WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Ip, Scholarsh Research Funds ‘“Free Us To Teach’ Fall i960 Class Agents for 196l 1887-1910—Alumni Office 1911-A—Michael Brown, Edgemere Drive, Matawan, N. J. 1911-L—Roger M. Winborne, P. O. Box 754, Lenoir, North Carolina 1912-A—Dr. Gordon Lewis Groover, Jr. 2809 Blaine Drive, Chevy Chase, Maryland 1912-L—Francis James Heazel, P.O. Box 7437, Asheville, North Carolina 1913-A—Richard A. Smith, 626 Stonewall St., Lexington, Virginia 1913-L—Judge T. R. Bandy, Box 189, Kingsport, Tennessee 1914-A—Col. Paul J. B. Murphy, ““Kolosandra,”’ College Park, Staunton, Virginia 1914-L—John L. Hughes, Box 32, Benton, Arkansas 1915-A—W. W. Cash, Jr., Cashmary Farm, Eagle Rock (Botetourt County), Virginia 1915-L—Wilbur C. Hall, Leesburg, Virginia 1916-A—C. Lynch Christian, 206 Oakwood Place, Lynchburg, Virginia 1916-L—-T. A. Myles, Box 126, Fayetteville, West Viirginia 1917-A—Raymond Lee Cundiff, 1600 Arlington Avenue, Co- lumbus 12, Ohio 1917-L—Robert R. Kane, RFD, Boyce, Virginia 1918 —Allein Beall, Jr., P.O. Box 618, Helena, Arkansas 1919 ee A. Lander, 7711 Military Parkway, Dallas, exas. 1920-A—Randolph M. Cabell, Box 837, Waynesboro, Viriginia 1920-L—John W. Drye, Jr., 70 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 1921-A—James H. Bryan, 511 South 20th Street, Birmingham 3, Alabama 1921-L—John Bell, P. O. Box 1288, Tampa, Florida 1922-A—L. Waters Milbourne, 603 Somerset Road, Baltimore, Maryland 1922-L—R. Bleakley James, 132 Alleghany Street, Clifton Forge, Virginia 1923-A—Dr. Herbert L. Elias, 199 De Mott Avenue, Rockville Centre, New York 1923-L—Judge Cyrus W. Hall, Hall, Charnock & Smith, Suite 607 Peoples Building, Charleston, West Virginia 1924-A—Albert M. Pickus, 2424 Main Street, Stratford, Conn. 1924-L—J. Hampton Price, Box 466, Leaksville, N.C. 1925-A—John T. McVay, 1404 Washington Boulevard, Hunt- ington 1, West Virginia 1925-L—Dorsey O. Mitchell, 500-501 Lemcke Building, In- dianapolis 4, Indiana 1926-A—Rufus A. Fulton, 155 River Drive, Lancaster, Pa. 1926-L—Edwin G. Hundley, U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Baltimore, Maryland 1927-A—Allen Harris, Jr., Box 300, Johnson City, Tennessee 1927-L—John O. Strickler, 115 West Kirk Avenue, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia 1928-A—Van Alen Hollomon, Majestic Theatre Building, Dallas 1, Texas 1928-L—T. B. Bryant, Jr., Orangeburg, South Carolina 1929-A—Dr. Hayward F. Day, 144 Rockview Avenue, North Plainfield, New Jersey 1929-L—Samuel C. Strite, 122 West Hagerstown, Maryland Washington Street, 1930-A— 1930-L—Nicholas D. Hall, Jr., Whitaker, Hall, Haynes & Allison, Hamilton Bank Bldg., Chattanooga, Tenn. 1931-A—James L. Rimler, 20 North Court Street, Frederick, Maryland 1931-L—Manuel M. Weinberg, 106 N. Court Street, Freder- ick, Maryland 1932-A—Judge Charles E. Long, Jr., 4939 Brookview, Dallas 20, Texas 1932-L—Lt. Col. Charles A. Wood, Jr., Box 484, Charleston, West Virginia. 1933-A—John D. Copenhaver, 931 Oakwood Drive, S.W., Roanoke, Virginia 1933-L—Bernard B. Davis, Bank of Shelbyville Building, Shelbyville, Kentucky 1934-A—William R. Schildknecht, M. J. Grove Lime Co., Lime Kiln, Maryland 1934-L—Thomas D. Anderson, Trust Dept., Nat’l Bank of Commerce, P. O. Box 2558, Houston 1, Texas 1935-A—William Duncan McDavid, 1519 North “A,” Pen- sacola, Florida 1935-L—Thomas E. Sparks, Box 547, Fordyce, Arkansas 1936-A—Robert P. Van Voast, 505 South Market Street, Johnstown, New York 1936-L—Hugh D. McNew, 1400 Lawnwood Drive, St. Louis 31, Missouri 1937-A—John Malcolm McCardell, Frederick, Maryland 1937-L—Edwin M. Marks, c/o Goldsmith’s, 123-137 South Main St., Memphis, Tennessee 1938-A—Gerald M. Lively, 101 West 11th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 1938-L—Hardwick Stuart, Box 372, Cleveland, Tennessee 1939-A—-Thomas W. Moses, 1220 Speedway Avenue, Indian- apolis 7, Indiana 1939-L—John D. Goodin, P.O. Box 457, Johnson City, Tenn. 1940-A—Robert C. Hobson, Kentucky Home Life Bldg., Louisville, Kentucky 1940-L—O. Beverley McEwan, 100 E. Central, Orlando, Fla. 1941-A—Emil C. Rassman, III, 617 Midland Tower, Midland, Texas 1941-L—Charles F. Heiner, 112 Lake Lane, Glenbrooke Hills, Richmond 29, Virginia 1942-A—Charles P. Didier, 205 West Broadway, Maumee, Ohio 1942-L—-Lt. Col. Eliott W. Butts, Jr., 4312 Pawnee Street, Jacksonville 10, Florida 150 Fairview Avenue, Hardwick Building, 1943. Corneal B. Myers, 221 Stuart Avenue, Lake Wales, Florida 1944 —James P. Gilman, Route 2, Box 41, Salisbury, N. C. 1945 —Edward B. Addison, 3099 East Pine Valley Road, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 1946 —Robert W. H. Mish, Jr., P. O. Box 887, Lexington, Virginia 1947 —John A. McWhorter, Jr., 1620 “I” Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 1948-A—Lewis H. McKenzie, Montezuma, Georgia 1948-L—Carter R. Allen, P. O. Drawer 219, Waynesboro, Va. 1949-A—Mark W. Saurs, 1900 Panama Road, Richmond, Va. 1949-L—Jack B. Porterfield, Jr., 817 Frank Nelson Building, Birmingham, Alabama 1950-A—Albert Henry Hamel, 350 Jefferson Road, Webster Groves, Missouri 1950-L—Rufus B. Hailey, Sevier County Bank Building, Sev- ierville, Tennessee 1951-A—W. Upton Beall, 217 Professional Building, Tyler, ‘Texas 1951-L—E. McGruder Faris, Jr.. Wake Forest Law School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1952-A—Roland E. Thompson, 4915 Longfellow Court, Mc- Lean, Virginia 1952-L—James C. Turk, Dalton, Poff & Turk, Radford, Va. 1953-A—The Reverend L. B. Ranson, Jr., Route 1, Stewarts- town, Pennsylvania 1953-L—Edward L. Oast, Jr., 217 Winston Road, Portsmouth, Virginia 1954-A—Norman L. Dobyns, 1502 N. 16th Road, No. 10, Arlington 9, Virginia 1954-L—Joseph P. Kilgore, Box 