTEEN PROFESSORS have been awarded grants totaling $5,241.40 for study and research this sum- mer, through the John M. Glenn grants-in-aid program. Subject mat- ter to be covered ranges from rock- WINTER 1959 etry to Scottish migrations and busi- ness statistics to Civil War history. Recipients include: Dr. William G. Bean, Dr. A. Ross Borden, Jr., Dr. S. M. B. Coulling, Thomas E. Ennis, Dr. E. B. Hamer, Dr. Wil- liam A. Jenks, Dr. Lewis K. John- son, Dr. James G. Leyburn, Dr. L. W. McCloud, Dr. Allen W. Moger, Wilfred J. Ritz, Dr. Edgar W. Spencer, and Dr. C. W. Williams. B A FORD FOUNDATION fellowship for economic research this summer has been awarded to Professor E. C. At- wood. He and nine other college professors will attend an eight-week regional research seminar in eco- nomics at the University of North Carolina. Purpose of the seminars 1s to enhance effectiveness in teaching, and to encourage preparation of significant research studies. m “VIRGINIA,” the first volume in “The Regions of America’ series to be published by Harper and Brothers this spring is the latest work from the prolific pen of Dr. Marshall Fishwick, professor of American Studies. Dr. Fishwick, a member of the faculty for ten years, 1s on leave from Washington and Lee this semester to teach and study in Denmark on a Fulbright Scholarship. In his prologue, Dr. Fishwick writes, “I am fond of Virginia. My state is ‘her,’ not ‘it,’ to me. One of my goals is to cover so far as space allows, as much of Virginia history, in space and time, as is pos- sible. Of course three and a_ half centuries cannot be packaged, like frozen vegetables, and put into neatly labeled cartons. ‘The real art of the historian is selectivity.” 3 Dr. W. M. HINTON, ’29 = FIVE MEMBERS Of the faculty have been named to head departments at Washington and Lee, effective in September. Dr. William Miller Hinton, ‘29, will head the department of Educa- tion and Psychology, succeeding the late Dr. Walter A. Flick. Dr. Edwin Claybrook Griffith will head the department of Ec- onomics. Dr. George Harding Foster, °34, will head the new department of Comparative Literature. Dr. Jay Deardorff Cook was ap- pointed head of the department of Accounting. Dr. Edgar Winston Spencer, ’53, was promoted to associate profes- sor of Geology, and will head the department of Geology. Faculty promotions, effective in September, are as follows: Dr. G. Francis Drake, professor of French; Wilfred J. Ritz, professor of law; Dr. Edward F. Turner, Jr., profes- sor of physics; Dr. ‘Thomas P. Hughes, associate professor of his- tory; Henry L. Ravenhorst, ‘35, as- sociate professor of engineering. One new faculty addition has been announced. Dr. S. ‘Todd Low- rey was appointed assistant pro- fessor of economics to fill a vacan- 4 Dr. G. H. Foster, °34 cy caused by the death of the late Dr. M. O. Phillips. Several leaves of absence were approved for the year beginning in September: T. E. Ennis, Jr. will continue to work toward an advanced degree in ac- counting at the University of Mich- igan: Dr. J. Harvey Wheeler, on partial leave, will continue studies for the Fund of the Republic; Dr. Edward D. Myers will continue for another year his duties as cultural attache at the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany; Dr. John H. Dr. JAY D. Cook Dr. E. C. GRIFFITH Wise will teach one year in the Na- tional Science Foundation Institute at Brown University. WE GOOFED In the last issue of the maga- zine, when we were announcing the new book written by Dr. OI- linger Crenshaw, ’25, tentatively titled, “General Lee’s College,” we stated: “The book covers the period from the founding of Liberty Hall Academy in 1782, to Dr. E. W. SPENCER, ’53 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE the present.” What we meant to say was “the chartering of Liber- ty Hall Academy in 1782.” The forthcoming history will contain an account of the period, 1740- 1782 (and beyond) in chapters one and two. = A BRIGHT-EYED AUTHOR Of sixty- five has become Washington and Lee’s first woman professor, and the first person to hold a special pro- fessorship established by the late Arthur C. Glasgow. She is Kath- erine Anne Porter, who calls her- self a “full working artist.” She arrived at the beginning of the second semester, after serving as writer-in-residence at the Univer- sity of Virginia during the winter months. Miss Porter will hold six- teen seminars while on campus, plus four public readings. She will also meet at least once with each of the English classes. Besides