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ROUSE, JR., 1937 ERNEST ‘Woopwarb, II, 1940 DAVID D. JOHNSON, 1921 FRANK C. Brooks, 1946 PEYTON B. WINFREE, 1935 BEN W. DitTro, 1943 CHE Cover: Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee, scholar in resi dence this semester, speaks informally to students in a round-table discussion on Europe World-Famous Historian talked-about events at Wash- ington and Lee in recent years is the lecture series by British histor- ian Dr. Arnold J. ‘Toynbee, who is visiting scholar here during the spring semester. The visit to Lexington marks his first extended stay at any American college, although he has lectured at many schools during previous trips to the United States. Chairman of arrangements for lectures is Dr. Edward D. Myers, professor of philosophy. He is a O*. OF THE MOST exciting and Joins F aculty close. friend of Dr. Toynbee .and collaborator on an atlas and gazet- teer which will be the eleventh volume of Dr. ‘Toynbee’s monu- mental “‘A Study of History.” It will be published in September by the Oxford University Press. The series of Jectures 15 being held each Friday afternoon in Lee Chapel, and will continue through May 23, with the topic, “A Chang- ing World in the Light of History.” The great demand for tickets has so taxed the capacity of Lee Chapel that a closed circuit television was Dr. and Mrs. ToynBEE in their first floor apartment at “Mulberry Hill.” hooked up to a large room in Mc- Cormick library, and there the overflow crowd sits each week to see and hear the great man. When planning first began for Dr. ‘Toynbee’s visit, it was antici- pated that the lectures would be held in cozy, new duPont auditor- ium, where some 125 persons can be seated comfortably. Attendance would be controlled by a simple ticket system. In mid-January, af- ter 12,000 announcements of the series had gone out to alumni, par- ents, and other university friends, requests for the tickets snowballed. ‘The series was then moved to Lee Chapel. About two hundred stu- dents signed up to attend all lec- tures on a non-credit basis, while twenty-three are receiving academic credit for attendance, plus regular quizzes prepared by a panel of pro- fessors. Faculty members and wives from Washington and Lee and Virginia Military Institute, a lim- ited number of VMI cadets, pro- fessors and occasional students from other Virginia colleges, alumni, and the general public have filled Lee Chapel to its }50-seat capacity, and overflowed into the library room, which holds 250 more. A motion picture record of the entire lecture series is being made by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., with support from the Fund for the Advancement of Education. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ‘This series will be made available by the company for purchase by other educational institutions next fall. Filming requirements added some headaches. Light had to be blocked out from the windows, and the chapel had to to be made acoustically acceptable. Engineers from the film company spent a week installing special lights, cam- era platforms, electrical controls and recording devices. ‘(heir cues and timing signals were disconcert- ing vat. the first lecture, .but.-Pro- fessor “Toynbee and his audience had to get used to them. Mrs. ‘Toynbee, a historian in her own right, accompanied her hus- band to Lexington. ‘They are liv- ing at--‘Mulberry Hill,” an old Southern manor house on a hilltop that overlooks the campus, and the ruins of Liberty Hall. The Toyn- bees have been working together since 1924, when he was appointed by the Royal Institute of ‘Inter- national Affairs in London to pro- duce its annual volume on. inter- national affairs, and she was as- signed to be his assistant! «They ~ have collaborated in writing and re- searching ever since, and in 1946, they were married. Dr. Toynbee’ has two sons by his first marriage, — and nine grandchildren. One son, Philip, is a novelist, and the other, Laurence, is an artist and teaches painting. Both Dr. and Mrs. ‘Toynbee have been taken to Lexington’s heart. “‘Townsfolk, accustomed to seeing and hearing well-known per- sons at both colleges, have warmed to the friendly British couple as never before. Both ‘Toynbees love to walk, and almost any clear day can be seen trudging to the super- markets, where they delight in buying American short-cut frozen and canned foods. Both have a dis- armingly simple manner, a good sense of humor, and are quick to smile. Although they have been enter- tained extensively while here, they WINTER 1958 Dr. ‘TOYNBEE was one of the speakers at the fourth International Relations Week, - on the subject, “A West European Point of View.” In the picture above are senior JOHN _S. PEALE, New York City; Dr. FRANcis P. GAINES; Dr. TOYNBEE; and student Puitie W. ‘Turner, II, Washington, D.C. both enjoy the “simple life.” Their hobby is reading, and they do a good bit of that. They hardly ever watch television or listen to the radio, for the good reason that they're usually busy with other pursuits. Dr. Toynbee is working on a revision of his comprehensive ten-volume, “Study of History,” and is composing a volume of es- says to be published soon. He also keeps up a prodigious correspon- dence with friends all over the world. Mrs. ‘Toynbee is also doing literary work while here. In addition, Dr. ‘Toynbee has speaking engagements at other Virginia colleges during the spring. He will appear at Sweet Briar, Hol- lins, University of Virginia, Uni- versity of Richmond, Mary Bald- win, Averett, Randolph-Macon Wo- man’s College, Mary Washington, and Berea College. During the Easter vacation in April, the Toyn- bees will fly to Guatamala for about ten days. At the first lecture on February 7, President Francis P. Gaines be- stowed the honorary degree of doc- tor of humane letters upon Dr. Toynbee. The largest collection of college presidents seen here in many a day was present on that oc- casion. Among them were: Dr. Anne G. Pannell of Sweet Briar; Dr. H. Sherman Oberly, Roanoke college; Dr. Earl G. Hunt, Jr. Emory and Henry college; Dr. G. Tyler Miller, Madison college; Dr. J. Earl Moreland, Randolph-Ma- con; General and Mrs. William H. 3 Milton, Jr.. VMI; Dr. and Mrs. John R. Everett, Hollins; Dr. War- ren D. Bowman, Bridgewater; Dr. and .Mrs. Joseph G.. Robert, Hampden-Sydney; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Robey, Southern Seminary; Dr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Spencer, Jrv., Mary Baldwin; and Dr. and Mrs. William F. Quillian, Ran- dolph-Macon Woman’s college. Al- so present were Dr. Alvin D. Eur- ich, director of the Fund for the Advancement of Education; Mrs. Alfred J]. duPont, benefactor of Washington and Lee; and James R. Caskie, 06, rector of the board of trustees. Subjects for the Toynbee lectures have been scheduled as_ follows: February .7,° "Mexico and. Peru’; February 15, “Australia”; February 21,°. “Indonesia”; February: -28, “South-East Asia and its Peaceful Penetration by the © Chinese: ; Mareh 4, “Japan; March 14, “In- dia, Pakistan, Ceylon”; March 21, “India, Pakistan, Ceylon (contin- ued), and Persia”; March 28, ‘The Arab World’s Past and Future’; April 11, “Phe Arab World’s Case Against the West”; April 18, “The Arab World’s Reaction Against Western Rule”; April 25, “Why Prompt Peace Settlements in Al- geria and Palestine are in Every- body’s Interest’; May 2, “‘Sugges- tions for Peace Settlements in Al- geria and Palestine’; May g, “The Triumph of Technology and the Flight from the Land into the Cities’; May 16, “Nationalism, De- mocracy, Communism”; May 23, “The Religions of Asia.” Each session consists of about fifty minutes of lecturing by Pro- fessor ‘Toynbee, followed by a dis- cussion period of forty-five minutes to one hour. Dr. ‘Toynbee was Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and Research Professor of International History at the University of London from 1925 until his retirement in 1955. He is now 68 years old. { Top, scene at a reception held after the first Toynbee lecture, at the home of PresmpENT and Mrs. GAINEs: left to right, Mrs. DUPONT; Dr. WARREN EVEROTE, vViCe- president in charge of production, Ency- clopaedia Britannica Films; MRs. ‘TOYNBEE; Dr. TOYNBEE; and Mrs. GAINES, introduc- ing a guest. Second photo, students ask questions after a lecture. Bottom photo, Dr. ToyNBEE emphasizes a vital point during one of his fifteen scheduled lectures. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE The University’s Athletic Policy N JULY 7, 1954, THE TRUSTEES of Washington and Lee Univer- sity decided that athletics at this in- stitution should be on an amateur basis. Since that time the decision has been appealed twice, the later occasion being January 18, 19598. The Trustees remain firm in convic- tion that for a school of our pur- pose, the amateur basis is wisest. The position today is based on principle, a principle which insists that the boys who come to this cam- pus have as primary objective and obligation the training of a good education and not the performance of sports. Young men on athletic scholarships are compelled to make sports their primary interest; edu- cation becomes secondary. ‘This un- fortunate development of recent years has resulted in many academ- ic tragedies, of which our campus has had its share. The only alternative for this school, and it was suggested with emphasis, seemed to be providing for the subsidized players an en- tirely different type of educational training, with lowered entrance re- quirements, easier modes of in- struction, evasion of the strong dis- ciplines. The Trustees are not will- ing to commit their responsibility to such a program. A natural, even if unsuspected, re- sult was that subsidized athletics actually denied in part the joy of intercollegiate sport to other stu- dents. When, shortly after World War II, this institution attempted a moderate program of subsidiza- tion, we were asked to provide about 20 grants-in-aid for football, with the expectation of many vol- WINTER 1958 unteers to complete a squad. Very few years passed before it became evident that there were no volun- teer players who would come out for football. ‘The demands upon time were entirely too exacting. A few years later a similar committee came back to the authorities to ask for 80 grants-in-aid. Subsidization is, in the phrase of the poet, “ever climbing up the ever-climbing wave. The University recognizes that many fine alumni were able to get their education through ath- letic scholarships. But times have changed, and the present demands on a holder of an athletic scholar- ship are so great that there is little or no time to meet the intellectual demands of education. ‘The ‘Trustees and the University believe strongly in a good sports program for our students. ‘The Uni- versity engages in intercollegiate competition in 13 fields. ‘Today more boys are actually engaged in intercollegiate sports than at any time in the history of the school. The University believes that a part of its duty is to provide a wide and challenging variety of sports for participation; the University does not believe that it is a part of its duty to provide a great sports pro- gram solely for the entertainment of the public. It is a mistake to reach the con- clusion that the University is un- friendly to athletes. ‘The Univer- sity welcomes the good athlete who can maintain his academic standing and who can graduate. ‘The Univer- sity invites alumni to direct such boys to Washington and Lee and encourages its coaches to seek to interest such boys. If these young men meet the scholarship standard, they will be given consideration for scholarship aid. No boy, however, will be compensated for athletic performance and no boy will be compelled to play a sport. We recognize difficulties in this period of adjustment. Schedules, es- pecially football, are made years in advance. Only now are we begin- ning to be able to schedule teams of comparable amateurism. We will eventually adjust ourselves to the proper competition, but all of this work takes time. In some sports we can still compete with our old ri- vals and shall do so; in other sports we will seek competition where we can compete successfully. We have realized anew, perhaps within recent months, the serious- ness of our task. Education in America today proposes more than the success or happiness of the indi- vidual. It carries immense respon- sibility in the problem of human destiny. ‘The enemies of our coun- try, we are confident, would be much pleased if our system of im- parting knowledge, expanding the power inherent in knowledge, inter- preting ideals to which knowledge should be serviceable, could all be subordinated to exciting athletic rivalries. Conscious of a great trust from the past and dedicated to a contribution unto the future, this institution elects steadfastly to put its precious privilege of education first and dominant always. JAmEs R. CaAskig, Rector FRANCIS P. GaInEs, President 5 Reid Hall, built in 1904, houses the de- partments of physics and pre-engineering. Classes and laboratories are overcrowded, and structure needs major remodeling. N THIS AGE OF MISSILES and atoms, I satellites and wonder drugs, how can the college classroom keep pace with the changing vistas of science and science education? This is no theoretical inquiry, but a vital question with which every college in America today must come to terms. Every institution of higher education must evaluate its role in the teaching of science, must determine the nature and ex- tent of its contributions in the fields of science and_ technology. But in spite of the urgency of the current situation, each college must at the same time recognize its re- sponsibility, not only for its science The Classroom an curricula, but for the total academ- ic program which it must provide for present and future generations of students. Washington and Lee has five physical science departments