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The Ohio (Alumnus
February, 1937
"03
THE OHIO ALUMNUS
Ohio Senior Wins Top Honors
In State Oratorical Contest
REPRESENTING Ohio Univer-
sity, Ray Keesey, Cadiz, senior,
won first place in the Men's State
Oratorical Contest Feb. 19 in Alum-
ni Memorial Auditorium in compe-
tition against the representatives of
thirteen other Ohio colleges and uni-
versities. Robert Sultzhach of
Wittenberg College placed second.
Keesey won third honors in a similar
contest last year.
It was the first time for Ohio Uni-
versity to entertain the participants
in the men's state oratorical contest
and it had as its guests speakers and
coaches from Wittenberg, Heidelberg,
Capital, Muskingum, Ashland, Day-
ton, Akron, Ohio Wesleyan, Kent
State, Wooster, Otterbein, Baldwin-
Wallace and Kenyon. Elimination
contests were held in the afternoon,
with six speakers competing in the
final program in the evening. The
six men to reach the finals were rep-
resentatives of Wooster, Capital,
Ohio Wesleyan, Wittenberg, Akron,
and Ohio University.
Keesey 's winning speech was en-
titled, "The Aristocracy of the Un-
fit," in which he pointed out that
"the cancer of degeneracy" is m our
midst in this day of careless automo-
bile drivers, unpunished criminals,
and unchecked social disease. "Go
out and tell the truth," he advised, as
a means of meeting the problem of
the propagation of degenerates and
derelicts.
The oration contained such signifi-
cant statements as the following:
"Can you imagine anything more dis-
torted or illogical than that all the
nations of the world should scientifi-
cally select their very best stock and
then, in a mighty holocaust, slaughter
10,000,00 ^ of
them on the
battle fields of
one war?"
. . Every
day in the year
more insane pa
tients occupy
hospital beds
than do those
suffering from
all other dis-
eases combined.
L. C. Sta.\ts ... It is esti-
mated that four out of every one
hundred children who enter school in
the United States and Canada will
some time be admitted to a mental
hospital — a larger number than will
graduate from college . . It is
said, even now, that three-fourths of
the next generation are being pro-
duced by the inferior one- fourth of
the present generation."
The contest was adjudicated by the
speech coaches from the schools
whose representatives were entered.
No coach was allowed to pass judg-
ment on the work of his own entrant.
Orator Keesey is president of the
local chapter of Tau Kappa Alpha,
national honorary speech fraternity,
president of the Philosophy Club,
member of Torch, member of the
Campus Affairs Committee, a Varsi-
ty debater, and head of Palmer Hall,
a men's housing unit.
The winner was prepared by L. C.
Staats, '26 and '31 (A. M.), associate
professor of Dramatic Art and
Speech, who in his decade of profess-
ional work has established one of the
finest records of any college debate
and oratory coach in the nation. In
this time his proteges have won one
National Oratory Contest, have won
two first places in the eastern division
of the National Oratorical Contest
for Women, two third places in the
finals of the National Contest for
Men, seven state championships, and
two second and two third places in
state contests.
Staats has been training college de-
baters and orators since 1927 when
he was appointed head of the depart-
ment of Speech at West Virginia
Wesleyan University. There he
Coached Miss Wanda Morton, who
won the National Women's Oratory
Contest. In the same year another
one of his students, James Lowther,
won first place in the West Virginia
Men's Oratory Contest, the cham-
pionship in the eastern division of the
National Contest for Men, and third
place in the national tournament.
When Professor Staats came to the
Ohio University Speech Department
in the fall of 1930, he was followed
here by Miss Morton from West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan. In the spring of
1931, Miss Morton ("31), won the
Ray Er)V,ARii Kf.esey
Ohio Oratory Contest for Women
with an oration entitled, "Let Us
Have Our Dreams."
Two second places were won in
state contests in 1932. Geneva Cole-
man (3^), a varsity debater for four
years, placed m the women's tourna-
ment, and Ernest Grunwald ('33),
captured the runner-up position in
the men's contest. In the following
year, 1933, both Miss Coleman and
Mr. Grunwald won their respective
state championships. Miss Coleman's
suubject was, "The Golden Age Lies
Onward," while Mr. Grunwald's
title-winning oration was, "Toward
Saner Values." Grunwald also won
the championship of the eastern divis-
ion of the national contest and placed
third in the national tournament.
Florence Harper ('36, 2-yr.) wen
first honors in the Women's State
Oratory Contest in 1934. Her sub-
ject was "Gethsemane." In 193? the
oration of Miss Margaret Flory
('3?), "A Grasp to the Infinite," was
good for third place in the state con-
test for women.
