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9     Campus  In  The  Country — Page  29 

oUecember,   1954 


O  years  unhorn,  what  mystery 

Will  you  reveal  to  age  and  youth 
From  highest  height  to  deepest  sea. 

From  fettered  doubt  or  winged  truth? 
What  songs  of  steel  whose  lyric  note 

Will  ma\e  new  music  for  our  ears; 
"What  flame  from  lightning's  yellow  throat 

To  hind  us  to  the  alien  spheres? 


What  towering  temples  huilt  of  stone 

Will  rise  li\e  Babel  from  the  sod 
That  men  b}'  flesh  and  blood  alone 

May  climb  the  heights  and  wall{  with  God? 
But  years  unborn,  not  yours  to  bring 

By  fire  or  sword  or  stratagem 
The  gift  to  ma\e  the  angels  sing 

The  star  that  led  to  Bethlehem. 

— John  Richard  Moreland 


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Three  Cheers  For  Old  Ohio 

Enclosed  is  a  picture  of  the  first  marchins 
band  that  Ohio  University  ever  had.  The 
origin   of   it    may    interest    you. 

in  the  fall  of  1915  the  big  game  of  the 
season  was  at  hand.  Marietta  and  Ohio  Uni- 
versity. The  entire  town  was  turning  out  for 
the  game — except  a  few  of  us  standing  in 
Lashes  Drug  Store,  wondering  where  we 
could  each  get   fifty  cents   for  a  ticket. 

We  knew  George  Parks,  then  athletic 
director,  had  the  old  wooden  fence  guarded 
so  that  we  could  not  go  over  or  under.  And 
in  about  an  hour  the  game  would  start. 
Someone  suggested  that  we  could  get  to- 
gether a  band  and  just  march  through  the 
gate. 

There  was  a  wild  scramble  around  room- 
ing houses  throughout  the  town  and  every- 
one came  back  with  some  kind  of  an  instru- 
ment. Some  were  high  pitch  and  some  low, 
but  that  didn't  make  any  difference  to  us. 
All  we  wanted  was  to  get  in  and  see  the 
game  without  paying. 

One  fellow,  Carr  Liggett,  couldn't  find 
a  horn  of  any  kind,  neither  could  he  have 
played  it  if  he  had  found  one,  so  we  made 
him  the  leader  and  drum  major,  and  with 
the  aid  of  a  cane  borrowed  from  Mr.  Lash 
for  a  baton  we  were  all  set  for  the  game — 
except   that   we   had    no   music. 

After  much  talk  we  found  that  everyone 
knew  "Three  Cheers  for  Old  Ohio"  which 
we  thought  would  surely  get  us  through  the 
gate   and   around   "Old   George." 

We  went  down  to  the  wooden  covered 
bridge  over  the  Hocking  and  waited  until 
about  ten  minutes  before  kick-off  time.  Then 
we  lined  up  with  Liggett  out  in  front  and 
started  for  the  gate,  playing  "Three  Cheers 
for  Old  Ohio"  like  it  had  never  been  played 
before   or   since. 

By  sticking  Liggett  way  out  in  front,  we 
figured  that  if  George  stopped  him  at  the 
gate  for  a  ticket  our  plan  wasn't  going  to 
work.  But  he  didn't.  I  can  see  him  now, 
standing  there  at  the  gate,  hands  in  his 
pockets,  his  eyes  bulging  out  like  organ 
stops,  but  he  let  us  through  and  before  he 
could  figure  out  what  to  do  with  us  we  had 
seats  on  the  fifty  yard  line.  And  we  were 
still  playing  "Three  Cheers  for  Old  Ohio." 
After  the  ticket  rush  was  over  at  the  gate 
George  came  over  where  we  were  and  told 
us  that  he  would  permit  us  to  stay  if  we 
would  play  a  tune  once  in  a  while.  This  we 
agreed  to  do,  and  throughout  that  afternoon 
if  anyone  did  not  know  that  song  before, 
he  knew  it  by  the  time  the  game  was  over, 
for  that  was  all  he  heard. 

The  idea  of  a  band  at  the  games  caught 
on,  and  through  the  rest  of  the  1915  and 
1916  seasons  this  bunch  of  embryonic  mus- 
icians— and  I  use  the  word  "musician" 
loosely — stayed  together.  One  member  of  our 
band  had  a  horn  but  could  not  blow  a  note 
on  it.  All  he  ever  did  was  hold  the  horn 
to  his  lips,  puff  out  his  cheeks,  and  try  to 
keep    in    step. 

Up  until  the  war  broke  out  we  saw  every- 
thing around  the  campus  free  by  marching 
right  through  the  gate  and  around  George 
to  the  best  seats  in  the  house.  Getting  by 
George  in  those  days  was  considered  quite 
a  feat  too. 

F.  C.  LeRoy,  '20,  Stoutsville,  Ohio 


OHIO  UNIVERSITY'S   1915  "EMBRYONIC"   BAND  IN   BOX  SEATS 


New  Outlook 

For  the  past  two  and  a  half  years  I  have 
enjoyed  the  jS\umnv.s  at  my  duty  station 
in  Prot  Lyautey,  French  Morocco.  Generally 
It  arrived  a  month  or  so  after  it  was  issued, 
but  every  time  I  sat  down  and  leafed  through 
the  pages  it  brought  back  many  wonderful 
memories  and  gave  me  a  brand  new  outlook 
on  what  seemed  a  dismal  life. 

Now  my  world  travels  are  over  and  I  will 
be  helping  Uncle  Sam  here  in  Washington, 
D.  C.   .   .   . 

Thanks  for  pushing  the  magazine  my  way 
for  these  past  few  years.  I  certainly  appreciate 
it. 

R.  A.  Dittebrand,  '51 


Tops  List 

.  .  .  The  Alumnus  is  tops  on  my  magazine 
list  and  I  cannot  even  think  of  being  separ- 
ated  from   it   for  a  single  month. 

Lt.    George   M.    Craven,    '."^J 


Good  Seats  and  Coffee 

...  I  appreciated  the  card  I  received 
from  the  alumni  office  about  the  Kent-Ohio 
University  game.  I  was  glad  to  get  my  game 
tickets  that  way  for  they  assured  us  of  good 
seats    for   a   good    game. 

The  coffee  hour  after  the  game  was  a 
grand  idea  and  I  might  add  that  some  Kent 
friends  who  went  over  to  the  game  with  us 
thought  very  highly  of  the  OU  coffee  hour 
get-together. 

I  might  also  add  that  I  recently  accepted 
a  position  with  the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Company 
here  in  Akron  as  a  development  engineer 
in  their  Tire  Design  Department. 

Don  Russell,  '51 


Historical  Background 

Just  a  note  to  let  you  know  how  thorough- 
ly I  have  enjoyed  reading  every  issue  of 
THE  OHIO  ALUMNUS  since  I  entered  my 
subscription  last  spring.  Although  I  am  not 
familiar  with  most  of  the  names  of  alumni 
and  faculty  members,  nevertheless  news  items 


about  them  and  their  accomplishments  in- 
terest me  very  much. 

I  have  enjoyed  especially  the  articles  de- 
picting the  historical  background  of  the  uni- 
versity and  particularly  the  write-up  of 
Archibald  Brown  and  Professor  Clement 
Martzolff  in  the  June  issue  (written  by 
Clark  E.  Williams,  '21— ed.). 

While  enrolled  at  Ohio  University  the 
year  I  taught  the  eighth  grade  in  Athens. 
I  had  the  pleasure  of  taking  Professor  Mart- 
zolff's  course  in  Ohio  History.  I  was  fas- 
cinated with  his  personality  and  with  his 
interesting    presentation    of    the    subject. 

In  fact,  as  a  result  of  that  experience  my 
interest  in  Ohio  history  was  greatly  aroused — 
an  interest  that  has  continued  to  increase 
with  the  passing  years,  so  much  so  that  it 
has  become  an  avocation  of  mine.  Because 
of  that  interest  I  have  gradually  acquired 
a  rather  sizeable  library  on  Ohioana — more 
titles  actually  than  those  dealing  with  my 
field  of  specialization   (anatomy). 

Linden  F.  Edwards,  '21,  Columbus 

In  recent  years  Dr.  Edwards  has  extended  his 
hobby  to  include  the  historical  aspects  of 
medicine  In  Ohio.  He  is  now  affiliated  with  the 
American  Association  of  the  History  of  Medi- 
cine, the  Ohio  Historical  Society,  the  Franklin 
County  Historical  Society,  and  the  Ohio  Acad- 
emy of  Medical  History.  In  addition  to  present- 
ing papers  at  meetings  of  these  organizations, 
he  has  had  several  articles  published  in  jour- 
nals devoted   to  the   history  of  medicine. 


Almost  Texans 

At  long  last  I  think  we  have  an  almost 
permanent  address — at  least  we  are  buying 
this  one  so  maybe  it  will  be  permanent.   .  .   . 

Bob  received  his  Ph.D.  from  the  State 
University  of  Iowa  in  August  and  we  were 
fortunate  enough  to  be  able  to  come  to  El 
Paso  to  work  and  make  our  home.  Bob  is 
with  HumRRO  (Herman  Research  Resource 
Office).  I  am  continuing  in  IBM  work  with 
El   Paso  Natural  Gas   .   .   . 

We  look  forward  to  receiving  the  Alumnus 
as  that  is  our  main  contact  with  friends  and 
events  of  OU. 

As  yet  we  have  not  become  full  fledged 
Texans  but  Bob  did  buy  a  7V2  gallon  hat  in 
preparation   for   the   day. 

Jeanne  Roth  Mager,  '48 
Bob   Mager,    '48,   M.A.   '50 


December,     1954 


Page  three 


THE 

Volume 

33 

Number  3 

OHIO 

December, 

1954 

A     L     U      M      N      U       S 

The  Magazine  of  The  Ohio 

Univers 

ty  Alumni 

Association 

Editor 

David  N.  Keller,  '?(i 

Chief  Photographer 
Douglas  Wetherholt 

Martin 
•54 

Publisher 
L,  Hecht,  "46 

CONTENTS 

5  The  Future  Of  Higher  EducaHon 

8  A  Weekend  At  Harvard 

10  Financial  Aid  For  The  Worthy 

12  Saturday's   Formations 

14  Citizenship  In  The  Modern  World 

16  On  The  Alumni  Front 

1 7  About  The  Green 

18  Glamorous  Gridders 

19  The   Faculty 

20  Bobcat  Roundup 

22  Grand  Old   Name 

23  Among  The  Alumni 
29  Campus   In  The  Country 


THE     COVER 


The  Christmas  Season,  most 
popular  time  of  the  year  for 
young  and  old,  is  a  time  for 
singing.  In  this  striking  cover 
photograph  by  Doug  Wether- 
holt four  Ohio  University  stu- 
dents blend  their  voices  while 
the  tower  of  Bryan  Hall  shines 
in  the  background.  Left  to  right 
arc  Robert  Black,  a  junior  from 
Alliance;  Helen  Fleischer,  Sax- 
onburg,  Pennsylvania  senior; 
Serena  Sams,  Kenton  freshman; 
and  Art  Aspengren,  senior  from 
Watervlict,  Michigan. 


OFFICERS    OF   THE    OHIO    UNIVERSITY    ALUMNI    ASSOCIATION 

(Member  oj  the  American  Alumni  Council,* 

Russell  P.  Herrold,  '16,  President 

Gail  Fishel  Kutz,    "21,   V.  Pres.  C.   Paul  Stocker,  "26,  V.  Pres. 

Martin  L.  Hecht,  '46,  Secretarv  William  H.  Fcnscl,  "18.  Treds. 

Members-at-Larce  of  Executive   Committee 
Ralph  W.  Betts,  "29  Florence  Micsse  Steele,  '12 

THE  OHIO  ALUMNVS  is  published  monthly  from  October  to  June,  in- 
clusive, by  The  Ohio  University  Alumni  Association.  THE  ANNUAL  SUB- 
SCRIPTION RATE  of  $3.50  includes  membership  in  The  Ohio  University 
Alumni  Association.  Remittance  should  be  made  by  check  or  money  order 
payable  to  The  Ohio  University  Alumni  Association,  PO  Box  283,  Athens. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  October  3,  1923,  at  the  post  office  at  Athens, 
Ohio,  under  the  Act  of  March  3,  1879.  Printed  at  The  Lawhcad  Press,  Inc., 
Athens,  Ohio. 


Page  four 


An   Antidote 


'  I  'HIS  IS  the  season  of  confusion.  No  one  is  cer- 
-L  tain  whether  basketball  teams  start  playing  in 
the  midst  of  football  season  or  football  teams  over- 
lap into  basketball  season.  There  are  sudden  changes 
in  the  weather  and  in  Congress.  We  can't  decide 
whether  to  buy  that  new  car  now  or  wait  for  the 
new  models.  It  snows  on  the  days  we  forget  our 
coats  and  rains  when  we  decide  to  take  some  color 
pictures. 

Then  comes  the  never-failing  antidote  and  we 
are  all  cured.  It  starts  in  doses  administered  through 
the  newspapers,  and  labeled  "18  shopping  days 
until  Christmas."  Gradually  the  doses  are  reduced 
and  we  feel  our  thoughts  being  channeled  out  of 
the  confusion  toward  a  common  interest  —  the 
Christmas  season. 

We  hear  suggestions  for  Christmas  gifts,  such 
as  a  year's  subscription  to  The  Ohio  Alumnus  (how 
did  that  creep  in  here!).  Everyone  seems  to  be 
looking  forward  to  December  25.  No  one  seems  to 
be  confused  any  longer.  Or  maybe  we  just  don't 
mind  the  confusion.  Budgets  go  out  the  window 
for  a  month.  Our  kids,  finding  it  harder  and  harder 
to  sleep,  wake  up  at  5:00  instead  of  5:30.  Their 
minds  are  channeled  too. 

It  won't  be  long  now.  Already  the  campus 
rings  with  promises  to  complete  at  least  three  term 
papers  during  vacation.  Decorations  are  going  up. 
Glee  clubs  are  rehearsing  Carols. 

Christmas  will  be  here  even  before  another 
issue  of  the  Alumnus  can  hit  the  streets.  So  all 
of  us  at  the  alumni  ofBce  want  to  take  this  oppor- 
tunity to  wish  each  of  you  the  Merriest  Christmas 
and  Happiest  New  Year  you  have  ever  had. 


An   Aptitude 


THIS  COLUMN  cannot  close  out  the  year  1954 
without  a  note  of  thanks  to  a  young  under- 
graduate whose  unsolicited  help  has  been  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  appearance  of  the  magazine. 
He  is  Tom  Kuby,  whose  byline  and  credit  line  are 
both  probably  familiar  to  Alumnus  readers. 

A  senior  studying  public  relations,  Tom  has 
the  unusual  talent  combination  of  being  a  gifted 
artist  as  well  as  a  fine  writer.  He  also  has  a  driving 
ambition  to  do  things  on  his  own  initiative.  The 
Alumnus  is  fortunate  to  have  profited  by  that 
ambition. 

The  last  five  issues  of  the  magazine  have  all 
contained  examples  of  Tom's  artistic  touch.  This 
month  we  have  two  of  his  drawings,  used  in  en- 
tirely difi"erent  ways.  In  each  instance  Tom  volun- 
teered  his  services  and  received  no  monetary  comp- 
ensation. 

In  addition  to  Tom  Kuby's  congenial  manner 
and  real  ability  he  has  a  respect  for  deadlines, 
always  turning  in  material  before  the  requested 
time.  We  predict  great  things  in  the  field  of  pub- 
lic relations  for  this  senior  who  graduates  (darnit) 
in  February. 

The    Ohio    Alumnus 


Leading  educators  take  a  look  at 
anticipated  college  enrollments  during 
Oil's  Conference  On  Higher  Education 


Joseph  B.  Hall,  Chairman  of  the 
Ohio  University  Board  of  Trustees, 
chats  with  Harold  E.  Stossen,  di- 
rector of  the  U.S.  Foreign  Opera- 
tions Administration. 


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THE  FIRST  STEP  in  solving  a  dif- 
ficult problem  is  to  define  the 
issue.  With  that  fact  in  mind,  educa- 
tional leaders  from  colleges  and  uni- 
versities throughout  the  state  assembled 
November  10-11  to  help  Ohio  University 
close  its  sesquicentennial  celebration 
with  a  look  to  the  future. 

The  conference  is  certain  to  have  a 
tremendous  impact  on  the  future  of 
higher  education.  Bringing  together  in- 
dividual problems,  most  of  them  centered 
on  anticipated  enrollment  increases, 
educators  formulated  a  picture  of  edu- 
cation during  the  next  20  years.  Through 
reports  and  panel  discussions  they  re- 
vealed specific  situations  which  must 
b;  prepared  for  now. 

From  the  reports,  for  instance,  came 
a  strong  indication  that  Ohio  Universi- 
ty's enrollment  will  soar  to  at  least 
12,000  students  by  1972. 

Principal  speaker  was  the  Hon.  Harold 


E.  Stassen,  director  of  the  Foreign  Op- 
erations Administration  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  who  spoke  at  the  Sesquicenten- 
nial Convocation  closing  the  session. 
Many  other  notable  speakers  took  part 
in  the  conference,  including  representa- 
tives from  51  institutions  of  higher 
learning. 

Proceedings  started  with  reports  and 
discussions  which  were  open  to  the 
public.  President  John  C.  Baker  pre- 
sided. 

Dr.  Ronald  B.  Thompson,  registrar 
of  Ohio  State  University,  set  the  theme 
of  the  Conference  on  Higher  Educatcn 
with  a  report  on  the  "Expected  Increase 
of  College-age  Population  During  the 
Next  Decade."  Using  picture  slides  to 
illustrate  his  address.  Dr.  Thompson 
reported  that: 

"The  population  of  the  United  States 
has  doubled  in  the  last  50  years.  The 
number  of  births  each  year  has  almost 


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doubled  in  the  last  20  years,  reaching 
nearly  four  million  in  1953.  The  average 
number  of  births  each  year  for  the  last 
eight  years  is  more  than  a  million  above 
the  average  for  the  eight  years  immedi- 
ately preceding.  The  burden  of  educat- 
ing this  unprecedented  tidal  wave  of 
students  when  it  strikes  our  colleges  and 
universities  will  be  far  greater  than 
anything  we  have  been  called  upon  to 
bear  thus  far." 

Dr.  Thompson  described  the  growth 
of  higher  education  in  the  United  States 
as  "phenomenal."  He  sa'd  that  "during 
the  last  50  years  the  number  of  students 
enrolled  in  private  colleges  has  multiplied 
more  than  seven  times,  while  the  number 
enrolled  in  public  colleges  and  uni- 
versities has  multiplied  17  times. 

"Education  is  recognized  in  the  Unit- 
ed States  as  a  responsibility  of  each 
state.  While  total  enrollment  in  the 
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United  States  has  increased  approxi- 
mately 150  per  cent  in  the  last  20  years, 
the  variations  of  increase  have  ranged 
from  35  per  cent  in  North  Dakota  to 
560  per  cent  in  Florida.  Ohio's  increase 
is  108." 

Thus  describing  the  urgency  of  meet- 
ing ensuing  needs  for  providing  educa- 
tion. Dr.  Thompson  summed  up  the 
value  of  the  Conference  on  Higher 
Education.  "Heroic  thinking,  adventur- 
ous planning,  and  action  based  on  clear 
vision  will  be  required  if  we  are  to  find 
the  best  solution  to  these  problems  con- 
fronting us  in  the  years  immediately 
ahead,"  he  told  delegates.  "The  decision 
is  in  your  hands." 

Enrollment  Will  Soar 

Dr.  Victor  A,  Goedicke,  professor  oi 
mathematics  and  astronomy  at  Ohio 
University,  completed  the  picture  of  the 
responsibility  of  higher  education  with 
a  report  on  "Expected  Enrollment  in 
Ohio  Colleges  and  Universities  During 
the  Next  Decade. 

