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oUecember, 1954

O years unhorn, what mystery

Will you reveal to age and youth From highest height to deepest sea.

From fettered doubt or winged truth? What songs of steel whose lyric note

Will ma\e new music for our ears; "What flame from lightning's yellow throat

To hind us to the alien spheres?

What towering temples huilt of stone

Will rise li\e Babel from the sod That men b}' flesh and blood alone

May climb the heights and wall{ with God? But years unborn, not yours to bring

By fire or sword or stratagem The gift to ma\e the angels sing

The star that led to Bethlehem.

— John Richard Moreland

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Three Cheers For Old Ohio

Enclosed is a picture of the first marchins band that Ohio University ever had. The origin of it may interest you.

in the fall of 1915 the big game of the season was at hand. Marietta and Ohio Uni- versity. The entire town was turning out for the game — except a few of us standing in Lashes Drug Store, wondering where we could each get fifty cents for a ticket.

We knew George Parks, then athletic director, had the old wooden fence guarded so that we could not go over or under. And in about an hour the game would start. Someone suggested that we could get to- gether a band and just march through the gate.

There was a wild scramble around room- ing houses throughout the town and every- one came back with some kind of an instru- ment. Some were high pitch and some low, but that didn't make any difference to us. All we wanted was to get in and see the game without paying.

One fellow, Carr Liggett, couldn't find a horn of any kind, neither could he have played it if he had found one, so we made him the leader and drum major, and with the aid of a cane borrowed from Mr. Lash for a baton we were all set for the game — except that we had no music.

After much talk we found that everyone knew "Three Cheers for Old Ohio" which we thought would surely get us through the gate and around "Old George."

We went down to the wooden covered bridge over the Hocking and waited until about ten minutes before kick-off time. Then we lined up with Liggett out in front and started for the gate, playing "Three Cheers for Old Ohio" like it had never been played before or since.

By sticking Liggett way out in front, we figured that if George stopped him at the gate for a ticket our plan wasn't going to work. But he didn't. I can see him now, standing there at the gate, hands in his pockets, his eyes bulging out like organ stops, but he let us through and before he could figure out what to do with us we had seats on the fifty yard line. And we were still playing "Three Cheers for Old Ohio." After the ticket rush was over at the gate George came over where we were and told us that he would permit us to stay if we would play a tune once in a while. This we agreed to do, and throughout that afternoon if anyone did not know that song before, he knew it by the time the game was over, for that was all he heard.

The idea of a band at the games caught on, and through the rest of the 1915 and 1916 seasons this bunch of embryonic mus- icians— and I use the word "musician" loosely — stayed together. One member of our band had a horn but could not blow a note on it. All he ever did was hold the horn to his lips, puff out his cheeks, and try to keep in step.

Up until the war broke out we saw every- thing around the campus free by marching right through the gate and around George to the best seats in the house. Getting by George in those days was considered quite a feat too.

F. C. LeRoy, '20, Stoutsville, Ohio

OHIO UNIVERSITY'S 1915 "EMBRYONIC" BAND IN BOX SEATS

New Outlook

For the past two and a half years I have enjoyed the jS\umnv.s at my duty station in Prot Lyautey, French Morocco. Generally It arrived a month or so after it was issued, but every time I sat down and leafed through the pages it brought back many wonderful memories and gave me a brand new outlook on what seemed a dismal life.

Now my world travels are over and I will be helping Uncle Sam here in Washington, D. C. . . .

Thanks for pushing the magazine my way for these past few years. I certainly appreciate it.

R. A. Dittebrand, '51

Tops List

. . . The Alumnus is tops on my magazine list and I cannot even think of being separ- ated from it for a single month.

Lt. George M. Craven, '."^J

Good Seats and Coffee

... I appreciated the card I received from the alumni office about the Kent-Ohio University game. I was glad to get my game tickets that way for they assured us of good seats for a good game.

The coffee hour after the game was a grand idea and I might add that some Kent friends who went over to the game with us thought very highly of the OU coffee hour get-together.

I might also add that I recently accepted a position with the B. F. Goodrich Company here in Akron as a development engineer in their Tire Design Department.

Don Russell, '51

Historical Background

Just a note to let you know how thorough- ly I have enjoyed reading every issue of THE OHIO ALUMNUS since I entered my subscription last spring. Although I am not familiar with most of the names of alumni and faculty members, nevertheless news items

about them and their accomplishments in- terest me very much.

I have enjoyed especially the articles de- picting the historical background of the uni- versity and particularly the write-up of Archibald Brown and Professor Clement Martzolff in the June issue (written by Clark E. Williams, '21— ed.).

While enrolled at Ohio University the year I taught the eighth grade in Athens. I had the pleasure of taking Professor Mart- zolff's course in Ohio History. I was fas- cinated with his personality and with his interesting presentation of the subject.

In fact, as a result of that experience my interest in Ohio history was greatly aroused — an interest that has continued to increase with the passing years, so much so that it has become an avocation of mine. Because of that interest I have gradually acquired a rather sizeable library on Ohioana — more titles actually than those dealing with my field of specialization (anatomy).

Linden F. Edwards, '21, Columbus

In recent years Dr. Edwards has extended his hobby to include the historical aspects of medicine In Ohio. He is now affiliated with the American Association of the History of Medi- cine, the Ohio Historical Society, the Franklin County Historical Society, and the Ohio Acad- emy of Medical History. In addition to present- ing papers at meetings of these organizations, he has had several articles published in jour- nals devoted to the history of medicine.

Almost Texans

At long last I think we have an almost permanent address — at least we are buying this one so maybe it will be permanent. . . .

Bob received his Ph.D. from the State University of Iowa in August and we were fortunate enough to be able to come to El Paso to work and make our home. Bob is with HumRRO (Herman Research Resource Office). I am continuing in IBM work with El Paso Natural Gas . . .

We look forward to receiving the Alumnus as that is our main contact with friends and events of OU.

As yet we have not become full fledged Texans but Bob did buy a 7V2 gallon hat in preparation for the day.

Jeanne Roth Mager, '48 Bob Mager, '48, M.A. '50

December, 1954

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THE	Volume	33	Number 3
OHIO		December,	1954
A L U M N U S The Magazine of The Ohio	Univers	ty Alumni	Association
Editor David N. Keller, '?(i Chief Photographer Douglas Wetherholt	Martin •54	Publisher L, Hecht, "46

CONTENTS

5 The Future Of Higher EducaHon

8 A Weekend At Harvard

10 Financial Aid For The Worthy

12 Saturday's Formations

14 Citizenship In The Modern World

16 On The Alumni Front

1 7 About The Green

18 Glamorous Gridders

19 The Faculty

20 Bobcat Roundup

22 Grand Old Name

23 Among The Alumni 29 Campus In The Country

THE COVER

The Christmas Season, most popular time of the year for young and old, is a time for singing. In this striking cover photograph by Doug Wether- holt four Ohio University stu- dents blend their voices while the tower of Bryan Hall shines in the background. Left to right arc Robert Black, a junior from Alliance; Helen Fleischer, Sax- onburg, Pennsylvania senior; Serena Sams, Kenton freshman; and Art Aspengren, senior from Watervlict, Michigan.

OFFICERS OF THE OHIO UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

(Member oj the American Alumni Council,*

Russell P. Herrold, '16, President

Gail Fishel Kutz, "21, V. Pres. C. Paul Stocker, "26, V. Pres.

Martin L. Hecht, '46, Secretarv William H. Fcnscl, "18. Treds.

Members-at-Larce of Executive Committee Ralph W. Betts, "29 Florence Micsse Steele, '12

THE OHIO ALUMNVS is published monthly from October to June, in- clusive, by The Ohio University Alumni Association. THE ANNUAL SUB- SCRIPTION RATE of $3.50 includes membership in The Ohio University Alumni Association. Remittance should be made by check or money order payable to The Ohio University Alumni Association, PO Box 283, Athens. Entered as second class matter, October 3, 1923, at the post office at Athens, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed at The Lawhcad Press, Inc., Athens, Ohio.

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An Antidote

' I 'HIS IS the season of confusion. No one is cer- -L tain whether basketball teams start playing in the midst of football season or football teams over- lap into basketball season. There are sudden changes in the weather and in Congress. We can't decide whether to buy that new car now or wait for the new models. It snows on the days we forget our coats and rains when we decide to take some color pictures.

Then comes the never-failing antidote and we are all cured. It starts in doses administered through the newspapers, and labeled "18 shopping days until Christmas." Gradually the doses are reduced and we feel our thoughts being channeled out of the confusion toward a common interest — the Christmas season.

We hear suggestions for Christmas gifts, such as a year's subscription to The Ohio Alumnus (how did that creep in here!). Everyone seems to be looking forward to December 25. No one seems to be confused any longer. Or maybe we just don't mind the confusion. Budgets go out the window for a month. Our kids, finding it harder and harder to sleep, wake up at 5:00 instead of 5:30. Their minds are channeled too.

It won't be long now. Already the campus rings with promises to complete at least three term papers during vacation. Decorations are going up. Glee clubs are rehearsing Carols.

Christmas will be here even before another issue of the Alumnus can hit the streets. So all of us at the alumni ofBce want to take this oppor- tunity to wish each of you the Merriest Christmas and Happiest New Year you have ever had.

An Aptitude

THIS COLUMN cannot close out the year 1954 without a note of thanks to a young under- graduate whose unsolicited help has been an im- portant factor in the appearance of the magazine. He is Tom Kuby, whose byline and credit line are both probably familiar to Alumnus readers.

A senior studying public relations, Tom has the unusual talent combination of being a gifted artist as well as a fine writer. He also has a driving ambition to do things on his own initiative. The Alumnus is fortunate to have profited by that ambition.

The last five issues of the magazine have all contained examples of Tom's artistic touch. This month we have two of his drawings, used in en- tirely difi"erent ways. In each instance Tom volun- teered his services and received no monetary comp- ensation.

In addition to Tom Kuby's congenial manner and real ability he has a respect for deadlines, always turning in material before the requested time. We predict great things in the field of pub- lic relations for this senior who graduates (darnit) in February.

The Ohio Alumnus

Leading educators take a look at anticipated college enrollments during Oil's Conference On Higher Education

Joseph B. Hall, Chairman of the Ohio University Board of Trustees, chats with Harold E. Stossen, di- rector of the U.S. Foreign Opera- tions Administration.

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THE FIRST STEP in solving a dif- ficult problem is to define the issue. With that fact in mind, educa- tional leaders from colleges and uni- versities throughout the state assembled November 10-11 to help Ohio University close its sesquicentennial celebration with a look to the future.

The conference is certain to have a tremendous impact on the future of higher education. Bringing together in- dividual problems, most of them centered on anticipated enrollment increases, educators formulated a picture of edu- cation during the next 20 years. Through reports and panel discussions they re- vealed specific situations which must b; prepared for now.

From the reports, for instance, came a strong indication that Ohio Universi- ty's enrollment will soar to at least 12,000 students by 1972.

Principal speaker was the Hon. Harold

E. Stassen, director of the Foreign Op- erations Administration in Washington, D. C, who spoke at the Sesquicenten- nial Convocation closing the session. Many other notable speakers took part in the conference, including representa- tives from 51 institutions of higher learning.

Proceedings started with reports and discussions which were open to the public. President John C. Baker pre- sided.

Dr. Ronald B. Thompson, registrar of Ohio State University, set the theme of the Conference on Higher Educatcn with a report on the "Expected Increase of College-age Population During the Next Decade." Using picture slides to illustrate his address. Dr. Thompson reported that:

"The population of the United States has doubled in the last 50 years. The number of births each year has almost

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doubled in the last 20 years, reaching nearly four million in 1953. The average number of births each year for the last eight years is more than a million above the average for the eight years immedi- ately preceding. The burden of educat- ing this unprecedented tidal wave of students when it strikes our colleges and universities will be far greater than anything we have been called upon to bear thus far."

Dr. Thompson described the growth of higher education in the United States as "phenomenal." He sa'd that "during the last 50 years the number of students enrolled in private colleges has multiplied more than seven times, while the number enrolled in public colleges and uni- versities has multiplied 17 times.

"Education is recognized in the Unit- ed States as a responsibility of each state. While total enrollment in the (Please Turn Page)

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United States has increased approxi- mately 150 per cent in the last 20 years, the variations of increase have ranged from 35 per cent in North Dakota to 560 per cent in Florida. Ohio's increase is 108."

Thus describing the urgency of meet- ing ensuing needs for providing educa- tion. Dr. Thompson summed up the value of the Conference on Higher Education. "Heroic thinking, adventur- ous planning, and action based on clear vision will be required if we are to find the best solution to these problems con- fronting us in the years immediately ahead," he told delegates. "The decision is in your hands."

Enrollment Will Soar

Dr. Victor A, Goedicke, professor oi mathematics and astronomy at Ohio University, completed the picture of the responsibility of higher education with a report on "Expected Enrollment in Ohio Colleges and Universities During the Next Decade.

Dr. Goedicke predicted Ohio college enrollment in 1972 will be 187,844, or 237 per cent of the present 80,466. Used as an index for this prediction was the advancement ratio, which is the ratio of the enrollment in a given grade in a given year to the enrollment in the preceding grade in the preceding year.

