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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in the Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
January, IQ5I
Number I
Contents
PAGE
Editorials , 3
Recent Air View of Duke 4
Student Draft Problem 5
Second Gift of $1,500,000 6
Students 7
Medical Achievements 8
Alumnae Week End 9
February Events . . ' 9
Alumni in the News 10
Service Address Request 12
Local Associations 13
Sports 14
Gerry Gerard Dies 15
Faculty 16
Chapel View 17
Books 17
Sons and Daughters of Duke Alumni. . 19
News of the Alumni 20
Editor and Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Managing Editor Eoger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager Thomas D. Donegan
Layout Editor Ruth Mary Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
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Office at Durham, N. C, Under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
JletteM,
Helen Kindler Behrens (Mrs. Robert H.), '45
U. S. Information Center
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APO 154, c/o Postmaster, N. Y.
As the twins recently celebrated their second birthday, it occurs to
me that I haven't let you know our whereabouts since we were preparing
to cart them off to France three months after they joined the family.
All has gone well with us since, briefly in the following manner:
We were in Paris for over a year, while Bob worked on his doctorate
thesis for the Sorbonne. I had an interesting job with the Embassy
there, and we were fortunate in having a nice apartment — a rare thing
indeed in that town where there are, I swear, more Americans than
French. We were continually running into old friends, but strangely
enough, none from Duke. I guess I should have started an alumni chap-
ter; actually, I suppose we were considered rather snobbish, working for
the Embassy instead of EC A, living on the Right Bank instead of the
Left, and having occasional moments of central heating and almost
enough hot water for daily baths. It was a fine year, and the children
thrived.
After finishing his thesis, Bob got a job as head of the Information
Center here, a Cultural Affairs position with broader scope because of
the tremendous job to be done on the Germans. Library, concerts, lec-
tures, plays, children's affairs — anything you might imagine that could
give information of the outside world, something the people haven't had
since 1934. This work fascinates both of us.****** Of course, to my
mind, it is probably the most interesting spot in the world today, though
some of the Americans who have been here several years don't agree.
I suppose by now the music department, or somebody, has received
a set of Dad's* records which I had sent from Washington. I hope they
will be Hseful to you, and that you will enjoy them. My idea was to have
someone carry them after I had warned you that they were coming, so
I hope none were broken, and that they got into the right hands.
I think often of Alpha Chi, the Chronicle, and the Duke Players,
and of all of you in Durham. Which reunion I'll be able to attend, I
can't say, but I'm looking forward to it. I wouldn't be at all surprised
if the Alumni Fund is still going strong, so enclose a check.
* Dr. Hans Kindler, late Conductor of the National Symphony Or-
chestra.
THIS MONTH'S COVER
Duke's new basketball coach, Harold Bradley, gives instruc-
tions to his star player, Dick Groat. Coach Bradley, who took
over at the beginning of the season has proved efficient as a cage
mentor, and is well liked on the campus. Dick Groat, stellar
guard, has made for himself the reputation of being the best
athlete ever to play on Duke's hardwood.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
Volume XXXVII
January, 1951
Number I
The Old Year
At this time of the 3 7 ear it seems appropriate to stop for
a few minutes and see what the old year has put on the
credit side of the ledger. The staff of the Alumni Office
remembers pleasantly the many ways in which the alumni
family has cooperated to make the past twelve months
noteworthy in the history of the institution.
Enthusiastic interest and support by the alumni assure
the University that it will be able to intensify its program
and increase its services to mankind.
We Like to Think About:
— The many hours spent in preparation for special oc-
casions, such as Homecoming, Pounders' Day, Commence-
ment, class reunions — of how the alumni responded and
returned enthusiastically to share these pleasant occasions ;
— The alumni who have taken to their hearts the com-
bining of the Loyalty Fund and Development Program
into the Development Campaign and the several thousand
who have volunteered their services to President Edens to
help in this program ;
— The alumni in three areas who have organized new
alumni associations;
— The local alumni officers of such associations as New
York City and Buffalo, N. Y., who are mailing newsletters
periodically to their members;
— Those alumni who have called to the attention of the
Admissions Office outstanding students in their commu-
nity ;
— Alumni who have served on scholarship committees,
such as the Angier B. Duke Prize Committee ;
— The more than 10,000 alumni who have been prompt
in sending their changes of address;
— The alumni who have given new scholarships or have
contributed to old ones ;
— The Class of 1925 which had the largest percentage
of participation of any class in its activities and gift to
the University on the occasion of its 25th reunion ;
— The officers of the General Alumni Association, the
class officers, local association officers, and the thousands
of other alumni who have served Duke in the past twelve
months.
The New Year
As we look to the New Year we see the days, weeks, and
months ahead clouded by unsettled conditions and by a
feeling of unrest such as this country has never known.
However, in spite of these, we are counting on our alumni
to have a place in their thinking, in their hearts, and in
their everyday life for Duke University.
We Hope:
— That you will visit the campus as often as possible ;
— That you will drop us a line when you change ad-
dress, for this is particularly important now ;
— That you will call on the Alumni Office for any serv-
ice it can render you or for any information it can furnish
you about Duke or its alumni ;
— That you will cooperate with the officers of your re-
spective association and class.
We hope that you will do the above things, for construc-
tive and enthusiastic interest on the part of the alumni
means much to Duke University.
We wish for each of you a Happj- New Year.
Development Campaign
Some time in the next few months a fellow alumnus will
get up from his desk or stop her household duties to call
on you and remind you that Duke is counting on you to
have a part in the Development Campaign.
When this call comes, please give thoughtful attention
to the request and give according to your ability. Alumni
are being asked to invest in Duke's future by subscribing
in minimum shares of $25.00 per year. Surely each of
you will find it possible to grant such a reasonable request.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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Duke Moves to Meet Emergency
Speed-up Program Starts in June. Committee Will Advise Students on Draft.
Moving to meet serious educational
problems created by a growing national
emergency, President Edens has an-
nounced that a "speed-up" program to
enable students to graduate in three years
will be instituted at Duke in June.
Similar to the program adopted by the
University during World War II, the
new curriculum will make it possible for
students to by-pass traditional summer
vacations and complete in six Summer
Session terms of six weeks each work
normally accomplished in two semesters
of the regular academic year.
"The University deems it essential to
provide opportunity for high school grad-
uates to begin their college training at
the earliest possible date," President
Edens stated. He added that: "High
school seniors are urged to apply at once
for enrollment in the Summer term of
1951 beginning in early June. This
would enable them to comj>lete the major
part of a half year's work before the
usual opening in September."
With the drafting of 18-year-olds an
imminent possibility, and with a tighten-
ing up of deferment regulations that con-
cern college students, it is evident that
colleges and universities face difficult
responsibilities. Duke has thus taken the
lead in formulating a well-defined policy
for safeguarding opportunities for higher
education by qualified students.
The implied purpose of the program is
to encourage students to begin or con-
tinue college work until it is mandatory
that they must withdraw from the Uni-
versity to enter armed service. The speed-
up program, it is felt, will allow larger
numbers to graduate before being called
through the draft.
"This program," the President com-
mented, "is in line with the advice of
national leaders and high school counsel-
ors who are urging young people to begin
their college work as soon as possible, be-
cause of the imminence of military serv-
ice."
Under the announced acceleration, a
student enrolling as a freshman in June,
1951, will graduate in June, 1954. If
drafted before graduation, he will at least
have completed a greater part of his work
than would be the case under normal
conditions.
Freshman registration for the Summer
Session will be on June 12. The cus-
tomary series of placement tests and the
program of orientation will begin a few
days earlier.
In spite of the speed-up, every effort
will be made to protect the quality of
education at Duke and to permit the
student to derive maximum benefit from
his work. High standards are not to be
sacrificed.
An Advisory Committee
Another recent step taken to help the
University and its students face prob-
lems spawned by the national emergency
is the formation of a special faculty-staff
advisory committee, which will offer coun-
sel to students on questions related to
military service.
In recent weeks a growing student
anxiety has been reflected in the numbers
of men approaching deans for informa-
tion and advice. The advisory committee
is established to channel such requests to
faculty and staff members who are ac-
cumulating all available information on
the subject of the draft and its effect
upon University students.
Members of the committee will assist
individual students confronted with a de-
cision to continue or discontinue their
education. The committee will be large
enough to make possible personal inter-
views and to answer requests for infor-
mation without delay.
Co-chairmen of the faculty committee
(Continued on page 6)
Dr. W. Brewster Snow, B.S. '32, left, associate professor of civil engineer-
ing, counsels two Duke students on problems relating to military service. Dr.
Snow is a member of a new faculty advisory committee formed to aid Duke
students select the best method of furthering national defense efforts on the
campus and in uniform. Students are William Stone, center, Raleigh, N. C,
junior, and Robert Shackleford, right, High Point, N. C, senior.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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Second Gift of $1,500,000 Offered
Contingent Upon Raising of Matching Sum
A second gift of $1,500,000 to the Duke
University Development Campaign was
announced earlier this month by Presi-
dent Edens.
Like the General Education Board's
gift in December, this latest proffered
donation is contingent upon the raising of
a matching sum by alumni and friends.
The donor has asked to remain anony-
mous. President Edens termed the do-
nor's generosity to Duke "an act of faith
in higher education and an act of confi-
dence in Duke University."
This brings to a total'of $3,000,000 the
amount that has been offered to the Uni-
versity providing other contributors give
an amount that matches it dollar for dol-
lar.
Every dollar that an alumnus or friend
now gives during the Development Cam-
paign will bring another into the Univer-
sity. Two great acts of generosity, which
were also expressions of confidence in
Duke's ability to give increased service to
mankind through intensified programs of
education and research, have brought be-
fore alumni and friends an exceptional
opportunity to help Duke build for the
future.
National Campaign Is Opening
Opening of the general campaign
throughout the nation will be signalled
by a meeting on Feb. 6 in Charlotte,
N. C, to begin the general canvass in
Mecklenburg County.
Shortly thereafter campaigns in other
areas will start just as soon as soliciting
organizations have completed preliminary
work and are ready to go.
Three million dollars must be raised
between now and June 30 in order to
reach the 1950-51 goal of $8,650,000 and
provide the matching funds needed to
assure the two contingent gifts of
$3,000,000.
"Within the next few weeks it is antici-
pated that alumni in almost every part of
the country will be contacted by fellow-
alumni who are serving as campaign
workers in their home areas. These cam-
paign workers will be well informed as to
the purposes and procedure of the De-
velopment Campaign and will be able to
give prospective contributors information
that should encourage generous giving.
It is not planned that campaigns in
every locality be opened simultaneously.
The pattern will be similar to the highly
successful one followed by the Loyalty
Fund solicitations during the past three
years. Campaigns will begin one at a
time during February and the three
months of spring, timed so that the 1950-
51 drive for gifts for major projects will
end at Commencement in June. This will
leave the month of June for a clean-up
campaign, if it is necessary to reach the
goal.
New Chairmen
Meanwhile the appointment of cam-
paign chairmen and the organization of
local committees is being- pushed rapidly
ahead.
Most recently enlisted chairmen are
John B. Harris, '24, in District 4 of
North Carolina; W. Herbert Smith, '23,
in northwest South Carolina ; and Wil-
liam M. Courtney, '38, in northeast Flor-
ida. These three alumni leaders, who in
the past have served Duke in various
ways, received an expression of apprecia-
tion from President Edens for their ac-
ceptance of important campaign posts.
Support at Home
While preparations are being made to
open campaigns in numerous cities and
counties both inside and outside North
Carolina, two groups close to home have
just about completed their Development
Program drives and are showing excep-
tional results.
The City of Durham campaign, in
which business Amis and non-alumni in-
dividuals participated, currently stands at
more than $220,000 from approximately
175 contributors. Final report of the
Durham campaign was due at a meeting
scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30. Thus
funds for remodeling West Campus
Union, the Administration Building and
parts of Page into a Student Activities
Center are virtually assuz-ed.
The Faculty-Staff campaign., begun
early this month by a committee headed
by Dr. Frank T. DeVyver, has at this
writing raised approximately $60,000.
Actively engaged in the campaign as
workers are 50 faculty members, includ-
ing at least one for each major instruc-
tional department in the University, and
a four-man staff committee headed by
Walter G. Cooper, personnel director.
The success of these two campaigns is
particularly significant and is especially
encouraging as the national campaign
gets underway. The people closest to the
University, in the city that is its home
Large Gifts Announced
Two large gifts, one by a firm and
one by a friend of the University's
were recentlv announced.
The first was a gift of $105,000 by
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
to be used for research projects related
to the tobacco industry as a whole.
The second, announced on Jan. 25,
is a gift of $100,000 to the Develop-
ment Campaign by Mr. David Ovens
of Charlote, N. O, vice-president of
Ivey's Department Store and a close
friend to the University. Mr. Ovens
generous gift was the first of the
Mecklenburg County Campaign which
is just getting underway.
and upon its own instructional and ad-
ministrative staffs, are the most capable
of making a critical appraisal of Duke's
needs and its opportunities for future
service. Their very tangible expressions
of loyalty and confidence should do much
to warm the hearts of far-flung alumni
to the causes which the University serves
and encourage their active support.
Duke to Meet Emergency
(Continued from page 5)
are Dr. Paul M. Gross and Dr. Herbert J.
Herring, both University vice-presidents
closely associated with students on the
campus. Chairmen of committees to co-
ordinate advisory functions of appointed
faculty members are Dr. Alan K. Man-
chester, dean of undergraduate instruc-
tion, and Dr. William Archie, assistant
dean in charge of freshmen.
The anxiety of the student body is in-
creased by uncertainty as to present and
contemplated draft policies. While cur-
rent regulations have been set forth in
directives from Washington, students feel
that there is some doubt as to how local
draft boards will interpret them. Most
perplexing, however, are repeated an-
nouncements that changes in regulations
are forthcoming, but no one seems to
know just when or to what extent. As
might be supposed, this gives rise to ru-
mors of all sorts of pending action that
will affect students. Fortunately, under-
graduates at Duke are evincing a cautious
attitude toward such rumors, and the Uni-
versity to date has not lost, through vol-
untary withdrawal, as many students as
some other institutions. But it is ex-
pected that the end of the fall semester
this month will see quite a few dropping
out to enlist, rather than risk being
drafted in the middle of the spring term.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
Campus Busy with Activity
Top Students
Honorary class scholarships valued at
$350.00 each have been awarded to 17
students in recognition of outstanding
grades.
The scholarships, given annually to the
five top ranking students in the sopho-
more, junior, and senior classes, are
awarded on the basis of the previous
year's work and are applied toward tui-
tion.
Sophomore winners are : George R.
Abbott, Lewisburg, W. Va.; Dante Ger-
mino, Durham; Frederick P. Brooks,
Greenville; Mary H. Dawson, Sanford;
and Eleanor B. Lake, Charlotte. Miss
Dawson and Miss Lake tied for fourth
place with identical averages.
Winners in the junior class are : Wil-
liam L. Noel, Birmingham, Ala.; Denni-
son I. Eusinow, St. Petersburg, Fla. ; J.
Woodford Howard, Jr., Prestonburg,
Ky.; Thomas T. Bannister, Urbana, 111.;
and Richard B. Dannenburg, Cedarhurst,
N. Y.
Senior class winners are : Arnold I.
Roth, Birmingham, Ala. ; Bowen B. Sim-
mons, Opp, Ala.; Sanford Radner, Mun-
roe, N. Y. ; Thomas E. Morgan, Jr., Jack-
sonville, Pla. ; William L. Baldwin, Dur-
ham; W. Kenny Withers, Jacksonville,
Fla.; and George Binda, Medford, Mass.
Three students, Baldwin, Withers, and
Binda, who are enrolled under Public Law
346 for veterans, tied for fifth place in
the senior class. They received cash
awards of $100.00 each.
Duke Debate Team
Wins First Place
Duke's negative debate team, composed
of Dennis O'Donovan of Miami, Fla., and
Henry Clark of Reidsville, won first place
in a debate tournament held late in No-
vember at the University of South Caro-
lina. The affirmative team, made up of
John Maxwell of Bethesda, Md., and Tom
Sanders of Asheville, tied for second
place.
In winning first place in the tourna-
ment, the Duke team, coached by Joseph
C. Wetherby, assistant professor of
speech, won out over debate teams from
15 Southern colleges and universities.
The debate question for the tournament
was : Resolved : the non-communist na-
tions of the world should form a new
international organization.
The South Carolina tournament was
the first major tournament attended by a
Duke debate team this year.
w Best Debater"
Hunt Ricker, sophomore from Tampa,
Fla., won the title of "best debater" in a
field of more than 70 contestants from
Southeastern colleges.
The event, the Dixie Debate Tourna-
ment, was held at Charlotte early in De-
cember. It attracted 36 debate teams
from 12 colleges and universities, and
was sponsored by Mary Washington Col-
lege, Fredericksburg, Va., and Wingate
College, Wingate.
Two of Duke's 10 teams entered in the
tourney were awarded places in the "Top
Ten" teams selected by the judges. Mem-
bers of the two teams were Hunt Ricker;
Dan Castor, Tampa, Fla., sophomore;
Richard Thigpen, Charlotte, senior; and
William Werber, College Park, Md.,
sophomore.
Other Duke participants at the meet
were : James Best, Dunn, junior ; Sam
Brown, Tallapoosa, Ga., junior; Pat Car-
ter, Gulf port, Miss., junior; Elinor Prae-
ger, Washington, senior; James E. Ritch,
Jr., Charlotte, sophomore ; and Fred Stef-
fey, Charlotte, sophomore.
Joseph C. Wetherby, assistant profes-
sor of speech who accompanied the teams,
stated that none of the Duke team mem-
bers had ever before participated in an
intercollegiate debate.
Sixty-nine Candidates
Sixty-nine students are now working
toward graduate degrees in English and
American literature, Dr. Paull F. Baurn,
director of graduate studies in English,
announced.
Eighteen students began graduate work
in English this fall, and 46 are now in
residence at Duke. Some 37 students
are working toward the Ph.D. degree,
with 11 studying American literature and
26 majoring in English literature.
Fraternity Men
Upset Statistics
Duke fraternity men have been getting
better grades than non-fraternity stu-
dents, contrary to a downward fraternity
scholarship trend reported by most col-
leges and universities in the country.
Dean Robert B. Cox, dean of under-
graduate men, stated that every one of
the 19 fraternities at Duke topped the
all-men student scholastic average of 1.24
quality points per semester hour during
the academic year 1949-50. Fraternity
members earned an over-all average of
1.38 quality points while over the same
period non-fraternity students recorded a
score of 1.15.
"This is the first time at Duke that the
fraternity average has surpassed the all-
men scholastic rating in recent years,"
Dean Cox declared. He pointed out that
in 1949-50 only 50 per cent of the fra-
ternities made grades higher than the
non-fraternity average, and at most col-
leges throughout the country, the fra-
ternity averages are below the all-student
average. Much of the credit for the
scholastic gain should go to the Scholar-
ship Committee of the Duke Inter-Fra-
ternity Council, which has staged a "back-
to-the-books" campaign. A trophy and
individual plaques are awarded to the
fraternity showing the most scholastic
progress.
Duke fraternities have received na-
tional recognition of their scholarship
achievements in a series of Scholarship
Newsletters published by the National
Inter-Fraternity Council.
Future Teachers
Fifty future teachers mingled with
teen-agers at Durham High, Carr Junior
High, and East Durham Junior High as
Duke education majors began their prac-
tice teaching by observing classroom pro-
cedure.
After a two-month delay caused by a
change in contract with the Durham
School Board, the students got their class
assignments on the first day after Christ-
mas vacation. Before the end of January
they are expected to have completed at
least ten of the 45 required hours of ob-
servation to meet requirements for a
North Carolina certificate.
Before the end of the year, students in
practice-teaching must have spent an-
other 45 hours in actual teaching and 18
more in conferences with the critic teach-
er, the supervisor and the director of the
program.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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Recent Medical Achievements
Add to Health and Happiness
Medical science at Duke is quietly
achieving major and minor triumphs in
the never-ending battle against diseases,
ailments and accidents which shorten and
torment human lives.
The discovery and isolation of a cancer-
causing virus, advances in the treatment
of gastric ulcers, a new use of ACTH
in treating severely burned skin tissue,
and the effects of ACTH in relation to
high blood pressure are just a few re-
cently announced accomplishments to be
added to the many contributions that
Duke doctors have made toward a health-
ier and happier mankind.
Cancer Virus Isolated
One team of Duke scientists ended a
long struggle by many medical researchers
by isolating and photographing the tiny
virus that causes fowl leukosis, a type of
cancer in chickens that is closely related
to the human cancer, leukemia.
Announcement of the discovery was
made in an article in Proceedings of the
Society for Experimental Biology and
Medicine by a team composed of: Dr.
Joseph W. Beard, professor of surgery
in charge of experimental surgery and
associate professor of virology, Mrs.
Dorothy W. Beard, R.N., research asso-
ciate in surgery; Dr. D. Gordon Sharp,
A.M. '37, Ph.D. '39, assistant professor
of biophysics in experimental surgery and
biophysicist to Duke Hospital; Edward
A. Eckert, and T. Z. Csaky.
The importance of the find is the ability
to study directly the causative agent of
the disease and perhaps find a way to
cure or prevent it. Implications of such
a discovery are great; fowl leukosis costs
the poultry industry $75,000,000 every
year. The scientists emphasized, however,
that the report is just a preliminary one,
and it is too early to predict any success
in efforts to kill the virus or develop a
vaccine against it.
Leukosis virus is small — so tiny, in
fact, that it will pass through the invisible
pores of an ordinary urglazed china din-
ner plate. When magnified 15,000 times
and photographed by the electron micro-
scope, it is shaped like a tadpole with a
head about 60 one-millionths of an inch
in diameter and a tail somewhat longer.
Fowl leukosis affects certain cells in the
bone marrow, causing young cells to mul-
tiply in tremendous numbers. These are
thrown into the blood stream to form a
sort of "floating cancer." The normal red
cells are killed and replaced by the can-
cerous cells, which collect in vital areas
causing paralysis or blindness. The chick-
ens die of anemia and starvation.
The Duke team made thousands of tests
before determining that the fatal virus is
carried from chick to chick through the
breed, through plasma, or by virus in-
fected cells. Again and again they
whirled virus-laden plasma at high speeds
in a centrifuge, gradually separating com-
ponents until the tiny killer was isolated.
The fowl leukosis virus is minute
enough to pass through the invisible
pores of an ordinary unglazed china
dinner plate, but when magnified
15,000 times and photographed by the
electron microscope, it looks like this.
Isolation of virus by Duke scientists is
nothing new. A Duke team in 1937 puri-
fied the first known cancer-causing virus,
that of rabbit papilloma. The dread New-
castle disease virus was isolated a few
years ago.
Wonder Hormone Heals
While the above work was going on,
another Duke team struggled to save the
life of a nine-year-old boy, badly bumed
four and a half years ago. Eighty-five
blood transfusions kept him alive while
the doctors desperately attempted to graft
skin on charred tissues. Forty-two at-
tempts failed; the transplanted skin tis-
tue melted away and vanished within a
week. It looked hopeless.
Then the doctors decided to try ACTH,
the wonder hormone that controls and
eases so many crippling, stubborn and
painful diseases. A four-man research
team consisting of Dr. Frank L. Engel,
assistant professor of medicine and in-
structor in physiology; Dr. Samuel P.
Martin, associate in medicine and bac-
teriology; Dr. Benjamin F. Edwards and
Dr. Theodore B. Schwartz reported the
results of the test at the second ACTH
Conference held recently in Chicago.
The child was given the hormone for
two days, and then small experimental
skin grafts were attempted on the small
patient's chest burns. Eighty per cent
of them survived. Two more grafting
procedures were tried — again success, as
healthy new skin began to grow spon-
taneously on the edges of the less severely
burned areas. ACTH, as it has many
times before, was easing a child's pain
and saving his life.
Possible Cause of Blood Pressure
Duke doctors have been busy studying
ACTH for some time. Only last spring
they established a connection between
high blood pressure in persons with ne-
phritis (kidney disease) and the amount
of ACTH produced in their own pituitary
glands.
The disease may be caused by the
amount of ACTH produced in the body.
Furthermore, eating a diet low in protein
seems to decrease the gland's output of
ACTH and thereby lowers blood pressure.
Dr. Philip Handler, professor of bio-
chemistry, and Dr. Frederick Bernheim,
professor of pharmacology, have been
making investigations of the hormone.
Implications of their discoveries may be
important in the treatment of high blood
pressure and heart disease in humans.
Subjects of the Duke experiments were
rats with high blood pressure produced
by removing one kidney and partially
damaging another. Drs. Handler and
Bernheim proved that when these rats
were fed large amounts of protein, their
blood pressure rose quickly. When they
ate low protein diets, the pressures
dropped back to normal.
Seeking an explanation, the Duke sci-
entists gave ACTH to rats that had been
eating small amounts of protein. In four
hours their blood pressure rose from nor-
mal to a high level — about as high as if
they had been eating the high protein diet.
Then they gave the hormone to rats that
had been eating larger amounts of protein.
Although these rats already had high
blood pressure, the level went no higher.
In the same way, ordinary rats with un-
damaged kidneys were not affected, re-
gardless of what they ate.
The investigators concluded that, in
rats with kidney disease, high blood pres-
sure occurs only when the animal is mak-
ing sufficient amounts of ACTH. They
also obtained evidence suggesting that
eating a low protein diet results in a de-
creased secretion of ACTH by the pitui-
tary, gland, thereby explaining the effects
of such a diet on high blood pressure.
All this may answer many questions
about diet and about the action of ACTH.
When scientists have discovered why a
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
low-protein diet affects the body in this
way, they may be on the way to a solu-
tion to the problems of high blood pres-
sure and kidney disease in humans. How-
ever, there is much work to be done be-
fore a final conclusion can be drawn.
Ulcer Drug Successful
More advances were recorded for Duke
medicine when Dr. Keith S. Grimson,
professor of surgery, recently described
excellent results from a new drug, Ban-
thine, used in the treatment of peptic
ulcer.
Banthine, a trade name for the gen-
eric jaw-breaker beta-diethylaminoethyl-
xanthene-9-carboxylate methobromide, has
been found helpful in blocking the trans-
mission of nerve impulses which cause
spasms in the stomach and upper intes-
tines. These spasms often result in mas-
sive hemorrhages, considerable pain, and
the need for operation. The new drug
relieves the pain and helps to eliminate or
delay surgery. It is available only on a
doctor's prescription.
Dr. Grimson, speaking before the
fourth annual Clinical Session of the
American Medical Association at Cleve-
land, announced the results of a study
made by him and two Duke alumni asso-
ciates, Dr. C. Keith Lyons, M.D. '46, and
Dr. Benjamin H. Flowe, M.D. '49, which
involved 100 patients.
The treatment began back in March
1949 and these patients will be followed
through at least five years of close study
before any definite conclusions will be
made. Results of the tests so far, how-
ever, have been encouraging. Of the 100
patients covered in the study, 62 had
shown symptoms, pain, spasms and some
massive hemorrhaging, indicating a need
for operation. After treatment with
Banthine varying from five to 45 weeks,
only 10 of the 62 subsequently required
surgery.
Of the 52 not yet requiring an opera-
tion, 20 (38 per cent) experienced con-
tinuing complete relief from pain, 23 (45
per cent) satisfactory relief and only nine
(17 per cent) suffered brief recurrences.
Of the other group of 38 patients not
needing surgery at the time they were
placed on treatment, 24 (63 per cent)
experienced continuing complete relief,
12 (32 per cent) satisfactory relief and
only two (5 per cent) had brief relapses.
Clearly this demonstrates the great possi-
bilities for the new drug.
Dr. Grimson cautioned against any
sweeping optimisms and conclusions by
stating that it was still too early to fore-
tell the extent of the protection offered by
the drug. Although there is no evidence
of chronic toxicity or evidence of increas-
ing tolerance with use, there are some side
effects including dilated pupils, dryness
of the mouth and relaxation of the blad-
der. Patients are required to take Ban-
thine every six hours, sometimes every
four hours, day and night. Much depends
upon their co-operation with this schedule.
The surgeon concluded by saying that
gastric ulcers with their associated risk
of malignancy should be still treated in
the conventional surgical manner with
"medical management being indicated
only when prompt and complete healing
is demonstrated."
Continuing medical progress at Duke
Hospital and the School of Medicine is
accomplished by the # teamwork and co-
operation of competent doctors working
steadily and indefatigably in research.
The work of these able scientists in mak-
ing Duke one of the leading medical cen-
ters in the South is a source of great
pride to the University, its community
and alumni, and to the city and state in
which Duke is located.
Alumnae Week End
The announcement concerning Alumnae
Week End on April 6, 7, and 8, which
appeared in the December Alumni Reg-
ister, has meet with widespread approval
according to information received in the
Alumni Office. The idea of returning to
the campus during regular school time,
rather than during spring vacation, ap-
peals to alumnae of all ages. Final plans
are being made and a complete program
will be mailed to alumnae within the next
few weeks.
Dr. Gloria M. Wysner, an authority on
the Near East, who is the only woman
ever named as a consultant to The Inter-
national Missionary Council in Associa-
tion with the World Council of Churches,
is to be one of the featured speakers.
Her book, Near East Panorama, is being
used this year as the official mission study
book for many churches including the
Methodist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal.
Dr. Wysner is in the Near East at
present, but will return shortly before
Alumnae Week End. Her address, there-
fore, will be timely, and based on first
hand information.
The Week End program will open with
a dinner in the West Campus Union at
(Continued on page 18)
February Events
Feb. 2 — Arts Council Exhibit and
Reception in the evening.
Feb. 3— Duke-N.Y.U. basketball
game in the indoor stadium. 8 :30
p.m.
Feb. 4 — Chamber music and organ
recital by Mildred L. Hendrix, Uni-
versity Organist. Julia Mueller,
violinist, and Dr. Ernest Peschel,
cellist. 4:00 p.m., Duke University
Chapel.
Feb. 5 — Gieuseppe Di Stefano, ten-
or, presented by the All-Star Ar-
tists Series. 8:15, Page Audito-
rium.
Feb. 5 — Duke-George Washington
basketball game. 8 :30 p.m., In-
door stadium.
Feb. 6 — Duke-William and Mary
basketball game. 8 :30 p.m., Indoor
stadium.
Feb. 9 — Pasquier Trio. Music Room,
201 East Duke Building.
Feb. 13 — Student Forum Lecture by
Hodding Carter. Woman's College
Auditorium.
Feb. 14 — Duke-Washington and Lee
basketball game. 8 :30 p.m., Indoor
stadium.
Feb. 16— Concert by the Men's Col-
lege Glee Club. 8:15, Page Audi-
torium.
Feb. 18-22 — Religious Emphasis
Week.
Feb. 22 — Duke Symphony Orchestra
Concert. Woman's College Audito-
rium.
Feb. 23 — Duke-Carolina basketball
game. 8 :30 p.m., Indoor stadium.
Feb. 27 — Student Forum Lecture by
Pearl Buck. Woman's College
Auditorium, (tentative)
Feb. 28— Faculty Talent Show. 8 :00-
9:30 p.m., Woman's College Audi-
torium.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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State Supreme Court Member
Jeff D. Johnson, Jr., '22, recently
sworn in as Associate Justice of the
North Carolina State Supreme Court,
climaxed a career of service to the people
of his state as an attorney and legislator.
North Carolina voters recognized his
outstanding- ability and long; service by
confirming in the November elections his
earlier nomination by the State Demo-
cratic Committee to fill the vacancy cre-
ated by the death of Associate Justice
A. A. F. Seawell.
Within moments after taking the oath
of office from Chief Justice W. P. Stacy,
Justice Johnson donned his robe and
joined his new colleagues in a review of
appeals from the Ninth and Twelfth Dis-
tricts.
The soft-spoken, friendly new associate
justice is the antithesis of a staid and
solemn individual one might expect in the
State's highest court. His gift for catch-
ing and remembering names, his quiet,
unassuming manner, and his personal
warmth have won him an untold number
of friends during his long career as a
popular North Carolina lawyer. Stead-
fast in purpose, unswerving in honesty
and indomitable in the defense of a right,
he has commanded the respect of all who
have known him. An example of this
esteem is the fact that he as a Democrat
has carried the election in every office he
has held in a solidly Republican county.
His combination of humanitarianism,
keen intellect and great capabilities will
certainly be reflected in decisions handed
down from the Supreme Court.
Justice Johnson's participation in State
affairs dates back to 1936 when he was a
member of the State Senate which passed
such legislation as old age assistance and
aid to dependent children, and the Un-
employment Compensation Act. Four
years later he was appointed chairman of
the important Senate Committee on
Roads. He introduced and pressed the
passage of a bill making the Motor Ve-
hicle Bureau a separate State department.
He was regarded by his colleagues as a
"liberal."
Born on June 6, 1900, Justice John-
son is a "Tar Heel" from way back. His
ancestors settled in areas around Garland
in Sampson County before the Revolu-
tionary War. As a boy, he worked and
played on his father's farm at Garland,
a farm which the elder Johnson still op-
erates in addition to his lumber business.
The young Jeff Johnson attended the
Garland High School and Trinity Park
School in Durham, and enrolled at Trinity
College in 1919. Originally he planned a
business career, graduating with an A.B.
degree in the class of 1922, but later he
switched to law and returned to Trinity
to study under the late Dr. Samuel Fox
Mordeeai. The admiration he had for
this great teacher, plus a gamecock de-
Jeff D. Johnson, Jr., '22
termination to succeed, inspired him to
lead the class of 1926 in scholarship, fol-
lowed closely by Fred C. Owen, '26, of
Durham, and Bryce R. Holt, '23, A.M.
'24, of Greensboro, who is now U. S. At-
torney for the Middle North Carolina
District.
To defray his college expenses, Justice
Johnson worked as representative of a
clothing store and boarding house, sec-
retary of the Trinity College Athletic
Association, taught school for a year, and
played semi-professional baseball during
the summers.
He was a stellar first baseman for the
Trinity College nine, and, in his senior
year, was a member of the team that won
State and Southern Conference champion-
ships. Later, after turning down an offer
to join Pittsburgh's farm-club at Wichita,
Kansas, in the Western League, he played
on various semi-professional teams in the
Carolinas and in Mississippi. He de-
clined an offer to manage the Meridian
Club in the Cotton States League in 1926
in favor of continuing his law studies.
Three of his former teammates at
Trinity are now city school superintend-
ents: J. 0. Sanderson, '24, of Raleigh;
L. E. Spikes, '24, M.Ed. '34, of Burling-
ton; and Charles F. Carroll, Jr., '21,
M.Ed. '30, of High Point. Other friends
and teammates included Joseph E.
"Smokey Joe" Caviness, '22 (who pitched
with a World War I bullet in his chest),
of Lillington; Fred Folger, '23, of Mt.
Airy; Neal Salmon, '20, of Lillington;
and L. B. Hathaway, '21, of Winston-
Salem, who is now president of the Physi-
cal Education Directors of the Carolinas.
In 1926 Justice Johnson began his law
practice at Clinton. Two years later he
was town attorney, a job he held for 13
years. He was also chairman of the
Sampson County Board of Elections for
six years.
Justice Johnson was married to the
former Miss Virginis Frances Faison in
1935. Mrs. Johnson, a graduate of the
Woman's College of the University of
North Carolina, was at that time a school
teacher. They now have three children :
Frances Faison, 13, Mary Lily, 11, and
Jeff, III, nine.
Justice and Mrs. Johnson make their
home at 304 Main St., Clinton, in a large,
comfortable century-old house. They at-
tend the Methodist Church, where Mrs.
Johnson takes an active leadership and
where he is chairman of the board of
trustees and former chairman of the board
of stewards. Justice Johnson is also a
member of such groups as the American
Legion, of which he was a former Post
commander, Masons, Sigma Chi, Sigma
Nu Phi legal fraternity, Red Friars,
Tombs, and Omicron Delta Kappa.
The new associate justice relaxes from
his legal duties by reading widely of his-
tory and biography and listening to good
music. An occasional hunt and quiet
family diversions make up the rest of
what little leisure time he has.
Benjamin F. Few, '15, has been
named President of Liggett and Myers
Tobacco Co., effective February 1,
1951. A Director and senior Vice-
President of the Company with which
he has been associated since 1916, Mr.
Few succeeds J. W. Andrews who is
retiring.
Mr. Few is a trustee of the Univer-
sity and National Chairman of our
Development Campaign.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
California Senator
Is a Duke Alumnus
Senator Richard Milhous Nixon, LL.B.
'37, adds a strong voice to the 1951 United
States Senate after recently defeating
Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas
in the California senatorial race. He
joins Senator Knowland to give the Re-
publicans both seats from a large and
fast-growing state that will have an im-
portant voice in the 1952 presidential
campaign.
During his two terms in the House of
Representatives from 1946 to 1950, Sena-
tor Nixon was credited with being a vig-
orous fighter for a thorough-going inquiry
into the influences of Communism in the
government. Perhaps his biggest achieve-
ment was breaking the Hiss-Chambers
case by issuing a subpoena leading to dis-
covery of the famous ''pumpkin papers."
This was accomplished when he was a
member of the House Committee on Un-
American Activities. He also figured in
pressing prosecution of eleven Commu-
nist leaders and Judith Coplon. Recently
he succeeded in getting Lee Pressman to
testify before the committee.
The only California Representative to
receive two committee appointments at
the same time during the session, Senator
Nixon also served on the Education-Labor
Committee. In this capacity he played
a considerable part in drafting and sup-
porting the Taft-Hartley Bill. He was
regarded as advocating a consistently
"middle-of-the-road" approach and fought
the Truman administration's "Fair Deal"
program. He also served on the Herter
Foreign Aid Committee.
"Capital Cloakroom''
North Carolina Democratic Senator
Willis Smith, '10, Duke University
Trustee, and California Republican
Senator Richard M. Nixon, LL.B. '37,
were recent guests on the major net-
work radio program "Capital Cloak-
room." By interviewing members of
the legislature, the program attempts
to inform the listening audience of
personal views and activities of the
men the nation sends to Washington.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Nixon, two of
Duke's outstanding contributions to
the political field, were among a small
group of new Senators interviewed on
the program. They each outlined some
of their opinions on the world situa-
tion and what they think should be
done about current international prob-
lems.
On November 7, 1950, election clay, California's new United States Senator
Richard M. Nixon, LL.B. '37, Mrs. Nixon, and their two daughters, Julie and
Tricia, went to the polls in Whittier, Calif. The election resulted in victory
for Senator Nixon over his opponent Helen Gahagan Douglas.
In 1948 Richard Nixon was chosen by
the United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce as one of the 10 outstanding
young men of the entire country.
In the bitter California election cam-
paign, Senator Nixon emphasized his
work with the House committee and
charged that Mrs. Douglas followed the
Communist Party line in voting against
the group. The substantial majority he
obtained over Mrs. Douglas, who ran with
powerful Administration and Labor back-
ing, indicated the effectiveness of his
appeal.
Senator Nixon's start in politics was
itself something of happenstance, and
certainly a curious one in the great game
of seeking public office. In 1945, a com-
mittee of 100 persons in California's 12th
district, which includes 24 medium-to-
small towns east of Los Angeles, adver-
tised for a candidate to run for Congress
on the Republican ticket.
The gesture afforded amusement, and
aroused derision on the part of politi-
cians. Not a bit daunted, Mr. Nixon, then
32 and still in the Navy, answered the
advertisement, became the candidate, and
defeated Democratic Representative Voor-
hees by a substantial majority. In 1948
he polled 86.9 per cent of the vote after
receiving, under California's cross-filing
system, both the Republican and Demo-
cratic nominations.
The new Senator, son of a California
citrus grower, was born in Yorba Linda,
Calif. He graduated from Whittier Col-
lege and Duke Law School, and practiced
law. in Whittier, Calif., from 1937 until
1942.
Although Richard Nixon was of Quaker
parentage, he waived Quaker immunity
in the last war, and saw duty in the
South Pacific, earning two battle stars
and attaining the rank of lieutenant com-
mander in the Navy.
In 1940, Senator Nixon was married to
Patricia Ryan. They have two daugh-
ters, Julie and Tricia. The Senator's
younger brother, Edward C. Nixon, is
now a junior at Duke University.
Duke Well Represented
On State Legislature
The 1951 General Assembly of North
Carolina boasts sixteen Duke alumni in
its membership. Five of the 50 Senators
received their education at Duke, as did
eleven of the 120 Representatives. Two
more legislators are husbands of Duke
alumnae, one is the son of an alumnus,
and one is the father of an alumnus.
Returning from the previous Senate
is Sam Campen, '10, Pamlico. Joseph T.
Carruthers, Jr., '29, LL.B. '32, Guilford,
has also had previous senatorial experi-
ence.
Among the new Senators are Thomas
B. Sawyer, '38, Durham; James P. Low-
der, '16, Stanly; and E. T. Bost, Jr.,
LL.B. '33, Cabarrus.
Representatives who are returning from
the last session are Alonzo C. Edwards,
'25, Greene; Lee Whitmire, '20, Hender-
son; and Fred S. Royster, '30, Vance.
Others who have had previous experi-
ence in the House of Representatives are
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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S. E. Burgess, '34, Camden ; Bruce Eth-
ridge, '99, Dare; and Oscar Barker, '23,
Durham.
Paul G. Stoner, LL.B. '31, Davidson;
Richard T. Sanders, LL.B. '39, Durham;
David H. Henderson, '35, LL.B. '37,
Mecklenburg; B. I. Satterfield, '22, Per-
son; and W. N. Ireland, '29, Yadkin, are
new Representatives.
James H. Pou Bailey, Wake Senator
who has had previous senatorial experi-
ence, is the husband of Piquet Pate
Bailey, '44. Crockette Williams Hewlett,
'33, is the wife of Addison Hewlett, Jr.,
Representative from New Hanover.
Another new Representative is Howard
0. Woltz, Jr., son of Howard 0. Woltz,
Sr., '21. F. L. Gobble, Sr., father of
Dr. F. L. Gobble, Jr., '41, is a new Sena-
tor from Forsyth.
Price Control Assistant
William H. Tate, '34, Chicago, 111., and
Washington, D. C. attorney, has begun
his new duties as special assistant to
Michael V. DiSalle, director of price sta-
bilization, with offices in Washington.
Mr. Tate, who was formerly attorney
for the federal alcohol control adminis-
tration in Washington and Chicago, has
been admitted to the Bars of Illinois,
Indiana, District of Columbia, and the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Mrs. Tate is the former Ruth Hart, '35.
They have three children.
New Shell Oil Department
W. M. Upchureh, Jr., '31, LL.B. '36,
is the manager of the recently formed
Employee Publications Department in
Shell Oil Company's head office in New
York City. The new department was cre-
ated in recognition of the steadily increas-
ing importance of providing informa-
tional and educational material to all
Shell employees.
Mr. Upchureh joined the Shell Develop-
ment Company as personnel director in
1942. Until that time he was director of
the Duke Appointments Office and of
Student Activities as well as manager of
Quadrangle Pictures. Mr. Upchureh served
in all three capacities at the same time.
His former duties have since been broken
down into two separate jobs. During
one summer, he also directed the Chapel
Choir.
In 1944, Mr. Upchureh left the Shell
position to enter the Navy. After return-
ing in 1946, he worked in the Personnel
Department of the Shell Development
Company until the time of his new as-
signment with the Employee Publications
Department.
Service Addresses Please!
The Alumni Office is eager to keep up with all alumni in the armed forces, even
though it involves frequent changes. Please keep them informed.
Christmas cards were sent to all alumni in the armed forces in the Pacific area
for whom the office had addresses. The following letters give some idea of what
this sort of thing means to the alumni.
7th Infantry Division
Korea
December 25, 1950
Capt. Wilmer C. Betts, M.C., 059715, '46, M.D., B.S.M. '48
Surgeon's Section
Hq. 7th Inf. Div.
APO #7, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, Calif.
I appreciated your card very much and got a lot of pleasure out of showing my
friends the photograph of the Chapel. It's awfully comforting to be remembered
by friends back home; for as you can guess, Christmas here is rather dismal except
for the thoughtful remembrances such as yours.
Please give my very best regards to all my friends back at Duke. I hope that
perhaps the New Year will see my return.
Masan, S. Korea
December 30, 1950
Lt. (jg) Grover S. Patterson, MC USNR 497961, M.D. '47
Hq Co, 1st Engi\ Bn., 1st Marine Div., FMF
F. P. 0., San Francisco, Calif.
I received your Christmas greeting and the beautiful Chapel night scene brought
back many cherished memories.
So far, I haven't run into any Duke friends here in the 1st Marine Division,
though there probably are some from the Marine V-12 program.
We landed at Inchon on September 15 and captured Seoul. From there, we
reloaded and landed at Wonsan, proceeding to Hamhung and then to the Chosin
Reservoir. I was not among the encircled Marines, having returned to Hamhung
three days prior to the attack. We left Hungnam by sea and ended up here.
The Marines form a wonderful fighting outfit. Fortunately, our own Engineer
casualties have been light thus far.
I'll certainly be glad to get back to civilization and my wife and daughter.
I'd appreciate any alumni news you can send. I get the Medical Alumni News.
Dr. Harvill Is President
of University of Arizona
One Duke University graduate has suc-
ceeded another to the presidency of the
University of Arizona.
Dr. Richard A. Harvill, A.M. '27, for-
mer member of the Duke economics fac-
ulty, will assume the post of president
next July. He will succeed J. Byron
McCormick, S.J.D. '33, who has resigned
the presidency to return to his professor-
ship in the University of Arizona Law
School. Dr. Harvill was unanimously ap-
pointed by the state board of regents to
fill the new post.
A graduate (with distinction) of Mis-
sissippi State College in 1926, he received
his doctorate at Northwestern University
in 1932.
His teaching career has included in-
structorships in economics at Mississippi
State, and in economics and business 'ad-
ministration at Duke. Dr. Harvill went
to the University of Arizona in 1934 as
assistant professor of economics, and
after serving as visiting professor of eco-
nomics at the University of Buffalo in
1937-38, he remained there in an assistant
professorship until 1939 when he returned
to Arizona as associate professor of eco-
nomics.
In 1942-43 he was assistant district
price executive in the Office of Price Ad-
ministration at Phoenix; from 1943 to
1946 he was district price executive in the
same office.
Dr. Harvill returned to the University
of Arizona campus for the third time in
1946 as dean of the graduate college and
professor of economics. In 1947 he was
named to his present post of dean of lib-
eral arts.
Mrs. Harvill is the former Geroge Lee
Garner, A.M. '30, and they live at 1326
East Mabel Street, Tucson, Ariz.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
Bishop Garber Succeeds
Retiring Bishop Peele
Bishop Paul Neff Garber, former Duke
University Divinity School clean, will be-
come administrative head of the North
Carolina and Virginia conferences of the
Methodist Church on February 15 with
the retirement of Bishop William Walter
Peele, '03, from the post. Bishop Peele
is relinquishing bis duties because of ill
health.
Although he will perform no official
duties in connection with the Richmond
area, Bishop Peele will remain on the ac-
tive list of bishops until he is due for
compulsory retirement because of age
when the Southeastern Jurisdictional
Conference of the Methodist Church
meets in Roanoke in July, 1952. A na-
tive of Gibson, N. C, Bishop Peele was
assigned to the Richmond area when he
first was elected a bishop in 1938.
For the past six years, Bishop Garber
has spent most of his time in turbulent
postwar Europe as chief of the 13-nation
Geneva area. Barred from much of his
official territory in Central and South-
ern Europe, he will continue to hold the
post of bishop at Geneva while serving
here as the acting head of the Richmond
area.
Bishop Garber taught church history at
the Duke Divinity School before serving
as dean from 1941 to 1944. Ordained as
a Methodist minister in 1926, he was
elected bishop in 1944 and assigned to
the Geneva area. He is a former pastor
of Trinity Methodist Church in Durham.
Alumni Affairs Assistant
Thomas D. Donegan has replaced C.
Heber Smith, '43, who recently resigned,
as assistant to Charles A. Dukes, '29,
director of Alumni Affairs, and as adver-
tising manager of the Duke Alumni
Register.
Mr. Donegan has been doing work to-
ward his masters degree in history at
Duke. He is a veteran of World War II,
having served as a Captain in the United
States Army. Mr. Donegan, his wife,
and their six-year-old son, Tommy, are
living in the Westover Park Apartments,
B-l, Durham.
College Honors Louis Jaffe
The entire October issue of the Trojan
Echo, magazine of the Norfolk Division
of Virginia State College for Negroes,
was dedicated to the memory of Louis
I. Jaffe, '11, because of his great interest
in the growth of the college.
Mr. Jaffe, editor of the Norfolk Vir-
ginian-Pilot, died of a heart attack last
March 12 at the Norfolk General Hos-
pital. He was a national figure in the
newspaper profession, and devoted much
of his time to the advancement of the
principles and practice of freedom, op-
portunity and education.
A $10,000 Louis I. Jaffe Scholarship
Fund has been started by the college to
perpetuate his memory. It was felt that
Mr. Jaffe himself would prefer this to a
floral tribute.
Alumni Hold Local Meetings
NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE
The North Carolina Annual Conference
of the Methodist Church held its twelfth
session at Queen Street Church, Kinston,
N. C, from November 1 through 5. Dr.
Hollis Edens gave an address on "Chris-
tian Education Today" at the Board of
Education anniversary. At the anniver-
sary of the Board of Lay Activities, Dr.
B. G. Childs of Duke was the speaker.
Bishop W. W. Peele, presiding bishop
of the Richmond Area, was in charge of
the program for the Conference. Bishop
Richard C. Raines of Indianapolis, Ind.,
was the principal speaker for the meet-
ing; Governor W. Kerr Scott and M. G.
Mann of Raleigh were among others who
also spoke to the Conference.
Six hundred ministers and laymen, of-
ficial representatives of the Conference,
plus several hundred visitors attended the
five-day meeting.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
The first annual meeting of the Louis-
ville Alumni Association was held Decem-
ber 5 at the Louisville Boat Club. Dean
Robert B. Cox was the principal speaker.
Almost 50 alumni, guests, and parents of
Duke students attended this meeting, and
heard Dean Cox discuss what Duke is
striving to accomplish in the way of new
buildings, keeping full-time, experienced
teachers, and giving the students "quality
education."
Officers for the coming year were
elected at this meeting. They are Byron
C. Grimes, '31, president; P. J. Walter
Prince, '22, vice-president; Sam Tyler,
'35, treasurer; Ann Markin Bethune
(Mrs. E. P.), '48, secretary; and Frank
Whatton, '48, correspondent.
Everyone was well pleased with this
first annual meeting of the newly formed
association, and great things are expected
from the organization.
GUILFORD COUNTY
New officers elected by the Guilford
County Alumni Association at their meet-
ing in Greensboro, N. C, on December 6,
were: Dr. R. M. Taliaferro, '41, presi-
dent; Tim Warner, '46, vice-president;
Claude Long, '50, secretary-treasurer; and
Roy Booth, '31, alumni representative.
NEW YORK CITY
Friday, February 16, is the date of the
big dinner dance being planned by the
New York City Alumni Association. A
full roast turkey dinner will be served at
7 p.m. in the Wedgwood Room of the
Beekman Tower Hotel, 49th Street and
First Avenue, New York City. A Uni-
versity representative will be a guest at
the affair. Following a very brief busi-
ness meeting, the party will move to the
ballroom for an evening of dancing.
Seated at the speaker's table during the first animal meeting of the Louis-
ville, Ky., Alumni Association, held at the Louisville Boat Club, were, left to
right: James S. Pope, Jr., '48, who introduced Dean Cox, the speaker; Anne
LeCompte Pope (Mrs. J. S.), '49; Dean Robert B. Cox, speaker; Byron C.
Grimes, '31, newly elected president ; Mrs. Grimes ; and Everett P. Bethune,
Jr., '48, member of the nominating committee.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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Cage Team Starts Impressive Season
Running through a racehorse schedule
in its first season under the leadership of
Coach Harold Bradley, the Duke Uni-
versity varsity basketball team has looked
impressive.
The Duke outfit has clinched a spot in
the hearts of the basketball fans of the
Duke campus and surrounding territory.
In its first home outing, the Blue Devils
tied nationally ranking N. C. State 67-67
at the end of the regulation game, then
dropped a 77-71 decision in an overtime
period.
While the Blue Devils were expected
to have a fair-to-good team, play at times
thus far in the season has been nothing
less than sensational. Biggest factor in
the success of the team has been the bril-
liant play of junior guard Dick Groat.
Through the North Carolina State game
of January 6, Groat had scored no less
than 314 points in 13 games.
Four times this season Groat has broken
the Duke record for most points scored
in a single game. Prior to this season
the record was 30, tallied by All-America
Ed Koffenberger in 1947. Groat scored
31 points against Hanes Hosiery in the
first game this season to break that mark,
then rebroke the record with 34 points
against Washington and Lee. His 36
points against N. C. State reset the mark.
Besides Groat, the most outstanding
players for the Blue Devils have been
Capt. Scotty York, a much improved ca-
vorter at guard; Dick Crowder, John
Engberg, and Bill Fleming, junior for-
wards; Keston Deimling, the best sopho-
more on the squad, who plays forward
and center; Dayton Allen and Jim "Red"
Kulpan, both junior centers; and Dick
Johnson, a sophomore guard.
The Blue Devils opened the season with
a 76-71 win over Hanes Hosiery, then
followed with a 72-60 win over the
McCrary Eagles. Both of these teams
downed the Devils last fall. Groat led
the scoring against Hanes with 31, while
Crowder dropped 15 points. Against
McCrary, John Engberg was the top
scorer with 15 points, while Dick Groat
and Scotty York each had 14.
Duke scored a 20-point win over Vir-
ginia in its first match against college
opposition December 9. Groat again was
top scorer with 20 tallies.
In games played in Virginia Military
Institute's new gym the following week-
end, the Duke crew remained unbeaten
in five contests by downing V. M. I. 86-
66 and Washington and Lee 97-69. The
lopsided win over W. and L. constituted
the most points ever scored by a Duke
basketball team in a single game.
The sensational Groat was the top
scorer in both of the games played at
Lexington, Va. He tallied 27 points
against Virginia Military Institute, then
sank a record-breaking 34 points against
Washington and Lee. In his performance
against the latter outfit, Groat dropped
14 of 15 free throw attempts and had
connected on eleven straight at halftime.
Dick Crowder was runner-up against the
Generals with 26 points.
On December 22, Duke made it six
games without defeat by edging George
Washington at Washington 70-67. The
Devils froze the ball the final three min-
utes of play. Groat led the scoring with
21 points, while Center Dayton Allen had
13 and Keston Deimling-, soph forward,
had 11.
The following night against the nation's
No. 1 team, Bradley University, at Peoria,
111., Duke dropped its first game by 93-
58. Groat again was top scorer, this
time getting 26 points against the Brad-
ley powerhouse.
The Devils dropped an 84-69 decision
to Colgate on opening night, but came
back to trounce North Carolina 71-63 on
the second day and pull the biggest sur-
prise of the entire tourney by beating
Tulane University 72-71 on the final day
of the tourney. The surprising part of
the Tulane game was that Duke trailed
by 29 points at halftime and at one time
during the contest trailed by 32 points.
Dick Groat, by scoring 32 points against
Tulane, copped the tourney scoring
championship with a total of 71 tallies.
He marked up 16 points against Colgate
and 23 against rival Carolina.
Apparently tired from a tough sched-
ule, the Devils dropped their next three
engagements. Canisius won 69-57 on
New Year's Day in a game played at
Buffalo, N. Y. and two days later against
Penn, the Quakers won 85-76. Against
Canisius Groat took off high scoring hon-
ors with 11, but it was his poorest night's
work of the season. Deimling and York
were runners-up in the scoring against
Canisius with ten points apiece. Against
Pennsylvania, Groat was high scorer with
23, while sub center Jim "Red" Kulpan
was runner-up with 15.
The loss to N. C. State was the most
heart-breaking of the season. Duke led
by eight points near the end — the Devils'
first lead of the game — but the State crew
tied the count at 67-67 with less than a
minute to go and the score ended that
way. State won easily 77-71 in the over-
time period. Duke fans had one consola-
tion out of the loss, however. In that,
their Dick Groat outscored Sam Ranzino,
the State ace, 36 to 32.
A field goal from near mid-court by
Captain Scotty York with only ten sec-
onds left in the game gave the Blue Devils
their winning margin in a 60-58 victory
over South Carolina. Dick Groat led the
Duke scoring with 21 points, while Dick
Crowder had nine and Red Kulpan had
eight. Slim Jim Slaughter, six feet, elev-
en inch center, paced the South Carolina
scoring by ringing 34 points.
Duke won another thriller at home on
January 13 by edging West Virginia 77-
73 as Groat again led the Duke individual
scoring by hooping 28 points, including
ten free throws. West Virginia's high
man was big Mark Workman, six-nine
center, who sank 22 tallies.
Duke was upset by a scrappy band of
William and Mary Indians in their last
game prior to exams. William and Mary
won 74-57 on its home court, sophomore
forward Bill Chambers leading the upset
by sinking 28 points. Duke's high scorer
was Groat again, but he was held to 16
points. Bill Fleming had 12 points and
runner-up honors for Duke.
WRESTLING
Jan. 13 — Virginia Tech, here
Feb. 5 — Georgia Tech, here
Feb. 15 — Davidson, there
Feb. 23 — Washington and Lee, there
Feb. 24— V. M. I., there
Feb. 28— North Carolina, here
SWIMMING
Jan. 8 — William and Mary, here
Jan. 12 — Virginia Tech, there
Jan. 13— V. M. L, there
Feb. 3— W. and M. (Norfolk division),
here
Feb. 8 — Pennsylvania, there
Feb. 9 — Williams College, there
Feb. 20— N. C. State, here
Feb. 22-24 — Conference meet at Chapel
Hill
GYMNASTIC TEAM
Feb. 17 — North Carolina, here
Feb. 23 — Maryland, here
March 3 — North Carolina, there
March 10 — Georgia Tech, there
March 17 — Maryland, there
March 24 — Conference championships
at Chapel Hill
March 30-31 — National meet at Ann
Arbor, Mich.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
Death of Coach Gerard Mourned by Many
The death of Kenneth C. (Gerry)
Gerard on January 17 was mourned by
the entire University community and by
the hundreds of alumni who were counted
among his many friends.
"Gerry" Gerard relinquished his post
as cage coach just this year to take a
Geret Gerard
leave of absence due to ill health. For
many months he had been under the con-
stant care of a physician and for the past
few weeks he had been in a critical con-
dition.
The death of the popular coach, who
was also one of the South's top athletic
officials, occasioned sincere and glowing
tribute to his fine character and splendid
sportsmanship in newspapers throughout
the region of the Southern Conference.
The attention devoted by newspapers to
his death and past career was a profound
testimony of Gerry's multitude of friends
and the esteem in which he was always
held.
Twice during the past three years, as
Blue Devil cage coach, Gerard took teams
that were plagued by ill luck and a lack
of material into the finals of the South-
ern Conference Basketball Tournament,
and won for himself honors as Confer-
ence Coach of the Year. Although during
his eight years at the helm of the Blue
Devil cagers he won two conference
championships and went to the tourna-
ment finals six times, these last three
years gave unimpeachable evidence of his
courage and will to fight.
For during these last years recurrent
illness and a major operation created con-
stant fear that "Gerry" might never re-
cover from the ailment that eventually
caused his death.
Typical of the tribute paid him
throughout the South were these remarks
by his University colleagues:
President Hollis Edens said, ''Coach
Gerard lived and worked in the highest
tradition of good sportsmanship and his
quiet courage and innate goodness won
the respect of those who knew him."
"Gerry Gerard's colleagues everywhere
have lost a good and great friend," E. M.
Cameron, director of athletics said. "On
or off the playing fields he was always the
'good sport.' He was never too busy
to do a favor or pass along a kind word.
He was always the good friend, and in
consequence his friends were legion."
Southern Conference Commissioner and
former Duke football coach, "Wallace
Wade said : "It has rarely been my for-
tune to have worked and lived with such
a man. His life is an example to all of
us and the people of this region and all
over the Xation will never forget him.''
Funeral services were held in the Duke
University Chapel on January 18, with
Dr. H. E. Spenee, professor of Biblical
Literature, and Profesor James T.
Cleland. preacher to the University, offi-
ciating. Assisting were the Reverend
R. E. Brown and the Reverend Kelsey
Regen. Interment was in the new section
of Maplewood Cemetery.
Born at Mishawaka, Ind., on July 14,
1903, Gerard was an outstanding athlete
in high school there. He entered the
University of Illinois in the fall of 1925,
and soon became a star at track and foot-
ball. He was a member of the Phi Gama
Delta fraternity.
He was graduated with a B.S. degree
in physical education from Illinois in
1928. After coaching for a year at
Athens (Pa.) High School, he returned
to Illinois as an instructor in physical
education. In 1931 he came to Duke as
an instructor in physical education and
as director of intramural athletics.
He established at Duke an intramural
athletic program that is now ranked as
one of the best in the nation. In 1935 he
organized and coached the first Duke soc-
cer team, and in 1943 he became basket-
ball coach when Coach Eddie Cameron
moved up as athletic director and war-
time head football coach.
Gerry's success in basketball was phe-
nomenal. In eight years, his Duke teams
went to the finals of the Southern Con-
ference tournaments six times and won
two championships. He was named
"Coach of the Year" twice during the
last three seasons.
He was made an honorary member of
the Duke Chapter of ODK, national lead-
ership fraternity.
Coach Gerard was past president of
the Southern Conference Football Offi-
cials Association and was rated the num-
ber one football referee in the Conference.
He officiated at Conference basketball
games before he began coaching, and was
in great demand as a track official. He
also did play-by-play radio announcing
of basketball games.
In 1935, Coach Gerard married Ellen
Moses, '29, of Norfolk, Va., who survives.
Other survivors are his two daughters,
Joan, 14, and Nancy, 7; his mother, Mrs.
W. C. Gerard, of Mishawaka, Ind.; a
sister, Mrs. William L. Pippenger, of
Mishawaka ; and a niece, Carol Pippen-
ger, of Mishawaka.
Dick Crowder Chosen
Athlete of the Week
A record number of West Virginia re-
bounds and a substantial contribution of
points and rebounds in the South Caro-
lina game won the Greensboro Daily Neius
Athlete of the Week award for Dick
Crowder recently.
In these days of the high scoring play-
ers, those boys who score less than 20
points in a game often find themselves in
the "also played" sentences of basketball
reports. But Dick took at least half of
the 36 rebounds the Blue Devils snared
in the West Virginia game, which ended
77-73 in Duke's favor. According to many
observers, this turned the tide in the im-
portant Southern Conference contest, for
West Virginia's ace Mark Workman gets
most of his points with tap-ins and under-
the-basket shots.
Harold Bradley, Duke basketball coach,
said : "Crowder's fine play, especially in
getting the ball off the defensive back-
board, helped immeasurably in the victory
over West Virginia. If he continues to
play as well as that he will be one of our
most valuable men."
Dick's scoring average was not bad
during the week either, for he made 18
points against West Virginia, and nine
against South Carolina. He took 10 re-
bounds in the 60-58 conquest of the South
Carolina, team.
A six-foot, 195-pounder, Dick Crowder
comes from High Point, N. C. He is
secretary of the men's student government
at Duke, and is a pre-ministerial student.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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rVii*f»f» F^enitivp Posts
M. Ill *_^V^ -■— '-
Three members of the English depart-
ment have been named to executive posts
in the South Atlantic Modern Language
Association.
Dr. R. Florence Brinkley, dean of the
Woman's College and professor of Eng-
lish, was named chairman of the English
Section. Dr. Francis E. Bowman, asso-
ciate professor, was elected president of
the Section on Teaching of English, and
Dr. Lewis Leary, professor of American
Literature, was elected secretary of the
American Literature Section.
Dr. Crum Elected
toODK
Dr. Mason Crum, associate professor
of Biblical literature, has been elected to
membership in the South Carolina Circle
of Omieron Delta Kappa, national lead-
ership honor society.
Dr. Crum, a native of South Carolina,
is well known in the field of religious
education and a frequent contributor to
leading periodicals. He is also the author
of a number of works including Gullali:
A Story of Negro Life in the Caroline
Sea Islands, The Project Method in Be-
ligious Education, and The Story of Lake
Junaluska.
Dr. Sponer Presents
Paper at Cambridge
Dr. Hertha Sponer, professor of phys-
ics, presented a paper on electronic levels
in naphthalene at a meeting of the Fara-
day Society at Cambridge University,
England, during a recent tour of Europe.
Collaborating with Dr. Sponer in prep-
aration of the paper was the late Dr.
Gertrude P. Nordheirn, former Duke part-
time instructor in physics and wife of
Dr. Lothar W. Nordheirn, professor of
physics.
During the tour, Dr. Sponer lectured
at universities in Lund, and Stockholm,
Sweden, and Uppsala in Norway.
Grant Awarded
Dr. Kempner
Dr. Walter Kempner, associate profes-
sor of medicine and noted specialist in
the rice diet treatment for high blood
pressure, has been awarded a $40,949
research grant.
The funds will be used for continued
research by Dr. Kempner and his asso-
ciates in studies of hypertension and dis-
eases causing hardening of the arteries.
The U. S. Public Health Service made
the award on the recommendation of the
National Advisory Heart Council.
Placement Association Head
Miss Fannie Y. Mitchell, director of
the Appointments Office, was recently
elected president of the Southern College
Placement Officers' Association for the
coming year.
Miss Mitchell and other officers were
elected as the Association ended its fourth
annual convention in Miami Beach, Fla.
Dr. Proctor Resigns
as Education Head
Dr. Arthur M. Proctor, '10, professor
of education, recently resigned as acting
chairman of the Department of Education
because of ill health, and Dr. John W.
Carr, Jr., '15, was appointed to succeed
him.
In speaking of Dr. Proctor's resigna-
tion, Dr. Edens said, "The weight of his
many duties made it necessary for Dr.
Proctor to ask relief. Fortunately he has
agreed to remain on as professor of edu-
cation." Dr. Proctor has been a member
of the Duke staff since 1923.
Dr. Carr, who has been on the faculty
since 1926, has assumed two other posts
in addition to his duties as acting chair-
man : director of graduate studies in the
department and assistant director of the
Summer Session.
The new chairman, a specialist in the
field of child education and a frequent
and well-known contributor to national
education journals and other publications,
was principal of the Advance and West
Durham Schools before coming to Duke.
He also served as superintendent of the
Schools of Durham County from 1920-24.
Arts Council
Receives $5,000
A gift of $5,000 from an anonymous
benefactor for improved art exhibition
facilities was announced recently by Mrs.
Calvin B. Hoover, president of the Duke
Arts Council.
The money will be used to replace in-
adequate gallery lighting and provide the
latest, ultra-modern fluorescent lighting
fixtures. According to Dr. Katharine E.
Gilbert, professor of philosophy and chair-
man of the Department of Aesthetics,
Art, and Music, present lighting provides
only 20 per cent of the illumination nec-
essary to show the paintings to best ad-
vantage.
In addition to improved lighting, the
gift will provide for the installation of
six metal and glass constructed museum
eases. These will be used to exhibit
ceramics and textile art, old manuscripts
and other similar objects. Special locks
will safeguard valuables lent for display.
A number of major events are sched-
uled by the Council for the coming
months. On February 2 there will be
an exhibit of water color paintings by the
modern Swiss artist Paul Klee. At the
time of his death, several years ago, Mr.
Klee had gained world renown as one of
the greatest of modern painters. His
works are highly valued by connoisseurs.
The Council's exhibit will consist of a
number of the artist's works loaned by
Dr. Joseph A. McClain, Dean of the
School of Law. Other Klee water colors
will be supplied by Yale University and
the Phillips Gallery, Washington.
The Arts Council is sponsoring a con-
cert in April by two nationally known
vocalists : Miss Norma Heyde, soprano,
of the University of Michigan, and Wil-
liam Hess, tenor, of New York City. They
will be accompanied by the Duke Cham-
ber Orchestra under the direction of
Allan H. Bone, assistant professor of
music.
Du Pont Awards
Fellowship
Duke University, along with several
other institutions in the country, has been
awarded a post-graduate fellowship in
chemistry by E. I. du Pont de Nemours
and Company, Inc., of Wilmington, Del.
Selection of candidates for fellowships
and choice of projects are left up to the
universities receiving the awards. Each
of the post-graduate fellowships provides
$1,400 for a single person or $2,100 for
a married person, together with an award
of $1,200 to the university for the next
academic year.
Granting of the fellowships continues
a company plan to encourage graduate
research in chemistry. It has been ex-
tended to take in several other fields also.
The du Pont Company' has made 78 post-
graduate awards and post-doctoral fel-
lowships to 47 universities, and grants-
in-aid to 10 universities to "stock-pile"
knowledge through the advancement of
fundamental research. It is expected that
the program will help maintain the flow
of technically trained men and women
into teaching and research work at uni-
versities and into technical positions in
industry.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
Unique Chapel View
This latest aerial photograph featuring
a new angle of view of the Gothic beauty
which characterizes the Duke University
Chapel has been presented to the Uni-
versity by Mr. Wyman Viall.
An aerial photographer from Raleigh,
N. C.,"Mr. Viall made the oil tinted print,
a 20 by 24 inch mount in a gold 34 by 36
inch frame, which now hangs over the
fireplace in the West Campus Union
lobby.
The picture offers a different artistic
perspective of the qualities of height,
massiveness and disposition, and empha-
sizes the cruciform plan, formed by the
transepts and nave, that is typical of
medieval European ecclesiastical archi-
tecture.
Each new Chapel picture is in some
way different, in some way displays an-
other aspect of the intricate grandeur of
the structure.
Alumni who desire copies of the photo-
graph may obtain information about them
by writing to Mr. Wyman Viall, Aero-
pix, 8% West Hargett Street, Raleigh,
N. C.
books
FRIENDS OF GOD
By Costen J. Harrell, '06, D.D. '40.
Abingdon- Cokesbury Press.
Dr. Harrell, '06, D.D. '40, bishop of
the Charlotte, N. C, area of the Meth-
odist Church, has published a new edition
of his many inspirational observations in
Friends of God. The book, consisting of
43 brief meditations, each followed by a
prayer, was brought out on September 5.
Bishop Harrell deplores the tendency
"to excuse sin by explaining it." He
points out that excuses do not excuse,
stating: "Of late we have become ex-
perts in this business. Some of our false
modern prophets are telling us with an
air of superiority that our behavior is
chargeable to our inheritance; that we
are caught in the stream of life and are
no more responsible for what we do than
driftwood on a river."
He goes on to say, "Faddists are dis-
posed to attribute all evil deeds and tend-
encies to physical disorders. But how
account for the fact that the physically
whole are sometimes moral reprobates?
Others excuse the wrongdoer on the
ground of unfavorable environment. And
yet profligates and criminals come out
of godly homes, as the rankest weeds
grow in the richest soil. Or perhaps
weak sentimentalism dulls our moral
sense. We pity the culprit until he be-
comes a martyr in our eyes. We sen-
timentalize the fallen and weave their sins
into a romance. But 'all the perfumes
of Arabia will not sweeten' the hand of
a murderer, nor all our maudlin tears
change a wrong into a right."
Dr. Harrell also holds degrees from
Vanderbilt University and Randolph-
Macon College, and is a trustee at Emory
University. In more than 40 years of
service he has held pastorates in Vir-
ginia, Georgia, and Tennessee.
Among Bishop Harrell's other books
are The Way of the Transgressor, The
Radiant Heart, The Prophets of Israel,
In the School of Prayer, The Bible: Its
Origin and Growth, and The Word of
His Grace.
FRUITS OF FAITH
Costen J. Harrell, '06, D.D. '40, and
Mack B. Stokes, B.D. '35, contributors.
Abingdon-Cokesbury Press.
Two Duke alumni, Bishop Costen J.
Harrell, '06, D.D. '40, and Mack B.
Stokes, B.D. '35, are among the authors
of an important new book, Fruits of
Faith, a comprehensive symposium edited
by J. Richard Spann and published on
September 5.
Dr. Harrell, bishop of the Charlotte,
N. C, area of the Methodist Church, and
Mr. Stokes, professor of theology, Emory
University, are members of a panel of 18
outstanding writers who pooled many
years' experience in the fields of preach-
ing, teaching, counseling, church and col-
lege administration, prison reform, and
labor relations to write a volume on the
unequaled impact of Christianity on
world culture.
The theme of the book is well expressed
in the words of John Frederick Olson,
professor at Syracuse University : "Chris-
tianity is a creed for heroes. . . . Cen-
turies of experience have only deepened
Christian confidence. There have been
those who were despairing and hopeless — ■
as for example, Jerome, who, from the
security of a Palestinian monastery,
watched the Roman Empire collapse.
But more courageous souls have formed
our faith . . . heroic realists ready in the
face of apparent disaster to call for a
city of God, raised on the ashes of the
past."
The book is divided into three sections
on: (1) The Faith, (2) Fruits in the
Individual, and (3) Fruits in Society.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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THE UNITED STATES: A SURVEY
OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ecu aid Press
Dr. Hugh T. Lefler, '21, A.M. '22, is
co-author of a new history, The United
States: A Survey of National Develop-
ment, just published by The Ronald
Press.
Dr. Lefler, who for some years headed
the Department of History at North
Carolina State College, is professor of
History at the University of North Caro-
lina.
The United States is a textbook for
college courses in American History. It
is characterized not only by expert syn-
thesis and interpretation, but by an
abundance of detailed factual informa-
tion. It will be useful on the shelves of
the alumnus as well as in the classroom
of the undergraduate.
A historian of substantial reputation.
Dr. Lefler has published numerous works
in his field. They include The Papers of
Walter Clark and The Growth of North
Carolina. At present he is engaged in
compiling the records of the vice-admiral-
ty court of colonial North Carolina, an
undertaking commissioned by the Ameri-
can Historical Association.
NINETEEN MILLION ELEPHANTS
AND OTHER POEMS
By Helen Smith Bevington
Houghton Mifflin
Mrs. Helen Smith Bevington, assistant
professor of English, has recently pub-
lished a lighthearted collection of sophis-
ticated verse. Gay and gracious, the
poems contain a kind of intellectual play-
fulness that is usually light in texture
but often deep and very literate.
She comments on diverse subjects rang-
ing from witty reflections on eighteenth
century literary figures to personal and
serious recollections of her childhood.
There are poems of airplane flights at
night, landscapes, and scholars; there is
a girl in a jeep and a homesick child in
a railroad car. Whether it is the eccen-
tricities of Sam Johnson, the Third Ave-
nue "L," or "19 Million Elephants," the
dextrous Mrs. Bevington handles all with
equal felicity.
Mrs. Bevington, who is the author of
a previous book of humorous verse en-
titled Dr. Johnson's Waterfall and Other
Poems, has taught English at Duke since
1943.
SOUTH AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS
By Dr. Juan Castellano
Appleton-Century-Croft
Dr. Juan Castellano, associate profes-
sor of Romance Languages, has written
a true-to-life account of a trip by jeep
from one end of South America to the
other. Composed in Spanish especially
for the use of intermediate language stu-
dents in college, the narrative is mostly in
dialogue form and is both amusing and
informative in its description of South
America.
The book is a personal chronicle of Dr.
Castellano's adventures on a journey
taken in 1947 with a friend, Dr. George
N. Mayhew, from Vanderbilt University.
Traveling from Caracas, Venezuela, the
two professors motored some 8,000 miles
through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bo-
livia, Chile, and Argentina. Their ex-
periences ranged from misunderstandings
with the Venezuelan customs officials to
the problem of obtaining automobile tires
in remote localities.
Stressing idiomatic Spanish of value to
students, the book contains a vocabulary
and exercises by Mrs. Marjorie Carter
Dillingham, a former Duke faculty mem-
ber. Tentative plans have been made for
publication of a popularized English
translation.
THE LIGHTS OF HOME
By John Cline, '17, A.M. '40, Ph.D. '48
The Reverend John Cline, '17, A.M. '40,
Ph.D. '48, of Carthage, N. C, has pub-
lished a book of his own poetry. The
Lights of Home contains 300 poems on as
many different subjects.
The title poem is indicative of the gen-
eral contents of the book. It deals with
the simple yet meaningful joys of home
as a haven of rest, a pillar of strength, a
luring light to guide in the darkness, a
forecast of permanent happiness in a
future home. A perusal of the table of
contents indicates the widespread inter-
ests which are treated : Faith and Wis-
dom, Neighborly Chats, October Days,
Palaces of Prayer, Excuse-Makers, and
hundreds of others dealing with almost
every phase of the manifold interests of
life.'
The book has the rather odd arrange-
ment of publishing the poems as they
were written chronologically, rather than
by topics. Since the book is to a great
extent the expression of Dr. Cline's reac-
tions to life, it is quite fitting that this
arrangement should be followed since it
shows the ripening wisdom and maturing
reactions of the author.
JThe reader is able to look through Dr.
Cline's eyes at life's simple, beautiful and
glorious experiences and feel with the
author the emotions which a minister feels
as he enters into partnership with both
his people and his Maker in interpreting
life. The book should provide thoroughly
enjoyable reading.
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN
WORLD WAR II
By Dr. Richard L. Watson
University of Chicago Press
Dr. Richard L. Watson, assistant pro-
fessor of history, is a major contributor
to the fourth volume of the projected
seven- volume war history, The Army Air
Forces in World War II, just released by
the University of Chicago Press. The
history is a comprehensive account of
Air Force organization, war plans, and
development of new equipment, as well
as combat operations.
Dr. Watson, who was a major in the
Army Air Force Historical Division serv-
ing as project director of research on the
history of the war in the Southwest
Pacific area, has written a four-chapter
account of the air arm's part in the mid-
dle phase of the South and Southwest
Pacific campaigns. Collaborating with
Dr. Watson on one of the chapters was
Kramer J. Rohfleisch of the history de-
partment at San Diego College, San
Diego, Calif.
Another Duke faculty member, Dr. Ar-
thur B. Ferguson, assistant professor of
history, has written several chapters on
strategic bombing for Volumes I and II
of the Air Force history. Dr. Watson
also contributed extensively to the first
two volumes.
Co-editor of the project is Dr. Wesley
Frank Craven, '26, A.M. '27, professor
of history at Princeton University.
Alumnae Week End
(Continued from page 9)
6 :30 p.m. on Friday, April 6, followed by
a lecture in Page Auditorium. A coffee
hour will give the alumnae an opportunity
to visit together after the lecture.
A highlight of the full program of ac-
tivities planned for Saturday will be the
Alumnae Association tea honoring seniors
in the Woman's College and the School of
Nursing.
A committee of Durham alumnae in
charge of room reservations, announces
that plenty of private rooms will be
available for the week end and will be
reserved for those sending in advanced
registration. This should be made as soon
as possible after the program is published.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
SONS AMI DAUGIITI<ltS OF DUKE ALUMNI
1. Carol Alexander. Stewart M. Alexander, Jr., '41. Lex-
ington, X. C.
2. Richard Allen Bailey. Bette Jane Bailey. George
Robert Bailey. Martha Culbertson BaileY, '37. G. Robert
Bailey, '37. Baldwin, X. T.
3. Betsy Loftus. Barbara Jesehke Loftus, '44. Frank Lof-
tus, '44. Milwaukee, Wis.
4. Christine Rhodes Behrens. Eric Kindler Behrens.
Helen Kindler Behrens (Mrs. R, H.), '46. Stuttgart,
Germany.
o. Robert Brandon Smith, III. Richard Ballenger Smith,
Jr. Carol Basset Smith, '43. Capt. Richard B. Smith, '43.
Quantico, Va.
6. Palmer Robeson. Stuart Robeson, Jr. James Robeson.
Stuart H. Robeson, '31. Washington, D. C.
7. "Chip" Parkhurst. Gay' Parkhurst. Roy Parkhurst.
Margaret Powers Parkhurst (Mrs. T. D.), '42. T. D.
Parkhurst. Milwaukee, Wis.
8. Elizabeth Anne Phillips. Preson P. Phillips, Jr., B.S.
& A.M. '43. Mrs. Phillips. Greenville, S. C. Grand-
mother: Elizabeth Evelyn Jones Phillips (Mrs. P. P.), '14.
9. Robin Heller. Richard Heller. Morton A. Heller, '42.
Mrs. Heller. Jackson Heights, X. Y.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISITORS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE
(December)
R. Dwight Ware, '22, Asheville, N. C.
J. W. Braxton, B.D. '32, Elkin, N. C.
Louisa Hooker Bourne (Mrs. C. W.), '33,
Greensboro, N. C.
Edna Taylor Poindexter (Mrs. C. C), '17,
Greensboro, N. C.
Tina Fussell Wilson (Mrs. L. A.), '21, Rose
Hill, N. C.
Iva Jennette Carver (Mrs. M. J.), '24,
Rougemont, N. C.
Thelma Albright, A.M. '37, Charlotte, N. C.
Alma Hull, '36, Charlotte, N. C.
Rev. Preson P. Phillips, Jr., B.S.&A.M. '43,
Greenville, S. C.
Jacqueline Lentz Carriker (Mrs. H. H.),
'41, Chapel Hill, N. C.
William H. Elder, Jr., '42, Levittown, L. I.,
N. Y.
Robert A. Duncan, '50, Charlotte, N. C.
Mary G. Shotwell, '06, Oxford, X. C.
Ida Shaw Appehvhite Barber (Mrs. W. L.),
'36, Charlotte, N. C.
Mary Anna Howard, '31, Durham, N. C.
Mildred Crawley, R.N.&B.S.N. '44, B.S.
N.Ed. '49, Durham, N. C.
Coma Cole Willard (Mrs. W. B.), '22, Ra-
leigh, N. C.
Betty Jean Culbreth, '48, Raleigh, N. C.
C. W. Perdue, '50, Norfolk, Va.
Billy Ritchie Wharton (Mrs. G. W.), '37,
Durham, N. C.
George W. Wharton, Jr., B.S. '35, Ph.D. '39,
Durham, N. C.
Ben L. Smith, '16, Greensboro, N. C.
William M. Werber, '30, Washington, D. C.
Lt. Eric F. O'Briant, '50, Hamilton AFB,
Calif.
Richard P. Spencer, '42, Palto Alto, Calif.
Kenmore M. Brown, '47, Atlanta, Ga.
Cora Mecum, '26, Walkertown, N. C.
Robert B. Yudell, '50, Durham, N. C.
W. Lemuel Clegg, '24, Burlington, N. C.
John W. Hartman, '44, Darien, Conn.
C. Turner Foster, '34, Manakin, Va.
Charles T. Thrift, Jr., '30, A.M. '32, B.D.
'33, Lakeland, Fla.
1951 REUNIONS
Classes holding reunions at Commence-
ment, 1951, will be as follows: '01, '10, '11,
'12, '26, '35, '36, '37, '41, '49.
'20 *
President : Bernice Rose
Class Agent: Sam H. Lee
LEE E. COOPER, real estate editor of the
New York Times, received top national
honors among metropolitan newspapers for
outstanding coverage of realty news for the
past year. Decision of the judges was
unanimous. He received the scroll at the
annual dinner of the National Association
of Real Estate Editors in November. It is
the second time that the Times and Mr.
Cooper have won the national award. The
citation read : "Chosen for its extensive and
thorough coverage of the real estate field,
for its general presentation, the excellence
of its layout and illustrative material, and
its conservative treatment of editorial and
advertising content."
'26 .
President : Edward L. Cannon
Class Agent: George P. Harris
REV. H. CONRAD BLACKWELL, A.M.,
pastor of the Harrisonburg, Va., Methodist
Church from 1946 to 1950, has been ap-
pointed pastor of the Centenary Methodist
Church, Lynchburg, Va. In addition to his
duties as pastor at Harrisonburg, Mr.
Blackwell was associate professor of Bibli-
cal Literature in Madison College for the
past three years.
Last fall ROBERT L. JEROME, '26, B.D.
'29, was transferred from Centenary Meth-
odist Church in New Bern, N. C, where he
had been pastor for five years, to First
Methodist Church in Elizabeth City, N. C.
'28 »
President : Robert L. Hatcher
Class Agent: E. Clarence Tilley
JOHN C. BURWELL, JR., '28, M.D. '34,
of 101 N. Elm Street, Greensboro, N. O, is
an obstetrician and gynecologist. He has
three children, John Cole, Jr., 10, Jean
Deost, 7, and James Henry, 5.
HELEN DEANE CHANDLER, 116 W.
Third Avenue, Gastonia, N. C, is a secre-
tary for Gray and Daniel, Inc.
W. T. HAMLIN is the Pacific Coast sales
manager for the B.C. Remedy Company.
The Hamlins and their two children, Char-
lotte and Tommy, live at 709 Manlsby Drive,
Whittier, Calif.
KATHRYN WARLICK McENTIRE (MRS.
H. G.), who lives at 2513 Berkley Place,
Greensboro, N. C, is an assistant professor
at Guilford College. She has a thirteen-
year-old daughter, Sue.
ISABEL HOEY PAUL (MRS. DANIEL
M.) is living on a farm near Pantego, N. C.
The Pauls have a two-year-old son, Lewis
Whitford Paul, II.
Miss Charlotte Purcell and E. CLARENCE
TILLEY, '28, M.Ed. '33, were married in a
private family ceremony at the home of the
bride on December 15. They live at 1212
Carolina Avenue in Durham.
*29 >
President: Edwin S. Yarbrough, Jr.
Class Agent: T. Spruill Thornton
R. HAROLD ELLISON, who lives at 1954
Robin Hood Road, Winston-Salem, N. C, is
telegraph editor for the Twin City Sentinel.
LITTLEJOHN FAULKNER, who is mayor
of Wilson, N. C, manages the Faulkner
Neon and Electric Corporation. He is di-
rector of Post T, T.P.A., an international
counsellor of Lions International, and vice
chairman of the Wilson District of Boy
Scouts. The Faulkners, who live at 1600
Branch Street, have four children, Suzanne,
Littlejohn, Jr., Claude McCullen, and Nellie
Gray.
ROBERT MILTON ("FATS") JOHNSON,
is with the W. L. Robinson Tobacco Co. in
Durham. His wife is the former Josephine
Britt, and they have two children, Robert
M., Jr., 6, and Martha Moore, 2. The John-
sons live at 2411 Pickett Road.
MR. and Mrs. EDWIN S. YARBROUGH,
JR., who live at 3225 Surry Road, Durham,
have announced the birth of a son, Stuart
Johnson, on December 10.
'31
President: John Calvin Dailey
Class Agent : C. H. Livengood, Jr.
STUART H. ROBESON is a lawyer with
offices at 1726 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.,
Washington 6, D. C. He and Mrs. Robeson
have three sons, Palmer, Stuart, Jr., and
James, whose picture appears on the Sons
and Daughters Page of this issue.
'32 »
President: Robert D. (Shank) Warwick
Class Agent: Edward G. Thomas
MARGARET G. BLEDSOE, of Apartment
215, 1220 N. Troy Street, Arlington, Va.,
is a research assistant for the National
Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. She
is the third woman in the history of the
magazine to be listed on the masthead.
MR. and MRS. J. MEREDITH MOORE
(KATHLEEN "BINKIE" BRYSON), '35,
and their family have moved from Gaines-
ville, Fla., to Greensboro, N. C, where
Meredith has purchased "The College Shop"
on Tate Street. Their home address is 508
Willowbrook Drive.
FLOYD M. RIDDICK, '32, Ph.D. '35, repre-
sented Duke University on October 28 at the
inauguration of Richard Daniel Weigle as
President of St. John's College, Annapolis,
Md. He is Senate Editor of the Congres-
sional Digest, Senate Section. His office
is Room 71, Capitol Building, Washington,
D. C.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
'33 »
President: John D. Minter
Class Agent: Lawson B. Knott, Jr.
Last fall WALLY F. J. WEMYSS organ-
ized the A.N.M.C., which is covering service
installations of the armed forces in the
eastern part of the state of New York on
a line of carefully selected items relating
to the tobacco industry and allied lines.
Headquarters are at 162 West Hill Road,
New York City. Wally joined the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company's sales staff after
Shis days at Duke and continued this con-
nection until World War II. Following a
ifour-year service in the Navy, he became a
member of the Regent cigarette sales staff,
resigning last summer in order to begin his
present work.
'34 »
President: The Reverend Robert M. Bird
Class Agent: Charles S. Rhyne
DR. JOSEPH A. J. FARRINGTON, B.S.,
is a dermatologist, practicing in Jackson-
ville, Fla. He and Mrs. Farrington and
their two children, Kirby, 2, and Allison, 5
months, live at 1717 Woodmere Drive, Jack-
sonville 5.
'35*
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: John Moorhead
Class Agent: James L. Newsom
Twin sons, William Alexander, and Donald
Wadsworth, III, were born on October 12 to
Mr. D. W. McArthur, Jr., and MRS. Mc-
ARTHUR (SUSAN McNEILL). Their
mailing address is Box 32, Cocoa, Fla.
'36*
President: Dr. Joe S. Hiatt, Jr.
Class Agents: James H. Johnston, Clif-
ford W. Perry, R. Zack Thomas, Jr.
On September 4 of last year, JOSIE BRUM-
FIELD was married in Panama City, Pana-
ma, to Comdr. Mason Morris, Jr., MC, USN,
a graduate of the University of Southern
California and Georgetown Medical School.
Their address is U. S. Naval Hospital No.
720, c/o Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y.
WALTER P. BUDD, JR., of Durham, is
the vice-president of the Budd-Piper Roofing
Company. A charter member of the Durham
Junior Chamber of Commerce, W. P. was
named head of the 1951 March of Dimes
campaign in Durham, sponsored by the
Jaycees.
PHILIP H. KIRKLAND and his wife be-
came parents of a son, Philip Wenford, on
September 10. They live at 2803 Elgin
Street, Durham, and Phil works in the Duke
Station Post Office.
'37 »
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: Thomas F. Southgate, Jr.
Class Agent : William F. Womble
RICHARD E. AUSTIN of 4291 West 196th
Street, Fairview 16, Ohio, is staff assistant
to the division manager of Westinghouse
Electric Corporation, lighting division. He
is also the president of the Cleveland Chap-
ter of the National Association of Cost
Accountants.
The Baileys, Richard Allen, Bette Jane, and
George Robert, Jr., whose picture is on the
Sons and Daughters Page this month, are
the children of G. ROBERT and MARTHA
CULBERTSON BAILEY. Their home ad-
dress is 2 Derby Road, Baldwin, N. Y. Bob
is president of the Sterling Casket Hard-
ware Company in Maspeth, N. Y.
JOSEPH W. RILEY and his family, which
includes Petey, 8, and Billy, 7, have moved
from Ardmore, Pa., to 195 Overlook Drive,
Milbrook, Greenwich, Conn. MRS. RILEY
is the former DOROTHY CREERY, '39.
Joe was recently made vice president of
Nedick's, Inc., and a member of the Board
of Directors.
WILLIAM F. WOMBLE, '37, LL.B. '39, of
Winston-Salem, N. O, son of B. S.
WOMBLE, '04, is a member of the Council
of the Junior Bar Conference of the Ameri-
can Bar Association for the Fourth Judicial
Circuit. The Fourth Circuit comprises the
states of Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
'38 o-
President: Russell Y. Cooke
Class Agent: William M. Courtney
A daughter was born on November 29 to
B. TROY FERGUSON, JR., and Mrs. Fer-
guson, whose address is 5 Brooklands,
Bronxville, N. Y.
Miss Rachel Nancy Hoover became the bride
of JOHN ALLEN KIMBRELL in a cere-
mony at the Covenant Presbyterian Church,
Charlotte, N. C, on October 22. Mrs. Kim-
brell is a graduate of East Carolina Teach-
ers College, and prior to her marriage was
a member of the faculty of the State School
for the Blind at Raleigh, N. C. John is
now affiliated with the Kimbrell Furniture
Stores, and the couple is making their home
at 200 North Laurel Avenue, Charlotte.
MARGUERITE FOX LOUDEN (MRS. G.
DONALD) and her husband, who is execu-
tive secretary of Central Virginia Industries,
live in the Chestnut Hill Apartments in
Lynchburg, Va. Marguerite has had an
interesting career, having served as a lieu-
tenant, senior grade, with the Waves, act-
ing as administrative officer in the public
relations department in Washington, during
the war, and worked as a member of the
staff of Hugh Scott, Jr., chairman of the
National Republican Committee afterward.
'39 *
President: Edmund S. Swindell, Jr.
Class Agent : Walter D. James
The marriage of Miss Jane D. Gibbs to
ROBERT D. BASKERVILL took place
on December 2 in the First Presbyterian
Church, New Bern, N. C. They are living
in Warrenton, N. C.
JAMES H. CURRENS, M.D., a heart spe-
cialist, is assistant in medicine at Harvard
Medical School and Massachusetts General
Thomas F. Southgate
President
Wm. J. O'Brien
Sec'y-Treas.
Established 1872
"^
SOUTHGATE & SON
Incorporated
Insurance Specialists
DURHAM, N. C.
Setouce
The Fidelity was the first bank
in the State of North Carolina
authorized by its charter to do a
trust business .
For over 60 years our Trust
Department has rendered faith-
ful and intelligent service in vari-
ous fiduciary capacities to both
institutions and individuals. We
welcome communications or in-
terviews with anyone interested
in the establishment of any kind
of trust.
Fidelity
Bank
DURHAM,|N. C.
1 Main at Corcoran
• Driver at Angier
• Ninth at Perry
• Roxboro Rd. at Maynard
*
Member Federal Reserve System
Member Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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Weeks Motors Inc.
408 Geer St.
Telephone F-139
Durham, North Carolina
Your Lincoln and
Mercury Dealer in
Durham
BUDD-PIPER
ROOFING CO.
W. P. Budd, '04, Secretary-Treas.
W. P. Budd, Jr., '36, Vice-President
DURHAM, N. C.
* * * *
Contractors for
ROOFING
and
SHEET METAL
WORK
on
Duke Chapel, New
Graduate Dormitory
Indoor Stadium and
Hospital Addition
* -K * *
CONTRACTS SOLICITED
IN ALL PARTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA
Hospital. He is also cardiologist at Cam-
bridge City Hospital, consulting cardiolo-
gist at Long Island Hospital and associate
cardiologist at Boston Lying-in Hospital.
During the early fall he and his wife made
a trip to Paris, where he gave two addresses
before the International Congress of Cardi-
ologists.
Last Xovember, J. DEWEY DAANE, mone-
tary expert of the Federal Beserve Bank,
Richmond, Va., was named head of a com-
mission created by the International Mone-
tary Fund to aid the South American re-
public of Paraguay with its fiscal prob-
lems. It was expected that the work would
require about three months. Dewey, who
is also an instructor of business cycles in
the School of Business Administration of
the University of Richmond, was awarded
the degree of doctor of public administra-
tion by Harvard University last year, this
being the first such degree ever awarded by
that institution.
A recent letter from W. CLABK ELLZEY,
B.D., said that during the war he was a
Field Director for the American Bed Cross
and that since that time he has been teach-
ing at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo.,
where he is now located. He is also chair-
man of the Audio-Visual Materials Com-
mittee for the National Council on Family
Belations and the American Association of
Marriage Counselors, and is a member of
the Commission on Marriage and Home for
the Federal Council of Churches.
ELOISE JOHXSOX GLEXX (MRS.
GEORGE W.), '39, A.M. '42, and her hus-
band of Turkey Point, Edgewater, Md., have
one son, David.
Announcement has been received of the ar-
rival on October 31 of Charles, III, to MB.
and Mrs. CHARLES KASIK, who reside at
5069 X. Bay Ridge Avenue, Milwaukee 11,
"Wise.
PAUL ABBOTT LOYELL, 49 Bochelle
Street, Springfield, Mass., is manager of the
wholesale and apartment division of the
Springfield Gas Light Company.
The marriage of MADELIXE MeGIXXIS
and Francis Y. Shaw, Jr., took place in St.
John's Boman Catholic Church, Orange,
N. J., on October 21, and they are living at
836 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, X. J.
Mr. Shaw, an alumnus of the University of
Kentucky and Tampa University, is with
the St. Regis Paper Company of Xew York.
'40 a
President : John D. MacLauchlan
Class Agent : Addison P. Penfield
STEADMAX BAGBY, B.D., is pastor of
the First Methodist Church in Jackson,
Tenn. He has been a member of the Mem-
phis Conference since 1930, and has held the
pastorate of the First Church at Dyersburg,
Tenn., for the past five years.
A son, Thorne Page, was born on Xovember
4 to Lt. Comdr. and MRS. EOBEBT A.
CLARKE, of 4331 Forest Park Road, Jack-
sonville, Fla. Mrs. Clarke is the former
STEELE SIMMOXS.
Mr. and MRS. WILLIAM M. DAVID, JR.
(AXX BAUSCHEXBEBG) have announced
the birth of a son, Jonathan Comly, on Sep-
tember 4. The Davids, who live at 35 W.
604, Shanks Village, Orangeburg, X. Y.,
have two daughters, Judy, 6, and Lucy, 2%.
Mr. David is working on his Ph.D. Degree in
International Relations.
Announcement has been received of the ar-
rival of a son, James Wayne, to JAMES
HALSEMA and Mrs. Halsema on Septem-
ber 5. Their address is United States In- j
formation Service, American Consulate Gen-
eral, 26 Raffles Place, Singapore 1.
'41 >
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: Robert F. Long
Class Agents: Julian C. Jessup, Meader
W. Harriss, Jr., Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.,
J. D. Long, Jr.
Little Carol Alexander, whose picture ap-
pears on the Sons and Daughters Page this
month is the daughter of STEWART M.
ALEXAXDEB. Friends will be glad to
know that "Skip," who was injured in a
plane crash in Evansville, Ind. several
months ago, is recuperating nicely. He and
Mrs. Alexander have recently joined little
Carol at the home of "Skip's" parents, Capt.
and Mrs. S. M. Alexander, in the Johnson
Apartments on Watts Street in Durham.
"Skip" is to have additional plastic surgery
done to his hands at Duke Hospital.
LEXA UMSTOT ARANT (MRS. MOR-
GAX D.), M.Ed., and her husband live at
10 Windsor Drive, Greenville, S. C. Lena
is a teacher, and her husband, an alumnus
of the University of South Carolina, is an
elementary sehool principal. He attended
the Duke University Summer Session in
1946.
SIDXEY BELLEE and his wife purchased
a new home at 35 Sholes Avenue, Xorwieh-
town, Conn., last July. They have two
daughters, Margaret and Deborah. Sidney
is a certified public accountant with the
firm of Sullivan and Beller Xew London,
Conn., of which he is a partner.
DR. ALBERT A. BEUST, JE., and MBS.
BEUST (ELEAXOE BBETH), '42, are
living at 819 South Crescent Avenue, Cin-
cinnati 29, Ohio. Al is an instructor in in-
ternal medicine at the University of Cin-
cinnati. They have two children, Albert A.,
Ill, 1, and Frances A., 4.
DR. IRA J. JACKSOX, whose address is
Foundation Apartments, Galveston, Texas,
is a teacher and surgeon at the University
of Texas Medical School.
Mr. and MES. EOBEBT D. MYEES
(HAZEL HAYXES) of 5613 Cross Country
Boulevard, Baltimore 9, Md., have an-
nounced the birth of a daughter, Laura, on
Xovember 25.
Visitors to the Alumni Office in Xovember
included ALEX WIXTEESOX and his
bride, the former Miss Gertrude Anderson,
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
who were married on November 5 in St.
Peter's Lutheran Church, New York City.
Alex is a building superintendent in Bald-
win, N. Y., and they are living at 3026 —
149th Street, Flushing.
'42
President: James H. Walker
Class Agents: Robert E. Foreman, Willis
Smith, Jr., George A. Trakas
BOBERT D. AUFHAMMER, of 442 W.
70th Street, Los Artgeles, a representative
of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany, received special commendation for his
outstanding production record during the
month of September. He was a member of
the record-breaking team which produced a
total of $1,903,000 of new life insurance
protection. As a. result of the phenomenal
volume of new life insurance written during
the month, production leadership shifted
from the east coast to the Los Angeles area
for the first time in the 103-year history of
the company. Bob is associated with the
Frederick A. Schnell Agency, which achieved
an all time high in life insurance sales, led
the entire company and surpassed all pre-
vious Los Angeles Agency one-month dis-
tribution records.
Last fall PHILIP S. COVINGTON, A.M.,
associate professor of English at Wofford
College, Spartanburg, S. C, since 1947, be-
came dean of students at Wofford. He is
also an alumnus of Emory University, and
has taught in Georgia and Florida public
schools and at Charleston, S. C, high school.
The Covingtons have three children.
MR. and Mrs. LOU H. FRACHER have an-
nounced the arrival of a son, Christopher
Howell Fraeher, on November 4. The
Fraehers, who live at 140 Robertson Ave-
nue, Danville, Va., have a daughter, Gret-
chen, and another son, Geoffrey.
A picture of MORTON A. HELLER, his
wife Adrienne and twin children, Richard
and Robin, is on the Sons and Daughters
Page of this issue. The Hellers live at
35-25 Seventy-seventh Street, Jackson
Heights, N. Y. "Mort" is in the retail
ready-to-wear business.
RALPH LAMBERSON, LL.B., has recently
joined the staff of Olin Industries, Inc.,
where he is serving in the capacity of As-
sistant to the Director of Research and
Development. His home address is 1107
Washington Street, Apt. 7, Alton, 111.
ELIZABETH FAYE LONG, of Roxboro,
N. C, is assistant executive secretary with
the North Carolina State Nurses' Associa-
tion, having assumed this position last fall.
Previously she had served as an Army nurse
for a year, as assistant supervisor in psy-
chiatry at Gallinger Hospital, Washington,
D. O, and as ward head nurse at Stanford
University Hospital, San Francisco.
MARGARET POWERS PARKHURST, her
husband, Don, and three children "Chip,"
Gay and Roy, live at 4620 North Bartlett
Ave., Milwaukee 11, Wise. A picture of the
Parkhurst family is on the Sons and Daugh-
ters Page this month.
Last summer L. E. ROBERTS, Ph.D., be-
came president of Middle Georgia College in
Cochran, Ga.
A son, Allin Vallentyne, was born on No-
vember 19 to MR. and Mrs. JAMES H.
WALKER, of 421 N. Blount Street, Ra-
leigh, N. C. A graduate of the Harvard
Law School, Jimmy who is the son of MRS.
ELISE MIMS WALKER, '08, is now prac-
ticing law.
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President: Thomas R. Howerton
Class Agent: S. L. Gulledge, Jr.
KENNETH E. BOEHM and ANNABELLE
SNYDER BOEHM have moved from Har-
risburg, Pa., to Pittsburgh, Pa., where Ken
is district manager, Northern Pittsburgh,
for Bell Telephone Company. Their home
address is 258 Nordica Drive, Longrove
Acres, Allison Park, Pittsburgh.
BETTY ERICSON and Mr. Richard En-
right Kruse were married August 19 in the
South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry,
N. Y. Mr. Kruse is time recording man-
ager in the midtown office of International
Business Machines Corporation in New
York City. They are living at 100-36
208th Street, Hollis, L. I., N. Y.
KITTY BLAIR FRANK (MRS. ROBERT
B.) was graduated from George Washing-
ton Law School on November 11, receiving
the degree of Juris Doctor. She has been
admitted to the United States District
Court, and her husband moved her admis-
sion to the United States Court of Appeals.
Her address is 2533 Waterside Drive,
Washington 8, D. C.
A son, James Harrison Greene, Jr., was born
September 16 to MR. and Mrs. JAMES
HARRISON GREENE, '43, LL.B. '48, of
134 Oakdale Drive, Syracuse 7, N. Y.
The marriage of Miss Janet Redman to DR.
SAMUEL R. HILL, JR., took place on
October 28 in Trinitarian Congregational
Church, North Andover, Mass., and they
are living in Winston-Salem, N. C, where
Sam is connected with Bowman Gray Medi-
cal School. The bride is a graduate of
Abbot Academy and Vassar College.
A daughter, Amy Christine, was born on
October 13 to KERMIT R, LINDEBERG,
BSME, and Mrs. Lindeberg, of Apt. D4,
Pyramid Drive, Pittsburgh 27, Pa.
JULIUS L. (BILL) NIFONG and MRS.
NIFONG (SHIRLEY SMITH), R.N. '47,
have announced the birth of a son, Michael
Byron, on September 14. They are living at
2277 Mimosa Place, Wilmington, N. C,
where Bill is with the United States In-
ternal Revenue Department.
PRESON P. PHILLIPS, JR., B.S. & A.M.
'43, is pastor of the Monaghan Presbyterian
Church in Greenville, S. C. He is working
toward his Ph.D. degree at Bob Jones Uni-
versity in Greenville. Previously lie re-
ceived his B.D. at Columbia Theological
Seminary. A picture of Preson, Mrs. Phil-
lips and their small daughter, Elizabeth
Anne, is on the Sons and Daughters Page
this month.
The RICHARD B. SMITHS, DICK, CAROL
BASSETT, Brandy and Rick are living in
Quarters G-4, Marine Corps School, Quan-
tico, Va. Dick, who is a captain in the
Marine Corps is an instructor there. A
picture of Brandy, Rick and Carol is on the
Sons and Daughters Page of this issue.
We are members by
invitation of the
National Selected
Morticians
the only Durham Funeral Home
accorded this honor.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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President: Matthew S. (Sandy) Eae
Class Agent: H. "Watson Stewart
A daughter, Nancy Kimball, was born on
November 14 to ELEANOR PLTLEE
BAIED and WASSON BAIED, '45, of 476
Heath Place, Apt, 26, Hackensaek, N. J.
Nancy is a granddaughter of 11. T. PLY-
LEE,' '92, A.M. '97, D.D. '37, of Durham.
GEORGE N. BEEE, BSME, has written
that 1950 brought two new additions to his
family: a daughter, Mareia, on March 15;
and a new house on October 1. His address
is 95 Meadow Drive, Eochester 18, N. Y.
The marriage of HELEN BEOOKS to Capt.
Wesley C. Brashear, USAF, took place on
November 25 in the First Presbyterian
Church, Weston, W. Va. Mail may be di-
rected to her in care of her mother, Mrs.
Leslie Brooks, Jane Lew, W. Va.
FRANK and BARBARA JESCHKE LOF-
S.~h
ClvrfcKpIl
1105 BROAD ST.- PHONE X*I224
DURHAM OFFICE SUPPLY
Complete Office
Service
Telephone L-919
105 West Fairish Street
Durham, North Carolina
62 7/ea4d
of continuous service to Duke
University Faculty, Adminis-
tration and Alumni.
HIBBERD, Florist
Durham, N. C.
Opposite the Washington Duke
TTS live at 2977 N. Stowell Avenue in
Milwaukee, Wise, where Frank is assistant
general manager of Res Manufacturing
Company, a metal stamping company. A
picture of Betsy, their 21-months-old daugh-
ter, is on the Sons and Daughters Page of
this issue.
FRANCES CROWE OAKES became the
bride of Dr. Robert Hammond Sease in a
formal ceremony in the Weldon, N. C,
Methodist Church on October 27. Dr. Sease
was graduated from the University of
Richmond and the Medical College of Vir-
ginia. He interned at Bex Hospital in Ra-
leigh, N. O, and specialized at Chesapeake
and Ohio Hospital, Clifton Forge, Va.
During World War II he served as flight
surgeon in the Pacific theater. The couple
is making their home Apt. 5, 1 Malvern
Ave., Richmond, Va.
JOE J. ROBNETT, BSEE '49, and
FRANCES BRYAN ROBNETT are living
at 1620 Martin Street, San Angelo, Texas.
Joe works with the Humble Oil and Re-
fining Company of Houston, and has also
taken on the job of assistant coach at the
Junior College there. He officiates for all
the high school football games, keeping him-
self busy indeed. The Robnetts have three
little girls. Their last, Patricia Reacle, is
one year old.
Announcement has been received of the ar-
rival of Sharon Linell on October 17, 1950,
to LINWOOD J. STEVENSON, B.D., and
Mrs. Stevenson, whose address is P. O. Box
397, Evanston, Wyoming. The Stevensons
also have a young son, Lin.
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President: Charles B. Markham, Jr.
Class Agent: Charles F. Blanchard
The address of JACQUELINE BARTHEN,
who was married last April to Mr. John
Hunter is West Road, Petersham, Mass.
Mr. Hunter, an alumnus of Stevens Insti-
tute of Technology, is a mechanical engi-
neer with Rodney Hunt Machine Company,
Orange, Mass. ; and Jaecpieline, who has
studied at the' Latin American Institute,
is a secretary for an advertising agency.
Mr. and MRS. WALTER C. ERWIN, of
62 Hillcrest Drive, Concord, N. C, have an-
nounced the birth of Walter Clark, Jr., on
October 31. Mrs. Erwin is the former
HELEN BAENHAEDT.
The address of ANN WALKEE HATHOEN
and GUY B. HATHORN, Ph.D. '50, is Box
812, Davidson, N. C. Guy is an assistant
professor of political science at Davidson
College, having previously been an instruc-
tor at the University of Mississippi, where
he received his A.B. degree, and at Duke
University. They have a young son who
was born last September.
AETHUE P. LEONAED is Commercial
Agent (Foreign Trade) for the District Of-
fice of the U. S. Department of Commerce
in Louisville, Ky. Since leaving Duke he
has received a B.S. degree in Foreign Serv-
ice at Georgetown School of Foreign Service,
spent a year's duty with the Bureau of
Census, and a period of service in Atlanta,
Ga., with the Department of Commerce. His
office address is U. S. Department of Com-
merce, 631 Federal Building, Louisville 2.
AETHUE L. MESSINGEE, who was gradu-
ated from the University of Illinois College
of Medicine in 1949, is serving an ortho-
pedic surgery residency at the Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital in Portland, Ore. His
address is 3405 S. W. 11th, Portland 1.
Mr. and MES. H. BLOSS VAIL (CAEO-
LYN KING) have announced the birth of
a daughter, Mary Bloss, on June 20, 1950.
Their address is 903 Glenshire Eoad, Glen-
view, 111.
BETTY JANE BARBREY WEST, R.N.,
and her husband, Julian William West, who
were married last May 28 in the First
Methodist Church of Mount Olive, N. C, are
living at 1310 E. Walnut Street, Goldsboro,
N. C. Betty is a medical social worker with
the North Carolina State Commission for
the Blind, and her husband, an alumnus of
Davidson, is a partner in the mercantile firm
of Smith and Pelt, men's clothiers.
The address of ANNE WHITLINGER
HANKS (MRS. H. FREDERICK) is Hill-
crest County Club, Lincoln, Neb. She and
Mr. Hanks, who is manager of the Club in
which they live, have a year-old son, Fred-
erick H.
PEGGY SCHRODER WOLF (MRS. H. C.)
and her husband have announced the birt'i
of a son, Gary Herbert, on July 15. They
also have a daughter, Gretchen. The family
lives at 510 Linden Street, East Lansing,
Mich.
GEORGE W. WOOD and Mrs. Wood of
2436 W. Capital Drive, Milwaukee 6, Wise.,
visited the Alumni Office the past summer
following George's two weeks of active duty
with the Marines at Camp Lejeune. He is
working with Allis-C'halmers Manufacturing
Company in Milwaukee.
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President : B. G. Munro
Class Agent : Eobert E. Cowin
Announcement has been received from
FRANCIS A. BENEDETTI, '46, LL.B. '49,
to the effect that he has opened an office
for the general practice of law in Yuma,
Colo.
Mr. and MES. STANLEY P. BLACK
(MAETHA "PATTIE" McGOWAN) have
announced the birth of a son, David Earn-
say, on June 13. The Blacks live at 1537
A Wilder Avenue, Honolulu 14, Hawaii.
BOBEET M. CAEPENTER, BSME, is
working with the Landis Tool Company. He
lives at 145 S. Church Street, Waynesboro,
Pa.
ARTHUR W. DENNIS, B.D., is a Chaplain
attached to the United States Naval Receiv-
ing Station, United States Naval Station,
San Diego 36, Calif.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
"SANDY" TECKLIX EBERHART (MRS.
WILFRED P.) and her husband have an-
nounced the birth of a son, Daniel Mark,
on August 17. They are living in a house
at 1760 Syracuse Street, Denver, Colo., and
Sandy says that all Dukesters travelling
through are welcomed.
PAT HANSON EDELMAN (MPS. R, F.)
and her husband, who live at 680 Madison
Avenue, Albany 3, N. Y., have a daughter,
Pat, who was a year old last September.
PHYLLIS GROH was married last June to
Mr. Charles L. Pitzer, a graduate of the
Electrical Engineering School of the Uni-
versity of Virigina. They are making their
home in Hagerstown, Md., where their ad-
dress is in care of Edison Groh, Route 2.
LOIS J. HANLON is now Mrs. Dennis B.
O'Neil and is making her home at 1619
Haskins Street, South Boston, Va.
ISRAEL S. LARKIN, BSME '47, and MRS.
LARKIN (MARY ELLEN LOVELACE),
B.S., have announced the birth of a son,
Jeffrey Herman, on June 8. They are liv-
ing in 2927 Berkley, Houston 17, Texas.