with- in the framework of its traditional liberal arts curriculum—biology, chemistry, geology, physics, and pre-engineering (or physics-engi- neering). Ihe University’s facilities for teaching science, therefore, along with all other phases of the college’s educational program, came under careful scrutiny nearly five years ago when Washington and Lee began a thorough self-study program. Faculty, student, and ad- 6 ministrative committees analyzed needs, strengths, and the scope of the University’s educational offer- ings. Department heads presented their summaries of requirements for the next ten years. Current fa- cilities were carefully checked. Pos- sibilities for utilizing existing space more effectively were investigated, and finally priorities were assigned to each need. Out of all the academic needs thus evaluated, the requirements of the natural- science departments emerged as the most pressing. If the University were to continue to teach physical science in a man- ner commensurate with its stand- d Changing ard of quality, then more teaching and laboratory space must be found. ‘These needs were presented to the University’s administration and to the Board of ‘Trustees. As they considered these require- ments, the Board did not decide on the basis of needs alone. How much additional money, they judged, could the University afford to spend for science without jeopardizing other branches of its curriculum? At the same time, if the quality of scientific instruction were to be maintained, could the college afford not to spend a larger proportion than the fifteen per cent which is currently being used to meet the THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE needs of the science departments? In January of 1958, the Board of ‘Trustees voted to undertake an ex- tensive building program, to pro- vide more adequately the facilities necessary for the University to teach science in this age of expand- ing scientific knowledge. A CENTURY OF SCIENCE But the building program is just one more step in a long history of scientific education at Washington and Lee. As far back as 1866, the University emphasized science. And the instruction given almost a cen- tury ago in those old laboratories became the foundation for the col- lege’s current departments of biol- ogy, chemistry, geology, and phys- ics. Only a year after Appomattox, the trustees established the School of Chemistry, when the college was struggling desperately to repair and rebuild. ““Three days [a week],” read the department’s announce- ment, “are devoted to lectures, il- lustrated by elaborate experiments; the other two days to recitations on the lectures and textbooks. ‘The laboratory is also accessible at con- venient hours for students to study manipulations privately.” Before the end of that school year, Cyrus H. McCormick had giv- en the college $15,000 to establish a chair of Experimental Philosophy and Practical Mechanics (physics). In the same year, the trustees allot- ted $1,500 for scientific equipment, a bold expenditure in those times for a school with a student body of only 146 and a faculty of fourteen. Then in 1867, the college came into possession of a planetarium, one Trends in Science Chemistry laboratory, where in spite of the many handicaps of crowded freshman classes and needs for equipment, students receive a high quality of professional training. As in other sciences, new discoveries and theories have widened the scope of teaching. WINTER 1958 of only three or four then in exis- tence, which, General Lee reported, “has been of great advantage to the students.” Early courses included mining and metallurgy, industrial geology, botany, zoology, comparative anat- omy, and physiological chemistry. New courses in “natural history” and geology were authorized. And the faculty was instructed to pro- ceed with plans for enlarging the scientific departments. By 1895, 37 students were enrolled in general and applied chemistry; 33 were tak- ing geology and biology; and 65 studied natural philosophy (phys- ics). At the turn of the century stu- dents in chemistry classes num- bered nearly 100. Dr. James Lewis Howe, professor of chemistry, was the idol of the campus, a promi- nent figure among educators and in national learned societies. In 1904, through the gift of Wil- liam H. Reid of Chicago, a science building was constructed, “with modern furniture of the best type and the usual conveniences for lab- oratory work, such as hot and cold water, illuminating gas, and natu- ral current.” ‘'wenty years later, a chemistry building was erected, designed and equipped in accord- ance with “the most modern labo- ratory practice.” ‘These two struc- tures, one 58 years old, the other 38, provide the college’s facilities for teaching of modern science. CHEMISTRY The department of chemistry still occupies the main floors of Howe Hall, as the building was renamed in 1954. Here are five gen- eral laboratories (the two for the basic course having 80 to 100 desks each), lecture rooms, special re- search laboratories, storerooms, preparation rooms, balance rooms, and offices. On the second floor is the chemistry library with more than 5000 volumes. In the current academic year, 183 students are en- rolled in chemistry classes. A need for new microscopes in biology ... ‘The department adheres strictly to the requirements set by the American Chemical Society as standards for the evaluation of un- dergraduate professional training in chemistry. ‘These standards in- clude a specific ratio of students to faculty, a limited number of stu- dents per laboratory, and minimum course requirements in chemistry and related sciences. Since the in- ception of the evaluation program in 1941, Washington and_ Lee’s Chemistry Department has been among the relatively small number of chemistry departments in the country which have been recog- nized as providing this training. In each of the past two years, Washington and Lee has_ been awarded a grant of $4,000 by E. I. du Pont de Nemours “‘to help main- tain [the University’s} record of strength in chemical education.” GEOLOGY The department of geology oc- cupies a section of the basement of Howe Hall. Here two professors and two laboratory assistants in- struct nearly 200 students, 120 of them in the beginning course. ‘The department has three laboratories, 8 two of which also serve as lecture rooms, a darkroom shared with the biology department, a small li- brary, offices, and a large lecture room in a nearby building. Geology has acute needs for in- creased space and improved facili- ties. A real need is felt for speci- mens and fossils for the basic course. The library needs expansion, a drafting and map room is needed, and additional space for displays is required. But more significant, geology, which began as a descrip- tive subject, has changed markedly in scope and emphasis. ‘The meth- A larger lab for optics and electronics ... ods and equipment of physics and chemistry are now being applied to the solution of such geologic prob- lems as the origin of ore deposits, the structure of the interior of the earth, and the exploration for oil, fissionable materials, and other fuels. Students need to learn the methods of such investigation and to familiarize themselves with equipment. But the instruments re- quired for this quantitative empha- sis would far exceed Washington and Lee’s present space and budg- ets. For example, polarizing micro- scopes would cost from $500 to $700 apiece. And a seismograph, to be used 1 determining the structure of the earth’s crust, would cost more than $10,000. BIOLOGY Washington and Lee’s depart- ment of biology offers eleven cours- es, with an enrollment this year of 107 men, in cramped quarters in half of Howe Hall’s sub-basement. Only two laboratories can be held at the same time because of lack of space. A valuable collection of specimens is jammed into a small storeroom because there is no dis- play area. To grow culture speci- mens, the botany laboratory has an area scarcely larger than a window- box. In this department, as in all other of the sciences, new dis- coveries and new theories have widened the scope of teaching and have brought vastly increased costs for equipment and materials. Acute needs exist for more laboratory space, work rooms, a greenhouse, animal room, museum space, con- ference rooms, and equipment such as microtomes, a microprojector, plastic-mounted specimens, and visual aids of all kinds. Last year, thirty new microscopes for use in ...And new instruments for geology study. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE If Washington and Lee is to continue to teach physical science in a manner commensu- rate with its standard of quality, then more teaching and laboratory space must be found. the freshman course were provided by gifts from 194 corporations do- nating to the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. But al- most as many more are still needed, when more than 60 men are taking the basic laboratory course. PHYSICS In Reid Hall, eighteen courses are offered in physics and physics- engineering (or pre-engineering), with approximately 150 students enrolled this term. Perhaps more than any other laboratory science taught at Washington and Lee, the physics department needs space— not only for teaching purposes but for new equipment. Requirements include a larger laboratory for optics and electronics, more room for the departmental library, space for a small reactor and other equip- ment needed to teach atomic phys- ics. The department would like to have a planetarium and. observa- tory. Although the university al- WINTER 1958 ready has a seven-inch telescopic lens given by an alumnus, there have been neither funds nor space to mount it. For students wishing an engineer- ing degree, the university provides a study program in cooperation with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and Rennselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute. Under this plan, a student takes three years of study at Wash- ington and Lee and two more at one of the technological schools. He receives, upon completion of the course, both a bachelor’s de- gree from Washington and Lee and an engineering degree from the cooperating institution. PRE-ENGINEERING The department of pre-engineer- ing provides courses in surveying, drawing, descriptive geometry, en- gineering materials, and applied mechanics. ‘These courses, along with basic and advanced classes in physics, comprise the subject ma- terial for a combined major in physics-engineering. Lee, when he was president, or- ganized at the University a School of Engineering which flourished for more than 50 years. According to historians, this school was “‘large- ly the inspiration of the steel in- dustry in the South.” But in the Departmental libraries, with thousands of valuable scientific volumes and periodi- cals, need space for expansion and a place for students to study and do reference work. 9 early 1920's, without the means to expand the school to a full-scale technological college, the Univer- sity abandoned its engineering de- grees rather than jeopardize its standard of excellence. ‘Thus the firm insistence upon maintaining each science department within the scope of an undergraduate liberal arts program has continued as the fixed tradition of the University. GRADUATES Each of Washington and Lee’s science departments offers course material leading cither to a Bach- elor of Arts or a Bachelor of Sci- ence degree. Graduates are encour- aged to continue their studies be- yond the undergraduate _ level. Each year about 75 per cent of the pre-medical majors go to medical schools. Since World War II, ap- proximately 160 pre-medical stu- dents from Washington and Lee have enrolled in 34 medical schools. Within the past five years, more than 45 per cent of all graduates in the physical science departments have continued their study in grad- uate or professional schools across the country. FACULTY Thirteen men comprise the full- time faculty of the laboratory sci- ence departments. Four are full professors, two associate and _ five assistant professors, and two in- structors. Nine of these men have doctoral degrees. Although the faculty members have little time for research dur- ing the academic year, many pur- sue their scientific specialties in summer months. This summer one professor has been awarded a grant by Washington and Lee to con- tinue his research on the resolu- tion of optically active ketones in Advanced study in nuclear phy-ics, fresh- man analysis of geological fossils, and an illustrated talk on comparative anatomy. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “yy the light of new discoveries. And others will be preparing new cours- es, studying, or writing textbooks. THE BUILDING PROGRAM Cognizant of its responsibility in the field of science education, aware of the needs—as well as the accomplishments—of its science de- partments, the University now looks toward its building program for the laboratory sciences. ‘This major project, to begin as soon as feasible, will include the construc- tion and equipping of one entirely new science building, the remodel- ing and addition to Howe Hall, and the renovation or rebuilding of Reid Hall. The new science structure will be a_ three-storied unit, to provide classrooms, labora- tories, offices, darkrooms, research rooms, storage space, preparation rooms, and exhibit areas. A wing joining it to Howe Hall will con- tain a large lecture room, to be shared by all the science depart- ments. Reid Hall, when remodeled, Dr. JAMES L. Howe, professor of chemis- iry at Washington and Lee for 44 years. WINTER 1958 Howe Hall, built for chemistry alone, houses departments of geology and biology as well. The new science building will relieve congestion and provide space for new equipment. will give additional class and lab- oratory space, and will provide for the physics library, a mechanical shop, seminar rooms, a museum room, and a room in which to house a modern planetarium. Such construction is costly. And scientific equipment becomes more expensive each year. The _ large- scale building program which was approved by the Board of ‘Trustees in January will cost approximately $2,000,000. An independent school the size of Washington and Lee does not have readily available funds for such an undertaking. Therefore the University proposes to raise this money through a capi- tal fund campaign to be conducted during the 1958-59 academic year. WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT its needs are great, with the belief that its plans have been carefully worked out and adequately documented, and with faith that its goals are just and its friends generous, the University moves toward its aim of a more complete scientific pro- gram—one further step in the long history of scientific education at Washington and Lee. 11 Well, Who Did Write That Song? RANKLY, WE’RE SORRY we ran EF that story in the last issue of the Alumni Magazine which comment- ed on the possibility that General Robert E. Lee might’ve written a song. We said it was reportedly writ- ten and set to music by the general, and it does seem perfectly true that he had a copy of the frivolous ditty, “What Do They Do At The Springs,” which he had passed on to some good friends in Rockbridge Baths, the Stoner family. But folks all the way from Yankee New Eng- land to Lynchburg, Virginia, are claimed to be the true authors. We're at the point now we don’t know WHO wrote the song, and are afraid to say anything else on the matter for fear of getting into fur- ther hot water with historians and other descendents of possible au- thors of the verses. A newspaper story in the Enos- burg Standard, of Enosburg Falls, Vermont, “serving the Dairy Center of the World,” declared indignant- ly that “the Confederates have raided Vermont again. This time, however, the pilfering is literary. Claimed by Virginia as its own is the famed John Godfrey Saxe poem, ‘Pray, what do they do at the Springs?’ Yankee resistance to Reb- el plagiarism was immediate.” The Vermont paper said that a vice-president of Harper Brothers publishers asked professor George Dykhuizen at the University of Ver- mont to check on authorship of the poem, and the philosophy prof 12 asserted, “Surely there can be no doubt that Saxe wrote the poem.” A volume of Saxe’s poetry pub- lished in 1892, about a quarter of a century after General Lee is sup- posed to have given the song to the Stoners, contains a copy of the poem entitled, “Song of Sara- toga,’ rather than “Pray, what do they do at the Springs?’’ Members of a Tyler family living in an old Vermont house in Highgate Springs think the poem was written about their Springs, rather than Saratoga, since Saxe was born there in 1810. Highgate Springs was one of Vermont’s famous watering places of the nineteenth century. The ‘Tylers had mailed a copy of this same disputed poem, “What- Do ‘They Do At the Springs,” as their Christmas card just about the time that the Alumni Magazine was coming out, and disclosing the pos- sibility that Lee might’ve authored it. So you can imagine the Tylers’ embarrassment and indignation! Meanwhile, back in Lynchburg, Virginia, a new dispute was rag- ing over another possible author. ‘The Lynchburg News had run a little article commenting that it thought the song was pretty good, compared to Tin Pan Alley stand- ards of today. Next day, a minor storm broke. A professor at a near- by college, an authority on Patrick Henry, claimed that the probable author was the great-granddaughter of patriot Henry, a Mrs. Marion Fontaine Cabell Henry Tyree. ‘The News said the verses were possibly written by Mr. ‘Tyree, her husband, or Mrs. ‘Tyree, and set to music by Charles Chakey de Nordendorf. De Nordendorf was connected with the Danville Female Institute between 1850 and 1870, and while there, is- sued advertisements that he would set to music any verse submitted to him and make twenty-five copies for the writer. The News said, “‘It is assumed by local historians that Mrs. ‘Tyree submitted her verses ‘What Do ‘They Do At The Springs,’ to de Nordendorf under the name of her husband. It is also thought that although General Lee might have known the Trees or de Nordendorf, it is highly doubtful that he ever heard of the song.” ‘The last statement immediately evoked a_ response from Mrs. Charles D. Binns of Fredericksburg, Virginia. A granddaughter of David Stoner of Rockbridge Baths, Gen- eral Lee’s close friend, Mrs. Binns declared emphatically that General Lee DID give a copy of the song to the Stoner family, and they had all memorized it and had sung it often. The original copy from the Gen- eral, she said, was loaned by one of the Stoner girls to a friend, and lost. However, since all the family had memorized it, the song was written down again and passed to other generations. So there you have the big dispute about the song. As we say, frankly, we're sorry we brought the whole matter up. If you find out that the author is really Irvin Berlin, won’t you please let us know? THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE tN One of the nation’s top Republicans, Senator WiLL1AM F. KNOWLAND of California, left, is welcomed to the Washington and Lee campus by President FRANcIs P. GAINES. Senator Knowland was speaker for the forty-third annual tapping ceremonies of Omicron Delta Kappa, January 11, 1958. He was also initiated into the national leadership fraternity. University News ITTLE OLD LEXINGTON had one of L its coldest winters on record this year, but icy winds sweeping down off House Mountain and the six big snowstorms didn’t seem to slow down any of the usual college activities. Clubs and organizations zipped into high gear, with many meet- ings, speakers, and socials. In mid- fall, students went through a three- week seige of the same influenza epidemic which wracked other col- leges and institutions throughout WINTER 1958 the nation, and dubbed their par- ticular ailment, “the Rockbridge Lung Rot.” Discouraged by a win- less football season, a student col- umnist in the Ring-tum Phi pro- posed that regular sports here be replaced by dodgeball, king of the mountain, Mother May I, and Red Rover, with minor sports of mar- bles and hide-and-seek. In a student poll taken later by the Ring-tum Phi, 774 students out of 778 who signed declared themselves favor- ing financial aid to basketball play- ers, and this petition went to the board of trustees. The ‘Troubadours _ presented, “Witness for the Prosecution’’ for four nights, beginning November 12. Opening dances, postponed by influenza, were finally held No- vember 15 and 16. Dirt began fly- ing in November for the new uni- versity dining hall and dormitories, and heavy equipment churned through the mud and wet winter to dig foundations. Earth from the excavations was carted to the chasm across the road from McCormick Library, filled in and packed down to provide more parking places for students’ cars. Speakers at the university man- aged to cover a wide variety of subjects. The Rev. Alvin Kershaw talked about jazz, as well as theo- logy. Dr. Frank Percy Wilson of Oxford discussed “Shakespeare and the Comedy of His Time” at the first Seminar in Literature, while Professor Charles R. Anderson of Johns Hopkins spoke on “Stairway to Surprise: The Achievement of Emily Dickinson” at the second Seminar. Andre-Guy Lacerte of the physics department chose as_ his subject, “Satellites and Interplane- tary Travel” at a science semi- nar. Journalism speakers included Charles R. McDowell, Jr. °46, James B. L. Rush, Frank Fuller, and Matthew W. Paxton, Jv., “49. Dr. Bernard Mayo, University of Virginia, spoke on ‘Alexander Hamilton: Nation Builder’ in the history department’s observance of the Alexander Hamilton Bicenten- nial. Arthur Larson, special assist- ant to President D. D. Eisenhower, and Dr. Arnold J. ‘Toynbee were speakers at the fourth annual Inter- national Relations Week, as well as Dr. Edward Katzenbach, director of the Harvard Defense Studies pro- gram, and a governmental consult- ant on diplomatic and _ security problems. Senator William F. Knowland, one of the nation’s top Republi- 13 cans, addressed the annual Om1- cron Delta Kappa assembly on January 11. His topic was “1958 American Policy at Home and Abroad.” Afterward the 49-year- old candidate for the governorship of California was “tapped” for membership into ODK, national leadership fraternity which origi- nated at Washington and Lee. The 50-man_ University Glee Club announced a five-day spring tour of the southeastern United States, April 23-27. The trip will take the group through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Engagements will be at high school and college functions, service clubs, church meetings, industrial conven- tions, and special convocations. The annual transformation of drab Doremus Gymnasium into a weekend wonderland of color for the 4gth annual Fancy Dress Ball took place on January 31-February 1, with the theme, ““Che World of Gilbert and Sullivan.” The setting was the court of King Edward VII in 1g05, on the twenty-fifth anni- versary of Gilbert and Sullivan’s first production. Buddy Morrow's band furnished music. On Satur- day night, Louis “Satchmo” Arm- strong and his All-Stars played to an enormous crowd which mostly stood and applauded instead of dancing. “Satchmo” blew hard, mopped his brow with some five different hankies, took frequent swigs of water from a Washington and Lee mug parked inside the baby grand piano, and ended ona screaming note with “Washington and Lee Swing.” Meanwhile, the rising flood of would-be matriculates in American colleges was making itself felt at Washington and Lee. President = A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT actions were taken by the University Board of Trustees at its meeting in Wash- ington, D.C., on January 18. The board granted approval of a capital fund campaign to begin in the Autumn, to raise two mil- lion dollars for improved facilities in geology, physics, biology, chem- istry, journalism, and the Univer- sity Press. It also approved in principle a faculty housing plan, described by President Gaines as “one of the finest, wisest, and most generous’ he has ever seen. Details of the plan are to be worked out. The board also earmarked land at Liberty Hall Farm for posible future de- velopment as housing for married students, as well as faculty. Names for the three new build- ings now under construction were set by the board. The new dining hall will be Letitia Pate Evans Hall, honoring one of the university's greatest benefactors. The dormitory for law school students will be John William Davis Hall, to honor the distinguished alumnus, ‘92, who was Democratic candidate for pres- ident of the United States in 1924. The other dormitory will be named for Newton D. Baker, ’94, another distinguished alumnus and trustee, and World War I Secretary of War. Other action by the board in- cluded faculty promotions, and the trustees’ reafirming their views on amateur athletic policies for Wash- ington and Lee (see page 5). m YEAR-END GIFTS to Washington and Lee totaled approximately $325,000, according to a_ report made by President. Francis -P. Gaines. The largest single gift was $203,250 from Mrs. Alfred I. Fancy Dress Ball this year had as its setting the court of King Edward VII, in 1905, dur- ing the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Gilbert and Sullivan. Murals de- picted scenes from six of the most popular works of Gilbert and Sullivan. In the photo above, Corky Briscoe of Louisville, reigned as king, with his queen, Miss Elene Hurst, also of Louisville, surrounded by their courtiers in colorful costumes. A cocktail party at the Mayflower Hotel preceded the ball, with chamber music played by the Mike Pedicin quintet from Philadelphia. Look magazine cameramen photographed the events of the weekend, and hope to use the pictures in some future issue. Gaines announced in January that applications for admission next September are running fifty-eight per cent ahead of this time last year, an “almost unbelievable” in- crease over last year’s record total. 