Flying Petrel, April 1960

ALUMNI DAY

The finest Alumni Homecoming
Day in many years is forecast for
Saturday, April 30.

The rifle match at 10:00 a.m. will
begin the day as the Yamacraw Gun
Club shows their marksmanship against
the North Georgia College team.

The feature attraction, of course,
will be the dedication of the Ogle-
thorpe University Field House on the
athletic field at 1:00 p.m.

Oglethorpe students and main-
tenance staff have pitched in to get the

new baseball infield in shape for H-
Day. The Petrels will play the Valdosta
State Rebels at 1:30 p.m.

A brief refreshment period will fol-
low the game before the National
Alumni Association meeting at 4:15
p.m. and the Booster Club meetim: at
5:00 p.m.

Plans have been made to serve some
350 to 400 people in the Bowl, the
grassy area between Phoebe Hearst
Hall and Goodman Hall. During the
last two H-Days, this activity has been
the most successful one. Alumni have
enjoyed eating and visiting in the

casual atmosphere of a quiet, balmy
evening.

The Oglethorpe Players are hard at
work rehearsing "Bell, Book and
Candle" by John Van Druten for the
alumni's pleasure at 8:00 p.m. Last
year's production, "The Lady's Not
For Burning" by Christopher Fry, re-
ceived a multitude of compliments
from the near capacity audience.

Alunmi whose classes end in 0 and
5, for example 1420. 1925, 1930, etc.,
are asked to make a special effort to
attend. This year will mark the twenty-
fifth anniversary of the Class of 1935.

SATURDAY. APRIL 30

Vol. 42

Published by National Oglethorpe Alumni Association. April, 1960

O. U. HAS
PROGRAM

EXTENSION

Oglethorpe University has an exten-
sion program for the first time in near-
ly twenty years.

The location of the campus for the
new program is Fort MacPherson on
the south side of Atlanta.

Approximately 50 servicemen are
enrolled in the 4 courses, which in-
clude Business Law, Introduction to
Psychology, Finance and America His-
tory.

Enrollees may take up to two years
of college work in this program. After
that, they may attend Oglethorpe or
any other college, in residence, for the
remainder of their degree requirements.

OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY

RECEIVES GULF OIL

CORPORATION GRANT

Oglethorpe University has received
an unrestricted grant of $314 from the
Gulf Oil Corp.

In the accompanying letter, Mr. M.
G. Gulley, Office of the Secretary,
Education Committee, stated that Gulf
has adopted the policy of budgeting
1959 funds "in modest amounts to
over 600 deserving colleges and uni-
versities, rather than through large
grants to a limited number of such
schools."

Mr. Gulley added, "The amount of

this check has been determined by ap-
plication of a formula which is based
on the annual current expenditures per
student by the school for education
purposes and the percentage of con-
tributing alumni."

CARROLL, HAWKINS ON TV

Mr. William A. Carroll, assistant
professor of American Government,
has participated in several discussions
recently which were held on the At-
lanta educational television station.

The discussions centered on foreign
relations.

Bob Hawkins '57, who is teaching
high school in Atlanta also participated
in a few of these TV panels.

^ne Ssrluina J-^etrcl
April, 1960

f'ublished seven times a year in July, September, Oc-
tober, January, March, April and May by Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Printed by
Russell & Wardlaw

Howard Tliraiihardt '35 - - President

O. K. Slieffield '53 -.1st V. President

Sam Hirsch, Jr. '50 -2nd V. Pres

Francis Scott Key '38 3rd V. Pres.

Mary Asher '43 , Secretary

Tommie Carper '37 - Treasurer

Daniel L. Uffner, Jr. '51 Editor

Jane Sclioenfcld __... Alumni Secretary

O. U. GETS SEISMOGRAPH

Oak Ridge National Laboratories, a
subsidiary of tiie Carbide Nuclear Cor-
poration, has donated a seismograph
to Oglethorpe University.

Roy N. Goslin, Oglethorpe Profes-
sor of Physics, estimates the value of
the instrument at $3,000.

It is the hope of the University to
become an official seismograph station.
It would then be a part of the national
network which reports to the U. S.
Coast & Geodetic Survey, a division of
the Federal Department of Commerce.

Before acceptance as an official sta-
tion, an installation must be in opera-
tion for approximately one year during
which time its accuracy is checked
against that of the other stations. Mr.
Goslin, who was instrumental in get-
ting the instrument for Oglethorpe,
pointed out that it is "like a year of
internship."

A seismograph works somewhat like
a lie detector. Several pens wliich are
free to vibrate ride on a rolling drum
which is covered with calibrated light-
sensitive paper.