CORDIE L. PEARSON, JR., and his wife,
who live at 3006 S. W. 24th Street, Miami,
Fla., have a year-old daughter, Deborah
Anne. They visited the Alumni Office early
in the fall.
Mr. and MRS. RALSTON M. POUND, JR.
(DEANIE SHAW) have announced the
birth of a daughter, Martha Lynn on Oc-
tober 27. The Pounds' address is 3146 Wil-
low Oak Road, Charlotte, N. C.
The Asbury Methodist Church, Durham, was
the scene of of the wedding of CAROLYN
THOMAS and Mr. Thomas Lee Loveless.
Carolyn and her husband, who is an alum-
nus of Alabama Polytechnic Institute at
Auburn, Ala., are living at 1145 Carolina
Avenue, Kingsport, Tenn.
The wedding of Miss Geraldine Morris and
JOHN VAN DICKENS, JR., took place
at the Hayes Barton Baptist Church, Ra-
leigh, N. C, on July 29. Mrs. Dickens, an
alumnus of Cathedral Latin High School,
Saint Mary's School and Junior College in
Raleigh, is a member of the Raleigh Junior
Woman's Club. She is employed by the
Carolina Power and Light Company, and
John is working with the National Cash
Register Company. They are residing at
2004 Smallwood Drive, Raleigh.
HARRIET HELMICK WENGER (MRS.
JAMES E.) and her husband are living at
2212 West Louise Street, Grand Island, Neb.
Her husband, an alumnus of the University
of Chicago, is in the real estate and in-
surance business with the firm of Dill, Hus-
ton, Wenger.
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President : Grady B. Stott
Class Agent: Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.
JEAN E. DUNN has been a hostess at Lig-
gett & Myers Tobacco Company in Durham
since March, 1950. Her address is 1023
Gloria Avenue.
JANICE MORE GILLESPIE (MRS. E.
CLARK), R.N., and her husband, who live
in Rivercliff Apartments, #456, Little Rock,
Ark., have a two-year-old daughter, Jan.
Dr. Gillespie is obstetrician-in-chief, Trinity
Hospital, Little Rock.
KATHERINE BARTLETT HARLAN
(MRS. WILLIAM O.) and her family are
living at 3785 Buckingham Road, Beaumont,
Texas. She has a daughter, Kathy, 4, and
a son, John, 1. Her husband is contract
manager for the local office of Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company.
The address of JESS HARWELL, B.D.,
and Mrs. Harwell, whose young daughter,
Amy Jane, will be a year old on May 25,
is 431 S. Indiana Avenue, Kankakee, 111.
Jess is personnel director at Bradley.
JOHN HOLDEN, LL.B., of Cimarron,
Kans., was married to Miss Lois Davis of
Gray County, Kans., on September 3. Last
fall he was re-elected county attorney, run-
ning on a Democratic ticket in a Republi-
can stronghold.
FRANCES HUDSON was married to Mr.
Frederick Lee Bronnenberg last October,
and they are making their home at 144 West
13th Street, Anderson, Ind. Mr. Bronnen-
berg, a graduate of Purdue University, is
with the Delco-Remy Division of General
Motors.
Miss Georgia Reynolds Mayberry, an alumna
of Peace College, and HUBERT KARL
CLARK, BSME were united in marriage
last June 24 at the First Baptist Church,
Rocky Mount, N. C. Hubert is a power
plant engineer at the State Hospital in
Goldsboro, N. C, where they are residing.
WARREN J. MEYER, BSME, is working
Statt Clecttlc Company., 3nc.
CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS
INDUSTRIAL— COMMERCIAL— RESIDENTIAL
Q1421 BATTLEGROUND AVENUE
GREENSBORO, N. C.
with The Texas Company (S.A.) Ltd., Caixa
Postal 520, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
RICHARD H. MILLER, BSEE, is working
for General Electric Company in Alden, Pa.,
being in the Power Circuit Breaker Division
of Switehgear Divisions. He is married and
has a young daughter, Carol Elizabeth, who
was born last September.
The marriage of Miss Mary Louise Quaile
and GEORGE CRONEY KIEFER, JR.,
B.S., '47, M.F. '48, took place October 7 at
St. John's Church, Salisbury, Conn. Mrs.
Kiefer is an alumna of Emma Willard
School, Monticello College, and Connecticut
College for Women.
Announcement has been received of the
marriage of FREDERICK L. WALKER to
Miss Constance Norton on December 2 in
Maplewood, N. J. Their present address is
455 West 30th Street, New York 1, N. Y.
Zflow erton-lpryan tffo.
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L-977 100S W. Main St.
E. T. Howerton, '08
BRAME
SPECIALTY COMPANY
Wholesale Paper
208 Vivian St. """"" 801 S. Church St.
DURHAM, N. C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Serving North Carolina Since 1924
JOHN A. BUCHANAN, President
Home Insurance Agency
Incorporated
Insurance of Every Description
Offices:
212> 4 N. Corcoran Street
Opposite Washington Duke Hotel
Telephone Number F-146
Durham, N. C.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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President: Bollin M. Millner
Class Agent: Jack H. Quaritius
The address of MARY LOU BRATTON
BALL, '50, and JAMES H. BALL, JR.,
who were married June 6 in the Duke Uni-
versity Chapel, is 138 Harris Place, Dan-
ville, Va. Jim is employed by the Dan
River Mills.
Miss Elizabeth Dolores Taylor and
CHARLES M. CORMACK, JR., of Green-
belt, Md., were married last June 17 in the
All Souls Episcopal Church, Miami Beach,
Fla. The bride is a graduate of Mary Wash-
ington College of the University of Virginia.
HELEN DAY is Mrs. William L. Jackson,
Jr., having been married on June 14 of last
year. Her address is in care of her mother,
Mrs. W. W. Day, Sr., Box 1068, Pensacola,
Fla.
ELIZABETH DeLOACH, R.N., B.S.N., is
living at 794 Springdale Road, N.E., At-
lanta, Ga., where she is assistant head nurse
on a. medical floor at Emory University
Hospital.
DAISY MAE FARLOW, R.N., who was
married last summer to Mr. Arlie F. Culp,
Jr., lives in Asheboro, where she is a general
duty nurse at Randolph Hospital. Her hus-
band is a graduate of Catawba College.
JEAN FOUNTAINE and JAMES E.
LEARY were married in the Country Church
of Hollywood, Hollywood, Calif., on June 12.
Jim is attending law school at George Wash-
ington University, and also works for the
Government Employees Insurance Company.
Jean is working toward her Master's De-
gree at George Washington. Their address
Duke
Power Company
Electric Service
and Appliances
X ENGRAVING
DURHAM
^Vorth Carolina
is c/o Hon. Brooks Hays, 1317 33rd Street,
N.W., Washington, D. C.
HAROLD H. HOGG and his wife, RUTH
HAIG HOGG, '49, who were married last
June, live at 382 Whitney Avenue, New
Haven 11, Conn. Harold is assistant man-
ager of Whitlock's, Inc.
OPHELIA GRAY STRUM and Mr. Daniel
Jefferson Faulkner, Jr., were married in the
Church of the Good Shepherd, Jacksonville,
Fla,, on June 8. They are now living at
2752 Vernon Terrace, Jacksonville. Mr.
Faulkner, an alumnus of Alabama Polytech-
nic Institute, Auburn, Ala,, is in business
with the lamp department of the General
Electric Company.
CHARLES W. WHITE, LL.B., is practicing
law in Durham, where he and his wife, the
former Miss Mary Pierce Johnson of Wel-
don, N. C, are living at #10 Alastair Court,
Swift Avenue.
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Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
Presidents: Woman's College, Betty Bob
Walters Walton (Mrs. Loring) ; Trinity
College, Robert W. Frye; College of
Engineering, Joe J. Robnett, Jr.
Class Agent : Chester P. Middlesworth
IDA ABRAMS has recently moved from
Washington, D. C, to Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
where her address is 217 Bayonne Hall.
WILLIAM A. BADER, LL.B., is engaged
in the general practice of law with offices at
945 Main Street, Liberty Building, Suite
400, Bridgeport, Conn.
FRANCES MARGARET BETHEA, '50,
and WALTER GEORGE OLLEN, who were
married July 9, 1950, are living at 214-
06 B 69th Avenue, Bayside, Long Island,
N. Y. Frances is teaching at the North
Merrick Public School, and Walter is a
statistician with the Merchants Fire As-
surance Corporation.
BETTY JEAN BODKIN, R.N., and RICH-
ARD THOMAS FARRIOR, M.D. '49, were
married June 9 in the Duke University
Chapel. They are in Iowa City, la., where
Dick is an assistant resident at Iowa Uni-
versity Hospital.
MARY ELIZABETH COOPER and RICH-
ARD G. KRITZER, who were married in
March, 1950, are making their home at 2068
Higbee, Memphis, Tenn. He is with Buck-
eye Cotton Oil Company.
LEWIS HODGKINS, whose address is Box
125, University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn., is editor of the "Theo-Log," maga-
zine which covers the events at St. Luke's
Seminary. He finds the work quite inter-
esting.
LAWRENCE EDGAR HUTCHINS, LL.B.,
is an attorney-at-law in Yadkinville, N. C.
His mailing address is Box 135.
HUGH ALFRED LEE, LL.B., Box 306,
Rockingham, N. C, is practicing law with
the firm of Boggan, Page, Lee and Page.
Laurence F. Lee, III, was born on October
18 to RUTH WOMBLE LEE and LAU-
RENCE F. LEE, JR., 3903 Ortega Blvd.,
Jacksonville, Fla. Young Larry is a grand-
son of B. S. WOMBLE, '04, of Winston-
Salem, N. C.
GEORGE WOOD LYON, BSEE, is a sales-
man for George T. Wood and Sons, High
Point, N. C. He is living at 206 Boulevard
there.
JOHN E. REYLE, who lives at Apartment
15 B, University Heights, Burlington, Vt., is
a salesman for Gibson Art Company.
GUY L. BOBBINS, BSEE, is a Firestone
commercial salesman, 315 Fayetteville
Street, Raleigh, N. C. He is married and
has a son, Guy, Jr., who is a year old.
JAMES JOSEPH SANDERSON, Ph.D.,
a chemist for the du Pont Company, lives
at 14 Valley Road, Apartment 8, Drexel
Hill, Pa.
CLAUDIA SMITH is a medical technician
at Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
where her address is 315 Lindsay Street.
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President: Jane Suggs
Class Agent: Robert L. Hazel
ALBERT P. CLINE, JR., is a dental stu-
dent at the University of North Carolina.
He and his wife, the former Bebe Medford,
who were married August 5, are living in
Glen Lennox Apartment 43-C, Chapel Hill,
N. C.
TOM F. DRIVER is attending Union Theo-
logical Seminary in New York City.
ELGIVA RUTH DUNDAS of Southern
Pines, N. C, is living at The Three Arts
Club, 340 W. 85th Street, New York, N. Y.,
while she is working as an actuarial clerk
for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York.
THOMAS RAYMOND GREENLEAF, of
207 West Lancaster Avenue, Dowingtown,
Pa., is working with the Berkshire Life
Insurance Company.
BETTY HABENICHT writes that she i3
now Mrs. Harold F. Park and that her ad-
dress is 1430 Sunnyside Drive, Columbia,
S. C.
ALONZO LINCOLN HARMAN of Blue-
field, W. Va., is attending the Duke Divinity
School.
The Duke University Chapel was the scene
of the marriage of ELIZABETH KUTZ
HARRISON, B.S., and Emmett Watson
Bringle, Jr., on August 26. Mr. Bringle
was graduated from the School of Textiles
of North Carolina State College this past
June. They are living in Covington, Tenn.,
where he is emplyoed as textile engineer
with Hyde Park Mills.
C. JEROME HUNEYCUTT, B.D., and Mrs.
Huneycutt are attending the Institute of
Far Eastern Studies at Yale University for
a year for instruction in the Japanese lan-
guage, both oral and written. Following
that they, together with their three chil-
dren, will go to Japan, where they will serve
in the mission field of the Methodist Church.
Jerome was pastor of the Durham Circuit,
composed of Pleasant Green and McMan-
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
Hen's Chapel Methodist Churches, for four
years prior to leaving Durham in September.
MARGARET G. JONES is director of
Christian education and music at the Ham-
let, N. C, Methodist Church.
CLAUDE H. LONG, of 604 Summit Avenue,
Greensboro, N. C, is working for Burling-
ton Mills.
MALCOLM MAGAW is an instructor of
English at Glynn Academy, Brunswick, Ga.,
and is living at 1000 Edmont Street there.
CELIA ANNE McELROY is a laboratory
assistant in Ripon, Wisconsin, where her
address is 434 Watson Street.
WILLIAM ALONZO PARKER, A.M., is
head of the department of mathematics at
Presbyterian Junior College, Maxton, N. C.
He has had wide experience in the teaching
and research fields, having been special in-
structor in physics at Virginia Military
Institute Army Specialized Training Re-
serve Program, and having taught at Duke
in 1944.
JOHN R. PFANN, B.S., is working at the
Marshall Laboratory, E. I. du Pont de
Nemours, 3500 Grays Ferry Avenue, Phila-
delphia 46, Pa.
ROBERT ELDON RHINE, of 908 Club
Boulevard, Durham, is a purification plant
operator.
RUTH SEELEY and Mr. Beverly Alan
Ross were united in marriage September 1
in the Duke Memorial Methodist Church,
Durham. Ruth is the daughter of Professor
and Mrs. Walter James Seeley of the College
of Engineering. Her husband is an alumnus
of North Carolina State College.
JANE TUTTLE was married to Mr. Peter
Langsdorf Hays at the Hotel Saint Regis
in New York City last March, and they are
living at 405 West 23rd Street, New York.
Mr. Hays, an alumnus of the Irving School
and Wesleyan University, is employed by
ithe S. Stein & Co., woolen importers.
WILLIAM ROBERT WARD, JR., is a
citrus buyer for Polk Packing Association,
Winter Haven, Fla. His home is at 215
Miramar Drive, Lakeland, Fla.
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RUTH READE KELLY (MRS. EDWARD
W.) is a student and doctor's receptionist
at the Richmond Professional Institute of
William and Mary in Richmond, Va. Her
husband is also a student and assistant to
the Secretary of Admissions. The Kellys,
who were married June 10, live at 928 W.
Franklin Street, Richmond.
The address of MARY DAN McCLASKEY
AUTER (MRS. JAMES) is in care of Mr.
H. M. McClaskey, Glenbrook Road, An-
chorage, Ky.
MARY CHANDLER MARTIN, whose ad-
dress is 27 West 55th Street, New York 19,
N. Y., is a student nurse at the Cornell
University — New York Hospital School of
Nursing.
MR. and MRS. DON A. PREMO (ANNE
RAMSEY) have announced the birth of a
daughter, Penelope Anne, on March 13.
Don is an engineering student at Duke,
and they are living at 102% W. Maynard
Avenue.
deaths
U. BENTON BLALOCK, '96
U. Benton Blalock, '96, died at his home
in Wadesboro, N. C, on December 26,
following' a long illness.
Funeral services were held at the First
Methodist Church, Wadesboro, and inter-
ment was in Eastview Cemetery.
Mr. Blalock was the only freshman to
make the varsity football team at Trinity
in 1892. Following college, he became
engaged in cotton merchandising, then the
hardware business. In 1906 he was ap-
pointed a member of the North Carolina
Board of Commissioners to the James-
town Exposition. Mr. Blalock served as
a member of the Anson Board of Edu-
cation, and during World War I was
Anson Food Administrator and mayor
of Wadesboro. In 1922 he was elected
general manager of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative Association,
and in 1931 was elected to the presidency
of the American Cotton Cooperative As-
sociation. From 1939 to 1947 he served
as a representative from Anson in the
State Legislature. He also served as
president of several other organizations
and business enterprises.
Mr. Blalock is survived by Mrs. Bla-
lock; a son, David, '41; U. B. Blalock,
Jr., '36 and Mrs. Monte Roper, '29, chil-
dren by his first wife who passed away
in 1915; and six grandchildren.
L. T. COOK, '02
L. T. Cook, '02, of Purcell, Okla., died
on October 11, 1950. No additional in-
formation was immediately made avail-
able.
R. EARL WHITAKER, '05
R. Earl Whitaker, '05, passed away on
June 26 in Oceanside, N. Y., of heart
failure. He is survived by a son, Charles
S. Whitaker, B.S.M., M.D. '38, and a
daughter-in-law, Marie M. Assenheimer
Whitaker (Mrs. Charles S.), '37, of
Clarksville, Md.
GEORGE H. STARR, '06
It was learned in the Alumni Office that
George H. Starr, '06, is deceased. Mr.
Starr had been in the wholesale grower's
business, Starr Nursery, Turlock, Calif.,
prior to his death. The Starr Nursery
specialized in California dried and pre-
pared flowers, bedding plants, and dish
garden plants.
CLARENCE SHAW WARREN, '10
Clarence Shaw Warren, '10, widely
known representative of a publishing
house and a former superintendent of
Lenoir, N. C, city schools, died at a Le-
noir hospital on December 19, 1950, fol-
lowing a 10-day illness.
Funeral services were held at the First
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Warren was a former professor at
two colleges in Oklahoma and at Duke
Summer Sessions for eight years. He
was a former superintendent at Hamlet,
and Mt. Olive, N. C, and also taught at
Tech High in Atlanta, Ga. He headed
the Lenior schools for 20 years before
resigning in 1945. Mr. Warren was an
active civic leader.
Survivors include the wife; a son. Dr.
J. Ben Warren, '47, M.D. '51, of Raleigh
and Durham; and a daughter, Mrs. John
W. Terrell of Hickory, N. C.
MOFFAT ALEXANDER OSBORNE '15
The funeral service of the Reverend
Moffat Alexander Osborne, '15, retired
minister of the Western North Carolina
Conference, was conducted at Vander-
burg Methodist Church near Mooresville,
N. C, on November 16. Interment was
made in the cemetery at Monroe.
Mr. Osborne passed away suddenly at
his home on November 14. At the time
of his death he was serving the Jones
Memorial Methodist Church at Moores-
ville as retired supply. He served the
Methodist Church 34 years as a regular
minister and two years as supply in ad-
dition to the present year as retired
supply.
Surviving Mr. Osborne are his widow,
three daughters, two sons, one brother,
three sisters and six grandchildren.
HILLIARD C. FOLSOM, '20
Hilliard C. Folsom, '20, passed away
July 13, 1950, of a heart attack in Sum-
ter," S. C.
WILLARD W. FULP, '21
News has been received that Willard
W. Fulp, '21, of Kernersville, N. C, is
deceased.
DOROTHY TAYLOR, '25
Dorothy Taylor, '25, passed away on
July 14, after an illness of several years.
BELLE C. GHOLSON, '25, A.M. '27
Belle C. Gholson (Mrs. J. O. D.), '25,
A.M. '27, died December 15 in Watts
Hospital, Durham, after being ill for two
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, January, 1951
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weeks with a heart ailment. Funeral
services were held at the Clyde Kelly
Funeral Chapel and interment was in the
family plot in new Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Gholson was retired in 1948 after
serving the city schools for about 30
years. She was affectionately known to
all her students as "Ma." Prior to teach-
ing at Durham High School, where she
was head of the Social Science Depart-
ment, she taught at Edgemont School and
E. K. Powe School. Among her many
activities at Durham High were coaching
of the debating teams and responsibility
for starting the Current Events Club for
boys. At the time of her death she was
a member of the staff at the Durham
Public Library.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Claude S. Gholson, 302
Milton Avenue, Durham.
SAM V. ROWE '29
Sam V. Rowe, '29, of 2 E. Peace
Street, Raleigh, N. C, died at his home
November 13 after a short illness.
Mr. Rowe had been working with the
Southern Bell Telephone Company for 17
years. He was quite a baseball enthusiast,
being a member of the varsity baseball
and basketball teams while at Duke, and
later playing on the Southern Bell soft-
ball team and on semi-pro baseball teams
in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Survivors include the wife and daugh-
ter, three brothers and four sisters.
ROBERT CLINE ALLEY, '33
Robert Cline Alley, '33, former inves-
/ tigator for the State Paroles Commission
in Raleigh, N. C, died suddenly Decem-
ber 16, at his home in Richmond, Va.
Five years ago, Mr. Alley left his work
with the State Paroles Commission to ac-
cept a position as district manager of the
National Security Insurance Company of
Richmond.
WILLIAM ALFRED BRYAN, A.M. '33
William Alfred Bryan, A.M. '33, died
after a heart attack in Sumter, S. C, on
December 17. Funeral services were held
at St. Anne's Catholic Church with in-
terment in St. Lawrence Cemetery in
Sumter.
Mr. Bryan did his undergraduate work
at the College of Charleston, where he re-
ceived the Alumni Medal for highest
scholastic average in 1927, and took his
A.M. in English at Duke in 1933. After
several years of educational work in pub-
lic schools and C.C.C. units, he returned
to Duke in 1940 to study for a Ph.D. in
the field of American literature. He
taught in the Navy V-12 program in
1944-45.
From 1945 to 1948 Mr. Bryan was as-
sistant professor of English at the Uni-
versity of Mississippi. Following that he
accepted a teaching position at East Caro-
lina Teachers College, Greenville, N. C.
For the past several months, he lived
in Durham, engaged in writing his doc-
toral dissertation on the subject "George
Washington in American Literature, 1775-
1865." He had completed all work for
the degree except the final examination,
which was cancelled due to illness.
Mr. Bryan had published a number of
articles connected with his research, the
latest being "George Washington, Sym-
bolic Guardian of the Republic, 1850-
1860," which appeared in the January,
1950, issue of the William and Mary
Quarterly.
He is survived by his wife, Enid Parker
Bryan, A.M. '33, 406 E. 8th Street,
Greenville, N. C. ; his mother, Mrs. C. M.
Bryan, Sumter; five brothers, and three
sisters.
JESSE LEE CUNINGGIM, D.D. '36
Dr. Jesse Lee Cuninggim, D.D. '36,
president emeritus of Scarritt College,
died at his home in Nashville, Tenn., on
November 25. Funeral services were held
in Nashville.
Before completing his course at the
University of North Carolina, Dr. Cun-
inggim determined to enter the ministry
of the Methodist Church, and studied at
the Vanderbilt School of Theology. Ob-
taining his degree there, he returned to
North Carolina to begin active preaching.
He spent a summer in graduate work at
the University of Chicago, and this ex-
tended into a four-year course at that
institution.
While at the University of Chicago,
Dr. Cuninggim wrote a pamphlet on bet-
ter training for ministers through cor-
respondence courses and other university
extension methods. This so impressed
Southern Methodists that it was decided
to put his ideas into practice at Vander-
bilt, and he was made head of the new
work. Thus he inaugurated one of the
first departments of religious education
in the South. He remained in charge of
this work until 1914, when he returned to
North Carolina to preach. He later went
to Southern Methodist University in Dal-
las, Tex., to inaugurate another religious
education department there.
After a few years there, Dr. Cuninggim
was made head of Scarritt College, and he
continued as president until his retirement
in 1943.
In addition to his book The Family of
God, Dr. Cuninggim was the author of
other books of a religious nature.
He is survived by his widow; a daugh-
ter, Margaret Louise Cuninggim, '36,
dean of women at Tennessee Polytechnic
Institute; a son, Dr. A. Merrimon Cun-
inggim, A.M. '33, chairman of the de-
partment of religion at Pomona College;
and three grandchildren.
P. H. GRICE, B.D. '39
News has recently been received in the
Alumni Office that P. H. Grice, B.D. '39,
is deceased.
MURRAY S. MAYER, '43
Murray S. Mayer, '43, died on Septem-
ber 30, 1950. He is survived by his par-
ents who live at Pompei Del Lago, Chi-
waukee, Wis., P. 0. Winthrop Harbor,
111.
RANDOLPH G. ADAMS
Randolph G. Adams, who died January
4 in Ann Arbor, Mich., is vividly remem-
bered by a number of the alumni and
faculty of Duke University. He taught
history at Trinity College from 1920 to
1923, leaving to become director of the
William L. Clements Library of Ameri-
can History at the University of Michi-
gan.
In the short time he was at Duke, Dr.
Adams made substantial contributions to
the intellectual growth of the college. He
and the late William K. Boyd, one of
Duke's greatest library collectors, worked
together with an enthusiasm which alone
could have built up the remarkable library
of manuscripts and newspapers. It was at
Dr. Adams' instigation that the faculty
instituted a student fee for the purpose of
buying books for the library. The Li-
brary of Trinity College was thus in-
sured of a steady income which was one
of the factors enabling it to make the
transition to a University Library on sure
foundations.
The first book published by the Duke
University Press was The Political Ideas
of the American Revolution, written by
Dr. Adams. He was also president of the
Trinity College Historical Society in 1921
and 1922. He recast History 91, the basic
course in American History, into the form
in which it still exists — a form which
rescued it from the dullness of the con-
ventional textbook course in American
History. Thus there are living monu-
ments to Dr. Adams remaining, for which
the University is indeed grateful.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in the Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
February, 1951
Number 2
Contents
PAGE
Editorials 31
Alumnae Week End 33
Engineers Shotv 33
Faculty-Staff Campaign 33
National Campaign 34
Duke Receives Bequest 34
Monastic Treasure Troves 35
Alumni in the News 37
Alumni in the Armed Forces 39
Local Associations 40
New Football Coach 41
Sports 42
Center Theatre Trophies 43
Arthur Bradsher Dies 43
Recent Events on Campus 44
"Voice of America" Broadcast 45
Art Exhibits 45
Glee Club Concert Series 45
Calendar of Events ! 45
Sons and Daughters of Alumni 46
News of the Alumni 47
Editor and Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Managing Editor Roger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager Thomas D. Donegan
Layout Editor Ruth Mary Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
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December 31, 1950
S/Sgt. Preston Bradsher, '33
452d Motor Vehicle Squadron
452d Bombardment Wing (Light)
APO 75 Unit 1, c/o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
I wish to express my heart-felt appreciation for your timely Christmas
Greetings card that reached me here at Miho Air Base, Honshu, Japan,
shortly before December 25.
It is truly a pleasure to be able to keep in touch with former class-
mates through the medium of the Alumni Register, and I always antici-
pate its coming with avid delight. Since my arrival in the Far East, I
have been especially appreciative of its offerings.
Inasmuch as my father is an alumnus of old Trinity College, '92 ; my
brother, Dr. James S. Bradsher, Jr., a graduate of "the Buffalo Class" of
1917 ; and I a short -timer with the class of '33, I feel very near to Duke
University. I shall always love it and what it represents.
I am currently serving in a small capacity with the now renowned
452nd Bomb Wing. Ours is a largely reservist component, whose per-
sonnel are ninety-five per cent Los Angeles County Californians. We
have a splendid organization and I am happy to contribute my small part
to its laudable successes in the see-saw Korean campaign. Our continued
stay in Japan will be determined by the turn of events in our struggle
with Red China and the North Koreans.
December 19, 1950
William R, Rowland, '50
1033 Maple Avenue
Sharon Hill, Pa.
May I thank you for your letter of the 28th of November, the basket-
ball schedule, and the copies of the Alumni Register which have finally
arrived. Duke is to be congratulated for the latter — it is certainly one
of the finest alumni publications that I have yet seen, and it serves its
purpose well if it is intended to keep the University before the eyes of
the graduate in such a manner as to make him feel he is still a part of it
and it a part of him.
{Continued on page 56)
THIS MONTH'S COVER
Eddie Cameron, Duke Athletic Director, welcomes Duke's
new head football coach, William D. Murray, '31, back to the
campus. Behind them is a picture of the football stadium, where
Coach Murray and his teams will stage their gridiron battles. This
photograph was taken by a Herald-Sun photographer.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
Volume XXXVII
February, 1951
Number 2
Just Rambling
The new year has begun with as fast a tempo as has
ever been experienced on the Duke Campus. Every
member of the administration, faculty, and University
community is conscious of the important place the De-
velopment Campaign is to play in Duke's future.
The greatest problem is the lack of hours and days in a
week. However, it gives one a mighty good feeling to see
how alumni, faculty, and students, of the University are
joining to make the program a success.
William D. (Bill) Murray, '31, has been elected head
football coach and he, along with the other members of his
staff, is in the midst of spring practice. . All of us here on
the campus welcome Bill home and anticipate an outstand-
ing football program under his direction as head coach.
Wherever you go among the alumni these days you hear
high praise that an alumnus has been elected to direct the
destinies of football at Duke. To those of you who do not
know Bill, you are in for a treat when you meet him. A
man of high integrity, hard working and careful of de-
tail, he recognizes the value of the fundamentals in any
field and applies them in football. Once again, welcome
home, Bill. Your fellow alumni wish you every success.
You can count on them for the fullest cooperation.
Alumnae Week End is to be April 6, 7, and 8. This
activity, under the direction of Miss Anne Garrard, gives
promise of being the best ever held. Alumnae committees
are busy making plans.
The campus is already beginning to show signs of
Spring.
Faculty members are being called to serve in an ad-
visory capacity to the government, and honors are coming
to many of them for work in this connection:
Again we find ourselves having difficulty keeping up
with alumni in the military services. If you know of a
Duke alumnus any place in any branch of the service,
please send us information about him.
Commencement is just around the corner. Officers of
reunion classes have already appointed committees and are
busy with preparations for the June reunion.
Local alumni groups are holding Spring meetings,
many of which will be picnics or other outdoor affairs.
Announcements about them will appear from time to time
in subsequent issues of the Register. In the event you are
planning a trip, we would suggest your reading the
Register before leaving home, so that if you are in the
vicinity of one of these meetings, vou may attend.
The number of alumni stopping by the Alumni Office
is increasing as the weather gets warmer. Visitors on the
campus are always welcomed.
We are grateful for the newspaper clippings, photo-
graphs, changes of address, and other items that come to
the Alumni Office from all over the country. Keep up
the good work. This helps us do a better job and give
better service to the alumni and the University.
Every so often we run across something that we feel
deserves to be called to the attention of the alumni. On
the editorial page of the February 3 Saturday Evening
Post is a letter from a father to his son. We recommend
it to young and old alike.
In the alumni section (see page 38) of the Register
this month is a letter written by an alumna to her news-
paper editor in Cleveland, Ohio, in appreciation of an
editorial which appeared in the Cleveland News. The
editorial follows:
"Duke University at Durham, N. C, has gone out for
a distinction for which few American colleges can com-
pete. It has developed a carillon tower for the daily in-
spiration of its community by medieval bell tone, and for
summons and celebration on great or festive occasions.
' ' The Duke carillon has been equipped with both man-
ual and electric keyboard and, through the skill of its
bellmaster, Anton Brees, brought from Belgium to develop
the chimes and their music, has set out to rival the chimes
of the famous Bok Tower at Lake Wales, Fla.
' ' With Mr. Brees at the console, the Duke carillon rang
out for the invasion of Normandy, the rescue of Paris, the
victorious end of the second World War, and various
national anniversaries. He calls the tone of the bells 'a
powerful spiritual voice from the sky' and believes Duke
may partly revive the authenticity of chime signals over
the living of people, as in Europe of the Middle Ages.
It is a nice ambition."
We feel that this young lady did a service for Duke
and her fellow alumni by writing her appreciation to the
editor.
Let's look around us and take advantage of the op-
portunities to serve the University. They may be found
in many places and clothed in many different ways.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
Alumnae Week End — Engineers Show
Development Campaign on Campus
Activities of Note on the Campus
Alumnae Week End
Breaking with a precedent of several
years' standing Alumnae Week End this
year will not take place during spring
vacation, but will be held while students
are on campus and engaged in their
academic and extracurricular routines.
This change occurs at the request of
many alumnae, who have expressed a de-
sire to return to East Campus when the
normal hustle, bustle, and rustle of the
school year is in progress. This will
afford an enjoyable opportunity to re-
capture, in all of its happy detail, the
atmosphere of undergraduate life, these
alumnae feel.
Dates of the annual event, the calen-
dar's high spot for former women stu-
dents, are Friday, Saturday, and Sun-
day — April 6, 7, and 8.
Earlier it was announced that a main
speaker would be Dr. Gloria Wysner, con-
sultant to the International Missionary
Council in Association with the World
Council of Churches. Regrettably, Dr.
Wysner has been called out of the country
during March, April, and May and had
to cancel her scheduled appearance at
Duke.
Other speakers, however, including at
least one outstanding woman, will be an-
nounced soon.
The program for the Eighth Annual
Alumnae Week End is as follows :
Friday, April 6
6 :30 p.m. — Dinner in Woman's College
Union, cafeteria style with students.
8 :15 p.m. — Lecture in Woman's Col-
lege Auditorium, speaker to be announced.
9:30 p.m. — Coffee hour in East Duke
Building — one of two to give alumnae a
chance for informal visits and relaxation.
Saturday, April 7
Most of the morning will be devoted to
tours of the campus, with alumnae and
students on hand to conduct tours and
answer questions.
11 :30 a.m. — Lecture by Dr. Marianna
Jenkins, associate dean of undergraduate
instruction and assistant professor of art,
on "Are Modern 'Isms' Modern?"
1 :00 p.m. — Luncheon and Alumnae
Association meeting.
4:00-5:30 p.m. — Tea honoring senior
classes of Woman's College and School
of Nursing.
6:30 p.m. — Dinner in West Campus
Union.
8 :00 p.m. — Entertainment in Woman's
College Auditorium, including modern
dance, brass ensemble, and Madrigal Sing-
ers.
9 :30 p.m. — Coffee hour in Woman's
College Union.
Sunday, April 8
11 :00 a.m. — Worship service, Duke
Chapel, Dr. Ray C. Petry, professor of
church history, preaching.
4 :00 p.m. — Organ recital in Duke
Chapel by Samuel Tilghman Morris, head
of organ department, Hollins College.
Programs and registration blanks will
be mailed to all alumnae in the very near
future.
Engineers Show
The 19th annual Engineers Show, the
third held in the new College of Engi-
neering Building, is scheduled for Friday
and Saturday, March 16 and 17.
Duke's engineers are accustomed to at-
tracting large, even huge, crowds to these
events, at which they put their building,
their equipment, their knowledge, their
professors, and even themselves on dis-
play.
These shows customarily include many
wonders of engineering science, which
range from demonstrations of nonsinu-
soidal waves and polyphase circuits to
toy electric trains. There are attractions
for the most sophisticated graduate of
M.I.T. and also items of interest for bug-
eyed tots still in kindergarten.
The three departments of the College of
Engineering will each present separate
displays and each will have a central
attraction. The mechanical engineers will
assemble and put into operation a com-
plete electrical power plant. Electrical
engineers plan new and more awesome
demonstrations of a million-volt bolt of
lightning. Civil engineers will display
the photoelasticity method of determining
stress and strain on structural materials.
In addition to these major presentations
there will be hundreds of other exhibitions
of new and old wonders of technology.
A note of major interest to veterans of
these shows, and also to those coming for
the first time, is the fact that a concession
stand will be set up this year right in
the Engineering Building, thus making
the long hike to the "Dope Shop" for
refreshments unnecessary.
The engineers are extending a special
invitation to alumni this year. This show,
perhaps more than any single event of
the year, demonstrates the activities, prog-
ress, and ability of Duke's students.
Alumni are urged to take advantage of
the opportunity.
In addition to finding amusement and
instruction at the Engineers Show, visi-
tors will discover that the hospitality of
Duke's engineers in their still-new home
is, in itself, worthy of considerable note.
Faculty-Staff Campaign
Members of the University's faculties
and staffs, in an amazingly short time,
have given through their own private
campaign more than $85,000 for the De-
velopment Program.
This amount, which is according to a
tabulation taken in mid-February, comes
from approximately 450 members of the
University community. There are about
700 who are included in the campaign,
and at the present rate, it appears that
there will be nearly 100 per cent partici-
pation before the drive is ended.
The campus campaign was undertaken
a short time ago at the instigation of
several faculty and staff members. Chosen
to head the campaign was Dr. Frank T.
De Vyver, professor of economics, and he
organized a committee of 12 to sponsor
the drive.
No one is in a better position to recog-
nize Duke's major needs during these
current and difficult times than is the
faculty. No one can perceive the vista
of the future and the demands that will
be made upon Duke to a more accurate
extent. Therefore, it is felt, the whole-
hearted support of the campus is the
strongest possible indication of the great-
ness of the objectives of the campaign for
funds now underway.
President Edens said recently that this
"voluntary and almost spontaneous re-
action by the University's men and women
on behalf of our Development Campaign
is one of the most inspiring demonstra-
tions of loyalty and confidence in Duke's
future that we have seen."
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National Campaign Begins
The national campaign for the Duke
University Development Program has be-
gun.
On Tuesday, Feb. 6, campaigners in
Mecklenburg County, which includes
Charlotte, N. C, met to kick off their drive
in the county, and this occasion signalled
the beginning of an all-out effort to com-
plete the 1950-51 goal of $8,650,000 by
June 30.
Addressing the Charlotte meeting was
Dr. Paul A. Gross, University vice presi-
dent and one of the nation's leading sci-
entists.
Political changes within and communist
threats without may threaten our nation,
Dr. Gross said, but universities like Duke
"will stay with you and serve you and the
cause of free civilization come what may."
"This nation," he declared, "will survive
as long as educational institutions are free
to produce men who will think and act
for themselves. We are challenged to
support privately endowed higher educa-
tion, because its survival involves the very
survival of our nation."
Key Counties
The Mecklenburg County campaign be-
gan with an announcement that advance
gifts there total $205,000. This was an
auspicius beginning for not only the local
drive, but for the national campaign as
well. Chairman in Mecklenburg is George
M. Ivey, '20, and heading the general can-
vass is R. Z. Thomas, Jr., '36.
This is the seond key county (North
DURHAM CAMPAIGN LEADERS-Going over the latest returns
from the City of Durham Campaign for a "greater Duke" are left to right,
George Watts Hill, chairman ; Mrs. R. H. Wright, campaigner ; Donnie Sor-
rell, member of the executive committee ; and Claude M. May, vice chairman.
The Durham total now approaches $240,000 and is still climbing. The goal
is $250,000. A recent editorial in the Durham Sun pointed out that Durham
business firms and individuals have raised more money for Duke through
the Development Campaign than for any other single cause in the history of
the citv.
Duke Receives Bequest
Duke University has been generously
recognized in the will of the late Wil-
liam Brown Bell, trustee of the Duke
Endowment and president of the
American Cyaniroid Company.
One-twelfth of a $600,000 trust fund
was left to the University, which will
ultimately receive half of a fund com-
prising the bulk of the estate, set up as
a lifetime benefit for Mr. Bell's daugh-
ter, Mrs. Helen Griscom Hole of Rich-
mond, Ind.
Mr. Bell died December 20 at the
age of 71 while on a business and
pleasure trip with his wife in French
Morocco.
He took over the leadership of
American Cyanimid in 1922, when its
chief product was fertilizers. Under
his leadership the firm developed into
an organization that now makes 5,000
products for 200 industries.
Carolina) campaign to begin. The third
started just a few days later, on Friday,
Feb. 16, when campaigners in the Greens-
boro area of Guilford County were called
together for a kick-off meeting by Floyd
C. Caveness, '18, Greensboro canvass
chairman. Approximately 60 workers met
to hear an address by President Edens.
General chairman in Guilford County is
Kenneth M. Brim, '20, and heading the
campaign in the High Point area is
Charles L. Kearns, '32.
The first key county campaign was
opened in Forsyth County, which includes
Winston-Salem, before the end of last
year, and will soon be completed, accord-
ing to Chairman P. Huber Hanes, Jr.,
'38, and Co-chairman Tom J. Southgate,
Jr.
Fourth and fifth key county cam-
paigns will soon be launched in Durham
and Wake Counties. Chairman in Dur-
ham is Sterling Nicholson, '22, and chair-
man in Wake County is N. E. Edgerton,
'21.
Other New Chairmen
Other Duke men recently accepting ap-
pointments as campaign chairmen include
Richard D. MeAninch, '35, of Bedford,
Ohio, in the Northeastern Ohio area;
W. Mason Shehan, '37, of Easton, Md.,
in the Eastern Maryland area ; Albert T.
Kemp, '42, of Syracuse, N. Y., in the
Syracuse area; and Robert G. Lamb, '39,
of Rochester, N. T., in the Rochester area.
Meanwhile individual campaigners have
received supplies and instructions and are
now at work in more than 15 states and
at least one foreign country. The list
grows daily, as more alumni join the
effort to build Duke for a future of in-
creased service and achievement.
Preparations are also being made to
launch campaigns in several of the na-
tion's largest cities in the very near
future. These include among others,
New York, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Wash-
ington, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and De-
troit.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
Camera Invades Monastic Treasure Troves
Duke's Dr. Clark Has Returned from Holy Land Adventure
A narrow, sun-baked caravan track
winds and twists through rugged, tumbled
granite mountains, which soar nakedly
and chaotically above a desolate and bar-
ren plateau. It is a desert broken only by
endless small valleys and a very few shal-
low streams which water occasional oases
of date palms and olive trees.
This is an ancient land, isolated and
barren, yet a land of majestic beauty, of
fantastic color and design, of crystal clear
atmosphere, deep shadows, and dazzling
sunlight that bathes the mountains in
golden hues. It is the land of Mt. Sinai,
the land "where God spake with Moses,"
where "the glory of the Lord rested in the
sight of all the people."
Into this strange and fabulous place
came Dr. Kenneth W. Clark, professor
of New Testament and leading New Testa-
ment scholar, to direct the world's most
unusual picture-taking project.
Convent of St. Catherine
The modern mountain-climbing vehicles
of the Mt. Sinai expedition moved up-
wards over a sand track toward a monu-
ment, 7,500 feet high, where Moses is
said to have received the Ten Command-
ments, and toward the old, massive and
fortress-like walls of the ancient Convent
of St. Catherine, inhabited by a handful
of venerable monks.
The vehicles — a pick-up truck, cargo
truck and mobile photographic unit — were
equipped with broad "sand tires," four-
wheel drive, and special transmissions
which gave twelve forward speeds. But
over this uneven trail it was difficult to
average ten miles an hour. Sheer rock
walls echoed back the roar of engines
where previously only the grunts of cam-
els resounded. When the trucks finally
ground to a halt, they were standing under
the walls of St. Catherine's Monastery,
more than 5,000 feet above sea level.
As Dr. Clark stepped out of his car,
a crowd of ragged native children gath-
ered open-mouthed around the vehicles,
and black-bearded monks in skull caps
and robes stared in fascination at the
complex, ultra-modern equipment which
had invaded their isolated sanctuary.
Thus was begun the recently completed
expedition to microfilm most of an esti-
mated 2,000,000 pages of old Biblical man-
uscripts contained in the monastery li-
brary, one of the world's largest collec-
tions of ancient religious lore.
The project, from which Dr. Clark has
recently returned to Duke, came about
this way : Though the Biblical lands are
filled with ancient writings and rare books,
most of the works are inaccessible because
of the isolation of the- monasteries that
guard them. Located in untraveled areas
and in monastic seclusion, they can only
be reached after long, difficult, and ex-
pensive journeys, and even then, permis-
sion to use the libraries is hard to obtain.
It is not difficult to understand that cus-
todians regard their aged tomes as rare
treasures, and guard them zealously.
Only a large-scale expedition can make a
studv of these church treasures success-
fully.
The Expedition's Purposes
A little over a year ago, Library of
Congress officials, working with the Amer-
ican Foundation for the Study of Man,
decided to sponsor an expedition to the
treasure-trove of valuable manuscripts, St.
Catherine's Monastery, and planned also
for a stop-over in Jerusalem at the valu-
able Patriarchial libraries there. This
time, however, instead of merely studying
the material, they would photograph the
books, page by page, on microfilm.
Duke's Dr. Clark, then serving as an-
nual professor at the American School of
Oriental Research at Jerusalem, was
loaned to the expedition as editor-in-chief.
To him fell the tremendous task of exam-
ining, analyzing, and evaluating some
33,000 writings and deciding which ones
should ' be photographed. Especially in-
terested in this work was an international
commission, of which Dr. Clark is a mem-
ber, engaged in preparing a new critical
apparatus for the Greek New Testament.
Members of the staff of Farouk Univer-
sity, Alexandria, collaborated with the ex-
pedition ; and William Terry of Cali-
fornia, vice-president of the American
Foundation, was appointed field director.
The background of the fascinating task
goes back to 220 A.D. when Christians
fleeing from Roman persecution estab-
lished themselves in this lonely and deso-
late land. Even then they were not safe;
massacres by neighboring tribes were fre-
quent occurrences and the monks peti-
tioned the protection of St. Helena,
The assistant prior of the monastery tells Dr. Clark the story of the "burn-
ing bush" and the rod of Moses, which, according to legend, are still live and
flourishing plants today, and are enclosed by the wooden fence in the back-
ground.
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Saint Catherine's Monastery, 5,000 feet up Mount Sinai — the goal of the
expedition. The sheer rock face in the background is the mountain which
Moses ascended to speak with the Lord. It reaches a height of 2,500 feet above
the monastery.
The Staff is shown hard at work in one of Patriarehial libraries in Jerusa-
lem. In the foreground. Dr. Clark aud his assistants work over the manu-
scripts and decide which ones are to be passed on to the photographers in the
background.
mother of Constantine. She ordered a for-
tress built around their small church, and
the fortified monastery was born. It was
dedicated to the Transfiguration, but later,
after relics of St. Catherine were dis-
covered on the peak of the highest moun-
tain in Sinai (carried there, according to
legend, by a huge bird) and brought to
the monastery, it became known as St.
Catherine's. An increase in the number
of monks and pilgrims necessitated the
present larger structure, the foundation
of which was laid in 542 A.D.
Xo one knows just when the library was
begun; fragmentary works dating back
to the fifth century have been catalogued.
About three-quarters of the manuscripts
of interest to the expedition are in Greek.
The remainder are in a number of other
languages, including Arabic, Syriac,
Georgian, Slavonic, and Ethiopic.
Dr. Clark feels that the greatest
achievement of the trip was the gaining
of permission to photograph such valuable
manuscripts as the famous Codex Aureus,
which contians illuminated portraits of
the Apostles and other sacred personages.
The volume is encased in gold foil, and is
attributed to the Emperor Theodosius, the
colophon giving the date and scribe's
name in abbreviated uncial characters.
Besides the rehgious manuscripts. Dr.
Clark and his assistants microfilmed docu-
ments on philosophy, history, art, music,
medicine, and other subjects. Also photo-
graphed were about 1,700 "firmans," the
original edicts and privileges granted the
monastery by the prophet Mohammed
himself, 1,400 years ago, and by other
great Moslems.
Photographed on larger film were some
2,500 miniatures and colored illustrations
from the manuscripts. Special requests
for various numbers of these profusely
illustrated woi'ks were received from
many institutions. Princeton University
alone requested that some 500 be photo-
graphed.
Difficulties Are Overcome
The members of the expedition were
aware of the need for haste. The Holy
Land, and the rest of the world, is un-
settled, and opportunities for such proj-
ects are rare. This trip would probably be
the only one of its kind, perhaps, for gen-
erations, and they were not counting on
coming back. From 10,000 to 15,000
pages a day were submitted to rapidly
clicking shutters and the blinding light
of photo-flood lamps. Decisions on what
manuscripts were to be photographed,
their relative importance, ages, authors,
and so forth, had to be made quickly and
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
Activities and Meetings
Some Newsworthy Items
Dr. Blanch ard Retires
Dr. Julian Blanchard, '05, has retired
from Bell Telephone Laboratories after
33 years of service with them.
Dr. Blanchard joined the Laboratories
during World War I to work with the
electronics group on the development and
production of vacuum tubes, after he re-
ceived his doctorate of philosophy from
Columbia, and taught at Columbia and
Duke, where he was professor of engi-
neering from 1909 to 1912.
In 1930, Dr. Blanchard became a staff
assistant in the department of radio re-
search at Bell Laboratories. During the
next few years, in addition to special in-
vestigations and reports on radio and vac-
uum tube matters, he aided in the prepa-
ration for the Laboratories' participa-
tion in various international radio con-
gresses, in committee work on electrical
standards, and in editorial work on
technical papers for publications. Some
of the reference data he has gathered
on the development and progress of radio
and electronics has been widely published.
During the second World War, Dr.
Blanchard assisted in the organization of
the Laboratories School for War Training,
and for the first few months of its opera-
tion was assigned to laboratory instruction
and to the supervision of laboratory ap-
paratus and equipment. Following that he
was engaged in the writing of radar man-
uals until the close of the war, for which
he received the Navy Department's Em-
blem and Certificate of Appreciation.
Dr. Blanchard served as the Labora-
tories' contact in New York and Wash-
ington with the government office which
collected reports on German technical de-
velopments in 1946 and 1947. Since
then he has been a member of the Patent
Department.
A collector of stamps and paper money
having similar designs, Dr. Blanchard is
a charter member and secretary of the
Essay-Proof Society. He expects to con-
tinue his contributions on paper money
to its quarterly publication, the Essay-
Proof Journal, of which he is assistant
editor and business manager. Dr. Blan-
chard also hopes to find time, now that he
has retired, to write a history of his
family, to top off his genealogical hobby-
ing. He will continue to live in Green-
wich Village, New York City. He is a
Class Agent for the Loyalty Fund.
Edits Dictionary
Dr. W. Freeman Twaddell, '26, was
granted a leave of absence from his duties
as professor of Germanic languages at
Brown University, to spend the current
year as research editor of the new Web-
ster's Unabridged Dictionary. The vol-
ume, entitled Webster's International Dic-
tionary of the English Language, is being
published by the G. and C. Merriam Com-
pany, Springfield, Mass.
As editor of the huge 3,000-page dic-
tionary, Dr. Twaddell is directing a corps
of approximately 250 scholars and sci-
entists in the mountainous task of revising
the more than 400,000 entries. In con-
trast, Noah Webster, originator of the
dictionary, wrote and edited singlehanded
the first edition which was published in
1828.
A prominent linguist and philologist,
Dr. Twaddell has been teaching at Brown
since 1947. Prior to that he was chairman
of the German Department at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin. During the war he
collaborated on a handbook of conversa-
tional German for the use of American
troops in occupied Germany. He is the
author of three other German text books
used in many schools and colleges. As co-
ordinator of the Army's Training Progam,
at Wisconsin, he supervised quick lan-
guage teaching by the phonemic or "im-
portant sounds" method, and was largely
instrumental in having the method widely
adopted in language teaching. Dr. Twad-
dell has also been a visiting professor
at Leland Stanford University and the
University of Michigan. In the past he
has contributed to many publications in
the field of linguistics., including the
Britannica Junior, and has written sev-
eral definitive studies on the subject.
Dr. Twaddell made his home in Durham
for some time. His father, the late Prof.
William P. Twaddell, was for many years
director of music in the Durham public
schools, and was the first director of the
Duke University Glee Club. He was
succeeded in 1927 by J'. Foster Barnes.
Dr. Twaddell is married and has three
sons. They are making their home in a
Boston suburb for the year.
B. F. Few Elected President of Liggett & Myers
Benjamin F. Few, '15, A.M. '16, Trustee
of Duke University and National Chair-
man of the Duke Development Campaign,
was recently elected to succeed J. W. An-
drews as president of Liggett and Myers
Tobacco Company, following the latter's
retirement. He assumed his new duties
with the company on February 1.
Mr. Few, a native of Greer, S. C, is a
nephew of the late William Preston Few,
former president of Duke University.
During World War I, he served as an in-
fantry officer in the Army.
Having joined the leaf factory of the
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company after
his graduation from college in 1916, Mr.
Few spent the years from 1920 to 1930
in Manila, Philippine Islands. He was
transferred to the New York office in
1930, and in 1936 was named director
and senior vice-president of the company.
In 1945, Mr. Few also became a trustee
of Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey.
A golf enthusiast, Mr. Few has won
several amateur golf awards, including
the amateur championship of the Philip-
pine Islands in 1925 and again in 1930.
Benjamin F. Few, '15, A.M. '16
He was married to the former Miss
Caroline Weston in 1920. They have two
children, Benjamin, Jr., 17, and Elizabeth,
12.
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P. Huber Hanes, Jr
Chosen Winston-Salem's
"Young Man of the Year"
P. Huber Hanes, Jr., '37, vice-president
of the P. H. Hanes Knitting' Company
and chairman of the Forsyth County
Duke Development Campaign, has been
selected by the Winston-Salem, N. C,
Junior Chamber of Commerce as its 1950
"Young Man of the Year."
Chosen for his leadership in civic affairs
and for his contributions to agricultural
development in his region, Mr. Hanes was
presented the Jaycee Distinguished Serv-
ice Award by Mayor M. C. Kurfees of
Winston-Salem at the organization's an-
nual dinner, held last month.
Mr. Hanes is vice-president of West
End Properties, Inc., a director of the
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, and
is now serving his second term as presi-
dent of the Winston-Salem Chamber of
Commerce. He is also a director of the
YMCA and of the Community Chest, and
a steward of the Centenarv Methodist
Church.
The son of P. H. Hanes, Sr., '00, Duke
University Trustee, Mr. Hanes is presi-
dent of the Forsyth Breeders Association.
As president of the Chamber of Com-
merce, he led in the development of a
long-range program designed to integrate
better the economies of the urban and
rural sections of Forsyth County.
Mr. Hanes is also a graduate of the
Harvard School of Business Administra-
tion. He is married to the former Jane
Knox Hopkins of Titusville, Pa., and they
have three small children.
A.I.E.E. Honors Strandberg
Charles F. Strandberg, B.S.E.E. '50, of
Greensboro, has been named winner of the
American Institute of Electrical Engi-
neers' national contest for student re-
search papers in 1949-50. Charles re-
ceived the hundred-dollar first prize for
his paper entitled "Recording Styli: The
Burnishing Facet and a Process for Re-
sharpening."
The cash prize and a special certificate
were presented to him last month at the
Institute's National Winter General Meet-
ing in New York.
The prize-winning paper describes a
patented instrument which Charles in-
vented while a senior at Duke. Designed
to save costly repair of sapphire recording
needles, the device is used to cleanse these
needles quickly and inexpensively.
The instrument is now widely used in
the radio broadcasting industry, and is
being manufactured by the Strandberg
Engineering Laboratories, Greensboro, of
which Charles is a partner.
E. L. Jones Re-elected
Edwin L. Jones, '12, president of the
J. A. Jones Construction Company of
Charlotte, N. C, was recently re-elected
chairman of the Charlotte Housing
Authority at their annual meeting. He
has headed the Authority since 1938.
The organization is now conducting an
examination to determine whether incomes
of those living in the low-rent projects
have increased to an extent to make them
ineligible. They are also planning a 400-
unit development for Negro families in
Charlotte.
Thanks Cleveland Editor
In an issue of the Cleveland News,
there appeared an editorial describing the
Duke University carillon. The article is
reprinted on the editorial page of this
issue. It prompted Elizabeth L. Stryker,
'42, secretary of the Northeastern Ohio
Duke Alumni, of 3286 Elsmere Road,
Shaker Heights 20, Ohio, to express her
gratitude to Mr. N. R. Howard, editor of
the News.
This incident is worthy of comment for
two reasons. First of all, Duke is proud
of its alumna's thoughtfulness in acknowl-
edging the editorial. It is the way you
act that reflects favorably upon the Uni-
versity. Secondly, the Alumni Office ap-
preciates the fact that this information
was forwarded to it. (See editorials.)
Following is Elizabeth's letter;
Dear Mr. Howard :
On behalf of the local Duke Uni-
versity alumni chapter, I want to
thank you for the editorial which ap-
peared in the News regarding the
carillon. It was very interesting, not
only to those people who know Duke
and the carillon, but also, I am sure,
to those people who are not familiar
with this aspect of the University.
You might be interested to know
that in Northeastern Ohio, there are
approximately 260 Duke Alumni —
this is including cities such as Akron,
Canton, and Youngstown, in addition
to Cleveland.
I am sending a copy of the edi-
torial and a copy of this letter to
the Alumni Office at Duke University.
Thanking you again, I am
Yours very truly,
Elizabeth L. Stryker
Judge Robbins on Board
Haywood Robbins, '30, LL.B. '32, of
Charlotte, has been named by Governor
Kerr Scott of North Carolina to succeed
D. E. Henderson as a Democratic member
of the State Elections Board. Mr. Hend-
erson recently resigned.
The new board member is a past judge
of the Charlotte city court and has prac-
ticed law in Charlotte for the last 18
years. His wife is the former Dr. Noel
Walker, M.D. '32, of Charlotte, who was
the first woman to graduate from the
Duke University Medical School.
Summer in Germany
David L. Cozart, Jr., '38, insurance
executive at New Bern, N. C, and coun-
sellor of the Methodist Youth Fellowship
in a New Bern Church, was one of the
counsellors of a group of young North
Carolinians who spent last summer in
Germany on a combination "Youth Cara-
van" and work camp.
Four Duke students, Nat Harrison, Jr.,
Herbert Waldrep, Jr., Catherine Wike,
and Mary Dawson, and six other North
Carolinians comprised the group. Their
main occupation was the rebuilding of a
Methodist Church which had been des-
troyed in the last war, but their most
important accomplishments, according to
Mr. Cozart, came about through their
social relationships with the Germans in
their neighborhood.
The young people took part in the
church services of the village in which
they were working and in neighboring
villages, and frequently had informal
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
meetings with the members of the con-
gregations, thereby spreading American
influence and culture. As one young-
German said of the North Carolina group,
"They showed us that Americans do have
something besides chewing gum and neon
lights."
The project was sponsored by the
North Carolina Conference Boards of
Missions and Education, and was con-
ducted in cooperation with the Educa-
tional and Cultural Relations Division
of the United States High Commission
for Germany, which sees such work
groups and youth exchanges as a definite
aid in the reeducation of the German
youth.
At Rio Conference
Duke University was well represented
by former students and teachers at a
Public Affairs Officers' Conference held in
Rio de Janeiro some weeks ago. Rodolfo
0. Rivera, A.M. '29, Ph.D. '32, who is cul-
tural attache for the American Embassy,
Montevideo, Uruguay, wrote to the Alum-
ni Office about the meeting, which was
attended by high ranking officers of the
Office of Information and Educational
Exchange of the Department of State and
by the public affairs officers of all the
nine countries of South America.
Forney Rankin, Public Affairs Adviser
to the Assistant Secretary of State for
Latin American Affairs, who attended the
Duke Law School in 1934, presided at the
conference. Dr. John T. Reed, Public
Affairs Officer at the American Embassy
at Caracas, Venezuela, was assistant pro-
fessor of romance languages at Duke from
1938 to 1940. Dr. Gordon Brown, Acting
Public Affairs Officer at the American
Embassy at Bogota, Colombia, taught in
the Summer Session of Duke University
during 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944. Gil-
bert A. Crandall, Public Affairs Officer
at the American Embassy, La Paz, Bo-
livia, who also attended the conference,
was a graduate student in the History De-
partment at Duke in 1935 and 1936.
Dr. Rivera received his doctor's degree
in the field of Latin American History
and Foreign Relations. While at Duke he
served in the Reference Department of the
Library, and was Executive Secretary of
the Duke University Press.
Mrs. Rivera, the former Laura Martin
Jarman, is also a Duke alumna, having
received her A.M. in 1932, and her Ph.D. '
in Romance Languages in 1936. She
taught at Duke while she was doing her
graduate work.
Alumni in the Armed Forces
Decorated for Gallantry
A Silver Star for gallantry in action
has been awarded Captain Warren J. Col-
lins, '46, M.D., B.S.M. '48. At the time
of the battle early last fall which re-
sulted in the award, Capt. Collins was in
charge of a medical aid station of the
First Cavalry Division near Hamhung,
Korea.
Ten enemy tanks, supported by in-
fantry, three times attacked and forced
the withdrawal of Capt. Collins' aid sta-
tion, which was defended by only a lightly
armored jeep-and-truck convoy loaded
with infantrymen. On each occasion he
was the last to withdraw. By loading-
wounded on vehicles as soon as they were
treated, he saved many casualties who
would otherwise have been run over by
the tanks. Single-handedly, he evacuated
men to safety from positions as close as
50 yards from enemy tanks.
Capt. Collins also wears the Combat
Medical Badge awarded to medical men
who have spent at least 30 days in the
front lines of combat.
His wife, the former Genie Glass, who
was a technician at Duke in 1945 and
1946, is living with her parents in Apex,
N. G, while he is in Korea.
Keeps Sabre- Jets Flying
Veteran fighter pilot and air com-
mander, Major R. G. "Zack" Taylor, '41,
is the man behind the gun in a new chap-
ter in United States aerial combat history.
He is operations officer for the 4th Fight-
er Interceptor Wing of the United States
Far East Air Forces which recently in-
troduced the speedy F-86 North American
Sabre jet into action in the war in Korea.
Major Taylor is charged with actual
operational functions of the plane which
holds the world's speed record, and is
primarily responsible for the missions and
tactics which are used by the Sabre jet
pilots in combat.
Of 1004 Dacian Avenue, Durham, Ma-
jor Taylor enlisted in the Air Force before
Pearl Harbor in 1941. After receiving
his wings, he became a combat squadron
commander in Africa and Italy, with more
than 50 missions to his credit. He downed
six Focke-Wulf 109's during World War
II, and won the Distinguished Flying
Cross, Air Medal and Soldier's Medal.
Later he formed an F-51 squadron for
demonstration purposes to ground troops,
served 33 months on occupation duty as
commander of a P-47 outfit, and became
director of operations and training for
Ninth Air Force.
Wounded in Action
Second Lieutenant Laurence M. Phelps,
'48, United States Marine Corps, of 311
South 11th Avenue, Lake Worth, Fla.,
was one of the first Marine casualties
from Korea to be brought to the United
States Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla.
Lt. Phelps was wounded by machine
gun fire while serving as an artillery for-
ward observer "eyes of the artillery" at
the crossing of the Han River. He was
rescued by friendly Korean civilians and
taken to a first aid station which was the
first step toward the journey home. The
trip to the Jacksonville hospital was made
entirely by Military Air Transport Serv-
ice. During the stop at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, he was awarded the Purple
Heart.
Having seen duty with the Marines on
Okinawa as a sergeant during World War
II, Lt. Phelps was commissioned after re-
ceiving his degree from Duke. His wife,
Barbara, and their children, Linda and
Laurence III, expected him home from
the hospital by Christmas.
Lady Marine Bails Out
When an airplane runs out of gas, just
about the only solution for the passengers
is a parachute jump. That is exactly
what Dorothea Storck, '50, second lieuten-
ant in the Woman's Marine Corps, ,did
when the plane in which she was making
a training flight ran out of fuel over the
Okeefenokee Swamp.
Dorothea made the jump successfully
except for a wrenched back, but landed in
swampland. The pilot, who was the only
other person in the plane, managed to
make a crash landing and escaped un-
harmed.
Meanwhile, dusk was gathering, and
although she was near the Jacksonville
Naval Air Station, an uncharted hike
through swampland did not appeal to
Dorothea. She gamely wrapped herself
in the crumpled parachute as a protection
against cold and dampness, and spent the
night. In the morning she was able to
reach civilization and a hot cup of coffee.
Stationed at Quantico, Va., Dorothea's
home is in Bronxville, N. T.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
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Local Alumni Meetings
Buffalo, N. Y.
Western New York alumni report two
bang-up Christmas holiday parties, one
of which was a basketball game and re-
ception for the Duke team. The Dukes
lost to Canisius, 69-57, on New Years Day,
but won a host of friends in the Buffalo
area.
The first party was an annual Yuletide
affair with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cun-
ningham and Garfield L. Miller, '39, and
Mrs. Johanne Miller once again acting as
gracious hosts. The get-together was a
huge success with many new faces present.
Some of those who helped put over the
party were : A. Bead Cone, '37, Mrs. Cone,
Thomas C. Morrow, '40, Mrs. Morrow,
John F. Cree, '39, Mrs. Cree, Alvin Bing-
ham, '49, Yirgie Mae Bay Bingham, B.N.
'48, Alfred Tallman, '48, Frances Jean
Frather Tallman, '48, Fenton F. Harri-
son, '43, Dr. Marvin A. Bapp, '40, Fh.D.
'48, Mrs. Bapp, John Bryce, '34, and Mrs.
Bryee. Many others lent able assistance
to the party.
The basketball reception was held at
the Saturn Club, and the interest was
gratifying. Coach Bradley and several
players were interviewed for both radio
and television transmission on station
WBEN. Some of the Duke people, much
to the delight of the players, provided ten
cute dates for members of the team.
Needless to say, the Blue Devils returned
to Durham with lusty cheers for the West-
ern New York Alumni.
Sampson-Duplin County
President Hollis Edens was the prin-
cipal speaker at the Sampson-Duplin
County Alumni Association dinner meet-
ing held at Bose Hill, N. C, on Friday
evening, February 2. A large group of
Duke alumni and friends, including a
number of high school principals, faculty
and students, met at the Bose Hill School
lunchroom. A chicken dinner was served
at 7:00 o'clock.
Tina Fussell Wilson (Mrs. L. A.), '21,
president of the association, presided and
was in charge of the arrangements for the
meeting. Following the dinner, Dr. Amos
N. Johnson, '29, introduced President
Edens, who spoke to the gathering about
Duke University's past, present and
future and the importance of the current
Development Campaign.
William L. Brinkley, Jr., '44, field secre-
tary, undergraduate admissions, also
talked to the group, briefly outlining the
University's undergraduate program. He
directed his words at the high school
officials and students with the object of
making them more "Duke conscious."
Pictorial brochures were passed out to
prospective students and other interested
persons.
The meeting concluded with an election
of officers. Those chosen to serve for the
year 1951 are : Dr. Amos N. Johnson,
'29, president ; Owen P. Johnson, '27,
vice-president ; Thomas D. Johnson, '35,
secretary-treasurer; and Tina Fussell
Wilson, alumni representative.
Law School Alumni
Duke Law alumni in Washington, D.
C, held their second monthly luncheon
meeting in the Senate Bestaurant on
February 6. They have agreed to hold
a meeting every month.
Senator Willis Smith, '10, and Senator
Bichard M. Nixon, LL.B. '37, both at-
tended the luncheon. Frank Fletcher, '35,
Washington lawyer and owner of a metro-
politan Washington radio station, was
master of ceremonies. Also attending the
luncheon were Dean Joseph A. McClain,
Jr., of the Duke Law School, and Charles
A. Dukes, '29, director of Alumni Affairs.
Washington, D. C.
Duke alumni in Washington, D. C, are
planning a dinner March 6 at the National
Press Club, 14th and F Streets, N.W.,
at 7 :30 p.m. Senator Bichard M. Nixon,
LL.B. '37, of California, will be the speak-
er, and Senator Willis Smith, '10. of
North Carolina, University Trustee, will
be a guest of honor. Sidney Alderman,
'13, will act as toastmaster. Evelyn
Knight, popular singer, is expected to
perform for the group.
Alumni who have helped with arrange-
ments for the dinner are Bill Werber, '30 ;
Alan Puryear, '36; Luther Angle, '30;
Dorothy Huneycutt, '28; Andy Starratt,
'34; Margaret Bledsoe, '32; Bobert Stew-
art, '42; James Lee Bost, '95; and Frances
A. Davis, '32.
Beservations will be four dollars per
person. Alumni interested in making a
reservation should get in touch with any
of the association's officers or with
Frances Davis.
At left: Among those attending the Washington, D. C,
Law Alumni luncheon on February 6 were Senator Bich-
ard M. Nixon, LL.B. '37, Theodore Boosevelt McKeldin,
Jr.. Governor of Maryland, Senator Willis Smith, '10,
and Dean Joseph A. McClain, Jr., of the Duke Law School.
At right : A large number of Law School alumni attended
the monthly luncheon held February 6 in the Senate
Bestaurant, Washington, D. C.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
■
Alumnus Returns to Direct Gridiron Campaigns
Bill Murray Named to Succeed Wallace Wade
Former Delaware Coach Was All-Southern Halfback at Duke 20 Years Ago
William D. Murray, '31, former Duke
football great and for the last 10 years
director of athletics and head football
coach at the University of Delaware, is
Duke's new head football coach. His
selection and acceptance were announced
by President Edens on the last day of
January, ending the two-month period of
suspense and guesswork which started
with Wallace Wade's appointment as com-
missioner of the Southern Conference last
December 8.
For Murray, the new contract means
the realization of a long-cherished am-
bition. For Duke, it means the acquisition
of a young man with one of the most spec-
tacular coaching records in modern foot-
ball.
After graduating from Duke, Murray
became head coach, principal, dean of
boys, and, later, assistant superintendent
at Childrens Home, in Winston-Salem,
where his football teams set the pace for
the high school and prep teams in the
South Piedmont district. During his ten-
year stay, Childrens Home, football teams
won sixty-nine games and tied three,
losing only nine! There were three un-
defeated seasons, and one winning streak
stretched to thirty-six games.
In 1941 he became head football coach
at the University of Delaware, a position
for which he was highly recommended
by his predecessor at Duke, Wallace
Wade. His teams there also were a sen-
sation. In seven seasons (Delaware did
not field a team during the war years)
they won forty-nine, tied two, and lost
sixteen. There, also, three undefeated
seasons were recorded, and one winning
streak ran to thirty-two games.
Coach Murray's lifetime record is 118
victories, five ties, and 25 losses.
Outstanding as a Student
In his student days "Smiling Bill" Mur-
ray thrilled many a Duke fan with his end
sweeps. He was one of the spark plugs
of the great Duke team that fought the
University of North Carolina to a 0-0 tie
in the famous "Battle of Lake Kenan" in
1930 to break a Tar -heel jinx which had
lasted seven years. The Blue Devils fin-
ished that season with a record of eight
wins, two ties, and one loss.
Halfback Bill Murray gained 1,030
yards that season, and his performance
earned him a berth on the All-Southern
team and led his teammates to elect him
the "Most Valuable Player" on the team.
He was outstanding in campus life as
well as on the gridiron. At the end of his
freshman year he was voted the "best-all-
around" member of his class. In his
senior year he was unopposed for the
presidency of the Men's Student Govern-
ment Association. Upon graduation he
was presented the Robert E. Lee award as
the outstanding member of his class. He
was a member of the "Red Friars," Duke's
highest honorary fraternity, and of Om-
icron Delta Kappa, national leadership
fraternitv.
William D. Murray, '31
as a student
His appointment as head football coach
at Duke came as a surprise to many, not
because they thought he was not being
considered, but because everyone was sure
that he would not be willing to give up his
very favorable situation at Delaware. He
was director of athletics and head football
coach, and also director of the division
of student health and physical education.
He had been president of the Delaware
Faculty Club, and was elected from the
facultv to the Universitv Council. More-
over, he had recently turned down several
highly advantageous offers in order to
remain at Delaware.
When quizzed about this, Coach Mur-
ray answered "I made up my mind a few
years ago when I had several opportuni-
ties to go elsewhere that I would never
leave Delaware for any other place but
Duke. However, I had no idea at the
time that I would ever get the chance to
coach at Duke. I leave a wonderful job
and wonderful place."
"T" for Duke?
Murray's favorite formation at Dela-
ware seems to have been the double wing-
back. Last year he abandoned it for
the first time in favor of a variation of
the split T. When asked recently whether
he preferred the single wing or the T,
Murray replied that he liked "a little of
both," and that he would have to look over
his material before deciding definitely
which system he will use. He indicated,
however, that he might use some of each.
Coach Murray is heartily in favor of
the two-platoon system, mainly because
"it enables more boys to play."
Although Murray's contract with Duke
is for only three years, it is generally
understood that he is to stay much longer
than that. Eddie Cameron, Duke's di-
rector of athletics, said during the press
conference at which Murray's selection
was announced, "Duke never talks much
about a contract. We just hire somebody
and that's that. We hope Bill will be
with us for a long time."
Cameron went on to praise his former
protege (Cameron had been freshman
football coach during Bill's freshman year
at Duke.) : "We consider ourselves to be
most fortunate in securing the services of
Bill Murray. I have known him as player
and coach and have followed his career
closely over the years. He is a splendid
football coach, but more than that, he is
a moulder of men."
Jack Horner, sports editor of the Dur-
ham Morning Herald, has also been
watching Bill Murray's career for a long
time. He says "I first met Bill Murray
when he was producing winning teams
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
[ Page 41
Cagers Secure Conference Tourney Berth
The Blue Devil cagers clinched a bid to
the Southern Conference tournament by
defeating Wake Forest 69-64 on Febru-
ary 19. Duke's one remaining conference
game, which is with North Carolina, can
affect only the Tarheel's chances for a
bid.
The Wake Forest game was fast and
close. The lead changed six times in the
first half, and although Duke was never
headed after grabbing the lead in the first
three minutes of the second half, the mar-
gin was never more than a few points.
The eight teams with the best confer-
ence records are invited to the tourna-
ment each year. It will be held this year
on March 1-3 at North Carolina State.
Duke is currently ranked fifth in confer-
ence standings, with a 12 won, 6 lost rec-
ord.
Duke's record for all games played so
far is 17 won and 12 lost.
The biggest basketball news at Duke
this year has been sensational guard Dick
Groat, who has broken the national record
for total points from free throws in one
season by raising his mark to 233 in the
29 games played so far this year. He has
made 80.5 per cent of all his charity
tosses. The old record of 215 was held
jointly by Tony Lavelli of Yale and Paul
Arizin of Yillanova. Groat is now shoot-
ing for another record — the National Col-
legiate high scoring record of 740 points
in one season, set by William and Mary's
Chet Giermak two years ago. His grand
total to date is 717 points, only 23 short.
With two games still to play and possibly
more if the Blue Devils meet with success
in the tournament, Groat seems a sure bet
to set a new mark.
Dick has already smashed most of
Duke's records. He set a new record of
37 points scored in a single game as the
Blue Devils trounced Davidson 90-68
shortly after mid-term exams. The Duke
record for total points in a season, which
was 430, he has long since smashed.
The Devil cagers emerged from exam
week in a slump during which they
dropped games to Wake Forest, (65-56)
the University of South Carolina, (86-64)
"Red" Kulpan Weds
"Red" Kulpan, center on the varsity
basketball squad, and Alice Elizabeth
Black, R.N, B.S.N. '50, walked down
the aisle on January 19, and came back
Mr. and Mrs.
They were married in York Chapel
by Professor James T. Cleland. The
basketball team was on hand to throw
plenty of rice when they came out of
the Chapel.
"Red," a six-foot-six-inch Trinity
College junior, is from Norfolk, Ya.
Betsy, his petite bride, is a Duke Hos-
pital nurse from Johnson City, Tenn.
Dick Groat grabs a rebound in the Duke-N. C. State game. Left to right
are : Sam Ranzino. 77, State : Diek Crowder. 33. Duke : Lee Terrell, 75, State :
Paul Horvath, 84. State: "Red" Kulpan, 20, Duke: Diek Groat, 10, Duke;
and Yie Bubas, 78, State.
the University of North Carolina (71-68).
and New York University (79-73).
But they picked up their second win of
the second semester by blasting George
Washington S5-70, on February 5. The
next night the Dukes were again victori-
ous, beating William and Mary 61-54 to
get back into the running for a berth at
the Southern Conference Tournament,
which is to be held at North Carolina
State March 1-3.
Taking a loss to Southern Conference
champion North Carolina State in their
stride, and quite elated that Diek Groat
had again outseored the great State star
Sammy Ranzino, this time 27 to 20, the
Blue Devils went on to rack up two more
Southern Conference victories. The first
of these was a 94-73 rout of Davidson on
the losers' home court February 14. The
Dukes dominated the court throughout
the game, and were never headed.
Two days later they scored another
smashing victory, this time on their home
court against Washington and Lee by a
comfortable 94-6S margin. The Blue
Devils were ahead throughout the game,
the Generals never approaching any closer
than within four points after the game
was a little underway.
Taking a road trip to the northern
fringe of the Southern Conference. Duke
won a 49-40 decision from the University
of Maryland. Tight defensive play was
the outstanding feature of this game, with
a minimum of the flashy offensive work
that has characterized most of the Blue
Devil play this fall.
The game was close all the way, and
only in the final quarter did Duke attain
the security of a comparatively large
point margin.
The Blue Devils stepped outside the
conference for a tiff with the flashy Mid-
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
dies of The United States Naval Acade-
my at Annapolis. Navy blue outshone
the Duke blue, and the Devils suffered an
85-60 defeat.
The latest scoring figures for the Duke
cagers as the Register goes to press have
Dick Groat, of course, in front with 717
points. Dick Crowder, lanky center, is
second with 267 points, and team Cap-
tain Scotty York is next with a steady
233. Kes Deimling, a sophomore who has
showed a lot of promise, has 198 points.
The other leaders are Bill Fleming with
196 and Dayton Allen with 163.
Groat's total score for this year, plus
the 275 points he scored in 19 games last
winter, gives him 992 points for his two-
year varsity career. This equals the mark
set in three years by Duke's All- American
Ed Koffenberger. Groat is now 17 points
above the pace set by Con-en "Ceep" You-
mans in his four-year varsity career at
Duke. Youmans played on the varsity
as a freshman. If Groat's freshman totals
are included in his career record, it stands
at 1193 points in three seasons.
WRESTLERS
Duke's varsity wrestlers racked up their
second win of the 1950-51 season here
February 5 by mauling Georgia Tech 19-
7. The Duke grapplers have lost one de-
cision, that being to Virginia Tech by a
17-13 count. On February 15 they beat
Davidson, their third opponent, 17-11.
Earlier in the season Duke had defeated
tauted Maryland by a 16-14 score. The
team has three meets left on the schedule
before moving into the Southern Con-
ference tournament.
After their first three meets, five Duke
wrestlers were unbeaten. Besides co-cap-
tains Dick Harrison and Bill Britt, they
included Bob Burrell, Jerry Gallagher
and John McMasters.
Billy Cox and Worth Lutz, Jr., Are
Awarded Trophies
Wallace Wade Opens
Office in Durham
Former Duke Coach Wallace Wade,
now commissioner of the Southern
Conference, has opened his office in
Durham, which has been his home ever
since he first came to Duke twenty
years ago. His new business address
is the Temple Building at 107 Market
Street.
Mr. Wade left Duke University to
take up his new duties on January 1.
Billy Cox, Blue Devil tailback, and
Worth Lutz, Jr., Durham High fullback,
were awarded the Center Theatre Tro-
phies as the outstanding players of their
respective schools for the past season at
a ceremony during half-time intermission
of the Duke-Wake Forest basketball game.
Noble Arnold, former manager of the
Center Theatre in Durham, and long a
friend of Duke University, flew from At-
lanta, Ga., where he is now located, to
make the presentations.
This is the second successive year that
Worth Lutz has won the High School
award. The son of Worth Lutz, Sr., '29,
Worth, Jr., has reeentlv been named on
the All American High School team.
Also of interest, Worth, Jr., will enter
Duke as a freshman next fall.
The name of Billy Cox has thus been
added to a long list of Diike football
greats who have received the Center Thea-
tre award for the most valuable player
at Duke. The list includes such im-
mortals to the memory of Duke fans as
"Honey-boy'' Hackney, Ace Parker, the
late Tom Burns, Whitey Davis, Fred Fol-
ger, George McAfee, Al DeRogatis, and
Louis Allen. Cox either set or helped
set seven team and individual offensive
records this past year.
Arthur Bradsher, '04, Great Trinity
Pitcher, Dies
Arthur Brown Bradsher, '04, one of the
greatest collegiate pitchers in the nation
in the early 1900's, died at his home in
Beaufort, N. C, on January 27, of a
heart attack.
As the ace southpaw for Trinity Col-
lege, Mr. Bradsher rolled up an amazing
strike-out record and was known through-
out the land as "King of the Southern
Diamond." In each of his years at
Trinity, Mr. Bradsher made an outstand-
ing reputation for himself on the base-
ball diamond, becoming one of the top
collegiate pitchers of all time. In 1901
he fanned 70 opposing players, and
in 1903 there were 99 who could not touch
one of his pitches. 1904 brought an even
more spectacular season, for Arthur Brad-
sher pitched 14 winning games and lost
only one. Facing 427 hitters he allowed
only 48 safe hits, struck out 166 batters,
and pitched a 9-0 no-hitter against Oak
Ridge. During his final year he allowed
only 38 hits in 13 games, striking out 169
would-be hitters. Two no-hit games were
pitched by him that season. A versatile
ball player, Mr. Brasher played regularly
in the outfield or at third base when he
was not pitching.
As a young boy, Arthur Bradsher
moved to Durham with his family. Hav-
ing received his elementary education in
the Durham city schools, he entered Trin-
ity.
After graduating from college, he de-
clined a $10,000 job (an unheard of sum
at that time) to play professional ball,
choosing instead to be employed by the
old American Tobacco Company. Later
he became market supervisor for the Ex-
port Leaf Tobacco Company located in
Petersburg, Va. At the time of his re-
tirement in 1945 he was a director and
vice-president of the Imperial Tobacco
Company of Canada, Montreal, Canada.
After his retirement in 1945, Mr. Brad-
sher made his home on Summerlea Farm
near New Bern, N. C, until September,
1950, when he moved to Beaufort.
Funeral services for Mr. Bradsher were
held at the Howerton-Bryan Funeral
Home in Durham, and interment was in
Maplewood Cemetery, annex B.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Muse Bradsher, '05; three daughters,
Mildred Bradsher Voorhees (Mrs. E. H.),
'46, Garden City, Long Island, N. Y. ;
Mary Elizabeth Bradsher Haves (Mrs.
F. L), '31, Charlotte, N. C.;*and Mrs.
F. A. Gill, Jr., Petersburg; two sons, Dr.
Charles K. Bradsher, '33, former Duke
track star hailed as one of the greatest
half-milers in the school's history, who is
now teaching chemistry at Duke; and Dr.
A. B. Bradsher, Jr.," '38, Philadelphia,
Pa. ; and a half brother, Gordon M. Car-
ver, '15, Carolina Beach, N. C, and sixteen
grandchildren. In addition to his im-
mediate family, Mr. Bradsher is survived
by a large number of relatives and in-
laws, many of whom came to Duke Uni-
versity.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
[ Page 43 ]
Some Recent Events
Duke Host to N. C. Press
Duke University entertained the North
Carolina Press Association at a dinner
in the West Campus Union during the
Association's annual Newspaper Institute
held at the University of North Carolina
and Duke last month. Attendance at the
Institute broke all previous records.
Professor James T. Cleland of the Duke
Divinity School gave the principal ad-
dress, and Governor W. Kerr Scott pre-
sented the annual press awards. Presi-
dent Hollis Edens extended a welcome to
the group, and Henry Belk, '23, retiring
president of the Association, responded.
Dr. Charles E. Jordan, vice-president of
Duke University, presided. A musical
program was presented by the Duke
Double Quartet directed by J. Foster
Barnes.
American Alumni Council
Holds Meeting at Duke
The Alumni Department of Duke Uni-
versity was host to District Three of the
American Alumni Council for its annual
meeting, held in January. Charles A.
Dukes, '29, director of Alumni Affairs,
and Anne Garrard, '25, A.M. '27, assistant
director of alumni affairs, planned and
coordinated the three-day program, which
included panel discussions, luncheon and
dinner sessions, addresses, and business
sessions.
Special guest and speaker at the Mon-
day luncheon was T. Hawley Tapping, of
the University of Michigan, president of
the American Alumni Council.
Dr. Hollis Edens was the principal
speaker at the last evening session of the
meeting. He told the group, which is
made up of alumni affairs directors of the
institutions of higher learning in nine
Southern states, that the alumnus and
his alma mater have a mutual responsi-
bility to each other that must never be
overlooked. The alumnus has the respon-
sibility of interpreting the high mission
of his alma mater, and it is the institu-
tion's duty to keep the alumnus abreast
of its growth and development.
Also featured on this program were
several musical numbers by members of
the Duke Men's Glee Club, who performed
under the baton of John Putnam of
Buffalo, N. Y., student director of the
Glee Club.
The final panel discussion of the meet-
ing was directed by Charles P. McCurdy,
Jr., of William and Mary, president-elect
of the Council. The topic was "Trends in
Alumni Work."
Displayed in the Washington Duke
Hotel, Council headquarters for the meet-
ing, were several exhibits of interest to
alumni leaders. An engraving exhibit
from Durham Engraving Company, a
printing exhibit from Seeman Printery,
and an exhibit of various alumni maga-
zines were seen by the delegates.
Divinity School Holds
Seminars for Ministers
The 1951 Duke University Divinity
School Seminars, which are made possible
by the James A. Gray Fund, were held
at Myers Park Methodist Church in
Charlotte, N. C, on January 22 and 23,
and at the First Methodist Church in
Wilson, N. C, on January 25 and 26.
Begun two years ago, the Seminars are
designed "to offer North Carolina minis-
ters an opportunity to continue their edu-
cation after graduation." Dr. Kenneth
W. Clark, professor at the Duke Divinity
School, is chairman of the Seminar com-
mittee.
Identical programs following the theme
of "Our Ministry" were presented for
some 200 ministers in each city. Principal
speakers were Bishop Fred Pierce Cor-
son, presiding bishop of the Philadelphia
Area of The Methodist Church, and Dr.
William D. Davies, professor of Biblical
Theology, Duke Divinity School. Dr.
Davies presented two addresses on "Our
Ministry : Its New Testament Origins"
and "Our Ministry: Its New Testament
(and Historical) Meaning." "Ministerial
Leadership" and "Ministerial Achieve-
ment" were the subjects of Bishop Cor-
son's two addresses. All the talks were
supplemented by question and answer dis-
cussions.
Dr. Clark presented an illustrated
lecture, "Miles of Manuscripts from
Jerusalem to Sinai." He told of the mi-
crofilm reproduction of ancient manu-
scripts from the Monastery of St. Cath-
erine and Jerusalem in the Holy Land, a
project which he guided last year.
Others participating in the Seminars
were Bishop Costen J. Harrell, '06, D.D.
'40, of Charlotte; Dr. E. H. Nease, '25,
B.D. '31, superintendent of the Charlotte
District; Dr. A. J. Hobbs, '19, superin-
tendent of the Rocky Mount District;
James G. Huggin, B.D. '29, pastor, Myers
Park Church; Dr. T. M. Grant, '09, pas-
tor, First Methodist Church, Rocky
Mount ; Robert W. Bradshaw, '19, pastor,
First Methodist Church, Wilson; Dr.
James Cannon III, '14, acting dean of the
Duke Divinity School.
Presiding at the various sessions during
the Conferences were The Reverend
Mitchell Faulkner ; Charles P. Bowles, '28,
A.M. '31, B.D. '32; Lee F. Tuttle, '27;
W. J. Miller, '23; D. E. Earnhardt, '18,
A.M. '27; Leon Russell, B.D. '30; Allen
P. Brantley, '18 ; and W. A. Cade, '13.
A special feature at each Seminar was
a layman's panel discussion of "The Lay-
man's View" of the minister's job. Paul
Ervin, '28, LL.B. '31; Hunter M. Jones;
Richard E. Thigpen, '22; Edwin L. Jones,
'12; and Charles H. Litaker, '28, were
members of the panel at Charlotte. D. S.
Johnson, '24, A.M. '29, Everett Blake,
J. A. Glover, and J. H. Rose, '13, were
members of the panel of laymen at Wil-
son.
In addition to a social hour held for the
conferees, luncheons and dinners were
served to all of them at the host churches
in order to preserve the close fellowship
of all who participated.
Civil Engineers Meet
The North Carolina Section of the
American Society of Civil Engineers held
a meeting at the Duke College of Engi-
neering in January. New officers were
elected for 1951, and life memberships in
the Society were presented to 'several
prominent engineers at a luncheon fol-
lowing the business meeting.
Principal speaker at the annual meet-
ing was William R. Glidden, Richmond,
Va., national vice-president of the organi-
zation.
Four student papers were presented
during the morning session. W. V. West-
moreland delivered a paper entitled
"Alaska Road Commission," and W. C.
Vanburen gave an illustrated lecture on
steam gauging for the Bureau of Recla-
mation in the Western United States.
Both are students at the Duke College of
Engineering. The remaining two papers,
"A Civil Engineer's Job with the Air
Force" and an illustrated paper explain-
ing construction of the West Asheville
Bridge at Asheville, N. C, were delivered
by students from North Carolina State
College.
Members of the student ASCE chapter
at Duke were hosts at the meeting.
Chandler W. Brown, B.S. '46, B.S.C.E.
'47, Duke engineering instructor, is facul-
ty adviser for the group.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
Duke "Hams" Speak on "Voice of America"
On the last afternoon and evening in
ranuary, an isolated homesteader in the
vilds of the Australian bush and perhaps
i student in the twisting byways of Paris'
tlontmartre tuned their radios and heard
he voices of two Duke University stu-
lents and a Duke staff member. They
rere listening to the regular weekly half-
lour Voice of America program prepared
■specially for short wave radio enthusi-
asts and beamed to Europe and the
Middle East.
Through the powerful Voice of America
adio, key members of amateur short wave
tation W4AHY at Duke gained an in-
ernational audience as they described the
listory of their station and some of its
echnical aspects in a six-minute recorded
nterview from the "shack" of the Engi-
teers' Radio Station located in the Engi-
leering Building.
Participating in the broadcast were
)an Murph, Jr., Washington senior, son
1 Daniel S. Murph, A.M. '03; Robert
jawler, New Orleans, La. freshman; and
loseph P. Edwards, laboratory technician
n the Duke Electrical Engineering De-
triment. Leading the interview was
lank Miller, Voice of America announcer
torn New York City, who visited
iV4AHY a week or two before the broad-
cast to make the recording.
The Voice of America had already in-
erviewed a former president of the
Electrical Engineers' Club, Ed Carson,
49. Ed, his brother Bill, and their
'ather, J. E. Carson, all of Danville, Va. ;
■ach operate a short wave set.
W4AHY is the radio outlet for a group
if about a dozen Duke students who call
hemselves the Duke Amateur Radio Club.
With office space granted them by the
Duke College of Engineering and a mass
of surplus service radio equipment, the
student "hams" have constructed a power-
ful transmitter whose signal has been
heard half-way around the world.
As members of a vast international net-
work of amateur short wave stations,
W4AHY yearly sends more than 300 mes-
sages to all parts of the United States and
many foreign countries without charge as
a public service. In times of disaster
when normal communications are para-
lyzed, amateur stations like W4AHY
maintain contact with the outside world
through their widespread network.
Art Exhibit Features Klee
The art exhibits which are shown each
month in the Woman's College Library
will be of interest to alumni who visit
the campus.
From February 3 through February 28
an exhibition of paintings by one of the
most brilliant contemporary artists, Paul
Klee, is being featured. Also included in
the exhibition are works by Wassily
Kandinsky, an outstanding abstraction-
ist, and Lionel Feininger, another con-
temporary master. The pictures include
watercolors lent by Dr. Joseph A. Mc-
Clain, Jr., dean of the Law School, water-
colors from the Societe Anonyme Collec-
tion of the Yale University Art Gallery,
and oil paintings lent by the Phillips
Memorial Gallery in Washington, D. C.
The Duke University Arts Council,
which is sponsoring the exhibition, held
for its members a preview showing and
reception on the evening of February .2.
At this time Mr. John Canady, director
of the Newcomb Art School at Tulane
University, delivered an address on the
work of Klee, a subject on which he is an
Calendar of Events
March 4 — Recital by students of Mr. Withers. 4 :00 p.m., Asbury.
March 8 — Modern Dance Recital. 8:15 p.m., Woman's College Auditorium.
March 13 — Student Forum Lecture by Carl Sandberg. 8:15 p.m., Woman's
College Auditorium. Tentative.
March 15, 16— Duke Players Production "The Ascent of F-6." 8:15 p.m.,
Page.
March 16, 17 — Engineers' Show. College of Engineering.
March 18 — The Seven Wonders of Christ presented by the Chapel Choir.
4:00 p.m., University Chapel.
March 20 — Vienna Choir Boys presented by the All Star Artists Series.
8 :15 p.m., Page.
March 22 — Duke Concert Band. 8:15 p.m., Woman's College Auditorium.
March 24-April 2 — Spring Vacation.
April 3 — Piano Recital by Mr. Loren Withers. 8:15 p.m., Page.
April 6-8 — Alumnae Week End.
authority. Klee, a Swiss who died in
1940, was called by Mr. Canady one of
the two most influential contemporary
painters, the other being Picasso.
From March 1 through March 23 there
will be an exhibition of Design in Home
Furnishing in the Library. It will in-
clude examples of pottery, textiles, tables,
lamps, kitchen utensils, and other objects
of artistic value and usefulness in the
home.
Glee Club Begins 1951
Spring Concert Series
The 1951 season of the Duke Men's
Glee Club under the direction of J. Fos-
ter ("Bishop") Barnes, began February
16 in Page Auditorium at Duke, when the
Club presented their usual scintillating
program of male harmony.
Several treats were in store for the
audience. The double octet added another
member for the occasion, a coed, Alicejean
Thompson, who sang in the "Italian
Street Song" number. Another coed,
Betty Lou Matheson, sang with the entire
Club in a stirring rendition of "The Om-
nipotence." Highlights of the evening
were the Barbershop Quartet and five so-
loists.
Three short week end trips in North
Carolina and a Northern tour during
spring vacation will complete the season.
This year the Glee Club will appear on a
television show in addition to their usual
NBC broadcast. The same captivating-
enthusiasm will go with the 45 members
of the Club wherever they sing. Chosen
from an original group of 150 singers,
their music is the result of four and a half
months' continuous rehearsing. Yet at
each performance their songs are as spon-
taneous as if sung for the first time. They
always seem to succeed in their dual pur-
pose of pleasing their audience and en-
joying themselves.
The entire schedule of the 1951 Spring
Glee Club tour follows : Durham, Febru-
ary 16; Concord, N. C, March 8; Mount
Airy, N. C, March 9 ; Winston-Salem, N.
C, March 10; Petersburg, Va., March 24;
Washington, D. C, March 25; Lancaster,
Pa., March 26; Pittsburgh, Pa., March
27; Cleveland, Ohio, March 28; and
Rochester, N. Y., March 29.
New York, N. Y. (Savoy-Plaza Hotel),
March 30; Broadcast over NBC from
New York, and Television program on
Chesterfield Show, April 2; Greenville,
N. C, April 12; Washington, N. C, April
13; Elizabeth City, N. C, April 14;
Southern Pines, N. C, April 27; and
Greensboro, N. C, April 28.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
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tt # SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DUKE ALUMNI # #
1. Lawrence E. Blanchard, III. Frances Hallum Blanchard, '43.
Lawrence E. Blanchard. Jr.. '42. Richmond. Va. L. E. Blanchard.
'09 (Deceased) Grandfather.
2. TrBBY Duncan. Trilby Hewitt Duncan (Mrs. Max C), '41. New
London. Conn.
3. Tommy Bello. Jacqueline Hutzler Bello, '48. Harold A. Bello,
'47. Raleigh, N. C.
4. Wallace R. Dodd. Jr. Anne Bennett Dodd (Mrs. W. R.), R.N.,
B.S.N. '44. Greensboro, N. C.
5. Edmund W. Creekmore, Jr. Lt. Comdr. Edmund W. Creekmore.
U.S.N., '42. Washington. D. C.
6. Stephen Brandon. Gil Brandon. Guilbert L. Brandon,
B.S.M.E. '44. Memphis. Tenn.
7. Jean King. Sam C. King, Jr. Sam C. King. '41. Lineolnton,
N. C.
8. Joe Hiatt. Bobby Hlvtt. Sara Rankin Hiatt, '38. Joseph S.
Hiatt, Jr., '36, M.D. '40. McCain, N. C.
9. Charlotte Stump. Jacquelyn Stump. Cecelia Stump. Lu-
cille Hessick Stump (Mrs. L. J.), '37. Chevy Chase. Md.
10. Janie James. Judy James. Gus James. Walter D. James, '39.
Atlanta. Ga.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISITORS TO THE AH >1M OFFICE
(January)
Ens. Eugene Chesson, Jr., U.S.N., BSCE,
50, F.P.O. San Francisco, Calif.
lime T. Fliflet, '39, Washington, D. C.
Paul W. Smith, '29, Ealeigh, N. C.
Anne Steele Redding (Mrs. T. H.), '38, Ashe-,
boro, N. C.
Elizabeth Churchill Underwood (Mrs. Wm.
| A.), '27, Asheboro, N. C.
Robert L. Wilbur, '46, A.M. '48, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Francis J. Brice, '45, Waterbury, Conn.
Herbert Hipps, '50, Greensboro, N. C.
Claude E. Bittle, '45, LL.B. '50, Durham,
N. C.
Rev. A. Gordon Fischer, '39, Kingsville, Md.
Darrell S. Jones, Jr., '50, Newark, Ohio.
William T. Lamparter, '47, A.M. '48, High-
land Park, N. J.
Charlotte E. Crews, '31, Oxford, N. C.
Woodrow W. King, M.F. '48, Lufkin, Tex.
Ann Richardson, '50, Roxboro, N. C.
Tommy" Thomas Foreman (Mrs. R. E.),
'43, Elizabeth City, N. C.
Robert E. Foreman, '42, Elizabeth City,
N. C.
1951 REUNIONS
Classes holding reunions at Commence-
ment, 1951, will be as follows: '01, '10, '11,
'12, '26, '35, '36, '37, '41, '49.
'09 >
President: M. A. Briggs
One of the fourteen new members of the
Board of Directors of the American Society
of Newspaper Editors elected last fall is
JOSH L. HORNE, '09, University Trustee,
and publisher of the Rocky Mount, N. C,
Evening Telegram.
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President : Marshall I. Pickens
Class Agents: Joseph C. Whisnant, W. F.
Young, Jr.
LILLIAN FROST is now Mrs. Erie Donner,
and her address, Tree Tops, Route No. 1,
Asheville, N. C. She and her husband have
a very attractive guest house, which they
enjoy very much.
L. QUINCY MUMFORD, '25, A.M. '28, is
Director of the Cleveland Public Library.
He went to the Library in 1945 as assistant
director, having worked in the Duke and
Columbia University Libraries and in the
New York library system. In 1940 lie headed
Robert M. Gantt, '09, Durham, N. C.
Joe M. Hunt, '28, Greensboro, N. C.
William J. Kerr, '47, Durham, N. C.
Henry A. Dennis, '13, Henderson, N. C.
Lucille Bullard Belk (Mrs. Henry), '10,
Goldsboro, N. C.
Henry Belk, '23, Goldsboro, N. C.
R. A. Reed, Jr., '46, Blaeksburg, Va.
Elizabeth MacFadyen Graham (Mrs. E.
K.), '30, A.M. '31, Greensboro, N. C.
Mary Skinner Sandell (Mrs. S. G), '33,
Brockton, Mass.
J. E. Yountz, '29, Waynesville, N. C.
Walter N. McDonald, '44, New Bern, N. C.
C. S. Hooper, '32, New York City, N. Y.
Clay F. Wynn, '20, Wynnburg, Tenn.
Donald McCullen, '50, Maplewood, N. J.
William Bates, '43, Havertown, Pa. >
Andrew M. Secrest, '44, Laurinburg, N. C.
Neal McGuire, BSME '48, Charlotte, N. C.
Daniel M. Williams, Jr., '48, LL.B. '50,
Asheville, N. C.
Louis C. Allen, Jr., '45, LL.B. '49, Burling-
ton, N. C.
a staff that reorganized and coordinated
processing divisions of the Library of Con-
gress. He has also worked on surveys of
the Library of Congress, the Army Medical
Library and technical processes of the Co-
lumbia Library. A former president of the
Ohio Library Association and chairman of
the American Library Association's Library
administration committee and of its photo-
graphic reproduction committee, he was
chairman for the American Library Associ-
ation's national conference in Cleveland last
year. Mr. Mumford lives at 14565 Drex-
more Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio. He has
a daughter, Katherine, who is a student at
the University of Michigan.
'28 >
President: Robert L. Hatcher
Class Agent: E. Clarence Tilley
Since last September ELIZABETH CRAV-
EN has been living in Raleigh, N. C, where
she is working as a medical technologist in
the field of obstetrics and gynecology for
two doctors, one of them being Paul E.
Simpson, '37, M.D. '40. Her address is
1506% Canterbury Road.
MABEL GRIFFIN REAVIS (MRS. L. B.)
'28, A.M. '30, Ph.D. '33, is an associate pro-
fessor of mathematics and head of the
mathematics department, on a part-time
basis, at High Point College in High Point,
N. C. She has previously taught at Camp-
bell College, N. C, and Mary-Hardin Bay-
lor College, Belton, Texas. The R^avis
family recently moved from Texas to High
Point, where Mr. Reavis is pastor of the
Green Street Baptist Church.
'31 .
President : John Calvin Dailey
Class Agent: C. H. Livengood, Jr.
JOHN W. M. RUTENBERG, having re-
signed as Assistant Attorney General of the
State of New York in charge of the Securi-
ties Bureau, has resumed the practice of law
with offices in the Woolworth Building, New
York City. MRS. RUTENBERG is the
former IVA PITTS. They live at S68 Pros-
pect Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
'34 >
President : The Reverend Robert M. Bird
Class Agent: Charles S. Rhyne
ELAINE CHILDS HORNER (MRS.
DOUGLAS) and her family live at 220
Myrover Street, Fayetteville, N. C. She and
Mr. Horner have three children, Randy, 4 ;
And}', 2; and Lynda Jean, 5 months.
PAUL H. SANDERS, LL.B., who was a
member of the faculty of the Duke Law
School from 1936 to 1946, is now on the
Law faculty at Vanderbilt University, teach-
ing labor law and other public law courses.
He has been chairman of the American Bar
Association's Committee on Wage and Hour
Legislation since 1947. Last summer he
and Mrs. Sanders were in San Juan, Puerto
Rico, where Professor Sanders served on a
minimum wage committee covering a num-
ber of industries on that island. The com-
mittee was named by the Wage and Hour
Administrator of the United States Depart-
ment of Labor to recommend wage levels
for the Puerto Rican Men's Clothing In-
dustry, Leather and Leather Goods Industry,
Fabricated Textile Products, Needlework
and Handicraft Industries.
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Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President : John Moorhead
Class Agent : James L. Newsom
ROSE TONEY HILL (MRS. J. A.) and
her husband live at Ridgecrest in Morris-
town, Tenn., having moved into a new home
about a year ago. Besides keeping house,
Rose keeps books for her father and is
active in the Pilot Club and the League of
Women Voters.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
[ Page 47 ]
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President: Dr. Joe S. Hiatt, Jr.
Class Agents: James H. Johnston, Clif-
ford W. Perry, R. Zaek Thomas, Jr.
A picture of Joe and Bobby Hiatt, sons of
JOSEPH S. HIATT, JR., '36, M.D. '40, and
SARA RANKIN HIATT, '38, is on the Sons
and Daughters Page this month. The Hiatts
live in McCain, N. C, where Joe is Associate
Superintendent and Associate Medical Di-
rector of The North Carolina Sanatorium.
Zpow erton&rua n 'Go.
t Q home for funerXi-JT- ^
L-977 1005 W. Main St.
R. T. Howerton, '08
BRAME
SPECIALTY COMPANY
Wholesale Paper
208 Vivian St. 801 S. Church St.
DURHAM, N. C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Serving North Carolina Since 1924
Weeks Motors Inc.
408 Geer St.
Telephone F-139
Durham, North Carolina
Your Lincoln and
Mercury Dealer in
Durham
'37-
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: Thomas F. Southgate, Jr.
Class Agent: William F. Womble
The LELAND J. STUMPS (LUCILLE
HESSICK) live at 5620 "Western Avenue in
Chevy Chase, Md. Besides Lucille and
Jack, there are three daughters, Charlotte
(10y 2 ), Cessie (7) and Jackie (2%). A
picture of the girls and "Lady" their dog
is on the Sons and Daughters Page of this
issue.
'39 »
President: Edmund S. Swindell, Jr.
Class Agent: Walter D. James
WALTER D. JAMES is manager of the
Southern Division of Roadway Express,
Inc., with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. His
address is Box 37, Station D, Atlanta. Wal-
ter and Jean have three children, Janie,
Judy, and Gus, whose picture is on the Sons
and Daughters Page this month.
'40 >
President: John D. MacLauchlan
Class Agent: Addison P. Penfield
MARGARET SHACKFORD TURBYFILL
(MRS. WILLIAM) has a daughter, Eliza-
beth Prue, and lives at 2019 Garner Terrace,
Newport News, Va.
'41 *
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: Robert F. Long
Class Agents: Julian C. Jessup, Meader
W. Harriss, Jr., Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.,
J. D. Long, Jr.
A son, William Donald, was born on No-
vember 12 to ARTHUR M. ALPERT,
B.S.C.E. and Mrs. Alpert of 39 Courtland
Street, Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Little Tibby Duncan, whose picture is on
the Sons and Daughters Page this month, is
the daughter of TRILBY HEWITT DUN-
CAN and Lieutenant Commander Max C.
Duncan. The Duncans are living at 733
Ocean Avenue in New London, Conn., while
Lt. Comdr. Duncan is on submarine duty.
Last fall SAM C. KING and his family
moved to Lincolnton where their address is
304 E. Main Street. A picture of the child-
ren, Jean and Sam, Jr., better known as
"Bo," appears on the Sons and Daughters
Page this month.
JAMES MARION MARTIN, '38, A.M. '41,
is head of the science department at the
Whiteville, N. C, High School, and owner
of The Art Shop there.
'42 *
President: James H. Walker
Class Agents: Robert E. Foreman, Willis
Smith, Jr., George A. Trakas
Larry Blanchard, III, whose picture is on
the Sons and Daughters Page this month, is
the son of LAWRENCE E. BLANCHARD,
JR., and FRANCES HALLUM BLANCH,
ARD, '43. The Blanchard's address is 51»|
Carey Street Road, Richmond, Va. Larrjj
who studied law at Columbia UniversirJ
following his discharge from the Navy, i!
associated with the firm of Huntoon, Wil
liams, Anderson, Gay and Moore in Ricb
mond.
While Lieutenant Commander EDMUND w\
CREEKMORE, USN, has his headquarter!
in Washington, he and his family are livinj)
at 5502 Parkland Courts, S.E., Washingtoi
19. A picture of Edmund W. Creekmore
Jr., appears on the Sons and Daughters Pag
of this issue.
DOUGLAS HEGE, B.S.M.E., and MRS
HEGE (GERALDINE ELDER), '44, 395!
Palos Verdes Drive North, Palos Verde
Estates, Calif., have announced the birth o-
a son, Raymond Elder, on December 8.
KINGSLEY K. LYU, B.D., of 945-A 20tl'
Avenue, Honolulu, T. H., has been invited ti
join the faculty of Jackson College, Honolu'
lu, as professor of philosophy for the nex;
year.
'43
President : Thomas R. Howerton
Class Agent: S. L. Gulledge, Jr.
Master Sargeant and MRS. VICTOR Ti
FAHRINGER, JR. (MARY MAC NEILL]
have announced the birth of a son, Victoi
Thouburn, III, on November 27. Theiij
address is Box 514, Maxton, N. C.
J. ROBERT (ROD) HOTTEL, B.S.E.E.
and Mrs. Hottel have announced the arrival
of a daughter, Ann Louise, on Decembei 1
24. The Hottels live at 243 Second Avenue)
Albany, N. Y.
In a ceremony solemnized December l(j
in the First Baptist Church, Raleigh, N
C, Miss Martha Hamrick became the bride
of THOMAS ROYSTER HOWERTON.
Mrs. Howerton, an alumna of Mereditt
College, holds the degree of Master ol
Music from the University of Michigan and
she is on the music faculty at Meredith Col-
lege. "Tebo," who completed a two-yeai
course in hospital administration from Duke:
after finishing his undergraduate work, is
a member of the staff of the North Caro-
lina Medical Care Commission in Raleigh.,
THOMAS W. KELLER is secretary of both'
the E. A. Keller Company, La Grange, 111.,
and the Keller-Heartt Lumber and Fuel
Company, Clarendon Hills, 111. His resi-:
dence address is 347 Blackstone Avenue, La
Grange, 111.
'44 *
President: Matthew S. (Sandy) Rae
Class Agent: H. Watson Stewart
Interrupted in his piano playing, littfij
"Rickey" Dodd looked around at hffl
Mother (the former ANNE BENNETT,'
RN and BSN) and Dad, W. R. Dodd, Sr.
(See Sons and Daughters Page.) The Dodds
are living at 2623 Battleground Avenue in
Greensboro, N. C.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
Look on the Sons and Daughters Page for
a picture of Stephen and Gil Brandon, sons
of ME. (BSME) and Mrs. GUILBERT L.
BRANDON of Apartment 15, 2280 S. Park-
way E., Memphis, Tenn. Gil works for
Eilin Transit, Inc., in Memphis.
A. C. ROTJNTREE, JR., B.S.M.E., writes
that the A. C. Rountree Company has moved
their offices from 404 Commercial Bank
Building to 116 West 3rd Street, Charlotte,
N. C.
'45 »
President: Charles B. Markham, Jr.
Class Agent: Charles F. Blanchard
MARSHALL A. BARRETT, Jr., and his
wife, the former Miss Virginia Rapp, who
were married September 24, 1949, are living
at 1270 Kynlyn Drive, Kynlyn Apartments,
Wilmington, Del. Marshall is in the feed
business.
JOSEPHINE BEAVER and Mr. James Wil-
liam Morgan were married November 10
in the First Lutheran Church, Albemarle,
N. C. Since her graduation from Duke, Jo
has taught at Albemarle High School and
Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh.
Her husband, an alumnus of Davidson and
North Carolina State College, served for
three years in the United States Army dur-
ing the last war and is now associated with
his father in the Morgan Insurance Agency
in Albemarle.
CLAUDE BITTLE, '45, LL.B. '50, has an-
nounced the opening of an office for the
general practice of law at 406 Snow Build-
ing, Durham. Claude, his wife, the former
CAMILLA RIKERT, '45, and their two
children, Claude, Jr., and Betsy, live at
224 West Trinity Avenue, Durham.
MR. and Mrs. JIM BORBELY, of 88
Guilden Street, New Brunswick, N. J., have
announced the birth of twin boys, John and
Peter, on August 18, 1950. There are two
other boys and a girl in the Borbely family.
The address of BEN GORDON CHILDS,
'49, and HARRIET BODDIE CHILDS is
108 Sharon Road, Lenoir, N. C. They have
a three-year-old son, Richard, and a daugh-
ter, Frances Susan, who was born last July.
HUGH DORTCH, M.D., and MRS. DORTCH
(JOYCE WHITFIELD), R.N. '46, of 2108
Cole Road, Durham, have announced the
birth of a son, Dan Hugh, on December 3.
They also have a daughter, Betty, who is
three and one-half years old.
ELIZABETH HARRIS FERRELL, '50, and
SAMUEL FOX GANTT, '45, LL.B. '49, son
of R. M. GANTT, '09, of Durham, were
married October 21 in the Duke University
Chapel. Until he was called back into active
duty with the Navy in January, Sam was
associated with his father in the practice
of law. For the present Lib is living with
her family at 602 Buchanan Blvd., Durham.
E. M. GITLIN, B.D., '46, and MRS. GIT-
LIN (ETHEL RUPPENTHAL), '45,
M.R.Ed. '47, have announced the birth of a
daughter, Sharon Jane, on October 4, 1950.
Their address is in care of the First Bap-
tist Church, 4200 Liberty Heights Avenue,
Baltimore 7, Md.
Miss Essie Marie Smith and HALLET
WARD JARVIS were married last October
6 in the Duke University Chapel. Hallett
is employed at the Varsity Men's Shop in
Durham. Before her marriage, Mrs. Jarvis,
who attended the Watts Hospital School
of Nursing, was employed at the North
Carolina State School for the Blind in
Raleigh, N. C.
Mr. and MRS. GEORGE M. McMILLAN
(WILMA SMITH) of 2695 South 18th East
Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, have announced
the birth of a daughter, Nancy Gayle, on
September 9, 1950. They also have another
daughter, Sheryl Ann, who is almost three.
R. C. (BOB) MAKOSKY, B.S., is working
toward a Master's Degree in Chemistry at
the University of Texas. However, he says
that his mail should still be sent to his
home at China Lake, Calif.
RONALD E. MINTZ is deputy commissioner
for the North Carolina Department of Rev-
enue. His address is 410 Student Street,
Greenville, N. C.
Miss Sylvia Ann Mayer and WALTER
ROGERS PRIMM were united in marriage
September 2 in New York City. Walter's
home address is 1006 Marianna Avenue,
Coral Gables, Fla.
ROBERT L. RANDALL is an assistant
professor at the Indianapolis Division of the
Indiana University School of Law. Besides
Duke, he attended Indiana University, the
University of Minnesota, and received the
J.D. degree from the University of Chicago
where he was managing editor of the Law
Review. An Army veteran, he was a teach-
ing fellow at the Bloomington campus of
Indiana University from February to Sep-
tember, 1950.
DOROTHY GADDY SAPP and CARL
SAPP, '49, who were married last August,
are living in Dnrham, where Carl has re-
cently been appointed assistant manager of
the Durham Chamber of Commerce. They
live at 409 Northwood Circle.
The marriage of Miss Evelyn Aline Brown
and JAMES ARTHUR WEST, JR., '45,
LL.B. '50, was solemnized September 30
at the First Christian Church in Wilming-
ton, N. C. Mrs. West is a graduate of the
Woman's College of the University of North
Carolina, and was employed as director of
the teen-age program of the Wilmington
YWCA and as head of the home economics
department at New Hanover High School
until her marriage. The couple is now
living in Shelby, N. C, here Jim is a mem-
ber of the law firm of Horn and West.