14 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE ah Dr. CHARLES W. ‘TURNER duPont, one of the university’s most generous supporters. Dr. Gaines said contributions to the university's Alumni and Parents’ fund were running ahead of last year’s totals. m™ PROMOTIONS FOR THREE members of the Washington and Lee faculty have been announced by the uni- versity’s board of trustees. ‘The pro- motions will be effective September 1, 1958. Dr. Charles W. Turner, associate professor of history, was promoted to full professor. J. Paxton Davis, Jv., assistant professor of journal- ism, was promoted to associate pro- fessor; and Dr. Sidney M. B. Coul- ling, imstructor in English, was promoted to assistant professor. Dr. William G. Bean, head of the department of history, was appoint- ed to the recently established Doug- las Southall Freeman professorship in American history. m PRESIDENT FRANCIS P. GAINES was signally honored by the New York Southern Society on January 17, WINTER 1958 1958, when he was awarded the so- ciety’s Medal of Distinction. ‘The presentation was made to him be- fore 1,000 guests at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, at the seventy- second annual Dixie dinner dance. Dr. Gaines is only the sixth per- son to receive the citation since the organization’s founding in 1885. The last medal went to Miss Mar- garet Mitchell of Atlanta, author of “Gone with the Wind.” Burl Stevens Wilson, president of the organization of Southerners in the New York area, made the award to President Gaines. Guest J. PAxtTon Davis, JR. speaker was Dr. Frank A. Rose, president of the University of Ala- bama. One of the founders of the so- ciety was the late Walter Lee Mc- Corkle, °78. The late John W. Davis, *92, was president at one time. Among the projects spon- sored by the society is the Algernon Sydney Sullivan award to outstand- ing seniors in Southern colleges. DR. JAMES G. LEYBURN, professor of sociology, has been named to the student selection committee for the Woodrow Wilson National Fel- lowship Foundation. He will serve with 74 other Amer- ican and Canadian professors on regional committees. They will help nominate and_ select some 1,000 college seniors for Woodrow Wilson Fellowships, which entitle a student to one year of graduate study leading to a teaching career. DR. L. L. BARRETT, professor of Ro- mance languages, has been awarded a grant-in-aid by the American Council of Learned Societies to aid him in completion of important research. The Council is a federa- tion of twenty-five national schol- arly organizations, devoted to the encouragement of humanistic stud- ies. The grant-in-aid has a maxi- mum value of $3,000. THE NEW FIRST FEDERAL Savings and Loan Association building in Roanoke, Virginia, officially opened in January, decorated with a mural painted by Dr. Marion Junkin, head of the department of fine arts at Washington and Lee. Dr. Junkin has also done murals in the Leader Federal Savings and Loan Associa- tion building in Memphis, ‘Ten- nessee; at Stonewall Jackson hospi- tal in Lexington; in McCormick Library; and at the Virginia State (Continued on page 18) Dr. SIDNEY M. B. COULLING 15 16 804 Years of Service tc HEY HAVE GIVEN of their time, their talents, their knowledge; they have expended their energies and their youth for countless thousands of Washington and Lee students. ‘They have been patient in the class- rooms, wise in decisions which would benefit the uni- versity as a whole, and unselfish in sharing of them- selves with the young men who came under their care. In the picture above, sitting, left to right: DR. WILLIAM G. BEAN, history, 35 years; DR. WALTER A. FLick, psychology, 33 years; FRANK J. GILLIAM, dean of students, 26 years; Dr. L. J. DESHA, chemistry, emeritus, 35 years; DR. FRANCIS P. GAINES, president, 27 years; EARL S$. MATTINGLY, treasurer, 39 years; CLAYTON E. WILLIAMS, dean of law school, 37 years; H. K. Younc, alumni sec- retary, 28 years. Standing, CHARLES R. McDowe LL, law, 30 years; Dr. RoBerr W. Dickey, physics, 47 years; DR. FITZGERALD Frournoy, English, 37 years; DR. OLLINGER CRENSHAW, history, 31 years; E. H. Howarp, registrar, 28 years; ANDREW B. VARNER, THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE » Washington and Lee Their influence has reached afar; their teachings and codes of conduct have been absorbed into daily habits of living by alumni in all parts of the world. In good measure, these dedicated men have elevated Washing- ton and Lee’s position in the educational world to its present high level, and a debt of gratitude is owed them by all who love the university. assistant treasurer, 29 years; DR. M. O. PHILLIPS, economics. 28 years; CHARLES P. LicHT, law, 37 years; GEORGE J. IRWIN, romance languages, 32 years; Dr. Lewts K. JOHNSON, commerce, 25 years; C. HAROLD LAUCK, journalism, 25 years; RUPERT N. LATTURE, po- litical science, 37 years; Dr. R. W. Royston, mathematics, 28 years; Dr. HENRY V. SHELLEY, ancient languages, 30 years; Dr. WiLtiAM H. HINTON, psychology, 27 years; and Dr. B. R. Ew1nG, romance languages, 30 years. Absent when the picture was made were: Dr. ALLEN W. Mocerr, history, 28 years; O. W. RIEGEL, journalism, 27 years; E. P. Twompty, athletic director, 36 years; and Dr. W. W. Morton, religion, emeritus, 30 years. WINTER 1958 17 University News (Continued from page 15) Police Headquarters near Rich- mond. ‘The new mural depicts a family watching construction of a new home, with Roanoke scenes in the background. Dr. Junkin’s work occupies an entire wall of the lobby opposite the front entrance. m NEW INSTRUCTOR in geology for the spring semester is Samuel J. Kozak, Jr., Danvers, Masachusetts. A 1954 graduate of Bates College, he will receive a master of science degree from Brown University in June. He was laboratory assistant at both Bates and Brown. Dr. Mar- cellus H. Stow, head of the geology department here, died November 27, 1957, of a heart condition. DR. THOMAS P. HUGHES, assistant professor of history, was one of seventeen historians and _ professors who made up an advisory commit- tee to “guide the establishment of a research center in technology and society and the foundation of an organization for the history of technology, with an accompanying learned journal.” ‘The group met in January at Case Institute of ‘TVech- nology, Cleveland, Ohio, for this purpose. Dr. Hughes was named to the committee in 1957, along with representatives from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, University of Chi- cago, M.I.T., and other universi- ties. He was also a consultant in the field of technology and society for the Sweet Briar College Sym- posium on Modern Science and Hu- man Values in early March. m A RESEARCH GRANT from the Fund for the Republic has been bestowed on Dr. J. Harvey Wheeler, profes- sor of political science, who has also been appointed consultant for the Fund. The Fund was estab- lished in the early 1950's with a fifteen million dollar gift from the Ford Foundation. 18 Dr. Wheeler’s duties as consult- ant for the Fund will consist of giv- ing aid in commissioning and eval- uating research. He will participate in three of the Fund’s projects, which will involve evaluation of documents, and some trips. The Fund has seven large re- search projects dealing with such basic institutions as the corpora- tion, religion, labor unions, com- munications, politics, and the in- vasion of the mind. e “HELP WEEK,” REPLACING fraterni- ties’ “Hell Week”’ activities, was ob- served this year during the first week in February as pledges of the seventeen fraternities engaged in volunteer work for worthy projects. Main activities were solicitation for the March of Dimes, assistance to the local Red Cross chapter, and help in preparing Lee Chapel for the Toynbee lectures. Pledges col- lected $460.21 for the polio fund, nine dollars more than in 1957. Phi Gam’s pledges succeeded in obtain- ing the most money—fifty-three dol- lars—and won a pony keg of beer for their efforts. The change from Hell Week to Help Week followed a ruling of the Board of ‘Trustees, which abol- ished physical and mental hazing. m= EIGHT JOURNALISM students were signed on as news reporters and cameramen at WSLS-TV, Roanoke, this spring, as part of their regu- lar academic study of the television industry. ‘The internship program is designed to give the students an inside look at how programs are prepared and televised, with em- phasis on studying preparations necessary for a television newscast. The Washington and Lee “IV News Corps” will report to the station each Monday in time to cover regular news beats and _ re- write news stories for both radio and television programs. They will learn how to tell a story in film and still pictures, how to splice and edit film, and will be responsible for airing some radio shows produced by the news department. Participants are Rudolph Auk- schun, Washington, D.C.; Rob Elder, Nashville, Tennessee; Jim Kressler, Brooklandville, Maryland; Avery Juhring, Ardsley-on-Hudson, British historian ARNOLD J. ‘TOYNBEE, center, visiting scholar, with Dr. EpwAarp D. MyYrrs, professor of philosophy, left, and university president Dr. FRANCIS P. GAINES. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE New York; Jerry Lindquist, Beaver, Pennsylvania; Mike Norell, Fort Meade, Maryland; Howard Packett, Montross, Virginia; and Voigt Smith, Freeport, [linois. mw FOUNDERS’ DAY WAS observed wth the traditional noon student assem- bly and holiday from classes on January 20. President Francis P. Gaines de- livered his annual “State of the University’ message to students and faculty, declaring that if George Washington or Robert E. Lee could speak to the university’s students today, they might say: “Define your responsibilities, ac- cept your disciplines, determine your sense of what is important in this world, and sacrifice for it in its behalf with everything you can give.” Citing a feeling of “almost unre- lieved doom” which one encount- ers at every turn today, Dr. Gaines said both Washington and Lee would certainly tell us, “Don’t lose your faith. They in their day, sus- tained themselves purely by faith.” “Sooner or later,” he continued, “there will be a final testing be- tween the freedoms and _ enslave- ments of the world. It will not take place in any football bowl, but in the economic, social and_ political worlds, involving the spiritual for- titudes with which men serve their ideals.” He also warned the students there are no “careless boys at play” in Russian colleges, that the Soviet Union is deadly serious in its “grim determination” to outstrip the free world in education of young minds. The one hundred and fifty-first birthday of General Robert E. Lee was observed Sunday, January 19. m WILLIAM CRANE WASHBURN, 40, ar- rived the first of March to begin a WINTER 1958 four-months’ internship under Cy Young, 717, before taking over in July as alumni secretary. His ap- pointment to the job, announced by President Francis P. Gaines, ended a long search for the man to fill Cy’s shoes, as Cy prepares for retirement after twenty-eight years on the job. Both Cy and college officials ex- pressed themselves as extremely pleased at Washburn’s acceptance of the position. Bill has been employed in ‘Tusca- loosa, Alabama for the past eleven years, working as sales manager for WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, ’40 the Gulf States Paper Corporation there. President of the firm is his college roommate, Jack Warner, 40. The new secretary was born Sep- tember 17, 1918, in Augusta, Geor- gia. He played tennis four years and was co-captain his senior year. He joined SAE fraternity at Wash- ington and Lee, and was graduated in 1940 with a B.A. degree in eco- nomics. From 1940 until 1943, he worked for Bethlehem Steel Com- pany, shipbuilding division, in the purchasing department at Staten Island, New York. From 1943 until 1946, he served in the United States Navy, as an ensign in the supply corps. He was married in 1942 to Elizabeth ‘Tayloe Lancaster, whose father, Dr. Dabney Lancaster, is ex-president of Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia. The Wash- burns have three sons, fourteen, eleven, and six years old. ALTHOUGH WASHINGTON and Lee’s Moot Court team was defeated in the national finals in December by the University of Pennsylvania, the brief submitted by General com- petitors was judged best in the na- tion. As a result, the University has received the Harrison Tweed Bowl for possession until next December, and the law school library and members of the moot court team re- ceived gifts of law books. Pennsylvania, which defeated Washington and Lee in the open- ing round of the national finals, won the national championship. Washington and Lee was regional winner in the Southeast, one of 22 American law schools sending teams to the New York finals. This is the first time the law school has won the national con- test for best brief, although in 1954, the universty’s moot court team ad- vanced to the semi-finals before losing to the champions from Co- lumbia university. Students who prepared the brief and argued the case in New York were: Patrick D. Sullivan, Lorton, Virgina; Norman C. Roettger, Jr., Green Camp, Oho; and Charles S. Gay, Halesite, New York. Inter- mediates who were alternates, and also helped write the brief, were Dick Anderson, Gambrills, Mary- land; Joe Knakal, Culpeper, Vir- ginia; and James Stump, Charles- ton, West Virginia. Student chair- man was Robert G. McCullough, Murfreesboro, ‘Vennessee. THE TENTH ANNUAL ‘Tucker Law Lectures will be held on April 18 19 and 1g. Subject of the series of talks, which will be given by John J. McCloy, prominent New York banker and former U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, will be “The Lawyer As A Factor in Business and Public Life.” Three lectures will be given on the program, and the annual spring meeting of the Law School Association will also be held. Dean Williams urges all Law School alumni to attend and take part in both of these functions. THE LAW SCHOOL was host to the Fourth Circuit Convention of the American Law Student Associa- tion March 7 and 8. Senior Nor- | man C. Roettger, Jr., Green Camp, Ohio, is the 4th Circuit Vice-Presi- dent, ranking student officer in the district. Highlights of the two-day meeting included a panel discussion on “Expert Medical Testimony,” a banquet dinner with the president of the ALSA present, and a le- gal workshop. Representatives of twelve schools from five _ states were in attendance. J. HARDIN MARION, I, from Richmond, has been named Editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review for the second semester. New Associate Editors are Donald J. Currie, New York City; Leonard C. Greenebaum, Richmond; Nor- man C. Roettger, Jr., Green Camp, Ohio; and Robert E. Stroud, At- lanta, Georgia. The first issue of the Law Re- view, edited by Robert G. Mc- Cullough, will be published in the near future. It will feature lead- ing articles on “The Impact of Mobile upon State Regulations of Utilities” by Ross L. Malone, ’32; “Corporate Buy-Sell Agreements: Some Tax Problems in Drafting” by Richard L. Strecker; and “‘Sec- ond Hand Judgments—Reciprocal Use of Judgments in Civil and Criminal Matrimonial Cases” by Gerhard O. W. Mueller and Leo H. Whinery. 