"Inasmuch as the state-supported uni- versities are expected to accommodate all students who wish to enter, while private schools can and should restrict their enrollments if they see fit," he said, "it is possible that the private schools as a whole will choose to expand their facilities to less than 237 per cent of present size, in which case the state- supported schools will have to expand

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PARTICIPANTS in the opening session were (I to r) President Howard L. Bevis, Ohio State Univer- sity; Dr. Victor Goedicke, OU; Registrar Ronald B. Thompson, Ohio State; and OU President

John C. Baker.

their facilities to correspondingly more that 237 per cent of present size."

Must Share Responsibility

On the basis of replies to question- naires from presidents of 31 non-state supported Ohio colleges, Dr. Goedicke reported that private, non-church related colleges hope to raise their capacity from the present 12,445 students to 20,783 by 1972; Protestant church related schools from 9884 to 15,617; Roman Catholic supported schools from 7100 to 14,129; and municipal schools from 15,- 800 to 27, 334.

"We find that all of these colleges combined will, if their hopes for expan- sion are realized, accommodate 78,000 students by 1972," he said. "The number of students needing accommodation (ac- cording to estimates) will be 188,000. The difference between these two must be absorbed by the state universities (six) if they continue to follow their present policy of admitting all applicants for admission. This difference is 110,000 students. To accommodate this number the state universities would have to ex- pand to 322 per cent of their present size by 1972."

A panel discussion, headed by Presi-

DISCUSSION PROGRAM at the opening session had as panelists mem- bers ol the Ohio College Association Committee. Seated, left to right, are President Normon P. Auburn of the University of Akron; President John D. Mlllett, Miami University; and President Robert N. Montgomery, Musk- ingum. Standing are President Bevis of OSU; President Frederick E. Welfle, John Carroll University; and Novice G. Fawcett, superintendent of Col- umbus city schools.

WIVES OF GUESTS attending the conference were given a reception and tea In the 1804 Lounge of the University Center. Left to right are Mrs. Joseph Hall of Cincinnati; Mrs. Howard L. Bevis, Columbus; and Mrs. John C. Baker, the hostess. Assisting Mrs. Baker were Mrs. Horace T. Houf, Mrs. Golge Paulsen, Mrs. Earl C. Selgfred, Mrs. E. J. Toylor, Mrs. H. E. Bern, Mrs. Don Cllpplnger, Mrs. Rush Elliott, Mrs. Clark Myers, Mrs. Gordon Bush, and Mrs. Vincent Jukes.

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The surrender of indiYidual freedom is tf)e end of cultural advancement

dent Howard L. Bcvis of Ohio State University, followed Dr. Goedicke's talk. Members were: President Norman P. Auburn, University of Akron; Super- intendent N. G. Fawcett of the Colum- bus Public Schools; President John D. Millett, Miami University; President Robert N. Montgomery, Muskingum College; President William E. Steven- son, Oberlin College; and President Frederick E. Welfle, John Carol Uni- versity.

Equalize Opportunity

The second day of the conference opened with a report by Dr. Paul R. Murphy, Ohio University associate pro- fessor of classical languages. Dr. Murphy's subject was "Equalizing High- er Educational Opportunity in Ohio — Scholarships and Student Aid."

"In 1953-54," Dr. Murphy stated, "of 57,000 students in Ohio Colleges, more than 8000, about 15 per cent, held student aids."

A discussion of student aid programs followed, with panelists including Vice President Herman M. Shipps, Ohio Wesleyan University; Dean John N. Stauffer, Wittenberg College; Assistant Dean H. H. Stephenson, Miami Uni- versity; and Edward A. Sudnick, director of student financial aids at Ohio University.

Dr. Ernest M. Collins, associate pro- fessor of government at OU, presented the final conference report, his subject being "Teaching Citizenship and Dem- ocracy in Ohio Colleges."

"In recent years," he reported, "many of the colleges and universities in the United States have been engaged in a re-examination of their educational pro- grams to determine their adequacy for fulfilling the citizenship needs of their students.

"The statement contained in the Re- port of the President's Commission on Higher Education that 'colleges have not taken seriously the task of making good citizens because they deem it to be their proper function to produce an intellectual elite,' has caused some of the colleges to take a new interest in their programs."

A four-member panel discussed the subject further after Dr. Collins fin- ished his report. Members were: Dean K. H. McFall, Bowling Green State University; Dean Eric N. Rackham, Kent State University; Dean Parker E. Lichtenstein, Denison University; and Professor William H. Eells, Ohio Wes- leyan University.

President Baker summarized proceed- ings of the conference at the end of the second session.

An academic processional preceded the closing convocation held in Memorial Auditorium. In the convocation address on "Education and Freedom," Mr. Stassen stressed the need of freedom of inquiry by recalling "the tragic history of peoples who have relinquished that freedom."

The director of the nation's Foreign Operations Administration told his aud- ience that "when peoples surrender their individual freedom and submit to total- itarian rule their cultural ;idvancement stops abruptly. Eventually their physical resources, both men and material, and spiritual assets, are recklessly squandered by despots and their society is reduced

to stagnation."

Mr. Stassen expressed faith in the history of the United States, however, in meeting problems which he said are "numberless and immense."

"I have a deep and abiding faith that if there are a sufficient number of people who believe in themselves, in their jobs, in their country, and in their individual chance for greatness," he asserted, "we will be able to meet these problems and to solve them."

President Bevis also spoke at the con- vocation, and Rabbi Harry Kaplan, reg- ional director of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, gave the invocation and benediction.

SPEAKERS Dr. Paul R. Murphy and Dr. Ernest M. Collins of OU (I to r) talk with panelists Dean John N. Stauffer of Wittenberg and Assistant Dean H. H. Stephenson, Jr. of Miami.

AT THE FORMAL DINNER, left to right, ore Mrs. Joseph B. Hall, President John C. Baker, Mrs.

Howard L. Bevis, President Lloyd L. Romseyer of Bluffton College, Mrs. Baker, President Raymond

Walters of the University of Cincinnati, Mrs. Horoce T. Houf, President Charles H. Wesley of

Central State College, and Mrs. Walters.

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Ohio Univerlsty alumni invade Cambridge for . .

A Weekend

At Harvard

NEW ENGLAND alumni stepped into the director's role for Ohio University's year-long sesquicentennial show on October 30 as the scene shifted momentarily to Boston.

Harvard Weekend, a combination of football and reunion, again featured a cast of alumni and OU representatives who crowded the Harvard stage for four acts.

The curtain went up on an alumni luncheon at the faculty club of the Har- vard Graduate School of Business Ad- ministration .More than l.iO alumni, most of them from the East Coast, were on stage. The cities of Boston and New York logically had the highest repre- sentation, but there were many from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Ohio.

The luncheon was an informal affair that gave everyone a chance to get re- acquainted, and set the stage for the n:xt acts.

Act Two. set in the nation's oldest

football stadium, although possibly class- ed as a tragedy, nevertheless had its happy moments. While the Harvard Crimson pounded its way to a 27-13 victory, Boston critics were generous in their praise of OU's Bobcats, and their leading actor Erland Ahlberg (see sports section) .

The audience was forced to take cover in the sheltered sections of the stadium as the stage effects went com- pletely haywire and showered rain throughout the game. Several missed cues by the actors were obviously attrib- uted to the slippery stage, but the game was a well fought oifertsive show.

Even several of the Harvard Band members carried umbrellas during the half-time show. But there were no pro- tests from OU alumni who sheltered themselves as best they could and were in turn treated to a good performance that included two break-away touch- down runs by the Bobcats.

Act Three was a reception at the

EASTERN ALUMNI who helped make arrange- ments tor Harvord Weekend are (left to right) Granville H. Evans, '19, Belmont, Mass.: F. M. (Doc) Rhoten, '28, Fitchburg, Mass. who head- ed the Committee; and Richard Daggett, '24, Southboro, Mass.

Commander Hotel in Cambridge. About 150 alumni attended the affair in the hotel ballroom, which Alumni Secretary Marty Hecht had decorated with photo- graphs and color sketches of OU build- ings.

So popular was the reception that it lasted until time for the final Harvard Weekend act, the alumni dinner.

Fifty-seven attended the dinner which had as speakers Dr. John C. Baker, Pro- fessor Albert C. Gubitz, and Dean Rush Elliott of Ohio University. Alumni Sec- retary Hecht acted as toastmaster.

After paying tribute to Coach Carroll Widdocs and the football team. Presi- dent Baker told alumni of expansion plans for OU. Enrollment went up al- most 20 percent this year, he said, even though the number of college-age stu- dents was low. This increase was far above the average for Ohio colleges and universities.

"Housing is the limiting factor on cn-

AT THE LUNCHEON, left to right, are Stephen Fuller, Ml; Granville H

Evans, '19; President John C. Baker; Mrs. Baker; and Joan Vance Mc

Kinnon, 52.

FINISHING THE meal ( Wheat; Mr. Wheat, '43;

(acuity club are, left to right, Mrs. Robert . Joseph Scharon; Mr. Schoron, '49; and an Identified couple.

ight

The Ohio A l u m n u .s

rollmcnt at Ohio University," the pres- ident said.

Explaining the OU dormitory project now underway, President Baker told of a recent statistical study which indicates there will be about twice as many col- lege age men and women in Ohio in 1970 as there are now. He added that Ohio University is doing everything possible to meet future demands by building new dorms and classrooms, and by continuing to concentrate on getting top young instructors.

Professor Gubitz outlined briefly the progress OU has made in the past ten years, tying in the importance alumni cooperation has played, especially in the sesquicentennial scholarship fund drive.

A total of $368,325 has been pledged so far, Professor Gubitz said, with $236,- 175 already paid. Operation of the fund is underway now and several students came to OU this semester on scholar- ships provided by the sequi drive.

At one point in his talk. Professor Gubitz mentioned a close race in schol- arship fund results between the Colum- bus and Cleveland areas. Carr Liggett, "16, of Cleveland, who made the trip to Harvard, immediately added $100 to his previous donation to extend the slight Cleveland lead and push the total from that area past $30,000.

Dr. Elliott, dean of the OU College of Arts 5? Sciences, spoke on changes in the faculty brought on by expansion and several retirements. He said that the university's young faculty members are very promising, and that he hopes it will be possible in the near future to offer some doctorates at OU.

The committee of New England alumni who helped make arrangements for the 1954 Harvard Weekend was headed by F. M. (Doc) Rhoten, '28 and Mrs. Rhoten. On the committee were Granville H. (Grif) Evans, '19 and Mrs. Evans (Grace McKee, '19); E. M. (Dutch) Jennings, '25 and Mrs. Jen- nings (Mildred Lincicome, '27) ; Page Mead, '29 and Mrs. Mead; Steven Full- er, '41 and Mrs. Fuller; Robert Wheat, '43 and Mrs. Wheat; Joseph Scharon, '49 and Mrs. Scharon; James Burt, '49 and Mrs. Burt (Jane Beckley, '48) .

Ralph B. Wilson, '06, was the oldest alumnus present. Now a resident of Wellesly Hills, Mass., Mr. Wilson sat through the entire football game in the rain, and attended both the reception and the alumni dinner. He was presented with a copy of "The History of Ohio University" by Professor Thomas N. Hoover.

On Friday preceding the game Mr. Rhoten gave a party at the Statler Hotel for members of the committee and guests from OU.

POSING FOR a picture at the reception were these OU alumni and students who dispersed before positive identification could be mode.

OLDEST ALUMNUS at the event was Ralph B. Wilson, '06, left, shown greeting Chorlie Crawford,

'47, right, and Carr Liggett, '16. Now retired, Mr. Wilson lives in Wellesley Hills, a suburb of

Boston. Mr. Crawford travelled all the way from Montreal, Canada for the Harvard reunoin, and

Mr. Liggett went out from his home in Cleveland.

AT THE RECEPTION are (seated left to right) Hannah Brienio De Sio, '40; Paul J. DeSio, '36:

Vincent E. Caccese, '35; Oscar Grusky, '38; Charles DeSio, '42; (next alumna unidentified); Gil

Thomas (Tomaselli), '35; and Selma Bechdolt Blake, '36. Standing, I to r, ore Irving Miller, '38;

Kenneth F. Wennik, '49; and Mrs. Wennik.

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Financial

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE members who screen all applications ore, left to right, Dr. B. A. Renkenberger, Dr. Karl Ahrendt, Dr. L. F. Shoemaker Chairman Edward A. Sudnick, Dr. Frank B. Dilley, and Joseph H. Dando. Not pictured is the Seventh member. Dean of Women Margaret

M. Deppen.

TWENTY-FIVE years ago very few students received financial help from the colleges they attended. As a result, many intelligent young men and women were forced to give up plans for higher education because they simply could not afford college.

Today the situation has changed. Through a carefully planned system of student aids worthy students are able to receive financial assistance in the forms of scholarships, part-time employ- ment, and loans.

The backbone of the system is, of course, the scholarship program. Through various kinds of scholarships, needy students who have distinguished themselves in academic work are able to go on to college.

But the granting of scholarships is no simple scheme of handing out money to students. Alumni and friends of Ohio University have given generously to sup- port the scholarship program, and they deserve to know exactly how their money is being used.

