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EDITION 


Vol.  45 


Published  by  National  Alumni  Association   of  Oglethorpe  University,  Summer  Issue  1963 


No.  7 


Holliday  Elected  63-64  Alumni  President 

At  the  May  meeting  of  the  National  Alumni  Association,  held  on  Alumni  Day, 
Jim  Holliday,  '49  was  elected  to  head  the  activities  of  the  Alumni  for  the  coming 
1963-64  year.   He  takes  the  helm  from  Sam  Hirsch,  Jr.,  retiring  president. 

Jim  is  a  salesman  for  Bauer  &  Black  Division  of  Kendall  Company  with  head- 
quarters in  Atlanta.  He  is  a  BS  graduate  of  Oglethorpe  and  has  done  additional 
work  at  the  University  of  Georgia. 

Before  moving  to  Atlanta  several  years  ago,  Jim  was  named  Toastmaster  of 
the  Year  in  Charlotte,  North  Carolina  and  also  won  the  Merchandising  Award 
for  the  Southern  Branch  of  Bauer  &  Black  in  1960.  He  is  the  Past-President  of 
the  Atlanta  Drug  and  Chemical  Club;  member  of  the  Traveling  Men's  Association 
of  Georgia  and  the  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

An  outdoor  enthusiast   Jim  is  fond  of  fishing   hunting  and  aardenina. 

He  is  married  to  the  former  Marjorie  McClung,  also  an  Oglethorpe  graduate. 
They  have  one  son,  James,  Jr.,  now  twelve,  and  reside  at  4148  Ashwoody  Trail, 
N.E.,  in  Atlanta. 

The  other  members  elected  are  as  follows:  E.  P.  "Penny"  Jones,  '61,  1st  Vice 
President;  Wayne  Dobbs,  '61,  2nd  Vice  President;  Bert  Robinson,  '50,  3rd  Vice 
President;  Wayne  Traer,  '28,  Treasurer;  Mrs.  Mary  Walker,  '34,  Secretary.  The 
Board  of  Directors  includes  Sam  Hirsch,  Jr.,  Hank  Atchison,  Bob  Oliver,  Mrs. 
Tommie  Carper,  Marvin  Lawson,  Ed  Chandler,  Phil  Scales,  Lamar  Adams  and 
Wilson  P.  Franklin. 


Jim  Holliday.  '49.  New 
Alumni  President. 


Weltner  is  Commencement  Speaker 


Charles  Weltner 


Congressman  Charles  L.  Weltner, 
Representative  from  the  5th  District  of 
Georgia  and  also  a  1948  graduate  of 
Oglethorpe  was  the  commencement 
speaker  for  the  89th  commencement 
exercises  of  the  University.  Here,  for 
those  unable  to  attend,  is  the  text  of 
his  speech. 


"President  Agnew,  Trustees  of  Ogle- 
thorpe, members  of  the  faculty,  and 
members  of  the  class  of  1963. 

I  am  deeply  honored  by  your  invita- 
tion to  address  you  on  this  most  im- 
portant and  significant  occasion.    This 


is  a  joyful  and  happy  day  for  each  of 
you  and  for  your  loved  ones.  It  is  one 
that  you  will  remember  throughout 
your  lives — and  I  thank  you  for  per- 
mitting me  to  share  in  it. 

It  is  always  good  to  come  home. 
And  Oglethorpe  University  is  most  as- 
suredly "Home"  to  me.  For  better 
than  half  of  my  life,  I  have  enjoyed 
association  with  this  college.  And, 
quite  naturally,  this  campus  looms 
large  in  my  store  of  pleasant  memories. 
As  a  student,  an  instructor,  and,  more 
recently,  even  as  a  politician,  I  have 
found  here  valuable  and  lasting  help. 

Continued  on  page  2 


^Jhe     ^rlyina     J-^etret 


Summer  Issue  1963 


Published  seven  limes  a  year  in  July,  September,  Oc- 
tober, January,  March,  April  and  May  by  Oglethorpe 
University,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 


OFFICERS 

Jim  Holliday  '49  President 

E.  P.  "Penny"  Jones  '61  1st  V.  President 

Wayne  Dobbs,  '61  2nd  V.  President 

Bert  Robinson  '50 3rd  V.  President 

Mary  Walker  '34 Secretary 

Wayne  Traer  '28  Treasurer 

DIRECTORS 

Sam  M.  Hirsch,  Jr.  '50 Chairman 

Hank  Atchison,  '52 
Bob  Oliver,  '57 
Mrs.  Tommie  Carper,  '37 
Marvin  Lawson,  '58 
Ed.  Chandler,  '49 
Phil  Scales,  '41 
Lamar  Adams,  '36 
Wilson  Franklin,  '39 

EDITOR 

Mrs.  Joyce  B.  Minors,  '57 


I  would  talk  with  you  this  afternoon 
in  something  other  than  the  usual  role 
of  the  commencement  speaker.  You 
and  I  share  a  great  treasure — an  educa- 
tion at  Oglethorpe.  As  fellow  gradu- 
ates, let  us  examine  for  a  moment  the 
meaning  of  our  diplomas. 

