WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LETITIA PATE EVANS DINING HALL Commons Almost Completed Publications Fund Set Up Spring 1959 Capital Fund Campaign Reaches Half-way Mark Washington and Lee University Finals, 1959 CALENDAR OF EVENTS May 23-June 2 Final Examinations g:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. g:00 p.m. 10.30 a.Ml. 11:00 a.m. 12:45 p.m. g:00 p.m. g:00 a.m 11:00 a.m. “TUESDAY, JUNE 2 Finals Dance in Doremus Gymnasium, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 Concert—Kai Winding’s Orchestra Finals Dance in Doremus Gymnasium. ‘THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Academic Procession forms in Washington Hall for Baccalaureate SETVICe. Baccalaureate Service in Lee Chapel. Speaker: Dr. Walter Lapsley Car- son, 15, First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia. Luncheon for seniors, parents, faculty members, and alumni on the lawn behind Washington Hall. Reception for seniors, parents, and guests at the President's Home. FRIDAY, JUNE 5 ROTC Commissioning Ceremony in Lee Chapel. Commencement on lawn between the President's Home and Robert E. Lee Memorial Church. eS CHAPTER CORRESPONDENTS °25, 511 Hamil- Appalachian—Perry D. Hunter ton National Bank Bldg., Johnson City, Tenn. Augusta-Rockingham—J. B. Stombock, Box 594, Waynesboro, Virginia Atlanta—Richard A. Denny, Jr., °52, 434 Trust ompany of Georgia Building Baltimore—Gideon N. Stieff, Jr., ’52, 108 Ridge- wood Road, Baltimore 10, Maryland Birmingham—John V. Coe, °25, 1631 North 38rd Street Charleston, West Virginia—Ruge P. DeVan, Jr., nited Carbon Building 50, 2721 Foltz *34, U Chattanooga—Gerry U. Stephens, Drive Chicago—Charles A. Strahorn, ’28, Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank, Winnetka, Illinois Charlotte—Charles L. Green, ’40, 1207 Commercial "41, 1020 Union Trust Bank Building Cincinnati—Jack L. Reiter 54, 925 Superior Building Cleveland—James D. Bonebrake, Building Danville—Richard L. Heard, ’44, 220 Robertson 34, First Avenue Florida West Coast—John A. Hanley, Federal Building, St. Petersburg *38, 2000 First City National Houston—Ted Riggs, Bank Building Jacksonville—A. Lee Powell, Jr., Building Kansas City—W. H. Leedy, ’°49, 15 West 10th Street Louisville—Ernest Woodward, II Home Life Building Lynchburg—Dr. G. Edward Calvert, Medical Center, Tate Springs Roa Mid-South—Harry Wellford, ’46, Commerce Title Building, Memphis, Tennessee New York—E. Stewart Epley, ’49, McKinsey & Co., 60 East 42nd Street, New York 17 °30, Jahncke New Orleans—Herbert Jahncke, Service New River and Greenbrier—Harry E. Moran, ’13, Beckley, West Virginia Norfolk, Virginia—Sam R. Ames, ’42, 603 Nation- al Bank of Commerce Bldg., Norfolk 1, Va. North Texas—John M. Stemmons, 31, 401 Re- public Bank Building, Dallas , 44, Shreve- Northwest Louisiana—Richard Eglin "42, 13 Earl *50, 34 Buckmon , 40, Kentucky *44—Suite 9, d port Peninsula—Beverley W. Lee, Jr., treet, Hampton, Virginia *50, 159 E. Val- Philadelphia—James T. Trundle, ley Brook Road, Haddonfield, New Jersey Piedmont—A. M. Pullen, Jr., ’36, 203 Southeastern Building, Greensboro, North Carolina Pittsburgh—Anthony E, D’Emilio, Jr., ’41, 702 Frick Building Richmond, Virginia—Robert A. Dementi, ’40, 4215 Seminary Avenue, Richmond 22, Virginia Roanoke—H. Thomas Martin, ’41, 442 King George Avenue, S. San Antonio—John W. Goode, Jr., ’48, 407-09 South Texas Building St. Louis—Andrew H. Baur, ’37, 50 Picardy Lane, Clayton 24, Missouri Tri-State—T. J. Mayo, ’31, Box 1672, Huntington, 38, 525 West Virginia Upper Potomac—William L. Wilson, Jr., Cumberland Street, Cumberland, Maryland Washington, D. C.—Arthur ai Smith, Jr., "41, 1313 You Street, Spring 1959 Vol. XXXIV No. 2 Incorporated Published quarterly by Alumni Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Lexington, Virginia, September 15, 1924 Printed at the Journalism Laboratory Press of Washington and Lee University Editor WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 Managing Editor ‘TINA C. JEFFREY EDITORIAL BOARD PAXTON DAvis FRANK J. GILLIAM, 1917 WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, JAMES W. WHITEHEAD 1940 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC President Davin D. JOHNSON, 1921 Vice-President FRANK C. BROOKS, 1946 Secretary WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 Treasurer BEN W. DITTO, 1943 THE BOARD OF ‘TRUSTEES ERNEST Woopwarbd, II, 1940 David D. JOHNSON, 1921 FRANK C. Brooks, 1946 BEN W. DITTO, 1943 CLARK B. WINTER, 1937 PEYTON B. WINFREE, 1935 1942 BERNARD LEVIN, 1943 PAUL M. SHUFORD, You, Too, Can Be First in Line. . . O HAVE THE VERY BEST time, “Be first in line....’’ A great many Washington and Lee alumni and their wives and families have al- ready indicated their plans to be on the campus June 11, 12 and 18 for the Reunion of All Classes. Be- ginning with the Bi-Centennial in 1949, the University has maintain- ed a policy of conducting a reunion of all classes every five years. The af- fair in June, 1954, was such a tre- mendous success and so well attend- ed that everyone has been eagerly awaiting this coming June of 1959. Because of limited hotel space and the many varied functions of both Washington and Lee University and VMI during the month of May and the graduation exercises, the alumni office is obliged to schedule the Reunion of All Classes follow- ing the graduation exercises of both schools. All surrounding hotels and motels have been reserved for this occasion, and there is the possibility of using one of the University dormitories. Included in the program for the reunion will be special banquets and attractions for the twenty-fifth, fortieth and fiftieth anniversary classes. ‘These classes, which norm- ally hold their individual anniver- sary reunions the middle of May in previous years, have enthusias- tically joined forces with the gen- eral reunion to make this June, 1959, one of the largest affairs in the University’s history. In view of the announced retirement of Dr. Francis P. Gaines as president of Washington and Lee University, 2 many alumni are returning as a tribute to him. Dr. Gaines is pleased to have this opportunity to see again so many of the alumni and friends before his retirement. It is also evident from the cam- paign being carried forth by the University Development Program that great strides will be taken by Washington and Lee University in the immediate future, and the com- ments from those returning for the reunion indicate a tremendous in- terest in these plans. New construc- tion and buildings are now taking place at the University and many more are in the planning stage. The returning alumni will be interest- ed in seeing these new facets of the University. The program as outlined is not intended necessarily as a punch card time schedule. The activities are varied, and it is expected that all alumni of the various age groups will find interesting and entertaining events. Because of lim- ited eating facilities in Lexington, Thursday, June 11 will feature a “dutch” box lunch which is strict- ly voluntary. It will be the first chance for a great many alumni to get together in many years and this function was considered wise in order to ease the situation on the local restaurants. This will precede a panel discussion Thursday after- noon on the state of the University at which time the Deans of the various colleges, together with other administrative officials, will discuss the present situation and future plans as related to their in- dividual fields. The principal speaker at the re- union convocation on Friday, June 12, will be Mr. Stuart Saunders of Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. Saunders is president of the Norfolk and West- ern Railway Company and is chair- man of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. Mr. Saunders has long been a promin- ent figure in the railroad and busi- ness circles. As chairman of the Virginia Foundation for Indepen- dent Colleges, Mr. Saunders is also eminently qualified to discuss the problems and _ responsibilities of small independent colleges and universities such as Washington and Lee. His message to the return- ing alumni will be both challeng- ing and entertaining. The golf tournament Friday af- ternoon will be capped by a recep- tion given by the Alumni Associa- tion in honor of Dr. and Mrs. (Continued on page 15) THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 9:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m. Q:00 a.M.-12:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. gQ-00 p.M.-12:00 a.m. 10.00 a.M.-10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. SPRING 1959 1959 Reunion Program Thursday, June r1 Registration (Badges, room assignments, refunds, information) . Tent Class Exhibits—Refreshments, Campus ‘Tours, Fraternity ‘Tours, Art Exhibits, Golf, ‘Tennis. , , , , . Tent All Class “Dutch” Box Lunch... ei Gym State of University—Faculty Panel Discussion . . . ~~ Lee Chapel Smoker—Lexington Alumni, Hosts . . . . ~~ Student Union Anniversary Class Banquets—1909, 1919, 1934 Stimulating Talk on Timely Topic . . . . . Lee Chapel Evening on Campus—Music, refreshments . . . . . Tent Friday, June 12 General Alumni Meeting ee a eee Lee Chapel Reunion Convocation—speaker, Stuart Saunders . . Lee Chapel Alumni Luncheon—Alumni Association, Host — . ; Gym Golf ‘Tournament... . . ~~. +~=(Lexington Golf Course Meetthefaculty . ©. . . . . . . . Student Union Reception in honor of Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Gaines =. ~—‘T'ri- Brook Club Happy Hour for Anniversary Classes . Robert E. Lee Hotel Mezzanine Alumni Dance . . . . Gym Saturday, June 13 Dedication Ceremony . . . . . . . Evans Dining Hall Futurama Au Revoir Added Attractions ‘Trampoline Exhibition—teenagers ‘Teenage trip to Natural Bridge (75c and $1.20) Ladies ‘Tea Bus trip through Goshen Pass Law Reception LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA Chairman: FINLEY M. WADDELL, ’29 Number of committeemen: 107 Raised to date: $62,987 RICHMOND Chairman: E. J. McCarty, ’42 Number of committeemen: 99 Raised to date: $55,463 CHARLESTON, W. VA. Chairman: R. P. DEVAN, JR., °34 Number of committeemen: 43 Raised to date: $25,624 Campaign Reaches N MAY 1, WASHINGTON and Lee’s () capital funds campaign reach- ed its halfway mark—one million dollars. ‘Thus in only a little more than five months alumni, friends, and parents of University students have given half of the total funds CHARLOTTE Chairman: JOHN L. Crist, JR., "45 Number of committeemen: 19 Raised to date: $56,907 LYNCHBURG Chairman: J. E. McCAustLanp, ’43 Number of committeemen: 41 Raised to date: $35,841 required to begin construction of the urgently needed science and journalism facilities and other cap- ital improvements for the campus. This million dollar sum repre- sents gifts from approximately 1600 individuals, with campaigns com- pleted or nearing completion in twelve communities. One-fourth of the task has now been accom- plished. Within the next eight months, solicitation will be con- ducted in the remaining 32 areas of the country which have a con- centration of one