Flying Petrel, October 1957

EDITION

Vol. 14

October. \')51

No. 3

DR. DONALD C. AGNEW

Alumni Dinner-Dance

More than 100 Oglethorpe alumni
attended a dinner-dance at the Ansley
Golf Club on Wednesday evening.
October 9. Guests of honor were Dr.
and Mrs. Donald C. Agnew and Dr.
Philip Weltner.

Ed Miles "27, Atlanta sports writer,
introduced guest speaker Harry Mehre,
also an Atlanta sports writer. During
his highly entertaining talk. Mr.
Mehre, a former University of Geor-
gia coach, recalled his 1929 football
team's defeat by the Oglethorpe
Petrels in their first game of the sea-
son. The following week the Bulldogs
became the first Southern team to de-
feat a major Northern power when
they downed Yale University.

Alumni Association president
Creighton Perry "37 and his wife Sara
attended the dinner dance as did Flor-
ence "48 and Lyall Angevine, Marshall
"41 and Mary "43 Asher, Amarylis "39
and Ray "40 Barnes, Don "53 and Jane
'52 Bloemer, Odette Blumensaadt "39
(Continued Page 3, Col. 1)

President-Elect
Donald C. Agnew

l-arly in '5S our new President, Dr.
Donald C. Agnew, will assume his
duties at Oglethorpe on a full-time
basis, when he will terminate his po-
sition as Executive Secretary of the
Commission on Colleges and Uni-
versities of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
He has held that position since June,
1955.

Dr. Agnew"s experience includes
two years of high school teaching and
college teaching in Duke University
■iiininier schools, Winthrop College.
Lander College, Coker College and
Oglethoriie University. During his 1 5
years at Coker College he was suc-
cessively professor, registrar, dean
and president. After seven years as
president of Coker College he came
to Oglethorpe University as Chairman
of the Division of Community Service.
His teaching fields are educational
psychology and philosophy. He holds
an A.B. from Park College and M.A.
and PhD. degrees from Duke Uni-
versity.

Born in Denver, Dr. Agnew had his
early schooling in Delta, Colorado.
Mrs. Agnew, the former Lucile Guil-
len, is a member of the Oglethorpe
faculty, teaching in Division I — Hu-
man Understanding. They have two
daughters, Jocelyn. 17, a freshman at
Southwestern in Memphis, and Edith.
12 years old. Dr. Agnew. an elder in
the Presbyterian Church, is a member
of the General Board of the National
Council of Churches.

Dr. Agnew's activity with the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools dates back for
many years. He was formerly a mem-
ber of the Committee on Admission
to Membership and of the Executive
Council of the Commission on Col-
leges and Universities. He has been
(Continued Page 3, Col. 2)

Wilson Resigns

Many alumni have shown under-
standable concern iwer the resigna-
tion on September 1 of Dr. Donald
R. Wilson. The question they ask
most is. "Why did Dr. Wilson leave
after such a short time at Oglethorpe's
helm?" Perhaps they recall the simi-
larly short term of Dr. Bunting, The
average tenure of college presidents
is five years.

At first glance it would appear that
something may be amiss at Oglethorpe
or with these men. Neither is the case.

The trustees and staff of Oglethorpe
University are vitally interested in
getting top men to fill the president's
post. I he trustees obviously have done
a good job, for as soon as these men
became president industry's leaders
were drawn to them. They were offered
positions so financially attractive that
they could not refuse to accept.

Much has been written about the
immediate need for raising faculty
salaries and the fierce competition for
top teachers. This situation is both
true and critical. It also applies to
college presidents and other adminis-
trative staff members.

Many colleges have instituted alum-
ni campaigns to help alleviate this
condition. Until now, Oglethorpe has
tried to meet this problem alone. Last
year it was realized that outside help
was needed urgently. Consequently,
Oglethorpe, together with the other
eight accredited. 4-year, non-tax sup-
ported colleges formed the Georgia
Foundation for Independent Colleges.
(See other article in this issue on
progress of this organization.)

In addition, the NAAOU officers
were asked to establish an annual
"giving" campaign. The funds from
the campaign, which will begin in the
Spring, will be used directly and in-
directly to retain our excellent staff
and continue our academic eminence.

It is regretable that we could not
(Continued Page 2, Col. I )

Une Ssrlinna l-^^etrei

Oclober, 1957

Pub/ished s/'x Wmes a year in July. September, Oc-
tober, January, March and April, by Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Printed by
Russell & Wardlaw

Creighton Perry '37 President

Stephen Sclimidt '40 _ 1st V. President
Marshall Asher '40 . 2nd V. President

Betty Villegas '49 Sec.-Treas.

Daniel L. Uffner, Jr., '51 Editor

Alumni Support

Many alumni are confused about
when dues are payable and the year
to which they apply. The NAAOU
fiscal pear was changed recently to
run from Homecoming to Homecom-
inc To avoid confusion, the Ogle-
thorpe Athletic Booster Club fiscal
year runs concurrently with that of the
NAAOU.