Dr.  Goedicke  predicted  Ohio  college 
enrollment  in  1972  will  be  187,844,  or 
237  per  cent  of  the  present  80,466.  Used 
as  an  index  for  this  prediction  was  the 
advancement  ratio,  which  is  the  ratio 
of  the  enrollment  in  a  given  grade  in 
a  given  year  to  the  enrollment  in  the 
preceding  grade  in  the  preceding  year. 

"Inasmuch  as  the  state-supported  uni- 
versities are  expected  to  accommodate 
all  students  who  wish  to  enter,  while 
private  schools  can  and  should  restrict 
their  enrollments  if  they  see  fit,"  he 
said,  "it  is  possible  that  the  private 
schools  as  a  whole  will  choose  to  expand 
their  facilities  to  less  than  237  per  cent 
of  present  size,  in  which  case  the  state- 
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PARTICIPANTS  in  the  opening  session  were   (I  to  r)    President  Howard   L.  Bevis,  Ohio  State   Univer- 
sity;   Dr.    Victor    Goedicke,    OU;    Registrar    Ronald    B.    Thompson,    Ohio    State;    and    OU    President 

John  C.  Baker. 


their  facilities  to  correspondingly  more 
that  237  per  cent  of  present  size." 

Must  Share  Responsibility 

On  the  basis  of  replies  to  question- 
naires from  presidents  of  31  non-state 
supported  Ohio  colleges,  Dr.  Goedicke 
reported  that  private,  non-church  related 
colleges  hope  to  raise  their  capacity  from 
the  present  12,445  students  to  20,783 
by  1972;  Protestant  church  related 
schools  from  9884  to  15,617;  Roman 
Catholic  supported  schools  from  7100  to 
14,129;  and  municipal  schools  from  15,- 
800  to  27,  334. 


"We  find  that  all  of  these  colleges 
combined  will,  if  their  hopes  for  expan- 
sion are  realized,  accommodate  78,000 
students  by  1972,"  he  said.  "The  number 
of  students  needing  accommodation  (ac- 
cording to  estimates)  will  be  188,000. 
The  difference  between  these  two  must 
be  absorbed  by  the  state  universities 
(six)  if  they  continue  to  follow  their 
present  policy  of  admitting  all  applicants 
for  admission.  This  difference  is  110,000 
students.  To  accommodate  this  number 
the  state  universities  would  have  to  ex- 
pand to  322  per  cent  of  their  present 
size  by  1972." 

A  panel  discussion,  headed  by  Presi- 


DISCUSSION  PROGRAM  at  the  opening  session  had  as  panelists  mem- 
bers ol  the  Ohio  College  Association  Committee.  Seated,  left  to  right,  are 
President  Normon  P.  Auburn  of  the  University  of  Akron;  President  John 
D.  Mlllett,  Miami  University;  and  President  Robert  N.  Montgomery,  Musk- 
ingum. Standing  are  President  Bevis  of  OSU;  President  Frederick  E.  Welfle, 
John  Carroll  University;  and  Novice  G.  Fawcett,  superintendent  of  Col- 
umbus city  schools. 


WIVES  OF  GUESTS  attending  the  conference  were  given  a  reception  and 
tea  In  the  1804  Lounge  of  the  University  Center.  Left  to  right  are  Mrs. 
Joseph  Hall  of  Cincinnati;  Mrs.  Howard  L.  Bevis,  Columbus;  and  Mrs. 
John  C.  Baker,  the  hostess.  Assisting  Mrs.  Baker  were  Mrs.  Horace  T. 
Houf,  Mrs.  Golge  Paulsen,  Mrs.  Earl  C.  Selgfred,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Toylor,  Mrs. 
H.  E.  Bern,  Mrs.  Don  Cllpplnger,  Mrs.  Rush  Elliott,  Mrs.  Clark  Myers,  Mrs. 
Gordon   Bush,   and   Mrs.  Vincent  Jukes. 


Page  six 


The     Ohio     Alumnus 


The  surrender  of  indiYidual  freedom  is  tf)e  end  of  cultural  advancement 


dent  Howard  L.  Bcvis  of  Ohio  State 
University,  followed  Dr.  Goedicke's 
talk.  Members  were:  President  Norman 
P.  Auburn,  University  of  Akron;  Super- 
intendent N.  G.  Fawcett  of  the  Colum- 
bus Public  Schools;  President  John  D. 
Millett,  Miami  University;  President 
Robert  N.  Montgomery,  Muskingum 
College;  President  William  E.  Steven- 
son, Oberlin  College;  and  President 
Frederick  E.  Welfle,  John  Carol  Uni- 
versity. 

Equalize  Opportunity 

The  second  day  of  the  conference 
opened  with  a  report  by  Dr.  Paul  R. 
Murphy,  Ohio  University  associate  pro- 
fessor of  classical  languages.  Dr. 
Murphy's  subject  was  "Equalizing  High- 
er Educational  Opportunity  in  Ohio — 
Scholarships  and   Student  Aid." 

"In  1953-54,"  Dr.  Murphy  stated,  "of 
57,000  students  in  Ohio  Colleges,  more 
than  8000,  about  15  per  cent,  held 
student   aids." 

A  discussion  of  student  aid  programs 
followed,  with  panelists  including  Vice 
President  Herman  M.  Shipps,  Ohio 
Wesleyan  University;  Dean  John  N. 
Stauffer,  Wittenberg  College;  Assistant 
Dean  H.  H.  Stephenson,  Miami  Uni- 
versity; and  Edward  A.  Sudnick,  director 
of  student  financial  aids  at  Ohio 
University. 

Dr.  Ernest  M.  Collins,  associate  pro- 
fessor of  government  at  OU,  presented 
the  final  conference  report,  his  subject 
being  "Teaching  Citizenship  and  Dem- 
ocracy in  Ohio  Colleges." 

"In  recent  years,"  he  reported,  "many 
of  the  colleges  and  universities  in  the 
United  States  have  been  engaged  in  a 
re-examination  of  their  educational  pro- 
grams to  determine  their  adequacy  for 
fulfilling  the  citizenship  needs  of  their 
students. 

"The  statement  contained  in  the  Re- 
port of  the  President's  Commission  on 
Higher  Education  that  'colleges  have 
not  taken  seriously  the  task  of  making 
good  citizens  because  they  deem  it  to 
be  their  proper  function  to  produce  an 
intellectual  elite,'  has  caused  some  of 
the  colleges  to  take  a  new  interest  in 
their  programs." 

A  four-member  panel  discussed  the 
subject  further  after  Dr.  Collins  fin- 
ished his  report.  Members  were:  Dean 
K.  H.  McFall,  Bowling  Green  State 
University;  Dean  Eric  N.  Rackham, 
Kent  State  University;  Dean  Parker  E. 
Lichtenstein,  Denison  University;  and 
Professor  William  H.  Eells,  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan University. 

President  Baker  summarized  proceed- 
ings of  the  conference  at  the  end  of  the 
second  session. 


An  academic  processional  preceded  the 
closing  convocation  held  in  Memorial 
Auditorium.  In  the  convocation  address 
on  "Education  and  Freedom,"  Mr. 
Stassen  stressed  the  need  of  freedom  of 
inquiry  by  recalling  "the  tragic  history 
of  peoples  who  have  relinquished  that 
freedom." 

The  director  of  the  nation's  Foreign 
Operations  Administration  told  his  aud- 
ience that  "when  peoples  surrender  their 
individual  freedom  and  submit  to  total- 
itarian rule  their  cultural  ;idvancement 
stops  abruptly.  Eventually  their  physical 
resources,  both  men  and  material,  and 
spiritual  assets,  are  recklessly  squandered 
by  despots  and  their  society  is  reduced 


to  stagnation." 

Mr.  Stassen  expressed  faith  in  the 
history  of  the  United  States,  however, 
in  meeting  problems  which  he  said  are 
"numberless  and  immense." 

"I  have  a  deep  and  abiding  faith  that 
if  there  are  a  sufficient  number  of 
people  who  believe  in  themselves,  in  their 
jobs,  in  their  country,  and  in  their 
individual  chance  for  greatness,"  he 
asserted,  "we  will  be  able  to  meet  these 
problems  and  to  solve  them." 

President  Bevis  also  spoke  at  the  con- 
vocation, and  Rabbi  Harry  Kaplan,  reg- 
ional director  of  the  B'nai  B'rith  Hillel 
Foundation,  gave  the  invocation  and 
benediction. 


SPEAKERS   Dr.   Paul   R.  Murphy  and   Dr.  Ernest  M.  Collins  of  OU    (I  to  r)   talk  with   panelists  Dean 
John   N.  Stauffer  of  Wittenberg  and  Assistant  Dean   H.  H.  Stephenson,  Jr.  of  Miami. 


AT  THE   FORMAL  DINNER,  left  to  right,  ore   Mrs.  Joseph   B.   Hall,   President  John  C.  Baker,   Mrs. 

Howard    L.   Bevis,   President   Lloyd    L.   Romseyer   of   Bluffton   College,    Mrs.   Baker,   President   Raymond 

Walters    of    the    University    of   Cincinnati,    Mrs.    Horoce    T.    Houf,    President    Charles    H.    Wesley   of 

Central   State  College,   and    Mrs.  Walters. 


December,     1  9  f  4 


Page  seven 


Ohio  Univerlsty  alumni 
invade  Cambridge  for  .  . 


A  Weekend 


At  Harvard 


NEW  ENGLAND  alumni  stepped 
into  the  director's  role  for  Ohio 
University's  year-long  sesquicentennial 
show  on  October  30  as  the  scene  shifted 
momentarily  to  Boston. 

Harvard  Weekend,  a  combination  of 
football  and  reunion,  again  featured  a 
cast  of  alumni  and  OU  representatives 
who  crowded  the  Harvard  stage  for 
four  acts. 

The  curtain  went  up  on  an  alumni 
luncheon  at  the  faculty  club  of  the  Har- 
vard Graduate  School  of  Business  Ad- 
ministration .More  than  l.iO  alumni, 
most  of  them  from  the  East  Coast,  were 
on  stage.  The  cities  of  Boston  and  New 
York  logically  had  the  highest  repre- 
sentation, but  there  were  many  from 
Connecticut,  Pennsylvania,  Maine,  New 
Hampshire,  New  Jersey,  and  Ohio. 

The  luncheon  was  an  informal  affair 
that  gave  everyone  a  chance  to  get  re- 
acquainted,  and  set  the  stage  for  the 
n:xt  acts. 

Act   Two.   set   in   the   nation's  oldest 


football  stadium,  although  possibly  class- 
ed as  a  tragedy,  nevertheless  had  its 
happy  moments.  While  the  Harvard 
Crimson  pounded  its  way  to  a  27-13 
victory,  Boston  critics  were  generous  in 
their  praise  of  OU's  Bobcats,  and  their 
leading  actor  Erland  Ahlberg  (see  sports 
section) . 

The  audience  was  forced  to  take 
cover  in  the  sheltered  sections  of  the 
stadium  as  the  stage  effects  went  com- 
pletely haywire  and  showered  rain 
throughout  the  game.  Several  missed 
cues  by  the  actors  were  obviously  attrib- 
uted to  the  slippery  stage,  but  the  game 
was  a  well  fought  oifertsive  show. 

Even  several  of  the  Harvard  Band 
members  carried  umbrellas  during  the 
half-time  show.  But  there  were  no  pro- 
tests  from  OU  alumni  who  sheltered 
themselves  as  best  they  could  and  were 
in  turn  treated  to  a  good  performance 
that  included  two  break-away  touch- 
down runs  by  the  Bobcats. 

Act   Three   was    a    reception    at    the 


EASTERN  ALUMNI  who  helped  make  arrange- 
ments tor  Harvord  Weekend  are  (left  to  right) 
Granville  H.  Evans,  '19,  Belmont,  Mass.:  F.  M. 
(Doc)  Rhoten,  '28,  Fitchburg,  Mass.  who  head- 
ed the  Committee;  and  Richard  Daggett,  '24, 
Southboro,  Mass. 

Commander  Hotel  in  Cambridge.  About 
150  alumni  attended  the  affair  in  the 
hotel  ballroom,  which  Alumni  Secretary 
Marty  Hecht  had  decorated  with  photo- 
graphs and  color  sketches  of  OU  build- 
ings. 

So  popular  was  the  reception  that  it 
lasted  until  time  for  the  final  Harvard 
Weekend  act,  the  alumni  dinner. 

Fifty-seven  attended  the  dinner  which 
had  as  speakers  Dr.  John  C.  Baker,  Pro- 
fessor Albert  C.  Gubitz,  and  Dean  Rush 
Elliott  of  Ohio  University.  Alumni  Sec- 
retary Hecht  acted  as  toastmaster. 

After  paying  tribute  to  Coach  Carroll 
Widdocs  and  the  football  team.  Presi- 
dent Baker  told  alumni  of  expansion 
plans  for  OU.  Enrollment  went  up  al- 
most 20  percent  this  year,  he  said,  even 
though  the  number  of  college-age  stu- 
dents was  low.  This  increase  was  far 
above  the  average  for  Ohio  colleges  and 
universities. 

"Housing  is  the  limiting  factor  on  cn- 


AT   THE   LUNCHEON,   left   to   right,   are   Stephen   Fuller,   Ml;   Granville   H 

Evans,    '19;    President   John    C.    Baker;    Mrs.    Baker;    and    Joan    Vance    Mc 

Kinnon,  52. 


FINISHING   THE   meal   ( 
Wheat;    Mr.  Wheat,   '43; 


(acuity  club  are,  left  to  right,  Mrs.  Robert 
.  Joseph  Scharon;  Mr.  Schoron,  '49;  and  an 
Identified  couple. 


ight 


The     Ohio    A  l  u  m  n  u  .s 


rollmcnt  at  Ohio  University,"  the  pres- 
ident said. 

Explaining  the  OU  dormitory  project 
now  underway,  President  Baker  told  of 
a  recent  statistical  study  which  indicates 
there  will  be  about  twice  as  many  col- 
lege age  men  and  women  in  Ohio  in 
1970  as  there  are  now.  He  added  that 
Ohio  University  is  doing  everything 
possible  to  meet  future  demands  by 
building  new  dorms  and  classrooms,  and 
by  continuing  to  concentrate  on  getting 
top  young  instructors. 

Professor  Gubitz  outlined  briefly  the 
progress  OU  has  made  in  the  past  ten 
years,  tying  in  the  importance  alumni 
cooperation  has  played,  especially  in  the 
sesquicentennial  scholarship  fund  drive. 

A  total  of  $368,325  has  been  pledged 
so  far,  Professor  Gubitz  said,  with  $236,- 
175  already  paid.  Operation  of  the  fund 
is  underway  now  and  several  students 
came  to  OU  this  semester  on  scholar- 
ships provided  by  the  sequi  drive. 

At  one  point  in  his  talk.  Professor 
Gubitz  mentioned  a  close  race  in  schol- 
arship fund  results  between  the  Colum- 
bus and  Cleveland  areas.  Carr  Liggett, 
"16,  of  Cleveland,  who  made  the  trip 
to  Harvard,  immediately  added  $100  to 
his  previous  donation  to  extend  the  slight 
Cleveland  lead  and  push  the  total  from 
that  area  past  $30,000. 

Dr.  Elliott,  dean  of  the  OU  College 
of  Arts  5?  Sciences,  spoke  on  changes 
in  the  faculty  brought  on  by  expansion 
and  several  retirements.  He  said  that  the 
university's  young  faculty  members  are 
very  promising,  and  that  he  hopes  it  will 
be  possible  in  the  near  future  to  offer 
some  doctorates  at  OU. 

The  committee  of  New  England 
alumni  who  helped  make  arrangements 
for  the  1954  Harvard  Weekend  was 
headed  by  F.  M.  (Doc)  Rhoten,  '28  and 
Mrs.  Rhoten.  On  the  committee  were 
Granville  H.  (Grif)  Evans,  '19  and 
Mrs.  Evans  (Grace  McKee,  '19);  E.  M. 
(Dutch)  Jennings,  '25  and  Mrs.  Jen- 
nings (Mildred  Lincicome,  '27) ;  Page 
Mead,  '29  and  Mrs.  Mead;  Steven  Full- 
er, '41  and  Mrs.  Fuller;  Robert  Wheat, 
'43  and  Mrs.  Wheat;  Joseph  Scharon, 
'49  and  Mrs.  Scharon;  James  Burt,  '49 
and  Mrs.  Burt  (Jane  Beckley,  '48) . 

Ralph  B.  Wilson,  '06,  was  the  oldest 
alumnus  present.  Now  a  resident  of 
Wellesly  Hills,  Mass.,  Mr.  Wilson  sat 
through  the  entire  football  game  in  the 
rain,  and  attended  both  the  reception 
and  the  alumni  dinner.  He  was  presented 
with  a  copy  of  "The  History  of  Ohio 
University"  by  Professor  Thomas  N. 
Hoover. 

On  Friday  preceding  the  game  Mr. 
Rhoten  gave  a  party  at  the  Statler  Hotel 
for  members  of  the  committee  and  guests 
from  OU. 


POSING   FOR   a   picture   at  the   reception   were  these   OU   alumni  and  students  who  dispersed   before 
positive  identification  could   be  mode. 


OLDEST  ALUMNUS  at  the  event  was  Ralph   B.  Wilson,  '06,  left,  shown  greeting  Chorlie  Crawford, 

'47,    right,    and    Carr    Liggett,    '16.    Now    retired,    Mr.   Wilson    lives    in    Wellesley   Hills,    a    suburb   of 

Boston.     Mr.   Crawford   travelled   all   the   way  from   Montreal,   Canada   for  the   Harvard   reunoin,   and 

Mr.  Liggett  went  out  from  his  home  in  Cleveland. 


AT  THE   RECEPTION    are    (seated   left  to   right)    Hannah   Brienio   De   Sio,  '40;   Paul  J.   DeSio,   '36: 

Vincent    E.   Caccese,    '35;    Oscar   Grusky,    '38;   Charles    DeSio,    '42;    (next   alumna   unidentified);   Gil 

Thomas    (Tomaselli),    '35;    and    Selma    Bechdolt    Blake,   '36.   Standing,    I   to   r,   ore    Irving    Miller,    '38; 

Kenneth  F.  Wennik,  '49;  and  Mrs.  Wennik. 


December,     1954 


Page  nine 


Financial 


SCHOLARSHIP  COMMITTEE  members  who  screen  all  applications  ore,  left  to  right,  Dr.  B.  A. 
Renkenberger,  Dr.  Karl  Ahrendt,  Dr.  L.  F.  Shoemaker  Chairman  Edward  A.  Sudnick,  Dr.  Frank  B. 
Dilley,    and    Joseph    H.    Dando.     Not   pictured   is   the   Seventh   member.    Dean   of  Women    Margaret 

M.  Deppen. 


TWENTY-FIVE  years  ago  very  few 
students  received  financial  help 
from  the  colleges  they  attended.  As  a 
result,  many  intelligent  young  men  and 
women  were  forced  to  give  up  plans  for 
higher  education  because  they  simply 
could  not  afford  college. 

Today  the  situation  has  changed. 
Through  a  carefully  planned  system  of 
student  aids  worthy  students  are  able 
to  receive  financial  assistance  in  the 
forms  of  scholarships,  part-time  employ- 
ment, and  loans. 

The  backbone  of  the  system  is, 
of  course,  the  scholarship  program. 
Through  various  kinds  of  scholarships, 
needy  students  who  have  distinguished 
themselves  in  academic  work  are  able 
to  go  on  to  college. 

But  the  granting  of  scholarships  is 
no  simple  scheme  of  handing  out  money 
to  students.  Alumni  and  friends  of  Ohio 
University  have  given  generously  to  sup- 
port the  scholarship  program,  and  they 
deserve  to  know  exactly  how  their 
money  is  being  used. 