20 Mr. Malone is a practicing at- torney in the firm of Atwood and Malone in Roswell, New Mexico, was Deputy Attorney-General of the U.S., is a member of the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners, and has served on the House of Delegates and Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. Mr. Strecker is an Associate Pro- fessor of Law at the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Mueller is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of West Virginia, while Mr. Whinery is an Associate Pro- fessor of Law at the University of North Dakota. Also to be included in the Re- view are 11 case comments by law students, two comments on Virginia subjects, and two book reviews by Washington and Lee law professors. @ NEW OFFICERS OF the Student Bar Association, elected in December to serve during the second semes- ter, were Robert L. Rhea, Staun- ton, President; James W. Stump, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Vice- President; Charles S. Gay, Hale- site, New York, Secretary; and Robert C. Miller, Huntington, West Virginia, Treasurer. THE LARGEST GROUP of men _ to enter the Law School in a Feb- ruary class since World War II registered at the opening of the second semester. A total of 16 students began the study of law, and, along with eight returning students, law school attendance was near its peak. Three law degrees were awarded in February grad- uating exercises to Harold C. Craig, Jr., Washington, D.C.; Lynn F. Lummus, Miami, Florida; and Robert G. McCullough, Murfrees- boro, ‘Tennessee. Legal fraternity rushing season got underway shortly after the sec- ond semester began and was high- lighted by an effort to revive the Martin P. Burks Senate of Delta Theta Phi fraternity. Leading the efforts of the two existing groups were Charles W. Gunn, Magister of ‘Tucker Inn of Phi Delta Phi, and Norman C. Roettger, Jr., Jus- tice of Staples Chapter of Phi Al- pha Delta. Other activities of the Law School include the annual Mock Trial competition, to be staged sometime in March, and the Burks Competition to select the ‘out- standing speaker in the Law School” and to name the Moot Court for next fall. The latter event was to be held March 13, 14, and 15. m™ TWO SENIOR LAW students and one law school alumnus passed the Vir- ginia bar examinations given in Richmond in December. ‘They are: Mark B. Davis, Louis- ville, Kentucky; John Hardin Mar- ion, III, Richmond, Virginia; and Robert H. Mann, Jr., Kansas City, Missouri, ’57. OCAL POINTS Of winter sports in- Bic at Washington and Lee were the individual scoring efforts of fabulous Dom Flora and the en- tire basketball team’s determined but ill-fated struggle to make it to the annual Southern Conference ‘Tournament at Richmond. Flora, the 6-2 guard from Jersey City, N. J., closed out his four-year career at Washington and Lee in brilliant fashion. Leading the Southern Conference scoring with a season total of 634 points and a 25.4 average, Flora hiked his four- year point-total to 2,310, making him the fifth highest scorer in ma- jor college basketball history. His average this year ranked him in the top ten point-makers in the nation. Early in January, Flora cracked Jay Handlan’s school record of 2,002 points and then moved on to better the Old Dominion career to- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE tal of 2,233 held by Virginia’s Buzzy Wilkinson. His final mark put him ahead of Furman’s Darrell Floyd, but behind four other form- er cage greats. For the second year, the slim jump-shooter was named to the Associated Press and the Southern Conference Sportswriters’ All-Con- ference fives, and for the third year he was named to the AP’s All-Vir- ginia Bix Six honor team, the past two years as a unanimous selection. While Flora displayed amazing consistency in compiling his record showing, the Generals as a team failed to really hit their stride un- til late in the campaign. A 10-game losing streak in late December and early January, combined with a wearying holiday schedule, kept them out of serious contention for a conference tourney berth until the stretch drive in February. Washington and Lee avenged an earlier loss to Davidson, and then took two games from the young Citadel team, then in sec- ond place in the league standing. A pair of heart-breaking losses fol- lowed to William and Mary, by 86-84 in the final three seconds, and to Richmond, 80-79 in the last 15 seconds. ‘The team was playing fine ball, but the breaks didn’t come their way. Then, with only one conference game left—a home encounter with George Washington—Coach Ween- ie Miller’s boys had only an out- side chance. ‘They had to defeat the second-place Colonials, and Cita- del had to beat Furman, the team battling the Generals for the last berth. With Flora playing his final home game, the Generals upset favored GW by 81-70. Flora drop- ped in 29 points, and Frank Hoss, the fine W&L center who also wound up his four-year home career, added 22 points while hold- ing GW’s All-Conference center Gene Guarilia to just five. Fans said the game was the best played by a W&L team in recent memory, WINTER 1958 On January 9, General swimmers participated in the first intercollegiate swimming meet held at the Greenbrier Hotel pool, and drubbed West Virginia 86-6. better than last year’s winners, the “‘5-Stars.” But Furman trounced Citadel, and the Generals were mathematic- ally out of the tournament. Always a good tourney team, W&L would be absent for the first time in five years. So with Flora, Hoss and two other remaining scholarship ball players playing their last, state sportswriters predicted it would be a long time before the Generals made the tournament again in the improving conference line-up. 20-game Their final record was a so-so g-16, with a 4-9 conference slate. For the second year in a row, Coach Cy ‘Twombly’s swimming team came up with something con- siderably better than a so-so rec- ord. The General mermen splashed to a splendid 7-1 dual meet record, bringing their two-year slate to 15-2. Their only loss was to power- ful VPI, while wins came at the ex- pense of West Virginia, Virginia, Davidson, William and Mary, Cath- olic, Lynchburg, and Roanoke. In the conference meet at Blacks- burg, the Generals lacked the nec- essary depth to show well, and tied with Davidson for fourth place, behind champions VMI, and run- ners-up VPI and the Citadel. Diver Art Blank is planning to attend the national competition at the University of Michigan on March 27-29. In wrestling, the Generals fared not so well, winning only two of a ten-match slate. Led by Co-Cap- tains John Hollister and Gill Hol- land, the W&L team showed prom- ise, but little else in losing to North Carolina, Franklin & Mar- shall, Virginia, VPI, Duke, West Virginia, the Citadel, and David- son. Victories were over Gallau- det and Wake Forest. The rifle team was assured of a winning season with a 6-2 mark and two matches to fire. Among the victims were Wake Forest, Georgetown, George Washington, W&M, and Davidson. Losses were to VPI and VMI. Dave Owen, a co-captain, com- piled the highest average. m WASHINGTON AND LEE athletic teams this spring are having to do without their competent trainer, D. A. Davis, who was lured away by industry in January. Coaches and players are now taping their own hurts on the field. Davis had been on the athletic staff since 1953. A new trainer will report next fall. 21 Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. 1958 Spring Sports Schedules TRACK 96 OM eh geo cteiieee cee esd eeviepeo eet Elon, N.C. 27—The Citadel ......... ee Charleston, S. C. 11-12—Quantico Marine Relays......Quantico, Va. 14g— Guilford © veccceecccecceceeetdeesseseeer concen Lexington 16—Lynchburg cece eeeeeeeeeee Lexington 18—RichmMon cc... celeste esinenens Lexington 22—Hampden-Sydney........ Hampden-Sydney, Va. BK DAVIGSOM, “Liccieicsdsceeccdsieeesaccroaneacteberees Lexington 29—Randolph-Macon ..........6e Ashland, Va. 9—Big Six Meet occ Lexington g-10—Southern Conference.......... Davidson, N. C. BASEBALL 29—Davidson 0... cece Davidson, N.C. g1-Apr. 3—Parris Island Marine’............cee eee ney lie ey etc tosses peice de scars Parris Island, S. C. (W&L, St. Johns, Brooklyn, Parris Island, Cornell) 11—William and Maty ...........cceee Lexington 14—West Virginia ...... eee Lexington 16—RichMond. 0.0... eee eetee sete Lexington 1g—The Citadel .......c cee eres Lexington 21—Hampden-Sydney ou... Lexington DO NP i iiej kgs Gedesenteivsentivevenness Blacksburg, Va. 26—George Washington ........ Washington, D.C. 28—William and Mary ............ Williamsburg, Va. 29—Richmond. o...... cee Richmond, Va. Q—VPI oeeeeeeeeccceeseetessseesnsensnseeesaseesaees Lexington H—VITEINNA ooo. eeeteeees Charlottesville, Va. 10—George Washington. ...........:ee Lexington 12—Lynchbufg oo. ete eeeeee eens Lexington 15—LynchbulLg oo... eee eens Lynchburg LACROSSE 26—WilNamMs oo... eee cece eeeeeneees Lexington 2g—Dartmouth ....... es Baltimore, Md. 9—Harvard oo..cccccccccccccccsceesseeseeeseeseteesteeeeeeeneeneees betes steseree: Hofstra College, Hempstead, N. Y. 5—Hofstra oo. eee eees Hempstead, N. Y. Mar. Apr. 12—Maryland .......ee College Park, Md. 1g—Johns Hopkins ........... Baltimore, Md. P4A—DUKE occ cece ee teens Durham, N.C. 26—Mt. Washington ......... eee Lexington 80—WashingtOn oo...ecccecsceeeeeee Lexington 9—LOyO]a ooo. ee ee ete eeeeteetteeee Lexington 10—Baltimore 0.0... ees Baltimore, Md. V7—VIUPQINIA eee eee eec eect eeteee tne eeees Lexington GOLF 30-31—White Sulphur College ‘Tournament........ schaetgesvegeedrscdaa's White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. LO—Lynchburg oo. cece eee eeeeeetees Lexington 14—West Virgina... ccc cece eet ects etteeeneees De oudteacedveeersssaseteeesy, White Sulphur Springs, Va. 17—Hampden-Sydney ......c eee Lexington 21—William and Mary............ Williamsburg, Va. 94—RichMONA o.....eeeeeeeee eee Lexington 28—Virginia—VPI—WA&L............ Hot Springs, Va. I=VPOT occ terete eeneeeeenes Blacksburg, Va. 2—George Washington—VMI—WR&L......... speteneceunetecelederptrcnessestasngaserscenpacseagnsatedeaaes Lexington 6-7—Southern Conference .............. Danville, Va. 12—State “Tournament .............. Hot Springs, Va. ‘TENNIS Li1—Colgate occ Lexington L4—WesSt Virginia oo ccccccccccceceecsseesseetteeesteenteeees secabasenseersdtacenies White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. V7 —VIUPQUNMA occ eect eet eteeeeetees Lexington 19—Richmond 0.0... eee Lexington P9—VPIT ieee eee ee ee eeeeceeeeeen Lexington 24—George Washington. ........ Washington, D.C. 26—William and Mary...........cceees Lexington 1—Davidson .......ccccceeeceeeeeeseseeeeeenseeees Lexington 8-10—Southern Conference....Williamsburg, Va. 14—Hampden-Sydney ...... Hampden-Sydney, Va. V7 AVPL voce ceeese re eseeseeneeneens Blacksburg, Va. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Editorial Comment: Harder ‘To Get in College HE PRESENT CROP of high and 1 school students had better awaken speedily to the edu- cational facts of life. It is becoming harder and harder to get into col- lege, and many who would have been accepted automatically a de- cade ago won’t get in at all ten years hence. The vast jump in the number of applicants, which is already mak- ing itself felt, and the limited fa- cilities available to this horde of would-be matriculates, account for the problems confronting our pros- pective collegians. Drastic readjust- ments will have to be made in Vir- ginia and all other states, in order to accommodate a reasonable pro- portion of these young people. ‘he situation seems certain to get pro- gressively worse for the foreseeable future. Even today, colleges and univer- sities in the Old Dominion are be- coming more and more selective, as they find that the number of appli- cants greatly exceeds the available places. A high school diploma is no longer accepted as evidence of abili- ty to do adequate work, either in state-supported or privately-sup- ported institutions. Neither is grad- uation from a top-flight preparatory school. ‘The recipient of a high school or preparatory school diplo- ma today must do more than just pass. He must reveal definite capac- ity and show that he is able to cope successfully with college courses. The privately-supported institu- tions of higher learning are likely to be even more selective hereafter than their state-supported counter- parts. They are under no political WINTER 1958 pressure to accept boys and girls who are graduated by the high schools. ‘They are also less able, by and large, than the state institu- tions to expand their facilities to take care of the deluge of applicants which will soon be overflowing our entire system of higher learning. All of which makes almost inevitable a further tightening up of entrance requirements by these privately- financed institutions. Magazines and newspapers arc pointing out that school officials and parents ought by all means to begin stressing these facts now, so that boys and girls who have just entered high or prep school will realize that they won’tbe accepted by the coleges unless they do more than just “get by.” If this spurs them on to greater effort, it will be a blessing in disguise.—VIRGINIUS DaBNEy, in the Richmond Times- Dispatch. University Graduates Twelve in January ‘Twelve Washington and Lee stu- dents finished degree requirements on January 30, 1958, and were awarded their degrees. Graduates included three Bache- lors of Laws, three Bachelors of Science in Commerce, and _ six Bachelors of Arts. Thirty-nine students were drop- ped under the Automatic Rule, of which eighteen were freshmen, and eleven upperclassmen. There were fifteen new students entering Washington and Lee for the first time at the start of the spring semester. Several of these were transfers. Name Your Candidate In compliance with Article g of the By-Laws of the Washing- ton and Lee Alumni, Inc., we are sting below the names of the Nominating committee for the coming year. Under the By-Laws, any member of the Association may submit the names of alumni to fill the vacancies on the Alumni Board of Trustees and for the alumni representatives on the University Athletic Committee. There are three vacancies to be filled on the Alumni Board of Trustees, and two on the Athletic Committee at the June, 1958, meeting of the Alumni Association. Members are urged to submit names of their candidates for these offices. ‘The Nominating Com- mittee will close its report on April 15. Present trustees whose terms expire this year are Ernest Woodward, II, ‘40; Park S. Rouse, 97; and Martin P. Burks, III, ’32. Present members of the Ath- letic Committee are W. J. Driver, '25; and John H. ‘Thomas, °34. The Nominating Committee is as follows: Edward S. Graves, 30, 407 First Colony Life Building, Lynchburg, Virginia, chair- man; Charles F. Clark, Jr., °38, 1857 Union Commerce Building, Cleveland, Ohio; H. Edward Rietze, ’25, 1714 Sulgrave Road, Louisville, Kentucky. 