SPRING 1965 A Report On Journalism The 50th anniversary class of 1915: seated, l-r, R. W. Fowikes, W. A. KELEHER, JAMES H. MCGINNIS, MApISON P. Cok, WILBUR C. HALL, GAston CuHaves, C. C. CHAMBERS, Kt WILLIAMS, PAauL C. THomas. Standing, l-r, JONAH L. LARRICK, ROBERT W. WINBORNE, R. N. LAT- TURE, W. C. LirrLe, W. K. Taytor, G. R. SHaw, C. M. Switzer, JERRYA. BuRKE, JAMES E. BEAR, Roy SMITH, FRANK B. HAYNE, Epwarp L. JUNKIN. The 25ih anniversary class of 1940: seated, l-r, G. W. JAMes, F. S. Beaziie, M. P. Crocker, W. C. WASHBURN, FRANK J. GILLIAM, S. LEWIs, L. M. Kenna, W. B. Wacker, E. H. MILter, J. C. Waite. Kneeling, J. A. BILtincstey, W. S. Metcacr, R. P. Baker, D. W. Watts, H. R. STEPHENSON, L. G. YouNG, U. F. CouLBouRN, C. O. Turner. Standing, J. S. Broome, L. Boorn, B. H. FArser, R. A. DeMeENTI, E. Woop, WARD, R. W. Boisseau, T. E. Bruce, K. Lirrerar, L. SpAuLDING, B. V. Ayers, J. G. Akin, C. C. Curt, R. S$. Hurcueson, E. B. Morcan, W. F. SAUNDERS, H. T. SHEPHERD, F. A. FEDDEMAN, L. E. Carson, R. V. HERSEY. ee _ — a Bee eo 7 a a . See 7 e. - oe tes The department’s main lecture room has large capacity, special projection facilities for films. SPACIOUS CLASSROOMS Are Well-Equipped, Well Lighted, with Room for Growth The advertising laboratory doubles as a classroom and a workroom where students plan and display their layouts. I MAGAZINE 4 THE ALUM LIBRARY AND LOUNGE re Centers for tudent Study nd Relaxation Waynesboro Editor Louis SPILMAN speaks at the dedication of the student lounge named in his honor and contributed by his newspaper, the Waynesboro News-Virginian. Pror. RieGEL, MR. SPILMAN, and PRESIDENT COLE in the new lounge, which includes FM radio and television sets; another view of the Moss Library. SPRING 1965 Or NEWSROOMS, STUDIOS, and Other Centers Of Student Activity Develop Skills The Frank Fuller Fund, supported by some twenty Virginia and Wash- ington news media, provides full- service Associated Press wires for student use. Top left, BARTON W. Morris, JR., left, vice-president and executive editor of the ‘VYimes-World Corpo- ration of Roanoke, inspects the broadcasting facilities of the de- partment. The ‘Vimes-World Corpo- ration has contributed to the de- velopment of journalism education at Washington and Lee. Mrs. Mor- ris and Asst. PRor. JOHN K. JEN- NINGS are at right. Center, students edit 16 mm film in a special work- room devoted to the production of student film projects. Opposite, a spacious newsroom provides work space where students learn make-up and editing techniques and where the department’s student city editor dispatches his reporters to “cover” Lexington and Rockbridge County. 6 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Pressman DONALD TABBUT super- vises the operation of the print- ing press on which the Alumni Magazine, the Ring-tum Phi, and a host of other University pub- lications are printed during the academic year. HE PRI as Elbow ow in Its Compositor EDWIN WALKER, right, assists student editors of the Ring-tum Phi at the make-up stone. Veteran chief of shop is C. HARoLp Lauck, right, Separate rooms for the major shop functions are a feature of the new facilities for with PRESIDENT COLE. Mr. Lauck is nationally the Journalism Laboratory Press. This is a view of the composing room and its recognized as a printing craftsman. linotype equipment. SPRING 1965 ” Enlightenment in an advertising class comes to senior BILL Davin of Harwinton, Conn., in the series at left. Above, senior JAY GIRARD of Glenbrook, Conn., is the son of the late E. N. S. Grrarb, *34, a journalism department alumnus. Below, junior Maurice Fuiress of Clifton Forge, Va., discusses the Ring-tum Phi with Jack A. THOMPSON, editor and publisher of the Clifton Forge Daily Review. In the past 12 years, the department has had four majors who cut their journalistic teeth wnder Thompson’s guidance before coming to Washington and Lee. Dedicated Students Are the Lifeblood of the Department 8 . THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE - at - a Fw 7 : . - - i oa - - oe a a oe - a a a p other forces: ~ ee So > 7 i ‘ e- bem - majori ng in jour- oraduat 1965 | ary and Jur — | od y at was generally _ me —— Jam — a : " _ 7 ; — nalism majors to take jobs with nt 1 faculty we sates ats aes ah Mae a OS 7 oe SS 7 : - a : A Distinctive Classroom Delivery... . Protessor Riegel’s ‘Technique In a Lecture Brings Out A Masterful Use of Gesture; Journalism Students of the Past 35 Years Will Recall ‘These and Other Favorites SPRING 1965 dh, Pror. PAxTON Davis joined Washington and Lee’s faculty in 1953 after a distinguished career as a reporter and feature writer with newspapers in Winston-Salem, N. C, and Richmond, Va. He continues to be active in newspaper work by serving as Book Edi- tor of the Roanoke Times. Pror. Davis is the author of ‘Two Sol- diers, The Battle of New Market, and other works have ap- peared in Playboy, Bluebook, and Shenandoah. A new novel will be published this fall. Two Other Excellent Professors . . . oo Asst. PRor. JOHN K. JENNINGS graduated from Washington and Lee in 1956 and returned as a faculty member in 1959 after duty with the Armed Forces Radio Service and commercial radio stations. He directs the Communications Laboratory and teaches courses in broadcasting and photography. 14 THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE telephones I would like to be able to say, ‘Yes, I have just the man tor you. Are there obstacles that hinder the service the department might render? Are the University’s admis- stons policy and standards in any way a factor here? “You pose a difficult problem. It is quite possible that admission standards bar a good many dedicated young men with a high potential for success in the communications field. It is also possible that a shad- ing of admission standards for such young men might result in greater service to the professions by the de- partment. ‘The danger is to the standing of the B.A. degree; so far the department has never asked for special consideration.” One member of your advisory council of profes- sional journalists has suggested that the University adopt a double standard in admissions that would permit more students interested in journalism careers to come here. They would not be subject to the same criteria as non-journalism majors. What is your re- action to such a suggestion? ‘After my answer to your previous question, it may be a contradiction to suggest that it is indeed un- fortunate that the regulations are so discouraging to young men who may be outstandingly competent and promising. I have in mind, for example, the pro- liferating junior colleges of the country, and the out- standing young men who may come out of them with a career interest in communications and a program such as Washington and Lee’s. What could be more logical than to offer such young men our journalism and communications curriculum with its cognate courses in the social sciences? But the degree require- The Department of Journalism and Communications is administrator of the Alfred I. duPont Awards Foun- dation for Radio and_ Television, with PRor. RIEGEL serving as Cura- tor and PRESIDENT COLE acting as chairman of the awards committee of judges. At right, the committee meets to consider winners for the 1964 broadcasting year. Besides the department staff, present with Pres- IDENT COLE are DWIGHT SARGENT, curator of the Nieman Foundation; TURNER CATLEDGE, managing editor of the New York Times; and Mrs. ROBERT STUART, president of the League of Women Voters (along the far wall), and LAWRENCE LAuR- ENT, TV-radio editor of the Wash- ington Post (at far right in picture). SPRING 1965 ments here are such that most transfers would have to take a filth undergraduate year. I don’t know the solution, which I refer to higher authority, but I re- gret the lost opportunity.”’ What is the prospect here for summer institutes, workshops, or short courses for journalists and com- munications people? “Good. The number and timing of such institutes depends upon. the interest and response of profes- sionals.” The department is actively engaged in two major outside affiliations—the administration of the Alfred I. duPont Awards for Radio and Television, and the sponsorship of the Southern Interscholastic Press As- sociation. Can you summarize the nature of these ac- tivities, their purposes, and their efforts? “The administration of the Alfred I. duPont Awards Foundation was undertaken in response to the wishes of Mrs. duPont, and has associated the unt- versity with the recognition of meritorious perform- ance in broadcasting. ‘There have been fringe benefits, such as the Foundation’s scholarships. ‘The Southern Interscholastic Press Association is a service of the de- partment to editors of scholastic publications, and their teacher-advisers, in the South in the interests of im- proving standards of excellence and promoting an interest in communications and in professional careers. So far as I know, it is the university’s only direct con- tact with secondary schools through a service func- tion.” Last fall, the department was visited by a commit- tee of the American Council on Education in Journal- 15 ism. Their report recommended that the accreditation of the department by the Council be reaffirmed. Can you summarize the findings of this committee? “The report was generally complimentary. We have been accredited since soon after World War II, with visitations about five years apart.” How many colleges and universities possess ac- credited departments or schools of journalism and communticattons? “Forty-seven institutions are on the latest accredita- tion list.” What other accredited programs are there in this area? ‘The nearest are at the Universities of North Caro- lina, Maryland, and West Virginia.” What percentage of the total accredited schools or departments are solely undergraduate in nature? “Sorry, I don’t know, but probably a small mi- nority.”’ How do undergraduate and graduate programs differ? “That depends on the institution. They differ in the amount of research and independent study, for one thing. Some graduate programs go in heavily for ‘communicology,’ or the application of sociological mensuration to the mass media.” Has Washington and Lee ever offered a master's degree in journalism? “T have never heard of it.’ Under what conditions, if any, would you constd- er offering a graduate program here? “We now offer a ‘Certificate in Journalism’ for professional competence. It is designed for under- graduates, but a holder of a B.A. degree may earn it after a concentrated year in the department. An M.A. program would be a better way to serve the profes- sions and make maximum use of faculty and facilities. It hasn’t been seriously considered, but perhaps it should be.” What are the problems in finding faculty mem- bers to teach in journalism and communications? “The problems are acute. ‘There are skillful or ex- perienced practitioners, and there are intellectuals or scholars. ‘The combination, a man who has good professional credentials and the intellectual quali- ties that make him at home in a republic of arts and 16 letters—and can also teach—is, to coin a phrase, a rare bird.” Can you describe the way in which your depart- ment uses visiting professional newsmen to augment its faculty and staff? “The wide scope of our curriculum would be im- possible without the employment of some outside experts. For editing and design we have the services of the assistant managing editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and for the management course we have the general manager of the Times-World Corpo- ration in Roanoke. Both of these lecturers commute to the campus.” WILLIAM G. LEVERTY, assistant managing editor of the Richmond ‘Times-Dispatch, is a veteran mem- ber of the department’s visiting faculty, EDWARD Backus, foreman of the Journalism Laboratory Press, is another part-time member of the journal- ism faculty, teaching the course in printing and graphic arts formerly taught by C, HARoLD LAUCK. At least one of your 1965 graduates expresses a desire to teach journalism as a career. To what extent do students work towards advanced degrees in jour- nalism as preparation for college teaching? “The trend is toward higher degrees everywhere, in any discipline. But we would need another day to discuss that problem, and in the end we would still be confronted by the trend.” The Department of Journalism and Communica- tions is often referred to as the Lee Memorial Jour- nalism Foundation. Can you trace briefly the history of the foundation and describe the dimension of this endowment? “As I mentioned before, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association undertook an endowment cam- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE paign to re-establish journalism at Washington and Lee. “The Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation’ recognizes the endowment and its memorial pur- pose. I am told that between $40,000 and $50,000 was turned over to the university for this project in 1921 and 1922, a considerable sum in those days. Much more was pledged. Donors also equipped the printing laboratory. While most of the original equip- ment has been replaced, the original installation was vital. There have been other endowment gifts in more recent years, including one gift of $50,000 from the Roanoke newspapers.” Does this endowment provide the major source of operating income for the department, or does this come from normal Unwwersity budgeting? “I know nothing about the bookkeeping, nor have [ inquired. I have always assumed that we are mainly supported, like any other department, out of general funds. One result of the endowment may be the fact that we had a respectable non-teacher operating budget long before many other departments. It is believed by many persons, including many alumni, that Washington and Lee is the site of “the nation’s first journalism school.’ Can you give a brief history of the department and set the record straight as to the University’s proper claim in regard to jour- nalism education? “It is my impression that priority can be claimed for General Lee’s concept, intention, and initiative, at a time when journalistic instruction at the college lev- el was unknown, rather than for any great accom- plishment. Lee apparently felt that the greatest need for the rehabilitation of the South after the war was strong leadership of public opinion, law, business, and engineering. Concerning public opinion, this meant better editors. In 1869, at General Lee’s insti- gation, the college offered fifty ‘press scholarships.’ Some ‘scholars’ arrived, including some nominated by local typographical unions. The Journalistic instruc- tion seems to have been of the most practical kind, offered by a Major Lafferty in his local newspaper of- fice. ‘he project languished after General Lee’s death. It was not ‘the nation’s first journalism school,’ but General Lee planted a seed that bore fruit later.” What does the future hold for journalism and communications education at Washington and Lee? What kind of department do you envisage ten years from now? ‘My crystal ball is reflecting radioactive fall-out today. However, if I am still here, I would like to see a continuing improvement in quality—in instruction, facilities, and services. It’s a cliché, but the strength of a curriculum is not measured by its label but by the quality of its faculty. It we are intellectually lively, in- novators, and creative, and at the same time maintain independence and critical integrity, material help should flow to us naturally, and the influence of the university should be greatly extended both through our graduates and in direct services to communications and the public through the department’s knowledge, competence, perceptiveness, and example.”’ Each spring, thousands of high school journalists swarm on the campus for the annual. convention of the Southern Interscholastic Press Association, sponsored by the Department of Journalism and Communications, SPRING 1965 17 Sa, “= bry In order, Washington and Lee’s Tom Wo tre, the sports world’s Tom Wo tre, and New York’s Tom Wo tre!!! seems to whisper all the time. ‘The whole...zone around his office, a kind of horsehair-stuffing atmos- phere of old carpeting, framed New Yorker covers, quiet cubicles and happy-shabby, baked-apple gentili- ty, is a Whisper Zone. One gets within 4o feet of it and every- body ...is whispering, all the sec- retaries and everybody. The Shawn Whisper; the whisper zone radiates out from Shawn himself. Shawn in the hallway slips along as sound- lessly as humanly possible and— chooooo—he meets somebody right there in the hall. The nodding! The whispering! Shawn is 57 years old but still has a boyish face, a small, plump man, round in the cheeks. He always seems to have on about 20 layers of clothes, about three button-up sweaters, four vests, a couple of shirts, two ties, it looks that way, a dark shapeless suit over the whole ensemble, and white cot- ton socks. “Hello—Mr.—,” he begins nod- ding, ‘—Taylor—how—are—you, with his head down, nodding SPRING 1965 down, down, down, down, ‘—it’s— nice—’ his head is down and he rolls his eyes up and looks out from under his own forehead ‘—to—see— you—’ and then he edges back with his hand out, his head nodding, eyes rolled up, back foot edging back, back, back, back, ‘“—very— good—to—see—you’ nodding, smil- ing—infectious! Good for one! One does the same * * * One becomes quiet, gentle, genteelly, magnifi- cently numbly, so—”’ * * * “Yes! And suddenly, after 4o years, it all adds up. Whispering, inconspicuous—but courtly—form- al, efficient—but sympathetic—per- fection!—what are these but, pre- cisely! the perfect qualifications for a museum custodian, an undertak- er, a mortuary scientist. But, of course! ‘Thirteen years ago, upon the death of Harold Ross, precise- ly that difficult task befell William Shawn: to be the museum curator, the mummifier, the preserver-in- amber, the smiling embalmer... for Harold Ross’s New Yorker mag- azine.” The Wolfe article provoked a remarkable volley of replies, and the Herald Tribune ran columns of the letters in the magazine. E. B. White, an old New Yorker hand, one of the distinguished Am- erican writers of out time, wrote: “Mr. Wolfe’s piece on William Shawn violated every rule of con- duct I know anything about. It is sly, cruel and to a large extent un- documented, and it has, I think shocked everyone who knows what sort of person Shawn really is... The virtuosity of the writer makes it all the more contemptible, and to me, as I read it, the spectacle was of a man being dragged for no ap- parent reason at the end of a rope by a rider on horseback—a rider, in- cidentally, sitting very high in the saddle these days and very sure of his mount. ‘The piece is not merely brutal, it sets some sort of record for journalistic delinquency, for it made sport of a man’s physical ap- pearance and_ psychological prob- lems—which is as low as you can go. 19 oe es Planter for five years, then was an executive with Southern States Co- ioperative. Dr. Wolfe retired in 1962, and he and his wife now live at 5401 Cary Street Rd., where their son last visited them at Christ- mastime. Young ‘Tom went to Ginter Park School for six years and then to St. Christopher’s School for six more. At St. Christopher’s he played foot- ball, basketball and baseball on various light-weight and junior var- sity teams. He was sports editor of the Pine Needle, the school news- paper, in his next to last year, and filled up the sports columns with eloquent defenses of Coach Hugh Brenaman’s fortitude in sticking with the single-wing formation when most other teams were switch- ing to the T. : As a senior, Wolfe became co-edi- tor of the Pine Needle. “I turned it into a scholastic Sporting News,” he recalled last week. He did not mention it, but Wolfe was an excellent student at St. Christopher’s and was elected twice to Student Council. He was chairman of the Student Council in his senior year. ‘The faculty and staff remember him as a good in- fluence generally, a very good stu- dent and, according to at least one teacher, a promising writer. At Washington and Lee, where he enrolled in 1947, Wolfe contin- ued to be a good student, good in- fluence and = promising writer. There, too, his baseball career, such as it was, came to flower. “I made the team in my junior and senior years as a pitcher,” he recalled. “My record was o and 1. I had tremendous stuff—I could make the ball do anything—but the trouble was, I gave the batters too long to look at it. I was not fast, you might say.” Wolfe, who was sports editor of the college newspaper and a con- tributor to a literary magazine named Shenandoah, majored in American studies and graduated in SPRING 1965 1951. He went on to Yale where he “hung around for four or five years getting a Ph.D.” ‘The doctor- ate was in sociology, his special field of study being what he described as “the social side of political activity among writers.” Meanwhile, there are further de- velopments on the sporting scene to account for. In the summers of 1950 and 1951, Wolfe pitched in the Sertoma sandlot league in Rich- mond. He said he won some games because “I developed this screwball that was even slower than my other pitches.” Several professional scouts saw Wolfe pitch. They had come, he noted, to watch Mel Roach play “but I had ideas of making them notice me.” It is likely that the scouts did notice him, Wolfe said, because Roach batted about .750 against Wolfe’s offerings, includ- ing the famous screwball. When he left Yale with his Ph.D. in 1956, Wolfe did not have a pro- fession. “I tried being a Bohemian because that appealed to a girl I had met in New Haven, but I gave it up after about three weeks. I liked luxury too much to succeed as a Bohemian.” He read a book (which he still reveres) called ‘““How to Land the Job You Want,” and went off to New York to be a journalist. ‘The Daily News offered him a job as a copy boy, but he turned it down when he sensed that the Daily News only wanted to be able to say that it had a copy boy with a Ph.D. He went to work as a reporter on the Springfield (Mass.) Union, and moved to the Washington Post in 1959. His work there included a fine, impressionistic piece about Castro’s Cuba that won an award and attracted wide attention. Wolfe joined the Herald Trib- wne in 1962. A bachelor, he lives in Greenwich Village, which he in- sists has become a sort of middle- class, downtown Suburbia in lower Manhattan. The awesome Wolfe prose style with which the world is now be- coming familiar did not emerge in its full opulence until 1963. He went to California that summer to do a story for Esquire on the cus- tom-car cult there in never-never land, and took on reams of notes and impressions. But when he sat down to unite the story, it was “too big for him” as the saying goes. He just couldn’t get his impressions down satisfactorily, and finally he gave up on it. At the urging of an Esquire edi- tor, Wolfe did agree to write an account of his investigations in California in memo form. Another writer would be brought in to do the article from Wolfe’s notes. He wrote “Dear Byron” (the edi- tor) at the top of the first page and swiftly turned out a 49-page memo. “My style had always been a little purple,”’ Wolfe said. “I had always swung from the heels when I wrote, but now the stuff just poured out. By writing to just one specific person, I made myself feel loose and easy, and I found that I was writing with this combination of colloquial and esoteric language. And that, I suppose, is my so-called —style.’ Esquire knocked off the “Dear Byron” at the top of the memo, published the entire outpouring as received, and it was a sensation. ‘That article will be the title piece in Wolfe’s book that Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish in June, “The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine- Flake Streamline Baby.” _ Wolfe’s favorite piece, and ours, will be in the book, too. It is called “The Last American Hero Is Jun- ior Johnson. Yes!” It is about the car culture of the rural South from bootleggers to stockcar-racing car- nivals, and the cars are snorting and the words are tumbling, and the typography is jumping around like op art gone crazy, and you will have to read it to understand it, and you should. Yes! ‘Terrific! 21 A Prohaska Mural for Reid Hall LARGE MURAL depicting the A mass communications media was formally presented in May for permanent display in the foyer of recently -remodeled Reid Hall which houses the Department of Journalism and Communications. The mural, executed on a piece of canvas nine-feet, 10-inches wide and eight feet tall, is the work of Ray Prohaska, currently artist-in- residence at the University and a noted painter and illustrator. It is described by the artist as “abstract- expressionist with some sugges- tions Of pop art. The first step in painting the mural was a consultation between Prohaska and Prof. O. W. Riegel. Armed with a list of ideas pertain- ing to the communications media, Prohaska first drew several rough drafts, then a small comprehensive sketch of the mural. After minor revision of this small painting, Pro- haska took a color photograph of it, which he projected onto a can- vas the same size as the finished mural. ‘This gave him the proper dimensions for the objects depicted in the final painting. Included in the mural is a rep- lica of the ‘Telstar satellite (‘I started the painting before they sent ‘Early Bird’ up, and I decided not to change it,’” Prohaska said). An image of a Japanese dancing girl is projected to ‘Telstar and is reflected onto a television screen at the other end of the mural. ‘The image is carried along on perforat- ed teletype tape of the kind fed in- to newspaper automated Linotype machines. The artist explained that the punched code on one length of the tape, if fed into a proper teletype, 22 Tiny TANYA RueGeL listens as the artist explains his “Communi- cations” mural. would spell out, “This mural was designed and executed by Ray Pro- haska, Artist in Residence at Wash- ington and Lee University, in the spring Of 1965.” “We had a little fun while we painted it,” Prohaska said. Prominent in the upper right area is a globe held by a human hand, expressing the power of hu- man-controlled communications. Also included in the mural is a reproduction of a modern rotary printing press, printed onto the canvas through the silk screen pro- cess and representing the “dotted” photographic images which appear in newspapers. Next to it Is a like- ness of an early Washington Hand Press. The words “War” and “Peace” are spelled out backwards. ‘They represent pieces of type, which are, of course, cast in reverse. A film strip, also printed onto the canvas through the silk screen method, presents repeated images of the late Winston Churchill giving his fa- mous “V for Victory” sign. ‘The background color can be seen through the various images, giving the film strip the authentic illusion of being transparent. Various languages are depicted through words or phrases. Included are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Greek, German, English, Russian, Italian, French and Spanish. The French phrase “J’accuse” (I Accuse) 1s rem- iniscent of the famous Emile Zola libel trial. A telegraph key, a radio-televis- ion transmitting tower and a cam- era lens represent other communi- cations media. At the formal presentation, Rie- gel accepted the mural on behalf of the department and thanked Pro- haska “for an important painting, for an important addition to Reid Hall, and for an important event in the history of Washington and Lee University.” THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE The fabled Blue Danube winds through Hungary past ruins of past wars. This pho- to and others on the follow- ing pages were taken by the author. Impressions of Eastern Europe— —LEasy Travel, New Nationalism By Pror. O. W. RIEGEL Professor Riegel Served In Eastern Europe During And After World War II. He Reports Here on His Return as a Tourist Last Summer Behind ‘‘The Iron Curtain’”’ SPRING 1965 S 1 WRITE THESE LINEs (Spring, 1965) I have before A me a London Observer reporting that the watchtowers and double fences of barbed wire along Hungary’s frontier with Austria are being removed. The newspaper brings to my mind a sunny morning eight months ago when I listened to a Hungarian Deputy Foreign Minister, in his office near the Buda embankment, explain the new Hungarian spirit of friendship and rapprochement with the West. When I chided him with the contradictory evidence of the sinister watchtowers and plowed fields between barb- ed wire we had just traversed to enter Hungary, he said, “They are left-over souvenirs from the bad old days; they will be removed as soon as we can get to it.” They have got to it, and I mention this as evidence that although my impressions of Eastern Europe date from last summer, and although changes in the Com- munist world can, and do, occur sometimes with be- wildering speed, there has been no change in the new course as we observed it then. On the contrary that course has, if anything, and in spite of the effects of Viet Nam—at least, so far—accelerat- ed during the intervening months. It was to observe and assess the “new course’ that my wife and I went to Wolfsburg, West Germany, in early June, picked up a Volks- wagen, drove to Berlin and across East Germany, and spent the rest of the nearly — three months, looking around Eastern Europe, talking to government of- suimmer, ficials, to newspaper and broadcast- ing people, to teachers, to American officials, to old friends and acquain- tances in a number of countries, and, so far as possible, to just ordi- nary people everywhere. A distinction must be made first between how these countries appear to foreign visitors and how they ap- pear to citizens of those countries who must live in them. These are two quite different things. I will try to take care quickly of the Eastern Europe of the foreign visitor. Eastern Europe is one ot the best travel buys (that is getting the most for your money) in the world today, including Portugal. Unless you are a finicky type that always wants the plumbing to work impeccably, the accommodations are good, and usually cheap. The cheapest we found was in Bulgaria. The food for tourists is plentiful and good; in fact, we found that traveling in Communist Europe can be literally, in a physiological sense, a very broadening experience. There are luxury hotels, such as the International at Brno, in Mora- via, and the Esplanade in Zagreb, with grandly uniformed platoons of servants that may make you rub your eyes and say, ‘If this is Com- munism, I’m a Watusi.’ ‘There are beach resorts on the Black Sea that resemble Miami Beach, and which we didn’t visit for that reason. All of the Socialist countries, as they like to call themselves, are eager for tourists and particularly for hard Western currencies, which are vital to their economies. ‘This 24 means that every effort is made to accommodate tourists. “There are still old-fashioned frontiers, some with double lines of barbed wire, but they aren’t difficult for persons with Western passports. Some are unexpectedly and therefore incredi- bly easy, as Bulgaria. Obviously the police have one set of rules for citizens and another for tourists, and we found some resentment among the against this double standard. Add friendliness toward people the inherent Americans of most of the people, regardless of what the official po- litical relations of the governments may be; and add the fact that East- contact with people of the West, for political reasons, that visiting Eastern Europe has become prac- tically a patriotic exercise. (It was in Lexington, at the Marshall Li- brary President Johnson delivered his “Bridges to the East” address last May.) Another reason for the absence of Americans, I think, may be a fear that Communists are itching to do something dreadful to capi- talist throwing them in jail. This wouldn't happen, dedication, that Americans, like I am convinced, unless you did something really outrageous like throwing a punch at a policeman, or throwing a bomb. One reason Visitors to the Communist bloc nations still encounter occasional propaganda posters, although Proressor RirceL found they differed from one country to another. This “Peace” poster decorates a building in Kazanlik, Bulgaria. ern Europe is in the pre-automo- bile age except for certain areas in the capital cities, which means good, hard-surfaced roads with lit- tle traffic, and you have a special and in some ways a remarkably at- tractive touring situation, to say the least. Eastern Europe has been dis- covered by economy-minded Brit- ish, French, and Germans, whom we found in large numbers. We encountered few Americans. One reason for this may be ideological. Many Americans are squeamish about contact with Communists, although our government is so much interested in opening up the closed societies of Eastern Europe and bringing their peoples into is that any publicity about mis- treatment of Americans would be a catastrophe for the tourist busi- ness that Eastern European coun- tries so desperately want and need. Because of the tight police system, I have never felt safer than I did in Eastern Europe, and | would be willing to walk the streets of Bucharest or Sophia at any time of day or night, something I would hesitate to do in areas of New York or Washington. Now for some general observa- tions. A breaking up of the Commun- ist bloc, both ideologically and eco- nomically, is quite evident. ‘The word “satellite” no longer fits the present situation. Nor is the word THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “bloc” accurate. All of the Social- ist states are quite different. ‘This is the “polycentrism,” or ‘Titoism,” or “national Communism” that we hear so much about. The key is nationalism. Quite visibly the nations are returning to their old national interests, cus- jealousies, and dislikes. The popularity of politi- cal leaders is in direct proportion to their assertion of the national iden- tity and the national interest. ‘The most dramatic example of this is Janos Kadar, the Hungarian pre- mier, who has evolved from. the hated, Moscow-backed oppressor of 1956 into a popular leader of an 9? toms, ambitions, ey sy Sat ees as & Ses Ka is something of an economic island engaged in building its own eco- nomic autonomy, from heavy in- dustry to agriculture. ‘There are increasingly numerous deviations from Marxism-Leninism, Russian style, as in the appearance of such “capitalistic” devices as labor in- centives, decentralization of plan- ning, and competition among fac- tories, industries, and agricultural cooperatives. Comecon (Council for Economic Mutual Assistance), the Eastern European