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DEC  20  1954 


BROWN 

ALUMNI  MONTHLY 


J.  S.  CARBERRY:  "Such  a  man  should  not  have  to  hide  his  head  under  a  bushel." 

DECEMBER  1954 
SENT   BY    THE    UNIVERSITY    TO    ALL    BROWN    MEN 


BROWN 

ALUMNI  [MONTHLY 

Published   by   Brown    University   for  its 
Alumni 

MEMBER,  AMERICAN  ALUMNI  COUNCIL 

Board  of  Editors 

Chairman 
C.  ARTHUR  BRAITSCH  '23 

Vice-Chairman 
GEORGE  W.  POTTER  '21 
GARRETT  D.  BYRNES  '26 
WARREN  L.  CARLEEN  '48 
CARLETON  GOFF  '24 
ELMER  S.  HORTON  '10 
PROF.  I.  J.  KAPSTErN  '26 
JOHN  T.  WINTERICH  '12 
Managing-Editor 
CHESLEY  WORTHINGTON  '23 
Assistant  Editor 
lOHN  F.   BARRY.  JR..  '.'^0 


CONTENTS 

News 

The  Fund  and  Its  Future 
Back  in  the  Quiz  Bowl 
Football:  One  of  the  Best 
We  Receive  an  Award 


Features 

The  Carberry  Legend 

John  Hay,  Undergraduate 
For  the  Class  of  1954 

Departments 

From  Our  Letter-Box 

Brunonians  Far  and  Near 

Vital  Statistics 

The  Brown  Clubs  Report 


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THE  COVER  PHOTO:  When  this  pic- 
ture was  being  taken  out  in  front  of  the 
John  Hay  Library,  one  of  the  most  dis- 
tinguished members  of  the  Brown  Faculty 
stopped,  watched  until  the  photo-making 
was  over,  and  said:  "Would  you  mind 
telling  me  what  in  the  devil  goes  on  here?" 
We  hope  our  readers'  reaction  to  the 
cover  will  be  the  same. 

It  is  not  often  that  our  cover  so  ade- 
quately provides  a  key  to  text  within  the 
magazine.  But  we  do  feel  the  l-  -onven- 
tional  picture  of  Prof.  Josiah  Ca  berry  is 
appropriate  to  an  unconventional  career, 
delightfully  annotated  in  the  article  which 
starts  on  the  facing  page.  John  Cosgrove 
of  the  Brown  Photo  Lab  took  the  recent 
Carberry  pictures. 


IT  WAS  LIKE  one  of  those  crazy  plays 
improvised  during  a  touch-football 
game  on  Thayer  Field,  but  this  was  in  a 
regular  Freshman  game,  and  it  won  for 
Brown  over  Rhode  Island. 

The  score  was  tied  in  the  last  minute, 
with  the  Cubs  in  possession  of  the  ball. 
They  were  so  far  down  the  field  that 
everyone  was  aware  the  quarterback 
would  go  back  to  pass.  The  stands  knew 
it.  he  knew  it,  and  all  the  State  Freshmen 
knew  it. 

The  Rams  didn't  even  bother  to  rush 
the  passer.  They  all  dropped  back  to  de- 
fend against  the  long  toss,  with  the  result 
that  the  passer  had  all  the  time  in  the 
world  and  no  one  to  throw  to.  With  every 
receiver  well  covered,  he  ambled  around 
debating  a  run,  but  that  didn't  look  prom- 
ising. Finally,  he  waved  his  blocker  out 
front,  threw  to  him,  and  saw  him  go  all 
the  way  for  the  touchdown. 

The  wonder  was  that  the  guards  and 
tackles  were  still  on  side.  They  assured 
Stan  Ward,  their  coach,  that  this  was  the 
fact — they'd  hardly  budged  from  the  line 
of  scrimmage.  "How  come?"  he  asked. 
"With  all  that  time,  how  did  it  happen 
that  the  whole  line  was  still  back?" 

"Coach,"  one  of  them  said,  patiently, 
"we  were  so  bushed  we  couldn't  move." 

>  AN  EAST  SIDE  PARENT  was  a  little  Sur- 
prised to  have  his  small  daughter  an- 
nounce at  dinner  one  Saturday  night  that 
she  had  been  to  the  Brown  football  game 
that  afternoon.  "How  did  you  get  into 
the  field?"  he  asked. 

"Oh,"  said  the  youngster,  "a  cop 
showed  me  how  to  get  over  the  fence." 

>  A  BROWN  PROFESSOR,  lunching  at  the 
Faculty  Club,  was  telling  about  the  time 
a  student  came  to  him  and  asked  if  he 
might  bring  his  dog  to  class.  The  animal 
was  lonely  without  him,  the  student  said. 
He  guaranteed  that  the  dog  would  be- 
have. "So,"  the  Professor  remarked,  as 
though  that  was  the  end  of  the  story,  "I 
let  him  bring  the  dog  to  my  lectures." 

The  others  were  not  content  with  that: 
"What  happened?"  they  inquired. 

"Why,  the  student  did  almost  as  well 
in  the  course  as  the  dog  did." 

y  DEAN  DURCiN  was  Summing  up  about  a 
character  under  discussion.  "Yes,"  he  said, 
"he  was  like  the  chap  of  whom  it  was  re- 
marked. 'He  was  carried  away  by  his  own 
voice — but  not  far  enough.'  " 

y  OTHER  PEOPLE  are  permitted  a  lapse 
now  and  then,  but  let  a  Professor  forget 
something,  and  the  world  hollers,  "Yah, 
absent-minded!"  That's  why  one  of  our 


best  left  the  luncheon  table  hurriedly  after 
calling  to  the  waiter,  "Don't  forget  to 
bring  me  my  pie."  He  suddenly  remem- 
bered he'd  eaten  it. 

>  THE  VOICE  that  comes  over  the  public 
address  system  at  football  games  is  so  im- 
personal and  its  information  is  so  objec- 
tive that  it  was  refreshing  one  Saturday 
this  fall  to  hear  something  rather  human 
and  partisan  come  booming  out.  There 
was  a  fumble  on  the  field,  and  the  an- 
nouncer's reaction,  expressed  in  very  pub- 
lic words,  was  something  like  this:  "Wait! 
It  is — we  got  it!  It's  Brown's  ball,  first 
down,  10  to  go." 

>  WITH  A  GENTLEMAN  from  Newport 
named  Dean  Lewis  campaigning  for  Gov- 
ernor of  Rhode  Island  this  fall,  it  was  in- 
evitable that  the  fact  should  often  be  re- 
marked for  the  benefit  of  Pembroke's 
Dean,  Nancy  Duke  Lewis.  The  pay-oflf 
came,  however,  on  the  October  night 
when  Pembroke  was  observing  Dad's 
Day.  A  reporter  showed  up  expecting  to 
cover  a  political  speech  by  Candidate 
Dean  Lewis.  She'd  be  quite  a  vote-getter, 
at  that. 

>  ACCOMPANYING  the  Providence  Journal 
report  of  Brown's  26-24  loss  to  Yale  was 
an  item,  set  in  the  format  of  the  paper's 
classified  ads  and  reading: 

HELP  WANTED— MALE 
KICKER.  Brown  undergraduate  who 
can  placekick  a  football  short  dis- 
tances accurately  through  an  up- 
right. No  previous  experience  neces- 
sary. Apply  football  office.  Brown 
University.  Urgent. 

Next  morning  a  stranger,  wandering 
through  University  Hall  and  inquiring  for 
the  "Dean  of  Football,"  said  he  was  ap- 
plying for  the  job. 

>  SOME  OF  THE  FRESHMEN  at  their  first 
Chapel  last  Fall  felt  that  the  choice  of 
hymn  was  unfortunate.  Here  they  were, 
feeling  very  grown  up,  in  College  and  all 
that,  and  they  had  to  sing:  "Who  from 
our  mothers'  arms  hath  blessed  us  on  our 
way."  After  all,  they  were  big  boys,  now. 

>  THE  FOOTBALL  MANAGER  showed  US  the 

list  he  had  drawn  up  of  those  flying  to 
Bethlehem  for  the  Lehigh  game:  35  play- 
ers. 3  coaches,  3  medical  staff.  5  adminis- 
tration officers,  1  attendant,  1  small  brown 
bear  (20  weeks  old),  4  managers.  We 
asked  him  if  they  were  arranged  in  order 
of  importance.  He  said:  "Starting  at 
which  end?" 

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BROWN 


ALUMNI 
MONTHLY 


DECEMBER, 
VOL.  LV 


1954 
NO.  3 


— -.lusrim  1:.  ,Ur  t.aniiy  pnoln 
BENJAMIN  C.  CLOUGH:  Curator  of  Carberriana 


THE  LIFE  AND 
LEGENDS  OF 

JOSIAH 
CARBERRY 

At  Time  of  His  Birth  25  Years 
Ago  He  Was  Already  Old 
and  Retired  But  Soon  Became 
Our  Most  Fabulous  Professor 

By  BP:XJA.ML\  C.  CLOUGH 

EVEN  HIS  ENEMIES  will  agree  that  Josiah  S.  Carberry 
was  an  extraordinary  man.  The  fact  that  he  was  bom 
in  a  corridor  of  University  Hall  is  only  typical  of  the  un- 
conventional pattern  of  his  life.  The  surprising  thing  is  that 
there  are  some  Brown  men  who  never  heard  of  him  and 
a  few  who  wish  they  never  had. 

This  is  a  sort  of  Silver  Jubilee  for  Professor  Carberry. 
There  is,  then,  some  justification  for  reviewing  his  amazing 
career,  as  I  have  been  asked  to  do,  and,  after  all,  I  am  the 
"Curator  of  Carberriana,"  as  they  said  when  they  intro- 
duced me  at  the  Faculty  Club  luncheon  recently.  But  I  don't 
wish  to  be  identified  too  closely  with  Professor  Carberry. 
I  did  not  create  him;  I  was  just  an  innocent  bystander  when 
he  first  appeared  on  College  Hill. 

Carberry  barely  got  born  into  the  Twenties.  That  is  now 
almost  as  mythical  an  era  as  the  famous  Gay  Nineties, 
which,  as  I  read,  seem  to  comprise  anything  odd  in  costume 
or  habits  from  1820  to  the  present  day.  Some  of  us  do  re- 
member the  Twenties.  A  small  child  once  asked,  "Mother, 
does  a  cow  know  that  it  is  a  cow?"  Did  we  know  we  were 
living  in  the  Twenties?  Did  we  know  what  kind  of  an  epoch 
it  was?  Well,  perhaps  not.  I'm  old  enough  to  have  ridden  on 
a  horse  car,  and  many  still  remember  going  down  to  New 
York  on  the  Sound  steamers  in  the  past.  We  didn't  know 
those  things  were  going  to  be  as  dead  as  the  dodo.  And 
at  the  end  of  the  Twenties  we  didn't  know  that  something 
very  different  was  on  the  horizon. 

Carberry's  birth  was  just  25  years  ago,  as  I  say.  It  is  the 
same  number  of  years  since  his  wife  and  daughters  were 
born  rather  exceptionally  in  the  dining  room  of  the  old 


"GRAYSON    EMERGED    as   a    friend   with   an    unfortunate   knack  for  getting   bitten   by  creatures  whose   names  begin  with  A." 


Faculty  Club  on  Brown  St.  Twenty-five  years  is  a  long  time, 
and  even  the  most  conscientious  of  precisians  can"t  get  all 
the  facts  right.  However,  a  good  deal  about  Professor  Car- 
berry  is  a  matter  of  record.  I  shall  use  the  printed  record, 
but  with  corrections  of  my  own,  for  I'm  going  to  try  to 
be  accurate. 

The  Spirit  of  Carherry 

At  the  time  of  Carberry's  birth,  he  was  rather  an  aged 
man.  retired,  but  very  active.  If  this  be  paradoxical,  I  can't 
help  it — that  is  the  spirit  of  Carberry.  If  in  this  account  I 
ramble,  I  can  help  that — but  I  don't  propose  to  do  so.  It 
would  not  be  in  keeping. 

Now,  in  the  beginning,  as  I  said,  I  didn't  invent  Car- 
berry.  As  a  practical  joker,  I  am  but  a  mild,  cautious,  and 
intermittent  one,  though  practical  joking  sometimes  runs 
in  families,  and  mine  is  not  stranger  to  the  art.  Perhaps 
Martha's  Vineyard  has  had  something  to  do  with  this,  for 
we  who  are  natives  are  not  always  as  thoughtful  of  the  off- 
island  people  as  we  might  be.  I  might  quote  the  Vineyard 
Gazette  about  a  diver  in  my  home  town  who  was  tended  by 
his  twin  sister  as  he  went  down  to  inspect  damages  on  a 
Texaco  tanker  not  too  long  ago.  The  item  said  Captain 
Bradford  Clough,  my  younger  brother,  informed  a  curious 
bystander  (a  summer  visitor,  an  off-islander):  "Dave  is  go- 
ing down  to  paint  the  bottom  of  the  boat  this  way,  to  save 
the  time  and  trouble  of  hauling  it  out  on  the  railway."  The 
Gazelle  says  the  bystander  walked  away  "somewhat 
stunned." 

My  brother-in-law — no  blood  relation,  to  be  sure — an 
ingenious  and  laborious  man,  got  up  before  daylight  one 
morning  and  pumped  untold  gallons  of  water  out  of  a  boat 
belonging  to  a  summer  visitor.  The  latter  came  out  after 
sunrise,  finding  my  brother-in-law  was  close  by  in  a  skiff. 
When  the  gentleman  from  away  expressed  surprise  at  the 
dryness  of  his  craft,  my  brother-in-law  gravely  suggested 
that  the  water  had  leaked  out  during  the  night. 


Well,  you  may  know  what  to  expect.  But  I  still  say  I 
didn't  invent  Professor  Carberry.  Let  me  quote  from  the 
printed  account  and  then  correct  it.  Harry  Piatt,  formerly 
of  the  Brown  English  Department,  now  in  the  publishing 
business  as  an  editor  for  Bobbs-Merrill,  wrote  for  the  Sat- 
urday Evening  Post  in  the  '40's  a  little  account  of  "The 
Remarkable  Professor  Carberry." 

"Every  so  often,"  Piatt  wrote,  "a  character  like  Paul 
Bunyan  takes  on  new  immortality  beyond  the  reach  of 
ordinary  humans.  Josiah  Carberry.  a  character  out  of  Brown 
University,  seems  destined  for  a  modest  niche  in  this  never- 
never  realm. 

"The  Carberry  saga  goes  back  about  1 5  years  ago  to  a 
day  when  John  Spaeth,  a  young  member  of  the  Brown 
Faculty,  was  idly  looking  over  a  University  bulletin  board. 


J.   S.   CARBERRY:    Pro- 
fessor Clough  says  this 
Is  as  good    a    likeness 
OS   any. 


BROWN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


On  a  playful  impulse,  he  wrote  and  posted  an  announce- 
ment of  a  lecture  by  Prof.  Josiah  Carberry,  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Ceramics. 

"The  School  had  no  Department  of  Ceramics  and,  need- 
less to  say.  no  Professor  Carberry.  In  due  time  the  notice 
was  summarily  torn  down,  but  not  before  a  number  ot 
other  young  Faculty  men  had  gleefully  spotted  it.  They 
took  to  signing  Carberry "s  name  to  letters  and  telegrams. 
submitting  research  items  in  his  name  to  learned  journals, 
feeding  items  about  his  supposed  academic  exploits  to  news- 
papers. Carberry  developed  into  a  full-bodied  legend — a 
dignified,  scholarly  man,  with  a  wife  chiefly  distinguished 
for  her  inability  to  use  pronouns  correctly.  ..."  I  might 
add  that  Mrs.  Carberry  was  also  reckless  when  it  came  to 
spending  money  for  telegrams.  She  was,  and  is,  very  con- 
scious of  the  importance  of  anniversaries,  and  her  greetings 
usually  take  a  form  something  like  this:  "Warmest  con- 
gratulations upon  this  occasion  from  my  husband  and  I." 
I'm  told  that  Professor  Carberry  is  much  distressed  by  the 
grammar  of  the  telegrams  but  has  been  helpless. 

Mr.  Piatt  also  referred  to  the  two  Carberry  daughters, 
"one  of  them  an  inveterate  devotee  of  the  little  known  sport 
of  shooting  puffins."  He  went  on:  "As  some  of  the  original 
custodians  of  the  Carberry  legend  moved  on  to  other  places, 
his  fame  spread.  In  the  collection  of  Ben  Clough,  current 
clearinghouse  for  Carberry  material,  are  letters  from  all 
over  the  world.  .  .  ."  This  is  true.  One  bearing  a  Turkish 
stamp  and  the  postmark,  "Lake  Van,"  probably  came  the 
farthest.  There  was  one  from  the  Kodiak  Islands,  too.  The 
same  mail  has  brought  letters  over  the  signature  of  Josiah 
Carberry  from  such  widely  separated  points  as  the  New 
Hampshire  State  Prison  and  Cairo,  Egypt.  The  postmaster 
at  the  Brown  branch  post  office  in  those  days  grew  fairly 
accustomed  to  getting  letters  addressed  to  Professor  Car- 
berry. He  would  shrug  them  off  and  turn  over  the  whole 
detritus  to  me. 

Grayson  and  His  Bites 

"A  whole  new  chapter  opened  up  when  a  postcard,  a 
letter,  and  a  telegram  came  in  from  Springfield,  Mass.,  all 
signed  by  Carberry  and  all  bearing  this  message:  'Grayson 
has  been  bitten  by  an  asp.  Thought  you  should  know.'  Gray- 
son emerged  as  a  friend  of  Carberry's  with  an  unfortunate 
knack  for  getting  bitten  by  creatures  whose  names  begin 
with  A — asps,  anteaters,  aardvarks. 

"When  after  some  minor  publicity  coups,  the  Carberry 
sect  (I  particularly  like  Piatt's  phrase,  "the  Carberry  sect," 
to  describe  the  Faculty  Club  group  in  1929)  succeeded  in 
getting  a  fuU-fiedged  Sunday  feature  about  the  Carberry 
family  published  in  a  near-by  daily  paper,  standing  kill  or- 
ders on  Carberry  items  were  instituted  in  most  Rhode  Is- 
land news  rooms.  But  his  sponsors  still  managed  to  worm 
periodic  squibs  into  print — an  interview  with  a  career  girl 
naming  Josiah  Carberry  as  her  inspiration;  an  item  in  an 
oddities  feature  to  the  effect  that  birdseed  spread  on  an  old 
doormat  by  Mrs.  Carberry  had  sprouted  and  grown." 

One  item  which  I  have,  clipped  from  a  newspaper,  reads: 
"The  Misses  Lois  and  Patricia  Carberry,  who  have  been 
shooting  tufted  puffins  in  the  Andes  Mountains,  dropped 
into  the  editorial  room  today.  It  was  nice  to  see  them." 
Small  wonder  that  a  certain  alertness  developed  among  city 
editors.  I  was  reliably  informed  in  1929  by  someone  at  the 
Journal  that  anyone  actually  named  Carberry  had  not  a 
ghost  of  a  chance  of  getting  his  name  in  print.  If  I  was 
rightly  informed — and  I  believe  I  was — a  ukase  went  out, 
and  for  a  time  all  Carberry  material  went  into  the  waste- 
basket. 

The  same  thing  happened  in  the  Middletown  Press  after 
John  Spaeth  left  Brown  for  Wesleyan,  trailing  clouds  of 


PROFESSOR  CARBERRY  proudly  but  modestly  points  out  his  birthplace. 

Carberry  behind  him.  Later  he  became  Dean  of  Wesleyan, 
and  he  may  have  had  some  indirect  influence  that  led  to  a 
listing  in  a  little  pamphlet  which  I  have,  the  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity Bulletin.  Directory  Number  for  1953.  On  page  36 
one  finds  this  entry:  "Carberry,  Josiah,  405  Judd."  I  be- 
lieve Judd  is  a  museum. 

The  vogue  of  Professor  Carberry  from  time  to  time  dies 
and  is  forgotten,  only  to  come  to  life  again  suddenly  for  no 
known  reason  or  for  some  good  reason.  So  far  it  has  done 
no  great  harm.  (Like  all  superstitious  persons,  I  here  knock 
on  wood.)  It  is  an  innocent  myth,  an  innocent  practical 
joke. 

"A  More  Balanced  View" 
As  I  say,  I  am  not  an  habitual  practical  joker.  But  H. 
Allen  Smith's  book  last  year  quotes  Ben  Botkin.  who  said: 
"To  realists  and  satirists,  the  village  japer  and  his  monkey- 
shines  are  expressive  of  the  sadistic  and  moronic  in  Ameri- 
can life.  (We  know  what  he  means,  but  he's  a  little  severe.) 
...  A  man  who  seems  to  have  a  more  balanced  view  is 
Benjamin  C.  Clough,  author  of  'American  Imagination  at 
Work'  .  ,  .  Clough  says,  'Hoaxes  and  practical  jokes  in 
America,  as  elsewhere,  begin  with  banality.  The  withdrawn 
chair,  the  "glass-crash"  are  typical,  but  our  land  has  pro- 
duced real  artists  in  this  field.'  "  Much  of  Smith's  collection 
gives  me  a  pain,  despite  his  kind  words  about  me.  But  it 
does  give  a  good  example  of  the  innocent  practical  joke.  It 
tells  of  an  inspired  idiot  who  poured  four  or  five  packages 


DECEMBER    1954 


of  a  new  detergent  into  the  basin  of  the  fountain  at  the 
foot  of  Nelson's  monument  in  Trafalgar  Square.  No  harm 
was  done,  but  the  stuff  did  foam  all  over  the  Square. 

Piatt  was  wrong  in  saying  that  John  Spaeth  invented  Car- 
berry  and  that  the  notice  concerned  ceramics.  Let  us  go 
back  to  that.  The  original  notice  was  lost,  but  I  think  I  have 
the  true  version  of  the  incident.  In  the  simpler  days  of  a 
quarter-century  ago,  about  all  of  the  official  bulletin  boards 
of  the  University  were  in  the  corridor  of  University  Hall. 
After  a  time,  for  reasons  you  can  imagine,  these  came  to 
be  glassed  in  and  locked.  I  was  custodian  of  the  bulletin 
board  of  the  Classics  Department. 

One  day  when  I  had  put  up  a  notice  and  returned  the 
key  to  its  hiding  place,  it  didn't  occur  to  me  that  Robert 
Macdougall  '22,  now  Educational  Director  of  Station 
WAAT,  Newark,  and  Arthur  Jensen  '26,  now  a  Dartmouth 
Dean,  were  watching  with  some  interest.  That  day  a  notice 
appeared,  locked  up  in  the  glass,  which  read  something 
like  this:  "On  Thursday  evening  at  8:15  in  Sayles  Hall, 
J.  S.  Carberry  (note  that  there  is  no  title  nor  mention  of 
field)  will  give  a  lecture  on  'Archaic  Greek  Architectural 
Revetments  in  Connection  with  Ionian  Phonology.'  For 
tickets  and  further  information,  apply  to  Prof.  John 
Spaeth."  That's  where  John  Spaeth  comes  in. 

The  \otice  Didn't  Seem  Right 

I  might  quote  from  a  current  Brown  University  Weekly 
Bulletin  about  some  of  the  lectures  announced  for  the  Cam- 
pus of  today.  Professor  Bessinger  of  the  English  Depart- 
ment is  talking  on  "Anglo-Saxon  Burial  Insurance."  Pro- 
fessor Hempel  of  Yale  had  this  topic:  "Reflections  on  the 
Logic  of  Theoretical  Constructs.  And  we  have  Mr.  Dillon 
of  the  Physics  Department  on  "Some  Thoughts  on  the  Ulti- 
mate Constitution  of  Matter,"  Professor  Mindlin  of  Co- 
lumbia on  "Vibrations  of  Crystal  Plates,"  and  Professor 
Steenrod  of  Princeton  on  "Relationships  Between  the  Co- 
homology  Structure  of  Space  and  the  Homology  Structure 
of  the  Symmetric  Group."  I  quote  merely  to  point  out  that  a 
notice  in  this  sort  of  phraseology  will  not  necessarily  startle 
those  who  pass  through  our  corridors. 

The  notice  about  Josiah  Carberry  didn't  startle  me  at 
first.  I  read  it  once.  I  gave  it  the  double-take.  I  said  to  my- 


"THE   1943   BROADCAST  ended  with  a  wild  scream.' 


self,  "This  man  seems  almost  to  be  in  my  field,  but  I've 
never  heard  of  him.  Odd  that  there  is  no  mention  of  his 
institution."  It  didn't  seem  right  to  me. 

Subsequently,  I  told  Robert  Macdougall,  when  he  was 
quizzing  me,  that  I  took  the  notice  down  and  threw  it  away. 
"No,  no,"  he  said.  "I  was  there.  You  did  much  better  than 
that.  You  unlocked  the  glass,  took  out  your  fountain  pen, 
and  neatly  printed  N-O-T  as  an  insertion  so  that  the  notice 
read,  'J.  S.  Carberry  will  not  lecture.'  ..."  I  was  pleased 
to  hear  that.  I  didn't  remember  I  had  been  such  a  genius. 

Now  something  further  on  the  role  of  John  Spaeth.  The 
same  day  that  the  notice  was  posted,  we  were  lunching  at 
the  Faculty  Club  when  a  bewildered  and  innocent  member 
of  the  Faculty  asked  John  about  the  lecture.  This  seemed 
reasonable,  since  the  notice  had  referred  questions  to  him. 
Spaeth,  with  great  savoir-faire  and  presence  of  mind,  re- 
sponded promptly,  "Certainly,  I  know  Carberry  well.  I 
like  the  old  boy.  More  particularly  I  like  his  delightful 
daughters  (he  thought  a  moment),  Lois  and — Patricia." 
That  is  how  they  arrived  on  the  scene. 

The  daughters  were  said  by  some  to  be  a  little  odd,  said 
by  some  to  be  a  little  wild.  They  were  a  great  care  to  Pro- 
fessor Carberry,  just  as  his  wife  was.  Her  name,  it  seemed, 
was  Laura.  Well,  from  that  day  forward.  Professor  Car- 
berry, his  wife  and  daughters  began  writing  for  the  paper, 
began  showing  up  in  unexpected  places,  began  sending  tele- 
grams. 

Samples  of  Carberriana 

Although  early  in  the  myth  I  was  appointed  custodian 
of  Carberriana,  I  didn't  save  everything  that  was  turned 
over  to  me,  but  enough  has  been  preserved  to  document 
the  story.  Here  is  a  sample,  from  February,  1929.  These 
were  the  lush  days  before  the  crash,  and  B.  K.  Hart  of  the 
Providence  Journal  and  I  were  in  New  York  at  the  Plaza 
(the  Journal  was  paying  for  the  room).  We  were  waked 
up  early  in  the  morning  by  this  telegram:  "Very  much  re- 
gret all  arrangements  at  Brown  University  have  gone  wrong 
in  your  absence.  Doakes  complained  to  the  President  about 
his  grades.  Stop.  Go.  End  quote.  Interdepartmental  34-mile 
marathon.  Providence  to  Point  Judith  held  up.  Spaeth 
awaiting  funds  from  you.  J.F.G.  inquires  can  you  take 
over  course  for  rest  of  semester.  Reply  at  once.  J.S.C." 
There  also  arrived  at  the  hotel  a  pleasanter  message:  "The 
usual  greetings  from  my  husband  and  I.  Laura  E.  Car- 
berry." 

I  want  to  quote  one  more  telegram.  It  is  the  only  Postal 
Telegraph  one,  an  historical  relic  since  there  is  no  more 
Postal  Telegraph.  I  never  knew  who  sent  it,  and  I  don't  now. 
It  came  to  my  house  in  1937,  addressed  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Carberry,  care  of  Clough,  and  says  very  simply:  "To  hell 
with  grandma.  Last  seen  French  Casino.  Fifi." 

Going  back  to  1929,  I  should  report  a  curious  and  in- 
credible coincidence  which  happened.  You  all  know  what 
vanity  publishing  is.  You  know  that  some  innocent  persons 
who  write  (and  perhaps  some  who  do  not)  can  be  induced 
to  pay  the  full  expense  of  publishing  some  work  or  other. 
Well,  that  happened  to  a  man  named,  of  all  things,  J.  Car- 
berry. His  poems  were  incredibly  bad.  They  couldn't  have 
been  written  by  Edgar  Guest  on  an  off  day — they  were  not 
nearly  that  good.  But  the  volume  had  a  nice  cover  and  a 
pretty  title  page:  "Gems  of  Love  by  J.  Carberry.  Payson  & 
Clark,  Ltd.,  1929."  The  book  came,  curiously  enough,  to 
me  for  review  from  the  Journal.  I  did  review  it.  I  got  a  com- 
ment on  the  review  in  French,  with  the  simple  heading,  "La 
Belle  France."  The  writer  professed  to  have  been  much 
touched  by  the  review. 

Now  for  some  miscellany,  as  if  I  had  not  been  miscel- 
laneous enough  already.  But  perhaps  I  should  say  this  first: 
You  might  think  the  young  members  of  the  Faculty  in  1929 


BROWN   ALUMNI    MONTHLY 


"GOING  AWAY  AND  RETURNING  was  typical  of  Carberry." 


DECEMBER   1954 


lOIS  AND   PATRICIA:   "The  daughters  were  said   by  some  to  be   a   little 
odd."   (This  photograph   has  not   been  authenticated.) 

had  not  enough  to  do.  They  had  plenty  to  do;  they  worked 
hard.  These  were  the  recreations  of  hard-working  men.  If 
we  spent  some  lime  inventing  and  collecting  Carberriana,  it 
was  not  our  main  objective  or  occupation;  it  was  perhaps 
our  main  avocation,  though. 

The  nearest  that  Carberry  came  to  doing  anybody  any 
harm  or  causing  serious  disquiet  happened  when  someone 
(and  I  always  suspected  Arthur  Jensen)  wrote  in  Carberry's 
name  to  the  American  Bible  Society,  volunteering  to  do  a 
certain  amount  of  missionary  work  among  his  colleagues  at 
Brown  University.  He  got  back  a  very  cordial  letter:  "It  is 
kind  of  you  to  offer  your  services  in  a  type  of  work  which 
does  not  readily  secure  volunteers."  Mr.  Jensen,  if  indeed 
it  was  he,  had  included  a  dinner  invitation  "anytime  you 
are  in  Providence,"  giving  61  Sessions  St.  as  Carberry's  ad- 
dress. (It  was  mine  at  the  time.)  This  invitation  was  gra- 
ciously accepted,  but  nothing  ever  came  of  it. 

Carberry  the  Scholar 

In  a  different  field,  I  have  a  letter  from  one  of  the  most 
meticulous  of  scholars  to  Josiah  Carberry  at  36  Lawn  Ave., 
Middletown,  Conn.,  which  happens  to  be  John  Spaeth's 
address:  "Dear  Mr.  Carberry.  I  have  your  letter  of  Feb.  13 
and  the  note,  'Another  Catullus  to  Another  Lesbia,'  which 
you  were  good  enough  to  send  me  for  consideration  in  con- 
nection with  the  Classical  Weekly.  I  regret  that  I  must  lay 
this  aside  until  a  more  convenient  season."  Believe  it  or  not, 
the  more  convenient  season  did  arrive,  and  a  number  of 
valuable  contributions  by  Professor  Carberry  did  appear  in 
the  Classical  Weekly.  In  the  meantime,  he  had  also  become 
active  in  other  fields — ophiology,  graphology,  and  of  course 
ceramics. 

A  mysterious  letter  was  addressed  to  Lois  Carberry  in 
1934  (on  a  Wesleyan  University  heading):  "My  Dear  Girl — 
In  reply  to  your  card  of  inquiry,  I  would  say  that  the  where- 
abouts of  your  dear  father  are  a  mystery  to  us  all.  Some 
months  ago  he  found  it  expedient  to  leave  town  for  a  while 


to  escape  cruel  and  unpleasant  consequences  of  some  re- 
marks of  his  in  the  course  of  a  lecture  on  Danish  hiero- 
glyphics and  Sabaean  runes.  He  did  nothing  more  than  call 
a  spade  a  spade,  as  they  say  in  the  old  adage.  You  know  the 
dear  man  and  his  inimitable  way.  The  ladies  in  the  WCTU 
here  thought  they  had  a  grievance,  and  there  is  now  pend- 
ing an  indictment  that  says  something  about  libelous  and 
scandalous  utterances.  I  have  discovered  among  your 
father's  effects  that  he  left  with  me  the  enclosed  corre- 
spondence, which  may  assist  you  in  your  search.  I  hope 
so.  Such  a  man  as  your  father  should  not  have  to  hide  his 
head  under  a  bushel." 

He  didn't,  especially  after  Harry  Piatt's  Saturday  Eve- 
ning Post  article. 

A  clipping  from  the  Middletown  Press  of  June  11,  1936, 
was  sent  me  by  a  kind  friend — or,  rather,  sent  to  my  wife: 
"Engagement  Announced.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  S.  Carberry  of 
BuUwinkle  Farm  have  announced  the  engagement  of  their 
daughter  Lois  to  Dr.  Ben  C.  Clough  of  North  Providence, 
R.  I."  (I  know  I  got  back  at  my  colleague  for  that  one,  but 
I  can't  remember  just  what  I  did.) 

Another  letter  is,  I  gravely  suspect,  in  the  hand  of  Harry 
Piatt.  The  heading  is  "Brown  University  Department 
of  Graphology  and  Chiromancy"  and  was  found  in  our 
stateroom  on  the  boat  when  Mrs.  Clough  and  I  were  about 
to  leave  on  a  sabbatical.  It  reads  in  part:  ".  .  .  My  husband 
has  disappeared.  (The  letter  is  from  Mrs.  Carberry,  it 
seems.)  He  disappeared  some  time  ago.  At  first  it  was 
natural  enough.  He  was  on  a  trip  to  Boston  to  do  some 
work  on  chiromancy  which  he  took  up  a  year  or  so  ago. 
Then  he  came  back.  Then  he  went  away  again.  Then  he 
came  back  again.  And  then  again  he  went  away  again,  and 
then  again  he  came  back  again.  I  get  quite  dizzy  as  I  write 
this.  .  .  ." 

Going  away  and  returning  was  typical  of  Carberry,  but 
he  was  not  forgotten.  Here  I  might  say  that  a  good  many 
photos  of  the  Carberry  tribe  exist.  I  have  perhaps  a  half- 
bushel  of  them.  They  are  singularly  inconsistent,  as  were 
his  calling  cards,  and  all  of  them  odd.  My  knowledge  of 
how  the  Carberrys  look  is  like  Mr.  Tony  Weller's  knowledge 
of  London,  "extensive  and  peculiar." 

This  Side  for  Message 

There  are  some  postcards.  One  has  a  picture  of  the  Hotel 
Statler  in  Boston,  on  the  back  of  which  is  printed:  "1300 
rooms  with  bath."  Lois  had  written  on  the  card:  "The  bath 
gets  terribly  crowded."  It  goes  on,  with  a  flash  of  her 
father's  philosophy:  "But,  after  all,  better  dirty  than  hun- 
gry, I  always  say." 

