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PRICE, JR., 1941 Treasurer H. L. SHUEY, 1924 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Joun F. HENDON, 1924 WILLIAM L. WEBSTER, 1912 H. L. SHUEY, 1924 MartTIN P. Burks, III, 1932 StuARD A. WURZBURGER, 1928 Howarp W. DOBBINS, 1942 PARKE S. ROUSE, JR., 1937 ERNEST Woopwarb, I, 1940 Tue Cover: Washington and Lee’s lacrosse team in action against Johns Hopkins in Baltimore University News Toynbee To Teach During Second Semester, 1957-58 DR. ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE, world- famous British historian, lecturer, author, and philosopher, will teach at Washington and Lee as Visiting Scholar-in-Residence during the second semester of 1957-58. ‘This will be Dr. ‘Toynbee’s first pro- longed stay on an American cam- pus. Announcement of his coming was made in February by President Gaines and Dean Leyburn. Dr. ‘Toynbee’s visit is in accord with Washington and Lee’s belief in personal teaching and with the University’s desire to bring great minds, in person as well as in books, to the college community for per- sonal association with students and faculty. His weekly lectures and dis- cussions with selected upperclass- men will receive primary emphasis during his stay at Washington and Lee. In addition, several public lectures and speaking engagements at other colleges and universities in the area are planned. Although the historian has not visited Washington and Lee before, he has collaborated with Dr. Ed- ward D. Myers, head of the Univer- sity’s philosophy department, in the compilation of an atlas and gazet- teer to supplement his ten-volume Study of History. This supplemen- tary material, incorporated in one (c) Time, Inc. Dr. Epwarp D. Myers, head of Washington and Lee’s philosophy department, visited with Dr. and Mrs. ARNOLD J. ‘TOYNBEE at their home in London, England, during preparation of Volume XI of Toynbee’s “Study of History,” on which the two professors collaborated. 2 book to be published as Volume XI of the series, includes an historical atlas never before compiled and data on many historic places which are not found in an ordinary atlas. The volume will be of general im- portance, therefore, as well as val- uable to students of the Study of History. A graduate of Oxford University, Dr. ‘Toynbee has been a_ prolific writer and lecturer, his interests em- bracing three general areas of schol- arship: Greek and Roman culture > and history, the contemporary world situation, and the inter-rela- tion of ancient and modern cultures in his theories on the purpose and meaning of history. ‘Topics of pub- lished works range from Japan to ‘Turkey, from Russian tactics to Christian ethics, and from “Greek Civilization and Character, the Self- revelation of Ancient Greek Socie- ty’ to “An Historian’s View of American Foreign Policy.” From 1925 to 1955, Professor Toynbee was director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and Research Professor of International History at the Univer- sity of London. He has continued his writing and lecturing since his retirement, and during 1956 and 1957 he and Mrs. ‘Toynbee will trav- el extensively throughout the world. Faculty Dr. Sensabaugh Appointed New Academic Dean ® WHEN THE 1956-57 COLLEGE year opens, Washington and Lee will welcome a new academic dean. He is Dr. Leon F. Sensabaugh of Bir- mingham, Alabama, professor of history, chairman of the Division of Social Sciences, and director of the Evening School at Birmingham- Southern College. Dr. Sensabaugh will succeed Dr. James G. Leyburn, whose resignation as dean was an- nounced last October. Under a special George Washington Profes- sorship, Dr. Leyburn will continue his teaching at the University. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE An eminent scholar and teacher, Dr. Sensabaugh received his under- graduate education at Vanderbilt University and his doctorate at Johns Hopkins, where he _ was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After one year of teaching at Birming- ham-Southern, he served as head of the history department at Okla- homa City University for seven years, returning to Birmingham- Southern in 1936. Since 1943 he has headed the history department there and in addition has served as acting dean of the college twice and as chairman of the Committee on the Future of the College and the Faculty Research Committee. Dr. Sensabaugh’s major academic interest is in Latin American af- fairs. He studied in Brazil during 1941-42 on a Rosenwald Scholar- ship, has served as director of the summer Latin American Workshop at the University of Alabama, and has lectured widely under the Uni- versity’s auspices on Latin Ameri- can topics. He is the author of num- erous articles in historical scholarly journals and also has been a con- tributing editor to the Birmingham News and the former Post-Herald. The Sensabaughs, who have one child, a married. daughter, expect to move to Lexington during the summer where they will live in the home now occupied by Dr. Ley- burn. Mrs. Sensabaugh is dean of women at Birmingham-Southern. Dr. Gaines announced Dr. Sen- sabaugh’s appointment to the fac- ulty at its April meeting. “The credentials of Dr. Sensabaugh are most impressive,’ he commented. “We feel indeed fortunate in ac- quiring a Dean whose qualifications of scholarship and administrative ability are so happily balanced and of an eminently high level.” Dr. Pusey Chosen to Ball Professorship @ DR. WILLIAM W. PUSEY, Ul, head of Washington and Lee’s depart- ment of German, has been named Professor on the Thomas Ball Foun- SPRING 1956 dation. Pusey has been on the Wash- ington and Lee Faculty since 1939, except for thirty-nine months dur- ing World War II when he served as a lieutenant commander in the Navy. His election fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Dr. L. J. Desha, former head of the chem- istry department and now profes- sor of chemistry, emeritus. The Ball Foundation was estab- lished in 1946 by Mrs. Jessie Ball duPont, one of the University’s greatest benefactors, in memory of her father. Income from a fund of approximately $100,000 is distrib- uted among six Ball professors. Distinguished scholarship, effective teaching, and outstanding service to the University beyond the classroom are the criteria governing selection. Other Professors on the Ball Foun- dation are Doctors Bean, Bradley, Dickey, Light and Stow. Glenn Grants for Summer Study Awarded to 22 @ NO MATTER HOW ADVANCED their degrees, how extensive their past study, or how diligent their daily reading, faculty members from time to time feel the need of “‘intellec- tual re-treading.” ‘Twenty-two of the University’s teachers will have a special opportunity to satisfy that need this summer, for they have been named as recipients of John M. Glenn Grants-in-aid. ‘These grants, awarded annually by the University Board of ‘Trustees, are designed to help improve _ the quality of undergraduate instruc- tion for study, research, and writing during the summer months. Four professors in the School of Commerce, three in the School of Law, and fifteen in the College of Arts and Sciences have been named this year. Seven of them will col- lect material for courses to be given in the fall. Eight will write or prepare books and monographs for publication. All twenty-two look forward to an intellectually profit- able summer. For in past years, the grants-in-aid have brought appre- ciable benefits both to partici- pants and to the University, as teaching has been stimulated and scholarly reputations improved. Proof of the variety, scope, and potential value of the program is found in the list of this year’s study projects: — Reuben E. Alley, Jr., associate professor of physics, will attend a seminary on Christian Foundations for Teaching, at either Union Theo- logical Seminary (New York) or Pennsylvania State College. Edward C. Atwood, Jr., assistant professor of economics, will serve in an advisory capacity at the Bankers Trust Company in New York City, to make more practical his course in money and banking. C. Westbrook Barritt, assistant professor of Spanish, will go abroad for study and research in Spain. W. G. Bean, professor of history, will supervise the final typing of his manuscript on “Sandie Pendleton,” a lieutenant colonel in the Con- federate Army. Jack N. Behrman, associate pro- fessor of economics and _ political science, will work in Washington to complete, with a co-author, his text on international economics. A. Ross Borden, Jr., associate pro- fessor of English, will study at the Houghton Library, Cambridge, in preparation for a course in Six- teenth century literature. Jay D. Cook, Jr., assistant pro- fessor of accounting, will under- take research in preparation for a course in public finance. E. McGruder Faris, Jr., assistant professor of law, will make a com- parative study of Virginia and Fed- eral tax laws. . Marshall W. Fishwick, associate professor of American studies, will study in art museums, libraries, and an architectural firm in connec- tion with courses in fine arts. George H. Foster, professor of English, will engage in research at Harvard and elsewhere in New England in connection with a course in American literature. Edward B. Hamer, assistant 3 ©@©206©0006600060808090000000990666808000600600000000060600800008 PauL C. Burorp, °13, chairman of the Alumni Fund Council, calls signals for regional agents J. LyNwoop Kine, ’43, Washington, D.C.; Kart P. WiLLarp, 95, Fort Smith, Arkansas; HAYWARD F. Day, ’29, New York; and WALTER C. ABERG, Jr. °42, Los Angeles. m# WASHINGTON AND LEE’S increas- ingly successful Alumni Fund took a significant step forward this spring with the organization of Regional Agents on a nation-wide scale, to complement the efforts of Class Agents in annual campaigns. Eighty-nine Regional Agents have been at work since April, from New York to Los Angeles and from Chicago to New Orleans. In launching the campaign, a two-day conference was held March 23-24 to prepare these alumni so- licitors for their new assignments. At the meetings, presided over by Paul C. Buford, ’13, Chairman of the Alumni Fund Council, they heard a report on “Washington and and Lee Today” by University Pres- ident Francis P. Gaines and other administrative officials. Through the combined efforts of Class Agents, Regional Agents, and increased numbers of alumni con- tributors, the Fund now exceeds by $25,000.00 last year’s record-setting total of $62,508.77. Alumni Secre- tary Cy Young reports that, with approximately a month left before the close of the 1956 campaign, “It looks like we’re going to come mightly close to our goals of $100,- oco and 4,000 contributors.” SSOSOSSHSSHSSOHOSSSOHROSGOSOSOSOGCCSGOCESCVSeESGRZ@QeSGSeCCESSOOeeeoe professor of romance languages, will attend summer school at Mc- Gill University, studying contem- porary French literature. William A. Jenks, professor of history, will use the summer for typing and publication of his mon- ograph entitled “Hitler’s Vienna: 1907-1913.” George J. Irwin, associate pro- fessor of romance languages, will complete the typing of his transla- tion of Raymond Aron’s Introduc- 4 tion a la Philosophie de l Histoire. Lewis K. Johnson, professor ot commerce, will complete the typing of his book, Introduction to Mar- keting Management. oS Lloyd J. Lanich, Jr., assistant professor of fine arts, will complete his Ph.D. dissertation on ‘‘Neo- classic Elements in the European ‘Vheater Arts.” Rupert N. Latture, professor of political science, will engage in re- search on the principles and devices of government in the ‘new’ na- tions (India, Pakistan, etc.). Marvin B. Perry, Jr., professor of English, will study for the prepa- ration of a college text on an “ap- proach to literature.” Wilfred J. Ritz, associate pro- fessor of law, will study in Wash- ington and Cambridge on the ori- gin, purpose, and interpretation of the conflict of laws clauses of the United States Constitution. R. Winter Royston, professor of mathematics, will prepare and mim- eograph collateral notes for a course in mathematics of investment. ‘Theodore A. Smedley, professor of law, will conduct research on methods of teaching legal ethics. J. Harvey Wheeler, associate pro- fessor of political science, will pub- lish a monograph entitled ‘Con- stitutional Crisis and Social Forces: an Analysis of the English Cabinet Crisis of 1931.” John H. Wise, associate protes- sor of Chemistry, will complete the editing and typing of a laboratory manual for freshman chemistry. Davis’ First Two Novels Bring Honor and Praise m TO BE CHOSEN A FELLOW for the annual Bread Loaf Writers’ Confer- ence is a distinct honor. And Pax- ton Davis, assistant professor of journalism at Washington and Lee, has been selected as one of five young American writers so honored this year. For two weeks in August he will act as a junior staff member at various seminars conducted by the conference’s directors in Middle- bury, Vermont, for more than two hundred writers. Usually so honored are young writers whose first works have just been published. Davis was recom- mended for the award by Simon and Schuster of New York, pub- lishers of his first two short novels which appear this month under the combined title, Two Soldiers. The first of these novellas is about an Army deserter, the second about an Army “medic.” Both have set- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE tings in the Burma theatre of opera- tions during the Second World War, where Davis served as a com- bat medic. Two Soldiers has been received enthusiastically. Said a book review in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, “It is incredible that the two novel- las in this book should be the au- thor’s first novels; his work has the skill...and finish of the old hand....If his next book fulfills the expectations engendered by Two Soldiers, Davis can take’ a place in the upper echelons of writers of fiction.” Virginia’s State of Mind Analyzed by Fishwick AN ANALYsIs of the “state of mind” of the State of Virginia— that’s the theme of The Virginia Tradition, by Dr. Marshall W. Fish- wick, associate professor of Ameri- can studies. His third publication in two years, this book seeks to re- late geography, history, and politics to the state-wide thinking character- istic of the Old Dominion. Portions of the books appeared previously in the Saturday Review, American Heritage, Commonwealth and the Virginia Magazine of History. Professor Myers To Spend Year in Munich, Germany m A YEAR IN MUNICH, Germany, is in the offing for Dr. Edward D. Myers, protessor of philosophy at Washing- ton and Lee. For he has been granted a one-year leave of absence to work on a special project for the Fund for the Advancement of Education. Myers will leave for Europe with his family at the end of the current school year. He plans to return in August, 1957. During his absence, his classes will be taught by James A. Rikard, associate professor of philosophy and religion at Roanoke College. Professor Rikard received his aca- demic training at Emory University, Lutheran ‘Theological Southern Seminary, and Harvard University. SPRING 1956 Light Faculty Members Receive Promotions EIGHT MEMBERS OF Washington and Lee’s teaching staff have re- ceived advancements effective Sep- tember 1. Six will attain the rank of full professor: R. Winter Roys- ton in the department of mathe- matics; Rowland W._ Nelson, George H. Foster, and Marvin B. Perry, Jr., in the department of English; William A. Jenks in the department of history; and David W. Sprunt, currently Director of Religious Activities, who will be- come professor of religion succeed- ing Dr. William W. Morton who will retire in June. George J. Irwin will become as- sociate professor and Edward B. Hamer an assistant professor of romance languages. Buildin gs Dining Hall-Dormitory To Be Constructed H IF CURRENT PLANS materialize on schedule, Washington and Lee will have a combination upperclass dor- mitory and University dining hall ready for use at the beginning of DAVIS The skill and finish of an old hand the 1957-58 college year. The Execu- tive Committee of the Board of ‘Trustees, meeting in early April, voted to recommend to the full Board the construction of such a building. President Gaines has stated that he is ‘‘confident’’ that the recommendation will be adopted when the Board meets early in June. Long a need at Washington and Lee and a top priority item in the University’s Development Program, the new building will provide din- ing facilities for the entire freshman class and for such other students as may care to take their meals there, and dormitory accommoda- tions for a number of upperclass- men and law students. The exact size and location of the building have yet to be determined. A small campus dining hall was operated by the University through the 1951-52 college year, but was discontinued because not enough students took meals there to make the project economically feasible. With all freshmen eating in the new dining hall, sufficient financial support will be assured. Moreover, this new facility will complement the long-standing University policy under which freshmen live together in the dormitory. Because most first-year students now take their meals at fraternities, and because a University dining hall might upset the economic bal- ance within some of them, the Presi- dent has appointed a Special Com- mittee on Fraternity Finance to work with any fraternity which an- ticipates possible financial difficul- ty because of the new commons. Sentiment for a University dining hall and upperclass dormitory has been growing for several years. In conferences with parents and pros- pective students, for example, of- ficials of the Admissions Office have felt keenly the necessity of such a building. Law School Dean Clayton E. Williams reports that enrollment in his school certainly has suffered because the University has had no 5 facilities to offer graduate students transferring to Washington and Lee from other schools. Members of Omicron Delta Kap- pa, acting as a special committee during the early stages of Develop- ment Program planning, strongly urged construction of a freshman commons and upperclass dormitory and stated in its report that no building could contribute so much to University improvement as would a commons and dormitory. Last December the faculty unan- imously adopted a resolution re- questing the Board of ‘Trustees to proceed as soon as possible toward the erection of these facilities. In doing so the members of the group expressed concern that adequate dining and living quarters were not being provided for a substan- tial segment of the student body. The student newspaper, The Ring-tum Phi, has debated the is- sue for several years. During the first semester of the current year it pre- sented the pros and cons of the pro- posed new building, and editorially urged the earliest possible action by the University in providing these facilities. It emphasized that it was not ‘“‘anti-fraternity” but “‘pro- University” in championing “a recognized need.” That need is about to be met. Speakers Variety Characterizes Topics of Visiting Lecturers m IF LEXINGTON BE ISOLATED, as some maintain it to be, it is a fact continually belied by the steady stream of guest speakers to campus halls. Certainly that has been the case this spring, as visitors have ad- dressed students on subjects rang- from Woodrow Wilson to Hitler, and from national political thought to local journalistic procedures. In keeping with the nationwide Woodrow Wilson Centennial, Washington and Lee brought to the campus for its Phi Beta Kappa lec- 6 ture an eminent Wilson scholar, Dr. Gordon Alexander Craig, professor of history at Princeton University. Dr. Craig spoke on Wilson’s ideal- ism, widening his topic to include the pertinent question, “Is idealism in our foreign policy today a weak- ness?” After tracing Wilson’s thought progression in the field of foreign affairs, Craig acceded that the president had failed to achieve his goals for post war peace. “But,” he continued, “‘to say that he failed is not to say that he was wrong. It may be that idealism is the more real realism.” Further emphasis on Wilson came during the second annual In- ternational Relations Week, when students studied the effect of Wood- row Wilson on world international relations. Dr. Ralph E. Purcell, as- sociate professor of political science at Sweet Briar and a former vice- consul at Bangalore, India, spoke on “The Wilson ‘Tradition in Asia,” and Dr. D. F. Fleming, re- search professor of political science at Vanderbilt, addressed students on the subject “Woodrow Wilson and Collective Security Today.” ‘These speakers also participated in classroom talks and informal dis- cussions with students. When the Ford Foundation funds are issued, Professor, maybe you'll get your own bicycle. (c), 1955, New York Herald Tribune, Inc. Reproduced by permission An unusual visitor and speaker was Count Alexander Stauffen- berg, one of the famous German trio of brothers who attempted the assassination of Adolph Hitler. Count Stauffenberg, whose brothers were executed by the Nazis