Dr. Cole Named ew Presiden Au Revoir, Dr. Gaines Reunion ummer 1959 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Washington and Lee’s FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1959 September 26—Centre College Boe Lexington October g—Dickinson College . . . . .. Ss Lexington October 10—Franklinand Marshall . . , Lancaster, Pa. October 17—Randolph-Macon . . . . . . = =Lexington October 24—Open October 31—Hampden-Sydney . . . . ~ . Petersburg, Va. November 7—Carnegie Tech Poe ee Lexington November 14—University of the South _. . Sewanee, Tenn. November 21—Washington University . . . St. Louis, Mo. Come Back for Homecoming November 7! CHAPTER CORRESPONDENTS Appalachian—Perry D. Hunter, °25, 511 Hamil- ton National Bank Bldg., Johnson City, Tenn. Augusta-Rockingham—J. B. Stombock, Box 594, Waynesboro, Virginia Atlanta—Richard A. Denny, Jr., °52, 434 Trust Company of Georgia Building Baltimore—Gideon N. Stieff, Jr., ’52, 108 Ridge- wood Road, Baltimore 10, Maryland '25, 1631 North 38rd Birmingham—John V. Coe, Street Charleston, West Virginia—Ruge P. DeVan, Jr., *34, United Carbon Building pieces Leer id, cotien hae U. Stephens, °50, 2721 Foltz rive Chicago—Charles A. Strahorn, ’28, Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank, Winnetka, Illinois Charlotte—Charles L. Green, '40, 1207 Commercial Bank Building Cincinnati—Jack L. Reiter, ’41, 1020 Union Trust Building Cleveland—James D. Bonebrake, °54, 925 Superior Building Cumberland Valley—Robert E. Clapp, 30, 117 North Court Street, Frederick, Marylan Danville—Richard L. Heard, °44, P. O. Box 1306, "34, 524 Martinsville Florida West Coast—John A. Hanley, Florida Nat’] Bank Building, St. Petersburg Houston—Ted Riggs, ’38, 601 First City National Bank Building Jacksonville—A. Lee Powell, Jr., ’50, 34 Buckman Building Kansas City—W. H. Leedy, ’49, 15 West 10th "40, Kentucky Street Louisville—Ernest Woodward, II, Home Life Building Lynchburg—Dr. G. Edward Calvert, aoe 9, Medical Center, Tate Springs Roa Mid-South—Harry Wellford, ’46, Commerce Title Building, Memphis, Tennessee New York—E. Stewart Epley, ’49, ney & Co., 60 East 42nd Street, New Yor New Orleans—Herbert Jahncke, ‘’30, 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 Davis Building, Dallas Norther Louisiana—Richard Eglin, °’44, Shreve- or Peninadla-Beverley W. Lee, Jr., ’42, 18 Earl treet, Hampton, Virginia Jr., °24, Brook- Ss Philadelphia—Sidney Ulfelder, mead Drive, Erlton, 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—Reno S. Harp, III, ’54, 4912 West Cary St., Richmond Roanoke—William R. Holland, °50, Liberty Trust Building San Antonio—John W. Goode, Jr., °43, 407-09 South Texas Building St. Louis—Andrew H. Baur, '37, 50 Picardy Lane, Clayton 24, Missouri Tri-State—T. J. Mayo, ‘31, 440-12th Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia Upper Potomac—William L. Wilson, Jr., ’38, 525 Cumberland Street, Cumberland, Maryland hington, D. C.—Arthur Clarendon Smith, Jr., Was ’41, 1313 You Street, . Summer 1959 Vol. XXXIV No. 3 Published quarterly by Alumni, Incorporated 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 under the supervision of C. Harold Lauck Editor WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 Managing Editor ‘TINA C, JEFFREY EDITORIAL BOARD PAXTON DAvis FRANK J. GILLIAM, 1917 WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 JAMeEs W. WHITEHEAD THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. President PEYTON B. WINFREE, 1935 Vice-President BEN W. Ditro, 1943 Secretary WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 Treasurer CLARK B. WINTER, 1937 “(HE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RopNEY M. Cook, 1946 BEN W. DITTO, 1943 Davin D. JOHNSON, 1921, ex officio BERNARD LEVIN, 1942 AMES B. MARTIN, 1931 PAUL M. SHUFORD, 1943 PEYTON B. WINFREE, 1935, President CLARK B. WINTER, 1937 THE Cover: President-elect Dr. Fred Carrington Cole on the Campus with retiring President Gaines. R. FRED CARRINGTON COLE, aCa- demic vice-president of Tulane University, has been named eigh- teenth president of Washington and Lee University. He will succeed Dr. Francis P. Gaines about September 1. Dr. Gaines will continue with the uni- versity in another capacity, details of which have not yet been an- nounced. The president-elect, a soft-spoken ‘Texan who is a scholar of Southern history, is 47 years old. He and his wife, Lois, are the parents of four children: Caroline, 20, a student at Sophie Newcomb college, the wo- man’s division of Tulane Univer- sity; Fred Carrington, Jr., 16; Rob- ert Grey, 14; and Taylor Morris, 6. As a boy Dr. Cole lived on a cat- tle ranch at Duck Creek, just out- 2 side Franklin, Texas. During his youth, he and his four brothers worked as saddle hands on_ the 11,000-acre ranch. “I grew up work- ing on a horse,” he said, “‘and I still like exercise.” Dr. Cole will bring to Washing- ton and Lee a distinguished aca- demic career. He received from Louisiana State his A.B. degree in 1934, his A.M. in 1936 and his Ph.D. in 1941. From 1936 to 1941 he was re- search assistant and editorial as- sociate for the Journal of Southern History at Louisiana State, becom- ing managing editor in 1941-42. He was co-editor of the Southern Biog- raphy Series, 1938-45, and history editor of the Louisiana State Uni- versity Press in 1938-42. From 1946-53 he was associate Dr. Fred C. Cole Is Named New President editor of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review. Dr. Cole joined the Tulane University faculty in 1946 as an associate professor of history. The following year he was made full professor and assumed the position of dean of the college of arts and sciences, a post he held until 1954 when he was named academic vice- president at the university. During World War II he served in the naval reserve as a gunnery officer with the rank of junior grade lieutenant. He was in charge of revision of the manual of the medical department of the Navy, for which he received a special com- mendation from the Navy in 1945. During 1945 and 1946, he was editor and historian of the Army Air Force Journal. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Dr. Cole has also been active in various other educational pursuits, serving as chairman of the advisory committee on foreign affairs of the Southern Regional Educational Board, and chairman of the South- ern section of the faculty fellow- ship program of the Fund for the Advancement of Education. He is a director on the board of the Ford Motor Company’s scholar- ship program and in 1954-55 was on leave from Tulane to serve on the advisory staff of the Ford Founda- tion in New York. Dr. Cole is author of ‘“Interna- tional Relations in Institutions of Higher Learning in the South,” a book published in 1958 by the American Council of Education. James R. Caskie, ’06, rector, said, “The board feels very fortunate in obtaining Dr. Cole as our next pres- ident. He is a man of highest char- acter and standing.” Dr. Cole and his wife were visi- tors here July 9-3, as guests of Dr. and Mrs. Gaines. President-elect Cole said prior to this, he had not been on the campus for some years. His last trip here was to attend a history meeting. ‘The college impressed me then, and I have always been interested in Washington and Lee’s tradition and historical background,” he as- serted. “I’ve known Dr. Gaines for many years and I fully understand the tremendous heritage I have be- fore me.” Dr. Cole is a member of the Southern, American, and Mississip- pi Valley Historical Associations; the American Political Science As- sociation; the Academy of Political Science; International House; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Chi social fra- ternity; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha; and Omicron Delta Kappa. “Who’s Who in America’ lists him as a Democrat. He is a Baptist, and his wife and children are Presbyterians. SUMMER 1959 Dr. and Mrs. CoLe are shown in the upper photo, in their New Orleans home. Lower photo, although Dr. CoLe’s July visit lo the campus was very brief, he took time to go to Lee Chapel to view the famous recumbent statute of Lee by Valentine. 3 PRESIDENT GAINES is shown as he made his last campus address—at the dedication on June 13, 1959 of the Evans dining hall, visible directly behind, and two new dormitories, Davis and Baker Halls, to the right. On the platform with him, as he bade good-bye to friends at the Reunion of all alumni, were left to right, the Rev. T. V. BArrert, rector of Robert E. Lee Memorial Church; JAMEs R. CASKIE, rector of the board of trustees; FRANK J. GILLIAM, dean of students; and JAMES W. WHITEHEAD, director of university relations. Au Revoir, Dr. Gaines ONORS GALORE have come H throughout the years to Washington and Lee’s president, Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines. He has been _ presented awards, citations, and _ accolades, and has been lauded by persons in high places and low. But these honors, — pleasant though they may have been, do not reflect the true measure of the man. The real awards for his edu- cational leadership over the de- cades are found not on medals, in- scribed on parchment, or engraved in silver—they are imbedded deep in the hearts of those who have felt his impact. For he is described as numerous 4 the man who “bears the indelible stamp of a leader, safe to follow at all times and under all circum- stances.” When he was inaugurated in 1930, he declared the power of a university is to “deposit in the life of the boy something a little finer than culture, a little rarer than competence, a little nobler than success.” He has believed that in an uncertain future, the best insur- ance is “to make big people—big in the sense of judgment, perspective and attitude towards others—and that this can best be done through education. Education affords the experiences out of which comes strength of person, such as the dis- cipline of self and the acceptance of responsibility.”” This, then, has been his credo at Washington and Lee. Dean of all Virginia college pres- idents, Dr. Gaines has served Wash- ington and Lee for twenty-nine years. His tenure is second longest recorded of the seventeen men who have been president or acting pres- ident of the institution since its incorporation in 1782. George Ad- dison Baxter, president from 1799 tll 1829, served one year longer. George Washington Custis Lee, who succeeded his father, General Lee, to the presidency in 1871, THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE served here for twenty-six years. Retirement for Dr. Gaines will not mean moving from the Lex- ington scene. He and Mrs. Gaines will continue to make their home in the area—at their country place, “Penrobin,” during the months, and at a small house in town in winter. During President Gaines’ admin- istration, the University has con- ferred degrees upon 5,169 persons, including 108 honorary doctorates, 894 law degrees, and 61 masters’ degrees. When he assumed office in 1930, the university’s assets totaled $3,290,000. When he retires in Sep- tember, the assets will have in- creased to more than $16,000,000. Endowment income’ in _— 1930 amounted to $6,500. Next year, the college will give out $125,000 in academic scholarships alone. Warm The faculty has greatly benefitted from Dr. Gaines’ tenure, and has steadily improved its financial sit- uation. Since World War II alone, salaries have been increased 13 times. While increasing the remunera- tion for the faculty, the college has also been increasing the quality of its teachers. In a recent poll of the nation’s top educational institu- tions Washington and Lee ranked among the top ten men’s colleges in the United States. Among schools of comparable size and _ general academic character, only one could list more recipients of Ph.D. de- grees among its faculty. President Gaines has won wide acclaim throughout the United States as an orator. In past years, he used to receive about 400 invi- tations per year to speak, but usually was able, because of the press of duties, to accept only about forty of those. Wherever he has appeared, however, he has been praised. Indeed, after one appear- ance in Mississippi about thirteen years ago, the Jackson Daily News declared editorially, “This dis- tinguished Southerner ...is easily SUMMER 1959 the greatest educator-statesman this nation has produced since Wood- row Wilson. Like Woodrow Wil- son, he is a complete master of simple Saxon speech. Unlike the great World War I president, how- ever, he has never sought, and per- haps never will seek political hon- ors, but he is nevertheless ‘a school- master in politics’ who has a