soengs oT ee the alumni magazine of washington and lee university 4 DPyuLy 1974 ARCH. 373.755 W317alu JUL 25 1974 Gueteseethten einen s ees Library of Washington a Lexington, end Lee yp; Virginia 2445) ty iy . 3 + Ls ARCHIVES ‘a ’ LIBRARY OF Washington and Lee University LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA be x ol the alumni magazine of washington and lee Volume 49, Number 5, July 1974 William C, Washburn 740.000.000.000. eee Editor Romulus T. Weatherman........................ Managing Editor Robert S. Keefe, ’68.....................ceeeeseeee Associate Editor Mrs. Joyce Carter...............ceecseeceeesees Editorial Assistant Robert Lockhart, °72..........:0.ccisccjeacensapeatins Photographer TABLE OF CONTENTS Four Honored at Commencement ....................... ] Two Professors Retire :....:..60.040 ae 5 President’s Commencement Remarks .................... 6 An Interview with Dr. ‘Thomas ................... vail 8 McCormick Library Services ...........0..00: ee 13 A Super Lacrosse Season. .....:.0.60cccccce geet tienes 17 Malone Becomes Rector ...............0.0.cc:cccccceeeeeteees 22 1974 Semior Banquet, .5)..c co a eye. 23 Letters from Tucker and Hillier ...........0...00000.... 24 Alumni-Varsity Football Game «0.0.0.0... 26 Graduating Alumni Sons ......0..0.00.0:0:c: ces 27 Class Notes (205.0000 020002 eS eG aa, 28 In Memoriam 0.0... cs cesceesesie tenes eeenesnensensen eae 32 Published in January, March, April, May, July, September, November and December by Washington and Lee University Alumni, Inc., Lexington, Virginia 24450. All communications and POD Forms 3579 should be sent to Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., Lexington, Virginia 24450. Second class postage paid at Lexington, Virginia 24450, with additional mailing privileges at Roanoke, Virginia 24001. Officers and Directors Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc. EVERETT TUCKER, JR., 34, Little Rock, Ark. President RicHArp D. HAynes, ’58, Dallas, ‘Texas Vice President C. Royce HouGu, ’59, Winston-Salem, N.C. , Treasurer WILLIAM C. WASHBURN, '40, Lexington, Va. Secretary Tuomas B. BRANCH, III, 58, Atlanta, Ga. ALBERT D. Darsy, JR., 43, Cumberland, Md. Marion G. HEATWOLE, ’41, Pittsburgh, Pa. VERNON W. HOLLEMAN, ’58, Washington, D.C. SAMUEL B. HO tis, 51, Memphis, ‘Tenn. THEODORE M. Kerr, 57, Midland, Texas Courtney R. Mauzy, Jr., 61, Raleigh, N.C. CHARLEs C. STEFF, II, ’45, Baltimore, Md. J. THomas ToucutTon, ’60, Tampa, Fla. aS ~ ee ON THE COVER: W&L’s super lacrosse team was led by these outstanding performers. They are (clockwise from the top left around the goalie in action): Coach of the Year Jack Emmer; First Team All Americans Ted Bauer, Skeet Chadwick, and Skip Lichtfuss; Second Team All American Dave Warfield; Third ‘Team All American Jimmy Farrar; Honorable Mentions Bryan Chasney and Rob Lindsey. For the details of W&L’s most suc- cessful and exciting lacrosse season in history, turn to Page 17. Photos by Robert Lockhart, ’72. Harman, Leyburn, Paxton, Wolfe are honored at commencement Almost 400 undergraduate and law degrees were conferred by Washington and Lee University during commencement exercises marking the close of the Uni- versity's 224th year—with the graduation ceremony it- self forced indoors by bad weather for the first time in decades. Four honorary degrees were also awarded: to a jus- tice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, a former dean and sociology professor at Washington and Lee, a prominent historian, and a popular social critic and “new” journalist. Receiving the honorary Doctor of Laws degree was Alex M. Harman Jr., a 1944 law graduate of the Uni- versity. Justice Harman was chairman of Virginia’s Board of Elections from 1955 until his election as a cir- cuit court judge in 1964, a position he held until be- ing appointed to the state’s highest court in 1969. Honorary Doctor of Letters degrees were conferred on Dr. James Graham Leyburn, dean at Washington and Lee from 1947 to 1956 and professor of sociology yg Oe a Met ce July 1974 until his retirement in 1972; Dr. Robert Owen Paxton, a 1954 Rhodes Scholar graduate of the University and now professor of modern European history at Columbia University, and Thomas K. Wolfe, Jr., a 1951 Washing- ton and Lee graduate and the author of Electric Kool- Aid Acid Test and Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Nasty weather on graduation morning prompted University officials to conduct the graduation in Dore- mus Gymnasium’s new basketball arena—reluctantly, both because of the break it represented with a long- standing tradition of remarkable good fortune, and be- cause of the heat and stufhiness. Commencement-week activities formally began with the traditional Baccalaureate Sermon, delivered this year by Dr. Louis W. Hodges, professor of religion. In his remarks, “Community: The Fragile Dream,” Dr. Hodges traced the development of systematic educa- tional inquiry, the notion of institutions of learning— “one of only a very few really big ideas in all civilized Bad weather forced commencement exercises indoors for the first time in decades, and approximately 3,000 persons had to squeeze their way into Doremus Gymnasium for the occasion. Dr. Louis W. Hodges delivers the Baccalaureate Sermon. history’—and their place in building and maintaining man’s sense of community. Shared commitment to absorbing purpose, the in- dividual’s acknowledgment of his own independence and dependence alike, and the spirit of “investigation and search, not dogma or propaganda,’ Dr. Hodges said, “are absolute prerequisites to true community, whatever the shape of the institution in which it comes to exist.” And in the instance of Washington and Lee, he noted, the sense of community ranges from “a strange social disease called ‘lacrosse fever’’’ to the even more absorbing purpose “of creating scholarly community characterized by honor, by trust. ‘At Washington and Lee,” Dr. Hodges said, “we share a special fragile dream, a dream that men may live in deep trust and commitment to other human beings. Our dream is that the ways of expediency, the rules of the modern jungle, may give way to mutual high regard for the dignity of the individual. Around this absorbing purpose to honor men we have built an Honor System. Our dream,” he declared, “is the proposterous notion that so fragile a vision can take concrete shape in an in- stitution.” A similar theme was sounded in commencement-day commissioning ceremonies for 10 Reserve Officer ‘Train- ing Corps cadets by Gen. Arch A. Sproul, ’37, former commanding officer of the Virginia National Guard and now president of Virginia International Co., an overseas investments firm he founded eight years ago. ‘‘No college or university teaches a higher sense of honor than this 2 Gen. Arch A. Sproul was the speaker at commissioning exercises. Dr. Robert O. Paxton listens intently as undergraduate degrees are conferred. great University through its Honor System,” Gen. Sproul observed—a critically important ingredient in develop- ing professionalism in military or civilian life in the tradition of George Washington and R. E. Lee. By tradition, the principal speaker at graduation was Washington and Lee’s president, Robert E. R. Hunt- ley. In his remarks, he spoke of the pain and difficulty that often result when the educated mind is faced with the necessity to acknowledge “that there are realms into which man’s intellectual probings have not gained him admission and probably never will, that there are realms that are unknowable and yet clearly real.” The text of President Huntley’s provocative call for a thoughtful syn- thesis of faith and reason is printed elsewhere in this magazine. Also speaking at graduation was Douglas R. Sch- wartz, president of the Student Body and a graduating law student. Schwartz, who ran for office on a platform that included advocacy of coeducation in Washington and Lee’s undergraduate divisions as well as in the School of Law, said he would have found commence- ment more satisfactory personally if his fellow graduates had included women. Special honors announced by President Huntley at commencement were the designation of George Wil- liam Austin, III, of Norfolk, valedictorian (with a four- year grade-point average of 3.947), and the election by the faculty of Floyd Wallace Lewis, Jr., of New Orleans as recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sulivan Medallion, awarded to the student “who excels in high ideals of WeL Tom Wolfe receives his hood from University Marshal James H. Starling. living, in spiritual qualities, and in generous and dis- interested service to others.” Two undergraduate seniors this year received a pair of diplomas each, having completed full requirements for both the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Arts degrees. The two were Richard L. Orr Jr. of Win- ston-Salem, N.C., and Philip B. Willis of Huntsville, Ala. Willis was graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude. Justice Harman, a native of West Virginia, entered law practice in Pulaski, Va., after his graduation from Washington and Lee. In addition to his service on the bench and on the state elections board, he was a mem- ber of the 1968-69 Virginia Constitutional Revision Commision and has been active in bar associations as a state and local officer. Before becoming a judge he was also active in Democratic party politics. The citation read at commencement for Justice Har- man noted “he was never too busy to devote his time, talents and energies to the service of others,” and point- ed to the importance of his role “in renovation of the electoral system in Virginia at a time when it was badly in need of repair.” Leyburn, a graduate of Duke, Princeton, and Yale Universities, taught at Hollins College and Princeton University before joining the sociology faculty at Yale in 1927. Twenty years later he left Yale for Washington and Lee to bcome dean of the University. In 1955, he concluded he would have to choose between teaching and administrative duties, and left the deanship to become July 1974 Justice Alex M. Harman, Jr., gives close attention to commencement remarks. Dr. James G. Leyburn greets friends after the exercises are over. head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. He is the author of a large number of books, including the classic Haitian People and The Scotch-Irish: A Social History, as well as many scholarly essays, articles and reviews; in retirement in Martinsburg, W. Va., he is working on another social history and several other pro- jects. When he retired from teaching two years ago, the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot commented in an editorial: “He raised scholastic standards and recruited distinguished teachers. ‘The Leyburn Spirit’ inspired a generation of students and brought W&L to the front rank of small men’s schools.”’ The honorary degree citation read for Leyburn characterized his career at the University as having been “seldom if ever” equaled. “He enriched in countless and immeasurable ways the academic, cultural and religious life of this community .. . . An inspiring teacher, active scholar, accomplished musician, Presbyterian elder and leader, he embodied in his personal as well as in his pro- fessional achievements the Greek ideal of arete—excel- lence and versatility in all that is admirable.” Robert O. Paxton studied at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship for two years after his graduation from Washington and Lee in 1954. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1963, and taught at Berkeley and the State University of New York (Stony Brook) before joining the faculty at Columbia in 1969. He is the au- thor of Parades and Politics at Vichy and Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order. The latter book, which was 3 Commencement 1974 Student Body President Douglas R. Schwartz gets in a final word for coeducation. dedicated in part to his fellow honorary degree recipient Leyburn, was translated into French and published last year in Paris. Paxton’s father, Matthew White Paxton, Sr. of Lexing- Anonymous Gift Honors Dr. Leyburn An anonymous donor has created a $50,000 lifetime trust at Washington and Lee in honor of Dr. James Gra- ham Leyburn, former dean and sociology professor at W&L. The gift, known as a charitable remainder trust, was announced at commencement, coinciding with the awarding of an honorary doctorate by the University to Dr. Leyburn, who retired in 1972. The University was informed of the trust by a Lynch- burg attorney and part-time lecturer in the School of Law, Edward S. Gravés, who handled the arrangements. Graves is a member of the University’s Estate Planning Council. A charitable remainder trust permits a bene- factor to make a tax-free gift to an institution such as Washington and Lee and receive an income for life. When the beneficiary dies, the trust property will pass to Washington and Lee to be added permanently to the University’s endowment in support of the specific educational goals named by the benefactor. ton, received an honorary LL.D. degree from Washing- ton and Lee nine years ago in recognition of his career as a lawyer, editor, publisher and civic leader in Lex- ington. Paxton Sr. is a 1918 B.A. and 1920 law graduate of the University. “His eloquent accounts of France’s travail leave little or no room for revision,” the citation read at gra- duation for Paxton said. “His present commitments to publishers and graduate students guarantee the steady enrichment of what is already a brilliant record.” Wolfe is currently a contributing editor to New York magazine. His most recent book is The New Jour- nalism, which includes an extensive anthology he co- edited, just published by Harper & Row. After gradua- tion from Washington and Lee, Wolfe earned his Ph.D. in American studies from Yale and worked as a reporter for several newspapers, including the Washington Post and the New York Herald-Tribune. As a W&L student he was a founder and editor of Shenandoah and was sports editor for both the Ring-tum Phi and Southern Collegian. The citation read at graduation for Wolfe read in part: “With the satirist’s special talent for piercing the absurd and pretentious, Tom Wolfe has dissected the manners and morals of contemporary America; with a sense of immediacy and detail that recalls the realistic journalists and novelists of the 18th century he has es- tablished himself as a unique chronicler of his age.” WeL Sensabaugh and Pollard retire from classroom Graduation this year marked the retirement of two of the University’s distinguished teachers—Leon F. Sen- sabaugh, professor of history and former dean of the University, and James J. Pollard, professor of engi- neering and applied mathematics. Both now are looking forward to re- maining in Lexington and combining retirement leisure with other pursuits. At the commencement ceremony, President Robert E. R. Huntley an- nounced that the University Board of ‘Trustees had elected each of them to an honorary faculty position— Sensabaugh, dean emeritus, and Pol- lard, professor emeritus. Both men came to Washington and Lee from other schools where they had been department chairman, and by coincidence both were 53 when they decided to move to W&L. Sensabaugh was head of the De- partment of History and Political Science at Birmingham-Southern Uni- versity and chairman of that institu- tion’s Division of Social Sciences when he was named dean of the University at W&L in 1956. He was dean for four years until deciding in 1960 to return to the classroom, his first love. Pollard came to Washington and Lee in 1960 from the University of Texas, where he was professor and chairman of the Department of Architectural Engineering. Sensabaugh’s field of special in- terest is Latin American history, es- pecially Brazilian, and until retiring he taught a number of upper-level lecture and seminar courses in that area as well as introductory history courses. He studied in Brazil on a Rosenwald Fellowship, and has been chairman of the Latin American pro- July 1974 gram for the Southern Historical As- sociation five times. Sensabaugh is a graduate in his- tory of Vanderbilt University, and earned his Ph.D. from Johns Hop- kins. In addition to his scholarly re- search and writing, he reviews books frequently for newspapers and jour- nals, and has served nine times as a member of the accreditation com- mittee for various schools in the Southern Association. This spring, he came up with an intriguing way to spend some of his retirement hours: he ran for Lex- ington City Council and won by a large majority. His campaign em- phasized the time he would have and his experience in analyzing problems and in administration. There is an international flavor in Pollard’s professional background, too. He earned one of his degrees in architecture from France’s Fontain- bleau Ecole des Beaux Arts, and Retiring after distinguished teaching careers are Leon F. Sensabaugh (left) and James J. Pollard. later was visiting professor of civil en- gineering at Chulalongkorn Univer- sity in Bangkok. He has been a con- tractor in Greenwood, Miss., his hometown, and an architect in At- lanta. He began his teaching career at Tulane University, then moved to Georgia Tech, and ultimately joined the Texas faculty as professor and chairman of the graduate department in 1948. At W&L he taught introduc- tory courses in the math department and a variety of engineering courses, including architectural design and mechanics. Retirement brings him the op- portunity to travel, to take up golf again (“‘or,” he says, “maybe to have golf take me’’), and to spend more time looking after his farm in Rock- bridge County. a comes, which I think it does to all sooner or later, one of several things seems to happen to most educated persons. The reaction may be one of permanent despair in which the mind lives out its days pawing over its achievements until they become like dry leaves and crumble into dust. Those who react in this way may con- It is the risk we were made for; we cannot escape it. tinue the routines of living, but will have little to live for and little to offer others. ‘The result for some may be a firm and determined rededication to the life of the intellect, perceiving that the power of the mind, even if not ultimate, is at least enormous, and that the area of man’s understand- ing will not likely be exhausted. Such persons may be highly produc- tive, occasionally even mistaken for possessing greatness — but will have to labor in the presence of growing discomfort, perhaps even agony, as they encounter inevitable limitations and failures. For others, the reaction may be one of disenchantment and then dis- gust at the province of the intellect, 'not unlike a disappointed suitor who has been led down the garden path to a stone wall. Such persons may at- tempt to dethrone man entirely and to enthrone instead the elements of man which he shares with other ani- mals or with nature — instinct, emo- tion and the physical being. Dr. Hodges said yesterday, in his eloquent baccalaureate sermon, “Man is the one animal who actually participates July 1974 in his own creation.” ‘This assertion would be denied by the person who reacts to his acknowledgment of the unknowable in the way I am now dis- cussing. This kind of reaction might cause one to adopt a kind of random madness as a life style — the kind of madness which one would expect of an animal who has been deprived of adequate instincts to guide him, or of the man who has declined to ac- cept the gift of reason with which he was endowed. Or the kind of reac- tion which dethrones the intellect might show itself in fervent pursuit of the occult and mystical in an ef- fort to find a total way of life through allegiance to the unknowable. Signs of all these reactions are fairly obvi- ous even to the casual observer of the modern scene. But fortunately there seems to be another kind of alternative