her work at Washington and Lee the Glasgow professor has scheduled appearances at other nearby colleges. She also appeared on the “Camera Three” program over NBC-TV, discussing — her forthcoming book, “Ship of Fools,” to be published in the fall. Shortly after her arrival here in February, announcement was made that she was one of eleven Amert- can creative artists to receive Ford Foundation grants this year. A sum of $150,000 was divided among the group, to enable them to con- centrate on creative productivity for the next few years. Miss Porter sees her work here as “sort of a supplement to the regular curriculum.” She has been writer-in-residence or lecturer at many American colleges, including Stanford University and the Uni- versity of Chicago. Last year, the visiting professor at Washington and Lee was Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee, Bristish histor- ian. WINTER 1959 m™ YEAR-END GIFTS to Washington and Lee totaled $283,560, accord- ing to President Francis P. Gaines. ‘The largest single gift was $111,000 from Mrs. Alfred I. duPont, one of the University’s greatest bene- factors. Other gifts included $50,000 from the Baker Foundation; $930,- ooo from an alumnus of 1950; $25,000 from a member of the board of trustees who has given half a million dollars to the Unt- versity over a twenty-year period; $15,000 from another trustee, and a number of alumni gifts ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. m THE UNIVERSITY has been named to a select group of fifteen liberal arts colleges in the nation to share in the scholarship program of George F. Baker ‘Trust of New York. An initial grant of $50,000 from the trust will establish scholar- ships for freshmen entering Wash- ington and Lee in 1960, 1961, and 1962. The Baker scholarships will be held by recipients for four years, and individual stipends may run as high as $2,000 per year. ‘They will be gauged to cover all college expenses that le beyond a candi- date’s own financial resources. Re- Miss KATHERINE PORTER, center, Glasgow professor this semester, meets with undergradu- We still have some copies of the 15 by 21-inch photograph of the Washington and Lee campus. ‘The picture is in color, suitable for framing, and may be obtained by sending one dollar to the Wash- ington and Lee Alumni Office. sponsibility for selection of recipi- ents will be placed with Washing- ton and Lee. No geographic restrictions are imposed, although applicants from the South and border states will be favored. The trust requested that the college’s board of trus- tees play an active role by serving as members of the selection com- mittee. President Gaines said that three trustees will serve in this capacity: Dr. Huston St. Clair, ’22; Joseph L. Lanier, °27; and Dr. J. N. Thomas, ’24. & THE FSSO EDUCATION Foundation has given Washington and Lee a grant of $3,500 in unrestricted funds to meet expenses directly associated with undergraduate edu- cation. The Foundation was estab- lished in 1955 to provide aid to privately-supported colleges and universities. Washington and Lee has received gifts from the Founda- tion each year since its founding. ates in Payne Hall. She is holding sixteen seminars and four readings during her stay here. 5 = THE WASHINGTON and Lee Glee Club has scheduled a number of concerts this spring, some of which have been arranged for by alumni. On March 11, the club provided entertainment for the National Convention of Doctors of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. The club will again appear at the Homestead on April 7 to sing for the American Radium _— Society meeting. On April 14, a joint pro- gram with the Longwood College choir has been set for Farmville. The Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, opus 52, will be sung. The Glee Club’s spring tour will be launched on April 23, with visits to Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia. Alumni T. J. Mayo, 31, president of Tri-State alumni chapter, and R. P. DeVan, Jr., °34, president of the Charleston chap- ter, assisted with arrangements, which include appearances at Marshall College in Huntington, and the Rotary Club and Charles- ton Country Club in Charleston. From West Virginia, the club will travel to Pittsburgh for a program with the Women’s Choral of the University of Pittsburgh. The spe- cial feature of this program will be the singing of Randall ‘Thomp- son’s “Americana.” The tour will close with an appearance at ‘Trinity Episcopal Church in ‘Towson, Maryland, on April 26. John