head chockfull of wisdom, whose think- ing is on an even keel, whose intel- lect is clear and penetrating. He could worthily fill the greatest of- fice within gift of the American people.” In 1946, Dr. Gaines was boosted by a Richmond newspaper as “a logical candidate” to go to Wash- ington to fill the remainder of the late U.S. Senator Carter Glass’ un- expired term of three years. How- ever, he quickly removed himself from consideration, declaring he could not possibly leave the cam- pus. His sense of duty to the Uni- versity has been manifested in many ways. Even when he offered his resignation in August, 1958, he said he felt that he owed Wash- ington and Lee one more year of effort, particularly in view of the $2,000,000 campaign tor new sci- ence and journalism facilities. And, as many alumni know, he _ has traveled far and wide in America to campaign for the drive. His elo- quence during the campaign has insured for his college success to- ward that goal which has _ been sought. Fourteen honorary degrees have been conferred upon him by other colleges and universities, including Columbia University, Duke Unz1- versity, Baylor University, Furman University, University of Chatta- nooga, University of North Caro- lina, Hampden-Sydney College, Mercer University, University of Richmond, Wake Forest College, William Jewell College, Waynes- burg College, University of the South, and Rollins College. Because of his successful admin- istration at Washington and Lee, he has also been sought after to head other colleges and universi- ties. However, he chose to remain at Washington and Lee. John (Continued on page 24) This is where PRESIDENT GAINES likes to be—in the midst of friends, telling tales, swap- ping jokes, ever bringing the conversation back to his beloved Washington and Lee. 5 HE WEATHER Was warm and per- fect, the backslapping and handshaking unceasing, as old and young grads and families got to- gether during the Reunion of all classes June 11, 12, and 13, in Lex- ington. No Fancy Dress or Finals week- end brought any more activity for the alumni, as they jogged from re- ceptions to luncheons, from meet- ings to a dance, and banquet, and all the while, renewing friendships with classmates. It was a pace which would have swamped undergradu- ates, but the alumni took to it like ducks to the Nile. There were 315 alumni who signed the register and including wives, family members and guests there were over 750 visitors on cam- pus. The anniversary classes were represented thusly: 1909: 18; 1919, 11; 1934, 35. Alumni were present from as far away as California. One alumnus came all the way from Mexico, where he was vacationing. 6 This congenial group of alumni and wives got together on June rz in front of the registration tent. Social activities included ban- quets for the anniversary classes, a social hour with Lexington alumni as hosts, night entertainment on the campus, a reception honoring Pres- ident and Mrs. Gaines, a luncheon on campus, a dance in Doremus gymnasium, and a special reception for law alumni. In addition, alum- ni wives were entertained at a tea given by Mrs. Leon Sensabaugh, wife of the Dean. Educational aspects included an address by Stuart Saunders, presi- dent of the Norfolk and Western Railway, on the role of the alumni in preserving the liberal arts col- lege; a talk on “A New Look at An Old World,” by physics professor Dr. E. F. ‘Turner, Jr.; and a report on the university by four deans of the school. matters included a general alumni business meeting, and meetings by University board of trustees and Alumni board of trustees. Business The Reunion was closed on Sat- urday, June 13, after the new Evans dining hall, and Davis and Baker dormitories were dedicated, and James W. Whitehead, director of relations, outlined a “futurama” report. President Fran- cis P. Gaines made his farewell ad- dress, as alumni cheered and gave him a standing ovation. university Fifty years ago wasn’t so long, say CARL HINTON, 09, left, and BEIRNE STEDMAN, ‘ogL, as they get together on the campus. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE cluded these two groups: left to right, CHARLES C. S TEIN, 32, BE L EVENTS DURING REUNION: They included the well-attended banquet of the 25-year class, 1934, top two photos. Center, golfers in- ITH, "35, WULLIAM J. NOONAN, "43, M. P. MATHENEY, (24, AL PIckID . Dirro, 34, Dr. JACK STARK, ’32, Cy “TWOMBLY, Dr. PATRICK G. MULLIN S, 24, JERRY HOLs- , 39. Bottom row, alumni registered at one of the big tents on campus. Right, Dr. and Mrs. GAtnes received at the reception given by the alumni in their honor at Tri-Brook Country Club. SUMMER 1959 This is the way the rosirum looked in Lee Chapel on June 12, 1959, when the general business meeting of the Alumni Association took place during the Reunion. Speaking is PRESIDENT FRANCIS P. GaAtnEs. Seated, left to right, are Alumni Association trustees ERNEST Woop- WARD, IT, ‘40; PEYTON B. WINFREE, °35, new president of the association; PAUL M. SHUFORD, 43; WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 40, secretary; David D. JOHNSON, °21, outgoing president; BERNARD LEVIN, ’42; FRANK C. Brooks, ’46, vice-president; and Dr. WILLIAM M. HINTON, 29, facully chairman of the university intercollegiate committee on athletics. In the picture below, some members of the class of 1934, celebrating their twenty-fifth reunion, got together at the Friday night dance for this picture. 8 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE REUNION SCENES—The oldest alumnus pres- ent, and looking very dapper, was BENJAMIN F. Hartow, '96, of Lexington, shown in the top photo with Alumni Secretary BILL WASHBURN, ‘yo. The next photo shows a congenial group at the outdoor luncheon, held in front of the President’s home. Middle, left, W. W. CASH, JR., "15, shakes hands with University treasurer E. S. MATTINGLY, 25, while Mrs. Cash looks on. Middle, right, HOwkrRTON GOWEN, ‘30; new Alumni Association president PEYTON WINFREF, ‘95; and Davin G. Price, 32, talking things over after the luncheon, Lower photo, social activity at the reception in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Gaines, held at Tri-Brook Country Club. SUMMER 1959 9 Among hose Present... Alumni Who Signed the Register During the General Reunion, 1896 Benjamin Harlow 1902 Elbert W. G. Boogher 1903 Farris A. Sampson 1906 Frank R. Crawford L. J. Desha 1907 W. F. Semple 1908 Earle K. Paxton Abe D. Somerville 1909 R. Allen Brown (L) L. C. Caldwell Stafford Caldwell (L) James R. Caskie (L) A. H. Chandler Melvin Cruser J. J. Forrer C. S. Glasgow Devall Gwathmey Carl Hinton A. A. Houser, Sr. Sorsby Jemison Joseph 'T. Lykes Samuel R. Marks (L) C. S. Osbourn Robert Hoover Spahr Beirne Stedman (L) Elliot Vawter 1910 Hamilton A. Derr R. W. Dickey Charles Robinson 1911 Lewis S. Pendleton (L) Roger M. Winborne (L) 1912 George W. Cleek Lloyd Craighill Gordon L. Groover James Somerville Clayton E. Williams (L) 1913 Paul C. Buford George W. Diehl 10 June 11-13, Were as Follows: Henry B. Goodloe (L) C. C. Moore R. A. Smith C. B. Wiltshire H. M. Woodward 1914 Roger J. Bear Berkeley Cox Lee R. Grabill, Jr. Alex M. Hitz John L. Hughes (L) Paul J. B. Murphy Ben D. Smith (L) S. H. Williams (L) 1915 R. N. Latture Stuart Moore Ki Williams 1916 Horner C. Fisher Wiley D. Forbus Selden S. McNeer (L) T. A. Myles (L) Emory G. Nusz EK. B. Shultz 1917 E. P. Barrow (L) William O. Burtner William J. Cox Harry V. Campbell (L) Frank J. Gilliam G. J. Irwin Robert R. Kane R. Bruce Morrison Marion S. Sanders T. Preston White 1918 A. G. Cummings Homer A. Holt M. W. Paxton Francis H. Styles 1919 W. F. Barron Leonard T. Brown Nelson L. Brown Samuel Dickson Edward L. Gladney A. A. Lander Irving Lynn George T. Madison E. Howard McCaleb Clifford M. Peale John H. Young 1920 Herbert S. Powell John F. White 1921 B. Hunter Barrow (L) Fitzgerald Flournoy H. Gray Funkhouser Roy J. Grimley (L) Carleton Jewett (L) John L. Patterson 1922 R. Bleakley James (L) William F. McCann Wilfred B. Webb 1923 Garland McClung Feamster David D. Johnson Bernard R. Kennedy Joseph R. Long W. W. Lynn, Jr. R. W. Royston 1924 Newton Farnell, Jr. Edwin H. Howard Henry W. Jones M. P. Matheney (L) Albert M. Pickus Charles A. ‘Tutwiler (L) 1925 M. R. Bruin, Jr. Ollinger Crenshaw Donald G. Kaylor T. R. Harrell Earl S. Mattingly John T. McVay John M. Wisdom 1926 Almand R. Coleman T. T. Moore Warren E. Tilson (L) Karl Valentine (L) 1927 Frank W. Urmey G. Carlton Walters (L) 1928 Stuard A. Wurzburger 1929 Hayward Day Benjamin C. Eastwood William M. Hinton Robert W. Pharr Arthur D. Simmons John Bell Towill Finley Waddell 1930 Howerton Gowen Samuel W. Rayder (L) Charles F. Urquhart, Jr. (L) 1931 James L. Rimler R. J. Thrift, Jr. 1932 M. W. Adelson Paul A. Holstein (L) Henry Northup Richard O. Parmelee David George Price J. Bernard Spector Jack J. Stark Harold J. Sullivan Edward C. ‘Tonsmeire, Jr. 1933 Copeland Epes Adams (L) John D. Copenhaver Robert A. Morris, Jr. 1934 Thomas D. Anderson (L) Norwood E. Band John D. Battle, Jr. T. M. Boland Amos A. Bolen James Duncan Burn R. P. DeVan, Jr. Walter J. Dickson Holmes Dyer F. O. Funkhouser George Foster Fred Hadley Hamilton, Jr. John Hunter Jones Taylor Jones Howard R. Kelley (L) Gilbert McKown Foster M. Palmer Edwin H. Pewett Francis L. Patton Emanuel Rosenberg A. Read Saunders William R. Schildknecht G. M. Spaulding Daniel Boone Startsman George Jefferds Stephens Charles F. Suter John H. Thomas THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Arthur ‘Tonsmeire Everett ‘Pucker, Jr. Victor ‘Tucker Robert K. ‘Turney Ralph Whitley Samuel A. Woolford Krank Young 1935 Rudolph Bumgardner, Jr. (L) Sidney Lyons Wilson F. Miller (L) Henry Ravenhorst Charles C. Smith Don Wallis Peyton Winfree 1936 Price Davis, Jr. Kenneth P. Lane 1937 D. E. Brady Given W. Cleek William H. Robinson (L) William C. Wilbur, Jr. 1938 Edward Hiserman (L) John E. Perry C. Paul Reed Hardwick Stuart (L) 1939 Henry Baldock J. A. Ballard J. Vaughan Beale (L) Melvin Cruser, Jr. George Goodwin George C. Graff W. Roy Hogan Patrick S. Mullins Edgar L. Smith (L) 1940 W. Blakey Walker, Jr. C. O. ‘Turner W. C. Washburn Ernest Woodward 1941 Charles F. Heiner (L) Robert E. Lee H. Thomas Martin Joseph ‘T. Lykes, Jr. W. L. Schultheis Arthur Clarendon Smith, Jr. J. B. Stombock Latham ‘Thigpen William J. Torrington 1942 Walter C. Aberg, Jr. Preston R. Brown Walter G. Downie Robert F. Hunter Sidney Isenberg Bernard Levin james W. Martin, Jr. William J. Scott, Jr. B. S. Stephenson 1943 William J. Noonan, Jr. Carlyle W. Barritt J. L. King James E. McCausland Kenneth L. Coghill Francis R. Russell Paul Shuford R. Neely Young 1944 Bryan, Clancy Ballenger Fred Rowe George IT. Wood 1945 FE. B. Addison John M. Gunn, Jr. Arthur V. Milona Allan McAllister Lee R. Redmond, Jr. Elliot Schewel Henry B. Vance 1946 Frank C. Brooks Sidney Coulling W. Hampton Haislip Herbert N. Hamric, Jr. Wiley A. McGehee Robert W. H. Mish George B. Stott Roger M. Winborne, Jr. 1947 Brent Breedin D. C. Mayes 1948 G. Lloyd Cowan, III (L) William L. Hopkins 1949 H. G. Chaffer Carter C. Chinnis (L) Stewart Epley J. D. Farrar J. R. Fain, Jr. W. E. Latture H. Thorpe Minister, Jr. Leonard A. Nixon M. W. Paxton, Jr. Jack B. Porterfield, Jr. (L) Paul B. Root, Jr. Edward M. Thompson Richard H. ‘Turrell Walter H. Williams Richard M. Yankee, Jr. 1950 FE. F. Blankenbicker Allen W. Faris John P. French Edwin M. Gaines R. R. Huntley J. M. Little William McCorkle Jay Nickels James G. Sheridan Edward F. Turner 1951 William G. Bean, Jr. William Howard Bender (L) Don M. Fergusson Robert E. Glenn E. M. Faris (L) Jack E. Greer (L) Robert L. Hopkins, Jr. George M. Persinger John Thompson, Jr. James J. White 1952 Willis M. Anderson (L) John B. Harris, Jr. Roland E. ‘Thompson David L. Waters Lamar Winegeart, Jr. (L) 1953 Gray C. Castle William C. Jackson Edward L. Oast, Jr. (L) Robert C. Smith (L) 1954 Daniel D. Dickenson, Jr. Joe Kilgore (L) John F. McDowell (L) Sedgwick Lee Moss Frank Parsons 1955 Arthur L. Fern, Jr. John A. Rutherford 1956 Bruce Bussen Gregory McNeer James L. Pullen 1957 Stephen M. Quillen (L) 1958 Berkeley Cox, Jr. (L) SOCHOSSHSHSHSSCHSSHOHFHHOHSHSHSGOHSHSHSOHSHSHHSHSSHSSSHHSSHSHSSHPSSCHLHHOHHSCHHOH OOOOH SOO8O68OSHO88SC8O SUMMER 1959 An “evening on the campus” featured band music, cool drinks, and gaiety. Here are two of the groups which enjoyed the fun. 11 The Alumni Secretary Reports Highlights of the Year By WILLIAM CG. WASHBURN, 40 N THIS MY FIRST report as your Alumni Secretary, I should like to review briefly some of the high- lights of the year. Of course I shall never forget this time last June when Cy Young gave his