Jliari/wlle College
BULLETIN
ALUMNI ISSUE
APRIL 1955
1 955 COMMENCEMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 13
8:00 a.m.— Distribution of Prizes and Music Program
8:30 p.m.— Commencement Play — "Pygmalion'
SATURDAY, MAY 14
ALUMNI DAY
8:00 a.m.— Senior Class Chapel
9:00 a.m.— Spring Meeting of the Directors of Maryville College
Noon— Class luncheons as arranged
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.— Reception for Alumni, Seniors, Parents of Students, Faculty
and other Guests by President and Mrs. Lloyd at Morningside
7:00 p.m.— Annual Alumni Dinner
9:30 p.m.— Band Concert
SUNDAY, MAY 15
10:30 a.m.— Baccalaureate Service— Sermon by President Lloyd
4:00 p.m.— Senior Music Hour
7:00 p.m.— Commencement Vespers
MONDAY, MAY 16
10:00 a.m.— Graduation Exercises, 136th Year
FOUNDERS AND HOMECOMING DAY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1955
OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
1954-1955
President Edwin J. Best, '36
Vice-President Mrs. David L. McArthur, '35
Recording Secretary Miss Winifred L. Painter, 15
Executive Committee
Class of 1955: Mrs. Joe D. Beals, Jr., '47; Mrs. Maynard L. Dunn, '27; Mr. James W. King, '25.
Class of 1956: Mrs. James B. Cornett, '50; Mr. Linton Loy Lane, '32; Mr. Tom J. West, ex '33.
Class of 1957: Dr. Henry A. Callaway, ex '17; E. C. Crow, '30; Mrs. W. C. Frishe, '36.
MARYVILLE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Published by Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee
Ralph Waldo Lloyd, President
Vol. LIII April, 1955 No. 6
Published quarterly by Maryville College. Entered May 24, 1904, at Maryville, Tennessee as second-
class mail matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103 Act of
October 3, 19(7, authorized February 10, 1919. '
EDWIN J. BEST, PRESIDENT OF THE MARYVILLE
COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Dear Maryville College Alumnus:
To get in the proper atmosphere for writing a letter to you, I came over to Anderson Hall this
morning, to the Alumni Office. Just as I picked up my pencil, a bell rang somewhere; the clock
showed 9:20. The old building, which until now had been silent, began to stir. The first sound
was as a distant wind, a magnified rustling. And then there was a roar. Old floors groaned and
the ancient stairways creaked. Whole torrents of young humanity rushed through the corridors.
There was a flurry of movement outside and now there is reverse flow as students climb the stairs to
classes now beginning. You remember these sounds I am sure.
I have taken all this space to tell you something you already know: there is a lot of life on the
campus, an infecting energy. Exposure to it seems to quicken the most sedentary of us. II you
have gotton out of touch with Maryville since you graduated, you must miss this ever renewing
source of human power, the dynamic force of youth.
While you certainly remember the sounds of student life, you may have forgotten Antaeus, de-
feated by Hercules. Antaeus' great strength was his so long as he kept contact with tin- earth.
When Hercules lifted him into the air, Antaeus weakened and died at the hands of his adversary.
The moral is this: don't lose contact. Don't be an Antaeus.
There are many ways to keep in touch with Maryville. Let us hear from you. Keep your area
Alumni Clubs active. Advertise Maryville in your community. Keep your membership in tin- Buck-
of-thc-Month Club active.
And don't forget the Annual Alumni Banquet on May 14!
Sincerely yours.
Edwin J. Best
President, Alumni Association
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President Lloyd's Page
To Maryville College Alumni:
(1) This message is being written April 2 on an
airplane enroute from Maryville to the Pacific North-
west and Alaska. Mrs. Lloyd is with me. I am
scheduled to conduct Good Friday services at Fair-
hanks, Alaska, and Easter services far up at Barrow.
The present journey will last almost four weeks and
includes three days of speaking in Oregon, fifteen in
Alaska, and three in the State of Washington. We
shall be back at the College on April 27.
(2) My 25th Commencement as President will
be held on Monday, May 16. It was originally
scheduled for Wednesday, May 18, but was moved
chiefly out of consideration for my duties as retiring
Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church in the USA, which meets this year in
Los Angeles on May 19. I have not missed a com-
mencement and would have regretted especially
missing this twenty-fifth. If Providence permits me
to be present on May 16, as I expect, the one hundred
diplomas to the class of 1955 will bring the number
which I shall have handed to Maryville College
seniors to a total of 3034, which comprises sixty-seven
per cent of all diplomas awarded in the history of
the College. That fact is a startling one to me
personally. It reminds me not only of accumulating
years and larger classes in these recent decades, but
also of the increasing number of you in whom I have
a deep special interest. With the exception of the
few who have gone on from this into the larger life
and the others who have not kept their addresses up
to date in the Alumni Office, all of "my graduates"
will receive this Bulletin and at least some will be
reading this page. May I extend warm personal
greetings and pray God's blessing upon you.
(3) As Moderator of the General Assembly,
when I finally reach Maryville about June 1 from the
1955 General Assembly, I shall have traveled about
80,000 miles, more than three times the distance
around the world, on church business within the
United States, Canada, and Alaska, since the General
Assembly in Detroit last May. It has seemed best
to remain in North America during the year although
our Church has work in thirty-four other countries.
It happened that the ecumenical gatherings, the
World Presbyterian Alliance and the World Council
of Churches, held their meetings in the United States
so that it was not necessary to go abroad for them.
In ) uly, after my Moderatorial duties are over, I
expect to go to Europe for meetings of the Executive
Committee of the Alliance and the Central Committee
of the World Council. In my traveling and speaking
I am seeing many Maryville College alumni, for which
I am glad.
( 4 ) The Union of the Presbyterian Church in the
USA, the Presbyterian Church in the US, and the
United Presbyterian Church, to which I have given
considerable time for several years, has been post-
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poned by failure of the US (Southern) Church to
approve it. The votes in the other two Churches are
favorable, and a majority of the US presbyteries have
approved, but three fourths of them were required.
We shall continue to work for the union with confi-
dence that it will come in time because it is needed,
practicable, and right.
(5) At the College the work is going forward
well. I have been away about four fifths of the time
and greatly miss being on the campus. I look for-
ward to next year when I can "major" again in college
affairs. I am deeply grateful to my associates on the
staff and faculty who are carrying additional respon-
sibilities so effectively. We are suffering some serious
losses. All of us were deeply shocked and grieved
by the unexpected death of Professor Sisk. At the
end of the year Professor Walker, now the senior
member of the faculty in point of service, is to retire.
He was a teacher when I was a student, which means
that I have never known the College when he was
not a member of the faculty. We shall greatly miss
him on the campus, but are glad he will continue to
live in his present home. I am glad to report that
the first year of return to our former interracial policy
is proving to be a successful one. There have been
no serious "incidents," student relationships have been
normal, and the "outside world" is more and more
recognizing that the program is right.
(6) Our Building Program is going forward, with
the past year being especially productive for the new
ivomen's dormitory. As you know, it was the object
of the Christian education "Opportunity Gifts" of
Presbyterian women in 1954. Their goal was $65,000,
but the total they have actually given us in cash is
$77,408.35. This is cause for deep gratitude on the
part of every Maryville College person. The total
now in hand for the dormitory is $171,915. We need
another $150,000 and are seeking it, and we are ex-
ploring also the possibility of erecting the building
in two units, starting that for which we have money
in the coming fall. The money received for the
Chapel and Theater is now $416,448, but the esti-
mated final cost (exclusive of the organ) is $616,491.
So, we still have a big task ahead on this. But the
building is a wonderful asset to the College of the
present and the future.
(7) Our Enrollment is still sub-normal. There
are 683 students this year, against our norm of 800.
Alumni are asked to represent the College in interest-
ing young people of the right preparation and char-
acter in the opportunities at Maryville College. You
are our best representatives.
Cordially yours,
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THE NEW CHAPEL
The beautiful Samuel Tyndale Wilson Chapel, now Hear-
ing the end of its first year of useful service to the college
community, has more than surpassed expectations. Hailed as
an architectural masterpiece, its adaptability has been a
revelation, particularly to those who suffered through the seven
lean years after the loss of the old ehapel when the Alumni
Gym was the gathering place for all college meetings.
It has proven ideal for the daily chapel services. Dr.