for the truly educated mind which finds its must acknowledge man’s limitations. It is an alternative that is difficult to articulate in terms with which the scholar is comfortable. That is un- derstandable because it is by hypo- thesis beyond the realm of scholar- ship. The scholar can study and de- scribe men who seem to have achiev- ed it and can expose the student to teachings of such men. The scholar may achieve it himself and thus pro- vide a teaching by the example of his own life. But he cannot digest it, analyze it or require it. He may note that it takes on many shapes and forms but he cannot know why that should be true. Analytically, nearly all he can say about it is this: Man possesses the gift of capacity to reason; man _ possesses also the capacity for faith; and, far more incredible, he possesses the abil- ity and the need to bring reason and faith together in synthesis. Only when he achieves this feat is he truly alive and in harmony with creation. Once a person perceives this and be- lieves it, he is in quest of the truth which literally makes him free. The superlative reassurance on this matter was that provided by Jesus to his dis- ciples: “Let not your heart be troubl- ed. You believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so I would have told you.” Education is a dangerous venture indeed. It may break one’s pocket- book, one’s heart, and one’s human- ity. It may leave one with the blind life of the mind or with the aimless frenzy of the fanatic. Why risk it, then? We risk it be- cause if we are to be human beings we must risk it. The gift of reason which we are given — we dare not ig- nore it. We risk it because we know, at least dimly, the possibility that we may be able to move beyond educa- tion to wisdom. We risk it because of faith in man and in his Creator. In short, it is the risk we were made for; we cannot escape it even if we would. You in the graduating classes take with you our best wishes and our high hopes and expectations. If you can continue to use and sharpen the mind with which you are blessed and join it with a faith which makes you free and gives you strength, the world has need of you. We here shall have no illusion that our role in that achievement will have been more than a small one, but of that role we shall be proud. Congratulations — and Godspeed. 7 An Interview Trustee Thomas sees future of W&L linked to trends in American society 5 ' ¢% % 3 E a bi Dr. John Newton Thomas was a mem- ber of the Washington and Lee Board of Trustees for 36 years—one of the longest service records in recent history. He was Rector of the Board for the last four years of his tenure, and upon his retire- ment he was named Rector Emeritus, the first time that honorific title has been bestowed upon a retiring Rector. Dr. Thomas was succeeded as Rector by Ross L. Malone, vice president and general counsel of General Motors Corp. Dr. Thomas retired in 1972 after 32 years as a professor of systematic theology at Union Theological Seminary in Rich- mond. In this interview, he discusses his service on the Board, his affection for his alma mater, and some of the University’s strengths and needs. 8 W&L: What has your long service on the Board of Trustees meant to you? THOMAS: For one thing, it has giv- en me a chance to get to know some of the ablest and finest persons one could know in this country. I value that very much. In the second place, it has meant that I had a chance to try to serve an institution that has a unique place in my heart and among institutions as I see them. In the third place, it has meant that as a matter of privilege I have had to keep up, to some extent, with what has been happening in the field of higher education—notably in connection with running a small, private institu- tion. I have had deep convictions about the unique contributions of such an institution, and I have re- garded myself as highly privileged to try to serve one. WkL: You have put a great deal of time, energy, and mentality into your work as a Trustee. What motivated you? THOMAS: I don’t think that I have done anything that other Board mem- bers haven’t done. I was motivated mainly by my interest in higher edu- cation and in the kind of education that I think Washington and Lee has been providing. I was also motivated by my love for the University. It is the kind of thing that you can’t put into words—the emotion and feeling that one has for it. I certainly felt WeL Thomas Interview thought in terms of the possibility of Washington and Lee’s ceasing to be or having radically to change its character in order to exist. I thought of the University as being established and as something that we ought to love, cherish and support, but some- thing whose existence would not depend upon us—by us I mean alum- ni and I would like to say faculty, administration and other friends. Now I think that the Board of Trus- tees and perhaps the administration have failed in the past to let alumni in on the facts of economic life in such a fashion that it would have been perfectly obvious that we need their support. I think we are now doing that. ‘There is a vast improve- ment in the alumni magazine as a means of communicating facts about Washington and Lee to alumni, and I would say that this is a major way of doing it. I should hope that the development program would focus the thoughts of many on the financial needs of W&L. I would like to see a program at many alumni meetings devoted to the financial needs of the University in which the facts are stat- ed in all their starkness and maybe in a shocking fashion, because we have allowed men to assume that we didn’t need money, and it is under- standable to me that if an alumnus goes out and doesn’t keep himself closely in touch with the University, he isn’t giving thought to these things, and no one has ever told him that the University was genuinely in need of money, needing it now, and need- ing it in a large dimension. W&L: Do you feel that the reorgani- zation of the Board of Trustees that 10 occurred in 1970 has helped the Board fulfill its responsibilities for leadership? THOMAS: I think the reorganiza- tion that was initiated under Presi- dent Cole and completed under Presi- dent Huntley is the best thing that has happened to the Board in my 36 years of membership. It has made us a much more efficient group; it has made us a much harder working group; it has related us personally to the University in ways which were not true in the past. The structure of the Board with its various commit- tees is a good one. Mandatory retire- ment at age 70 and our system of term membership were wise decisions. It is possible for a man to spend 12 years on our Board before he is re- quired to drop off for a year after which he may or may not be re-elect- éd. That is long enough for a man to get informed about the University and deeply involved in service to it. I have served on boards where you had three-year terms, with a possible six- year term, and I don’t think that is long enough. On the other hand, I am convinced that life service is too long in many cases. So I have a very positive feeling toward the reorgani- zation of the Board. W&L: Would you explain the Board’s responsibilities vis-a-vis the admini- stration and the faculty? THOMAS: The property of the in- stitution, its existence, survival, and governance are vested in the Board. The Board has ultimate responsibil- ity for the existence of the institution. In relationship to the administra- tion, I think the major distinction is that the Board deals with general policies whereas the administration is charged with the implementation of those policies in the various specific WeL Thomas Interview ington and Lee through a religious organization—the YMCA which was quite a going thing in those days—a conception of the social implications of the Christian faith which I have always harked back to and which I hope I have never lost. I owe that to Washington and Lee. I do feel indebted to Washington and Lee for the conception of a gentleman that I have never been able to live up to but which I have at least tried to hold as my ideal. I remember in par- ticular members of the faculty and administration who I know fully took their profession as a calling. ‘That was their manner of service to society. ‘They in many cases could have made more money elsewhere, and they were people whose lives have influenced me. I was highly in- fluenced by both faculty and some of my student friends—just wonderful people. W&L: Are you optimistic about the University’s future? THOMAS: Yes and no. I am opti- mistic about Washington and Lee’s future, but I am concerned about trends in American society which I think are inimical to private educa- tion. It seems to be that the under- tow in American society is a move- ment toward collectivism, and I think that a private educational institution is produced only in a noncollectivist society of free democracy and in a society where there is considerable support for private enterprise. If it weren't for foundations which are set up by private enterprise and wealthy individuals, gifts from corporations. and gifts from wealthy individuals, we wouldn’t be around today. Now 12 “TI do feel indebted to Washington and Lee for the conception of the gentleman... which I have at least if gradually we are going to move to- ward more socialization in this coun- try—and I think we are unless some change comes about in us—I think it is going to be hard for private institu- tions to exist. When you go far enough to stamp out private enter- prise, you cut the source of support for Washington and Lee. So when you ask me how I feel about the fu- ture, I feel that Washington and Lee is almost unique among American institutions of higher education in its quality of education, its moral stand- ards, and its concern for the indivi- dual—in the things for which a pri- vate institution ought to exist. But I recognize that if this development program is going to succeed we are quite