An earth tremor causes the pens to
vibrate, and the calibration indicates
the time of the tremor. When a number
of reports are received by the Survey,
it is able to determine where the tremor
occurred by comparing the different
amounts of fluctuation at each station.

The purpose of Oglethorpe's station
would be to increase the accuracy of
reporting nuclear explosions, earth-
quakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes
and other natural or man-made earth
shocks.

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GKORGE GOODWIN

DR. BIELER PUBLISHED

"La Couleur dans "Salammbo" by
Dr. Arthur Bieler was published in the
February issue of The French Review,

a journal published by the American
Assn. of Teachers of French.

Dr. Bieler is professor languages at
Oglethorpe.

The article concerns the use of color
by the "Salammbo" author, Flaubert.

GOODWIN IS ELECTED
TO BOARD

Arthur Howell, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Oglethorpe Uni-
versity announced the election of
George Goodwin, vice president of
the First National Bank of Atlanta, to
the Board.

Mr. Goodwin joined the First Na-
tional Staff in 1954 and is currently
in charge of commercial business plan-
ning, advertising and public relations.

He was a reporter in Charleston,
S. C, Washington, D. C, Florida and
Atlanta. While on the Atlanta Journal

staff, he won a Pulitzer Prize for local
reporting in 1948 and the Pall Mall
Big Story award in 1949.

From July, 1952 until his associa-
tion with First National, Mr. Goodwin
was executive director of the Central
Atlanta Improvement Association.

Among his many affiliations, Mr.
Goodwin is an Elder in the Trinity
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Vice
President of Atlanta Presbyterian Of-
ficers Association, President of Theatre
Atlanta, Inc., member of the Traffic
and Transportation Commission of At-
lanta and trustee of the Foundation for
Commercial Banks in Philadelphia.

Dr. Bieler said that color was used
to set the tone of the book and also to
serve as symbolism.

By actual count. Dr. Bieler discover-
ed that Flaubert used "red" 113 times,
"black" 86, and "white" 54.

ADMISSIONS UP AGAIN

Fall admissions to Oglethorpe are running at 62 per cent over last year as
of April 1.

Total acceptances on that date were 68 compared to 42 on April 1, 1959.

Even though acceptances are significantly larger than those in over a score
of years. Dr. Seward, Dean of Admissions said, "We need more applications
from boys."

He explained, "We are turning down more boys than girls. I think there
is a reason for this," he added, "a greater proportion of boys go away to
school."

Eleven relatives of alumni and students are among those accepted including
the following:

Relative and Class

Mrs. Ann Adams Wilt '5 1
Mrs. Odette Blumensaadt "39
Ivan Miles "34
Mrs. Hazel Rivers '59
Mrs. Sybil S. Neel '55
Mrs. Betty Wiley '56
Pennye Wilson '60

Admitted

Alice Adams
Richard Blumensaadt
Mary Miles
Sandra Jean Rivers
Sara Ann Sanders
Elizabeth Wiley
Patricia Wilson

Relationship

Sister

Son

Daughter

Daughter

Sister

Daughter

Sister

The Flying Petrel

WOMAN'S BOARD GIVES
O. U. PIANO

Mrs. James D. Cromer, president
of the reactivated Oglethorpe Univer-
sity Woman's Board, formally present-
ed a piano to the University on behalf
of the Woman's Board on Oglethorpe
Day, February 12. Mrs. Katherinc
Connerat, treasurer of the Woman's
Board, was also present when Dr. Ag-
new received the gift for Oglethorpe.
Mrs. Connerat handled most of the
negotiations for the piano.

Specifically, the piano is a magnifi-
cent ebony-finished, nine-foot concert
grand with an approximate value of
S3, 000. The addition of this instrument
has already helped to make the pre-
sentation of musical programs easier
and of a higher quality.

This instrument from the Woman's
Board will enrich the lives of 0^1e-
thorpe students for many years to
come. It is a gift that is deeply and
sincerely appreciated.

ATLAS FINANCE CO.
INITIATES SCHOLARSHIP

The Atlas Finance Company, Inc.
announced that the employees of the
company are presenting an annual gift
of S350 to the scholarship fund of
Oglethorpe University.

The fund is contributed by the em-
ployees at Christmas time in honor of
their president and founder of the com-
pany, Robert R. Snodgrass.

The scholarship will be awarded to
freshmen on the basis of need and
scholastic achievement. It will be avail-
able to both male and female students
graduating from high schools located
in any of the twenty-three cities in
which Atlas Finance Co. operates.

The firm, a consumer credit com-
pany, is headquartered in Atlanta. It
has been active in educational endeav-
ors and Mr. Snodgrass, President, is a
member of the Board of Trustees of
Oglethorpe.

