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Howcanyouexplainthesetimesto a boy? To you, the world is in a pretty sorry state. But not to a boy. He's growing up in times like these. He doesn't remember anything much different. Perhaps you ought to remind him that many precious things may be taken from him, temporarily. Many prized American freedoms, rights and opportunities must be suspended for a while, as the price of arming the nation against aggression. But warn him that there may be danger of losing these freedoms permanently. Because there are some peopl.e who, for years , have been saying, "The government ought to own and run things. The railroads, for example, and the electric light and power companies." And right now the defense program may give these
people a new opportunity for putting over their idea of government ownership and permanent controls. And tell him that the real name of this idea is socialism, and that most Americans don't want it. For socialism means that people have less money, and fewer rights and privileges. Tell him we all must make sacrifices today. But tell him, also, that when we give up any of our freedoms, we must be sure to keep the claim check that says, "Return to bearer on demand." •
To help everyone remember the difference between temporary emerg_ency powers and permanent socialism, we publish this reminder.
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UIRlilDIA ElEETRIE ADDPOWER EOfflPADY
That New Law School
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"When we get a new Law School building ... ," a phrase students, alumni and faculty have been using for the past eight or ten years. That ever-fleeting dream is now about to become a concrete reality with the Building Fund Campaign to raise $150,000 well on its way after a successful start. The campaign was initiated at a "kick-off" dinner at the Jefferson Hotel on February 2 at which each of the two Committee Vice-Chairmen , under the leadership of Chairman T. Justin Moore, announced that his Committee would attempt to raise $75,000. Added to the $150,000 the trustees of the University have available for a new building, the $300,000 minimum for construction of an adequate law building on the campus of the University will be forthcoming. M. Ray Doubles, president of the Law School Association and former Dean of the Law School, has been gratified with the enthusiastic response of law alumni to the appeal. Contributions in the · campaign for funds have passed the $27,000 mark with only 253 of the 750 law alumni heard from, an average gift of $106 per alumnus. If this average is maintained by the alumni not yet heard from, victory is assured; however, many gifts in the $200 to $500 bracket will be needed to hold up the average. The Special Gifts Committee, headed by Mr. Robert T. Marsh, Jr., of First and Merchants National Bank, is to reach its goal through solicitation of contributions from friends of the University who are not alumni of the Law School. Contact of the 200 corporations to be solicited by his committee members, has resulted in contributions of $29,000 from 78 contributors. Any seeming lag in the response to the Special Gifts Committee's efforts may be attributed to the usual delay caused by postponement until the regular Board meetings of the various corporations. The paramount need for a new law building is well known to alumni and friends of the University who have visited its present outmoded and inadequate "Columbia" building, located in one of the noisest sections of Richmond. The lack of space and the poor arrangement preclude conference and seminar rooms, an assembly room of sufficient size to accommodate the entire student body, suitable office space, and a library large enough to house its excellent collection. Moreover, the building also houses the Evening Division of the University's School of Business Administration, which alone requires the building's full facilities.
In spite of its poor physical plant which the accrediting agencies have repeatedly criticized, the University has a good law school of which it may be proud ... an excellent faculty, a good library, and an eager student body of outstanding young men and women. The single requisite needed to make it one of the outstanding small law schools in the country is modern and complete facilities. The place that a large number of our law graduates have taken in their various communities, in state and federal offices attests the quality of their training. They may be found on the benches of State courts of record, in the General Assembly, in Congress. They serve on the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, and as Commonwealth Attorneys throughout this state, and in other states they hold office and are active citizens in their communities. The University can well be proud of its law graduates and the interest they have shown in public affairs.
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APRIL, 1951
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J°OSEPH E. NETTLES, '30 ............ Editor LESLIE S . BOOKER, '22 . . Westhampton Editor VmGINIA IVEY ..... . .... Law School Editor ROBERT :Thi.STONE, '30 •••• . Business Manager THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF ALUMNI Robert T. Marsh, J"r., '22 ......... President Samue l T. Bowman, Jr. 1 '20 . . 1st Vice President T h addeus T. Crump, '48 .. . Znd Vice President V. B. Richardson, '35 ...... 3rd Vice President Wi lli am T. Bareford, '46 . . ........ Secretary Josep h E. Nett les, '30 .... Executive Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Benjamin L. Campbe ll, '36 W ill iam L . Lumpkin, '37 and th e above officers THE ALUMNI COUNCIL ·watkins Fugate, '32 .......... ... Edward J". Fox, '17 ....... 1st Vice Thaddeus T . Crump, '48 .. . Znd Vice J"oseph E. Nett les, '30 ........ .. .. Robert M. Stone, '30 .. .......... EXECU'l
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D. N . Davidson , '09 Fran k Louthan, '10 G. Fred Cook, J"r., ' 25 Maico lm U. Pitt, J"r., '42 and the above officers WESTHAMPTON COL LE GE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION Pollyanna Sh epherd, '37 ......... . President Mary Mills Freeman, '35 . . ... Vice President Leslie Sessoms Booker, '22, Executiv e Secretary Ma il a11 contributions and news items to Mrs. R. E. Booker, Executive Secretary , Westhampton College Alumnae Association, P.O., University of Richmond, Virginia. l Margaret Fugate Car lton, '24 Louise Fry Galvin, '26 IMembersMary Richardson Butterworth, '29 at-Large Alice Richardson Conne ll, '30 Anto in ette Wirth W hi ttet, '41 Em ily Gardner, ' 18 E li zabet h Tompkins,
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Each year on the last Saturday in April, there is a gathering of the clan of these illustrious graduates of the Law School, together with the lesser lights who have not been out of law school long enough to make their footprint on the sand of time. Loyal alumni come from all sections of the state and many from out of the state to join in the good fellowship of the annual Alumni Banquet and Dance. This year the annual meeting on April 28th in the Hotel John Marshall was an especially gala occasion, celebrating the long anticipated birth of a new law school building. [ I }
George Abbitt, Jr., '31 } ·wrniam H. King, '36 Three-year term A. L. P hil pott, '47 1I. Wallace Moncure, '27 } Charl es IL Ry land, '39 Two-year term R. H. L. Chichester, Jr., '29 R. E. Booker, '29 } One-year term ,vrniamL. Car leton, '29 M. :;,r. Long , '10
CHILDREN of the
OLD CAMPUS By BROADUS MITCHELL*
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HE campus of Richmond College, said to be thirteen acres, the size of the base of the great pyramid at Gizeh, lay between Broad Street on the north, Franklin on the south, Ryland on the east, and Lombardy Street on the west. (I set down metes and bounds because such things disappear from better records than this one.) A fence surrounded all, with large gates on three streets and a mere opening on Broad. Except on Broad, where crossed boards were used, the fence was of turned posts and mortised pickets that would now cost a fortune. The three principal College buildings were Ryland Hall in the center and, later, the "Dommitory" as we pronounced it, to the north and the Science Building to the south. Along the western end of the campus, but well separated from the street, were five faculty homes, the combined gymnasium and refectory, and a smaller dormitory, Deland Cottage, called just "t he Cottage." By skirting Ryland Hall it was possible to drive a vehicle , through the campus from east to west, but no road completely crossed north and south. The arrangement of buildings left generous open spaces. That in front of the homes of President Boatwright and Professor Winston was most used by us children for ball games and kites ; that to the north, dominated by the "Big Tree" (I suppose a larch with bottom limbs lopped) had an ailanthus grove with its own attractions for hide-and-seek. To the east of the main building was an athletic field, not available to us except in summers and on the other side of the "Long Walk;," a~ area used by the students for less organized sports. I write of the years between 1895 and a decade or so later, when this campus was to the faculty children an enormous play pen where we had complete freedom and were as completely protected. It was our world from which we rarely issued. I can remember wondering where the bordering and converging streets led to. The children of my closest recollection, besides my sister and three brothers, were Frederic Boatwright , Elizabeth Gaines, her cousin, Will Harris , and H erbert . *Th e author, professor of economics at Rutg ers, 1s the eldest son of the beloved Samuel Chiles Mitch ell, whose teaching and inspiratio n have left a lasting mark on hundreds of alumni. Broadu s Mitchell is the author of a book for children ' American Adventure (H arper & Bros., 1949).
RYLANDHALLON THE OLD CAMPUS. This building has long since disappeared but if it were still standing it would be cut in two by Grace Street which now passes through the spot where the tower once stood.
Chandler. Evelyn Boatwright was younger , and visitors to the Gaines and Winston households were with us for shorter periods. In the sixty years before our advent there were other sets of children on this campus, some of whom I knew as grown-ups, but in our minds the College was constructed, the students were assembled, and every tree and bush was planted for our benefit. With the exception of Frederic Boatwright, a vigorous, promising boy who sorrowfully died of appendicitis at the age of thirteen, we are all of us poking about somewhere to this day, which I lay to the good health we got in our nearly incessant play out-of-doors. Our playthings were the usual express wagon, skates, balls and bats, hoops, tops, marbles, guns, and kites, and "shinny" sticks of our own making. The winter day had to be pretty cold and the parental heart pretty warm that let us play in the house, though the sparse furnitur e-- in our home at least - allowed arenas for the troupe. Our "outside" companions were mostly the children of Miss Kate Winston's school, taught in her home . Of these I remember especially "N.W. " and Dudley Bowe, Jellis and Childrey Scott, and the Regester boys. Louise, Anne and Broun Powers we got to know a little later. Miss Kate was a gifted teacher, unstinting in the trouble she took about her pupils. I have spent some years since in acquaintance with "progressive education." It is no more than a formalized later version of what Miss Kate knew and practiced. She gave us physical geography after a washing rain on the then open clay fields west of the campus and botany through water-soaked peas and her father 's carefully tended garden. She led us to express ourselves in song, speech, and writing, and furnished us the best models by reading to us Uncle Remus as Joel Chandler Harris himself could not pronounce him. In her breath[ 2
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less rendition Captain Stringfellow, the Confederate spy, moved through a jungle of Yankees with all the assurance of Toomai the elephants. I another favorite-among have had great teachers since, but none that could hold a spelling book to Miss Kate Winston! I say this in solemn truth, with the deference owing to a creative personality. Our schooling, next to her, was at the hands of the students of the College , then maybe 200 young men, mostly from small towns and country places in Virginia. Parke Deans , Ray Staples, Allen and Douglas Freeman, "Sugar" Wright, George Waite, Percy Flippin, Josiah Morse, Ed Hudgins, the now Senator Robertson and how many more. The boys of us, at any rate, hung around the dormitories and gymnasium, and met generally with indulgent treatment if not with eagerness to feed and amuse us. Some of the students were boisterous to a degree, as when they prodded a cow to the top of the College tower , imprisoned a pig on the second-story porch of the Cottage, or had fights that seemed more terrifying than the waterfilled paper bags that were their weapons. I must record that a few of the students-not rough specimens. in my list above-were Maybe their presence as exemplars of worldliness had something to do with the halfderision with which the ministerial students ("Jaspers " for the famous minister of the Sixth Mount Zion Church) were visited. And speaking of John Jasper, the Negroes of the campus were among our fastest friends. The earliest I can remember was Chris, a man of excellent intelligence who (Dr. Ryland would not deny it) lit lamps of learning in the library as he also, every evening, lit the lamps along the campus roads. He was uniformly gentle with us, even when we made a racket or bothered him to carry his ladder. (Continued on page 27)
-Teacher GARNETTRYLAND By CLARENCE E. DENOON, JR.,'34
Students and Friends Establish Prize in Honor of Veteran Chemist; First Award in June
EVERAL years ago Dr. Garnett Ryland, one of the University's great teachers, retired. Students whom be taught and inspired continue to be a living, growing testimonial to bis work. Recently, a group of bis former students and friends bit upon the happy idea of establishing the Garnett Ryland Prize in Chemistry. This prize, which is being endowed by these former students, will be awarded each year to the senior selected by the faculty as the outstanding student in Chemistry. Dr. Ryland will have the pleasure of awarding the prize to the first recipient this June. Dr. Ryland 's roots are deep in the University of Richmond, the Baptist denomination and the profession of teaching. He was born in King & Queen County, son of Charles Hill Ryland, D.D. and Alice Garnett. He prepared for Richmond College at the old McGuire's University School. In 1886 he enrolled in Richmond College. As was common with most Virginia colleges of that period , there were eight "schools" : Latin, Greek , Modern Languages, English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Philosophy. Completion of these earned for him the Master's degree in 1892. Although Dr. Ryland might not have gone as far as Bacon, who included all knowledge to be his province, early in his career it was plain that his province included a great deal more than Chemistry . His student honors included the Steel Medal for Reading, the Woods Medal for Declamation and the Writer's Medal. He was the first editor-inchief of the Messenger and the final president of the Phi logian Society. This last was an honor which called for his presiding at commencement exercises. His record certainly implies that he must have been a better than average student politician. After three years of teaching, Dr. Ryland enrolled in Johns Hopkins University, where scientists, sitting at the feet of the great Ira Remsen, first found it entirely unnecessary to go to Germany for graduate work in Chemistry. In his research work there, Dr. Ryland discovered a mixture of two volatile substances which were not separated on distillation. This phenomenon, about which little was known at the time, was investigated unti l he discovered
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fifty such mixtures. The publication of this work attracted wide attention. With the granting of the Ph.D. degree in 1898 the road ahead was clear-to teach, guide and inspire thousands of students. This included positions at the University of Maine , Converse College, Georgetown College, and finally a return to the University of Richmond as head of the Chemistry Department in 1917. The 28 years of teaching here were fruitful years. During this time the Chemistry Department taught 2,665 students, 394 of them graduating with majors in Chemistry. Of these, 32 went on for the Master's degree, and 17 to Ph.D. degrees. Special mention should be made of Dr. Ryland's role in the preparation of students for the study of medicine. At the time of Dr. Ryland 's retirement, 275 of his students had gone on to receive the M.D., and 90 more were still in Medical school. Dr. Ryland bad a major role in influencing many of these students to study
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medicine, and in giving them sound training for their subsequent success. A typical example o.f Dr. Ryland's broader viewpoint is his attitude toward the historical aspects of science. Long before Hutchins of Chicago and Barr of St. Johns introduced the widely publi cized idea of teaching science by the study of The Great Books, Dr. Ryland had been using these principles. The course in History of Chemistry, the collection of many texts of century-old classics of chemistry, metallurgy and alchemy gave the students a sense of proportion and a sound concept of the building blocks on which modern science is constructed. As a result of Dr. Ryland 's work and that of his colleagues, including Dr. J. S. Pier ce, the present head of the Chemistry Department, the Department is now on the approved list of the accrediting committee of the American Chemical Society. Its graduates are readily accepted by leading graduate schools and medical schools and industry. Dr. Ryland 's services have not been confined to the University of Richmond. He has been active in the affairs of Virginia Baptists and has made real contributions in thr :issembling of data on their history. The problem of interracial relations has long been of interest to him, as is evidenced by his membership on the Virginia Commission on Interracial Relations and his service on the board of trustees of Virginia Union University. This activity is one which he shared with our Dr. Mitchell. Dr. Ryland's honors have been many. He has been a Councillor of the American Chemcal Society.* Last year he received Distinguished Service A ward of the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society for outstanding contribution toward the improvement of the professional standards of chemists. He was president of the Virginia Academy of Science. Those who are establishing the Garnett Ryland Prize in Chemistry do so in grateful appreciation of their teacher and friend . *A diploma certifyin g 50 years of continu ous membership in the American Chemical Society was awarded to Dr. Ryland at the Society"s spring meeting in Cleve land , April 12 to 18. He was one of 24 persons throughout the nation to receive such an award.
TWO OF A KIND By MERTON E. CARVER Chairman, Department of Psychology, University of Richmond
Stuart W. Cook, '34, PSYCHOLOGISTS and Fillmore H. Sanford, '35, whose brilcareers have paralleled since student days
liant at Richmond , have both been honored recently by appointments to distinguished assignments in their profession. Dr. Cook is now head of the Department of Psychology, Graduate School, New York University and also Director of the Research Center for Human Relations at NYU. Dr. Sanford is the new executive secretary of the American Psychological Association, a foll-time position which involves direction and management of the policies and affairs of the professional organization of American psychologists. As Spider alumni of their period will tell you, Fillmore H. Sanford and Stuart W . Cook are two young men that anyone would be proud to know. They are justly acclaimed by their colleagues, their friends, and the alumni of the Univers ity of Richmond. Well deserved recognition and honors have come rapidly to both. In the comparatively short period of fifteen years they have come to ?ccupy positions of great responsibility and influence. It is more than fitting that Stuart Cook and Fill Sanford should be teamed together in this issue of the Bulletin. They are both psychologists of the first rank. They attended the same preparatory school, Hargrave Military Academy. They attended Richmond College ~t about the sa~e time. Participating actively m student affam, college athletics, and in the academic curriculum they piled up impressive records and received many of the highest honors that the University can bestow on undergraduates. They majored in psychology and came under the stimulating and broadening influence of the late Professor Robert C. Astrop and the exacting scientific tutoring of Dr. Chester R. Garvey . Each in his own direction, they went on to graduate school, Cook to Minnesota , Sanford to Harvard. Their records as graduate students helped greatly to pave the way for others that , were to follow later. Professional advancement has come rapidly to both. They have remained close friends since early college days. And to continue the paralJel, please note, they are raising substantial families too 1 Stuart is the proud father of three children but Fil] is one up on him with a count of four'. Dr. Cook received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Richmond in 1934 and 1935 respectively. As an undergraduate he was elected a member of Omicron Delta Kappa , Tau Kappa Alpha, and Phi Beta Kappa. He is also a member of Sigma
A PAIR OF ACES in the psy chologi cal prof es sion ar e Alumni Stuar t W . Coo k, '34 (left), he ad o f the department of psycholog y in the Graduate School of New Yor k Unive rsity, and Fillmor e H. Sanford , '35, exe cutive secr e tar y of the Ame rican Psyc hological Asso ciat ion .
Phi Epsilon. In 1938 he received the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Minnesota. W hile atten ding Min nesota he was elected to Sigma Xi, nat ional scientific honorary society, and to Psi Chi, natio nal honorary society in psychology. Since 1938, Dr. Cook's interests and activities in psychology have fallen into three stages: First, during the prewar period he worked on problems of personal adjustment and mental health. During this time he was a member of the department of psychology at the University of Minnesota and served also in the Psychiatric Clinic for children. In 1942 he was appointed Director of the Bureau of Psychological Services for the State of Minnesota. Meantime the war clouds were gathering and Stuart Cook, like many other young men of that day, was soon to find himself in the service of his country. Induction into the Armed Services marks the beginning of the second stage, a period that was to extend over the next four years. As a member of the Army Air Force he became a Director of Research in the Aviation Psychology Program. His responsibilities included the supervision of three different research units. Much of his time was given -to prob lems dealing with the selection and train-
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ing of crew-members of heavy bombers. D r. Cook left the Army Air Force in 1946 with the rank of captain. T he third stage began soon after the war when D r. Cook developed an intense interest in pro blems of human relations, and felt keenly the need for basic research in this field. In the latter part of 1946 he was appointed director of research for the Commission on Community Interrelations of the American Jewish Congress, a position which he occupied for four years and which he filJed with vigor and productiveness. In 1950 he was appointed head of the Department of Psychology of New York University's Graduate School. In this same year Dr. Cook was named director of the Research Center for Human Relations at New York University. As if Dr. Cook's assignments at NYU were not sufficient, he is currently president-elect of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues of the American Psychological Association. He is also a member of the Association's Committee on Ethical Standards for Psychology and of its Policy and Planning Board . One notes that Dr. Cook was editor of the pub lication, "Psychological Research in Radar (Continued on page 16)
COMMENCEMENT '51 Saturday, June 2-Alumni-ae nasium.
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Sunday, June 3-Baccalaureate Monday, June 4-Commencement ler, '24 .
Dinner, 6 p.m ., Keller Hall; Alumni Dinner, 6 p.m., Millhiser GymChapel, 7:30 p.m . Speaker: Dr. W. 0. Carver, '91.
Sermon, Cannon Memorial
Exercises, Luther H. Jenkins Greek Theater, 7:30 p .m. Speaker, Dr . J. Hillis Mil-
_N,UMNI in record numbers are expected to return to the University of Richmond for Commencement, which will be climaxed with the conferring of degrees upon approximately 300 men and women at final exercises on June 4.
The graduating class, although expected to be somewhat below last year's total of 341, is regarded as unusually large in view of the virtual disappearance of World War II veterans from the student body . Commencement exercises on both sides of the lake will feature class reunions and will be climaxed by the annual dinners, in Keller Hall for the women, in Millhiser Gymnasium for the men. For the men, a special lure will be the Student Center Building which is well under construction. The alumni will be conducted on a "Sidewalk Superintendents ' " tour by Dr. R. E. Loving , '96, in the morning, following registration. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached the following evening by Dr. W. 0 . Carver , professor emeritus of comparative religion and missions at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville.