Well,  it  means,  for  one  thing,  that 
we  have  given  the  necessary  months 
and  years  here.  It  means  we  have 
given  the  required  tuition  and  fees.  It 
means  that  we  have  given  at  least 
something  of  our  intellect  and  energy 
in  study.  Yes,  we  have  given  to  receive 
this  treasured  document. 

But  our  giving — our  contribution — 
is  as  nothing  in  comparison  to  what  we 
have  received.  Someone  wrote  the 
phrase  "I  am  heir  of  all  the  ages" — and 
how  magnificent  is  that  heritage.  The 
understanding  and  knowledge  we  have 
acquired  here  is  not  our  own,  but  a 
distillate,  a  composite  of  the  minds  of 
countless  scholars  and  sages,  reaching 
back  into  the  dim  mists  of  antiquity. 
Scholars  have  forsaken  every  pleasure 
that  earth  offers  in  pursuit  of  some 
small  bit  of  comprehension — and  we 
are  their  heir.  Patriots  laid  down  their 
lives  and  fortunes  to  establish  the  great 
principles  of  government  under  which 
we  live — and  we  are  their  heir.  Sol- 
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Dr.  Donald  C.  Agnew  and  Charles  Weltner 


diers  faced  the  cannon's  mouth,  and 
the  deadly  rain  of  steel  to  preserve  our 
freedom — and  we  are  their  heir. 

Yes,  we  are  the  heir  of  the  whole 
body  of  human  wisdom — the  whole 
measure  of  human  freedom.  What  did 
we  give  for  our  heritage?  A  few  years, 
a  few  dollars,  a  few  exertions  of  the 
mind.  We  have  given  but  little,  and  re- 
ceived much. 

One  hundred  and  thirty  years  ago,  a 
charter  was  granted,  establishing  Ogle- 
thorpe University  near  Milledgeville, 
Georgia.  Those  men  of  so  long  ago 
nourished  and  nurtured  a  dream  that 
was  crushed  some  thirty  years  later, 
when  the  faculty  and  students  of  Old 
Oglethorpe  put  aside  the  scholar  to 
assume  the  soldier.  Fifty  years  later, 
another  man  rekindled  that  dream,  and 
set  about  to  build  anew  here  on  this 
spot.  Hundreds — thousands — gave  of 
their  wealth  that  these  buildings  might 
rise.  They  gave,  and  gave  again.  But 
adversity  seems  to  be  a  part"  of  Ogle- 
thorpe's legacy,  and  again,  now  some 
thirty  years  thereafter,  she  found  her- 
self once  again  upon  evil  times.  There 
was,  then,  another  man,  with  a  new 
dream  for  Oglethorpe.  And  once  again, 
he  began  to  rebuild — not  with  stone 
and  steel,  but  by   concept   and  char- 


acter. Today,  men  and  women  are  still 
giving.  Your  loved  ones  have  given, 
that  you  might  come  here.  Strangers 
to  us,  but  not  to  Oglethorpe,  have 
given.  The  members  of  this  faculty- 
past  and  present — have  given.  And  we 
are  their  heirs. 

Let  us  then  be  mindful  of  what  we 
have  received— for  it  is  infinitely 
greater  than  what  we  have  given.  Let 
us  acknowledge  our  great  debt — to  his- 
tory— to  country — to  university — and 
to  loved  ones. 

This  then,  is  the  true  meaning  of  this 
time  of  commencement — not  your 
achievement,  but  that  of  your  bene- 
factors. Not  the  end  of  learning,  but 
only  the  beginning.  Not  the  comple- 
tion of  your  work,  but  only  the  tools 
for  the  greater  work  ahead.  Not  the 
discharge  of  obligations  to  our  school, 
but  the  start. 

Nothing  in  Oglethorpe's  history  has 
come  to  her  without  struggle.  How 
well  named  is  the  Stormy  Petrel,  for 
there  have  been  many  storms  in  which 
to  fly!  How  apt  her  motto  "Nescit 
Cedere,"  "He  Did  Not  Know  How  to 
Give  Up,"  for  had  our  founders  and 
builders  been  lesser  men,  we  would 
not  be  here. 