Another  card  has  this  pathetic  plea:  "Dear  Carberry — 
Can  you  send  me  Cadwallader's  address?  He  left  the  house 
without  saying  a  word  and  without  leaving  me  a  red  cent." 

Carberry  heard  from  the  Brown  Extension  Office:  "Your 
card  for  the  course  in  'Aspects  of  Poetry,'  mailed  to  box 
906,  has  been  returned  to  this  office.  We  are  glad  to  send 
this  on  to  you." 

Professor  Carberry,  it  seemed,  had  signed  up  for  a  course 
and  then  forgotten  about  it.  He  was  always  registering,  an 
inveterate  beginner,  an  accepter  of  trial  offers,  a  writer  for 
free  samples.  He  sent  back  coupons  with  reference  to  Ar- 
thur Murray  dancing  lessons,  muscle-building  equipment, 
Chamber  of  Commerce  information.  The  literature,  ad- 
dressed to  Professor  Carberry,  always  had  a  wide  reading 
at  the  Faculty  Club.  Carberry  had  never  seemed  dissatisfied 
at  Brown,  but  he  was  duly  registered  with  a  teacher-em- 
ployment agency  in  Boston,  giving  some  excuse  or  other 
for  not  providing  the  customary  photograph.  If  he  received 
no  offers,  it  must  have  been  because  his  talents  were  so 
specialized. 


8 


BROWN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


When  a  young  East  Side  lady  in  Providence  was  showing 
a  commendable  flair  for  politics,  a  Bulletin  reporter  inter- 
viewed her.  The  reporter  must  have  been  new  on  the  staff 
for  something  was  not  spotted.  The  story  reads:  "Her  first 
two  years  in  college  were  at  Rockford,  and  there  she  first 
settled  on  politics  as  a  life  interest.  Josiah  Carberry  was  a 
visiting  professor  at  Rockford  and  made  the  young  Provi- 
dence Freshman  a  convert  to  a  study  which  is  largely 
man's." 

A  jumbo  postcard  came  from  San  Diego.  '"I  do  not  ad- 
vise your  sending  Grayson  down  here,"  it  said.  "We  are 
doing  some  work  on  the  pigment  of  aphids.  However,  it  is 
his  own  responsibility  if  he  wishes  to  come." 

I  pass  on  to  things  more  miscellaneous  still,  if  that  is 
possible.  Carberry  spoke  over  the  Brown  Network  during 
the  war.  Mrs.  Clough"s  niece,  Sonia-Jane  Swanson,  a  Pem- 
broke Junior  at  the  time,  was  kind  enough  to  give  me  a 
copy  of  the  script.  After  the  usual  introductory  build-up, 
Carberry  was  introduced.  His  first  words  were:  "Glad  to 
be  here  and  stuff."  The  1943  broadcast  ended  with  a  wild 
scream  and  someone's  explanation:  "Grayson  has  just  been 
bitten  by  the  Army  Air  Force!" 

The  Philanthropic  Carberry 

Professor  Carberry  showed  some  fondness  for  good 
works  and  thought  nothing  of  sending  one  or  two  or  three 
dollars  to  some  worthy  causes.  Even  after  the  stock  market 
crash,  he  contributed  to  agencies  of  which  he  approved. 
And  so  it  is  that  I  have  a  letter  from  the  Gramercy  Boys 
Club  in  which  Archibald  Roosevelt  says:  "On  behalf  of 
the  Club  I  express  thanks  for  your  Christmas  contribution. 
It  will  add  to  your  happiness  to  know  that  someone  in  the 
Gas  House  District  has  reason  to  be  grateful  to  you." 

Two  poems  by  Lois  and  Patricia  were  sold  to  the  Provi- 
dence Journal  and  printed  therein.  One  was  particularly  re- 
markable. My  favorite  dictionary  is  the  Concise  Oxford 
Dictionary,  compiled  by  a  couple  of  scholars  who  were  also 
humorists.  The  definition  of  wing,  for  instance,  is  "a  pro- 
pulsive limb  or  organ  of  a  bird,  bat,  insect,  angel,  etc." 
Its  definition  of  a  sonnet  has  always  charmed  me.  and  I 
showed  it  to  Prof.  John  Spaeth.  A  sonnet,  according  to  the 
Concise  Oxford  Dictionary,  is  "a  poem  of  14  lines,  rhyming 
thus:  pig  bat  cat  wig  jig  hat  rat  fig;  lie  red  rob  die  bed  rob, 
or  lie  red  die  bed  pie  wed,  or  otherwise,  as  with  Shake- 
speare." I  said,  "John,  it  seems  to  me  someone  should 
write  that  sonnet."  John  said,  "Okay,  I  will."  The  poem 
began 

"A  curious  creature  is  the  grunting  pig. 

And  ladies  greatly  fear  the  squeaky  bat. 

There's  nothing  like  a  well-engendered  cat 

For  independence,  and,  Great  Caesar's  Wig.  .  .  ." 

It  is  a  good  sonnet  of  its  kind. 

After  a  rather  serious  athletic  disaster,  there  came  these 
instructions:  "Prof.  J.  S.  Carberry — Don't  phone.  Transfer 
all  funds  for  Bigelow  Memorial  Steps  to  Football  Memorial 
Tomb  on  Sessions  St."  There  was  also  an  Art  Club  Christ- 
mas play  which  included  in  the  cast  Captain  Reuben  Rat- 
weasel,  Tobias  Tonguewaggle,  and  someone  called  Car- 
berry Hoax. 

A  Version  from  New  Jersey 

From  time  to  time  the  Brown  Daily  Herald  has  noted, 
causing  alarm  to  some  of  us,  that  Professor  Carberry  was 
on  his  way  back  to  Brown.  For  instance,  in  1943:  "Prof. 
J.  S.  Carberry,  well  known  to  Brown  men  old  and  new,  who 
vanished  from  his  residence  in  the  Faculty  Club  and  whose 
actions  have  been  traced  from  Hawaii  newspaper  dispatches, 
is  coming  back  soon  to  occupy  his  position  as  head  of  the 


Department  of  Ceramics.  He  has  been  doing  hush-hush 
work  in  connection  with  high  and  even  low  explosives." 

I  might  end  with  a  reference  to  an  article  on  Carberry 
which  appeared  in  a  New  Jersey  newspaper,  giving  a  fairly 
accurate  account  of  the  legend  and  the  legends  about  the 
legend.  I  attribute  it,  a  little  doubtfully,  to  Quentin  Reyn- 
olds '24.  It  contains  some  errors,  none  serious.  Whoever 
wrote  it  does  say  that  the  original  notice  was  to  the  effect 
that  Professor  Carberry  would  give  a  talk  on  "Iranian  Mor- 
als and  Modern  Ethics"  in  the  parish  hall  of  a  church. 
That's  not  quite  right,  but  near  enough  for  our  purposes. 
The  story  said  Carberry  was  currently  in  a  California  re- 
formatory (that  has  never  been  proved). 

This  account  does  relate  an  episode  in  which  a  newly 
engaged  Brunonian  received  a  Carberry  telegram  during 
the  course  of  a  very  proper  party.  He  read  the  message  with 
some  confusion:  "Have  lost  the  key  to  Patricia's  apartment. 
Will  you  lend  me  yours?" 

"No  Brown  student  ever  registered  for  a  Carberry 
course,"  says  this  writer.  "Newspapers  tabooed  mention  of 
Carberry.  In  fact,  a  Providence  man  whose  name  is  Car- 
berry got  into  a  fight  with  one  paper  because  in  a  story  of 
an  affair  they  had  left  out  his  name.  A  personality  is  not 
easily  laid.  It  is  two  years  since  the  thing  got  started,  and 
it  is  going  strong." 

The  piece  ends  thus  (and  I  end  with  it):  "Editor's  note.  I 
wonder  if  there  is  a  Professor  Clough." 


Brown's  Newest  Trustee 


THE  BROWN  UNIVERSITY  Corporation  added  W. 
Stanley  Barrett  '21  to  its  Board  of  Trustees  at  its  Oc- 
tober meeting.  Long  active  in  University  affairs,  he  was 
Special  Gifts  Chairman  for  the  Housing  and  Development 
Campaign  and  is  now  on  the  special  Committee  on  Uni- 
versity Finance. 

Navy  service  in  World  War  1  interrupted  his  College  days, 
and  he  entered  the  investment  business  in  1921,  three  years 
later  forming  his  own  company,  Barrett  &  Co.,  of  which  he 
is  still  senior  partner.  He  is  on  the  board  of  several  corpora- 
tions. A  prominent  Episcopal  churchman,  he  led  the  drive 
in  1952  for  a  $135,000  building  fund  for  St.  Dunstan's 
School  and  this  year  conducted  the  Episcopal  Charities 
Fund  campaign. 


DECEMBER    1954 


A  SECOND  SAMPLING  OF  A  GREAT  COLLECTION: 


John  Hay,  Brunonian 


A  POSTSCRIPT  on  the  letter 
home  said:  "Please  remit  at 
your  earliest  convenience  some  of 
'the  root  of  all  evil,'  alias  'tin.'  alias 
'pewter.'  "  The  familiar  refrain  at 
the  end  of  this  undergraduate's  mes- 
sage to  his  family  would  not  be  re- 
markable enough  to  note  were  it  not 
for  the  fact  that  the  appellant  was 
John  Hay,  later  secretary  and  biog- 
rapher of  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  in 
his  own  right  a  distinguished  states- 
man as  Secretary  of  State. 

In  our  last  issue  we  reported  on 
the  magnificent  transfer  to  Brown 
of  a  collection  of  diaries,  letters, 
and  other  John  Hay  material  from 
his  daughter,  Mrs,  James  W.  Wads- 
worth  of  Geneseo,  N.  Y.  Its  re- 
sources in  documenting  events  and 
lives  of  historic  and  literary  im- 
portance was  suggested.  Much  has 
been  given  to  the  University  Li- 
brary, which  has  set  apart  a  room 
for  the  enhanced  John  Hay  collec- 
tion; other  papers  are  on  deposit 
at  Brown.  Scholars  are  sure  to  resort  to  them  often. 

But  for  all  Brunonians  there  also  remains  a  special  interest 
in  the  material.  Much  is  on  the  record  of  Hay's  lasting  af- 
fection for  the  University  and  his  faithful  fondness  for  his 
Brown  friends.  It  is  appropriate,  then,  for  us  to  indulge  in  a 
second  sampling  of  the  Hay  material,  to  highlight  the  refer- 
ences to  the  University  and  Brown  men. 

On  the  fifth  anniversary  of  his  graduation.  Hay  returned 
to  Providence  for  the  Commencement  of  1863.  The  Provi- 
dence Journal  account  of  the  event  ( held  in  September  in 
those  days)  noted  his  presence,  along  with  other  comments 
(even  about  the  weather)  which  will  please  today's  alumni: 

"As  the  driving  northeast  rain  poured  down  on  Tuesday, 
it  was  feared  that  the  old  saying  that  it  does  not  storm  on 
Commencement  Day  would  not  this  year  be  verified.  But 
the  weather  yesterday  was  a  full  vindication  of  the  old  tra- 
dition. Never  did  a  brighter  sun  shine  upon  our  literary 
festival, 

"The  serene  sky  and  bracing  air  and  the  cheering  aspect 
of  national  affairs,  so  in  contrast  with  the  darkness  and 
gloom  which  rested  upon  the  horizon  at  the  previous  Com- 
mencement, seemed  to  add  new  zest  to  all  the  pleasures 
incident  to  this  annual  reunion  of  old  friends  and  class- 
mates. The  buoyancy  and  hope  inspired  by  our  great  mili- 
tary successes"  were  such  that  "the  festival  became  a  patri- 
otic as  well  as  a  literary  and  academic  jubilation.   .   .   . 

"Prof.  Lincoln,  in  a  few  felicitous  words,  called  out  the 
Class  Poet  of  1858,  Mr.  John  Hay,  Private  Secretary  of 
President  Lincoln.  Mr.  Hay  responded  with  verses  of  great 
beauty  and  grace,  which  showed  that  the  lyre,  which  in 
former  days  charmed  the  hearers,  had  not  lost  its  charm, 
even  in  the  prosaic  atmosphere  of  Washington," 

Hay's  own  impressions  are  contained  in  his  journal,  now 
in  the  Library;  "Went  to  Providence  to  attend  Commence- 


HAY   AS   AN   UNDERGRADUATE 


ment.  Was  charmed  and  surprised 
to  find  with  what  affectionate  and 
hearty  confidence  Mr.  Lincoln  was 
there  regarded.  The  refined  and 
scholarly  people  of  that  ancient  city 
seem  utterly  free  from  that  lurking 
treason  which  so  deforms  some 
towns  of  more  pretense.  At  the 
Commencement  dinner  especially  I 
heard  nothing  but  the  most  em- 
phatic expressions  of  advanced  and 
liberal  Republicanism." 

The  following  year  Hay  was 
asked  to  return  to  the  100-year-old 
University  to  deliver  the  Centen- 
nial Ode.  All  who  have  visited  the 
John  Hay  Library  will  recall  seeing 
this  ode  in  its  frame  in  the  entrance 
hall.  Although  Hay  wrote  it,  he  was 
unable  to  leave  Washington  to  read 
it  in  person. 

He  refers  to  the  1863  visit  in  a 
letter  to  John  Nicolay,  his  associate 
on  Lincoln's  White  House  staff  and 
co-biographer.  Written  a  week  later, 
it  shows  the  refreshment  Hay  re- 
ceived from  his  return  to  College  Hill: 

"A  week  ago  I  got  frightened  at  'The  brow  so  haggard, 
the  chin  so  peaked.  Fronting  me  silent  in  the  glass'  and, 
sending  for  Stoddard  (who  had  been  giving  the  northern 
watering  places  for  the  last  two  months  a  model  of  high 
breeding  and  unquestionable  deportment),  I  left  for  a  few 
days  at  Long  Branch  and  two  or  three  more  at  Providence, 
I  was  at  the  Commencement  at  Brown  University  and  made 
a  small  chunk  of  talk.  I  only  staid  (sic)  a  little  over  a  week 
and  came  back  feeling  heartier." 

"Golden  Dreams"  Realized 

Hay's  loyalty  to  his  friends  of  college  days  is  attested  in 
the  collection  forwarded  by  Mrs.  Wadsworth.  It  includes 
letters  from  these  fellow  Brunonians  which  he  had  saved 
through  the  years.  Perhaps  their  pride  in  him  and  their 
envy  of  his  post  was  pleasing  to  Hay.  Were  some  of  their 
comments  prophecy  or  flattery? 

B.  Lincoln  Ray,  1856,  a  fraternity  brother,  wrote  in  June, 
1861 :  "Glad  you  hold  so  honorable  a  position  and  the  Pres- 
ident has  so  good  a  secretary.  I  believe  this  Administration 
will  pass  down  the  stream  of  time  encircled  with  a  halo  of 
glory.  The  name  of  every  faithful  servant  in  this  hour  of 
treason  and  dishonor  will  be  forever  held  in  grateful  re- 
membrance. I  suppose  you  have  seen  Carr  (George  W. 
Carr,  1857).  I  wish  to  God  I  could  have  gone  in  that  regi- 
ment. God  bless  you  and  Old  Abe."  (Ray,  an  M.D.,  did  go 
to  the  war,  as  a  military  surgeon,  was  later  Secretary  of  the 
R.  I.  Medical  Society,  and  practised  in  Philadelphia  for 
many  years,) 

Some  men  had  to  stay  home,  protesting.  Walter  B.  Noyes, 
a  classmate  of  Hay,  was  one  of  them.  "Ah,  old  fellow,"  he 
wrote,  "when  my  eye  first  rested  upon  the  name  of  'Private 
Secretary'  in  print,  my  heart  beat  a  Te  Deum  such  as  I  had 


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thought  it  would  never  beat  again,  and  I  experienced  a 
choking  sensation  which  brought  back  the  joyous  Class  Day 
of  1858  and  the  young  triumphs  of  your  first  success.  .  .  . 
You  are  in  the  White  House,  the  first  mansion  of  the  land, 
in  the  presence  of  our  Chief  Magistrate,  our  glorious  leader, 
may  even  talk  with  him  and  reverently  listen  to  him.  Truly, 
I  was  prophetic  in  those  bygone  days,  truly  those  golden 
dreams  for  you  in  'Hope'  (College)  are  now  blessed  reali- 
ties. 

■'Ah,  John,  friendship  is  often  vouchsafed  a  second  sight 
which  is  denied  the  cool  judgment  of  indifferent  ones.  .  .  . 
I  look  upon  this  even  as  a  stepping  stone,  only  a  round  in 
the  ladder  of  promotion.  Before  these  four  years  have  be- 
come history,  the  Private  Secretary  will  be  a  Secretary  of 
Legation  and  in  countries  over  the  sea,  which  I  once  in 
foolish  days  hoped  we  might  experience  together  and  which 
in  the  last  year  on  the  very  eve  of  enjoying  eluded  my 
grasp." 

"/  Approve  of  Marriage" 

Noyes  did  eventually  enter  the  foreign  service  after  mili- 
tary service  and  ordination  into  the  Episcopal  ministry  (he 
was  Assistant  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York).  Years 
later,  when  Noyes  was  Consul  in  Venice,  Hay  wrote  to  the 
State  Department  from  his  editorial  office  at  the  New  York 
Tribune  on  Noyes'  behalf:  "I  tried  to  get  him  a  leave  of 
absence  to  come  home  in  September  to  get  married.  I  ap- 
prove of  marriage,  and  Walter  is  engaged  to  a  particularly 
nice  person." 

Perhaps  he  had  even  helped  Noyes  get  his  consular  post, 
for  the  latter  had  once  written  asking  work  of  some  sort  in 
Washington,  "some  clerkship  yet  unpromised."  "Yes,"  he 
wrote,  "here  I  am  hat  in  hand  bowing  and  scraping  after 
the  most  approved  fashion  for  a  little  political  provender, 
for  a  smell  of  the  fleshpots  of  Egypt,  which  to  my  nostrils 
are  much  more  savory  than  the  heavenly  Manna  of  the 
Desert." 

The  story  of  Thomas  Fry  Tobey,  1859,  was  rather  pa- 
thetic but  had  a  happy  ending.  In  1862  "Tobe"  wrote  to 
Hay:  "Devilish  glad  to  find  out  you  had  not  forgotten  me. 
I  have  been  owing  you  a  letter  for  more  than  a  year,  and  it 
is  generous  of  you  to  return  good  for  evil. 

"But  till  lately  I've  had  no  heart  to  write.  The  fact  is,  for 
the  first  few  months  of  the  war,  1  was  ashamed  to  look  any- 
one in  the  face.  My  Father  forebade  my  enlisting,  and  I 
naturally  felt  that  I  was  acting  the  part  of  a  damned  coward. 
Between  ourselves,  if  I  live  three  years  longer,  I  intend  to  go 
into  some  foreign  service  ( I  should  prefer  the  Austrian,  if 
I  could  only  get  a  cadetship  there)  and  try  and  wipe  out 
the  disgrace  of  having  'gone  back'  on  my  country  when  it 
needed  me. 

Humiliated  by  an  Old  Flame 

"In  the  meanwhile  I  intend  to  enjoy  life  and  if  any  man 
makes  any  remark  about  my  not  having  enlisted,  kick  his 
tail.  The  worst  trial,  for  a  little  thing,  was  meeting  an  old 
flame  of  mine  last  summer,  whom  I  had  not  seen  for  two 
years,  and  having  her  ask  me  if  I  was  home  on  leave.  I  told 
her  I  was  not  in  the  army,  and  she  said  if  any  one  else  had 
told  her  she  shou'd  not  have  believed  it.  I  never  in  my  life 
came  so  near  telling  a  lady  to  go  to  hell." 

Later  Tobey "s  obligations  at  home  were  at  an  end,  and  he 
wrote  to  see  whether  Hay  could  get  him  a  second  lieuten- 
ancy from  Mr.  Stanton:  "My  chief  objection  to  the  regu- 
lars is  the  class  of  men  with  whom  I  should  rank.  ...  It 
seems  devilish  hard  that  a  man  who  is  willing  and  has  some 
little  experience  can't  get  into  the  service  when  so  many 
fellows  are  anxious  to  leave  it." 

Tobey  not  only  got  into  the  Army  but  made  it  his  career, 
retiring  from  active  service  in  1 892  and  becoming  a  Major 

DECEMBER    1954 


in  the  Reserve  in  1904.  We  encountered  his  name  only  a 
few  years  ago  when  Robert  Lovett  came  to  Brown  to  speak 
at  the  dedication  of  Patriots'  Court.  This  is  the  story  the 
Secretary  of  Defense  told  us  on  that  occasion: 

Tobey  had  willed  his  collection  of  letters,  papers,  books. 
swords,  etc.,  to  Miss  Helen  Philibert,  the  daughter  of  an 
intimate  friend.  An  Information  Specialist  in  the  Office  of 
the  Secretary  of  Defense,  she  took  Tobey's  Bible  to  her 
office  for  reference  use.  In  1950  when  General  Marshall  ar- 
rived at  the  Pentagon  to  be  sworn  into  office.  Miss  Phili- 
bert was  asked  to  provide  a  Bible.  On  Tobey's  Bible  Mar- 
shall took  the  oath  of  office.  At  his  request  the  Bible  was 
used  in  subsequent  ceremonies  involving  Lovett  and  others, 
and  it  is  regarded  as  the  "official"  Bible  in  the  Office  of  the 
Secretary  of  Defense. 

He  "Nearly  Slew  Me" 

Another  of  Hay's  Brunonian  encounters  was  more  wear- 
ing. Edward  L.  Pierce,  1850,  the  biographer  of  Sumner, 
had  come  forward  in  1888  to  volunteer  information  and 
help  to  Hay  in  his  writing  of  the  Lincoln  work  with  Nico- 
lay.  "I  had  a  session  with  Pierce  yesterday  which  took  most 

ADMISSION  was  a  simpler  process  in  Hay's  day  as  this  undergraduote 
le  ter  horns  indlcotas.  He  was  "examined,  admitted,  and  commenced 
his   studies"   in   one  morning. 


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of  the  day  and  nearly  slew  me,"  Hay  wrote  to  his  collabo- 
rator. Again,  he  wrote  Nicolay,  "In  my  present  state  of 
health  I  do  not  feel  equal  to  a  talk  with  Pierce.  Would  you 
mind  dropping  him  a  note?" 

Hay  had  preserved  a  letter  of  introduction  by  the  late 
Colgate  Hoyt,  a  member  of  the  Brown  Corporation  and 
father  of  Sherman  '01  and  Colgate  '05,  sponsoring  Everett 
Colby  '97.  The  latter  was  Europe-bound  after  his  gradua- 
tion and  wanted  "nothing  but  the  privilege  of  shaking"  by 
the  hand  the  Ambassador  to  the  Court  of  St.  James.  Hoyt 
wrote:  "I  take  the  liberty  of  presenting  to  you  Mr.  Everett 
Colby,  my  friend  and  the  son  of  the  late  Charles  L.  Colby, 
my  former  partner,  who  I  think  was  a  classmate  of  yours  at 
Brown  University.  Everett  is  himself  a  graduate  of  Brown 
University,  and  I  am  sure  when  you  know  him  you  cannot 
help  but  like  and  admire  him,  as  he  is  in  many  ways  the 
duplicate  of  his  dear  and  noble  father." 

Still  another  Brown  man  figures  prominently  in  the  Hay 
story,  for  Rosv/ell  Smith  was  a  member  of  the  Class  of 
1852.  He  was  the  go-between  when  Harper's  was  under- 
taking to  bring  out  "The  Bread-Winners,  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  he  had  been  a  co-founder  of  Scribner's  and  the 
founder  of  Century  Magazine.  As  President  of  the  Century 
Company,  he  was  the  publisher  of  the  Hay-Nicolay  "Abra- 
ham Lincoln." 

Of  interest  to  Brown  men  is  the  correspondence  with  the 
sculptor  Saint  Gaudens  about  the  famous  bust  of  Hay,  one 
casting  of  which  came  to  Brown  when  the  library  was  built. 
No  student  entering  the  library  has  failed  to  be  aware  of  its 
presence  or,  from  it.  Hay's  features. 

"An  InhabitaiU  of  Earth" 

Most  of  Hay's  letters  home  from  Brown  were  not  pre- 
served, but  two  did  survive  and  are  on  deposit  at  the  John 
Hay  Library: 

"Dear  Friends,"  he  wrote  on  Sept.  30,  1855,  "As  I  am 
now  all  completely  settled  &  arranged  for  the  term,  I  pro- 
ceed to  give  you  notice  of  this  important  fact  &  to  let  you 
know  I  still  am  an  inhabitant  of  earth.  I  had  a  whirling, 
bustling  time  on  the  way  here,  but  at  last  arrived  without 
any  accident  on  Tuesday  evening  safe  &  sound  in  every 
thing  except  my  eyes,  mouth  &  ears  were  full  of  cinders  & 
dust.  Saw  nothing  on  the  way  so  remarkable  as  the  miser- 
able soil  of  Michigan  &  a  part  of  Canada  &  Massachusetts. 
To  one  foot  of  soil  there  was  about  3  feet  of  cobblestones 
&  in  the  cracks  weakly  consumptive-looking  corn  was  strug- 
gling for  life.  Such  corn  as  a  sucker  farmer  would  cut  down 
&  hide  for  fear  it  would  hurt  the  reputation  of  his  farm.  In 
Canada  I  noticed  a  great  profusion  of  buUheaded  English- 
men, free  negroes,  &  Indian  turnips.  I  came  into  Boston 
about  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  Tuesday.  Bought  a 
mince  pie  for  3  cents  &  a  cake  for  2,  &  feasted  royally. 

"Taking  the  cars  for  Providence  arrived  there  in  a  couple 
of  hours.  Went  to  a  hotel,  &  after  supper  walked  up  to  the 
college,  found  Billy  Norris*  &  moved  my  traps  up  forthwith. 
The  next  morning  was  examined,  admitted  &  commenced 
my  studies,  which  are  Chemistry,  Rhetoric.  &  Trigonometry. 
The  first  two  are  by  lectures  which  we  are  required  to  take 
down  as  they  are  delivered  &  recite  the  next  day.  We  also 
have  exercises  in  speaking  &  writing  essays. 

"My  room  is  a  comfortable  &  conveniently  furnished  one 
on  the  second  floor  of  the  college  (U.H.)  costing  about  50 
dollars.  My  chum  is  a  young  man  from  the  state  of  New 
York,  steady  studious  &  a  good  scholar,  so  I  stand  a  chance 

*  William  Evans  Norris,  1857,  was  also  from  Illinois,  a  resi- 
dent of  Pittsfield,  the  town  nearest  New  Salem  and  about  50 
miles  distant  from  Springfield.  Apparently  Hay  had  known  him 
before  coming  to  Brown.  Norris  was  later  U.  S.  Pension  Com- 
missioner in  San  Francisco. 


of  doing  a  good  deal  of  hard  study  this  winter.  It  is  not  here 
as  in  Springfield.  Here  I  am  acquainted  with  no  one  in  the 
city  &  have  no  inducements  to  leave  the  college,  while  in 
Springfield  my  circle  of  acquaintances  was  far  from  limited 
&  entirely  too  sociable  for  my  own  good. 
(Note:  Hay  was  later  to  enjoy  the  society  of  the  commu- 
nity, and  particularly  frequented  the  famous  salon  of  Mrs. 
Sarah  Helen  Whitman.  A  literary  figure  in  her  own  right, 
she  was  "the  Helen  of  a  thousand  dreams,"  remembered 
today  more  for  her  role  in  Poe's  Providence  romance.) 

"I  shall  wish  after  this  winter,  that  I  could  light  in  Spring- 
field for  a  few  hours  &  then  evaporate,  but  so  mote  it  not 
be,  &  I  don't  know  whether  I  will  come  back  to  Illinois 
next  summer  or  not.  That  is  too  far  ahead  to  look  at  pres- 
ent. 

"My  best  love  to  all,  Grandpa,  Aunts,  Uncles  Cousins  & 
all  inquiring  friends.  J.  M.  Hay 

"Tell  Aunt  Deniza  that  while  I  was  passing  through  Can- 
ada, I  looked  for  the  handsome  features  of  Josiah  Condell 
at  every  station,  but  to  my  great  regret  saw  them  not. 

Somebody  write  soon-soon-do  you  hear?  SOON." 

"/  Think  I  Can  Graduate,  But-" 

The  other  letter  by  John  Hay,  undergraduate,  was  written 
about  two  months  later,  on  Nov.  28  and  also  addressed 
"My  Dear  friends."  Hay  reported: 

"Tomorrow  is  Thanksgiving.  We  have  no  lessons  this 
week  &  many  of  the  students  have  gone  home.  I  thought 
that  when  this  time  came  I  would  have  plenty  of  time  to 
catch  up  with  my  correspondence  &  make  some  excursions 
to  the  surrounding  country.  But  here  half  the  week  is  gone 
&  I  have  done  nothing  at  all.  The  fact  is,  I  am  so  much 
occupied  with  my  studies  that  when  a  few  days  of  release 
come  I  cannot  make  a  rational  use  of  my  liberty.  You  know 
I  entered  the  Junior  class  behind  the  rest,  &  consequently 
have  several  studies  to  make  up  before  I  can  be  even  with 
them.  And  as  the  prescribed  studies  are  about  as  much  as 
I  can  attend  to,  I  do  not  know  whether  I  can  finish  the 
course,  with  justice,  in  two  years.  I  think  I  can  graduate  in 
that  time  but  will  not  stand  high,  or  know  as  much  about 
the  studies  as  if  I  had  been  more  leisurely  about  it. 

"Again,  if  I  go  through  so  hurriedly  I  will  have  little  or 
no  time  to  avail  myself  of  the  literary  treasures  of  the  li- 
braries. This  is  one  of  the  greatest  advantages  of  an  eastern 
college,  over  a  western  one.  This  matter,  however  I  leave 
for  you  &  Pa  to  decide;  but  you  may  be  assured  that  what- 
ever time  I  remain  here,  I  am  determined  to  show  you  that 
your  generous  kindness  has  not  been  misapplied  or  ungrate- 
fully received.  I  am  at  present  getting  along  well  in  my  class. 
The  Register  tells  me  that  I  stand  in  the  first  class  of  honor, 
my  average  standing  being  18  in  20! 

"The  life  here  suits  me  exactly.  The  Professors  are  all 
men  of  the  greatest  ability,  &  what's  more,  perfect  gentle- 
men. They  pursue  a  kind  &  friendly  course  toward  the  stu- 
dents as  long  as  they  act  in  a  manner  to  deserve  it,  but  any 
violations  of  the  rules  of  the  institution  are  strictly  punished. 
There  have  been  several  expulsions  &  suspensions  since  I 
came  here. 

"I  have  no  acquaintances  out  of  the  college  consequently 
know  very  little  of  the  city.  There  is  not  much  excitement 
here  on  any  occasion,  except  Thanksgiving  and  Training- 
day  &  then  it  is  a  quiet  Yankee  excitement  as  much  as  pos- 
sible unlike  the  rough,  hearty  manners  of  the  west. 

"I  heard  Oliver  W.  Holmes  deliver  a  poem  here  last 
week  which  Huntington  (??).  Thackeray  will  be  here  before 
long  &  I  expect  to  hear  his  lecture.  u 

"It  is  getting  very  late  &  I  close  this  excuse  for  a  letter 


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BROWN   ALUMNI    MONTHLY 


with  my  best  regards  for  all  the  family  &  all  my  friends  in 
Springfield. 

"P.S.  Thursday  morning. — I  have  just  received  &  read 
with  pleasure  Aunt  D's  &  Cousin  S's  letter.  Augustus  has 
only  written  once  to  me  since  I  have  been  here.  I  am  anx- 
ious to  hear  from  him. 

"P. P.S.  Please  remit  at  your  earliest  convenience  some 
of  'the  root  of  all  evil,'  alias  'tin,'  alias  'pewter.' 


"P. P. P.S.  Some  one  write  soon  &  I  will  answer  likewise. 

"P. P. P. P.S.  I  will  return  good  for  evil  &  answer  Cousin 
Sarah  on  a  whole  sheet  instead  of  a  few  lines  at  the  end  of 
this. 

"P.P.P.P.P.S.  I  received  a  letter  from  Dad  lately. 

"P.P.P.P.P.P.S.  That  is  all 

"Yours  truly, 

"J.  M.  Hay" 


The  University  Fund  Looks  Ahead 


TRUSTEES  of  the  Brown  University  Fund,  reviewing 
the  broken  records  of  1954,  have  set  their  heights  still 
higher  for  the  future.  Meeting  on  the  Campus  the  last  week- 
end of  October  in  a  series  of  planning  sessions,  they  have 
adopted  an  ambitious  but  realistic  goal:  $500,000  in  annual 
giving  by  1957. 

With  the  cooperation  of  loyal  Brunonians  and  other  gen- 
erous friends,  the  Trustees  thus  seek  to  continue  the  achieve- 
ments of  the  Fund  which  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  "the 
fastest  growing  program"  in  any  American  college.  The 
Alumni  Fund  resumed  its  operations  in  1951,  after  the  in- 
terim in  which  Brunonians  were  devoting  most  of  their 
gifts  to  the  Housing  and  Development  Program.  That  year 
the  Fund  reached  $73,774.79.  A  year  later  its  total  was 
nearly  double — $135,232.36.  Renamed  the  University  Fund 
in  1953,  it  amounted  to  $219,174.80,  virtually  tripling  the 
figure  of  two  years  previous.  Last  June  at  $305,026,  the 
total  was  four  times  that  of  1951. 

The  Trustees  have  re-elected  Gurney  Edwards  '18  as  their 
Chairman  for  the  new  campaign.  Selection  of  Vice-Chair- 
men is  under  consideration  of  a  special  nominating  com- 


mittee set  up  at  the  same  time,  in  accordance  with  a  re- 
organization of  the  Board.  Edwards,  Providence  attorney 
and  partner  in  the  firm  of  Edwards  and  Angell,  was  the 
top  volunteer  leader  in  the  successes  of  1954. 

Neivcoiners  to  the  Board 

Eight  new  Trustees  had  been  named  for  three-year  terms 
by  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Associated  Alumni  at  its 
October  meeting:  George  F.  Bliven  '15  of  Brown,  Lisle  & 
Marshall,  brokers,  of  Providence;  William  T.  Brightman, 
Jr.,  '21,  President  of  the  Blackstone  Mutual  Insurance  Co.; 
Hugh  S.  Butler  '32,  Sales  Manager  of  Simmons  Co.,  New 
York;  Thomas  G.  Corcoran  "22,  Washington  attorney  (Cor- 
coran &  Corcoran);  Foster  B.  Davis,  Jr.,  '39,  Providence 
broker  (Davis  &  Davis);  Joseph  F.  Lockett,  Jr.,  '42,  Boston 
broker  (Townsend,  Dabney  &  Tyson);  William  T.  Pearson 
'06,  Boston  broker  (Chace,  Whiteside,  West  &  Winslow); 
and  Carton  S.  Stallard  '27,  Vice-President  of  the  Jersey 
Mortgage  Co.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  All  were  present  at  the  plan- 
ning meeting. 

