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Commencement   Weekend 

A  Sesquicentennial  Reunion  of  Ohio  University  Alumni 


FRIDAY,  JUNE  11 

8:00  P.M.     "The  Green  Adventure  ' Little  Theater 

Speech  Building 

SATURDAY,  JUNE  12 

9:00  .'^.M.     Alumni  Golf  Tournament LJyiiversity  Golf  Course 

12:00      M.     Aluynni  Luncheon   Ballroom,  University  Center 

Class  Reunion  Luncheons 

2:00  P.M.     "The  Green  Adventure" Little  Theater 

6:00  P.M.     Commencement  Supper Under  the  Elms 

6;30  P.M.     Baiid  Concert Under  the  Elms 

OU  Commencement  Band 

8:00  P.M.     Piano  Concert   Alumni  Memorial  Auditorium 

Dr.  Eryist  von  Dohnanyi.  pianist 

8:00  P.M.     "The  Green   Adventure" Little  Theater 

SUNDAY,  JUNE  13 

I0;30  A.M.     Baccalaureate  Service Alumni  Memorial  Auditoriuvi 

Dr.  Ralph  W.  Soc}{man.  speaker 

2:00  P.M.     Graduation  Exercises On  the  Green 

Benjamin  F.  Fairless.  speak^^r 


Page  two  The     Ohio    Alumnus 


Results  Of  Sesqui  Scholarship  Fund  Drive 
To  Be  Announced  At  Graduation  Exercises 


CIRCLE  the  date  June  1?,  1954,  as 
(MK-  of  the  significant  days  on  the 
Oliiii  University  calendar  of  scholastic 
development.  On  that  day,  as  another 
group  of  OU  students  receive  degrees, 
tlie  Sesquicentenniai  Scholarship  Fund 
drive  will  officially  end,  paving  the  way 
for  hundreds  of  aspiring  students  of  fu- 
ture years. 

Fred  H.  Johnson,  '22,  general  chair- 
man of  the  drive,  will  present  the  gift 
and  announce  its  total  amount  at  the 
graduation  exercises. 

The  cooperative  response  ot  .dumni 
h.is  heen  encouraging,  and  cimpaign 
leaders  expect  the  final  commencement 
report   to  be  very   gratifying. 

The  only  disappointment  thus  far,  ac- 
cording to  Prof.  A.  C.  Gubitz,  execu- 
tive director  of  the  drive,  has  been  in 
the  tt)tal  number  of  individual  subscrip- 
tions. 

"Something  from  all  alumni  is  greatly 
to  be  preferred  to  much  from  relatively 
few,"  Gubitz  said.  "Each  gift,  of  what- 
ever size,  is  gratefully  acknowledged  and 
permanently  recorded.  How  wonderful 
it  would  be  if  the  name  of  every  alum- 
nus could  appear  in  the  beautifully- 
bound  book  to  be  placed  in  the  Memor- 
ial Room  of  the  University  Center. 
Only  the  names,  and  not  the  amount  of 
the  gifts,  will  appear  in  this  public 
record." 

Baccalaureate 

The  traditional  Baccalaureate  Service 
will  be  held  at  10:.>(1  a.m.  Sunday,  in 
the  auditorium,  with  Dr.  Ralph  W. 
Sockman,  eminent  New  York  clergyman 
giving  the  address.  Tickets  are  not 
required. 

A  complete  schedule  of  alumni  activi- 
ties planned  for  the  significant  sesqui- 
centenniai commencement  weekend,  has 
been  announced  by  Alumni  Secretary 
Clark  E.  Williams. 

Graduation 

The  furm.d  graduation  exercises  will 
be  held  out  of  doors,  west  of  Memorial 
Auditorium,  at  2  p.m.  Sunday  after- 
noon. Benjamin  F.  Fairless,  Pittsburgh, 
president  of  the  U.  S.  Steel  Corp.,  will 
deliver  the  commencement  address.  Also 
marking  the   program  will  be   the  con- 


ferring of  .several  honorary  degrees. 

While  there  is  no  charge,  admission 
will  be  by  ticket  only.  Tickets  for  the 
guests  of  seniors  and  tor  alumni  must 
be  secured  through  the  Alumni  Office. 
Special  tickets  will  be  issued  for  use  in- 
doors in  ca.se  of  rain. 

The  Green  Adventure 

Three  performances  of  "The  Green 
Adventure,"  Charles  Allen  Smart's  his- 
horical  drama,  will  be  staged  in  the 
Little  Theatre  of  the  Speech  Building 
for  the  benefit,  primarily,  of  alumni, 
seniors,  and  senior  guests.  There  will 
be  an  evening  performance  on  Friday, 
June  11,  and  a  matinee  and  evening  per- 
formance on  Saturday,  June  12. 

Reserved  seats  will  be  $1.00  each  ,uid 
reservations  can  be  made  t»iK'  through 
the  Alumni  Office  (P.O.  Box  285  or 
telephone  MOll— Ext.  22.'^).  Any  seats 
unreserved  two  hours  before  each  per- 
formance will  be  available  to  the  gen- 
eral public  at  the  theatre  box  office. 

Golf  Tourney 

The  Sesquicentenniai  Golf  Tourna 
ment  on  Saturday  will  be  the  first  to  be 
played  over  the  new  OU  golf  course. 
Play,  starting  at  9  a.m.  or  after,  will  be 
medal  handicap.  Alumni,  seniors,  and 
faculty  members  are  eligible  to  partici- 
pate. There  will  be  an  entry  fee  ot 
$1.00,  with  all  fee  money  turned  into 
prizes.  Entries  must  be  m.ide  with  the 
tournament  manager  at  the  No.    1    tee. 

Alumni  Luncheon 

At  noon  Saturday,  the  Alumni 
Luncheon  will  be  held  in  the  ballroom 
of  the  University  Center.  Special  tables 
will  be  reserved  for  class  reunion  groups. 
President  John  C.  Baker  will  be  the 
luncheon  speaker,  and  the  Alumni  As 
.sociation's  "Certificates  of  Merit"  will 
be  awarded  at  that  time.  Reservations  at 
$1.6'  per  plate  must  be  made  in  advance 
through  the  Alumni  Office.  Alumni  may 
bring  personal  guests. 

Commencement  Supper 

The  Commencement  Su|iper  will  he 
served  at  6  p.m.   Saturd.iy   "under   the 


Elms."  The  cost  is  $1.00  per  plate,  and 
tickets  must  be  secured  or  reserved  in 
advance  at  the  Alumni  Office.  Alumni, 
seniors  and  their  guests,  and  faculty 
members  and  wives  are  eligible  to  at- 
tend this  popular  affair.  Since  an  at- 
tendance of  more  than  1 ,500  persons  is 
anticipated,  an  early  reservation  of  tick- 
ets is  suggested. 

The  Ohio  University  Gjmmencement 
B.ind  under  the  direction  of  Bandmaster 
Charles  Minelli  will  present  an  outdoor 
concert  at  6:30  p.m.  Saturday  near  the 
scene  of  the  Supper.  There  will  be  no 
charge,  with  the  general  public,  as  well 
as  all  commencement  guests,  invited. 

Piano  Concert 

Ohio  University  is  to  be  honored 
again  by  the  appearance  ot  Dr.  Ernst 
von  Dohnanyi,  world-famed  Hungarian 
composer,  conductor,  and  pianist,  who 
will  present  a  piano  concert  at  8  p.m. 
Saturday  in  Alumni  Memorial  Auditor- 
ium.    Again,  there  will  be  no  charge. 

Rooms  Available 

To  the  extent  of  their  availability, 
rooms  in  university  residence  halls  may 
be  reserved  by  alumni  for  Friday  and  or 
Saturday  nights.  The  number  of  rooms 
available  will  depend  upon  the  number 
of  undergraduates  who  leave  the  campus 
in  advance  of  commencement.  Priority 
on  rooms  will  be  given  to  members  of 
class  reunion  groups,  and  reservations 
must  be  made  in  advance  through  the 
Alumni  Office. 

The  charge  for  rooms  will  be  $1.50 
per  night  per  person.  Commencement 
officials  have  expressed  regret  that  the 
university  does  not  possess  blankets  and 
towels.  These  items,  therefore,  will 
have  to  be  furnished  by  guests,  them 
selves. 

Meals,  other  than  the  Alumni  Lunch 
eon  and  the  Commencement  Supper, 
will  be  available  to  alumni  at  Bryan  Hall 
and  the  University  Center  cafeteria  at 
the  follov.'ing  rates:  breakfast  (Sat.  and 
Sun.).  50  cents;  lunch  (Sat.).  7i  cents: 
dinner  (Sun.  noon),  $1. .'>'>.  Sunday  din- 
ner will  be  available  in  the  Center  Din- 
ing Room  at  a  slightly  higher  cost. 


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OHIO 


Volume  32, 


Number  8 
MAY,   1954 


A     L     U      M      N      U       S 

The  Magazine  of  The  Ohio  University  Alumni  Association 

Editor  Publisher 

David  N.  Keller,  '50  Clark   E.  Willl^ms.  '21 

In  This  Issue 

1  50  Years  Of  Art 6 

Envoys  Of  Education  7 

The  Dollars  And  Sense  Of  Student  Employment  10 

Philosophy  And  Culture  In  Ohio  12 

About  The  Green  14 

On  The  Alumni  Front  15 

Alumni  In  The  Armed  Forces     16 

The    Faculty       17 

It's  Hard  To  Believe  18 

Bobcat  Roundup  '^ 

Nine  New  OU  Greens  20 

Among  The  Alumni  22 

THE     COVER 

This  month  wc  are  proud  to  introduce 
the  new  Ohio  University  golf  course,  the 
first  of  its  kind  among  schools  of  the  Mid- 
American Conference.  The  three  sportsmen, 
photographed  by  Doug  Wetherholt,  '51,  how- 
ever, need  no  introduction  to  most  alumni. 
Frank  Richey,  freshman  football  coach  and 
manager  of  the  new  course,  is  set  for  a  brassie 
shot.  Rounding  out  the  threesome  are  Golf 
Coach  Kermit  Blosser  (left)  and  B.  T,  (Butch) 
Grover,  assistant  to  the  President.  The  story 
is  on  page  20. 


OFFICERS  AND  EXECUTIVE  STAFF  OF  THE  OHIO  UNIVERSITY  ALUMNI  ASS'N. 
("Member  of  the  American  Alumni  Council^ 

Russell   P.   Herrold,   '16 President 

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

Clark   E.   Williams,   '21 Sec'y  William  H.   Fenzel,   '18 Treas. 

Mkmbers-at-Larce  of  Executive  Committee 

Ralpli  W.  Bctts,  '29  Florence  Miesse  Steele,  '12 

Executive  Staff 

Clark  E.  Williams,  '21    Aluinni  Secretarv 

Martin  L.  Hecht,  '46   Associate  Secretary 

David  N.  Keller,  '.SO Editor.  The  Ohio  Alumnus 

Geraldine  C.  Hope,  '22   Stag  Secretary 

Eleanor  A.  Minister Staff  Secretary 

THE  OHIO  ALUMNUS  is  published  monthly  from  October  to  June,  inclusive,  by  The  Ohio 
University  Alumni  Association.  THE  ANNUAL  SUBSCRIPTION  RATE  of  $3.. SO  includes 
membership  in  The  Ohio  University  Alumni  Association.  Remittance  should  be  made  by  check 
or  money  order  payable  to  The  Ohio  University  Alumni  Association,  PO  Box  285,  Athens. 
Entered  as  second  class  matter,  October  3,  1923,  at  the  post  office  at  Athens,  Ohio,  under  the 
Act  of  March  3,  1879.    Printed  at  The  Lawhead  Press,  Inc.,  Athens,  Ohio. 


from  the 
Editor  s  Desk 


UNFORTUNATELY,  few  persons 
have  either  the  time  or  opportunity 
to  study  each  important  episode  of  his- 
tory as  it  flashes  past  life's  super-cinera- 
mic  screen.  Thanks  to  a  band  of  enter- 
prising publishers,  however,  we  can 
pause  now  and  then  to  absorb  the  week's 
news  in  digest  form. 

In  a  sense,  the  same  can  be  said  of 
Ohio  University's  sesquicentennial  cele- 
bration. Obviously  only  a  small  number 
of  our  alumni  actually  get  to  witness 
each  notable  portion  of  the  HOth  birth- 
day. 

But  another  group,  your  Alumni 
Executive  Committee,  has  done  a  tre- 
mendous job  of  condensing  the  celebra- 
tion into  a  visual  digest — Commence- 
ment. 

Alumni  who  return  to  the  campus 
for  the  June  12-14  Commencement 
Weekend  will  taste  a  blend  of  such  in- 
gredients as  "The  Green  Adt'enture," 
recorded  music  of  the  "American  Rhap- 
sody," a  personal  appearance  of  Ernst 
von  Dohnanyi,  presentation  of  the  Ses- 
quicentennial Scholarship  money,  an 
exhibition  of  American  art  masterpieces, 
and  the  beautiful  University  Center. 

Add  the  genuine  warmth  of  class 
reunions  and  graduation  activities,  and 
you  have  what  we  believe  will  be  a 
Commencement  Weekend  you  will  long 
remember. 

Incidentally,  the  June  issue  of  the 
Alumnus  will  be  held  up  until  after 
Commencement  in  order  to  bring  you 
immediate  coverage  of  events. 


Letters 


Page  four 


Happy   Birthday 

Ohio  University,   Happy   Birthday  to  You! 
"If  I'd  known  you  was  comin', 
I'd  a-baked  a  cake  .  .  ." 

Yes,  I  wish  I  might  have  thought  of  it, 
away  back  in  1913  when  I  first  entered 
Ohio  University,  and  perhaps  I  too  could 
have  had  some  part  in  this  1954  birthday 
celebration.  I  might  have  helped  lurnish  the 
cake. 

But  O.  U.  is  not  without  a  cake,  and  per- 
haps— only  perhaps — I  can  feel  that  I  have 
had  some  small  part  in  the  making  of  it. 
I've  been  playing  with  the  idea.  I  never  could 
have  been  one  of  the  150  candles  on  the  cake. 
Mercy,  no!  Yet  there  have  been,  I  am  sure, 
150  and  more  shining  lights,  products  of  Ohio 
University.  They  can  be  the  candles.  Step 
up,  folks.  The  honor  is  all  yours. 

But  no  birthday  cake  is  candles  alone. 
There  must  be  flour.  Let's  see.  The  bulk  of 
us  have  been  average,  run-of-the-mill.  Let  us 
be    the    Hour.    And    we    might    include    those 

The     Ohio    Alumnus 


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wlui  cm  he  termed  "pretty  fine  clay."  Tluis 
tlie  first  ingredient  is  taken  care  of. 

For  leavcninK,  we'll  have  those  who  have 
Konc  out  from  Ohio  University  to  hcconie 
teachers,  or  ministers  perhaps.  Lifters,  not 
leaners.  There  have  hccn  "yood  e^Ks"  a- 
monR  the  Kfi'ds  we'll  use  those:  and  sonic 
who  could  he  classed  as  "the  salt  of  the 
earth,"  others  in  whom  there  is  much  of 
the  "milk  of  human  kindness":  and  for 
-wcetncss  I'd  name  all  );ood  mothers.  Then 
let  us  take  those  with  wit  enough  to  fvirnish 
ihc  "spice  of  life."  thus  to  add  flavor  to  tlie 
whole.  Shortening,  did  .someone  say?  The 
"cream  of  the  crop"  will  do. 

Yes.  Ohio  University  today  has  a  corKcous 
birthday  cake,  and  you  and  I,  fellow  cradu- 
,ites.  former  and  present  student  body,  and 
hard-working  faculty  have  all  helped  furnish 
the  cake.  Step  up.  you  l.'^O  most  hrilliant  and 
-uccessful  of  Ohio  University's  sons  and 
daughters,  it  is  for  you  to  be  the  candles 
on  our  cake. 

Happy    Birthday   to   you.    Ohio    University! 

LuciLi-   Naylor.   "il 

McConnelsvillc 


Sesquicenfennialist 

I  will  prob.ibly  be  one  of  the  few  born 
.ind  bred,  dyed  in  the  wool  Sesquicentcn- 
niahsts  at  the  coinmencenient.  Thomas  Ewing 
was  my  t;rcat  Uncle.  My  home  north  of 
.^mesville  overlooked  the  Manas.seh  Cutler 
Bottoms,  and  on  my  vmy  to  the  Federal 
('reek  School  I  pa.ssed  a  few  old  lo^s.  the 
remains  of  the  first  lop  cabin  the  settlers 
ever  built.  The  first  $1.7.^^  I  ever  made  in 
one  day  was  for  cutting  corn  on  the  Cutler 
Bottoms  from  4  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  at  12'A 
cents  per  hour,  but  I  Rot  four  meals  that  to- 
day (if  you  ate  as  nuich  and  as  well)  would 
cost    you    Si:..';!). 

My  creat  grandfather  helped  catch  the 
lur  that  bought  the  Coonskin  Library  which 
was  less  than  a  mile  from  my  home.  Mrs. 
.'Knna  Brown  was  the  librarian,  bcinj;  the 
only  one  in  the  township  with  the  equivalent 
ol  an  eighth  grade  education.  Anna  started 
mc  in  business  by  buying  the  first  copy  of 
A   Practical   Book  For  Practical   People." 

When  I  was  seven  my  father  and  mother 
took  mc  to  Athens  and  we  hitched  the  team 
to  the  hitching  rail  that  ran  the  entire 
length  of  the  north  side  of  the  campus.  We 
ate  our  lunch  under  the  McGufTey  Elms 
that  were  then  not  very  large.  I  asked  my 
father  what  the  big  buildings  were  and  he 
said  they__werc  a  college.  I  asked,  "What  i- 
a  college,"  and  he  said  "a  place  where  people 
who  do  not  know  much  go  to  learn  a  lot 
of  things  that  they  can   never  use." 

Seven  years  later  I  had  saved  up  a  dollar 
catching  and  selling  rabbits  at  6'/2  cents  a- 
piccc,  and  decided  I  must  have  a  felt  hat 
My  uncle  loaned  me  his  Texas  pony  and  Old 
Sammy  Sommer  sold  me  a  slightly  moth-eaten 
black  hat  for  my  dollar.  He  said  no  one 
would  ever  notice  the  moth  holes,  and  they 
probably  never  did,  at  least  they  never  men- 
tioned it  to  me. 

As  I  got  on  the  pony  the  string  broke 
and  scared  him,  and  I  dropped  the  hat 
and  he  started  north  on  Main  Street.  With  a 
do:en  college  boys  yelling,  we  made  a  record 
no  Paul  Revere  or  Phil  Sheridan  ever 
equalled,  and  when  we  got  to  the  shale  bank 
Jack  (the  horse)  went  one  way  and  I  went 
the  other.  The  old  blacksmith  caught  the 
pony  and  after  I  dared  the  town  marshal  to 
ride  Jack  I  sold  the  hat  to  a  student  (the 
moth  holes  were  hidden  by  mud)  I  mounted 
the  horse  and  we  were  soon  back  in  Ames- 
ville. 

Three  years  after  that  I  walked  into  Pro- 
fessor Dunkle's  office  with  three  silver  dol- 
lars, and  I  was  in  college. 


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Commciiccnu'iU  this  yc.ir  will  lie  licid  on  June  12  .iiid  I.^.  Wc  h.ivc 
been  iinnoiincin!.;  this  in  many  ways  for  months  ,ind  hope  th.it  you  know 
.ibout  it  and  have  reserved  these  two  days  for  a  visit  to  Athens. 

Our  Sesquicentennial  year  is  now  in  full  swing.  Founders  Day,  February 
IS.  the  time  we  had  our  "family  p.irty."  was  most  successful.  The  many 
events  since  then,  ran<j;ini;  ,ill  the  w.iy  from  J-Prom  and  the  Sesquicentennial 
Band  Concert  to  Science  Day  and  professional  meetings,  have  been  enjoyed 
by  many.  Commencement,  by  far  the  most  important  event  planned  for  this 
year,  is  only  ,i  tew  weeks  away,  and  we  expect  more  .ilumni  than  ever  before 
to  return  for  tlie  festivities. 

Commeneement  alw.iys  means  a  i;re.it  deal  to  students,  |iarents.  ,ind 
.ikniini.  but  this  year's  program  is  of  even  greater  sitjnitic.uiee  th.in  usual. 
It  IS  the  time  when  )'ou  can  meet  old  friends,  make  new  ones,  see  CMiio 
l-'niversity  ,is  it  is  today,  and  ,ilso  help  us  all  express  our  .i|ipreeiation  for 
this  University  and  what  it  has  meant  to  thousands  and  thousands  of  students 
throughout  the  nfl  years  of  its  history.  The  role  of  universities  in  the  lives 
of  individuals  ,nid  the  N.ition  has  been  far  greater  than  will  ever  be  known. 
This  is  particularly  true  of  Ohio  University. 