Last year William K. Turner ('35)
placed third in the Men's State Ora-
toryy Contest, while Anna Faye
Blackburn ('36), was winning the
state championship for women and
went to the finals in the national con-
test. The subjects, respectively, were
"Death Takes a Holiday," and "The
Modern Frankenstein."
Mrs. Staats (Esther Kenney, '24),
ably assists and encourages her hus-
band in his work. They have a son,
Coover, age 12.
February,
Judge Holcomb, Successor to Title of 'Oldest
Living Graduate/' Is Victim of Recent Flood
LIKE the master of a storm-tossed
vessel, Judge Anselm Tupper
Holcomb, '67, Ohio University's old-
est living graduate, steadfastly re-
fused to leave his flood-encompassed
home in Portsmouth last month when
besought to do so by thoroughly
alarmed friends and neighbors. It
was only after a fifth call, when city
officials "beached" a motorboat on the
front porch roof of his Ninth Street
home and entered the dwelling by a
second story Vv'indow, that the "First
Citizen" of Portsmouth would con-
sent to leave and go to a place of
assured safetv.
In his ninety-second year, a victmi
of the most disastrous flood in the
history of the Ohio Valley, confined
in a single room in Portsmouth's Gen-
eral Hospital, and faced with long
hours in which to contemplate his
personal losses as well as those of the
city for whose growth and industrial
posperity he is, more than any other
one man, to be credited, Judge Hol-
comb on February 19 greeted the
Alumni Secretary with a smile and
at the conclusion of an all-too-short
visit remarked, "I'm not worrying. I
guess I'm something of a philoso-
pher."
With the death of Dr. William
Henry Scott, '62, m Columbus on
January 11, Mr. Holcomb, sole re-
maining representative of the Class
of 1867, assumed the title lately
borne by Doctor Scott, and prior to
that by Bishop Earl Cranston, of
"oldest living graduate."
Anselm Tupper Holcomb was born
November 19, 1846, at Vinton, Gal-
lia County, Ohio, of Revolutionary
ancestry, a son of John Ewing and
Mary Mathews Holcomb. His pater-
nal grandfather was General Samuel
E. Holcomb and his maternal grand-
father, Colonel Phineas Mathews,
both of whom settled in Gallia Coun-
ty in 1800.
Named for Major Anselm Tupper,
the first teacher in the State of Ohio,
who "kept school" in Campus Mar-
tins, Marietta, in the winter of 1789,
little Anselm attended schools at
Vinton and Ewington, while assisting
his father in a country store. In
1863, during the Civil War, he en-
tered Ohio University and graduated
with the Bachelor of Arts degree in
1867. The Master of Arts degree
was conferred upon him by his alma
mater in 1874.
After graduation, Mr. Holcomb
continued the study of law (which
he had started while a student in the
University) with his uncle. General
A. T. Holcomb. He taught school
m Gallia County and at Moorefield,
Kentucky. In 1870 he followed his
parents to Butler, Missouri, where he
was admitted to the Bar. Eight years
later he returned to Ohio, establish-
ing a law partnership in Portsmouth
where he has since resided. Partner-
ships with various eminent attornies
continued until 1894, since when he
practiced alone until his retirement in
1922.
Although never elected to hold
office as a judge, such was Mr. Hol-
conib's standing in legal circles that
he was frequently assigned to sit on
the bench in both the Common Pleas
and Probate Courts of his county
during the absences of regular occu-
pants. It was for these services that
the title of "Judge" was uunofficially
conferred upon him by his friends
and colleagues. He served one term
in the State Legislature of Ohio, de-
clining a second term, and was twice
an unsuccessful candidate for Con-
gress. He has been a delegate to the
National Republican Convention and
on numerous occasions has represent-
ed his district in party councils in the
state.
For more than twenty years Mr.
Holcomb was a member of the Ports-
mouth Board of Trade, presiding
over that body for many
of these years. As a
civic leader he induced
the building of the
Portsmouth Street Rail-
way and the Portsmouth
Opera House. He was
the moving spirit behind
the development of the
large suburban commii
nity. New Boston. It
was he who was largely
instrumental in bringiiii:
about the locating of ,i
Norfolk and Western
Railroad terminal in his
city, and in persuading
the Wheeling Steel Corporation to
build a plant in Portsmouth, a plant
which now employs more than 6,000
men.
In his time. Judge Holcomb has
been president or a director of nearly
a dozen leading industries of the com-
munity. The village of Scioto Fur-
nace owes its development to Mr.
Holcomb, who still owns many acres
of mining land in its vicinity.
In recognition of his remarkable
professional and civic services, the
Portmouth Rotary Club conferred
upon him the honorary title of "First
Citizen of Portsmouth."
In 1876, Mr. Holcomb married
Miss Grace Breare, of Gallia County.