23 Chapter News CHARLOTTE Alumni of the Charlotte, North Carolina, area held a luncheon meeting on December 30, 1957, in honor of the five current Washing- ton and Lee students, and five pros- pective ones. Officers elected were: president, Charles L. Green, 40; vice-president, John Schuber, ’44; secretary, James J. White, ’51. Bill Buice, a member of the cur- rent freshman class, spoke at the meeting on his impressions of Washington and Lee. He was fol- lowed by head football coach Lee McLaughlin, who discussed univer- sity affairs, including the athletic situation. NEW YORK The annual dinner meeting of alumni from the New York area was held on November 22, 1957, at the Princeton Club in New York City. Over seventy-five attended. After a cocktail hour and dinner, officers for the coming year were elected as follows: president, Steph- en E. Campbell, Jr., ’41; vice- pres- ident for New York City, E. Stuart Epley, 49; vice-president for Up- state New York, W. L. Webster, 12; vice-president for New Jersey, Hugh J. Bonino, ’36; vice-presi- dent for Connecticut, Leonard T. Brown, ‘19; vice-president for Long Island, Kenneth B. Van deWater, Jv., °41; vice-president for West- chester county, Robert E. Steele, III, °41; secretary and treasurer, Emmett W. Poindexter, ’20. Clark B. Winter, °37, president and chairman of the meeting, made the annual New York Alumni Golf Trophy award jointly to W. L. 24 (Whiz) Farrar, °17, and Richard Brunn, ’42, who had tied for first place. Guests of honor were Dr. Fran- cis P. Gaines, president of Wash- ington and Lee, H. K. (Cy) Young, ‘17, Alumni Secretary, and Donald E. Smith, director of development. Dr. Gaines reported on the univer- sity, and Cy Young made a farewell address. W. L. Webster, ’12, pre- sented Cy with an appropriate gift from the New York alumni as a token of their affection and esteem, as Cy prepares to retire from his office in June. ‘The meeting closed with the singing of the “Swing” and “College Friendships,” with Leonard ‘T. Brown, ‘19, at the piano. * a * Fortified by a cocktail hour and buffet supper just before the game, some forty members of the chapter vigorously supported Washington and Lee at its December 12 basket- ball game with St. John’s in New York. About eight of these avid alumni, headed by Hug Bonino, went down to the sidelines to let the Gener- als’ coach know that the alumni were there in force to support the team. Hug warmly commended the coach on the fine squad, predicting a decisive victory for the Generals. It was all a fine gesture, except they had the wrong coach—instead of Weenie Miller, they had but- tonholed the St. John’s mentor! LYNCHBURG Dr. Francis P. Gaines spoke February 21 to about 100 Wash- ington and Lee alumni and their guests at Boonsboro Country Club at the chapter's annual George Washington birthday banquet. Alumni secretary H. K. (Cy) Young, who will retire in June, was presented an engraved silver bowl by Thomas S. Kirkpatrick, *13, in behalf of the chapter. The Sazeracs, student singing group, presented a musical pro- gram during the evening. March 29-April 6 April 12 April 18 April 19 May 8-10 June 4 June 5 June 6 Calendar of Interest to Alumni Phi Beta Kappa-Cincinnati Society Convocation Spring holidays ‘Tucker Lectures Law School Reunion Class Reunions Board of ‘Trustees Meet Baccalaureate Service Commencement THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Building Project Is Under Way ORK ON WASHINGTON and Lee’s W new dining hall and dormi- tory project got underway one cold November day, and has progressed throughout the winter months slow- ly but surely. Bulldozers churned through the mud, excavating for foundations and uncovering layers of rock. Rains and snowstorms hindered digging operations, but by the end of January, concrete foundations were in place, and by mid-February, the shape of things to come could be clearly seen. ‘The project consists of a college dining hall which will seat 525 persons, two dormitories housing about forty students each, a book- store-snackbar, and remodeling of the present Student Union build- ing. Contract price ts $1,209,986, and builder is the English Con- struction Company, of Altavista, Virginia. Preliminary work on the _ pro- ject consisted of tearing down the white frame residence on Lee avenue, just behind the Student Union, which for many years was occupied by the late Judge Martin P. Burks, ’70, former dean of Wash- ington and Lee law school. In the past few years, Professor J. Harvey Wheeler and his family lived there. A number of sizeable boxwoods and shrubs located on the Washing- ton street property were taken up and “heeled in” behind Doremus gymnasium. They will be replaced when construction is complete. Top photo, November, and the beginning of the largest building project here in some years. Second photo, December, cold and lonely. Third photo, January, and work ’midst snow and mud. Fourth photo, more snow, but foundations are in place. WINTER 1958 25 9 5 Dr. CHARLES J. BoppeLy is still active in the ministry, and at 87 years of age, is still preaching in Seattle, Wash- ington. His address is 2666 37th Avenue, S.W., Seattle 6. O5 DANIEL CHAMBERS MILLER iS now retired as a civil enginering teacher at the California Institute of ‘Technology. His address is 817 South Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, California. 10 Louis W. BAKER retired August i, 1957, after 37 years with the Ohio In- spection Bureau in Columbus, Ohio. He and his wife, Mary, are both in good health and plan a well-earned rest, some travel, and more time to perfect his golf game. They live at 1388 Eastview Avenue, Columbus. 12 Dr. L. Netson BELL has retired from practicing surgery in Asheville, North Carolina, following recurring cardiac at- tacks, and is now executive editor of Chris- tianity Today, a new international relig- ous journal which he helped to found, and which has its editorial offices in Washing- ton, D. C. Dr. Bell, who is evangelist Billy Graham’s’. father-in-law, commutes to Washington every other week. The Grahams’ newest child, a son, was named Nelson Graham for Dr. Bell. 1¢ LEE R. GRABILL, JR. says he is still enjoying his retirement, and spent a few weeks in Florida during the winter. His address is 203 Saymoure Road, Wilming- ton, Delaware. 22 WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCANN, with the New York Central Railroad for the past thirty-five years, says he spent last summer’s vacation on the French Island 26 of St. Pierre in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off the southwest coast of Newfoundland. 24 W. CLiFForD SMITH is chief en- gineer for a coke and coal company in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He is president of the Chamber of Commerce, vice-presi- dent of the Lion’s Club, president of the Powell Valley Shrine Club, is a former member of the town council, and serves as a member of the planning and zoning commission for Big Stone Gap. He is married and has one daughter, a junior at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. 25 Dr. CALVIN T. BURTON is president- elect of the Virginia Society of Opthal- mology and Otolaryngelogy. He is a specialist in eye and ear diseases in Roa- noke, Virginia. 26 RicHARD H. AspsotTr is credit man- ager of the West ‘Texas Office Supply Company, and lives at 603-C Watson, Midland, ‘Texas. He was married on No- vember 30, 1957, to Winifred Harlin. LAMont LAGeTT EDGERTON is president of J. M. Edgerton and Son Company in Goldsboro, North Carolina, a sales and service firm for farm machinery and other heavy equipment. 2 WILLIAM M. Pope is vice-president and trust officer of the National Bank and Trust Company in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has three sons, William, Jr., Jackson, and John, all potential material for Washington and Lee, he says. Address: 1561 Dairy Road, Charlottesville. 3 2 R. W. REINHOLD is now in Karachi, Pakistan, as Public Administration Ad- visor to the government of Pakistan, as ati employee of the International Coop ANOTHER IN THE ever-growing list of Washington and Lee authors is Dr. Amos L. HEROLD, 0g, whose book of recollections, ‘I Chose Teaching” is being published this spring. Dr. Herold came to Washington and Lee on a scholarship in 1906 from the Greenbrier Presbyterial School of Lewisburg, West. Vir- ginia. He was awarded his bachelor of arts degree in 1909, and master of arts degree in 1912. Later he re- ceived a scholarship to Columbia University, and won his doctor of philosophy degree in 1926.) He has taught English at~Buck- nell, Cincinnati, Tulsa, and Texas State College for Women. Since 1953, he has been retired, and lives with his wife at 1209 West Eighth Street, Austin, “Texas. They have traveled extensively in Europe and the United States. Publisher of his book is the Nay- lor Company of San Antonio, ‘Texas. Dr. Herold says that alumni may write him for autographed copies of his book, enclosing the sum of five dollars. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE eration Administration. His wife and youngest daughter, Dianne, are with him, and they will remain in Pakistan for two years at the minimum. His address is: R. W. Reinhold, USOM, APO 74, Box K, San Francisco, California. RopertT B. CHAMPLIN is New Jersey direc- tor of sales for the Philip Hano Com- pany of Holyoke, Massachusetts, a lead- ing manufacturer of multiple and tabu- lating business forms. His oldest son, Robert, Jr., is studying electrical engi- neering at Newark College of Engineering, and another son, George, is a sophomore at Brown University, studying to be an actuary. His daughter, Sally, is enrolled at Kent Place school, and is an accom- plished swimmer and figure skater. New address: 31 Ox Bow Lane, Summit, New Jersey. 34 FosTER M. PALMER says he had a very satisfactory trip to Europe last sum- mer. He traveled from Scotland to Yugo- slavia and back home again to Water- town, Massachusetts, in 65 days. FRANCIS PATTON says he is living a peace- ful life in Leesburg, Virginia. His oldest son is a freshman at Princeton, and he has a daughter who is a student at Pembroke College. He has one more son he is saving for Washington and Lee in about. ten years. 3 5 JouNn E. Frienp has been elected assistant cashier of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia. He has been with the bank since November 1, 1949, when he joined the staff as asistant pur- chasing agent. In 1950, he was made as- sistant manager of the purchasing and printing department, and in 1953, be- came manager of the General Service de- partment. 3 GEORGE RATHER JONES has been a pilot for Braniff Airways for the past fifteen years. He is married to the former Eleanor Fordham of Dallas, Texas, and they have two girls and two boys. HOWELL Roperts’ work with the Port of New York Authority in financial forecast- ing and economic planning has come to fruition with the opening recently of the new Terminal Building at New York In- ternational Airport. Hal says the Port Authority is already well into a much- needed rehabilitation program for La- Guardia Airport now. ALBERT A. RADCLIFFE says his third child, Andrew Lane, was born on Pappy’s birth- day, August 26, 1957. This makes two boys and one girl for the Radcliffes in Frederick, Maryland. WINTER 1958 ARNOLD M. RAPHAEL, ’40, is vice-president of the Chester Roth Company, manufac- turer and distributor of men’s, women’s and children’s hosiery. He is general man- ager for the Esquire socks division and a member of the board of the American Institute of Men’s and Boy’s Wear. 39 FRANK O. GLENN, JR. is farming at Long Beach, Washington, raising cran- berries, blueberries, and has an English holly orchard and a rhododendron and azalea nursery. He also operates a can- nery, specializing in cranberry products. He is the father of four sons, Frank, ITI, 14; Guy, 12; Richard, 8; and Jonathan, 2. 4] ‘THEODORE A. BRUINSMA became General Counsel of the McCall Corpora- tion, 230 Park Avenue, New York 17, New York. He had practiced law for nine years at 40 Wall Street in New York. Ted is also secretary of the corporation, having been elected on December 17 by the Mc- Call board of directors. ‘Ted is married and he and his wife and four children live in Glen Rock, New Jersey, where ‘Ted is an active member of the school board there. W. L. HEARTWELL, JR. is the new mayor of Lawrencevlile, Virginia. He has been a member of the town council since 1948. Besides holding the new office, he is also president of the Brunswick County Club, and a past president of the Virginia Re- tail Hardware Association, and the Law- enceville Chamber of Commerce. He is co-author of a recently published book on Brunswick county history. He is the father of two sons and two daughters. BENTON M. WAKEFIELD, JR. is the new president of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce in Monroe, Louisiana. He has been a member of the board of directors for the past three years, and was vice- president in 1957. He is also district di- rector of the U.S. Savings Bond program, and serves cn the Board of directors of both the United Givers Fund and the Kiwanis Club. He is vice-president of the Ouachita National Bank in Monroe. +2 RoBeERT F. HUNTER, asvistant pro- fessor of history at Virginia Military In- stitute, was the speaker at the January dinner meeting of the Rockbridge His- torical Society. His subject was “The Turnpike Movement in Virginia,” with especial attention to Rockbridge county. Bob spent four years with the Navy as flight instructor and transport pilot, and later received an M.A. degree at Univer- sity of North Carolina. He won his Ph.D. at Columbia University, where his disser- tation was “The ‘Turnpike Movement in Virginia, 1816-1860.” Bob is the father of two boys, and twin girls, and is super- intendent of the Lexington Presbyterian Sunday School. 