Other  Trustees  for  1954-55  are:  John  F.  Bannon  '99  of 


PLANNING  GROUP  of  Brown  University  Fund  Trustees  which  met  on 
the  Campus  Oct.  29-30  to  set  up  the  1955  Campaign:  left  to  right, 
front  row — Gurney  Edwards  '18,  re-elected  Chairman,  V^illiam  R.  Dan- 
forth  '42,  W.lliam  T.  Pearson  '06,  Harry  H.  Burton  '16,  Foster  B.  Davis, 
Jr.,  '39;  second  row — Vice-President  Thomas  B.  Appleget  '17,  Carton  S. 
Stallard  '27,  Henry  D.  Sharpe,  Jr.,  '45,  George  F.  Bliven  '15,  Thomas  G. 


Corcoran  '22,  William  T.  Brighlman,  Jr.,  '21,  Joseph  W.  Ress  '26,  Har- 
vey M.  Spear  '42;  third  row — Vice-President  F.  Morris  Cochran,  Joseph  F. 
Lockett,  Jr.,  '42,  Gavin  A.  Pitt  '38,  John  F.  Bannon  '99,  Hugh  S.  Butler 
'32,  Elmer  S.  Horton  '10,  and  Allen  Williams  '40,  Executive  Secretary. 
Bliven,  Brightman,  Butler,  Danforth,  Lockett,  Pearson,  and  Stallard  are- 
new  Trustees. 


DECEMBER    1954 


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Providence,  President  of  the  Mansfield  Bleachery;  Harry  H. 
Burton  "16,  investments.  Providence,  and  past  Chairman  of 
the  Fund  Trustees;  Benjamin  A.  Chase  '38  of  New  Haven, 
partner  of  Equipment  Sales  Co.;  William  H.  Danforth  '42. 
investments,  Boston;  C.  Manton  Eddy  '22,  Vice-President 
of  the  Connecticut  General  Life  Insurance  Co.;  William  H. 
Edwards  '19,  Providence  attorney,  partner  of  Edwards  & 
Angell;  Robert  C.  Litchfield  '23,  Sales  Manager  of  Gray- 
bar Electric  Co.,  New  York;  Gen.  Royal  B.  Lord  "21.  Di- 
rector of  U.  S.  Finishing  Co.,  New  York;  W.  Fasten  Louttit 
'25  of  the  Louttit  Companies,  Providence;  Norman  Pierce 
'33  of  the  Pierce  Electric  Co.,  Chicago;  Gavin  A.  Pitt  '38 
of  Booz,  Allen  &  Hamilton,  management  counsel.  New 
York;  Joseph  W.  Ress  '26  of  Providence,  President  of  E.  A. 
Adams  &  Son,  Inc.;  Henry  D.  Sharpe,  Jr.,  '45,  President  of 
Brown  &  Sharpe  Mfg.  Co.,  Providence;  Harvey  M.  Spear 
'42,  New  York  attorney  (Case,  Lane  &  Mittendorf);  and 
Alan  A.  Wood  '11  of  Alan  A.  Wood,  Inc.,  engineers,  Phila- 
delphia. 

In  Four  Major  Fields 
Trustees  of  the  University  Fund  have  approved  new  pro- 
cedures for  constituting  its  Board  of  25.  Eight  men  will  be 
elected  annually  to  serve  for  a  term  of  three  years.  Four 
senior  members  of  the  Board  will  serve  as  Chairmen  of  the 
following  permanent  committees:    1.  Class  Solicitation.  2. 


Regional  Solicitation.  3.  Parents  Solicitation.  4.  Business 
Solicitation.  These  committees  need  not  be  limited  in  mem- 
bership to  Trustees,  if  the  Chairmen  wish  to  include  others. 

An  Executive  Committee  will  be  created,  made  up  in  gen- 
eral of  Trustees  serving  the  last  of  their  three-year  terms. 
In  this  group  would  be  the  General  Chairman  of  the  Fund, 
the  four  committee  Chairmen,  and  one  or  two  others  repre- 
sentative of  geographical  areas.  The  General  Chairman  will 
be  elected  from  the  Executive  Committee,  his  term  being 
extended  for  a  fourth  year.  Except  for  him,  a  Trustee  will 
not  be  re-elected  to  the  Board  until  a  year  elapses  after  the 
expiration  of  his  three  years  of  service. 

The  philosophy  behind  the  new  policy  is  this:  it  would 
provide  an  orderly  progression  of  advancement  within  the 
Board,  capitalizing  on  experience  and  placing  the  greatest 
responsibility  upon  those  who  have  served  longest. 

The  Top  Performances 
Analysis  of  Class  results  in  the  1954  campaign  reveals 
some  outstanding  performances.  The  leaders  in  the  amounts 
given  were,  in  order:  1904— $19,573.  1919— $16,751.  1934 
—$13,828.  1912— $11,055.  1897— $10,643. 1916— $9,244. 
1925— $8,810.  1915— $8,223.  1937— $7,664.  1909— $7,- 
424.  1917 — $6,299.  The  Class  of  1914,  in  addition  to  con- 
tributing $1,017  through  the  University  Fund,  raised  a  40th 
reunion^gift  of  $20,685. 


UNIVERSITY  FUND  TOTALS,  CLASS  BY  CLASS 


Class  Agent 

1880- 

1892  A.  E.  Watson 

1893  E.  H.  Weeks 

1894  W.  C.  Hill 

1895  H.M.Adams 

1896  G.  F.  Frost 

1897  W.  B.  Peck 

1898  T.  E.  Dexter 

1899  C.  I.  Gates 

1900  R.  C.  Robinson 

1901  C.  H.  Brand 

1902  L.  S.  Milner 

1903  W.  T.  Hastings 

1904  E.  C.  Mowry 

1905  W.  G.  Meader 

1906  W.  A.  Kennedy 

1907  J.  C.  Knowles 

1908  N.  L.  Sammis 

1909  R.  Buss 

1910  E.  S.  Horton 

1911  G.  F.  Swanson 

1912  K.J.  Tanner 

1913  G.T.  Metcalf 

1914  t 

1915  G.  Bliven 

1916  W.  A.  Graham 

1917  R.  J.  Walsh 

1918  J.  S.  Chafee 

1919  J.S.  Eastham 

1920  T.  F.Vance,  Jr. 

1921  G.  W.  Potter 

1922  C.  S.  Newhard 

1923  D.  C.  Thorndike 


Members    Givers      % 


41 

16 

16 

17 

35 

43 

37 

63 

52 

60 

82 

70 

86 

92 

109 

95 

96 

98 

98 

138 

159 

115 

114 

146 

131 

143 

155 

206 

189 

170 

257 

268 


25 
18* 
14 
11 
17 
30 
22 
35 
22 
38 
47 
43 
48 
52 
65 
72 
55 
59 
66 
76 
83 
56 
35 
79 
71 
70 
85 
97 
88 
81 
97 
108 


61 
113 
88 
65 
49 
70 
59 
56 
42 
63 
57 
61 
56 
57 
60 
76 
57 
60 
67 
55 
52 
49 
30 
54 
54 
49 
55 
47 
47 
48 
38 
40 


Total 

;  1,108.00 

3,283.00 
1,402.00 

228.00 

391.00 

10,643.00 

1,630.00 

1,629.00 

479.00 
2,079.00 
2,295.00 

763.00 
19,573.00 
2,035.00 
2,812.50 
2,399.25 
1,727.00 
7,424.58 
2,834.00 
3,242.00 
11,055.25 
1,874.00 
1,017.00 
8,223.50 
9,244.00 
6,299.00 
2,841.00 
16,751.73 
3,490.00 
2,437.00 
3,052.03 
4,206.00 


Class 

1924 

1925 

1926 

1927 

1928 

1929 

1930 

1931 

1932 

1933 

1934 

1935 

1936 

1937 

1938 

1939 

1940 

1941 

1942 

1943 

1944 

1945 

1946 

1947 

1948 

1949 

1950 

1951 

1952 

1953 


Agent 
R.  H.  Goff 
A.  W.  Eckstein 
J.  W.  Ress 
E.  Bromage,  Jr. 
P.  H.  Hodge 

E.  C.  Harris,  II 
K.  T.  Bosquet 
J.  W.  Hindley 
R.  A.  Hurley,  Jr. 
W.  Gilbane 
R.  H.  Chace 
R.  A.  Batchelder 
C.  H.  Gifford 
T.  Steele 
W.  Rice 

F.  B.  Davis,  Jr. 

C.  C.  Viall 
L.  J.  Duesing 

D.  H.  Meader 
K.  N.  Meyer 

G.  M.  Leach 
D.   Fairchild 
A.  E.  Leach 
W.  J.  Thomas 
J.  J.  Tyrrell,  Jr. 
R.  H.  Jones 
J.  F.  Barry,  Jr. 
R.J.Walton 
J.  D.  Hutchinson 
W.  V.  Wilbur 


Members 

236 
361 
351 
327 
348 
305 
316 
373 
324 
343 
343 
325 
344 
337 
332 
341 
352 
368 
393 
386 
359 
416 
566 
724 
651 
945 
1360 
952 
696 
625 


Givers 
107 
136 

137 

121 

127 

133 

109 

153 

118 

116 

135 

135 

137 

122 

130 

125 

137 

141 

163 

135 

136 

120 

144 

114 

181 

299 

439 

249 

173 

127 


% 
45 
38 
39 
37 
36 
44 
34 
41 
36 
34 
39 
42 
40 
36 
39 
37 
39 
38 
41 
35 
38 
29 
25 
16 
28 
32 
32 
26 
25 
20 


Total 

2,765.00 
8,810.00 
3,540.00 
3,115.50 
3,087.09 
3,778.50 
2,175.17 
3,003.00 
2,829.50 
4,986.34 
13,828.00 
4,544.00 
2,698.50 
7,664.50 
1,900.00 
2,003.50 
2,215.94 
2,433.50 
2,598.85 
1,553.50 
1,499.00 
1,801.00 
1,317.25 
1,116.00 
2,187.00 
3,230.40 
4,148.50 
2,715.50 
1,419.00 
1,235.30 


*  Includes  6  memorial  gifts  and  1  gift  from  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Class. 

t  Class  of  1914  devoted  principal  giving  to  special  40th  re- 
union gift  which  totalled  $20,865. 


The  total  gift  from  alumni  was  $238,834.16.  Thirty-six  per 
cent  of  the  alumni  gave  (6,373  of  17,574).  Other  gifts  to  the 
University  Fund:  32  friends  and  graduate  students  gave  $11,- 
429.44.  13  undergraduates  gave  $168.00.  116  parents  gave 
$6,292.00.  27  corporations  gave  $39,050.00.  7  foundations  gave 
$7,100.00.  4  gifts  to  the  Endowment  Fund  and  income  from  it 
totalled  $2,320.72.  The  grand  total  thus  became  $305,026.32 
from  6,559  individual  sources. 


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BROWN   ALUMNI    MONTHLY 


Leading  in  number  of  donors  was  the  Class  of  1950  with 
439.  The  next  10  were:  1949—299.  1951—249.  1948— 
181.  1952—173.  1942—163.  1931—153.  1946—144.  1941 
—141.  1926  and  1936—137.  In  percentage  of  the  Class 
contributing,  that  champion  group  of  1893  again  had  the 
top  performance,  with  memorial  gifts  raising  the  figure  to 
113%.  Following  in  order,  were:  1894—88%.  1907—76'^';,. 
1897—70%.  1910—67%.  1895—65%.  1901—63%.  The 
Classes  from  1880  to  1892  combined— 61%.  1903—61%. 
1909—60%. 

Leaders  in  their  decades  were  these  Classes:  Number  of 
contributors— 1899,  1907,  1919,  1926,  1931,  1949,  1950. 
Percentage  of  contributors— 1893,  1907,  1910,  1921,  1935, 
1942,  1950.  Dollar  total— 1897,  1904,  1919,  1925,  1934, 
1949,  1950. 

Individual  performances  are  revealed  in  the  tabulation 
which  accompanies  this  article. 


Back  in  the  Bowl 


BROWN  WILL  BE  BACK  in  the  College  Quiz  Bowl,  the 
scene  of  six  triumphs  last  winter,  having  been  invited 
by  NBC  to  take  part  in  the  new  series  already  under  way. 
Brown  will  re-enter  the  tourney  on  Saturday  night,  Jan.  8, 
with  the  broadcast  time  scheduled  for  7:30  Eastern  time. 
(A  November  tie  necessitated  a  run-off  which  may  post- 
pone Brown's  date  one  week.) 

The  format  of  the  show  is  familiar  to  the  host  of  Bru- 
nonian  partisans  who  followed  their  team  through  the  ex- 
citement of  last  year.  Two  college  teams  of  four  students 
compete  each  week,  racing  to  be  ready  first  with  answers  to 
tough  but  interesting  questions  presented  by  Allen  Ludden 
(he'll  be  M.C.  again).  Points  are  awarded  according  to  the 
difficulty  of  the  poser,  some  being  "toss-up"  questions  fired 
at  both  teams,  others  being  "bonus"  questions  open  only  to 
the  winner  of  the  toss-up  variety.  The  winning  college  re- 
ceives a  $500  prize,  this  year  furnished  by  Good  Housekeep- 
ing magazine,  while  the  losing  competitors  get  Longines- 
Wittnauer  wrist  watches.  Last  year  the  Brown  Varsity 
earned  $3000,  which  made  possible  scholarship  awards,  be- 
fore accepting  the  losers'  consolation. 

Last  winter  Brown  smashed  an  eight-game  winning  streak 
by  Minnesota  and  went  on  to  defeat  Michigan,  Georgetown. 
Ohio  State,  Trinity,  and  Maryland  before  bowing  to  Smith. 
Some  of  those  same  teams  are  back  in  the  1954-55  series, 
which  began  Oct.  23  with  Syracuse  winning  over  Trinity. 
After  adding  a  victory  over  Barnard,  Syracuse  lost  to 
Georgetown.  Before  Brown  enters  the  campaign  in  January, 
Minnesota,  Smith,  Georgia,  Northwestern,  Washington  and 
Lee,  Wesleyan,  Colorado,  and  Tulane  will  have  appeared. 
The  survivor  of  that  group  will  be  Brown's  foe  in  January. 

A  new  feature  this  winter  may  be  a  play-off  after  23 
weeks.  If  this  plan  is  adopted,  teams  will  be  brought  back 
on  the  basis  of  best  performances  earlier. 

Last  year's  Brown  team  was  composed  of  three  Brown 
Seniors  and  three  Pembroke  Juniors:  Thomas  F.  J.  Mc- 
Cormack,  Caleb  R.  Woodhouse,  Jane  L.  Baltzell,  Judith  A. 
Thorsen,  John  Semonche,  and  Mary  Segal,  the  last  two  serv- 
ing as  alternates.  The  coaches  were  Howard  S.  Curtis  and 
Harmon  Hyde  of  the  Public  Relations  Office,  but  many 
Faculty  men  advised,  and  the  whole  student  body  provided 
the  cheering  section. 

We're  listening,  for  once  a  Quiz  Bowl  fan,  always  a  Quiz 
Bowl  fan.  Check  your  local  NBC  station  and  try  matching 
your  wits  with  the  undergraduate  All-Americans. 


GURNEY   EDWARDS  '18,  who  again  heads  up  the  University  Fund. 


The  1955  Football  Schedule 

Brown's  football  schedule  for  1955,  announced  re- 
cently, moves  further  in  the  direction  of  the  Ivy  League 
round-robin  which  will  go  into  effect  in  1956.  Six  Ivy  rivals 
are  on  the  list  for  next  year — all  but  Penn — and  Dartmouth 
and  Cornell  will  come  to  Providence. 

There  have  been  only  two  previous  contests  with  Cornell, 
a  6-4  loss  in  1895  and  a  28-7  loss  in  1914.  It  is  thus  40 
years  since  Brown  has  played  the  Big  Red.  Dartmouth  re- 
turns to  the  schedule  for  the  first  time  since  1947  when  the 
Indians  avenged  a  20-13  loss  to  Brown  in  1946  by  winning 
13-10.  The  series  shows  12  Brown  victories  since  1894,  19 
Dartmouth  victories,  and  one  tie.  Present  indication  is  that 
the  Dartmouth  weekend  will  be  selected  for  the  annual 
Homecoming  activities. 

Rutgers,  Colgate,  and  Rhode  Island  are  all  booked  for 
home  games  at  Brown  Field,  with  the  Raiders  holding  their 
traditional  date  on  Thanksgiving  Day.  The  schedule  follows: 

Sept.  24 — Columbia,  away.  Oct.  1 — Yale,  away.  Oct.  8 — 
Dartmouth,  home.  Oct.  15 — Rutgers,  home.  Oct.  22 — 
Rhode  Island,  home.  Oct.  29 — Princeton,  away.  Nov.  5 — 
Cornell,  home.  Nov.  12 — Harvard,  away.  Nov.  24 — Col- 
gate, home. 


Interviewing  Dr.  Wriston 

President  Wriston  will  be  interviewed  on  Joseph  C. 
Harsch's  televised  program,  "Backgrounds,"  on  Dec.  12.  A 
TV  crew  invaded  University  Hall  in  November  to  record 
the  session,  which  will  be  shown  nationally  on  NBC. 


DECEMBER   1954 


15 


VARSITY  FOOTBALL 


Saluting  a  Fine  Team 


THE  BROWN  BEAR  was  already  as- 
sured of  its  best  football  season  under 
Coach  Al  Kelley  when  it  took  tne  tieid 
against  Colgate  on  Thanksgiving  Day. 
The  record  book  showed  five  victories  and 
a  tie,  including  wins  over  Princeton  and 
CoiuiuDia  and  a  deadlock  with  Harvard. 
In  one  year  the  Bruins  moved  up  from 
the  Ivy  League  cellar  to  at  least  a  respect- 
able third  and,  but  for  the  Harvard  tie, 
could  have  taken  the  title.  Since  that  tie 
counted  for  half  a  win  and  half  a  loss  in 
the  standing.  Brown's  percentage  was 
.625.  behind  Yale's  4-2-0  record  and  a 
.666  mark.  Cornell  by  beating  Penn  could 
share  that  top  berth. 

It  would  be  hard  to  pick  the  afternoon 
of  the  greatest  thrills,  for  the  contests  with 
the  Big  Three  all  provided  rousing  come- 
backs. But  certainly  that  magnificent  rally 
at  Cambridge  on  Nov.  13  will  stand  out 
as  one  of  the  most  memorable  of  any  sea- 
son. 

As  Earl  Lofquist  '26  wrote  in  his  Prov- 
idence Journal  column,  "most  tie  games 
leave  nobody  happy."  But  this  was  an 
exception:  "Harvard's  rooters  felt  vaguely 
lucky  to  escape  with  a  tie.  For  favored 
Brown  the  deadlock  was  a  disappoint- 
ment, but  there  was  balm  in  the  way  they 
achieved  it,  coming  back  in  the  late  stages 
after  allowing  Harvard  to  build  up  an 
early  third-period  lead  of  21-7.  The  roar- 
ing finish,  with  Brown  tying  it  up  with  less 
than  two  minutes  to  go,  is  what  will  be  re- 
membered. The  superb  passing  of  Pete 
Kohut  and  the  clutch  running  of  Tommy 
Thompson  and  Dave  Zucconi  saved  the 
day.  .  .  .  The  overall  impression  was 
that  Brown  had  the  superior  football  team 
but  that  Harvard  played  a  more  inspired 
game  in  the  first  half  and  in  the  early  part 
of  the  second." 

For  a  while  it  seemed  that  the  tradi- 
tional "stadium  jitters;'  had  gotten  the 
Bear  in  more  trouble  than  it  could  solve. 
The  very  first  kickoff  was  hobbled  to  put 
Brown  back  on  its  seven-yard  line.  On  the 
first  play  from  scrimmage,  however,  Pear- 
son took  a  handoff  through  right  tackle 
and  was  away.  In  the  clear  for  a  while, 
with  a  key  block  by  Bianowicz  at  midfield, 
the  Brown  Captain  was  overhauled  on 
the  19.  Such  a  play  following  up  a  normal 


kickoff  return  would  have  meant  a  touch- 
down, but  here  it  was  only  a  beautiful  74- 
yard  bolt.  Unhappily,  on  the  next  play 
Kohut  handed  ott  to  a  ghost,  and  Harvard 
recovered.  The  Crimson  scored  in  eight 
plays,  working  their  habitual  single  wing 
with  mechanical  precision,  crisp  blocks, 
and  power. 

A  Harvard  fumble  on  its  37  gave  Brown 
a  chance  soon  after,  and  the  Bear  gained 
a  tie  in  four  plays,  including  a  pass  from 
Kohut  to  Josephson  for  16  of  the  yards. 
Pearson  carried  on  the  touchdown  from 
eight  yards  out. 

The  first  half  showed  how  well  Bob 
Margarita  "44,  Harvard  Freshman  coach, 
had  scouted  his  fellow  Brunonians  all  sea- 
son. Jazwinski's  draw  play  in  particular, 
thoroughly  taught  to  the  alert  Harvard 
line,  was  checked  for  virtually  the  first 
time  all  fall.  Brown  did  get  one  fine  op- 
portunity when  Harris  broke  through  to 
block  Joslin's  punt  on  the  Harvard  25  in 
the  second  period.  (The  Bear  forwards 
have  been  a  threat  against  every  punter, 
incidentally. )  On  three  straight  handoffs, 
Piscuskas  bulled  his  way  to  the  nine,  but 
a  switch  in  strategy  gambled  on  an  end 
run  and  a  screen  pass  that  lost  ground. 
Our  fortunes  shifted  at  that  point,  when 
we  seemed  about  to  take  the  lead. 

After  an  e.xchange  of  punts.  Harvard 
began  to  move  again.  In  one  of  three  suc- 
cessful passes,  the  Crimson  got  an  assist 
from  luck.  Cowles  tossed  to  Morrison, 
who  juggled  the  ball  into  the  arms  of  a 
sitting  teammate.  Cochran.  It  was  first  an- 
nounced as  a  completion  to  Cochran, 
which  would  have  been  illegal  under  the 
rules,  but  a  postgame  explanation  called 
it  this  way:  a  completion,  a  fumble,  and  a 
recovery.  Brown  shrugged  it  off  as  one 
of  those  curios  that  seems  to  pop  up  each 
year  on  Soldiers  Field,  but  it  was  the  key 
play  as  Harvard  went  on  to  score  one 
minute  before  the  half  ended. 

Battling  Back 

Botsford,  a  good  Sophomore  tailback, 
sparked  another  Crimson  score  after  ac- 
tion resumed  in  the  second  half,  running 
and  passing  for  most  of  the  distance  on 
long  march  that  made  it  21-7  early  in  the 


third  period.  Then  Brown  began  to  show 
the  offensive  weapons  that  had  been  ex- 
pected of  it.  Thompson  brought  the  kick- 
off  out  to  the  23-yard  line,  took  two  passes 
to  the  49,  and  then,  with  Piscuskas  spell- 
ing him  on  short  rushes,  advanced  the 
ball  to  the  Harvard  34.  Passes  to  Thomp- 
son and  Josephson  made  it  look  easy,  and 
Tommy  went  through  guard  on  a  quick 
opener  to  score  from  the  1 1 . 

Harvard  was  not  yet  done,  and  the 
Bruins  had  to  fight  off  a  stern  threat  on 
their  five.  Here,  with  three  to  go  for  a  first 
down,  the  Crimson  voted  against  a  field 
goal  try,  and  the  Bears  swarmed  in  to 
smother  an  end  run  for  no  gain.  It  was 
another  of  the  several  decisive  plays,  per- 
haps the  most  critical  of  the  afternoon  for 
Brown.  We  took  over  and  moved  down 
the  field  with  assurance  and  steady  prog- 
ress. Zucconi  kept  the  drive  going  on  the 
40  when  Brown  had  19  to  go  on  third 
down.  But,  perhaps  prompted  by  the  suc- 
cess of  that  reverse,  we  again  abandoned 
our  surer  ground-gainers  for  the  fancy 
stuff.  The  next  effort  lost  so  much  that 
desperation  passes  had  to  be  thrown.  One 
was  lost  in  the  end  zone,  but  the  others 
came  nowhere  near  completion. 

There  was  still  a  bit  of  time,  and  the 
Brown  line  rose  to  the  occasion,  forcing 
a  punt.  The  Bears  began  again,  this  time 
from  their  34.  Five  passes  for  five  comple- 
tions were  vital  in  the  new  march,  and 
this  time  Zucconi  found  a  nice  hole  over 
left  guard  for  the  big  touchdown  with  100 
seconds  left  on  the  clock.  The  equally  big 
point-after,  under  terrific  pressure,  was  a 
perfect  effort  by  Pearson. 

It  had  been  a  great  ball  game,  with 
Harvard's  November  club  at  its  best.  (The 
defeat  of  Yale  the  following  Saturday 
came  as  no  surprise  to  the  Brunonians.) 
Harvard,  which  had  limited  Cornell's  run- 
ners to  10  yards,  went  into  the  Brown 
game  as  the  defensive  leader  in  the  Ivy 
League,  while  the  Bears  had  the  best  of- 
fensive record  in  the  same  company.  "If 
that  wasn't  some  team  we  have  there,"  Al 
Kelley  said,  "we  could  never  have  pulled 
it  out."  Earlier  he'd  predicted  that  Brown 
would  need  four  touchdowns  to  win,  and 
he  proved  an  accurate  prophet.  The  tie 
was  the  second  in  the  Harvard  series,  the 
first  since  1916's  scoreless  deadlock. 

Temple  19,  Brown  14 

The  way  Temple  got  its  winning  touch- 
down was  typical  of  the  frustration  the 
Bears  experienced  most  of  that  nightmare 
afternoon  of  Oct.  23.  The  fired-up  Phila- 
delphians  were  behind  only  14-13  and  had 
driven  to  the  Brown  10  in  the  last  quarter. 
It    was    fourth    and    four,    and    'Temple 


FOOTBALL  STATISTICS,  GAME  BY  GAME 


Total 

Average 

Temple 

Leh 

gh 

Sprin 

gfield 

Har\ 

ard 

8  Games 

Per  Game 

BR 

T 

BR 

L 

BR 

S 

BR 

H 

BR 

OPPS 

BR 

OPPS 

First  Downs 

15 

13 

22 

13 

23 

6 

21 

16 

152 

98 

19 

12 

Yards  Rushing 

181 

153 

319 

90 

326 

89 

222 

169 

1811 

1114 

226 

139 

Yards  Passing 

69 

193 

85 

135 

140 

74 

I7T 

135 

1048 

867 

131 

108 

Pass  Attempts 

20 

17 

17 

19 

21 

18 

23 

13 

144 

120 

18 

15 

Completions 

6 

8 

7 

6 

13 

5 

14 

9 

77 

52 

10 

7 

Intercepted  by 

0 

0 

4 

0 

1 

2 

0 

0 

8 

6 

I 

1 

Punts 

4 

3 

3 

6 

1 

8 

5 

6 

26 

38 

3 

5 

Av.  Yardage  Punts 

50 

36 

33 

33 

34 

35 

42 

33 

37 

35 

37 

35 

Fumbles  Lost  by 

1 

3 

0 

2 

3 

1 

1 

I 

8 

13 

1 

2 

Yards  Penalized 

10 

40 

25 

20 

65 

55 

50 

15 

394 

268 

49 

34 

Points 

14 

19 

34 

6 

40 

7 

21 

21 

207 

106 

26 

13 

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BROWN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


BEATING  THE  TIGER 


BROWN  S  second  touchdown.  The  hne  gave  Jozwlnski  the  hole  he  needecJ. 


BARTUSKA  was  Kohut's  target  on  this 
third  period  pass,  setting  up  the  second 
score.  Note  the  "come-to-papa"  expres- 
sion. (All  photos  ore  from  the  Brown 
football  program.) 


WILLIAMS,  sweeping  the  Princton  end  for  15  yards  on  this  play,  is  about  to  get  a  nice  block  from  Jozwinski. 


elected  to  try  for  the  field  goal. 

Back  on  the  20  Bracchia  kneeled  to 
take  the  pass  from  center,  but  it  was  high 
and  away  from  him.  It  slipped  off  toward 
the  left  sideline.  Surely,  the  crowd  told 
itself,  this  play  is  going  nowhere,  and 
Brown  has  gotten  out  of  hot  water.  But 
Tex  Robinson,  a  pro  football  prospect 
in  the  Temple  backfield,  picked  up  the 
loose  ball,  slipped  from  three  different 
tacklers,  and  ran  to  the  five,  one  yard  to 
the  good  for  first  down.  Three  plays  later 
he  rammed  over  for  the  touchdown. 
Brown  just  couldn't  get  going  to  get  it 
back. 

All  the  early  breaks  came  to  the  Bears, 
and  they  should  have  scored  enough  in 
the  first  quarter  to  put  the  game  on  ice. 
Bill  Klaess,  for  example,  blocked  Temple's 
first  punt,  with  Jazwinski  recovering  on 
the  visitors'  6.  But  Temple  held  for 
downs.  The  Philadelphians  seemed  inept 
on  the  attack,  though,  being  penalized  for 
offside  repeatedly  and  having  backfield 
trouble  generally.  A  mixed-up  handoff 
gave  Brown  another  chance,  and  Klaess' 
recovery  of  the  fumble  led  to  a  score  by 
Pearson  from  the  5  at  the  start  of  the 
second  period. 


But  Brown  could  bobble,  too,  and 
Temple  capitalized  just  seven  seconds  be- 
fore the  half  ended.  The  sad  part  of  it 
was  that  the  Bears  were  moving  the  ball 
impressively  when  the  mishap  occurred. 
They  might  just  as  well  have  done  the 
scoring  instead  of  letting  the  Owls  tie  it 
up  7-7. 

The  Bruins,  fresh  from  their  inspiring 
win  over  Princeton,  didn't  have  it  this 
time  in  the  moments  of  decision.  The  line 
was  not  moving  the  Temple  iron  men  out 
of  the  way  with  any  success,  and  a  deep 
umbrella  defense  against  Kohut  was  spoil- 
ing his  passes,  though  one  was  dropped  in 
the  end  zone  on  a  play  that  didn't  look 
any  harder  than  a  number  of  completions 
in  other  games.  Only  Jazwinski  seemed  to 
be  able  to  gain  consistently,  the  way  the 
defenses  were  set. 

Temple  went  out  ahead  in  the  second 
half  after  stopping  the  Brunonians  on  the 
Owls'  39.  but  the  center  committed  a  tech- 
nical foul  on  the  point-after  attempt. 
Working  against  this  13-7  deficit,  the 
Bears  seemed  to  have  another  comeback 
in  the  making,  and  they  got  one  further 
break  when  Temple's  interception  of  a 
pass  was  nullified  by  a  penalty.  Balogh's 


forward  to  Pearson  and  Jazwinski's  con- 
version provided  a  14-13  lead  that  seemed 
as  though  it  might  hold. 

But  Temple,  which  had  gone  nowhere 
all  season  wanted  this  game  and  took  it, 
setting  up  its  third  touchdown  with  a  44- 
yard  pass.  The  Owls  played  Brown  on  the 
right  day,  hitting  their  peak  on  the  after- 
noon the  Bears  were  at  their  let-down 
worst. 

Brown  34,  Lehigh  6 

It  was  Homecoming  Day  at  Lehigh 
when  the  Brown  Varsity  went  to  Bethle- 
hem on  Oct.  30,  but  it  was  also  a  sort  of 
homecoming  for  a  third  of  the  visiting 
squad,  boys  from  the  Keystone  State. 
They  enjoyed  the  festivities  more  than  the 
Engineers. 

Rebounding  from  their  dull  showing 
against  Temple,  the  Bears  kept  the  home 
club  out  of  their  territory  all  afternoon, 
except  for  the  first  four  minutes  of  the 
final  period.  The  Lehigh  running  game 
was  contained  for  90  yards'  gain,  and 
Tom  Gloede,  who  had  set  a  passing  rec- 
ord for  the  Engineers,  saw  four  of  his 
tosses  intercepted  by  an  alert  defense.  On 


DECEMBER   1954 


17 


STADIUM  IDYLL:  The  balloon  man  adds  a  festive  touch  as  the  early  birds  orrive. 


the  attack,  with  their  backfield  once  again 
intact,  the  Brunonians  had  plenty  of  guns 
to  win  handily,  34-6. 

The  first  two  Brown  touchdowns  came 
inside  of  two  minutes  at  the  start  of  the 
second  period.  Thompson  scored  the  first 
on  a  reverse  from  the  seven,  pay-off  for  a 
62-yard  advance.  Then  Pearson  inter- 
cepted a  pass  on  the  Lehigh  41  and  missed 
the  score  (which  Piscusl<as  got  shortly) 
by  only  one  yard  on  the  runback.  A  third 
sortie  lost  its  steam  on  the  Lehigh  8.  In 
the  second  half.  Archie  Williams  not  only 
checked  Lehich's  first  sustained  march  of 
the  game  by  intercepting  a  pass  but  took 
a  hand-off  on  the  next  play  to  scamper  61 
yards  for  a  Brown  touchdown. 

Straight  power  was  the  Bears'  best 
weapon  as  the  line  onened  up  good  holes 
for  Jazwinski,  specialist  up  the  middle, 
and  blocks  pave  Williams  his  chance  in 
the  opi-n.  Kohut's  ppsses.  thou.eh  not  his 
best  of  the  year,  heloed  over  the  rough 
spots.  Balogh  was  at  the  helm  for  the 
fourth   touchdown,    in    the    third    period. 


with  Zucconi  scoring  on  a  double  reverse. 
Lehigh,  the  other  Brown  and  White. 
came  in  with  its  touchdown  at  this  point 
against  the  reserves,  its  first  score  against 
the  Bears  since  1926.  Gloede  got  most  of 
his  passing  yardage  during  this  72-yard 
offensive.  But  Brown  retaliated  with  a  65- 
yard  drive  featuring  a  22-yard  aerial  from 
Balogh  to  Josephson.  and  Pearson  got  the 
score  from  six  yards  out. 

Brown  40,  Springfield  7 

Fritz  Pollard  '19  came  back  to  Provi- 
dence Nov.  6  to  receive  the  evidence  of 
his  election  to  the  Football  Hall  of  Fame 
in  the  presence  of  19  of  his  former  team- 
mates and  several  hundred  parents  of 
Brown  Freshmen.  But  another  Negro 
halfback  had  himself  a  prettv  fair  day  of 
football,  too.  Archie  Williams,  Ivy 
League  rushing  leader,  carried  the  ball 
just  six  times  against  Soringfield  and 
gained  141  yards  doing  so.  His  most  spec- 
tacular romp  against  the  team  from  his 


home  town  came  on  the  first  play  from 
scrimmage.  He  bolted  68  yards,  with 
some  blocks  but  also  with  his  own  bril- 
liance, and  could  have  gone  farther  if  the 
touchdown  required  it. 