You will be pleased to know that
alumni activities have been supported
entirely by the alumni for the past 18
months. Previously the University has
had to bear the deficit for these ac-
tivities. You can be proud of this
achievement.

However, this has been accom-
plished with less than 15'/, of alumni
with known addresses contributing.
Nationwide, the average of alumni
giving is 33' , .

Your officers and directors have
developed many plans to enhance the
progress and prestige of Oglethorpe
University and to provide you with
additional services, satisfaction and
enjoyment. Some of these plans will
require money which is not now avail-
able.

To the present we have received
about SI, 250. If each of you whom
we have contacted returns your dues,
our treasury will boast a balance of
over $9,000. Think of the substantial
help this would be to education in gen-
eral and to the total Oglethorpe pro-
gram, and with a small individual
burden.

If you have not already done so.
please join Oglethorpe "on the march"
by sending your alumni dues now.

Wilson Resigns (Cont.)

keep Dr. Wilson and Dr. Bunting at
Oglethorpe due to inadequate re-
munerative rewards, but that is
in the past. We CAN do something
to prevent a recurrence by supporting
education, the foundation of self-
government and our American way of
life, when we as alumni are asked to
GIVE.

Dr. George Seward

Ask Industry Aid

Dr. George C. Seward, vice-presi-
dent of Oglethorpe University, and
representatives of Georgia's eight other
non-state supported, 4-year colleges,
visited some 300 business firms last
month to acquaint executives with a
new plan for "free enterprise in edu-
cation." These schools comprise the
newly formed Georgia Foundation for
Independent Colleges described in the
July, 1957 Flying Petrel.

Although most of the visitations
are over for the present school year.
Dr. Seward believes that industry will
contribute at least 5100,000 this year
to the support of independent colleges.
If this estimate holds, Oglethorpe's
share will approximate $10,000. The
distribution plan for funds collected
is that 60' , of all unrestricted gifts
will be shared by the nine institutions,
with the remaining 40' . prorated on
the basis of enrollment. This arrange-
ment does not prohibit the separate
schools from soliciting funds indi-
vidually.

Dr. George B. Connell. Mercer
I'resident and head of the Foundation,
said early response was encouraging.
"The response indicates deep concern
and interest on the part of industry
and business in the welfare of our
private colleges," he declared, "We
feel challenged by the support already
given to our appeals for the resources
we need to insure quality programs in
our institutions."

Dr. Wallace M. Alston, Agnes
Scott president, explained that the
campaign was necessitated by in-
creasing costs, decreasing purchasing
power of endowment incomes, and
competition for top-flight faculty
(Continued Next Column)

1957-58 Student Council
Officers Elected

The Oglethorpe student body cre-
ated as much spirit and enthusiasm
during Campaign Week last May as
a South American revolution. Officers
for the 1957-58 Student Council were
to be elected and the campaigners
left no hoopla unhoopla-ed in their
efforts to get out the vote.

Backers of the hopefuls created
and displayed some one hundred
posters throughout the campus, boost-
ing their candidate. Presidential nomi-
nees presented their platforms to the
students from the auditorium stage.
One aspirant organized a bicycle-cade
in his behalf. Another made frequent
political speeches during class changes
via a public address system located
atop an automobile between Lupton
and Phoebe Hearst Halls.

When the smoke cleared, Ted Bay-
ley "58 was elected president of the
Student Council. Others elected to
office are: MacDonald Willis "60,
vice-president; Peggy Compton '58,
secretary; Tom Deacon "60, treasurer;
and Ina Foster '58, parliamentarian.

Ted Bailey "58 Attends
President's Conference

Ted Bailey 58, president of the
student body, attended a student pres-
idents" conference held at the Uni-
versity of Michigan in Ann Arbor
during the second week in September.

This was the first time one of our
presidents took part in a meeting of
this kind. Ted said he found the con-
ference most enlightening, and he be-
lieves several problems concerning
student affairs on the Oglethorpe
campus will be solved as a result of it.

members. "It is important,"" he added,
"that we undergird our private colleges
as centers of private enterprise with
freedom of thought and research,"'

The crux of the message spread by
Foundation members is that "free en-
terprise, independent of government
domination, is as important in edu-
cation as anywhere else."" Spokesmen
believe that industry"s response will
"mean the difference between quality
education and mediocrity in the pri-
vate institutions that serve a vital
role in Georgia.""

Page 2

The Flying Petrel

Personnel Club
Hears Egerlon

"Personnel Development"' was
approached from a new and in\ itiorat-
ing angle by W. A. Egerton. Priifessor
in Management Development in the
Business Division of Oglethorpe Uni-
versity, in a stimulating and inspiring
talk before the Personnel Club of At-
lanta on Tuesday evening. October 1.