276, Amherst, Virginia 1955-A—J. Hardin Marion, III, 1004 Dartsmouth Road, Bal- timore 12, Maryland 1955-L—John F. Kay, Jr., 5403 Kingsburg Road, Richmond, Virginia 1956-A—Geoffrey T. Ambrister, 6620 Broad Street, Brook- mont, Washington 16, D.C. 1956-L—Beverly G. Stephenson, 2930 S. Dinwiddie Street, Arlington 6, Virginia 1957-A—John J. Fox, Jr., 500 Tuckahoe Boulevard, Richmond 26, Virginia 1957-L—Gavin G. K. Letts, c/o Wood & Cobb, Datura Bldg., Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 1958-A—Thomas B. Branch, Jr., 200 Montgomery Ferry Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 1958-L—Robert G. McCullough, 925 Church Street, Lynch- burg, Virginia 1959-A—C. DuBose Ausley, 1410 Betton Road, Tallahassee, Florida 1959-L—Samuel J. Thompson, “Ivy Woods,” Rustburg, Va. 1960-A—A. Prescott Rowe, P. O. Box 317, Lexington, Virginia 1960-L—Isaac N. Smith, Jr., 4600 Kanawha Avenue, Charles- ton, West Virginia CHAPTER CORRESPONDENTS Appalachian—John M. Jones, ’37, Hilltop House, Greeneville, Tennessee Augusta-Rockingham—J. B. Stombock, Box 594, Waynesboro, Virginia Atlanta—Farris P. Hotchkiss, °’58, 370 Alberta Terrace, N.E., Apt. 2-D Baltimore—James R. McDonald, ’50, 1206 Lake Falls Road Birmingham—John V. Coe, ‘25, 1631 North 8rd Street Charleston, West Virginia—Ruge P. DeVan, Jr., "34, United Carbon Building Chatranoogs Gerry U. Stephens, '50, 2721 Foltz rive Chicago—Charles A. Strahorn, '28, Winnetka Trust and Savings Bank, Winnetka, Illinois Charlotte—Charles L. Green, ’'40, 701 Johnson Building Cincinnati—Robert F. Wersel, ’42, 1225 Rockwood Drive, Cincinnati 8, Ohio Cleveland—Hal R. Gates, Jr., ’48, 19801 Wickfield Road, Cleveland 22 Cumberland Valley—James L. Rimler, ’31, 20 N. Court St., Frederick, Maryland Danville—C. Richmond Williamson, ’51, P. O. Box 497 Florida West Coast—Charles P. Lykes, ’39, P. O. Box 2879, Tampa 1, Florida Houston—Robert W. Davis, Jr., ’30, 1547 Esper- son Building Jacksonville—A. Lee Powell, Jr., ’50, 34 Buckman Building Hanses ow H. Leedy, °49, 15 West 10th ree Louisville—Ernest Woodward, II, '40, Kentucky Home Life Building Lynchburg—Dr. George B. Craddock, ’30, Lang- horne Road Mid-South—J. Hunter Lane, Jr., ’52, 727 Com- merce Title Bldg., Memphis, Tennessee New York—E. Stewart Epley, '49, McKinsey & Co., 60 East 42nd Street, New York 17 New_ Orleans—Herbert Jahncke, ’30, Jahncke Service New River and Greenbrier—Harry E. Moran, ’13, Beckley, West Virginia Norfolk, Virginia—Henry I. Willett, ’52, Box 8, Churchland, Virginia . Stemmons, ’31, 401 Davis North Texas—John M Building, Dallas Northern Louisiana—C. Lane Sartor, ’42, 4812 Camelia, Shreveport, Louisiana Peninsula—Beverley W. Lee, Jr., °’42, 13 Earl Street, Hampton, Virginia Philadelphia—Sidney Ulfelder, Jr., 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—Edward J. McCarty, ’42, 1203 Essex Avenue, Richmond, Virginia Roanoke—William R. Holland, Mountain Trust Bank, P. O. Box 1411 San Antonio—John W,. Goode, Jr., ’43, 201 N. St. Mary’s Street St. Louis—Malcolm Holekamp, ’53, 344 Gray Ave., Webster Groves 19, Missouri Tri-State—T. J. Mayo, ’31, 440-12th Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia Tulsa—Phillip R. Campbell, ’57, 603 Philtower Bldg., Tulsa, Oklahoma Upper Potomac—Thomas N. Berry, 38, 15 N, Al- legany St., Cumberland, Marylan Washington, D. C.—Arthur Clarendon Smith, Jr., '41, 1313 You Street, N.W. Wiimington—Victor H. Hanson, ’56, Yorklyn, Delaware °24, Brook- °° OCC eeeeee,, SCeee ee November 1960 Vol. XXXV No. 4 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 FRANK J. GILLIAM, 1917 FITZGERALD FLOURNOY, 1921 PAXTON DAVIS AMES W. WHITEHEAD RODNEY M. Cook, 1946 W. C. WASHBURN, 1940 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. President PauL M. SHUFOoRD, 1943 Vice-President BERNARD LEVIN, 1942 Secretary WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, 1940 Treasurer AMES B. MARTIN, 1931 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RopDNEY M. Cook, 1946 BERNARD LEVIN, 1942 AMES B. MARTIN, 1931 PAUL M. SHUFORD, 1943, President PEYTON B. WINFREE, 1935, Ex Officio CLARK B. WINTER, 1937 Dr. JOHN B. BATTLE, JR., 1934 WILLIAM B. WIspoM, 1921 THE COVER: Bruce Houcuron, freshman from Princeton, New Jersey, knows that college means long hours with books. His father, a graduate of the class of ’39, is a mathematical research engineer for Westinghouse Corporation. University Benefits By Scholarship, NEW PHASE in Washington and A and Lee’s educational oppor- tunities has opened, with the estab- lishment this fall of the Robert E. Lee Research Fund for undergrad- uate research activities A gift of $300,000 from an anony- mous donor endows the program, and the sum of $20,000 has been made available for appropriate ac- tivities during the first year of the fund’s application. As established by the University’s Board of Trustees, the Robert FE. Lee Research Fund will serve three basic purposes: 1) To promote faculty research activities in which promising un- dergraduates may take part as re- search assistants or apprentices. 2) To establish research assistant- ships or apprentices for promising and interested undergraduates for work during the school year and during the summer months. 3) To encourage faculty and stu- dent participation in interdiscipli- nary seminars on research tech- niques, tools, and methodology. “It is our behef at Washington and Lee that we should make very effort to introduce our students to the intellectual stimulation of re- search and investigative study at the earliest possible time in their academic careers,’ President Fred C. Cole said. ‘““We hope such work on the undergraduate level will re- sult in greater numbers of our students going on to graduate schools and advanced degrees, and also for those who will not continue in graduate school we feel there are basic intrinsic benefits in such ex- perience.” 