McClelland and Dr. Cooper have joined forces to work out an
excellent loud speaker system which has been of great help.
The Artist Series, featuring such attractions as Cornelia
Otis Skinner, the Don Cossack Chorus, and the St. Louis
Sinfonietta, has been a resounding success. More than a
thousand people have attended each of the events in the
Scries, with a steadily growing interest on the part of the
community at large.
During the summer, a succession of conferences will be
held in the Chapel, including the regular sessions ot the Synod
ol Mid-South.
Tin' magnificent facilities of the Theatre have also made
a great impression and served a constantly broadening function,
linglish classes have utilized some of the special rooms tor
speech work.
Several completely unforeseen advantages have added to
the conventional uses ol the building. The Faculty-Student
Reception at the opening of the College year was held iii the
patio under the stars, and was one of the most impressive
Occasions ol the entire year. The All-College Sing was held
on the slips ill the Chapel and was another evidence of the
great adaptability of the new facilities.
The Chapel has been \isited by hundreds of people dur-
ing the past few months, with a goodly number of Alumni
represented. It you haven't seen the new chapel yet, it's
worth a trip to the campus.
COMMENCEMENT
The Commencement Week program is given in detail on
the inside front cover ol this issue. Please note th it the
Graduation Exercises are mi Monday, instead ol Wednesday,
and at ten o'clock instead of ten-thirty. Alumni Day is on
Saturday, as it has been in recent years, The new Samuel
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Tyndale Wilson Chapel is large enough to accommodate all
who come so some alumni may wish to remain over the week-
end for Baccalaureate Sunday and Commencement Day.
The senior class is small this year, reflecting the small
entering classes of four years ago. The- veterans, who made
such extraordinary large classes after the war, were either
through college or in college when this class entered, and the
low birthrate of the depression years meant fewer high school
graduates.
The Annual Alumni Dinner will be held in the Dining
Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, May IT Tickets arc $1.50
and may be purchased at the registration table on the campus
that day, although advance reservations arc helpful to those
who plan the dinner. The band concert will begin at 9:30 a.m.
and Alumni President Best, who will be presiding at the
dinner, promises that the dinner will be over in time to attend
the concert.
REUNIONS
There are six living members of the' Kilty-Year Class and
it is expected that Several of them will be present for their
reunion. The Twenty-Five Year Class is planning big things
and hopes to have a large number here. The- Forty-Year
Class-1915. the Twenty-Year ClaSS-1935, the Fivc-Ycar Class
— 19.50, and others arc' planning reunions. If you don't know
to whom to write about your reunion, write the Alumni Office
and we shall be glad to put you in touch with your class
reunion chairman.*
GENERAL ASSEMBLY BREAKFAST
The annual Maryville College Breakfast at the Presbyterian
USA Genera] Assembly, which meets in Los Angeles this year,
will be held in the New York Room of the Statler Hotel on
Saturday morning. May 21, at 7:15 am. Those who are
ittending General Assembly will find posters there on which
(o sign up: those who live m the Los Vngeles area should
notify the Secretary of the Southern California Alumni Club.
Mrs. Janus R, T.irwater, til 1 1 Ccrritos \\cnuc. Long Beach.
Payment may be made- at the breakfast Imt reservations arc
necessary. All alumni, parents of students and alumni, and
friends ol the College are cordially invited.
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FACULTY NEWS
Mrs. George Brown, Assistant Professor of Biology, had
a major operation in March. She is recovering very satis-
factorily but will not be able to teach again this spring.
Miss Katharine C. Davies, Chairman of the Division of
Fine Arts, is on Sabbatical Leave this semester studying at
the Royal Conservatory in London. Toward the end of April
she plans to go to Salzburg and Vienna for a month.
Miss Frances Massey, Dean of Women, is on Sabbatical
Leave this semester to study at the University of Tennessee.
Twin sons, Edward Elliott and Andrew Markham, were
born November 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Beard, of the Art faculty.
The students, as usual, sang "Rock-A-Bye Baby" in chapel the
next morning but sang it twice.
Mr. and Mrs. Cragan's second child, Janet Darden, was
born December 7. Mr. Cragan is teaching history this year
while Miss Walker is on Sabbatical Leave.
Two compositions by Mr. Harter are being published soon
by the Shawnee Publishing Co. One is an arrangement of the
Twenty-Third Psalm and the other an arrangement of Two
Wings, a Negro spiritual.
Mr. Hampton, of the Public Relations Office, has an
article in the May issue of Good Housekeeping, entitled "Do
Your College Shopping Early." Impetus for the article came
from Mr. Hampton's experience of many years in the field of
secondary school guidance and also from the current statistics
of the U.S. Office of Education, which indicate that by 1970
college enrolments will be doubled.
During the Christmas vacation and at other times during
the year, many faculty and staff members attend meetings of
associations in their respective fields. Miss Craven attended
the annual meeting of the Southern Speech Association in
Memphis, Miss Cartledge and Dr. Buchanan attended the
meeting of the National Association of Biblical Instructors in
Atlanta, Dr. Case attended the Southern Sociological Society
meeting in Nashville and a very interesting seminar at Fisk
University on "Race and Culture at Mid-Century."
The Tennessee Philological Association celebrated its
fiftienth anniversary at its meeting in March. Dr. Hunter was
to give the response for the Association to the address of
welcome at the banquet, and was also to read a paper on "The
Duke of Vienna: a Study in Motivation," but because of ill-
ness could not attend; Mr. Bushing read his paper for him.
Miss Heron, Miss Wier, and Mr. Bushing of the English
faculty, and Miss Wilkinson and Mr. Schwam of the foreign
languages faculty, attended the meeting. Maryville College
faculty have been active in the Association from its beginning.
Five annual meetings have been held at Maryville College, and
five faculty members have served as president: Dr. H. J.
Bassett in 1918; Dr. E. W. Davis in 1924 and again in 1947;
Dr. George B. Hussey in 1931; Dr. Edwin R. Hunter in 1939;
and Miss Catharine Wilkinson in 1950.
In April Mr. Curtis Hughes, a member of the music-
faculty from 1945 to 1953, and his family moved from Atlanta
to Indianapolis, where he is Minister of Music in the First
Presbyterian Church. Janice Marion, '52, and Kent Buser, '54,
are also on the staff of the church.
RETIREMENT OF PROFESSOR WALKER
Professor Edgar Roy Walker will retire from his position
as Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the end
Professor Walker is in terms of service the senior member
of the Maryville College faculty and staff. He became a
teacher in the institution soon after his graduation in 1909.
He is now completing forty-six years on continuous service
as a member of the faculty.
He was born in Maryville, graduated from the Prepara-
tory Department of the College in 1906 and received the B.A.
degree here in 1909. He took graduate work in three different
years at the University of Chicago and a number of years at
the University of Tennessee. The latter institution conferred
upon him the degree of M.A. in 1930.
Professor Walker married a fellow member of the college
faculty, the former Miss Edith Zimmerman. Their daughter
Arda is now an Assistant Professor of History at the College.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker live on the Old Niles Ferry Pike.
DR. SISK
DEATH OF DR. SISK
Faculty and students were shocked on February 1 by the
news that Dr. Sisk had died of a heart attack that morning.
He had been in the hospital two or three days for a general
check-up and treatment, but expected to be back with his
classes on February 2.
Much of Dr. Sisk's life was closely related to the College.
He had been Professor of Mathematics and Physics since 1938.
He was graduated at Maryville College in 1917; Mrs. Sisk is
the former Florence Steelman, of the Class of 1917; and their
three daughters, Margaret (Mrs. Melvin Magee), Frances
(Mrs. Curtis Wright), and Catherine (Mrs. Harold Kidder),
all graduated from Maryville.
Dr. Sisk received his master's degree from die University
of Kentucky and his doctor's degree from Cornell University.
He was a high school teacher for four years and taught at the
University of Tennessee for fifteen years, coming to the Mary-
ville College faculty from U.T.
The funeral service was held in the Samuel Tyndale
Wilson Chapel on February 3 and interment was in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Knoxville.
Mrs. Sisk is continuing to maintain her home at 117 Miller
Avenue, Maryville.
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THE BUCK OF THE MONTH CLUB
As this is written, it is too early to assess the eventual
potentialities of the Buck of the Month Club, the unique
financial plan evolved by the Executive Council of the Alumni
Association as a partial remedy lor some of the monetary dis-
tress that is assuming epidemic proportions among American
colleges and universities.