"In evaluating an employe", Mr.
Egerton said, "consider the quality as
well as the quantity of work per-
formed, his time sense, the cost factor
and how effectively he works with and
through people.""

He suggested a policy of non-direc-
tive development of the indi\'idual.
letting him realize his potential through
self-improvement, rather than the in-
tensive training programs so often
instituted by management. In this con-
nection, Mr. Egerton defined training
as the transfer of a particular skill or
knowledge, whereas development is
the growth of a human being; the one
you can do for another, the latter, only
each of us can do for himself.

The classical references with which
the discourse was illuminated, in the
opinion of one enthusiastic listener,
was an excellent example of the Ogle-
thorpe plan of educating the whole
man b\ helping him in making a life
as well as making a living.

Dinner-Dance (Cont.)

John '39 and Virginia Brock. Paul
and Toinette Brown, both "37, Tommie
Carper "37. Ed "49 and Nancv "52
Chandler, Elizabeth "49 and Bob Cow-
gill, Harold F. "49 and Sue Dorsen,
Wilson "39 and Anne Franklin, Alice
"42 and Charles Geiger, Phil '34 and
Clyde Hildreth, Dot and Jim Hinson,
both "49. Samuel '50 and Roslyn
Hirsch. Dwight Horton "29. Joyce and
Kent Hovis. both "49. Mr. and Mrs.
Francis S. Key "38, Ralph "39 and
Louise King, Ben "49 and Coz "48
Lorenz, Bob "56 and Ruth Lovett,
Stephen C. May, Jr. '49. Robert '51
and Jacqueline McEllen, Cecil "36
and Jeanette "38 Moon. Bob "51 and
Jean "54 Owen. William C. Perkins
"29. John "40 and Virginia Petosis,
Leonard "36 and Lucille Pickard, Bert
and Peggy Robinson, both "50, Rhett
"43 and Spencer Sanders, Steve "40
and Jeanne "42 Schmidt, "O.K."" "53
and Ava '54 Sheffield, Aline '34 and
Barney Snowden, Edgar M. Vallette
"42, Webb "5 1 and Faye Vermilya.
Betty "49 and Albert 'Villegas, Harry
Wren "34 and Dan "5 1 and Louise
Uffner.

Dr. Agnev^ and Edith
watch as Mrs. Agnew
feeds member of the
family Winky

Agnew (Cont.)

a consultant for 15 colleges and in
1954 was Associate Director of the
North Carolina Study of Presbyteriiui
Colleges under a foimdation grant.

In his commencement speech to
the Oglethorpe graduating class in
August. 1957, Dr. Agnew described
the theme of the Oglethorpe curricu-
lum as the relationship between hu-
man understanding and the obligations
of citizenship and comnumity service.
He laid particular stress on four obli-
gations of the scholar in American
life: rigorous objectivity, creativity,
ethical commitment — establishing a
set of values about basic issues, and
the obligation of sanity in a world
in which it is popular to be insane.

In assiuiiing his new duties. Dr.
Agnew predicted a period of "vigor-
ous advancement" for Oglethorpe.
"Confidence in the sound future of
Oglethorpe University makes me par-
ticularly appreciate the honor of being
elected its president," he stated. "I
have watched since 1950 with en-
thusiastic interest the development of
the college under the leadership of
Dr. Phillip Weltner, his associates on
the Board of Trustees, and the faculty.
1 became so interested that for three
years I was a member of the faculty.
Since that time, my work with tlie
Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools has given me con-
tacts with many other colleges and
universities. These contracts have
made me even more sure of the need
for. and the value of. Oglethorpe Uni-
versity.""

Dr. Aqnew at Presi-
dents' Reception get-
ting to know Ogle-
thorp students Bob
Loftin, Barbara Baugh
man, Tom Deacon and
IVIartha Laird.

October, 1957

Pace 3

Marquis F. Calmes

Hawaiian Career

Marquis F. Calmes "21 is serving
his first term as Third District Repre-
sentative in the Territorial House of
Representatives of Hawaii to which
he was elected on November 6, 1956.

"de La" claims the unique distinc-
tion of having been born in Weleetka,
Indian Territory, before Oklahoma
became a State. He is not an Indian.
He entered Oglethorpe in 1918, hav-
ing graduated from Boys" High School.
In 1919 he played on the football
squad. In 1920 he served as secretary-
treasurer of the Junior Class and as
secretary-treasurer of the "O" Club.
In 1921 he was corresponding secre-
tary of the Debating Council, charter
member and "Pliny"" of Le Conee So-
ciety, a member of the B.H.S. Club
and Yamacraw Staff, manager of the
Track Team and Assistant Lab In-
structor.

