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COLONEL    WILBUR    R.    McREYNOLDS 


T/ie  Ohio  (Alumnus 


February,  1943 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


Two  Ohio  Men  Reported  Missing  in  Action; 
One  in  Southwest  Pacific,  Other  in  N.  Africa 


The  parents  of  Major  Donn  C. 
Young,  ?0x,  Dillon  vale,  bomber 
pilot  in  the  Army  Air  Force,  have 
been  notified  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment that  their  son  was  missing  in 
action  on  Jan.  18,  1945,  in  the  South 
Pacific     area.        Since     leaving     the 


First  Lieut.  FranU.Kuncel,  U.S.A. 

States  he  has  been  stationed  in  Aus- 
tralia and  New  Guinea.  Major 
Young  is  married,  his  wife  and  two 
children  residing  in  Chicago.  A 
picture  of  the  missing  flier  will  be 
published  in  the  March  Alumnus. 

Lieut.  William  N.  Nye,  '43x, 
Marietta,  fighter  pilot  of  the  Army 
Air  Forces,  has  been  missing  in  the 
North  African  area  since  Feb.  7, 
according  to  word  received  by  his 
parents   from   the  War  Department. 

Pictured  on  page  12  is  Private 
John  W.  Bennett,  '4^x,  Cleveland, 
who,  as  reported  last  month,  was 
wounded  on  the  first  day  of  the 
North  African  invasion  and  shortly 
thereafter  was  awarded  the  Purple 
Heart  Medal.  Since  receiving  his 
injuries,  Jack  has  been  transferred 
from  a  combat  team  to  the  radio 
sector  of  the  headquarters  company 
of  his  unit. 

Among  the  Ohioans  who  have  not 
been  reported,  in  this  or  a  previous 
issue  of  The  Aiumrtu.s,  to  be  "some- 


where in  North  Africa"  are:  Pvt. 
Gilbert  M.  Shannon,  "38,  Athens; 
Pvt.  David  C.  Flanagan,  '42,  Syra- 
cuse; Lieut.  James  W.  Robeysek, 
'J7,  Bedford;  First  Lieut.  Harry 
Armbruster,  '41,  Athens;  First 
Lieut.  Fred  Stone,  '36,  Gallipolis; 
First  Lieut.  John  L.  Bridgeman,  '42.x, 
New  Martinsville,  W.  Va.;  Col. 
Miles  J.  Lowther,  '32,  Orrvillc; 
Staff  Sgt.  Bonner  Poushey,  '40, 
Flushing^  N.  Y.;  Tech.  Sgt.  Harold 
T.  Gorham.  '38,  Athens;  Pvt.  Rich- 
ard W.  Tlowers,  "41x,  Portsmouth; 
Pvt.  Charles  A.  Bennett,  '}9x.  Mid- 
dleport;  and  Pvt.  Frank  J.  Shay,  '37, 
Nelsonville. 

Lieut.  Frank  J.  Kuncel,  '42x,  Lor- 
ain (see  picture),  was  one  of  the 
Army  bombardiers  whose  correctly- 
placed  explosives  rocked  Tunis  and 
its  port  of  La  Goulette  in  a  big  raid 
early  in  January.  Twenty-eight 
Axis  planes  were  downed  in  the  raid, 
while  all  of  the  American  bombers 
returned  safely  to  their  bases. 
Lieutenant  Kuncel  has  been  in  North 
Africa  since  November,  and  prior 
to  that  he  spent  four  months  in  Eng- 
land. 

First  Lieut.  Erie  H.  Bndgewater, 
'40,  Chauncey,  now  in  training  with 
air-borne  infantry  troops  at  Ft. 
Benning,  Ga.,  has  received  a  personal 
letter  of  commendation  from  Brig. 
Gen.  D.  A.  Robinson,  under  whom 
he  served  at  Ft.  Riley,  Kans.,  for  his 
excellent  work  in  bayonet  instruction. 
Lieutenant  Bridgewater  was  in  charge 
of  eight  sergeants  picked  from  some 
5,000  non-commissioned  officers  to 
give  a  month's  instruction  at  Ft. 
Riley.  Breaking  jaws  with  rifle  butts 
and  slicing  throats  with  trench  knives 
is  just  a  part  of  the  gentle  art  of 
self-defense  as  taught  by  Instructor 
Bridgewater.  Says  he,  "It's  possible 
to  take  an  opponent's  rifle,  throw 
him,  and  kill  him  before  he  reaches 
the  ground." 

Ensign  Frank  C.  Baumholts,  '41, 
Midvale,  is  now  a  veteran  of  the 
seas.  He  has  made  two  trans-Atlan- 
tic trips  as  head  of  a  gun  crew  on  a 
ship  of  the  U.  S.  Merchant  Marine 

Lieut.  A.  W.  "Tony"  Cavallero, 
"41,  Newark,  N.  J.,  is  a  squadron 
communications  officer  in  the  Army 


Air   Force   at   Bradley   Field,   Wind- 
sor, Conn. 

The  promotions  list  posted  at 
Gulfport  Field,  Gulfport,  Miss.,  on 
Feb.  1,  carried  the  announcement  of 
the  advancement  of  Robert  L.  Wert- 
man,   '41,   from  the  rank  of  sergeant 


EnsisnAdolphC.Szafran,  U.S.N. 

to  that  of  staff  sergeant.  Staff  Sgt. 
Wertman  is  serving  in  the  public 
relations  division  of  Gulfport  Field 
and  is  editor  of  the  post  newspaper. 

First  Lieut.  William  W.  Wells, 
'37,  of  the  Army  Air  Corps,  is  lo- 
cated in  New  Guinea  as  a  pilot  in 
a  troop  carrier  squadron. 

Ensign  Adolph  C.  Szafran,  '40, 
Cleveland  (see  picture),  was  com- 
missioned at  the  U.  S.  Naval  Acade- 
my. Annapolis,  last  May.  His  class 
was  the  second  class  of  reserves  to  be 
graduated  from  the  naval  school. 
Since  leaving  the  academy  he  has 
been  seeing  active  duty  in  the  At- 
lantic. 

The  Eddy  brothers,  of  Athens — all 
four  of  them — are  now  in  the  service 
of  their  country:  three  in  the  armed 
forces,  the  fourth  in  a  defense  in- 
dustry. First  Lieut.  Richard  W. 
Eddy,  '40  (see  picture  on  page  12), 
in  the  Chemical  Warfare  Service,  is 
at  Ft.  Bliss,  Tex.,  from  where  he 
gives  assurance  that  the  U.  S.  Army 


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is  fully  equipped  lund  prepared  to 
meet  gas  attaeks  should  they  be 
launehed,  and  to  i;ive  double  measure 
in  return.  Lieut.  Robert  Eddy,  "JTx, 
a  graduate  of  the  U.  S.  Naval  Aea- 
demy  in  19.'>9,  who  was  stationed  at 
iVar!  Harbor  at  the  time  of  the  Jap- 
anese attaek,  is  still  with  the  Paeitie 
Fleet.  William  J.  Eddy,  "41  x,  has 
recently  enlisted  in  the  Navy  and 
is  now  undergoing  "boot"  training 
at  the  Great  Lakes  Naval  Training 
Station  as  an  apprentice  seaman. 
Hubert  Eddy,  ".'^4,  a  civilian  inspector 
of  engineering  materials  in  the  radio 
division  of  the  Army  Signal  Corps, 
is  now  located  at  Marion,  Ind.  He 
will  be  transferred  soon  to  Dayton. 

Ithamer  D.  Weed,  '.^8,  Pomeroy, 
of  the  Army  Air  Corps,  has  been 
promoted  from  the  rank  of  captain 
to  that  of  major.  Major  Weed  is 
on  duty  in  Washington  w'ith  the 
general  staff  of  the  War  Department. 

Cadet  Richard  F.  Atkins,  ':->6x, 
Athens,  husband  of  Thora  Olson,  '37, 
is  now  at  the  Naval  Training  Sta- 
tion at  Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he  is 
preparing  to  instruct  in  the  Navy's 
physical  fitness  program.  Upon  ar- 
riving in  Norfolk,  among  the  first 
persons  he  met  were  "Jerrj'"  War- 
shower,  'M,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  for- 
mer Bobcat  four-sport  athlete,  and 
Lieut.  Com.  Charles  D.  Giauque,  a 
former  member  of  the  Ohio  Univer- 
sity faculty  in  the  physical  welfare 
division. 

Ensign  James  C.  Barrett.  '?7, 
Bucyrus,  is  flying  Consolidated  PBY 
patrol  bombers  from  the  Navy  Air 
Base  at  San  Diego,  Calif. 

Pvt.  Robert  Brashares,  "59,  Enter- 
prise, in  the  radio  division  of  the 
Army  Air  Corps,  was  stationed  in 
England  in  December,  but  may  very 
well  be  elsewhere  at  this  time.  Likely 
spot:   North  Africa. 

Upon  completing  a  course  in  in- 
struction at  the  Navy's  School  of 
Aerial  Photography  at  Pensacola, 
Fla.,  Edward  J.  Finley,  '41,  Rocky 
River,  Photographer's  Mate  .^  c  (see 
picture),  was  sent  to  the  March  ot 
Time  Schtxil  of  Pictorial  Journalism 
in  New  York  City  for  a  six  month's 
course  in  movie  technique.  Before 
reporting  to  Pensacola,  Photographer 
Ed  had  been  on  convoy  duty  to  Ice- 
land and  Ireland  aboard  a  destroyer. 
He  was  returning  from  Iceland  to 
Boston  when  the  news  of  Pearl  Har- 
boT  was  flashed  to  his  ship. 

Major  M.  R.  Chappel,  "31,  Athens, 
who  is  in   charge  of  the  Army  Air 


Corps  Base  Hospital  at  Ogden,  Utah, 
is  on  temporary  assignment  to  Co- 
lumbia University  for  post  graduate 
work  in  surgery. 

It's  Lieut.  J.  Allen  Chase  ['2S], 
Bureau  of  Operations,  U.  S.  Navy, 
Washington,  D.  C,  now.  Before 
entering     naval     service     Lieutenant 


Photographer'sMale  Edward  J.  Finley 

Chase  was  a  special  agent  in  the  in- 
telligence unit  of  the  Bureau  of  In- 
ternal Revenue,  and  prior  to  that 
was  in  the  Monetary  Research  Divi- 
sion of  the  U.  S.  "Treasury  Depart- 
ment. 

First  Lieut.  Roger  J.  Jones,  Jr., 
'40,  Athens,  has  been  graduated  from 
the  two-engine  bomber  school  at 
Roswell,  N.  Mex.,  and  has  been 
sent  to  a  four-engine  school  at  Boise, 
Idaho.  His  brother,  Second  Lieut. 
John  M.  Jones,  "42x,  now  a  B-24 
bomber  pilot,  is  stationed  at  Nash- 
ville, Tenn. 

Pvt.  Ross  E.  Davis,  Jr.,  ^.Vx, 
Cleveland,  former  Ohio  University 
band  president,  is  now  in  the  Third 
Army  Air  Force  Band  at  BtKa  Ra- 
ton, Fla. 

Corporal  Robert  W.  Davis,  '40, 
Athens  (see  picture  on  page  13), 
was  recently  hospitalised  in  England 
for  a  minor  operation.  He  reports 
that  on  Christmas  Day  the  men  in 
his  unit  had  turkey  with  "all  the 
trimmings."  The  Red  Cross  gave 
them  packages  with  stationery,  gum, 
cigarettes,  and  sewing  kits.     "If  you 


could  have  seen  us  on  Christmas 
Day,"  writes  this  U.  S.  soldier, 
"you  would  never  worry  about  us." 
Corporal  Davis  marned  Irene  E. 
Moscr,  "39,  Mansfield,  July  11,  1942. 

Capt.  Ray  Schwenke,  '39,  Logan, 
who  was  an  aide  on  the  staff  of  Ma- 
jor General  A.  A.  Vandegrift  in  the 
Solomon  Islands,  is  the  recipient  of 
a  commendatory  letter  from  the  Gen- 
eral which  reads  in  part:  "In  addi- 
tion to  your  regular  duties  as  aide- 
de-camp  to  the  commanding  general 
you  also  served  as  an  officer  of  the 
divisonal  operations  section  perform- 
ing highly  responsible  duties  during 
the  Guadalcanal  operation.  Through- 
out the  entire  period  of  operations 
you  displayed  a  marked  capacity  for 
continuous  and  extremely  conscien- 
fous  effort  in  the  performance  of 
exacting  duties  extending  over  long 
per  ods  of  time." 

Lieut.  Col.  Ralph  C.  Kenney,  '12, 
Olmsted  Field,  Middletown,  Pa.  (see 
pcture  on  page  II).  and  his  son,  Ca- 
c'.-t  Ccl.  Rcibert  C.  Kenney,  '43, 
(Jan),  of  the  Ohio  University  R.O. 
T.C..  were  Alumni  Office  visitors  on 
Jan.  21,  a  few  days  before  the  latter 
received  his  degree.  Addressing  his 
father  facetiously,  although  with  a 
proper  degree  of  military  courtesy 
and  filial  respect.  Cadet  Col.  Kenney 
remarked  that  "the  only  difference  be- 
tween us  is  that  you  get  paid  for 
being  a  colonel."  The  junior  officer, 
now  at  Fort  Benning,  Ga.,  will  soon 
receive  his  commission  as  a  second 
lieutenant. 

On  March  3,  Rev.  Charles  W. 
Lusher,  "36,  pastor  of  the  Taber- 
nacle Baptist  Church,  Chillicothe, 
will  enter  the  Chaplain's  Corps  of 
the  U.  S.  Army  and  begin  training 
at  the  Chaplain's  School  at  Harvard 
University.  Chaplain  Lusher  will 
be  the  first  Ohio  University  man 
known  to  the  editor  of  the  Alumnus 
to  enter  chaplaincy,  service.  Rever- 
end Lusher  married  Gladys  Sheets, 
'37x. 

Ensign  Joseph  P.  Marra,  '42, 
Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  now  at  the 
Navy  Section  Base,  Tompkinsville, 
S.  I.,  N.  Y.,  reports  that  "two  week- 
ends ago  while  Midshipman  Knt:, 
f  "42]  and  I  were  at  the  Perth  AmKiy 
Yacht  Club  wc  ran  into  none  other 
than  Peter  Hlinka  ["41}.  He  is  a 
corporal  Kxated  at  the  Raritan  Arse- 
nal, Nixon,  N.  J.  Also  run  into  that 
evening  was  Alex  Egers  [39}  who 
is  working  for  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment of  New  Jersey."'  Midshipman 
Kritz    is    now    Ensign    Adolph    S. 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


Kritz,  '42,  of  the  sub-chaser  school 
in  Miami,  Fla. 