final report upon his retire- ment, and then there followed shortly afterwards, in the early sum- mer, the announcement by Dr. Gaines of his coming retirement. Needless to say, both of these events are firmly stamped in my memory and both have had their impact. During the tenure of these men, they have witnessed the spectacular growth of the Alumni Association. It has truly been a challenge to fol- low in their footsteps and I’ve en- joyed it immensely. Spirit Progressive From my observation this year it is evident that the spirit and in- terest of Washington and Lee alumni everywhere are continuing in their progressive stride. Last June, Jim Whitehead, our Direct- or of University Relations, was in- ‘troduced to you. Under his tute- lage and with the tireless efforts of Dr. Gaines, the University Develop- ment Program has gotten out of the blue print stage and off the ground and is now in full swing. I’m sure 12 all of you know, by now, the aim of the University Development Pro- gram. Since January of this year I have, together with this develop- ment team, been to 17 of the 44 campaign areas. From Washington to Jacksonville, from Norfolk to Louisville, from Philadelphia to San Antonio. In addition to this I have participated in meetings of seven other chapters, making a to- tal of 24 chapters I have been privi- leged to visit this year. Before com- pletion of the first stage of the De- velopment Campaign sometime next fall, I hope to have been to all 38 of our present chapters. Just last month Dr. Gaines and I went to Hagerstown, Maryland, for the in- stallation or reactivation of our thirty-eighth chapter—the Cumber- land Valley Chapter. This is the first addition to our ranks in a num- ber of years. I know you join me in welcoming them to our association. Every chapter has had at least one or two meetings and some have had several, many of which were at- tended by representatives from the college. In every case we have been so pleased to see how enthusiasti- cally and eagerly Washington and Lee men unite their numbers for the common benefit of the Univer- sity as well as for good fellowship. It has been most inspiring to me. There are still some areas that need revitalizing and perhaps some places where a new chapter needs to be established. ‘To this purpose I pledge my full energy. Alumni Contributions As many of you know, this year’s 1958-59 Alumni Fund was merged with that of the Univer- sity Development Program. ‘This merger will remain in effect until all 44 areas have had their cam- paigns so as not to have double exposure solicitations. Actually then there is no report I can make of the Fund, as such. However, I would like to advise that with only those areas which have been cov- ered approximately 1400 alumni have contributed over $500,000 to the Development Program. This is an excellent showing and the As- sociation should be well pleased. You'll remember our last report of the Alumni Fund indicated a participation of about 36% of our members. When this Development Program is complete, I think we will perhaps find we have a much higher participation. One of the most universal themes today is that a college cannot expect support from outside sources without first demonstrating a strong support within its own rank and file. This is the one goal for which we must all strive. Surely I want to thank all chap- ter officers, alumni workers, cap- tains and team members for their support in this fine share that alumni have furnished the Devel- opment Program. It is a source of great encouragement to me and we are indebted to you for your co- operation. Due to the merger of the Funds this year the role of Regional and Class Agents was somewhat divert- ed. ‘Though there was no solicita- tion on the part of the Fund, as such, we did maintain our class agent roster. ‘These dedicated men were of immeasureable help in or- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE PEYTON B. WINFREE, 735, ts president oj ihe Alumni Association for 1959-60. ganizing and prompting this very Reunion today. They corresponded with each and every classmate and provided the cementing mortar so necessary to our organization. | am profoundly grateful to each and every one. The Magazine Probably the widest channel of communication between alumni themselves and between the alum- nus and the University, is our Alumni Magazine. Ym sure you feel, as I do, that we have a most attractive publication. We _ have tried to keep you abreast of news of the University and of your fel- low alumni. Our audience today is now some 10,200 of which some 115 are overseas. Credit for the magazine goes to our very able edi- tor, Mrs. Robert Jeffrey, and to the Superintendent of the Journalism Laboratory Press, Mr. C. Harold Lauck, whose interest and coopera- tive spirit is unequalled. Homecoming I am sure I could comment at some length on other activities SUMMER 1959 BEN W. Dirto, °43, is new vice-president, chosen in. June. He is a former treasurer. such as our Student-Alumni Rela- tions Program, Homecoming, our banquet for the Seniors each year, and other items that make up our daily office routine. ‘These phases grow increasingly important each year and we are not minimizing or neglecting them in this report. However, I should like to mention only one word here—and_ that about our Homecoming last No- vember. We had a splendid occas- ion, the largest attendance in a number of years. Several of Cy Young’s former teammates and sev- eral athletes whom he had coached were invited for a ceremony in honor of Cy’s being named to the National Football Hall of Fame. The response and spirit ran high. It was indeed a highlight of the year. * * * Before closing this report I should like to pay a debt of thanks to many people for their help in this my first year. First of all let me congratulate you upon the officers and directors of your Association. President Dave Johnson has been most patient with me, giving unselfishly of his CLARK B. WINTER, °37, 7s newly elected treasurer of the Alumni Association. time and talents. He and your Directors have made many. sacri- fices and have done a magnificent job. I wish to thank also the Unt- versity Administration officers and faculty for their wonderful coopera- tion. I am eternally indebted to the alumni-faculty committee with- out whom this General Reunion 1959 could not have taken place. To Jim Whitehead, the Develop- ment Office, to the Class Agents, to Chapter Officers—in short to each and every alumnus, I am forever grateful for their tireless efforts, generous cooperation and devoted loyalty. As for my office staff, I can only say that these three dear ladies have a special place in my heart. I appre- ciate their guidance, their enthu- siasm and help more than I can ever express. Especially to my good wife do I owe a special word of gratitude for all her understand- ing. In closing, let me add I have en- joyed to the fullest extent this first year and am looking forward with anticipation to this coming year. 13 JAMes B. Martin, ’31L, was elected to the board of trustees, Alumni Association. RopNnEY M. Cook, °46, is a new member of Alumni Association’s board of trustees. Alumni President Traces History ONSCIOUS OF THE STRONG prob- C ability that few alumni had any information about the forma- tion of the Washington and Lee Alumni Association, or of its ob- jects and purposes, President David D. Johnson, ‘21, at the business meeting of the Alumni Association, undertook to dramatize the birth of the group. Chartered on June 29, 1910, Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc. included in its list of original of- ficers and directors some very fa- mous names of the times. There were George E. Chamberlain, who was four times Governor of Oregon and later United States Senator; Robert L. Owen of Muskogee, Oklahoma, also a Senator; William A. McCorkle, native of Virginia who served West Virginia as Gov- ernor; and Thomas Nelson Page of ambassadorial fame. In praising the famous men who preceded the present members, President John- son declared, “We are not envious, only proud that our association 14 was launched by such luminaries.” He also reminded the group that the Alumni Association was formed for the benefit of the University, to assist it in all proper ways, and “‘to keep the bond between the Unt- versity and her alumni close and continuous.” In concluding, he declared, “In- sofar as I know, there is no ceiling on dreams, be they ever so fantas- tic. In this clumsy fashion, I am trving to say that we—all of us— should dream BIG for Washington and Lee.” ALUMNI NEWS The Alumni Board of Trustees, at its meeting June 11, 1959, unan- imously approved the transfer of one thousand dollars from the profits on the sale of Washington and Lee chairs, to the University for the John Graham Scholarship Fund. Over three thousand dollars are now in the Fund. Lacrosse Men ‘Tour Australia This Summer Ten lacrosse players from Wash- ington and Lee and their young coach, Bob McHenry, are spending the summer in Australia, engaging teams from “Down Under” in the sport of lacrosse. The athletes, accompanied by eleven lacrosse men from the Unt1- versity of Virginia, left New York by air on June 27, 1959, for a six- week, ten-game good will tour of the continent. It marked the first time an American team had ever traveled to Australia to play the game. In 1956, a Washington and Lee team traveled to Great Britain for a successful tour, winning eight of its nine games against all-star competition. Although the team had to pay all traveling expenses to get there, in Australia the boys are guests of the Australian Lacrosse Council and its supporters. Hosts are pro- viding lodging, meals, and _ travel- ing expenses. The Washington and Lee-Vir- ginia team played three Western Australia teams in Perth on July 7, g, 11, and three southern teams on July 18, 22, and 25 in Adelaide. On July 2, the team participated in the Australian Lacrosse Carnival in Melbourne, playing four games. Finals were a contest between the Americans and an all-star Austral- ian team. ROANOKE The Roanoke, Virginia, chapter met May 27, 1959, at the Roanoke Country Club, where the following officers were elected: president, Robert W. Spessard, ’39; vice-presi- dent, Jack B. Coulter, ’49; secretary- treasurer, William R. Holland, ‘50. Professor Charles McDowell of the law school was guest speaker at the meeting. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE —=— Officers of the newly re-activated Cumberland Valley chapter in Maryland are pictured above. Left to right, alumni association secre- tary W. C. WASHBURN, ’40; W. C. HAMILTON, °43, treasurer; ROBERT E. CLapp, ’30, secretary; DR. FRANCIS P. GAINES; I. GLENN SHIVELY, 36, vice-president; and MERLE KAETZEL, Sl, president. Alumni Chapter News CUMBERLAND VALLEY Monday, May 18, 1959, marked the reactivation of the Cumber- land Valley Chapter of the Alumni Association. A group of interested alumni in the Hagerstown, Mary- land area, headed by Omer T. Kay- lor, 11, assembled at the Alexand- er Hotel for a dinner meeting at which retiring University President Dr. Francis P. Gaines was the fea- tured speaker. The newly elected officers are as follows: president, Merle G. Kaet- zel, °31, Hagerstown, Maryland; vice-president, I. Glenn Shively, ’36, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; sec- retary, Robert E. Clapp, Jr., ’30, Frederick, Maryland; treasurer, W. SUMMER 1959 C. (Bill) Hamilton, ’43, Hagers- town, Maryland. Preceding the. address by ‘Dr. Gaines a recent motion picture film of the Washington and Lee cam- pus and its activities was shown. The meeting was well attended and everyone enthusiastically support- ed the reactivation proceedings. * * * RICHMOND The Richmond Chapter met on Friday, May 22, 1959, for a short social hour at the Central National Bank Building. The meeting was addressed by James Whitehead, Director of University Relations, who gave a synopsis of the capital fund campaign as of this date. Bill Washburn also made a few remarks about the approaching reunion of all classes. Paul Shuford proposed that a resolution be adopted by the chap- ter to extend thanks to the Univer- sity Development staff for the ef- ficent manner in which the cam- paign had been conducted in Rich- mond, and this resolution was so passed. Adrian Bendheim, Jr., reported for the nominating committee and the newly elected officers for the coming year are as follows: presi- dent, Earl L. Hargrove, Jr., °54; vice-president, A. Christian Comp- ton, ‘50; secretary, Reno S. Harp, III, °54; treasurer, Edward J. Mc- Carty, *42. 