The  thousands  of  alumni  who  have 
contributed  more  than  $365,000  to  the 
sesquicentennial  scholarship  fund  drive, 
for  instance  should  have  the  satisfaction 
of  knowing  that  their  gifts  will  really 
he  used  for  helping  good  students  who 
need  the  money. 

How  are  these  students  selected? 

In  the  first  place,  it  is  important  to 
note  that  scholarships,  loans,  and  stu- 
dent employment  are  all  coordinated 
through  the  ofiice  of  Edward  A.  Sud- 
nick, director  of  student  financial  aids. 
In  that  way  the  different  types  of  assis- 
tance can  be  utilized  most  effectively 
without  the  danger  of  overlapping  or 
unknowingly  showing  favoritism. 

Selections  for  scholarships  are  made 
by  an  eight-man  committee  headed  by 
Sudnick.  The  other  seven  members,  rep- 
resenting the  faculty  and  administration, 
are  appointed  by  President  John  C. 
Baker. 

All  applications  are  accepted  for  con- 
Page  ten 


sideration.  A  high  school  graduate  who 
feels  that  he  may  be  qualified  may  apply 
for  a  first-year  scholarship  by  sending 
in  a  form  application  and  two  letters 
of  reference. 

After  the  deadline  for  applications 
(July  1)  Director  Sudnick  screens  each 
one  for  completeness  and  sends  it  on  to 
the  committee.  Each  application  goes  to 
at  least  three  committee  members  who 
rate  it  according  to  need,  academic 
promise,  high  school  activities,  character, 
and  recommendations.  Ratings  are  made 
according  to  points,    100  being  perfect. 

Next  the  applications  are  returned  to 
Sudnick  who  reviews  them  and  makes 
certain  they  have  been  properly  circu- 
lated. Then  they  go  before  the  entire 
committee  for  approval  and  are  awarded 
in  the  exact  order  of  their  ratings.  In 
all  instances  the  emphasis  is  on  need. 

This  careful  screening  process  assures 
each  applicant  of  fair  consideration  by 
several  qualified  examiners. 

Notices  are  then  sent  to  scholarship 
recipients,  who  are  asked  to: 

(1)  Accept  or  reject  the  scholarship 
within  10  days. 

(2)  Carry    a    minimum    load    of    15 
hours  each  semester. 


(y)  Live  up  to  high  standards  of 
moral  conduct  and  the  social 
policy  of  Ohio  University. 

All  scholarships  are  for  one  year  only. 
However,  students  who  meet  certain 
academic  standards  may  re-apply  for 
upperclass  scholarships. 

Last  year's  scholarships  fell  into  five 
categories,  according  to  donors.  These 
were  Alumni,  Campus  Groups,  Endow- 
ed, Friends,  and  Ohio  University. 

Beginning  this  year  there  were  60 
from  the  Sesquicentennial  Scholarship 
Fund  which,  since  money  from  the  drive 
is  being  placed  in  the  state's  Irreducible 
Trust  Fund,  will  eventually  be  classified 
as  endowed  scholarships.  There  will  be 
many  more  in  future  years,  thanks  to 
the  overwhelming  response  of  Ohio  Uni- 
versity alumni. 

Most  scholarships  provide  for  the 
amount  of  the  general  registration  fee, 
at  the  present  time  $135.  A  scholarship 
does  not  waive  laboratory  fees  assessed 
in  certain  courses,  nor  does  it  provide 
for  miscellaneous  fees  assessed  all  stu- 
dents. 

Since  the  sesquicentennial  scholar- 
ships  provide   for   $150,   however,   it   is 


EDWARD   A.    SUDNICK,    director   of   student   financial   aids,   discusses    Ohio    University   with    one   of 

the    recipients    of    the    sesquicentennial    scholarships.     She    is   Constance    McClure,   a    freshman,   who 

ranked  14th  in  her  graduating  class  of  443  at  Toledo  DeVilbiss  High  School. 


liilTriw.jfi!!r : 


Aid  For  Worthy  Students 


Scholarships  often  open  the  doors  of 
higher  education  for  needy  students. 
Here  is  how  the  recipients  are  chosen. 


expected    that    all    will    he   set    at    that 
amount  sometime  in  the  future. 

Upperciass  Scholarships 

Students  who  have  completed  one  year 
at  Ohio  University  become  eligible  to 
apply  for  upperciass  scholarships  if  they 
meet  requirements. 

These  scholarships  are  divided  into 
two  categories  —  regular  and  honor 
awards.  To  receive  a  regular  upperciass 
scholarship  ($15^)  a  student  must  have 
at  least  a  3.0  scholastic  average  and  show 
the  need  for  financial  assistance. 

A  student  who  has  no  financial  need 
may  still  apply  for  an  honor  scholarship, 
worth  $50,  if  he  has  an  accumulative 
average  of  3.5  or  more.  These  honor 
scholarships  are  designed  to  reward  out- 
standing students,  regardless  of  need. 

Athletic  Scholarships 

A  few  scholarships  each  year  are 
awarded  to  athletes,  but  they  too  must 
h:  screened  through  the  scholarship  com- 
mittee. Recommendations  of  athletes, 
who  must  be  in  the  upper  half  of  their 
high  school  graduating  classes,  are  made 
by  Athletic  Director  Carroll  Widdoes. 
Those  granted  are  the  regular  $13  5 
scholarships. 

An  athlete  must  maintain  a  2.0  aver- 
age or  better  to  keep  his  scholarship,  a 
requirement  above  the  standard  set  for 
player  eligibility  in  the  Mid-American 
Conference. 

Music  Scholarships 

For  students  having  special  musical 
ability  a  limited  number  (10  this  year) 
of  special  music  scholarships  are  avail- 
able. Recommendations  for  these  awards 
are  made  by  Dr.  Karl  Ahrendt,  direc- 
tor of  the  School  of  Music,  since  audi- 
tions are  required.  The  scholarships  in- 
clude the  $135  registration  fee  plus  re- 
mission of  applied  music  fees. 

No  discussion  of  the  scholarship  pro- 


gram would  be  complete  without  some 
mention  of  the  other  student  financial 
aids,  because  all  are  tied  in  together. 
By  distributing  board  jobs  according  to 
need.  Director  Sudnick  is  able  to  balance 
the  different  types  of  student  aid.  He  is 
able,  for  instance,  to  prevent  a  situation 
in  which  one  student  could  receive  a 
scholarship  and  a  job,  while  another 
needy  student  got  neither.  He  is  also 
able  to  easily  determine  the  rightful 
distribution  of  student  loans  which  are 
available. 

The  establishment  of  this  office  for 
student  financial  aid  is  one  of  the  keys 
to  the  unusual  success  Ohio  University 
has  in  the  administration  of  its  scholar- 
ship program. 

The  importance  of  such  careful  admin- 
istration of  scholarships  can  be  seen 
through  state-wide  experiences  in  the 
past,  many  of  which  are  revealed  in  a 
recent  study  by  Sudnick  and  Dr.  Paul 
R.  Murphy,  associate  professor  of  class- 
ical languages. 

It  is  no  surprise  that  there  have  been 
abuses  in  scholarship  programs  when 
extreme  care  was  not  exercised.  No 
doubt  more  than  one  student  has  pos- 
sessed what  Dr.  Murphy  terms  "the 
unholy  triad"  of  scholarship,  a  job,  and 
a  car. 

But  there  is  still  a  real  need  for 
financial  aid  for  the  worthy.  Properly 
administered,  it  becomes  the  most  power- 
ful single  force  we  have  in  working  to- 
ward a  goal  of  making  higher  education 
available  to  every  able  high  school  grad- 
uate willing  to  work. 

The  real  value  to  the  country  is  sum- 
med up  in  a  statement  in  the  report  by 
Director  Sudnick  and  Dr.  Murphy. 
"Since  society  is  the  gainer  from  the 
production  of  trained  people,  it  cannot 
regard  higher  education  as  a  luxury  for 
private  enjoyment  to  be  gained  or  lost 
as  a  purely  personal  matter." 

Certainly  there  are  qualified  students 
who  do  not  receive  scholarships  because 
others  are  more  qualified.  And  with  ex- 


pected increases  in  enrollment  there  will 
be  many  more. 

But  alumni  of  Ohio  University  have 
done  a  tremendous  job  of  extending  the 
opportunity  for  higher  education  to 
many  of  these  young  men  and  women, 
with  the  miraculous  sesquicentennial 
scholarship  drive.  They  can  in  turn  be 
assured  that  their  money  is  being  ably 
used  as  an  instrument  to  help  equalize 
educational  opportunity. 

ACCURATE  RECORDS  of  each  scholarship  re- 
ciplenf  ore  kept  up  to  dote  by  Secretary 
Mercedes  Stone.  A  coordinated  filing  system 
for  scholarships,  jobs,  and  loans,  enables  Di- 
rector Sudnicit  to  proportion  student  assistance 
fairly. 


December.     1954 


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OHIO'S  MARCHING  BAND  forms  an  interlocking  OU  ot  the  Homecoming  game. 


INITIAL   PLANNING   (or   a    halftime   formation   is   done   on   a    miniature 

(oolboll    field    with    pegs    representing     bandsmen,    by    Director    Minelli 

and  his  assistant  William   Brophy   (le(t). 


CHARTS    FOR    EACH   (ormotion   are   then    mode,   so   that  one   will    be       APPROPRIATE    MUSIC  for  each    formation    must   be    worked    out   and    stored 
available  for  each   band   member.    By  following   his  designated   number,        in   the    Music   Department's   huge   storage   library  to   be   sorted   ond   distributed 
a   bandsman  is  able  to  find  his  different  positions  on  the  field.  by  Norman  Lanning,  a  senior  from  East  Liverpool. 


Page  twelve 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


S^citupciau  J    ^ormatlond 


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Charles  Minelli 


BAND  FORMATIONS  have  become  as  much 
a  part  of  college  football  as  T-Formations.  And 
at  Ohio  University,  where  both  are  used,  the  two 
formations  have  a  lot  in  common. 

The  successful  execution  of  both  depends  a 
great  deal  on  close  timing.  Everyone  has  to  be  in 
the  right  place  at  the  right  time.  In  both  instances 
this  is  accomplished  only  by  long  hours  of  planning, 
charting,  and  practicing. 

Plans  for  OU's  half-time  extravaganzas  start 
early  in  the  fall,  sometimes  before  football  practice. 
To  be  effective  each  show  must  be  woven  around  a 
central  theme.  Specific  maneuvers  for  each  of  the 
108  band  members  must  be  charted  exactly.  In  addi- 
tion. Director  Charles  Minelli  insists  on  having 
special  musical  arrangements  for  every  program. 

Then  there  are  the  many  small  problems  seldom 
realized  by  spectators.  Only  familiar  tunes  can  be 
used  if  the  formations  are  to  have  meaning.  Some- 
times it  seems  impossible  to  find  the  right  song  for 
a  particular  pattern.  Each  tune  must  be  timed  to 
match  the  number  of  seconds  needed  to  get  into 
position.  And  there  is  always  the  possibility  of  a 
key  person  being  unable  to  show  up  at  the  last 
minute,  so  alternate  plans  must  be  made  ahead  of 
time. 

With  these  things  accomplished  and  a  prayer 
for  good  weather  offered,  the  marching  band  sets 
out  with  charts  and  music  to  put  in  at  least  six 
extra  hours  a  week  at  the  practice  field.  In  the 
one  or  two  weeks  between  home  games  band  mem- 
bers must  be  ready  to  form  as  many  as  ten  different 
designs  (the  number  used  at  Homecoming)  and 
play  even  more  tunes  while  spectators  scrutinize 
each  line  that  passes  by. 

But  it's  worth  the  work.  A  good  half-time 
band  performance  is  as  necessary  to  the  Saturday 
afternoon  football  atmosphere  as  the  goal  posts. 

December,     1954 


Football  players  aren't  the  only  ones  who 


spend  hours  practicing  for  Saturday's  game. 


EXTRA   PRACTICE   SESSIONS   ore  held    by  the   majorettes,  shown   relaxing  after  a 

workout    in    Memorial    Auditorium.     In    front,    left    to    right,    are    Shirley    Belazina, 

Garfield    Heights;    and    Ginny   Huerkamp,    Cincinnati.    Standing,    same   order,    are 

Shirley  Vale,  Cleveland;  Suzanne  Huff,  Akron;  and  Carol  Wells,   Pittsburgh. 

Page  thirteen 


In  this  second  of  two  articles  for  the 
Alumnus,  Dr.  Murphree  tells  what 
Ohio  University  is  doing  to  provide 
students  with  a  liberal  "Education  for 
Citizenship." — ed. 


THE  TWO  NEWEST  courses  to  be 
added  to  the  Ohio  University  cur- 
riculum in  the  field  of  general  education 
are  the  courses  titled  "Humanities" 
(Great  Books)  and  "Social  Science" 
(Citizenship  in  the  Modern  World) . 
It  is  this  latter  which  I  would  like  to 
describe  in  some  detail. 

At  the  instigation  of  President  Baker, 
a  faculty  committee  began  to  meet  in 
the  fall  of  1948  in  order  to  consider  the 
establishment  of  a  course  that  would 
serve  as  in  introduction  to  the  social 
sciences  as  well  as  a  study  in  responsible 
citizenship.  The  committee  met  repeated- 
ly the  next  two  years,  canvassing  general 
education  courses  in  the  social  sciences 
offered  by  other  universities  and  de- 
termining the  policy  that  would  guide 
Ohio  University's  own  course. 

Two  sections  were  given  for  the  first 
time  in  the  fall  of  1951,  and  they  took 
their  place  beside  "The  Physical  World" 
and  "The  Living  World,"  already  avail- 
able under  the  category  "general 
studies,"  and  rounded  out  that  offering. 

The  assumption  behind  this  course  is 
not  that  it  is  a  substitute  for  courses  in 
government  and  history  and  sociology, 
nor  is  it  a  substitute  for  the  kind  of 
intellectual  growth  and  enlightenment 
which  a  liberal  education  has  come  to 
mean.  But  how  many  of  our  students 
have  a  schedule  that  permits  their  taking 
even  the  introductory  courses  in  the 
social  sciences?  And  how  many  of  them 
get  a  good  look  at  politics  and  party 
organization  and  the  opportunity  to  dis- 
cuss in  a  systematic  manner  the  specific 
issues  which  arise  in  a  political  cam- 
paign? 

"Citizenship  in  the  Modern  World"  is 
a  two  semester  course,  and  the  work 
of  the  first  semester  is  less  directly 
political  than  the  second.  The  theme  of 
the  first  is  "Personality,  Culture,  and 
Society."  It  is  a  broad  and  comprehen- 
sive theme;  it  is  also  a  vitally  necessary 
one  if  we  are  to  begin  to  understand  the 
human  situation. 

r afferent  Societies 

Today  there  is  a  special  urgency  to 
learn  how  different  cultures  and  societies 
produce  the  peoples  with  whom  we  must 
live.  Men  have  always  lived  in  the  com- 
pany of  fellow  men,  in  groups  and 
societies,  and  men  ordinarily  have  more 
than  one  social  group  to  which  they  feel 
an  allegiance.  By  and  large  those  so- 
cieties have  been  local,  tribal,  and  na- 
tional in  size.  Not  until  recent  years 
have     economic     and     political     events 


We  have  assumed  too  long  that  the  vital  Information 

of  citizenship  is  somehow  automatically  absorbed 

from  the  free  society  in  which  we  live. 


forced  the  recognition  that  the  larger 
community  in  which  we  live  embraces 
men  everywhere. 

Before  the  United  States  became  a 
world  power,  it  was  possible  to  ignore 
countries  and  communities  outside  our 
own;  we  could  dismiss  other  peoples 
and  their  ways  of  living  as  simply 
foreign. 

If,  however,  we  pretend  to  live  in- 
telligently in  the  modern  world  and 
assume  the  responsibilities  which  Ameri- 
can leadership  implies,  we  shall  have  to 
forego  this  provincialism  and  strive  to 
understand  peoples  and  societies  strange 


times  call  "the  individual")  is  possible 
which  does  not  encompass  more  than 
his  physical  equipment. 

The  theme  of  the  second  semester  of 
"Citizenship  in  the  Modern  World"  is, 
as  the  course  title  indicates,  a  study  of 
democratic  citizenship  in  contemporary 
America.  We  begin  with  the  funda- 
mentals and  principles  of  the  democratic 
heritage  and  go  on  to  the  consideration 
of  civil  liberties,  political  parties  and  or- 
ganization, elections  and  campaigns,  the 
totalitarian  rivals  of  democracy,  and 
foreign  policy.  There  is  not  space  in  this 
article  to  survey  the  specific  content  and 


Citizenship 


to  us.  Fulfilling  that  obligation  of  in- 
telligent citizenship  is  one  of  the  aims 
of  this  course. 

As  well  as  being  called  "Personality, 
Culture,  and  Society,"  the  theme  of  this 
first  semester  might  equally  well  be  de- 
scribed as  a  study  in  the  formation  of 
human  behavior,  or,  again,  the  molding 
of  "human  nature"  in  its  social  en- 
vironment. 


A  Social  Animal 

In  recent  years  no  one  has  presumed 
to  study  human  behavior  in  the  absence 
of  some  reference  to  the  particular  so- 
ciety and  culture  in  which  men  find 
themselves.  A  long  time  ago  the  Greek 
thinker  Aristotle  put  his  finger  on  this 
point  when  he  asserted  "Man  is  a  social 
animal."  It  is  generally  agreed  that  an 
examination  of  human  personality  which 
considers  only  man's  anatomy  or  his 
bodily  characteristics  is  sterile  or  fruit- 
less, however  important  such  a  study 
might  be  for  other  purposes. 

For  this  reason,  our  study  carries  us 
afield  to  the  social  sciences,  particularly 
those  social  sciences  which  have  as  their 
particular  provinces  "culture"  and  "so- 
ciety." So  the  words  "personality,"  "cul- 
ture," and  "society"  are  not  strung  to- 
gether casually  and  haphazardly,  without 
good  reason.  No  understanding  of  "man 
the  social  animal"    (or  what  we  some- 


readings  which  we  use  for  all  these 
topics,  but  let  me  indicate,  as  an  illus- 
tration, the  approach  we  take  to  one  of 
those  topics,  civil  liberties. 

We  remind  the  students  that  the 
American  people  have  always  been  a 
diverse  lot.  From  the  very  beginning,  the 
land  that  became  "America"  was  what 
later  poets  and  historians  were  to  call 
"The  Mother  of  Exiles"  and  a  refuge, 
"The  land  of  the  second  chance." 

The  emigrants  who  poured  to  the 
eastern  shores  and  spilled  out  to  the 
western  frontier  included  French  Hugu- 
enots, Scots,  Scots-Irish,  the  Dutch, 
Swedes,  Germans,  as  well  as  English- 
men. In  the  nineteenth  and  twentieth 
centuries  they  were  joined  by  the  Irish, 
Scandinavians,  Austrians,  Poles,  Serbs, 
and  Italians  in  great  numbers. 


Gentlennenaristocrats 

They  were  gentlemenaristocrats  and 
"persons  of  low  circumstances;"  adven- 
turers, slaves,  and  "ne'er-do-wells;" 
Baptists,  Catholics,  Quakers,  and  Epis- 
copalians —  men  who  had  little  in  com- 
mon except  a  restive  temper  and  a  new 
homeland.  Yet,  for  all  their  differences, 
these  men  became  "Americans"  and 
found  in  their  political  ideals  and  insti- 
tutions a  common  allegiance  and  a  com- 
mon bond. 

E  Plurihus  Unum  (One  out  of  Many) . 


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The     Ohio    Alumnus 


the  official  motto  of  the  United  States, 
is  itself  a  reminder  of  the  unity  which 
emerged  from  the  diversity  of  language, 
culture,  religion,  and  race  of  the  men 
who  swarmed  to  this  haven  for  the  "dis- 
inherited, the  dispossessed." 