Of the three children born to the
union only one is living, Robinson
Breare Holcomb. The first child died
in infancy, while Anselm Tupper,
Jr., after attending Ohio University
in 1901-03, graduated from the Uni-
versity of Virginia and thereafter
practiced law in Portsmouth for
many years. Mrs. Holcomb died in
1915.
During Judge Holcomb 's residence
on the campus, and until 1881, there
were but three university buildings —
those shown in the accompanying pic-
ture— Center Building (Cutler Hall)
and East and West Wings. Mr. Hol-
comb roomed in the East Wing in the
northeast corner of the second floor,
one of the rooms now occupied by
the Alumni Office. The room was
shared with Cruger W. Smith, '67,
at a cost of $2.00 per term. The
Reverend Dr. Solomon Howard was
president of the University.
Ohio University in Judge Holcomb's Day
THE OHIO ALUMNUS
THE OHIO ALUMNUS
Official Publication of
The Ohio University Alumni Association
Clark E. Williams, "21, Editor
Kenneth E. Dunn, "34, Assistant Editor
Published Monthly, October to June inclusive
Vol. XIV, No. 5
February, 1937
Entered as second class matter, October 3. 1927, at the Postoffice at
Athens, Ohio, under the act of March 3. 1897.
Combined membership in the Ohio University Alumni Association and
subscriinion to The Ohio Alumnus. $2.50 per year. Membership
and subscription payable on October 1st each year.
Discontinuances — If any subscriber wishes his Alumnus discontinued a:
the expiration of his subscription, notice to that effect should be
sent with the subscription, or at its expiration. Otherwise it is
understood that a continuance is desired.
Remittances should be made by check or money order, payable to the
order of the Ohio University Alumni Association, and mailed to
the Association. Box 285, Athens, Ohio.
Editorial Comment
THE FOLLOWING statement by President James is
intended to disentangle some facts which have ap-
parently been bandied about with not too great regard
for their accuracy. The statement:
"In the last few months, whether by accident or
design, false and misleading statements have been pub-
hshed in various semi-official sources as to the enrollment
figures for students at Ohio University.
"To correct the record and keep it straight, I here-
with reproduce the enrollment figures for the fall of the
current university year as reported by the registration
officers of the various state institutions themselves. As
regards Ohio University, I know these figures to be
correct. As regards the other institutions, I am ready to
accept the signed statements of their own officials.
Ohio State University 12,197
Ohio University 2,740
Miami University 2,734
Kent State University 1,822
Bowling Green State University 1,182
"The figures for Ohio University compare with the
corresponding figures in the fall of 1934 and 1935 as
follows: 1934, 2,190 and 1935, 2,434, demonstrating an
increase in 1936 of 12.5% over 1935, and of 25.1%
over 1934. Since the needs of Ohio University as pre-
sented to the current legislature are directly related to
this increase in students to be served, it is necessary that
the facts be clearly stated."
Herman G. Jambs,
President, Ohio University.
IN ANOTHER column reference is made to one of the
activities of Ohio University's Public Relations Com-
mittee — a committee headed by Dr. H. T. Houf and
composed of thirteen members of the faculty — in its
efforts to effectively present the offerings of the Univer-
sity to high school seniors who are interested in going to
college.
In mailing out so large a number of circulars it is
obvious that contact will be made with thousands of
young men and women who will have no intention, or
even desire, of continuing a formal educational program.
but whose thought m the matter cannot possibly be
known by the committee.
Since the cost of repeated approaches to the 5 5,000
high school students would be prohibitive, subsequent
contacts will be attempted with a much smaller and more
promising list of "prospects." As indicated elsewhere,
this list will be composed of persons whose initial interest
prompts them to return the reply cards asking for ad'
ditional information, and of persons who are recom-
mended by Ohio University alumni and undergraduate
students.
Inasmuch as experience clearly demonstrates the
superior value, as prospects, of persons whose names are
submitted by alumni and students, it is urged that every
alumnus look about him in his own neighborhood or
community and take note of the high school boys or girls
who are, or should be, planning to go to college next fall.
Then, unless it is known that they are definitely com-
mitted in their choice of a school, speak to them con-
cerning Ohio University. In any case, please report the
name and address of such persons to the Universitv. Time
need not be taken for a letter. A postal card, addressed
to the Public Relations Committee, Box 513, Athens,
Ohio, will be sufficient.
Credit for the fine increase in enrollment which last
fall restored Ohio University to second place standing in
the ranks of the state's tax-supported schools can in a
very appreciable measure be ascribed to the interest and
good work of the alumni. Let's keep them coming.