Please  accept  this  invitation  to  come  and  help  us  make  June  12  ,ind  I.^ 
an  historic  occasion. 

Sincerely  yours, 


.  /cOaJu^ 


President,  Ohio  L'niversitx 


After  one  term  I  taught  school  until  '96. 
On  AuKU,st  26,  1898.  from  8  a.m.  until 
4  p.m.  I  was  president,  pro  teni.  of  Ohio 
University.  That  is.  Dr.  Crooks  asked  me  to 
look  after  his  office  while  he  was  away  mak- 
ing a  speech. 

Nothing  much  happened  that  day  until 
3:15,  when  I  looked  down  center  walk  and 
saw  two  of  my  Sunday  School  girls  coming 
along  with  a  beautiful  young  lady  between 
them.  They  introduced  her  as  Minnie  Ray- 
mond    Poole,     elocution     teacher     from     Co- 


lumbus, and  she  asked  lor  a  catalog,  as  she 
was  thinking  of  doing  some  advanced  work. 
Our  Teachers  Institute  was  giving  an  en- 
tertainment that  night  so  I  talked  her  into 
staying  over  and  helping  out.  Well,  I  took 
her  to  the  "Berry"  and  to  the  meeting,  and 
to  the  station  the  next  morning,  and  it  didn't 
end  for  ,S3  years.  She  always  said  she  went 
for  a  catalog  and  got  a  husband.  It  was  the 
best  day  in  my  life. 

G.  .A.  Bennett.  '99 
Columbus 


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15D  Years  Df  Art 


FIFTY  of  the  most  famous  painters 
in  American  Art  from  1804  to  1954 
provide  the  theme  of  a  Sesquicentennial 
Art  Exhibition  in  the  Edwin  Watts 
Chuhh  Library  Art  Gallery  from  May 
1  to  June  n.  Each  painter  is  represent- 
ed in  the  exhibition  by  a  top  quality 
work  selected  from  more  than  30  major 
,irt  museums  and  galleries  over  the  na 


The  display  offers  the  rare  opportun- 
ity to  see  a  range  and  quality  of  Ameri- 
can masterpieces  seldom  concentrated  in 
one  show.  From  Gilbert  Stuart's  "Por- 
trait of  George  Washington,"  loaned  by 
The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  New 
York,  to  Andrew  Wyeth's  "The  Trod- 
den Weed,""  the  chronological   develop- 


"LABYRYNTH"   an   abstract  tempera   by  Ben  Shah,  is  one  o(  50  works  o(  fannous   painters  appearing 

in   the   Ohio    University   Sesquicentennial   Art   Exhibition.     The   painting   was  loaned   by  The   Downtown 

Gallery,  New  York  City. 


ment  of  American  painting  unfolds  and 
reveals  its  cultural  heritage. 

Such  famous  paintings  as  Winslow 
Homer's  "West  Wind"  which  is  rarely 
let  out  on  loan  from  the  Addison  Gallery 
of  American  Art,  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts; Caleb  Bingham's  "Daniel  Boone 
Coming  Through  the  Cumberland 
Gap,"  loaned  by  Washington  Univer- 
sity; John  Sloan's  noted  "McSorley's 
Bar,"  from  the  Detroit  Institute  of 
Arts;  and  George  Bellow's  "Aunt  Fan- 
ny," from  the  Des  Moines  Art  Center, 
are  among  those  shown. 

The  show,  one  of  the  top  flight  art 
exhibitions  to  be  shown  in  the  Midwest 
in  19'i4,  was  formed  by  a  committee 
headed  by  Dwight  Mutchler,  a  member 
of  the  College  of  Fine  Arts  faculty.  It 
involved  more  than  a  year's  work  in 
selecting  art  from  noted  collections  and 
making  necessary  arrangements  with 
museums  and  galleries. 

A  32  page  catalog  has  been  printed 
and  is  available  at  the  gallery,  or  on 
order  from  the  College  of  Fine  Arts, 
for  .i5  cents  plus  10  cents  mailing 
charge. 

In  the  forcward  of  the  catalog  Mr. 
Mutchler  writes:  "Art  assumes  an  ever- 
growing importance  in  the  everyday  life 
of  all  Americans.  Wide  interest  in  art, 
books,  publications  and  other  art  com- 
munications is  evidence  of  its  popular 
influence.  Many  universities  and  col- 
leges have  recently  expanded  teaching 
facilities  in  this  field  to  accommodate 
students  who  wish  to  make  a  more 
thorough  fine  arts  study,  the  core  of 
their  liberal  arts  education. 

"The  broad  stream  of  art  flowing 
through  our  social  relations  springs 
mostly  from  the  pure  art  of  painting. 
All  Americans  see  color  reproductions 
of  paintings  which,  at  best,  can  only 
hint  at  the  private  world  within  the 
paintings.  Too  few  have  easy  access 
to  make  personal  contact  with  the  rich- 
ness that  can  be  expressed  in  no  other 
way  than  by  the  original  terms  of  the 
painter's  brush. 

"If  the  visitor  to  our  exhibition  finds 
this  intimate  privilege  enlarged  by  the 
scope  of  American  painting  selected 
from  many  major  collections,  one  may 
also  be  stimulated  by  the  reality  that 
each  painting  is  a  record  from  the  most 
secret  self  of  a  man  or  woman  who 
found  an  excitement  ...  a  song  .  .  . 
an  exultation  in  the  face  of  a  fcllowman 
or  the  home  environment. 

"Aside  from  any  strictly  aesthetical 
evaluation  of  the  collection,  it  is,  as 
significant  painting  always  is,  a  tie  of 
cohesive  sentiment  that  binds  together 
free  people  and  shows  them  that  'the 
things  men  have  in  common  are  greater 
than  the  things  that  separate  them.'  " 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


Envoys  of  Education 


23  counties  of  Ohio  have 
OU  classroom  work,  thanks 
to  a  University  Extension  pro- 
gram. Students  in  many  other 
parts  of  the  world  learn  by 
Correspondence. 


Pholoi^raphs  by  Doug  VX'fllierliolt 


EVERY  SEMESTER  scores  of  stu- 
dents receive  scholastic  credit  from 
Ohio  University  without  stepping  foot 
on  the  campus.  Some  of  them  are  as 
many  as  .lOOO  miles  from  Athens.  A 
few  are  students  at  other  universities. 
Many  have  never  even  seen  a  McGuffey 
Elm. 

No,  it's  not  done  with  mirrors  nor 
through  a  scries  of  mystic  seances.  It 
is  the  result  of  n  well  organized  and 
expertly  handled  University  Extension 
Division,  headed  for  the  .past  17  years 
by  Prof.  J.  Floyd  Dixon. 

The  Extension  Division,  which  now 
includes  Correspondence  as  well  as  off- 
c.impus  ciafs  service,  has  been  in  opera- 
tion since  1910.  Through  the  efforts  of 


its  staff,  hundreds  of  students  have  been 
able  to  receive  credit  to  complete  inter- 
rupted work  toward  degrees. 

But  becau.se  it  is  not  the  policy  of  the 
Extension  Division  to  campaign  for 
notoriety,  it  is  one  of  the  real  unsung 
lieros  of  the  university. 

For  instance,  during  the  past  year, 
.iSOO  enrollments  have  been  accepted 
through  the  division.  Of  these,  700  have 
been  through  off-campus  class  work  and 
2800  through  correspondence.  The  total 
includes  credit  to  resident  .students  who 
have,  for  various  rea.<on.  added  corres- 
pondence work  to  their  regular  class- 
room studies. 

All  during  the  year  assignment  sheets. 
te<t    papers,    and    progress    reports    pass 


back  and  forth  between  OU  and  points 
as  far  west  as  Korea.  Last  year  alone 
more  than  100,000  letters,  postal  cards, 
and  books  were  handled  by  the  Exten- 
sion Division  staff. 

Servicemen  who  liave  seen  their  col- 
lege educations  interrupted  are  able  to 
continue  their  studies  while  on  active 
duty.  Teachers  with  temporary  and  two- 
year  certificates  can  complete  their  work 
toward  a  degree.  Students  of  other  uni- 
versities who  find  themselves  unable  to 
get  a  required  course  in  a  .semester  can 
study  it  through  the  OU  Extension 
Division. 

To  those  persons,  the  Extension  and 

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M  \  Y 


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HANDLING    MAIL   is   a    major   job   In    the    processing   of  work    by  Correspondence    students.   About 

350   separate   pieces   of  correspondence   go   in   or   out  of  the  office   during   on   overage  working   day. 

That   means   a    lot   of   typing,   filing,    oddressing,   and    reading    for    (    I    to   r)    Betty   Stiles,    '48,   Jackie 

Blower,  '52,  Shirley  McGee,  Mary  Chapman,  '36,  and   Barbara  Henry,  '53. 


Correspondence  office  in  Wilson  Hall 
is  a  stile  over  obstructions  to  their 
educations. 

Although  similar  in  their  objectives, 
extension  class  work  and  correspondence 
are  vastly  different  in  structure. 

Extension  Class  Work 

Group  extension  teaching  was  begun 
at  Ohio  University  in  1910.  In  the 
autumn  of  that  year  Dr.  C.  L.  Martsolff 
went  to  Logan  and  organized  a  class  of 
12  students.  About  the  same  time  other 
groups  were  formed  in  Nelsonville  and 
Pomeroy  and  were  taught  by  other  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty. 

Since  then  the  division  has  grown  to 
include  18  other  cities  in  Ohio.  No  ex- 
tension courses  are  offered  in  Ports- 
mouth, Zanesville,  or  Chillicothe  because 
of  the  OU  branches  there. 

Extension  classes  are  set  up  by  the 
university  when  a  sizable  group  is  or- 
ganized in  a  city,  the  minimum  size  of 
the  class  depending  on  the  distance 
from  the  campus.  The  area  is  limited  be- 
cause instructors  from  OU  commute  to 
the  classes. 

As  soon  as  the  participating  group 
selects  a  subject,  an  instructor  is  as- 
signed. Classes  usually  start  at  the  be- 
ginning of  a  semester. 

Extension  class  students  who  are 
residents  of  Ohio  are  charged  a  mini- 
mum fee  of  seven  dollars  a  semester 
hour.  Non-residents  pay  an  eight-dollar 
minimum. 

One  night  each  week  the  instructor 
travels  to  the  city  where  his  extension 
class  meets.  The  length  of  this  weekly 
meeting  depends  upon  the  amount  of 
credit  allowed  for  the  course.  An  under- 
graduate student  who  is  employed  full 
time  may  take  a  maximum  of  six  hours 


a  semester  in  extension  classes,  or  in 
combination  with  correspondence  study. 

If  students  meet  the  admission  re- 
quirements of  the  Graduate  College  they 
can  even  set  up  a  class  for  graduate 
work.  Two  such  classes  are  now  being 
conducted  at  Belpre,  Ohio  where  ^4 
engineers  from  industry  are  studying 
toward  masters  degrees. 

One  of  the  classes  there,  conducted 
by  Prof.  George  F.  Davis,  has  28  mem- 
bers studying  Administration  of  Per- 
sonnel. The  other,  a  course  in  Human 
Relations  by  Prof.  Gaige  B.  Paulsen,  is 
attended  by  26  men.  Both  classes  are  the 
outgrowth  of  an  idea  presented  by  Dr. 
E.  T.  Hellebrandt,  professor  of  eco- 
nomics and  management,  who  is  one  of 
75  members  of  the  OU  staff  partici- 
pating in  the  Extension  and  Corres- 
pondence program. 

Extension  study  has  in  the  past  ap- 
pealed especially  to  teachers,  business 
men  and  women,  ministers,  social  wor- 
kers, and  others  who  wish  to  engage  in 
systematic  study  during  their  leisure 
hours. 

Correspondence 

Most  of  the  departments  of  instruc- 
tion at  OU  offer  correspondence  courses. 
These  courses  parallel  residence  work  as 
far  as  the  nature  of  the  subject  will 
permit.  They  bear  the  same  course  num- 
bers and  are  taught  by  the  instructors 
who  offer  the  courses  on  the  campus.  In 
correspondence  study,  however,  all 
phases  of  teacher-student  relations  are 
conducted  via  mail. 

There  are  three  subdivisions  of  the 
correspondence  study:  (1)  courses  for 
veterans  under  the  GI  Bill.  (2)  United 
States  Armed  Forces  Institute,  and  (}) 
civilian  instruction. 


The  first  of  these  has  been  decreasing 
in  volume  during  the  past  two  years, 
and  for  a  very  good  reason.  At  present 
Ohio  University  has  NO  contract  to 
instruct  Korean  veterans  through  cor- 
respondence.  And  the  number  of  veter- 
ans studying  under  the  GI  Bill  from 
World  War  II  has  dwindled  to  25. 

According  to  the  present  bill  for 
K(irean  veterans,  the  student  cannot 
h<ive  a  combined  program  of  residence 
,ind  correspondence.  Neither  can  he 
make  more  than  one  shift  from  one  type 
t"  the  other.  _ 

In  other  words,  should  sucli  ,i  stu-  ^ 
dent  attend  a  university,  he  could  never 
enroll  in  a  course  through  correspon- 
dence without  losing  veterans  rights  for 
further  study  in  the  classroom.  Similarly, 
if  he  should  begin  with  correspondence 
instruction  and  then  move  to  the  campus 
to  continue  his  studies,  he  would  auto- 
matically become  ineligible  for  further 
correspondence  credit. 

There  is  evidence  to  indicate  a  forth- 
coming change  in  the  Korean  GI  Bill, 
but  Ohio  University  authorities  have 
deemed  it  unwise  to  accept  a  contract 
under  the  present  plan.  Such  a  move, 
they  contend,  would  place  the  veterans" 
benefits  in  great  jeopardy. 

The  United  States  Armed  Forces 
Institute,  commonly  referred  to  as 
USAFI,  is  familiar  to  most  GI's,  present 
and  past. 

USAFI,  with  its  headquarters  in 
Madison,  Wisconsin,  offers  correspond- 
ence to  members  of  the  U.  S.  Armed 
Forces  throughout  the  world.  Any 
serviceman  who  desires  advanced  study 
can  enroll  either  for  college  credit  or 
non-credit  courses. 

If  he  chooses  to  work  toward  college 
credit,  the  GI  is  referred  to  one  of 
many  participating  colleges  and  univer- 
sities in  this  country.  And  he  is  allowed 
to  select  the  institution  of  his  choice. 

As  one  of  the  universities  cooperating 
with  the  USAFI  program,  Ohio  Uni- 
versity now  has  a  total  GI  enrollment  of 
about  800. 

When  a  serviceman  chooses  OU  as 
his  correspondence  alma  mater,  he  works 
directly  through  the  OU  Extension  Divi- 
sion. He  is  enrolled  through  the  univer- 
sity registrar's  office  just  like  students  on 
the  campus,  or  others  taking  extension 
class  and  correspondence  work.  His 
grades  go  on  his  records  the  same  as 
if  he  were  on  campus. 

Correspondence  students  who  are  not 
in  the  Armed  Forces  or  eligible  for  the 
GI  Bill  benefits  pay  fees  of  $7.5f)  per 
semester  hour  if  residents  of  Ohio  and 
$8.50  if  non-residents.  Otherwise  their 
program  is  no  different  from  the  other 
two. 

In  New  Philadelphia  something  new 
in  the  way  of  OU  correspondence  study 
has  been   started.   At   a   manufacturing 


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The     Ohio    Alumnu.s 


July  Retirement  Concludes  50-Year  Career  Of   Prof.  J.   Floyd   Dixon 


PROF.  J.  FLOYD  DIXON,  director 
lit  Oliii)  University's  Extension  Di- 
vision since  ly.iS.  will  conclude  a  color- 
ful c.ireer  ot  ^0  years  as  an  educator 
when  he  retires  July  1,  1954.  Twenty- 
tour  ot  tho.se  years  have  heen  at  OU. 

The  amiable  director,  who  is  also  an 
.i,S!;ociate  professor  of  education,  can 
look  back  over  half  a  century  of  teach- 
ing; that  started  even  b.-fore  he  had  com- 
pleted high  school. 

In  IVtK^,  shortly  before  his  .sixteenth 
birthday,  young  Floyd  Dixon  passed  the 
county  teacher's  examination  and  beg.in 
te.iching  in  Oak  Grove  School,  J.ickson 
County.     His  yearly  salary  was  SKSO. 

While  teaching,  however,  he  was  al.so 
studying,  and  by  191. >  he  had  worked 
out  most  of  his  college  entrance  require- 
ments at  the  Ohio  University  Prepara- 
tory School  in  Athens.  The  remaining 
requirements  were  satisfied  by  examina- 
tion, and  the  young  educator  entered 
(XI. 

Through  summer  sessions  and  exten- 
sion classes  Di.xon  completed  four  se- 
mesters at  OU  and  then  transferred  to 
Rio  Grande  QiUege  where  he  received 
,in  A.B.  Degree  in  June,  1924.  Mean- 
while, still  combining  teaching  and 
learning,  he  had  served  as  principal  of 
schools  in  Gallia  and  Pike  Counties, 
teacher  and  principal  at  Wellston,  as- 
sistant superintendent  ,ind  later  super- 
intendent of  Jack.^on  County  Schools, 
.iiid  princip.il  of  Marion  Avenue  School 
in  M.instield. 

After  graduation  from  Rio  Grande 
Profe.s.sor  Dixon  was  named  superinten- 
dent of  the  Worthington  Village 
Schools.      Bec.iuse   of   his   proximity    to 


PROF.    J.    FLOYD    DIXON    dictotes    one    of    tlie    thousands    of    personal    letters    he    has    sent    to    off- 
campus   students   during    his    17   years   as   director  of  OU's   Extension   Division.    The   secretary  is   Betty 

Stiles. 


Columbus,  he  was  able  to  continue  his 
studies,  this  time  at  Ohio  State.  In  1929 
he  was  awarded  an  M.A.  Degree  from 
that  university  and  immediately  started 
working  on  a  Ph.D. 

Before  leaving  Worthington  he  had 
tinished  the  required  course  work  for  a 
doctorate,  and  passed  the  necessary  lan- 
guage proficiency  tests,  but  did  not  go 
ahead  with  the  other  requirements  of  a 
comprehensive  examination  and  a  dis- 
.sertation. 

In  1929  Professor  Dixon  came  to 
Ohio  University  as  an  associate  pro- 
fessor of  education,  most  of  his  teaching 
being  in  the  extension  field.  His  teaching 
duties  continued  on  a  part-time  basis 
after  1938  when  he  became  OU's  sixth 


director  of  the  Extension  Division. 

Preceding  him  had  been  S.  H.  Bing, 
George  Crow,  R.  L.  Morton,  John  J. 
Richeson,  and  William  Estes  McVey. 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Dixon  have  been 
married  for  46  years  and  have  four 
daughters,  all  of  them  college  graduates. 
Margaret  (Mrs.  Robert  C.  Hockett, 
Larchmont,  N.  Y.)  is  a  graduate  of 
George  Washington  University.  Eliza- 
beth (Mrs.  A.  N.  Watson,  Qilumbus) 
has  two  bachelors  degrees  from  Ohio 
State. 

The  two  youngest  daughters  are 
graduates  of  Ohio  University.  They  are 
Ruth,  '38  (Mrs.  Charles  Blaine,  Lan- 
caster) and  Lois,  "48  (Mrs.  Fred  Ro.«ser, 
Mansfield) . 


pi, Hit  in  th.it  city  1.^  employees  have 
organized  a  class  in  Principles  of  Eco- 
nomics. Each  week  the  class  meets,  with 
a  company  official  providing  .supervision. 

By  di,scussing  a.ssignments  mailed  to 
them  from  OU  Professor  Fred  Picard. 
the  group  is  able  to  add  the  benefits  of 
classroom  participation  to  their  corres- 
pondence study.  They  take  examinations 
in  the  classroom  too,  sending  them  into 
Professor  Picard  through  regular  cor- 
respondence channels. 

The  distance  from  Ohio  University  to 
New  Philadelphia  makes  the  organ- 
ization of  an  extension  class  impractical. 

The  benefits  from  correspondence  and 
extension  class  efforts  are  widespread.  As 
many  as  41)  hours,  or  approximately  one- 
third  of  the  number  required  for  a 
bachelors  degree,  can  be   taken   through 


correspondence,  extension  classes,  or  a 
combination  of  both. 

Six  of  the  32  hours  needed  for  a 
masters  degree  can  be  added  through 
extension  classes,  although  no  graduate 
credit  can  be  granted  through  corres- 
pondence. A  student  can  start  with 
correspondence  and  later  transfer  to  the 
university  without  loss  of  credit.  Or  he 
can  supplement  residence  work  through 
correspondence  and  extension  classes. 

