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C.—Lynwood King, ’43, Takoma Park, Maryland , 48, Stovall ’48, MARCH, 1955 Vol. XXX No. 2 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) Youne, 1917 Class Notes Editor Mary BARCLAY THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. President WILLIAM L. WEBSTER, 1912 Vice-President Joun F. HENDON, 1924 Secretary Harry K. (Cy) Youn, 1917 Treasurer H. L. SHuEy, 1924 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WiILuiAM L. WEBSTER, 1912 Wyatt C. HEpRICK, 1910 JouNn F. HENDON, 1924 H. L. SHUEY, 1924 MartTIN P. Burks, III, 1932 STUARD A. WURZBURGER, 1928 Howarp W. Doseins, 1942 Lest alumni, yielding to the influences of time and distance and varied interests, take for granted the impressive strengths of their University, or in deference to dis- cussions of the day lose sight of her fundamental mission, the Alumni Magazine offers this timely reminder, presented originally before Lynchburg alumni. About the University MARVIN B. PERRY, JR. Associate Professor of English $S A TEACHER at Washington and Lee, appearing before Wash- ington and Lee alumni, it is to be expected that I shall talk about Washington and Lee. But I want to talk about Washington and Lee for many more and better reasons than simply because I teach there and you went there. In the few years I have been in Lexington I have become a tremendous admirer of the school; I have a deep affection for it and a high enthusiasm for its future prospects. Tonight I would like to tell you something of my reasons for admiring it and for feeling so enthusiastic about its present and future. All of us could talk about Wash- ington and Lee for hours—in many different ways; it is a comprehensive subject, and I cannot hope to cover it tonight in any comprehensive way. Rather, what I have to say will serve, like the fan-dancer’s fan, to call attention to the subject with- out covering it fully. I want to talk about the Univer- sity from two points of view. First, I would like to give you some of my reactions as a relative newcomer to Washington and Lee and Lex- ington, some of the things I was struck with and have continued to like; and second, as one of the Washington and Lee family (like each of you) I want to touch on some of our mutual concerns which grow from our common love for the University. When we came to Lexington four years ago, we were struck at once by many things, and as we lived there 2 others became apparent to us and have continued to be sources of our liking for the school and for our life there. We were struck immedi- ately by the beauty of the grounds and buildings, and their fine up- keep; by the friendly atmosphere of University and town; by the cordial town and college relations. We were impressed by the active part played by members of the col- lege family in Lexington’s civic and_ | religious life. This I believe is a significant commentary on the kind ~ of men we have in the faculty and administration at the University. At the college I was impressed— and still am—with the great variety of activities offered, both curricular and extra-curricular: in athletics, in social events (which I believe are particularly well-run), in a healthy and active religious program par- ticipated in by well-rounded boys, by many lectures and discussion groups, by the excellent work of the ‘Troubadours. And I was also impressed by such unusual and (for me) new student activities as those of the Student War Memorial Schol- arship Fund, and the Friends of the Library, which raises about $1,000 a year for library books and maintains the Browsing Room. From the first I liked the stu- dents, too. They were well-rounded, intelligent, courteous. Our best stu- dents are as good as the best any- where. Like all teachers, I guess, I wish we had more of them, but there are few really poor students. ‘Those in academic trouble usually get there through failure to work rather than through lack of ability. Also new to me were the College Fntrance Examination Board’s Ap- titude ‘Tests, which the University required of all applicants. I like them, and find them most helpful and indicative in forecasting a boy’s capability. Of course, they are chiefly helpful to the Admissions Office, for they are usually accurate indications of a boy’s ability to do college work. But in addition, Col- ‘lege Boards are also an undoubted prestige item. As an educator, I am proud to be in a college requiring them, in fact the first men’s college in the South to do so. Incidental- ly, many other colleges in the South are now adopting them: the Uni- versity of Virginia for all out-of- state students, Furman, Sewanee, and others. Freshman Camp impressed me, too, as a most valuable part of Washington and Lee’s orientation program. It is an excellent ice- breaker and morale builder, largely because of the splendid way in which it is organized and run. Even before I knew the students, I was most impressed by Washing- ton and Lee’s administration, es- pecially in the persons of Dr. Gaines, Dean Leyburn, and Dean Gilliam. And I am still impressed after having worked for them almost four years! I know of no col- lege anywhere which has a more able and outstanding trio of top men. (Among educators in this sec- tion I suspect there would be wide THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE agreement on this.) Frankly, it was my immediate liking and respect for these three men which was cru- cial in my deciding to come to Washington and Lee. I have had no reason to change my mind. The administration of your Uni- versity, I have always found, has high aims and standards, without being unrealistic; it has a clear idea of Washington and Lee’s pur- pose and philosophy; that is, it knows where it is going and why. This, I might add, is not so wide- spread a condition as you might think. Further, I have always found your administrative officers recep- tive to suggestions and questions, warm and frank in personal rela- tionships, always concerned for the welfare and careful training of the individual student. Nor do I mean to limit my char- acterization of the administration to these three gentlemen. It is true up and down the line, of new- comers and veterans alike. As a relative newcomer myself, 1 can speak, I hope, of another group for whom I have the greatest ad- miration and regard, the Washing- ton and Lee Faculty. I know few colleges of our size which are able to attract and hold men of the abil- ity and character of those at Wash- ington and Lee. [hey manage to combine the dignity and perception of scholarship with the warmth and humanity of teaching. I have been particularly impressed by their con- cern for and cooperation with the students. In fact, I know of no school where the faculty does so much not only to help with and advise student activities, but fre. quently (on student invitation) to participate in such events as min- strel shows, dance planning and chaperoning, intramural sports. Faculty teams play student teams in volleyball, golf, bowling, handball, ping pong. You frequently see students and faculty members playing squash, tennis, and handball together. And I was one of eight faculty members who filled a shell and rowed against discussion groups, MARCH 1955 the student crew two years ago. There is a great deal of “person- alized” teaching at Washington and Lee: small classes, field trips, study projects, classes in professors’ homes. ‘The freshmen adviser sys- tem is another phase of this con- cern for the individual. For me as a newcomer, too, and I hope a reasonably young man, the number of congenial and able young men on the faculty, in addi. tion to the fine senior members. was a great attraction. I find these men well-rounded and well-trained. They have energy and enthusiasm, plus great faith in what Washing- ton and Lee is trying to do. And | want to stress the fact that by these “young men” I do not refer only to academic personnel; I am think- ing also of men like our coaches, Bill Chipley, Billy McCann, and Charley Herbert; Assistant Dean of Students Jim Farrar; Frank Parsons, who handles our publicity; and Don Smith, our Director of Univer- sity Development. Incidently, one of our problems is that of hanging on to good young men like these. Not a few of them, to my knowledge, have turned down attractive offers to go else- where, frequently at higher salaries. ‘This latter kind of offer becomes increasingly hard to resist! ‘Che ad- ministration, I am glad to say, is very much concerned with this problem of maintaining a first-rate faculty—through adequate salaries, continuing high standards, happy living and teaching conditions. A newcomer cannot help but be impressed, too, by Washington and Lee’s curriculum. A variety of excellent departments with fine of- ferings, both old-line, core disci- plines and newer interdepartmen- tal programs, is available for stu- dents to choose from. Fundamen- tals of general training like mathe- matics, English, history, sciences, languages (including Greek, Latin, and Russian), plus such current ap- plied studies as commerce, ac- counting, “journalism and com- munications” (which is the new name of the Journalism Depart- ment, indicating its increased cov- erage in all types of mass media communications.) ‘There are inter- departmental offerings such as humanities (American studies, ways of thinking, development of ideas, etc.) and many courses in compara- tive literature. And as in every good college, there are the fine arts: mu- sic and art, both their history, or ap- preciation, and practice. There is a strong religion department, as evi- The author... B.A. University of Virginia, 1940; M.A. Harvard University, 1941, Ph.D. 1950... Lt. Commander, USNR; Amer- ican, European-African, Asiatic-Pa- cific ‘Theater, 1942-46; supervisor, officer training program, Fishers- ville, Virginia, since 1951... writer, co-author Modern Minds: an An- thology of Ideas, Nine Short Nov- els;...editor, University of Vir- ginia Alumni News, 1948-49... member, University Executive Com- mittee; chairman, University Lec- ture Committee...elder, Lexing- ton Presbyterian Church... Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kap- pa, Phi Gamma Delta. denced by the fact that nine of last year’s seniors entered theologi- cal schools here and abroad. These various departments are aware of changing emphases in the teaching of their subjects, and they are open to new ideas, but not quick to discard tested disciplines and methods. A remarkable num- ber and variety of courses are of- fered, especially when we consider the small size of departments. For example, history and English, each with about six full-time men, offer about twenty-five courses each. ‘This is as complete a coverage as you will find in any undergraduate col- lege. There are also opportunities for flexible programs which can be adapted to the needs of individual students without impairing stand- ards. I refer to honors work, tutor- ial seminars, and the English reme- dial tutoring program. In summary, the Washington and Lee curriculum seems well-planned and yet is constantly being scruti- nized to the end that the Universi- ty can continue to give its young men that ‘complete and generous education,” in Milton’s words, “which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all of the offices, both public and private, of peace and war.” | O MUCH THEN for Washington S and Lee as it appears to a rela- tive newcomer to the faculty. Now, if you will let me, I should like to talk to you, as it were, from within the family. First, on the whole I think the the feeling at Washington and Lee among faculty and students (and I believe most of the alumni share it) is that we are going places! Nat- urally we have had our troubles and our problems—who hasn't? And there are some ahead. But Washington and Lee has weathered 200 exciting and trying years, and she continues to grow in service and in vigor. I have been out of college long enough now (fifteen years) to feel, as the typical old-grad is supposed 4 to, that the old school is going to the dogs, that it is not what it used to be. Oscar Wilde had a pretty good reply to that complaint when a friend observed to him in the 18g90’s that the theater wasn’t what it used to be. “No,” replied Oscar, “and it never was.” All alumni who are interested in their college tend to view each innovation as a possible added indication that the place is slipping. But all of us know, whether we practice law or medicine, sell insurance, or teach school, that no institution or firm simply stands still; it moves with the times, improves if it can, tries constantly to better its methods and its product. As loyal alumni, you expect Washington and Lee to do no less. And you have a right to expect that she will show prudence and calmness, as well as courage, in mapping her way in her third century. I believe that she is, and I believe that she exemplifies the in- spiring paradox that all fine colleges do: she manages to be as good as she was in the old days and yet she gets better all the time. ‘There is little danger, I believe, that Washington and Lee, with her hv- ing tradition of a noble past, with what Alfred North Whitehead calls the “habitual vision of greatness” always about her, will forget the past. On the other hand, her motto, non incautus futuri, is assurance of her concern for the future. Well, what are the reasons, in concrete form, for my enthusiasm and faith in Washington and Lee? Most of you are aware of them, I suspect, from President Gaines’ an- nual report and from the Alumni Magazine, especially a series of ex- cellent articles in the last two 1s- sues. But I might remind you of a few of the most encouraging ones. First I would cite our fine record in student awards. In 1954, for ex- ample, one of our graduates was named a Rhodes Scholar, four were awarded Fulbright Fellowships, two others received Rotary Fellowships. Our pre-medical graduates con- tinued their fine record of being accepted unanimously at top-rank medical schools. Just recently the Law School Moot Court team reached the semi-finals in national competition, being defeated by.the eventual winner, Columbia. ROTC and ROC (Navy) men continue to rank at the top of their classes in summer training. The record of University graduates on the Vir- ginia bar examinations is outstand- ing: for. June, 1954, 64 per cent of the Washington and Lee men who took the examinations passed as compared to a general average throughout the state of 40 per cent; for December, 1954, 55 per cent of the Washington and Lee men passed as against 31 per cent for the total group. Even more signifi- cant to me is the fact that the men who compiled the enviable records I have cited are well-rounded boys, with a variety of interests. In other “statistical’’ ways things look good. Applications for the 1956 freshman class are running more than 5 per cent ahead of this time last year. ‘The Alumni Fund total is running well ahead of this time last year. College Entrance Examination Board Aptitude test scores continue to climb while more and more boys apply. ‘The average number of alumni sons in college now exceeds that of pre-war years. The widespread geographical dis- tribution of our students continues, but the percentage of freshmen from the South increased in the last two years from 56 to 64 percent. For all of their excitement and controversy, the Honor System crisis last spring and the athletic policy change, I believe, have dem- onstrated in a most heartening way the vigor and character of the en- tire Washington and Lee communt- ty: alumni, administration, faculty, and students. From both these is- sues we have emerged stronger, | believe, and with a deeper and clearer sense of Washington and Lee’s true values and function, with renewed conviction that it is a great institution, which transcends the (Continued on page 21) THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE DAY OR SO AFTER William A. Chipley was named an asso- ciate professor of physical educa- tion and head football coach at Washington and Lee, the Rich- mond JT zmes-Dispatch carried a story which began with a statement to the effect that Bill had once been so confused in a game he got in the wrong huddle, and that now he was going to coach the Gener- als’ “amateur” gridiron forces. If readers took this to mean _ that Chipley is still confused, they could not be farther from the truth, for the former All-Southern end and professional star knows exactly what he is doing, where he hopes to go, and exactly how to go about getting there. It was not without long consider- ation that Chipley decided to give up his sales position with James Lees and Sons, rug manufacturers in Glasgow, to cast his lot with his Alma Mater and its new football program. Admittedly, it was going to be a new experience for him. He had had plently of experience on the playing field—three years at Clemson, one year at Washington and Lee, and three seasons in the professional ranks—but his coach- ing experience was limited to the part-time, free-of-charge help he had given to ends Bob Thomas and ‘Tal Trammel during George Barclay’s tenure on the campus. However, if Washington and Lee gridders next year take to him as did these two, then there will be no complaints. Both were quoted as saying that they had ‘‘never known there was so much to playing end” until Chipley took them in tow. Getting started with his ‘“play- for-fun” gridders has been a task made easier for Chipley by Boyd Williams, another college perform- er and ex-professional who now makes his home in Lexington. Wil- liams made himself a favorite with the players through his work last fall as coach of the interim fresh- man-jayvee team, which was or- ganized to keep football alive at Washington and Lee. Wisely com- MARCH 1955 University News bining the essential elements of good naturedness, team discipline, and good coaching, Williams won the respect and admiration of all those who played for him; and when he and Chipley were an- nounced as mainstays of Washing- ton and Lee’s gridiron coaching staff, no one was happier than the team members themselves. During the spring practice season some forty-five boys turned out for drills under Chipley’s direction. As always, the big problem for the coaches was the lack of time: Con- ference rules limit the number of practice days; required laboratory work and limited late-afternoon daylight hours restrict practice per- iods. ‘This time factor was even more pronounced under the new program, for as Chipley pointed out, he found himself working pre- dominantly with boys, many of whom show real promise, who were lacking in football fundamentals. Time, and more time, will be re- quired to develop them. The situation is just what Chip- ley expected, and he is taking great WILLIAMS—he won respect satisfaction in working with boys who are out for the sport because they want to play and want to learn. As just one example, he points to rising sophomore Al Git- ter of Winston-Salem, one of his most promising quarterbacks. “‘Git- ter will be there at the start of practice every day, and he'll be the last one off the field when we're through. He just likes to play.” And Gitter is not alone in this respect, the head coach hastens to add. There are plenty of others just like him. In fact, he and Wil- liams are counting on around sixty candidates for fall practice. Chipley still gets a lot of kid- ding about his famed “wrong-way’”’ incident