BUDD-PIPER
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W. P. Budd, '04, Secretary-Treas.
W. P. Budd, Jr., '36, Vice-President
DURHAM, N. C.
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CAROLYN KATHERINE YOUNG and .Mr.
Chester Lawrence Dillon were married in
the Post Chapel, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,
on November 5. They are living at 515 W.
46th Street, Kansas City, Mo.
'46
President: B. G. Munro
Class Agent: Robert E. Cowin
CHARLES A. AMOS, of 1630 Ohio Street,
Waynesboro, Va., who received a degree
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute after
leaving Duke, is working for the Du Pont Co.
IRENE ALFREDA BAKER, R.N., '46,
B.S.N. '48, and Dr. Charles M. Warr, Jr.,
were married January 7 at the Centenary
Methodist Church, Richmond, Va. Irene is
now employed by the Medical College of
We are members by
invitation of the
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the only Durham Funeral Home
accorded this honor.
Virginia. Her husband, an alumnus of
Wake Forest and Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, is now practicing medicine in
Richmond where they are making their
home.
JOHN H. BAKER, JR., is an assistant pro-
fessor in the research department of Georgia
Tech. He and MRS. BAKER, the former
ELIZABETH FLECK, have a son and
two daughters, and live at 1834 Bonniview
Street, S.W., Atlanta, Ga.
FRANK L. HARRIS, JR., his wife Bette,
and their young son, Frank L., Ill, live at
1720 College Avenue, Racine, Wise. Frank
is sales representative for the Wisconsin
Motor Corporation of Milwaukee.
DELWOOD S. JACKSON, '48, and ANNE
IPOCK JACKSON live at 710 Alabama
Avenue, Selma, Ala., where he works with
the Buckeye Cotton Oil Company. They
made a visit to the Duke campus last sum-
mer and brought their young son, John Del-
wood, who will be a year old in March.
DONALD S. LOWE, '46, A.M. '48, and
MRS. LOWE (EMILY EARLE BOYD),
'48, have announced the birth . of a son,
Donald Scott, Jr., on October 27, 1950.
Their address is 8712 Colesville Road, Apart-
ment 210, Silver Spring, Md.
MR. and Mrs. GERALD MILLER, who live
at 5 Peter Cooper Road, New York 10, N.
Y., have announced the birth of a daughter,
Bonnie Patrice, on November 29.
LOA TRENT PETERS (MRS. J. M.), '46,
R.N. '47, lives at 2300 Bellevue Avenue, Los
Angeles, Calif. Until her marriage, Loa
was an operating room nurse.
NALDI POE and Dr. Michael Klein were
married September 2 in Bethesda, MdJ
where they are now residing at 5018 Elm
Street, Apt. 3.
THE REVEREND and Mrs. T. A. SCHAF-
ER and their two daughters, Michal Ann, 3,
and Polly Ruth, almost two, recently moved
to 915 W. Club Boulevard, Durham, from
Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Schafer is an assistant
professor of historical theology in the Duke
Divinity School. He is also working on his
Ph.D. degree at Duke.
ANN CRAWFORD LARKIN, '47, daughter
of LEON C. LARKIN, '17, and HUGH
BERTRAND STOKES, JR., were married
October 21 in the Fairmont Methodist
Church, Raleigh, N. C. They are living at
1615 Lynhurst Avenue, Charlotte, N. C,
where Hugh is associated with the Mack
International Motor Truck Corporation. Be-
fore her marriage, Ann was employed by
the Carolina Power and Light Company in
Raleigh.
HAROLD L. TOWNSEND, R— , and Mrs.
Townsend have announced the arrival of a
son, Harold Lee Townsend III, on January
8. They are making their home at 221
Greensville Avenue, Emporia, Va.
In a formal ceremony at Christ Episcopal
Church, East Orange, N. J., on September
18, MARION LEE GLOVER, '50, became
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printers, is based on the friends we made and keep.
We are exceedingly happy that we can count, among those
friends, Duke University, which we have served since 1931, as
printers of the nationally recognized Chanticleer — and in nu-
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the bride of THADDEUS BRYAN WEST-
jEE. They are living in Durham, where
Thad is in his senior year at the Duke
School of Medicine.
The wedding of Miss Nettie Lou Lomax and
GARLAND WOLFE took place October 13
in the New Garden Friends Meeting House
at Guilford College. Garland is employed
by Emry C. Green at the First Fidelity
Company in Greensboro, N. C, and his wife
an alumna of the Woman's College of
TJ. N. C, is employed by the internal rev-
enue department.
•47 >
President: Grady B. Stott
Class Agent: Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.
LOU and JACKIE HUTZLER BELLO,
'48, are the proud parents of little Tommy
Bello, whose picture is on the Sons and
Daughters Page of this issue. Lou teaches
at Needham Broughton High School in
Raleigh and referees during his spare time.
The Bellos live at 2411 Greenway Avenue in
Raleigh.
JEAN COX, R.N., and Mr. William Christi-
an Scheppegrell, Jr., were united in marriage
November 23 in the Holy Name of Jesus
Church of New Orleans. Jean is working in
Charity Hospital and her husband is a
senior in the L.S.U. School of Medicine.
Their address is 1455 Webster Street, New
Orleans 5, La.
Anne Randolph Cramer was born August
13, which is the birthday of her mother,
LAURA SCHWARZ CRAMER (MRS.
ROBERT R.). The Cramers' address is
149 North Gay Avenue, Clayton, Mo.
BETTY STALLINGS FITZGERALD
(MRS. B. D., JR.), who was married Au-
gust 5, is living in Apartment 7, 18 Collier
Road, N.W., Atlanta, Ga.
CHARLES N. FOSHEE is a freight service
agent with the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road. He is now stationed in Fayetteville,
N. C, where his home address is 610 West-
mond Drive.
Miss Evelyn Grey Worsham and ALLEN
HATCHETT GWYN, JR., '47, LL.B. '50,
were united in marriage in the Main Street
Methodist Church, Reidsville, N. O, on Sep-
tember 9. At present they are making their
home in Durham, but after March 1 they
will be in Reidsville. Allen is the son of
JUDGE ALLEN H. GWYN, 'IS.
CLARA LEE HARVEY (MRS. JOHN,
JR.), who received her Master of Science de-
gree in Supervision of Religious Education
at the University of Pennsylvania last year,
is Director of Religious Education at St.
Paul's Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia,
Pa. Her address is 523 South 48th Street,
Philadelphia 43.
NORMAN A. HENRY teaches at the Great
Mills High School, Great Mills, Md.
QUINCY ALEXANDER HODGE (MRS.
I. M., JR.) R.N., B.S.N., lives in Atlanta,
Ga., where her husband is a civil engineer-
ing student at Georgia Tech. Their address
is Box 4374, Georgia Tech.
BETSY HOLT, daughter of Dr. D. W.
HOLT, '14, of Greensboro, N. O, and Mr.
Thomas Jennings were married January 13
in Singapore. They plan to live in Pendopo,
Sumatra, where Mr. Jennings is a pertoleum
engineer with Standard Vacuum Oil Com-
pany. Betsy worked at B. Altman's in New
York City before her marriage. Her hus-
band, who graduated with a degree in
petroleum engineering from Pennsylvania
State College, has worked with the Bureau
of Mines in Franklin, Pa., with Interna-
tional Petroleum Company in Venezuela, and
with Standard Oil in New York City. He
served in the Navy during World War II.
PAUL D. HUFFMAN and his wife have a
Duke
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son, Charles Douglas, who will soon be two
years old. They live in Apartment 202,
2705 Lee Boulevard, Arlington, Va. Paul
works with Addison Chevrolet Sales, Inc., in
Washington.
The address of Mr. and UBS. E. B. MAB-
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C. B. Martin V. J. Ashbaugh
TIX, JB,, (MABY F. MOORE), B.X., is
8023 Sycamore Street, in Xew Orleans, La.,
where Jlr. Martin works with Walker Saussy,
Advertising. They have a son, Edmund
Stephen, who was born July 31 of last year.
The marriage of Miss Eunice Suzanne Ham-
merman and NORMAN MAURICE MIL-
LEE took place on August 27 at the B'nai
Israel Synagogue, Washington, D. C. The
couple is making their home at 810 Bayfield
Street, Takoma Park, Washington 12.
ELIZABETH LEE AMBROSE MOORE
(MBS. THOMAS F.) lives at 3477 MeFar-
lin Boulevard, Dallas, Tex.
Miss Janice Elaine Bixler and WABBEX
HABOLD POPE were married October 21,
1950, in the Prospect Street Presbyterian
Church, Trenton, N. J., and came through
Durham on their wedding trip. They are
residing in Princeton, X. J., where Warren
works for Opinion Besearch Corporation.
BARBARA WHITE-SPUXXEE POTEAT,
'50, and THOMAS LAWTOX POTEAT,
'47, LL.B. '50, live at 101 Sumner Street,
Greenville, S. C.
Last fall DAVID SCHENCK, BSME, was
named President of the Association of In-
surance Agents, Inc., in Greensboro, X. C.
He is married to the former DOLLY BBIM,
'49, and they live at 3510 Parkwood Drive
in Greensboro.
MABY LOUISE SMITH and Mr. George
Betton Whitaker were united in marriage
September 16 in the Ardmore Methodist
Church, Winston-Salem, X. C. Mary's home
address is 448 South Hawthorne Boad, Win-
ston-Salem 7.
MR. and MBS. MABSHALL T. SPEAES,
JB. (SALLY MeWHOETEE), '50, have an-
nounced the birth of a daughter, Linda Les-
lie, on December 6. Marshall who received
his law degree at Carolina, is associated
with his father in the practice of law in
Durham, where they live at 2105 Englewood
Avenue.
Mr. and MES. F. BLAIE WEIGHT
(JAMIE BBANCH) have announced the
birth of a daughter, Christopher Blair
Wright, on August 27. Mr. Wright is a
student in the College of Engineering at the
University of Tennessee, and they are living
at 225 Twelfth Street, Knoxville, Tenn.
The address of Dr. and MBS. JOHX B.
SUTPHIX (CAEOLIXE HUXTEB), B.N.,;
is 631 Firsco Building, Joplin, Mo.
BETTY JAXE TEOXELL and Mr. Thomas
B. Moreen, who were married March 18,
1950, live at 1416 East State Street, Bock-
ford, 111. A graduate of Kansas State Col-
lege, Mr. Moreen is the Chicago repre-
sentative for the Aetna Casualty and Surety
Company.
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President : Bollin M. Millner
Class Agent: Jack H. Quaritius
Miss Jane Laura Peterson became the
bride of JOHX E. BALDWIX on Septem-
ber 23 in Christ Episcopal Church, Hudson,
Ohio. On their honeymoon they stopped to
visit Duke. Their address is 156 Aurora
Street, Hudson. John is working with the
Armstrong Cork Co.
Mr. and MBS. THOMAS JEFFEBSOX
BABFIELD, JB. (SUSAX ADAMS), of 50
Terrace Drive, X.E., Apartment A-3, At-
lanta, Ga., have a son, Thomas Jefferson,
III, who will be a year old on April 21.
EUGEXE BEBTEAM BEEKLEY is in the
sales department of the Tension Envelope
Corporation. His address is 1249 Stratford
Boad, Kansas City 2, Mo.
JOHX B. BOYLE, B.S.E.E., and his wife,
the former Miss Nancy Bozdo, live at 1662%
Normal Drive, Bowling Green, Ky. They
were married last April 16. John is an
electrical test engineer for TVA.
JEAXXE CHEW, A.M., teaches Spanish
at Bucknell University where her address is
314 Market Street, Lewisburg, Pa. During
the 1950 Summer Session at Duke she was
head of the Spanish House.
LLOYD VIXCEXT COLLICOTT, B.S. '48,
M.F. '50, is a forester-draftsman for the
International Paper Company, Woodlands
Department, South Kraft Division. He lives
at 620 Highmarket Street, Georgetown,
S. C.
MABJOEIE TAYLOB CEAWFOED (MBS.
DEAX H., JR.), who teaches at the Lee
Edwards High School, lives in the Beverly
Apartments, Xumber V-3, Asheville, N. C.
MABJOEIE AXXE FBEY and Mr. David
Emerson Brown were married August 19 in
Memorial Lutheran Church, Toledo, Ohio.
They are making their home at 1531 Eighth
Street, Xew Orleans, La. Marjorie is teach-
ing at the Isidore Newman School, where
DOEOTHY DALE, A.M., '46, former coun-
selor of Bassett House, is assistant admin-
istrative director.
CASPEE HOLEOYD and BETTY AXX
WILLIAMS HOLEOYD, '49, together with
their young daughter, Ann Shaw, who was
born last August, are living in Altavista, Va.
Casper works for the Altavista Finishing
Plant of Burlington Mills in Hurt, Va.
WILLIAM D. KIEK and DOEIS CAV-
EXESS KIEK, together with their young
daughter, Patricia Anne, who will be a year
old in May, live at 702 Unaka Street, Har-
riman, Tenn. Bill is zone manager for
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International Harvester Company in that
area.
ME. and Mrs. MALCOLM L. MeCULLEX,
JE., of 408 Hugo Street, Durham, have
announced the birth of a daughter, Patricia
Anne, on October 25. They also have an-
other daughter, Linda Carole, who is a year
old.
JOHN McWHORTEB and his wife, the
former Miss Sara Orubbs, are living in
Kingstree, S. C, where he is manager of
the radio station, WDKD. For two years
prior to assuming his present position, John
ivas program director and promotions man-
ager for station WACA in Camden, S. C.
SEOBGE E. MIDGETT is working in the
service department of Duke Power Com-
pany in Durham, where he resides at 1015
Eighth Street.
3ALLIE GAYLE NEWMAN, E.N., B.S.N.,
and JAMES EOBEET EEYNOLDS were
married July 30 at the Clinton, N. C,
Methodist Church. They are making their
home at 306 Fayetteville Street, Clinton,
ivhere Jim is associated in business with his
father.
3HIELEY MAY SNELL, '50, and BOLLIN
MADISON MILLNEB, who were married
last September in Richmond, Ya., are living
at 125 Jefferson Avenue, Danville, Ya., where
Bo works for Dan Eiver Mills.
JEAN MOSES and her family have moved
to a new house at 206 Grove Boulevard,
Frederick, Md. She works at Camp Detrick
as do two of her Duke classmates, JEAN
XICKEBSON and CASS TAYLOE, both
of whom spent last summer vacationing in
Europe and Great Britain.
Little Sarah Elizabeth Sproule, daughter of
Mr. and MES. CHAELES G. SPEOULE,
JR. (CAROLINE ESTES), will be a year
old on April 24. The Sproules live at 1234
Lancaster Avenue, Eosemont, Pa.
BETTY EYELYN BEACH, '49, and
GEOEGE FEEDEEICK VIEHMEYEE,
JR., B.S.M.E., were married in St. Peters-
burg, Fla., on October 28, 1950, and stopped
for the Duke Homecoming on their honey-
moon. George is chief mechanical engineer
with the Woodman Company in Decatur, Ga.,
^vhere their address is 3569 Derrydown Way.
HARRY B. WRIGHT. '49, and K. LEE
SCOTT WRIGHT are living at 513 Metcalf
Street, New Bern, N. C. Harry is working
at Belks Department Store and K. Lee is
teaching at Jasper School.
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Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
Presidents : Woman's College, Betty Bob
Walters Walton (Mrs. Loringl ; Trinity
College, Robert W. Frye ; College of
Engineering, Joe J. Robnett, Jr.
Class Agent : Chester P. Middlesworth
RICHARD A. BITGG, JR., B.S.E.E., and
JEAN BROWN BFGG are living in Detroit,
Mich. Dick is in the sales division of the
Acuslmet Process Company, his work be-
ing concerned primarily with the automotive
industry in Michigan and vicinity. Mail
may be sent to them at 18051 Kentucky.
Detroit 21.
MAEY ELIZABETH COOPER and RICH-
ARD GUAL KBITZEE, who were married
last March 25 in Asheville, N. C, are living
at 2116 E. Washington Avenue, North Little
Eock, Ark.
DOEOTHY STANLEY DAUGHERTY, '51,
and DUNCAN WILMER DAUGHERTY
JR., LL.B., attorney at law, are living at
1676 6th Avenue, Huntington, W. Ya.
MARY HELEN CULBRETH, '50, and
KEITH WARREN JAMES, A.M., who were
married in the Duke University Chapel last
July 7, are living in Waco, Texas, where
Keith is a member of the faculty of Bay-
lor University.
Courses in mathematics and thermodynamics
are being given at Lowell Textile Institute,
Lowell, Mass., by ERNEST W. LAEEAU,
B.S.M.E., member of the Lowell engineering
faculty.
CLIFTON B. MAELIN, M.F., has a posi-
tion with the forestry department, Missis-
sippi State College in State College, Miss.
ME. and Mrs. ALLA PURSE MULLIGAN,
JE., are living in Baltimore, Md., where
"Buddy" is working with the Shell Oil
Company. Mrs. Mulligan, the former Miss
Sophie Sumner Hobsen, is an alumna of
Salem College and Woman's College.
ME. and MBS. JOHN KEYIN MURRAY
(MARY ELLEN KERCE), R.N., who were
married last April 23 in the Church of Im-
maculate Conception, Durham, are living at
4911-A Eubank Road, Sandston, Ya. Until
her marriage, Mary was a member of the
graduate staff at Duke Hospital.
HOLLIS J. EOGEES, Ph.D., is teaching at
the Woman's College of the University of
North Carolina in Greensboro, N. C, where
his address is 127 Eisenhower Drive.
STANLEY M. SAGER and Willoughby
Farley Sager were married last September
and are living at 1527 N. 17th Street, Apt.
203, Arlington, Virginia.
ALICE JOAN POYEJSIL, '50, and
FRANK D. SCHMAHL, who were married
a year ago this month, are living at 140-C
Howard Drive, Bergenfield, N. J.
PAT SHAW, B.S., is working in the re-
search library of the Hercules Experimental
Station, and lives at 400 West 21st Street,
Wilmington, Del.
RUSSELL C. TOMLINSON, B.S.M.E., is
an insurance underwriter for Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Company of New York
Citv. He was married last June 10 to Miss
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WHAT
MAKES
A CHAMPION
ATHLETE?
IS IT CONDITIONING. . . coaching . . . teamwork . . . physique . . . sportsmanship . . .
competitive spirit ... or just plain honest-to-goodness athletic skill?
We don't pretend to be athletic experts, because our job is to manufacture high quality textile
products. But as sporting fans we think it would be safe to say that an athletic champion is the result
of all these fine qualities.
We know that it has taken a combination of great leadership, manufacturing know-how, -careful
planning, employee loyalty, and skilled teamwork to make Burlington Mills a champion in the textile
industry. The Company's many accomplishments and progressive growth during the past 27 years are
well known. We are proud of this record and equally proud of our 32,000 employees who have worked
together with real team spirit as members of the Burlington team.
It's a fact that Burlington's fine fabrics, hosiery and other textile products are truly "Woven Into
the Life of America" — just as every Burlington plant is woven into the life of its own community.
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Nan Summers at the Westminster Presby-
terian Church, Bloomfield, N. J.
YIEN-PEI WANG, M.K.Ed, is teaching at
Nanchang Academy, Nanchang, Kiangsi,
China.
MARTIN J. WEISS, Ph.D., of 2545 Val-
entine Avenue, Bronx 58, N. Y., is a re-
search chemist for Hickvill Chemical Re-
search Foundation, Katonah, N. Y.
JOSEPH P. WELLS, B.S.E.E., is a main-
tenance engineer for Radio Corporation of
America, RCA Victor Division, in Chicago,
111. His work includes some repair work,
but also affords an opportunity to assist the
recording engineers in original or rerecord-
ing jobs, as well as some construction of
new equipment. Joe's address is 3350
Oconto Avenue, Chicago 34.
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President: Jane Suggs
Class Agent: Robert L. Hazel
RICHARD AMMON ADAMS, LL.B., is a
law clerk in Pine Grove, Pa., where his ad-
dress is 74 S. Main Street.
THOMAS EUGENE ("GENE") AVERY,
M.P., is county forest ranger for DeKalb
County, Ga., and he lives at 221 N. Candler
Street, Apartment 8, Decatur, Ga.
PAMELA JOANN REDELL is a continuity
writer for Station WSJS in Winston-Salem,
N. C. Mail will reach her at Box 354 Route
1, McLeansville, N". C.
BETTY CALLIHAN BOSTER (MRS.
THOMAS R.) lives at 1318 6th Avenue,
Huntington, W. Va., and teaches in the
elementary schools there.
LEROY MILTON BRANDT is a special
agent trainee for the American Insurance
Group. His address is 8 Berkeley Heights
Park, Bloomfield, N. J.
BOBBIE JANE CROOM, R.N., is a nurse
at Duke Hospital; her address is Box 2938.
Miss Ruth Ann Seymour became the bride
of RICHARD LEE DOYLE, B.S.M.E., on
November 3 in Saint Theresa's Church,
Aruba, Netherlands, West Indies. Dick is
working with the Largo Oil and Transport
Company in Aruba, where his mailing ad-
dress is Box 103.
HOWARD DAWSON EDWARDS, Ph.D.,
is a physicist at Air Force Research Lab-
oratories, Building 39, Arsenal, Watertown,
Mass.
MARY ELIZABETH WHITEHEAD HER-
RING (MRS. ROBERT W.), A.M., is a
teacher at Robert E. Lee elementary school
in Birmingham, Ala. Her address is Apart-
ment A 3, 2305 15th Avenue South, Bir-
mingham 5.
WILBERT JEPTHA HUMPHLETT,
Ph.D., of 39 Bennington Drive, Apartment
8, Rochester 16, N. Y., is a chemist in the
research department of Distillation Products
Industries.
JUNE MARIE FARRINGTON" LANE,
'51, and REMBRANDT P. LANE are living
at 40 B Fremont Street, Bloomfield, N. J.
He is a student at Ursula College.
REBECCA BUKRUM MATLOCK and her
husband, JACK FAUST MATLOCK, JR.,
are living at Hotel Midway, 216 W. 100th
Street, New York 25, N. Y. Rebecca is
working in the classified advertising depart-
ment of Popular Science Magazine, and
Jack is a student at the Russian Institute at
Columbia University.
ELIZABETH DUNN BELL, '51, and
PELEG DAMERON MIDGETT III, son of
P. D. MIDGETT, Jr., '22, were married De-
cember 20 in the Duke University Chapel.
They are making their home at 506 Watts
Street, Durham. Elizabeth is a Duke senior
and P. D. is working for the Brame Speci-
alty Co.
MARTHA ROSE MYERS, of 141 Pinecrest
Drive, Durham, works in the Kirby Clinic,
Duke Hospital.
WALKER PRESTON NEWMAN, M.F., is
a forester with the United States Forest
Service in Murphy, N. C.
WILLIAM ROBERT PATTERSON, LL.B.,
is an attorney with offices at 1516 First
National Bank Building, Atlanta 3, Ga.
FRED PAGE REGISTER, B.D., is a min-
ister in Varina, N. C, where his address is
Box 206.
ERNEST HILLMAN RICE, JR., is a mem-
ber of the budget division of the Depart-
ment of Defense. He makes his home at
5208 3rd Street Apartment 10, N.W., Wash-
ington 11, D. C.
WILLIAM EDWARD SCOTT, B.S.M.E. is
an engineer with Allis-Chalmers Manufactur-
ing Company and lives at 8911 W. Center
Street, Apartment 4, Milwaukee, Wis.
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ELIZABETH CLINE HICKMAN and
JOHN GORHAM BOYNTON were married
September 2, 1950, in the Methodist Church,
Hudson, N. C. Both are seniors at Duke
University and are living at 2305 Prince
Street, Durham.
ANN JUDSON WOODY and ALONZA
DOUGLAS RICE III were married Sep-
tember 9, 1950, in the Duke University
Chapel and are living in the University
Apartments, Durham. Ann attended East
Carolina Teacher's College and Duke Uni-
versity where she studied medical technology.
Doug is an alumnus of Northwestern Uni-
versity, Concord College, West Virginia Uni-
versity, and will receive a degree in medicine
from Duke in March.
ROGER VOLLMER VINCENT, JR., who
lives at 6331 3rd Avenue, Kenosha, Wis., is
a clerk for the American Brass Company.
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September 9 was the date of the wedding
of Miss Foy Ovalene Berry and CHARLES
ADAMS BRIDGERS, which took place at
Walnut Grove Methodist Church of Hurdle
Mills, N. C. Charles is connected with the
Department of Public Works, Engineering
Division of the City of Durham, and his
wife is employed by the Duke Power Com-
pany. They live at 2414 Club Boulevard,
Durham.
ELIZABETH MACKEN SULLIVAN of
2716 Cherokee Avenue, Macon, Ga., is secre-
tary to a law professor at the Walter F.
George School of Law, Mercer University.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Greensboro,
N. O, was the scene of the wedding of Miss
Bobbie Jean Baker and HARRY GREER
TURNER, JR., on September 25. Both of
them are employed by Montgomery Ward
and they live at 1321 Meadow Street, Greens-
boro.
JUNE SEARCY WRIGHT (MRS.
CHARLES N.) and her husband, who were
married June 2, 1950, live at 2607 East
Fifth Avenue, in Knoxville, Tenn., where
he is a student at the University, of Tennes-
see.
GEORGE B. HOOVER, of 1200 Woodmont
Avenue, Williamsport, Pa., haa been called
into service.
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Miss Norma Lee Benson and FRANK
CORAL CAIN, JR., who were married June
26, 1950, at the First Baptist Church, Salis-
bury, N. C, are living in Durham. Frank
is in his second year of Medical School at
Duke.
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General business administrative ability,
rather than literary or artistic skills, is
desirable. Location of the positions is in
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tinent information.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
[ Page 55 ]
Monastic Treasure Troves
(Continued from page 36)
expertly. Dr. Clark was assisted in this
important task by such renowned schol-
ars as Professor Gerard Garitte of the
University of Louvain, Belgium, and Dr.
Aziz S. Atiya of Farouk University.
Adding to the academic difficulties of
the job were extreme variations in temp-
erature and mechanical "bugs." Differ-
ences of 50 degrees were recorded in a
single day, and during the winter fingers
were numbed, and stiffened, and camera
efficiency impaired by the cold in the un-
heated monastery. Sand got into the
special generators that powered the equip-
ment; tiny, irreplaceable camera parts
broke, and other troubles were encount-
ered that continually threatened the suc-
cess of the expedition.
Now the job is finished, and scholars no
longer need to make the expensive and
sometimes impossible trip to Mt. Sinai to
study the ancient writings. They may
merely travel to Washington, D. G, and
peruse almost 1,500,000 photographed
pages which Dr. Clark and his assistants
brought back with them.
Complete sets of negatives are avail-
able at the Library of Congress and at
Farouk University. Dr. Clark states that
the world's scholars will be able to buy a
reproduction on film of an immensely
valuable manuscript for as little as $2.50.
Members of the Mt. Sinai expedition
realize that the intensive year of work
"on location" is but a beginning of the
research on these rare manuscripts that
were photographed. Whereas the texts
have lain in seclusion for centuries, they
are now available to every scholar. It
will require the labors of many hundreds
of scholars throughout centuries to come
for the full exploration of the rich re-
sources of St. Catherine's library on film.
Murray New Head Coach
(Continued from page 41)
at Childrens Home, an orphanage, in
Winston-Salem.
"He got the mostest out of the leastest
of any schoolboy coach I have ever ob-
served. He was a highly successful coach
there and his football teams were the
class of the always-strong South Pied-
mont Conference.
"When I was operating out of Greens-
boro more than a decade ago, I often saw
Murray-coached teams in action. They
not only played sound football but they
always displayed marvelous sportsman-
ship."
Former Duke coach Wallace Wade
adopted an absolute non-interventionist
policy in regard to the selection of his
successor, and so the announcement of
Murray's selection was as much a sur-
prise to him as to the remainder of the
waiting world of Duke supporters. He
said in a statement to sports writers : "I
want to congratulate Bill Murray upon
his return to his alma mater as head foot-
ball coach. He's a gentleman in every re-
spect, a man of fine character and keen in-
tellect. He's an outstanding f ootball
coach and he's devoted to Duke Univer-
sity."
The whole Murray family is devoted
to Duke University. Mrs. Murray is the
former Carolyn Kirby, '32, of Decatur,
Georgia. They have three daughters,
Marilyn, 18, who is now a freshman at
Duke; Joy, 19, a sophomore at Delaware
University; and Carol, 12.
Letters
(Continued from page 29)
You may be interested to know that
after having sung the Messiah for three
years with the Duke choir, I felt a great
desire to sing it again this year some-
where. Since our own church choir
doesn't present the work, I sought for and
found a church choir for just that oc-
casion. Imagine my surprise when I
learned that the young man seated next to
me was the newly-elected president of the
Philadelphia area alumni club, and al-
though he had never sung with the Duke
choir, we felt that the University was well
represented — especially since Dr. Rankin's
sister is a member of the same church
choir. He (Fred Mann, B.S.M.E. '45) is
trying to round up -a large delegation to
attend the Duke-Penn basketball game
here on January 3, and so far, I think
we will be able to make ourselves heard
when the Blue Devils appear. Until I
met Fred at choir practice, I had not been
in contact with the local alumni organi-
zation at all, so in a way, it was a rather
lucky coincidence that I should meet him
at a time when I was wondering just what
the alumni group of Philadelphia was
going to do when the team came to town.
I would like very much to contribute to
the Duke University Development Cam-
paign, but I probably won't be able to un-
til sometime in the spring after I finish
paying my tuition fees here at Penn. How-
ever, I think you can count on me then,
for "I consider my debt to Duke far greater
than anything I could ever hope to pay.
deaths
MART YANN O'BRIANT, '31
Mary Vann O'Briant, '31, one of North.
Carolina's four supervisors of elementary
education, died at her home in Durham on
December 21, following a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the
Hall- Wynne Funeral Home and interment
was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Miss O'Briant was principal at Bry-
son City High School, and later was su-
pervisor for the Northampton County
School system. She had been with the
State Department of Public Instruction
for the past three years. She was awarded
a master's degree at George Peabody Col-
lege, and did graduate work at the
Woman's College, Columbia University,
and the University of North Carolina.
She is survived by five sisters, Mrs. W.
C. Stallings of Durham, with whom she
had been living since she became ill ; Mrs.
C. W. Freeman; Mrs. F. L. Bottoms;
Mrs. Joe Walsh and Mrs. F. W. Hughes ;
and one brother, Walter P. O'Briant.
WILMONT C. THOMAS, '33
It has recently been learned by the
Alumni Office that Wilmont C. Thomas,
'33, is deceased.
WARREN THORNTON GREEN, JR.,
'37
Warren Thornton Green, Jr., '37, a
salesman for the Kentucky Balfour Com-
pany, died at his home, 429 Lightfoot
Road, Louisville, Ky., on January 11, fol-
lowing a heart attack.
Mr. Green was instrumental in starting
the new Duke Alumni Association in
Louisville.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Warren T. Green, of 615 S. 1st
Street, Louisville 2 ; and a sister, Mrs.
Thomas Y. Miller, Jr.
WILLARD SPERRING BECK, '38
Willard Sperring (Spook) Beck, '38,
was injured fatally on December 19 when
his automobile skidded on a curve near
Warrenton, Ore., and collided with an
empty log truck.
He was employed by the Scott Paper
Company in Portland, where he and his
family lived at 2000 N.E. 79th Avenue.
Last year Willard served as an area chair-
man for the Duke Loyalty Fund.
Survivors include the wife, and three
children, age eight, five, and six months.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, February, 1951
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in the Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
March, 1951
Number 3
Contents
PAGE
Editorials 59
Dr. Cannon Becomes Divinity Dean 61
Alumnae Week End 61
Duke NROTC Program 62
Hoof V Horn Production 64
Joe College Week End 64
Religious Emphasis Week 65
Extra-Curricular Courses 65
Calendar of Spring Events 65
Local Association Meetings 66
Alumni in the News 66
Zensuke Hinohara, '03 67
Development Campaign Over $6,000,000 .. . 69
Area Chairmen for Development Campaign 70
Sports 72
Books 74
Sons and Daughters of Duke Alumni 76
Neivs of the Alumni 77
Editor and Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Managing Editor Roger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager Thomas D. Doneqan
Layout Editor Ruth Mary Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post
Office at Durham, N. C, Under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
JZ&tUu
Following is a letter from John W. Carr III, B.S.E.E. '43, son of
Dr. John W. Carr, Jr., '15, Duke professor of education. John is a
Massachusetts Institute of Technology student now working on his
Ph.D. dissertation in Paris under the Fulbright Act. John and his
wife, Esther, have recently become the parents of a son, Alan Keenan
Carr, born in Paris on February 3.
John W. Carr III, B.S.E.E.'43
44 Rue de Fleurus, Paris 6e, Prance
We are writing this on a brittle sunless day which is all too typical
of the winters here in Paris. The electric heater at our feet serves to
isolate us from the rest of our sprawling apartment, for it is only
down at the other end of the hall that a spunky coal stove tries to push
off the encroaching arctic that surrounds it. We consider ourselves
lucky, however, to have this place, even though it is only until March
15, since most of our compatriots are scattered throughout the city in
hotels or pensions, or else sharing apartments wdth others.
Outside the window runs the Rue de Fleurus. The morning crowd
of students rushing to the College Stanislas nearby has quieted. The
scissors grinder across the street has stopped shouting his trade mo-
mentarily. A block away lies legended Montparnasse, changed from
the days of the twenties to what is now a staid commercialized com-
munity; the literary life of Paris has moved up the Rue de Rennes
away from us to St. Germain de Pres. Off to the east of us and very
near are the Jardins du Luxembourg which have dropped their summer
gaiety for a more sombre winter hue. Across the gardens is the Sor-
bonne, unlike any university in America, but approached more nearly
by the big city schools like New York and Boston Universities in its
location, lack of dormitories and campus-less atmosphere. At one
end of the Quartier Latin, towards the south, stand the graduate
science buildings, the Institut de Radium, the Institut de Physique et
Chimie, and the Institut Henri Poincare. John attends classes at the
latter institute where the list of his professors includes such names
as : Darmois, Paul Levy, Frechet, Leray, DeBroglie, Mandelbrojt, and
several Americans who are here for the year. Just around the corner
from us is the Alliance Francaise where Esther studies French two
hours each day with people of all nationalities who are anxious to
improve their knowledge of the language.
(Continued on Page 73)
THIS MONTH'S COVER
Midway between winter's snow and final exams, a few stu-
dents find youth too close behind to l-esist the urge to launch
a kite into the fresh winds of March. On the cover this month,
three serious-minded upperclassmen are seen studying aerody-
namics (or perhaps meteorology).
JET ENGINES— In 1941,
the Air Force asked Gen-
eral Electric to build the
first U.S. jet engine. To-
day, G-E engines power
such fast planes as the
F-86 Sabre, holder of
world's speed record.
College graduates at General Electric are working on
some of the nation's most vital projects
The rocket that rises a hundred miles above White
Sands, N. M., contains a wonderfully compact device
that reads 28 instruments every one-thirty-fifth of a
second and transmits its reports to receivers on the
ground. It was developed by G-E engineers . . .
Development of special communications systems for
civil defense has been undertaken by G-E electronics
engineers . . ,
The newest class of Navy heavy cruisers helping to
guard our defense line gain their power from 30,000-
horsepower propulsion turbines built by General
Electric . . .
It is estimated that during 1951 more than 30 per
cent of General Electric's production will comprise
projects like these . . . the design and construction of
equipment to help fill America's military needs.
The hundreds of General Electric engineers, physi-
cists, chemists, and other specialists sharing in these
projects work with the assurance that their contribu-
tions are meaningful and important. Their talents and
skills, further developed through G-E training courses
and broadened through rotational job programs, are
standing the nation in good stead.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
Volume XXXVII
March, 1951
Number 3
Just Ramblin
In the Charlotte Observer on January 29 the follow-
ing excerpt appeared:
"Unselfish Philanthropy"
"General Mecklenburg,
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte, N. C.
Dear General :
"I think that the judges made a very fine selec-
tion in naming Mr. David Ovens Man of the Year
for the year just ended. There is something sort
of stimulating about philanthropy that is consum-
mated during the philanthropist's lifetime. It is
kind of like serving over and beyond the call of
duty, and is distinctly a form of unselfishness. The
fact that a good part of Mr. Ovens' benevolence
went to further the means of an institution (Duke
University) already a bit top-heavy with means
does not in the least detract from that unselfish-
ness. Every man to his own unselfishness, I always
say. ' '
We appreciate the fact that the rest of the article
continued in a very complimentary vein in regard to Mr.
Ovens' philanthropy which included a generous gift to
Duke University. All members of the Duke family are
deeply grateful to Mr. Ovens for his thoughtful gift
which has been expressed in this publication at an earlier
date. There does, however, appear in the article a note
of warning to alumni and friends. It is so subtle that it
is almost lost.
The italicized portion of the item has a special in-
terest to each alumnus and friend of the institution.
Although every effort has been made to call to the atten-
tion of the members of the family and the public at
large the needs of the institution, it seems that in some
cpiarters this information has fallen on deaf ears. There-
fore, may we once again ask that each alumnus, if he is
not already familiar with it, acquaint himself with the
facts about Duke and tell the story wherever he goes.
Such a dissemination of information on the part of the
alumni and friends, we believe, will help Duke University
materially to secure additional support, and. in so doing,
enable it to make an even greater contribution, not only
to the State of North Carolina, but to the Nation and to
the World.
The appointment of Dr. James Cannon III. as Dean
of the Duke Divinity School has been received with en-
thusiasm by alumni and friends. It is always a source of
genuine satisfaction when an appointment to a position
of prominence and responsibility in the University
administration is enthusiastically received.
It is, however, especially gratifying when this person
is an alumnus and has been a member of the faculty for
many years ; for it means that an able teacher, sound
scholar and a loyal and interested alumnus is bringing to
a job a background of experience enriched by close asso-
ciation with the work of the institution that has made it
outstanding.
We are sure Dr. Cannon can count on the fullest co-
operation from his fellow alumni in making his years as
Dean of the Divinity School an outstanding contribution
to the Church and in the field of education.
The following excerpt is taken from a newsletter
which is published by the Executive Board of the West-
ern New York Alumni of Duke University:
"What Is the Executive Board?"
"Since the present group of officers were
elected to office at the October meeting, the prexy,
Marvin Rapp has been calling monthly meetings
to see what the collective minds could offer.
"The Executive group was inaugurated during
Johnny Cree's regime and is now functioning on
all wheels.
' ' Members of this group include not only all the
officers but the chairmen of the important com-
mittees too. May we add that their advice has been
especially helpful in formulating plans for our
activities.
"This Alumni organization is for our parents
and adopted members as we have said many times
before, so this year our innovation has been to have
them serve on our committees. They are a terrific
asset to our group and we appreciate their help.
"We hope the Executive Committee will be-
come an integral part of our set-up. It is a won-
derful way to get a cross-section of ideas from our
members. ' '
The above seemed to us to be worthy of printing as
we are constantly getting letters from officers of local
groups asking about programs. Perhaps some of the offi-
cers who are seeking suggestions would like additional
information about the program of the Buffalo Associa-
tion. If so, we suggest they write the president, Marvin
Rapp. at 60 Philadelphia Street. Buffalo. N. Y., or send
an inquiry to the Alumni Office and we will see that he
gets it.
This is a reminder that Alumnae Week End will be
the 6th. 7th, and 8th of April. The committees have made
interesting plans. All they need to execute them properly
is your presence and participation. You know, of course,
that there is to be quite an innovation this year. The
returning alumnae are to get a real sample of student
life as it is on the campus today. Let "hubby" baby sit
and join the rest of the alumnae when they return for
the week end.
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I he university
Dr. James Cannon Becomes Divinity Dean
Thirty-two years of distinguished serv-
ice to the University were climaxed on the
s!xth of this month when President Hollis
Edens announced that Dr. James Cannon
III, Ivey Professor of History of Religion
and Missions, had been named Dean of
the Divinity School.
Dr. Cannon has been serving as acting
lean since the resignation of former Dean
Harold A. Bosley last June. An able ad-
ministrator, he is a popular choice for
the post.
A member of the Duke faculty since
1919, he is the only actively teaching
member of the original faculty of the
Divinity School, organized as such in
1926.
Said President Edens in announcing
the appointment : "Under his leadership,
we anticipate the same solid growth and
development for the Divinity School which
has characterized its history for the past
quarter century."
Dr. Cannon received the A.B. degree
from Trinity College in 1914 and the
A.M. degree from Princeton in 1917. Two
other Princeton degrees, the Th.B. and
T h.M. degrees, were awarded Dr. Cannon
in 1925. He received the D.D. degree
from Birmingham-Southern in 193S, and
also studied at Garrett Biblical Institute,
Evanston, 111., and New College, Edin-
burgh, Scotland.
Dr. Cannon, son of the late Bishop
James Cannon, was ordained a minister
of the Methodist Church in 1917. He is
a member of the Virginia Conference.
The new Duke dean is the author of two
books, History of Southern Methodist
Missions, and A Guid.e to the Study of
the English Bible, written with H. E.
Spence. He has also contributed numer-
ous articles to religious and lay journals.
At one time he was editor of the "Rich-
mond Virginian" and business manager of
the Richmond "Christian Advocate," and
is now advisory and corresponding editor
of "The Muslim World."
During World War I, Dr. Cannon was
an Army Y.M.C.A. worker in France
and Italy. Later he became senior chap-
lain with the rank of lieutenant with the
First Division A.E.F., and he was deco-
rated by France with the Croix de Guerre.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he has
for many years been secretary of the
Duke Chapter. He is also secretary of
Dr. James Cannon III
"he learned society, Fellowship of Pro-
fessors of Missions.
Dean Cannon succeeds some distin-
guished theologians in the Duke Divinity
ieanship. The first dean, Edmund Soper,
later became president of Ohio Wesleyan
University and is now doing mission work
in India. Dr. Elbert Russell, though in
",emi-retirement, is affiliated with the Col-
lege of Gulf States, Mobile, Ala. Dr.
Paul N. Garber is Bishop of the Richmond
Area of the Methodist Church, and Dr.
Harvie Branseomb is chancellor of Van-
derbilt University. The late Dr. Paul
Root died before taking office in 1947. Dr.
Gilbert Rowe was acting dean 1946-47;
and Dr. Harold A. Bosley, the previous
Divinity Dean, resigned in January, 1950,
to become pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Evanston, 111.
The Duke Divinity School is one of ten
approved seminaries of the Methodist
Church in America. It is a member of
the select Association of Theological
Schools. This year the enrollment is
nearly 200, the highest on record.
Dr. and Mrs. Cannon, the former Mar-
garet Wagner Faw reside at S03 Second
St., Durham. Thev have one son, Walter.
Alumnae Week End
Innovations Feature Alumnae Week End
Speakers who are members of the Duke
faculty will be featured at the Eighth
Annual Alumnae Week End on April 6,
7, and 8. Dr. Weston LaBarre, associate
professor of anthropology, will lecture
on a subject which will be of great in-
terest to all alumnae attending the Week
End. He will discuss "The Family, Its
Functions and Its Future," at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, April 6, in Room 201, East Duke
Building.
Dr. Marianna Jenkins, associate dean
of undergraduate instruction and assist-
ant professor of art will speak on the
controversial subject "Are Modern 'Isms'
Modern?" Dr. Jenkins will speak in As-
bury Building from 10:30-11:30 Satur-
day morning, April 7.
At the regular Sunday service for wor-
ship in the University Chapel at 11 :00
a.m., April 8, Dr. Ray Petry, professor
of Church History, will deliver the ser-
mon, which will be designed with return-
ing alumnae in mind.
In addition to hearing prominent Duke
faculty members, alumnae will be able
to return to the true college spirit for
this Alumnae Week End, for it is being
held while school is in session instead of
during Spring Vacation as in previous
years.
The program, which appeared in the
February Register, was planned with
suggestions from alumnae in mind, and
includes a variety of interesting activi-
ties, including a student panel, lectures
by outstanding faculty members, pro-
grams and exhibits featuring music and
art, and plenty of time for coffee hours
and for visiting the campus.
The Friday evening coffee, to be held
in East Duke Building at 9 :00 o'clock
is being sponsored by daughters of alum-
nae, who will be on campus at the same
time as their mothers due to the change
in time of the Week End this year. The
Saturday coffee hour, at 9 :30 p.m. in
the Woman's College Union, is to be
sponsored by Phi Kappa Delta.
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students
Life on Board the Duke
University
Ensigns for Uncle Sam
Duke's NROTC Unit Plays Important Role
One voice ordered "Port ten. Tivo-one-
revolutions:" Another echoed the "Port
ten" and a third repeated the "Tivo-one-
revolutions."
"Steady. Midships," ordered the first
voice again. Then the command voice lost
that sang-froid which seems to be so
necessary on the Captain's bridge of a
ship at sea, as it said "Time's up. Let's
go ashore. I've got a date at Southgate
in half an hour."
If this conversation didn't actually take
place, it very well could have happened
at Duke University. "Going ashore"
would consist of walking upstairs and
out of the Indoor Stadium, a portion
of which has been set aside for the use
of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
Corps unit. The young Midshipmen who
made the above statements would have
been working out on the "attack teacher
unit," a set of instruments which simu-
lates actual shipboard conditions and is
used to give future naval officers training
in ship control and anti-submarine war-
fare.
The Navy has been at Duke since 1940,
when a Naval ROTC unit was established
here as a part of the pre-World YVar II
military preparations program. When
war finally did engulf the United States,
the program had to be expanded tre-
mendously, so Duke's small NROTC unit
was absorbed by the mammoth V-12 pro-
gram in 1942.
Under the leadership of Captain C. P.
McFeeters, Duke's naval training units
turned out approximately 3,500 naval
officers between 1942 and 1.945. TVith the
end of the war, the V-12 program was
terminated, but the NROTC unit was en-
larged and retained.
The Holloway Plan
Before 1946, students entered NROTC
training on a contract basis. They agreed
to take the required number of courses in
Naval Science, to devote one summer to
a training cruise, and to accept upon
graduation a commission in the Naval or
Marine Corps Reserve. The Navy, in
turn, agreed to supply the students with
uniforms, Naval Science textbooks and
equipment, and to pay them a subsistence
Captain Ealpli Earle, XKOTC com-
mandant, talks with freshmen appli-
cants at entrance to XROTC build-
ing
allowance (currently 90 cents a day)
during the last two years of their
training.
But such a small number of these new
officers exercised their prerogative of go-
ing on active duty, applying for a regu-
lar Navy commission, and becoming
career officers, that the Navy adopted the
Holloway Plan (Public Law 729) in
1946. About half of the Naval Cadets
Textbook knowledge is given a chance for practical appli-
cation on summer cruises. Here students are given a
taste of salt spray necessary to the making of an ensign.
Above is a recent Duke group at sea.
Naval Science and Tactics are taught by experienced
officers of the regular navy in Duke classrooms. XROTC
classes are a part of every midshipman's academic course,
as he prepares for service with fighting forces.
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now at Duke are under the new plan,
which provides college scholarships for
young men who can meet certain rigorous
physical and mental requirements.
First they must show their mental pro-
ficiency by making a certain qualifying
score on the Navy College Aptitude Test.
Then they report for a physical examina-
tion which requires near-perfection for
passing. Finally, those who are still in
the running are interviewed and carefully
screened for personality, attitude, etc.,
and are scored on these points. The top
scorers for all tests are selected for the
scholarships and sent to an NROTC
college.
The Navy scholarships pay all college
costs such as fees, tuition, and textbooks.
The winners of the scholarships are ap-
pointed Midshipmen in the Navy, are
furnished uniforms, and receive retainer
pay at the rate of $50 per month, or more
at certain colleges where personal ex-
penses are higher. It is estimated that
the value of a Navy scholarship at Duke
is $1200 per year.
Upon graduation, the Midshipmen re-
ceive commissions as second lieutenants
in the Marine Corps or ensigns in the
Navy, and go on active duty for from 15
to 24 months. They then have a choice
of becoming career officers, or of giving
up their regular commissions and becom-
ing Reserve officers.
Training for the Midshipmen is the
same as that of the contract students, ex-
cept that the Midshipmen take two sum-
mer cruises instead of one.
This year's graduating class at Duke
contains the first group to finish under
the Holloway Plan. All 50 students in
the class go on active duty immediately
after graduation, 44 to the Navy and six
to the Marine corps.
Though they are trained on dry land,
except for the summer cruises, the Naval
Cadets have the benefit of most of the
equipment they would be using were they
aboard ship. Their armory contains all
the small arms currently used by Navy
personnel, cut-away torpedoes, radios, and
ship control and gun-aiming devices.
Several large guns, turret-mounted just
as they would be aboard ship, give the
front of the Indoor Stadium a very war-
like appearance.
Experienced Officers Teach
And most important of all, the men
who train the Cadets have had consid-
erable practical experience in their re-
spective fields. Lt. Robert B. Gustafson,
USN, the submarine officer, has served
as Gunnery officer on the U.S.S. Nauti-
Midshipmen on parade give Freshman Field a brisk, military appearance.
Fledgling ensigns learn to handle rifles like infantrymen and step smartly
before admiring classmates.
lus, Engineering Officer of the IT. S. S.
Sirago, and Communications and Navi-
gation Officer on the U. S. S. Sennete.
The head of the Duke Naval unit is
Captain Ralph Earle, USN. He was com-
manding a destroyer at the time of the
Pearl Harbor attack, and soon thereafter
sailed out to harrass Japanese shipping
around Marshall, Wake, and Marcus Is-
lands. Later he commanded a destroyer
squadron, and was on the staff of the
Pacific Fleet Destroyer Commander. Be-
fore coming to Duke, he was Captain of
the cruiser Topeka.
Commander Clyde Yan Arsdall, USN,
second-in-command of the staff, has
served on the Atlantic Amphibious Force
Staff, and during the war commanded the
Destroyers U. S. S. Perry and U. S. S.
Anthony.
Lt. Robert P. Brewer, USN, the staff
aviator, has flown with a fighter-bomber
squadron on the U. S. S. Bunker Hill and
with a fighter squadron on the U. S. S.
Midway.
Captain James C. Fetters, USMC, was
with the Third Marine Division at Oki-
nawa and Iwo Jima, and after the war
was in the Mediterranean area with the
Sixth Fleet.
These men teach the three hours per
week of Naval Science classes which each
Naval Cadet is required to attend, and
supervise the additional three hours each
week of drill or practical work. They
give instruction in a variety of subjects,
such as navigation, ship control and sta-
bility, amphibious warfare, and the mili-
tary history and policy of the United
States.
Normal Student Life
Student life for the Naval Cadets is
much the same as that of the ordinary
students at Duke. During their four -year
period of study, they must complete a
total of 24 semester hours work in Naval
Science, which, for one semester, is about
the equivalent of a theory course with a
laboratory period in any other depart-
ment. Except for these periods, their
time is their own, to carry on their other
studies for a bachelor's degree. They are
not even required to wear their uniforms
except to class and drill. They are sub-
ject to very few disciplinary regulations,
except, of course, that as future officers
they are expected to conduct themselves
as gentlemen at all times.
The sight of men in uniform covering
the Duke campus is a constant reminder
that the future is uncertain, that these
young men, trained at Duke, may very
soon have a very important and very di-
rect influence upon world affairs. It is
reassuring to see the air of seriousness
with which they go about their drills and
studies, conscientiously readying them-
selves for the responsibility civilization
is soon to place on their shoulders.
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Hoof 'n' Horn Show Draws
Varied Student Talents
Women and dirty politics in a turn-
of-the-eentury setting — that is the theme
of Hoof 'n' Horn's spring musical. Belles
and Ballots. The club's 11th annual orig-
inal show is scheduled for production in
Page Auditorium on the campus Thurs-
day and Friday nights, April 19 and 20,
at 8 :00 p.m.
Hoof V Horn is a campus musical
comedy club, made up entirely of stage-
struck undergraduates who each year
write, direct, produce and act in an orig-
inal musical production. Local enthusi-
asm has run so high in recent years that
encore performances were demanded of
two out of the last four shows.
Written by Ed Newman, from Irving-
ton, N. J., Belles and Ballots traces, in
song and dance, the campaign of the first
woman candidate for mayor in a small
mid-Western town in 1899. Eighteen
songs, ranging from tender ballads
through barbershop quartets to raucous
campaign marches, were written espe-
cially for the club production. Comedy,
songs, and original dance routines are
all combined in the unique election cam-
paign.
Lyrics for the songs were written by
Bill King, Memphis, Tenn. ; Paul Keye,
Beverly Hills, Calif.; and Tom Love,
Durham. Music was composed by Bud
Fowler, Bronxville, N. Y., Tom Love, and
Bill King.
Ed Nayor, Bayonne, N. J., will direct
the two-act period comedy. Supervising
and directing the designing and construc-
tion of new sets is technical director Mel
Lord, West Caldwell, N". J. The student-
built sets will include a small-town public
square, the front porch of the woman
campaigner, a picnic site in a park, and
the smoke-filled back room of a saloon.
Starring in the lead role of a woman
candidate for mayor is Jackie Hanna,
Norfolk. Va. Al Raywid, Washington,
D. C, will oppose her assertion of wom-
en's rights as the small-town political
boss whose power is threatened. Denny
Marks, New York City, in his role as a
Russian butcher, will play both ends
against the middle while trying to keep
the women's business.
Gay McLawhorn, Winterville, N. C,
and Bill Dean, Live Oak, Fla., will supply
romantic interest when they are not quar-
reling over just what a woman's status is.
Barbara George, High Point, N. C, will
play a pig-tailed brat just Mcked out of
another finishing school, who tries to
throw the election to suit her. Her un-
' ' Oh, no ! " groans mayorality candidate Jackie Hanna as political boss
Al Raywid rips one of her campaign posters in half. The scene is from
Hoof 'n' Horn's turn-of-the-century musical, Belles and Ballots, playing
April 19 and 20 on the Duke campus.
willing lover and accomplice will be Max
Cooke, Sarasota, Fla.
The only show in recent years to have
a men's dancing chorus, Belles and Bal-
lots will feature eight dancing couples
in four production numbers. A mixed
singing group of 20 will back up the
comic plot in five chorus numbers, and
a barbershop quartet and a ballet group
will round out the large cast. A student
orchestra will play for the production.
Ann Carol Hogue will direct the sing-
ing choruses and arrange the chorus num-
bers. Suzie Doherty is choreographer,
and Don Hermance is orchestral director.
Ken Taylor, Statesville, N. C, is Hoof
'n' Horn president this year. Clif Cooke,
Danvers, Mass., is business manager.
Robert B. Fearing, '30, student activities
director, is adviser to the group.
As proof of the merit of the music,
Broadcast Music, Inc., New York pub-
lishers, will print a selection of songs
from this year's show in a souvenir folio
including pictures of the cast. BMI pub-
lished similar booklets for the past Hoof
'n' Horn shows Lovintime and Flap 'er
Sails.
Tickets for the production are $1.25
each and all seats are reserved. Tickets
are now on sale and may be secured by
writing Hoof V Horn, Box 5224, Duke
Station, Durham, N. C. Mail orders
should include check or money order, a
self-addressed stamped envelope, and
designation of performance desired. Res-
ervations may be made by calling Number
112, in Durham, Extention 484.
Joe College Days Return
A Joe College Days Week End,
planned for April 19-21, will revive a
pre-war tradition of springtime festivi-
ties on the Duke Campus. A Shoe 'n'
Slipper dance featuring Les Brown, '36,
and his "Band of Renown" and the Hoof
'n' Horn musical, Belles and Ballots,
will highlight the week end.
In addition to the dance and musical,
a full program of entertainment is
planned. There will be a parade through
the business district of Durham on Fri-
day, featuring the Joe College theme.
After the parade, East Campus will hold
open houses, and there will be field day
events on the lawn of the main quad-
rangle. Coeds will decorate houses on
East to carry out the theme, and prizes
will be awarded for the best display.
At 5 :00 there will be an exchange supper
for East and West Campus students in
the Woman's College Union.
Following the second performance of
Belles and Ballots Friday evening, stu-
dents dressed in costumes satirizing col-
lege togs will attend an informal dance
with music provided by Les Brown.
On Saturday, at the end of the fourth
period, there will be a fried chicken, box
lunch picnic served by the Union on the
lawn of the main quadrangle of West
campus.
Shoe 'n' Slipper is inviting all stu-
dents to an outdoor concert by Les
Brown from 1 to 3 :30 Saturday after-
noon in the dormitory quadrangle on
West. Beginning at 2 :30 will be a base-
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ball game between Duke and Carolina,
a track meet with North Carolina State,
a lacrosse game with Washington Col-
lege of Frederick, Md., and a new attrac-
tion for sports fans in Durham, a polo
game.
At 8 o'clock Saturday night, students
will don tuxedos and evening gowns for
the Shoe V Slipper formal dance.
Religious Emphasis Week
Draws Student Interests
The past month has been a busy one
for the Divinity School and for all stu-
dents and faculty interested in Christian
living. Religious Emphasis Week, Mis-
sionary Emphasis Week, and a Christian
Career Clinic were held on the Duke
Campus during the month of February.
The Methodist Student Fellowship
sponsored a campus career clinic on
Christian vocation February 4-6. Several
outstanding speakers came to the cam-
pus to present the needs and opportuni-
ties for service in various fields of Chris-
tian endeavor, emphasizing both church
vocations and Christian service for lay-
men. The aim of the clinic was to lead
students toward preparation for and
commitments to Christian service while
in college.
Five prominent religious leaders ad-
dressed Divinity School students and fac-
ulty at the annual Missionary Emphasis
Week February 6-9, which is designed to
stimulate student-faculty interest in mis-
sion work and to recruit new mission-
aries. There are about 25 Duke alumni
now serving as missionaries of the Meth-
odist Church.
This year's program was under the
direction of Dr. James Cannon III, dean
of the Divinity School, and Donal
Squires, chairman of the Missions Com-
mittee, Divinity School Student Assembly.
Featured speakers were Dr. Eugene' L.
Smith, executive secretary of the Divi-
sion of Foreign Missions of the Board
of Missions and Church Extension of the
Methodist Church, New York City; Dr.
Karl Quimby, educational secretary of
the Board; Dr. J. A. Engle, executive
secretary of the Board's Division of Edu-
cation and Cultivation; the Reverend M.
0. Williams, secretary of the Board's
Department of Missionary Personnel ;
and the Reverend Archer R. Turner,
B.D., '45, former Methodist missionary
to Korea. The Missionary Emphasis
Week ended with a service of thanksgiv-
ing and intercession for Duke mission-
aries in service led by Professor James
T. Cleland, preacher to the University.
Students and faculty alike joined in
the activities of the annual Religious
Emphasis Week, held February 18 to 21.
The theme of the week this year was "Is
Life a Gamble, Chance or Certainty?"
Bishop Gerald Kennedy, of Portland,
Ore., and the Reverend Robert H. Ham-
ill of Burlington, Iowa, were leaders of
the four-day program. North Carolina
ministers participating in Religious Em-
phasis Week included Bishop Vincent
Waters of Raleigh, and Father John
Weidinger and Rabbi Samuel Perlman
of Chapel Hill. Patt McAllister and Jack
Blackburn were student co-chairmen of
the Steering Committee for the Week.
President Edens presided at the initial
service, which was held in the University
Chapel. Delivering the sermon on "Gam-
blers At the Cross" was Bishop Kennedy.
Mr. Hamill, speaking on "The Dead Gods
and the Living God," was featured at an
interdenominational meeting that evening.
Following the usual Sunday Night Sing,
a question period was held, with Bishop
Kennedy answering the questions.
Monday's activities featured a panel by
Duke faculty members on "The Remedy
for Draftitis — Conflicting Attitudes in
a Time of Crisis" ; a panel discussion
on "Conflicting Philosophies" by Dr.
Theodore Ropp, associate professor of
history; Dr. Leslie B. Hohman, professor
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Extra-CurrieuJar Courses
Extra-curricular courses in the fields of
nutrition, recreation leadership, and
French, which are intended to prepare
coeds for service to the community in
the event of a national emergency, are
now being made available to students in
the Woman's College of Duke University.
These courses do not receive academic
credit. They are comparable to the
nurses' aid program, and no fees are
charged. All the classes are necessarily
limited in number of attendance, and in-
terested students are making their appli-
cations through house counsellors.
The nutrition course of 12 lessons con-
"erns community feeding. It is to be con-
ducted by Miss Isabelle Howe, dietician,
and Miss Mary McCormic, visiting in-
structor in physical education, each
Tuesday and Thursday evening. The
group will cover such subjects as balanc-
ing a menu, economics of foods and food
preparation. The class will work in
units planning a series of meals to be
fed to large groups, and the course will
culminate in a practical application of
feeding the entire campus, possibly on
Kite Da\ r in April.
Mrs. Martha G. Swasey, assistant pro-
fessor of physical education, will conduct
the course in recreation leadership which
will be taught every Thursday evening.
This course will cover such topics as lead-
ing games, singing, dramatics, teaching
square dancing and ballroom dancing, and
crafts.
The French project under the leader-
ship of Jean-Jacques Demorest, assistant
professor of Romance Languages, is de-
signed for those who wish additional op-
portunities in French for use in travel,
foreign study, teaching, or as a back-
ground for study toward filling such posi-
tions as interpreter, translator, or secre-
tary in government or overseas service.
Only those who have completed or are eur-
rentlv taking French 52 are eligible.
Calendar of Spring Events
March 24-April 2 — Spring Vacation.
April 6-8 — Alumnae Week End.
April 7— Kite Day. 2 :00-8 :00 p.m. Be-
tween Union and Library, East Campus.
April 12 — Civic Choral Society and Duke
Symphony Orchestra. S :15 p.m.,
Woman's College Auditorium.
April 15 — Lawn Concert by the Duke
Concert Band.
April 17 — Madrigal Concert. 8:15 p.m.,
Asbury.
April 19-20— Hoof V Horn Production,
Belles and Ballots. 8 :15 p.m., Page.
April 23 — Piano Recital. 8 :15 p.m., As-
bury.
April 26-28 — Nereidian Pageant. Wom-
an's College Gymnasium.
April 27 — Recital of students of Mr.
Withers.
April 28-29— Mother Daughter Week
End.
May 3 — Duke Symphony Orchestra, Mr.
Withers, soloist. Woman's College Au-
ditorium.
May 13 — Lawn Concert by the Duke Con-
cert Band.
May 15 — North Carolina Symphony Or-
chestra. 2 :30 and S :30 p.m., Woman's
College Auditorium.
May 21-31 — Final exams.
June 2 — Senior Class Day. Meeting of
the Board of Trustees.
June 3 — Baccalaureate Sermon. 11 :00
a.m., University Chapel.
June 4 — Graduation Exercises.
June 5-8 — Divinity School Convocation.
June 12 — First term of the Duke Summer
Session begins.
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Local Association Meetings
New York
A turkey dinner and a few words of
greeting from Dr. Paul M. Gross, vice-
president in the Educational Division and
dean of the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences, were featured at the annual ban-
quet of the New York Alumni Associa-
tion on February 16.
The banquet and dance was held in the
Wedgwood Room and Ballroom of the
Beekman Tower Hotel. The Executive
Committee went all out to give the alumni
a social event, they will long remember.
Uninterrupted dancing was a highlight
of the event, and the business meeting-
was limited to thirty minutes. Dress was
informal and all enjoyed an evening of
fun and relaxation, getting together with
old friends, meeting fellow alumni, and
hearing about Duke doings.
Union- Anson County
A large group of alumni in Union and
Anson counties met on February 19 at
the Methodist Church in Monroe, N. C,
for the Association's annual dinner meet-
ing. S. Glenn Hawfleld, '15, presided
over the meeting and was in charge of
the arrangements.
Dr. Charles E. Jordan, '23, Vice-Presi-
dent in the Division of Public Belations
and Secretary of the University repre-
sented Duke and spoke on the University's
heritage, its history and its present needs.
Thomas D. Donegan of the Alumni
Office staff accompanied Dr. Jordan to
the meeting and showed the gathering
movies of the 1950 Duke-Pittsburgh game.
Catawba County
The annual dinner meeting of alumni in
Catawba County was held on February
21 at the Lake Hickory Country Club.
Sixty-six members and their guests at-
tended with Clinton T. Andrews, '26, vice-
president of the chapter presiding in the
absence of R. E. "Buddy" Luper, '47.
Principal speakers for the occasion were
Charles A. Dukes, '29, director of Alumni
Affairs, and Dan W. Hill, '39. assistant
to Director of Athletics. Mr. Dukes ad-
dressed the group on the University's
past, present and future and Mr. Hill
discussed Duke sports, showing a film of
the 1950 Duke-North Carolina football
game.
Attorney G. Andrew Warlick, '13, of
Newton, former state senator from this
district, was elected president of the
Catawba alumni group for the coming
year. Other officers named were Dr. A.
L. Ormond, '24, of Hickory, vice-presi-
dent; Dorothy Long Isenhower (Mrs.
Sam), '40, of Newton, and Mary Aber-
nathy Rader (Mrs. William), '41, secre-
tary -treasurer ; and Mary Henderson
Willis (Mrs. Enimett), '36, of Hickory,
and Evelyn Bolick Wanzer (Mrs. C. R.),
'40, of Conover, representatives of the
Alumni Council.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Philadelphia, Pa., Duke Alumni
Association has had a busy winter. Their
largest social venture of the season was
their first annual dance held at Plymouth
Country Club, Norristown, Pa., on Feb-
ruary 16. Approximately 70 Duke
alumni and their friends attended the
gala affair. The orchestra provided a
fine variety of music to suit everyone's
taste. Highlights of the occasion included
a jitterbug contest, elimination dances,
and spot dances. A midnight snack pro-
vided a perfect climax for the evening.
The 1951 officers for the Duke Uni-
versity Alumni Association of Philadel-
phia and vicinity are : Frederick Mann,
Jr., B.S.M.E. '45, president; Dewey Rob-
bins, '25, vice-president ; Margaretta
Aeugle, '44, secretary; Gordon Gerber,
'43, treasurer; and Nancy Hunter, '46,
corresponding secretary.
Sunday School Teaching
Results Are Questioned
Hampton M. Jarrell, Ph.D. '32, is the
author of an article published in the De-
cember, 1950, Atlantic entitled "Sunday
Schools Don't Teach." As a professor
of English at Winthrop College in South
Carolina since 1932 he had learned that
a huge majority of his students were
almost completely lacking in knowledge
of Biblical history and personalities, and
upon further investigation he found that
many were vague and confused about
their religious and ethical beliefs. He
was more puzzled, he said, to learn that
many of these students had attended
Sunday School regularly, some for as
long as 15 years.
Seeking the cause for this deficiency.
Dr. Jarrell read all the Sunday School
literature then in use in the young
peoples' departments of his home Meth-
odist church, and found, not studies on
the basic Christian principles, nor a sys-
tematic revelation of a religious heritage,
but lessons in sociology, political science,
economics, and international relations,
expounded with an assurance of divine
authority which makes easy the solution
of the most complex social problems.
The Christian Church has, at various
times in history, weakened its hold on
men's minds by trying to make dogmatic
theology a substitute for the natural sci-
ences, says Dr. Jarrell, and now many
churches are making the same mistake
with the social sciences.
Far too often theology offers a seduc-
tive shortcut to social wisdom that makes
the way of knowledge look narrow,
rough, and a long way around, with the
added implication that those who refuse
to take this short-cut are damned.
If the Sunday Schools are to do their
job, he concludes, they must return to
the long-abandoned policy of educating
children in fundamental Christian prin-
ciples.
Promoted to Colonel
Henry H. Rogers, A.M. '29, has been
promoted to the rank of colonel at
United States Army European Command
headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany.
He is chief of the scientific and technical
section of the Intelligence division at
Command headquarters.
Colonel Rogers entered the Army in
September, 1941. During World War II
he served in the Pacific Theater of Opera-
tions as commanding officer of an infan-
try battalion of the 98th division. He
returned to the United States in March,
1946, and became an instructor at the
Command and General Staff College,
Fort Leavenworth, Kans. He arrived in
the European Command in August, 1949.
With the colonel in Heidelberg are his
wife, Susan, their two children, David,
15, and Cornelia, 13, and Mrs. Rogers'
mother, Mrs. Susan A. Porterfield.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
Career of the Rev. Hinohara
Leaves Imprint on Japanese
In September of 1948 an interesting-
letter reached the Alumni Office. It came
from Japan, and contained an epic apolo-
gy from a graduate of Trinity College for
"not having done my duty as one of
Duke's sons."
The author, Zensuke Hinohara, '03,
A.M. '04, then 71 years of age, went on to
explain that he had been rather busy
since his graduation and had not been able
to do anything about his obligations to
his alma mater, but, he said, "Ever since
I left Trinity 43 years ago I have never
failed to be deeply conscious that I am its
own old boy and owe to it so much for
what I am today."
Mr. Hinohara had, indeed, been rather
busy, nor has his pace slackened during
the past two and one-half difficult years.
He had been actively preaching during
the whole intervening time since his grad-
uation and had raised funds for the con-
struction of three large churches (and in
Japan this is no easy task). He had
been a college president for 12 years, and
for three years was the executive secre-
tary of the United Church of Christ in
Japan, a council made up of representa-
tives of all the Christian churches there.
At the time of the letter, he was serving
as president of the Ministers' Association
of the Tokyo district, which has over 300
churches.
He had returned to America but twice
since his graduation from Duke — once for
some further study at Union Theological
Seminary in New York, in 1911, and again
to rest and regain the health he had lost
in working too hard for the construction
of the Kobe Central Methodist Church in
1925. That year he returned to Duke for
a visit, and led the prayer at Commence-
ment.
War Brings Silence
When Mr. Hinohara first came to Duke
in 1901, he formed fast friendships with
the late Edward O. Egerton, '03, and
Frank X. Egerton, '09, A.M. '11, now on
the Duke faculty. He went home with
them during holidays, where he met and
captivated the other members of the Eger-
ton family. After his return to Japan
he wrote to them often, and visited them
during subsequent stays in America.
Later, however, his duties increased and
took such a hold on him that his letters
became less frequent and finally stopped
altogether. Friends in America thereafter
had no news of him for many years, ex-
cept for a story in a Methodist Missionary
magazine which told of his service as
president of the Methodist College for
Girls at Hiroshima, and messages from
occasional visitors to Japan who found
him hard at work.
The war closed the curtain of communi-
cation completely. And in 1945, when
the news came that almost 900 girls at the
Hiroshima Girls' College were casualties
in the atom bomb explosion, the Egertons
thought that they would hear no more of
their friend.
But in 1947 the same missionary maga-
zine again brought news to his friends
through a picture and information that he
was then pastor of a church in Tokyo.
He had reached the age of 65 in 1942,
"id so had been retired as president of
the college before the bombing. Unwilling
to stop preaching, however, he had taken
a pastorate in a small chapel in Tokyo,
had built up the congregation so much
fiat the old meeting place was outgrown,
and so was supervising the financing and
construction of a new, larger church and
parsonage.
When Mrs. Blanche Egerton Baker, a
younger sister of the boys Zensuke had
known at Trinity, wrote to him, he an-
swered quickly and enthusiastically. In
the following months several letters were
exchanged, and Zensuke told all that had
befallen him since his student clays.
A Sudden Decision
When he first came to America he had
planned to prepare himself to teach Eng-
lish and English Literature in Japan. His
decision to go into the ministry came
about in this way : He was in church, and
had just heard the pastor make a request
for contributions to the missionary fund.
"When the offering was announced and
the plates were traveling from seat to
seat, I felt my very last silver coin, (a
quarter) in my pocket for my offering,
while others had so much more. I was
so ashamed of myself and said to myself,
'Is that all that you can give to the Lord
for the very service you have to render
for your own country while all others are
doing even more for your country and
for your unsaved people? Oh Lord, do
thou accept this my last coin with this
very myself.' "
Zensuke Hinohara pledged himself that
morning to become a preacher and pastor,
and he has been that from 1906 to the
present. -Even when appointed president
of a college, he accepted on condition that
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of her husband, are shown with most of their children and grandchildren
at a reunion last year in Japan. Not in the picture are one son and one
daughter and their families.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
[ Page 67 ]
he could serve as the college chaplain also.
During his stay at Hiroshima, Hinohara
secured official recognition for the college,
*nd obtained a new, larger, and more
pleasant site for it, on which it was re-
constructed after the war. He had a
continuous struggle against the "mili-
taristic pressure,'' for the college was
located between a great army and a great
naval base. In spite of repressing in-
fluences, Hinohara continued the daily
hapel services, and preached every Sun-
day in the college church.
Telling of his present work, he has
said : "After I finished my term of service
at Hiroshima eight years ago, I came up
to Tokyo with my wife and our youngest
daughter Tamy, and accepted the place
as pastor of Tamagawa-Heian (Peace)
church. Despite, the acute situation of
the war, my congregation kept on grow-
ing until the joint room proved inade-
quate. A year ago we completed both a
new church building and parsonage to
■>'ove in. My congregation is not well off
financially. But they have done more
than they could afford, being self-saerifie-
ingly responsible for the costly church lot
and church building, one of the very best
in the country."
Mr. Hinohara promised his congrega-
tion he would finance one wing of the
church and the whole parsonage himself,
if they could raise the funds for the lot
and the rest of the church. He also raised
the money for the church furniture.
Mrs. Baker, in one of her letters, asked
the minister what she could send him. He
told her that they needed most of all
suger, coffee, and baking powder, and
asked also for a typewriter ribbon, a bot-
tle of ink, shaving soap, and especially
some tooth powder, "which I so enjoy to
use when my heavily scheduled day's work
is over late at night just before my last
talk with my Abba Father in Heaven."
When the package came, it was some-
thing Americans regard as a simple neces-
sity for which Hinohara made his most
elaborate thanks — dental cream. It
pleased him, he said, so much that he
always spent a few minutes by his window
in grateful prayer after using it.
Now 74 years old, thK alumnus still
puts in more than a day's work each day.
He prepares daily devotionals and Bible
studies for distribution to the Methodist
churches in Japan, carries out his duties
as executive secretary of the United
Church of Christ in Japan and as pastor
of his church.
And also, he writes sadly, now again he
prays for peace each day.
New Mechanical
Is Made
Brain'
Donald Jacobs, A.M. '37, of Bethesda,
Md., who founded the Jacobs Instru-
ment Company about three years ago,
has developed a revolutionary new digit-
al computer, or "electrical brain," which,
though no bigger than an overnight bag,
solves complicated equations in mil-
lionths of a second.
The machine is the "Jaincomp A."
Weighing forty pounds, it is a miniature
variation of the giant electrical brains
which are used by great research lab-
oratories to solve the most complicated
mathematical problems.
Mr. Jacobs says that the machine
"offers for the first time to industry an
ultra-high-speed and exceedingly accurate
electronic brain for controlling opera-
tions of great complexity.'' Accuracies
of one part in a billion can be obtained,
and as for speed, the slowest unit of the
Jaincomp can add two sixteen-digit num-
bers in forty-eight millionths of a second.
Before founding his company, Jacobs
was with the Bureau of Standards, the
U. S. Naval Observatory, and the North
American Aviation Company. In addi-
tion to his degree from Duke, he holds
degrees from Rutgers University and the
University of Rochester.
.Aluinni Are Rotary
Governors
Two alumni of Duke University, Mark
F. Hawthorne, M.Ed. '40, of Anderson,
S. C, and Walter T. Nau, A.M. '42, Ph.D.
'49, of Hickory, X. C, are District Gov-
ernors of Rotary International, world-
wide service organization, for the present
year.
Their duties include coordinating the
activities of all the Clubs in their re-
spective Rotary Districts and visits to
each of the Clubs to offer advice and
assistance in Rotary service work and
administration.
Mr. Hawthorne, who is superintendent
of schools in Anderson, assists 48 Rotary
Clubs in his State. He is a past president
of two local Rotary Clubs, in Lancaster,
S. C, and Anderson, and is very active in
all the civic work of his town.
Dr. Nau has been professor of modern
languages at Lenoir-Rhyne College since
1945. He assists 35 Rotary Clubs in one
of the four Districts in North Carolina.
Born in Crishnagiri, India, Dr. Nau was
Washington Law Alumni
The Law School Alumni Associa-
tion of Washington, D. C, has ten-
tatively selected O'Donnell's Restau-
rant, 1209 E Street, N.W., Washing-
ton, as the regular place at which they
will hold monthly luncheon meetings
on the first Monday of each month at
12 :30 p.m. The Association will be
glad to have other Duke alumni join
them for luncheon when they are in
Washington.
a Lutheran minister for 15 years before
accepting his present position. He is also
a past president of the Hiekorv Rotarv
Club.
Alumna Will Re[ire as Dean
Leah Boddie, A.M. '25, is the first and
only dean of students at New Jersey Col-
lege for Women, Rutgers University. At
the end of this academic year, she plans
to retire.
Miss Boddie was appointed to the
young institution in 1926 when the en-
rollment was 697. This year, as she
rounds out a quarter of a century of de-
voted service, the enrollment has in-
creased to 1,325.
Under her guidance, a student life
counselling program has been built up
which has as its primary duty making
the general college experience a positive
contribution to mature living. Dean Bod-
die and her staff, an assistant to the dean
and seven directors of student life, have
worked closely with every department of
the College, including the teaching staff.
They have co-ordinated all phases of
counselling and directed this knowledge
toward the complete development of the
individual student.
A native of Durham, Dean Boddie re-
ceived her bachelor's degree from the
Woman's College of the University of
North Carolina and her master's degree
from Duke. Before accepting the posi-
tion at the New Jersey College for Wom-
en, she served as dean of women at the
Duke University Summer School, as a
history teacher in the Durham High
School, and as principal of a grammar
school in Durham.
Dean Boddie has been active in the
National Association of Deans of Wom-
en. She was co-founder and first presi-
dent of the New Jersey Association of
Deans of Women, now the New Jersey
Association of Deans and Counselors.
[ Page 68
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
Campaign Goes Over $6,000,000 Mark
Total Counts Gifts Offered if Matching Sums Are Given
Early this month the Duke University
Development Campaign climbed over the
$6,000,000 mark, three-fourths of the way
to the 1950-51 goal of $8,650,000 and half
way to the ultimate goal of $12,000,000.
The gift that brought the total up over
the mid-way hurdle, and turned the cur-
rent campaign into the home stretch of
its final quarter, was one of less than $100
from an alumnus recently graduated and
now residing some 2,000 miles from the
Duke campus. The note received with it
was typical of many received on other
days with other gifts : "This is a token
of what Duke has meant to me — and my
hope that it will mean as much to others
in years ahead."
The jubilation caused in campaign
headquarters by this significant milestone
brought this remark from University
Vice-President Charles E. Jordan: "This
s really illustrative of what smaller gifts
mean to the campaign. Yesterday we
were counting five millions of dollars —
today it is six."
The epic-making gift was quickly fol-
'owed, in subsequent mails, by other con-
tributions that began to push the cam-
paign onward and upward toward its
seventh million and toward the goals in
"Brains, Books, and Bricks" that will
make Duke greater in its service to "the
future hour."
PROGRESS— AT A GLANCE
Below, in the form of a simple arithmetic problem, is the story of the
progress made by the Duke University Development Campaign to date and the
progress that must be made within the next three months to reach the 1950-51
goal of $8,650,000.
The greater portion of the balance remaining to be raised must come from
individual alumni and friends through local campaigns, in gifts both large
and small. Many must give, for now success lies in numbers — the number of
those who will share in Duke's future.
Gifts during preliminary phase (1949-50) $2,000,000.00
(plus) Gifts from the City of Durham Campaign 238,860.00
(plus) Gifts from Faculty-Staff Campaigns 90,272.58
(plus) Gifts from Alumni-Friends Campaigns to date 704,452.47
(plus) Gifts contingent upon matching amounts 3,000,000.00
TOTALLING .$6,033,585.05
(plus) The Amount Still to Be Raised by June 30 $2,616,414.95
TOTALLING _$8,650,000.00
Matching Money is Needed
Half of the $6,000,000 comes from the
two contingent gifts made some weeks ago
by the General Education Board and an
anonymous donor. Each of these gifts,
it will be recalled, was for $1,500,000, and
receipt by the University was made con-
ditional upon alumni and friends raising
a dol!ar-for-dollar matching amount.
The campaign to raise this matching
amount is, according to reports from local
Faculty-Staff Campaigns Pass $90,000
The faculty and staff campaigns for the De-
velopment Program, begun the first of the
year, have now passed $90,000. Latest figures
announced by Dr. Frank T. DeVyver, chairman
of the faculty drive, were $90,976.58 from
554 contributors.
The results of this University campaign have
been praised by President Edens as being
"most clearly indicative of the value of our
efforts to prepare Duke for a future of greater
service. Men and women right here on the
campus are willing to sacrifice in order to see
the University move ahead."
The campus campaign was requested by
members of faculties and staffs who wanted to
share in the program being pushed forward by
alumni and friends. Dr. DeVyver was made
chairman of the campaign committee and
Walter G. Cooper was named vice chairman in
charge of staff solicitation.
Dr. Frank T. DeVyver
chairmen throughout the nation, moving
at an encouraging rate.
In every major center in North Caro-
lina campaigns among alumni and friends
are either already well under way or
scheduled for the very immediate future.
In North Carolina districts, north, east,
south, and west, alumni leaders are rapid-
ly completing arrangements for general
canvasses within the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is
keeping pace. While campaign organiza-
tions were started later in regions more
distant from the campus, early results
indicate that similar successes can be an-
ticipated. Arrangements are being made
for early canvasses in the big cities where
alumni live in large numbers, and already
individual campaigners in less densely
populated areas are out visiting fellow
alumni, seeking and receiving gifts for
"a greater Duke."
Campaign News Items
Most recent campaign events include
the opening of the Guilford County cam-
paign in Greensboro on February 16 and
in High Point on March 5. Kenneth M.
Brim, '20, is Guilford chairman and Floyd
C. Caveness, '18, and Charles L. Kearns,
'32, are general canvass chairmen in
Greensboro and High Point respectively.
Early reports from Guilford indicate that
the campaign is moving forward with ex-
tremely promising results.
In Wake County Chairman N. E. Ed-
gerton, '21, has organized a steering com-
mittee of Blanche Barringer Brian (Mrs.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
[ Page 69 ]
Top Row
(left to right)
Donald S. Elias, '08 Western North Carolina
Paul L. Sample, '18 Western Pennsylvania
Kenneth M. Brim, '20 Guilford County
W. M. (Bill) Werber, '30 Washington, D. C.
Left Row
(top to bottom)
N. E. Edgerton, '21 Wake County
Floyd C. Caveness, '18 Greensboro, N. C.
P. Huber Hanes, Jr., '38 Forsyth County
(Continued from preceding page)
Earl W.), '22, A.M. '31; L. L. Ivey, 15;
C. A. Dillon, and AY. H. Trentman, who
will head the parents of students division.
The committee is preparing to open the
campaign with a dinner meeting in ap-
proximately a month.
Early this month North Carolina Dis-
tricts Six and Ten (both in the east cen-
tral part of the State) held a joint meet-
ing of top leaders to prepare for opening
their campaigns in the immediate future.
Presiding at this meeting was E. N.
Brower, '15, chairman of District Ten.
President Edens spoke to the approximate-
ly 65 campaign leaders gathered for the
occasion, and he stressed the need that
the University has for the devoted sup-
port of each individual alumnus. Chair-
man of District Six is F. J. Boling, '23.
New Chairmen
Five new Development Campaign local
chairmen have accepted appointments
within the past few weeks. They are J.
Campaign
On these two pages appear approxi-
mately half of the Duke men who are
serving throughout the United States as
Development Campaign local chairmen.
Other chairmen will appear in the April
issue of the Register.
These alumni are the leaders of cam-
paigns for Duke in North Carolina key
counties are districts, in national regions
and key areas in other states. Some have
already completed their organizations
and now have campaigns underway.
Others are in the process of selecting
other alumni to help conduct campaigns
and are forming committees to begin
solicitation.
Every effort is being made to push
local campaigns to a successful conclu-
sion by the first week in June, so that
reports can be made at Commencement.
The fourteen local chairmen appearing
here head campaign organizations scat-
tered among seven states. Chairmen have
now been appointed in almost every area
where there is a strong concentration of
Raymond Smith, '17, of Mount Airy, N.
C, to head Northwest North Carolina;
John Van Hanford, '43, of Salisbury, N.
C, to head Southwest Central North
Carolina; Rev. T. Herbert Minga, '31,
Dallas, Texas, area; Marjorie Frey
Brown (Mrs. David E.), '48, New Or-
leans, La., area; and Byron Grimes, '31,
Louisville, Ky., area.
Co-chairman with Mr. Smith in North-
west North Carolina is his son, Raymond
A. Smith, '45.
Recent Meetings
March has been a busy campaign
[ Page 70 ]
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
Chairmen
Duke men and women, and this includes
centers in approximately 20 states.
The chairmen pictured here, others
whose photos will appear in subsequent
issues, and alumnae and alumni who have
volunteered to serve with them in this
important campaign for Duke, are doing
a magnificent job for the University.
This is the first time in Duke's history
that large numbers of alumni have been
asked to devote a substantial amount of
time to work for the University, and the
way in which the local area, county, dis-
trict, and region jobs have been under-
taken is indicative of Duke's alumni
strength.
Men accepting positions as chairmen
are among the University's most out-
standing former students and are business
and civic leaders in their home communi-
ties. They are unselfishly taking time out
from other important pursuits to work
for Duke's future welfare. For this they
are earning the appreciation of the Uni-
versitv and of its other alumni.
Top Row
(left to right)
S. Wade Marr, '38 Northeast North Carolina
George M. Ivey, '20 Mecklenburg County
E. M. Brower, '15 Southeast North Carolina
W. Herbert Smith, '23
Northwest South Carolina
Right Row
(top to bottom)
Lee B. Durham, '21
Michigan and Northwest Ohio
Robert G. Lamb, '39 Rochester, N. Y.
Richard McAninch, '35 Northeast Ohio
month, particularly among out-of-state
groups.
On March 14, Clay Doss, '14, was host
at a luncheon for campaign leaders in
Detroit, Mich., where Lee Durham, '21,
is chairman. On March 19 leaders of
Northwest South Carolina, which area
is headed by W. Herbert Smith, '23, met
in Greenville, and on March 20 cam-
paigners of the Atlanta, Ga., area met in
Atlanta for a session presided over by
E. Ralph Paris, '14. President Edens
spoke at all of these meetings.
Numerous other campaign meetings
were held in scattered areas, and at Reg-
ister press time all March reports had
not been received.
Durham County Kick-off
Kick-off dinner for the Durham County
Alumni Campaign was to take place on
March 29 in West Campus Union, with
County Chairman Sterling Nicholson, '22,
scheduled to preside. General canvass
chairman for Durham is Russell Y. Cooke,
'38.
There are approximately 1,200 alumni
and alumnae in Durham County, making-
it, naturally enough, the largest con-
centration of Duke people anywhere. The
alumni campaign is complete and sep-
arate from the Durham City Campaign
of last fall, since in that drive only non-
alumni friends were asked to give.
Durham County's kick-off leaves only
one major center in North Carolina,
Wake County and Raleigh, left to go be-
fore Commencement, and that campaign
is scheduled to begin soon.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
[ Page 71 ]
Basketball Ends — Spring Sports Begin
Blue Devils Place Second in Southern
Conference Tournament
Duke Turns to Baseball and Spring Football Practice
Duke University's basketball team
ended its 1950-51 season in a blaze of
glory during the first week of March by
going to the finals of the Southern Con-
ference tournament at Raleigh, N. C, be-
fore being eliminated by champion N. C.
State 67-63.
The team, which was the highest scoring
aggregation in the history of the Univer-
sity, ended the season with an over-all
record of 20 wins and 13 losses. The
team scored 2,351 points, for an average
of 71.2 points per contest.
Individual scorers for the Blue Devils
were paced, of course, by All-America
Dick Groat, who tallied a total of 831
points to break a national scoring mark.
He averaged 25.2 points per game. Dick
Crowder was second in the Duke scoring
with 283 points, while Captain Scotty
York had 259, Bill Fleming had 234, Kes
Deimling had 221, Dayton Allen had 166,
Jim Kulpan had 122, Dick Johnson had
93 and Dick Latimer had 76.
Duke ended its regular season on Feb-
ruary 23 by collecting a valuable win over
rival North Carolina by 84-72. The win
was sweet revenge for the Duke team
since the loss for Carolina eliminated the
Tar Heels from the Southern Conference
tourney running, and made up for a simi-
lar loss the Dukes had suffered at the
hands of Carolina in 1949 that eliminated
Duke from the tournament.
Dick Groat set a new national scoring
record by getting 29 points against North
Carolina and running his season's total
to 746. That total broke the previous
high of 740 points, set by William and
Mary's Chet Giermak in 1949. Runners-
up in the scoring for Duke were Bill
Fleming and Scotty York, each with 12
points.
The win over North Carolina gave the
Blue Devils a 14-6 record for the Southern
Conference season and a tie for third
place with William and Mary in the loop
standings.
Entering the Southern Conference
tournament at Raleigh on March 1, the
Blue Devils edged Virginia Tech 64-61
after a close battle all the way. Groat
led the scoring with 23 points, while Dick
Johnson, a much improved Duke guard,
had 11 points and Keston Deimling had
10.
Duke had another close battle in the
Southern Conference tournament's semi-
final round. The Devils edged William
and Mary by a 71-69. Groat scored 31
points to tie the Conference tourney rec-
ord and ran his season total to exactly
S00 points. Runner-up in the Duke scor-
ing was Bill Fleming with 14 points.
Fleming played a great rebound game,
grabbing 17 bad ' shots. Dick Johnson
added eight points for the Devils.
Groat played another remarkable game
against N. C. State in the tourney finals,
scoring 31 points again to re-tie the
tourney scoring record (held by Sammy
Ranzino of N. C. State and Chet Giermak
of William and Mary for a regulation
game). Runners-up in the Duke scoring
as the Devils dropped a 67-63 decision
were Bill Fleming with nine, Scotty Yorl
with eight and Johnson with six.
Groat was elected the tournament's out"
standing player by a 37-4 count of th«
sportswriters and also made the all-
tourney first team. Scotty York mad(i
the tourney's second team.
1951 DUKE SPRING SCHEDULES
BASEBALL : March 21— Indiana ; 22—
Indiana; 23 — Michigan State; 24 — Michi-
gan State; 28— at Clemson; 29— at Fur-
man; 30 — at South Carolina; 31 — at
South Carolina; April 2 — at Davidson;
3— Yale; 4— Yale; 7— Wake Forest;
11— at N. C. State; 14— South Carolina;
18— at Wake Forest; 21— North Caro-
lina; 24— at North Carolina; 28— David-
son; 30— at North Carolina; May 2— N.
C. State; 4— at N. C. State; 8— N. C.
State; 9— at Wake Forest; 12— North
Carolina; 14— Wake Forest; 17-19—
A glance at the football team out for Spring practice will show that Duke's
traditional single wing has given way to Coach Bill Murray's favored split
T. The new Coach is explaining some of the finer points of the play to
Athletic Director Eddie Cameron as the team watches two players demon-
strate the correct position for center and quarterback.
[ Page 72 ]
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
Soccer Captains Named
All-Stars
Scotty Wheaton, 1950 captain of
the Duke soccer team, and Mai Lind-
strom, 1951 captain-elect, have been
named to the Southern Conference
all-star soccer team.
Southern Conference tournament.
TRACK: March 24 — at Miami Univer-
sity; 28— at Florida State; 31— at Flori-
da Relays at Gainesville ; April 4 — Prince-
ton; 7 — at Carolina Relays at Chapel
Hill; 14— at Navy; 21— X. C. State
(also Duke-Durham Relays here) ; 27-28 —
at Penn Relays ; May 2 — Virginia ; 12 —
at North Carolina; 18-19— Southern Con-
ference meet at Chapel Hill.
TENNIS: March 22— Michigan State;
26 — at Jacksonville Naval Air Station :
27— at Rollins; 29— at Florida Southern;
30— at Florida; April 3— Williams; 4 —
N. C. State; 7— Dartmouth ; 13— Michi-
gan ; 14 — at Davidson ; 18 — at North
Carolina; 20 — Presbyterian; 27 — at Wil-
liam and Mary; 28— at Navy; 30— Wake
Forest; May 7 — Virginia; 10-12 — South-
ern Conference meet at Davidson College.
LACROSSE: April 2— Lehigh; 4—
Williams; 10— Dartmouth ; 14— at Wash-
ington and Lee; 21 — Washington College;
28 — Navy; May 5 — Johns Hojikins; 11 —
Virginia ; 14 — at Mt. Washington ( Balti-
more).
Religious Emphasis Week
(Continued from Page 65)
of neuropsychiatry; and Mr. Hamill, with
Dr. Waldo Beach, associate professor of
Christian Ethics, as moderator; and an
address by Bishop Kennedy on "Get Out
of the Bleachers."
At a luncheon Tuesday in the East
Campus Union, Mr. Hamill spoke on the
subject "Are We Going to the Devil?"
An afternoon panel composed of Dr.
Joseph B. Rhine, director of parapsy-
chology laboratory; Dr. John S. Curtiss,
associate professor of history; Dr. Her-
bert von Beckerath, professor of eco-
nomics and political science; and Dr.
Shelton Smith, professor of American
religious thought, discussed the "Chal-
lenge of Communism." In the evening
Bishop Kennedy spoke on the subject
"Light to Live By." "Marriage for Mod-
erns" was discussed by Dr. Gelolo Mc-
Hugh, assistant professor of psychology;
Dr. Homell Hart, professor of sociol-
ogy; Dr. Violet Turner, instructor in ob-
stetrics and gynecology; Mr. Hamill;
and Dr. Robert N. Creadick, assistant
professor of obstetrics and gynecology.
Letters
(Continued from Page 57)
In our time off we go to art exhibits or
concerts, the opportunities for which are
so unending and plentiful that making
a choice becomes a chore. We have taken
short week-end trips to such tourist at-
tractions as Chartres, Fontainebleau, Ver-
sailles, and the Forest of Compiegne in
our little Renault. Last week we ven-
tured further to Normandy and saw the
badly destroyed Caen and Rouen, and
the invasion beaches at Arromanches and
Omaha Beach, with Allied ships strewn
along the bottom. Up on top of the hill
at Omaha Beach, 10,000 white American
crosses serve as a simple reminder of
what invasions actually consist. The
countryside of Normandy and the small
towns along the coast were more pros-
perous and more charming than those
nearer to Paris, and we felt we had seen
a little of the true France.
But more important than the details of
our existence, we think, are our impres-
sions of France's relations with the-
world. Without Western Europe and its
productivity, despite President Hoover
and the new isolationists, the United
States would find itself in a productive
minority, as well as in a minority as far
as the manpower of the world is con-
cerned. While Germany is the key to
Europe, at the present time France is the
key to what will become of Germany.
The French today can be divided into
three categories, our friends, the "neu-
tralistes," and the communists. As long
as we give the majority of French, who
are at present with us, full evidence of
our good faith and intentions, we may
keep a friendly France. The eminent
danger is not from the Communists, who
keep a firm but non-growing corps of
supporters; it is from our present friends
who may decide it would be better to
face the uncertain future of "neutra-
lisme" with fatalism than to risk all by
supporting an American policy that may
desert them in the end. We must of ne-
cessity change our idea of remaking the
world in our own image or else letting it
slide down the drain.
From the French papers, as they re-
port the world to us, the question arises :
Can the United States rise to the stature
necessary for its responsibilities? Can
GM refuse to freeze its prices, or the
UAW defy wage stabilization while the
French risk a momentary invasion from
the East? "Perhaps better slow bolshe-
vization than another Occupation and
Liberation," says the Monde, whose poli-
tics compare about with the old New
York Sun. Can our complacent conserva-
tives think the "American Way" will in-
terest a still underpaid French worker
who nevertheless has had social security
and national hospital insurance since the
turn of the century? To the average
Frenchman (not even counting the Com-
munists, of course) MacArthur is an
over-ambitious American general who
obeys no orders but his own and has
sacrificed the peace to his personal code
of imperialism; the Republican surge in
America was a return to the ostrich-days
of the nineteen-twenties ; and Dean Ache-
son is now a symbol whose departure will
signalize our desertion of Western Eu-
rope. The Communists know how to fill
a vacuum. Are we going to continue
to create them? Perhaps we can con-
tinue to carry on in our muddled way,
or even retire to our shell, but while we
do, we shall be losing more of our friends
to the "neutralistes," and more of the
"neutralistes" to the strong men who
claim they have history on their side.
Our best regards from France to all
of you, and best wishes for a Happier
New Year.
Alumnae Week End
(Continued from Page 61)
Participating on the student panel,
which will discuss "Can Democracy Sur-
vive" will be John O. Blackburn, '51,
Miami, Fla. ; Joan Craig, '51, Camp Hill,
Pa.; Dante L. Germino. '53, Durham;
Beryl Roberts, '54, Asheville, N. C; and
Al Raywid, '52, Washington, D. C, will
be moderator.
There are many other forms of enter-
tainment designed to make this Alumnae
Week End the most enjoyable one ever
held.
Registration blanks, and a letter con-
taining the complete program for the
week end has been mailed to alumnae.
Blue- White Grid Game
Blue Devil seniors and former stars
will meet next season's varsity in the
first annual Blue- White football game
on Saturday, April 14. Kick-off in
the game sponsored by the Varsity-D
Club is set for 3 :30 in Duke Stadium.
Graduating stars of last fall, includ-
ing Billy Cox, Jack Mounie, Tommy
Powers, Ed Kavanaugh, Jim Gibson,
Mike Souchak and others are expected
to don the blue for the last time. Also
invited to play are stars of other
years who are now living nearby or
are on the coaching staff. Tickets, sold
at the gate, will be one dollar.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
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Dr. Bolmeier Questions Grading System
The familiar report card that Junior
hides from Dad and Mom until the fam-
ily hairbrushes and razor straps are con-
cealed is an outmoded relic according to
Dr. E. C. Bolmeier of the Duke educa-
tion department.
In "The School Review," Dr. Bolmeier
writes that the conventional report card
is good for "separating the sheep from
the goats," but it fails to encourage the
pupil.
The old-fashioned system of a single
letter denoting the "grade" of primary
or secondary school student makes grad-
ing a simple task for the teacher, but
does not help the pupil, he points out.
Another danger is that often teachers
may let personal whims and dislikes creep
into their grading when only a single
mark is put down in each subject.
"The real purpose of marks should be
to help the pupil by pointing up his rela-
tive strengths and weaknesses, his special
interests, aptitudes, and study habits,"
the Duke professor says. "A good re-
porting system will aid parents and
counselors in giving sensible advice and
will also encourage all pupils, regardless
of varying abilities."
Dr. Bolmeier's criticism is constructive,
however, for he gives a prescription for
report card improvements.
(1) Give a more detailed picture of
the pupil's progress than is possible with
single marks such as "A," "B," "C," or
"D." Pupils should be graded in- each
subject on such things as achievement on
tests, quality or recitation, persistence
for mastery, and self-reliance in work.
(2) Give grades in a way that will pre-
vent uncertainty or confusion. Terms
such as "very high," "high," "average,"
"low," and "very low," are understood by
everyone. Then, he says, if necessary,
these markings can easily be changed to
the usual alphabetical grades required by
colleges for entrance transcripts.
(3) Occasional changes may improve
the system after it has been used for
some time. A committee of teachers and
school officials should study the system
each vear and work out revisions.
books
English Prose op the Seventeenth
Century
Dean F. Florence Brinkley, Editor
W. W. Norton and Company, Publisher
Outstanding 17-century writing has
been compiled and edited by Dr. R. Flor-
ence Brinkley, Dean of the Woman's
College of Duke University and professor
of English. Published by W. W. Norton
and Co., New York City, the 900-page
volume is a companion piece to Dr.
Brinkley 's anthology English Poetry of
the Seventeenth Century.
Selections in the prose anthology rep-
resent well-known writings from that
period, such as diaries, prose lyrics,
essays, and autobiography. The volume
also includes biographical sketches of the
writers represented and an introductory
essay by Dr. Brinkley.
The earlier poetry anthology is now
being published in a new format to match
the prose volume. It has won increasing
critical acclaim as a comprehensive and
competently edited anthology for stu-
dents of 17th-century poetry.
Dr. Brinkley is recognized as an out-
standing authority on the literature of
the 1600's. She is also the author of
Nathan Field, the Actor-Playwright and
The Arthurian Legend in the Seven-
teenth Century. Her articles and reviews
have appeared in well-known scholarly
journals, and she is active in leading
professional societies.
Formerly chairman of the English De-
partment at Goucher College, Dr. Brink-
ley joined the Duke administrative staff
in 1947 after 14 months literary research
in England.
Transportation
By Dr. Charles E. London
William Sloane Associates, Publishers
Dr. Charles E. Landon, associate pro-
fessor of economics at Duke, is the au-
thor of Transportation, a new economics
textbook recently released by William
Sloane Associates, New York Publishers.
The book is designed for introductory
college transport courses, and will ac-
quaint the student with the principles,
practices, and problems of transporta-
tion prevailing in the United States to-
day.
An authority in the transportation
field, Dr. Landon is the author of reports
on "The National Traffic Pattern" and
"Technological Trends in Transporta-
tion" prepared for the Federal Board of
Investigation and Research in 1944.
He is also the author of Industrial
Geography and has collaborated with
other economists on a series of textbooks.
Restoring Worship
By Clarice M. Bowman '31, A.M. >3"A
Abingdon-Cokesbtiry Press
Clarice M. Bowman, '31, A.M. '37, is
the author of a new book, Restoring
Worship, just published by the Abing-
don-Cokesbury Press of New York and
Nashville.
Miss Bowman's book will be one ofi
the few to cover the entire field of wor-
ship, and is intended as a tool and an
inspiration for ministers, church educa-
tion leaders, and parents of all denomi-
nations who want to guide others to vital
worship.
A native of Mount Airy, N. C, Miss
Bowman was a Phi Beta Kappa and a
Kappa Delta Pi at Duke. She has also
done some graduate work at Yale Uni-
versity, consisting mostly of special
courses in worship. After completing her
studies she was for some time Director
of Religious Education at churches in
New Haven, Conn., and High Point, N.
C, and is now a staff member of the
Youth Department of the Methodist
Board of Education in Nashville, Tenn.
Rare Biblical Manuscript
A rare, 800-year old manuscript of
the Four Gospels in Greek has been
acquired by the Duke University Li-
brary, Dr. Benjamin E. Powell, librar-
ian, announced recently. The new
acquisition brings Duke's total of rare
texts of this type to 15 and places
the library fourth in the nation in
such holdings.
Written about 1150, A.D., the 238-
page manuscript is of special interest
to scholars because it contains orig-
inal editing marks made by a monastic
"corrector" and shows how different
religious views influenced the exact
wording of the Bible.
The book was discovered in Egypt
by Dr. Kenneth W. Clark, professor
of New Testament, while on a special
project in the Near East recently. He
purchased it from a Greek book col-
lector living in Alexandria, Egypt.
Many requests for microfilms of the
book have already come in from schol-
ars all over the country, says Dr.
Powell, and these are being filled as
quickly as possible.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
Operations Performed to Soothing Music
Try having- your next operation to the
tune of Beethoven's Fifth or the crooning
of Vaughan Monroe. It is possible, for
Duke doctors have been playing soft,
soothing music in operating rooms to
make operations easier for patients and
speed up their recovery.
Duke plastic surgeons say that opera-
tive patients who are under local, spinal
or regional anesthetics, and therefore
fully conscious during the operation, tend
to forget about themselves and relax un-
der the spell of their favorite melodies.
The patients are equipped with com-
fortable, cushioned earphones which keep
,out all operating room noises, while an
automatic record-player nearby plays
favorite selections. Long playing records
eliminate the need for frequent adjust-
ments of the phonograph. Besides help-
ing the patients, the music seems to be a
good morale booster for the operating
room staff. It "relieves the tension" and
creates a better atmosphere, the doctors
reported.
Although music has long been used at
Duke in the children's wards and in pa-
tients' rooms to make convalescence easier
and shorter by relieving anxiety and as a
source of recreation, it has only recently
been tried in the operating rooms where
often anxiety and worry are strongest.
After trying the new technique with sev-
eral hundred patients from all walks of
life, both sexes and all age groups, the
doctors were able to make several con-
crete conclusions about the effects of
music. Results of the study are described
in Plastic and Eeconstuctive Surgery by
Drs. Kenneth L. Pickrell, James T. Metz-
ger, N. John Wilde, T. Ray Broadbent,
and Benjamin F. Edwards.
It was discovered that soft, soothing
melodious orchestrations and vocals were
favorites, with Wayne King, Sammy
Kaye and Vaughan Monroe being most
popular. Hymns, spirituals and marching
music ranked lowest on the list, probably,
the doctors report, because they increased
the emotional tension. News broadcasts
were informative and pleasing to some
patients, but quite distressing to others.
This, of course;, depended upon the con-
tent. Children were most fond of stories
and special readings and children's music.
The youngsters responded enthusiastically
to the idea. According to the doctors,
their minds became preoccupied, thereby
facilitating the change of painful dress-
ings or the induction of anesthesia.
Types of music used in the study were
symphonies, classics, opera, piano, violin
and piano, string quartets, martial and
band music, hymns, spirituals, jazz, swing,
scores from musicals, westerns, hillbilly,
theme songs, old favorites, and the current
classics and popular music. There seemed
to be little difference in reaction among
the patients except for their own personal
tastes in music. The doctors did discover
that "while women have less physical re-
sistance and are more susceptible to nerv-
ous disturbances than men, they are as a
group more tolerant and adapt themselves
more readily to hospital routines."
Grant Aids Polio Research
With the aid of a March of Dimes
grant of $17,200 Duke University scien-
tists will pursue their studies of muscle
action following attack by polio.
The grant, announced by Basil O'Con-
ner, president of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, is a part of the
million and a half dollars which the
Foundation is turning over to universities
and research centers in 16 states and Can-
ada for continuing study of the dread
disease. The newly approved research
projects will also include attempts to de-
velop an effective vaccine for polio, search
for a chemical agent that will prevent
the virus from damaging nerve cells, de-
velopment of a rapid diagnostic polio
test, and the preparation of a polio anti-
serum that will increase an individual's
resistance to paralysis.
The Duke funds will be under the di-
rection of Dr. J. E. Markee, professor of
anatomy. In 1945, Dr. Markee began
conducting studies and experiments with
National Foundation support in the re-
habilitation of muscles affected by polio.
He and his assistants are making studies
to determine the complete pattern of
intramuscular nerve distribution of the
arms and legs. This information com-
bined with knowledge already gleaned
from research studies will be compiled in
a form which can be made readily avail-
able to orthopedic surgeons who perform
muscle transplant operations as a means
of combatting severe paralysis following
polio. The material will also be useful
to physical therapists who need this es-
sential information of muscle action in
their efforts at retaining muscles weak-
ened or partially paralyzed by polio.
Advisory Editors
Two members of the Duke University
Faculty, Dr. Wilburt C. Davison, dean
of the School of Medicine, and Dr.
Weston La Barre, associate professor of
anthropology, are advisory editors of the
Child-Family Digest, which hereafter will
be published by the Lieutenant Gayle
Aiken III Memorial Foundation, New
Orleans, La.
The Digest reprints outstanding articles
on children and family relations for the
busy doctor, the clinic, the teaching hos-
pital, the medical school, the 'visiting
nurse, health departments, college teach-
ers and students, and all who have need
of such a concise publication. The need
for the non-profit Digest has been estab-
lished by the previous publication of 20
monthly issues. The Foundation has
taken over the Child-Family Digest as
a means of promoting emotional health
and total well-being.
Blood Preservation Studied
Prolonged preservation of whole blood,
the field of research being intensified by
a Duke research team headed by Dr.
Ivan W. Brown of the Duke Medical
School, recently received a grant of
$10,503. The Duke group has been carry-
ing on this type of research for two years.
Blood research at Duke is now a part
of a newly launched national program
stimulated by "the grave international
situation," announced Oscar R. Ewing,
Federal Security Administrator recently.
Chairman of Committee on
Psychiatric Treatment
Dr. Maurice H. Greenhill, associate pro-
fessor of neuropsychiatry at the Duke
University Medical School, was recently
named chairman of a committee of four
North Carolina doctors appointed to seek
funds from the State Legislature to im-
prove psychiatric treatment at State Hos-
pitals. He was appointed by the Medical
Advisory Commission of the State Hos-
pitals Board of Control, of which he is a
member.
Dr. Greenhill says that the committee
will take the campaign to the Legislature,
the State Medical Society, and the people
of the state.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
[ Page 75 ]
& ir SONS AND DAUGHTEIIS OF DUKE ALUMNI iV &
1. Smith Georgianna Stetler. Stephen Hays Stetler. Nevin
Stetler, '40. York, Pa. ~~
2. PHiLrp Scott. Bobby Scott. Jimmie Scott. Tommie Scott.
Hoyle U. (Rip) Scott, B.S. (E) '34. Arlington, Va.
3. Helen Harris Bush. Kenyon Bush. Polly Beaver Bush (Mrs.
K. T.), '43. Plainfield, N. J.
4. Louise Bond Marrow. Dorothy Jennette Marrow (Mrs. Charles
K. ), '30. Hilton Village, Va.
5. Edith Vincent Evans.
Lewis Vincent Evans, IV. Frances Johnson Evans (Mrs. Lewis
V., Ill), '43. Arlington, Va.
7. Cakoij Yvonne Ramsay. Hilda Talton Ramsay (Mrs. C), '46.
Charles M. Ramsay, Ph.D. '44. Greensboro, N. C.
8. Frederick Jarden Meadows. Barbara Jarden Meadows (Mrs. F.
C), '43. Danville, Pa.
9. Frank Ferrell Smith, Jr. Howard Woodson Smith. James
Edward Smith. Florence Moss Smith (Mrs. F. F.), '32. Frank
F. Smith, '33. A.M. '38. Fayette. Ala.
10. William James Beel, III. Peggy Bacon Beel (Mrs. William J.),
'45. East Grand Rapids, Mich.
NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISITORS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE
(February)
Dr. Theodore S. George, A.M. '36, Ph.D. '42,
Oreland, Pa.
Madge Slaughter Vaughan (Mrs. Earl J.),
'50, Orlanch, Fla.
Allen C. Smith, '42, Akron, Ohio.
Douglas H. Ausbon, '49, Charlotte, N. C.
S. L. Gulledge, '15, Albemarle, N. C.
M. Bailey Gulledge, '45, Albemarle, N. C.
Elizabeth Shanley Ferguson (Mrs. Thomas
B.), '47, Washington, D. C.
N. Edward Edgerton, '21, Raleigh, N. C.
R. Carlyle Groome, '44, Greensboro, N. C.
Charlie G. Monnett, Jr., '47, Greensboro,
N. C.
Wilton G. Fritz, '42, M.D. '44, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Annie Garriss Taylor (Mrs. J. E.), '23,
Conway, N. C.
J. N. Highsmith, '48, New York, N. Y.
1951 REUNIONS
Classes holding reunions at Commence-
ment, 1951, will be as follows: '01, '10, '11,
'12, '26, '35, '36, '37, '41, '49.
'18 >
President : Dr. Ralph L. Fisher
Class Agent : Le Roy E. Graham
COLONEL MARION S. LEWIS, '18, A.M.
'21, coach of The Citadel tennis team for
17 years, has retired from active coaching.
He ends one of the most impressive Citadel
athletic coaching records for the past dec-
ade. For the past 10 years Colonel Lewis's
varsity teams have racked up 88 victories
against only 24 defeats. The average has
been better than that in a single year.
Colonel Lewis was particularly noted for his
ability to develop young players and for his
constant attention to the fine points of
doubles play.
'26 »
Silver Anniversary: Commencement, 1951
President: Edward L. Cannon
Class Agent : George P. Harris
ROBERT E. BURROUGHS, A.M., was re-
cently appointed staff assistant to the mana-
ger of engineering of the General Electric
Company 's large apparatus divisions in
Schenectady, N. Y. He joined the General
Electric Company as a division engineer in
1946 after serving in World War II as a
commander in the navy. Prior to that he
was a research physicist with Eastman
Kodak Company in Rochester. In 1948,
Mr. Burroughs was transferred to Richland,
Sarah Cheek Hockenjos (Mrs. G. Fred),
'46, Livingston, N. J.
G. Fred Hockenjos, '43, Livingston, N. J.
Wilma Smith McMillan (Mrs. G. M.), '44,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Luther L. Smith, Jr., '43, West Palm Beach,
Fla.
Dorothy Patton Breedlove (Mrs. J. P.),
A.M. '46, Washington, D. C.
Joseph P. Breedlove, '42, Washington, D. C.
George Sinichko, B.S.M.E. '46, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Charmain Scates Levedahl (Mrs. William
J.), '48, Takoma Park, Md.
William E. Swanson, '49, Cuidad Bolivar,
Venezuela.