An  announcement  from  the  Bos' 
ton  office  of  Naval  Officer  Procure- 
ment discloses  that  Ray  E.  Keesey, 
"37,  was  commissioned  an  ensign  on 
February  13.  Ensign  Keesey's  last 
civilian  service  was  rendered  to  the 
University  of  New  Hampshire  where 
he  was  an  instructor  in  speech.  He 
IS  the  husband  of  Gene  Gordon,  '37. 

Ensign  Howard  M.  Harrison,  '42x, 
Columbus      (see     picture     and     also 


Ensign  and  Mrs.  Howard  M.  Harrison 

"Manages"),  is  stationed  at  Seattle, 
Wash.,  where  he  is  receiving  final 
training  as  a  fighter  pilot  for  aircraft 
carrier  service.  Mrs.  Harrison  (Ruth 
Gillespie,  '40)  has  resigned  her  posi- 
tion as  instructor  in  physical  educa- 
tion in  the  high  school  at  Chagrin 
Falls  to  spend  the  remaining  time 
with  her  husband  before  he  leaves 
for  sea  duty. 

Ensign  Harold  A.  Levin,  "41, 
Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  has  just  re- 
turned to  the  States  after  seven 
months  of  convoy  duty,  as  a  member 
of  the  Amphibious  Force.  He  re- 
ports that  "I  have  been  made  an  ex- 
ecutive officer  on  LCL  (L)  86.  Na- 
turally, any  details  are  missing,  so 
all  I  can  say  is  that  I  am  immensely 
pleased  with  the  transfer  and  new 
set-up." 

Pvt.  Carl  W.  Ross,  '37,  "V/est 
Lafayette,  is  in  training  in  the  bar- 
rage balloon  battery  of  a  coast  artil- 
lery regiment  at  Camp  Tyson,  Tenn. 


The  editor's  informant,  Lieut.  Byron 
R.  Eells,  "41,  East  Liverpool,  is  at- 
tached to  the  31st  Observation 
Squadron  at  the  army  air  base, 
Laurel,  Miss. 

Capt.  Samuel  B.  Erskine,  "2i,  for- 
fer  Athens  attorney,  now  in  the 
Judge  Advocate  General's  Depart- 
ment of  the  U.  S.  Army,  is  under- 
going a  period  of  training  at  the 
University  of  Michigan  Law  School, 
after  which  he  will  be  assigned  to 
troops  for  the  handling  of  legal 
matters. 

Candidate  Sylvester  "Si"  Johnson, 
"41,  College  Corner,  in  an  Officers 
Candidate  School  at  Ft.  Benning, 
Ga.,  writes  as  follows:  "I  would  like 
to  thank  you  immensely  for  The 
Alummis.  It  is  great.  It's  sure  an 
excellent  feeling  to  read  about  the 
kids  of  O.  U.  and  just  how  they  are 
putting  out  for  the  U.  S.  A.  and  her 
allies.  The  memories  that  come  back 
when  I  glance  through  the  magazine 
are  far  more  than  any  money  can 
buy.     'Thanks  a  million"." 

Ensign  Charles  E.  "Chuck"  Floyd, 
"40,  Logan,  is  pursuing  a  course  in 
naval  indoctrination  and  training  at 
Dartmouth  College,  Hanover,  N.  H. 
Mrs.  Floyd  (Virginia  Shumate,  "39) 
is  continuing  her  work  with  the  fra- 
ternity jewelers,  Burr,  Patterson  is' 
Auld,  in  Columbus,  a  firm  with 
which  her  husband  was  also  asso- 
ciated before  he  entered  the  service. 

Specialist  3''c  Howard  C.  Boehm. 
"42,  Cleveland,  is  teaching  mechani- 
cal drawing  to  aviation  mechanics  at 
the    Ford    Motor    Co.    in    Detroit. 

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Clark   E.   Williams,    "21,   Editor 

Published   Monthly,   October   to   June 

inclusive 


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Specialist  Boehm  is  located  at  the 
U.  S.  Naval  Training  Station  at 
Dearborn. 

First  Lieut.  Joseph  S.  Gill,  "38, 
Athens,  is  pursuing  pilot  training  at 
the  Maxwell  Field  pre-flight  school, 
Montgomery,  Ala.  Lieut.  Gill  at- 
tended the  Harvard  Law  School  fol- 
lowing graduation  from  Ohio  Uni- 
versity, receiving  his  professional  de- 
gree in  1941. 

Lieut.  C.  E,  Weimer,  Jr.,  "41, 
Dayton     (see    picture),    is    now    in 


Lieut,  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Weimer,  Jr. 

India,  serving  as  commander  of  a 
quartermaster  company.  To  Mrs. 
Weimer  (Helen  Robertson,  "41)  he 
writes  that  "there  isn"t  any  gas  rat- 
ioning over  here — you  just  can"t  get 
it.  Hauling  is  done  by  camel  and 
ox,  except  by  the  Army  and  a  few 
commercial  trucks."  The  picture  of 
Lieutenant  and  Mrs.  Weimer  was 
taken  in  Waterboro,  S.  C,  where 
they  were  together  a  part  of  last 
summer. 

Technician  ^th  Grade  Benjamin 
J.  Benita,  "44x,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
of  the  "Victory  Division,""  Camp 
Cooke,  Calif.,  is  one  of  the  leading 
scorers  in  the  division's  basketball 
league.  Before  entering  Ohio  Uni- 
versity he  played  for  four  years  on 
the  New  Haven  high  school  team, 
and  won  forward  positions  on  the 
second  All-State  and  All-New  Eng- 
land teams.  He  participated  in 
three  sports  during  his  freshman 
year  at  Ohio  University. 


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Washington  Economist  Indicates  Some  Bases 
For  Peace  in  Annual  Founder^s  Day  Address 


THE  .innivcrsary  ot  the  toundms,' 
of  Ohio  University  139  years 
ago  was  observed  on  February  18 
with  a  Founder's  Day  Convoeation 
in  Alunini  Memorial  Auditorium 
whieh  was  featured  by  an  address, 
"An  Enduring  Foundation  —  The 
University  and  The  State,"  by  Dr. 
(.Isear  Clemen  Stine,  '08,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Doctor  Stine  is  head  of  the  Divi- 
sion of  Statistical  and  Historical  Re- 
search in  the  Bureau  of  Agricultural 
Economics  of  the  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture. 

Two  vocal  solos,  "Extasy,"  by 
Rummel,  and  "Consecration,"  by 
Manning,  sung  by  Sara  Mae  Endich, 
Steubenville  junior,  preceded  the  ad- 
dress. Miss  Endich  was  accompanied 
at  the  piano  by  Marjorie  McClure. 
Wauseon  sophomore. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  Doctor 
Stine's  address  cannot  be  reproduced 
here  in  its  entirety.  The  following, 
however,  are  interesting  and  signif- 
icant excerpts  from  it: 

"A  century  and  a  half  is  a  short 
time  for  the  geologist  but  for  an  in- 
dividual and  a  state  a  long  time. 
These  hills  and  the  Hocking  River 
winding  about  them  are  as  they  were. 
Some  of  these  buildings  have  stood 
more  than  a  century,  but  Latin  and 
Greek  are  the  only  subjects  that  re- 
main unchanged  in  text  in  the  cur- 
riculum from  the  time  the  doors  were 
first  opened  till  now.  The  spirit  of 
the  people  is  unchanged  but  the 
conditions  of  living  arc  vastly  differ- 
ent. We  are  set  in  a  rapidly  chang- 
ing intellectual  and  social  world.  A 
new  world  of  science  has  developed. 
The  contents  of  most  of  the  text- 
books and  the  lectures  have  marched 
along  with  the  changing  character 
of  the  life  of  the  people  and  the 
unfolding  knowledge  of  the  world — 
perhaps  sometimes  lagging  but  also 
at  times  breaking  through  to  lead 
the  forward  march  of  the  people. 

"An  enduring  educational  institu- 
tion must  be  founded  in  the  spirit  of 
the  people  and  serve  the  people  by 
developing  leadership.  The  future 
of  this  university  as  well  as  its  past 
is  to  be  traced  not  in  the  brick  build- 
ings on  the  campus  but   in  the  life 


work  ot  those  who  have  passed 
through  them.  The  strength  of  the 
university  is  in  the  faculty  and  the 
students.  The  success  of  the  univer- 
sity rests  with  the  men  and  women 
who  go  out  to  play  their  parts  in 
homes,  communities  and  states  .  .  ." 
"Now,  as  in  1776,  we  are  faced 
with  revolutionary  problems.  We 
have  been  engaged  since  the  previous 
world  war  in  a  struggle  with  many 
internal  social  and  economic  prob- 
lems. We  have  been  trying  to  re- 
orient ourselves  with  the  outside 
world  .  .  ." 


Dr.  Oscar  C.  Stine 

"The  most  significant  dynamic 
forces  in  the  world  today  are  nation- 
alism and  the  progressive  develop- 
ment of  the  natural  sciences.  Nation- 
alism is  the  strongest  emotional  force 
tcxlay.  The  natural  sciences  are  pro- 
viding the  instruments  for  national 
leaders  to  use  in  building  and  equip- 
ping a  strong  national  and  military 
force.  The  social  sciences,  which 
should  provide  the  basis  for  develop- 
ing social  institutions  to  direct  the 
use  of  the  natural  forces,  are  lagging. 

"We  must  try  to  convert  the  bru- 
tal struggle  for  the  survival  of  the 
fittest  into  c(xiperation  for  the  bene- 
fit of  all.  Furthermore,  the  national 
emotionalism   built   upon  conflicts  of 


cultures,  revenge,  and  per^nnal  glory 
needs  to  be  converted  into  concern 
for  the  welfare  of  the  common  man 
and  his  community.  The  role  of  the 
social  sciences  is  to  lead  the  way  in 
utilizing  cooperatively  all  natural 
resources  in  accordance  with  the 
fullest  development  of  scientific 
knowledge,  and  to  set  the  goals  for 
human  welfare. 

"In  contemplating  the  peace  fol- 
lowing this  war,  we  must  try  to  im- 
agine a  new  world  rather  than  turn- 
ing back  to  the  old  .  .  .  We  may  res- 
tore old  boundaries  but  we  cannot 
force  the  old  institutions  into 
them  ..." 

"The  great  cultural  and  political 
differences  among  the  several  Euro- 
pean states  are  serious  handicaps  to 
any  federal  union.  Many  of  the 
European  nations  have  evolved  dem- 
ocratic governments,  and  the  citizens 
of  those  countries  are  well  educated 
and  experienced  in  the  ways  of  de- 
mocracy. But  some  of  their  neigh- 
bors are  far  behind.  They  are  ruled 
by  tradition  or  by  dictators.  They 
are  not  prepared  to  assume  the  res- 
ponsibilities of  a  democratic  self- 
government.  For  them  there  is  a 
long  road  of  methodical  evolution  to 
reach  the  level  of  many  of  their 
neighbors.  Undoubtedly  the  evolution 
can  be  speeded  up,  and  it  must  be 
for  the  safety  of  the  neighbors  .  .  . 
"We  are  now  facing  the  prospect 
of  another  trial  at  arranging  a 
world  peace  ...  it  is  axiomatic  that 
it  must  be  a  just  peace  .  .  .  carefully 
considered-  not  imposed  in  haste  .  .  . 
The  rights  of  people  to  migrate  must 
be  given  careful  consideration  .  .  . 
Colonial  empire  holdings  have  been 
for  generations  a  point  of  contro- 
versy .  .  .  Other  important  problems 
to  be  dealt  with  include  international 
loans,  the  regulation  of  international 
exchanges,  and  greater  freedom  of 
international  trade  .  .  .  Another  is 
the  social  and  economic  reconstruc- 
tion that  inevitably  must  follow  a 
great  world  war." 

In  closing,  Dixtor  Stine  recalled 
the  vision  of  the  poet,  Tennyson, 
and  quoted  from  his  "Locksley  Hall." 
"You."  said  the  speaker,  "have  the 
opportunity  to  assist  in  transforming 
this  vision  into  reality." 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


On  and  About  the  Canfipus 


SINCE  THE  last  issue  of  The 
Ohio  Alumnus  appeared,  six  more 
members  of  the  Ohio  University 
facuhy  have  left  the  campus  to  serve 
Uncle  Sam  in  either  military  or  civil- 
ian capacities.  Dr.  E.  A.  Taylor, 
professor  of  sociology,  has  accepted 
a  commission  as  first  lieutenant  in 
the  Army  Air  Corps,  and  is  now  in 
an  indoctrination  school  at  Miami, 
Florida.  From  the  southern  school, 
he  will  go  to  an  Air  Corps  School 
at  Santa  Ana,  California,  as  an  in- 
structor.  Dr.  I.  V.  Shannon,  assis- 
tant professor  of  sociology,  is  now  in 
the  Cleveland  regional  ofHce  of  the 
Labor  Analysis  Division  of  the  War 
Manpower  Commission.  His  col- 
league, Dr.  Douglas  W.  Orherdorfer, 
instructor  in  sociology,  is  serving  in 
the  Division  of  Statistical  Standards 
of  the  Bureau  of  the  Budget  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  Dr.  Frankln  C.  Pot- 
ter, instructor  in  geography  and  geo- 
logy, and  Lloyd  B.  Bjornstad,  super- 
vising critic  in  industrial  arts  at 
Athens  High  School,  are  now  second 
lieutenants,  and  will  follow  the  same 
course  indicated  for  Lieutenant  Tay- 
lor. Dr.  William  H.  K'rchner,  Jr., 
assistant  professor  of  English,  is 
going  to  Washington  to  accept  a 
position  of  an  ed  torial  nature  with 
the  American  Red  Cross.  Capt. 
James  R.  Patrick,  professor  of  psy- 
chology, now  on  leave,  has  been 
graduated  from  the  Adjutant  Gen- 
erals" School  at  Fort  Washington, 
Md.,  and  has  been  assigned  to  duty 
at  Fort  Lewis,  Wash.  First  Lieut. 
E.  T.  Hillebrandt  (see  picture),  of 
the  Coast  Artillery,  is  now  senior 
instructor  in  the  gunnery  school  at 
Ft.  Eustis,  Va. 

PRESIDENT  Herman  G.  James, 
who  was  at  the  State  Depart- 
ment in  Washington  for  several  days 
acquainting  himself  with  the  pro- 
gram which  he  will  be  expected  to 
follow  in  his  work  with  the  division 
of  Cultural  Relations,  left  Miami, 
Fla.,  February  20,  for  his  new  post 
in  Brazil.  The  trip  was  made  by 
plane,  via  Pan  American  Airlines. 
Mrs.  James  will  remain  in  Athens 
for  the  present,  or  until  Herman 
James,  Jr.,  enters  military  service. 