Five  minutes  later  Pete  Kohut  snagged 
a  Springfield  pass  on  his  15-yard  line  and, 
(vith  plenty  of  rugged  escort,  sped  all  the 
way  for  another  Brown  score.  A  touch- 
down sprint  of  41  yards  by  Charton,  off 
tackle,  gave  the  visitors  something  to 
cheer  about,  and  the  14-7  score  didn't 
look  too  bad  to  them.  But  two  passes 
brought  further  Brown  scores  in  the  last 
three  minutes  of  the  half.  Josephson  made 
a  circus  catch  of  one  from  Balogh.  After 
Pearson  added  a  fifth  touchdown  in  the 
third  quarter.  Kelley  kept  his  bench  from 
getting  warm,  and  the  subs  had  their  out- 
ing. Demchak  quarterbacked  a  75-yard 
march  late  in  the  game  and  got  himself  a 

TD. 

It  wasn't  a  tense  afternoon,  but  it  was 
fun  to  watch. 


Freshman 
Football 


WHEN  THE  CURTAIN  came  down 
on  the  current  freshman  football 
campaign,  the  records  showed  that  the 
Bear  Cubs  didn't  have  a  winning  season. 
Don't  let  the  records  fool  you.  Coach 
Stan  W;u-d  believes  that  the  Varsity  will 
get  more  help  from  this  season's  yearling 
eleven  than  from  any  other  in  recent 
years. 

The  main  reason  for  the  unimpressive 
record  of  two  victories  and  three  defeats 
is  that  the  Cubs  just  didn't  have  a  natural 
quarterback,  and  in  the  T-formation  that 
man  under  the  center  is  a  "must."  The 
men  used  at  the  quarterback  slot  were 
converted  ends  and  halfbacks,  and,  al- 
though they  did  well  in  spots,  they  didn't 
have  the  experience  to  make  this  poten- 
tially powerful  Biiar  eleven  move  with 
any  degree  of  consistency.  The  Cubs  had 
no  passing  attack  to  supplement  their 
running  game,  and  the  loss  of  Joe  Miluski, 
starting  halfback,  with  a  broken  leg  and 
Pat  .Altieri.  first  string  fullback,  with  a 
broken  finger,  also  has  hurt  Ward  in  his 
attempt  to  develop  a  strong  offense. 

The  two  front  lines,  both  nearly  on  a 
par,  gave  the  team  its  greatest  strength. 
Each  frontier  averaged  close  to  195 
pounds  per  man,  and  Coach  Ward  is  of 
the  opinion  that  all  14  of  these  players 
will  definitely  be  of  help  to  the  varsity 
next  year.  At  the  end  positions.  Don  Nel- 
son, Jack  Kleiderlein,  Bill  Carroll  and 
Fran  Carullo  lead  the  way.  All  are  over 
six  feet  tall,  and  all  weigh  better  than  190 
pounds. 

Jim  Mello,  All-State  tackle  from  War- 
ren High  in  Rhode  Island,  is  the  "baby" 
of  the  tackle  squad.  Jim  stands  an  even 
six  feet  and  tips  the  scales  at  a  mere  202. 
His  running  mates  are  Dick  Riley  (220), 
Gil  Rohertshaw  (205)  and  Dick  Bayram- 
shian  (215).  Larry  Kalesnik,  perhaps  the 
best  lineman  on  the  squad  and  one  who 
will  bring  back  memories  of  Spence  Man- 
rodt  '40  to  some  of  the  older  grads.  Ed 
Eastman.  Tom  Ebbert  and  Mike  Trotter 
form  a  strong  euard  eroun.  Dick  Carolan 
and  Ed  Fletcher  are  a  pair  of  fine  centers 
who  will  help  to  take  up  some  of  the  slack 


18 


BROWN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


which  will  result  from  the  graduation  of 
Mike  Reilly  and  Charlie  Brown  this  June. 
In  the  backfield.  Coach  Ward  had  a 
good  crop  of  hard  inside  runners,  but 
there  was  no  "T.  D.  Thompson"  to  pose 
a  definite  outside  threat.  Besides  Miluski 
and  Altieri,  Jon  Jensen,  Terry  Franc  and 
Marty  Moran  looked  good  at  the  halfback 
positions,  while  Dick  Steele  has  run  well 
from  fullback.  Jensen,  who  started  the 
season  at  right  halfback,  is  now  working 
out  at  the  quarterback  slot.  Marty  Moran 
has  great  speed,  and,  with  more  experi- 
ence, may  develop  into  a  good  outside 
man.  Charley  Vincent  had  a  field  day 
against  Massachusetts.  All  of  these  men 
have  a  good  shot  at  the  Varsity  next  fall, 
according  to  Ward,  with  Miluski  perhaps 
having  a  slight  edge. 

In  the  Last  IS  Seconds 

The  Cubs  took  a  page  from  Frank  Mer- 
riwell  as  they  pulled  the  opening  game  of 
the  season  against  the  University  of 
Rhode  Island  out  of  the  fire  with  a  touch- 
down in  the  last  18  seconds  of  play.  The 
game  was  tied  13-13  in  the  closing 
minutes  when  the  Cubs  took  over  on  the 
R.  I.  35-yard  line.  On  fourth  down, 
quarterback  Bill  Starke  faded  to  his  right 
to  pass.  When  he  couldn't  find  any  re- 
ceivers open,  he  twice  reversed  his  field, 
shook  ofi"  three  would-be  tacklers  and 
finally  hit  Dick  Steele  with  the  toss  that 
won  the  game.  This  play  was  strictly  im- 
provised as  no  coach  could  hope  to  dia- 


gram such  a  maneuver,  but  the  Bruins, 
who  dominated  the  play  throughout  most 
of  the  game,  deserved  the  victory. 

In  (heir  next  three  outings,  the  Cubs 
lost  12-0  to  Yale,  14-0  to  Harvard  and  7-6 
to  the  Dartmouth  Indians.  Against  the 
Elis,  the  Bruin  line  moved  the  much  heav- 
ier Yale  forward  wall  with  great  success 
during  the  first  half  which  ended  0-0. 
However,  with  no  passing  threat  to  ofi'er, 
the  Yale  secondary  was  able  to  move  in 
tight  in  the  second  half  and  bottle  up  the 
Brown  running  game.  A  52-yard  return 
of  a  pass  interception  in  the  third  period 
and  a  70-yard  sui^Iained  march  in  the 
final  quarter  gave  the  Yale  Pups  the  vic- 
tory. Against  Bob  Margarita's  Crimson 
yearlings,  the  big  Bear  line  held  their 
opponents  to  a  net  rushing  total  of  25 
yards,  but  a  Brown  fumble  recovered  by 
Harvard  in  the  Bruin  end-zone  and  a  65- 
yard  pass  play  were  enough  to  set  the 
Cubs  down  to  their  second  defeat.  Then, 
against  a  Freshman  line  which  Head 
Coach  Tuss  McLaughry  has  called  the 
best  since  he's  been  at  Dartmouth,  the 
Bears  lost  7-6  when  they  fumbled  four 
times  inside  the  Green's  10  yard  line. 

The  yearlings  from  the  University  of 
Massachusetts  came  to  Providence  with 
an  unbeaten  record  and  high  hopes,  but 
the  Cubs  ran  up  34  points  before  the 
Statesmen  could  mount  a  fourth-period 
rally  against  our  reserves.  These  three  late 
touchdowns  were  not  enough  to  deny  the 
Brunonians  their  second  victory. 


Sports  Shorts 

Elgin  White's  Press  Box  in  the  Brown 
football  programs  this  fall  has  been  a 
chatty,  colorful  department.  One  of  his 
interests  was  in  comparative  scores,  and 
he  came  up  with  a  couple  that  were 
choice: 

Brown  whipped  Lehigh  34-6,  the  week 
after  Lehigh  had  beaten  Rutgers  25-0. 
And  the  week  after  Temple  upset  Brown 
19-14,  she  lost  to  Rutgers  25-0. 

Brown  walloped  Rhode  Island  35-0, 
but  Rhody  romped  52-6  over  the  Massa- 
chusetts Varsity  which  had  stopped  Har- 
vard 13-7. 

Incidentally,  when  have  we  had  a  sea- 
son in  which  Brown  matched  Harvard, 
Yale,  and  Princeton  touchdown  for  touch- 
down? The  victory,  loss,  and  tie  all  turned 
on  the  points-after.  Harvard  had  a  com- 
parable record  against  Columbia,  Cornell, 
and  us. 

Archie  Williams  was  the  top  ground- 
gainer  for  the  Bears  in  their  first  eight 
games.  Rushing,  he  carried  76  times  for  a 
net  gain  of  529  (6.9  yards  a  rush).  He 
caught  three  passes  for  54  more  yards.  He 
returned  seven  kickoffs  for  150  yards  (an 
average  of  21.3)  and  13  punts  for  134 
( an  average  of  1 0. 3  ) . 

We're  not  ignoring  Fritz  Pollard's  ad- 
mission into  the  Football  Hall  of  Fame. 
We're  just  waiting  for  another  month  to 
give  it  fuller  treatment. 


HOMECOMING   HOSPITALITY:   Balween   showers  the  Brunonians  and   Princetonians  looked  up  their  friends  and  watched   soccer  before  the  football 

game.  Tents  were  pitched  for  the  lunch  on  Aldrich  Field. 


DECEMBER   1954 


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Basketball  Hopes 

BROWN,  WHICH  HAD  a  4-10  record 
in  its  first  season  in  the  Eastern  Inter- 
collegiate Basketball  League  last  winter, 
hopes  to  do  at  least  as  well  in  that  fast 
company.  Coach  Ward  counts  on  a  "re- 
spectable" showing,  but  he  says  improve- 
ment will  depend  on  team  hustle  and  ef- 
fort. The  League  will  be  stronger  from 
top  to  bottom,  he  feels. 

Sixteen  players  survived  the  squad  cut 
on  Nov.  10  after  the  first  10  days  of  prac- 
tice, leaving  six  Seniors,  seven  Juniors. 
and  three  Sophomores  in  the  Varsit\ 
group.  Except  for  the  invaluable  Lou 
Murgo,  Ward  will  have  available  the  lead- 
ing scorers  in  the  lineup  from  last  winter, 
giving  him  a  strong  nucleus  of  lettermen. 
Again  the  hardwood  men  will  be  handi- 
capped in  height  against  most  of  their 
competition,  lacking  an  outstanding  big 
man.  But  Ed  Tooley,  who  led  the  Ivy 
League  in  rebounds,  will  return,  as  Cap- 
tain, supported  by  Bill  Arnold,  Ed  Kin- 
cade,  Ray  Malkiewicz,  and  Jim  Pender- 
gast.  Other  veterans  are  Bob  Popp.  a 
Senior,  and  Juniors  Pete  Campisi.  Jim 
Ewing,  Phil  Gerould,  Sheldon  Lubin, 
John  McDaniels,  Chuck  Merritt.  and  Ar- 
nold Smith.  The  three  Sophomores  are 
John  Lyden,  Dick  Nooney,  and  Bill 
Wadsworth. 

Squad  statistics  follow,  with  height, 
weight,  and  age  given  in  that  order:  Cen- 
ters— Arnold  6-4,  190,  22,  West  Warwick, 
R.  I.;  Phil  Gerould  6-4,  193,  20,  Waverly, 
N.  J.;  Wadsworth  6-4,  190,  20,  Whites- 
boro,  N.  Y.  Forwards — Kincade  6-2,  195, 
21,  Leonia,  N.  J.;  Lubin  6-1,  190,  20. 
Newton,  Mass.:  Lyden  6-I'/i,  168,  20, 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y.;  McDaniels  6-2,  192, 
Raymond,  N.  H.:  Merritt  6-1,  195,  20, 
Riverdale,  N.  Y.  Guards — Campisi  5-11, 
170,  20,  Maplewood,  N.  J.:  Ewing  5-11, 
152,  20,  Torrington,  Conn.:  Malkiewicz 
6-1.  190,  22,  Passaic,  N.  J.;  Nooney  6-0, 
178,  20,  Pawtucket;  Pendergast  6-2,  190, 
21,  Warwick,  R.  I.:  Popp  5-11,  165,  23, 
Rockland,  Mass.:  Smith  5-11,  170,  New 
Milford,  N.  J.:  Tooley  6-1.  190,  21,  Yon- 
kers,  N.  Y. 

Tooley  was  close  behind  Murgo  last 
winter  as  Brown's  leading  point-maker, 
scoring  394  to  Murgo's  424.  He  sank  1 13 
field  goals  in  291  tries,  made  168  of  272 
foul  shots,  and  snagged  376  rebounds. 
Arnold  scored  220  points  (75  of  240  at- 
tempts from  the  floor  and  70  of  133  foul 
shots).  Kincade  scored  196  (67  of  218 
floor  shots  and  62  of  91  on  fouls).  Mal- 
kiewicz scored  135  (53  of  145  from  the 
floor  and  29  of  52  on  fouls).  Pendergast 
had  46  points  (16  of  59  from  the  floor 
and  14  of  28  on  fouls).  Other  scorers  (in 
addition  to  Seniors  Judkins,  Blankfort, 
Sprinthall,  and  Olstad)  were  Campisi  16, 
Popp  5,  Gerould  2,  and  Merritt  2. 

The  new  head  coach  has  already  proved 
his  popularity  as  Freshman  coach  in  foot- 
ball at  Brown.  Ward  is  a  native  of  Ni- 
agara Falls,  N.  Y.,  who  played  his  college 
basketball  at  Canisius.  He  began  his 
coaching  at  Suffield  Academy,  where  he 
was  also  Athletic  Director.  His  team  won 
three  New  England  prep  school  cham- 
pionships before  he  moved  on  to  Storrs  to 
be  assistant  basketball  coach  and  coach 
of  Freshman  football  for  two  years  before 
coming  to  Brown. 


THE  LARGEST  AUDIENCE  to  witness  a  Brown  Varsity  debate  in  many  years  filled  Sayles  Hall 
to  capacity  in  October  when  Oxford  University  lost  its  first  intercollegiate  debate  in  25  years. 
The  topic  was  the  possible  recognition  of  Communist  China  by  the  United  States,  with  each 
team  defending  its  country's  viewpoint  on  the  question.  The  rival  debaters  spent  a  friendly  day 
together  on  the  Brown  campus  and  were  photographed  on  Pounce  House  Terrace.  Right  to  left — 
Peter   Topsell,   Oxford;    Rodney   Mora,    Brown;   Jovite   LoBonte,    Brown;   Derek    Bloom,    Oxford. 


Successes  Under  Sail 

Dinghy  racing  this  fall,  under  Com- 
modore Geoffrey  Spranger,  enjoyed  one 
of  its  finest  seasons  at  Brown.  The  per- 
formance of  the  crew  in  the  major  meets 
they  entered  was  exceptionally  good,  but, 
and  this  seems  equally  important,  the 
sport  was  expanded  so  that  there  are  now 
150  members  enrolled  at  the  Yacht  Club. 
This  includes  a  number  of  girls  from 
Pembroke  who  are  allowed  to  study  rac- 
ing, under  the  instruction  of  Richard 
Quinn  '57,  as  part  of  Iheir  gym  require- 
ment. The  Club  now  owns  17  boats,  and 
there  were  very  few  weekends  when  all 
weren't  out. 

One  of  the  highlights  of  the  season  was 
the  winning  of  the  Jack  Wood  Trophy 
Oct.  3  on  the  Charles  River.  For  the  past 
22  years,  sailors  from  M.I.T.,  Harvard, 
Coast  Guard,  Dartmouth  and  Brown  have 
competed  for  this  Cup,  and  this  marked 
the  first  time  that  the  Bruins  had  been 
able  to  take  the  prize  home  with  them. 
Brown  also  won  the  Jeff'  Davis  Trophy 
with  a  3  1 7-3  1  1  victory  over  the  University 
of  Rhode  Island  in  a  dual  meet,  and,  on 
Oct.  16,  the  Bruin  skippers  came  in  first 
on  the  Thames  River  in  New  London  to 
take  the  Raven  Heptagonal  Trophy.  In 
two  other  meets.  Brown  placed  fourth  in 
the  race  for  the  Shell  Trophy  against  the 
best  crews  from  the  east  and  midwest,  and 
third  behind  Coast  Guard  Academy  and 
M.I.T.  for  the  Fowie  Trophy. 

A  bit  of  international  flavor  was  added 
to  the  campaign  early  in  the  fall  when  the 
Oxford  Crew,  which  had  been  touring  the 
colleges  along  the  eastern  seaboard,  paid 
Brown  a  visit.  Commodore  Spranger  and 
his  men  did  their  best  to  play  the  perfect 
host.  They  entertained  the  lads  from 
across  the  sea  at  the  Club,  showed  them 
what  a  fine  Ivy  League  campus  looks  like. 


and  dined  them  at  the  Sharpe  Refectory. 
Some  thought  the  men  of  Brown  carried 
this  spirit  of  friendship  a  bit  too  far  when, 
sailing  the  Dyer  "D"  Dinks,  they  lost 
4-2  to  the  fine  Oxford  team  on  the  See- 
konk. 

The  Freshman  skippers  stole  some 
thunder  from  their  elders  on  Nov.  7  when 
they  successfully  defended  the  Nickerson 
Trophy.  This  cup  is  symbolic  of  New  Eng- 
land Freshman  dinghy  supremacy,  and 
Brown  is  the  first  college  in  15  years  of 
sailing  to  win  the  event  two  years  in  a 
row.  Dick  Krolicki  collected  82  points  to 
lead  the  yearlings  to  their  victory,  while 
Charles  Shumay,  Larry  Evans,  John 
Myles  and  Lloyd  Ecclestone  also  sailed 
for  the  Cubs. 

Captain  Tom  Hazlehurst,  Bill  Arnold, 
John  Quinn  and  Alden  Walls,  Jr.  did  most 
of  the  racing  for  the  Varsity  this  fall.  In 
the  Admiral  Pine  Trophy  race  at  the 
Coast  Guard  Academy  on  Sept.  18,  Hazle- 
hurst and  Quinn  were  two  of  the  four 
eastern  skippers  who  combined  to  defeat 
their  opponents  from  the  Middle  Atlantic 
States  four  straight  in  the  best  of  seven 
elimination  series,  and  the  Bruin  captain 
was  the  high  point  scorer  of  the  meet. 
Only  Arnold  and  Spranger  are  Seniors. 
Returning  next  fall  in  addition  to  Hazle- 
hurst, Walls  and  Quinn  will  be  Frank 
Dorsey,  Richard  Gallotta.  John  Hills  and 
Robert  G.  Goff,  as  well  as  the  fine  Fresh- 
man group. 

Races  Without  Laurels 

Coach  Ivan  Fuoua's  cross  country 
team  had  a  rather  rocky  season.  In  a  total 
of  six  dual  meets  and  one  triangular  com- 
petition, the  Bruin  harriers  failed  to  finish 
first.  However,  there  are  two  bright  lights 
in  the  apparent  darkness. 


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BROWN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


First,  there  were  no  Seniors  on  the 
team,  and  all  the  men  will  be  back  next 
year  with  this  season's  experience  under 
their  belts.  Second,  the  Freshmen  had  an 
excellent  squad,  and  Ivan  is  counting  on 
nine  boys  from  that  group  to  provide  the 
much  needed  depth  next  fall.  On  the  Var- 
sity, Jim  Corrigan,  Keith  Patten,  Peter 
Roche,  Bob  Fulton  and  Bill  Kelly  are 
Sophomores,  while  Charlie  Flather  and 
John  Orr  are  members  of  the  Junior  Class. 

The  yearlings  defeated  Yale,  Dart- 
mouth and  Rhode  Island  while  losing  to 
Harvard,  Massachusetts,  and  Providence 
College.  However,  in  none  of  their  de- 
feats were  they  outclassed,  and  a  number 
of  prospects  showed  to  excellent  advan- 
tage. The  men  most  counted  on  to  help 
in  cross  country,  and  track  as  well,  during 
the  next  few  years  are  Phil  DuMond,  John 
Becker,  Frank  Young,  Ed  Sullivan,  Tom 
Vetter,  Ian  Macinnes,  Garry  Harned,  Joe 
Vanable  and  David  Fischel.  The  best  ex- 
ample of  the  balance  of  this  Freshman 
team  is  that  Becker,  Young,  Sullivan  and 
Dumond  all  have  finished  first  at  one  time 
or  another  this  season. 

Building  in  Soccer 
Joe  Kennaway,  Bruin  soccer  mentor, 
was  in  the  position  this  year  of  having  a 
fine  defensive  team  but  one  which,  gen- 
erally speaking,  has  had  trouble  finding 
the  nets  itself.  As  a  result,  the  Bears,  al- 
though allowing  an  average  of  just  over 


two  goals  a  game,  were  able  to  win  only 
two  contests  while  losing  six. 

Joe  Schetfer  did  an  outstanding  job  in 
the  goal,  but  the  loss  of  two  top  offensive 
stars.  Chic  Swanson  and  Al  Roth,  from 
a  thin  squad  has  hurt  the  Bruins  consider- 
ably. Swanson,  who  was  high  scorer  in 
1953,  is  now  in  the  service,  while  Roth, 
an  excellent  halfback,  suffered  a  shoulder 
separation. 

After  losing  their  first  four  games  to 
Wesleyan,  Yale,  Williams  and  Harvard, 
the  Bruin  hooters  split  even  in  their  next 
four  outings.  They  defeated  Connecticut 
3-1  and  Brandeis  8-0,  showing  their  best 
offensive  punch  of  the  season,  and  lost  to 
M.l.T.  4-0  and  Massachusetts  2-1. 

The  Freshmen,  however,  have  come  up 
with  a  good  club.  They  dropped  their 
opener  to  New  Bedford  High  School  1-0 
but  then  defeated  Andover  3-2,  MIT 
Freshmen  2-0  and  New  Bedford  Voca- 
tional 3-0,  while  tying  Diman  Vocational 
of  Fall  River  2-2.  The  victory  over  An- 
dover was  the  high  point  of  the  season. 
Co-Captain  Mike  Strem,  Gene  Whitman 
and  Gardner  Patrick  scored  for  the 
Bruins,  with  Patrick's  goal  in  the  first 
overtime  period  settling  the  issue. 

In  scrimmages  against  the  varsity,  the 
yearlings  have  more  than  held  their  own, 
and  Coach  Kennaway  is  looking  forward 
to  having  these  men  with  him  next  fall. 
Mike  Strem  is  perhaps  the  best  prospect 
on  the  Freshman  club,  but  its  success  has 
been  due  more  to  a  well  rounded  team 
than  to  any  single  individual. 


Schedules  for  the  Winter 


(NOTE:  *  indicates  Freshman  as  well 
as  Varsity  contest  same  date  and  place. 
Freshman  schedules  show  only  contests 
in  addition  to  these.) 

Basketball 
VARSITY:  Dec.  4— Amherst,  home. 
Dec.  8 — Harvard,  away*.  Dec.  11 — Yale, 
home*.  Dec.  15 — Rhode  Island,  home*. 
Dec.  17 — Cornell,  away.  Dec.  18 — Syra- 
cuse, away.  Dec.  27-29 — New  England 
Tournament  at  Storrs,  Conn.  Jan.  5 — 
Rhode  Island,  away*.  Jan.  8 — Harvard, 
home*.  Jan.  II — Yale,  away.  Jan.  15 — 
Penn,  home.  Jan.  29 — Tufts,  home*.  Feb. 
2 — Columbia,  home.  Feb.  5 — Providence 
College,  away*.  Feb.  9 — Northeastern, 
away*.  Feb.  II — Princeton,  home.  Feb. 
16 — Penn.  away.  Feb.  19 — Dartmouth, 
away*.  Feb.  23 — Cornell,  home.  Feb.  26 
— Dartmouth,  home*.  March  2 — Provi- 
dence College,  home*.  March  5 — Colum- 
bia, away.  March  7 — Princeton,  away. 
FRESHMEN:  Dec.  4— Quonset  Naval 
Air  Station,  home.  Jan.  12 — Nichols, 
away.  Jan.  15 — Worcester  Academy, 
home.  Feb.  2 — Monson  Academy,  home. 
Feb.  11 — Dean  Academy,  home.  Feb.  16 
— Leicester,  home.  Feb.  23 — Tabor. 

Hockey 

VARSITY:  Dec.  3— Boston  Univer- 
sity, home*.  Dec.  8 — Northeastern, 
home*.  Dec.  13 — Providence  College, 
home*.  Dec.  27-30 — Boston  Arena 
Tournament.  Jan.  4 — Boston  College, 
home*.  Jan.  8 — Yale,  away*.  Jan.  11  — 
Harvard,  home*.  Jan.  15 — Princeton, 
away.  Jan.  31 — Providence  College, 
home.  Feb.  5 — Princeton,  home.  Feb.  9 — 
Dartmouth,   home.    Feb.    12 — Northeast- 


ern, away  (Boston  Garden).  Feb.  19 — 
Yale,  home.  Feb.  22 — Harvard,  away 
(Lynn)*.  Feb.  26 — Dartmouth,  away. 
March  1 — Boston  College,  away*. 
FRESHMEN:  Feb.  9— Providence  Col- 
lege, home.  Feb.  II — Andover.  away. 
Feb.   19— Burrillville  High,  home. 

Wrestling 
VARSITY:  Dec.  4— Wesleyan,  away*. 
Dec.  II — Columbia,  home.  Jan.  15 — 
Harvard,  home*.  Feb.  5 — Princeton, 
away.  Feb.  12 — Rutgers,  home.  Feb.  19 
— Yale.  away*.  Feb.  23 — Pennsylvania, 
away.  March  5 — Hofstra,  away.  March 
11-12 — Eastern  Intercollegiates  at  Penn 
State.  FRESHMEN:  Jan.  12— Exeter, 
away.  Feb.  9 — Andover,  away. 

Swimming 

VARSITY:  Dec.  4— Connecticut, 
away*.  Dec.  8 — M.I.T.,  away*.  Dec.  11 
— Columbia,  home.  Jan.  8 — 'Yale,  away*. 
Jan.  12 — Wesleyan,  away.  Jan.  15 — Holy 
Cross,  home.  Feb.  5 — Williams,  away. 
Feb.  II — Pennsylvania,  home.  Feb.  16 — 
Harvard,  home*.  Feb.  19 — Springfield, 
away*.  Feb.  23 — Amherst,  away.  March 
2 — M.I.T.,  away*.  March  11-12 — New 
Englands.  FRESHMEN:  Jan.  13— Dean 
Academy,  away.  Feb.  9 — Andover,  away. 
Feb.  24-— St.  George's,  away. 

Track 

VARSITY:  Jan.  8— Harvard,  away. 
Jan.  15 — Knights  of  Columbus  Meet, 
Boston.  Jan.  29 — Boston  AA  Games. 
Feb.  5 — Millrose,  New  York.  Feb.  11  — 
Yale,  away.  Feb.  19 — Dartmouth,  away. 
Feb.  26— ICAAAA.  March  5— Hep- 
tagonals  at  Cornell. 


In  Our  Mail 


Unnecessary  Roughness.^ 

Sir:  You  have  confused  and  disillu- 
sioned me.  My  confusion  comes  from  my 
loyalty  to  Brown  which  you  have  now 
placed  in  conflict  with  my  allegiance  to 
my  fellow  members  in  the  Eastern  Asso- 
ciation of  Intercollegiate  Football  Offi- 
cials— whom,  I  believe  (not  without 
bias),  are  the  best  football  officials  in 
these  United  States. 

The  disillusionment  arises  from  the 
fact  that  through  many  years  of  travelling 
around  the  Eastern  Intercollegiate  Foot- 
ball circuit  and  taking  ear  beatings  from 
crowds,  coaches  and  players,  I  have  con- 
tended staunchly  that  Brown  is  one  place 
where  games  are  won  and  lost  by  the  boys 
— not  by  the  officials.  Now  I  see  that  we, 
too,  suffer  from  "officialitis". 

As  a  paid-up  subscriber  to  your  slan- 
derous publication,  I  request  that  you  dig 
UD  a  rule  book — the  1954  edition,  not  the 
1926  series  used  by  the  Iron  Men — and 
check  the  notations  on  the  accompanying 
sheet.  I'm  only  guessing  because  your  de- 
scriptions of  the  situations  were  shock- 
ingly incomplete  and  inadequate.  But  you 
may  find  that  someone  other  than  the 
officials  was  in  error. 

Larry  Newman  wrote  of  "Referees" 
in  a  recent  issue  of  P' Athlete,  the  official 
publication  of  the  Pennsylvania  Inter- 
scholastic  Athletic  Association: 

I  think  that  I  shall  never  see 
A  satisfactory  referee. 
About  whose  head  a  halo  shines. 
Whose  merits  rate  reporters'  lines; 
One  who  calls  them  as  they  are 
And  not  as  I  should  wish,  by  far. 
A  gent  who  leans  not  either  way 
But  lets  the  boys  decide  the  play; 
A  guy  who'll  sting  the  coach  who  yaps. 
From  Siwash  Hi  or  old  Millsaps. 
Poems  are  made  by  fools  like  me 
But  only  God  could  referee. 

To  the  above.  I  add  a  quatrain  of  my 
own: 

When  you  cut  us  to  ribbons 
And  break  us  in  two. 
Here's  our  response 
To  our  critics  like  you! 

LOU    DEMMLER    '31 

Pittsburgh 


Tiiree  Projects  Afoot 

Sir:  I  think  we  are  all  agreed  that  no 
Brown  man,  living  or  dead,  contributed 
more  to  the  success  of  football  at  the 
University  than  Edward  North  Robinson 
'96.  He  gave  four  years  as  a  player  and 
25  years  as  Coach.  Very  few  men  have 
done  more  to  promote  fair  play,  good 
sportsmanship,  and  a  proper  perspective 
as  to  the  place  of  football  in  college  life. 

For  more  than  15  years.  I  have  been 
accumulating  a  vast  collection  of  material 
relating  to  college  sports.  My  purpose  has 
been  three-fold:  First — to  put  ink  to 
paner  to  record  the  story  of  our  beloved 
Ed  Robinson,  who  served  us  so  long  and 
well.  Second — to  record  the  valiant  efforts 
of  all  Brown  athletes  in  a  volume  to  be 


DECEMBER    1954 


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known  as  "75  Years  of  the  Brown  B." 
Third — to  issue  in  due  time  a  volume  on 
a  topic  given  long  study:  What  is  college 
football?  A  racket?  A  business?  A  sport? 
I  ask  the  help  of  all  Brown  men  inter- 
ested in  any  of  these  projects.  Send  me  all 
information  about  yourself  if  you  were 
an  athlete.  Let  me  have  any  anecdotes 
about  Robbie  or  Brown  sports  in  general. 
Make  your  selections  of  all-time  Brown 
teams  in  all  sports  and  provide  reasons  for 
your  choices.  Any  profit  from  our  united 
efforts  will  go  to  establish  a  scholarship 
in  honor  of  Robbie.  Let's  produce  some- 
thing worthy  of  the  concept. 

W.  p.  BURNHAM  '07 

145  Butler  Ave. 
Providence  6,  R.  1. 


Leave-Taking 

THIS  IS  THE  LAST  budget  of  Class 
Notes  which  Douglas  A.  Snow  will 
edit  for  us.  He  is  moving  from  this  maga- 
zine to  be  the  Manager  of  the  Brown 
University  Store. 

When  you've  been  working  in  harness 
with  a  fellow  for  several  years,  you  grow 
to  know  him  and  appreciate  his  quality. 
You  get  used  to  his  competence  and  rely 
on  him.  Doug  has  made  a  great  contribu- 
tion to  Brown  through  the  Alumni 
Monthly. 

Much  of  the  time,  of  course,  he  has 
been  preoccupied  with  the  chronicle  of 
alumni  encounters,  transit,  and  achieve- 
ment. But  it  is  not  just  that  he  has  done 
a  skillful  job  of  assembling  hundreds  and 
hundreds  of  news  items  about  Brunonians, 
although  that  is  important.  He's  worked  in 
friendly,  helpful  ways  with  all  who  con- 
tribute to  this  department.  He's  kept  us 
posted  on  what  our  contemporaries  have 
been  doing  and  thereby  built  a  little  more 
intimate  solidarity  into  that  curious 
agency  and  attitude  that  is  a  College 
Class. 

Yes,  Doug  has  handled  a  lot  of  routine, 
but  he  has  not  done  it  in  routine  fashion. 
He's  smoothed  the  production  of  a  maga- 
zine, kept  it  on  timetable.  He's  written  his 
share  of  major  stories,  too,  with  insight 
and  enthusiasm.  He's  been  a  big  part  of 
this  operation. 

Of  course,  we're  sorry  to  see  him  go. 
But  we  can't  help  being  glad  that  he  is 
staying  on  College  Hill  and  the  Univer- 
sity is  going  to  use  his  talents  in  a  strategic 
spot. 

We  welcome  to  our  staff  as  Assistant 
Editor,  John  F.  Barry,  Jr.,  '50.  You've 
seen  his  work  in  the  Brown  football  pro- 
grams this  fall.  He  started  writing  sports 
in  Warren  High  School,  where  he  was 
Class  President,  and  he  continued  on  the 
Brown  Daily  Herald.  One  of  his  projects 
on  the  Herald  was  the  Iron  Man  reunion 
of  1949.  While  in  service,  he  wrote  for  his 
camp  newspaper,  and  he's  done  some  pub- 
licity, too,  in  addition  to  newspaper  work 
in  his  home  town.  Since  graduation  he's 
been  with  the  Automobile  Mutual  Insur- 
ance Company. 

He's  a  member  of  the  Brown  Club  of 
Rhode  Island,  but  his  most  conspicuous 
service  as  an  alumnus  has  been  as  Class 
Agent  for  the  Brown  University  Fund. 
Under  his  leadership  a  year  ago,  the  Class 
of  1950  led  all  others  in  the  competition 
for  the  Championship  Bowl  for  top  par- 
ticipation and  a  generous  total.  We're  glad 
to  have  Jay  in  Alumni  House  and  on  our 
masthead. 


Brunonians  Far  and  Near 

EDITED  BY  DOUGLAS  A.  SNOW  '45 


1895 

DR.  AND  MRS.  WILLIAM  E. 
GARDNER  celebrated  their  56th 
wedding  anniversary  on  Sept.  14.  A  native 
of  Nantucket,  Mass.,  our  Classmate  re- 
turned to  his  island  home  in  1940  after 
42  years  in  the  active  ministry  of  the 
Episcopal  church.  He  has  written  three 
books  dealing  with  Nantucket  history.  His 
address  on  the  island:  33  Orange  St. 

1897 

George  L.  Miner  was  elected  President 
of  the  R.  I.  Historical  Society  at  the 
group's  133rd  annual  meeting  in  October. 
He  succeeded  M.  Randolph  Flather  '24. 

Dr.  Joseph  C.  Robbins  has  been  in 
technical  "retirement"  for  several  years, 
but  he  is  still  on  "active  duty"  in  the  min- 
istry. He  is  currently  serving  as  Pastor  of 
the  East  Poultney  Baptist  Church  in  East 
Poultney,  'Vt. 

Classmates  offer  sincere  sympathy  to 
Harris  E.  Starr  whose  wife,  Caroline  Tut- 
hill  Starr,  died  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Mav  24.  She  was  a  graduate  of  Pembroke 
in  the  Class  of  1897. 

1899 

Dr.  Albert  F.  Hunt  celebrated  his  79th 
birthday  in  August  at  a  family  party  at 
his  home  in  Bridgewater.  Mass.  A  prac- 
ticing physician  since  1907.  our  Class- 
mate hopes  to  continue  for  many  more 
years.  He  has  four  children,  10  grand- 
children, and  one  great-grandchild. 