for trea- son, is dean of the philosophy fac- ulty and professor of ancient history at the University of Munich. He spoke to German and humanities classes. ‘The Count, a poet as well as a philosopher and historian, is touring this country under the aus- pices of the American government. Journalism students received practical “working” advice from two sources. William A. Lashley, Washington public relations man- ager for the Ford Motor Company, addressed students enrolled in the course in public relations, and Louis Spilman, editor and pub- lisher of the Waynesboro (Virginia) News-Virginian, spoke to members of the University’s chapter of Sig- ma Delta Chi, national professional journalism fraternity. Spilman is a former visiting lecturer in the jour- nalism department, and his son, Louis, Jr., was a member of the Class of 1952. “American Isolationism, Past and Present,” was the topic for an April lecture by Dr. Eric F. Gold- man, of Princeton University, who spoke under the auspices of Wash- ington and Lee’s history depart- ment. Goldman is an authority on American history since 1898, with special emphasis on the cultural aspects of its national life. He cur- rently is conducting studies in American isolationism in Washing- ton, Chicago, and Wisconsin under a Guggenheim Fellowship. Speaking before Washington and Lee students and g8o0 delegates to the 1956 SIPA convention, NBC news analyst, Pauline Frederick, urged young journalists to take as their motto: ‘Inform and educate.” The Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention also brought to the campus the famous cartoon- ist, Rube Goldberg, who recently (Continued on page 8) THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE A Diligent Professor and Good Citizen Dr. Mottatt To Retire GrorGE H. Foster, ’34 FTER SERVING THE University for A thirty-six years, Dr. James Strong Moffatt, Jr., is retiring. He came to Washington and Lee as a member of the Department of Eng- lish in 1gg0 and since 1938 has been chairman of the department. Dr. Moffatt has taught in a wide variety of fields: Anglo-Saxon, Ro- manticism, American Literature, and twentieth century poetry. He has served on almost every Univer- sity committee. For as long as most Lexingtonians can remember, he has been a diligent member of the faculty and a good citizen. But, as hundreds of Washington and Lee men will testify, he has been more than only “diligent” and better than simply “good.” -His office has always been open to the inquiring, the confused, and the merely friendly passer-by. He has been sparing of heavy-handed ad- vice and prodigal of his time. No student ever left Dr. Moffatt’s of- fice with the feeling he had been brushed off or that his problems had been treated lightly. He has read more themes and term papers and examinations than he _ probably cares to remember; but, with a de- votion that has always astonished his colleagues, he has read those endless papers with care, never failing to make a comment that SPRING 1956 gave due credit to the talented and encouragement to the strugglers. He has enjoyed teaching and liked the people he has taught. When he saw them outside the class- room, he never failed to convey his pleasure at seeing them or his con- viction that whatever they were doing was perfectly all right with him. He has always believed in the ultimate decency of Washington and Lee students; somehow this belief has persuaded young men to behave in a way that would please Dr. Moffatt. He has seldom missed a student event and for years has been our most ardent sports fan, in the good times and lean ones. Perhaps his most remarkable quality has been his tolerance. ‘Though a man of strong convic- tions, he has tried not to preach to the young. He knows the frailty of students but his knowledge has never led him to denunciations of the uncertain, the imperfect, and the gullible. He has never insisted on his own superiority at the ex- pense of those who still have much to learn. To the unsophisticated in his classes, he has been gentle and understanding. ‘To the ultra-sophis- ticated, a few of whom always seem to love books and _ loathe people, he has sometimes been able to impart a sense of measure, never discouraging the desire to learn, but conveying always the humane as- pect of the humanities he has taught so long and so well. To the city boys who came to Washington and Lee he has brought the gen- erous spirit of that fine kind of Southerner who loves literature and dogs and birds and people, though not necessarily in that order. As chairman of the Department of English, he has always been gener- ous, fair, and humorous. By trust- ing the men who have served under him, he has extracted their best. And no man on the faculty has cor- responded more faithfully with his former students. He has kept alive the loyalty and the love of learning of many alumni in far places. The Board of ‘Trustees has named Dr. Moffatt professor emeritus. His colleagues plan to honor him at commencement time. He is leaving Lexington some- time early this summer for Mt. Chicasaw, near Due West, South Carolina, where he and Mrs. Mof- fatt will make their home. Older alumni will be pleased, but prob- ably not surprised, to learn he is hale and hearty. His last year here has been marked by the same self- less devotion to his task which has distinguished his entire career. University News (Continued from page 6) has won a Pulitzer prize for his po- litical cartoons. “Cartooning,” he said, “ is not an accidental profes- sion. It is one of the most confined, restrained jobs and is a basic form of art and entertainment.”’ Law School Tucker Hall Men Record Activities and Honors THE ASSORTMENT OF NOTICES and announcements tacked to ‘Tucker Hall’s two bulletin boards indi- cates a busy spring semester for law students with a variety of legal activities and honors. Sample notices include: The Bar: Eight out of nine candi- dates for the Virginia Bar passed the State examination given in De- cember. This high passing average among Washington and Lee’s un- dergraduate law students, all of whom were taking the examination As a laboratory exercise in Play Production class, the students designed and erected this two-story set on the stage of the University’s Troubadour Theater. The set was con- structed for a winter production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Desire Under the Elms.” Experience in modern theatre, direction, and acting is offered by the Department of Fine Arts. 8 for the first time, compares very favorably with the state-wide aver- age of 42 per cent. Religious Conference: Law stu- dents were especially interested in the lectures and informal classroom talks of Dr. Samuel E. Stumpf, guest speaker during the University’s an- nual Religious Conference in Feb- ruary. Dr. Stumpf, professor of phil- osophy at Vanderbilt and a law graduate, spoke on legal ethics and the morality of the law. Lecture Series: Three outstand- ing lawyers appeared on the Student Bar Association’s spring lecture series: William L. Zimmer, of the Richmond firm of McGuire, Egeles- ton, Bocock, and Wood, spoke on the general subject of taxation; Dr. Charles W. Whitmore of Lynch- burg, a lawyer-physician, conducted two lectures on medical jurispru- dence; and Edmund D. Campbell, B.A. 718 and LL.B. ‘22, spoke on law practice in the federal courts. Campbell, son of the late Dean Henry D. Campbell of Washington and Lee, is a member of a law firm in Washington, D. C. Professional Fraternities: New initiates of Washington and Lee’s two legal fraternities were wel- comed into the University’s chapters in March. ‘Ten law students were initiated into Phi Alpha Delta, fifteen into Phi Delta Phi. Edward S. Graves, B.A. ’g30 and M.A. ’31, a practicing attorney from Lynch- burg, was named an honorary mem- ber of Phi Delta Phi. Mock Convention: Notices of state delegation meetings, commit- tee posts, and state assigninents oc- cupied considerable space on the bulletin boards during April as law students assumed many leader- ship roles in the Mock Convention. Chairman of the Convention was Carl D. Swanson, an intermediate law student from Kansas City, Mis- souri. Four law students served on the steering committee, while eight others were chairmen of var- ious state delegations. Order of the Coif: Special honor was paid to three students when they were initiated into the Order of the Coif, for “distinguished scholarship among seniors in the School of Law’—Edward E. Ellis, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Beverly G. Stephenson, Wakefield, Virginia; and George S. Wilson, III, Owens- boro, Kentucky. Students Board Directs Abolition of “Hell Week” Excesses TO THE FACULTY AT Irs April meet- ing President Gaines read a direc- tive from the Executive Committee of the Board of ‘Trustees, having as its purpose the abolition of all “Hell Week” excesses among Wash- ington and Lee’s seventeen Greek letter fraternities. ’ “The Executive Committee...’ the directive stated, “takes cog- nizance of the disastrous tragedy which recently occurred at one of the eastern educational institutions of collegiate rank in connection with fraternity hazing, as widely reported by the press. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “The Executive Committee d1- rects the faculty to take promptly such steps as the faculty deems to be appropriate to prevent the in- troduction or carrying on of such outmoded practices at Washing- ton and Lee.” The incident referred to was the death of a student at the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology as a result of a fraternity stunt. ‘The Faculty Committee on Fra- ternities set to work immediately, and after initial study asked the student Interfraternity Council to make known its feelings on the sub- ject and to present such informa- tion as it thought pertinent. The Council requested that four of its representatives meet with the Fac- ulty Committee in an effort to work out a plan for effective action, the enforcement of which would be assumed by the Interfraternity Council. Out of the meeting of this joint group came a unanimously endorsed set of proposals which subsequently was approved unani- mously by the full Interfraternity Council and faculty bodies. The following proposals, there- fore, shall govern hazing at Wash- ington and Lee fraternities. 1. No fraternity shall violate the basic principles of good taste, and a fraternity will initiate no activity which will be detrimental to the reputation of the Washington and Lee community. 2. No initiation or pledge train- ing activity shall constitute any physical or emotional hazard to the individual. Such potential hazards include the “long walk,’’ dangerous physical exertion or exhaustion. physical violence, paddling, and other types of obvious abuse. It is understood that the fraternities will exercise no jurisdiction over the pledges during the following: for six consecutive hours between mid- night and 8:00 a.m.; between 8:25 a.m. and 1:00 p-m.; or while any regular academic work is scheduled. 3. No pledge training or initia- (Continued on page ro) SPRING 1956 Dr. Morton Retires After Thirty Years R. WILLIAM W. MORTON, profes- D sor of philosophy and religion at Washington and Lee University and a member of the faculty since 1925, will retire at the end of the current school year, President Fran- cis P. Gaines recently announced. Dr. Morton, who is 65, came to Washington and Lee in 1925 as as- sistant professor of Bible, and in 1928 he was promoted to full pro- fessor of philosophy and religion. He now heads the Department of Religion. A native of Oxford, North Caro- lina, he is a graduate of Davidson College, Union Theological Semi- nary, Richmond, and attended the University of Glasgow. He _ holds A.B., B.D., and D.D. degrees. During World War I, he saw serv- ice in France as a chaplain with the American 81st Division. After three years in the Army with the rank of captain, Dr. Morton became director of religious education at Dr. MORTON Only the best influence on students the First Presbyterian Church, Wil- mington, North Carolina, a post he held for four years. In addition to his academic duties at Washington and Lee, Dr. Morton has been active throughout his teaching career as an_ or- dained minister of the Presbyterian Church. A member of Lexington Presbytery, he has frequently served as supply minister for numerous churches in the Lexington area. In announcing Dr. Morton’s re- tirement, President Gaines said, “Dr. Morton has rendered distin- guished service as a teacher and as faculty chairman of the University religious program, and he has been a delightful comrade to his col- leagues and has exerted only the best influence on his students.” Upon completion of his teaching duties, which include courses in Old Testament history and litera- ture, the life of Christ and Christian ethics, comparative religion, the phi- losophy of religion, logic, and the history of philosophy, Dr. Morton plans to devote his time to writing, continued study and as much gar- dening as his health will permit. He has long been recognized as one of Lexington’s and Rockbridge Coun- ty’s most successful “green thumbs.” He and Mrs. Morton live at 303 South Jefferson Street, in the home once occupied by Mrs. Morton’s father, Dr. Granville Campbell, when he was professor and head of the political science department at Washington and Lee. Mrs. Morton is a direct descendant of a member of the board of trustees of Liberty Hall Academy, from which even- tually evolved Washington and Lee University. University News (Continued from page 9) tion activities will take place out- side of the corporate limits of Lex- ington with the exception of such functions as formal initiation ban- quets or service to the community. 4. In accepting responsibility for the enforcement of the rules adopt- ed, the Interfraternity Council pro- poses that the Council enforce these rules through such penalties as cur- tailing of pledging and initiation privileges, the complete closing of a house for a reasonable period, fra- ternity suspension, or penalties ap- plied to offending individuals. Student Group Organizes Campus Guide Service m# A GROUP OF PUBLIC relations- minded students at Washington and Lee have formed an organization to provide campus guide service for all visitors desiring more than the usual tourist’s look at the Colon- nade from the Lee Chapel entrance. Known as the Student Service So- ciety, the group is made up of eight- een seniors, juniors, and _ second- semester sophomores who voluntecr their free time for this purpose. The organization is headed by Russell B. Myers, a senior com- merce student from Baltimore, who with a handful of other students recognized the need for such a serv- ice at Washington and Lee. Addi- tional students were enlisted, and with approval from the University’s administration and faculty, the guide service was begun during the first semester. Qualifications for membership in the Society include sincerity of pur- pose, willingness to learn about the University, availability, and scho- lastic standing. Members must study material concerning Washington and Lee’s history and the Univer- sity’s many traditions. And before a student is “checked out” for guide duty he must be able to answer just about any question a stranger might put to him about the school. One of the Society's primary objectives is to assist the Dean’s Office in playing host to prospective Fancy Dress President, HENRY HEYMANN of New Orleans, enrobed as the Wizard of Oz, and his “Princess,” Miss SHARON COHEN, also from New Orleans, parade before admiring subjects at the annual Ball, one of the South’s most famous collegiate social events. 10 students and their families, a serv- ice which Dean of Students Frank J. Gilham and Assistant Dean James D. Farrar have been quick to welcome. Couples Cavort in “Oz” at Fancy Dress Ball m THE LAND OF OZ, complete with yellow-brick road, tin figures, and all the well-known characters of that land of fantasy, was the setting for this winter’s collegiate Fancy Dress Ball. Gaily dressed students and onlookers crowded into the trans- formed gymnasium to share the light-hearted gaiety of make-believe. Cardboard clouds, birds, and but- terflies fluttered overhead; and mu- rals of story-book characters covered the walls. At one end of the floor stood a huge open replica of the children’s classic, ‘““The Wizard of Oz.” At the other end sparkled the Emerald ‘Throne. Between them stretched the yellow-brick road—of canvas—with its dangers and_ pit- falls. Along that path Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the ‘Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and _ others per- formed their intricate dance figure as they managed to evade the Wicked Witch and arrive at the haven of the Wizard. ‘The annual Fancy Dress extrava- ganza is one of the best-known col- legiate social events of the South. Except for the costumes, students plan and do all the work, designing, building, and painting the decora- tions, rehearsing the figures, and organizing the undertaking. Students Build Second War Memorial Scholarship m IN 1947, WHEN VETERANS were en- rolled at the University in large numbers, some students were discus- sing one night their own good for- tune at being able to return to col- lege. Their conversation turned to what they might do as a fitting memorial to classmates and friends who had been killed in the War. In THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE The DrEvINE ComeEpy featured this “heavenly” combination of cute co-eds, angel end-men, and uninhibited faculty vocalizers. search of something even more last- ing than a building or monument, they hit upon the idea of a scholar- ship endowed through their own collective effort. With the hearty approval of the student Executive Committee and the University ad- ministrative officials, the group set to work to raise the necessary funds. Self - perpetuating committees have captured the enthusiasm of the original group. By 1954 they had achieved the first $10,000 goal and had set as their new ob- jective the endowment of a second scholarship. Projects have included the annual interfraternity ‘Corn Bowl” football game, several con- certs, and their most recent feature, a musical comedy written, pro- duced, directed and acted by the stu- dents themselves. This year’s show, entitled “Deevine Comedy,” played to capacity crowds for four con- secutive performances on the cam- pus and a fifth at Hollins College. Ohio Senior Named ’56 Valedictorian m™ AN ECONOMICS MAJOR from Bay Village, Ohio, Philip D. Monger, has been elected valedictorian of the Class of 1956. His seven- semester record contains 80 semes- SPRING 1956 ter hours of “A” work and only 29 hours of “B” work. Monger is at Washington and Lee on a scholarship established by the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation to encourage promis- ing students to enter the fields of commerce and industry. Recently elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he has been president of his fraternity, Delta Upsilon, and a member of the ROTC band and Glee Club. University Honor Societies Initiate New Members m STUDENTS FROM THIRTEEN states have been chosen for membership in Washington and Lee’s chapters of Beta Gamma Sigma, honor so- ciety of the School of Commerce, and Phi Beta Kappa. Two seniors, William C. Norman, Jr., of Cros- sett, Arkansas, and Don E. Fryburg- er of Cincinnati, Ohio, were selected by both honoraries. Other initiates in Beta Gamma Sigma were seniors Leonard C. Greenebaum of Richmond, Vir- ginia, and Jon Marvin Moreland of Galveston, Texas. Selected for membership in Phi Beta Kappa were two law students, thirteen seniors, one junior, and two alumni. Law seniors honored were Ed- ward E. Ellis of Fort Knox, Ken- tucky, and Beverly G. Stephenson of Wakefield, Virginia. The senior initiates included: Arnold M. Ap- pleteld, Baltimore, Maryland; Clay B. Carr, Jr., Winchester, Virginia; Gilbert Dale Cornelius, Charlotte, North Carolina; Ronald W. Fast, Chandler, Arizona; Robert Gordon Gooch, Fort Worth, Texas; Edward M. Hood, Jr., Birmingham Ala- bama; Arthur W. McCain, Jr. Memphis, ‘Tennessee; Donald G. McKaba, Brooklyn, New York; Philip D. Monger, Bay Village, Ohio; ‘Thomas D. Sale, Jv., Panama City, Florida; and Raymond Stultz, Evanston, Illinois. Others selected at the same time were Walter R. Holmquist, a junior from Kansas City, Missouri; alum- nus William D. Goode, ’55, of New- port News, Virginia, now studying in Europe on a Fulbright Scholar- ship; and Dr. Duncan McConnell, 31, head of the department of min- eralogy and assistant dean of the graduate school at Ohio State. Students Challenged To Act as They Profess m THE FIRST BY-LAW of the official regulations of Washington and Lee affirms that while sectarian domina- 11 “Are laws based on social customs or on what is morally right?” students asked Dr. StuMPF during Religious Conference. tion in the school is prohibited, “the obligation to inculcate the Christian ideal is hereby acknowl- edged.” In keeping with this ideal, the University and its Student Christian Council each year sponsor