THERE WERE giants in those days." Yes, and
there are giants in these days, as time and oppor-
tunity will prove. But time and opportunity have
already served to establish the right to our respect of
such men as Bishop Earl Cranston, '61, Dr. William
Henry Scott, '62, and Judge A. T. Holcomb, "67, three
men who in the last decade have successively borne the
title of "oldest living graduate" of Ohio University. Each
was distinguished in his professional field — the first in
religion, the second in education, and the third in law.
STUDY AND hard work, the success formula advocated
by Benjamin Franklin and many another person whose
philosophy is familiar to us all, are still the keys that
unlock the hearts of hard-headed, coldly-calculating busi-
ness men, according to an analysis of requests made of
one of the nation"s largest universities for college trained
men and women.
Fifty of the country's great corporations were among
the business firms that contacted the placement bureau
of the college last year in search of likely young men and
women to employ. Forty of them placed "high scholar-
ship" at the head of their list of qualifications. "Proved
ability to work industriously" ran a close second to the
leading qualification.
It was interesting to note, and perhaps somewhat
disconcerting to certain types of students, that "partici-
pation in college activities" was given only an average
rating by the employment managers of the business and
industrial concerns, which were so widely divergent as
soap and steel, railroads and rubber, meat packing,
utilities, and oil.
All of which but throws fresh fuel on the contro-
versy that rages between the scholars and the activities
men as to the value of a Phi Beta Kappa key.
February
1 9 ? 7
On and About the Campus
P QUIPPED and manned for the
-"reception of 200 Ohio River flood
refugees from Pomeroy and Middle-
port, the Ohio University Women's
Gymnasium had an "all dressed up
and no place to go" air when the
dauntless, river-loving folks from the
Pomeroy Bend decided that they
would not forsake temporary emer-
gency quarters near their submerged
houses for the more commodious
quarters further inland. Ohio Uni-
versity students had worked through
an entire night moving cots and bed-
ding into the gymnasium.
JUDITH, Countess of Listowel
Hungarian-born wife of an Eng
lish nobleman; Samuel K. RatclifFe
English journalist and lecturer;
and Miss Tony Sender, a mem-
ber of the Reichstag in the first
year of the German Republic,
were the visiting lecturers who
appeared before Ohio Univer-
sity audiences in February. The
first speaker, daughter of an of-
ficial of the old Austro-Hun-
garian government, used for her
subject, "Sore Spots in Eu-
rope." Ratcliffe's two addresses
were entitled "The Crown and
the British People" and "Brit-
ain Faces the New Europe."
Miss Sender, who has been
banned from Germany by the
Hitler government, addressed
her audience on "Hitler Over
Eu-
rope.
TNEAN T. C. McCracken, of the
-*-^ College of Education; Dean of
Women Irma E. Voigt, Miss Gene
vieve Apgar, professor of English
Dr. H. E. Benz, professor of Educa
tion; Dr. E. C. Class, professor ol
Education; Miss Greta A. Lash, as
sistant professor of English; Dr. A
B. Sias, professor of School Admin
istration and Director of Teacher
Training, Dr. A. E. Wagner, pro
fessor of Education; Miss Helen Rey
nolds, associate professor of Secretar
ial Studies; and Miss Anna Mumma,
secretary to Dean McCracken, are
members of the Ohio University fac-
ulty who are in attendance at meet-
ings of the National Education Asso-
ciation which are being held in New
Orleans the last week in February.
Dean Voigt is president of the Na-
tion,il Association of Deans of
Women and is presiding over the
sessions of that organization. In
March Miss Voigt will be a delegate
of the local branch of the American
Association of University Women to
the Tenth Annual Convention of the
association which will be held in Sa-
vannah, Ga.
pAUL FONTAINE, associate pro-
■*- fessor of Piano in the School of
Music, and Robert Bingman, a senior
music major, both the subjects of
much concern and radio paging dur-
ing their enforced stay in the flood
acreas of Marietta and Parkersburg
late last month, have arrived home
safely and arc again about their ac-
N.Y.A. Artist at Work on Models
customed duties. Parkersburg "s ra-
dio station WPAR broadcast numer-
ous appeals for news of the two men
"who were last reported to have been
seen crossing the river in a boat."
Upon their return to the campus.
Professor Fontaine announced that
"my death by drowning in the Ohio
River has been indefinitely post-
poned."
"PREDERICK JACKSON'S come-
-'- dy, "The Bishop Misbehaves,"
was the vehicle used by members of
the Men's Faculty Club and "guest
artists" for the 1937 club play, which
was produced in Alumni Memorial
Auditorium on February 11 and 12.
T. N. Hoover, "Ot, was cast in the
leading role of the Bishop of Broad-
minster. Other members of the cast
were Dr. A. C. Anderson, Mrs. Ma-
rie Quick, Dr. G. B. Paulsen, Mrs.