William Jennings Bryan, '48, Homestead
Park, Pa.
Wash., where he was a project engineer on
the design of new plutonium reactors at
GE 's Hanf ord works. A year later he was
named manager of engineering of the com-
pany's aircraft gas turbine divisions in
Lynn, Mass., holding that position until
his present appointment.
'30 >
President : William M. Werber
Class Agent : J. Chisman Hanes
ROBERT C. FINLEY, '30, LL.B. '34, who
has been a practicing lawyer in Seattle and
Renton, Wash., has been elected Judge of
the Supreme Court of the State of Wash-
ington.
DOROTHY JENNETTE MARROW (MRS.
CHARLES K.) and her family live at 203
River Road in Hilton Village, Va. A picture
of the Marrows ' daughter, Louise Bond, is
on the Sons and Daughters Page this month.
'31
President : John Calvin Dailey
Class Agent: C. H. Livengood, Jr.
T. HERBERT MINGA, B.D., has assumed
his duties as pastor of St. John's Methodist
Church in Dallas, Tex. He is living in the
Hollywood addition at 711 Clermont, Dallas
10. During his previous appointment as
pastor of the First Methodist Church at
Burkburnett, Wichita County, Tex., Mr.
Minga, an ex-GI chaplain, practically
doubled the membership of his charge. He
has served as an agent for the Loyalty
Fund, and was president of the Duke Alumni
Association of Dallas before the war.
FRANK F., '33, A.M. '38, and FLORENCE
MOSS SMITH and their family live at
Route No. 3, Fayette, Ala. Frank is a
Forester for the Alabama Polytechnic Insti-
tute in charge of experimental research and
development work. The Smiths have there
sons, Frank Ferrell, Jr., 8, Howard Woodson
6, and James Edward 3. A picture of the
children appears on the Sons and Daughters
Page of this issue.
HOYLE U. (RIP) SCOTT, B.S. (E), is in
the Navy Department's Bureau of Ships in
Washington. The Scotts have four sons,
Philip, Bobby, Jimmie and Tommie, whose
picture is on the Sons and Daughters Page
of this issue. The Scotts live at 1619 Kenil-
worth Street, Arlington, Va.
'39 *
President: Edmund S. Swindell, Jr.
Class Agent : Walter D. James
RODDEY REID, JR., and CAROLINE
BREEDLOVE REID have recently moved
to Bristol, Va., where Roddey is rector of
Emanuel Episcopal Church. Their fourth
daughter, Scotia Bryce, was born on Novem-
ber 20.
'40 a-
President: John D. MacLauchlan
Class Agent : Addison P. Penfield
ROBERT P. MOFFETT, B.S., '40, A.M.
'42, Ph.D. '50, and his wife, Betty, have
announced the birth of a daughter, Leslie
Elizabeth, on July 5, 1950. Bob is working
as a chemist for the Du Pont Company in
Waynesboro, Va.
NEVIN STETLER, his wife and two chil-
dren live at 888 Madison Avenue, York, Pa.,
where Nevin is a lawyer. A picture of four-
year-old Georgianna and 17-month-old
Stephen Hays is on the Sons and Daughters
Page of this issue.
'41 »
Tenth- Year Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: Robert F. Long
Class Agents: Julian C. Jessup, Meader
W. Harriss, Jr., Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.,
J. D. Long, Jr.
ROBERT M. LESTER, is an advertising
copy writer for J. Walter Thompson Com-
pany, having joined that firm in 1947. He
is married to the former Miss Lenore Mun-
roe, and they live at 106 West 45th Street,
New York City.
A third daughter, Carroll Patricia, was born
on February 20 to MK. and Mrs. JOHN A.
MacGAHAN, of 1311 E. 60th Street, Chi-
cago 37, 111.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
[ Page 77 ]
'42 *
President : James H. Walker
Class Agents: Robert E. Foreman, Willis
Smith, Jr., George A. Trakas
DORIS GODDARD graduated from Kather-
ine Gibbs School in New York City in 1943,
and is now working as a medical secretary
to the superintendent of Vanderbilt Clinic
at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in
New York City. Her home address is North
Highland Avenue, Upper Nyaek, N. Y.
MAURICE H. WINGER, LL.B., has re-
signed his position in a New York law firm
and moved to Asheville, N. C, to become
We are members by
invitation of the
National Selected
Morticians
the only Durham Funeral Home
accorded this honor.
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C. B. Martin V. J. Ashbaugh
the secretary and head of the Legal Depart-
ment of American Enka Company.
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President : Thomas R. Howerton
Class Agent : S. L. Gulledge, Jr.
CAPT. KENNETH S. SHEPARD, '43,
M.D. '47, has assumed his duties as pedia-
trician at Rhein Main Air Base Station
Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany. He took his
internship at Evanston, 111., did research
at Willard Parker Hospital in New York,
where he was resident physician, and served
as resident pediatrician at Duke Hospital.
He had opened an offiee for private practice
in Evanston and had been appointed director
of immunization for the city when he was
recalled to active duty. Accompanying him
to Germany were his wife, Helen, and their
two small daughters, Ann and Helen.'
WILLIAM S. WARD, Ph.D., is the new
head of the University of Kentucky De-
partment of English. Having received his
education at Georgetown College, Harvard,
and Duke, Dr. Ward first joined the Ken-
tucky University faculty in 1930 as instruc-
tor in English. During 1944-45 he also
served as director of men 's residence halls.
A specialist on English literature of the
Romantic period, Dr. Ward is the author of
several published articles on Shelley, Byron,
Wordsworth and others.
MARGARET TAYLOR SMITH, '47, and
SIDNEY W. SMITH, JR., '43, LL.B. '49,
have announced the birth of a son, Sidney
W., Ill, on November 3. The Smiths, who
live at 16661 Strathmoor Avenue, Detroit
35, Mich., also have a daughter, Sarah.
JOHN ALEX RADFORD received a master
of science degree from Northwestern Uni-
versity last June and is now executive editor
of the Freehold Transcript, Freehold, N. J.
He finds newspaper work extremely interest-
ing and exactly what he wanted to do.
FRED C. FROSTICK, JR., B.S., of 7 Dela-
ware Avenue, Charleston 2, W. Va., is a
chemist for Carbide and Carbon Chemicals
Corporation. He has completed require-
ments at Duke for the Ph.D. degree, which
will be awarded at Commencement in June.
Little ' ' Missy ' ' Bush and her brother,
' ' Ken, ' ' whose picture is on the Sons and
Daughters Page this month, are the children
of POLLY BEAYER BUSH and Kenyon
Taylor Bush. Their address is 15 Meadow-
brook Yillage, Plainfield, N. J.
FRANCES JOHNSON EYANS and her hus-
band, Lewis V. Evans, III, have two children,
Edith Yincent Evans and Lewis Yincent
Evans, IY, whose pictures are on the Sons
and Daughters Page this month. They live
at 313 S. Yeiteh Avenue in Arlington, Ya.
Frederick Jarden Meadows, better known
as ' ' Rick, ' ' whose picture is on the Sons
and Daughters Page of this issue, is the son
of "BABBIE" JARDEN MEADOWS and
Dr. Frederick C. Meadows. Their home
address is 14 Bloom Street, Danville, Pa.
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President : Matthew S. (Sandy) Rae
Class Agent : H. Watson Stewart
A son, Henry Earl, was born on December
23 to JULIA RAMSBURGH BEAMER, '45,
and E. E. (ERNIE) BEAMER, of 148
Grandview Court, Ithaca, N. Y. Ernie is
enrolled in the Graduate School of the New
York State School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University.
MR. and Mrs. GROYER LEE DILLON, JR.,
B.S.M.E., of Country Club Homes, Raleigh,
have announced the birth of a son, Grover
Lee, III, on December 20.
WILMA SMITH McMILLAN (MRS.
GEORGE M.) has two daughters, Cheryl
Anne, who is three years old, and Nancy
Gayle, who was born last September. She
and her family live at 2995 South 18th East,
in Salt Lake City, Utah, where her husband
is an attorney.
Miss Laura White and JAMES BOYD
WOLFE, JR., '44, LL.B. '50, were married
in the First Baptist Church, Greensboro,
N. C, on December 21. Jim is associated
with ROY M. BOOTH, 31, LL.B. '35, attor-
ney, in Greensboro. His wife is a senior
at the Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina and is the 1951 May
Queen.
CHARLES MeKAY RAMSAY, Ph.D., is an
Associate Professor of Bible and Philosophy
at Greensboro College in Greensboro, N. C.
He and his wife, the former HILDA TAL-
TON, '47, have a daughter who is 18 months
old. A picture of little Carol Yvonne is on
the Sons and Daughters Page this month.
The Ramseys live at 120 College Place in
Greensboro.
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President : Charles B. Markharn, Jr.
Class Agent : Charles F. Blanehard
EDITH STAPF DILLON, '45, and MAR-
CUS L. DILLON, JR., '46, B.S.M., M.D.,
'48, have announced the birth of a son,
Marcus L. Dillon, III, on November 8.
Their home is on Route 1, Cornwallis Road,
Durham, N. C.
DOROTHY EYANS and Dr. Howard H.
MacDougall were married January 12 in the
Second Presbyterian Church, Washington,
Pa. Their address is 439 E. Chestnut Street
in Washington.
The marriage of Miss Joyce Treskunoff and
WILLIAM FREEDMAN, B.S.M.E., took
place in Washington, D. C, on August 20.
They are making their home at 4329 4th
Street, S.E., in Washington, where BUI is
employed by the United States Patent Office.
The Duke Medical School has added E. T.
KRAYCIRICK, M.D., a Burlington, N. C.
physician, to its staff as assistant instructor
in medicine. Dr. Kraycirick, who will con-
tinue his private practice, will teach at Duke
on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week. A
native of Pennsylvania, he was an assistant
resident at Duke Hospital before opening
his Burlington office in 1947.
A recent visitor to the Alumni Office was
JEAN HORSLEY NICHOLSON (MRS.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
.. D.). She and her Navy husband and two
liildren were on their way from Norfolk to
liami, Fla., where their address will be
S.W. 18th Koad. This was Jean's first
isit to the campus since graduation.
I. STEVENS STOCKSLAGER, JR.,
i.S.M.E., is working for the International
'aper Company in Atlanta, Ga., where his
ddress is 1459 Hartford Avenue, S.W.
7 oung William James Beel, whose picture
5 on the Sons and Daughters Page this
wnth, is the son of PEGGY BACON BEEL
nd her husband William J. Beel, Jr., w T ho
ive at 2934 Beechwood Drive, S.E., East
Irand Rapids, Mich.
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President : B. G. Munro
Class Agent: Robert E. Cowin
iETSY HODGES BERNARD and DON M.
JERNARD, JR., B.S.M.E. '48, have an-
louneed the birth of a daughter, Carol
Voodson, on September 15. The Bernards,
vho live in Noreo, La., have another daugh-
er, Martha.
i daughter, Mary Jo, was born on December
!1 to RAYMOND P. CARSON, '46, B.D.
49, of Waverly, Va. Mrs. Carson is the
! ormer Miss Ruth Sullivan,
lecent visitors to the Alumni Office were
JEORGE SINICHKO, B.S.M.E., and his
>ride, the former Miss Belletta Wegele, who
vere married in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Febru-
iry 24. George is a manufacturer 's sales
•epresentative in the Pittsburgh area, and
le and Mrs. Sinichko are making their home
it 5727 Senter Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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President : Grady B. Scott
Class Agent : Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.
VIALCOLM M. (JACK) ADAMSON, B.D.,
s superintendent of Bonny Oaks Home for
Children in Chattanooga, Tenn. It is an
institution owned and operated by Hamilton
bounty, Tenn., and comprised of an expan-
sive campus, 400 acre farm, and approxi-
mately 200 children and young people.
TAYNE ELLEN BECKER and Mr. John
Lawrence Dale, who were married in the
First Methodist Church, Kaufman, Tex., on
October 16, are living at 7706 Carlin Drive,
Dallas, Tex.
DEE GENTNER BOLKMAN (MRS.
ARTHUR W.) and her husband live at
1825 Stanford Street, Alameda, Calif. Dee
is a model, and her husband, an alumnus
of the University of Alabama, is a radio
officer with Seaboard and Western Airlines.
MARIAN VAN TRINE DAVIS and
BRUCE GRIFFIN DAVIS, '48, have an-
nounced the birth of a son, Bruce, Jr., on
October 17. Their address is 1203 Thomas-
ville Road, Tallahassee, Fla.
WILLIAM MARSHALL DECKER is Vice-
Consul at the American Consulate, Surabaya,
Indonesia.
The wedding of GERRY ANNETTE DIGGS,
R.N., and Sgt. Thomas Donald Harris was
solemnized November 18 in the Asbury
Methodist Church, Durham. They are living
temporarily at 404 Brentwood Avenue, Jack-
sonville, N. C, while Mr. Harris is stationed
at Camp Lejeune as a member of the United
States Marine Corps.
PATSY COZART EDWARDS (MRS.
GEORGE L., JR.) is the audiometer tech-
nician for the Durham city schools. She is
completing the work begun last year to test
the hearing ability of students.
LORING FOUNTAINE is a secretary in
Hollywood, Calif., her boss being Robert
Buckner, a Universal-International producer
originally from Charlotte, N. C. Loring has
many interesting experiences in connection
with her job. In addition to meeting the
stars, she does research for some of their
pictures so that their language and actions
will correspond with reality. Loring has
twin sisters who also attended Duke, JOAN
FOUNTAINE LEARY (MRS. JAMES E.),
'48, and JEAN FOUNTAINE '48.
DOLORES STRAND GALLANT (MRS.
THOMAS) and her husband became parents
of a son, Stephen Strand Gallant, on Novem-
ber 25. They are living at 24 Western Ave-
nue, Fairfield, Me.
Miss Susaune Margaret Smith and ARTHUR
LEWIS GILBERT were married January
20 in Martha Mary Chapel, Greenfield Vil-
lage, Dearborn, Mich. Their address is
1205 Union Avenue, Havre de Grace, Md.
Last September ROBERT M. (BOB) JOHN-
STON, JR., son of ROBERT M. JOHN-
STON, SB., '16, of Evanston, 111., was mar-
ried to Miss Gloria Hess, an alumna of the
University of Illinois. They are living in
Chicago, where Bob is on the staff of the
Chicago Daily Neivs.
Announcement has been received of the birth
of Robert Toms Kelly on November 24,
1950, to Mr. and MRS. ROBERT Y.
KELLY, of 201 N. 15th Street, Wilming-
ton, N. C. Mrs. Kelly is the former MARY
ELIZABETH TOMS.
JEANNE HARRIS LENTZ and Mr.
Dwight Bennett Morris were married Decem-
ber 16 in the Central Methodist Church,
Albemarle, N. C. They are living at 414
South Fourth Street, in Albemarle, where
Jeanne is a high school French teacher, and
her husband, an alumnus of the University
of North Carolina, is an assistant dyer in
Wiscassett Mills.
MARY ELLEN McCARTHY, of 6414 33rd
Street, N.W., Washington 15, D. C, received
the LL.B. degree from George Washington
University in November.
The Fidelity was the first bank
in the State of North Carolina
authorized by its charter to do a
trust business .
For over 60 years our Trust
Department has rendered faith-
ful and intelligent service in vari-
ous fiduciary capacities to both
institutions and individuals. We
welcome communications or in-
terviews with anyone interested
in the establishment of any kind
of trust.
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Thomas F. Southgate Wm. J. O'Brien
President Sec'y- Treas.
Established 1872
T*
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Insurance Specialists
DURHAM, N. C.
BUDD-PIPER
ROOFING CO.
W. P. Budd, '04, Secretary-Treas.
W. P. Budd, Jr., '36, Vice-President
DURHAM, N. C.
• * • *
Contractors for
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Duke Chapel, New
Graduate Dormitory
Indoor Stadium and
Hospital Addition
* * • •
CONTRACTS SOLICITED
IN ALL PARTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA
Miss Martha Elizabeth James and J. EVAN
MaeWHIRTER were married October 21 in
Saint Mark's Lutheran Church, Charlotte,
N. C. They are making their home at 724
East Morehead Street, Charlotte, where
Evan is traffic manager for Southern Bell
Telephone Company. Mrs. MaeWhirter is
an alumna of the University of Kentucky.
LOUIS J. METZ, M.F., '47, Ph.D. '50, and
his wife are living in Union, S. C, where
he is affiliated with the Southwestern Forest
Experiment Station of the United States
Forest Service. He is doing soils research
work in the Piedmont Plateau of South
Carolina.
BETTY JANE TROXELL MOREEX
(MRS. THOMAS R.) and her husband be-
came the parents of a son on January 21.
Their address is 1113 Evelyn Street X.E..
Grand Rapids 5, Mich.
E. ADOLPH RODEXBERG, JR., is a part-
ner in Rodenberg's Super Market. He was
married last June to Miss Joanne Ingram,
of Talladega, Ala., and they are living at
Westwood, St. Andrews Parish, Charleston,
S. C.
CAROLYX HOOPER. SATTERFIELD
(MRS. JOHX) and her husband, of Scot-
land Xeck, X. C, have announced the birth
of a daughter, Carlotta Elizabeth, on Xo-
vember 14. They have one other daughter,
Lynn, who is three and a half years old.
JEAX ASBURY SMITH (MRS. GEORGE
Y.) A.M., is living at Beechspring Gardens
Apartments, Apartment 17 J, Summit, X. J.
PEGGY JOXES THEIS (MRS. ROBERT
J.) and her family, which includes a seven-
months-old daughter, Margaret Clesta, and a
son, Robert J., Jr., one and a half years old,
live at 6947 College Avenue, Indianapolis,
Ind. Mr. Theis is district representative for
the Philco Corporation.
EDITH HELMBOLD WALLICK (MRS.
ROBERT D.) and her husband reside at
4506 South 36th Street, Arlington, Ya. Mr.
Walliek, an alumnus of Lehigh University
and the George Washington University
School of Law, is a certified public account-
ant.
C. ROBERT WELSHAXS, whose mailing
address is P. O. Box 305, Wheeling, W. Ya.,
is supervisor of personnel and training for
Wheeling Steel Corporation in their Beech
Bottom office.
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President : Bollin M. Millner
Class Agent : Jack H. Quaritius
JOHX C. BOLLEXS, A.M.. of 621 South
Barrington Avenue, Apartment 12, Los An-
geles 49, Calif., is assistant professor of
political science at the University of Cali-
fornia.
JOHX A. BOOXE received a degree from
the Harvard School of Business Administra-
tion with high distinction last June and is
now employed by the Rike-Kimler Company
in Dayton. Ohio. He and his wife, who have
a two-year-old daughter, Debby, live at
545-A Corona Ave., Davton.
XAXCY XOBLE BRAYXARD is now Mr
Harold Yan Alen Wait, Jr., having bee
married a year this spring. She and her hui;
band reside in Barber, X. J., where he :
working with the California Oil Company. '
SHERMAX D. CLARK, B.S., a seismij
computer for Taylor Exploration Company
and BERT CLAIRE JOHXSOX CLARE,
R.X., are living at 1905 Lexington Avenui
Houston, Tex. They have a son, Rendt
Bruce, who will soon be a year old.
MARY VIRGINIA COBB is working on he
master 's degree in Religious Education a
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminarj
Her address is now Box 6382, Seminarv Hil
Ft. Worth 10, Texas.
TRUE DARLEXE COCHRAX and M)
Edgar Webb Bassick, III, were marries
September 30, 1950, in a ceremony at "Th
Oaks, ' ' the Bassiek family estate. Mr. Bat
sick, an alumnus of Yale University, ha
been recalled to service, but mail direetei
to them at 73 Carlynn Drive, Fairfield!
Conn., will be forwarded.
KITTY CASSELS DAXIEL (MRS. jj
REESE, JR.) and her husband have an,
nounced the birth of a daughter. Moll;
Elizabeth, on August 27, 1950. Their ad
dress is 21% Legare Street, Charleston
S. C.
JOHX WILEY EDWARDS, B.S.M.E., i
living at 133 10th Street, X.E., Apartmen
C-9, in Atlanta, Ga., where he is an electriea
engineer for the Boiler Equipment Servici
Companv.
ROBERT BREEXE ELDREDGE receive*
the LL.B. degree from George Washingtoi
University in Xovember. His address is 8d
South Main Street, Waterbury. Yt.
CHARLES FREXCH, B.S.E.E., is an engij
neering draftsman for Carnegie-Illinois
Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pa., his
address there being 3600 Dawson Street, ffl
is assistant treasurer of the Western Penn-
sylvania Duke Alumni Association.
ELIZABETH GRAYES and CARL J
PERKIXSOX, '50, were married in the First
Methodist Church. Wilson, X. C, on Septem-
ber 16, 1950. They are living in Atlanta.
Ga., where Carl is employed by the Indus-
trial Relations Department of Ford Motor
Company.
JACK HIGHSMITH is assistant to the sales
manager of the Yicks Products Division of
Yiek Chemical Company, 122 East 42nd
Street, Xew York 17, X. Y.
ROBERT T. HOLT received his LL.B. dei
gree from the University of Florida last
fall and is now connected with the Perm
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Phila-
delphia. He and his wife, the former JEAX
ROGERS, are living at 1719 West MahJ
Street, Xorristown, Pa.
GEORGE C. KIEFER, JR., B.S. '47, M.FJ
'48, and his bride, the former Miss Mary
Louise Quaile of Lakeville, Conn., visited,
the eampus on their honeymoon. They were
married on October 7 in Lakeville, where
they are making their home. George works
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ith the Great Mountain Forest of Norfolk,
onn., experimental and research forest.
ENRY MACKENZIE, LL.B., who is a
ember of the law firm of Coffey and Mae-
?nzie, is city attorney for Jamestown, N. D.
e and Mrs. Mackenzie are the parents of
daughter, Donna Jane, and a son, William.
OEOTHT LOUISE MILLER and Mr.
obert Stevens Buxton, who were married
i -the Elizabeth Voorhees Chapel of New
jrsey College for Women on May 27, 1950,
•e living in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Buxton,
i alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute
: Technology, is working with Alan A.
r ood of Philadelphia.
EAN C. NICKERSON and Mr. Thomas
rimavera were married in Frederick, Md.,
l September 2. They live in D-8, Vetsville,
oulder, Colo.
he marriage of Miss Denyse Edwards and
ILLY BROWN OLIVE', B.S.E.E., took
lace on November 18 in the Duke Univer-
ty Chapel, and they are making their home
; 190 Riverside Drive, Apt. 8-D, New York
t, N. Y. Billy is with the Associated Com-
anies Division of Westinghouse Electric
iternational Company.
he address of ROBERT HENRY
ARRISH is 58 Brokdale Garden, Bloom-
ed, N. J. Last September he was married
i Miss Marilyn Beatrice Schade, of East
range, N. J., an alumna of Mount Holyoke
ollege.
ULIA LOU PHINNIX and Mr. Thomas
lyde Elrod were united in marriage Decem-
sr 29 in the First Baptist Church, Greens-
Dro, N. C. They are living at 707 Kendall
rive, Nashville, Tenn., where Mr. Elrod,
ii 'alumnus of Georgia Tech, is employed
f General Shoe Corporation. For the past
3ar Julia has been employed in Nashville
j International Business Machine Corpora-
on as a systems service woman.
UGENE RENTZ is a master in languages
t Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Va. He pre-
iously taught French and Spanish at Duke,
ad has published writings in the magazine,
Hispania."
7ILLIAM D. ROXLO, B.S.M.E., and Mrs.
oxlo have announced the birth of a son,
ames William, on October 1. Their address
I 609 Kirkwood Circle, Camden, S. C.
'EGGY ROSE SMITH is now Mrs. William
haw Corbitt, Jr., of Henderson, N. C. Mr.
orbitt, an alumnus of the McCallie School,
tie United States Merchant Marine Acade-
ly and North Carolina State College, is con-
ected with the Corbitt Company.
USANNE DE VOE THOMPSON is now
Irs. George C. Huggins, Jr., having been
larried last September in the Elizabeth
todman Voorhees Chapel at New Jersey
ollege for Women. Until her marriage she
aught physical education in the Coos Bay
unior High School. She and Mr. Huggins
re making their home at 1058 Howard
Street, Salem, Ore.
ILIZABETH ANNE VINING became the
■ride of Mr. Ernest Mahler, Jr., on Novem-
■er 18 at the Erskine Congregational Church,
Tryon, N. C. Mr. Mahler, an alumnus of
Deerfield Academy, served in the Coast
Guard during the war, and now operates the
Chinquapin Dairy in Tryon where the couple
is living. Libby has been writing for the
local newspaper.
The address of JOHN C. WALKER, III,
who is a real estate dealer in Washington,
D. C, is 4506 West Virginia Avenue, Bethes-
da 14, Md. The Walkers' first child, Eliza-
beth Beale Walker, was born June 23, 1950.
ANN BAIRD WEAVER (MRS. RICHARD
F.), who was married almost a year ago, is
living at 2510 Avenham Avenue, S.W., Roa-
noke, Va. She is a physiotherapist at Me-
morial and Crippled Children 's Hospital.
WILLIAM F. WEBSTER, JR., is band
director and teacher of band instruments
at Winecoff School, Concord, N. C. He has
also organized a school band at Royal Oaks
School in the same vicinity.
ROBERT M. WILHOIT, M.D., and his
bride of last September, the former Miss
Hazel Ann Greer of Aberdeen, are living in
Asheboro, N. C, where Bob is associated
with the Barnes-Griffin Clinic.
For the past year MYRTLE J. WILKIN-
SON has been Mrs. Paul C. Pancake. Her
address is 1440 Fifth Avenue, Huntington,
W. Va.
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First Reunion: Commencement, 1951
Presidents : Woman 's College, Betty Bob
Walters Walton (Mrs. Loring) ; Trinity
College, Robert W. Frye ; College of
Engineering, Joe J. Robnett, Jr.
Class Agent: Chester P. Middlesworth
HELEN JO AARONS and Edward Gene
Best, who were married last summer in the
Duke University Chapel, are making their
home in Goldsboro, N. C.
DOUGLAS H. AUSBON and his wife, the
former Miss Janice Ray Whitley of Durham,
who were married last August, are living
at 2137 Briarwood Road, Charlotte, N. C,
where Doug is working with Remington
Rand Company. Doug is the son of IMO-
GENE HIX AUSBON (Mrs. C. S.) of Dur-
ham.
FRANCES WHITLEY BALLARD, R.N.,
B.S.N., and Mr. Thurman Ralston Jones, Jr.,
who were married June 3 in the Duke Uni-
versity Chapel, are living in North Wilkes-
boro, N. C. Mr. Jones is an alumnus of Oak
Ridge Military Academy and the School of
Chemical Engineering at North Carolina
State College.
SUZANNE BEAL is living in Daphne, Ala.,
and is doing interior decorating work in
Mobile.
The permanent address of MARY ELIZA-
BETH BROOKS, who was married last sum-
mer to Lieut. William J. Buchanan, U.S.A.,
an alumnus of Virginia Military Institute,
is 50 Summit Street, Monroe, N. Y.
While Hulet is attending Capitol Radio
Engineering Institute in Washington, D. C,
PHYLLIS HUBBARD, '50, and HULET
BURNETT, JR., are making their home at
2223 H Street, N.W., Apt. 507. They were
married in the Duke University Chapel last
June.
JOHN ROBERT CURRY, JR., is the direc-
tor of the Durham Children's Museum, hav-
ing assumed the position last June. He is
a naturalist, and has been prominent in Boy
Scout work in the past.
ELIZABETH (BETSY) DENNETT, who
recently completed a course in stewardess
training at the Academy of Charm in At-
lanta, Ga., is a flight stewardess for Delta
Air Lines and is based in Atlanta where the
airline's general offices are located. Her
address there is 1239 E. Rock Springs Road,
N.E. Before going into her present work,
Betsy was a member of the Alumni Office
staff".
The address of TRUDY SANDERS
GUINNEE, '50, and W. FENTON
Duke
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GUINNEE, JR., is 6117 Perrier Street,
New Orleans, La. Fenton works for the
Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Sales Co.
WILLIAM E. HACKETT and MARY
ELLA ROTHROCK HACKETT are living
at IS West Side Drive, Lexington, X. C.
They are proud parents of a son, William
E., Jr., born August 30, 1950. Bill is mana-
ger of the West End lee and Coal Company.
JOCELYN BIRD HELM and CARL E.
HELM, '50, are living at Riverview, River
Road, Shelton, Conn. Carl is in the training
program of the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company.
WILLIAM B. HOUCK, son of C. B.
HOUCK, '23, of Roanoke, Va., is living in
Miami, Fla., where he is working for Houck
& Co., Advertisers. Last summer he was
married to Miss La-Voe Johns, and their
address in Miami is 155 S.E. 12th Street.
NANCY ROBIXSOX HUNT and WIL-
LIAM B. HUXT, JR., are living in Win-
ston-Salem, X. C, while Bill is attending
Bowman Gray Medical School. They were
married last summer in Concord, N. C.
HARVETTE COCKRELL JENKINS and
MARTIN EDWARD JENKINS are living
at 7623 A, Williams Way, Elkins Park, Pa.
Martin is a salesman.
JOYCE HENDRICKS, '50, and WILLIAM
WALLACE MeMAHON, B.S.C.E., who were
married last July 1 in the Northminster
Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. O, are
now living at 5307 Wolfe Drive, Apartment
4, Pittsburgh 27, Pa. Wally is an engineer
witli the Rothey Construction Company of
Elizabeth, Pa.
Lieut. JACK W. HTJXTER, B.S.M.E., and
his wife have two children, Jack, Jr., who
was born last September 11, and a young
daughter, Patricia Carol. They are living at
174 Freeman Drive, Hampton, Va., where
Jack is stationed with the U. S. Air Force.
JOSEPH L. LINEBERRY is a deputy col-
lector for the internal revenue department
in Lumberton, N. O, where he and his wife
reside. Mrs. Lineberry, the former Miss
Nina Alice Teague, of Staley, N. O, is a
graduate of the Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina.
NORMA LEE LITTLE and WILLIAM E.
SCOTT, B.S.M.E. '50, who were married last
summer, are living at 8911 West Center
Street, Apt. 4, Milwaukee, Wise. Bill is
working for Allis-Chalmers.
THEODORE H. MATTHEISS, B.D., and
Mrs. Mattheiss have a son, David Harold
Mattheiss, born July 5, 1950. They live in
Finksburg, Md., where Ted is minister of
the Methodist Church.
JEAN NOBLE is living at 10 Longwood
Road, Roland Park, Baltimore 10, Md., and
is working for Liberty Mutual Insurance
Company as a policyholder service represent-
ative.
DANIEL W. PATTERSON of 1201 Madi-
son Avenue, Greensboro, N. C, has been as-
signed to the 2nd Armored Division, Fort
Hood, Texas, after being inducted into the
United States Army.
ELLA FKrwa, K.N., B.S.N., is now Mi
David Garrison, and is living in Easley, S.
MARIE QUINN, whose address is 1501-
16th St., N.W., White Hall, Washingtoi
D. C.j is working for the Federal Gover
ment.
ERNEST EDGAR SCHNOOR and LENN
CARSON SCHNOOR, R.N. '49, B.S.N. '5
are living at 2401 Club Boulevard, Durhai
Ernest is a senior in Duke Medical School
BETTY SMITH, daughter of W. JASPE
SMITH, '23, of Bethel, N. O, and DAVI
O. SPEIR, who were married last June, a
living at 2716 Haverford Place, Charlott'
N. C. David is working with the Atlanti
Refining Company.
CHARLES W. SMITH, whose address
Box 6002, Five Points Station, Raleigh, 1
G, is a professional representative for Wil
throp-Stearns, Inc., drug chemicals, in Ne|
York City.
The address of JANE STEWART SMITj
(MRS. ANDREW W., JR.) is No. 10 Sand
Creek Road, Pittsburgh 21, Pa.
ROBERT RAY STEWART is a student I
the Duke Law School. MRS. STEWART
the former MARY NORTON KING, '50. |
WILLIAM E. SWANSON has recently cod
pleted work for his Master's degree at Dul:
and has gone to Venezuela, where he wi
work for United States Steel Company.
GLORIA K. WHETSTONE, whose addrei
is 201 West Park Drive, Raleigh, N. I
is assistant cataloguer in the State Colleg
Library.
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President : Jane Suggs
Class Agent: Robert L. Hazel
MILTON EDWARDS AYERS, of 197 wd
Passaic Avenue, Bloomfield, N. J., is a prj
fessional baseball player.
RUTH MARGARET CHARLTON, M.Ed
of 740 13th Street, S.W., Apartment
Roanoke, Va., is a teacher in Jefferson Hig
School, Roanoke.
ROBERT LANCE CLIFFORD, LL.B., is
law clerk with Cox and Walburg, Newarl
N. J. His home is at 145 Elbert Stree:
Ramsey, N. J.
ALPHEUS McCULLEN COVINGTOJ
M.D., who makes his home at 806 Demerir
Street, Durham, is on the staff at Did
Hospital.
HARRY WOLFE CYPHERS, JR., M.F
is employed by the Drexel Furniture Con
pany. He lives at 107 Alwran Street, Moa
ganton, X. C.
LORRAINE AVIS DUBERGER, B.S., -t
living at 2 Laurel Street, Concord, Mass
while she is attending Jordan Marsh 's execi
tive training program in Boston.
JAMES MEDLEY EDWARDS, LL.M., i
practicing law in Tampa, Fla., where hi
address is 112 South Glen Ave.
XORRIS LONDON FELLOWS, B.D., o
160 High Street, Oxford, N. C, is ministt
of the Oxford Presbvterian Church.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
tARY PAE (FIFI) FINTER has a jod
-ith the United States Government and lives
t 3400 Macomb Street, N.W., Washington,
'. C.
TIS RANDOLPH GILLIAM, Ph.D., is an
iistructor in physics at the University of
ionnectieut, his address being 14 Willow-
rook Road, Storrs, Conn.
ANCY ANN HAMLEN, R.N., is a nurse
t Duke Hospital, where her address is Box
960.
PILLIAM THERON HAWKINS, M.F., is
forester with Koppers Company, Inc., in
!harleston, S. C, where he lives at 380
Lshley Avenue.
1USSELL MANNING HELTERLINE,
iL.M., is teaching at the Rutgers Univer-
ity Law School, 37 Washington Street,
tfewark, N. J.
IARTHA LOUISE HOFFNER, M.R.E.,
rho lives at 226 South Park Street, Ashe-
loro, N. C, is director of Christian educa-
ion at Central Methodist Church in Ashe-
ioro.
OHN FRANK HOSNER, M.F., whose ad-
ress is Box 636 Murphysboro, 111., is a
listrict forester.
AMES FRANKLIN HULL, JR., is a sales-
man for the Columbia Chemical Division of
he Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. He
iiakes his home at 553 Park View Avenue,
Jarberton, Ohio.
jEONARD ABRAM LEWIS, M.D., is an
[item at Colorado General Hospital, 4200
iast 9th Avenue, Denver, Colo.
.EWIS LIPTON McMASTERS, JR., whose
lome is at 1621 Brightwaters Boulevard, St.
3 etersburg, Fla., is an Ensign in the United
States Navy.
IARRY ROY MAYS, B.D., is minister of
he Central Methodist Church, Florence, S.
). His address is Box 87.
?AVID JOHN MIDDLETON, JR., is a
eacher in the Warsaw, N. C, High School.
VARD PAFFORD, Ph.D.,. who is assistant
professor of English at Emory University,
ives at 1498 Medloek Road, Decatur, Ga.
3ARBARA ANN (BOBBE) RAKE lives at
L45 West Mt. Pleasant Road, Philadelphia
L9, Pa., and teaches at the Lankenau School.
ELOISE LENORE SPEARMAN, A.M., is
loing research work at Syracuse University.
Eler address is 1326 W. Onondaga Street,
Syracuse, N. Y.
CHARLES SLOAN STRIBLING, of 29-D
Brookwood Garden Apartments, Burlington,
!l O, is a production trainee at Plaid Mill,
Burlington Mills Corporation.
POLLY CHANDLER TILLMAN (MRS.
HARVEY E.), R.N., B.S.N., is a nurse at
Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson, N. O,
.vhere her address is 428 Charles Street.
IOHN REA TROPMAN, who lives at 705
MeGee Street, Greensboro, N. C, is work-
ing for the Charles Store.
DAN M. WILLIAMS, JR., '48, LL.B. '50,
is practicing law with the firm of Williams
ind Williams in Asheville, N. C. His mail-
ing address is Box 7295.
ROBERT and JANE LOGAN ZAHNER are
living at 2915 Monroe Avenue, Durham. Bob
is a student in the Duke School of Forestry.
NAN FARRINGTON, who lives at 222
Colonial Drive, Thornasville, N. C, is teach-
ing third grade in a county school.
A. H. (HAMP) FRADY, JR., is working
for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and
Beane in their home office at 70 Pine Street,
New York 5, N. Y. For the next two years
he will be in New York, where he is taking
their Training Program. Hamp is sharing
an apartment with WILL JACKSON, '49,
at 112 Washington Place, New York 14,
N. Y.
The address of DORIS JORGENSEN
GLAZE (MRS. JOHN W., JR.) is 1639
Dormont Street, Orlando, Fla.
ISOLEE GILE GOODE and Mr. Grady
Sherdale Carpenter were married Septem-
ber 23 in Charlotte, N. O, and are making
their home at 604 South Union Street, Con-
cord, N. C.
Miss Jane Bentley Tomlinson and PHIL-
LIP FRANKLIN HANES, JR., son of P.
FRANK HANES, '11, of Winston-Salem,
N. O, were married September 30 in
Springfield Friends Meetinghouse, High
Point, N. C. They are living in Clover Dale
Apartments, Winston-Salem, where Phil is
connected with Hanes Knitting Company.
Mrs. Hanes is an alumna of Northfield
School, Brenau Academy, and Woman's Col-
lege, Greensboro.
ROBERT CARL HUBBARD is a student
at the Duke School of Law.
JOHN GRIER HUDSON, JR., is assistant
secretary and treasurer of Belk-Hudson
Company in Spartanburg, S. C.
DEWEY HOBSON HUFFINES, JR.,
whose address is Box 1014, Reidsville, N. C,
is an agent for Powell Insurance Agency.
NANCIE TAYLOR IRVIN and GLENN
FOSDICK IRVIN are living in Callahan,
Pla. Glenn is engaged in farming.
MEDFORD M. LEAKE, of 645 Highland
Circle, Tupelo, Miss., is working for Leake
and Goodlett, Inc., dealers in building ma-
terials.
POSTER LeROY LEVY is a graduate stu-
dent at Alabama University.
CHARLES ABNER LONG, JR., an ac-
countant for the Celanese Corporation of
America, lives in Narrows, Va.
JOHN LIVINGSTON McADAMS is a cost
accountant for Sidney Blumenthal and
Company, Inc., and he lives at 624 Arling-
ton Street, Rocky Mount, N. C.
SALLY FRANCES MALKASIAN is doing
free-lance illustration of juveniles. Her ad-
dress is 15 Pleasantview Avenue, Long-
meadow, Mass.
PAUL HENRY MARX, of 256 Brighton
Road, N.E., Atlanta 4, Ga., is secretary-
treasurer of H. Boyer Marx and Associates.
In a ceremony performed at the First Pres-
byterian Church, Covington, Va., on Sep-
tember 23, MARGARET BECKWITH
MURRAY, R.N., B.S.N., became the bride
of Mr. James Blizzard Mead. They are
now making their home at 1106 Chapel
Hill Street in Durham. Mr. Mead is an
alumnus of the University of North Caro-
lina School of Radio.
ROBERT LELAND MUSSER of Salem,
Ohio, is attending the Duke Law School.
ALICE RANDOLPH NEELY is working
toward her master's degree at Assembly's
Training School, 3400 Brook Road, Rich-
mond, Va.
ELOISE H. PARKER, of 704 Buchanan
Boulevard, Durham, is secretary to Mr. J.
Foster Barnes, director of choral music at
Duke.
ROBERTA ANN POWELL, R.N., and Mr.
Harold Lauden Colvard, who were married
October 28, 1950, in Raleigh, N. C, are
living at 1040 Blue Bonnet Drive, Fort
Worth, Texas. Mr. Colvard attended the
University of North Carolina and the Uni-
versity of Tennessee, and received a B.S.
degree in air transportation engineering
from Purdue University last year.
ANN TOWNSEND REID is taking grad-
uate work in mathematics at Duke.
"BILLY" RICHMAN is associated with his
father who is manager of the Newport
News Agency, Ordinary Agency Division,
of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia,
Richmond, Va.
EARL JEROME ROSS is a state auditor
for the Department of Revenue, 104 Court
Arcade, Charlotte, N. C. His home is at
1405 Holloway Street, Durham.
NORMAN THOMAS SHARPE is living at
223 Greenwood Drive, West Palm Beach,
Fla., where he is a vault builder.
NORMAN EMMETT SIMPSON is living
at 480 Spruce Street, Morgantown, W. Va.,
while he is doing graduate work at the
University of West Virginia.
WILLIAM SPENCER, A.M., of Erie, Pa.,
is instructor in English at St. Lawrence
University, Canton, N. Y.
POLLY BRADSHAW TUCKER is a grad-
uate student, her address being 2192 Pea-
body College Station, Nashville, Tenn.
KATHRYN MIMS TUTTLE is living at
819 Buchanan Boulevard, Durham, and
working at the Duke Library.
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NANCY COBB GLASS and FRED NEL-
SON MeGRANAHAN, JR., were united in
marriage November 3 in Trinity Methodist
Church, Durham. They are living at 1310
Glendale Avenue, Durham, while both are
finishing their senior year at Duke Univer-
sity.
December 16 was the date of the wedding of
ELIZABETH DIXON BRYSON, '52, and
ROGER BEESON KIRCHOFER, which took
place in the Cloister Chapel of the First
Presbyterian Church, Durham. Betty is the
daughter of the late Judge T. D. Bryson,
a member of the faculty of the Duke Law
School for many years. Roger, an officer in
the United States Army Reserve, has been
recalled to active duty.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
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deaths
HUGHES B. HOLLAND, '92
Vesper services for Hughes B. Hol-
land, '92, who died January 6, were held
in the Cox Funeral Home, Norfolk, Va.,
on January 9. Interment was in Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N. C.
A native of New Bern, Mr. Holland had
lived in Norfolk, Va., since 1917. He
was an accountant with the Norfolk
Southern Railroad there.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Caho Holland.
ERNEST JOSHUA GREEN,
'96, A.M. '32
Ernest Joshua Green, '96, A.M. '32,
died December 29 at his home in Colum-
bia, S. C. He had been in ill health for
five years.
Mr. Green served as superintendent of
the Durham City Schools from 1911 to
1914, and is a former president of Max-
ton College. From 1926 to 1947 he served
as head of the Education Department of
Columbia College, Methodist Girls' School.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Gerhold Green of Columbia; and
two sons, E. J. Green, Jr., of Carters-
ville, Ga., and George Caleb Green of
Augusta, Ga.
ARCHIE LANEY LEE, '08
Archie Laney Lee, '08, board chairman
of D'Arcy Advertising Company, and
famed advertiser of Coca-Cola, died in
JBarnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., of can-
cer on December 22, after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held in Christ
Episcopal Church Cathedral, and burial
was in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Mr. Lee, a native of Monroe, N. C, be-
came a reporter on the Atlanta Georgian
in 1908 following his graduation from
Trinity College. His newspaper work
was interrupted by service as a captain in
the infantry during World War I.
In 1919 he became a copywriter at
D'Arcy Advertising upon the recommen-
dation of Samuel C. Dobbs, then president
of the Coca-Cola Company, who was im-
pressed with the reporter during a news-
paper interview. He immediately went to
work on the Coca-Cola advertising.
Robert W. Woodruff, longtime head of
the Coca-Cola Company once told his
directorate, "No single individual has done
more to popularize Coca-Cola than Archie
Lee." It was Mr. Lee who created the
basic pattern for the poster campaign that
made "The Pause That Refreshes" famous.
Since then, repetition in advertising has
became standard for virtually all nation-
ally advertised products. After success-
fully selling the beverage as a fountain
drink, he also induced people to drink
Cokes right out of the bottle by another
vigorous poster campaign. It was Mr.
Lee who legally claimed the popular name
of "Coke" for Coca-Cola alone, leaving
the generic word "cola" to represent all
such bottled drinks. The familiar pixie
character with the friendly, saucy grin,
who so often appears on Coke ads, is also
a creation of Mr. Lee's. In addition to
these forms of advertising, Mr. Lee em-
phasized Coca-Cola as a mark of hos-
pitality.
In 1925 Mr. Lee became account execu-
tive at D'Arcy and was elected a member
of the board of directors. He had been
chairman of the board since 1945. At
the time of his death he was also director
of Coca-Cola Bottling Company, St.
Louis; Western Coca-Cola Bottling Com-
pany, Chicago, and Coca-Cola Bottling
Plants Inc., Portland, Me.
Survivors include Mrs. Lee; a daughter,
Mrs. Peter Bakewell; a son, Alexander
Laney Lee; and four sisters, Miss Marion
Lee, Mrs. Dorothy Redwine, and Miss
Margaret Lee of Monroe, N. C, and Mrs.
William MeRae of Rockingham.
LAWRENCE E. BLANCHARD, SR.,
'09
Lawrence E. Blanchard, Sr., '09,
passed away February 7 at Rex Hospital
in Raleigh, N. C, following a long illness.
Funeral services were held in the Jo-
seph G. Brown Chapel of the Edenton
Street Methodist Church and burial was
in Montlawn.
Mr. Blanchard was a Raleigh mortgage
loan executive and insuranceman. He
also served as a Class Agent for Duke
University. His home was at 1024
Cowper Drive, Raleigh.
A native of Hertford, N. C, Mr.
Blanchard took his master's degree at the
University of Wisconsin after graduating
from Trinity College. He was a veteran
of World War I.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna
Neal Fuller Blanchard; two sons. Law-
rence E. Blanchard, Jr., '42, of Rich-
mond, Va., and Charles F. Blanchard,
'45, LL.B. '49, of Raleigh; a brother, Dr.
Julian Blanchard, '05, of New York City ;
two sisters, Mrs. P. L. Bostiek of Ra-
leigh, and Mrs. C. J. Christman of Char-
lotte; one grandson, and several nieces
and nephews.
THOMAS BUFORD HUDSON, '28
Thomas Buford Hudson, '28, of 101
Holmes Run Road, Falls Church, Va.,
died January 30 at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held in the Ives
Funeral Home in Arlington, Va., and
burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Hudson joined the United States
Patent Office in 1927, and subsequently
became a clerk and patent examiner. At
the time of his death he was assistant
chief of the Designs Division. He was
also a member of the District and North
Carolina Bar Associations, having re-
ceived his B.A. and LL.B. degrees from
George Washington University.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Louise
Daniel Hudson; two sons, David and
Robert; and three brothers.
LEROY C. GRANT, '96
The Alumni Office has recently been
informed that Leroy C. Grant, '96, of
Jackson, N. C, is deceased.
WILLIAM H. HUNTER, '33
William H. Hunter, '33, passed awaj
during the latter part of 1950.
PERRY M. BALLENGER, '36
It has been learned by the Alumni Of-
fice that Perry M. Balienger, '36, is de-
ceased.
JAMES G. THOMPSON, B.S.C.E. '45
James G. Thompson, B.S.C.E. '45 :
passed away at Charlottsville University
Hospital on October 25, 1950.
Surviving is his widow, Mrs. James G.
Thompson, Greensboro, N. C.
LAWRENCE EDGAR HUTCHENS,
LL.B. '49
Lawrence Edgar Hutchens, LL.B. '49
of Yadkinville, N. C, was killed or
February 4, when his car overturned near
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Funeral services were held at the Yad-
kinville Baptist Church.
Lawrence, who practiced law at Moeks-
ville, N. C, was chairman of the Yadkin
County Democratic Executive Committee,
and president of the Mocksville Rotary
Club and the Mocksville Chamber of
Commerce.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Hutchens, and one broth-
er, Robert L. Hutchens, Jr., of Yadkin-
ville.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, March, 1951
PAGING
ffim HUXLEY!
Here's another contribution to
your brave new world. Although she certainly doesn't
realize it, she's not only delivered but paid for! Proud
Daddy is a look-ahead business man who prepares —
both in office and home affairs — for the future. He has
long been a believer in and booster of North Carolina's
only Blue Cross-Blue Shield Plan. How about you?
There are nine district offices for Hospital Saving Asso-
ciation — located throughout the State.
DOUBLE APPROVAL
HOSPITAL SAVING ASSOCIATION
HEALTH SERVICE
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
ASHEVILLE • CHARLOTTE • GREENSBORO • GREENVILLE • HICKORY
LUMBERTON • WILMINGTON • WILSON • WINSTON-SALEM
Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests
Number 6...THE beaver
How eager
can they
get?"
rvo>\
c'ftvv
FOR once in his life, our fervent friend admits that eagerness can be
over-done ! He's alluding, of course, to all these quick-trick cigarette tests
—the ones that ask you to decide on cigarette mildness after just one
puff, one sniff, one inhale or one exhale! When the chips are
down, he realizes cigarette mildness can't be judged in a hurry.
That's why he made . . .
The sensible test . . . the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test which
asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke— on a pack after
pack, day after day basis. No snap judgments needed. After you've
enjoyed Camels— and only Camels— for 30 days in your "T-Zone"
(T for Throat, T for Taste) , we believe you'll knoiv why . . .
More People Smoke Camels
than any other cigarette!
DUKE UNIVERSITY
ALUMNI REGISTER
April, 1951
Duke Boasts Top Baseball Infield
31
W^-Eroof^MILDNESS
with no unpleasant a fter-taste
JOAN FONTAINE is just like
you and everybody else, today. She
wants the cigarette that gives her
the most for the money. She makes
the Chesterfield Mildness Test and
Always Buys Chesterfields.
"k Hollywood's favorite photographer, Paul Hesse,
and Joan Fontaine enjoy a Chesterfield while he
shows her his new Stereo Realist camera.
Always B#y
Chesterfield
Copyright 1951, Liggett & Myers Tobw" Co,
DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in the Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
April, 1951
Number 4
Contents
PAGE
Editorials 87
Campaign Chairmen 88
Commencement Program 89
Scenes from Alumnae Week End 90
Many Alumnae 'Return 91
Summer Session Program 92
Training Air Force Reserves 93
Engineers' Show 95
Meetings of Alumni 96
Diamond Victories 98
Spring Teams Impressive 99
Divinity Convocation 100
Sons and Daughters 101
News of the Alumni 102
Colonel Abell Passes 112
Editor and Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Managing Editor Roger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager Thomas D. Donegan
Layout Editor Ruth Mary Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
Two Dollars a Year
20 Cents a. Copy
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post
Office at Durham, N. C, Under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
JdetieM.
The following letter was received from an alumnus who, as he
explains, only attended Duke for a short period of time. Local asso-
ciations are always glad to welcome into membership any alumnus
who attended Duke for any period of time and who is interested in
becoming affiliated with an active organization.
The Lancaster County Association is offering a scholarship to a
worthy boy or girl who wishes to attend Duke. Mr. Bucher is chair-
man of the committee which is working on the award. Money has
been raised for the scholarship through rummage sales and other
activities given by the Lancaster Association.
Mr. Caleb W. Bucher
119 East Clay Street
Lancaster, Penna.
Enclosed you will find a check which I am sending for alumni
purposes. Since I attended Duke University only three summers, I
suppose I am ineligible for membership but I do want to express
my appreciation to Duke.
The local Duke association has invited us, who have been part-
time students, to join them in their activities. I have been serving
as the scholarship committee chairman. Today we went on television
to tell the public about our proposed scholarship. I am sure that
Miss Marguerite Herr, our corresponding secretary has kept you in-
formed about this project. We have a small but a very active group.
Our present enthusiasm is directed toward the Men's Glee Club con-
cert which is to be held March 26.
Duke University has a spirit which none of us ever forget. In
spite of the fact that I am a graduate of several other schools, those
three summers at Duke stand out as the finest experience I have had
in school work.
Thomas P. Fletcher, '42
Radio Station WHK
5000 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland 3, Ohio
I'm returning your record album in today's mail. It was certainly
grand of you to allow us to use it. We all feel that it played an im-
portant part in the success of last night's concert ... of which, more
later.
Just to give you an idea of how much use we got out of the rec-
ords. I want to tell you how they were used. I prepared a fifteen
minute program using all but two of the Glee Club selections together
(Continued on Page 111)
THIS MONTH'S COVER
Coach Coombs' Blue Devils this year boast one of the finest
infields in collegiate baseball, and this is one good reason for
the team's successes in early season campaigns. Left to right
are Tom Powers. 3rd base ; Dick Groat, short stop ; Bill Berg-
eron. 2nd base ; and Bill Werber, 1st base.
CROWN HOSIERY MILLS, Inc.
Established 1913
HIGH POINT, N. C.
Manufacturers of
Ladies' and Misses' Anklets
Ladies' Seamless Hosiery
and
Men's Half Hose
New York Office
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
Volume XXXVII
April, 1951
Number 4
Here and There
The Development Campaign is in high gear as we
come into the home stretch. It is the hope of all of those
responsible for the program that by June 30 we will
have reached our goal of $8,650,000.00. Present indica-
tions are most encouraging. Reports are arriving from
all sections of the country, such as Forsyth County in
North Carolina, where workers have done a remarkably
good job. More than 40 per cent of all alumni there
have made a gift to the University. In Guilford County
almost 40 per cent of the alumni in the entire county
have already given, and the campaign is not complete.
The percentage of participation in Mecklenburg County
is most encouraging and new areas are being opened all
the time. Some sections have not been reached, but the
alumni in these areas will be given an opportunity to
participate as soon as possible either by personal solicita-
tion or by mail. Please be ready to make your commit-
ment when you are called on. Remember that each dollar
you give means two, and that this is the first time in 25
years Duke University has called on its alumni for giv-
ing on a capital basis.
The eighth annual Alumnae Week End was a success
in every way. The alumnae especially enjoyed the inno-
vation of having the students on the campus while they
were here. The attendance was good and the program
excellent. Those who couldn't come back certainly missed
an outstanding occasion.
It seems a little out of order to mention that Home-
coming will be October 27, the day of the University of
Virginia game. However, we hope you will put this
date on your calendar and plan now to attend that
occasion.
This year's baseball team gives promise of being the
best Duke has had in many years. If you haven't seen
the wonderful infield perform, not to mention the out-
field and pitchers, it is worth your time and effort to
see a game.
To be married in the Duke Chapel has become quite
the fashion for sons and daughters of Duke. Almost
?very day sees another wedding in this beautiful build-
ing. It seems to tie the young men and women closer to
the University and at the same time to give them the best
wishes and blessings of the institution.
Many things happen in the Spring of the year. In
addition to house cleaning, it seems the migratory bug
bites about 50 per cent of our alumni. If you have been
bitten by this bug and haven't sent us your change of
address, please do so. We can't tell you about the Uni-
versity's program or keep you in touch with your fellow-
alumni unless we know where you are.
Congratulations to the History Department for the
excellent letter which it mailed to alumni who majored in
history. If you didn't get a copy, we suggest you write
to Dr. William B. Hamilton, the editor.
The Physics Department also issued a similar letter
which was full of information and news of interest to
alumni of that Department. Likewise, if you didn't get
a copy and are interested, write Dr. W. M. Nielsen.
The second issue of the School of Law Newsletter was
issued late in March and was enthusiastically received by
the alumni. The Newsletter is published several times
during the vear.
Tom Fletcher, '42, like so many other alumni, is find-
ing opportunities in connection with his everyday job
to serve Duke University and to call it to the attention
of the public which he serves. On the letter page of this
issue is reproduced a letter from him which illustrates
this point.
Have you had a meeting of your local alumni asso-
ciation within the past twelve months? If not, wouldn't
it be a good idea to hold one in the near future? During
the Spring of the year many groups are having outdoor
affairs, such as picnics. This gives the members a chance
to get together, know each other better, and have a visit
with some fellow alumnus they have been intending to
go to see but, because of the pressure of things, have
failed to do so. Other groups are inviting as guests high
school students who are interested or might be interested
in attending Duke Universitv.
The 1951-52 bulletins and catalogs are now coming
off the press. If you would like a copy of one of these for
yourself or for some interested person, please write the
Alumni Office or the Secretary's office.
The parents of one of our former students stopped by
the office a few days ago. While here, the mother re-
marked that she and her husband, together with two
friends, were on their way South. She said that the last
instructions given by her son were to bring their friends
by the Duke campus for a visit, although it was a quite
a bit out of their way, and to visit the Chapel, the Sarah
P. Duke Gardens, and other places of interest on the
campus. The parents were also instructed to come by the
Alumni Office to say "hello." We appreciate this
thoughtfulness on the part of the parents, as well as the
alumnus.
Quotes
"Our way of life in its entirety was built to make
government the servant and not the master of the Ameri-
can people."
A well informed alumni body makes for interest and
enthusiasm, and assures the future of an educational
institution.
Development Campaign Chairmen
Last month the Register printed photos of 14 alumni who photos are published so that all alumni may see and know at
are serving Duke as Campaign Chairmen throughout the least a few of their fellows who are working vigorously and
United States. This month 12 more are presented. These unselfishly for "a greater Duke."
Lee F. Davis, '32
Richmond, Va.
Lewis M. Heflin, '19
New York, N. Y.
F. J. Boling, '23
Siler City, N. C.
Charles L. Kearns, '32
High Point, N. C.
T. Herbert Jlinga, '31
Dallas, Texas
Charles B. Fisher, '32
Atlanta, 6a.
Benjamin F. Few, '15, A.M. '16
New York, N. Y. -
Sterling Nicholson, '22
Durham, N. C.
J. Raymond Smith, '17
Mt. Airy, N. C.
ilarjorie Frey Brown (Mrs.
David E.), '48
New Orleans, La.
Francis L. Dale, '43
Cincinnati, Ohio
E. Ralph Paris, '14
Atlanta. Ga.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
The 1951 Commencement Program
Duke University's 1951 Commencement
is being anticipated as one of the great-
est in history, from the standpoint of
alumni participation.
Alumni everywhere — Duke's former
men and women students — are daily
made increasingly aware of the signif-
icance of free institutions standing for
democratic principles and striving to
protect a cherished liberty. This is evi-
denced, for one way, by the truly mighty
support that has been put behind the
Duke University Development Campaign
during the past year. And one of the
high points of the Commencement season
will be the report of what has been ac-
complished through the Campaign and
how much it has and will affect the Uni-
versity's position in the world of edu-
cation.
The Speakers
Speakers for the 1951 Commencement
will be The Reverend Paul Ehrman
Scherer of Union Theological Seminary,
New York City, who will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon, and Dr. Robert L.
Calkins, director of the General Educa-
tion Board of the Rockefeller Founda-
tion. Biographical notes on these two
prominent Americans will appear in the
May Register. The Hon. W. Kerr Scott,
Governor of North Carolina will deliver
the message to the graduating class.
Something New
In response to many requests, a new
entertainment feature has been added to
the Commencement program. This is a
presentation of the Hoof 'n' Horn's latest
production, the very excellent "Belles and
Ballots." This student musical has re-
ceived high praise from all who have
seen it in Page Auditorium on the cam-
pus and in Winston-Salem on tour. The
unanimous opinion is that it is one of
the best Hoof 'n' Horn productions ever
staged. Returning former students,
therefore, will have an opportunity to
see what their present-day counterparts
are capable of doing.
And Golf, Too
The third annual Alumni Golf Tourna-
ment will take place again this j'ear at
Hope Valley on Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning, June 1 and 2. As
usual, the tournament will give duffers as
well as old pros a fair chance at prizes,
since it is on a handicap basis. Those
who plan to enter are urged to fill out
the blank below and return it to the
Alumni Office.
FRIDAY, JUNE 1
Golf Tournament during afternoon arranged by Class of 1941 for all returning
alumni.
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
Golf Tournament continued in the morning.
10 :30 a.m. — Annual meeting of the Board of Trustees.
1 :00 p.m. — Luncheon of Trustees with National Council. West Campus Union.
2 :30 p.m. — Meeting of the Duke University National Council. West Campus Union.
4 :45 p.m. — Lawn Concert, University Band. West Campus Quadrangle in front of
clock tower.
6 :15 p.m. — General Alumni Dinner, followed by Open House.
8 :00 p.m. — Hoof 'n' Horn Production.
SUNDAY, JUNE 3
11 :00 a.m. — Baccalaureate Sermon for the Graduating Classes. University Chapel.
The Reverend Paul Ehrman Scherer, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D., L.H.D.,
Union Theological Seminary, New York, N. Y.
3 :30 p.m. — Carillon Recital by Anton Brees, University Carillonneur.
4 :30 p.m. — Organ Recital by Mildred L. Hendrix, University Organist. University
Chapel.
6 :00 P.M. — Outdoor Reception in Honor of Graduating Classes. East Campus.
7 :29 p.m. — Flag-lowering Exercises by Senior Classes. East Campus.
8 :00 p.m. — Sunday Night Sing. Auditorium, East Campus.
MONDAY, JUNE 4
10 :30 a.m. — Graduation Exercises. University Indoor Stadium. Address by Robert
D. Calkins, Ph.D., LL.D., Director of the General Education Board
of the Rockefeller Foundation.
■ Message to the Graduating Classes.
The Honorable W. Kerr Scott, Governor of North Carolina.
The following classes are planning reunion activities: '01, '10, '11, '12,
'26, '35, '36, '37, '41, '49.
Are Yon Planning To Return?
I plan to return to Duke at Commencement, 1951 ( )
My class, , is having a reunion this year ( )
I shall desire dormitory accommodations for:
Friday night ( ), Saturday night ( ), Sunday night ( )
Single ( ) Double ( )
I shall attend the general alumni dinner Saturday night, June 2 ( )
Please enter my name in the Annual Duke Alumni Golf Tournament ( )
My club handicap is
(or)
My average score for the past three games was
I prefer to play 18 holes on Friday afternoon, June 1 ( )
on Saturday morning, June 2 ( )
Name
Mail to:
Alumni Office Address
Duke Station
Durham, N. C. _.
Scenes From Eighth Alumnae Week End
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
Alumnae Event Attracts Many to Campus
For the first time in its eight years, the
annual Duke Alumnae Week End was
held during the regular school session
and the innovation met with great suc-
cess. Former Duke coeds enjoyed being
on campus with future alumnae while
college life was in full swing.
The three-day event, featuring lectures,
art and music events, and varied social
activities, opened Friday afternoon,
April 6, and extended through Sunday,
April 8.
All alumnae who attended returned
home with a much clearer idea of what
is happening at Duke today. They be-
came familiar with new activities of both
students and faculty, and they reviewed
the operations of the University in to-
day's world.
New Alumnae Officers
Xew officers were elected for the Alum-
nae Association at a meeting Saturday
afternoon. Coma Cole Willard (Mrs. W.
B.). '22, of Raleigh, X. C, was elected
president to serve for a term of two
years, according to a new rule passed by
the Alumnae Council at its meeting the
previous afternoon. On the action of the
council, Thelma Albright, A.M. '37, out-
going president, will remain as a member
of the executive committee for one year.
Other officers are : first vice-president,
Frances Davis, '32, Washington, D. C. ;
second vice-president, Lee Anne Seawell,
'40, Athens, Ga.; representatives at large
to serve for three-year terms : Helen
Cockrell Henderson (Mrs. E. L.), De-
troit, Mich.; Trurlu Strickland, Char-
lotte, X. C. ; and Louisa Hooker Bourne
(Mrs. C. W., Jr.), Greensboro. X. C.
Awards were given to various alum-
nae at the informal dinner held Satur-
day evening in the West Campus Union
at which President Edens, C. A. Dukes,
director of Alumni Affairs, and student
leaders were guests.
Blanche Moss, '23, was recognized as
being the first to register for the Week
End. Coming from the greatest distance
was Lee Anne Seawell of Athens, Ga.
Miss Mamie Jenkins and Miss Annie
Pcgram, both members of the class '96,
represented the oldest class with members
present. The delegations from Raleigh
and Asheboro were the largest from any
of the cities represented. Classes with
members present ranged from '93 to '50.
All-Duke Program
Featured on the program this year
were members of the Duke faculty and
students. Dr. Weston La Barre spoke to
the alumnae following a dinner in the
Woman's College cafeteria Friday eve-
ning. His subject, "The Family, Its
Functions and Its Future," touched the
widely varied concepts of family life
held throughout the world. Dr. La Barre
described the many customs which are
strange to our culture, and his conclu-
sion was that the family life in America
is superior to the others.
Following the lecture, alumnae attended
a coffee hour in East Duke Building.
Daughters of alumnae were hostesses for
the occasion.
After visiting the campus Saturday
morning, alumnae heard Dr. Marianna
Jenkins, associate dean of undergraduate
Eighth Alnmnae Week End Scenes. Top left, are new officers Coma
Cole Willard (Mrs. W T . B.), '22, Raleigh, president; and Lee Anne Sea-
well, '40. Athens, Ga., second vice-president. Priscilla Gregory McBryde
(Mrs. Angus), '29, top right, pours tea for Katie Herring Higlismith
(Mrs. J. H.), '06, at a tea held for those attending the week end. In the
background are Margery Edwards Ross (Mrs. Arthur), '37, and Annie
Louise Steele Redding (Mrs. T. Henry). '38, both of Asheboro. X. C;
Nairy Kirkman Poston (Mrs. A. E.), '25. High Point, two Duke seniors,
and Patsy McKay, '30. At center left, are shown Mary Shotwell. '06,
Oxford : Professor Emeritus A. M. Webb of the Romance Language De-
partment and Mrs. Webb; Mary Tapp Jenkins (Mrs. L. B.). '10. Kinston ;
and Dean A. K. Manchester, Ph.D. '30. Center right, oldest alumnae
attending the week end were Miss Mamie Jenkins, center, and Miss Annie
Pegram. right, both members of the class of '96. With them is former dean
Alice M. Baldwin. Lower left, a group of seniors talk with Mary Gorham
Cobb (Mrs. W. H.), '12, at a tea given in their honor by the Alumnae
Association. At lower risht, Katherine Moseley. Jan? Schrieder and Ann
Woodall. seniors, meet Trurlu Strickland, '35, Charlotte; Louisa Hooker
Bourne (Mrs. C. W.), '33, Greensboro: and Marjorie Glasson Ross (Mrs.
Norman), '33. Durham.
instruction at the Woman's College and
assistant professor of art, speak on the
controversial theme "Are Modern 'Isms'
Modern?"
Later in the morning, a student panel
discussed the question "Can Democracy
Survive?" for the group. The Moderator
was Alan Raywid, '52, Washington, D.
C, and participants were John O. Black-
burn, '51, Miami, Fla.; Joan Craig, '51,
Camp Hill, Pa.; Dante L. Germino, '53,
Durham; and Beryl Roberts, '54, Ashe-
ville, X. C. Alumnae were impressed
with the deep thinking of today's stu-
dents, and expressed a desire to continue
having student panels at their future
meetings.
At the Alumnae Association meeting at
luncheon on Saturday, a suggestion was
made that Alumnae Week End be held
every other year or discontinued for the
duration of the national emergency. The
matter hid been discussed the previous
afternoon at Alumnae Council meeting.
The proposal to cease having Alumnae
Week End was voted down unanimously.
It was felt that the Week End means
much to alumnae and to the University,
and it was decided to continue having
it as long as the national situation
permits.
The meeting was adjourned after Dr.
R. Florence Brinkley, professor of Eng-
lish and dean of the Woman's College,
and Miss Florence Wilson, dean of the
School of Xursing, gave reports to the
alumnae on the activities of the Woman's
College and the School of Xursing.
Students Participate
Seniors from the Woman's College and
the School of Xursing were honored at a
tea held Saturday afternoon at the Uni-
versity House by the Alumnae Associa-
tion. It was an opportunity for return-
ing alumnae to talk with students and
get to know them.
Following the Saturday night dinner,
alumnae were entertained by a student
variety program which included the Duke
Brass Ensemble conducted by Robert
Gray, the Madrigal Singers directed by
Mrs. Eugenia Saville, and the Modern
Dance Group led by Modena Lewis.
A coffee hour given by the members of
Phi Kappa Delta, senior woman's hon-
orary, was given for the alumnae later
Saturday evening.
Dr. Ray Petry. professor of church
history, delivered a sermon, "Lift Up
Your Hearts," at the regular worship
service in the University Chapel on Sun-
day. His words were especially directed
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
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to those returning alumnae who were in
the congregation.
The concluding event of a full Alum-
nae Week End was an organ recital by
Samuel Tilghman Morris, head of the Or-
gan Department at Hollins College. His
program featured works of Mozart, Bach,
Cesar Franek, and Marcel Dupre. Mr.
Morris has studied under some of the
most eminent organists of the day.
The Alumnae Week End program
committee, which planned the activities
for the three days, included Chairman
Mary Shotwell, '06, Oxford, X. C. ; Mary
Anna Howard, '31, Durham; Mildred
Crawley, R.X., B.S.N. '44, B.S.N.Ed. '49.
Durham; Alma Hull, '36, Charlotte; Ida
Applewhite Barber (Mrs. W. L.), '36,
Charlotte; and Betty Jean Culbreth, '48,
Raleigh.
Summer Session Program Announced
The 1951 Summer Session program
beginning June 12, will be one of the
most extensive in the University's his-
tory, according to plans just announced
by Dr. Paul H. Clyde, director.
Entering students will be admitted to
the freshman class in June, as part of
the program to meet educational needs
during the period of national emergency.
Upperclassrnen, meanwhile, are expected
to enroll for summer courses in lai-ger
numbers, as they strive to complete re-
quirements for degrees before facing the
military service.
This intensification of undergraduate
activity in the Summer Session will be
accompanied by an expanded program of
institutes, conferences, and workshops,
many of which are annually scheduled
and others which are innovations this
year. Prominent among the new con-
ferences is the Science Teachers Labora-
tory, to take place from Julv 23 through
July 27.
The Acceleration
Attracted to the Summer Session by
the acceleration program will be those
men students who are uncertain as to
their academic future and who are anx-
ious to move as far along as possible to-
ward a degree before being plucked out
of school for military service. Draft
laws affecting college 'students are still
not crystallized completely, and most
students have the feeling that existing
national policies are subject to moment
tarv change.
Enrolling, therefore, for summer study
will be (1) undergraduates attempting
to ^ complete desree requirements as
quickly as possible; (>) high school
graduates entering as freshmen in order
to get as much work behind them as
there is time for: and (3) students of
other colleges and universities who find
it convenient to take work at Duke dur-
ing the summer and then have their
credits transferred to their own colleges.
By attending classes 12 months during
the year, a student may graduate in three
instead of four years, and then, as things
appear now, take basic training in sea-
manship or infantry tactics in lieu of ac-
cumulated vacation.
Also attending the Summer Session
will be graduate students working to-
ward advanced degrees or professional
advancement, post-doctorate scholars do-
ing special research which requires the
University's wealth of facilities, and pro-
fessional people, including teachers, who
will attend conferences and institutes to
become familiar with the latest knowl-
edge and methods in their fields.
New Courses
The members of Duke faculties who re-
main to teach during the summer will
be supplemented by a number of dis-
tinguished teachers from other institu-
tions, and new courses will be opened for
Summer Session students.
A course in acarology (the study of
mites) will be given bv the zoology de-
partment for professional workers, and
it will be the only course of its kind ever
offered in any university.
The English Department has added
two new speech courses, methods in
teaching speech and American oratory,
courses in Poe. Hawthorne, and Melville,
and is emphasizing play production, his-
tory of the theater, and contemporary
literature.
The popular and internationally known
School of Spanish Studies (June 12-July
21) will add to its curriculum a treat-
ment of contemporary Spanish-American
literature by generations. The Division
of Nursing Education has added a course
in nursing education problems in nurs-
ing care and a seminar in medical and
surgical specialty.
At Beaufort, X. C. where the Duke
Marine Laboratory is located, new courses
will include a study of aquatic popula-
tions and a study of invertebrate em-
bryology, dealing with animals native to
salt water. The marine lab will be open
for two terms, from June 12 to July 21,
and from Julv 23 to August 31.
The Department of Education will pre-
sent a full program both terms for can-
didates for advanced degrees. Special
courses will be given for teachers, super-
visors, and administrators for certifica-
tion.
Special Conferences
Throughout the summer there will be
various institutes, conferences, and work-
shops on the campus. The schedule of
these events is now complete and in-
cludes :
North Carolina Conference for Social
Studies— June 19-22.
School of Spanish Studies — June 12-
July 21.
Nursing Education Workshop — June
24-30.
School for Accepted Supply Pastors —
July 3-19.
Science Teachers Laboratory Confer-
ence—July 23-27.
Institute of North Carolina English
Teachers — (Aug. 2-4).
Institute for Teachers of Mathematics
—Aug. 7-17.
Those interested in enrolling for sum-
mer courses at Duke, or attending any
of the various conferences, are advised to
■write to The Director, Duke University
Summer Session, Duke Station, Durham,
N. C.
Gardens in Bloom
Nature, with a little assistance from
the gardeners, is adding the finishing
touches for the annual spring pageant
of color in the Sarah P. Duke gardens
at Duke.
The gardens reach their full beauty
in mid-April. The Japanese cherry
trees and magnolias have begun to
bloom. Masses of red buds have been
covering the crab-apple trees, and
forsythia and spirea have flowered.
Pansies, hearts-ease and many vari-
eties of narcissus blossomed along the
pathways during March, and banks
have been covered with daffodils and
periwinkle.
The annual pilgrimage of nature
lovers began Easter week end, when
many hundreds of visitors visited the
gardens. As the gardens unfold their
spring loveliness, visitors are welcome
to come to the campus to enjoy the
arrav of colorful blooms.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
The wearing of the green has become
a regular feature of Duke University
campus. The wearers, however, are not
paying homage to St. Patrick and old
Ireland; they are fledgling officers in
Uncle Sam's Air Force, who are training
under the Air R.O.T.C.
The Duke Unit of the Air Force R.O.-
T.C. was given birth on July 1, 1949.
At that time there was an enrollment of
only 65 students, and Duke was one of
only seventeen colleges in the country to
have the air-training program. Now
there are well over a hundred colleges
with R.O.T.C. units, and Duke has re-
fleeted the expansion. There are now
448 Duke cadets, who spend five hours
every week in training'.
The Corps constitutes a regular de-
partment of instruction known as the
Department of Air Science and Tactics.
Its object is explained by Colonel Byron
Switzer, commander of the Duke Unit
and professor of Air Science and Tac-
tics. "Our immediate job here," said
Col. Switzer, "is to train these boys for
four years in air-force fundamentals. At
the end of that time they receive a com-
mission in the Air Force Reserve, and the
outstanding men will be offered commis-
sions in the regular Air Force."
Three of the weekly training hours are
spent in the classroom, and an average
of three semester hour credits is given
for each of the eight semesters. The two
remaining hours are devoted to military
drill in the good old-fashioned manner
under T/Sgt. Anthony Filardo.
The course is divided into two parts,
basic and advanced, and all students en-
At left — Tech Sergeant Anthony Filardo explains the working details of
an M-l rifle to a group of cadets before Colonel Switzer. At right — Master
Sergeant Dan Morning-star and Captain E. "W. Clark, '42, instruct aero-
dynamics during a class on Freshman Field.
Training Air Force Reserves
This is the second of two articles
dealing with military training on the
Duke campus. The first, published
last month, described how future naval
officers are trained at the University.
The current article is about the
younger Air Force Reserve program.
Emphasis on armed service training-
is greater now, perhaps, than ever be-
fore, as college men are constantly
aware of the parts they may soon be
called upon to play in national de-
fense.
rolled in the latter receive approximately
$27.00 a month during the academic year.
All cadets wear the dark green coat of
the Air Force officer, though the ad-
vanced cadets are distinguished from the
others by their "pink" trousers and vi-
sored service cap. Uniforms are provided
free, and include overcoats where cli-
matic conditions warrant them, and sum-
mer uniforms for those attending summer
camp.
Areas of Training
Do the cadets receive wings when they
graduate? No, they don't. In fact, they
don't get any flight training at all. As of
G- (Graduation) Day they are among the
50 percent of Air Force officers who are
administrative rather than flight person-
nel. Flight training can come later —
R.O.T.C. graduates have top priority
on flight training — but it is the concern
of the Air Force that its flight officers
shall be more than mere airplane drivers.
First they must specialize in some basic
aspect of air operations.
Duke cadets engage in two of these
basic aspects, air installations engineer-
ing and administration and supply,
which includes logistics. The first spe-
cialty is open to civil engineering stu-
dents. Their civilian studies are adapted
and expanded to include problems of
airstrip and airbase construction and
maintenance, crash and rescue operations
and firefighting. Administration and
Supply cadets, taken from the ranks of
general students, learn to handle the
business end of Air Force operations,
specializing for example in the logistics
of airlifting armament, munitions, food,
fuel and similar supplies.
Planned for the near future is a third
specialty, air operations, whose officers
work on the technical and non-strategic
details of getting flights of bombers and
fighter aircraft off the ground and back
down out of the air, establishing air
traffic control, planning missions and
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
[ Page 93 ]
Colonel Byron Switzer, Duke commandant, interviews a pair of freshmen
applying for training in the United States Air Force Reserve.
similar problems. This may develop next
fall at Duke.
In addition to Colonel Switzer, an Air
Force Command pilot with many hours
of flying time to his credit, other officers
attached to the Duke unit are Lt. Col.
Jackson V. Rambeau, Major J. P. Mc-
Bride, Captain F. R. Renken and Cap-
tain R, W. Clark, '42. Cadet Commander
is senior Peter L. Kastrinelis, who comes
from Framing-ham, Mass.
As Part of University Life
Draft deferments are given to some
members of Air R.O.T.C, but as Colonel
Switzer recently emphasized, "The indi-
vidual enrollee must maintain a suffi-
ciently high R.O.T.C. and academic
standing to demonstrate his acceptability
as a future officer or he will not be al-
lowed to continue in the program."
Having established itself in the aca-
demic pattern of the University, Duke
Air R.O.T.C. is now developing itself
as a social unit on campus. February of
this year saw three innovations planned
to integrate more fully the social activi-
ties of the cadets.
Last November Duke was represented
at a conclave of the Arnold Air Society,
held at St. Louis, Mo. This is a national
military fraternal organization to pro-
mote outstanding leadership and to en-
courage team work. In February, twelve
Duke cadets were initiated into the Duke
Chapter of the Society, which was named
for William A. Sally, '40, a Duke alum-
nus who was killed while on aerial ma-
neuvers at Kellv Air Force Base. All
advanced Air R.O.T.C. cadets are eligible
for membership, and the Duke Chapter
is making plans to have guest speakers
on current, particularly military, affairs,
and to show technical and general mili-
tary films.
The first issue of "Contact," A.F.R.-
O.T.C. paper edited by George C. Lynch,
Duke junior from Alaska, appeared on
February 21. In an editorial Colonel
Switzer writes, "This, the first issue of
the 'Contact' marks one more milestone in
the record of achievement. I commend
you. May it bring that pride of achieve-
ment which is such an important factor
toward creating a high degree of morale
in the organization."
Also taking place in Februarv was the
first Air Force R.O.T.C. Ball. Bill Byers
and his Duke Cavaliers furnished the
music for the Ball which was held in the
Fast Campus Gym. The highlight of the
evening was the crowning of an Honor-
ary Cadet Colonel. Virginia Lee Harris,
a junior from Summit, N. J., was chosen,
and will reign until the next military
ball.
In its twenty months or so of life, the
Air Force R.O.T.C. unit at Duke has be-
come an increasingly important aspect of
university life, both academically and
socially.
No longer does the Navy have things
all its own way at Duke. A friendly
rivalry exists between the boys in blue
and the boys in green. But beneath the
mutual bantering that goes on there is
the awareness of the serious purpose of
the Officer Training Corps. Cadet Cap-
tain Joseph R. Tamille expresses the
sentiments of the cadet body at large
when he writes in an editorial appearing
in "Contact," "We have grown together
in both friendship and cooperation, and
we as Air Force cadets are learning the
meaning of honor, success, and failure
among ourselves."
Fraternity Pledges Work
To Build City Playground
Between sunup one day and sundown
the next, a swarm of Duke fraternity
pledges, supervised by upperclassmen and
Durham Recreation Department officials,
transformed a debris-littered, stumpy, un-
even field in Durham into a well-
equipped children's playground. The oc-
casion was Greek Week, a four -day pro-
gram designed primarily to replace the
pre-initiation period, formerly known as
"Hell- Week," with a program of inter-
fraternity activities. Planned and spon-
sored by undergraduates, the accent is on
cooperation and community service.
Some 250 pledges worked a total of
Next Year's Concerts
An up-to-the-minute list of stellar
attractions has been announced for
the 1951-1952 All-Star Artist Series
to be presented in Page Auditorium.
Next year's series will be the most
expensive yet offered at Duke, and
will include many favorites. Artists
who will appear are Jerome Hines,
basso, Monday, October 15, 1951;
Frederich Gulda, pianist, Tuesday,
November 13, 1951; Singing Boys of
Norway, Thursday, January 31, 1952 ;
Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, Thurs-
day, February 21, 1952; and Patrice
Munsel, Metropolitan Opera Star,
Monday, March 10, 1952.
As an added attraction, the series
will again present the ever popular
First Piano Quartet. The exact date
for this performance has not been de-
termined but will be during the latter
part of October, 1951.
Alumni and friends of Duke Uni-
versity may be interested in attending
this outstanding series of musical
events on the Duke Campus. Further
information may be obtained from J.
Foster Barnes, director of music, Box
4822, Duke Station, Duke University,
Durham, N. C.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
Enevln£3.£±wG , Qln-kiiT- strove are scenes from the
IlgmeerS CinOW l9th ammal Engineers'
Show, held in the College of Engineering Building on
March 16-17. The two-day exhibition, featuring working
displays from all three departments of the College, civil,
electrical and mechanical, attracted more than 5,000
spectators. At top left a young spectator watches in
amazement while his voice records itself in light waves
on the complicated gadget before him. At top right
delighted spectators observe a toy electric train set up
in the Mechanical Department to demonstrate technical
principles. Bottom left is a boiler assembly for a power
plant, also in the Mechanical Department. Bottom center
is a photoelasticity set-up designed to test strength of
materials. Screen at right records in colored light waves
material's resistance to pressure. Bottom right is a group
gathered outside the cage behind which electrical engi-
neers allow a trained 1,000, 000-volt bolt of lightning to
cavort.
approximately 750 hours carting off three
truckloads of broken glass, removing
stumps, filling holes, planting shrubs,
constructing a basketball court and a
baseball diamond with a permanent
backstop, installing swings and seesaws.
The four-day program opened with a
special chapel service. The construction
project was followed by a banquet at
which the principal speaker, introduced
by President Hollis Edens, was Edwin L.
Jones, '12, Duke trustee and president of
the J. A. Jones Construction Company
of Charlotte. Closing events were an
interfraternity athletic field day in Duke
Stadium and a dance in the old gymnasi-
um on West Campus.
L. E. Hunt, '50, Dies in Korean Aclion
Private Lawrence Ellerbe Hunt, '50,
of Pleasant Garden, N. C, was killed
in action on March 13 in Korea.
A member of the Second Infantry
Division, Larry was attached to a
South Korean unit at the time of his
death.
The last letter his family received
was dated February 10.
During World War II, Larry served
with the armed forces and was sta-
tioned with the Army of Occupation
in Japan for eight months. An en-
listed reservist, he was recalled to ac-
tive duty last September, exactly four
years from the day he returned from
service in World War II.
In addition to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles J. Hunt of Pleasant
Garden, he is survived by one brother,
Jack Hunt, a student at Duke; two
sisters, Frances, a student at W.C.U.
N.C., and Elizabeth, of the home; and
his paternal grandfather, William B.
Hunt, also of Pleasant Garden.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
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Meetings of Alumni
Baltimore, Md.
The 1951 officers for the Baltimore
Duke Alumni Association are William B.
Somerville. '38, president; Dr. Stephen
J. VanLill III, '38, vice-president; Alex-
ander Wilson, B.S. '46, B.S.E.E. '47, re-
cording secretary : Murray H. Owen, '40,
corresponding secretary; Howard C.
Heiss, Jr., '50, treasurer; and Catherine
Woods, '49, alumnae representative.
Washington, D. C.
The new officers for the Washington,
D. C, Duke Alumni Association, elected
at the dinner meeting on March 6, are as
follows : Frances A. Davis, '32, presi-
dent ; James Bost, '95, first vice-presi-
dent; Chisman Hanes, '30, LL.B. '33,
second vice-president; Alan Puryear, '36,
secretary; and Luther Angle, '30, treas-
urer.
Senator Richard M. Xixon, LL.B. '37,
was the speaker for the gala occasion.
He was introduced by Sidney Alderman,
'13, general counsel of the Southern
Railway System, who was toastmaster.
Following Senator Xixon, Senator
Willis Smith, '10, guest of honor, spoke
to the group. Evelyn Knight, star of the
stage and screen, sang for the enjoyment
of the group.
Special guests included Charles Mur-
phy, LL.B. '34, legislative aid to Presi-
dent Truman; retired Dean H. Claude
Horack and Mrs. Horaek of the Duke
Law School, and their daughter, Mrs.
J. W. Dixon, who was a graduate stu-
dent at Duke in '31; and Miss Alice
Baldwin, dean of the Duke Woman's
College from 1923 to 1947.
Miss Baldwin was honored March 11
at a tea given by Dorothv Patton Breed-
love (Mrs. J. P.^ Jr.), A.M. '46.
Detroit, Mich.
President Hollis Edens addressed the
members of the Detroit Duke Alumni
Association at their annual meeting on
March 14. The dinner meeting was held
in the lounge of the Rockham Building.
Norfolk, Va.
Duke alumni from Norfolk and Ports-
mouth, Va., held a meeting at Pine Tree
Inn on March 16. Mr. Malcolm MeDer-
mott, professor of law at Duke, made an
inspiring talk to the group.
In charge of the meeting were : Elmer
Tarrall, '35. M.Ed. '39. and Marvin Her-
rington. '33, M.D. '37, publicity; Edwin
Kellam, '33, LL.B. '36, and Dr. William
T. Sellers III, '31. arrangements; and
W. P. Earngey, Jr., '38, and James R.
Peake, Jr., '32, program.
Xew officers elected for the following
year are: Willard (Bolo) Perdue, '40,
president ; Sidney L. Bowden, '33, vice-
president ; and Aquilla H. Joyner, Jr.,
'42, secretarv-treasurer.
Alamance County
Dr. Charles E. Jordan, vice-president
in the Division of Public- Relations and
secretary of Duke University, was the.
principal speaker for the meeting ofj
the Alamance County Duke Alumni at
the Alamance Hotel in Burlington, X. C,
on March 20. Dr. Jordan is also chair-
man of the Athletic Council.
New York City
The annual concert and dance for the
Duke Glee Club was held by the Xew
York City Duke Alumni Association at
the Savoy Plaza Hotel on March 30.
A luncheon was also given by the group
for J. Foster Barnes, director of the
Glee Club, Mrs. Barnes, and the presi-
dent and business manager of the Glee
Club.
The Xew York Alumni Association has
had a busy season this year. Their din-
ner dance at the Beekman Tower Hotel
on February 16 was a great success. On
March 6 they had a business meeting at
which arrangements for the March 30
and other future meetings were made.
Officers for the Association are E. E.
Barry, Jr., '38, president; Leo Brady,
'23, executive vice-president; Harold
Cruiekshank, '41, vice-president; Doro-
thy Leary, '34, vice-president; Dr. Rich-
ard Fowler, '41, treasurer, and Fred L.
Walker, '47, secretary.
Wilson County
Coach Harold Bradley.
Duke's new
basketball mentor, was guest speaker at
At left — Xew York City alumni meeting. At head table,
left to right, are Dr. Heurv C. Sprinkle, Jr., '23, A.M.
'24, D.D. '49; Mrs. Paul M. Gross; Ben F. Few, '15;
Duke Vice-President Paul M. Gross : Robert L. Hatcher,
Jr., "28: Alex H. Sands; Mrs. Margaret Jordan Sprinkle,
'24: and Duke Vice-President Charles E. Jordan.
At right — Washington, D. C. Speakers" table, left to
right, are Mrs. H. Claude Horaek: retired law dean Dr.
Horack; retired Woman's College Dean Alice M. Bald-
win : Frances Davis, '32 ; Senator Packard Xixon, LL.B.
'37; Sidney S. Alderman, '13: Senator Willis Smith, '10;
Charles Murphy, '31, LL.B. '34 : and Mrs. Alderman.
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DUKE ALTJMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
the annual dinner meeting of the Wilson
County Alumni Association. Some 60
alumni met at the Hotel Cherry in Wil-
son on Thursday evening, April 5. Presi-
dent John Graves, '43, presided at the
meeting, which featured a turkey dinner.
Charles A. Dukes, '29, spoke briefly
to the group about the progress of the
Development Campaign and introduced
Coach Bradley, emphasizing his outstand-
ing success in succeeding the late K. C.
"Gerry" Gerard just as the season
opened and guiding the Blue Devils into
the Southern Conference finals.
Coach Bradley discussed his favorite
subject, basketball, and treated the group
with a film of the January 6th Duke-
X. C. State game, a fast and furious
overtime thriller.
Officers elected for the coming year
■were the Rev. Robert W. Bradshaw, '19,
president : E. R. Bridgers, '35, vice-presi-
dent; Carl M. Whitley, '37, secretary-
treasurer; Littlejohn Faulkner, '29,
alumni representative; and Dorothy Bar-
row Kennedy (Mrs. K. D.), '35, alumnae
representative.
Washington Law Alumni
Officers for the Washington, D. C,
alumni of the Duke Law School are
Frank Fletcher, '35, president; and Abra-
ham B. Book, '30, LL.B. '34, secretary-
treasurer. They are serving for the pres-
ent year.
The Law Alumni group has held sev-
eral monthly meetings this year, the first
of which honored Judge Justin Miller,
who was dean of the Duke Law School
from 1930 to 1935. That meeting was
held January 12 at the Mayflower Hotel
in Washington. On March 5 the group
met at the Vandenberg Room in the Sen-
ate Office Building. O'Donnell's Restau-
rant has tentatively been selected as the
regular meeting place for the luncheon
meetings held the first Monday of every
month.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Among recent functions given by the
Philadelphia Duke Alumni Association
have been a dinner meeting at the Lido
Restaurant in West Philadelphia for the
executive committee on January 3; and
a Valentine's Day dance held February
16 at the Plymouth Country Club. There
was also a large crowd of alumni who
attended the Duke-Pennsylvania basket-
ball game.
The Duke Alumni Association of Phil-
adelphia and vicinity is planning to have
its spring meeting Friday, May 11, at
6 :30 p.m. at the Old Bookbinders Res-
taurant, 125 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
There will be a dinner, a prominent guest
speaker, and an entertaining variety pro-
Alumni and friends of the Albemarle section of North Carolina met in
Elizabeth City on March 28 to discuss the Duke Development Campaign.
About 75 attended and Dr. Edens spoke. Standing above is John Turner,
'35, president of the Albemarle Association.
gram including singer Novella Murray
Snyder (Mrs. Thoburn R., Jr.), '44, a
magician, and others. Following the
dinner and the program there will be
dancing.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Duke alumni from Rocky Mount, N. C,
and members of the Rocky Mount Sports-
man's Club turned out by the hundreds
on March 23 to pay tribute to a native
son who made good — William D. Murray,
'31, new head football coach at Duke Uni-
versity — at a banquet in his honor held
in the ballroom of the Ricks Hotel in
Rocky Mount.
Among the special guests present for
"Bill Murray Night" was band leader
and star of radio, television and the
movies Kay Kyser, a lifelong friend of
the new Duke mentor. Mr. Kyser, a
Rocky Mount native himself, was Bill
Murray's first football coach when he
starred on a midget team known as the
Rocky Mount Tigers.
Also in attendance were Eddie Cam-
eron, director of athletics at Duke,
Charles A. Dukes, director of alumni af-
fairs, Glenn E. (Ted) Mann, director of
sports information at Duke, and Freddie
Crawford, '34, former Duke football star
and first North Carolinian ever to make
an All-American football team. William
Bennett, '43, president of the Nash-
Edgecombe chapter of Duke alumni, pre-
sided.
Coach Murray was introduced by E.
E. (Knocker) Adkins, '32, Rocky Mount
high school athletic director and former
assistant to Bill Murray at Delaware.
The new Duke coach said that he re-
turned to his alma mater because "I saw
great things in store there and wanted
to be a part of them." He was accom-
panied to the dinner by his daughter,
Marilyn, a Duke freshman.
Kay Kyser presented Bill Murray with
an electric clock as a homecoming gift
from the Sportsman's Club. After giving
him the clock, Mr. Kyser quipped, "This
is the first time I ever heard of a coach
getting the works before he gets started."
Horrors! Bui Not Quite
If any reader of these pages is still
in doubt as to the frightful condition
of this staggering old world, let him
give heed to the following item. It
should shock into a state of horrible
awareness the most complacent ostrich
who ever hid his head.
This occurred during the evening
of March 23 in Rocky Mount, N. C.
Duke alumni of Nash and Edgecomb
Counties, having invited Coach Mur-
ray to speak to them, were anxious
that other Rocky Mount residents
have equal opportunity to welcome
back a popular native son. A huge
crowd gathered, and, inevitably, there
were representatives of certain other
colleges and universities.
From all reports, proceedings were
smooth enough until time came to
vote on a new president for the Asso-
ciation. It was at this point that an
alert presiding officer stopped every-
thing with a mighty shout. For he had
discovered that a Wake Forest man
had nominated a Carolina man for
president of the Duke organization.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
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Baseball Prospects Brightest in Ye
ars
Diamond Victories Cheer Devil Fans
The smile on the benevolent counte-
nance of Coach Jack Coombs, as he holds
his morning conferences in the southeast
corner of the Union lobby, is broader
this spring- than it has been for some
several baseball seasons past.
There are several reasons for this
pleasant phenomenon. They all concern
the great national pastime, as played
on Coombs Field by the 1951 Blue Devils.
First, the Blue Devils, at this writing,
are on top of their division in the
Southern Conference race. They gained
this lofty eminence on Saturday, April
7, by whitewashing a Wake Forest nine
that has been persistently sweeping con-
ference and Big Four, as well as na-
tional, honors for the past three years.
The Demon Deacons had not been blanked
since 1948, until Duke took them 8 to 0.
Second, the pitching of sophomore
Joe Lewis has been sensational in his
first three games, all of which he won
handily and the last of which was the
Wake Forest shindig mentioned above.
Third, the Devils are also on top of the
Big Four heap.
Fourth, last, and by far from least, the
Duke infield this season, in spite of being-
manned at key corners by inexperienced
sophomores, is probably the best in col-
legiate baseball.
This dream infield is composed of Bill
Werber, sophomore son of another fa-
mous Duke athlete, on first; Bill Berg-
eron, senior sensation from Greenwich,
Conn., on second; Dick Groat, the dead-
eye basketball All- America, at short; and
Tommy Powers, last fall's slashing wing-
back and a Phi Beta Kappa, at third.
As of mid-April the Blue Devils had
won seven and lost two. The pair of
losses, both by teams Duke defeated on a
previous day, brought temporary bitter-
ness to the heart of Coach Jack. Both
were lost on errors — given away — in the
final frames of what appeared to be sure
Duke victories.
Michigan State picked up three un-
earned tallies late in the seventh inning
of the second of a two-game series to
take the contest 8 to 5. A few days later,
before the kinks were out, Yale took an
11 to 9 victory by pushing across eight
runs in the ninth inning without the bene-
fit of a single hit. The next day the
regular Coombs lecture tour of the Union
was cut short by several unhappy
minutes.
But the victories have brought smiles
of joy. The Devils were truly impressive
in taking two from Indiana, 23 to 1 and
12 to 1; two from South Carolina, 12 to
7 and 6 to ; beating Michigan State
7 to 6; Tale 3 to 1 ; and Wake Forest
8 to 0.
Other members of the squad are out-
fielders John Carroll, Dick Johnson, Bill
Robinson, and John Gibbons; catchers
Bob Bensinger, Dick Denny, and Jack
MeGuire; and pitchers Bob Davis, Frank
Graham, Norm Benfer, "Lefty" Carver,
Bill Joyce, Lou Klein, Bill Ward, John
White, and Jack Brown.
Benny Cavalier, expected to be a stal-
wart in the outfield this year, has been
out of action since breaking a leg in
early season practice.
Three of the Blue Devils' pitching corps for the current diamond campaign
are, left to right, Prank Graham, Joe Lewis, and Bob Davis. All have shown
well in early appearances on the mound, and can be credited with Duke's
high standing at mid-season.
Late Scores
Baseball— N. C. State 12-Duke 10;
Duke 7-South Carolina 6 (14 innings) ;
Duke 5-Wake Forest 2 ; Duke 8-N. C.
State 7; and (alas) Carolina 14-Duke
0.
Golf— (undefeated) Duke 26-N. C.
1; Duke 23-Michigan 4; Duke 27-
William and Mary 3; Duke 25 1 /2-
Riehinond 1%; Duke 27-Maryland
2% ; Duke 26-George Washington 1 ;
and Duke 26y 2 -Wake Forest %.
Lacrosse — Duke 26- Washington and
Lee 8 ; Duke 6-Washington College 6.
Track— Duke 46%-Navv 84%; Duke
95-N. C. State 31.
Tennis — Duke 8-Michigan 1; Duke
6-Davidson 3; Duke 4-Carolina 5;
Duke 9-Presbyterian 0.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
Bill Murray's "T-party" Calendar for '51
Carolina being met in Duke Stadium.
The schedule :
South Carolina at Coluui-
A 10-ganie football schedule which
will pit the Blue Devils against some
of the best teams in the nation has
been announced by Athletic Director
Eddie Cameron.
One of the new teams on the sched-
ule is the University of Virginia, and
the game with the Cavaliers on Octo-
ber 27 will be observed as Home-
coming.
The long-time rivalries with Ten-
nessee, N. C. State, Georgia Tech,
Wake Forest and North Carolina will
be continued. In addition, South
Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech,
Virginia, and William and Mary will
be met.
The home card is an attractive one
with State, Virginia, Wake Forest and
Sept. 22-
bia.
Sept. 29— Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh.
Oct. 6 — Tennessee at Knoxville.
Oct. 13— N. C. State at Durham.
Oct. 20— Virginia Tech at Norfolk,
Va.
Oct. 27 — Virginia at Durham
( Homecoming) .
Nov. 3 — Georgia Tech at Atlanta.
Nov. 10 — Wake Forest at Durham.
Nov. 17 — William and Mary at Wil-
liamsburg.
Nov. 24 — North Carolina at Dur-
ham.
Spring Teams Are Impressive
Based on their records at mid-season,
Spring athletic teams at Duke Univer-
sity had rolled up some of the best marks
of the year. Three outfits, track, la-
crosse and golf, were undefeated as The
Register went to press, and the tennis
and baseball teams had also looked im-
pressive in early season showings.
The track team especially looked good
in early meets. Not expected to be par-
ticularly strong on a Spring vacation
tour, the track crew blasted the Univer-
sity of Miami 73-53 and Florida State
University by 103-28 in dual meets and
looked good in taking the majority of
the first places in the Florida Relays at
Gainesville, Fla. Returning home, the
track crew gained a tie with a strong,
undefeated Princeton outfit by a 65%-
65% count. Princeton had previously
handed North Carolina its first dual
track loss in three years. The cindermen
were very impressive, too, in the Caro-
lina Relays, although no team score was
kept.
Top performers for Duke's outstand-
ing track aggregation thus far have been
runners Henry Poss, Tommy Reeves,
Captain John "Buddy" Grisso, John
Tate, Billy Anderson, Dick Sykes, Jim
Chamberlain and Art Loub, plus field
men James "Tank" Lawrence, John Con-
ner, Carl James and Frank Nichols.
Poss turned in a fast time of 9.7 sec-
onds for the 100-yard dash against Flori-
da State University and missed the Duke
broad jump record by an inch against
the same team. For this show, Poss was
elected "Athlete of the Week" on April
3 by the Greensboro, N. C. Daily News.
Paced by co-captains Louis McLennan
and Mike Souehak, the latter of football
fame as an end, the golf team rolled to
five straight wins over Georgia Tech,
Georgia, Clemson, Davidson and Wil-
liams. The closest decision the Blue
Devils took was a golf victory by seven
points, that coming against Georgia. The
most decisive was the 25-2 win over
Williams.
The lacrosse crew took things easy in
rolling to decisive victories over Lehigh
and Williams in early season games.
Although the team does not have the
depth it possessed last year when it won
the Dixie League championship, Coach
Jack Persons' outfit looked especially
powerful against its first two opponents.
Fred Eisenbrandt and Brooke Cottman
have been the early season high scorers.
Duke's tennis team racked up seven
wins in eight early matches, losing only
to Rollins by 7-2 on a Florida Spring
vacation trip. Wins have been over
Michigan State, Florida Southern, Flori-
da, Williams, N. C. State, the Jackson-
ville, Fla. Naval Air Station, and Dart-
mouth. John Ross is captain of the track
team, while other top players are basket-
ball star Keston Deimling, Hal Lipton,
Jack Warmath, John Tapley and Norm
Schellenger.
Buddy Grisso, senior quarter-mile
dash runner, is captain of the highly
successful track team this year.
Kes Deimling, basketball stalwart
during the winter, emerges as the No.
1 man on the tennis team this spring.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
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Divinity Session Scheduled
The Second Annual Convocation and
Pastors' School, under the auspices of the
Duke Divinity School, has been set for
June 5-8, opening Tuesday morning and
concluding at noon Friday. The Convo-
cation Committee under the chairman-
ship of Dean James Cannon III has out-
lined a program of courses, lectures and
recreational events. A nominal regis-
tration fee of $2.00 will be asked of per-
sons who attend class work.
The special feature of the Convocation
will be the second series of the James A.
Gray Lectures, "The Ways of God— A
Study in the Book of Job," to be deliv-
ered by the Reverend Professor Paul
Seherer, of Union Theological Seminary,
New York. Bishops Costen J. Harrell
and Paul N. Garber, presiding in the
areas of Charlotte and Richmond respec-
tively, will be heard in devotional periods
and addresses.
The annual business meeting and
luncheon of the Duke Divinity School
alumni will be held during the Convo-
cation at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June
6. The president of the alumni associa-
tion, the Reverend Jabus W. Braxton,
Elkin, North Carolina, will preside. The
speaker will be Bishop Garber, for many
years Professor, Registrar and Dean of
the Divinity School. Admission to this
luncheon is by ticket only. The price of
tickets will be $1.25 each. The tickets
will be on sale at the Convocation regis-
tration desk up until 3 :00 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 5. Those who desire to
make reservation for this luncheon in ad-
vance of registration may do so by send-
ing a cheek payable to John H. Carper,
Treasurer, c/o Duke Divinity School,
Duke Station, Durham, North Carolina.
An able faculty has been secured for
the lectures and workshops of the North
Carolina Pastors' School and the Rural
Church Institute, which will participate
in the Convocation. Dr. H. E. Spence is
dean of the Pastors' School and the Rev.
Garland Stafford and Dr. A. J. Walton
will represent the Institute.
Courses and lecturers are as follows :
Bishop Harrell, Devotional Addresses;
Bishop Garber, "Europe As I Have Seen
It"; Dr. Seherer, Gray Lecture; Dr. No-
lan B. Harmon, "The Minister's Tools
and Techniques" ; Dr. Daniel P. Fleming,
"Christianity and World Missions"; Dr.
Robert E. Cushman, "The New Testa-
ment Faith and the Mind of the Church
Today"; Dr. Howard E. Tower, "Visual
Aids"; Professor A. J. Walton, "Plan-
ning a Church Program"; Mrs. W. W.
Reed, "The Vacation Church School";
Mr. James Sells, "The Minister and Pub-
lie Relations"; and Dr. John J. Rudin
II. "Worship Workshop."
The Executive Committee serving with
Dean Cannon consists of Dr. H. E.
Spence, Vice- Chairman ; Dr. C. E. Jor-
dan (John Dozier, Deputy) ; W. E.
Whitford; The Reverend Robert W.
Bradshaw; The Reverend Garland Staf-
ford (Dr. A. J. Walton, Deputy); Ed-
ward Fike (Earl Porter, Deputy).
In addition to the formal program the
Convocation plans include carillon re-
citals, group singing, story-telling and
similar activities. Recreational, cafeteria
and dormitory facilities of the University
will be available, but children under 16
years of age cannot, unfortunately, be
accommodated. Additional information
can be obtained by writing to the Duke
Divinity School, Durham, N. C.
Special to the Members of the Class of 1926
It looks as though we will reach our
"Majority" — come June, and this calls
for a reunion, and we hope that we can
throw the Bull around in such fashion to
make it a memorable event. To that end
Ben Powell has been placed as Chairman
of a committee on arrangements ; Stanton
Pickens has been assigned as Chairman
of a Committee on entertainment;
Charlie Clegg will lead a small "wrecking
crew" to keep the wheels running finan-
cially; the various "writers" and "com-
mentators" in our bull pen will try and
exhibit their talents in the field of libel
or slander by a little publication of some
kind as well we hope as with some verbal
nonsense.
Bulletins and announcements are going
forward to you individually. In case you
do not receive your mail at the address
carried by the Alumni Office, then write
to me at Raleigh, or to Jack Caldwell at
38 Hillside Rd., Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Earl
McFee, 207 Essex Ave., Gloucester,
Mass., Frances Holmes McCausland,
3780 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Cal.
So far some 30 of our Bulls and Bullettes
have met to discuss plans for the reunion.
All plan to attend and many of you have
received letters from them urging your
attendance. Plan to come back — with
husband or wife and children and im-
pedimenta not otherwise specified. We
will try and provide baby sitters and
nurses for those needing such services.
So plan to be on hand June 2-3-4, or
any part thereof and let us know what
you want — how you want it and any
screwball ideas for the event will be
most welcome. If you want dormitory
accommodations please make sure you
check that item on the form which will
be sent to you shortly or write direct to
the Alumni Office. If you desire hotel
rooms, please write direct to the Durham
hotel of your choice.
For sometime you will continue to re-
ceive letters and notices relative to de-
tailed plans. Ed. Cannon
Reunion Committees
ARRANGEMENTS
Ben Powell, Chairman
Sub Committee on Invitations — Hessie
Watts Baum, Carey Maxwell, Virginia
Herring, Elizabeth Morris.
Sub Committee on Tea — Olive Fau-
cette Jenkins, Hessie Watts Baum, Eliza-
beth Roberts Cannon, Merle Davis Um-
stead, Frances Gray Patton, Lillian
Thompson Johnson, Virginia Herring.
Sub Committee on Class Dinner — Alton
Knight, W. A. Underwood, Amos Abrams,
Sam Ruark, Olive Faucette Jenkins. M.
L. Black, Louise Bullington Barnhardt,
Franklin Fairey, Milton Airheart, Fran-
ces Gray Patton, Elizabeth Roberts Can-
non, Frances Holmes McCausland.
ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL
FEATURES
Stanton Pickens, Chairman, Charlotte
Grainger Pierce, George Harris, Walter
Mayer, Linwood Hollowell, L. E. Jar-
rett, C. W. Porter, George Holmes,
Whiteford Blakeney, Sam Vest, Ken
Keistler, Alva Spann, Ford Mvers,
Charlie Clegg, D. M. Hill, Jack Caldwell,
Ben Powell, L. W. Henkel.
REUNION PUBLICATIONS
R. P. Harriss, Fanny Patton, Frank
Craven, Freeman Twaddell, Gay Allen,
Lib Cannon, Hessie Watts Baum, Carey
Maxwell, Bill Latta, Evelyn Hall Smith,
Frank Slaughter, Amos Abrams, Evelyn
Milner.
FINANCE
Charles Clegg, Chairman
Leon Ivey, John Frank, T. A. Al-
dridge, Earl McFee, Earl McDaris, W. A.
Underwood, R. E. Sullivan, Rowena
Adams McNairv.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
& & SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DUKE ALUMNI # #
Fonda Crews Bell. Flora Crews Best Bell (Mrs. L. R.), *32.
Greenville. N. C. J. A. Best, '00, Grandfather.
Caroline Reid. Elizabeth Reid. Lucile Reid. Caroline Breed-
love Reid. '39. Roddey Reid, Jr., *39. Bristol, Virginia. Lucile
Aiken Breedlove, '07, Grandmother. J. P. Breedlove, '98, Grand-
father.
SUSAN Adams Breedlove. Dorothy Patton Breedlove, A.M. *46.
Joseph P. Breedlove. Jr., '42. Washington, D. C. Lucile Aiken
Breedlove. '07, Grandmother. J. P. Breedlove. '98. Grandfather.
Mary Renie Few. Ellen Hale Few. Anne Taqgabd Few.
Lyne S. Few, '35, A.M. '37. Amherst, Mass. Mary Thomas Few
(Mrs. W. P.), '06. Grandmother. Dr. William Preston Few (de-
ceased) Grandfather.
5. James Taylor. Roy Taylor. Bonnie Taylor. Scott Taylor.
Anne Morrison Taylor (Mrs. Ralph L. ), '43. New Brunswick,
N. J.
6. Robert Edward White. Pamela LOUISE White. Ruth Schiller
White (Mrs. R. H.), '35. St. Petersburg. Fla.
7. Clyde Ingalls. Marion Willoughby Ingalls, '47. Foster K. In-
galls. '47. Atlanta. Ga.
8. Marianne Putnam. William M. Putna
'47. Columbus. Ohio.
9. Nancy Robin Laiminger. Catherine Ann Laiminger. Marv
Catherine Hart Laiminger (Mrs. Sorbin K.). R.N.. B.S.N. '47.
Tallahassee. Fla.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
[ Page 101 ]
NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISITORS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE
(March)
Benner B. Crigler, '50, Columbia, S. C.
Jack 0. Kirby, '50, Washington, D. C.
L. J. "Dinkey" Darnell, '41, Winston-Sa-
lem, N. C.
Marshall A. Rauch, '44, Gastonia, N. C.
William B. A. Culp, B.D. '42, Glen Alpine,
N. C.
Larry E. Bagwell, '35, Raleigh, N. C.
James H. Johnston, '36, Baleigh, N. C.
Tom F. Southgate, Jr., '37, Winston-Sa-
lem, N. C.
Inez Abernathy Hall (Mrs. Clarence W.),
'36, Durham, N. C.
Hazel Mangum Stubbs (Mrs. Allston), '36,
Durham, N. C.
James L. Newsom, '35, LL.B. '38, Durham,
N. C.
C. Heber Smith, '43, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jean Horsley Nicholson (Mrs. A. D.) '45,
Miami, Fla.
Dr. J. W. Roy Norton, '20, Raleigh, N. C.
Marvin E. Younts, Jr., '41, Graham, N. C.
Edwin H. Poulnot, '49, Charleston, S. C.
Wasson Baird, '45, Durham, N. C.
T. Edward Austin, '48, Portsmouth, Va.
Ralph Bell Puller, Jr., '25, New York, N. Y.
A. P. Hammond, Jr., '28, New Bern, N. C.
Robert A. Duncan, '50, Charlotte, N. C.
Evelyn D. Schmidt, B.S. '47, M.D. '51, N.
Plainfield, N. J.
John R«ese, '49, Virginia Beach, Va.
Janet Botkin Reese (Mrs. John), '50, Vir-
ginia Beach, Va.
James H. Register, '28, Clinton, N. C.
Constance Duncan McHale, Jr. (Mrs. Wil-
liam P.), '43, New York' City, N. Y.
Wallace H. McCown, '45, LL.B. '48, Man-
teo, N. C.
Sue Vick McCown (Mrs. W. H.), LL.B. '50,
Manteo, N. C.
Ann Richardson Winstead (Mrs. C. C, Jr.),
'50, Roxboro, N. C.
James G> Ware, B.S. '50, Nashville, Tenn.
William H. Wyman, '33, Painesville, Ohio.
William G. Ducker, '46, Charlotte, N. C.
Joan Simpson Jones (Mrs. Bronson), '50,
Concord, N. C.
Ens. Jack H. Glazer, U.S.N., '50, P.P.O.
San Pranscisco, Calif.
Edgar H. Nease, '25, B.D. '31, Charlotte,
N. C.
Edward M. Eriekson, '45, East Lansing,
Mich.
Walter J. Gale, M.Ed. '46, Raleigh, N. C.
J. E. (Jankoski) Jay, '31, Milwaukee, Wis.
Lillian Zaekery Jay (Mrs. J. E.), '27, Mil-
waukee, Wis.
Dr. John W. Brueek, Sp. St., New Orleans,
La.
William A. Lambeth, Jr., '45, M.D. '47,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
James Marion Martin, '38, A.M. '41, White-
ville, N. C.
1951 REUNIONS
Classes holding reunions at Commence-
ment, 1951, will be as follows: '01, '10, '11,
'12, '26, '35, '36, '37, '41, '49.