After graduating from Oglethorpe
with an A.B. in Science, he taught in
the private and public schools of the
Territory of Hawaii until 1924. He
was then employed as store manager
by the Haiku Fruit and Packing Com-
pany. In 1931 Mr. Calmes became
associated with the Kahului Railroad
Company. When its Merchandise De-
partment was sold to the A & B Com-
mercial Company in 1950 he con-
tinued with the latter company and is
now manager of their Building and
Mill Supply Department.

In his civic life, Mr. Calmes has
served the Territory as Prison Inspec-
(Continued Next Column)

James Render Terrell, Jr.

Oglethorpe lost one of its oldest
alumni when James Render Terrell,
Jr. died suddenly on December 7,
1956 of a heart attack. Render
was a graduate of Oglethorpe Uni-
versity of the first class, 1920, hav-
ing then won the coat-of-arms
sweater ,the highest academic hon-
or of the University. While at Ogle-
thorpe, he was elected to Phi Kap-
pa Delta honorary scholastic
fraternity. He was also a member
of the Yamacraw staff. He attended
graduate school at Columbia Uni-
versity in 1922. While at Columbia
he was initiated into the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon social fraternity.

Immediately following his grad-
uate work at Columbia University,
Render began a successful law
practice in LaGrange. He was a
member of the Troup County Bar
Association, the Coweta Circuit
Bar Association, the Georgia Bar
Association and the American Bar
Association. He served ten years
as Chairman of the Troup County
Democratic Committee, was elected
to the Georgia Senate for 1933-34
and to the House of Representa-
tives in 1934-35. At his death, he
was attorney for Troup County,
having held this office since 1934.

Born in Meriwether County, he
was a son of the late Judge James
Render Terrell, Sr. of the Coweta
Judicial Circuit and a solicitor of
that circuit. He was nephew of
the late Joseph M. Terrell, Gov-
ernor of Georgia and U. S. Senator,
and a brother of Joel H. Terrell, a
prominent attorney of Warrenton
in his lifetime.

Render is survived by his wife,
the former Nellie Faye Camp of
Lawrenceville; two daughters.
Misses Faye and Mary Terrell; his
mother, Mrs. J. R. Terrell, Sr. of
Greenville; and four sisters.

tor, as first Maui member of the
Board of Regents of the University of
Hawaii, on the Board of Public Wel-
fare, and as Census Enumerator. He
has been prominent in Republican
circles as well as in a wide variety
of conmiunity activities including the
Boy Scouts of America from whom he
received the Silver Beaver award in
1936, the American Red Cross, the
Maui County Fair and Racing Asso-
ciation and the Chamber of Com-
merce. A Mason and life member of
Delta Sigma Phi, Mr. Calmes is an
(Continued Next Column)

J. Render Terrell

Dr. Cressy Addresses
U. N. Council

"How Effective Is the United Na-
tions in Settling World Disputes?"'
was the subject of Dr. Cheever Cressy
when he spoke at the meeting of the
United Nations Council of Atlanta
on April 26.

Dr. George Seward
Is Guest Speaker

Dr. George C. Seward, vice-presi-
dent and Dean of Faculty, spoke be-
fore the United Church Women of
Atlanta on May 3, when they cele-
brated their annual May Fellowship
Day. The theme of the meeting was
"Free Schools in a Free America."

The program stressed that school
problems are problems of the people.
If they are to be solved, the citizenry
must have an intelligent understand-
ing of what confronts them.

active member of the Church of the
Good Shepherd, where he has served
as Vestryman for over 20 years and
is a past Senior Warden.

Since his graduation, "de La"" has
visited his Alma Mater five times. His
home is at 352 Puunene Avenue,
Kahului, Maui, Hawaii.

The elder of his two daughters, Jane
"45, attended Oglethorpe and is mar-
ried to George M, Talbott "43. They
also live on Maui in the Hawaiian
Islands.

Page 4

The Flying Petrel

Will Petrels Win?

Coach Garland Pinholster, entering

his second year as Petrel head coach,
expects his basketball squad to pro-
vide Oglethorpe's first winning season
in several years. He confidently pre-
dicts they will take the decision in at
least 14 contests of a 21 -game sched-
ule, compared with last year's 8-12
won-loss record.

Supporting his confidence, six of
last year's eight lettermen have re-
turned this Fall. After a slow start in
the past season, these boys improved
rapidly and won four of their last six
games. Additional help has arrived in
the form of junior John Mobley, a
6" 5" graduate of Young Harris
Junior College, and two promising
freshmen. Furthermore, the squad is
starting this season knowing the
system that will be used. Last year
they had to learn from scratch.

Finally — but perhaps most im-
portant in the close games — Pin-
holster says; "The support of the
Booster Club seems to have given the
boys a shot in the arm for they are
working much harder this year and
their spirit and attitudes have im-
proved appreciably."

Vying for right forward slot will be
returning letterman Scott Shamp. a
6' 3" sophomore, and John Mobley.
To date, reserves are lacking for the
positions of left forward and center
held by lettermen Donn Sullivan, 6"
3" sophomore, and Eddie Starnes, 6'
3" senior, respectively.