a Religious Conference which brings outstanding Christian lead- ers to the campus for a three-day schedule of public lectures, class- room talks, conferences, and small discussion groups. ‘Theme for this year’s conference was “Christian Ethics on the Cam- pus—and Beyond.” Speakers includ- ed Dr. Waldo Beach, professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Univer- sity, who spoke on “The Danger of Decency”; Dr. Samuel E. Stumpf, head of the department of philoso- phy at Vanderbilt University, who spoke on “The ‘Tryanny of Free- dom’; and Colonel Francis Pickens Miller, a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and former gubernatorial candidate in Virginia. Dr. Beach applied the ethics of Christianity to college life and theories of education. Dr. Stumpf, a graduate lawyer and lecturer in Vanderbilt’s Law School, spoke to undergraduates and law students about legal ethics. Colonel Miller emphasized the inter-relation of practical politics and religious con- 12 victions. All three leaders urged students to act as they profess, re- lating religious values to their own personal lives and problems, on campus and in the world beyond. Tuesday, Friday Editors Named for Ring-tum Phi UNIVERSITY S§ PUBLICATIONS Board has named two Maryland students as editors of the Tuesday and Friday editions of The Ring- tum Phi. Thomas V. Litzenburg of Cumberland will head the Tuesday staff, while Richard G. Anderson of Gambrills will direct publication of the Friday issue. Each brings to his new assignment four years of experience as a staff member; each has been managing editor of his edition during the current session. The Friday edition of The Ring- tum Phi won first place this year among Virginia college newspapers in competition sponsored by the Virginia Intercollegiate Press Asso- ciation. Its current editor is E. Gerald Hopkins of Haddonfield, New Jersey. Hopkins will be a sen- ior next year and has been named editor of the Southern Collegian. g@ THE English Major Awarded Wilson Fellowship @ EDWARD M. HOOD, JR., a senior from Birmingham, Alabama, has been awarded a Woodrow Wil- son Fellowship for one year’s study in English at the University of Min- nesota. Hood, an English major, was one of the 174 American and Canadian students to receive Wil- son awards, out of the 1,671. stu- dents nominated. ‘These fellowships are sponsored by the Association of Graduate Schools (an organization within the Association of American Universi- ties) and are underwritten jointly by the Association’s members, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the General Education Board. ‘The awards are reserved for young scholars demonstrating “marked promise for the teaching profession and possessing the highest qualities of intellect, character, personality.” Hood is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and will be among the top three graduates this year in aca- demic standing. He has served as editor of Shenandoah, Washington and Lee’s literary magazine, and was a member of the University’s “Col- lege Quiz Bowl’ team which has participated for the past three years on the popular NBC radio show. Athletics Individual Achievements Highlight Mediocre Season m= THE LATE WINTER SPORTS scene was enlivened by notable individual achievements and a surprising cli- max in basketball. The quintet, with 12 wins and 16 losses, ended the season in a near blaze of glory, pulling off the upset of the year in the Southern Conference by beating top-seeded George Washington, 63-60, in the first round of the conference tour- nament at Richmond March 1. Sophomore Dom Flora of Jersey City sparked the Generals with 28 points in the exciting contest, but on the following night neither Co-captains DIcKEY JOHNSON and CARLOs BAILEY discuss plans with COACH CORRIGAN, for lacrosse team’s trip abroad (page 17). THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Flora nor his mates could keep pace with Richmond’s accurate shooting and the game ended with the disappointing score of 65-56. ‘Team high-scorer was Flora with 607 points this year for a 21.7 aver- age per game, giving him a 1,160 total for his two-year varsity career, just 26 shy of an all-time major college record for a player in his first two years of school. All-State Center Lee Marshall from Ashland, Kentucky, made 346 before a broken finger took him out of play for the final seven games. m THE WRESTLING PICTURE Was spotty as Coach Dick Miller’s grapplers ended the season with three vic- tories, four losses, and one tie, and took third place in the Southern Conference tournament, held in Doremus Gymnasium. However, in that meet Gibby McSpadden from Memphis, ‘Tennessee, won his third consecutive conference champion- ship, this time in the 177-pound bracket, and finished his college wrestling career with an amazing record of 39 wins and 8 losses. # TO REDEEM THE WINTER sports picture, Coach Cy Twombly’s swim- mers posted a creditable 6-3 record and breaststroker Jay Fox set a new pool mark in the Generals’ upset win over Davidson. ® ALTHOUGH COACH TWOMBLY’S young golfers failed to repeat as Southern Conference champions, they did post an outstanding record in dual matches, made a creditable showing in an intersectional quad- rangular match, and finished second in the conference tournament and third in the Virginia Intercollegiate playoffs. The team gained victories over Northern Illinois State, Dart- mouth, Lynchburg, William and Mary, Richmond, George Wash- ington, and West Virginia, while dropping matches to Virginia Tech (twice) and Virginia. In the quad- rangular match at White Sulphur Springs’ Greenbrier, the Generals lost to Ohio University, but tied Colgate and defeated Denison. SPRING 1956 Wrestler GIBBy MCSPADDEN receives congratulations from Dean JAMES G. LEYBURN on his third Southern Conference championship, as Coach Dick MILLER watches approvingly. ON THE TENNIS COURTS, Coach Bill Chipley’s boys completed a winning season, defeating Kenyon, Marshall, and William and Mary in singles matches and twice beat Vir- ginia Tech and Hampden-Sydney. ‘The squad lost to Virginia, George Washington, and twice to Rich- mond. In the conference tennis tournament, the Generals wound up fourth. # IMPROVED HITTING AND pitching characterized the 1956 baseball cam- paign, but a plague of errors re- sulted in a 6-13 record, somewhat better than the 4 wins and 17 de- feats of last spring. Victories were recorded over Davidson, The Cit- adel, William and Mary, Rich- mond, VPI, and Hampden-Sydney, with losses coming at the hands of Davidson, The Citadel, William and Mary, VPI, Richmond, George Washington (2), West Virginia (2), Lynchburg (2), and Virginia (2). Despite the disappointing season, Coach McCann expects a fine team next year for most of the players will be returning. Especially cap- able are two big freshmen, right- hander Dick Newberg of North Haven, Connecticut, and first sack- er Jack Daughtrey of Chester, Va. # HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRACK season was the shattering of the Washing- ton and Lee shot-put record by junior Alex Platt of Riverside, Con- necticut. Platt’s heave of 45 feet 32 inches against Davidson broke the existing standard of 44 feet 6 inches set by H. C. Owings, Jr., in 1936. Platt now holds both shot and discus records for the Generals. ‘The track squad as a whole com- pleted the season with a 2-6 record. &@ AMONG THE SPRING SPORTS, la- crosse gave spectators the highest (Continued on page 17) 13 From Director Roperrv STEWART... USIC IS FUN, and good music should be enjoyed by participants and listeners alike. ‘That's the feeling of Robert Stewart, assistant professor of music, who is completing his second year on the Washington and Lee Campus. And the well-rounded musical program of the University this year seems to demonstrate his theory, for performers have been enthusiastic, new musical groups have been formed, and appreciative audiences have responded to both traditional and modern musical expressions. Like June, music “‘is bustin’ out all over.” As proof, one has only to run down the list of University-spon- sored musical activities and opportunities quite apart from formal course work and the personal enjoy- ment of records in the Anderson Music Room. ‘These activities include the Glee Club, the Concert and Marching Band, the Blue Tops, the Intercollegiate Chamber Orchestra, the German Band, and the Con- cert Guild. The high calibre of performance, the vari- ety and scope of the music performed, and the number of student initiated and directed productions prove that the University’s musical activities fit nicely and with propriety within the program of a well-balanced liberal arts college. Student-sponsored musical organizations and activ- ities include the Sazeracs, the Southern Collegians, 14 Let there the several “combo” groups, the “Empty Fifths,”’ and the Interfraternity Song Fest. Largest of the musical groups, the Glee Club has had an especially busy year, with nine major per- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE formances. ‘The 32-voice chorus joined with the Roa- noke Symphony Orchestra and several other college glee clubs to present Mozart’s “Requiem,” in both Roanoke and Lynchburg. Other concerts were divided between performances at Washington and Lee and at neighboring colleges. Glee Club innovations this year have included a freshman quartet, the Blue Tops, who sing humorous songs without accompaniment, and a bi-monthly radio program, “Ihe Washington and Lee Glee Club Pre- sents.” “he Glee Club’s student secretary, William T. M. Grigg of Bethesda, Maryland, produced this half-hour show on the local radio station by carefully editing tape recordings of the Glee Club and other local musical performances. The University Band, in addition to appearing at athletic contests and at the Mock Convention, has given several formal concerts. A new feature of this organization is a five-piece “German band” composed of a cornet, a trombone, two clarinets, and a tuba. Student-conducted, this group lends unique flavor to a program of more traditional band presentations, with renditions of German waltzes in Old-World style. For the enjoyment and enrichment of campus and community, the University’s Concert Guild, a student organization, sponsors campus concerts with guest musicians and exceptionally qualified students. Its five programs this year have included: Menotti’s opera ‘“Amahl and the Night Visitors,’ with students joining guest artists in singing and in playing in the pit or- chestra; noted violist; two pianists, one of them Dean James G. Leyburn; and a folk singer, senior Frank R. Ahlgren, Jr., of Memphis, ‘Tennessee. In a lighter vein, the Southern Collegians, a dance band organized in 1950, and newer “combos” have played for dances and other University functions. The Sazeracs, a singing group formed last year, ap- peared at Parents’ Day and sang for the 25th and 5oth Alumni Reunions. In its third year, the Interfraternity Song Fest is gaining in popularity, with musical rep- resentation from six fraternity groups. Newest of the student organizations is the “Empty Fifths,” a singing group from Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Not all of these organizations are University-spon- sored. “But,” said Stewart, “we are happy to see this enthusiasm for music and gladly encourage such in- terest, for we are impressed by what Washington and Lee students can do and are doing musically.” The depth and diversity of Washington and Lee’s musical activities underscore his assertion. encouragement of musical diversity. SPRING 1956 15 A college president points out that in education All Profit But the Professor T HAS OFTEN BEEN pointed out I that American higher education is a multi-million dollar business. Yet, a great portion of our popula- tion has very hazy notions of how it operates. ‘This fact became pain- fully clear not long ago when a stu- dent innocently asked, ‘““Who gets the profit from this college?” I gave a short answer to the question by saying that it was fool- ish since the college is a nonprofit organization that never has enough money and is always within a few dollars of running a deficit. But the more I reflected on the question the less sure I was of the adequacy of the answer. Actually, of course, a large num- ber of people make a profit on the college. ‘The books we need for in- struction are printed by commer- cial companies and sold to us at a price which includes an adequate profit for stockholders, an adequate royalty for authors, and far from indecent salaries for the book pub- lishers’ employees. Our laboratories are stocked with test tubes, meters, gauges, ovens, burners, refrigerators, motors, computing machines, and thousands of other large and small pieces of equipment which are all sold to us at a price which includes considerable profit. ‘The desk used for study, the light burned at night, the coal consumed for warmth, the cement for sidewalks, the bricks, the paint—practically everything neces- *Dr. JoHN R. Everett, President of Hollins College. Adapted, with permis- sion, from his column in the March 1956 Bulletin of Hollins College. 16 sary for an educational plant is bought by the college at prices which produce profit for stock- holders and salaries for countless thousands who never see the stu- dent or visit the campus. The student himself receives a large profit. For the investment of his time and effort he learns about the world of the past, the condition of the present, and the hopes and fears of the future. If the student is diligent he will leave college with an infinitely richer mind and spirit. All of the profits which go in money to the suppliers of educational equipment become insignificant and trivial besides the profit that accrues to the student. It seems that the American edu- cational structure has provided an adequate reward for everyone con- nected with it—except the profes- sors. And the professors are placed at the most sensitive points in the structure. Without them it would cease to exist; with them it will ex- ist and be good, bad, excellent, or indifferent. Books in a library, test tubes over a burner, mathematical chalk marks on a blackboard, stars through a telescope, maps on a wall, and the statistics of the Federal Reserve Bank become meaningful and im- portant only when a learned pro- fessor interprets them and works them into the fabric of knowledge and life. ‘The professor stands as a willing guide for the student who must learn not by indiscriminate reading or undisciplined laboratory doodling. ‘hese guides cannot be replaced by electronic brains, the printed page, or tape recorders. They must be human beings who inspire by example and mutual trust. The true professor is not an animated card file; he is rather the creator of living knowledge from dead facts, theories, and figures. Some institutions have been able to reward professors for their la- bors only by giving them the chance to be creative. ‘The economic re- wards from education have gone to the contractors, the coal mine owners, the banks, the book pub- lishers, the desk makers, and a host of other people. ‘The professors who make the whole enterprise pos- sible have asked for little and the American public has been willing to accept their sacrifice with only a faint nod of appreciation. The time now has come when individual colleges must make some serious decisions. We know that more people want fine educations than ever before and we know that there are not enough excellent pro- fessors to do the job. We know that fewer people are going into teaching because only a few can see an economic reward sufficient for a decent family life. And now each college must decide whether or not it will raise its fees and its salaries to a level that will attract excellent people or whether it will live with a constantly lowering educational standard. And the American people must decide whether or not they wish to jeopardize the future economic, political, intellectual, and moral strength of this republic by re- fusing to pay for the proper de- velopment of our greatest natural resource—brains. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE University News (Continued from page 13) calibre of play, for the General stickmen played the finest lacrosse teams in the United States, lost to the very best, and beat their share of the non-championship squads. The record showed victories over Delaware, Loyola, Duke, and Wash- ington College, and losses to the Maryland Lacrosse Club, Hofstra, Maryland (undefeated national champions), Johns Hopkins, Mt. Washington Lacrosse Club, Balti- more University (Class B= cham- pions), and Virginia. Lacrosse Team Plans Trip to England During Summer m THIS RUGGED LACROSSE schedule should prepare the team for its trip to England for exhibition play this summer, Coach Gene Corrigan believes. The University’s squad will play a series of games against British college teams, including Oxford and Cambridge, club squads, and all-star line-ups. Wash- ington and Lee is the fourth col- lege to send a lacrosse team to England. Funds for the trip are being supplied by 15 to 25 team members who will make the jour- ney, supplemented by alumni con- tributions and by donations from. interested Baltimore firms and ind1- viduals. Also, proceeds from a special program prepared for the Mt. Washington contest and gate receipts from the Washington and Lee-Baltimore game will help de- fray the team’s expenses. Students Conduct Poll on Intercollegiate Athletics m EIGHTY-EIGHT PER CENT of the stu- dents at Washington and Lee favor some form of football subsidization and eighty-six per cent wish con- SPRING 1956 tinued subsidization in basketball, according to a poll conducted by a special student fact-finding board appointed by the Executive Com- mittee. This board, composed of the presidents of the three law classes, the presidents of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes, and the freshman executive committeeman, talked with University officials and students for more than two months, to determine costs, revenues and scholarship policy, and to recom- mend changes. ‘The board’s report, which included a financial appraisal of recent years under the old pro- gram as well as the new, included a recommendation that Washington and Lee provide academic scholar- ships for athletes of unusual schol- arly promise, and a suggestion that the present requirement for main- taining such scholarships be low- ered “‘somewhat” from a B average. BORN OF A MOCK POLITICAL CONVENTION : Excitement and Tragedy, Inspiration and Understanding ASHINGTON AND LEE’S Mock Democratic Convention al- ready has attracted world-wide at- tention; the tragic interruption of its opening session by Senator Al- ben Barkley’s sudden death and the convention’s subsequent postpone- ment have been reported in full. But the events leading up to the keynote address and the resumption of the convention at Mrs. Barkley’s urgent request deserve telling, for to the participants they constitute a never-to-be-forgotten experience, to which the impact of a great po- litical personality brought special vitality and meaning. Since early November, Conven- tion Chairman Carl Swanson, an intermediate law student from Kan- sas City, had organized and super- vised state and territorial delega- tions, and had worked with the press and other committees. Every man in the student body had been assigned to a_ state delegation. Throughout the winter and dur- ing the spring vacation, state chair- men and delegates had been busy at home-state political headquar- ters, searching for material and in- formation and consulting with par- ty leaders to determine current po- litical trends. For upon the accuracy — and acumen of their investigations was to rest the authenticity of each “state's” vote. As the convention neared, state offices mushroomed in Lexington; posters of the candidates in extrava- gant dimensions were hung in downtown restaurants and _ store 17 Political fever in a holiday atmosphere windows; excitement and political interest grew. Notices of meetings filled the campus paper: “The North Carolina delegation will meet at 5:45 Monday in the Student Union...The New York delega- tion will meet at 7:30 Friday in the mezzanine of the Robert E. Lee Hotel... Members of the Cali- fornia delegation will meet at their headquarters opposite Pres Brown's Sport Shop.” Students studied pa- pers and editorials with unusual interest. At fraternity suppers and drugstore sessions the talk was of the issues and the nominees. “States” planned their strategy, built floats, organized their dele- gations. After the surprising spring primaries, self-appointed campaign- ers from the ranks of New York, Michigan, ‘Texas, and Miuissouri carefully planned their tactics and organized “the boom” for favorite sons. By the time classes were over at noon on Monday, April 30, the whole campus was seething with po- litical fever, and beneath the holi- day “school’s atmosphere churned genuine political enthu- siasm and new understanding of the political game. In the hot, humid afternoon a colorful, mile-long parade, with more