Ruth Janssen, Mrs. Mae Snader, Em-
mett M. Rowles, '20, Joseph E.
Thackrey, P. L. Eblin, '31, and H.
H. Peckham. Proceeds of the play
were given to the Student Loan Fund.
' I 'HE judges whose decisions will
-*- soon determine the winner of the
biennial Emers<3n Prize Poem Contest
are Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Spring-
field, Ky., novelist and poet; Prof.
David Morton, Amherst, Mass., well-
known sonneteer; and Prof. Lew
Sarett, Ravinia, 111., poet and in-
structor in Northwestern University.
"D ANDALL B. SMITH, a junior
-*-^ from Warren, represented the
Ohio University chapter of the
American Student Union on the
four-day pilgrimage to Wash-
ington, D. C., Feb. 19-22, dur-
ing which demonstrations at the
White House and the Capitol
were planned as accompani-
ments to the presentation of ap-
peals for support of the Amer-
ican Youth Act. The bill, to
be introduced soon in both
houses of Congress, calls for the
appropriation of $500,000,000
to establish Federal scholar-
ships, vocational guidance com-
missions, and a system of public
v^orks projects with employ-
ment open to job-seekers be-
tween the ages of 16 and 25
who are unable to find other
employment. Higher benefits than
those set under the present N. Y. A.
would be effected, making available
part-time academic work for needy
students at a minimum monthly wage
of $30.
' I 'HE old-time, temperance drama,
-*- "Ten Nights in a Bar Room,"
has been selected by Robert G.
Dawes, professor of Dramatic Art
and Speech, for presentation March
4 and 5, by the Ohio University
Theater.
A/TEMBERS of L'AUiance Fran-
■^^^ caise, honorary French Club,
held an "Eiffel Tower Dinner," their
annual banquet, on Feb. 17. Mem-
bers of the German Club witnessed
a Kartoffel-Puppenspiel presented,
the same night, by Paul G. Krauss
and Melvin Valk, visiting instructors
in German. Such carryings on!
THE OHIO ALUMNUS
N.y.A. Checks Welcomed by
Many Students on Campus
National Youth Administration
checks amounting to $4,492.47 came
to the campus on February 22 for
distribution among some 360 Ohio
University students. Released in
three-month allotments of $12,76'i,
the N. Y. A. payroll for the Univer-
sity averages $4,255 each month.
Of the monthly quota, $100 is ap-
portioned to graduate students, who
are paid fifty cents per hour, and the
remaining $4,15 5 is distributed
among undergraduates, who receive
thirty cents per hour. No student is
permitted to work more than fifty
hours during the month, while in or-
der to give assistance to a greater
number of students some work only
forty hours per month. From Oct.
10 to the present time, $12,480.0?
has been received by Ohio University
students.
Since the N. Y. A. urges that a
part of the funds be used for further-
ing community projects, students are
employed regularly as leaders for
Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troops,
as traffic patrolmen under the Athens
Safety Director, in social welfare
work in the County Division of Aid
for the Aged, as educators in a near-
by C. C. C. Camp, assistants in the
office of the County Superintendent
of Schools, and as clerks in the office
of the Athens County Relief Ad-
ministrator.
Students employed in University
service, are supervised by approxi-
mately 150 faculty members. The
Ofiice of the Dean of Men employs
more students than any other ad-
ministrative office since proctors and
managers for men's housing units are
provided from this group. Athletic
Director O. C. Bird uses the next
largest number in the maintenance of
athletic equipment in the Men's
Gymnasium. Treasurer George C.
Parks employs the third largest
group for store room duty, office sup
ply delivery, and building mainten-
ance. Miss Anna Lois Saum, direc-
tor of the Ohio University Service
Bureau, is fourth largest user of N.
Y. A. students who assist in the
routine work of the bureau and in
activities sponsored by the Public
Relations Committee.
One N. Y. A. project has enabled
the Zoology Department to have its
anatomical and zoological models ren-
ovated and painted. Some of these
models, such as those upon which the
student is working in the picture en
Page 5, were so old and battered that
they could no longer be used for class-
room and laboratory work. In the
case of the model of the starfish in
the picture, the Department was able
to save one-half of the cost of the
model by purchasing it uncolored and
having the coloring done by a student,
William H. Jeric, a Cleveland Sopho-
more, who appears in the picture.
Appointments to the N. Y. A.
staff are made by the Deans of Men
and Women on the basis of a stu-
dent's need for employment and his
ability to maintain a C average in the
classroom. Certain types of work
are barred to N. Y. A. employes.
They may not be engaged as univer-
sity instructors, nor may they replace
students who are employed at regular
work, since the purpose of the N. Y.