2 President Cole said all academic disciplines—including physical and natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences—will share in the research fund’s application. “Through their stipends as re- search assistants and apprentices, students will have an opportunity to earn a portion of the costs of their education in a way that will be more meaningful to them than the experiences of the usual part- time jobs on and off campus,”’ Pres- ident Cole declared. Some 15 research projects invol- ing the use of student assistants have been submitted by Washing- ton and Lee faculty members for consideration. President Cole said appropriate officials will review the projects and recommend approval for necessary funds. President Cole said he hoped the Robert E. Lee Research Fund would help bring about a closer relationship between the _ univer- sity functions of teaching and re- search. “Particularly in an institution such as Washington and Lee, facul- ty research should bear the closest relationship possible to the im- provement of teaching and the ad- vancement of understanding and learning for our students,” Presi- dent Cole said. November 23-28 December 15 December 17-January 2 January 16-26 January 19 January 27-28 March 25-April 2 April 12 April 21-22 May 5-6 June 1-2 Calendar of vents Lee’s Birthday, Founders Day Convocation Phi Beta Kappa Fiftieth Anniversary Thanksgiving Holidays Candlelight Christmas Service Christmas Holidays Semester Examinations Fancy Dress Ball Spring Holidays Tucker Law Lectures Anniversary Reunion Classes Commencement THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Research Gifts SCHOLARSHIP FUND of more than half a million dollars has been set up at Washington and Lee to honor the memory of the late ‘Thomas Ball, ‘03, California attor- ney and philanthropist. Valued at $587,663, the fund represents the largest addition to endowment for scholarship pur- poses in the University’s history. Mrs. Alfred I. duPont, a trustee and long-time benefactor of the University, established the trust funct in memory of her brother, Thomas Ball, who died of a heart attack on May 24, 1960, at Hunt- ington Memorial Hospital in Pasa- dena, California. Income from the ‘Thomas Ball Scholarship Fund will be used “‘for the education of worthy boys se- lected by the University,” accord- ing to terms of the trust. President Fred C. Cole said he expects that the first Thomas Ball Scholarships will be granted in Sepember, 1961. “This gift,” he declared, “honor- ing a distinguished alumnus of Washington and Lee, and _ the brother of one of its most devoted friends, adds significantly to the University’s capability to extend its educational opportunity to promising young men who need fi- nancial assistance to come _ here. The need for continued strength- ening of our scholarship program is one of the matters of greatest sig- nificance to this University, and we are deeply grateful that Mrs. duPont chose to help Washington and Lee in such an important phase of its work.” Thomas Ball was born in Jacks- FALL 1960 The Late THOMAS BALL, ’03 Law boro, ‘Texas, and grew up in North- umberland county, Virginia. He received his education in public schools of Virginia and Maryland, at Bickler Academy of Austin, Tex- as, and undergraduate training at the College of William and Mary. He attended the Washington and Lee School of Law in 1902-03, and was admitted to the Virginia bar on June 24, 1903. He moved to California in 1906, and practiced law in Los Angeles until his death. His home was in San Marino, Cali- fornia. His body was entombed in the family cemetary at Cressfield, Virginia. Besides Mrs. duPont, he is sur- vived by two other sisters, Mrs. N. Addison Baker of Richmond, Virginia, and Mrs. Albert J. Bow- ley of Washington, D.C.; also, one brother, Edward Ball of Jackson- ville, Florida. Mr. Ball was a member of the Los Angeles and California Bar Associations, the American Bar Association, Jonathan Club, Ki- wanis, Sons of the Revolution, So- ciety of the Cincinnati in Virginia, Life Member of the Virginia His- torical Society, California Cham- ber of Commerce, and the Los Angeles Art Association. The 1960 Freshman Profile: SURVEY OF statistics relating to A the Class of 1964, which en- tered in September, reveals some interesting developments. The fol- lowing points stand out: a continu- ing increase in the proportion of the number of candidates from which the same sized class was to to be selected; a sharp up-turn in the level of College Board Scores; a reasonable increase in the _ pro- portion of students from the South- ern area; and a larger proportion of men entering on scholarships. When the selection of the class was begun in February, there were 186 more “final’’ candidates than on the same date the year before. Acceptances were sent to 565 can- didates out of a total of 1264. Of the 565 offered acceptance, 324 con- firmed acceptance and entered. ‘The 924 were 57.3 per cent of those accepted. According to Time mag- azine, the corresponding figure this year for all “Ivy League” colleges was 63 per cent. Average College Board Scholas- tic Aptitude ‘Test Scores: VERBAL MATH 1958 528 553 1959 532 563 1960 548 577 By residence, 74 per cent of the class came from the South and bor- der states, as against 70 per cent last year. The Atlantic Seaboard above Maryland dropped from 22 per cent in 1959 to 18 per cent this year, with the 8 per cent from other areas the same each year. The total break-down among states indicates 4 by FRANK J. GILLIAM Dean