Reunion News
The classes which are holding reunions
June 1, 2, and 3 will each have their
own schedule of special activities. There
will also be a number of events planned
in which all returning alumni will take
part. Included in the general reunion
events will be the General Alumni Dinner
on Saturday evening, June 2, followed
by the student Hoof *n' Horn produc-
tion of "Belles and Ballots." The annual
alumni golf tournament, sponsored by
the 10th year class of 1941, will take
place on Priday and Saturday. There
will be open houses, coffees, and many
other forms of entertainment designed
for everyone.
Accommodations may be secured on
campus for alumni, alumnae, and their
families.
'98 *
Class Agent: Dr. N. C. Newbold
MR. and MRS. J. P. BREEDLOVE (LTJ-
CILE AIKEN), '07, are the proud grand-
parents of Caroline, Elizabeth, and Lucile
Reid and Susan Breedlove, whose pictures
appear on the Sons and Daughters Page this
month. The Breedloves live at 407 Watts
Street in Durham. Mr. Breedlove is Li-
brarian Emeritus of the University.
Golden Anniversary Class
President Stephen W. Anderson an-
nounces that the Class of 1901 will cele-
brates its Golden Anniversary by at-
tending the Half Century Club Lunch-
eon on Sunday, June 3. At that time,
members of the class will be inducted
into the Club.
'01 :,
President : Stephen W. Anderson
Class Agent: Stephen W. Anderson
D. D. PEELE is editor and manager of the
South Carolina Methodist Advocate, with
offices at 1420 Lady Street, P. O. Box 867,
Columbia 1, S. C.
Reunion Classes of 1910, 1911 and 1912
A joint luncheon of the classes of
1910, 1911, and 1912 will be given on
Sunday, June 3, followed by an open
house at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
S. Brower.
'12 ,
President: Henry A. MeKinnon, Sr.
Class Agent: R. Gregg Cherry
EDWIN L. JONES, Duke University Trus-
tee, of Charlotte, N. O, has been elected to
membership in the Methodist Hall of Fame
in Philanthropy. This coveted honor, pre-
sented annually by the Board of Hospitals
and Homes of the Methodist Church, goes
to only one Methodist leader each year
chosen from all over the nation. Although
Mr. Jones' citation comes largely through
his generous contributions to the Meth-
odist Home for the Aged in Charlotte, his
philanthropies have been extended to every
Methodist institution within the bounds of
his Conference. His activities in behalf
of the Methodist Church are too voluminous
to list, but they include every phase of
church service he is able to accept as his
responsibility.
'21
President: Charles W. Bundy
Class Agent: Henry E. Fisher
EUGENE CHESSON has been promoted
from secretary of the Civil Service Board
of Examiners to assistant superintendent
of the Duke University Station Post Office.
He has also served as clerk of the central
station in Durham. Mr. Chesson and his
wife, the former JOSIE POY, live at 308
W. Markham Avenue, Durham. Their son,
Ens. EUGENE E. CHESSON, B.S.C.E.,
'50, is serving in the United States Navy
in the Pacific, and LESLIE, their younger
son, is a member of the freshman class at
Duke.
Silver Anniversary Class
Class President, Edward L. Cannon,
and his committees have gone all out to
plan a fun-packed week end for this
year's Silver Anniversary Class. The
committee in charge of publication has
prepared biographical sketches of all
class members. Along with other week
end activities, the committees in charge
of local arrangements and of entertain-
ment, headed by Benjamin Powell, Dur-
ham, and Stanton Pickens, Charlotte,
respectively, have planned a special class
dinner Sunday night, and a tea to be
held for the class and members of the
Duke facultv of their generation.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
'26 >
President: Edward L. Cannon
Class Agent: George P. Harris
T. CONN BRYAN, '26, Ph.D. '49, is chair-
man of the Department of Social Science
at North Georgia College, Dahlonega, Ga.
His "The Churches in Georgia During the
Civil War" appeared in the GeoTgia His-
torical Quarterly, XXXIII (December,
1949). He is preparing a manuscript, Con-
federate Georgia, for the University of
Georgia Press.
'31
President: John Calvin Dailey
Class Agent: C. H. Livengood, Jr.
E. TAYLOR PARKS, Ph.D., is a member
of the State Department, Division of Re-
search and Publication, Washington, D. C.
'32 >
President: Robert D. (Shank) Warwick
Class Agent: Edward G. Thomas
Little Fonda Crews Bell, whose picture is
on the Sons and Daughters Page this month,
will probably be a member of the Class of
1969, according to her grandfather, Mr.
J. A. BEST, '00, of Fremont, N. C. She is
the daughter of FLORA CREWS BEST
BELL (MRS. L. R.) of 202 Library St.,
Greenville, N. C.
'33 *
President: John D. Minter
Class Agent: Lawson B. Knott, Jr.
DON M. GARBER, of Route 2, Ellerson,
Va., is owner and director of Camp Chin-
quapin. He is married and has four chil-
dren.
'34 j~—
President: The Reverend Robert M. Bird
Class Agent: Charles S. Rhyne
JOHN BRYCE, B.S. (E), is working in
the salary classification section, personnel
division, of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company, Inc., Wilmington, Del. The
Bryces, who live at 301 N. Union Street,
Kennett Square, Pa., have two children,
Mareia, 7, and Stephen, 5.
Since last June, DAVID TABVER, B.D.,
has been doing work toward his Ph.D. de-
gree at the University of Southern Cali-
fornia and has been serving a small stu-
dent church near the University. He and
his wife are living at 707 W. 35th Place,
Los Angeles 7, Calif. For four years prior
to entering his present work, Mr. Tarver
was an associate in the First Methodist
Church, Shreveport, La. He also has served
several other churches in the district and
city of New Orleans, and spent four years
as chaplain in the United States Army.
PHILIP JOHNSON WEAVER, superin-
tendent of schools in Southern Pines, N. C,
since 1939, assumed the position of director
of instructional service for Greensboro's
public schools on April 1. In addition to
his work in public schools, he has also be-
come well-known as an umpire and referee
for athletic contests. Mr. Weaver is mar-
ried and has two children.
PAUL R. WINN, who is a Presbyterian
missionary in Medellin, Colombia, has three
children, each of whom was born on a dif-
ferent continent. The oldest, Elizabeth, was
born in the United States in 1938; John
was born in China in 1940 ; and Thomas was
born in Guatemala in 1945. Paul is himself
the son of a Presbyterian missionary, and
was born in Korea. His wife, Anne Lewis
Winn, was born in China, also of missionary
parents.
Reunion Classes of 1935, 1936 and 1937
Presidents John Moorhead, '35, Joseph
S. Hiatt, Jr., '36, and Thomas F. South-
gate, Jr., '37, say "Thanks for the grand
response to our letter announcing plans
for the class reunion June 1-2-3. All
indications point to a large attendance
and a wonderful week end. You won't
be disappointed. A royal welcome awaits
you. The program is packed with action.
A special committee of class members
living in the Durham-Raleigh area is
receiving 100% cooperation from the
Alumni Office to assure you of a reunion
j'ou'll never forget. Decide now. It's
back to Duke for the class reunion June
1-2-3." In addition to the schedule of
general alumni activities for all return-
ing classes, there will be an informal
party Friday evening and a picnic on
Saturday for the three classes.
'35*
President : John Moorhead
Class Agent: James L. Newsom
LYNE S. FEW teaches Philosophy and
the Humanities at Amherst College in Am-
herst, Mass. He and his family live at 157
Lincoln Avenue there. A picture of his
three daughters, Anne Taggard, 7, Mary
Renie, 5, and Ellen Hale, 3, is on the Sons
and Daughters Page this month.
COMDR. THEO H. MOORE, U.S.N., is
serving with the United States Tactical Air
Control group operating somewhere in the
Korean area. He is responsible for the
planning and co-ordination of air support
for amphibious operations in that area.
His home is 212 East Markham Ave., Dur-
ham.
Little Robert Edward White, 1%, and his
big sister, Pamela Louise, 6, whose picture
is on the Sons and Daughters Page of this
issue, are the children of RUTH SCHILLER
WHITE and her late husband, Robert H.
White. They live at 2728-3 Avenue North
in St. Petersburg, Fla.
'36 *
President: Dr. Joe S. Hiatt, Jr.
Class Agents: James H. Johnston, Clif-
ford W. Perry, R. Zack Thomas, Jr.
Mrs. Louise Clarke and WILLIAM FLEM-
IAYL0R SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Bl
Accredited scholarship. College prep
since 1893. Boys 12-18. Semi-military.
Endowed awards. Ideal location, modern
facilities. New gym. Championship athletics.
Non-sectarian religious guidance. Summer
camp, boys 8-15. Catalog.
121 Cherokee Road, Chattanooga, Term.
^now erton^ri/an ISx
HOME FOR FUNERALS
L-977 1005 W. Main St.
R. T. Howerton, '08
BUDD-PIPER
ROOFING CO.
W. P. Budd, '04, Secretary-Treas.
W. P. Budd, Jr., '36, Vice-President
DURHAM, N. C.
* • • •
Contractors for
ROOFING
and
SHEET METAL
WORK
on
Duke Chapel, New
Graduate Dormitory
Indoor Stadium and
Hospital Addition
# * * *
CONTRACTS SOLICITED
IN ALLPARTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
[ Page 103 ]
We are members by
invitation of the
National Selected
Morticians
the only Durham Funeral Home
accorded this honor.
Air Conditioned Chapel
Ambulance Service
N-147 1113 W. Main St.
Duke
Power Company
teittaa
Electric Service —
Electric Appliances —
Street Transportation
Tel. F-151
Durha
N. C.
Thomas F. Southgate
President
Wm. J. O'Brien
Sec'y-Treas.
Established 1872
-*V
J. SOUTHGATE & SON
Incorporated
Insurance Specialists
DURHAM, N. C.
IXG BOWMAN were married February 25
in Page Memorial Cliureh, Aberdeen, N. C.
Their address is Box 27, Aberdeen.
'37.
President: Thomas F. Southgate, Jr.
Class Agent : William F. Womble
VINCENT J. PARZICK, B.S.M.E., who is
chief engineer for the Fanner Manufactur-
ing Company, lives at 11125 Lake Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio.
•38 .
President : Russell T. Cooke
Class Agent : William M. Courtney
C. P. MORRIS, B.D., Mrs. Morris, and their
children, Myra, 6, Joel, 9, and Jerome, 11,
moved to 2323 Englewood Avenue, Durham,
from Troy, X. C, last November. Mr. Mor-
ris, former pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church in Troy, is now serving as executive
secretary of the North Carolina Conference
Board of Education of the Methodist
Church, which includes 785 churches. Mrs.
Morris assists her husband as his. secretary
at his office in East Duke Building.
STATE SENATOR THOMAS B. SAW-
YER and Mrs. Sawyer, of 806 W. Markham
Avenue, Durham, have announced the birth
of a son, Wendell H., on February S. They
also have three other sons and a daughter.
•39
President: Edmund S. Swindell, Jr.
Class Agent : Walter D. James
ARTHUR C. BROWN, certified public ac-
countant, has moved his office for the prac-
tice of public accounting to 12-1-28 South
Street, Gastonia, N. C.
MARJORIE ELIZABETH LUTZ, '40, and
JOHN MUNROE DOFGLAS, M.D., were
united in marriage March 17 in the Central
Methodist Church, Shelby, N. C. After re-
ceiving her Master's degree in religious edu-
cation at Emory University, Marjorie served
as religious education director of Central
Methodist Church, Asheville, N. O, and in
the same capacity at the First Methodist
Chureh in Charlotte. John served his in-
ternship and resident training at Strong
Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N. Y., and
completed a fellowship at Mayo Clinic in
1949. He spent five years of service in the
Statt cLecttic Company,, 3nc.
CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS
INDUSTRIAL— COMMERCIAL— RESIDENTIAL
1421 BATTLEGROUND AVENUE
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Army Medical Corps. Since 1949 he has
been practicing internal medicine and cardi-
ology in Charlotte, N. O, where the couple
will make their home.
'40 >
President : John D. MacLauchlan
Class Agent: Addison P. Penfield
DR. WILLIAM T. BERKELEY has opened
offices in Suite 8-C-l, Doctors Building,
Kings Drive, Charlotte, N. C, for the prac-
tice of plastic and reconstructive surgery.
FRANCES GODDARD, who received the
M.A. degree from Teachers' College, Co-
lumbia University in 1942 and taught so-
cial studies for several years in high schools
of New York State, had to give up her
teaching because of ill health. Recently she
has been spending the winters in Bradenton
Beach, Fla., and the summers at her home,
North Highland Ave., Upper Nyack, N. Y.
In February she wrote from Florida that
she was feeling well and was finding life
very leisurely and informal, altogether in
keeping with doctor's orders.
Tenth Year Reunion News
Plans for our tenth reunion are just
about complete. There'll be a continuous
program for every interest — a golf
tournament — open houses — cabin parties
— campus tours — a beach party — in fact
everything that will make a reunion
complete.
A reservation form will be sent to you
soon. Make your plans to join us on
June 1, 2 and 3 for our Tenth Year Re-
union.
R. F. (Bob) Long
Reunion Chairman
'41 »~-
President : Robert F. Long
Class Agents: Julian C. Jessup, Meader
W. Harriss, Jr., Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.,
J. D. Long, Jr.
EMMA HARMON CROMARTIE and
RICHARD L. CROMARTIE, JR., '42, have
two daughters, Starr, who was born last
June, and Dawn. They are living at 233
Central Avenue, San Francisco, Calif.,
where Dick is in his last year of law school.
A son, Kenneth Lee, was born on January
7 to FRANCES KNIGHT HORTON and
WILLIAM S. HORTON. Their address is
Jefferson Drive, Route 2, Box 576 F, Char-
lotte, N. C.
BETTY HUCKLE has been secretary and
treasurer of the Concord Tribune since Sep-
tember, 1950. She is living at the Hotel
Concord, Concord, N. C.
A son, Charles Whitener, was born on
December 24 to Mr. and MRS. W. W.
RADER (LURA ABERNETHY) of 515
Fourth Avenue, Hickory, N. C.
DONALD C. RUSSELL, B.S.E.E., of 14585
Valley Vista Boulevard, Sherman Oaks,
Calif., is a patent attorney with the firm
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
Few occupations offer a man so much in the way
of personal reward as life underwriting. Many New
York Life agents are building very substantial futures
for themselves by helping others plan ahead for theirs.
If you would like to know more about a life insurance
career, talk it over with the New York Life manager
in your community — or write to the Home Office at
the address above.
'ARM IIP
"Mr. Kent will see you in a few minutes,"
the receptionist said pleasantly.
"Thank you." Tom Wilson went to the far
side ot the room and sat down. This was his
first "big" call, on his own, as a New York
Life agent and he was nervous, frankly
nervous.
Tom picked up a magazine and turned a
few pages idly. He had that same tense feel-
ing in his stomach that he had the day he
pitched his first big baseball game in college.
Tom put the magazine down and let his mind
wander back to the baseball diamond and
that first big game.
He remembered warming up, he and the
catcher, standing along the first base line.
Then Tom had gone over to talk with his
mother, who was sitting just behind the
screen where she could see every pitch. Her
understanding smile turned out to be the
best part ot the warm-up.
Tom had been so proud of her, looking as
smart as any ot the girls and, when she
laughed, looking almost as young. Nobody
would have guessed that she had borne the
cares of the family all alone, helped only by
the memories ot her husband and an income
from the life insurance he had so thought-
fully left her.
Tom had been proud ot his father, too, for
the love and forethought which had made it
possible for his mother and himself to live
and grow, not hemmed in by want. In fact, it
was the deep realization ot all the things lite
insurance had made possible tor his family —
and could make possible for others — which
had led Tom to become a New York Lite
agent himself . . .
The receptionist's voice punctured Tom's
thoughts. "Mr. Kent will see you now."
"Fine," he said. He got up and started to
Mr. Kent's office. The warm-up was over.
He had the confidence he needed now.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
51 Madison Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.
Naturally, names used in this story are fictitious.
of Harris, Kieeh, Foster and Harris. He
and Mrs. Bussell have four children, Donna,
Jay, Clark and Craig.
EMMALEE ("LEE") JOHNSTON
SKAGGS (MRS. HARVEY T.) and her
husband, who live at 4774 Apache Avenue,
Jacksonville. Fla., have announced the birth
of a son, H. Teague, Jr., on January 24.
•42 >
President : James H. Walker
Class Agents: Eobert E. Foreman, Wil-
lis Smith, Jr., George A Trakas
The JOSEPH P. BBEEDLOVES, JR., have
MELLOW
MILK!
Homogenized
Mellow Milk is the new
deliciously different
milk now soaring to
popularity in the Dur-
ham-Duke market.
• Farm-fresh Grade A
• Pasteurized
• Vitamin "D" added
• Homogenized
T/iere's cream in
every drop!
iicitimi
DAIRY PRODUCTS
C. B. Martin V. J. Ashbaugh
A ENGRAVING
URHAM
CVORTH CAROLINA
a new home at 5519 Pollard Road in Wash-
ing 16, D. C. Joe is associated with his
uncle, E. M. AIKEN, '21, in real estate
business there. He and Mrs. Breedlove, the
former DOROTHY PATTON, A.M. '46,
have one daughter, Susan, whose picture is
on the Sons and Daughters Page of this
issue.
Announcement has been received of the
marriage of MARGARET E. (PEGGY)
FOESBEEG to Mr. William W. Hodgdon
on March 17 in Lake Worth, Fla. They
stopped at Duke for a day while on their
honeymoon. They are making their home at
1316 Cochran Eoad, Mount Lebanon, Pa.
MAEGAEET TINSLEY TAIT (MES.
CHRISTIAN A.) and her husband, who
were married November 14, 1950, are living
at 5549 N. W. Miami Court, Miami 38,
Fla. Mr. Tait received his education in
Canada and at the University of North
Carolina. He is a certified public account-
ant.
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President : Thomas E, Howerton
Class Agent: S. L. Gulledge, Jr.
ELIZABETH BEINHABDT MABEY
(MES. CECIL R.), E.N., B.S.N., and her
husband are living at 414^4 Querens Street,
Biloxi, Miss. Mr. Mabry, an alumnus of
Emory University, is an assistant field di-
rector for the American Eed Cross.
CAPT. and MES. EICHAED BALLENGEE
SMITH (CAROL BASSETT) have an-
nounced the birth of a son, Duncan Stewart,
on February 12. Their address is Quarters
G-4, Marine Corps School, Quantico, Ya.
ANNE MORRISON TAYLOR, her husband,
Ealph L., and their four children live at
12 Huntington Street in New Brunswick,
N. J. A picture of the children, Bonnie, 6,
Scott, 4, Jim, 2V 2 , and Roy, 1%, with their
mother is on the Sons and Daughters Page
this month.
LOEAINE BLEND TEEDWELL (MES.
TIMOTHY H.), whose address is 1709 E.
Maple Street, Pasadena, Calif., has two
children, Timothy and Nancy.
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President: Matthew S. (Sandy) Eae
Class Agent: H. Watson Stewart
ARTHUR JAFFEY has been transferred
from United Nations Headquarters in New
York to the International Labour Office
Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. He
left New York aboard the French Liner
Liberte on January 4 and after arriving in
Europe, drove his car from Le Havre,
France, to Paris, then through the Jura
Mountains to Geneva. Art will be doing
public information work for the Interna-
tional Labour Organization, which is a spe-
cialized agency of the United Nations deal-
ing with improving the standards of living
of peoples throughout the world through
international action. At Lake Success, he
did liaison public information work for the
I.L.O. He began work for the organization
in 1947 in Montreal, and was sent to the
United Nations in 1948. His address is
Public Information Division, International
Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland.
DR. and Mrs. E. S. KOON, JR., '44, M.D.
'46, of 1026 Highland Park Drive, Lexing-
ton, Ky., have announced the birth of a
son, Richard Ethan, on January 26.
Miss Julia Shuford Cooper became the
bride of ERNEST EDWARD NEWSOM,
B.S.C.E., in the First Presbyterian Church,
Burlington, N. C, on February 3. Ned, who
worked with the Triangle Construction Com-
pany in Durham until recently, has returned
to active duty in the Navy with the rank of
senior lieutenant and is stationed in Nor-
folk, Ya. Mrs. Newsom is an alumna of
Hollins College, and has served as an active
member of the Alamance County Nurses'
Aide Corps and as a staff member of the
Burlington Daily Times-News.
DONALD S. BOBBINS, B.S.M.E., and
AGNES DEANS BOBBINS, E.N., B.S.N.
'49, have moved to 1912 Nadine Street,
N.E., Knoxville, Tenn. Donald has accepted
a position in the mechanical design division
of the Tennessee Yalley Authority.
CLAUDE B. WILLIAMS, JR., B.S.M.E.,
and Mrs. Williams of 1402 Canterbury
Circle, Durham, have announced the birth
of a son, Alan Gentry, on January 21.
Their other son, David Lawrence, is two
years old.
MARY BURCHETT WILLIAMS (MBS.
LEWIS D.) is associated with Martha Bell
Conway in the general practice of law,
Suite 807-810 Central National Bank Build-
ing, Richmond, Ya.
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President: Charles B. Markham, Jr.
Class Agent: Charles F. Blanchard
ANN SUCCOP HEDGES (MRS. THOM-
AS R., JR.), her husband, and their young
son, Reed, are living at 24-4 Valley Road,
Drexel Hill, Pa. Dr. Hedges is a resident
in ophthalmology at the University of
Pennsylvania.
PEGGY HEIM, who lives at 186 Guerrero
Street, San Francisco, Calif., is an instruc-
tor in economies at San Francisco State
College. She has passed the oral examina-
tions for her Ph.D. in economics at Colum-
bia University, and spent last summer in
Washington, D. C, working on her disserta-
tion at the Library of Congress and the
Bureau of Reclamation.
MARY MORGAN was married February
17 to Mr. Alexander Reid Hamilton in
the chapel of the Church of the Heavenly
Rest, New York City. They are making
their home in New York, where Mr. Ham-
ilton, an alumnus of Haekley School, Ham-
ilton College, and Yale Law School, is with
the firm of Burke and Burke.
E. H. XEASE, JR., '45, B.D. - 4S, and Mrs.
Nease are the proud parents of a son, Ed-
gar Harrison Nease, III, born February 2.
The baby's grandfather is EDGAR H.
NEASE, SR, '25, B.D. '31, University
Trustee, from Charlotte, N. C. E. H., Jr.,
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who lives at 67 Ormond Avenue, Asheville,
N. C.j is pastor of the Abernethy Method-
ist Church.
HERBERT W. PARK, III, M.D., director
of medical services at Woodrow Wilson Re-
habilitation Center, Augusta County, Va.,
was appointed assistant professor of physi-
cal medicine at the University of Virginia
this semester. He held a Baruch Fellowship
in Physical Science from 1946 to 1949,
while studying biology at M.I.T., physi-
ology at Harvard, and physical medicine at
Massachusetts General Hospital. He is con-
tinuing his work at the Eehabilitation
Center.
ELIZABETH STABNES STBOUP (MRS.
HOWELL W.i and her husband have a
son, Howell Wilfred Stroup, Jr., who ar-
rived on October 13, 1950. Their address
is Box 456, Cherryville, N. C.
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President : B. G. Munro
Class Agent: Eobert E. Cowin
A daughter, Ellen Davis, was born on
February 24 to CAPT. WILMEB CONRAD
BETTS, '46, M.D., B.S.M. '48, and MRS.
BETTS (GEOBG'ELLEN DAVIS FOR-
BUS i , "49. Wilmer is overseas with the
Army Medical Corps, Ms address being
A.P.O. No. 7, San Francisco, Calif., Head-
quarters 7th Infantry. Until he returns
Georg'Ellen and the baby are living with
her parents in Hope Valley, Durham.
WALTER B. FAFSEE, JE., received his
Master's degree in February from the Uni-
versity of Michigan, and is working as a
geologist for the Atlantic Befining Com-
pany. He is living at 505 E. McNeil, Mag-
nolia, Ark.
MARGARET ELIZABETH (BETTY)
SMITH KNOPP (MES. WALTER V.) and
her husband have a daughter, Jennifer
Doubleday Knopp, who will be a year old
in July. Their address is 2-2A 14th Avenue,
East Paterson, New Jersey.
CAEOLYN LLEWELYN LENT, '47, is
living in Shipley, Fla., while her husband,
EOBERT E. LENT, B.S., is serving as a
lieutenant (jg) in the United States Navy.
Bob's address is Lt. (jg) R. E. Lent, S. C,
U.S.N., U.S.S. Hanna (DE 449), F.P.O.
San Francisco, Calif.
President: Grady B. Stott
Class Agent: Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.
JEREMIAH M. ALLEN, JE., who received
his M.A. degree from Tufts in 1948, is an
instructor at the College of Engineering,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. He
is married and has two sons and a daughter.
Their address is 503 16th Street, Boulder.
NANCY HENRY DAMEEON, '48, and
THOMAS B. DAMEEON, JR., M.D.. have
announced the birth of a son, Thomas
Barker Dameron, III, on November 26,
1950. Tom is a Navy doctor on duty with
the Army at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga.
Since their address is not permanent, they
are having mail sent to 4402 Bromley Lane,
Richmond, Va.
PHYLLIS MADELENE DICKIE became
the bride of Mr. E. Meade Barber Novem-
ber 4, 1950, and they are living in Onida,
S. D., where they are engaged in farming
and ranching. Phyllis was secretary to the
assistant secretary of the Denver Public
Schools, and traveled throughout Europe
before her marriage.
Miss Barbara Allen Eouse was married
February 24 to EDGAR ARCHIBALD
HATCHER, III, in a ceremony at the home
of the bride. They are living in New York
City, where Ed is with the firm of Young
and Eubican. Mrs. Hatcher, an alumna of
Finch Junior College and Barnard College,
is on the staff of the Museum of Non-Ob-
jective Painting.
CONSTANCE WILLIAMS HOG AN (MRS.
EDWIN M.) and her husband have moved
from 790 Myrtle Street, Atlanta, to Apart-
ment 12 C, Country Club Apartments, Au-
gusta, Ga. Mr. Hogan has been transferred
by the Trust Company of Georgia to their
associate bank, the National Exchange Bank
of Augusta. Connie writes that she is kept
busy caring for her son, Ed, Jr., who was
born in October.
FOSTEE and MARION WILLOUGHBY
INGALLS are the proud parents of young
Clyde Ingalls whose picture is on the Sons
and Daughters Page. They live at 1422
Eock Springs Court, N.E., in Atlanta, Ga.
Foster is with Burlington Mills.
Mr. and MES. L. M. JOHNSTON, JE.
(JANE McDONALD), Belmont, N. C, have
announced the birth of a son, Leon Mc-
Tyeire III, on March 14.
MAEY CATHERINE HART LAIMINGER
(MES. KOEBIN K.) has two daughters,
Nancy Eobin, 5 months, and Catherine Ann,
2 years and 3 months, whose picture is on
the Sons and Daughters Page this month.
She is employed as a nurse at Tallahassee
Memorial Hospital while her husband is
associated with Culley's Funeral Home.
The Laimingers live at 649 Ingleside Ave-
nue in Tallahassee, Fla.
WILLIAM MUNDEN PUTNAM is a ju-
nior in The Capital Seminary, a Lutheran
School in Columbus, Ohio. He and his wife,
who worked in the Dean's office at Duke,
live at 816 Oakwood, Columbus. They have
a year-old daughter. Marianne, whose pic-
ture is on the Sons and Daughters Page
this month.
The American Cathedral in Paris was the
scene of the wedding on February 17 of
Miss Joan Eleanor Fluke of New Enter-
prise, Pa., and TIMOTHY E. ROWAN.
Following a reception at the home of Mr.
Buehl Weare, editor of the Paris Herald,
and Mrs. Weare, the couple left for a short
trip to the south of France. Tim is a re-
porter for the Herald. They are making
their home at 26 Eue Boislevent, Paris,
France.
FRANCES PUGH SHOFFNEB (MBS.
FRED T.), E.N., and her husband, who
were married August 22, 1950, are living at
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914% South Second, Tucumcari, N. Mex.
Frances is a nurse at Tucumcari General
Hospital, and her husband, an alumnus of
Elon College and the University of New
Mexico, is a teacher.
HAEEY W. SUTTON, B.S.M.E., of 2409
Ken Oak Eoad, Baltimore 9, Md., is a
steam testman for Consolidated Gas Elec-
tric Company of Baltimore and is an in-
structor in McCoy College, the night branch
of Johns Hopkins University.
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President: Bollin M. Millner
Class Agent: Jack H. Quaritius
Eecent visitors to the Alumni Office were
WILLIAM J. BEYAN and his wife, Donna,
who were returning to their home, 2 Brierly
Lane, Homestead Park, Pa., following a
trip to Florida. Bill works for the Nichols
Eealty Company in Pittsburgh.
JULIUS CARDEN, LL.B., and Mrs. Car-
den have announced the birth of a son,
James Graham, on January 22. Their home
is 638 B Shaler Boulevard, Eidgefield, N. J.
BEN E, CATO, JE., '48, A.M. '50, and
WILMA EOBEETS CATO, '49, are living
in Papago Lodge, 1405 East Fifth Street,
Tucson, Ariz., where Ben is teaching phys-
ics and mathematics at the University of
Arizona.
EOBEET KIECHGESSNEE, B.D., pastor
of St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Jackson-
ville, N. C, was chosen "Man of the Year"
by the Junior Chamber of Commerce there.
THELMA MAEIE KLUSSMAN and Mr.
Thomas B. Peters, who were married De-
cember 31, 1950, are living at 16717 War-
wick Eoad, Detroit, Mich. Mr. Peters, an
alumnus of Albion College, is a salesman.
SALLY BAGLEY MOOEE (MES. JOHN
S.) and her husband have moved into a new
home at 13 Colonel Estille Avenue, Wym-
berley, Isle of Hope, Savannah, Ga. Mr.
Moore is a chemical engineer with the
Union Bag and Paper Corporation.
MAEY ELIZABETH MOUAT, '50, and
JAMES GATES WAEBEN were married
August 26, 1950. They are living at 2624
Chapel Hill Eoad, Durham, while Jim is at-
tending Duke Law School, and Mary is
working as a bibliographer at the Duke
University Library.
EICHAED A. PETTIT, of 715 Coolidge
Street, Plainfield, N. J., is a candidate for
Democratic assemblyman from Union Coun-
ty, N. J. A World War II veteran, Dick is
working in Newark, N. J., as claims super-
visor of the All-State Insurance Company.
He is basing his campaign on a solution
to the problem of unnecessary state ex-
penditures and rising living costs. He is
running on a slate of candidates including
young men and veterans designed to attract
the younger vote as well as the older.
MAEY KNOTTS TAYLOE (MES. WIL-
LIAM J.) and WILLIAM JAMES TAY-
LOE, '50, and their son, Billy, live in Char-
lotte, N. C. Bill is working with Eoadway
Express, 2018 Union Street.
JEAN STOUT WATLINGTON was mar-
ried to Mr. Harold Dallas Stanley, III, on
January 27 in the First Methodist Church,
Morganton, N. C. They are living in Ea-
leigh, N. O, where both of them are em-
ployed at radio station WNAO.
First Reunion for Class of 1949
Betty Bob Walters Walton (Mrs. Lor-
ing B., Jr.), general chairman, and her
committee will mail full details of the
first reunion of the Class of '49 to mem-
bers of the class within a short time.
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Presidents: Woman's College, Betty Bob
Walters Walton (Mrs. Loring) ; Trinity
College, Eobert W. Frye; College of
Engineering, Joe J. Eobnett, Jr.
Class Agent: Chester P. Middlesworth
ANNE LITCHAED BIED (MES.
CHAELES A.) and her husband, who were
married July 29, 1950, are living at 840
West Market Street, Lima, Ohio. Anne is
director of the Y.W.C.A. Young Adult Pro-
gram, and her husband, an alumnus of Ohio
Wesleyan, is executive secretary for the
Lima Community Chest.
ELIZABETH SPENCEE BOCKMILLEE
and DAEEELL BEOWN ("BILL") WIL-
LIAMS, '50, who were married last summer
in Christ Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Md.,
are living in Gastonia, N. O, where Bill is
a reporter for the Gastonia Gazette.
The feeling of pride we have in our eighty years as
printers, is based on the friends we made and keep.
We are exceedingly happy that we can count, among those
friends, Duke University, which we have served since 1931, as
printers of the nationally recognized Chanticleer — and in nu-
merous other ways through the years.
EDWARDS & BROUGHTON COMPANY
Established 1871
Printing : Lithographing : Steel Die Engraving
Raleigh, North Carolina
Office Supplies
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LYMAN H. BRIGHAM, M.F., former
assistant resident forester at Concord, N.
H., is the resident forester at Rutland, Vt.
PEGGY TRACY BUREAU (MRS. NOR-
MAN E.) is a credit investigator for Sears
Roebuck Company. Her address is 215
South Pennsylvania Avenue, Greensburg,
Pa.
The marriage of NANCY MARIE BURKE
to Mr. Joe Nelson Boyd took place in the
First Baptist Church, Burlington, N. C, on
December 16. Their address is 6009 North
Winthrop Street, Chicago, 111. Mr. Boyd,
an alumnus of Texas Agricultural and
Mechanical College and the University of
North Carolina, was at one time an instruc-
tor at State College, Raleigh, N. C. He
is now a statistician with the Federal De-
partment of Labor.
JAYNE COSBY, who received her M.A.
degree from the University of Richmond
last summer, is a history instructor at
Bluefield College, Va.
BETSY KEATON FONVIELLE, daughter
of INEZ NEWSOME FONVIELLE (MRS.
L. 0.), '24, of Wilmington, N. C, became
the bride of Mr. Cecil Gant, Jr., on Decem-
ber 2 in the First Baptist Church in "Wil-
mington. Mr. Gant, an alumnus of the
University of North Carolina, is connected
with Glen Raven Mills in New York City,
where the couple is making their home at
51 West 71 St., Apt. 4-F.
ROBERT FRENCH, JR., lives at 2910
Madison Avenue, Newport News, Va., and
works for the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company.
Since last September JANE LUCILLE
FUCHS has been Mrs. George Milton Wil-
son, her address being at 2193 S. W. 11th
Terrace, Miami, Fla. Mr. Wilson, an alum-
nus of the University of Miami, is an em-
ployee of Little River Bank and Trust
Company.
JOHN E. HARMON is teaching in the De-
partment of Political Science at Florida
State University, Tallahassee. He previ-
ously was an assistant and an instructor
in the Department of Political Science at
the University of West Virginia.
JANE HOUGH HASSELL, B.S., and T.
FLEETWOOD HASSELL live at 402 Old
Point Road, Wappo Hall, Charleston, S. C.
They have a year-old daughter, Mary Lou.
ELIZABETH HARPER HOLMES (MRS.
IRVIN R.) and her husband live in Con-
verse Apartments No. 13, Spartanburg, S.
C. Elizabeth received her degree from Con-
verse College in 1949.
ERVIN JACKSON, JR., and his wife, who
was Miss Elizabeth Richardson of Birming-
ham, Alabama, prior to their marriage last
summer, are residing in Greenville, S. C.
He is associated in business with Ivey-Keith
Co.
GRACE ELIZABETH KAUFMAN, whose
address is R.F.D. 2, Boswell, Pa., is teach-
ing in the Conemaugh Township High
School.
PAULINE LIGON and FELTON R,
NEASE were united in marriage November
28 in St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Dur-
ham. Prior to her marriage, Pauline was
employed as biology-forestry librarian in
the Duke University Libraries. Felton, who
did the work for his A.B. and A.M. degrees
at the University of Oklahoma, served as
an assistant instructor and graduate stu-
dent in the Duke Botany Department for
two years. He is now employed by T.V.A.
as biologist on a special ecological project
at Oak Ridge, Tenn., where their address is
515 West Vanderbilt Drive.
ARTHUR SHERRILL LYON, of 1214
North Main Street, High Point, N. C, is
a salesman for International Business Ma-
chines.
WILLIAM A. MASON has moved from
10518 South Artesian Avenue, Chicago, to
1350 Astor Street, Apartment 3-A, Chi-
cago 10, 111.
M. JUSTYN NEUHAUSER is service
checker in statistical research for the John
Shillito Company, and he lives at 36 Ed-
wards Court, Fort Thomas, Ky.
HELEN SCOTT PEARSON (MRS. E. D.),
R.N., B.S.N., lives at 810 Broad Street,
Durham, and does private nursing for Duke
Hospital. She and her husband are the par-
ents of a seven-months-old daughter.
The address of JENNY DONALDSON
PEVELER (MRS. RAY) is Box 5181, Col-
lege Station, Texas.
CELIA ELIZABETH PICKENS and
CLAUDE HAROLD SHANKLE were
united in marriage September 2 in the
Hayes Barton Methodist Church, Raleigh,
N. C. They are living in Albemarle, N. O,
where Claude is commercial manager of
Radio Station WABZ.
The address of JOAN ELIZABETH RICH-
ARDS, who was married to Mr. Paul F.
Gauff last summer, is 27 Beverly Road,
Great Neck, Long Island, N. Y. Mr. Gauff
is vice-president of the New York Silicate
Book Slate Company.
BETTY MARIE RUSHING and HENRY
OTIS LINEBERGER, JR., '50 son of DR.
H. O. LINEBERGER, '14, of Raleigh, were
married in the Wesley Monumental Meth-
odist Church, Savannah, Ga., last August.
They are living in Chapel Hill, N. C, while
Henry attends the University of North
Carolina Dental School.
Last June, LAWRENCE H. SCHWARTZ,
M.D., who interned at Fitzsimmons Hos-
pital, Denver, Colo., began a three year
training period in psychiatry at the Men-
ninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kan-
sas. As the first organized residency pro-
gram for the training of psychiatrists
undertaken by the State of Kansas it offers
lectures, seminars, and supervised clinical
practice designed to equip those attending
for certification by the American Board of
Neurology and Psychiatry.
HARRY LAWRENCE SIMARD, who lives
in the Lewis Apartments, Elkin, N. C, is -
working with the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company.
Last August SARAH LOUISE SIMPSON
became Mrs. Harry Alexander Allen, Jr.,
her present address being 334 West Kivett
Street, Asheboro, N. C. Sarah is an ele-
mentary school teacher, and her husband is
assistant plant engineer with National Car-
bon Company.
ELIZABETH ANN SKAALE became the
bride of Mr. Ralph Dee Stout, Jr., in the
West Raleigh Presbyterian Church on De-
cember 16. Mr. Stout is a senior at State
College in Raleigh, N. C, where their ad-
dress is 902 Brooks Avenue.
WILLIAM JAMES SMITH, who is a
traiuee-manager for S. H. Kress and Com-
pany, lives at 517 Brookside Avenue, North
August, S. C.
LILLIAN E. STURGIS was married to Dr.
Edwin H. Updike II last August. They are
living at 1363 York Avenue, New York 21,
N. Y.
JUNE S. SUMNER, of 166 Emerald Bay,
Laguna Beach, Calif., is executive secre-
tary to the president of the Bank of La-
guna Beach.
JOYE L. TILLEY and Mr. Jack Kenneth
Greer were united in marriage October 6
in the Watts Street Baptist Church, Dur-
ham. They are making their home in the
Vance Apartments in Durham.
BETTYE WALL, R.N., B.S.N., and DON-
ALD WOOD TUCKER, a Duke senior,
were married September 3 at Bethel Meth-
odist Church, Chester, S. C. They are liv-
ing in Durham, while Don is finishing
school, and Bettye is working in the ob-
stetrical department at Duke Hospital.
The marriage of JANE PITTMAN WIL-
KINS to Mr. David Herbert Thraikill took
place in The First Presbyterian Church,
Sanford, N. C., on October 28, 1950, and
they are making their home at Gooseneck
Point, Little Silver, N. J. After graduating,
Jane took a post graduate course at the Uni-
versity of Oxford, England. Her husband, a
graduate of Amherst College, returned
shortly before the wedding from South
America where he was sent by the Viek
Chemical Company.
DOROTHY WHITEHEAD WOODARD be-
came Mrs. Charles Scarboro Cooke on Octo-
ber 21, and is making her home in Wil-
son, N. C. Dr. Cooke is an alumnus of
Wake Forest College and Atlanta Southern
Dental College.
SHIKLEY ANN ZITTROUER is now Mrs.
Paul Bryan, Jr., and is living at 116 Lull-
water Road, Decatur, Ga.
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President : Jane Suggs
Class Agent: Robert L. Hazel
The address of ANN CASKEY BROTH-
ERTON (MRS. WILLIAM T., JR.), A.M.,
is Box 2525, Charleston, W. Va.
OLIVER LEO BUTNER, JR., whose ad-
dress is Post Office Box 4918, Duke Station,
Durham, N. O, is a salesman for the Dur-
ham Floral Supply Company, Inc.
JAMES OLIN CANSLER, B.D., is ehap-
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lain to Baptist students at Duke. His home
is at 321 East Main Street, Durham.
ELLEN YOUNG CONNER is teaching
senior English in the High School of Point
Pleasant, W. Va. Her address there is 2319
Jackson Avenue.
WILFRED ARTHUR COTE, JR., M.P., is
an instructor of wood technology at New
York State College of Forestry. His ad-
dress is 139 Haven Road, University
Heights, Syracuse, N. Y.
SANFORD ALLEN ("BUBBER") DUN-
SON is an apprentice cotton classer for
George H. McFadden and Brothers, Mem-
phis, Tenn.
KENNETH EASON, of 306 East Geer
Street, Durham, is a field auditor for the
North Carolina Department of Revenue.
WILLIAM JOHN GABRIEL, M.F., whose
address is 1514 Watch Avenue, Spring-
field, 111., is working as a vegetation engi-
neer for Health Tree Service, Inc., of
Wellesley, Mass.
ALVAN RAY GILMORE, M.F., is a re-
search forester in the School of Forestry,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
CLARENCE PAUL GUBBINS, JR., who
lives at 219 Kershaw Street, Cheraw, S. C,
is a trainee with the Egmont Manufactur-
ing Company.
EMILY A. HELSETH, of 442 28th Street,
West Palm Beach, Fla., is a clerk in the
transit department of the First National
Bank, Palm Beach, Fla.
CHARLES ROBERT HOLLOMAN, LL.B.,
of Kinston, N. O, is a professor of political
science at Davidson College. His mailing
address is Box 724, Davidson, N. C.
Eoute No. 1, Hurt, Va., is the address of
AELIE CHARLES KNIPMEYER, who is
teaching at the Renan High School in Gret-
na, Va.
VIRGINIA RESKE LAVEY (MRS. ROB-
ERT E.) and her husband, who were mar-
ried June 30, 1950, in Bethany Union
Church, Beverly Hills, Chicago, 111., are
living on R. R. No. 3, Hinsdale, Til. Mr.
Lavey, an alumnus of the University of
Michigan, is vice-president in charge of
sales for the King Engineering Corpora-
tion.
DAVID PERRY LOWREY. M.F., is teach-
ing forestry at Stephen F. Austin State
College, Nacogdoches, Texas.
WILLIAM AUSTELL LUTZ, of 410 West
Sumter Street, Shelby, N. C, is business
administrator of Shelby Hospital.
WANDA KATHARINE MAIER is a stu-
dent at Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School,
and is living at 10848 Longwood Drive,
Chicago 43, 111.
JOHN LESLIE MARKHAM, B.S., is a
textile research chemist with the research
laboratories of Dan River Mills, Inc., Dan-
ville, Va.
WILLIAM G. MARTIN, of 203 Dinwiddie
Street, Portsmouth, Va., is a representative
for The American Tobacco Company.
LEON RAYMOND MASTERS, A.M., of
121 Hester Street, Charleston, S. C, is an
assistant professor at The Citadel.
EDWARD RUSSELL MOSIER is in the
personnel department of the Montgomery
Employment Bureau in Pittsburgh, Pa.
His residence address is 356 Lincoln Ave-
nue, Pittsburgh 2.
JOHN ANSON MOTE, B.D., is associate
minister of the Memorial Methodist Church
of Thomasville, N. O, where he lives at 107
Montlieu.
EUGENE WILSON NEWBERRY, Ph.D.,
of 706 College Drive, Anderson, Ind., is pro-
fessor of theology at Anderson College and
Theological Seminary.
LOUIS PAGANI, LL.B., of 3164 Baim-
bridge Avenue, Bronx 67, N. Y., is a claims
adjuster with James J. Ward, Inc.
FRIEDA ELAINE PENNINGER, A.M., is
an instructor of English at Flora Mac-
donald College, Box 254, Red Springs, N. C.
FRANCES WILKINSON PROPST and
CLYDE L. PROPST are living at 2911
Monroe Avenue, Durham. Frances is teach-
ing at Edgemont School, and Clyde is a
student in the Duke Law School.
DERMONT JAMES REID, B.D., is pastor
of the Methodist Church in Haw River,
N. C.
ROBERT RAY ROUSH, whose address is
1329 Quarrier Street, Charleston, W. Va.,
is an accountant in the trust department
of the Charleston National Bank.
MARY ELIZABETH SEABERG, of 39
Creston Avenue, Tenafly, N. J., is a recep-
tionist for International Business Machines,
50 Broadway, New York City.
Announcement has been received of the
marriage of Miss Emily E. Blum, of Elkin,
N. C, to JAMES H." SMITH, son of J.
RAYMOND SMITH, '17, of Mt. Airy, N.
C, on February 24. Jim has been in the
Army since December.
JOHN THOMAS STRATTON.'of 7 Brook^
haven Drive, Atlanta, Ga., is operator of
a restaurant at 2991 Peachtree Road, N.E.,
in Atlanta.
EDNA MARIAN TEFFT, M.Ed., is living
at 3944 Holman Circle, Cincinnati 36, Ohio,
and is teaching at the Norwood View
School in Norwood, Ohio.
GERALD S. THOMASSON, M.F.. is work-
ing with the Long-Bell Lumber Company,
Box 807, R. R. 1, Veneta, Ore.
C. AUBREY TINGEN is a trainee in the
production department of Vick Chemical
Company, Greensboro, N. C, where his ad-
dress is 120 Kensington Road.
JOHN VICTOR VERNER, JR., and SAL-
LEY PROSSER VERNER, who were mar-
ried August 5, 1950, are living in Apart-
ment G-2-C University Apartments, Dur-
ham. John is a medical student at Duke,
and Sally is a secretary at Duke Hospital.
MARGARET GENEVIEVE WALTERS,
A.M., is teaching at Catonsville High
School in Baltimore, Md., where her address
is 209 Rosewood Avenue, Baltimore 28.
Miss Jacquelyn Nichols Word became the
bride of TOLBERT LACY STALLINGS,
JR., on September 9 in the Louisburg Meth-
odist Church, Louisburg, N. C. Mrs. Stall-
ings is an alumna of Lasalle College in
Auburndale, Mass. They are living at 1012
Buchanan Boulevard in Durham, where Tol-
bert is a student at the Duke Medical
School.
JAMES WILLIAM WARD, whose address
is Box 904, Fayetteville, Tenn., is working
for the Esso Standard Oil Company in Tul-
lahoma, Tenn.
GEORGE RICHARD WAGONER is an an-
alyst and cost accountant for Corning Glass
Works, Corning, N. Y. His address is 39
Meadow Brook Apartments, Corning, N. Y.
MARY ELLEN WHITMORE is a student
at the Nursing School of Yale University.
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JOAN PHYLLIS GEBERT and JOHN
FRASER III were married March 17 in
the Duke University Chapel. They are liv-
ing at 526 Holloway Street while they are
completing their senior year at Duke.
'52 *
JOAN HENRY PINNIX and Mr. William
Barnette Garrison, Jr., were married in a
formal ceremony March 17 in the Main
Street Methodist Church, Gastonia, N. C.
They are making their home in Chapel Hill.
N. C, where Mr. Garrison is attending the
University of North Carolina.
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JUANITA WANDA WATKINS and Mr.
Richard Glenn Averette were married Febru-
ary 4. Juanita is credit interviewer for
Sears Roebuck and Company, and her hus-
band, a North Carolina State College alum-
nus, is paymaster for a construction com-
pany. Their address is 905 Y 2 Clarendon
Street, Fayetteville, N. C.
Letlcrs
(Continued from Page 85)
with a bit of information about the con-
cert. This was put on the air by three
stations. Another station used almost
the entire album in a half hour program
customarily devoted to classical music.
On still another station, a disc jockey
used them each night for several nights
with information about the concert. (I
understand some of the boys picked this
up in Durham.) Then, on my station, we
used selections from the album as inci-
dental music on several programs.
We had a turn-out of probably 700
for the concert. The boys gave their
usual wonderful performance, and we
felt the project was a complete success.
Thank you very much for coming
through — as you always do — when we
needed a bit of help.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
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deaths
DR. JOHN L. GIBSON, '00
Dr. John L. Gibson, '00, of Laurin-
burg, N. C, passed away December 2,
1950. He had been in declining health
for some time.
BYBE ROGERS DAVENPORT
(MRS. L. L.), '15
Bybe Rogers Davenport (Mrs. L. L.),
'15, of Nashville, N. C, died March 14
at Duke Hospital after an illness of sev-
eral months.
Funeral services were held at her home,
and burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery.
A native of Durham, Mrs. Davenport
moved to Nashville in 1914 where she be-
came a school teacher. She was an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in her home town.
Surviving are her husband; three chil-
dren, Mrs. Bybe Dowdy and L. L. Dav-
enport, Jr., both of Rocky Mount, N. O,
and Ed Davenport, a law student at the
University of North Carolina; six grand-
children; a brother, Wesley Rogers, '19;
and two sisters, Mrs. Fred Copley and
Mrs. Henry Rogers, all of Durham.
Cemetery.
Bill attended McCallie School at Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. He did some postgradu-
ate work after finishing his undergradu-
ate work at Duke.
Survivors include the wife, the former
Helen Frances Hennis; one daughter,
Helen Elizabeth Ashby; his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. Edward C. Ashby; and one
brother, Edward C. Ashby, Jr.
HARRY WINFIELD CARTER, '20
Harry Winfield Carter, '20, died at his
home in Greenville, N. C, on February
20, after five months of critical illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the
chapel of the S. G. Wilkerson and Sons
Funeral Home, and burial was in Green-
wood Cemetery.
Mr. Carter had taught at Elon College,
Walstonburg and Creswell. In 1927 he
went to Greenville and worked as a
printer, later opening Carter's Print
Shop, which he operated until Septem-
ber, 1950, when he retired because of ill-
ness.
Surviving are the wife; two sons,
Harry W. Carter, Jr., a student at V.P.I.,
Blacksburg, Va., and Eugene Carter of
the U. S. Navy, -now stationed in Africa;
three daughters, Mrs. B. B. Furr, Jr.,
Hopewell, Va., Jane Woodley Carter, of
the home, and Mrs. Rollin Justice, Dan-
ville, Va.; two grandchildren; and a
sister, Mrs. Ida Hines, Richmond, Va.
WILLIAM CLAY ASHBY, '48
William Clay Ashby, '48, of Mount
Airy, N. C, died at Martin Memorial
Hospital on March 1.
The funeral was held at the home of
his parents, and burial was in Oakdale
Duke's Oldest Alumnus Dies at 96
preme Court of North Carolina in June,
1879, Col. Abell opened his law office in
Smithfield and had practiced his profes-
sion there continuously since that time.
He was trying cases in the Superior
Court before he was 21 years old.
Col. Abell was also active for a time
in the field of politics. He was mayor
of Smithfield for three terms, and was
chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee in Johnston County for 16
years. An outstanding Democrat, he was
a presidential elector under Grover
Cleveland, and was a delegate to the
National Democratic Convention at Bal-
timore in 1912 when Woodrow Wilson
was first nominated for president. Until
recent years he was a biennial delegate
to the State Convention. He served three
terms in the State House of Representa-
tives and two terms in the Senate.
No one can remember where Mr. Abell
got the name of "Colonel," because he
never served in any of the armed forces.
He thought it might have come from his
earlier days of active politics.
At the time of his death, Col. Abell
was senior partner in the firm of Abell,
Shephard and Wood. He and his part-
nership had been counsel for Southern
Railway in Johnston County for more
than 60 years and counsel for the At-
lantic Coast Line Railroad for more than
half a century. Until his last year CoL
Abell still went to his office every morn-j
ing, weather permitting.'
Col. Abell was an excellent shot when
he was younger, and was an enthusiastic
hunter and fisher until his later yearsj
when he turned to gardening as a hobby.
He was blessed with perfect health and
eyesight almost all of his life.
Mrs. Abell, the former Irene Page of
Fayetteville, whom Col. Abell married on
December 17, 1885. passed away just a
year ago. They had seven children, four
of whom survive: Marie Stevens (Mrs.
H. P.), lone George (Mrs. Jerry L.),
and Edward S. Abell, Jr., all of Smith-
field; and Jean Israel (Mrs. W. L.) of
Wilson. Four grandchildren; four great-
grandchildren ; and two sisters. Mrs. Dan
Galloway of Fairmont and Mrs. George
Bissett of New York City, also survive.
COLONEL ABELL
"Colonel" Edward Stanley Abell, '78,
of Smithfield, N. C, veteran attorney,
political leader, and oldest living alum-
nus of Duke University, died April 6
the day following his 96th birthday.
Funeral services were conducted at the
Centenary Methodist Church, of which
he had been a member for nearly 75
years, and interment was in Riverside
Cemetery.
Born April 5, 1857, Col. Abell attended
a free school in Smithfield for two months
a year until he was 12 years old. He
then attended a private school in Selma,
which was taught by Professor J. S.
Scarborough, who later became State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Mr. Abell entered Trinity College in Ran-
dolph County when he was but 16, and
there studied law under Dr. Braxton
Craven, president of the college. During
the summer vacations he studied law
under his father, the late J. H. Abell,
who was a successful attorney with of-
fices in Smithfield.
The oldest of a family of eight chil-
dren, Col. Abell could recall the days of
the Civil War when several battles took
place not too far from his home.
Licensed to practice law by the Su-
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, April, 1951
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of physicians, nurses and technicians. We like to
think that the services of another technician — the Blue
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DUAR
Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests
NUMBER 7. . .
THE HARLEQUIN DUCK
* I may be a
clown— but
I'm no fool!"
Ah
.e might be the merry-andrew of the
marshlands, but lately he's been
downright glum about these trick cigarette
mildness tests. Never one to duck facts, he holds
nothing much can he proved by a sniff of one brand or
a quick puff from another. Snap judgments can't take
the place of regular, day-to-day smoking.
That's why so many smokers are turning to . . .
The sensible test . . . the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which simply
asks you to try Camels as a steady smoke — on a pack-after-
pack, day-after-day basis. No snap judgments needed. After
you've enjoyed Camels— and only Camels— for 30 days in your
"T-Zone" (T for Throat, T for Taste) , we believe you"ll know why . , .
More People Smoke Camels
than any other cigarette!
DUKE UNIVERSITY
ALUMNI REGISTER
May, 1951
"Joe College" Gives Seniors Send-off
For 2/ou Proof o/ MILDNESS
A" with no unoleasant after-ta
with no unpleasant after-taste
For You- PROOF OF MILDNESS
"When I apply the Standard Tobacco Growers'
Test to cigarettes, I find Chesterfield is the one
that smells milder and smokes milder."
Statement by hundreds of
Prominent Tobacco Growers.
For You- PROOF OF
NO UNPLEASANT AFTER-TASTE
"Chesterfield is the only cigarette in
which members of our taste panel found
no unpleasant after-taste."
From the report of a well-known
Industrial Research Organization.
rSflSi
HESTERFIELD
Copyright 1951, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in the Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
May, 1951
Number 5
Contents
PAGE
Editorials US
Sons and Daughters 116
June Exercises End Tear 117
What Is Duke? 118
Pledges Ad-opt New Bole 119
Student Officers 120
Joe College Week End Revived 121
Alumni Meetings 122
Campaign Chairmen 123
Order Tickets Early 124
Honor Roll on Press 125
News of the Alumni 126
Obituaries 136
Editor and Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Managing Editor Roger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager Thomas D. Donegan
Layout Editor Euth Mart Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
Two Dollars a Year
20 Cents ^ Copy
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post
Office at Durham, N. C, Under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Jleti&iA.
The following letters are from Marc Viellet-Lavalee, '20.
February 1, 1951
The Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations),
of which I have been associated for the past four years, is transferring
its Headquarters to Rome, Italy. I am, therefore, leaving Washington
to take up residence in Rome but it will take a few weeks before I
get settled there. I shall send you my new address as soon as possible.
I had hoped to visit Duke University before leaving, but pressure
of work has been such that I have not been able to get away from
Washington. I regret very much missing this opportunity but shall try
to visit you whenever I may happen to return to the United States.
April 3, 1951
Your kind letter of 6th February reached me in Rome about a
week ago. As you are aware, I left Washington early in February
and it was almost five weeks before I arrived in Rome, as I spent some
three weeks in Paris and elsewhere in France.
I have just rented an apartment and my personal address now is the
following: Via Guido d'Arezzo 2, Interno 7, Rome, Italy.
There is, of course, no prospect of my returning to the United
States in 1951. But when I do go back, I shall certainly do my best
to visit Duke again. I have very warm feelings for my old Alma
Mater and all the friends I have there.
If there is anything I can do here in Rome for Duke alumni who
happen to come over I shall be only too pleased to help.
Choir Welcomes Old Members
Alumni and alumnae who were once members of the Chapel Choir
will find their same old seats in the choir loft awaiting them whenever
they return to the campus for a visit. All they have to do is appear
in time for the final practice just before the Sunday service and they
may again add their voices to the sacred strains. Student choir mem-
bers will gladly make room in the choir loft for the returning vocalists.
With Commencement approaching and summer vacations pending,
alumni and alumnae are especially invited to take advantage of this
constant opportunity to become an active member of the college com-
munity and the Duke Chapel Choir once again.
THIS MONTH'S COVER
A moderate frenzy of fun and foolishness seemed appropriate
for the period just preceding final exams, especially for the
seniors, whose undergraduate days of comparative freedom from
worldly cares are almost over. Joe College Week End filled the
bill perfectly. Inaugurated before World War II, the event was
suspended for several years during hostilities and chaos that
followed. With a vivid sense of drama students lampooned their
own college fads and customs by elaborately overdoing them. A
highlight was a parade from West Campus to East Campus, fol-
lowed by a field day of comedy events.
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a specific service, therefore initial cost is beside
the question. We shall be glad to assist you in
deciding which of the three will do the best
job for your particular problem. Our composing
room service is planned for today's demands.
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Volume XXXVII
May, 1951
Number 5
About the Campaign
When the Duke University National Council meets at
Commencement, a report on the progress of the Develop-
ment Campaign will be given. Thousands of alumni have
done an outstanding job of making this undertaking a
success.
If, however, you have been asked to see some of your fel-
low alumni and haven't completed your task, please do so
as soon as possible. If you are not in a community where
an active personal solicitation for the Development Cam-
paign is being conducted, don't worry. You will not be
overlooked. In every section where there is a sufficient
concentration of alumni, they will be given an oppor-
tunity, sooner or later, to participate in this program,
which is so vital to the future of Duke.
Remember Duke University is counting on every for-
mer student to make his gift as large as possible, based on
a three-year commitment. Though we have said this be-
fore, like the advertisers, once again we repeat, "This is
the first time in 25 years alumni and friends of the insti-
tution have been asked to make a capital gift to the
institution. ' ' The Loyalty Fund and the capital gifts pro-
gram are one and the same, if the commitment is made
over a three-year period. The Loyalty Fund is not to be
discontinued, but will be started again at the end of the
commitment period for the Development Campaign.
The student participation completes the entire Univer-
sity family circle, every division of which is now sharing
in a magnificent manner.
One of the finest things that has ever happened on the
Duke campus has been the volunteer campaign put on by
the students, among the students, for the Development
Campaign.
Several weeks ago, representatives of some of the stu-
dent organizations came to the Alumni Office and re-
quested permission to share in the Development Campaign.
They were referred to President Edens, who told them
that, if the movement among the students was entirely
voluntary, he would be glad to give his permission.
The students then invited a representative of every stu-
dent organization to attend a meeting and hear the Presi-
dent tell about Duke's present and future. This meeting
resulted in a campus-wide campaign which has just been
launched.
More than 500 students are preparing letters to be
mailed to parents and materials for use by solicitation
committees which will reach every student on the campus.
The students will contribute whatever the} 7 can, according
to their ability. In so doing they say to the world at
large that they are grateful to those people, who, because
of their interest in the past, have made the institution
what it is today, and to the alumni and friends and all
others who are now sharing in this program to make
Duke's opportunities for service even greater.
In and Out
Maj r we remind you that Commencement is June 1, 2, 3,
and 4, and that, if you haven 't made plans to attend, there
is still time, provided you hurry. The Special Occasions
Committee of the National Council has made another
innovation in the program for returning alumni which
we believe will meet with universal approval.
On Saturday evening immediately following the Gen-
eral Alumni Dinner, the Hoof 'n' Horn Club of Duke
University will present "Belles and Ballots," its spring
musical comedy. The Hoof \\ ' Horn Club is a student
organization that writes, produces, and directs all of its
own productions. This year, the ingenuity of the students,
plus their enthusiastic presentations, takes you on a pleas-
ant trip to the nineties.
For a number of years the returning alumni have asked
that they be given an opportunity to see the work of
some of the student organizations. This year's change in
program is the result of these requests.
The admission price to the musical is reasonable, to
say the least — only $1.00. Not only will the alumni at-
tending the dinner have an opportunity to see the presen-
tation, but it will be open to parents of students, students,
and the general public. In order to reduce expenses seats
will not be reserved but a special section will be reserved
for those attending the General Alumni Dinner. We sug-
gest» therefore, that those planning to attend write the
Alumni Office immediately for tickets. Alumni are urged
to give their complete and enthusiastic support to this
Commencement feature if they wish similar student at-
tractions presented in the future.
The golf tournament will be held for the third year. It
will be sponsored by the Class of '41 with Robert J.
Montfort as class chairman. Mr. Floyd S. Bennett, our
No. 1 alumnus, will be in charge of the occasion. Prizes will
be awarded for faculty, trustee, and alumni participation.
Classes which have not arranged for representation are
requested to do so. The tournament is to take place at
the Hope Valley Country Club Friday afternoon and Sat-
urday morning.
Last year the booby prize was won by a score of 135.
Surely you can beat this. If you can't, we shall expect
you to win the booby.
Rooms, at a minimum charge, will be available on the
campus for parents of students, single alumni, and alumni
couples. Those desiring to stay in the dormitories should
make reservations in advance.
SOXS AND DAUGHTERS OF DUKE ALUMNI
Richard Kent Smurthwaite. Jean Fetherston Smurthwaite, '46.
P. M. Smurthwaite, B.S.M.E. '45. Kenmore, N. Y.
Linda Alice Langston. T. Ed Langston, '41. Wadesboro, N. C.
Thomas David Sales, Jr. Marybelle Adams Sales, '44. Thomas
David Sales, B.S.C.E. '44. Dr. Rayford Kennedy Adams, '08, Grand-
father.
Natalie Sullivan Bimel. Alice Booe Bimel (Mrs. Carl, Jr.). '43.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
5. Jeffrey Washburn Davis. Hardin King Davis, Jr. Margaret
Washburn Davis (Mrs. H. K.), '37. Bellerose, N. Y.
6. Nancy Lee Goldberg. Dorothy Huffman Goldberg, '38. Robert A.
Goldberg, '40, LL.B. '49. North Conway, N. H.
7. Georgene Lucy. Shirlev Whitlock Luev (Mrs. C. R.), '47. Warren,
Ohio.
8. Lucy' Boyd Lemon. Jane Ross Lemon. Mary Marvin Lemon.
E. Marvin Lemon, '33. Roanoke, Va.
9. David K. Secrest. Andrew M. Secrest, '44. Laurinburg, X. C.
Dr. Robert D. Calkins (left), director
of the General Education Board of
the Rockefeller Foundation, will de-
liver the Commencement address on
Monday, June 4. Dr. Calkins, a noted
economist, is former dean of the Col-
lege of Commerce of the University
of California. A native of Connecti-
cut, he holds degrees from William
and Mar.y and Stanford.
The Reverend Paul Ehrman Scherer
(right), who will deliver the Bacca-
laureate Sermon on Sunday, June 3,
is professor of homiletics at Union
Theological Seminary, New York City.
For 25 years he was pastor of Holy
Trinity Church in New York and is
one of the nation's most famed
preachers.
June Exercises End Another Year
Another academic year will close with
Commencement Exercises extended over
the three-day period between June 2 and
4, and when degrees have been awarded
as the finale of the occasion, something
more than 1,000 young men and women,
graduates and undergraduates, will move
into a future even more uncertain than
usual.
This fact, however, has failed notice-
ably to subdue the high spirits of young-
men and women about to finish their col-
lege careers. Seniors are bending to the
task of preparing for final examinations
with a little greater intensity. Candi-
dates for graduate degrees are plugging
to finish all-important theses. Failure for
today's students doesn't always mean' an-
other chance, and present opportunities,
therefore, cannot be regarded too lightly.
But despite these serious considerations,
the campus is rapidly assuming the famil-
iar jubilant air that invariably heralds
the Commencement season. And, as usual,
the senior class prepares to leave the
University with a sense of triumph and
achievement tempered by the sadness of
departure. This sadness is reflected in
farewell columns in the Chronicle, con-
versation, and thoughtful expressions of
faces regarding for the last few times
such familiar scenes as the Chapel tower,
the flagstone walks, and the shaggy oaks
that adorn both campuses.
Later, however, these students of 1951
will return to future Commencements to
refresh old and pleasant memories, recall
youthful experiences, and revive and
strengthen the knowledge and sense of
permanent values that the University im-
parted during the process of education.
They will return, just as in 1951 stu-
dents of other years will return to renew
their attachment to Duke and to recog-
nize the role that the University continues
to play in their lives.
Many Are Expected
This year a record breaking number of
former students are expected to be on
hand for Commencement Exercises. One
reason is the stronger interest that alumni
have taken in University affairs during
1950-51 through such activities as the
Development Campaign and already vis-
ible effects of new programs instituted by
a still new president.
To accommodate those who will return,
to make their visits enjoyable and worth
while, the University organizations of
fellow alumni, and Commencement com-
mittees have cooperated to plan what will
certainly be one of the greatest Com-
mencement programs in Duke's history.
Some e\ents will be especially for
alumni; some especially for students; but
most will be for every member, past,
present, and even future, of the Univer-
sity community.
Activities for alumni will begin on Fri-
day, June 1, with the third annual
Alumni Golf Tournament at Hope Val-
ley. The tournament this year is spon-
sored by the Class of 1941, tenth reunion
class, and will continue through Satur-
day morning. Winners will be announced
at the General Alumni Association meet-
ing Saturday night.
The second major event for all return-
ing alumni will be the annual dinner
meeting of the General Alumni Asso-
ciation in West Campus Union, beginning
at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, June 2. Presid-
ing will be C. B. Houek, '22, retiring-
president of the Association.
Hoof 'n' Horn Show
Following the Association dinner meet-
ing the new feature of Commencement
will be inaugurated. This is a production
of the Hoof V Horn, student musical
comedy organization, this year entitled
'•Belles and Ballots." Alumni who pur-
chase tickets for the production with their
Saturday dinner tickets will find a special
section of seats reserved for them in Page
Auelitorium. Other than this, there will
be no reserved seats.
Reunion Classes
The classes which are holding reunions
June 1, 2, and 3 will each have their own
schedule of special activities. They are
'01, '10, '11, '12, '26, '35, '36, '37, '41,
and '49.
There will also be a number of events
planned in which all returning alumni
Will take part. In adelition to the Hoof
'n' Horn show and the annual alumni
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golf tournament, the General Alumni
Dinner will be held Saturday evening,
June 3.
Returning alumnae will be guests of
the Woman's College staff at a coffee
from 10:30 to 12:00 a.m. Saturday in
East Duke Building. There will be open
houses, teas, and many other forms of
entertainment designed for everyone.
Accommodations may be secured on
campus for alumni, alumnae, and their
families. For further information about
this, write to the Alumni Office.
1901
The Class of 1901 will celebrate its
Golden Anniversary by attending the
Half Century Club Luncheon on Sunday,
June 3. At that time, members of
the class will be inducted into the Club.
1910, 1911, 1912
A joint luncheon of the classes of 1910,
1911, and 1912 will be held on Sunday,
June 3, followed by an open house at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Brower.
1926
Class President, Edward L. Cannon,
and his committees have gone all out to
plan a fun-packed week end for this year's
Silver Anniversary Class of 1926. The
committee in charge of publication has
prepared biographical sketches of all class
members. Along with other week end
activities, the committees in charge of
local arrangements and of entertainment,
headed by Benjamin Powell, Durham, and
Stanton Pickens, Charlotte, respectively,
have planned a special class dinner Sun-
day night, and a tea to be held for the
class and members of the Duke faculty of
their generation.
1935, 1936, 1937
A royal welcome awaits the classes of
1935, 1936, and 1937. The program is
packed with action. In addition to the
schedule of general alumni activities for
all returning classes, there will be an
open house Friday evening at the Hope
Valley Country Club and a picnic on
Saturday at Smith's Cabin on the Wake
Forest Highway for the three classes.
1941
According to reunion chairman R. F.
(Bob) Long, plans for the tenth year
reunion of the Class of 1941 are just
about complete. There'll be a continuous
program for every interest — a golf tour-
nament — open houses — cabin parties —
campus tours — a beach party — in fact
everything that will make a reunion
complete.
1949
The Class of 1949 will be returning to
the Duke campus for their first class re-
union. Betty Bob Walters Walton (Mrs.
Loring B., Jr.), general chairman, and
her committee have made plans for a class
picnic at Gate 7 on Sunday. They promise
a good time for everyone. The class of
1949 will also take part in the many other
activities planned for returning alumni.
"What Is Duke?"
The lines below were penned by a member of one of the younger reunion classes
in contemplation of rejoining his classmates on the campus this June. While the
author modestly prefers to remain cloaked in classical anonymity, the Register feels
that his work is worthy of publication at this particular season of the year.
Reference to Duke is always in the
present because it lives on in time and
space through our lives. It is a many-
sided experience like a gem of many
rays of light,
on a foggy night
facets giving off many
It is the Chapel
shrouded in mist and mystery. It is
the sepulchral and medieval atmos-
phere, the odor of stone, the roar and
tinkling whisper of a mighty organ,
the gothic arch, the swelling anthem's
praise, and glowing stained glass . . .
the preacher who anesthetized and the
preacher who stirred strange and hid-
den depths.
It is a memory ... of freshman
week long, long ago ... of homesick-
ness, of burning autumn days, the
struggle of academic discipline, the
good and the bad professors, room-
mates, bull-sessions, and the wonder of
soaring and sordid human nature.
It is the smell of a sweaty dressing
room, the thrill of excelling if only
once in contest, the race run, the panic
of examination, suspense of postcard
grades, the football games, and pep
rallies, the quadrangle riots, the night
serenades, a rare snow, a goodnight by
flashing dormitory lights, the spot-
lights, and gravel drives on East . . .
a girl . . . the thrill of new friend-
ship, the profound contact with char-
acter and wisdom . . . and a dean, the
good shepherd.
It is the shared bond of nicknames :
of "Bishop," "Scrappy," "Suitcase,"
"Nurmi," and "Uncle," and a greeting :
"hey." It is the remembrance of Negro
characters on campus ... of Ralph
and "yo shoes is tumble," of Arch the
messenger philosopher, Big Bill, con-
fidant of college presidents, and the
living relic of heroic Randolph County
days, the "Old Chief" of the Union.
It is our keystone cops "Cloud" and
"Shadow" . . . and the times we
weren't caught. It is Whitford's office
and room kevs.
It is "next gentlemen" in the barber
shop and "thank you gentleman" at
the end of lecture. It is help in time
of trouble, an understanding word and
a stinging rebuke too . . . the resolve,
the growth, and in the end, an intan-
gible development. It is the paradoxes
of youth . . . worry, loneliness, and
exhilarating joys.
It is Durham . . . the Saddle Club,
Blue Light, Miller's, Bailey's, Rinaldi's,
the Center, the Carolina, the Astor. . . .
It is rolling, wooded Piedmont
hills. ... It is a cabin party and a
country lane. . . . r It is the loneliness
of murmuring pines, and the hum and
stir of city factories. It is gothic tow-
ers by moonlight and lawns at noontide.
It is initiation into mysterious
realms of secret orders . . . and it is a
crowded and sometimes joyous, some-
times tragic dance ... a special week-
end, a special date, a special time.
It is springtime come as it comes
nowhere else ... it is a hot June day
and Commencement, it is a realization
sometimes too late that these truly
were the halcyon days, the golden
years, and this the best of all worlds
. . . where imperfections glared out
because of contrast with an otherwise
perfect whole.
It is concealed but real pride in say-
ing "I went to Duke." . . . The spine
tingling at hearing "Dear Ole Duke"
after one is "out on life's broad seas."
It is the shared knowledge of these
secret ways that set Duke folks apart.
It is this, that unknowing and un-
known, is Duke spirit. ... It is this
that evokes a loyalty and devotion
that, so nurtured, grows to include the
cause of liberty and the love of God
in a barren age of sell-out and treason.
"These are the things," an alumnus
says, "that makes these halls hallowed
for me, that make Duke my school,
that make it mv alma mater dear."
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
Fraternity Pledges Adopt a New Role
The sublimation by Greek-letter fra-
ternities of the pledge-hazing instinct, and
the redirection of irrepressible energies
into such projects as constructing a pub-
lic playground in Durham, performing
volunteer work in hospitals and painting
houses for needy families have induced
commentators to describe Duke's third
annual Greek Week as epoch-making, in
a minor way at least. Judging from news-
paper coverage, editorial comment, the
reaction of city officials and the evalu-
ation of the University's own adminis-
trators, the general opinion seems to be
that the fraternities are maturing in a
highly approved manner.
Greek Week is a planned program of
fraternity activities of a community wel-
fare nature, in which pledges participate,
under the supervision of their brothers-
to-be, as a part of their fraternity initia-
tion. Initiated in 1948, the program has
broadened in scope with each succeeding
year.
The National Interfraternity Council
also has placed a definite stamp of appro-
bation on Greek Week, having adopted
the program as being expressive of the
highest fraternity aspirations. Dr. John
0. Moseley, former president of the Uni-
versity of Nevada, reporting on Greek
Week to a recent convocation of the
National IFC, described it as "the biggest
step forward since World War II." He
emphasized three features of the Week:
first, it is a substitute for "the harmful
features characteristic of the pre-initi-
ation period in many schools"; second,
Greek Week is primarily a local program
and must be set up by and under the spon-
sorship of each college or university's
IFC; and third, its ultimate objective
is the discovery and development of latent
talents for leadership in "an uplifting
and forward looking movement of the
fraternity system characteristic of its
true aims and ideals."
News of the Duke program, centering
mainly on the labor of 244 pledges work-
ing three hours each on the playground
project (the labor was worth about
$750 at current rates, according to the
Durham City Recreation Department)
found space in papers throughout the
state. Editorial comments were of course
subjective, ranging from sincerely lauda-
tory to slightly sarcastic. A Greensboro
Daily News editorial began by reciting
the marvels of the modern age and fol-
lowed with a cursory description of the
playground job in a second paragraph
About 250 Duke fraternity pledges bent their collective energy toward making
a playground from a vacant lot in the Edgemont Community section during
annual Greek Week activities. A group of them are shown here making the
backstop for the baseball diamond.
beginning "But the most astounding of
all is. . . ." The piece was headed "Won-
ders Never Cease."
City Manager R. W. Flack of Durham
seemed genuinely delighted, and expressed
the community's gratitude for the "mag-
nificent job done." Enlarging on this the
director of the Department of Recreation,
Mr. C. R. Wood, in addition to volun-
teering the statistics quoted above, ex-
pressed the hope that such activities
would become an annual feature of Greek
Week. He added that many civic or-
ganizations had in the past formulated
similar plans for rehabilitating neglected
city playgrounds but that never before
had anyone actually offered to perform
the pick and rake part of the job.
The University's Dean of Men is per-
haps particularly qualified to evaluate
Greek Week in terms of the reactions of
the students themselves. He is too ex-
perienced a man to be misled by super-
ficial considerations. He understands
that student projects of this kind can
hardly be instituted from above; to be at
all effective they must be in the nature
of a grassroots movement, since student
participation is the core of the program,
with administration guidance the inci-
dental factor. Dean Robert B. Cox has
both warm-hearted approval and deep ad-
miration for the fraternity organizations
that have made Greek Week a part of
their theory and practice. In the man-
ner of a father describing the coming-of-
age of his sons he remarked, "Yes, they're
doing all right. They're growing up."
Equally specific approval has eome from
the office of the president. Dr. A. Hollis
Edens expressed his desire, in a letter to
John 0. Blackburn, president of the
Interfraternity Council, to compliment
the Council "for its wise planning."
"It must be satisfying, indeed, to have
a part in such an undertaking," Dr.
Edens wrote, "and I commend each per-
son participating in the program. . . .
Congratulations!"
The boys themselves are proud of the
new turn of affairs. "It goes to counter-
act the general impression that fraterni-
ties are merely frivolous associations,"
one of them remarked. "We feel pretty
good about it." They are becoming men,
and are putting away childish things.
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Student Officers for 1951-52
Reports of student organizations on
election of officers for the coming year
indicate that all sections of the country
are being drawn on for undergraduate
leadership at Duke.
The Men's and Women's Student Gov-
ernment Associations, the Y.M.C.A. and
Y.W.C.A., and the Publications Board
have chosen officers for the 1951-52
academic year. Names of class officers
also have been announced.
Alan Raywid, of Washington, D. C, has
been elected president of the Men's?' Stu-
dent Government Association. His fel-
low officers-elect are Robert Younts, High
Point, N. C, vice-president; William
Werber, Jr., College Park, Md., secretary ;
and Robert Bush, Lenoir, N. C, treas-
urer. Excepting in the presidential race,
which Raywid won by a landslide margin,
the positions were so hotly contested that
the first balloting of 1,485 student voters
was inconclusive and runoff elections were
held.
Class presidents chosen were Dick
Crowder, High Point, N. C, senior class;
Richard Sommers, Kingsport, Tenn.,
junior; and Paul Parker, Rockville Cen-
tre, X. Y., sophomore class.
Cheerleaders elected were Henry Clark,
Reidsville, N. C; Kenneth Derrick, Hart-
ford, Conn.; Robert Trebus, Irvington,
N. J.; Raeford Gibbs, Asheville, N. C;
and Richard Farquhar, Monessen, Pa.
Elections of the Publications Board re-
sulted in the naming of Ronny Xelson,
"Devil's Den
The Student Lounge recently opened
in the basement of the Woman's College
Pan-Hellenic House has won the com-
plete approval of the students. Hand-
somely panelled and decorated with
blown-up photos of campus scenes and
student activities, the room is furnished
with a soda fountain and a juke box.
Two of the walls are lined with booths.
It is designed to supplement the stu-
dents' recreational facilities.
An adjoining launderette, where stu-
" Is Opened
dents may have their clothes washed
and dried, is a convenient feature of
the new arrangement.
In a Women's Student Government
Association contest to select a name for
the new dope shop the girls decided on
the roguish appellation ''Devil's Den."
Barbara Wilson, freshman, daughter of
Tina Fussell Wilson, '21, and L. A. Wil-
son, L '22, was awarded a prize for sub-
mitting this name.
Longmeadow, Mass., as editor-in-chief of
the 1952 Chanticleer, and James F.
Young, Havertown, Pa., and George
Grime, White Plains, N. Y., as business
manager and editor, respectively, of the
Archive. Next year's Chronicle staff will
be headed by Denny Rusinow, St. Peters-
burg, Fla., editor; Mary Flanders, North
Weare, N. H., co-ed editor; and Mal-
colm Crawford, Wilmington, N. C, busi-
ness manager.
Chester Hwang, Arlington, Va., is the
new president of the Engineering Club.
Class presidents elected in Engineering
College polling were Glen Marlin, Stroth-
ers, 0., senior class; Lyle Connor, Pem-
broke, Mass., junior class; and George
Gerber. Arlington, Va., sophomore class.
S.G.A. representative is George Marsden,
of New Rochelle, N. Y. New Divinity
School officers are Robert Regan, Pine
Bluff, N. C, president; Joseph Warner,
Greensboro, N. C, vice-president; Clif-
ford East, Richmond, Va., treasurer; and
Douglas Shepherd, Huntington, W. Va.,
secretary.
On the women's campus Thelma Stev-
ens of Jacksonville, Fla., was chosen
W.S.G.A. president, with Fay Cobb of
Park Ridge, 111., as vice-president. Other
officers are Barbara Seaburg, Tenafly,
N. J., executive secretary; Ann Gunder-
son, East Orange, N. J., treasurer; Mary
Bryson, Durham, assistant treasurer;
Dorothy Platte, Upper Montclair, N. J.,
junior class representative; and Audrey
Earle, Durham, sophomore class repre-
sentative.
Co-eds elected to the three top chair-
manships are Joan Ingwersen, Middle-
town, 0., Judicial Board; Nancy Runyan,
Washington, D. C, Social Standards; and
Molly Bixby, Detroit, Mich., Freshman
Advisory Council. Marjorie Pettit, of
Washington, was elected Judicial Board
secretary.
Hester Hough, Ft. Myers, Fla., was
elected president of the Duke Y.W.C.A.
In a heavy vote Robert Windom, of St.
Petersburg, Fla., won the Y.M.C.A. presi-
dential race. John Carey, of Ft. Wayne,
Ind., was elected vice-president and Law-
rence T. Bowles, Garden City, L. I., de-
feated his competitor for the post of
secretary. The students chose Ray Am-
merman. Lakeland, Fla., as treasurer. A
new board of directors includes faculty
members Dean W. C. Archie, Dean R. B.
Cox, Coach Jack Coombs, Dr. Edmund
Perry, Dr. H. S. Roberts, A. C. Jor-
dan, E. B. Weatherspoon, and J. Foster
Barnes.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
College men in short pants and golf caps, and coeds in full skirts and peasant
blouses joined in a colorful parade held during Joe College Week End. As
pictured here, some of them added a touch of old to the newly established week
end of fun as they burlesqued the life of college students.
"Joe College Week End" Is Revived
Washington College) and a track meet
(Duke-N. C. State). Duke teams, ex-
hibiting a splendid dramatic sense, won
all three. Evening brought the Shoe and
Slipper Spring Formal with music by
Les Brown, '35, and his band at the In-
door Stadium.
One of the more lovable roles of a lov-
able screen comedian was the portrayal
of "The Freshman" by Harold Lloyd.
The emotional extravagances of college
social life were set off in poignant con-
trast to the rather serious business of
getting an education. The same note was
struck last month as a gay serpentine
procession of festooned cars wended east-
ward from the main Duke quadrangle,
bristling with arms and legs and oddly
costumed torsos, on the opening day of
Joe College Week End. The arms and
legs tumbled out and spread over East
Campus, patterned themselves into line-
ups for absurd field day events, tossed
strange kites to the April breeze, paraded
past the women's dormitories and formed
multitudinous judgments of the decorative
displays fluttering from windows and
balconies or set up on lawns. Textbooks
were safely stowed away between classes;
no serious thought intruded. For three
days students gave themselves whole-
heartedly to the lampooning of the col-
lege fads and fashions whose easy yoke
they bear.
The annual celebration, revived from
pre-war days, had begun Thursday eve-
ning with the opening performance of
the Hoof V Horn Club musical comedy
"Belles and Ballots." The costume parade
on Friday was preceded by a picnic lunch
and followed by a picnic supper and an-
other "Belles and Ballots" performance.
An informal dance in the Indoor Stadium
ended the day.
The festivities on Saturday, the third
day, began with a picnic lunch and con-
cert on West Campus. Afternoon hours
were whiled away with baseball and
lacrosse games (Duke-C. X. C, Duke-
On Sunday morning the Chapel serv-
ices became a part of Joe College Week
End, with gaiety temporarily suspended.
Fraternities held picnic lunches under a
now threatening sky, but the week end's
purpose had been accomplished, and a
mere spring shower could not change that.
Students Donate Blood
To Aid Korean Struggle
An emergency appeal for whole blood
to be flown to Korea met a quick response
on the Duke campus when 545 students
and administration officials contributed
blood to the Durham Chapter of the
American Red Cross. The goal had been
only 400 pints.
A student committee, headed by James
R. Solomon, senior from Fort Wayne,
Ind., chairman, moved quickly to line up
pledges. All students were contacted,
and letters were sent to the homes of
students under 21 years of age who
needed parental permission to donate.
The blood was collected in the West
Campus Union and was flown the same
day to Korea, where the need for whole
blood has been reported dangerously
acute.
Duke's Men's Glee Club on TV
The Duke University Men's Glee Club
appeared on a television show for the
first time with the Perry Como Chester-
field Hour on WCBS-TV from New York
City on April 2. A photograph, taken
just before the TV show began, is shown
above.
The group also sang on an NBC broad-
cast from New York and gave a concert
at the Savoy Plaza Hotel.
The Glee Club recently completed a
very successful season after a northern
and a southern tour which took them to
15 cities. They also made several special
appearances in North Carolina. It was
the 24th Glee Club season for J. Foster
(Bishop) Barnes, director.
Two coeds appeared on the tour for the
first time as guest soloists. Mrs. Barnes
accompanied the girls on the tour. Forty-
two singers and two accompanists went
on the 1951 tour. They were chosen from
the much larger group that makes up the
regular Men's Glee Club.
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Alumni Local Meetings
Buffalo, N. Y.
Dan Hill, '39, line coach at Duke, gave
an illustrated lecture after the dinner
meeting held by the Duke University
Alumni Association of Western New
York in April. Students planning to en-
ter Duke next fall and parents of present
students, as well as several local person-
alities in the sports world, were invited
,to attend. Mr. Hill was introduced by
the president of the association, Marvin
A. Eapp, A.M. '40, Ph.D. '48.
John K. Hill, '44, and Mrs. Hill were
co-chairmen for the evening, and John F.
Cree, '39, and Mrs. Gree were chairmen
for the reception. Responsible for ar-
rangements were William F. Shirley, II,
'40, and Jean Metz Shirley, '41. Mrs.
Oliver J. Bateman, Jr., wife of Oliver
Bateman, Jr., M.D. '40, was chairman for
reservations.
Forsyth County
Officers elected to serve during the com-
ing year for the Forsyth County Duke
Alumni Association are : Luther Williams,
'36, president ; Jerry Marion, Jr., '35, vice-
president; Sid Gulledge, Jr., B.S.M.E.
'43, secretary-treasurer; and DeWitt
Cromer, '50, alumnae representative.
Cleveland, Ohio
An informal reception and dance was
held by the Cleveland Duke Alumni Asso-
ciation for members of the Duke Glee
Club following their concert at the Towne
Club on Prospect Avenue in Cleveland on
March 23.
Members of the Glee Club were guests
of alumni in their homes during their
visit. The students felt that the Cleve-
land audience was one of the friendliest
they had ever performed for.
Jane Grant Koch (Mrs. George B.),
'42, was head of the social committee
which planned the party. William H.
Slocum, '43, and Roland Russo, B.S.E.E.
'38, were co-chairmen in charge of ar-
rangements. Thomas 0. Matia, '47, is
president of the association.
N. C. Education Association
At the 67th annual meeting of the
North Carolina Education Association
held in Asheville during the month of
April, A. B. Gibson, '26, of Laurinburg
was named president for the coming year
without opposition. Mr. Gibson is a past
vice-president of the Association.
Dr. Benjamin Guy Childs, professor of
education at Duke, took part in a panel
discussion on "Teacher Education in
North Carolina Today'' held before the
Association's Higher Education Division.
Duke alumni who were members of the
panel were Elsie Smith, '33, A.M. '40, of
the Durham city schools, secretary of the
Art Division; and Ruby Williams, A.M.
'43, science teacher at Durham High
School.
A breakfast was held by the Duke
alumni of the North Carolina Education
Association during the annual N.C.E.A.
meeting, in the Victory Room of the
Hotel George Yanderbilt in Asheville.
Shown at a meeting of the Philadelphia Duke Alumni Association executive
committee held this spring at the home of J. Ira Moore, '36, are : left (left
to right), Mrs. Ira Moore; Martha Permenter Gerber (Mrs. Gordon), '45;
Marie Coma Heller (Mrs. George H.), '42; Elizabeth Hunter, '48; Ann
Shirley (Nancy) Hunter, '46, corresponding secretary; front row, Margaretta
Aeugle, '44, secretary; and Novella Murray Snyder (Mrs. Thoburn R.),- '44.
Right, admiring Ira's art collection are (left to right), Dewey Robbins, '25,
vice-president ; Ira Moore ; Gordon Gerber, '43, treasurer ; and Robert Morris,
'36.
New officers were elected to serve for the
coming year. B. L. Smith, '16, A.M. '37,
superintendent of the Greensboro schools,
is president. Other officers are Dr. Sam
Holton, '21, president of Louisburg Col-
lege, vice-president; and Everett Spikes,
'24, M.Ed. '34, superintendent of schools
in Burlington, secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Paul Clyde, director of the Duke
Summer Session, was guest speaker at
the breakfast meeting.
First Alumnus to Become
A Brigadier General
Robert F. Sink, '26, of Lexington, N.
C, was recently promoted in Korea from
Colonel to Brigadier General. He is the
first Duke alumnus to receive that rank.
Brig. Gen. Sink is now assistant com-
mander of the Seventh Division, which
has been very active in the Korean War.
An officer in the famed 101st Airborne
Division during World War II, he holds
many medals and honors, including cita-
tions from the Belgian, French and
Dutch governments.
Brig. Gen. Sink, who was graduated
from West Point, comes from a Duke
family. Four brothers and a sister are
Duke alumni: J. David Sink, '22, de-
ceased; Charles Varner Sink, '29; Joe
S. Sink, '33; Fred O. Sink, Jr., '45; and
Rachel Sink Philpott (Mrs. J. Robert),
'36.
Dan Edwards Accepts Post
In Department of Defense
Dan K. Edwards, '35, has left his job
as Mayor of Durham to take the post of
Assistant Secretary of Defense, to which
he was appointed by President Truman.
He was chosen largely on the basis of
the Defense Department's evaluation of
his record in World War II and his
activities in the North Carolina National
Guard. As Assistant Secretary of De-
fense he will be in charge of handling
legislation for the Defense Department
before Congress.
The 37-year-old Durham lawyer served
in the Army during the war, winning
the Distinguished Service Cross, the Sil-
ver Star, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the Air Medal, the Combat In-
fantry Badge, and the Purple Heart. He
achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
and served as aide to General Robert
Eichelberger in the Pacific Theater of
Operations.
In 1947 he was elected Commander of
the Durham Post of the Veterans of For-
eign Wars. In the North Carolina
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
George Watts Hill
City of Durham
C. B. Houck, '22
Southwest Virginia
John Van Hanford, '43
N. C. District No. 4
John Meyers, '31
Boston, Mass., Area
Campaign Chairmen Above are
four more alumni and friends of Duke
who have served, or are serving, as chair-
men of local campaigns for the Duke
University Development Campaign. Mr.
Hill headed last winter's drive in Dur-
ham among friends and business firms —
a drive which produced more than
$240,000 for the creation of a student
activities center. Mr. Houck, president
of the General Alumni Association and
first member of the "Duke 100'' group,
is directing the campaign in and around
Roanoke, Va. Mr. Van Hanford heads
the region of North Carolina around
Salisbury and Mr. Meyers is organizing
the Boston area campaign. These four
make a total of 30 chairmen whose photos
have been in the Register. A few chair-
men have not yet appeared, but addi-
tional photos will be published when they
become available. It is through these
men and women, and the alumni and
alumnae and friends of Duke that they
select to help them in their campaign
areas, that the University has been able
to make such a vigorous effort toward
strengthening its resources and intensi-
fying its programs. Just what has been
accomplished during the past year through
the Development Campaign will be an-
nounced in detail at Commencement and
will be reviewed in the June Register.
National Guard he commands the First
Battalion of the 119th Infantry, holding
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Active
in politics for many years, he represented
Durham County in the 1947 and 1949
sessions of the North Carolina General
Assembly. In the latter year he entered
the Durham mayoralty race and defeated
his opponent by 2,000 votes.
The new Assistant Secretary of De-
fense is a native son of Durham. He was
born February 17, 1914, the son of
Charles W. and Eva Marie Kramer Ed-
wards. His father, a member of the
Class of '94, was for many years a pro-
fessor in the Duke Physics Department.
After graduating from Duke Dan Ed-
wards attended Harvard Law School. In
1941 he married Mary Partin, and they
have four children, Katherine Leroy,
Daniel K., Jr., Claire Egan and Jane
Harrison Edwards.
He is a member of the American Bar
Association and the North Carolina State
Bar Association, a past president of the
Durham Civitan Club and former chair-
man of the Durham County Chapter,
American Red Cross. He is the author
of "Amphibious Operations" and "The
Use of Government Centralization in
North Carolina."
First AF Woman Doctor
Is a Graduate of Duke
Dorothy Armstrong Elias, M.D. '46, is
the first woman doctor in the United
States Air Force Medical Corps.
The oath of office was administered to
her on March 14 by Brigadier General
Edward J. Kendricks, director of staffing
and education for the Air Force Medical
Service, at special ceremonies held in
Air Force headquarters in the Pentagon
Building, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Elias will hold a captain's com-
mission in the United States Air Force
Reserve Medical Corps. The ranks of
medical officers have been open to women
since last September, but she is the first
to be accepted. She is a specialist in ob-
stetrics and gynecology and has been
assigned to the Air Force Indoctrination
Center at Sampson Air Force Base,
Seneca, N. Y.
The wife of a surgeon, Dr. William
Shibley Elias, of Washington, D. C, who
is now resident physician and surgeon,
Virginia Hospital, Martinsburg, W. Va.,
she is a native of Port Arthur, Ontario.
Before entering the Duke Medical School,
Dr. Elias did her undergraduate work at
Tufts College and was for three years a
registered nurse at the Port Arthur Gen-
Dr. Elias being sworn in as first Air
Force woman doctor.
eral Hospital. She served as interne at
Mallory Institute, Boston, Mass., acd
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington, D. C. She has held staff
and resident physician positions as ob-
stetrician and gynecologist at Women's
Free Hospital, Brookline, Mass., and for
the past year has held a residency at
Prince George's General Hospital, Chev-
erly, Md. She previously served a year
as a senior assistant surgeon in the
United States Public Health Service.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
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Devils' New T Is Attracting Notice
Order Tickets Early for Best of Seats
Duke Athletic Director Eddie Cameron
has announced that orders are now being-
accepted for season tickets to Duke's four
home games next fall with N. C. State,
October 13; Virginia, October 27, Home-
coming; Wake Forest, November 10, and
North Carolina, November 24.
The season books are priced at $14.00
each, and ten cents should be added to
the cost of the entire order for insured
mailing. Orders should be addressed to
the Business Manager, Duke Athletic
Association, Duke Station, Durham, N. C.
They will be filled as soon as tickets go
on sale this summer. Alumni are advised
to order now to be sure of good seats for
the games.
Seven weeks of spring football practice
closed recently with the first annual Blue-
White game between the varsity and a
group of former Blue Devils headed by
Bill Cox, last year's captain and the
greatest passer in Duke history. The
"old timers" made a good game of it for
some 4,000 fans before bowing to the
varsity 21-7.
Charlie Smith and Gerald Mozmgo, a
couple of subs from lasf year, along with
sophomore Jack Kistler and 1950 subs
Byrd Looper and Lloyd Caudle -provided
most of the offensive fireworks for the
varsity. Charlie Smith got away on the
longest run of the day, a 38-yard jaunt
to the varsity's third touchdown. g
Here is a general view of the prospects
for next fall as carried in a spring foot-
ball booklet prepared by the Office of
Athletic Information of the Department
of Athletics :
"Duke University will switch from the
age-old single wing to the Split-T under
new coach William D. (Bill) Murray this
fall, and Murray is the first one to advise
over-enthusiastic Blue Devil followers to
expect no miracles.
" 'You simply cannot change systems
in a matter of months and expect the
new one to work without any flaws,'
Coach Murray said. 'We must have time
to develop it. We have had only seven
weeks and nmch-mueh-work remains to
be done. I am pleased with the spirit of
the squad.'
"The Blue Devils face a tough 10-ganie
schedule with the first three games —
South Carolina, Pittsburgh and Ten-
nessee^ — all awav from home.
"Coach Murray, the new mentor,
worked this spring on two main things:
1. Familiarizing himself "with the
squad.
2. Familiarizing the squad with the
Split-T.
"Practically all of the time was spent
on offense with some work being done on
defense the last two weeks of spring
maneuvers. Early scrimmage sessions
were highly satisfactory to Coach Mur-
ray as the boys apparently took to the
Split-T with great speed.
"Things slowed down a bit later on,
however, and Coach Murray was not com-
pletely satisfied with the way the team
looked in the final scrimmage session of
the spring when they had a struggle
beating a group of seniors from last
year's squad, 21-7. The seniors gained
much ground with their single wing at-
tack which featured the passing of Billy
Cox, star of last year's outfit.
"In a nutshell, Duke is expected to
win some this fall, and may lose some.
The backs, ends and centers appear to
be well-manned on offense, but much
work remains to be done to replace the
men who played at the guards and tackles
last year and on the entire defensive set
up."
Spring Teams Hold Victory Paces
It has been a cheerful spring for fol-
lowers of Blue Devil teams. Without ex-
ception, spring athletic aggregations have
done exceedingly well in their respective
endeavors.
Most outstanding have been the lacrosse
and golf crews, each of which has en-
dured but a single defeat this season, and
that only recently.
For a while the lacrosse team could con-
sider itself as ranking either No. 1 or
No. 2 in the nation. A recent 9 to 7
victory over Johns Hopkins, perennial na-
tional champs, climaxed a victory skein
of six games, and placed the Devils on
the summit of the national standings. The
win-streak, however, was finally broken
by the University of Virginia who won
by a score of 11 to 10.
Top performers for the stickmen of
Coach Jack Persons have been Rod Boyce,
Brook Cottman, Fred Eisenbrandt, and
goalie Don Bafford.
In golf, Duke squeezed out its 14th
straight victory over U.N.C.'s Tarheels,
and in doing so handed the neighboring
linksmen their first defeat in 14 matches
this year. In this particular match, staged
at Hope Valley, the Tarheel's captain,
Frank Brooks, fired a phenomenal 63 for
the eighteen holes to shatter the course
record — but not enough to vanquish the
Blue Devils.
The Tarheels came back in a return
match, however, to hand the linksmen
their lone defeat of the season. After-
wards, the Devils went on to take the
Southern Conference Tournament.
Leading golfers are co-captains Mike
Souchak and Louis McLennan and Henry
Clark.
The tennis team has pounded out 13
victories in 15 matches, losing only to
North Carolina and Rollins.
Tennis captain is John Ross and top
stars are basketballer Kes Deimling, Hal
Lipton, Jack Warmath, John Tapley, and
Norm Schellenger.
Duke's cindermen have not lagged be-
hind their colleagues on other fields. Right
now they can boast a record of four wins
against two losses — to Navy and U. N. C.
— and one tie — Princeton.
After defeating Carolina in an early
match, they lost by a close 61-70 score
in a return engagement when star Henry
Poss couldn't participate due to a leg
injury.
Top performers for Duke's outstand-
ing track aggregation thus far have been
runners Henry Poss, Tommy Reeves,
Captain John "Buddy" Grisso, John
Tate, Billy Anderson, Dick Sykes, Jim
Chamberlain and Art Loub, plus field
men James "Tank" Lawrence, John Con-
ner, Carl James and Frank Nichols.
Baseball
Coach Jack Coombs began the current
baseball season smiling broadly, as his
sophomore-studded nine slammed out
early victories over strong opponents,
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losing but two of the first 10 games.
Both of these losses were due to bobbles
brought about by inexperience in key
positions. This same trouble plagued
the Big Blue during the mid-season cam-
paigns and, currently, the team holds
second place in the Southern Division of
the conference standings with a record, for
the season, of 14 wins and eight losses in
and out of conference play.
With an infield consisting of Bill Wer-
ber, sophomore son of a former Duke and
major league great, on first ; Bill Ber-
geron, senior from Greenwich, Conn., on
second; Dick Groat, junior basketball
All- America at short; and Tom Powers,
last fall's gridiron wingback, at third, the
Devils can boast of one of the best in-
fields in collegiate baseball. The pitching
staff, headed by Joe Lewis, Frank Graham
and Bob Davis is strong throughout, while
an outfield of Dick Johnson, John Gib-
bons, and John Carroll adds to the team's
potent hitting strength.
Almost without exception, the early
losses sustained by the Coombsmen this
season resulted from a sporadic defense
which lagged at crucial moments in major
games. Such procedures have caused
Coach Jack, a thorough-going perfection-
ist, to tear at his hair in agony. More
recently it has been weak pitching that
has lost ball games. The Coach, how-
ever, can consider next season's pros-
pects with grinning optimism, because
his youthful performers by then will
have been seasoned in competitions, and,
barring military demands upon athletic
manpower, will return for new glory.
Meanwhile, the men of the diamond
have not done bad at all this year — not
bad at all.
Wake Forest Chooses
Tom Rogers to Coach
Thomas Tinsley Rogers, '35, was "one
of the best ends ever to play at Duke
University," according to the Wake For-
est College Alumni News. It is no won-
der that they admit this fact, for Tom
Rogers has succeeded fiery D. C. "Pea-
head" Walker as head football coach at
Wake Forest.
He has been line coach at the Baptist
school for the greater part of the time
since he was a student at Duke, and took
over the top coaching post when Mr.
(Continued on Page 136)
How Alumni Are
Supporting the
Development Campaign
Shown below are the average of
gifts to May 10 of the first 1,834
alumni to subscribe to the $8,650,000
Development Campaign. The over-all
average of gifts for Trinity College
classes is $288, for the graduate schools
$96. They range as follows :
Average
Subscription
$2,406.
803.
505.
527.
406.
288.
200.
166.
58.
42.
Class Range
pre-1905
1906-10
1911-15
1916-20
1921-25
1926-30
1931-35
1936-40
1941-45
1946-50
Graduate Seliool
Medical
Law
Nursing
Arts and Sciences
Divinity
Forestry
196.
132.
70.
51.
26.
12.
Development Campaign
Honor Roll of Donors on
Press; 2,000 Names
To Be Listed
The first compilation of the Honor
Roll of donors to the Duke Develop-
ment Campaign is now on the press.
It will include over 2,000 names of
alumni, trustees, Durham City sub-
scribers and friends of the University
whose gifts had been received and
recorded up to May 10th.
On that date, a total of $1,220,127.57
had been subscribed in cash and signed
pledges toward the $3,000,000 needed
as a minimum to match $3,000,000
promised by the Rockefeller-sponsored
General Education Board and an
anonymous donor. This $1,220,127.57,
with "the $2,087,646.25 subscribed dur-
ing 1949-50 (and not available for
matching) and the $3,000,000 "prom-
ised," makes a grand total of $6,307,-
773.82 in sight toward the $8,650,000
Development Campaign goal.
The Honor Roll, printed as an ad-
vance proof, will not include the names
of the 565 members of the faculty and
administrative staff nor the 500 stu-
dents who had made gifts up to May
10. The Student Campaign was
launched on May 2. In the first eight
days, over one-tenth of the student body
had contributed. The campaign was
continuing as this issue went to press.
A progress report on the over-all
campaign will be made to the Duke
National Council on Saturday after-
noon, June 2, by B. F. Few, '15, Na-
tional Chairman and University Trus-
tee. An average of $35,000 a week
was sent in by local committees during
April. This increased to $45,000 in
the first ten days of May as the end of
the intensive campaign period on June
30 approached.
The Honor Roll, showing the names
of donors by regions, will be mailed
out over Commencement week end to
all alumni except those in a few areas
where the campaign is not yet organ-
ized. The flyer will include a listing,
by class groups and graduate schools,
of average gifts made by alumni up
to May 1st. This shows proportionate
giving — and generous giving, too — and
demonstrates that alumni are giving
substantially to the Development drive.
These average gifts are shown (in the
adjoining column).
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
[ Page 125 ]
NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISITORS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE
(April 1951)
Noni Lunsford Zabel (Mrs. Roy A.), '40,
Sioux Falls, S. D.
James E. Satterfield, '42, San Salvador, El
Salvador, C. A.
George B. Ehlhardt, B.C. '46, Brevard, N. C.
William A. Bobb, '46, New York, N. Y.
Sara Dashiell Stark (Mrs. R. W.), '23,
Greenville, N. C.
James G.. (Dumpy) Alexander, '43, Virginia
Beach, Va.
Margaret Franck Credle (Mrs. Wm. S.), '36,
Burlington, N. C.
Mary Taylor Long (Mrs. R. F.), '43, Ra-
leigh, N. C.
Robert F. Long, '41, Ealeigh, N. C.
Loring S. Jones, Jr., '50, Cleveland, Ohio.
Richard V. Landis, '49, Atlanta, Ga.
William S. Hodde, '36, Pomfret Center,
Conn.
Fred H. Shipp, Jr., '26, New Bern, N. C.
James R. Buckle, '44, Charleston, W. Va.
Lt. James Jackson Hutson, '42, M.D. '44,
Brunswick, Maine.
Miriam Hickman Hutson (Mrs. J. J.), '45,
Brunswick, Maine.
Ed A. Sargent, '42, Montclair, N. J.
Frankie Elberfeld Sargent (Mrs. E. A.),
'43, Montclair, N. J.
Adie Barthen Ward (Mrs. R. L.), '49, Biver
Edge, N. J.
Robert Lee Ward, '49, River Edge, N. J.
W. A. Underwood, III, '54, Camp Lejeune,
N. C.
John C. Harmon, Jr., '31, LL.B. '35, Madi-
son, N. J.
Mary Ruth Lake, B.S. '49, Durham, N. C.
J. Robert Regan, Jr., '49, Durham, N. C.
Henry Bizzell, '49, Durham, N. C.
Nancy Kester, '49, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Betty Bob Walters Walton (Mrs. L. B.),
'49, Greensboro, N. C.
Loring B. Walton, '49, Greensboro, N. C.
Delford L. Stiekel, '49, Durham, N. C.
Jim E. Gibson, Jr., '50, Winston-Salem,
N. C.
Robert H. Daugherty, B.S.E.E. '37, Valley
Stream, N. Y.
C. Leon Gibbs, '49, Charlotte, N. C.
James L. Hamilton, Jr., B.S.E.E. '50, Hol-
den, W. Va.
Henry L. Cranford, B.S.E.E. '49, Charlotte,
N. C.
Faj- Finley, '50, Roanoke, Va.
Warren Blackard Meadows (Mrs. A. TJ.,
Jr.), '48, Kingsport, Tenn.
1951 REUNIONS
Classes holding reunions at Commence-
ment, 1951, will be as follows: '01, '10, '11,
'12, '26, '35, '36, '37, '41, '49.
'08 - —
DR. RAYFORD KENNEDY ADAMS has
been a neuropsychiatrist ever since he fin-
ished his internship in 1915. Certified in
both psychiatry and neurology by the Ameri-
can Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, he
practiced in New Jersey and also served as
consulting psychiatrist and neurologist to
the New York Post Graduate Medical School
until his retirement in 1946 when he re-
turned to North Carolina. Soon tiring of
doing nothing Dr. Adams was glad to
accept the position of assistant superintend-
ent of the N. C. State Hospital at Morgan-
ton which institution was badly in need of
psychiatrists. Dr. Adams is the grand-
father of young Tommy Sales whose picture
is on the Sons and Daughters Page this
month.
'19 »
President : Lt. Col. Hugh L. Caviness
Class Agent: Philip S. MeMullan
DWIGHT W. LAMBE, whose address is
802 Orange Park Avenue, Lakeland, Fla.,
has recently been promoted from assistant
vice-president to vice-president of the Peo-
ples Savings Bank in Lakeland.
'23 - —
President : Bryee R. Holt
Class Agent: Dr. H. C. Sprinkle, Jr.
FLORENCE C. HARRIS, '23, A.M. '31, is
a member of the Community Division Field
Staff of the Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation in the Southern Region, with head-
quarters in Atlanta, Ga. Prior to her work
with the office in Atlanta, she served as
executive director of the Y.W.C.A. in San
Antonio, Texas, director of the Y.W.-U.S.O.
in Pensaeola, Fla., and industrial and edu-
cation secretary with the Nashville, Tenn.,
Y.W.C.A.
'24 :=
President : James R. Simpson
Class Agent: John B. Harris
GEORGE FINCH, who is vice-president and
treasurer of the Thomasville Chair Com-
pany, Thomasville, Ga., and his brother,
Doak Finch, an alumnus of State College
and president of the company, have been
with the Thomasville Companj- for 25 years.
The first of the year they were honor guests
at a dinner given by the company and were
presented gold watches. BROWN FINCH,
son of Mr. George Finch, is a junior at
Duke and his daughter, Emily, now a stu-
dent at Salem Academy, will enter the Wom-
an's College in September.
'25
President: Marshall I. Pickens
Class Agents: Joseph C. Whisnant, W. F.
Young, Jr.
IDA MUNYAN PICKENS (MRS. RU-
PERT T.) is very proud of her older son,
Robert Andrew Pickens, better known as
''Andy," who was one of the nine success-
ful candidates for Angier Duke Scholar-
ships in the contests which ended on the
Duke campus recently. "Andy" expects to
enter Duke at the beginning of the first
summer session. Ida, who teaches in the
High Point schools, has one other son,
Rupert, II. They live at 731 Florham
Avenue in High Point, N. C.
'26 >
Silver Anniversary: Commencement, 1951
President: Edward L. Cannon
Class Agent: George P. Harris
WHITEFORD S. BLAKENEY is asso-
ciated with GRAINGER PIERCE in the
practice of law at 1104 Johnston Building
in Charlotte, N. C. There are four children
in the Blakeney family: Henrietta R., 8,
Virginia Claire, 6, Betty, 4, and Whiteford,
Jr., just a few months old. Mrs. Blakeney
is the former Henrietta Redfern.
GARAH B. (JACK) CALDWELL, JR., is
commercial manager of the Yonkers office of
the New York Telephone Company and takes
an active part in church and civic organiza-
tions. He and Mrs. CaldweD, the former
Rachel Highsmith, and their three children,
Garah B., Ill, 8, Dinson A., 5, and Ann
White, 12, live at 38 Hillside Road, Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y.
DR. W. FRANK CRAVEN, '26, A.M. '27,
whose address is 96 Jefferson Road, Prince-
ton, N. J., teaches at Princeton University.
He served in the Army Air Forces as a lieu-
tenant colonel from 1943 to 1946. Among
the books Frank has written are The Dis-
solution of the Virginia Company, An Intro-
duction to the History of Bermuda, The
Southern Colonies of the Seventeenth Cen-
tury, and The Army Air Forces in World
War II, an official history planned in seven
volumes of which three have been pub-
lished to date. He and Mrs. Craven, the
former Helen McDaniel, have two daughters,
Nancy Elizabeth, 12, and Betty Morris, 10.
SADIE CHRISTENBURY FOY lives at
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448 North Main Street, Mount Airy, N. C.
Her husband, W. H. (BUSTY) FOY, '24, a
lumber dealer, is a City Commissioner and a
member of the Board of Stewards of the
Methodist Church, while she is president of
the Woman's Society for Christian Service.
The Foys have two daughters, Patricia Lou,
20, and Sadie Christenbury, 17, who will be
a freshman at Duke next year.
E. P. HABBISS, who lives at 2610 St. Paul
Street, Baltimore 18, Md., is editor of the
magazine Gardens, Houses and People. He
and his wife, the former Margery 0. Willis,
have a twelve-year-old daughter, Clarinda
MacCulloch.
The HIXKLES, BALPH and MABION
BT7TLEB, who live at 316 Spring Street,
Thomasville, N. C, are expecting to move
into their new home in Erwin Heights in
the near future. Balph is in the real estate
business.
LINWOOD B. HOLLOWELL, Gastonia,
N. C, attorney, is currently serving as
chairman of the Gaston County Democratic
Executive Committee. He and Mrs. Hol-
lowell, the former Evelyn L. Fitch, have
three children, Linwood, Jr., 13, Linda, 11,
and Sammy, 6.
DE. GEOEGE W. HOLMES is an ortho-
pedic surgeon in Winston-Salem, N. C,
where he is also attending orthopedist to
all Winston-Salem hospitals and clinical in-
structor in orthopedic surgery at Bowman
Gray Medical School. He, Mrs. Holmes,
the former Lucille Field, George Field
Holmes, 13, and Ellen Stokes Holmes, 9,
live at 524 Boslyn Eoad.
GEOEGE B. JOHNSON is a shipbuilder
with the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Va.
His unusual hobby, big game hunting, has
carried him to most parts of Canada, Mex-
ico, and the United States. In 1933 he won
the national championship for big game
hunters with a world record deer from
Chihuahua. He is a member of the Ameri-
can Society of Mammalogists, as well as
professional organizations, and he is an hon-
orary collector for the U. S. National
Museum and the American Museum of Nat-
ural History. He is Virginia representative
for records of North American big game,
has published one book, in addition to
hundreds of magazine and newspaper arti-
cles, on hunting and wild life. His wife,
the former Suzanne Kingston, shares his
interest and holds 25 national records for
rifle shooting. The Johnsons have five
children, Walter L., 13, P. Kingston. 10,
Fred K., 6, and eight-year-old twins, G.