hundred or more Washington and Lee friends, alum- ni and parents. Realizing that this half-way point could not have been reached with- out the active support of thousands of alumni, the Alumni Magazine wishes publicly to commend the alumni chairmen of the fund drive, as well as the chairmen for each area in which a campaign is under- way. On these pages are recorded the names of local chairmen, the LOUISVILLE, KY. Chairman: H. E. Rierze, JR., 25 Number of committeemen: 59 Raised to date: $24,670 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Half-way Mark number of committeemen in each locale, and the totals raised to date in each community. In some. of the cities, campaigns are still in progress. Therefore, the totals re- corded here represent only partial figures, accurate to the first of May. Of course, funds have also been received from many other sources, through the mail, and from individ- uals in areas where campaigns have not yet begun. Altogether the com- munity totals and these other gifts add up to the million dollar sum. General chairmen of the capital fund drive are Christopher T. Chenery, ‘09, and Joseph T. Lykes, ‘og. Not recorded on these pages are the amounts raised for Houston and New Orleans where campaigns are now in progress. ‘The chairman for the Houston area is MARVIN K. COLuig, °39, assisted by 29 com- mitteemen. In New Orleans HeEr- BERT G. JAHNCKE, ‘30, 18 general chairman with 20 committeemen. Sull in the initial organizational ATLANTA Chairman: JOSEPH E. BiRNIE, '27 Number of committeemen: 35 Raised to date: $44,789 SPRING 1959 stage are campaigns in Philadel- phia, Baltimore and the Washing- ton, D. C., area. Chairmen for these are FRrANcIS W. PLOWMAN, ’24, Philadelphia; FRANK C. Brooks, ‘46, Baltimore; and Frep M. VInN- SON, JR., 49, Washington, D. C. SAN ANTONIO Chairman: E. A. Basse, JR., 39 Number of committeemen: 16 Raised to date: $1,735 DALLAS-FORT WORTH Chairman: JAMES H. CLARK, ’31 Number of committeemen: 28 Raised to date: $40,375 JACKSONVILLE Chairman: Ropert M. AVENT, °32 Number of committeemen: 22 Raised to date: $60,245 ROANOKE Chairman: JACK COULTER, °49 Number of committeemen: 69 Raised to date: $42,410 NORFOLK Chairman: W. P. BALLARD, ’31 Number of committeemen: 62 Raised-to date: $18,217 The new dormitory for students has been named Baker Hall, for Newron D. BAKER, ‘94, who was Secretary of War during World War I. It is in the process of getting a covered walkway (foreground) to the new dining Hall. The architecture of this building and the dormitory for law students is similar to that of the freshman dorm, which is just across the street. The dining hall was named Evans Hall, in honor of a great benefactor, Letitia PATE Evans, who lefi considerable funds in trust for the use of Washington and Lee. University Commons Now Almost Completed LUMNI RETURNING to Washing- A ton and Lee June 11-13 for the General Reunion will be eager to tour the four new University buildings, now rapidly nearing completion. ‘The commons was begun in No- vember, 1957, and includes an im- posing University dining hall, two student dormitories, and a_ book- store-snackbar, thus fulfilling long- standing needs on campus. Graduates who won't be in Lex- ington to view the new buildings or the dedication of Evans dining hall can see pictures of the finished products in the next issue of this magazine. Evans dining hall, with its hand- some school seal high above the five vertical front windows, will accommodate 495 persons under normal seating arrangements, and 650 at banquets. It contains a main dining hall, three small dining rooms, kitchens, lounges, coat rooms, and offices for supervisory personnel. When it goes into active use next September, it will solve a large number of eating problems in Lexington—for students who have switched from restaurant to restau- rant uptown; for campus groups which have wanted to have private dinners and haven’t had the place or cash to stage what was desired. For fraternities, it will create prob- lems, because all freshmen will be required to eat at the University THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE dining hall, instead of paying board bills to fraternity houses. The two dormitories will pro- vide living quarters for about 40 men in each unit. One building will be occupied by Law School students; and the other by academ- ic upperclassmen. The bookstore-snackbar, attached to the Lee street side of the Stu- dent Union Building, is a_two- story structure designed to furnish space and facilities for functions formerly crammed into one small and inadequate building. All work on the new project is supposed to be completed by July 15, including landscaping of the grounds. Site of the project is the spacious grounds where once stood the resi- dence of the family of the late Dr. John Preston, Presbyterian min- ister here. A number of the large boxwood and shrubs which stood on the property were “heeled-in” behind Doremus gymnasium when the excavation work began, and they will be moved back to en- hance the grounds. Other trans- plants include a large and ancient “white fringe tree,” or “mountain ash’ which the Prestons once en- joyed, and two large specimens of American tree box which formerly guarded the Preston walkway. The whole project is located on Washington street, directly across from the President’s Home, and on Lee avenue. Lee avenue was wid- ened by eight feet this spring, and Washington will also gain four feet more of roadway. ‘This was done because of expected increase in trafic on the two narrow Lex- ington streets. The building project has been carried out by the English Con- struction company of Altavista, Virginia, at a cost of around $1,500,000. Plans of the work were prepared by Clark, Nexsen and Owen, Architects, of Lynchburg, Virginia. SPRING 1959 Top photo, JouN Witu1aAM Davis dormitory for law students, named for the distin- guished alumnus of ’92; center, view of the new multiwindowed snackbar attached to rear of Student Union, with patio outside; lower, Student Union, now bare of its columns. 7 Spring Dances had Nassau as a theme, and this faculty group enjoyed sitting under the palm-thatched roof. Left to right, Dr. and Mrs. ROWLAND NELSON; Dr. MARVIN B. PERRY; Miss KATHERINE Porter, author-in-residence; Dr. and Mrs. L. J. DesHa; and PRoF. and Mrs. E. C. Atwooo. The decorations, loveliest in years, were shipped from Florida. The thatched roof later ended up as a patio covering at the Kappa Alpha House. University News ae Dr. FRANCIS P. GAINES, who will retire as president of Washington and Lee in the fall, has been lauded by the Governor of Virginia for his long years of service to education. Governor J. Lindsay Almond praised Dr. Gaines as “‘one who has followed in the footsteps, and reflected the glory” of General Robert E. Lee. He said he wished to “express my own feeling of de- votion ... and that of the people of Virginia” to Dr. Gaines for his service. Washington and Lee, the chief executive continued, has left its 1m- print on the state of Virginia, America, and the world. ge UNIVERSITY STUDENTS and V.M.I. cadets alike will benefit from a joint program by the two colleges to provide further instruction in the Russian language. The program, to start in Septem- ber, calls for elementary Russian to be offered at one institution, and 8 intermediate Russian at the other, on a two-year rotating basis. During the first two years, the beginning course will be given by Washing- ton and Lee, and intermediate work by V.M.I. Both courses are open for full credit to students of either college. At the present time, five Wash- ington and Lee students are en- rolled in elementary Russian under Dr. William W. Pusey. At V.M.L., two cadets are studying Russian under Colonel Albert L. Lancaster. ‘The new program will eliminate duplication, and offer the oppor- tunity for more intensive training than previously available at either institution in a language whose importance is steadly increasing in scientific and political matters. mw PARTICIPATING IN a_ National Science Foundation study group this summer will be Dr. J. Keith Shillington, assistant professor of chemistry. He will join thirty-nine other college teachers in a six-week study of the latest developments in chemistry. ‘The course will be held at the University of North Carolina from June 8 to July 17. A National Science Foundation grant of $52,800 is supporting the event. During the same period, Dr. Le- land W. McCloud, associate profes- sor of economics, will study on-the- spot operations of the Virginia Electric and Power Company in Richmond. His special fellowship is made available by the power com- pany through the Foundation for Economic Education. During Aug- ust, he will attend a seminar on new developments in business ad- ministration, at the University of Michigan, sponsored by the Ford Foundation. FRANK J. GILLIAM, dean of stu- dents, was named lay representa- tive of the Augusta convocation to the Executive board of Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia in April. Dr. Marshall W. Fishwick, pro- fessor of American studies, was chosen historiographer. ge I’WO MORE ADDITIONS to the facul- ty and staff for next year have been announced. Charles B. Brockman of Blount- ville, ‘Tennessee, who has two de- grees from the University of North Carolina, will be French. J. Thomas Russell of Washing- ton, D. C., will serve as public sery- ices librarian for McCormick Li- brary. He replaces James C. Hear- on, who is returning to graduate school. Mr. Russell will receive his master’s degree in library science this summer at the University of Michigan. instructor in # Dr. Wittiam M. Hinton, head of the department of psychology and education, will attend a three- week seminar session for college teachers of psychology at the Uni- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE versity of Michigan this summer. Only 15 college professors have been selected to participate in the Ann Arbor session, which is spon- sored by the Science Foundation. ‘The seminars open June 22 through July 10. National and continue e Dr. MARSHALL W. FISHWICK, pro- fessor of American studies, left March 21 by jet plane for five months in Europe on a Fulbright Fellowship. Accompanied by his wife and four children, Dr. Fish- wick will teach at the University of Copenhagen and at the Inter- national Peoples’ College in Elsi- nore, Denmark. He will also give lectures at Oxford’s University Col- lege, and at universities in Berlin, Mainz, and Hamburg, Germany. His lectures will deal with con- temporary American thought and society. a A NEW Civit War book, “Stone- wall’s Man: Sandie Pendleton,” was published April 25 by the Uni- versity of North Carolina Press. The author is Dr. William G. Bean, head of the history department at Washington and Lee. The 252-page volume is a biog- Dr. BEAN, history department head for twenty-nine years, authored a new book. SPRING 1959 raphy of Alexander (Sandie) Swift Pendleton, who at the age of twenty-two became chief of staff of Stonewall Jackson’s famed Sec- ond Corps of the Army of Nothern Virginia. Young