15 The five thousandth diploma presented by PRESIDENT GAINES went to R. D. BOHAN. 16 Washington and Lee raduates 202 Men in June T WAS FRANCIS P. GAINES day June if 5» when Washington and Lee held commencement exercises, and completed its two hundred and tenth year of higher education. Dr. Gaines, in his last Finals as president, was honored by students, faculty, and staff members of the University. And the entire commencement assembly gave him a standing ova- tion at the conclusion of his tradi- tional remarks to the graduates. During the ceremonies honoring the outgoing president, student body president Royce Hough, Jr., presented him with a silver tray, and a check for two hundred dol- lars, to go to the University devel- opment fund, as a token of appre- ciation from the students. Dean Leon F. Sensabaugh gave Dr. Gaines a gift certificate from the faculty and staff members, and declared, “You have made Wash- ington and Lee one of the foremost men’s schools in the nation.” In his graduation address, Presi- dent Gaines exhorted the graduates to follow their patron saints here, the great leaders Washington and Lee. Like these men, he declared, you can be masters of “that strange life of thought” that lies in the lonely recesses of the mind. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE During the awarding of degrees, Robert D. Bohan of Akron, Ohio, received the honor of being handed the five thousandth degree from Dr. Gaines since he became president in 1930. And to James Anderson Wood of Falls Church, Virginia, went the distinction of being the last undergraduate to be awarded a diploma by President Gaines, and to feel his firm handclasp and hear the sincere and warm words of con- gratulations. The graduation ceremonies were held on the shady lawn between the Robert E. Lee Memorial church and the President’s home. ‘Two hundred and two men were gradu- ated from academic and _ law schools. Four distinguished alumni were presented honorary degrees by the University. They were: Dr. Edgar F. Shan- non, fr., 939, professor of English and president-elect of the Univer- sity of Virginia; Martin P. Burks, III, ’32, of Roanoke, Virginia, gen- eral counsel for the Norfolk and Western Railway, and a former president of the Alumni Associa- tion of Washington and Lee; John Letcher Crist, “12,: of Charlotte, North Carolina, president of South- ern Dyestuffs Corporation; and the Reverend Charles Wesley Low- ry, 26, of Washington, D. C., Epis- copal clergyman and author and executive director of the Founda- tion for Religious Action in the Social and Civil Order. Baccalaureate service for the 1959 graduates was conducted ‘Thurs- day, June 4, and the sermon was de- livered by Dr. John Newton Thomas, ’24, professor of systemat- ic theology at Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. He is also a trustee of Washington and Lee. An alumni luncheon honoring seniors and their families took place after the baccalaureate. ‘That evening, President and Mrs. Gaines hosted a reception in their home. SUMMER 1959 COMMENCEMENT HIGHLIGHTS—Honorary degree recipients are shown in the top picture. Left to right, JOHN L. Crist, °12; PRESIDENT GAINES; Dr. EDGAR F. SHANNON, JrR., ’99; Rev. CHARLES W. Lowry, '26; and Martin P. Burks, HI, “g2. Center picture, these parents of seniors enjoyed the luncheon on the back campus. Seated, Mrs. ELLiort WANNAMAKER and Mrs. T. B. BRYANT, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Mrs. A. G. BARBER. Standing Dr. WANNAMAKER, MR. BRYANT, 28: and Cou. BARBER. Lower picture, valedic- torian, Royce C. Houcu, middle, and his party of guests, shown after the luncheon. 7 The last mile as undergraduates—1959 Commencement Processional. University News m A GENERAL SALARY increase of five per cent for all full-time faculty and staff members at Washington and Lee was approved by the board of trustees at its June meeting. The increase will become effective Sep- tember 1, 1959, and it marks the thirteenth time since 1946 that Washington and Lee has raised University salaries. ‘The trustees also authorized Uni- versity architects to proceed with plans, specifications, and bids for a new University maintenance cen- ter. ‘The center is first in the pro- posed $2,000,000 building program which will be financed by the capi- tal funds campaign now under way throughout the country. The new maintenance facility will make it possible to remove several build- ings from the campus _ location where the new science buildings are to be constructed. Architects were also authorized to draw up preliminary plans for the proposed new biology and geol- ogy building, and the physics build- ing. However, no work on the sci- 18 ence facilities will begin until funds for their construction are “in hand or in sight,’ President Fran- cis P. Gaines declared. More than half of the $2,000,000 for the new project has been collected or pledged thus far, during the first part of the two-year drive. m THE CALYX FOR 1959 was dedicat- ed to retiring President Francis P. Gaines, “unforgettable friend and advisor.” The citation reads, in part: “So completely has the personal charac- ter of Dr. Gaines permeated every phase of our life at college that any praise seems faint indeed. We know him to be a man whose principles and integrity have served both him- self and each of us as a guide in our education and daily lives. These principles embody the pride, tradition, honor, and heritage which are our legacy as students at the institution whose course he has furthered so greatly. “... It is, then, to Francis Pendle- ton Gaines, educator, administrat- or, leader, and unforgettable friend and advisor that this Calyx is grate- fully dedicated by the gentlemen of Washington and Lee.” ‘Two pages in the yearbook are also devoted to pictures of Presi- dent Gaines during his twenty-nine years at the University. In his traditional Calyx message to the graduates, Dr. Gaines wrote: “In the normal collegiate proce- dure you have achieved a measure of knowledge, of appreciation for beauty, of the discipline of inquiry, of the loveliness of living with oth- er people. If however, the tradi- tions of your Alma Mater have in- fluenced you, then Washington and Lee has done more for you than all of these things.... With affection and with respect, I greet my last class. You will represent the fruitage of your training and you will enter into the heritage of your Alma Mater.” = SLATER FOOD SERVICE ment of Philadelphia will operate Manage- Cc the new Evans dining hall during the coming year. The firm already operates one hundred and twenty dining facilities for educational in- stitutions and industrial concerns in the eastern United States. Students will be employed as waiters and bus boys, receiving cash or board allowances. The dining hall will be open to all students, faculty, and their guests, either on a full-time basis or for individual meals. The hall will operate for the entire school year, three meals daily, except dur- ing the Christmas and spring vaca- tions. Charges for meals will be $480 for the year. On an individual meal basis, these rates will prevail: breakfast, fifty cents; lunch, sixty- five cents; dinner, one dollar and THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ten cents; Sunday dinner, one dol- lar and twenty-five cents. Break- fast and lunch will be served cafe- teria style. Dinner and the Sunday midday meal will be served “‘fam- ily style.” Evans hall will begin operation the first week in September, when the football team checks in for early practice. When freshmen ar- rive September 8, prior to the open- ing of Freshman camp on Septem- ber g, those parents who desire meals will be guests of the Uni- versity. All freshmen will be required to eat in the new dining hall, which accommodates 416 in the main dining room. Three smaller dining rooms of twenty-four-person-capaci- ty are available, and the capacity of the entire hall can stretch to handle six hundred persons. # Dr. GAINEs, retiring in Septem- ber as president of the University, has been honored by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Col- leges. At its annual meeting in June at Hot Springs, the Foundation presented him with a special cita- tion for “distinguished and notable service to higher education in Vir- ginia.”’ Dr. Gaines was one of the found- ers of the group, and served for the first two years as its president. The foundation had the best year in its six-year history last year. Three hundred and eighty-six busi- ness firms in Virginia contributed $477,545, which was distributed to the Foundation’s twelve member colleges. Most of the money goes toward increasing faculty salaries, but some goes for other operating expenses. Five new trustees were elected at the meeting, and one is Dr. Fred Carrington Cole, president-elect of Washington and Lee. SUMMER 1959 m= A FORMER PHysIcs professor here, Dr. Herbert Trotter, Jr. has been elected a senior vice-president of Sylvania Electric Products, Incor- porated. Dr. Trotter, who was a member of the faculty from 1936-41, will have charge of the engineering and research for the company. He is married and the father of three children. m DEATH TOOK Dr. Henry Vogel Shelley, professor of Ancient Languages, on May 27, 1959, dur- ing Washington and Lee’s final examination period. He had been a member of the faculty since 1927, when he was named Corcoran-Pea- body Professor at Washington and Lee, He was master at Kent School and St. Albans school and had been on the faculty of Lafayette College for eight years before coming to Washington and Lee. His talents as a pianist brought pleasure to many, and he played regularly for the meetings of the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs in Lex- ington. He is survived by his widow, and one son, Richard Henry Shelley of Springfield, Virginia. Another son, Dana Wilson Shelley, was killed in Korea in 1950. A baby son was The late Dr. HENRY V. SHELLEY born to Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shel- ley just nine days before Dr. Shel- ley’s death, and was named Dana Wiulson for his late uncle. = TWO PAPERS written by Dr. Edgar W. Spencer, ’53, head of the geology department, have recently been published. The April bulletin of the Geolog- ical Society of America published his “Geology Evolution of the Beartooth Mountains of Montana.”’ Another, “Structural Trends in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana” appeared in the Billings, Montana, Geological Society’s annual guide book. Dr. Spencer is spending this sum- mer in the Madison Mountain Ranges of Montana, on a research program under a National Service Foundation grant. He is accompan- ied by Andrew McThenia, 58, Sam Kozak, who taught in the geology department here last spring, and two students. Dr. Spencer and Mr. McThenia are studying rocks which pre-date the occurance of life on earth, in an effort to determine the cause and history of that Montana range. m LAST JUNE, President Gaines made the commencement addresses at three colleges, University of Vir- ginia, Roanoke College, and at Washington and Lee. This June, he cut it down to two. Besides his traditional remarks at the Uni- versity’s graduation here, he also spoke to seniors of Wake Forest college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Before coming to Wash- ington and Lee as president in 1930, he headed Wake Forest. = TWO JUNIORS WON top honors in June in the annual James Street Awards for creative accom plish- ment in the audio-visual media, of- he fered through the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation. First place went to Barton A. De- Palma of Philadelphia, for “Gray Rain,” an experimental picture in color, with musical background. Second place was won by Robert L. Elder of Nashville, for ‘“Foot- notes,” a narrative film in black and white using expressive feet and hands. Eight student-produced films were entered in the competition, and judges said they were impressed by “the high level of interest and ex- pressive quality” of all entries. The James Street Awards were established in 1954 by the late au- thor, to encourage originality and creativity in the audio-visual arts. = TWO WASHINGTON AND LEE stu- dents were killed in automobile ac- cidents during the final weeks of college. Paul Rutherford, III, a sophomore, died May 1, 1959, from injuries which occurred in a wreck near Poughkeepsie, New York, on April 26. He was visiting in the area for the weekend, and was alone in his car at the time of the accident. He was a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut. An overturned sports car claimed the life of Jacques Perry Dubois of Mexico City, Mexico, a