The thousands of alumni who have contributed more than $365,000 to the sesquicentennial scholarship fund drive, for instance should have the satisfaction of knowing that their gifts will really he used for helping good students who need the money.

How are these students selected?

In the first place, it is important to note that scholarships, loans, and stu- dent employment are all coordinated through the ofiice of Edward A. Sud- nick, director of student financial aids. In that way the different types of assis- tance can be utilized most effectively without the danger of overlapping or unknowingly showing favoritism.

Selections for scholarships are made by an eight-man committee headed by Sudnick. The other seven members, rep- resenting the faculty and administration, are appointed by President John C. Baker.

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sideration. A high school graduate who feels that he may be qualified may apply for a first-year scholarship by sending in a form application and two letters of reference.

After the deadline for applications (July 1) Director Sudnick screens each one for completeness and sends it on to the committee. Each application goes to at least three committee members who rate it according to need, academic promise, high school activities, character, and recommendations. Ratings are made according to points, 100 being perfect.

Next the applications are returned to Sudnick who reviews them and makes certain they have been properly circu- lated. Then they go before the entire committee for approval and are awarded in the exact order of their ratings. In all instances the emphasis is on need.

This careful screening process assures each applicant of fair consideration by several qualified examiners.

Notices are then sent to scholarship recipients, who are asked to:

(1) Accept or reject the scholarship within 10 days.

(2) Carry a minimum load of 15 hours each semester.

(y) Live up to high standards of moral conduct and the social policy of Ohio University.

All scholarships are for one year only. However, students who meet certain academic standards may re-apply for upperclass scholarships.

Last year's scholarships fell into five categories, according to donors. These were Alumni, Campus Groups, Endow- ed, Friends, and Ohio University.

Beginning this year there were 60 from the Sesquicentennial Scholarship Fund which, since money from the drive is being placed in the state's Irreducible Trust Fund, will eventually be classified as endowed scholarships. There will be many more in future years, thanks to the overwhelming response of Ohio Uni- versity alumni.

Most scholarships provide for the amount of the general registration fee, at the present time $135. A scholarship does not waive laboratory fees assessed in certain courses, nor does it provide for miscellaneous fees assessed all stu- dents.

Since the sesquicentennial scholar- ships provide for $150, however, it is

EDWARD A. SUDNICK, director of student financial aids, discusses Ohio University with one of

the recipients of the sesquicentennial scholarships. She is Constance McClure, a freshman, who

ranked 14th in her graduating class of 443 at Toledo DeVilbiss High School.

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Scholarships often open the doors of higher education for needy students. Here is how the recipients are chosen.

expected that all will he set at that amount sometime in the future.

Upperciass Scholarships

Students who have completed one year at Ohio University become eligible to apply for upperciass scholarships if they meet requirements.

These scholarships are divided into two categories — regular and honor awards. To receive a regular upperciass scholarship ($15^) a student must have at least a 3.0 scholastic average and show the need for financial assistance.

A student who has no financial need may still apply for an honor scholarship, worth $50, if he has an accumulative average of 3.5 or more. These honor scholarships are designed to reward out- standing students, regardless of need.

Athletic Scholarships

A few scholarships each year are awarded to athletes, but they too must h: screened through the scholarship com- mittee. Recommendations of athletes, who must be in the upper half of their high school graduating classes, are made by Athletic Director Carroll Widdoes. Those granted are the regular $13 5 scholarships.

An athlete must maintain a 2.0 aver- age or better to keep his scholarship, a requirement above the standard set for player eligibility in the Mid-American Conference.

Music Scholarships

For students having special musical ability a limited number (10 this year) of special music scholarships are avail- able. Recommendations for these awards are made by Dr. Karl Ahrendt, direc- tor of the School of Music, since audi- tions are required. The scholarships in- clude the $135 registration fee plus re- mission of applied music fees.

No discussion of the scholarship pro-

gram would be complete without some mention of the other student financial aids, because all are tied in together. By distributing board jobs according to need. Director Sudnick is able to balance the different types of student aid. He is able, for instance, to prevent a situation in which one student could receive a scholarship and a job, while another needy student got neither. He is also able to easily determine the rightful distribution of student loans which are available.

The establishment of this office for student financial aid is one of the keys to the unusual success Ohio University has in the administration of its scholar- ship program.

The importance of such careful admin- istration of scholarships can be seen through state-wide experiences in the past, many of which are revealed in a recent study by Sudnick and Dr. Paul R. Murphy, associate professor of class- ical languages.

It is no surprise that there have been abuses in scholarship programs when extreme care was not exercised. No doubt more than one student has pos- sessed what Dr. Murphy terms "the unholy triad" of scholarship, a job, and a car.

But there is still a real need for financial aid for the worthy. Properly administered, it becomes the most power- ful single force we have in working to- ward a goal of making higher education available to every able high school grad- uate willing to work.

The real value to the country is sum- med up in a statement in the report by Director Sudnick and Dr. Murphy. "Since society is the gainer from the production of trained people, it cannot regard higher education as a luxury for private enjoyment to be gained or lost as a purely personal matter."

Certainly there are qualified students who do not receive scholarships because others are more qualified. And with ex-

pected increases in enrollment there will be many more.

But alumni of Ohio University have done a tremendous job of extending the opportunity for higher education to many of these young men and women, with the miraculous sesquicentennial scholarship drive. They can in turn be assured that their money is being ably used as an instrument to help equalize educational opportunity.

ACCURATE RECORDS of each scholarship re- ciplenf ore kept up to dote by Secretary Mercedes Stone. A coordinated filing system for scholarships, jobs, and loans, enables Di- rector Sudnicit to proportion student assistance fairly.

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OHIO'S MARCHING BAND forms an interlocking OU ot the Homecoming game.

INITIAL PLANNING (or a halftime formation is done on a miniature

(oolboll field with pegs representing bandsmen, by Director Minelli

and his assistant William Brophy (le(t).

CHARTS FOR EACH (ormotion are then mode, so that one will be APPROPRIATE MUSIC for each formation must be worked out and stored available for each band member. By following his designated number, in the Music Department's huge storage library to be sorted ond distributed a bandsman is able to find his different positions on the field. by Norman Lanning, a senior from East Liverpool.

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BAND FORMATIONS have become as much a part of college football as T-Formations. And at Ohio University, where both are used, the two formations have a lot in common.

The successful execution of both depends a great deal on close timing. Everyone has to be in the right place at the right time. In both instances this is accomplished only by long hours of planning, charting, and practicing.

Plans for OU's half-time extravaganzas start early in the fall, sometimes before football practice. To be effective each show must be woven around a central theme. Specific maneuvers for each of the 108 band members must be charted exactly. In addi- tion. Director Charles Minelli insists on having special musical arrangements for every program.

Then there are the many small problems seldom realized by spectators. Only familiar tunes can be used if the formations are to have meaning. Some- times it seems impossible to find the right song for a particular pattern. Each tune must be timed to match the number of seconds needed to get into position. And there is always the possibility of a key person being unable to show up at the last minute, so alternate plans must be made ahead of time.

With these things accomplished and a prayer for good weather offered, the marching band sets out with charts and music to put in at least six extra hours a week at the practice field. In the one or two weeks between home games band mem- bers must be ready to form as many as ten different designs (the number used at Homecoming) and play even more tunes while spectators scrutinize each line that passes by.

But it's worth the work. A good half-time band performance is as necessary to the Saturday afternoon football atmosphere as the goal posts.

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Football players aren't the only ones who

spend hours practicing for Saturday's game.

EXTRA PRACTICE SESSIONS ore held by the majorettes, shown relaxing after a

workout in Memorial Auditorium. In front, left to right, are Shirley Belazina,

Garfield Heights; and Ginny Huerkamp, Cincinnati. Standing, same order, are

Shirley Vale, Cleveland; Suzanne Huff, Akron; and Carol Wells, Pittsburgh.

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In this second of two articles for the Alumnus, Dr. Murphree tells what Ohio University is doing to provide students with a liberal "Education for Citizenship." — ed.

THE TWO NEWEST courses to be added to the Ohio University cur- riculum in the field of general education are the courses titled "Humanities" (Great Books) and "Social Science" (Citizenship in the Modern World) . It is this latter which I would like to describe in some detail.

At the instigation of President Baker, a faculty committee began to meet in the fall of 1948 in order to consider the establishment of a course that would serve as in introduction to the social sciences as well as a study in responsible citizenship. The committee met repeated- ly the next two years, canvassing general education courses in the social sciences offered by other universities and de- termining the policy that would guide Ohio University's own course.

Two sections were given for the first time in the fall of 1951, and they took their place beside "The Physical World" and "The Living World," already avail- able under the category "general studies," and rounded out that offering.

The assumption behind this course is not that it is a substitute for courses in government and history and sociology, nor is it a substitute for the kind of intellectual growth and enlightenment which a liberal education has come to mean. But how many of our students have a schedule that permits their taking even the introductory courses in the social sciences? And how many of them get a good look at politics and party organization and the opportunity to dis- cuss in a systematic manner the specific issues which arise in a political cam- paign?

"Citizenship in the Modern World" is a two semester course, and the work of the first semester is less directly political than the second. The theme of the first is "Personality, Culture, and Society." It is a broad and comprehen- sive theme; it is also a vitally necessary one if we are to begin to understand the human situation.

r afferent Societies

Today there is a special urgency to learn how different cultures and societies produce the peoples with whom we must live. Men have always lived in the com- pany of fellow men, in groups and societies, and men ordinarily have more than one social group to which they feel an allegiance. By and large those so- cieties have been local, tribal, and na- tional in size. Not until recent years have economic and political events

We have assumed too long that the vital Information

of citizenship is somehow automatically absorbed

from the free society in which we live.

forced the recognition that the larger community in which we live embraces men everywhere.

Before the United States became a world power, it was possible to ignore countries and communities outside our own; we could dismiss other peoples and their ways of living as simply foreign.

If, however, we pretend to live in- telligently in the modern world and assume the responsibilities which Ameri- can leadership implies, we shall have to forego this provincialism and strive to understand peoples and societies strange

times call "the individual") is possible which does not encompass more than his physical equipment.

The theme of the second semester of "Citizenship in the Modern World" is, as the course title indicates, a study of democratic citizenship in contemporary America. We begin with the funda- mentals and principles of the democratic heritage and go on to the consideration of civil liberties, political parties and or- ganization, elections and campaigns, the totalitarian rivals of democracy, and foreign policy. There is not space in this article to survey the specific content and

Citizenship

to us. Fulfilling that obligation of in- telligent citizenship is one of the aims of this course.

As well as being called "Personality, Culture, and Society," the theme of this first semester might equally well be de- scribed as a study in the formation of human behavior, or, again, the molding of "human nature" in its social en- vironment.

A Social Animal

In recent years no one has presumed to study human behavior in the absence of some reference to the particular so- ciety and culture in which men find themselves. A long time ago the Greek thinker Aristotle put his finger on this point when he asserted "Man is a social animal." It is generally agreed that an examination of human personality which considers only man's anatomy or his bodily characteristics is sterile or fruit- less, however important such a study might be for other purposes.

For this reason, our study carries us afield to the social sciences, particularly those social sciences which have as their particular provinces "culture" and "so- ciety." So the words "personality," "cul- ture," and "society" are not strung to- gether casually and haphazardly, without good reason. No understanding of "man the social animal" (or what we some-

readings which we use for all these topics, but let me indicate, as an illus- tration, the approach we take to one of those topics, civil liberties.

We remind the students that the American people have always been a diverse lot. From the very beginning, the land that became "America" was what later poets and historians were to call "The Mother of Exiles" and a refuge, "The land of the second chance."

The emigrants who poured to the eastern shores and spilled out to the western frontier included French Hugu- enots, Scots, Scots-Irish, the Dutch, Swedes, Germans, as well as English- men. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries they were joined by the Irish, Scandinavians, Austrians, Poles, Serbs, and Italians in great numbers.

Gentlennenaristocrats

They were gentlemenaristocrats and "persons of low circumstances;" adven- turers, slaves, and "ne'er-do-wells;" Baptists, Catholics, Quakers, and Epis- copalians — men who had little in com- mon except a restive temper and a new homeland. Yet, for all their differences, these men became "Americans" and found in their political ideals and insti- tutions a common allegiance and a com- mon bond.

E Plurihus Unum (One out of Many) .

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the official motto of the United States, is itself a reminder of the unity which emerged from the diversity of language, culture, religion, and race of the men who swarmed to this haven for the "dis- inherited, the dispossessed."

On the sprawling continent which he- came the "broad lap" that received so many different peoples, political govern- ment had, almost necessarily, to he one which tolerated individual differences and independent thought. Too many of the people who became "Americans" had felt the harsh power of arbitrary and irresponsible government for their con- ception of good government to be other than one which left the individual a wide latitude of liberty and indepen- dence. In fact, the very word "individ- ualism" was first used in a book de- scribing Democracy In America.

It is one of the fundamental prin-

interference, the Declaration of Indepen- dence made it clear that there are cer- tain human rights which no government generously confers, much less has the right to violate; but that, instead, gov- ernment itself is designed for their pres- ervation. These are the rights termed "inalienable" and "natural," so funda- mental for human happiness that a man without those rights was thought to be hardly a "man" at all.