It was evident that loyal Maryville alumni wanted to
give, and that more of them wanted to give than had been
giving. The problem was therefore relatively simple: how to
get many people to give something.
The Buck of the Month Club is the answer. At least, it
is becoming increasingly evident that many alumni think it is
sound — as well as appealing. Dozens took the trouble to
write in and commend the Council for the plan.
Nearly three hundred alumni voiced approval with their
"bucks" in the first two weeks of the program! The total
received was more than one thousand dollars within this
period of time. The success of the idea is truly phenomenal
As was pointed out in the first Scotty-gram, the possibili-
following officers: Everett L. Cline, Jr., ex '40, chairman;
Mrs. Edgar II. Dunn, Jr. ( Lur.i Mae Laughmiller, '41 >, vice-
chairman; and Mrs. Joel Phillips, Jr. (Elizabeth Bryant, '42),
secretary-treasurer.
that
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This tirst reunion was so SUCCeSsfu
planned lor nest fall,
Three Ah li Clubs have held dinner meetings in honor
of Or. Lloyd when his moderatorial schedule lias taken linn to
their areas.
In December twenty-two Massachusetts alumni met in
Boston. The arrangements committee was headed by Mrs.
John Carr (Lois Black, '38), and she was assisted by Dr. and
Mrs. .Samuel J. Hall, '22 (Lillian Brandon, '22) and Rev.
Andrew Richards, '18.
In January Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd were in California. On
January 15 a group of twenty alumni living in northern
California had dinner at Exposition Fish Grotto, Fisherman's
Wharf, in San Francisco. Mrs. Jaap van Leeuwem (Eleanor
Henry, '32) was in charge of arrangements. James Shaw, '36,
was elected chairman, and Phyllis Dexter, '35, secretary.
FLORIDA ALUMNI CLUB OFFICERS
ties of this simple project are unbelievable. If all alumni
contributed the $12 a year for which the plan contracts, the
total received would be in excess of $50,000! Unbelievable,
yes, but true.
It is up to the alumni to join ranks and fight for the
Maryville College cause. You, better than anyone else, know
that it is a just one. It is your college that is fighting for
survival. There is hardly a college in the country that does
not have this fight on its hands. The Buck of the Month Club
is a mighty weapon — if all alumni support it.
Read the Scotty-gram each month — and keep the bucks
coming. This is a two-way affair. Remember Antaeus!
ALUMNI CLUBS
Last November thirty Maryville alumni who live in Florida
gathered at the Circle F Dude Ranch at bake Wales, with Mr.
and Mrs. George Fiscbbach, "33 (Cathryn Smith, '38) as host
and hostess, where they enjoyed a week-end ol fun and
reminiscing. They decided to organize a Florida Chapter ol
the Maryville College Alumni Association and elected the
BANQUET COMMITTEE, BOSTON REUNION
On January 17, the Southern California Club met at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Belt, '20 (Elizabeth Bassel, '23)
in Pasadena.
Officers elected were: Lamar Wilson. '21, chairman; Mrs
Paul Roosc (Ilattie Davis, '09), vice-chairman; and Mrs. James
L. Tarwater (Kay Quass, '37), secretary.
Other gatherings of alumni have taken place during the
past few months under the auspices of the Office of Public
Relations. Enthusiastic groups of from half a dozen to thirty
or more have convened in St. Petersburg. Atlanta. Birmingham,
Chattanooga, Louisville, Nashville, and Cincinnati.
Similar meetings will be held in the near future in
Washington, New York City, and perhaps Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh. The primary idea of these reunions has not been
to meet formally, where regularly organized groups are already
in existence, but to provide a medium for the alumni to meet
for a social evening, view slides showing recent campus scenes,
discuss the college problems in general, and to plan lor pos-
sible concerted efforts in the future designed to: 1. stimulate
alumni interest 2. aid in the student recruitment program and
3. to help the Public Relations Secretary to meet as many
alumni as possible in the shortest time possible.
THE MODERATOR'S SCHEDULE
The Fall Alumni Bulletin contained Dr. Lloyd's traveling
schedule through the February Meetings. We are listing be-
low his schedule beginning at that time and continuing
through a European trip this summer. Although his Modera-
torial duties will be over the latter part of May, his schedule
for the summer remains crowded. He has met many alumni
this year and hopes to see more as he meets these appoint-
ments.
February 11-13— Sacramento, California, Western Area Meet-
ing of National Council of Presbyterian Men
February 14-17— Ottawa, Canada, North American Area
Council of the World Presbyterian Alliance
February 18— Buffalo, New York, First Presbyterian Church
February 20— Rochester, New York, Brick Presbyterian Church
Syracuse, New York, First Presbyterian Church
February 21— Presbytery of Syracuse
February 22— Baltimore, Maryland, Knox Presbyterian Church
February 26-27— New York, Eastern Area Meeting of National
Council of Presbyterian Men
February 28— Yale Divinity School
March 1— Princeton Theological Seminary
March 2-3— Chicago, General Board of the National Council
of Churches
March 6— Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bethany Presbyterian
Church
March 7— New York, Downtown Laymen's Luncheon Club
March 8-9— New York, General Council of Presbyterian Church
in U.S.A.
March 10-11— Cincinnati, Meeting of the Permanent Com-
mission on Interchurch Relations
March 13— Oxford, Ohio, Western College for Women
March 17— Evanston, Illinois, First Presbyterian Church
March 18— McCormick Theological Seminary
March 18-20— Chicago, National Council of Presbyterian Men
March 21— Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Presbytery of Milwaukee
March 22— Maryville, Dedication of Maryville Times Building
March 27— Indianapolis, Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Ossian, Indiana, Presbyterian Church
March 29— Richmond, Union Theological Seminary
April 3-5— Synod of Oregon
April 3— Portland, First Presbyterian Church
Rose City Presbyterian Church
Piedmont Presbyterian Church
April 4— Holy Week Service sponsored by Portland Council
of Churches
Medford, First Presbyterian Church
April 5— Cottage Grove, Presbyterian Church
Eugene, Central Presbyterian Church
April 7-22-Alaska
Appointments scheduled in Fairbanks, Barrow,
Palmer, Anchorage, Juneau, Sitka, Skagway,
Haines, Ketchikan, and Metlakatla
April 22-27— Synod of Washington
May 4-6-Buck Hill Falls, Pa., U.S. Conference of World
Council of Churches
May 7— Blairstown, New Jersey, Blair Academy
May 8— DuBois, Pennsylvania, First Presbyterian Church
May 9-10— Presbytery of Philadelphia
May 16-25— Los Angeles, General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in U.S.A.
May 28— Salt Lake City, Westminster College Commencement
June 5— Harrogate, Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University
Baccalaureate Service
June 6— Carlinville, Illinois, Blackburn College Commencement
June 7-9— New York — General Board of National Council of
Churches
June 10-11— Monmouth, Illinois, Fraternal Delegate to the
United Presbyterian General Assembly
July 18-21— Puidaux, Switzerland, Executive Committee of the
World Presbyterian Alliance
August 2-9— Davos-Platz, Switzerland, Central Committee of
the World Council of Churches
SUMMER ON THE CAMPUS
The first conference to meet on the campus this year will
be the East Tennessee Senior Young People's Conference of
the Presbyterian Church USA, from June 5 to 11. The Sum-
mer Leadership Training School of the South, jointly con-
ducted by die Boards of Christian Education and National
Missions, will meet on the campus from June 12 to 18. The
Mid-South Council of Presbyterian Men will meet Sunday and
Monday, June 19 and 20, and The Synod, Synodical Society,
and Westminster Fellowship of Mid-South will meet from
June 21 to 24.
The rest of the summer will be occupied with the annual
program of painting, repairing, redecorating, and so on.
MARYVILLE COLLEGE DEBATE TEAM
The Maryville College Debate Team has won itself quite
a reputation in forensic circles during the past few months.
In its initial contests, the squad showed considerable promise
and campus interest picked up with each successive triumph.
In the Ninth Annual Magnolia Speech Tournament, staged
at Mississippi State College for Women early in March, the
Highlanders really hit their stride. Competing against twelve
of the leading colleges and universities in the South, they
compiled one of the outstanding records in the tournament.
The team of Sara Pledger ( Birmingham, Ala. ) and Jo Ann
Brooks ( Louisville, Ky. ) won four out of five debates and
received a tournament rating of Superior. Margaret Allen
Hanna ( also of Louisville ) and Tom Paton ( New York City )
took three out of five contests and received a rating of
Excellent.