junior, on May 28, 1959, a few miles from Lex- ington on the Collierstown road. He was also alone in his car at the time of the accident. The Parents’ Advisory Council currently has a special committee studying recommendations to make to the University concerning stu- dent ownership and operation of automobiles. The issue was intro- duced at last fall’s meeting, by a parent whose son was injured in October in an auto mishap which took the life of another student. m HENRY HOWZE HARRELL, of Sabot, Virginia, who has completed two years at Washington and Lee, sailed June 17 on the Queen Mary for England. He is the recipient of a 20 scholarship from the Virginia branch of the English Speaking Union, and is studying at the University of London this summer. g CHARLES L. MC CORMICK, III, a law student, has been named chairman of the 1960 Democratic Mock Con- vention. He will direct activities of the mock political event which since 1908 has attempted to guess the presidential candidate for the party out of power. The mock convention, twelfth staged at Washington and Lee, will take place next spring, in late April or early May. At the last convention, in 1956, keynote speaker Alben W. Barkley collapsed and died from a heart at- tack while addressing the opening session in Doremus Gymnasium. After his tragic death, the conven- tion was postponed for a week, and then re-convened to nominate Adlai Stephenson as Democratic candidate. WASHINGTON AND LEE University has received a grant of $50,000 from the Charles E. Merrill Trust of Ithaca, New York. Under terms of the grant, the money is to be used for increase of faculty salaries. The Merrill ‘Trust was established by the late Charles E. Merrill, long-time senior partner in the brokerage firm of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. Samuel R. Marks, ’o9, prominent Jacksonville, Florida, attorney, is a trustee of the Merrill Trust. g THE 1959 GRADUATING Class elected Roy A. Ball of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as president of its alumni group. John R. Alford of Glasgow, Vir- ginia, a law graduate, was elected vice-president, and Clark M. Lea, Haddonfield, New Jersey, was se- lected secretary. ms THE INAUGURAL PRESENTATION Of a silver trophy honoring an alumnus killed in the Korean war went to senior Thomas H. Broadus, Jr., of Knoxville, Tennessee, in May. The Francis T. Glasgow, I, Memorial Trophy goes annually to the senior who has best displayed Washington and Lee spirit and sportsmanship over his four-year college career. The trophy honors the memory of “Wink” Glasgow, ‘49, a native of Lexington, who was killed in ac- tion near “Bunker Hill” in Korea on August 9, 1952, where he was serving as a second lieutenant with the goth Field Artillery Battalion. The trophy, in the form of a cup of English silver, was given to Washington and Lee by an anony- mous donor. Small silver plates on the ebony base will record the names of its recipients. Broadus, 21, was a dormitory counselor, a member of the Student the Washington the Commerce University Service Society, Literary Society, Fraternity, and the Christian Association, and he was a four-year veteran of the varsity swimming team, serving as _ Co- captain his senior year. m MAJOR EDWARD J. ROXBURY, a 1946 eraduate of the United States Mili tary Academy, will come here in September to head Washington and Lee’s ROTC program. Roxbury holds a master’s degree in international relations from Columbia University, and was an instructor at West Point for three years. He has had overseas assign- ments in Japan and Korea. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE # THE SCHOOL OF LAW has been holding an eight-week session this summer, from June 15 until Au- gust 7. [The summer session was open to men in good standing at an approved law school where they have completed at least one semes- ter of study. Courses during the first four weeks were: Conflict of Laws, taught by professor Robert R. Huntley, °54; Constitutional Law, taught by Professor C. P. Light, Jr.; and ‘Taxation, taught by Professor E. McGruder Faris, ’51, a former member of the law faculty who now teaches at the Wake Forest Law School. During the _ second _ period, courses were: Business Associations, taught by Professor Charles R. Mc- Dowell; and Equity, taught by Pro- fessor Huntley. ‘Twenty-eight students were en- rolled for the first term, and twenty-seven in the second. = GEORGE H. FRALIN, JR., rising sen- ior, has been named the 1959 win- ner of the Martin P. Burks Oral Argument Competition. A resident of Huntington, West Virginia, he was also chosen to be a member of the 1959-60 Moot Court team, and elected president of Finals Dances for next year. Other seniors named to serve with Fralin on the Moot Court team are Nicholas W. Rath, Rich- mond, Virginia, and Henry C. Morgan, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia. In- termediates are John C. Morrison, Jr., Charleston, West Virginia; L. C. Harrell, II, Emporia, Virginia; and E. Michael Masinter, Roa- noke, Virginia. Fralin) and ‘Thomas Patrick O’Brien, IV, of Wheeling, West Virginia, have been selected to serve as counselors for the new Da- vis Law Dormitory during the com- ing year. SUMMER 1959 On the afternoon of June 12, a portrait of the late DEAN JosEPH B. LONG ington and Lee Law School, was unveiled. A member of the law faculty from 1902 uniil 1923, he succeeded MARTIN P. Burks as dean in 1918. The portrait was of the Wash- presented ly his son, J. B. LONG, Jr., a member of the bar of St. Louis. At the ceremony werc: left to right, Dr. FRANcIS P. GAINES, DEAN CLAYTON E. WILLIAMS and JosEPpH B. LONG, Jr. ©6000000066060660006000690090006800008000909380608900080660080880080 UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Progress Report—July 1, 1959 Areas Chairmen Goal Lexington, Virginia... 6: Finley M. Waddell, ’29........$ 50,000 Richmond, Virginia........ Edward J. McCarty, ’42........ 54,000 Roanoke, Virginia.......... Jack B. Coulter, 49............ 34,000 Louisville, Kentucky........ H. Edward Rietze, Jr., ’25.... 25,000 Charleston, West Virginia...Rugeley P. DeVan, Jr., ’34.... 25,000 Lynchburg, Virginia........ James E. McCausland, ’43...... 30,000 Norfolk, Virginia........... William P. Ballard, ’31........ 25,000 Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas....James H. Clark, °31........... 25,000 San Afitonio, Texas 02... Edward A. Basse, Jr. ’39........ 9,000 Charlotte, North Carolina... John L. Crist, Jr., ’45.......... 60,000 Atlante. As60KGIA. ke. Joseph. #.. Birnie, 2700. 34. 5 50,000 Jacksonville, Florida........ Robert M. Avent, ’32.......... 65,000 Wew Cire, Eat. Herbert G. Jahncke, ’g0........ 20,000 Houston; Texas: 2 oo ec Es Marvin K.-Collie,<’39 2. o..8..055 20,000 Washingion,..7D.€,*... . o.+. Fred M. Vinson, Jr., 48........ 100,000 Philadelphia-Wilmington* ..Francis W. Plowman, ’24...... 262,000 Baltimore, Maryland*...... Frank C. Brooks, °46........... 40.000 Special and miscellaneous gifts received from 27 areas where campaigns will be conducted later this year............... 00... cece eens Amount Subscribed > 71,202.50 58,223.47 43,410.00 26,275.00 35,863.72 36,676.96 21,027.00 45.915-63 2,430.00 60,267.13 50,314.00 65,267.50 25,791.00 18,422.45 65,397-25 257,848.52 30,673.57 $ 915,005.70 285,994.00 TOOT AUS. oer ke ocd wk bo oye on en 3 Evi p win neds sud bees aw $2,000,000 *Actively campaigning now $1,200,999.70 21 Virginia Newspapers Pay Tribute To President F. P. Gaines N THE YEAR since Dr. Francis P. Gaines announced that he would retire as president of Wash- ington and Lee on September 1, 1959, there have been many news- paper comments on his twenty- nine years of administration. We present some of them here, gleaned from editorial scources in the Old Dominion: THE ROANOKE TIMES Roanoke, Virginia “Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines is a member of a family which has rendered notable service to edu- cation. His own career has made him one of the country’s outstand- ing leaders in that field. “Washington and Lee had a long and distinguished history when Dr. Gaines took up his duties there. ... Under his tenure, the university has continued in its great tradi- tions of learning, advancing to the topmost rank of the nation’s liber- al arts institutions.... Last year, the Chicago Tribune conducted a survey of American universities, coeducational institutions, men’s colleges and women’s colleges. Schools were rated on the basis of qualification of faculty members, academic standards, physical facili- ties, etc. Washington and Lee stood out among the top ten men’s col- leges. Only two other colleges in the South were in the top-ranking ten in any category. “This is, we think, the best stand- ard for measuring Dr. Gaines’ sta- ture as an educator. Beyond that, 9¢ nN Virginians honor him for his sub- stantial contributions areas of civic life. He is an articu- late spokesman for all good causes. We hope that in the years ahead, Virginia will continue to have the benefit of his good counsel and able leadership.” in many THE LYNCHBURG NEWS Lynchburg, Virginia “... There will be few if any to challenge the comment of James R. Caskie, rector of Washington and Lee University, that ‘if the ac- complishments could be actually stated, it would be found that no other man has done so much for our university as has Dr. Gaines.’ “That Dr. and Mrs. Gaines will continue to live at their Rockbridge County home is considerable com- pensation to those who cannot ac- cept the idea of the Lexington com- munity without him. “Widely known as an accom- plished speaker, in such demand that is has been a matter of amaze- ment that he could accept and fill so many engagements so well—but with a drain upon his energies well known to his intimates, and hardly perceptible to others who thought he spoke with extemporaneous ease —Dr. Gaines was also widely rec- ognized as a raconteur, a superb companion at a dinner or in any gathering where you could be close enough to experience the man’s vig- orous charm and not miss anything of what he said. “Among his accomplishments are the building of a strong faculty, a steady lifting of the academic stand- ards, an elimination of professional- ism in the university’s intercolleg!- ate sports program, and strong con- tributions to the effectiveness of the Virginia Foundation of Inde- pendent Colleges, which he headed for two years. ‘ . In his retirement, he will be held in the highest esteem as a dis- tinguished Virginian, and it will be surprising indeed if he does not continue to add services and dis- tinctions to his long list.” THE TIMES-DISPATCH Richmond, Virginia “... Washington and Lee was a fine center of the higher learning when Frank Gaines took the presi- dency at the beginning of the great depression, and he has made it even finer. Faculty standards have been raised, entrance and other require- ments have been made stiffer, and the physical assets have been more than quadrupled during Dr. Gaines’ 29 years at the helm. “Under his leadership, a faculty of able and vigorous scholars has been built. It was under his leader- ship, too, that Washington and Lee became the first men’s college in the South to require passage of the college board examinations for en- trance. “The Lexington university also has been first among the larger edu- cational institutions in Virginia to abolish subsidized athletics, a pol- icy which has been courageously THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE continued, despite the howls of many alumni. “Closely associated historically with both George Washington and Robert E. Lee, Washington and Lee is recognized as being imbued with the traditions of the Old South. Yet it is one of the most cosmopolitan centers of learning in the United States. A survey by Dartmouth College a few years ago showed that Washington and Lee had a wider and more even distri- bution of its students among the states of the Union than any Ameri- can college or university. “During his 29 years at Washing- ton and Lee, Dr. Gaines has done much to give the institution its high standing in various fields, and at the same time to give the univer- sity the cachet of his own dynamic personality. One of the foremost orators of his time, he is also a scholar of note, having written a definitive historical work, The Southern Plantation, based on a colossal amount of research. “,..Since accepting the presi- dency of Washington and Lee, Dr. Gaines has received offers of other college and university presidencies in the North and South. It is ground for thanks that he has chos- en to remain at Lexington. His years there have been