1900 

George  E.  Marble  wrote  Class  Secre- 
tary Bacon  that  he  and  Mrs.  Marble  spent 
the  summer  in  a  newly-purchased  cottage 
on  Webster  Lake,  West  Franklin,  N.  H. 
They  kept  busy  making  changes  inside 
and  out.  Early  in  October  they  trans- 
ferred activities  to  St.  Petersburg.  Fla.. 
where  they  are  having  a  house  of  similar 
size  built.  George  is  looking  forward  to 
being  with  us  at  Commencement  in  June 
1955. 

1901 

Arthur  Whittemore,  son  of  the  late 
Arthur  H.  Whittemore,  continues  his  con- 
cert success  as  a  duo-pianist  with  Jack 
Lowe,  playing  to  large  audiences  through- 
out the  country  and  making  frequent  tele- 
vision appearances.  While  his  father  was 
coach  of  football  at  the  University  of 
South  Dakota,  the  boy  began  music  les- 
sons at  five  and  was  an  organist  and  choir 
master  at  14.  The  Whittemore-Lowe  rec- 
ords have  sold  over  the  million  mark. 

Harrison  E.  Wright  retired  in  Septem- 
ber after  27  years  with  the  Bernardsville 
(N.  J.)  News.  Bookkeeper  for  the  weekly 
paper.  Wright  came  to  Providence  for 
the  Columbia  game  as  part  of  his  plan  to 
"roam  around  old-time  haunts."  Of 
Brown  Stadium  he  wrote:  "Boy,  what  a 
change  from  the  old  field  in  front  of  Maxy 
Hall  where  we  covered  ourselves  with 
mud  as  well  as  glory."  The  Wrights — who 
were  married  51  years  on  Oct.  21 — live 
at  47  West  Oak  St.,  Basking  Ridge,  N.  J. 


1902 

.'\n  October  letter  from  Mrs.  Fred 
Gabbi  told  of  Fred's  continuing  improve- 
ment in  a  nursing  home  in  Portland,  Me. 
He  went  for  a  ride  one  day  in  early  fall, 
his  first  time  out  in  several  months.  Fred's 
address  for  mail  is  37  Kenwood  St. 

1903 

Elmer  E.  Butler  has  changed  his  ad- 
dress in  Westboro,  Mass.  He  and  his  wife 
are  now  living  at  2  Cross  St. 

Robert  Forster  phoned  us  from  Albany 
the  other  night,  having  come  to  the  con- 
clusion it  was  high  time  the  birth  of  his 
grandson  was  announced.  The  boy  had 
been  born  on  Mar.  24,  the  son  and  name- 
sake of  Capt.  David  Alan  Forster  '43. 

1905 

William  C.  Drohan  has  a  new  associate 
in  his  Brockton,  Mass.,  law  office.  He  is 
Paul  F.  Lehan  '48,  who  spent  the  last 
three  years  in  government  work  in  Wash- 
ington. 

Hurricane  news:  Fred  Thurber  (as  an 
old,  e.xperienced  mariner)  was  his  own 
weather  bureau.  He  watched  the  falling 
barometer,  contacted  stations  on  the 
ocean  front  and  prepared  for  a  hurricane. 
His  efforts  helped  in  keeping  down  the 
losses  at  Tilden-Thurber's. 

Arthur  Townsend  reported  heavy  wind 
damage  to  many  of  his  beautiful  trees  in 
Rehoboth.  He  also  had  to  rescue  a  rela- 
tive whose  Mt.  Hope  Bay  house  was 
carried  off  its  foundation. 

Dave  Davidson  says:  "Plenty  of  dam- 
age at  Cedar  Tree  and  here  at  the  studio. 


Salute  in  Chicago 

More  than  100  of  Chicago's  business, 
civic,  and  political  leaders  honored  Elmer 
T.  Stevens  '04  on  Sept.  21  at  a  dinner 
at  the  Chicago  Club  on  the  50th  anniver- 
sary of  his  entry  into  the  city's  business 
life.  Right  after  graduation  he  went  to 
work  for  Charles  A.  Stevens  &  Co.,  which 
had  been  founded  by  his  father.  President 
of  the  famous  State  St.  store,  he  is  active 
in  civic  endeavors  as  well  as  business. 

Mayor  Kennelly  described  Stevens  as 
"one  of  the  finest  and  most  public-spir- 
ited citizens"  he'd  ever  met  and  recalled 
Stevens'  pioneering  work  in  traffic  study 
and  the  handling  of  mass  traffic.  Four 
Steuben  glass  urns  commemorating  the 
occasion  bore  the  legend:  "To  Elmer 
Stevens  with  the  regard  and  esteem  of 
his  friends  for  his  many  years  of  unselfish 
service  to  his  community  and  his  coun- 
try." 

The  party  was  planned  by  Philip  R. 
Clarke,  Chairman  of  the  National  City 
Bank;  Hughston  McBain,  Chairman  of 
Marshall  Field  &  Co.;  Rawleigh  Warner, 
Chairman  of  the  Pure  Oil  Company;  Dr. 
J.  Roscoe  Miller,  President  of  Northwest- 
ern University  (who  was  toastmaster); 
John  Sheldon  of  Charles  A.  Stevens  & 
Co.;  and  Lawrence  B.  Sizer,  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  Marshall  Field  &  Co. 


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BROWN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


.  .  .  My  front  with  the  rocks  held,  but 
lost  lumber  and  eight  or  more  large  trees." 

John  Palmer's  widow  got  off  lucky  at 
her  beautiful  estate  in  Bristol  Harbor.  Her 
lawn  was  covered  with  boats  and  debris 
but  the  tide  did  not  reach  the  house. 

The  worst  sufferer  of  all  was  the  Class 
of  1905.  Four  files  of  Class  records — 
stored  on  the  first  floor  of  the  Class  Sec- 
retary's home  in  Harrington — went  with 
the  wind.  This  means  that  the  long- 
planned  50-year  scrapbook  will  be  only  a 
token  now,  depending  on  what  we  may 
build  up  during  the  remaining  years.  The 
Secretary's  personal  loss  is  recoverable, 
with  the  e.xception  of  his  catboats  sunk 
between  the  two  bridges.  Charlie's  cur- 
rent address  is  425  Brook  St.,  Providence. 
Charlie's  son.  Knight  '35,  was  the  archi- 
tect on  the  new  Fox  Point  Elementary 
School  in  Providence. 

1906 

Dr.  Alex  M.  Burgess  invented  the  Bur- 
gess Box  for  the  administering  of  oxygen 
back  in  1932,  and  it  is  still  in  widespread 
use  today.  A  story  in  the  "Rhode  Islander" 
section  of  the  Providence  Sunday  Journal 
told  of  our  Classmate's  development  of 
the  "box"  and  the  renown  it  gave  him. 
His  son.  Dr.  Alex  M.  Burgess,  Jr.,  '33, 
helped  him.  Alex  is  now  Director  of  Pro- 
fessional Education  at  the  Newport  and 
Miriam  Hospitals. 

Gerald  Cooper  wrote  from  the  Virgin 
Islands,  where  he  is  looking  forward  to 
many  years  of  activity,  that  he  will  be  on 
Campus  for  the  50th   Reunion  in    1956. 


Plans  are  already  being  formed  to  make 
this  celebration  all  that  a  golden  anni- 
versary should  be. 

Classmates  will  note  with  regret  the 
passing  of  Frank  D.  O'Reilly.  Frank  never 
was  able  to  get  back  for  a  reunion,  but 
he  kept  in  close  touch  with  Secretary  Bill 
Kennedy  regarding  1906  affairs,  and  his 
donations  to  Class  activities  were  gener- 
ous. He  will  be  missed. 

We  noted  earlier  that  Dr.  Horace  E. 
Chandler  is  keeping  busy  though  retired. 
The  latest  evidence  to  this  fact  is  publi- 
cation in  the  August  issue  of  Baby  Post 
of  his  article,  "ho-Joo:  Lucky  Son  of 
Han." 

1907 

William  K.  White,  retired  after  28 
years  with  Findlays  Ltd.,  Carleton  Place, 
Ont.,  reports  the  new  address  for  his  wife 
and  him  is  1 1  Kensington  Ave.,  Kingston, 
Ont.,  and  adds:  "I  hope  that  this  change 
in  address  may  make  it  possible  for  me 
to  attend  more  of  the  University  and  Class 
functions  in  Providence  than  has  been 
possible  heretofore."  Bill  had  been  with 
Findlays  for  28  years. 

"Still  enjoying  living  in  this  rural  Mas- 
sachusetts town,"  Myron  H.  S.  Affleck 
wrote  from  Townsend  St.,  Route  113, 
Pepperell,  in  mid-September.  "It's  the  first 
time  I've  owned  a  house  since  away  back 
in  our  Rumford,  R.  I.,  days;  and  I  am 
finding  out  (and  how!)  that  there  are  al- 
ways many  chores  to  do  inside  and  out." 

Dr.  Harold  L.  Brown  and  Mrs.  Brown 
are  settled  for  the  early  winter  at  Orlando. 


Among  the  Top  10  Magazines 


WE  JOURNEYED  to  Mississippi 
last  summer  to  get  a  piece  of  paper 
that  means  a  lot  to  us.  It  was  an  "Award 
of  Merit,  for  outstanding  editorial 
achievement  in  the  publication  of  an 
alumni  magazine."  Permit  us  to  beat  a 
drum,  modestly  but  proudly. 

Each  year  the  American  Alumni  Coun- 
cil conducts  a  competition  among  the 
500  alumni  magazines,  selecting  a  "Maga- 
zine of  the  Year"  and  citing  others.  The 
first  distinction  went  to  a  wholly  deserv- 
ing candidate.  The  New  Hampshire 
Alumnus.  Close  contenders  were  The 
Wellesley  Alumnae  Magazine  and  the 
Harvard  Business  School  Bulletin.  We 
shared  with  the  following  a  ranking 
among  the  top  10:  Harvard  Alumni  Bul- 
letin, The  Michigan  Alumnus,  Ohio  State 
University  Monthly,  Sooner  Magazine 
(University  of  Oklahoma),  Rochester 
Review,  and  Yale  Alumni  Magazine. 

The  competition  report  said,  at  one 
point:  "The  judges  felt  that  the  area  of 
student  affairs  in  general  was  inade- 
quately covered.  .  .  .  Brown  received  a 
first  prize  for  what  the  judges  called  'con- 
sistently high  level  in  reporting  student 
activities  of  great  interest.'  The  judges 
were  particularly  taken  with  the  report 
on  Brown's  participation  in  the  College 
Quiz  Bowl  on  radio,  a  story  opportunity 
available  to  many  of  us  but  handled  su- 
perbly well  by  only  one  magazine."  The 
Quiz  Bowl  story  won  a  special  award  for 
us,  apart  from  the  first  on  student  affairs. 

In  the  area  of  alumni  activities,  the 
judges  agreed  that  a  more  thorough  job 
was  being  done,  "as  befits  magazines  de- 
signed for  alumni."  Here  Brown  re- 
ceived a  third  prize,  as  it  did  in  the  field 


of  "intellectual  stimulation."  In  a  general 
observation  on  this  category,  one  judge 
found  "much  that  was  intellectual,  very 
little  that  was  stimulating."  "Alumni 
Magazines,"  it  was  noted,  "could  accept  a 
very  real  and  important  responsibility  in 
this  area,  and  many  of  them  are  already 
doing  so  in  a  professional  manner." 
Judging  in  the  special  categories  was 
broken  down  into  three  groups,  based  on 
circulation,  with  Brown  competing  in 
Class  II  (institutions  with  10,000-30,000 
alumni). 

Although  the  Brown  Alumni  Monthly 
thus  won  its  fifth  "Award  of  Merit"  in 
the  last  six  years,  the  1954  competition 
provided  its  best  all-around  showing  to 
date. 

The  editors  at  the  conference  of  the 
American  Alumni  Council  had  the  ben- 
fit  of  criticism  from  A.  R.  Tommasini, 
nationally  known  consultant  from  the 
University  of  California  Press.  He  made 
some  very  helpful  suggestions  and  in  his 
general  critique  spoke  of  our  "excellent 
design,  typography,  and  presswork." 
Credit  for  our  pleasant  showing  is  shared 
with  the  full  staff,  Board  of  Editors,  and 
printer  (The  Vermont  Printing  Company 
of  Brattleboro,  Vt.). 

Judges  of  the  1954  Magazine  Compe- 
tition were:  Harlan  Cleveland,  Executive 
Editor  of  The  Reporter:  Maitland  Edey, 
Assistant  Managing  Editor  of  Life:  O.  W. 
Riegel,  Director  of  the  Lee  Memorial 
Journalism  Foundation  of  Washington 
and  Lee;  Sam  Welles,  head  of  the  Chi- 
cago Bureau  of  Time-Life:  and  Woodrow 
Wirsig,  Editor  of  Woman's  Home  Com- 
panion. 

You  didn't  mind  our  boasting  a  little 
about  all  this,  did  you? 


Fla.  (RFD  3,  Box  456).  "We  continue  to 
carry  on  with  good  nature  and  excellent 
spirits,"  Prep  reported. 

Although  he  insisted  that  he  was  not  a 
candidate.  Bill  Burnham  was  re-elected 
to  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  the  Squirrel 
Island  (Maine)  Village  Corporation  in 
late  August.  Bill  and  Mrs.  Burnham  en- 
tertained Bob  Curley  during  the  sum- 
mer; and  Bill  went  to  the  convention  of 
Theta  Delta  Chi  at  Poland  Spring. 

William  E.  Bright  is  President  of  Green 
Ridge  State  Bank,  Scranton,  Pa.  Bill,  the 
second  man  to  hold  the  top  office  in  the 
44-year  history  of  the  bank,  has  been 
one  of  Scranton's  busiest  citizens  for 
years;  and  the  Scranton  Tribune  said  edi- 
torially: "He  has  the  experience  and  the 
reputation  to  make  a  highly  successful 
bank  president."  Bill  is  also  President  of 
Lackawanna  Motor  Club  and  a  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Penn.  Motor  Federation. 

Dr.  Herbert  E.  Harris  and  Mrs.  Harris 
spent  their  summer  vacation  in  New 
Hampshire  and  in  Northern  Michigan. 
Herb  has  been  back  at  his  office,  219  Wa- 
terman St.,  Providence  6,  since  mid-Sep- 
tember. 

Prof.  Z.  Chafee  Jr.,  of  Harvard  Law 
School  and  Mrs.  Chafee  now  have  their 
house  address  at  987  Memorial  Drive, 
Cambridge  38,  Mass. 

Forrest  S.  Harvey  reports  retirement, 
and  gives  his  mail  address  as  194 — Ave- 
nue 64,  Pasadena  2,  Calif. 

Our  Class  President,  Shan  Clark,  is  set- 
ting up  a  record  of  some  kind,  we  are 
certain,  in  having  two  sons  and  a  daugh- 
ter as  undergraauates  at  Brown  and  Pem- 
broke, respectively,  this  academic  year. 

Lloyd  W.  Josseiyn  writes:  "I  am  plan- 
ning to  quit  my  work  at  the  Library  (Al- 
bert A.  Wells  Memorial  Library,  Lafa- 
yette, Ind.)  at  the  end  of  this  year.  I 
shall  live  with  my  married  daughter  most 
of  the  time  in  1935;  so  put  down  on  your 
address  list  for  Josseiyn,  c/o  Robert  San- 
born, Bowen  Road,  tima,  N.  Y.  "  Lloyd 
has  been  writing  a  history  of  Lafayette 
Rotary  Club  in  addition  to  his  numerous 
activities  in  the  Library  and  out  of  it. 
"With  my  two  daughiers  Purdue  gradu- 
ates, and  my  living  nere  for  many  years, 
I  am  almost  a  Purdue  man,"  he  said  in 
his  fine  descriptive  letter  of  the  Purdue 
football  squad  taking  off  by  airplanes  for 
a  Big  Ten  game  wnn  Wisconsin.  But  his 
loyalty  to  brown  continues  steadfast. 

H.  B.  Keen  is  already  waiting  for  the 
1935  seed  catalogues  to  appear,  riis  vege- 
table garden  last  summer  on  the  Old 
Post  Road,  East  Setauket,  L.  I.,  was,  ac- 
cording to  all  accounts,  a  genuine  pro- 
ducer; and  Sal  had  his  exercise  and  his 
fun  and  excellent  vegetables  to  keep  him 
in  good  humor.  He  is  sketching,  too,  but 
has  no  thought  of  exhibiting.  Anyone 
know  of  any  other  amateur  artist  in  the 
Class? 

E.  A.  Batchelor,  editor  of  the  D.A.C. 
News,  magazine  of  the  Detroit  Athletic 
Club,  and  of  a  weekly  house  organ  for 
the  Chrysler  Sales  Division,  Chrysler 
Corp.,  reports  his  first  grandson  to  join  a 
granddaughter  born  in  January  1953.  "He 
looks  like  the  Notre  Dame  fullback  of 
1973,"  Ed  wrote.  (The  young  man  is  al- 
ready on  our  list  of  Brown  prospects.) 

S.  A.  Steere  has  our  thanks  for  the 
booklet   "25   Years   Young,"   the   photo- 


DECEMBER    1954 


23 


graphic  story  of  the  beginning  and  the 
growth  of  Goodyear-Atco  mill.  Carters- 
ville,  Ga.  Sam,  who  is  Goodyear  Vice- 
President  in  charge  of  Textile  Mills, 
bought  the  mill  in  1929,  converted  it  to 
fabric  production,  and  otherwise  had  ac- 
tive part  in  Goodyear's  expansion  in  the 
South. 

1909 

Harold  B.  Tanner.  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Greater  Provi- 
dence Y.M.C.A.,  has  given  long  and  effi- 
cient service  to  the  Association.  He  has 
been  a  Trustee  since  1933.  a  governing 
member  since  1935  and  the  Secretary 
since  1942.  He  served  a  term  as  President 
in  1928-1930  and  was  a  Director  from 
1915  to  1933. 

Syd  Wilmot  and  his  family  were  abroad 
during  the  summer,  touring  the  ConLi- 
nent,  England.  Scotland  and  Wales.  Back 
home  in  the  fall,  Syd  underwent  some 
surgery  but  was  "raring  to  go"  again  b\ 
the  middle  of  October. 

Chet  Hardy  was  better  this  fall  after  a 
summer  of  taking  it  easy  at  Chatham, 
Mass. 

1910 

Frank  Mansur,  who  spent  the  summer 
in  Henniker,  N.  H.,  expected  to  be  in 
Laurel,  Fla..  by  the  first  of  November. 
Don  Tobin  is  sticking  it  out  in  Richmond, 
Vt.,  where  his  address  is  Box  357. 

Ralph  Palmer's  October  letter  to  Andy 
Comstock  read  like  the  schedule  for  a 
triple  Cook"s  tour!  Ralph  was  in  Paris 
when  he  wrote,  using  up  two  and  a  half 
typewritten  pages  to  list  the  places  he"d 
been  and  the  things  he'd  seen  in  less  than 
one  week.  In  spite  of  all  the  excitement, 
Ralph  hasn't  forgotten  Brown,  though;  a 
footnote  read:  "Glad  to  see  Brown-Prince- 
ton score." 

1911 

Erwin  C.  Tomkins  "one  of  Nashville's 
foremost  citizens"  retired  from  his  man- 
agership of  the  Neuhoff  Packing  Co.,  just 
in  time  to  assume  the  directorship  of  the 
United  Givers  fund  in  the  Tennessee  city. 
Actually — believe  it  or  not — Tommy  is 
retired.  There  was  a  big  "This  is  Your 
Night"  party  in  October  to  honor  him  for 
his  43  years  of  service  to  Swift  and  Co., 
owners  of  NeuhofT.  Swift's  President  John 
Holmes  made  an  unprecedented  trip  to 
Nashville  to  give  his  personal  accolade. 
Tommy  was  also  the  guest  at  a  Chicago 
luncheon  given  by  the  Directors  of  Swift 
and  Co.  Always  active  in  civic  affairs,  he 
plans  to  keep  busy  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  most  of  the  gifts  he  received  from  his 
fellow-employees  were  for  leisure,  i.e., 
house  slippers,  television  set  and  easy 
chair. 

Julius  A.  Saacke  retired  from  business 
this  year  and  plans  to  be  in  Tucson,  Ariz., 
from  October  through  May.  His  address 
in  Tucson  is  Rosemont  Apts.,  5049  E. 
Broadway. 

Another  Classmate  leading  a  life  of 
leisure  these  days  is  Mark  Mohler,  Pro- 
fessor-emeritus of  Political  Science  at 
Skidmore  College.  Our  Classmate  went  to 
Skidmore  in  1927  and  helped  to  found 
and  develop  the  Political  Science  Depart- 
ment there.  He  is  preparing  two  books, 
"A  Primer  of  Politics"  and  a  book  on  the 
church  (he  has  studied  at  Newton  The- 
ological School),  but  still  has  time  for 
his  hobby,  music.  His  address  in  retire- 
ment is  205  Regent  St.,  Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y. 


DONALD  C.  RUBEL  '23  is  nominally  a  Re- 
publican, but,  when  the  Democrats  asked 
permission  to  nom'note  him  for  the  City 
Council  in  Philadelphia,  he  consented.  He 
won  420,000  to  317,000  over  a  former 
polic3  captain.  Rubel,  former  Brown  foot- 
ball player,  is  with  the  investment  firm  of 
Porrish  &  Co.  and  has  been  octive  in  civic 
affoirs  since  graduation. 


Wendell  R.  Swint  retired  September  30 
after  43  years  with  the  du  Pont  Company. 
"I  have  a  good  many  outside  interests," 
he  wrote  in  October,  "not  the  least  of 
which  is  trying  to  improve  the  breed  of 
Guernsey  cattle,  and  1  expect  to  enjoy 
my  new-found  leisure."  His  address: 
Wealwood  Farm,  Landenberg,  Pa. 

Robert  G.  Caswell  started  a  four 
months'  lour  of  the  East  and  Europe  in 
September.  He  had  just  completed  two 
years  as  a  chemical  engineer  on  Taiwan 
for  the  J.  G.  White  Engineering  Co.  when 
he  asked  us  to  re-route  his  mail  c/o  Maj. 
M.  G.  Lewis,  R.A.,  8  Officers  Married 
Quarter.  RAF.  Hillingdon,  Middlesex, 
England. 

1913 

Prof.  Leighton  T.  Bohl  of  the  Division 
of  Engineering  at  Brown  is  on  a  year's 
leave  of  absence  to  serve  as  a  consultant 
on  concrete  to  the  Cinder  Products  Corp. 
in  Providence.  The  three-year-old  firm  is 
doing  a  record  business  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  pumice  blocks  for  all  kinds  of 
public  and  private  construction. 

1915 

Kirk  Smith  was  Brown's  official  repre- 
sentative at  the  inauguration  in  October 
of  Carl  C.  Bracy  as  President  of  Mount 
Union  College,  Alliance,  Ohio. 

Dr.  George  W.  Waterman  was  elected 
a  director  of  the  American  Cancer  Society 
at  the  annual  meeting  in  October.  He  will 
represent  the  organization's  New  England 
and  New  York  region  for  a  year's  term. 
Our  Classmate  is  President  of  the  R.  L 
Cancer  Society  and  President-elect  of  the 
N.  E.  Surgical  Society. 

1916 

Dr.  Theodore  R.  Ford  has  left  New 
Jersey  for  Arizona.  He  is  a  physician  at 


the  Veterans  Administration  Center  in 
Whipple. 

Brig.  Gen.  Francis  W.  Rollins,  USA 
Ret.,  represented  Brown  at  the  Oct.  22 
dedication  of  the  College  of  Letters  and 
Science  at  the  University  of  California. 
Our  Classmate  is  Director  of  the  V.  A. 
Hospital  in  San  Fernando,  Calif. 

The  sympathy  of  all  alumni  is  extended 
to  Francis  J.  O'Brien  whose  son,  Francis, 
Jr.,  died  as  the  result  of  injuries  suffered 
in  a  highway  accident  in  September.  Sym- 
pathy is  also  offered  to  Maj.  Gen.  Wil- 
liam C.  Chase  whose  mother,  Mrs.  Ward 
Beecher  Chase,  died  in  Warwick,  R.  L, 
Sept.  27. 

1917 

Ralph  A.  Armstrong  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  corporation  of  the  West- 
ern N.  E.  College  in  August.  Associate 
Counsel  for  the  Massachusetts  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Co..  our  Classmate  is  him- 
self a  graduate  of  the  College's  law 
school. 

Frank  C.  Cambio  was  the  Republican 
candidate  for  Attorney  General  in  Rhode 
Island  this  fall. 

Lt.  Comdr.  Richard  H.  Spear  is  in 
Honolulu  with  the  District  Public  Works 
Office  of  the  U.  S.  Navy.  He  often  sees 
fellow-Brunonian  Lt.  Walter  C.  Newman 
■36. 

Bruce  M.  Jeffris  represented  the  Uni- 
versity at  the  inauguration  in  October  of 
Miller  Upton  as  President  of  Beloit  Col- 
lege, Beloit,  Wis. 

Prof.  Philip  R.  Sisson  of  the  French  De- 
partment at  Columbia  was  called  an  "as- 
tute and  kind  counselor"  in  an  advertise- 
ment for  the  Columbia  University  School 
of  General  Studies.  On  the  Columbia  Fac- 
ulty since  1925,  our  Classmate  comes 
home  to  his  Rhode  Island  farm  often  to 
look  after  his  sheep. 

1918 

Harold  A.  McKay  was  featured  in  a 
"Who's  Who"  column  in  the  Hartford 
(Conn.)  Times  in  August.  Our  Classmate, 
who  has  been  with  the  Travelers  Insur- 
ance Co.  for  35  years,  has  been  a  Vice- 
President  since  1949.  His  son,  Paul,  is  a 
Junior  at  Brown. 

Benjamin  Slade  was  re-elected  in  Oc- 
tober to  head  the  South  Kingstown  (R.  I.) 
Republicans  for  another  two  years. 

Walter  Adier  was  elected  President  of 
Big  Brothers  of  Rhode  Island  in  Oc- 
tober. He  had  served  the  organization  as 
Vice-President  for  two  years  before  being 
named  its  head. 


Sertonia  in  Wa.shiiigtoii 

Oct.  26  was  "Brown  Day"  at  the 
Sertoma  Club  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  when  Dr.  Leonard  Car- 
michael.  Secretary  of  the  Smithso- 
nian Institution  and  former  Chair- 
man of  Brown's  Department  of 
Psychology,  was  the  speaker.  Ed- 
ward R.  Place  '24  is  the  President 
of  Sertoma  in  the  District  and  pre- 
sided at  the  regular  weekly  lunch- 
eon on  that  date. 

Among  the  Brunonians  present 
were:  Lt.  Col.  A.  C.  Eastburn  '12, 
Richard  L.  Walsh  '37,  Theodore 
Jaffee  '32  (President-elect  of  the 
Sertoma  Club),  Harold  B.  Master 
'27,  and  John  E.  Manchester  '32. 


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BROWN    ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


1919 

Classmates  join  in  oflfering  sympathy  to 
Ralph  MuUane  whose  mother  died  sud- 
denly in  September. 

William  H.  Edwards  addressed  the 
133rd  annual  meeting  of  the  R.  I.  His- 
torical Society  in  October.  His  topic:  "The 
Three  Goats:  Footnotes  on  the  Rhode 
Island  Bench  and  Bar." 

C.  Lincoln  Vaughan  has  sold  his  ship- 
yard and  marina  in  Wickford  Harbor, 
R.  I.  Several  sub-chasers  and  patrol  craft 
were  built  at  the  yard  during  World  War 
II.  The  last  piece  of  large  construction 
was  our  Classmate's  own  "Black  Pearl," 
launched  in  1948. 

Henry  T.  Samson  stayed  in  this  country 
for  some  time  after  attending  the  June  re- 
union, making  his  headquarters  at  226 
Westchester  Ave.,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y.  He 
had  made  an  extended  stay  on  Formosa 
and  had  represented  the  United  Nations 
in  the  Far  East  as  an  agent  of  the  Inter- 
national Children's  Emergency  Fund. 

1920 

Thomas  F.  Vance,  Jr.,  has  opened  a 
law  office  in  Providence.  He  formerly 
practiced  only  in  Pawtucket. 

Albert  E.  Lownes  and  Bruce  Bigelow 
'24  are  serving  as  Vice-Presidents  of  the 
R,  I.  Historical  Society  this  year. 

Frederick  H.  Paulson  is  Director  for 
District  2  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers.  Chief  Structural  Engi- 
neer for  Charles  A.  Maguire  and  Asso- 
ciates of  Providence  since  1940,  our 
Classmate  is  the  first  Rhode  Island  man 
to  hold  an  ASCE  directorship  in  32  years. 

The  sympathy  of  Classmates  is  offered 
to  Evariste  Orteig  whose  mother,  Mrs. 
Marie  Orteig,  died  in  New  "York  City  on 
July  22. 

1921 

The  Rev.  Edwin  L.  Thornton  began  his 
new  pastorate  at  the  First  Baptist  Church, 
Middletown,  N.  Y.,  on  Sept.  15.  He  suc- 
ceeded the  Rev.  Joseph  C.  Robbins  '97, 
who  had  served  the  church  as  interim 
minister.  Thornton  completed  16  years 
and  eight  months  as  Pastor  of  the  North 
Springfield  Baptist  Church  in  North 
Springfield,  Vt.,  the  longest  tenure  in  the 
church's  history.  During  his  stay  in  Ver- 
mont, he  served  as  President  of  the  State 
Baptist  Convention  for  seven  years  and  of 
the  Vermont  Church  Council  for  two 
years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stuart  Forstall  had  two 
weddings  in  their  family  this  summer: 
daughter  Katharine  was  married  to 
A.  Mason  Helmintoller,  Jr.  (both  are 
graduates  of  the  University  of  West  Vir- 
ginia), and  son  Lloyd,  Cornell  '53,  was 
married  to  Miss  Jean  Carol  Vettel.  Lloyd 
is  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Army  Chemical 
Corps. 

1922 

Dr.  Roger  W.  Nelson  has  been  trans- 
ferred from  the  Veterans  Administration 
Hospital  in  Martinsburg,  Va.,  to  the  V.  A. 
Hospital  in  Dublin,  Georgia. 

W.  Jacques  Schuler  is  Sales  Manager 
of  the  Lovell  Mfg.  Co.  in  Erie,  Pa.,  where 
his  home  is  at  3866  Montrose  Ave.  His 
two  sons  are  graduates  of  The  Hill  School 
and  now  in  college:  Jacques,  Jr.,  is  a  Sen- 
ior at  Washington  and  Lee,  G.  Henry  a 
Junior  at  Princeton. 

William  Posey  is  enjoying  his  retire- 
ment in  White  Plains,  N.  Y.  Formerly  in 
the  automobile  business  and  an  active 
citizen  in  Peekskill,  he  now  has  plenty  of 


time  to  golf  and  fish.  He  makes  frequent 
visits  to  Windsor,  Conn.,  to  visit  his 
granddaughter.  His  son  teaches  History 
at  the  Loomis  School. 

Raymond  Rich  and  Associates  of  860 
Broadway,  NYC,  are  members  of  the 
American  Association  of  Fund-raising 
Council.  The  council  is  made  up  of  18  of 
the  leading  fund  organizations  and  has 
recently  opened  its  national  headquar- 
ter<i  in  New  York. 


Cruising  Doctor 
When  William  Willis  reached 
Samoa  in  October  after  his  6000- 
mile  Pacific  voyage  on  a  raft,  he 
was  greeted  by  Dr.  Dean  D.  Smith 
'28.  Smith,  who  is  touring  in  more 
substantial  fashion  (aboard  a  50- 
foot  schooner),  was  on  the  wel- 
coming ship  which  towed  the  balsa 
raft  into  harbor.  Willis  was  in  good 
health  and  refused  medical  atten- 
tion, according  to  the  Brunonian 
doctor. 

Smith  left  his  position  as  Chief 
of  Surgery  at  the  Wilson  Memorial 
Hospital  in  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  to 
join  three  friends  in  a  schooner 
cruise  around  the  world.  They  left 
San  Diego  a  year  ago,  sailing  down 
the  coast  of  Central  America.  Then 
they  turned  westward  to  Samoa, 
Pitcairn,  and  the  Fijis.  There  is  still 
a  lot  of  water  between  Landfall  II 
and  home. 

It  puzzled  some  of  Smith's 
friends  that  he  would  leave  the  hos- 
pital for  such  an  adventure.  He  told 
them,  "I'm  going  to  do  it  because 
you  only  come  along  this  way  once, 
and  you  might  as  well  do  what  you 
want." 


Louis  T.  Stack,  who  was  a  member  of 
that  justly-famous  musical  organization, 
the  Drum  Corps  of  the  Brown  Naval 
Training  Unit,  back  in  1918,  has  been  re- 
tired from  the  Massachusetts  National 
Guard  as  a  Lieutenant-Colonel.  At  home 
in  West  Medford,  Mass.,  Louie  keeps 
busy  keeping  tabs  on  his  two  high  school- 
ers, Sarah  and  Louis,  Jr.  For  relaxation, 
he  reads,  fishes,  hunts  and  travels. 

1923 

Lawrence  Lanpher  was  elected  Vice- 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Mary  C.  Wheeler  School  at  the  annual 
meeting  in  October. 

Arthur  S.  Fox's  son.  Art,  Jr.,  was  mar- 
ried Oct.  10  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Ann  Pugh 
of  West  Hartford,  Conn.  The  groom  is  a 
graduate  of  Colgate. 

The  program  of  the  Brown-Yale  game 
carried  a  tribute  to  Dean  Harry  Schulman 
of  the  Yale  Law  School.  The  feature  arti- 
cle described  his  work  as  a  referee  in  la- 
bor-management disputes,  an  outside  spe- 
cialty which  he  has  had  to  cut  drastically 
with  his  move  to  the  deanery.  The  story 
spoke  of  him  as  "a  scholarly-looking  man 
who  probably  is  pondering  this  afternoon 
which  team  to  root  for." 

1924 

Jack  Monk,  offering  an  inimitable  re- 
sume of  his  summer  in  New  England,  says 
of  New  Hampshire  exploits:  "The  small- 
mouth  bass  fishing  kept  my  large  mouth 


open  in  amazement.  I  pulled  out  a  two- 
pounder  off  Pine  Island  (Winnepesaukee) 
two  minutes  after  we  landed,  and  I  can't 
tell  you  which  was  the  more  surprised,  the 
bass  or  I."  A  feature  of  the  summer  was 
a  visit  with  "Cap'n  Fat"  Staples  and 
Louise. 

Vrest  Orton,  one  of  the  two  original 
editorial  associates  of  Vermont  Life,  has 
resigned  from  its  Board  but  continues  to 
write  his  regular  column,  "Some  Vermont 
Ways."  A  resident  of  Weston,  he  is  the 
Chairman  of  the  Vermont  Historic  Sites 
Commission.  His  article  in  the  August  is- 
sue of  Vermont  Life  was  on  the  theme 
that  "life  in  the  country  can  not  only  be 
as  good,  interesting,  rewarding,  and  cul- 
tured as  in  the  cities,  but  in  every  way 
more  so." 