Thus,  in  the  history  of  our  past,  we 
find  a  guideline  for  our  future.  Be 
prepared  to  fly  in  the  face  of  any  storm. 
Nescit  Cedere!   Don't  Give  Up! 

A  favorite  verse  is  found  in  Long- 
fellow's   poem    "The    Ladder    of    St. 
Augustine." 
Heights  that  great  men  reached   and 

kept 

Were  not  attained  by  sudden  flight 
But  they,  while  their  companions  slept 
Were  toiling  upward  in  the  night. 

If  we  are  mindful  of  our  deep  and 
abiding  obligation  to  this  university — 
if  we  are  worthy  of  the  sacrifices  that 
have  been  made  for  us — there  will  be 
many  nights  of  toiling  upward. 

If  we  are  worthy  heirs  of  our  heri- 
tage and  dutiful  beneficiaries  of  our  old 
university,  we  will  welcome  a  life  of 
toil — for  only  toil  is  the  road  that  leads 
upward. 

Let  us  therefore  be  grateful  for  our 
many  gifts.  Let  us  never  forget  the 
good  years  we  spent  here.  And,  let  us 
be  about  the  business  of  life — and  go 
to  work!" 

The  Flying  Petrel 


Record  Enrollment  for 
Summer  School 

Oglethorpe  University's  first  session 
of  Summer  School  opened  with  a  rec- 
ord enrollment  of  328.  Regular  stu- 
dents represented  103  of  those  enrolled 
with  8  new  students  and  59  transient 
and  special  students.  Teachers-in- 
service,  taking  advantage  of  the  sum- 
mer vacation,  form  nearly  half  the  day- 
time students.  Review  courses  in  High 
School  mathematics  and  English  are 
being  offered  in  addition  to  twenty- 
three  courses  from  the  regular  curric- 
ulum and  two  special  courses  in  history. 

Dr.  Martin  Abbott  teaches  the  spe- 
cial history  courses  that  treat  in  depth 
the  American  South,  1607-1860  and 
the  Civil  War  and  Reconstruction  Era. 

This  year  for  the  first  time  there  are 
Summer  Evening  classes  with  102  en- 
rolled. This  brings  the  total  summer 
enrollment  to  430.  The  Evening  classes 
are  on  the  regular  quarter  system. 
Ten  courses  are  being  taught,  among 
them  a  seminar  on  the  problems  of 
education. 

Twenty-two  courses  will  be  available 
during  the  second  day  session  of  sum- 
mer school. 


Here,  There  and  Yon  .  .  . 

Summer  is  not  idly  spent  with  the 
faculty  and  students  of  Oglethorpe  this 
year.  Travel,  study,  research,  teaching 
and  work  is  the  story. 

Of  the  faculty,  6  are  doing  work  on 
their  Ph.D.  degrees. 

The  Wendell  Browns  will  travel  the 
New  England  states  and  take  in  the 
Shakespearian  Festival  being  held  in 
Stratford,  Ontaria,  Canada. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cheever  Cressy  will 
tour  France,  Germany,  the  Nether- 
lands, Sweden,  and  Denmark.  Their 
trip  also  will  include  a  two  week  stay 
in  London  at  which  time  they  will  visit 
with  the  Lindsey  Coulborns  in  Essex. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Bieler  will 
spend  the  summer  in  France  at  the 
University  of  Besancon,  where  Dr. 
Bieler  is  doing  further  study. 

Dr.   Martin  Abbott  will  participate 


in  a  three  week  American  Studies  Sem- 
inar at  Falkstein,  Germany  for  German 
graduate  students  planning  to  become 
university  professors. 

Mr.  Grady  Randolph  has  been 
granted  a  Fulbright  Scholarship  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  1963  Institute  in  Chinese 
Civilization  at  Tunghai  University  at 
Taichung  Taiwan  (Formosa). 

Dr.  Richard  Reser  is  going  for  10 
weeks  to  the  University  of  Colorado  to 
attend  a  Summer  Institute  in  An- 
thropology. This  is  being  sponsored 
by  the  American  Science  Foundation. 

Mrs.  Kennedy  Hodges,  wife  of  Dr. 
Hodges,  chemistry  professor,  will  be 
touring  the  Eastern  European  countries 
for  two  months.  She  will  be  concen- 
trating her  travels  to  see  how  the  Iron 
Curtain  countries  educate  children  who 
are  mentally  and  physically  handi- 
capped. Mrs.  Hodges  will  visit  Russia, 
Poland,  Czechoslovakia,  Yugoslavia  of 
the  Communist  countries.  Denmark, 
Norway,  Israel,  Turkey,  Jordan, 
Greece,  Italy,  Spain  and  Portugal  will 
also  be  visited. 