The degree winners will receive their diplomas Monday night from President George M. Modlin at the close of the commencement address by Dr. J. Hillis Miller, '24, president of the University of Florida. D r. Miller is one of six persons, four of them alumni, who will receive honor ary degrees for achievement in their fields. Two Millers-Hilli s Miller and Justice Willis D. Miller, '14, of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia-will receive the honorar y degree of Doctor of Laws. Overton D. Dennis , '10, widely known Richmond financier and for a number of years a member of the University of Richmond 's board of trustees and its executive committee, will be hon ored with the degree of Do ctor of Science. The Rev. William B. Denson , '26 , pastor of the Melrose Baptist Church in Roanoke , will receive the degree of Doctor of Divinity .
In addition to the alumni members, others who will receive honor ary degrees are the Rev. 0 . W. Sawyer, pastor of Union Baptist Church of Chincoteag ue, Va ., who will be honored with the D.D . degree, and Miss Blanche S. White , executive secretary of the Woman 's Missionary Union for the Baptist General Association of Virginia for a quarter-century, who will receive th e D octor of Letters degree.
HONORARY DEGREE CANDIDATES . Four alumni wil l receive honorary degrees at Commencement exercises in the Luther H. Jenkins Greek Theater June 5. They are (left to right): O verton D. Dennis, ' 10, who wi II receive the deg ree of Doctor of Science; Justice Willis D. Miller, ' 14, Doctor of Laws; Dr. J. Hilli s Miller, '24, Doctor of Laws, and the Rev. William B. Denson, '26, Doctor of Divinity .
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SpidersStrongContenderForState Crown Baseball Team Gets Good Pitching, Tight Defense AC PITT has another of his traditionally fine baseball teams in the making at the University of Richmond, a team which, as usual, is in the thick of the State champi onship race. After four games against Virginia opponents , the Spiders boasted a record of three victories and only one defeat, a 4 to 3 setback at the hands of Washington and Lee. The Pittmen had defeated the Generals, 5 to 0, earlier in the season behind the brilliant pitching of all-Stater Ralph Graves. Graves wasn't as effective in his second outing against Washington and Lee, however, and the Generals put the only dent in the Richmond armor. In addition to the Washington and Lee victory, the Spiders registered a 3 to 1 triumph over Hampden-Sydney's Tigers who were last year's State champions, and a 13 to 1 win over V.M.I. Left Jerry Frampton was the winner of both games and also of the 12 to 5 triumph over Dartmouth. In addition to Frampton and Grav es, two of the best hurl ers in the State, the Spiders
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have another potential ace in Billy Mitchell who was an all-Stater two years ago and should be effective again when warm weather limbers up his pitching arm. The Spiders opened the season by dropping a 9 to 8 nightmare to Yale when Graves, whose forte is contro l, found himself unable to locate the plate. When Frampton finally put out the fire, the damage had been done. Frampton wrapped up a victory over Dartmouth without too much trouble in the next outing but a strong University of Del aware nine outclassed the Spiders, 6 to 2. Then there followed victories over Hampden-Sydney, Washington and Lee, and V.P.I., before the Generals finally broke the spell with their 4 to 3 victory. Not only pitching but pitchers have spelled the success of the University of Richmond team. The Spiders have a trio of the State's finest twirlers (assuming Mitchell will soon reach winning form) and they have been getting valuable offensive and defensive strength from three journeymen pitchers in the outfield. Pinky Loehr, a Belmont Abbey junior wlJege transfer and a very promising pitcher, has been a fixture in left field, and the veteran Roy Paulette, a fast baller, has been doing a great job in center field. Graves, because of his hitting , has been used in right field on several afternoons when he was not booked for pitching. Ralph Owens, veteran outfielder who had been benched, found his batting eye against V .M.I. and \X'ashington and Lee and may finis-h the season in right field, although he
will get stiff competition from Ellis Redford, who was doing very well until a turned ankle forced him out of the lineup. That gave Owens his chance. Although he had to dip into his bag of pitchers to do it, Pitt has come up with the first heavy-hitting outfield in a number of years. After six games, Paulette was clouting at a .368 clip, Owens had a .357 average, and Loehr posted a consistent .318 average. In addition to their hitting, the outfielders, Loehr in particular, have come through with outstanding defensive jobs . Although the only .300 hitters are in the outfield, Russell Cheatham, the sophomore shortstop who has been doing a fine job his first year out, was hitting .292 after six games and Simon (Shack) Moughamian, the scholarly third baseman, was moving at a .276 clip . Bobby Stephens, the Spiders' all-State first baseman , got off to a slow start but found his batting eye on the road trip to Lexington and may still lead the Richmond hitters as he did last year. Warren Long , the most brilliant performer in the Richmond infield, also has been plagued by inability to get his share of hits. If his batting improves he will be given serious consideration for an all-State berth. Behind the plate, the veteran Matt Hudgins has done a creditable job but he has been of little help offensively. Richmond's big tests will come against Virginia's Cavaliers who currently are riding at the head of the Old Dominion baseball parade. The Spiders have a May 5 date with (Conti nued on page 28)
HARDY BUILDS TRACK TEAM Thinclads Show Strength on Cinders
One of Presid ent Madlin's greatest contributions to the University of Richmond has been in the cordial relationship he has established between the University and the businessmen of Richmond. Richmond business gave expression to its appreciation of Dr. Modlin by electing him president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. His colleagues in the State appreciate him too. He was recently elected president of the Association of Virginia Colleges.
Coach Fred Hardy who is attempting a renaissance of track at the University of Richmond has a young, promising squad on the way but it will take at least two years for him to get together a team which will be a contender for State and Southern Conference honors. The Spiders have been very weak in the field events but have scored well and shown great promise in the running events . Perhaps they are at their strongest in the mile relay where four fast quarter milers are undefeated in dual meets. Members of the relay team are Tom Harlan, Sam White, Tom Beane and Bob Parsons. Beane, a big, strong youngster has been a consistent winner in the 220 and has been running second to his teammate Walter (Baby) Nelms in the 100. White is a very good quarter miler who may come close to Lester (Jim) Tharpe's ('27) record of 49.8 [ 6
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next year. (Tharpe, who after 25 years still holds the University record in the quarter mile, halfmile and mil e, has offered a trophy to any Spider who breaks one of these records. Mr. Tharpe will spend no money for track trophies this season, however.) Other promising performers for the Spiders include Joe Porter, a sophomore who should be a good miler before the close of his college days, and Parsons who is a handy man on the cinders and in the broad jump. The Spiders ' best scorer this season has Captain Murrell been the hard-working Nuckols, who runs both the high and the low hurdles, high jumps, and pole vaults. Hardy's men were no match for V.P.I.'s very strong team and went down , 93 to 57. They triumphed over Hampden-Sydney the following week, 741/3 to 471/3 .
BETTER THAN FIGHTING IN THE MUD. That's the verdict of Dr. Rolph C. McDonel, chairman of the deportment of history and on infantry lieutenant in World War I, as he inspects a headpiece worn by a knight of old . With him is Leslie Cheek, Jr., director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (The knight at the right is all decked out and ready for war. Note the plume of peacock feathers rising from his helmet.)
MEN IN STEEL" By FRANCES BOUSHALL
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HE Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Richmond Area University Center are working hand in glove these days with the University of Richmond to the mutual satisfaction and admiration of all. Just recently, for instance, through the joint auspices of these two organizations, University of Richmond students, alumni and local citizenry had an outstanding lecturer from John Hopkins University. He was Sidney Painter, chairman of the history department, who spoke at the Museum in connection with the current exhibition of arms and armor. The display, first of its kind in the South, is entitled "Men in Steel" and traces the development of man's attempts to defend himself against the weapons he persists in inventing. Dr. Painter, who has a national reputation as an authority on mediaeval affairs, spoke on the political, economic and social significance of armor and the men who wore it. The exhibition itself indicates that although many of us think of armor as something belonging to the Middle Ages, it is as much a part of army ordnance today as it was in the days when chain mail and handsomely decorated steel plates were in vogue. A knight in shining armor seems a far cry indeed from a GI at the controls of a Sherman tank, but the principle is the same-will the armor fulfill its promise and withstand enemy action? Visitors to "Men in Steel" discovered that there are three ways of looking at armor. First, whether armor belongs to the Middle Ages or to the pilot flying a jet plane over Korea today, it should be viewed with an eye to its effectiveness. Olive drab flak suits and air corps helmets bear a striking resemblance to the breastplates and helmets developed by armorers of old seeking to improve the efficiency of their products and the comfort of their patrons. Some of the modern armor in this exhibition on loan from the Metropolitan Museum was developed by the Metropolitan staff from the early pieces, albeit the new materials are nylon and aluminum instead of hand beaten steel.
The display of weapons that ranges from crossbows to rifles and Luger pistols readily exp lains why the arrival of gunpowder temporarily relegated armor from battlefield to parade ground. As fire arms became more reliable, armor had to be heavier, until the day arrived when it was literally unbearable. The story goes that ground troops at one period were issued armor that covered their chests only- to discourage the men from turning their backs to the enemy . Armorers and gunsmiths soon engaged in a deadly battle. Patrons were apt to turn down a suit of armor if it wouldn't repel bullets, and, in turn, they refused to accept guns that wouldn't puncture the plate of their enemies. Testing for thickness became a vital step and many of the breastplates bear a dent indicating that the suit withstood the bullet. The test mark is often well decorated showing that the dent was no accident or battle scar. Secondly, armor must be examined with an eye to history. Experts claim that by studying the changing styles in armor a complete history of civilization can be determined. From the days of padded-hide jackets through chain mail and finally to the experimental body armor of World Wars I and II in the exhibition , the historian can determin e when gunpowder came into use, when armor left the battlefield to become the highly ornamental equipment produced by such design ers as Holbein, Raphael and Michael Angelo , and when man became so resourceful in making weapons that armor came back into use. Armor, incidentally, left the battlefield shortly after the arrival of gunpowder and did not return to combat until the first World War. A French general, disturbed by the large casualty list, was informed by a wounded soldier that he owed his life to the fact that he had put his metal mess bowl under his hat. Helmets were soon back in style and as every ex-GI knows , they are a vital part of every soldier 's government issue today. And thirdly, armor must be judged from the standpoint of artistic excellence, which, when all is said and done, is the reason army
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ordnance supplies are displayed in art museums. Special lighting techn iques were used at the Virginia Museum to point out the fact that armorers were not only necessary in equipping soldiers, they were also masterful craftsmen. Turning cold steel into a suit of armor or making a helmet from one piece of metal required not only remarkable technique and know-how in metalwork-but those suits of armor had to be a perfect fit, or the knight inside was all but immobile . The artistry of proportion and beautiful designs created by armorers of old and the latest modes that have been developed from their work are well worth a second look-one for their beauty and another to see that the armor of today is but a step forward in th e centuries-old history of men at war.
COSBYHEADSHARGRAVE The Rev. Joseph H. Cosby, pastor of the Branch 's Baptist Church in Richmond, has been named president of Hargrave Military Academy at Chatham, Va. He will succeed Col. A. H. Camden, ' 11 , who has reached the age of retirement. Mr. Cosby will assume his duties on August first. A native of Hampton , Va. he was educated at Fork Union Military Academy and following graduation at the University he attended the University of Virginia where he received a master 's degree, and the Southern Bapti st Theological Seminary where he received the bachelor of theology degre e. While an undergraduate he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He served as pastor of a number of church es in Virginia prior to World War II, when he enter ed the chaplain cy of the United States Army where he served mor e than three years. He is a member of th e Virginia Baptist Board of Missions and Education. The assistant to President Cosby will be Captain Vernon T. Lankford, '42 , who has been a member of the staff since 1948. He holds a master's degree from Columbia University and is a member of Phi Beta K appa.
THE OUTSTANDING PLAYER OF THE AFTERNOON, John Gavlick (right), wearing white jersey 71, demonstrates the aggressive type of play that won him the spectators ' votes as the Spiders' best performer as he prepares to tackle halfback Bill Farris, wearing blue jersey 41, in the University of Richmond's spring intrasquad game. Gavlick was awarded a suit on the basis of the voting. Farris was third in balloting.
FOOTBALLPROSPECTS BRIGHT By GEORGE D. TAYLOR, '51
Merrick's Men Look Good in Spring Drills; Team Should Be Improved Next Fall
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F hard work, n ew players, miles of travel , and one of the most promising of spring practices mean anything, Ed Merrick will field a vastly improved University of Richmond football team next fall. Merrick , who completed four hard weeks of intensive drills with a colorful and spirited intrasquad game, is pleased with the progress and improvement made by the Spiders but is aware of the work to be done before next fall. The former All-Southern center has added several promising players since corning back to Alma Mater in early January when he immediately started laying the groundwork for a rebuilding of team, spirit, and system of play. Since the completion of drills Merrick has contacted many more high school and prep stars with marked success.
Whenever possible, Merrick hits the road, always seeking new talent and , with the help of his new line coach, Boyd Williams (University of Syracuse, '43), and backfield coach Louis "Weenie" Miller, '46, is confident next fall the Spiders will be a team of which "the alumni, the people of Richmond, and the students will be proud ." The colorful intrasquad game , witnessed by 3,500 townspeople and students, justified Coach Merrick's confidence. The game was sponsored by the Richmond Sportsmen 's Club , and all proceeds from admissions went to that group 's summer baseball fund . Merrick divided his squad into two teams for the contest, the "Red" team coached by Coach Miller, and the "Blue" team masterminded by Coach Williams. Miller 's squad
1951 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. Sept. Oct . . Oct. Oct. Oct.
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Randolph-Macon V.M.I. Wake Forest West Virginia Davidson William and Mary (Homecoming) Boston College Stetson V.P.I. Washington and Lee George Washington
City Stadium City Stadium Wake Forest, N. C. Morgantown, W . Va. City Stadium City Stadium Boston, Mass. Deland, Florida Blacksburg, Va. City Stadium Alexandria
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were victors, 19-13. The scrimrnage'had all the trappings of a real fall game, with both teams in snappy, colorful uniforms . There was a parade of student-decorated floats, the stands were decorated, and the popular University of Richmond band made music. On the east side of the field the Westhampton cheerleaders led the partisans of the Red team while the male cheerleaders on the west side "whooped it up" for the Blues. All the rules of a regular game were applied by Southern Conference officials. The drills and the scrimmage proved several things to Merrick. The new men , some of them February matriculates and some of them last year's freshmen, will have a great deal to do with the football fortunes of the University of Richmond next year. Merrick feels sure they can handle the job. Especially is he impressed with the defensive work shown by six-foot John Gavlick , 185-pound center from Scranton, Pennsylvania. To Merrick, who was twice an all-State performer , an all-Southern center and captain of the 1939 Spiders, this lad is the center that will make alumni forget that "a guy named Merrick ever played football for the University of Richmond." Gavlick's superior linebacking in the scrimmage helped his Red teammates to victory, earned him the spectators' votes as the best player of the afternoon , and also a more tangible award - a suit by Rockingham. Other new men that impressed the coaching staff were Corky Johns, who was an allState military performer under Merrick when the ex-Spider star was coach at FUMA , and Glen Krurnel, of Hopewell, a freshman who entered in February. Johns runs from the (Continued on page 28)
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1886The Rev. W. Thorburn recovering from injuries automobile accident. Mr . Montrose Heights Baptist
Clark of Richmond is received recently in an Clark is pastor of the Church .
1888Dr. W. H . Baylor of Baltimore has recently written a brochure entitled My 85 Y ears-Our 55 Years which summarizes hi s long and active career as a Baptist minister. He has served a numb er of pastorates in Virginia and other states and was executive secretary of the Maryland Baptist Convention until his retirement. During his undergraduate days he taught a Sunday School class at the Virginia State Penitentiary. He writes that "those of us w ho have joined th e hon orab le group of the retired have simply steppe d aside to be recapped - we are merely having the old machine H!-tired!"
1899Judge Edwin 0. Lewis is associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pa.
1901The Rev. D r. T. Ryland Sanford of Village, Va., has comp leted his work as supply pastor of the Village Baptist Field. Dr. Sanford officially retired in October after serving for fifty years as a minister. One of his churches presented him with a bouquet of red roses- one for each preaching "year- and anot her dedicated a new Hammond organ in his honor.
1906G. Edmond Massie, one of Richmond's members of the Virginia H ouse of D elegates, is giving "serious consideration" to offering for one of Richmond's seats in the State Senate. Mr. Ma ssie has served in the Lower H ouse since 1944.
1907The Rev. Lemuel C. Quarles of Richmond has retired from the Baptist ministry. For forty years he served as a missionary of the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board in Uruguay and Argentina.
1909The Rev. W. M. Thompson of Lynchburg bas moved to Eagles Eyrie "where the altitude is 1,200 feet. "
1911Prof. E. W. Sydnor will move to Petersburg in the near futur e following his retirement as bead of the English Department at Carson-Newman College . Mr. Sydnor has been a member of the facult y there for more than tw enty-five years.
R. E. GAINES Dr. R. E. Gaines, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University , was recentl y honor ed by the Baptist Couri er, State Baptist periodical of South Carolina. He is recognized not only as a teacher of mathemati cs but also as an outstand ing layman in the South ern Baptist Convention . H e taught Bible classes at th e Uni versity befor e th e D epartment of Religion was established and h as pr eached th roug hout th e state in large city chu rches and small ru ral ones as well . T he Co11rier closes with "this state and denomination may well be pro ud of th e services of thi s great and good man ." T he Rev. D r. J. Elwoo d Wels h, ' 12, of Colum bia, S. C. was the author of the tri bute .
CONNECTICUT'S NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP. The February cover of the Connecticut Churchman appropriately carried the picture of the Rt. Rev. Walter H. Gray, newly installed Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, and Mrs. Gray at their home in Hartford . Mrs. Gray is the former Virginia Stuart Hutchinson of Germantown , Pa., a graduate of Westover School in Middlebury, Conn.
RIGHT REV. WALTER H. GRAY NEW BISHOP OF CONNECTICUT The new Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut is the Right Rev. Walter H. Gray, '25, who was installed in January at a ceremony in the Nativity Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford. In his first public service following his installation, Bishop Gray said the greatest weakness of Christianity today is that "too often our religion has 'gone soft.' " This decay, he added, is manifested in the declining emphasis on definite theological teaching about the nature of God, the nature of man , "and the nature of the world in which we live. " Walter Gray was a student in the University of Richmond Law School- a brilliant law student - when he decided to enter the Christian rninistery. He had completed two years of his law course, had won an important law priz e, and had already passed the State bar. He enrolled in Virginia Episcopal Th eological Seminary from whi ch he received hi s bachelor of divini ty degree in 1928. H e has since received honorary doctor of divinit y degrees fr om Berkeley Di vinity School , Vir ginia
1912Dr. Sterling S. Cook bas been promoted to the rank of rear admira l in the U. S. Navy . A native of LaCrosse, V a., be has been in the Navy for 34 years . He was commissioned a lieutena nt ( junior grade) in 1917 immed iately after bis graduation from the Medica l College of Virginia. From 1933 until 1936 he served as chief of the division of
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Episcopal Theological Seminary, and Trinity College at Hartford. His first charge was as assistant rector at St. John's church in Hartford. He became dean and rector of the Nativity Pro-Cathedral in Bethlehem. He was in this post until 1936 when he returned to Connecticut as dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford. Here he served until his election as Suffragan Bishop in 1940. He became Bishop Coadjutor of Connecticut in 1945. Bishop Gray's honors within the Chur cb. and in church-related activities have been many. He is pr esident of th e Berkeley Divinity School at New Hav en, of St. Margar et' s School for Girls at Waterbury, the Episcopal Academy of Conn ecticut , among others. He is editor of th e Pan -All gi ican, contributin g editor and tru stee of T he S out hern Chttr rh man, and a member of th e board of editor s of th e A 11glicaJ/ Theologi cal R eview . H e is autho r of several books and a numb er of maga zine articles an d p oems.
prevent ive medicine and stud ied at Johns H opkins University fo r the degree of doctor of public hea lth. He was the first Navy doctor to receive that degree. During World W'ar II Admiral Cook was district medical officer of the Tenth Nava l District and medica l officer in command of Fleet Hospital 105 in New Caledonia . For his outstanding service:
He has served in the Senate since 1942 with the exception of two years and was chairman of the State Tax Commission which presented numerous recommendations to the 1950 General Assembly.