High  .school  credit  can  also  be  earned 
through  correspondence. 

Although  many  organizations  and  in- 
stitutions offer  correspondence  work, 
Ohio  University  is  the  only  university  in 
Ohio  with  a  correspondence  department. 
It  is  considered  a  service  to  tho.'se  who 
desire  knowledge,  and  no  actual  recruit- 
ing program   is  carried  out.   Yet,   there 


are  requests  every  day  from  prospective 
students  who  have  heard  about  the 
program. 

Each  request  is  given  careful  con- 
sideration and  then  processed  by  Profes- 
sor Dixon  and  his  staff  of  five  women, 
headed  by  Secretary  Mary  Chapman, 
"36.  who  has  been  on  the  Extension  Divi- 
sion staff  fourteen  years.  Other  members 
are  Betty  Stiles.  "48,  Mrs.  Ted  P.  Blower 
(Jackie  Deem,  "^2),  Mrs.  David  Henrj- 
(Barbara  Armstrong,  "^3),  and  Shirley 
McGee. 

In  1931  Ohio  University  was  admitted 
to  membership  in  the  National  Uni- 
versity Extension  Association.  This  asso- 
ciation, made  up  of  more  than  80  recog- 
nized colleges  and  universities  with  ex- 
tension divisions,  upholds  strict  standards 
for  admission. 


M  w 


Page  nine 


The  Dollars  and  Sense 
Of  Student  Employment 


^ 


The  OU  working  student 
is  above  campus  aver- 
age in  grades;  activities 


Photographs  bv  George  West 


PIZZA 
ing    d 


I 


By  Dick  Goodnck,  '54 

PIZZA  MAKERS,  baby  sitters,  dish 
washers,  ehautfeurs,  typists,  and 
janitors  will  be  among  those  gradu- 
ated from  Ohio  University  in  June. 
These  potential  graduates  are  literally 
sv/?atini'  out  their  tour  years  ot 
eo'lege.' 

Ho'-.ever.  their  perspiration  stems 
not  so  much  from  struggling  with  les- 
sons as  it  does  from  the  part-time  jobs 
that  make  their  eollege  edueations 
possible. 

It's  hard  to  imagine  that  in  this  un- 
s:ttled  world  of  spiralling  wages  more 
than  700  OU  students  are  working  their 
way  through  eollege.  These  students  are 
working  for  a  fraction  of  what  they 
might  make  elsewhere  so  that  they  can 
improve  their  chances  for  a  better  life. 

That's  the  story  at  OU  where  almost 
20  per  cent  of  the  students  have  part- 
time  jobs.  These  students,  136  girls  and 
604  boys,  earn  anywhere  from  2i  to 
100  per  cent  of  their  college  expenses. 

President  John  C.  Baker  sees  the  situ- 
ation ,it  OU  .IS  indicative  of  what  is  to 
come  in  American  institutions  of  higher 
education.  Dr.  Baker  predicts,  "The  day 
is  coming  in  this  country  v^'hen  every 
worthy  student  will  have  the  opportunity 
of  attending  college.  I  believe  this  will  be 
made  possible  by  means  of  scholarships, 
loans,  part-time  jobs,  and  in  other  ways." 

An  analyses  of  the  working  picture  at 
OU  shows  that  the  greatest  number  of 
students  are  employed  by  the  university. 

Two  hours  and  H  minutes  a  day  as  a 

Till      Ohio     A  i.  n  m  n  u  ,s 


•Bi 


BASKETBALL    STAR    Jim    Belts 

MARRIED       STUDENT       Don 

works     15    hours    each    week    in 

Flowers    works    afternoons    and 

a     dormitory     cateterio.     hcods 

weekends     as     a     jonitor's     as- 

several    campus    organiiatior)S, 

sistant.     Wife      Alma      relievos 

maintains    a     3.5     grade    aver- 

the   strain    of    studies    by    serv- 

age. 

ing     coffee. 

dish  washer,  waiter,  hostess,  casliicr,  or 
cook's  liclper  will  pay  the  hoard  hill  ot 
$.>()6  a  school  year. 

L'tilizin.s:  that  method  of  pa>-mciit  .iro 
4.^.'^  students,  70  of  them  i^irls.  The 
breakdown  on  the  halls  and  the  number 
of  students  working  in  them  shows: 
B,iyd,  2.^:  Bryan,  45;  Edge  Hill,  72; 
Howard.  '>4;  Lindlcy,  60;  Center  Cafe- 
teria, S9;  Center  Snack  Bar.  Tv" ;  and 
Scott,  57. 

In  addition,  the  university  has  placed 
an  estimated  120  students  in  jobs  such 
as  baby  sitters,  truck  drivers,  pin  boys, 
janitors,  laborers,  and  office  help.  Thc 
pay  scales  on  these  jobs  range  from  5(i 
cents  to  one  dollar  an  hour. 

Another  116  students  find  work  in 
the  boarding  clubs  of  the  various  .sorori- 
ties and  fr.iternities  around  campus. 
Clerking,  w.iiting  tables,  and  doing  odd 
lobs  in  the  various  business  establish- 
ments in  town  are  another  6.^  students, 
2y  of  them  girls. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  these 
students  who  work  from  one  to  four 
hours  a  day  have  been  able  to  maintain 
a  grade  average  that  is  above  the  all 
c.impus  average.  In  addition  to  being  a 
better-than-average  student,  the  working 
jioy  or  girl  at  OU  has  become  an  active 
citizen  in  university  life. 

Illustrating  the  point  ot  a  working 
student  and  busy  campus  citizen  are: 

jIM  BETTS,  2I'year-old  senior  com- 
merce major  from  East  Liverpool.  Even 
thougli  he  doubles  for  1  5  hours  a  week  as 
a  member  of  the  dish  crew  and  counter 
crew  at  the  Edge  Hill  Cafeteria,  Jim  has 
pl.iyed  three  years  of  varsity  basketball, 
captained  last  season's  cage  team,  served 
as  president  of  ODK,  senior  class,  and 
Varsity  O,  and  has  been  active  in  stu- 
dent council,  J  Club  and  Phi  Eta  Sigma. 
Jim's  accumulative  grade  average  is  .v54. 

RITA  MARTIN,  20-ycar-old  senior 


journalism  student  from  Dayton.  Her 
job  as  student  dietitian  at  the  C-enter 
Cafeteria  takes  15-20  hours  a  week  and 
yet  she  has  served  as  treasurer  of  Wom- 
en's League  and  as  a  sub-chairman  of 
Greek  Week.  Rita  is  active  in  Thcta 
Sigma  Phi,  Chimes,  and  Sigma  Kappa. 
Her  grades  total  2.9. 

DOMINIC  MUSITANO,  20-year- 
old  junior  majoring  in  government,  from 
Campbell.  To  a  working  load  as  dish 
room  supervisor  at  Lindlcy  Hall,  Dom 
has  added  the  job  of  pizz.i  maker  and 
part-time  manager  in  a  local  restaurant 
to  increase  his  work  week  to  40  hours. 
Despite  this  load,  which  is  equivalent  to 
a  full-time  job,  he  has  been  .ictive  in 
IPC,  Student  Council,  MUPB,  J  Club, 
and  Men's  Disciplinary  Board,  plus 
serving    as   chairman    of   Greek    Week. 

DICK  McQUILLIN,  a  21  year  old 
junior    education    major    from    Toledo, 


Dic\  Goodrich,,  liulhor  of  this  interest- 
ing study  of  student  jobs,  ^iioiy.s-  uifiat 
It  is  hl[e  to  worh  his  way  through 
coWege.  A  member  of  the  June  gradu- 
ating class,  Dic\  has  paid  his  way  since 
he  was  a  freshman,  sometimes  holding 
tiou'n  as  many  as  three  jobs  at  one  time. 
At  present  he  is  a  niglit  grillman  at  an 
At/ien.'i  Re.'^taiirant.  and  a  di.su'as/icr- 
u'aiter-biitclier  at  a  boarding  eiub.  Yet 
his  four-year  acliiitv  record  include.* 
sports  editor  and  later  editor  of  the 
OU  Post,  ;  Club.  ODK,  Student  Council, 
East  Green  Council,  dorm  coun.velor. 
president  of  Sigma  Delta  Chi  and  the 
Ohio  College  Neu'spaper  Association, 
sport.s  caster  for  WOVI.  and  sesqui- 
centennial  committee  member.  His  grade 
average  of  2.5  tops  the  all-campiw 
average. 


Serving  1 5  hours  a  week  as  a  counter 
m:in  at  Scott  Quad  has  not  stopped  Dick 
from  acting  as  the  student  chairman  of 
the  OU  Center  Program  Board,  vice- 
president  of  the  Men's  Glee  Club,  and 
chairman  of  the  record  breaking  '5.i 
Campus  Chest  Drive.  Dick  is  also  very 
active  in  Student  Council,  Blue  Key,  J 
(vlub,  ,ind  ODK.  His  grades  average 
2,6, 

Regulating  the  working  scene  at 
OU  is  the  office  of  the  Student  Financial 
Aids,  directed  by  Ed  Sudnick.  A  former 
working  student  himself,  Ed  attempts  to 
coordinate  the  labor  supply  with  the  de- 
mand for  student  employees  on  the  basis 
of  need  and  ability. 

Ed  takes  a  real  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  the  working  student.  Later  this  term 
he  plans  to  re-interview  all  of  the  stu- 
dents whom  he  has  placed  in  part-time 
jobs  so  that  he  may  better  understand 
the  picture  of  the  working  student 
.It  OV. 


May.      1954 


Page  eleven 


Philosophy  And  Culture  In  Ohio 


By  Dr.  W.  S.  Gamertsfelder 


THE  IMMIGRANTS  to  the  Ohio 
country  laid  the  foundations  for 
the  rich  economic  and  commercial  life 
of  the  state.  But  they  also  laid  the 
groundwork  for  the  highly  varied  and 
valued  educational  program.  If  the  di- 
mensions of  a  culture  are  expressed  in 
the  values  it  seeks;  if  the  culture  of  a 
people  may  be  measured  by  the  kind  of 
intellectual  and  spiritual  climate  which 
it  creates  and  with  which  it  proposes  to 
face  the  problems  of  life,  then  the  Ohio 
pioneers  are  to  be  respected  and  honored 
for  the  energy,  insight  and  foresight 
they  exercised  in  regard  to  education. 

The  act  of  the  State  Legislature  which 
established  Ohio  University  in  1804 
changed  the  name  of  The  American 
Western  University  to  Ohio  University 
and  defined  the  aim  of  the  institution 
to  be  "the  instruction  of  youth  in  all 
the  various  branches  of  the  liberal  arts 
and  sciences,  the  promotion  of  good 
education,  religion  and  morality,  and 
conferring  all  the  degrees  and  literary 
honors  granted  in  similar  institutions." 

The  first  constitution  of  Ohio,  having 
reaffirmed  the  Bill  of  Rights  in  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  went  on 
to  assert  that  "religion,  morality  and 
knowledge"  are  essential  to  good  govern- 
ment and  the  happiness  of  mankind. 

By  1840,  125  secondary  schools, 
usually  called  academies,  had  been  estab- 
lished in  Ohio,  nearly  all  of  them  spon- 
sored by  the  clergy.  In  response  to  this 
basic  conviction  about  what  is  important 
in  life,  approximately  300  institutions  of 
higher  learning  were  at  one  time  or  an- 
other established  in  this  state.  Nearly  all 


of  them  were  established  or  sponsored 
by  the  churches. 

Even  the  state  universities,  several  ot 
which  were  established  as  academies 
(these  include  Ohio  and  Miami  Univer- 
sities) were  sponsored  by  the  clergy. 
Manasseh  Cutler  was  a  clergyman  as 
was  William  Breck,  his  travelling  com- 
panion. 

If  the  question  were  asked,  what  are 
the  predominant  cultural  influences  in 
Ohio  today,  the  question  would  be  diffi- 
cult to  answer.  Some  students  of  Ohio 
culture  doubtless  would  reply,  "those  in- 
fluences which  have  to  do  with  the 
economic  interests  of  the  people." 

These  secular  interests  do  without 
doubt  play  an  important  role  in  provid- 
ing motivation  for  the  diverse  activities 
of  the  state.  However,  insofar  as  higher 
education  is  both  an  expression  of  and 
a  motivating  influence  in  Ohio  culture 
today,  it  must  be  observed  that,  of  the 
46  colleges  and  universities  in  Ohio  to- 
day, 31  are  under  religious  auspices, 
five  are  under  state  control,  three  arc 
under  municipal  management,  and  seven 
are  private  colleges. 

In  October  19'i'3,  these  46  colleges  and 
universities  had  enrolled  76,107  full- 
time  students.  Approximately  thirty  per- 
cent of  these  students  were  enrolled  in 
the  church  or  semi'church  related  col- 
leges and  universities. 

The  graduates  of  these  colleges  and 
universities  are  going  out  into  the  public 
schools  as  teachers,  into  other  profes- 
sions, into  places  of  responsibility  in 
business,  industry,  agriculture,  and  into 
other  walks  of  life,   taking  with   them 


the  influences  of  their  educational  ex- 
periences, provided  in  considerable  part 
by  these  church  related  colleges. 


Early  Philosophy  At  OU 

Certain  facts  confirm  the  view  that 
higher  education  at  Ohio  University  in 
its  early  history  was  motivated  by  reli- 
gious and  moral  interests.  Ohio  Univer- 
sity was  headed  by  clergymen  for  the 
first  75  years  of  its  history,  and  these 
presidents  in  every  case  were  also  teach- 
ers of  some  or  all  of  the  courses  in  phil- 
osophy. (The  first  five  presidents  were 
Presbyterian  clergymen  and  the  next 
two  were  Methodist  clergymen) . 

Smile  as  we  may  at  the  disciplinary 
policy  of  the  early  administrators  at 
Ohio  University — required  daily  chapel 
attendance,  morning  and  evening  pray- 
ers, the  prohibitions  against  swearing, 
drinking,  dancing,  singing  immodest 
songs,  playing  games  of  chance,  fighting 
or  riotous  behavior  of  any  kind,  leaving 
the  school  on  weekends  without  per- 
mission— these  prohibitions  were  in 
keeping  with  the  prevailing  religious 
and  moral  standards  of  the  time.  More- 
over these  prohibitions  had  their  coun- 
terparts in  the  disciplinary'  practices  of 
the  local  churches. 

It  is  probably  fair  to  say  that  the 
predominant  philosophy  in  the  Ohio 
country  when  she  was  yet  a  wilderness 
frontier  may  be  called  a  common-sense 
Bible  type  of  philosophy,  with  the  ele- 
mentary type  of  Bible  learning  in  science 
and    religion    which    prevailed    in    the 


Page  twelve 


The    Ohio    Alumnus 


B.     GOOD^ 


Dr.  W.  S.  Gamertsf elder,  trustee 
l^rt^fessor  cij  f'/iilo.sofi/iv,  has  heer\  a 
)ncinher     oj     the     Olim     Vnwcrsity 


faculty  since  1921.  during  which 
tune  he  has  gained  the  highest  re- 
sf^cct  of  idl  who  hdX'e  been  associ- 
ated wtth  hull,  or  have  become 
jamihar  with  h\s  achiex'emcnts  m 
cducatuin. 

Starting  as  a  professor  of  f^hiloso- 
phv  and  ethics  ivhen  he  came  to 
OU,  Dr.  Gamert.'if elder  was  named 
dean  of  the  Graduate  College  and 
the  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences  in 
1936. 

Fro-Ill  January  (o  July  oj  IV4.i  he 
was  liilDig  l^resident  oj  the  Unv 
fersity.  and  from  July.  194,^  to 
Fehruarw  \')4^  he  scri'ed  as  j^resi- 
dent.  He  gave  nfi  this  (position, 
ivhuli  he  had  la}{en  temf^orardy. 
when  Dr.  John  C.  Bak.er  was  in- 
augurated, and  resumed  his  duties 
as  dean,  u.'hich  he  continued  until 
retiring  from  that  position  in  J95/. 

in  recognition  of  Dr.  Gamert.s- 
felder's  long  years  of  owtstanding 
.•iervice,  the  board  of  trustees  named 
him  the  first  tru.'itee  professor  in  the 
liiMorv  1)/  the  university. 


oiuntry  down  in  ISiii  ,iik1  Liter,  (The 
Rihlc  \v,is  tlic  library  and  eiiLycldpcdi,! 
in  the  frontier  home). 

This  is  not  to  say,  ot  eoiirse.  that 
there  were  no  freethinkers  with  utili- 
tarian, liher.d  or  even  agnostie  views, 
though  certainly  not  in  eonsiderahlc 
nvimher.  In  present-day  philosophical 
circles  the  philosophy  of  this  early  per- 
iod would  he  described  as  do.^matic, 
authoritarian,  and  highly  supcrnatural- 
sistic. 

However,  in  the  ni.iin,  interwoven 
with  this  common-sense  Bible  learning 
were  the  doctrinal  and  creedal  beliefs 
ot  the  different  churches.  The  history 
of  philosophy  of  the  Ohio  country  down 
to  187i,  as  well  as  in  most  of  the  states 
of  the  United  States,  .shows  that  philo- 
sophy w.is  the  handmaiden  ot  reli.gion 
and  morals. 

It  will  be  questioned  by  some  philo.so- 
phers  in  Ohio  and  elsewhere  whether 
philosophy,  except  in  the  state  univer- 
sities and  some  of  the  independent  col- 
leges, is  not  still  the  hanilm,\ii.len  of  re- 
ligion and  morals. 

Most  teachers  of  |ihiliiso|ihy  in  Ohio 
would  probably  agree  that  while  phil- 
osophy in  nearly  all  of  the  institutions 
ot  Ohio  is  presented  in  such  a  way  as 
to  be  friendly  to  religion,  yet  they 
would  contend  that  the  subject  matter 
is  taught  with  impartiality  and  complete 
detachment   from  religious  sectarianism. 

It  would  be  granted,  of  course,  that 
in  some  Ohio  colleges  and  universities, 
particularly  those  which  are  a  part  of 
the  apparatus  for  advancing  a  particular 
theology,  and  where  only  one  school 
of  thought   is   represented  on   the   phil- 


osophy stati,  jihilosophy  continues  to  be 
the  handmaiden  of  a  particular  type  ot 
theology. 


Values  And  World  Tensions 

It  has  become  commonplace  to  des 
eribe  the  world  situation  as  one  of  acute 
ideational  tension.  Significantly  enough, 
the  battle  in  this  fitful  "cold  and  hot" 
war  is  not  over  what  school  of  thought 
men  shall  adopt  in  mathematics  and  in 
natural  sciences,  which  together  have 
been  so  effective  in  harnessing  the  forces 
of  nature  to  alleviate  man's  existence  in 
the  world.  It  is  rather  a  struggle  for 
the  minds  of  men  in  the  realm  of  value. 
This  is  the  broad  issue  which  confronts 
mankind  in  the  global  contest  over  the 
principles  of  democracy  versus  the  prin- 
ciples of  communism. 

A  sober  and  penetrating  examination 
of  the  history  of  man's  search  for  the 
enduring  and  satisfying  values  of  life — 
freedom  to  think,  to  worship,  and  to 
govern  himself  —  shows  that  it  is  rela- 
tively simple  and  easy  to  refute  an  op- 
posing philosophy  of  value  so  long  as 
one  stays  within  the  framework  of  his 
own  axiomatic  a.ssumptions  and  postu- 
lates. 

Accordingly,  it  becomes  increasingly 
clear  that  the  perennial  controversy  over 
values  is  not  settled  by  the  pyrotechnics 
of  logic  or  formal  argumentation.  Nor 
is  the  appeal  to  authority  the  answer 
to  man's  problems.  It  is  the  impatience 
of  men  and  the  desire  for  quick  results 
that  move  the  masses  to  appeal  to  auth- 
ority for  help. 


Authority  obviously  has  its  practical 
role  to  play  in  maintaining  the  stability 
of  a  culture  or  society  while  the  search 
for  knowledge  and  better  ways  of  living 
continue.  No  eutopia  worthy  of  its 
name  could  imagine  a  healthy  .society 
without  authority. 

Yet,  one  of  the  great  lessons  of  his- 
tory is  that  the  appeal  to  authority,  if 
taken  as  final,  like  the  appeal  to  force 
or  violence,  is  juvenile,  trivial,  and  de- 
ceptive, because  in  the  last  analysis  it 
never  settles  anything. 