THE    OHIO    UNIVERSITY    ex- 
ecutive  committee   has  voted   to 
kecD  the  university  on  Eastern  War 


Time,  even  though  the  State  Legisla- 
ture has  officially  turned  back  the 
clocks  in  the  state.  Approximately 
150  university  students  are  doing 
observation  and  practice  teaching  in 
the  Athens  Public  Schools,  and  since 
the  local  school  system  is  to  remain 
on  "fast"  time,  it  was  necessary  for 
the  university  to  do  the  same  to  avoid 
complications. 

ONE  OF  THE  BEST  private  col- 
lections  of  rare   musical   instru- 
ments in  the  United  States  is  housed 


First  Lieut.  E.T.Hellebrandt 

in  cases  in  the  studio  of  Bandmaster 
Curtis  W.  Janssen  in  Music  Hall. 
The  collection  was  started  when  the 
Ohio  University  director  picked  up 
a  German  bugle  in  France.  It  now 
contains  more  than  300  pieces,  and 
has  a  value  of  several  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

IN  WHAT  may  be  the  last  selec- 
tion for  the  "duration,"  Torch, 
Ohio  University  men's  honorary, 
"tapped"  10  men  at  the  Founder's 
Day  convocation  in  Alumni  Memor- 
ial Auditorium  on  February  IS. 
Those  selected  were:  Robert  E, 
Hoppman,  Short  Hills,  N.  J.;  Joseph 
T.  Foster,  Jr.,  Cleveland;  Thomas  E. 
Ashton,  Lancaster;  Dana  S.  Case, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Robert  D.  Leonard, 
Lakewood;  Donald  H.  Irons,  Am- 
bridge.   Pa.;  John   H.    Stauffer,   Erie, 


Pa.;  Charles  Burdette,  Akron;  Ernest 
Mariani,  Youngstown;  and  John  C. 
Cornell,  Akron.  Torch  was  founded 
30  years  ago  by  Prof.  C.  ,N.  Mac- 
kinnon,  then  newly-arrived  on  the 
campus. 

OPENING  Fine  Arts  Week, 
April  2,  will  be  Jerome  Kern's 
popular  operetta,  "Roberta,"  which 
will  be  produced  under  the  combined 
direction  of  the  faculties  of  the 
School  of  Dramatic  Art  and  the 
School  of  Music.  Dr.  Joseph  Batch- 
eller  is  in  charge  of  staging.  Prof. 
C.  C.  Robinson  will  direct  the 
chorus,  and  will  be  assisted  by  Mrs. 
Helen  Hedden  Roach  and  Prof.  P. 
L,  Peterson  in  rehearsing  the  prin- 
cipal singers. 

OF  THE  approximately  3')0  Ohio 
LIniversity  men  in  the  Enlisted 
Reserve  Corps  of  the  Army,  only  61 
failed  to  register  for  the  spring  sem- 
ester, which  opened  on  February  I . 
Meanwhile,  however,  both  the  Army 
and  Navy  have  been  calling  reser- 
vists from  the  campus  almost  daily. 
In  the  three  weeks  of  the  new  sem- 
ester that  have  elapsed,  83  men  have 
left  classrooms  for  active  duty  with 
the  armed  forces.  The  rate  of  call 
is  expected  to  be  even  more  greatly 
accelerated  in  the  near  future.  The 
total  registration  (before  the  Army 
and  Navy  calls  were  received)  for 
the  new  semester  as  given  by  Regis- 
trar F.  B.  Dilley  was  2,148.  Of  this 
number,  1.036  were  men,  and  1,112 
were  women. 

AN  OFFICIAL  U.  S.  Coast 
Guard  photo  which  appeared  in 
newspapers  throughout  the  country 
recently  pictured  two  sailors  smartly 
saluting  Lieut,  (j.g.)  Mary  H.  Ar- 
benz  of  the  SPARS  and  Ensign 
Elizabeth  A.  Landis  of  the  WAVES 
on  Cleveland's  Public  Square.  Lieu- 
tenant Arbenz  will  be  remembered 
by  many  Ohioans  as  a  former  instruc- 
tor in  the  School  of  Dramatic  Arts. 

APPROXIMATELY  80  physical 
education  instructors  from 
neighboring  communities  met  in  the 
Men's  Gymnasium,  February  19,  for 
the  first  sectional  meeting  of  the 
Physical  Fitness  Training  Institute, 
sponsored  by  the  Ohio  Department 
of  Education.      Brandon   T.   Grover, 


F   E    H   R   L'   A  R   ^■ 


1  y  4 


assistant  to  the  president,  vveleomed 
the  teaehers  on  behalf  of  the  univer- 
sity. O.  C.  Bird,  direetor  of  physieal 
welfare  at  Ohio  University,  had 
eharije  of  the  program.  The  institute 
was  held  particularly  for  persons 
charged  with  responsibility  for  physi- 
cal fitness  programs  in  schools  as  a 
part  of  the  High  Schcxil  Victory 
Corps. 

TN  ATTENDANCE  at  Ohio  Uni- 
J-  versity  are  20  Navy  V->  cadets 
on  assignment  for  a  pre-flight  course. 
The  cadets  receive  their  academic 
instruction  in  university  classrooms, 
while  actual  flying  experience  is 
gained  at  the  airport  on  East  State 
Street,  two  miles  from  the  campus. 
The  men  are  quartered  at  the  Men's 
Dormitory.  Their  daily  schedule 
calls  for  both  day  and  night  classes 
plus  an  hour  of  tough  calisthenics. 
Before  advancing  to  another  school 
they  must  complete  240  hours  of 
preflight  ground  school  work  and  45 
hours   in   the   air. 

WRONG  GUESS:  An  Ohio 
University  mother  who  lives 
in  New  York  City  and  works  in  a 
metropolitan  department  store 
phoned  her  co-ed  daughter  to  get  all 
the  clothes  she  could  because  clothes 
were  going  to  he  rationed  starting  at 
midnight,  February  20.  Needless  to 
say,  with  such  an  incentive  and  such 
an  injunction,  daughter  bought 
plenty  of  what-the-young-college-girl- 
w-ill-wear-this'spring — and  we'll  bet 
it  cost  the  excitable  mama  a  pretty 
penny, 

TWO  SIGNS  or  placards  will 
s(X)n  be  in  evidence  on  the  walls 
of  Ohio  University  buildings.  One 
will  read,  "Stand  Against  This  Wall 
in  an  Air  Raid.""  The  other,  headed 
"Air  Raid  Instructions,""  will  describe 
the  various  warning  signals  and  give 
detailed  directions  for  conduct  dur- 
ing an  air  raid  emergency.  Both 
"directives""  will  be  signed  by  the 
War  Activities  Committee. 

THE  PICTURE  in  the  center  of 
of  the  page  is  published  for  the 
sole  purpose  of  proving  that  mem- 
bers of  the  Ohio  University  faculty, 
no  matter  how  ossified  their  class- 
room appearance  and  behavior  may 
be,  can  really  shed  the  years  when 
opportunity  permits.  Shown  enjoy- 
ing a  good  old-fashioned  square 
dance  at  a  joint  party  of  the  Wo- 
men"s  Faculty  Club  and  the  Men"s 
Faculty   Club  are   Dr.   F.   C.   Potter 


(mentioned  on  the  preceding  page) 
and  Mrs.  Grace  Martin,  wife  of 
Dr.  Oliver  Martin,  assistant  profes- 
sor of  philosophy.  And  that  agile 
fellow  in  the  background?  Could  it 
be  .  .  .?  Yes.  Yes,  sir,  it  is  —  the 
Alumni  Secretary.  His  partner  is 
Mrs.  Potter. 

R.  O.  T.  C.  tra.ning  will  be  con- 
tinued at  Ohio  University  as  at 
present   until    the   Army   Specialized 


Faculty  Members  Cut  Capers 

Training  Program  is  instituted,  ac- 
cording to  instructions  received  by 
the  local  military  department.  After 
the  new  training  unit  has  been  es- 
tablished, although  ROTC  courses 
for  advanced  classes  will  be  con- 
tinued, basic  training  will  be  modified 
to  conform  to  the  program  of  the 
new  unit.  Classes  in  refresher 
courses  in  physics  and  mathematics 
are  to  be  arranged  for  faculty  mem- 
bers interested  in  them.  The  courses 
v*,-ill  be  offered  in  anticipation  of  an 
assignment  to  the  university  of  an 
A  S.T.  unit  and  are  for  instructors 
willing  and  qualified  to  teach  m  fields 
other  than  the  ones  they  are  now  in. 

BECAUSE  of  their  interest,  leader- 
ship, and  proficiency  in  the 
work  of  military  science  and  tactics 
at  Ohio  University,  20  men  were 
recently  selected  for  membership  in 
Scabbard  and  Blade,  national  mili- 
tary honor  society.  Members  of  the 
new  class  are:  John  H.  Stautfer, 
Erie,  Pa.:  Anthony  A.  Silvidi,  Steu- 
benvillc:  Thomas  E.  Ashton,  Lan- 
caster: Robert  H.  Steinruck,  Eric, 
Pa.:   Anthony   L.   Fran:olino,   Cleve- 


land; Charles  Peshek,  Jr.,  Zanesville; 
Asher  R.  Pacht,  Youngstown;  Theo- 
dore B.  Duffy,  Newton,  Mass.:  How- 
ard W.  Neilson,  Pelham,  N.  Y.; 
Allan  J.  Quinn,  Cleveland;  Max  V. 
Baughman,  Athens:  David  L.  Brew- 
er, White  Cottage:  Edwin  F.  Jones, 
Jackson;  Charles  R.  Hanna,  Mt. 
Lebanon,  Pa.;  William  W.  Parks, 
Athens;  Estes  A.  Pickup,  Olean,  N. 
Y.;  Bert  C.  Thompson,  Garfield 
Heights;  John  M.  Nolan,  Bowerston; 
Edward  M.  Robbins,  Jr.,  Dayton; 
and  Sherwood  J.  Smith,  Ashtabula. 

THC^MAS  YAHKUB,  American- 
educated  author  and  lecturer 
from  India  was  a  university  convo- 
cation speaker,  February  ^,  on  ""India 
and  the  World  Crisis.""  Yahkub 
has  received  degrees  from  Amherst 
and  Harvard.  Members  of  his  fam- 
ily hold  important  posts  in  the  In- 
dian government. 

THE  CAMPUS  Is  Lonely,"  with 
words  by  Helen  Townsend, 
Lakew(X)d  junior,  and  music  by 
Ernest  Mariani,  Youngstown  senior, 
will  be  one  of  the  songs  featured  in 
the  annual  "Prep  Follies,""  all-girl 
production  scheduled  tor  February 
26  in  Alumni  Memorial  Auditorium. 
■'Make  Way  for  the  Army,""  another 
song  of  local  origin,  will  also  have 
its   premiere  at   the  Follies. 

THROUGH  the  Armed  Forces 
Institute  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment will  pay  one-half  the  cost  of 
a  correspondence  course  from  Ohio 
University  provided  the  applicant 
has  been  a  member  of  the  armed 
forces  for  at  least  four  months.  This 
offer  is  open  to  members  of  the 
Army,  the  Navy,  the  Marines,  and 
the  Coast  Guards.  An  Ohio  \Jni- 
versity  student,  therefore,  who  wishes 
to  continue  work  on  a  bachelor's  de- 
gree after  entering  the  armed  ser- 
vices may  secure  credit,  to  a  maxi- 
mum of  40  hours,  by  the  correspon- 
dence method.  Subjects  available 
for  such  study  are  to  be  found  in 
the  following  fields:  botany,  chemis- 
try, mechanical  drawing,  accounting, 
business  law,  economics,  secretarial 
studies,  statistics,  education,  electrical 
engineering,  English,  geography  and 
geology,  German,  government,  his- 
tory, mathematics,  philosophy,  physi- 
cal welfare,  physics,  psychology,  soc- 
iology, and  ztxilogy.  For  additional 
information,  write  to  /.  Floyd  Dixon. 
Director,  CvteTWion  Dii'i.«ion,  Ohio 
Universitv,   Atheits.  O/iio. 


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The    Ohio    Alumnus 


Head  of  Military  Training  Division 
Has  Distinguished  Record  in  Army 
Col.  Wilbur  Reece  "Shorty"  Mc 
Reynolds,  A.B.  '15,  B.S.  in  Ed.  '16 
(see  picture  on  front  cover),  located 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  is  Director  of 
the  Military  Training  Division  of 
the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  the 
United  States  Army. 

Colonel  McRcynolds  entered  the 
Regular  Army  at  Fort  Snelling, 
Minn.,  after  being  graduated  as  a 
second  lieutenant  from  an  officers' 
training  school.  Before  going  over- 
seas in  October,  1917,  he  served  at 
Fort  Crook,  Nebr.,  and  Camp  Funs- 
ton,  Kans.,  where  he  was  a  special 
instructor,  under  British  and  French 
officers,  of  a  small  arms  model  pla- 
toon. In  France,  he  was  attached  to 
the  10th  Division.  He  attended  a 
machine  gun  school  a  t  Gondre 
Court,  and  served  on  the  Verdun 
sector  until  the  Armistice. 

Space  will  not  permit  of  a  detailed 
account  of  his  many  assignments 
since  his  return  to  the  United  States 
in  1919.  Some  of  them,  however, 
are  as  follows:  Personnel  adjutant, 
41st  Infantry,  Camp  Funston:  Phy- 
s'cal  Training  Course  instructor. 
Fort  Benn'ng,  Ga.,  and  later,  instruc- 
tor for  the  entire  Eastern  Depart- 
ment of  the  Army;  recorder.  Infan- 
try Board  of  Review,  Washington, 
D.  C;  and  aide-de-camp  to  Gen. 
Markell  Hersey.  He  has  held  com- 
pany commands  at  Camp  Devons, 
Mass.:  Boston,  Mass.:  Fort  Clayton, 
Canal  Zone;  and  Fort  Leavenworth, 
Kans.  He  has  also  served  on  the 
R  O.T.C.  staff  at  Gettysburg  College, 
Gettysburg,  Pa. 