Billy Carter 5' 11" junior who re-
ceived a trophy last year for the "Best
Individual Effort." has the left guard
job nailed down. Right guard is an-
other story: Bruce Hauck, 5' 11"
senior, will be fighting for his position
against four aspirants. Jimmy Clower.
5' 10" senior, unable to play last year
due to an automobile accident, is in
strona contention, as is freshman
Wayne Dobbs, also 5" 10". Dobbs
captained the Campbell High School
of Smyrna, Ga. team in his junior and
senior years and is a "valuable addi-
tion to the squad." Joe Sewell, a 6' 1"
sophomore southpaw, played on two
high school championship teams, but
has yet to fulfill his college potential.
Also in contention for a right guard
assignment is dark horse John Powell,
a 5' 11" freshman.

A spirited 3-week Fall conditioning
period has been completed and formal
practice has begun. The first game
will be played against Georgia State
on December 2 at 8:00 p.m. at
O'Keefe High School gymnasium.
Plan to be there to help the Petrels
off to a winning season.

B.ASKETBALL SCHEDL LE

1957 — 1958

Ojjlelhorpe Universit.v

■DEC

2

Georgia State

Home

4

Mercer University
(Homecoming game)

Home

(Business meeting of Ogl

efhorpe

Aihletic Booster Club)

7

Berry College

Rome

10

Jacksonville St. College

Jacksonville

14

University of Chattanooga Home |

JAN

7

Mercer University

Macon

\0

Valdosto State

Home

13

Piedmont College

Home

15

Nortfi Georgia College

Dohlcnega

17

U. of Chattanooga

Chattanooga

22

College of Charleston

Charleston

24

Georgia State

There

27

Newberry College

Home

29

Berry College

Home

FEB,

1

Jacksonville State College

Home

7

Athens College

Athens, Ala

12

North Georgia College

Home

15

Piedmont College

Demorest

19

Athens College

Home

21

Valdosto State College

Valdosto

24

College of Charleston

Home

• All home games will be played

at O'Keefe

High

School Gym unless unforseen co

nflicts arise.

Ga.ne t

me is 8:00 p.m.

lOiiitnif

Boosters' Dinner-Game

The next Oglethorpe Athletic
Booster Club banquet meeting will be
held in the O'Keefe High School cafe-
teria at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
December 4. The Mercer-Petrel bas-
ketball game will be played after the
dinner at 8:30 p.m. in the O'Keefe
gymnasium. Coach Frank Anderson
plans to attend. Our boys are going
to need a lot of moral support to win
this one. Let's give it to them.

Boosters will be interested to know
that four students who attended Ogle-
thorpe University last year would not
now be able to do so without the time-
ly help of the newly formed OABC.
Three of the four were married dur-
ing the Summer. This added responsi-
bility coupled with Oglethorpe's first
tuition increase in over ten years led
to an extremely difficult financial sit-
uation for these boys. Thanks to the
OABC, they are continuing their
much-desired education.

All male alumni whose addresses
are known have received an invitation
to join the Booster Club, formed to
promote physical education, intra-
mural activities and varsity sports at
Oglethorpe.

The enthusiastic response of the
alumni thus far has been gratifying,
and additional applications will be
welcome.

Beginning this season, only OABC
membership cards will be honored at
the gate for free admission to all home
basketball games. Join the OABC —
dues can be paid at the December 4
banquet meeting. There will be no
fund solicitation, but each will be
asked to pay for his own dinner —
not to exceed SI. 50. For reservations,
write or call Jim Hinson. 1508 Hop-
kins Terrace, N. E., Atlanta 5 —
MElrose 6-3730.

Dr. Martin Abbott, Division II, has
written an article entitled "The First
Shot at Fort Sumter" which was pub-
lished in the March, 1457 issue of
Civil War History. Dr. Abbott stales
that "lliis is an article which concerns
itself with the dispute which has per-
sisted through the years over the
question of whether the Virginian Ed-
iiuind Ruffin actually fired the 'first
shot of the Civil War'."

Dr. Abbott, who has dt)ne con-
siderable research on this period of
American history, and "using all avail-
able evidence from those who wit-
nessed the affair, comes to the con-
clusion that the first blow against Fort
Sumter on April 12. 1861, was struck
by someone other than Ruffin." This
conclusion, supported by strong argu-
ments, is opposed to that of the ma-
jority of textbooks now being used in
colleges and high schools.

Dr. Bieler Re-elected

Dr. Arthur Bieler, professor of
languages at Oglethorpe University,
has been re-elected president of the
Georgia Chapter of the American As-
sociation of Teachers of French.

Eleven Join Duchesses

Eleven Oglethorpe University coeds
have been invited to join the Duchess
Club, a women's honor society.

Students are selected for member-
ship on the basis of "outstanding scho-
lastic records and dynamic participa-
tion in extra-curricular activities."