Pendleton died of battle wounds in 1864, and Dr. Bean’s book is based on diaries, per- sonal letters, and manuscript col- lections, revealing in detail the last years of the youthful soldier’s life. The book sells for five dollars. Dr. Bean is Douglas Freeman professor of history. He is also a member of the Civil War Centen- nial Commission. EDITING THE CALYX Is getting to be something of a family tradition for the Ladd boys from Mobile, Alabama. Edward B. Ladd, a soph- omore this year, was named by the Publications Board in March as editor of the yearbook for 1960. His older brother, Russell, ’57, was editor of the Calyx in 1956. e C. Royce Houcu, III, of Wash- ington, D.C. has been named vale- dictorian of the class of 1959 by the Washington and Lee faculty. Faculty affirmation of his choice as valedictorian was based on a four-year academic record of 2.857 of a possible 3.0 grade point ratio. This means Hough has done “A” work in 96 semester hours, and “B” work in only 16. He has received no grade lower than B in the seven semesters he has completed. Hough, who is 21, is president of the student body. In four years at Washington and Lee, he has achiev- ed virtually every significant honor an undergraduate can receive. An honor graduate of Washing- ton’s Western High School, Hough won the Washington and Lee inter- fraternity council’s award as the outstanding member of his class as a freshman. The next year he was Student body president RoycE HouGH will deliver the valedictory this year. honored by Phi Beta Kappa as the school’s top sophomore in academ- ic standing, and as a junior he was elected to membership in the na- tional honorary scholastic fratern- ity. In elections held last spring, he was chosen overwhelmingly to serve as president of the student body. He is a member of the Washington and Lee chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, commerce fraternity, and is an officer in the university's ROTC unit. He will be commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army re- serve upon graduation. He is a varsity letterman in lacrosse, and he served as president of the school’s Opening Dances. ANOTHER NATIONAL honor has come to a Washington and Lee student. Charles W. Springer, a junior from Des Moines, Iowa, has been named winner of the nation- wide essay contest on international relations. His entry, “Collective Security in Southeast Asia,” based on a study of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), — was judged best in the contest spon- sored by the National Association of International Relations Clubs. 9 He was presented a $100 savings bond, and an expense-paid trip to the association’s national conven- tion in April in Asilomar, Cali- fornia. » THe UNIversiry Party swept the campus elections on April 23, and placed all seven of its candidates in office. President of the student body for next year is J. Frank Surface, Jr., a junior from Jacksonville, Florida, co-captain of the basket- ball team. William H. Abeloff,’ 57, a law. school Richmond, Virginia, was chosen vice-president; and Peter J. Lee, Pensacola, Florida junior, was elect- ed secretary. The four dance sets will be head- ed by the following: Openings, sophomore Henry Harrell, Sabot, Virginia; Fancy Dress, junior David K. Weaver, Pelham, New York; Springs, sophomore William B. Mc- Williams, Selma, Alabama; Finals, George H. Fralin, Jr., Huntington, West Virginia, law student. intermediate from e THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION held its annual senior banquet May 6 at the Natural Bridge hotel. Guests were members of the grad- uating classes of academic and law schools of June, 1959, and Febru- ary, 1960. The senior banquet is held an- nually to organize graduates into an alumni group, and to explain the work of the alumni association. = A 19-YEAR-OLD student from Beav- er Dam, Virginia, has been named the school’s “outstanding fresh- man” by the Interfraternity Coun- cil. He is Rosewell Page, III, a gradu- ate of St. Christopher’s school in Richmond. His selection was based on all-round excellence. He holds a Robert E. Lee Scholarship, and was elected to Phi Eta Sigma, na- tional freshman scholastic honor group. He has been co-captain of 10 the freshman football team, and al- so participated in wrestling and la- crosse. Runners-up were Steve Walker Rutledge of Wichita, Kansas, and Allyn D. Kantor of Memphis, ‘Ten- nessee. » A WASHINGTON AND LEE senior, junior, and 1958 graduate have been awarded coveted fellowships by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Honored were senior Werner J. Deiman, Hempstead, New York; junior Thomas W. Wieting, Owens- boro, Kentucky; and Lewis G. John, °58, Cortland, New York. They are among 1,200 outstand- ing American and Canadian stu- dents selected as Woodrow Wilson Fellows. The program’s purpose is to encourage promising young scholars to enter the teaching field. Deiman plans to study English literature at Yale University next year. Wieting, one of only a select few college juniors receiving an award, will do graduate work in mathematics at a university he will will determine later. John was awarded a Wilson fel- lowship last year, but declined in order to accept a Fulbright fellow- ship for study at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He applied again this year successfully. » ELEVEN SENIORS in the banking problems class conducted by Pro- fessor Edward C. Atwood, Jr. traveled to Richmond April 14 to tour the First and Merchants National Bank there. They met with bank officials to discuss in- vestment and loan policies of the bank, and were later entertained at lunch by officials. gw SIX OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL stu- dents have been awarded the cov- eted Robert E. Lee Scholarships, President Gaines has announced. They will enter the University in September, and will hold the schol- arships for four years. Annual as- sistance ranges from $800 to $1,600. The Lee Scholars are: David C. Montgomery, 17, of Richmond, Virginia; John F. Refo, 17, of Norfolk; James L. Surface, 19, of Roanoke, Virginia; Robert B. Cordle, 18, Charlotte, North Caro- lina; Sandord H. Morrow, III, 17, of Memphis, ‘Tennessee; and Robert E. Payne, 18, Louisville, Kentucky. Each year since 1955, Washing- ton and Lee’s scholarship commit- tee has selected five or six of its highest qualified scholarship appli- cants to be Lee Scholars. JOHN MELBOURNE HOWARD, con- servative member of the British Parliament was one of the interest- ing speakers who appeared at Washington and Lee during the spring. Mr. Howard, who repre- sents the city and port of Southamp- ton in the House of Commons, spoke on “A Briton Views the East- West Conflict.” Harvard professor Dr. Crane Brinton’s subject was “The Belief in Human Perfectibility,’ when he spoke on April 13 at the Phi Beta Kappa Washington-Cincinnati So- ciety Convention. Dr. Brinton is the author of fourteen books, and a former Rhodes Scholar. In another field, Dr. Thomas S. Lovering delivered two_ lectures April 30 and May 1 on “Geochem- ical Prospecting” and “Current Leadership of our Mineral-Depend- ent Economy.” He is chief of the geochemical exploration section of the U.S. Geological Survey at Den- ver, Colorado, and a former pro- fessor of geology at the Universities of Michigan, Arizona, and Minne- sota. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Dr. Arthur Kyle Davis, professor of English at the University of Vir- ginia, an authority on folk songs, talked on “English and American Ballads” in April. Author-scholar Andrew Nelson Lytle was guest speaker at the Seminar in Literature on April 20. He chose as his subject, “The Working Novelist and Myth-mak- ing Process.” On May 4, the last Seminar featured Glenway Wescott, novelist and poet, whose subject was “The Best of All Possible Worlds.” and Lee Firty WASHINGTON ROTC students will receive re- serve commissions at g a.m. on graduation day, June 6. An additional eleven students will be awarded commissions dur- ing the summer, after they com- plete the necessary six weeks of ROTC camp. For Colonel Charles E. Coates, Jr., professor of military science and tactics, the commissioning ceremony on June 6 will be his fourth at Washington and Lee, and his last official duty for the corps. He is being transferred to Germany in July. Only one officer of the present staff will remain, with re- placements for others scheduled to come in during the summer. a THE Cuier Justice of the Vir- ginia Supreme Court of Appeals, John William Eggleston, ’10, was selected in April as this year’s honorary initiate of the Order of the Coif. Four senior students, in the top ten per cent of their class were al- so chosen. They are Samuel James Thompson, Rustburg, Virginia; SPRING 1959 Owen Neff, Lewisburg, Pennsylva- nia; Leonard Charles Greenbaum, Richmond, Virginia; and Joseph C. Knakal, Jr., Culpeper, Virginia. e ALTHOUGH WASHINGTON = and Lee’s Moot Court team did not win or place this year in the na- tional finals in New York City in December, the University could claim a little reflected glory from the team which did triumph. One of the members of the win- ning University of Texas team was Alfred H. Ebert, Jr., who graduated magna cum laude from Washing- ton and Lee in 1950, with a B.S. degree in Commerce. Alfred was graduated with hon- ors in February from the Texas Law School, and on April 1, be- came associated with the law firm of Andrews, Kurth, Campbell, and Bradley in Houston, Texas. While at the University of ‘Texas, he was on the Honor Roll, and and president of Phi Delta frater- nity. # F. WILLIAM LING, ’53, interme- diate from Roanoke, Virginia, was elected president of the Student Bar Association in April. An out- standing student, Ling is a mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa and holds a Menckemeller Scholarship. He served in the armed forces from 1953-56, and last year, won a Ful- bright grant to study in Germany. There he lectured German stu- dents on American government. He plans to return to Europe this sum- mer and travel in the Soviet Union under a grant from the Institute of International Education. He has held departmental schol- arships in Religion and Greek, and has served as student assistant in the English and German depart- ments. He is currently acting as a tutor for the English department. He has been a member of the Burks Competition Committee, a contributor to the Law Review, and was winner of the Freshman Oral Competition. Other officers of the Student Bar are: vice-president, Bayles Mack, Fort Mill, South Carolina; secre- tary, Joseph L. Lyle, Jr., Virginia Beach, Virginia; and treasurer, Jer- ry A. Susskind, Jackson, Michigan. a THe Mock TRIAL this year took on a definite flavor of realism, when two students, posing as ex-convicts, “robbed” the Co-op store on the night of February 12. In the ex- citement, a gun held by one of the convicts went off and “fatally” wounded a student. The two men got away, but were subsequently apprehended. Later, in a three-hour trial in the Court of Tucker Hall, the de- fense attorneys succeeded in gain- ing an acquittal for the killers. The turning point came when two wit- nesses for the defense testified they saw the accused men having a beer at Snookie’s Lunch approximately five minutes after the alleged shoot- ing took place. Defense attorneys pointed out the ridiculous nature of the assumption that the two men would commit murder, and then dash three city blocks to quaff a brew. Coupled with conflicting tes- timony of other witnesses, the Commonwealth’s case was broken. Professor Charles V. Laughlin presided as judge. es FRESHMAN LAW STUDENT William C. Miller, from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, has been awarded a Ful- bright fellowship for graduate work in Europe next year. He will study journalism at Ludwig Maxi- milian University in Munich, Germany. Another Washington and Lee student, senior John A. Paul of Harrisonburg, Virginia, received a Fulbright “travel grant’’ for use in France next year for physics study, but Paul is declining the award be- cause of a conflict in plans. 