A. is to create new jobs.
Since Oct. 10, 27 J undergraduate
men, 174 undergraduate women, 2
graduate men, and .i graduate women
— a total of 45 2 idfferent students —
have been employed on N. Y. A.
projects. The average number of
students employed at any one time
is about 350.
A special emergency grant of N.
Y. A. funds has just been announced
as The Alumnus goes to press which
will aid students whose homes and
whose ability to remain in college
.suffered as a direct result of the
recent flood disaster.
New High for Second Semester
A second semester enrollment of
2,636 students has been reported by
Registrar Dilley. This number in-
cludes eighty new students who are
entering freshmen and transfers. The
figure exceeds that for the corres-
ponding period last year by 269, and
IS the highest for any second semester
in the history of the University. The
enrollment for the first semester of
the current year was 2,740.
The decrease in the second period
follows closely the normal experience
when at least 100 fewer students are
expected. Mid-year graduation and
necessary withdrawals account for
the customary loss which is offset
somewhat by the enrollment of new
students.
Two master's degrees, thirty-eight
baccalaureate degrees, and ten two-
year diplomas were granted at the
end of the first semester. According
to the custom of the past, there were
no formal commencement exercises
for the mid-vear graduates.
Ann.^ Lois Sai-m
Public Relations Committee
Reaching High School Seniors
Fifty-five thousand pictorial fol-
ders will soon be in the hands of
Uncle Sam's mail men for delivery
to that number of high school seniors
in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana,
Kentucky, and
Pennsylvania.
The folders, of
a promotional
nature, have
been produced
by the Ohio
University Pub-
lic Relations
Committee as a
part of its pro-
gram for attrac-
ing students to
the campus.
Miss Anna
Lois Saum, '27, director of the Ohio
University Service Bureau, is in im-
mediate charge of the work of dis-
tribution. Under her supervision,
twenty students are engaged in the
work of folding and addressing the
mailing pieces. Miss Saum estimates
that it will take approximately five
hundred hours of work to fold the
pieces, and two hundred hours to
address them. N. Y. A. students are
being employed on the job.
The mailing lists have been com-
piled from information secured from
commercial agencies, from alumni and
undergraduates, and from other in-
terested persons.
The first mailing of the folders will
be made on March first and it is
contemplated that the remainder will
be in the mail by March fifteenth.
Later in the spring 10,000 48-page
bulletins of an informational and
pictorial type will be sent to a selected
list made up of persons who return
the reply card enclosed in the first
mailing, and of others who are re-
commended for their definite or pos-
sible interest in the University. These
bulletins will be followed by a distri-
bution of 10,000 University catalogs.
The catalogs will be supplemented,
upon request, by leaflets containing
detailed information concerning
special fields of study.
An effort will be made to reach
every high school senior in Ohio with
the first pictorial broadside. In other
states, groups to receive the pieces
will be selected upon the basis of
their distance from Athens and the
absence of a college or university in
their vicinity.
February
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Alumni Directory Containing
11,628 Names To Appear Soon
The work of preparing,' the mater-
lal for the now OHIO UNIVER-
SITY ALUMNI DIRECTORY rs
being pushed rapidly in the Alumni
Office, and it is expected that all
copy will be in the hands of the
printer within two weeks. The task
of bringing address and occupational
information up to date for more than
11,000 graduates has been a tremend-
ous task which has kept the Secre-
tary's small staff working over-hours
for the past two months. The last
directory was published in 1928,
since when the number of alumni
has almost doubled and the address
information in the 1928 book has
become obsolete in a majority of
cases.
April 1 5 has been set tentatively
as the date for mailing out the dir-
ectories. In the meantime, if persons
who have ordered copies of the dir-
ectories will send in their money
immediately the expense of additional
reminders will be saved.
It is requested that coins be
sent in payment for the Direc-
tories since the conversion of
approximately $600 worth of
postage stamps is impossible of
arrangement. If a receipt is de-
sired, please add Ic to the
amount sent.
The cost of the OHIO UNIVER-
SITY ALUMNI DIRECTORY, con-
taining the names of every graduate
of the University from "Tom" Ew-
ing, in 1815, down to the February
section of the Class of 1937, is but
2')c to members of the Alumni As-
sociation, and ^Oc to non-members.
Death Claims Three Athenians
Saturday, February 6, brought
death to three citi-ens of Athens, all
of whom have Ohio University con-
nections.
Dr. James A. Malone, '19, a prac-
ticing physician for the last twelve
years, died in a Columbus Hospital
of an illness contracted in New York
City in December while he was pur-
suing graduate work in surgery. He
was a brother of Dr. Raymond M.
Malone, '20, of Gallon.
Joseph L. Pickering, ninety-year-
old Civil War veteran, died at his
home on South High Street after an
illness of some six months duration.