The first of those ten amendments which comprise the "Bill of Rights" is one which is a fountainhead of Ameri- can civil liberty :

Congress shall pass no law respect- ing an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there- of: or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press: or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for

people are fit to govern themselves if they are not informed, and there is no "informing" that is worth the while out- side a free society. Yet no one has the freedom, as Justice Holmes wrote, "to cry 'Fire!' in a crowded theater," and no court will hold that the Constitution guarantees such a freedom.

The problem is easier stated than solved. Where and how is the line to be drawn between the liberties which are the very condition for the functioning of democracy and the order which every society must maintain? At a time when this wavering line between freedom and order is being drawn again, we are apt to forget that the problem is as old as the American political tradition.

Perhaps it is old bec.iuse it is bound to be the crucial problem in a democratic society which places such high value on freedom and liberty. Certainly it is cru-

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ciples of American democracy that gov- ernment is limited — that all political authority is exercised within the limits prescribed by law that even democratic government is bound by a written con- stitution. This principle is nowhere bet- ter exemplified than in the Supreme Courts guardianship of the American constitution.

Giving special emphasis, almost urg- ency, to this belief in limited govern- ment was the American emigrant's dis- trust of all "government" and the opti- mistic view that if only government would let well enough alone a society of harmonious interests would result.

Government, even one that derived its authority from the consent of the governed, ought to have limits set to its authority. Those limits are most partic- ularly expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the first ten Amend- ments to the constitution (the "Bill of Rights") .

Almost as if to remove man's funda- mental rights from the sphere of political

a redress of grievances.

The literal meaning of these civil liberties seems clear enough. But there is the very practical consideration that no society of men can or ever has per- mitted absolute freedom and still re- mained a society. At least, the more of us who have absolute freedom, the fewer of the rest of us will have any freedom at all.

Thus arises the problem of reconciling freedom and order, liberty and stability, nonconformity and authority. In a demo- cratic society this is a particularly diffi- cult problem. Political authority is de- rived from the people and the people are therefore their own governors. And unless there is freedom to dissent and critize, unless there is a condition of free speech, a free press, and free schools in which the sovereign people may de- liberate and decide what they want, there is little to recommend a govern- ment bv the people.

Not even the staunchest spokesman for democracy has maintained that the

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cial since the meaning of democracy is inseparable from the civil rights of the individual, for, with the loss of those civil rights, "democracy" is an empty word.

I would be the first to grant that we have tackled a large job. The range of our subject matter and reading materials is vast, and we are confined to compress- ing all of it into one year. No one claims that in a year what may be ac- complished could not be better done in two. But for too long we have assumed that the vital information of citizenship is somehow automatically absorbed from the free society in which we live.

Mechanics of Politics

Citizenship is an art with its own techniques and skills, and the "politics" that we disdain is its natural home. "The business of the citizen and the statesman is not political theory hut politics," and it is the mechanics of politics, the strat- egy of political action, which is the vacuum in modern education that this course attempts to fill.

Somewhere in a student's four years at college there ought to be an oppor- tunity to ponder Lincoln's question "Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?"

December, 1954

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ON THE ALUMNI FRONT

Bobcat Dance Scheduled

The annual Ohio University Bobcat Dance, sponsored by the Bobcat Club of Cleveland, will be held at the Uni- versity Club (Cleveland) on Wednes- day, December 22.

Joe Hruby and his orchestra will pro- vide music for dancing from 10 to 2.

The Cleveland Bobcat Club repre- sents more than 2000 Greater Cleveland alumni of Ohio University, and the Christmas Dance is their biggest event of the year. All proceeds from the holi- day social event support a scholarship for outstanding students from Cleveland attending OU.

William C. Doody, '49, vice-presi- dent of the club, is chairman of the 1954 dance. Tickets priced at $2.90 may be purchased from all four Haberacker Optical store locations in Cleveland and suburbs.

CoHee Hour Held

The second post-game coffee hour for Ohio University alumni was held at Bowling Green November 13 following the battle between the Bobcats and Falcons. A small but enthusiastic group gathered at the Charles Restaurant in that city for the get-together.

Alumni coffee hours after games away from Athens have proved popular among those attending, and Alumni Secretary Marty Hecht is planning to continue them, if alumni desire, during basket- ball season.

Pictures taken at the Bowling Green event will appear in the next issue of THE OHIO ALUMNUS.

Poetry Contest Opens

Ohio University's 32nd Emerson poem contest, open to students and graduates of the university, is being conducted this year.

Entries for the contest, founded under terms of a fund set up by W. D. Emer- son, graduate of 1883, must be in the hands of the chairman of the English Department, Dr. Edward Hodnett, be- fore the opening of the second semester, February 7, 1955.

Emerson bequeathed $1000 to the board of trustees for operation of the contest with the interest being awarded every second year for the three poems chosen as the best original work. The prizes are $60, $40 and $20, respective- ly. In honor of the university's sesqui- centennial observances this year, an in- creased number of alumni are expected to enter the contest.

First prize winners are not eligible

AT AN ALUMNI coffee hour following the Ohio University-Kent football game George M. Brown, '31; Mrs. Gail Fishel Kuti, '22; Ross Sams, '32; Mrs. Brown and an unidentified guest of the Browns.

are (left to right) (Ruth Fowler, '32);

DAVID GOLDSBERRY, '47, and Mrs. Goldsberry (Jean Staples, '48), shown at the coffee hour, helped malte arrangements for the affair which was attended by 137 alumni.

for further competition, and each con- testant is limited to one entry, sub- mitted in three copies. Rules state the poems should be typewritten on paper eight and one half by eleven inches, written only on one side and marked

with a pseudonym or character. A sep- arate, sealed envelope containing the psedonym or character and the name and address of the contestant should be sent to Hodnett, not to be opened until the decision of the judges has been made.

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Engineers Convene

Dr. Arthur A. Brainard, '15, recipi- ent of an honorary degree at the Sesqui- centennial commencement last June, spoke at an engineer's convocation hon- oring Thomas A. Edist)n's inventing the electric light. Dr. Brainard invented an effective all-weather florescent lighting system for high speed highways. Dr. Brainard has been a member of the US National Committee of the Intcrnation Commission on Illumination.

"Robot Ramble", sponsored by the OU Engineer's Club, was the first for- mal dance of the year. Howie Chapman's orchestra furnished the music for the affair which was held in the Center Ballroom Nov. 6. Advertising the dance on the campus was a white "mechanical" robot who proceeded to scare the girls and attract the attention of the pros- pective ticket buyers.

Fred Waring To Appear

Fred Waring and his entire group of Pennsylvanians will appear in Memorial auditorium Dec. 15 for a program spon- sored by Student Council. Only 2,800 tickets will be sold of which 500 are reserved seats and the rest available to students.

J-Club Members Chosen

J Club, junior men's honorary society, held its annual tapping for membership recently by tapping 1 1 junior men at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1954. Selected on the basis of ability in leadership, scholarship, and extra-curricular activi- ties were: George Appunn, Lakev.ood; Tom Balding, Newark; Bob Clinger, Findlay; Larry Harper, Mansfield; Har- vey Loeb, Cincinnati; Dave Moore, Cin- cinnati; Dick Nellis, Athens; Hank Roenick, Cleveland; Mitch Samargya, Weirton, W. Va.; Chick Skipper, Day- ton; and Art Williams, Mingo Junction. Also tapped for membership was James Runyeon as advisor to the club.

All newly tapped initiates were formally recognized at halftime exercises of the Dads Day game between Ohio U and Marshall College's Thundering Herd.

Public Discussion Contest

Ohio University and 16 other nation- wide colleges will compete in the Fourth Annual National Contest in Public Dis- cussion by tape-recording their discus- sions of the topic "How can the Ameri- can educational system best meet the

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needs of our society?". These recordings will be sent to the University of Illinois where they will be heard by the judges. Returning to the OU department of Dramatic Arts and Speech after a year's absence while working on his doctorate at Ohio State Thomas Ludlum has re- sumed his former duties as coach of the Men's Varsity Debate Team. Dr. L. C. Staats coached the team last year during Prof. Ludlum's absence. This year Dr. Staats will take charge of the Women's Varsity Debate Team while Dr. Gordon Wiseman will coach the Freshman Debaters.

Theater Season Opens

"The Moon Is Blue" opened the Ohio University Theatre season Nov. 9-13 and will be followed by such pres- entations as "I Remember Mama" Dec. 7-11, "Death of a Salesman" Feb. 22-26, and "Joan of Lorraine" March 15-19. One of the great play series to be pre- sented this year will be "The Brothers" by Terence Jan. 13-15.

News Dorms Started

Contracts for construction of the $864,000 Commerce Building and Dor- mitory Number 10 on East Green have been awarded the Knowlton Construc- tion Co., of Belief ontaine, according to Luverne F. Lausche, OU Business Man- ager. Razing of the old buildings where the commerce building will be construct- ed will begin immediately. This struc- ture will stand on the site of the well- known Carl's Restaurant, Sloan Cot- tage, Court St. Cottage, and a private home on the northwest corner of Court and President Streets.

The Commerce Building will house all departments of the College of Com- merce except the School of Agriculture. This includes the offices, laboratories, classrooms, and lecture halls now located in Ewing Hall.

The Knowlton concern will be re- membered by students and alumni as building the OU Center, the Health Center, the addition to Howard Hall, and four East Green dormitories. At present it has one East Green dorm under construction.

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ELATION shows on the (aces of victorious Alpha Xi Delta gridders gather around team captain Dielz Dengler, Zonesville, with trophy.

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TENSION on the Pi Phi bench gives an indication of the seriousn which the girls take the gome.

Ann POUND halfback from Manemont, Ohio swept around left end, cut back toward the inside, and raced 32 yards for the first Alpha Xi Delta score in Powder Bowl history. The score, by fleet-footed Barbi Watson, broke up a tight duel with Pi Beta Phi November 7 and gave the ""Fuzzics" their first victory in the eight game series. Captain Dietz Dengler passed for the extra point and the 7-0 win.

Carry ng on in the tradition of their predecessors, both teams showed well-drilled offenses operated from the T and single wing. There was nothmg faked or phoney. Both teams played to win, ,ind record crowd of 16'in roared approval. Another record was set by the $700 gate turned over to the D.imon Runyon Cancer fund.

Powder Bowl records now stand at two wins for Pi Phi and one for Alpha Xi. Five games have ended in ties.

CONCENTRATION by Ginny Helm (left) and Pat Cleary they chew lemons and wait to go back into the gome

RELAXATION at holftime is welcomed by exhausted players os the to Coach Chuck Bell's strotegy for the second half.

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THE FACULTY

Research Grant Awarded

Dr. W. D. Huntsman, a 1947 Ohio University graduate nciw serving as as- sociate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a research grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.

Valued at SJViO, the grant will pro- vide for a graduate fellow whose re- search will be supervised by Dr. Hunts- m,in. The project title is "Double-Bond Migration and Raccmization of Olefins During Hydrogenation." It will extend from February, 19'i'i, through January, 19S6.

Dr. Huntsman was one of 123 appli- cants whose proposals were studied by the fund advisory board. Of those ex- amined, .37 were recommended for ap- proval, 80 were rejected and the remain- der were reviewed again.

A native of Barnesville, Dr. Hunts- man received his Ph.D. from Northwest- ern. After serving in the U.S. Navy for two years, he joined the Ohio Uni- versity faculty in 1951 as assistant professor.

The 29-year'old chemistry professor is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, and the American Chemical Society. He has published a number of articles, the last of which appeared in the December, 1953 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Married and the father of two chil- dren. Dr. Huntsman is presently teach- ing part-time and working on a two- year Air Force project which expires in February. His new award will enable him to spend summers on research in theoretical organic chemistry with spec- ialization in the field of hydrocarbons, the main components of natural gas and petroleum.

Counselor Killed In Wreck

Patricia Rose Kelly, popular resident counselor at Scott Quadrangle, died October 22 in a Parkersburg, W. Va. hospital of injuries suffered in an auto- mobile accident one hour before on Route 50.

Miss Kelly was the driver of the car which went out of control and crashed into a tree, according to the State High- way Patrol.

The patrol said Miss Kelly lost con- trol of the vehicle on a sharp curve near the Athens-Washington County line. The accident happened at 9 p.m. as she and her assistant at Scott, Wilma Sue Castrup, were enroute to West Vir- ginia. Miss Castrup suffered shock and

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facial lacerations, but has recovered and is now back at the dormitory.

Miss Kelly, who was also adviser to Newman Club, was Bryan Hall counselor last year, transferring to Scott when girls moved into that dormitory. A resident of Akron, she was a graduate of Notre Dame, Indiana, and received her master's degree at Indiana in 1953.

Only 25 years old. Miss Kelly was a favorite of OU coeds, and was very active in inter-dorm activities.

Faculty Briefs

Dr. Raymond H. Gusteson, associate professor of government has been elected chairman of the Faculty Advisory Coun- cil. Assisting him are Vice Chairman Dr. Elizabeth G. Andersch, professor of dramatic art and speech, and Secretary Charlotte LaTourrette, associate profes- sor of physical education.