D. Mayhew, 26, made initial arrange- ments ‘for this concert. The “annual spring concert on the campus will be presented on April 30, when the club is joined by the Women’s Choral of the Unt- versity of Pittsburgh in joint num- bers. a THE FIFTH ANNUAL International Relations Week was held very suc- cessfully on February 10, 11, and 12, with three experts in world mili- 6 tary, political and economic affairs as the chief speakers. Topics included, “Current Prob- lems in American Foreign Policy,” “The Irrationality of War,’ and “The European Common Market and American Foreign Trade,” as well as seminars in diplomatic his- tory, and recent developments in the convertibility of European cur- rencies. Speakers were Dr. Philip C. Jes- sup, formerly United States am- bassador-at-large, and now _ profes- sor of international law and diplo- macy at Columbia University; Michael M. Mora, general manager of the Norfolk Port Authority; and Walter Millis, consultant to the Fund for the Republic and former military affairs columnist for the New York Herald Tribune. m= FIFTEEN OF SEVENTEEN fraternities initiated pledges on the weekend of February 7. The days before, known informally as Hell Week or Help Week, were devoted to antics by the pledges. These ranged all the way from wearing lampshade hats all week, to being sent out on ae Kappa Alpha pledges carried this log around scavenger hunts to locate such items as 1924 Saturday Evening Posts. Early comers to the campus one morning were treated to the sight of a pledge seated atop the should- ers of the Cyrus McCormick statue, caroling gay tunes on orders. KA pledges toted a log for several days. Other pledges experienced the pleasure of smoking cigars in a closed closet one night. It was all in fun—but pledges also performed a civic service. They canvassed for the March of Dimes too, and col- lected several hundreds of dollars for the drive. & FEWER STUDENTS WERE dropped because of academic failures at mid- year than at any time in the past five years, Dean of Students Frank J. Gilliam said. He reported that go were affected by the automatic rule, and five of these were reinstated conditionally. In the past five years, from 45 to 52 students had been af- fected by the rule. Dean Gilliam said the greatest improvement was noted in freshman work, where only 13 men failed, as compared to 31 a year ago. campus for several days, with a minimum of puffing and a modicum of grinning. It was all part of the Hell Week activities. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE m IT WASN’T EVEN SPRING, but un- dergraduates were beginning to be- have like that season was almost upon us. In a letter to the Ring- tum Phi, two students suggested their solution to the school’s ath- letic problem: that Washington and Lee purchase the Washington Red- skin pro football team, hereafter to be known as the Washington and Lee Redskin Generals. ‘They advised that the million-dollar cost of buying the team could be classed as an athletic expense, to be amor- tized over a period of years, and pointed out it would be a profitable venture, since the team, with its television network over the South, always makes money. Any profits, they declared, could be applied to increasing the academic plant, rais- ing faculty salaries, and supporting other athletics. The students said, by following this plan, the University would still have no subsidized athletes in our enrollment, and could compete with schools in other sports at no financial loss. They pointed out the great publicity value of the venture, resulting in more interest in Wash- ington and Lee, and possibly add1- tional financial support. m@ THE SAZERACS, a group, will fill a singing date dur- ing the spring vacation at a luxury hotel in Florida. For the third year, the students will head toward West Palm Beach for their engagement at the Colonnades Hotel from March gg9-April 5. They will also appear at the Tequester Country Club on Jupiter Island. The group will present several formal after-dinner concerts, and numerous songfests at the hotel’s pool, and beach. 