of Students and Director of Admissions that Washington and Lee continues to hold the position of having the most widely distributed student body of any of the men’s colleges. The drop in the northern Atlan- tic Seaboard attendance was largely in the representation from Eastern private schools, although the total percentage of distribution _ re- mained the same as in 1959: 55 per cent from public schools and 45 per cent from private schools. SCHOOLS SENDING THREE OR MORE MEN Private 7—Darlington, St. Christopher’s, Westminster (Georgia) 6—Episcopal High, Woodberry 5—Gilman, St. Louis Country Day 4—Baylor, Landon, Lawrenceville, Louisville Country Day, The Gunnery 3—Deerfield, Kent, McCallie, Mc- Donogh, Memphis University School, St. Stephen’s (Virginia), University School, University Military School. Public 6—Lexington 5—Lynchburg 3—Atherton (Louisville), Baltimore City College, Baltimore Poly- technic, Clarksburg, West Vir- ginia, East (Memphis), High- land Park (Dallas), Lamar (Houston) Thomas Jefferson (Dallas), Washington-Lee (Arl- ington, Virginia) Virginia has the largest number of freshmen, 76; Maryland has 24; New York, 21; Alabama, Pennsyl- vania and Texas, 16 each; Geor- gia, 15; Kentucky, 14; Florida and West Virginia, 12; with eleven states ranging from five to ten; and eleven other states from one to four students. Sixty-one sons of alumni com- pleted applications. Forty-nine were issued and 37 of these accepted candidates entered. Eighty per cent of sons of alumni who applied were offered admission against 43 per cent of non-alumni sons ac- cepted. In addition to the largest amount of scholarship grants ever awarded freshmen in one year, a new policy of most generous loans—on exactly the same terms as the Government loans—was instituted. This move brought to the campus a _ consid- erable number of men of need and more than average promise who could not meet the very exacting academic requirements for out- right scholarships. FRESHMEN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Completed Scholarship Applications oo... eee 185 Awards Granted. ..........ceeeceeeeees 58 ‘Total Amount Granted (in- cluding $6,210 in loans)....$53,095 Range of Stipends $100-$300— 7 $301-600—15 $601-$1000—12 $1001-$1500—15 $1501-$2000— 9 58 Average Stipend... $862 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Alumni Fund Out From Mothballs N THE YEARS just prior to the Cap- I ital Fund Drive for new facilities in science and journalism, alumni of Washington and Lee were sup- porting the annual Alumni Fund with contributions of over $100,000 per year. This is comparable to the yield from an endowment of ap- proximately $2,500,000, and the University recognizes this support from her loyal sons as of tremend- ous Importance. The last Fund report indicated a participation by 35.3 percent of alumni solicited—an average show- ing among private institutions in the United States. Some universi- ties comparable to Washington and Lee have considerably higher par- ticipation. Surely one of the main goals of the Alumni Fund in the future will be the raising of this performance. At the outset of the $2,000,000 Capital Fund Drive, it was envi- sioned that the Alumni Fund and the Drive would merge efforts so there would be no double solicita- tion of any faction of supporters. All of us can take considerable pride in the fine showing of the capital fund campaign. This pro- gram is now in its last stages, and there are only about twenty-five per cent of the total number of alumni who have either not yet had an op- portunity to subscribe to the cam- paign, or who are still under obli- _ gation to it as of September 1, 1960. It would seem, therefore, that from an overall standpoint, the Alumni Fund for 1960-61 can be FALL 1960 A. LINwoop HOLTON Chairman, Alumni Fund Council instituted over a seventy-five per cent sector of the total number. While the capital campaign is of utmost importance in terms of making possible those physical fa- cilities which are so essential at Washington and Lee University, it is equally important that the an- nual giving pattern be re-establish- ed, and its vision broadened and enlarged. The Alumni Fund Council, the group charged with the responsi- bilities of directing the yearly Alumni Fund by the Alumni Board of ‘Trustees, assembled in Lexing- ton for its fall meeting on Octo- ber 8, 1960. This Council, cogni- zant of its tremendous responsibil- ity, Is anxious to reinstate the Alumni Fund to its former status, and to strive diligently to increase our participation, and to raise our sights. At the direction of the Alumni Fund Council, the 1960-61 Fund year will be conducted, with every effort being made toward getting into a full and complete campaign in the next Fund year of 1961-62. This means that the class and re- gional agent plan is to be re-estab- lished to its full strength as early as possible. On the inside front cover you will find the listing of the Class Agents with their ad- dresses. In the next few months they will be writing to each one of their classmates, who is eligible for solicitation, to emphasize the re- sponsibility of each to the tasks ahead for our alma mater. Past ex- perience has shown that Washing- ton and Lee men always come for- ward when the need is shown. The Council would like to ex- press deep appreciation to the Class Agents for their devotion and loyalty in this service to their alma mater, and to the alumni who will share in the necessary support of the University. Also, with the sights set for a complete campaign, the Council has direct- ed that the Regional Agent plan be started in the spring of 1961 to assist the class agents in bring- ing about a full