43 Dr. CHARLES L. RAST, JR. specializes in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the father of two sons, Charles Lewis, ITI, and John Lightsey. They live at 1803 Beach Drive South, in St. Petersburg. LAWRENCE W. GALLoway is fertilizer man- ager with Baugh and Sons company in Bridgeton, North Carolina. ALBERT D. DARBy, JR. is president of the Kiwanis Club at Cumberland, Maryland, this year. He is also past president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce there. He is a writer for the Cumberland News. a5 J. Maurice MILLER, JR., counsel for the Life Insurance Company of Vir- ginia, has been promoted to assistant general counsel. He was associated with the law firm of Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore, and Powell, and the legal staff of Southern States Cooperative, Inc., before joining Life of Virginia in 1953. He is a member of the Association of Life Insur- ance Counsel and the American Life Convention Legal Section. W. WALLACE DUTTON, Jr. lives in Dunedin, Florida, at 300 San Salvador Drive, and is the father of three children: Wally, III, almost seven; Jill, three: and Bruce, a newcomer of seven months. COLLIER WENDEROTH, JR. was named the outstanding young man of Fort Smith, Arkansas, by the Junior Chamber of Com- merce there. He received the Jaycee Dis- tinguished Service award at a dinner January 21, 1958, before an audience of 450 persons. Collier is president of the 27 Midwest Feed Manufacturers’ association, which serves eight states. He has taught Sunday school for the past ten years, and is a member of the boards of the Com- munity Chest, Junior college, Girls’ Club, 4-H Foundation, Red Cross, and Exchange club. f 6 Davip ‘VANCE GUTHRIE, JR. iS an Episcopal minister, having been ordained December 13, 1957. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Washington and Lee, and later taught at the University of North Carolina, and at the University of the South. He received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary in June, 1957, and since that time, has had charge of St. John’s Episcopal church in Henderson, North Carolina. q 3 M. WILLIAMSON WATTS now_ has five little income tax exemptions. The iatest is Evelyn Barse Watts, born July 31, 1957. The score now stands _ three girls and two boys. JouHN E. SCHEIFLY is now associated with the law firm of Willis, MacCracken and Butler, with offices at 700 Statler Center, goo Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 17, California. Frep L. Rusu has been appointed an as- sistant secretary of The Hanover Bank, New York City, after only one year with the company. Before going to New York, he was district general agent for National Old Line Insurance Company, Norfolk, Virginia, and had also served as Com- monwealth’s Attorney of Buchanan coun- ty, Virginia. Fred is married and has one son, Fred, Jr. The Rushes live at 177 White Plains Road, ‘Tarrytown, New York. G9 Dr. E. L. TAytor, Jr., his wife, and son, Mark, moved last July to Sparta, North Carolina, where he is engaged in the private practice of medicine. THe Rev. W. C. SMITH, JR. is a graduate theology student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, pastor of a rural church in Indiana, and father of two children. 28 FRANK CARTER, JR. is the father of three potential Generals, Frank, Ben, and Pen- dleton. He is married to the former Jane Munnerlyn, ex-Sweet Briar student. Home address: 50 Woodcrest Avenue, N.E., At- lanta, Georgia. B. C. ALLEN, JR. is trust officer with Branch Banking and ‘Trust Company, Goldsboro, North Carolina. He is married and has one son, Brandt. JOHN M. PARRAMORE was graduated from the University of Cincinnati school of pharmacy, and is manager of a pharmacy in Gary, Indiana. He is married and _ has a daughter, almost two. S. W. RAMALEY has been appointed dis- trict manager of the Indiana district of United States Gypsum Company. He has been with the company since his gradua- tion from college, and worked in Chica- go, Harrisburg, and Washington districts. 50 CarRL G. CRrRoyYpdDER has been with Harcourt, Brace and Company, publishers, as a textbook salesman for the past seven years. He is married and has three chil- dren. Carl got his Master of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota the year after he was graduated from Washington and Lee. He lives at 718 Clover Lane, Norristown, Pennsylvania. Rosert W. H. Misu, JR., is now associated with the Wise and Waddell Insurance Company in Lexington. He has repre- sented the Sun Life Assurance Company in Lexington since 1953. Bobby is presi- dent of the Lexington Kiwanis Club and is a member of the board of directors of Joun A. WriuiAmson, II, °53, has been promoted to first lieutenant at Oakland Army Terminal, California. He heads the Passenger Transportation branch there. the Rockbridge National Bank. He and Mrs. Mish have one son, aged three. 51 Davin C. G. Kerr has joined the law firm of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison and Kelly in ‘Tampa, Florida. His address there is 4503 Dale Avenue. W. GordON ILER is now associated with the law firm of Norris B. Vincent and Robert L. Gwin in Owensboro, Kentucky, and is specializing in tax, corporate, and labor matters. J. T. Enciesy, II is practicing law and living in Roanoke, Virginia. He was mar- ried last June 15, and he and his wife live at Route 4, Roanoke. E. McGRuDeER Faris, JR., who was a mem- ber of the Washington and Lee law faculty from his graduation in 1951 until September, 1957, iS now associate pro- fessor of law at Wake Forest Law School. He and his wife and two children are liv- ing in the Wake Forest faculty apartments adjoining the new campus in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. W. K. VANCE RUCKER, JR. is with the Burlington ~— Industries, — Incorporated. Formerly office manager at the Franklin, North Carolina plant, he is now systems analyst at the main offices in Greensboro, North Carolina. His address there is 1704 Friendly Road. WILLIAM S. Rosasco, ILI, was awarded the “Man of the Year” placque for Santa Rosa County, Florida, at the annual dinner meeting of the Milton-Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce meeting recently. He served last year at the campaign chairman of the United Fund drive. He is vice-president of the Santa Rosa Lum- ber Company in Milton, Florida. Joun A. F. Hatt began practicing law last March, and has been appointed to the Dauphin County District Attorney’s staff in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. WILLIAM PIERCE ROBERT, JR. iS a junior at Baylor Medical School now. He was mar- ried last August to Patricia Swift in Nacogdoches, ‘Texas. SAM B. HOLLIs is executive assistant to Mayor Edmund Orgill of Memphis, ‘Ten- nessee. He was married last July to Jane Green of Atlanta. 52 ‘THOMAS WILLCOX JOYNES, JR. is in the real estate business with the firm of Gcodman-Segar-Hogan Corporation in Norfolk, Virginia. He won the golf cham- pionship of the Cavalier Yacht and Coun- try Club in Norfolk for the year 1957. JuLraAn B. Mone was elected last June to membership in ‘Toastmasters International Club, an international speaking and speechmaking club. He was 1956 and THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 1957 Chairman of tennis youth activities at Standard ‘Town and Country Club, Atlanta, Georgia. PAUL D. WeILL is a dealer merchandiser for Cities Service Oil Company. operat- ing out of the Jackson Heights, Long Island, office. The Weills are building a new home in Farmingdale, New York. WitLIAM A. Swarts is sales representative ‘or Reynolds Metals Company. He mar- ried Sarah Anne Brown on June 8, 1957 in Narrows, Virginia, and they are mak- ing their home now in Minneapolis, Min- nesota. 53 THe Rev. JOHN B. WHEELER was ordained an Episcopal priest last July by the Bishcp of Maryland, the Rt. Rev. Noble C. Powell. On October 5, John married Helen Chase Ward, as Bishop Powell celebrated the Nuptial Eucharist. Kermit HunNnpLey has been appointed vice-president and trust officer of the Houston Bank and ‘Trust Company of Houston, Texas. WILLIAM HOFFMAN has written another book, “Days in the Yellow Leaf,” a second novel published in January by Double- day and Company. His first was ‘The Trumpet Unblown.” Hoffman is the sec- ond of Dr. George Foster’s students in creative writing class to publish a book recently. Reviews of the second novel by Hoffman have been good—the New York Times says “this is a fine, sensitive and very moving novel. William Hoffman has not only succeeded in making the white, blank pages come alive but has achieved the goal of every author; to involve the reader in his work to such an extent that he is no longer a reader but part and parcel cf its lives and situations.’ Another good review, appearing in the Springfield Republican was written by T. K. Wolfe, a classmate of Hoffman’s in the writing class. 5 f ROBERT E. BRADFORD is now ad- ministrative assistant to Congressman Richard Poff of Virginia. He and his wife, Margaret, and their son, Joseph Charles, are living in Alexandria, Virginia. Bob was news and program director at Radio Station WRAD in Radford, Virginia, be- fore he was called to army duty. Receiv- ing his honorable discharge last August, he joined the staff of Station WMAL-TV in Washington until his recent appoint- ment. FRANK M. WHITING is trial attorney in the office of the General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. He received his master of laws degree in June, 1955, from Georgetown University, and was admitted to the bar, United States Supreme Court, in June, 1957. He is the father of two children, Pamela Gayle, 6; and James Christie, two. WINTER 1958 LIEUTENANT KEITH R. BELCH, 756, is as- sistant public information officer at the Eighteenth Airborne Corps Headquarters, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He earned his paratrooper wings about a year ago, after he had made fwe jumps. H. J. QUINN, JR. says there’s almost an alumni chapter at Tulane’s Medical School. Studying there are Jappy Becker, ‘56; Marvin Meadows, ’55; Don Barbe, 54; and himself. ‘That’s enough to make the Swing resound through part of New Orleans, anyway. ‘THOMAS HENRY CARTER is one of four Kenyon Review Fellows for 1958. His pro- ject will be a book of “three sections of ‘miscellaneous essays, held together by a point of view. This unifying element will consist of several related presuppositions: that the genuine critic will deal with achieved works of art as such; that the arts and society are intimately connected; that criticism must be written by readers for readers.” Many of his essays have already been published, and others are being readied for publication. He is in charge of English studies at Martinsville High School, Martinsville, Virginia. Dr. B. W. S. Capett, IV, was graduated last May from the school of dentistry at Medical College of Virginia, and is now taking a turn in the Air Force at Langley Field, Virginia. He is engaged to Shirley Anne Miller of Richmond, and plans an early wedding. ROBERT BENNETT JACOBI is now engaged in the practice of patent and trademark law in Washington, D.C. He spent two years in the army at Huntsville, Alabama, be- fore going into law. His address is 4716 Bradley Boulevard, Chevy Chase, Mary- land. 3. 5 LARRY LEVITAN is attending George Washington Law school and expects to be graduated in June. Davin MILLER BERLINGHOF was separated from the Army last August, and is now employed with Cargill, Incorporated, lo- cated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FORNEY R. DAUGETTE, JR., was discharged from the Army last September 17, and is now working for the Life Insurance Com- pany of Alabama. JouHN T. Huppi_e was awarded his bach- elor of laws degree from Ohio State Uni- versity at the autumn quarter convoca- tion on December 20, 1957. STEPHEN MARSHALL QUILLEN was author- ized in December, 1957, to practice law in Russell County (Virginia Circuit Court. His father and his grandfather have served as commonwealth’s attorneys for Russell County. 56 RICHARD MARVIN JOHNSTON is tak- ing post-graduate work at the Wharton School of Commerce and Finance, Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. His address is 9 Woodland Drive, Pittsburgh. RusseLL BorpLEY Myers is now stationed in Kaisirslautern, Germany as S-4 and assistant S-1 on the Battalion staff. His address is: Lt. R. B. Myers, 04070889, 25th AAA Missile Battalion, APO 227, New York, N. Y. He says that he sees a lot of Set. Dwyer, who was formerly with the ROTC department at Washington and Lee, since they work very close to each other. DAvip HENDERSON is attending law school at Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. SAM SYME, JR., is a graduate student in history at Duke University this year. He completed a six months’ tour of duty in the artillery last summer. JeRRyY I. Moyer has been stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, taking his basic army training under the Reserve Forces Act. Litoyvp Dosyns is a newscaster for Radio Station WDBJ, Roanoke, Virginia. LEONARD E. GOODMAN took his basic army training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, finishing there in October. 57 ALEX B. PLATT is presently en- rolled in the Doctoral program of Coun- seling Psychology at ‘Teachers College, Columbia University. Address: 504 West 110th Street, Apartment 6B, New York City. Joun H. Waters is waiting word from applications to several medical schools, while working as medical technologist and research associate for Dr. G. Watson James, II, associate professor of medicine at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. His work is carried on in Dr. James’ Laboratory for Clinical Inves- tigation. 