On  the  sprawling  continent  which  he- 
came  the  "broad  lap"  that  received  so 
many  different  peoples,  political  govern- 
ment had,  almost  necessarily,  to  he  one 
which  tolerated  individual  differences 
and  independent  thought.  Too  many  of 
the  people  who  became  "Americans" 
had  felt  the  harsh  power  of  arbitrary  and 
irresponsible  government  for  their  con- 
ception of  good  government  to  be  other 
than  one  which  left  the  individual  a 
wide  latitude  of  liberty  and  indepen- 
dence. In  fact,  the  very  word  "individ- 
ualism" was  first  used  in  a  book  de- 
scribing Democracy  In  America. 

It   is   one   of   the    fundamental    prin- 


interference,  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence made  it  clear  that  there  are  cer- 
tain human  rights  which  no  government 
generously  confers,  much  less  has  the 
right  to  violate;  but  that,  instead,  gov- 
ernment itself  is  designed  for  their  pres- 
ervation. These  are  the  rights  termed 
"inalienable"  and  "natural,"  so  funda- 
mental for  human  happiness  that  a  man 
without  those  rights  was  thought  to  be 
hardly  a  "man"  at  all. 

The  first  of  those  ten  amendments 
which  comprise  the  "Bill  of  Rights"  is 
one  which  is  a  fountainhead  of  Ameri- 
can civil  liberty : 

Congress  shall  pass  no  law  respect- 
ing an  establishment  of  religion,  or 
prohibiting  the  free  exercise  there- 
of: or  abridging  the  freedom  of 
speech,  or  the  press:  or  the  right  of 
the  people  peaceably  to  assemble, 
and  to  petition  the  government  for 


people  are  fit  to  govern  themselves  if 
they  are  not  informed,  and  there  is  no 
"informing"  that  is  worth  the  while  out- 
side a  free  society.  Yet  no  one  has  the 
freedom,  as  Justice  Holmes  wrote,  "to 
cry  'Fire!'  in  a  crowded  theater,"  and 
no  court  will  hold  that  the  Constitution 
guarantees  such  a  freedom. 

The  problem  is  easier  stated  than 
solved.  Where  and  how  is  the  line  to  be 
drawn  between  the  liberties  which  are 
the  very  condition  for  the  functioning 
of  democracy  and  the  order  which  every 
society  must  maintain?  At  a  time  when 
this  wavering  line  between  freedom  and 
order  is  being  drawn  again,  we  are  apt 
to  forget  that  the  problem  is  as  old  as 
the  American  political  tradition. 

Perhaps  it  is  old  bec.iuse  it  is  bound 
to  be  the  crucial  problem  in  a  democratic 
society  which  places  such  high  value  on 
freedom  and  liberty.  Certainly  it  is  cru- 


In  The  Modern  World 


ciples  of  American  democracy  that  gov- 
ernment is  limited — that  all  political 
authority  is  exercised  within  the  limits 
prescribed  by  law  that  even  democratic 
government  is  bound  by  a  written  con- 
stitution. This  principle  is  nowhere  bet- 
ter exemplified  than  in  the  Supreme 
Courts  guardianship  of  the  American 
constitution. 

Giving  special  emphasis,  almost  urg- 
ency, to  this  belief  in  limited  govern- 
ment was  the  American  emigrant's  dis- 
trust of  all  "government"  and  the  opti- 
mistic view  that  if  only  government 
would  let  well  enough  alone  a  society 
of  harmonious  interests  would  result. 

Government,  even  one  that  derived 
its  authority  from  the  consent  of  the 
governed,  ought  to  have  limits  set  to  its 
authority.  Those  limits  are  most  partic- 
ularly expressed  in  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  and  the  first  ten  Amend- 
ments to  the  constitution  (the  "Bill  of 
Rights") . 

Almost  as  if  to  remove  man's  funda- 
mental rights  from  the  sphere  of  political 


a  redress  of  grievances. 

The  literal  meaning  of  these  civil 
liberties  seems  clear  enough.  But  there 
is  the  very  practical  consideration  that 
no  society  of  men  can  or  ever  has  per- 
mitted absolute  freedom  and  still  re- 
mained a  society.  At  least,  the  more  of 
us  who  have  absolute  freedom,  the  fewer 
of  the  rest  of  us  will  have  any  freedom 
at  all. 

Thus  arises  the  problem  of  reconciling 
freedom  and  order,  liberty  and  stability, 
nonconformity  and  authority.  In  a  demo- 
cratic society  this  is  a  particularly  diffi- 
cult problem.  Political  authority  is  de- 
rived from  the  people  and  the  people 
are  therefore  their  own  governors.  And 
unless  there  is  freedom  to  dissent  and 
critize,  unless  there  is  a  condition  of 
free  speech,  a  free  press,  and  free  schools 
in  which  the  sovereign  people  may  de- 
liberate and  decide  what  they  want, 
there  is  little  to  recommend  a  govern- 
ment bv  the  people. 

Not  even  the  staunchest  spokesman 
for  democracy  has  maintained  that  the 


By   Dr.   Idus  L   Murphree 


cial  since  the  meaning  of  democracy  is 
inseparable  from  the  civil  rights  of  the 
individual,  for,  with  the  loss  of  those 
civil  rights,  "democracy"  is  an  empty 
word. 

I  would  be  the  first  to  grant  that  we 
have  tackled  a  large  job.  The  range  of 
our  subject  matter  and  reading  materials 
is  vast,  and  we  are  confined  to  compress- 
ing all  of  it  into  one  year.  No  one 
claims  that  in  a  year  what  may  be  ac- 
complished could  not  be  better  done  in 
two.  But  for  too  long  we  have  assumed 
that  the  vital  information  of  citizenship 
is  somehow  automatically  absorbed  from 
the  free  society  in  which  we  live. 


Mechanics  of  Politics 

Citizenship  is  an  art  with  its  own 
techniques  and  skills,  and  the  "politics" 
that  we  disdain  is  its  natural  home.  "The 
business  of  the  citizen  and  the  statesman 
is  not  political  theory  hut  politics,"  and 
it  is  the  mechanics  of  politics,  the  strat- 
egy of  political  action,  which  is  the 
vacuum  in  modern  education  that  this 
course  attempts  to  fill. 

Somewhere  in  a  student's  four  years 
at  college  there  ought  to  be  an  oppor- 
tunity to  ponder  Lincoln's  question 
"Why  should  there  not  be  a  patient 
confidence  in  the  ultimate  justice  of  the 
people?  Is  there  any  better  or  equal 
hope  in  the  world?" 


December,     1954 


Page  fifteen 


ON  THE  ALUMNI  FRONT 


Bobcat  Dance  Scheduled 

The  annual  Ohio  University  Bobcat 
Dance,  sponsored  by  the  Bobcat  Club 
of  Cleveland,  will  be  held  at  the  Uni- 
versity Club  (Cleveland)  on  Wednes- 
day, December  22. 

Joe  Hruby  and  his  orchestra  will  pro- 
vide music  for  dancing  from  10  to  2. 

The  Cleveland  Bobcat  Club  repre- 
sents more  than  2000  Greater  Cleveland 
alumni  of  Ohio  University,  and  the 
Christmas  Dance  is  their  biggest  event 
of  the  year.  All  proceeds  from  the  holi- 
day social  event  support  a  scholarship 
for  outstanding  students  from  Cleveland 
attending  OU. 

William  C.  Doody,  '49,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  club,  is  chairman  of  the 
1954  dance.  Tickets  priced  at  $2.90  may 
be  purchased  from  all  four  Haberacker 
Optical  store  locations  in  Cleveland  and 
suburbs. 

CoHee  Hour  Held 

The  second  post-game  coffee  hour  for 
Ohio  University  alumni  was  held  at 
Bowling  Green  November  13  following 
the  battle  between  the  Bobcats  and 
Falcons.  A  small  but  enthusiastic  group 
gathered  at  the  Charles  Restaurant  in 
that  city  for  the  get-together. 

Alumni  coffee  hours  after  games  away 
from  Athens  have  proved  popular  among 
those  attending,  and  Alumni  Secretary 
Marty  Hecht  is  planning  to  continue 
them,  if  alumni  desire,  during  basket- 
ball season. 

Pictures  taken  at  the  Bowling  Green 
event  will  appear  in  the  next  issue  of 
THE  OHIO  ALUMNUS. 


Poetry  Contest  Opens 

Ohio  University's  32nd  Emerson 
poem  contest,  open  to  students  and 
graduates  of  the  university,  is  being 
conducted  this  year. 

Entries  for  the  contest,  founded  under 
terms  of  a  fund  set  up  by  W.  D.  Emer- 
son, graduate  of  1883,  must  be  in  the 
hands  of  the  chairman  of  the  English 
Department,  Dr.  Edward  Hodnett,  be- 
fore the  opening  of  the  second  semester, 
February  7,   1955. 

Emerson  bequeathed  $1000  to  the 
board  of  trustees  for  operation  of  the 
contest  with  the  interest  being  awarded 
every  second  year  for  the  three  poems 
chosen  as  the  best  original  work.  The 
prizes  are  $60,  $40  and  $20,  respective- 
ly. In  honor  of  the  university's  sesqui- 
centennial  observances  this  year,  an  in- 
creased number  of  alumni  are  expected 
to  enter  the  contest. 

First   prize   winners   are    not    eligible 


AT  AN   ALUMNI   coffee   hour  following   the   Ohio   University-Kent  football  game 
George   M.   Brown,   '31;   Mrs.  Gail   Fishel   Kuti,  '22;   Ross  Sams,  '32;  Mrs.  Brown 
and  an  unidentified  guest  of  the  Browns. 


are    (left  to  right) 
(Ruth   Fowler,  '32); 


DAVID    GOLDSBERRY,    '47,   and    Mrs.   Goldsberry    (Jean    Staples,   '48),   shown   at  the   coffee   hour, 
helped  malte  arrangements  for  the  affair  which  was  attended  by  137  alumni. 


for  further  competition,  and  each  con- 
testant is  limited  to  one  entry,  sub- 
mitted in  three  copies.  Rules  state  the 
poems  should  be  typewritten  on  paper 
eight  and  one  half  by  eleven  inches, 
written  only  on  one  side  and  marked 


with  a  pseudonym  or  character.  A  sep- 
arate, sealed  envelope  containing  the 
psedonym  or  character  and  the  name  and 
address  of  the  contestant  should  be  sent 
to  Hodnett,  not  to  be  opened  until  the 
decision  of  the  judges  has  been  made. 


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The    Ohio    Alumnus 


Engineers  Convene 

Dr.  Arthur  A.  Brainard,  '15,  recipi- 
ent of  an  honorary  degree  at  the  Sesqui- 
centennial  commencement  last  June, 
spoke  at  an  engineer's  convocation  hon- 
oring Thomas  A.  Edist)n's  inventing  the 
electric  light.  Dr.  Brainard  invented  an 
effective  all-weather  florescent  lighting 
system  for  high  speed  highways.  Dr. 
Brainard  has  been  a  member  of  the  US 
National  Committee  of  the  Intcrnation 
Commission  on  Illumination. 

"Robot  Ramble",  sponsored  by  the 
OU  Engineer's  Club,  was  the  first  for- 
mal dance  of  the  year.  Howie  Chapman's 
orchestra  furnished  the  music  for  the 
affair  which  was  held  in  the  Center 
Ballroom  Nov.  6.  Advertising  the  dance 
on  the  campus  was  a  white  "mechanical" 
robot  who  proceeded  to  scare  the  girls 
and  attract  the  attention  of  the  pros- 
pective ticket  buyers. 


Fred  Waring  To  Appear 

Fred  Waring  and  his  entire  group  of 
Pennsylvanians  will  appear  in  Memorial 
auditorium  Dec.  15  for  a  program  spon- 
sored by  Student  Council.  Only  2,800 
tickets  will  be  sold  of  which  500  are 
reserved  seats  and  the  rest  available  to 
students. 


J-Club  Members  Chosen 

J  Club,  junior  men's  honorary  society, 
held  its  annual  tapping  for  membership 
recently  by  tapping  1 1  junior  men  at 
the  eleventh  hour  of  the  eleventh  day  of 
the  eleventh  month  of  1954.  Selected 
on  the  basis  of  ability  in  leadership, 
scholarship,  and  extra-curricular  activi- 
ties were:  George  Appunn,  Lakev.ood; 
Tom  Balding,  Newark;  Bob  Clinger, 
Findlay;  Larry  Harper,  Mansfield;  Har- 
vey Loeb,  Cincinnati;  Dave  Moore,  Cin- 
cinnati; Dick  Nellis,  Athens;  Hank 
Roenick,  Cleveland;  Mitch  Samargya, 
Weirton,  W.  Va.;  Chick  Skipper,  Day- 
ton; and  Art  Williams,  Mingo  Junction. 
Also  tapped  for  membership  was  James 
Runyeon  as  advisor  to  the  club. 

All  newly  tapped  initiates  were 
formally  recognized  at  halftime  exercises 
of  the  Dads  Day  game  between  Ohio 
U  and  Marshall  College's  Thundering 
Herd. 


Public  Discussion  Contest 

Ohio  University  and  16  other  nation- 
wide colleges  will  compete  in  the  Fourth 
Annual  National  Contest  in  Public  Dis- 
cussion by  tape-recording  their  discus- 
sions of  the  topic  "How  can  the  Ameri- 
can  educational   system   best   meet   the 


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A    MECHANICAL   MONSTER   reminds   students   in  the    University  Center  to  attend  the  first  formol 
dance    of   the    year,    the    Engineers'    Ball,    November  6.    These   of  the   dance   was  "Robot   Ramble." 


needs  of  our  society?".  These  recordings 
will  be  sent  to  the  University  of  Illinois 
where  they  will  be  heard  by  the  judges. 
Returning  to  the  OU  department  of 
Dramatic  Arts  and  Speech  after  a  year's 
absence  while  working  on  his  doctorate 
at  Ohio  State  Thomas  Ludlum  has  re- 
sumed his  former  duties  as  coach  of  the 
Men's  Varsity  Debate  Team.  Dr.  L.  C. 
Staats  coached  the  team  last  year  during 
Prof.  Ludlum's  absence.  This  year  Dr. 
Staats  will  take  charge  of  the  Women's 
Varsity  Debate  Team  while  Dr.  Gordon 
Wiseman  will  coach  the  Freshman 
Debaters. 


Theater  Season  Opens 

"The  Moon  Is  Blue"  opened  the 
Ohio  University  Theatre  season  Nov. 
9-13  and  will  be  followed  by  such  pres- 
entations as  "I  Remember  Mama"  Dec. 
7-11,  "Death  of  a  Salesman"  Feb.  22-26, 
and  "Joan  of  Lorraine"  March  15-19. 
One  of  the  great  play  series  to  be  pre- 
sented this  year  will  be  "The  Brothers" 
by  Terence  Jan.    13-15. 


News  Dorms  Started 

Contracts  for  construction  of  the 
$864,000  Commerce  Building  and  Dor- 
mitory Number  10  on  East  Green  have 
been  awarded  the  Knowlton  Construc- 
tion Co.,  of  Belief ontaine,  according  to 
Luverne  F.  Lausche,  OU  Business  Man- 
ager. Razing  of  the  old  buildings  where 
the  commerce  building  will  be  construct- 
ed will  begin  immediately.  This  struc- 
ture will  stand  on  the  site  of  the  well- 
known  Carl's  Restaurant,  Sloan  Cot- 
tage, Court  St.  Cottage,  and  a  private 
home  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Court 
and  President  Streets. 

The  Commerce  Building  will  house 
all  departments  of  the  College  of  Com- 
merce except  the  School  of  Agriculture. 
This  includes  the  offices,  laboratories, 
classrooms,  and  lecture  halls  now  located 
in  Ewing  Hall. 

The  Knowlton  concern  will  be  re- 
membered by  students  and  alumni  as 
building  the  OU  Center,  the  Health 
Center,  the  addition  to  Howard  Hall, 
and  four  East  Green  dormitories.  At 
present  it  has  one  East  Green  dorm 
under  construction. 


December,     1954 


Page  seventeen 


ELATION    shows    on    the    (aces    of    victorious    Alpha    Xi    Delta    gridders 
gather   around    team    captain    Dielz    Dengler,    Zonesville,    with    trophy. 


ACTION    in    the    second    quo 
Shirley   Stork   following   go 


of    the    g( 
interferenc* 


me    sees    Pi    Phi    Halfback 
for  a  four  yard   gain. 


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TENSION   on   the   Pi   Phi   bench   gives   an   indication   of  the   seriousn 
which  the  girls  take  the  gome. 


Ann  POUND  halfback  from  Manemont,  Ohio  swept 
around  left  end,  cut  back  toward  the  inside,  and  raced 
32  yards  for  the  first  Alpha  Xi  Delta  score  in  Powder  Bowl 
history.  The  score,  by  fleet-footed  Barbi  Watson,  broke  up  a 
tight  duel  with  Pi  Beta  Phi  November  7  and  gave  the 
""Fuzzics"  their  first  victory  in  the  eight  game  series.  Captain 
Dietz  Dengler  passed  for  the  extra  point  and  the  7-0  win. 

Carry  ng  on  in  the  tradition  of  their  predecessors,  both 
teams  showed  well-drilled  offenses  operated  from  the  T  and 
single  wing.  There  was  nothmg  faked  or  phoney.  Both  teams 
played  to  win,  ,ind  record  crowd  of  16'in  roared  approval. 
Another  record  was  set  by  the  $700  gate  turned  over  to  the 
D.imon  Runyon  Cancer  fund. 

Powder  Bowl  records  now  stand  at  two  wins  for  Pi 
Phi  and  one  for  Alpha  Xi.  Five  games  have  ended  in  ties. 


CONCENTRATION    by    Ginny    Helm    (left)    and    Pat    Cleary 
they  chew  lemons  and  wait  to  go  back  into  the  gome 


RELAXATION   at  holftime  is  welcomed   by  exhausted   players  os  the 
to  Coach  Chuck  Bell's  strotegy  for  the  second  half. 


Page  eighteen 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


THE   FACULTY 


Research  Grant  Awarded 

Dr.  W.  D.  Huntsman,  a  1947  Ohio 
University  graduate  nciw  serving  as  as- 
sociate professor  of  chemistry,  has  been 
awarded  a  research  grant  from  the 
American  Chemical  Society  Petroleum 
Research  Fund. 

Valued  at  SJViO,  the  grant  will  pro- 
vide for  a  graduate  fellow  whose  re- 
search will  be  supervised  by  Dr.  Hunts- 
m,in.  The  project  title  is  "Double-Bond 
Migration  and  Raccmization  of  Olefins 
During  Hydrogenation."  It  will  extend 
from  February,  19'i'i,  through  January, 
19S6. 

Dr.  Huntsman  was  one  of  123  appli- 
cants whose  proposals  were  studied  by 
the  fund  advisory  board.  Of  those  ex- 
amined, .37  were  recommended  for  ap- 
proval, 80  were  rejected  and  the  remain- 
der were  reviewed  again. 

A  native  of  Barnesville,  Dr.  Hunts- 
man received  his  Ph.D.  from  Northwest- 
ern. After  serving  in  the  U.S.  Navy  for 
two  years,  he  joined  the  Ohio  Uni- 
versity faculty  in  1951  as  assistant 
professor. 

The  29-year'old  chemistry  professor 
is  a  member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Phi 
Eta  Sigma,  and  the  American  Chemical 
Society.  He  has  published  a  number  of 
articles,  the  last  of  which  appeared  in 
the  December,  1953  issue  of  the  Journal 
of  the  American  Chemical  Society. 