In addition to the team honors, each of the Maryville
contestants won a number of individual awards for excellence
in the various phases of competition.
Victory by Miss Pledger and Miss Brooks over a Harvard
team early in April was a sort of anti-climax to the Tourna-
ment showing, but it was none the less satisfying. The debate
took place in the Samuel Tyndale Wilson Chapel on Monday
morning, April 4, and the unanimous verdict of the judges
went to Maryville. The members of the Harvard team were
on tour, and the debate took place before a large crowd of
students and townspeople.
Sara is the president of the college chapter of Pi Kappa
Delta, national forensic honor society. Her mother, the
former Frances Ruth Easley, is a graduate of Maryville (28).
The Debate Team was coached by Mrs. Archibald F.
Pieper ('36) and E. Newell Witherspoon ('52).
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WHO'S WHO
Nine Maryville College seniors were recognized l>y Who's
Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities
by action of the Student Council and the Executive Council of
the Faculty.
Barbara Chubb, sociology major from Athens, Penna., is
.1 member ol the Student Council and the Student Facultj
Senate. She is a member ol the Governing Hoard and was
one of the directors ol tins year's Barnwarming.
\\ illiam F. Davis, business administration major Irom
Morris Plains, X. I., IS president ol (he senior class, a member
of the Student Council, and lias played in the Highlander
Band.
Janus Fisher, English major Irom Milesburg, Penna., and
president of the V.M.C.A. Fisher is on the Student Council,
is a member ol the Social Board, has played in the Highlander
Band, and has occupied various class committee posts.
Peg Fisher, elementary education major from Maryville, is
president of Bainonian, was on the 1954 Chilhowean editorial
staff, sang in the All-Girl Choir, and was one of the chairmen
for the Barnwarming.
Marilyn Kiefer, an English major from Easton, Penna.,
is president of the Y.W.C.A., a member of the Student Council,
has been a member of the All-Girl Choir and the Vesper Choir,
and has occupied other important positions in a variety of
activities.
Harry MacCall, political science major from Morris Plains,
N. J., is a member of Student Council, chairman of the
Social Board, has played in the Highlander Band and has been
a member of the Vesper Choir for the past three years.
Carol Moore, history major from Waukesha, Wis., is
president of the Student Body, was editor-in-chief of the 1954
Chilhowean, has been active in the Playhouse, was in the
Vesper Choir for two years, and as an active member of Theta
Epsilon, served as Skit Night chairman for the winning society
lor two years.
Ruth Orr, French major from Maryville, is a member of
the Student Council, has been active in the Playhouse, sang
with the Vesper Choir tor three years, is active in the French
Club, and was vice president last year ol Theta Epsilon.
Herbert White. English major from White Plains. \. Y.,
was president of his class in the junior year, has been for two
years on the Student Council, was one ol the Ten Key Men
last year, is active in Playhouse, and is a member this year
of the Governing Board.
ALPHA GAMMA SIGMA
Ten members of the senior class were elected this year
to Alpha Gamma Sigma, the scholarship honor society. Selei -
tions are made on the basis of superior scholarship, character,
and contribution to campus life. Only ten per cent ol the
class may be chosen.
The annual recognition service will be held at the chapel
exercises on Thursday, April 28. The speaker will be Edwin
J. Best, president of the Maryville College Alumni Association
and a member of the Class of 1936.
The following were elected to Alpha Gamma Sigma:
Barbara Chubb, Athens, Penna.; Harry Hassall, Nashville,
Tenn.; Barbara Hubbard, Chicago, 111.; Pat Jones, Elizabcthton,
Tenn.; James Kesler, North Hills, Penna.; Marilyn Kiefer,
Easton, Penna., Ruth Orr, Maryville, Tenn.; Sarah Ann Pledger,
Birmingham, Ala.; Richard Thompson, Dunellen, New (erse\ ';
and Herbert White, of White Plains, N. Y.
Several of the seniors come from homes where the Mary-
ville tie is one of long standing. Ruth Orr is the daughter of
Dr. Horace Orr (T2) and Mrs. Orr, who was Loy Alexander
(ex '11). Her brother, Harold Eugene, was graduated in 1939
and two sisters, Mary Alexander and Zella Mildred, were
graduated in 1941 and 1948, respectively.
Pat Jones is a cousin of Thomas Laird Jones of the Class
of 1952. Sarah Ann Pledger is the daughter of the former
Frances Easley ('28), while Richard Thompson had a brother,
John Lawrence, who was graduated in 1952 and a sister-in-law
who finished in 1951.
Four of the seniors elected to the national honor society
had been previously honored by being selected for Who's Who.
The four were Barbara Chubb, Marilyn Kiefer, Ruth Orr, and
Herbert White.
Miss Chubb
Mr. Hassall
Miss Hubbard
Miss Jones
Mr. Kesler
Miss Kiefer
Miss Orr
Miss Pledger
Mr. While
Sine
Here and There
1886
William W. Hastings sent his alumni dues this year from
Zephyrhills, Florida. His home has been in Hancock. New
Hampshire.
1899
Mary Gaines Carnahan writes, from Harrington, Delaware,
that she has "survived three operations for cataract and can
now see again."
Samuel D. McMurray, whose home was formerly in
Bristol, Virginia, is now living in Puerto Rico.
1905
Rev. and Mrs. Robert L. Houston ( Henrietta Muecke, ex
'08 ) are living in Maryville. Mr. Houston has retired from
the ministry, his last pastorate having been in Sevierville,
Tennessee.
1906
Clarence C. Kochenderfer is retiring after nineteen years
as head of the Commerce Department at Kent State Uni-
versity, Kent, Ohio.
1911
George W. Middleton retired last June after teaching for
twenty-four years in the Sioux City, Iowa schools. He is now
employed on a half time basis as food buyer and bookkeeper
for the Lutheran Hospital, a job his wife held before her death
last November.
Mrs. George T. Tootell ( Anna Kidder ) and her husband
make their home in Berkeley, California, since their retirement
from die mission field. Dr. Tootell serves as surgeon on the
S. S. President Wilson, American President Lines.
1912
Marivine Kirkpatrick Thompson has retired from teaching
in the Dallas, Texas, public schools, and now has time to
pursue a long cherished ambition, the study of oil painting at
the Museum of Art.
1915
Hiram S. Balch is now living in Vale, North Carolina.
1916
Lois C. Wilson, principal of a mission school in Nabatiyeh,
Lebanon, is on furlough this year. She will be a commissioner
to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
in May.
1917
Muriel Mitchell, who when last heard from was in Cali-
fornia, is a librarian in Roseburg, Oregon.
1920
William H. Dellinger, ex '20, is now living in Los Angeles,
California, where he has a position with the Schnitzer Truck-
ing Company.
1922
Ruth Clayton is now living in Maryville. She teaches
English at Friendsville High School.
Ivora McAlister attended the summer session at the Uni-
versity of Colorado last year. She teaches Spanish and English
in the high school in Etowah, Tennessee.
1924
Dr. and Mrs. Sam Franklin, Jr. (Dorothy Winters, '25)
are on a year's leave from their mission work in Japan to
serve as Directors of the Study Fellowship and Workshop for
new missionaries. Their address is 47 Claremont Avenue, New
York City.
Madeline A. Holmes has been in Kuwait, Persian Gulf,
since 1952 where she is in medical mission work under the
Reformed Church of America.
1925
Mrs. Howard E. West ( Mary Lily Sossomon ) is living in
Greensboro, North Carolina, where she is active in Red Cross
work, being chairman of the Service Groups.
Sympathy is extended to Henrietta Smith Bowman in the
death of her husband, Rev. Dr. Clinton D. Bowman, on
October 2, 1954. He was pastor of the Westminster Presby-
terian Church, East St. Louis, Illinois.
1926
James M. Brown, after twenty-six years in VMCA work,
began work last fall in a new position — as assistant manager
of the Louisville, Kentucky, Automobile Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Brown ( Lillian Croyle, ex '27 ) are
now living in Springfield, Ohio, where he is president of the
Springfield Savings Society, a commercial bank. Mrs. Brown
writes, "We are now comfortably located in a country home
and extend an invitation to all our friends to come to see us."
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Clopton (Barbara Higgins, '25)
of Honululu, Hawaii, spent last summer in Denver, Colorado.