Dr.  Ignacio  Merino,  Spanish  profes- 
sor, is  devoting  his  summer  to  teaching 
Cuban  refugee  children  in  the  Atlanta 
area.  A  refugee  from  Castro  himself, 
Dr.  Merino  has  been  appointed  Direc- 
tor of  a  summer  school  designed  to 
give  Cuban  children  a  background  in 
the  geography,  history,  civics  and  lan- 
guage of  Cuba.  These  subjects  are  not 
taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Atlanta 
thus  the  special  school.  The  school  will 
be  staffed  by  qualified  Cuban  teachers 
on  a  volunteer  basis. 

The  students  are  just  as  busy  as  the 
faculty.  There  are  approximately  130 
regular  students  enrolled  in  summer 
courses  on  the  campus.  Two  science 
students  Dennis  Kerr  of  Jacksonville, 
Fla.  and  John  Lipham  of  Atlanta  are 
training  in  research  projects  at  Oak 
Ridge;  Conan  Rudd  and  Marty  Gil- 
reath  are  with  the  "Theater  Under  the 
Stars"  productions.  Conan  as  the  tech- 
nical director  and  Marty  will  sing  and 
act  in  the  production  "Call  Me 
Madam." 

Cherry  Hodges  will  serve  an  intern- 
ship in  Charles  Weltner's  office  in 
Washington.  There  are  a  number  of 
Humanics  students  working  and  train- 
ing in  nearby  Scout  camps  and  one 
student  is  on  a  scout  ranch  in  Arizona. 


1963 

And  Away  We  Go  - 

Teaching,  business,  housekeeping 
and  graduate  study  are  among  the  fields 
Oglethorpe's  1963  graduating  class  will 
be  entering.  Teaching  with  eighteen 
graduates  is  represented  with  the  larg- 
est number  entering  one  profession. 
Primarily  they  are  going  into  elemen- 
tary and  high  school  teaching,  with  one 
student  on  the  Research  faculty  at 
Georgia  Tech.  Most  of  the  new  teach- 
ers plan  to  remain  in  Atlanta  and  the 
surrounding  area,  although  Savannah, 
Ga.  and  Raleigh,  N.  C.  will  also  have 
teachers  from  Oglethorpe. 

Three  of  the  graduates  planning  to 
continue  their  education  are  entering 
the  Ministry.  Ken  Borden  and  Jack 
Turpin  are  going  to  Columbia  Semi- 
nary and  Layman  Edward  Kelly  will 
enter  Emory  University's  Seminary. 

The  Medical  College  of  Georgia  and 
Georgia  Tech  will  both  have  Ogle- 
thorpe graduates  attending. 

In  the  Technical  fields,  Miss  Joyce 
Tebeau  is  employed  as  a  Medical  Tech- 
nologist and  Mrs.  Martha  Mobley  will 
be  working  as  a  Research  Physicist. 

Two  students  will  be  working  for  the 
IBM  Corporation.  Lynn  Drury  will  be 
trained  in  the  application  of  computers 
to  Government  work  and  eventually 
enter  research.  Thomas  Winn  will  be 
trained  to  be  a  computer  programer. 
Walter  Music  will  be  employed  by  the 
Bell  Telephone  Laboratories  and  at- 
tend graduate  school  at  Duke  Uni- 
versity. 

A  Peace  Corps  member  and  two  Dis- 
trict Executives  in  Professional  Scout- 
ing are  also  among  the  graduates.  Only 
three  students  are  going  directly  into 
the  Armed  Services. 

Many  of  the  ladies  are  becoming 
housewives,  a  full  time  profession.  Sev- 
eral graduates  are  still  undecided  about 
the  field  they  will  enter. 


Fall  Dinner  Dance 

Saturday,  October  12,  1963 

Details  Later 


Summer  Issue  1963 


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By  KEN  DAVIS 

Although  the  Oglethorpe  baseball 
team  has  not  had  one  of  its  best  sea- 
sons this  year,  it  has  come  through 
when  it  counted,  to  down  such  foes  as 
the  University  of  Georgia. 

Without  a  doubt,  the  Petrel  nine  has 
missed  the  batting  and  all  round  skill 
of  former  ace  Tommy  Norwood  (now 
playing  with  the  Chattanooga  farm 
team),  pitcher  Johnnie  Guthrie,  and 
infielder  Jay  Rowland.  However,  this 
year's  team  has  not  stopped  to  worry 
about  past  problems  or  trophies. 

The  team  began  its  season  and 
played  three  complete  games  before 
the  whole  team  even  had  time  to  prac- 
tice together,  due  to  many  of  the  play- 
ers just  getting  back  from  the  national 
tournament  on  the  basketball  front. 