1924E. Ralph James, Hampton attorney, has• announced that he will be a cand idate for the Virginia Hou se of Delegates in the August primary. Mr. James has practiced Jaw in Hampton since 1926.
1925The Rev. William R. Pankey bas resigned as pastor of the Westhampton Baptist Church. He is serving as interim pastor of the Venable Street Baptist Church and is teaching in the Richmond public schoo ls. The Rev. Erw in H. Puryear continues to serve as pastor of the Lee Street Baptist Church in Danville, Va. He was instrumental in founding the Avon Park Chi ldren's Committee to help delinquent chi ldren.
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SALUTE. When the soldiers at Camp Pickett decided to salute the educational institutions and communities in their area with a series of radio programs, they selected the University of Richmond for recognition in their first broadcast. At the WRNL microphone are Captain Edwin Kalbfleish, Jr., public information officer at Pickett, and Dean of Students C. J. Gray, '33.
he was awarded the Legion of Merit. At the present time he is senior medical officer of the Navy's largest training center at San Diego, Calif., and fleet medical officer on the staff of the commander of the Seventh Fleet. F. Earl Lutz has written Richmond in 117orld ]Par II which has just been published by the Dietz Press in Richmond.
1913John J. Wicker, Jr., of Richmond is serving as chairman of the Virginia World War II Memorial Commission . The $1,000,000 building when completed will include a "shrine of memory," an indoor auditorium, and space for various State and veterans' organizations offices. Dr. Frank C. Riley has become pastor of the
Salem Baptist Church at Fredericksburg, Va. For twenty years he had served as pastor of the First Baptist Church at South Boston. In addition to serving as rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Jacksonville, Fla., Dr. L. V. Lee has painted landscapes for many years. His paintings have been exhibited at the Dallas Allied Arts, and at the Sartor Galleries.
1915W. A. Walton of Disputanta, Va., is comp leting thirty-two years as principal of the local high school. In addition to these duties he is candidate for a second term in the Virginia House of Delegates from the counties of Prince George and Surry and the city of Hopewell.
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EARLEWHITE LAUDEDFOR HOSPITALPROJECT The efforts of William Earle White, '1 7, in behalf of the new hospital for Petersburg were publicly recognized at a banquet in his honor given by the Fort Lee-Richmond Chapter No. 72 of the National Sojourners. He was presented a scroll in recognition of the excellen ce of his successful work as chairman of the Petersburg Hospital Association in making possible the hospital which will cost more than $3,000,000. The program prominently featured two other University of Richmond alumni. David Nelson Sutton, '15, of West Point, Va., who was a member of the U. S. staff of prosecuting attorneys for the War Crimes Trials, was the principal speaker. Lt. Col. George M. Percival, '15, of Fort Lee was installed as president of the Chapter.
The Rev. Henry 0. Wyatt is pastor of the Ardmore Baptist Church in Ardmore, Pa. Dr. John H. Garber celebrated his twentyseventh anniversary as pastor of the Hampton (Va.) Baptist Church on February 11. He is dean of Baptist ministers in the Peninsula Association.
1917President Morgan L. Combs of Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, left New York City on March 20 for a six weeks' tour of Europe and North Africa. A colleg e announcement said the tour ·would be a combinat ion vacation and business trip.
1918Dr. A. W. Richeson, professor of Mathematics at Johns Hopkins, is engaged in tracing the historical development of civil engineer ing in England. He is the aut hor of a mathematics text and has written a number of scientific papers.
1921Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Ruffin of Richmond left on February 25 for a twe lve-day cruise to the Net herland s West Indies, Venezuela, and Colombia. State Senator Garland Gray of Waverly, Va ., has announced that he will seek re-elect ion in 1952.
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Thomas A. McNickle of Birmingham, Ala., is a supervisor with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. The Rev. Harvey L. Bryant, pastor of the Cradock (Va.) Baptist Church, has been elected moderator of the Portsmouth Association. The association consists of fifty-two churches in Norfolk and Portsmouth. The Rev. David F. White of Richmond is pastor of the newly organized Monument Heights Baptist Church. Dr. T. Eugene \l(/ est of Boston, Mass., is president of the Greater Boston Baptist Ministers' Conference and is State chairman for Church Music and Religious Drama. He has introduced a unique addition to his evening worship service at the Dudley Street Baptist Church. Each week he "a lerts" a serviceman by letter and has him call the church office collect and his parents wait in the church office for the call. Then the congregation is told about the call. Thus far there have been "alerts" to eight states.
1928Lewis G. Chewning of Richmond has purchased the A. S. Kratz Co., Inc. , manufacturers of folding paper boxes, and will serve as president. The territorl of the company extends to all sections of the country. Col. William C. Bentley, U.S.A.F ., has been awarded a silver cigarette case a,nd the EUCOM Scholastic Achievement Meda l for outstanding scholarship during the 1949-50 school year at the Un iver sity of Maryland. The Rev. William S. Norman of Ashland, N.
JUDGE JOHN D. HOOKER John D. Hooker, '30, · former mayor of Stuart, Va., and commonwea lth 's attorney for Patrick County, has been appointed to the judgeship of the Seventh Judicial Circuit by Governor Battle. The circuit includes the counties of Pittsylvania, Henry, and Patrick and the city of Martinsville. Judge Hooker received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1933 and entered into law practice with his father. In 1935 he became the first trial justice for Patrick County, a position he held until 1947 when he was appointed commonwealth's attorney. He is a veteran of World War II, having served in the Office of Naval Int ellience, and holds the American Theatre and Victory ribbons.
H., is a trustee of the New Hampshire Baptist State Convention. He writes that during the past two years the First Baptist Church has received 149 new members.
1930Carleton E. Combs, director of the bureau of operator and chauffeur licenses of the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, is one of twenty-five officials selected throughout the United States to receive a tuition scholarship at the Traffic Institute of Northwestern University. He has been with the division for twenty-one years. Clarke W. Powell continues to serve as office manager of the Rose and Lafoon Co., Realtors, in Richmond.
1931Virginia State Treasurer Jesse Dillon dedicated the eight-and-a-half-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty in Chimborazo Park on February 11. The Rev. Paul J. Forsythe is assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church in Richmond. He serves as pastor of the Sunset Hills Baptist Church which was begun recently by the First Church. Bruce A. Morrissette, associate professor of Romance Languages at Washington U niversity in St. Louis, has been granted a leave of absence this semester to do research in Europe . He will study at the British Museum in London, and at La Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. He has been a member of the University's staff since 1938.
1932Dr. Carl Meador of Richmond has become president of the Richmond Academy of General Practice. He is also a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia and served his internship at the Retreat for the Sick.
1933George H. Kerr is now at the Hoover Institute & Library at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. He holds degrees from Rollins, and the University of Hawaii and attended the graduate school of Columbia University. At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Bodeker Drug Company in Richmond, E. Elwood Ford, ' 27, and R. Milton Hobson were elected to the board. Mr. Ford serves as treasurer of the company , and Mr. Hobson is secretary and credit manager.
1934Engaged: James W. Stone of Richmond and Miss Marie Morris Pearce of South Hill, Va. The wedding will take place this spring.
1935Edward C. Meredith of the Waterways Experiment Station at Vicksburg, Miss., has made a series of engineeri ng studies concerning the design of flexible pavements for airfields, and the development of asphalt for riverbank paving. A report on the latt er study is being published. F. Aubrey Frayser of Columbus, Ohio, is district manager for the Lederle Laboratories Division, American Cyanamid Company of New York City. The Rev. Gary A. Bousman of Buffalo, N. Y., has been awarded an honor medal by the Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa. The award was given for his sermon, "Paradoxes of Freedom" preached in the Plymouth Congregational Church on October 29th. Engaged: John G. Worsham and Miss Margaret Rue Curry of Richmond. The wedding will take place in the summer.
1937Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M . Dabney of Tunstall, Virginia, a daughter, Christine Beal, on March 11. Captain Bernard A. Gilman is now stationed at Camp Edwards, Mass., on Cape Cod. On March 4 the Rev. Cecil C. Anderson celebrated his tenth anniversary as pastor of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Richmond. During his ministry the membership has tripled, the sanctuary has been remodeled, and the first addition to the
WOODWARD HONORED "FOR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE MARITIME INDUSTRY," J. B. Woodward, Jr., '07, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, was presented the Marine News citation at a recent ceremony in the Corporation Court Room of Newport News. The presentation was made by Vice-Admiral E. L. Cochrane (right), United States
Maritime Administrator. He was praised not only as president of "one of the world's greatest shipbuilding organizations" but he was also lauded for his "spiritual attainment and human vision" and for his "enviable facility in the field of labor relations." Mr. Woodward is a member of the board of trustees of the University.
PEACEMUST FIND A HOME IN THE HEARTS OF MEN-Robertson "Peace will . . . continue to escape the chancellori es of the world until it finds a home in the hearts of men." That's what Senator A. Willis Robertson, '07, told a small group of senators who each Wednesday gather in the Senate dining room for prayer and worship. "They try to keep this meeting secret between themselves and their maker," Drew Pearson writes from Washington, "and the words they speak are more poignant and straight-from-the heart than their speeches on the Senate floor." "A cynic has described the Old Testament as being a history of wars wrapped up in a prayer for peace," Senator Robertson told the little band of worshipers. Then he eutlined the wars that have raged over tiny Palestine, the cradle of Christianity. Then he added: "History teaches and science confirms that human nature in all races and in all ages has been very much the same, with a percentage of good people and a percentage of evil ones. History likewise teaches us that no nation has ever achieved lasting peace by superiority of arms. . .. 'The Jews of the first century wanted and expected a Messiah who would by force release them from bondage .
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" In the present emergency democratic nations may be able to assemble sufficient force to defeat the Communists on the battlefield. But such a victory would not settle the fundamental conflict between truth and error, between good and evil. "Peace will, in my humble opinion, continue to escape the chancellories of the world until it finds a home in the hearts of men. " In recent weeks Virginia's junior senator made a great deal of news on the national front. Courageously he proposed a tax which he said would yield some $8 billion to $9 billion. He wanted to raise taxes on individuals, corporations, and on certain goods, including whiskey. He said the tax hike was necessary to combat inflation. In another field Mr. Robertson was prominently identified as among 23 members of Congress who requested President Truman to seek world disarmament through the United Nations. Among other things, these legislators urged a United Nations police force which would be "superior in size and armament to any forces available to the member nations for maintenance of civil order ."
CLAIBORNE ROBINS CHOSEN TO U. OF R. BOARD Another prominent alumnus, E. Claiborne Robins, '31, has been added to the University of Richmond board of trustees. Mr. Robins, who is president of A. H . Robins Company, pharmaceutical manufacturing company, is first vice-president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. (University President George M. Modlin is president of the Chamber.) Mr. Robins is president-elect of the Alumni Association of the Medical College of Virginia, a member of the board of directors of the Richmond Rotary Club, and a member of the board of the Central National Bank. He is an active layman in the River Road Baptist Church of Richmond. Another newcomer to the University's board of trustees is Dr. Wade H. Bryant, pastor of First Baptist Church of Roanoke and president of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. He is a Clemson alumnus.
educationa l building has been comp leted. Alfred J. Dickinson of Richmond has been appointed co-ordinator for the Richm ond-P etersburgHopewell Regional D efense Council. Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Todd of Falls Church, Va. , a daughter, Joanne Peterson, on October 23, 1950. H any A. Young is a teacher of chemistry and Guidance Counse lor at the Atlantic City (N. J.) High School. H e also serves as chief chemist for the J. S. Ballantine Company.
1938The Beaver Dam Baptist Church at Franklin, Va., recently burned the last of the notes of indebtedness on the church parsonage. The Rev . Edwin C. Thornton, Jr., is pastor . Edwin L. Levy, Jr., continues to serve as president and treasurer of the Old Dominion Press, Jnc. of Richmond. Captain Donald E. Trump is with the 712th Transportation Railway Operations Battalion in Korea.
1939Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Corbin B. White of Norfolk , Va., a son, Corbin B., Jr. A. Roswell Bowers is office manager of Burdine 's, Inc. , of Miami, Fla. Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred P. Lawless of Nashvi lle, Tenn. , a daughter, Margaret Parrish, November 27, 1950.
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STANDARD OIL HONORS MEDICAL DIRECTOR WOODY Dr. Mclver Woody, 'OS, medical director of Esso Standard Oil Company, has recently been honored upon his retirement after 29 years with the company and its affiliates. Dr. Woody joined the company in 1922 and had been active in the development of Esso's industrial medicine program. While an undergraduate at Richmond, the Louisville, Kentucky, native was a member of Mu Sigma Rho literary society, and won the
Crump Math prize in 1904. He was later elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has since served as president of the University of Richmond Alumni Chapter. He was graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1907 and took his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in 1912. He returned to Harvard as a teaching Fellow following internships in Boston and Providence, R. I. After service with the U. S. Medical Corps attached to the Surgeon General's office in Washington, D. C., he was appointed Dean and Professor of Surgery at the University of Tennessee and later at Baylor University in Texas. Following an association with Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing Company, Dr. Woody joined the Bayway Refinery of Esso as plant physician. He was then made assistant to the medical director of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey). He became head of the medical department in 1933 and was appointed its medical director in 1946. Dr. Woody originated a popular series of articles entitled "Dr. Hardy" which appeared in the company magazine, discussing in lay langua ge good health practices and new medical achievements for the benefit of employees. Former chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee of the American Petroleum Institute, he is a Fellow and member of several medical and scientific societies. Dr. Woody makes his home at 19 Pingry Place, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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Born: To Mr. and Mrs. T. Stanford Tutwiler of Plainfield, N. J., a daughter, Jessie Romaine, on February 14. Born: To Mr. and Mr s. Carlson R. Thomas of Athens, Ohio , a son, George Newman, on March 2. Married: Dr. Milton Ende and Miss Helen Jrene Magid , both of Petersburg. The wedding took place on March 4 at the Hotel Petersburg. After a trip to Canada and New England the coupl e will make their home in Petersburg . William T. Bareford of Saluda, Va., has been called into the Army and at present is a sergeant at Ft. Monmouth , N. J. He holds a reserve commission of second lieutenant and expects to be called to active duty as an officer. He previously practiced Jaw with his brother John M . Bareford in Saluda. Captain Stuart Hoskins is stationed at Fort Eustis, Va ., as athlet ic director. Dr. David D. Dexter of West Hempstead, N. Y., is kept busy with his medical practice. He has had offers of teaching positions in some of the state medical schools but has not yet been ab le to accept them because of limit ed time . He announces the birth of a daughter, Dallas Lee, on November 30th. Lt. Col. Arnold Watts , Medical Corps, U.S.A . (Reserve) is a specialist in A-bomb protection techniques. He has made a number of speeches throughout the nation as to the training of medical teams and the need for community responsibility for immediate action. Dr. Robert H . Fennell continues to teach in the Medical School of the University of Tennesse e. Jn add ition to his teaching duties he continues his work in research .
1941Aubrey S. Williams, Jr. of Richmond continues to serve as assistant title officer for the Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. He also serves as first vice-president of the Richmond Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Alumni Association. Born: To Mr. and Mrs . James H. Donohue, JII, of Richmond , a daughter, Julia Ann, on December 19, 1950 . The Richmond Chapter of the American Red Cross selected G. Edmond Massie, IIJ as chairman of the 1951 fund drive in Henrico County. Mr. Massie is assistant treasurer of Garrett & Massie, Inc., and is second vice-president of the Henrico Red Cross chapter in addition to servi ng as chairman of disaster for the chapter.
1942Melvin D. Burgess is an accountant for the Biggs Antique Company in Richmond. R. Braxton Hill , Jr. of Norfolk has been admitted as a partner of Waller & Woodhouse, Certified Public Accountants. Born: To Mr. and Mrs . T. Haro ld McVay , Jr., of Manteo , N. C., a son, T. Harold , III, on October 21, 1950. f Born: To Mr. and Mrs. William D. Oldham o Nashville, Tenn., a son, William, Jr., on June 8,
CRIMINALSARE MENTAL CASESSAYSS. S. AGENT NORWOOD GREENE By JEANNE R. SCHILLER
ing ring in this country. Greene, in tracking him down, had finally to visit the U. S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania to get nine pages of testimony from a printer serv1943ing a term there, which convicted Lustig to Warren M. Pace of Richmond has been named fifteen years at Alcatraz. Several years later, a director of the Guardian Life Insuranc e ComLustig 's brother, Emil, was found living pany of America . He is an agency assistant for the under an assumed name in a hotel in company. Camden, New Jersey, busily printing his own The Rev. 0. Edwyn Luttrell has resigned as pastor of the Main Street Baptist Church_ in Emmoney. A maid in the hotel peeked through poria, Va. , to accept the pastorate of the Fust Bapthe keyhole of an adjoining room to satisfy tist Chur ch, Baltimore, Md. . her curiosity and reported him. When Emil Ralph K. Pickels is a student in the _S~hool of was convicted, he cursed the day he left New D ent istry at the Medical College of Vugu :ua. William A . MacKenzie, Jr. of Lomsv1lle, Ky., York to take up residence in Camden, because has been admitted as a partner in the Louisville in New York hotel rooms "there were no law firm of Skaggs, Hays and Fahey . keyholes!" The Rev. F. W. Haberer has resigned as pastor of the Alpha Baptist Church in Detroit._ He has Greene was selected in July, 1942, as one been called into active service as a chaplarn rn the of the six Secret Service agents from the United States Army with the rank of captain. whole country to guard Queen Wilhelmina, The Virginia State Board of Accountancy anCrown Princess Juliana, her children and the nounced in January that among those who successcourt attendants on a visit to this country. fully passed the board examinations last November, Charles J. Gambill, Jr. , received the high_est One day during a military review when the grade of any of those who took the examrnat10n Queen was to greet some Dutch fliers, the for the first time. He has been recommend~d for U. S. Military Band struck up "The Old Gray the medal of the Virginia Society of Public AcMare Ain't What She Used to Be," which countants. "Sure I've been shot at, once or twice, but provoked a burst of spontaneous laughter Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Haden of Newport, Del. , a son, Keith Wightman. so have ;oldiers and they don't talk about it." from the onlookers . Her Majesty joined in Thus, Norwood Greene , '27, special agent in good-naturedly as soon as the song was ex1944charge, U. S. Secret Service, District of Vir - plained to her. Edwin P. Dabney of Richmond is associated ginia, speaks of his work. ~odest, unassumwith the Stone and Webster Engineering CorporaGreene will have served twenty years this tion . ing, soft-spoken, and preCise, Greene looks year and is up for retirement. "It's not for me like one imagines an S. S. man ought to look. -t his retirement business. I like the work 1945Medium height, medium coloring, no scars, too much ." His wife's feelings on the subProf. Kenneth L. Smith is teaching at Crozer moles or moustache; not fat, not thin and not ject? "She's liked it for the twenty-four years Theological Seminary, Chester, Pa., in the department of Social Ethiq. given to bold patterns in neckties. His gray we've been married and she doesn't care for The Semino le Choral Society of Sanford, Fla., hair, white teeth and very blue eyes are the my retiring either." Before he came back to presented "The Messiah," by Handel , on Palm only spots of color_about _the man. You get Richmond , his hobby was scouting for the Sunday. Roger L. Harris was director of the group the feeling almost immediately that he could University of Richmond football squad in the of fifty persons who had worked on the producbe a warm and genuine friend and at the Pennsylvania and New Jersey areas where he same moment you can see his eyes turning to was stationed. Since returning, he devotes pieces of blue agate and you know he would most of his spare time to "ti nkering around" MISSOURI'S SKIPPERRETURNS make a tough , cold enemy. ¡ at his country home, "Greene Oaks," about Born in Amelia, Virginia, fifty-five years nine miles outside of town. The Greenes have HOME ago, Greene attended University of Richmond Home again after spectacular service ~s in 1924 and 1925 and studied Physical Edu- no children. "Just Penny, our dog." "As a result of my twenty years in law enskipper of the battleship M issourz, Capta111 cation at the Graduate School of New York Irving T. Duke, '22, has been transferred to University . He was teaching p~ysical educa- for cement work," and now the eyes were hard and distant , "I have come to the conclusion the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren. tion at Washington and Lee High School 111 The "routine transfer" was made, the Navy Arlington , when "the urge to j_ointhe_Secret that confirmed criminals are mental cases. said, to permit him to give his superior talents Service became so big, and patience with the Most of the criminals are eighth graders, and to important ordnance problems. An ord- students so small," that he threw in the the percentage of college men among the in mates of the penitentiaries is less than half of nance expert, Captain Duke was attached dur- sponge and applied for the training program one percent." The eyes got warm and inte nse. ing 1948 and 1949 to a special weapo?s proJ- ¡ offered by the Department. "There ought to be something for educators ect in Washington. The Dahlgren 111stallaTracking down counterfeit money and in all of that. " tion is used to test naval ordnance. counterfeiters, detecting forgers and protectCaptain Duke , who took over the Mi ssouri ing the President , Greene has had his share Heaven alone knows what one expects after in April, three months after she had run of excitement in all the phases of Secret reading a lot of Mata Bari stories and listenaground in Chesapeake Bar, restored the Service work. The Lustig brothers provided ing to David Harding, Counterspy-but to ship's good name as a fi~ht111gcraft. The him with his "most outstanding " case. Count dial a local phone number and hear a matter Missouri actively engaged 111the Korean War Victor Lustig , back in 1934, was a famo~s of fact voice say "He llo, this is the Secret and shelled important Communist coastal in- international crook and head of a counterfeitService," is certain ly not it! stallations. 1950.