14-man_ vocal m SIGMA PHI EPSILON has petitioned for re-admission to the campus as a fraternity. Presently organized as a club, the group has student officers and plans intramural com- petition in athletics this spring. It plans to form an alumni corpora- WINTER 1959 ‘Trustees. Name Your Candidate In compliance with Article 9 of the By-Laws of the Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., we are listing below the names of the Nom- inating Committee for the coming year. Under the By-Laws, any member of the Association may submit ; the names of alumni to fill the vacancies on the Alumni Board of There are two vacancies to be filled on the Alumni Board of Trustees at the June 1959 meeting of the Alumni Association. Members are urged to submit names of their candidates for these offices. The Nominating Committee will close its report on April 20. Present trustees whose terms expire this year are David D. Johnson, ’21, and Frank C. Brooks, °46. The Nominating Committee is as follows: A. Linwood Holton, 44, Eggleston and Holton, 209 State and City Building, Roanoke, Virginia, Chairman; A. Milton Morrison, ’38, State and Mutual Life Assurance Company, 2323 Fannin Street, Houston 2, Texas; Emmett W. Poindexter, ’20, Riggs, Ferris and Greer, Room 1201, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, New York. tion to find a chapter house for next year, so the group can partici- pate in rush week. Several national officers of the fraternity have visit- ed the Sigma Phi Epsilon colony here this year. # TWO OF WASHINGTON and Lee’s distinguished alumni were honored by the student members of ODK, who tapped them for membership in the leadership fraternity in De- cember. They were C. William Streit, “10, a member of the Olym- pic Executive Committee, and Ed- win W. Chittum, ’33, superintend- ent of Norfolk (Virginia) County Schools. Speaker prior to the cere- mony, which also included under- graduate initiations, was Ross L. Malone, ’32, president of the Amer- ican Bar Association. Mr. Streit, originally scheduled for initiation last year but prevent- ed by illness, is one of the nation’s leading figures in amateur athlet- ics. He has been an active force in promotion of track and field in the Southeastern Conference, and has served as president of the South- eastern Amateur Athletic Union. He has participated in more than 400 college football games as ref- eree or other official. He is a mem- ber of the twelve-man Honor Court of the National Football Hall of Fame, which selects former foot- ball greats for the Hall of Fame. Mr. Chittum has been in educa- tional work ever since his gradua- tion. He taught at several schools before becoming high schools su- pervisor for Norfolk County in 1944. For the past ten years, he has held his present position. Last Oc- tober, a new 8o00-pupil, $600,000 school in Norfolk county was named in his honor, and he was de- scribed at the dedication as “the finest thing that ever happened to Norfolk County.” In 1957, he re- ceived the Phi Delta Kappa dis- tinguished service award from the University of Virginia, for;;being an outstanding leader in» public education. Or 7 B WASHINGTON AND LEE’S 210-year- old history is a subject of great in- terest, especially to school children, but a recent request for informa- tion put the school back 160 years. A Colonial Heights, Virginia, youngster, “‘very interested in the academies in Virginia, though I am a girl,’ wrote to “Liberty Hall Academy, Lexington, Virginia,”’ for pamphlets and other material. Of course, Liberty Hall was changed to Washington Academy in 1708, in recognition of George Washing- ton’s financial support of the school. University officials mailed the schoolgirl a brief history of Washington and Lee University, and a picture of the ruins of Liber- ty Hall Academy. It was the best they could do. m THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON has been given two strips of University prop- erty to facilitate widening of two Lexington streets. The university is giving up eight feet, seven inches of its property on Lee avenue, by the Student Union, and four feet of land along Washington street in front of the new dining hall. ‘Town officials requested the land as a means toward greater traffic safety along Lee avenue and Washington street. Both areas will be scenes of increased activity when Wash- ington and Lee puts its new dining and dormitory facilities into use next September. Work on the street project began in early March and is expected to be completed soon. = MCCORMICK LIBRARY has been se- lected as a repository for limited edition recordings of American mu- sic by the Society for the Preser- vation of the American Musical Heritage, Incorporated. These re- cordings will be made a part of the Anderson Music Room collec- tion, and will be used in musical history and appreciation classes. 