William H. Herbert, purchasing agent, presented a paper on Records and Forms for Preventive Maintenance at a region- al meeting of the National Association of Educational Buyers at the University of Dayton.

Dr. Harry B. Crewson, assistant pro- fessor of economics, is the newly elected president of the OU chapter of the American Association of University Pro- fessors. Other officers are Dr. Paul R. Murphy, associate professor of classical languages, vice-president; Dr. Willard H. Elsbree, assistant professor of gov- ernment, secretary; and Dr. Victor Goedicke, professor of mathematics and astronomy, treasurer-.

§ elm leaves ^

30 year.'i ago — The sophcjiuore vig 1- ancc committee charged freshman lish with being too lax in their cKservancc of certain regulations dealing v.ith smok- ing on the campus and wearin'; the green togue. /-utomcb'le headlights furnished the synthetic moonlight while the neophytes demonstrated their true aquatic abilities one .slightly cool evening down at the lake. The soph, tutors, of course, remained on the bank.

25 years ago — A proposal to name the portion of the campus at the rear of Cutler Hall and upon which stand the Napoleon Willow and the Class of 1911 Drinking Fountain "Cutler Court" was recently made by Torch. This was done in order to make more prominent the name of the "Father of Ohio Universi- ty" and to give a designation to the ground adjacent to Cutler Hall so it might have some traditional significance.

20 years ago — Cooperative living ac- comodations were made ava'lable for 64 Ohio University men th-s fall with the leasing, by the trustees, with option for purchase, of the Palmer House, a hotel on the corner of Congress and Washing- ton Streets. In the new hall there is a hostess who supervises the planning and preparation of meals.

1 5 years ago — Two new airplanes. Taylorcraft Trainers, have been added to Athens Airways' complement of ships to be used in the CAA vocational flight training program in which 30 OU stu- dents are currently enrolled.

John McKinven. Youngstown. Junior. was named the "Billy Rose of Ohio U" for his work directing the OU Revue which was attended by 3.500 univers'ty students and friends.

10 years ago — Item appearing in ' On the Campus" described as a campus per- sonality "Ladv", canine pet of the late Dean Irma Voigt. Lady, who was a person of consequence in the commun- ity, was listed as a dues paying membrr of the Athens Methodist Church, the American Red Cross, and a private first class in Dogs for Defense. At that time- she was seven years old and the dean's constant companion.

5 years ago — Oh'o University is mak- ing an all-out effort to combat the threat to the McGuffey and other elms on campus against the Dutch elm disease and the elm phloem necrosis.

December. 1954

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The Bobcat Roundup

By Roiuland Coyigdon, '49

SINCE LAST TALKING to you through the pages of your November Alumnus, two defeats and a victory have bsen added to the Bobcats" record for 1954.

With on; game to go, the Dads' Day finale with Marshall College in Ohio Stadium, Nov. 20, the OU record reads five wins and three defeats.

As you all probably know by now, Miami's Redskins put the only damper on an otherwise successful Sesquicentcn- nial Homecoming program with a 46-1.^ win over the Bobcats.

Miami went on to take the Mid- Am- erican Conference crown from the de- fending champion Bobcats, defeated In- diana, 6-0, and then lost their first game of the season Nov. 13 to Dayton.

But getting back to OU. They travel- ed to Cambridge, Mass., in two char- tered airplanes of the Purdue Aero- nautics to meet Harvard. The game was played in a downpour which left the field a quagmire of mud and soon darkened the OU white jerseys.

But the team, though losing 27-13, gave a commendable performance, and was praised highly by Boston writers and Harvard Coach Lloyd Jordan. Their praise was aimed mainly at OU's junior

halfback, Erland Ahlberg, of Conneaut. Ohio, who is rapidly becoming one of OU"s all-time great backs.

They acclaimed "Augie" as "the fastest back to b; seen in Harvard Stadium all season" and Jordan asked Coach Carroll Widdoes if he couldn't borrow Ahlberg for Harvard's remain- ing three games.

Ahlberg, that day, despite the muddy turf, scampered 152 net yards on 17 carries, for his best game of the season to that time. The Bobcats also gained nearly as much yardage on the ground as four previous Harvard opponents were able to do.

Going into the game. Harvard had held four opponents to an average of 85 yards total rushing per game. OU's net rushing against The Crimson was 275 yards. The result of the game rested in the old OU bugaboo of allow- ing the opposition too many yards through them.

Harvard's single-wing attack ground out 306 net yards, the most by any one team against OU all year, including Miami.

In the sloppy going, the Bobcats could not get their passing attack to jell, so all Harvard had to do was concentrate

GETTING READY to take off for the Harvard (ootball game are Bobcats (left to riglit on ground) Jerry Vandeveer, manager from Troy; Bob Wheeler, Summit, N.J. (formerly Shaker Heights): Bob Saposhe, Lowellville; Bob Ripple, Youngstown; Bob Wem, Cleveland; Stan Viner, Cincinnati; Chuck Saponaro, Cleveland (formerly Wellsville) ; Doug Fairbanks, Lakewood; and John Evans, Navarre. On the steps are Vern Smith (left), Eaton Rapids, Michigan, and Andy Scarpelli, Cleveland. Dick Spellmeyer, Mt. Healthy, is in the doorv^ay.

Coach Carroll Widdoes

on the ground game of the visitors. OU threw four passes, completed one for minus one yard.

The tailend of Hurricane Hazel was hovering over the East that weekend and it caused the team to be late on their arrival in Boston the Friday before the game. They were supposed to have had a light workout and a sightseeing trip of the city Friday afternoon, but didn't arrive until 9 p.m. at the hotel after being grounded several times on the way due to bad weather.

They flew back Saturday night to Parkersburg as the storm cleared by late afternoon.

Apparently suffering from a letdown after these two hard-fought games, easily the high spots of the schedule for the

The Bobcats downed Marshal] Col- leoe 26-25 m a rainy Dad s Day finale November 20 to end the 1954 season with a respectful 6-3 record. Sensa- tional Erland Ahlberg again set the pace by scoring three toiic/idoifTis in the first quarter, one on an 85 yard \ic\-off return.

boys, they were humiliated by Western Michigan's Broncos the following week, 19-6."^

The Kalamazoo boys held "Augie" to his lowest ground-gaining total of the season, 29 yards in 11 carries. And that was pretty much the story of the game. OU was held to its second lowest net yardage total of the season — 129. Only Miami yielded less — 81.

For the first half of the Bowling Green game, it looked as though the Bobcats

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were in for another lacing, this time by the conference's last place team in the standings, offense and defense.

The scoreboard read 14-6, BG, as the two teams began the second half. The 14 didn't change, but the 6 had a 2 pre- ceding it by the time .^0 minutes more of action went by.

In this game, the two standouts in

1954-55 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

*Marietta College *Morris Harvey College

Ohio Wesleyon University ♦Marshall College

Kent State University

Western Reserve University

Loyola University of Chicago ♦Western Michigan College ♦Kent State University ♦University of Toledo

Bowling Green State University ♦Miami University

Cose Institute of Technology

Marshall College ♦Western Reserve University

Miami University ♦Bowling Green State University ♦Morehead State Teachers College

Western Michigan College

University of Toledo

Marietta College

* Home Games

the backficld were Vcrn "Tiny" Smith, sophomore fullback from Eaton Rapids, Mich., and Ahlberg.

Smith carried the ball 26 times and gained 80 yards, giving indication that OU is set at the fullback spot for the next two years. He was replacing Ted Jackson, who did not make the trip due to a case of boils.

Ahlberg hit his peak ground-gaining effort of the season. Carrying 19 times, he went for 170 yards and two touch- downs, one of 31 yards and one 1 5 yards. He was on his way to a third score in the fourth period when he was forced out of bounds on the three-yard line, though seemingly having gone across the goal line in bounds.

In addition, the Bobcats were on the

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1954-55 WRESTLING SCHEDULE
Dec. 11	Marshall College
Dec. 18	Purdue & Indiana (at Purdue)
Jan. 8	♦Waynesburg
Jan. 14	♦Bowling Green
Jan. 22	♦Findloy College
Feb. 4	♦Illinois
Feb. 12	Miami
Feb. 14	♦Marshall
Feb. 19	Kent State
Feb. 26	Case
Mar.4&5	Mid American Meet
	(at Bowling Green)
11 &12	4-1 Tournament (at Case)
25&26	NCAA Tournament (at Cornell)
	♦ Home Meets

WESTERN MICHIGAN halfback Jerry Game! dives over center for the first touchdown in Western's

19-6 upset victory over OU. By looking closely at the right knee of Ohio's Number 26, you can see

the ball carrier's face and port of the boll.

son, broke a three-game losing streak and set up the final game with Marshall as the one which could mean the diff- erence in a mediocre or commendable record for this sophomore-laden team.

At the beginning of the season. Coach Carroll Widdoes was skeptical of equal- ing or bettering the 6-2-1 marks of the previous two seasons. He thought the team could take ''five wins with luck" and that there was a possibility of win-

SWIMMING SCHEDULE

Jan.	8	MAC Relays (at Oxford)
Jan.	15	♦Ball State Teachers
Jan.	22	♦Pittsburgh
Feb.	5	Kentucky
Feb.	12	Bowling Green
Feb.	16	♦Kenyon College
Feb.	19	Miami
Feb.	26	Kent State
Mar.	10,	11, 12 MidAmerican Meet (at Kent) ♦ Home Meets

BG 11 -yard line as the game ended. This became OU's fifth win of the sea-

ning more, depending on how the sopho- mores came through.

To this observer, the varsity yearlings came through with flying colors, in most instances. The team at the start of the season listed 28 sophomores among its 47-man roster.

And most of these can be counted on as nucleus of a fine team next year. Among the standouts have been Doug Fairbanks, Lakewood, center; Walt Ga- wronski. Maple Heights, end; Don Mc- Bride, Columbiana, quarterback; Dick Perkins, Elyria, guard; Bob Ripple, Youngstown, guard and end; Vern Smith, Eaton Rapids, Mich., fullback; Roger Thomas, Springfield, halfback; Jack Vair, Warren, end; Stanley Viner, Cincinnati, guard; and Bob Wheeler, Summit, N. J., formerly of Shaker Heights, tackle.

A major experiment begun in the Western Michigan game paid off when Ripple was switched from his left guard

post, which he had held down all year as a starter, to left end, to bolster that ever-weakened-by-injuries spot. He has caught three passes in two games for a total of 32 yards and is seventh in the list of pass-receiving leaders on the team. Graduating seniors will be Don An- derson, Ripley, W. Va., tackle; Joel Deckman, Malvern, halfback; Bill Fred- erick, Dayton, quarterback; Ted Jack- son, Springfield, fullback; Charles Kari- kas, Cleveland, guard; Stanley Masch- ino, Dayton, tackle; John Schwab, Day- ton, guard and captain; Dick Spell- meyer, Cincinnati, center, and Ron Weaver, Franklin, tackle.

TOUCHDOWN TWINS Eriand Ahlberg, left, Conneaut, and Roger Thomas, Springfield, give the Bobcats more speed at the halfback positions than they have had for many years.

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Old

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ante

By Robert E. Mahn, Registrar

MARGARET BOYD was the Uni- versity's first woman student, en- tering in 1868. A year later she was joined by Mary Virginia Gibbons, Not until 1871-72 were they joined by others of their sex. Of the total of eleven that year three were named Mary and two Ella. The others were named Margaret, Sarah, Julia, Eva, Dell, and Emma.

By the turn of the century the name Mary appeared in the rolls twelve times and held a triple margin over its nearest competitors, Anna, Blanche, Lena, and Mabel. Other names that appeared at least twice among the 97 different names for the 150 different women students were Alice, Bertha, Bessie, Catherine, Effie, Elizabeth, Ethel, Flora, Florence, Frances, Grace, Helen, Iva, Jennie, Lucy, Lenora, Lulu, Lizzie, Mane, Minnie, Nancy, Olive, and Winifred. Adda, Alta, Alethia, Attie, Calla, Crissie, Dasa, Dellie, Goldie, Lenna, Lida, Mayme, Mazie, Mattie, Nan, Niva, Octa, Osa. Pansy, Stella, and Trixie were names present in the rolls at the turn of the century that were not there at the quar- ter century mark. In that year, when women numbered 1100, the name Mary was ahead of its nearest rival, Helen, by a third, and ahead of Ruth and

Ohio University records show changing popularity trends in coed names, but Mary still leads the field.

Margaret, the next in line, by a half. Dorothy, Elizabeth, Frances and Mild- red were other popular names. For the most part, names were still the kind that one could spell from hearing them spoken. Something new was appearing — combinations. Emmajane, Marianna, and Marijan; were the only three, however.

In today's rolls, Mary still has no close rival. Ruth and Margaret have lost ground to Barbara, Shirley, Patricia, Nancy, and Carol.

During the past quarter century the increase in number of different names appearing in the rolls, ignoring differ- ences in the spelling of the same names, has been in proportion only to the in- crease in the number of women students. The most noticeable change has been the trend toward combinations and un-

usual spellings, of which Bettilee, Bev- erle, Carolann, Dorothylou, Floranne, Georgeann, Idaclaire, Janellyn, Jene, Jeri, Jillene, Joselyn, Mariellen, Marg- ann, Marya, Lindamae, Marjene, and Pennie are examples.