ALIJMIVI DAY
SATURDAY,
APRIL 30

COHEN DIRECTS

O. U. RECEIVES
$34,060 GRANT

Oglethorpe University has been
awarded a 834,060 research grant by
the Public Health Service, a "division
of the U. S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.

Dr. Arthur L. Cohen, Oglethorpe
professor of biology, will direct the
project which is "entitled "Electron
Microscopy in Experimental Morpho-
genesis."

Dr. Cohen explained, "Part of the
major problems in biology are 'What
are the factors concerned" with growth
and development?'"

"I am picking," he added, "the sim-
ple organisms, myxomycetes, to study
the process of development, because
these organisms are relatively simple,"
and they "undergo profound changes."

"We are using the electron micro-
scope," Dr. Cohen continued, "to study
changes that go on inside the cells as
the organism develops."

O. U. GETS METERS,
METERS, METERS

The S & H X-Ray Company has
given Oglethorpe University equipment
worth an original acquisition cost of
SI. 500 to S2,000.

Oglethorpe received the equipment
as a result of the efforts of Roy N.
Goslin, professor of physics.

The items include top quality volt-
meters, kilovoltmeters. miliammeters,
polarity meters, ammeters, 4 x-ray
tubes and a complete yOKv x-ray
power plant.

The S & H X-Ray Company, head-
quartered in Atlanta^ sells x-ray equip-
ment nationally.

i/en

April, 1960

— 'Alumni (^olf-ee Lji

Some 20 alumni attended a delisiht-
ful coffee at the Henry Grady Hotel
in March.

The coffee was occassioned by the
Georgia Education Association Meet-
ing which was held in Atlanta on
March 17-19.

The informal affair on Friday,
March 18, was held in the Variety
Room from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
In addition to coffee, doughnuts and
sweet rolls were served to the guests.

BAUMAN, IBM FOUND
"2 FOR 1" CLUB

Oglethorpe University received noti-
fication of its first corporate matching
grant on April .5, H)60.

Milton Bauman 54, is the founder
of the "2 for 1" club, one that we hope
will grow significantly in years to come.
His matching employer is International
Business Machines. Inc.. a world lead-
er in the business machines and com-
puter fields.

Oglethorpe has many alunmi who
are associated with firms having simi-
lar matching programs. We hope that
they will follow the leadership set by
Milton Bauman.

ANOTHER MATCHING PLAN

The Cerro de Pasco Corp. iias noti-
fied us that it has a "Plan for Match-
ing Gifts to Education Institutions. "
This company is in addition to the
more than sixty which were listed in
an earlier issue of The Flying Petrel.

In commenting on the plan. Robert
P. Koenig. president, told his employ-
ees:

"The need for financial support of
American educational institutions at
all levels is well known, and such sup-
port is increasingly being given by in-
dustry. It is hoped, through this Cerro
plan, that the base of private financial
aid to education will be enlarged by
the encouragement of individual do-
nations."

Individual donations from SIO to
an aggregate of SI. 000 per employee
in any calendar year will be matched
by the corporation. This plan works
about the same way as other com-
panies' matching programs.

It is a fact, the college today cannot
exist without receiving a substantial
amount of outside funds. Matching
plans offer you the opportunitv of giv-
ing your alma mater the benefit of two
dollars for every one that you give.

ALIJMIVI DAY
SATURDAY,
APRIL 30

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$7,044

Alumni Giving
At Record

Alumni have contributed a record
amount of $7,044 to Oglethorpe in
the current fiscal year. This surpasses,
by far, all previous annual amounts
given of which there is any record.
And alumni may add to this up to
Homecoming Day for NAAOU dues
and the Forward Oglethorpe fund, and
until May 3 1 for the Booster Club.

The Class of 1925 has virtually
clinched the leadership position with
total gifts of 52,568.

Following the leaders are: Class of
1929 with "5770; Class of 1924 with
$S1\\ Class of 1940 with S328; and
Class of 1928 with S265.

Average gift of the 328 contributing
alumni is S21.48, almost double that
of last year. Class gifts have risen to
an average of S 17 1.80.

Alumni listed below are those who
have made contributions after the
deadline of the last Flying Petrel. It
also includes alumni listed in the pre-
vious issue who have made additional
contributions.

Class totals include all gifts from a
class in this fiscal year.