No  one  knows  this  more  convincingly 
than  tho.sc  who  are  or  who  have  been 
in  positions  of  authority.  Let  it  be  said 
again,  therefore,  as  it  has  .so  often  been 
expressed,  it  is  the  genius  of  democracy 
that  its  final  court  of  appeal  for  truth 
and  value  is  experience — experience  in 
no  parochial  or  restricted  .sen.se,  but  in 
the  broad  and  inclusive  sen.se  of  permit- 
ting such  inquiry  and  experimentation 
as  is  compatible  with  the  continued  ap- 
plication of  the   principles  of   freedom. 

Here,  then,  is  the  ultimate  criterion 
of  truth  and  value.  Those  who  make  the 
ultimate  appeal  to  authority  or  force  to 
secure  the  minds  of  men,  whether  it 
takes  the  form  of  subtle  indoctrination, 
stealth,  deception,  or  coercion,  reveal  a 
poverty  of  insight  ani.1  understanding  of 
human  nature. 

Only  the  practice  of  tolerance,  the 
cultivation  of  the  open  and  inquiring 
mind,  and  respect  for  the  dignity  and 
worth  of  human  personality  which  is  the 
center  and  home  of  values,  will  in  the 
long  run  prove  satisfying  and  successful. 

It  is  the  task  of  philosophy  to  define 
the  goals  of  culture,  to  clarify  these 
goals  for  each  generation,  and  to  point 
out  the  direction  which  .social  change 
shall  take.  As  always  in  the  history  of 
civilization,  this  responsibility  calls  for 
wisdom — a  wisdom  born  of  a  knowledge 
of  human  nature  and  social  history. 

No  man  possessed  of  the  insight  of 
broad  knowledge  and  experience  would 
presume  to  speak  on  this  subject  either 
oracularly  or  dictatorially.  Certainly,  he 
would  not  speak  as  Karl  Marx  is  report- 
ed once  to  have  said — "Here  is  the 
truth;  kneel  down  here."' 

Those  of  the  greatest  wisdom  will 
speak  most  hesitatingly  and  with  becom- 
ing humility.  It  follows  without  ar- 
gument that  such  a  criticism  and  ap- 
praisal of  the  values  of  life  cannot  take 
place  in  an  atmosphere  of  totalitarian- 
ism or  authoritarianism,  whether  to  the 
right  or  the  left,  nor  even  in  the  climate 
of  intimidation. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  therefore  that  no 
basic  concepts  of  life  and  value  will  be- 
come so  thoroughly  institutionalized  as 
to  frustrate  the  free  and  responsible  dis- 
cussion of  value  either  in  respect  to 
theory  or  practice. 


May,     1954 


Page  thirteen 


A   date  for  t/ie  J-Prom? 


Didn't  thm\  you'd  a^\  me. 


Oh   bo\   —  Sduter-Fmegan 


W/iat  'ya  mean,  no  corsages'^ 


Junior  Prom 

Jody  Anne  Gilbert,  one-year-old 
daughter  of  Jack  Gilbert,  '52,  and  Mrs. 
Gilbert,  didn't  really  keep  her  date  for 
the  J-Prom  Dance  (photos  at  top  of 
page),  but  more  than  2400  Ohio  Uni- 
versity students  did.  Music  for  the 
dance  which  climaxed  J-Prom  activities, 
was  furnished  by  the  Sauter-Fincgan 
orchestra. 

Lois  Firestone,  Alpha  Delta  Pi,  and 
Pete  Winter,  Delta  Tau  Delta,  were 
chosen  queen  and  king  of  the  annual 
all-campus  event. 

Winners  of  the  skits  presented 
throughout  J-Prom  week  were:  Alpha 
Xi  Delta,  first;  Chi  Omega,  second;  and 
Pi  Beta  Phi,  third  in  the  women's  divi- 
sion. Phi  Kappa  Tau  was  first  in  the 
mens'  division,  with  Sigma  Chi  second 
and  Phi  Delta  Thcta  third. 

Forest  Dedicated 

Ohio  University,  born  out  of  the  for- 
ests of  Southeastern  Ohio  HO  years 
ago,  dedicated  a  forest  of  its  own  and 
distributed  ^0,000  free  trees  on  March 
2'),  as  a  feature  of  the  sesquicentcnnial 
celebration. 

President  John  C.  Baker  pointed  out 
the  need  for  a  continuing  program  of 
conservation  in  a  brief  dedicatory  ad- 
dress during  a  driving  rain  at  the  uni- 
versity farm. 

The  fact  that  each  succeeding  gener- 
ation has  applied  itself  diligently  to  the 
removal  of  the  virgin  forests  of  the  state 
was  cited  as  the  trees  were  given  to 
school  youth  and  farm  groups  from 
Southeastern  Ohio  for  replanting. 

Dr.  Baker  said  that  "today  we  are 
reversing  that  procedure  and  adapting 
conservation  practices  best  suited  to  the 
soil  type  and  topography  of  our  land. 
We  who  are  here  today  humbly  dedicate 
this  forest  to  those  of  the  future  in 
remembrance  of  the  work  of  the  found- 
ers of  Ohio  University. 

As  part  of  the  program.  Freshman 
Joseph  Cranor,  Jr.,  of  Casstown,  por- 
trayed Johnny  Appleseed,  the  character 


ABOUT  THE  GREEN 


he  represents  in  the  university  drama 
"The  Green  Adventure."  He  delivered 
the  dedicatory  prayer. 

The  university  forest  was  started  two 
years  ago  when  30,000  seedlings  were 
planted.  Another  34,000  trees  were 
planted  last  year  with  50,000  more 
scheduled  for  19'i4.  The  go;d  will  be 
150,000,  or  1000  for  each  year  of  OU's 
existence. 

Trees  distributed  by  the  university 
were  donated  by  The  Mead  Corporation 
of  Chillicothe,  which  had  purchased 
them  from  the  Department  of  Natural 
Resources.  Chairman  of  the  event  was 
Burton  DeVeau,  chairman  of  the  Agri- 
culture Department. 

Scientists  Meet 

Ohio  University  played  host  to  more 
than  1000  scientists  and  future  scientists 
April  15-17  during  the  63rd  annual 
meetings  of  the  Ohio  Academy  uf 
Science. 

One  of  the  official  sesquicentennial 
year  events  on  the  campus,  the  three- 
day  meeting  was  held  at  OU  for  the 
first  time. 

Preceding  the  .series  of  scientific  meet- 
ings at  which  more  than  100  papers 
were  presented,  were  a  series  of  business 
sessions.  Academy  Secretary  Rush  El- 
liott, dean  of  the  University  College, 
was  elected  president  for  the  coming 
year. 

Final  competition  for  awards  in  the 
Junior  Academy  of  Science  was  held  in 
conjunction  with  the  meetings.  High 
school  students  from  throughout  the 
state  exhibited  projects  which  won  them 
superior  ratings  at  district  Science  Days 
held  on  the  campuses  of  six  Ohio  col- 
leges and  universities. 


Career  Day 


Men  and  Women  in  26  vocational 
fields  highlighted  Career  Day  activities 
March  25  by  leading  group  discussions 
aimed  at  giving  students  guiding  infor- 
mation on  future  careers. 

State  Representative  Robert  W.  Reid- 
cr,  '39,  a  candidate  for  the  Democrat 
nomination  for  Ohio  Secretary  of  State, 
delivered  the  opening  address  and  pre- 
sided at  a  later  session  for  journalism 
students. 

Other  Ohio  University  ;dumni  wIk) 
led  discussion  groups  were:  William  A. 
Smetts,  '48;  Jeanette  Masellionis,  '44; 
Jim  Crum,  '52;  Velma  Wahlman,  '53; 
Robert  Wilson,  '50;  Dr.  L.  F.  Edwards, 
'21;  Eugene  E.  Brown,  '50;  George 
Spackey," '50;  Dr.  Carlin  Weimer,  '.>S; 
Dr.  Ralph  Brown,  '3 1  and  Mrs.  Brown 
(Thelma  Grub,  '30);  Edward  R.  Mc- 
Cowen,  '37;  C.  H.  Taylor,  '48;  Harry 
Lackey,  '36;  John  Edwards,  '30;  Wil- 
liam R.  L'nderwood,  '22;  Rowena 
Sprout,  '32;  and  Mrs.  Thor  Olson,  '23. 


Human  Relations 

One-hundred  experts  in  the  field  of 
human  relations  attended  a  conference 
on  the  OU  campus  April  9-11.  Spon- 
sored by  Harvard,  Colgate,  Kansas,  and 
Ohio  Universities,  the  Conference  on 
Human  Relations  drew  top  men  in  the 
field  from  more  than  a  dozen  states. 

Dr.  George  W.  Starcher,  dean  of  the 
College  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  was  in 
charge  of  arrangements.  The  confer- 
ence, which  rotates  among  the  four 
sponsoring  universities,  was  held  at  OU 
for  the  second  time. 


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The    Ohio    Alumnus 


ON  THE  ALUMNI  FRONT 


Detroit  Alumni  Organize 

All  ^-lUluisLL-^lic  !L;niuii  nt  Si.'squiL\-n 
iinni.il  Scliiil.irsliip  Fund  workers  in  tlio 
Detroit  area  enjoyeJ  a  hufFct  supper, 
Mareh  28.  at  the  home  of  William  B. 
Contier,  "4?,  anj  Florenee  HalFner  Con- 
ner. "4?,  19?4()  Gainshoroiiijh  Avenue. 

Prof.  A.  C.  Gul-.it;,  the  Fund's  exec- 
utive director,  and  AKmini  Secretary 
Clark  Williams,  "21,  were  special  guests. 
E.ich  spoke  informally,  the  former  rela- 
tive to  the  nation-wide  scholarship  cam- 
paign, and  the  latter  concerning  other 
activities  of  the  University's  sesqvii- 
centennial  year. 

In  an  election  that  followed  the  social 
l^hasc  of  the  get'together  the  following 
were  elected  officers  of  the  Detroit 
alumni  chapter:  Mrs.  William  B.  Con- 
ger, president;  William  H.  Brandle,  '49, 
vice  president;  and  Tlmmas  H.  Morgan, 
Jr..  '''ii.  secret. iry  treasurer. 


Benefit  Party  Featured 

The  Ol  i  .'ic.'^quicentenni.il  se.il  pro- 
vi(.led  the  decor  keynote  for  a  Mareh  20 
henelit  de.s,-;ert  card  party  by  the  CL! 
Women's  Club  of  Cleveland.  Profits 
hom  the  party  will  he  added  to  the 
Se.-;quicentennial  Scholarship  Fund. 

Chairman  for  the  affair  was  Mrs. 
Leonard  Klonow.ski  (Adelaide  Grodeck, 
'42).  She  was  assisted  by  Ruth  Nelson. 
"48. 

In  the  green  and  white  alma  mater 
colors,  tallies  and  centerpieces  displayed 
the  seal,  which  silhouetted  profiles  of 
M.massah  Cutler  and  Rufus  Putnam. 


Bake  Sale  Held 

The  Mansfield  Women's  Club  held 
a  successful  bake  sale  on  February  20, 
under  the  chairmanship  of  Mrs.  Roy 
Norm.m  (P.iuline  Ingram,  '.>2).  Mrs. 
Richard  Gardner  (Veda  Shoemaker, 
"47),  president  of  the  club,  reported  that 
excellent  cooper.ition  was  received  from 
U  large  number  of  new  alumn.ie. 


Alumni  Officers  Meet 

Officers  and  executive  staff  members 
of  the  OU  Ahmini  Association  met  at 
the  University  Center  April  4  to  com- 
plete plans  for  alumni  activities  at  the 
forthcoming  June  Commencement. 


oLetier  from  J^erroicl 


De.ir  Fellow  Alumni : 

In  another  nmnth  one  of  ihc  most  worthwhile  campaigns  ever  under- 
taken by  Ohio  University  and  the  Alumni  Association  will  come  to  a  close. 
Its  results.  I  am  certain,  will  bring  a  deep  feeling  of  satisfaction  to  the  thous- 
.ind:^  ol  men  .iikI  women  who  h.ive  demonstrated  a  sincere  interest  in  the 
future  of  their  .ilma  mater. 

1  speak,  of  course,  of  the  Sesquicentennial  Scholarship  Fund.  The 
hncfits  from  this  great  undertaking  are  almost  immeasurable.  First  is  the 
im|iortant  contribution  the  resulting  scholarships  will  make  to  the  youth  of 
this  nation  and  the  cause  of  higher  education.  Think  of  what  these  scholar- 
ships will  mean  to  students  who  are  able  to  realize  their  hopes  for  college  edu- 
cations because  we,  their  predecessors  at  Ohio  University,  were  willing  to 
invest  in  their  welfare. 

Almost  ,is  important  is  the  value  of  the  hone.st  endorsement  we  as  alumni 
will  be  giving  our  university.  In  effect  we  will  be  saying  that  wc  arc  grateful 
for  everything  our  educations  have  done  for  us — that  wc  have  not  forgotten, 
and  do  not  intend  to  forget.  What  better  pledge  of  support  could  wc  give 
to  an  institution  preparing  to  begin  its  second  150  years  of  existence? 

Since  the  campaign  was  launched  last  fall,  .ikimni  throughout  the 
country  have  united  in  its  cause.  No  one  had  to  don.ite  money.  Not  one  of 
you  was  obligated  to  .serve  as  a  campaign  chairman  or  a  committee  member. 
Hut  ni.niN,'  of  you  have  worked  un.selfishly  by  contributing  time  or  money  or 
huth  III  the  tlrive.  Already  I  can  see,  not  only  a  pledge  to  Ohio  University, 
Inn  a  great  boost  to  our  alumni  organization  as  well.  In  .some  areas  promising 
alumni  clubs  h.ive  developed  as  a  direct  result  of  this  combining  of  forces. 

There  is  still  time  to  become  a  part  of  the  campaign  if  you  have  not 
h,id  an  opportunity  to  do  so.  Individual  pledges  form  the  backbone  of  its 
success,  ,uid  no  cheek  to  the  Sesquicentennial  Fund  Office  in  Cutler  H.dl 
will  be  unappreciated.  Let's  all  do  what  we  can  to  show  our  interest.  Our 
reward  will  be  in  the  hearts  of  a  great  many  deserving  young  people. 

SmeereK'. 

President,  Ohio  University  Alumni  A.ssociation 


Mci}!   Sc/iC(Jit/e 


Mtiv  /  Aiinidil  t\\nn\  Alioinii  Mee( 
mg,  A\roi\  YMCA,  6  30  p.jii. 

Mdv  4  Sinii/ieti.st  .section  o/  C\tve.\anA 
Wonien'.s-  CIttb,  a  niusicdl  pro- 
gram ax  the  home  of  Mrs. 
Leonard  Klonows\\. 

May  6  Shaker  section,  Cleveland 
Women's  Club,  program  fea- 
turing a  review  of  the  boo}{ 


The  ijdioK  \idlkl.^  h\  Bit- 
nice  Kir}{piitru}{.  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  Willuini  /.  Petrovic 
^Peg  Redlm.   '4'J>. 

May  7  Mansfield  Women '.s-  CItth  din- 
ner meeting,  Mjni/ield-Lc/inul 
Hi'tet.  6.30  p.m. 

May  n  Westside  Stiburbun  .section  of 
Cleveland  Women's  Club, 
group  farticipdtion  art  dem- 
onstration program,  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  ^'illiam  F.  Sad- 
ler (Ethel  Stofer.  '28). 


M  .\  Y  ,     19  5  4 


Page  fifteen 


■ALUMNI  IN  THE  ARMED  FORCES- 


Veteran  Airman  Killed 

Lt.  Earl  Betscher,  Jr.,  "48.  was  among 
16  persons  killed  when  ,i  twin-engine 
C-47  exploded  February  'i  on  a  routine 
flight  7')  miles  northeast  ot  Anchorage, 
Ahska. 

A  native  of  Cincinnati,  Lieutenant 
Betscher  entered  the  Army  Air  Corps 
in  194?.  He  was  recalled  to  duty  in 
April,  1951  after  he  had  attended  OU. 

He  leaves  his  wife,  Mrs.  Maudie 
Burton  Betscher,  a  22-month'old  son, 
Keith,  hi^;  piircnt*;,  and  two  ■ii^^tcrs 


MARINE   LT.  COL.   RICHARD   E.  FIGLEY,  '37, 
has    assumed    command    of   the    Marine   Air  Re- 
serve   Training     Detachment     at    the     Naval  Air 
Station   in    Anocostia,    D.  C. 


FIRST  LT.  WILLIAM  H.  Kki>:.b,  52  (right). 
is  congratulated  in  Korea  by  Col.  Philip  F. 
Horr.  X  Corps'  quartermaster  officer,  after 
receiving  the  Commendation  Ribbon  shortly 
before  his  scheduled  return  to  the  United 
States  and  release  from  active  duly.  Lieuten- 
ant Price  was  cited  (or  meritorious  service  as 
supply  officer  In  X  Corps  Headquarters 
Company. 

Page  sixteen 


FIRST  LT.  ELZA  SAPP,  '52,  administrative 
officer  of  the  stock  control  division,  Nahbollen- 
boch  (Germany)  Quorlermoster  Depot,  has 
his  new  silver  bars  pinned  on  by  Col.  Robert 
Carson  Kyser,  Depot  commander.  Lt.  Sapp 
er.tered  the  Army  in  September,  1952.  Before 
going  overseas  he  attended  the  QM  Associate 
Officers   School   at   Fort   Lee,   Va. 

Alumnus  Commands  Ship 

Comm.mder  Thomas  R.  Eddy,  ".i7, 
IS  in  command  of  a  destroyer,  the  USS 
Stej^hen  Potter,  which  combined  Korean 
War  action  with  ,i  voy.igc  .iround  tiic 
world    last    year. 

After  assuming  command  of  the  ship 
c,irl>'  in  195.>,  Commander  Eddy  went 
on  a  short  cruise  to  the  Carnbean; 
stopping  at  San  Juan,  Puerto  Rico;  St. 
Thomas,  Virgin  Islands;  and  Martinique, 
French  West  Indies. 

Then  he  was  ordered  to  go  to  Korea. 
Leaving  from  the  Brooklyn  Naval  Ship- 
yard, Commander  Eddy's  ship  transited 
the  Panama  Canal  and  went  on  to  San 
Diego,  California,  Pearl  Harbor,  and 
Japan. 

The  ship's  iirst  assignment  was  with 
Task  Force  77,  guarding  the  carriers 
while  they  launched  attacks  on  North 
Korea.  Later  it  patrolled  and  bombarded 
the  Korean  Coast,  until  the  truce  was 
signed. 

For  commanding  the  ship  during  its 
actions  along  the  Korean  coast.  Com- 
mander Eddy  was  awarded  the  Bronze 
Star. 

The  trip  back  to  the  United  States 
afforded  the  crew  of  tiic  "Potter"  a  real 
opportunity  to  see  the  world.  Leaving 
Sascbo,  Japan,  the  ship  sailed  to  Hong 
Kong,  then  to  Saigon,  French  Indo 
China,  and  from  there  to  Singapore. 
Next  it  stopped  at  Ceylon,  then  Aden, 
Arabia.  The  next  leg  was  through  the 
Suez  Canal  with  a  stop  at  Port  Said. 
Then  it  went  to  the  Mediterranean  ports 
of  Izmir,  Turkey,  Naples,  Italy,  and 
Cannes,  France.  At  Gibraltar  the  "Pot- 
ter" stopped  for  refueling  before  cross- 
ing the  Atlantic  to  Newfoundland. 

The  last,  and  what  Commander  Eddy 


called  the  most  welcome  stop,  was  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  completing  the  trip 
around  the  world. 

Commander  Eddy  has  two  brothers, 
both  graduates  of  Ohi(5  University.  They 
are  Bill,  '4.?,  and  Dick,  "40. 


Service  Briefs 


Lt.  Richard  Perl{ms,  '52,  is  on  his 
way  back  to  the  United  States  after 
serving  with  the  293rd  Graves  Registra- 
tion Company  near  Seoul,  Korea. 

First  Lt.  Wilhtnti  E.  Miller,  '51,  re- 
ceived his  jet  pilot  wings  February  25 
at  the  Webb  Air  Force  Base.  Big 
Springs,  Texas. 

Ensign  Charles  J.  Kraus}{opi\  '5.3,  an 
officer  aboard  the  VSS  Naif  eh.  DE  3  52. 
took  part  in  "Operation  Flaghoist,"  the 
much-publicized  re-invasion  maneuvers 
of  Iwo  Jima.  The  Naifeh's  part  in  the 
operation  consisted  of  escorting  ships 
to  the  island  and  guarding  against  sub- 
m,irinc';  wliile  the  Marines  were  landing. 

Ddt'id  /.  Youtif;,  "51,  has  been  sent 
to  Yokohama,  Japan,  after  completing 
studies  at  the  Army  Language  School 
at  the  Royal  Presidio  of  Monterery, 
California. 