than ninety marching units, out”’ bands, floats, and drill teams, wound through the crowded Lex- ington streets. In the lead car with University President Gaines sat Senator Barkley, whose appearance as convention keynoter gave proof to the national political prestige accorded the current mock conven- tion. Virginia’s Governor Stanley rode in the second car. Pretty stu- dents from nearby women’s col- leges sat precariously atop paper- tufted floats. An all-girl band dressed in kilts played shrill Scot- tish music. New Jersey’s float proud- ly displayed Miss America, the na- tional beauty. Little boys and dogs raced beside the displays as the parade moved slowly and_ noisily from the assembly point on the Vir- ginia Military Institute’s parade ground, through downtown Lexing- ton, to the convention hall in the University’s Doremus Gymnasium. As delegates and visitors crowded into the auditorium, hilarious stu- dents in a mood of compressed ex- citement waved state placards and cheered. Student Body President Ellis Drew of Anderson, South Car- olina, called the meeting to order. A temporary roll was _ presented, committees were appointed, and the call given for nominations for tem- porary chairman. A delegate from the “State of California” (Town- send Oast, from Portsmouth, Vir- ginia, and chairman of the 1952 mock convention) rose to nominate Senator Alben W. Barkley; the seconding speech came from the Virginia delegation. Amid tumultuous applause, the Senator, having been introduced officially by Governor Stanley, step- ped vigorously to the platform, banged the gavel, and launched into a good-humored partisan speech, full of scorn for Republican “‘stag- nation,” loyal praise for Demo- cratic “progress’”’—exactly what was called for to give flavor and authen- ticity to a mock Democratic con- vention. With a full-armed gesture he knocked over a microphone. “That’s nothing,” he quipped, “to what will happen to the Repub- licans in November.” — he es The “old pro” obviously was en- joying himself in his oft-repeated role as Democratic keynoter. And a thousand young men in the audi- ence, catching the spirit, reacted to almost every sentence with en- thusiastic applause. Barkley recited his long associa- tion with the Democratic party and his many terms of service in Wash- ington, and stated with a smile that he was once again a junior senator, taking a back seat. “But,” he said, clearly and with deep conviction, “‘J had rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than sit in the seat of the mighty.” ‘Then he dropped his head, took a step backward, and fell to the floor, dead. HE AUDIENCE SAT STUNNED and 1 After long minutes the Senator was taken from the hall and the assembly dismissed. In the balcony were several stu- dents who had been serving as re- porters, along with professional representatives of many newspapers and the wire services. Until the Sen- ator’s collapse, this student press, with the rest of the “mock” conven- tion, had been in a sense “plav- acting.” But at this instant it stop- ped being a game and became press reporting of the first order. John K. Jennings, a seror from Nashville, ‘Tennessee, was tape- recording the session for “Home Edition,” the School of Journalism’s nightly radio program. When Sen- ator Barkley collapsed, he, like everyone else, froze for a moment. Shared enthusiasm ..... Then hastily he picked up his mi- crophone and, with the sounds of confusion and grief in the back- ground, gave a description of the stunned audience, the scramble to call a doctor, the removal of cur- tains around the rostrum to give Ee. and suspended sessions the Senator air. Continuing on his own initiative, he rushed his record- ing, the only one complete with commentary of this sort, to Roa- noke, where the Columbia Broad- casting System received it eagerly and used it throughout the evening. » Other students showed equally good reportorial poise and _alert- ness. Philippe C. Labro, a French exchange student, had stationed himself in the press gallery to take notes which he hoped to make into a story for one of the wire services not represented in Doremus Gym- nasium. After the sudden collapse and pronouncement of death, he rushed to a telephone and called that wire service in Richmond. De- spite a heavy French accent, he was able to communicate the essential facts to the reporter at the other end of the line. His account ap- peared on the front pages of many American newspapers the next day. Lloyd A. Dobyns, Jr., of Newport News, Virginia, had been assigned to the convention as assistant to the Director of Publicity. All eve- ning and into the night he was indefatigable as he tracked down information which reporters from outside the area would have had ereat difficulty obtaining. ‘The pro- fessional reporters had high praise for him and for the student group as a whole. As Charles R. McDowell, Jr.,’48, one of four Washington and Lee alumni covering the convention said, “The boys acted more like pro- fessionals than the professionals.” HAIRMAN CARL SWANSON and ¢ three other Convention leaders represented Washington and Lee at Senator Barkley’s funeral in Wash- ington. Upon their return they and University officials weighed care- fully Mrs. Barkley’s admonition, “Don’t let the boys stop the wonder- ful convention. Senator Barkley wouldn’t have wanted it that way.” Unanimously they agreed to con- tinue the meetings. Photographs by: BORTHWICK, JUHRING, PAXTON, BARNIS 20 PRESIDENT GAINES “Measure up to the obligation upon you” In reopening the convention, Dr. Gaines said of the Senator, “He came to us at great sacrifice. He had had twenty-five invitations to speak in Virginia in April, but he came to Washington and Lee be- cause of his intense admiration for the authenticity of the Mock Con- vention....I know you will meas- ure up to the obligation upon you, for the eyes of the nation are fo- cused on this convention and on this University community.” Student delegates met the chal- lenge. In a swirl of political oratory they nominated their candidates. Floor demonstrations which fol- lowed each speech were loud and spirited. Balloting began, with the clerk droning the roll. And interest mounted as the answering counts came from each state and votes for leading nominees accumulated. Finally, after five presidential and two vice-presidential ballots, Adlai Stevenson and ‘Tennessee's Gover- nor Frank Clement were chosen as the 1956 Democratic nominees. ND SO THE CONVENTION was over, A its final sessions a fitting cli- max to the fun and frolic and to the undercurrent of serious purpose, the evaluation of issues and men, and the awakening awareness of procedures necessary to place these men in nomination. Behind were the drama and the tragedy and the period when mature judgment and exceptional ability were demon- strated so effectively. Still vivid was the picture of Sen- ator Barkley as he stood at the ros- trum, enjoying the coiled enthu- siasm of his young audience, as he admitted to the old enchantment of politics with a graphic self-char- acterization, ‘“The old_ firehorse has heard the bell.” Planning, execution, enthusiasm, and drama—all these were essen- tial elements of the 1956 Mock Po- litical Convention which became a unique tribute to the man who had so aptly described its opening ses- sion with, “This is really exciting.” Wednesday, June 6 9:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7 Friday, June 8 1956 Finals Schedule 10:00a.m. Meeting of the University Board of ‘Trustees 8:00 p.m. Alumni Smoker Senior-Alumni Ball Meeting of the Alumni Board of ‘Trustees Meeting of the General Alumni Association 10:00 a.m. 11:00a.m. Baccalaureate Service 12:45 p.m. Alumni Luncheon 2:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Final Ball 11:00a.m. Commencement THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE a ILLIAM L. WILSON, ’38, Was W vecuza president of the Upper Potomac Chapter of the Alumni Association at the group’s spring dinner meeting held at the Fort Cumberland Hotel on May 5, 1956. Other new officers are Wes- ley Abrams, ’54, vice-president; ‘Thomas N. Berry, 38, secretary- treasurer; and James A. Black, ’34, and P. James Fahey, Jr., 50 execu- tive committeemen. J. Goodloe Jackson, ’14, who is stepping down as president after a number of terms in that position, also will serve on the executive committee along with the officers. Dr. Walter A. Flick, ’24, head of the Education and Psychology De- partment at Washington and Lee, and James H. Price, Jr, 41, Asso- ciate Alumni Secretary, both spoke at the dinner meeting. Dr. JAMES A. MCCLURE, ’99 (seated) was a Florida West Coast guest, along with Uni- . . : versity visitors DONALD E. SmirH, Director of Development; JAMES R. Caskir, ’06, Rector A special tribute was paid to of the University Board of Trustees; and Harry K. (Cy) Youn, 717, Alumni Secretary. Donald F. Stine, who will graduate from Washington and Lee in June, by Victor D. Heisey, principal of Fort Hill High School, and William P. Hahn, Fort Hill coach. Don was fete omen Chapter News KANSAS CITY Approximately thirty Washing- ton and Lee undergraduates and group, meeting for the second con- ing and presented Donald E. Smith, alumni met for luncheon at the secutive year, re-elected Bill Leedy, Director of University Develop- University Club in Kansas City dur- 49, president; and Billy Ayers, ment, and Cy Young, Alumni Sec- ing the Christmas holidays. The — ’4o, vice-president, with the duties (Continued on page 23) : of vice-president, secretary and treasurer combined in the office. Joel Bennett, 56, gave a report on the present state of the Un1i- versity. A committee consisting of Bob Mann, ’57, Josh Hall, ’34, and Bob Ingram, ’39, was appointed to supervise and coordinate the work of interesting young men in Wash- ington and Lee. JACKSONVILLE A most delightful social hour and dinner were enjoyed by 40 alumni and their wives of Jacksonville at the ‘Timaquana Country Club on Friday, April 13. The day and the date did not dampen the enthu- siasm of those present. Del Conley, Tribute to STINE '43, president, presided at the meet- _ Report from Fuck SPRING 1956 oH Donors to Virginia Foundation More Than Double Last Year NCE MORE MANY LEADING CORPORATIONS, founda- () tions, partnerships, and individuals—more than double the number who gave last year—have contri- buted to the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the associated group of the twelve non-tax- supported colleges of Virginia. I am sure that our alumni and all other friends join me in a feeling of deepest gratitude, in a conviction that this credential is in itself an inspiration, and in a deep awareness that this generosity is an important part of the trust we keep. FRANCIS P. GAINES, President Abbott, Proctor and Paine, Richmond Abingdon Grocery Co., Inc., Abingdon Addressograph-Multigraph Corp., Cleveland Advance Stores Co., Inc., Roanoke Albemarle Paper Mfg. Co., Richmond American Oil Co., New York American Safety Razor Corp., Staunton American Tobacco Co., Richmond and New York Ames and Webb, Inc., Norfolk Appalachian Electric Power Co., Roanoke Bank of Fieldale, Fieldale Bank of Salem, Salem The Bank of Virginia, Richmond Bank of Warwick, Warwick Basic-Witz Furniture Industries, Inc., Waynesboro A. S. Beck Shoe Corp., New York Bemis Bro. Bag Co., Norfolk and St. Louis Benson-Phillips Co., Inc., Newport News Berkley Feed Corp., Norfolk Berol Pen Co., Waynesboro Binswanger & Co., Inc., Richmond Birdsong Storage Co., Inc., Suffolk Blue Bell, Inc., Luray Bottled Gas Co. of Lynchburg, Inc., Lynchburg Burlington Industries Foundation, Greensboro, N. C. Brown & Williamson ‘Tobacco Corp., Petersburg Bush Construction Co., Norfolk Senator Harry F. Byrd, Berryville James L. Camp, Jr., Franklin Mary Clay Camp, Franklin Camp Manufacturing Co., Inc., Franklin Caskie Paper Co., Inc., Lynchburg Central National Bank, Richmond Chesapeake Auto Supply Co., Inc., Norfolk Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, West Point Cheaspeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia, Richmond Citizens Marine Jefferson Bank, Newport News Citizens National Bank, Petersburg Clifton Forge-Waynesboro Telephone Co., Staunton Clifton Mutual Insurance Agency, Abington Clinchfield Coal Corp., Dante Colonial-American National Bank, Roanoke Columbian Peanut Co., Norfolk Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp., Richmond 22 Concrete Pipe & Products Co., Inc., Richmond Corn Products Refining Co., New York Craddock-Terry Shoe Corp., Lynchburg Crawford Manufacturing Co., Inc., Richmond Crompton-Shenandoah Co., Inc, Waynesboro B. ‘T. Crump Co., Inc., Richmond The Daily Press, Inc., Newport News Dan River Mills, Inc., Danville Dibrell Brothers, Inc., Danville Doyle and Russell, Richmond Empire Machinery & Supply Corp., Norfolk Everett Waddey Co., Richmond First & Merchants National Bank, Richmond First National Bank, Harrisonburg First National Bank, Lynchburg First National Bank of Martinsville and Henry County, Martinsville First National Bank of Newport News, Newport News First National Exchange Bank, Roanoke Fitzgerald & Co., Inc., of Virginia, Richmond Friedman-Marks Clothing Co., Inc., Richmond C. P. Fugate, Wise General American ‘Transportation Corp., Chicago Henry B. Gilpin Co., Norfolk Glamorgan Pipe & Foundry Co., Lynchburg Goodman-Segar-Hogan, Inc., Norfolk C. W. Grandy, Norfolk Graves-Humphreys Hardware Co., Inc., Roanoke Great American Industries, Inc., (Rubatex Div.), Bedford P. D. Gwaltney, Jr. & Co., Inc., Smithfield Hall-Hodges Co., Inc., Norfolk Hampton Looms of Virginia, Inc., Bedford Hampton Roads ‘Tractor & Equipment Co., Norfolk Harrisonburg Telephone Co., Harrisonburg Harwood Manufacturing Corp., Marion Charles C. Haskell & Co., Inc., Richmond D. S. Hirschler, Norfolk H. C. Hofheimer, II, Norfolk Hofheimer’s, Inc., Norfolk Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co., Inc., Richmond . Imperial Coal Sales Co., Inc., Lynchburg Imperial Colliery Co., Lynchburg Industrial Rayon Corp., Covington International Harvester Foundation, Chicago Johnson-Caper Furniture Co., Roanoke Don L. Jordan, Roanoke Charles L. Kaufman, Norfolk S. S. Kresge Co., Detroit, Michigan The Lane Foundation, Altavista David M. Lea & Co., Inc., Richmond Leas and McVitty, Inc, Salem The Life Insurance Co. of Virginia, Richmond Charles Lunsford Sons & Izard, Roanoke Lynchburg Foundry Co., Lynchburg Lynchburg National Bank & Trust Co., Lynchburg Lynchburg Trust & Savings Bank, Lynchburg S. Parker McConnell, Norfolk J. Ross McNeal, Norfolk Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield, Mass. Master Auto Service Corp., Norfolk The Mead Corporation, Lynchburg and Dayton, Ohio Mechanics & Merchants Bank, Richmond THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Merchants & Planters Bank, Norfolk The Michie Co., Charlottesville Miller Manufacturing Co., Inc., Richmond Miller & Rhoads Foundation, Richmond J. R. Millner Co., Inc., Lynchburg Montague-Betts Co., Lynchburg Morton Manufacturing Corp., Lynchburg Mountain Trust Bank, Roanoke National Bank of Commerce, Norfolk National Bank of Suffolk, Suffolk National Biscuit Co. Foundation, New York National Dairy Products Corp., New York Breyer Ice Cream Co. Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase Dairy Co. Kraft Foods Co. Southern Dairies, Inc. National Fruit Product Co., Inc., Winchester Newport News Automobile Exchange, Newport News Newport News Shipbuilding Co. Foundation, Newport News Norfolk Coca-Cola Btlg. Works, Inc., Norfolk Norfolk Newspapers-WTAR Foundations, Norfolk Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., Norfolk Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Roanoke Old Dominion Paper Co., Norfolk Old Dominion Peanut Corp., Norfolk Patterson Drug Co., Inc., Lynchburg Peoples Drug Stores, Inc., Washington, D. C. Peoples Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n., Roanoke Peoples National Bank & Trust Co., Lynchburg Petersburg Newspaper Corp., Petersburg Petersburg Savings & American Trust Co., Petersburg Piedmont Label Co., Inc., Bedford Piedmont Trust Bank, Martinsville Planters Manufacturing Co., Portsmouth Planters Nut & Chocolate Co., Suffolk Polk Miller Products Corp., Richmond Reynolds Metals Co., Richmond Richardson-Wayland Electrical Corp., Roanoke Richmond Dry Goods Co., Inc., Richmond Richmond Newspapers, Inc., Richmond Roanoke Gas Co., Roanoke Robertson Chemical Corp., Norfolk A. H. Robins Co., Inc., Richmond Rochester Ropes, Inc., Culpeper Rockingham National Bank, Harrisonburg F. S. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk The C. F. Sauer Co., Inc., Richmond Seaboard Citizens National Bank, Norfolk Simon Seward Foundation, Seward Luggage Mfg. Co., Petersburg Schwarzschild Brothers, Inc., Richmond Shenandoah Life Stations, Inc., Roanoke Smith-Douglass Co., Inc., Norfolk Smith and Welton, Inc., Norfolk Socony-Mobil Oil Co., New York Southern Bank of Norfolk, Norfolk Southern Bank & Trust Co., Richmond Southern Block & Pipe Corp., Norfolk Southern Materials Co., Norfolk Southern Varnish Corp., Roanoke Stanley Furniture Co., Inc., Stanleytown State-Planters Bank of Commerce & Trusts, Richmond Strother Drug Co., Lynchburg Morton G. Thalhimer, Inc., Richmond Tidewater Supply Co., Inc., Norfolk Time, Inc., New York Titmus Foundation, Petersburg Union Carbide Educational Fund, New York United Elastic Foundation, Stuart & Easthampton, Mass. United States Steel Foundation, New York Universal Leaf ‘Tobacco Co., Richmond Valleydale Packers, Inc., Salem Virginia Blue Ridge Railway, Piney River Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp., Richmond Virginia Dairy Co., Inc., Richmond Virginia Electric & Power Co., Richmond Virginia Folding Box Co., Inc., Richmond Virginia Greenstone Co., Inc., Lynchburg Virginia Tractor Co., Inc., Rchmond Virginia ‘Trust Co., Richmond ‘The Henry Walke Co., Norfolk Waller and Woodhouse, Norfolk West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., Covington Wilson Paper Box Co., Inc., Richmond Wise Contracting Co., Inc., Richmond Woodward Farm Equipment Co., Suffolk J. J. Worley, Lynchburg Chapter News (Continued from page 27) retary, who reported on the devel- opment program at the University and alumni affairs, respectively. A general question and answer period followed their talks. GULF STREAM The first meeting in several years of the Gulf Stream Chapter was held at the Urmey Hotel in Miami, Florida, on April 10, with 35 alumni present. ‘he meeting was honored with the presence of Senator Fred- erick M. Hudson, B.A. ’go, and LL.B. ’g2. | A social hour preceded dinner, after which the members heard SPRING 1956 talks from Cy Young, Alumni Secre- tary, and Donald E. Smith, Director of University Development. Luther Copley, ’25, presided. FLORIDA WEST COAST A most enthusiastic gathering of 50 alumni and their wives met for cocktails and dinner at the ‘Tides Hotel, Redding Beach, Florida, on April 12. Highlight of the occasion was the presence of Dr. James A. McClure, ’99, and his three sons, James A., Jr., ’37, Tom, ’40, and and John, ’28. Mr. James R. Caskie, ’06, Rector of the University Board of ‘Trustees, was an unexpected guest and gave a delightful talk. Donald E. Smith, Director of University Develop- ment, and Cy Young, Alumni Sec- retary, spoke on the progress of University and development and alumni affairs. Joe H. Staley, Jr., ’33, president, presided and called on the nom- inating committee for its report. ‘The committee presented the names of John A. Handley, ’34, St. Peters- burg, for president; and Everett C. (Ax) Easter, Jr., 49, ‘Tampa, for secretary-treasurer. The report was unanimously adopted. NEW YORK ‘The 75th anniversary of the New York Alumni Association was cele- brated by a hundred alumni, wives and friends at a dinner dance held at the Columbia University Club on January 20. The business meeting was pre- 23 sided over by H. Richard Sand- strom, 41, and addresses were made by Dr. Gaines and Ernest ‘T. Stew- art, Jr., Executive Secretary of the American Alumni Council. The following officers were elect- ed: Clark B. Winter, ’37, president; vice-presidents: H. Richard Sands- trom, New York City; W. L. Webs- ter, 12; Upstate New York; Steph- en E. Campbell, Jr., 41, Long Is- land; James M. Franklin, ’35, New Jersey; Leonard ‘T. Brown, ’19, Con- necticut; Emmett W. Poindexter, "20, secretary-treasurer; Shirley J. Robbins, ’20, and W. M. Farrar, "19, council members (term ex- piring 1957); George B. Scott, ’48, Donald W. Bourne, ’51, and Rich- ard A. Brunn, ’42, council mem- bers (term expiring 1958). LYNCHBURG The Lynchburg Chapter held its annual dinner meeting at the Boonesboro Country Club on Feb- ruary 22. A social hour preceded dinner. C. Lynch Christian, Jr., 44, president, presided. Donald E. Smith, Director of University De- velopment, and Cy Young, Alumni Secretary, represented the Univer- sity and brought those present up to date on University and alumni news and activities. Dinner was followed by a busi- ness meeting. New officers elected for the coming year are Richard F. Burke, III, ’42, president; James E. McCausland, ’43, vice-president; and Dr. G. Edward Calvert, °44, secretary-treasurer. RICHMOND On February 22, 1956, 75 alumni and wives of the Richmond Chap- ter held a dinner meeting, preceded by a social hour, at the William Byrd Hotel. The president, Don Fergusson, ’51, presided. Jim Price, Jr., ’41, Associate Alumni Secretary, represented Washington and Lée and spoke on the general theme of the state of the University. Following the meeting the group attended the Washington and Lee- University of Richmond basketball 24 game, where despite this loyal sup- port, the Generals lost to the Spiders by a score of 88-70. PENINSULA ‘The Peninsula Chapter of the Washington and Lee Alumni Asso- ciation held a banquet, preceded by a social hour, at the Chamber- lin Hotel on January 19 to com- memorate the birthday of Robert E. Lee. ‘The meeting of some sixty alum- ni and guests was presided over by Parke S. Rouse, ’37, president, and an address was made by Dr. Walter Flick, ’24, representing the Univer- versity. 