Bruce  Bigelow  is  sharing  Vice-Presi- 
dential duties  of  the  R.  I.  Historical  So- 
ciety with  Albert  E.  Lownes  '20.  M.  Ran- 
dolph Flather  was  President  of  the  or- 
ganization last  year. 

Walton  M.  Smith  is  an  Account  Execu- 
tive with  the  New  York  public  relations 
firm,  Max  Rogel,  Inc.  He  lives  in  Alpine, 
N.  J.,  on  Apple  Tree  Lane. 

1925 

Dr.  Maurice  B.  Thompson  has  opened 
an  oflice  for  the  general  practice  of  medi- 
cine in  Milford,  Conn.  With  the  Air  Force 
for  43  months  during  World  War  II, 
"Mit"  worked  in  the  Panama  Canal  Zone 
from  1949  to  1953.  During  the  past  year 
he  served  as  admitting  physician  at  the 
U.  S.  Veterans  Hospital  in  West  Haven, 
Conn.  He  is  living  in  Bayview  with  his 
wife,  two  sons  and  daughter. 

Ralph  E.  Stoddard  was  named  Building 
Inspector  for  the  town  of  Rockland, 
Mass.,  in  August.  The  first  person  to 
serve  in  the  new  post,  Stoddard  taught 
manual  training  in  the  Rockland  High 
School  for  10  years. 

Dr.  John  R.  Hansbrough  is  Chief  of  the 
Division  of  Forest  Disease  Research  for 
the  Northeastern  Forest  Experiment  Sta- 
tion of  the  U.  S.  Forest  Service  in  Upper 
Darby,  Pa. 

George  H.  Mitchell  is  Sales  Manager 
for  Jack  Justice,  Realtor,  in  Surfside,  Fla. 
He  lives  in  Miami. 

Chairman  Gilbert  E.  Case  of  the  Brown 
Department  of  Education  represented  the 
University  at  the  inauguration  in  October 
of  Jean  Paul  Mather  as  President  of  the 
University  of  Massachusetts. 

Raymond  B.  Anthony  is  Manager  of 
the  Special  Alkalies  Section  of  the  Solvay 
Process  Division,  Allied  Chemical  and 
Dye  Corp.  With  Solvay  since  1928,  An- 
thony received  his  latest  promotion  in 
October. 

1926 

George  Y.  Loveridge's  short  story,  "The 
Latter  End."  is  among  The  Best  Ameri- 
can Short  Stories  of  1954,  edited  by  Mar- 
tha Foley  and  published  this  summer  by 
Houghton  Mifflin. 

E.  John  Notley  is  Zone  Superintendent 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  the  Aetna  Life 
Affiliated  Companies.  He  was  formerly  in 
Boise,  Idaho. 

The  sympathy  of  Classmates  is  offered 
to  Stuart  P.  W.  Cooke  whose  mother.  Dr. 
Helen  West  Cooke,  died  in  Cleveland, 
Sept.  16.  A  practicing  physician  along 
with  her  husband,  she  founded  the  Gor- 
don School  in  Providence. 

Ralph  R.  Crosby  called  for  an  "ade- 
quate and  ever-expanding  savings  pro- 
gram to  build  up  capital  and  a  mortgage 
plan  to  meet  all  borrowers'  needs"  when 


DECEMBER   1954 


25 


he  addressed  the  Mass.  Cooperative  Bank 
League  in  September.  Ralph,  who  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  Old  Colony  Bank  in  Province 
and  also  President  of  the  U.  S.  Saving  and 
Loan  League,  predicted  an  increase  in 
business  for  all  New  England  banks  be- 
cause of  the  rising  tide  of  population 
since  World  War  IL 

Ellen  Sherwood  Tomson,  who  was  born 
May  13,  1954,  is  the  granddaughter  of 
Duncan  Norton-Taylor.  Is  he  the  first 
Class  grandfather? 

1927 

Comdr.  William  Benford  is  on  the  fac- 
ulty of  the  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve  Officers 
School  which  opened  in  Providence  in 
September. 

Ralph  C.  Taylor  is  teaching  English  at 
the  Turners  Falls  (Mass.)  High  School 
this  year.  His  last  post  was  at  Colorado 
Military  Academy  where  he  headed  the 
English  department. 

Dr.  Jasper  S.  Costa  has  been  trans- 
ferred from  Paraguay  to  Costa  Rica 
where  he  is  a  tax  advisor  with  the  Insti- 
tute of  Inter-American  Affairs  mission. 
He  is  addressed  c/o  American  Embassy, 
San  Jose. 

Edward  A.  Mellom  is  owner  of  the 
Universal  Name  Plate  Co.  in  Providence. 
He  lives  in  Riverside,  R.  I.,  at  45  Rhodes 
Ave. 

Theodore  E.  Raynor  has  moved  from 
Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  to  El  Paso,  Tex., 
where  his  address  is  2715  No.  San  Marcial 
St. 

George  "Don't-Shoot-the-Piano-Player" 
Cole  became  a  grandfather  last  April 
when  his  son,  Jim  "54,  became  the  father 
of  Stephen  George  Cole  '72. 

Dr.  Orland  Smith's  son,  Orland,  is  fol- 
lowing in  his  dad's  gridiron  footsteps.  Our 


Classmate  was  on  Brown's  "Iron  Man" 
team;  his  son,  a  star  at  Providence  Coun- 
try Day  School,  scored  two  of  the  six 
touchdowns  in  a  40-0  defeat  of  Roxbury 
(Mass.)  Latin,  intercepting  three  passes 
in  the  process. 

Dr.  Ken  Burton,  Chief  of  the  Ortho- 
pedic Department  at  R.  I.  Hospital,  had 
an  opportunity  to  see  the  other  side  of 
hospital  life  not  long  ago.  He  took  his 
doctor's  advice,  though,  and  is  completely 
recovered  now.  Also  on  the  fall  "sick  list" 
was  Bill  Merriam.  We  hope  he  recovered 
speedily. 

Alex  Maley,  now  running  his  own  busi- 
ness, the  Alexander  Chemical  Corp.,  was 
recently  featured  in  advertisements  of  the 
Wyandotte  Chemical  Co.  Good  luck  to 
you  from  all  Classmates,  Alex;  duPont 
was  a  small  company  once. 

Your  Secretary  recently  tipped  over  a 
few  fast  ones  with  Eddie  Rundquist  in 
New  York  and  reports  that  Ed  is  still  bub- 
bling with  enthusiasm  for  life,  liberty  and 
the  pursuit. 

Ed  has  "finally  given  up"  apartment- 
living  and  has  his  own  home  at  231  Dog- 
wood Lane,  Manhasset,  L.  I. 

IRVING  G.  LOXLEY 

(Your  secretary  was  back  in  Provi- 
dence in  time  to  turn  in  a  neat  perform- 
ance as  the  high  school  principal  in  the 
Players"  production  of  "The  Happy 
Time." — Ed.) 

1928 

Julian  Solinger  is  now  Associate  Profes- 
sor of  Biology  at  Simmons  College.  He 
spent  his  recent  sabbatical  year  studying 
Biology  teaching  methods  at  50  colleges 
throughout  the  United  States. 

Earle  Leach  is  a  busy  man,  working  for 
the   N.   Y.   Telephone   Co..   the   London 


Sub-Dean  of  GTS 

THE  REV.  DR.  p.  M.  DAWLEY  '29 
has  been  appointed  Sub-Dean  of  the 
General  Theological  Seminary,  New  York, 
where  he  has  been  Professor  of  Ecclesi- 
astical History  for  the  past  10  years. 

Dr.  Dawley,  after  receiving  his  M.A. 
at  Brown,  attended  the  Episcopal  The- 
ological School  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, in  preparation  for  the  ministry  of  the 
Episcopal  Church.  Graduating  there  with 
the  B.D.  degree,  he  was  ordained  by  the 
Rt.  Rev.  James  De  Wolf  Perry,  formerly 
Bishop  of  Rhode  Island,  and  granted  by 
the  School  the  Phillips  Brooks  Fellowship 
for  study  abroad.  In  1938  he  received  the 
degree  of  Ph.D.  from  the  University  of 
Cambridge,  England,  a  member  of  Corpus 
Chriui  t  ollepe. 

Returning  to  parochial  work,  he  served 
first  as  Associate  Rector  of  St.  David's 
Church,  Baltimore,  and  later  as  Dean  of 
St.  Luke's  Cathedral,  Portland,  Maine,  be- 
fore his  appointment  to  the  Faculty  of  the 
General  Seminary  in  1945.  He  has  been 
prominent  in  th;  life  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  serving  as  a  Deputy  to  the  Gen- 
eral Convention  in  1943,  a  member  of 
numerous  boards  and  commissions,  a 
Delegate  to  the  Third  World  Conference 
on  Faith  and  Order  held  at  Lund  in  1952, 
^nd  an  officer  of  the  Anglican  Congress 
of  1954.  He  is  married  to  the  former 
Doro'hy  Wainwright  Knapp  of  Baltimore, 
and  they  have  three  children. 

Dr.  Dawlcv  is  v>c!l  kn'-wn  as  a  lecturer, 
preacher  and  author.  His  books  include 
"The   Religion  of  the    Prayer   Book,"   a 


popular  introduction  to  the  faith  and  prac- 
tice of  the  Church;  "The  Words  of  Life," 
a  volume  of  sermons;  "Chapters  in 
Church  History";  and  "John  Whitgift 
and  the  English  Reformation"  (The  Hale 
Lectures  for  1953).  He  is  at  present  edit- 
ing the  official  Report  of  the  Anglican 
Congress  1954. 

Three  Brown  graduates  are  currently 
students  at  General:  Alan  P.  Maynard 
'47,  Edgar  Staff  '53,  and  Charles  S.  Tyler 
'54. 


Printing  Co.,  and  the  Special  Sales  and 
Service  Co.  His  son,  Earle,  Jr.,  is  a  Fresh- 
man at  Brown  this  year.  He  was  a  scholar- 
ship winner  at  Baldwin  (L.  1.)  High 
School  and  recipient  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  Music  Award. 

Dr.  Mario  L.  Palmieri  was  named 
Health  Director  for  Middletown,  Conn., 
in  August. 

Robert  P.  Bolan,  who  had  been  on  the 
staff  of  the  Dayton  (Ohio)  Chamber  of 
Commerce  for  a  year,  has  returned  to 
New  England  to  serve  as  budget  officer 
for  the  State  of  Massachusetts.  Bob  was 
formerly  in  Providence  with  the  R.  I.  Pub- 
lic Expenditures  Council. 

George  Adams  reports  that  his  son, 
Robert,  graduated  with  honors  from 
Notre  Dame  in  June.  He  also  won  the 
Donoghue  Peace  Award  for  excellency  in 
the  field  of  Labor  Relations. 

George  Merchant,  now  Secretary  of 
the  N.  Y.  Air  Brake  Co.,  writes  that  be- 
cause of  our  25th  Reunion  he  renewed  an 
acquaintance  with  Larry  Norton  of  Chi- 
cago. It  "has  become  a  very  nice  friend- 
ship." 

Dr.  Perry  A.  Sperber  is  specializing  in 
allergies  and  dermatology  down  at  Day- 
tona  Beach,  Fla.  He  is  also  serving  as 
Curator  of  the  Daytona  Beach  Sea  Zoo. 
He  advises  young  Brunonians  to  go  South. 

Harrison  Bullard  became  a  32nd  De- 
gree Mason,  Scottish  Rite,  recently.  He 
is  also  serving  as  Treasurer  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  of  the  Cathedral  of  St. 
Mary  in  Garden  City,  N.  Y.  He  reports 
that  he  ran  into  Ernie  Throop  and  Tom 
Hoyt  not  too  long  ago. 

Recent  visitors  to  the  Physical  Educa- 
tion Office  were  John  Hopkins  and  Peter 
Howard,  sons  of  Classmates  Dr.  John 
Hopkins  and  Burt  Howard.  With  all  due 
respect  to  their  dads,  the  offspring  are 
much  better  looking. 

Horace  S.  Tuthill,  Jr.,  is  inactive  be- 
cause of  illness.  He'd  like  to  hear  from 
Classmates,  and  his  address  is  4327  Saw- 
telle  Blvd.,  Culver  City,  Calif. 

JACK   HEFFERNAN 
1929 

Donald  C.  Marschner,  Advertising  and 
Sales  Promotion  Manager  for  the  Shell 
Oil  Co.,  was  presented  with  an  emblem 
and  gold  watch  this  fall  in  honor  of  his  25 
years  of  service  with  the  company.  He 
planned  and  carried  out  the  recent  suc- 
cessful campaigns  designed  to  promote 
Shell  X-100  Motor  Oil,  Activated  Pre- 
mium Gasoline  and  TCP.  He  lives  with 
his  wife  and  four  children  in  Riverside, 
Conn. 

The  Rev.  Charles  R.  Bell,  Jr.,  assumed 
his  new  duties  as  Pastor  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Pasadena,  Calif.,  in  Oc- 
tober. The  change  came  after  10  years  of 
service  to  the  First  Baptist  Church  in 
Madison.  Wis.  Among  his  new  parishon- 
ers  are  Theron  Clark  '95  and  Abraham 
LeGrand  '96. 

Edward  Cardon's  granddaughter, 
Cheryl  Diane  Dempsey,  was  born  on  Co- 
lumbus Day  in  Tampa,  Fla.  Her  parents 
are  the  Raymond  Dempseys  of  St.  Peters- 
burg. 

Classmates  join  in  offering  sympathy  to 
Roger  Shattuck  whose  father,  Arthur  H. 
Shattuck,  died  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  Oct.  24. 

1930 

Herbert  W.  Codlin,  who  is  a  food  tech- 
nologist with  the  Seabrook  Farms  Co., 
lives  in  Seabrook,  N.  J.  He  was  formerly 
in  Tampa,  Fla. 


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BROWN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


Norman  H.  McCabe  took  over  as 
Special  Agent  in  charge  of  the  F.B.I. 
Office  in  Philadelphia  in  August.  A  mem- 
ber of  the  Bureau  since  1935,  McCabe  has 
had  a  "Cook's  tour"  of  the  United  States: 
Philadelphia  is  the  1 1th  city  to  which  he 
has  moved  with  his  wife  and  15-year-old 
son. 

The  sympathy  of  Classmates  is  offered 
to  Walter  K.  R.  Holm,  Jr.,  whose  father, 
one  of  Providence's  oldest  active  insur- 
ance salesman,  died  Sept.  24. 

Otto  Kerner,  Democratic  candidate  for 
County  Judge  of  Illinois'  Cook  County, 
had  support  from  a  committee  of  Brown 
men,  including:  Elmer  T.  Stevens  '04, 
Sherman  M.  Strong  '15,  Ronald  M.  Kim- 
ball '18,  George  O.  Podd  '20,  John  Monk 
'24,  F.  Donald  Bateman  '25,  James  G. 
Ehrlicher  '26,  F.  Abbott  Brown  '26, 
Warren  J.  Smith,  Jr.,  '32  and  H.  Calvin 
Coolidge  '49. 

1931 

Joe  Calkin  has  accepted  the  chairman- 
ship of  a  special  committee  which  is 
undertaking  to  raise  a  25th  anniversary 
gift  from  the  Class  for  its  reunion  in  1956. 
President  W.  E.  S.  Moulton  has  written 
to  the  Class:  "While  no  definite  goal  has 
been  set,  wouldn't  you  agree  with  the 
Committee  that  it  would  be  wonderful  if 
our  Class  could  be  the  first  to  present  a 
gift  of  $25,000  to  the  University  on  the 
occasion  of  its  25th  reunion?  This  would 
mean  $1,000  per  year  for  our  Class  for 
each  year  that  we  have  been  out.  This 
amount  would  be  the  largest  ever  given 
by  a  Brown  Class  as  its  25th  Anniversary 
Gift,  and  it  would  set  a  marvelous  prec- 
edent for  later  Classes." 

Several  meetings  have  been  held  by  a 
group  of  '3 1  men  to  discuss  the  project. 
Included  in  the  group  were  Secretary- 
Treasurer  Clint  Williams,  Bernie  Buon- 
anno,  Ron  Gill,  Jim  Hindley,  Art  Schwei- 
kart,  Dick  Bowen,  Dan  Jacobs,  Robley 
Louttit,  Norm  Silverman,  Galkin,  and 
Moulton. 

Dr.  Eugene  A.  Field  has  moved  into  his 
new  office  on  Wayland  Ave.  in  Provi- 
dence. His  office  is  one  unit  in  a  two- 
office,  two-apartment  arrangement  that  he 
designed  from  a  77-year-old  dwelling. 

The  Winfield  T.  Scotts  are  in  Santa  Fe, 
N.  M.,  this  year.  Before  leaving  their 
Hampton,  Conn.,  home  in  September,  the 
Scotts  were  entertained  at  supper  by  Prof, 
and  Mrs.  Ben  C.  Clough  in  Providence. 

Clair  C.  Corey  was  named  Assistant 
Traffic  Manager  for  the  international 
operations  of  the  Raytheon  Mfg.  Co.  of 
Waltham.  Mass.,  in  August.  With  the 
electronics  firm  since  1942,  our  Classmate 
lives  with  his  wife,  three  daughters  and 
two  sons  in  Dedham.  His  oldest  daughter, 
Mary  Jane,  is  a  teacher  in  the  Dedham 
school  system. 

Bradford  C.  Jones  is  Chief  Paleontolo- 
gist with  the  Union  Oil  Co.,  Annaheim, 
Calif. 

Robert  F.  Eddy,  Treasurer  of  Tilling- 
hast-Stiles  Co.,  Providence  yarn  dealers, 
has  been  named  to  the  National  Council 
of  Consultants  of  the  Small  Business 
Administration. 

1932 

C.  Richard  McManus  was  on  campus 
in  November,  displaying  his  imported 
sport  coats  and  weskits  to  the  undergradu- 
ates. Dick  works  directly  with  a  British 
supplier  in  operating  his  own  business, 
McManus  of  London.  His  home  is  at  6 
Neponset  Rd.,  Quincy,  Mass. 


THE  REV.  EDWIN  H.  TULLER  '35  has  been 
elected  Executive  Secretary  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Baptist  Convention  and  moves  from 
Hartford,  where  he  has  been  General  Sec- 
retary of  the  Connecticut  Council  of 
Churches.  In  the  latter  post  he  served  the 
cooperative  interdenominational  programs 
of  some  900  churches.  Brunonlans  remember 
him  as  speaker  at  the  Alumni  Dinner  in 
1950. 


Alfred  D.  Steiner  is  owner-manager  of 
a  new  Gob  Shop  which  opened  in  Central 
Falls,  R.  I.,  in  September. 

Huntington  Hanchett  is  directing  the 
$40,000  fund  drive  for  a  new  church, 
parish  hall  and  rectory  for  the  Episcopal 
Church  of  the  Ascension  Parish  in  Crans- 
ton, R.  I.  Total  cost  of  the  new  con- 
struction is  expected  to  be  double  the 
fund  goal. 

Lyndon  B.  Burnham  has  gone  into 
business  with  William  G.  Fienemann  '33 
as  manufacturer's  representative  in  New 
England  for  several  metal-working  com- 
panies. Burnham  was  formerly  General 
Sales  Manager  of  the  Worcester  Pressed 
Steel  Co. 

1933 

J.  McCall  Hughes  was  elected  President 
of  Controllership  Foundation,  Inc.,  the 
research  arm  of  the  Controllers  Institute 
of  America.  A  trustee  of  the  Foundation 
since  1952,  our  Classmate  served  it  in 
various  administrative  capacities  before 
his  election  to  the  top  post.  He  is  Vice- 
President  and  Controller  of  the  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Co.  of  New  York. 

Lewis  C.  Beauparlant  is  Librarian  for 
the  Warren  (R.  I.)  School  Department. 

George  A.  Freeman  was  named  Mana- 
ger of  Lamp  Development  in  the  Lamp 
Division  of  the  Westinghouse  Co.,  Bloom- 
field,  N.  J.,  in  June.  He  has  been  with  the 
Division  since  graduation. 

1934 

Roger  O.  Van  Duzer  helped  to  open  a 
new  radio  station,  WPDQ,  in  Jackson- 
ville, Fla.,  this  summer.  He  was  formerly 
with  a  television  station  in  Houston,  Tex. 

Joe  Buonanno  is  serving  as  President 
of  the  Providence  Gridiron  Club  which 
opened  its  10th  season  of  weekly  fall  din- 
ners on  Oct.  6. 


Bancroft  Littlefield  was  elected  Secre- 
tary of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Mary 
C.  Wheeler  School  in  October. 

1935 

Dr.  Justin  J.  Parvey  has  opened  his 
Town  and  Country  Animal  Hospital  on 
Route  50  in  Fairfax,  Va.  His  home  is  in 
Falls  Church  at  718  Labella  Walk. 

George  L.  Cohen  is  a  wholesale  jeweler 
and  watch  importer  in  Brockton,  Mass. 
He  is  also  the  father  of  three  children: 
Nathan  5,  Deborah  almost  4,  and  Esther, 
who  is  only  I'/z  months  old. 

Robert  B.  McLeod  operates  his  own 
insurance  counselling  business  in  West 
Warwick,  R.  1.  Last  spring  he  was  elected 
Grand  Secretary,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
Rhode  Island. 

Henry  B.  Childs  was  named  Assistant 
to  the  Manager  of  Engineering  at  Under- 
wood Corporation's  General  Research 
Laboratory  in  Hartford,  Conn.  He  has 
been  with  Underwood  since  graduation 
except  for  three  years'  service  with  the 
Marines  during  World  War  II  and  a  po- 
sition with  the  Niles-Bement-Pond  Co. 
from  1948  to  1952. 

Knight  D.  Robinson  represented  his 
architectural  firm  at  October  ceremonies 
opening  the  new  Fox  Point  Elementary 
School  in  Providence. 

1936 

Lucian  Drury  was  named  Accounting 
Manager  of  the  General  Electric  Com- 
pany's steam  turbine-generator  depart- 
ment at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  in  September. 
He  had  been  with  the  company  in  New 
Jersey. 

Wally  Capron  wrote  in  September  that 
it  was  "nice  accidentally  seeing  Phil  Glat- 
felter  '38  and  King  Meyer  '43"  one  Sep- 
tember week  at  The  Greenbrier,  White 
Sulphur  Springs,  W.  Va. 

John  D.  Glover  was  named  a  full  Pro- 
fessor of  Business  Administration  at  Har- 
vard last  summer. 

Maj.  Alcide  Santilli  is  at  Camp  Zama  in 
Japan  with  the  Intelligence  Division  of 
Far  East  Headquarters. 

1937 

Francis  T.  Eddy  took  over  as  Assistant 
Manager  of  Technicraft  Laboratories, 
Inc.,  Thomaston.  Conn.,  in  August.  Eddy, 
who  was  formerly  with  the  Waterbury 
Division  of  the  Chase  Brass  and  Copper 
Co.,  is  a  vice-president  of  the  American 
Electroplaters  Society. 

Roger  D.  Mclntyre  is  Assistant  Coun- 
sel for  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Co.  A  specialist  in  estate  plan- 
ning and  tax  and  corporation  law,  Roger 
had  been  in  private  practice  in  Milwau- 
kee, Wis.,  since  1946. 

Allyn  L.  Brown,  Jr.,  was  elected  Presi- 
dent of  the  Connecticut  State  Bar  Asso- 
ciation in  October. 

1938 

Davis  B.  Allen  of  the  New  York  firm 
of  Skidmore,  Owings  and  Merrill  is  Archi- 
tect-in-Charge  of  the  construction  of  the 
new   Hilton    hotel    in    Istanbul,    Turkey. 

John  Montgomery.  Secretary  of  the 
Pacific  Coast  Dept.  of  the  Travelers  Fire 
and  the  Charter  Oak  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
panies, qualified  for  the  Chartered  Prop- 
erty Casualty  Underwriters  designation 
in  September. 

R.  Joseph  Novogrod  is  doing  promo- 
tion and  public  relations  work  in  Ohio  for 
the  Phillips-Jones  Corp.,  makers  of  Van 


DECEMBER    1954 


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Heusen   shirts.    He   prefers   mail    at    his 
home  address  in  Warren,  R.  I. 

Wesley  Sholes  was  appointed  to  the 
Norwich  (Conn.)  Housing  Authority  in 
September.  He  is  in  charge  of  the  mort- 
gage and  real  estate  department  at  the 
Norwich  Savings  Society. 

1939 

Francis  P.  Carr,  who  served  Senator 
Joseph  McCarthy  as  Executive  Director 
of  his  investigating  sub-committee  last 
winter,  resigned  October  31  to  accept  a 
position  with  Associated  Transport,  Inc., 
trucking  firm  with  headquarters  in  New 
York  City. 

The  sympathy  of  all  Classmates  is 
extended  to  H.  Arthur  Lane,  Jr.,  whose 
son.  John,  drowned  in  Sebago  Lake,  Me., 
in  August.  He  was  six  years  old. 

1940 

Thomas  L.  Mahoney  is  Director  of 
Student  Counselling  at  Hillyer  College, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  the  first  person  to 
occupy  the  new  position. 

Dexter  E.  Coggeshall  was  named  As- 
sistant Manager  for  Massachusetts  of  the 
automobile  underwriting  department  of 
the  Liberty  Mutual  Insurance  Co.  in 
August.  He  lives  in  Needham,  Mass. 

Daniel  W.  Daly,  Jr.,  a  lawyer  in  Brad- 
ford, Pa.,  was  named  a  director  of  the 
McKean  County  Federal  Savings  and 
Loan  Association  in  August.  He  is  also 
a  director  of  the  Bradford  National  Bank. 

1941 

Clifton  S.  Gustafson  is  Assistant  Man- 
ager in  the  N.  E.  Division  business  lines 
production  of  the  Liberty  Mutual  Insur- 
ance Co.  He  works  in  the  home  office  of 
the  company  in  Boston. 

Arnold  R.  Eggert,  who  is  with  the 
State  Mutual  Life  Assurance  Co.  of  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  is  Manager  of  the  com- 
pany's Albany  (N.Y.)  agency. 

Capt.  Walter  J.  Mullen,  Jr.,  is  Assistant 
Professor  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics 
with  the  R.  O.  T.  C.  unit  at  Iowa  State 
College.  In  the  Army  since  1942,  Walt 
returned  to  the  United  States  this  fall 
after  three  years  in  Heidelburg.  Germany. 
He  is  married  and  the  father  of  two 
children:  Jeanne  7  and  Walter  III  5. 

Douglas  S.  Kennedy  is  Editor  of  True, 
The  Man's  Magazine.  He  was  formerly 
a  sports  writer  for  the  A'.  1'.  Herald 
Tribune  and  Time  Magazine. 

Charles  E.  Ailing  is  with  the  Bullard 
Machine  Co.  of  Bridgeport,  but  he  main- 
tains his  home  in  Dover,  Mass. 

Aubrey  Raymond  joined  the  legal  staff 
of  the  Republic  Aviation  Corp.,  Farming- 
dale,  N.  v.,  in  July.  He  was  formerly 
with  a  law  firm  in  New  York  City. 

1942 

State  Senator  Joseph  R.  Weisberger  was 
the  keynote  speaker  at  the  Republican 
State  Convention  in  Rhode  Island  in 
October. 

John  E.  Holden  was  named  Assistant 
Director  in  Charge  of  Advertising  for  the 
Armstrong  Cork  Co..  Lancaster.  Pa.,  in 
August.  Working  with  him  in  the  Ad- 
vertising and  Promotion  Dept.  is  Craig 
W.  Moodie  '46,  a  fellow  D.  U. 

Edward  R.  O'Shea  is  Media  Director 
for  the  Applegate  Advertising  Agency  in 
Muncie,  Ind. 

William  J.  Roberts.  East  on  business, 
was  able  to  get  up  to  New  Haven  for  the 
Yale  football  game  and  took  back  a  re- 


port for  one  of  the  regular  Chicago 
Brown  Club  luncheons.  He  renewed  old 
soccer  acquaintances  by  sitting  in  at  that 
game  beforehand,  too. 

1943 

Stratton  Walling  was  an  actor  at  the 
Corning  (N.  Y.)  Summer  Theater  this 
past  season.  His  permanent  address  is 
119  Bank  St..  NYC  14. 

Henry  A.  Weil  is  Vice-President  and 
General  Manager  of  Weil  and  Scott  Bros., 
Inc.,  automobile  dealers  of  Baltimore. 

George  A.  Winslow  has  assumed  his 
duties  as  Assistant  Headmaster  of  the 
Lesley-Ellis  School  in  Boston.  He  is  also 
teaching  and  directing  athletics  in  the 
elementary  grades. 

Dr.  Mortimer  A.  Gallagher  has  joined 
the  staff  of  the  Akron  Clinic,  Akron, 
Ohio,  as  a  general  surgeon. 

1944 

William  H.  Lacey,  Jr.,  is  wholesale  rep- 
resentative for  North  American  Securities 
Co.  in  Northern  California,  Nevada  and 
the  Pacific  Northwest.  Formerly  associ- 
ated with  F.  Eberstadt  and  Co.,  Inc.,  he  is 
an  experienced  securities  adviser  and  a 
lawyer.  North  American  is  general  dis- 
tributor for  Commonwealth  Investment 
Co.  and  Commonwealth  Stock  Fund. 

Dr.  Hermes  C.  Grillo  is  Chief  Resident 
Surgeon  at  the  Massachusetts  General 
Hospital  in  Boston  and  a  teaching  fellow 
at  the  Harvard  Medical  School. 

Irving  R.  Levine,  Far  East  news  expert, 
was  the  second  lecturer  in  the  fall  series 
sponsored  by  Brown  University  and  the 
R.  I.  Department  of  Education  for  local 
teachers. 

The  Rev.  Peter  Chase  is  a  priest-stu- 
dent at  St.  Augustine's  College,  Canter- 
bury, England,  which  is  the  Central  Col- 
lege of  the  Anglican  Communion.  He  and 
his  bride  plan  to  return  to  this  country 
in  July.  They  spent  September  on  the 
Continent,  enjoying,  among  other  pleas- 
ures, a  visit  with  Philip  A.  Osberg  of  the 
American  Express  Co.,  Stuttgart.  Peter 
notes  that  our  reference  to  his  wedding 
last  June  listed  most  of  the  Brown  men 
involved  but  might  have  mentioned  the 
fact  that  the  Rev.  Herbert  W.  Bolles  '46 
celebrated  the  nuptial  Eucharist.  The 
Chases'  Canterburv  address  is  21,  Oaten 
Hill. 

1945 

Milt  Machlin  is  reported  to  be  editing 
three  magazines  for  Magazine  House, 
Inc.,  New  York  publishers. 

Lt.  William  A.  Stoops.  Jr.,  is  with  the 
Office  of  Naval  Officer  Procurement  in 
Boston.  He  comes  down  to  Brown  fre- 
quently to  interview  undergraduates  who 
are  considering  careers  in  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

Dr.  Banice  M.  Webber  is  Chief  Resi- 
dent in  Surgery  at  the  Roswell  Park  Me- 
morial Hospital  in  Buffalo.  N.  Y. 

Dave  Bell,  who  managed  the  Brown 
University  Store  for  two  years,  has  moved 
to  Reading,  Pa.,  where  he  is  manager  of 
The  Book  Mart.  He  is  living  with  his  wife 
and  two  sons  at  276  No.  13th  St.  in  Read- 
ing. 

James  N.  Cranor  is  an  Instructor  in  en- 
gineering drawing  and  three-dimensional 
design  at  the  R.  I.  School  of  Design  this 
year.  A  School  of  Design  graduate.  Jim 
has  been  doing  free-lance  work  as  an  in- 
dustrial sculptor. 

Dr.  Edmund  T.  Peckham  is  Assistant 
Registrar  and  Assistant  Professor  of  His- 
tory at  Rice  Institute  in  Houston,  Tex. 


Ted  Walser  is  Sales  Manager  for  the 
Americana  Corp.  in  Denver,  Colo.  He's 
keeping  his  home  address  in  Odessa,  Tex., 
though. 

Charles  F.  Dumbleton  is  a  speech  ther- 
apist in  the  Middletown  (Conn.)  School 
System.  With  his  M.A.  in  Education  from 
Boston  University,  he  taught  for  two 
years  in  Delaware. 

1946 

Dr.  Jerome  K.  Sherman  received  his 
Ph.D.  from  the  State  University  of  Iowa 
in  February.  A  biology  student,  he  is  with 
the  University's  department  of  Cancer  Re- 
search. 

Craig  W.  Moodie,  Jr.,  who  has  been 
with  the  Armstrong  Cork  Co.  since  1947, 
this  summer  became  Assistant  Director 
in  Charge  of  Promotion.  Assistant  Direc- 
tor in  Charge  of  Advertising  is  another 
D.U.,  John  E.  Holden  '42. 

Robert  Nason  is  teaching  art  in  the 
Brookfield  (Mass.)  School  Union  this 
year.  He  has  taught  art  in  Sharon  and 
Peterborough,  N.  H. 

James  Russell  Blease  has  been  released 
from  the  U.S.  Navy  and  is  practicing  law 
in  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

John  Roberts  was  a  film  editor  on  Louis 
DeRochemont's  third  cinerama  film  due 
out  this  fall. 

Walter  Neiman  is  Assistant  to  the  Man- 
ager of  the  N.  Y.  Times  radio  station, 
WQXR. 

Fred  Suffa  received  special  commenda- 
tion in  August  for  his  work  in  the  Bureau 
of  Labor  Statistics  of  the  U.S.  Departmeiit 
of  Agriculture.  A  mathematical  statisti- 
cian with  the  Bureau,  Fred  lives  in  Alex- 
andria, Va.  He  and  Dan  Tolman  '49  were 
planning  to  make  the  Brown-Lehigh  game 
on  October  30. 

Alvin  S.  Blum  is  a  biochemist  with  the 
Radioisotrope  Unit  at  the  Veterans  Ad- 
ministration Hospital  in  Coral  Gables, 
Fla. 

Ivory  Littlefield,  Jr.,  is  Chairman  of  the 
Lecture  Committee  of  the  R.  I.  Historical 
Society  this  year. 

Woodbury  Titcomb  is  new  President 
of  the  YMCA  in  Reading,  Mass.  He  is  in 
the  investment  department  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Boston. 

1947 

Kevin  R.  Cash  has  been  out  of  the  U.  S. 

Navy  since  last  February.  He  is  with  the 
Field  Advertising  Dept.  of  Proctor  and 
Gamble.  Since  his  position  entails  exten- 
sive traveling,  he  prefers  mail  at  his  busi- 


M;i!iter  of  Engineering 
A  PROGRAM  ENABLING  Working  engi- 
neers in  Rhode  Island  to  earn  a  Master 
of  Engineering  degree  in  their  spare  time 
is  being  offered  at  Brown  University  this 
fall  for  the  second  year. 

Last  year  Brown  aimed  the  new  pro- 
gram "for  engineers  in  practice"  towards 
the  Master  of  Science  degree  which  in- 
cludes work  in  a  foreign  language.  The 
Master  of  Engineering  degree  offered  this 
year  does  not  call  for  such  language  pro- 
ficiency. 