In  1932-3?,  he  served  as  transpor- 
tation officer  for  the  Gold  Star 
Mothers"  Pilgrimage  to  Paris,  France. 
In  1935,  he  entered  the  Quarter- 
master Subsistence  School  in  Chica- 
go. The  following  year  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  school  and 
of  the  Subsistence  Research  Labora- 
tory in  which  he  is  credited  with 
having  developed  the  Army's  Type 
C  ration.  After  attending  a  General 
Staff  School  at  Fort  Leavenworth  he 
was  sent  to  Louisiana  as  quartermas- 
ter of  the  Army  Air  Base  at  Barks- 
dale  Field.  Following  attendance 
at  the  Army  War  College  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  he  was  assigned  to 
the  Military  Personnel  and  Training 
Division  of  the  Office  of  the  Quar- 
termaster General.  As  previously 
stated,  he  is  now  director  of  this  di- 
vision. 

Colonel  McReynolds  was  an  out- 


standing athlete  during  his  campus 
days  and  for  many  years  after,  in 
the  service.  At  Ohio  University  he 
was  a  member  of  varsity  football, 
baseball,  and  basketball  teams. 


Mennber  of  Mathematics  Department 
Appointed  Acting   Dean   of  Colleges 

Dr.  George  W.  Starcher,  '26,  pro- 
fessor of  mathematics,  has  been  ap- 
pointed acting  dean  of  the  Graduate 
College  and  of  the  College  of  Arts 
and  Sciences.     He  succeeds,  tempor- 


Acting  Dean  George  W.  Starcher 

arily.  Dr.  W.  S.  Gamertsfelder,  who 
is  serving  as  acting  president  of  the 
university. 

After  receiving  his  degree  from 
Ohio  University,  Doctor  Starcher 
spent  three  years  at  the  University 
of  Illinois  where  he  earned  both  the 
Master  of  Arts  and  the  Doctor  of 
Philosophy  degrees.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  Ohio  University 
faculty  in  September,  1930.  During 
the  school  year,  1938-39,  he  also 
served  as  associate  dean  of  men  in 
addition  to  his  teaching  duties. 

Doctor  Starcher  is  a  member  of 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  national  scholastic 
honorary  fraternity,  Sigma  Xi,  na- 
tional science  honorary,  and  of  Kap- 
pa Delta  Pi,  national  education  hon- 
orary. 

He  is  chairman  of  the  university 
scholarships  committee  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  faculty  advisory  council. 
Upon  his  appointment  as  acting  dean 
he  resigned  as  secretary  of  the  local 
chapter  of  the  American  Association 
of  University  Professors. 


R.OT.C.    Graduates    Assigned    to 

Schools    for    Final    Training    Period 

Col.  James  M.  Churchill,  comman- 
dant of  cadets,  R. O.T.C,  and  pro- 
fessor of  military  science  and  tactics, 
received  orders  from  the  War  De- 
partment last  month  assigning  all 
January  ROTC  graduates  to  several 
of  the  Army  service  schools  for  ad- 
ditional training,  prior  to  their  com- 
missioning as  second  lieutenants. 

Dut  to  the  fact  that  the  training 
which  the  ROTC  men  would  have 
received  last  summer  at  Ft.  Knox, 
Ky.,  has  been  discontinued  for  the 
duration,  the  January  graduates  were 
not  comissioned,  but  have  been  en- 
listed as  corporals  and  will  receive 
their  gold  bars  upon  satisfactory  com- 
pletion of  their  13 -week  training 
courses. 

Following  are  the  names  of  the 
January  graduates,  their  home  towns, 
and  their  training  camp  assignments: 

Charles  F.  Rollins,  Shelby,  and 
John  H.  Hopkins,  Massillon  (Engin- 
eers School.  Ft.   Belvoir,  Va.). 

Robert  W.  Edwards,  Lancaster, 
and  Milton  R.  Norris.  Jr.,  Cleveland 
(Tank  Destroyer  School,  Camp 
Hood,  Tex.) . 

Robert  Caran,  Garfield  Hts.: 
Stanley  E.  Ruf,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.; 
Robert  C.  Kenney.  Athens;  and 
Richard  P.  Banks,  Oneonta,  N.  Y. 
(Armored  Force  School.  Ft,  Knox, 
Ky.). 

George  R.  Reed,  Uhrichsville  (Air 
Force  Administrative  School,  Miami 
Beach,  Fla.). 

All  of  the  following  were  assigned 
to  the  Infantry  School  at  Ft.  Benning, 
Ga.;  Robert  J.  Cook,  Wellsville,  N. 
Y.;  Warren  B.  Cooper.  Athens;  E. 
B.  Gamblee,  Cleveland:  Charles  D. 
Hornby,  Parma;  Robert  E.  Tobe, 
Springfield:  Robert  S.  Kenney,  Ouni- 
cy,  Mass.;  Morris  E.  Lant-,  Belle- 
fontaine. 

Tracy  A.  Leyda,  Jr..  Franklin, 
Pa.:  William  McGee,  Jr.;  Zanesville: 
Arnold  R.  Mason.  Portsmouth;  Ern- 
est N.  Mobley.  Shadyside:  Kingston 
H.  Mote.  Parma:  Charles  R.  Parks. 
Nelson ville;  Kenneth  J.  Redig,  Cleve- 
land; Ne'l  J.  Sharkey,  Marion;  Har- 
rv  H  Shields,  Warren;  Samuel  G. 
T'mbl'n,  Athens;  Richard  S.  Tyo, 
Massena,  N.  Y. 

Homer  E.  Von  Behren.  Rockford, 
111.;  George  P.  Volenik,  Jr..  Cleve- 
l:.n.l-  Robert  G.  Wall,  Wickliffe; 
Bud  M.  Burke,  Marion;  and  Robert 
B.  KuU,  Yorkville. 


F  E   B  R   L'   A  R  Y  ,       19  4 


Toledo  To  Train  in  Athens— Court  Season 
Nears  End— Physical  Fitness  Course  Added 


♦  fif  ■ 


AIM'ROVAL  of  phuis  of  the  Toledo  Icim  of  the 
American  Asscciation  baseball  league  to  do  its  spring 
conditioning  at  Ohio  University  has  been  announced  by 
the  parent  organization,  the  St.  Louis  Browns  of  the 
National  League.  The  choice  of  Athens  and  C^hio  Uni- 
versity's training  facilities  came  after  more  than  a  month's 
inspection  by  Toledo  officials  of  numerous  other  cities 
in  Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Illinois,  which  had  been  bidding 
for  the  privilege  of  entertaining  the  "Mudhens." 

Travel  restrictions  covering  the  spring  training  of 
the  major  league  and  Class  AA  c\\\h-  pn-vi-ni  thi-  tiMiii^. 
except  the  two  St. 
Louis  clubs,  from  do- 
ing their  training 
south  of  the  Ohio 
River  and  west  of  the 
Mississippi.  The  Tole- 
do managers  are  ex- 
pecting to  receive  first- 
class  training  competi- 
tion from  the  Bobcats, 
and  hope  to  be  able  to 
bring  the  Columbus 
Red'  Birds  of  the 
American  Association, 
and  the  Rochester 
Red  Wings,  of  the  In- 
ternational    League,    to  ''""^^  °   ^'''''■ 

Athens    for    some    ex- 
hibition games.     The  Toledo  club  will  arrive  m  Athens 
about  the  first  of  April  and  remain  here  until  April  26. 

WITH  but  one  game  remaining — with  the  Toledo 
Rockets — Ohio  University's  record  for  the  current 
basketball  season  stands  at  1 1  wins  and  6  losses.  Having 
acquired  a  reputation  for  being  giant-killers  as  the  result 
of  the  toppling  given  the  redoubtable  Akron  Zippers, 
the  Bobcats  may  close  their  schedule,  Feb.  27,  in  a  blaze 
of  glory  against  a  Toledo  team  which  has  won  17  and 
lost  only  two  games.  Both  of  the  Rocket  losses  were  at 
the  hands  of  strong  out-of-state  teams. 

Since  the  last  issue  of  The  Alumnus  the  Ohio  bas- 
keteers  have  defeated  Bowling  Green,  51-42;  Marietta, 
46-31;  Dayton,  45-43;  Ohio  Wesleyan,  62-50;  and  Mia- 
mi, 41-40.  Setbacks  to  the  Green  and  White  cause  were 
administered  by  Washington  if  Jefferson,  37-31;  Mus- 
kingum, 47-41;  and  Xavier,  ^7-41. 

The  Bowling  Green  Falcons  came  to  town  with  a 
record  of  only  one  defeat  in  16  starts.  Playing  a  peak 
brand  of  ball,  the  Bobcats  had  v.hat  it  t(wk,  despite  the 
Beegee's  Gray  and  Otten.  The  former  is  one  of  the 
state's  leading  scorers,  while  the  latter  reaches  into  the 
stratosphere  with  a  height  of  6  feet,  11  inches.  Otten 
almost  single-handedly  held  the  Bobcat  attack  in  check 
during  the  first  half,  but  the  visitors  were  unable  to  with- 
stand the  heat  of  the  Bobcats'  closing  offensive. 

The  W  6*  J  and  Muskingum  games  were  lost  on  a 
road  tnp  on   which   the  Ohio  boys  functioned  at  some- 


t  % 


thing  Ic^s  than  full  capacity.  They  c.ime  back  strong, 
however,  to  take  four  in  a  row  against  Marietta,  Dayton, 
Ohio  Wesleyan,  and  Miami;  all  but  the  We.^leyan  en- 
counter being  played  on  foreign  fl<K)rs.  To  win  against 
the  Miami  Redskins,  Ohio's  Kenny  Walters  sank  a  free 
throw  just  as  the  final  whistle  sounded. 

For  their  worst  defeat  of  the  season  the  Bobcats 
wryly  give  credit  to  the  Xavier  Musketeers.  Coach 
Trautwein's  boys  played  their  opponents  even-Stephen 
in  the  second  half,  but  they  were  unable  to  overcome  the 
If 'iniiid'  II    fir  t  li  ilf  .idvantagc  asquired  by  the  Xavieritcs. 

AS  a  part  of  its 
"get  'c  m  into 
shape"  program  for 
prospective  service 
men,  Ohio  Universi- 
ty's physical  welt  are 
division  has  mapped 
out  a  new,  three-mile 
cross  -  country  course, 
in  the  terms  of  Kxal 
geographers,  "to  the 
Asylum's  dairy  farm 
and  back."  It  will  be 
a  required  "course" 
for  men. 

Staff    members    of 
LcHermen  in  Sports  jj^^.    j,vision    are    doing 

their  utmost  to  make 
It  possible  for  the  men  under  their  jurisdiction  to  trans- 
late the  following  question  posed  by  Army  and  Navy 
men  into  more  affirmative  and  satisfactory  terms. 

"When  soldiers  and  sailors  cannot  run  speedily  or 
steadily  for  a  long  time;  when  they  cannot  swim  if  they 
are  trapped  at  a  river,  or  fall  into  the  water  with  clothes 
and  equipment;  if  they  cannot  jump  over  obstacles  in 
their  path,  vault  fences,  climb  out  of  trenches  and  shell 
holes;  if  they  cannot  dodge  snipers'  missies  or  would-be 
captors;  if  they  cannot  show  strength  and  endurance  to 
transport  their  belongings  and  food;  if  they  cannot  sus- 
tain on  long  hikes,  in  attack,  or  in  retreat — how,  then 
can  they  survive?" 

A  REVIEW  of  the  wrestling  season,  and  a  picture  of 
the  "cauliflower-ear"  boys,  will  appear  in  next 
month's  issue.  Thor  Olson's  men  have  been  enjoying 
considerable  success  against  some  of  the  strongest  oppo- 
sition in  the  tate.  An  anticipated  seastinal  high  point 
failed  to  materialize  when  Indiana's  strong  Big  Ten  team 
was  thrown  for  the  count  by  a  rail  traffic  situation  which 
prevented  their  reaching  Athens. 

FROM  "No  Mans  Luid  "  the  Women's  Gym — wc 
learn  that  there  i?  to  be  a  round  robin  sorority  bad- 
minton tournament  .  .  .  that  there  is  to  be  an  inter  dor 
mitor>'  volley  ball  tournament  sponsored  by  W.A.A.  .  . 
that  the  soph(-more  class  basketball  team  upset  the  seniors 
after  the  latter  had  cmoycd  a  three-year  supremacy  .  .  . 
that  the  Zeta  Tau  Alphas  are  the  sorority  basketball 
champs. 


10 


The     Ohio    Alumnus 


Contract  Not  Vet  Awarded  for   Unit 
Despite    Rumored    Army   Action 

Although  no  official  confirmatory 
statement  has  been  received  by  Ohio 
University  authorities,  a  recent  As- 
sociated Press  story  under  a  Wash- 
ington dateline  states  that  Ohio  Uni- 
versity is  one  of  the  schools  that  has 
been  selected  for  offering  work  under 
the  Army's  Specialized  Training 
Program.  Col.  Herman  Beukama, 
director  of  the  program,  is  quoted 
as  authority  for  the  statement. 

While  indications  point  to  the  fact 
that  an  Army  training  unit  will  be 
assigned  to  Ohio  University,  it  must 
be  emphasized  that,  as  yet,  no  such 
assignment  has-  been  made  and  no 
date  for-  setting  up  the  local  program 
has  been  indicated.  Perhaps  it 
should  be  pointed  out,  too,  that  the 
281  colleges  and  universities  through- 
out the  country  whose  names  have 
appeared  in  news  reports  as  having 
been  assigned  training  units,  have, 
in  most  instances,  merely  been 
"approved"  for  these  units. 

Going  back  to  the  Washington 
statement,  however,  Colonel  Beukama 
declared  that  men  in  training  would 
be  "soldiers,"  not  "college  students 
in  uniform."  Their  work  schedule 
will  be  long,  with  approximately  2i 
hours  a  week  of  class  and  laboratory 
work,  many  hours  of  supervised 
study,  and  a  heavy  program  of  mili- 
tary and  physical  training. 

Brig.  Gen.  J.  N.  Dalton,  Assistant 
Chief  of  Staff  for  Personnel,  Ser- 
vices of  Supply,  Washington,  stated 
that  a  contract  would  be  made  by  the 
Army  with  the  governing  body  of 
each  selected  university  whereby  the 
university  will  provide  a  prescribed 
course  of  study  under  its  own  ac- 
credited professors. 

"The  college  will  house  and  feed 
the  soldier-students  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  mret  Army  regulations  and  will 
provide  textbooks,  laboratory  sup- 
olies,  and  other  academic  equipment. 
Bevond  that  the  Army  will  supervise 
and  d'scipline  its  men,"  General  Dal- 
ton said. 