Ddiiid  S.  Litten  graduated  February 
2  5  from  basic  jet  pilot  school,  Bryan 
AFB,  Texas.  He  is  currently  stationed 
;it  EUinston  AFB,  Houston. 


SECOND  LT.  WILLIAM  T.  STRAUGHAN,  '53, 
is  serving  as  a  platoon  leader  in  the  1st 
Battalion  of  the  Ryuli>us  Command's  29th  Regi- 
mental Combat  Team  on  Okinawa.  Lieutenant 
Straughan  entered  the  Army  in  April,  1953, 
and  was  stationed  at  Fort  Jackson,  S.  C. 
before  going  overseas. 


The     Ohio     A  l  u  m  n  li  s 


i 


■THE    FACULTY 


Dr.  Jessi-  H.  Day 

Research  In  Plastics 

A  new  kind  of  plastic  niiitcrial  may 
result  from  the  publication  activities 
.ind  research  being  done  at  OU  by  Dr. 
Jesse  H.  Day  in  a  field  of  chemistry  that 
has  been  little  explored.  The  class  of 
chemical  substances  known  as  tulvcnes 
i<  capable  of  reacting  with  the  subs- 
tances which  form  plastics  to  yield  ma- 
terials which  will  be  of  greater  strength, 
higher  temperature  resistance,  and  in- 
creased weathering  resistance. 

All  of  the  work  previously  done  on 
fulvencs,  extending  over  a  ^2  year  per- 
iod, has  been  collected,  edited,  and  pub- 
lished in  an  article  by  Dr.  Day  which 
appeared  in  a  recent  issue  of  Chemical 
Reviews.  Much  of  the  information  com- 
piled appeared  originally  in  Russian, 
German,  French,  and  Scandanavian  pub- 
lications which  are  not  easily  accessible. 
Dr.  Tekla  Hammer  and  Dr.  Paul  Krauss 
did  much  of  the  translation  needed. 

Considerable  interest  has  been  evi- 
denced by  manufacturers  of  plastics  and 
other  chemicals,  and  by  pharmaceutical 
houses,  as  well  as  by  universities  here 
and  abroad. 

The  fulvenes  are  of  potential  interest 
also  as  starting  points  for  the  maufac- 
ture  of  insecticides  or  drugs.  Fulvencs, 
which  were  the  first  known  colored 
compounds  of  carbon  and  hydrogen,  arc 
of  fundamental  importance  in  the  theory 
of  chemical  structure. 

Research  at  Ohio  University  is  being 
done  on  the  chemical  properties  of  ful- 
venes, and  on  the  making  of  plastics 
from  fulvenes.  Two  recently  completed 
theses  for  master's  degrees  under  Dr. 
Day's  direction  w-ere  in  this  field. 

Dr.  Day,  an  associate  professor  of 
chemistry,  is  editor  of  the  Society  of 
Plastics  Engineers  Journal,  and  an  offi- 
cer of  that  society. 


Aviation  Workshop 

Professor  C.  L.  Dow  has  been  named 
LJirector  of  a  unique  summer  workslio|-> 
designed  to  help  combat  an  alarming 
lick   of   teen-age   interest   in   aviation. 

Sponsors  of  the  week-long  July  pro- 
-..:ram  will  be  the  United  States  Air 
Force,  the  Civilian  Air  Patrol,  United 
.ind  TWA  commercial  air  lines,  the 
0\\\n  Aviation  Board,  and  the  Ohio 
University  Department  ol  Ueogr.iphy 
and  Geology. 

The  idea  for  .ivi.ition  workshop-; 
originated  with  the  Air  Force  after  a 
study  revealed  the  startling  fact  that 
teen-agers  are  simply  losing  interest  in 
•iviation.  Subsequent  surveys  confirm- 
ed the  results  of  the  first. 

Air  Force  officials  could  only  specu- 
late as  to  the  reasons  for  this  dangerous 
trend  among  the  young  men  from  whose 
ranks  must  come  the  flyers  of  tomorrow. 
Perhaps  the  air  age  is  becoming  so  com- 
mon place  that  the  glamour  has  faded. 
Possibly  the  rapid  development  ot  jet< 
lias  produced  a  cloud  of  fear. 

Whatever  the  reasons.  Dr.  Dow  s.iid, 
the  Air  Force  decided  to  do  something 
about  it.  They  immediately  set  about 
to  develop  workshops  through  whicli 
high  school  teachers  might  learn  em  nigh 
about  aviation  to  incorporate  it  into 
their  studies. 

That  is  the  purpose  ot  the  work^imp 
at  Ohio  University.  In  the  "air  age  "  of 
today,  the  sponsors  believe,  it  is  import- 
ant for  young  people  to  understand 
more  about  all  types  of  flying.  There- 
fore, they  are  sending  out  a  blanket 
invitation  to  high  school  teachers  and 
college  juniors  and  seniors  to  attend  the 
workshop  July    12-17. 


Prof.  Paige  Elected 

Prot.  F.  Theodore  Paige,  chairman  ot 
the  OU  industrial  arts  department,  h.is 
been  elected  president  of  the  Ohio  In- 
dustrial Arts  A.ssociation.  He  had  pre- 
viously .served  as  treasurer. 

The  election  took  place  during  the 
association's  annual  convention  at  the 
Neil  House,  Columbus,  with  apjiroxi- 
mately  600  present. 


Art  Exhibit  Hung 


A  one-man  show  of  paintings,  prints, 
drawings,  mosaics,  and  three-dimension- 
al designs  was  exhibited  by  Donald  O. 
Roberts,  visiting  instructor  in  design 
last  month.  The  exhibit  of  more  than 
iO  pieces  of  his  work  was  hung  in  the 
Edwin  Watts  Chubb  Library  gallery. 

Roberts,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 


attended  Brewster  Academy  in  Wolfe- 
boro,  N.  H.,  Vesper  (George  School  of 
Art  in  Boston,  Heidelberg  University 
in  Germany,  and  the  Rhode  Island 
School  of  Design. 

He  holds  degrees  from  Rhode  Island 
School  of  Design  and  Ohio  University. 
Before  coming  to  OU  he  was  a  staff 
member  of  the  Rhode  hland  and  the 
Vesper  George  Schools. 


Faculty  Briefs 


Dr.  Harvey  Lehman,  profc.-;.sor  ot 
psychology,  who  is  the  author  of  the 
book.  Age  and  Ac/iiei'emenl,  was  recent- 
ly accorded  a  comprehensive  review  of 
his  book  by  the  London  Times. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Shoemaker,  profes.'ior  ot 
education,  is  the  author  of  the  article. 
As  Students  See  Us,  which  appeared  in 
the  February  issue  of  Progre.s.vu'e  Educa- 
tion. 

Donald  Ruberl.s,  visiting  instructor  m 
design,  exhibited  his  recent  paintings, 
drawing,  and  prints  in  Edwin  Watts 
Chubb  Library  Gallery  April    1-14. 

Dr.  Robert  H.  Cory,  assistant  pro- 
tessor  of  social  science,  is  chairman  ot 
the  planning  committee  for  the  Ohio 
International  Student  Seminar  held  in 
Upper  Arlington.  April  .'^0  to  May  2. 
The  seminar  is  jointly  sponsored  by  the 
American  Friends  Service  and  the  Day- 
ton Council  on  World  Affairs.  The 
topic  is  "Perspectives  on  American  Cul- 
ture." 

Miss  Erma  L  Anderson,  assistant  dean 
of  women.  Miss  Margaret  M.  De^f^en, 
acting  dean  of  women,  and  Mi.s.s-  Doro- 
thy Brumbaugh,  resident  counselor,  at- 
tended the  convention  of  the  National 
A.s.sociation  of  Deans  of  Women  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  April  2-'>. 

£.  J.  Taylor,  dean  of  the  college  of 
applied  science,  Neil  D.  Thomas,  a.s.so- 
ci.ite  professor  of  engineering  draw-ing, 
,ind  a  group  of  students  from  the  OU 
Engineers'  Club,  attended  the  annual 
convention  of  the  Ohio  Society  of  Pro- 
fessional Engineers  held  in  Akron 
March  2 ^'-27.^ 

Lurerie  Brou'»i,  instructor  in  English, 
participated  in  a  workshop  of  the  Gal- 
lipolis  Public  Schools  April  2.  Miss 
Brown  also  recently  attended  the  Col- 
lege Composition  and  Communication 
Conference  at  St.  Louis. 

Dr.  George  E.  Hill,  professor  of  edu- 
cation, is  among  the  contributors  to  the 
recent  volume.  Needed  Research  m 
Teacher  Education,  published  by  the 
American  Association  of  Colleges  for 
Teacher  Education  last  month. 


M  .\  Y  ,     19  5  4 


Page  seventeen 


7t's  hard  to  believe^ 


Hiiic  decs  a  yunnn  dcircs.s  fed  u'/icn  she  gets 
her  big  breaJi  in  New  Yor/^'  Svlvia  Daneel. 
better  l^noum  to  fnerxds  at  OU  as  Mrs.  Tad 
Dan\elewsl{i  (Sylvia  La){oms\a.  '50).  jnruvides 
the  answer  in  this  article,  written  at  the 
reLjuest  of  the  Alumnus.  Her  "hrea\"  came 
m  February,  when  she  opened  in  the  play, 
"The  Girl  on  the  Via  Flaminid."  which  u'on 
immediate  acclaim  from  New  Yor\  critics. 
Meanivhile.  her  husband.  Tad  Danie!eu'sl(i. 
'50.  continues  his  progress  in  an  alreadv- 
successful  television  career.  Winner  of  a  Ford 
Foundation — Johns  Hofi^ins  Fellomshif)  last 
year  (Nov..  'Si  Alumnus^  he  recentN  pro- 
duced and  directed  two  dramas  over  Station 
WAAM.  Baltimore.  By  act  of  Congress  April 
19,  citiiejiship  u'as  conferred  on  Tad  and 
Svh'ia. 


B\  Sylvia  Dduccir 50 


Two  THIUISAND  mile?  w.ilkcd. 
Six  pairs  of  shiics--gonc.  Three 
hundred  producers,  directors  and  agents 
— seen.  Fifty  auditions  .  .  .  twenty- 
tivc  television  programs  .  .  .  one  lead 
in  an  off-Broadway  play  .  .  .  and  still 
no  break. 

I  was  working  on  the  above  'round- 
up' inventory  on  January  1,  19S4,  sum- 
ming up  my  activities  of  the  past  year 
and  a  half  in  New  York  City,  when 
suddenly  the  telephone  rang.  Telephones 
to  an  actress  have  a  special  meaning. 
Each  jangle  has  the  ring  of  hope.  Maybe 
this  is  it. 

"Sylvia,  this  is  D.ive  Lipsky,"  an  im- 
portunate voice  chattered.  "They  are 
casting  a  new  play  at  the  Circle  in  the 
Square,  something  about  Italy,  I  think. 
You  sh(.)uld  be  great  for  one  of  the  parts, 
so  call  them  now.  Ask  for  Ted  Mann 
he's  one  of  the  producers—  and  tell  him 
I  sent  you.  He'll  set  up  an  appointment 
for  you  with  the  director.  Goodby  now 
and  let  me  know  how  you  make  out." 

This  machine-gun  conversation  left 
me  with  an  open  mouth  and  a  pounding 
heart.  I  could  hardly  move  and  replaced 
the  receiver  as  though  it  were  some 
precious  and  fragile  object. 

Then  my  heart  fell.  An  Italian  play 

I  had  no  chance.  When  they  need  a 
French  waitress  to  silently  serve  a  cup 
of  tea  you  have  to  be  a  born  Parisian, 


|ireferabl>'  with  ,i  Sdibonne  Llniversity 
Ph.D. 

Then  my  hopes  rekindled.  The  Circle 
in  the  Square  might  be  different,  .seek- 
ing actresses  instead  of  types.  This 
unique  theatre  was  organized  by  talent- 
ed young  people  who  had  succeeded  in 
creating  a  successful  off'Broadway  thea- 
tre through  the  presentation  of  a  series 
of  fabulous  hits.  They  had  become  the 
toast  of  the  town  and  the  talk  of  the 
country  through  the  conversion  of  un- 
successful Broadway  plays  into  long- 
running  hits.  To  be  associated  with 
them  was  the  dream  of  every  aspiring 
actor  and  actress  in  New  York. 

Therefore,  the  days  that  followed  the 
piione  call  were  tense  with  the  struggle 
to  get  the  part  in  the  new  play,  Alfred 
Hayes'  "The  Girl  on  the  Via  Flamini.i." 
I  was  called  hack  four  times  for  read- 
ings. Each  time  I  did  my  best,  putting 
ever)-thing  I  h.id  into  it  with  a  warm 
feeling  that  1  w.is  doing  well.  However, 
I  had  iin  idea  what  Al  Saxe,  the  direc- 
tor, thought  and  how  he  would  decide. 
After  my  last  reading,  he  said,  "Sylvia, 
I  like  the  way  you  work.  You  have  been 
the  most  interesting  actress  who  has  read 
tor  this  part.  I  really  enjoyed  it." 

Well,  I  thought,  this  is  the  end.  His 
statement  smacked  of  being  a  nice  fare- 
well talk.  I  became  sad  and  furious  at 
the  same  time.  Why  was  I  called  back 
four  times  if  they  had  no  intention  of 
using  me?  Rehearsals  were  scheduled 
to  start  the  next  morning  and  the  time 
to  decide  seemed  impossibly  short. 

Usually  when  I  am  in  this  'disturbed' 
state  of  mind,  I  blow  off  steam  by  con- 
centrating on  cooking  a  big  meal  or 
doing  a  whirlwind  housecleaning  job. 
This  time  it  was  the  house  cleaning  and 
after  three  hours  with  everything  shin- 
ing and  mc  in  a  half-de.id  eoiiditinn, 
the  phone  rang. 

Throwing  off  fatigue  in  a  rising  surge 
of  hope,  I  answered.  It  wasn't  the  the.i- 
tre  but  someone  just  as  good  "Hello 
Sylvia,   this  is  Gaune  Fornwalt." 

As  if  by  magic,  the  play,  the  tribula- 
tions were  gone.  Our  dear  friend  from 
Ohio  University,  whom  I  had  not  seen 
since  graduation  in  19^0,  was  in  town 
on  a  honeymoon  trip. 

Needless  to  say,  I  insisted  that  she 
come  over  with  her  new   husb.ind.   The 


Sylvi.\  Daneel 

bottle  of  champagne  which  I  had  care- 
fully put  away  in  anticipation  of  the 
possibility  of  winning  a  role  in  "The 
Girl  on  the  Via  Flaminia"  was  promptly 
cooled  and  served.  It  felt  good  to  be 
in  a  freshly  cleaned  apartment  drinking 
cool  champagne  with  friends. 

Then  the  phone  rang  again  (always 
that  phone)  and  in  a  dream  I  heard  a 
voice  say,  "Miss  Daneel,  I  am  calling 
for  Al  Saxe.  Please  be  at  rehearsal 
tomorrow  at  10  a.m.     Congratulations." 

At  th.it  moment  our  neighbors  for 
blocks  around  must  have  thought  that 
somebody  had  cracked  up  on  the  third 
floor — for  I  was  shouting,  crying,  and 
dancing  all  over  the  place,  wild  with 
joy. 

After  weeks  of  rehears.il  the  set  be- 
came our  home  and  wc  were  really  the 
Italian  family  in  "The  Girl  on  the  Via 
Flaminia."  Finally  the  opening  day  ar- 
rived, and  in  a  little  speech  to  the  cast, 
the  director  said,  "I  believe  that  some  of 
the  things  in  the  play  are  the  best  we 
ever  had  in  this  theatre.  I  am  proud  of 
you." 

Shall  I  ever  forget  the  excitement  of 
the  opening  night?  Telegrams,  flowers, 
little  gifts  from  members  of  the  cast 
and  the  final  curtain  call  with  roars  of 
bravo  that  brought  tears  of  happiness 
to  our  eyes.  Then  the  all  night  waiting 
for  the  reviews. 

First  to  come  was  the  'Neu'  Yor}{ 
Tunes;  Mr.  Atkinson  was  kind  enough 
to  say,  "the  acting  could  li.irdly  be  bet- 
ter." "Superb.  It's  a  new  hit.  An  un- 
forgettable evening." 

It  is  hard  to  believe  that  all  this  has 
happened  to  me.  Picture  companies 
want  to  test.  Friends  call  to  congratu- 
late. Letters  arrive  from  fans.  But  no 
matter  what  will  happen  in  the  future, 
I  am  filled  with  contentment  and  hap- 
piness to  be  working  with  such  true  and 
inspired  craftsmen  of  the  profession. 


Page  eighteen 


The     Ohio    Alumnus 


Bobcat  Roundup 


SI'RING  BOBCAT  tortuiu-s  ^ot  elf 
to  an  impressive  st.irt  when  the  hase- 
h.ill  and  gulf  teams  jumpeJ  quiekly  into 
,1  eombined  reeord  of  six  win<  and  no 
losses. 

The  hasehallers.  under  (^oaeli  Bol^ 
Wren,  opened  witli  a  pair  ot  victories 
over  the  visiting  Pittshiirgli  Panthers, 
6  2  and  '^■A.  Pitehcrs  John  Bier  of  San- 
dusky and  Jaek  Mchl  of  Parkershurg, 
W.  Va.  both  went  the  distance  to  gain 
credit  for  the  victories.  Bier  aHowei.! 
only  five  hits  and  Mehl  six,  while  Boh 
cat  hatters  slammed  out  I  C>  hits  ni  the 
two-game  series. 

The  defending  Mid- American  Con 
terenee  champions  left  at  the  beginning 
of  spring  vacation  tor  their  annual 
southern  tour,  before  swinging  back  into 
conference  action. 

Coach  Kermit  Blosser's  golfers  dis 
played  the  form  that  brought  them  last 
year's  Mid-American  crown  in  winning 
early  season  victories  over  Virginia 
Military  Institute  (SYi-Yi).  Marietta 
(11-1),     Dayton     (2(17),     and     Miami 

They  too  were  seheduled  ior  a  south 
ern  trip  during  spring  vacation,  with 
some  of  the  top  golf  teams  in  the  coun 
try  provitling  the  opposition. 


ACREEN  team,  composed  mostly  of 
freshmen,  with  a  few  of  last  years 
veter.ms,  scored  four  touchdowns  to 
down  the  opposing  Whites  27-12  in  the 
annual  intcr-squad  football  game  ending 
spring  practice. 

The  Whites,  with  most  of  last  year's 
holdovers  in  the  line-up,  scored  only 
twice,  once  in  the  first  quarter  and  once 
in  the  third. 

Three  of  the  underdog  Green  te.ims' 
scores  came  on  sustained  drives  of  61. 
71,  and  79  yards.  The  fourth  was  the 
result  of  a  blocked  punt.  The  Whites 
hit  pay  dirt  on  the  strength  of  a  long 
touchdown  pass  and  .i  6y-y.ird  drive. 


MEANWHILE  v.ir.sity  trackmen 
vvere  copping  first  place  in  all  1  .'^ 
events  to  whip  the  freshmen  76-24  in  a 
l"ire-sea.son  meet.  However,  the  un 
daunted  yearlings  rechallenged  their 
opponents  for  three  weeks  hence,  be- 
c.iuse  .several  promising  boys  were  prac- 
ticing spring  football. 

As  a  matter  of  f.ict.  Varsity  Coach 
|im  Johnson  and  Frosh  Mentor  Fred 
.Schleicher  both  were  counting  heavily 
on  the  addition  ot  some  of  the  footb.dl 
men  to  bolster  their  track  squads. 

M  \  V  ,      1  ';  S  4 


TRACKMEN  present  at  one  of  the  early  spring  praciice  st.'iiions  arc:  Icneeling,  I  to  r.  Tonn  Andrews 
and  John  Copello.  Seated,  I  to  r.  Jerald  Imes.  Earl  Holey,  Sam  Wharton,  Bob  Boucher.  Dave 
Arcongel.  Eriand  Ahlburg,  and  Rudy  Koletic.  Top  row,  Gerald  Grobner,  Fronk  Nixon.  John  Pongle, 
Sy  Davis,  Norm  Keehn,  Ron  Ramlow,  Minura  Yomone,  John  Yuhas.  Kenneth  Ives,  Joe  Monion. 
ond  Coach  Jim  Johnson.  Only  port  of  the  troclt  team  is  represented  in  the  photograph.  The  others 
joined  the  squod  at  the  conclusion  of  spring  football  practice. 