so productive of good for Washington and Lee, for Virginia, and the nation that we can only be grateful that he chose to carve out his career in the Old Dominion. It has been a bril- lant and well-rounded career in many ways.” WORLD NEWS Roanoke, Virginia “Among leaders in the field of higher education, Dr. Francis Pen- dleton Gaines, president of Wash- ington and Lee University, ranks with the most esteemed. “His announcement he will re- tire at the conclusion of the school session is cause for regret among SUMMER 1959 the people of Lexington, the stu- dent body, faculty, and graduates, and his many other friends. “For Dr. Gaines, it will be a well- earned retirement. His decision to step down, prompted by ‘considera- tions of general health,’ comes at the age of 67, and after a lifetime of devotion to the education of youth. ‘“,.. Besides recognition as one of the nation’s leading educators, Dr. Gaines is widely known as an ora- tor. Some of the nation’s most learned groups have had the oppor- tunity to sample his wit and sagac- ity. And in recognition of his lead- ership in the field of education, fourteen colleges and universities have conferred honorary degrees upon him. ‘“... For his contributions to edu- cation, the nation is indebted to Dr. Gaines. Washington and Lee and Dr. Gaines are synonymous in the minds of most people. It is dif- ficult even to comprehend Wash- ington and Lee without its gifted president.” THE LEADER Staunton, Virginia “...Dr. Gaines has supplied in- spirational leadership and vigorous personal effort. He has _ never spared himself in Washington and Lee’s service, especially in its cam- paign for endowment, for which he traveled widely and spoke frequent- ly. His magnificent command of the English language, his eloquence and sincerity are great assets which he has used not only for the college, but for many public causes, local, state, and national. He has given generously of his time and talents to boards and foundations, among the latter having been the Wood- row Wilson Birthplace Foundation of Staunton, which he served as trustee and president. ‘When the time comes for Dr. Gaines to step down, he will do so with the admiration and affection of Virginians, alumni throughout the country, and of educators who have watched the progress. of his distinguished college with interest, and some no doubt with envy. He can retire with the satisfaction of a task brilliantly done, and with the thought as he has put it, that ‘no man ever enjoyed a nobler privilege. I am grateful to God for that privilege and for all coopera- > 99 tions in my endeavor’. ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY NEWS Lexington, Virginia “...In telling Washington and Lee alumni here last week of Dr. Cole’s election (as president), Mr. James R. Caskie, rector of the col- lege board, said he admired Dr. Cole’s courage. It took great cour- age, he added, to follow Dr. Francis P. Gaines as president of the col- lege. “In that sentiment, those con- nected with the college and resi- dents of the entire community will join. Dr. Cole will, we know, be the first to say that he does not expect to take Dr. Gaines’ place. That would be an impossibility. The magnetic force of Dr. Gaines on the platform, his friendliness and approachableness, and _ genuine warmth of personality would be dificult to match. During his 29- year incumbency, the college has received great recognition as an educational institution and the en- dowment has been increased in phenomenal fashion. “But we predict that Dr. Cole will utilize this courage that has been attributed to him, and _ his abundance of training and exper- ience to build well upon the foun- dations prepared by Dr. Gaines and his predecessors. And he can be assured that this community, as well as the college family, will accord him all of the support and encour- agement that is within their power to give.” 23 Au Revoir, Dr. Gaines (Continued from page 5) Temple Graves, in his syndicated column, explained it this way: “... Almost every university in search of a new head seems to try first for Francis Pendleton Gaines, president of Washington and Lee. ... The great point of him is this quality of leadership—and in the right directions. He is one of the most eloquent men in America. He has a spiritual quality about him that is instantly obvious. He is deeply the philosopher. And his students at Lexington are aware of their president, aware of him as a man, a force, a light, a vivid leader in moral and _ intellectual direction. I am glad Dr. Gaines has turned down all offers. I wouldn’t have him leave Lexington for anything. He is a man made by his own brave imagination and no other scene on earth could so catch and hold his imagination as does the one at Washington and Lee. But I wish every university in the land could have such a pres- ident... .” The University will be ever grate- ful to Dr. Gaines for the nearly three decades of encompassing serv- ice he has given to the school. George Washington gave his funds, General Robert E. Lee gave his leadership, but Francis P. Gaines has given himself to Washington and Lee, and the University will not soon forget him. As James R. Caskie, rector of the board, declared, “I am of the opin- ion that if the accomplishments could be actually stated, it would be found that no other man has done so much for our university as has Dr. Gaines.” So au revoir, Dr. Gaines. Gen- erations of men will remember your name with respect, admira- tion, and love. Surely no man could want more from life than this! 24 Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts Degrees Awarded, 1958-59 October January June 1958 1959-1959 , O 8 29 37 24 Bachelor of Science (Commerce) o 2 41 43 33 fe) 6 104 119 134 10 16 202 228 Previous Total Year 1 O 28 29 21 no —_ no One Out of Every Four 1959 Graduates Plans To Attend Graduate School Next Year T LEAST forty-seven or more of A the 1959 graduating class of Washington and Lee will be going on to graduate school, according to reports being gathered by Dean Leon F. Sensabaugh during the summer. This number represents more than one-fourth of the entire class of 173 academic graduates. The largest number, twenty in all, will attend law schools next year. Half will enroll at Washing- ton and Lee’s Law school, and the others will be scattered among Harvard, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Southern Methodist, and New York universities. Fifteen graduates have been ac- cepted at medical colleges through- out the nation. Only one graduate this year will prepare for the ministry. “wo will take graduate work in business administration, one at Harvard’s Graduate School, the other at Cornell Graduate School of Busi- ness and Public Administration. Nine students are recipients of scholarships or fellowships which give financial assistance ranging all the way from $100 per year to $2600. Two students won Fulbright grants for study abroad, and one will take a journalism course next year at Ludwig Maximillian Nni- versity in Munich, Germany. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF MAILING ADDRESS Cee er Cem rere eer eeeeeseSeeeressrenseereoeeseosesseeeeeeeeees rrr rrr ee eee ee ee ee eee eee eee ee ee ee ee emcee reece errr esses eeeeeeerereseseerseeseeresrereeeeeseserse Town, State Cee eee eresreseeeersresreseeeeeececeesseeesese New ACATIreSS............:ccececceceececeeeeees eee ree eceeereeeseeeeeseeesees- seecesesrereeeesesreseseeseeccoeseeeoeecoe Town, State Street THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 10 OwrEN LyNwoop Lucas, who. at- tended Washington and Lee from 1906 till 1908, studied law at the University of Texas and practiced law briefly. ‘Then he worked for the Western Union Tele- graph company for forty years, retiring in 1949. During his career, he was in Dallas for twenty-three years, three of these as traffic engineer for Western Union. He was also in San Antonio as traffic manager for ten years, including the busy ones of World War II. He visited Lexington in 1956, the fiftieth an- niversary of his matriculation at Wash- ington and Lee, and says the old land- marks—Lee’s dormitory, House Mountain, Liberty Hall Academy ruins, and old Washington Hall were just where they belonged. His address is 3004 Kerbey Lane, Austin, Texas. BOLTING WEISIGER COULTER is executive secretary of the Hot Mix Association (Asphalt), which he organized in 1944. His office is in Perry Brooks Building, Austin, Texas. A native of Richmond, he went to Texas upon graduation, and has been engaged in engineering work ever since, except for two years as a_sales- man for the Johns Manville company. He served in World War I as a first lieutenant with an engineering group in France. He and his wife live at 2204 ‘Tow- er Lane, Austin, and are the parents of two daughters, and grandparents of four. 13 Bos Witt went to Texas after he graduated from Washington and Lee, and has been there ever since, engaged in the building supply and_ wholesale hardware business in San Antonio. He is now chairman of the board of the Build- ers Supply Company of that city, a po- sition which gives him plenty of time for travel. He and Mrs. Witt recently visited the Orient, going via Honolulu and Manila, to Bangkok. They spent three weeks in Japan and then flew home. Bob has two daughters and four grandsons, and lives at 410 Elizabeth Street, San Antonio. 1¢ BEN D. SmiTH is the senior part- ner of in the law firm of Smith and Blackburn. Ben is a Fellow in the Amer- ican College of Trial Lawyers, and _ is a member of the Kentucky and American Bar Associations. Dr. WittiAM M. Brown, a member of the social science faculty at Elon College, North Carolina, attended the annual SUMMER 1959 convention of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati in New Bern last April. He and Mrs. Brown were among the first to preview the beautifully restored Tryon Palace and grounds. Built by Royal Governor William Tryon in the eigh- teenth century, it is often described as the most beautiful building in Colonial America. J. GoopLorE JACKSON was elected presi- dent of the Allegany County Board of Education in May, and will serve for the next year. He has been a resident of the county, and of Cumberland, Mary- land since 1925. He was formerly district representative of the Corn Products Sales Company from 1926 until his retirement last July. He has been secretary of the Independent Retail Food Dealers Associa- tion in Cumberland since 1944, and is an active member of the First Baptist church and of the Lions club in Cumberland. / 5 Taytor H. Strukes, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, was presented with the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on June 1 by Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina. Jus- tice Stukes has been a member of both the South Carolina House of Representa- tives, where he served as Speaker Pro Tempore, and of the State Senate, where he was President Pro Tempore. He also served as chairman of the State Demo- cratic Executive Committee from 1926- 1940. He was elected in 1940 to the Su- preme Court of South Carolina as As- sociate Justice, and served continuously till 1956, when he was elected Chief Justice. He and Mrs. Stukes have two children, Mrs. Stephen L. Skardon, wife of the rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, New Orleans, and Joseph TT. Stukes, dean of men and head of the his- tory department of Presbyterian Junior College, Maxton, North Carolina. / 6 Davip A. FALK practiced law for a short time as a young man, “just long enough to know when I need a lawyer.” For many years, he has been connected with O. Falk’s department store in Tampa, Florida, and has served as com- pany president since 1941. He has been active in civic affairs in ‘Tampa, having been president of Greater ‘Tampa Cham- ber of Commerce, and King of Gasparil- la, ‘TTampa’s big annual fun festival. 18 Lyon W. BRANDON has recently re- ceived a Meritorious Service Award from the Department of Labor. He is Veterans Employment Representative for Mississip- pi in the United States Employment Serv- ice. 2 / SoLLy A. HaArtTzo, head of the political science department of Lake For- est College in Illinois, has been promoted to full professorship at the college. He has been a member of the faculty for twenty- nine years. He received his master’s de- gree from Columbia University, and has done graduate work at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a Local Commun- ity Research scholarship. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the [linois Citizens’ Clearing House. 