frankly dependent upon people and entities with money. By entities I don’t mean the General Assembly of the state or the Congress of the United States because they are deal- ing with other people’s money. So I tried to hold as an ideal.” think the future of the private in- stitution is to a considerable extent tied up with the question of the fu- ture of the kind of society we have in the U.S.A. W&L: Do you feel that Washington and Lee as a private institution can make a contribution toward correct- ing some of the ills afflicting society? ‘THOMAS: Yes, I think so. We can make a contribution and thereby to our own perpetuity. I think that the majority of our alumni would share to a greater or lesser degree the feel- ings I have. Yes, I would like to see our institution with the strongest kind of social conscience. I believe if you are a Christian it commits you to social concern, to seeking justice, to changing the system if changing the system can produce more justice. But I don’t believe in changing the sys- tem just for the holy image of change which seems to me sometimes to be the case. And I think that ultimately you are not going to have a social conscience unless you have got indi- vidual people who have a feeling of individual responsibility. ‘The social conscience that I felt in some of my professors 50 years ago at Washington and Lee is the only kind of consci- ence that ultimately is going to pro- duce the kind of society where we will have liberty and justice for all. I felt in these men a great moral com- mitment which I think alone would qualify a person for the righteous use of power—the helpful and just use of it. I would say that I have always felt very proud of being a Washing- ton and Lee man. I have an inex- pressibly deep gratitude for all the University has done for me. WeL McCormick Library: Meeting the challenge of a W&L education A good library depends on a good collection, a good staff and a good building. It is no secret that Washing- ton and Lee’s physical library facilities are far from ade- quate—but an excellent collection and an outstanding staff guarantee that when a new building becomes a reality, the University will possess one of the finest un- dergraduate libraries in the nation. The undergraduate library system—McCormick and the six departmental collections in commerce, journa- lism, geology, biology, chemistry and physics—has more than a quarter-million books, hundreds of thousands of pages on microfilm, maps and pamphlets, and a growing collection of ‘“non-book” resources such as records and cassettes. Maintaining the system is a dramatically com- plex, and costly, task. In addition to Head Librarian Maurice D. Leach, Jr., McCormick is served by a professional staff of six librarians and 12 assistants. The library’s operating budget in the year that ended June 30 was about $290,- 000, almost three-and-a-half times the $84,000 library budget just six years ago. Complex and costly—but Washington and Lee, if it wishes to remain excellent, requires nothing less. Its library must remain a learning center in which students and teachers can conduct their business of education ef- fectively and efficiently. The job of McCormick Library is to provide the tools for teaching and learning, and to help its patrons make the most of them and feel at ease in using them. Books and periodicals and other library resources have to be acquired, catalogued, labeled and shelved in a systematic way—and then be kept track of. Manu- scripts, letters and other archival materials have to be indexed, preserved and organized if they are to be of any use to researchers. Questions ranging from the ex- tremely specific (“Where was the first opera house in America?”) to the almost-hopelessly vague (“I have to write a term paper. Are there any books here that I can use?”’) require considerable digging by the library staff and, frequently, aiding a perplexed student in crystalizing his own thinking. This is the second in a series of articles on Washington and Lee’s McCormick Library: its impressive strengths and its formidable needs. July 1974 How does a book get on the shelves? McCormick acquires some 10,000 books a year, prin- cipally by purchase or gift. Faculty members and stu- dents frequently request the purchase of specific books, periodicals or other materials; the library routinely re- views and distributes information on thousands of new titles to the heads of every academic department. The library faculty itself often selects books for purchase—im- portant books not otherwise ordered, useful books which may not fall neatly into any single departmental cate- gory. And with the arrival of the book itself comes the task of cataloguing it (with cross references), labeling it and actually locating a place for it on its shelf. McCormick subscribes to nearly 1,000 periodicals, an enormous expense but one essential in support of the University’s curriculum. Organizing current copies of magazines and journals (and making sure every issue of all 1,000 titles arrives), and preserving out-of-date copies so they remain easily accessible, is another substantial, time-consuming operation. “Our prime consideration in acquisitions and cata- loguing simply has to be meeting the needs of the Uni- versity,” says Robert J. Vigeant, head of technical serv- ices. “Ours is a tremendously expensive and complex business—in essence, we are the library’s control unit and its record-keeping agency—but it is a crucially impor- tant business if Washington and Lee is to continue to have a top-quality library.” Reference and Public Services “I’m always surprised when students and even teach- ers start off, ‘I really hate to bother you, but . . ..—when that’s exactly what we are here for,” says Barbara Brown, head of McCormick’s reference and public services divi- sion. The reference/public services staff, including circula- tion assistants, has of course the greatest amount of day- to-day contact with library users. One major function is to teach students how to use the library, to make them aware of the nature and extent of the resources available to them. Partly this takes place formally through the Humanities Program (see accompanying article), in library orientation sessions for freshmen, and in research classes throughout the University when a professor requests preparation of a bibliography; part- 13 ly it occurs informally, when a student needs help de- termining the availability of resources for a term paper or independent research project. The reference staff handled more than 4,100 inquiries last year, and the number increases each year. When McCormick does not have a book or journal needed by a student or teacher—usually in a highly specialized field outside the University’s curriculum—it can almost always be acquired by interlibrary loan from another institution; last year, McCormick “borrowed” some 350 volumes (or, in some cases, had articles photo- copied) from other schools. And, of course, Washing- ton and Lee will return the favor to any institution seeking the loan of material in its library. Washington and Lee is a repository for government documents, and automatically receives every publica- tion of the Superintendent of Documents within cata- gories designated by the University; to date, almost 50,- CPOR RIT : 1 ate We&L’s Teddy Bauer snatched believe that because of it, it’s no fluke when we win so many close games.” Down by a goal midway through the third period, W&L scored the next five goals to win going away. Before the game, Emmer had ex- pressed confidence in his seniors, par- ticularly in how they would react to the pressure of playing Navy at An- napolis. But his concern had been the freshmen. ‘““The answer was ob- vious,” he said after the game. “When Navy slipped ahead and seemed to have all the momentum swinging their way, our players kept their composure and turned it all around by scoring five unanswered goals to take an insurmountable lead.” The Generals had arrived on the big-time lacrosse scene. The pollsters rewarded them by moving them up a notch to the No. 4 spot in the na- tional rankings, replacing Navy. W&L remained undefeated through spring vacation. After swamp- ing Denison at home, they took to the road. Down at halftime to a good Princeton team, W&J. exploded in ‘6 the second half (following an “‘in- 18 the ball in the opening faceoff at Johns Hopkins in NCAA semifinal game .. . spirational” halftime locker-room talk by Emmer) to drop the Tigers, 12-7. Outclassed C. W. Post and Duke easily fell by big margins. W&L Outlasted a good North Carolina team to run its record to 7-0 in pre- paration for the annual “biggie” against Virginia, now ranked one notch ahead of W&L in the No. 3 spot. Last year, when W&L dumped the Wahoos 15-11, it was considered an “upset” by most of the lacrosse fra- ternity. The exceptions, of course, were the W&L players and their ever- growing retinue of exuberant fans. This time Virginia was looking for revenge on its home Scott Stadium, anxious to prove that last year had been a fluke. Again it was a perfect afternoon for the W&L partisans. The weather was perfect. The crowd was estimated at 10,000, the largest ever to witness a lacrosse game in the Old Domi- nion. And 4,000 of them were on the W&L side of the field. And again W&L won, leading all the way to a 13-11 verdict. In the next poll, the Generals replaced Virginia as the and charged toward the Hopkins goal as though he owned the field... No. 3-ranked team in the country. The news was flashed across the vast W&L communications network. “I was at an alumni meeting in Little Rock when I got the call from Char- lottesville,” said Alumni Secretary Bill Washburn. “When I announced the score, the alumni went berserk. They never heard of lacrosse, but when we beat those damn Wahoos in anything, it’s something.” Suddenly it became evident that W&L could very well go undefeated in the regular season for the second straight year. Ahead lay several good teams, most notably ‘Towson State and Cortland of the College Division (Towson would go on to capture the College Division national title won last year by Cortland). After overwhelming outclassed William & Mary, the Generals were to enjoy no more “breathers.’”’ They observed a phenomenon usually as- sociated with Notre Dame in foot- ball or UCLA in basketball: when you're at or near the top, even the lowliest teams play inspired games against you. It was a new experience for a W&L athletic team. WeL then fired a perfect shot past three unsuspecting defensemen and a helpless goalie ... Little Roanoke, not a bad team but certainly not in W&L’s class, actually held a two-goal halftime lead on the Generals’ home field. (“We knew we would eventually lose the game,’ Roanoke’s John Dantine, a high school teammate of many of W&L’s players said later, “but we didn’t know how long it would take.””) Franklin & Marshall refused to fold even after it was down by an impossible 14-1 count, scoring nine of the next 12 goals before eventually succumbing, 19-11. The classic game of the season, perhaps, was against Towson. The Tigers were, surely, the best team W&L faced all year at that point, and certainly came the closest to beat- ing the Generals in the regular sea- son. It was a fantastic game, fast- paced all the way, with no let-up. ‘Towson’s excellent ball-handlers, tre- mendous speed, and fast break left the spectators—and quite a few W&L players—with mouths agape in awe. It was one hell of a game. Each team took turns spurting to leads of two or three goals in a contest that was never comfortable. It was tied July 1974 : a Ri ‘ — PP E; = stad TT cen 7 a a . . o 2 2ee ie, - i ot EY to put W&L ahead with just nine seconds gone in the game— elating his teammates and W&L fans. 9-9 at the half; Towson led after three quarters, 13-11. W&L quickly tied it at 13-13, but Towson raced to score four of the next five goals and appeared to have W&L on the ropes, 17-14, with only half a quarter to play. With its back against the wall, the W&L defense shut out the Tigers for the next 164% minutes, while the offense scored five times to win it in overtime, 19-17. All-American midfielder Skip Lichtfuss (“W&L’s Jack Armstrong” according to a student writer for Vir- ginia’s Cavalier Daily) scored the tying goal with just 14 seconds re- maining in regulation, and he and fellow All-American midfielder Ted Bauer combined to score the win- ning goals in overtime. Washington College, at one time ranked No. 2 in the College Division, proved to be a tough opponent as expected and closed to within one goal of W&L with less than five min- utes remaining. But again Lichtfuss and Bauer scored clinching goals for a 12-9 verdict. On that same weekend in early May, No. 2 ranked Johns Hopkins lost to No. 6 ranked Navy at Anna- polis, and the pollsters responded as expected by moving W&L up to No. 2. Now only No. 1 Maryland was rated better than “little W&L.” And only Cortland State, last year’s na- tional champion in the College Divi- sion, stood in the way of W&L’s sec- ond straight undefeated season. The Lexington community—students and townspeople alike—went bananas with the prospect. The fans had been faithfully turning out in droves at every con- test, home and away, with crowds averaging 4,000 to 5,000. for home games. Even the midweek contests against the lesser opponents, which last year drew only handsful, now packed ’em in. To meet a supposed challenge from the Cortland State faithful (“hordes will descend on Lexington” said a letter from a Red Dragon par- tisan to Coach Emmer), the W&L stu- dents organized an_ old-fashioned, bona fide pep rally, just like the old days (except this time the beer was dispensed legally). Banners, from X- rated on down, hung in profusion 19 from dormitory and fraternity win- dows (“St. Jack slays the Dragons” was one of the cleverest and cleanest). The Cortland “hordes” never ma- terialized. If they had, they would have had little to cheer about. Play- ing perfect lacrosse, W&L completely dominated a very good Cortland team, running up a 7-0 lead and playing magnificent defense en route to a convincing 14-4 triumph. As he had been all year, Skeet Chadwick was magnificent in the goal. But the first fly in the ointment appeared that same afternoon when No. 3-ranked Johns Hopkins upset No. 1 Maryland, 17-13, on Hopkins’ Homewood Field. Until then W&L appeared to be firmly ensconced in the No. 2 position nationally and with it went a favorable draw in the upcoming national tournament. (The No. 2 team would be in a different tourney bracket from Maryland and therefore would not see the Terps un- til the championship finals on a neu- tral field. To get there, No. 2 would play its first two opponents on its own field.) Despite the fact Hopkins had lost to both Virginia and Navy, the pollsters, and the tournament selec- tion committee, moved the Blue Jays ahead of W&L to No. 2, dropping the Generals to No. 3 and giving Hop- kins the benefits W&L would have had. W&L fans were understandably irate, and some non-partisan observ- ers also took issue with the selection shenanigans. “What happened to W&L in the latest lacrosse ratings was indeed strange,’’ wrote the Washing- ton Post’s Paul Attner. “Strange hap- penings indeed,” added the Baltimore 20 ae oa i WeL and Towson scramble furiously for the ball in one of the season’s hardest-fought games. Sun’s Bob Ibach, “. . . the establish- ment kicked Washington and Lee and some 1,600 students in the britches.” “An injustice,” Coach Emmer said. ‘““You can’t crack the lacrosse es- tablishment just by winning,” he ar- gued. “They can’t believe this little school in the Virginia Valley can be any good.” But Emmer remained philosophical about the situation, and tried to convey that to the team. ‘The seedings make it a lot tougher,” he said, ‘but we intend to be there in the championship game at the end.” The first obstacle was Navy in the opening game on W&L’s Wilson Field. Emmer and his team knew the Midshipmen were much improved since their earlier meeting, and had the added incentive of avenging last year’s dramatic, sudden-death over- time victory by W&L under. exactly the same circumstances. Thus inspired, the Middies, em- ploying their usual hard-hitting phy- sical style of play, took control of the game and held a 7-5 lead after three quarters. And then came the W&L explosion. Dave Warfield, who has a penchant for personally destroy- ing Navy (in two previous games against them, he had totaled 13 points), did it again. He and Bauer each scored twice in leading a quick five-goal barrage that virtually sank Navy’s hopes. When the undaunted Midshipmen did rally to within a goal late in the game, Warfield scor- ed the clincher with just 14 seconds remaining for the 11-9 win. War- field’s day included four goals and two assists. That sent W&L to Baltimore to play Hopkins on its home field. (“It’s like returning to Mecca,” said Em- mer, referring to the fact most of W&L’s team comes from the Balti- more area). This game turned out to be a classic lacrosse contest also, but with heart-breaking results for W&L. From the time W&L’s Bauer took the open- ing faceoff and scored in just nine seconds, both teams really went after each other, trading goal for goal. Then the game settled down into a classic defensive game. W&L defense- man Rob Lindsey was all over Hop- kins’ Jack Thomas (their “Jack Arm- strong’). “It’s the only time I’ve ever been shut out,” the high-scor- ing Thomas said later. In a tre- mendous _ strength-against-strength match against Hopkins strongman Franz Wittelsberger, W&L’s strong Jim Farrar practically equalled Lind- sey’s feat. Wittelsberger was held to just one goal, an over-the-shoulder, behind-the-back shot that bounced WeL ee I —— | 4a New rector installed, former rectors honored A new Rector and new board mem- ber were sworn into office this spring during the University Board of Trustees meeting and a former Rector was honor- ed by presentation of his portrait to the University. Ross L. Malone of New York, vice president and general counsel of General Motors Corp., was formally installed as the new Rector of the Board. He suc- ceeds Dr. John Newton Thomas of Rich- mond, who reached mandatory retire- ment age for Trustees. Dr. Thomas had been a Board member since 1938 and be- came Rector in 1970. Mr. Malone, a Trustee since 1967, had been elected Rector last October but had been unable to assume the position at the Board’s January meeting because of illness. Also at the Board’s May meeting, Dr. Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., president of the University of Virginia since 1959, was sworn in as a new Trustee. Dr. Shannon, a 1939 Washington and Lee graduate, was nominated for his Trusteeship by vote of the University’s alumni. In a special ceremony, a handsome portrait of the late James Randolph Caskie of Lynchburg, Rector of the Board from 1953 to 1962 and a Trustee from 1924 until his retirement in 1967, was presented to the University by Mr. Caskie’s sister, Mrs. Donald G. Moore. The portrait, now hanging in the office of University Treasurer James W. White- head, was painted by Julia Mahood, well- known Lynchburg artist. Mr. Caskie was a 1906 B.A. and 1909 LL.B. graduate of Washington and Lee who practiced law in Lynchburg for 60 years. He was a director of many business and banking firms there, was a lifelong leader in civic and charitable endeavors, and taught a Bible class in Lynchburg’s First Presbyterian Church for most of his adult life. To mark the installation of his suc- cessor, Dr. Thomas presented Rector Malone with a distinctive gavel, on the base of which are inscribed the names and dates of service of every Rector of the University and its predecessor in- stitutions. Dr. Thomas was presented a hand- some silver tray bearing the University’s crest and the engraved signatures of all his fellow Board members. Dr. Thomas was also elected Reotor Emeritus, the first time such a title has been bestowed, and the Board urged him to attend and participate in meetings despite manda- tory retirement from formal membership. The traditional title “Rector” is the equivalent at Washington and Lee to chairman of the board. The term traces back to William Graham, principal of Augusta Academy from 1774, who was named Rector when Liberty Hall Aca- demy was incorporated in 1782—the first educational institution chartered by the new state legislature. (The name of the institution had been changed in May 1776, a reflection of the Trustees’ revolu- tionary sentiment.) Dr. Shannon, Washington and Lee’s newest Trustee, retires this summer after 15 years as president of Virginia. He will return to the classroom as professor of English (he is a noted authority on Tennyson). Shannon’s father was _pro- fessor of English at Washington and Lee from 1914 until his death in 1938. Rector Emeritus John Newton Thomas (left) receives an engraved tray from his successor, Ross L. Malone, at the spring meeting of Washington and Lee’s Board of Trustees. WeL Lewis F. Powell, III (above), was presented the Frank J. Gilliam Award at the annual Senior Banquet, sponsored by the Washing- ton and Lee Alumni Association. The Gil- liam Award recognizes the student who has made the most valuable contribution to the University. Also presented at the Senior Banquet were five Ring-tum Phi Awards, given for distinctive service which would otherwise go unrecognized. From left: G. William Austin, III, sports editor of the Ring-tum Phi and class valedictorian; Doug- las M. Thomas, president of the University Theatre; Martha (Betty) Miller, secretary to the Dean of Students; James E. Toler, WL Supply Store Manager, and Dr. John M. Mc- Daniel, assistant anthropology professor and assistant lacrosse coach, 1974 Senior Banquet \ Washington and Lee’s Graduate Fel- lowship Committee will select nomi- nees for the Henry A. Luce Scholars program early next fall. Recent gradu- ates and current students who are interested in participating in the Luce Foundation’s Asian studies program are invited to make inquiries through Dr. Robert W. McAhren, associate dean of the College. As many as four W&L nominees may be proposed. Those selected by the Foundation will receive a $9,000 stipend for a year’s postgraduate study in Asia ($11,000 for married Luce Scholars). The foundation will also provide air transportation and cer- tain insurance benefits as well. Students must be seniors or law students when they apply (recent graduates are eligible as well), be- tween the ages of 21 and 30. Accord- ing to the Luce Foundation, “nomi- nees should have a strong, mature and clearly defined career interest in a specific field’”—except that specialists Recent Alumni Invited to Apply for Luce Foundation Study-in-Asia Grants in Asian affairs or international rela- tions are ineligible. Academic achieve- ment is also an important factor, the foundation advises. W&L is one of 60 prestigious schools in America which have been invited to participate in the Luce program, which will begin its first year of operation next year. No academic credit accompanies the program, but internships and similar job-study ar- rangements will be made in the fields of each Luce Scholar’s interest. July 1974 23 Letters Alumni Association presidents review recent board meetings From Tucker As the new president of the Alumni Association, I was privileged to attend the meeting of the University’s Board of Trustees on May 24 and 25. It was a rewarding experience for me, and I think the relatively new policy of in- viting Alumni Board representation to Trustee meetings is a helpful one. It promotes and facilitates the exchange of information between the two groups. The format and subject matter of Trustee meetings are similar to those of the Alumni Board. The principal dif- ference, of course, is that the Trustees as the governing body of the University must address themselves to the longer range policies and development plans whereas the Alumni Board is more closely concerned with the day-to-day ac- tivities of the school, particularly those that concern alumni. The first session opened with the swearing in of the new Rector, Ross L. Malone, ’32, and of a new member of the Board, Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., ’59..I had known both of these men during my un- dergraduate days, so it was a very happy occasion for me to see them assume such high positions of responsibility in the W&L family. You will remember that Ross L. Malone is a former president of the American Bar Association and is now vice president and general counsel of General Motors Corp. and that Edgar Shannon recently retired as president of the University of Virginia. After the swearing-in ceremonies, the retiring Rector, Dr. John Newton Tho- mas, presented a most interesting gavel to his successor. It seems that the Trustees had never had a gavel, and Dr. Thomas had one made from a piece of pine tim- ber taken from Lee Chapel when it was restored several years ago. The gavel was fabricated in the University’s main- tenance shops. Much of the rest of the two-day ses- 24 sion was devoted to discussions of the University’s critical need for substantial financial support as outlined in the pro- gram to raise $36 million by 1976, with special attention to the new physical facilities to be provided by the program. Stress was placed upon ‘the assistance members of the Alumni Board can lend to the program. The agenda also included discussions concerning the University’s policy on academic tenure, new procedures involv- ing the awarding of degrees to students involved in unresolved disciplinary cases, the University’s continuing assessment of the question of coeducation, and re- Tucker ports from the four principal deans—At- wood (Commerce), John (Students), Stein- heimer (Law), and Watt (College). Director of Development Farris Hotch- kiss reported on the work of his office. Outgoing Student Body President Doug Schwartz gave a report and answered questions, and so did his successor, Ben Bailey. I, as your representative, reported on the work of the Alumni Association. In closing, let me urge you to pass along to me any matters which concern you or on which you want additional or clarifying information. Having had a son at W&L (1968-72) and now entering my fourth year on the Alumni Board, I have visited the campus rather frequently dur- ing the past five or six years. Some changes are apparent—some for the bet- ter, some perhaps questionable—but the basic values and principles are still very much in evidence, and W&L continues to be the kind of school in which you can take uncommon pride. At least I find it so, and I believe that the approximately 25 members of the Class of 1934 who returned earlier in May for our 40th class reunion feel the same way. You have never heard a more stirring rendi- tion of “College Friendships” than was belted out by ’34 at the conclusion of our class banquet. Also returning were members of the “Old Guard” and of the Classes of 1924, 1949, 1959, and 1964. EVERETT TUCKER, Jr., ’34 President, Alumni Association From Hillier The Alumni Board of Directors at its May 10 meeting heard a report from Dean of Students Lewis G. John on the work of the faculty’s ad hoc committee which has been studying student disci- plinary policies. The issues involve funda- mental questions relating to the Univer- sity’s interests in and responsibilities for student behavior vis-a-vis civil authority. The result of the studies so far establishes a University policy under which degrees may be withheld in cases where it is im- possible to follow normal student disci- plinary procedures because students may be under court indictment. Once the cases have been disposed of by the courts the regular student disciplinary proce- dures would take place, and the out- come of these procedures would deter- mine whether a degree is granted or WeL withheld. Further, guidelines for action are under study, with the ad hoc com- mittee’s recommendations serving as a basis for discussion. The Alumni Board formally received the report and request- ed that it be kept fully informed of fur- ther developments. Dean John reported that an excel- lent Honor System orientation was held at the beginning of the 1973-74 school year for incoming freshmen and _ also for the first time for incoming law stu- dents. During the year about six stu- dents left school because of honor viola- tions. One student was acquitted in a public honor trial involving charges of plagarism. This incident caused a great deal of discussion among students of the Honor System, with many disagreeing with the results. Members of the Alumni Board dis- cussed the Honor System further at con- siderable length at a luncheon with the Student Executive Committee. Board members left that meeting with the strong impression that the student leadership is strongly behind the Honor System and is working on particular problems con- cerning it with vigor and intelligence. The Student Executive Committee was a most impressive and articulate group of young men. It was reported that 87 sons of alum- ni had applied for admission to the 1974 freshman class. Of these, 73 were admitted and 44 had chosen to enroll at W&L as of the Board meeting. This is an admission rate of 84 per cent for alumni sons who applied compared with 66 per cent for all applicants. Dean John reported that the “staying power’ of alumni sons is at least equal to that of the student body as a whole. Calvert Thomas, ’38, chairman of the 1973-74 Alumni Fund, reported ‘that 600 more persons had been solicited than in previous years and there were 109 more donors. Total participation as of early May was slightly under 30 per cent, July 1974 however, and much remained to be done to reach the goal by June 30. Thomas recommended ithat the Board designate a committee to make a detailed study of communications with alumni and _ their participation in the Fund, including the function and strengthening of local