back in 1946, the time when the Generals were tangling with West Virginia’s Mountaineers on a rain-drenched, muddy field in Charleston. Everyone was cov- ered with a thick coat of black mud, as was the ball. The backs were fumbling often; exchanges of pos- session were frequent. It was not until he questioned the quarter- back’s signal call as one he didn’t know that Chipley learned he was in West Virginia’s huddle, and was promptly sent back to his own side of the scrimmage line. The Asso- ciated Press acclaimed the event as the “sports oddity of the year.” Although Chipley played only one year for the Blue and White, he established himself as one of its all-time greats. Named both AIll- State and All-Southern end, his size and ability made him a natural for professional football. For two seasons he was a standout perform- er for the old Boston Yanks of the now-defunct All-American league. He also played for a year with the New York Bulldogs, another team which suspended activities after the post-war wealth of talent passed. Chipley continued to work to- ward his degree in the spring while playing football in the fall. He graduated in 1949 with a major in journalism, an event which brought about a shake-up in the require- ments of that department. And thereby hangs another tale. Professor O. W. Riegel, who di- rects the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation, recalls how he and other faculty members had assum- ed all along that Chipley could type. But it seems that no one was sure about it until close to gradu- ation time. ‘The the secret was out: his big, ham-like hands were not made for typing. He would try, but aim as he would for one key, he would hit another. At any rate, he eraduated, and Riegel now makes sure that his majors can type—and does so in their sophomore years. Chipley grew up in Lynchburg and attended E. C. Glass High School there. He went to Clemson three years before he entered World War Il as a Marine pilot. Again in 1952-53 he was called to active duty, and it was while he was on duty in Florida that he met his wife, the former Harriett Quillian of Coral Gables. As for prospects next year, Chip- ley is not at all discouraged, but he refuses to be optimistic. “If we win three games we'll have a good year,” he says. In the meantime, he’s doing yeo- man service by visiting alumni meetings, helping the alumni to better understand the University’s new athletic program, and assuring them that football still has a vital role at Washington and Lee. gm JOHN M. GLENN Grants-in-Aid totaling $7,100 have been approved by the Board of Trustees for eigh- teen Washington and Lee faculty members. These grants are de- signed to provide assistance for re- search and study purposes, with the object of advancing the caliber of undergraduate instruction at the University. Individual sums vary according to the nature of research THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE or study intended. This is the sec- ond group of awards made under the Glenn program which was es- tablished in 1953 through a $120,- ooo gift from the late philanthro- pist. Mr. Glenn, for many years an official of the Russell Sage Foundation, received his master’s degree from Washington and Lee in 1879 and in 1907 was awarded an honorary LL.D. Prior to the establishment of the Glenn Fund, similar grants-in-aid were made possible by a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Founda- tion. Over a three-year period six- ty-three professors were aided in this way. Those receiving grants this year, and their projects, are: ¢ Professor Edward C. Atwood, a study of the internal operations of certain large commercial banks in New York. q Dr. Linton L. Barrett, preparing and mimeographing a combined anthology and literary history for his course in Spanish literature. ¢ Dr. Jack N. Behrman, prepara- tion of a text in the field of foreign economic problems. ¢ Dr. Arthur Ross Borden, Jr., re- search in Elizabethan English lit- erature at the Huntington Library in California. @ Professor Jay D. Cook, final preparation of his dissertation for the Ph.D. degree at the Ohio State University. ¢ Professor J. Paxton Davis, ac- cumulation of a series of reportorial case histories from representative regional newspapers, as supplemen- tary material in course work. ¢ Dr. Robert G. Gemmill, research on the history of taxation. ¢ Dr. E. S. Gilreath, preparation of a textbook in the field of advanced inorganic chemistry. € Professor George J. Irwin, sten- ographical assistance in the prepa- ration of a translation of Raymond Aron’s Introduction a la philoso- phie de Vhistotre. @ Dr. Marion M. Junkin, study in MARCH 1955 CHIPLEY—he elected a new experience France and Italy of art works in- portant in art history courses. q Dr. Allen W. Moger, continued research on General Lee’s corres- pondence in the University library. q Dr. Marvin B. Perry, Jr., research and reading in contemporary literature. @ Dr. William W. Pusey, study of advanced courses in German lan- guage and literature in Germany. @ Professor O. W. Riegel, research in technical and managerial ad- vances in the field of mass media. ¢ Dr. Robert W. Royston, attend- ing seminars and classes at the Uni- versity of Michigan in mathematics and mathematical statistics. @ Dr. James K. Shillington, con- tinuation of research on a project involving the preparation of para- semicarbazidobenzoic acid and its use in the resolution of optically active ketones. € Dr. Charles W. Turner, work in the fields of history of the Ameri- can West and of southeastern Asia, at the University of Minnesota. q Dr. J. Harvey Wheeler, research for and writing of an introductory textbook on political science. m DR. LUCIUS JUNIUS DESHA, Bayly Professor of Chemistry and Pro- fessor on the Thomas Ball Foun- dation, will retire in June, becom- ing professor emeritus. Dr. Desha, who will have served thirty-five years at Washington and Lee University as professor of chem- istry, also served as Dean of the Uni- versity in 1946-47 and as Executive Director of the University’s Bicen- tennial Celebration from 1947 to 1949. His textbook on organic chemistry, first published in 1936, has been so widely used by leading American colleges and universities as to reflect great credit upon Wash- ington and Lee. A second edition has been recently published. Dr. Desha is an alumnus of Washington and Lee, receiving the A. B. degree in 1906. He is a mem- 7 Desua—professor emeritus ber of Phi Kappa Sigma social fra- ternity and is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Del- ta Kappa. He received the Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins in 1909. Before returning to Washington and Lee as a professor, Dr. Desha taught at the University of ‘Ten- nessee and at the College of Medi- cine in Memphis. From 1917 to 1919 he was overseas in military service. In addition to being chem- istry department head, he was for several years chairman of the Com- mittee on Pre-medical Training. Dr. and Mrs. Desha have lived for many years on the Washington and Lee campus. They have three daughters, all of whom _ were brought up there—Mrs. Charles Green, of Charlotte, North Caro- lina, Mrs. Lucia Desha Gleason, of Moorestown, New Jersey, and Mrs. Charles Didier of Weston, Ohio. Mrs. Desha, the daughter of Walter S. Forrester, 82, was herself some- thing of a campus child when, as the granddaughter of Professor A. L. Nelson, professor of mathemat- ics at Washington and Lee, she spent many summers in Lexington. Dr. and Mrs. Desha are both Ken- tuckians by birth, his original home being Cynthiana, Kentucky, and hers being Peewee Valley, a suburb of Louisville. The Deshas now oc- cupy the old Lee-Jackson House, 8 between the residences of President Gaines and Dean Leyburn. ‘They plan to move to their own home at 323 South Main Street at the end of the summer. For many years Dr. Desha was chairman of the Social Functions Committee of the University, and the Deshas have made a great con- tribution to the success of Wash- ington and Lee’s dances and other social occasions. It is the opinion of his associates that the same painstaking care for details which made Dr. Desha an outstanding chemist, carried over into his administrative work and made him an excellent executive. Of Dr. Desha’s contribution to Washington and Lee, President Gaines says: “As a scholar of first-rate im- portance, Dr. Desha has reflected great credit upon this institution. As professor and departmental chief, he has maintained an in- structional program of excellence. As member of the academic com- munity, he has rendered innumer- able services of importance. He has earned the admiration and the gratitude of all who love Wash- ington and Lee.” =» Dr. EsmarcuH S. GILREATH, asso- ciate professor of chemistry, has been elevated to full professor and designated to succeed Dr. L. J. De- sha as head of the Department of Chemistry at Washington and Lee. Dr. Desha will retire in June and become professor emeritus. Gilreath came to Washington and Lee in 1946 as an assistant professor, after work as a research chemist for the American Enka Cor- poration at Enka, North Carolina. He previously had taught at the University of North Carolina and in North Carolina high schools. He was promoted to associate professor IN 1952. All of Gilreath’s education was completed at the University of North Carolina where he received his A.B. in 1926, his M.A. in 1927, and his Ph.D. in 1945. He recently received additional recognition in his field through the publication of a college textbook entitled Qual- itative Analysis Using Semi-Micro Methods. m ALMAND R. COLEMAN, professor of accounting, has resigned from the University family to accept ap- pointment to a similar position at the new _ established Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. ‘The School’s first class will enroll in September of this year. Coleman, a member of the Washington and Lee faculty since 1939, has been on leave of absence during the current college year as a visiting professor at the Harvard School of Business. He was a visiting lecturer in busi- ness administration at the Univer- sity of Virginia last year. A native of Smithfield, Virginia, Coleman received a bachelor’s de- gree from Washington and Lee in 1926 and the B.S. in commerce a year later. He holds a master’s de- sree in business administration from Harvard and is a certified pub- lic accountant. For three years dur- ing World War II he served in the Army Ordnance Corps, in which he ‘holds a reserve commission as a lieutenant colonel. GILREATH—department head THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE TRUSTEES m A RESPECTED TRUSTEE emeritus, William McChesney Martin, A.B., 1895, died at a St. Louis, Missouri, hospital on February 28, 1955. After graduating here Mr. Martin re- ceived the LL.B. degree from the old St. Louis Law School, predeces- sor of the Washington University Law School, in 1900. Mr. Martin became a member of the Board of ‘Trustees of Washing- ton and Lee in 1928, serving until his retirement in 1949. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Mr. Martin was associated with the Mississippi Valley Trust Company from 1900 to 1914, rising to vice- president and _ general counsel. When the Federal Reserve system was inaugurated in St. Louis in 1914, he became chairman of the board, retiring in 1941. A short time later he announced he was coming out of retirement to head the law firm of Martin, Peper and Martin, with which his son, Mal- com, was associated. Another son, William McChesney Martin, Jr., chairman of the board of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank of Washington, was formerly president of the New York Stock Exchange. While a student here Mr. Martin was editor of the Southern Col- legian and valedictorian of his class. He was halfback on the foot- ball team for two years, and a mem- ber of Sigma Nu social fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. DEVELOPMENT SSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS of the University’s Development Pro- gram are an understanding of the University, and a sustained interest in it, on the parts of both alumni and parents of students. As aids in developing this understanding and interest, two new projects are in their initial stages. | The first relates to the alumni, particularly to the members of the class celebrating the 25th Anniver- sary of its graduation. To mark that significant milestone in a prop- er manner, the University, on May MARCH 1955 Athletic Committee. Name Your Candidate In compliance with Article 9 of the By-Laws of the Washing- ton and Lee Alumni, Inc., we are listing below the names of the Nominating 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 Trustees and for the alumni representatives on the University ‘There are three vacancies to be filled on the Alumni Board of Trustees, and two on the Athletic Committee at the June, 1955, meeting of the Alumni Association. Members of the Association are urged to submit names of their candidates for these offices. ‘The Nominating Committee will close its report on May 15. The Committee is as follows: Emmett W. Poindexter, ’20, Room 1201, 74 Trinity Place, New York 6, New York; ‘om Glas- gow, 12, Box 1997, Charlotte, North Carolina; Barton W. Morris, Jv.. 43, Times-World Corp., Roanoke, Virginia. 13 and 14 of this year, will be host at the first (of what it is hoped will become an annual event) 25-Year Alumni Convocation and Reunion. Members of the Classes of 19930, both academic and law, have been invited to return to the campus at that time and to be guests of the University while in Lexington. ‘The program is being planned to give returning alumni an oppor- tunity to renew acquaintances both with their classmates and with the University. Every effort will be made to assure them of a good time, and also to give them a comprehen- sive view of the University as it is in 1955. A series of discussions with key members of the University’s administration and faculty will be scheduled, along with opportunities to talk informally with other facul- ty members and students and to visit buildings and classes. High- light of the program will be the 25-Year Convocation Address by Dr. Gaines at noon on Saturday. Activities will begin with a luncheon on Friday and will.come to a close following luncheon on Saturday. Alumni and their wives will be housed throughout their stay at the Mayflower Hotel. It is too early to predict the size of such a gathering, but first in- dications are that a sizeable group will be returning in May. a The 23rd of April will be an- other significant day on the cam- pus, for at that time the newly es- tablished Parents’ Advisory Coun- cil will hold its first meeting. Be- cause alumni who have sons at the University maintain their ties with Washington and Lee through the Alumni Association, the Parents’ Advisory Council is designed for those parents who are not alumni of Washington and Lee. It is be- lieved that this new organization will furnish valuable advice and counsel as the University works (1) to broaden the understanding among non-alumni parents of the University’s background, its pres- ent work, and its future plans, (2) to increase and sustain the inter- est of non-alumni parents in Wash- ington and Lee, and (3) to enlist their guidance and support in con- nection with the University’s con- tinuing welfare and advancement. ENROLLMENT We AND LEE’s second semester enrollment totals 987, including 108 in the School of Law. 9 This total, which includes 28 new students and returnees, compares with 1,016 students enrolled at the start of the first semester, and is 27 more than the corresponding en- rollment a year ago. Graduation, withdrawals, and academic failures removed 57 names from University rolls during the first half-year. CURRICULUM HE GROWING NUMBER and im- Ga. of Congressional in- vestigation committees has prompt- ed a group of students, all of them members of the political science classes of Dr. J. Harvey Wheeler, Jr., to draw up a petition request- ing a joint committee on printing to effect improvements in the typog- raphy and format of the Congres- sional reports in order to make them more widely read and under- stood by the general public. Wheel- er emphasized that the project is educational rather than political in nature, and was formulated with three special educational objectives in mind: to teach students how polling and public opinion inter- views are conducted; to provide a practical demonstration of the peo- ple’s rights to petition Congress; and to demonstrate the handling of such petitions by the Nation’s elect- ed lawmakers. ‘These investigations represent ex- penditures of the taxpayer’s money, but, Wheeler maintains, the re- ports are so unattractively prepared that the average citizen generally is repelled by the small print and stodgy format. As a consequence, the work of these groups often goes unreported to John Q. Public, save for newspaper summaries. The Bureau of Printing and En- graving has informed Wheeler that there has been no basic change in typography since the first Congres- sional report was published scores of years ago. To feel out Representatives and Senators on the subject, students first sent questionnaires to the legis- lators asking for their opinions on the appearance of reports and for 10 their attitude toward supporting a petition for change. Some of the more widely known and more influ- ential leaders thave taken a_pro- nounced interest in the program, even to the extent of making in- quiries of government printers on the matter. ‘Then, to find out how the aver- age citizen feels about the reports as now printed, each student inter- viewed five persons, who were se- lected according to the random- sample method of polling. After all results have been tabu- lated, the students will prepare a petition, citing the background of the survey and its findings. That petition will request no new law, but will simply call for a joint resolution of the House and Senate to set up a special sub-committee of the Joint Committee on Printing to study possible changes which will make the reports more attractive and readable. m AN EXHIBITION of recent art by young Americans was displayed in the McCormick Library gallery for a three-week period in January. The paintings, obtained through the Museum of Modern Art of New York, included thirty works in oil, watercolor, crayon, and pencil. Ab- Stract, surrealist, and modern French schools were represented. m SECOND-SEMESTER journalism stu- dents are again getting the benefits of specialized instruction from three visiting lecturers, two of them veteran editors and the other an ex- pert photographer. William Atkin- son of the Roanoke Times, William G. Leverty of the Richmond Times- Dispatch, and VMI’s photographic expert, Herbert Patchin, again com- pose the staff of visiting teachers who bolster the department during the busy spring session. Atkinson, manager of the Times, comes to Lexington three times weekly to conduct a class in copy- editing. Since 1947 the has taught students the skills of copy-reading, headline-writing, and page lay-out. Leverty takes time out once a week from his duties as Times-Dis- patch copy desk chief to conduct a class in advanced reporting for journalism seniors. Training fledg- ling reporters is old hat to him, for every man on the Richmond daily undergoes a stint on his copy desk before getting an assignment. Patchin, besides