9 3 Dr. ANDREW H. Woobns retired in 1953 from over fifty years of teaching and executive work in the medical field. Dr. Woods received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1899 and as vice-president taught at Lingnan Uni- versity in Canton, China, for several years before returning to this country and entering private practice. He went back to China and Lingnan University prior to World War I, during which he served with the U. S. Medical Corps as a major in France and New York. After the war, he became professor and head of the Neurological Department of the Rockefeller Foundation Hospital and Col- lege of Medicine in Peking, China. The years 1929-41 saw Dr. Woods back in the States, first as professor and head of psy- chiatry and then director of Iowa Uni- versity Psychopathic Hospital in Iowa City; he became professor emeritus of psychiatry in 1941. At one time, Dr. Woods was president of Sinclair Realty Company in Iowa; a member of the Iowa Board ot Eugenics; vice-president of the American Neurological Association; and chairman, Council on Examinations of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the author of many chapters in books on mental and nervous diseases and has made numerous contributions to various scientific journals on neurology and psy- chiatry. He now resides at 24 Pine Street, Wellesley Hills 82, Masachusetts. 9 6 Marion W. Ripy finds retirement from active law practice in New York enjoyable and is apparently kept busy. He was in Galveston some time ago and saw IKE KEMPNER, 793, who had recovered from a recent illness. Mr. Ripy spent the winter months in Delray Beach, Florida. 9 5 Dr. R. T. SuHievps still holds the job of assistant pathologist in the hos- pital at Winchester, Virginia. 9 9 Ewinc D. SLOAN, after five years of retirement from engineering work, has been “relaxing and resting” in Jackson, Mississippi. 00 Dr. SAMUEL BROWN MCPHEETERS will retire June 30, 1956, after twenty years’ service as Health Officer for Wayne County, North Carolina, and ten years’ for Green County, as well. Born in Rock- bridge County, Dr. McPheeters received his M.D. degree in 1906 from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as a first lieutenant with the Army Medical Corps in World War I and later as associate physician at the tuberculosis Sanitarium in Catawba, Virginia. The author of several articles on tuberculosis, Dr. McPheeters at one time was chief of THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE the Mobile Chest Clinic, Alabama State Board of Health, and was head of the American School Health Association. He is a member of the Presbyterian Chuch and the Kiwanis Club and now resides at 307 Linwood Avenue, Goldsboro, North Carolina. 02 R. F. COOPER is now acting profes- sor of Ancient Languages at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. He reports an enrollment of 18 in Freshman Greek. Dr. WILLIAM T’. ELLIs will be honored by the Medical Society of Philadelphia for 50 years practice in that city. Dr. Ellis re- ceived his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. 04 JoHN R. HANDLAN writes that he has been in ‘Tampa, Florida, since the first of the year and hopes to stop in Lexington on his way north to Belle Vernon, Penn- sylvania. O5 Davin 'T. Moore had been married 46 years to Emma Watson Brown on February 23, at which time he also cele- brated 44 years with Greenbrier Military School; 45 years as an officer in the Pres- byterian church in Lewisburg, West Vir- ginia; and 20 years as director in the Farm Credit Association. 07 E. CLYDE HOGE is recovering from a recent accident and expects to celebrate a birthday soon. Address: 2046 Calvin Cliff, Cincinnati 6, Ohio. ‘THE REVEREND A. R. Larrick of the Home Mission’s Committee in St. John’s Presbytery at Plant City, Florida, writes that with the constant influx of people to Florida he is kept busy organizing more new churches to “‘take care of the saints and rescue the sinners.”’ 09 ‘THE REVEREND DEVALL LANGHORNE GwATHMEY has retired from the active ministry and as Rector of St. John’s Epis- copal Church in Wytheville, Virginia, af- ter having served there for more than 34 years. Following his graduation here he attended the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated from the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alex- dria, Virginia. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Washington and Lee in 1932. Amos L. HEROLD writes that he has finshed writing a manuscript volume of recollec- tions, tentatively called The Adventures of an American Teacher—A Saga of the Virginias and the Southwest. His first book was a biography of James K. Paulding, about whom he says four doctoral disser- tations have been written. Mr. Herold is currently living in Austin, Texas. / 0 JAMES NELSON MONTGOMERY, in missionary work in Formosa writes that the Christian Literature Center there has distributed more Bibles, Christian Books and Sunday School literature during this past year than in any one of their seven years in Fomosa. JOHN H. ‘Tucker, JR., Shreveport attorney, was awarded France’s highest honor in a private ceremony at the New Orleans’ home of French consul general Guy Quoniam de Schompre on February 26. The Legion of Honor was presented to Col. ‘Tucker for his part in supplying France with copies of the Louisiana civil code which are based on Napoleonic law. Previously, the French Government had HAMILTON A. DERR, 710, Was awarded an honorary Doctor of Hu- manities degree by Marietta College at Founders’ Day ceremonies on February 14. Mr. Derr was thus honored for his contributions as “an executive, scientist and inspi- ration to youth” at the Ohio col- lege’s 121st anniversary. Mr. Derr, a Marietta paint execu- tive and civic leader for more than 30 years, has combined an active business career with outstanding contributions to community, church and young peoples’ activities. He has been active in the work of the First Unitarian Church of Mar- letta, serving as superintendent of the Sunday school, chairman of the Board of Trustees, and vice chairman of Meadville Conference of Unitarian Churches. For 15 years he served as director of the Marietta Community Chest and for many years he was a trustee of the Marietta Memorial Hospital. He also has been active in the Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups in the town. He has given 28 years of leader- ship to the Boy Scouts of America, both on regional and national levels, and for “distinguished serv- ice to boyhood” he was awarded the Silver Beaver and Silver Ante- lope honors. DERR Honored by. Marietta College Originally a resident of Mary- land, Mr. Derr was educated in Cumberland schools and Washing- ton and Lee University. He served as instructor of chemistry here for one year following his graduation in 1910. In 1911, he was employed as a chemist for the duPont Com- pany of Wilmington, leaving in 1912 to accept a position with Kel- logg and Miller Company of Am- sterdam, New York. Three years later he moved to Cleveland to join the Sherwin-Williams Company, first as a chemist and later as fac- tory superintendent and superinten- dent of technical service. He was with Sherwin-Williams until 1923, when he became factory manager for the Marietta Paint and Color Company. He later advanced to as- sistant to the president, a position he held until in 1939 he founded Vanguard Paint and Finishes, Inc., in his home town. Mr. Derr and his wife reside at Muskingum Drive in Marietta. Their son, W. Gardner Derr, "20, is a salesman in Toledo. SPRING 1956 25 named Col. ‘Tucker its honorary consular representative in Shreveport for North Louisiana. F. VAUGHAN PULTZ, on January 4 of this year, retired from active teaching after more than forty years in the education field. Following his graduation, Mr. Pultz did graduate work here and later at Harvard University, George Washington University and Massey Business College in Richmond, Virginia. Born and reared in Lexington, he has successively taught at public schools in Virginia and North Carolina and at Strayer College in Wash- ington, D.C. Mr. Pultz had been on the faculty at George Washington High School for many years, serving as head of the Commercial Department and at time of retirement, was a member of the Com- mercial Department and treasurer of the school. At one time he was treasurer of the Alexandria Education Association. Mr. and Mrs. Pultz have one married daughter, two grandsons and a granddaughter, and live at 13F Auburn Court, Auburn Gar- dens, Alexandria, Virginia. / / CLEMENTS McMULLEN, Major Gen- eral, U. S. A. F., recently retired from military duty but is finding life no less strenuous than before. He is kept busy as National Commander of the Order of Daedalians, an organization of World War I fliers; Regional vice-president of the Air Force Association for the Southwest area, which includes New Mexico, Okla- homa and ‘Texas; and Chairman of the Industrial Committee of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he is active in Community Chest and United Fund work and has little time for any- thing else. Address: 515 Lamont Avenue, San Antonio g, Texas. FRED P. GUTHERIE expects to retire Aug- ust 1, 1956, after 33 years with the Radio Corporation of America, all in Washing- ton, D.C. Mr. Gutherie is planning to build a cottage on a branch of Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis and expects to remain in that vicinity. He has one married daughter and a son, Jack, who is a sopho- more at Washington and Lee this year. / 2 JAMES SOMERVILLE, JR., has retired as a Foreign Service officer to make his home in Washington. Mr. Somerville’s career in the Foreign Service began in 1926, since which time he served in many 26 parts of the world, first as a member of the Foreign Service of the Department of Commerce and then as a Foreign Serv- ice officer, commissioned in 1939. Follow- ing a tour of duty as First Secretary of the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, he was later transferred to the Depart- ment of State. Address: 3241 Livingston Street, N.W., Washington 15, D.C. LEONARD B. RANSON, SR., just moved into his new retirement home in St. Peters- burg, Florida, and says he loves it. His oldest son, LEONARD, JR., who graduated from Washington and Lee in 1953, is now finishing his course at the Seminary of Duke University and will be ordained a Methodist minister this June. His youngest son, Phillip, is in the Air Force stationed at Parks Base, California. / 3 WILLIAM TAyLor THOM, JR., Blair Professor of Geology and Chairman of the Department of Geological Engineering at Princeton University, gave a TV broad- cast April 15 on the topic “Man’s De- pendence on Natural Resources.” ‘This pro- gram, given by Dr. Thom for the Geology Department, is one of a current, once-a- week science series called “Princeton ’56” and was carried over NBC network sta- tions in some 32 cities throughout the country. WiLtiAM A. HyMAN was the principal speaker at the annual dinner of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Trial Counsel Asso- ciation on October 20, 1955. Mr. Hyman is chairman of the Committee of the New York State Bar Association for the metropolitan area which has been inves- tigating calendar congestion in the Su- preme Court. He is also Secretary of the combined Committee on Ethics and Neg- ligence Practice in that Association. Re- cently, a good deal of his time has been taken up as counsel for the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in Brooklyn which now has 875 permanent beds, five buildings valued at over eight million dollars and is the largest private institution dedi- cated to the care of “incurables.”’ ] 4 CHARLES W. CrusH is a lawyer and trial justice for Montgomery County, Vir- ginia. Mr. Crush was National Vice-Com- mander of the American Legion for the Same term that STEPHEN F. CHADWICK, ’14, served as National Commander. Address: Christiansburg, Virginia. / 5 H. B. JoRDAN was in Arizona for the months of February and March and hoped to return to Bedford by way of Al- buquerque and see KELEHER, who is serving as agent for the class of 1915 for the 1955- 56 Alumni Fund. WILL H. SmirH, after forty years of active participation in business affairs, retired last January in order to do the things he previously had not had the time to do, but he is finding the “old rocking chair not quite as comfortable as I thought it would be.” SUMMERFIELD J. MCCARTENEY was a Visitor to the campus on March 29, 1956. Mr. McCarteney is an economic and_ business consultant with The Wall Street Journal at 44 Broad Street, New York 4, New York. 17 MARION S. SANDERS is a consulting engineer when he can “find someone to in- sult.” “In good times my clients desert me”, he says. Active in civic affairs he is a member of the board of directors of the First National Farmers’ Bank of Wythe- ville, Virginia, and Wytheville Hotel Cor- poration. He is past president of the Wythe County Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club and is a vestry- man of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Epwarp L. Hix, since last August, has been manager of the Electro Metallurgical Company, a division of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Hix writes that during football sea- son last year he felt almost as though he were back in Lexington. One of the local high schools in Portland had adopted the melody of “The Swing” and even the familiar colors of blue and white. He thought they were carrying things a bit too far, however, when he discovered that they also called themselves “Generals’’! GrorGE N. DANIELSON resides in St. Paul, Minnesota. He retired on April 1, 1949, after thirty years in the Naturalization Branch of the U. S. Department of Justice in St. Paul. His daughter, Virginia, will graduate this spring from the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. FRANK J. GILLIAM recently was elected vice- president of the Peoples National Bank in Lexington. Mr. Gilliam, a member of the bank’s board since 1937, succeeds M. W. PAxTON, 718, who relinquished the position upon being elected board chair- man. Mr. Gilliam is dean of students at Washington and Lee. JACKSON R. COLLins is General Counsel for the Beneficial Finance Company of Wil- mington, Delaware. His company is a far- flung organization and does business in all 48 states and all the provinces of Canada. Jackson moved his residence this past summer to Wilmington from Mont- clair, New Jersey. He turned his home over to real estate brokers for sale and found later that it had been sold to a Washington and Lee alumnus, JAMEs F. O'GRADY, ’49. / & Francis H. STYLEs retired from the American Foreign Service on December 31, 1955. Following his tour of duty as a second lieutenant in the Army in World War I, he entered the consular service in June, 1920. Since then he has been stationed at all four corners of the world: Dublin, Ireland; ‘Tampico, Mexico; THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Shanghai, China; Guayaquil, Ecuador; and Goteborg, Sweden. He and Mrs. Styles paid a visit to the campus recently. MATTHEW W. PAxTON is the new chairman of the board of directors of the Peoples National Bank in Lexington; he succeeds Dr. James Lewis Howe, who died Decem- ber 20. Mr. Paxton, prominent Lexington attorney and owner of The Rockbridge County News, has been on the board since 1928, serving as trust officer of the bank since 1930 and vice-president since 1951. He will continue to serve as trust officer. 2 0 JOHN CROMWELL BLOCKER, having completed thirty years of active law prac- tice, retired in St. Petersburg, Florida, last July. Following his graduation from here, Mr. Blocker went on to receive his LL.B. at Cumberland University in Lebanon, ‘Tennessee. He spent the next five years in the western states in the field of com- merce and began practicing law at St. Petersburg in 1925. In World War I Mr. Blocker served with the U. S. Army in France and England, entering as a private and was discharged with the rank of sec- ond lieutenant. Mr. Blocker writes that he Saw CLIFFORD PEALE, ‘19, and his new wife not so long ago, and says that L. T. BROWN, ’19, and his wife were through St. Petersburg last year. Ltr. Cot. C. D. McCase, USAF, was re- called to active duty in the Air Force in 1951 and spent three years in France as the Port Officer covering Bordeaux, La Rochelle and St. Nazaire. Now assigned in New York, Colonel McCabe is the Air Force ‘Transportation Officer for the Dis- tant Early Warning Radar line under construction in the Artic between Green- land and Alaska. Address: 410 Battery Avenue, Apt. 6C, Brooklyn 9, New York. 2i WILLIAM BRAXTON Dew, for many years Associate Counsel of all companies in the Aetna Life & Affiliated Companies, has recently been promoted to Counsel of all companies in the same Group, which in- cludes Aetna Life Insurance and Aetna Casualty and Surety. Following his gradu- ation here Braxton practiced law in Wytheville, Virginia, for three years and joined Aetna Casualty and Surety Com- pany at Hartford in 1924. BENJAMIN H. NEBLETT recently was elected president of the Democratic Club in Monrovia, California. Mr. Neblett has three sons: D. Colin in the Army; Robert M. in the Air Force; and John D., Pro- fessor of electronics at National Schools in Los Angeles, California. 22 WILLIAM F. McCANN traveled ex- tensively in Europe this summer visiting Sweden, Switzerland, France, Italy, Western Germany, The Netherlands, and Belgium. He recommends Switzerland “for all- around comfort.” He lives at 413 North- view Avenue, New Castle, Pennsylvania. SPRING 1956 ByrRON Browoper, retired, has been living in ‘Tucson, Arizona, for three years. Ad- dress: 5049E Broadway, ‘Tucson, Arizona. 23 A. C. (Gus) BRYAN is vice-president, Mortgage Loan Department, Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co., Chatta- nooga, ‘Tennesse. He entered the field of real estate and mortgage loan investments in 1927, and joined Provident in 1935. As an extra-curricular activity he lectures on real estate financing at the University of Alabama. Gus has a son who has applied for admission to Washington and Lee in September, 1957; a daughter age 14; and another son, g. Gus is serving his 12th year as an Elder in Lookout Moun- tain Presbyterian Church. GEORGE E. (TED) Harris is still living in Atlantic Beach and in Greenville, N. C., the latter in winter. He boosts Atlantic Beach as a delightful resort with swim- ming for the hardy to Thanksgiving Day. Ted reports, “My hobby, gardening, has almost supplanted my profession of writ- ing; I’ve neglected the novels for the sake of my camelias, kumquats, oranges, olean- ders and azaleas.” He is currently working on a new novel, “They.” FRANK Hurt is head of the Department of Political Science at Western Maryland College. This is his twenty-sixth year on the faculty. Frank also lectures at the University of Maryland. He was included in the 1954 edition of “Who’s Who in the East.” JoHN B. WOoopvILLE, JR., is a very suc- cessful physician at Madeira Beach, St. Petersburg, Florida. He has a son who is studying medicine and a daughter who is a student at Miami (Fla.) University. Forrest McGILt is Executive General Manager and Assistant Treasurer of The Prudential Insurance Company of Amer- ® TAYLOR H. STUKES, 15, became the thirteenth Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court of South Carolina on February 22 in a ceremony at Co- lumbia in the Supreme Court room, which was crowded to the doors with a throng of interested specta- tors. Earlier in the year, the former associate justice had been elected by acclamation at a joint session of South Carolina’s general assembly. Justice Stukes, a native of Man- ning, South Carolina, attended Davidson College before coming to STUKES Chosen by acclamation Washington and Lee, where he re- ceived an A.B. degree in 1915. His studies at the law school of George Washington University, from which he was graduated cum laude in 1919, were interrupted by World War I when he served as a first lieutenant with the AEF in Europe. He was admitted to the bar the same year he graduated from law school and went into private prac- tice, first in Charleston, and later in Manning. ‘The new chief justice was a mem- ber of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1923 to 1926, serving as speaker pro tem in 1925 and 1926. He became state senator of Clarendon County in 1927 and remained in the Senate, of which he was president pro tem for five years, until 1940, when he was elected associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Meanwhile, in 1938-40, he had been chairman of the Executive Commit- tee of the Democratic party, to which he had belonged since 1927. Justice Stukes is a Presbyterian and an active layman in his church and in the Synod of South Carolina. He is married to the former Georgia Sauls of Manning and has a daughter living in Georgia and a son in Louisiana. 