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Mr. and Mrs . Robert M. Hathaway of Richmond announce the arrival of a son, Richard Gardner , on the 26th of February.
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Engaged: Victor Skorapa , Jr. of Richmond and Dr. Mary E. Zumbrunnen of Parkersburg, W . Va. The wedding will take place in June. Mr. Skorapa is attending the Medical College of Virginia . Born: To Mr. and Mrs . H. Georg e Longaker , Jr., of Richmond, a daughter , Lucille Wilson, on Octob er 2.
1948Engaged: Robert L. Gibson and Miss Marg11ret Al ice Williamson, both of Winston-Salem , N. C. The wedding will take p lace on June 15. The Rev . Herman V. Fleming of Richmond is pastor of the Salem Baptist Church in Chesterfield County and visual aids representative for the Baptist Book Store. Recalled to active duty, William Byrd Pond is a lieutenant, jg, in the U. S. Navy. J. Earl e Dunford , Jr . of Washington, D. C., is assistant editor of Busine ss Acti on, a week ly publication of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. He will also perform duties in the fields of publicity , promotion, and pub lic relations for the chamber. F. Lawson Pankey of Louisville , Ky. is president of the Senior Class a.t the Sout,hern Baptist Theological Seminary. The last week in March he was the visiting minister for revival services at the Maymont Chapel of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Richmond. Born.: To Mr_ and Mrs. Joseph H. Holleman, Jr. , of Surry , Va ., a daughter, Susan, on February 8th.
1949RALEIGH'SMAN OF THE YEAR is Willia m M. Hinna nt, '48, (left), shown receiving the Junior Chamber of Commerce's award from Mayor P. D. Snipes of that city.
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William Hinnant, '48, has been named the "Outstanding Young Man of 1950" in Raleigh, North Carolina. In recognition of his community service, leadership, character, and affiliation with a number of community improvement programs, Hinnant was presented with the annual Distinguished Service A ward of the Raleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce. One of his most prominent contributions in the field of community service was in connection with midget baseball and football as significant deterrents to juvenile delinquency. He was active in the many civic activities of the Jaycees, including the "Operation Economy," whi ch was a nationwide effort to inform the public and get favorable considera-
tion in Congress of Hoover Commission recommendations. The 33-year-old insurance man participated in the Goodfellows Campaign, the March of Dimes and the YMCA drive of 1950. His recognition was hailed editorially by the Raleigh Times. A native Carolinian, Bill was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a senator from the senior class in student government, and president o.f the Harlequin Club before receiving his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Richmond. He was vice-president of the Management Club, president of Kappa Sigma fraternity, and a member of the Interfraternity Council. He has five years army service.
tion since October. The Sanfo rd H erald described it as "The most outstanding musi cal affair ever to be heard in Seminole County. "
Dr. Herbert R. Boyd is in th e U. S. Army Dental Corps and is stationed at Fort Lee, Va. Engaged: Edward M. Klein of Bridgeport, Conn. , and Miss Suzanne Hutzler of Richmond . The wedding will take place in the Spring.
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Born: To Rev. and Mrs . J. Ralph Shotwell of Paterson , N. J., a daughter, Donna Lynn , on Febru ary 11. The Rev. Paul W . Strickland has accepted the position of Chaplain at the Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. It is the oldest Baptist Hospital in the world. At the present time he is serving as a th eological intern at the North Carolina Baptist Ho spital. Dr. Rufus S. Gardner, Jr. is attending Baylor U niversity in Dallas , Texas, where he is specializing in the field of Internal Medicine. He will return to the Medical College of Virginia on July first as resident in Internal Medicine. Phillip D. W eaver of Chevy Chase , Md., has been called into active service as a first lieutenant in the Air Force.
1947Married: Lieut. Henry P. T. Corley of Midlothian , Va., and Miss Phyllis Nadine Hurst. The wedding took plac e in Enid, Okla., on February 3rd. Born: To Mr. and Mrs. John R. Burton, a son, John R., Jr., on November 28, at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. Mr. Burton is a student in the School of Dentistry at M.C.V. Angelo I. Portela of Puerto Rico was among twenty-two students tapped into Sigma Zeta Fraternity at the Medical College of Virginia. The fraternity honors scholarship in the fields of science and is comprised of students from the dental, medical , and nursing schools at the institution. Mr. Portela is in the School of Medicine.
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J. A. Jennings . of Richmond was recent ly promoted to, the position of assistant cashier at the State-P lanters Bank and Trust Company. James A. Moncure of Richmond has been called into active service and is present ly stationed at the U. S. Army Hospital, Camp Pickett, Va. James B. Robinson is in Savannah, Ga ., where he is a salesman for the Richmond Dry Goods Co. In January Robert G. Gibson was promoted to specia l agent for Aetna Insurance Group for the state of Mississippi. He is Jiving in Jackson. Nicholas A. Spinella is engaged in the practice of law with Rooke and Merhige in Richmond. Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Italo Ferramosca of Richmond , a son, Timothy Lee, on March 6th. Basil Morri ssett is with the International Busi ness Machine Company in Richmond. Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Tucker of Richmond, a son , Ross Edward, on March 24th. Married: John Stanton Pierce, Jr. and M iss Joyce Gibson Betts, both of Richmond. The wedding
O DK ELECTSDR. TUCKER Achievements for Alma Mater since he left her academic halls have won for Dr. James T. Tu cker, ' 23, Richmond orthopedic surgeon, the key of Omicron Delta Kappa. Dr. Tucker, who is president of the University's Athletic Council, is actively engaged in the program to improve the calibre of football. In addition to his practice of orthopedic surgery, Dr. Tucker serves as associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the Medical College of Virginia, at which he received his professional degree in 1927. He also did graduate work at Harvard. A veteran of both world wars, Dr. Tucker is a retired lieutenant commander in the Navy 's Medical Corps and served on the Selective Service Medical Adv isory Board from 1941 to 194S.
HANK TRIMMER LEADSRELIGIOUS EMPHASISWEEK
TRUSTEES NAME MOORE AS UNIVERSITYRECTOR
Dr. J. Maurice (Hank) Trimmer, '27, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church at Huntington, W. Va., former football star at the University, told students about the "Game on God's Gridiron" when he conducted the annual Religious Emphasis Week exercises in February. That was the subject of the first of five daily addresses, all of which centered around the general theme: "L ife At Its Best." Both the daily convocations and the three nightly forums were widely attended by the students.
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took place in February. The couple will live in Atlanta w here Mr. Pierce is a graduate student in physica l chemistry. George W. Bowman, III , is a student at the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond and is pastor of the Lakeside Baptist Church. Claude G. Thomas announces the opening of Claude G . Thomas & Co., in Richmond . The company wi ll specia lize in mutual investment funds. The Rev. W . Coley Costin has accepted the pastorate of the Amelia Baptist Church at Amelia Courthouse, Va. Mr. Costin is a student at the U nion Theological Seminary. Engaged: Sattler Burns Anderson and Miss Margaret Helms Alexander, both of Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Tucker of Richmond an nounce the birth of a son, Ross Edward Tucker.
1950Married: Darrell Kay Gilliam of Danville, W . Va., and Miss Nancy Evelyn Giannotti of Rich-
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Representative Watkins Abbitt of the Fourth Virginia Congressional district has suggested a survey to see if a number of military personnel cannot be relieved from "housekeeping" duties in order to release the physically fit for active duty. Representative Abbitt, who received his law degree from T. C. Williams in 1931 , made his suggestion in a letter to Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall. The Appomattox native said he had heard unofficially that the military has more personnel in the Pentagon today than at the height of World War II. In an interview carried by the Associated Press, he suggested that greater economy of military manpower might be achieved if more civilians and limit ed service personnel were used in office jobs. In his letter he suggested a "searching survey" by the Defense Department into all phases of this matter. He urged filling the jobs of the physically fit and trained personnel being used in the Pentagon as chauffeurs, office workers, and handy men by women or men not physically qualified for full military duties.
The new rector of the University of Richmond is T. Justin Moore, 'OS, well-known Richmond attorney and an active alumnus of the University since his graduation. He succeeds Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, '04, who re-
mond. The ceremony took place on Easter Sunday in the chapel of the First Baptist Church. Engaged: The Rev. Aubrey J. Rosser of Hampton, Va., and Mi ss Anne Burch Plunkett of Richmond. Mr. Rosser is educational director of the Bainbridge Street Baptist Church in Richmond and was ordained in January. Miss Plunkett is a Senior at Westhampton College. The wedding will take place June 5th. Engaged: Peter M. Axson , Jr. of Portsmouth, Va., and Miss Phyllis Page Cook of Lacrosse . Miss Cook is a graduate of Longwood College . The wedding wil l take place in April. Engaged: Darrell K. Gilliam of Danville , W . Va., and Miss Nancy Evelyn Giannotti of Richmond. Mr. Gilliam is now serving in the U. S. Army. Winfield J. Kohler is now living in Plainfield, N. J. He is in the emp loy of the HedenbergMacBean Insurance Agency of Cranford, N. J. Charles L. Caines is a laboratory assistant at the Univers ity of West Virginia. Married: Edward L. Dunford and Miss Martha Ann Worsham, both of Richmond , on March 31, in the chap el of the First Baptist Church . Engaged: Ethelbett V. Philpotts , Jr. and Miss Virginia Mason Eubank , both of Richmond. Th e wedding will take place on the 20th of April. En.gaged: T. G. Harper, Jr. of Danville, Va ., and Miss Marilyn Montague of Sunderland, Mass. The wedding will take place on July 7 in Sunderland. Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Woo of Louisville, Ky., a daughter, Carolyn Lynn , on January 14. Mr. Woo is a stud ent at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and was recently tapped into Phi Beta Kappa at the Univ ersity. Douglas E. Hollomon is in the employ of Markel Services, Inc., of Richmond. He is assistant supervisor of the accounting, coding, and statistics department. William B. Astrop is a budg et manager trainee for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Richmond.
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tired last year after long and distinguished service. Mr. Moore was chosen at the semiannual meeting of the board of trustees which also elected WI. Richard Broaddus, Jr., '2 0, Martinsville attorney and member of the Virginia General Assembly , as vice rector, a position in which he succeeds Dr. Sparks W. Melton, pastor of the Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk. Dr. Melton had been serving as interim rector since the retirement of Dr. Freeman. Mr. Moore is vice-president and general counsel and a director of the Virginia Electri c and Power Company. He is also a director of the Virginia Transit Company and the Portsmouth Transit Company. Since 1931 he has been a partner in the law firm of Hunton , Williams, Anderson, Gay & Moore . He served for a number of years on the law school faculty of the University and currently is general chairman of the campaign for funds to construct a law building on the central University campus. Mr. Broaddus is currently president of the Virginia State Bar Association. He has served both as president of the University of Richmond Alumni Society and the Alumni Council.
M . Gary Dennis is living in Washington where he is employed by the Naval Research Institute . LeRoy E. Crowder of Richmond was inducted into the U. S. Army on September 29. He is s-tationed at Fort Bliss, Texas . Robert G. DuVal of Richmond was among the forty-one who passed the C.P.A . examination last November. Engaged: Donald L. Baxter and Miss Emily Edwards Hastings, both of Richmond . Both are also students ¡at the Medical College of Virginia . Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Elbridg e K. Reid of Norfo lk, Va. , a daughter, Miriam King, on February 9.
SAUNIERSECRETARY FOR VAUGHAN GARY Paul Saunier, Jr. , '40, who served as campaign manager for Vaughan Gary , '23, in th e latt er's successful bid for re-election to Congress from the Third Virginia District , is now a regular member of the team. He has been chosen by Mr. Gary to serve as executive secretary, a position in which he has succeeded the veteran Thomas W. Walsh, Jr. , who is retiring after 38 years of service with three congressmen from the district . Saunier , a former member of the TimesDispatch news staff, withdrew from the paper to organize his own advertising and public relations office in 194 7. He is chairman and an active leader of the Virginia Branch of the United Federalists , an organization which seeks to strengthen the United Nations .
William B. Pierce is emp loyed by the Graybar Electric Company of Richmond.
1951Engaged: Lieut. Ashby J. Burton of Culpeper and Miss Barbara Ann Rose of Windsor, Va. Lieutenant Burton is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., and Miss Rose is a junior at We sthampton College. Married: Edward L. Baber of Richmond and Miss Luna Postal Sledd of Providence Forge, Va . The wedding took place on March 31st. Pfc. Donald Sawyer of Greenbush, Va. , is recovering from wounds received when he and seven others were trapped in action in Korea. He was wounded on February 4, his twenty-third birthday. He enlisted in the army after World War II and served eighteen months in Korea. He was allowed to resign and return to the University . As a member of the Reserves he was called into service in September, and after training in Kentucky was sent back to Korea.
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MISS RUDDTO OCCUPYKATHLEENBRUCEHOUSE Miss Margaret T. Rudd, associate professor of Spanish at Westhampton , will occupy the "Bruce House " on Towana Road, just off the University campus. The house, formerly the residence of the late Dr. Kathleen Bruce, was deeded to the University for the use of a member of the Westhampton faculty, whose work includes teaching and research. Dr. Bru ce, who served for a short while as a replacement for her friend, the late Dr. Maude H. Woodfin, during and immediately following Dr. Woodfin's last illness, left hundreds of her books to the University library , most of them in the field of history. A Ph.D. of Radcliffe , Miss Bruce taught at Wheaton College, at Hollins , Sophie New comb and at William and Mary.
Observer Training," and co-editor of a recent book "Research Methods in the Study of Social Relations," published in 1950 by the In 1937 he received the M.A. degree, and in Dryden Press. Dr. Cook has to date con- 1941 the Ph.D. degree in psychology from tributed twelve articles which have appeared Harvard University . While at Harvard he in the various journals of psychology. was elected a member of Sigma Xi. It would be hard to say what pinnacles of Staying on at Harvard, he served as an inservice and achievement Stuart Cook will structor in the department of psychology until finally reach. He has so much to give and he 1943, the year he entered the service of his gives of himself so generously. I feel sure country. Dr. Sanford joined the Navy, earned that those who know him best will agree that the rank of lieutenant, jg., was attached to he is one of the most competent and one of the Aviation Psychology Section of the Medithe most influential young men in American cal Department of the Navy . He served as a psychology. member of the Armed Forces from 1943 until Fillmore H. Sanford is the newly appointed 1946. secretary of the American Psychological AsDr. Sanford has held several important sociation. He has the task of keeping up teaching posts. Even during graduate days at with the organizational activities of some Harvard he taught part-time at Wellesley in seven thousand professionally trained psy- 1939, and in 1940-41 at Tufts and Hofstra chologists. As head of the centra l office he is College. In 1946 Dr. Sanford accepted a responsible for the administrative d_etails of position as assistant professor of psychology the Association, the business management o.f at the University of Maryland. From Marypublications, the issuance of the yearbook, land he went to Haverford College in 1948 personnel placement services, promotion of as associate professor of psychology. During public relations, and a host of other matters this time he also served as a consultant to the that converge on the AP A's headquarters in Institute for Research in Human Relations . Washington, D. C. Considering the fact that Dr. Sanford left the teaching field in 1950 to the American Psychological Association is assume his present post. composed of fourteen Divisions which repAs a psychologist Dr. Sanford's interests resent special fields of interest and research, have been directed primarily to problems of several regional associations and various af- speech and personality, morale, and leaderfiliates extend ing over the whole country, one ship. In these areas he has contributed several gets a little idea of Fill's sphere of operations. research papers and two books. His book To be appointed to a position of such magni- "Psychology for Leaders," is being used as a tude and responsibility is a great honor. To text at the United States Naval Academy at be qualified for such an appointment is to Annapolis. Last summer he published a secpossess many unusual abilities and a wide ond book entitled "A uthoritarianism and grasp of psychology, an appreciation of its Leadership. " If you want a current sample past and vision for its future. of Dr. Sanford's writing and editorial ability Dr. Sanford received his B.A. degree from pick up almost any issue of "The American the University of Richmond in 1935. Many Psychologist" dating from October 1950. What will Fill Sanford be doing in another will remember Fill as an outstanding athlete, a member of that famous Spider football team five years? Your guess is as good as mine. that beat Cornell in (1934 ?) . But like Stuart Of one thing we may be sure, he won't be Cook, Fill was all-round, a campus leader and standing still. Right now he is pretty busy a real scholar as well. He was elected a mem- growing into that very big job with the AP A, ber of Omicron Delta Kappa and of Phi but in time he probably will grow right out Beta Kappa. He is also a member of Sigma of it into something still bigger. This seems Phi Epsilon. Achievements and honors con- to be a kind of tradition with the Sanfords tinued to accumulate at the graduate level. anyhow.
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WANT AJOB? "~ hat are you going to do when you grad- ¡ uate? Vague and worried replies of "I don't know yet," are no longer the rule at the University of Richmond where students are now getting jobs through the various placement services. These services were highly successful in locating jobs for the class of 1950 and are operating with equal success this year. As a matter of fact, the services have now been expanded to the area of alumni placement. At the present time the placement offices have good job opportunities for alumni who want to make a change. In this and in subsequent issues of the Alumni Bulletin, there will appear listings of jobs which are now available for qualified alumni. Those who are interested in any of these jobs should write their appropriate placement officer. In Richmond College the placement officer is Dean of Students C. J. Gray, '33. In the School of Business Administration the director of placement is Professor W. H. (Rusty) Warren, '48. Placement activities at Westhampton College are handled by Dean of Students Josephine Tucker, '23. Dean Edward F. Overton, '31, is in charge of all teacher placements. Listed below are the types of employment opportunities currently available: 1. Newspaper advertising. 2. Store management. 3. Pharma ceutical sales. 4. Banking. Several excellent opportunities in Richmond and in surrounding comm uni ties. 5. Accounting and auditing in Richmond and surrounding communities. 6. Life insurance sales. 7. Accounting machine sales in southeastern Virginia. 8. Administrative work in one of the tobacco companies in Richmond. 9. Sales Department of a grocery, food, and wholesale company in Richmond. 10. Industrial Sales-national organization: -bui lding mastics and plastics. 11. Investment banking in Philadelphia. 12. Sales-meat
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13. Opportunities in photogrammetry and cartograp hy. 14. Industrial Chemistry. 15. YWCA Work. 16. Government positions. 17. Teaching positions in elementary and secondary schools.
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1921You will be receiving letters from your Class Secretary of former days who has real news for youbut she wants real news from you, do write her. Stop rocking the grandchildren ( who has one?) and write to Maie. Leonora Dorsey is doing Graduate Study at the University of Mary land. This study is a_pplicable on her doctor's degree. She reports she enJoyed the year she spent in Texas, but is glad to be nearer Virginia now. The engagement of my Kitty Little to John D. Alfriend, of Char les Town, W. Va ., was announced recent ly. The wedding date will have to come later, when decided 1 As ever, CATHEIUNE (1. DUPUY).