BASEBALLERS,  left  to  right,  are:  (front  row)  Roy  Thompson  tHoil  Hathowoy,  Gordon  Gr.ftey, 
John  Lesnlolc.  Dick  King,  Dick  Hummell,  and  Ron  Nokosugi.  Second  row:  Manager  Jason  Shepard. 
Dick  Murphy,  Jack  Mehl,  Mike  Henry,  Tommy  Biskup,  Don  Lundstrom,  and  Bill  Fredericks.  Third 
row:  Coach  Bob  Wren,  Botboy  Bill  Blggers,  Gene  Iteon,  Lorry  Morrison.  John  Bier.  Ralph  Nuzum. 
Jay  Hornsby,  Andy  Chonko,  Dick  Fishbough.  Bill  Rogers,  and  Harold  "Doc"  Dougherty.  Duke 
Anderson  was   not  present  when  the   picture  was  taken. 

TENNIS    TEAM    members    are:    (front    I    to    r)    Bill    Long,    Paul    Cowon,    Bill    Lagonegro,    and    Dave 

Bowman.   Back  row,   same  order:  Coach  Al   Nellis,  James  Leach.  Corl  Hutchinson,   Roger  Fennemon, 

Dick   Nellis,   and   Paul  Woods.  sa  athena 


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Nine  New  OU  Greens 


Phdtographs  bv  Doug  VVcrllifrliolt 


By  Pat  Ordovcnsl{y ,  '54 


Ohio  University's  long-range  expan- 
sion  and  construction  program  has  pene- 
trated again  the  field  of  athletics.  On 
April  21,  the  division  of  physical  educa- 
tion and  athletics  opened  a  nine-hole 
golf  course  for  the  use  of  students, 
faculty  and  alumni. 

Located  about  two  blocks  southeast  of 

EAST  HILL  forms  o  background  (or  students  Ron 
they  head  down  a  fairwoy  of  OU's  new  university 
(Dutch)     Jennings.     '25,     and     the    former     K/(ildred 

Berger, 


campus,  along  the  north  bank  of  the 
Hocking  River,  the  course  is  design  ;d 
to  provide  either  a  light  afternoon  work- 
out or  a  practice  lab  for  aspiring  pro- 
fessionals. Its  .^273  yards  will  be  a  "good 
test  of  skill,"  comments  director  Frank 
Richey. 

Par  ft)r  the  course  is  the  standard  nine- 
hole  average  of  36.  Five  of  the  holes  are 
par  four,  while  two  each  have  pars  ot 
three  and  five.  Hole  No.  'i  is  the 
longest — 486  yards,   while  the  alternate 

Berger,    Dayton,    and   Judy   Jennings,    Boston,   as 
golf  course.  Judy   Is  the  daughter  of  Edward   Ivl. 
Llnclcome,     '27;     Ron    Is    the     brother    of    Jack 
'52. 


east  green  of  Hole  No.  S  is  the  shortest 
— 159  yards.  The  other  alternative  oif 
the  eighth  tee,  the  west  green,  is  163 
yards  away. 

The  consensus  from  persons  using  the 
course  during  the  little  time  it  has  been 
open  is  that  Hole  No.  6  is  the  hardest 
on  which  to  make  par.  Even  though  it  is 
the  only  hole  with  a  temporary  green, 
its  445 -yards  are  broken  into  a  dog-leg  to 
the  right,  and  trees  jut  out  to  the  right 
about  the  halfway  mark. 

Because  of  the  low  level  of  the  land 
on  which  the  course  is  located,  some  fear 
h.is  been  expressed  over  floods  during 
unusually  heavy  rainfall.  However, 
university  athletic  officials  feel  that  the 
course  is  entrenched  well  enough  so 
that  any  serious  overflow  from  the 
Hocking  will  not  hurt  it. 

Opening  of  the  new  course  affords 
students  and  university  personnel  two 
places  to  play  golf.  The  Athens  Coun- 
try Club  has  been  patronized  by  student 
golfers  for  years.  However,  the  Country 
Club  has  the  disadvantages  of  being  lo- 
cated about  five  miles  outside  the  city 
and  charging  a  higher  fee.  The  univer- 
sity course  is  within  walking  distance 
of  most  university  buildings  and  housing 
units. 

Followers  of  OU  athletics  know  the 
director  of  the  course  as  freshman  foot- 
ball and  baseball  coach.  Mr.  Frank 
Brough  Richey,  who  earned  his  A.B. 
from  Ohio  Wesleyan,  is  continuing  with 
his  te.iching  duties  in  addition  to  taking 
over  the  management  of  the  course. 

Although  not  connected  with  golf  in 
,iny  official  capacity  until  assuming  the 
directorship,  Richey  is  a  handy  man  with 
,1  niblick  and  putter.  He  is  a  low-handi- 
cip  goiter  and  probably  will  make  as 
much  use  of  the  course  as  any  other 
person  connected  with  the  university. 

Richey 's  hangout,  when  he  is  not 
teaching  a  class  or  coaching,  is  a  small, 
wooden  structure  near  the  first  tee 
appropriately  known  as  the  "shack." 
Here,  golfers  are  able  to  purchase  the 
necessary  supplies  of  the  game  —  balls, 

T  H  K     Ohio    Alumnus 


tees,  etc.  —  in  addition  to  paying  their 
green  fees  and  registering  to  play  on 
the  course.  Beginners  can  rent  a  set  ot 
golf  clubs  here,  too.  While  not  compar- 
able in  any  respect  to  the  elaborate 
clubhouses  found  on  many  golf  courses, 
the  "shack"  will  serve  its  purpose  well 
until  something  better  comes  along, 
Richey  feels. 

Although  university  officials  have 
Jecl.ircd  that  the  course  is  primarily  for 
the  students.  Richey  explains  that  all 
f.iculty  .md  .dumni  ,is  well  .is  university 
employees  are  welcome. 

"If  we  get  a  heavy  lo.id  ot  traffic,  es- 
pecially .It  holidays,  we  may  have  to 
make  restrictions."  Richey  said.  How- 
ever, he  added  that  he  doesn't  think  the 
.situation  will  ever  come  to  this  point. 

Students  will  p.iy  .1  fee  of  five  dollars 
a  .semester  for  the  u.sc  of  the  cour.se. 
Faculty  members  and  employees  can 
purchase  $2^  yearly  memberships,  while 
alumni  and  guests  may  play  by  merely 
paying  a  green  fee  of  one  dollar  for  e.ich 
nine  holes. 

Present  plans  call  for  the  course  to 
be  open  from  the  beginning  of  the 
spring  season  until  perhaps  as  late  as 
Nov.  1.  It  is  open  seven  days  a  week 
from  9  a.m.  until  it  is  too  dark  to  play. 

Construction  began  in  the  spring  ot 
iy^2,  but  was  hampered  seriously  by 
bad  weather.  An  overabundance  of  rain, 
plus  the  extreme  low  level  of  the  land, 
put  obstacles  in  the  vv.iy  ot  an  earlier 
opening  date.  Even  now,  only  nine  of 
the  ten  greens  h.ive  been  received.  The 
greens  .ire  being  rolled  into  .strips  and 
shipped  to  Athens  from  the  Wyandot 
Golf  Course  in  Columbus.  For  a  few 
weeks,  golfers  will  have  to  play  without 
a  permanent  green  on  hole  No.  6. 

Artificial  hazards  are  expected  to  be 
added  in  the  near  future,  to  make  it  a 
-Still  rougher  test  for  OU  golf  enthusiasts. 


RON  WAITS 


It  is  possible  that  trees  m.iy  be  planted 
along  the  course,  both  for  the  sake  of 
beauty  and  additional  haz.ird.  Univer- 
sity officials  concede  that  it  will  be  .some 
time  before  the  course  is  considered 
complete. 

A  natural  boundary  is  provided  by 
the  Hocking,  which  makes  a  complete 
U  near  the  bottom  of  University  Ter- 
race. The  course  utilizes  this  turn  in  the 
river  for  its  east,  south  and  west  bound- 
aries. The  north  edge  of  the  course  runs 
parallel  to  Ullom  St.  and  the  Baltimore 
.ind  Ohio  Railroad  tracks. 

While  not  built  primarily  for  the 
OU  varsity  golf  team,  it  is  hoped  that 
the  golf  squad  will  he  able  to  use  it  in 
a  year  or  so  when  it  is  completely 
developed. 

Golf  Coach  Kermit  Blosser  says  he 
intends  to  play  at  least  one  home  match 


J\it  Ordovens}{y,  who  irrote  this 
emnprehensiue  article  on  Ohio  L')ii- 
rer.sity'.s  new  golf  course  for  the 
Alumnus,  has  been  editor  of  the 
OU  Post  diirnit;  the  past  semester. 
A  senior  from  Lima.  Pat  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Student  Cmincil.  IFC.  Sigma 
Delta  Chi,  and  ODK,  and  was  edi- 
tor of  the  1953  freshman  handbook,. 
As  [)art  of  his  training,  he  ivrites 
.vport.s'  for  the  Athen.s  Messenger. 


there  this  spring,  and  follow  up  with  a 
few  every  se.ison  until  such  time  as  the 
team  moves  on  to  the  course  perm.i- 
nently. 

"It  gives  the  .students  a  much  better 
chance  to  see  the  team  in  action,"  Blo.sser 
commented. 

A  disadv.mt.ige  to  using  the  new- 
course  for  the  team,  pointed  out  by  the 
coach,  is  the  daily  practice  sessions 
which  would  take  away  from  the  time 
the  other  students  could  pl.iy,  especially 
in  the  spring.  At  present,  the  team  plays 
its  home  matches  and  practices  on  the 
Country  Club  course. 

With  the  opening  of  the  new  course, 
Ohio  U.  becomes  the  first  Mid-Ameri- 
can Conference  school  to  own  such  an 
athletic  facility.  Bowling  Green  and 
Miami  both  have  nine-hole  courses,  but 
their  par  is  not  up  to  the  regulation  }>6. 
Western  Michigan  students  have  access 
to  an  I8-hole  course,  but  it  is  not  owned 
by  the  school. 

During  the  past  six  years,  golf  has 
become  an  important  sport  at  Ohio  Uni- 
versity. The  development  of  winning 
teams  by  Coach  Blosser  has  added 
laurels  to  OU"s  athletic  reputation.  For 
the  last  three  years,  the  golf  squad  has 
won  the  Mid-Americ.m  Conference 
ch.impionship.  At  the  present  time,  fans 
hope  it  is  on  its  way  to  number  four. 
The  fame  of  OU  in  this  sport  is  such 
that  standout  golfers  from  all  over  the 
st.ile  ,ire  attracted  here,  although  no 
scholarships  or  board  jobs  are  awarded 
to  varsity  golfers,  as  they  are  to  partici- 
pants in  some  sports. 

It  is  fitting,  then,  that  OU  should 
lead  the  way  in  providing  facilities  for 
all  its  students  and  associated  personnel 
to  enjoy  this  sport  for  which  it  is  be- 
coming famous. 


May,      19^4 


Page  twenty -one 


To  CELEBRATE  her  90th  birthday, 
Ohio  University's  oldest  living 
alumna  went  out  to  lunch,  attended  a 
Women's  Club  meeting,  a  Plymouth 
Circle  tea,  and  a  church  social  hour. 

That  gives  some  indication  of  the 
energy  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Kirkendall 
Hunter,  a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1 886, 
and  now  a  resident  of  Paso  Robles. 
California. 

A  great-grandmother  and  former 
teacher,  Mrs.  Hunter  is  still  active  m 
her  community,  and  enjoys  good  health 
most  of  the  time.  In  fact,  when  she 
doesn't  appear  at  Sunday  School  or 
Church  on  Sunday,  her  friends  presume 
that  she  is  out  of  town. 

Trips  to  Los  Angeles  and  Sacramento 
are  not  at  all  uncommon  for  the  still- 
charming  alumna.  But  this  year's  plans 
call  for  a  much  longer  trip  that  OLJ 
personnel  and  alumni  will  be  anticipat- 
ing with  great  pleasure.  She  may  visit 
the  campus  for  the  commencement 
reunion. 

Some  of  Mrs.  Hunter's  closest  friends 
of  years  gone  by  will  be  on  hand  to 
greet  her  if  she  is  able  to  attend  the 
June  affair.  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Skinner 
(Gladys  McVay,  '89),  who  was  once 
Mrs.  Hunter's  roommate  at  OU,  will 
be  among  the  returning  alumni,  as  will 


her  sister.  Miss  Anna  Pearl  McVay,  "92. 
Mrs.  Hunter  lived  with  Miss  McVay 
and  her  family  for  several  years  while 
attending  college. 

The  last  surviving  member  of  a  fam- 
ily of  seven  children,  Mrs.  Hunter  lives 
alone  in  her  Paso  Robles  home.  Her 
father  was  an  Ohio  University  graduate, 
and  her  husband,  the  Rev.  W.  A.  Hunt 
cr,  was  a  Methodist  minister.  Their  son, 
Ross,  is  principal  of  El  Cavino  (Califor- 
nia) High  School.  He  and  his  wife, 
Irene,  have  one  son,  Jack,  who  is  mar- 
ried and  has  a  six-year-old  daughter, 
Kathy.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Hunter  had  two 
other  children,  now  dead. 

The  round  of  activities  on  her  9()th 
birthday  were  described  by  Mrs.  Hunter 
as  wonderful.  "A  friend  took  me  out  to 
lunch,"  she  said.  "She  told  me  she  would 
get  me  back  in  time  for  the  Women's 
Club  at  2  p.m.,  but  she  purposely  v^as 
a  little  late  so  everyone  would  be  there 
when  I  arrived.  When  I  went  in  all 
the  members  rose  and  sang  'Happy 
Birthday'  and  the  president  pinned  a 
lovely  corsage  on  me. 

"Then  the  next  day  was  the  Plymouth 
Circle  tea  meeting,  and  when  we  went 
in  to  be  served,  there  was  a  beautiful 
birthday  cake  with  my  name  and  .ige 
on    it.      Then    the    fnllnwHiu    SunJ.i\'    I 


Eli:  ANOR 


was  surprised  again  at  the  church  social 
hour  when  I  saw  another  cake  dressed 
up  like  the  other  one,  and  everyone  sang 
to  me  again.  I  never  felt  so  honored 
.uid  it  w.is  all  so  lovely." 

A  visit  from  Mrs.  Hunter  will  add 
honor  to  another  anniversary-  the 
lidth   birthday  of   her  alma   mater. 


^ywnona  the  ^^^IL 


'■f. 


amni 


1902 


82nd 


GEORCii  H.  L.MM'  celebrated  liis 
birthday  on  March  1.^  at  h's  home  ju.st  out- 
side Nashport.  A  former  justice  of  the  peace 
in  Muskingum  County,  Mr.  Lapp  has  been 
retired    for  several    years, 

1904 

Dr.  Bf.noni  Alstin  Place  is  assistant 
physician  at  the  North  Dakota  State  Hos- 
pital.  His  home  is  in   Jamestown,  N.   D. 

1905 

Morris  D.  Stink  retired  last  July  after  38 
years  as  chief  engineer  at  the  Dayton  State 
Ho.spital. 

1907 

The  Alumni  Office  received  a  welcomed 
surprise  last  month  when  an  Aliimmi,s  note 
concerning  the  whereabouts  of  Frederick 
Byron  Hildebrand  brought  a  prompt  note 
from  him.  It  was  the  first  time  since  1928 
that  the  office  had  been  able  to  locate  him, 
and  It  was  good  to  renew  the  as.sociation. 
Mr.  Hildebrand  lives  at  1017  East  End  Ave- 
nue,   Pittsburgh,    Pa. 

1910 

H.  E.  Cherrinctun.  owner-manager  of 
the  Cherrington  Publicity  Agency,  Colum- 
bus, plays  an  active  part  in  local,  state,  and 
national  organizations.  He  is  past  president 
of  Kit-Kat,  Columbus  literary  club;  a  national 
hoard    member    of    Symposiarch,    a    group    of 


Iratcrnrtv  .ilinuni;  and  a  Cclumbi 
member  of  Sig.n,,  Delta  Ch.,  |o, 
h(ni(irary. 


Raymond  R.  Rowland  is  a  real  estat?  and 
iil   royalty  operator  in  Robinson,  Illinois. 


BliRRELL  B.  Spohn  is  a  professor  emeritus 
at  Ohio  State  University  in   Columbus. 

1914 

Miss  E.  Faye  Hewitt,  a  retired  Los  An- 
geles high  school  teacher,  has  a  home  on  a 
three-acre  lot  in  the  mountains,  at  Summit. 
San  Bernardino  County,  California.  The  town 
is  located  at  the  edge  of  the  Majave  Desert. 
Miss  Hewitt  has  "fruit  trees,  berries,  a  gar- 
den, and  lots  of  flowers"  on  her  property. 

Marie  Dodds  Robinson  (Mrs.  Horace  P.) 
lives  in  Arden,  N.  C,  during  the  summer 
months.  The  Robuisons  have  been  m  Fl.,rid.i 
this   winter. 

1916 

Mahll  Haii.ht  Roi  DEBl'SH  (Mrs.  George 
E.)  and  her  husband  have  moved  from  Co- 
lumbus  to   St,    Petersburg,   Florida. 

1917 

Gi.ORtiE  L.  Chapman  has  purchased 
Chemi-Service,  Inc.,  of  Seattle,  Washington, 
where  he  now  lives.  Mr.  Chapman's  com- 
pany   does    custom    spraying    of    insecticides. 


I  una 


lid  weed  killc 


Virda  E.  Williams,  former  department 
head  at  Central  High  School,  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  is  now  retired  and  living  in 
Springfield. 

1918 

Elizabeth  Dolbear  Evans  (Mrs.  F.  Wes- 
ley S.)  and  her  husband  recently  returned 
from  a  two  months"  motor  trip  to  Texas, 
New  Orleans,  and  the  Gulf  coast  states  to 
their  home  in  Bethesda,  Md.  Mr.  Evans  is 
retired. 

1920 

Mary  McNachten,  a  teacher  in  Mo- 
hawk Junior  High  School,  Columbus,  voy- 
aged to  Europe  last  summer  aboard  the  SS 
United  States,  She  travelled  to  England, 
France.  It.dy,  Germany,  Switzerland,  anti 
Holland, 

1921 

Bertha  Vickers.  who  worked  in  the  OU 
Registrar's  Office  for  several  years,  is  now 
executive  secretary  of  the  Ohio  Federation 
of  Business  and  Professional  Women's  Clubs. 
Her  home  is  in  Columbus. 

Darrell  H.  (Jonesy)  Sams,  securities 
salesman  for  the  Roy  E.  Hawk  y  Co., 
Athens,  is  probably  the  number  one  fan  of 
Bobcat  basketball  teams.  He  not  only  fol- 
lov,'s  the  team,  but  keeps  in  contact  with 
players  after  they  graduate.  Each  year 
Jonesy  sends  sports  schedules  to  about  100 
graduates  on  his  mailing  list. 


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T  II  I        O  H  U)      A  I.  LI  M  N  U  S 


1923 

Lester  E.  Lown  is  svipcnntcndciu  ol  the 
Manufacturing  Enfiincerinj;  Department, 
Westinghousc  Electric  Corporation,  in  Mans- 
field. 

1924 

LiciLLF,  FoiT  LoNi;  HonEK  and  her 
luishand,  Dayton  W.  Hoffee.  '32,  have 
moved  from  BcrKhol:  to  Athens.  Both  arc 
teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  Ncl.sonvillc. 
Mr.  Hotfec  was  executive  head  of  Berghol: 
Schools,  and  Mrs.  Hoffec  taught  in  the  hich 
school.  Mrs.  Hoffec's  son.  Char[.es  F.  Lono, 
graduated  from  OU  in  1947,  and  Mr.  Hof- 
fce"s  son.  Harry  L.  Hoffke.  wa^  ,i  member 
of  the   19.''1   graduating  class. 

Stella  Tirner  Gaskill  (Mrs.  I'ctcr) 
concluded  42  years  of  public  service  on  April 
I  when  she  retired  as  assistant  librarian  of 
the  Herbert  Wescoat  Memorial  Library  in 
McArthur.  She  had  been  librarian  for  16 
years,  following  an  earlier  career  in  teaching. 

Curtis  Morris  is  manager  of  the  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  office  of  the  American  Gas 
Association. 

Thelma  Jenkins  Jones  (Mrs.  David)  is 
language  teacher  at  the  Warren  Consoli- 
dated School  in  Tiltonsvillc. 


1925 

Lionel  I  iiv  Hall  Pai.mlr.  who  received  an 
MA.  from  OU  in  1943,  is  an  associate  pro- 
fessor of  French  at  Blueficld  State  College, 
Bluefield,  W.  Va. 

LiLA  Lane  Hinsdale.  Warren,  is  a  high 
.school  teacher  in  the  Trumbull  County 
Schools. 

William  H.  Keplinc^fr  has  been  named 
general  credit  manager  and  assistant  treas- 
urer of  the  Crown  Zellerbach  Corporation, 
.San   Francisco. 