being assistant professor and director of physical education at neighboring VMI, is recognized as one of the state’s lead- ing amateur photographers. His weekly classes are designed to im- part to students the basic camera skills often demanded of all report- ers by today’s newspapers. He joined the visiting staff in 1949. m THE FRANK FULLER FUND, which provides journalism students with ' telegraphic news service 24-hours a day, has been augmented by contri- butions from thirteen Virginia and District of Columbia newspaper companies. The Fund was set up under an initial gift of $500 from the late Dr. Douglas Southall Free- man, former editor of the Rich- mond News-Leader. Its name is a tribute from the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation to Frank Fuller, who has been chief of the Richmond Associated Press bureau since 1927, for “high professional and managerial achievement’ in journalism. News received over the AP wire is used by copy-editing and page make-up classes in the jour- nalism department, as well as by the radio laboratory students who pro- duce a fifteen-minute radio news broadcast over Lexington Station WREL five times a week. Professor O. W. Riegel has also announced a $500 gift to the jour- nalism department from the Hobby Foundation of Houston, Texas, and gifts from three alumni, George Benn Stott, Jr., ’48, of Bloomfield, New Jersey; Harrison Kinney, ’47, of New York City; and Henry F. Arnold, ’33, of Cullman, Alabama. A PUBLIC SCREENING of the famous W. C. Fields-Mae West western THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE burlesque “My Little Chickadee,” was included in the spring film program of the journalism depart- ment’s course in audio-visual, non- press mass media. The film is one of sixteen outstanding American and foreign motion pictures which will be screened for students dur- ing the semester. ‘he course is con- cerned with the techniques, econ- omy, and effects of non-press media, particularly motion pictures, tele- vision, and radio. Besides the films that are scheduled, a number of kinescope and sound films of lead- ing news and documentary televi- sion programs will be shown and some outstanding radio transcrip- tions will be heard. LAW SCHOOL ASHINGTON AND LEE’s Moot W Court team, winner of the re- gional Moot Court tournament at Durham, North Carolina, (Alumni Magazine, December, 1954), gained greater distinction as it advanced to the semi-final round in the National Moot Court competition. This competition, which consisted of five rounds, involved partici- pants from law schools all over the Nation. Washington and Lee drew a bye in the first round, eliminated the University of Pittsburgh and Georgetown University in the sec- ond and third rounds, respectively, and then lost to Columbia Univer- sity by a narrow margin in the semi- final argument. Columbia went on to win the National Championship by defeating the University of Ili- nois in the fifth and final round. The final argument was presided over by Mr. Justice Felix Frank- futer of the U. S. Supreme Court. The Washington and Lee team consisted of William M. Bailey of Wilmington, Ohio, Willard I. Wal- ker of Free Union, Virginia, and P. James Kurapka of Baltimore, Mary- land. And not to be overlooked is the large contribution of William B. Poff of Vicker, Virginia. As chairman of the Moot Court Com- mittee of the Student Bar Associa- tion, he organized the competition MARCH 1955 leading to the selection of Wash- ington and Lee’s team and then went on to serve the team as an able research man. ‘This was the second year in which Washington and Lee has partici- pated in the national competition. In an effort to have the University well represented in coming years, an energetic attempt is being made to keep student interest in Moot Court work at a high level. s Melvin M. Belli, referred to ina recent national magazine article as the “King of Torts,’ was the guest of the Student Bar Association in February. In a talk before a large audience of students and participat- ing attorneys, he called for the con- tinuance of trial by jury, rather than trial by judicial commission, so that a plaintiff will be compensated adequately for injuries sustained. Belli became nationally known through his employment of black- board demonstrative evidence and medical cross-examination in per- sonal injury trials. Heretofore such evidence was restricted primarily to criminal cases. His Modern Trials, a three-volume set of books, outlines the use of demonstrative evidence in the court room. A graduate of the University of California’s School of Law in 1933, Belli has his main office in San Francisco with branch offices in Bev- erly Hills, California, and Rome, Italy. He is past president of the Na- tional Association of Claimants and Compensation Attorneys, and gen- eral counsel for Japan Air Lines. He has lectured to law schools, bar as- sociations, and lawyers in forty-two states, and at present is working in cooperation with a doctor at Johns Hopkins on another book, Forensic Obstetrics, which will serve as a guide for lawyers whose clients are pregnant at the time of injuries. The Virginia Bar Association, the Roanoke, Richmond, Staunton, Lexington, and Charlottesville Bar Associations, and Student Bar As- sociations at the University of Rich- mond, William and Mary, and the University of Virginia were also in- vited to attend this lecture demon- strating the methods used by a plaintiff's attorney in a tort case. ‘The timing of Belli’s talk was for- tunate, for Stanley C. Morris, presi- dent of the International Associa- tion of Insurance Counsels is ex- pected to speak to the Washington and Lee Student Bar Association sometime in March, at which time he will present the other side of the case, that of the attorney for the defense. H THE HONORABLE Robert G. Storey, Dean of the School of Law at Southern Methodist University and former president of the Amerti- can Bar Association, will be the speaker for the 1955 John Ran- dolph Tucker Lectures to be held on April 15th and 16th. The theme for Dean Storey’s lectures: “Current Peril of the Legal Profession.” At noon on Friday, April 15, he will discuss ‘““The Rule of Law and Present Danger’; at eight o’clock that evening his topic will be “The Impact of Communism upon the Legal Profession”; the final lecture at noon on Saturday will consider “Mobilization of the Legal Pro- fession in the Age of Peril.” All lectures will be in Lee Chapel. ‘The ‘Tucker Lecture series was established in 1949 by the Board of ‘Trustees of Washington and Lee in honor of the long and distin- guished service of John Randolph ‘Pucker as Dean of the Law School. UNDERGRADUATES ELEGATES REPRESENTING nearly D one hundred publications of 31 colleges and universities in the Old Dominion assembled at Wash- ington and Lee and Virginia Mili- tary Institute in early March for the 1955 Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association Convention. The Lexington colleges acted as co-hosts for the event, the first held in Lex- ington since 1950. Some of the foremost experts in newspaper and _ printing firms 11 in Virginia and North Carolina judged publications, conducted cri- tiques and seminars, and addressed delegates. Representatives from vir- tually all the editorial and business staffs of Virginia college publica- tions were in attendance. Highlight of the convention was the awards banquet at the Robert E. Lee Hotel on the final night, where outstanding college news- papers, magazines, and yearbooks were cited. At that time the Friday Edition of The Ring-tum Phi was named the best college newspaper in the state. Professor O. W. Riegel head of the University’s journal- ism department, was the evening’s principal speaker. m AN EPISCOPAL BISHOP, the Right Reverend William H. Marmion of the Diocese of Southwestern Vir- ginia, was the principal speaker and discussion leader at the annual Re- ligious Emphasis Conference in February. Bishop Marmion opened the two-day event at a University assembly in Doremus Gymnasium. His subject, “Peace of Mind or Peace of God?” set the theme for the conference, “Can Christianity Be ‘Taken Seriously?” The Religious Emphasis Con- ference, which annually brings to the campus outstanding ministers of the eastern United States, is conducted by the student Christian Council with the assistance of Dr. David Sprunt, University Director of Religious Activities. m A CAMPUS MINSTREL SHOW, the first of its kind at the University in recent years, was staged in the ‘Troubadour ‘Theater the last week in February. ‘The show was a pro- ject of the Student War Memo- rial Scholarship Fund Committee, which is now working on its second $10,000 goal. ‘The committee, head- ed by Joseph Pontius, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, went all-out in pro- viding costumes and sets for the production. Brian H. Shanley, a senior from Morrison, Illinois, was the interlocutor. End men were Henry M. Ford, Jr., of Baltimore, 12 who directed the show; Roland C. Davies, Jr., of Washington; Roger P. Doyle, of Pensacola, Florida; and Isaac N. Smith, of Charleston, West Virginia. Shanley’s Southern Col- legians, considered one of the best Dixieland jazz combos in the state, provided music for the show, while a thirty-voice chorus under the d1- rection of James W. Lewis, of Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, and a faculty quartet (Messrs. Bor- den, Fishwick, Herbert, and Shil- lington) furnished the songs. BH FRATERNITY INITIATION week, com- monly known as “Hell Week,” ended Friday February 4 for some 240 freshmen pledges, who for the preceding week had done every- thing from running relay races be- tween Lexington and Buena Vista to scrubbing downtown