Brooks and Ann L. They live at 60 Hopkins
Street, Hilton Village Branch, Newport
News, Va.
The rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church in Dunn-Erwin, X. G, is THE EEV-
EEEND WILLIAM M. LATTA. Mrs.
Latta is the former Elizabeth Harding, a
Carolina graduate. They have two children,
William M. Latta, Jr., 14, and Elizabeth
Bandolph Latta, 11.
DE. FEANCES HOLMES McCAUSLAiND
and her husband, Dr. A. Merrill McCausland,
are both practicing physicians in Los
Angeles, Calif. Her address is 3780 Wil-
shire Blvd., Los Angeles 5. The McCaus-
land have two children, Alice Holmes, 12,
and Arthur Merrill, 10.
EAEL C. McDAEIS, one of the few un-
married members of the class, is traffic
engineer for the New Jersey Bell Telephone
Company in Newark. His home address is
288 Fourth Avenue.
EAEL P. McFEE is chief chemist for the
Gorton-Pew Fisheries Company, Ltd., of
Gloucester, Mass. He and his wife, the
former Kathleen Swain, live at 207 Essex
Avenue.
EVELYN MILLNEE NOLAN and LOUIS
C. NOLAN, Ph.D. '35, whose address is Box
2016, Balboa, Canal Zone, are still busy get-
ting settled in the American Embassy. Louis
is head economic officer at the Embassy in
Panama. Evelyn finds that being a diplo-
matic housewife is a full time job. Time
is consumed, she says, by tending one's
children, the endless hunt for food, and the
struggle with native servants, rather than
by the glamorous excitement that is often
thought of in connection with the foreign
service.
STANTON W. PICKENS, sales manager
for the Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Com-
pany, is active in various community and
church affairs. He and his wife, the former
Mary Goddard, have one son, Peter Miller
Pickens, 4. They live at 652 Hempstead
Place, Charlotte.
F. GEAINGEE PIEECE is associated with
WHITEFOED S. BLACKNEY in the prac-
tice of law in Charlotte, N. C. He, his wife,
the former Frances Allen, and their three
daughters, Sally Ann, 11, Joan, 10, and
Frances, 7, live at 2112 Eoswell Avenue.
CHAELES W. POETEE, better known to
class members as "Soup," taught school
until he entered the Army in September,
1940. He was retired in December, 1949.
for physical disability with the rank of
lieutenant colonel in field artillery. He and
Mrs. Porter, the former Bert McCoy, have
one son, David G. Porter, who graduated at
Duke in 1950. They make their home at
204 Norwood Street in Lenoir, N. C.
SAMUEL W. BUABK, Ealeigh, N. C, at-
torney, takes an active part in the work of
the Methodist Church and professional asso-
ciations. He is also a trustee of Greensboro
College. The Euarks, who live at 1714 Can-
terbury Eoad, have two daughters, Sarah
Manning, 13, and Kathryne Hope, 9. Mrs.
Euark is the former Kathryne Hope Hardi-
son.
WILLIAM G. SHABPE, of Elm City, N. C,
lists his occupation as "banker, lawyer, and
farmer." He also finds time to participate
in civic and church activities. His daugh-
ter, Frankie Lou, is a freshman at Duke
this year. He and Mrs. Sharpe, the former
Naomi Cannaday, also have a son, William
G. Sharpe, Jr., who is 15.
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The address of DR. FRANK G. SLAUGH-
TER, his wife, the former Jane Mundy, and
their two sons, Frank, Jr., 11, and Ran-
dolph M., S, is 3202 Garibaldi Avenue E.,
Jacksonville, Fla. A practicing surgeon
until his release from active duty with the
U. S. Army in March, 1946, Frank decided
at that time to devote his full time to writ-
ing, which he had previously done as a
hobby. He has had a number of books,
both fiction and non-fiction published, his
most recent being The Stubborn Heart,
Divine Mistress and Fort Everglades.
DORCAS TURNER TUCKER (MRS. W.
A.), of 24 Grover Street, Auburn, N. Y., is
proud of her son, William A., Jr., 17, and
her daughter, Anne Stuart, 8. She writes
that Bill, Jr., has just received a state
scholarship to Cornell University for four
years. Dr. Tucker is an ear, nose and
throat specialist.
This year W. FREEMAN TWADDELL,
who is a professor at Brown University, is
on leave in order to serve as research editor
for the new Merriam-Webster dictionaries
being published by G. & C. Merriam Com-
pany of Springfield, Mass. The Twaddells
have three sons, Stephen Treadway, 16,
James Freeman, 12, and William Hartshorn,
10. Mrs. Twaddell is the former Helen
Treadway Johnson. After July 1, the
Twaddells will be back at their permanent
address 78 Oriole Avenue, Providence 6,
R. I.
ANNIE BLAIR ANDERS UNDERWOOD
(MRS. C. H.), her husband, and their
daughter, Barbara Blair Underwood, 11,
live at 121 Bost Street in Statesville, N. C.
She takes an active part in the work of the
church, P.T.A., and various other organi-
zations.
DR. SAMUEL A. VEST, physician at the
University of Virginia Hospital, is also
Professor and Director of the Department
of Urology at the University of Virginia
Medical School. He and Mrs. Vest, the
former Sarah Thompson, have four children,
Sarah Agnes, 18, Catherine, 17, Samuel A.,
Jr., 9, and Charles T., 8.
GAY WILSON ALLEN, '26, A.M. '27, is
professor of English at New York Univer-
sity. He is the author of several books,
including American Prosody, Literary Crit-
icism: Pope to Croce, Walt Whitman Hand-
book, and Masters of American Literature.
Mrs. Allen, a former librarian, has become
a self-taught specialist in the Danish lan-
guage and literature and has translated
Walt Whitman, a book by Frederik Sehy-
berg, into English. Gay 's hobby is col-
lecting first editions, especially of Walt
Whitman, and his wife is also enthusiastic
about acquiring them. The Allen's home
address is 454 Grove Street, Oradell, N. J.
'28 a
President : Robert L. Hatcher
Class Agent: E. Clarence Tilley
CLAY P. MALICK, professor of political
science at the University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colo., is head of the section of
history, economics, anthropology, political
science and sociology, known as "Founda
tions of the Social Order," in the division
of general education. Also an alumnus of
Columbia and Harvard, where he was
awarded M.A. and Ph.D. degrees respec-
tively, Dr. Malick is a member of the
American Economic Association, the Ameri-
can Political Science Association and the
Western Political Science Association. He
is the author of several publications con-
cerning labor unions and policy.
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President: Edwin S. Yarbrough, Jr.
Class Agent: T. Spruill Thornton
LT. HENRY C. BOST, MARY LUCY
GEEEN BOST, '32, and their family moved
last fall from Wilmington, N. O, to 3883
Yosemite Street, San Diego 9, Calif. At
that time Henry was recalled into active
duty with the Navy.
MAJ. RUDOLPH S. STANLEY and Mrs,
Stanley have announced the arrival of 3
daughter, Amy Jo, on March 2. The Stan-
leys' address is Box 82, Letterman Armj
Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.
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President : John Calvin Dailey
Class Agent: C. H. Livengood, Jr.
ERMA WILLIAMS GLOVER and MUR
RELL K. GLOVER, B.D. '50, have an
nounced the birth of a son, Durant Murrell
on March 6. They live in Kenansville
N. C.
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President: John D. Minter
Class Agent: Lawson B. Knott, Jr.
JOSEPH M. CROSON has been elected
assistant vice-president of the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Greensboro, N. C. He joined
the Home Loan Bank Board staff in Sep-
tember, 1932, before the Federal Home Loan
Banks were organized, and is now the old-
est examiner in the nation from the poinl
of service, 18 years. Before going tc
Greensboro in 1937, he worked in the Cin-
cinnati and New York districts. He is al
present the assistant district examiner and
has examined approximately 225 of the
more than 400 associations in the district,
Mrs. Croson is the former MARY BROWN
'31.
E. MARVIN LEMON is treasurer of the
Valley Lumber Corporation in Roanoke,
Va. A picture of his three daughters, Luey
Boyd, -Jane Ross and Mary Marvin appears
on the Sons and Daughters Page of thij
issue.
'34 »
President: The Reverend Robert M. Bird
Class Agent : Charles S. Rhyne
EDWIN G. BURLING, B.S., has been
working for Titanium Pigment Corp. since
1936, and has been Pacific Coast sales man-
ager since 1947. He resides at 1745 Los
Robles Avenue, San Marino, Calif.
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DOEOTHY LEARY, who is vice-president
of the Duke Alumni Association of New
York, has joined Georg Jensen and Com-
pany as personnel manager. Her residence
address is 2 Beekman Place, New York 22,
N. Y.
WILLIAM H. TATE, of 2145 Greenwood
Avenue, Wilmette, 111., has recently re-
signed as special assistant to Michael V.
DiSalle, director of price stabilization, and
has resumed his private practice of law in
Washington and Chicago. He is married to
the former RUTH HART, '35.
'35.
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: John Moorhead
Class Agent: James L. Newsom
FRANK V. FLETCHER is practicing law
with the firm of Fletcher and Midlin with
offices in the Munsey Building, Washington
4, D. C. He is also owner of radio station
WARL and WARL-FM in Washington.
C. F. GRAF, JR., has been with Inter-
national Business Machines for fifteen years,
and is now manager of the applications
development department. His address is 36
Westervelt Avenue, Tenafly, N. J.
E. LAWSON MOORE, LL.B., and Mrs.
Moore of 1710 Hamlin Street, Durham, have
announced the birth of a son, Edward Law-
son, Jr., on February 24.
MARVIN W. TOPPING, R, who was pre-
viously director of public relations at the
Medical College of Virginia, is executive
secretary of the American College Public
Relations Association. His offices are lo-
cated in the Association's national offices
in Washington, D. C.
'36
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: Dr. Joe S. Hiatt, Jr.
Class Agents: James H. Johnston, Clifford
W. Perry, R. Zack Thomas, Jr.
MR. and Mrs. NORFLEET PIPER BEL-
VIN of Elizabeth City, N. O, have an-
nounced the birth of a son. Miles Clark, on
March 20.
THEODORE S. GEORGE, A.M. '36, Ph.D.
'42, is consulting engineer in the research
division of the Philco Corporation doing
theoretical work in a variety of electronic
problems. Previously he was an instructor
and assistant professor of mathematics at
the University of Florida, and a lieutenant
commander in the Navy. During the time
he was a Naval electronics officer, he served
as radar officer aboard a carrier and later
in the Bureau of Aeronautics in charge of
development of electronic bombing and fire-
control devices. His residence address is
300 Twining Road, Oreland, Pa.
JOHN C. WATSON, JR., B.S., is a salesman
for Standard Auto Parts Company in Albe-
marle, N. C, where he lives at 217 E. Park
Avenue.
'37.
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President: Thomas F. Southgate, Jr.
Class Agent: William F. Womble
MARGARET WASHBURN DAVIS (Mrs.
H. K.) has two sons, Hardin King, Jr., 5,
and Jeffrey Washburn, 4. (See Sons and
Daughters Page.) Her husband, Dr. H. K.
Davis, is a dentist. Their address is 36
Massachusetts Blvd., Bellerose 6, Mass.
In January HERBERT J. and NANCY
SEEMAN UPCHURCH, '38, and their two
children moved from Greenwood, S. C, to
North Augusta, S. C, where their address
is 1114 Carolina Avenue. Herbert is presi-
dent of the North Augusta Banking Com-
pany.
'38
President: Russell Y. Cooke
Class Agent : William M. Courtney
DOROTHY HUFFMAN GOLDBERG and
her husband, ROBERT A. GOLDBERG, '40,
LL.B. '49, are the parents of little Nancy
Lee Goldberg whose picture is on the Sons
and Daughters Page this month. The Gold-
berg's address is the Gralyn Antique Shop,
North Conway, N. H.
MR. and Mrs. WILLIAM STUART
HENCH, JR., of 1524 North Second Street,
Harrisburg, Pa., have a daughter, Alice
Bishop, born October 23, 1950, and a son,
William Stuart, III, 3. Bill has been asso-
ciated with the Employer's Group in Har-
risburg, but was recalled to active duty in
the Army as a reserve officer on March 12.
D. GRIFFITH KAYE, of 4 North Lake
Avenue, Troy, N. Y., has been appointed
deputy corporation counsel for the city of
Troy. He is associated in the practice of
law with his father. A World War II vet-
eran, Griffith graduated from Albany Law
School in 1941.
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President: Edmund S. Swindell, Jr.
Class Agent: Walter D. James
Recently the Alumni Office received a copy
of the Falls Church Echo, a weekly news-
paper published in Falls Church, Va., which
showed that the publisher is ROOSEVELT
DER TATEVASION.
The marriage of MARJORIE ELIZABETH
LUTZ, '40, to JOHN MUNROE DOUGLAS,
M.D., took place on March 17 in Central
Methodist Church, Shelby, N. C. They are
living at 421 B Wakefield Drive, in Char-
lotte, N. C, where John is practicing
medicine.
LT. COMDR, WILLIAM I. NEIKIRK, '39,
M.D. '43, is a pediatrician in the United
States Navy Medical Corps. His present
address is Com. Landing Ship, Flot. 3 Staff,
F.P.O., San Francisco, Calif.
KATHYRN DILLARD RYALS (MRS.
JOHN B.), A.M., is circulation librarian
at the Clemson College Library. Her resi-
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WALTEB E. TREUT, B.S.E.E., is an engi
neer for the New Jersey Bell Telephone;
Company. His address is 633 N. Chestnut |
Street, Westfield, N. J.
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President: John D. MacLauchlan
Class Agent: Addison P. Penfield
JANE AMMEBMAN, B.S. '46, and NEIL
C. BLANTON were married March 17 ini
the Church of Saint Andrew, South Orange,,
N. J. Jane received an M.S. degree froni|
Rutgers University and was employed be-
fore her marriage as technical assistant in
mathematical research for the Bell Tele-
phone Laboratories. Neil received a Mas-
ter's degree in public administration from
the University of Denver, and is now a re-
search analyst with the Pennsylvania Econ-
omy League. The couple is living at 133
South Morris Street, Waynesburg, Pa.
MR. and Mrs. BEN COLE BRIDGERS, JR.,
of 712 East Holland Street, Washington,
111., have announced the birth of a daugh-
ter, Beth Carol, on March 9. BEN C.
BRIDGERS, SB., '14, of Durham, is Beth's
grandfather.
A recent letter from WILLIAM L. JOHN-
SON tells of his transfer from the Chicago
office of the United States Rubber Com-
pany to the General Office in Rockefeller
Center, New York, where he assumed his
new duties on January 1. As Supervisor of
Sales Training for the Tires Division of
the company, he develops and supervises a
program for the training of all new sales-
men who are employed in the company's
Tires Sales Organization.
ME. and Mrs. JOHN C. EUTLEDGE,
B.S.E.E., of Port Washington, N. Y., an-
nounce the birth of a daughter, Ann Ful-
ton, on April 3. They also have a four-
year-old daughter, Betty.
DE. JOHN H. WEIDNEB is a physician
in the Ford Motor Company Engineering
Laboratory, Dearborn, Mich. He lives at
141 N. Silvery Lane in Dearborn.
J. EVANS WHITING is assisting in the
development of the Mutual Trust Life In-
surance Company field training and educa-
tional program at the home office in Bos-
ton, Mass. Before joining the company in
New Jersey as a field representative in
1948, he taught high school language courses
and served for four years in the LTnited
States Army.
'41*
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
President : Bobert F. Long
Class Agents: Julian C. Jessup, Meader
W. Harriss, Jr., Andrew L. Dueker,
Jr., J. D. Long, Jr.
BOBEBT BUNN, who joined the Wooster
Brush Company, Wooster, Ohio, in 1945
following his release as a Lieutenant in the
U. S. Navy, has recently been appointed
factory manager. After leaving Duke, he
received a B.S. degree in Business and
Engineering Administration from M. I. T.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
and later the Master's degree from Ohio
State University. He is married and has
two children.
T. ED LANGSTON is the proud father of
little Linda Alice Langston whose picture
is on the Sons and Daughters Page of this
issue. Ed is a Time Study Engineer with
J. D. Woods and Gordon, Inc., a manage-
ment consultant company of Greensboro,
N. C. At present the Langstons are living
on East Wade Street in Wadesboro while
Ed does some special work for the Wade
Manufacturing Co.
A recent note from W. ALAN CHICKER-
ING, '41, M.D. '44, tells of the birth of
his son, William John, on February 22. He
also said that his residency has been in-
terrupted while he is a tuberculosis patient
at Herman Kiefer Hospital in Detroit,
Mich. Mrs. Chickering, whom he met in the
Army during the war when she was a cap-
tain in the Nurse Corps and married in
October, 1949, is living at 631 Selden
Avenue in Detroit.
A daughter, Ann Marshall, was born on
February 28 to J. D. LONG and EMILY
SMITHER LONG, '42, of 1924 Smallwood
Drive, Raleigh, N. C. J. D. works for
Burlington Mills.
ROBERT F. LONG, class president of '41,
and MARY TAYLOR LONG, '43, have two
daughters, Nancy Augusta, who was born
November 20, 1950, and Robin, who is
three and a half. They live at 408 N.
Wilmington Street, Raleigh, N. C, where
Bob is head of the furniture department for
the Ivey-Taylor Company.
The address of ROBERT G. NEILL, M.D.,
is 812 South Orange, Orlando, Fla. He is
practicing neurosurgery at 320 North Main
in Orlando.
GERALDINE WALLIN SICKLER (MRS.
GEORGE W., JR.) lives on Walters Road,
R.F.D. No. 2, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
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President: James H. Walker
Class Agents: Robert E. Foreman, Willis
Smith, Jr., George A. Trakas
Miss Helen Lois Still and DONALD R.
("DICK") BEESON, JR., B.S.C.E., who
were married December 23, 1950, in the
First Presbyterian Church, Johnson City,
Tenn., are now living at 605 West Poplar
Street there.
DONALD JOHNSON BERKEMEYER,
LL.B., is an attorney with the Federal Com-
munications Commission in Washington,
D. C. He was married to Miss Mary Stan-
ley Bernard on November 29, 1950, in the
Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Mrs. Berkemeyer is an alumna of St. Mary's
School and Junior College and the Woman's
College of the University of North Carolina.
She has held positions with the Army and
Navy, and is at present employed as a naval
architect with the Coast Guard.
ED SARGENT is in the construction
business, his firm being the Sargent Build-
ing Specialties, Inc., 610-612 Devon Street,
Arlington, N. J. He and Mrs. Sargent
have two children, Carol, 6, and Brad, 3.
Their address is 15 Glen Ridge Parkway,
Montclair, N. J.
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President : Thomas R. Howerton
Class Agent: S. L. Gulledge, Jr.
ALICE BOOE BIMEL, her husband, Carl
Bimel, Jr., and little daughter, Natalie Sul-
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einatti 8, Ohio. A picture of Natalie is 0:1
the Sons and Daughters Page this month.
CAROL LAKE BRADLEY and FLOYD H.
("PETE") BRADLEY, JR., '45, have an-
nounced the birth of a son, Floyd Henry,
III, on March 6. They also hare a five-
year-old son, Steven Howard. The Bradleys
live at 43 Village Drive, Livingston, N. J.,
and Pete works for the Prudential Insurance
Company of America in Newark, N. J.
MARY ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG, GOR-
DON (MRS. ROBERT F.), who lives at
4819 South 30th Street, Arlington 6, Va.,
has a year-old son, Bruce Armstrong Gordon.
W. PROCTOR HARVEY, M.D., is a mem-
ber of the staff of Georgetown University
Medical Center, Washington, D. C. After
leaving Duke, he was on the staff of Peter
Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and
served in the armed forces during World
War II. A heart specialist, he has done a
good deal of writing on diseases of the
heart.
LT. PHILIP LEROY KIRKWOOD,
U.S.N.R., of 103 W. Poplar Ave., Wildwood,
N. J., was recalled to active duty on Feb-
ruary 15. He is an aviator at the United
States Naval Air Station at Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
VICTOR JOHN RUDOLPH, M.F. '43, D.F.
'50, is assistant professor of forest manage-
ment at Duke and assistant director of Duke
Forest.
R. H. SALES, B.D. '46, is an instructor in
the Department of Religion at Duke Uni-
versity. He and MRS. SALES (ELENORE
CUTLIP), R.N., B.S.N., and their children,
Brian, 3, and Cathy, 10 months, moved into
the Duke University Apartments in Durham
last November.
A son, Mathew Laurence Sheep, was born
March 20 to M. LEIGH SHEEP, JR., and
Mrs. Sheep. They live at 403 West Main
Street, Elizabeth City, N. C, where Leigh
is owner of Sheep's Photo Finishing.
Miss Marie Elizabeth Griffin became the
bride of JOHN C. WITHINGTON, '43,
M.D. '46, on April 28, and they are making
their home at 106 Jones Street, West,
Savannah, Ga.
MR. and Mrs. WARREN GROB became the
parents of a son, Jeffery Warren, on De-
cember 5, 1950. Their address is 66 Mel-
more Gardens, Apartment 105 B, East
Orange, N. J.
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President: Matthew S. (Sandy) Rae
Class Agent : H. Watson Stewart
There is a picture of ANDREW M. SE-
CREST and his young son, David K., on
the Sons and Daughters Page this month.
The Secrests live at 533 Williams Street in
Laurinburg, N. C, where "Mac"' is in the
newspaper business.
On January 2, a son, Francis Earl, Jr., was
born to FRANCIS E. WHITE and EVE-
LYN BERNHARDT WHITE, '45. of 1825
P. Street, S.E., Apt. F-12, Washington 20,1
D. C. Francis received the B.S. degree in
animal husbandry from the University of
Maryland in June, 1949, and is now com-
pleting his thesis toward a Master's degree
which he expects to receive in June. He has
been employed as a microanalyst by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture at Betts-
ville, Md., since February, 1950.
THOMAS D., B.S.C.E., and MARYBELLE
ADAMS SALES use her father's address for
their permanent one (Hospital Branch Post
Office Morganton, N. C.) because Tom's job
as a construction engineer with the Tide-
water Construction Company causes them to
move frequently. The Sales have one son,
Tommy, whose picture is on the Sons and
Daughters Page this month.
'45 »
President : Charles B. Markham, Jr.
Class Agent: Charles F. Blaneliard
CLAUDE E. BITTLE, '45, LL.B. '50,
MRS. BITTLE (CAMILLA RIKERT), and
their children, Elizabeth Babson ("Betsy"),
almost a year and a half, and Claude, Jr.,
five and a half, have moved to 224 W. Trin-
ity Avenue, Durham. Claude has established
a law practice in Durham.
WALTER LYONS BROWN, B.S., is a
research physicist in the Bell Telephone
Laboratories in Murray Hill, N. J. He
lives at 26 Gales Drive, New Providence,
N. J.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
WILLIAM P. DILLINGHAM, Ph.D. '50,
and MRS. DILLINGHAM (M. MAEJOHIE
CARTER), A.M., who was formerly a mem-
ber of the Department of Eomance Lan-
guages at Duke, are living at 803 John
Drive in Tallahassee, Fla., where he is teach-
ing in the Department of Economics at
Florida State University. They have a
year-old son, Eobert Carter.
CAROL YOUNG DILLON (MBS. CHES-
TEE L.) writes that she is a correspondent
in the editorial department of Hall's (Hall-
mark Cards). Her address is 515 West 46th
Street, Kansas City, Mo.
LT. EOBEET J. LARSON, U.S.M.C, is
attending a Highway Transportation Officer
Course at The Transportation School, The
Transportation Center, Fort Eustis, Va.
He has served in various capacities with
the First Marine Division in China, and his
awards and decorations include the China
Service Medal, American Theater Campaign
Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.
J. W. MeGINNIS, B.D., and Mrs. McGin-
nis have announced the birth of a son,
J. W., Jr., on March 13. J. W. is pastor
of Guilford Park Presbyterian Church, and
he and his family live in a new manse at
1904 Liberty Drive, Greensboro, N. C.
The P. M. SMUBTHWAITES, "MAC,"
B.S.M.E. '45, JEAN (FEATHER) FETH-
ERSTON, '46, and "Mr. Dink," their son,
are living at 330 Thorncliff Rd., Kenmore
17, N. Y. After completing his training
period in a number of plants, "Mac" is now
located at the Linde Air Products plant in
Kenmore. A picture of "Mr. Dink" is on
the Sons and Daughters Page of this issue.
'46 >
President: B. G. Munro
Class Agent: Robert E. Cowin
VIRGINIA HARLOW, Ph.D., of Green-
castle, Ind., is gaining considerable recog-
nition in literary circles as a result of the
publication of her book, A Biography of
Thomas Sergeant Perry, by the Duke Uni-
versity Press. Professor of English at De-
pauw University, Dr. Harlow also received
degrees from Mt. Holyoke College and the
University of California. She has had
articles published in the Journal of English
and, Germanic Philology, Boston Public Li-
brary Quarterly and Collier's Encyclopedia.
Her recent book deals with the study of
over 300 letters written by Perry, a bril-
liant writer of the late 19th century. The
biography is of interest to the student of
literature and the general reader alike.
Mr. and MRS. MAYNARD F. MOSELEY
(JEAN McCASKILL), B.S., whose address
is Apartment 189, Building 56, Hoff
Heights, Santa Barbara, Calif., have an-
nounced the birth of a daughter, Margery
Chase, on February 15.
LT. L. MILES STANDISH is a pilot in
the United States Air Force Reserve, sta-
tioned at Ellington Air Force Base, Hous-
ton, Texas. He is living at 7272 Wood-
ridge in Houston.
Dr. and MRS. M. CHESTER TAVENNER
(MARY PARKER), A.M., became the par-
ents of a son, Matthew Parker, on Febru-
ary 8. Their address is 3325 N. 18th Street,
Philadelphia 40, Pa.
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President: Grady B. Stott
Class Agent: Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.
JOANNE WHARTON COE, '49 and
LOWRY NADAL COE, JR., are living at
4842 Bradley Boulevard, Chevy Chase, Md.
Joanne is teaching second grade at the
Potomac Elementary School in Potomac,
Md., and Lowry is working as a motion
picture animator.
HAROLD L. DeHOFF, B.S.M.E., has been
a technical assistant for the stress analysis
section staff of the hydraulic laboratory at
the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, Newport News, Va., for
two and a half years. Last fall he and
another member of the staff prepared a
paper on "The Uses of Photoelastic Stress
Analysis as Applied to Shipbuilding,"
which they presented to the Chesapeake sec-
tion of the Society of Naval Architects and
Marine Engineering. Harold's address in
Newport News is 302 Randolph Street.
THOMAS F. FERDINAND, B.S.C.E., of
175 Elizabeth Avenue, Newark 8, N. J., re-
ceived an M.S. in Business Administration
with a major in marketing from the Univer-
sity of North Carolina on December 15, and
is now associated with the Atlantic Mutual
Insurance Company, 49 Wall Street, New
York City. As a fire insurance underwriting
trainee, he is working through the entire
underwriting and engineering departments
of the company in order to learn as much
as possible. Tom says he finds his engineer-
ing degree very valuable because fire in-
surance underwriting depends a great deal
upon factors of building construction.
Little Georgene Lucy, whose picture is on
the Sons and Daughters Page this month,
is the daughter of SHIELEY WHITLOCK
LUCY and her husband, Charles B. Lucy.
They are living in Warren, Ohio, and hope
to move into their new home at 2208 At-
lantic, N.E., by early fall.
BOLAND B. EOSSON, JE., is a student at
the Yale University Divinity School, where
he expects to receive the B.D. degree in
June.
AETNA K A T H E E I N E WOMBLE,
B.S.E.E., and Mr. Somerby Bohrer Dowst
were married February 24 at the home of
the bride in Durham, and they are living at
187 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn 2, N. Y.
Aetna is working for International Business
Machine Company. Her husband, an alum-
nus of Harvard, is working with the Ameri-
can Express Company.
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President: Bollin M. Millner
Class Agent : Jack H. Quaritius
DONALD E. (DICK) JONES, JR., is an
attorney and insurance adjustor. He and
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his wife and baby daughter, Jane Sharon,
born August 8, 1950, live at 1554 Shoup
Court, Apartment 3, Decatur, Ga.
JOANNE BAE and Mr. James Glover Mc-
Ghee were married March 10 at the Winship
Chapel, First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta,
Ga. Their address is 804 Cumberland Road,
N.C., Atlanta.
JOHN W. WELLMAN, '48, LL.B. '50,
has become associated with Chadwich, Cur-
ran, Petrikin and Smithers in the general
practice of law, Delaware County National
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Next Reunion: Commencement, 1951
Presidents: Woman's College, Betty Bob
. Walters Walton (Mrs. Loring) ; Trinity
College, Robert W. Frye; College of
Engineering, Joe J. Robnett, Jr.
Class Agent: Chester P. Middlesworth
ALICE PATTON MOORE and NELSON
RIST MOORE, '50, who were married last
summer, are living in Apartment No. 5, 1701
Parkline Drive, Prospect Park, Pittsburgh
27, Pa. Nelson is a metallurgist for Car-
negie-Illionis Steel Company.
DAVID A. BARNES, who was graduated
from the Duke Hospital Program in Hos-
pital Administration in February this year,
has joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minn., as administrative assist-
ant. MRS. BARNES is the former MARY
HENDRICKS of Durham.
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February 24 was the date of the wedding
of NORMA LOUISE MARTIN, '51, and
CRAIG C. CAMPBELL, B.S. '49, M.F. '50,
in Townley Presbyterian Church. They are
living at Gregory Estates, Seat Pleasant,
Md. Norma is attending George Washing-
ton University and Craig is a wood tech-
nologist for Timber Engineering Company
Research Laboratory in Washington, D. C.
The marriage of MARCIA NORCROSS to
Mr. Jon Corbino took place on February 15,
and they are making their home at 5 Mar-
mion Way, Rockport, Mass. For the past
two years Marcia has been assistant fashion
coordinator of Burlington Mills in New
York City. Her husband, a former student
at the Ethical Culture School and the Art
Student's League in New York City and the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, is a
National Academician and his work is in
thirty national museums including the Metro-
politan Museum, Carnegie Art Institute,
Whitney Museum, and the Chicago Art
Institute. He has been awarded two Gug-
SeliUce
The Fidelity was the first bank
in the State of North Carolina
authorized by its charter to do a
trust business .
For over 60 years our Trust
Department has rendered faith-
ful and intelligent service in vari-
ous fiduciary capacities to both
institutions and individuals. We
welcome communications or in-
terviews with anyone interested
in the establishment of any kind
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genheim Fellowships and is at present an
instructor at the Art Student's League.
The address of JENNY DONALDSON
PEVELEB (MES. RAY) is Box 5181, Col-
lege Station, Texas. She is a stenographer
for Kazmeier-Sherrill Hatchery, Inc., Bryan,
Texas, while her husband is a student at
Texas A. and M.
JANET BOTKIN REESE, '50, and JOHN
REESE have moved from Detroit, Mich., to
a little house at Virginia Beach just six
blocks from the ocean. Their mailing ad-
dress is Post Office Box 181, Virginia Beach,
Va. John has been transferred by the Pord
Motor Company to their Norfolk Assembly
Plant as a labor relations representative.
A daughter, Sherrill Doak, was born on
March 11 to BETTY SUE HARWARD
SAFLEY (MES. JOHN W.) and her hus-
band, who reside at 131 Navajo Trail,
Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Safley is assistant
forester with Planters Manufacturing Com-
pany.
MARGARET MELINDA STERN and Mr.
Charles Fremont Sprague, III, were mar-
ried November 24, 1950. They are now liv-
ing at 610 McGeorge Street, Stillwater,
Okla., where they are both students at
Oklahoma A. and M. College.
GAELAND T. HINSON, of 416 West 63rd
Street, Jacksonville, Fla., is a salesman for
the Marchant Calculating Machine Company.
'50 «
President: Jane Suggs
Class Agent: Eobert L. Hazel.
CHARLES B. CARTWRIGHT is attending
law school at the University of Miami,
Miami, Fla.
ROBERT E. FAKKEMA and DOEOTHY
THOMAS FAKKEMA are living in Fay-
etteville, N. O, where Bob is director of
recreation at Highland Presbyterian Church.
They have a year-old son, Richard Barry.
BUSH FULLERTON, LL.B., is associated
with the legal firm of Libby, McNeill, and
Libby in Chicago, 111. He, his wife, and
their young daughter, Katherine Hand, who
was born on July 31, 1950, are living at
1532 Crain Street, Evanston, 111.
ROBEET BEUCE GIBSON is director of
public relations for the Charlotte, N. O,
Community Chest. He lives at 412 Wake-
field Drive in Charlotte.
NANCY HAELOW is living at 318 Kenan
Hall, Chapel Hill, N. O, while she is going
to Library School at the University of
North Carolina.
NANCY YOEK HOLLAND was married to
Mr. William Taylor Tucker last summer.
They are living in Charlottesville, Va.,
where Mr. Tucker is a student at the Medi-
cal School of the University of Virginia.
The address of CALVIN S T I N S O N
KNIGHT, B.D., is Box 66, Eoute 3, Dur-
ham.
HELEN NEUMEISTEE LANGSTAFF
(MES. W. I.), who was married last sum-
mer, is living in Kingsport, Tenn.
ETHEL EOMINES LEE (MES. SILAS
P.), R.N., B.S.N., is a nurse at Piedmont
Memorial Hospital, and lives at 2101 Wrenn
Street, Greensboro, N. C.
AT ALA ("JEANA") DAVISON LEVIN-
THAL (MRS. CYRUS), M.D., is doing
work at the University of Michigan Hos-
pital, Ann Arbor, Mich.
ANNE BARKSDALE MacDOWELL and
FREDERICK MacDOWELL, JR., are liv-
ing at 26 E. 104th Street, Apartment 12,
New York 29, N. Y. Fred is a student at
New York Medical College.
GEORGE S. MITCHELL, JR., and CON-
STANCE GREEN MITCHELL are living
at 219 Piez Avenue, Hilton Village, Va.
George is employed by the United States
Government.
ERNEST TITTLE NEWELL, M.D., is an
intern in surgery at Duke Hospital and re-
sides at 1007 Glendale Avenue, Durham.
FRED CHARLES PACE, LL.B., is an at-
torney at law in Shenandoah, Pa., where his
address is 319 East Center Street.
JOHN CLAEKSON POTTEE, Ph.D., is
teaching in the Chemistry Department at
State College in Ealeigh, N. C.
SAUL BLATMAN, M.D., is working at
New York Hospital, 525 E. 68th Street,
New York 21, N. Y.
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The importers have just received a large shipment of
Wedgewood commemorative Duke plates from England. They
are available either singly or in sets of 12 or six in both blue
and mulberry.
Twelve familiar scenes from the Duke University campus
appear on the plates.
These plates make ideal gifts for friends and Duke alumni. They can be used as dinner plates or may
be hung on the wall for decorative purposes.
The plates are $24.00 for 12 scenes, $14.00 for 6 scenes, and $2.50 for one scene.
For information leaflets and to place orders, write to the Alumni Office, Duke University, Durham, N. C.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
[ Page 135 ]
'51 >— .
LILLIAN ELIZABETH GRAINGER and
DONALD HILL TOWNSEND were mar-
ried January 29 in the Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.,
Methodist Church. About 50 Duke students
attended the wedding. Lil and Don are
now living at 110 Club Boulevard, Durham,
while they are finishing their senior year.
Rogers
(Continued from Page 125)
Walker left the Deacons for an assistant
coaching job at Yale University.
A native of Hinton, W. Va., Tom Rog-
ers began with the Duke varsity the same
year Wallace Wade started his coaching
career wtih the Blue Devils in 1931. He
made All-Southern and received numerous
other All-State honors. In his final year,
he was named on several All-American
squads including that of Grantland Rice.
While at Duke he was president of ODK,
national honorary leadership fraternity.
Tom Rogers continued at Duke as line
coach for freshman teams and physical
education instructor until 1938, when he
joined the Wake Forest coaching staff.
In 1940 he took a post at Clemson Col-
lege as line coach and varsity baseball
coach, under the direction of Frank
Howard.
May 27, 1943, brought a commission as
lieutenant in the United States Navy for
Tom Rogers. He was attached to the
Navy athletic program and was first sent
to Chapel Hill where he became an in-
structor with the 11th V-5 indoctrination
course in the Navy Pre-Flight School at
the University of North Carolina. He
also coached the Pre-Flight Cloudbusters
football squad while there. Later he was
transferred to the Pacific Coast where he
coached the Arlington, Wash., Navy team.
After being discharged from the Navy
in 1945, the new Deacon head football
mentor returned to his Clemson post. It
was not long before he had coaching offers
from several other schools. He chose to
return to Wake Forest, where he has re-
mained ever since. Coaches Howard and
Walker had nothing but complimentary
words for him when he was considered
for the top Deacon position.
Although he maintains, he is no golfer,
Tom Rogers was also given the job of
coaching the Wake golf team in 1946. He
plays consistently in the SO's and 90's,
but has won a few prizes for himself.
As an all-round athlete, and as a coach,
Tom Rogers is sure to come out on top.
He was married to the former Frances
Moore of Durham on July 29, 1938.
They have two sons, Tom, Jr., 10, and
Robert Kent, who will soon be eight.
deaths
WILLIAM FRANKLIN HOWLAND, '98
William Franklin Howland, '98, died
at his home in Henderson, N. C, on Jan-
uary 13.
Funeral services were held in the First
Methodist Church in Henderson, and
burial was in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Howland retired in 1941 after 30
years of service with the Henderson Post
Office. For 25 years of that time he was
assistant postmaster. He was a veteran
of the Spanish- American War.
During his days at Trinity College,
Mr. Howland was an outstanding mem-
ber of the baseball team.
Survivors include the wife; three sons,
W. F. Howland, Jr., '30, LL.B. '33;
Ralph, '33; Leland; a daughter, Elizabeth
Howland Dawson (Mrs. R. G.) ; and a
granddaughter, Marv Howland Dawson,
'53.
WILLIAM ANGUS WRIGHT, '89
William Angus Wright, '89, died at his
home near Raeford, N. C-, on March 18
after a long period of ill health.
The funeral was conducted at the home.
Mr. Wright was a retired farmer and
an elder in Bethel Presbyterian Church
near Raeford.
He is survived by his wife, the former
Belle MeCall of Scotland County; one
daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Stanton; six
sons, Evan A. Wright, David Wright, J.
Crawford Wright, Belton Wright, and
Julian Wright, all of Raeford, and Leroy
Wright of New Lexington, Ohio.
WILLIAM W. BURGESS, '13
News has recently been received by the
Alumni office that William W. Burgess,
'13, is deceased.
INEZ PEARCE CARPENTER
(MRS. ROBERT C), '31
Inez Pearee Carpenter (Mrs. Robert
C), '31, died in February, 1951.
HELEN E. ROCKE, '38
Helen E. Rocke, '38, whose home was
at 7412 Gleneagles Road, Norfolk 8, Va.,
passed away during the month of Feb-
ruary.
ELEANOR M. BOATWRIGHT,
A.M. '40
It has been learned by the Alumni
Office that Eleanor M. Boatwright, A.M.
'40, died on October 6, 1950.
M. C. WOODS, JR., L '27
It has been learned that M. C. Woods,
Jr., L '27, of Marion, S. C, is deceased.
C. A. BLACK, '82
It has been learned by the Alumni
Office that C. A. Black, '82, of Charlotte,
N. C, is deceased.
Sculptor of Statues on
Duke Campus Dies
Charles Keck, noted sculptor who
executed the sarcophagi of James B.,
Benjamin N, and Washington Duke in the
University Chapel and the statue of James
B. Duke which stands in the quadrangle
in front of the Chapel, died April 23 at
his home, Gypsy Trail Camp, Carmel,
N. Y., at the age of 76.
A native of New York City, Mr. Keck
was famous for the heroic monuments he
created for municipalities, the Federal
Government, and civic groups. His works
may be found in virtually every state in
the Union and several foreign countries.
Mr. Keck designed some of North
Carolina's best known monuments, includ-
ing the monument to the three Presidents
the State gave to the nation, located on
Capitol Square in Raleigh; and the
Charles B. Ayeock monument in the
United States Hall of Fame in Washing-
ton, D. C.
One of his best known works is the
statue of Francis P. Duffy, famous fight-
ing chaplain of New York's "Fighting
69th" during the first World War, which
stands in Times Square, New York City.
At the time of his death, figures which
Mr. Keck had designed were being carved
on the World War II Memorial on the
mall leading to Borough Hall in Brook-
lyn. He had recently finished an out-
standing statue of Abraham Lincoln as a
boy.
Mr. Keck first worked with the sculptor
Philip Martini. After studying at the
National Academy of Design, the Art Stu-
dents League, and the American Academy
in Rome, he became assistant to the
world renowned sculptor Augustus St.
Gaudens in 1893. His style, thereafter,
followed that of St. Gaudens.
Mr. Keck was a former president of
the National Sculptors Society, of the
Century Association, the Architectural
League and the Numismatic Society.
Surviving are the widow, and his sons,
James Charles. Jr., '49, now a second
year medical student at Duke, and John
William.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, May, 1951
FUTURE
PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES?
No, but she is
an important young lady. Her hand clasped confidently
in mother's, she's leaving the hospital after a minor
operation. Blue Cross-Blue Shield benefits will take
the financial sting out of her first hospital adventure
— and whether or not she's going to be our country's first
woman president, when it comes to sickness expenses,
her future looks bright. How about your children?
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lean-up man on the baseball nine, this slugger doesn't like to reach
for 'em . . . wants it right over the plate. And that's the way he
likes his proof of cigarette mildness ! No razzle-dazzle "quick-puff"
tests for him. No one-whiff, one-puff experiments. There's
one test, he's discovered, that's right down the alley!
It's the test that proves what cigarette mildness really means.
THE SENSIBLE TEST . . . the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test,
which simply asks you to try Camels as a steady smoke— on a
pack-after-pack, day-after-day basis. After you've enjoyed
Camels — and only Camels — for 30 days in your "T-Zone"
(T for Throat, T for Taste) , we believe you'll know why . . .
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ALUMNI REGISTER
June, 1951
Alumni Celebrate at '51 Commencement
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in th-e Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
June, 1951
Number 6
Contents
PAGE
Editorials 139
Year Ends on Triumphant Note 140
Two New Trustees Are Named 141
"In Quest of the Great Age" 142
"What Do You Make of Life?" 143
One Million Dollars Left to Go 144
Alumni Association Meets 146
Local Association Meetings 148
Law, Nursing, Diviniti/ Alumni Meet 149
Notes from the Reunion Classes 150
Reunion Photos 152-53
Spring — A Victory Season 156
Summer Session Events 157
Dean Cannon Is Installed 157
Sons and Daughters 158
News of the Alumni 159
Editor and Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Managing Editor Roger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager Thomas D. Donegan
Layout Editor Ruth Mart Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post
Office at Durham, N. C, Under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
JletUte,
June 4, 1951
Dottie Lewis, '46
235 Greenwich
San Francisco, Calif.
Who gave you the word on my doings? I'm sorry I haven't kept in
touch. It certainly has not been for lack of things to write about for
I've been most fortunate in leading a very busy and exciting life for
the last two years.
I spent a year and a half in that most wonderful city of Seattle —
flying as a stewardess for Pan American to Alaska and the Yukon Ter-
ritory — Annette Island, Juneau, Whitehorse, Fairbanks and Nome. I
got to know the people and the territory pretty well by flying feeder
lines to such out posts as Kotazabue — one of the last truly Eskimo
villages on the Bering Sea, going goose hunting and skiing in the hills
behind Fairbanks; climbing the mountains, flying over the ice caps and
down into remote lakes around Juneau to go trout fishing, and even
catching large salmon by hand as they crowded up the streams on
Annette Island. The best time of all though was the trip another
stewardess and I made in a small boat with a 12-horsepower outboard
motor down the Yukon River from Whitehorse, Y. T. to Circle, Alaska.
The 737 miles took us 6V2 days — counting time out to visit with all the
old timers and natives along the way. Spent one afternoon in Dawson
and another in Eagle. The rapids were very tame, and the wild life,
including the mosquitoes (thank goodness), very scarce — only saw one
grizzly and chased one moose that was swimming the river 'round in
circles. We would have loved spending 3 weeks or more on the trip
but Pan American had to have us back.
In Seattle I had the wonderful experience of living with seven other
gals in a four-bedroom house right on Lake Washington where we had
our own dock for swimming and sunning. Four of us bought a sail
boat from Hunter Simpson, a boy who worked for IBM in Seattle and
of whom you'll hear more later. Our summer life consisted of lake-side
activities plus trips down the Hood Canal, hiking around Mt. Rainer,
camping in the Olympic forest and jaunts to Vancouver and Victoria.
In winter we were less diversified, just skiing, skiing and more skiing.
f Continued on Page 16S)
THIS MONTH'S COVER
Early each June, on a Sunday morning- — usually a hot Sun-
day morning — Duke University's seniors file into Duke Chapel
for their final religious service as students. The seniors are
proud and happy, because they have accomplished the objective
of their college careers and are about to receive the University's
official salute. But they are no prouder than parents — and
sometimes brothers and sisters — who come to see them graduate
and who share this last worship service with them. The photog-
rapher caught the crowd just at the conclusion of the morning
program.
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for Dick Williams
thejiiture
wasn't lost.
Postponed
The last thing Ed Nichols had ex-
pected to get mixed up in was a
square dance. But here he was swinging
lovely young Patsy Stevenson. "This is
fun," Ed puffed.
"You're the best oni on the floor, Mr.
Nichols," she said, and then she spun off
and Ed found himself swinging Martha
Williams. "It's a great party, Martha."
"Thank you, Ed. I guess it is. I'm
almost having a good time myself."
"It's better if you do, Martha. It'll
make it a little easier, maybe." He glanced
at Martha's son, Dick, who was now danc-
ing with Patsy — and looking as if he were
having the best time of all. Good boy, Ed
thought. Here he was about to go into
service and . . . well, he was a swell kid.
A few minutes later Ed was standing on
the sidelines sipping a cool drink and
resting.
"Having a good time, Mr. Nichols?"
somebody said. It was Dick Williams.
"Yes, I am, Dick." He paused a sec-
ond. "I had hoped that I'd be seeing you
off to college at about this time but . . ."
"Uncle Sam comes first, Mr. Nichols.
But I'll be back before you know it . . .
and heading for college as Dad and you
planned."
"I hope you will, son. Soon!" Ed re-
membered how Dick's dad had talked
about the boy's future and how he, as the
New York Lite agent, had helped Dick's
dad give those plans definite form. When
Dick was ten, his father had died, leaving
the boy proud memories and enough life
insurance to see him and his mother
through the years ahead.
"I want you to know, Mr. Nichols, that
this whole thing is a lot easier for me,
knowing that Mom will have everything
she needs while I'm away."
"Mrs. Nichols and I will look in on her
often, Dick."
"Thanks," the boy said simply. "And
before you know it, we'll throw another
party — after I'm back from service and
on my way to college." Dick shook hands.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I want to find
Patsy Stevenson. I have something im-
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Ed watched the boy and girl going out
the side door. "Great kid," he said to
himself. "This country's got a great future
as long as it has kids like that."
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
Volume XXXVII
June, 1951
Number 6
Another Duke Service
Many Dnke alumni will remember a member of the
faculty by the name of Archibald C. Jordan. They will
remember him as being a person who believed that the
students who attended Duke University should know what
to do with the English language when they had occasion
to use it. As a Duke alumnus and a member of the Eng-
lish Department, several years ago Professor Jordan, in
cooperation with the North Carolina English Teachers
Association, decided that the time had come for someone
to do something about the kind of training the young
people were getting in English grammar. He asked the
English teachers in the colleges and universities, as well
as in the high schools of North Carolina, to take aggressive
action to improve the spelling, punctuation, and rhetoric
of the students in their various educational systems. One
indication of how fruitful this movement has been is the
editorial in the Charlotte Observer on Monday, June 11,
entitled " Students Do Write. " It follows: '
"The fellows on the copy desk of a newspaper, some
of whom have grown gray in the unheralded work of cor-
recting the spelling, punctuation, and rhetoric of the
younger news writers, may be pardoned if they sometimes
express cynicism about the teaching of English in high
schools and colleges.
' ' Their common complaint is, ' These kids can 't even
spell. Why I couldn't have passed out of the fourth grade
f— etc. etc'
"But the current Student Issue of The North Carolina
English Teacher, containing thirty-one examples of com-
positions written in the high school English classes of
North Carolina, proves that some of these students — at
least thirty-one of them — can really write. Moreover, it
gives us a little glow of pride to notice that six of the
thirty-one compositions chosen for inclusion in the pam-
phlet were written by students of Charlotte High School
— the largest number for any one school.
"The compositions include short stories, descriptive
sketches, simple narratives, and poetry. All of them are
excellent, and some of the poetry is of a distinctly high
caliber. We are not going to risk the usual brickbats that
come the way of the critic by singling out any of the com-
positions for special praise, but all of them show what
good teaching can do with good talent.
"Some 47 other compositions, not included in the
pamphlet, were given honorable mention, and since they
represent high schools all the way from Wilmington to
Asheville — and not all of them in the big towns, by any
means — it must be conceded that the teaching of English
is not half as bad as it is sometimes represented to be."
The author of the editorial, as you will note, wound up
by saying that "the teaching of English is not half as
bad as it is sometimes represented to be. ' ' We like to
think that Duke University, through one of its professors
in service to education, has made it possible for the author
to conclude his editorial in this manner, and that perhaps
this contribution of Duke University has had some in-
fluence in improving the teaching of English. Duke Uni-
versity continues to serve.
Just Rambling
The addition this year to the Commencement Program
of the Hoof 'n' Horn presentation on Saturday night was
a success by any measurement. The students worked
overtime on polishing up the production and adding new
features, until it would have been a credit to Broadway.
The alumni and the University are grateful to them for
their enthusiastic cooperation in making possible this de-
lightful addition to the Commencement Week End. Ap-
proximately 1,000 alumni, parents, students, and others
were on hand to express their approval. . . . The class
of '26, the Silver Anniversary class, came early and stayed
late. Its round of festivities was one of the most complete of
any 25th year class. In fact, those present had such a good
time that they are looking forward to the next reunion of
the class with renewed enthusiasm. . . . More alumni and
parents stayed on the campus than ever before; and, in
spite of the fact that the dormitories are not especially
prepared to take care of groups of this kind, the general
opinion was that the parking facilities, the good fellow-
ship, the talkfest, and the other things that make up a
well-rounded visit to the campus outweighed any minor
inconveniences of the dormitories. . . . The announcement
by President Edens that the alumni and friends of the
University had raised seven and a half million dollars
toward a goal of $8,650,000 was most encouraging. The
National Council unanimously recommended that the
Development Campaign be continued through December
31 in order to raise the million dollars needed to reach
our goal. There seemed to be a general feeling the goal
of a million dollars would not only be reached but that
it would be surpassed. . . . The hundreds of workers
among alumni and friends of the University have not
slackened one bit in their efforts to make this program an
outstanding one in the history of the University. Not only
are they anxious to reach the goal in regard to the amount
of money, but they hope that every former student and
friend of the University will have his name on the final
honor roll.
President Edeus receives . the flag
from presidents of the senior classes
to officially end the academic year,
while rising senior presidents look on.
Class presidents are, left to . right :
Connie Woodward, retiring "Wom-
an 's College senior president ; Bich-
ard J. Crowder, rising senior presi-
dent ; Alice Jean Younians, rising
Woman's College senior president;
and Tom Powers, retiring Trinity
College senior president.
Year Ends on Triumphant Note
Development Campaign Total of S7, 500, 000 Is Announced
A temperate spring gave way to sum-
mer -with unweleonied enthusiasm during
Commencement week end. Temperatures
hovered between 95 and 100 degrees in
the coolest shade. But the sudden inva-
sion of an equatorial sun failed miserably
if its intent was to parch the spirit of
over 1,200 graduating students, their
parents, a thousand celebrating alumni,
and hosts of other visitors to the campus.
This 1951 Commencement Week End
will be remembered as one of Duke's
brightest. Those former students who
returned for class reunions and other
alumni events made the Gothic halls of
West Campus ring with the good will
and good cheer of fellowship and loyalty.
While falling slightly short of being the
largest alumni turnout, this year's crowd
was, without doubt, one of the liveliest.
There was cause for jubilation. Over
and above the fun of meeting old class-
mates and girl friends, of dinners and
picnics, there was a sense of serious ac-
complishment that lent the 1951 Com-
mencement observances an air of tri-
umph.
The Big Announcement
President Edens. speaking before the
graduating class in the Indoor Stadium
on Monday morning, made public an an-
nouncement that had been made privately
twice before : first before the National
Council Saturday afternoon, and second
before the General Alumni Association
Saturday evening.
Monday the public was allowed to hear
the news that alumni had heard two days
earlier :
Through the Duke University Develop-
ment Campaign, Duke's alumni and
friends had raised $7,500,000 for "a
greater Duke," and the immediate goal
of the campaign was but one million
dollars away!
Furthermore, the President announced,
work would soon start on the final major
building project of the program, the new
Administration and Classroom Building,
scheduled for the corner of the quad-
rangle directly across from the West
Campus Library.
Additional details of the Development
Program's achievements during 1950-51
are carried in this issue of the Register
with the story of the National Council
meeting.
Another Large Class
Degrees awarded at graduation exer-
cises numbered 1,216. Of these 137 were
earned as of September 1, 1950, and the
rest during the current academic year.
The University's three undergraduate
colleges produced 691 candidates for de-
grees this year. Trinity College offered
369 for the Bachelor of Arts and 19 for
the Bachelor of Science; the Woman's
College 197 for the Bachelor of Arts
and nine for the Bachelor of Science;
and the College of Engineering 46 for
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engi-
neering, 21 in Electrical Engineering,
and 20 in Civil Engineering.
Graduate and professional school de-
grees, numbering 525, were broken down
as follows :
Diploma in Nursing, 39 ; Bachelor of
Science in Medicine, 4; Doctor of Medi-
cine, 76; Bachelor of Laws, 78; Master
of Laws, 5; Bachelor of Divinity, 33;
Master of Religious Education, 3; Master
of Education, 1 ; Master of Arts, 46 ; Doe-
tor of Philosophy, 56; Master of For-
estry , 45; and Doctor of Forestrv, 2.
The Robert E. Lee Prize, presented
to a member of the senior class on the
basis of leadership, character, schol-
arship and athletic ability, went this
year to Noyes Thompson (Tom)
Powers, of Cumberland, Md. It is the
University's highest student honor.
Tom, who graduated magna cum
laude, was a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, senior
class president, a member of the hon-
orary society Red Friars, and an out-
standing football and baseball star.
The Robert E. Lee prize is the gift of
the Rev. A. W. Plyler, '92, and Mrs.
Plvler.
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A number of those seniors receiving
degrees were simultaneously given re-
serve commissions in various branches
of the armed service. Four Army Air
Force commissions were granted, the first
since the Duke Air R.O.T.C. was or-
ganized two years ago. The Navy com-
missioned 39 ensigns, the Marine Corps
six second lieutenants, and one doctor
was commissioned into the Medical Corps.
Six other Duke doctors have been com-
missioned in the Army during the aca-
demic year.
It might be anticipated that a number
of other graduates will be inducted into
the armed service with somewhat less
ceremony in coming weeks.
No Time for Neutral Minds
An audience of parents, alumni, and
visitors estimated at 6,000 was on hand
in the Indoor Stadium to witness the
exercises. The academic procession, which
began forming in the traditional manner
along the walk from the Clock Tower to
the gymnasium at 9:15 a.m., attracted a
host of amateur photographers anxious
to record on film their graduating sons
and daughters and the colorful pageantry
of caps and gowns.
The Honorable W. Kerr Scott, gov-
ernor of North Carolina, delivered the
message to the graduating class. Com-
mencement speaker was Robert D.
Calkins, Ph.D., LL.D., director of the
General Education Board of the Rocke-
feller Foundation.
In the presidential address to the de-
cree candidates, Dr. Edens commented :
"The University believes in you; other-
wise she would not have placed the im-
print of her seal upon you. The members
af the faculty and your other friends in
the University will remember you for
what you were at your best in conduct
and performance. They will expect much
from you in the future.
"You have come in contact while here
with men and women of strong convic-
tions. This is no time for neutral minds.
The University stands for something. It
believes in something. It expects the
same of you, and we have confidence that
you, as educated men and women, will
subject your judgments always to the
noblest criteria which educated men and
women have devised."
Approximately one-third of the de-
crees awarded this year went to students
who are native North Carolinians. The
graduating class contained representa-
tives of 40 states and eight foreign coun-
tries. The 1950-51 student body at Duke
was composed of students from all 48
states and 33 foreign countries.
Mrs. Marshall T. Spears, '14
C. B. Houck, '22
Two New Trustees Are Named
Mrs. Marshall T. Spears Becomes First
Woman Board Member
Estelle Flowers Spears (Mrs. Marshall
T.), '14, of Durham, has become the first
woman member of the Duke University
Board of Trustees in the 110-year history
of Duke University and Trinity College.
She and C. B. Houck, '22, out-going presi-
dent of the General Alumni Association,
were named to the Board to fill the posts
of Dr. Robert L. Flowers, A.M. '04, chan-
cellor and former Duke president, and
James A. B°ll, '86, former vice-chairman
of the Board, respectively.
Mrs. Spears is the sister oi Dr. Flowers,
whom she succeeds. He will continue to
serve as honorary member and as trustee
emeritus. Mr. Bell has resigned, and will
also be trustee emeritus. The Board elect-
ed Norman Cocke, of Charlotte, N. C. to
succeed Mr. Bell to the vice-chairmanship.
A native of Taylorsville, N. C, Mrs.
Spears moved to Durham with her family
in 1904. She was graduated from Trinity
Park Preparatory School and from Trin-
ity College, magna cum laude. She is
married to Marshall T. Spears, Durham
attorney and former judge of the Superior'
Court of North Carolina. Their son,
Marshall T. Spears, Jr., was graduated
from Duke in 1947.
Having previously served as president
of the Duke University Alumnae Associa-
tion, Mrs. Spears is a member of the
executive committee of the Friends of the
Duke University Library. She is a trus-
tee of Wright's Refuge in Durham and
of Lake Junaluska Assemblv. In addi-
tion, she is a member of the Board of
Methodist Retirement Homes, Inc., Duke
Memorial Methodist Church, and president
of that Church's Woman's Society of
Christian Service. She was a member of
Kappa Delta sorority at Duke.
Mr. Houck, who served as president of
the Duke General Alumni Association dur-
ing 1950-51, is president of the Houck
Advertising Agency in Roanoke, Va. He
was born in Todd, N. C, and is married
to the former Margaret Moore McGuire
of Yanceyville, N. C.
The first member of the Duke One Hun-
dred Group, Mr. Houck's efforts during
the past year have contributed greatly
to the success of the Duke Development
Campaign. For a number of years, he
has been one of the top Duke alumni
leaders.
Mr. Houck/formerly taught in North
Carolina hign schools at Bailey and
Greensborb, and at High Point College.
He served on the editorial staff of the
Winston-Salem Sentinel. In 1928 he es-
tablished Houck and Company after serv-
ing as editor of the Southern Furniture
Journal for two years.
He is a member of the Board of Trus-
tees of Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond, Va. ; deacon of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Roanoke; member of
the Rotary and Commonwealth Clubs of
Roanoke and Richmond; and the Roa-
noke, Richmond, and Virginia State
Chambers of Commerce.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
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"In Quest of the Great Age"
FJ.ccerpts from the 'Commencement
Address
by Robert D. Calkins, Director
General Education Board
Half a century ago, shortly after his
election as President of Princeton Uni-
versity, Woodrow Wilson, speaking on
"The Ideals of America" at ceremonies
commemorating the one hundredth and
twenty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of
Trenton, concluded his remarks by re-
ferring to this country's coming day of
strength in the Twentieth Century :
"It is by the widening of vision," he
said, "that nations, as men, grow and are
made great. We need not fear the ex-
panding scene." . . .
Woodrow Wilson foresaw, as others
have foreseen, the coming shift of politi-
cal and economic power in the Twenti-
eth Century. But he could not foresee,
as one rarely can, the precise events by
which those shifts would be brought
about. . . .
Our day of strength has arrived, and
yet the vision with which we were ex-
pected to exercise that tremendous power
is so wanting or uncertain, that we now
th ; nk less of establishing the great age
of which Wilson spoke, than of avoiding
wholesale destruction of the things that
mark our civilization. . . .
Upon thinking people, such as you
in this audience, falls in your time the
major responsibility for turning help-
lessness into mastery, drift into purpose-
ful direction, and ideals into realities. In
a republic such as ours, where the people
govern, even if only by consent, thinking
people and universities, like this, which
develop the capacity for thought and vis-
ion, hold the only power we have to
steer our course in the surging torrent
of world events in which we now move.
Tou who will shortly take over the
direction of affairs in this country may
wish to pursue your careers and seek
your own quiet lives undisturbed, as men
have done before you; but the world of
your times is destined to allow you no
such retreat. Because of this nation's
power and influence, your behavior and
even your attitudes have become of vital
concern to distant peoples whom you
mav never see and never know. . . .
Perhaps the greatest difficulty we must
overcome in order to play the interna-
tional role to which we have fallen heir
is our want of historical and cultural
perspective for dealing with other
peoples. We are new at world politics,
Robert D. Calkins
and heretofore we have seen little need
for an understanding of remote people
beyond the orbit of our traditions. Xow
suddenly we find the whole world stirring
with ambitions, or being stirred by friend
or foe. Our neglect of education relating
to foreign cultures and world history has
left us bewildered and unable to under-
stand the forces at work in critical places
whose names and locations we searcely
know. . . .
One of the most immediate threats to
our conception of life is Russian impe-
rialism and communism. Of them we
know relatively little, yet with them we
must contend. But it is illusion to re-
gard communism and Russian imperial-
ism as the sole obstacles to peace and
harmony. . . .
Whether we seek allies for a balance
of power against totalitarian commu-
nism, or in the longer view seek friendly
relations in a world in which communist
imperialism has been contained or re-
moved, we must recognize our own weak-
ness in the eyes of others. We are a
wealthy nation with good intentions, but
we are not wholly trusted even by our
allies. They dislike much of our be-
havior, and too many of us hold the no-
Con, widely suspect beyond our borders,
that if only other nations would adopt
our institutions and ways — democracy,
free enterprise, materialistic objectives,
and neighborly good-will toward others —
concord and progress would be assured.
This to foreign countries is often uncon-
vincing or unpalatable in their customs.
Since the Great Discoveries of the fif-
teenth century, European supremacy, oc-
cidental civilization and Christianity have
been extended to the far corners of the
earth. For four hundred years we have
come to think of European strength and
culture as the only influence of conse-
quence in the world. We have forgotten
that prior to the Great Discoveries,
China, India and the Islam states wercs
and had been for years the dominant
powers in the world. ...
Whether or not the era of occidental
supremacy has passed, the era of in-?
creasing influence from non-Western
cultures is at hand. In grasping this sit-
uation we are at a disadvantage for we
know little of these cultures. As Toynbee
explains (Civilizations on Trial) the stir-
rings in non-Western societies are of our
own making. We have provided them
with Western ideas and education, and
they have incorporated these influences
and our history into theirs, thus broaden-
ing and transcending their own culture.
We, on the other hand, have retained our
parochial self-centered Western outlook,
that scarcely recognizes the existence of
any culture but our own. If we are to
deal with these peoples and the forces
around us, and that we must, we have no
choice but to acquire an understanding
of the culture and behavior of those who
lie outside the Western tradition. . . .
Our task is very different from that of
previous world powers. Heretofore, the
great powers have had large sprawling
empires reaching over several continents.
In their outlying regions they have had a
direct economic and political stake and
the obligation to rule. The British, the
Dutch, the French and the Germans pre-
pared themselves for the world politics of
their time and acquired something of a
cosmopolitan outlook. We, on the other
hand, seek no world empire; we have no
desire to rule other lands; we welcome
self-rule and independence. We seek to
wield no power over other peoples save
that of persuasive good-will and helpful-
ness. We seek to spread occidental ideas
— our brand of Western ideas — without
coercion, through lands where Western
influence has been before, but at a time
when those lands are throwing off the
harness of occidental rule. . . .
As a people we possess more than a
vast scientific knowledge and industrial
capacity, more than material comfort and
devotion to ideals of freedom. We place
no limit upon our capacity to discovei
further knowledge of the physical uni-
verse and put it to man's use. We have
only recently come to suspect that the
materialism and physical comfort foi
which we are distinguished is not the
whole of a great life, nor the whole of a
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
great civilization. When we turn our
attention and energies resolutely to dis-
cover man's experience and possibilities
for rounding out great lives and great
cultures, we may find the missing route
to the great age, not only for themselves,
but for peoples who desire to share its
blessings everywhere. . . .
Our universities have long approached
the physical world in search of universal
uniformities, but in the social and cul-
tural fields they have ventured little be-
yond our Western heritage. Unless I mis-
read the signs, we are now entering a
period when, from practical necessity,
we shall lift our eyes and examine civili-
zations that up to now we have ignored.
From a study of their history, their in-
stitutions, their religions, their aspira-
tions and their conduct, we shall gain
understanding and acquire vision for the
mission that falls to us in our day of
strength. From that study of non- West-
ern cultures we may enrich our own
heritage and carry men forward not only
to a better life, but to a better compre-
hension of a universe, the penetration of
whose mysteries is man's unending cjuest.
"What Do You Make of Life?"
A digest of the Baccalaureate Sermon
by The Reverend Paul Eh r man Scherer,
» Professor of Homiletics
Union Theological Seminary
Ask the next person you meet that
question, and the chances are he will
answer you quite flatly, Nothing. Noth-
ing at all. It's a hopeless jumble. Things
just go round and round, toward the
hole in the sink. You fight a war to
make the world safe for democracy, and
there's less democracy when you finish
than there was when you began. Then
you fight another war for the four
freedoms; and the outcome? More be-
devilment than ever with want and fear;
and every man's religion is free only to
accommodate itself to his side of the iron
curtain, or to bow itself off the stage en-
tirely, with its hat under its arm, into
the comforts of the Gospel. I can make
nothing of life, says the man on the
street.
But put the question to him a bit dif-
ferently. Ask him this time, What do
you make of life? That undercuts the
puzzle. If he answers now, I can make
nothing of it, he's talking w T orse than
nonsense; he's taken to lying. A good
deal can be made of it. A good deal has
been made of it.
Here you are, on the threshold of a
world that isn't exactly holding out its
arms to you in eager welcome. It's a
world with a frowning face behind its
fitful smile, threatening every other year
or two to fall apart half a dozen ways in-
to ruin. The issue is going to depend in
far greater measure than you imagine on
how your generation regards this Chris-
tian faith to which you have fallen heir.
It is intended to be essentially creative.
It is here to make a difference, both in-
side and out. Not to repair a breach in
the walls. Not to shore up the founda-
The Rev. Paul Ehrman Scherer
tions. Not to patch the roof where the
rain comes in. To shape order out of
chaos. To stand against some darkness
or some void and watch the light come.
To have a go at shaping where you are
some little corner of God's kingdom, as
a potter shapes a vase. To chisel out of
the crude granite of the world "carved
angels, eager-eyed, with hair blown back,
and wings put cross-wise on their
breasts," "choir over choir, face to face
uplifted."
There is no earthly objection to any-
body's .using Christianity as a refuge.
Never offer any apologies for it on that
score. There are times when we need
shelter : shelter from the mind's fear and
the heart's anguish, from sheer futility
and despair. But God help us if we go
on thinking that's enough ! Nobody can
stand still and be safe by fighting off at-
tack. A nation can't, an army can't, and
a soul can't. Sometimes we talk about
saving Protestantism. On the global scale
we are busy saving our American enter-
prise against the inroads of Communism.
And do you know what it all means?
It means that both of them — Protestant-
ism and the American ideal — are in a bad
way! The ultimate secret of physical
health doesn't lie in brushing your teeth
and gargling and spraying yourself with
germicides.
Why is it so hard to learn as much
about these things in our Western cul-
ture with which we have fallen so deeply
in love? Unless we can manage somehow
to get them out from under the defenses
we have been trying to build around
them, and set them on their feet in the
world's face, conquering and to conquer,
they're done!
Paul was sure that the Christian faith
was essentially creative, that it was here
to make a difference. And he was sure
of this too : that with such an incom-
parably great thing as the grace of God
involved in it, nobody could ever be satis-
fied to set it meagre tasks or reap from
it meagre harvests. That was unthink-
able. To have the whole of God in your
hands — that's what he says — to no point
and no effect, would be to harness the
tides and turn not even a flutter-mill !
That would be to garner the driving
energies of all Creation, and use them for
no purpose! He wasn't afraid that God
would waste anything : he was afraid that
people would waste God! Mavbe you can
set that God ?s he did — and it was no
fool's errand ! — against the world you
have on your books. God will not tell us
how to whip the Russians. He had no
word for Paul about how to whip Rome.
He has a word about human life, and He
has a word about Himself : I the Lord
thy God have spoken it. It shall come to
pass.
But that word isn't for anybody who
keeps feeling his spiritual pulse, or look-
ing on from the side-lines to see how the
game is going now. It isn't for anybody
who hoards the faith he has, and thinks
that Christianity is his own private road
to peace of mind. It's for those who will
confront the world again with God's
creative challenge : men and women, as
Visser t' Hooft has put it, who will raise
the simple, direct, concrete, primeval hu-
man issues, about our racial inequalities,
our moral indifference to the rights of
others, our callous exploitation of every-
thing' in the heaven above and in the
earth beneath. It's for those who with-
out fear of result or hope of reward will
take their place on the side of the poor
and the needy and the disinherited : not
to solve the sterile problems of living, but
to set once more for men the problem of
life.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
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One Million Dollars Left to Go
National Council Surveys a Year of Great Achievement and Plans New Moves
Duke University's drive toward an im-
mediate $8,650,000 Development Program
goal during 1950-51 has produced
$7,500,000.
This was announced for the first time,
officially, by Benjamin F. Few, '15, A.M.
'16, at the Commencement meeting of
the National Council on Saturday. June
2, the very day that the $7,500,000 figure
was reached.
The national chairman emphasized, in
his announcement, the double importance
of the approximately $1,000,000 still
needed to reach the $S,650,000 objective.
This sum must be raised as part of the
$3,000,000 still required to match gifts
offered by the General Education Board
and an anonymous donor on a contingent
basis.
Edwin L. Jones, '12, of Charlotte, N.
C, presiding at the meeting, in the ab-
sence of Chairman Kenneth II. Brim, '20,
reminded Council members that the total
announced included these contingent
funds, and that all of the money cannot
be counted as actually in hand until the
last dollar of the matching fund is
pledged.
The Council then unanimously carried
a motion by Mr. Few that the campaign
be extended to December 31, 1951, and
that alumni who have volunteered to
serve as campaign workers be requested
to dedicate their efforts to raising the
amount still necessary to the goal within
the next six months.
Alonzo C. Edwards, '25, new National Council Chairman, inspects the Devel
opruent Campaign display in the Union lobby during Commencement.
"This next $1,000,000," Mr. Few com-
mented, "should be within easy reach. I
would remind you that only a small per-
centage of our fellow-alumni have thus
far pledged to give to this program. This
is true primarily because only a small
percentage has as yet been asked to give.
Among those who have been asked, the
response has been great.
"In the sort of an intensified campaign
necessary to raise the kind of mone?
Duke must have, it has been impossible
to reach into every segment of the alumni
body within the time that has elapsed
Nor has there been available a staff largi
enough to push this thing everywhere i
should be pushed.
"TVe have, therefore, an opportunity
to reach our goal by extending our plei
to all of our alumni. If we can get thi
participation that the Loyalty Fund hai
enjoyed in past years, with an averagi
gift equal to that of this past year*!
Development Campaign, then success is J
foregone conclusion."
The Source Is Important
During the discussion of Mr. FeVi
motion to extend the campaign until th<
Discussing the Development Cam
paign of the past year, and obviouslj
pleased with what has been accom-
plished, are (left to right) President
Edens; Benjamin F. Few, '15. thf
campaign's national chairman: Ales
H. Sands. Jr., of the Duke Endow-
ment and a University trustee, and]
Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
Senator "Willis Smith. The four wera
photographed in informal conference]
just prior to the National Coimcilj
luncheon.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
end of the current calendar year, Leo S.
Brady, '23, of New York City com-
mented :
"Out of the more than 25,000 prospects
the amount subscribed to date has been
from about 4,000 alumni and friends.
We need to raise the money, but equally
important is the source of that money.
Along with our attempts to raise the
money should go the attempt to visit
personally every single alumnus and to
obtain some subscription, no matter how
small. Much of the lack of response is
jdue to the fact that our alumni are not
in the habit of giving. I have a notion
that we ought to start getting that habit."
Members of the Council were wel-
comed by President Edens at the opening
of their Commencement meeting. The
President expressed to each of them his
own and the University's deep apprecia-
tion for the part that they had played,
by giving of their time and their means,
in the great success of the 1950-51 cam-
paign.
Dr. Edens revealed to alumni at the
'General Alumni Association dinner Sat-
urday night the news of the Development
Campaign's outstanding success. On
Monday he announced it to the public
at graduation exercises and added that
[the proposed Administration and Class-
iroom Building would soon begin to rise
on West Campus.
Each member of the National Council
was given a full and detailed report of
|the campaign, with results by regions,
classes, and schools. The report for the
Current fiscal year will not be complete
pntil June 30. Later some of the details
bf the results of the campaign will be
published for all alumni to examine.
Edwards Is New Chairman
Alonzo C. Edwards, '25, of Hooker-
Iton, N. C, was unanimously elected
bhairman of the National Council for
1951-52. Mr. Edwards is one of North
Carolina's leading farmers and has been
prominent in State and national farm or-
ganizations for a number of years. Vig-
)rous and active and an able leader, he
s expected to direct the efforts of the
National Council to a successful culmina-
ion of the current campaign for urgently
leeded funds.
Mr. Edwards succeeds Kenneth M.
irim, '20, of Greensboro, N. C, who was
inable to attend the Commencement
neeting of the Council because of busi-
less of an emergency nature. Mr. Brim,
vho has been outstanding in University
ictivities during the year, has drawn
ligh praise from President Edens and
rom fellow-Council members for his
ecomplishments.
Elected vice-chairman of the National
Council was Dr. H. K. Terry, '36, of
Miami, Fla. Dr. Terry received the
D.M.D. from Harvard in 1940.
Named to the executive committee were
Edwin L. Jones, Jr., B.S.C.E. '48;
Charles S. Clegg, '26; and B. Everett
Jordan, '18. Elected representatives-at-
large to the Council were Mr. Jones;
Charles S. Rhyne, '34; Mr. Jordan; Leon
S. Ivey, '26; and Estelle Flowers Spears
(Mrs. Marshall T.), '14.
The slate of officers was presented by
Richard E. Thigpen, '22, on behalf of
the Executive Committee.
After Four Years
After four full years of activity, the
Duke University National Council, or-
ganized in 1947, can look back upon a
brief but significant history of contribu-
tions to Duke.
Since its organization it has brought
into a cohesive and effectively operating
unit representatives of the University's
somewhat heterogeneous alumni groups.
It has succeeded in coordinating the ac-
tivities of alumni organizations and in
bringing them and the University into a
profitable and productive partnership.
Its major accomplishment has been the
organization of the Loyalty Fund,
through which Duke has received, and
will continue to receive, annual financial
support, and the conduct of the Develop-
ment Campaign to provide urgently
needed money for capital expenditures.
The National Council enters its fifth
year with a record of significant accom-
plishments behind it and prospects for
even greater achievement ahead.
Gordon Gray, U. N. C. president ; Julian Boyd, Princeton librarian,
Liston Pope, Yale Divinity School dean.
and
Three Receive Honorary Degrees
Julian Parks Boyd, '25, A.M. '26, li-
brarian of Princeton University, his-
torian, editor, and administrator, was
awarded the Litt. D. degree at Com-
mencement. A tireless collector and ac-
curate interpreter of historical materials,
Mr. Boyd is the editor of a 50-volume
collection of Jefferson's papers. Like
Jefferson, he is an aristocrat in intellect
and a democrat in his desire to put the
power of truth and the privilege of
inquiry at the free disposal of all men.
Gordon Gray, president of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, received the
LL.D. degree. He is also a lawyer, legis-
lator and an editor. Having entered the
Army of the United States as a private,
he rapidly advanced in the service, and
then became Secretary of the Army. A
far-sighted statesman, he has merited
the commendation of his country for,
among many other distinguished services,
a significant report on international eco-
nomic of matters of far-reaching impor-
tance, President Gray is an effective
leader of democratic higher education at
one of the nation's oldest and foremost
state universities.
Liston Corlando Pope, '29, B.D. '32,
who was presented the D.D. degree, is
the first son of the South to become Dean
of the Divinity School of Yale Univer-
sity. A native North Carolinian, a bril-
liant seholor, author, and lecturer in
social ethics, he is an unexcelled pioneer
in the professional education of an ecu-
menical ministry for a world in grave
moral crisis.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
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Alumni Association Holds Annual Meeting
Bill Werber, '30, Is Elected President for 1951-52
William M. Werber, '30, of Washing-
ton, D. C, was elected president of the
General Alumni Association at its an-
nual dinner meeting in the West Campus
Union on Saturday evening, June 2. He
succeeds C. B. Houck, '22, of Roanoke,
Va.
An insurance counselor in Washington,
Mr. Werber was one of the all-time
greats of Duke baseball. He was a star
shortstop on the team from 1928 through
1930, and later became a major league
player. This spring, his son, Bill, Jr.,
a sophomore, was one of Duke's leading
diamond stars. He was chosen 1951's
most valuable player in the Big Four.
Other officers elected for the coming
year were three vice-presidents : Rich-
ard E. Thigpen, '22, Charlotte, X. C;
Fred Folger, '23, Mount Airy, X. C; and
Kenneth Brim, '20, Greensboro, X. C.
Approximately 500 alumni filled two
West Campus dining halls for the dinner
meeting. Classes holding reunions had
the largest representations, but practi-
cally every class for the past 60 years
sent delegates.
Representatives of the senior classes
and their parents were guests of the
Association for the occasion. The class
of 1951 was presented to President Houck
for acceptance into the alumni association
by Charles A. Dukes, director of Alumni
Affairs.
Presiding over the meeting was out-
going president, Mr. Houck. President
Hollis Edens welcomed the alumni, and
he added words of high praise for the
success of the Development Campaign
that was due to the enthusiasm and vig-
orous activity of alumni. He made an ad-
vance announcement that the fund total
had reached $7,500,000.
The Program
The triple quartet from the Duke
Men's Glee Club, led by J. Foster Barnes,
director of music, sang three numbers for
the entertainment of the alumni. This
completes the 24th, season of music lead-
ership on the Duke campus by Mr. and
Mrs. Barnes.
Coma Cole Willard (Mrs. Walter B.),
'22, of Raleigh, president of the Alumnae
Association, brought greetings to the as-
semblage from the alumnae, and wel-
comed the incoming senior class.
Edward L. Cannon, '26, also of Ra-
leigh, president of the class of 1926,
which this year celebrated its 25th anni-
versary, was recognized. He spoke to
the alumni about the Silver Anniversary
class and enumerated some interesting
statistics about the various professions
and activities of its members.
Several alumni were especially recog-
nized at the dinner. Xellie Edwards
Cranford (Mrs. W. I.), Durham; Frank
Armfield, Oxford; and the Reverend M.
T. Plyler, Durham; all members of the
class of '92, shared the honor of repre-
senting the oldest class with members at-
tending. Thomas Smart, '41, LL.B. '47,
and Rae Elizabeth Rogers Smart (Mrs.
T.), '41, from Denver, Colo., were the
alumni coming from the longest distance.
Scene from "Belles and Ballots," Hoof
Horn Commencement show.
William M. Werber, '30
Winners of awards in the Third Annual
Alumni Golf Tournament were also an-
nounced.
In addition to the speakers, the Rever-
end and Mrs. Paul Erhman Seherer were
guests seated at the head table. Dr.
Seherer, professor of homiletics at Union
Theological Seminary in Xew York, de-
livered the Baccalaureate Sermon in thffl
Duke University Chapel the following!
morning. Other guests at the head table|
were Mrs. A. Hollis Edens; Mrs. C. B.
Houck; Mrs. Charles A. Dukes; Anna-
belle Lambeth Jones (Mrs. Edwin L.)J
'12; Mr. Walter B. Willard; Mrs. W. ffJ
Wannamaker; and Dr. Wannamaker,
A.M. '01.
The new slate of officers selected by
the nominating committee was proposed
by Edwin L. Jones, '12, University trus-
tee. Nominations were seconded, and the
committee's candidates were elected unan-
imously.
Following the dinner and the combined
entertainment program and business
meeting, alumni adjourned to Page Audi-
torium to see the student musical produc-
tion, Belles and Ballots. Some 1,000
alumni and townspeople attended the
performance, which was the first Hoof
'n' Horn show to be presented at Com-
mencement. The show met with the en-
thusiastic approval of an audience that
has requested more entertainment by stu-
dent groups at future alumni sessions.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
Professor Hargitt Retires
Dr. George T. Hargitt, 70, professor
of zoology at Duke for the past 21 years
and director of graduate studies in his
department from 1930 to 1949, retired
from active teaching at the end of the
past academic year.
About 60 colleagues and former stu-
dents honored Dr. Hargitt at a dinner
in the spring. Leather-bound books of
letters from former students and reprints
of scientific writings done by students
under his instruction were presented to
Dr. Hargitt by Dr. Henry S. Roberts,
Jr., assistant professor of zoology. The
wives of staff members gave him a silver
bowl. Dr. C. G. Bookhout, assistant pro-
fessor of zoology, was toastmaster, and a
warm tribute was paid by Dr. I. E. Gray,
department chairman.
A native of Fairfield, Ind., Dr. Hargitt
received the A.B. degree from Syracuse
University in 1902, the A.M. degree from
the University of Nebraska in 1903, and
the Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1909.
Syracuse University awarded him the
Sc.D. degree in 1939. He came to Duke
in 1930 from the Wistar Institute in
Philadelphia, Pa.
Golf Tournament Attracts
Record Number of Entries
A record field of 61 entries, represent-
ing 20 classes from 1911 to the present
graduating class, distinguished the third
annual Duke golf tournament played
over the Commencement week end at the
Hope Valley links.
John Enander, '51, of Plainfleld, N. J.,
took top honors with a low gross score
of 73 for the 18-hole course, and also
turned in the low net score for his class
group. E. R. (Skip) Cobb, '31, of Dur-
ham, made the tournament's lowest net
score of 65. Wallace E. Seeman, '41,
Durham, led the 10th -year reunion class
with a net score of 67. Lillie Clements
Sloan (Mrs. Perry, Jr.), '40, shot a 72
to take low net score for alumnae.
The tourney, which has attracted more
participants with each succeeding year, is
sponsored annually by the tenth year re-
union class. It is open to alumni and
alumnae, wives and husbands, and mem-
bers of the faculty, staff and board of
trustees. This year's sponsoring class
contributed 11 men to the field of entries.
Classes represented, in addition to those
holding reunions this vear, were '19, '21,
'22, '23, '29, '31, '34, '39, '40, '45, '47,
'50, and '51.
This year's tournament, played on a
dry course under a blazing sun, saw the
two-year champion Bill Cozart, of Dur-
Checking in at the starter's table at Hope Valley are (left to right) Arthur
Carver, '19, Fred Lloyd, '34, Oscar Barker, '23, Ned May, '34, and Ken
Podger, '37. At table are Mike Souchak, '51, Dan Hill, '39 (hidden from
camera), and Floyd S. Bennett, '12.
Increasing the ball's visibility at the wash stand are (left to right) John
Enander, '51, Bill Holifield, '51, Fred Crawford, '34, and Tom Rogers, '35.
ham, dethroned by John Enander. Mrs.
Perry Sloan, Jr., winner in the women's
group, retained the distinction she won
last year. Dr. W. L. Thomas of Duke
Hospital played a gross 75-net 66 to
lead the faculty, staff and trustees group,
succeeding A. H. Sands, Jr., of New
York, last year's winner.
Trophies were awarded to the winners
at the annual alumni dinner on Saturday
night. The annual trophy cup went to
the class of '41 for having the largest
number of entries. Other prizes were
china dinner plates decorated with Uni-
versity scenes, drinking glasses with the
University insignia, and golf balls.
General arrangements for the tourna-
ment were in the hands of Floyd Ben-
nett, '12. Wesley McAfee, '41, and Bob
Pike, '41, both of Durham, served as co-
chairmen of the event. Dan Hill, Jr., '39,
assistant athletic director, whose class
sponsored the first tourney three years
ago, functioned as manager and starter.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
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Association Meetings
New York City
Fred "Doc" Walker, '47, secretary of
the Duke Alumni Association of New
York, has announced that his group
scheduled an open house to welcome to
New York the Graduating Class of 1951.
It took place in The Cafe of the Am-
bassador Hotel on Wednesday, June 13,
from 5 :30 to 9 :00 P.M.
The Duke Lounge in the Williams Club
Library, 24 E. 39th St., is open Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 5:00 to 7:00
P.M.
Any alumni who are interested in at-
tending the meeting's and social affairs of
the New York Association, are urged to
write F. L. (Doc) Walker, secretary of
the Duke Alumni of New York, c/o John
Swift Company, Inc., 455 West 30th
Street, New York 1, N. Y., or call LAck-
awanna 4-1144. The Association will be
delighted to have more alumni join their
group and participate in their good
times.
Jacksonville, Fla.
The Duke Alumni Club of Jacksonville
met at Timuquana Country Club on Fri-
day, May 25. Good food, swimming and
dancing highlighted the meeting. A
showing of the film "A Year at Duke"
was also a feature of the evening.
The dinner meeting was the second
gathering of Jacksonville alumni in the
past few months. On Monday, March
27, the club held a reception and dance,
honoring the Duke Glee Club and its
choral director, J. Foster Barnes. The
affair was held following the Glee Club
concert in Robert E. Lee High School.
The Jacksonville group plans another
meeting and an election of officers in
November.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Duke Alumni Association of Phil-
adelphia and vicinity continued its high
peak of activity with a spring partv on
May 11.
Highlights of the entertainment were
a clever magician and a talented group of
teen-age dancers who performed Scottish
and American folk dances. Plans were
formulated for a fall theater party and
summer executive committee meetings.
In addition to alumni a number of
prominent guests attended, including :
Dr. Edward Snow, governor of the Penn-
sylvania District of the Lions Interna-
tional; Ira Thomas, senior scout for the
Philadelphia Athletics baseball team; Al
Wistert, captain of the Philadelphia
Eagles and former All-American from
the University of Michigan; Joseph
Allessandions, Assistant Public Defender
of Philadelphia; Annette Coar Gessler,
Philadelphia Amateur Women's Golf
Champion; Ted Goesuch of the Police
Athletic League; and Hal Moore, a local
"disc jockey."
Dallas, Texas
Dallas alumni have recently formed a
permanent Duke alumni organization, to
be known as the Duke University Club.
The meeting, attended by 20 alumni, was
held on April 13, at Duntons' Cafeteria
in Lakewood, a residential section of
Dallas.
William C. Wettstein, '47, a native of
Scarsdale, N. Y., and now sales manager
for Burlington Mills in Dallas, addressed
the group about the needs of the Univer-
sity and the importance of the Develop-
ment Campaign.
Before the meeting closed, Mr. Wett-
stein was elected president and Jayne
Ellen Becker Dale (Mrs. John L.), '47,
was elected secretary of the club.
Mecklenburg County
Coach Bill Murray, mentor of Duke's
new Split "T," was the principal speaker
at a dinner meeting held by the Mecklen-
burg County alumni on Tuesday, May 22.
Other activities of Mecklenburg Coun-
ty alumni include monthly luncheon meet-
ings. At the first meeting on Thursday,
April 26, approximately 20 alumni gath-
ered informally at Thacker's Restaurant
in Charlotte. Plans for future meetings
were made and another gathering was
scheduled for the first Thursday in May.
Subsequent meetings will be held on the
first Thursday of each following month
if the plan meets with general approval.
Benjamin S. Horack, '39, LL.B. '41,
1950 president of the association, stated
that it is the present intention that these
meetings be primarily for fellowship,
offering an opportunity to all the alumni,
especially up-town business men, to meet
and eat together once a month.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
A spaghetti dinner at Joe & Lee's Spa-
ghetti Palace, St. Petersburg, Fla., fea-
tured the first meeting of the year of the
Pinellas County Chapter of the Duke
Alumni Association.
A short business session followed the
dinner and a generous Chapter donation
was made to the Development Campaign.
Newly elected officers were : Robert Al-
len, Jr., '47, president; Betsy Rankin
Sinden (Mrs. Richard), '45, vice-presi-
dent; and Nancy Spangler Moore (Mrs.
Thomas J.), '44, secretary-treasurer.
Frequent meetings and other activities
were planned for the near future.
Alumni who attended the meeting in-
cluded : Dorothy Lambdin Beekman
(Mrs. A. Woods'), '41; D wight McCor-
miek, '48; Thomas J. Moore, M. D. '45;
Roderick Webb, M.D. '39 ; Charles Done-
gan, M.D. '44; Richard Sinden, M.D3
'43 ; James I. Edwards, '38 ; Martha Rudy
Wallace (Mrs. John Powell), '48; Robert
Thompson, M.D. '47; John H. Hurlburt,
'39; Charles Landreth, '39; Porter Gar?
land, '38; Richard Sample, '30; Dorothy
Eaton Sample (Mrs. Richard), '33; John
Sharpless, '34; Margaret Edwards
Sharpless (Mrs. John), '34; Ruth
Schiller White (Mrs. Robert), '35; and
Lucia K. Berry, M.A. '47.
Cincinnati, Ohio
The first meeting of the Cincinnati
Alumni Association was held on Tues-
day, May 8. Approximately 40 persons
attended, including spouses and friends
of the alumni. Many others, while unable
to attend, expressed interest and enthusi-
asm in the plans of the new organization.
At a business session A. R. Thomas,
'43, was elected president. Mary Bank-
hardt Knaebel (Mrs. Irvin G., Jr.), '44,
was elected vice-president, and Kathleen
Watkins Dale (Mrs. Francis L.), '43,
secretary-treasurer. Other alumni whoj
attended the business meeting were : Miri-
am Silva McCarthy (Mrs. Jack), '42;
Eleanor Breth Brust (Mrs. Albert A.),
'42; Albert A. Brust, '41; Edna Tefft,
'50; Elizabeth S. Bramham (Mrs. Win-
frey P.), '28; Alice Booe Bimel (Mrs.
Carl M.), '43; Charlotte Newlan Deu-
pree (Mrs. William J., Jr.), '40; Wil-(
liam J. Deupree, Jr., '38; Emmet Howe,
'42; and Morrow Wright, '44.
Junaluska Duke Day
August 11 will be Duke Day at
Lake Junaluska.
Speaker for the 1951 occasion for
Duke's alumni and friends in western
North Carolina will be Dean James
Cannon, '14, of the Divinity School.
His address will begin at 8 :00 p.m.
in the Auditorium.
The program has not yet been com-
pleted, but as soon as all arrangements
have been made, Duke's former stu-
dents in the area will receive notices by
mail.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
Dean and Mrs. McClain
Entertain Law Alumni
More than 100 people attended the first
annual meeting of the Duke University
Law School Alumni Association held on
the campus June 1 during reunion and
Commencement week end.
The alumni were entertained at a re-
ception at the home of Dean and Mrs.
Joseph D. McClain, Jr., on Myrtle Drive
late Friday afternoon.
Members of this year's graduating class
were guests of the Association at a dinner
held in the Union Ballroom that evening
and were inducted into the organization.
Judge Allen Gwyn, '18, presided at the
meeting. Principal speaker was Dean
McClain of the Duke Law School. He
spoke on the aspects of legal education
and discussed plans for the law school
and the relation of alumni to the school.
Jefferson D. Johnson, Jr., '22, Associate
Justice of the North Carolina State Su-
preme Court, presented five seniors with
memberships in the Order of the Coif,
honorary law fraternity. The new mem-
bers, who were elected to the organization
on the basis of their high scholastic stand-
ing in the class, were Kermit Odel
Hiaasen, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ; Arnold B.
McKinnon, Lumberton, N. C. ; William
B. W. Howe, Hendersonville, N. C; J.
Carlton Fleming, Creedmoor, N. C. ; and
Roy G. Simmons, Manahawkin, N. J.
The prize awarded annually by Senator
Willis Smith, '10, to the student having
the highest scholastic average over a
three-year period was presented to Kermit
Odel Hiaasen.
Officers of the Law Alumni Association,
elected to serve until June of 1952, were :
Joseph 0. Tally, Jr., '40, LL.B. '42,
Fayetteville, N. C, president ; L. K. Mar-
tin, '17, Winston-Salem, N. C, vice-presi-
dent; and E. C. Bryson, '34, Duke Law
School, secretary-treasurer.
Divinity School Alumni
Meet During Convocation
During the second annual, four-day,
interdenominational Christian Convoca-
tion and Pastors' School held on the
Duke Campus, a luncheon meeting was
held by alumni of the Divinity School.
More . than 125 alumni attended the
luncheon.
Paul N. Garber, Bishop of the Method-
ist Church in the Richmond, Va., and
Geneva, Switzerland, areas, was the prin-
cipal speaker for the occasion, which was
held in the West Campus Union Ballroom
on June 6.
The following Divinity School alumni
officers were elected at the business meet-
ing: Walter C. Ball, '25, A.M. '26, B.D.
'27, Fayetteville, N. C, president; Earl
H. Brendal, B.D. '36, Salisbury, . N. C,
vice-president ; Rowland S. Purdette,
B.D. '47, Boonville, N. C, secretary; and
W. D. Caviness, B.D. '43, Goldsboro, N.
C, treasurer.
Many of the Divinity School alumni
attending the Convocation arrived on the
Duke Campus in time to take part in
regular class reunions and Commencement
activities arranged for all alumni the
week end before the Convocation.
Nursing Alumnae Entertain
Graduating Seniors
The graduating class in the Duke
School of Nursing was entertained on
May 25 by the Duke University Nursing
Alumnae Association. Over 75 members
and guests attended. Bernice Cobb, R.N.,
B.S.N. '44, retiring president, presided.
Officers were elected to serve for 1951-
52 at the meeting. They were Joyce Whit-
field Dortch (Mrs. Hugh), R.N. '46, presi-
dent; Rebecca L. Alderman, R.N. '48,
first vice-president ; Jean Mills Berry,
R.N. '47, second vice-president; Bernice
Cobb, R.N., B.S.N. '44, secretary; Doro-
thy Mae Wilkinson, R.N. '36, corespond-
ing secretary; Gretchen Johnson Cheek
(Mrs. Clyde'E.), R.N. '34, treasurer; and
three directors, Mildred Crawley, R.N.,
B.S.N. '44; Dorothy C. Luther, R.N. '48;
and Hazel McCoy Ferguson (Mrs. Jose-
phus D.), R.N. '44.
Awards were presented to several
seniors for their outstanding work. Miss
Mildred Sherwood presented the Bagby
award in behalf of the Duke Hospital
Pediatrics Department to Ethel Aileen
Ledford for her work in pediatrics. Two
Florence Nightingale plaques were pre-
sented by Dorothy Luther, '48, in behalf
of the Alumnae Association to Martha
B. Hughes and Jane Smith for outstand-
ing leadership in nursing skills.
Honorary members who were present
at the meeting were Dr. Florence Wilson,
dean, Duke Nursing School, Helen Ab-
bott, Mildred Sherwood, Marian Batehe-
lor, and Elsie Moss.
Out of town alumnae attending the
meeting were Captains Louise Dobbins,
R.N. '34, and Mary Williams, R.N. '36,
of Fort Bragg; Harriett Sawyer, R.N. '45,
Clinton, N. C. ; and Charlotte Richardson
Adamo (Mrs. Henry), R.N., B.S.N. '44,
Staten Island, N. Y.
Dr. William H. Cartwright
Education Department
Chairman Named
The Duke University Department of
Education has secured as its new chair-
man Dr. William H. Cartwright, 36-
year-old education specialist who for the
last five years has been on the faculty of
the Harvard-Boston University extension
division.
Dr. Cartwright succeeds Dr. W. A.
Brownell, who resigned in 1949. In the
interim Dr. Marcus Proctor and Dr. John
W. Carr, professors of education, have
served successively as acting chairmen.
The new department head formerly
taught at Macalester College in St. Paul,
Minn., and at the Universities of Minne-
sota and California. Before entering the
college teaching field he taught in Minne-
sota secondary schools for eight years.
He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from the University of Minne-
sota.
In addition to being widely recognized
for his work as curriculum consultant,
Dr. Cartwright is a historian of note.
Dr. Cartwright, a prolific writer, has
published extensively in the fields of
history and education. His most recent
work, "The Teaching of History in the
United States," written in collaboration
with Professor Arthur C. Bining of the
University of Pennsylvania, was published
last year by the Commission on History
of the Pan American Institute of Geog-
raphy and History.
He and Mrs. Cartwright, also an honor
graduate of Minnesota, have three chil-
dren, John, 16; Mary, 11; and Ann, 8.
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Notes from the Reunion Classes
The annual meeting of the Half Cen-
tury Club took place at 12:30 p.m. on
Sunday, June 3, in the West Campus
Union. The members present were guests
of the University at luncheon, which was
followed by a business session, with H.
B. Craven, '96, president, presiding.
Other officers for the year 1950-51 were:
first vice-president, E. Bruce Etheridge,
'99 ; second vice-president, Annie Pe-
gram, '96; secretary, B. W. Kogers, '96.
Following the reading of the minutes
of the previous meeting by J. P. Breed-
love, '98, who was acting as secretary in
the absence of B. W. Rogers, '96, Presi-
dent Craven welcomed those present and
delivered to them expressions of regret
which he had received from members un-
able to attend. He also read the names
of those who had passed away since the
meeting of the Club in June, 1950.
A nominating committee composed of
J. P. Gibbons, '98, N. C. Newbold, '98,
and J. P. Breedlove, presented the fol-
lowing slate of officers for the coming
year : president, Ottis Green, '97 ; first
vice-president, Miss Mamie Jenkins, '96;
second vice-president, M. T. Plyler, '92 ;
secretary, J. P. Breedlove, '98 ; repre-
sentative on the Alumnae Council, Miss
Annie Pegram, '96; and representative on
the National Council, Stephen W. Ander-
son, '01. They were unanimously elected.
There were five members of the Class
of 1901, the Fifty Year Class, present
and they were introduced and welcomed
into the membership of the Half Cen-
tury Club.
Special guests, who were presented by
the president, brought greetings as fol-
lows : President Edens from the Univer-
sity; C. B. Houck, '22, president of the
General Alumni Association, from the
alumni; and C. A. Dukes, director of
Alumni Affairs, from the Alumni Office.
All expressed appreciation for the con-
tributions which the members of the Club
had made during the past year to the
University in general and particularly
to the Development Campaign. Mr.
Dukes said he would especially welcome
suggestions from time to time regarding
the program of the Alumni Office.
Following a few brief remarks by some
of the members, the meeting was ad-
journed.
Those attending were : Stephen W.
Anderson, '01, Wilson, N. C. ; J. A. Best,
'00, Fremont, N. C. ; J. P. Breedlove, '98,
and Mrs. Breedlove, '07, Durham; Mrs.
W. I. Cranford,'92, and her daughter, Mrs.
Will J. Clardy, '18, Durham; Harvey B.
Craven, '96, Eidgecrest, N. C; C. W.
Edwards, '94, and Mrs. Edwards, Dur-
ham; J. P. Gibbons, '98, Hamlet, N. C;
Ottis Green, '97, Asheville, N. C; Dr.
A. F. Hammond, '01, Pollocksville, N.
C; J. W. Hoyle, Sr.,- '98, and Mrs.
Hovle, '07, Durham; Miss Mamie E. Jen-
kins, '96, Raleigh, N. C; N. C. Newbold,
'98, Baleigh, N. C. ; Dr. D. D. Peele, '01,
Columbia, S. C; Miss Annie M. Pegram,
'96, Durham; M. T. Plyler, '92, and Mrs.
Plyler, Durham; Gilbert T. Eowe, '95,
Durham; James C. Watson, '01, Fairfield,
N. C; and Leon F. Williams, '01, and
Mrs. Williams, Ealeigh, N. C. -
J. P. Breedlove, acting secretary.
After a joint luncheon with the classes
of 1911 and 1912, the members of the
class of 1910 met with the following-
present :
Bev. J. J. Boone, Enfield, N. C; Ju-
lian C. Bundv, 2319 Pembroke Ave.,
Charlotte, N. C. ; Phillip J. Johnson, 430
Maple Ave., Moeksville, N. O; A. M.
Proctor, Durham, N. C; Sen. Willis
Smith, Washington, D. C; W. Sinclair
Stewart, 1500 Dilworth Road, Charlotte,
N. C; Romulus A. Whitaker, 1207 N.
Queens St., Kinston, N. C; Mrs. B. J.
Brogden, Durham, N. C; Mrs. W. C.
Chadwick, Box 567, New Bern, N. C;
Mrs. L. B. Jenkins, Box 667, Kinston,
N. C: Miss Matilda O. Michaels, Dur-
ham, N. C.
At the last reunion a committee had
been appointed to study the possibilities
of a class memorial gift to the Univer-
sity. That committee was composed of
A. M. Proctor, J. C. Bundy and Miss
Matilda Michaels. A. M. Proctor re-
ported for the committee that some in-
vestigation had been made but no action
taken. By unanimous vote the committee
was continued and instructed to study
the matter further and to report to the
members of the class by correspondence
whatever action they wished to recom-
mend.
The class agent, A. M. Proctor re-
ported on the work of the Development
Prog-ram and urged all the members to
renew their efforts to help make the class
come out with a creditable contribution
to the program. It was suggested in the
discussion that the class agent get out
a news letter about the progress of the
Program to the various members of the
class not present.
Phillip J. Johnson was elected his-
torian of the class and was instructed to
gather biographical data of the class
members and compile this and send it to
all the class members.
Upon recommendation of the nominat-
ing committee the following were elected
as class officers :
President, Phillip J. Johnson; vice-^
president, Julian C. Bundy; secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. Maude Hurley Chad-
wick; representative to the National
Council, A. M. Proctor; representative
to the Alumnae Council, Mrs. Mary
Tapp Jenkins.
This concluded the business and the
class adjourned.
A. M. Proctor, reporter.
The classes of 1910, 1911, and 1912
were back at Duke for a joint reunion
this Commencement of 1951. Of all re-
unions, this was the very best. We sorely
missed each class member who failed to
answer roll call, but those of us who did
not only had a wonderful time but
brought home many hajspy memories to
add to the numerous ones we already
have of our college contemporaries and
our beloved Alma Mater.
Following the reunion luncheon, which
had many high spots, the highest being
that we had with us five of our most be-
loved teachers of former days, the class
of 1911 held its class meeting. Sam
Angier presided in the absence of Paul
Kiker. Sam did a good job, and very
quickly the following officers were
elected: P. Frank (Hap) Hanes, Win-
ston-Salem, N. C, president; Sam J.
Angier, Durham, vice-president; Emma
Babbitt Whitesides (Mrs. Blount), Clin-^
ton, N. C, secretary-treasurer; Mary
Freeman Herring (Mrs. W. H), Ra-
leigh, N. C, representative to the Alum-
nae Council; J. B. Courtney, Winston-
Salem, N. C, representative to National
Council. In addition to the above named
officers, other members present were
Christine Mcintosh Page; Raymond
Bell; B. F. Hurley; James H. Warbui-
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ton ; Grace Cocherham ; Baxter Proctor,
and Lou Ola Tuttle Moser.
At four o'clock the three reunion
classes went to the home of Sol Brower
for a coffee hour. Mrs. Brower and Sol
were so charmingly hospitable that the
hour ran into two or more, and we still
lingered, enjoying the delicious coffee, the
good things to eat, and each other's
company.
Lor Ola Tuttle Moser (Mrs. 0. C).
I!
' At one o'clock on Sunday, June 3, a
most enjoyable joint reunion dinner for
the classes of '10, '11, and '12 was held in
a West Campus Union dining hall. P.
Frank (Hap) Hanes, '11, was master of
ceremonies, and presided in a delight-
fully informal manner. He recognized
our special guests for the reunion, Dr.
and Mrs. W. H. Wannamaker, Dr. and
Mrs. W. T. Laprade, Professor and Mrs.
R. X. Wilson, Professor and Mrs. A. M.
Webb, and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Markham.
In turn, in a humorous and happy fash-
ion, our former professors brought greet-
ings to their former students.
President Hollis Edens paid a short
visit to the reunion classes, and was in-
troduced. In his inimitable way he
brought gracious greetings from the Uni-
versity. Charles A. Dukes, director of
Alumni Affairs, and C. B. Houck, presi-
dent of the General Alumni Association
also attended.
Our toastmaster then called upon the
presidents of the three classes for greet-
ings or messages. Those responding were
Mrs. Mary Tapp Jenkins, '10; Sam J.
Angier, vice-president of '11; and Henry
A. McKinnon, '12.
''Hap" then presented the most dis-
tinguished member of the three classes,
United States Junior Senator Willis
Smith, '10, who had been chosen as din-
ner speaker for the occasion. In a pleas-
ing manner he recalled to mind incidents
of our college days, dwelling particu-
larly on the inspiration gained in Dr.
Minis' English courses, and sent us all in
happy reminiscence down memory lane.
Following the speech, A. S. (Sol)
Brower, '12, extended from himself and
his charming wife a cordial invitation to
an open house at their home in Forest
Hills.
Tt was indeed a pleasure to have pres-
ent at the reunion so many wives and
husbands of class members. Their pres-
ence added much to the enjoyableness of
the occasion.
To the Alumni Office, Miss Anne Gar-
rard and her able staff, and to the vari-
ous committees, the members of the
classes of '10, '11 and '12 are deeply
indebted for helping so wonderfully with
all the arrangements for the joint re-
union. We are grateful for the lovely
flowers, the excellent food, and for the
endless details so necessary to the suc-
cess of the reunion, which proved to be
the best attended and one of the most
delightful the classes have ever held.
At the close of the joint meeting, the
individual classes met separately for
short business meetings. At the meeting
of the class of '12, twenty-four members
were present. The meeting was called to
order by the president, Henry McKin-
non. The minutes of the class reunion of
1946 were read and approved.
Floyd S. Bennett, chairman of the
nominating committee, presented the fol-
lowing slate of officers : president, Polly
Heitman Ivey (Mrs. L. L.), Raleigh, N.
C. ; vice-president, A. S. (Sol) Brower,
Duke University, Durham; to continue as
permanent secretary, Mary Gorham Cobb
(Mrs. W. H.), 321 Green Street, Fayette-
ville X. C. ; Xational Council Representa-
tive, J. Allen Lee, Monroe, X. C. ; Alum-
nae Council Representative, Emma Me-
Cullen Covington (Mrs. J. X.), Rocking-
ham, X. C. The slate was unanimously
adopted.
Reports on absent members were called
for and letters of regret from some were
read. The secretary was asked to read
the names of the deceased members of the
class. It was with sorrow that we learned
there were 54 names on the list.
The "girls" of the class expressed their
appreciation to Leon Jones for the red
and white roses presented them on enter-
ing the dining hall. A small expense ac-
count attendant to the reunion was taken
care of by members of the class. A vote
of thanks was tendered "Sol" and Mrs.
Brower for the lovely courtesy extended
the three reunion classes, and the meet-
ing adjourned to the Browers for a happy
ending to the eighth reunion of the class
of 1912.
Mast Gorhaai Cobb (Mrs. W. H.),
secretary.
\7
A Friday night open house at Hope
Valley Country Club for members of the
ebsses of '35, '36, and '37 got the reunion
off to a good start. John Moorhead, '35,
and James L. Xewsom, '35, LL.B. '37,
both of Durham, were in charge. Quite
a number were present and enjoyed this
informal occasion.
Reuben Smith's Lake on Wake Forest
Road was the scene of a joint picnic at
one o'clock on Saturday, attended by mem-
bers of all three classes, their husbands,
wives, and children. A good time was had
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From the Fiftieth Year Class President
The following is a message from Ste-
phen W. Anderson, Wilson, N. C, presi-
dent of the Class of 1901, written for
the Golden Anniversary of his class:
I feel sure I speak for those of the
Class of 1901 fortunate enough to be
present in person, when I say we are
thankful after 50 years to be able to at-
tend the Half Century celebration. It is
with sadness we note the small attend-
ance. Some have passed on, whose pass-
ing we sincerely regret ; and I was deeply
touched by letters from some whose
health would not permit their being here.
They are with us in spirit, and we very
much regret their absence. It is our hope
that their afflictions are temporary, and
they will be spared for many years to
come.
We appreciate the privilege of being
here, and feel honored in being inducted
into the Half Century Club of Duke Uni-
versity.
Our Class was at Trinity College when
Mr. Washington Duke gave, as I recall
it, the first $1,000,000.00. There was
quite a celebration. This was followed by
gifts from other members of the Duke
family, all causes for celebrations, then
culminating in the great philanthropy of
Mr. Buchanan Duke which has made us
feel like celebrating ever since.
The high ideals which made Trinity
College a factor in North Carolina's
educational progress made a firm founda-
tion for Duke University to build on.
We are proud of our connection with
that institution. We have been intensely
interested and proud of the tremendous
accomplishment in building, equipping,
and staffing this great University which
has become respected on a Xational scale,
and we are even prouder of the fact that
our present administration is not "rest-
ing on its oars," but is making plans for
the future to keep abreast of the chang-
ing times. We wish more power to you.
We appreciate the consideration shown
our Class today, and feel sure you can
count on our continued loyalty through-
out the lives of each of us.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
\ Page 151 ]
Upper left: At the open house at Dean McClain's
for law alumni were, left to right, J. O. Talley,
Jr., '40, LL.B. '42, chairman of placement com-
mittee ; Judge Jefferson D. Johnson, '22 ; Dean
McClain ; Judge A. H. Gwyn, '18, president of law
alumni ; B. S. Womble, '04, chairman of law
school committee on Board of Trustees.
Top center left: Half Century Club officers for
1951-52 are, seated left to right, Miss Mamie
Jenkins, *96, first vice-president ; Ottis Green,
*96, president ; Miss Annie Pegram, '96, Alumnae
Council representative ; standing left to right, J.
P. Breedlove, '98, secretary ; S. W. Anderson, '01,
National Council representative : and Dr. M. T.
Plyler, '92, second vice-president.
Top center right : Attending the Fiftieth reunion
of the class of '01 were, seated left to right. Dr.
L. F. Williams, Dr. A. E. Hammond, Dr. D. D.
Peele, standing left to right, S. W. Anderson,
James C. Watson.
Upper right : The coffee hour for alumnae was
attended by, seated left to right, Mrs. Andrew
Ducker ; Martha Lane Forlines Forney (Mrs. J.),
'41 ; Dean R. Florence Brinkley ; Martha Culbert-
son Bailey (Mrs. G. R.), '41; Mrs. Grover Taylor;
Mary Ellen Smart ; standing left to right, Dorothy
Marple ; Rae Rogers Smart (Mrs. Thomas D.),
'41 ; Lyda Bishop, '22 ; Eleanor Powell Latimer
(Mrs. C. T.), '42; Bessie Whitted Spence (Mrs. H.
E.», '06; Peg Washburn Davis (Mrs. H. K.), '41.
Center row left : Among those seated at the head
table at the joint '10, '11, '12 dinner were, left
to right, H. A. McKinnon, '12 ; Mary Tapp Jen-
kins (Mrs. L. B.j, '10; and A. S. Brower, '12.
Around the center table clockwise are W. S.
Stewart, '10 ; Mrs. Stewart ; the daughter of
Philip J. Johnson ; Mrs. Philip J. Johnson ; Philip
J. Johnson, '10; Mrs. A. M. Webb; Professor A.
M. Webb ; unidentified. Seated around the table
in the foreground, left to right, Dr. John Harbi-
son, '12, A.M. '15, his daughter, and Mrs. Har-
bison talk to Floyd S. Bennett, '12.
Center row left center : Shown at the joint '10,
'11, '12 dinner are, clockwise around the table in
the foreground from left to right, unidentified ;
Macon Epps, '12 ; unidentified ; Annie Browning
Brogden (Mrs. B. J.), '10; Mr. Brodgen ; Ethel
Thompson Ray (Mrs. Hickman), '12; Florence
Green Lockhart Farmer (Mrs. Edward T.), '12;
and Mr. Farmer.
Center row right center: The classes of '35. '36
and '37 held an open house at Hope Valley Coun-
try Club June 1. Standing left to right are
James L. Newsom, '35 ; Thomas Parsons, *36 ;
William Lewis, '36, LL.B. '38; James H. John-
ston, '36; seated left to right, Al Mann, '37; Mrs.
Larry E. Bagwell ; Larry E. Bagwell, '35 ; and
William H. Long, '35.