1923By this time you have had communications from Ethney, Ruth, Tuck, or me. We met for dinner at the college the twentieth of February, and had coffee in Keller Hall, heard Mary Ma llory Freeman make a most interesting talk on Alumnae affairs and later went over our class roll and wrote you,' in order to keep you posted on the meeting of class secretaries and their "doings." As I wrote you, each name on the class ro ll called forth happy associations, and a wish that you could enjoy the renewal of old friendships that frequent visits to the college afford. I visited Ethney on that occasion, and as usual, we had such a good time. Ikey Fugate Carlton had a luncheon for us at the Hermitage one day. Leslie, Ruth and Tuck were among those present. In January Elizabeth Tompkins and Florence Decker give a lovely tea, in the Decker home, honoring Tuck . The Westhampton faculty and members of '23 were invited. We hear that Elmira Ruffin Bowen has a granddaughter. There is nothing that "picks you up'_' like getting a grandchild. I can speak from experience. See what you have to l ook forward to' Tom Headlee, Jr ., Ethney's son, volunteered for the Navy on January 15th. He is stationed at the Navy base in Newport, Rhode Island. No doubt many of you have sons in service, too. I wish you would write me about them. Aggie Taylor Gray and "Peck" are on a South American cruise at this time. News comes from Louise Haley Forster that she has her studio on 42nd Street in New York, and is kept busy with her commercial art. In addition to her work in New York, she is freelancing for a department store in Boston. She commutes to her home in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Lukie Chapman, her daughter, is at St. Mary's in New Hampshire, and Bill is attending Western Reserve Academy in Ohio. Leslie recent ly attended an alumnae meeting in Washington and had dinner with "Epsie." Miss Lough spent the Easter ho liday in South Boston. She came down for Mr. Howlett's 79th birthday on Easter Sunday. Mr. Howlett is Miss Woodlin's uncle. I enjoyed a brief visit with them on Sunday. Miss Woodfin's sister, Mrs. Jeffries, and Camil la Jeffries were here too. Louise Fry Galvin addressed our Woman's Club recently on crippled children's work in Virginia . She was line and I was very proud of her. Her husband, Roland, drove down with her. Best wishes to each of you. I will want some news from you before another Bulletin goes to
Pfgsfor t;e A lumnae Fund . Sincerely g CAMIL{AWrMBISH LACY. P . S.-Dear "Gir ls," l know Cami lla is just too modeSt to tell you about her husband. However, I do know th at she is justly proud. On February 23, Evan _L_acywas named Halifax County 's outStand ing otizen for the year 1950. The award was sponsored by th e South Boston Junior Chamber of Commerc_e. Evan was presented with the silver trophy and his many qualifications which prompted this honor are to_o numerous for me to list here. However, Evan 1s outstanding and invaluable in both the ci_v!cand religious life of his commuruty. The dec1S1on_of the judges was based on his distinguished service record in the community. An excellent picture of Camilla and Ev_an appeared in the South Boston News along with W. E. Debnam, noted news commentator and author, who de livered the address at the award meeting. I felt I must tell you this big bit of news. Love, ETH •EY.
1924I am so delighted to g ive you some first hand information from Kate Harmon, Mrs. Joel Wahlin, of Camari llo, California. A long letter arrived from her last week in response to my urgent plea for news. She writes that she hasn't been in Richmond since 1929. Small wonder we've had a hard time keeping up with her. After her marriage she liv~d in Litt le Rock, Arkansas, for seventeen years whi le her husband was head of the D epartment of Bacterio logy at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. Their summer vacations gave them opportunity for travel throughout t_he ~est, particularly in Colorado and New Mexico. Since 1947, when her husband retired, they have made their home in a rural community sixty mi les from Los Angeles and only six mi les from the ocean! Their home is surrounded by an orchard of lemon trees, avocados and apricots. Their proximity to the ocean makes the summer climate as delightful as the winter. Kate, of course has her flower garden as well as a bi rd study hobby which is in danger of being sidetracked at present. Thank you, Kate, for all this interesting news. We do hope you'll get back to the campus for a visit on your next trip to Virginia. The most interesting news from Ruth Lazenby McCulloch and her family is that her son George, Jr. , and Peggie Whitmore, Margaret Furr's only daughter, will be married next summer. Peggie graduates from Hood College in June, and Ruth 's son will be a senior at V .P.I. Margaret Fugate Carlton's daughter, Jeanne, will move into her new home at 7704 Rock Creek Road, soon. This is out in the vicinity of the college. Jeanne, with her husband and young son, have been visiting Margaret while the house was being completed. Margaret heard from Carlene Broach Wagner at Christmas. She was looking forward to having both of her daughters home for the holidays. Mildred is a student at Northwestern, and Patsy graduates from George Washington University in February. Frances Waterfield Baldy and her family are now located in Essen. Her husband , an attorney with the Coal Control Group, has his offices in the fabulous Villa Hi.igel, the former home of the Krupps on the Baldeney-See. Frances writes that she wishes she had studied German as well as French while at College. Her contacts with the British and French in her group, and with the Germans, Dutch, and Belgians in her vicinity give life a distinctly international flavor. Her daughter, now ten years old, is in a British school and is
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them have enjoyed trips together, h~ve seen the Pass10n Play, sometlung of the Bavanan Alps, the Rhine Valley, Heidelberg, and Cologne. In closing may I tell you what an en1·oyable time Inez Hite, Virginia Clore Johnson, Margaret Carlton and I had out at college recently when we met to work over the Alumnae Fund letters which have since been mailed to you. I wish you could have been with us. It does make you enthusiastic to see the improvements on the campus since our day, and it helps you to realize how our Alumnae dollars will grow into a Swimming Pool before long. Best wishes, NORMA BROADDUS,
1925Virginia Holladay, who is a missionary to Africa, has been in this country this winter. We have been trying to contact her ( through Gladys Sanders) in order to find out more about her and her work . She returns to Africa in May and will not be back for four years. Virginia, be sure to call Gladys before you leave and tell us something about yourself . Billie Gordon Atwill and Evelyn Boatwright Lynch have both been active in the field of drama this winter. Bi llie was in a Little Theatre play in Norfolk , and Evelyn had a part in one put on by the Tuckahoe Woman's Club in Richmond. Both say that it was hard work but that they had a lot of fun doing it. When I saw Evelyn not long ago she told me that Mary Glenn Waller Lacy had stopped by to see her last summer with her husband and children. They were all very much interested in seeing the college and the campus again. Mary Glenn is just as attractive as ever. A letter from Billy Spangler Rogers says that she and her husband are still head over heels in do get their newspaper and they love it-but harassed at times . Billy writes the editorials at home, going to the office only on publication days. They have left the apartment at the shopand have moved back to their home in Inverness. Their paper (The Baywood Press) is now three years old. Marjorie Rhodes Hall has been coaching the girls' basketbal l team in Windsor, and they have won seven games and lost only two in their league. Margie says she never thought her old tennis shoes. would get hard use agian. I saw Buck Ashton, Julia Decker Bristow and Elsie Nolan Friedman in Washington several weeks ago. We met at the Federal Security Building, where Buck has her office, and had lunch together. Elsie had a lot of funny stories to tell about our college days, none of which were brought up at the reunion . She will save them for our next one. Buck took us on a personally conducted tour of the building and explained her work. We are trying to get together a complete list as well as graduates. There of '25-nongraduates are a number of "girls" whose names do not appear on our list at the present time. Do any of you know anything about Sara Lee Hutching s, Charlotte Broaddus, Florence Spady, Helen Hudson, Hilda Stephenson , "Jinks" Thompson or Nell Buchanan? We do know that Nell Buchanan is now Mrs. Robert Berry and at one time was in New Orleans, but we have no street address for her. There must be others who have slipped away from us. If you can give us any information about these peop le or know of anyone who might , plea se drop me a card. ivfICKEYMCVEIGH RATCLIFFE (Mrs. Davis T. Ratcliffe) 715 N. Charles Street Baltimnr~ 1, Maryland.
1926I hope that all of you in '26 have already filled in and returned your questionnaires, but, if you have not , please do so as soon as you possibly can. It is going to be a lot of fun to see how we have been spending the last twenty-five years. And please do not be overly modest. We really want to know what has been happening. Did you know that Louise Fry Galvin had been made a member of Phi Beta Kappa by the University of Richmond? We are very proud of her and her work through the state. You should have seen the full-page scoop in the Roanoke newspaper on Marguerite Roper Tuggle. She is doing a grand piece of work for her city in heading up the new Woman's Hospital Auxiliary of the Martinsville General Hospital. The new organization is doing the work formerly done by five local groups and has also much extended those services. Annie Renee Powell Sage and her husband have recently bought a farm not far from Washington . They call it "Frying Pan Farm," and their address is R.F.D . 3, Herndon, Virginia. Louise Mattern Coleman has a son, Bill, Jr., in the Army, and Margaret Harlan Hilton has one Sidney , Jr., in the Air Force. ' Chunky and Louise Galvin ran into the Swanson family (Eddie Soyer) in Abingdon last summer. They sat on the same row with them in the Barter Theatre and had a fine visit afterward. We are distressed that Eddie does not think she can make the trip this spring as they have already done so much travelling. We can't wait to hear in person from Ione Steussy Wright about her two newly adopted children. We are really expecting her to bring them up with her. They are son Clyde, 12 years, and daughter Beverly, IO years. Virginia W~lker and Gene Edmondson Barney have both wntten us notes gratefully received and are expecting to be with us. Others have sent word in one way and another. Kathleen Stinson Williams writes from Bluefield College where her husband teaches Biology and Geology. She plans to be with us. She wonders if she is our first grandmother. Her son John has a daughter 19 months old. She has a daughter
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COVERGIRL Beautiful but smart. That's Anne Plunkett, Westhampton College May Queen, and member of Phi Beta Kappa. May 5, May Day, is only one of three important dates on her spring calendar. Others: June 4, Commencement, when she will receive her B.A . degree.
gery in February, and is now convalescing . Charlotte "Shipper" Logan Hunt who has lived in Alexandria for the past three years has moved to Palo Alto, California . Her new address is 814 Moreno Avenue. Kay Moore Tharpe has had a visit recently with Elinor "Phizzie" Physioc Fletcher of Freeport, L. J., New York. Margaret Chapin Perry has a Freshman daughter this year!
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First, I want to tell you about the wonderful letter I had from Elizabeth Hale. It was so full June 5. That's the date for her wedding to of hope for peace for us all that it made me reAubrey (Buddy) Rosser, '50, educational di- solve to find more time for quiet and thoughtful rector at Bainbridge Street Baptist Church in thinking. In these busy times we are so swamped that it is all too easy to let the really important Richmond. things pass us by. Elizabeth says she is not doing anything specia l. She is just busy at home, nursing her mother and uncle who are doing very well. There was quite a fine write-up in the Richmond papers about the boys at Richmond College who had made the Dean's List , which requires a schowho graduates from high school this year and who lastic average of 9-0, and J was very proud to note will probably come to Westhampton from Bluethat Pearle Powell Prillaman's son was among the field College in 195 3. honored. Many of you know that Margaret Miller Smith 's Mary Richardson Butterworth , Frances Bristow daughter, Malcolm Rae was married this year. We Young, Tom Rudd and I attended the Alumnae are very much hoping Margaret will bring our Fund meeting at Westhampton in February, and class "baby cup baby" with her to the reunion. we had a wonderful time catching up on the news We will certainly have no trouble in realizing and being inspired by our Alumnae leaders. I am this is our TWENTY-FIFTH, will we-what sure you have all received my letter by this time, with our first baby a young lady and with our and I hope you will be as inspired as we were! children marrying and starting their own families, Alma Watkins and I had quite a telephone conDo please get to work on your questionnaire if versation recently at which time we caught up on you have not already done so. And be sure to make all the past class history. She is teaching at Bainyour plans now to attend our reunion on the first bridge School in Richmond and enjoys it very of June. We are counting on having a good time. much. BETTY BALLARD WILLETT. Helen Moon is really busy these days "reviving" -not re-newing !-her teaching certificate. She is 1928taking a correspondence course in Romantic LiterOn February 6, Pauline Scott Cook's daughter ature from the University of North Carolina which Patricia "Scotty" Cook, ex'53, was married to Mr. Richard Kelly Davenport, Jr., in High Point , N. C. she says is "perfectly grim but most fascinating." Incidentally , her first paper came back today and Both are attending the University of North Caroshe received an "A" which doesn't surprise any of lina. (I could have added she is also the daughter us, of course. of Ashby Cook, '26.) I know you wi ll all be pleased to know that Gray Robinson French underwent major surTom Rudd has been asked to occupy the Bruce house which was given to the college with the special request that it be occupied by a Westhampton professor engaged in research work. Tom is very thrilled of course, but is so modest she can't imagine why they honored her! I am sure none of us have any doubt as to the answer . Congratulations, Tom! Also, she is up to her neck in a PanAmerican Celebration which is being given at the college by the Modern Language Department. The theme will be "Music , the International Language," and the Celebration will be climaxed by an International Fiesta. And now how about getting out your class directory again, because we have quite a few changes of address to make, so here goes: Olive Hewitt Thomas (Mrs. John W.), 331 Almor Street, Pacific Palisades, Ca lifornia. Mary Louise Jansen , 149 Prince George Street , Annapolis, Maryland. Kathryn Reinhart Schuler (Mrs. Edgar), 78 Monterey Avenue , Highland Park, Michigan. Anne Smith Labino (Mrs. Dominic), 1165 Craig Road, Maumee, Ohio. Virginia Snow Richardson (Mrs. Howard), 761 Lexington Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia. Well, I am sure you must be exhausted by now, so I'll sign off. Do keep me posted, though, 1s made by FOSTER STUDIO there will be on your selves so that these informative lett ers to the Bulletin may cont inu e. rrNothing Missing But the Voice" Very best wishes, VIOLET.
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VOCATIONSFORWOMEN By BOBBIE LEE BROWN, '51 F I don't get a good job when I graduate, I won't be able to blame the Alumnae Association or Dean of Students Josephine Tu cker. Every senior is thankful for the work they did in planning a two-night vocational forum which was held March 5 and 6 in the Keller H all Reception Room. I was one of the 200 Westhampton students who listened with avid interest to the 12 Richmond business and professional women tell about their jobs and the possibilities for advancement in the fields they represented . The vocations we wanted to hear about-sociology, religious work, psychology, business, medicine, journalism, personnel in business, and nursing - were the ones discussed. Miss Tu cker had taken a job interest survey to guide her in securing the speakers. It reminded me of the market pla ce where each vendor was trying to sell his wares. Each speaker was so interested in her own work that she naturally made it attractive to th e group. The short talks were listened to with interest, but we squirmed a bit in anticipation of the opportunity we would have of talking personally in small groups with the speakers. This is where the questions were fired and where the questions were answered. The discussions following the panel were of special interest to the upperclassmen who had decided definitely on their future vocation, but the freshmen wanted guidance and information which would help them in their choosing. But some of the girls, while lauding the forums, complained of their own indecision as "all of the speakers were so good I just wanted to be everything at once." Each speaker emphasized the satisfaction she was getting from her job. Miss Ethel Smither, the moderator for the forum both nights, said she was pleased to find that we were very much concerned with the social impli cations of the work we would do after college. She was happy to find us "interested in a way of living a life instead of a way of making a living ." Service to others was the emphasis the opening night when social and religious work, teaching and psychology were discussed. Presenting their fields of interest to us this night were Mr. Lucian Adams, Director of Guidance and Curriculum in the Richmond Public Schools, our only male speaker; Miss Ann Davis, Supervisor of Junior Primary and Second Grades, Richmond Public Schools; Mrs. Lillie May Kirkland, Chief of Social Service Bureau of the City of Richmond; Miss Elizabeth Kates, Superintendent of the Virginia Woman's State Farm; Miss Mary Garland Taylor, professor of Religious Education, Assembly Training School; and Mrs. Enders Di ckinson III, practicing psychologist. On Tuesday evening we had the opportun-
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MISS ETHELSMITHER,extreme right, as moderator, chats informally about careers with Westhampton girls, from left , Betty Munsey, president of the student council, and Eleanor Wright , student government president.
ity of hearing about five fields of work; personnel in business, business, medicine and science, and journali sm. The speakers were: Miss Katherine Bell, Personnel and Training Department at Thalhimers; Miss Virginia Valentine, Public Relations Director , StatePlanters Bank, Richmond; Miss Claudia Patrick, buyer, Miller & Rhoads; Dr. Clara Flescher, practitioner and druggist; Miss Katherine Gary, Assistant Director of Virginia State Board of Nursing Examiners ; Miss Ruth Latimer, physiotherapist; and Miss Sue Quinn, Public Relations Director , PanAmerican Business School. By the time the vocational forums rolled around, we were all practically imbued with vocation interest and were living our vocations. This came as a result of the big publicity campaign on campus just before the forums and of the over-all vocational emphasis program. We were made to think , talk, and practically eat vocations, but we needed it. Westhampton girls have a way of waiting until their fourth June rolls around and then they start bemoaning the fact that all the good jobs are taken. Our vocational program was launched with a chapel service on "Making Choices." Dr. Fred B. Dixon, principal of John Marshall High School, gave us a guide to go by and some important factors to consider when choosing our vocation. At the same time Millie Waters made a report on the work she and Maryglyn Cooper, the two student work-
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ers on the vocational program, had been doing in securing for the library over 200 pamphlets and booklets on jobs. We were then prepared to think seriously about our future -in the business world. One of the lighter phases of this program was the "Strong Vocational Interest Tests " which were taken by the juniors and seniors. \'(f e took the tests for men, and some of us discovered, much to our dismay, that we should be a mortician! Th e tests did prove to be of help when we realized that such generalizations as "you' re good at persuading but a poor teacher " could be reached after careful consideration. The sophomores and freshmen later took the tests for women. After getting the results of the tests and doing a little library work , those of us who had been undecided about our vocations were ready to decide which night we would attend the forums. The forum speakers found a packed Keller Hall Reception Room and an eager audience . We were all anxious to find out just what a Westhampton graduate was prepared to do except teach. Much to our amazement we found hundreds of jobs open to us in spite of our liberal arts education. Miss Tu cker was the keynoter for the evening when she quoted Mrs . Eleanor Roosevelt as saying, "We need fine women in the business and professional world today ." If the busin ess world needs us, Miss Tucker is determined to see to it that we meet it ready and prepared.
,of a son, Gary Wr1ght Pitts , on January 29th. ·w eight , 8 pounds 12 ½ ounces. Sincerely, ALICE
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1931If no news is good news, the class of 1931 sho uld be havin g a wonderful time. I have never seen peop le so sparse with their news. But then I suppos e you are all saving up for the reunion in June. Th e gro up in Richmond is busy making plans and by the time you read thi s, we will all have caught up on th e Z.0-year peri od since Jun e, 1931. For those of you who can't be with us, we promise to tell all in the first Bull etin of the Fall. M ARGARE T LEAKE.
1933Mollie and Sewell Simpson and two children, Mary Corn elia and Sewell, spent some time in Florida in February. Carolyn and R. H . Powe ll w ith their boys, Bob and Charle s, also had a vacat ion in Florida about the same tim e. I received such a nice lett er from Adelaide H olloway Patte son wit h news about her family and house. She and her husband won a compl ete electric kitch en in a nation-wide contest and the description of it sounds wonderful. Adelaide says the kitchen is the one part of her house that is really finished, as th ey have been decorating. Ella Fr eeman Anderson and Mary Lou Tyl er Pritcha rd lost their mothers this winter and I know you all want to join me in extendin g our deepest sympathy to these gir ls. Polly Madison Bowen told me that Kat herin e Muire Carlt on has a new baby, born in Dec ember. Po lly moved to Bon Air recently and is teachin g the fourth grade at Midl othian . She has one son about eight years old. PHOE BE D . THIERMAN N.
1934We have a lot of news this time. First, I wa nt to thank all of our group leaders in the Alumna e Fu nd Driv e, Eli zabeth Claybrook Bristow , Edith McDan el Shelburn e, Frances Lumsden Gwynn and Gene Newton W est. By now each of you has received a letter from one of these gi rls or me, and I hope that for a change '34 wi ll respo nd one hundre d pe r cent. If nothing else, this driv e brou ght us in contact with some of the non grad uates we'd lost. Margar et Proctor Swetnam ha s a new daught er, Mary Lovell, born February 20, 1951. Now she and Ty ler have two boys and two g irls. Once Proctor said her ambi tion was to become a member of the Fairfax County School Board. With four chi ldren she ought to merit some say up there. To make us real ize how old we are-Frances Lumsde n Gwynn has a daughter, Joanna, our classcup baby, who wi ll be ready for Westhampton in three more years I Frances wrote that she is still teaching school in Danville and has another very young daughter. Gene Newton West wrote that she and Eugene are busy but enjoying their work at Dudley Street Baptist Church, in Boston. This year they have a Japanese Music Student Jiving with them. After Easter Gene will spend two weeks with her parents in Richmond while her husband attends meetings in North Carolina . Katherine Sergeant Newby who is teaching at Frnnklin School, Richmond, will leave in June with Ed and their two sons for San Francisco where Ed will intern at the Marine Hospital. He graduates from Medical College of Virginia this year. She is anxious to make contact with Westhamptonites or Richmonders there. Virginia Sanford Brian plans her first trip home in two years from Venezuela. She and the two boys will attend her sister Harriet's wedding to another American Jiving in South America. Edith McDanel Shelburne has a husband to be proud of: he has been elected an assistant vicepresident of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of Winston-Salem, N. C. They have bought
a home there, 985 Vernon Avenue , and love it. Thanks , too, to Puff for the addresses of Billie Allen Geoghagen and Dot Grantham Morgan . Katherine Bell was one of a dozen Richmond women who have achieved success in the busin ess and prof essional world who were invited to parti cipate in a Vocational Forum held in Keller H all for guidanc e for the college senior s. Kath er ine is director of the Personnel Trainin g Departm ent at Tha lhimers, Richmond. Polly Cochran Knobloch wrote a Jong, delightful letter concerning her activities since '34. She has been in Social Work in Public Welfare since ' 38 and is now Superintendent of that departm ent in Carroll County, Virgini a. In '42 she mar ried Fred Knobloch , University of Virginia , who is principal of a high school in North Carolina, so she now works in Hillsvill e, Virginia, and is a week-end wife. Th ey adopted a daughter, now married, a college gradu ate and a teacher , and in '46 their son Richy was born . H e has a real claim to fame: Miss Vir ginia of '49 used to be his babysitt er! Polly leads a busy life , working with many clubs and committees, speaking to gro up s of women and over the radio. App arent ly she has kept her old pep and gift of friendliness with people. It was grand to hear from h er. Virgini a Ellett Webster wrote Elizabeth Claybrook Bristow that she has moved her family of three boys and a girl to Charlottesville, Vir ginia. By publication time I hope the Well s will be firmly settled at 400 Beechwood Driv e, Richmond 26, Virgini a. Please send me news. Sincerely, GR ACE ROW LAN D WELL S.