27 ica, Jacksonville, Florida. He states, “I am responsible for over a billion dollars of investments of my Company in the 10-State area comprising the South-Central Home Office.” Forrest has a daughter, Le- lia, who graduated from Duke in 1953, and a son, 8 years old, who is looking for- ward to attending Washington and Lee. 2 q ‘THE REVEREND ROBERT B. CAMP- BELL attended the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Honolulu last fall with his wife, he as Deputy to the House of Delegates from the Diocese of Western North Carolina and Mrs. Camp- bell as a delegate from the Woman’s Aux- iliary of the Diocese. Bob is serving as agent for his class in the 1955-56 Alumni Fund campaign. WILLIAM C. McKnicut has been away from home for a long time in Santiago, Chile, and though he hasn’t seen a Mink since 1949, he manages to correspond with his friends regularly. In February he was due to leave on a trip through the Straits of Magellan to Montevideo, Uruguay, and thence to Port Stanley. Address: Racontec Ltda., Casilla 12023, Santiago, Chile, S. A. HENRY CurREY DEARBORN, in addition to being a landowner and farm manager, is kept busy as mayor of Mason City, II- linois. He still finds time, however, to enjoy his hobby—antique cars. He owns a 1907 one-cylinder Brush Roadster, 1930 Rolls Royce, a 1923 Overland 4-cylinder and even a home-made sports car. He is married and has two step-children, a girl married, and a boy in Europe on tour. 25 H. EpwArD RIETZE, Jr., is the owner of Rietze and Company, manufac- turers’ agents in Louisville, Kentucky. He has a daughter, Lucy Scott, 15 years old; and a son, H. Edward, HI, 17, who plans to enter Washington and Lee this fall. He writes that he is always interested in hearing from classmates whenever they are in Louisville. Address: 1714 Sulgrave Road, Louisville 5, Kentucky. Ed paid a visit to the campus recently. NEWTON R. BLACK is a _ registered rep- resentative of Goodbody and Company, stockbrokers, members of the New York Stock Exchange, with offices at 127 North Main Street, Orlando, Florida. 26 Georce L. Hitt has been in Sing- apore with the Bank of America since 28 June 16, 1954. He plans to return to this country on a periodic home leave some time during the latter part of this year or early next year and hopes to visit the campus. W. Bourke WILLIAMSON is still practicing law in Chicago with the firm of Adams, Nelson, and Williamson. His_ brother, Jack A. WILLIAMSON, ’30, also is a mem- ber of the firm. Burke is married, has two daughters and lives in Lake Forest, Ill. 2/ GeorGE E. Burks recently was pre- presented the “Award of Merit’ by the Louisville Board of Insurance Agents. Mr. Burks, the owner of Hummel, Meyer and Burks Insurance Agency, is the first recipient of the award, which will be given annually to a board member for outstand- ing work in fire prevention. GrEorGE ‘T. ELLIS was promoted from trust officer to senior trust officer in the First National Exchange Bank in Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. Ellis has worked with the bank since 1927. WILLIAM M. Pope is vice-president and trust officer of National Bank and Trust Company in Charlottesville, Virginia. He and his wife, the former Phyllis John- son of Richmond, Virginia, have three sons, William, Jr., Jackson, and John, all potential candidates for admission to Washington and Lee. 2 & GRAY YEATMAN is hoping to inter- est his son Carter, age 13, in Washington and Lee. His older son, Gray, Jr., is a freshman at Virginia. Gray’s principal interests at the moment are farming and cattle. He hopes to visit the campus soon. PERCY COHEN sold his interest in the H. Cohen Furniture Company, of which he was president, to his brother last De- cember. He has opened a new _ business under his own name—Percy Cohen Furni- ture Showrooms—in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. JosePpH B. CLOWER, JR., in his second year at Hampden-Sydney, is now Asso- ciate Professor of Bible there. Before com- ing to Danville Dr. Clower was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Morganton, North Carolina. 29 FRANKLIN P. JOHNSON recently was appointed vice-president and member of the officers’ personal trust committee of the Manufacturers’ Trust Company in New York. Formerly assistant vice-president, he will continue to direct special institutional services, including investment advisory re- lationships with endowment funds and mutal savings banks in New York state. Mr. Johnson, who joined the bank in 1934, will also undertake research assignments in the pension trust investment field. James M. SHACKELFORD completed seven years’ service as Budget Manager of Johns- Manville in 1955. On January 1, 1956, he became Comptroller of the Pipe Division in New York and finds this assignment interesting and challenging. Mr. Shackel- ford resides at 25 Clinton Place, Metuch- en, New Jersey. WiLuiAM A. MacDonoucH has been ap- pointed vice-president of Crosley and Ben- dix Home Appliances Divisions of Avco Manufacturing Corporation in addition to his duties as director of advertising and sales promotion. Mr. MacDonough has served in various advertising and merchan- dising capacities with Avco since 1950. Prior to the merger of the two companies in 1953, Mr. McDonough was successively national merchandising manager and di- rector of merchandising and advertising for Bendix. He joined Avco in 1950 after two years as director of advertis- ing and merchandising for the Coolerator Company in Duluth, Minnesota. Before that he was sales manager of the home appliance division of General Mills, Inc., in Minneapolis. Address: 639 Christopal Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio. Correction ALEX BOIssEAU is moving in the near fu- ture to North, Carolina as head of the new General Electric plant going up on the edge of Hickory—not Hendersonville— as reported in the Alumni Magazine sev- eral months ago. 3 0 JAMES BERNARD MERRICK was pleased to find some of the “Old” Wash- ington and Lee in the midst of all the evidence of progress he saw on his visit to the campus for his class reunion last May. He recommended that all the class of 1931 return this year for their reunion. Epwarp S. GRAVES, prominent Lynchburg attorney, recently was initiated into Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, Tucker Inn Chapter, of Washington and Lee. Cur- rently a visiting law lecturer in legal draftsmanship, Mr. Graves is a member of the law firm of Edmunds, Baldwin, White- head and Graves. He belongs to Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and _ last year was elected to membership in the Order of the Coif at Washington and Lee. FRANK OWEN Evans of Milledgeville is United States attorney for the 70-county Middle District of Georgia, a post he has held since his appointment by President Eisenhower in 1951. A native of Georgia, Mr. Evans began practicing law in 1934. CHARLES R. VAN Horn was transferred to Washington as General Passenger Agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in October of last year. Address: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Connecticut Avenue and “H” Street, N.W. 3 ] COLONEL BENJAMIN M. Ayars, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, is one of 200 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE colonels and lieutenant colonels pursu- ing a 10-month course of instruction at the Army War College in Carlisle Bar- racks, Pennsylvania. Students chosen to attend the institution are graduates of the Command and General Staff College or officers whose experience has given them equivalent training in from 15 to 25 years of commissioned service. Before coming to the College, Colonel Ayars had served in Japan as executive officer of the Judge Advocate Section of General Headquarters, Far East Command, since November, 1951. His wife, Nancy, and daughter, Caroline, returned with him from Japan last Au- gust and are residing at Carlisle Barracks. DuNcAN MCCONNELL, head of the Depart- ment of Mineralogy at Ohio State Uni- versity, wrote a book last summer called “Gran’pappy’s Pistol or to Hell with Gun Collecting,” which he hopes will “sell a jillion copies” when he finds a publisher for this “bit of satire and nonsense.” ‘This spring Duncan was elected to mem- bership in Phi Beta Kappa at Washington and Lee. STUART SANDERS, II, recently was elected a director of the Southern Bank and ‘Trust Company in Richmond, Virginia. Presi- dent of Sanders Brothers Company, Inc., he has been with the paint concern for 25 years and has served as president of the Roanoke Paint and Glass Company for 15 years. Active in civic affairs, Mr. San- ders was the Richmond Junior Chamber of Commerce’s selection fer “Young Man of the Year’ in 1946. He is serving as class agent for the 1955-56 Alumni Fund. Haroip M. WESTON recently moved his law offices to 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, having had government, corporate and private practice associations since gradu- ation from here and Harvard Law School, and military duty during World War II and the Korean War. He has three chil- dren, Petey, 9; Elizabeth Anne, 414; and Davey, almost 2. 32 Henry W. MAcKENZIE, JR., quali- fied as additional judge of the ‘Twenty- eighth Judicial Circuit Court at a cere- mony in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, on February 18. The oath was adminis- tered by Justice JOHN W. EGGLESTON, ’10, of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir- ginia. Among those alumni who were present and took part in the ceremony were Judge FLoyp E. KELLAM, ’16, Judge of the 28th Judicial Circuit; Judge Epwarp L. Oasr, ’24, Judge of the First Judicial Circuit; and Judge WaLTEeR E. HOFFMAN, 31, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. Joun E. ARMSTRONG, a member of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, was given the 1955 Distinguished Salesman award of the Sales Executive Club in March. Mr. Armstrong lives at 1434 Noyes Street, Evanston, [linois. WayNE H. Martuis has been elevated from first vice-president to president of the SPRING 1956 Peoria, Illinois, Bar Association. Mr. Ma- this has been engaged in the practice of law since he was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1932. LYMAN CHRISTIAN HARRELL, JR., in addi- tion to practicing law, is president of The Citizens National Bank of Emporia, Virginia. Lyman has two daughters, 7 and 14, respectively, and a son, Lyman Christian Harrell, III, who is a Freshman at Washington and Lee. 33 Dr. Roperr R. SmiTH_ recently joined Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., in the Research Department. As Senior Research Associate in the Division § of Clinical Investigation, Dr. Smith is one of eight M.D.’s doing research in new drugs. Dr. Smith and his family, wife, Nancy, and son, Robert, Jr., live in Summit, New Jersey. J. Hoce ‘Tyter, UI, has accepted the of- fice of President of the Seaboard Citizens National Bank of Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Tyler was formerly a partner in the law firm of Mann & Tyler, which dissolved in January. Mr. Tyler is serving as agent for the law class of 1933 for the 1955-56 Alumni Fund. JoHN F. Warttrncton, Jr., newly elected president of the Wachovia Bank and ‘Trust Company, has returned to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where, 22 years ago, he first joined the organization as a transit clerk. He came to Winston-Salem from Charlotte, where he had been senior vice- president in charge of Wachovia’s Char- lotte office since 1946 and prior to that was assistant vice-president. For his out- standing contributions to the community he was named that city’s “Man of the Year” for 1951. E. J. (NED) WiLson, was elected president of the Liberty National Bank and ‘Trust Company of Savannah, Georgia, in Febru- ary. Ned, a vice-president since 1947, had been elected a director of the bank at the annual stockholders meeting in January. Before going to Savannah, he had been connected with banking institu- tions in Macon, Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. He has served as president of the Savannah Clearing House and is treas- urer of the Margaret Doty Infant Nur- sery and Humane Society cof Chatham- Savannah, Inc. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club and is married to the for- mer Miss Elizabeth ‘Taylor. 3 f ROBERT W. RUTH is now associated with U. S. News and World Report. He formerly was with National Geographic Society. Address: 9422 Locust Hill Road, Bethesda 14, Maryland. RucEe P. DEVAN, Jr., is in the insurance business in Charleston, West Virginia, with offices in the United Carbon Building. He has two boys, ages 14 and 12. ‘The older boy is at Kentucky Military Institute, which Ruge attended. Lours F. LuBRECHT is an accountant with Merrett-Chapman and Scott Corporation in Milton, Pennsylvania. He lives in Lewis- burg, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children: James Louis, 10; and Linda Carol, 14. 35 GEORGE RICHARD GLYNN is with the New York sales office of Hanes Hosiery, Inc., of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Having worked with the concern since he graduated, George travels the Connecticut, Ohio, and Metropolitan New York areas. He, his wife, Florence, and two children, Kathy, 7, and George, Jr., 5, live at Shaker Road, New Canaan, Connecticut. Joun A. Newron has been appointed Assistant United States District Attorney in St. Louis, Misscuri. John has been in the general practice of law for the past five years and prior to that was on the legal staff of the Washington headquarters of the Department of Internal Revenue. W. R. (BILL) Sphar, Jr., is in Winchester, Kentucky, with Sphar and Company, wholesalers and distributors of Kentucky Blue Grass Seed and other seed items. ‘They have processing plants at Winchester and Pine Grove, Kentucky, and Mt. Car- mel, Illinois. In addition to the seed busi- ness the company owns harvesting ma- chines in Missouri, Towa and Nebraska. 3 6 W. MAGRUDER DRAKE, after receiv- ing his doctorate in history at the Uni- versity of North Carolina, spent one year teaching at Davidson in the place of a man on leave. He is now at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, a state coed school with around 4,coo students, at Lafayette, Louisiana, in the heart of “Cajun” coun- try. Dr. Drake reports that Oscar BREIDEN- BACH, ‘11, was a faculty member there un- til his retirement a few years ago. 3, Dr. CHARLES M. WILLIAMS has been named professor of Business Administra- tion at Harvard University. Associate pro- fessor since 1951, Dr. Williams has served on the Business School’s Educational Poli- cy Committee and was active in develop- ing the School’s training program for “middle management” executives. His courses deal with the management of financial institutions, and he has written a text on case problems in finance. He has taught at Harvard since 1947 and re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Commercia! Science there in 19h2. STEPHENSON WELLS recently became asso- ciated as a general partner with the in- vestment firm of McCormick and Com- pany, members of the New York and Mid- west Stock Exchanges, and associate mem- ber of the American Stock Exchange, with offices at 231 South La Salle Street, Chica- go, 4, Illinois. WILLIAM A. CONNOR sold out his feed and seed store in 1955 and is now engaged in 29 the business of investments and loans and ranching. He was made a director of the National Bank of Daingerfield, Texas, early this year. 3 & Pau M. Miter has been pro- moted to the rank of Second Secretary and Consul in the Foreign Service. He is now back in the States after a tour of duty in Manila, where he graduated from the University of Santo ‘Tomas with the degree of master of arts in political science. Paul, Mrs. Miller and son, Michael, were recent visitors to the campus. The first of June, Paul will leave for the American Em- bassy at Tokyo to be Commercial Officer. A. MILTON Morrison writes that while he was away from home he was “drafted” president of the Southeastern Texas Alum- ni Chapter in Houston at the last spring meeting. He is also serving as regional agent for the Houston area in the 1955- 56 Alumni Fund campaign. Milton has two children, Mary Caroline, 9, and Al, 7 who hopes to be the fifth generation of Morrisons at Washington and Lee. PAUL L. HOLDEN, JR., following his sepa- ration from the Air Force after World War II, went to work as a welding en- gineer with the Lincoln Electric Com- pany in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been there ever since. Recently he moved his wife and three children, Tommy, 5, Susan, 314, and Barbara, 2, into their new home at 211 Almar Drive, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Paul writes he is proud of the Cleveland Indians and Browns and _ the Washington and Lee Alumni Chapter. CALVERT ‘THOMAS, after ten years on the Legal Staff of General Motors Corpora- tion in Detroit is getting used to the Michigan winters but longs for Lexington springs. His family consists of two boys and a girl. He writes that he moved last May to Franklin Village, a “‘sleepy, hilly community with a country atmosphere.” 3 9 WILLIAM R. Lairp, III, of Fayette- ville, West Virginia, has been appointed by Governor Marland to fill temporarily the U. S. Senate seat of the late Senator Harley M. Kilgore. Senator Laird fills the vacancy until a successor has been elected and qualified. The nephew of Dr. WILLIAM R. Larrp, ’10, of Montgomery, West Virginia, he is now State Tax Commis- sioner of West Virginia. JOHN R. LeBus writes that his older son, John Reynolds, Jr., 17, will graduate in 30 June from St. Andrews School in Middle- town, Delaware, and may come to Wash- ington and Lee, like his father and grandfather. Younger son, Lewis Martin, is 16 and also at St. Andrews. ALAN Buxton Hosses has been appointed | legal assistant to Federal Trade Commis- sioner, WILLIAM C. KERN, ’23. Alan has served with the Commission’s Appellate Division since 1948 and _ has traveled throughout the country arguing appeals from F. ‘T. C. orders. He lives with his wife and two children at 6548—27th Street, North, Arlington, Virginia. FRANK B. (FIREBALL) O’CONNOR is assistant superintendent of manufacturing at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynam- ics Corporation, a leader in the field of nuclear power. Address: 36 Parkway, New London, Connecticut. 4 0 HiowArD ‘T. SHEPHERD, having visited and reminisced with Washington and Lee classmates in Mississippi, Alaba- ma, ‘Tennessee and Virginia this past year, is freshly reminded of happy days on the campus. He recently brought his nine-year-old son, Steve, to Lexington for a visit so that he can begin eager antici- pation of equally happy days on the same campus. Howard lives in Little Rock. JouNn J. DANGLER last June moved _ his family—wife, Carol, and son, Bruce—to Atlanta, Georgia, where he has been transferred as Time Equipment Division Manager of International Business Ma- chines. Address: 4228 Wieuca Road, N. E., Atlanta 5, Georgia. GEORGE M. Foote, City Judge of Alexan- dria, Louisiana, was named winner of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distin- guished Service Award for 1955. Jaycee President DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr., in hon- FOOTE Cited by Louisiana Jaycees oring Judge Foote for his outstanding achievements, noted in particular his work in combating juvenile delinquency and his efforts towards the establishment of a prac- tical nurses school at Charity Hospital. In 1955 Judge Foote served actively as a member and officer of his church group and was a leader in many civic organiza- tions. In addition, he is now president of the Rotary Club and a member of the executive committee of the Alexandria Bar Association. 