participation of alumni. The Executive Secretary is presently engaged in soliciting these agents who will be announced in the next issue of the Alumni Magazine. First Baker Scholars Arrive on By JAMEs D. Farrar, ‘49 Director of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships NE OF THE MOST significant de- () velopments at Washington and Lee in many years has been the establishment of the George F. Baker Scholarships. As announced in the Alumni Magazine in Oc- tober, 1959, Washington and Lee is one of twelve liberal arts colleges in the country sharing in the schol- arship program of the George F. Baker ‘Trust of New York. The University received an initial grant of $50,000 to establish four-year Baker Scholarships for freshmen en- tering in 1960, 1961, and 1962. Alumni response to our request for assistance in identifying qual1- fied candidates and _ interesting them in Washington and Lee was of extreme value in the selection of the Baker Scholars for 1960. It was the hope of the Baker Trust that members of the college’s Board of Trustees would play an important part in the selection of the Baker Scholars. Members of our Univer- sity Trustees who served on the Trustees’ Selection Committee for Baker Scholars were Joseph L. Lan- ier, Dr. Huston St. Clair, and Dr. John N. Thomas, who gave in- valuable time and care to the final selection of the four Baker Scholars. On March 15, 1960, the Faculty Committee on Scholarships met for initial consideration of 166 scholar- ship candidates for September, 1960. From this group of candi- dates, the Committee selected six- teen young men, most highly quali- fied for the Baker Scholarships, to 6 visit Washington and Lee as guests of the University and to meet with the Scholarship Committee and the Board of Trustees’ Selection Com- mittee. These sixteen men arrived at the University by Friday morn- Baker Scholar candidates, along with the Trustees’ selection committee are shown above: front row, KinsEY, Dr. THOMAS, '24, DR. ST. CLAIR, ’22 and Mr. LANIER, °27. Second row, HULBERT, SMITH, BAKER, and SYLVESTER. Third Row, Lewis, ATKINS, and Brewer. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Campus ing, March 25, and toured the cam- pus with members of the student body and met individually for a fifteen-minute interview with our Scholarship Committee during the day. After conclusion of interviews in the afternoon, the Committee selected eight of the sixteen candi- dates as semi-finalists to meet in- dividually for a twenty-minute in- terview with the Trustees’ Selection Committee on Saturday morning, March 26. From this group of eight, the Selection Committee was to name the Baker Scholars for 1960. Members of the Trustees’ Com- mittee arrived in Lexington on Friday evening, March 25, and spent several hours that night re- viewing in detail the applications for admission and scholarship of all eight semi-finalists. The Committee started interviews with the candi- dates at 8:30 Saturday morning and completed their selection of five Baker Scholars by 1:00 p.m. that day. Four of the five candidates select- ed accepted the scholarships and are members of our Freshman Class this year. Chosen on the bases of character, intellectual capacity, mo- tivation and leadership, and finan- cial need, these four men became Washington and Lee’s first Baker Scholars: John W. Baker, Jr., of Suffolk, Virginia; Matthew H. Hul- bert of Lynchburg, Virginia; Thomas C. Lewis of Goldsboro, North Carolina; and Jimmie T. Sylvester of Memphis, Tennessee. Alonzo Atkins, Jr., of Gadsden, FALL 1960 Alabama; Robert H. Brewer of Helena, Arkansas; and Bill H. Kin- sey, Jr., of Washington, North Carolina were awarded Robert E. Lee and Alfred I. duPont Scholar- ships and are members of this year’s Freshman Class. Through the George F. Baker Scholarships and a broadened pro- eram of student financial aid, Washington and Lee is assisting financially more entering students this year than any other previous freshman group. Fifty-eight fresh- men, 18 per cent of a class of 324, are receiving a total of $53,095 in financial aid. The University looks to continuing alumni help in in- teresting qualified young men in Washington and Lee—help vital to our program of Admission and Scholarship. Occupational File in the Offing HETHER you are a doctor, a lawyer, a parking lot attend- ant, a salesman, a teacher, or what have you, the Alumni Association is interested in recording this data in the compilation of an occupa- tional file. This is not a new idea in the educational arena. Some col- leges and universities have attempt- ed, over the years, in various de- grees to Maintain a system of keep- ing up-to-date information on the business and professional life of their alumni. With the advent of the new IBM electronic data equip- ment here at Washington and Lee, this dream comes into the realm of a practical reality. “By their fruits ye shall know them’’—this philosophy has long been the byword for colleges and universities. Every institution is proud of its product and is keenly aware of the impact and influence which her alumni make in all levels of community life. Washington and Lee University proudly accepts these comparisons and we _ are pleased with the thought that per- centagewise, our Alma Mater pro- duces an enviable number _ of leaders in all phases of economic, educational, and professional life. As one travels around the country and visits alumni chapters, he is always impressed with the fine con- tributions which Washington and Lee men make in their own com- munities, their churches, and their businesses. It is becoming increas- ingly apparent that small, private institutions are obliged to do a little better job