1935Billy Rowlett Perkin s, her husband, thr ee sons, one daughter, and innum era ble pets, such as cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, and cows, live at "Coo l Spring Farm, " R.F.D . 1, Newark , D elaware. Th ey own an old Pennsylvania-type stone hou se, built about 1760, and approxim ately 170 acres, twelve miles from Joe 's work with Du Pont in Wilmin gton, Del aware. Gertrude Lewis teaches Engli sh and journ alism in the Culp eper Hi gh School. She heads th e English departme nt and sponsors the school newspaper. She saw D ot Na lle G erzeny when D ot stopped in Culpeper en route to Ohio after a vacation in Flor ida. Hel en Caulfield Ballard is president of the No rfolk branch of the A.A.U.W. H er daughters, Ann e and Betsy, and Peggy Brown Dixon 's two , Juli e Anne and Mary Karen , modeled in the "Tidewat er We sthampt on Card Party-Fashion Show," the annu al subscript ion party to raise money for the Alumnae Fund . All of the models in the revue were chi ldren of Westhampton alumn ae. Helen and Peggy 's older daughters are eight, and their younger ones are four. Helen also has a two-yearold son. Rhea Ta lley was in Richmo nd in Janu ary because of the illn ess and death of her grandmother, whom some of us kn ew and loved. Helen Whitten Adams, after a sojourn in Florida, is back in Richmond, and Jives at 1401 Cedar Lane. News of Margaret Taylor Galloway's trip to Europe last summ er is late but sti ll inter esting to us who envy her such a wonderful vacation. We learned from the '34 class notes that Jackie Lowe is living with Mary Dee at 232 Natoma Avenue, Apt. 4, Santa Barbara, Calif . She and Sue Cook McClure Jones, who Jives at 958 18th Street, Santa Monica, California, are practically neighbors. Jean Shafer has a cute cocker spaniel named "Spats." Dot Chewning has her own real estate office at 7 IO West Cary Street, and has sold a number of houses in several recently developed subdivisions. Tess Carter Hawkins· address is 1622 Maryland Parkway, Ashland, Kentucky. Minnie Smith, who lives at "Montana Farm," R.F.D. 1, Delaplane, Virginia, has some young boxwood that she plans to give to the college next vear.
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Betsy Marston Sadler 's daughter, Amy, and Sue Whittet Wilson 's daughter, Susan , are in the same Girl Scout troop . I know that you will be interested in hearing of three who were freshmen with us . Carolyn Walker, whom I saw recently for the first time since our fr eshman year, lives ,at 3517-A Hanover Avenu e, and works for the Universal Leaf Tobacc o Comp any. Susie Anderson is Mrs. William C. Ackerman and lives at 4309 Stuart Avenue in Richmond . Nannie Harris married Howard Fuqua and lives at 254 Carroll Parkway, Frederick , Mary land. Both Susie and Na nni e have a son and a daughter . Estelle V eazey Jones, Lola Willi ams Pierce , and I atte nded a meeting at W esthampton on Februar y 20 to begin the campaign for the 1950-51 A lumna e Fund. W e were proud of Mary Mills Fre eman , the speaker of th e evening , who made an excellent talk, inspirin g us all to give and to ask others to contribute to W esthampt on. GLADYS SMITH
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1936Elizabeth Conwell recent ly visited us and I promised her that I wou ld write the news I know for the Bull etin. By now it is fai rly old news for Elizabet h is the only class member I have heard from since Christmas. It was a rea l pleasure at Christmas to receive a photo of Mary Virginia 's two lovely blond e children and a note from her telling that they plan to remain in Greenville , South Carolina after Leroy's int ernship, and have bought a home there. Lucy Blackwell Alexander also sent us a photo grap h of her blonde Sue, now aged 2. I wish I could share these adorab le pictures with all of you. Lucy's plan s for home-building have been slowed down by the fact that her hu sband is in the Coast Guard Reserve with an uncertain future. Of all the Christmas G reetings, the cleverest and most informati ve was that in w hich Sue Bonnet Chermside reported a year's fam ily activiti es in diary form. I know you'd be int erested in hearing all the news of the Chermside family-how ever, I' II give you what I considered the high lights . Sue is now a member of the Town Council in Charlotte Court Hou se. W e particularly enjoyed th e remark th at " both Sue and Herb ert celebrated their /1/entieth birthd ays in 1950" ! Chuck oldest of our '36 childr en, I is now 13½-the believe. In November, I had a long letter from Virginia In gram Guest. Her husband , a pat ent exami ner by day, is a Jaw student by night in Wa shington , D. C., where they live. They have one littl e gir l. Kay Connor D avidson and I had a happy reun ion at the "Di str ict C" meeting in Richmond last fal l. She, with a fam ily of three childr en, is teaching second grade in Hanover Count y and I, with two chi ldren, am teaching 4th and 5th grades in a Chesterfield County School. We also ran into Lyndele, who teaches at Thomas Jefferson in Richmond, after the meeting. The homecoming for the college was a real reunion for our class. Mildred Crowder Pickels was at home on a visit from California at the time, and our group was quite a large one. D ot Ens low, who seems to get to Richmond from Maryland almost as often as I do from Colonial Heights, was also present. From Richmond were Lyndele , Helen D enoon Hobson, Elizabeth Chapman Wilson, Esther Walsh Dutton, Margaret Bowers, and myself . Miss Ross sat at our table and we had a most enjoyab le eveni ng. From time to time Virginia Burfoot and I meet at the Chesterfield County Teachers' meetings and American Red Cross annual meetings . Frances Parkinson and I exchanged identical Christmas cards this year-those beautiful views of the college made by Miss Turnbull. Libb Conwell, who talked me into writing the news for her, is a much travelled lady, having participated in "the White House Conference" in December. During Christmas she went to Chicago
to a meeting of "Teen -Age Club Direct ors ." She is doing an outstanding job at the Richmond Young Women's Christian Association with the local boys and girls . More communities could well profit by the type of program she is offering the city's young people. We had a lovely Christmas greeting card from Alice Ryland Giles, whose husband is studying at Chapel Hill. Alice is a full-time mother of an active youngster these days. I am anxious for our Class Secretary to tabulate that we're still doing our our chi ldr en-seems part to populate the eart h. It is almost time to hear of family increases from Mary Virginia and Virginia Ingram -pe rhap s others that I don't know about. Greetings to all. FLORENCE M. HARVEY.
1937We have Jots of news for this issue-thanks to your phone calJs and letters. Mina Karp Moss and husband Carl First-trips: trekked to Stuart, Florida, for some deep-sea fishing. (Stuart, for the information of you who are as ignorant as I, is "strict ly for fishermen," although the hotel looks more like it should be a little further south at Palm Beach than at a "fishing camp ." ) During Mina and Carl's visit, however, that section of Florida was having its coldest spe lJ in forty years and the fish just weren't interested in biting. Better luck next time. I can't give you the happenings of Carl and Margaret Mitchell Meaclor's trip since at the time of this writing (March 14) they have just started to California, but I can tell you their plans. They and eight other couples from this section of Virginia have reserved a special car to take them to the National General Practitioners Conference at San Francisco. I asked Mitch to have a drink for all of us on "T he Top of the Mark " (particularly since they are stopping at the Mark Hopkins). 0~ their way back by the Southern Route they will break the trip by stopping in Los Angeles and New Orleans. It sounds like a wonderful trip. And another wonderful trip was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Harris (the former Flo Troutner) to Puerto Rico. They, by the way, are living in Atlanta, Georgia (Address: Peachtree-Dunwoody). I received a grand newsy letter from Jane Carroll . Slusser telling about her life in Pensa<:ola, Flonda, where Tom has been teaching Pre-Flight Cadets for the past 3½ years. Naturally, classes and the hospital there are reaching capacity, and Jane hopes to volunteer even more time to the hospital next year when both boys (BilJ, eight, and Jimmy, Jive) will be in school. We in Richmond can get a firsthand account of her activities this June when she visits Kitty and Ray Doubles. We are anxious to see you and your family, Jane. Jane also expressed the wish that our class could be 100% contributors to the Alumnae Fund. Me too I By now each of you has received a Jetter Karp from one of our Drive committee-Mina Moss , Jo O'Grady Carter, Louise Thompson Chewning, Jane Lawcler Johnston, Nancy ChappelJ Pettigrew and myself. Although we greatly appreciate the response from some, we are still way below 100 %. When this issue reaches you there wilJ be only a short time left before the July 1 cleaclline, so, please send your contribution to Mr s. Booker. Let's have the Class of 1937 near the top. Our class is realJy going to be represented however, at Richmond Club subscription card p~rtyGano Wilkinson at least eight tables-Louise Louise Chewning, Margar et Meador, Myrtle Nor'. ns Caldwe_ll, Mina Mos s, Nancy Pettigrew, Connie Warwick , Betty Allison Briel, and myself. I shou ld lik e to pass on to you a verbatim Jetter forwarded to me by Jane Johnston from Ethel Eubank Gold (Addr ess: Ashby Glen Farm D ela' plane, Virginia): . "Th e life of a farmer's wife is a busy one. Cannlilg, freez!Ilg, and gardening are the vocation I've been learning. I work with the local PTA, our
little church , our Garden Club and Red Cross. It's a full life and a rich one. "We're very near Skyline Drive and Front Royal, which tempts me to hope that some of you might tour up this way and pay me a visit. We're right on the highway and our farm name quite conspicuous. Do come." Thanks ever so much, Ethel , for your warm invitation. I, for one, am certain ly going to drop by on my next Skyline Drive trip. The Blanclings have nothing on the Wilkinsons (Louise Gano and Albert) who have been planning since early February to move into their new home in Westham (613 Baldwin Road). Louise now will make no commitments on when, but is since her parents have hoping soon-particularly already moved into their new home right around incithe corner from her future home-which, dentally, was designed by Albert. Our deepest sympathy is extended to Betty Allison Briel (Mrs. Laurence Briel, 3211-A Han es Avenue, Richm ond) whose mother died recently after a Jong illness, and to Maxine Schultze Face ( 4401 Kensington Av enue, Richmond) on the death of her husband, Dr. E. G. Face, Jr. Hope to hear from all of you soon. Sincerely,
LADY ASTOR Lady Astor returned to the University campus in March and spoke on every topic from cremation to movies. As the guest of Dean Marguerite Roberts, the former member of Parliament visited the campus on March 16 for the first time since 1921.
When she arrived, wearing her large navy blue sailor hat trimmed in red, she found a responsive audience awaiting her in the packed reception room of Keller Hall. She told students .that she would "ramble and not speak" and she rambled delightfully. After her talk, students followed her as she visited South Court. Her last words to the admiring group were "Remember, girls, if you want anything to be good, you've got to_ be good yourself and not depend on the men, because they' re as weak as water."
LIZ ANGLE
521 N. Belmont Avenue Richmond 21, Virginia.
1939Even after missing the news completely last issue, we still have very littl e to report. How about your sending in some of the interesting events in your family's life ? We certainly enjoyed the Jetter from Hermine , and we know that new house must be pretty wonderful. Good to have your letter, Hermine! Write again, soon 1 Garland Wilson Brookes is building a new home , we hear- just across the river from West Point. It has been some time since we heard about it so maybe it is finished by now. Easter brought Kate Peterson Klaffky and her family to Richmond for the holidays. Pat Walford was very pleasantly surprised the other clay when she had first a phone call and then a nice long visit from Tommy Babcock Mooney and her husband and daughter. A vacation in Florida was the reason for their being so far south. We certainly want to send our best wishes for lots of happiness · to Mrs. Evelyn Hillsman Prittchett on her recent marriage. The Quicks have recovered from their stay in the hospital. Both Margaret and her daughter had operations this winter. Moving day is April 1 for the Angus family. Evelyn and Ken have sold their present home and farm and are moving to a new home on a two hunclred-acre farm on Route 33, about sixteen miles from Richmond. They are really going in for farming in a big way. We wish you luck on this new venture.
A recent announcement came to us in the mail bringing news of the birth of the fourth child in the family of Jessie and Bill Junkin. The newcomer is named Sarah McElroy Junkin, weighed 4 pounds, 13½ ounces, and was born on March -6, 1951. Congratulations from all of us! News has also come to us of the engagement of Cassandra Harman to Bently Hite of Christiansburg . Congratulations to you both. Let us hear of your plans for the wedding. That just about winds up our news for this time. Please, please let us hear more about you. Send any news about you and your family or any of the other class members you happen to know about to Mar garet Harris Quick, 4809 Morrison Road, Richmond, Virginia. YOUR
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1940Bull etin time rolls around in such a hurry that it hardly seems possible that I have to go all the way back to Christmas to pick up the news. I had a Christmas card addressed to the Class of '40 from Margaret Brinson Reed. She and Jack are still stationed in Florida. Greetings also came from Libby Johnson Alvis, and since then I have seen her on the street when she was here for a week visiting her mother. She and Frank and the children will move into their house in the Falls Church area of Washington sometime in the spring. By the time this bursts into print, spring will probably be bursting into bloom and June brides will be the talk of the day. Many of you probably know of Dot Duke' s engagement to Frank Mad- den, and they have chosen the month of June for
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their wedding. Frank, who is from Worcester , Massachusetts , is working for the State Department in Washington , and they will make their home in Washington. There are several new babies to tell you about. Millie Gustafson Donohue and Jimmie announce the birth of a daughter on December 19. Her name is Julia Ann and she is their second child. Millie says she has been so very busy with the baby and with Martha Jayn, who is only two, that only by being a slave to a schedule has she been able to keep her head above water. The H. M. Lewters (Evelyn Smoak) are also boasting a new daughter. Adrienne Irene was born January 29, and is also a second girl. It's another girl , too , for Emma Lou Parsons Mallory and Frank. Elizabeth Louise was born February 24, and weighed in at 8 pounds, 12 ounces. Older sister, Pat, is around three now, I believe. The Emer son Smiths (Alice McElroy) have moved and are now living at 509 Grayson Avenue, which is just north of Laburnum Manor. Maude Smith Jurgens, who usually knows more about the out-of-town people than anyone else, has not had time to engage in any Jetter writing to them recently. It seems that the mumps have held full sway in the Jurgens household for some time and she has had her hands full nursing her sick children. I understand that Dot Roberts had a vacation in Vermont some months ago and is now at home in Crewe. We extend to Elsie Mattingly Dickinson our deepest sympathy in the recent loss of her mother. Helen Smith Moss' name keeps popping up in the paper these days in connection with DAR work. There was a nice picture of her, too , recently as project chairman of the recreation room at the William Byrd Community House . I have finally tracked down Mabel Leigh Rooke. We met, purely accidentally, in the shoe department of Miller and Rhoads. Mabel Leigh is now working for the Arlington Board of Education , and is living at 875 S. Greenbriar Street, Apt. 11, Arlington, Virginia. don't I will close with that old refrain-please forget the Alumnae Fund. But I don 't see how you very well -could, with all the reminding we've done recently. KITTY
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1941No one but a former Class Secretary can really know how much gratefulness goes into the word thank you, but I want those of you who have helped and those who want to help to know that I appreciate every cheerful minute of your time. If I don 't always mention each one of you personally , please know that I think of you and thank you. Mary Bass did a capab le and entertaining column last issue and my thanks to you, Mary, for "pinch-hitting" while my household was getting back to normal. K. C., incidentally , received a promotion last fall and he is now Research Supervisor at Du Pont. Mary, busy as ever, was Chairman of the State Convention of A.A.U.W. , held in Richmond in March. Also active in A .A.U.W. are Miss Marjorie Rivenburg and Jean Neasmith Dickinson. Miss Rivenburg and Jean are delegates to the National Convention in Atlantic City from April 9 to April 13, Miss Rivenburg as a Branch delegate and Jean as State and Branch delegate. Jean is also State Chairman of International Relations. Dot Harshbarger also attended A .A.U.W's March convention here in Richmond. She comes to Richmond quite often to see her sister. Long before you read this news, each one of you should have received your questionnaire to be filled out and returned to me. Alese Prince, Naomi Rolicoff, Mary Bass and Louise Morrissey took time out of busy schedules to write some of you for me, making our eighty letters a lighter task . My thanks again to you four and for the notes you added to each letter. I know your pleas for 4l 's wholehearted representation in the Alumnae Association this year will not go unanswered. We are counting on a big ten-year reunion, and our College is counting on each of you for a generous response to their need. Between now and May 1, send your questionnaires to me along with any pictures and clippings, and send your checks to Leslie Booker (Mrs. R. E.). If you didn't receive a questionnaire due to misaddressing, will you let me know, for I have extra copies? Alese Hardaway Prince (Mrs. David Prince) has offered to be our Richmond hostess in charge of overnight arrangements for out-of-town girls and couples without family connections in the city. You may writ e her, 506 Seneca Road, and let her know what kind of reservation you 'd like-hotel , private home or dormitory. State which hotel if you have a preference . I know Alese and David will welcome an opportunity to help you plan your stay in Richmond. The first questionnaire has been returned to me, that of Thelma Seldes Nieder who lives in Richmond with her husband Irving and two children , Marcie and Linda. I hope you'll be with all of us in June, Thelma . That leaves 79 questionnaires to be returned ' Virginia Ball Glover with her usual enthusiasm has offered to lend a hand and Lib Henry Belcher has asked for a part, too. I know from May 1 on I'm going to need any number of you for endless last-minute tasks. Phone me 6-8878 when you are in town or drop me a card saying when you are coming. There 'll be a job for everyone. I understand that Bitsy Epes Hardy wil l be coming to the reunion. Martha Beam DeVos and family expect to join us from Ithaca, New York. These two and many others will be coming back . I bad a nice phone chat with Charlotte Dudley Patteson (Mrs. Moncure P . Patteson) who bas three children, Dudley, Gary, and Anne Ray. Charlotte and Moncure bought the large stone house (many of you "hikers" to the "Vi llage" will remember) on the apex between Towana and Roselawn Roads. Her address is 53 Towana, and Charlotte is hoping by her proximity to the campus to be a part of our June get-together. Martha Belding Aycock is back in Richmond permanently , we hope. She and Dan are with Martha's family until they find a borne to buy or decide to build. They hope to attend the reunion activities.