24 Newest judge for Dade County, Florida is George ‘IT. Clark, who has been practicing law in Miami since 1925. He is one of three judges for the populous county. Judge Clark, a bachelor, has specialized in probate and real estate law for the past twenty years, and has been in practice alone since 1947. 2/ EUCHLIN D. REEvES and his fab- ulous collection of antiques were the sub- jects of a feature story in a spring issue of the Providence Sunday Journal, Provi- dence, Rhode Island. The antiques are housed in a 100-year-old home on Benev- olent street, which Mr. and Mrs. Reeves call their ‘‘litthe museum.” The Reeves live just next door, and use the house as a guest-house too| Among the beautiful antiques are a marble bust of George Washington, signed by the _ Brothers Adam; three dining room chairs owned by Washington when he was president; an old Lowestoft platter centered with a Washington medallion; a mirror designed and made by the Brothers Adam; a Meis- sen cup and saucer made in 1775; many valuable Lowestoft pieces, including a pistol handle urn, eagle pattern choco- late pot, and a black and white tea set. 3 0 VIRGIL CARRINGTON JONES, Civil War historian and writer, delivered the eighth annual Dance Memorial Lecture at Virginia Military Institute on May 15, New Market Day. Pat’s subject was Civil. War guerrilla activity in Northern Vir- ginia, on which he has written two books already. ‘They are “Ranger John Mosby,” published in 1944, and “Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders,” in 1956. ‘The television show, “Gray Ghosts,” was adapted from the last book. Pat also wrote “Eight Hours Before Richmond,” an ac- count of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren raid on Richmond in 1864. The Dance Lectures at VMI were established as a memorial to Lieutenant W. J. Dance, a graduate killed during World War II. NOTICE We promised to include some pictures of the interiors of the three new buildings on campus for this issue, but as we went to press, workmen had not yet completed the project. So we will photograph them for the fall issue. Look for them then. 25 35 WINTHROPE C. SmitTrH has’ been named a research associate by Esso Re- search and Engineering company. He has been with the firm for twenty-two years, and is a chemist in the technical sales service unit. Most of his research work has been devoted to the development and application of butyl rubber—a_ synthetic rubber invented by Esso Research. He is the author of some dozen technical arti- cles and the recipient of seventeen U.S. patents. He has a master of science degree in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. 36 Lewis A. McMurran, Jr., chair- man of the Jamestown Foundation, James- town, Virginia, represented the com- monwealth of Virginia at Bermuda May 10-16, honoring the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the island’s settle- ment. He participated with Bermuda’s governor, Sir John Woodall, in unveilling a plaque honoring the sailing ship De- liverance, which was built in Bermuda and carried supplies to Jamestown’s early settlers. Lewis presented bound volumes containing the twenty-three-pamphlet se- ries on seventeenth century Virginia life, compiled during Jamestown’s 250th an- niversary festival in 1957. WILLIAM ADAM RAWAK is vice-president in charge of Doylestown, Pennsylvania of- fice of Thayer, Baker and Company, in- vestment bankers. The Rawaks have two children, Ann Stetson age sixteen, and Pate, age ten. 3/ Dr. WILLIAM C. WILBUR is Pro- fessor of History at Muhlenburg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wilbur has a boy, six, and a girl, two and one-half years old. WILLIAM A. MusseN in May was named Chief Development Engineer for the Singer-Bridgeport facility of the Singer Military Products Division. He will be in charge of military design and develop- ment products and will direct scientific and technical groups at the plant. Before his appointment, he had for four years headed all electrical engineering projects at Southwest Research Institute, and be- fore this time, he was for five years head of its Engineering Physics laboratory. He 26 is the author of numerous Classified re- ports involving electronic circuitry, fire WILLIAM A. MUSSEN, 737, is now. chief development engineer for military pro- jects at the Singer-Bridgeport facility of the Singer Military Projects Division. control problems, and automatic instru- mentation and control. He holds a U.S. Naval Ordnance Development Award. 39 Vicror A. SNow, Jr., has been named sales director for the southeastern division of Belknap Hardware and Manu- facturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky. He was formerly director of sales promo- tion for the company. Dr. EpGAR F. SHANNON, JR., president- elect of the University of Virginia, is among two dozen Virginia college faculty members who have been awarded grants by the research council of the University Center in Virginia, Incorporated. He re- reived $400 for assistance in the pub- lication of “The History of a Poem: Tennyson’s ‘Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington’.” Edgar has pub- lished a number of works on ‘Tennyson. He is associate professor of English at University of Virginia, and will take over the presidential duties in the late summer. q 0 ‘THEODORE S. SMITH lives in West Lawn, Pennsylvania. He is associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany. The Smiths have four children, two in college. q 2 ROBERT CAVANNA_ was_ recently made Director of Sales Training for the Atlantic Refining Company. His home is still in Haddonfield, New Jersey. ApriAN L. BENDHEIM, JR., was killed by lightning July 25, 1959, while vacation- ing at Virginia Beach. Bendheim was vice-president of the Jewish Community Council and a di- rector of the Real Estate Board of Rich- mond. One of the area’s foremost ama- teur golfers, he was a member of the Richmond Kiwanis Club, Downtown Club, and Lakeside Country Club. Adrian was a forceful figure in alumni circles having been president of the Rich- mond chapter in 1952-53, a member of the Alumni Fund Council, and a Division Chairman of the Development Program. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Shirley Bendheim; a son, Adrian III: a daughter, Ellen; his parents and his brother, all of of Richmond. f f BYRON “PETE” REDMAN, JR. has recently been made president of the Farmers Fertilizer Corporation located in Columbus, Ohio. He has been associated with this firm since his graduation. 45 BILL SEARLE, a Lieutenant Com- mander in the Navy, visited the campus in April on his way to a new assign- ment in Boston. His duty is chief en- gineering officer of a new cruiser. His last assignment was the command of a Naval unit testing diving equipment. f 6 Joe MOFFATT is now news director for television and radio station WSLS in Roanoke, Virginia. His promotion from the job of assistant news director came on June 15. He and his wife and two children live at 101 Trinkle Avenue, N.E., Roanoke. G o STANLEY E. SACKS is practicing law with his father. He is married to the former Carole Freedman of Woodmere, New York, and is the father of two children, Andrew, and Bette Ann. t9 JoserH B. Martin is director of the department of promotion of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. For the past six years, he had been a divisional public relations representative for Allied Chemical Corporation in New York City. In his new position, which he assumed on June 1, he directs the diocese’s public relations program and promotes the work of the other departments in the dioce- san headquarters. The New York Diocese is the largest Episcopal diocese in the United States, and includes lower New York State, and New York City, except- ing Brooklyn and Long Island. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE JARED ARTHUR “JERRY” CLOSE lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is with the Lehigh Portland Cement Company. The Closes have three little daughters. VERNON SNYDER has been named execu- tive secretary of Rockbridge county, Vir- ginia, as of August 1, 1959. He has been disbursement supervisor for the Central Telephone Company at Charlottesville, and chief accountant and assistant sec- retary and treasurer of Lexington ‘Tele- phone Company. Vernon has also served as president of the Kerrs Creek Ruritan Club. He is married and the father of two children. ALFRED K. WALTER lives in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. He is head of the public relations department of Beaumont, Hel- ler and Spearling, Inc., Reading’s largest advertising agency. The Walters have three little girls. 50 RUSSELL VicroR MARLER iS now guidance director at the High School in his home town of Eddystone, Pennsyl- vania. The Marlers have been married twelve years and have a little girl twenty months old. Davip S. CroypdER is currently living on Long Island and commuting weekly to his job in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dave is free-lancing as a business con- sultant. Previously he was assistant to the president of Virginia-Carolina Chem- ical Corporation in Richmond, Virginia. The Croyders have an_ eight-month-old daughter. Dr. JOHN PETER MUHLENBURG is in the practice of pediatrics in West Reading, Pennsylvania. He is associated with two other young doctors. Pete took his medi- cal training at the University of Pennsyl- vania. He has been married three years. LEON Forest “Dave” Douc ass, III lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He and _ his wife, Jane, are the parents of an eight year old boy. Dave is managing the family-owned corporation of Waterbor and Douglass. CARL G. Croybder lives outside Norris- town, Pennsylvania. He is still with Har- court, Brace and Company as a textbook salesman. The Croyders are the parents of four children ranging in age from five years old to “just born.” A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON became a _ partner in the law firm of May, Garrett, Miller and Newman of Richmond, Virginia on January 1, 1959. Chris had been with the firm for about two years as an associate. MITCHELL I. LEwis is now national di- rector of advertising and publicity for the McLendon Corporation of Dallas, Texas. He will be in charge of promo- tional campaigns for the motion pictures produced by McLendon Radio Pictures, as well as for the McLendon group of SUMMER 1959 radio stations in Dallas, Houston, Shreve- port, San Antonio, Louisville, and San Francisco. He first went to ‘Texas in 1950 to work on the news staff of the Dallas Morning News. In 1953, he left to enter the advertising agency field. He is cur- rently president of Alpha Delta Sigma, Dallas professional advertising fraternity, and a member of the Associated Broad- cast Executives of Texas. His wife, Marie, is a niece of Dr. Francis P. Gaines. Ep THomas, who has been head of the sports department for television and radio EARL L. HARGROVE, JR., “54, iS now senior tax accountant with Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Company in Richmond, Virginia. For the past five years, he has been a certified public accountant with Leach, Calkins, and Scott in Richmond. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, as well as state and national CPA societies. at Station WSLS in Roanoke, Virginia, was promoted on June 15 to the position of assistant news director. He is a former member of the Roanoke Times staff. He and his wife and two children live at 4337 Holmes Street, N.E., Roanoke. ‘THoMAS R. WATKINS is a member of the law firm of Montague, Cumming and Watkins, in Hampton, Virginia. He is married to the former Jean Nash Fuller, and they are the parents of three chil- dren, Thomas R., Jr.; John H.,III; and Mary. 51 ELRIDGE C. HUBERT is_ serving Trinity parish, Tulsa, Oklahoma, as Episcopal layman in charge of coordi- nating personnel, administrative and fi- nancial aspects of parish work. ‘Trinity is one of the few incorporated parishes in the American church, and its ad- ministrative duties have been increasing rapidly, so it is Eric’s job to assist rector, wardens, and vestrymen in carrying out the work of the parish. He is a veteran of World War II, and has had_ twelve years of experience in banking. Music is his avocation. Dr. Dick CANCELMO was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Medical School in 1955, and interned at the Bryn Mawr Hospital for a year. He went into Army service and was stationed for about two years in Frankfurt, Germany, at the g7th General Hospital. He returned to the states in June, 1958, and began his resi- dency in Radiology at the Bryn Mawr Hospital. He expects to continue at Bryn Mawr in his residency for two more years. He is the father of two children, a daughter, Cathy, now three, and a son Dickie, one year old. Address; 687 Cricket Avenue, Ardmore, Pennsylvania. DoNnALD M. FERGUSSON is now associated with the W. Birch Douglass agency in Richmond, Virginia, as an underwriter with the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America. Address: Suite 708, Travelers Building, Richmond. 