Dr. Clopton was an exchange professor at Denver University.
Mrs. Clopton attended Aviation School. At home she teaches
Latin and aviation science in Kaimuki High School, and spends
her spare time in air education group work in the Civil Air
Patrol.
L. E. Milling is executive secretary of the West Texas
Presbytery, Presbyterian Church, U. S.
1928
Dr. Wendall W. Cruze's fourth book, "Psychology in
Nursing," will be released by McGraw-Hill Book Company this
month. He will serve as a visiting professor at the University
of California this summer.
1929
Dr. Florian G. Hopkins was listed in the most recent
edition of "Who's Who in the Midwest." Dr. Hopkins has
a clinic in Gideon, Missouri.
1930
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Barnard (Olive Clopton) live
in Calexico, California. Mr. Barnard is in the Immigration
Service on the border.
E. C. ("Brute") Crow was named Senior Man of the
Year by the Maryville Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Evelyn Seedorf is a member of the faculty of the depart-
ment of speech at Montana State University. Last summer
one of the graduate students under her direction was Frank
Brink, '41.
1931
Mrs. C. N. Porter (Alice Renegar), after several years of
being "just a house-wife," has started teaching. She is a fifth
grade teacher in Fern Creek, Kentucky, where her husband
owns and operates a grocery store.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Storey ( Anna Rowe Templin, '29 ) are
moving from Maryville to Morristown, Tennessee, where Carl
is manager of Proffitt's Store.
1932
Julia Terry Dickinson who lives in Empire, Michigan, is
librarian at the nearby Leelanau Library Foundation. She
also writes a weekly column for The Leelanau Enterprise.
Ten
Mary Lovette Groover became librarian of a new suburban
high school near Chattanooga, Tennessee, in November,
Mrs. Wilbur Hopper ( Iva Babcock ) is teaching third
grade in a school near Clinton, Tennessee.
George II. Osborn, Jr. lives in Pennington, New Jersey.
He lias been, since 1952, superintendent of the Hopewell
Township Schools.
Evelyn Roberts teaches at Salem College in Winston-
Salem, North Carolina.
Millard Tolliver, who was in Whitesburg, Kentucky, for
several years, has moved to Jackson, and this year has been
principal of Breathitt County High School.
Mrs. George Wilson (Georgia Queen) is teaching third
grade in Peoria, Arizona.
193.3
Louise Cline Hollister is head of the information bureau
ol the Miami, Florida, Chamber of Commerce. In her "spare
time" she manufacturers coconut spathes.
Rev. Clifton E. Moore was one of ten persons honored by
the Southern California branch of the National Vocational
Guidance Association with citations for distinguished contri-
butions in the field of human relations. Mr. Moore's citation
was for being a "trail-blazer in the development of religious
and inspirational television and radio programs."
Rev. William R. Stevenson is now pastor of the First
Congregational Church in Twinsburg, Ohio.
Floyd ( "Tiny" ) Waters visited the campus this winter.
He was on his way to New Orleans, where he is teaching
physics at Xavier University.
1935
Mr. and Mrs. Theron Alexander, Jr. (Marie Bailey) are
now living in Panama City, Florida.
Rev. and Mrs. George W. Hoglan (Nell Jo Knight, '34)
are living in Wichita, Kansas, where he is pastor of St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
Captain Samuel T. Waid is in Tokyo, Japan, where he is
a laboratory officer with the 406th Medical General Labora-
tory.
Rev. Rudolph Herr Wissler received the master's degree
from New York University in October, 1954.
1936
Zula Trotter, who was in California for several years,
has returned to Maryville and is teaching in Blount County.
1937
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Alexander (Dorothy Bass, '38) are
now living in Waynesville, North Carolina.
Mrs. Walter L. Barksdale (Alma Whiffen) and her
husband returned last fall after spending a year studying in
France.
Lillian Cassell Driskill and her husband and their two
children are spending the first months of their furlough from
their mission post in Japan with her parents in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Mrs. Osborn C. Fentress (Helen Elizabeth Woodward) is
living in Monroe, Louisiana.
Mrs. George W. Gauggel ( Abby Higgins) is living in
Honolulu, where her husband is assistant professor of music
at the University of Hawaii.
The 1955 Polio Poster Girl was five-year-old Mary
Kosloski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kosloski.
Mrs. Wesley Kraay writes from West Africa that her
husband was able to return to his work last fall after being
in the States three months because of illness.
William D. Morgan, Jr., is general manager of the Electro
Manganese Corporation in Knoxville, with direct supervision
Over plant operations and research work.
Mrs. Charles F. Sporman (Anna Margaret Staples) lives
in Home, Georgia, where her husband is a chemist with the
Celanese Corporation of America. They have two children,
a boy eleven and a girl six years old.
Richard W. Meadows, ex '37, is now located in Mont-
gomery, Alabama.
1938
Rev. Samuel lames Fleming is now pastor of the Presby-
terian Church in New Millord, New Jersey. Mrs. Fleming
will be remembered as Annie Lou Dill, '37.
Paul H. Fox has been made president of Southern States
Iron Roofing Company which has general offices in Savannah,
Georgia. He had formerly been with Reynolds Metals Com-
pany as Regional General Manager.
Rev. Charles W. Holland, Jr., is now serving as pastor
of Fountain Memorial Baptist Church in Washington, D. C.
He was formerly in Louisville, Kentucky.
Mrs. Lincoln M. Johnson (Grace Kerley) is teaching in
the elementary school system of Birmingham, Michigan.
David E. Maas, ex '38, has been named Acting Com-
missioner of Trade by the Governor of the Virgin Islands. lit-
is the first to head this special organization created in January.
He was formerly Chairman of the Tourist Board in the Islands.
1939
Rev. Fred Bruce Morgan, who spent a number of years
as a missionary in China and Thailand, is this year leaching
in the department of Bible and religion at Wilson College.
Chambcrsburg, Pennsylvania.
1940
Clifford R. Proctor, who is an attorney in Milwaukee.
Wisconsin, has recently become an assistant counsel for the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
1941
James William Bennett, Jr., received the Ph.D. degree
from the University of Florida in December. He is associate
professor of transportation at the University of Tennessee.
Ann Elizabeth Biggs is head of the voice department of
the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Dayton, Virginia.
She has held this position for the past two years.
Rev. Warren Corbett has recently been called to the First
Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Pennsylvania, as minister
of education.
Rev. Henry L. Millison is now pastor of the Boule\ ard
United Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, having moved
from Greenville, Pennsylvania, where he had been since 1947.
J. D. Hughes was promoted in April to the rank of Com-
mander in the Navy. He is now air transportation officer for
Air Transport Squadron 22, based at Norfolk, Virginia. The
squadron is a part of Na\-y fleet logistics, operating across the
North Atlantic to Africa and to the Caribbean as far south as
Coco Solo in the Canal Zone. J. D. and Mrs. Hughes (Jean
Campbell, ex '43) and their two children live in Norfolk.
Rev. Eltlon L. Seamans has recently become pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He was
formerly in New London, Iowa.
Warner A. Stringer, Jr., was a visitor on the campus
recently. He is district sales representative of the Electro-
Motive Division of General Motors Corporation in Jacksonville.
Florida. Mrs. Stringer is the former Barbara Ann Swift. '41.
Mrs. Frank Hartsfield (Mary Clarke Caldwell, ex '41) is
now living in Ocala, Florida, where her husband is field
representative tor the John C. Winston Publishing Company.
1942
Dr. Mclvin J. Johnson, Jr., who has been in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, is now located in Orlando, Florida.
Eleven
Virginia Stroebe Swanson is living in Jackson, Michigan,
where her husband is assistant county agricultural agent for
Michigan State College. They have two children, a four-year
old boy, Brian Darnell, and a baby daughter.
Hilton A. Wick was named Young Man of the Year by
the Burlington, Vermont, Junior Chamber of Commerce.
1943
Lois King has returned to her mission station in Portuguese
West Africa after a year's furlough. Enroute she spent two
months studying in Portugal.
Rev. and Mrs. Olson Pemberton (Jean Patterson) have
returned to Brazil. Mr. Pemberton had served as an Army
Chaplain for the past two years.
Ted Pratt has recently returned from Geneva, Switzerland,
where he has been with the World Council of Churches for
the past two years. On March 1 he began work in his new
position as Promotional Director of PRESBYTERIAN SURVEY,
official monthly magazine of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.