Married  and  the  father  of  two  chil- 
dren. Dr.  Huntsman  is  presently  teach- 
ing part-time  and  working  on  a  two- 
year  Air  Force  project  which  expires  in 
February.  His  new  award  will  enable 
him  to  spend  summers  on  research  in 
theoretical  organic  chemistry  with  spec- 
ialization in  the  field  of  hydrocarbons, 
the  main  components  of  natural  gas  and 
petroleum. 


Counselor  Killed  In  Wreck 

Patricia  Rose  Kelly,  popular  resident 
counselor  at  Scott  Quadrangle,  died 
October  22  in  a  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 
hospital  of  injuries  suffered  in  an  auto- 
mobile accident  one  hour  before  on 
Route  50. 

Miss  Kelly  was  the  driver  of  the  car 
which  went  out  of  control  and  crashed 
into  a  tree,  according  to  the  State  High- 
way Patrol. 

The  patrol  said  Miss  Kelly  lost  con- 
trol of  the  vehicle  on  a  sharp  curve  near 
the  Athens-Washington  County  line. 
The  accident  happened  at  9  p.m.  as  she 
and  her  assistant  at  Scott,  Wilma  Sue 
Castrup,  were  enroute  to  West  Vir- 
ginia. Miss  Castrup  suffered  shock  and 


Dr.  Willi.'\m  D.  HuNTSM.^N 

facial  lacerations,  but  has  recovered  and 
is  now  back  at  the  dormitory. 

Miss  Kelly,  who  was  also  adviser  to 
Newman  Club,  was  Bryan  Hall  counselor 
last  year,  transferring  to  Scott  when 
girls  moved  into  that  dormitory.  A 
resident  of  Akron,  she  was  a  graduate 
of  Notre  Dame,  Indiana,  and  received 
her  master's  degree  at  Indiana  in   1953. 

Only  25  years  old.  Miss  Kelly  was  a 
favorite  of  OU  coeds,  and  was  very 
active  in  inter-dorm  activities. 


Faculty    Briefs 

Dr.  Raymond  H.  Gusteson,  associate 
professor  of  government  has  been  elected 
chairman  of  the  Faculty  Advisory  Coun- 
cil. Assisting  him  are  Vice  Chairman 
Dr.  Elizabeth  G.  Andersch,  professor  of 
dramatic  art  and  speech,  and  Secretary 
Charlotte  LaTourrette,  associate  profes- 
sor of  physical  education. 

William  H.  Herbert,  purchasing  agent, 
presented  a  paper  on  Records  and  Forms 
for  Preventive  Maintenance  at  a  region- 
al meeting  of  the  National  Association 
of  Educational  Buyers  at  the  University 
of  Dayton. 

Dr.  Harry  B.  Crewson,  assistant  pro- 
fessor of  economics,  is  the  newly  elected 
president  of  the  OU  chapter  of  the 
American  Association  of  University  Pro- 
fessors. Other  officers  are  Dr.  Paul  R. 
Murphy,  associate  professor  of  classical 
languages,  vice-president;  Dr.  Willard 
H.  Elsbree,  assistant  professor  of  gov- 
ernment, secretary;  and  Dr.  Victor 
Goedicke,  professor  of  mathematics  and 
astronomy,  treasurer-. 


§        elm  leaves         ^ 


30  year.'i  ago — The  sophcjiuore  vig  1- 
ancc  committee  charged  freshman  lish 
with  being  too  lax  in  their  cKservancc 
of  certain  regulations  dealing  v.ith  smok- 
ing on  the  campus  and  wearin';  the 
green  togue.  /-utomcb'le  headlights 
furnished  the  synthetic  moonlight  while 
the  neophytes  demonstrated  their  true 
aquatic  abilities  one  .slightly  cool  evening 
down  at  the  lake.  The  soph,  tutors,  of 
course,  remained  on  the  bank. 

25  years  ago — A  proposal  to  name 
the  portion  of  the  campus  at  the  rear 
of  Cutler  Hall  and  upon  which  stand  the 
Napoleon  Willow  and  the  Class  of  1911 
Drinking  Fountain  "Cutler  Court"  was 
recently  made  by  Torch.  This  was  done 
in  order  to  make  more  prominent  the 
name  of  the  "Father  of  Ohio  Universi- 
ty" and  to  give  a  designation  to  the 
ground  adjacent  to  Cutler  Hall  so  it 
might  have  some  traditional  significance. 

20  years  ago — Cooperative  living  ac- 
comodations were  made  ava'lable  for  64 
Ohio  University  men  th-s  fall  with  the 
leasing,  by  the  trustees,  with  option  for 
purchase,  of  the  Palmer  House,  a  hotel 
on  the  corner  of  Congress  and  Washing- 
ton Streets.  In  the  new  hall  there  is  a 
hostess  who  supervises  the  planning  and 
preparation  of  meals. 

1 5  years  ago — Two  new  airplanes. 
Taylorcraft  Trainers,  have  been  added 
to  Athens  Airways'  complement  of  ships 
to  be  used  in  the  CAA  vocational  flight 
training  program  in  which  30  OU  stu- 
dents are  currently  enrolled. 

John  McKinven.  Youngstown.  Junior. 
was  named  the  "Billy  Rose  of  Ohio  U" 
for  his  work  directing  the  OU  Revue 
which  was  attended  by  3.500  univers'ty 
students  and  friends. 

10  years  ago — Item  appearing  in  '  On 
the  Campus"  described  as  a  campus  per- 
sonality "Ladv",  canine  pet  of  the  late 
Dean  Irma  Voigt.  Lady,  who  was  a 
person  of  consequence  in  the  commun- 
ity, was  listed  as  a  dues  paying  membrr 
of  the  Athens  Methodist  Church,  the 
American  Red  Cross,  and  a  private  first 
class  in  Dogs  for  Defense.  At  that  time- 
she  was  seven  years  old  and  the  dean's 
constant  companion. 

5  years  ago — Oh'o  University  is  mak- 
ing an  all-out  effort  to  combat  the 
threat  to  the  McGuffey  and  other  elms 
on  campus  against  the  Dutch  elm 
disease  and  the  elm  phloem  necrosis. 


December.     1954 


Page  nineteen 


The  Bobcat  Roundup 


By  Roiuland  Coyigdon,  '49 

SINCE  LAST  TALKING  to  you 
through  the  pages  of  your  November 
Alumnus,  two  defeats  and  a  victory 
have  bsen  added  to  the  Bobcats"  record 
for  1954. 

With  on;  game  to  go,  the  Dads'  Day 
finale  with  Marshall  College  in  Ohio 
Stadium,  Nov.  20,  the  OU  record  reads 
five  wins  and  three  defeats. 

As  you  all  probably  know  by  now, 
Miami's  Redskins  put  the  only  damper 
on  an  otherwise  successful  Sesquicentcn- 
nial  Homecoming  program  with  a  46-1.^ 
win  over  the  Bobcats. 

Miami  went  on  to  take  the  Mid- Am- 
erican Conference  crown  from  the  de- 
fending champion  Bobcats,  defeated  In- 
diana, 6-0,  and  then  lost  their  first  game 
of  the  season  Nov.  13  to  Dayton. 

But  getting  back  to  OU.  They  travel- 
ed to  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  two  char- 
tered airplanes  of  the  Purdue  Aero- 
nautics to  meet  Harvard.  The  game  was 
played  in  a  downpour  which  left  the 
field  a  quagmire  of  mud  and  soon 
darkened  the  OU  white  jerseys. 

But  the  team,  though  losing  27-13, 
gave  a  commendable  performance,  and 
was  praised  highly  by  Boston  writers 
and  Harvard  Coach  Lloyd  Jordan.  Their 
praise  was  aimed  mainly  at  OU's  junior 


halfback,  Erland  Ahlberg,  of  Conneaut. 
Ohio,  who  is  rapidly  becoming  one  of 
OU"s  all-time  great  backs. 

They  acclaimed  "Augie"  as  "the 
fastest  back  to  b;  seen  in  Harvard 
Stadium  all  season"  and  Jordan  asked 
Coach  Carroll  Widdoes  if  he  couldn't 
borrow  Ahlberg  for  Harvard's  remain- 
ing three  games. 

Ahlberg,  that  day,  despite  the  muddy 
turf,  scampered  152  net  yards  on  17 
carries,  for  his  best  game  of  the  season 
to  that  time.  The  Bobcats  also  gained 
nearly  as  much  yardage  on  the  ground 
as  four  previous  Harvard  opponents 
were  able  to  do. 

Going  into  the  game.  Harvard  had 
held  four  opponents  to  an  average  of 
85  yards  total  rushing  per  game.  OU's 
net  rushing  against  The  Crimson  was 
275  yards.  The  result  of  the  game 
rested  in  the  old  OU  bugaboo  of  allow- 
ing the  opposition  too  many  yards 
through  them. 

Harvard's  single-wing  attack  ground 
out  306  net  yards,  the  most  by  any  one 
team  against  OU  all  year,  including 
Miami. 

In  the  sloppy  going,  the  Bobcats  could 
not  get  their  passing  attack  to  jell,  so 
all  Harvard  had  to  do  was  concentrate 


GETTING  READY  to  take  off  for  the  Harvard  (ootball  game  are  Bobcats  (left  to  riglit  on  ground) 
Jerry  Vandeveer,  manager  from  Troy;  Bob  Wheeler,  Summit,  N.J.  (formerly  Shaker  Heights):  Bob 
Saposhe,  Lowellville;  Bob  Ripple,  Youngstown;  Bob  Wem,  Cleveland;  Stan  Viner,  Cincinnati;  Chuck 
Saponaro,  Cleveland  (formerly  Wellsville) ;  Doug  Fairbanks,  Lakewood;  and  John  Evans,  Navarre. 
On  the  steps  are  Vern  Smith  (left),  Eaton  Rapids,  Michigan,  and  Andy  Scarpelli,  Cleveland.  Dick 
Spellmeyer,   Mt.  Healthy,  is  in  the  doorv^ay. 


Coach  Carroll  Widdoes 

on  the  ground  game  of  the  visitors.  OU 
threw  four  passes,  completed  one  for 
minus  one  yard. 

The  tailend  of  Hurricane  Hazel  was 
hovering  over  the  East  that  weekend 
and  it  caused  the  team  to  be  late  on 
their  arrival  in  Boston  the  Friday  before 
the  game.  They  were  supposed  to  have 
had  a  light  workout  and  a  sightseeing 
trip  of  the  city  Friday  afternoon,  but 
didn't  arrive  until  9  p.m.  at  the  hotel 
after  being  grounded  several  times  on 
the  way  due  to  bad  weather. 

They  flew  back  Saturday  night  to 
Parkersburg  as  the  storm  cleared  by  late 
afternoon. 

Apparently  suffering  from  a  letdown 
after  these  two  hard-fought  games,  easily 
the  high  spots  of  the  schedule  for  the 


The  Bobcats  downed  Marshal]  Col- 
leoe  26-25  m  a  rainy  Dad  s  Day  finale 
November  20  to  end  the  1954  season 
with  a  respectful  6-3  record.  Sensa- 
tional Erland  Ahlberg  again  set  the 
pace  by  scoring  three  toiic/idoifTis  in 
the  first  quarter,  one  on  an  85  yard 
\ic\-off  return. 


boys,  they  were  humiliated  by  Western 
Michigan's  Broncos  the  following  week, 
19-6."^ 

The  Kalamazoo  boys  held  "Augie" 
to  his  lowest  ground-gaining  total  of 
the  season,  29  yards  in  11  carries.  And 
that  was  pretty  much  the  story  of  the 
game.  OU  was  held  to  its  second  lowest 
net  yardage  total  of  the  season — 129. 
Only  Miami  yielded  less — 81. 

For  the  first  half  of  the  Bowling  Green 
game,  it  looked  as  though  the  Bobcats 


Page  twenty 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


were  in  for  another  lacing,  this  time 
by  the  conference's  last  place  team  in 
the  standings,  offense  and  defense. 

The  scoreboard  read  14-6,  BG,  as  the 
two  teams  began  the  second  half.  The 
14  didn't  change,  but  the  6  had  a  2  pre- 
ceding it  by  the  time  .^0  minutes  more 
of  action  went  by. 

In   this   game,    the   two   standouts   in 


1954-55  BASKETBALL  SCHEDULE 

*Marietta   College 
*Morris   Harvey  College 

Ohio   Wesleyon    University 
♦Marshall   College 

Kent   State    University 

Western    Reserve   University 

Loyola    University   of  Chicago 
♦Western    Michigan   College 
♦Kent   State    University 
♦University  of  Toledo 

Bowling   Green   State    University 
♦Miami    University 

Cose    Institute   of  Technology 

Marshall   College 
♦Western    Reserve    University 

Miami   University 
♦Bowling   Green   State    University 
♦Morehead   State   Teachers   College 

Western   Michigan   College 

University  of  Toledo 

Marietta   College 

*   Home  Games 


the  backficld  were  Vcrn  "Tiny"  Smith, 
sophomore  fullback  from  Eaton  Rapids, 
Mich.,  and  Ahlberg. 

Smith  carried  the  ball  26  times  and 
gained  80  yards,  giving  indication  that 
OU  is  set  at  the  fullback  spot  for  the 
next  two  years.  He  was  replacing  Ted 
Jackson,  who  did  not  make  the  trip  due 
to  a  case  of  boils. 

Ahlberg  hit  his  peak  ground-gaining 
effort  of  the  season.  Carrying  19  times, 
he  went  for  170  yards  and  two  touch- 
downs, one  of  31  yards  and  one  1 5 
yards.  He  was  on  his  way  to  a  third 
score  in  the  fourth  period  when  he  was 
forced  out  of  bounds  on  the  three-yard 
line,  though  seemingly  having  gone 
across  the  goal  line  in  bounds. 

In  addition,  the  Bobcats  were  on  the 


Dec. 

4 

Dec. 

9 

Dec. 

11 

Dec. 

14 

Dec. 

17 

Dec. 

18 

Dec. 

20 

Jan. 

7 

Jan. 

15 

Jan. 

17 

Jan. 

22 

Jan. 

29 

Feb. 

5 

Feb. 

9 

Feb. 

11 

Feb. 

15 

Feb. 

18 

Feb. 

21 

Feb. 

26 

Feb. 

28 

Mar. 

3 

1954-55  WRESTLING  SCHEDULE 

Dec.  11 

Marshall  College 

Dec.   18 

Purdue  &  Indiana  (at  Purdue) 

Jan.      8 

♦Waynesburg 

Jan.    14 

♦Bowling  Green 

Jan.    22 

♦Findloy  College 

Feb.      4 

♦Illinois 

Feb.    12 

Miami 

Feb.    14 

♦Marshall 

Feb.    19 

Kent  State 

Feb.    26 

Case 

Mar.4&5 

Mid  American  Meet 

(at  Bowling  Green) 

11  &12 

4-1  Tournament  (at  Case) 

25&26 

NCAA  Tournament  (at  Cornell) 

♦   Home  Meets 

WESTERN   MICHIGAN   halfback  Jerry  Game!  dives  over  center  for  the  first  touchdown  in  Western's 

19-6   upset  victory  over  OU.    By  looking  closely  at  the   right  knee  of  Ohio's  Number  26,  you  can  see 

the  ball  carrier's  face  and   port  of  the  boll. 


son,  broke  a  three-game  losing  streak 
and  set  up  the  final  game  with  Marshall 
as  the  one  which  could  mean  the  diff- 
erence in  a  mediocre  or  commendable 
record  for  this  sophomore-laden  team. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  season.  Coach 
Carroll  Widdoes  was  skeptical  of  equal- 
ing or  bettering  the  6-2-1  marks  of  the 
previous  two  seasons.  He  thought  the 
team  could  take  ''five  wins  with  luck" 
and  that  there  was  a  possibility  of  win- 


SWIMMING  SCHEDULE 


Jan. 

8 

MAC   Relays   (at  Oxford) 

Jan. 

15 

♦Ball   State  Teachers 

Jan. 

22 

♦Pittsburgh 

Feb. 

5 

Kentucky 

Feb. 

12 

Bowling   Green 

Feb. 

16 

♦Kenyon  College 

Feb. 

19 

Miami 

Feb. 

26 

Kent  State 

Mar. 

10, 

11,   12        MidAmerican  Meet 

(at  Kent) 

♦   Home  Meets 

BG    11 -yard    line    as   the    game   ended. 
This  became  OU's  fifth  win  of  the  sea- 


ning  more,  depending  on  how  the  sopho- 
mores came  through. 

To  this  observer,  the  varsity  yearlings 
came  through  with  flying  colors,  in  most 
instances.  The  team  at  the  start  of  the 
season  listed  28  sophomores  among  its 
47-man  roster. 

And  most  of  these  can  be  counted  on 
as  nucleus  of  a  fine  team  next  year. 
Among  the  standouts  have  been  Doug 
Fairbanks,  Lakewood,  center;  Walt  Ga- 
wronski.  Maple  Heights,  end;  Don  Mc- 
Bride,  Columbiana,  quarterback;  Dick 
Perkins,  Elyria,  guard;  Bob  Ripple, 
Youngstown,  guard  and  end;  Vern 
Smith,  Eaton  Rapids,  Mich.,  fullback; 
Roger  Thomas,  Springfield,  halfback; 
Jack  Vair,  Warren,  end;  Stanley  Viner, 
Cincinnati,  guard;  and  Bob  Wheeler, 
Summit,  N.  J.,  formerly  of  Shaker 
Heights,  tackle. 

A  major  experiment  begun  in  the 
Western  Michigan  game  paid  off  when 
Ripple  was  switched  from  his  left  guard 


post,  which  he  had  held  down  all  year 
as  a  starter,  to  left  end,  to  bolster  that 
ever-weakened-by-injuries  spot.  He  has 
caught  three  passes  in  two  games  for 
a  total  of  32  yards  and  is  seventh  in  the 
list  of  pass-receiving  leaders  on  the  team. 
Graduating  seniors  will  be  Don  An- 
derson, Ripley,  W.  Va.,  tackle;  Joel 
Deckman,  Malvern,  halfback;  Bill  Fred- 
erick, Dayton,  quarterback;  Ted  Jack- 
son, Springfield,  fullback;  Charles  Kari- 
kas,  Cleveland,  guard;  Stanley  Masch- 
ino,  Dayton,  tackle;  John  Schwab,  Day- 
ton, guard  and  captain;  Dick  Spell- 
meyer,  Cincinnati,  center,  and  Ron 
Weaver,  Franklin,  tackle. 


TOUCHDOWN  TWINS  Eriand  Ahlberg,  left, 
Conneaut,  and  Roger  Thomas,  Springfield, 
give  the  Bobcats  more  speed  at  the  halfback 
positions    than    they   have    had    for   many   years. 


December,     19  54 


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ante 


By  Robert  E.  Mahn,  Registrar 


MARGARET  BOYD  was  the  Uni- 
versity's first  woman  student,  en- 
tering in  1868.  A  year  later  she  was 
joined  by  Mary  Virginia  Gibbons,  Not 
until  1871-72  were  they  joined  by  others 
of  their  sex.  Of  the  total  of  eleven  that 
year  three  were  named  Mary  and  two 
Ella.  The  others  were  named  Margaret, 
Sarah,  Julia,  Eva,  Dell,  and  Emma. 