Center row right: Also enjoying the open house
at Hope Valley are, left to right, Paul Maness,
'36. M.D. '40 ; Mrs. Maness ; Ken Podger, *37,
M.D. '41 : Edna Campbell Podger (Mrs. Ken),
"40; Betty Pyle Baldwin (Mrs. R. L., Jr.), *38 ;
R. L. Baldwin, Jr., '37.
Bottom row left : Seated around the table in the
foreground at the '10, '11, '12 joint dinner are,
left to right, C. B. Markham, '04 ; Daisy Rogers,
'12; Mamie L. Newman, '12; Annabelle Lambeth
Jones (Mrs. Edwin L.), '12; Edwin L. Jones, '12;
an unidentified alumna ; L. L. Ivey, '15 ; Polly
Heitman Ivey (Mrs. L. L.), '12. Around the
second table, left to right, are Dr. W. T. La-
prade ; W. Ray Bell, '11 ; Mrs. Laprade ; Mrs.
Bell ; Dr. A. M. Proctor, '10 ; Mrs. Proctor ; and
two unidentified alumni.
Bottom row left center: The Silver Anniversary
Class, '26, held a tea in the Union Ballroom in
honor of the faculty members who taught them
during their college days. Left to right are Anne
Biggerstaff Black (Mrs. M. L.t, '31; Mrs. Alton
Knight ; an unidentified alumnus ; J. H. Chappell ;
Mrs. W. R. Bishop ; the young son of an alum-
nus ; Julian H. Wallace, A.M. '34 ; Nancy Alston
Wallace (Mrs. Julian H.) ; their son, Alston A.
Wallace, '54 ; W. R. Bishop ; Anne McSwain
Hyatt. (JMrs. A. A.) ; Merle Davis Umstead (Mrs.
W. B.) ; the daughters of W. R. Bishop; an un-
identified alumnus ; and Virginia Cozart Herring
(Mrs. Herbert J.).
Bottom row right center: Class president Ed Can-
non, '26, standing left, introduced all those at-
tending the class dinner at the Washington Duke
and called on each one for comment. Charles A.
Dukes, '29, is standing right. At the table in the
foreground are Edith Ward Deyton (Mrs. R. G. ),
and R. G. Deyton. At the central table, clock-
wise from the near side, are Harold E. Parker ;
Lester E. Rock ; Mrs. Alton J. Knight ; Alton J.
Knight ; far side left to right, Edith Judd Parker
(Mrs. Harold E. ) ; Mrs. Lester Rock; and Anne
Biggerstaff Black ( Mrs. M. L. > . '31. Seated
around the table in the back corner left to right
are, Elizabeth Roberts Cannon ( Mrs. Ed. L.) ;
Professor Lewis Patton ; Mrs. Ben Powell ; Ben
Powell ; Fannie Gray Patton (Mrs. Lewis) ; Julian
P. Boyd, '25, A.M. '26 ; left to right around the
table at the far right in back are Merle Davis
Umstead (Mrs. W. B.) : W. B. Umstead. '21; Mrs.
N. Dalton McNairy ; N. Dalton McNairy ; Mrs.
Casper Timberlake ; and Casper Timberlake.
Bottom row right : Having a good time at the
Tenth reunion for the class of *41, were, standing
left to right, Tom Smart. Andy Ducker, Sam
King, Mrs. Emmet Howe, Yukio Nakayama, Mrs.
Tom Latimer, Tom Latimer, H. K. (Bud) Smith,
D. Johnson Livengood, '40. Johnny Stoeckel, George
Sheppard, Jean Linton Sheppard (Mrs. George
E.), Margaret Simpson, Ethel Gary Novak (Mrs.
Joseph E., Jr.), Elizabeth Huckle, John M. Dozier,
Lura Abernathy Rader (Mrs. William W.), seated
le.t to right, Mrs. Andrew Ducker, Ed Lang^ton,
Mrs. Langston, Emmet Howe, Mrs. Sam King,
Mrs. H. K. ( Bud I Smith, David J. Livengood,
Jr., Mary Ellen Smart, Rae Rogers Smart (Mrs.
Thomas D. I, George S. Livengood, Carolyn Stiles
Livengood (Mrs. D. Johnson), and John French.
Reunion IMotes
(Continued from Page 151)
by all, but excessive heat kept them from
participating in active games. The picnic
lunch, music, and visiting contributed to a
pleasant outing.
Members of the class of '35 attending
from the greatest distance were W. H.
(Bill) Long, York, Pa.; Morris S. Marks,
Augusta, Ga. ; and Willard (Bill) Raisley,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Anne Chalker Bergen (Mrs. J. T.) and
son, Lancaster, Pa. ; Tom Parsons and
family, Altoona, Pa.; and William S.
Hodde, Pomfret Center, Conn., were the
members of '36 coming from the farthest
distance.
Coming from the greatest distance to
the '37 reunion were Margaret Washburn
Davis (Mrs. H. K.), Bellerose, N. Y.;
Martha Culbertson Bailey and Or. Robert
Bailey, Baldwin, N. Y. ;' and Robert H.
Hinck and wife, Suffleld, Conn.
Following lunch, individual classes met
separately for election of officers. John
L. Moorhead, retiring class president, pre-
sided and conducted election and installa-
tion of new class officers for '35. Those
elected were : Larry Bagwell, Raleigh, N.
C, president; Janet Ormond Lide (Mrs.
T.N.), Winston-Salem, N. C, vice-presi-
dent; Willard A. Raisley, Philadelphia,
Pa., secretary -treasurer ; Susan Singleton
Rose (Mrs. M. Simon), Durham, repre-
sentative on Alumnae Council; and
Richard C. Herbert, Raleigh, representa-
tive on National Council.
Officers elected to serve the class of '36
until their next reunion were : Frank J.
Sizemore, High Point, N. C, president;
R. L. Mallard, Durham, vice-president ;
Hazel Mangum Stubbs (Mrs. Allston),
Durham, secretary -treasurer ; Margaret
Franck Credle (Mrs. William S.), Bur-
lington, N. C, representative on Alumnae
Council; and Luther Williams, Winston-
Salem, representative on National Council.
Thomas F. Southgate, Jr., outgoing-
president, presided at the '37 meeting.
Officers elected were : Kenneth A. Podger,
'37, M.D. '41, Durham, president; Martha
Culbertson Bailey (Mrs. G. Robert),
Baldwin, N. Y., vice-president; James M.
Slay, Durham, secretary-treasurer ; Marion
Joanna Kiker Lane (Mrs. Francis C),
Reidsville, N. C, representative on Alum-
nae Council; and P. Huber Hanes, Jr.,
Winston-Salem, representative on Na-
tional Council.
Later Saturday evening, members of
the three classes attended the General
Alumni dinner and Belles and Ballots.
Several remained until Monday to attend
the other activities connected with class
reunions and commencement.
W. H. (Bill) Long, '35.
"Tremendous Success" Say '26ers, As A Big
Reunion Is Remembered
Members of the Silver Anniversary
Class of 1926 thought their 25th reunion
was a tremendous success. A class head-
quarters room in Dormitory formed a
center of activities for the whole week
end, where bull sessions and hilarity con-
tinued until all hours.
By Saturday afternoon, most of the re-
turning members had gathered in the
headquarters. A band concert, for the
benefit of all those attending reunions
and Commencement, was played on the
lawn just outside the dormitory. It fur-
nished good background music, and got
the class off to a good start.
Yellowed old copies of The Chronicle,
resurrected from somebody's attic, a 1926
Commencement Program, programs from
the senior dance which was the first given
at Duke, and playbills for "Cyrano" and
other plays, were displayed in the head-
quarters. They started many '26ers remi-
niscing and furnished a basis for much
fun and laughter.
Up-to-date information on class mem-
bers was furnished by the silver anni-
versary booklet, the "Bull-Etin." Fea-
tured on the cover was the class emblem,
a bull. Included in the booklet were ad-
dresses of class members, biographical
data, and pertinent excerpts from "The
Chronicle," 1922-26. Badges saying
"Champion Bull Shooter" and "Champion
Bull Thrower" were also distributed to
various members.
The class met in the headquarters room
and went together to the General Alumni
Dinner on Saturday evening, where Ed
Cannon, president, spoke briefly for the
class.
Following the dinner, '26ers adjourned
to the Washington Duke Hotel where
Stanton Pickens had arranged an infor-
mal party. Everyone visited from table
to table, swapping stories, reminiscing,
and bringing each other up-to-date after
25 years. There was music all through
the party, and inevitably the group gath-
ered around the piano to harmonize on
such old favorites as "Linger Awhile,"
"Who," "Has Anybody Seen My Gal,"
"Get You a Kitchen Mechanic," and of
course, "Trinity" and "Dear Old Duke."
The singing stopped onlv when the pianist
did.
On Sunday morning, members of the
class wandered off to sit under the trees
and listen to the Baccalaureate Sermon
over the loudspeakers, or for more con-
versation.
The class was very pleased and flattered
that, with all the demands a Commence-
ment puts on them, so many of the faculty
members who had taught them came to
the tea in their honor Sunday afternoon
in the Union Ballroom. Olive Faucette
Jenkins (Mrs. J. E.) was in charge, and
was ably assisted by Merle Davis Umstead
(Mrs. W. B.) and Elizabeth Morris. Mrs.
Martin Black, Mrs. Cary Maxwell and
Mrs. Alton Knight served. Many of the
children of '26ers were on proud display
by their parents.
The class dinner, grand finale of the
week end, with Alton Knight in charge,
was held at the Washington Duke Hotel.
The buffet style dinner was well attended
by members of the class and their fami-
lies. Ed Cannon was master of cere-
monies, and called on each member of the
class for a word. Informality was the
keynote of the gathering.
At a short business meeting, C. W.
(Soup) Porter, Lenoir, N. C, was elected
representative to the National Council,
and Elizabeth Roberts Cannon, Raleigh,
N. C, representative to the Alumnae
Council. Other class officers are Ed Can-
non, Raleigh, president; Garah B. (Jack)
Caldwell, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., vice-presi-
dent; Dr. Frances Holmes McCausland
(Mrs. A. M.), Los Angeles, Calif., secre-
tary; and Earl P. MeFee, Gloucester,
Mass., treasurer.
Special credit is due Ben Powell, chair-
man of arrangements; Charlie Clegg,
chairman of finance; Stanton Pickens,
chairman of entertainment and special
features; and Ed Cannon, class president,
for a highly successful reunion.
Everybody present planned to comf
back in 1956, when the class of 1926 will
meet with the classes of 1925, 1927, and
1928. They hope even more of their class-
mates will join them at that time.
Members of the class of 1926 present
at the 25th reunion were : Wm. Norman
Sharpe, Wm. Harley Smith, Edith Ward
Deyton (Mrs. R. G.), Stanton Pickens,
Marion Butler Hinkle (Mrs. R. W.),
Ralph Hinkle, W. Ray Bishop, Virginia
Cozart Herring (Mrs. H. J.), Nancy
Alston Wallace (Mrs. J. H.), Martin L.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
Black, Hugh M. Raper, J. Herbert Chap-
pell, James E. Kale, Casper Timberlake,
Lester Rock, Sarah Jones Satterfield
(Mrs. B. I.), Heywood C. Thompson.
N. D. McNairy, Arnold Perry, J. E.
Kennedy, Elizabeth Roberts Cannon
(Mrs. E. L.), Edward L. Cannon, R. B.
Babington, Linwood B. Hollowell, Lillian
Thompson Johnston (Mrs. A. A.), A. B.
Gibson, Olive Faneette Jenkins (Mrs. J.
E.), Merle Davis Umstead (Mrs. W. B.),
Elizabeth Morris, Alton J. Knight, W.
Cary Maxwell, Walter B. Mayer, Archie
P. Gibson, Leon Ivey, David W. Gaskill,
Carolyn Shooter Kyles (Mrs. A. A.),
Alpheus A. Kyles, Frank Jordan, W. A.
Underwood, Frances Gray Patton (Mrs.
Lewis).
Millard Daniel Hill, Ford Meyers,
Annie McSwain Hyatt (Mrs. A. A.), Ful-
ton A. Lee, Agnes Judd Parker (Mrs.
H. E.), Harold E. Parker, Wm. H.
Brown, W. Leonard Eury, Claudia Bur-
gess Hollowell (Mrs. J. C), Thelma
Chandler Lemmond (Mrs. Harry), Wm.
MeRae Matheson, Pearl Bradsher Griffin
(Mrs. Paul E.), Vivian Elliott Peters
(Mrs. W. R.), Mattie Spenee Simpson
(Mrs. J. R.), George W. Holmes, George
P. Harriss, Elizabeth Williams Stone-
back (Mrs. R, M.)
Porter Kellam, Ray Sullivan (Ray-
mond E.), John Frank, Sadie Christen-
bury Foy (Mrs. W. H.), Virginia Land,
Augusta Land, Raymond Snipes, Charles
W. (Soup) Porter, Robert L. Jerome,
Charles S. Clegg, Ben E. Powell and many
husbands and wives.
Elizabeth Roberts Cannon
(Mrs. E. L.)
be mailed to them so that their votes may
be included in the final tally. It is ex-
pected that this business will be com-
pleted within the next month so that the
new class officers can be announced at the
next printing of the Register.
It is hoped that this move on the part
of those present will be confirmed by the
members of the class, and that response to
the balloting will be representative of the
desires of the class.
Elizabeth Walters Walton
(Mrs. Loring)
Forty-niners held their first class re-
union on Sunday, June 2, at one o'clock.
Gate seven was the scene of a picnic
which was attended by class members
who found it possible to get away from
their jobs and other confining duties for
reunion week end. Several of those pres-
ent were able to attend other activities
planned for all returning alumni.
The business discussed concerned the
election of class officers to officiate until
the next reunion. Those present voted to
consider themselves only a nominating
committee in the absence of a larger repre-
sentation. A slate of candidates was ap-
proved by the group, and it will be mailed
to a class chairman in each major city.
The chairman will contact members of the
class in his city and record the ballots for
each candidate, then forward the slate to
the alumni office. For those members not
residing in the large cities, a ballot will
41's Big Tenth Is Joyfully Hailed
No kidding, OUR Tenth Reunion was
one of the few that really lived lip to
expectations. According to Alumni Of-
fice figures we had the biggest crowd,
and according to those present, we had
the best program and more spirit than
any Tenth Reunion Class in a long time
(the latter fact confirmed by the Alumni
Office).
The Reunion Committee's plan of
"something going on every minute" paid
off. Actually only one person from '41
attended the Saturday Campus Tour but
all other functions were well attended.
So for those of you who couldn't make
it, here are the highlights:
Friday, June 1st
As the early arrivals came in they were
assigned to House N quarters . . . but
"no comment" on the later nocturnal
ramblings of some of our perennial fresh-
men classmates! Among the earliest ar-
rivals were Tom and Rae Rogers Smart
all the way from Denver, Colo. The 1941
sponsored Golf Tournament got under-
way with 11 members of the class entered
and ended Saturday with Wallace See-
man winning low gross score for the
class. The most widely attended Friday
function was the Open House at "Casa
Pike," Med Student Bob Pike's apart-
ment. What exactly went on is a little
vague to most of us, but the outstanding
event was the midnight snack. Actually,
there was nothing of historic value about
the cold cuts and tuna fish salad, but did
you ever see a tortoise sandwich? This
was one delicacy Jill Moyer and Millie
Koon (Pike's gal) had just as soon been
kept by Duncan Kines, as evidenced by
the screams.
About 3 A.M. some of the hardier of
the species headed for Raleigh (with
wives — fooled some of you wise guys,
didn't I) to call on J. D. Long. So the
spirit still lives !
Saturday, June 2nd
As mentioned before, Jean Linton
Sheppard was the sole member of the
morning tour group. She had to admit
that she learned more about Duke then
than she did during her 4-year sojourn.
The afternoon picnic was a big success
with the uneaten turtles stealing the
show. Ed Bunce christened them the
Class Mascots, mainly because of their
perseverance and willingness to overcome
their main obstacle (their confining box)
even if it meant climbing on another
turtle's back. The evening saw the finest
event of the week end. Social Committee-
men Ed Fike and John Dozier obtained
at the last minute a lovely private resi-
dence somewhere off the Greensboro
highway. There was a comfortable cool
terrace — a real treat during a searing
week end — fine service and excellent food.
After a brief business meeting held be-
tween courses, the Alumni Office showed
a film of the outstanding football plays
during 1939-41, and Lura Abernathy
Rader provided a film of our Senior
May Day and Graduation. Tom Latimer,
putting his radio personality to work,
got some High Point Duke grads to-
gether to record a "bull session" of un-
dergraduate days that proved very in-
teresting and enlightening. At midnight
another repast that gave everyone sec-
ond wind, so far, far into the night went
another party.
Late Saturday night and early Sunday
saw most of us heading for home. But
you can wager that most of those who
came will be back in 1957 along with
many more who hear about the week end
just past.
Orchids to —
All of us who were here certainly owe
a "thank you" to the social committee-
men — Ed Fike and John Dozier; to the
attendance chairman Andy Ducker and
his committee; golf chairman and host
Bob Pike; Anne Garrard of the Alumni
Office for much hard work behind the
scenes; and Tom Latimer, entertainment
committee chairman.
From your retiring President and Re-
union Chairman — it was a real pleasure
and genuine source of satisfaction. Be-
sides, I was justly rewarded by the
young lady at the Registration Desk who,
without my asking, gave me a ribbon sav-
ing: "'10 REUNION."
Bob Long.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
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Spring — A Victory Season
Coach and Two Players Win Distinctions
Duke University's spring sports teams
had their best records in years this sea-
son, two gaining Southern Conference
championships, another gaining runner-
up honors for regular season play, a
fourth getting third place honors in the
league meet and the fifth claiming na-
tional honors in its field. Basketball and
baseball star Dick Groat was also chosen
the Southern Conference's Athlete of the
Tear.
The Blue Devil baseball and golf teams
won the conference championships in a
blaze of glory, while the varsity tennis
team was runner-up in conference dual
meets. The track team finished third in
the annual conference meet despite the
loss of its top star, and the lacrosse team
finished the campaign with a 6-2 record,
dropping only one-point decisions to col-
lege foes.
Golf
The conference championship gained
by the Duke golf team was the 13th
claimed by Duke in 16 years. Louis Mc-
Lennan, co-captain of the Duke team,
won the individual championship over
Wes Brown of Washington and Lee, with
Mike Souchak and Henry Clark, also of
Duke, tying for third place in the
tourney.
McLennan shot a 36-hole total of 147
to win the individual title, while the four-
man Duke team had a 36-hole score of
590, with North Carolina in second place
with a score of 623.
The Duke golfers finished the regular
Bill Werber . . . '"Most Valuable"
Jack Coojibs . . . "Coach of Year
season with a 14-1 record, defeating
Georgia Tech, Georgia, Clemson, David-
son (twice), Williams, N. C. State, Mich-
igan, William and Mary, Richmond,
Maryland, George Washington, Wake
Forest and North Carolina. The only
loss came at the hands of North Carolina
in a return match.
Baseball
The Duke baseball team, under Coach
Jack Coombs for the 23rd year, copped
the Southern Conference championship
with an 11-0 win over Maryland and a 5-0
win over Clemson in the league tourney
played at Greensboro. Sophomore right-
hander Joe Lewis hurled the win over
Maryland and a junior righthander. Bob
"Dizzy" Davis, who was voted the tour-
ney's outstanding player, pitched the
shutout win over Clemson in the finals.
Duke's diamondeers finished the reg-
ular season in second place in the South-
ern Conference's Southern division. The
team had a regular season record of 16-
7 and tied for the championship in the
Big Four League. Coach Jack Coombs
and first baseman Bill Werber were se-
lected the outstanding coach and most
valuable player, respectively, in the Big
Four League, while third baseman Tom
Powers won the loop bat championship
with a sizzling .417 average and Joe
Lewis won the pitching title with a 4-2
record. Selected to the All-Big Four
League team were infielders Bill Werber,
Bill Bergeron and Dick Groat, utility in-
fiekler Tom Powers, outfielder Dick John-
son and pitcher Lewis.
Second baseman Bill Bergeron, the
Duke acting captain, has since signed a
professional contract with the Philadel-
phia Athletics and is now with Fayette-
ville in the Carolina League. Several
other players, with college eligibility re-
maining, are being scouted closely by the
major league agents.
Lacrosse
Duke's lacrosse team, coached by W.
S. "Jack" Persons, swept its first six
wins of the spring season, then dropped
an 11-10 decision to Virginia and a 10-7
game to the Mount Washington Athletic
Club of Baltimore in its last outings.
Most cherished win of the season was a
9-7 one collected over four times national
champion Johns Hopkins. The Duke
team defeated Lehigh, Williams, Navy,
Washington and Lee, Washington Col-
lege and Hopkins.
Duke lacrosse players named to play
for the South team in the annual North-
South game at Troy, N. V., were Rod
Boyce, Charles Gilfillan, Don Clausen and
Fred Eisenbrandt. All but Eisenbrandt
accepted since he had another engage-
ment — marriage — on the day of the game.
Tennis
The Duke tennis team had one of its
best regular seasons in recent years, los-
ing only to Rollins and North Carolina
and beating 13 teams, but failed to ad-
vance any players further than the quar-
ter-finals of the Southern Conference
tournament played at Davidson College.
Outstanding players were Captain John
Ross and Kes Deimling, Jack Warmath,
John Tapley, Norm Schellenger, Ronnie
Simpson, Frank Carloss and Hal Lipton.
Tapley was undefeated during the regu-
lar season.
The Duke varsity tennis team defeated
Michigan State, the Jacksonville, Fla.,
Naval Station, Florida Southern, Florida,
Williams, N. C. State, Dartmouth, Mich-
igan, Davidson, Presbyterian, William
(Continued on Page 167)
Dick Groat
' ' Athlete of Year '
[ Page 156 ]
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
Summer Session
Second Term Events
A Science Teachers Laboratory Con-
ference, an Institute of North Carolina
English Teachers, and an Institute for
Teachers of Mathematics will highlight
the second session of the Duke Summer
Session which opens on July 21 and con-
tinues to August 31. A number of dis-
tinguished visiting professors will co-
operate with the permanent Duke faculty
in presenting this second half of the
summer program.
The Science Teachers Laboratory Con-
ference is a pioneering project in the field
of science instruction in secondary and
elementary schools. The first in an an-
nual series, it will be held from July 23
to July 27. The basic purpose of the
Conference, which will cover both the
biological and the physical sciences, is to
acquaint the science teacher with prac-
tical and useful experiments that he may
perform in his own classroom, and to
give him actual training in the techniques
involved in the setting up and execution
of these experiments.
The Institute for Teachers of Mathe-
matics will hold its eleventh annual ses-
sion from August 7 to August 17. With
"Mathematics at Work" as its theme, it
will comprehend the fields of junior and
senior high school through sophomore
work in college. Lecturers and teachers
of recognized ability in industrial and
scientific research and in classroom tech-
niques will direct the program. Ten study
groups with a variety of topics will be
arranged under their leadership.
Principal meetings of the ninth an-
nual Institute of North Carolina English
Teachers will be held at Duke University
August 2 to 4. The annual luncheon and
afternoon meeting that follows will be
held at Chapel Hill, N. C. The work of
the Institute will be conducted as round-
table conferences, special lectures, stand-
ing committee reports and demonstra-
tions.
The regular course ' work of Summer
Session will follow the same pattern dur-
ing the second session as in the first.
Both undergraduate and graduate studies
and post-doctoral research are offered,
in addition to special conferences, and
the resources of the University will be
available to the students and conferees.
An extensive program of social and
recreational activities have been planned
for summer students. Dances and con-
certs, and all forms of summer sports
are quite popular and well attended.
Dr. James Cannon III, '14 (left), with President Eclens and Bishop Paul
N. Garber of Richmond, Va. (right).
Dean Cannon Is Formally Installed
At mid-morning on Friday, May 18,
an assemblage of administrators, faculty,
students and alumni gathered in York
Chapel to install the new Dean of the
Divinity School, James Cannon III, '14.
The ceremony was inelaborate but for-
mal, providing a framework within which
an appropriate invocation of divine guid-
ance and blessing might be made in keep-
ing with the weight and seriousness of
the responsibilities which the executive
officer of the School undertakes.
Dean Cannon is the seventh to serve
in this capacity since the Divinity School
opened in 1926 ; he was a member of the
original faculty of five, and the four men
who had shared that distinction with him,
Dr. Edmund D. Soper, Dr. Elbert Rus-
sell, Bishop Paul N. Garber and Dr.
Harvie Branscomb, had likewise held the
deanship. His two other predecessors
were the late Dr. Paul E. Root and Dr.
Harold A. Bosley, who resigned last Sep-
tember.
President Hollis Edens formally in-
stalled Dr. Cannon by delivering the offi-
cial commission. There followed the
prayer of installation, intoned by Bishop
Garber.
After special greetings to Dean Can-
non from the Church, represented by
Bishop Garber; from the alumni, repre-
sented by Dr. Edgar H. Nease, '31, dis-
trict superintendent of the Charlotte Dis-
trict, Methodist Church; from Dr. H. E.
Spence for the Divinity School faculty
and from George G. Henley, of King
George, Va., speaking for the students,
the new dean responded briefly.
President Edens, in delivering the com-
mission, acknowledged that Duke Univer-
sity has been fortunate in securing as its
leaders men and women "who have loved
the University long and served it well.
You, Dr. Cannon, have earned your place
on such a list. . . . Your appointment
will prove to be a wise one."
Bishop Garber, in his greetings, de-
clared that the Church is vitally inter-
ested in Duke Divinity School.
"Dean Cannon enters his office with
the fuU support of the Church," he said.
He add^d that Trinity College and Duke
have long championed academic freedom,
high academic standards and have re-
fused "to champion the lesser loyalties
of life."
Dr. Cannon, who has been Ivey Pro-
fessor of History of Religion and Mis-
sions since 1926, is the son of the late
Bishop James Cannon. He became act-
ing dean last fall after the resignation
of Dr. Boslev.
1951 Convocation
The failure to separate church and
state in Continental Europe has resulted
in the virtual emasculation of the Chris-
tian faith, in nations both before and be-
hind the iron curtain. Bishop Paul N.
Garber told a congregation of Southern
ministers in a lecture during the second
annual Convocation and Pastors' School
on the West Campus from June 5th to
8th.
(Continued on Page 167)
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
[ Page 157 ]
£ ft SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DUKE ALUMNI # ^
1. Dottie Hockenjos. Sarah Cheek Hockenjos, '46. G. Fred Hocken-
jos, '43. Livingston, N. J. T. L. Cheek, '13 (deceased), Grandfather.
2. Joseph Bynon McGrane, II. Margaret Rose McGrane. Rosalie
Williams McGrane, '43. Arthur J. McGrane, B.S.C.E. '43. Winston-
Salem, N. C.
3. Marian Lee McCoy. Martin McCoy. Jessie Wall MeCov. R.N. &
B.S.N. '43. Charlotte. N. C. Lewistine M. McCoy, B.D. '44. Hong
Kcng, China.
4. Lvther Clarke Jones. Collins Paty Jones. Jo Anne Paty Jones,
'45. Luther Clarke Jones. '45. Richmond, Va.
5. Shipp Hoi.den Webb. Ellen Parnum Webb, '36. John M. Webb. '36.
Sewanee, Tenn. Prof. A. M. Webb, Grandfather.
6. John D. Montgomery. Jr. Lindy Stivers Montgomery, '49. John D.
Montgomery, '50. Miami, Pla.
7. Vaughan Aldred Wallace. Aldred P. Wallace, B.D. '47. St. Al-
bans. W. Va.
8. George Rogers Culp. Henry \V. Culp, Jr.. '42. New London, N. C.
9. John Gregory Wallace. Aldred P. Wallace, B.D. '47. St. Albans,
W. Va.
10. Andrea Dani Nasher. Raymond D. Nasher, '43. Dallas, Texas.
NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISITORS TO THE ALUM 1ST OFFICE
May, 1951
Libby Vining Mahler (Mrs. Ernst, Jr.), '48,
Tryon, N. C.
Sidney West, '46, Washington, D. C.
David L. Tubbs, '50, Charleston, W. Va.
Robert A. Duncan, '50, Charlotte, N. C.
Cliff E. Blackwell, Jr., '47, Des Moines,
Iowa.
Graham Macfarlane, III, '35., Rochester,
N. Y.
Pfc. Guy L. Pornes, Jr., '52, Pope Pield,
Ft. Bragg, N. C.
Louis G. Williams, A.M. '40, Ph.D. '48,
Greenville, S. C.
Dorothy Huntley Williams, A.M. '40, Green-
ville, S. C.
Capt. R. F. Kirkpatrick, Jr., '40, Panama
City, Fla.
Bernard H. Thomas, Jr., '46, Leaksville,
X. C.
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Sidney R. Crumpton,
B.D. '41, Ft. Bragg, N. C.
Rev. W. B. Sherman, '47, Battleboro, N. C.
Mildred Parker Eaves (Mrs. W. H.), Sp.
'41, Ashland, Ky.
Richard L. Madsen, '42, St. Petersburg,
Fla.
W. V. McRae, '08, Lake Junaluska, N. C.
Paul J. Cato, '50, Camp Atterbury, Indiana.
Howard C. Bis, '38, Freeport, N. Y.
Anne Fountain Willets (Mrs. Charles A),
'44, Durham, N. C.
Sam W. Gardner, Jr., '50, Charlotte, N. C.
Howard H. Whittle, Jr., '49, Concord, N. C.
P. J. Thomas, Jr., '50, Salem, Va.
John C. Edens, '50, Charlotte, N. C.
Betty Bob Walters Walton (Mrs. L. B.),
'49, Greensboro, N. C.
1952 REUNIONS
Classes having reunions at Commence-
ment, 1952, are as follows: '02, Golden
Anniversary; '21; '22; '23; '24; '27, Silver
Anniversary; '12, Tenth Year Reunion;
'46; '47; '48; and '50, First Reunion.
'16 >
President: Vann V. Seerest
Class Agent : Louis C. Allen
BERNARD D. HATHCOCK has retired
from service with the treasury department
of the United States Government and has
opened offices for practice as investment
counsel at 501-2 Healev Building, Atlanta,
Ga.
Susan Warren Yeager (Mrs. B. A.), '41,
Binghamton, N. Y.
B. A. "George" Yeager, '49, Binghamton,
N. Y.
Charlotte Crews, '31, Oxford, N. C.
1st Lt. H. Ken Saturday, U.S.M.C, '45,
B.S.E.E. '48, Parris Island, S. C.
Ann Harrell Saturday (Mrs. H. K.), '47,
Parris Island, S. C.
Lee A. Smith, '50, Norfolk, Va.
Ella Anne Proctor Smith (Mrs. L. A.), '49,
Norfolk, Va.
Louis C. Allen, Jr., '45, LL.B. '49, Bur-
lington, N. C.
W. Casper Holroyd, Jr., '48, Raleigh, N. C.
M. Rosalie Gans, '51, Baltimore, Md.
Walter W. Baynes, Jr., '50, Winston-Salem,
N. C.
R. Troy West, B.S.E.E. '49, Hyattsville,
Md.
Katherine West (Mrs. Troy), '49, Hyatts-
ville, Md.
"J." Lander Allin, Jr., '50, Winston-Salem,
N. C.
Walter C. Jenkins, '17, Concord, N. H.
Agnes C. Long, '45, Washington, D. C.
Jordan J. Sullivan, '28, Columbus, Ga.
Lee B. Durham, '21, Birmingham, Mich.
Jack W. Fieldson, '48, Elkin, W. Va.
F. Fay Finley, '50, Roanoke, Va.
John R. Stoeekel, '41, Georgetown, Del.
Margaret Washburn Davis (Mrs. H. K.),
'37, Bellerose, N. Y.
G. Robert Bailey, '37, Baldwin, N. Y.
Martha Culbertson Bailey ( Mrs. G. Rob-
ert), '37, Baldwin, N. Y.
Paul F. Maness, '36, M.D. '40, Burlington,
N. C.
'24 m
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1952
President : James R. Simpson
Class Agent: John B. Harris
ROBERT G. DEYTON has been elected
treasurer of the Ecusta Paper Corporation
in Erevard, N. C.
•31 >
President: John Calvin Dailey
Class Agent : C. H. Livengood, Jr.
JOHN C. HARMON, JR., '31, LL.B. '35 is
director of social and industrial relations,
Division of Home Missions and Church Ex-
tension of the Methodist Church, Room 383,
150 Fifth Avenue, New York 11, N. Y.
He, his wife and two sons make their home
at Apartment 46, 17 Madison Avenue, Madi-
son, N. J.
T. HERBERT MINGA, B.D., represented
Duke University recently at the opening
of the new Perkins School of Theology at
Southern Methodist University. The pastor
of St. John's Methodist Church in Dallas,
Tex., Mr. Minga was selected as the single
North Texas minister to attend a seminar
of the denomination during April in Wash-
ington, D. C. Sponsored by the Methodist
commission on ministerial training, the semi-
nar was designed to give a key minister
in each conference a behind-the-seene glimpse
into the national and international agencies.
Mr. Minga is chairman of the Duke De-
velopment Campaign in his area.
'32 >
President: Robert D. (Shank) Warwick
Class Agent: Edward G. Thomas
LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM H. HANCAM-
MON, JR., returned to active duty with the
Third Army recently. Colonel Hancammon,
whose home is at 8 Terrace Walk, Wilming-
ton, N. C, was formerly president and chair-
man of the board, Veterans Homes, Inc., at
Lake Forest in Wilmington. During World
War II, he saw service in the West Indies.
•33 *
President: John D. Minter
Class Agent: Lawson B. Knott, Jr.
GRIFFIN G. EDGERTON is supervising
auditor for the Reconstruction Finance Cor-
poration, Washington, D. C. Having com-
pleted a business course at Draughon School
of Commerce, Atlanta, Ga., in 1934, Griffin
entered the Atlanta Law School, from which
he received the LL.B. degree in 1939. He
was admitted to the Georgia Bar that Au-
gust. His present home is at Hotel Dupont
Plaza, Dupont Circle, Washington 6, D. C.
'34 >
President: The Reverend Robert M. Bird
Class Agent: Charles S. Rhyne
SAMUEL I. BARNES has been transferred
from Baltimore, Md., where he was district
passenger agent for the Southern Railway
System, to Boston, Mass., where he will be
New England Passenger Agent. The South-
ern Railway System has its offices at 80
Boylston Street, Boston 16.
'35 >
President: Larry E. Bagwell
Class Agent: James L. Newsom
LOUISE MERKEL and DR. RICHARD
PHILLIPS BELLAIRE, who were married
March 10 in Annapolis, Md., are making
their home at One Forest Hill Avenue,
Saranac Lake, X. Y.
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President : Frank J. Sizemore
Class Agents : James H. Johnston, Clifford
W. Perry, R. Zaek Thomas, Jr.
The wedding of DOROTHY LOUISE ED-
WARDS and Mr. John Davis MacMillan
was solemnized March 21 at the Duke Uni-
versity Chapel. They are living at 1406
Duke University Road in Durham.
ESTHER ZUCKERMAXX XAUMOFF and
PHILIP XAUMOFF, M.D. '37, announced
the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Anne, on
February 17. They have two other daughters
and a son. The Xaumoffs live at 1100 Hard-
ing Place, Charlotte 3, X. C.
Little Shipp Webb, whose picture is on the
Sons and Daughters Page this month, is
the son of JOHX and ELLEX FARXUM
WEBB. All former Duke students who
studied under Professor A. M. Webb will
recognize the strong resemblance between
grandfather and grandson. The Webbs are
living in Sewanee, Tenn., while John teaches
history at the University of the South.
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President : Dr. Kenneth A. Podger
Class Agent : William F. Womble
MARIE W. AXDERSOX is working in the
women's department of The Miami Herald
and is living at 4701 Lake Road, Bay Point,
Miami 37, Fla.
The new address of BETTY FAIRES
CRAIG (MRS. ADAM W.) is Box 1085,
Pinehurst, X. C.
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President : Russell Y. Cooke
Class Agent : William M. Courtney
C. W. DEYOE, who is regional sales man-
ager for Youngstown Kitchens by Mullins
Manufacturing Corporation, has moved from
Mission, Kans., to 6424 High Drive, Kansas
City. Mo.
FORREST A. IRWIX, JR., is division sales
manager for the Sherwin-Williams Company,
1317 14th Street, X.W., Washington, D. C.
He lives at 7 Oldham Road, Silver Spring,
Md.
JAMES SLICER PURCELL, JR., A.M. '3S,
Ph.D. '50, is an associate professor of Eng-
Statt Llecttic Company, 3nc.
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lish at Davidson College, where his address
is Box 777, Davidson, N. C.
MARY TOMS XEWSOM WARD and
PETER WARD, '41, live at 208 West High-
land Avenue, Sierra Madre, Calif. They
have four children, Peter, Michael, Penny,
and Patricia Ann. Peter is working for the
Sierra Madre Xews and Printery which puts
out a weekly paper.
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President: Edmund S. Swindell, Jr.
Class Agent: Walter D. James
JOHX S. FORSYTHE, LL.B., is general
counsel for the Committee of Education and
Labor, House of Representatives, Washing-
ton, D. C.
ELIZABETH C. FULLER, whose address
is 15 Washington Avenue, Mt. Clemens,
Mich., is staff librarian, Headquarters, 10th
Air Force, Selfridge AFB, Mich. She re-
ceived a B.S. in Library Science from the
University of Xorth Carolina in 1943.
A recent letter from CHARLES (CHUCK)
KASIK tells that he is kept busy with his
family and business interests. He is man-
ager of the Century Building Company in
Milwaukee, is engaged in a limited amount
of real estate brokerage business, and is also
active in a clothing manufacturing concern.
He is married and has an eight-month-old
son. Their address is 5069 N. Bay Ridge
Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.
ROGER J. SHERROX, JR., B.S.E.E., is
flying the air lift to Japan. He reports
that on his first trip he was having lunch
at the Union Club of Tokyo when he saw a
familiar face at the next table. It turned
out to be that of his Duke classmate CARL
CAMPBELL, '39, who is working for the
occupation forces. Carl's address is ESS.
GHQ, SCAP, Tokyo. Roger and his wife,
who have a home just outside of San Fran-
cisco at 407 Mercy Street, Mountain Yiew,
Calif., became the parents of a son, James
Michael, on Xovember 26, 1950. That makes
it a boy, a girl, and another boy for the
Sherrons.
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President : John D. MaeLauehlan
Class Agent : Addison P. Penfield
DR. FREDERICK THOMAS EASTWOOD,
'41, and YORKE LEE EASTWOOD, and
their daughter, Lee, are living at 1839 West
Smallwood Drive in Raleigh, X. C. Fred
has recently opened his office for the prac-
tice of pediatrics at 707 West Morgan Street.
MR. and MRS. WILLIAM G. HEDDE-
SHEIMER (AXXAJAXE BOYD) and their
three daughters have moved recently to 4528
Sequoia Road, Memphis, Tenn. Bill is office
and credit manager for the Memphis Branch
of the General Tire and Rubber Company.
GEORGE McAFEE and Mrs. McAfee, of
1819 Forest Road, Durham, have announced
the birth of a daughter, Mary Jeanne, on
March 13. They also have a four-year-old
daughter, Cheryl.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
'41.—
President : Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.
Class Agents: Julian C. Jessup, Meader
W. Harriss, Jr., Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.,
J. D. Long, Jr.
According to the Buffalo Duke-Ster of April
8, 1951, MAKJORIE EPES is the librarian
of the Snyder Library. She lives at 1
Mayfair Lane, Buffalo 1, N. Y.
JACK L. HARDY, who is sales supervisor
for the Atlantic Refining Company in Char-
lotte, N. C, lives at 200 North Laurel Ave-
nue, Apartment 5-C.
JUDGE JAMES F. LATHAM, '41, LL.B.
'42, of Wadesboro, N. C, has been appointed
enforcement director of the Office of Price
Stabilization for the eastern district of
North Carolina with headquarters in Ra-
leigh. An artillery officer during World
War II, he served with TJ. S. Courts in Ger-
many for four years following the war. He
was an assistant district attorney from 1946
to 1948, and in 1948 was appointed district
judge of the eleventh judicial district, re-
maining in this position until he returned
to the United States.
JOSEPH E. PORTER, '41, B.D. '49, of
146 Bowles Street, Springfield 9, Mass., is
assistant minister of the Old Fort Church
in Springfield. This church was founded in
1637 and is known as the "Cathedral"
Church of the Connecticut Valley.
Their third child, a daughter, Sara Frances,
was born on March 20 to CAROL SEELEY
SCOTT and H. A. SCOTT, JR., '42, of
2701 Selwyn Avenue, Charlotte, N. C.
Scottie is head of the Testing Bureau at
Queens College.
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Tenth Year Reunion: Commencement, 1952
President : James H. Walker
Class Agents: Robert E. Foreman, Willis
Smith, Jr., George A. Trakas
Little George Rogers Gulp whose picture is
on the Sons and Daughters Page of this
issue, is the second son of HENRY W.
CULP, JR., of New London, N. C. Henry
is manager of the H. W. Culp Lumber Co.
BARBARA GEHRES McDONALD (MRS.
ROBERT E.), formerly of Rolla, Mo., is
living in Chile, South America, where her
address is c/o Andes Copper Mining Com-
pany, Chanaral, Chile.
WALTON E. PEDERSEN and MARGA-
RET MELLOR PEDERSEN have announced
the birth of a son, Peder Neal, on February
20. Their son, Eric, is now two and a half.
Walton, who is a dentist, and his family
reside at 704 Owen Road, West Chester, Pa.
A letter from BARBARA FIELD ROSE,
'45, has brought the news that MURRAY F.
ROSE, BSME, a Major in the Marine Corps,
was recalled into active duty last July, just
a short while after they had moved into their
new home. While he is serving in Korea,
Barbara and their two daughters, Patricia
4, and Beverly, six months old, are living
at 906 South Veitch Street, Arlington, Ya.
MILDRED WHITAKER STURGEON
(MRS. DAVID D., JR.), who lives at 104
South Main Street, Edinburg, Ind., has two
children, Harriet Meadows, three and a half,
and David, Jr., one and a half. Captain
Sturgeon is stationed at Camp Atterbury
at the present time.
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President : Thomas R. Howerton
Class Agent : S. L. Gulledge, Jr.
JAMES G. ALEXANDER, who makes his
home at the Mayflower Apartments, Apart-
ment 213, Virginm Beach, Va., is profes-
sional service representative for the Anti-
biotic Division of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.
G. FRED and SARAH CHEEK HOCKEN-
JOS are the parents of little Dottie Hocken-
jos whose picture is on the Sons and Daugh-
ters Page of this Register. They live at
18 Concord Drive, Livingston, N. J. Fred
works for T. C. Moffatt and Co., insurance
agents and brokers.
Early this year when missionaries and others
were advised to have their wives and children
leave Hong Kong JESSIE WALL McCOY,
R.N. and B.S.N. '43, and the two children,
Marian Lee and Martin, reluctantly headed
for the States, leaving "MAC" (LEWIS-
TINE M. McCOY, B.D. '44) in Hong Kong.
Jessie and the children, settled at 2006
Union Street, Charlotte 5, N. C, are anx-
iously awaiting Mac's return.
When ARTHUR J. (LUCKY) MeGRANE
was discharged from the Army Air Force
following World War II he returned to Duke
determined to start over and become an
engineer. He did this and received his
B.S.C.E. degree in 1948. During this time
his wife, the former ROSALIE WILLIAMS
worked in the Alumni Office. The McGranes,
including four-year-old Margaret Rose and
two-year-old Joseph Bynon, II (See Sons
and Daughters Page), are living at 2331
Queen Street, Winston-Salem, N. C., and
"Lucky" is working for the R. J. Rey-
nolds Tobacco Co.
In the early spring RAYMOND D.
NASHER and his wife visited Duke "en
route" from Brookline, Mass., to their new
home at 5930 Sherry Lane in Dallas, Texas.
"Ray" is secretary of both the Industrial
Investment Corp. and the Mar Oil Co., with
business offices at 1101 South Akard Street.
His small daughter, Andrea, makes her Duke
debut on the Sons and Daughters Page this
month.
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President: Matthew S. (Sandy) Rae
Class Agent : H. Watson Stewart
Linda Diane Polokoff was born March 19th
to the ED POLOKOFFS, 127 Caravel Road,
Buffalo, N. Y., according to information in
the Buffalo Duke-Ster of April 8th.
HAROLD T. FLETCHER, JR., is a real
estate dealer in Grand Rapids, Mich., where
1 e lives at 3615 Reeds Lake Boulevard. He
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MARY ELLEN LEPPER, -44. R.N., B.S.N.
'46, was married Dec-ember 23, 1950, to Mr.
Willard Alan Downie, and their address is
Bos 236, Almina, Wash. Mary Ellen is a
public health nurse in the city schools there.
PALL ELLSWORTH LONG, B.S.M.E., of
2019 Carter Road, SW., Roanoke, Va., is a
candidate for the Master's degree in Busi-
ness Administration at the Harvard Gradu-
ate Sehool of Business Administration this
June. Since leaving Duke, he has worked
with Lindsey-Robinson and Company, Inc.,
Westingkouse Electric Corporation, and the
Norfolk and Western Railway Company. He
is a lieutenant (jg) in the inactive U. S.
Xaval Reserve.
Last February ROBERT L. SHELDON
completed his course in law at Rutgers Uni-
versity School of Law and passed the New
Jersey bar examination. He is now asso-
ciated with Stanley W. Greenfield, attorney
at law in Elizabeth, N. J., where his ad-
dress is 1139 E. Jersey Street.
A daughter, Anne Kendall, was born on
Deeember 13 to WILLIAM S. (BILLY)
WRIGHT and his wife, JESSIE (BILL)
GORDON WRIGHT. '46, of 506 Fairview
Drive, Lexington, N. C. They also have a
son, Gordon. Billy is working for the
Carolina Panel Company.
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President : Charles B. Markham, Jr.
Class Agent: Charles F. Blanchard
The marriage of BARBARA FAY ADAMS,
R.N., B.S.N., and Mr. George W. Rountree
took place March 17 in the Woodburn Pres-
byterian Church, Leland, N. C. Barbara re-
ceived her Master's degree in public health
uursing from the School of Public Health
at the University of North Carolina, and is
now employed by the Guilford County Health
Department, as is her husband. He is an
alumnus of the College of the Pacific, and
has done graduate work at Duke, Colorado
College and the University of North Carolina
School of Public Health. Mr. Rountree is a
past national director and national chair-
man of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
WILLIAM J. BROREIN, B.S.E.E., is a
member of the technical staff of the Bell
Telephone Laboratories, Inc. He lives at
69-10 C 188 Street, Fresh Meadows, Queens,
N. Y.
L. CLARKE and JO ANNE PATY JONES
are the proud parents of three and a half
year old Luther Clarke (Spooky) and one
and a half year old Collins Paty Jones,
called Paty, whose picture appears on the
Sons and Daughters Page this month. They
live at 1007 Antrim Avenue, Richmond 21,
Va. Clarke is in the real estate business, the
firm name being Jones and Robins, Inc.
JEAN McINTYRE, R.N., B.S.N., is a
nursing arts instructor in the newly estab-
lished nursing school of the University of
Mississippi. Her address is 2010 14th
Street, Meridian, Miss.
DONALD H. MULLER, B.S.M.E., and
Mrs. Muller have announced the birth of
a son, Donald Frederick, on April 5. Now
in gunnery sehool at Newport, R. I., Don
was recalled to active duty as a lieutenant
(jg) in the Navy in December. Mrs.
Muller and young Don are living at 110
Campbell Street, New Hyde Park, N. Y.
ROBERT R. WASHER is pastor of the
First Methodist Church, 507 Pacific Avenue,
Long Beach, Calif.
WILLIAM R. WOLFE received the B.D.
degree from Yale in 1949 and is now pastor
of the Community Church in Pleasant Hill,
Tenn. He is married and has a year-old
son, Kenneth Franklin.
MARJORIE WYMAN is now Mrs. E. C.
Dollard, and she lives at 127 Bertling Lane,
Winnetka, 111.
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Next Reunion: Commencement, 1952
President : B. G. Munro
Class Agent: Robert E. Cowin
ROLAND J. BOOTH and his wife live at
920 First Avenue, Eau Claire, Wis. He
operates a sales agency for the Remington
Rand Company.
WALTER J. GALE, M.Ed., and MRS,
GALE (MARY DeMAURO), '49, have an-
nounced the birth of twins, Gregory John
and Cynthia Kathryn, born on March 1.
They are living at 2905 Claremount Drive
in Raleigh. N. C, where Mr. Gale is prin-
cipal of Needham Broughton High Sehool.
CHAPLAIN LEIGHTON E. HARRELL
JR., B.D., is stationed at the general hos-
pital at Osaka, Japan. While he is overseas,
MRS. HARRELL (V. DICK BLACK-
WELL), '49, and daughter Lindy, who was
born October 5, 1950, are living with hei
mother at 287 N.W. 58th Street, Miami 37,
Fla.
Mr. and MRS. ERNEST C. KIEHNE
(NANCY WENGER) have announced the
birth of a son, Ernest Christian, on Marcl
7. Their address is 1527 Lochwood Road,
Baltimore 18, Md.
ALICE HUNTER LAWLER and Mr. Jesse
W. Cumbia were married March 22 and
they are living at 202 Park Place, Char-
lottesville, Va. Alice completed her train-
ing as medical technologist at the Univer-
sity of Virginia Sehool of Medicine and is
working as a medical technician. Her hns
band, who is an alumnus of the University
of Virginia, is a medical student there.
A son, Stephen Griswold, was born January
16 to C. EDWARD LITTLE and MARIE
GRISWOLD LITTLE of South Miami, Fla.
Their mailing address there is Box 898.
ELY E. SIMAN, JR., is general manager of
Radiozarks Transcription Company. He,
his wife, and their two children live at 1515
South Kiekapoo, Springfield, Mo.
JAMES CAMPBELL SMITH received hft
commission as Ensign in the United States
Navy this spring, and is now serving on an
experimental destroyer. His address ii
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
LT.S.S. Witek (EDD 848), e/o F.P.O., New
l*ork, N. Y. Jim was previously associated
vith the Pilot Life Insurance Company.
UYRA CLARK SMITH, '48, and their son,
Sicky, 2%, will continue living at their
ionic at 1705 Avondale Drive in Durrani,
tfyra is a secretary for the Cancer Detec-
ion Center.
rHOMAS J. WHITFIELD, III, of Suffolk,
\ t Bl., is serving his internship at Philadelphia
general Hospital, Philadelphia 4, Pa. In
July he will return to active duty with the
United States Navy.
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Next Reunion: Commencement, 1952
President: Grady B. Stott
Class Agent : Norris L. Hodgins, Jr.
TAMES E. ALEXANDER is operations
igent for Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Lake
?harles Airport, La. The Alexanders, who
ive at 3411 Faxon Lane, Lake Charles, La.,
lave a son, Jeffrey Randolph, who will soon
->e one year old.
\. JACKSON APPLEGATE and Miss Ada
rulliford were married last October 7 in
3t. Peter's Episcopal Church, Clifton, N. J.
Following a honeymoon in Canada, the
:ouple returned to 371 West 3rd Street,
?lif:on, N. J., where they now reside. Jack
s in the sales department of International
Business Machines, World Headquarters, of
Kew York, and his wife is working with the
Manhattan Rubber Company, Passaic, N. J.
rhe address of WILLIAM P. CAVIN, A.M.,
vho is a graduate assistant in the chemistry
lepartment at the University of North Caro-
ina, working toward his Ph.D. degree, is
128 Bagley Drive, Chapel Hill, N. C. He
.vas married to Miss Martha Duckworth a
.•ear ago this June.
3t. Philip's Episcopal Church in Durham
vas the setting for the wedding of VIR-
GINIA SYLVANIA COOKE and Mr.
Nathaniel Hill Johnson on April 7. They
ire living in Sumter, S. C. Mr. Johnson
in alumnus of Davidson College and the Uni-
rersity of North Carolina, returned recently
:o active duty with the Air Force at Shaw
iir Force Base, S. C. • He is a veteran of
leven years service with the Air Force in
S"orld War II. Virginia completed a year's
graduate course at Richmond Professional
Institute.
CHARLES R. HIPP, B.S.M.E., '48, and
rOYCE PRESTON HIPP are living at
)06 Lexington Avenue, Charlotte, N. C.
?harlie is an engineer with the Tompkins-
lolmston Company.
JOBERT CRAWFORD HOWARD, B.D.,
ind a friend are living at 256 Creek Street,
East Rangoon P. O., Rangoon, Burma,
vhere both are missionaries, and very inter-
'sted in their work. Robert reached Burma
shortly before Christmas in 1950.
^ daughter, Laurie Anne, was born on
March 13 to RICHARD M. LIVINGSTON
ind Mrs. Livingston, of Peter Cooper Vil-
age, 440 East 23rd Street, New York 10,
tf. Y. Dick is junior executive and assistant
sales manager of the Bonafide Mills, Inc.,
which manufactures Bonny Maid' linoleums,
Vcrsa-Tile, and Genasco Asphalt Roofing
Products.
JOHN B. ORR, JR., is associated with
former Senator Claude Pepper and Earl
Faircloth in the practice of law in the Cen-
tennial Building, Tallahassee, Fla.
Following the completion of lis residency
in dermatology at the University Hospital
in Charlottesville, Va., STUART C. SMITH,
B.S.M., M.D., will enter the Army. He was
married to Miss Emily D. Moore, of Ports-
mouth, Ya., on March 10 and since their
hone.vmoon to Nassau, Bahamas, they have
been living at No. 2 Edge Hill Apartments,
Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville.
ALDRED P. WALLACE, B.D., is pastor of
Saint Andrew's Methodist Church in Saint
Albans, W. Va. He, Mrs. Wallace and their
two children, John Gregory and Vaughan
Aldred, live at 524 5th Street in St. Albans.
Pictures of the boys appear on the Sons and
Daughters Page this month.
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Next Reunion: Commencement, 1952
President: Bollin M. Millner
Class Agent: Jack H. Quaritius
T. EDWARD AUSTIN is coaching and
teaching at Craddock, Va. His home ad-
dress is 30 Rowan Place, Portsihouth, Va.
HELENE CAHN and Mr. Maurice Morton
Weiustein were married April 2 in Temple
Israel, Charlotte, N. C. They are living at
1700 Friendly Road, Greensboro, N. C,
where Mr. Weinstein, an alumnus of the
University of North Carolina, is in business
for himself as a piano technician.
ELIZABETH DeLOACH CAMPBELL,
R.N., B.S.N., is doing general duty nursing
at Candler Hospital in Savannah, Ga., where
her address is 2423 Price Street. Her hus-
band, Dr. E. Fred Campbell, Jr., an Emory
University graduate, is serving with the
Army in Germany at the present time, and
she hopes to join him soon.
In January SGT. WILBUR DEVENDORF,
JR., of 167 E. Chestnut Street, Asheville,
N. C.j received orders to report to Paris,
France, to serve as one of a military police
cadre assigned to General Eisenhower's head-
quarters.
RUTH ALLEEN PIERCE DOTTER-
WEICH (MRS. WALTER W., JR.) and
her husband, who were married April 1, 1950,
are living at 17 A Bruan Place, Clifton,
N. J.
JAMES McG. and MARY KERR DUN-
PHY, R.N., have announced the arrival of
their second daughter, Alice Elizabeth, on
March 23. Alice was welcomed into the
Dunphy family by Deborah Ann, who arrived
on her parents' first wedding anniversary,
December 28, 1949. Their address is 38
Hiawatha Avenue, Westerville, Ohio.
Mr. and MRS. J. CECIL FREIHOFER
(PHILIS JORDAN) are the parents of a
son, James Jordan. They live at 6427 Park
Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.
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O. D. KIRKLAND, JR., and Mrs. Kirkland,
who live at 2518 Englewood Avenue, Dur-
ham, became the parents of a son, David,
on April 3. They have another son, Tommy,
who is two years old.
CARL J. PERKINSON, '50, is working- for
the Ford Motor Company in Atlanta, Ga.
He and his wife, the former ELIZABETH
GRAVES, live at 402 W. Walker Avenue,
College Park, Ga.
MS. and MRS. EDWIN L. POINDEXTER
(GLADYS McMANAWAY, R.N.) announce
the birth of a son, Edwin L. Poindexter, Jr.,
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Circle Drive in Greensboro, N. C, where
Edwin is affiliated with Carter Fabrics, Inc.
Edwin is the son of EDNA TAYLOR POIN-
DEXTER (MRS. C. C), '17, also of Greens-
boro.
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Walters Walton (Mrs. Loring) ; Trinity
College, Robert W. Prye ; College of
Engineering, Joe J. Robnett, Jr.
Class Agent : Chester P. Middlesworth
JOHN W. BARBER, JR., lives in Anderson,
Ind., where he is associated with Barber
Manufacturing Co., Inc., maker of springs
for upholstered furniture.
JEAN SAVAGE BARTH (MRS. GLENN
A.) and her husband have moved into a
duplex apartment at 2216 Eldred Avenue,
Lakewood 7, Ohio. Mr. Barth is a trainee
at his father's plant, Barth Stamping and
Machine Company, in Cleveland.
NANCY BURKE BOYD (MRS. JOE N.)
and her husband have moved to Apartment
127, 13 Riggs Road, Washington, D. C.
Nancy is a secretary for the National Cham-
ber of Commerce in Washington.
MR. and Mrs. ROSS O. BRIDEWELL, of
Lanexa, Va., have a son, George Owens,
who was born December 30, 1950.
NELL BAILEY CRISWELL and HOW-
ARD D. CRISWELL, JR., '50, are living at
814 Sunset. Avenue, Apartment 4, Rocky
Mount, N. C. Cris is sports editor for the
Rocky Mount Evening Telegram. Nell is
kept busy with their young daughter,
Eleanor Lea, who was born August 18, 1950.
HOWARD GOODMAN, B.S.M.E., is an
assistant to the plant engineer of the Atlanta
Paper Company. His address is 1015 Vir-
ginia Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Ga.
GARLAND T. HINSON, of 416 West 63rd
Street, Jacksonville, Pla., is a salesman for
the Marehant Calculating Machine Company.
BETH KUYKENDALL JONES and DAR-
RELL S. JONES, JR., '50, have moved to
188 North 11th Street, Newark, Ohio, where
he is employed as a service consultant by
the Tectum Corporation, wood products.
The Congregational Church in . Scarsdale,
N. Y., was the scene of the wedding of
JOSEPHINE ANN KINSEY and Mr. Wil-'
liam Charles Storey on March 24. Mr.
Storey was employed in the engineering divi-
sion of Allied Chemical and Dye Corpora-
tion prior to his induction in the army. He
is now stationed at the Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Md.
SYLVIA ANNE SOMMER, '50, and DON-
ALD REESE MOORE, who were married
last September, are making their home at
1015 West Main Street, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Don is a salesman for Mid-States Steel and
Wire Company.
The Montgomerys, JOHN D. ('50), LINDY
STIVERS ('49) and John, Jr., are living
at 340 N.E. 51 Street in Miami, Fla. John
is with the Atlantic Refining Co. A picture
of John, Jr., is on the Sons and Daughters
Page this month.
CLAIRE ("PINKI") NAYLOR MORGEN-
THALER (MRS. WALTER N.) and her
husband have moved to North Africa where
they are both employed by the same firm. Mr.
Morgenthaler, a civil engineer, is a native
of Switzerland, and is a graduate of the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Zurich. "Pinki" has had a busy life since
her days at Duke. Before leaving for North
Africa she worked as a multi-lingual secre-
tary for an exporter in New York while
taking a night course in French shorthand
at the Latin-American Institute. Follow-
ing that she was secretary to the vice
president of G. and L. Beijer, Inc., the
New York branch of a. Swedish import-
export house which has other branches all
over the world.
FREDERICK W. SWAMER, Ph.D., who
for the past year has been doing post-doc-
toral work in organic chemistry at Duke, was
one of 32 scientists with doctoral degrees
in the chemical, engineering, physical, bac-
teriological, and biochemical sciences, to
join the research staffs of the E. I. du Pont
de Nemours and Company, Inc., according
to an announcement received in January.
He is working in the Jackson Laboratory of
the company in Deepwater, N. J. His home
address is Kynlyn Apartments, 1225 River-
side Drive, Wilmington, Del.
RUSSELL SPALDON UNDERWOOD, M.D.,
'51, and JEAN BENNETT UNDERWOOD.
R.N., B.S.N., are living at 210 North Church
Street, Louisville, Miss. They were married
December 28 in St. Michael's Church, Miami,
Fla. Russell is an intern for the Mississippi
State Board of Health in Jackson, Miss.
ELIZABETH ANN DES JARDINS ROSEB
(MRS. FOSTER, JR.), who lives at 15421
Petoskey, Detroit 21, Mich., is teaching
school.
The address of DAVID O. SPEIR is 3904
Pilots Lane, Apartment 1, Richmond -'-
Va. He is operations supervisor for the
Atlantic Refining Company in Richmond.
NEAL VAN STEENBERG, R.N., B.S.N.,
and HAROLD WILLIAM CARROLL, '51,
were united in marriage March 17 in the
Duke University Chapel. Neal is a stal
nurse in the operating room of Duke Hos-
pital.
LIEUT. WILLIAM C. TRIGG, Co. A., 503
M.P. Bn., is stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C.
He is married and has two sons, William.
Jr., 3, and Jonathan, 1%.
Box 307, Nieeville, Fla., is the address oi
EDWIN L. TYSON, who is wildlife biologist
for the Jackson Guard Station, Eglin Field,
Fla.
NANCY VAHEY, B.S., was married to Mr.
Jerome Lyle Rappaport on February 24 is
Boston, Mass., where they are living at 18
Chestnut Street.
LIEUT. WALTER. G, WILSON, B.S.M.E.
'50, and RUTH DAVIS WILSON, R.N.,
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B.S.N., are living at 1807% Irondell Avenue,
Morehead City, N. C. Walter is stationed
it Camp Lejeune.
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First Reunion : Commencement, 1952
President : Jane Suggs
Class Agent: Robert L. Hazel
LOUISE ELDER WOOD, '51, was married
to WILLIAM MAC BATCHELOR in the
Duke University Chapel on February 5.
rhey have been living in Durham while
Louise completed her senior year at Duke.
BARBARA BEAL BERGMAN (MRS.
FRED S.) and her husband are living in
[0-D Vetville, State College Station, Ra-
leigh, N. C. Barbara is working in the
D. H. Hill Library on the State College
ampus.
WILLIAM LEE BOUCHER, M.D., whose
fome address is 336 E. So. Temple Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah, is working in ob-
tetrics and gynecology at the Henry Ford
lospital, Detroit, Mich. Last year he was
n surgery at Duke Hospital.
)n Christmas afternoon, 1950, JOHANNA
.IAEIE CHAPPEL, R.N., became the bride
if CLYDE LEE BRITT in the Riverside
Saptist Church, Jacksonville-, N. C. Clyde,
corporal in the Air Corps, is stationed at
he Francis E. Warren Air Base, Cheyenne,
Vyo.
JAROL JEAN BURNHAM, R.N., B.S.N.,
>ecanie the bride of Mr. James Lauchlin
Jlwood III, on January 6. Mr. Elwood
i an alumnus of the Christ School, Kenyon
'ollege, and the University of North Caro-
Jia. They are temporarily residing in Dur-
am.
1ANCY FARRINGTON and ERNEST
AIRFAX CHRITTON, JR., were united
l marriage March 17 at the Memorial
tethodist Church, Thomasville, N. C.
fancy is the daughter of DR. RENO
:iRBY FARRINGTON, '21, and Mrs.
arrington. They are living at Kingston
lanor Apartments, Knoxville, Tenn., where
rnest is working with the Knoxville Truck
ales and Service Company.
aFREDERICK RUSSELL CLARK and
:s wife are living at 322 High Street, Ox-
»rd, N. C. He is an accountant with Par-
sh-Medford Motors, Inc.
ERALDINE FORD, a graduate of the
;hool of Dietetics at Duke, and ROBERT
ARL CONNOR, B.S.E.E., were married
eeember 29 in the Duke University Chapel.
hey are living at 2614 Patterson Avenue,
rinston-Salem, N. O, where Bob is em-
:oyed by the Duke Power Company.
ETTY CAVENESS EDENS and JOHN
LARENCE EDENS are living at 118 Bald-
m Avenue, Charlotte, N. C. John is a tax
:ditor for the state. They were married
me 11, 1950, in the Hayes Barton Method-
: Church, Raleigh, N. C.
i February 6 in St. Philip's Episcopal
mrch, Durham, ALICE GEITNER, '51,
came the bride of CLARENCE EDWARD
FOLCKEMER. Clarence is working toward
his Master's degree at Duke, and they are
living in Durham, where their mailing ad-
dress is Box 4293, Duke Station.
JACK E. FRUTH is a senior in the college
of pharmacy at Ohio State University. He
was married December 30 in the South
Charleston, Ohio, Methodist Church to Miss
Frances Elizabeth Rhodes. An alumna of
Ohio Wesleyan University and the school
of home economics, Ohio State University,
Mrs. Fruth taught home economics in the
Utica, Ohio, High School during the past
year.
VIRGINIA HAYNES and HERBERT
GREEN HIPPS, son of M. TEAGUE
HIPPS, '24 and IDA MAE GREEN HIPPS,
'25, of Greensboro, N. G, were married
February 7 in St. Mark's Episcopal Church,
Jacksonville, Fla. They are living at Mt.
Holly, N. C, where Herb is coach and physi-
cal education director at Mt. Holly High
School. Virginia was a physical education
instructor for the Raleigh public school sys-
tem until the time of her marriage.
The address of ROBERT L. HAZEL,
B.S.C.E., is Box 231, High Shoals, N. C.
He is with the R. H. Pinnix Construction
Company (R. H. PINNIX, '24), of Gas-
tonia, N. C, which is building a new weav-
ing and sewing building for the Carolinian
Mills.
EARL EDWIN HOELLEN, B.S.E.E., is a
research engineer for the Aluminum Com-
pany of America. He and his wife, the
former MARILYN LOUISE WILKS, are
living at 98 Center Street, Apartment 2,
Massena', N. Y.
JOHN FRANK HOSNER, M.F., is an in-
structor in agriculture at Southern Illinois
State Teachers College, Carbondale, 111.
Previously he served as District Forester
for the State of Illinois.
LARRY O. KARL, JR., is writing the sports
page and court news for the Kittanning,
Pa., Daily Leader Times. As soon as their
new engraving plant is completed, he will
be doing photo work. The Karls have two
sons, and their address is 699 North Water
Street, Kittanning.
PAUL REVERE LEITNER is a claims ad-
juster for the Liberty Mutual Insurance
Company, and is studying law at night school
in Chattanooga, Tenn. On December 27,
1950, he was married to Miss Susan Wise-
man of Brookline, Mass. They live at 206
Flora Circle, Chattanooga.
MARY ANNE O'ROURKE LEWIS and
HAROLD W. LEWIS, Ph.D., are living at
1005 Carolina Avenue, Durham. Harold is
an assistant professor of physics at Dul-e.
JEANNE MARIE HUTTON, '51, and
DANIEL R. PINO, LL.B., were married
August 22, 1950, and are living at 108-19
63rd Road, Forest Hills, N. Y. Dan is a
restaurant manager.
HUGH E. REAMS, LL.B., is practicing
law with the firm of Penn, Hunter, Smith
and Davis in Kingsport, Tenn. He was mar-
ried last summer to Miss Louise C. Stacy of
Lumberton, N. C.
MARY JO REYNOLDS and Mr. Kai Jur-
gensen were married in the Presbyterian
Church, Chapel Hill, X. C, ou February 25
and they are making their home on the
Pittsboro Highway south of Chapel Hill.
Mr. Jurgensen is a member of the Drama
Department at the University of North Caro-
lina.
ANN MARIE RICHARDSON became the
bride of Mr. Clifton Clement Winstead, Jr.,
on February 3 at the home of her parents
in Star, N. C. Ann Marie is a case worker
with the Person County Department of Pub-
lic Welfare in Roxboro, N. C, where her
husband is in business.
The formal wedding of MARY JOSE-
PHINE RYAN and PETE ROBERTSON
ARMSTRONG, '51, took place November
23 in the First Presbyterian Church, High
Point, N. C. Mary is working at the Home
Building and Loan Company in Durham, and
Pete is completing his senior year at Duke.
They are living at 2019 Englewood Avenue.
JANA LUCILLE HANSER, '51, and JOHN
SCHULTZ STEEL, were married March 3.
John, a lieutenant with the Fleet Marine
Force, was stationed at Camp Lejeune until
recently.
EMILY STEVENS STEPHENSON (MRS.
WILLIAM O.) and her husband live in
Varina, N. C, where he is a tobacconist.
ANN FLINTON STEWMAN, '51, flew to
Hawaii in March to join her husband,
JOHN ALEXANDER STEWMAN, III,
who is an Ensign in the United States
Navy. John's address is CINC PAC FLEET
STAFF, Box 14, e/o Fleet Post Office, San
Francisco, Calif.
MARY RUTH THORNTON, R.N., B.S.N.,
became the bride of Sidney B. Turner, Jr.,
on March 10 in the First Christian Church,
Knoxville, Tenn. They are living at 713
Parker Street, Durham. Mr. Turner, who
received a B.S. degree in Commerce from the
University of North Carolina, is employed
by the Durham Furniture Company.
MADGE SLAUGHTER VAUGHAN (MRS.
EARL J.) and her husband live at 1421
Nottingham Avenue, Orlando, Fla.
The marriage of LYNN FRANCES WEITH
and ROBERT EDWIN KLEES, '51, took
place February 24 at the home of the bride
in West Caldwell, N. J. They are now living
at 51 Grover Lane, Caldwell, N. J. Lynn
is a training supervisor in the personnel de-
partment of L. Bamberger and Company,
Newark, N. J. ; and Bob is a technical
copywriter for the Bakelite Company, Union
Carbide and Carbon Corporation, New York
City.
ANNA BAKER WIGGINS, '52, daughter
of FRED T. WIGGINS, '25, and MARK
EDWARD GARBER, JR., were married
March 24 in the Duke University Chapel.
Anna is a junior at Duke, and Mark is a
student in the Duke Law School.
MARY INGWERSON WINDSOR (MRS.
HENRY H. Ill) and her husband are living
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it 1860 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, 111. Mr.
Windsor, an alumnus of the University of
/Irginia, is an assistant editor of Popular
Mechanics. They have a son, William
laven, born on April 19.
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Presidents: Woman's College, Connie
Woodward ; Trinity College, N. Thomp-
son Powers; College of Engineering,
David C. Dellinger
>HYLLIS ANN MOOEE and ROBERT
IOLCOMB ALLEN were married January
9 in the Duke University Chapel. Phyllis,
graduate of the Duke Hospital School of
ledieal Technology, was a member of the
)uke Hospital staff prior to her marriage.
!he and Bob are making their home at Arm-
trong Manor, R.D. 3, Lancaster, Pa., while
e is training to be a salesman with Arm-
trong Cork Company.
(ONALD E. BEBOUT, A.M., has joined
he research staff of the Du Pont Company's
Jlectrochemieals Department at Niagara
'alls, N. Y., as a physicist in the technical
ivision laboratory.
IAVID WAYLAND CHARLTON, JR.,
!.D., is a Methodist Minister in Mineral
prings, N. C.
1EYWARD LEVIN DRUMMOND, of 1218
iroad Street, Central Falls, E. I., is a
rainee for the Owens-Corning Fiberglass
orporation.
EWIS WILLIAM DUNCAN whose home
I 403 Monticello Drive, Mansion Hill
.partments, Hopewell, Va., is a chemist
or the Solvay Process Division of Allied
hemical and Dye Corporation.
HAELES FEED LUCAS, JE., is working
ith the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company,
umberland, Md. • His address there is
i.F.D. No. 1, c/o Mrs. Joe Winders.
RCHIE GEEENBEEEY LUGENBEEL,
R., is an underwriter for the Life Insur-
nce Company of Virginia. He is living at
302 Pickens Street, Columbia, S. C.
RCHIE MADISON MATHIS, JE., whose
ome is at 514 Hammond Street, Rocky
[ount, N. C, is a trainee with Owens-Corn-
ig Fiberglass Corporation of Ashton, E. I.
'RANK STEWAET STOKES, JE,, whose
ome address is 811 Linden Avenue, Ports-
umth, Va., is a trainee in the office of
Arlington Mills, High Point Weaving, High
oint, N. C.
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RGYLE KING, a junior in the Duke
diversity School of Nursing, and ROBERT
RAY CLARKE, a junior in the Duke
'ivinity School, were married December 21
6 the Cole Memorial Methodist Church,
'erita, N. C. They are making their home
• Durham.
a a formal ceremony on March 17 in the
iuke Memorial Methodist Church, Durham,
TAGG NICHOLSON, daughter of STERL-
STG J. NICHOLSON, '22, became the bride
E Mr. William Marsh Sanders. They are
living in the Glen Lennox Apartments in
Chapel Hill, N. C.
The marriage of BETTY WILLIAMSON
and Mr. Clyde Vance Wilder took place
February 10 at the Emory University Chapel
in Atlanta, Ga. They are living in Durham
where Betty is a student in the Duke Uni-
versity School of Nursing.
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JUANITA WANDA WATKINS and Mr.
Richard Glenn Averette were married Febru-
ary 4 in the Methodist Church, Stem, N. C.
They are living at 905 Clarendon Street,
Fayetteville, N. O, where Mr. Averette is
employed with Grannis and Sloan Construc-
tion Company. He is an alumnus of the
University of North Carolina and State
College.
Victory Season
(Continued from Page 156)
and Mary, Navy and Virginia, The win
over Virginia snapped a 20-game win
streak for the Cavaliers.
Track
The Duke track team started with a
bang, but slowed down at season's end,
mainly because of the loss of its star
point-getter, tiny Henry Poss of Chat-
tanooga, Tenn., who pulled a leg muscle.
The Duke eindermen finished third in
the annual Southern Conference meet be-
hind Maryland and North Carolina, re-
spectively.
Grabbing Conference individual cham-
pionships were 220-yard ace Herbert
"Piney" Field, hurdler Tommy Reeves
and pole vaulter John Conner. It was
the second Conference championship of
the season for Conner, also a champ in
the diving event during the swimming
season. Field captured the 220-yard dash
in a time of 21.9 seconds, while Reeves
ran the 220-yard low hurdles in 24 sec-
onds flat and Conner pole-vaulted 12
feet, his lowest height of the season.
The Duke tracksters finished the reg-
ular season with a 3-2-1 record.
Convocation
(Continued from Page 157 )
The Methodist bishcp of the Richmond
and Geneva areas gave example after
example showing that, in Sweden as well
as in Russia, in Yugoslavia and Switzer-
land, when church membership is on a
level with citizenship, religion loses its
moral vigor and its compelling force in
men's lives.
Bishop Garber's ringing defense of a
free church came near the close of a
four-day interdenominational program,
attended by several hundred ministers,
which included workshop sessions, re-
fresher courses and public addresses by
well-known religious leaders.
Highlighting the Convocation was the
second series of James A. Gray Lectures
delivered by Dr. Paul E. Scherer of
Union Theological Seminary, New York
City. The public attended the series,
which was on the general subject of "The
Ways of God — A Study in the Book of
Job'.".
Bishop Garber's talk was based on his
experiences during the past six years in
Europe, where he made a grass roots
study of the common religious life. The
title of his address was "Religion in
Europe As I Have Seen It." Bishop
Costen J. Harrell, of the Methodist
Church, Charlotte area, spoke at the
morning devotional services.
Distinguished religious leaders and
members of the Duke Divinity School
faculty served as instructors for the
workshops and refresher courses.
A workshop on "The Minister and
Public Relations" was conducted by
James Sells, executive secretary of radio
and visual aids, Southeastern Methodist
Jurisdiction. Guest speakers for the
workshop were E. B. Garrett of the Soil
Conservation Service, Raleigh; Charles
A. Dukes, Director of Alumni Affairs
at Duke; and Earl W. Porter of the
Duke Bureau of Public Information.
Dr. John J. Rudin II, of the Duke
Divinity School faculty, led a "Worship
Workshop" with emphasis on effective
leadership by the preacher in public wor-
ship services. Recordings were used to
demonstrate effective religious services,
and visiting ministers discussed their
own specific problems.
A workshop on "Planning a Church
Program" was under the direction of Dr.
A. J. Walton, of the Duke faculty. The
sessions dealt with evangelical, educa-
tional and recreational church activities
and related topics.
In a "Vacation Church School" work-
shop the program included demonstra-
tions of children's religious projects and
discussion of church school activities.
Mrs. Edith W. Reed, director of chil-
dren's work for the Western North Caro-
lina Methodist Conference, was in charge
of the workshop.
Convocation lecture courses were "The
New Testament Faith and the Mind of
the Church Today," taught by Dr. Rob-
ert E. Cushman of the Duke Divinity
School; "Christianity and World Mis-
sions," taught by Dr. Daniel J. Fleming
of Union Theological Seminary; and
"The Minister's Tools and Techniques,"
instructed by Dr. Nolan B. Harmon,
Methodist book editor.
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Letters
(Continued from Page 137)
Five months ago I was transferred to
San Francisco and now share a very Bo-
hemian sort of shack on Telegraph Hill
with two other stewardesses. There we
have a perfect view of Berkeley, the
Bay Bridge, Treasure Island and even
Alcatraz.
In April I started a most wonderful
35-day vacation. After three days in
Miami, an ex-roommate of mine from
Seattle, who is now flying the South
American route for P. A. A., and I left
on a round-the-world trip. We went first
to New York via San Juan, P. R. and
thence to Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London,
Paris, Zermatt (to ski), Milan, Rome,
Istanbul, Beirut, Cairo, New Delhi, Agra,
and Bangkok. Returning thence but not
stopping in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Wake
and Honolulu — since those spots, as well
as Guam, Manila and Singapore, are
now on my regular flights. At present
I'm on my way to the South Pacific. It
is an 18-day trip. Although we transit
Canton Island we stop at Fiji, Sydney
and Auckland. I'm most pleased for I
have not seen these places before.
As well as flying the regular passenger
flights we have been flying Army charter
trips as far as Tokyo — taking Army,
Navy, Marines and Air Force replace-
ments over and bringing back the
wounded, the widows, the boys on emer-
gency leaves, and the high brass for con-
ference in Washington. All of which con-
vinces us that this war is a very real
thing even though it has never been
declared.
Among the Duke people I've seen late-
lv are Pattie McGowan Black (Mrs. Stan-
ley P.), '46, her husband Pat, and cute
young son David, with whom I spent
yesterdav here in Honolulu.
A week ago while I was visiting my
s : ster Ebie, her three-year-old Ginny,
three-month-old Jimmy, and her "back
in the Marine Corps pilot" husband in
Laguna Beach, Calif., I saw Babbie Mill
Kesterman (Mrs. Adrian L.), '46, and
her husband who has also been called
back in the Marine Corps. Her two sons,
Jeff and Tim (2% months), are mighty
cute.
In Miami I saw Johanna Weiland
Hoehl (Mrs. John R.), '46, Pat Reed
Heath. '42, and her husband Byard —
home on vacation also — all looking swell.
In San Francisco I call or see Arleen
Palmer, '48, quite often and hope to see
Pat Way Anderson (Mrs. Donald A.),
'48, soon. Did I miss anybody??? Oh,
rid run into a P. A. A. pilot out here
from Miami — can't remember the name
but you told him I was here.
Gad, how did I get so wound up — and
I haven't even told you about my main
point of interest — that guy who sold me
the sail boat in Seattle — frankly I think
he just wants the boat (or at least my
quarter) back — but he's going to have
to support me for the rest of my life to
get it. We've been engaged since the
end of March and have set our wedding-
date for August 18th. The wedding is
going to be just outside San Francisco
in San Mateo with a reception at my
Aunt and Uncle's home in San Mateo —
the folks are coming out and Ebie and
Jack will be up.
Hunter, too, is back in the Marine
Corps but, fortunately for us, stationed
with the machine accounting group right
here in San Francisco.
I could rave on for pages but instead
will just tell you he's a Phi Delt from
University of Washington and bring him
by some day to see you so you can judge
for yourself.
( Dottie wrote the above letter at the
Mouana Hotel, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu,
Territory of Hawaii.)
deaths
SIMPSON QUEEN, '87
It has been learned in the Alumni Of-
fice that Simpson Queen, '87, is deceased.
He had made his home on Route 1, Whit-
tier, N. C.
NED STAMPER, '87
Ned Stamper, '87, of Route 1, Whit-
tier, N. C, is deceased, it has been learned
by the Alumni Office.
DENISON F. GILES, '03
Denison F. Giles, '03, of Marion, N.
C, died of a heart attack in the Balti-
more, Md., Sanatorium on February 19.
FREDERICK W. TERRELL, '13
Frederick William Terrell, '13, died at
Rex Hospital in Raleigh May 12 follow-
ing a cerebral hemorrhage suffered at
Fred A. Olds School late on the after-
noon of May 11.
Funeral services were held May 14 in
Christ Church, and burial was in Oak-
wood Cemetery in Raleigh.
Mr. Terrell had taught school and
served as principal in North Carolina
schools for a number of years. At the
time of his death he was working as
North Carolina representative for a
school book publishing firm in Atlanti
Ga. He made his home in the Raleig
Apartments.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Mai
Alice Robertson Terrell; three sister
Mrs. Guy Weaver, Asheville, N. C. ; &
Margaret Estes, Asheville ; and Mrs. J
A. Kent of Winter Park, Fla. ; and t\\
brothers, Marvin C. Terrell, '14, Wal
Forest; and J. 0. Terrell, Granite Fall
N. C.
DR. I. T. MANN, '09
Dr. I. T. Mann, '09, died at his horn
1206 Johnson Street, in High Point, 1
C, on May 13.
A past national vice-commander of tl
American Legion, he was also an aeti
member of the Kiwanis Club, Masoi
and Elks. In addition to Trinitv C(
lege, Dr. Mann attended the Medic-
School of the University of North Car
lina and Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia. He was a native of Sil
City, and had practiced medicine in Hi;
Point for a number of years.
Survivors include the wife; two daug
ters bv a former marriage, Mrs. D. .
Pollock and Mrs. Frank Haven of ]
Myers, Fla.: a sister, Mrs. John R. P<
cock of High Point; and four grar
children.
BASIL H. LUCAS. '34
Funeral services for attorney Basil
Lucas. '34. Pittsburgh oil executive, vn
held M«y 11.
Mr. Lucas was secretary-treasurer a
a director of the Hiawatha Oil and C|
Companv. Melben Oil Company, and 1
Penn-Ohio Gas Company. He was a
vice-president of the Republic Pipe L
Company and the DuYal Pipe Line Co
pany and a director of the Republic
Refining Company.
In addition to Duke, Mr. Lucas
tended Culver Military Academy £
Harvard Law School.
He is survived by his mother. 1M
Mayme Lucas, Shinnstown, W. Ya.
NEAL A. GIFFORD, '49
Neal A. Gifford. '49, died April
as a result of injuries suffered in
automobile accident April 18. While i
was driving from Great Barrington
Pittsfield. Mass.. Neal's car was for
toward the side of the road bv an onci
ins- truck and ran into a bridge.
Since his graduation from Duke, >
had been working in the accounting
ganization of the Chemical Departff
of General El<>eti-ic in Pittsfield.
He is survived bv his mother. 3
Nellie S. Gifford of Estill. S. C.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, June, 1951
WOMEN IN WHITE
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technicians is only one of many devices utilized by
America's progressive medical profession in treating
the hospitalized ill. Prepaid hospital-surgical plans
have a role in the drama of healing arts, too. Of
all the plans in North Carolina, only Hospital Saving
Association offers double approval protection of
Blue Cross-Blue Shield.
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OUR easy-going, big-billed friend lias learned to say "No" to these
hurry-up, one-puff, one-sniff cigarette tests! "Why", says he, "they
don't even give you time to finish the cigarette before you're supposed
to decide which is mildest!" Millions of smokers have come to the same
conclusion— there's just one real way to test the flavor and mildness
of a cigarette.
It's The Sensible Test . . . the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which
simply asks you to try Camels as a steady smoke— on a pack-after-pack,
day-after-day basis. No snap judgments needed ! After you've
enjoyed Camels— and only Camels— for 30 days in your "T-Zone"
(T for Throat, T for Taste) , we believe you'll know why . . .
More People Smoke Camels
than any other cigarette!
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ALUMNI REGISTER
July, 1951
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(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in the Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
July, 1951
Number 7
Contents
PAGE
Editorials 171
The School of Medicine 172
Summer at Duke 173
August Events 173
Friendship Symbol 174
German Scholarship 174
Brees in Dedication 171
Senior Job Opportunities 175
Duke Representatives 176
Foreign Orientation Center 176
Local Associations 176
Sports 177
Alumni Are Honored 178
Books 179
Sons and Daughters 180
Navy News 180
News of the Alumni 181
Editor o«d Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Managing Editor Roger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager Thomas D. Donegan
Layout Editor Ruth Mary Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
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May 20, 1951
Pvt. Paul H. Marx, U. S. 53045893, '50
Hdgs & Headquarters Company
804 Signal Base Depot
Port Holabird
Baltimore 19, Md.
First off I would like to tell you how much I have enjoyed reading
the Alumni News when I have been home on leave. It helps to form
a contact between my college days and the new life I am leading serv-
ing our nation. I feel sure the Register helps other members of the
armed forces keep up this contact.
My main reason for writing is to inquire whether or not it is
possible for me to purchase a class ring. I graduated in the Class of
1950 and at the time did not want a class ring. However, having been
"out in the world" so so speak, I see that this emblem of recognition
is invaluable and I would like if possible to acquire a class ring.
Please send me any information you can regarding price, delivery,
etc., if the ring can be obtained.
Rings are available, and further information about them may be
secured by writing the Duke University Stores, Duke University,:
Durham, N. C.
May 12, 1951
Rosabelle Wehunt Hampton (Mrs. Z. T.) R. N. '36
Ft. Richardson, Alaska
Can't you take off awhile this summer and come up to nature's
wonderland? You would love the wild flowers and snow-capped moun-
tains. The sun is now rising a little after 3 a.m. Yesterday it rose at
3 :15 a.m. and set at 8 :32 p.m. Last night at 11 :00 p.m. it was like
a twilight there. It seems odd when only a short while ago it was
dark for so many hours of the day. I've never appreciated the sun'
so much in all my life as after this dark winter. The trees are just
beginning to show tiny buds and they likewise are a welcome sight.
Yesterday I saw my first robin of the year. The temperature is rising
to around 50° in day time and dropping back to around 30° at night.
There is so much natural beauty here — but much that white man has
brought is ugliness.
Our kindest regards to everyone. Wish we could be there for the
'36 reunion — but 'tis quite impossible.
THIS MONTH'S COVER ,
One of the most spectacular traditions followed during the celebra-
tion of Saint John's Eve on June 24, the shortest night and longest
day of the year, is the ritual of men jumping over a fire to prove their
strength and prowess. For the past ten years, the Duke School of;
Spanish Studies has been recognizing this holiday, which has both.
Catholic and pagan origins, on Friday nearest June 24. Jumping over
the fire are, left to right, George J. Kintz, Duke senior; Professor Jose
Amor y Vaz Quez, visiting instructor from Brown University; and
Elias Torre, Jr., Spanish student.
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
Volume XXXVII
July, 1951
Number 7
Football Tickets
The sale of season tickets has progressed beyond all
expectations and it looks like alumni who haven't ordered
season tickets and are planning to do so had better get
their orders in immediately.
The latest ticket order to arrive came from Jack
Priddy, '42, in Surry, England. He ordered two season
tickets for the fall of 1951. Perhaps this is the best way
of saying to the alumni close by that it would be a good
thing to get in your orders immediately. This applies not
only to the season tickets but to those for individual
games as well.
Development Campaign
We have passed the $7,500,000 mark. We begin now
on the last million needed to reach our immediate goal.
We hope to complete this by December 31. If we do so,
it is going to take the combined efforts of every former
student and friend of the University.
We are going to have to continue the personal con-
tact so that every one who is the least bit interested in
Duke can know the entire story and be given an oppor-
tunity to participate in the program. We were unable
to get in touch personally with all alumni by the close of
our fiscal year, June 30. Alumni and friends who have
not been told the story will be contacted during the
coming months — between now and the end of the year.
Therefore, if you are helping with the Development
Campaign, please continue the work you have begun, for
each interested person must do everything he can to pro-
mote the program during the summer months. Perhaps
summer is a bad time for such campaigns, but there is
no good time, and the great need of the institution makes
any time a good time.
or two and see the Blue Devils in action when they play
in Pittsburgh. Because the Blue Devils are playing in a
number of distant points from the campus, it is going
to make the games especially accessible for alumni.
Just Rambling
May we remind you that the Duke Blue Devils are
going to be a "traveling team" this year. Get out your
schedule and begin to make plans now to see them in ac-
tion, not only at Duke but when they appear in yoiir
vicinity. A number of the local associations, one of which
is Norfolk, Va., are planning to play hosts to all alumni
attending the game to be played in their respective com-
munities.
We are going to run a schedule of these dinners, open
houses, etc., for your convenience. If you would like to
attend one or more of them, as soon as the announcement
appears in the Register, please send your reservation
with a check to the proper person.
A few days ago we received in the mail a request
from one of the local groups for football tickets for the
Pittsburgh game. This group is planning to charter a bus
Would you like a program for your garden club, civic
club, or some other organization to which you belong? If
so, we have a number of 16 mm. silent films that we be-
lieve would be found most interesting.
For example, we have a color film of the Sarah P.
Duke Memorial Gardens, giving both the botanical and
common names of most of the varieties of plants. This
film, which runs for twenty minutes, was listed one time
as a suggested program for the organization of National
Garden Clubs.
We have a film entitled, "A Year at Duke," which
gives the activities about the campus and shows some of
the buildings. There are a number of other films as well,
There is no charge for their use, except to defray the
postage when returning them to the University.
If you would like to use one or more of these films or
would like to see a list of those available, please write
the Alumni Office.
During the past twelve months a number of alumni
have made gifts to the Duke University Library. A few
of them are:
The Holton family (Miss Grace Holton, Dr. Quin-
ton Holton, Mrs. Holland Holton and sons) pre-
sented the Holton family's library, including Pro-
fessor Holland Holton 's personal correspondence.
The books are principally education, textbooks and
law books.
Mr. J. Braxton Craven — 225 volumes from the
theological collection of his father and grandfather.
Mrs. E. S. Bowling — 122 volumes of literary and
historical interest from the library of her late hus-
band.
Mr. Watson Smoot — a collection of about 75 medi-
cal and theological volumes from the library of
his father, Dr. J. Edward Smoot.
If you know of persons who have items you think
should be included in the Duke University Library and
whom j'ou could interest in giving these items as a gift
to the Library, we suggest you write to Dr. B. E. Powell,
Librarian of the Duke University Libraries, Duke Sta-
tion, Durham, N. C.
Perhaps you yourself may have books or a collection
of some kind that you would like to give to the Univer-
sity. If so, may we suggest you get in touch with Dr.
Powell.
Each day we find that our alumni and friends are
taking advantage of every opportunity to serve the insti-
tution. If you would like to have additional channels
through which to express your interest and don't know
quite how to proceed, I hope you will write to the Alumni
Office.
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Summer at Duke — As Active as Ever
Entering Freshmen and Building Projects Are Out of Routine
Summer arrives. Students who have
labored through the winter depart for
homes or jobs. For a week or two fol-
lowing commencement a university cam-
pus has the appearance of a deserted
village, tended only by a handful of care-
takers and office workers.
This lull, however, doesn't last long. At
least not at Duke. Students scatter.
Faculty members scatter. But some of
each return when the Summer Session
begins; and the places of those who have
departed for longer intervals are taken by
new arrivals from other colleges and uni-
versities, from high schools, from foreign
countries, and from a dozen other sources.
These new arrivals come to learn, to
teach, to do research, to engage in all of
the pursuits that characterize the Uni-
versity during the fall, winter, and
spring.
There is no off-season at Duke, and
those who are inclined to envy what they
consider the soft summer life of a pro-
fessor would find a cherished di'eam shat-
tered if they could observe the intense
hot weather activities of the faculty.-
A large number of Duke teachers have
taken temporary quarters at other uni-
versities in the United States and abroad.
There they are guest lecturers, research-
ers, or, in several instances, students
themselves. Others are poking about in
distant libraries, museums, and labora-
tories — pushing forward projects in very
many diverse fields.
Special Sessions
Over and above the regular classroom-
lecture-laboratory schedule of Summer
Session students, there are the special
schools and institutes which have become
a substantial part of summer activities
and through which Duke is giving out-
standing service to teachers and other
professional men and women.
Oldest, largest, and most famous of
these special sessions are the School of
Spanish Studies, underway the first
semester, and the Institute for Teachers
of Mathematics, to take place the second
semester. The first of these popular in-
stitutions has a peculiar effect upon the
campus. At any odd moment an unsus-
pecting stroller may happen upon a lively
group of gaily clad gypsies yelping hap-
pily at each other in pure, or at least
quite acceptable, Spanish. They may
dance, sing, or begin to leap over the
towering flames of a bonfire. Duke's
gothic chambers are touched with Latin-
American magic for a few brief weeks.
The Math Institute goes about its busi-
ness a little less spectacularly, but highly
effectively. There is little question that
the Institute is doing great work in im-
proving the methods and results of the
teaching of mathematics. Dr. W. W.
Eankin, director of the Institute, this
month was invited to U.C.L.A. to direct
a similar undertaking on the West Coast,
which is just being launched. Meanwhile,
four other math institutes patterned after
the one originated at Duke are being
organized across the United States.
Other special sessions, of greater or
lesser age, have been or are being held
for nurses, doctors, hospital technicians,
ministers, scientists, and numerous other
professional groups.
A brand new undertaking this year —
one likely to become greater than any
of the others — is the Science Teachers
Laboratory This laboratory will at-
tempt to do for science teachers what
the Math Institute has done for math
teachers. An outstanding staff, a care-
fully planned and highly selective pro-
gram, a large group of intensely inter-
ested teachers will combine to give the
Laboratory a send-off that should estab-
lish it as an annual affair.
Freshmen Enter
Classroom work and special institutes
are, however, the more or less normal ele-
ments of a Summer Session at Duke.
This year there are one or two less fa-
miliar elements of summer at Duke.
The first of these is the number of en-
tering freshmen. Last winter, when the
draft began to harass those attending
and planning to attend the nation's col-
leges and universities, Duke promptly an-
nounced that it would encourage high
school graduates to enter in the summer
in order to push forward their college
work as much as possible before facing
the prospect of prolonged armed serv-
ice. Special arrangements were made to
receive them and a suitable curriculum
was prepared.
Despite an at least temporary lessening
of draft fears, brought about bv rumored
peace negotiations, more than 100 fresh-
men enrolled in Trinity College and sev-
eral women, following the example of
their brothers, entered the Woman's Col-
lege. These youngsters, come what may
from their draft boards, are at least get-
ting the jumps on their fellow freshmen.
New Buildings Arise
Another thing that the campus doesn't
experience just any summer is the large
scale construction now taking place.
On Hospital Drive, facing east, the new
nurses home is rapidly assuming discern-
ible architectural proportions. The brick
is rising on all four sides and at this
moment is nearly roof high. Inside the
first of the walls are interposing them-
selves between large expanses of raw,
empty space. Stairways are in, floors
are laid, and in a surprisingly short time,
it can be assumed, the nurses will be
inspecting their new and much-needed
living quarters and teaching facilities.
Directly across from the nurses' home
is the naked steel framework of the new
Graduate Living Center. Already the
first rows of brick, visible only to those
who take the trouble to peer over the
high construction fence, line the baseline
of the structure. Floors are being ex-
tended between steel beams to give the
building a more substantial appearance,
and an engineer with a good imagination
may now visualize the eventual appear-
ance of the finished structure.
Not too far away the new wing of the
Medical Research Building is approach-
ing completion and behind the Physics
Building an annex is being erected to
take care of the University's new nuclear
reactor.
But the most recently begun construc-
tion activity is taking place right in the
August Events
August 2-4 Conference of the North
Carolina English Teachers Associa-
tion.
August 5 Organ recital by Arnold
Briggs. 4 :30 p.m., University
Chapel.
August 7-17 Duke Institute for
Teachers of Mathematics.
August 18 Final exams in all four-
week courses of the second term of
Summer Session.
August 19 Organ recital by Samuel
Owens, Birmingham Conservatory.
4:30 p.m., University Chapel.
August 25 Final exam in physics.
August 30-31 Final exams in all six-
week courses of the Summer Ses-
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
[ Page 173 ]
heart of West Campus. Directly across
from the Library Building, beside the So-
cial Science (old Physics) Building,
there is already a strange clearing.
Where a forest used to exist, there is now
a level field.
This is where the ground is being pre-
pared for the realization of an old dream,
a new Administration and Classroom
Building. Plans call for the erection of
a gothic building that was designed some
25 years ago to All the vacant corner
of the intersection of the two main quad-
rangles. While the University settled
back to await the time when this building
would actually exist, the administrative
offices, for 25 years, were located in "tem-
porary" quarters. These quarters have
long since become irremedially inade-
( Continued on Page 188)
German University Has
Offered Scholarships
A "thank-you" scholarship has been of-
fered by the University of Marburg in
Germany to any Duke University student
who wants to study there.
Two German students from the Uni-
versity of Marburg, Erwin Merkel and
Guenther Bicknese, who studied at Duke
last fall under the German Training Pro-
gram, were so impressed by Duke and
American college life that they became
more interested in the idea of exchange
students and promoted the idea of the
scholarship.
The University of Marburg is famous
for its Summer School, but any season
is reported to be pleasant at the Univer-
sity with its beautiful old buildings and
Carved Crown Is Friendship Symbol
Visitors to the Rare Book Room of
the Duke University Library will find
among the many interesting objects
placed on display there a wood carv-
ing of a crown from historic Durham
castle in England.
This spring Vice-Chancellor Sir
James Duff (center) of England's
University of Durham, presented Duke
University officials with the carving
in a special international good will
ceremony in the Rare Book Room.
Dr. Paul M. Gross (right), vice-
president of Duke in the Educational
Division, received the gift for the
University. Former Mayor Dan K.
Edwards, '35 (left), represented the
City of Durham at the ceremony
which took place shortly before he
assumed the position of assistant see-
retarv of defense in Washington,
D. C.
Other Duke officials taking part
were Dr. Charles E. Jordan, vice-presi-
dent in the Division of Public Rela-
tions; Dr. Herbert J. Herring, vice-
president in the Division of Student
Life; A. S. Brower, business manager
and comptroller; Dr. Alan K. Man-
chester, dean of undergraduate stud-
ies; and Dr. Benjamin Powell, Duke
University librarian.
Vice-Chancellor Duff made his visit
to the United Str.-tes in connection
with his duties as a member of the
British Commonwealth Fund Com-
mittee of Award. Established in 1925,
the fund provides international edu-
cation and travel opportunities for
outstanding young men and women.
traditions deeply rooted in the past. Twi
tuition-free semesters are offered to Duk
students for any time of the year. Sev
eral are taking advantage of the scholar
ship this summer. The German offer wi]
permit them to take advantage of fl
favorable exchange rate of dollars t(
Deutsehmark and live "luxuriously" (M
$50 a month (it's reported!).
A pictorial volume of the German Uni
versity was presented to President Eden:
by Gunther Strahl, official of the town
and one of a new group of German stu
dents in the training program in behal
of the town of Marburg. The Germai
students also wished to express the!
thanks for the contribution of severa
hundred dollars to Marburg Universit;
for the improvement of student aceom
modation facilities by the Duke Campm
Chest Fund through its world Studen
Service Fund.
Brees in Dedication
Anton Brees, world famous virtuoso o:
the carillon who plays during the sum
mer at Duke University and during tb
winter at the Bok Singing Tower, Laki
Wales, Fla., participated in the dedi
catory recital of the University of Kan
sas campanile on May 27. He remained ii
Lawrence, Kans., to play three recital
in addition to the dedicatory service, in
eluding a starlight program.
The newly completed University o:
Kansas campanile is a memorial ti
World War II and to the alumni of tha
institution who gave their lives in com
bat. The carillon bells themselves wel
made by John Taylor and Company, o:
Loughborough, England, bell founder
since 1360, the same concern which mad-
the bells in the Duke Chapel Towei
There are 53 bells in the Kansas carillon
the largest of which weigh 13,440 pounds
A native of Belgium, Mr. Brees ha
since 1924 played more dedicatory recit
als than any other earillonneur in thi
country. His father was the eminen
Gustaaf Brees, earillonneur of the his
toric Antwerp Cathedral. Now a Unitei
States citizen, Mr. Brees has brought ti
this country all of the artistry and tech
nique which has been associated wifl
carillon playing in the Low Lands fo'
centuries, where the bells are considerei
a national instrument.
On June 3, Mr. Brees presented a caril
Ion recital on the Duke Campus, during
Commencement Week End. He will re
main in Durham during the summer, an<
will give two carillon recitals weekly
Sunday afternoons and Thursday eve
nings. The public is cordially invited t(
attend.
[ Page 174 ]
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
Seniors Find Opportunities Are Ample
Appointments Office Reports Great Increase in Openings for Graduates
The Appointments Office, which serves
is a free employment service for students
ind alumni, reports that probably 100
jercent of this year's graduates, both
nen and women, have succeeded in find-
ng jobs. Most of the seniors were regi-
stered with the office.
Outstanding facts from the report are
hat this year there were 4,471 job open-
ngs available for consideration by the
he 691 graduating seniors; that the larg-
■st number of openings were in engineer-
ng, sales and accounting, with chemistry
md physics ranking next; and that there
s a developing tendency for employers
n commerce and industry to rate appli-
lants primarily on their ability to get
ilong with people, grades being of sec-
mdary significance. This development
loes not hold in professional and research
ields, however; in these areas the ap-
)licant's academic record is scrutinized
rith care.
In general, the employment situation is
asier now than it was last. year, when
here was a slight falling off from the
>ost-war level. Judging from the number
if employment opportunities, the number
'f visits to Duke by employers' repre-
entatives to interview students, the level
•f starting salaries and similiar indicia
he 1950 loss has been more than erased.
industry and Government
Employment in industrial and eom-
lercial establishments which accounts for
6% of the activity of the Appoint-
lents Office, has been largely with big
orporations. As may be expected, gov-
rnment has entered the field as an em-
iloyer on a large scale. The compara-
ively insignificant number of smaller
usinesses that have engaged personnel
lirough the Appointments Office may be
|ue to the fact, among others, that such
stablishments find that the expense of
[jading representatives to universities to
iterview prospective employees out-
weighs the advantages of such means
ar filling their personnel needs as
gainst depending on the usual local
aurces.
Most calls in the commercial-industrial
racket still come from the North and
ortheast, but the increasing industrial-
ation of the South is reflected in a
Ittesponding increase in the number of
»uke graduates who find permanent busi-
ess and professional careers in this see-
on of the countrv.
A total of 184 companies sent repre-
sentatives to the Appointments Office in
quest of new personnel; of these, 19
made two or more visits. They announced
themselves as being on the market for
additions to their staffs in the following
categories and in the following numbers:
engineers, 747 (including a round 700
sought by DuPont; sales persons, 242;
chemists, 145; accountants, 84 (several
were accepted by Price, Waterhouse in
New York); merchandisers, 89; physi-
cists, 83; insurance men, 41; bank em-
ployees, 16; personnel for training in
sales, management, purchasing and simi-
lar positions, 81. Vacancies disclosed by
these representatives added up to 1,528.
By letter and phone the office was ap-
prised of openings for 1,474 engineers,
113 salesmen, 93 accountants and 1,263
others. Engineering opportunities ac-
count for nearly half of the total, or
2,241 out of 4,471 openings in all fields.
Four fifths of the requests for teachers
originate on the college level, with calls
for teachers of education and English
predominating. All sections of the coun-
try send to Duke for college faculty per-
sonnel. In the secondary and elementary
school brackets the largest number of
openings have been for coaches, adminis-
trators and teachers of English, the calls
coming mainly from the South. The 59
graduates and others so far registered
for jobs in the teaching profession had
333 placement opportunities to choose
from, with the most active quarter of the
year, in which the foregoing figures will
be trebled or quadrupled, falling within
the current months of summer. This does
not indicate that such a ratio exists be-
tween the number of would-be teachers
and existing openings; presumably insti-
tutions needing' teachers list their require-
ments with every major university hav-
ing a school of education, as each Spring-
large corporations canvass the leading
colleges for outstanding seniors.
Worthy of note is the fact that the
calls for teachers include 110 openings
for teachers on the primary, secondary
and high school levels in foreign coun-
tries. A majority of the openings exist
in schools in the Latin-American repub-
lics; a number of calls came also from
Middle-Eastern countries such as Turkey
and Greece. Anchorage, Alaska, requires
many teachers; calls have come, through
various public and private agencies, for
teachers in Japan, Germany, Australia,
the Philippines, Egypt and other coun-
tries. The requirements set forth for
these positions tend to be rather high,
usually demanding two years of experi-
ence, and often a master's degree. The
result is that often by the time a poten-
tial applicant has the necessary require-
ments he is sufficiently well settled that
he is reluctant to make so drastic a
change.
Women Must Type
With regard to women a peculiarity of
the employment situation is that most
employers require a knowledge of typing
and shorthand, or at least typing, even
of applicants for jobs in personnel work,
banks, insurance, business administration
and government, where stenography is
not ordinarily considered as a phase of
the work. Typing is of course an under-
standable requirement in publicity, public
relations, advertising and journalism, in
which fields there have been many calls
for women.
The job outlook in general, as it ap-
pears to the college graduate, is well
summed up in a letter for college news-
papers, for release on June 1, issued by
Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary of the U. S.
Department of Labor. Characterizing the
prospects as "excellent," the letter con-
tinues: "Both rising civilian demand and
the needs of the defense program have
created a generally tight labor market,
with acute shortages of workers in some
occupations and local areas. In occupa-
tion after occupation the demand for
workers has risen rapidly since June
1950. The total number of employes in
nonagricultural establishments increased
by 2 million between June 1950 and
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Mistakes Will Happen
Apologies are in order for Joe Rich-
ard Phillips, B.S.M.E '51, president
of Senior Engineers, and Roberta E.
Williams, B.N. '51, president of Sen-
ior Nurses, who were mistakenly
identified in the June Register as
Richard J. Crowder and Alice Jean
Youmans in the picture of flag low-
ering on page 140. Dick and Alice are
next year's Trinity College and Wom-
an's College presidents and will take
part in the ceremony in 1952.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
[ Page 175 ]
Duke Is Represented
at Various Events
Four representatives of Duke Univer-
sity participated in special ceremonies at
other colleges and universities during
June.
Joseph C. Robert, A.M. "29. Ph.D. '33,
associate dean of the Duke Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, represented
Duke June 3 at the inauguration of Dr.
Harold C. Case as president of Boston
University, Boston, Mass.
Attending the inauguration of Malcolm
A. Love as president of the University
of Nevada on June 11, was W. Dwight
Billings, A.M. '35, Ph.D. '36. Mr. Bill-
ings is chairman of the biology depart-
ment at the University of Nevada.
Carl H. Deal, B.S. '41, Ph.D. '45, of
Orinda, Calif., represented Duke at the
Centennial Commencement of the Col-
lege of the Pacific, June 10, in Stockton,
Calif. He is a research chemist with the
Shell Development Company, and is also
president of his local Duke Alumni Asso-
ciation.
The University was represented at the
100th founders' day of the Hill School,
Pottstown, Pa., on June 9 bv Frederic
M. J. Walp, M.D. '39.
Professor Robert N. Cook, LL.B. '36,
of the Law School of Western Reserve
University, represented Duke at the 125th
anniversary of the founding of Western
Reserve University on June 11.
Foreign Students to Head
Orientation Center at Duke
About 40 students from foreign coun-
tries will spend six weeks on the Duke
campus from August 1 to September 7
at an "orientation center'' designed to
familiarize them with American customs
and manners before they go on to some
other school for work in a field of special
interest.
Duke is one of the 20 American colleges
and universities selected for the orienta-
tion program, which will help 1,000 for-
eign students brought to this country in
State Department sponsored "exchange
projects." All of the students are gradu-
ates of a foreign university and are pre-
paring to do post graduate work in the
United States.
Half of the students coming to Duke
are from Japan, and the other half are
from various countries all over the world,
including India, Pakistan, Turkey,
Egypt, France, and Belgium.
Officers of the newly formed Duke University Alumni Association, Ha
waii Chapter, are left to right, Chaplain Robert M. Price, '18, committe
member; Dr. Dorothy M. Heagy, M.Ed. '44, chairman; Kwan Hi Line
LL.B. '50, committee member; Woodley C. Merritt, '21. committee member
Dr. Cyrus W. Loo, G. '47, committee member ; Pattie MeGowan Black (Mrs
Stanley P.), '46, vice-chairman; and the Reverend Kingsley K. Lyu, B.D
'42. secretary-treasurer.
Local Associations
Hawaii
The youngest organization that has
been added to the ever-expanding list of
Duke Alumni Associations is the Duke
University Alumni Association Hawaii
Chapter. The first meeting was held in
the Honolulu YWCA where former Duke
students met for a tray lunch-business
meeting to form the new chapter.
The following officers were elected to
serve the organization : Dr. Dorothy M.
Heagy, M.Ed. '44, chairman; Pattie Mc-
Gowan Black (Mrs. Stanley P.), '46,
vice-chairman ; and the Reverend Kings-
ley K. Lyu, secretary-treasurer. Chap-
lain (Major) Robert M. Price, '18;
Woodley C. Merritt, '21; Dr. Cyrus W.
Loo, G. '47; and Kwan Hi Lam, LL.B.
'50, are committee members.
There are about 40 Duke alumni liv-
ing in the Honolulu area, and it is antic-
ipated that they will all become active
members of the Alumni Association.
Alamance County
Louis C. Allen, Jr., '45, LL.B. '49,
president of the Alamance County chap-
ter of the Duke Alumni Association, has
recently been recalled to active duty with
the United States Xavy. For the present,
Allen Commaek, Jr., '48, secretary-treas-
urer, will function as acting president of
the organization.
William C. Wettstein, '47
Dallas, Texas
The new president of the recently or
ganized Dallas, Tex., Duke University
Club is William C. Wettstein, '47, whosi
picture appears above. A sales manage);
for Burlington Mills in Dallas, he i:
now an active worker for the Develop
ment Campaign in that area. His J
dress is 571S West Claridge Circle
Dallas.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
Predictions for '51 Are Scarce
No One Knows Blue Devil Strength — But
Thrills Are Expected
Captain of Duke's 1951 Football
Team, James Gibson
From Duke to State
Horace (Horse) Hendrickson, '34,
frosh football, baseball, and basketball
coach at Duke for the past two years, is'
taking over as chief scout for the N. C.
State College football team, assistant
varsity coach, and head coach of the
junior varsity football team next year.
A quarterback on the first Duke team
coached by Wallace Wade to win the
Southern Conference championship, in
his senior year he also won varsity mon-
ograms in baseball and basketball.
Coaching and sports work have kept
Hendrickson busy since his college days.
He remained as assistant freshman coaeh
at Duke until 1937 when he went to
Elon College as director of athletics and
football coach. His Elon teams won two
North Carolina Conference champion-
ships in football and three in baseball.
He joined the University of Pennsyl-
vania grid staff as assistant backfield
coach in 1942, and the Brooklyn Dodgers
signed him as backfield coach of their
grid team and scout in the baseball set-
up in 1948. A year later, Mr. Hendrick-
son returned to Duke as a member of
the athletic system.
With Bill Murray, '31, head mentor at
Duke, Tom Rogers, '35, at Wake Forest,
and "Horse" Hendrickson, assistant coach-
ing at State College, Duke University is
well represented on surrounding football
teams for the coming year. Carolina,
however, has not yet accepted Duke
coaching talent.
Football Coach William D. (Bill) Mur-
ray, '31, "officially" returned to Duke and
the state of North Carolina in mid-July
and after helping Mrs. Murray (Carolyn
Kirby), '32, get settled in their home
here, he started looking to and planning
for the fall.
As he returned, the athletic office re-
ported a brisk sale of season tickets
(better get your orders in for both sea-
son tickets and individual tickets NOW)
and it appears that there is great interest
in Murray's debut as boss of the Blue
Devils.
Bill himself had little to say. "We
may surprise some of our opponents,"
he said, "and I hope that we can do some
scoring. However, I am afraid that our
opponents are going to do some too. I
am still trying to familiarize myself with
the squad which can't be done in the six
weeks we had this spring."
There is one thing certain. His selec-
tion as coach has met with approval
from all sides. He was certainly the
"people's choice" for the job. Those who
know him best predict great things for
him for he is generally recognized as
having a keen football mind.
The alumni must give him time, how-
ever. Coming here "cold turkey," he has
had to start from the bottom and get
acquainted both with the boys and with
the assistant coaches, but he has gotten
a fine start; he is both popular with and
respected by the "boys" and he'll event-
ually do the job.