"Each  unit  will  be  under  a  com- 
mandant whose  military  authority 
will  be  final.  He  will  have  a  small 
staff  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  who 
will  assist  him  in  directing  the  acti- 
vities of  all  members  of  his  unit 
when  they  are  not  engaged  with 
their  studies.  While  in  the  class- 
room the  soldier-student  will  be 
wholly    under    the    direction    of    his 


professor.  If  he  does  not  maintain 
performance  standards,  he  will  find 
himself  back  in  the  ranks  of  the 
Army.  At  the  end  of  each  twelve- 
week  term  he  must  pass  certain  ex- 
aminations. Should  he  fall  below 
established  averages  and  should  he 
have  no  valid  excuse,  he  will  be  dis- 
qualified for  further  participation. 

"In  this  program  each  tranee  will 
be  a  private,  and  will  draw  $50  a 
month.  His  official  status  is  no 
different  from  that  of  any  other 
soldier  of  the  same  rank.  He  is  not 
a  college  boy  in  uniform;  he  is  a 
Un'ted  States  Army  man  located  at 
a  college.  Because  of  his  age  and 
because  he  is  the  graduate  of  an  ac- 
credited high  school,  he  is  given  op- 
portunity to  apply  his  talents  along 
technical  or  professional  lines  so  that 
he  may  be  more  valuable  to  his 
country." 


Alumnae  Clubs  Report  Meetings; 
Announce  Dates  for  Future  Affairs 

The  January  meeting  of  the  Ohio 
University  Women's  Club  of  Akron 
was  held  on  the  23  rd  at  the  Woman's 
City  Club.  A  one  o'clock  luncheon 
was  enjoyed  by  23  members  and 
guests.  Letters  were  read  from  some 
of  the  men  in  service  to  whom  the 
club  is  sending  gift  subscriptions  to 
The  Ohio  Alumnus.  The  organiza- 
tion voted  to  give  $10  to  the  local 
Red  Cross  Chapter. 

K^iss  Ol've  Bowersox,  cf  the 
Akron  Public  Library,  reviewed  Car- 
oline Mytinger's  "Headhunting  in  the 
Solomon  Islands."  The  next  meet- 
ing is  scheduled  for  February  27. 

The  joint  dinner  meeting  of  the 
Ohio  University  Women's  Club  and 
the  Bobcat  Club  of  Cleveland,  which 
was  tentatively  announced  for 
February  20,  has  been  definitely 
scheduled  for  March  20  at  the  Mid- 
Day  Club,  Union  Commerce  Bldg., 
Euclid  Avenue.  Carr  Liggett,  '16, 
will  be  the  toastmaster  and  Dean 
E.  A.  Hansen,  of  Ohio  University, 
the  guest  speaker. 

Jennie  E.  Policy,  '23,  chairman  for 
the  event,  reports  that  the  Annual 
Guest  Day  Luncheon  of  the  Ohio 
University  Women's  Club  of 
Youngstown  will  be  held  on  May  1, 
at  which  time  a  number  of  outstand- 
ing senior  girls  from  local  high 
schools  will  be  guests  of  the  members. 
A  speaker  from  the  campus  will  also 
be  present. 


Two  Score   Grads   Receive  Advanced 
Degrees   From   Ohio   State   Last  Year 

A  report  of  the  Ohio  State  Uni- 
versity Graduate  School  on  degrees 
conferred  during  the  year  July  1, 
1941,  to  June  30,  1942,  has  come  to 
the  editor's  desk  and  he  finds  that  it 
contains  a  great  many  familiar 
names.  Among  them  were  the  fol- 
lowing recipients  of  advanced  de- 
grees. 

Doctor  of  Philosophy:  Frederick 
Wayne  Adrian,  '34,  A.M.  '35;  H. 
Warner  Kloepfer,  '34,  A.M.  '38; 
and  Winston  A.  Weisman,  '32. 

Master  of  Arts:  Robert  L.  Barton, 
'27;  Ralph  W.  Betts,  '29;  Kermit  A. 
Blosser,  '32;  Paul  H.  Burcher,  '34; 
Francis  W.  Burdell,  '35;  Elmon  C. 
CaudiU,  '35;  Henry  H.  Eccles,  '15; 
Pauline  M.  Fierce,  '30;  Mable  Jer- 
fers  Gant,  '3');  Eleanor  Wilson  Gor- 
don, 33;  Naomi  Guthrie,  '24;  Mar- 
cus A.  Hanna,  '3 1 ;  James  A.  Hes- 
kett,  '37;  Ada  J.  Hollar,  '33;  Betty 
B.  Howe.  '38:  Howard  W.  Hutche- 
son,  '32;  P.  C.  Lambert,  '31;  Ken- 
neth G.  Love,  '31:  Ellis  B.  Miracle, 
'29. 

George  K.  Nickles,  '37;  Charles  E. 
Nye,  '16;  Lawrence  Q.  Overholt, 
'39;  Leo  L.  Owen,  '28;  Rex  M.  Per- 
celle,  '27;  Clarence  W.  Phillips,  '37: 
Bernard  D.  Redman,  '31;  Irwin  M. 
Straight,  '26;  Beulah  Tom  Thomp- 
son, '26;  Lester  M.  Tucker,  '36; 
Verna  Fogg  Walters,  '27;  Brooks  D. 
Franks,  '35;  Helen  G.  Hawkins,  '28; 
E.  Arundel  Ralph,  '40:  Ralph  Storts, 
'34:  Harold  A.  Strous,  '32;  and  Don 
E.  Thacher,  '35. 

Master  of  Arts  in  Social  Adminis- 
tration: Elsie  Zehring  Dickert,  27. 


Yea,   Verily,   They  Are   Big   Fellows 

Economics  Professor  Al  Gubitz 
tells  this  one  about  the  time  that  he 
and  W.  J.  Trautwein,  associate  pro- 
fessor of  physical  welfare  and  head 
basketball  coach,  took  a  fishmg  trip 
to  Michigan.  They  were  getting 
their  licenses.  "Weight,  please?" 
questioned  the  man  who  made  out 
the  permits.  "Over  230,"  Big  Al 
told  him.  "Where  from?"  came  the 
next  question.  "Athens,"  replied 
Prof.  Gubitz.  "Your  weight?"  the 
man  then  asked  Bill  Trautwein. 
"269."  "And  where  are  you  from?" 
"Athens."  "Ye  Gods!"  exclaimed 
the  man.  "Do  they  grow  them  all 
that  big  in  Athens?" — The  Ohio 
University   Post. 


F  I'  n  R  r  A  R  Y  .     1  *^  4 


Here  and  There  Among  the  Alumni 


Rav  H.  C:ori.LANl>,  OSx,  has  been  frci- 
moted  from  the  rank  of  major  to  lieutcn 
ant  colonel.  accordinK  to  an  announce- 
ment from  Camp  Attcrbury,  Ind.,  where 
he  is  stationed  as  director  of  post  opera- 
tions and  training.  Lieutenant  Colonel 
("opcland  served  overseas  in  World  War 
I  as  a  captain  with  the  Sl.^th  Pioneer  In- 
fantry. 

Aviaf.on  Cadet  Arthur  B.  Leach,  Jr., 
son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  B.  C.  Leach 
(Bessik  Drkkis,  "09,  1-yr.),  Columbus, 
has  recently  begun  h;s  primary  flight 
training  at  Carlstron  Field,  Arcadia,  Fla. 
Before  entering  the  service  he  was  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  his  father  who  is  a 
mortician.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leach  have  an- 
other son,  Don,  who  graduated  with  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  honors  from  George  Wash- 
ington University's  School  of  Govern- 
r.icnt,  and  is  now  srrving  in  the  foreign 
diplomatic  service. 

Mrs.  Evan  J.  Jones,  Jr.  (Fredia  Fin- 
STERWALD.  "11)  Athens,  is  announcing 
the  engagement  and  approaching  mar- 
riage of  her  daughter,  Martha  Jones. 
"41,  to  Robert  G.  Brown,  Falmouth, 
Mass.,  a  pilot  for  Pan  American  Airways 
at  Miami,  Fla.  Mss  Jones,  a  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  graduate  of  the  university  and 
now  employed  in  the  traffic  department 
of  Pan  American  A-rways  in  Miami,  is 
the  daughter  of  the  late  Evan  J.  Jones. 
Jr..  "10,  former  a.ssociate  professor  of  his- 
tory at  Ohio  University. 

In  just  about  a  month — on  April  1  — 
Oscar  E.  Dlnlap,  "i:,  M.S.  Ed.  '15, 
will  be  83  years  of  age.  This  kindly  oc- 
togenarian, well-known  to  many  genera- 
f'ons  of  Ohioar.s,  retired  from  his  position 
as  associate  professor  of  agriculture  at 
Ohio  University  in  1931.  One  of  the 
most  loyal  fans  Bobcat  athletes  have  ever 
had,  he  has  been  missed  at  athletic  con- 
tests in  recent  years.  Just  a  suggestion 
from  the  editor  to  Professor  Dunlap's 
friends:  How  about  a  greeting  card  or 
letter  on  that  anniversary.  The  address 
is  P.  O.  Box  86,  Athens,  Ohio. 

Doctors  Blaine  R.  Goldsberry.  "14, 
Theron  H.  Morgan.  "22x,  Rvdolph 
W.  Pedico.  ■'Z.'ix,  and  John  R.  Spracue. 
"06,  Athens  physicians  and  surgeons,  are 
carryng  the  bulk  of  the  burden  of  ad- 
ministering to  the  physical  needs  of  the 
local  community  which,  with  the  student 
population,    exceeds    10,000    persons. 

Friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bertram  J. 
Waters  (Catherine  Silvvs,  '\>x),  Liv- 
erpool, Nova  Scotia,  have  received  an- 
nouncements of  the  marriage  of  Nancy 
Jane  Waters  to  Sub-Lieut.  Hugh  K. 
Joyce,  R.C.N.V.R..  on  January  6,  1943. 
Mrs.  Joyce  is  a  graduate  of  Edge  Hill 
Church  School  for  Girls  in  Windsor, 
Canada,  and  attended  Wellesley  College, 
Welleslcy,  Mass.  Her  husband  is  a  grad- 
uate  of   Upper   Canada   College.   Toronto. 

In  an  announcement  of  interest  to 
many  friends,  Alstin  V.  Wood,  'l.'*, 
and  Mrs.  Wood  (Vashti  Flesher.  "le). 
Wheeling.  W.  Va..  have  reported  the 
marriage  of  their  son.  Ensign  Austin  V. 
Wood.  Jr..  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Duffy, 
Wheeling,   in   the   Naval   Base   Chapel,   in 


Norfolk.     Va.,     Feb.     :.     1.-;:..       .'..     \\ 
Wood,   Sr.,   is  a  Wheeling  attorney. 

Alec  C.  Kerr,  '16,  of  U.  S.  Ambass- 
ador Winant's  .staff  in  London,  and  an 
American  member  of  an  economic  com- 
mission which  visited  Algiers  last  month, 
has  revealed  that  a  reciprocal  trading  pro- 
gram has  been  opened  between  North 
Africa  and  Britain  and  the  United  States 
to  relieve  the  critical  North  African  sup- 
ply situation.     He  reports  that  coal    s  be- 


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ing  shipped  from  Britain  to  North  Af- 
rican ports  from  which  it  is  shuttled 
quickly  in  to  the  interior  of  the  country 
so  that  iron  and  phosphate  mines  may  be 
reopened  for  allied  use. 

S.  S.  Dan  ford,  father  of  Merle  E. 
Danforp.  '17.  died  at  the  family  home 
in  Trimble,  February  21,  at  the  age  of 
82  years.  His  wife  preceded  him  in  death 
in  1929.  Miss  Danford.  who  has  re- 
mained at  home  in  recent  years  to  be 
with  her  lather,  is  a  teacher  in  the  Jack- 
sonville-Trimble high  school.  She  has 
previously  taught  in  Athens.  Youngs- 
town,  and  Parkcrshurg.  W.  Va..  high 
schools, 

Mrs  Mllba  White  Hellebrandt, 
'18.  who  recently  visited  her  husband. 
First  Lieut,  E,  T.  Hellebrandt.  at  Camp 
Eustis  and  Williamsburg.  Va..  reports 
that  during  an  off-duty  visit  to  Fort  Mon- 
roe Lieutenant  Hellebrandt  met  a  young 
woman  who  proved  to  be  the  wife  of 
Herbert  H.  Stickney.  '40.  who  is  now 
a  member  of  the  United  States  Armed 
Forces  in  North  Africa.  Mrs.  Stickney 
(Phyllis  Jacobs,  ■4}x).  is  engaged  in 
work  in  the  giant  yards  of  the  Newport 
News     Shipbuilding     and     Drydock     Co, 


lir    a    picture    o.'    Lieutenant    Hclltbr.indt 
see  page  6, 

Funeral  services  for  Fred  B.  Walker, 
aged  70.  Akron,  formerly  of  Athens, 
were  held  in  Athens,  Feb,  ^.  1943.  Mr. 
Walker  -s  the  father  of  Mrs.  Harley  E. 
Moler  (Greta  Walker,  '18),  Athens, 
Mrs.  Lee  M.  Patton  (Gertri'DE  Wal- 
KEH,  '21),  Northfield,  and  Mrs  Grace 
W.  Love.  "2  3,  Akron.  A  granddaughter, 
Vanlou  Patton,  is  a  freshman  at  Ohio 
University. 

First  LitiT.  Walter  J.  Cameron, 
"21,  a  former  oil  and  gas  operator  in 
Owensboro,  Ky.,  is  now  -n  spccialzed 
service  with  the  Army  at  Camp  Clair- 
borne,  La. 

Who's  the  l-ttle  Dutch  boy  who 
plugged  up  the  hole  in  the  dyke 
with  his  thumb?  It  might  have  been 
Leo  E.  Diehl,  '22,  2-yr.,  in  his  early 
youth.  At  any  rate,  Leo  knows  how  the 
little  Hollander  must  have  felt  for  he 
spent  last  New  Year's  night  patrolling 
the  Portsmouth  floodwall  in  rain  and 
mud  watching  for  cracks  and  leakage. 
Leo  is  assistant  treasurer  and  office  man- 
ager   of    the    Vulcan    Corporation. 

Lauren  O.  Bitler,  '22,  newly-ap- 
pointed field  executive  of  the  Ohio  State 
Safety  Council,  has  recently  opened 
state  headquarters  for  his  organization  in 
Columbus  from  which  the  work  of  a.ssist- 
ing  local  safety  councils  and  the  organ- 
izing of  new  units  will  be  started  imme- 
diately. The  .state  council  has  had  its 
headquarters  in  Cleveland  since  1930. 
An  expansion  of  safety  activities  has  been 
made  possible  by  a  fund  to  conserve  the 
nation's  man  power  for  the  war  effort 
which  is  being  raised  by  the  National 
Safety  Council.  Chicago.  Mr.  Bitler. 
who.se  home  is  in  Rocky  River,  has  for 
the  past  year  been  supervising  rent  ex- 
aminer for  O.P.A.  in  the  Cleveland  di- 
vision. 