The honored coeds include: Cath-
erine Leonard, 1284 Piedmont Ave.,
N. E., Atlanta; Rosalie Young, 6615
Glenridue Dr.. N. E.. Atlanta; Ann
McCallum, 134 Scott Blvd., Decatur;
Mary Anne Sharp, 231 Geneva St.,
Decatur; Bette Schuenemann. 2239
Candler Rd.. Chamblee; Kittv Kincaid.
2834 Sylvan Rd.. East Point; Sydney
Mobley^ 559 Atlanta St.. Powder
Springs; Anne McGeady. Duluth;
Janne Jolley, Cartersville; Pat Daniel.
Fitzgerald; and Shirley Benefiel, for-
merlv of Atlanta, now of Alderson. W.
Va. '

Officers of the Duchess Club are:
President. Pat Baker. 418 Lake Dr..
Hapeville; vice-president, Ann Klein,
319 Peachtree Ave., N. E., Atlanta;
and reporters Ann McCallum, Decatur
and Pat Daniel, Fitzgerald, Ga.

October, 1957

Page 5

Good or Evil o
Up to Youth, R

By BILL PICKERING

The jdllou'ing article appeared in
the November 1, 1957 Atlanta journal.
Mr. Rich, an Oglethorpe trustee, offers
a point of view often expressed by bus-
iness and political leaders in recent
months.

Mankind faces greater opportunities
for good than at any other time in his-
tory, an Atlanta business executive de-
clared here Thursday. But the oppor-
tunities for evil are equally great, he
warned.

Richard H. Rich, president of Rich's,
Inc., told an assembly of Georgia State
College students they are living in a
■"marvelous and unexplored universe."

"The opportunities ahead for both
good and evil are greater than at any
time since the beginning of civiliza-
tion." he said.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS in the
electronics, chemical and nuclear fields
offer "great new frontiers" for man-
kind, Mr. Rich predicted. But how they
are used will determine whether they
are blessings, he added.

"The atom is a gift of God," Mr.
Rich said. But it is up to the I'resent
generation to decide whether the atom
will create a "new earth" or a "ghastly
hell," he said.

Mr. Rich told the students he be-
lieves automation would be as import-
ant a development in the second half
of the 20th century as mass production
was in the first half.

Through the use of machines, fac-
tory work which required an hour in
1900 now requires only 23 minutes to-
day and will require only 15 minutes
in 1975, he said.

But the increased use of machines
won't mean more unemployment, he
said.

"Instead, I believe the number of
jobs will increase," he declared. "Auto-
mation will increase the opportunities
for women because less physical
strength will be required."

MR. RICH URGED the students to
study "the science of human relations"
if they would be successful in the busi-

f Atom
ich Says

ness world. People are more important
than things and ideas are more import-
ant than gadgets, he said.

The human being is more important
"than anything anybody can make or
sell or buy," he declared.

Mr. Rich said finding a job he likes
should be the student's standard for
selecting a vocation. Select a job
where "you can make a game out of
work," one that gives you "a sense of
accomplishment" and "an inner glow,"
he advised.

Management
Development Courses

The Business Division of Oglethorpe
University began the first of the 1957-
58 series of night courses in Manage-
ment Development, led by W. A.
Egerton, on Monday evening, October
21, to run for six weeks. The next 6-
week course is scheduled tentatively
to begin January 20. Registration can
be handled by mail or in person
through the Registrar, Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta.

The course designed for top and
middle management personnel, will
emphasize the following subjects: Per-
ception, the psychology of behavior,
motivation, communication, delega-
tion, the four functions of manage-
ment — to plan, organize, integrate
and measure, the eight types of group
leadership, ai'praisal and development.

Summer School
Attendance Up

Mrs. Marjorie MacConnell, Ogle-
thorpe University registrar, announced
217 students enrolled in the first
session of the summer program which
began on Monday, June 17, and con-
tinued for five weeks through July 19.

Fifty-tour regular students of
which thirteen received degrees in
August 1957, are included in the total.
This is a record number of regular
students in summer school attendance
and a 270' < increase over last year.

Through The Years

Mrs. Claude C. Mason, mother of
Mrs. Grace Mason Tanksley '25, died
May 22, 1957.

Dr. George .\. Holloway '28 has

been elected first vice-president of the
board of managers of the alumni as-
sociation. Medical College of Georgia.

Miss Rosa Mae Lovetfe '28 died
May 15, 1957 following a lengthy ill-
ness. Miss Lovette, formerly a teacher,
had been retired from the Atlanta
School System.

C. Clifton White '28, who helped
"plant' 'cross-country poles for the
Georgia Power Company while he at-
tended Oglethorpe, is now superin-
tendent of all linemen in the Atlanta
division of the Company. This di-
vision extends from Marietta to Stone
Mountain and from Newnan to Al-
pharetta.