11 12 ‘Tucker HE ELEVENTH ANNUAL ‘Tucker Law Lectures brought back to the campus a number of former law students on May 1 and 2. Speaker this year was Whitney North Sey- mour, president-elect of the Ameri- can Bar Association, and a partner in the New York firm of Simpson, Thatcher, and Bartlett since 1929. His subject was, “Horizons for the Young Lawyer,” and he told his student audience that they face new challenges to make greater contri- butions to American Life. Among new areas where the legal profes- sion can serve, he lsted parental counseling to forestall juvenile de- linquency, study of and interest in American history, and promotion of the dignity and prestige of the American judicial system. At the end of the first lecture, the Staples Chapter of Phi alpha Delta legal fraternity presented a portrait of Dean Clayton E. Williams, ‘12, to the University. The portrait, painted by Dr. Marion Junkin, head of the Washington and Lee department of fine arts, will hang Top picture, some of the principals at the Tucker Lectures gather to talk over the series. Left to right, HENRY W. MCKENZIE, 32, president of the Law School Associa- tion; WHITNEY NorTH SEYMOUR, president- elect of the American Bar Association, who delivered the lectures; Dean CLAYTON E. WILLIAMS; Lewis F. POWELL, JR., °31; and MartTIN P. Burks, III, ’32, first president of the Law School Association. Center pic- ture, three young lawyers who attended the lectures, WILLIAM R. COGAR, °55; JACK B. CouLter, ’49; and J. GLENWOOD STRICK- LER, “52. Lower picture, recent graduates assume familiar poses outside of Tucker Hall to talk over the lectures, left to right, DoucLAs K. FrirH, 57; DEAN WIL- LIAMS; ROBERT E. STROUD, 59; ROBERT Mc- CULLOUGH, °59; and FRANK SHEPHERD, 757. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Law Lectures Draw Alumni with those of other deans in ‘Tucker Hall. Dean Williams is completing his fortieth year of teaching this year. He joined the faculty in 1919, and became dean in 1946, succeeding the late William H. Moreland. The gift of the portrait was a “response to kindness and inspira- tion” provided for hundreds of stu- dents by Dean Williams, law stu- dent Joseph C. Knakal, Jr., de- clared. Undergraduates, alumni, and faculty members of Phi Alpha Delta contributed to make possible the painting of the portrait. A standing ovation was given Dean Williams at the close of the pre- sentation. Mr. Seymour is a former presi- dent of the New York Bar. Top photo, four alumni of law school admire the portrait of DEAN WILLIAMS, left to right, RORERT E. GLENN, °53; JACK KISER, ’52; RyLAND Dopson, °47; and NELSON LicutT, ’52. Lower photo, left, professor WILFRED J. Rivz, °38, on the end, talks to M. P. Burks, III, 39; H. W. MCKENZIE, ’32; and HENRY B. VANCE, ’51. Lower right photo, Roperr E. R. HUNTLEY, ‘57, law professor, tells J. HAMPTON Price, 24; of Leakesville, North Carolina, that he’s a North Carolinian, too. Law School Association held a meeting after the last lecture. SPRING 1959 13 Washington and Lee Sets Up Publications Fund T HAPPENS FAIRLY often. John Q. Professor, on dozens of college faculties throughout the nation, has written a very scholarly treatise which he thinks should be pub- lished in book form. He tries several publishers and gets substantially the same answer from all: rising costs in the publish- ing industry have forced presses to insist that either the author or his college partially subsidize the vol- ume’s publication. This situation generally has tended to discourage erudite writ- ing among professors. Washington and Lee, realizing this situation, has moved to provide a special publications fund to help its professors who wish to publish books. And Dean Leon F. Sensa- baugh says the plan is expected to give new impetus to_ scholarly writing by faculty members. According to Dean Sensabaugh, the publishing situation in scholar- ly books is almost the reverse of that in textbook publishing. Almost any textbook written by a_ pro- fessor will find a willing commer- cial publisher. But the learned vol- ume, treating special subjects and limited in its appeal, is now gen- erally accepted only by the var- ious university-sponsored _ presses throughout the country. And before a professor’s book is accepted, he must be willing to help pay for publication, either out of Professor Jenks, hard at work on his new book. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE his own pocket or with funds pro- vided by his college. While publication costs vary in special instances, a book of about 275 pages requires approximately $5,000 to put 1,200 copies into print. Washington and Lee’s publica- tion fund will make use of money available in the university’s John M. Glenn Fund, a source of assist- ance to professors conducting study and research. A portion of the Glenn money available each year will be set aside for the publication fund, for three years, after which it is hoped the University can ap- propriate independent funds for publication. In addition, a surplus fund of Glenn money has been transferred to the fund. President Francis P. Gaines has appointed an editorial board of six faculty members and Dean Sensa- baugh to review manuscripts pre- sented by faculty applicants. This board will make recommendations to the president’s faculty advisory committee, which is to administer the publication money. On _ the board are Dr. James G. Leyburn, sociology; Dr. A. Ross Borden, Jr., English; Dr. Lomas Barrett, Ro- mance languages; W. J. Ritz, °38, law; Dr. Lewis K. Johnson, com- merce and Dr. Esmarch S. Gilreath, chemistry. IRST TO DRAW benefits from the Pes fund is Dr. William A. Jenks, ’39, professor of history. His 278-page book, “Hitler’s Vienna: 1907-1913," has been accepted by the Columbia University Press for publication early next year, with the major portion of the cost of publication coming from its res- sources, and Washington and Lee contributing the rest. Dr. Jenks’ new book is the second handled for him by the New York firm. When his thesis for his Ph.D. was published in 1950, Columbia University Press did the job. He began work on his new book SPRING 1959 the following: NOTICE TO ALUMNI The nominating committee, appointed by the President of the Washington and Lee University Alumni, Inc., nominates for elec- tion to the Alumni Board of Trustees, at the meeting of the Cor- poration to be held at 10 a.m. on June 12, 1959 in Lee Chapel JAmeEs BLaAnp MArTIN ’31 (Law), Gloucester, Virginia James M. Cook ’46, Atlanta, Georgia A. Linwoop HO ton, JR. ’44, Chairman A. Mitton Morris ’38 EMMETT W. POINDEXTER ’20 in 1952, with Washington and Lee providing limited financial assist- an for his research through Carne- gie Foundation funds then avail- able. In 1954-55 he spent the entire year in Vienna on a Fulbright Fel- lowship, working primarily at the University of Vienna Library. Generally, his book discusses po- litical, social and intellectual cur- rents prevalent in the Austrian cap- ital when Adolph Hitler was liv- ing there during his early twenties. In Hitler’s autobiographical “Mein Kampf,” he says this was his “‘for- mative period,” and that all his major ideas developed during this time. For this reason, Dr. Jenks thinks the influences which Hitler came under are of great importance and significance to an understanding of the man who brought about World War II. Libraries and scholars will be the principal purchasers of this book, Dr. Jenks points out, and he is hopeful that the book will sell well. Even so, he will not likely reap per- sonal gains, for should there be profits, they will be returned to the publications fund until the Uni- versity’s share in the subsidy has been repaid. Dr. Jenks has been a member of the history department since 1946. He has been a full professor since 1956. Be First in Line... (Continued from page 2) Gaines at the Tri-Brook Country Club. Many of the returning alum- ni who matriculated during Dr. Gaines’ term of office, and many more who have known and respect- ed him for his outstanding leader- ship will want to take this oppor- tunity to extend him good wishes. Howell Brush’s orchestra will play at the alumni dance on Friday night. Throughout all of the affairs during the reunion there have been arranged certain side trips and at- tractions which will be entertaining for the younger people who have accompanied their parents to the reunion. There will be guided tours to Natural Bridge and bus trips through Goshen Pass, which is lovely at this time of year. We're looking for you here—so yall come! BE FIRST IN LINE! 0000000000000 00000000C8CCO IN TRUST On the stone wall adjoining the entrance to Pomona College cam- pus are these words: They only are loyal to this college Who departing Bear their added riches In trust for mankind. 