By  the  turn  of  the  century  the  name 
Mary  appeared  in  the  rolls  twelve  times 
and  held  a  triple  margin  over  its  nearest 
competitors,  Anna,  Blanche,  Lena,  and 
Mabel.  Other  names  that  appeared  at 
least  twice  among  the  97  different  names 
for  the  150  different  women  students 
were  Alice,  Bertha,  Bessie,  Catherine, 
Effie,  Elizabeth,  Ethel,  Flora,  Florence, 
Frances,  Grace,  Helen,  Iva,  Jennie,  Lucy, 
Lenora,  Lulu,  Lizzie,  Mane,  Minnie, 
Nancy,  Olive,  and  Winifred.  Adda, 
Alta,  Alethia,  Attie,  Calla,  Crissie,  Dasa, 
Dellie,  Goldie,  Lenna,  Lida,  Mayme, 
Mazie,  Mattie,  Nan,  Niva,  Octa,  Osa. 
Pansy,  Stella,  and  Trixie  were  names 
present  in  the  rolls  at  the  turn  of  the 
century  that  were  not  there  at  the  quar- 
ter century  mark.  In  that  year,  when 
women  numbered  1100,  the  name  Mary 
was  ahead  of  its  nearest  rival,  Helen, 
by    a    third,    and    ahead    of    Ruth    and 


Ohio  University  records  show  changing 
popularity  trends  in  coed  names, 
but  Mary  still  leads  the  field. 


Margaret,  the  next  in  line,  by  a  half. 
Dorothy,  Elizabeth,  Frances  and  Mild- 
red were  other  popular  names.  For  the 
most  part,  names  were  still  the  kind 
that  one  could  spell  from  hearing  them 
spoken.  Something  new  was  appearing — 
combinations.  Emmajane,  Marianna,  and 
Marijan;  were  the  only  three,  however. 

In  today's  rolls,  Mary  still  has  no 
close  rival.  Ruth  and  Margaret  have 
lost  ground  to  Barbara,  Shirley,  Patricia, 
Nancy,  and  Carol. 

During  the  past  quarter  century  the 
increase  in  number  of  different  names 
appearing  in  the  rolls,  ignoring  differ- 
ences in  the  spelling  of  the  same  names, 
has  been  in  proportion  only  to  the  in- 
crease in  the  number  of  women  students. 
The  most  noticeable  change  has  been 
the  trend  toward  combinations  and  un- 


usual spellings,  of  which  Bettilee,  Bev- 
erle,  Carolann,  Dorothylou,  Floranne, 
Georgeann,  Idaclaire,  Janellyn,  Jene, 
Jeri,  Jillene,  Joselyn,  Mariellen,  Marg- 
ann,  Marya,  Lindamae,  Marjene,  and 
Pennie  are  examples. 

Is  the  reason  for  this  change  Holly- 
wood, the  Age  of  Advertising,  or  less 
interest  in  family  tradition?  Whatever 
it  is.  It  is  a  development  that,  if  it 
pushes  the  name  Mary  into  the  back- 
ground, will  merit  the  attention  of  the 
social  historian.  And  that  time  may 
come,  for  an  examination  of  lists  of 
names  of  pupils  in  the  lower  school 
grades  indicates  that  Mary  is  beginning 
to  lose  ground  to  Karen,  Linda,  Sharon, 
and  Sue.  But  whatever  its  future,  it 
will  always  remain  "A  Grand  Old 
Name."" 


Page  twenty-two 


The     Ohio    Alumnus 


^.^mona  the  ^>^ti 


f- 


umni 


1912 

Etta  Mowkry  M<JNHALt;  (Mrs.  C..  F.) 
was  injured  aboard  a  ship  caut;ht  in  a  Hur- 
ricane this  fall.  She  received  three  broken 
ribs  when  the  ship,  returning  from  Europe, 
was  tossed  about  and  almost  capsized.  How- 
ever, Mrs.  Monhauk,  back  at  her  home  in 
Lancaster,  reports  "a  truly  grand  trip  re- 
gardless of  my  injury."  Leaving  on  August 
29,  she  toured  abroad  for  six  weeks  through 
Scotland,  England,  France,  Switzerland,  Italy, 
Austria,  Holland,  Belgium,  and  Germany. 

1914 

Dr.  Alfred  W.  Stewart  has  retired 
after  serving  as  head  of  the  Secondary  Edu- 
cation  Department   at   Kent   State   University. 

1921 

Herbert  W.  Finney  is  golf  pro  at  the 
Woodhill  Golf  Club,  Wayzetta,  Minn,  dur- 
ing the  summer  and  at  the  Arizona  Biltmore 
Hotel.    Phoenix,    Ariz,    in    the    winter. 

1922 

Fred  H.  Johnson  has  been  voted  the 
outstanding  insurance  agent  in  Ohio.  His 
selection  was  announced  at  the  annual  con- 
vention of  the  Ohio  Association  Of  Insurance 
Agents  in  Columbus.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a 
member  of  the  Columbus  insurance  firm  of 
Johnson   and   Rankin, 

1923 

Mary  S.  Lewis  is  teaching  at  Barncsville, 
Ohio. 

1924 

Dorothy  Friedlich  Ale.xander  (Mrs. 
Clark  A.)  is  a  psychiatric  social  worker  with 
the  State  Child  Guidance  Department,  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut. 

1925 

William  H.  Herbert,  purchasing  agent 
and  associate  professor  of  commerce  at  Ohio 
University,  was  the  "man  with  the  dark 
glasses"  pictured  on  the  cover  of  the  Novem- 
ber Alumnus.  A  member  of  the  OU  coaching 
staff  in  1929,  Mr.  Herbert  was  seated  with 
the  1929  football  team  when  the  Homecom- 
ing   cover    picture    was    snapped. 

1926 

Louis  Seidenfeld.  who  with  his  brother 
operates  the  historic  Seidenfeld  Big  Store 
in  Murray  City,  is  proof  that  the  old  type 
general  store  has  not  lost  all  of  its  impor- 
tance. Louis  and  his  brother  Charles  operate 
the  popular  store  from  May  until  November, 
spending  the  remaining  six  months  in 
Florida. 

1927 

Helen  Vera  Boyd,  associate  professor  at 
State  University  Teachers  College,  Beneseo, 
N.  Y.,  supervises  off-campus  student  teach- 
ing, and,  during  the  summer,  teaches  courses 
in  the  Intensive  Teacher  Training  Program 
for  graduates  of  Liberal  Arts  Colleges. 

T.  Lyston  Fultz  is  assistant  superintend- 
ent  at   Boys   Industrial   School,   Lancaster. 


'rJ^etter  from  ^J^erroid' 


Dear  Fellow  Alumni: 

In  one  month  Ohio  University's  sesquicentennial  year  will  he  over.  And 
what  a  year  it  has  been! 

Lcxiking  hack  over  the  year's  hig  events — Founders  Day,  Commence- 
ment, Homecoming,  and  the  Conference  on  Higher  Education —  I,  for  one, 
am  proud  to  be  associated  with  a  group  that  has  made  so  many  permanent 
contributions  to  its  school. 

The  year  has  been  much  more  than  an  observance  and  the  credit  can  he 
shared  by  alumni,  school  administrators,  faculty,  students,  and  friends. 

There  are  different  kinds  of  celebrations.  A  birthday  can  be  observed 
with  a  lot  of  hoop-la  that  bursts  forth  and  then  suddenly  and  completely 
disentegrates.  But  when  it  is  a  birthday  that  comes  only  every  century  and 
a  half  it  needs  a  little  more  than  a  toast  and  a  piece  of  cake  to  tide  it  over. 

Well,  we  had  our  hoop-la,  and  it  was  enjoyable.  I  don't  remember 
seeing  many  sad  faces  at  Homecoming. 

What  is  more  important,  though,  is  the  wealth  of  enduring  contribu- 
tions that  will  remain  long  after  the  year  1954  bows  out.  The  sesqui- 
ccntennial  scholarship  fund,  which  has  passed  $365,000,  will  always  be  .in 
alumni  monument  to  the  celebration. 

"The  American  Rhapsody",  "The  Green  Adventure"  and  "The  Hoover 
History"  have  been  set  permanently  in  OU  tradition.  The  Conference  on 
Higher  Education  was  the  formal  beginning  of  a  combined  movement  of 
Ohio  colleges  and  universities  to  meet  future  problems  brought  about  by 
expanding  enrollments. 

I  have  pointed  out  in  other  letters  the  important  organizational  effect 
the  fund  drive  and  other  sesqui  events  have  had  on  our  Alumni  Association. 
We   are   much  stronger   as   a   group   than   we  were   a   year   ago. 

Let's  hope  that  effect  is  of  a  lasting  nature  too.  Merry  Christmas. 
Sincerely, 

Russell  P.  Herrold 

President,  Ohio  University  Alumni  Association 


1928 

J.  Maurice  Guthrie,  a  teacher  at  Troy, 
Montana,  worked  at  Yellowstone  National 
Park  during  the  summer.  Mrs.  Guthrie  (Mona 
Davies,  "2.'i)   also  teaches  at  Troy. 


Ruth    Armstrong    retired    recently 
teaching    40   years   in   the   Logan    schools 


fte 


Mary  Elizabeth  Hannah  is  an  elemen- 
tary teacher  at  the  Turkeyfoot  School, 
Coventry   School   District,   Barberton. 


Hank  Andrews,  outdoor  editor  of  the 
Cleveland  Press,  is  president  of  the  Outdoor 
Writers   of  Ohio. 


Frances  Faye  Harris 
teaches  at  the  Grandvicw 
Columbus. 


(Mrs.      Robert) 
Edison     School, 


Guy  Saylor  has  been  named  director  of 
binder  production  planning  for  The  McBee 
Company.  Mr.  Saylor's  offices  are  at  the 
company's  binder  headquarters  in  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 

Capt.  Frederick  H.  Blickle  has  been 
assigned  to  the  Third  Armored  Division  of 
the  U.S.  Army.  He  has  11  years  of  service, 
including  duty  in  the  Mediterranean  Theater 
from  March  1944  to  June  1947,  and  in 
Korea  from  September  19.i0  to  Isfovember 
19.')1. 

Anne  Rickard.  assistant  to  the  director 
of  public  relations  at  Ohio  State  University, 
prepares  a  weekly  radio  program  "Campus 
Cavalcade"  for  Station  WOSU.  Miss  Rickard 
visited  the  OU  campus  during  the  recent 
Conference  on  Higher  Education,  gathering 
material  lor  a  special  50-minute  program 
which    was   broadcast    November    13. 


December,     1954 


Page  twenty-three 


CHARLES  W.  ETSINGER,  '30,  is  Eastern  In- 
diana correspondent  for  the  "Cincinnati  En- 
quirer." He  and  his  wife,  Almeda,  live  in 
Richnnond,  Indiona.  Mr.  Etsinger  was  editor 
of  the  "Green  &  White"  and  a  member  of 
Phi    Beta    Kappa    at   OU. 


1935 

Jack  L.  Chasin.  former  field  ofiice  man- 
ager for  the  Terminal  Construction  Corpora- 
tion of  New  York,  has  been  named  manager 
of  the   company's   real   estate   department. 

Mary  Virginia  Hamilton  is  chief  dieti- 
tion  of  the  Hiland  View  Hospital  in  Maple 
Heights. 

Carlos  Cowan  is  one  of  the  senior 
chemists  for  the  National  Cash  Register 
Company  in  Dayton.  A  recent  edition  of 
the  company's  employee  publication  carried 
an  article  about  Mr.  Cowan  and  a  picture 
of   his   model    home    in    West    Carrollton. 

1936 

Jane  Nutter  Bogniard  heads  a  new 
homemaking  and  home  economics  department 
at  Ashland  College.  Mrs.  Bogniard  and  her 
husband.  Dr.  Robert  Bogniard,  have  four 
children. 

Dolores  Hatfield  Pettice  (Mrs.  Neal) 
is  teaching   kindergarten   at   Solon,   Ohio. 

J.  Floyd  Scott  is  assistant  master  mechan- 
ic for  the  Conneaut  Dock  Company. 

Elmer  Peaspanen  is  coach  at  Conneaut 
High    School. 

1938 

Anoelo  CanDELA.  Ashtabula,  has  been 
named  principal  of  State  Road  Junior  High 
School.  A  Navy  physical  instructor  during 
World  War  II,  Mr.  Candela  has  served 
summers  as  physical  director  of  the  Ashta- 
bula YMCA  and  director  of  a  summer  camp 
sponsored  by  the  Kiwanis  Club. 

Paul  C.  Halleck  is  coaching  at  Rowe 
High    School   in   Conneaut. 


Art  Hershey  (Hirsimaki)  has  joined  the 
coaching  staff  of  Adrian  College,  Adrian, 
Mich. 


John  R.  Gibson  is  serving  as  storekeeper 
for  the  Pittsburgh  6?  Conneaut  Dock  Com- 
pany. 

Cdr.  John  Paul  Jones  has  been  made 
assistant  repair  superintendent  at  the  Pearl 
Harbor  Naval  Shipyard,  Pearl  Harbor, 
Hawaii. 

1940 

John  Duffy  is  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Halifax  Garden  Company, 
wholesale   flower   growers,   Halifax,   Mass. 

Eli  N.  Hirsimaki  is  assistant  office  man- 
•Lger  of  the  Pittsburgh  ii  Conneaut  Dock 
Company,  Conneaut,  Ohio.  Several  news 
items  of  persons  from  the  Conneaut  area 
appear  in  the  class  notes  this  month,  thanks 
to  Mr.  Hirsimaki  who  supplied  the  Alumnus 
with  the  information. 

Major  Robert  Daggett,  liason  officer 
with  the  United  States  Air  Force  in  Europe, 
has  returned  to  that  country  after  two  months' 
temporary  duty  at  the  Newark  Transporta- 
tion  Control   Depot,  Newark,  N.  J. 

1941 

Air  Force  Major  Tom  Morgan  is  an 
instructor  in  finance  at  the  Air  Command 
and  Staff  School,  Maxwell  Field,  Alabama. 
Recently  he  was  sent  to  Harvard  University 
where  he  met  with  top  ranking  business 
experts  to  coordinate  material  pertinent  to 
comptroller  instruction  and  development  of 
comptroller  doctrine  at  the  Air  University. 
Arrangements  for  the  Harvard  program  were 
made  by  another  1941  graduate,  Steven 
Fuller,  assistant  professor  of  business  ad- 
ministration   at   Harvard. 

Robert  E.  Hawes.  supervisor  of  the 
Education  Office  at  Sampson  Air  Force 
Base,  is  completing  work  on  his  doctorate  at 
Syracuse    University. 

1942 

James  Claymore  is  a  national  advertising 
representative  for  Maloney,  Regan  6?  Schmitt, 
Inc.,  special  representatives  for  leading  news- 
papers,  San   Francisco. 

Ernest  Crawford  Siegfried  is  a  medical 
officer  for  the  Department  of  Public  Health, 
Brighton,   Mass. 

Helen  Ganz  Spiro,  a  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y.  housewife,  is  doing  sets  and  selecting 
props  for  television  commercials,  on  a  free- 
lance  basis. 

1943 

Dr.  Arthur  F.  Beyer,  professor  of  bi- 
ology at  Midwestern  University,  was  selected 
to  attend  the  Eighth  International  Botanical 
Congress  in  Paris  in  July.  At  the  Congress, 
attended  by  botanists  from  almost  every 
nation  in  the  world.  Dr.  Beyer  presented  a 
paper   on   fossil   woods. 

Dr.  Frederick  V.  Wagner  is  a  dental 
surgeon  at  Ashland.  He  was  discharged  about 
a  year  ago  from  the  Army,  after  a  two-year 
tour  of  duty  in  the  Far  East. 

Lois  Jane  Hainley  Signor  (Mrs.  C.  K.) 
is  an  elementary  teacher  at  the  U.S.  Air 
Force  Dependents  School  in  London,  Eng- 
land. Mr.  Signor  is  in  Florence,  Italy,  study- 
ing under  the  Italian  portrait  painter  Pietro 
Annigoni  who  recently  was  selected  to  paint 
Queen  Elizabeth. 

Raymond  J.  Leicht  has  moved  to  Detroit 
to  head  TV  advertising  for  the  Ross  Roy 
Company,   an  advertising  agency. 


1944 

Elizabeth  Allmon  Hull  (Mrs.  Robert 
B.)  has  opened  a  private  Kindergarten  in 
her  new  home  at  Gastonia,  N.  C.  Mr.  Hull 
IS  quality  control  manager  of  the  Firestone 
Textiles  Company. 

1945 

Mary  Alice  Whipple  Stanley  received 
the  Master  of  Education  Degree  from  the 
University  of  Miami   (Florida)    in  August. 

Eileene  McDaniel  Bidwell  (Mrs.  Bur- 
ton H.)  is  counselor  at  C'ntral  High  School 
in  El  Centro,  Calif.  Mr.  Bidwell,  a  graduate 
of  1949,  has  been  appointed  secretary  to  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Imperial  Irrigation 
District,  which  supplies  all  the  water  and 
power  for  the  Imperial  and  Coachella  Val- 
leys. 

Martha  Gerlach.  a  third  grade  teacher 
at  Harding  School  in  Portsmouth,  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Portsmouth  branch  of  the  Ameri- 
can Association  of  University  Women. 

1946 

Ruth  Lawson  Walsh  (Mrs.  Robert) 
combines  free-lance  writing  and  radio-tele- 
vision commentating  with  her  "principal  job" 
of  being  a  housewife  in  Baltimore,  Md.  She 
is  also  active  with  the  Vagabond  Theatre 
and  the  Johns  Hopkins  Playshop,  having  ap- 
peared in  plays  with  Basil  Rathbone  and 
Sir  Cedric  Hardwick. 

Louis  Andrews  is  a  plumbing  contractor 
in    Cincinnati. 

1947 

Warren  F.  Ellis,  math  teacher  at  Lake 
Worth  High  School,  Lake  Worth,  Florida, 
has  passed  the  California  First-Year  Law 
Exam  which  qualifies  him  for  the  final  exam 
in  three  years.  He  has  been  studying  law 
by  correspondence. 

C.  Comer  Bradbury,  principal  of  Ches- 
hire High  School,  has  been  elected  president 
of  the  Gallia  County  High  School  Principals 
Association. 


LT.  JAMES  C.  VANEK,  '52,  recently  arrived  in 

England    and    is    now    executive    officer    of    the 

81st    Chemical     Company     of     the     32nd     Anti- 

Aircratt    Artillery    Brigade. 


Page  twenty-four 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 


Fund   Drive   Enters  Final   Month 


The  Alumni  Scsquicentennial 
Scholarship  Fund  Campaign  officially 
ends  on  December  Jl.  This  month 
will  be  the  last  opportunity  for  those 
who  have  not  contributed  to  get  on 
the  Bronze  Plaque. 

Chairman  Fred  H.  Johnson,  "22, 
has  urged  all  alumni  who  haven't 
done  so  to  make  tehier  contributions 
or  pledges  and  thus  become  a  part  of 
this  highly  successful  alumni  effort 
for  Ohio  University. 

Prof.  A.   C.   Gubitz,  executive  di- 


Dr.  Raymond  E.  Henshaw.  a  graduate 
of  the  Kirksville  College  of  Osteopathic  Sur- 
geons, recently  opened  an  office  at  Milan. 

John  S.  Cowden  is  with  the  Pittsburgh 
Steel   Company  in   Cleveland. 

1948 

The  Rev.  Richard  Emerson  has  finished 
his  first  year  as  pastor  of  the  First  Church 
of  Christ  in  Sylvania,  and  is  continuing  his 
graduate  studies  toward  the  BD  Degree  at 
the  Oberlin  Graduate  School  of  Theology. 

James  Kark  Petersen,  known  profes- 
sionally as  Jim  Bruce  to  radio  and  television 
fans,  was  recently  named  program  manager 
of  The  Crosley  Broadcasting  Corporation's 
WLW-TV  in  Cincinnati.  Mr.  Petersen  has 
been  associated  with  "The  Nation's  Station" 
for   the   past   three   years. 

Daryl  R.  Daniel  is  principal  of  Penn 
Local   School,   McConnelsville. 

Clayton  E.  Ferrell  received  the  M.A. 
Degree  in  Counseling  and  Guidance  from 
Ohio  State  University  in  August. 

Frederick  Webb  has  been  appointed  as- 
sistant superintendent  of  Cuyahoga  County 
schools. 

Frank  M.  Alexander  is  an  instructor 
of  electrical  engineering  at  the  University 
of   New   Hampshire. 