Glora  M.  Wysner,  "23.  former  mis- 
sionary of  the  Methodist  Church  in 
North  Africa,  who  more  recently  has  been 
pursuing  work  for  a  Ph.D.  degree  at  the 
Hartford  Seminary.  Hartford,  Conn.,  is 
now  in  New  York  City  where  she  is 
serving  as  special  consultant  on  Moslem 
Relations  for  the  Foreign  Missions  Con- 
ference of  North  America,  Miss  Wysner 
was  at  one  time  .superintendent  of  a 
school  for  Kabyle  girls  in  Algeria,  not 
far  from  the  Tunisian  border,  in  territory 
now  occupied  by   U.   S.   armed    forces. 

Lester  D.  Crow,  "23,  assistant  pro- 
fessor of  education,  Brooklyn  (College. 
Brooklyn,  N,  Y.,  and  his  wife,  Mrs. 
Alice  Crow,  are  co-authors  of  a  new 
book,  "Mental  Hygiene  in  School  and 
Home  Life,'"  which  was  published  last 
Scpt.-mbcr  by  the  McGraw-Hill  Book  Co, 
Professor  Crow  is  a  former  member  of 
the   faculty  of   Lehigh   University. 

Earl  Beckley.  "23,  of  the  clothing 
firm  of  J.  L.  Beckley  H  Son.  Athens  and 
vice-president  of  the  Ohio  Retail  Cloth- 
iers and  Furnishers  Association,  is  now 
associated,  in  Toledo,  with  the  shoes  and 
overshoes  division  of  the  Office  of  Price 
Administration.  His  family  is  remaining 
in  Athens. 


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David  D.  French.  '24,  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Calif.,  lawyer,  is  now  in  an  Officer 
Candidate  School  at  Ft.  Benning,  Ga. 
Before  his  selection  for  the  O.  C.  S.  he 
was  a  member  of  a  tank  destroyer  bat- 
talion at  San  Jose,  Calif. 

First  Lieut.  Frank  R.  McCormick. 
'25,  is  stationed  in  London,  England,  with 
the  U.  S.  Army  Post  Office. 

Captain  Theodore  D.  Sawyer.  '26, 
Crestline,  is  in  the  Army  Medical  Corps 
and,  last  October,  was  stationed  at  Lees- 
ville.  La. 

Adah  O.  Chapin.  "27,  a  former  mus- 
ic    instructor     in     the     Margaret     Barber 


First  Lieut.  Richard  W.  Eddy,  U.S.A. 

seminary,  Anniston,  Ala.,  is  now  assist- 
ing her  brother.  Rev.  Hobart  C.  Chapin, 
w'th  pastoral  di:ties  in  Yorkville,  111. 
The  Reverend  Chapin  lost  his  wife  by 
death  about  a  year  ago.  Miss  Chapin  is 
also  finding  time  to  give  instruction  to  a 
class  of  piano  students. 

From  the  position  of  medical  director 
of  the  Cuyahoga  County  Tuberculosis 
Dispensary,  Dr.  Joseph  B.  Stocklen. 
'27,  has  been  advanced  to  that  of  con- 
troller of  tuberculosis  for  Cuyahoga 
county  in  a  new  step  to  integrate  tuber- 
culosis control  facilities.  From  1937  to 
1939  Dr.  Stocklen  was  a  resident  physi- 
cian   at   Cleveland    City   Hospital. 

In  addit'on  to  his  regular  duties  as  city 
editor  of  The  Athens  Messenger  and  in- 
structor in  Ohio  University's  journalism 
laboratory,  William  F.  "Bill"  Smiley. 
'27,  is  acting  as  editor  of  The  Laurel, 
official  monthly  publication  of  Phi  Kappa 
Tau  social  fraternity.  The  editorial  job 
came  to  Bill's  desk  when  Richard  J. 
Young,  Miami  University,  a  national 
officer  of  the  fraternity,  went  to  the  Navy. 

John  F.  Hughes,  '27,  formerly  a 
trust  officer,  is  now  assistant  secretary  of 
the  Continental  Bank  y  Trust  Company 
of  New  York.  The  big  financial  insti- 
tution is  located  at  30  Broad  Street, 
New  York  City.  John  lives  across  in 
"Jersey,"  in   Summit,   to  be  specific. 


Capt.  Earl  L.  "Happy"  Nye.  '27, 
of  the  Army  Air  Forces,  is  now  in 
North  Africa  after  what  he  described  as 
a  "very  monotonous"  crossing.  Captain 
Nye  is  technical  inspector  of  an  air  de- 
pot group,  inspecting  for  repairs,  planes 
that  come  in  from  action. 

Mark  H.  Baker,  '28,  is  dividing  his 
time  in  Marion  between  teaching  science 
in  Marion  High  School  and  in  working 
as  a  chemist  for  the  Universal  Cooler 
Corporation. 

Forrest  E.  Birmingham.  '28x,  and 
Mrs.  Birmingham  (Catherine  Over- 
myer,  '26).  are  living  in  Tampa,  Fla., 
where  the  former  has  a  position  in  the 
office  of  the  Tampa   Shipping  Yards. 

Yes,  sir,  the  mail  must  go  through. 
Mrs.  George  W.  Brady  (WiLMA  Cow- 
an, '28,  2-yr.)  South  Solon,,  is  serving 
temporarily  as  a  rural  mail  earner  while 
her  husband  is  serving  in  Uncle  Sam's 
Navy. 

James  E.  Householder,  '29,  former 
assistant  to  the  dean  of  men  and,  at  one 
time,  acting  dean  of  men,  is  now  sup- 
ervisor of  the  Bureau  of  Appointments 
at  Ohio  University. 

Lieut.  Harry  A.  Haller,  '30,  Cleve- 
land physician,  is  on  the  staff  of  the 
Naval   Hospital   at  Mare  Island,   Calif. 

Charles  W.  Etsinger,  '30,  who  has 
edited  newspapers  in  New  Lexington  and 
Galion,  and  who  has  associated  with  the 
personal  relations  division  of  the  Amer- 
ican Rolling  Mills  Co.  at  Middletown,  is 
now  located  in  Richmond,  Ind.,  as  east- 
ern Indiana  correspondent  for  The  Cin- 
cinnati Enquirer. 

Ralph  M.  Leonard,  '31,  A.M.  '33. 
Athens  county  sanitarian,  is  deserving  of 
much  of  the  credit  for  the  conditions 
which  have  made  possible  the  high  rat- 
ing given  by  the  State  Department  of 
Health  to  milk  produced  in  the  county. 
Athens  county  producers  have  been 
awarded  the  highest  possible  rating  for 
their  milk  and  dairy  products. 

LiTTMAN  Farber,  '3  2.  New  York 
City,  is  a  control  chemist  for  the  New- 
ark Smelting  and  Refining  Co. 

In  a  picture  which  recently  appeared 
in  a  Columbus  newspaper,  John  R. 
Trace,  '32.  is  shown  conferring  with  two 
officers  on  the  Navy  Air  Corps's  new 
enlistment  program  for  17-year-olds. 
Only  students  who  are  outstanding  in 
their  school  work  and  possess  leadership 
qualities  will  be  eligible.  Boys  who  are 
accepted  will  be  enlisted  as  apprentice 
seamen  and  will  receive  a  year's  college 
training  before  they  begin  their  pre-flight 
training.  Trace,  a  former  Ohio  Univer- 
sity basketball  stellarite,  is  director  of 
occupational  information  for  the  Colum- 
bus public  schools. 

Sammy  Kaye,  '32,  and  hs  "Swing 
and  Sway"  cohorts  enjoyed  the  distinc- 
tion of  opening  the  radio  program,  Jan. 
30,  which  was  arranged  in  celebration  of 
President  Roosevelt's  birthday  and  which 
was  broadca-st  over  an  international  hook- 
up. Coming  from  the  Empire  Room  of 
the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel  in  New  York 
City,  Sammy's  music  was  the  first  to  be 
heard  on  an  hour-long  program  on  which 
Mrs.  Eleanor  Roosevelt  and  many  other 
notables  were  heard. 

Rexford  L.  Baxter,  '33.  Elmira.  N. 
Y.,   is   a   salesman   for   the   wholesale  hard- 


ware firm  of  Barker,  Rose  K  Kimball, 
Inc.  Rex  is  the  husband  of  the  former 
Miss  Miriam  Root,  '34x. 

Adding  his  bit  to  the  already  alarming 
shortage  of  teachers  in  the  state.  Kaye 
Blosser,  '33,  a  high  school  instructor  in 
Logan,  resigned  his  position  last  fall  to 
accept  employment  as  an  inspector  in 
Akron  for  the  Goodyear  Aircraft  Cor- 
poration. 

Mrs.  Ruth  Eberle  Huddy.  "33.  Nel- 
sonville,  after  n  re  and  a  half  years  as 
instructor  in  the  high  school  at  Buchtel, 
has  resigned  her  position  to  become  a 
junior   youth    counsellor    for   the   National 


Pvt.  John  W.Bennett,  U.S.A. 

Youth  Administration.  She  is  assisting 
young  people  to  find  their  ways  into  gov- 
ernment-sponsored   vocational    schools. 

Mrs.  John  L.  Kernohan  (Ruth  Camp- 
bell, '34,  2-yr.),  a  former  Steuhenville 
teacher,  is  at  present  working  in  the 
Operations  Records  Office  of  the  British 
Overseas  Airways  Corporation  at  Balti- 
more. Md.  She  was  married  to  Mr. 
Kernohan  on  Dec.  26,  1941. 

Dr.  Robert  S.  Bode.  '34,  Rushville 
physician,  reports  that  his  brother,  Ed- 
gar G.  Bode,  '38x,  is  a  storekeeper  3/C 
at  the  Naval  Training  Station,  Great 
Lakes,  111. 

From  Mrs.  Grace  Fullington  Mc- 
Vay,  '34x,  Athens,  v^idow  of  the  late 
Herbert  R.  McVay.  '90,  the  editor  of 
The  Ohio  Ahimnus  has  received  a  pro- 
gram of  the  Commencement  exercises 
held  in  June  of  1893,  fifty  years  ago. 
Of  the  twenty  persons  who  received  bac- 
calaureate degrees  eleven  are  known  to 
be  deceased.  Most  recent  locations  on 
file  for  the  survivors  are:  Charles  S. 
Ashton.  Sioux  Falls,  S.  Dak.;  Allen 
D.  Bargus.  Collins;  Clyde  F.  Berry. 
Akron;  Katherine  Burns.  Columbi  s; 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Shepard  (Grace  Grosven- 
or),  Columbus;  Dr.  William  H.  Hyde, 
Cleveland;  and  Fred  E.  C.  Kirkendall. 
Zancsvillc.  No  information  is  on  file 
concerning  M.  Wesley  Hensel  and 
LoN  C.  Walker.  Among  the  deceased 
members  of  the  class  is  Bertha  W.  Mc- 
"Vay,   sister-in-law  of  Mrs.   McVay. 


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Vincent  Caccksh.  "35,  Brooklyn,  N. 
v.,  holds  a  position  with  the  U.  S.  De- 
partment of  Justice  as  an  immigration  in- 
spector. 

Charles  Frecka,  '33,  coach  of  the 
Ironton  High  School  basketball  team,  has 
turned  out  a  team  this  year  which  Iron- 
ton  fans  claim  is  the  best  in  the  last 
2 1  years.  Frccka's  boys  have  won  1 3 
of  their  l.>  games,  defeating  every  Ohio 
opponent,  and  losing  only  to  East  High 
and  Central  High  of  Huntington,  W,  Va. 
Each  of  these  defeats  was  later  avenged 
on    the   opponent's    own    floor. 

Mrs,  Annalef.  Wilder  Barr.  '35, 
holds  a  secretarial  position  with  the 
World  Pubhshing  Company  in 
Cleveland.  For  three  years,  1938- 
41,  she  held  a  position  in  the  Chi- 
cago office  of  this  publishing  con- 
cern. 

Jean  McMasters.  '36,  re- 
signed a  teaching  position  in  the 
Middleport  schools  early  last  No- 
vember to  accept  a  position  with 
the  West  Virginia  Ordnance 
Works    at    Point    Pleasant. 

Mrs.  Mildred  W  i  c;  n  e  r 
Hlghes.  "36,  2-yr..  wife  of  Chile 
Petty  Officer  Robert  T. 
HiT.HES.  '36,  has  a  pos  tion  with 
the  Greyhound  Lines  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Calif.  She  IS  in  charge  of 
the  auditing  and  distribution  of  re- 
fund drafts.  CPO  Bob  is  a  phy- 
sical fitness  instructor  at  the  Navy 
station   on   Treasure   Island. 

Hilda  Jane  Ellis.  '36,  who  re- 
ceived her  Master  of  Arts  degree 
from  Ohio  State  University  last 
August,  is  teaching  English  in  the 
high  school  at  Mingo  Junction. 
Miss  Ellis  lives  in  not-so-far-away  Mar- 
tins Ferry. 

The  news  from  Mrs.  George  Humm 
(Helen  M.  Dlnham.  '37)  is  both  good 
and  bad.  The  good  news  will  be  found 
in  the  "Births"  column  on  another  page. 
The  bad  is  embodied  in  a  report  that  her 
brother,  Lieut.  Howard  Dunham,  a  nav- 
igator in  the  crew  of  an  American  bomb- 
er operating  out  of  England  against 
French  targets,  has  been  reported  missing 
in  action  by  the  War  Department.  A 
report  heard  over  the  radio  from  Mon- 
treal on  Feb.  21,  indicated  that  Lieutenant 
Dunham  was  a  prisoner  in  German  hands. 

T.  Mor(;an  Baehler.  '37,  former  ac- 
countant with  the  Covert  Baking  Com- 
pany and  president  of  the  Rotary  Club 
in  Middleport,  is  now  Private  Baehler  of 
the  Army  Air  Forces,  located  at  Stinson 
Field,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

George  R.  "Plg  "  Hood.  "38,  member 
of  the  "Big  Four"  group  of  basketball 
stars  of  a  few  years  back  and  now  coach 
of  the  hardwood  court  game  in  Grand- 
view  Heights  (Columbus),  recently  suff- 
ered a  broken  ankle  while  trying  to  show 
his  proteges  some  of  the  fine  points  of 
the  game.  He  is  now  hobbling  around 
with  the  aid  of  crutches. 