chap- ters. Dick Haynes, 58, was named chair- man of the committee, with Royce Hough, ’59, and Tom Touchton, ’60, as members. The committee is to make a preliminary report at the fall meeting and full report in May, 1975. Assistant to the President Frank Par- sons reported on the University’s con- struction projects, and Director of De- Hillier velopment Farris Hotchkiss reported on the development program. The new law school building is close to being on schedule, but adverse weather and ma- terial problems have thrown the new stu- dent apartment complex behind. The development program is about two-thirds toward its funding objective of $36 mil- lion by 1976; that leaves about $12 mil- lion to be obtained in a two-year period. Of immediate concern is the new under- graduate library—a vital necessity if W&L is to maintain its high academic standards. Also, the new library is the key to other construction projects, such as the moving of the School of Commerce to the present library building and _ the renovation of Newcomb Hall for other purposes. Members of the Alumni Board agreed to join the University Achievement Coun- cil and to help in the solicitation of pro- spective capital gift donors. The Distinguished Alumnus Awards program was reviewed, and it was decid- ed ‘to start publicity earlier in the alum- ni magazine and to provide a more com- prehensive information sheet to be com- pleted by or for candidates. While the number of names received in the first year of the program was gratifying, it is hop- ed that the number will increase signi- ficantly in future years. Four years ago, 15 black students en- tered W&L as freshmen, the first signi- ficant group of blacks to be enrolled. Of this group, 10 graduated this year and are now alumni. The Alumni Board dis- cussed steps to be taken to ensure that these new alumni are made known to and welcomed by local alumni chapters. Twelve more black students will enroll this fall. It is with some regret but with many happy memories that I completed four years of service on the Alumni Board. I am convinced that the University is in excellent hands. The present genera- tion of students includes a large number of outstanding young people. However, ° the future of the University is never an automatic thing, and the interest, par- ticipation, and financial help of every alumnus are vital to its continued well- being. I thank each of you for the honor of serving as your president this past year. WILLIAM H. HILtier, ’38 Past President, Aumni Association 25 Hard-hitting Alumni fall short by two of upsetting Varsity in spring game Rising sophomore Ralph Moore scor- ed his second touchdown of the day with just 1:52 remaining to give the Varsity a hard-fought (as usual) 26-24 victory over the Alumni in the annual spring football game on May 18. The game wound up the two weeks of spring practice for the Varsity, and provided the usual rallying point for the football alumni, who thoroughly enjoyed the game and its pre- and post-game reunions. Up until Moore scored on his second one-yard touchdown plunge of the day, it looked like the Alumni would pull off that elusive upset they've come so close to for the past few years. The var- sity ran up a 20-6 halftime margin and appeared to be in full control. But the Alumni rallied in the third and fourth quarters and scored three times to pull ahead, 24-20, with just five minutes remaining. The Alumni stopped the Varsity and forced a punt, but a fumble gave the ball back to the Varsity deep in Alumni territory and the undergrads drove to the winning tally. Individual standouts were many. Ris- ing junior Mark George caught two touchdown passes, one of 20 yards from Pegi Pra Above: Alumni’s Tim Haley (No. 30) buckles as he hauls down a Varsity ball carrier. Below: As Alumni defense takes a rest, Coach John Wolf (No. 63) gets in a word with wife Susan. Top right: So the Alumni lost by two points, it was still a game worth smiling about. classmate Jack Berry and the other a 12-yarder from freshman Rocky Joyner. For the Alumni, Steve Mahaffey showed he hasn’t lost any of the skill that made him the nation’s top pass receiver in his undergraduate days: “Chief” grabbed a 15-yard touchdown pass from Lewis Po- well and another six-yard TD from Jack Baizley. Powell also connected on a 10-yard scoring pass to Chappy Conrad and Baizley bucked over for the other Alum- ni touchdown. Standout linebacker John Wolf was again the chief organizer and “coach” of the Alumni team. 1974 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 14 Millersville State Away Sept. 21 Madison HOME Sept. 28 Centre Away Oct. 5 Randolph-Macon HOME Oct. 12 Hampden-Sydney Away (Lynchburg Stadium) Oct. 19 Towson State Away Oct. 26 Sewanee HOME (Homecoming) Nov. 2 Southwestern Away Nov. 9 Denison HOME (Parent’s Weekend) Nov. 16 Washington U. HOME WeL Graduating sons of alumni Sons of alumni who graduated on May 30 are shown above and below. The fathers are seated in front of their sons. They are (l-r) V. O. Barnard, Jr., 50, Virgil O. Barnard, III; Walter L. Hannah, °50, Walter L. Hannah, Jr.; Kenneth S. Gusler, 49, Charles E. Gusler; Arnold R. Marcum, ’39, John R. Marcum, II; Ben E. Grimm, °49, Jeffrey M. Grimm; I. Grier Wallace, Jr., 35, John S. Wallace; Paul G. Cavaliere, ‘48, Paul G. Cavaliere, Jr.; William H. Runge, Jr., 39, William H. Runge, III; William H. Oast, Jr., "44, William Oast, III; Harry H. Hill, Jr., 49, Harry H. Hill, II; Richard K. Stuart, ’37, Richard K. Stuart, Jr.; Lee R. Redmond, Jr., 45, Lee R. Redmond, III; John M. McCardell, ’37, Charles L. McCardell; Alexander K. Lawrence, ’35, Alexander K. Lawrence, Jr.; E. Graham Leslie, Jr., 49, E. Graham Leslie, III. Thomas P. Faulkner, 49, Thomas P. Faulkner, Jr.; Frank LaMotte, 42, Matthew Lamotte; George W. King, Jr., ‘43, George W. King, ITI; Edward J. McCarty, Jr., 42, Pat McCarty; Charles C. Stieff, II, ’45, James W. Stieff; Earle P. Brown, ’44, Anthony S. Brown; Evan A. Chriss, ’42, Andrew J. A. Chriss; Latimer G. Young, 40, Thomas L. Young; Thomas H. Alphin, ’36, Thomas H. Alphin, Jr.; G. Edward Heinecke, 44, Stephen E. Heinecke; William P. Nicolson, 44, William P. Nicolson, IV; Charles W. Pinnell, Jr., "46, Charles W. Pinnell, III; Charles P. Didier, 42, Charles D. Didier; E. Waller Dudley, ’43, Waller T. Dudley; James G. Sheridan, 50, John M. Sheridan, III. =: F j ‘ 3 bd ‘ 4 Be $ bs P %« k % * F % ? - % : . : ee i i ‘ Sond : Be nae : % } e % oH i + oti. ; 4 a io ‘ : tang ty 5 f » $y a * é 2 | Mee: ‘a 2 ‘ % - ly a * * # é ll, E j - » < hag A Mis ll ko a William A. Glasgow, ’31, William A. Glasgow, Jr.; James D. Farrar, '49, James D. Farrar, Jr.; Jack B. Russell, 49, John B. Russell, Jr.; Lewis F. Powell, Jr., ’29, Lewis F. Powell, III; H. J. Sullivan, ’32, Stewart J. Sullivan; Joseph M. Zamoiski, 45, John M. Zamoiski; Calvert Thomas, '38, Douglas M. Thomas; Frank M. Hankins, Jr., ’39, Craig M. Hankins; Frank O. Evans, ’30, Robert E. Evans. (Not shown in picture are B. Elliott Brennan, 35, Robert O. Brennan; Edward C. Burks, 42, Edward C. Burks, Jr.; Leonard P. Eager, Jr., 43, Leonard P. Eager, III; Stanley F. Hampton, ’30, Forrest $. Hampton; R. C. Haydon, Jr., 46 (deceased), Richard C. Haydon, III; George R. Jones, Sr., ’37, George R. Jones, Jr.; John L. Kirkpatrick, 43, John L. Kirkpatrick, Jr.; Everett A. Martin, °37, Everett A. Martin, Jr.; Wilbur S. Metcalf, 40, Richard H. Metcalf; Walter Steves, °39 (deceased), John P. Steves; Sherwood W. Wise, '32, Joseph P. Wise. July 1974 27 tt ee EE Gil Bocetti, ’54 News, Va., has been named by Gov. Godwin to a term on the Virginia Travel Advisory Committee. He is one of 19 businessmen, travel officials, editors, and writers serving on this body, which is charged with maintain- ing a liaison between travel promotion activities of the state and those of the private sector. Bowen, who also serves as travel editor of the newspapers, has travel- ed extensively in the U. S. and abroad. He is a member of the Society of Travel Wri- ters and the Virginia Council. JAMes W. Robserts, Jr., is in his third year with Arlen Shopping Centers Co. as project manager. He and his wife, Bess, live in Hix- son, Tenn., a suburb of Chattanooga. Ro- berts travels extensively on business and pleasure in a Bonanza-400 airplane which he pilots. 1952 BIRTH: Mr. and Mrs. THomas G. Garp- NER, a son, on Jan. 28, 1974. The family lives in Manassas, Va. H. MELVILLE Hicks, JR., an attorney who was formerly with the firm of Lawler, Sterl- ing & Kent of New York City, is now a partner in the firm of Coogan, Mannix & Hicks with offices in White Plains, N. Y. 1953 J. TAytor WILLIAMS, since July, 1973, has been chief judge of the 10th District Juv- enile and Domestic Relations Courts of Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cum- berland, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Prince Edward Counties and the city of South Boston. JAROsLAV A. DRABEK is author of a book en- titled Blackboard Odyssey published by J. J. Douglas Ltd. of Vancouver, British Co- lumbia. Drabek, who describes himself as a “walking resource lab in comparative educa- tion,” has had schooling in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a New York City high school, Washington & Lee University, the Univer- sity of Mysore in Southern India, Simon Fra- ser University, and the University of British Columbia. The book discusses the school systems in the various parts of the world. Drabek now teaches journalism and Euro- pean literature at Kitsilano School in Van- couver. 