The  first  encounter  was  dropped  to 
the  Virginia  Military  Academy,  in  At- 
lanta, by  a  score  of  4-1.  This  was  on 
March  28.  In  the  following  two  days 
the  Petrels  fell  victim  to  the  hard- 
hitting team  of  their  recent  basketball 
foe,  Carson-Newman  of  Tennessee. 
The  first  game  ended  with  the  Petrels 
on  the  short  end  of  a  16-3  score  while 
the  second  game  ended  10-0. 

At  this  point,  Oglethorpe  fans  were 
beginning  to  shy  away  from  baseball 
discussions.  Things  weren't  looking  too 
good  with  the  next  encounter  to  be 
with  the  University  of  Georgia  while 
the  Petrels  were  practicing.  When  the 
Bulldogs  arrived  on  that  fateful  day  of 
April  1,  they  were  in  for  one  of  the 
biggest  April  Fool  jokes  ever  played  in 
Georgia. 

While  Georgia  put  forth  its  best  in 
the  form  of  former  all-staters  such  as 
Don  Woeltjen,  Benny  Cheek,  and  foot- 
ball players  such  as  Larry  Rakestraw, 
Oglethorpe  assembled  its  unknowns, 
who  proceeded  to  clip  the  Bulldog's 
tail. 

Both  Larry  Abner  and  Ken  Borden 
hit  home  runs,  just  to  show  the  big  city 
boys  that  O.U.  knew  how  to  play  ball, 
too.  The  Petrels  collected  six  hits  and 
two  walks  in  the  fourth  inning  and  went 
on  to  win  the  game  by  a  score  of  8-7. 

On  April  8,  the  baseball  squad  met 
with  Berry  College  at  Anderson  Field 
and  walked  away  with  the  win  by  a 
score  of  3-2.  The  game  went  to  eleven 
innings  before  the  Petrels  were  able  to 
pull  away  by  a  run.  Morris  Mitchell 
led  the  field  of  7  hits  with  a  home  run 
in  the  sixth  inning. 


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Four  days  later,  in  a  return  meeting 
with  Berry  in  Rome,  the  Atlanta  nine 
dropped  a  close  decision  by  a  score  of 
9-8.  Ben  Hargrove  picked  up  the  loss 
as  the  losing  pitcher,  but  the  team  al- 
most picked  up  the  win,  gaining  a  few 
runs  each  inning.  After  scoring  twice 
in  the  first,  the  Petrels  scored  once  in 
the  third,  once  in  the  fourth,  once  in 
the  fifth,  once  in  the  eighth,  and  twice 
in  the  ninth. 

The  next  game  was  with  Wake  For- 
est of  Winston-Salem,  North  Carolina. 
The  Atlanta  team  couldn't  seem  to  find 
the  range  and  got  only  three  runs  on 
seven  hits  to  drop  the  game  13-3. 

The  O.U.  players  bounced  back  on 
April  16  to  beat  Mercer  University,  an 
old  basketball  foe,  by  a  score  of  10-9. 
The  Petrels  picked  up  10  runs  on  eight 
hits,  led  by  Larry  Abner  with  a  home 
run  in  the  sixth  inning.  Ben  Hargrove 
picked  up  the  win  as  the  team  won 
despite  seven  errors. 

Wheaton  College  of  the  greater  Chi- 
cago area  invaded  the  South  on  April 
19,  and  commenced  to  split  a  double- 
header  with  Oglethorpe.  The  Atlan- 
tans  got  the  first  blood  when  they 
picked  up  the  first  win  9-7.  Larry  Ab- 
ner was  the  winning  pitcher  as  he  got 
fine  support  from  his  team  who  had  14 
hits,  24  putouts,  7  assists,  and  no 
errors. 

The  second  game,  on  April  20,  did 
not  prove  quite  as  successful,  as  the 
Yanks  pulled  ahead  to  win  4-2  by  the 
end  of  the  game.  Bob  Moreland  tried 
to  start  the  team  off  as  he  hit  a  home- 
run  in  the  first  inning,  but  this  and  one 
other  in  the  third,  were  all  that  the 
team  could  produce.  The  team  got 
only  six  hits  while  committing  three 
errors  which  gave  the  final  loss  to  Ben 
Hargrove. 

The  next  Petrel  foe  was  Piedmont 
who  revenged  their  recent  basketball 
losses  by  downing  the  team  by  a  score 
of  5-4.  The  team  picked  up  three  runs 
in  the  fifth  inning  and  one  more  in  the 
seventh  led  by  Larry  Abner  who  hit 
the  only  double  of  the  afternoon. 