Class of 1920

Joseph R. Mur|ihy

80.00

Class of 1923

Clarence C. Hill

235.00

Class of 1925

\'irgi] Milton
Mitchell Bishop

2.568.00

Class of 1927

I. W. Cousins

82.00

Class of 1929

Robert Spencer Howell
C. O. Jenkins

770.00

Class of 1933

Howard C. Martni

29.00

Class of 1938

Francis Scott Key
Charles I). McKinny, Jr.
Kimsey R. Stew.irt

32.50

Class of 1939

W. P. Franklin
H. P. Morris

99.00

Class of 1940

W. H. Axelberg
L. E. Lake
Mrs. C. B. McGarity
Stephen J. Schmidt

328.00

Class of 1951

M.'irtha S. George

John Wylie Hall

Mrs. Richard Van Houten

79.00

Class of 1952

Mrs. Alan F. (ioodelman

109.00

Class of 1953

Adelyn H. Davis

78.00

Class of 1954

Michael .Mnrphey

88.00

Class of 1956
John Kins

83.00

Class of 1957
Joy Butler

145.00

Class of 1959

Thayer Sibley

51.00

REMINISCING WITH THE

WENDELL BROWN'S

Oglethorpe University, Georgia

It has been some time now since we
have been getting our mail in a reason-
able time after mailing. Memory is not
taxed, however, to recall the day when
letters, parcels and all things vitally
important took the grand tour before
ending in our box, often long after
their worth was over. Anything ad-
dressed to Oglethorpe University,
Georgia, went first to Oglethorpe,
Georgia, then to Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia, then, the postal official for
the first time seeing the word "Univer-
sity", to Emory University, coming at
last to its intended destination, old
and beaten.

The change of the old address to
just plain Atlanta, Georgia, was not
made without a wrench in the hearts
of many of us. Oglethorpe University,
Georgia, looked very fine on our letter
heads. But we gave up our tradition
for progress, and, unlike much that
goes by that name, this progress
brought benefits. We do get our mail.

The change was not the only one
made in the Post Office since our ar-
rival. Then the location of that center
of activity was what is now the alcove
of the Great Hall of Phoebe Hearst
(Administration Building to the Old
Timers; Arts Building to the Middle
Timers) and was run by one Mrs. Al-
ward. The mail came (when it came)
by train, thrown off with nonchalance
but accuracy right into a water hole.
Outgoing mail was grabbed by a hook.
At train time a little green, two-wheel-
ed cart was pushed to the station
across Peachtree and back to spend
its remaining hours in a little alley, in
front of which was written on the pave-
ment "No Parking Pease."

In 1945 Mrs. Alward went and so
did the Post Office from the Great
Hall. It was moved to the White Hall
across from the stairs going down to
the cafeteria. Here it was presided over
by Louise Watkins, the guardian angel
of our early years, and later by Marian
Weltner, who afterwards became the
wife of Joe Cannon '48. She was fol-
lowed by Betty Goldthwaite (nee Bene-
field) '41, wife of John Goldthwaite
'43, then an instructor here. In 1949
came many changes — a family for Bet-
ty, a temporary postmaster, Elgin Mac-
Connell, now in the Education Depart-
ment here, and in the summer a per-
manent postmistress, Mrs. Dan Grip-

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The Atlanta Century

There is nothing as old as yester-
day's news, that is, unless the news is
a hundred years old.

Dr. Martin Abbott, professor of his-
tory at Oglethorpe, is serving as his-
torian in a unique journalistic enter-
prise, which appears weekly in the At-
lanta Journal-Constitution.

The feature is called The Atlanta
Century, a full page account of the
news of the week exactly one hundred
years ago.

Co-editors of this venture, which is
expected to run for five years, another
unique aspect, are Atlanta News-
papers' staff men, Norman Shavin and
Mike Edwards.

Shavin and Edwards became in-
terested in the feature sometime last
year. It was triggered by the forth-
coming centennial of the Civil War,
called the "War Between the States"
by true Rebels.

The newsmen could handle the writ-
ing chores, but the complete research
needed for such a project was pro-
hibitive to other than an historian who
specialized in that era. Dr. Abbott was
contacted to fill this role, and he ac-
cepted, completing the staff of the
newspaper within a paper.

Dr. Abbott, an Oglethorpe faculty
member since 1952, has written nu-
merous articles about the Civil War
and Reconstruction Days which have
been published in many historical
journals.

po. Too, the Post Office was moved
to the railroad station. The closeness
to the route of travel did not help the
situation. The next year, Mrs. Grippo
and the Post Office returned from
across the road and settled in the base-
ment of Lupton in the old press room.

Mrs. Grippo left in '54, followed as
postmistress in rapid succession by
wives of two faculty members, Shirley
Bush and Janice Seward. It was dur-
ing Mrs. Seward's term that Oglethorpe
University lost its vanity and got its
mail.

Only one more change. In 1958 the
Post Office was combined with the
bookstore under the direction of Mrs.
Ruth Lovell. Thus things remain to
the present.