Is the reason for this change Holly- wood, the Age of Advertising, or less interest in family tradition? Whatever it is. It is a development that, if it pushes the name Mary into the back- ground, will merit the attention of the social historian. And that time may come, for an examination of lists of names of pupils in the lower school grades indicates that Mary is beginning to lose ground to Karen, Linda, Sharon, and Sue. But whatever its future, it will always remain "A Grand Old Name.""

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^.^mona the ^>^ti

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umni

1912

Etta Mowkry M<JNHALt; (Mrs. C.. F.) was injured aboard a ship caut;ht in a Hur- ricane this fall. She received three broken ribs when the ship, returning from Europe, was tossed about and almost capsized. How- ever, Mrs. Monhauk, back at her home in Lancaster, reports "a truly grand trip re- gardless of my injury." Leaving on August 29, she toured abroad for six weeks through Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Holland, Belgium, and Germany.

1914

Dr. Alfred W. Stewart has retired after serving as head of the Secondary Edu- cation Department at Kent State University.

1921

Herbert W. Finney is golf pro at the Woodhill Golf Club, Wayzetta, Minn, dur- ing the summer and at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. Phoenix, Ariz, in the winter.

1922

Fred H. Johnson has been voted the outstanding insurance agent in Ohio. His selection was announced at the annual con- vention of the Ohio Association Of Insurance Agents in Columbus. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Columbus insurance firm of Johnson and Rankin,

1923

Mary S. Lewis is teaching at Barncsville, Ohio.

1924

Dorothy Friedlich Ale.xander (Mrs. Clark A.) is a psychiatric social worker with the State Child Guidance Department, Hart- ford, Connecticut.

1925

William H. Herbert, purchasing agent and associate professor of commerce at Ohio University, was the "man with the dark glasses" pictured on the cover of the Novem- ber Alumnus. A member of the OU coaching staff in 1929, Mr. Herbert was seated with the 1929 football team when the Homecom- ing cover picture was snapped.

1926

Louis Seidenfeld. who with his brother operates the historic Seidenfeld Big Store in Murray City, is proof that the old type general store has not lost all of its impor- tance. Louis and his brother Charles operate the popular store from May until November, spending the remaining six months in Florida.

1927

Helen Vera Boyd, associate professor at State University Teachers College, Beneseo, N. Y., supervises off-campus student teach- ing, and, during the summer, teaches courses in the Intensive Teacher Training Program for graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges.

T. Lyston Fultz is assistant superintend- ent at Boys Industrial School, Lancaster.

'rJ^etter from ^J^erroid'

Dear Fellow Alumni:

In one month Ohio University's sesquicentennial year will he over. And what a year it has been!

Lcxiking hack over the year's hig events — Founders Day, Commence- ment, Homecoming, and the Conference on Higher Education — I, for one, am proud to be associated with a group that has made so many permanent contributions to its school.

The year has been much more than an observance and the credit can he shared by alumni, school administrators, faculty, students, and friends.

There are different kinds of celebrations. A birthday can be observed with a lot of hoop-la that bursts forth and then suddenly and completely disentegrates. But when it is a birthday that comes only every century and a half it needs a little more than a toast and a piece of cake to tide it over.

Well, we had our hoop-la, and it was enjoyable. I don't remember seeing many sad faces at Homecoming.

What is more important, though, is the wealth of enduring contribu- tions that will remain long after the year 1954 bows out. The sesqui- ccntennial scholarship fund, which has passed $365,000, will always be .in alumni monument to the celebration.

"The American Rhapsody", "The Green Adventure" and "The Hoover History" have been set permanently in OU tradition. The Conference on Higher Education was the formal beginning of a combined movement of Ohio colleges and universities to meet future problems brought about by expanding enrollments.

I have pointed out in other letters the important organizational effect the fund drive and other sesqui events have had on our Alumni Association. We are much stronger as a group than we were a year ago.

Let's hope that effect is of a lasting nature too. Merry Christmas. Sincerely,

Russell P. Herrold

President, Ohio University Alumni Association

1928

J. Maurice Guthrie, a teacher at Troy, Montana, worked at Yellowstone National Park during the summer. Mrs. Guthrie (Mona Davies, "2.'i) also teaches at Troy.

Ruth Armstrong retired recently teaching 40 years in the Logan schools

fte

Mary Elizabeth Hannah is an elemen- tary teacher at the Turkeyfoot School, Coventry School District, Barberton.

Hank Andrews, outdoor editor of the Cleveland Press, is president of the Outdoor Writers of Ohio.

Frances Faye Harris teaches at the Grandvicw Columbus.

(Mrs. Robert) Edison School,

Guy Saylor has been named director of binder production planning for The McBee Company. Mr. Saylor's offices are at the company's binder headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

Capt. Frederick H. Blickle has been assigned to the Third Armored Division of the U.S. Army. He has 11 years of service, including duty in the Mediterranean Theater from March 1944 to June 1947, and in Korea from September 19.i0 to Isfovember 19.')1.

Anne Rickard. assistant to the director of public relations at Ohio State University, prepares a weekly radio program "Campus Cavalcade" for Station WOSU. Miss Rickard visited the OU campus during the recent Conference on Higher Education, gathering material lor a special 50-minute program which was broadcast November 13.

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CHARLES W. ETSINGER, '30, is Eastern In- diana correspondent for the "Cincinnati En- quirer." He and his wife, Almeda, live in Richnnond, Indiona. Mr. Etsinger was editor of the "Green & White" and a member of Phi Beta Kappa at OU.

1935

Jack L. Chasin. former field ofiice man- ager for the Terminal Construction Corpora- tion of New York, has been named manager of the company's real estate department.

Mary Virginia Hamilton is chief dieti- tion of the Hiland View Hospital in Maple Heights.

Carlos Cowan is one of the senior chemists for the National Cash Register Company in Dayton. A recent edition of the company's employee publication carried an article about Mr. Cowan and a picture of his model home in West Carrollton.

1936

Jane Nutter Bogniard heads a new homemaking and home economics department at Ashland College. Mrs. Bogniard and her husband. Dr. Robert Bogniard, have four children.

Dolores Hatfield Pettice (Mrs. Neal) is teaching kindergarten at Solon, Ohio.

J. Floyd Scott is assistant master mechan- ic for the Conneaut Dock Company.

Elmer Peaspanen is coach at Conneaut High School.

1938

Anoelo CanDELA. Ashtabula, has been named principal of State Road Junior High School. A Navy physical instructor during World War II, Mr. Candela has served summers as physical director of the Ashta- bula YMCA and director of a summer camp sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.

Paul C. Halleck is coaching at Rowe High School in Conneaut.

Art Hershey (Hirsimaki) has joined the coaching staff of Adrian College, Adrian, Mich.

John R. Gibson is serving as storekeeper for the Pittsburgh 6? Conneaut Dock Com- pany.

Cdr. John Paul Jones has been made assistant repair superintendent at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

1940

John Duffy is vice-president and general manager of the Halifax Garden Company, wholesale flower growers, Halifax, Mass.

Eli N. Hirsimaki is assistant office man- •Lger of the Pittsburgh ii Conneaut Dock Company, Conneaut, Ohio. Several news items of persons from the Conneaut area appear in the class notes this month, thanks to Mr. Hirsimaki who supplied the Alumnus with the information.

Major Robert Daggett, liason officer with the United States Air Force in Europe, has returned to that country after two months' temporary duty at the Newark Transporta- tion Control Depot, Newark, N. J.

1941

Air Force Major Tom Morgan is an instructor in finance at the Air Command and Staff School, Maxwell Field, Alabama. Recently he was sent to Harvard University where he met with top ranking business experts to coordinate material pertinent to comptroller instruction and development of comptroller doctrine at the Air University. Arrangements for the Harvard program were made by another 1941 graduate, Steven Fuller, assistant professor of business ad- ministration at Harvard.

Robert E. Hawes. supervisor of the Education Office at Sampson Air Force Base, is completing work on his doctorate at Syracuse University.

1942

James Claymore is a national advertising representative for Maloney, Regan 6? Schmitt, Inc., special representatives for leading news- papers, San Francisco.

Ernest Crawford Siegfried is a medical officer for the Department of Public Health, Brighton, Mass.

Helen Ganz Spiro, a New Rochelle, N. Y. housewife, is doing sets and selecting props for television commercials, on a free- lance basis.

1943

Dr. Arthur F. Beyer, professor of bi- ology at Midwestern University, was selected to attend the Eighth International Botanical Congress in Paris in July. At the Congress, attended by botanists from almost every nation in the world. Dr. Beyer presented a paper on fossil woods.

Dr. Frederick V. Wagner is a dental surgeon at Ashland. He was discharged about a year ago from the Army, after a two-year tour of duty in the Far East.

Lois Jane Hainley Signor (Mrs. C. K.) is an elementary teacher at the U.S. Air Force Dependents School in London, Eng- land. Mr. Signor is in Florence, Italy, study- ing under the Italian portrait painter Pietro Annigoni who recently was selected to paint Queen Elizabeth.

Raymond J. Leicht has moved to Detroit to head TV advertising for the Ross Roy Company, an advertising agency.

1944

Elizabeth Allmon Hull (Mrs. Robert B.) has opened a private Kindergarten in her new home at Gastonia, N. C. Mr. Hull IS quality control manager of the Firestone Textiles Company.

1945

Mary Alice Whipple Stanley received the Master of Education Degree from the University of Miami (Florida) in August.

Eileene McDaniel Bidwell (Mrs. Bur- ton H.) is counselor at C'ntral High School in El Centro, Calif. Mr. Bidwell, a graduate of 1949, has been appointed secretary to the Board of Directors of the Imperial Irrigation District, which supplies all the water and power for the Imperial and Coachella Val- leys.

Martha Gerlach. a third grade teacher at Harding School in Portsmouth, is presi- dent of the Portsmouth branch of the Ameri- can Association of University Women.

1946

Ruth Lawson Walsh (Mrs. Robert) combines free-lance writing and radio-tele- vision commentating with her "principal job" of being a housewife in Baltimore, Md. She is also active with the Vagabond Theatre and the Johns Hopkins Playshop, having ap- peared in plays with Basil Rathbone and Sir Cedric Hardwick.

Louis Andrews is a plumbing contractor in Cincinnati.

1947

Warren F. Ellis, math teacher at Lake Worth High School, Lake Worth, Florida, has passed the California First-Year Law Exam which qualifies him for the final exam in three years. He has been studying law by correspondence.

C. Comer Bradbury, principal of Ches- hire High School, has been elected president of the Gallia County High School Principals Association.

LT. JAMES C. VANEK, '52, recently arrived in

England and is now executive officer of the

81st Chemical Company of the 32nd Anti-

Aircratt Artillery Brigade.

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Fund Drive Enters Final Month

The Alumni Scsquicentennial Scholarship Fund Campaign officially ends on December Jl. This month will be the last opportunity for those who have not contributed to get on the Bronze Plaque.

Chairman Fred H. Johnson, "22, has urged all alumni who haven't done so to make tehier contributions or pledges and thus become a part of this highly successful alumni effort for Ohio University.

Prof. A. C. Gubitz, executive di-

Dr. Raymond E. Henshaw. a graduate of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Sur- geons, recently opened an office at Milan.

John S. Cowden is with the Pittsburgh Steel Company in Cleveland.

1948

The Rev. Richard Emerson has finished his first year as pastor of the First Church of Christ in Sylvania, and is continuing his graduate studies toward the BD Degree at the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology.

James Kark Petersen, known profes- sionally as Jim Bruce to radio and television fans, was recently named program manager of The Crosley Broadcasting Corporation's WLW-TV in Cincinnati. Mr. Petersen has been associated with "The Nation's Station" for the past three years.

Daryl R. Daniel is principal of Penn Local School, McConnelsville.

Clayton E. Ferrell received the M.A. Degree in Counseling and Guidance from Ohio State University in August.

Frederick Webb has been appointed as- sistant superintendent of Cuyahoga County schools.

Frank M. Alexander is an instructor of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire.

Kathryn Griffin Kyes directs public relations for the Barberton Public Schools.

Maxom Davis has been promoted to ad- vertising and sales promotion manager of the William S. Merrell Companv's Expoit Division. His office is in New York City.

1949

William Alield teaches social science and journalism at West Virginia Tech, Montgomery, W. Va.

Charles E. Crowell is now with tl^e Credit Department of the Union Dank and Trust Co., Los Angrlcs.

Hugh Maloney has been niac'e distrii t

sales manager for the pany in Elyria. He r his home, and his v. Jane Benjamin, "43, work.

Robert E. Lackey is an accountant with the Dayton Rubber Company, Dayton.

Brown F'rt be Com- laintains It's office in ifc, the forncr I^cttv

docs his secretarial

rector of the drive, has emphasized that real estate and stocks have been received and that his office is pre- pared to work out details regarding gifts of this kind.

Send contributions to the Alumni Sesquicentennial Scholarship Fund, Box 595, Athens, Ohio.