He was the husband of the former
Miss Louella Harvey, '78x, and the
father of Anna K. Pickering, '14,
Athens, Kenneth H. Pickering, '17,
Youngstown, and Joseph L. Picker-
ing, "22, Chicago.
El wood E. Van Dyke, age 75
years, for seventeen years custodian
of Ellis Hall on the Ohio University
campus, died at his home on West
State Street, following a prolonged
illness. Mr. Van Dyke was the
father of R. A. Van Dyke, '12x,
Coalwood, W. Va., Arvilla Van
Dyke, 12x, and Gladys Van Dyke,
'19x, Athens, and Mrs. Guy Saylor
(Lenora Van Dyke, '21, 2-yr.), San
Francisco, Calif.
Jackson and Youngstown Are
Centers of Recent Activity
Dean W. S. Gamertsfelder and
the Alumni Secretary, the former as
principal speaker, were guests, Jan.
30, of the Jackson County Chapter
of the Ohio University Alumni As-
sociation at a dinner held in the
banquet room of the Black Diamond
Restaurant in Jackson. There were
65 graduates and former students of
the University present.
Judge Roy Gillen, Wellston, of
the District Court of Appeals, pre-
sided as toastmaster. In addition to
the Athenians, speakers on the after-
dinner program were Charles A.
Jones, former state senator, Gordon
Morrow, editor of the Wellston
Sentinel, and Sanford Keairns, an
instructor in Jackson High School.
Two readings were given by Florence
Harper, winner last year of the
Women's State Oratorical Contest.
The singing of college songs was led
h\' Merrill Davis, another member of
the Jackson High School faculty.
Officers elected for the coming
year were Merrill Davis, president;
Dan Jones, Oak Hill, vice-president;
Margaret Scott, Wellston, Secretary;
and Elisabeth Brown, Coalton, treas-
urer.
Seventy-five members of the Ohio
University Women's Club of Youngs-
town enjoyed the Fifth Anniversary
luncheon of that organisation held on
January .30. Mrs .Doris Moore was
chairman of the luncheon committee,
and was assisted by Sue Molnar,
Mrs. Edward P. Stitzel, Leah Knoche,
Jessie Boswell and Mrs. T. V. Barn-
hill. A benefit bridge in McKelvey's
Tea Room, is on the Women's Club
schedule for February.
Judge Jones
Supreme Court Jurist Takes
Note of the Passing Years
Seven black-cloaked jurists marched
solemnly to the Ohio Supreme Court
bench at 9 am, Tuesdav, February
10, to open hear-
ings. It was not
unusual. But as
the voice of the
bailiff proclaiming
that court was in
sesion, died away,
one of the figures
turned to his col-
leagues and re-
marked :
"Gentlemen, just
37 years ago at
this hour I assum-
ed my first judicial assignment."
The speaker was Judge Thomas A
Jones, '81, of Jackson, dean of the
Ohio Supreme Court, and one of its
outstanding members. He received
the congratulations of his associates,
and then the court went on as usual.
Graduated from Ohio University
in 1881, Judge Jones served as mayor
of Jackson at the age of 26 years,
the youngest mayor in the history of
Jackson County.
During his 22 years of service on
the Supreme Court, Judge Jones has
served with twenty-eight judges who
were appointed or elected to the
upper court.
On March 4, Judge Jones will be
78 years of age. Judge and Mrs.
Jones celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary in June, 1936, at which
their four chi'dren, two of whom are
graduates of Ohio University, and
eight grandchildren joined them.
Class of 1912 To Gather
Plans for a Twenty-fifth Anniver-
sary reunion of the Class of 1912
have been made by a commitee of
five members of the class residing in
Athens — W. R. Cable, H. L. Dun-
lap, O. E. Dunlap, M. D. Hughes,
and F. S. Wheaton. Preliminary
letters announcing the event have al-
ready been sent to all members of
the class, while further details of the
festivities to be held during the next
Commencement Season, June ^'7,
will be sent out shortly. Classmate
Jose Carlos MeMello, of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, has already indicated
his intention to return to the campus
for the June reunion and is hoping
to see a great many of his friends at
that time.
THE OHIO ALUMNUS
Ohio Basketeers Hotly Pursuing Championship
Honors; Grover Speaks Highly of His Men
By KEN DUNN, '34
Coach Grover
THE best team I have ever coached," is the way
Coach Brandon Grover descnbes this year's Ohio
University basketball team which now has eight
consecutive Buckeye Conference games in its winning
string, and which has not met defeat in its last twelve
contests.
"But Butch, how about that great team that won the
Ohio Conference title in 1921, and that classy outfit you
developed in 1931 that won the
Buckeye title? Time hasn't dimmed
your enthusiasm for those teams,
has It?"