But changes in location, officials
and, addresses not withstanding, cer-
tain things remain eternal. The letters
from the girl friend do not come often
enough and that letter from home with
the check in it doesn't seem to come at
all.

The Flying Petrel

'59 -'60 BASKETBALL

"It's like eating a good meal follow-
ed by a poor desert." was Coach Gar-
land Pinholster's comment when he
was asked to summarize the 1959-60
basketball season.

The desert, of course, referred to
the Petrels" double loss in the 25th
District playoffs of the NAIA which
was held in Tampa, Fla., during the
latter part of February.

Regular season and GIAC tourna-
ment play found the Birds with an ex-
cellent 21-3 won-lost record. Two of
these games were lost by two points.
The first against St. Bernard 68-66
and the second with Stetson 66-64.
The University of Georgia took the
opening contest of the year 68-50.

Jay Rowland, sophomore guard led
Oglethorpe in point making and in the
average-points-per-game departments
with 352 and 14 respectively. Jay Dye,
who earned pivot post on the All-
Georgia All-Star squad, followed with
313 total points and 12 per game.
Tommy Norwood was named to the
second squad All-Star team. The
flashy guard scored 286 points in 26
games for 1 1 markers a game average.

"Dye," said Pinholster, "was steady
throughout the season. He is my kind
of ball player and will be hard to re-
place."

Morris Mitchell, 6" 51/2" freshman,
probably has the best chance to fill
the center position. He is a lefthander
who moves exceptionally well for a big
man. Although he played in 22 games,
his actual playing time was little. How-
ever, Mitchell scored 126 points and
grabbed 93 rebounds, which placed
him second to Dye in rebounds per
game with 5.73 to his credit. Dye col-
lected a total of 181 in 26 games for
6.96 per game.

Pinholster had that "wait "til next
year"" look when he talked about the
way his freshmen, Mitchell and Bob
Nance 6"4"" forward, handled them-
selves in the playoffs. Their play, he
said, was the "biggest consoling factor
of the trip."

"Mobility was my only concern; I
knew they could go offensively, but 1
didn"t know if they could go defensive-
ly. I believe they can hold their own
both ways."

Most improved player for the season
was Buddy Goodwin. The 6"1" hustler
from Silver Grove, Kentucky, filled
the forward spot opposite Roger Couch
with aggressiveness and quick thinking.

Buddy was the lad who literally
stole the GIAC tournament champion-
April, 1960

OGLETHORPE OUT TO WIN
GIAC PENNANT

If the size of a baseball field could
be reduced to 50 by 72 feet, the Ogle-
thorpe nine would have a running
head start toward the NAIA champion-
ship.

Those are the dimensions of the old
gym, pre-season practice field for the
Petrels.

Snow, excessive rain and poor drain-
age on the athletic field limited Coach
Garland Pinholster's spring charges to
only three outdoor practices, most of
which took place on the campus quad-
rangle.

They opened their 16 game season
against The Citadel on March 18 and
19.

The play was ragged and the prac-
tice handicap proved too great. The
cadets took the two-day double header
8-2 and 11-0.

Eight boys familiar to those who
followed Oglethorpe"s basket-
ball team are on the baseball roster.
They include Tommy Norwood, Jay
Rowland, Buddy Goodwin, Roger
Couch, Wayne Dobbs, Morris Mit-

ship from the LaGrange Panthers.
With 45 seconds remaining in the
game, and the Petrels on the wrong end
of a 41-37 score, he followed Jay
Dye's field goal with two more after
intercepting two LaGrange passes. He
added another point at the free throw
line. Goodwin made seven points in
that contest, five of which came with-
in 30 seconds of the final whistle.

Next year Goodwin will probably
make the fight for a regular guard slot
interesting, because Pinholster hopes
to field a tall front line. He discovered
in the playoffs that a team cannot win
unless they have forward height. Good-
win at 6'!" does not meet that require-
ment.

Another lesson the Petrel mentor
learned was that a team competing in
stiff playoff games is at a disadvantage
unless it plays a tough regular season
schedule game in and game out. Coach
Pinholster is making every effort to up-
grade the opponents list for next year.

Jay Dye, a hard man to replace, is
the only senior on the squad. The
1960-61 team will be an experienced
one, and the prospects look good for
another fine season. If Pinholster can
find two big men, preferably junior
college transfers, to go with the present
group, the Petrels will have an excel-
lent chance of making that Kansas
City trip in the next go "round.

chcll, Johnny Guthrie and Bobby
Nance.

Harold Adair and Jim Borom return
Irom last year's squad.