Mrs. Frederick W. Benteen, mother
of Mrs. Mary Louise Benteen Steves
'31, died April 14. Mrs. Steves is liv-
ing at 3303 S. Braeswood Blvd.,
Houston, Texas.

Luke Appling '32 is in the electrical
appliance business in Sandy Springs,
Ga. This is his second year out of
baseball since he left the Oglethorpe
campus to join the Atlanta Crackers
in 1930. He went on to break all
baseball endurance records by playing
2,2 1 8 games before stepping down
after 20 years with the Chicago White
Sox.

Two Ahiiiiiii Honored
With Life Memberships

Judge Tom Camp '25 and Dr.
Frank McCormack '25 have become
life-time members of the NAAOU
for being in the earliest class repre-
sented at Homecoming Day, 1957.

The honor was instigated by the
1955-56 executive comittee, and
John H. Goff '20 was the first re-
cipient on Homecoming Day 1956.

teacher J ^n ^c

cruicc

Mrs. Marjorie MacConnell regis-
trar announced the start of Saturday
teachers-in-service classes offered by
Oglethorpe University.

i:c four courses included in th ~
first session, which runs from October
12 through February 1, are Cultural
Anthropology, Nature Study, Chil-
dren's Literature and Seminar in
Problems of Education. 77 teachers
are enrolled in these classes.

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The Flying Petrel

THROUGH THE YEARS

From left: Mary Jane Leslie, Betty Villegas, Albert Villegas, Dot Hinson, Jim Hinson. Steve
Schmidt, Jean Henderson, (yawning?), Peggy Robinson, Grace Albert Jones, Herb Leslie at
Alumni Dinner Dance.

Rufu.s S. Brown '32, Gainesville.
Ga.. an agent for the Railway Express
Agency, is active in the Chamber of
Commerce, secretary of the local
Lion"s Club, deacon in the First Bap-
tist, and a Mason. He has two sons.
Rufus, 17 and David. 10.

Jes Ray Johnston "34 organized his
own architectural firm in Marietta.
Georgia last year after some 20 years
experience designing residential and
commercial structures. The alumni
files show that he is the only alumnus
who is engaged in this type of work.

Ed Copeland "36, Norcross, early
in August was elected president of the
Southeastern Football Association.
_...Mrs. Lexie J. Floyd "37 this summer
moved into a new home at 900 Falcon
Dr., S.W., Atlanta. The Floyds have
a 19-year-old son who is a pre-dental
student at Emory.

Harold Turpin "38 of Tucker, Ga.
has been elected to the Board of Di-
rectors of the Kiwanis Club.

Mrs. Mary Joscy Gordon "39 is

president of the Decatur Better Films
Committee.

Miss Bernice Jones '39 has retired
after 40 years of service at Hapeville's
College Street School, including 19
years as principal .She plans to indulge
herself more fully in her hobbies of
gardening and playing the piano and
violin.

J. Triictf Brooksher "40, of Gaines-
ville, Ga.. a veteran FBI agent since
1942, died July 20 following an opera-
tion. He had spent the past five years
in the Gainesville district handling
cases in northeast Georgia, having
previously worked in the Baltimore,
Newark and Atlanta divisions. Born
in Auburn, he was a graduate of the
Atlanta Law School, Oglethorpe Uni-
versity and the University of Georgia,
where he received A.B., LL.B. and
M.A. degrees.

Bertha Fairchith "40 of Albanv is
principal of the Highland .Avenue
School, a member of Alpha Delta
Kappa Sorority, and has served twice
on professional textbook committees.

KImer George "40, aggressive and
immensely able city manager of Grif-
fin, Ga.. has been chosen as executive
director of the Georgia Municipal As-
sociation, a key instrument for solving
municipal headaches. Elmer George
is a student of city problems and a
man acutely interested in solving
those problems.

C. Philip Scales "41 and his wife,
the former Jean Mulder "41, with their
daughters. Phylis, Irene and Doris,
have returned to Atlanta after several
years in Nashville. They are making
their home at 4955 Powers Ferrv
Road, N.W.

Dr. John T. Goldthwait 43.

former faculty m ember of
Oglethorpe University, received the
degree of Doctor of Philosphv from
Northwestern Universitv on June 17.

Dr. Goldthwait and his wife, the for-
mer Be'ty Benefield of Atlanta, with
their 8V2-year-old son, Christopher,
are residing in Sacremento, Cal. He
is on the staff of the University of
California at the Davis, Cal. campus.

Rudy Home '43 has joined the
s;i|js staff of Muse's in Atlanta.

Uillivim H. laver "4S. East Pomt.
is principal of the Maple Street School
in College Park, Ga.

Charles VVeltner '48 is out of the

Armv and is now a partner in the law
firm of Currie. McGhce & VVeltner,
Atlanta.

Eniniette Harve\ .Mbea 49 of

Anniston, Ala. was appointed for a
4-year term as judge oi the Calhoun
County Juvenile and Domestic Re-
lations Court on June I.