Remember, you can pledge a cer- tain sum payable over three years, and donations are 30 percent deduct- ible from income taxes.

Kenneth F. Wennik is sales engineer for the Modine Manufacturing Comoany, Inc. of Racine, Wisconsin. His office is in New York City.

Rhoda Rosenfeld, now an elementary teacher at Newark, N. J., has traveled widely through Europe, the Middle East, and Canada since graduating from OU, while serving as a governmental research assistant and a public relations assistant.

Robert Sanders has been made editor of the St. Louis edition of "TV Guide," one of 26 such books owned by Triangle Publication, Inc. Mrs. Sanders is the former Betty Weiler, "4.=!.

Sidney Claunch is teaching at the Uni- versity of Nevada while finishing his thesis for a doctorate. Mr. Claunch completed all other requirements for a Ph.D. at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin where he was a top graduate student in economics.

John C. Walden is a chemist at the University of California.

Georce p. Hallal manages a Jax Cloth- ing Store in Cleveland.

John R. Miller, former sports editor of the Woo.ster Daily Record, is now with the sports staff of the Clei'eland Plain Dealer.

Raymond C. Hendershot has been ap- pointed to the position of executive secretary of the Painesville Chamber of Commerce. He has more than four years of service at local, ,'tate, and national levels of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, currently being a national director of the Jaycees for the State of Ohio. Mrs. Hendershot is the former Joy Ann Patterson, "48.

Bartlett Tyler is sales representative for Radio Station WEOL, Elvria-Lorain.

George A. Mentzer. on the public rela- tions staff of the B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company, is also public relations and pub- lications director of the Akron Junior Cham- ber of Commerce and treasurer of the newly- formed Buckeye Professional Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism society. Mrs. Mentzer is the former Marianne Downv, '53. The Mentzers have a three- year-old daughter, Christine.

Dr. King Brady is a physician at Indi- anapolis. Mrs. Brady is the former Bonnie McCartney.

Lt. Kenneth R. Smith received his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University in August and is now with the Air Force in England.

Dr. Joseph Clalinch, who graduated from Ohio State University"s Medical School in \95'i, has gone into private practice in South Bend, Washington, where he is as- sistant to the founder and operator of "The Proffitt Clinic."'

RESIDENTS OF Venezuela, South America are Mr. and Mrs. Howard V. Gulot (Jacqueline Douglas, '47) and daughters Debra Ann and Martha Elizabeth. Mr. Guiot works in the Planning and Schedul- Section of Creole Petroleum Corporation. The family will return to the United States for a visit

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THE DAYS of the adventurous prospector are far from ended. The equipment may have changed, but the spirit of the old "forty-niners" is as strong as ever.

If you don't beheve it ask an Ohio University alumnus who has been struck by the "uranium fever."

William Bixby, '52, first felt the effects of the fever in 1945, but he v^arded them off in order to get an education at OU. Then came gradua- tion and a job in Colorado as ranger in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Being close to the "land of uranium" started a resurgence of the old ailment, but again Bill Bixby fought it off, this time to return to Ohio to be married.

For a while Bill worked at North American Aviation in Columbus. After a year, however, he knew that he would never be rid of the urge to hunt uranium, so he and his wife moved to Colorado.

His first prospecting trips were not very successful, partly because he had only an early model gieger count- er. Gradually, though, he improved his equipment and also his luck.

At the last count Bill has staked out more than 75 claims, and is now aiming for the 100 mark.

Claims, according to the prospector from OU, measure up to 1500 by 600 feet. In Colorado there is a vast area of public domain open to filing claims — with certain provisions.

When Bill goes after a new claim he must stake out the land in a certain way, and erect stone markers at each

WiLLi.AM Bixby, '52 . . . iirantum fever

end. In the center he builds another "monument" containing a location paper describing the claim.

Next he must file a location certifi- cate at the county recorders office. To keep each claim he must do at least $100 of assessment work ever>' year.

Bill's position isn't really as in- secure as it may seem. Possessed with a keen business sense, the young pros- pector sells and leases most of his claims, rather than working them all himself. Still, he is right in there searching with the rest.

In place of the out-dated instru- ment with which he started. Bill now has a nucliometer, twenty-four times as efficient as the gieger counter.

He couldn't cure the "fever" but Bill Bixby found a way to enjoy it.

Joseph A. Stewart is a photographer for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Toledo.

1951

William Worth has moved from Cleve- land to a ranch in Littleton, Colorado. He IS employed by the University of Colorado to do research in irradiated foods with the Army Medical Nutritions Laboratory at Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver.

Edith Leiby has been employed by the Army's Office of Civilian personnel to serve two years as recreation supervisor in Jaoan. She left this country to assume her new position in October.

Dale Miller is an instructor in photog- raphy at the Air Force School of Photog- raphy, Lowery AFB, Colorado. For the past nine months he has been teaching a special course in color photography.

Donald T. Waechter has been appointed sales engineer in the greater New York area for Republic Steel Corporation's Berber Manufacturing Division.

John Mitovich. who was released from active duty with the Marine Corps on August 1, is a graduate assistant in the OU School of Journalism while working toward a Masters Degree.

Chic Donchik has accepted a position as magazine photographer for Globe Photos, Inc., Los Angeles.

Wally Bennett, a resident of North Hollywood, Calif., is assistant film editor at Republic Studios. He is currently working on the Ray Milland Show.

Carolyn Herbert has accepted a grad- uate assistantship in English at Duke Uni- versity.

Wallace R. Boyer is an instructor pilot teaching cadets and student officers at Vance AFB in Oklahoma to fly B-25 multi-engine aircraft.

Charles E. Hawkins is with the per- sonnel department of the Peter Kiewit Sons Company, working on the AEC Portsmouth project.

Babette Marks is a graduate assistant in physical education at Woman's College, the University of North Carolina.

Richard Bissett is in charge of instru- mental music at Washington High School, Washington, Georgia.

Howard E. Stevens teaches science at Jeffersonville High School. Mrs. Stevens is the former Erma Mallow.

Robert E. Nicholas is assistant manager of the City Loan and Savings Company in Shelby.

Richard J. Milford is in his second year at Princeton University's Theological Sem- inary.

1952

Richard Perkins has joined the J. C. Penney Company in Omafia. Nebraska.

Jack N. Betts, recently discharged from the Army, is with the Production Department of the Kaiser Aluminum Company, Newark. Ohio.

Robert H. Spencer. Jr. is a geologist with the Oil Field Research Company, Paintsville, Kentucky.

Jack Zinsmeister. a student at the Gar- rett Biblical Institute, on the campus of Northwestern University, was one of 35 seminarians who participated in the Min- isters-in-Industry seminar sponsored by Bos- ton University this summer.

Carlton E. Beck teaches English at Parma High School. He was released from the Navy in May after serving 20 months. While in the Navy he met and married Miss Lorraine Slatoski, who was a member of the White House secretarial staff in Washington.

Richard F. Dolitt teaches industrial arts at Willoughby's Eastlake Junior High School.

DuANE Punker recently completed a tour of duty with the Air Force and is with the Astatic Corporation in Conneaut.

Lt. Worth Harman is assigned to the Headquarters Company of Combat Command "A" with the 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox. Ky. As a member of the Instructor Group of CCA, he presents tank training to armor trainees. Mrs. Harman is the form- er Dorothy Yaeger, '53.

William C. Pace teaches electronics and electricity at Norwood High School, Cin- cinnati.

Bernard C. Scott is an accountant with the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit. Mrs. Scott is the former Ann Metzger, '54.

John Duke, recently discharged from the Service, is living in Uleta, Florida. Mrs. Duke is the former Isabel Hamann, '53.

DiTK Hi Lee has been employed as a chemist for the Chicago Rawhide Company, Elgin, III.

WiLMA BOROS is a member of the public relations staff of the Cleveland Community Chest.

Melvin R. Brown, released from the Service in September, is with the Earl Gihbs Store in Athens.

1953

Nancy Fell Leutheuser. while a home economist for the International Harvester Company, made such a hit with her first demonstration (at the Ohio State Fair) that she was named the company's "demonstrator of distinction" for October. She now lives in Jackson, Michigan.

Vernon Greene, who taught military science at OU while completing work for a Masters Degree in Education, has been promoted to the rank of maior. He is now assigned to TACRON 5, U.S. Navy, as infantry liason officer and is based at Ala- meda Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif.

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Harlan Williams, John Otto, Ralph Ratcliff, and Douglas Veach are all medical students at the University of Cin- cinnati.

William A. Klauber, an ensign in the Navy, has been transferred to the Recruit Training Command, Bainhridge, Md. after spending a year in Norfolk, Va. as assistant fleet athletic officer.

William G. Powell is assigned as a physical science instructor for the radiolog- ical branch of the Army Chemical Corps, Fort McClellan, Ala. Bill ranked second in his class at the Army Chemical School and received further training in atomic defense organization. Mrs. Powell is the former Joyce Burns, ".M.

Robert W. Spurgeon is supply officer at Adak Naval Station on the island of Adak. part of the Aleutian chain. He is also transportation officer and assistant ad- jutant of his Air Force Squadron.

Lt. Charles Castello is stationed at Suffolk County AFB, Wcsthampton Beach,

N. Y.

Paul E. Ashbrook is studying at the Colgate Rochester Divinity School.

Lt. James H. Ritz, Jr. is serving with the Army in Korea.

Jean Vance has completed her intern- ship as dietician at the Medical Center at Ohio State University and is employed at OU as a dietician.

Lt. Samuel M. Pecorelli is supply of- ficer at Nome Field, Alaska.

Laurie Wiener is editorial assistant for Flower Grower Magazine.

Arden V. Brock is a student at Prince- ton's Theological Seminary.

Lt. Raymon B. Fogg is operations of- ficer in the Air Installations Squadron at Turner AFB, Georgia. Mrs. Fogg (Virginia Dunlope, '.S4) teaches general music in the Lee County Schools.

1954

Blaine B. Jones is with the Goodyear Atomic Corporation, Jackson. Mrs. Jones, the former Joan Miller, is employed by the Jackson city elementary school system.

Lt. Robert R. Baucher is now stationed at Fort Lee, Va., attending quartermaster school.

Lt. Lewis G. Aufdemorte, Jr. was re- cently graduated from jet pilot school at Bryan Air Force Base, Texas and awarded the silver wings of a U.S.A.F. pilot.

Mary Ann Adams is an airline reserva- tionist with the Cleveland office of Allegheny Airlines.

Karen Link Oberdoerster left Novem- ber 21 for Holland to join her husband Clarence Oberdoerster, '53, who is pro- curement officer for the 3rd Air Force.

Marvin O. Yf.rkey won a set of Ohio University Wedgwood plates for being the alumnus to travel the greatest distance for Homecoming. Mr. Yerkey came all the way from San Diego, Calif, for the celebration.

Chester D. Martin is news editor at Radio Station WHK, Mutual's outlet in Cleveland. Mrs. Martin is the former Martina Josten.

Mary Athearn Matron (Mrs. Robert E.) has been employed as instructor in the education department of the Dayton Art Institute.

Jerry Jagers is attending the Cincinnati College of Embalming.

Lois Boettler teaches in Caldwell High School.

Barbara Ulrich Hoover (Mrs. Robert) is a teacher at Lane School in Akron.

James Betts is with the Labor Standards Division of the Campbell Soup Company in Chicago. Mrs. Betts is the former Louise Arlene Helser.

Allen John Bendo is a time study en- gineer in the Standards Department, Chev- rolet-Cleveland Division, General Motors.

Marilyn Rassie teaches all business sub- jects at Milan (Ohio) High School.

Leila Semne (cover girl of the April, 1954 Alumnus) is a graduate assistant at the University of Oregon.

Robert L. Shrigley teaches the sixth grade at Kemp Elementary School, Dayton.

Paul L. Keller is manager of the Dairy Store, Fairmont Foods, in Athens.

Janet M. Boulis is a teacher at the Maplewood Elementary School, Sylvania.

Pat Ordovensky has accepted a position as news editor of the FranJ^iin (Ohio) Chronicle.

William J. Abraham is enrolled in the Ohio State School of Law. Mrs. Abraham (Dolores Trantenella) teaches in the Knox County Schools.

Joan Jarvi is a teacher at Rowe High School in Conneaut.

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Barbara Kay Scott, "54, Elkhart, Ind., to Lee Paulson. '54, Elkhart, July 17.

Carol J. Dile, "55 to Lt. Robert E. DuvALL, "53, Marietta, June 12.

Gloria Mae Wherry, Columbus, to Robert H. Dougherty, "52, Canton. October 21.

Jo Ellen Bertell, '54, to Ronald Banks, October 17.

Early plans are being made for the annual alumni reunion at the June, 1955 Commencement. Reunion years are 1900— 1905— 1910— 191 5— 1920— 1925— 1930— 19J5— 1940— 1945— 1950. Further information will appear in the January Alumnus.

PROUD OF HER new teeth is Ellen Louise

Henderson, one-year-old daughter of Sam T.

Henderson, '53, and Mrs, Henderson (Mirionn

Clippinger, '53), o( Wakegan, III.