Virginia  Baker.  '38,  secretary  of  the 
Eastern  Ohio  alumni  chapter,  is  teacher 
of  the  opportunity  room  (special  educa- 
tion)   in   Steubenville's  Grant   School. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  P.  Fischer  (Jlne 
Flltz.  '39).  are  living  in  Worcester, 
Mass.,  where  the  former  is  an  assistant 
professor     of     psychology     in     the     Clark 


University  Graduate  School.  Doctor 
Fi.scher  received  his  Ph.D.  degree  at  Ohio 
State  University  last  year.  He  was  en- 
rolled for  graduate  study  at  Ohio  Uni- 
versity in   1938-39. 

Tackle  Chester  F.  "Chet"  Adams, 
'39,  of  the  Cleveland  Rams,  was  named 
to  a  position  on  the  second  squad  of  the 
National  Professional  Football  League's 
all-star  team.  The  Chicago  Bears,  of 
which  Robert  A.  Snyder,  '36,  was  for- 
merly a  member,  placed  five  players  on 
the  first  team.  Bob  is  now  an  assistant 
football   coach   at  Notre   Dame. 

Lieut,  Ralph  C,  Frey,  '39,  spent  a 
furlough    period    at    his    home    in    Cleve- 


Corporal  and  Mrs.  Robert  W.  Davis 

land  la,^t  month  following  his  transfer 
from  a  naval  hospital  in  San  Francisco 
to  a  hospital  at  Great  Lakes,  111,  Lieu- 
tenant Frey,  a  Marine  officer,  took  part 
in  the  first  offensive  in  the  Solomons  and 
subsequently  received  arm  and  shoulder 
wounds  from  which  he  is  still  recuperat- 
ing. One  of  his  friends  writes  that  "the 
stories  he  can  tell  make  your  hair  curl 
and    stand   on    end    simultaneously." 

Dorothy  E.  Reibel.  '39,  is  a  junior 
cataloger  at  the  University  of  Virginia, 
Charlottesville,  where  she  is  one  of  two 
people  cataloging  .'<0,000  books  in  the 
univers  ty's  law  library.  It  is  anticipated 
that  the  cataloging  project  will  require 
two  years. 

Last  June.  Mary  Loiise  McCartney, 
"39,  resigned  her  position  as  instructor  in 
chemistry  at  Athens  College  for  Young 
Women.  Athens,  Ala,,  to  become  a  Du- 
Pont  chemist  at  the  Indiana  Ordnance 
Works,  Charleston,  Ind,  She  is  living 
across  the  river  in  Louisville,  Ky, 

It's  Captain,  sir,  for  Leslie  E.  Fore- 
man. '40,  McArthur,  of  the  44th  Arm- 
ored Regiment  at  Camp  Campbell,  Ky. 
Congratulations,  Captain. 

Ensign  Ri  ssell  Clough.  "40.  Cleve- 
land, IS  attached  to  the  Amphibous 
Force  at  the  Naval  Operating  Base,  Nor- 
folk, Va. 

Florine  E.  Marlatt,  "40,  has  been 
granted  a  leave  of  absence  from  her  posi- 
tion in  the  high  school  at  Jackson  to 
study  for  a  master's  degree  at  North- 
western   University,    Evanston,    III.      Miss 


Marlatt    was    succeeded    by   Jean    Craw- 
ford. '43. 

Leona  Algeo.  "41,  former  muse 
teacher  in  the  schools  of  her  home  com- 
munity, Amsterdam,  is  now  a  music  sup- 
ervisor in  Steubcnville  High  School  and 
Harding  Junior  High  School  (Steuben- 
ville). 

Ensign  Charles  J,  Fox,  Jr..  "41,  of 
the  U.  S,  Coast  Guard  Reserve,  is  a  ma- 
rine pilot  on  the  Great  Lakes  for  the 
Cleveland    Cliffs    Iron    Co. 

Irene    Fleminc:.    '41,    and    her    class- 
mate,   Virginia    Carson,    '41,    arc   teach- 
ers in  the  high  school   at  Orrvillc.     Miss 
Fleming    is   teaching    English    while    Miss 
Carson's     field     is     dramatics     and 
speech. 

Mary  E.  Pottork.  '41  accepted 
a  teaching  position  in  the  high 
school  at  Jackson,  beginning  on 
Jan.  18.  She  had  formerly  been 
a  teacher  in  a  school  near  Marys- 
ville. 
,^  Apprentice      Seaman      Patty 

^'  MACKINNON.  "41,  Athens,  has  at 
I.i'^t  received  her  call  for  officer 
uuning  with  the  WAVES,  She 
i~  now  at  the  Naval  Training  Sta- 
imn  at  Smith  College, 

Edgar  C.  Godfrey,  '41,  is  a 
..ntilation  draftsman  in  the  engi- 
renng  department  of  the  Mariet- 
'.  Mfg.  Co,  shipyard  at  Pt.  Pleas- 
..iii,.W,  Va,  The  Pt,  Pleasant 
company  is  engaged  in  the  build- 
ing of  small  craft  for  the  United 
States  Navy. 

Eugenia    Goschinski.    '42,    for- 
merly   in    the    central    procurement 
district  office  of  the  contract   audit 
section    of    the    U.    S.    Army    Air 
Force    at    Detroit,    is    now    teaching    com- 
mercial    subjects    in    the    high    school    at 
Dillonvale,  Ohio,     Ralph  M,  Dolfi,  '42, 
and   Jeanette   Hook,   "42x,   are  teaching 
social    science    and    home    economics,    re- 
spectively,  in   Dillonvale  High   School. 

Madeline  S.  Kleinwaks,  '42,  who 
has  just  received  a  Master  of  Science  in 
Retail  degree  from  New  York  University, 
is  training  director  at  Ohrback's,  Inc., 
Newark,  N,  J, 

Earl  R,  Brownlee.  '42,  is  a  midship- 
man in  the  Naval  Reserve,  working  for 
an  ensign's  commission  at  Northwestern 
University,  Evanston,  III. 

Betty  Batsch.  '42,  is  a  student  lab- 
oratory technician  in  the  Institute  of 
Pathology,  Western  Reserve  University, 
Cleveland. 

Hughey  Backenstoe,  '42,  popular 
pianist  and  musical  arranger  during  his 
campus  days,  is  now  working  in  a  Lock- 
heed bomber  plant  in  California  and 
playing  with  an  orchestra  in  Hollywood. 
Hughey  and  the  Army  were  unable  to 
get  together  because  of  ,«ome  physical 
disqualifications. 

June  Schaal,  '43  (Jan.),  has  been  em- 
ployed as  third  grade  teacher  at  the  Cen- 
tral School  in  Nclsonville,  s  :cceeding 
Lucille  Oepfler.  '32,.  who  has  en- 
listed in  the  V\'omen's  Army  Auxiliary 
Corps. 

Evelyn  Davis.  "43  (Jan.).  is  engaged 
in  a  d-etetics  internship  at  St,  Marys  Hos- 
p:tal,  Rochester,  Minn. 


The     Ohio    Alumnus 


Mrs.  Martin  Judy 

Virginia  H.  Paul.  '39,  Chillicothe,  in- 
structor, Huntington  Rural  High  School, 
to  Corporal  Martin  Judy,  Chillicothe, 
University  of  Cincinnati  graduate,  sta- 
tioned at  Grenier  Field,  N.  H.,  Jan.  23, 
1943,  in  Chillicothe.  At  home:  78  Low- 
ell St.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Sister  and 
brother  of  the  bride:  Mrs.  Cora  Pall 
Frame,  '22,  2-yr.,  Athens,  and  Corp. 
Charles  L.  Paul.  '44x,  Barksdale  Field, 
La. 

Winifred  Van  Derau,  Mansfield,  to 
Gordon  H.  Ensminger,  '3  2x,  Mansfield, 
with  the  Ohio  Farmers  Ins.  Co.,  Dec.  19, 
1942.      At   home:    Mansfield. 

Marjorie  Whittaker,  Bound  Brook,  N. 
J.,  to  Lieut.  Anthony  W.  "Tony"  Cav- 
allaro.  '41,  base  communications  officer, 
in  charge  of  radio  aids  to  navigation 
(Bradley  Field,  Conn.),  Dec.  23,  1942. 
At   home:   Windsor,   Conn. 

Edna  P.  Wherry,  '43x,  State  College, 
Pa.,  to  Chief  Petty  Officer  James  F. 
Halderman.  '42,  West  Middletown, 
Great  Lakes  Naval  Training  Station 
(Great  Lakes,  111.),  Jan.  19,  1943,  in 
Milan,  Ohio. 

Ruth  E.  Walters,  Columbus,  to  Chief 
Warrant  Officer  W.  J.  Janssen,  '37, 
2-yr.,  Jacksonville,  Officers  Candidate 
School  (Gainesville,  Fla.),  Jan.  30,  1943 
in  Gainesville.  At  home:  1804  Hermando 
St.,  Gainesville,  Fla. 

Alicia  Smith.  '41,  Conneaut,  to  James 
Hall,  Conneaut,  Feb.  20,  1943.  At  home: 
Conneaut.  Maid  of  honor:  Mary  Jane 
Beeler,  '41,  Cleveland. 

Caroline  A.  Lipka,  '41,  Cleveland, 
teacher,  to  Lieut.  Walter  J.  Civik,  U.  S. 
Army  (Ft.  Benning,  Ga.),  June  20,  1942, 
in  Chicago.  Mrs.  Civik  is  at  home  at 
4.')22   Pershing  Ave.,  Parma,  Cleveland. 

Jane  Shellenberger.  '44x,  Bay  Vil- 
lage, to  Seymour  L.  Meisel,  Bay  Vil- 
lage, Ohio  University  junior,  Aug.  1, 
1942. 

Louise  Anton,  '40,  Monongahela,  Pa., 
to  Corp.  Lawrence  J.  Pestino,  '42x, 
Cleveland,  Patterson  Field  (Fairfield, 
Ohio),  Aug.   29,    1942,  in  Osborn. 


MARRIAGES 

Bernice  M.  Kinsel.  '36,  New  Lexing- 
ton, high  school  instructor  (Lancaster), 
to  W.  Raymond  Mack,  Brownsville, 
building  contractor  (Columbus),  Aug. 
28,  1942.  At  home:  1385  W.  Sixth 
Ave.,  Columbus. 

Betty  Dunn,  Boise,  Idaho,  to  First 
Lieut.  Paul  F.  Sayre,  '42x,  R.  D.  1, 
Trimble,  first  pilot  of  a  B-24  Consolidat- 
ed bomber.  Army  Air  Corps,  (Australia) 
July  9,  1942  in  the  post  chapel  at  Geiger 
Field   (Spokane,  Wash.) 

Ruth  Gillespie.  '40,  Sutton,  W.  Va., 
high  school  instructor  (Chagrin  Falls), 
to  Ensign  Howard  M.  Harrison.  '43x, 
Columbus,  Navy  Air  Corps  (Seattle, 
Wash.),  Nov.  1,  1942,  at  the  Naval  Air 
Station  chapel,  Miami,  Fla. 

Margaret  L.  Earnhart.  '41,  Nor- 
walk,  Ohio  University  Phi  Bete,  now  as- 
sociated with  Dr.  Horace  Davidson  (Co- 
lumbus) as  laboratory  technician,  to  Rob- 
ert B.  Miner.  '38,  M.S.,  '40,  Conneaut, 
graduate  student,  Ohio  State  University 
(Columbus),  June  -\  1942,  at  the  bride's 
home. 

Helen  Berge,  Tiltonville,  seamstress, 
post  exchange  (Camp  Blanding,  Fla.),  to 
Private  Angelo  C.  Orsillo.  '40,  St. 
Clairsville,  U.  S.  Army  (Camp  Bland- 
ing), Nov.,   1942. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Rannells.  '31,  Mc- 
Arthur,  high  school  instructor  (St.  Clairs- 
ville), to  Cadet  Joseph  W.  Gabel,  St. 
Clairsville,  Army  Air  Forces  Training  De- 
tachment (University  of  Chicago),  Dec. 
24,  1942,  in  Chicago.  Cadet  Gabel,  a 
graduate  of  Denison  University  with  a 
master's  degree  from  Ohio  State  Univer- 
sity, is  taking  a  special  course  in  meteor- 
ology. 

Harriet  P.  Craun.  '42,  3-yr.,  Cleve- 
land Heights,  teacher,  to  Jack  D.  Lubahn, 
Cleveland  Heights,  Nov.  28,  1942.  At 
home:  2671  Litchfield  Rd.,  Shaker 
Heights.  Usher:  Ensign  Edwin  P. 
Craun,  '41. 

■  Betty  Ferst,  '42,  3-yr.,  of  near  Leb- 
anon, teacher  (Osborn),  to  Howard  W. 
Neilson,  Jr..  Ohio  University  senior  and 
member  of  the  Army  Enlisted  Reserves, 
Feb.   12,   1943,  at  the  bride's  home. 

Bernice  Feather,  Louisville,  Ky.,  sta- 
tistician. Bell  Telephone  Co.,  to  Staff 
Sgt.  Elmer  E.  Cade,  '37,  The  Plains, 
Baer  Field  (Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.),  Dec.  17, 
1942,  at  Fort  Wayne.  At  home:  623  E. 
Wayne  St.,  Fort  Wayne. 

LuELLA  G.  Householder.  '31,  2-yr., 
New  Lexington,  teacher  (Bexley),  to 
Henry    S.    Pettingill,    Chicago,    111.,    June, 

1942,  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla.  At  home: 
821    S.   Cassingham  Rd.,   Bexley. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Warren,  '41,  To- 
ronto, teacher.  Central  School  (Athens), 
to  Lewis  H.  Gray.  '40,  Toronto,  student 
instructor.  Navy  Aviation  School,  Jack- 
sonville, Fla,  at  the  Bride's  home.  Mrs. 
Gray  is  continuing  with  her  teaching  in 
Athns.  At  home:  60  W.  State  St.,  Ath- 
ens. 

Jean  Finsterwald.  Athens,  Ohio  Uni- 
versity senior  and  secretary  to  the  dean. 
College  of  Fine  Arts,  to  Ensign  Edward 
A.  "Ted"  Sprague.  '41,  Athens,  medi- 
cal student  and  naval  reserve  officer,  Ohio 
State     University     (Columbus),     Feb.     20, 

1943,  in  Athens.     At   home:    Columbus. 


Mrs.  C.Blaine  Hays,  Jr. 