The schedule is a tough one. Opening
with strong South Carolina at Columbia,
the Blue Devils then journey to Pitts-
burgh to meet the resurging Panthers
and then to Knoxville to take on the
No. 1 team in the nation (in our book),
Tennessee. If he can get a couple of
wins out of those three, he'll have done
his job well indeed.
Coach Murray will make his home
debut in the game with N. C. State on
October 13 which will be followed by a
game with Virginia Tech at Norfolk on
October 22.
The Homecoming Day special will be
served up on October 27 with Virginia
here and it is expected to be a record-
breaker as alumni return to watch Duke's
first alumnus coach.
Georgia Tech will be met in Atlanta
on November 3 and then Wake Forest
comes here for the Dad's Day game on
November 10. This will be followed by
a game with William and Mary at Wil-
liamsburg on November 17 and the finale
with Carolina here on November 24.
Several announcements recently indi-
cate "terrific" schedules for Duke teams
in years to come. Athletic Director Eddie
Cameron recently announced that Navy
would come to Durham on November 8
of 1952 and that S.M.U. would be met
in Dallas, Texas, on September 26.
These games along with the home-and-
home series previously announced with
Army and Purdue starting in 1953 show
the calibre of the opposition that Duke
will play in years to come and the fine
attractions that will be brought to Duke
stadium.
Cameron pointed out that "fans who
buy season tickets now will be assured
of best seats in future years."
1951 Football Schedule
September 22 — South Carolina ..Columbia
September 29 — Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
October 6 — Tennessee Knoxville
October 13— N. C. State Durham
October 20— Virginia Tech Norfolk, Va.
October 27 — Virginia (Homecoming) Durham
November 3 — Georgia Tech... Atlanta
November 10 — Wake Forest Durham
November 17 — W T illiam and Mary Williamsburg
November 24 — North Carolina Durham
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
[ Page 177 ]
Alumni Recently Honored
A Random Sampling of Recognition of Duke Men and Women
Julian Lentz Is Honored
Julian C. Lentz, Jr., '38, M.D. '42, of
Maryville, Tenn., has received the Junior
Chamber of Commerce distinguished serv-
ice award for being named "Young Man
of the Year" of Blount County, Tenn.
An active Jayeee and Kiwanian, Dr.
Lentz has been a leader in health and
civic affairs in Blount County, having
served as chairman of the Heart Associa-
tion drive and diabetic detection clinic.
He has worked as medical advisor to
veterans, given service in treatment of
arthritic patients and found sponsors to
pay for their medicine at cost, and helped
establish a vitamin bank for needy chil-
dren of the community.
Dr. Lentz is vice-president of the
Blount County Medical Association, sec-
retary of the Blount Memorial Hospital
staff, member of the Disaster Prepared-
ness project of the Red Cross, chairman
of the underprivileged committee of the
Kiwanis Club, and has served as chair-
man of the Red Cross Medical group. He
is an active member of the New Provi-
dence Presbyterian Church, where he
serves as chairman of the Square of Lay-
men's Council.
Having interned at Grady Hospital,
Atlanta, Ga., and taken post graduate
work in Atlanta following service in the
U. S. Army Medical Corps with the First
Field Hospital, Dr. Lentz established his
practice in Maryville. He is married to
the former Mary Nell Lee, '40, and they
have two children.
Another "Young Man of
the Year"
Another Duke alumnus honored this
spring by being chosen "Young Man of
the Year" by his local Junior Chamber
of Commerce Association is W. D. Bod-
die, B.D. '41, of Springhill, La.
Mr. Boddie is minister of the Spring-
hill Methodist Church. During his three-
year pastorate, 304 persons have been re-
ceived into his church. At present the
church has a membership of some 600
resident members and 225 non-resident
members.
A new son, Wyatt David, III, was
born to the Boddies on February 28 of
this year. They also have two daughters,
Linda, 6, and Susan, 3. Mrs. Boddie is
the former Margaret Smith, '35. Their
address is Box 545, Springhill, La.
First Woman on Board
The recent appointment of Ruth For-
lines Dailey (Mrs. J. C, Jr.), '33, of
Durham, to the City Board of Education
marks the first time a woman has been
chosen to serve in this capacity in the
city's history.
Her appointment was unanimously
recommended to the City Council by a
special committee of that body, and the
recommendation was approved by the
Council.
John Calvin Dailey, her husband, is an
alumnus of the Class of '31. He is the
owner of Dailey's, Inc., hardware store.
They have three children, Jack, Nancy,
and Rebecca. The Dailey's live at 2216
Club Boulevard in Durham.
A similar distinction is enjoyed by
Elizabeth Williams Lanning (Mrs. John
T.), '31, who was elected last year to
membership on the Durham County
Board of Education, the first woman to
fill this office. Both Mrs. Dailey and Mrs.
Lanning are now serving.
New Mayor of High Point
Amos R. Kearns, '27, secretary-treas-
urer of the Crown Hosiery Mills of High
Point, N. C, was elected mayor of High
Point recently in a vigorously contested
election. As Democratic standard bearer
he led his party to a clean sweep of all
the top electoral posts of the city govern-
ment. A new eight-member city council
was voted into office for a two-year term
with Mayor-elect Kearns.
High Point's new mayor has been
prominent in Duke University affairs as
well as in community activities. He is a
member of tthe Executive Committee of
the Board of Trustees and of the Duke
Athletic Council, and has served as presi-
dent of the Alumni Association. He is a
past president of the High Point Cham-
ber of Commerce, Rotary Club and Coun-
try Club, and a member of the Union
League Club of New York City. He is
an active member of the Wesley Memo-
rial M. E. Church of High Point and
serves on its board of stewards. In 1933
he married Miss Louise Copeland, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sanford
Copeland, of Kinston. They have two
children, Amos Jr., 16, and Jane Edger-
ton Kearns, 14.
Oldest Alumnus
Columbus Bernard Franklin, '77, is
now the oldest living alumnus of Duke
University. He was born December 26,
1857. He also represents the oldest
class which has a member living.
Mr. Franklin makes his home on a
fruit ranch in Carpenteria, Santa Bar-
bara County, Calif. He moved to Cali-
fornia in 1876 after having grown up
in Elkin, N. C. In 1890 he married
Theresa Elizabeth Bailard. They had
three children, two of whom are now
living — Bernice Franklin Horton (Mrs.
Archie W.), of Carpenteria, and Betty
Franklin.
Mr. Franklin became the oldest liv-
ing alumnus with the passing recently
of Edward Stanley Abell, '78.
Lions District Governor
O. E. Dowd, '27, M.Ed. '40, has been
serving as district governor of District
31-F, Lions International, for the past
year. This district includes 53 clubs in
the northeastern part of North Carolina.
Mr. Dowd, who is principal of the
Greenville, N. C, High School, has been
a Lion for 12 years. Before moving to
Greenville, he was a member of the Dur-
ham and Washington Lions Clubs. He
has served his present club as president
and director, and has served the district
as zone chairman and deputy district
governor.
Mr. and Mrs. Dowd have one son, Ed-
wards Dowd.
Boyd Biography Written
The Princeton University Alumni
Weekly is offering a book entitled Julian
P. Boyd: A Bibliographical Record to
interested persons.
Dr. Boyd is an alumnus of Duke Uni-
versity, having received the A.B. degree
in 1925, the A.M. in 1926, and the Litt.D.
at commencement, 1951. He is the li-
brarian of Princeton University, and has
recently undertaken the task of editing
a 52-volume set of books on the papers
of Thomas Jefferson. For the year 1951-
52, Dr. Boyd has been granted a leave
of absence for work on this project.
A Princeton alumnus who received the
book has written a letter to the Weekly
thanking them for the "lovely little vol-
ume" which is a "perfect thing for the
friends of Princeton's librarian to do.
To be one of those to pay Julian P.
Boyd honor is a high privilege."
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
Book Prize Established
A book prize has been established
by Darrell S. Jones, '50, in apprecia-
tion of the course in history of art and
culture in the western world offered
by Dr. Sidney B. Markham, of the
Duke Department of Aesthetics, Art,
and Music. The prize is to be given
to the student benefiting most from
the course each year.
Winner of this year's prize was Wil-
lard B. Gatewood, Jr., of Pelham, N.
Y., a Duke sophomore. Dr. Mark-
ham presented the award, which was a
book on the painting of El Greco with
color reproductions.
Faculty and Alumni Writings
Jconomic Resources and Policies
op the South
by Dr. Calvin B. Hoover and Dr. B. V.
Ratehford. The Macmillan Co.
Two Duke University professors of eco-
omics have written a report based on a
jree-year study, made for the Committee
£ the South of the National Planning
ssociation, of "alternative economic poli-
ies for the South." Calvin B. Hoover
nd B. U. Ratehford, the former serving
s research director of the Committee,
ave presented in their Economic Re-
mrces and Policies of the South (The
lacmillan Co., New York, 464 pp.,
5.50) an exhaustive inventory of the
jgion's economic resources and they
oint to continued industrialization as
le logical policy for the section to
dIIow.
The study acknowledges that the in-
ustrialization policy pursued during the
ast 20 years has been fruitful in nar-
swing the gap between the Southern in-
line level and that of other sections, but
j points out how much more progress is
squired before the Southern economy is
lised to the National average as ex-
ressed in income, education and other
elds usually accepted as indices. For
sample, though the South has greatly
icreased its expenditures for education
nd now spends a greater percentage of
s income on this item than other sec-
ions, it amounts to only about half as
meh expenditure per pupil.
! The book is a significant contribution
i Southern progress, with a wealth of
atistical data and many tradition-free
iterpretations of basic Southern eco-
omic-political policy. No student or
iserver of Southern economy will fail
i be factually fortified and intellectually
imulated by a thoughtful reading of it.
You Can Preach
by the Reverend G. Ray Jordan, '17,
D.D. '35. Fleming B. Revell Co.
The philosophy and theology of preach-
ing and the technique of building a ser-
mon is the subject of a new book by Dr.
G. Ray Jordan, which has recently been
issued under the imprimatur of Fleming
H. Revell Co. Dr. Jordan is now pro-
fessor of preaching at Emory University.
Dr. Jordan's volume is the distillation
of the experience and insight gained in a
quarter century of service in the pastoral
ministry, during which the author held
some of the most prominent pulpits in
the Methodist Church and represented his
denomination at the ecumenical gather-
ings of Edinburgh and Oxford. The book
is described by his Emory colleague,
William R. Cannon, professor of Church
History and Theology, as "perhaps the
most significant contribution in this field
in our generation and (one which) will
unquestionably be used as a text in Divin-
ity Schools throughout America."
The text is designed for students of
homiletics and also to serve as an aid to
the experienced minister who is striving
to improve the force and quality of his
sermons.
The Navy and the Industrial
Mobilization in World War II
by Robert H. Connery. Princeton
University Press.
According to the New York Times, "the
lack of mobilization information becomes
a real hazard when we must arm our-
selves to meet a challenge."
A recently published book by Robert
H. Connery, professor of political science
at Duke, entitled The Navy and the In-
dustrial Mobilization in Ttyprld War II,
a case history which combines the most
mature qualities of academic and prac-
tical history, has been described in a
Times review as an outstanding contribu-
tion toward overcoming America's lack
of practical literature on war mobiliza-
tion.
The book traces the revolution of mo-
bilization procedures which took place
during the last war. A detailed account
of the role played by the late James For-
restal, Under Secretary of the Navy, in
solving mobilization problems which are
being faced again today, is given in the
book. Dr. Connery points out that ex-
perience is essential to preparedness,
but preparedness which worships experi-
ence instead of exploiting it is self-de-
feating.
Dr. Connery, who has been a member
of the Duke faculty since 1949, is a
widely recognized consultant on public
administration. Last summer he was
named by the Brookings Institution to
study ways of speeding up the U. S. Mili-
tary Assistance Program. During World
War II he served Math the Navy's his-
torical unit and in 1948 was a consultant
to the Hoover Commission. He has also
been a consultant to the National Re-
sources Board and the President's Com-
mittee on Administrative Management.
Other books by Dr. Connery are Gov-
ernment Problems in Wild Life Conser-
vation and Administration of an N.R.A.
Code. His articles have appeared in lead-
ing professional journals.
Virginia Records Returned
A number of county and local rec-
ords of Virginia which have been pre-
served in the Duke Library for more
than 20 years are being transferred to
the Virginia State Library, President
Hollis Edens has announced. The rec-
ords have been a subject of a mild
controversy in the perpetual rivalry
between the Old Dominion and the
Old North State.
Duke University's interest in acquir-
ing the manuscripts originally, Presi-
dent Edens said, was to preserve them
and make them available to re-
searchers. Negotiations between Duke
and the Virginia State Library re-
sulted in the decision to transfer the
documents to the Virginia institution
and place them with other material of
the same nature.
The Duke Library's collection of
more than 1,500,000 manuscripts, built
around the great Flowers collection of
Southern Americana, are now a lead-
ing source of information to scholars
investigating Southern culture. The
manuscripts range from plantation ac-
count books to the secret archives of
the Confederacy, and from letters of
poets to those of presidents of the
United States.
Oommentins: on the intellectual ex-
change and friendly relationships be-
tween Duke and Virginia institutions.
President Edens assured a cordial wel-
come to Virginia researchers who visit
the Duke University Library.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
[ Page 179 ]
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DUKE ALUMNI
John Charles Morehead. Charles G.
Morekead, A.M. '31. Russellville, Ark.
James Bergen. John Bergen. Robert
Bergen. Ann Chalker Bergen, '36. Lan-
caster, Pa.
James Graham Cardex. Julius G. Car-
den, Jr., LL.B. '48. Bidgefield, N. J.
Susan Margaret Getzendanner. Ltdia
Jean Getzendanner. Thomas Forbes
Getzendanner. Joe W. Getzendanner,
Jr., '34. Hartford, Conn.
Commander Leaves Duke
Commander Clyde J. Van Arsdall,
former executive officer of the Duke Uni-
versity Naval R.O.T.C., left Duke this
spring to assume command of a squadron
of destroyer escorts on the West Coast.
His family, however, remained in Dur-
ham until the end of the school year.
A graduate of the U. S. Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis, Comdr. Van Arsdall
had been at Duke since 1948. In addi-
tion to his executive duties he was an
assistant professor of naval science.
During World War II, he served in
both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters.
His military decorations include the Navy
Cross, Silver Star and a Navy unit cita-
tion.
Before leaving Duke, Comdr. Van Ars-
dall was honored by initiation into Omi-
cron Delta Kappa, national leadership
fraternity. Because the date of his de-
parture fell before the regular initiation
date, a special ceremony was held.
Sea Duty Assignments
Five officers of the N.R.O.T.C. unit
will leave Duke for permanent sea duty
assignments and three others have been
transferred to temporary summer posts.
Those leaving permanently will be re-
placed.
Capt. Ralph Earle, Jr., commanding
officer of the Duke unit, Lt. Comdr. Rob-
ert B. Harrell, associate professor of Na-
val science, and Maj. James C. Fetters,
assistant professor of Naval science, will
take up temporary assignments. They
will return in the fall.
Lieut. Ralph A. Brackett will become
executive officer of a destroyer escort.
Lieut. Robert B. Gustafson has been as-
signed submarine duty. Lieut. Robert P.
Brewer will join an aircraft squadron.
All three have served at Duke as assist-
ant professors of Naval science. Master
Sgt. R, W. Taylor will join the fleet
Marine force, and Chief Quartermaster
H. G. Malcolm will leave for sea duty
in September.
Replacement officers will be Lieut.
Comdr. D. A. Ostrom, Lieut. J. S. Ken-
nedy, Lieut. W. J. Tipler, Master Sgt.
M. W. Sanders and Chief Quartermaster
J. G. Dickinson.
Summer Duty for Students
Taking part in practice cruises and
special training programs this summer
are 130 Naval Reserve Officers Training
Corps students from Duke University.
They are among 2,800 Naval Academy
midshipmen and 6,300 N.R.O.T.C. par-
ticipants from 52 colleges engaged in
summer maneuvers.
Sixty-nine Duke midshipmen sailed
from Norfolk, Va., on June 4 for the first
eight-week cruise, and 30 sailed with the
second cruise on June 22. One Duke
student will sail on the third cruise to
New York, Panama and Cuba on Augui
3.
Three weeks of aviation indoctrinatio
at Pensaeola, Fla., and three weeks <
amphibious training at Little Creek, Va
are being given 28 Duke midshipmen ov<
the summer.
John Kail Award
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Kail, par-
ents of John Frederick Kail, '46, who
was fatally injured in a crash over
enemy territory in Korea August 5,
have received the Air Medal and cita-
tion which was awarded posthumously
to their son.
The presentation, made in a brief
private ceremony at the Kail home in
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, by Lieutenant
Commander J. A. Smith, inspector of
Naval Reserves, Mansfield, Ohio, read
in part :
"Carrying out a daring glide-bomb-
ing attack against an important enemy 1
road bridge across the Kum River,,
east of Kunsan, Ensign Kail scoredi
a direct hit on the structure despite
hostile anti-aircraft fire, rending this
vital highway link inoperable to the
enemy. During subsequent strafing
against enemy coastal shipping off the
coast of Kunsan, he lost his life as
the result of a mid-air collision. His
courage, aggressive fighting spirit and
unswerving devotion to duty reflect
the highest credit upon Ensign Kail
and were in keeping with the finest
traditions of the United States Naval
Service. He gallantly gave his life for
his country."
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISITORS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE
June, 1951
Robert H. Hinek, '37, Suffield, Conn.
Kilmer S. Bortz, '41, Washington, D. C.
Eleanor Mims Newell (Mrs. William B.),
'48, Philadelphia, Pa.
Caroline Lockhart, '48, Durham, N. C.
Betty Long, '42, Raleigh, N. C.
J. D. Long, Jr., '41, Baleigh, N. C.
Sylvia Smith McDougald (Mrs. J. A.), '44,
Lexington, Ky.
John A. McDougald, '43, Lexington, Ky.
Elaine Stride Pool (Mrs. S. C), '46, Provi-
dence, B. I.
Stedman C. Pool, '46, Providence, B. I.
George A. Trakas, '42, Gastonia, N. C.
E. Bawls Cobb, '31, Durham, N. C.
Walter N. McDonald, '44, B.D. '48, New
Bern, N. C.
H. Jeffrey Binda, TT.S.M.C., '45, Washing-
ton, D. C.
Inez Bailey Bussell (Mrs. T. B.), '41, Nor-
folk, England.
James H. Warburton, '11, Marietta, Ohio.
J. Max Brandon, Jr., '36, Jonesville, N. C.
A. J. Hobbs, '19, Eocky Mount, N. C.
James P. Hornbuckle, Jr., B.D. '50, Wel-
come, N. C.
Ealph H. Nicholson, B.D. '47, Polkville,
N. C.
Henry M. Wellman, '24, Midland, N. C.
G. N. Dulin, '26, Lexington, N. C.
Elizabeth Lawrence Duggins (Mrs. Bay B.),
B.N. '45, B.S.N. '45, Elsmere, Del.
Bay B. Duggins, B.S.M.E. '44, Elsmere,
Del.
H. E. (Ned) Ferris, '50, New York, N. T.
Marquis W. Lawrence, '25, B.D. '30, Kin-
ston, N. C.
Dwight A. Petty, '18, Erwin, N. C.
John H. Carper, '29, B.D. '31, Gastonia,
N. C.
George P. Hood, '28, B.D. '32, Augusta, Ga.
Lacy T. Edens, '24, B.D. '35, Bowland, N. C.
Madison W. Maness, '28, B.D. '33, Mt.
Gilead, N. C.
A. D. Leon Gray, B.D. '41, Oxford, N. C.
Floyd M. Patterson, B.D. '38, Burlington,
N. C.
Beba Cousins Biekard (Mrs. H. O), '30,
Ft. Myer, Va.
Harry C. Biekard, B.D. '38, Ft. Myer, Va.
John C. Harmon, Jr., '31, LL.B. '35, New
York, N. Y.
Edgar H. Nease, Jr., '45, B.D. '48, Ashe-
ville, N. C.
J. Bernard Hurlev, B.D. '47, Charlotte,
N. C.
W. Arthur Kale, '25, B.D. '31, High Point,
N. C.
Thomas C. Aycock, Jr., '47, Cooleemee, N. C.
Joe L. Allen, '50, Burlington, N. C.
William M. Wells, Jr., '45, B.D. '48, War-
renton, N. C.
Beaman T. White, '50, Baleigh, N. C.
Alice Washburn Askew (Mrs. W. C.) A.M.
'37, Hamilton, N. Y.
William C. Askew, A.M. '34, Ph.D. '36,
Hamilton, N. Y.
Gilreath G. Adams, Jr., '45, B.D. '48, Kan-
napolis, N. C.
Walter B. Gattis, Jr., '39, Danville, Ky.
B. G. Stewart, '29, M.Ed. '36, Williamston,
N. C.
Evelyn Stallings Stewart (Mrs. B. G.), '29,
Williamston, N. C.
Fred J. Miller, '50, Burlington, N. C.
C. Wes Gilbert, '48, Durham, N. C.
Ann Brabham Blake (Mrs. J. R,), E.N. '47,
Cleveland, Ohio.
John B. Blake, Jr., '45, M.D. '50, Cleveland,
Ohio.
Charlton C. Jernigan, '25, A.M. '26, Ph.D.
'35, Tallahassee, Fla.
Phil E. Bussell, '42, M.D. '50, Atlanta, Ga.
Hal K. Goode, '30, A.M. '35, Wilmington,
N. C.
Paul H. Inch, '50, Hickory, N. C.
Arthur B. Bouse, Jr., '38, Lexington, Ky.
Claude E. Fike, '41, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sidney H. Bragg, '49, Durham, N. C.
Aquilla H. Joyner, Jr., '42, Norfolk, Va.
Guy M. Coffman, B.S.E. '34, Ashland, Ky.
Katherine Nicks McDade (Mrs. F. P.), '35,
Cedar Grove, N. C.
Joe B. Simpson, Jr., '42, Charlotte, N. C.
Glenn Welsh, '42, Bradford, Mass.
Frances Montgomery Joseph (Mrs. W. B.,
Jr.), B.S. '42, Wilmington, Del.
Charles W. Perdue, '40, Norfolk, Va.
Margaret Meeker Bray (Mrs. W. W., Jr.),
'48, Eoselle, N. J.
E. Ernest Beamer, '44, Ithaca, N. Y.
Thomas T. Munson, '36, Detroit, Mich.
William P. Dale, '33, A.M. '34, Ph.D. '41,
Birmingham, Ala.
Noel Francisco, Gr. St., Durham, N. C.
Francis S. Taylor, '38, Columbus, Ga.
Frances Gibson Taylor (Mrs. F. S.), '40,
Columbus, Ga.
Fitz-John Creighton McMaster, '51, Winns-
boro, S. C.
Thomas O. Gentry, '29, M.Ed. '42, Laurel
Hill, N. C.
J. Irwin Nicholas, '47, Louisville, Ky.
Eichard S. Spear, M.Ed. '47, Cleveland,
N. C.
Henry H. Nicholson, Jr., '44, M.D. '47,
Statesville, N. C.
Sam B. Jones, Chaplain (Capt.), B.D. '37,
Camp Gordon, Ga.
W. Speight Barnes, '25, A.M. '41, Tucson,
Ariz.
1952 REUNIONS
Classes having reunions at Commence-
ment, 1952, are as follows: '02, Golden An-
niversary; '21; '22; '23; '24; '27, Silver
Anniversary; '42, Tenth Year Reunion; '46;
'47; '48; and '50, First Reunion.
'97 =
Class Agent: Ottis L. Green, Sr.
Before retiring from business, M. T. DICK-
INSON was a social security regional at-
torney. He now makes his home in the
Holland Hotel, San Diego, Calif.
'08
President: Wade H. Sanders
Class Agent : Dr. F. S. Love
PAULINE PEEEY HUNTEB and H.
EEID HUNTEB, '11, are living in Atlanta,
Ga., where he is teaching at the Atlanta
Division of the University of Georgia.
'11
President: P. Frank Hanes
Class Agent: Lewis G. Cooper
SAM ANGIEE, of 106 Buchanan Boule-
vard, Durham, is secretary and treasurer
of the Cary Lumber Company. He and Mrs.
Angier have two daughters, Zalene Allen
and HAEEIETTE, '41, who is now Mrs.
A. A. Kuhn of Conover, N. C.
W. BAY BELL lives at 54 Brewster Boad,
Scarsdale, N. Y., and is president of the
Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of
New York. He and Mrs. Bell have three
children, Jean Bell Andrews, SALLY
BELL POTTEE (MES. MAESHALL), '48,
and LESLIE CAST BELL, who graduated
from Duke last month.
CLYDE OLIN FISHEE regretted that he
was unable to meet with his fellow class-
mates at their reunion this June. He is
a member of the Department of Economics
and Social Science at Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., and found that the
Wesleyan commencement and the Duke com-
mencement coincided.
BEBNAED T. HURLEY is a Methodist
minister in Stantonsburg, N. C. He and
Mrs. Hurley, the former RUTH FRANK-
LIN, '13, have four children, one of whom
is BEBXABD T. HUELEY, JE., of the
class of '43.
LOU OLA TUTTLE MOSEE (MES. I. C),
of Asheboro, N. O, has two children, Thad
T. and D. Wescott.
SAMUEL B. TUERENTINE, JE., lives at
Pigeon Forge, Bural Station, Sevierville,
Tenn., having retired from being salesman
and sales manager for the Majestic Manu-
facturing Company. He and Mrs. Turren-
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Dorothy Mae.
JAMES H. WARBURTON, of 507 2nd
Street, Marietta, Ohio, is public relations
director of the Acme Fishing Tool Com-
pany and its affiliate, Pattin Manufactur-
ing Company. He and Mrs. Warburton have
three daughters, Lillian, Jean, and Patti,
all of whom are married, and a young
grandson who is Mr. Warburton's name-
sake. Mr. Warburton and his grandson at-
tended the Class of '11 reunion at Com-
mencement in June.
'12 *
President: Polly Heitman Ivey (Mrs.
L. L.)
Class Agent: R. Gregg Cherry
MAEY GOEHAM COBB (MES. WALTBE
H.) lives at 321 Green Street, Fayetteville,
N. C. For many years a teacher in the
Fayetteville City Schools, she has also
served as a member of the Board of Trus-
tees of the City Schools.
EMMA McCULLEN COVINGTON (MES.),
of 111 Everett Street, Rockingham, N. C,
has two sons who went to Duke, JOHN W.
COVINGTON, JE., '38, of Eoekingham, and
ALPHEUS McCULLEN COVINGTON,
M.D. '50, who is now a member of the
staff at Duke Hospital.
L. M. EPPS is connected with the Epps
Printing Company in Newton, N. C. He
and Mrs. Epps have five children, including
twin sons.
ERNEST J. HAEBISON is a minister in
Misenheimer, N. C. He and Mrs. Harbison
are the parents of KATHEYN HOLT
HAEBISON, '45. Kay has worked as fea-
ture writer and reporter for the Concord
Daily Tribune since graduation.
JAMES ALLEN LEE of 501 South Church
Street, Monroe, N. O, is a merchant with
Lee's, Inc.
The address of MARY EEADE McDON-
ALD and AETHtJE A. McDONALD, Law
'15, is 917 Second Street, Durham. Their
five children all went to Duke: ARTHUR
ALLEN, JR., '42; WALTER NEIL, '44,
B.D. '48; RUTH READE VINGIELLO
(MES. F. A.), '44, M.D. '48; FLOEA
ELIZABETH, '49; and MARY ALICE, '51.
HENRY A. MeKINNON, a lawyer and
county attorney in Lumberton, N. O, was
Stall Llectxlc Company., 3nc.
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formerly mayor of Maxton, and a member
of the State Senate in 1947 and 1949. He
has served on the board of education and as
chairman of the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee in Robeson County. Two of the
McKinnon's three children have gone to
Duke, HENRY A., JR., '43, and ARNOLD
BORDEN, '50. A third son, John Borden,
who will soon be 17, plans to follow in
their footsteps.
ETHEL THOMPSON RAY (MRS. HICK-
MAN), who lives at 117 W. Lynch Street,
Durham, has two children, Hickman, and
Frances Ray Pollard (Mrs. T. B.).
DAISY E. ROGERS is a teacher in the
Durham City Schools. She lives at 403 Oak-
wood Avenue in Durham.
LUCILE GORHAM SOUDERS (MRS.
FLOYD B.) is principal of Central Ele-
mentary School, Fayetteville, N. C. She is
a member of the State Textbook Commis-
sion and is a past president of the Duke
Alumnae Association. Her daughter, BET-
TY (MRS. JOHN H. MERRITT, JR.), is
a member of the class of '38.
ETHEL WAYDE WYCHE (MRS. T. E.)
of 721 S. Fulton Street, Salisbury, N. O, is
a teacher in the Rowan County Schools. She
has two sons, William E. and PAUL E.,
'35.
'23 *
President: Bryce E. Holt
Class Agent: Dr. H. C. Sprinkle, Jr.
Announcement has been received of the
appointment this spring of E. LEE DAVIS
as manager of the Nashville, Tenn., Loan
Agency of the Reconstruction Finance Cor-
poration. Mr. Davis has been with the
agency since its organization in 1932, and
has served as assistant manager and acting
manager during that time.
'26 :.
President: Edward L. Cannon
Class Agent : George P. Harris
WILLIAM H. SMITH is president of the
Security Bank and Trust Company in Salis-
bury, N. C.
'29 >
President : Edwin S. Yarbrough, Jr.
Class Agent: T. Spruill Thornton
A new branch of the Durham Bank and
Trust Company has been opened in Durham
under the management of JESSE P. PATE.
Having been with the Trust Company for
seven years, Mr. Pate was transferred from
the main office to manage the new branch.
CHARLES T. ROGEES, JR., lives at 919
St. David Street, Tarboro, N. C, and is
manager of Colonial Frozen Foods of Tar-
boro, Inc.
'30
President: William M. Werber
Class Agent: J. Chisman Hanes
CAPT. JAMES L. DOWDY, of 1440 How-
ard Avenue, San Carlos, Calif., is attending
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a Transportation Company Officer Refresher
Course at the Army's Transportation School,
Fort Eustis, Va. Captain Dowdy entered the
service as an enlisted man in 1942. His
awards and decorations include the Ameri-
can Theater Campaign, European-Afriean-
Middle Eastern Theater Campaign, and
World War II Victory Medals.
KOBERT C. PINLET, '30, LL.B. '34, is
a judge of the Washington State Supreme
Court. His home is at 1407 Capitol Way,
Olympia, Wash.
,
'31
President: John Calvin Dailey
Class Agent: C. H. Livengood, Jr.
THEBON A. BONE has been appointed
manager of the Ordinary Department with
the State Capital Life Insurance Company
in Ealeigh, N. C. He is a veteran of the
insurance business, having entered the field
as a representative with the Life and Casu-
alty Company in 1932.
COBNELIA YARBBOUGH HINES (MRS.
RICHARD K., JR.) and her family have
moved from New York City to 215 Rich-
ardson Avenue, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
TROY V. McKINNEY is a budget analyst
in the office of the Secretary of Defense.
He lives at 4 Tansey Drive, R.F.D., Palls
Church, Ya.
The picture of John Charles Morehead
which is on the Sons and Daughters Page
this month was taken especially for this
page on his first birthday. He is the son of
CHARLES G. MOREHEAD, A.M., who
will be remembered by many as a trom-
bonist with the Duke Blue Devils during
the 1929-30 academic year. Since Septem-
ber, 1948, Charles has been a guidance
counselor-trainer in Arkansas. His home
address is 310 West "I," Russellville, Ark.
'32 -
President: Robert D. (Shank) Warwick
Class Agent: Edward G. Thomas
GARLAND R. STAFPOED, B.D., of Lew-
isville, N. C, was selected as North Caro-
lina's rural pastor of the year in 1950 by
the Progressive Farmer.
•33 >
President: John D. Minter
Class Agent: Lawson B. Knott, Jr.
ROBERT P. CHALKER, '33, A.M. '36, his
sister ANN CHALKER. BERGEN (MRS.
JAMES T.), '36, and her son, John, 10,
stopped in Durham on June 2 on their way
to Alabama. Bob, who has been in the
diplomatic service since 1938 and has just
completed a year of refresher courses at
Columbia University, is married to the
former Miss Edma Wood of London, Eng-
land. They returned to Germany the first
of July.
DR. MERRIMON CUNINGGIM, A.M.,
professor of religion at Pomona College,
Claremont, Calif., since 1946, and chairman
of the religion department, has accepted the
position of dean of the Perkins School of
Theology at Southern Methodist Univer-
sity in Dallas, Tex., effective in September.
Dr. Cuninggim was a Rhodes Scholar at
Oxford, and also studied at Yanderbilt Uni-
versity and Yale University. He served
aboard the U. S. S. Tennessee as a Navy
Chaplain from 1944-46, and from 1948-50
served as Chaplain for the Associated Col-
lege Church in Claremont. MRS. CUN-
INGGIM is the former WHITTEY DAN-
IEL, '38. They have three children.
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President: The Reverend Robert M. Bird
Class Agent: Charles S. Rhyne
ELIZABETH HICKS MASSENGILL
(MRS. EDWIN) is principal and fifth
grade teacher at Boylan Heights School,
Raleigh, N. C.
JOE W. GETZENDANNER, JR., and Mrs.
Getzendanner, the former Elizabeth Ann
Forbes, Wells College '38, have announced
the birth of their third child, Lydia Jean,
on January 9. A picture of baby Lydia
with seven-year-old Sue and five-year-old
Tom is on the Sons and Daughters Page of
this issue. The Getzendanners live in Hart-
ford, Conn., where Joe is treasurer of Trin-
ity College.
'35 >
President : Larry E. Bagwell
Class Agent : James L. Newsom
COMDR. CHARLES D. BEATTY, U.S.N.,
and CAROLINE RIEFLE BEATTY, to-
gether with their two young daughters, were
on the campus during Commencement. They
returned to the States last October from a
two-year tour of duty in French Morocco
and are stationed at Quantico, Ya., where
Chuck is post chaplain for the Marine
Corps' officer training center.
MARY IDELIA BENSON, '40, and JAMES
ALEXANDER BOOHER were married
March 13 at the Glenn Memorial Chapel,
Atlanta, Ga. Idelia is employed in the main
office of the Chatham Manufacturing Com-
pany in Elkin, N. C, and James is corpo-
rate secretary for the same firm.
ROBERT H. BRIGGS is suburban news
editor for The Daily Gazette in Taunton,
Mass. He and his family, which includes
Mrs. Briggs, four-year-old Bettina Ann and
Robert, Jr., born in March, live on the
coast at Westport Point.
W. H. (BILL) LONG and Mrs. Long, the
former Ruth Hilliard, have announced the
birth of a daughter, Patricia Anne, on
March 28. They live at 112 North Keesey
Street, York, Pa.
At its recent commencement, Randolph-Ma-
con College conferred the honorary degree
of Doctor of Divinity on JAMES LOUIS
ROBERTSON, B.D., pastor of Highland
Park Methodist Church, Richmond, Ya.
ANN CHALKER BERGEN, her ten-year-
old son, John, and her brother Bob attended
Commencement this year. A picture of John
and his brothers Eobert and James, ages
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seven and four, is on the Sons and Daugh-
ters page this month. Ann's husband,
James T. Bergen, is a research chemist for
the Armstrong Cork Co. in Lancaster, Pa.
Their address is 1520 Esbenshade Koad.
'37
President: Dr. Kenneth A. Podger
Class Agent: "William F. Woruble
JAMES E. BISHOP, a captain for East-
ern Air Lines, lives at 1810 Sandtown Boad,
S.W., Atlanta, Ga.
IDA BROOKS BOKINSKT, B.N., and
GEORGE E. BOKINSKT, '42, are living
at 520 A-S-Valdes Court, Custer Terrace
Boad, Columbus, Ga. George is a Captain
in the United States Army, stationed at
the 24th Evacuation Hospital, Fort Ben-
ning, Ga.
AMELIA E. GEEEX, who took graduate
work at the University of Pennsylvania
after graduating from Duke, has recently
been named executive secretary of the So-
cial Service Bureau of Atlantic City. Her
address is 210 W. Washington Avenue,
Pleasantville, N. J.
•38 »
President: Eussell Y. Cooke
Class Agent : William M. Courtney
ME. and Mrs. ALFRED LOVILL (CHUB-
BY") DEAN have announced the birth of
a daughter, Donna Elizabeth, on April 16.
They are living at 112 Orchard Street, Mt.
Airy, N. C.
LOUISE MeBEIDE BOSEHILL (MES.
DAVID B.) and her husband, who live on
Eoute 1, Box 350 A, Las Gatos, Calif., have
two children, Glen, 8%, and Marilyn, 5%.
Mr. and MES. DONALD T. EOTHEEA
(MAEJORIE ELLIS) live at 533 Cherry
Street, Clifton Heights, Pa.
HUBEET K. ABNOLD, LL.B.,.is a part-
ner in Lawyers Title Company of Prince
Georges County, Inc., with offices at 4312
Hamilton Street, Hyattsville, Md.
'39 ,
President: Edmund S. Swindell, Jr.
Class Agent : Walter D. James
The address of CAEEOLL COSTIGAN
CEOSTHWAIT (MES. EUSSELL) and her
husband is 606 East Taylor, Bloomington,
111. Mr. Crosthwait is with the National
Life Insurance Company of Vermont.
MIEIAM CAVINS HILTABEAND (MES.
BEN F., JE.) and her husband live at
2009 Castle Avenue, Bloomington, IE. Mr.
Hiltabrand is vice-president of the McLean
County Abstract Company.
RICHARD C. WALKER has been appointed
chief sales industrial engineer of Atlantic
Eefining Company. Having joined the com-
pany in 1940 as a retail salesman in the
domestic sales department, Dick became a
retail instructor and was then transferred
to the industrial engineering division. After
four years of service in the United States
Army, he returned to the sales section of
the industrial engineering division and be-
came supervising sales industrial engineer.
He resides at 117 E. Central Avenue,
Moorestown, N. J.
'40 *
President : John D. MacLauchlan
Class Agent: Addison P. Penfield
DE. and Mrs. JOHN M. CHEEK, JE., of
3329 Indian Queen Lane, Philadelphia 29,
Pa., have announced the birth of a son,
John Merritt Cheek, III, on May 9.
JOHN W. HANSEL, JE., whose address is
225 East 54th Street, New York 22, N. Y.,
is a network television account executive
with American Broadcasting Company.
'41 »
President: Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.
Class Agents: Julian C. Jessup, Meader
W. Harriss, Jr., Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.,
J. D. Long, Jr.
LIEUT. E. T. BLACKWELL, of 508 Fair-
fax, Alexandria, Va., is stationed at the
Naval Gun Factory in "Washington, D. C.
He was previously stationed at the Ameri-
can Embassy, Athens, Greece, on a U.S.N,
mission for aid to Greece.
JAMES B. DOWXTON, A.M., teaches at
Bell Vocational High School in Washington,
D. C. His address in that city is Apartment
206, 5429 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
WAEEEN J. GATES received the Ph.D.
degree from the University of Pennsylvania
in June, and is teaching at Queens College
in Charlotte, N. C, during the summer. He
is the son of the late Dr. A. M. Gates, who
was professor of Latin at Duke for many
years.
Among the members of the class returning
for the Tenth Reunion were GEORGE
KELCEC, B.S.M.E. and Mrs. Kelcec from
13 Lakeview Avenue, Long Branch, N. J.
George is a technical engineer with the New
Jersey Central Power and Light Company
in South Amboy, N. J. He and Mrs. Kel-
cec, the former Virginia Shrope, have a
two-year-old son, Thomas.
IEEXE T. KLINE, A.M., received the
Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Western
Eeserve University Medical School in June,
1950. She is now a biochemist for the De-
partment of Internal Medicine, School of
Medicine, Yale University, 789 Howard
Avenue, New Haven 11, Conn.
Miss Laura Fox Turbyfill and ROBERT
HENRY LINEBEEGEE were united in
marriage May 11 in the Emmanual Luther-
an Church, Lineolnton, N. C. Bob is now
associated with his father and brothers in
the cotton firm of Lineberger Bros., Inc.,
in Lineolnton, where he and his bride are
living.
DE. EALPH E. PUECELL, A.M., assistant
professor of political science at Emory Uni-
versity since 1949, has accepted a position as
foreign service staff officer with the State
Department in India. Following a short
training period in Washington, he will serve
a tour of duty in Borne, Italy. He expects to
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>e "assigned to Madras, India, in September,
md later to Bangalore, India, where he will
>e cultural affairs attache. Dr. Pureell,
'ornierly of Lakeland, Fla., and Winston-
Salem, N. C, has also attended Southern
College, Lakeland, Fla., and the University
>f Wisconsin. He was flight officer in the
lir corps from 1943-46.
'42 *
renth Year Reunion: Commencement, 1952
i President: James H. Walker
Class Agents: Robert E. Foreman, Willis
Smith, Jr., George A. Trakas
.VANCY VIRGINIA BONEY MATHIS
(MRS. WILLIAM S.), A.M., is teaching
ind studying at Florida State University,
rallahassee, Fla. Her address* there is 115
Franklin Boulevard.
WINSTON SIEGFRIED, for the past three
rears head football coach at Sanford High
School, has been elected head football coach
md director of athletics at Henderson High
School, Henderson, N. C. Before going to
Sanford, Winston, a former Duke star full-
back, coached at Fork Union Military
Academy and Hampton High School in Vir-
ginia.
The address of CATHERINE CURTIS
STEIN (MRS. HAROLD J.), R.N., is
Route 2, Box 341 B., San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. Stein, an alumnus of Iowa University,
is in the insurance business.
'43
President: Thomas R. Howerton
Class Agent: S. L. Gulledge, Jr.
JACQUELYN MOSLER CALIFF (MRS.
ROBERT K.) writes that she is kept very
busy rearing her three daughters, Roberta,
6, Pamela, 5, and Linda, 2. The Califfs live
at 224 Sanford Avenue, Palm Beach, Fla.
CHAPLAIN (1st Lt.) PAUL CARRUTH,
B.D., is stationed at 3700 AFIW, Lackland
Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
LUTHER L. SMITH, JR., is manager of
The Medical Center, Pensacola, Fla. His
mailing address there is P. 0. Box 151.
ELEANOR McRAE SNYDER and RALPH
W. SNYDER, '47, are living at 167 N.
State Street, Westerville, Ohio, where he is
city manager. They have a daughter, Lynn
Andrews, one year old.
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President: Matthew S. (Sandy) Rae
Class Agent: H. Watson Stewart
The marriage of CATHERINE T. BEAT-
TIE to Mr. James H. Trask took place on
April 7 at the Sacred Heart Church, Win-
chester, Va.
BESSIE COX BURGHARDT (MRS. JO-
SEPH E.) writes that she and her husband
have a son, James Theodore, who was born
February 21. They live at 6508 Beechwood
Road in Baltimore, Md., where Mr. Burg-
hardt is a design engineer for Glenn L.
Martin Company.
JAMES HILARY COMAN, JR., B.S., and
BILLY CROUSE COMAN, of Augusta
Drive, Durham, have announced the birth
of a son, Robert Forest, on May 28. They
have another son, James Hilary, Jr., who is
three and one half years old.
The arrival of a son, Craig Baity Elliott,
on April 28 has been announced by Dr.
and MRS. DANIEL 0. ELLIOTT, JR.
(MARTHA BAITY), R.N. Their address
is 1629 Adams Street, South Bend, Ind.
A daughter, Amy Elizabeth, was born
February 21 to CHARLES L. GRISHAM
and Mrs. Grisham, 39 Lincoln Street, Chi-
copee Falls, Mass. Charles is in the ad-
vertising and sales promotion department
of the Montsanto Chemical Company (Plas-
tics Division).
ROBERT D. JOHNSTONE and Mrs. John-
stone of McMillan Road, R. D. 1, Bridge-
ville, Pa., have announced the birth of a
son, William Robert, on March 1. Bob is an
engineer for the George A. Fuller Company
in Pittsburgh.
H. WILLIAM OWEN, B.S., is a time study
engineer for U. S. Hoffman Machine Cor-
poration. His address is YMCA, 340 Mont-
gomery Street, Syracuse, N. Y.
MILTON CREGO SMITH, M.D., and Mrs.
Smith have announced the birth of a daugh-
ter, Ellen Conover Smith, on April 25.
Their address is "East Gate," Belleair, Fla.
'45 »
President: Charles B. Markham, Jr.
Class Agent: Charles F. Blanchard
The Harriss County Health Foundation
Clinic at Hamilton, Ga., was reopened this
year by EVELYN VAIL COONRAD, B.S.
'45, M.D. '49, who is practicing there. She
is the wife of Dr. R. W. Coonrad of the
Warm Springs Foundation, Warm Springs,
Ga.
FRANK CRANE, who is a fifth-generation
Methodist minister, reminds members of his
church in Pacific Beach, Calif., of the old-
time country parsons who rode horseback
to visit their far-flung parishioners. Frank,
however, makes his daily calls on a motor-
cycle, and says the idea has made him
especially popular with the younger set.
"At first I had a tough time getting one
youth group to attend Sunday meetings,"
he says, "but when I started giving rides on
the motorcycle to all who came, the attend-
ance boomed." MRS. CRANE is the former
MARY ELIZABETH JONES.
Dr. and MRS. DAVID THOMAS TAYLOE
(ERIN WOODALL) have announced the
birth of a daughter, Sally Tuttle, on April
14. Their address is 807 Demerius St., Apt.
J-3. The baby's grandmother is SALLIE
TUTTLE WOODALL (MRS. RYAL), '19,
of Warrenton, N. C.
The marriage of MARY LUCILE THOM-
AS, daughter of THEO PEELE THOMAS,
'20, and Mr. Walter James Pittman, Jr.,
took place April 26 in Saint Timothy's
Episcopal Church, Wilson, N. C. Mr. Pitt-
man, an alumnus of Wake Forest College,
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is a member of the firm of Sharpe and Pitt-
man, Attorneys, in Wilson.
'46
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1952
President: B. G. Munro
Class Agent: Robert E. Cowin
MR. and Mrs. STEPHEN BLACKMON, of
436 Alexander Avenue, Washington, Ga.,
have announced the arrival of a daughter,
on May 1.
PAUL P. DIETZEL is assistant coach at
the University of Kentucky. His address
is 1137 East Cooper Drive, Lexington, Ky.
Mr. and MRS. ROBERT J. EDELMAN
(PATRICIA HANSON) >, and their six-
months-old son Bobby (Robert, Jr.) have
recently moved to 135 South Lake Avenue,
Albany, N. Y.
Announcement has been received of the ar-
rival of Kathryn Coleman to Mr. and MRS.
RALPH GURLEY, of Jamestown, N. C.
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The Fidelity was the first bank
in the State of North Carolina
authorized by its charter to do a
trust business .
For over 60 years our Trust
Department has rendered faith-
ful and intelligent service in vari-
ous fiduciary capacities to both
institutions and individuals. We
welcome communications or in-
terviews with anyone interested
in the establishment of any kind
of trust.
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Mrs. Gurley is the former KATHRYN
THACKSTON.
On April 18 a second daughter, Martha
Elizabeth, was born to LT. (jg) SAMUEL
E. McMURRAY, U.S.N., of 6 Oleander
Road, Isle of Palms, S. C. They also have
a daughter Sandra. Gail. Mrs. McMurray
is the former Virginia Taylor, who worked
in the Alumni Office.
'47 .
Next Reunion: Commencement 1952
President: Grady B. Stott
Class Agent: Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.
ARCHIE M. BYERS, M.F., is logging engi-
neer with the British Columbia Pulp and
Paper Company, and his address is Holberg
P. 0, Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
Canada.
A daughter, Carolyn Stephens, was born on
April 30 to RICHARD N. CRANE and
BETTY TRASK CRANE, of Apt. F-4, 100
Charles Drive, Br3'n Mawr, Pa.
JEAN C. ERWIN is a package designer for
Old Dominion Box Company, Charlotte,
N. C.
BARBARA WHITE-SPUNNER POTEAT,
'50, and THOMAS LAWTON POTEAT,
'47, LL.B. '50, have moved to Georgetown
(Box 327), S. C, where Tom is practicing
law with TOM LAWTON, LL.B. '50. Bar-
bara is serving as record librarian at the
Georgetown County Memorial Hospital.
MARY ALICE WINELAND SCOTT and
WALTER T. SCOTT have moved to 563
Daytona Parkway, Dayton, Ohio.
WILLIAM R. WINDERS, '47, LL.B. '50,
has announced the opening of his office for
the general practice of law at 416 Deposi-
tors National Bank Building, Durham, N. C.
'48 *
Next Reunion: Commencement, 1952
President : Bollin M. Millner
Class Agent : Jack H. Quaritius
E. WARREN BLACKARD was married a
year ago to Mr. Aubrey U. Meadows, Jr.,
an alumnus of V.P.I. They are making
their home at 1526 Waverly Road, Apt. 4,
Kingsport, Tenn., where Mr. Meadows has
a position with Tennessee Eastman Cor-
poration.
The marriage of SALLY DUNN to Mr.
Vanvoorst Simmons took place on March 20
in The Wheeling Avenue Christian Church,
Tulsa, Okla. While Mr. Simmons is attend-
ing Tulsa University, they are living at
1442 South Denver Street in Tulsa. Sally
is traffic manager for Radio Station KRMG.
EDWIN A. KUCERIK, B.S.M.E., is work-
ing with the William Brand Company, mak-
ers of insulated wire and cable, and is liv-
ing at R.F.D. 1, Eagleville Road, Williman-
tie, Conn. He and Mrs. Kueerik became the
parents of a son, Donald E., on January 11.
A son, Ralph Harrell, was born on May 10
to RALPH MILLER, B.D. '50, and MAR-
GARET HARRELL MILLER, A.M., c
Sherwood, N. C.
Several mouths ago, L. R. (LOU) PPEI
FER, B.S.E.E., resigned from a sales engi
neering position which required eonstai
travelling throughout the midwestern statt
to accept a position with the Western Elei
trie Company in New York City as a sptj
cifieation and equipment engineer on mien
wave television and radio relay systenuj
He is living with his parents at 114-46 211
Street, St. Albans 11, N. Y. He writes thaj
he has recently seen several Duke "Delts,
including BOB LAPP, '49, WALT OLLEK
'49, and GEORGE LUNDSTRUM, '47, wh
also reside in the New York area.
JULIUS G. CARDEN, JR., LL.B., is th
proud father of little James Graham <M
den whose 'picture is on the Sons am
Daughters Page this month. The baby wa
born on January 22 of this year. The Car
dens live at 638B Shaler Boulevard, Ridge
field, N. J.
'<9 »
Presidents: Woman's College, Betty Bol
Walters Walton (Mrs. Loring) ; Trin
ity College, Robert W. Frye; Collegi
of Engineering, Joe J. Robnett, Jr.
Class Agent: Chester P. Middlesworth
LLOYD EISENBERG, who is a salesman
lives at 7421 Belden Street, Philadelphia
Pa.
On March 24 in the Duke University Chapel
ELIZABETH MURRAY became the bridf
of FRED FOLGER, JR., son of FRE5
FOLGER, SR., '23, of Mt. Airy, N. C. Thej
are living in the University Apartments
Durham, while Fred is attending Duke Lan
School.
HARRIET ANDERSON MAYS and HAR-
RY R. MAYS, B.D. '50, live in Florence.
S. C, where Harry is associate minister of
Central Methodist Church. In October,
Harry expects to go into the Army as a
Chaplain.
ROBERT LEE RIDENHOUR and Mrs.
Ridenhour, the former Miss Jean E. Fink,
became the parents of a daughter, Betty
Virginia, on January 8. Their address is
116 East Corban Street, Concord, N. 0.
Bob is an accountant with Haskins and
Sells.
LT. CARLIE B. SESSOMS has been as-
signed as a psychologist to the neuropsy-
chiatric service, and is stationed at Valley
Forge Army Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa. He
entered the service last February.
ADIE BARTHEN and ROBERT LEE
WARD were married April 21 in River
Edge, N. J. Bob is in the O. C. S. program
in the regular Army, stationed at Fori
Riley, Kans., for five months officer's train-
ing.
The address of J. BENJAMIN COLLINS,
JR., is Radford Arsenal, Radford, Va.
The marriage of HELEN L. FARRAR,
R.N., B.S.N., and DONALD M. SIBLEY,
B.S.M.E. '50, took place on April 28 in the
Pittsboro, N. C, Methodist Church. They
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, July, 1951
fire making their home at 1721 S. Main
(Street in Winston-Salem, N. C, where Don
s a project engineer for Western Electric
Company.
'50
Next Reunion: Commencement 1952
President: Jane Suggs
Class Agent: Robert L. Hazel
EDWARD FRANCIS AHERN, JR., B.S.,
Irhose address is 24 Hancock Street, Worces-
ter, Mass., is a chemist for White and
Bagley Company.
H&.UL JAMES CATO, of 2023 Greenway,
Charlotte 4, N. C, is working with the Con-
hecticut General Life Insurance Company.
CHARLES S. COOPER is employed in the
accounting department of the Minneapolis
division office of the Shell Oil Company. He
lives at 1807 Dupont Avenue South, Minne-
apolis, Minn.
CHARLES DAYTON writes enthusiasti-
cally of his public relations job with the
American Cyanamid Company in New York
City. His home address is 75 Valley Road,
Plandome, Long Island, N. Y.
WALTER VAN BUREN GIBSON, M.Ed.,
of 23 Alber Avenue, East Tallassee, Ala.,
is an elementary school principal.
HAROLD DUNBAR GORDON, A.M., is
an instructor in political science at Wheaton
College, Wheaton, 111. His address is 614
North Washington Street.
MARY BADGER HALE, B.S.N.Ed., a reg-
istered nurse at the U. S. Veterans Hos-
JBtal, Coral Gables, Fla., resides at 215
Phoenetia, Apartment 3.
CLARENCE B. HENDRICKSON, JR.,
M.Ed., is a teacher and coach at Lancaster
High School, Lancaster, Pa. He lives at
i 753 Reservoir Street.
I THOMAS LYNCH HENDRIX is superin-
tendent of Oaklawn Cemetery in Charlotte,
jN. O, where his address is 1615 Oaklawn
[Avenue.
ARMIN HOPSOMMER is living at 4949
Forest Park Boulevard, Saint Louis 8, Mo.
He is a student at the Washington Uni-
versity School of Medicine.
CLAUDE DOUGLAS HOLLAND, of 1306
Mordecai Drive, Raleigh, N. C, is an ac-
countant for A. T. Allen and Company,
Insurance Building.
After spending last summer in Europe,
ELEANOR JAMES began working as as-
sistant manager of the sports wear depart-
ment of Sosnick-Thalheimer in Winston-
Salem, N. C. Her address there is 1821
Georgia Avenue.
NELSON RIST MOORE, JR., whose ad-
dress is 1701 Parkline Drive, Prospect Park,
Pittsburgh 27, Pa., is a metallurgist for
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation.
MARTHA ROSE MYERS is working for
the State Department. Her address is 1711
Massachusetts Ave., N.W., The Boston
House, Washington, D. C.
JOSEPH ALFRED GORGAS PARRISH,
of 1034 Jamestown Crescent, Norfolk 8,
Va., is associated with the Atlantic Perma-
nent Building and Loan Association.
W. DEAN POWER, JR., M.Ed., is princi-
pal of Canton High School, Canton, Ga.
The address of MAUDE ELLA PUR-
KALL, R.N., B.S.N., is Bos 3011, Duke
Hospital, Durham.
Box 3018, Duke Hospital, Durham, is the
address of VIRGINIA DORIS RAINEY,
R.N., B.S.N., who is doing nursing there.
WADE McLANE RHODES, JR., a sales-
man for the Proctor and Gamble Distribut-
ing Company, lives at 208 Middle Street,
Portsmouth, Va.
MARY ELLEN RICKEY, A.M., is an in-
structor in English at the Franeis T. Nich-
ols Junior College, Thibodaux, La.
ANN RICHARDSON and Mr. Clifton Cle-
ment (Bubber) Winstead, Jr., who were
married February 3 at Ann's home in Star,
N. C, are living in Roxboro, N. C. Ann is
a caseworker for the Person County Wel-
fare Department, and her husband does
contract painting.
WILLIAM COURTNEY RIORDAN is an
agent for the Ballard-Zimmerman Insur-
ance Agency, Baltimore, Md. He lives in
Kingsville, Md.
J. COLBERT SMITH, JR., is living at 1423
Garland Drive, Greensboro, N. O, and is
working in the advertising department of
the Greensboro News Co.
LYDIA ALLISON SMITH, who lives at 2
Noll Place, Newark 6, N. J., is a teacher
at Lincoln School.
SHERWOOD SMITH, whose address is 518
East Trinity Avenue, Durham, is an ad-
ministrative intern at Duke Hospital.
EDWARD DUBOIS SPRAGUE, M.F., is
living at 906 Eighth Street, AltaVista, Va.,
while he is working for the Lane Cedar
Chest Company.
Last Fall JAMES RICHARD STEEL, JR.,
A.M., instructor in botany and zoology at
Pennsylvania State College for the past
six years, was named proctor of men's dor-
mitories at Penn State Center, Highacres,
Hazleton, Pa. Living quarters were installed
on campus for him so that he could help
dormitory students solve any social or aca-
demic problems that develop outside of
academic hours.
JOSEPH NESBITT TENHET, JR., LL.M.,
is an attorney at law and lives at 307 Ra-
leigh Street, Oxford, N. C.
OREN THOMAS WAGGONER is asso-
ciated with the L. A. Waggoner Realty Com-
pany, 1216 Harding Place, Charlotte, N. C.
EVA WOOSLEY WARREN (MRS. E.
GORDON), M.Ed., is a public health nurse
for the Durham City-County Health Depart-
ment. She lives at 1204 Sixth Street,
Durham.
KATHERINE MARION WHARTON, of
310 S. E. 13th Street, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
is assistant at the Ft. Lauderdale Public
Library.
Last September JAMES L. WOODRESS,
JR., Ph.D., joined the faculty of Butler
Unive'rsity, Indianapolis, Ind., as an assist-
ant professor of English. An alumnus also
of Amherst College and New York Univer-
sity, he had previously been a member of
radio station staffs, the United Press radio
desk, and had taught on the staff of Grin-
nell College. He is a member of the Mod-
ern Language Association and a fellow of
the Society of American Historians.
JAMES JEFFERSON YATES lives at
1701 Statesville Avenue, Charlotte. He is
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[ Page 187 ]
field auditor for the North Carolina State
Revenue Department.
'51 .
Presidents: Woman's College, Connie
Woodward; Trinity College, N. Thomp-
son Powers; College of Engineering,
David C. Dellinger
JOHN J. FALWELL is a salesman, and
lives at 40 Intervale Street, Eoxbury, Mass.
The address of ROBERT FREEMAN
MOORE, B.D., is Box 119, Aurora, N. C.
OLE MAGNUS ROSTAD, of 262 W. 11
Street, New York, N. Y., is an economist in
the International Civil Service and is work-
ing at U. N. Headquarters.
LOUIS JOHN VIAU, JR., is a route sales-
man for Standard Brands, Inc., and is liv-
ing at 912 Linwood Road, Birmingham,
Ala.
'53 ,
Pfc. CHARLES H. LOTT of 630 Belvidere
Avenue, Plainfield, N. J., is a member of
the United States Air Force and is sta-
tioned at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Summer at Duke
(Continued from Page 174)
quate, but just recently was it possible
to do something about it.
Contract for this last gothic structure
on the campus has not yet been let. Mr.
A. S. Brower, business manager and
comptroller, will probably announce the
contract within the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, the University is proceeding
with the preparation of the ground.
More than Buildings
The vigorous building program now
underway, demanded by Duke's past
growth in size and by its presently ex-
panding activities, can be traced directly
to those who, in the past two years, have
come to the University's support through
the Development Campaign. Funds for
some of the building projects came from
other sources, but mostly the Develop-
ment Campaign that alumni ran and par-
ticipated in made possible this activity.
And while the buildings are apparent
to anyone who can see, only those close
to the operation of the University are
fully aware of the full effect of the re-
cent gifts of alumni and friends. With
the Development Campaign $1,000,000
and six months away from its goal, the
University is nevertheless able to begin
planning greatly needed additions to its
scholarship and fellowship programs, to
teaching and research activities, and to
other functions essential to a university
that is doing its job in the best possible
manner for the greatest possible benefit
to those whom it serves.
While this summer seems not too unlike
others that have gone before, another
generation will look back and regard it
as a new forward move for Duke rival-
ling in significance the events of 1924.
Opportunities Are Ample
(Continued from Page 175)
April 1951, and unemployment dropped
sharply. More people are at work this
spring than in any previous spring in
the nation's history."
The Appointments Office, operating
under the direction of Miss Fanny Y.
Mitchell, offers its services to all stu-
dents and alumni, as well as to outgoing
seniors. The only restriction is that the
applicant must be a graduate of this uni-
versity or working toward a degree here.
During the past year 15 teaching posi-
tions have been obtained through this
office by persons who were at some time,
and for varying periods, matriculated
students at Duke. These are in addition
to the teacher placements described above.
A score of graduates have successfully
used the aid of the Appointments Office
this year in securing positions in the
fields of chemistry, physics, engineering
and accounting. The office is open all
year, and aids students in obtaining sum-
mer jobs as well as permanent ones. It
is obviously a vital and successful branch
of the administration's activity.
deaths
PLUMMER STEWART, '94
Plummer Stewart, '94, died at his home
in Charlotte, N. O, early in the summer.
Funeral services were held in the First
Methodist Church in Charlotte, where he
was a member of the board of deacons
for 40 years.
Since 1901, Mr. Stewart was a member
of the Charlotte bar, and was a former
law partner of Judge John A. Parker,
Judge William H. Bobbitt, James O.
Moore and Robert P. Stewart. In 1913
he was a member of the North Carolina
General Assembly from Mecklenburg
County.
Before moving to Charlotte, Mr. Stew-
art was superintendent of public instruc-
tion in Union County and had served as
principal of Monroe and Marshall
schools.
Surviving are four children, two broth-
ers, one sister, and six grandchildren.
WALTER BRADSHER, '90
Walter Bradsher, '90, of Hurdle Mills,
N. O, is deceased.
WILLIAM J. MONTGOMERY, '02
William J. Montgomery, '02, passed
away on April 13, in Concord, N. C.
JAMES S. CRAIG, '03
It has been learned by the alumni of-
fice that James S. Craig, '03, is deceased.
He lived at 312 North 3rd Street, Wil-
mington, N. C.
MARIUS COOPER, '16
Marius Cooper, '16, who made his home
in Los Angeles, Calif., has passed away.
EVERETTE A. STEVENS, JR., '20
Everette Allen Stevens, Jr., '20, died
of a heart attack at his home in Grantha
Township, N. C, on June 2. He had
been in ill health for two months.
The funeral was held at Falling Creek
Methodist Church where he was steward
and treasurer for many years. Burial
was in Wayne Memorial Park, Golds-
boro, N. C.
Mr. Stevens was engaged in farming,
and had taken an active part in com-
munity affairs for many years.
Survivors include the wife, two daugh-
ters, one brother, and one sister.
LUCILLE BRAMLETTE, A.M. '39
Lucille Bramlette, A.M. '39, passed
away from a cerebral hemorrhage in
July, 1949, it has recently been learned
by the Alumni Office. Her home was in
Tabor City, N. C.
KATHLEEN ASBURY AYCOCK, '4CL
Kathleen Asbury Aycock (Mrs.), '40,
passed away during the first part of
March. Her illness was due to heart
trouble. At the time of her death, she
was living in Fernandina, Fla.
WALTER J. NIVENS, '40
It has recently been learned by the
Alumni Office that Walter J. Nivens, '4$
of Charlotte, N. O, died May 19, 1950.
HERBERT NICHOLSON, '42
Herbert Nicholson, '42, is deceased, it
has been learned recently by the Alumni
Office.
jack McDonald abe, '50
An automobile accident claimed the
life of Jack McDonald Abe, '50, in May.
Jack, a private stationed at Camp Breek-
enridge, Ky., was en route home to 316
Marathon Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, on a
week end pass when his car collided with
another near Gettysburg.
His senior year at Duke, Jack was
president of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
In addition to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Abe, Jack is survived by two
sisters and a brother, all of Dayton.
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ALUMNI REGISTER
August, 1951
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DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
(Member of American Alumni Council)
Published at Durham, N. C, Every Month in the Year in the Interest of the University and the Alumni
Volume XXXVII
August, 1951
Number 8
Contents
PAGE
Editorials 191
Foreign Students Meet Uncle Sam 192
Laboratory for Science Teaching 194
Math Teachers Meet 194
Four Meet in Japan 195
Alumni Activities 196
Duke Songs Published '197
Neiv Register Editor Named 197
Math Models Bring Recognition 198
Blue Devils to Depend on Speedy Backs . . 199
News of the Alumni 200
Editor and Business Manager
Charles A. Dukes, '29
Man-aging Editor Roger L. Marshall, '42
Associate Editor Anne Garrard, '25
Advertising Manager. . . .Fred W. Whitener, '51
Layout Editor Ruth Mary Brown
Staff Photographer Jimmy Whitley
Two Dollars a Tear
20 Cents a Copy
Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post
Office at Durham, N. C, Under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Jdette*
Claire Naylor Morgenthaler (Mrs. Walter N.), '49
30, Route de Mediouna
Casablanca, Morocco
27 July, 1951
Chiefly I wanted to thank you for your kind letter which I received
shortly after my arrival here, and also to tell you how much we "all"
enjoy getting the Alumni Register. "All" includes Pat Waller, '48,
and Bob Williams, B.S.E.E. '49, who are also over here. I have
heard through the grape-vine that there is another Duke alumnus
out at one of the field sites, but I haven't as yet had a chance to con-
tact him, and I don't know what his name is.
At present, and in fact since a week after I arrived here, I have
been "on loan" to the U. S. Corps of Engineers as Secretary-Interpreter
to the Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel who are in charge of this con-
struction. It is, in my opinion, the best job a girl could have over
here.
We work on an 8 :00 a.m. to 6 :00 p.m. day, except Saturdays when
we get off at 11 :00 a.m. — supposedly ! It usually turns out longer, but
I think I have the most interesting job in the world, so I don't mind.
I arrived here on 28 January with the "second wave" of personnel
as the first working girl over here. Since then my life has been truly
exciting, both from a business and pleasure point of view. Morocco
is an intensely interesting country — a sort of cross between a movie
travelogue and scenes from the New Testament. The Aral) population
in the cities has been to a large extent Europeanized — not in matters
of dress and custom alone, but even more in their mentality and "busi-
ness methods." One of the most interesting parts of any town is the
"Medina," or native quarter. There the people live in an incredible
state of poverty and filth for the most part, although there are out-
standing exceptions, of course. There one finds innumerable little open-
front shops selling leather and metal goods at unbelievably low prices —
if one has super-sharp bargaining talent! After looking around a bit,
carefully showing a complete lack of interest, one nonchalantly asks
the price of an article. Upon hearing the response, one laughs heartily
and starts to walk out, quoting an offer of approximately one-third
over one's shoulder. This goes on for from five minutes to half an
(Continued on Page 207)
THIS MONTH'S COVER
News of the death of Chancellor Robert Lee Flowers was
sorrowfully received by the University just as the August issue
of the Register was going to press. The portrait on the cover
is a recent and popular photo of Duke's great builder. On the
next page is the information of his passing and some of the
tributes paid him by men high in the world of education, busi-
ness, and government.
Chancellor Robert Lee Flowers Passes
Duke University has lost one of its great leaders.
Chancellor Robert Lee Flowers died at his home early
Friday evening', August 24, after a lingering illness. He
was 80 years old.
Funeral services were held in Duke Chapel on Sun-
day, August 26, with Dean James Cannon III of the
Divinity School officiating. Dr. Cannon was assisted by
Dr. Hersey E. Spence, professor of Biblical literature and
religious education. Both men were old friends of the
Chancellor. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery in
the Flowers family plot.
A host of friends, among them many alumni of Duke
who came from a distance, gathered to pay final homage
to the great educator.
It will be hard for many to imagine Duke without
beloved "Professor Bobby." For 60 fruitful years his
name has been almost synonymous with the institution he
was so instrumental in developing. They were 60 years
of loyal devotion to a College, a University, and an ideal.
They were years in which countless lives were benev-
olently influenced by his personality and his work.
The death of Dr. Flowers brought forth many high
and sincere tributes to his life and his accomplishments.
President Hollis Edens, who succeeded him in office,
said : ' ' The contributions of Chancellor Flowers to Duke
University are plainly written in the record, but beyond
that, the admiration and affection of his many friends
indicate the personalitj 7 of the man who performed the
deeds. Even those of us who had the privilege of know-
ing him ... a short time only can see his strength of
character written indelibly upon the life of the Uni-
versity.
Governor Kerr Scott of North Carolina said in
Raleigh : ' ' The greatness of a man is measured by his
continuing influence upon human events . . . judged by
this standard the greatness of Dr. Robert Lee Flowers
will increase for years to come, because the institution
with which he identified himself will perpetuate his influ-
ence. For more than half a century Dr. Flowers has been
an integral part of Duke University and the institution
from which it grew. In all of the positions he held he
was faithful and loyal. His contribution to the Duke Uni-
versity of today and tomorrow has been large. It has
been even greater to the State and the Nation."
The Honorable Willis Smith, chairman of the Univer-
sity Board of Trustees and a United States Senator,
stated: "Robert Lee Flowers has passed, and the State
and Nation have lost a loyal citizen who made his life
count in the furtherance of education, religion, charity,
civic, and social welfare. Truly a great and forceful
leader has left its and we are the loser."
Dr. Flowers, the late William Preston Few, and Vice-
Chancellor William H. Wannamaker are regarded as the
trio which led Duke University to the eminent position
it now holds in the ranks of education. Dr. Wannamaker,
an intimate colleague of the Chancellor, said : ' ' Knowing
him for many years and intimately, I can truthfully say
that I have known no other person who, through so many
years, wholeheartedly and unselfishly gave his life to an
educational institution."
Other expressions of grief and tribute came from a
multitude of civic and educational leaders who had known
him, loved him, and respected him as a friend and as an
educator.
Robert Lee Flowers was born in Alexander County,
N. C, on November 6, 1870, the eldest son of George
Washington and Sarah Haynes Flowers. In 1905 he
married the former Lily Virginia Parrish, daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. Edward J. Parrish of Durham. Mrs.
Flowers died in 1948.
He came to Trinity College as an instructor in elec-
trical engineering in 1891, just after being graduated
from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
This was while Trinity was still located in Randolph
County.
He soon became a professor of mathematics and chair-
man of the department, positions he actively held until
1934. In 1910 he became secretary of the College and in
1924, shortly after the Duke Endowment was established,
he was named secretary and treasurer of Duke Univer-
sity. A year later he was elected vice-president and a
trustee. In 1926 he succeeded the University's founder,
James B. Duke, as a trustee of the Duke Endowment.
Dr. Flowers became president in 1941, after the death
of Dr. Few. He held the presidency during the difficult
years of World War II and the period of readjustment
that followed. In 1948 he became Chancellor.
His record of service to Duke is nearly equalled by
his service to many other religious, civic, educational, and
charitable institutions. Among them are orphanages,
churches, hospitals, youth organizations, and colleges.
During his lifetime he also served on numerous public
education commissions and advisory groups.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lenox D. Baker,
Durham, and Mrs. George A. Robinson, South Miami,
Fla. ; a sister, Mrs. Marshall T. Spears, '14, Durham;
three brothers, Fred Flowers, '08, Wilson, N. C, G. Hor-
ace Flowers, '02, Richmond, Va., and Claude M. Flowers,
'09, Durham; and five grandchildren, Robert Flowers
Baker and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., of Durham, Marian Vir-
ginia Huey and Sybil Flowers Huey of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., and Robert Lee Robinson of South Miami, Fla.
The passing of Dr. Flowers is mourned by thousands
who loved him and who held him in the highest esteem;
but few men have lived who could, in their waning years,
look back over a life as productive in service to humanity.
The results of his labor are the greatest consolation for
those who sorrow. It can be said that his was a life in-
deed well spent.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI REGISTER
Volume XXXVII
August, 1951
Number 8
This issue of the Alumni Register closes another
period in the history of the magazine. The September
issue will begin a new era. Roger Marshall, of the class
of 1942, will take over as Editor of the publication. For
several years he has served as Managing Editor and in
this capacity has made an outstanding contribution to
the University and his fellow alumni.
This page has been used by the Director of Alumni
Affairs as the editorial page, through which he has tried
to call to the attention of the alumni various ways in
which they might effectively serve Duke University. Be-
ginning next month there will be a Director of Alumni
Affairs' page, which will serve to retain a close relation-
ship between the Director and the alumni. It will express
the opinion of the Director and not necessarily that of
the publication or the University.
Now a personal word from the retiring editor. I should
like to thank those alumni and friends of the University
who have cooperated so generously in making constructive
suggestions which have molded my thinking in preparing
this page each month for the past several years. I hope
that I may, in the months to come, continue to receive
their assistance, for it is only through the continued in-
terest and support of the alumni that an effective pro-
gram of alumni activities may be continued. If you like
what is being done at the University, please continue to
say so. If you don't like what is being done, feel free to
express this also.
The Development Campaign will be continued during
the Fall months. In September you will hear a great deal
about this part of the University's program. Already an
outstanding job has been done in raising over $7,500,000.
The combined efforts of every interested person will be
needed, however, to assure the successful reaching and
passing of the goal of $8,650,000, which has been set.
Let's go!
The local alumni groups are already making plans for
one of their most active periods this Fall. Fred Whitener,
of the class of 1947, has joined the staff of the Department
of Alumni Affairs. As he will coordinate the activities of
these groups, he would be happy to have those needing
assistance write to him.
Have you ordered your football tickets? If not, a
word to the wise should be sufficient. Since tickets are
going faster than ever for this year's games, those desir-
ing to see the Duke Blue Devils in action this Fall should
place orders now ! That applies both to home games and
to the games away from home. The early bird gets the
worm.
The Class Agents have gotten out their pencils, sharp-
ened them, and poised them ready to write you about the
affairs of the University. These interested supporters of
Duke University are giving generously of their time and
energy to make Duke a better, not bigger, institution.
When you get your letter, answer it right away. You
will save your agent time, and the interest will mean
much to Duke Universitv.
Do you know of some outstanding young man or
■woman who should be planning to attend Duke Univer-
sity. If so, write for materials. We have a brand new
pictorial folder that will be off the press within the near
future. If you would like a copy for yourself or someone
else, drop us a line.
For the Alumni Office, the opening of school in Sep-
tember is one of the most interesting times of the entire
year, for during this period many of the alumni return
to enroll their sons and daughters. While they are on
the campus they drop by the Alumni Office to visit and
frequently to pass on information about other alumni
and alumni thinking in general. If you are coming to
Duke this September to enroll your son or daughter, plan
to drop by the Alumni Office for a visit, no matter how
brief it must be. We, of course, are looking forward to
meeting and knowing alumni sons and daughters who are
entering Duke for the first time. The increasing number
of such students every year gives us a great deal of per-
sonal satisfaction, for it means the alumni approve of the
kind of training offered at Duke and are anxious for
future generations to take advantage of it.
The age old problem is ever with us: What's hap-
pened to Mr. John Doe of 1467 W. Market Street? Or
is Mary Smith married? If so, where is she living? If
you were to go into the Records Office any hour of the
day, these are the kind of questions you would hear the
young ladies asking one another. You don't mean to
make it difficult, but you, the alumni, are the source of
these questions. The reason you are the source of these
questions is that you failed to notify the Alumni Office
when you moved two blocks from your present address;
or when you went across town for a new place of resi-
dence ; or perhaps when you just changed apartments in
the same building. We are uninformed because, when
you moved, you said, "I will write the Alumni Office in
a day or two," and then you forgot. If you are getting
mail from the Alumni Office directed to an old address,
please send us your new one. The fact that most of the
24,000 Duke alumni have changed addresses at least once
in the past twelve months is fantastic but true. How
about giving us a helping hand. Remember, more people
move in the month of September than in any other. If
you are one of these, send us your new address.
Introducing Foreign Students to Uncle Sam
One of the -40 or so foreign students
who are making Duke their temporary
home this month became enmeshed in
passport red tape in Xew York. His take-
off for Raleigh was delayed six hours.
His flight, therefore, would terminate at
1 :00 a.m., and he was concerned over
the problem he anticipated in landing in
an unfamiliar city at such an hour and
finding a place to stay. He was infinitely
relieved, on leaving the plane, to find a
friend waiting to bring him to Durham.
The friend was Dr. Earl T. Hanson,
of the Political Science Department, di-
rector of the Duke orientation center for
foreign students coming to the United
States for academic training under aus-
pices of the Departments of State and
Army. The students arrived August 1 for
a six-week stay before going to other
universities for the school year 1951-52.
The impression created upon the stu-
dent by the appearance of this sympa-
thetic one-man reception committee was
one which, to use his own words, he will
not forget as long as he lives. From this
simple situation may be inferred some-
thing of the nature of the task being-
undertaken by the score of orientation
centers now on American university cam-
puses under the Institute of International
Education's foreign student program. It
is "the setting of the hesitating foot on
the untried path, the helping hand over
the ditch of despair, the boost over the
first barrier of bewilderment which the
foreign students find on arrival in this
overwhelming country of ours."
Cushions the Shock
The orientation center represents a new
approach to a problem which has pre-
vented this nation's exchange student
activities from yielding the best possible
results. The general purpose of the ex-
change student program is to give selected
students from other countries a first-hand
knowledge of the general aspects of
American culture, in addition to provid-
ing an opportunity for specialized study.
But the shock and confusion of plunging
into a strange social milieu at the very
time of beginning a frequently strenuous
academic year have been found to have
unfortunate results, both for the absorp-
tion of culture and for the assimilation
of learning. It was decided that an
orientation period of six weeks might
well be spent in cushioning the shock be-
fore the school year began.
A group of foreign students undergo the typical American ordeal of hav-
ing a news picture taken. Here they are standing on the Chapel steps. Left
to right, top : Prof. George DelHomme ; Y. Sugawara, Japan ; S. S. Ghandi,
India ; H. S. Gamgoum. Egypt ; J. Herhommer. Germany ; A. W. K. Malik,
Pakistan ; I. 0. Yaartaja. Finland ; J. U. D. Hassan, Pakistan ; M. Shinohara,
Japan; C. Roumagnac, France; G. Gottsehalk, Germany; Prof. Joel Colton.
Middle row: Prof. C. H. Richards: H. Lindhorst, Germany; K. Komura, T.
Negishi, T. Suzuki, K. Mitsuzumi, T. Hirao, Y. Usui, G. Inukai, H. Hosokawa
and K. Hamano, all of Japan : Prof. Ronald Emma. Bottom : M. A. Lawandy,
Egypt ; T. Motai, Japan ; S. Tanaka, Japan ; P. X. Yarughese, India ; A.
Kitayama, Japan; Prof. Earl T. Hanson, director of the orientation center;
M. Sato, Japan: T. Oyainada. Japan: R. B. Magal, India: T. Mikami, Japan;
M. Kasai, Japan.
Hence, on August 1 there arrived at
Duke from all over the world a group
of students who are living on the campus,
eating in the cafeterias, having cokes and
shopping for incidentals in the ''Dope
Shop," going on field trips around Dur-
ham and vicinity, hearing lectures on
American culture, improving their com-
mand of English, having discussions with
American students, and, in general, ac-
customing themselves to our college life.
Under the Summer Session program
headed by Dr. Paul Clyde the orientation
center is administered by Dr. Hanson,
who has as his assistants Dr. Joel Col-
ton, Duke historian, and a staff of eight
or nine picked teachers from the English
and Social Science departments.
The newcomers are brilliant, interest-
ing and extremely likeable. About half
of them are Japanese, under the sponsor-
ship of the U. S. Department of the
Army. Others, under a State Depart-
ment-sponsored program, are from India,
Italy, Pakistan, Switzerland, Germany,
France, Brazil and points east and west.
They were selected, through exhaustive
competitive examinations, for their prob-
able ability to interpret America to their
countrymen when they return, for the
value to their native lands which their
U. S. acquired training will yield, for their
open-mindedness, for their proficiency
in English. Ages average 28, and range
from 21 to 39. Among them are college
professors, undergraduates, government
officials, journalists.
Food Is a Problem
Two of the three primary physical
needs of the men are being taken care
of without difficulty. Clothes present no
problem, and they are being sheltered in
GG Dormitory on West Campus. Food
is a slightly different matter. Cultural
differences introduce complications for
some. One Pakistani has said good-
naturedly, and probably with a slight ex-
aggeration, that he has been on a diet
of buttered toast ever since he came to
America. Religious orthodoxy discour-
ages for some Easterners the eating of
pork, beef, eggs or, unless with special
preparation, chicken. The culinary in-
doctrination of some of the Japanese,
however, was accomplished on a Navy
transport, and in at least one instance re-
sulted in an affinity for hot roast beef
sandwiches and cheeseburgers.
The foreign students eat in "D" cafe-
teria, and under the direction of Mr.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, August, 1951
Harvey Grundy and his dietitians a spe-
cial effort is being made to accommodate
the preferences of the several national-
ities and at the same time to educate the
students in American — and particularly
Southern — cuisine.
The students are impressed with the
quantity of food served, and with its
sometimes mystifying variety. A table
of labelled condiments has occasioned
some experimentation, such as lathering
black-eyed peas with mayonnaise and
applying horseradish sauce to macaroni
and cheese. Leftovers are carefully scru-
tinized as an index to likes and dislikes.
American students are encouraged to join
the guests from abroad at meal times,
and the best-natured fraternization seems
to be the order of the day. There is
confident expectation that the social give
and take will be healthy and valuable for
both sides.
The orientation program has been de-
vised with great care. The Institute of
International Education has been re-
quested by the Departments of State and
Army to administer such a program for
1,000 students who were to enter the
United States under their auspices for the
academic year of 1951-52. Twenty col-
leges and universities were asked to pro-
vide orientation centers for from 40 to
80 students each, with a curriculum "de-
signed to prepare them for good adjust-
ment to the university or college in which
they will spend the balance of the acad-
emic year." (Those now at Duke will
leave in September for other schools and
foreign students who have had orientation
at other institutions will come to Duke
for study. The switch has been found
advisable for a number of reasons, most
of which add up to the fact that this
procedure will widen their experience,
which is what they came for.)
Goals Described
Early this year in Chicago a conference
of center directors was held by the Insti-
tute. For three days the directors ex-
changed experiences of previous years,
formulated plans and shaped programs.
The objectives of the orientation courses
offered at each center, and of the pro-
grams built around the courses, are: to
enable the student to increase his English
language proficiency in order to be able
to undertake academic work without seri-
ous handicap; to increase his knowledge
of the ideas and events which have
contributed to the growth of modern
American civilization, and enable him to
observe at first hand the practical appli-
cation of democracy to American life and
institutions ; to accustom him to American
American and foreign students eagerly seek each other's viewpoints on
all conceivable subjects, the only bar being language difficulty. Here, in "D"
cafeteria, Dr. Earl T. Hanson, director of the orientation program and a
Woman's College junior engage in discussion with the guest students. Left
to right: Dr. Hanson; Hans Lindhorst, Germany; Hassan Gamgoun, Egypt;
Jeorg Herkommer, Germany ; Motei Tetsuji, Japan ; A. W. K. Malik,
Pakistan; J. D. Hassan, Pakistan; Ann Gore, U. S. A.; Olli Vaartaja,
Finland.
classroom techniques and acquaint him
with the general workings of the Ameri-
can educational system; and to give him
an opportunity to become acclimated and
adjusted to a new social environment.
That's a large order for all concerned,
considering the time limitations.
The presence of the students has given
West Campus an unusually metropolitan
air, especially for a summer session.
Among them is represented a wide va-
riety of personalities and interests. One
Japanese, who teaches school in Tokyo,
wrote his master's dissertation on Walt
Whitman, and was extremely pleased to
find in the Duke Library an except : onal
collection of the works of that poet. A
Turkish student aiming at a master's de-
gree in civil engineering asked to be
shown through the cafeteria kitchen,
where he exhibited great interest in the
steam cookers, dishwashing machine and
other equipment.
One of the Egyptians is a journalist.
He represented his Cairo paper at the
United Nations last year, and is now serv-
ing as an American correspondent for
that paper and another in Karachi. Sev-
eral students are physicians and several
are lawyers. It is probable that all are
extremely serious about their responsi-
bilities and opportunities.
Well-Rounded Program
The daily routine consists of lectures,
discussions and classes in the mornings,
with social and recreational activities and
field trips in the afternoons and evenings,
separated by generous allotments of free
time. Dr. Hanson and Dr. Colton make
themselves available to the students for
consultation. Most classes and lectures
are held in the Engineering Building.
The faculty includes Messrs. Stone, Del-
homme, Cook, Williams, Richards and
Emma.
The Student Y.M.C.A. is assuming-
much responsibility for arranging social
events and for bringing American stu-
dents into social relationships with the
visitors. The first week ended (on Sat-
urday) with a picnic at Gate One, an
arrangement which neatly avoided a trans-
portation problem, Gate One being within
walking distance. During the second
week the women students of Duke enter-
tained the foreign students at a reception,
and a session of square and ballroom
dancing was held in the Old Gvmnasium.
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Dr. Paul N. Gross (second from right), vice-president of Duke University
and president of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, and Dr. Charles
K. Bradsher (right), professor of chemistry, discuss the atomic energy
exhibit with Dr. Louis Anderson, chairman of the Botany Department of the
Conference, and Dr. Ralph T. Overman. Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies.
Laboratory for Science Teachers
Resourcefulness Improves Teaching Techniques
It is said that a resourceful woman
can fix almost anything with a hairpin
and a piece of chewing gum. Not quite
so simple is the conducting of classroom
experiments in physics, chemistry and
biology with homemade apparatus;
Boyle's Law could hardly be demon-
strated with a few old mason jars, some
odd pieces of pipe and a front-porch
thermometer. But the 45 men and
women — most of them high school science
teachers from North Carolina and nearby
— who spent the week of July 23 at the
Science Teachers Laboratory Conference
saw basic physical science principles
demonstrated by devices whose parts were
resurrected from junk piles and attics.
The teachers, who came "to learn how
practical and useful experiments can be
performed in their classrooms with a
minimum of equipment," saw a galvanom-
eter made from an old razor blade, a coil
of wire, some bits of thread, two dry
cells and a wooden stand. An arrange-
ment consisting of a spark plug set in a
Rumford baking powder can, a Model
"T" Ford coil, a single pole switch and
a 7-volt source of current, with benzene
judiciously administered by eye-dropper,
illustrated effectively the principles of
the internal combustion engine. The rea-
son a baseball curves was shown by a
contraption made out of a rubber band,
the cardboard core of a paper towel roll,
two feet of gauze bandage, a square foot
of flat board and a couple of thumb
tacks. Most of the "equipment" was
constructed by high school science stu-
dents as class projects. It ran prac-
tically the gamut of secondary school
physics and general science.
The Conference, believed to be the first
of its kind, was a carefully planned pro-
gram of laboratory demonstrations, dis-
cussion groups, inspections, guided tours
and formal dinner meetings. The famed
Oak Ridge Traveling Museum exhibit on
atomic energy arrived from Salt Lake
City for its North Carolina premiere
after an almost fatal delay in transit. On
one afternoon the conferees were received
a* the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel
Hill.
A nominal $6 registration included ad-
mission to all sessions of the Conference,
which covered the fields of the physical
and biological sciences. At the opening
session, presided over by Lewis E. Ander-
son, chairman of the Botany Department,
welcoming remarks were made by Paul
M. Gross, vice-president of Duke, and
John H. Highsmith, of the North Caro-
lina State Department of Education,
representing the two organizations spon-
soring the Conference. The four-day
event closed with a panel discussion on
"The Meanings of Science," and an hour-
long formal critique of the Conference.
The panel discussants were Professor
R. N. Wilson, professor emeritus of chem-
istry; Mr. Richard L. Weaver, director
of Resourse Use Education, Department
of Public Instruction, Raleigh, N. C;
Mr. Henry A. Shannon, advisor in sci-
ence in the same department; and Dr.
George W. Haupt, Glassboro State Teach-
ers College, Glassboro, N. J.
Other Conference highlights were ad-
dresses by Dr. Ralph T. Overman,
Special Training Division, Oak Ridge
Institute of Nuclear Studies, on "Where
Goes the Atom!" and by Duke Vice-
President Gross, who is president of the
Institute of Nuclear Studies, on "The
Role of Science in a Changing World."
The faculty consisted principally of
Duke professors, with the addition of
several specialists from industrial organ-
izations and a member of the teaching
staff of Albemarle High School, Mr. R.
C. Hatley, whose students made much of
the laboratory equipment displayed. The
supervisory committee of the Conference
consisted of Professors Anderson; David
W. Carpenter, physics; Henry S. Rob-
erts, zoology; and John H. Saylor, chem-
istry; Dr. Paul H. Clyde, director of the
Duke Summer Session; and Henry A.
Shannon, of the Department of Public
Instruction, Raleigh, N. C.
Math Teachers Meet
for 11th Conference
The Mathematics Teachers Institute
has become a hardy perennial on the
Duke campus. During the past ten years
more than 1,000 teachers from 37 states
and many from Canada have used the in-
stitute for catching up on the previous
year's developments in this vast field.
The 11th session was held August 7-17
under the direction of W. W. Rankin,
professor of mathematics, with the gen-
eral theme "Mathematics at Work."
A $12 registration fee admitted the
registrants to an extensive and highly
elaborated program of lecture-discussions,
study groups, symposia and dinner meet-
ings. More than a score of specialists
from industry and the educational world
gave talks on which the daily meetings
were based, or addressed the formal eve-
ning sessions.
At the opening banquet Col. R. B.
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White, president of the B. and 0. R.R.,
spoke on "Mathematics and Transporta-
tion"; at daily sessions the Designing
Engineering of the Chevrolet Company
had as his subject "Mathematics Made
Easy Through Gear Wheels," Philip S.
Jones of the University of Michigan
spoke on "Art and Mathematics," and a
study group grappled with the problem
of "The Slow Student in Mathematics."
The Institute was conducted as part
of the regular Summer Session activities.
Assisting Dr. Rankin in the direction of
the event was Veryl Schult, Director of
Mathematics, City Schools, Washington,
D. C. Duke faculty members serving on
the Institute staff included John H. Rob-
erts, J. J. Gergen, Francis G. Dressel
and A. 0. Hiekson. Over the week end
the visiting teachers attended Chapel
service, heard Mildred Hendrix in an
organ recital and Anton Brees in a caril-
lon program and were guests at tea at
the home of Professor Rankin.
The Mathematics Laboratory in West
Duke was utilized as the locus of the day-
time meetings. The Laboratory makes
available a wide range of materials re-
lating mathematics to science, industry,
engineering, education and commerce. It
contains textbooks, research material,
charts, graphs and models. Recent addi-
tions are a wind-tunnel model airplane,
a model of the USS North Carolina,
mathematical computing instruments, an
anti-aircraft firing director and a Cadillac
engine with hydramatic drive.
Dean McClain Will Serve
-^ As Defense Consultant
Dr. Joseph L. McClain, who next
month will complete his first year of serv-
ice as dean of the Duke Law School, has
been named a legal consultant in the
U. S. Department of Defense, and will be
attached to the office of Dan Edwards,
'35, ex-mayor of Durham, who is now
assistant secretary of defense.
Dr. McClain expects to find it possible
to integrate his new duties in the Defense
Department with his work at the Law
School, so that his deanship will continue
uninterrupted. His work will involve
solving special legal problems that arise
in connection with Defense Department
activities.
From 1942 to 1945 Dr. McClain was
vice-president and general counsel to the
Terminal Railroad Association of St.
Louis and in 1945 was named general
counsel to the Wabash Railroad Company.
Four Duke Men Meet In Japan
Far East Reunion Occurs on Shipboard
Recently four Duke alumni stood to-
gether for a brief leave-taking on a dock
in Yokosuka, Japan, near the end of a
gangway leading to the main deck of the
USS Mt. McKinley, of which they were
all officers. One of them, Lt. (j.g.) B. C.
Allen, Jr., '45, was about to begin his
return trip to the States, carrying orders
to report to the Pacific Fleet Amphibious
Force at Coronado, Calif., for duty. See-
ing him off were Lts. (j.g.) Robert E.
Cook, '45, of Chicago, 111.; Walter L.
Thompson, III, '46, of Pittsburgh, Pa.;
and Clarence J. Brown, Jr., '47, of Blan-
chester, Ohio. The latter arrived aboard
the USS Mt. McKinley the day before as
Lt. Allen's replacement.
Lt. Allen has been in the Far East
since September of last year, when he
was ordered to return to active duty in
the Naval Reserve. As an officer of the
Mt. McKinley he participated in the
assault landings at Pohang, Inchon and
Wonsan and the redeployment of U.X.
forces from Hungnam, highlights of the
Navy's role in the Korean campaign.
During these actions he was assistant
legal officer and division officer on the
staff of Rear Admiral James H. Doyle,
Commander Amphibious Group One, and
Vice Admiral Ingolf N. Kiland, Com-
mander Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet.
Lt. Allen received his NROTC training
and B.S. degree at Duke and his LL.B.
degree from Washington and Lee Uni-
versity. At Duke has was a member of
Sigma Nu.
During World War II he was legal
assistance officer at the Naval Operating
Base at Samar, P. I., and assistant watch
and division officer on the destroyer USS
Dane.
Before returning to active duty in the
Navv he was practicing. -law in Wilson,
N. C.
His replacement, Lt. Brown, is a grad-
uate in economics. He received his re-
serve commission at Duke and attended
Harvard Business School for an M.B.A.
degree. At Duke he was president of
Phi Kappa Sigma, president of the
Intel-fraternity Council, a member of the
Men's Student Government and Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Before volunteering for active duty
shortly after the outbreak of hostilities
in Korea he was editor of the Blanehester
Star-Republican. He was assigned to the
staff of Commander Amphibious Force.
Pacific Fleet, as assistant division officer
and assistant public information officer,
and recently was sent to the Far East as
Lt. Allen's relief.
Lt. Thompson, after receiving NROTC
training and taking several semesters of
academic work at Duke, entered the Navy
and served with an amphibious beaeh-
master group. At the end of World War
II he resumed his studies at the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh, then worked for a
On the gangway leading to the main deck of the U.S.S. Mt. McKinley
from a dock in Yokosuka, Japan, three Duke alumni say goodby to a fourth
who is homeward-bound. They are, left to right: Lts. (j.g.) Robert E. Cook,
'45, Walter L. Thompson, III. '46, Clarence J. Brown. Jr.. '47. and B. C.
Allen, Jr., '45.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, August, 1951
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Pittsburgh advertising agency. He vol-
unteered to return to active duty a year
ago and is now first division officer of
the Mt. McKinley.
Lt. Cook is a combat information officer
with the Pacific Fleet. After naval officer
training at Duke he served aboard the
aircraft carrier USS Princeton during
World War II.
Y
V"
WAF Lieutenant
The varied interests and talents of
WAF Lt. Virginia L. Sweet, '41, pho-
tographed as she attended a recent
training course for reserve officers at
Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, X. Y.,
can be inferred from her membership
in several aeronautical associations,
both civilian and military, and such
organizations as the Schenectady (X.
Y.) Light Opera and the Duke Sym-
phony Orchestra. A pioneer member
of the Women's Army Service Pilots
during World War II, she is now a
flight instructor, commercial pilot and
a ground school instructor, being
"checked out" on 26 types of military
aircraft and holding a pilot's rating
on the more common types of civilian
ships. In 1949 she won the Amelia
Earhart Memorial Scholarship for
women flyers. At present she is ad-
jutant of the 9073rd Voluntary Air
Reserve Training Unit in Schenectady,
her home town, in which capacity she
attended the training course.
Alumni Activities
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Duke University Alumni Associ-
ation of Greater Pittsburgh is planning
an open house at the University Club,
123 University Place, the day of the
Duke-Pittsburgh football game to be
played in that city on September 29. The
open house will last from 11 :00 a.m. to
8 :00 p.m.
A block of 200 seats at $3.50 each has
been reserved on the 45- and 50-yard line
for Duke alumni, so that there will be an
organized cheering section. These tick-
ets are available at the Pittsburgh Duke
Alumni Office (office of Don Anderson,
'41), 436 Diamond Street, Pittsburgh 19,
Pa., telephone ATlantic 18456. Alumni
from Eastern Ohio and West Virginia
and Western Pennsylvania may be able
to procure tickets there.
Mecklenburg County
Duke alumni from Charlotte and Meck-
lenburg County have been holding-
monthly meetings on the first Thursday
of every month at one o'clock at Thack-
ers. Attendance is constantly growing.
At the September 6 meeting, Charlton C.
Jernigan, '25, A.M. '26, Ph.D. '35, re-
cently elected president of Queens Col-
lege in Charlotte, will speak on the con-
tributions in the field of education made
by Duke alumni.
Lake Junaluska
Duke University alumni and friends
from throughout Xorth Carolina assem-
bled at Lake Junaluska on August 11 for
the annual observance of "Duke Night"
at the Methodist Assembly grounds.
Principal speaker for the occasion was
Dr. James Cannon, III, dean of the Duke
Divinity School and Ivey Professor of
history of religion and missions. Dr.
Mason Crum, a member of the Duke
Divinity School faculty and a Junaluska
summer resident, presided. Greetings
from the University were brought by
Charles A. Dukes, director of Alumni
Affairs.
Dr. W. D. Davies, professor of Biblical
Theology at Duke, spoke to the gathering
during the morning, and delivered the
afternoon sermon on Sunday, August 12.
A native of Wales, Dr. Davies previously
taught at Cambridge University and
other English schools.
Coronation of the 1951 "Queen of
Junaluska" was held the night of August
18, when Barbara Russell of Greenville,
X. C, a rising sophomore at Duke Uni-
versity, was crowned. She was elected
by summer residents and visitors.
Ed Fike, '41, On Leave
To Defense Department
Edward L. Fike, '41, Director of the
University's Bureau of Public Informa-
tion since 1948, has been given a leave
of absence to accept an appointment as
administrative assistant to Assistant Sec-
retary of Defense Dan K. Edwards, '35.
f *
Edward L. Fike, '41
In announcing Mr. Fike's appointment,
Vice-President Charles E. Jordan com-
mented : "Under the direction of Mr.
Fike, the Bureau of Public Information
has made remarkable progress. We shall
feel the loss of his services to the Uni-
versity but are glad we can make him
available for the important assignment to
which he has been called."
A native of Ahoskie, X. C, Mr. Fike
enlisted in the Xavy in 1941 and was
separated in 1946 as a lieutenant. With
John M. Dozier, '41, who is now assistant
secretary of the University, he was co-
publisher of the Nelsonville (Ohio) Trib-
une for two years prior to returning to
Duke.
Earl W. Porter has been appointed
Acting Director of the Bureau. A grad-
uate of the University of Missouri and
holder of a degree in journalism, Mr.
Porter has been assistant director since
1949. He is thoroughly familiar with
the workings of the news service and, as
Dr. Jordan stated, Duke is fortunate to
have him available to fill the position.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, August, 1951
Duke Songs Published
The first edition of "Duke Songs,"
compiled and edited by Phi Kappa Delta,
woman's honorary leadership fraternity,
and copyrighted by Duke University,
came off the press (The Seeman Print-
ery), July 31. Authors and composers
include :
Mr. Douglas D. Ballin, New York
City; Rev. Troy J. Barrett, B.D. '48,
Broadway, N. C; Sally Bowmall, '50,
Hollywood, Fla. ; Edward Hall Broad-
head, A.M. '33, formerly organist to the
University, Wethersfield, Conn.; Joseph
F. Burke, '37, Beverly Hills, Calif.;
Charlotte Crump Collins, '41, Walling-
ford, Conn.; Jean Lafko Davis, '49,
Dover, N. J.; Mr. Robert Hess, Ft. Lau-
derdale, Fla.; Mr. Joseph F. Hewitt,
New York City; Richard F. Hintermeis-
ter, '37, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Nancy
Hedden Holland, '49, Williamsport, Pa.;
Robert H. James, '24, Wilmington, N.
C. ; Alex R. Josephs, LL.B. '40, Charlotte,
N. C; Mr. G. E. Leftwich, Jr.; Nor-
man K. Nelson; A.B. '48, A.M. '49, Duke
University News Service ; Mrs. Mary Nor-
cott Pemberton, Duke University, Dur-
ham, N. C. ; N. Charles Rorabaugh, '34 ;
Professor Robert S. Rankin, Political
Science Department, Duke University;
Helen Rorabaugh Seymour, '41, Richland,
Washington; Rev. Ray E. Short, B.D.
'48, Moscow, Idaho; Mr. Milo Sweet, Los
Angeles, California; Miss Sally Wilhoit,
'48, Durham, N. C.
The book can be obtained for $1.00
per copy, plus mailing charge of 10c, by
addressing Miss Sue McMullen, Box No.
6566 College Station, Durham, N. C. As
this is a limited edition, those who are
interested are urged to place their orders
promptly.
On Active Duty
Lanier W. Pratt, A.M. '38, an instruc-
tor in Romance Languages at Duke, this
month assumed his new duties as a lieu-
tenant commander in the United States
Naval Reserve. He is executive officer
of the U.S.S. Healy, a destroyer-mine
sweeper reactivated from the "mothball"
fleet at the Naval Base in Charleston,
S. C. •
Prior to his recent recall, Lt. Comdr.
Pratt was commanding officer of Organ-
ized Reserve Division 6-22 in Durham.
Lt. Comdr. Pratt, whose home has been
at 2007 Ruffin Street, Durham, has been
a member of the language faculty at
Duke since 1938. His undergraduate de-
Fred W. Whitener, '51, new assistant to the Director of Alumni Affairs
(left), will also be the advertising manager of the Register. Roger L.
Marshal], '42 (right), is the publication's new editor.
New Register Editor Is Named
New Addition to Alumni Department Staff Also Announced
Fred W. Whitener, '51, has been named
assistant to the Director of Alumni
Affairs and will assume the duties for-
merly performed by Thomas D. Donegan,
A.M. '51, who has been recalled to active
duty in the U. S. Army.
Mr. Whitener is a native of Shelby,
N. C. He entered Duke in 1942 but left
school after one year to enlist in the
U. S. Navy. After four years in serv-
ice, during which he served aboard an
LST in the Pacific as a pharmacist's mate
first class, he re-entered Duke to major
in zoology and economics.
From 1947 to 1951 he led the Duke
Ambassadors, the University dance band,
and played with the University concert
band. An accomplished musician, he is
listed in "Who Is Who in Music."
Mr. Whitener, who will coordinate the
activities of local associations, is married
to the former Miss Brooks Dennis of
Shelbv.
Roger L. Marshall, '42, alumni editor
and assistant to the Director of Alumni
Affairs, has been named editor of the
Alumni Register.
Mr. Marshall joined the staff of the
alumni department in October 1947, and
since that time he has served as the
Register's managing editor. He will con-
tinue as assistant to the director, in addi-
tion to his new duties with the magazine.
A native of Winston-Salem, N. C, he
enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps upon
being graduated from Duke. In 1946 he
was separated as a first lieutenant and
currently holds the rank of captain in
the Marine Corps Reserve. Before com-
ing to Duke Mr. Marshall was on the
news staffs of the Elkin (N. C.) Tribune
and the Winston-Salem Journal.
He is married to the former Betty
Brietz of Winston-Salem and has twin
daughters age six.
gree was earned at Davidson College. In
1942 his teaching was interrupted by his
first tour of active duty in the Naval Re-
serve. Trained in communications, he
served in that capacity on the destroyer
escort U.S.S. Hubbard, and later became
her executive officer. His ship, with three
others, formed the first hunter-killer group
to operate in the Atlantic alone without
air support.
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, August, 1951
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Math Models Bring
Alumna Recognition
Dr. Ruth Stokes, of the Syracuse Uni-
versity faculty, who received a Ph.D. de-
gree in Mathematics at Duke in 1931 and
was a member of the Duke Mathematics
Department during her years of graduate
work and for two years thereafter, is
described as a "Model Mathematician" in
a feature article of a recent issue of the
Syracuse University Alumni Nexos. The
title is a gentle play on words ; Dr. Stokes
has an outstanding collection of mathe-
matical models.
The models are not the flesh and blood
x"^S
Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, com-
mandant of the Duke N.R.O.T.C.
unit, has left Duke for reassignment
to the Naval War College, Newport.
R. I. The departure of the popular
officer caused deep regret on the cam-
pus, where he has been stationed
since 1949. Recent promotion to his
present rank, however, profoundly
pleased his many friends at the Uni-
versity. Admiral Earle, who com-
manded a destroyer at Pearl Harbor
on December 7. 1941, and who en-
gaged in many Pacific battles during
World War II, graduated from An-
napolis in 1922. Both his father and
his grandfather were admirals and
his daughter Audrey, a rising sopho-
more at Duke, is a seaman in the
WAVE.
kind. They are contrivances of wood,
paper, string and assorted materials
worked into designs which illustrate
mathematics principles. A large struc-
ture of small sticks demonstrates the
binomial theorem; one model shows how
a curved surface can be generated from
straight lines; a box with buckshot which
slips down through nails in a board into
a number of boxes bears out the theory
of the normal variation curve. Cones,
parabolas and models of indescribable
complication stand on her shelves. She
does not make them; she just collects
them.
The veteran mathematician is working
on two forthcoming books, "The History
and Construction of Mathematical Mod-
els and Their Use in Teaching" and a
work on spherical trigonometry. She also
edits the Phi Mu Epsilon Journal, official
publications of the mathematics honorary,
and recently was elected a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advance-
ment of Science.
Nurse Receives Award
Mary Ann Menefee, R.N. '51, of
Luray, Va., is the recipient of this year's
Moseley Award, which is presented each
Calendar for September
1-12 (Saturday and Wednesday).
Special course in solid geometry.
10, 11, 12. Personnel Conference to
be held in the West Campus
Union.
13-21. Freshman Week. Dormi-
tories open to Freshmen.
13. Parents' Reception. 3:00 to
5:30 o'clock, Rooms 204, 205,
206. West Campus Union.
13. Freshman Assembly. 7 :30
o'clock, Page Auditorium.
16. Freshman Tea. University
House.
17. Registration and matricula-
tion of new r students with ad-
vanced standing, Trinity Col-
lege, and the College of Engi-
neering.
18. Registration and matriculation
of new students with advanced
standing, Woman's College.
20. Instruction for the Fall semes-
ter begins.
27-28. Marjohn Merrill Founda-
tion Lectures.
year to the senior nurse who has done tne
most oustanding work in nursing arts
during her entire college career.
The award, which is twenty-five dollars,
is given by Matilda Holleman Moseley
(Mrs. Vince), '31, R.N. '31, B.S.N. '36,
of Charleston, S. C.
Distant Campaigner
An outstanding campaigner for the
University's Development Program is
Frank A. Thacker, '49. Working
thousands of miles from the campus,
he has reported pledges totaling sev-
eral hundred dollars and is still at
work on other prospects, one of whom
he is trailing through Europe via the
mails.
Frank, whose address is Apartado
889, Creole Petroleum Corporation,
Caracas, Venezuela, South America, is
an accountant. He has been living in
Venezuela about a year. Immediately
upon his graduation he started work
as an accountant for the Carter Oil
Company, in Tulsa, Okla., an affiliate
of the Creole Petroleum Corporation.
During his years at Duke, Frank
received scholastic recognition by be-
ing awarded a National Methodist
Scholarship for three years. As a
freshman he received the scholarship
awarded by Duke alumni of High
Point, N. C, his home. He became
publicity director, and vice-president
of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional
commerce fraternity, and was also a
dormitory steward for the Methodist
Student Fellowship on the Duke
campus.
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DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, August, 1951
Blue Devils Will Depend on Speedy Backs
With the September 1 Fall training
start around the corner, football talk is
on the uprise around Duke University.
A new head coach, a new formation,
new assistant coaches, new opponents and
general curiosity give rise to most of the
talk.
Approximately 75 husky candidates are
expected to report to new head Coach
William D. Murray on September 1 and
begin workouts for a tough Fall cam-
paign. New teams on the 10-game sched-
ule of the Duke team include the Univer-
sity of Virginia and William and Mary.
The Duke team this year is expected
to look much different from the one that
racked a respectable 7-3 record last sea-
son. Gone is the passing combination of
Billy Cox to Mike Souchak, Ceep You-
tnans and Tom Powers. In its place is
expected to be a lightning T formation
attack with speedy halfbacks Piney Field,
Charlie Smith and Gerald Mozingo and
block-busting fullbacks Jack Kistler and
Conrad Moon leading the way. The line
will be built around outstanding ends
Blaine Earon and Jim Gibson and tackle
James "Tank" Lawrence. Gibson will
captain the 1951 aggregation.
Murray, a Duke graduate, class of '31,
recently announced the signing of two
new coaches to help him with the tutor-
ing. They were Marty Pierson, fresh-
man coach at the University of Delaware,
and Tom O'Boyle, former Tulane All-
America guard who had been line coach
at Kansas State.
Majority of the early work by the Blue
Devils was expected to be directed to
bolstering the team's defensive attack.
Not much attention was given this phase
in Spring training and as a result, the
team looked green in this department in
the Spring practice games.
HOMECOMING
Homecoming Day, 1951, will be Sat-
urday, October 27, when Duke's Blue
Devils collide with Virginia's strong
Cavaliers in Duke Stadium. While the
program for the week end has not yet
been announced, it will probably begin
Friday night and continue through
Sunday afternoon. The annual barbe-
cue luncheon on Saturday will be a
highlight. Homecoming will provide
a good occasion for alumni to gather
to see Coach Murray's Model T in
action and to observe the progress of
recent months on the campus.
Athletic Director Eddie Cameron, left, and Head Coach Bill Murray,
right, confer with two new members of the coaching staff. They are Assistant
Coaches Martv Pierson from Delaware and Tom O'Bovle from Kansas State.
Besides the work with the defense,
much time must be devoted to the polish-
ing of the new T formation introduced
to the Devils this Spring. The biggest
offensive problem will be that of develop-
ing, a first line quarterback. Joe Self, a
senior from Greensboro, N. C, led the
candidates this Spring, but Jerry Barger,
an All-State and All-Southern freshman
from Salisbury, N. C, shows much prom-
ise. Another top-notch candidate is
Glenn Wild, a short senior from Pitts-
burgh, Pa. Wild is probably the best
passer of the three, but his lack of height
(he's five feet, eight) hinders his chances.
At other offensive positions, here's the
way the Duke team stacks up :
End — Blaine Earon and Jim Gibson,
two capable defensive veterans, may be
given a chance to play offensive ball.
Walter Smith, Gene Brooks, Bill Keziah
and A. B. Pearson are others who will
play a great deal. Mike Souchak and
Ceep Youmans, the regular offensive ends
of last year, are gone.
Tackle — Jim Logan, regular offensive
tackle of last year, is back, but Jim
Young, Bob Anderson and Dan Adams,
all offensive lettermen, are gone. "Tank"
Lawrence, defensive bulwark of last year,
may be used on offense. Capable naw-
comers are Ed "Country" Meadows and
Lewis Berry. Both are up from the fresh-
man squad.
Guard — This is one of the weakest
spots on the team. Bob Deyton, regular
offensive guard last year, graduated.
Carl James and Don Knotts, both ex-
perienced, return. Top candidates include
Carson Leach and Truett Grant, both
members of last year's team. Two backs,
John Carey and Bob Berger, have been
shifted to guard. Outstanding newcom-
ers include sophs Bobby Burrows and
Fred Fuller.
Center — Although last year's starter is
gone, this position appears to be well-
manned. Jim Ed Gibson was the starter
last year, but it's said his understudy,
Lou Tepe, is as good. A promising fresh-
man at this position is Johnny Palmer.
All-Stater from Lynchburg, Va. Other
promising players include husky Ray
Green and Gene Million.
Backs — The competition is keen at all
backfield posts. The quarterback post is
up for grabs between Self, Wild and
Barger, with Charlie Smith, Piney Field
and Gerald Mozingo leading the half-
backs. Other promising halfbacks are
Red Smith, a lefthander all the way, and
George Grune, the regular safetyman last
season. Field is probably the fastest
back in the nation, having been timed in
the 100-yard clash at 9.6 seconds as a
member of the Duke cinder crew this
Spring. The Blue Devils' fullback this
season will be a hard-runner whether
Jack Kistler or Conrad Moon wins the
berth. Both are huskies and sophomores.
Kistler shone in the Spring games and
Moon showed his stuff in drills before
going out in favor of a bad leg.
Defensively, the Duke outfit appears a
little more experienced, although like the
offensive crew, it appears weak in the
center of the line.
(Continued on Page 207)
DUKE ALUMNI REGISTER, August, 1951
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NEWS OF THE ALUMN
Charlotte Corbin, '35, Editor
VISTORS TO THE ALUMNI OFFICE
(July)
Thirston H. Jackson, Jr., '34, Los Angeles,
Calif.
Bobby Ballard Jackson (Mrs. T. H.