52 RIcHARD A. DENNY, JR., an attor- ney in Atlanta, has been named to head the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce’s Workmen’s Compensation Council. This Council is one of five groups studying state and federal legislation under the leadership of the State Chamber’s gov- ernmental chairman. Mr. Denny is as- sociated with the Atlanta firm of Spald- ing, Sibley, Troutman, Meadow and Smith. Hucu C. NEWTON is now assistant director of public relations for the Rockwell Man- ufacturing company. He joined the firm’s public relations department in January, 1959. Prior to this, he was Rockwell’s public relations representative and an ac- count executive for Burson-Martseller Associates. Rockwell makes power tools, instrument controls, taxi meters, parking meters, and regulators for measurement and control of liquids and gases. Hugh and his wife, Charlotte, live at 1741 Park- line Drive, Pittsburgh 27, Pennsylvania. 53 KERMIT E. HUNDLEY is vice-presi- dent and trust officer of the Houston Bank and Trust Company. He is married, and is the father of a son, about a year and a half old. Joun A. WrLtramson, II, is now hand- ling the Aluminum Shingle program for Cedar Products Company of Santa Clara, California. He is in charge of all sales for California and Nevada. Before as- suming his new job, he was with the Reynolds Metals Company in San Fran- cisco. He has bought a home in Los Altos, and his address is: 1521 Julie Lane, Los Altos. 27 5 & STEPHEN H. JOHNSSON received the degree of doctor of philosophy from Georgetown University’s Graduate School on June 8, 1959. His field was govern- ment, and the title of his thesis was, ‘““The Influence of Special Interests upon Amer- ican Far Eastern Relations from Ver- sailles to ‘Teheran.’ At Georgetown, he was a member of Phi Alpha ‘Theta, na- tional historical honor society. His home address is 722-19th Avenue, San Francisco, California. THE REv. JOHN FLETCHER LOWE, JR. was ordained in Christ Church, Greenville, South Carolina on June 20, 1959 by the Bishop of South Carolina. A week later, he was married to Mary Frances Adam- son in New Martinsville, West Virginia. ‘THomMAS D. Berry, after serving in the Air Force, was graduated in Law from the University of Mississippi and is now an adjustor for State Farm Insurance Company in New Orleans, Louisiana. He and his wife have a year old daughter, Judy. Address: 4601 Redwood Street, Lake- land Acres, New Orleans, Louisiana. ‘THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEY was awarded his master of arts degree from George Pea- body College for ‘Teachers, Nashville, ‘Tennessee, on May 28, 1959. 55 LARRY LEVITAN has become asso- ciated with the law firm of Miller, Brown and Gildenhorn, Investment Building, Washington, D.C. His residence address is: 513 Southampton Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland. Rev. WILLIAM E. Crews will assume work on September 1 with the National Council of Churches as Executive Secretary of the Interseminary Movement. His two _ re- sponsibilities will be to promote conver- sation between seminary students over the theology of the various churches, in hopes of bringing about a better under- standing and eventual unity, and also to arrange conferences on a graduate level between the professions and theologians. In this capacity, he will travel over the United States quite a bit. Prior to taking on the new job, he had served as vicar of four mission churches, three in Okla- homa and one in Foreman, Arkansas. ‘ToMMY BAKER, of Baker Ford Sales in Lexington, was appointed to attend the Ford Merchandising School at _ Ford’s Division headquarters in Dearborn, Mich- igan, recently. He took a three-weeks in- tensified course in sales, business manage- 28 CHARLES L. CLAUNCH, ’57, is a Lt. (j.g.) in the Navy, and is a carrier pilot. He is now with Advanced Training Unit 501, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. ment, service, and other phases of deal- ership operations. ‘Tommy and his wife, Courtney, are the parents of two chil- dren. 5, 6 LAWRENCE K. ANTHONY, a Candi- date for a Master of Fine Arts degree this summer from the University of Georgia Graduate School, gave an exhibition of painting and sculpture in the Georgia Museum of Art from May 31, 1959, through June 10. His work consisted of H. MErRILL PLAtsteD, III, ’57, was pro- moted to first lieutenant recently at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, where he is the Post Transportation Motor Officer. oil paintings, gouache, watercolor casein, monoprints, pastels, woodcuts, and _ steel sculpture. A former fine arts student of Dr. Marion Junkin, Lonnie has studied architecture at Clemson College. He re- ceived the Rose ‘Talbert Award, Guild of South Carolina Artists, 1958; First Place in Sculpture in South Carolina An- nual Exhibition, 1959; and Honorable Mention for painting in South Carolina Annual Exhibition, 1959. He will travel next year in Europe and Africa. 57 Lacey E. PUTNEY became a part- ner in the law firm of Oliver and Padgett on March 1, 1959. Their offices are in the Peoples’ Bank Building, Bed- ford, Virginia. Roperr C. TOLLE is attending Dental School at Ohio State University. His ad- dress is 338 West Eighth Avenue, Apart- ment 6, Columbus, Ohio. 5 & BARTON F. CARTER received his commission as Ensign in the U.S. Navy on May 6, 1959, after completing sixteen weeks of training at the Naval Pre-Flight School, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. He is now at the Saufley Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Pensa- cola, undergoing primary flight training. 1951 PRESTON M. BROWNING, JR. was married on June 14, 1959, in Claremont, Califor- nia, to Ann Virginia Hutt, a graduate of Radcliff college and at present a res- idence counselor at Stephens College. Preston has his Master of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina and has been an instructor in the English department at the University of Missouri since 1957. 1954 SAMUEL OTT LAUGHLIN, III, was married to Arlene Ruth Senkbeil on June 20, 1959, in Vance Memorial church, Wheel- ing, West Virginia. ROBERT PARTRIDGE SMITH, JR. and Cecelia Sempayrac ‘Todd were married June 13, 1959, at Riverside Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, Florida. Rev. JOHN FLETCHER Lowe, JR. and Mary Frances Adamson were married on June 27, 1959, in Saint Ann’s Church, New Martinsville, West Virginia. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 1955 EUGENE B. Sieminskt and Selina Major Krueger were married on May 28, 1959. Address: 3626 Greenway Place, Park Fair- fax, Alexandria, Virginia. 1957 MERRILL PLAISTED was married January 3, 1959, to Gene Ecton Smith of Frank fort, Kentucky. She attended Randolph- Macon Woman's College before gradu- ating from the University of Colorado. Ushers at the church wedding included Greg McNeer, ’56; and Clifford E. Smith, Jr., 58, brother of the bride. The Plais- teds are living at 327 Washington Street, Henderson, Kentucky, while Merrill is serving in the. US. .Arny at” Camp Breckinridge. 1958 THomas Fitcnu Kinc, Jr. and Margaret Louise Gray were married on July 3, 1959, in the First Methodist church, Gas- tonia, North Carolina. EDWARD LyLeE HaArtLow and Sandra Sue Hamrick were married June 7, 1959, at Mingo Presbyterian church, Mingo, West Virginia. 1941 Mr. and Mrs. ALLEN T. SNYDER are the parents of a daughter, Carolyn Morton, born April 20, 1959. New address: 1472 Gunpowder Road, Rydal, Pennsylvania. 1942 Mr. and Mrs. RoBert C. WALKER are the proud parents of a daughter, Lovie Ro- berta, born May 8, 1959. Bobby is vice- president of the Peninsula Bank and Trust Company, and of the James York Bank, both in Williamsburg, Virginia. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Epwarp C. WADDINGTON are the parents of a son, Edward C., III, born May 30, 1959. The Waddingtons have two daughters, Carol, 5, and Beth, 2. 1953 Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES RANDALL BRADLEY are the parents of a daughter, Delaina, born May 8, 1959. They live in Dallas, ‘Texas. 1956 Mr. and Mrs. JOHN KENT Kane, II are the parents of a son, John Kent, III, born June 8, 1959. 1957 Mr. and Mrs. JOHN T. Evans, JR. are the parents of a son, Craig Beresford, born February 19, 1959. They live in San Antonio, ‘Texas. 1905 GEORGE WILLIAM RADER died at a nurs- ing home on May 8, 1959. He was a farmer in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and was an elder in Oxford Presbyterian church for a number of years. 1909 SAMUEL DANIEL EGGLESTON died at his home in Charlotte Courthouse, Virginia, on May 27, 1959. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, two sons, two sisters, and two brothers, one of whom is Chief Justice John W. Eggleston, ’o6, of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. 1914 Dr. EDWIN WHEELER BUCKINGHAM, a gen- eral practitioner at Newport News, Vir- ginia, died at his home on June 6, 19509. Only two months before his death, he had been named the Doctor of the Year in Newport News, where he had_ prac- ticed medicine for the past thirty-three years. Survivors include his two sons and two daughters, and eleven grandchildren. 1917 Dr. Ernest C. SHuLL of Herndon, Vir- ginia, died in May, 1959. Junrus Bishop PoweLt died December 15, 1958. His home was Raleigh, North Carolina. 1918 SAMUEL WALTER McCown, Jr., deputy clerk of the Rockbridge circuit court for the past twelve years, died April 30, 1959. He had been an elder in New Monmouth Presbyterian church for eigh- teen years, and clerk of the Session since 1952. He was also a past president of the Kerrs Creek Ruritan club. 1919 RoBert M. BLANKENSHIP of Richmond, Virginia, died April 5, 1959. 1921 JAMES WILLIAM DupREE died May 12, 1959. He had made his home in ‘Tampa, Florida. 1925 HAROLD RAYMOND UrIAN died February 17, 1959. He made his home in Wenonah, New Jersey. 1928 ALEXANDER C. BorsseAu died April 18, 1959, at his home in Hickory, North Carolina. He recently completed thirty years of service with the General Elec- tric Company. He began with the com- pany in Schenectady, New York, in Jan- uary, 1929, aS an engineering trainee. For the past four years, he was manager of the G. E. plant in Hickory. 1933 ALBERT O. Burks, an attorney in Bedford, Virginia, died May 23, 1959. He is sur- vived by two daughters, and two broth- ers, Martin P. Burks, III, ’32; and Ed- ward C. Burks, ‘42. He is buried in Stonewall Jackson cemetery, in Lexington. 1940 PAUL JOHN MutLpoon died April 27, 1959. His home was in Atherton, Cal- ifornia, and he owned the Avis car rental agency in Palo Alto. His widow, Kay, will continue to operate the busines. She lives at 156 Stockbridge, Atherton. 1948 CAPTAIN JAMES W. WATSON, JR. died June 8, 1959, from injuries received in the crash of a B-47 stratojet bomber four days earlier. He was co-pilot of the bomber, which crashed during an _ emergency landing at Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia. He was a senior pilot, with nearly 3000 flying hours. He flew missions in both World War II and the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, the former Vivian Buchanan of Lexington, Virginia, and five children. Burial serv- ices for Captain Watson were held June 11 at the Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. 1958 ‘TOMMY WAYNE MartTIN, a lieutenant at Fort Dix, New Jersey, was killed May 18, 1959, when his automobile ran off the winding road between Lynchburg and Lexington, Virginia. Visiting friends on the Washington and Lee campus, he had gone to Lynchburg May 17 for a date with a Randolph-Macon student. When he failed to arrive back in Lexington, friends notified police. It was not until eight days later that his body was lo- cated in a small creek at the foot of a cliff on U.S. Route 501. Police said he had evidently been thrown through the windshield of his station wagon when it plummeted down the thirty-foot cliff. Tire marks indicate his car went out of control on an “S” curve a few miles south- east of Glasgow. He had been due to re- turn to Fort Dix the next day, and was supposed to have been discharged from the Army at the end of May. 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, ’14. 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