Then  on  April  27,  Shorter  College 
also  defeated  the  O.U.  team  4-1  at 
Anderson  Field.  Even  though  there 
were  no  errors,  the  Petrels  could  not 
seem  to  find  the  range  after  they  scored 
their  only  run  in  the  first  inning. 

St.  Bernard  gave  the  Oglethorpe 
team  its  fourth  defeat  in  a  row  on  a 
2-0  score.   The  team  only  got  five  hits 


while  committing  one  error  as  Roy 
Cowart  picked  up  the  loss. 

However,  when  the  real  opponent 
and  foe  appeared,  the  Petrel  flew  its 
highest.  The  team  traveled  to  Athens 
to  meet  the  University  of  Georgia  and 
again  picked  up  the  win  by  a  score  of 
7-3.  The  team  had  9  hits  10  assists 
against  errorless  defense.  Roy  Cowart 
led  the  hitters  with  a  grand  slam  home- 
run  in  the  third  inning. 

Union  College  of  Tennessee  stepped 
into  the  picture  next  and  dealt  the  team 
two  decisive  blows  in  succession,  10-0, 
and  6-3. 

On  May  14,  the  Petrels  won  a  fine 
game  over  Piedmont  and  revenged  an 
earlier  defeat  by  a  score  of  12-5.  This 
was  the  second  game  of  the  season  that 
two  homeruns  were  hit  by  the  O.U. 
team.  Both  Ben  Hargrove  and  Roy 
Cowart  put  the  ball  over  the  fence  for 
scores. 

Statistics  as  of  the  last  University  of 
Georgia  game  showed  Larry  Abner 
leading  the  individual  batters  with  a 
.400  average,  followed  by  Morris 
Mitchell  with  .370  and  Ken  Borden 
with  .300. 


JBcaths 


Jack  Brown,  '36,  died  recently  in  a 
local  hospital.  He  was  a  native  of  Mar- 
tin, Ga.  and  had  lived  in  the  Atlanta 
area  for  about  30  years.  At  the  time  of 
his  death,  he  was  a  buyer  with  Southern 
Merchandise.  His  widow  and  two  chil- 
dren reside  in  Atlanta. 

W.  H.  Tucker,  '25,  former  teacher 
and  coach  at  North  Fulton  High 
School  died  at  his  home  in  Houston, 
Texas  May  23,  1963.  He  had  retired 
from  the  teaching  profession  and  had 
resided  in  Houston  for  the  past  year. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Eubanks  Hughes,  '40. 

Died  June  4,  1963.  Mrs.  Hughes  had 
taught  in  the  Atlanta  Schools  for  38 
years  before  her  death. 

Miss  Linda  Cox,  '35,  died  at  her 
home  recently.  She  had  been  employed 
at  Davison's  for  24  years  and  at  the 
time  of  her  death  was  head  of  the  Iris 
Lee  Department. 

Margaret  Miller  (Mrs.  Sam)  Rick- 
man,  '56,  died  in  April.  She  had  made 
her  home  in  Punta  Gorda,  Florida. 

Henrv  H.  Dodge  '36,  of  Clearwater, 

Fla.  died  1962. 

Bertha  B.  Faircloth  '40  of  Albany, 
deceased  Spring,  1963. 


Page  4 


The  Flying  Petrel 


Turk,  Parrish  and  Schmidt 
Elected  to  the  Hall  of  Fame 

Three  more  distinguished  alumni 
joined  the  select  ranks  of  Oglethorpe 
University's  Athletic  Hall  of  Fame  at 
annual  homecoming  ceremonies  in 
May.  Plaques  bearing  the  name  of 
Dr.  L.  Newton  Turk  (baseball),  Clay 
Parrish  (baseball  and  football)  and 
Steve  Schmidt  ("Mr.  Booster")  went 
up  on  the  walls  of  the  university's 
show-place  field  house  to  join  those  of 
six  "charter  members"  chosen  in  the 
Hall's  first  balloting  last  year. 

These  names,  as  well  as  the  original 
6  were  picked  from  a  long  list  of  nom- 
inations submitted  by  alumni  and 
friends  of  the  school,  by  an  election 
committee  composed  of  Ed  Miles  as 
chairman,  Earl  Mann,  Frank  Ander- 
son, Sr.,  John  Patrick,  Jim  Hinson, 
Garland  Pinholster,  Luke  Appling,  An- 
sel Paulk  and  Ralph  McGill.  The 
plaques  bear  the  following  citation: 
"This  honor  is  in  recognition  of  out- 
standing contributions  to  the  overall 
excellence  of  athletics  at  Oglethorpe 
and  complete  dedication  to  the  univer- 
sity." The  recipient's  name  and  desig- 
nated category  are  inscribed  below. 