counterpart of the Common Market, has made progress in recent years but is not yet off the ground. As one observer told me in Bu- The Poiana Brasov Hotel in Romania, one of many resorts in Eastern Europe eager to boost tourist trade among Americans and West Europeans, PROFESSOR RIEGEL found rates very reasonable in most instances. increasingly ‘“Magyarized” Hun- gary. We see, in brief, a coalition of national states in Eastern Europe, held together by the sheer mass and weight of their powerful neigh- bor, the Soviet Union, but each pursuing its separate national way as best it can. The new situation has been confirmed by the reaction of these countries to the departure of Mr. Khrushchev, during whose time the Soviet police control was largely removed and the process of decentralization begun. ‘These nations have, in substance, successfully rebelled against a Rus- sian concept that they should be agricultural appendages of an in- dustrial Soviet Union. Each nation SPRING 1965 charest, the relations of Rumania at this time are better with the United States than they are with the Soviet Union. I don’t want to give the impres- sion that governments are shaky in those countries, or that there is any likelihood of a revolt such as oc- curred in Hungary in 1956. If there is any fear of subversion, we certain- ly saw no sign of it, and no Ameri- can official in’ those countries would say that there is any active opposition worth mentioning. Of course, when you are talking about closed, highly centralized countries like the Communist nations, you can easily be proved a liar next week by totally unforeseen changes, but it is my opinion that there is little subversion and little fear of it. ‘There was trouble in Bulgaria this winter, but it appeared to be limit- ed to intra-party feuding on a minor scale. The last jamming of Western broadcasts in Eastern Europe, in Bulgaria, stopped more than a year ago. You can hear Western broad- casts, if you want to, on transistor radios at beaches and swimming pools. No one will stop you. ‘They are dancing the twist in Budapest and Sophia, and the frug in Prague. Each of these nations is essential- ly a tightly organized power sys- tem. Each seems to be trying, in often quite different ways, to take advantage of a new freedom of ac- tion to experiment and change along national lines. ‘The result is a confusing mixture of Communism, collectivization, and what might be called at least incipient or creeping capitalism. ‘The new approach tends to be pragmatic rather than doctrinaire, an increasing willing- ness to try something different from the orthodox line, and, if it doesn’t work, drop it for something else. These are poor countries, and, with the exception of Rumania, poor in natural resources. ‘The rate of productivity has been high, but within the last year or two the rate has begun to falter and sink, again with the possible exception of Ru- mania. But one sees no sign of undernourishment, lack of ade- quate medical care, or even beg- gars, although private capitalism isn’t hard to find in the form of black marketeers who want to buy dollars, transistor radios, and elec- tric razors. The present situation is, of course, a big change from the rigid Stanlinist control of ten or a dozen years ago . The general feeling among the people with whom we talked was that things are much better, although many complained of economic difficulties, lack of personal income, and various kinds of shortages. Human_ problems, c 25 such as getting ahead, office politics, man-woman relationships, and the like, continue as they always have, everywhere. A pretty student pre- paring for a diplomatic career at the University of Bucharest grum- bled that Marxism-Leninism had produced no solution for the prob- lem of the unreliability of the Ru- manian male with his women—his propensity to love them and leave them. In Czechoslovakia and Hun- gary there is a good deal of cyni- cism. A typical Hungarian joke re- lates that a Hungarian, standing on a Budapest street that has been re- named “Mao ‘Tse-Tung Boule- vard,”’ says, “Things weren't so bad under the Russians.” In Rumania, every kilometer along major high- ways you find propaganda signs boasting of the accomplishments of the regime and exhortations to the citizen for greater productivity. In Bulgaria there are some. You al- most never see them in Czechoslo- vakia and Hungary. One of the greatest frustrations of many people in these countries is their inability to travel, especial- ly to the West. ‘The reason for this is not so much the unwillingness 26 of governments to let people leave the country as it is their reluctance to provide the precious hard cur- rencies needed for foreign travel. It is quite pathetic to hear a man like Jan Werich at Prague, one of the outstanding actors in the world and a National Hero Artist, com- plain that the government would allow him only $5 a day for ex- penses on a recent trip to the United States and Canada. Inciden- tally, the average worker in the CSR makes about 1,400 kronen a month (about $60). Judging by the way he lives, I would guess that Werich’s income is many _ times that much. Nevertheless, about 70,000 Czechoslovaks traveled to Western countries and overseas dur- ing the first six months of last year. In Bulgaria, on the other hand, few people travel to hard currency countries except diplomats. National pride is a_ powerful force in these countries. I came away feeling that many changes we would think desirable would occur much more quickly if the West refrained from pressuring and patronizing the governments of these countries. We entered Hun- Outside of Eastern Europe’s cities, the peasant’s difficult life predominates. Scenes here in Ro- mania and Yugoslavia. gary, for example, at a time when the Austrian newspapers were cas- tigating the Hungarians for delay- ing and putting a small tax on Austrians who like to cross the frontier to drink wine in neighbor- ing Hungarian restaurants. Hun- gary s reply was to close the border to Austrians for a while. I suspect that the Cardinal Mindszenthy case would have been resolved long ago if the West had not been so strident about him. I also suspect that he is a considerable burden to the lega- tion staff, something like the man who came to dinner; we didn’t see him, but we heard his footsteps overhead as he began his daily walk. Hungary was of special personal interest because of my service there for the State Department during and immediately after World War II. I found many old friends and acquaintances, although some of them had harrowing experiences and narrow escapes from death in the Stalinist days and in 1956. I thought the mood somewhat sar- donic and muted, but generally hopeful. ‘They have profited from liberalization perhaps more rap- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE idly than any other’ Eastern country. ‘The police power has re- laxed. ‘The government is allowing them to buy cars, travel, and eat well. ‘The Hungarian path of So- cialism, they say in Budapest, leads to the stomach. ‘They have reached that point in a liberalized economy where the big decision that a young man has to make is whether he should get married or buy a car. Bulgaria is especially interesting because this is the country that has perhaps been most Stalinist, and is most closely tied to Russia by race, language, gratitude, and eco- nomic dependence. ‘The changes there are dramatic, and I think there are more to come. Customs inspection was as casual as Italy’s. With the smiling connivance of a frontier official we transacted, with tourists going the opposite direc- tion, a small currency exchange which I know must have violated all the rules. With professional absent-mindedness, I walked out on a hotel bill in ‘Tirnovo and when I arrived at the hotel in Sophia the lady clerk said she had received a telephone call from ‘Tirnovo to re- mind me of my bill. I said, “Aren’t you going to arrest me?”’ (This was, hopefully, a facetious question, but vaguely inspired by the thought that one could become a celebrity in the United States as a victim A bicycle race in Titov Veles, Yugoslavia and the impressive monastery at Rila, Bulgaria. SPRING 1965 of the Bulgarian Police State). She replied, “Don’t be silly.” An interesting question is how public opinion in the United States is responding to the vast revolution- ary changes not only in Eastern Europe but also increasingly with- in the Soviet Union itself. As far as Eastern Europe is concerned, knowledge of the change has been building up for a good many years, especially since the goth Party Congress, first from the reports of journalists and then from the State Department, with its adoption of a policy sometimes referred to as “bridges to the East”’ or ““windows to the West.” Inciden- tally, both bridges and windows are two-way, so that a window to the West, for instance, is also a window to the East. Since last summer there has been a flood of news about change in Eastern Europe; there are few days, for example, when the New York Times doesn’t carry long pieces on the extraordinary ferment in the Socialist countries. ‘The question is whether American public opin- ion, believing Communists and Communism to be totally evil, can be made to accept a warming up of contacts and trade with Commun- ist Eastern Europe. I have thought that it probably could, especially since a number of large business interests in the United States have recently endorsed a “bridges to the East” policy that offers an ex- pansion of foreign markets. A year ago I attended a State Department briefing on Eastern Europe for journalists, many of whom were ed- itors of foreign language and other periodicals which have had anti- Communism as a central theme. By that time the word “satellite” had been dropped from the State De- partment vocabulary. ‘The journal- ists listened glumly, and there were a few protests. At a similar brief- ing this spring for many of the same journalists, there was only one protest, and that a feeble one. It should be pointed out, how- ever, that the “bridges to the East”’ policy is being popularly promoted not on the grounds that a detente, peace, and _ close with Communist countries are a good thing in themselves, but as a Cold War maneuver against the Soviet Union. Whether it will succeed can’t be answered now. After all, several administrations Over many relations years have tried to win acceptance of friendly relations with Commun- ist Yugoslavia, but with ambiguous success. Many things—Viet Nam, for one—could again harden public opinion in both the United States and the Eastern countries of Eu- rope. no “I and unparalleled prestige. His jour- ney from Mount Vernon to New York, where he took the oath of office at Federal Hall, was an eight- day tribute to a national hero.” The panel contains a copy of the First Inaugural address written in Washington’s own hand, engrav- ings of triumphal arches erected along the route from Mount Ver- non to New York, a contemporary print of the inaugural, and an en- eraving of Mount Vernon shortly after Washington’s death. ‘he pan- el also contains a Portmanteau trunk used by Washington during the Revolution and a leather pack bag used during his campaign with General Braddock. The second panel is devoted to the Peale portrait and the actual vorget that is depicted in the por- trait. ‘he description here reads: “Washington’s years as Com- mander-in-Chief endowed — him with the towering reputation which he brought to the presidency. The panel describing the Peale portrait says: “First portrait ever painted of Washington, who, at the age of 40, _.. By Mr. Peale, drawing