Robert W. Schwarzwalder is living in Union, New Jersey,
and teaching art at South Orange Junior High School.
1944
Jean Lehman Dillcner writes that she and John ('48)
have room for visitors at 3619 Weldon Drive, Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
Evelyn French is food supervisor for the Colonnade Com-
pany in Newark, New Jersey.
Samuel Mack Wilson received the Ph.D. degree in
economics from the University of Pennsylvania in February.
Dr. Wilson is a member of the Management faculty in the
School of Business and Public Administration, Temple Univer-
sity, Philadelphia.
1945
Laurel J. English is teaching second grade in Arcade, New
York.
Florence Cobillot is now living in Mt. Kisco, New York.
She is doing public health nursing.
Lois M. Yohe is managing dietitian at Memorial Hospital
in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Mrs. John E. Leonard (Jessie Fowler, ex '45) is now
living in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, where her husband is a
teacher in the high school.
1946
Mrs. Albert Crisp (Angell Kincaid) lives in Derita, North
Carolina, and teaches first grade in the school there.
Sibyl Tallent Haney is living in Maryville, where her
husband owns and operates a drug store.
1947
Catherine Stout Beals has recently moved from Maryville
to Memphis, Tennessee, where her husband has entered the
University of Tennessee Medical School.
Betty Congleton is teaching eighth grade in Lafayette
Junior High School in Lexington, Kentucky. Next summer she
will continue her work toward a doctorate in history at the
University of Kentucky.
Mrs. William F. Hoit (Annie Belle Gilliam) is now living
in Waco, Texas.
Rev. James Payson Martin has been called to the pastorate
of the First Presbyterian Church of Bismarck, North Dakota,
the largest Presbyterian Church in North Dakota. He was
formerly in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Claude I. Shell, Jr., is associate professor of Business Ad-
ministration at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in Cookeville.
1948
Rev. Milford W. Castrodale, Jr., is now pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Perry, Oklahoma.
Merrill H. Grubbs has recently been made manager of a
new Sherwin-Williams Store in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Donald B. Lehman (Jeanne Blanchard)
are now living in San Diego, California.
Mrs. William Tate (Virginia Peters, ex '48) lives in Los
Angeles, California.
1949
Bev. and Mrs. James S. Black (Mildred Miller) have
recently moved to Decatur, Illinois, where Mr. Black is Dean
of the Chapel at James Millikin University.
Mary Elizabeth Carver is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this
year.
Mrs. Victor Crotinger (Carolyn Scruggs) is now living in
Paul's Valley, Oklahoma.
Rev. Arthur R. Haaf became pastor of the Presbyterian
Church of Colerain, Ohio, in March.
Charles and June (Hood, '52) Huffman are in Austin,
Texas, where both are doing graduate study at the University
of Texas.
Rev. and Mrs. John V. Moore ( Katherine Boyer) have
been appointed as missionaries to Korea for the Presbyterian
Church, U.S. They will leave for their mission station some-
time this summer.
Katherine Carpenter Reichard expects to move to Escanaba,
Michigan, in June, where her husband will be pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church. At present they are on the staff
of Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Carol L. Jones is now Mrs. William G. Swaim, Jr., and is
living in Brigantine, New Jersey.
Mrs. Florian J. Ragaz ( Margaret Ledbetter, ex '49 ) is
now living in Marion, North Carolina.
1950
Sue Althouse, who had expected to go to India under the
Foreign Missions Board, Presbyterian Church, USA, was not
allowed a visa. This winter she has been taking courses at
Columbia University while awaiting another appointment. She
now expects to go to Japan.
Howard and Wilma (Davis) Cameron are in Brussells,
Belgium, where they are engaged in language study in prepara-
tion for mission work in the Belgian Congo, Africa.
William H. Chalker is doing graduate study in theology at
Duke University.
Walter B. Chambers, Jr., is on the faculty of St. Andrews
School in St. Andrews, Tennessee.
Anne T. Cress is now Mrs. Hugh L. Babb and lives in
Tacoma, Washington.
Bob and Betty (Field, ex '50) Eastman are in Ixtapa.
Chiapas, Mexico. They are in Jungle Camp, training for
service with the Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Charles F. Kceler is office manager of an appliance firm
in Asheville, North Carolina.
Rev. and Mrs. Frank G. Ladner (Una Jordan, '48) are
now living in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where Frank is pastor of
the newly organized West End Presbyterian Church.
Ben Sheldon writes that his work in the American Presby-
terian Mission in Seoul, Korea, includes rural evangelism and
work with the Youth Movement of the Presbyterian Church of
Korea, in addition to language study.
Orval Wintermute was graduated from McCormick Semi-
nary last spring and is doing graduate work at Johns Hopkins
University this year.
Twelve
Rev. and Mrs. Paul 1). Woodbury, Jr., (Minnie Highsmith,
'51 ) arc living in Saxonville, Massachusetts. Paul was gradu-
ated Iron) Western Theological Seminary in May, 1954, and
is now pastor of the First Methodist Church in Saxonville.
Alan Kigcr, ex '50, is out of the Navy and is attending
a veterinary college in Manhattan, Kansas.
1951
Ruth Humes Folta and her husband have been appointed
as missionaries to Korea by the Presbyterian Church, U. S.
Ruth will be a medical missionary while her husband will do
evangelistic work. They are now in Belle Haven, Virginia,
where Mr. Folta is pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce de Nagy (Doris Holt, '53) are living
in Tacoma, Washington. Bruce is an information specialist
in the United States Air Force, stationed at McChord Air
Force Base.
Donald de Nagy is a chaplain's assistant in the United
States Air Force. He is in Greenland for a year, and Delores
(Green, '50) is living in Binghamton, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. J. William Holt (Irene Launitz,, ex "52)
are living in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Bill is office manager
of Parker and Company, Insurance Brokers, in Philadelphia.
Carolyn Balch Milligan is in Sydney, Australia, where her
husband is working in the University.
Mrs. Lee Morgan, Jr. ( Frances Pauline Barr ) lives in
Waverly, Ohio.
Mrs. Albert Singer ( Lula Hudson ) is living in North
Wales, Pennsylvania. Her husband is an electrical engineer
associated with Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
James P. Thurston finished his term of service with the
Navy in March. He and his wife ( Betty Hyman, ex '53 )
visited the campus on their way from California to Florida.
William D. Varker was graduated from Union Theological
Seminary, in Richmond, Virginia, last spring, and has been
studying at the University of Edinburgh this year. He has
accepted a call to a pastorate in Culpcper, Virginia.
James F. Ewing, III, ex '51, is with an advertising firm,
Ketchum, MacLeod and Grove, in Pittsburgh.
1952
Bill Deihl is teaching at Southeastern Louisiana Institute
in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Louise Packard Fenimore is living in Moorestown, New
Jersey, where her husband is an electrical technician at the
R.C.A. research plant. She has completed requirements for a
master's degree in religious education at the Biblical Seminary
in New York.
Thomas L. Jones has been awarded the Olof Anderson
Memorial Fellowship at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary,
where he is a senior. The fellowship provides for graduate
study.
Lawrence Major is doing graduate work at the University
of Tennessee this year.
Richard A. Newman, who is in his senior year at Union
Theological Seminary in New York, is on the staff of the West
End Collegiate Church.
Newell Witherspoon was awarded the Master of Arts
degree by Vanderbilt University in December.
1953
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kerr ( Lesta Merrick ) are living in
San Diego, California. Dick is an ensign in the Navy.
George Kipp was commissioned an ensign in the United
States Navy at Corpus Christi, Texas, in February. I le also
received his wings as a co-pilot and navigator of the multiple
engine seaplane. He is now stationed in Bermuda.
Herschel Mosier, a student at McCormick Seminary, is
doing field work at the Central Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
Mrs. R. C. Neary, Jr. (Sue White) is living in Manasc|uan.
New Jersey. She has recently joined the Monmouth Players,
an amateur theatrical group.
Shirley Atwell Marble's husband has finished his term of
service with the United States Air Force, and they have bought
a home in Syracuse, New York.
Claire Hoffman ex '53, who went to France last year on
a Fulbrighl scholarship, has remained there after finishing her
year of study and is working with the English edition of the
French magazine REALITIES. She hopes to study in Germany
next year.
1954
Pfe. George Caldwell left the States early in March for
Bremerhaven, Germany. He expects to be in Europe for the
next two years.