Jim and Dot Hinson '49 took a
week's vacation in Clearwater, Fla.
after O'Keefe High School closed for
the summer. Debra, their IS month
old daughter, had a thoroughly en-
joyable first-time experience in the
Gulf of Mexico.

Martha .\nn Merck "49 became
Mrs. William Hastings Nash on August
3. The couple reside in an apartment
at 117 Crescent Court Drive in De-
catur.

Robert L. Boggus. Jr. "49, Atlanta,
married Charlotte Purdie of East
Point on September 20. He is em-
ployed by Georgia Art Supply Com-
pany.

Albert B. Drake '50. Atlanta, and
his wife have a baby girl, Pamela
Grace, born March 4, 1957.

Mrs. Herbert L. Ellis 51, .Atlanta,
is now a member of Westminster
Schools faculty.

Bleeker Totten '5 I is now employed
in the Patent Department of Union
Carbide Corporation. New York.

Hilda Haver Goodelman 52 and

her husband Alan are the proprietors
of Alan's Photography at the Clair-
mont and North Decatur Plaza Shop-
ping Center. They live in Decatur.

Nancy Speicher "52 of Evanston,
111. was married this summer to RCAF
Lt. Ronald Gordon Ashford from II-
fracombe. Devon, England. They are
residing in Portland, Ore. until next
spring, when they go to England.

October, 1957

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THROUGH THE YEARS

Captain Carlos "Jud" Lively Jr.

Capt. Carlos J. Lively, Jr. '52 of

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. recently was as-
signed to Fort Stewart, Ga. Chaplain
Lively, whose wife, Mary, lives in
Hinesville, Ga., entered the Army in
1945 and was last stationed in Green-
land. After graduating from Ogle-
thorpe, he attended Southeastern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary, Wake
Forest, N. C. where he graduated in
1955.

Betty Brumbelow '53, was married
to Edwin Brantley O'Quinn of Jesup,
Ga., on June 7. Betty is teaching at
Northside Hisih School in Atlanta and

Mr. O'Quinn is a teacher and coach
in the same school.

Dave Fischer "53 is research as-
sociate with Nejelski, market analysts
in New York City.

Mrs. O. K. Sheffield succumbed to
a heart attack and died on July 3 1 at
Fort Pierce, Florida. She is survived
by her sons O. K. "53, and Ernie '41
and daughter Frances '45.

Betty Watkins "53, was married to
William Kessler of Oswego, N. Y.,
on September 1, 1956 at St. Paul's
Church in Alexandria, Va. The couple
are now residinc at Maryvale Court,
Apt. 17-12, 12'"Sinda Drive, Cheek-
towaga, N. Y.

Mariha Grant Likins '54 is living
in Worcester, Mass. and helps in
serving t h e Covenant Methodist
Church while her husband ""BiH" com-
pletes his work on Doctor of Theolo-
gy at Boston University.

Su Ellen Wells Bray '55, married
Stptember 8, 1956 to" Lt. jg Larry
E. Bray, now has a daughter, Robin,
born August 14. 1957. The Brays
live in Jacksonville, Fla.

Joe E. White "56 of Atlanta recent-
ly completed the 8-week clerk-typist
course at the Army's Armor Training
Center at Fort Knox, Ky. He was em-
ployed as plant manager with Green-
wood Industries, Inc. before entering
the Army last April. Joe received
basic combat training at Fort Ben-
nine, Ga.

Pearl Conaway '57 of Atlanta, en-
joyed a 15-day trip this summer to
Yellowstone National Park, the Grand
Canyon, Reno, San Francisco and
Los Angeles, where she saw Jane
Withers in her home. She is now teach-
ing third grade in Norcross Elemen-
tary School.

Branton Eason, Jr. "57 of Conyers
married Patricia Fuller '59 of At-
lanta on July 27. The couple are now
living in Alexandria, Va. Branton is
associated with Crawford & Co. in
Washington, D. C.

Claude F. Ferrell, Jr. '57 died on
September 25. At the time of his
graduation in June he was living with
his parents at 1230 Piedmont Ave.,
N.E., Atlanta.

Frances Shedd '57 and David G.
Fisher '57 were married in June. Dave
is employed by WLWA-TV. an At-
lanta television station. Frances works
for Retail Credit Company. They live
at 2640 N. Druid Hills Rd., N.E.

Marcia Hiatt '57 is working in the
Admissions Office at Ohio State Uni-
versity in Columbus.

Billy Wilson Carter, a junior at

Oglethorpe, and Gayle Langley "60

were married on September 6. They
have an apartment at 4138 Caldwell
Rd.. N.E., Atlanta.

Sandra Langley '60 of Decatur was
married in June, 1957 to Michael
Pruett, presently a sophomore at Ogle-
thorpe from Mobile, Ala.

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