my picture, 16.4." nephew, Custis, noted that “this special and most interesting picture formed the principal ornament of the parlour of Mount Vernon for 27 years.” Washington’s adopted son, George Washington Parke Custis termed the portrait “a fine, expressive picture, and said by his contemporaries, to be the Washington in the prime of life—the countenance open and manly, the mild blue eye, the whole be- speaking intelligence, the dominion of lofty feelings, and the passions at rest.” Peale later painted other portraits of Washington. He also did one of Lafayette as a member of the American Army. These portraits passed through inher- itance from the Washington family to the Lee family (Washington’s adopted son had a daughter who be- came Robert E. Lee’s wife). The paintings were removed from Mount Vernon to Arlington, the Custis home. During the Civil War, SPRING 1965 when Union troops approached Arlington and_ the family fled, Mrs. Lee carried the Peale portraits with her to keep them from falling into the enemy’s hands. General Lee, of course, became president of Wash- ington College after the war and served until his death in 1870. His son, George Washington ‘Custis Lee, succeeded him as president of the institution (the name was changed to Washington and Lee Uni- versity) and served more than 25 years. It was G. W. C. Lee who presented the famous Peale portraits and other family art treasurers to the University where they are on display in Lee Chapel. It is doubly fitting that Washington’s portrait hangs in the university’s chapel, for he was the univer- sity’s first great benefactor, donating stock worth $50,000 to W&L’s predecessor, Liberty Hall Academy, in 1796. The name later was changed to Washington Academy to honor him. 29 The Peale portrait of Washington is shown in its display case in the Hall of Presidents at the New York World’s Fair. is shown in the uniform of a Col- onel in the Virginia Regiment. Painted by Charles Willson Peale at Mount Vernon in 1772. The work descended by inheritance to the family of Robert E. Lee, who bequeathed it to the school iden- tified with both families.” Washington and Lee is identi- fied as the lending institution. The gorget is a piece of armor that protected the throat. Washing- ton wears one in the painting, and the Massachusetts Historical So- ciety provided the actual gorget for the exhibit. The final Washington panel's description reads: “Washington was an Olympian President, who, through his care in establishing precedents, perman- ently molded the office. His con- cern that the United States be strong was based on experiences during the Revolution, when mili- tiamen fought bravely in defense of their own villages but were reluct- ant to undergo the discipline of the army. In his Farewell Address he urged his countrymen to form a union of hearts and minds, fore- swearing excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. After many years devoted to public serv- ice, he retired at last to his be- loved Mount Vernon in 1797.” 30 The panel contains the Farewell Address written in the president’s own hand, the brass telescope used by Washington after his retirement to Mount Vernon, and engravings of the first revolution at Lexington and Concord. Besides Washington, other pres- idents honored by similar exhibits include John Adams, ‘Thomas fel- ferson, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, ‘Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. ‘Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. The Peale portrait, done at Mount Vernon in 1772, depicts the first President in the uniform of a Virginia militia colonel. It is be- lieved this is the same uniform he wore in 1754 when he served in British General Edward Braddock’s expedition near the headwaters of the Ohio River during the French and Indian War. The colorful uniform includes a blue coat, scarlet facings with bright metal buttons, dark red waistcoat and breeches. On Wash- ington’s head is a cocked hat, usu- ally called a Wolfe hat. A plum col- ored sash or scarf falls over his left shoulder. Visible in the crook of Washing- ton’s left arm is the barrel of a long rifle. A sword hilt can be seen be- side his left hip. If the viewer looks closely, he can see the words, “Order of March” written on a piece of paper protrud- ing from a pocket in the waistcoat, and the figure “22” (the number of regiment) cast on the metal buttons. Washington’s Washington, just turned 40 years old and still a British subject, has a fair, smooth complexion in the painting. There is no evidence of the scars from smallpox he con- tracted on an earlier trip to the Bar- bados and which reportedly left his face marked for life. This is the fourth “‘visit’’ for the Peale protrait since coming into Washington and Lee’s possession. It hung in an exhibit of early American portraits in the Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with the 1939-40 World’s Fair in New York. It also hung in the Knoedler Gallery in New York as part of a celebration by the Stratford Board and in the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. during the U.S. government's observance of the George Washington Bicentennial. Arrangements for the present loan were handled by Frank A. Parsons of the university staff and Miss Phyllis Montgomery, exhibit coordinator of the U.S. Commis- sion for the Fair and curator of the Hall of Presidents. ‘Two men in widely divergent occupations, but both experienced in packing val- uable art treasures, crated the por- trait for shipment to New York. They are Dr. Marion Junkin, head of the university’s department of fine arts, and Peyton Craft, head carpenter at the university. An armed guard accompanied the por- trait on its journey. In its frame, the portrait is five feet high and slightly more than four feet wide. It weighs 50 pounds. The painting will be returned to its place in Lee Chapel after the Fair closes in October. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Capt. duPont, Union Hero, Is Honored With Special Memorial EARLY 101 YEARS after the N event, Washington and Lee on May 8 honored the memory of a Union captain who took part in the famous raid on Lexington by Gen- eral David Hunter in 1864. A plaque was dedicated in Wash- ington Hall, citing the role played by Henry Algernon duPont, Hunt- er’s chief of artillery, in sparing the Lexington community from greater destruction. Among those who consider Lex- ington the Valhalla of the Confed- eracy and who think of Washing- ton and Lee and its Chapel as one of the South’s shrines, there were probably many eyebrows raised at this gesture of admiration for a “Yankee.” But historical evidence suggests the indebtedness of Lexington and Washington and Lee to Captain duPont and his reluctance to shell SPRING 1965 PRESIDENT COLE and Kt WILLIAMS, 715, of Waynesboro, admire the. plaque which honors CArpT. HENRY ALGERNON DUPONT as MAUuRICE DUPONT LEE looks on at right. Below, PRESIDENT COLE shows the plaque to DUPOoNT’s son, the present HENRY ALGERNON DUPONT of Winterthur, Del. non-military targets and civilians. When Hunter’s” raiders ap- proached Lexington from Staunton on June 11, 1864, a sporadic de- fense was offered by Confederates in the vicinity of the Virginia Mili- tary Institute barracks. Capt. du- Pont was ordered to return this fire from a position on the north bank of the Maury River. When his cannon opened fire, resistance quickly vanished, and duPont halted the shelling, as he later explained, because he didn’t wish to inflict damage on non-mili- tary targets or kill innocent peo- ple. His action may damage to Washington College, for the school was in his line of fire. At least one ball is believed to have struck the faculty home on_ the front campus closest to the New- comb Hall end of the Colonnade. have spared The memorial plaque describes duPont as a man “whose qualities of courage, honor, and _ integrity helped save from destruction the town of Lexington, Va., and Wash- ington College.” “Under a less sensitive and hu- mane commander, hostile guns may have taken many innocent lives and inflicted untold damage on_ this community and this university,” the plaque notes. ee Washington and Lee was en- couraged to honor duPont by al- umni and other admirers of the Union hero who knew of the part he played in the Hunter raid. Vari- ous legends have developed con- cerning this role, all tenuously con- nected with accounts of other or re- lated incidents that have subse- quently been confused with du- Pont’s actual activities in Lexing- ton. ~o _ News of the Uniwersaty A chimney fire at the President’s home brought out the Lexington Fire Department, and it also brought out the usual corps of student advisers to the Fire Depariment. Mysterious student vandals who once painted their symbols in relatively inaccessible places aren’t so energetic anymore. This year they defaced Lee Chapel, shown at left as campus workers begin the difficult task of removing the handiwork. Six students were caught in the act of painting the steps to another building on the same night, but they were let off with a scolding by the Student Control Committee. Chemist Dr. 8. YOUNG TyREE, JR. of the Universtiy of North Carolina de- livered the Phi Beta Kappa address this year. Above, DR. ‘TYREE, center, 1S congratulated by DEAN WILLIAM W. Pusey, UI, while Dr, EsMARCH GIL- REATH, PBK chapter president, looks on. Below, PROF. ROBERT STEWART con- ducts the Washington and Lee Glee Club and Hollins Choir at Natural Bridge’s Easter sunrise service. SPRING 1965 33 News of the University Scott Foundation Award Established m A SPECIAL AWARD recognizing stu- dent leadership in the School of Commerce and Administration has been established at Washington and Lee by the Scott Paper Company Foundation of Philadelphia, Pa. Washington and Lee’s participa- tion in the Scott Paper Company Foundation program was an- nounced jointly by A. J. Schroder, end, chairman of the Foundation’s board of trustees and by President Cole. The Award will be known as “The Scott Paper Company Foun- dation Award for Leadership at Washington and Lee University.” Similar awards are made by the foundation at 27 other colleges and universities across the coun- try. A Washington and Lee student for each of the classes of 1967, 1968, and 1969 will be chosen dur- ing his sophomore year in the School of Commerce and Adminis- tration for participation in the pro- gram during his junior and senior academic sessions. Recipients chosen by a_ special faculty-student committee in the School of Commerce and Adminis- tration will receive tuition grants of up to $1,500 for each academic year. An unrestricted grant of $1,000 will be given by the founda- tion to the university during each year the program is in effect. ‘There is a provision for exten- sion of the program beyond 1968- 6g if mutually agreeable to the foundation and the university. Each Scott Paper Company Foun- 34 dation award at Washington and Lee will go to an outstanding stu- dent who has indicated his inten- tion to pursue a career in industry or commerce. ‘The foundation in- structed the selection committee to give “great weight to the charac- teristics and abilities which should best equip the individual to suc- ceed as a leader in industrial or commercial activities.” JOHN K. HOPpkKINS John K. Hopkins, studying for a bachelor of science degree in com- merce, was chosen by the special faculty-student committee to receive the first award. Hopkins, of Annapolis, Md., was valedictorian of his class at Severn School and has been on the dean’s list consistently since enrolling at Washington and Lee. Professor Irwin Died April 18th m GEORGE JUNKIN IRWIN, retired as- sociate professor of romance lan- euages at Washington and Lee, died April 18 in a local nursing home. He was 68. Prof. Irwin retired in 1962 after serving on the university faculty for 37 years. A native of Lexington, he was graduated from Washing- ton and Lee in 1920. He pursued graduate study from 1921-25 at Princeton University where he also held a teaching fellowship. He also studied at Columbia University’s graduate division of romance lan- guages. He joined the Washington and Lee faculty in 1925 as an assistant professor and became an associate professor in 1956. Prof. Irwin was one of the origi- nal 36 volunteers recruited from Washington and Lee’s — student body who formed Ambulance Unit SSU 534, serving wth the French Army during World War I, 1917-19. For this he received the French Croix de Guerre. Prof. Irwin served as an officer of the Lexington Presbyterian Church for many years. He was the son of the late Wil- liam Pryer and Julia Rush Jun- kin Irwin of Lexington. In 1935 he married Miss Mary Ruby John- son of Statesville, N. C., now de- ceased. ‘They had no children. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Samuel B. Lapsley of Lexington. University Chemistry Student Is Honored B A WASHINGTON AND LEE chemistry major, George Ashley Allen, of Chester, S. C., is one of 53 college students cited for honorable men- tion in the 1965 “Chemical and Engineering News” Award of Merit competition. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE News of the University The 1965 Tucker Law Lecture was delivered by Dr. ArrHuR GoopHart, Roserr E. Ler, IV, ‘49, right, great-grandson of the shown at left with DEAN CHaArLEs P. Licut. Dr. Goopuart, the only Ameri- Confederate commander, greets GEN. U.S. GRANT, HI, can ever to be master of a college at Oxford, spoke on “Is Our Law Just?” — the Union commander’s grandson, in Centennial cere- before a large Lee Chapel audience on May 1. monies at Appomattox on April 9. ~~ Final Troubadour production of the 1964-65 season was Eugene Two good friends of Washington and Lee sports were O’Neil’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” The lead role was played honored at the annual awards barbeque this spring. by Dr. Ceci. Jones, left, Troubadour director, who will join the Special recognition went to EARL S$. MATTINGLY, ‘25, Vanderbilt faculty next year. At right is Lewis Davis, Troub actor and JOHN SPAMBERG of Lexington. They are shown of the year. with Athletic Director Cy ‘TWOMBLY. Specially treated redwood from Oregon is stockpiled for use in May was a big month for JAMES DE YouNG, right. CHARLES H. the new Delta Tau Delta fraternity house going up in the back- Percy, left, leading Illinois Republican and Dr YOUNG’s neigh- ground. It will be ready for occupancy in September, the anni- bor in Kenilworth, Ill., spoke here at Jim’s invitation. Later in versary of last year’s destructive fire. the month Jim was the recipient of the coveted Gilliam Award. SPRING 1965 | 35 bee, ra ea Class Reunions Anniversary reunions were held on the cam- pus again this year for the 50th, goth, 25th, and 10th anniversary classes and, for the first time, a fifth anniversary reunion was also conducted. Members of the classes of 1915, 1925, 1940, _.. May, 1965 Dr. RicHARD FowLkeEs presided for ’15, ROBERT FULWILER for ’25, JACK AKIN for ‘40, and MILLs Rocers for both ’55 and ’6o. President Cole addressed a Saturday noon luncheon for all classes, and ERNEST WOODWARD, 1955, and 1960 joined for a full program of ac- '40, presented a class memorial endowment check tivities on May 7-9. to him for $3,425. Highlights included the class banquets, where oe ee Wee Kea L-r, Mrs. GILBERT MEEMS, CHARLES C. Curt, Mrs. SHEPHERD, L-r, Ropert S. HUTCHESON, G. WATSON JAMES, LrE SPAULDING, JOHN S. and Howarp 'T, SHEPHERD, all part of the 1940 reunion. Broome, and Ropert A. DEMENTI, all of the Class of 1940, chat after the luncheon. At left, DEAN GILLIAM greets Mr. and Mrs. Ros- ERT CULLERS, °55, while JouNn A. RUTHERFORD, ’55, looks on. At right, Ep- WARD L. JUNKIN, 715, and James E. BEAR, 715, share memories, and at far right, Mr. and Mrs. GRAY CASTLE, °55, laugh at the latest Southern Collegian. L-r, R. N. Larrure, 715; E, B. SHuiz, ’16; JERRY A. BuRKE, ’15; and JONAH L. Larrick, 15, L-r, S. MILLS ROGERS, JR.; '55, and WALLIAM meet on the President’s porch. K. DUNKER, ’55, listen to BILL WASHBURN, ’40. SPRING 1965 94 a Gaston CHAvES, ’15, second from left, shows PresipeNnt Cote the “borrowed” trophy. 3 Cot. FRANK B. Hayne, ’15, and Pror. Rupert LATTURE, 15, look on. Gaston Chaves, “15, Returns Sign ‘Borrowed’ for 52 Years A TROPHY taken in a wild night of student high jinks at Washington and Lee 52 years ago has been returned to Lexington af- ter a journey of over 12,000 miles. The prize—a heavy, blue and white metal sign which proclaims “Money transferred by telegraph’’— was removed from a local telegraph office on Halloween night, 1912, by Gaston Chaves, ’15, a special stu- dent from Curityba, Brazil, who came to Washington and Lee to study electrical engineering. Early in May, Chaves returned to Lexington for the first time since 1913. ‘The occasion was the 50th anniversary reunion of the class of 1915, the class in which Chaves en- tered Washington and Lee, al- though he returned to Brazil be- fore completing his degree require- ments. For Chaves, now a highly suc- cessful manufacturer of electrical products in his native Curityba, his reunion journey was a fulfill- ment of the dreams of half a cen- tury. 98 J There was the business of the sign—“It had been on my _ con- science all these years,’’ he said. “Ves,” added Col. Frank = B. Hayne, ’15, of Flat Rock, N.C., a retired Army officer and a classmate of Chaves, “the police chased Gas- ton when he got hold of that sign.” The reunion of Chaves with Hayne, Professor Rupert Latture of Lexington, and other surviving members of the Class of 1915 was a happy moment. “You cannot im- agine how happy I am to be here,” Chaves said again and again. It took quite a bit of doing for Chaves to make the reunion. Al- though he is a wealthy man, he found it difficult to accumulate sul- ficient American dollars for the journey to the United States. Af- ter much negotiation with his Brazilian bankers, he finally ex- changed 3,500,000 cruzeiros for his airline tickets and the funds for his expenses in North America. At an exchange rate of 2,000 cru- zeiros to one American dollar, the trip cost him about $1,700, but for Chaves it is money well spent. “Money is only good when it gives us pleasure, good pleasure,” he told Washington and Lee’s Pres- ident Fred C. Cole. “A man cannot let his money enslave him,” he said. Chaves’ two years at Washington and Lee influenced him greatly, he says, and he has hopes that his young Jose Roberto Chaves, can come to the University grandson, for his college education. Another matter of conscience to Chaves was the fact that interna- tional economic policies made it difficult for him to contribute to the progress of Washington and Lee. Thirty years ago he struck upon the plan of collecting stamps in preparation for the day he would return to Lexington. Last week he turned over to President Cole four bulging plas- tic bags containing thousands of stamps. When they are catalogued and offered for sale to collectors, Chaves expects the stamps will bring “several thousand dollars” for the University’s use. He laughed about the strange look he got from the customs agent when he entered the United States. “He didn’t know what to make of the bags of stamps or the telegraph sign,” said Chaves. “I told him what they were for and he let me through.” Chaves said he had to pay five dollars extra baggage fee for the heavy metal sign. He, Colonel Hayne and Profes- sor Latture recounted the events of that hectic night when Chaves acquired the sign. “We called it ‘freshman night’ and it was supposed to have started in General Lee’s time here,” ex- plained Latture, a retired protes- sor of political science at Washing- ton and Lee. “We all went out on the town that night.” Hayne recalled how one group of students painted the class’s num- erals on “Virginia Creeper,” the weekly C & O railway train that backed into Lexington from Glas- THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE gow and was the town’s main trans- portation link in those days. “The school had to make it good,” said Latture. “They used money from the athletic fund to pay for the repainting job, and when it came time to hire a base- ball coach, there wasn’t any money leit? Chaves’ coup with the sign was apparently spectacular. “I can see Gaston running now,” laughed Hayne. “He was a good runner, too, for he and I came in second and third in the freshman cross- country run.” Chaves turned the sign over to Hayne, and the two agreed that it should become a “last man” trophy for the Class of 1915. Chaves, who returned to Brazil on May 25, hopes this visit to Washington and Lee won't be his last. On this trip he also visited Washington, New York, and Ni- agara Falls. The Niagara Falls excursion was business, not pleasure. Chaves lives near the majestic Iguassu Falls in southern Brazil, and he has vis- ions of tapping the hydroelectric potential of these giant cataracts. At Niagara, he examined American techniques and equipment that harness hydroelectric power. There is also the possibility of other future business trips to the United States. His company in Cu- rityba has developed a smokeless electrical home incinerator that he hopes may find a market in this country. The 6,000 mile flight from Curi- tyba today is a matter of hours, but Chaves recalled how his first jour- ney north took 27 days by steam- er. When he flew south at the end of his visit, Chaves carried no class trophy this time. Instead, he said, he’d carry an overload of happy memories. “I have renewed many good friendships,’ he said. “This has made me so very happy.’ SPRING 1965 CLass NOTES 1902 WittiAM T. Exiis received his medical degree from the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1906. President Woodrow Wil- son appointed him as a member of the Draft Board in 1917. During the First World War Dr. Ellis served as captain in the Medical Corps. He was Chief Surgeon of Stetson Hospital for fifty years and surgeon for the Department of Public Safety for thirty-five years. He now lives in Philadelphia. 1904 Spry at age 84, Grorcr E. Haw is still active in the Richmond law firm of Sat- terfield, Haw, Anderson, Parkerson & Beagley. There are two other Washing- ton and Lee Alumni in the firm: GEORGE E. Haw, Jr., 48, and WILLIAM F. PARK- ERSON, JR., 44. The elder Haw still plays golf and goes duck hunting. 1905 Dr. AuBREY A. Houser, Sr., continues to be most active as president of Wm. P. Poythress & Co. He will be 84 years old in September, 1965. Under his guidance the business continues to enlarge and prosper. 1906 A tribute was paid Chief Justice JOHN W. Eccteston of Norfolk on March 1, 1965. The occasion in court marked the Justice’s goth anniversary as a member of the court. Only four other members have served as long, none of them in this cen- tury. In thirty years Justice EGGLESTON has been absent only two days from the sessions of the court. In the resolution and scroll presented him by hs colleagues he was praised for his “dedicated and distinguished service” to the court. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser of January gist carried a feature article con- cerning Dr. ‘T. BRANNON HUBBARD, SR., an elder statesman of Alabama medicine. In 1962 Dr. HuppaArp went to Moscow as a member of the American Cancer Society's delegation to the International Cancer Congress, He is a past president of the Alabama Medical Association and of the state chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and he has been honored num- erous times by his fellow Alabama doc- tors. Although he is in semi-retirement, he has a limited practice and takes an active interest in the progress of cancer research. The newspaper article deals with Dr. Hupparn’s great gifts as a surg- eon, his interesting personality, and_ his favorite anecdotes. 1908 Hrram M. Dow attended the 11th Na- tional Conference of Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army at Fort Bliss, Texas, in March. Mr. Dow, who is the Civilian Aide for New Mexico, was brief- ed by key Army officials on recent devel- opments within the Army and plans for the future. In 1959 Ropert S. KEEBLER retired after twenty-five years in the legal service of the U.S. government, primarily as trial attorney in the public utilities division of the Securities and Exchange ‘Commis- sion. He and his wife, Pattie Paxton (sister of “GALA” PAXTON, ’17) live in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 1909 CHRISTOPHER T. CHENERY, who has been associated with the Southern Natural Gas Company since 1930 and its board chair- man and chief executive officer since 1936, will become chairman emeritus of the board of the pipeline company in May. He will relinquish administrative respon- sibilities but will continue to guide the company’s policies and financial affairs. Mr. CHENERY was formerly president of Federal Water Service Corporation and ag ™ MORE HONORS have come_ to Harry K. “Cy” Young, ’17, the greatest athlete in Washington and Lee’s history. On April 19, Cy was made a member of the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame at the Victory Awards Dinner sponsored by the West Vir- ginia Sportswriters Association. He was one of six outstanding sports figures—either West Virginia na- tives or men who won distinction as coaches or players at West Vir- ginia schools—who were honored at the dinner as new Hall of Fame members. William ‘T. Brotherton, Jr., 47, made the presentation of Cy before the awards dinner held at Charles- ton’s Civic Center. A plaque, donated by Charleston Chapter of the Alumni Association, has been placed in the Civic Cen- ter as a permanent testimonial to the athletic achievements recorded by Cy as a player and coach at Washington and Lee. Brotherton’s presentation speech declared: “Harry K. ‘Cy’ Young, born Charleston, West Virginia, March 8, 1893, earned 16 letters in foot- ball, basketball, baseball, and track at Washington and Lee University, 1913-1917, captain in each sport and a standout performer. “Held record for 100-yard dash (9.8) and g220-yard dash (21.9). Head football coach William & Mary (1917), head baseball coach and freshman football, basketball (1928-20). “Freshman football, basketball and baseball coach Washington and Lee, 1930-32, associate head coach of football Washington and Lee, 1930-1936, team winning Southern Conference football title 1934. Head basketball coach Washington and Lee, 1933-1939, winning South- ern Conference titles in 1934 and West Virginia Sportswriters Elect W& L's ‘Cy’ Young to Hall of Fame 1937 and runner-up titles in 1935 and 1936. “Elected National Football Hall of Fame (1958) and named on Helms All-American Basketball ‘Team (1917). ‘These are the records which visi- tors to the Charleston Civic Cen- ter will read on the plaque honor- ing Cy Young. But there are other records and feats which will not show on the plaque but which are written in the memories of the un- dergraduates of Washington and Lee University. In addition to the athletic positions held by Cy Young at his Alma Mater, he was for twenty-nine years secretary of alum- ni. There was not during the period in which he held the athletic and alumni secretary positions any un- dergraduate that passed down the Colonnade in Lexington, Virginia, who did not know Cy Young and there was not any student that Cy Young did not know by his first name. Never was his office door closed and never was he without the time to talk with a student about a need or problem when the burdens of undergraduate life be- came too heavy. Memory also brings to mind a picture of Cy on a plat- form at a football pep rally, and especially at a football pep rally when Washington and Lee was to play its arch rival nestled in the foothills of Blue Ridge at Char- lottesville—with his right hand doubled into a fist striking the palm of his left, entreating the team and the student body to “‘beat those damn Wahoos!” For those alumni who knew Cy Young, he is remem- bered in the same light in which one remembers Washington and Lee. He is truly a friend of his fel- low man and no greater tribute can be paid any man. “West Virginia glories in your feats and your national recogni- tion and we also give thanks to you for helping to disprove the image— an image created by television and news media that a West Virginian is a barefoot, unemployed, unfed man standing on a broken porch with his hand _ outstretched to Washington. “The alumni of Washington and Lee University salute the sports- writers of West Virginia for the election of you, Cy Young, to the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.” THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE board chairman of Southern Production Company, Inc. He is chairman of the board of ‘The Oflshore Company of Hous- ton, ‘Texas, and a director of Air Reduc- tion Company, Inc. Mr. CHENERY is a member of the University Board of ‘Trustees. 1911 JAmMes B. Noett plans to sail on the Queen Elizabeth on April 7th for Eng- land. He will spend the time until June 30, 1965, traveling and studying there and in France, returning on the Queen Mary. 1912 After serving for forty-three years in the Presbyterian Church in Iran, WILLIAM McE. MILLER is enjoying a busy retire- ment. He is speaking in churches in vari- ous parts of the country and was recently in Parkersburg, West Virginia. In 1952 Howarp A. Doss retired from Southern Pacific Railroad Company after 40 years of service. He and his wife live in Los Angeles, California, now and are both still very active. 1913 In Baltimore on March 25th, which was “Maryland Day,’ EDWARD S. DELAPLAINE and Mayor ‘Theodore R. McKeldin ex- changed their newest books. After the ceremony Judge DELAPLAINE was the guest of the Mayor at a dinner given by the Baltimore Kiwanis Club. One of the guests of honor at the dinner was JOHN B. Funk, ’26, chairman of the State Roads Committee. Having retired from teaching and coach- ing several years ago, Guy M. WaArpD is living in Brooksville, Florida, with his daughter and her family. On April 1st he celebrated his seventy-seventh birth- day. WiLtIAM A. HYMAN continues to have a very active role in community services in New York City. In November, 1964, Bill received the 1964 Humanitarian Award from ‘The Children’s Free Dental and Eye Clinics. The award was made at a black tie banquet at the Hotel Astor. 1915 After thirty-three years as teacher, prin- cipal, and superintendent of schools in Kentucky, J. M. F. Hays retired in 1948. He became owner of the Elizabethtown (Ky.) Gas Company and its co-manager. In 1951 Hays established an insurance and realty firm which is in active busi- ness today. During the past five years he and his wife have done _ extensive traveling. Mr. Hays has been president of Elizabethtown Rotary Club, on the Chamber of Commerce Board, the Eliza- bethtown Community College Foundation Board, and the Realty Board. SPRING 1965 CHRISTOPHER ‘I. CHENERY, ’09 WILLIAM A. KeLEHER of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is author of a book, “‘Max- well Land Grant”, published by Argosy- Antiquarian, Ltd. A copy of this book was sent to us to be placed in McCormick Library. It is another in a series of sig- nificant accounts of local history written by this alumnus. MAbISON Cor, the energetic class agent, still plays tennis regularly and in_ his words “‘still covers pretty good ground.” MADISON is with the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C, 1916 Since retirement ten years ago, A. L. BENNETT has visited all but six states and twenty foreign countries. He spends his summers in Virginia and his winters in St. Petersburg, Florida. For many years Rospert B. MCDOUGLE, the senior member of the law firm of Mc- Dougle, Davis, Stealy & Morris in Park- ersburg, has been prominent in West Vir- ginia legal and civic circles. He is a past president of the West Virginia Bar Asso- ciation and of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. At one time he was chair- man of the West Virginia Republican Committee and Department Commander of the American Legion of West Virginia. Mr. McDOouGLE is at present a member of the West Virginia Judicial Council and a trustee of Parkersburg Presbytery. 1917 Ropert R. KANE established a_ residency in Nokomis, Florida, in 1963 and is en- joying all the pleasures of a retirement in Florida. 1918 JAmes L. Howe, Jr., has recently retired after twenty-eight years with Arthur H. ‘Thomas Company. He and his wife are celebrating the event with an extensive trip to the Far East and Europe. They will visit their daughter in Lisbon, who is with the New York Times there. As of January 31, 1964 ADOLPH S. MARX retired as president of ‘The Muller Co., Ltd., Department Store. He became Chairman of the Board and maintains an office in the store. 1919 Professor CHARLES H. ‘TAyLor will retire from Harvard University faculty in June as the Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History Emeritus. He is an authority on the origin and development of representative institutions in France in the 13th and 14th centuries. Professor TAYLOR was military historian during World War II. 1920 PINKNEY Grissom has been with the same law firm of Thompson, Knight, Wright and Simmons in Dallas, ‘Texas, since April, 1921. He writes that there is now no member of the firm who was there when he first started as a young lawyer. In 1921 there were six lawyers and now there are 42. The firm has grown in pro- portion to the Dallas community. Pink- ney’s professional work has been almost entirely in the trial field. He and _ his wife have three grown sons and _ ten grandchildren. For the past thirty-five years SHIRLEY JAMeEs Rossins has been living in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He is a practicing at- torney specializing in the probate and real property fiield. 1921 At retirement age Dean C. C. GORDON Moss gave up the deanship at Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, but he has remained as a professor of history, teach- ing full time. 1922 After retirement as rector of Grace Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Reverend J. LINDSAY PATTON’ was made an Honorary Canon of Grace Ca- thedral in San Francisco. Witrrep B. Wess is teaching and is head of the English Department at Staunton Military Academy. His son, Fred, will eraduate from Washington and Lee in June, 1965, and plans to enter Union Theological Seminary. 1923 After thirty-nine years with the Travel- ers Insurance Company, the last eighteen as Regional Director in New Yok City, Douc.as S. Perry has elected early retire- ment, as of February, 1965. 