Flying Petrel, January 1969

The FLYING 4 PETREL

Vol. 50

OGLETHORPE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

JANUARY, 1969

No

GULF GIVES MONEY FOR LIBRARY

Mr. Kenneth S. Griggs, District Manager for Gulf Oil
Corporation, is shown above presenting a check for
$5,000 to Dr. Paul Kenneth Vonk, President of Ogle-
thorpe. The grant is a part of the company's educational
assistance program which will distribute over $2 mil-
lion to students and institutions of higher learning for
various aid-to-education programs.

The grants by Gulf are made to privately operated and
controlled institutions like Oglethorpe. These institu-
tions obtain a major portion of their financial support
from non-tax sources such as Gulf Oil Corporation.

The Gulf Oil Corporation stipulated that the grant be
used for library improvement. Oglethorpe President
Vonk commented, "This grant will be a tremendous
boost to our campaign to increase greatly the number
of volumes in Oglethorpe's newly renovated library.
This gift will be used to establish the Gulf Collection."

OGLETHORPE COOKBOOK A SUCCESS

The Oglethorpe Cookbook, just off the press, has been
an overwhelming success.

The history of Oglethorpe College is so closely inter-
twined with the history of Georgia, as well as the history
of Atlanta, that no publication of this type would have
been complete without including recipes of some of the
historic figures of Georgia. Recipes by Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Joel Chandler Harris and many other famous
people who have contributed to the history of Georgia
are included in the cookbook.

The Cookbook has been so widely accepted that Rich's
is currently selling it in their stores throughout the met-
ropolitan Atlanta area. The Board of Directors of the
Oglethorpe Alumni Association, in conjunction with the
Women's Club, is also trying to promote the sale of
these books to alumni and friends.

ALUMNI DAY
MAY 3

ADMISSIONS

CLASS CAPTAINS

Dear Alumni:

Oglethorpe enrollment has experienced dramatic
growth during the past three years. In 1965,
our student enrollment numbered 425. Today we
have over 1,000 students.

While we are proud of our current student body, we
seek always to enroll students of outstanding
quality, both in academic ability and in
character and citizenship.

Dr. Vonk has said "no single aspect of the college
affects its excellence more than the quality
of its student body . . . not a new president,
not faculty and not buildings:"

Thus, we strive constantly to upgrade the student
quality. There is no dearth of students and numbers
represent no problem. However, the challenge
is to enroll the sought after outstanding graduating
high school scholar and student leader.

Toward this end, I urge your participation in the
Oglethorpe admissions program. Call me at (404)
233-6864 or write anytime you have a prospective
student that you think should receive a visit
from an Oglethorpe admissions counselor.

The alumni have no better opportunity to serve their
alma mater.

William L. Camp IV
Director of Admissions

I would like to give public recognition to APO Service
Fraternity for the contribution they have rendered to
their College. APO has never failed to respond when
asked to serve in behalf of the College. Truly, these men
reflect the spirit of service upon which APO was founded.