15 # WASHINGTON AND LEE’s well-bal- anced golf team captured the state intercollegiate championship, and javelin thrower Karl Rohnke led a resurgence in track and _ field interest to highlight a better-than- average spring sports season. Coach Cy Twombly’s ever-strong golfers swept through nine dual matches without defeat, before dropping two contests of the year to Richmond and Virginia. But in the State Intercollegiate Tourna- ment at Hot Springs, the Generals rebounded to take the team trophy by a nine stroke margin over de- fending champion Virginia. Captain Ned Baber of Lynch- burg was consistently medalist for the Generals, but it was the near- equal balance of Coach ‘Twombly’s next seven men _ that provided Washington and Lee with one of its best golf teams in history. On Wilson Field, a new, re-vital- ized track and field squad turned in a dual meet record of six wins and two losses. Rohnke, one of the greatest athletes ever to attend Washington and Lee, established a new school javelin mark of 200 feet, 10 1/2 inches, taking second place in the Penn Relays with the record-shattering throw. Earlier in the season, he had bested his old record of 189 feet with a Wilson Field effort of 198-11. Just a junior, Rohnke will captain the track team next year for the third consecutive season. Returning are a host of young athletes who contributed to Coach Norm Lord’s fine season this year as freshmen and sophomores. The tennis team, under the coaching of alumni secretary Bill Washburn, started slowly but gath- ered momentum in the late season to compile a 9-3 record, with one match left—with Virginia—at press time. Mauricio Glauser and Bill McWilliams were steady winners. Coach Bob McHenry’s rebuilt 16 lacrosse team—sorely missing All- American goalie Jim Lewis and several other departed stars—has surprised with a creditable 4-5, sea- son and a chance to break even for the year if they can down Vir- ginia in their 1959 finale. Play by juniors Skip Horst and Jay Stull has marked them for possible 1960 All-American honors. In other lacrosse news, a com- bined team of Washington and Lee and University of Virginia players has been invited to partici- pate in the 1959 Australian La- crosse Carnival in Melbourne. Each school will contribute ten men to the combined squad. Once in Aus- tralia, the team will be the guests of the Australian Lacrosse Council. Fund-raising activities are under- way now to help transport the team “Down Under” this summer. Mosby G. Perrow, ’30 Heads Commission TATE SENATOR PERROW was chair- S man of a _ pivotal legislative commission at a crucial point, so far as race relations are concerned, in the history of Virginia. The United States Supreme Court’s de- cision in Brown v. Board of Educa- tion ended the era of separate, and theoretically equal, educational fa- cilities for the white and negro races. Virginia’s response to the Supreme Court decision was mas- sive resistance. The massive resist- ance program, embodied in several acts of the regular and special ses- sions of the Virginia legislature, fell by the wayside as the result of two decisions handed down on the same day. One was the ruling by the Vir- ginia Supreme Court of Appeals that the massive resistance laws were invalid on state constitutional grounds. A United States District court held that those statutes did not comply with the United States Supreme Court decisions. Virginia met the void created by these de- cisions by an immediate and tem- porary repealing of all compulsory education laws. A legislative com- mission, headed by Senator Perrow, was appointed to study the prob- lem and to recommend a perman- ent solution. The Perrow Commission tackled an extremely difficult problem. It had to guide a course between the Scylla of offending the century-old sensibilities of a large portion of Virginia’s white population and the Charybdis of possible adverse judicial After study and discussion, Senator Per- row guided his commission to a ser- ies of moderate proposals. Compul- sory education was to be restored; assignment of students to schools was to be undertaken by local au- thorities; and scholarships to pri- vate non-sectarian schools, not to exceed $250 per year, were to be provided for those children whose parents, for any reason, did not want them to attend public schools. action. extensive Senator Perrow’s report was ac- ceptable to Governor J. L. Almond and to a large portion of the non- extreme members of the body poli- tic. However, the proposals made by the Commission would have no force and effect until adopted into law by the General Assembly. The accomplishment of that mission proved to be a Herculean task call- ing for political diplomacy by Sen- ator Perrow. However, several bills which embodied the proposals of the Perrow Commission were en- acted into law with some modifi- cation. Those bills passed the House of Delegates, and the com- bined force of the Governor and Senator Perrow was able to bring about their passage in the State Senate by a margin of one vote. Senator Perrow’s mission has been accomplished; the laws are on the books. Now remains the obligation upon the citizenry to make them work. —CHARLES V. LAUGHLIN Professor of law THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Sheriff F. P. Gaines Gets New Duties FTER THIRTY-TWO YEARS as a cCol- lege president, Dr. Francis P. Gaines has taken on duties of an entirely different nature. He is now honorary sheriff of Duval county, Florida. ‘They haven't found it necessary to call on me yet, but I’m ready,” President Gaines declared. He recently traveled to Jackson- ville, Florida, for speaking engage- ments at the Timuquana Club, the Newcomen Society, and at the George Washington Hotel. While there, Duval county’s sheriff Dale Carson appointed him honorary sheriff. Although he is planning to ex- ecute his duties as sheriff consci- entiously, Dr. Gaines said he would not wear a badge or uniform. With a broad grin, he asserted, “I think I’m a plainclothesman.” He says he is not planning to neglect any duties attendant with his job. “I’m keeping my eye on the boys in the college from Jack- sonville,” he added. He doesn’t plan to carry a wea- pon. In the time of need, he said, he would have to rely upon his letter opener—a replica of a Ve- netian dagger, supposedly execut- ed originally by Cellini. Besides his law enforcement job, Sheriff Gaines is also an honorary State Senator of _Lowvisiana: Sim alumni are members of the Senate, and named him to the legislative post in 1958. Dr. Gaines, who will retire next fall as president, after 29 years on the job, is planning to build a small home in Lexington at the corner of Washington and Estil streets across the street from the faculty apartments. Dr. and Mrs. Gaines also plan to spend some of their time at their country home, ‘“Penrobin.”’ SPRING 1959 02 OsMAN ELLIs SWARTZ reports that he is now fully retired and is enjoying life. 05 Marking their Golden Wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. H. B. CONNER were entertained March 29, 1959, with an “open house” at their home, 3778 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hosts and hostesses for the event were their four children, Miss Louise Conner, Mrs. H. W. Byrd, Mrs. Jerome E. Byers, and H. B. Conner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Conner have the distinction of being the only couple in Louisiana in which the hus- band has served as grand Master of the WILLIAM ‘THURMOND RIVIERE, 711 Masonic Lodge, grand patron of OES, and his wife served as grand matron of the state Order of Eastern Star. 7 ] WILLIAM ‘THURMOND RIVIERE has had a varied and notable career since his graduation. When World War I started, he left Columbia Theological Seminary to serve in France for two years as a second lieutenant in a machine gun bat- talion of the 81st Division. Later, he re- ceived his bachelor of divinity degree from Columbia Presbyterian Seminary, and during 1919-20, he was professor of Bible at the University of South Carolina. In 1928, he married Mrs. Louise R. Jennings, who then had a four-year-old son, Lee. Between World Wars, he was pastor of First Presbyterian churches at Cleburne, Texas, and Victoria, Texas. In recogni- tion of his good work, an honorary D.D. degree was conferred upon him in 1928 by his alma mater. When America en- tered World War II, he resigned from his pastorate, and entered service as a Ma- jor. Later, as a Lt. Colonel, he had charge of 4,000 German war prisoners at Camp Chaffee, Fort Smith, Arkansas. In Feb- ruary, 1946, he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis, and is still incapacitated in his left arm and leg. He is confined to a wheel chair in the daytime, but enjoys his friends, his home, grandchildren, and the library. His foster son is director of Christian Education at University Presby- terian church, Austin, Texas. The Re- vieres live at 336 Devonshire Drive, San Antonio, Texas, and friends may write or visit him there. S. R. Gammon, head of the department of history at Texas A. and M. College from 1925 until 1954, retired from teach- ing in 1957, and now spends his winters in ‘Texas and his summers in Southwest Virginia. In 1955 and 1957, he toured Eu- rope during the summer. His entire life has been devoted to teaching—first at Aus- tin College, Sherman, Texas, 1913-15 and 17 1917-19; then at Texas A. and M. from 1925 until 1957. He served as a lieutenant in World War I for two years. Dr. Gam- mon’s home address is 405 Crescent Drive, Bryan, ‘Texas. 12 WILLIAM L. (“PIN”) WEBSTER will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on June 14 by Union College in Schenectady, New York. “Pin” has served as chairman of Union College’s Board of Visitors on Athletics. He is a_ director of the Schenectady Trust Company, and a trustee of Albany Medical College, St. Clare’s Hospital, and Sunnyview Hospital. He founded and is still active in a num- ber of Schenectady firms: Webster Motor Sales, Van Curler Motors, Bigsbee Motor Company of Saratoga Springs, Patroon Leasing Corporation, Mohawk Leasing Company, and Lowell Operating Com- pany. Pin is a veteran of both World Wars. He served two years overseas in World War ], and was discharged as a captain in the Motor ‘Transport Corps. He re-entered service in World War II, as a Major in the Army Air Corps, and became ‘Top Secret Control Officer on the staff of General H. H. Arnold, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. 13 The University of Virginia has established a fund in memory of FRED W. McWankE, who helped establish the gradu- ate school of business administration there in 1955. President Colgate Darden, Jr. ini- tiated the fund with a $5,000 gift. Univer- sity authorities hope the fund can be built up to a six-figure amount, and that income from it can be used for the school. Mr. McWane, a Lynchburg, Virginia, in- dustrialist, helped build a million-dollar endowment fund for the graduate schooi, and a student loan fund of more than $100,000. Mr. McWane died of a_ heart attack on March 8, 1959, while speaking to Halifax county Jaycees in South Bos- ton, Virginia. The new president of Churchill Downs, WATHEN R. KNEBELKAMP, 21, has been a popular leader in sports and civic life in Louisville, Kentucky, for most of his life. With his father, the late William F. Knebelkamp, he owned and helped operate the Louisville Colo- nels baseball club back in the ’20’s. Through an uncle, he became inter- 18 ested in thoroughbred racing. He was appointed to the State Racing Commission of Kentucky by Gover- nor Earle C. Clements, and became chairman of the group. He also served twice as president of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders Association, and as first secretary- treasurer of the National Associa- tion of Breeders Clubs. In 1955, he was made president of the national Association of State Racing Commissioners without a dissenting vote. He has been president of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of its Kentucky Derby Press Entertainment Com- mittee. For many years he has serv- ed as a leading member of the Municipal Athletic Commission, a Louisville group appointed by the mayor to govern all municipal ath- letics. With a Washington and Lee man at the head of the Kentucky Der- bies, we can all look forward to bigger and better Derby days in the future! SAMUEL A. MCCAIN, ’27, is now a vice- president of Corn Products Company, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of corn-derived products. See Class note. 15 C. C. CHAMBERS is still judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of West Virginia. He has held his judicial post for the past twenty-three years. Leon W. “SHorty” HArrRis was named as city magistrate for Anderson, South FRANK M. SMITH, ’31, is president of Capital Cities Televison Corporation, and directs the operations of a group of sta- tions broadcasting and televising in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and North Carolina. His firm recently pur- chased radio and TV property in Provi- dence, Rhode Island, for a_ reported $6,500,000. Mr. Smith and Lowell Thomas were founders of Cinerama Productions. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Carolina, effective February 1, 1959. A leading attorney of the city, he had previously served the public for twelve years as Tenth Circuit solicitor. Birt CASH, who carved a second career for himself when he began teaching sci- ence in 1947, has had to resign as head of the science department at Eagle Rock, Virginia, High School, due to ill health. Bill had formerly been in industry, as chief chemist for a large research com- pany, but retired for health reasons and began teaching. During his administration, the science department at the small school received considerable recognition and the school’s science club made history by be- ing awarded the Miller Award for two successive years. This is an award given by the Virginia Academy of Science to the best club in the state with the most out- standing record of accomplishment for the year. Members of the club won all top awards of the Western Virginia Science Fair, and several won honorable mention in the National Science Talent Search. Bill Cash organized Botetourt County’s first Science Fair in 1954, one of South- western Virginia’s outstanding fairs. He helped organize science clubs in all his county’s schools and others in nearby counties. But more important, he had the rare gift of arousing a thirst for know- ledge in the boys and girls of his native mountains, and inspiring in them the de- sire for further education after high school. In 1958, Bill Cash received one of the highest national honors, the Science Teacher’s Award, a check for $250, a me- dallion and placque from the National Teachers Association and the U.S. Na- tional Cancer Institute. / 7 Dr. Tom R. HAMIILTON is pro- fessor of business administration at Texas A. and M. College, and lives at 602 East 33rd Street, Bryan, Texas. He has been at the college since 1929. Prior to that, he served in World War I, was vice-counsel at Rouen, France, for a time, worked for the United States State Department and for the United States Department of Agri- culture. Tom is still a bachelor, and re- ports his hobbies are gardening, photog- raphy, and traveling. He will indulge two of those hobbies this summer, when he plans to fly by jet plane to visit England and France accompanied by camera. 25 Dr. M. Curtis LANGHORNE, chair- man of the psychology department of Emory University for 19 years, is joining the faculty of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut in September. Dr. Lang- horne was a member of the Emory facul- ty for 33 years. He is a founding member of the Georgia Psychological Association and the Southeastern Psychological Asso- ciation, and holds membership in Phi Beta Kappa and in the American Assoc- iation for the Advancement of Science He SPRING 1959 Halfway around the world, at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, two law school friends of the class of 1932 met again. On the left is Ross L. MALONE, American Bar Association presi- dent, and on the right is CAPTAIN ED Burke, Legal Officer, Fleet Commander’s Staff. N THE FALL of 1929, two Western I young men entered law school at Washington and Lee as first year students. One was Ross L. Ma- lone of Roswell, New Mexico, and the other was Edmund Burke Jr. of Bozeman, Montana. During the first week of April, 1959, Captain Ed Burke, U.S. Navy, now Legal Officer on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, was at Inter- national Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, to meet the Hon. Ross L. Malone, president of the Amer- ican Bar Association, as Ross re- turned from Melbourne, Australia, where he had participated in cer- emonies marking the centennial of the Law School of Victoria. Much reminiscing took place. During their short stay in Hon- olulu, Ross and Mrs. Malone tour- ed Pearl Harbor, and visited the USS Arizona, as guest of the fleet commander. Although Ross served in the Navy during World War II and his carrier had been through Pearl Harbor, this was his first post-war visit. was four times a visiting summer professor to University of Wyoming and to Wash- ington State College. He and Mrs. Lang- horne have two children, Maurice, Jr., 15, and Kay, 13. He received two degrees from Washington and Lee, his bachelor’s in 1925, and master’s in 1926. In 1932 he was awarded his doctorate from Ohio State University. 26 ROBERT O. BENTLEY, JR. is a part- ner in the law firm of Plympton and Bent- 19 ley, and Hackensack Magistrate in seven municipalities in Bergen County, New Jersey. His daughter, Lesley, is now a medical technician student in her sec- ond year at Colby Junior College, New Hampshire. 2 GIBSON WITHERSPOON made an ad- dress on May 6 at the University of Geor- gia Law School on “Why Write.” He is a member of the House of Delegates for the American Bar Association, and is al- so president of SCRIBES. He lives in Meridian, Mississippi. LeigH D. BuLtuck has been elected president of Hanes Hosiery, Incorporated, a sales subsidiary of the Hanes Hosiery Mills Company. He has been executive vice-president of Hanes for the past four years. L. Story StEMMONS has won the Easter- wood Cup from the Dallas Real Estate Board in Dallas, ‘Texas, which designated him as outstanding realtor of the year, as well as recognizing his community serv- ice. Mr. Stemmons is chairman of the board and general manager of Indus- trial Properties Corporation, which has developed 1,200 acres on the city’s west- ern fringes, in an area once dominated by floods, grazing lands, and timber. Now about 1,000 companies are settled on the industrial sites. He still practices a little law, in connection with the district’s pro- cedural matters. He and his wife live at 4246 Lupton Drive in Dallas, but do a good bit of traveling, in places like Great Britain, Italy, France, Nassau, Louisville, Kentucky (for the Derby) and the various abodes of fish, moose, and customers. SAMUEL A. MCCAIN is now a vice-president of Corn Products Company. He joined the firm as associate counsel, and became counsel and head of the legal department in 1945. He was appointed general coun- sel five years ago. Prior to his association with Corn Products, he was with the law firm of Cotton, Franklin, Wright, and Gordon in New York City. A native of Oklahoma, he was graduated summa cum laude from Washington and Lee, and won a Rhodes Scholarship. He received his B.A. degree in Jurisprudence in 1929 and his B.C.L. degree in 1930 from Oxford University. Mr. McCain is chairman of the Food Law committee of both the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. He and his wife and two children live in Riverdale- on-Hudson, New York. 20 G. CARLTON WALTERS reports that he is now engaged in fulltime private law prac- tice, after fifteen years as a State Referee, Workmen’s Compensation. 28 GEORGE WAINSCOTT 1S president of Commerce Acceptance Company in At- chison, Kansas, with seventeen offices in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and is an important financial factor in the Mid- west. A few years ago, in an effort to spend more time at home, George took up flying. He now owns a Cessna 175, and says flying is an interesting and educa- tional hobby, as well as a_ time-saver. George is past president and director of the Kansas Association. of Finance Com- panies, is a former president and director of the Atchison Development Corporation, and is a director of the American Finance Conference and the American Industrial Bankers Association. He is the father of three children—George, Jr., a Navy flyer; Jeffrey, thirteen; and Deborah, ten. 3] Joun T. RAyMonD has been rector of St. John’s Episcopal church in Lodi, si California, for the past eleven years. He and Mrs. Raymond are the parents of two girls, Betsy, a freshman in high school, and Marjorie Ann, two years old. He says he sees DAVE McKay, ’81, nearly every summer, and that Dave is a TV cable tycoon and has two daughters, eleven and thirteen. 32 Dr. JACK J. STARK IS new president of the Parkersburg Academy of Medicine in the northern part of West Virginia. He is also president of the Council of Boy Scouts in Belpre, Ohio, and will represent his area at the national meeting on the West Coast in June. He expects to return in time to attend the Reunion of all classes at Washington and Lee on June 11-13, however. 33 M. HocGr CrIGHTON, JR. has been elected a vice-president of the Seaboard Surety Company. He is manager of the Company’s Southeast operations, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. He joined Seaboard in 1953. The L. PALMER Brown, III, family is beginning to monopolize the annual Memphis Cotton Festival. Mrs. BROWN was queen of the celebration in 1934, and PALMER, ‘30, was president of the Carnival in 1958. To make the circle complete, daughter Axson, a junior at Hollins College, was crowned queen of the 1959 Carnival and reigned over the five-day event which began May 12. This set some kind of record for participation! THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 3 4 SIDNEY H. KELsEy is engaged in negligence trials, specializing in seamen, marine workers’ trials in admiralty. He was appointed this year by the U.S. Disz - trict Court at Norfolk, Virginia, as an. official delegate to the Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit in June. 35 James E. Brown will receive his Master of Education degree from Harvard University at the June Commencement exercises. He completed his work in March of this year. 36 FRANK L. PRICE is now head of the F.B.I. office in San Diego, California, after spending seven years in Washington, D.C. as chief of the FBI’s criminal sec- tion, and one year in Savannah, Geor- gia, aS assistant special agent. He and his wife, Josephine, are the parents of two sons, James, 12, and David, 15. Joun T. Cover is manager of the insur- ance department of Clem and Company in Staunton, Virginia. Prior to his recent appointment, he was a rate analyst for the Virginia State Corporation Commis- sion’s Bureau of Insurance in Richmond. He had been in the insurance business for 18 years in Staunton before going to Richmond. John and Mrs. Cover have one daughter, Betsy, aged 15. Address: Edgewood Apartments, Staunton. James Howe Jounson, chief of the Chesa- peake Corporation of Virginia, was cited recently as Virginia’s man of the year in forestry. He was recognized by Virginia Forests, Incorporated, for the bull-dozing technique developed to maintain pine erowth, and also for his assistance to forestry clubs. He lives in West Point, Viirginia. 