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Someone said that Teeny Evans Hardin and Bristow are at Virginia Beach, but I have no address since Texas. Please drop me a card, Teeny! I could go on down my class list and name many of you we seldom bear of or from . But May 1 should chang e all that. Louise Morrissey told me that Connie and Ed Luttrell have moved to Baltimore. Ed was called to the First Baptist Church there, and I know be will find bis work pleasant and interesting. By June, I'll have a good ly number of new babies to add to our ever-growing list, and I may have a bride or two to add. Marian Yancy's engagement was announced, but I haven't heard any of her plans. I know Bernice Stephenson is married , but no data and no address, Bernice , unless you are still at 1436 Hemlock Street, N .W. , Washington, D. C. Won't you drop me a card' Marion Rawls Waymack leads a busy life. She keeps up with her dancing through operettas and the City Recreation Department , and has a busy household with two children, Buddy, age five, and Susan , age three. Clara Vawter is married and I'll have inform ation on that I hope next issue. I had a brief chat with Phyllis Brown and Susan one afternoon. Phyllis Ann as usual leads an active life and Susan is growing fast and is so pretty . I chatted by phone with Helen Dodd Driscoll. She and her three lovely boys were at the College Christmas Party. Betty Keesee is married and living in Gloucester, Virginia. I'd like more information about you, Betty. Florence Lafoon Cornwell and Eugene are back in army life again. Lt. Cornwell , "Flossie, " and Mark are at Fort Bragg . Kira Nicholsky Curwin is living at 205 Duncan Street, Apt. 2, Ash land, Va. Mayme Stone is chairman of our Class Project to raise money for a gift to the College in June, and to provide, we hope , some extra money toward June expenses. She has planned an entertaining evening with lieut. Commander Kessler as speaker, and Lillian Baber and Mr. Ford to sing and play for us. ~his will be held at either her home or her family's depending on the number of people coming, and a silver offering will be taken . Any one interested (and I hope all of you near by will come) please come April 30th at 8: 15 o'clock to Mayme 's and help us build up our cash assets . Send your friends if you can't come, We are adding a sun porch to our home this spring, so by June we'll have room for all of you to join Miss Rivenburg and me for tea. Sincerely, ANTOINETTE
WHITTET
600 Somerset Avenue Richmond, Virginia.
1942First , I would like to thank Norma Palmer Cogbill, Ninita Gonzalez Seavers, Emma Bee Waldrop Cruickshanks, Lillian Jung, and LaVerne Priddy Mus e for their help in contacting each of you as the Alumni Fund Drive began. let 's do our part now in sending in our contributions. Now for some news 1 ta Verne Priddy recently became the bride of Thomas Calvert Muse whom she met when she worked at tangley Field. After a honeymoon in Florida , they are making their home at 3415 North 38th Street, N.W., Washington , D. C. Our best wishes go to them. May Thayer Holt and Doug are proud to announce the arrival of a son, Douglas Morris Holt, Jr., born February 20. May remembered to send an announcement for the scrapbook. Congratulations are in order, too, for Jean Hood Redford and Chan, for they have a daughter , Mary Channing , born February 15. Chan is on active duty in Germany, but heard Channing cry over the telephone when he called them recently. Ann Gwa ltney Harwood and Charles have a son now. I know the two girls are proud of a baby brother.
Louise Hall Moser wrote that Virginia Parker Dozier has added a new member to her familyanother boy-her third. Joseph Wayland Dozier was born January 4. They are still in Texas but are hoping that Hoyt will not be given active duty soon . Louise said that she and the children were spending the month alone while Bob was on a business trip to Kansas City. Annie Loie Walker Seacat wrote ,that she was settled in Dearborn waiting for springtime so that the finishing touches could be put on her new house. Langley has enjoyed the winter snow for there is a hill her size in their own yard. Mi.Jdred Slavin is doing welfare work at Johns Hopkins now . Her Baltimore address is 3407 Forest Park Avenue. An air mail special from Lillian Jung brought news from the New York area. Evelyn Clifton Wisawaty and Sigmund have a daughter, Suzanne, who was born November 18. She also told of an addition in the Jackson family . Valerie Linda was born February 3 to Evelyn Cosby Jackson arid her husband. ¡ Gene Woodfin Stussy and Calvin are moving to New York in July where Cal will intern at King County Hospital. They are planning a visit to Richmond in April. I must mention the empty scrapbook and ask you to send something before you forget again. Sincerely, ANN
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1708 Grandview Drive Richmond 25, Virginia .
1943Spring has sprung and all that and we' re hoping you got some old Westhampton spirit along with your other spring fevers and sent your contribution to the Alumnae Fund . By this time you should all have received a short not e from your group leader reminding you that it was fund time so, if you didn't do anything about it right away, it's still not too late. Pepper Gardner Hathaway and Bob get our congratulations this time on their second son. They 're calling him "Ricky," short for Richard Gardner, and he checked in at their house on February 26th. These are the on ly congratulations I know to give this time but I hear through the underground that there will be more due soon. Sweetie Emerson McSweeney , Maxine Williams Rogers, and Helen Herrink Fix, please verify or correct, will you? If all of you would just remember to includ e in your announcement lists it would be wonderful. Then I could add that to your page in the scrapbook . I'd lik e to appoint each of you as a committee of one to help bring our name and address file up to date . I checked our present list against the old JPebs the other night and found there are at least forty girls who were in our class from one to three years and for whom we have no address or information. These girls should receive invitations to reunions, and the various assortment of other invitations and announcements that are sent out , so if you have any information that could lead to the location of these missing persons, I'd appreciate it if you would sent it to me. I'm dividing the list I made up and will give you half this time and half next time. Here they are: Ann Arwood, Virginia Alston, Charlotte Atkins, Marjorie Beard, Elizabeth Blair, Ellen Butterworth , Mildred Christian , Kalima Dalton, Betty Jo Daniel, Mercedes Denny, Mary Esther Derring, Doris Disney, Virginia Lee Figg , Doris Ford, Ruth Gardner, Frances Grigsby , Mary Anne Hallmark, Lavinia Hayes, June Hewitt, Ruth Irving , Jane Hilbish, Helen Jeffries. That's all for now . Do let us hear what's new with you. REBA BOOKER Fox Diesel Units End East 4th Street Richmond, Virginia.
1945We seem to have more news than we have for some time! Three babies we have this time. Lillian Belk Youell's son arrived in January. His name is William Nelson. Lillian, Johnny and the baby are staying here while Mac is in the Marines. He 's stationed at Camp Lejeune now, and gets home almost every week end. Nat Heller Moore 's daughter was born in November, and has been named Donna Louise. The announcement came just too late to go in the last issue of the Bulletin, and I certainly was sorry. Conway Bibb VanSlyke 's daughter , born in February, has been named Linda Lee, and Phil and Anne Keppler also had a daughter, born February 14th. A real Valentine, says Fish . Congratulations, all of you 1 Lib Weaver was married on March 3 to Lester P. Martin, Jr . The wedding was at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church _in Victoria. Wanda Walton Pace was one of the bridesmaids. Kathy Mumma went to the wedding, and she says that it was perfectly beautiful. Lib and Les are planning to live in Richmond. Bitsy Rosenbaum is planning to be married this Spring some time. She is engaged to Henry Hurwitz, a theoretical physicist at the Knowles Atomic Power laboratory. Had a nice letter from Lottie Blanton in January. She is back in this country, and seems rather g lad to be here. She is at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. She says that she has some slides .taken in Europe which she will be glad to show us sometime when we have a class get-together. Jen Lea Yancey went to New York in February, appeared on three quiz programs , and won prizes on all three of them! Shows you what being educated at Westhampton will do for you! I have a little news for you this time, too. I am no long er in the Questions and Answers Department, for I am now in the Woman's Department of the Tim es-Dispatch. As most of you know , writ ing is what I've wanted to do ever since I graduated, and finally the chance has arrived. I'm just crazy about it , but I've discovered that writing for a big daily newspaper is nothing lik e writing for the Collegian. We are planning another picnic for this summer. We had so much fun at the one two years ago that we've decided to have another. So all of you start planning right now for baby-sitters ( if you can't bring the children with you), etc., so you can come. And now comes the grim part. I guess by now all of you have gotten your letters that we sent out about the Alumnae Fund. Our class is pitifully behind this year so far, so if you haven't sent in your contribution, please try to do it as soon as you can. Please, let me hear from all of you some time , so I can get some idea of what you are doing . Love, NANCY.
cember 28, 1950. Pat says they think he 's " real cute, naturally ," and that he has Bill's build , hair and skin coloring . You probably recall that the Burtons are in Indianapolis where Bill's taking a residency in pathology at the Methodist Hospital there. They 're hoping for an April vacation to visit South Carolina if the Navy doesn't interfere with their plans. Mary Frances wrote that she and Buddy now have a chow puppy named "Skipper" at their house. It sounds as though he 's almost as much trouble as a baby, but he's fetching. Ellen Hodges Sawall wrote Connie that she might be able to get back to Westhampton for the reunion this time . She said Warren was working hard in the political game in Madison, Wisconsin where he edits a Democratic journal. Amy Hickerson Dalton has very little luck in her attempts to hear about each girl in her group -but she did receive an answer from Elsie Henley DiServio . She and Tony have built a house on Patterson Avenue in the county (Richmond) . Amy's still working at the Federal Reserve Bank and besides has been having painters and paperhangers redecorating their house . Then she's also involved with the Richmond chapter of the W.C. Alumnae as chairman of the new members committee. Sounds lik e she's busy! I know you'll all be delighted to know that Frances Newman was dismissed from the hospital two days before Thanksgiving and is well. Jeanne Sasser Thombley also said that Frances wrote her engagement was announced Christmas Day , but didn't say to whom or when it was to be. Betty Edwardsen Neutze is working at P.C.A., in Camden , N. J. , while Frank is trying to finish law school. Zue Anderson is still living in Arlington , working in Washington . Gale Abbott is busy with her daughter , Donna Gale, who, according to Jeanne is thriving. Irene Taylor Martin and Jimmy have bought an old house in Spencer and are having a big time rejuvenating it. Jeanne herself has gone back to lab work for the Dr. Dillard she worked for before Joey was born. Joey, incidentally , is 16 months old-or was in January-has blonde hair, blue eyes and is developing into a real " talker." Mary Frances (Bethel) Wood wrote that Libby Thompson Schmidt's little girl was the second Richmond baby born in '51. Libby wrote Connie that Eddie spent all his time rocking his "boy"Elizabeth Lee, to sleep. Libby and Eddie moved
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into their new home in D ecember, so there's really been excitement at the Schmidts 1 Ding Lambeth Shotwell and Ralph are proud pare nt s, too. Their daughter, D onna Lynn, was born February 11. I was somewhat disappointed when the group leaders as a who le reported little success in obtaining so much as a post card from most of you in answer to their recent letters. P lease write yet -a nd do plan to be in Richm ond for the reunion if you poss ibly can. Everyone's always interested in what you're doing and these are two grand opportunities to catch up on the news. I understand, indirectly that "T" Bareford, Mary Lou Willis 's husband , has been called back into the Army. I don¡t know whether Mary Lou's still in Urbanna , where they were living, or not . "T" was previously practic ing law in Salud a. That's all the news this time-ti ll June, thenLove, ALTA.
1947The words of the old song "H ere we come, decrepit and worn, we ain't what we used to be" certa inl y app ly to us as we set out to wr ite this letter. Having chewed our nai ls to the quick, counted ten more gray hairs and paced many miles between the coffee pot and the mail box, we finally concluded that the post office is being qu arantin ed for sma llpox. We wis h them a speedy recoveryespecially in time to de liver all of your contributions to the Alumnae Fund! Maybe the mail is as scarce as feathers on a fish, but we've seen and heard a few things. First and foremost, we exte nd heartiest cong ratul ations to Martha Jeter on her graduation from R.P .I. ! Martha is now on the faculty of Washington H enr y High School in Ellerson, teaching commercial subjects. We understand that "H igg ie" not only has a spar kle in her eyes, but also on her third finger, left hand. How about some details straight from you, "Hi ggie"' Did you ever hear of a brid e who could sleep up to an hour before her wedd ing ?- most of 'em can't even sleep the week befor e. But, leave it to Lois to set a precedent . Anyhow, she woke up in time to say "I do" to G erry Willi s on J anuary 13 -see, she isn't even superst iti ous. Elsie and Izzie
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broke all speed records in an effort to attend the cal Art s. Bobbie was bemoaning the fact th at she weddin g, but they didn't quit e make it. They were has lost everyon e's address in all the moving , so the first, however, to greet the brid e and groom I am certain she would love for some of you to as they came ou t of th e church. Aft er honeym oonwrite her w hil e she is in Brookings at P.O. Box ing (L ois and Gerry, I mean) in New Orleans, 131. they have returned to their home at 5441-A BurnH annah Barlow is having a busy Spring attendside Circle , Lewis Gardens, Richmond. ing the Vi rg inia W .M .U. Convention in Charlottes1 Toni Reid Zuerc her wrote (bl ess her ) that she ville in the month of March and th e B.S.U. and Johnny flew to Atl anta for a three-week visit Spring Retreat for a week in April. She was very with her family. H er sister's wedding prompted anxiou s to pass on tbe announcement of the arthe trip, but Johnny, being the only grandbaby, rival of Carolyn Lynn W oo- Anne Brun er and stole the show. Tommy W oo's litt le gir l w ho was born on JanWe are happy to be ab le to transfer Juli a Di ckuary 14. Congratulations 1 Anne and T ommy are enson from the " Lost" to the "Fou nd" D epartment. living in Louisvi lle now where Tommy is atte nd This is her last year at MCV and she has accepted ing the Baptist Seminary. Congratulations are due an internship at the Good Samar itan Ho spit al in on another count, also, for Tommy recent ly rePortland, Oregon. Julia, we w ish you continued ceived word that he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa! success when you go West, and hope you will keep I envy these people who have been taking such in touch wit h us because everyone will be internice trips. Sarah Brenner Rubin wro te that Florested in your new experie nces, ence Goodman took off for Florida for a short stay Also in the medical department is Betty Mcin December. Then there is Shiriey Sollod Schwartz Laugh lin , who is a Technician in the Petersburg who flew to California with Bernie on one of Hospital. Betty, we may need a transfusion before his buying trips and was thrilled over California. we wr ite another letter. Do you have any alphaThey visited lots of the most outstanding spots betica l blood ? and thorougbly enjoyed their stay. The pres ident Carmine Clay Cathrall hung up her bathin g sui t of the Catalina Company enterta ined them roya lto dry in Miami while she came up to be Maid ly at his ranch, Sarah said . Margaret and Jack of H onor in Ir ene White's wedding on March 3. Brizendine went to Boston during the holidays. Speakin g of weddings, one of much interest to T beir church services during the season kept them us was Betty Tinsley's to Di ck Andrews on March close to Nort h Guilford so they decided to take 10. She was married at her home and '47 was we ll in some New Eng land cultur e rather than making represented. D ee Da venport played, Mary Cox cut a hurried trip to Richmond. Doris Moore says they the cake, and Dotti e Hugh es poured punch whil e are so very happy in th eir work there. Dori s also the rest of us stood by admiring the lovely brid e. informed me that she and Millicent are keepi ng Lena Thornton Small and Holm es came up for up th eir work with the operas. And such a wide the occasion and spent the week end with Nancy range of parts , too. . . They were Can-Can girls Richardson Elliott and John. At present, H olmes in the fa ll production of "The Merry Wid ow" is attend ing schoo l at Fort Belvoir but they wi ll wh ile Millicent plays the ro le of a nun in the return to Mi ssouri . latest one. "A sain t and a sinn er w itbin six month s is doing except ionall y well," she wrote 1 D oris Th e " building fever" is still spreading among also says she is takin g a course in night school our more fortunate classmates. Helen Chandl er this semester . Shea and Jack have bought a lot in Salem and H elen Cole Richard son and Straughan will build Beth (Chambliss) and Charlie H olcomb are out near Alm a Mater in the W estham section . living just outs ide of Norfolk now that Charlie Good lu ck, gi rls 1 has a job as grai n in spector. Nat urally, most news from that sector regards you ng Charlie! Seth's last Here are a coupl e of incomplete items that we letter includ ed a sketch of the floor plan of the would like to hear more about: Betty Bowdl er and Shannahans' new bouse, whicb is just about ready her husband are expected back in the States some to be lived in. It sounds quite lovely-se t amongst tim e thi s year; Pat Cosby is working for her father many trees and much beautiful landscap e. I kn ow here in Richm ond. H ere are some new addr esses that you will be what sold Seth on the site--- it was the fact that she could look out and see water on every hand , intere sted in : Marion Hu ske Moomaw (Mr s. C. be it a creek, the river, or a lily pond . Now she E.), 203 Menola Avenu e, Laburnum Manor , Richmond ; Betty Tin sley Andrews ( Mrs. R. F.), 30 3 can daydream about sailing all the time ! She wrote Oronoco Road , Apt . 10, Laburnum Manor , Rich- that Bobbie D eane Kolcum and her little daught er are livin g with her family while Jack is away. mond; H elen Chandler Shea (Mr s. J. J., Jr.) , 231 ' He is with the Navy in the Pacific. Chestnut Street, Apt. 214, Salem, Va. Wh en some of you brid es-to-be walk into the Well , ga ls, this winds up another Bull etin "b ull Brides' Shop of Miller & Rhoads, you will recogsession" (hen ju st wouldn't fit) until next quarnize that color portrait on the wall to be Monty ter. W e remain your Richm ond correspondents, Elliott 1 Bish and J ack were at the wedding and saying, "don't read this and weep; read it and thought Monty as lovely a bride as had ever WRITE 1" been and all accounts sound beautiful. It was an BETTY, NANCY, !ZZIE , MtMI and BETSY. all-white wedding and Russ served as matron of honor and Pam was a brid e~maid. Monty and Ralph are now living at Wri ghtsv ille Beach, North 1948Carolina, but expect to move soon to Wilmingt on How nice to have such a long lette r from Bobbie where Ralph has been put in cbarge of a Dep end Freed after lo, these many months. The first thing ent s' Clinic whic h is being set up . The day after to be noted is that she isn't Bobbie Freed any more, the Elliott-Ownby wedding, Pam and E. T. left but Mr s. Ir win H. Robert s and is living in Brookfor a vacation in Nassau with Pam's family. ings, South Dakota . She really deserted the Old Judy Barnett's engage ment to Art Seelharst was D omi nion, didn't she? Wish I could just reproannounc ed at Chri stmas, and they are to be married duce her letter here in the Bulletin because I am sure you wou ld all enjoy her "Travelog ue" as August 16. She met him whi le at the University of Kentu cky and they wi ll live at Wind y Hill much as I did . She and Irwin were married last Farms, South Shore, Kentucky, w hich is on the July 13 and since tbat time have seen quit e a bit banks of the Ohio River. of the U. S. They have made a coupl e of trips to Colorado and Utah, tben spent several weeks in Bish forwarded anoth er clipping from the RaAlabama and Georgia. From there Bobbie went leig h newspaper about "our wonder girl, Flo." to Harrisonburg to visit witb her folks during the As secretary of the Legislative Council, she was Christmas holidays with Irwin joining her there. the speaker for the January meeting of their local From Virginia they were off for a sbort va<:ation chapter of the American Association of U niversity in New York and back to tbe West. Bobbie's husWomen. She's really going to town, isn't she? band is a veterin ary parasitologist for the Bureau Bish was specu lating upon Nort h Carolina's prosof Animal Industry, U. S. D epartm ent of Agripects of having a woman gove rnor 1 ! She wrote cultur e (Wh at a title!) and at present is attached that Johnny J ohn son has been in Providence, Rhode to the State College of Agriculture and MecbaniIsland since October, workin g in the Neuro-
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1949As spring comes nearer we find that our reunion is not far away. I hope everyone is planning to be ·back at Westhampton on June 1, 2, and 3. By now you have probably heard the details of our plans. If there is anyone that has not been contacted, please write me. We would like to have all the if you did not graduate class come "back"-even with us, we count you as a part of us if you were ever a member of the class of 1949. Io February Aon Carter was married to Bill Kraft in Kilmarnock, Virginia. Hathaway Pollard was her maid of honor, and Ruby Patterson was one of her bridesmaids. Some of those who attended were May Lee Y ook, Libby McNeil, and Sallie Van Dyck . Joyce Parrish and Bill Wills were married in September. Joyce is still working at Medical College. Betsy Bullock is doing some coaching in math and physics. Skipper, Jean Harper writes, is in schoo l and growing fast. Pat Eagan has finished her technician's course at Medical College, and is now working for two doctors. D avid and Barbara Rodewald Forrest have been transferred sout h from Portsmouth. When I talked with Elaine she did not know where. Let us hear from you, Bobby. To Elizabeth Hsu goes our deepest sympathy. Elizabeth's father, Dr. Hsu, died in February. The family is still here in Hampton. Elizabeth finished her work at the University of Michi gan but I do not kn ow what her future plans are. Her address is 48 Tyler Street, Hampton, V a. From Richm ond comes the news that Buren and .M ary Ann Peddicord Williams have been vacatio ning in Florida recent ly. By May first I hope that each of the '49ers will have written to her group leader or to me so we can have lots of news for the next Bull etin! Mark June first, second, and third on your calendar so you won 't forget the "big reunion" of the class of 1949. Love ,
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1950While many members of the Class of ·so have spent a very "quiet" winter and report no exciting events, a number of girls have made news about which all of you will be interested. With the coming of Spring , wedding bells are beginning to ring more frequently in our class. Margaret Alexander and Sat Anderson, who is in Service now , will be married the last part of March or the early part of April, depending upon when Sat gets a leave. Barbara White's wedding definite date depending i s planned for April-the upon the time Lester (Balderson) gets borne from .a tour of duty with the Merchant Marine.