Lois  Faulstich.  '40,  Royal  Oak, 
Mich.,  to  Lieut.  C.  Blaine  Hays,  Jr., 
Corydon,  Ind.,  graduate  of  Gnnnell  Col- 
lege and  the  Indiana  University  School  of 
Law,  now  in  the  Quartermaster  Corps  in 
a  camp  in  Oklahoma,  Jan.  1,  1943,  in 
Decatur,  111.  Mrs.  Hays  completed  work 
for  her  master's  degree  at  Indiana  Uni- 
versity m  December.  Bridesmaid:  Mar- 
garethe  Faulstich.  '39,  Royal  Oak, 
Mich. 

Esther  R.  Stiner.  '41,  Lakewood,  to 
Lieut.  Jack  E.  McGee,  '42x,  Lake- 
wood,  Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  Army,  Camp 
Beale  (Maryville,  Calif.),  Sept.  1942,  in 
the  post  chapel  at  Camp  Beale.  At  home: 
804  Almond  St.,  Yuba  City,  Calif. 

Vriginia  M.  Davis,  '40,  R.  D.  2,  Can- 
field,  to  PvT.  William  G.  Gordon,  '44x, 
R.  D.  1,  Portsmouth,  Army  Air  Base 
(Salt  Lake  City,  Utah),  Dec.  8,  1942.  At 
home:  109  South  9th  St.,  East,  Salt  Lake 
City. 

Ruth  Keller,  Ravenswood,  W.  Va., 
teacher  (Newcomerstown),  to  Wendell 
M.  Jones.  '40,  Newark,  music  supervisor, 
high  school,  July  8,  1942.  At  home: 
490  W.  Main  St.,  Newark. 

Marguerite  Singer,  Crooksville,  to 
Edward  H.  Gamble.  '41,  East  Liverpool, 
Aug.  .^i,  1942.  A  Phi  Bete  at  Ohio  Uni- 
versity, Bridegroom  Gamble  received  a 
Master  of  Science  degree  from  Ohio  State 
University  last  August. 

Nancy  Caughey,  '42,  A.  M.,  Belle- 
vue.  Pa.,  to  Chief  Petty  Officer  V.  L. 
Klopfer,  U.  S.  Navy  (Cambridge,  Mass.), 
date  not  learned.  Mrs.  Klopfer  received 
her  baccalaureate  degree  from  Miami 
University. 

Riette  Lichtenstein,  East  Hartford, 
Conn.,  to  Photographer's  Mate  2,  C 
George  S.  Heilpern,  '36,  Hartford, 
Conn.,  Naval  Air  Station  (Norfolk,  Va.), 
Oct.   12,   1942,  at  East  Hartford. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Jenkins.  '34,  Che- 
shire, high  school  instructor,  to  George 
Higgins,  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  U.  S.  Marine 
Corps,  June  18,  1942.  Mrs.  Higgins  is 
continuing  with   her  teaching. 


F  n  B  R  r  A  R  Y  ,      19  4 


15 


BIRTHS 


The  perky  little  lcllo».s  in  the  picture 
are  Tlmnias  Hoover  Franklin  and  Benja- 
min Franklin,  V,  sons  of  Benjamin 
Franklin.  IV,  "J?,  A.M.  "40,  and  Mrs. 
Franklin  (Virginia  Hoovkr.  'i6,  A.M. 
"40),  307'/2  W.  Sixth  Ave.,  Columbus. 
Tommy  was  one  year  old  last  month. 
Benny  is  almost  J'/i  years  of  age.  They 
are  direct  descendants  of  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin of  early  American  fame.  Their  father, 
a  former  instructor  in  the  high  school  at 
Pt.  Pleasant.  W.  Va.,  is  now  a  graduate 
student  at  Ohio  State  University.  Mater- 
nal grandparents:  Prof.  Thomas  N. 
Hoover.  "0.^,  and  Mrs.  Hoover  (Ethel 
Arnold.  "13x),  Athens. 

Robert  Wade  to  Wade  E. 
Shlrtlefk.  "39,  and  Mrs.  »• 
Shurtletf  (Katherine  Boyd. 
■J.\  A.  M.  "36),  1039  E.  169th 
St..  Cleveland.  Jan.  13,  1943. 
Mr.  Shurtletf  is  assistant  per- 
sonnel director  for  the  Apex  * 
Electric  and  Mfg.  Co.  The 
Shurtletfs  have  a  daughter,  Lin- 
da Jane,  aged    13   months. 

Elizabeth  Hoyt  to  Ensicn 
Robert  H.  Bollware.  "37,  and 
Mrs.  Boulware  (Mary  Frances 
Reeves.  '36).  i:  California 
Ave.,  Charleston,  W.  Va.,  Jan. 
:,>,  1943.  Ensign  Bob  is 
'"somewhere"  with  the  Pacific 
fleet,  while  Mrs.  Boulware  and 
Betty  are  at  Mrs.  Boulware's 
home    for   the   duration. 

Judith   Ann   to   Mr.   and   Mrs. 
James    Scarftin    (Edith    Wood- 
ruff.   'Sli,    2-yr),    1001    Corporation    St.. 
Beaver,  Pa.,  July  18,  1942. 

A  daughter  to  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Sam 
Schwart:  (Ruth  M.  Rosner.  "40).  Feb. 
10.  1943.  Mrs.  Schwartz's  parental  home 
IS  in  Wilkes-Barre.  Pa.  Her  present  lo- 
cation IS  not  a  matter  of  record  in  the 
alumni  files. 

TWINS — Linda  Jeanne  and  Martin 
Frederick  to  Robert  F.  Risberg.  '42,  and 
Mrs.  Risberg  (Vmr.iNiA  A.  Davidson, 
■44x).  1887  Knowles  St..  East  Cleveland. 
Feb.  12,  1943.  Mr.  Risberg  is  an  auditor 
with  Ernst  ts"  Ernst.  Uncle  of  the  twins: 
Lyman  .^  Davidson.  '39,  Wheeling,  W. 
\'a. 

Karylce  Diane  to  Ensign  and  Mrs. 
George  Humm  (Helen  Dlnham.  '37). 
151.^  Hillcrcst.  Kalamazoo.  Mich.,  Feb. 
7,  1943.  Ensign  Humm  is  an  instructor 
in    an   amphibious   tank   school. 

Sheila  Margaret  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Floyd 
H.  Berry  (Ruth  Richards,  'j.";,  2-yr.), 
3809  N.  Ninth  St.,  Tacoma,  Wash.  Mr. 
Berry  is  a  welding  supervisor  for  the 
Seattle-Tacoma    Shipbuilding    Corporation. 

Richard  Lee  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter 
Eppley  (Martha  Hayes,  '34),  Mt.  Ver- 
non, Jan.  31,  1943.  Mrs.  Eppley  was 
formerly  Mrs.  Roy  A.  Dugan.  Mr.  Dug- 
an  met  death  by  drowning  Jan.  16,  1937. 
Roy  A.  Dugan,  Jr.,  was  born  July  9, 
1937. 

A  son  to  the  late  Lieut  (j.g.)  George 
G.  Collins.  "3  3,  and  Mrs.  Collins.  2  28."; 
Henderson  Rd.,  Columbus,  Feb.  16,  1943. 
Lieutenant  Collins  died  of  pneumonia, 
Oct.  31,  1942,  while  on  duty  at  the  Nav- 
al Prc-Flight  School  at  the  University  of 
Georgia. 


Bette  Ann  to  Charles  A.  Rice.  '38x. 
and  Mrs.  Rice  (Idah  Stuart.  '34). 
Reed  City,  Mich.,  Jan.  11,  1943.  Mr. 
Rice  is  associated  with  the  Pure  Oil  Co. 
Bette  Ann  has  a  sister,  Caria  Sue,  four 
years  of  age. 

Carl  Eric  to  Carl  W.  Puchstein.  "39, 
and  Mrs.  Puchstein  (Mary  Frances 
Groves.  '38).  .'i.S.S  E.  Northern  Ave., 
Springfield.  Feb.  1,  1943.  Mr.  Puchstein 
is  associated  with  the  City  Loan  Corpor- 
ation. 

Don  Carl  to  Lloyd  G.  Black.  '37. 
and  Mrs.  Black  (Mary  McCune.  "37), 
9.^4  Ridgemont  Rd.,  Charleston,  W.  Va., 
Feb.  10,  1943.  Mr.  Black,  formerly 
owner   of   the   Air  Conditioning   Company 


Tommy  and  Benny  Franklin 

in   Charleston,   is  a   recent   Army  inductee. 

William  Dennison  to  Prof,  and  Mrs. 
F.  Theodore  Paige,  4.>4  Richland  Ave., 
Athens,  Feb.  10,  1943.  Mr.  Paige  is  as- 
sistant professor  of  industrial  arts  at  Ohio 
University. 

Richard  Clinton  to  Nathan  S.  "Nate" 
Croy.  ■37x,  and  Mrs.  Croy  (Janet  Mac- 
Kinnon. '40),  6\?  Main  St.,  Latrobc. 
Pa.,  Jan.  30.  1943.  Mr.  Croy  is  book- 
keeper and  office  manager  for  The  Toyad 
Company.  The  new  arrival  is  the  first 
grandchild  of  Prof,  and  Mrs.  C.  N.  Mac- 
kinnon.  Athens. 

DEATHS 

JAMES  CLAYTON  McMASTERS 
James  C.  McMasters.  '91,  aged  73, 
retired  electrical  inspector  for  the  City  of 
Columbus,  died  at  his  home  January  29, 
1943.  He  had  lived  in  Columbus  for  48 
years  and  had  been  bedfast  for  the  past 
four  years.  A  f<>rmer  member  of  the 
Columbus  Builders  Exchange,  he  was  an 
electrical   contractor   for  some  thirty  years. 

EDWIN  ROBERT  HOOVLER 
Edwin    R.    Hoovler.    '41x,    Pataskala, 
died  suddenly,  Nov.  9,  1942.     No  further 
details  were   included   in   the   report. 

GEORGE  SLOANE  BOOTHE 
George  S.  Boothe.  "40,  Ironton,  who 
was  employed  as  a  steel  fabricator  at  the 
Ironton  plant  of  the  Semet  Solvay  Co., 
died  suddenly  of  a  heart  attack  Dec.  7, 
1942.  He  IS  survived  by  his  widow, 
Mrs.  Lucille  Higgins  Boothe.  MOx, 
and  two  children,  Byron,  aged  12,  and 
Jane,  aged  7. 


ENGAGEMENTS 

(jiRALDlNi  L  Haiiikiiiiu  4..  (  ilcve- 
land,  student  engineer,  Babcock  (i  Wil- 
cox Co.  (Barberton),  to  Emil  E.  Czctli. 
Akron,  engineer,  Babcock  (f  Wilcox.  En- 
gineer Czetli  was  a  pre-war  student  at 
the  University  of  Budapest. 

Ruth  E.  Van  Dyke.  Cadiz.  Ohio 
University  junior,  to  Samuel  W.  Flan- 
NERY.  '42,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  engineer. 
General   Electric  Co.    (Lynn,   Mass.) 

Gertrude  A.  Gadus.  "40,  Cleveland, 
high  school  instructor  (Alliance),  to  Sgt. 
Harry  J.  Davis.  '41,  Yuungstown,  Arm- 
ored  Force,    (Camp   Young,   Calif). 

Ellen      L.      Davis.     Athens, 
Ohio       University       junior,       to 
.,  '         Corp.     Bud     M.     Burke.     "43 
(Jan.),    Marion,    U.    S.    Army, 
(Fort  Bcnning,  Ga.). 

Suzanne  Brundage,  Hutchin- 
son, Kans.,  to  Ensign  Arthur 
L.  DlTTRlCK.  ■41x.  Lakewood, 
flight  instructor,  Naval  Air 
Base    (Hutchinson.    Kans.). 

Margaret    E.    Hayes.    'AH, 

,  -    .    ,  Guysville,    time    keeping    depart- 

/f       \   1  ment,        Curtiss-Wright       Corp. 

I  I  (Columbus),       to      Midshipman 

Leslie   O.    White,    U.    S.    Naval 

Academy    (Annapolis,    Md.). 

Jeanne    L.    Allen,   Nelsonville, 

with    the    Ohio    Bell    Telephone 

Co.,  to  PvT.  Donald  H.  Shaf- 

ER.     "4.''x,     Nelsonville,     U.     S. 

Army    (Fort   Thomas,    Ky.). 

Aux.     Betty    June    Smith. 

"36,.    2-yr.,    Jackson.    Women's    Auxiliary 

Army  Corps,  to  Theodore  White.  ■39x, 

Jackson,    with    the    Trojan    Powder    Co. 

(Sandusky). 

Lois  £.  Twitchell.  Cleveland 
Heights,  Ohio  University  freshman,  to 
Pvt.  John  R.  Hunt.  Clearmont,  Fla..  U. 
S.  Army. 

Betty  Jane  Hanousek.  '44x,  Cleve- 
land, to  Pvt.  C.  J.  VanDuyn,  Cleveland, 
U.   S.   Army    (Camp   Maxey,  Tex). 

Marie  L.  Chalmers.  Imperial.  Pa., 
Ohio  University  junior,  to  Petty  Officer 
2  C  James  Fate,  Mt.  Gilcad,  U.  S.  Navy 
(Treasure  Island,  San  Franci.sco,  Calif.). 

Elizabeth  J.  Sauer,  Lakewood.  to  ScT. 
William  P.  Roberts.  '42.  Zancsville. 
Officers  Candidate  School  (Ft.  Bcnning. 
Ga.). 

Elsie  A.  Stright.  'A>x.  New  Marsh- 
field,  to  Pvt.  Willard  M.  Brooks,  radio 
operator.  U.  S.  Marine  Corps.  Marine 
Air  Base   (Santa   Barbara,  Calif). 

Martha  C.  Meister.  "40,  Columbus, 
student  at  Biblical  Seminary.  (New  York 
City),  to  Ray  H.  Kiely,  senior.  Union 
Theological  Seminary  and  assistant  min- 
ister. West  Park  Presbyterian  Church 
(New  York  City). 

Virginia  M.  Roberts.  '41x,  Cleveland, 
in  nurses'  training.  Grant  Hospital,  (Co- 
lumbus), to  Ensign  Russell  Clough. 
"40,  Cleveland,  Amphibious  Force,  Naval 
Operating    Base.    Norfolk.   Va. 

Jean  Parks.  Ohio  University  senior, 
Athens,  to  TRAf:EY  A.  Leyda.  Jr..  ■44x, 
Franklin.  Pa.,  candidate.  Officers  Train- 
ing School,  Ft.  Benning,  Ga.  Miss  Parks 
IS  a  niece  of  George  C.  Parks,  '08,  Ohio 
University    treasurer.
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