in the educational field and produce the exceptional in order to justify their existence and the support given them. Each college must in some way have facts and figures to prove its case. Wash- ington and Lee University is anx- ious to meet this challenge. With this thought in mind, the Alumni Association is desirous of moving toward the establishment of an occupational file. While the master cards in the central office do contain, to a limited degree, such information it is impossible, under the present setup, to cate- gorize the alumni membership. Within the next several menths a brochure will be developed which will explain more thoroughly the purpose and program for this oc- cupational listing. Perhaps in the first quarter of 1961 the alumni will receive a questionnaire which, when returned to the central office, will result in having the informa- tion transferred to an IBM card. This will be the beginning of the Washington and Lee occupational file. Its continued success and worth will depend entirely on the cooperation of each person in keep- ing us well advised of their present status and the changes which take place in the future. ~I By FRANCIS P. GAINES Chancellor Washington and Lee University VERY CITIZEN who reads a news- E paper or hears the appro- priate speech knows what we may term the quantitative problem of American education. It is the start- ling increase in enrollment, or at least of application, and it exists on every level. Bravely if sometimes blunderingly the leadership of our thinking attacks this problem. It will be solved with some satisfac- tion. But meanwhile we must surely consider more than quantity. More subtle and possibly more perilous is the qualitative problem. This problem, or certainly an im- portant element of it, may be stat- ed, oversimplified perhaps, in this way: A dominant if unconscious public sentiment demands of the schools performances that are simp- ly no part of the school’s business. This insistent clamor, by the way, is often in behalf of praiseworthy motive, supplementing the home or alumni loyalty or even civil wel- fare. These divert and even defeat central purposes. School Canr’t Replace Home Careful students of social devel- opment have observed the slow, 8 A Retired “President Speake: “Free Us To Teach’’ sometimes subterranean, but steady tendency to transfer to the school functions of other traditional agen- cies. It is true, of course, that any school should be mindful of group adjustment, good manners, and the ancient sweetness of “in honor pre- ferring one another’’—valid for many situations besides the mar- riage ceremony. But by no stretch of the imagination can we fancy the school as supplanting the good home. It is the duty of the schools to emphasize character and truth work but the a rather un- and honesty of “school-church” is thinkable concept. A curious phase of this sentiment that completely misunderstands the work of education, a fact notable on the secondary level, is an appar- ently growing practice of “auto- matic promotion.” This logic as- sumes that the school is above all else a place where youth spend a given number of years, learning what they may, and passing from stage to stage without regard to accomplishment so that they will get out of the way of others tread- ing on the heels. In other words, the school is a kind of community babysitter for varying necessities. This idea is treason to every end of education. Less conspicuous but now of dis- turbing proportions is a conviction of many that contribution of any school hes in furnishing entertain- ment for some segment of the peo- ple, the community or the alumni or what-have-you. This insistence has been dramatized in certain re- sort towns which consider high school exhibitions a drawing card for tourists. Some such urgency is felt strongly on the higher levels. Various college presidents have told me that when a proposal to simpli- fy athletics had been advanced, the Chamber of Commerce, or an equi- valent group, moved into immed- iate action. The reasoning proposed was of this nature: “Since this city supports your institution, you are obligated to give us the most ex- pert spectacles, in order to draw huge crowds who will patronize our business.” “The poor president is at loss to counter this requisite of quid pro quo. Sober consideration, it seems to me, should disclose how superficial and how unworthy this kind of muddled mentality would prove. For example, we admire and ap- plaude the Rockettes of the New York Music Hall, but are we really prepared to admit that the end of education for our girls is to provide for every school unit a charming galaxy of dancers, even if we pro- mote them to the title of major- ette? I recall the hilarity in one university circle a few years ago because it had defeated a rival by THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE the single point after touchdown; and I recall the ironic comment of an adherent of the other school: “Let’s drop everything else and go to educating toes.” Just Play Mary Of course outside activities have their place in education up to grad- uate or professional work. We re- call the truth of the maxim, “All young animals love to play,’ and thus we encourage sports. We re- member that fantasy is an instinct of every imaginative child, and we provide pageant or dramatics. We know the urgency for social life. Some years ago, William and Mary, a fine co-educational college, gave us a bad defeat in football, where- upon one of our students muttered, “Don’t want to play William any- way, just want to play Mary.” All college boys want to “play Mary.” We wouldn't change that aspiration if we could. But the outside world