Edna Mae Stout is taking some courses at the Vanderbilt
University School of Religion. She is also doing group work at
the Salvation Army Community Center.
ALUMNI ABC'S
A — Advertise Maryville constantly in your church and in your
community
B — Buy a share in Maryville's future with a Buck-of-the-
Month Club membership
C — Cooperate closely with your fellow Alumni and the Alumni
office by supplying names of prospective
students, furnishing corrections of alumni
addresses, and making helpful suggestions
to further the cause of Maryville — your
college.
MARRIAGES
Olivia Lattof, '39, to Dr. Erich W. Bethmann, August 7,
1954, in Long Island, New York.
Ruth Meineke, '44, to Clifford J. Behrmann, October, 1954.
Florence {Catherine Housch, '48, to William Ward Luke-
man, November 6, 1954, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Martha Kincaid, '50, to Henry Parkman Homans, April 2,
1955, in New York City.
Faye Robinson, '50, to Russell Gordon Doyle, in June,
1954.
Rev. Benjamin E. Sheldon, '50, to Amy Irene TeSelle,
December 23, 1954, in Seoul, Korea.
Lula May Hudson, '51, to Albert Pierson Singer. December
20, 1954, in Maryville.
Sara Jean Davis, '52, to Henry D. Jordan, November 25,
1954, in Maryville.
Louise Elizabeth Packard. '52, to Henry Haines Fenimore.
Jr., January 29, 1955, in Hammonton. New Jersey.
Joan Duerig, '53, to James Watt, '51, June 19, 1954. in
New Philadelphia, Ohio.
Sally Ann Kotz. '53, to Roger Albert Ewing, November
20. 1954, in Knoxville.
Mary Evelyn Layton, '53, to Aristotle Roussos, October
30, 1954.
Thirteen
Robert Allen Mizelle, '53, to Beth Louise Chamberlin,
ex '55, January 1, 1955, in Sioux City, Iowa.
Mary Sue Munson, '53, to Robert Woodruff Brehme,
October 22, 1954, in Falls Church, Virginia.
Barbara Anne Scott, '53, to Richard E. Patton, '53,
December 28, 1954, in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Margaret Helen Drinnen, '54, to John Russell Renaker,
December 18, 1954, in Maryville.
Marie L. Richards, '53, to John Turner Glanville, ex '55,
December 26, 1954, in Manasquan, New Jersey.
Wilma Trumbull, '54, to William O. Baldwin, '54, Novem-
ber 25, 1954, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
Ralph Lee Petree, '55, to Dorothy Bumgarner, January 1,
1955 in Maryville.
Natalie Prinzing, '55, to Roderick McMillan, '54, December
28, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DEATHS
Edward E. Wrinkle, Prep. '82, died March 31, 1955, at
his home in Knoxville. He was ninety-one years of age. Mr.
Wrinkle had been retired for only four years. His hobby was
carving birds from blocks of native wood, and several years
ago he presented a large case of specimens of his work to the
College museum.
Minta Duncan (Mrs. John L. ) Hackney, Prep. '85, died
January 20, 1955, at a hospital in Knoxville, at the age of
eighty-eight. A native of Friendsville, Tennessee, she had
made her home for the past eleven years in Maryville, with
her sister, Mrs. Annis Duncan Beals, '92.
Dr. William Thaw Bartlett, '01, died November 27, 1954,
in a Knoxville hospital, where he had been since fracturing a
hip in a fall a week before. Dr. Bartlett was the son of Peter
Mason Bartlett, third president of Maryville College. He had
retired from the ministry a number of years ago and made his
home in Maryville. He was honored with the Doctor of
Divinity degree by his alma mater in 1916. He is survived by
his wife.
Stella Stoffell (Mrs. Robert S.) McCampbell, ex '01, died
December 11, 1954, at a hospital in Knoxville. She is survived
hv her husband, a daughter and two sons.
Emma Waller, '08, died January 28, 1955, in the Blount
Memorial Hospital in Maryville. She had been acutely ill for
only a few days, although she had been a semi-invalid for many
years. Miss Waller was a daughter of the late Elmer B.
Waller, Dean of Students and professor of mathematics at
Maryville College from 1891-1913. She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Harry Gauding (Jane Waller, '22).
Rev. Thomas H. Mitchell, '15, died December 8, 1954, at
his home in Cary, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife,
the former Esther Kell, who was a special student at Maryville
in 1913-14, two sons, and a sister, Lily Elma Mitchell, '16.
George T. Lidde.ll, ex '16, died suddenly December 15,
1954, in Washington, D. C, where he had been an attorney
for many years. Two of his daughters attended Maryville,
Katherine, ex '44, and Joan, '47 ( Mrs. Thomas Parkinson ) .
Cerena Polk ( Mrs. Nathan H. ) Yelton, '20, died February
14, 1955, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. A
native of Tennessee, she had lived in North Carolina since
1922. She was a teacher in Bakersville, and in Raleigh, having
retired in 1949. She is survived by her husband, Nathan H.
Yelton, ex '27, a daughter, Mrs. Robert Morton ( Natalie Yelton,
'43), a sister, Mrs. Holden Edwards (Lillian Polk, '31), and
two brothers, Robert Polk and William S. Polk, both of whom
attended the preparatory department.
Roger Price Williams, ex '26, died March 9, 1955, in
Knoxville, after a short illness. He was fifty-three years old.
An athlete when in College, he was later a professional base-
ball player. He had held a number of responsible positions
with the state of Tennessee. At the time of his death he was
a safety engineer with Maxon Construction Company at Oak
Ridge.
John Rhea McCall, ex '31, died in March, 1955 at
Veteran's Hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee. He had been
ill for two years. He is survived by his wife, five brothers and
two sisters, Dr. R. A. McCall, '2.3, Earl McCall, '28, N. S.
McCall, ex '17, Edgar McCall, Prep. '11, Ben McCall, Prep. TO,
Mrs. Walter Murray (Stella McCall, '22) and Mrs. W. G.
Henry (Margaret McCall, Prep. '07).
Mattie Trotter, '37, died December 7, 1954, in Blount
Memorial Hospital in Maryville, after a long illness. She had
been a teacher in the Maryville elementary schools for thirteen
years. She is survived by her mother, a brother, and a sister,
Zula K. Trotter, '36.
Gerald H. Beaver, '42, died April 27, 1953, at McGuire
Veteran's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. The Alumni Office
received this information in November, 1954.
Charles Lee Lichlyter, ex '54, died February 12, 1955, in
Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville. He is survived by
his parents and one brother.
Ross L. Bisher, ex '55, died on June 8, 1954. Ross left
Maryville in the second semester of his freshman year because
of illness, but recovered from that attack and was attending
Wilkes College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, near his home.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mattesheard ( Delores Burchette,
'35), a daughter, Margaret Mae, January 22, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gauggel (Abby Higgins, '37),
their sixth child, a son, Donald Frederick, October 3, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Meares, '37 (Lucille Goyne, ex'41),
their fourth child, a son, Mark Moore, February 22, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Morgan, '37. their third child, a
son, Glenn Alan. July 22, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. John March (Edith Pierce, '38), their third
child, a daughter, Julia Louise, February 4, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Paul Trulious ( Mary Kate Anderson,
'38), their second child, a daughter, Barbara Kate, January 18,
1955.
Mr. and Mrs. William Earl Kolbe (Mae Burns, '40), their
first child, a daughter, Alice Ann, October 24, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cragan, '41 (Mary Dardcn, '41),
their second child, a daughter, Janet Darden, December 7,
1954.
Rev. and Mrs. Philip O. Evaul, '41 (Margaret Cloud, '39).
their sixth child, a son, Philip Dudley, October 20, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. McMillan (Elizabeth Moore,
'41), their second child, a son, Kirk Barry, April 6, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Taylor, '41 (Barbara Anderson,
'40), their third child, a son, William Ernest, November 5,
1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius M. Nicely, Jr., '41, their second child,
a son, Alan Ross, March 19, 1955.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H Kitchen (Betty Lee Pettry, '42),
their third child, a daughter, Margaret Sue, March 22, 1955.
Dr. and Mrs. Quentin Myers, '42 ( Elizabeth Ann
Huddleston, '41), their second child, a daughter, Susan
Patricia, March 6, 1955.