4] GEORGE F. X. MCcINERNEY, after completing a second tour of duty with the Air Force in 1953, resumed the practice of law with his brother in Suffolk County, New York, where he is also Town At- torney for the Town of Islip. George lives in Bayport with his wife and three chil- dren, one of whom, F. X., Jv., was born at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, where George was stationed. G Morray SMITH, JR., is in the practice of law in Richmond, Kentucky, specializing in estate and title work. He has two daughters, ages 6 and 114, and a son, 4. WILLIAM BUCHANAN, associate director of the Washington and Lee Bicentennial in 1948-49, has been named executive di- rector of the Wocdrow Wilson Centennial Commission of Virginia, which directs the Sstate’s participation in the Wilson Cen- tennial this year. Assistant professor of government at Mississippi State College for the past year and former reporter for Danville and Lynchburg papers, Bill suc- ceeds the Reverend Bernard E. Bain, who resigned to begin organization of a new Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, Virginia. JoHN D. DuRHAM just recently moved into the new home he designed and built in the spare time of three and a half years. Former art director and commercial artist in New York, John is now working as a designer for the Easi-Bild Pattern Com- pany of Pleasantville, New York. He is active as a major in the Army Reserves and is married and has one child, an in- fant son, John. Address: Sleepy Hollow Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York. f 2 WALTER L. MONROE iS a partner in the wearing apparel and real! estate busi- ness in Millsboro, Delaware. He and his wife, ‘Thelma, have two children, a boy, Walter Keith, age 3, and a girl, Karen Jo, age 4. He is actively engaged in civic af- fairs, being treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, treasurer of the local chapter of the American Legion, and a member of the Lions Club. JOHN H. McMILLAN is vice-president of E. ‘T. Barry and Company, Inc., general agents of marine insurance in New Or- leans. John is a vestryman in Christ Epis- copal Church Cathedral. Ee, his wife, Phoebe, and three children, Lee Richards, III, Mary Katherine and John Skillman, live at 1333 Webster Street, New Orleans. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Gisson M. WOLFE is now working for General Electric in Utica, New York, where he has recently moved with his wife and four children. Address: 1611 Sherman Drive, Utica, New York. PauL C. THOMAS, JR., began working for John McCall Coal Company of Bluefield, West Virginia, in 1946 and is now that company’s Virginia representative in Rich- mond. Paul says he is “fighting the battle of the buldge,” along with his wife, Mary Beth, and three sons: Paul, 12; Steve, 8; and Bruce, 5. Address: 3914 Seminary Avenue, Richmond 27, Virginia. Louis CAMERON GREENTREE and_ brother, Irving, vice-president and president - of Greentree’s apparel store in Richmond, Virginia, scored an upset in the retailing field last month in being named “Re- tailers of the Year’ by Brand Names Foundation. This “Oscar,” based on pres- entation of various manufacturers’ pro- ducts to the public, was awarded to Green- tree’s over thousands of competitors in the retailing field. ‘The brothers took over the 60-year-old concern begun by their grandfather when their father, Irving, Sr., died just a year ago in March. CoLtin T. Baxter has been employed in Huntington, New York, for the past four years by E. R. Carlsson Company, a Dodge-Plymouth agency, the head of which is S. L. CAarusson, 42. Colin, sales manager for the agency, writes that he often sees BoB GREGERSON, 7°41. Colin is married and has one daughter, g years old. He hopes to make finals this year. 43 Dr. HAVEN W. MANKIN left Ro- chester, Minnesota, in January to enter ptivate practice of Radiology in Okla- homa. Address: 532 N.W. goth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. FRANK ROSEBRO (BuD) BELL, JR., Charles- ton, West Virginia, insurance executive, was elected Chairman of the Southern Agents Conference at the annual meeting of the group held April 6, 1956, in Charles- ton, South Carolina. ‘The conference was one of five regional divisions of the Na- tional Association of Insurance Agents, and the election of “Bud” marks the first time this office has been held by a West Virginian. ‘The new chairman is the ex- ecutive vice-president of Bell and Crane Mortgage Loans, Inc., and is presently serving his third term as a member of the Executive Committee of the West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents. He is married to the former Jane Phillips; they have two children and reside at 814 Middle Road, Charleston, West Virginia. RogpertT P. HALey has been appointed assistant trust officer in the Trust Depart- ment of the First Pennsylvania Banking and ‘Trust Company in Philadelphia. Bob was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1949 and was engaged in the private practice of law until he joined the bank two years ago. SPRING 1956 BELL Elected conference chairman Rospert C. MEHORTER has been elevated to vice-president of McDaniel and Company, Inc., one of the largest fire and marine insurance agencies in New York. He now has three children ranging in age from 6 to 1—two girls and a boy, Betty and Peggy and Rob. 4¢ Dr. WILLIAM C. CRITTENDEN, finish- ing a second tour as a Navy M.D. in 1954, went into the practice of Pediatrics in Birmingham, Alabama. Bill and_ his wife, Conde, the former Constance Glas- gow of Lexington, now have three sons: Malcom, ‘Tom, and Richard. BARRY WRIGHT, JR., qualified recently to seek a second term in the Georgia Legis- lature in the May 16 primary. Barry won his first term in the Legislature in 1954 and is a member of the law firm of Wright, Rogers, Magruder and Hoyt. A native of Rome, he is married to the former Alicia Cooper and has three children. Dr. Wittram M. MANGER is currently completing his Ph.D. thesis in medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. For the past three years he has been en- gaged in doing research on hypertension and was the winner of the 1955 Alumni Award for meritorious research. Frepertc B. Rowe has been employed by Gallup and Robinson, Inc., Advertising Research, in Princeton, New Jersey, since last November. Fred, his wife, Risse, and son, Eric, live about five miles from Princeton: RFD 2, Box 109A, Cranbury, New Jersey. Fred writes that though his acquaintance with Princeton University has been brief and cursory, he has found that the undergraduates exhibit a remark- able degree of politeness and courtesy. He says they lack the conventional dress of Washington and Lee students but could give some excellent examples on how to behave in town, except that in the local cinema their vocal power is quite com- parable to the early show group in the Virginia college town. f 5 Henry E. Younc has been re-elect- ed Mayor of Norwalk, Ohio, for a second two-year term. Owen R. EAsiey, JR., after a year of eraduate study at the University of Stock- holm and another year at the University of North Carolina, has joined the staff of the Marion, Va., Smyth County News. PETER M. FETTEROLF is vice-president and treasurer of Keystone Helicopter in Phil- adelphia: “We own and lease ‘copters’ anywhere in the world.” He has three boys, ages g, 11, 6, and a girl, 4. FREDERICK WILLIAM KIENDL, JR., returned to this country in 1952 after spending five years in Brazil with an investment bank- ing firm. At present he is employed in New York as assistant sales manager by Arkell and Smiths, manufacturers of multi- wall bags and flexible packaging convert- ers. He married Caryl E. Richards in 1953 and has two children, a daughter two years old and a boy seven months old. 4 6 Dr. Harotp T. MANKIN continues as a Fellow in medicine in the Mayo Foundation of the Mayo Clinic after spending July, 1954 to July, 1955 as a Fellow of the Minnesota Heart Associa- tion working in clinical cardiology at the Peter Brent Brigham Hospital and Har- vard University. Dr. Davin Lewis hopes to bring all the members of his family, except the two boxers, to Lexington for a _ visit this Spring—wife, Naomi; son, Samuel Robert, 214; and daughter, Sally, 17 months. When not occupied with his practice of dentistry Dave is kept busy by extra-curricular ac- tivities: Secretary of the Wheaton (Md.) Kiwanis Club; Pregram and Essay Chair-- man of the Southern Maryland Dental Society; Dental Surgeon of the 113th Fighter Interceptor Wing of the D.C. Air National Guard. In addition, he is attending classes at the Washington School of Psychiarty. Harry W. WELLFor»D has been made a full partner in the law firm of Snowden, Davis, McCloy, Myar & Wellford, with whom he has been associated since 1950. Last fall the Memphis attorney was elected presi- dent of the Mid-South Alumni Chapter. Robert W. H. MisuH, Jr., recently was elected a member of the board of directors of the Rockbridge National Bank. Bob is the representative in Lexington for the Sun Life Insurance Company of Canada. fy J. Lee StversTein, Jr., is chair- man of the Committee on Lawyer Refer- ral of the Charleston Bar Association. Address: go3 Greendale Drive, Charleston, West Virginia. 41 JOsEPH C. PATRICK was awarded a C. P. A. certificate at the Fall Awards Dinner held November 14, 1955, at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Joe, having passed the state C. P. A. exami- nations last May, is now employed by Strand, Skees, Jones and Company, Certi- fied Public Accountants in Greensboro, North Carolina. Correction The Alumni Magazine issue of January, 1956, indicated that Lewis ROPER SHAM- HART graduated in June, 1950, from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. In- stead, we are informed that he was gradu- ated in 1951 from the Virginia Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria. 48 H. Perrre MITCHELL, after five years with the Southern Presbyterian Mis- sion in Korea, expects to return with his wife and three children to the States in the summer and then on to Columbia ‘Theological Seminary. L9 EMMETT STEWART EpLey recently joined the management consulting firm of McKinsey and Company in New York. Emmett was formerly with the Standard- Vacuum Oil Company in the Philippines and from 1953 to 1955 was on the comp- troller’s staff at that company’s New York headquarters. James R. SHorr is director of a _ pro- ject to record the story of how Colonial Williamsburg has been restored. This un- dertaking, known as the Oral History pro- ject, is designed to fill in the blank spots of the permanent record with tales and reminiscences of those closely associated with Williamsburg and its restoration. Jim, editor of Virginia Cavalcade at one time, has recently been an associate his- torian at the Virginia State Library in Richmond and was previously employed by E. I. duPont de Nemours Company, Inc., in Martinsville, Virginia. WittiAM M. Kinnarrp has been made ad- vertising manager of the Yellowstone Di- vision of Louisville’s Glenmore Distilleries by A. P. BONDOURANT, ’28, vice-president and director of Glenmore advertising. Bill will be responsible for both Yellowstone bond and straight bourbon whiskies and will coordinate marketing, merchandising and advertising activities with Glenmore, management, Glenmore and Yellowstone 32 sales departments, wholesalers, monopoly states and the Yellowstone Advertising agency in New York City. 50 JAMES R. McDONALD, an associate of the Landon B. Davies Agency of the Massachusetts Mutal Life Insurance Com- pany in Baltimore, has returned from the company’s gist home _ office school for career underwriters, which was held in Springfield, Massachusetts, February 28 through March g. This course of special training, sponsored jointly by the com- pany and its general agents, covered pro- gramming, business insurance, and the use of the company’s sales materials, with particular emphasis given to the professional concept of life underwriting and to ways of improving service to policyholders and the public. The career schools have been attended by over 800 company representatives since they were first established in 1939. BARNETT (BARNEY) Rosinson, following a two-year stint in the Army, attended New York University Law School and gradu- ated last June. He was admitted to prac- tice before the New York State Bar re- cently and has opened a law office at 545 Fifth Avenue in New York. While in law school Barney ran into STEVE LICHTEN- STEIN, °53, and DAVE KERR, ’51. Dr. JOHN S. CHAPMAN is in his first year of residency at State University of Iowa Hospital in the Department of Internal Medicine. John interned in the same hospital, also. He is married and has one daughter, Catherine, who is now four months old. Address: 1005 Finkbine Park, Iowa City, Iowa. OLIVER M. MENDELL, following his mar- riage in December, 1955, traveled to Mexi- co City and Acapulco. He is still working in New York for Bankers ‘Trust Company and hopes to get down this way soon. KANNAPELL Named to New York post Lr. (j.g.) Gus ALEXANDER FRITCHIE, JR., €X- pects to be discharged from the U. S. Navy in November of this year and will practice law in Slidell, Louisiana. He grad- uated from ‘Tulane University Law School iN 1953. WILLIAM H. MAYNARD, fR., served as a Lieutenant (j.g.) on a heavy cruiser in the Pacific with the U. S. Navy from 1g52 to 1955. He was discharged from active duty in April of 1955 and is now farming near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Address: Box 670, Rt. No. 1, Clarksdale, Mississippi. 51 B. A. Davis, III, has resigned ef- fective July 1, as assistant U. S. District Attorney of Western Virginia. He will rejoin the Davis family law firm at Rocky Mount with whom he was associated be- fore joining the staff of District Attorney JOHN STRICKLER, ’27, in July, 1953. He is married and the father of a 14-month- old daughter. Jack E. KANNAPELL, JR., assistant adver- tising manager for Brown-Forman Dis- tillers Corporation in Louisville, has been transferred to New York as merchandising manager of the distillery’s northeastern sales region. Jack, an Air Force veteran, began working for Brown-Forman in 1951 as a staff assistant in the advertising department and became assistant adver- tising manager in 1953. DoucLas M. SmirH was elected chairman of the Newport News Waterworks Com- mission in January. He has served on the commission since early last September. A partner in the law firm of Hall, Mar- tin and Smith, Douglas is the son of Judge Herbert G. Smith and lives at 1260 Ferguson Avenue. Robert E. GLENN is Assistant Staff Judge Advocate of the 6gooth Security Wing in Frankfurt, Germany, and expects to be with the Air Force for a year longer before returning to civilian life. Address: 6gooth Security Wing, Box 6, APO 757, New York, New York. Dr. B. Voss Neat graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medi- cine last June and is now interning at Cincinnati General Hospital. He is plan- ning to enter the Navy in July. Correction Dr. JAMEs Z. SHANKs, following his gradu- ation from the Medical College of Georgia, began his internship at the Medical Col- lege of Virginia Hospital in Richmond and not at Dallas, Texas, as indicated in the October issue of the Alumni Magazine. Jim is living at 4326 Old Brook Road, Apt. 22, Richmond 22, Virginia. 52 JuLtian B. Mone is ‘Treasurer of Momar, Incorporated, in Atlanta, and writes that as of November 1, 1955, he was placed in charge of the design and con- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE struction of that company’s new manu- facturing plant and offices, which when completed around December of this year are expected to be the most modern manufacturing chemical operation in the South. Curron T. Hunt, Jr., formerly an asso- ciate, has joined Eaton and Bell under the new firm name cf Eaton, Bell, Hunt and Seltzer, which will continue the prac- tice of patent, trademark and copyright law at 904 Johnston Building, Charlotte g, North Carolina, with associate offices at g21 Munsey Building in Washington, D. C. Lr. (.g.) WittiAM A. ROBERTSON, USNR, has been serving on board the USS Fairview (EPCER850) for the past eight months. Bill is to be released from active duty in April and plans to attend Emory University for one year to get his M.B.A. F. RAYMON SNyDER, JR., after graduating from the University of Miami Law School in 1953, served with the Attorney-General of the State of Florida, and in August, 1953, Opened his own private practice in Miami, where he does mostly bond work. JOHN JOSEPH KINDRED graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in June, 1955, and is now working with ‘Trust Investment Group, the Hanover Bank in New York. Ens. Lester E. ZiITrrAIn, USNR, is cur- rently at the U. S. Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia, and expects to graduate August 9 of this year. Following his graduation from the University of Virginia Law School in 1955 Les practiced law in his home town of Norfolk last summer. In September he entered the Naval Officer Candidate School at New- port, Rhode Island, and received his com- mission as ensign in the Navy Supply Corps in January. Pau. D. WEILL is currently employed by American International Marine Agency, Inc., of New York training for Marine Insurance underwriter. Address: 190 Evans Avenue, Newport, New York. 53 CHARLES ScoTT May is currently in his middle year at the School of ‘Theology of the University of the South, Sewanee, ‘Tennessee. He writes that last summer he participated in the Episcopal Church’s clinical training program as a_ student in the Southern Rural Church Training Institute at Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Charlie was seen in Lexington during the week before the students left for spring vacation. Ferp E. Carter, following his discharge from the Army in January, went to work for the National Cash Register Company in El Paso, Texas. He was married Octo- ber 1 to Shirley Rasberry and lives at 3915 Oxford Street. HuGu S. GLICKSTEIN recently became asso- ciated with the law firm of Glickstein, Crenshaw and Glickstein at their new lo- SPRING 1956 cation, Suite 512, Barnett National Bank Building in Jacksonville, Florida. Hugh’s father, JOSEPH M. GLICKSTEIN, senior mem- ber of the firm, is serving as Class Agent for the Law Class of 1920. Jere Moore, Jr., has resigned from the Regular Army to return to Milledgeville, Georgia, where he will work on_ his father’s publication, The Union Recorder. R. M. JAmes Russick recently was made associate of Abe D. Levenson in Union City, New Jersey, where he is engaged in a limited general law practice, special- izing in the matrimonial field. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Asso- ciation and the Special Committee on Di- vorce and Custody. WILLIAM RAWLINGS received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in June of last year and entered Navy Officer Candi- date School. He was commissioned in November, and is now at the Navy’s Sup- ply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. JAMEs C. GALT expects to receive his mas- ter’s in mechanical engineering from Ren- ssaelear Polytechnic Institute in June and will go to work for the Engineering Ser- vice Division of E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company in Wilmington this sum- mer. Jim was here for Fancy Dress and enjoyed the trip. 5 4 PFC RosBzert Broupy of Norfolk, Virginia is currently stationed with the First Battalion Headquarters Company of the Fourth Infantry Division’s 12 Regiment in Frankfurt, Germany. Bob entered the Army in September of 1954 and received basic training at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and Fort Jackson, South Carolina, before going overseas last June. On his off-duty hours he plays basketball with the 12th Regiment’s team. FRANKLIN L. SHIPMAN, JR., on active duty in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Caribbean with the U.S. Navy since last April, is now serving on board the U. S. S. Columbus in the Far East. Address: 334 0222, PNg, Ex. Div., USS Columbus (CA-74), FPO, San Francisco, California. Copies of Senator Barkley’s keynote address at Washing- ton and Lee’s Mock Conven- tion are available at the Pub- licity Office of the University, at no charge. Or, if you prefer, a ten-inch long-playing record of the speech may be _ pur- chased for $3.00. Address your request to Frank A. Parsons, Director of Publicity, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. PFC SamMueEL Ort Laucuun, III, his father writes, has been in the U. S. Army since December, 1954. He was successively sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort Riley, Kansas; and finally overseas in Septem- ber, 1955, with the 10th Infantry Division to Wurzburg, Germany. Home address: Kenwood Place, Wheeling, West Virginia. 