3 & WALpo G. MILES is a member of the law firm of Jones, Woodward, Miles and Greiner, with offices in the First Federal building, Bristol, Virginia. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Virginia State Bar Association, hav- ing been elected at the annual meeting last August for a three-year term. 3 9 CHARLES D. TOLLEY is assistant principal of Waynesboro High School in Waynesboro, Virginia, and serves also as principal of the Waynesboro Adult Eve- ning school. Father of two daughters, aged twelve and ten years, Mr. ‘Tolley is president of the Central Virginia Vo- cational Education Association, vice- president of the Virginia Personnel and Guidance Association, and a deacon in the Baptist church. He was a former Bi- ology and geology teacher at Washington SPRING 1959 and Lee, and also taught biology in Cin- cinnati and at Staunton Military Acadehy before going to Waynesboro. 40 Lesticz D. Prick has been a part- ner in the law firm of Revercomb and Price since 1952. He is married and has one son, Leslie, Jr., now three and a half years old. 4] Henry M. TAyLor has been ap- pointed manager of military marketing for the electronics division of Strom- berg Carlson Company. He was former manager of marketing for the company in San Diego, California. Prior to join- ing the company in 1957, he was with the Sylvania Electric Products company. 43 J. ALLEN OVERTON, JR. became a member of the United States ‘Tariff Com- mission on May 1, after the Senate con- firmed President Eisenhower’s nomina- tion. Mr. Overton, a former member of the law firm of Handlan, Overton and Earley in Parkersburg, West Virginia, came to his new post from the Depart- ment of Commerce, where he had been serving since December, 1956, as Deputy General Counsel. ‘The Overtons have three children, Joseph Allen, III, fourteen; Rebecca Anne, ten; and Mallory Elizabeth, three. Address: 4677 North Dittmar Road, Arlington, Virginia. 4 5 REVEREND WILLIAM PARSONS is now pastor of the First Congregationtional Church of Hanover Center, Massachus- etts. He was formerly pastor of the Con- gregational church in East Granby, Con- necticut, where he assisted in getting a new $35,000 parish house built, and saw his church increase its membership by 100 persons. Bill was co-founder of the Granby Area Council of Churches, and was on the Executive Board of the Great- er Hartford Council of Churches and the Hartford Association of Congregational Churches. He also served on the state Conference Committee for the Congrega- tional Christian Churches, and on the State Committee for Youth Work for the church. He and his wife, Jane, are the parents of three children, David, Cathy, and Peter. q FIELDER COOK is one of television’s top directors. He has directed, written, or produced more than 200 plays on TV, including shows on the Kraft Theater, Lux Video Theater, and Playhouse go. One of his greatest triumphs was direction of the television play, “Patterns,” which won an “Emmy” award for author Rod Serling. Fielder later directed the Holly- wood film version of the drama, starring Van Heflin. He was a member of tele- vision’s famed “Unit Four’ direction team, but since 1957, he has been a free- lance director. Last year, he spent five five months in Ireland directing Arthur Kennedy and the Abbe Theater players in “Home Is the Hero.” an RKO film. Next year, he plans to undertake his first di- rection of a Broadway play. He has writ- ten three plays which have been produced on television, and one was purchased as a film to star Maureen O’Hara. Fielder was a visitor to Washington and Lee March 16-17, when he conducted a two- day seminar on television and motion pic- ture direction for the journalism school. PRESTON W. HICKMAN will assume the office of superintendent of the Public Welfare Board in Buena Vista this sum- mer. He is presently teaching at the Vir- ginia School for the Deaf and Blind at Staunton, Virginia. 48 HEnryY J. FORESMAN has opened an office for the general practice of law in Lexington. He has been an attorney in Buena Vista for the past ten years, and has served as Commonwealth’s attorney there, and city attorney. He is a former president of the Rockbridge-Buena Vista Bar Association. Hank is town attorney for Glasgow, a position he has held since 1951. He and his wife, Helen, and two sons, Lee and Henry, Jr., are building a new home in Lexington on Highland Road. JosEPpH B. GEeyYER is Labor Relations at- torney of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway company in Chicago, Ilinois. CHARLES R. MCDOWELL, JR. was given a Distinguished Service Award on April 25 at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association’s thirtieth Convention at Washington and Lee. His citation com- mended his work at SIPA meetings, and his willingness to assist young people, with his “good sense and warmth and kindness of his incomparably light touch.’’ Charlie is columnist for the Richmond Times- Dispatch, and a regular at all SIPA con- tions. 49 Dr. DAvID CALDWELL, collaborator on the staff of the Florida Museum, a department of the University of Florida, was awarded a $1,500 grant from the American Philosophical Society recently. He will use is to conduct a study of ecology and systematics of the shore fishes of Jamaica. The research problem is a continuation of work begun in 1957, under joint sponsorship of the Florida State Museum and the Institute of Jamacia. JAMEs CALVIN HANKS was promoted in March to cloth area supervisor of In- dustrial Rayon Corporation in Coving- ton, Virginia. He joined the firm in 1949 as an industrial engineer, and was as- 21 signed to the production superintendent’s staff in 1952. In 1955, he was promoted to chief industrial engineer. Since late 1957, he has been serving as technical assistant to the plant manager. He and Mrs. Hanks have three children, James C., Jr., ten; ‘Terrence, three; and Deborah, one. 50 ROBERT VAN BUREN has been pro- moted to assistant vice-president of the Chemical Corn Exchange’ Bank, 165 Broadway, New York City. 52 JouNn MAtLry has opened an office for the general practice of law at 309 West Seventh Street in Okmulgee, Okla- homa. 53 JoHN R. KREMER, JR. is a super- visor in the policy-owner service depart- ment of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles, California. Be- fore his recent promotion, he was a staff assistant in the department. He has been with the company since 1956. He and his wife, Jacqueline, and six-months-old John, III, live at 16129 Hamlin Street, Van Nuys, California. Lewis DeEscHLER, II, is now associated with Julian L. Williams in the practice of law at Pompano Beach, Florida. He was released from the Navy in January, 1959, as a Lieutenant. His address: 500 S.E. 23rd Avenue, Pompano Beach. 54 MILTON J. ELLIOTT is new director of publicity for the Life Insurance Com- pany of Viriginia in Richmond. For the past two years, he has been a member whose WILLIAM LINTON, ‘50, emerging career as an opera and musical comedy singer has gained acclaim throughout the nation, has been chosen from 500 auditioners to appear in the new Paul Green musical play depicting the life of Stephen Foster. It will be presented in the new $98,000 Memorial Am- phitheater at Bardstown, Kentucky, birthplace of Stephen Foster, and will run from June 26 through 22 Labor Day this year. William is a former member of the Washington and Lee Glee Club, and the choir at the Robert E. Lee Episcopal church. He received his music degree from the University of Florida in his home state, and later continued his vocal studies at the Julliard School in New York city. He has been continuing his work toward a Master’s degree in music at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He has appeared in opera with the Atlanta Opera Arts Association and with the famous outdoor Theater-Under-The Stars in Atlan- ta. He was with the national com- pany of “The King and I.” He has appeared in recital, opera, and ora- torio throughout Ohio, Indiana, and Florida, and has been invited to audition at the New York City Opera Company for appearances with them next winter. He was recently chosen to sing before a panel of the country’s top vocal authorities in finals for Fulbright Awards for study in Europe next year. Bop NEUNREITER, '58, completed the thirty- week officers’ basic course at the Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia, in March. He is a Marine second lieutenant. of the news staff of the Times-Dispatch in Richmond. 55 ArTHUR Louts FERN, II, is study- ing for his master’s degree at the School of Advanced International Studies of John Hopkins University. He and _ his wife, the former Cynthia Donaldon Laing of Chicago, live at 1740-A Wiscon- sin Avenue, N.W., Washington 7, D.C. ROBERT J. SHEFFLER was made vice-presi- dent and trust officer of Manatee River National Bank in Bradenton, Florida in January, 1959. J. HartAn McMurray and his wife, the former Sue Law Berry of Mary Baldwin College, have been appointed to serve as industrial and educational missionaries in the Belgian Congo by the Presbyter- ian Church, U.S. Both have taken post- graduate work at Union ‘Theological Seminary and Training School in Rich- mond, Virginia, and Harlan has studied at LeTourneau ‘Technological Institute in Longview, Texas. They will attend the Institute for out-going missionaries this summer in Montreat, North Carolina, and in the fall will go to Brussels, Belgium. ‘There they will attend the Colonial School, where they will study French, history, sociology, and _ other courses required by the Belgian govern- ment before they go to the Congo. Har- lan, the son of missionary parents, was born in Mutoto, Belgian Congo, so he will be going back “home.” 5 6 RoBERT E. Srroup, a law gradu- ate of February, is engaged in the gen- eral practice of law in Charlottesville, in association with the firm of Perkins, THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Battle, and Minor. His address is 19g Raleigh Court, Charlottesville, Virginia. 57 Larry ATLER, presently a junior in the College of Law, University of Den- ver, was appointed assistant clerk of the Superior Court of the state of Colorado. He is a member of and rush chairman of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Address: Penthouse, 1260 Humboldt Street, Denver, Colorado. JOHN T. BOONE, JR. is a publicist with the Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions. His business address is 477 Madison Aven- ue, New York City, and his home ad- dress is 465 West 23rd Street, New York. 58 WILLIAM O. Roberts, JR. opened an office in Lexington for the general practice of law May 1. Bill has been physical education instructor at V.M.I. since 1947, and he attended law classes at Washington and Lee in his spare time, beginning in the spring of 1952. He has taken movies of all V.M.I. football games for the past three years, and also has been Lexington camera correspondent for WSLS-TV in Roanoke. Bill and his wife, the former Aminee Woods Jones, are the parents of two children, Bill, UI, and Leil. 59 WALTER E. KAEcI, JR., who studied at Washington and Lee in 1955 and 1956, won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for a year of graduate study next year. Walter, who will graduate from Haver- ford College in June, plans to study his- tory at Harvard. He is a native of Louis- ville, Kentucky. 