Kathryn  Griffin  Kyes  directs  public 
relations    for    the    Barberton    Public    Schools. 

Maxom  Davis  has  been  promoted  to  ad- 
vertising and  sales  promotion  manager  of 
the  William  S.  Merrell  Companv's  Expoit 
Division.    His    office    is    in    New    York    City. 

1949 

William  Alield  teaches  social  science 
and  journalism  at  West  Virginia  Tech, 
Montgomery,   W.   Va. 

Charles  E.  Crowell  is  now  with  tl^e 
Credit  Department  of  the  Union  Dank  and 
Trust   Co.,   Los  Angrlcs. 

Hugh    Maloney    has   been    niac'e    distrii  t 


sales  manager  for  the 
pany  in  Elyria.  He  r 
his  home,  and  his  v. 
Jane  Benjamin,  "43, 
work. 


Robert  E.   Lackey  is  an   accountant  with 
the    Dayton    Rubber    Company,    Dayton. 


Brown  F'rt  be  Com- 
laintains  It's  office  in 
ifc,    the    forncr    I^cttv 

docs     his     secretarial 


rector  of  the  drive,  has  emphasized 
that  real  estate  and  stocks  have  been 
received  and  that  his  office  is  pre- 
pared to  work  out  details  regarding 
gifts  of  this  kind. 

Send  contributions  to  the  Alumni 
Sesquicentennial  Scholarship  Fund, 
Box  595,  Athens,  Ohio. 

Remember,  you  can  pledge  a  cer- 
tain sum  payable  over  three  years, 
and  donations  are  30  percent  deduct- 
ible from  income  taxes. 


Kenneth  F.  Wennik  is  sales  engineer 
for  the  Modine  Manufacturing  Comoany, 
Inc.  of  Racine,  Wisconsin.  His  office  is  in 
New  York  City. 

Rhoda  Rosenfeld,  now  an  elementary 
teacher  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  has  traveled 
widely  through  Europe,  the  Middle  East,  and 
Canada  since  graduating  from  OU,  while 
serving  as  a  governmental  research  assistant 
and   a  public  relations   assistant. 

Robert  Sanders  has  been  made  editor 
of  the  St.  Louis  edition  of  "TV  Guide," 
one  of  26  such  books  owned  by  Triangle 
Publication,  Inc.  Mrs.  Sanders  is  the  former 
Betty   Weiler,   "4.=!. 

Sidney  Claunch  is  teaching  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Nevada  while  finishing  his  thesis 
for  a  doctorate.  Mr.  Claunch  completed  all 
other  requirements  for  a  Ph.D.  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin  where  he  was  a  top 
graduate    student    in    economics. 


John  C.  Walden  is  a  chemist  at  the 
University   of   California. 

Georce  p.  Hallal  manages  a  Jax  Cloth- 
ing  Store   in   Cleveland. 

John  R.  Miller,  former  sports  editor  of 
the  Woo.ster  Daily  Record,  is  now  with  the 
sports  staff  of  the  Clei'eland  Plain  Dealer. 

Raymond  C.  Hendershot  has  been  ap- 
pointed to  the  position  of  executive  secretary 
of  the  Painesville  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He 
has  more  than  four  years  of  service  at  local, 
,'tate,  and  national  levels  of  the  Junior 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  currently  being  a 
national  director  of  the  Jaycees  for  the  State 
of  Ohio.  Mrs.  Hendershot  is  the  former  Joy 
Ann    Patterson,    "48. 

Bartlett  Tyler  is  sales  representative 
for  Radio  Station  WEOL,   Elvria-Lorain. 

George  A.  Mentzer.  on  the  public  rela- 
tions staff  of  the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Chemical 
Company,  is  also  public  relations  and  pub- 
lications director  of  the  Akron  Junior  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  treasurer  of  the  newly- 
formed  Buckeye  Professional  Chapter  of 
Sigma  Delta  Chi,  professional  journalism 
society.  Mrs.  Mentzer  is  the  former  Marianne 
Downv,  '53.  The  Mentzers  have  a  three- 
year-old    daughter,    Christine. 

Dr.  King  Brady  is  a  physician  at  Indi- 
anapolis. Mrs.  Brady  is  the  former  Bonnie 
McCartney. 

Lt.  Kenneth  R.  Smith  received  his 
Masters  Degree  in  Business  Administration 
from  Indiana  University  in  August  and 
is    now   with   the   Air   Force    in    England. 

Dr.  Joseph  Clalinch,  who  graduated 
from  Ohio  State  University"s  Medical  School 
in  \95'i,  has  gone  into  private  practice  in 
South  Bend,  Washington,  where  he  is  as- 
sistant to  the  founder  and  operator  of  "The 
Proffitt    Clinic."' 


RESIDENTS  OF  Venezuela,  South  America  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  V.  Gulot  (Jacqueline  Douglas, 
'47)  and  daughters  Debra  Ann  and  Martha  Elizabeth.  Mr.  Guiot  works  in  the  Planning  and  Schedul- 
Section   of  Creole   Petroleum   Corporation.    The  family  will   return  to  the   United   States  for  a  visit 


D  E  C  E  M  B  H  R  ,       19  5  4 


Page  twenty-five 


THE  DAYS  of  the  adventurous 
prospector  are  far  from  ended. 
The  equipment  may  have  changed, 
but  the  spirit  of  the  old  "forty-niners" 
is  as  strong  as  ever. 

If  you  don't  beheve  it  ask  an  Ohio 
University  alumnus  who  has  been 
struck  by  the  "uranium  fever." 

William  Bixby,  '52,  first  felt  the 
effects  of  the  fever  in  1945,  but  he 
v^arded  them  off  in  order  to  get  an 
education  at  OU.  Then  came  gradua- 
tion and  a  job  in  Colorado  as  ranger 
in  the  Rocky  Mountain  National 
Park.  Being  close  to  the  "land  of 
uranium"  started  a  resurgence  of  the 
old  ailment,  but  again  Bill  Bixby 
fought  it  off,  this  time  to  return 
to  Ohio  to  be  married. 

For  a  while  Bill  worked  at  North 
American  Aviation  in  Columbus. 
After  a  year,  however,  he  knew  that 
he  would  never  be  rid  of  the  urge  to 
hunt  uranium,  so  he  and  his  wife 
moved  to  Colorado. 

His  first  prospecting  trips  were 
not  very  successful,  partly  because  he 
had  only  an  early  model  gieger  count- 
er. Gradually,  though,  he  improved 
his  equipment  and  also  his  luck. 

At  the  last  count  Bill  has  staked 
out  more  than  75  claims,  and  is  now 
aiming  for  the  100  mark. 

Claims,  according  to  the  prospector 
from  OU,  measure  up  to  1500  by  600 
feet.  In  Colorado  there  is  a  vast  area 
of  public  domain  open  to  filing  claims 
— with  certain  provisions. 

When  Bill  goes  after  a  new  claim 
he  must  stake  out  the  land  in  a  certain 
way,  and  erect  stone  markers  at  each 


WiLLi.AM  Bixby,  '52 
.  .  .  iirantum  fever 

end.  In  the  center  he  builds  another 
"monument"  containing  a  location 
paper  describing  the  claim. 

Next  he  must  file  a  location  certifi- 
cate at  the  county  recorders  office. 
To  keep  each  claim  he  must  do  at 
least  $100  of  assessment  work  ever>' 
year. 

Bill's  position  isn't  really  as  in- 
secure as  it  may  seem.  Possessed  with 
a  keen  business  sense,  the  young  pros- 
pector sells  and  leases  most  of  his 
claims,  rather  than  working  them  all 
himself.  Still,  he  is  right  in  there 
searching  with  the  rest. 

In  place  of  the  out-dated  instru- 
ment with  which  he  started.  Bill 
now  has  a  nucliometer,  twenty-four 
times  as  efficient  as  the  gieger 
counter. 

He  couldn't  cure  the  "fever"  but 
Bill  Bixby  found  a  way  to  enjoy  it. 


Joseph  A.  Stewart  is  a  photographer  for 
the  Owens-Illinois  Glass  Company  in  Toledo. 

1951 

William  Worth  has  moved  from  Cleve- 
land to  a  ranch  in  Littleton,  Colorado.  He 
IS  employed  by  the  University  of  Colorado 
to  do  research  in  irradiated  foods  with  the 
Army  Medical  Nutritions  Laboratory  at 
Fitzsimons   Hospital    in    Denver. 

Edith  Leiby  has  been  employed  by  the 
Army's  Office  of  Civilian  personnel  to  serve 
two  years  as  recreation  supervisor  in  Jaoan. 
She  left  this  country  to  assume  her  new 
position  in  October. 

Dale  Miller  is  an  instructor  in  photog- 
raphy at  the  Air  Force  School  of  Photog- 
raphy, Lowery  AFB,  Colorado.  For  the  past 
nine  months  he  has  been  teaching  a  special 
course   in   color   photography. 

Donald  T.  Waechter  has  been  appointed 
sales  engineer  in  the  greater  New  York  area 
for  Republic  Steel  Corporation's  Berber 
Manufacturing    Division. 

John  Mitovich.  who  was  released  from 
active  duty  with  the  Marine  Corps  on 
August  1,  is  a  graduate  assistant  in  the  OU 
School  of  Journalism  while  working  toward 
a  Masters   Degree. 


Chic  Donchik  has  accepted  a  position  as 
magazine  photographer  for  Globe  Photos, 
Inc.,   Los  Angeles. 

Wally  Bennett,  a  resident  of  North 
Hollywood,  Calif.,  is  assistant  film  editor 
at  Republic  Studios.  He  is  currently  working 
on    the   Ray   Milland    Show. 

Carolyn  Herbert  has  accepted  a  grad- 
uate assistantship  in  English  at  Duke  Uni- 
versity. 

Wallace  R.  Boyer  is  an  instructor  pilot 
teaching  cadets  and  student  officers  at  Vance 
AFB  in  Oklahoma  to  fly  B-25  multi-engine 
aircraft. 

Charles  E.  Hawkins  is  with  the  per- 
sonnel department  of  the  Peter  Kiewit  Sons 
Company,  working  on  the  AEC  Portsmouth 
project. 

Babette  Marks  is  a  graduate  assistant 
in  physical  education  at  Woman's  College, 
the   University   of   North    Carolina. 

Richard  Bissett  is  in  charge  of  instru- 
mental music  at  Washington  High  School, 
Washington,  Georgia. 

Howard  E.  Stevens  teaches  science  at 
Jeffersonville  High  School.  Mrs.  Stevens  is 
the  former  Erma  Mallow. 


Robert  E.  Nicholas  is  assistant  manager 
of  the  City  Loan  and  Savings  Company  in 
Shelby. 

Richard  J.  Milford  is  in  his  second  year 
at  Princeton  University's  Theological  Sem- 
inary. 


1952 

Richard  Perkins  has  joined  the  J.  C. 
Penney    Company    in    Omafia.    Nebraska. 

Jack  N.  Betts,  recently  discharged  from 
the  Army,  is  with  the  Production  Department 
of  the  Kaiser  Aluminum  Company,  Newark. 
Ohio. 

Robert  H.  Spencer.  Jr.  is  a  geologist 
with  the  Oil  Field  Research  Company, 
Paintsville,  Kentucky. 

Jack  Zinsmeister.  a  student  at  the  Gar- 
rett Biblical  Institute,  on  the  campus  of 
Northwestern  University,  was  one  of  35 
seminarians  who  participated  in  the  Min- 
isters-in-Industry  seminar  sponsored  by  Bos- 
ton   University   this    summer. 

Carlton  E.  Beck  teaches  English  at 
Parma  High  School.  He  was  released  from 
the  Navy  in  May  after  serving  20  months. 
While  in  the  Navy  he  met  and  married  Miss 
Lorraine  Slatoski,  who  was  a  member  of  the 
White  House  secretarial  staff  in  Washington. 

Richard  F.  Dolitt  teaches  industrial  arts 
at  Willoughby's  Eastlake  Junior  High  School. 

DuANE  Punker  recently  completed  a  tour 
of  duty  with  the  Air  Force  and  is  with  the 
Astatic    Corporation    in    Conneaut. 

Lt.  Worth  Harman  is  assigned  to  the 
Headquarters  Company  of  Combat  Command 
"A"  with  the  3rd  Armored  Division  at  Fort 
Knox.  Ky.  As  a  member  of  the  Instructor 
Group  of  CCA,  he  presents  tank  training 
to  armor  trainees.  Mrs.  Harman  is  the  form- 
er Dorothy  Yaeger,  '53. 

William  C.  Pace  teaches  electronics  and 
electricity  at  Norwood  High  School,  Cin- 
cinnati. 

Bernard  C.  Scott  is  an  accountant  with 
the  Chrysler  Corporation  in  Detroit.  Mrs. 
Scott   is  the  former  Ann  Metzger,  '54. 

John  Duke,  recently  discharged  from  the 
Service,  is  living  in  Uleta,  Florida.  Mrs.  Duke 
is  the  former  Isabel  Hamann,  '53. 

DiTK  Hi  Lee  has  been  employed  as  a 
chemist  for  the  Chicago  Rawhide  Company, 
Elgin,   III. 

WiLMA  BOROS  is  a  member  of  the  public 
relations  staff  of  the  Cleveland  Community 
Chest. 

Melvin  R.  Brown,  released  from  the 
Service  in  September,  is  with  the  Earl  Gihbs 
Store  in  Athens. 


1953 

Nancy  Fell  Leutheuser.  while  a  home 
economist  for  the  International  Harvester 
Company,  made  such  a  hit  with  her  first 
demonstration  (at  the  Ohio  State  Fair)  that 
she  was  named  the  company's  "demonstrator 
of  distinction"  for  October.  She  now  lives 
in    Jackson,    Michigan. 

Vernon  Greene,  who  taught  military 
science  at  OU  while  completing  work  for 
a  Masters  Degree  in  Education,  has  been 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  maior.  He  is  now 
assigned  to  TACRON  5,  U.S.  Navy,  as 
infantry  liason  officer  and  is  based  at  Ala- 
meda Naval  Air  Station,  Alameda,  Calif. 


Page  twenty-six 


The     Ohio     Alumnus 


Harlan  Williams,  John  Otto,  Ralph 
Ratcliff,  and  Douglas  Veach  are  all 
medical  students  at  the  University  of  Cin- 
cinnati. 

William  A.  Klauber,  an  ensign  in  the 
Navy,  has  been  transferred  to  the  Recruit 
Training  Command,  Bainhridge,  Md.  after 
spending  a  year  in  Norfolk,  Va.  as  assistant 
fleet   athletic   officer. 

William  G.  Powell  is  assigned  as  a 
physical  science  instructor  for  the  radiolog- 
ical branch  of  the  Army  Chemical  Corps, 
Fort  McClellan,  Ala.  Bill  ranked  second  in 
his  class  at  the  Army  Chemical  School  and 
received  further  training  in  atomic  defense 
organization.  Mrs.  Powell  is  the  former  Joyce 
Burns,   ".M. 

Robert  W.  Spurgeon  is  supply  officer 
at  Adak  Naval  Station  on  the  island  of 
Adak.  part  of  the  Aleutian  chain.  He  is 
also  transportation  officer  and  assistant  ad- 
jutant  of   his   Air   Force   Squadron. 

Lt.  Charles  Castello  is  stationed  at 
Suffolk    County    AFB,    Wcsthampton    Beach, 

N.    Y. 

Paul  E.  Ashbrook  is  studying  at  the 
Colgate   Rochester  Divinity   School. 

Lt.  James  H.  Ritz,  Jr.  is  serving  with 
the  Army  in   Korea. 

Jean  Vance  has  completed  her  intern- 
ship as  dietician  at  the  Medical  Center  at 
Ohio  State  University  and  is  employed  at 
OU   as   a   dietician. 

Lt.  Samuel  M.  Pecorelli  is  supply  of- 
ficer at  Nome  Field,  Alaska. 

Laurie  Wiener  is  editorial  assistant  for 
Flower  Grower  Magazine. 

Arden  V.  Brock  is  a  student  at  Prince- 
ton's  Theological   Seminary. 

Lt.  Raymon  B.  Fogg  is  operations  of- 
ficer in  the  Air  Installations  Squadron  at 
Turner  AFB,  Georgia.  Mrs.  Fogg  (Virginia 
Dunlope,  '.S4)  teaches  general  music  in  the 
Lee    County    Schools. 


1954 

Blaine  B.  Jones  is  with  the  Goodyear 
Atomic  Corporation,  Jackson.  Mrs.  Jones,  the 
former  Joan  Miller,  is  employed  by  the 
Jackson  city  elementary  school  system. 

Lt.  Robert  R.  Baucher  is  now  stationed 
at  Fort  Lee,  Va.,  attending  quartermaster 
school. 

Lt.  Lewis  G.  Aufdemorte,  Jr.  was  re- 
cently graduated  from  jet  pilot  school  at 
Bryan  Air  Force  Base,  Texas  and  awarded 
the  silver  wings  of  a  U.S.A.F.   pilot. 

Mary  Ann  Adams  is  an  airline  reserva- 
tionist  with  the  Cleveland  office  of  Allegheny 
Airlines. 

Karen  Link  Oberdoerster  left  Novem- 
ber 21  for  Holland  to  join  her  husband 
Clarence  Oberdoerster,  '53,  who  is  pro- 
curement  officer   for   the    3rd   Air   Force. 


Marvin  O.  Yf.rkey  won  a  set  of  Ohio 
University  Wedgwood  plates  for  being  the 
alumnus  to  travel  the  greatest  distance  for 
Homecoming.  Mr.  Yerkey  came  all  the  way 
from    San    Diego,    Calif,    for   the    celebration. 

Chester  D.  Martin  is  news  editor  at 
Radio  Station  WHK,  Mutual's  outlet  in 
Cleveland.  Mrs.  Martin  is  the  former  Martina 
Josten. 

Mary  Athearn  Matron  (Mrs.  Robert 
E.)  has  been  employed  as  instructor  in  the 
education  department  of  the  Dayton  Art 
Institute. 

Jerry  Jagers  is  attending  the  Cincinnati 
College    of    Embalming. 

Lois  Boettler  teaches  in  Caldwell  High 
School. 

Barbara  Ulrich  Hoover  (Mrs.  Robert) 
is   a  teacher  at  Lane  School  in  Akron. 

James  Betts  is  with  the  Labor  Standards 
Division  of  the  Campbell  Soup  Company  in 
Chicago.  Mrs.  Betts  is  the  former  Louise 
Arlene   Helser. 

Allen  John  Bendo  is  a  time  study  en- 
gineer in  the  Standards  Department,  Chev- 
rolet-Cleveland Division,   General  Motors. 

Marilyn  Rassie  teaches  all  business  sub- 
jects at  Milan   (Ohio)   High  School. 

Leila  Semne  (cover  girl  of  the  April, 
1954  Alumnus)  is  a  graduate  assistant  at 
the   University   of   Oregon. 

Robert  L.  Shrigley  teaches  the  sixth 
grade   at  Kemp   Elementary   School,   Dayton. 

Paul  L.  Keller  is  manager  of  the  Dairy 
Store,    Fairmont   Foods,    in    Athens. 

Janet  M.  Boulis  is  a  teacher  at  the 
Maplewood   Elementary   School,   Sylvania. 

Pat  Ordovensky  has  accepted  a  position 
as  news  editor  of  the  FranJ^iin  (Ohio) 
Chronicle. 

William  J.  Abraham  is  enrolled  in  the 
Ohio  State  School  of  Law.  Mrs.  Abraham 
(Dolores  Trantenella)  teaches  in  the 
Knox   County  Schools. 

Joan  Jarvi  is  a  teacher  at  Rowe  High 
School   in   Conneaut. 


M 


amaaed 


9' 


Barbara    Kay    Scott,    "54,    Elkhart,    Ind., 
to  Lee  Paulson.  '54,  Elkhart,  July  17. 