1926 

LuciLLF,  Loher  Chfnot  (Mrs.  M.  K.) 
lives  in  New  York  City  where  she  is  secre- 
tary of  the  Columbia  University  Teachers 
College. 

Cynthia  Morris  Ei.son  (Mrs.  Price) 
teaches  eighth  grade  English  in  Ojalidge 
(Arizona)   Junior  High  School. 

Julia  Fell  Martin  (Mrs.  L  T.)  teaches 
home  economics  at  Youngstown. 


Ruby  Mercer  Haio  (Mrs.  Theodor)  has 
been  named  by  one  of  the  nation's  top  milli- 
ners  as  the   bcst-hattcd   woman   in   the   U.   S. 


FIFTY-FOUR  years  ago  a  d.tcr 
mined  young  lady  tied  her  horse 
in  front  of  a  red  brick  rural  school - 
house  in  Ritchie  County,  West  Vir- 
ginia, then  calmly  walked  into  tiie 
building  to  begin  her  first  day  of 
teaching.  With  her  braids  pinned 
up,  and  a  long  dress  of  her  mother's 
reaching  to  the  floor,  young  Jessie 
Tresham  was  able  to  partially  dis- 
guise the  fact  that  she  was  only 
1  ^  years  old. 

Today  Miss  Jess,  as  she  is  known 
by  thousands  of  her  pupils,  is  West 
Virginia's  "Retired  Teacher  of  the 
Year." 

The  tribute  to  Miss  Tresham's  54 
years  of  devotion  to  the  cause  of 
youth  and  education  climaxed  a 
career  in  the  elementary  and  high 
schools  of  Ritchie  Countie.  47  of 
the  years  having  been  spent  in  those 
of  her  home  town  of  Harrisville. 

When  she  first  started  teaching. 
Miss  Jess  was  determined  not  only 
to  help  other  young  people,  but  to 
improve  her  own  education  as  much 
as  possible.  Not  s.itisfied  with  the 
teacher's  certificate  she  held,  the 
>oung  teacher  began  attending  Ohio 
University  in  the  spring  and  sum- 
mer, after  teaching  during  the 
winter  months. 

Making  her  way  slowly  but 
surely.  Miss  Jess  received  the  degree 
of  B.S.  in  Education  in  1914.  Later 
she  continued  her  studies  at  OU  and 
in  19.^6  she  was  awarded  an  M.A 
degree. 

Mi-s  Tresham  believes  in  a  broad 


Miss  Jessie  M.  Tresh.am 
.   .  .  retired  with  honors 

and  liberal  curriculum  for  schools 
and  colleges,  with  plenty  of  Eng- 
lish and  other  languages,  mathe- 
matics, and  science. 

"But  I  would  not  omit  sports  and 
clubs  which  I  regard  as  important 
agencies  in  training  for  democracy," 
she  declares.  "Nor  music,  drawing, 
journalism,  the  home  arts,  and 
everything  that  would  make  life 
richer  and  better." 

nducators  in  West  Virginia  have 
seen  the  valuable  results  of  Miss 
Tresham's  teaching  philosophy. 
They  have  observed  her  teaching 
methods.  And  they  have  named  her 
"Retired  Teacher  of  the  Year." 


The  choice  was  made  in  New  York  where 
11  outstanding  milliners  met  to  announce 
their  selections.  Miss  Mercer's  picture  ap- 
peared in  Time  Magazine.  She  is  a  radio 
commentator  in  New  York. 

Thor  Olson  and  Mrs.  Olson,  Athens, 
were  surprised  on  their  40th  wedding  anni- 
versary last  month  by  members  of  the  Athens 
Scandinavian  Club  who  gave  them  a  party 
patterned  after  the  program  "This  Is  Your 
Life."  Letters,  telegrams,  and  phone  calls 
from  friends  and  family  from  across  the 
country  and  across  the  seas  were  a  part  of 
the  celebration. 

Elizabeth  Cunningham  Buchtman 
(Mrs.  W.  W.)  and  her  husband,  of  Wil- 
loughby,  spent  September,  1953  in  England, 
Holland,  Switzerland,  Italy,  and  France. 

Howard  G.  Brown,  civil  engineer  for 
Havens  H  Emerson,  Warren,  has  been  work- 
ing as  resident  engineer  for  consultants  in  the 
building  of  a  new  water  plant  for  the  city 
of   Warren. 

1928 

Mrs.  Walter  Maccombs  and  Mr.  Mac- 
combs  ob.served  their  40th  wedding  anni- 
versary February  14  at  their  home  in  Athens. 
Approximately  .SOO  guests,  many  of  them 
former  pupils  of  Mrs.  Maccombs,  were  in- 
vited to  an  open  house.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Maccombs  have  three  daughters,  all  of  whom 
attended  OU.  They  are:  Alice,  '43  (Mrs. 
Edward  C.  Hensch);  Jane.  '46  (Mrs.  Robert 
N.  Smith);  and  Ann.  '4.S  (Mrs.  C.  H.  Hay- 
dcii ). 

Herbert  S.  McConifiay  is  city  passenger 
agent  for  the  Greyhound  Lines  at  the  Co- 
lumbus office. 

1929 

William  J.  E<;ensperger  lives  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  where  he  is  plant  manager  in 
the  Plastics  Division  of  the  Gender.  Paeschkc 
y  Frey  Company. 

Theodore  U.  Cowen  is  district  salesman 
for  the  Davidson  Chemical  Company.  His 
home  is  in  Manchester,  Iowa. 

1930 

Robert  W.  You  no.  a  physicist,  has  gone 
into  partnership  with  R.  S.  Gales  in  San 
Diego,  California.  The  two  men  are  con- 
sultants in  acoustics,  offering  advice  on  archi- 
tectural acoustics,  noise  measurement  and 
control,  audiology,  and  musical  acoustics. 

1931 

Hugh  P.  Lynch  is  manager  of  sales 
training,  refrigeration  specialties,  for  the 
Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation  in  Spring- 
field,  Mass. 

Dr,  Frank  A,  Nemec.  a  dentist  in  Aub- 
urn. N.  Y.,  specializes  in  pedodontics. 

Dr.  Ralph  R.  Brown  is  director  of  United 
Industrial  Services  in  Cincinnati.  Mrs.  Brown 
(Dr.  Thelma  Grubb.  '30)  is  chief  psy- 
chologist at  the  VA  Hospital  in  Ft.  Thomas, 
Ky.  The   Browns  live  in  Ft.  Thomas. 

1932 

Hugh  H.  Davis  is  assistant  professor  of 
classical  languages  at  Le  Moync  College, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.  He  went  there  last  Septem- 
ber from  Fordham  University. 

Robert  G.  Corace  lives  in  New  Martins- 
ville, where  he  is  general  manager  of  the 
Union  Finance  Company. 


M  .\  Y  ,       19  5  4 


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S.  Stuart  Kleiger  a  New  York  City  at- 
torney, has  been  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
Major  in  the  U.  S.  Army  Reserves.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Kleiger  have  purchased  and  moved  into 
a  new  ranch  home  in  Westhiiry.  L.  I.,  a  sub- 
urb  of  New  York  City. 

Ralph  W.  Fleck,  returned  in  19.''2  from 
extensive  overseas  duty  which  included  some 
six  years  as  budget  officer  for  the  Berhn 
Command  in  Germany.  He  is  now  with  the 
Comptroller  Headquarters,  Air  Material  Com- 
mand  in   Dayton. 

1933 

Jlif.l  Reed  Cover  (Mrs.  C.  A.),  a  past 
officer  and  executive  board  member  of  the 
Ohio  Newspaper  Women's  Association,  has 
joined  the  staff  of  the  Ottawa  Cotuitv  News. 

Charles  E.  Beach  is  general  manager  and 
secretary  of  John  C.  Stalfort  ^  Sons,  Inc. 
in  Towson,  Md. 


Wilbur  K.  Jones  is  office  manager  for  the 
Bennett  d  Wilkes  Construction  Co.  in  Largo, 
Florida. 

Dr.  Edward  Press  is  associate  director  of 
the  Division  of  Services  for  Crippled  Chil- 
dren at  the  University  of  Illinois. 

1935 

Donald  D.  Fontaine,  a  teacher  at  Ottawa 
Hills  High  School  in  Toledo,  has  published 
his  second  novel,  "All  Those  In  Favor." 
The  book  deals  with  the  problems  of  high 
school  fraternities  and  sororities. 

1936 

Murray  A.  Chilson  is  vice-president  of 
Excelsior  Pearl  Works,  Inc.  of  New  York. 
His  home  is  in  Roslyn   Heights,  Long  Island. 

Mildred  McKnight  Martin  (Mrs.  J.  G.) 
teaches  home  economics  at  Fairport  Harbor. 
The  Martins  live  in  Mentor. 

1937 

Henderson  L.  Adams  and  Mrs.  Adams 
(Gladys  Mitchell.  "39)  live  at  Fort  Wal- 
ton Beach,  Florida,  where  Mr.  Adams  is  a 
civil  service  mathematician  at  Eglin  Air  Force 
Base.  They  have  three  children. 

Harris  Farmer  is  manager  of  the  San 
Diego  office  of  General  Electric  Appliances. 
Mrs.  Farmer  is  the  former  Martha  Burns. 

Dorothy  Hilty  is  resident  psychologist  at 
the  Ohio  Soldiers  and  Sailors  Orphans  Home 
in  Xenia. 

1938 

George  R.  "Pu(r'  Hood  coached  the 
Colunihus  South  basketball  team  to  the 
runner-up  spot  in  the  state  high  school 
basketball  tournament  this  year.  Coach  Hood's 
team  was  defeated  in  the  finals  by  a  strong 
Hamilton  quintet.  Mrs.  Hood  is  the  former 
Gail  Evans. 

Dan  Donofrio,  director  of  physical  edu- 
cation and  health  at  Central  High  School, 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  has  been  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  the  Central  High  Evening  School. 

Irving  Miller.  M.Ed.,  '39,  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  Millers  Brass  Fitting,  Inc.,  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.  Mrs.  Miller  (Leona  Paltrowitz. 
'37,  M.  A.,  '39)  is  attending  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, completing  state  requirements  for 
guidance  work. 


NEWSPAPER  readers  in  Cd,,- 
radi)  are  becoming  more  and 
more  familiar  with  the  name  of 
Samuel  F.  Downer,  '40,  whether 
they  prefer  their  reading  on  the 
front  page  or  in  the  sports  section. 

Although  a  member  of  the  well- 
known  Pikes  Peak  Range  Riders, 
the  former  OU  student  by  no  means 
confines  his  personal  interests  to 
recreation.  Last  month  he  was 
named  to  the  board  of  governors  of 
the  American  National  Red  Cross — 
the  second  person  from  Colorado 
ever  to  receive  the  honor. 

To  Sam  Downer,  the  nomin.ition 
to  one  of  the  highest  national  Red 
Cross  offices  holds  a  particular  value. 
Since  he  was  an  Eagle  Scout  in  high 
school,  serving  in  disaster  relief 
work  under  the  Red  Cross  in 
Pennsylvania  flood  areas,  he  has 
been  interested  in  the  organization. 

At  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
has  lived  since  1949,  he  has  man 
aged  a  successful  Red  Cross  fund 
campaign,  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  his  local  chap- 
ter, and  served  as  its  chairman  for 
two  years. 

While  a  student  at  OU.  Downer 
served  as  president  of  MUPB,  presi- 
dent of  Torch  (ODK),  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Beta  Psi  (an  accounting  hon- 
orary), and  graduated  cum  laude. 
He  married  Jessie  Stuart  Cooper, 
\iR.  They  have  two  children,  Benita 
Elizabeth  and  Philip  Stuart. 

Now  a  regional  representative  of 
the     Burroughs     Adding     Machine 


Sam  Downer 
.  .  .  Red  Cross  and  Rodeos 

Corporation,  Downer  serves  as  treas- 
urer and  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Pikes  Peak  Range 
Riders,  an  organization  closed  to 
'iO  men.  The  horsemen  take  several 
riding  trips  during  the  year,  the 
best  known  of  which  is  the  five  day 
pack  trip  around  Pikes  Peak.  Each 
year  they  take  about  15  distin- 
guished guests  from  other  parts  of 
the  country  on  the  peak  ride. 

However,  the  organization  is 
probably  best  known  for  co-spon- 
soring with  the  American  Legion 
the  $72,nnn  "Pikes  Peak  or  Bust" 
O'vlco  each  August. 


Martin  Trauger  is  with  the  Eighth  Army 
in  Korea,  but  he  plans  to  be  moved  to  Japan 
where  his  wife  (Dorian  Beck,  '43)  and 
five-year-old  son  Carl  will  join  him.  At  the 
present  time  Mrs.  Trauger  and  young  Carl 
are  living  in   Delray  Beach,  Florida. 

1939 

Dr.  Charles  W.  Miller  is  practicing 
veterinary  medicine  in  Crestline. 

Cdr.  John  Paul  Jones  is  contracts  and 
materials  officer  and  assistant  design  officer 
for  electronics  supervisor  of  shipbuilding, 
USN  y  NIO,  Groton,  Conn.  Since  1951  the 
organization  at  Groton  has  completed  five 
new  submarines,  converted  six  fleet  type 
subs,  launched  the  first  neuclear  sub,  and  laid 
the  keel   for  the  second. 

1940 

Marie  Loescei  is  teaching  seventh  grade 
English  and  geography  in  the  Johnny  Apple- 
seed  Junior  High   School,   Mansfield. 

RORERT  W.  COE,  formerly  with  the  An- 
chor Hocking  Glass  Company,  is  now  resi- 
dent auditor  at  Kent  State  University. 

B.  Darrel  Crabtree  is  principal  of  Re- 
public   High    School.    Mrs.    Crabtree    is    the 


former  Faith  Elizabeth  Lewis. 

1941 

Richard  E.  Lawrence,  who  is  associated 
with  Lawrence  and  Dykes  Architects,  has 
been  chosen  Canton's  "Outstanding  Young 
Man  of  1953."  He  won  the  award  for  his 
work  with  the  YMCA,  the  Citizens  Com- 
mitte  for  Good  GovcrnmciU.  and  other  city 
groups. 

Karl  H.  Schmidt,  associated  with  the 
Cleveland  agency  of  the  National  Life  In- 
surance Company  of  Vermont,  has  qualified 
for  the  "Million  Dollar  Roundtable."  The 
group  includes  .some  500  underwriters 
throughout  the  country  who  have  written 
$1,000,000  of  insurance  in  a  year. 

Fred  W,  Henck,  Arlington,  Va.,  is  man- 
aging editor  and  assistant  vice-president  of 
the  Telecommunications  Publishing  Company 
which    publishes    four   trade    journals. 

Robert  D.  Wendell  is  agency  super- 
visor of  The  Penn  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  of  Columbus. 


Dr.  C.  Fred  Kittle,  assistant  professor  in 
surgery  at  the  University  of  Kansas  Medical 


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Center,  is  on  the  senior  staff  of  surgeons 
speciali:ing  in  chest  surgery.  Last  summer 
he  received  the  John  and  Mary  Markle 
Foundation  Fellowship  for  research  work  and 
spent  four  months  in  Europe  visiting  various 
hospitals  and   medical   schools. 

H,^ROLI>  O.  Powell,  news  editor  of  the 
Hillsboro  newspapers  for  the  last  eight  years, 
has  been  named  editor  of  the  Hillsboro 
Neu'S-Hcrald.  Powell  was  a  combat  corres- 
pondent in  the  Marine  Corps  during  World 
War  II,  and  was  recalled  to  active  duty  for 
,1  year  during  the  Korean  conflict. 

Myrtli;  MaI'I'.s  is  a  teacher  in  the  K;in,i- 
wha  (bounty  Schools,  Charleston,  V\'    N'.i 

1943 

Dali-  Enclt-  recently  completed  a  two 
months'  winter  stock  season  at  the  Capitol 
Theater.  An  actor  and  director,  Engle  played 
last  year  in  Memphis,  Tenn.  and  Myrtle 
Beach,  S.  C.  All  three  theaters  are  under  the 
control  of  the  Arena  Theater  Guild  of  New 
York.  The  actor's  mother  is  Mrs.  Winii  rkh 
R.   Encle.  'J8. 

Lois  HaINLUY  SicNOR  (Mrs.  Charles 
Keith)  is  in  London,  England,  where  she 
teaches  at  the  American  School  for  depen- 
dents of  military  personnel.  Mr.  Signor  has 
established  himself  as  a  portrait  painter  in 
the  capital  city. 

Morris  E.  Lant:  is  statf  assistant — cost 
planning  and  cost  analysis  in  the  National 
Tube  Division  of  the  U.  S.  Steel  Corpor- 
ation, Pittsburgh. 

John  R.  Irvini  is  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  C.ihon  Transfer  Company. 
Galion,   Ohio. 


Dr.  Walter  J.  Jones  is  practicing  medi- 
cine  in   Warren,   Pennsylvania. 


Doris  M.  W'l  lls  is  uistructor  of  music 
^it  Blackfork  School.  Her  home  is  in  Oak 
Hill. 

Paul  J,  Yuhas.  as,sociated  with  the  De- 
partment of  Labor  if  Industry,  plans  to  enter 
law   school   soon.    He   lives   ,n    Harrisburg,   Pa 

1946 

Ri!TH  Lawson  Walsh  (Mrs.  Robert  V.) 
appeared  in  January  as  an  actress  with  the 
Baltimore  Symphony  Orchestra  and  .Sir 
Cedric  Hardwick  in  a  production  ol  the 
oratorio  "King   David" 

1947 

Cleti  s  E.  McPiiLRsoN  has  been  as- 
signed as  project  engineer  for  the  construc- 
tion of  the  Spring-Sandusky  Streets  inter- 
change located  in  Columbus.  It  is  a  com- 
bined federal,  state,  and  county  project  and 
will  take  two  years  to  complete.  He  is  a 
member  ot  the  engineering  stalf  of  the 
Franklin   County   Engineering   Department. 

Theodore  E.  Bi:jalski  is  a  general  con- 
tractor in  Brecksville. 

Malcolm  L.  Baas  was  on  the  campus  last 
month  conducting  senior  interviews  for  the 
Electro  Metallurgical  Company,  a  division  of 
the  Union  Carbide  6?  Carbon  Corporation. 
His  home  is  in  Tonawanda.  N.  Y. 

1948 

Till    Ri  v.  John  W.  Moody  is  assistant  to 


the   Rector  of   St.   Alban's   Episcopal   Church 
in  Columbus. 

Joseph  Louis  Sparks.  M.  Ed.,  '.'>3,  teaches 
at  Whitmore  School  in  Ceres,  California. 

RoBEjlT  D.  Shea  is  manager  of  the  Cuya- 
hoga County  Airport  near  Cleveland. 

Dave  Zeile,  Jr..  is  an  attorney  with  Fals- 
graf,  Reidy  y  Sharp,  Cleveland. 

Lois  Kista  Myron  (Mrs.  Howard  J.), 
of  Cleveland,  serves  as  field  director  for 
the  Campfire  Girls. 

DoNAii)  WoLl-  is  in.structor  of  ROT('  at 
l.oyol.t  University,  Los  Angeles. 

LhSThR  L.  RKUiLE  is  an  instructor  of  in- 
dustrial  arts  at   Defiance. 

1949 

Rmoderk:  G.  Mij  is  has  received  the 
distinguished  service  award  of  the  U.  S. 
Junior  Chamber  of  Commerce  for  being 
New  Lexington's  outstanding  young  man  of 
ly.'iJ.  He  is  a.ssociated  with  the  Perry 
Hardware  Company  in  that  community. 

Kenneth  E.  Hawkins,  a  technical  repre- 
sentative of  companies  in  the  Crum  y  For- 
ster  Insurance  Group,  has  as  his  territory  the 
entire  .state  of  Minnesota.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hawkins  have  three  children,  Carol  Ann, 
Sandra  Lee,  and  William  Scott.  They  live 
in  Minneapolis. 

James  E.  Cross  is  investment  counsel  for 
Brundage.   .Storv  6?  R.xc  of  Flushing.   N.   V. 


Lloyd  N.  Cook  was  recently  appointed 
personnel  manager  of  The  Denison  Engi- 
neering Company,  Columbus. 

Walter  E.  Leyser  is  a  salesman  for  Arcl, 
Inc.,  photographic  distributors.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Leyser  have  a  two-year-old  daughter,  Rhonda 
Marlene. 

Donald  M.  Webster  is  assistant  manager 
of  the  Dayton  branch  of  the  Cook  Coffee 
Company. 

Leslie  R.  Maurer  is  manager  of  the  Ken- 
mar      Manufacturing      Company,      Ottumwa, 


Dr.  Bobby  D.  YoI'nc;  is  an  intern  at  the 
Miami  Valley   Hospital.   Dayton. 