Graduate  courses  similar  to  daytime 
graduate  courses  in  Mathematics  and 
Electrical.  Mechanical  and  Civil  Engi- 
neering are  given  in  the  late  afternoon 
and  evening  so  that  employed  engineers 
may  attend  after  work  hours.  Each 
course  meets  twice  a  week  for  two  hours, 
and  candidates  may  take  one  or  two 
courses. 


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BRO'WN   ALUMNI   MONTHLY 


ness  address,  P.O.  Box  599,  Cincinnati  1, 
Ohio. 

Tlie  Rev.  William  E.  Stone  began  his 
duties  as  Minister  of  the  Wolcott  Congre- 
gational Church,  Bristol,  Conn.,  on  Sep- 
tember 1.  He  succeeded  his  father,  the 
Rev.  Walter  Stone,  who  resigned  in  order 
to  teach  Philosophy  at  Hillyer  College. 
Our  Classmate  had  served  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  in  Swanzey,  N.  H.,  for  five 
years. 

Richard  G.  Huntley  is  Production  Di- 
rector of  WMVT-TV,  a  new  television 
station  in  Burlington,  Vt.  He  has  worked 
as  a  director  at  television  stations  in  Bos- 
ton and  Worcester,  Mass. 

Dr.  Marvin  S.  Perils  is  a  resident  in 
Internal  Medicine  at  Grace  Hospital,  De- 
troit, Mich. 

Clayton  B.  Shiver  has  his  own  archi- 
tectural firm  in  Amarillo,  Tex. 

Ralph  E.  Heinzerling,  a  free-lance  com- 
mercial artist,  lives  in  Port  Washington, 
Long  Island. 

Douglas  Warner,  Jr.,  is  a  research  phys- 
icist at  the  Johns  Hopkins  Institute  of 
Co-operative  Research.  He  is  working  on 
his  Ph.D. 

Cole  A.  Lewis  was  named  an  analyst 
in  the  Personnel  Research  Division  of  the 
Prudential  Life  Insurance  Co.  in  July.  He 
is  at  the  home  office  in  Newark. 

1948 

Richard  G.  Johnson  has  moved  from 
Pennsylvania  to  Indiana  where  he  is  now 
working  in  the  Missile  Section  of  the 
Bendix  Products  Division  of  the  Bendix 
Aviation  Corp.  He  is  working  on  the  de- 
sign and  development  of  hydraulic  sys- 
tems for  guided  missiles.  His  address: 
2730  East  Jefferson  Blvd.,  South  Bend, 
Ind. 

Paul  F.  Lehan,  after  three  years  with 
the  government  in  Washington,  has 
moved  back  home  to  Brockton,  Mass.  He 
is  practicing  law  in  association  with  Wil- 
liam C.  Drohan  '05. 

Donald  Lucas  is  teaching  Mathematics 
and  Science  at  Lamoille  Central  Acad- 
emy, Hyde  Park,  Vt.,  this  year.  Previously 
he  taught  navigation  to  OCS  students  at 
Newport,  R.  I. 

Berton  F.  Hill,  Jr.,  is  in  Washington 
with  the  American  Institute  for  Biological 
Sciences,  a  division  of  the  National  Re- 
search Council. 

John  D.  Logan,  Jr.,  is  a  Fulbright  lec- 
turer at  the  University  of  Salonika, 
Greece.  His  course  is  on  "The  teaching 
of  English  as  a  second  language." 

Edward  X.  Tuttle,  Jr.,  is  a  draftsman 
with  the  Saginaw  (Mich.)  architectural 
firm,  Frantz  and  Spence.  He  received  his 
Bachelor  of  Architecture  degree  from  the 
University  of  Michigan  in  February  1954. 

John  E.  Smith  is  District  Manager  in 
Manchester,  Conn.,  for  the  Ray-O-Vac 
Co.  He  was  formerly  with  Coca-Cola. 

Edward  R.  O'Brien  is  teaching  English 
at  Radnor  (Pa.)  High  School. 

Bill  Roach  was  released  from  active 
duty  with  the  U.  S.  Navy  in  September. 
He  is  with  the  Public  Relations  Dept.  of 
the  N.  Y.  Telephone  Co.  and  lives  in 
White  Plains  with  his  wife  and  two  chil- 
dren. 

Lester  Rand's  Youth  Research  Institute 
has  been  receiving  lots  of  publicity  lately 
for  the  service  it  provides  to  businessmen 
all  over  the  country.  The  latest  item  was 
an  article  by  Les  in  the  New  York  Times 
Magazine  for  Sunday,  October  17. 

William  H.  Buck  is  Catalog  Supervisor 
in  the  Equipment  Sales  Division  of  the 
Raytheon  Co.,  Waltham,  Mass. 


RHODE  ISLAND  MOVIE-MAKERS  gave  the  first  award  in  their  recent  competiiion  to  George  C. 
Henderson  '38  (left),  Director  of  the  Brown  Photo  Lab.  His  colorful  sound  film,  "Ski  Time,"  made 
in  the  New  Hampshire  snow  belt,  is  also  being  entered  in  national  and  international  competitions. 


1949 

William  R.  Dewaal,  who  is  now 
Brother  Henry,  O.C.D.,  expects  to  be  in 
Washington  for  at  least  four  years.  He  is 
with  the  Discalced  Carmelite  Fathers  at 
2131  Lincoln  Rd.  N.E.,  Washington  2. 

Elwin  G.  Wilder  took  over  his  new 
duties  as  Manager  of  the  N.  Y.  Life  In- 
surance Co.'s  Rhode  Island  branch  office 
in  September.  He  was  formerly  with  the 
company  in  a  New  Jersey  branch. 

Arthur  N.  Green  is  working  out  of  the 
New  York  City  office  of  the  Atlas  Pow- 
der Co.  He  is  with  the  Chemical  Depart- 
ment's Sales  Develpoment  Division  and 
is  especially  concerned  with  textiles. 

David  H.  Mason  is  the  new  Treasurer 
of  the  F.  D.  Cook  Lumber  Co.,  Nashua, 
N.  H.  With  the  company  since  graduation. 
Dave  is  active  in  civic  affairs  in  both 
Nashua  and  Lowell,  Mass.  He  is  also 
Treasurer  of  the  William  P.  Proctor  Co. 

Robert  H.  MacLachlan  is  Advertising 
Manager  for  International  Operations  of 
the  General  Foods  Corp.  Bob,  who  has 
been  with  the  corporation  less  than  a  year, 
was  formerly  in  the  administration  at 
Brown. 

Robert  F.  Brownell  is  an  Instructor  and 
coach  at  the  Berkshire  School,  Sheffield, 
Mass.,  this  year.  A  V-12er  at  Brown,  Bob 
had  been  on  the  staff  at  Tabor  Academy, 
Marion,  Mass. 

Dick  Walton  received  his  M.S.  from 
the  Columbia  Graduate  School  of  Jour- 
nalism in  June  and  is  now  reporting  for 
the  Providence  Journal.  He  sent  us  news 
of  John   M.  Campbell,  who  is  an  elec- 


tronics engineer  with  Sperry  Gyroscope 
on  Long  Island,  and  several  non-Class- 
mate Brunonians. 

Randall  Goff,  who  received  a  Bache- 
lor's degree  and  a  Master's  degree  in  Me- 
chanical Engineering  from  the  University 
of  Maine,  is  with  the  National  Bureau  of 
Standards  in  Washington.  He  is  living  in 
nearby  Hyattsville,  Md. 

Clayton  T.  Lyons  is  an  accountant  with 
the  International  Minerals  and  Chemical 
Co.,  Bartow,  Fla. 

Daniel  R.  Nicoletti  is  one  of  New 
York's  finest,  assigned  to  the  109th  Pre- 
cinct. 

William  G.  Wald,  who  received  his 
Bachelor's  degree  from  the  Georgetown 
School  of  Foreign  Service,  is  now  a  sen- 
ior at  the  Georgetown  Law  School. 

Edward  W.  Mink,  Jr.,  is  Assistant  Per- 
sonnel Manager  of  the  Bristol  Brass 
Corp.,  Bristol,  Conn. 

Harry  J.  Bechman,  Jr.,  is  an  account- 
ing management  trainee  with  the  National 
Tube  Co.  division  of  U.  S.  Steel  in  Gary, 
Ind. 

Conrad  Swanson  is  with  the  Chatham, 
N.  J.,  office  of  Manufacturers  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Co.  He  moved  from  old  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  to  New  Providence.  N.  J., 
where  he  lives  at  20  Morehouse  Place. 

Dr.  Wesley  L.  Mayo  has  opened  his 
office  for  the  general  practice  of  dentistry 
in  Providence. 

Bernard  T.  Donnelly,  Jr.,  is  teaching 
this  year  at  Northampton  (Mass.)  High 
School.  Besides  his  classes  in  English,  he 
coaches  the  debating  team.  He  received 
his  Master's  degree  from  the  University 


DECEMBER   1954 


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of  Pennsylvania  and  has  taught  at  Valley 
Forge  Military  Academy. 

Jack  Fleming  has  resigned  his  position 
as  Assistant  Promotion  Manager  for 
Printer's  Ink  magazine  in  order  to  return 
to  college.  He  is  working  on  his  Ph.D.  in 
Clinical  Psychology  at  the  University  of 
Colorado  in  Boulder.  He  is  living  in  Den- 
ver at  1539  Garfield  St. 

Dr.  Raymond  R.  Hindersinn  received 
his  doctorate  in  Organic  Chemistry  from 
the  University  of  Wisconsin  in  the  sum- 
mer and  has  been  appointed  to  the  staff 


of  the  Research  and  Development  Depart- 
ment of  the  Hooker  Electrochemical  Co., 
Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Walter  N.  Kaufman  is  now  associated 
with  the  Chicago  law  firm  of  Arvey, 
Hodes  and  Mantynband. 

1950 

After  being  held  off  by  Hurricane 
Carol,  the  Class  Reunion  Committee 
weathered  Hurricane  Hazel  on  Home- 
coming Day  to  hold  its  initial  meeting. 


A  Wreath  for  Wheeler 


AS  THE   UNIVERSITY  of  Colifornio  noted  the  centennial  of   Benjamin   Ide  Wheeler  '75. 

President  Sproul,  second   right,  and  Chancellor  Kerr,  second   left,  took  port  in  exercises 

at   Berkeley   along   with   former  officers   of  the   alumni  and   student  associations.   (Photo 

from  the  California  Monthly) 


IT  IS  WELL  that  the  University  of 
California  should  remember  Benja- 
min Ide  Wheeler.  For  it  was  he  who, 
during  the  critical  years  from  1899  to 
1919,  laid  the  foundations  for  the  institu- 
tion that  is  our  pride  today." 

In  simple  ceremonies  on  July  15,  Presi- 
dent Robert  Gordon  Sproul  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  California  paid  this  tribute  and 
placed  a  wreath  before  the  bust  of 
Wheeler  in  the  lobby  of  the  classroom  at 
Berkeley  which  bears  his  name.  The  ob- 
servances were  in  honor  of  the  100th  an- 
niversary of  Wheeler's  birth. 

Wheeler,  a  graduate  of  Brown  in  1875, 
with  an  A.M.  in  1878  and  an  honorary 
LL.D.  in  1900,  was  also  an  instructor  in 
Classics  at  Brown  for  two  years.  He 
taught  at  Cornell  for  more  than  two  dec- 
ades before  going  to  California.  His  work 
there  is  summarized  in  the  September  is- 
sue of  the  California  Monthly: 

"One  of  California's  most  beloved  and 
outstanding  presidents,  Wheeler  headed 
the  University  for  20  years.  During  that 
time,  1 1  new  buildings  were  constructed 


on  the  campus;  the  University  library 
achieved  a  position  of  eminence  among 
the  nation's  educational  institutions:  new 
divisions  such  as  the  Citrus  Experiment 
Station,  University  Farm  at  Davis, 
Hooper  Foundation  for  Medical  Re- 
search, Scripps  Institution  of  Oceanogra- 
phy, the  University  Press,  the  graduate 
divisions,  and  summer  sessions  at  Los 
Angeles  were  initiated. 

"Wheeler  was  also  responsible  for  the 
addition  of  20  new_  Departments  at  Berke- 
ley and  for  the  expansion  of  the  College 
of  Agriculture,  development  of  Univer- 
sity Extension,  and  the  creation  of  a  Fac- 
ulty of  renowned  scholars  which  had  in- 
creased from  153  to  583  at  the  time  of 
his  retirement.  He  was  noted  for  his  close 
identification  with  students  and  was  in- 
strumental in  promoting  the  high  measure 
of  student  government  which  now  dis- 
tinguishes the  student  body,  on  all  cam- 
puses. During  his  term  of  office,  the 
Berkeley  student  body  increased  from 
2000  to  7380." 


Preliminary  plans  were  laid  for  the  Fifth 
Reunion  which  promises  to  be  the  biggest 
ever  in  the  history  of  Brown.  Rolland 
Jones  '49  was  on  hand  to  brief  the  com- 
mittee on  his  experiences  as  Chairman  of 
his  Class's  Reunion  last  June.  There  to 
listen  and  learn  were:  Ralph  Seifert,  An- 
tonio Tente,  Bernard  Berstein,  Bill  Mayer, 
Jay  Barry,  Thomas  Costello,  Larry  Hop- 
fenberg,  John  Swanton  and  Jack  Schrei- 
ber. 

Ronald  A.  Sammis  is  out  of  the  U.  S. 
Army  now  and  a  sales  engineer  for  the 
Grinnell  Co.  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Joseph  F.  Condon  is  teaching  English 
and  Social  Studies  at  Provincetown  High 
School  this  year.  Joe  is  also  helping  with 
football  and  baseball  coaching  duties  on 
the  tip  of  Cape  Cod. 

Three  other  Classmates  in  teaching  are 
Ted  Crane  who  is  an  instructor  in  the 
"Great  Issues"  course  at  Dartmouth:  En- 
gene  O'Donnell  who  is  an  English  instruc- 
tor at  Brown:  and  James  Leach  who 
teaches  the  sixth  grade  at  Abraham  Lin- 
coln School,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Lt.  Adolph  Anderson,  Jr.,  is  a  legal 
officer  at  the  Strategic  Air  Command 
base,  Ellsworth  AFB,  S.  D.  He  went  on 
active  duty  in  August  after  practicing  law 
in  Rhode  Island  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He 
is  already  looking  forward  to  Cominence- 
ment  '55. 

Richard  Nason  left  his  reporting  job 
with  the  Providence  Journal  to  write  tele- 
vision news  scripts  for  United  Press-Fox 
Movietone  News  in  New  York  City. 

Alfred  Forstall  is  out  of  the  U.  S.  Army 
and  studying  at  the  University  of  Mary- 
land. 

William  E.  Parmenter,  Jr.,  is  associ- 
ated with  the  Providence  law  firm  of  Til- 
linghast,  Collins  and  Tanner.  He  received 
his  Doctor  of  Jurisprudence  degree  from 
the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School 
in  June. 

Alan  Ross  is  still  working  on  his  Ph.D. 
from  Iowa  State  University.  Meanwhile 
he  is  a  research  associate  in  the  Dept.  of 
Biostatistics,  Graduate  School  of  Public 
Health,  University  of  Pittsburgh.  His  son, 
Thomas,  is  almost  a  year  and  a  half  old 
now. 

Jack  Merchant,  a  geologist  with  New 
Jersey  Zinc  since  completing  his  graduate 
studies  at  Ann  Arbor,  has  been  trans- 
ferred to  one  of  the  company's  mines  at 
Gilman,  Colo.  Jack  has  moved  his  wife 
and  baby  to  this  mountain  town  where 
they  live  at  a  9000-foot  elevation. 

Sante  Breda  was  released  from  active 
duty  with  the  U.  S.  Navy  in  .August,  as 
a  Lieutenant  (jg).  His  most  recent  assign- 
ment was  in  French  Morocco. 

Samuel  Metzger  III  is  Assistant  Man- 
ager of  the  Insurance  Department  of  the 
American  Smelting  and  Refining  Co.,  with 
offices  in  New  York  City. 

Bob  Searles  coached  the  ends  and  line 
backers  for  the  Millburn  (N.  J.)  High 
School  football  team  this  fall.  A  geog- 
raphy teacher  at  Millburn  this  year,  he 
is  working  on  his  M.A.  at  Newark  State 
Teachers  College. 

William  M.  MacMillan  was  named 
Manager  of  Sales  Promotion  and  Adver- 
tising for  the  Textile  Division  of  the  U.  S. 
Rubber  Co.  in  July.  He  was  formerly  with 
Deering  Milliken  and  Co.,  Inc. 

1951 

Dr.  Robert  S.  Fields,  who  received  his 
dental  degree  from  Tufts  in  June,  is  with 
the  U.  S.  Navy  at  Bainbridge,  Md.,  as  a 
Lieutenant  (jg).  At  Tufts  he  was  a  mem- 


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ber  of  Alpha  Omega  fraternity  and  the 
Andrews  Honor  Society,  and  he  served 
as  President  of  the  Student  Council  and 
as  Business  Manager  of  the  yearbook.  He 
belongs  to  Omicron  Kappa  Upsilon,  na- 
tional honorary  dental  fraternity. 

Lt.  (jg)  Herbert  J.  Burrows  is  teach- 
ing this  year  in  the  U.  S.  Naval  R.O.T.C. 
unit  at  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute. 

Two  Classmates  out  of  service  are 
Stephen  T.  Smith,  now  studying  at  the 
Harvard  Graduate  School  of  Education, 
and  Alan  S.  Calnan,  who  was  relaxing  in 
Milan,  Italy,  when  he  wrote  us  in  August. 

John  H.  Hilpman  II  is  working  on  a 
special  project  at  Ft.  George  G.  Meade, 
Md.  He  expects  to  be  discharged  next 
June. 

Robert  Lenker  is  with  Prudential  In- 
surance Co.  in  Newark,  N.  J. 

Frank  Powers  took  over  in  September 
his  new  responsibilities  as  Manager  of  the 
Newburyport-Amesbury  (Mass.)  District 
of  the  N.E.  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Co. 
The  promotion  was  sort  of  a  wedding 
present,  coming  as  it  did  the  day  Frank 
returned  from  his  honeymoon. 

George  E.  Brown  is  teaching  English 
at  Bradford  Junior  College,  Bradford, 
Mass.,  this  year.  He  is  working  towards 
his  Ph.D.  at  Duke. 

When  Sidney  M.  Johnson  sent  us  his 
new  address  in  September,  he  also  noted 
that  Stephen  Mark  Johnson  would  be  two 
years  old  on  Nov.  27.  The  new  address: 
Clifford  Ave.,  RFD  3,  Waterville,  Me. 

Jerry  Zeoli  is  again  player-coach  of  the 
Grande  Club  football  team,  one  of  the 
leading  semi-pro  elevens  in  New  England. 
Playing  its  home  games  in  the  Cranston 
Stadium,  the  club  opened  its  season  with 
a  6-6  tie  with  the  Fairhaven  Varsity  Club. 
Zeoli  plays  in  the  backfield  as  he  has  for 
four  seasons.  Bob  Rougvie  '49  is  another 
Brown  product  in  the  Grande  line-up,  a 
veteran  tackle  who  has  played  every  sea- 
son since  his  college  days. 

Lieutenant  Arthur  L.  Guerin,  Jr.,  is 
stationed  at  Suffolk  County  AFB  in  West- 
hampton.  L.  1. 

Charles  W.  Hill,  Jr.,  is  a  personnel 
trainee  in  the  Industrial  Relations  Divi- 
sion of  the  Olin  Mathieson  Chemical 
Corp.,  New  Haven.  Conn. 

Roderick  I.  Sweet  wrote  a  long  letter 
in  October  to  report  on  his  whereabouts 
and  doings.  He  is  a  civilian  researcher  for 
the  U.  S.  Navy  on  Saipan.  "Aside  from 
sweating  out  a  typhoon  now  and  then," 
he  wrote,  "there  is  little  excitement  or 
variety  to  the  daily  routine."  Deborah 
Lynn  Sweet,  who  will  be  a  year  old  on 
December  31,  keeps  the  routine  from 
getting  too  dull,  however.  Rod  and  his 
wife  hope  to  be  back  for  Commencement 
and  a  "real  knock-down-drag-out  Cam- 
pus Dance"  in  June,  1955. 

Ivan  "Bump"  Spangenberg  has  been  out 
of  the  U.S.  Navy  since  June.  1953.  He  is 
with  the  Shell  Oil  Co.,  working  as  a  sales 
representative  out  of  Newark.  Bill  Hen- 
shaw  '50  is  a  co-worker  there.  Bump 
added  to  his  letter:  "P.S.  Still  single." 

1952 

Bob  Ryan  is  out  of  service  now  and  a 
trainee  with  I.B.M.  in  Providence. 

Bob  Ytterberg  is  at  Newport  Naval 
OCS.  Prior  to  his  call  to  service,  he  was 
an  erection  engineer  with  Babcock  and 
Wilcox  in  New  York  City. 

Lt.  (jg)  Robert  A.  Hyde  is  Administra- 
tive Officer  on  the  NROTC  staff  at  Cor- 
nell this  year.  His  last  assignment  was 
aboard  the  aircraft  carrier  USS  Wasp  in 
Pacific  waters. 


John  Pietro  served  Worcester  Academy 
as  line  coach  for  its  football  team  this 
season.  He  is  with  the  Travelers  Insur- 
ance Co. 

Harford  W.  H.  Powel,  Jr.,  is  teaching 
English  at  Phillips  Andover  Academy  this 
year.  He  received  his  Master's  at  Brown 
where  he  was  on  the  English  Faculty. 

Stuart  H.  Fitzpatrick  is  a  home  office 
group  representative  in  New  York  for  the 
State  Mutual  Life  Assurance  Co.  of 
Worcester. 

Ted  Selover  appeared  in  Providence  for 
Homecoming.  Stationed  at  the  Army 
Chemical  Center  in  Maryland,  he  was 
anticipating  his  discharge  later  in  Oc- 
tober. 

1953 

David  Kramer  wrote  us  in  August  that 
he  had  resigned  from  the  editorial  staff  of 
the  N.  Y.  Journal- American  and  is  in  his 
first  year  at  New  York  University  Law 
School. 

Richard  K.  Beattie  is  Assistant  Man- 
ager of  the  Peabody  Mfg.  Co.  in  West 
Point,  Ga. 

Gage  Ellis,  who  graduated  from  Bab- 
son  Institute  in  June,  is  with  the  Liberty 
Bank  in  Easton,  Md. 


Ens.  Thomas  P.  Lovett  is  aboard  the 
USS  Remey  in  the  Pacific. 

Pvt.  Marvin  Catler  is  with  the  4th  In- 
fantry Division  in  Germany.  He  expected 
his  wife  would  be  with  him  this  fall  at 
Frankfurt-on-Main  for  "a  very  enjoyable 
year." 

Ensigns  Philip  W.  Wehrman  and 
L.  David  Seaver  sent  us  "Greetings"  from 
aboard  the  USS  Samuel  B.  Roberts  (CDD- 
823)  which  was  cruising  in  Far  Eastern 
waters  this  fall. 

Dick  Geiselhart  was  in  Providence  for 
all  the  home  games  this  fall  and  even 
made  the  trip  to  New  Haven.  He  is  almost 
completely  recovered  from  injuries  sus- 
tained in  a  May  auto  accident.  He's  so 
good,  in  fact,  that  the  Army  won't  let 
him  go:  he  is  currently  assigned  to  Mur- 
phy General  Hospital  in  Framingham, 
Mass. 

Edgar  Wells  is  in  his  first  year  at 
Nashotah  House,  Nashotah,  Wis.,  pre- 
paring for  the  Episcopal  priesthood.  A 
postulant  from  the  Rhode  Island  Diocese, 
he  is  maintaining  his  "connections  with 
Providence." 

Charles  D.  Roberts  was  assigned  to  the 
Chemical  and  Radiological  Laboratories 
at  the  Army  Chemical  Center,  Md.,  in 
October. 


A  Special  Report  on  1954 


THE  FOLLOWING  INFORMATION 
is  based  on  the  latest  records  in 
Alumni  Office  files.  The  fact  that  the 
Class  numbers  over  600  members  points 
up  the  problem  of  recording  Class  items 
and  explains  the  condensed  form  of  this 
report.  Undoubtedly,  some  of  the  facts 
below  are  out-of-date  by  now,  and  we 
earnestly  request  that  '54  men  inform  the 
Alumni  Office  promptly  of  any  changes 
in  job,  address,  or  family  status. 

In  most  cases,  the  separate  items  in- 
clude what  the  individual  is  doing  and 
where  he  is  located.  For  specific  mailing 
addresses,  write  to  the  Alumni  Oflnce,  Box 
1859,  Brown  University,  Providence  12, 
R.  I.  Subsequent  Class  notes  will  be  pre- 
sented more  fully. 

Ill  Military  Service 

Army:  Daniel  C.  Abbott,  Warren  P. 
Bailey,  Jerome  D.  Bernstein,  Bayard  W. 
Bidwell,  William  M.  Brigden,  Roger  J. 
Cromwell,  Aubrey  Doyle,  Lewis  M.  Gedi- 
man,  Charles  S.  Genovese,  John  D. 
Greene,  Nathaniel  W.  Horton,  Alton  G. 
Lipkin,  Stephen  Matus,  Peter  H.  Mohr- 
feld.  Philin  L.  Nash,  William  A.  O'Brien, 
William  F.  Peace,  Robert  F.  Robertson, 
Robert  F.  Roth,  William  P.  Simon,  Myles 
D.  Striar,  Gregory  J.  Sullivan,  Paul  B. 
Taylor,  Arthur  W.  Vietze,  Jr.,  Vieri  G. 
Volterra,  David  M.  Whalen,  Ronald  S. 
Wills. 

Coast  Guard:  Walter  G.  Stern. 

Marines:  David  W.  Bell,  Joseph  H. 
Thomas,  Jr.,  Ernest  J.  Woelfel,  Jr. 

Navy:  Henry  C.  Atwood,  Jr.,  Norman 
D.  Bartlett,  Jr.,  Arthur  A.  Bayer,  Ken- 
neth B.  Bourne,  Jr.,  James  A.  Bradley, 
Jr.,  Lewis  H.  Busell,  Robert  F.  Copp, 
Joseph  E.  Coughlin,  Jr.,  Henry  T.  Don- 
aldson, Vaughan  D.  Fuller,  S.  Thomas 
Gagliano,  Alvin  R.  Hagenau,  Walter  Hal- 
perin,  Charles  E.  Hayes,  Jr.,  Stephen  F. 
Honan,  John  A.  Hopkins,  Bruce  H.  Hunt, 
Charles  I.  Judkins,  Jr.,  Jerrold  I.  Lupoff, 
Douglas   C.    MacCallum,   Jr.,   James   M. 


McSherry,  Ralph  W.  Morton,  Jr.,  James 
W.  Nagle  III.  David  N.  Orth,  William  V. 
Polleys  III,  Ernest  E.  Ritchie,  Russell  K. 
Shaffer,  George  F.  Smart,  Thomas  P. 
Snow,  J.  Gerald  Sutton,  Hovey  M.  Tyn- 
dall,  John  A.  Wallace,  Robert  M.  Walters, 
Caleb  R.  Woodhouse. 

In  Graduate  School 

At  Brown:  Donald  Breslow,  Applied 
Mathematics.  Peter  DePaola,  F.  Richard 
Flad,  William  R.  Goff,  Psychology.  Phys- 
ics. Jacques  Lipetz,  Botany.  Samuel  J. 
Pollock,  Geology. 

Business:  Columbia — Leslie  B.  Disha- 
roon.  Harvard — Robert  A.  DiCurcio, 
Robert  Furman,  Emanuel  Gerard,  John 
Sklar,  Frank  J.  Wezniak,  Robert  M.  Wi- 
god.  Tuck — Thomas  T.  Gately,  Manfred 
Seiden.  Wharton — Robert  W.  Johnstone 
IV. 

Law:  Boston  U. — F.  Morgan  Powers. 
Columbia — Sanford  Hollander.  Cornell — 
David  Tecklin.  Harvard — Roy  E.  Gains- 
burg,  John  Gorham.  New  York  U. — Sid- 
ney Baumgarten,  Roger  Brandwein,  Stan- 
ley B.  Jaffe.  Ohio  Northern  U.— John  W. 
Works.  Oklahoma — Theodore  B.  Gibson. 
Rutgers — Roderick  Schutt.  Virginia — 
Frederick  H.  Burrell.  Yale — Richard  M. 
Borod.  Nico  de  Graaff. 

Medicine:  Albany  Medical  College — ■ 
Dean  J.  Seibert.  Cornell — Chase  P.  Kim- 
ball. Harvard  (Dental) — John  Nalban- 
dian.  Louisiana  State — Carroll  S.  Gold- 
berg. Pennsylvania — Stanley  H.  Boulas, 
Gordon  W.  Webster.  Tufts — Edward  J. 
Gauthier,  Henry  F.  Izeman,  Chris  A. 
Lutes,  Joseph  W.  Malkary,  Raymond  E. 
Tobey.  Yale — Gerard  N.  Burrow. 

Theology:  Episcopal  Theological  School 
— Loring  W.  Chadwick.  General  Theolog- 
ical Seminary — Charles  S.  Tyler.  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary — Kenneth  B. 
Abel.  Union  Theological  Seminary — Ed- 
ward Lemar.  Yale  Divinity  School — 
Charles  D.  Lake. 

Other  Fields:  Boston  University — Rob- 
ert L.  Conrad,  Fredric  D.  Frigoletto,  Jr., 


DECEMBER    1954 


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Stuart  T.  Nevins  (Philosophy),  Richard 
E.  Woodsum.  Columbia — Melvin  Robin- 
son (International  Affairs).  Florida  State 
— John  F.  Pendleton  (Chemistry),  Con- 
stantine  C.  Petropoulos  (Chemistry). 
Georgetown  School  of  Foreign  Service — 
Robert  C.  Arruda,  Laurence  C.  Chipur- 
noi,  William  V.  Gugli.  Harvard — Jerome 
B.  Grieder  (East  Asian  Regional  Pro- 
gram), Joseph  N.  Palmieri  (Physics).  Il- 
linois— John  D.Davis  (Psychology).  Kan- 
sas— Paul  L.  Hilpman  (Geology).  M.I.T. 
— Robert  M.  Christiansen.  Michigan — 
John  H.  Kinghom  (Forestry).  Rice — 
Robert  R.  Johnson  and  Joseph  A.  Mes- 
chino  (Chemistry).  Rochester — Joel  Axel- 
rod  and  Alvin  I.  Gerstein  (Psychology). 
Syracuse — Howard  K.  Fielding,  Jr.,  Penn- 
sylvania— Hajime  Seki  (Physics).  Ten- 
nessee— John  W.  Leahy.  Yale — Danny 
W.-Y.  Kwok,  George  S.  Morfogen  (School 
of  Fine  Arts).  The  following  men  notified 
us  they  were  attending  graduate  school 
but  didn't  say  where:  Earl  F.  Bradley, 
G.  James  Cerilli,  Jr.,  Marshall  Cohen, 
Shant  Markarian,  Matthew  D.  Scharf. 

Engineers 

Robert  O.  Ames,  Grumman  Aircraft. 
Bethpage,  N.  Y.  Edwin  C.  Ballard,  Jr.. 
Metals  and  Controls  Corp.,  Attleboro, 
Mass.  Harry  E.  Bay,  U.S.  Naval  Under- 
water Ordnance  Station,  Newport,  R.  I. 
Davis  R.  Bates,  Jr.,  Sperry  Gyroscope, 
Great  Neck.  L.  I.,  N.  Y.  Barry  D.  Brown, 
Arma  Corp.,  Garden  City,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
Paul  F.  Brown,  Jr.,  Pratt  and  Whitney 
Aircraft,  Hartford,  Conn.  Daniel  J.  Car- 
dozo,  U.S.N.  Central  Torpedo  Office, 
Newport,  R.  I.  Ronald  H.  Coleman, 
Glenn  L.  Martin  Co.,  Middle  River,  Md. 
P.  G.  DeSimone,  Jr.,  Grinnell  Co.,  Provi- 
dence. Don  Enoch,  Arma  Corp.,  Garden 
City,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.  Allister  F.  Eraser, 
N.A.C.A.,  Langley  Field,  Va.  Paul  A, 
Frontiero,  I.B.M.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
George  T.  Gergora,  Sperrv  Gyroscope, 
Great  Neck,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.  Robert  H.  Haw- 
ley.  Builders-Providence,  Providence. 
Russell  J.  Houldin,  I.B.M.,  Poughkeep- 
sie, N.  Y.  Carl  H.  Keller,  Jr.,  Sikorsky 
Aircraft,  Bridgeport,  Conn.  James  F. 
Lyons,  Arma  Corp.,  Garden  City,  L.  I., 
N.  Y.  Walter  B.  Olstad,  N.A.C.A.,  Lang- 
ley  Field,  Va.  Alfred  J.  Petteruti,  Ray- 
theon Missile  and  Radar  Division,  Provi- 
dence. Edward  F.  Regan,  Jr.,  Sperry  Gy- 
roscope, Great  Neck,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.  Wesley 
A.  Roth,  West'nghouse  Electric,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.  Robert  P.  Watelet,  North  American 
Aviation,  Downey,  Calif. 

Salesmen 

Charles  R.  Alspach,  I.B.M..  Hartford, 
Conn.  Richard  L.  Amill,  Scott  Paper, 
NYC.  Edward  J.  Beadle,  Scott  Paper, 
Bala  Cynwyd,  Pa.  Herbert  Cohen,  Ameri- 
can Store  Fixture  Co.,  Fall  River,  Mass. 
Raymond  E.  DeNault,  Aluminum  Co.  of 
America,  Pittsburgh.  A.  Edward  Giberti, 
Polaroid  Corp.,  Cambridge,  Mass.  Ken- 
neth Kessaris,  Jordan-Marsh,  Boston. 
Robert  E.  Naylor.  Owens-Corning  Fiber- 
glas,  Newark,  Ohio.  David  E.  Parker. 
Mass.  Mutual  Life  Insurance,  Spring- 
field, Mass.  William  W.  Pettine,  Alumi- 
num Co.  of  America.  Pittsburgh.  Norman 
Sprinthall,  Union  Central  Life  Insurance, 
Pawtucket. 