Carol   J.    Dile,    "55    to    Lt.    Robert    E. 
DuvALL,   "53,   Marietta,   June    12. 

Gloria  Mae  Wherry,  Columbus,  to  Robert 
H.  Dougherty,  "52,  Canton.  October  21. 

Jo  Ellen  Bertell,  '54,  to  Ronald  Banks, 
October   17. 


Early  plans  are  being  made  for  the  annual  alumni  reunion  at  the 
June,  1955  Commencement.  Reunion  years  are  1900— 1905— 1910— 191  5— 
1920— 1925— 1930— 19J5— 1940— 1945— 1950.  Further  information  will 
appear  in  the  January  Alumnus. 


PROUD    OF    HER    new    teeth    is    Ellen    Louise 

Henderson,    one-year-old    daughter    of    Sam    T. 

Henderson,   '53,   and    Mrs,    Henderson    (Mirionn 

Clippinger,  '53),  o(  Wakegan,   III. 


Nancy  Anne  Walter,  "5  2,  North  Royal- 
ton,  to  William  T.  O'Laughlin.  Landsdowne, 
Pa.,    October    16. 

Carol  Lou  Hutsell,  Seattle,  Wash.,  to  Lt. 
Robert  G.  Rose,  '53,  Cleveland  Heights, 
September    15. 

JOCELYN  Sue  Cady,  '54,  Columbus,  to 
Richard  Ritter,  Columbus,  June   26. 

Sharon  Sue  Oldfield,  '54,  Athens,  to 
Leonard  E.  Richardson,  '54,  Newark,  Oc- 
tober 16. 

Adeline  Jane  Ruble,  '51,  Logan,  to 
John  F.  Buchanan,  '54,  Logan,  October 
4. 

Betty  J.  Tucker,  '50,  Youngstown,  to 
Rev.   Arthur  Tingue,   July    3. 

Dixie  Ross,  Laurelville,  to  Clark  Devol, 
'54,   Carbon  Hill,  August  29. 

Kathryn  Boyd,  Cambridge,  to  Robert 
Huff,  '53,  Pleasant  City,  October   16. 

Aranette  Griffin,  Gillsville,  Ga.,  to  Jack 
Walker,  '54,   St.  Clairsville,  October  8. 

Evelyn  Kovalchik,  Pleasant  City,  to  Paul 
Mehalko,  '52,  Lore  City,  October  16. 

Barbara  L.  Todd,  '54,  New  Plymouth,  to 
Lt.  William  L.  Kennard,  "54,  New  Ply- 
mouth, June   27. 

Lois  Marie  Kail,  '53.  Athens,  to  Lt.  Jack 
E.   Cox,  '53,   Woodsfield,   September   12. 

Marilyn  L.  Lees,  Cleveland  Heights,  to 
Boris  Pukay,  '51,  Yorkville.   September   18. 

Helen  M.  Fry,  '54,  Akron,  to  Donald 
C.    Powell,    October   9. 

Lois  E.  Little,  '52,  North  Canton,  to 
Olaf  Kays,  November  27. 

Dolores  Trantenella,  '54,  Dayton,  to 
William   J.   Abraham,   '54,   August   28. 

Patricia  Ann  Brown,  '50,  Cincinnati, 
to  Owen   A.   Brown,  July   17. 


December,     1954 


Page  twenty-seven 


Lt.  Charles  H.  Costello,  '53,  and 
Mrs.  Costello  (Margaret  Kunesh, 
'5?)  will  probably  remember  the  date 
of  Ohio  University's  1954  Homecom- 
ing (October  23)  longer  than  any 
other  alumni.  On  that  day  their  first 
child,  Susan  Margaret,  was  born. 
Commented  the  mother:  "How's  that 
for  OU  spirit!" 


Mrs.  Anastasia  Tropeano,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
to  Eugene  Van  Der  Hoeven,  '46,  Fill- 
more, N.  D.,  August  25. 

Ruth  Bridges  Carmichael,  "41,  Athens, 
to  Charles  D.   Levering,   September   26. 

Carole  Casperson,  "54,  Warren,  to 
Robert  R.  Baucher,  '54,  Euclid,  August 
21. 

Estella  E.  Boys,  "5  3,  Youngstown,  to 
Edwin  S.  Nordon,  "52,  Youngstown,  M.Ed. 
"53,  August  21. 

Nancy  Ruth  Shustick,  Columbus,  to  Dr. 
Norman  Atkin,  '49,  University  Heights, 
August   29. 

Joan  Miller.  "54  to  Blaine  B.  Jones. 
"54,   Jackson,   June   25. 

Sally  Link,  "48.  Athens,  to  Paul  L. 
Curtis,    Jacksonville,    Fla.,    November    20. 


—  dSlfths  — 


Linda  Sue  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  W. 
Wise,  Jr.  (Nancy  Canfield,  "51),  October 
16. 

Sarah  Lynn  to  Lt.  Kenneth  R.  Smith. 
"50,  and  Mrs.  Smith  (Mary  Nees,  "51), 
October  9. 

Michele  Diane  to  James  M.  Abraham. 
"49,  and  Mrs.  Abraham  (Meryl  Riley,  "48). 
May    26. 

Cynthia  Jane  to  Carl  Miller,  "50,  and 
Mrs.  Miller  (Kathleen  Orr,  "45),  October 
20. 

Anne  Louise  to  Bartlett  Tyler,  Jr.,  "50, 
and  Mrs.  Tyler  (Janet  Pobst.  "52),  March 
26. 


NO  MIRRORS  NEEDED  for  this  picture  o( 
Marianne  (left)  and  Michael  Doutt,  whose 
lather,  Richard  F.  Doutt,  Painesville,  Is  a  1952 
graduate  of  OU.  The  twins  are  one  year  old 
this  month. 


Timothy  Worth  to  Lt.  Worth  Harm  an, 
"52,  and  Mrs.  Harman  (Dorothy  Yaeger. 
"5  3),   September   2. 

Julia  Louise  to  John  W.  Stretch,  "43, 
and  Mrs.  Stretch  (Marian  Daj.-e,  "46), 
August    16. 

Cynthia  Ann  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick 
Freeman  (Jeanne  Harbourt.  "44),  March 
23. 

Randall  "Randy""  Emerson,  to  Rev. 
Richard  Wilcox,  "48.  and  Mrs.  Wilco.x, 
October    7. 

William  Edgar  to  Edgar  H.  Swinehart, 
"44.    and   Mrs.    Swinehart,   April    13. 

Lynch  Bradley  to  Lynch  F.  Crum.  "53, 
and    Mrs.    Crum,    October    23. 

Janet  Lynn  to  Robert  R.  Strempel,  "49. 
and  Mrs,  Strempel  (Martha  Matson,  "49), 
November   17.    1953. 

Gail  to  Gardner  Graydon,  "44,  and  Mrs. 
Graydon  (Ruth  Peterson.  "49),  October 
9. 

Jane  Ann  to  Dr,  Paul  E.  Williams.  "52, 
and   Mrs.   Williams,   October    31. 

Cynthia  Jo  to  William  G.  Pearce,  "51, 
and  Mrs,  Pearce,  April  5, 

Nancy  to  William  Ball,  "37,  and  Mrs, 
Ball,    June    11, 

Mary  Kay  to  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Cecil  H. 
Dornbrock  (Noreen  Kirkner,  "47),  August 
21, 

David  Edward  to  Neil  Tippett.  "50,  and 
Mrs.  Tippett  (Thelma  Jean  Brookins.  "50), 
November    5. 

Joseph  Paul  to  Paul  E.  Brockert,  "48, 
and  Mrs,  Brockert  (Mary  Aten,  "51), 
September  17. 

Mary  La'Velle  to  Roy  J,  Cross,  "48,  and 
Mrs,  Cross  (Phyllis  LaVelle.  "47),  Sep- 
tember   12. 

Ruth  Ann  to  Carroll  Tippett,  '38,  and 
Mrs.   Tippett,   August   26. 

Jeanne  Ellen  to  John  T,  Nye,  "52,  and 
Mrs.  Nye  (Peggy  Quinn.  '52),  September 
12. 

Cynthia  Kathryn  to  Lt.  J.  RoDERlc 
Earich,  "52,  and  Mrs.  Earich  (Geneva 
Campbell,    "53),    September   6. 

Barbara  Jean  to  George  Younger,  "51, 
and  Mrs.  Younger,  June  29, 

Michael  Baird  to  William  O,  McDonald, 
Jr..  "51,  and  Mrs.  McDonald  (Jean  Baird, 
"53).    September    13. 

Jolynn  to  John  Max  Duncan,  "50,  and 
Mrs.    Duncan,    August    26. 

Susan  adopted  by  Anthony  M.  "Tony"" 
Reis,   "38,  and  Mrs,   Reis,  October  25. 

Randi  Ray  to  Ernest  R.  Sutton,  '51, 
and  Mrs.  Sutton,  November  5. 

Ann  Elizabeth  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Johnson  (Betty  Jean  Thomas,  "50),  No- 
vember  3, 

Barbara  Leigh  to  Don  F.  Stout,  '51,  and 
Mrs,    Stout    (Betty   Hopper,    "53),   June   6. 

Bradley  Gleason  to  B.  Richard  Atkin- 
'^ON,  "50  and  Mrs.  Atkinson,  October  8, 


VICKI  STONE  is  the  daughter  of  Richard 
Stone,  '51,  and  the  former  Jane  Maiie,  '51, 
Columbus.     VicId    was    one    year    old    in    June. 

Mark  Eldon  to  Ralph  E.  Frybarger,  "51, 
and  Mrs.  Frybarger,  July  25. 

Jon  to  John  Mitovich,  '51,  and  Mrs, 
Mitovich,  Chillicothe,  August  24. 

—  oDeutnS — 

John  M.  Cooley,  '04,  died  November  2, 
at  his  home  in  Lynn  Haven,  Florida,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business. 
Surviving  are  his  wife,  three  sons,  and  two 
sisters. 

Mrs.  Thomas  R.  Biddle,  '10,  died  No- 
vember 6  at  her  home  in  Athens,  She  was 
a  member  of  one  of  the  Hocking  Valley's 
pioneer  families,  and  her  former  family 
home  was  on  the  site  of  the  residence  of 
the  president  of  OU.  Her  husband  and  their 
only  son   preceded   her  in  death, 

Theodore  A,  Reese,  "51,  died  September 
27  at  Cleveland's  Mt.  Sinai  Hospital,  Death 
was  caused  by  a  relapse  following  heart 
surgery.  Surviving  are  his  wife,  the  former 
Anna  Belle  Bryant,  an  infant  son,  his  par- 
ents,  and   two  brothers. 

Catherine  Bell  Harrington,  '20,  who 
had  been  an  Akron  school  teacher  since 
1921,  died  September  25  after  being  ill 
since  June.  She  leaves  two  brothers,  Clarence 
and   William    Bell. 

Dr.  William  H.  Hyde,  "93,  a  Cleveland 
physician  since  1901,  died  November  2  at 
his  home   in  that  city. 

Rexa  Rice  Smetts  (Mrs.  M,  A.),  "21, 
died    at   her   home    in    Lakewood,    November 


Vernett  O.  Wolee,  "35,  an  outstanding 
athlete  while  at  Ohio  University,  died  at 
his  home  in  Smithers,  W,  Va.  September 
21.  For  the  past  14  years  he  had  been 
associated  with  the  Electro  Metallurgical 
Company  at  Smithers.  Surviving  are  his  wife 
and  one  son. 

Horace  Leet  Small.  "50,  died  October 
21    at   Dayton. 

May  Paddack  Beckert,  wife  of  Prof, 
Ralph  F,  Beckert,  "23,  OU  professor  of 
accounting  died  July  3 1  at  Athens,  Besides 
her  husband,  she  is  survived  by  a  daughter, 
Patricia  Marie, 


Page  twenty-eight 


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WINDING    THROUGH    fields    and    across    streams    from    the    "back    of    the    place",    the    (arm    lone 
ends  at  the  main  group  of   University   Farm  buildings  just  off   U.S.   Route  50  at  Hebbardsvllle.    Exca- 
vation in  right  foreground  is  recently  completed  (arm  pond  dam. 


Photos  and  Texf  by  Doug  Wetherholt 


FIFTEEN  YEARS  AGO  Ohio  Uni- 
versity students  and  alumni  thought 
of  the  campus  as  being  the  college  green, 
President  St.  running  down  to  the 
bridge,  the  stadium  and  practice  fields, 
and  of  course  sorority  row. 

Today  many  alums  have  added  such 
features  as  East  Green,  Vets  Village, 
the  airport,  the  engineering  annex  and 
labs  on  the  other  side  of  the  Hocking, 
and  various  other  buildings. 

However,  many  alums  and  even  sty 
dents  at  OU  today  are  not  aware  that 
the  OU  campus  is  more  than  twice  as 
large  as  that  which  they  know  as  uni- 
versity property.  They  forget  about  the 
Ohio  University  Farm,  all  4')  6  acres  of 
it,  out  on  US  Rt.   50  at  Hebbardsville. 

On  these  416  acres  of  Athens  County 


hills,  woodlands,  creek  bottcms,  and 
rolling  fields  an  annual  average  of  60 
agriculture  students,  striving  for  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Com- 
merce v.'ith  a  major  in  agriculture,  dili- 
gently follow  the  instructions  of  Dan 
H.  Stright,  "49,  MS  '53,  farm  superin- 
tendent. 

When  enrolled  in  Agriculture  201 
or  202  Farm  Practices  for  three  credit 
hours  each  student  learns  the  practical 
aspects  cf  the  three  academic  sequences 
offered  by  the  department;  general  agri- 
culture, soil  conservation,  and  pre- 
forestry. 

With  a  six  year  crop  rotation  plan 
of  one  year  corn,  one  year  wheat,  and 
four  years  alfalfa  the  students  and  three 
civil  service  full  time  employees  of  the 


farm  this  past  year  raised  50  acres  of 
corn  with  a  yield  of  between  75  and 
100  bushels  per  acre,  25  acres  of  wheat 
at  35  bushel  per  acre,  eight  acres  of  oats 
averaging  5  5  bushel  per  acre,  and  two 
cuttings  of  hay  off  75  acres  of  meadow 
for  an  average  of  four  tons  per  acre. 

This  year's  crop  will  be  used  to  feed 
the  18  head  of  registered  Holstein-Frie- 
san  dairy  cattle,  74  head  of  registered 
Hereford  beef  cattle,  22  Hampshire  hogs, 
or  the  600  cross  breed  Hamprock 
chickens. 

Students  participating  in  the  agri- 
culture program  are  required  to  take 
either  one  or  both  of  the  farm  prac- 
tice courses. 

To  do  this  they  must  arrange  their 
schedule    so    they    will    have    five    con- 


Students  learn   .   .   . 

December,     1954 


Page  twenty-nine 


SLEEPY  IN  THE  NOONDAY  SUN 

This     bull     Is     \Wi 

pef    for   his   orli 
to    have    h 


losr  unusual  animal  on  the  farm 
years  old  and  spent  the  first  part  of  his  life  as  a  house 
to!  owner.  Even  now,  just  whistle  and  he  comes  running 
head    scratched.     And    just   look   at   those    curls,    girls. 


f^- 


i:^' 


^j^sss-^ 


RAINWATER   begins  fo  fill   the   (arm   pond    builf   by  ag   students  this   past 
summer.     Outlet    through    filter   system    is    upright   tub    in    bottom    of    pond. 


KICKED   BY  many  a  cloven  hoof,  the  old  stump  stands  as  a   mute  reminder 

of   the   era    when   the    bark   of   trees   was   used    as   a   salt   lick  instead   of  the 

man   made   block  "lick." 


secutive  hours  one  day   a   week  out  at 
the  farm. 

However,  the  Ohio  University  Farm 
has  not  been  a  part  of  the  university 
very  long. 

The  first  farm  property  was  purchased 
by  the  university  in  1941  for  $15,000 
and  consisted  of  350  acres.  To  this  initial 
investment  in  farm  land  the  university 
added  another  60  acres  in  1948  at  a 
cost  of  $7,000.  On  top  of  this,  40  acres 
adjoining  the  university  land  is  rented 
annually  from  Miss  Anna  Pearl  McVay, 
'92,  next  door  neighbor  to  the  farm. 

Between  the  homes  of  Miss  McVay 
and  the  farm  buildings  is  located  one  of 
the  three  farm  ponds.  Two  of  these  are 
located  near  the  larger  barns  and  serve 
a  dual  purpose  of  water  for  livestock  and 
reservoir  in  case  of  lire.  Two  of  the 
ponds  on  the  farm  are  already  stocked 
with  fish  and  the  third  will  be  as  soon  as 
it  is  full  of  water  and  capable  of  sup- 


porting the  aquarian  livestock. 

Although  not  readily  seen  from  US 
Rt.  50  the  Ohio  University  Sesquicen- 
tennial  Forest  covers  some  100  acres  of 
hills  and  ravenes.  This  forest  has  been 
planted  at  the  rate  of  1,000  trees  to  the 
acre,  25  acres  of  which  were  planted 
early  this  past  spring  when  the  whole 
forest  was  dedicated. 

Only  some  small  fruits  harvested  from 
a  few  trees  are  brought  into  the  uni- 
versity for  its  use.  The  remaining  harvest 
consisting  of  beef  cattle,  dairy  cattle, 
hogs,  and  chickens  are  sold  at  the  Ath- 
ens Livestock  Sales.  Although  the  uni- 
versity's farm  markets  considerable  pro- 
duce and  livestock  it  is  figured  on  the 
university's  book  at  an  annual  loss. 

In  contrast  to  the  so  called  financial 
loss  of  the  farm  annually  there  is  an 
untold  wealth  in  the  knowledge  and 
practical  experience  in  agriculture  gained 
by  students  majoring  in  that  field  of 
higher  endeavor. 


HARVEY    DUNLAP,    senior    agriculture    student, 

laughingly    pets    the    University    Form    dog    who 

appears    menacing    although    his   ferocious    bark 

has  little,   if  any   bite  attached. 


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GETTING  READY  (or  the  day's  worl.  the  student  is  on  hand  when  the  early  morning  sun's  rays  dry 
the  dew  and  begin  to  warm  everything  they  touch.  This  student  is  sharpening  the  blades  on  the 
ensilage  cutter  prior  to  using  it  to  fill  the  farm's  two  silos. 


RESTING  in  the 
including  one  of 
annuo!  harvest  of 


shed  built  by  the  students  last  year  is  some  of  the  farm's  mechanical  equipment, 
its  four  tractors.  This  equipment  is  used  by  the  students  to  till  the  soil  and  reap  the 
crops  and  feed  for  the  stock. 


STANDING  in  the  slit  opening  of  the  top  o( 
a  silo,  Form  Superintendent  Dan  Strighf  super- 
vises from  above  the  work  the  students  are 
doing  down  below.  The  pattern  is  from  the 
steel  sheeting  curved  to  make  the  round  silo 
top  dome.  Round  tube  in  the  middle  of  the 
opening  is  the  end  of  the  pipe  through  which 
the  ensilage  will  be  blown. 


PLACIDLY   WATCHING   his   offspring    wander   around    port   of   the    farm's 

permanent    pasture    is   the    patriarch    of   the    Hereford    herd.     The    smoothly 

curved    horns   surround    the    massive   head    as   he   occasionally   stops   to   eat 

some  of  the  grass  on  which  he  is  resting. 


DRIVING   ITSELF  through  the  hay  field   to  pick  up  freshly  baled   hay  is  the 

former   Army   Six-by-six   truck   which    is   admired    by   all   the   students   at   the 

form.     Here    a    student   gives   the   wheel    a   flip   and    returns   to    his   work   of 

throwing    the    boles   up   to    "Don"   Stright   who    neatly   stacks   them. 


December,     1954 


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