29 ARNOLD F. GWIN was commissioned a Marine second lieutenant on December 14, 1957 at Quantico, Virginia. He is now taking basic courses at the Quantico Marine Base, prior to becoming an infan- try platoon leader. ALLEN C. MAXWELL completed the 34- week officer’s basic course at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia in No- vember, 1957. JoHN W. SINWELL is with International Business Machines company in Baltimore, Maryland. Morton P. ILER is in the business training course of General Electric Company. In March, he is to report to Fort Bliss, Texas for his six months’ Army duty. 1919 ALFRED LANDER was married to Mrs. Lu- cille Amen Koen on November 16, 1957, in Dallas, Texas. They live at 7711 Mili. tary Parkway in Dallas. 1949 KENNETH K. LINDELL was married to Mary Agnes McGuire on December 28, 1957, in Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Malverne, New York. Theodore Arata, °49, was best man, and George Arata, ’51, was an usher. 1950 Dr. WILLIAM ALBERT McCown and Bar- bara Dale Tucker were married January 25, 1958, in St. John’s Methodist church, Staunton, Virginia. 1951 Kirpy W. MALONE was married on No- vember 15, 1957 to Joan Elizabeth Owens, in the First Methodist Church, St. Peters- burg, Florida. Dr. Bruce F. Gannaway, ’25, officiated. The groom’s father is Baynard L. Malone, Jr., ’24. 30 NOEL P. COPEN, °57, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marines on De- cember r4, 1957, at Quantico, Virginia. He is now in the nine-month officer basic school at Quantico, learning to become an infantry platoon leader. 1953 ROBERT H. WARREN, JR., and Elissa Susan Gillert were married on November go, 1957, in All Saints Chapel, Trinity Par- ish Church, New York City. FRANK ALLEN McCormick and Nancy Herr were married June 15, 1957. Frank is stationed at the El Toro Marine Air Station in Santa Ana, California. 1954 ROBERT ORCUTT GLASIER was married to Veronique Lejay in Charleville, France, on July 6, 1957. Discharged from the Army last September, he is now employed with the International G. E. Company in New York City as a member of the Busi- ness Training Program. Address: 4782 Boston Post Road, Pelham Manor, New York. 1955 STEPHEN M. QUILLEN and Nancy J. Camp- bell were married December 29, 1957, in the Lebanon Baptist church, Lebanon, Virginia. Harry Murs Hotwins and Caroline Skip- per were married on June 29, 1957. He is general insurance agent with the Hol- lins Insurance Agency, Inc., in Lake Charles, Louisiana. LOWELL D. HAmRic was married on De- cember 1, 1957, to Katherine Ann Miller at Andrew Chapel Methodist Church, Springwood, Virginia. They are making their home in Richmond, Virginia. 1937 Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT A. RADCLIFFE are the parents of a son, Andrew Lane, born August 26, 1957. They live in Frederick, Maryland. 1942 Mr. and Mrs. Gene R. JOHNSTON are the parents of twins, Jack and Jill, born New Year's Day, 1958. They live at Shore Acres, Rock Falls, [lhnois. 1943 Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR ‘THOMPSON, JR. an- nounce the adoption of a son, Arthur Wilson Thompson, in September, 1957, at the age of two months. They live at 14 Marion Avenue, Staten Island 4, New York. 1944 Mr. and Mrs. CLARENCE E. BALLENGER, Jr., are the parents of a son, Ancrum Dean, born January 10, 1958. Mr. and Mrs. WititiAm R. MILLer, III, are the parents of a son, William Read, IV, born September 13, 1957. ‘They live at 1135 West Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Greorce ZACK are the par- ents of twins, born January 11, 1958. The daughter is Lisa Daryl Zack, and the son is Lawrence Blair Zack. They all live at 1103 Oak Avenue, Evanston, I- Jinois. 1947 Mr. and Mrs. Lez SILVERSTEIN are the parents of a daughter, Janet Ellen, born October 11, 1957. Daddy is working on his master of laws degree at Harvard, and they live at 25 Bay State Apartments, 1572 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Epwarp T. McMATH are the parents of a daughter, Mary Alice, born November 6, 1957. Ned is assistant sales manager with Seaboard Supply Com- pany in Onley, Virginia, a produce broke- erage firm. ‘The McMaths have two other children, Ned, Jr., 7; and Suzanne, 4. 1954 Mr. and Mrs. WiLttiAM D. McCHENRY are THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE the parents of a daughter, Deborah Joan, born August 17, 1957. Mr. and Mrs. JOHN E. McDONALD are the parents of a son, John E., born Novem- ber 10, 1957. They live at 1300 West Lake Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Watson A. Bowes, JR. are the parents of a son, Watson A., III, born in December, 1957. Watson is attending the University of Colorado Medical School. 1957 Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM LEE KAUFFMAN are the parents of a son, William Lee, Jr., born December 18, 1987. 1900 Dr. Harvey B. SAvAGE, retired physician, died January 26, 1958, after a heart at- tack. He had retired .in 1937, and since that time, he was active at youth encamp- ments in the. Paris \ Presbytery of his church, in Texas. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and a member of Honey Grove Masonic Lodge and Hella Temple Shrine in Dallas. Survivors in- clude his widow and one son. 1906 WILFORD FRANKLIN RAILING died January 16, 1958, after suffering a heart attack. He was a retired employee of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, having worked there as an engineer and assistant to the superintendent. He was a life member of Ben Franklin Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Baltimore, Maryland. 1907 E. CLypE Hoce died on November 26, 1957, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had founded the Hoge-Warren-Zimmerman Corpora- tion, a building constructing firm, in 1921, and was president and chairman of the board. 1909 WILLIAM Henry S. NELson of Strasburg, Virginia, died on October 16, 1957, of cancer. Dr. HARTWELL STANSBURY ADKINS died October 22, 1957, of a heart condition. WINTER 1958 1910 PHitiep ANTHONY MHERSCHER, a_ retired banker of Charleston, West Virginia, died July 27, 1957. He had retired June 30, 1957, as vice-president of Kanawha Banking and Trust Company, and had been planning a month’s trip to Europe in September. He had served as treasurer of the Charles- ton Chamber of Commerce and the Red Cross for years, and was treasurer and past master of Kanawha Lodge 20, A.F. and A.M., and treasurer and past high priest of Tyrian Arch Chapter 13. He was a member of the Shrine Patrol for 41 years. GEORGE LEYBURN HuGHeEs died on Septem- ber 10, 1957. He made his home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. JAMES WILSON RaDER died November 7, 1957. He and Mrs. Rader had made their heme in Charlottesville, Virginia, since his retirement in 1953 from the National Park Service. 1911 DANIEL BENJAMIN STRALEY died of a heart attack at his home at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Nov. 26, 1957. He was a retired attorney. 1912 J. Frank Key of Buena Vista, Virginia, died January 3, 1958, in Richmond. He was a past president and general man- ager of the Columbian Paper Company at Bristol, Virginia, and a former director of the Virginia Manufacturers’ Associa- tion. GEORGE ALLEN Morrow died October 26; 1957. He had’ made his-heme in Mooresville, North Carolina. S. O. LAUGHLIN, JR., 714 1913 JOSEPH GRAVES GLASS died October 6, 1957 in San Antonio, Texas. 1914 SAMUFL OTT LAUGHLIN, JR., a generous benefactor of Washington and Lee, died July 29, 1957, at his home in Wheeling, West Virginia. He was president of the Wheeling Tile Company, a member of the board of directors and on the execu- tive committee of the Wheeling Dollar Savings and Trust Company, a director of Fostoria Glass Company, Wheeling Stamp- ing Company, J. L. Stifel and Sons Com- pany, Stone and Thomas, Ohio Valley General Hospital, past president and mem- ber of the Tile Manufacturing Associa- tion, and for many years a member of the board of Hazel-Atlas Glass Company. His name was listed in ““Who’s Who in Amer- ica,’ “Who’s Who in Commerce and In- dustry,” nd “Business. Executives of America,” as well as “The National Cy- clopedia of American Biography.” He was director and vice-president of Pi chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha corporation for many years. He also served on the board of trustees of Vance Memorial Presbyterian church. During World War I, he served overseas for twelve months, and at the time of his discharge, was first lieutenant and adjutant of the 339th Machine Gun Battalion. He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, North American Newcomen Society of England, Fort Henry Club, Rotary Club, and Wheeling Country Club. Surviving are his widow. Elizabeth Rownd Laughlin; three sons, Samuel Ott, TI; William Philip; and David Rownd; also one brother, Philip Ashton Laughlin of Wheeling. Jupce WILLIAM T. Lovins, a retired judge of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, died December 12, 1957, after a long illness. He had served on the Su- preme court for sixteen years prior to his retirement last January. He earned money as a railroad brakeman to send himself to law school at Washington and Lee. He began his practice in 1915 in Kenova, West Virginia, then moved to Huntington. During the disastrous 1957 Huntington flood, he was chairman of relief activities. WALTER M. Gur ey, Jr. died September 18, 1957. He had lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. 1918 ALEXANDER SPRUNT WATKINS died of a heart attack on December 8, 1957. He was head of his own building supply business in Henderson, North Carolina, and was past president of the Carolina Building Supply and Lumber Dealers’ Association. He was a deacon in the First Presbyterian church, and past commander of the Hen- derson post of the American Legion. FREDERICK (“BUCKY”) SWEETLAND died on 31 February 4, 1958, of burns suffered three days earlier when his clothing caught fire from a cigarette he was smoking. He was an outstanding baseball and football play- er, and had played professional football in Akron, Ohio. Services were held in his home town of Everett, Massachusetts. 1924 JosepH WILSON FITrcHETT, an attorney of Huntington, West Virginia, died on Sep- tember 17, 1957. He had practiced law in Huntington from the time of his gradua- tion from Washington and Lee until his death. He was a past president of the Cabell County Bar Association and a member of the American Law _ Institute. Survivors include his widow and_ one son, Joe, Jr. 1926 CHARLES CARTER LEE, of Rocky Mount, Virginia, died of a heart attack at his home on January 1, 1958. A great-nephew of General Robert E. Lee, he was director of several corporations in Franklin coun- ty and was a vice-president of the Vir- ginia Bar Association. He was a member of the Democratic State Central Commit- tee and was active in state politics. In 1928, when he was only 22 years old, he Was appointed to succeed his late father as Franklin county’s commonwealth’s at- terney, and was at that time the youngest prosecutor in Virginia. He was elected to the office for four terms, and in 1947, declined to run for re-election. 1929 Dr. YEADON Mazyck Hyer died on Jan- uary 29, 1958. He made his home in Charleston, South Carolina. His wife died six weeks before his demise. 193% JOSEPH HOWARD ‘TOWNSHEND, died on De- cember 17, 1957, of a self-inflicted bullet wound. He had shown nervous strain and was despondent over his health, friends said. He and his father were co-owners of Townshend ‘Traffic Service in Memphis, ‘Tennessee. 1933 WILLIAM BERNARD KENNEDY of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died on November 10, 1957- 1940 HERBERT LinpsAy LITTLE, 39, of Spartan- burg, South Carolina, died on December 23, 1957- 1945 WaTKINS W. REYNOLDS, JR., 35, member of a prominent Texas cattle family, died December 28, 1957, in Fort Worth, Texas, 32 after an illness of nine months. He was manager of the Dalhart ranch of the Reynolds Cattle Company, and was a di- rector in the construction firm of T. S. Byrne, Inc. He was also a director of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Associ- ation. 1950 Lr. HERMAN K. TRAMMELT., ITT, died in a plane crash over Delaware Bay near Dover, Delaware, in early September, 1957. He was squadron leader of.a flight forma- tion taking off in F-89 Scorpion jet fight- ers, When another plane coming in from the side rear, collided with his plane. Lt. ‘Trammell’s radar observer and_ the pilot and observer in the other plane all parachuted into the bay and were picked up by fishing boats, but Herman went down with his plane. His body was recovered later in the bay on September 6, 1957. 1952 FREDERICK Ross LARSON, who practiced law in Roanoke, Virginia, from his graduation in 1952 until last August, was found dead near Saluda, Virginia, on December 27, 1957. Police said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had moved to Norfolk, Virginia, in August to become associated with Allstate Insurance Company. Surviving are his wife and a son. Next Issue Will Have Special Supplement A special supplement on U.S. higher education in 1958 1s com- ing in the spring isue of The Alum- nt Magazine. Alumni magazine editors and publishers throughout the country have joined in_ this first cooperative effort to tell the story of American higher educa- tion in a dramatic and panoramic way. In 32 pages of pictures and text, the supplement will present the im- mense diversity of higher educa- tion in its variety of objectives, its problems, its restlessness, and its new approaches. The text has been written by a group of alumni edi- tors who have been at work for more than a year. One of the coun- try’s leading photographers, Erich Hartmann of Magnum, has taken the pictures. The supplement will appear in more than 150 alumni magazines whose combined circu- lation 1S 1,300,000. 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