8 The series includes generally un- known works of colonial America and neglected music of the nine- teenth and twentieth centuries. m WHITNEY NORTH SEYMOUR, form- er assistant solicitor general of the United States, will deliver the Tucker Law Lectures on May 1 and 2. This year’s series will be the eleventh since the Lectures were initiated in 1949 in memory of the late John Randolph Tucker, a dean of the Law School. Mr. Seymour has a wide back- ground in education in law and government work. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Univer- sity of Missouri in 1920 and his law degree from Columbia in 1923. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1923, and entered the firm of Simpson, Thatcher, and Bartlett that same year.:In 1929, he became a partner in the firm, a position he still holds. He is former president of the New York Legal Aid Society, Bar Association of New York City, and is chairman of the American Ar- bitration Association. He is a trus- tee of the Carnegie Endowment Fund, and president of the Munici- pal Art Society of New York. He is a member of the Attorney Gener- al’s committee for anti-trust laws and was the special assistant attor- ney general of New York during the waterfront controversy of 1954. He is chairman of the lawyers com- mittee for the Court of Military Appeals, and a trustee of the prac- ticing Law Institute. The Law School Association will also hold its annual meeting at 3 o'clock on May 2. m THREE WASHINGTON AND LEE Law School graduates, all members of the seven-man Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, participated in the historic decision of January 19, 1959, voiding Virginia’s ‘“‘massive resistance’ segregation laws. Chief Justice John W. Eggleston, ’o6, wrote the majority opinion, in which Justices Kennon C. Whittle, "14, and A. C. Buchanan, ’14, con- curred. ‘The opinion was handed down on General Robert E. Lee’s birthday. = THE STAPLES CHAPTER of Phi AI- pha Delta awarded a Certificate of Service in December to Charles R. McDowell, professor of law for more than thirty years. Martin P. Burks, ’32,’general solicitor for the Norfolk and Western Railroad, was keynote speaker at the banquet meeting, and recounted that he was among the first students to study under Professor McDowell. Mr. Mc- Dowell is a member of the Order of the Coif, and has served as a mem- ber of the faculty staff of the Law Review. He has practiced law in Danville, Kentucky, and West Palm Beach, Florida. m PROFESSOR CHARLES P. LIGHT, JR. has been named to the American Bar Association’s special commit- tee on military justice. He is one of seven men serving on the com- mittee for this year. A graduate of V.M.I. and Harvard Law School, he has been a member of the law faculty here since 1926. He is a colonel in the Judge Advocate General Department in the United States Army Reserve. m EIGHT STUDENTS were graduated from Law School in January. ‘They were Walter W. Burton, Donald James Currie, Leonard C. Greene- baum, Marrs Allen May, Kings- wood Sprott, Jr., Robert Edward Stroud, Charles Evans Swope, and Robert N. White. Five new students entered Law School at the beginning of the sec- ond semester, and two returned to the campus, after time in the ser- vice. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE # AN EIGHT-GAME 1959 _ football schedule has been announced for Washington and Lee University by Athletic Director E. P. “Cy” Twombly. The slate is described by ‘I'wom- bly as “the best schedule we've had since our non-subsidized program went into effect in 1954. The new foes are Dickinson Col- lege of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Carnegie Tech of Pittsburgh, with both games slated for Washington and Lee’s Wilson Field. ‘The Penn- sylvania schools, whose athletic policies are similar to Washing- ton and Lee’s non-scholarship pro- gram, replace Southern Illinois University and Wittenberg College. Washington and Lee has met neither school in football before. Last year, Coach Lee McLaugh- lin’s Generals, composed largely of freshmen and sophomores, turned in a 1-7 record. The schedule: September 26, Centre, home; October 3, Dickin- son, home; October 10, Franklin and Marshall, away; October 17, Randolph-Macon, home; October 24, open; October 31, Hampden- Sydney, away; November 7, Car- negie Tech, home; November 14, Sewanee, away; and November 21, Washington (Mo.), away. m# WINTER SPORTS TEAMS at Wash- ington and Lee ran the gamut of success this year. There was a winner—the swimmers, who turned in their customary good showing in winning six and losing just three dual matches. There was a break- even mark—the