Miscellaneous 

J.  Robert  Annino,  Building  Dept., 
Town  Hall,  Islip,  N.  Y.  Richard  F. 
Beidler,  American  Cyanamid  Co.,  Bound 
Brook,  N.  J.  Paul  G.  Benedum,  Jr.,  Re- 


public Oil  Refinery,  Texas  City,  Tex. 
Sarkis  Berberian,  (Tharles  L.  Wagner 
Opera  Co.,  NYC.  Armand  A.  Bessette, 
S.  S.  Kresge  Co.,  Providence.  Ralph 
Brisco,  Cranston  Print  Works,  Pawtucket. 
Charles  W.  Burdick,  Jr.,  English  Instruc- 
tor, University  of  Conn.,  Storrs.  Roger  C. 
Carmel.  actor,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Edward 
T.  Casey,  teacher.  New  Broad  Brook 
School.  Broad  Brook,  Conn.  Robert  Con- 
ley,  New  York  Times,  NYC.  Walter  M. 
Cook,  Socony  Vacuum  Oil  Co.,  Boston. 
Alan  M.  Corney,  Bloomingdale  Bros., 
NYC.  Thomas  P.  Fagan.  Bekins  Van  and 
Storage  Co.,  Hollywood,  Calif.  Serafino 
Fusco,  Merck  and  Co.,  Inc.,  Rahway, 
N.  J.  Paul  R.  Goyette,  Fuller  and  Smith 
and  Ross  (advertising)  NYC.  Robert  W. 
Handy,  Kay-Fries  Chemical  Co.,  West 
Haverstraw,  N.  Y.  Gerald  A.  Hebert,  New 
London  Terminal  Corp.,  Groton,  Conn. 


Roger  F.  King,  N.  J.  Bell  Telephone,  At- 
lantic City,  N.  J.  John  F.  Larson,  Na- 
tional Airlines,  NYC.  Roy  D.  Meeks,  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Detroit,  Detroit.  Jasper  J. 
Najarian,  G.  M.  Najarian  and  Sons,  Inc., 
Pawtucket,  R.  I.  Richard  C.  Nickerson, 
General  Electric  Co.,  Utica,  N.  Y.  Ed- 
ward W.  O'Malley.  Mass.  Mutual  Life 
Insurance,  Springfield,  Mass.  Fritz  Regen- 
steiner,  American  Insulated  Wire  Co., 
Pawtucket.  Leonard  E.  Rubin,  LynnCraft 
Shoe  Corp.,  Lynn,  Mass.  Thomas  H. 
Simon,  Schaefer  Mfg.  Co.,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio.  Thomas  R.  Stetson,  Continental  Oil 
Co.,  Kermit,  Tex.  John  N.  Streil,  Jr., 
Northeast  Airlines  (pilot),  Providence. 
Howard  A.  Vaughan,  Liberty  Mutual  In- 
surance, Brooklyn.  Russell  White  III, 
R.  H.  Barnes  and  Co..  Newtonville,  Mass. 
Donn  H.  Worth,  Liberty  Mutual  Insur- 
ance, Bridgeport,  Conn. 


Bureau  of  Vital  Statistics 


MAKRIACiES 

1945 — Harrison  A.  Brown,  Jr.  and  Miss 
Dorothy  Frances  Broderick.  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Frank  Broderick  of  New- 
ton. Mass.,  Sept.  5. 

1945 — William  R.  Haywood  and  Miss 
Maryanne  Veronica  Boltrom,  daughter 
of  Mr.  Charles  J.  Boltrom  of  New  Mil- 
ford,  Conn.,  and  the  late  Mrs.  Boltrom, 
Sept.  12. 

1946 — Konstantine  H.  Johnson  and 
Miss  Victoria  Papyis,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Konstantine  Papyis  of  Uncasville, 
Conn.,  Sept.  12.  Best  man  was  John 
Poulos  '50. 

1948— Charles  H.  Pinkham,  .^rd  and 
Miss  Karen  Ann  Truesdell,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  M.  Truesdell  of 
Seattle,  Wash.,  Oct.  16.  Father  of  the 
bridegroom,  Charles  H.  Pinkham  '22,  was 
best  man. 

1948 — John  P.  Rondeau  and  Miss  Nor- 
ine  Patricia  Shevlin,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Patrick  J.  Shevlin  of  Holyoke,  Mass., 
Sent.  4.  John  D.  Ross,  Jr.  '44  was  an 
usher. 

1949— Randall  Goff  and  Miss  Elena 
Consuelo  Touceda,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Enrique  G.  Touceda  of  McLean, 
Va.,  Oct.  9.  Father  of  the  bridegroom  is 
Carleton  Goff  '24. 

1949 — Richard  A.  Shaheen  and  Miss 
Betty  Ann  Nelson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  P.  Nelson  of  New  York  City, 
Oct.  23.  \\.  home:  235  East  22nd  St., 
N.  Y. 

1949 — Dr.  Thomas  A.  Turner,  Jr.  and 
Miss  Frances  Marian  Jackson,  daughter 
of  Mrs.  William  M.  Jackson  of  East  Point, 
Ga..  and  the  late  Mr.  Jackson,  Aug.  14. 

1950 — Robert  Barrengos  and  Miss 
Elisse  Weil,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  De  Roy  Weil  of  Meriden.  Conn.,  Oct. 
3.  Ushers  included  Melvin  Cohen  '49, 
William  Falk  '49.  Robert  Gittleman  "49, 
Paul  Grcenbcrg  '51,  Merrill  Lovett  '50 
and  Burton  Samors  '48. 

1950 — Andrew  R.  De  Cesare  and  Miss 
Barbara  Spencer  Magnuson,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spencer  E.  Magnuson  of 
Hartford,  Aug.  28. 

1951 — Charles  L.  Bryson  and  Miss 
Suzanne  Kimball  Wilson,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Charles  M.  Wilson  of  Waban, 
Mass.,  Sept.  18.  Joseph  A.  McOsker,  Jr. 
'52  was  an  usher. 


1951 — Sefton  Stallard  and  Miss  Ann 
Ballou  Wesson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Major  Frederick  Wesson  of  Sea  Girt, 
N.  J.,  Oct.  2.  Best  man  was  Samuel  R. 
Abt  '55.  Father  of  the  bridegroom  is  Car- 
ton S.  Stallard  '27. 

1952— Charles  M.  Abbot,  Jr.  and  Miss 
Emalou  Caldwell,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Clarence  Caldwell  of  Keene,  N.  H., 
in  September. 

1952— Lt.  (jg)  Paul  Burton,  USN,  and 
Miss  Anne  Louise  Larkosh,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  W.  Larkosh  of 
Centredale,  R.  I.,  Oct.  2. 

1952 — John  E.  Buy  and  Evelyn  Stauffer 
Bradley  of  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  July  29. 

1952 — George  E.  Deane  and  Miss 
Doris  Ramsay  Eaton,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Perry  J.  Eaton  of  Wollaston, 
Mass.,  Oct.  9. 

1952 — Robert  F.  Gandert  and  Miss 
Sara  Scott,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  A.  Scott  of  Mansfield,  Ohio, 
June  26. 

1952 — Richard  M.  Hess  and  Miss  Mary 
Ann  Sharp,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ralph  E.  Sharp  of  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  Oct. 
16. 

1952— Lt.  (jg)  Edwin  Sherin  USN  and 
Miss  Pamela  Vevers,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Geoffrey  M.  Vevers  of  Bedfordshire,  Eng- 
land, and  the  late  Mrs.  Mary  Bowman 
Vevers,  Sept.  4. 

1952 — Howard  B.  Wiener  and  Miss 
Joan  Claire  Archer  of  Whittier,  Cal.,  May 
23.  Best  man  was  Dr.  Stephen  N.  Wiener 
'48.  ,\t  home:  7A  Dana  St.,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

1953 — Edwin  A.  Carter  and  Miss  Carol 
Jane  Samelh.  daughter  of  Mrs.  Ralph  E. 
Swope  of  Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  2. 
Best  man  was  Kenneth  L.  Green.  3rd  '53. 
Ushers  included  David  J.  Livingstone  '53 
and  Richard  E.  Boesel,  Jr. 

1953 — Edward  E.  Feleppa,  Jr.  and 
Miss  Brenda  Louise  Stewart  Baize,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  R.  Baize  of 
Leonia,  N.  L,  Sept.  4.  The  bride  is  Pem- 
broke '53. 

1953 — Thomas  R.  Ford  and  Miss 
Katherine  Ronsheim,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  L.  Milton  Ronsheim  of  Cadiz, 
Ohio.  Aug.  7. 

1954 — Leslie  B.  Disharoon  and  Miss 
Virginia  Ann  Merriwether,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duncan  Merriwether  of 
Chester  Springs,  Pa.,  June  26.  Ushers  in- 


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eluded  William  O'Brien  '54  and  Gregory 
Sullivan  '54. 

1954 — Bruce  A.  Mansfield  and  Miss 
Jane  Plumer,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
William  B.  Plumer  of  Waban,  Mass.,  Oct. 
2.  Best  man  was  Wesley  A.  Roth  '54. 

BIRTHS 

1935 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Bijur 
of  New  York  City,  their  second  child,  a 
son,  Arthur  William,  Oct.  7. 

1940 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dexter  E. 
Coggeshall,  Jr.,  of  Needham,  Mass.,  their 
third  daughter,  Wendy  Jane,  Sept.  21. 

1940 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  S. 
Finberg  of  Providence,  their  third  child 
and  second  daughter,  Judy  Ann,  Sept.  13. 

1942 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keith  F. 
Brown  of  Sheldonville,  Mass.,  their  sec- 
ond daughter,  Nancy  Holland,  Aug.   19. 

1943 — To  Capt.  and  Mrs.  David  A. 
Forster,  USA,  of  Scotia,  N.  Y.,  their  first 
child,  a  son,  David  Alan  Forster,  Jr.,  Mar. 
24.  Grandfather  is  Robert  Forster  '03. 

1943 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earl  B.  Nich- 
ols of  Edgewood,  R.  I.,  their  fifth  child 
and  third  daughter.  Paula  Kingsley,  Oct. 
10. 

1944 — To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Elihu  S.  Wing, 
Jr.,  of  Providence,  their  second  child,  a 
son,  Elihu  Stephen,  Sept.  28. 

1945 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  H.  Hof- 
man  of  Oak  Park,  111.,  their  first  child,  a 
son,  Craig  Gibson,  Feb.  3. 

1945 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Randall  M. 
Pillsbury  of  Providence,  their  fourth 
child,  a  son,  Richard  Carl,  Oct.  5.  Mrs. 
Pillsbury  is  the  former  Dorothy  M.  Dunn, 
Pembroke  '45. 

1945 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Guy  W.  Fiske 
of    Baltimore,    twin    daughters,    Melissa 


Payzant  and  Melinda  Phillips,  Sept.  16. 

1946— To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  A.  Di- 
Prete  of  Cranston,  R.  1.,  a  second  child 
and  first  son,  Richard  Francis,  Sept.  22. 

1946 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Armen  Top- 
akian  of  Cranston,  R.  I.,  their  second 
daughter,  Karen  Leslie,  Oct.  4. 

1947 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vincent  E. 
Shogren  of  Youngstown,  Ohio,  a  daugh- 
ter, Carolyn  Joyce,  July  30. 

1948— To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  M. 
Joseph  of  Closter,  N.  J.,  their  third  child, 
a  daughter,  Susan  Louisa,  June  26.  Mrs. 
Joseph  is  the  former  Ruth  Ann  Tyrrell, 
Pembroke  '47. 

1949— To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bruce  G.  Bain- 
ton  of  Warwick,  R.  I.,  their  first  child,  a 
son,  Kenneth  Allan,  Sept.  28.  Mrs.  Bain- 
ton  is  the  former  Virginia  B.  Fitzpatrick, 
Pembroke  '49. 

1949 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cornelius  W. 


Provost  of  Saunderstown,  R.  I.,  a  son, 
David  Eraser,  Oct.  10. 

1949_To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earle  G.  Sim- 
mons of  Edgewood,  R.  L,  their  second 
child,  first  daughter,  Beth  Anne,  July  25. 

1950 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  A.  Un- 
derbill of  Vestal,  N.  Y.,  a  son,  Bradford 
Page,  Sept.  25. 

1951 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roland  J. 
Tierney  of  Fall  River,  their  first  child,  a 
daughter,  Rhonda  May,  Apr.  25. 

1952— To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  A. 
Bartolomeo  of  Lake  Jackson,  Texas,  their 
first  child,  a  son,  Frank  Bruce,  Aug.  I. 

1952 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arturo  P. 
Gonzalez,  Jr.,  of  University  Heights, 
N.  Y.,  a  daughter,  Martha  Joan,  Sept.  16. 

1954 — To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  F. 
Bishop  of  Providence,  a  son,  Charles  Ed- 
ward Bishop,  2nd,  Oct.  23.  Maternal 
grandfather  is  Theodore  R.  Jeffers  '23. 


In  Memoriam 


THE  REV.  HENRY  KNOWLES  WIL- 
BUR "85  at  Marshall,  Mich.,  June  14. 
After  graduation  from  Brown  and  some 
graduate  study  at  the  University  of 
Michigan,  he  entered  the  Baptist  Minis- 
try and  held  pastorates  in  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Michigan.  Robert  W.  Burgess 
'08  and  W.  Randolph  Burgess  '12  are 
his  nephews. 

ELIJAH     WILLIAM     BAGSTER-COL- 

LINS  '97  in  Montrose,  N.  Y..  Sept.  2. 
Retired  since   1938,  he  had  been  Pro- 


"He  Had  That  First  Essential 


IN  THE  DEATH  of  Walter  Samuel 
Hunter  on  August  fourth.  Brown  Uni- 
versity lost  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
members  of  its  Faculty. 

He  was  born  in  Decatur,  111.,  on  March 
22,  1889,  and  had  an  extraordinarily  in- 
teresting youth.  He  first  attended  school 
in  Decatur  and  then,  when  he  was  in  the 
sixth  grade,  went  to  live  on  a  farm  in 
Texas  where  the  school,  a  two-room 
building  four  miles  away,  was  open  only 
six  months  a  year.  He  worked  as  a  farm 
hand  the  rest  of  the  time  and  continued 
to  do  that  until  after  he  had  graduated 
from  college. 

In  the  best  sense  of  the  word  he  was 
self-educated,  for  at  the  age  of  15  he  was 
engaged  in  the  identification  and  criti- 
cism of  ideas,  reading  Darwin's  "Origin 
of  Species  and  Descent  of  Man."  On  his 
own  initiative  he  set  out  to  master  the 
great  classics  of  English  and  American 
literature,  buying  them  in  paper  bound 
copies  and  reading  them  with  avidity  and 
memorizing  large  sections.  He  also  took 
a  correspondence  course  in  Electrical  En- 
gineering. 

Fortunate  contacts  with  inspired  lead- 
ers and  good  advisors  led  him  to  take  a 
liberal  arts  course  in  college;  he  studied 
Biology,  Chemistry,  Physics,  Mathemat- 
ics, German,  French,  English,  and  His- 
tory before  concentrating  upon  Psychol- 
ogy. Even  in  this  field  he  read  widely  and 
deeply,  and  happily  was  under  the  lead- 
ership of  a  young  Professor  who  was 
"freshly  informed  and  enthusiastic."  In 
graduate  school  he  studied  Philosophy  as 


well  as  Psychology  and  took  his  Doctor's 
degree  at  Chicago. 

Then  he  entered  upon  the  career  of  re- 
search which  made  him  famous  and 
taught  at  Texas  and  at  Kansas,  becoming 
a  professor  at  27  years  of  age.  After  nine 
years  at  the  latter  institution  and  service 
with  the  military,  he  went  to  Clark  where 
he  was  the  first  G.  Stanley  Hall  Professor 
of  Genetic  Psychology.  He  remained 
there  until  he  came  to  Brown  in  1936. 
Merely  to  recount  the  number  of  commit- 
tees or  commissions  on  which  he  served, 
the  offices  he  held,  the  honors  he  re- 
ceived, the  articles  he  published,  the 
graduate  students  he  directed  and  inspired 
would  make  a  long  report. 

In  sum,  he  had  that  first  essential  of  a 
thoroughly  educated  man — readiness  to 
learn  for  himself.  His  mind  was  bold,  in- 
cisive, imaginative,  but  he  checked  his 
conclusions  with  scientific  rigor  and 
thoroughness.  He  was  quiet  and  modest, 
reflective  and  wise.  He  dealt  skillfully 
with  people  at  every  level — his  students, 
his  colleagues,  his  associates  within  and 
without  the  University.  It  was  character- 
istic of  him  that  when  he  retired  as  Chair- 
man last  spring  and  turned  over  the 
leadership  to  others,  he  left  a  well-rounded 
Department  both  for  teaching  and  research 
and  no  burden  of  outstanding  problems. 
We  had  looked  forward  to  his  teaching 
and  his  counsel  for  another  five  years;  his 
loss  to  the  University  is  irreparable. 

— President    Wriston    in    his   report    to 
the  Brown  Corporation,  Oct.  16,  1954. 


fessor  of  German  at  Columbia  Univer- 
sity and  the  author  of  several  German 
text  books.  During  World  War  I  he 
served  as  Captain  in  the  U.S.  Army 
Military  Intelligence  Division.  His  son 
is  Jeremy  F.  Bagster-Collins  '27.  Alpha 
Delta  Phi,  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

GEORGE  LLEWELLYN  HUNT  '00  in 
Montpelier,  Vt.,  Sept.  27.  An  eminent 
attorney,  he  had  practiced  law  through- 
out Vermont  for  the  past  50  years.  He 
had  been  Trustee  for  the  Vermont  State 
Library  since  1938.  Delta  Tau  Delta. 

ANDREW  MARCY  BARTHOLOMEW 

'01  in  Worcester,  Sept.  2.  His  business 
was  Real  Estate  management.  During 
World  War  I  he  served  on  the  Draft 
Board.  The  Hon.  William  Larnard 
Marcy  '08  whose  portrait  hangs  in 
Sayles  Hall  was  his  great-uncle.  Zeta 
Psi. 

DR.  HOVHANNES  ZOVICKIAN  '09  in 
Boston,  Oct.  10.  School  Physician  and 
Medical  Advisor  for  the  city  of  Water- 
town,  he  had  also  been  active  for  many 
years  in  Selective  Service  examination 
of  selectees. 

EDMOND  PATRICK  CORCORAN  '16 

in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  June  30.  Phi 
Kappa. 

EDWARD  BERTIE  RYDER,  JR.    19  in 

Warwick,  R.  I.,  Oct.  7.  A  mechanical 
engineer,  he  had  been  employed  as 
Plant  Manager  by  the  Apponaug  Com- 
pany for  32  years.  He  was  also  Chair- 
man of  the  Warwick  Board  of  Police 
Commissioners.  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

ROBERT  KELLAM  DEWEY  '20  in  Al- 
bany. N.  Y.,  Sept.  28.  Senior  Engineer 
of  Communications  for  the  New  York 
Telephone  Co.,  he  had  retired  some 
time  ago  because  of  ill  health.  He  was 
a  World  War  I  veteran  and  actively  in- 
terested in  the  American  Legion.  Phi 
Gamma  Delta. 

CHARLES  RALPH  HOLDEN  '27  in 
Brockton,  Mass.,  Oct.  16.  Prominently 
identified  with  Brockton  High  School 
sports  for  more  than  25  years  as  a 
coach  of  football  and  baseball,  he  had 
more  recently  been  appointed  Director 
of  Athletics.  Delta  Tau  Delta. 


DECEMBER    1954 


33 


The  Brown  Clubs  Report 


Worcester's  Re-Opener 

THE  REVIVED  Worcester  County 
Brown  Club  held  its  first  meeting  on 
Sept.  30,  and  a  rousing  opener  it  was  for 
the  group's  new  beginning.  Forty  alumni 
were  on  hand  to  hear  Vice-President 
Bruce  Bigelow  '24,  Director  of  Athletics 
Paul  Mackesey  '32,  Alumni  Executive 
officer  Bill  McCormick  '23,  and  the  new 
basketball  coach,  Stan  Ward,  tell  about 
all  phases  of  life  at  Brown.  The  talks  were 
inspiring,  and  movies  of  the  1953  Brown- 
Harvard  game  and  the  1954  Brown-Co- 
lumbia game  topped  off  the  evening. 

Guests  of  the  Club  included  William 
Piper,  Headmaster  of  Worcester  Acad- 
emy, and  Alfred  Islji,  of  the  Academy's 
athletics  staff.  Officers  of  the  Worcester 
Club  are:  President — John  J.  Pietro  '52; 
Vice-President  Carl  Jacobson  '51;  Treas- 
urer— Bob  Johnson  '5 1 ;  Recording  Secre- 
tary— Art  Jacobson  "50;  Corresponding 
Secretary — Robert  M.  Siff  '48;  Admis- 
sion Chairman — Bob  Stewart  '51;  Mem- 
bership Chairman — Norman  Orrell  '51. 
Others  present  were:  Jim  Watt  '48, 
John  Hunt  '47,  John  Van  Nest  '29,  Roger 
Scott  '28,  Gene  Scanlon  '52,  Larry  Mc- 
Lean '51  (a  visitor  from  Cleveland),  Har- 
old Brown  '30,  Howard  Hall  '30,  John 
Steen  '35,  Charles  Booth  '30,  Burton  Eb- 
beson  '36,  Howard  Aisenberg  '41,  Dave 
Jacobson  '50,  Dave  Kushner  '50,  Frank- 
lin Sher  '47,  Dave  Fanning  '25,  Miles 
Webb  '24,  Edwin  Hansen  '50.  Connie 
Karambelas  '47,  John  Macarchuk  '48, 
Josiah  Lubin  '24,  Hyman  Small  '26.  Sam 
Beeber  '08,  Sherman  Allen  '03,  David 
Brodsky  '52,  Victor  P.  DiDomenico  '42. 

ROBERT  M.  SIFF  '48 


At  the  Lehigh  (Jame 

The  Brown  Club  of  Philadelphia 
moved  west  for  its  first  meeting  of  the 
season  (its  86th,  by  the  way).  The  occa- 
sion was  the  Lehigh  football  game,  and 
the  alumni  from  the  Philadelphia  area 
arranged  a  rendezvous  beforehand  at 
lunchtime  at  Traynor's  on  Route  309  at 
the  Quakertown  intersection.  The  game 
was  45  minutes  away,  and  the  Club  had  a 
block  of  seats  at  Taylor  Stadium  in 
Bethlehem. 

Some  of  the  men  journeyed  to  Bethle- 
hem the  previous  evening  in  order  to  at- 
tend a  dinner  at  the  Hotel  Bethlehem 
sponsored  by  the  informal  group  of  Bru- 
nonians  in  that  city.  William  H.  Hubbard 
'49  handled  the  arrangements  for  the 
alumni  and  their  wives  and  guests.  Vice- 
President  Bigelow  and  Athletic  Director 
Mackesey  were  the  featured  visitors  from 
the  Hill. 

Leadership  for  the  Philadelphia  Brown 
Club  this  year  is  provided  by  the  follow- 
ing officers:  President — Malcolm  L.  Mac- 
kenzie "51;  Vice-President — Donald  H. 
Van  Heest  '49;  Treasurer — Forrest  E. 
Black,  Jr.,  '31;  Secretary — Paul  F.  Hood 
•49. 

The  Brown  Navy  Club 

The  Brown  Navy  Club  has  launched 
its  1954-55  season  under  the  hand  of 
President  R.  A.  Hurley  '32.  As  in  prior 
years,  an  interesting  schedule  of  dinner 
meetings  has  been  arranged  and  speakers 


engaged.  First  of  the  latter  was  Col. 
Goodman,  commanding  the  Air  Force 
ROTC  unit  on  the  Hill. 

Requirements  for  active  membership 
in  the  Providence  group  are  but  two: 
some  connection  with  Brown,  either  past 
or  present,  and  some  connection  with 
the  Navy,  Coast  Guard,  or  Marine  Corps, 
either  past  or  present.  Anyone  wishing  to 
join  the  Club  is  invited  to  get  in  touch 
with  Dean  Edward  R.  Durgin,  Chairman 
of  the  Membership  Committee.  (He's  in 
U.H.) 

Chemi.sts  in  New  York 

In  New  York  for  the  125th  meeting 
of  the  American  Chemical  Society  on 
Sept.  15,  Brown  chemists  took  advantage 
of  the  occasion  for  their  own  reunions. 
About  25  Brown  chemists  met  for  dinner 
at  the  Brown  Club.  Twenty-one  of  them 
were  recent  Ph.D.'s.  most  of  them  from 
the  Class  of  1951.  Dining  with  them  were 
Provost  Samuel  T.  Arnold  '13,  Prof. 
W.  W.  Russell  '18,  Prof.  Leallyn  B.Clapp, 
and  a  former  member  of  the  departmental 
staff.  Charles  B.  Wooster,  whose  son  is 
now  at  Brown.  Otto  Forcheimer,  Ph.D. 
"51,  was  in  charge  of  the  pleasant  gather- 
ing. 

The  same  afternoon  about  75  attended 
the  Brown  Social  Hour  at  the  New  Yorker 
Hotel. 

A  Lively  Year  in  N.  J. 

The  Brown  Club  of  Northeastern 
New  Jersey  has  a  lively  program  arranged 
for  the  year.  In  late  January,  George  Cole 
'27,  Program  Committee  Chairman — and 
a  Program  Director  for  CBS  Radio  and 
Television  in  "real  life" — has  lined  up 
stage  and  television  personalities  for  a 
gala  "Show  Business"  night.  The  March 
date   is  reserved   for  our  second  annual 


Sub-Freshman  Night.  (It  was  a  tremen- 
dous success  last  year.)  A  Monte  Carlo 
dinner  is  being  planned  for  May.  Watch 
the  mail  for  announcement  of  specific 
dates  and  details. 

JOHN  J.  O'REILLY  '36 

Christmas  in  Chicago 

The  annual  Christmas  party  of  the 
Brown  University  Club  of  Chicago  will 
be  held  on  Wednesday.  December  29,  at 
the  Arts  Club  of  Chicago,  109  East  On- 
tario St.,  from  4  until  6  p.m.  A  very  cor- 
dial invitation  is  extended  to  all  Bruno- 
nians  who  will  be  in  Chicago  at  that  time 
— alumni,  undergraduates,  Pembrokers, 
faculty  and  administration. 

December  on  Manhattan 

The  TRADITIONAL  EGG  NOG  will  be  the 
attraction  at  the  holiday  party  of  the 
Brown  University  Club  of  New  York  at 
the  Clubhouse,  39  East  39th  St.,  on  Tues- 
day afternoon,  Dec.  21  between  4  and  7. 
An  earlier  December  attraction  will  be  the 
Football  Smoker  on  Wednesday  night, 
the  8th.  At  this  annual  affair.  Coach  Al 
Kelley  will  review  highlights  of  the  1954 
season  and  show  some  films. 

Football  was  also  the  topic  on  Nov.  16 
when  the  new  Director  of  Sports  Informa- 
tion, Elgin  White,  spoke  at  the  regular 
monthly  Club  Luncheon. 

Visitors  from  Long  Lsland 

The  Long  Island  Brown  Club  for  the 
second  consecutive  year  has  sponsored  a 
trip  to  the  Campus  for  local  school  guid- 
ance personnel.  The  group,  including  rep- 
resentatives of  si.\  high  schools  escorted 
by  three  alumni,  met  with  Dean  Walker 
and  his  staff  on  the  Saturday  morning  of 
Homecoming  Day.  A  tour  of  the  Campus 
was  followed  by  luncheon  at  Aldrich 
Field  and  the  victory  over  Princeton  in 
the  Stadium.  The  football  game  con- 
tributed immeasurably  to  cementing  ear- 
to-ear  smiles  of  pride  on  the  faces  of  the 
three  Long  Island  alumni. 

FRED  H.   BAURENFEIND   '50 


WORCESTER'S  NEW  Brown  Club  Officers  ore  providing  a  lively  progrom  this  winter:  left  fo 
right— Robert  H.  Johnson  '51,  Treosurer;  John  J.  Pietro,  Jr.,  '52,  President;  Carl  A.  Jacobson  '50, 
Vice-President;  ond  Robert  M.  Siff  '48,  Corresponding  Secretory.  Football  fans  will  remember 
the  new  President  as  Captain  of  the  1951  Vorsity  and  winner  of  sectional  and  national  honors 
in  the  sport.  (Worcester  Telegram  photo) 


34 


BROWN   ALUMNI    MONTHLY 


THE    DETROIT    BROWN    CLUB'S    send-off    party    for    the    undergraduates        photo    suggests    the    success    of    the    affair.    Vice-President    Appleget    wos 
lost  fall  has   been   reported   in  on  earlier  issue,   but  this  General  Motors        the  guest  from  College  Hill.  Nineteen  students  joined  the  alumni. 


Los  Aiiuflcs  Luncheons 
The  informal  luncheons  of  the 
Brown  University  Club  of  Los  Angeles 
have  been  resumed  at  the  same  old  stand, 
and  the  season's  opener  was  a  definite  suc- 
cess. Five  new  faces  were  welcome  addi- 
tions to  the  usual  coterie.  They  belong 
to  John  Corry  "31,  David  R.  Dodge.  Jr., 
'30,  William  M.  Eaves  "52.  Gerry  Kear- 
ney '52  and  Harry  P.  Taylor  "30.  Plans  for 
the  informal  get-together  later  in  the  fall 
were  discussed.  The  setting  will  be  a 
world-renowned  night  club,  and  wives 
will,  naturally,  be  invited.  Details  later. 

The  Los  Angeles  luncheons  are  held  the 
second  and  fourth  Tuesdays  of  every 
month  at  the  Hotel  Savoy,  corner  of  6th 
and  Grand  Sts.,  at  12  noon.  Any  and  all 
Brunonians  in  the  vicinity  are  cordially 
invited  to  attend  without  reservation. 
bob  cowgill  '50 

Wa.shington  Seeks  a  Fifth 

The  Washington  Brown  Club  reports, 
through  George  Hurley.  Jr.,  '41  that  its 
bowling  team  needs  a  fifth — "imported 
or  domestic."  In  this  26th  season  of  the 
Intercollegiate  League,  the  Brunonians 
are  above  the  .500  mark  but  need  help. 
Any  bowler  or  potential  bowler  may  re- 
port at  the  Hi-Scor  .Alleys.  719  13th  St. 
N.W..  fifth  floor,  on  Tuesdays  at  9  p.m.  or 
get  in  touch  with  Hurley  at  1412  N.  Ab- 
ingdon St.,  Arlington.  Va. 

The  regulars  on  the  Brown  entry  are 
Tod  Shotton  '30.  Joe  Bosse  '52,  Charles 
Lloyd  '42,  and  Hurley,  with  assists  from 
Dick  Walsh  '37,  Judge  Norm  Tietjens  '25. 
Stu  Harrison   '51.   and   Dave  Wood   '44. 

Eagle  Roek  in;tugiiral 
The  Eagle  Rock  Brown  Club  of  New 
Jersey  held  its  fall  meeting  Oct.  21  at 
Pals  Cabin,  West  Orange,  with  Dean  Wes- 
cott  E,  S.  Moulton  '31  representing  the 
University.  He  told  of  current  events  and 
attitudes  on  the  Campus  and  later  pro- 


A  Liberalized  .Vgreenient 

Two  changes  affecting  the 
choice  of  Alumni  Trustees  were 
voted  by  the  University  Corpora- 
lion  at  its  fall  meeting,  amending 
the  agreement  of  1942  between  the 
Corporation  and  the  Associated 
.Mumni.  Under  the  old  agreement 
a  non-graduate  was  not  eligible  to 
be  a  candidate  for  Alumni  Trustee. 
To  vote  for  Alumni  Trustees,  the 
requirement  was  that  the  alumnus 
have  attended  Brown  for  four  se- 
mesters. 

The  new  vote  permits  the  nom- 
ination of  "alumni  or  alumnae,  not 
necessarily  graduates."  (No  alumna 
had  been  nominated  heretofore,  al- 
though two  alumnae  are  currently 
on  the  Board  of  Trustees  as  the  re- 
sult of  direct  Corporation  action.) 
The  franchise  is  now  extended  to 
"all  holders  of  degrees  .  .  .  and 
former  students  in  the  undergradu- 
ate Colleges  (provided  their  Classes 
have  graduated )." 

Presumably,  the  new  policy  will 
take  effect  with  the  selection  of  the 
two  Alumni  Trustees  in  1955. 


vided  the  commentary  as  films  of  football 
games  were  shown. 

Edward  P.  Gilman  '35  of  Montclair  is 
President  of  the  Eagle  Rock  group. 

ADRIAN  BECKER  '48 

The  Makings  in  Middlesex 

Without  yet  aspiring  to  the  formal 
status  of  a  Brown  Club,  a  group  of  alumni 
in  Winchester,  Mass.,  has  been  active  on 
behalf  of  the  University  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Lyndon  B.  Burnham  '32.  They 
sponsored  a  meeting  of  secondary  school 
students  in  the  Middlesex  area  last  spring 


and  propose  to  make  il  an  annual  event, 
t^ne  outcome  was  a  delegation  cf  10  boys 
and  three  girls,  newly  enrolled  on  College 
Hill. 

■Associated  with  Burnham  in  the  enter- 
prise are  Will  B.  Skerry  "19.  Latin  teacher 
in  the  Winchester  High  School,  Francis  E. 
Booth  "21,  and  Kenneth  S.  Hall  "13.  They 
speak  highly  of  the  work  of  Admission 
Officer  Charles  H.  Doebler  "48.  The  nu- 
cleus for  a  "Middlesex  Brown  Club""  is 
here,  particularly  with  William  G.  Fiene- 
mann  "33  joining  Burnham  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Burnham-Fienemann  Co., 
manufacturers"  agents. 

Hartford  ("oni|)etition 
Presideni  Eisenhower  was  in  Hart- 
ford on  the  third  Wednesday  of  October. 
He  was  at  the  Statler  Hotel  and  Bushnell 
Park,  not  three  blocks  away  from  where 
the  Brown  Club  was  holding  its  regularlv 
scheduled  monthly  luncheon.  Even  though 
the  President  spoke  at  the  same  hour.  14 
Brown  men  sat  down  at  lunch  as  usual. 
Either  there  are  a  lot  of  Democrats  in  the 
Brown  Club,  or  there  is  a  lot  of  Brown 
spirit  which  denies  any  competition. 

CY  FLANDERS  "18 

Ciiiciiiiiati  Siih-Freslnnen 

Sub-Freshmen  in  the  C  incinnati  area 
will  join  the  Brunonians  on  Wednesday 
evening,  Dec.  29  when  the  Brown  Club 
dines  at  the  Cincinnati  Country  Club. 
Color  slides  from  the  Admission  Office 
and  the  film  of  the  Princeton  football 
game  will  be  visual  aids  during  the  enter- 
tainment. Any  Brown  men  in  the  area  will 
be  most  welcome. 

The  annual  meeting  was  held  in  No- 
vember, with  the  following  officers 
elected:  President — Lee  H.  Grischy  '49; 
Vice-President  and  Treasurer — Robert  W. 
Boole  "46:  Secretary — George  R.  Pierce 
'38.  The  Secretary's  address  is  1515  Un- 
ion Trust  Building. 


DECEMBER   1954 


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MEMENTOS 
OF  BROWN 


1.  BROWN  IMVERSITi   iNllRROR 

This  Colonial  picture  mirror  features  a  color  print 
of  an  1825  Campus  scene.  The  solid  birch  frame. 
13  by  26  inches,  is  finished  in  black  or  mahogany 
with  gilt  turnings  and  medallions. 


2.  BROW  >  IMVERSITi   CHAIR 

A  short-armed  comb-back  Vi  indsor  made  of  north- 
ern hardwoods,  with  a  four-color  ornament  based  on 
the  University  arms.  Made  by  Yankee  craftsmen 
and  finished  in  black  with  narrow  gold  trim  or  old 
pine. 


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