Wilda Whitman wi ll be married to Bud Oakley in June. It was big news when she received her diamond earlier this Spring. Weddings have stayed in the news this winter with two girls in our class saying "I do." Janice Brandenburg and Charlie Halloran were married January 27 in Annapolis. Doris Lee and Mary Bowles Flannagan were her attendants. Now the Hallorans have an apartment on Stuart Avenue here, and Janice is busy keeping house. Joyce Betts was united in marriage to Jack Pierce in a sma ll afternoon wedding at her home the middle of February. Joyce and Jack are now Jiving in Atlanta where Jack is in school. The "new glow" seen in our class is the addition of several diamonds since the last issue of the Bttlletin. Betty Sims is wearing a beautiful ring which she received from Robert Loving at Christmas. She is planning her wedding for the early part of the summer . Mokey Rounds also has that sparkle in her eyes from the ring which Dick Holloway presented her this winter. I have heard no definite date for her wedding. Let us hear more about this, Mokey. Io addition to the new diamonds in our class there also is a new fraternity pin. Barbara Beattie became pinned to Skip Fanney during the Christmas holidays. I ate lunch with her recently and it sounds lik e her job is just wonderful with plenty of traveling and interesting experiences. We were very sorry to hear that Mary Bowles Flannagan had been sick this winter and was in Johnston -Willi s Hospital for a short time. I saw Doris Lee one evening as she was going to the hospital to visit Mary. Doris Lee is going to night school and learni ng Speed Writing. Nancy Chapin was in Richmond for a visit February 22. She is working in the ticket office of an airlin e company in Pittsburgh. Libby Rows e was in town at the same time and Dot Warne r Gardner gave a lun cheon for twe lve of the girls. Libby is working hard at Katie Gibbs, and love s it. She is serious ly considering going to California to work next year. Claire Noren writes that she , Ellen Largent, and Julie Wann are planning a week end in New York near the end of April. Claire hopes to come South soon, but she admits, "Bosto n has claims distinctly its ow n." It sounds lik e you're having fun, · Claire. Marjorie Parson Owens and Ralph plan to go back to Jarratt to live after Ralph graduates in
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June. It sounds is if Ano D orsey James is quite domestic in redecorating their apartment in Asheville, North Carolina. Talking of apartments, Ludie and Doug have one in the faculty apartment building at Co lumbia University. Ludie has a job with the University while Doug is still in school. They were home one week end in February. Jane and Hiter Robinson have a small apartment on Drake Street and Jane is teaching while Hiter is at the Medical College. Sue Peck House and Jack are living in Covington since the ir marriage. From different reports we hear that Lorane Graves is going to a commercial school near her home town in Massachusetts and is having a wonderful time. Let us hear more about what you are doing , Lorane . Teaching seems to agree with Aggie for she looked so well when some of the girls saw her in town on a recent week end . She seems to be having a good time in Hopewell and all the fun doesn't come from teaching! Among other teachers who were in town recently were Louise Covington and Pat Kelly. Pat has been very busy helping with Girl Scout work in Warrenton this winter while Louise reports that her children are keeping her on the go with so much extra energy this Spring. Talking about teachers , Betty Gray Finney describes herself as "the half-dead teacher of the fifth grade. " But we 've beard she's well liked by her class by the fact that they gave her a Valentine party. Jean Tinsley is another busy teacher, especially this March when she was in her sister's (Betty) wedding. From all reports there are "great expectations" among several members of our class . Probably there' II be more news about this in the next issue of the Bulletin. Piggy is studying quite hard in physical therapy at the Medical College. She reports "am having she's so quiet!" fun with my cadaver-but It was grand to see Piggy, Mary Lee, Dee Haskins and Jean Tins ley at the Alumnae Banquet on February 20 in the Court Dining Room. Many of you have already sent in your contribution to Mrs. Booker, but let's have each girl in the class giving a contribution. Let's each one do our part to keep the Class of '50 on top. Love,
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Atlanta Club President: Mrs. Jean Grant, 991 Wadsworth Drive, N.W., At lanta, Georgia. The Atla nta Club had a dinner meeting March 29. Joan Dalve and Jane Moseley, students at Westhampton who were at home for spring vacation, attended the meeting and broug ht news of the college. Miss Turnbu ll sent slides she had recent ly made of campus scenes and they were greatly enjoyed . At the brief business meeting Jean Grant was e lected president of the Atlanta Club.
M artinsville Club Co-Chairmen, Mrs. E. L. Dupuy, Mrs. S. A. Goodman. We are planning in the spring to have a University of Richmond meeting of the Henry-Patrick County Alumnae Chapter. The time will have to be selected to lit the busy schedules of both college representatives and local alumnae. We feel that a joint meeting of all wou ld do more for University of Richmond in our locality than separate meetings. We, of our local chapters, are quite proud of the recent election of Hon. W. R. Broaddus, Jr. , of Martinsville, as Vice-Rector of th e Board of Trustees of the University of Richmond.
New York Club President: Mrs . Jules F. De Dan (Frances Gottlieb) , 137 Wa lker Court , West Orange , N. J. Our group scheduled its first meeting of our administration for last October , but that was postponed because of the serious illness and long hospitalization of my husband. Christmas is a busy season and our membership so scattered that we waited until after the holidays. On Saturday, January 27, we had a luncheon meeting at The Harvard Club of New York. This was made possible by our Vice-President, Dorothy Brumbaugh , who holds membership there. Despite the bad storm on that day ( the most snow we had all winter), we had an enthusiastic gathering . One of our problems is trying to maintain an up-to-date membership list. We have just comp iled a new record; but if there are any Westhampton Alumnae in New Jersey, New York , or Connecticut and not on our list, please let us know. We welcome all Alumnae to our section of the country and especially to our meetings. Our next big event wi ll be the tea and meeting which wi ll be he ld at The Clubhouse, at John Wanamaker 's store, New York , on April 28. We have invited Dean Roberts to come up and tell us more about present conditions at Westhampton. Mark the date down , you New York club members, and let's give Dean Roberts a roya l welcome!
Petersburg Club President: Sallie Van Dyck, 18 Fillmore Street, Petersburg, Virginia. A group from Petersburg and the vicinity had a supper meeting on November 10th at Arnette's in Colonial Heights to start a Petersburg Chapter of the Westhampton Alumnae Club. Mrs. Leslie Booker told them how to organize a club and suggested some activities they might engage in. Miss Caroline Lutz gave a talk. The club officers elected at that meeting were: Sallie Van Dyck, President; Mr s. Harry Snead, Vice-President ; Miss Wi lma Lum, Secretary; Mrs. Robert Harvey, Treasurer. The club met again on February 27 and Miss Turnbu ll showed her slides of Westhampton. Miss Kel ler also attended. It was decided to give a tea
Alumna e Daught ers pictur ed are : First row: Lucile Hedl ey, daught er of 0 . F. Hedley ; Joy ce E. Bell , dau ghter of Elizab eth Williams Bell; Mar y Marshall Wil ey, daughter of W . B. Wil ey; Shir ley Robertson, daught er of Emmett Y. Robertson; Isab el Sanford, daugh te r of H. B. Sanfo rd; Ellen Honts, daught er of A. B. Hont s. Second row: Harri et Will ingham, daught er of Ha rri et Sharon W illi ngham an d Edw ard Wi llingham ; Sarah Barlo w, da ught er of Glad ys Hol leman Barlo w; Jane Ozlin , daught er of Wilkins J. O zlin ; Betti e Snead , daughter of Virgi nia Jones Snead ; Jane Slaughter, daught er of Margar et Hook er Slaugh te r; Jackie Gustin , daught er of Roma B. Lackes Gustin ; Lois Mood y, daught er of Boyce H. Mood y; Mary Hurt , daugh ter of W est H. Hurt ; Betti e Ma y Kersey, daught er of Lucill e Ledman Kersey and Luther W. Kersey; Sue Easley, dau ghter of Geo rge W . Easley. Third row: Rebecca Cumby , daugh ter of M. A. Cumb y; Jeanne Plunkett, daught er of John H. Plunkett; Sara Lee Street, daught er of Wad dy Davis Street; Beverly Randolph , daught er of B. L. Randolph ; Bett y Edmonds, da ughte r of J. Fred Edmo nds; Pegg y Brow n, daught er of Ma rgaret Lazenb y Brow n; Ann e Plunkett , daughter of John H. Plunkett ; Louise A. White , daught er of David F. Wh ite; Alic e Ruth G a rdn er, da ughter of Ruth Car ver Gardn er and E. N . Gardn er.
ALUMNAE DAUGHTERSHELPWITH ALUMNAE PROJECTS The Alumnae Daughters Club at Westhampton is rendering ab le assistance on alumnae projects this year. At the recent alumnae card party the club members helped Mrs. C. J. Gray , chairman of candy, both in packaging and in selling the candy. They wor ked in relays thro ugh the afternoon on the packagi ng and at night , dressed in attract ive costumes , they ming led wi th the crowd a·nd sold the candy down to the last piece. Again at May Day the Daughters Club wi ll help , when they take charge of the sale of Westhampton plates . These plates, made by Wedgwood, have
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Saturday afternoon, March 3 I for high school girls who planned to attend Westhampton and present Westhamptonites. It was to be held at the president's home in Petersburg.
Richmond Club President: Mrs. G. Edmond Massie, III (Jayne Maire), 7705 Woodman Road, Richmond, Va . The Richmond Club bas had a good year, with severa l big projects successfully accomplished . Since the last report in the Bulletin, the Christmas party for alumnae and husbands and children was held at Westhampton. Ann Seay Jackson was chairman of the party , and the several hundred guests who attended agreed that it was a great success. During January, February, and March a series of four faculty lectures, sponsored jointly by Westhampton and Richmond College alumni , and with Nancy Davis Parkerson as Westhampton chairman, was he ld at the First Baptist Church . The demand for tickets far exceeded expectations and the four lecturers, Dr. Ralph McDanel, Dean Marguerite Roberts, Dr . Edward Gregory, and Dr. Robert Smart, spoke to packed houses. The latest project was a card party held in Keller Hall at Westhampton College on April 6. With Mary Ryland Babcock as chairman, Dorothy Abbott Wood as co-chairman, and a large committee of excellent workers, the party far surpassed expectations. About five hundred people attended, and around four hundred dollars was taken in. This money will be used for club projects, and for the Swimming Pool Fund.
Tidewater Club President: Miss Florence Siebert, 634 37th St., Norfolk, Virg inia. The Tidewater Alumnae bad a splendid meeting on February third to bring together the loose ends of the card party. There were twenty-eight members present in spite of the fact that the weather was terrible. When we left that day we felt that all our plans were well under way, but we forgot to consider the problem of health . Our party, so far as what we could do to make it so, was truly lovely. The chi ldren in the fashion show were just as cute as they could be. Incidentally, we used some of the Richmond College sons this year for the Westhampton girls did not have enough boys . The prizes were useful and numerous; the food was delicious. The girls all cooperated, but the attendance was very poor. Table after tab le was cancelled at the last minute on account of illness. We were disappointed but it just couldn't be helped. We hope to be more successful financia lly next time. Now we are planning our May meeting. We expect to have it on Saturday, May 12, and to have representatives from the college come down to meet with us.
Washington Club President: Mrs . Lester E. Tharpe, 6214 Fortythird Street, Hyattsville , Maryland. On March 31 the club held a tea at the borne of Frances Burnette, '27, at 1315 35th Street, N.W. The guests were the Westhampton students of Washington and vicinity and also prospective students for 1951-52.
Lough, Miss Brown, Dr. Loving , Dr. Ryland, Dr. Harris, Miss Crenshaw and "Coach " Dobson rang bells of recollection. While Miss Keller 's anecdotes and reminiscences evoked thoughts of the past, the speaker did not neglect the present and the future of the living University . The up-to-tbeminute slides of school scenes presented by Miss Turnbull also served to bring the University picture as a whole into true focus. Presiding at the meeting was Dr. Clarence Denoon, retiring president. Narcissa Daniel Hargroves "introduced" the speaker of the evening and expressed the general happiness of those present again "to sit at the feet of Miss Keller." Offiâ&#x20AC;˘cers selected for 1951-52 are: Leonora Johnson, president; Robert W. Neathery, Jr., vicepresident; Betty Acker Gillespie, secretary ; Albert C. Barnett, treasur er; Dorothy Hewes McGlincy, Narcissa Daniel Hargroves , Luther B. Jenkins, Edward G . Tiedemann, executive committee. MARK LUTZ, ' 26.
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It was Rittenhouse Square on the outside but it was the University of Richmond campus inside the Cbateau Cri llon whi le Dean May L. Keller was speaking before the Philadelphia Chapter of the Alumni Association on March 30. Between the wordage of Miss Keller and the color slides made and shown by Miss Pauline Turnbu ll, the Alumni had a memory rewarding trip to yesteryear. During the course of Miss Keller's informal and witty chat the names of Chance llor Boatwright, Preside nt Modlin, Dr . Gaines, Miss Lutz, Dr.
Russell C. Williams, 82, chairman of the Board of Deacons of the First Baptist Church in Richmond, died on February 10th. He was a member of the University's board of trustees and was long active in the brokerage business. At one time he was president of the Richmond Stock Exchange and was connected with the Richmond offices of Abbott , Proctor & Paine.
1899H ugh Johnson, commissioner of the revenue for Norfo lk County, Va., died in Portsmouth on March 20th . A dominant figure in county politics for the past thirty years; be was a Mason and a member of the Loyal Order of Moose.
1920Prof. S. P. G. Spratt, former bead of the English department at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va ., died at Rocky Mount , Va., on January 6th. A tourist cabin in which he was staying caught fire, and death was due to suffocation.
1922Dr. C. Y. Hs u, of Hampton, Va., died on February 17th. Since 1949 he has been professor of physics at Hampton Institute. He held a master's degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph .D. degree from Cornell. He returned to the United States in 1948 after teaching in China for a number of years. In commenting on bis death, President Alonzo G. Moran said that "his love for Hampton and his acceptance by staff and students alike gave promise of many useful years of work and service in our community. W e sincerely regret bis untimely passing which leaves a serious gap in our ranks and nullifies one step in our progress toward adding the best, the most capabl e men and women to our staff."
S HUNTER J. RUFU at Richmond College until 1895, died at his home in Raleigh , N. C., on March 4th. He was on the first faculty organized by Chancellor Boatwright when be became president. Upon bis retirement Dr. Hunter entered the insurance business in Raleigh. He was a trustee for Meredith and Wake Forest colleges and held a Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University.
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Gruffer, though not less friendly really, was John Johnson who held sway in the north basement of Ryland Hall; I saw him many years later, an unchanged denizen more timeless than, alas, our childhood. The postman was another; we knew and liked him well, for in those days we had the same one forever. Of Willie James, the cook and counsellor in our house during all this time, I cannot think without affectionate gratitude for her combination of tenderness and stern discipline that sprang equally from her generous heart. It is well recognized that southern children often had two mothers ; some little tilts against race discrimination in which my brothers and I have been engaged as adults owe their zeal ( though this, we are told, is not as it should be) to Willie James and her broad, steep lap. Willie had relations and friends that we got to know in our basement Man Sylvester" who came in kitchen-"Old from the county with his four little mules, and Joe, a boy who took me off the campus in his hunt for ashes to sift and trundle home to Moore Street. I remember a soft spring afternoon when we pulled his wagon beyond the Fair Grounds, Joe seeming a better protector than any policeman. We had few pet animals because the public lives of faculty children allowed no back yards to keep them in . There were always stray dogs about the campus, but the watchman, Captain Lyle, engaged after an attempt to set the science building on fire, drove them off as he did stray children too. From across the railroad tracks and behind the brewery on Broad Street came goats to graze. It was always our hope to have one; my brother broached the proposition to Dr. Ryland, but the appeal of seven to seventy was so unsuccessful that we had to content ourselv es with skittish approaches to the bearded, smelly beasts that defied authority and poached anyhow. Another half-wild animal familiar was a tortoise-shell mother cat that had innumerable litters of kittens under the back porch of the refectory; she was aloof rather than tame, and all the cats I have ever seen since are poor examples of her independent prowess. We children of the campus had some part in the organized life of the College. Our parents' ambition for us conducted us to the Thomas Lectures in the chapel, not all as intelligible as the description of the heavens by the celebrated astronomer Sir Robert Ball. We sat on those same hard seats to listen to student orations and debates (all of them about Theodore Roosevelt and American imperialism as I remember) until, about 9 P.M., sleep gratefully overwhelmed us. But our duty as members of the academic community was most reluctantly rendered when we were com-
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of Virginia prior to his death last July, was un veiled at the M.C.V. , on January 25th . His successor, Dr. Harry Lyons , said that the dental profession "looked to him for leadership and he responded with vigor, but always with modesty. "
pelled to be on good behavior a livelong day, once or twice a year, when the trustees were on the campus. Not only our faces but our very thoughts were washed! I can see the old fellows now, enough white-whiskered figures to make a constitutional convention and far too many, I should think, for lesser deliberations, as they filed around the main building. In Sunday school we were told that God was one or God was three, but this uncertainty of singularity or plurality led me to suppose, on trustee-meeting day, that God was three score. Our parents would have been wiser not to dress us in our best, for the trustees-if those divinities noticed us at all-might have upped salaries had they seen us shabbier. But the fact was that they had little to dispense. It was seldom that anything broke into our campus world more serious than the rattle of the milk wagon on the cobbles, beginning another children's day. I am perhaps the only one of that little group that can remember when recruits for the Spanish-American war, sweating in their heavy blue uniforms, marched along Lombardy Street toward their Camp at the Fair Grounds; indeed it was better than that, for some of them lounged on the bank of our yard, and for an exciting week or more (maybe my recollection is mistaken) a company got their food at long tables built behind the refectory. Dr. Rudd, afterward of the Medical College of Virginia, was one of them and consequently has always been in my eyes, whether he chose or not, the emblem of America as a world power! The war, with all its chances of death, did not seem to me so serious as the actual death of a student who toppled from his bicycle with heart failure on Church Hill. His body was brought to the chapel and we children peered through the windows with our first realization that life did not go on forever. I have not said much of our parents . Happily some survive to receive our gratitude for the liberty they gave us. They were fairly serious people, I suppose, with a mission, and in insensible ways the youngest of us were given to know that we were acolytes in the temple of learning. But to make us socially conscious was not the worst thing they did for us-the whole school system strives for that now, and with less result. That aside, we were furnished affection and air, and at one and the same time. Doesn't the whole world struggle now for what we got-freedom and security?
HELPWANTED! The senior class has as one of its last projects this year, the collection of traditions that have existed at Westhampton College. So many of them are unknown to us and need to be revived. We need the help of every alumna of the college in starting this collection. Won't each of you send us any traditions which you may remember from your college days? No matter how insignificant they may seem to you, we are greatly interested and will appreciate any which you can recall. Just jot them down and mail to Patricia Smith at Westhampton College. Thank you for your help.
fensive position, put on a performance that showed he could rank with the best of them in toting the pigskin. Bud Thomas, a 195pound fullback from Harrisonburg, proved to be such a capable line-backer, he may get this assignment next fall. On the line, guard Tony Raccioppo, a junior from Montclair, N . J., won praises for his improved play, and the work of Al Pecuch, another all-State military star at FUMA under Merrick, proved to the new coach that the center position will be ably filled. Merrick also has captain-elect Johnny Mac Brown of Culpeper and Jim Frye of Mount Airy, N. C., to help with the center duties. (Brown, a great defensive player, was injured early in the scrimmage and did not have an opportunity to show his wares.) Merrick said he was pleased with the quar-
terbacking of Matt Hudgins and Bobby Tyler but he needs two more expert passers and ball handlers. Furthermore, he wants a couple of lanky ends who are especially adept at snagging passes and are quick getting down field. On the lin e Coach Williams feels that more speed is needed for effective downfield blocking. Unless the draft makes serious inroads on the ranks of the Red and Blue-an d there is no reason to believe so at this writing-the Spiders should be vastly better next fall. And that's good news for the faithful alumni who have been dying a thousand deaths as their team took terrific thumpings during the past two years. Alumni who have had to go all the way back to those victories over Cornell and the University of North Carolina to find something to shout about, may have a chance to throw out their chests next fall. It well may be, that happy days are here again!
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fullback position with all the drive of a runaway locomotive and specializes in cracking the line. Krumel, a halfback on last year's Hopewell High team, is fast, elusive, and difficult to tackle. Last year's players turned in creditab le jobs all session long. They form the nucleus around which Merrick hopes to build the new University of Richmond football team. Bill Farris, a 175-pound halfback from Portsmouth who was shifted from his usual de-
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