"No," said Butch, aiming a
quick brown one at the wastebasket,
"I still think they were great teams
but they didn't have the all-around
shooting, passing, and defensive
ability these boys have. That '21
team — Ray Davis, Angus King,
Sim Earich, and the bunch — they
won 17 and lost two, and beat that
great Wittenberg team with Dutch
Trautwein, Ray Detrick and Bill
Lange, but I don't think they could
quite match these boys."
Continuing to "reminisce" and shake his head as he
weighed past teams with this year's, Grover went on.
"We had a fine outfit in 19.i4 that won 14 and lost three
with Charley Herron and Charley Wright at the for-
wards. That Wright was the greatest shot I have ever
had. I'll never forget ..." and Butch sidetracked for
a few incidents before coming back to the 19.'il team
that won Ohio's first Buckeye basketball title. "That
was another lulu," Grover Says, "Shadel Saunders, Harry
Lackey and Harold Brown. Nineteen thirty-three, too,
with Lackey again, this time teamed with Roy Mills
and Beany Berens.
"But no, I don't believe any of these teams, good as
they were, could beat the boys this year. Look at that
team," and he points to his boys practicing for their
second game with Marshall at Huntington on Feb. 27.
"Look at Lalich pop 'em in from the pivot, that's
style. Rinta over there, you know he made 1 7 hours of A
in the classroom last semester. He's as smart as they come.
And Shingleton, a ball hound if I ever saw one. There's
Red Hood, too, none better than Red. The best defen-
sive man in the conference. Malokas standing there, did
you ever see a man who could handle a ball like that
fellow?" And on, and on, until you wonder where
Butch gets all the superlatives, but there are a lot of
folks around here who agree with every compliment he
gives these boys.
Their record to date is 16 games won and two lost.
In all of their 16 victories they have never been behind
during the second half. They have scored 730 points
for an average of 40.5 points per game, better than a
point-a-minute, while holding opponents to 514 points.
or an average of 28.i points per game. Three games
remain to be played — with Marshall, Marietta, and
Cincinnati, all on foreign fields. Another victory over
the Marshall men and the Bobcats will run up the Buck-
eye Championship flag. A loss at Huntington will mean
a division of first honors with the West Virginians.
The Bobcat's two outstanding victories this season
have been the ones over Marshall and Case. Marshall
came here Feb. 23, undefeated in eight conference games,
with the greatest team the Thundering Herd has ever
had. Ohio had won seven consecutive Buckeye games.
The writer has never seen as much tension in a crowd
as was shown by the 2,700 persons who jammed every
nook and corner of the Men's Gymnasium here for the
game.
Ohio scored first on a fielder by Shingleton. Malokas
made a free throw, Rinta followed suit, and Ohio had
seven points before Marshall could get a single marker.
From then on the two teams played evenly, with the
Bobcats, cool and conservative, more than matching ever>'
Marshall basket. The score at the half was 18 to 9,
Ohio's favor, and the final score 40-32, with the Bobcats
on top. The game was alive with interest from opening
whistle to final gun, and though the closest Marshall ever
came to Ohio's early lead was four points, the game was
anything but easily won.
The Case game came as a result ot postponements
of the Case-Marietta and Ohio-Cincinnati games because
of flood conditions. Case was on top of the Ohio Con-
ference with seven consecutive victories, while Ohio was
topping the Buckeye with four straight. It was the state's
headline basketball game for that week-end, and one of
the largest crowds ever to see a non-conference game
came to the Ohio Gymnasium.
As against Marshall, Ohio was oif to an early lead
that Case crowded all the way, through the efforts of their
sharp-shooting guard, Weiss. Johnny Malokas, who was
ci-captain of Cleveland East High with Weiss in their
prep school days, kept pace with his old teammate and
finally outscored him with his seventh long fielder near
the close of the game. Ohio led throughout the second
half, and smashed Case's hopes of an undefeated season
with a 4^-36 victory.
* * * *
The Ohio wrestlers and swimmers have shown con-
siderable improvement since we reported to you last
month. The swimming team broke their losing streak
with a victory over Fenn College here, and followed with
another over Kent State at Kent. Their only loss of the
month was at the hands of the nationally known Canton
YMCA team.
Thor Olson's wrestlers are still losing to the finest
teams in the nation, but have become anything but a
pushover. Case defeated the Bobcats here by a close
margin, while Michigan breathed easier after they had
outpointed Ohio 17-10. In the latter meet, Hjalmar,
TI:or Olson's son, won his match by a fall.
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Here and There Among the Alumni
Dayton H. h'ROsx, "31, who has been
prominently identified with relief activities
in Ohio since the time of his graduation,
is now licld agent for the Federal Social
Security Board. At the time of the aban-
donment of the F. E. R. A. he was state
director.
Edson M. S
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