Paul Kenneth Vonk

President

CLASS

NO. OF

AMOUNT

AMOUNT

CAPTAIN

YEAR

GIFTS

PAID

PLEDGED

1918

1

$ 7.50

$

1920

1

10.00

Marquis Calmes

1921

1

20.00

1922

4

95.00

1923

Otis Jackson

1924

10

820.00

75.00

Wendell Crowe

1925

9

395.00

100.00

1926

3

120.00

1927

8

220.00

270.00

1928

13

420.00

1929

7

95.00

110.00

1930

7

155.00

1931

4

135.00

Roy Warren

1932

10

225.00

1933

5

71.00

1934

a

102.00

Ben Hargrove

1935

10

215.00

90.00

1936

4

50.00

Creighton Perry

1937

7

91.00

105.00

Francis Key

1938

18

568.00

10.00

Wilson Franklin

1939

19

297.00

Medora Draper

1940

18

990.00

500.00

Philip Scales

1941

14

1,257.02

Mary Asher

1942

8

120.00

1943

4

50.00

1944

6

60.00

1945

3

40.00

1946

1

10.00

1947

3

40.00

1948

7

78.00

1949

6

175.00

1950

8

165.00

1951

4

51.25

18.75

Fred Age I

1952

11

240.00

1953

6

50.00

15.00

1954

5

50.00

60.00

Stan Aldndge

1955

5

110.00

1956

7

130.00

20.00

1957

4

112.00

20.00

Ted Bay ley

1958

11

595.00

25.00

1959

5

155.00

1960

4

120.00

10.00

Penny Jones

1961

4

55.00

William Flammer

1962

11

175.00

40.00

Lynn Drury

1963

10

115.00

100.00

Dennis Kerr

1964

6

71.00

James Hartlage

1965

4

30.00

25.00

Elaine Law

1966

7

90.00

Larry Shattles

1967

6

155.00

Gil Watson

1968

10
347

160.00

30.00

TOTALS

$9,560.77

$1,623.75

DEVELOPMENT REPORT

1967-1968

ALUMNI $ 5.673 00

(Incl. friends)

BOOSTER CLUB 7,007 79

(Incl. friends)

FOUNDATIONS 94,252 26

CORPORATIONS 2,850.00

TRUSTEES 9.672.00

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL 805.00

FRIENDS 7,435.40

TOTAL 5127,695.45

1968-1969

ALUMNI S 7,203.52

(Incl. friends)

BOOSTER CLUB 6,619.00

(Incl. friends)

FOUNDATIONS 32,113.66

CORPORATIONS

TRUSTEES 4,149.00

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL 1,550.00

FRIENDS 335.00

TOTAL $51,970.18

ALUMNI PERSPECTIVES

GEORGE ALEXANDER, '65 has been granted an MS de-
gree in Mathematics and Operations Research at Clem-
son University. He and the former Sally Kerr are (he
proud parents of two children.

GEORGE A. HOLLOWAY/28 has been promoted to clini-
cal professor of gynecology at Emory University.

PHILIP JACK LORENZ, '49, associate professor of phy-
sics at the University of the South was elected chairman
of the physics-astronomy section of the Tennessee Acad-
emy of Science.

JAMES WILLIAM MANN, '61, has been elected assistant
trust officer of the Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta.

JOHN E. McCOOK, '68, has begun graduate study this
fall at the University of Tennessee as an Atomic Energy
Commission Special Fellow in Nuclear Science and
Engineering.

ROBERT D. MARTIN, '60, has been graduated from the
U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine primary
course at Brooks AFB, Texas.

ALUMNI (Including Friends)

$6,503.52

PLEDGED

700:

JIM CLOWER, '58, has joined Primeter Properties, Inc.
as a vice-president. Primeters Properties deals in all
types of real estate. He and his wife Sylvia have a son,
)ay, 16 months.

BOOSTER Uncluding Friends)

$5,435.25

PLEDGED

$1,183.75

DR. JOHN L. DUPUY, '57, is now a member of the Vir-
ginia Institute of Marine Science at Gloucester Point,
Virginia.

TOTAL

TOTAL

PAID

PLEDGED

$11,938.77

$1,883.75

GRAND TOTAL

$13,822.52

SALLY BEALL, '68 is currently a volunteer Red Cross
worker in Lai Khe, Vietnam.

WALTER SLACK, '50, has received the presidents pen
from the Boulder Board of Realtors in Denver, Colorado.

DECEASED

HERBERT ALEXANDER BRYANT, '24, passed away in
September 1964 after several years of poor health.

CEORCE KOLOWICH, '43, died of a heart attack in
November, 1968. He was formerly president of the Den-
ver Trucking Co. and was retired and living in Florida.

The FLYING PETREL is published monthly
at Oglethorpe College, Atlanta, Georgia.

THE OGLETHORPE ALUMNI ASSOCIA-
TION meets the second Monday of each
month in the College Center.

BASKETBALL

lanuary

23 Valdosta State (homecoming)
25 Tennessee State A & I University

FEBRUARY

1 Georgia State away

5 Valdosta State away

8 South Carolina State away

12 Tennessee State away

15 Georgia Southern

17 University of South Alabama

20 Chattanooga away

22 Mercer away

26 Shorter away

The "STORMY PETRELS" are off to one of their best
starts ever with a 9-1 record. This could be the best
team that Coach Bill Carter has had and hopes are high
for a 20 win season and a trip to the NCAA national
playoffs.

The Flying Petrel

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