1954 Bruce R. KING, JR., senior vice president of Richmond Corp., has been elected a cor- July 1974 poration director. King joined the firm as a vice president in 1971 after serving as vice president of Reliance Insurance Co. in Philadelphia and chief investment officer for the parent companies. Before joining Re- liance, King was employed from 1954 to 1963 by the Life Insurance Co. of Virginia. He is a director of Southern Bankshares, Inc., Southern Bank and Trust Co., Insur- ance Management Corp., Leatherby Cos., Inc.; DANAC Real Estate Investment Corp., and is a trustee of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System. RAYMOND F. BEE is vicing mold and _ pit foreman at No. 4 Electric Furnace Depart- ment for United States Steel Corp. at South Works, Chicago. Ropert O. GLAsIER, who for the past 15 years has been in Europe and most recently with Eurofil, a subsidiary of Hollingsworth & Vose Co. of Boston in France, is returning to the United States and will take up resi- dency in June in Gulfport, Fla. He and his wife have four sons. GILBERT BOcETTI, JR., former vice president of marketing with Jefferson-Pilot Title In- surance Co. of Greensboro, N. C., has beén named president of Title Insurance Co. with headquarters in Chapel Hill. Bocetti has had over 14 years of experience in the title insurance industry. Prior to joining Jeffer- son-Pilot in 1963, he served in the legal de- partment and as a branch manager with Lawyers Title Insurance Co. of Richmond for three years. Bocetti is active in profes- sional associations relating to title insur- ance. He is currently serving as president and a director of the South Carolina Pro- perty Association, a member of the Mort- gage Bankers Association of the Carolinas, and a member of the North Carolina In- Charles S. Rowe, a 1945 Washing- ton and Lee graduate and now edi- tor and co-publisher of the Fredericks- burg (Va.) Free Lance-Star, was named 1974 winner of the George Mason Award, the highest in Virginia journ- alism, by The Society of Profesional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. Rowe has been on the Free Lance- Star staff since 1949 and has been a leader in professional journalistic activities throughout his career. In 1969 he was president of the Associ- ated Press Managing Editors Associa- tion, and in 1972, while he was a board member of the American So- ciety of Newspaper Editors he was selected as one of 20 American edi- tors to accompany President Nixon on his visit to Mainland China. The Free Lance-Star is an afternoon newspaper with a circulation of 21,000. Rowe’s brother, Josiah P. Rowe, III, a 1948 graduate of Washington and Lee, is its co-publisher and general manager. High Award in Journalism Goes to Rowe an 1 ALY Naty The George Mason Award, estab- lished in 1964 and named for the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, honors contributions of ex: ceptional significance to journalism in the state. In 1966, the award was presented to Walter B. Potter, also a 1948 W&L graduate, editor and pub- lisher of the Culpeper Star-Ex ponent. 29 Class Notes 1959 JorL E. Kocen has been elected treasurer of Sybron Corp. in New York City. Kocen join- | 7 ed Sybron in 1969 as manager of taxes. In BIRTH: Mr. and Mrs. RovAL TeRRELL, JR ae a ee - ot ae September, 1970, he 1 as” named assistant a son, Bryan Royal, on April 20, 1974. The ve 2M osepH H. Cuums- controller with resp sibility for tax and family lives in Atlanta, Ge, where Terrell is a son, | Christop her Harper, on Feb. insurance Seed oem, 3 Hetore with Chubb & Sons | a 4. .T. he are lives in St. oe ee | | oe torney. | RoBIN S. KENT is “adendisie a summer pro- gram at the Inter University C m for Political Research at the “University of Michigan. The program deals with c ogice techniques of political research. — BanNen Sis: vice president a1 t oy ae and ‘Guaranty 0 General. Pere ur # Sien — \ restern . Reserve University, bara oe eae - 1967 BIRTH: i; Mr. and Mrs. CHARLEs T. "STAPLES, Cc ‘Tune, Jr., on Dec. a 1973. Z in Colunbas Ga. : oe at Giady Memorial os ital a sein Surgical soci | to. nthe former “Just Cook: they have. two — of _ Beneraly thoracic, and vascular Wu J. OAKLEY SEIBERT is an attorney in Mar- tinsburg, W. Va., and is president of the county bar association. Recently, Seibert was congratulated by the Mayor after sign- ing a proclamation declaring the observance of Law Day in Martinsburg. 1969 BIRTH: Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM DUDLEY ALLEN, III, a daughter, Ann Courtney, on Dec. 20, 1973. The Allens have two children and live in McKenney, Va. Allen is with the law firm of Lavenstein, Andrews and Cummings in Petersburg and is also as- SUBSCRIBE TO Che KRing-tum Phi If you wish to receive the weekly campus news- paper The Ring-tum Phi, please fill out the coupon at the right and send it with $7.00 to: sistant commonwealth Din- widdie County. attorney for BIRTH: Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. AREY, a daughter, Anne Walton, on Jan. 22, 1974. The young lady joins an older sister. The family lives in Lexington, where Arey is at- tending W&L School of Law. GARY D. SILVERFIELD has been elected vice president of the Barnett Wintson Invest- ment Trust of Jacksonville, Fla. Before join- ing the real estate trust, Silverfield was a senior appraiser in the Florida real estate investment office of Prudential Insurance The Ring-tum Phi Box 899 Lexington, Va. 24450 Name Address Zip Code Co. Barnett Winston Investment Trust is a land sale-leaseback intermediate term lend- er, wholly-owned subsidiary of Barnett Win- ston Co. After receiving a master’s degree in real estate from the University of Florida, Davin C. ENNIs is now in Raleigh, N. C., and is an investment underwriter with Cameron- Brown Investment Group. After receiving a MBA from Columbia Uni- versity in February, 1973, WILLIAM J. Kim- MEL is presently an assistant treasurer at Morgan Guaranty International Finance Two W&L Geology Graduates Help Fathom the Mysteries of Antarctic Depths Geologists Sherwood W. Wise, Jr., ’63, and Andy Gombos, ’70, recently experi- enced what they called ‘‘a most exciting and enjoyable venture” aboard the scien- tific drilling vessel Glomar Challenger during cruise Leg 36 in the Antarctic Ocean in a hitherto unexplored region of the ocean. The expedition produced some scientific firsts. The Challenger is a unique ship. It is capable of drilling in any water depth in any ocean basin not covered by ice; it can penetrate and core about a kilo- meter into the underlying strata. This ongoing program of ocean research, call- ed the Deep Sea Drilling Project, has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation since 1968. Wise and Gombos received their intro- duction to marine geology as students of W&L’s Dr. Edgar Spencer, professor of geology, who has maintained a lively interest in the field since his days at Columbia University. Wise recently wrote about his experience: “Andy and I are both now at Florida State University, where we are engaged in research in the geology department’s Antarctic Research Facility, of which I am director of research. “We along with another colleague from Tallahassee joined the 12-man scientific crew of the Leg 36 cruise as micro- July 1974 & Wise (left) and Gombos aboard the Glomar Challenger. paleontologists. Andy is specializing in fossil diatoms and will complete his dis- sertation next year using, in part, the material he obtained during the cruise. Diatoms are one of tthe most abundant and useful fossil groups in the Antarctic Ocean for the age-dating of sediment, but relatively little is known about them so far. I investigated calcareous nanno- fossils which are minute planktonic algal skeletons which are the main constituents of chalk deposits such as the White Cliffs of Dover, etc. “Although we went through two hur- ricane-force storms and lost a lot of equip- ment (including three miles of drill pipe), we did manage to recover over 500 meters of core, spanning much of the geologic record of this hitherto unex- plored region of the ocean, including what seems to be the oldest sediment drilled to date by the Deep Sea Drilling Project (recent times to Late Jurassic, 155 million years plus). Some of the record documents the pre- and early his- tory of the break up of Gondwanaland, the large continental block which is now fragmented into the widely dispersed Southern Hemiphere continent of Ant- arctica, South America, Africa, Australia, and the subcontinent of India. It’s a pleasure to be associated with W&L graduates in this area of research.” 31 Corp., a subsidiary of J. P. Morgan Co., Inc., of | New York City. | Josern T. CHapwIck, Jr., has been elected ae assistant vice the pon of Rowe Price - Wituiast , G. C Coe is project. ‘manager for the a anta_ Division, Ryan Homes. - ne ins | 1973, and was a : trust. planning” officer in ja ar Croft, Decaiie a eae of the $ wee Seoul, Kor sation and partment. ea. He will teach English conver- the English de- icons who retired in year course in hospital administration at the Charlotte, N.C., Memorial Hospital and spent three years in the Army Medical Ad- ‘ministrative Corps > during» World War II. ° He went to Kingsport, in 1949 and becan aoe mITeUtOr: of the Bespital in 1959. | ber for 40: years | Staunton n hospital He va 82. ng for 25 years as, Prptesson | Dr. Bean Dies at age of 82 | ; ‘Sra a “National Centennial | ae 7 “Stonewall’s “Man: - een 1c _ Dr Bean is survived vgs : “Mrs, Lucy, Marsteller Be . Bean, one 2 of | — ar ané d a fay nem | an Bean, I 1, of V of Washingt | peer ES are et ; ‘Pendleton and The ‘Liberty | ‘Hall | - Volunteers: oneway College Boys. | RESERVE THE DATES Homecoming OCTOBER 26, 1974 Washington and Lee vs. Sewanee on Wilson Field and Fall Class Reunions OCTOBER 25 and 26, 1974 Honoring the Academic and Law Classes of 1929 1939 1944 1954 1969 IT’S STILL FUN GALORE IN FALL ’74! WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Lexington, Virginia 24450 THE WASHINGTON AND LEE CHAIR With Crest in Five Colors The chair is made of birch and rock maple, hand-rubbed in black with gold trim and arms finished in cherry. It makes a welcome gift for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, or weddings. All profit from sales of the chair goes to the scholarship fund in memory of John Graham, ‘14. Price: $60.00 f.0.b. Lexington, Virginia Mail your order to WASHINGTON AND LEE ALUMNI, INC. Lexington, Virginia 24450 Immediate shipment from available stock. r OTe a a. ce