55 Bos BRADFORD, now with station WRAD, Radford, Virginia, won the fol- lowing awards in the Virginia AP Broad- casters contest last spring: (non-metropol- itan) Commentary, First Place; Compre- hensive, First Place; State and Local, Second Place. Rosert H. Warren, JR., participated in the co-operative program of engineering with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received an additional degree of B.C.E. He is now a civil engineer working in New York on the Long Island Express- way. Bob reports that, to date, he has managed to stay “both single and out of the Army.” GEORGE ‘T. W. HEnprIx, Jr., his father writes, has been in the U. S. Army since July 26, 1955, and is now stationed in Germany. Address: US51361137 138th Ord. Co., A.P.O. 36, New York, New York. FRED BOWMAN Bear is working with his father and several uncles in the con- struction firm of Bear Bros., Inc., in Montgomery, Alabama. Address: 1536 Gilmer Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama. PAUL R. MULLER is a first-year law stu- dent in the Myron Taylor School of Law of Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. Jim Connor, ’54, also is study- ing law there. KENNETH L. ABERNATHY Of Louisville, Kentucky, a first year student in the Yale Law School, participated in the initial round of the annual Moot Court com- petition held in New Haven recently. In this series of mock trials students argue cases taken from actual court records before a panel of judges headed by a prominent member of the legal profes- sion. Students are graded on their per- formance in these cases, which are de- signed to give prospective lawyers actual appellate courtroom experience. Those with the best grades go on to a second and then a final round in the late spring, the last case being judged by a panel which frequently includes a justice of the United States Supreme Court. BERTRAM S. GRIFFITH, JR., has been in the Army since March 4, 1955, and is now stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska. His wife, Grace, joined him there some time ago. Address: Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 93rd AAA Gun Battalion (120 mm), Fairbanks, Alaska. JOSEPH J. HECKMANN, III, is in the U. S. Navy at the Naval Radio Station, James- town, Rhode Island. His new home ad- dress: 101 Sage Road, Louisville. 33 1915 Dr. N. B. ADAMS was married to Dorothy Stearns Doster in Mill Valley, California, on December 21, 1955. In December Dr. Adams wrote that he was still professor of Spanish at the University of North Caro- lina and planned to lecture and teach in Mexico this past January. 1933 H. ArtHur LAMAR was married on Feb- ruary 10, 1956, to Mona Marie Chevalier at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Washing- ton, D.C. Address: 2010 Kalorama Road. 1937 LYNNE M. ATMAR was married on March 1, 1955, to Etheldred Derereaux Edens. In the insurance business, he maintains his offices in Groveton, Texas, and resides in Carrigon. | 1939 EDGAR FINLEY SHANNON, JR., was married to Eleanor Hinds Bosworth on February 11, 1956, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York City. Edgar is as- sistant professor of English at Harvard. Address: 383 Harvard Street, Apt. 306, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. 1941 T. C. Burorp was married in July to Gwin Pryor of Calhoun City, Mississippi. Address: Glendora, Mississippi. 1943 HoRACE JACKSON Cary, III, was married to Raquel de Renaut in Nogales, Arizona, on November g, 1955. Address: 1419 Syca- more, Tucson, Arizona. CALHOUN BOND was married to Jane Lor- ing Piper of Eccleston, Maryland, on April 14, 1956. Cal is agent for his class in the 1955-56 Alumni Fund campaign. 1945 GeEorGE ZACK was married on November 26, 1955, to Carol Albrecht. He is em- ployed by Inland Steel Corporation and lives at 38 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 1949 Ropert E. Lee, IV, and Marjorie Frances Tracy were married on April 12, 1956, at the Mission of San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel, California. ‘The couple will live on Leavenworth Street in San Francisco. 34 FRANCIS RAYMOND WELLES was married on February 13, 1956, to Emily Barrineau Burrage at St. James Episcopal Church in Knoxville, ‘Tennessee. The couple resides at Country Club Home, Apt., 3D, Raleigh. 1950 Lr. JEAN Myers LITTLE was married on January 20, 1956, to Martha Lynn Cop- pedge at Hillcrest Heights Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. RICHARD DABNEY CHAPMAN was married on December 20, 1955, to Nancy McArthur Echols at the Lexington Presbyterian Church. He is studying at Syracuse Uni- versity in preparation for foreign service. Dabney will leave for Washington in June to continue his studies there. CHARLES RAINE PETTYJOHN, JR., was mar- ried to Bettie Macon Richardson on Jan- uary 21, 1956, at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. EDWARD K. SHELMERDINE and Gloria Lo- renzon of Chestnut Hill were married on September 3, 1955, in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. Ed will graduate in June from the University of Pennsylvania with a de- gree in physical therapy. 1951 JosEpH EpWARDS KLING was married to Jean Holloman on December 23, 1955. He is an instructor and graduate student at Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania. J. EpwArp MOYLER, JR., was married to Carole Rees of Summersville, West Vir- ginia, on August 13, 1955. They are now living in Franklin, Virginia, where Ed is associated with his father in the prac- tice of law. 1952 FLETCHER T. McCLINTOCK was married to Virginia Arnold on October 1, 1955. EcuHots ALcoTT HANSBARGER, JrR., and Withers Davis were married on Decem- ber 22, 1955, in Centenary Methodist Church, Richmond, Virginia. ECHOLS ALCOTT HANSBARGER, SR., ’20, father of the groom, served as best man. Among the groomsmen was EDWARD W. RUGELEY, JR., 53. Echols will receive his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Virginia this June and will serve his internship at the hospital there. 1953 James AuTHuR Fortz, III, was married to Priscilla Johnson of Boston, Massachus- etts, on December 17. 1955. Their address is: 50 Langdon Street, Cambridge. RosBert LEE BANSE and Anne Windels were married on December 17, 1955, and live at 8 Montague ‘Terrace, Brooklyn. 1954 FRANK ARTHUR PARSONS was married to Henrietta Harriett Hoylman on March 28, 1956, in Clifton Forge, Virginia. He is Director of Publicity here at Washing- ton and Lee. WILLIAM CLARENCE WILLIAMS and Nancy Deibert were married on August 6, 1955. Bill is in his third year at the Medical College of Virginia Dental School. Ad- dress: 4922 Suburban Avenue, Apt. 4, Richmond 28, Virginia. 1955 Harry G. KENNEDY, JR., was married to Jess Lilly of Charleston, West Virginia, cn August 6, 1955. Harry is working on his Ph.D. at the University of ‘Tennessee in Memphis and plans to coach track at Southwestern this spring. Address: 2246 South Parkway E., Apt. 4, Memphis. JosepH H. CRruTe, JR., was married to Betty Morton on December 29, 1955, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Joe is now stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, as an instructor in Information and Education. 1936 Dr. and Mrs. KENNETH G. MACDONALD are the parents of a second son, Frank Duncan, born March 3, 1956. Kenneth G., Jrv., was born September 6, 1954. Mr. and Mrs. HOWELL W. Rosserts, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Betsy, born October 14, 1955. 1938 Mr. and Mrs. GILBERT S. MEEM are the parents of a third son, Peter Botts Meem, born December 28, 1955. Gilbert S., Jr., is five now and Langhorne H., II, is 11,. 1942 Dr. and Mrs. JoHN G. MARTIRE are the parents of a third child, a son, John, born May 30, 1955. They have two daughters, Beth and Amy. He is an assistant profes- sor and clinical psychologist at the State University of Iowa. Dr. and Mrs. GEorGE F. PARTON, JR., are the parents of a fourth child, a daughter, Barbara Burdett, born October 20, 1955. They have a son, George F., III, and two daughters, Patricia Dean and Deborah. Dr. and Mrs. MicHaEL W. Lav are the the parents of a son, Michael W. Lau, HI, born August 8, 1955, in Beverly Hills, Cal. 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Grant E. Mouser, III, are THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE the parents of a son, Grant E., IV, born December 15, 1955. Grant is still assigned to the American Embassy at Tehran, Iran, as the commercial officer there. Mr. and Mrs. JoHN W. GoopgE, Jr., are the parents of a second son, George Irwin, born November 23, 1955, in San Antonio. John W.., III, is now six years old. Dr. and Mrs. R. H. SnHeparp are the parents of a third son, Joseph August, born November 21, 1955, in Baltimore, Willis Kinsey, II, is now almost nine and Ricky IS Six. Mr. and Mrs. CorNEAL B. MYERrs, jR., are the parents of a son, Corneal B., III, born August 3, 1955. They have a daughter, bern May 20, 1950. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Cares B. JACKSON are the parents of a second son, Randolph Coleman, born June 28, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. Ropert H. SEAL announce the adoption of a son, Robert H. Seal, Jr., born January 23, 1956. 1945 Mr. and Mrs. W. RosBertT GAINES are the parents of a son, Edwin Pendleton Gaines, born December 17, 1955, in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Epwarp Burton EvANS are the parents of a daughter, Mary Rives, born December 6, 1955. Ed recently was appointed Personnel Director of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in: Blacksburg. Mr. and Mrs. CuHarves C. STEFF are the parents of a second son, Charles C., III, born August 29, 1955. They have a son, James Whaley, age 4, and a daughter, Priscilla Claire, age 6. Charles is now vice-president in charge of wholesale sales and advertising in the Stieff Silver Com- pany in Baltimore, Maryland. 1946 Mr. and Mrs. WittrAm A. MAGEE are the parents of a daughter, Annette Watson, born January 21, 1956. 1947 Mr. and Mrs. PHiLip CHARLES BRAUN- SCHWEIG are the parents of a_ second daughter, Laurie Jean, born January 9, 1955. The young lady had already had her first birthday before we noticed her exist- ence. ‘The Braunschweigs have a daughter, Carol Louise, who is almost three and the family lives in Rochester, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ropert A. Warns are the parents of a son, their first child, Richard Lee, born November 18, 1955. 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. VInson, JR., are the parents of a son, Fred M. Vinson, III, born November 25, 1955. SPRING 1956 Mr. and Mrs. SELDEN S. MCNEER, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Julienne Jo, born February 7, 1956, in Huntington, West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. G. Litoyp Cowan, III, are the parents of a son, George Lloyd, IV, born November 7, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. JOHN EDWARD SCHEIFLY an- nounce the adoption of a son, John Ed- ward Scheifly, Jr. 1949 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM ALLEN CHIPLEY are the parents of their first child, a son, Wil- liam Hunt, born March 28, 1956, in Lex- ington, Virginia. Bill is football coach at Washington and Lee. Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM EDWARD LATTURE, are the parents of a daughter, Sarah Reah, born January 31, 1956. Bill is plant man- ager of Blue Bell, Inc., with plants at Oneonta and Arab, Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. Ropert M. McCormick are parents of a son, Mark Hansford, born in July, 1955. 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Ciirrorp B. LATTA are the parents of a son, Robert Andrew, born January 17, 1956. Clifford is practicing law in Prestonburg, Kentucky. 1951 Mr. and Mrs. Ropert H. SALIsBuRY are the parents of a daughter, Susan Marie, born September 29, 1955. Bob received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of IHinois last June and is now teaching at Washington College in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Davin C. G. Kerr are the parents of a daughter, Jenette Sherman, born June 25, 1955. Dr. and Mrs. THomas A. WASH are the parents of a son, Thomas A. Wash, Jr., born July 13, 1955. Tom expects to com- plete his internship at the University of Virginia hospital in July of this year and will enter the Air Force for two years. Mr. and Mrs. F. Bert PULLEY of Court- land, Virginia, are the parents of a son, Franklin Dean, born February 9, 1956. 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Oris W. Howe, Jr., are the parents of a son, Otis W., III, born No- vember 9, 1955. The Howes live in Wa- bash, Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. ROLAND EUGENE THOMP- SON are the parents of a son, Mark Lee, born in December, 1955. Roland is em- ployed by the C. & P. Telephone Com- pany of Maryland and lives in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ear are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Beardsley, born January 14, 1956, in St. Louis, Missouri. New address: 2173 Central Avenue, Mem- phis, ‘Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. BENNo M. ForMAN are the parents of a daughter, Lisa Marian, born March 16, 1956, in Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. RicHarp A. DENNY, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Margaret Sul- livan Denny, born October 2, 1955, in At- lanta, Georgia. 1954 Mr. and Mrs. WILEY Reed WrRiIcHT, JR., are the parents of a son, Wiley Reed, III, born November 25, 1955. Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM ‘T. CLEM are the parents of a daughter, Cynthia Lynn, born August 7, 1955. Bill received his masters degree in marketing in September, 1955, from Illinois University Graduate School and is now employed as a market analyst in the Marketing Research Department of Smith, Kline and French Laboratories in Philadelohia. Mr. and Mrs. LAwRENCE C. MUSGROVE are the parents of a daughter, Marian Jean- ette, born January 23, 1956. Mr. and Mrs. JAMeEs D. BONEBRAKE are the parents of a daughter, Catherine Ann, born August 30, 1955. Jim is completing his Army service at Ft. Eustis and lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. WittiAM M. SHOWALTER, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Pamela Sue, born December 11, 1955, in Lexington. Address: Rt. No. 7, 154 Vet. Drive, Burl- ington, North Carolina. 1893 SELDEN BryAN JONES died December 27, 1955, in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in Fayette- ville, North Carolina, Mr. Jones lived most of his life in Atlanta where he was associated with the Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company. 1895 Dr. HARRY Moore WALLACE, public health director in Augusta County for more than go years, died October 30, 1955, in Green- ville, Virginia. A native of Spottswood, Dr. Wallace attended Washington and Lee and received his M.D. degree from the University College of Medicine—now the Medical College of Virginia—in 1910, after which he specialized in eye, ear, nose and throat in New York City. He practiced medicine at Raphine, in Roanoke and at Greenville before becoming head of the 35 Augusta County Health Department in 1916. A lifelong member of Bethel Pres- byterian Church, where he had been an elder since 1915, Dr. Wallace sang in the choir and taught Sunday school. He was a past master of Greenville’s Augusta Lodge No. III, AF&XAM and a_ former deputy grand master of District 19, Mason- ic Grand Lodge of Virginia. 1896 CARRINGTON CABELL ‘TUTWILER died March 3, 1956, at his home, “Brushwood,” two miles west of Lexington. A retired chemist and chemical engineer and native of Rock- bridge County, Mr. Tutwiler received his master of science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1897 and a year later began his career in Philadelphia, where for 15 years he was chief chemist for the United Gas Improvement Com- pany. In 1915 he organized the Cooper’s Creek Chemical Company at Philadelphia and served as president until his retire- ment in 1934, when he returned to Rock- bridge County to make his home. At Philadelphia, Mr. Tutwiler was vice-presi- dent of the Franklin Institute and chair- man of the Bartol Research Foundation. He was a member and past president of the American Gas Association and_ be- longed to the American Chemical Society. He is survived by his wife—a sister of the late Ellen Glasgow—a son and two grand- children. 1902 ROBERT O. CrockETT died October a9, 1955, in Tazewell, Virginia. 1903 GEORGE LEE HucGu died March 19, 1956, at his home, Bellevue, in Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania. Burial was in Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington. 1904 ROBERT JEFFERSON DILLARD died January 29, 1956, following a long period of ill- ness. His home was in Madisonville, ‘Texas. 1905 SIDNEY BAXTER THomaAs died July 9, 1955. His home was in Charleston, West Vir- ginia. Dr. JAMES ELxtiotr Lyons died December %, 1955. His home was in Higginsville, Missouri. 1906 FRANK HoLtmaAy BruMBACK died November 22, 1955, in Woodstock, Virginia. Dean of the Shenandoah County Bar, where he had practiced continuously for 51 years, Mr. Brumback devoted most of his time to criminal cases and defended many per- sons in both trial justice court and in circuit court. He took an active part in the Democratic Party of Virginia and served for many years as chairman of the Shenandoah County Democratic Commit- 36 tee. He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge and was a Shriner. GEORGE HENRY CAPERTON, JR., died Sep- tember 11, 1955. His home was in Beckley, West Virginia. 1907 Issac PauL GaAssMAN died suddenly of a heart attack on April 17, 1956, at Delray Beach, Florida, where he and Mrs. Gass- man had been spending the winter. His home was in Freeport, [linois. 1908 LEWwIs HOWELL Brown died June 12, 1955, in Roanoke, Virginia. His home was in New York City. THe REVEREND ROBERT RUSSELL GRAY died January 20, 1956, at his home in Union, West Virginia, following a cerebral hem- orrhage. Dr. Gray had been pastor of Salem Presbyterian Church at Organ Cave, West Virginia, for 31 years and had also served for 38 years as pastor of Union Presbyterian Church, where he was or- dained on June 3, 1917. As a minister, Dr. Gray’s duties extended into the larger organizations of his church. He was Mod- erator of Greenbrier Presbytery in 1919 and was stated clerk of the Presbytery from 1945 through 1955. He served as Moderator of the Synod of West Virginia in 1944 and 1945, was stated clerk of the Synod from 1947 to 1950, and was tempor- ary clerk of the General Assembly in 1947. An active civic leader, Dr. Gray was a charter member and past president of Union Rotary Club and a Mason. At one time he was principal of Union High School and was an ardent worker in the early days of the 4-H movement in the State. 1909 RALPH W. BIERER died January 5, 1956. His home was in Binghamton, New York. WILLARD WADE OLIVER died very suddenly on November 5, 1955, while visiting a friend in Charlottesville, Virginia. His home was in Gordonsville, Virginia, where he had moved in 1954 after retiring from active duty as a vice president with W. A. Case Company in Buffalo, New York. He is survived by his wife and two married children. 1911 WILLIAM ELMER DAMERON died after a long illness on November g, 1955. He was serving his third term as mayor of Hereford, Texas, and had been a leader in the community for the past 40 years. He began his long career while still a law student at the University of Texas, when he was appointed attorney for Deaf Smith County to fill a vacancy. Later he was elected county judge. While mayor, Mr. Dameron saw Hereford grow, under his guidance, from a town of less than 2,500 into a city of 5,000. In addition to his outstanding contributions to the com- munity, for which he was named Here- ford’s “Man cf the Year’ in 1949, Mr. Dameron was known as a leader in the purebred cattle trade, maintaining for many years one of the finest herds in the county. He was a member of the First Christian Church, where he served as elder for 35 years and taught a Sunday school class for more than go years. 1918 Evutiotr M. STEWART, a sales and invest- ment broker associated with the firm of J. H. Hilsmon and Company, died Jan- uary 25, 1956, after an illness of several months in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in New Orleans, Mr. Stewart had made his home in Atlanta for about 35 years. He is sur- vived by his wife, two sons, a brother and three grandchildren. Joun L. McCuorp, senior partner in the law firm of Calfee, Fogg, McChord and Halter, died suddenly from a heart at- tack on February 25, 1956, at his home in Shaker Heights, Ohio. A member of the national and Ohio Bar Associations and past president of the Cleveland Bar Association, Mr. McChord had _ practiced in Cleveland since his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1922. For many years he was a member of the probate and trust committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. He was a member of the executive committee of the Cleveland Bar Association and a former chairman of its committee on judicial candidates and campaigns. He held active member- ship in the Court of Nisi Prius. Mr. McChord belonged to various civic groups and had served as a trustee of Fairmount Presbyterian Church and the Welfare Federation of Greater Cleveland. He was a director of the Colonnade Com- pany, the Whitmer-Jackson Company, the Cleveland Steel ‘Tool Company and the Union Savings and Loan Company. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and three brothers. 1919 JoHN W. Cook, JrR., died July 22, 1955. His home was in Chicago, Illinois. 1920 SYDNEY GARLAND WHITE died November 2, 1955. His home was in Waynesboro, Vir- ginia. Lownpbrs ‘TREADWELL died February 11, 1956, after a prolonged illness. His home was in Arcadia, Florida. 1927 WOODVILLE CARTHON HAyYTHE died sud- denly of a heart attack on February 1, 1956. His home was in Charleston, West Virginia. 1928 WILson LEIGH Owens died November 17, 1955. His home was in Fort Worth, ‘Texas. 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