Dr.  Turk  was  one  of  the  finest  pitch- 
ers the  collegiate  world  has  ever  seen, 
and  a  probable  long  major  league  ca- 
reer was  eliminated  when  he  decided  to 
continue  his  studies  towards  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine. 

Clay  Parrish,  in  addition  to  being 
one  of  the  best  of  the  early  "long  ball 
hitters,"  could  also  be  described  as  a 
practicing  exponent  of  the  idea  of 
"hard-nose"  football. 

Steve  Schmidt,  named  as  vice  presi- 
dent of  Oglethorpe  University  Athletic 
Booster  Club  when  it  was  organized 
some  six  years  ago,  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  organization  in  its  second 
year  and  has  served  continuously  in 
this  capacity  until  retiring  to  the  post  of 
chairman  of  the  board  this  year.  Next 
to  Coach  Garland  Pinholster,  his  con- 
tribution in  time  and  effort  has  been 
the  greatest  single  factor  in  raising  the 
standards  of  the  school's  athletic  pro- 
gram to  its  present  level. 

Charter  members  of  the  Hall  of 
Fame,  elected  in  1962  were  Frank  An- 
derson, Sr.  (coach),  Harry  Robertson 
(coach),  Luke  Appling  (baseball). 
Garland  Pinholster  (coach),  Cy  Bell 
(football)  and  Adrian  Morrow  (foot- 
ball). 

The  Hall  of  Fame  will  be  a  continu- 
ing affair,  with  nominations  solicited 
each  spring  before  Homecoming,  but 


Jim  Holliday  leads  alumni  meeting  in  plans  for    1963-64 


The  knowledge  of  fulfilling  success- 
fully the  duties  we  inherit  as  an  alumnus 
is  our  reward.  This  bounty  now  belongs 
to  Sam  Hirsch,  Jr.  and  the  other  offi- 
cers of  our  Alumni  Association  for 
their  work  during  the  past  Adminis- 
tration. All  of  us  have  benefited  and  to 
each  of  you — our  gratitude. 

As  your  incoming  President,  I  pledge 
to  each  of  you  that  a  core  of  deter- 
mined, conscientious  officers  of  our 
Alumni  Association  will  do  everything 
possible  to  further  the  goals  of  our 
great  University. 

One  of  the  first  and  greatest  goals  is 
to  bring  the  Alumni  together  in  an  even 
more  successful  bond  with  their  Alma 
Mater. 

If  you  could  personally  see  the  tre- 
mendous strides  our  school  is  now  be- 
ginning to  take,  you  would  be  mighty 
proud. 

Please  keep  us  informed  as  to  ways 
you  think  our  Association  can  better 
achieve  its  purpose — that  of  aiding 
Oglethorpe  University  and  her  doors 
opened  to  us. 


each  year's  selections  will  be  limited  to 
three  persons  to  be  chosen  by  the  elec- 
tion committee  from  the  nominations 
submitted. 

The  idea  for  such  a  select  group  of 
course  is  not  new,  but  its  adoption  by 
the  Oglethorpe  University  Athletic 
Boosters  Club  is  simply  another  indica- 
tion of  the  vital  and  growing  alumni 
support  of  the  athletic  program  at  the 
school.  This  year's  program,  incident- 
ally, culminated  in  national  third  place 
honors  for  the  basketball  team  and  a 
tennis  team  which  went  through  the 
entire  season  unbeaten! 


Do  We  Outgrow  Our  Responsibility 

to  Our  Alma  Mater? 

How  often  we  remember  with  fond 
memories  past  associations  in  church, 
social,  civic  or  business  life.  And  cer- 
tainly we  reflect  upon  our  years  "on 
campus"  with  utmost  affection  and  a 
deep  sense  of  joy.  But  do  we  fully 
realize  that  the  continuation  and  pro- 
gress of  our  Alma  Mater  is  directly  de- 
pendent upon  the  support  that  we,  as 
Alumni,  give  Oglethorpe?  The  first 
thing  that  is  asked  of  those  seeking 
Foundation  support  is,  "How  Many 
Alumni  do  you  have?"  "What  is  the 
total  of  their  gifts?"  "What  percentage 
of  your  total  alumni  are  making  some 
contribution?" 

Someone  has  aptly  said,  "There  are 
lots  of  excuses  for  not  giving,  but  no 
real  reasons."  Do  we  promise  ourselves 
that  next  year  we  are  going  to  make 
a  gift  to  our  Alumni  Association;  next 
year  we  are  going  to  attend  Alumni 
Day;  next  year  we  are  going  to  work 
with  those  Alumni  we  know  to  secure 
support  for  the  Development  Program; 
next  year  we  will  do  better  than  we 
have  ever  done  before  in  lending  moral 
support  and  encouragement  to  the  col- 
lege that  did  so  much  for  us? 