should grant us the privileges of organizing these procedures solely for the bene- fit of the students themselves and not for the enjoyment of the crowd. Surely the program of extra-curri- cular effort can be made profitable as a part of the strengthening as well as the enrichment of the young life. No Subsidized Athletics Some of us have learned with happy surprise that there is an ap- preciable and influential, though generally inarticulate, segment of public sentiment that supports the commitment of education primarily to the intellectual culture. Some years ago the trustees of Washing- ton and Lee in quiet decision abandoned every form of subsidized athletics. When the announcement was made, it suddenly seemed that the decision was really earth-shak- ing. I received more than a thou- sand letters, and for a period drop- ped all other duties in a somewhat futile attempt to make adequate FALL 1960 reply. Sincere alumni in deep alarm assured me that we would lose pop- ular support and would wither on the vine. Quite the contrary happened, ap- plications showed tremendous in- crease. The alumni fund in about three years more than doubled. By the way—and I had not expected this development—the number of students who entered intercollegi- ate sports almost doubled. After long years of listening to the clamor of pedagogic voices, I seem to hear now a dramatic plea of educators: “Set us free for our enduring task, the fulfillment of promise that lies in the minds of our girls and our boys!” The schools want to set high standards and demand compliance. And there is something in youth that will re- spond if significance can be made clear; witness the grueling self-disci- pline a boy will suffer in order to make a given team. Inevitably if this plea be grant- ed by our sustaining public, we shall solve not only the qualitative problem but possibly other phases of our difficulty. The school, for ex- ample, that is permitted to enforce high standards will not have many delinquents. Girls and boys who have the ability and the energy and the certainty of purpose to meet high standards do not normally give us worry about attitude, con- duct, or eventual destiny. Reprinted from the N. Y. Herald-Tribune Phi Beta Kappa N APRIL 12, 1961, the Virginia Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will commemorate the fif- tieth anniversary of its founding here in 1911. The charter for this chapter was granted to six members who had been initiated into Phi Beta Kappa at other colleges and were current- ly associated with Washington and Lee. These were Professors R. Granville Campbell, De la Warr B. Easter, James Lewis Howe, James W. Kern, and John H. Latané, and William A. Anderson, a member of the Board of Trustees. At the installation ceremony, forty alumni were inducted as Foundation members, together with President George H. Denny of Washington and Lee University To Observe 5oth and Major General Edward West Nichols, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. The first class of student members, ini- tiated at the same time, consisted of Edward E. Brown, Robert W. Dickey, ‘Thomas Walter Fred, John T. Gray, Jr., George T. Knote, Henry C. McGavack, Phillip W. Murray, William T. Riviere, Noble Doak Smithson, and Virgil P. Sy- denstricker. The present active chapter hopes for a large attendance of alumni members on April 12, and this early notice is being given in order that they may mark and reserve the date. Individual invitations and a _pro- gram of events will be mailed in due course, when plans have been completed. Alumni and friends of Washington and Lee may obtain a pic- ture of the University suitable for framing, by sending one dol- lar to the Alumni Office, Washington and Lee University, Lexing- ton, Virginia. The photo is printed in full, rich color, and shows the familiar view of the columns. Picture size is 15 x 24 inches. A limited supply of these pictures is available. Three Busy “Professors What They Did Last Summer Dr. William Pusey, ITI MONTH-LONG trip to West Ger- many last summer was the good fortune of Dr. William Pusey, III, head of the German depart- ment, and new Dean of the Col- lege. His journey, which lasted from June 12, until July 11, was described by him as follows: “TI was one of six American pro- fessors of German who visited Ger- many on a month’s study trip as guests of the West German Govern- ment. The object of the visit was to acquaint us with the education- al and cultural developments of the past few years in the Federal Re- public. We had ample opportuni- ty to talk with university officials and professors and with members of cultural agencies in the various German states. “It was clear from visiting Ger- man universities that the major problem is too many students and too few professors and instructors. In Munich, for instance, we attend- ed a class lecture on nineteenth- century German literature, which had an enrollment of about 1,200. Even seminars, which originally were designed for the active partic- ipation of a limited number, now often draw more than 200 students, which obviously eliminates any per- sonal relationship between profes- sor and student. “The crowding of the universities was explained partly as a result of the general prosperity and partly as a result of the desire for status, which has always gone with being a university student in Germany. The shortage of faculty was con- sidered in part the consequence of the inadequate university training from 1933 (or 1939) to 1950, and 10 in part the consequence of the lack of adequate funds for the employ- ment of more staff. The latter caus- es were given for the reluctance to found new universities. Any sug- gestion