Newcomers are freshmen Bobby
Dalgleish, All-Star game pitcher from
Murphy High; Travis Hames, West
Fulton High School mound star. Ken
Borden, Chamblee High School and
Tom Winn, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Lee Barrett, Oglethorpe senior from
Dallas, Georgia, is a rookie this year.

The brightest spot in baseball is
pitching depth.

Pinholster said, "We seem to have
seven boys who have done some pitch-
ing before including four who can
throw very well."

Adair, Norwood, Guthrie and Dal-
gleish, the only southpaw, lead the
hurlers, followed by Nance, Hames
and Goodwin.

Weakest spot? Catching!

"We'll really miss olc Billy Carter
behind the plate," offered Pinholster
witsfully. "He hit .435 — a real team
leader. If I had Billy back this year,
I'd be one of the cockiest baseball
managers you ever met."

Goodwin and Couch, neither with
much experience with a mask, will
share the catching burden. If either
or both come through, the Petrels
could better last season's 10-3 won-lost
chart.

Both the infield and outfield should
be stronger than in previous years.

With evident pleasure Pinholster
said, "Guthrie and Norwood can really
roam that outfield.""

Dobbs and Rowland are best bets
to repeat at the keystone positions.

Mitchell and Nance are fighting it
out for first base. Physically, Mitchell,
a 6'5y2" southpaw, has the edge. He
can slam that ball, too, as was evi-
denced by his 400 foot home run in
the high school All-Star game last year.

Third base is wide open. Several
players can handle the job including
Adair, Norwood and possibly Borden.

Team batting looks better. More
players can hit moderately well, and
Mitchell and Guthrie could develop
into sluggers.

Left handers should cause less
trouble with Guthrie, Mitchell, Adair
and Nance in the line up. They all hit
from the wrong side. An interesting
sidelight is that Nance throws right
and bats left. Dalgleish is the other way
around.

Forecast for the season?

"We're out to win the GIAC pen-
nant this year,"" said Pinholster, "and
1 think we can win it!""

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Pinholster's Down Twice

AND WINS

The breaks have a habit of coming
out even.

A not-too-typical example of this
recently occurred to Garland Pinhols-
ter, Oglethorpe coach and athletic di-
rector.

About mid-March, he became af-
flicted with mumps, a common child-
hood disease. When had by adults,
serious consequences are possible un-
less an inactive position is assumed
while the disease runs its course.

Well again and with two days of
baseball practice under his belt. Pin-
holster repeated his performance when
mumps struck his other side.

The story would end there if we
meant to be facetious, but we are not.

The good break came on April 1,
when Virginia Ann was born to the
Pinholsters. She weighed 8 pounds
at birth, and reportedly, she has 4
inches of black hair on her head.

As you can see in this example, the
breaks really came out on the plus
side.

OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY

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Berry College

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Valdosta

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N. Go. College

Dohlonega

May

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W. Ga. College

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May

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Shorter College

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Shorter College

Rome

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11

Berry College

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Piedmont College

Demorest

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N. Go. College

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ALUMNI DAY

SATURDAY,

APRIL 30

Page 6

PAUL B. BACON

BACON IS IMOY

Paul B. Bacon, '31, Coca Cola Bot-
tling Company official and a promi-
nent industrial figure on the Peninsula
for the past decade, has been named
San Mateo County's "Industry Man
of the Year."

The coveted award, sponsored joint-
ly by the Manufacturers Association of
San Mateo County and Wells Fargo
Bank, was presented on February 26
at the annual banquet of the Associa-
tion at the Elks Club, San Mateo.
Bacon is the sixth winner of the award
which is given annually in recognition
of a Peninsula leader whose work and
efforts have fostered improved public
understanding of industry's contribu-
tion to the community.

One of the first presidents of the
Manufacturers Association, Bacon has
been a key leader in the Peninsula's
rapidly expanding industrial communi-
ty. He typifies the post-war industrial-
ist who takes active part in civic and
community affairs. Besides his activi-
ties with the manufacturers. Bacon has
served as president of the San Mateo
County Red Cross chapter, is a director
of Junior Achievement, a member of
the San Mateo County Fair Associa-
tion and has served with numerous
charities.

Bacon was Salutatorian of the Class
of 1931. He served as President of the
Student Body, Chairman of the De-
bate Council and "Vice President of his
Sophomore class. He was also Business
Manager of the Stormy Petrel and a
member of the Student Faculty Coun-
(Continued Next Column)

AXELBERG PROMOTED

Howard G. Axelberg '40 has been
named executive vice-president of Fil-
ler, Neal, Battle and Lindsey, Inc., ad-
vertising and public relations agency
with offices in Atlanta, Richmond, Va.,
and New York.