1940 RosBertT A. DEMENTI and Margaret Eliza- beth Ekstrom were married in Richmond, Virginia, on December 27, 1958. They live at 1503 West Avenue, Richmond. 1950 JAMEs KENNEDY PruiTT and Allen Sue Moore were married April 18, 1959, at the First Baptist church, Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a methods and procedures analyst with J. P. Stevens and Company, Charlotte. Address: 401 Scaley Bark Road, Charlotte, North Carolina. SPRING 1959 1952 STEWART Moore and Susanna Pula Maria Baur were married April 12, 1959, in Menlo Park Methodist church, Tucson, Arizona. Mrs. Moore, a native of Ger- many, is a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in ‘Tucson. Mr. Moore is landscape artist for Sunset Nurseries in ‘Tucson. 1953 I. PARKER "[TWOMBLy, JR., and Baroness Tatiana Franchetti of Rome, Italy, were married April 20, 1959, in New York City. Attending the couple at the civil cere- mony were Countess Camilla Pecci-Blunt and Prince Guido Carpena. The ‘Twom- blys will live in Rome. 1954 J. W. BENJAMIN, JR., and Marilyn Virginia Adams were married December 27, 1958, in North Presbyterian church, Cincinnati, Ohio. They are making their home in Lewisburg, West Virginia, where Ben is on the staff of Greenbrier Military School. Roy ‘THOMAS MATTHEWS, JR., and Mary LeeAnn Goodrich were married on March 20, 1959, at University Presbyterian Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1925 Mr. and Mrs. Ropert A. FULWILER, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Robin Anne, born February 21, 1959. 1929 Mr. and Mrs. RosBerr S. BACON are the parents of a son, Richard Lee, born Feb- ruary 21, 1959. ‘They live in Mobile, Ala- bama. 1938 Mr. and Mr. CHARLES FENTON CLARKE, Jr. are the parents of a son, Charles Fenton, IV, born January 15, 1959. They also have a daughter, now thirteen. 1940 A son, Scott Noel, was born April 17, 1959, to Mr. and Mrs. FRANKLIN ScoTr SMITHER of Harlingen, Texas. He is their second child. 1941 Mr. and Mr. BENTON M. WAKEFIELD, Jr. have a new son, their second, born March 20, 1959. His name is Will Walton Wake- field. Benton is the vice-president of the Ouachita National Bank in Monroe, Louisiana. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM B. GUTHRIE are the parents of a son, Charles Foster, born February 12, 1959. Daddy, a former in- structor at Washington and Lee, will re- ceive his doctorate in English in June from the University of Virginia. 1948 Mr. and Mrs. JOHN EDWARD SCHEIFLY are happy to announce the adoption of Jan Ellen Scheifly, born January 4, 1959. Mr. Sheifly is with the firm of Willis, Mac- Cracken and Butler, 700 Statler Center, goo Wiltshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 17, California. 1952 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM FRANKLIN BARRON, JR. are the parents of a son, Frank Barron, III, born May 26, 1958. They live in Rome, Georgia, and can be reached at Box 287. Mr. and Mrs. FRANK PUTNAM WHITE are the parents of a son, Frank Putnum, Jr., born October 29, 1958. Their address is: 84 South Street, Medford, Massachusetts. 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. KENNEDY, JR., are the parents of a daughter, Michele Rodes, born December g, 1958. Son, Robert, was two years old on December 10. 1958. Rev. and Mrs. WILLIAM L. Dots, Jr., are the parents of a daughter, Katherine Ann, born February 15, 1959. Address: 507 Rad- nor Avenue, Baltimore 12, Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. WyatTT FRENCH are the par- ents of a daughter, Suzanne Katherine, born January 22, 1959. Son, Kirk, is now two years old. 1956 Mr. and Mrs. LAuriER T. RAYMOND, Jr. are the parents of a son, L. Thomas, III, born August 12, 1958. 1957 Mr. and Mrs. ‘THEODORE M. Kerr are the parents of their third child, a son, Theo- dore, Jr., born April 6, 1959. They live at 309-A East 33rd Street, Austin 5, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. JoHN T. EvANs, Jr., are the parents of a daughter, Craig Beresford, born February 19, 1959. Daddy is man- ager of the industrial and commercial de- partment of the A. E. Baird Real Estate company in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN QUILLEN are the parents of a son, Ira Marshall, II, born March 4, 1959. 23 1893 JAMEs TurPIN NoeLt died December 16, 1958. His home was Lynchburg, Viirginia. 1906 ERNEST BOWLING Roeser died at his home in Montgomery, West Virginia, on Feb- ruary 11, 1959. 1907 HucH MAnNncus Moomaw died March 22, 1959. He was a longtime attorney of Roa- noke, Virginia, and was a past chairman of the City Board of Zoning Appeals. 1908 Dr. RALPH ANDERSON Dopp died March 4, 1959. His home was in Chase City, Vir- ginia. 1910 RicHArD D. Moraes died April 16, 1959, in his law offices, shortly after returning from court. He had practiced law in Miami since 1940, and was a former hon- orary attorney for the Cuban government and consulate in Miami. 1911 HucH McCiuer Wirt died March 15, 1959, in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he made his home with his son. He was a retired insurance salesman, and had work- ed in both Richmond and Lynchburg, Virginia, before his retirement. Doucias GoovE TINSLEY, of Jacksonville, Florida, died October 18, 1958. Patrick McKENpRY CAREY died on No- vember 30, 1958. He made his home in Bluefield, West Virginia. 1912 R. WaynE Ey, an attorney in St. Louis Missouri, for forty-five years, died Feb- ruary 26, 1959, of a heart ailment. He de- voted much of his practice to legal work for railroads, and was senior partner in the firm of Ely and Voorhees. He had served as special attorney for both the St. Louis and the Missouri Democratic Committees. He was an assistant United States Attorney for a brief period, and for two years, was a special assistant attorney general of the state of Missouri. ALEXANDER MASON Harris died December 11, 1958. He made his home in Richmond, Virginia. 24 JoserpH BLACKBURN Watts died February 18, 1959. His home was in Charleston, West Virginia. 1913 FRED ByE WexssTeR died October 9, 1958. His home was Amherst, Virginia. LesTER Boyp Durrow died on March 7, 1959, after being in failing health for a number of years. He practiced his pro- fession of civil engineering in Virginia and North Carolina for a number of years, and in 1930, was appointed as first ‘Town Manager for Front Royal, Virginia. He held this position until his retirement in 1954. Survivors include two daughters and eight grandchildren. HERBERT WILSON WYANT died February 8, 1959. His home was Harrisonburg, Vir- ginia. 1915 ORVILLE CLIFTON BELL died of cancer February 1, 1959. He made his home in Washington, D. C. Harry B. JorpAN died January 17, 1959. A retired Army officer, he was postmaster of Bedford, Virginia, from 1934 until 1952. He had served as mayor and as a member of the town council, and was one of the founders and a commander of the Bedford National Guard Unit. He was scoutmaster of the first Boy Scout troop in Bedford, and was superintendent of the Sunday School of St. John’s Epis- copal church for thirty years. He was also a former senior warden of the church. He served in both World Wars. Epwarp McCatt BarBrEE died February 12, 1959. His home was in Akron, Ohio. 1916 Lacy L. Suirey, retired bridge engineer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, died March 15, 1959. He had been with the railroad for 35 years. 1917 Don CUNNINGHAM died of a heart attack on March 14, 1959. He lived in Franklin, West Virginia. 1918 Homer Powe Lt died in August, 1958. He was with the Murfreesboro Bank and Trust Company of Murfreesboro, ‘Tennes- see. 1921 EMERSON VANCE SMITH died in October, 1958. He made his home in ‘Taylor Cen- ter, Michigan. 1922 ‘THEODORE KING FOUNTAIN died of a heart attack on December 12, 1958. He lived in Greenville, North Carolina. 1924 WILLIAM FAvrRE SLATER died February 1, 1959. He was a resident of Memphis, ‘Tennessee. COLONEL CHARLES F. BArRReTr, JR., died April 16, 1959. He was a retired army officer, and was buried at Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. 1925 LuTHER LAKIN CopLey, an attorney in Miami, Florida, since 1927, died March 30, 1959. He was a past officer and director of the Dade County Bar Association, and was a member of the board of Haven School for mentally retarded children. He was also on the education committee of several Miami Scottish Rite groups. He was a member of the Orchid Society of Florida. 1927 LEON STERNBERGER died July 5, 1958. His home was in Memphis, ‘Tennessee. 1928 Dr. JoHN GILL HoLLaAnpd died on Christ- mas eve, 1958. He practiced medicine in Lynchburg, Virginia. CHARLES EDWARD ALLISON died December 19, 1958. He made his home in St. Peters- burg, Florida. 1936 Joun M. MILLER, an executive in the American ‘Trucking Association, died of a heart condition on April 24, 1959. He was chief of the freight claims section of the American ‘Trucking Association, and was one of the nation’s leading authorities on freight loss and damage claims. During World War II, he served as an Army ser- geant in the Pacific theater. Mr. Miller was the author of several books on legal problems involving transportation and freight claims. He was buried in Arling- ton National Cemetery. 1939 ALLEN EpwArD Davis, JR., died April 12, 1959, at his home in Levittown, New York. He is survived by his wife and four chil- dren. Ropert A. NICHOLSON and his daughter, Susan, thirteen years old, were killed in an automobile accident on December 26, 1958. ‘They lived at Glass Mountain Ranch, St. Helena, California. 1959 WittiAM MaAupIN B. KELLETT was killed in an automobile accident on August 23, 1958. The accident occurred at 8:30 a.m. on an open highway, when the car in which he and four other boys were riding was in head-on collision with another auto. One other was killed and three were seriously injured. ‘The group was en route to a Delta Tau Delta workshop meeting at De Pauw University. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE WASHINGTON AND LEE Commemorative Plates Wedgwood Sold only in sets of eight different scenes Price, $20.00 per set (in Blue only F.0.B., Lexington, Virginia WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. Lexington, Virginia The Washington and Lee Chair (with Crest in five colors) This Chair made from Northern Birch and Rock Maple—Finished in Black with Gold trim (arms finished in Cherry). A perfect Gift for an Alumnus for Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary or Wedding. A beautiful addition to any room in your home. All profit from the sale of this chair goes to the scholarship fund in memory of John Graham, 714. Mail your order to: WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. Box 897, Lexington, Virginia Price: $27.00, f.o.b. Gardner, Mass.—Delivery within three weeks