wrestlers, who won five and lost five, and in doing so showed promise of a return to brighter days on the mats for the Generals. And there was a loser— the basketball team, playing with- out grants-in-aid boys for the first time in five years, which went 15 WINTER 1959 HANDBALL CHAMpPS—This is the faculty handball team which won the final contest of the intramural championship play-offs, which the faculty swept to climax an undefeated season. In their march to the trophy, the faculty’s balding athletes defeated seven fra- ternity teams, losing only one of 35 individual matches. Left to right, above are (stand- ing) JAY CooK, accounting; FRANK Parsons, publicity; Ep Atwoop, economics; and EDGAR SPENCER, geology; and (kneeling) LEE McLAUGHLIN and Bos MCHENRy, physical educa- tion. SPENCER, ATwoop, PARSONS, and CooK played in every match for the faculty team. losing games before beating Ran- dolph-Macon in the final contest of the year. For cage coach Bob McHenry, the season was a study in frustra- tion. The losses came hard, partic- ularly the three overtime decisions the Generals dropped to William and Mary, Hampden-Sydney, and Davidson. They played good ball, but lacked rebound strength and scoring depth. Coach Cy Twombly’s swimmers, hurt by the loss of backstroke ace Pete Duncan through a shoulder injury, nevertheless were strong again this year. Displaying some un- usual freshmen talent in Bill Deal and Elliott Maynard, who set new school records in the conventional breaststroke, the Generals upset Virginia Tech for their biggest tri- umph. Losses to Virginia, Duke, and Pittsburgh marred the record. New freshmen recruits for wrest- ling coach Dick Miller helped the mat team to improve on its 2-8 1957-58 season. ‘The Generals were very strong in the lower weights, but lacked consistent performance in the upper brackets. Captain Den- nis Patton, 8-2 for the year, won the Mathis Memorial Trophy as the team’s outstanding performer. Here’s a rundown of prospects for the spring sports: Baseball— good chance to improve on_ last year’s 5-9 record, with soph Roy Carpenter (4-4) back on the mound. Track—Coach Lee McLaughlin’s football boys should improve track mentor Norm Lord’s hopes for a winning season. Golf—all six regu- lars return, plus some fine frosh prospects. Tennis—enough veterans return to assure another winning season. Lacrosse—a pretty fair first unit will have to go all the way, for the Generals will lack depth for the first time in years. Dr. EDGAR F. SHANNON, JR., °39 HE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA has eae a Washington and Lee alumnus, Dr. Edgar Finley Shan- non, Jr., as its next president. He will take office during the summer, succeeding former Virginia Gover- nor Colgate W. Darden, Jr., who is retiring after twelve years on the job. A former Rhodes scholar, Edgar has been associate professor of English at the University of Vir- ginia since 1956. He was selected as president by the trustees on Feb- ruary 28, 1959, from a field of some 160 nominees. Governor Lindsay Almond made a special trip to Charlottesville that same day to meet Edgar and to congratulate him. The new college president is an internationally known scholar and author in the field of Victorian lit- erature. He has masters’ degrees 10 from both Duke Univer- sity and Harvard Uni- versity, and his doctor- ate from Merton College at Oxford. He is the au- thor of numerous books, articles and reviews. His principal works are non- historical, and deal with critical writings on the novel, — bibliographical studies and works on Alfred Lord Tennyson and his times. He is work- ing on two books—an edition of ‘Tennyson’s letters which have been made available to him by _ the Tennyson family for editing, and a sequel to an earlier volume entitled ‘Tennyson and the Reviewers.” Things have been happening in rapid succession to Edgar in the past three years. In February 1956, he was married to the former Elea- nor Bosworth of Memphis, dean of women at Southwestern College there. He joined the Virginia facul- ty later that year. The Shannons be- came the parents of two small daughters, Eleanor, in 1957, and Elizabeth, on Christmas day, 1958, and now they are preparing to move from Hessian Hills to the president’s mansion on Carr’s Hill. Edgar is the son of the late Dr. E. F. Shannon, who was professor of English at Washington and Lee for 24 years. The record shows that Dr. Edgar Shannon, Jr. Is Selected ‘To Head University of Virginia Edgar, Jr., was an outstanding stu- dent here, receiving