Nancy Anne Walter, "5 2, North Royal- ton, to William T. O'Laughlin. Landsdowne, Pa., October 16.

Carol Lou Hutsell, Seattle, Wash., to Lt. Robert G. Rose, '53, Cleveland Heights, September 15.

JOCELYN Sue Cady, '54, Columbus, to Richard Ritter, Columbus, June 26.

Sharon Sue Oldfield, '54, Athens, to Leonard E. Richardson, '54, Newark, Oc- tober 16.

Adeline Jane Ruble, '51, Logan, to John F. Buchanan, '54, Logan, October 4.

Betty J. Tucker, '50, Youngstown, to Rev. Arthur Tingue, July 3.

Dixie Ross, Laurelville, to Clark Devol, '54, Carbon Hill, August 29.

Kathryn Boyd, Cambridge, to Robert Huff, '53, Pleasant City, October 16.

Aranette Griffin, Gillsville, Ga., to Jack Walker, '54, St. Clairsville, October 8.

Evelyn Kovalchik, Pleasant City, to Paul Mehalko, '52, Lore City, October 16.

Barbara L. Todd, '54, New Plymouth, to Lt. William L. Kennard, "54, New Ply- mouth, June 27.

Lois Marie Kail, '53. Athens, to Lt. Jack E. Cox, '53, Woodsfield, September 12.

Marilyn L. Lees, Cleveland Heights, to Boris Pukay, '51, Yorkville. September 18.

Helen M. Fry, '54, Akron, to Donald C. Powell, October 9.

Lois E. Little, '52, North Canton, to Olaf Kays, November 27.

Dolores Trantenella, '54, Dayton, to William J. Abraham, '54, August 28.

Patricia Ann Brown, '50, Cincinnati, to Owen A. Brown, July 17.

December, 1954

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Lt. Charles H. Costello, '53, and Mrs. Costello (Margaret Kunesh, '5?) will probably remember the date of Ohio University's 1954 Homecom- ing (October 23) longer than any other alumni. On that day their first child, Susan Margaret, was born. Commented the mother: "How's that for OU spirit!"

Mrs. Anastasia Tropeano, Pittsburgh, Pa., to Eugene Van Der Hoeven, '46, Fill- more, N. D., August 25.

Ruth Bridges Carmichael, "41, Athens, to Charles D. Levering, September 26.

Carole Casperson, "54, Warren, to Robert R. Baucher, '54, Euclid, August 21.

Estella E. Boys, "5 3, Youngstown, to Edwin S. Nordon, "52, Youngstown, M.Ed. "53, August 21.

Nancy Ruth Shustick, Columbus, to Dr. Norman Atkin, '49, University Heights, August 29.

Joan Miller. "54 to Blaine B. Jones. "54, Jackson, June 25.

Sally Link, "48. Athens, to Paul L. Curtis, Jacksonville, Fla., November 20.

— dSlfths —

Linda Sue to Dr. and Mrs. Harry W. Wise, Jr. (Nancy Canfield, "51), October 16.

Sarah Lynn to Lt. Kenneth R. Smith. "50, and Mrs. Smith (Mary Nees, "51), October 9.

Michele Diane to James M. Abraham. "49, and Mrs. Abraham (Meryl Riley, "48). May 26.

Cynthia Jane to Carl Miller, "50, and Mrs. Miller (Kathleen Orr, "45), October 20.

Anne Louise to Bartlett Tyler, Jr., "50, and Mrs. Tyler (Janet Pobst. "52), March 26.

NO MIRRORS NEEDED for this picture o( Marianne (left) and Michael Doutt, whose lather, Richard F. Doutt, Painesville, Is a 1952 graduate of OU. The twins are one year old this month.

Timothy Worth to Lt. Worth Harm an, "52, and Mrs. Harman (Dorothy Yaeger. "5 3), September 2.

Julia Louise to John W. Stretch, "43, and Mrs. Stretch (Marian Daj.-e, "46), August 16.

Cynthia Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Freeman (Jeanne Harbourt. "44), March 23.

Randall "Randy"" Emerson, to Rev. Richard Wilcox, "48. and Mrs. Wilco.x, October 7.

William Edgar to Edgar H. Swinehart, "44. and Mrs. Swinehart, April 13.

Lynch Bradley to Lynch F. Crum. "53, and Mrs. Crum, October 23.

Janet Lynn to Robert R. Strempel, "49. and Mrs, Strempel (Martha Matson, "49), November 17. 1953.

Gail to Gardner Graydon, "44, and Mrs. Graydon (Ruth Peterson. "49), October 9.

Jane Ann to Dr, Paul E. Williams. "52, and Mrs. Williams, October 31.

Cynthia Jo to William G. Pearce, "51, and Mrs, Pearce, April 5,

Nancy to William Ball, "37, and Mrs, Ball, June 11,

Mary Kay to Mr, and Mrs. Cecil H. Dornbrock (Noreen Kirkner, "47), August 21,

David Edward to Neil Tippett. "50, and Mrs. Tippett (Thelma Jean Brookins. "50), November 5.

Joseph Paul to Paul E. Brockert, "48, and Mrs, Brockert (Mary Aten, "51), September 17.

Mary La'Velle to Roy J, Cross, "48, and Mrs, Cross (Phyllis LaVelle. "47), Sep- tember 12.

Ruth Ann to Carroll Tippett, '38, and Mrs. Tippett, August 26.

Jeanne Ellen to John T, Nye, "52, and Mrs. Nye (Peggy Quinn. '52), September 12.

Cynthia Kathryn to Lt. J. RoDERlc Earich, "52, and Mrs. Earich (Geneva Campbell, "53), September 6.

Barbara Jean to George Younger, "51, and Mrs. Younger, June 29,

Michael Baird to William O, McDonald, Jr.. "51, and Mrs. McDonald (Jean Baird, "53). September 13.

Jolynn to John Max Duncan, "50, and Mrs. Duncan, August 26.

Susan adopted by Anthony M. "Tony"" Reis, "38, and Mrs, Reis, October 25.

Randi Ray to Ernest R. Sutton, '51, and Mrs. Sutton, November 5.

Ann Elizabeth to Dr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson (Betty Jean Thomas, "50), No- vember 3,

Barbara Leigh to Don F. Stout, '51, and Mrs, Stout (Betty Hopper, "53), June 6.

Bradley Gleason to B. Richard Atkin- '^ON, "50 and Mrs. Atkinson, October 8,

VICKI STONE is the daughter of Richard Stone, '51, and the former Jane Maiie, '51, Columbus. VicId was one year old in June.

Mark Eldon to Ralph E. Frybarger, "51, and Mrs. Frybarger, July 25.

Jon to John Mitovich, '51, and Mrs, Mitovich, Chillicothe, August 24.

— oDeutnS —

John M. Cooley, '04, died November 2, at his home in Lynn Haven, Florida, where he was engaged in the real estate business. Surviving are his wife, three sons, and two sisters.

Mrs. Thomas R. Biddle, '10, died No- vember 6 at her home in Athens, She was a member of one of the Hocking Valley's pioneer families, and her former family home was on the site of the residence of the president of OU. Her husband and their only son preceded her in death,

Theodore A, Reese, "51, died September 27 at Cleveland's Mt. Sinai Hospital, Death was caused by a relapse following heart surgery. Surviving are his wife, the former Anna Belle Bryant, an infant son, his par- ents, and two brothers.

Catherine Bell Harrington, '20, who had been an Akron school teacher since 1921, died September 25 after being ill since June. She leaves two brothers, Clarence and William Bell.

Dr. William H. Hyde, "93, a Cleveland physician since 1901, died November 2 at his home in that city.

Rexa Rice Smetts (Mrs. M, A.), "21, died at her home in Lakewood, November

Vernett O. Wolee, "35, an outstanding athlete while at Ohio University, died at his home in Smithers, W, Va. September 21. For the past 14 years he had been associated with the Electro Metallurgical Company at Smithers. Surviving are his wife and one son.

Horace Leet Small. "50, died October 21 at Dayton.

May Paddack Beckert, wife of Prof, Ralph F, Beckert, "23, OU professor of accounting died July 3 1 at Athens, Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Patricia Marie,

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WINDING THROUGH fields and across streams from the "back of the place", the (arm lone ends at the main group of University Farm buildings just off U.S. Route 50 at Hebbardsvllle. Exca- vation in right foreground is recently completed (arm pond dam.

Photos and Texf by Doug Wetherholt

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Ohio Uni- versity students and alumni thought of the campus as being the college green, President St. running down to the bridge, the stadium and practice fields, and of course sorority row.

Today many alums have added such features as East Green, Vets Village, the airport, the engineering annex and labs on the other side of the Hocking, and various other buildings.

However, many alums and even sty dents at OU today are not aware that the OU campus is more than twice as large as that which they know as uni- versity property. They forget about the Ohio University Farm, all 4') 6 acres of it, out on US Rt. 50 at Hebbardsville.

On these 416 acres of Athens County

hills, woodlands, creek bottcms, and rolling fields an annual average of 60 agriculture students, striving for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Com- merce v.'ith a major in agriculture, dili- gently follow the instructions of Dan H. Stright, "49, MS '53, farm superin- tendent.

When enrolled in Agriculture 201 or 202 Farm Practices for three credit hours each student learns the practical aspects cf the three academic sequences offered by the department; general agri- culture, soil conservation, and pre- forestry.

With a six year crop rotation plan of one year corn, one year wheat, and four years alfalfa the students and three civil service full time employees of the

farm this past year raised 50 acres of corn with a yield of between 75 and 100 bushels per acre, 25 acres of wheat at 35 bushel per acre, eight acres of oats averaging 5 5 bushel per acre, and two cuttings of hay off 75 acres of meadow for an average of four tons per acre.

This year's crop will be used to feed the 18 head of registered Holstein-Frie- san dairy cattle, 74 head of registered Hereford beef cattle, 22 Hampshire hogs, or the 600 cross breed Hamprock chickens.

Students participating in the agri- culture program are required to take either one or both of the farm prac- tice courses.

To do this they must arrange their schedule so they will have five con-

Students learn . . .

December, 1954

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SLEEPY IN THE NOONDAY SUN

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pef for his orli to have h

losr unusual animal on the farm years old and spent the first part of his life as a house to! owner. Even now, just whistle and he comes running head scratched. And just look at those curls, girls.

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RAINWATER begins fo fill the (arm pond builf by ag students this past summer. Outlet through filter system is upright tub in bottom of pond.

KICKED BY many a cloven hoof, the old stump stands as a mute reminder

of the era when the bark of trees was used as a salt lick instead of the

man made block "lick."

secutive hours one day a week out at the farm.

However, the Ohio University Farm has not been a part of the university very long.

The first farm property was purchased by the university in 1941 for $15,000 and consisted of 350 acres. To this initial investment in farm land the university added another 60 acres in 1948 at a cost of $7,000. On top of this, 40 acres adjoining the university land is rented annually from Miss Anna Pearl McVay, '92, next door neighbor to the farm.

Between the homes of Miss McVay and the farm buildings is located one of the three farm ponds. Two of these are located near the larger barns and serve a dual purpose of water for livestock and reservoir in case of lire. Two of the ponds on the farm are already stocked with fish and the third will be as soon as it is full of water and capable of sup-

porting the aquarian livestock.

Although not readily seen from US Rt. 50 the Ohio University Sesquicen- tennial Forest covers some 100 acres of hills and ravenes. This forest has been planted at the rate of 1,000 trees to the acre, 25 acres of which were planted early this past spring when the whole forest was dedicated.

Only some small fruits harvested from a few trees are brought into the uni- versity for its use. The remaining harvest consisting of beef cattle, dairy cattle, hogs, and chickens are sold at the Ath- ens Livestock Sales. Although the uni- versity's farm markets considerable pro- duce and livestock it is figured on the university's book at an annual loss.

In contrast to the so called financial loss of the farm annually there is an untold wealth in the knowledge and practical experience in agriculture gained by students majoring in that field of higher endeavor.

HARVEY DUNLAP, senior agriculture student,

laughingly pets the University Form dog who

appears menacing although his ferocious bark

has little, if any bite attached.

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GETTING READY (or the day's worl. the student is on hand when the early morning sun's rays dry the dew and begin to warm everything they touch. This student is sharpening the blades on the ensilage cutter prior to using it to fill the farm's two silos.

RESTING in the including one of annuo! harvest of

shed built by the students last year is some of the farm's mechanical equipment, its four tractors. This equipment is used by the students to till the soil and reap the crops and feed for the stock.

STANDING in the slit opening of the top o( a silo, Form Superintendent Dan Strighf super- vises from above the work the students are doing down below. The pattern is from the steel sheeting curved to make the round silo top dome. Round tube in the middle of the opening is the end of the pipe through which the ensilage will be blown.

PLACIDLY WATCHING his offspring wander around port of the farm's

permanent pasture is the patriarch of the Hereford herd. The smoothly

curved horns surround the massive head as he occasionally stops to eat

some of the grass on which he is resting.

DRIVING ITSELF through the hay field to pick up freshly baled hay is the

former Army Six-by-six truck which is admired by all the students at the

form. Here a student gives the wheel a flip and returns to his work of

throwing the boles up to "Don" Stright who neatly stacks them.

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