sidewalks with toothbrushes. ‘The Interfra- ternity Council had attempted to popularize the week as “Greek Week” or “Help Week,” but for the pledges, it was still the same old “Hell Week.” m PHI KAPPA PSI, oldest of Wash- ington and Lee University’s 17 na- tional Greek-letter social fraterni- ties, celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of its founding on the campus February 25-27. The event drew many alumni from all walks of life back to the University for the three-day cele- bration. Highlight of the observ- ance was a banquet Saturday eve- ning at Natural Bridge where Lyle W. Jones, national president of Phi Kappa Psi, was the speaker. _ The program included an open- house reception for all Washington and Lee students on Friday after- noon at the Mayflower Hotel in Lexington, a pre-banquet reception at the fraternity’s house, and a Sun- day buffet luncheon. ‘The fraternity was established at Washington and Lee on March g, 1855, by Christian Wertenbaker. Four of its chapter members joined the Confederate Army upon leav- ing the University, then known as Washington College The Chapter has been active ever since, expect during war years. It currently has a membership of 50 young men, and over 700 names are recorded on its roll book. ‘The Chapter’s original charter is intact, and the charter and other documents of the early years are regarded by the national head- quarters as invaluable relics of the organization’s history. WINTER SPORTS OT SINCE THE Football Gener- N als went to the Gator Bowl in 1950-51 has an athletic team at Washington and Lee generated so much student body enthusiasm as has Coach Billy McCann’s §spar- kling collection of freshmen and sophomore basketballers. It was common knowledge that the squad was loaded with an ar- ray of talented youngsters, but most fans were looking to next year as the very earliest they would have anything to cheer about. ‘This sea- son was supposed to be the build- ing year, the series of tough games against topflight opponents which would give the green team the ex- perience it would need for future court campaigns. The state press picked up this general feeling, and = although Coach McCann’s boys were absorb- ing more than their fair share of defeats during the early weeks, the columnists began tagging the Gen- erals as a “team of the future,” an opinion based on the _high-scor- ing antics of the improving Big Blue team. But the Generals upset the ma- turity time-table in February when they ripened far ahead of schedule and closed the season by winning 10 of their last 12 contests. Includ- ed were upset wins over Richmond, until then unbeaten in state com- petition in 31 straight games, Wil- liam and Mary, and Virginia, and an almost unbelievable come-from- behind-victory over strong East Tennessee State College. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ‘The McCann five, whose starting combination was made up of four sophomores and a freshman, cli- maxed its regular season’s play with a stirring revenge victory over arch-rival Virginia, 98-89, in a jam- packed Doremus Gymnasium. By way of summary, here’s what the Generals accomplished during their 1954-55 regular season sche- dule of 27 games: @ Finished fourth in the Southern Conference with eight wins and five losses. @ Finished third in the Virginia Big Six with five wins, three losses. ¢ Finished the season with 15 wins and 12 losses, for Washington and Lee’s first winning year since 1946-47. @ Averaged 84.3 points per game, good enough to place them in the top 15 major college teams in the country in total offense. - € Made good on 835 field goals in 1,969 tries for 42.4 per cent ac- curacy, again good enough for the top 15 in major college circles. ¢ Scored more points in one season than any other Generals’ five. ¢ Averaged more points per game than any other Generals’ team. @ Set a new school scoring record with their season’s opener against Bridgewater College, with a 119- 72 win. @ Placed sophomore center Lee Marshall on the first-team All-Big Six squad, freshman guard Dom Flora on the second team, and sophomore forward Barclay Smith on the third team. Big man on Coach McCann’s great young team was Marshall, the 6-5 center from Ashland, Kentucky, who scored 571 points for an aver- age of 21.1 per game. Showing vast improvement in each game, the blond sharpshooter hit on 51.7 per cent of all his field goal tries and ranked among the 20 best shots in the nation. No. 2 point-maker was the fresh- man flash, Dom Flora, a 6-2 product MARCH 1955 For Phi Kappa Psi, a centennial celebration—Speakers’ table guests included DEAN FRANK J. GrtttAM; Mrs. CarroLut Evans, housemother; HOMER A. HOLT, ’18; Mrs. ROBERT W. DickEy; E. STUART QUARNGESSER, Chapter President; and Miss Mary ANN HICKLIN. of Jersey City, New Jersey. Flora’s poise and ability seemed to bele the fact that he still has three more years to go. Having surpassed the fabulous Jay Handlan’s freshman scoring record 522 to 370, and aver- aged over three points more than did Handlan as a freshman, Flora looms as the greatest threat to the Wheeling Whiz’s four-year record of 2,002 points. Perhaps the most valuable but yet most underrated man on the team was a 6-3 sophomore, Barry Storick, from Brooklyn. Storick was consistently good for 10-plus points per contest, but his true value lay in his brilliant floor play and uncanny rebounding ability. Leader of the team in the latter category, McCann often referred to him as his “‘coach on the floor.” Most improved of the starters was Barclay Smith who developed from an early season bench-warm- er into the team’s top defensive performer and a dangerous offen- sive threat. In the post-exam period when the Generals won 10 of 12 games, Smith averaged around 12 points a game and was accurate on better than 55 per cent of his shots from the floor. The fifth regular was Milt Win- awer, another Brooklyn sophomore and the best passer on the team. Winawer averaged better than eight points a game, and he led the team in assists—the passes that pay off with two-points on the re- ceiving end. Although these five carried the main load, it was a strong bench that enabled the Generals to weather many late-season storms. Leading the first-line reserves was Bob McHenry, a junior from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. A regu- lar on last year’s five, McHenry’s 5-10 height caused him to lose a starting role to his taller teammates. But he was Coach McCann’s ace- in-the-hole, and turned in consist- ently good jobs while averaging seven points a game. He has an- other year to play. By providing great clutch play on occasion, two 6-4 freshmen, Frank Hoss of Manassas, Virginia, and Dave Nichols of Baltimore, gave McCann much pleasure. Hoss suffered an ankle injury in prac- tice before the final game, after playing his best game the previous weekend against East Tennessee. But Nichols took over his job of spelling the big regulars, and tossed in four field goals in five tries against Virginia in the finale. The Generals’ tough schedule didn’t give the other reserves much time for action, but they deserve no less credit for the team’s fine showing. Little Dick Skolnik, a 5-8 13 junior, played good ball in fre- quent appearances at guard, while freshman Buck Shulick and soph- omore George Holbrook showed in- dications of providing Coach Mc- Cann with a powerful bench in coming seasons. m Although the basketball team was the topic of most campus sports conversation, the Generals fared well in other winter athletics. Hav- ing failed to compete in intercol- legiate swimming the year before, Cy Twombly’s mermen returned this year to post a 4-3 record in dual meets and to capture two Confer- ence individual championships. ‘The swimmers defeated Catho- lic University, Lynchburg College, Randolph-Macon, and William and WINAWER (16) hits against Richmond as StoricK (9), SKOLNIK (17), and MARSHALL stand by. 4 Mary, while losing to Virginia, VPI, and Davidson. In the Southern Conference meet at Davidson, soph- omore Jay Fox of Bluefield, West Virginia, won the 200-yard butter- fly. His victory enabled Coach Twombly to boast of having had winners in all events in his years of tournament competition. ‘The 300-yard medley relay team, composed of Frank Kalmbach of Shreveport, Louisiana, Fox, and Bill Childs of the Belgian Congo, won that event in the good time of 3 minutes, 10.3 seconds. m On the mats, the Generals again failed to show the championship form that once ruled at Doremus, but the season was far from a failure. Coach Dick Miller’s grap- plers were winners four times, and lost five, all of them to tough, rug- ged opponents. A winning season was in the mak- ing until the final match of the last dual contest with Virginia, when a pin gave the Cavaliers a 16-14 edge. The wrestlers won over Duke, North Carolina, Davidson, and the Citadel, while dropping matches to VPI, Franklin and Marshall, Mail- lersville (Pennsylvania), West Vir- ginia, and Virginia. Gibby McSpadden, a_ junior, again proved to be the Generals’ top performer. Out of action in the first three meets, the defending 167-pound Conference champion defeated six opponents without a ~ loss, and he was favored to repeat in the Conference tournament. John Ellis, a 137-pound junior from Leonia, New Jersey, won eight and lost only one for the second best record on the squad. Bill Northrop of Alexandria, Vir- ginia, at 157, and Dick Whiteford of Baltimore, at 130, each won four and lost five. All in all, the winter sports pro- gram was a real success, just as had been the fall activities. Prospects for spring sports are bright with winning seasons anticipated in golf, tennis, and lacrosse, while track and baseball are in the re- building stage. Washington and Lee, with eleven intercollegiate sports available to its student body for competition, offers the most well-rounded sports program of any school in the South- ern Conference, something of which students, faculty, and alumni can all be justly proud. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE We commend to your reading this Statement from the Alumni Board of Trustees be ALUMNI CHAPTERS and from individual alumni the Alumni Board of ‘Trustees has received vari- ous resolutions and other expres- sions, both verbal and written, con- cerning (1) the University’s decis- sions to discontinue further sub- sidization of athletes and to sus- pend intercollegiate football for 1954 and (2) certain other alleged conditions relating to academic pol- icles, procedures, or personnel on the campus. The Board, therefore, has undertaken to acquaint itself, through its members, with the facts relating to each area of concern. Its study, involving no little expen- diture of time on the part of its members, has been as extensive as possible, and has included individ- ual discussions with alumni, fac- ulty members, administrative off- cials, students, and townspeople in Lexington. In addition, the Alumni Board on two occasions has met Jointly with members of the Uni- versity Board of Trustees to dis- cuss these matters. The first of these meetings took place in Washington, D.C., on Oc- tober 16, 1954. The Alumni Board held its regular Fall meeting there on that date for the express pur- pose of accepting the invitation ex- tended by the University Trustees to meet jointly with them at lunch and during the afternoon. At that. time the Alumni Board expressed to the University Trustees its re- gret that decisions of such wide- spread interest to alumni as the suspension of football and the elim- ination of further subsidization of athletics were made and publicized prior to any knowledge thereof by the Alumni Board as a whole, and without affording either the Alum- MARCH 1955 ni Board or the alumni themselves an opportunity to voice their opin- ions. ‘The reasons for these decisions were explained in detail to the Alumni Board by the University ‘Trustees and by Dr. Gaines. In ad- dition to this verbal explanation, and in recognition of the interest alumni have in intercollegiate ath- letics, the Rector of the University, Mr. James R. Caskie, subsequently prepared a very detailed account of the chronology of events leading up to the football decisions, and the more basic policy considerations that entered into those decisions. This account, entitled ““The Ath- letic Decisions: Background and Meaning” was published in the De- cember, 1954, issue of The Alumni Magazine for the information of all alumni. The facts are as recorded therein. As the matter now stands, a new policy has been adopted and a new program is already being put into effect. A seven-game football sched- ule has been arranged for next fall, and a small but excellent coaching staff has been employed. Scholarship requirements have been liberalized to make the athlete with good scholastic attainments more eligible for assistance. These facts were made clear at a special meet- ing of the Alumni Board held in Lexington on January 15, 1955, at which time members again had an Opportunity to discuss such matters as they wished with the University ‘Trustees. It is the earnest hope of the Alumni Board of ‘Trustees that the new athletic policy will prove suc- cessful. It is our hope, too, that each alumnus will place the best in- terests of Washington and Lee above what possibly may still be his conflicting personal opinion with regard to athletic policy, and will continue to support wholeheartedly the University’s athletic program. Accordingly, the Board has desig- nated Saturday, October 22, 1955, as Homecoming Day, and urges that alumni observe this day with the same enthusiasm with which they have welcomed Homecomings in the past. EGARDING ITS INQUIRIES into Cri- R ticisms of academic policies, procedures, or personnel, the Alum- ni Board was quick to recognize that matters of internal administra- tive nature normally do not come within its jurisdiction. However, because of the nature of the many allegations that have been made, be- cause of the genuine concern to which these allegations have given rise among alumni, and because the Alumni Board recognizes a respon- sibility to those alumni, members of the Board did make as thorough an inquiry into these matters as was possible. Having done so, it is the Board’s considered opinion that while certain of the criticisms may have some factual foundation, none of them constitute cause for alarm. Moreover, the Board believes that the resolution of these matters is the province of the University’s ad- ministration, and that they will be resolved. T THIS POINT it seems proper to A consider the relationship of the alumni to the University. The Alumni Board believes that the alumni role should be that of a (Continued on page 16) #5 If Alumni Will Give, Business Will Give WILSON COMPTON* President, Council for Financial Aid to Education ou AND I and the millions of Voie graduates in this coun- try all are the beneficiaries of an education at less than cost. ‘Today new and larger generations are seeking the same kind of edu- cational opportunity which we had. But the gap between what a col- lege education costs and what a new generation of young people can pay for it is gradually widening. This gap may be narrowed by in- creasing tuitions. But it may be bridged only by gifts. The question almost universally asked by business concerns inter- ested in principle in financial aid to higher education is: what are the colleges doing to help themselves? ‘This means: have they looked their educational programs “‘squarely in the eye’—and their business man- agement, too? What are they doing or proposing to do for their teach- ers? Are they seeking the help of their immediate constituents, in- cluding their own trustees, the par- ents of their students, the commun- ity, and the church, if church-re- lated? If they need financial aid from the public, are they making their financial statements public? Are they seeking public confidence through a policy of “openness?” But a vital part of this question is: what are the alumni doing to help? Some colleges and universities can now answer that question well, some poorly, and some not at all. Interested corporations want to know that the colleges and univer- sities in which they invest are do- ing—or at least are capable of do- ing—work of good quality, and have at least the “seeds of great- ness” which should be in every school which undertakes the re- sponsibility of teaching young peo- 16 ple. Businessmen generally know that the American colleges and uni- versities are a cornerstone of our economic and political liberties and an indispensable source of the man- agement, professional and _ techni- cal skills without which business it- self cannot prosper. The interest of businessmen, accustomed to the ma- jor vices of competition in their own enterprises, and seeking these virtues and vices in education as well, is attracted instinctively to the idea of helping those institutions which are doing the best they can to help themselves. Alumni giving, in this sense the “seed money” of business giving, is at the heart of the ftund-rising prospect of each college and univer- sity which is looking to the future. If the alumni will help, business will help. For both understand that: What happens to American education will eventually happen to America. American education will happen to America. Compton—what happens to Alumni Board Statement (Continued from page 15) watchful guardian of Washington and Lee’s cherished possessions: its honored name, its high standards of conduct, its time-proven traditions and customs, its independence of thought and action, its academic leadership. Alumni must be pre- pared to strike quickly and force- fully for their protection, but at all times they must be armed with ac- curate information. ‘The traditions and customs that each alumnus of Washington and Lee has known and valued are in full force and effect today; they face little danger of violation. The Alumni Board’s study has disclosed a very high type of student now in residence at Washington and Lee, as has always been true in the past. ‘That in itself underscores our con- fidence in the University’s contin- ued well-being. The Alumni Board also recog- nizes in the “alert interest’ that has been manifested by the sons of Washington and Lee another im- portant indication of robust health. ‘The Board believes that the effect of that interest on the University family has been salutary, and is confident that such interest can and will continue to serve the Uni- versity well. The Alumni Board has the same unlimited faith in the administra- tion, the faculty, and the University Board of ‘Trustees as it has in pres- ent-day students and in the alumni body. It is confident that these groups, working together, will maintain in force the traditions and ideals of Washington and Lee and that the University will continue to distinguish itself in its devotion to the time-honored purpose of im- parting a well-rounded education to worthy young men so that they may render useful service on the campus and beyond it. *A portion of Dr. Compton’s address before officers, trustees, and friends of Ho- bart and William Smith Colleges at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, February 18, 1955. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE = od =" ——= ——— a =) at < Chapter News WO UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES, Donald E. Smith, Director of University Development, and Cy Young, Alumni Secretary, spoke at alumni meetings in Louisville, Cin- cinnati, Huntington, and Charles- ton, West Virginia, on succeeding nights between February 22 and 25. Don Smith was making his first vis- it to these chapters since assuming his duties in this new department of the University’s administration. In his informal talks to the various groups he outlined the four essen- tial parts of the University’s De- velopment Program: planning, pro- motion, research, and fund-raising. He stated that the alumni them- selves must be the cornerstone of a successful Development Program. They must, through their efforts and their funds, give a strong an- swer to the key question posed by corporations, foundations, and in- dividuals outside the University family who are asked to assist Wash- ington and Lee: “What are your alumni doing to assist?” Cy Young, in his talks, spoke of the plans of the Alumni Board of Trustees and the Fund Council to broaden the alumni program. In particular, he stressed the impor- MARCH 1955 Lynchburg alumni heard CurpLtey and PErry—Left to right, RICHARD F. BurKE, IH, ’42; C. LyNcH CmristTIAN, JR., 44; Head Football Coach WILLIAM A. CHIPLEY, "49; Dr. MARVIN B. PERRY, JR.; JAMES E. MCCAUSLAND, 43; ELLIOTT SCHEWEL, °45. tance of alumni chapter coopera- tion in connection with the annual Alumni Fund and in student re- cruitment. He further outlined the University’s new athletic policy, and told of events leading up to the can- cellation of the 1954 football sched- ule and the discontinuance of sub- sidized athletics. LOUISVILLE The mid-winter meeting of the Louisville Alumni Chapter was held at the Kentucky Hotel on Feb- ruary 22 with 4o alumni and their wives present. N. C. (Chick) Evans, 16, president of the chapter, pre- sided. Cy Young and Don Smith were guest speakers (see above). Due to the prevalence of influenza in the city, many alumni who had planned to be present were unable to attend. The Chapter took advantage of the presence in Louisville of Uni- versity representatives and arranged for them to meet with 14 prospec- tive high school students at the Pendennis Club in the afternoon. In addition to talking with the boys, they showed the Washington and Lee film, ‘“['wo Centuries of Ser- vice.” George Burks, ’27, and Ed Rietze, 25, arranged the gathering. CINCINNATI Washington and Lee alumni of the Cincinnati area met for dinner at the University Club on Febru- ary 23. A social hour preceded the meeting. Jack Reiter, ’41, president of the chapter, presided at the meet- ing, introduced guest speakers Don Smith and Cy Young, and con- ducted a question and answer ses- sion on many phases of the Uni- versity’s activities. Officers elected to serve for the coming year were: Jack Reiter, ’41, president; Bob Wersel, ’42, vice- president; Bob Hilton, Jr., °38, treasurer; and John Menzies, 42, secretary. TRI-STATE The ‘Tri-State Alumni Chapter met at the Frederick Hotel in Hunt- ington, West Virginia, for a social hour and dinner on February 24. Preston Henshaw, ’39, president of the chapter, presided, The meeting, at which Cy Young and Don Smith were guest speakers (see above), was one of the best attended in the area in many years. 17 A business session preceded the talks. he election of officers con- cluded the meeting, the following being elected to serve for the com- _ing year: T. J. Mayo, ’31, Hunting- ton, president; Dick Parmelee, ’32, Ashland, Kentucky, vice-president, and ‘Tom Garten, ’42, Huntington, secretary. CHARLESTON A dinner meeting of fifty or more Washington and Lee alumni was held in the ballroom of the Ruffner Hotel on Friday evening, February 25. John C. Morrison, ’25, president of the chapter received the report of the nominating committee, which presented the following slate of officers for the coming year: Ruge P. DeVan, ’34, president; W. T. Brotherton, ’47, vice-president; Norman Fitzhugh, Jr., ‘35, treas- urer; Charlie ITreadgold, ’49, sec- retary. hey were elected unani- mously. The University was represented by Don Smith and Cy Young. The meeting was honored with the presence of Homer A. Holt, ’18, a member of the University Board of Trustees, and Judge William Lovins, °14, of the State Supreme Court. ‘Those present were interested in the new athletic policy as adopted by the University Board of Trus- tees. This was discussed at length. KANSAS CITy Thirty-three alumni and under- graduates home for the Christmas holidays, met for luncheon at noon on Tuesday, December 28 at the Kansas City Club, Kansas City Mis- sourl. The luncheon was well at- tended with 75 per cent of the Kan- sas City alumni being on hand and an excellent representation from St. Joseph and other nearby cities. ‘The Robert E. Lee picture was shown. The group decided to make the Christmas luncheon an annual affair and to name the chap- ter the Heart of America Washing- ton and Lee Club. William H. 18 Leedy, ’49, was elected president, Stan Patterson, ’39, secretary, and Billy Ayres, ’40, treasurer. LYNCHBURG Bill Chipley, football coach, and Dr. Marvin B. Perry, professor of English, were the principal speak- ers at the annual banquet of the Lynchburg Chapter of Washington and Lee alumni, held at the Boons- boro Club on Friday evening, Feb- ruary 23, with 75 alumni and their wives in attendance. Chipley stated that the end of football subsidization at Washing- ton and Lee has brought an im- proved and healthy spirit to the student body. Good prospects who had been at the University for two years, but had not played football, were among the 48 who appeared for spring practice February 1. He made it clear that last summer the school ‘‘suspended” varsity-level football, but did not “quit,” and that next season’s team will “rep- resent the Washington and Lee student body and will play teams that represent their student bodies.” Chipley appealed for alumni sup- port for the new program and said future plans call for an increase in endowment to enable at least 20 per cent of the student body to re- ceive some scholarship aid, but this aid will be for all-round ability and not primarily for athletic prowess. Dr. Perry spoke with infectious enthusiasm of present conditions at the University, making a thought- ful and exciting presentation of progress and activities, praising the “personalized teaching” of small classes in which the faculty mem- bers are interested in the develop- ment of the individual. He also spoke of the scholarship aid to de- serving and promising boys, who otherwise could not have the bene- fit of education at Washington and Lee. Outgoing President Elliot Schew- el introduced Earl Wingfield, en- thusiastic supporter of the Wash- ington and Lee football team for many years, who was given a cer- tificate as an honorary member of the local chapter. The following officers were unanimously elected to serve for the ensuing year: C. Lynch Chris- tian, Jr., 44, president; Richard F. Washington’s guest was Dr. GAINEs—Seated: Frep M. VINSON, Jr., 46; H. GRAHAM Mort- SON, '30; Dr. GAINES; WILLIAM A. CHIPLEY, ’49, head football coach; J. LyNwoop KIn«, 45. Standing: BENTON C. TOLLEY, Jr, ’48; JOHN W. WARNER, 50; BRIAN BELL, 749. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Burke, III, ’42, vice-president, and James E. McCausland, ’43, secre- tary-treasurer. PENINSULA Fighty-three alumni and guests met at the Chamberlain Hotel, Old Point Comfort, for the annual ban- quet of the Peninsula Chapter, Washington and Lee Alumni, on February 22, with Thomas R. Wat- kins, ’48, president of the chap- ter, presiding. Parke S. Rouse, Jr., ’37, of Wil- liamsburg, presented Dr. Francis P. Gaines, President of the Uni- versity, who spoke on this anni- versary celebration of the birthday of General George Washington, one of the early benefactors of the University which bears his name. Dr. Gaines said that Washing- ton’s greatest desire was to be “a good Virginia farmer,’ but “had he heeded his desire, how different out Nation would be.” Dr. Gaines urged the alumni to “forget the yardstick of our own student days” in appraising the current college situation. He said probable inter- ruption for military service and such factors as the H-bomb require present students to “carry burdens and face anxieties and unpredict- ables unknown in previous times.” Reporting on the situation at Washington and Lee, Dr. Gaines praised benefactors, alumni and faculty as well as students. He spoke briefly on the federation of 12 pri- vately endowed schools which make joint appeals for corporate support. He noted that in the last 18 months, 70 corporations have donated $250,- ooo to this fund. Reporting that 450 prospective students were refused admission at Washington and Lee last year, Dr. Gaines said, “we won’t do a second- rate job for a large student body; we will do a first-rate job for a small number.” The current enroll- ment 1S 1,000. Honorary guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Malvin Weaver, Honorable and Mrs. Walter Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Plummer, Honor- MARCH 1955 Finals: June 1, 2, 3 Alumni Meeting: June 2 able C. Vernon Spratley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Saunders, Mrs. Raymond Bottom, Admiral and Mrs. Alvin Duke Chandler and Mr. and Mrs. George Cox. ROANOKE Alumni of Roanoke, Virginia, held their annual dinner meeting at the Shenandoah Club on Febru- ary 8, 1955. The following officers were elected to serve for the com- ing year: Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, ’43, president; William B. Hopkins, ‘42, vice-president and Robert S. Gold- smith, °53, secretary - treasurer. Named to the Board of Directors were; Richard JT. Edwards, ’32, Dale Johnson, ‘50, W. Courtney King, ’21, Randolph G. Whittle, ’o4, and T. T. Moore, ’26. 7 William