41 Prof. Taylor, ’r19 Retiring After 40 Years As A Member Of Harvard's Faculty @ DR. CHARLES HOLT TAYLOR, who received his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Washington and Lee Univer- sity in 1919 and 1920, retired in June at Harvard University where he has been a member of the faculty lor forty years. He held the position of Henry Charles Lea Professor of Mediaeval History and served as Master of Kirkland House. Kirkland House is one of eight upperclass residences of Harvard College. As Master, Professor ‘Vay- lor guided the educational, social, and athletic programs of Kirkland’s 360 residents. A native of Bedford, Va., Pro- fessor ‘Taylor attended the public schools of Maplewood, N. J., and received his bachelor and first mas- ter’s degrees at Washington and Lee. After two years on Washington and Lee’s faculty, he undertook graduate study at Harvard, and re- ceived the A.M. there in 1922 and the Ph.D. degree in 1927. He has Kirkland House taught mediaeval history at Harv- ard since 1925. Professor ‘Taylor has been asso- ciated with the Harvard Houses since they were established in 1930. He was one of the first tutors of Lowell House and was on the staff of Adams House from 1932 until 1955, When he became Master of Kirkland House. Professor ‘Taylor is an authority on the origin and development of representative institutions in France between 1250 and 1350, and has published a series of studies on the subject in Speculum. He is the with J. R. Strayer, of Studies on Early French Taxation, author, published in 1939. As a military his- torian during World War II, he was editor of American Forces in Action, and served as Deputy Chiet of the Army Historical Service. He is a member of Phi Beta Kap- pa and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE 1923 Recently elected for his third term, AucustTIN C. (Gus) BRYAN is serving on the Board of ‘Trustees of the Presbyterian koundation, Inc. (USA). He joins anoth- er W&L alumnus, PHILLIP HOWERTON, ’25. FRANK B. Hurr continues as head of the department of political science at West- ern Maryland College. In addition he often lectures at the University of Mary- land. had 194% and formed a part-— | Tudge ‘Brown enjoyed good health and — had worked the, day before his death. a Harry RISSLER | PHILLIPS died on Febru- : "ary 21, pre oo South Caro-— lina. Pp . president cand — ae are Inc. 6 - \ es 7 “De Ps ben MAN OH. Harr, widely known oe | - ( 7 | writer. oe one ae ae 135 - Ssh president o TPE oe Alpha - a wrote the pfciay 1 history of that fra: ced Slaw ins Kansas City, 1 Mi fe - many years as a rae in | . jan s] M.S. TwyMan died February tb. 1965 in. Fincastle, Virginia. Mr. Twyman : was a prominent farmer in the ¢ area. 1917 oe of Hope and its Weespresident t for HAM “Casey Honen, ‘former appeals — SO fiifteen years. He was a former pres ident ex miner for the Unemry loyment Com-- ~ of the Board of Trustees of Arkansas AKM pensation Board in V DC. (now § Southern State. College). He was” a a : died March Ms A veteran of World i a a ae THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE n ie Higginbotham. a yell = Mr. Darnell a - War I, he had been Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi and also Assistant U.S. District Attorney in Mississippi. Dr. ‘THomAS R. HAMILTON died in Bryan, ‘Texas, on January 6, 1964. Dr. Hamilton was a professor in the Department of Business Administration at A.&M. College of Texas. In the early 1g920’s he had served as American Vice-Consul at Rouen, France, and had also been in the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an econ- omist 1918 WILLIAM McCuE MARSHALL, former exe- cutive vice-president in charge of the Spokane and Eastern division of the Seat- tle First National Bank, died on April 14, 1965. Although retired, he was at the time of his death also a director of the Pacific Power and Light Company and a vice-president and northwest representa- tive for A. C. Allyn and Company. Mr. Marshall was at one time a director and chairman of the board of the Davenport Hotel and a director of Fox West Coast Theaters. Orto M. Stumer, a lawyer for many years in Richmond, Virginia, and former presi- dent of the Southside Brick Works, died on December 7, 1964. Mr. Stumpf was a devoted and beloved member of the Rich- mond alumni chapter. 1919 ArtHur H, Henke, died March 19 1965. He was a retired advertising manager for a wholesale furniture distributor in Niles, T1linois. 1920 Ropert WiLtiAM Lowi, a mining engi- | neer in the coal business for many years,. died December 10, 1964. 1921 Jor WrrcrteR Dincress was killed in an automobile accident on February 9, 1965, in Florida. Mr. Dingess made his home in Huntington, West Virginia, and was a partner in the law firm of Dingess and Flynn. He was also a director of a lum- ber company in Huntington and a_ past president of the Cabell County Bar Asso- ciation. 1923 GEORGE ‘TREAT HoLBrook died in Hart- ford, Conneticut, on January 25, 1995. Mr. Holbrook was the retired secretary of the Aetna Insurance Company, where he was in charge of all claims on fidelity and surety bonds. He joined Aetna in 1928 as an assistant secretary and retired in 1957. He had for many years been a class agent for the annual fund. 1924 Mayo WITMoRE HAMILTON died January SPRING 1965 25, 1965, at his home in ‘Tesuque, New Mexico, near Santa Fe. He had a distin- guished career in the practice of law in Santa Fe. RANDOLPH GORDON WHITTLE died on May 2, 1965, in Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. Whit- tle was scheduled to retire from the of- fice of Roanoke City Attorney on May 4th because of reaching compulsory re- tirement age. He had served this office since 1948. From 1930 to 1944 he was judge of Roanoke’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and had been a member of the Virginia State Bar Association, a former chairman of the Sixth District Congressional Committee, and a president of the Roanoke Bar Association. At Washington and Lee Mr. Whittle was president of the Student Body for the 1923-24 year. As an alumnus, he was a former member of the Alumni Board of Trustees. : WALTER GRANT Burton, widely known Princeton, West Virginia, lawyer, died November 23, 1964. Mr. Burton had served as president of the Mercer County Bar Association and was a member of the West Virginia and American Bar Associa- tions. The West Virginia ‘Trial Lawyers Association, of which he was a member, made a very fine tribute to Mr. Burton in their publication The Advocate. 1925 Francis Guy Fux, Jr. died in Little Rock, Arkansas, on February 16, 1965. Mr. Fulk had been active in the practice of law in Little Rock until the time of his death. 1926 Epwarp ALLEN Dopp died in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 23, 1965. Mr. Dodd was in the general practice of law and the senior partner in the firm of Dodd & Dodd in Louisville. At one time he was a mem- ber of the Board of Bar Commissioners, a delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, and presi- dent of the Louisville and Kentucky State Bars. A number of foundations and busi- ness firms included Mr. Dodd as a direc- tor or trustee: The Bank of Louisville, Schaefer Varnish Company, ‘Todd-Doni- evan Company, Southern Veneer Company, General Shoe Lace Company, and_ the Levitch Foundation, Inc. 1927 WALTER SMITH STONE of Stoneville North Carolina, died on December 29, 1964. 1928 PATRICK H&rNRY GARVIN died March 4, 1965, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attended public schools in Huntington, West Virginia, before coming to Washing- ton and Lee. At the time of his death he was employed by the State Government of New Mexico. 1930 ‘THE REVEREND ‘THEODORE M. SWANN, form- er superintendent of the Staunton Dis- trict of the Methodist Church, died April 18, 1965. Dr. Swann held pastorates in Norfolk, Lynchburg, Winchester, Clifton Forge, Lexington, Clarendon, Delray, Lu- ray and Annandale in Virginia and others in West Virginia. 1931 GRAHAM FREEMAN GILLOCK died at his home in Springfield, Virginia, on March 28, 1965. Mr. Gillock had been an audi- tor in the General Accounting Office of the U.S, Government. 1932 THEODORE ‘TRAYLOR ‘THOMAS of Pearis- burg, Virginia, died on November 24, 1964. 1935 CraiG HAMILTON Berry, a Dallas drug- gist, died January 22, 1965. He had a distinguished record in the Navy during WW II, particularly aboard the destroyer, USS Claxton DD 571. 1940 Henry E. McLAucuHuin died of a heart attack on March 2, 1965, in Pensacola, Florida. After attending graduate school at M.I.T. and a distinguished career in the Navy during World War II, Henry returned to his home in Pensacola where he became associated with Heyden New- port Chemical Corporation, a division of Newport Industries. At his death he was supervisor of research. Among his many civic and professional activities, Henry was a member of the City Council of Pensacola, of the Board of Directors of the Warrington Bank, and was a trustee of the Pensacola Art Center. He is sur- vived by his wife, a son, and three daugh- ters. Horacr W. BITTENBENDER, a widely known attorney in St. Petersburg, Florida, died March 12, 1965. He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1941 and immediately thereafter entered the U.S. Army. He served with distinction, particularly in the Security and Intelligence branch. Horace was one of 300 men assigned to preserve the security of the first United Nations meeting in San Francisco. He was past president and a life member of the Elks Lodge, Committee of 100, and the National Counter Intelligence Corps. He was a past president of the Sons of American Revolution Chapter. He _ is buried in the Arlington National Ceme- tery. 1955 FRANKLIN RicHARD Gippon died April 5, 1965, apparently of a heart attack. He was an account executive with Rasponi Associates of New York City, a public re- lations and management advertising firm. 55 | he deak "dinner | a ‘business: eae. on March | _ ys cessful with — Th fo ollowing officers were e elected: - ni Howse the ap. vy and the . Alumni attending the recent meeting of the Piedmont Chapter enjoyed a buffet din- ner. Mr. and Mrs. DAVE MoNTGOMERY, ‘63, at left, chat with HuGH BONINO, ’36, while Mrs. WALTER HANNAH, ’50, left, and Mrs. BONINO serve themselves. status of the alumni fund. A ques- tion and answer period followed Dean Gilliam’s talk. CHICAGO = DEAN AND Mrs. Frank Gilliam were honored guests at an Alumni meeting on April 8 in Chicago where a reception and banquet was held at the University Club. Chapter president, William H. Hiller, ’38, presided and expressed appreciation to Gordon Sibley, 44 and Dick Blond, ’60 for the splen- Among the alumni couples who attended the April meet- ing of the Chicago Chapter were, l-r, ROBERT C. DYER, °94, Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. Cocu- RAN, Mrs. BAKER, WILLIAM C. BAKER, JR., ’38, and HAROLD W. COcHRAN, ’37. did arrangements. Introducing Dean Gilliam as “the man among men” was William C. (Bill) Baker, 38. Dean Gilliam’s address pre- sented the forward developments at Washington and Lee. Bill Washburn reported on alum- ni affairs and showed colored slides of the campus. The outstanding event was adjourned with the sing- ing of “College Friendships”. LOUISVILLE ® A LUNCHEON meeting held April 19 constituted a business session for the Louisville Chapter. Over twenty-five members attended this meeting and elected the following officers: Mark B. Davis, Jr., ‘56, President; Rayman R. Lovelace, 61, Vice President; and Charles B. Castner, Jr., 52, Treasurer. Plans were discussed for a Chap- ter meeting in the early part of June which would include present students now at Washington and Lee and those new freshmen who plan to attend in September. WASHINGTON AND LEE ommemorative Plates (Wedgwood) Sold only in sets of eight different scenes Price, $27.00 per set, f.o.b., Lexington, Virginia Available in Blue color only WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. Lexington, Virginia