of the desirability of intro- ducing the college system in Ger- many found little positive response. “Many universities are showing growing concern for the welfare of the student, who traditionally has been completely on his own. This is manifested in construction of dor- mitories in increasing numbers, a development showing American influence, and of which the uni- versity authorities are unusually proud. “It would be an exaggeration to state that Mercedes cars are replac- ing Volkswagens on the streets and highways of Germany, but the eco- nomic miracle shows itself in the increased number of automobiles of all sorts, fewer miniature and three-wheeled cars, and fewer b1- cycles. German cities look prosper- ous, and most of the war damage has vanished. German architects and contractors build and build. They must be among the most pros- perous and most harassed German citizens of the late 50’s and the early 60's. “We were impressed with the active musical life in Germany. We attended a half-dozen operas, all of which were completely sold out. Berg’s Woyzeck in Cologne, Orffs’ Carmina Burana and Wagner’s Die Walkure in Munich, and Strauss’s Rosenkavalier in West Berlin were impressively performed and enthu- iastically received. “While in Berlin we drove into the Russian sector of the city. ‘The usual account of contrast between West and East Berlin is essentially valid. In the East there are still huge areas which have not been rebuilt, and there is a general at- mosphere of poverty and depres- sion. We saw practically no young men on the streets there except the ubiquitous People’s Police. We also visited a center where refugees from East Germany are interview- ed before they are allowed to go to the Federal Republic. Near Lubeck we saw the zonal border, with an uncultivated, eerie strip about 100 yards wide on the eastern side, guarded by the People’s Police from a series of watchtowers. A few cars only, bound, we were told, to or from Sweden, crossed the border. It gave one an uneasy feeling, look- ing across the Iron Curtain in- to the ‘German Democratic Re- >” 99 public’. Dr. Leonard E. Jarrard ABY-SITTING doesn’t usually re- B quire a Doctor of Philosophy degree, but there were few sitters who wouldn’t have taken this job under any circumstances. The babies were fifty white rats, and the sitter last summer was Dr. Leonard E. Jarrard, assistant pro- fessor of psychology. The rats are used in the winter by students for conditioning experiments as part of an expanded psychology study. While the students were away, the professor did stay—with the rats. In addition to baby-sitting, he also practiced obstetrics, since he was in the process of breeding the animals to obtain more rats for experiment- al use. Dr. Jarrard was also mak- ing a preliminary study of the ef- fects of radiation on operant be- havior in the rat, under a John M. (Continued on page 23) THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Fall arriveth and the wind doth howl, bringing ruddy cheeks and beaks. University Vlews ASHINGTON AND LEE’S student body numbers 1163 this year, as the University sets forth upon its 212th academic year. ‘This is an in- crease of twenty-six men over the 1959-60 year. One thousand and forty-four stu- dents are enrolled in undergradu- ate studies. A total of 119 are en- tered in the School of Law. @ EFFECTIVE September 1, two mem- bers of the administrative staff were elevated to newly-created positions of assistants to President Fred C. Cole. James W. Whitehead is assistant to the president for administration, and Frank A. Parsons, ’54, is assist- ant to the president for institution- al research. Both men are also serving in their original capacities. Mr. White- head is director of university re- FALL 1960 lations, and Mr. Parsons is direc- tor of information services. President Cole said Mr. White- head will gradually assume adminis- trative responsibility for business affairs of the university, except those directly related to the office of the university treasurer. Mr. Parsons will assist the presi- dent ina program of continuous study and fact-gathering concern- ing all phases of the university’s Operation. Mr. Whitehead, a graduate of the University of Tampa, joined the staff in May, 1958, and since that time has been involved in the capi- tal fund campaign to raise $2,000,- ooo for new science and journalism facilities. He had formerly been a director of college public relations; affiliated with the National Confer- ence of Christian and Jews; and di- rector of the Empire State Founda- tion of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges. Mr. Parsons has been director of information services since Septem- ber, 1954. He was a reporter, city editor, and managing editor of the Pacific Stars and Stripes in Tokyo, in 1947-48, and he headed the Army newspaper's Korean’ Bureau _ in ‘Taegu and Seoul in 1950-51. He was employed by the Clifton Forge Daily Review before joining the staff here. @ PRESIDENT FRED C. COLE made a two-week trip to California during August, to speak to alumni groups. It marked the first time in the Uni- versity’s history that its president has paid an official visit to West Coast chapters. He was guest speaker in Los Angeles on August 2, and in San Francisco on August 11, and was ac- companied by Mrs. Cole. His ap- pearances were in connection with the University’s capital fund drive, now in its final stage. Alumni chair- men of the dinners were Marvin H. Luria, ’40, in Los Angeles, and Robert E. Lee, IV, ‘49, and John B. Chamberlain, ’31, in San Fran- CISCO. # DR. EDGAR W. SPENCER, head of the geology department, has been elected vice-president of the Yel- lowstone-Bighorn Research