Do  we  ever  really  stop  and  consider 
that  no  matter  how  grateful  and  thank- 
ful we  are,  for  our  Alma  Mater,  it 
doesn't  mean  anything  until  we  express 
it  in  our  actions.  An  active  develop- 
ment program  is  under  way  with  a  defi- 
nite time  table  for  the  much  awaited 
expansion.  Is  the  missing  ingredient 
our  support?  Will  the  ship  not  be 
launched  on  time  because  we  didn't  do 
our  part  at  the  right  time — NOW!  This 
is  more  than  just  a  challenge — it  is  an 
opportunity.  An  opportunity  that  must 
be  met  and  fulfilled  by  each  and  every 
alumni. 


Summer  Issue  1963 


Page  5 


Alumni  Day  in  Pictures 

Again  there  was  a  record  number  of  Alumni  who  attended  the  day-long  events 
on  Alumni  Day,  May  11th.  For  those  of  you  who  were  unable  to  attend,  here  are 
a  few  pictures  taken  on  that  day.  Next  year,  why  dori't  you  come? 


T.  W.  "Curley"  Fulton  '31  and  Wayne  Traer  '28 


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Don  and  Jane  Bloemer,  with  Sam  Hirsch.  Jr. 


Alumni  refresh  themselves  at  the  Art  Tea 


Banty  Eubanks,  R.  G.  Slayton  chat  with  Amos 
and  Doris  Martin. 


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Ernest  and  Katherine  Stone 


Page  6 


The  Flying  Petrel 


Jim    Magee.    '57    and    Marvin    Lawson.    '58 


Lucian  "Bird"  Hope,  '21.  Coach  Frank  Anderson  and  L.  N.  Turk,  '20. 


This  is  part  of  the  crowd  attending  the  buffet  supper  held  on  Alumni  Day 


Summer  Issue  1963 


Paee  7 


THROUGH  THE  YEARS 


Joseph  J.  Fine,  '29,  attorney  in  the 
firm  of  Fine  and  Rolander  in  Atlanta, 
has  been  elected  to  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  the  Thomas  Jefferson  Insurance 
Company  of  Louisville,  Ky. 

Jim  Hinson,  '49,  principal  of  John 
B.  Gordon,  has  been  elected  president 
of  the  Atlanta  Elementary  School  Prin- 
cipals for  the  1963-1964  school  year. 

O.  K.  Sheffield,  Jr.,  '53,  was  elected 
President  of  theAtlanta  Junior  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  for  the  coming  year. 


William  Luttrell  '55,  will  receive  his 
Masters  Degree  in  English  from  the 
University  of  Colorado  in  August. 


Charles  S.  Harris,  '54,  received  his 
Ph.D.  degree  in  Psychology  from  the 
Southern  Illinois  University  last  June. 


Jimmy  Sivils  '56,  will  begin  teaching 
at  the  Ohio  Medical  School  in  Colum- 
bus, Ohio  this  coming  September.  He 
is  married  to  the  former  Mania  Hiatt, 
'57. 

John  L.  Dupuy,  '57,  received  his 
Masters  degree  in  Science  from  Rutgers 
University  last  June. 

Jack  C.  Lane,  '57,  received  his  Ph.D. 
degree  from  the  University  of  Georgia 
last  June.  He  has  been  appointed  as- 
sistant professor  of  history  at  Rollins 
College,  Winter  Park,  Fla.  beginning 
this  fall. 

David  John  Chesnut,  60,  has  been 
elected  president  of  the  Student  Law 
Association  at  Emory  University. 

Wayne  Dobbs,  '60,  has  been  ap- 
pointed the  new  basketball  Coach  at 
Brewton-Parker  College  at  Mount  Ver- 
non, Georgia.  He  will  assume  his  new 
position  in  September. 


Dana  Lou  Howe,  '60,  is  now  with 
the  Department  of  the  Army,  Special 
Services.  She  is  stationed  in  Europe  as 
a  Recreation  Specialist. 


Charles  Jackson,  '60,  has  begun 
work  at  Emory  University  toward  a 
Ph.D.  degree  in  History. 


Derrill  Gay,  '62,  has  received  a  pre- 
doctorial  grant  from  Emory  University. 
He  will  begin  studies  in  September  in 
the  Sociology  department. 


Bob  Mohan  '62  and  Lynda  Moore 

were    married    May    18,    1963.    The 
couple  will  reside  in  Atlanta. 


Jack  C.  Warren,  '62,  has  been  ap- 
pointed the  District  Scout  Executive 
for  Miami,  Fla.  This  new  position  is 
effective  July,  1963. 


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