The promotion of Mr. Axelberg,
formerly an agency vice-president, was
announced by W. W. Neal, president
of the company.

In addition to continuing as account
executive on several key agency ac-
counts, Mr. Axelberg will assume in-
creased administrative responsibilities
as head of a newly-formed executive
committee.

Mr. Axelberg, who joined the agency
in 1941 as an account executive, has
been a vice-president and director of
the firm since the consolidation in
1958 of Filler, Neal and Battle, of At-
lanta and New York, and Lindsey and
Company, of Richmond, Va., forming
the present organization. Previously,
he was a partner of Filler, Neal and
Battle.

Prior to becoming associated with
the agency, Mr. Axelberg worked for
ihe DuPont Company at Gibbstown,
N. J. During World War II, he served
as lieutenant in the U. S. Navy.

Born in Washburn, Wis., Mr. Axel-
berg attended schools in Joplin, Mo.,
and Paulsboro, N. J. He was graduated
in 1940 from Oglethorpe University in
Atlanta. He is also a graduate of the
Atlanta Law School and a member of
the Georgia Bar Association.

The agency executive has been ac-
tive in civic affairs and in the work of
the American Association of Advertis-
ing Agencies. He is a member of Ans-
ley Golf Club and Cherokee Town and
Country Club. Mr. Axelberg is married
to the former Miss Betty Waldron '42
of Atlanta. The parents of three child-
ren, the Axelbergs reside at 5529 Glen-
ridge Drive, N. E., Atlanta.

cil, the Yamacraw staff and Zeta Up-
silon fraternity.

Until establishing his own bottling
plant in Burlingame after World War
II, he had held various executive posi-
tions with Coca Cola in San Francisco,
New York and Europe.

He lives at 2940 Eaton Avenue, San
Carlos, with his wife, Barbara, and
three daughters, Paula, Barbara and

Natalie.

The Flying Petrel

JOHN P. KNUDSEN

KNUDSEN GROUP LEADER

Jolin P. Knudsen "49, has been pro-
moted to Group Leader of the newly-
created Acrilan Fundamental Spinning
group at Chemstrand Research Center
in Decatur. Alabama.

The new group will be concerned
with fundamental studies involving the
spinning of Acrilan, Chemstrand's
acrylic fiber.

Knudsen had previously served as
Associate Professor of Physics at Ogle-
thorpe, and he had been an instructor
in the Department of Physics at the
University of North Carolina. He join-
ed Chemstrand's research staff in
1955.

Knudsen is married and the father
of three children. They make their
home at 1304- 11th Street, S. E., in
Decatur.

THROUGH THE YEARS —

Pete T. Mackey, '26, celebrated his
twentieth anniversary with the Con-
necticut Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany on January 24. He is associated
with the Frank B. Anderson agency in
Miami. He is a member of the Life
Lnderwriters Association and has serv-
ed as secretary, vice president and as
director for five years. He is also a
member of the Downtown Optomist
Club. He and his wife live at 1401
S. W. 15th Ave.. Ft. Lauderdale. Fla.

Lewis Moseley '28, served as Presi-
dent of the Atlanta Yaarab Shrine Pa-
trol in 1959. as well as serving on
other committees. He is Assistant
Commandant of Units this year.

Died: Robert W. Emery, Sr. '29, of

a possible heart attack in February.
He served as a macistrate in Hoboken.

N. J., from 19.^3 to 1940 and as a free-
holder from 1945 to 51. In 1951, he
became assistant county counsel and
held that position until 2 years ago
when he retired due to failing health.
He gave up his private law practice at
the same time. Included among his
survivors is his son, Robert W. Emery,
Jr., "54, He lived at 929 Washington
St., Hoboken.

Second Lt. Carl T. Sutherland, Jr.,
son of General and Mrs. Carl Suther-
land, '31/'32, has completed the ten-
week officer basic course at the Army
Signal School. Fort Monmouth, N. J.

Died: Mrs. Walter R. Massengale.
mother of W. R. Massengale, Jr., '33,

on December 18, in Atlanta.

Jack McNeely '35, was named presi-
dent of the Toccoa Merchants Assn.

ALUMXI DAY
SATURDAY, APRIL 30

April, 1960

He is a furniture dealer in Toccoa, Ga.

Willie B. Robinson '35, has been
City Engineer for the City of Moul-
trie, Ga. since 1952. He lives with his
wife and two boys, ages 13 and 8, at
RED #3. Moultrie.

Mrs. Marshall A. (Mary Emma
Bishop) .\sher, Jr. '43, has been elect-
ed to a two year term on the Board of
Directors of the Atlanta League of
Women Voters. The election took
place on March 29.

Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mor-
ris, Jr., '47, a son. Joseph Scott Mor-
ris. 111. on Sunday. October 18 at
10:40 p.m. at Vercen Memorial Hos-
pital in Moultrie. Ga. He weighed nine
pounds, eleven and a half ounces at
birth.

Rev. and Mrs. Hunter (Louise Wil-
liams) Bassett, '50/'5(), arc now in

their second year as pastor and family
of the First Methodist Church at Ac-
worth. Ga. They now have four child-
ren, three boys and a girl. Their ad-
dress is 103 Morningside Drive, Ac-
worth.

John "Jay" Hall, '51, is quite happy
with his new association with Boland
Associates, a San Francisco sales pro-
motion and advertising firm. In an un-
solicited testimonial. Jay said. "My
own accounts are in electronics, which
continually surprises me for it was less
than a half year ago that I didn't know
the difference between an amp and
a lamp, much less what a tunnel diode
or complementary NPN and PNP
transistorized circuit was. If ever any-
one asks you of the benefits of the
Oglethorpe Plan in a broad back-
ground, refer them to me for it was
just that as opposed to a specialized
training which made the new field pos-
sible." Thanks, Jay.

Adelyn Harris Davis, '53, is teach-
ing in Hiram, Ga.

Mr. and Mrs. Milton (Joan Hofslet-
ter) Bauman, '54/'53, have two boys,
3 years and 10 months. The family
lives at 641 Kirkwood Ave., Philadel-
phia 11. Pa.

Found: Sra. Jose Louis (Liz Math-
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— THROUGH THE YEARS

ieu, '55,) Frias has returned from Por-
tugal and now lives at Saratoga 375,
Mexico, 10, D. F., Mexico.

Mrs. Donald (Betsy IMacMillan) Ru-
bin, '55, has applied to medical school
after some financial and family com-
mittments had been made. The delay
from the family standpoint was caused
by the addition of two daughters. To
overcome the financial handicap, Betsy
has published three children's books:
The Curies, Radium and Radioactivity,
Mendel and Genetics, and Flying Ani-
mals. In addition, she has been work-
ing as a staff writer and editor for the
Grolier Society, publishers of the Book
of Knowledge and Fncyclopedia
Americana.

Born: To the Reverend and Mrs. D.
Clifton (Lynn Hallford) Banks, '56/

'56, a daughter, Martha Louise, on
May 16, 1959, in Washington, D. C.
Cliff was graduated May 28, 1959,
from the Protestant Episcopal Theolo-
gical Seminary in Alexandria. Va. He
has been assigned to the Church of
the Redeemer, Greensboro, Ga.

Lt. jg John King, '56, was stationed

in Spain on February 2 for a three
year tour of duty as ground control
approach officer and electronic ma-
terials officer. Marilyn Holder King,
'56, his wife, and family will join him
soon. His new address is GCA Unit
51, Navy #537, c/o FPO, New York,
N. Y.

Lt. jg James A. Magee, '57, prac-
tically demolished a Navy helicopter
in a crackup he had in Okinawa. For-
tunately, Jim's injuries were limited
to relatively minor leg cuts. He pilots
the choppers from his ship, the USS
Bon Homme Richard. During a recent
stay in Japan, he ran into John Harms,
'58, who commands 10 amphibian
tractors.

Shirley Benefiel, '58, is in London,
England, with the Air Force Special
Services. She will remain abroad for
two years.

Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert J.
(Linda Roebuck) Hoffman, '58/'58 a
son, Robert, Jr. on January 30 at
11:38 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds 9V2
ounces at birth.

Jack Lane, '58, has returned to

Oglethorpe to teach "Western Civili-
zation" in the teacher-in-service pro-
gram on Saturday mornings. He teach-
es during the week at Georgia State in
Atlanta. Janne Jolley Lane, '59, is in
the accounts receivable department at
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
offices.

Jack Etheridge, '59, is in the medi-
cal services division of the Hoffman-
LaRoche pharmaceutical firm in Au-
gusta, Ga. Both he and Claudia Hem-
don Etheridge, '61, are taking courses
at Augusta College. They live at 12
Monte Sano Apts., Augusta.

Joe Green, '59, was promoted be-
fore Christmas from Junior Physicist
to Assistant Group Leader at Oak
Ridge National Laboratories. His
group consists of 125 persons.

Married: James C. Harvey, '61, to
Ellen Billings, '63, during Christmas
\acation. The couple are continuing
their studies at Oglethorpe.

Died: Carlos Dorian, '63, in an

automobile accident on March 3 dur-
ing the severe snow and ice storm. He
was enrolled at Georgia Tech. His
body was sent to Guatemala, his home,
for burial.

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