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Mr. .ind Mrs. Freeman Ragain (Rachel McCall, '42) their
third child, a daughter, Teresa Joan, December 8, 1951.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Shoemaker (Ina Jussely, '42),
their first child, a son, Victor Alphonso, III, November 20,
1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Swanson (Virginia Stroebe, '42)
their second child, a daughter, Shelley Lynn, January 30. 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Lambs (Edith Monroe, '43),
their third child, a daughter, Ruth Rorcx, April, 1955.
Rev. and Mrs. Hal B. Lloyd, '43, their second child, a
daughter, Anna {Catherine, November 13, 1954.
Rev. and Mrs. Olson Pemberton, Jr., '43 (Jean Patterson,
'43), their fourth child, a daughter, Jean Gertrude, December
16, 1954, in Brazil.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pratt, '43, their third child, Kathleen
Marion, October 21, 1954. in Geneva, Switzerland.
Rev. and Mrs. Stanton R. Wilson (Marion Stout, '44),
their second child, a son, James Stout, September 24, 1954, in
Korea.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Leonard (Jessie Fowler, ex '45)
their third child, a son, James Robert, August 18, 19.54.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld ( Ethel Hanners Beall,
'45), their fourth child, a son, Jerome Peter, October 19, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Haney (Sibyl Tallent Haney, '46),
their third child, a daughter, Carol, October 1, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Huddleston (Betty Jo Lane, ex '46),
an adopted son, David Lane, born July 12, 1954, and adopted
December 8, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. John Widner (Nelle Ousley, '46), their
second child, a daughter, Elizabeth Jonelle, October 1, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Engel (Barbara Trotter, ex '47), their
third child, a daughter, Julia Alice, January 3, 1955.
Rev. and Mrs. William R. Grosh '47 ( Frances Harris
Grosh, '44), their third child, a son, Lawrence William, Novem-
ber 20, 1954, in Oahu, Hawaii.
Rev. and Mrs. James P. Martin, '47, their second child, a
daughter, Linda Alice, April 28, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Moroney (Helen Wilhoit, ex '47),
their first child, a daughter, January 3, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude I. Shell, Jr., '47, their first child, a
daughter, Barbara Jane, December 22, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Carp (Rella Anderson, '48) their
second child, a daughter, Susan Marie, March 21, 1955.
Rev. and Mrs. Milford W. Castrodale, '48 (Emily Martenis,
ex '51), their first child, a daughter, Anne, September 9, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Deep (Elsie Onifer, '48), a son,
February 1, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Dillener, '48 (Jean Lehman, '44),
their third child, a daughter, Jerril Anne, November 24. 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Engel, '48 (Marian Lewis, '48) their
fourth child, a daughter, Deborah Louise, December 2, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Gaughan, '48, their fourth child,
a son, James Steven, January 29, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. McCracken (Merle Henderson,
'48), their second child, a daughter, Marian Kay, October 25.
1954.
Rev. and Mrs. Scott MeClure, '48 (Margaret Messer
McClure, '45 ) their fourth child, a daughter, Marian, November
1. 1954.
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Murray. '48 (Ernestine Harrison,
ex '47), their third child, a son, Mark Wilson, March 12, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Roper, Jr. (Elizabeth Crawford. '48),
their first child, a daughter, Janet Elizabeth, December 7,
1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Scruggs '48 ( Margaret Cross,
'46), their third child, a son, Robert Cross, January 11. 1955.
Mr. ami Mrs. Robert W'ilsm, (Gelolc Kell, '48), an
adopted son, Kedron Kell, born June 10, 1954, and adopted
Augusl 18, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Loring R. Cook (Georgia Cordle, '49), tlnir
first child, a daughter, Alisa Dawn, October 26, 1954.
Rev, and Mrs. Allie A. Clayton, '49 (Bernell Crowder,
'48), their second child, a son. Akin Anderson, March 9. 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. James IS. M. Frost, '49, their second child
a son, David Learned, November 25, 1954.
Dr. and Mrs. David P. Ilostettler, '49, their fourth child,
a daughter, Ann Lorraine, September 6, 1951.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. lloudesliel, '49, their first child
a daughter, Linda, August 9, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Phillips, '49 (Virginia Garrett,
ex '46), an adopted son, Daniel Chester, born November 20,
1954, and adopted January 12, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boring, '50 (Alice Davenport, '50),
their second child, a son, Robert Neal, September 10, 1954.
Rev. and Mrs. Howard D. Cameron, '50 (Wilma Davis,
'50), their first child, a son, Jonathan Mark, February 28,
1955, in Brussels, Belgium.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Flaherty (Mary Watt, '50), their first
child, a daughter, Pauline Anna, October 31, 1954, in Tokyo.
Japan.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alan Kiger, ex '50, their second child,
a son, October 5, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. George T. McMahon, '50, their first child,
a son, Kenneth King, in January, 1955.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul McNiel, '50 ( Kathcrine Blackburn.
'52), their first child, a son, Allan George, January 19. 1955.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Mabry, '50 (Barbara Blum, '52),
their first child, a son, Michael Edward, November 20, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Packard, '50, their first child, a
son, Brian David, November 7, 1954.
Rev. and Mrs. John S. Baird, '51 (Mary Elizabeth
Hammelman, ex '51), a son, Richard Hammelman, July 13.
1954.
Mr. and Mrs. William Holt, '51 (Irene Launitz. e\ '52),
their second child, a daughter, Helen Alexandria, October 27.
1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce de Nagy, '51 (Doris Holt, '53),
their first child, a son, David 3ruce, November 5, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald de Nagy, '51 (Dolores Green, '50),
their first child, a daughter, Deborah Elaine, October 8, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Stanley Smathers, ex '51 (Ruth Helen
Bird, '50), their second child, a son, David Bird, February 4.
1955.
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Elwood (Bcttie Carroll, ex '52),
their first child, a son, Brian Douglas, October 29, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Jones, '52, their first child, a
daughter, Ann Laird, February 23, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Gillespie (Phyllis West, '53),
their first child, a son. David Noel, December 30. 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Anderson, '54. their first child,
a son, March 10, 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Lunsford, Jr. ( Johnic Griffitts.
'54), their first child, a son. Charles Henry. October 13, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben llargis, (Ruth Sexton, ex .55), their first
i liiKI. a daughter, Bennie Land, November 27, 1954.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shear (Beverly Kingston. c\ '55),
their first child, a daughter, Deborah Lynn, January 17. 1955.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Hover, ex '56 ( Emily Smith, ex '5 I
their first child, a son. Albert Mark. January 4, 1955.
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The Maryville College Vesper Choir, which is rapidly
attaining national prominence as a first magnitude choral
group, recently began an ambitious spring concert schedule
with a series of church appearances in the Knoxville area. On
April 3, the Choir sang at the First Presbyterian Church of
Oak Ridge and at Graystone Presbyterian Church in Knoxville.
On the 17th, they appeared in Harriman and at Rockwood.
The annual Home Concert will be given in the Samuel
Tyndale Wilson Chapel on Sunday, May 8.
Immediately after Commencement exercises are over, the
choir will begin a concert tour covering sixteen cities in five
states, with a total travel schedule of nearly twenty-five
hundred miles. Dr. F. A. Griffitts, who has been business
manager of the choir for the past five years, will again ac-
company the group on the spring tour this year.
The Choir sang over TV Station WATE, Knoxville, on
Sunday, March 20, and has been heard via recordings on the
NBS National Radio Pulpit on several occasions this year.
Recordings of The Peaceable Kingdom were made by the Choir
recently.
The Choir is again under the direction of Professor Harry
Harter, of the Department of Fine Arts. He has been on
the campus since 1947, and has been active in many phases
of college work. He directs the annual performance of the
Messiah, established the Madrigal Singers, and organized the
opera workshop. This in addition to long daily stints with
the Choir!
The itinerary of the Choir tour through the Northeast is
as follows:
May 17 — Abington, Penna.
18 — Morristown, N. J.
19 - Roselle, N. J.
20 - New York, N. Y.
21 - Trenton, N. J.
22 - Philadelphia, Penna.
23 - Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
24 — Irvington, N. J.
25 — Darby, Penna.
26 - Audubon, N. J.
27 — Wayne, Penna.
28 - Washington, D. C.
29 - Washington, D. C.
29 - Falls Church, Va.
29 - Hyattsville, Md.
30 - Toms River, N. J.
Alumni are cordially invited to support the Choir on the
tour by not only being present but bringing others with them.
This is one way in which you can heed Mr. Best's injunction
to "keep in touch with headquarters."
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