Anne  Julia  Nameth,  teacher  in  the 
Perth  Amboy  school  system,  has  been  granted 
a  one  year  leave  of  absence  to  teach  at  Bol- 
bligen,  Germany. 

Jack  R.  LeComte  is  senior  laboratory 
technician  at  the  Mary  Rutan  Hospital  in 
Bellefontaine. 

William  A.  Drake.  Jr.  is  photographic 
laboratory  supervisor  for  the  Motion  Picture 
Division  of  Ohio  State's  Department  of 
Photography.  Mrs.  Drake,  the  former  Alli- 
son Wylie,  is  with  the  Stelzer  Personnel 
Agency,  Columbus. 

1950 

Hubert  A.  Selz  is  a  technician  in  the  re- 
search   section    of    the    Du    Pont    Mechanical 

Development    Laboratory.    Wilmington.     Del. 


M.ATM.^N  Zeomk  in  ■4S 
.   .   .  ii    .Nietkiv    climh 

ED  (ZIP)  ZEDNIK,  the  strong- 
arm  matman  who  used  to  liter- 
ally "pick  'em  up  and  lay  'em 
J.iwn"  for  OLI  in  1947-48,  picked 
up  somethinji  new  this  season  as 
coach  of  the  Shaker  Heights  (Cleve- 
land) wrestling  squad.  This  time  it 
was  a  state  championship. 

After  compiling  a  string  of  nine 
str.iight  regular  season  victories,  the 
Sh.ikcr  High  School  grapplers  settled 
•iiiv   rcmainin>:   doubts   in   the   tour- 


ney, presenting  their  coach  with  his 
first  state  championship  in  five  years 
of  coaching. 

In  those  five  years  Zednik  has 
established  him.self  as  one  of  the 
better  wrestling  coaches  in  the 
state.  His  Shaker  team  has  advanced 
a  notch  higher  each  year,  tying  for 
the  Greater  Cleveland  Conference 
championship  in  1952  and  1953  be- 
fore coming  thniugh  as  undisputed 
leader  this  season. 

Alumni  who  remember  Zednik 
.Is  a  collegiate  wrestler  would  prob- 
ably .igree  th.it  his  success  as  a  coach 
must  be  in  an  ability  to  transplant 
some  of  the  old  "Zip"  into  his  team 
members. 

As  the  leading  grappler  on  Coach 
Thor  Olson's  1948  squad  Zednik 
scored  .>0  points  on  si.x  wins  in  eight 
matches.  Five  of  the  victories  were 
on  pins,  and  the  only  two  los.<es 
suffered  by  the  OU  175-pounder 
were  to  top  collegiate  wrestlers  at 
Michigan  and  Kent  State. 

Zednick  was  the  leading  crowd 
pleaser  as  well  as  the  top  scorer. 
More  than  once  he  lifted  an  oppo- 
nent into  the  air,  then,  with  the 
spectators  roaring  their  approv.il, 
slapped  the  helpless  foe  down  into 
,in  early  pin. 

Now  rival  coaches  have  the  same 
respect  for  Zip  Zednick  that  wrestl- 
ing opponents  h.id  si\  ye.irs  a>;o. 


M  A  Y .      19  5  4 


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Mrs.   Sell  is  the   former  Nancy   O'dell,   '49. 

Charles  S.  Stack  and  Mrs.  Stack,  the 
former  Patricia  J.  Albaugh,  who  have  re- 
sided for  the  past  three  years  in  Albuquer- 
que, N.  Mex.,  are  now  making  their  home  in 
Cincinnati  where  Mr.  Stack  is  taking  gradu- 
ate work  at  the  University  of  Cincinnati. 

Karl  E.  Heidtman  is  associated  with  the 
Los  Angeles  division  of  the  Campbell  Sales 
Company.  Mrs.  Heidtman,  the  former  Jean 
Walters.  '.')0,  has  completed  an  adminis- 
trative dietetic  internship  at  Mills  College, 
Oakland,  and  is  now  assistant  to  the  director 
of  dietetics.  Long  Beach  General  Hospital. 

Richard  W.  Jewett  is  a  teacher  in  the 
Linden-McKinley  High  School,  Columbus. 

James  D.  Officer  lives  in  Baltimore,  Md., 
where  he  is  an  assistant  sales  engineer  at 
the  Piston  Ring  Plant,  Metal  Products  Divi- 
sion, Koppers,  Inc. 

Jean  Gilford  is  senior  speech  and  hearing 
consultant  for  the  Tennessee  Department  of 
Public  Health.  She  lives  in  Jackson,  Tenn. 

Frank  N.  Elliott,  Veroma,  Wisconsin, 
is  field  representative  of  the  State  Historical 
Society  of  Wisconsin. 

John  V.  Pierce  is  a  buyer  for  the  Bolen- 
baugh  Sporting  Goods  Company.  Mrs.  Pierce, 
the  former  Lillian  Willliams.  is  director 
of  education  at  the  Lancaster-Fairfield  School 
of  Nursing.  Their  home  is  in  Carroll. 

David  L.  Thornton,  recently  discharged 
from  the  Army,  is  field  Scout  executive, 
Scioto  Area  Council,  BSA,  in  Portsmouth. 

Robert  J.  Bregar  is  an  architect  with 
Ward  y  Conrad,  Willoughby. 

Mary  Lou  Tyson  Rodis  (Mrs.  Donald  J.) 
is  secretary  to  the  vice  president  in  charge  of 
sales  at  The  Cold  Metal  Products  Company, 
Youngstown. 

Neil  A.  Spearman  is  superintendent  of 
schools  at  Kirkersville. 

1951 

John  H.  Graham  is  a  member  of  the 
technical  staff  of  the  Radar  Division,  Hughes 
Research  and  Development  Laboratories, 
Culver  City,  California. 

Joan  Hannum  is  completing  her  first 
year  in  social  group  work  at  the  School  of 
Applied  Social  Sciences  of  Western  Re- 
serve University.  She  plans  to  receive  her 
M.A.  degree  in  1955. 

Ralph  Dunbar,  Jr.  is  assistant  sales  man- 
ager for  the  Horn-Ohio  Company,  a  graphic 
arts  concern   in   Cleveland. 

Douglas  I.  Fuchs,  who  graduated  from 
Brooklyn  Law  School  in  February,  has  been 
working  as  an  auditor  for  the  New  York 
State  Housing  Rent  Commission  while  at- 
tending evening  classes. 

Paul  O.  Kail  has  been  named  conser- 
vation aide  of  the  Hocking  Soil  Conservation 
District.  He  and  his  family  live  in  Logan. 

Joseph  A.  Zita  is  a  mathematics  teacher 
in  the  Austintown  Fitch  High  School. 

George  R.  Northup  is  employed  in  the 
personnel  section.  Aviation  Gas  Turbine  Di- 
vision, Westinghouse  Electric  Corporation. 
Philadelphia.  He  recently  talked  to  OU 
senior  mechanical  engineers. 


1952 

WlLLL\M  T.  McCalla  has  been  discharged 
from  the  U.  S.  Army  after  serving  nine 
months  in  the  Transportation  Major  Port, 
Pusan,  Korea,  where  he  received  his  first 
lieutenancy  in  November.  He  plans  to  enroll 
soon  at  the  University  of  Washington  where 
his  wife,  Jean,  is  a  student. 

Hugh  R.  Taylor  is  an  instructor  at  Jeffer- 
son High  School. 

Thomas  F.  Hill  is  instrumental  music 
supervisor  in   the  Mansfield   Public   Schools. 

Irma  J.  Lorenzen,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  is 
employed  as  secretary  of  the  National  Stu- 
dent Association  Travel  Department. 

Phillip  T.  K.  Chen,  who  is  connected 
with  the  Osborne  Engineering  Company, 
Cleveland,  is  on  temporary  duty  for  the 
firm  in  Detroit. 

Helga  Kuehr  has  transferred  from  Ber- 
lin to  Erlanzen,  Germany,  and  is  with  Sie- 
mens, one  of  the  biggest  and  most  important 
electrical  companies  of  Europe. 

1953 

Carol  L.  Tyler,  a  research  assistant  in 
journalism  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin, 
is  working  toward  her  M.S.  degree,  which 
she  expects  to  receive  in  January  of  1955 

Marilyn  Collier,  Lois  White,  and 
Annabellf  Cranmer  arc  teaching  in 
Elyria. 

Evelyn  Baas  Coffman  is  living  in  Cin- 
cinnati while  her  husband,  Gene  Coffman, 
"52  is  with  the  Army  in  Korea.  The  Coff- 
mans    plan    to    live    in    Wisconsin    after    his 


Marie  Aurand  is  private  secretary  to  an 
account  executive  of  the  Griswold-Eshleman 
Advertising  Agency  in  Cleveland. 

Julie  Sherriff  is  a  general  assignment 
reporter  for  the  Defiance  (Ohio)  Crescent 
News. 

Rosemary  Andrews  is  a  student  at  the 
Mayo  Clinic  School  of  Physical  Medicine, 
Rochester,  Minn. 

WiLDA  Masters  teaches  weekday  religious 
education  in  the  Division  of  Christian  Edu- 
cation of  the  National  Council  of  Churches, 
Dayton. 

Donald  Brooks  McElwain  is  a  photog- 
rapher for  the  Pennsylvania  State  Museum 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

1954 

January  graduates  who  are  now  teaching 
are:  Jasuko  Tsuchihashi,  Tokyo:  Donna  Mc- 
Cullough  Robertson,  Cambridge;  Renee  J. 
Rapport,  Shaker  Heights;  Mary  Wells  North, 
East  Liverpool:  Lawrence  F.  Crist,  Thorn- 
ville;  Mrs.  Nadeane  Carlisle,  Cincinnati;  Ed- 
gar R.  Canfield,  Cleveland:  Don  Marvin 
Burks,  Huntington,  W.  Va.;  Marcia  E.  Arc- 
angel,  Cleveland  Heights;  Patricia  A.  Brady, 
Cleveland;  Karen  Link,  Sandusky:  Daird  R. 
Evans,  Pickerington;  Nancy  Lowe,  Cleve- 
land. 

Pete  Shimrak  is  a  reporter  for  the  Cleve- 
land Press. 

Robert  E.  Joyce  is  a  police  dispatcher  lor 
the  Bellaire   (Texas)   Police  Department. 


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Myra  Jean  Zwillich,  '46,  to  Leon  Ber- 
ger,  BS  New  York  University,  sales  division 
of  Atlantic  Surgical  Company,  December  20, 
1953.  At  home:  1701  Garritsen  Ave.,  Brook- 
lyn 29,  New  York. 

Irma  F.  Zuroweste.  "46,  Bellbrook,  to 
Norton  E.  Rogers,  "3  3,  Huntington,  W. 
Va.,  December  6,  1953.  Mr.  Rogers  is  a  re- 
search chemist  with  Monsanto  Chemical  Co. 
At  home:  321  West  Circle  Drive,  West 
Carrollton,  Ohio. 

Josefina  Hernandez,  Graduate  of  Havana 
University,  to  Eudaldo  Cabrera.  "52,  De- 
cember 6,  1953.  At  home:  Lacret  374  Apt. 
B.,  Stos.  Suarez,  Habana,  Cuba. 

Esther  Balfour,  '43,  Cleveland,  tu  Ben 
J.  Oshman,  Wharton,  Texas,  April  4,  1954. 
At  home:  Box  668,  Wharton,  Texas. 

Betsy  Edith  Cohen,  University  of  Roches- 
ter, to  Sidney  Cohen,  '50,  January  25,  1954. 
Mr.  Cohen  is  a  credit  clerk  with  Grossman 
Music  Co.  At  home:  775  Ea.';t  88th  St.  #9, 
Cleveland  8,  Ohio. 

Helen  Hall  Holtham.  '34,  to  Robert 
C.  Bard,  December  28,  1953.  Mr.  Bard  is  a 
fruit  grower  and  Mrs.  Bard  is  a  teacher.  At 
home:  10  Robinson  St.,  North  East,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Barbara  Reider,  "52,  to  2nd  Lt,  Joseph 
Di  DoMENico.  "53,  July  11,  1953.  Lt.  Dom- 
enico  is  attending  Communications  School  at 
Scott  AFB.  At  home:  1312  W.  Main  St., 
Belleville,  Illinois. 

Meritta  Floyd,  Beaufort,  S.  C,  to  Robert 
L.  Hamill.  "50,  June  27,  1953.  Mr.  Hamill 
IS  a  Research  Assistant  at  Michigan  State 
College.  At  home:  923  C.  Walnut  Lane,  East 
Lansing,  Michigan. 

Carrolee  Schafer.  "51,  to  Frederick 
Bauer,  Elyria,  August  8,  1953.  Mr.  Bauer 
is  associated  with  the  Elyria  Savings  and 
Trust  Bank  and  Mrs.  Bauer  is  a  teacher 
in  the  Elyria  Public  Schools.  At  home:  158 
Stanford  Ave.,  Elyria,  Ohio. 

Margaret  Lalix,  "53  to  Joseph  P.  Ward- 
law.  Jr.,  "54,  February  6,  1954.  Mr.  Ward- 
law  is  an  IBM  Electric  Typewriter  Salesman. 
At  home:  3  32  Kendall  Place,  Columbus, 
Ohio. 

Marie  E.  Crane.  "53,  to  Francis  E. 
ToPOLE,  "51.  The  Topole"s  are  living  in 
Munich,  Germany  where  Mr.  Topole  is  sta- 
tioned with  the  US  Air  Force.  Address:  Hq. 
Sq.  317  Air  Base  Gp.  APO  13  c/o  PM,  New 
York,  New  York. 

Frances  Kieser,  "52  to  James  M.  Gabel. 
"53,  August  1,  1952.  2nd  Lt.  Gabel  is  sta- 
tioned at  Fort  Sill,  Oklahoma  with  the  US 
Army.  At  home:  505  N.  4th  St.,  Lawton, 
Oklahoma. 

Ruby  Studer,  Navarre,  Ohio  to  1st  Lt. 
Robert  L.  Baker,  "51,  May  15,  1953.  Lt. 
Baker  is  a  jet  pilot  with  US  Air  Force.  Ad- 
dress: 83rd  Ftr.  Intcp.  Sqdn.,  Paine  AFB, 
Everett,   Wash. 

Maxine  Siders,  "54,  to  Thomas  Frank 
Grothouse,  "53,  December  28,  1953.  Mr. 
Grothouse  is  an  accountant  with  the  Ten- 
nessee Gas  Transmission  Co.  Address:  Box 
2511,  Houston  1,  Texas. 


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Thi:    Ohio    Alumnus 


LIHLE  ANN  JEWETT  CRAWFORD  isn't 
afraid  of  any  flash  bulbs — not  as  long  as  she 
is  on  the  lop  of  her  mother,  the  former 
Potricio  Jewett,  '50.  The  baby  was  born 
September  5.  1953.  Her  father,  William  E. 
Crowford,  Jr..  is  cost  occountant  with  the 
Green   Watch  Co.   in  Cincinnati. 

— (Jyirtks — 

Kerry  Steven  to  Lr.  Sandy  Volsky.  '31 
and  Mrs.  Volsky  (Myrna  Elaine  Berg. 
"53),  1615  East  Ft.  Lowell,  Tucson,  Ariiona, 
January  19.  Lt.  Volsky  is  personal  affairs 
officer  at  Davis-Monthan  AFB. 

Michael  Craig  to  Mr.  and  Mrs  William  J. 
Frasz  (Jane  Marshall,  "36),  McBroom  St., 
Sunland,  October  25,  1953.  Mr.  Frasz  is  a 
salesman  for  DoAU  Western  Co. 

Judith  Alison  to  1st  Lt.  Charles  R. 
Leach,  "49,  and  Mrs.  Leach  (Shirley  Blake. 
'51).  Seventh  St.,  Laurel.  December  16,  1953. 

Gregory  Lynn  to  Lt.  Geori^e  Zorich.  "52, 
and  Mrs.  Zorich,  New  York,  December  15, 
1953. 

Lee  Clayton  to  Ensign  Robert  A.  Cuth- 
bert.  "49,  and  Mrs.  Cuthbert,  University 
City,  February  25.  Ensign  Cuthbert  is  officer- 
in-charge  of  the  Navy  Exchange  at  Lambert 
Field,    (Missouri). 

Roberta  Ann  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry 
Schuh  (Leona  Holly  "51).  13th  St.,  Bowl- 
ing Green,  January  8.  Mr.  Schuh  is  a  fieolo- 
gist  for  Carter  Oil  Co. 

Mary  Ellen  to  1st  Lt.  John  W.  Bearh- 
more.  '52,  and  Mrs.  Bcardmore,  Meehan  Dr  , 
Dayton,  December  22,  1953. 

Cheryl  Ann  to  Lt.  William  H.  Fields, 
"52,  and  Mrs.  Fields,  Shaw  A.F.B.,  Sumter, 
October  22,  1955. 

Susan  Marie  to  James  Robert  Ramsey. 
"51,  and  Mrs.  Ramsey,  Ardmore  Terrace, 
Winston-Salem,  February  2.  Mr.  Ramsey  is 
an  assistant  project  engineer  with  the  Wes- 
tern Electric  Co. 

Craig  Michael  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marcus 
Stoops  (Bellah  Craig.  '35),  Oakland  Court, 
Springfield,  April  1,  1952.  Mr.  Stoops  is  a 
plate  engraver  at  Crowell  Collier  Publishing 
Co. 

Greta  Lynne  to  Norman  L.  Hockman. 
"50,  and  Mrs.  Hockman  (Peggy  Adams. 
'51),  So.  Blanchard  St.,  Findlay,  February 
24,  1953.  Mr.  Hockman  is  an  engineer  with 
The  Ohio  Oil  Co. 

Georgia  Marie  to  Frank  Blair  McLal'gh- 
LIN.    '51,    and   Mrs.   McLaughlin,    Kentucky, 


N.E.,  Albuquerque,  June  27,  1952.  Mr.  Mc- 
Laughlin is  engineering  draftsman  —  U.  S. 
Corps  of  Engineers. 

Jana  to  James  W.  Rowley,  '53,  and 
Mrs.  Rowley,  Ruhl  Ave.,  Columbus,  June  21, 
1953.  Mr.  Rowley  is  Personnel  Counselor 
at  Lazarus. 

James  Thompson  to  Whitney  E.  Bren- 
ner. '53,  and  Mrs.  Brenner,  Rt.  6,  North 
Canton,  December  27,  1953.  Mr.  Whitney  is 
a  breeding  technician  with  the  Northern 
Ohio  Breeders  .Assn. 

Kim  to  Lt.  R,  Allen  Savage.  '52,  and 
Mrs.  Savage  (Mary  Secoy.  '53),  Randolph 
AFB,  Randolph  Field,  January  8,  1953. 

Daniel  Clark  to  Forrest  S.  En<;lish.  '50, 
and  Mrs.  English  (Ri  TH  Newhart.  '49). 
Sidney  Rd.,  Cincinnati,  August  2,  1952.  Mr. 
English  is  a  sales  engineer  for  General 
Electric  Co. 

Robert  Bruce  to  Warren  G.  Fouch.  '50. 
and  Mrs  Fouch  (Isabelle  M.  Schnake, 
■50).  16th  St.,  Canton,  November  30,  1953. 
Mr.  Fouch  is  an  accountant  with  Ohio  Edison 
Co. 

Karen  Jean  to  L.  Bennet  Coy.  '52,  and 
Mrs.  Coy.  Enoch  Dr.,  Middletown,  August 
11,  1953.  Mr.  Ckiy  is  Personnel  Manager  «,'ith 
the  Cridland  Co.  (Dayton). 

Suzanne  Vance  to  Richard  V.  Clippin- 
GER.  "50,  and  Mrs.  Clippinger,  Tarawa  Ter- 
race, Camp  Lcjeune,  January  18.  Mr.  Clip- 
pinger is  serving  as  a  dentist  with  the  U.   S. 

Navy. 

Mark  .Man  to  Philip  S.  Perlstein.  '47, 
and  Mrs.  Perlstein  (Eve  Lion.  '47),  Barnor 
Dr.,  Indianapolis,  March  12.  Mr.  Perlstein  is 
with  the  Cohn-Hall-May  Co. 

Jacquelyn  to  James  H.  Riddell.  '50,  and 
Mrs.  Riddell  (Carol  A.  Zernechel.  '52). 
Hafely  Dr.,  Lorain,  January  26.  Mr.  Riddell 
is  office  manager  of  the  Consumers  Bldrs. 
Supply  Co. 

APPARENTLY  happy  to  And  that  his  middle 
finger  is  still  there  is  young  Walter  Andrew 
Shuirr.  III.  Born  December  12,  1951,  he  was 
just  two  yeors  old  when  the  picture  was 
taken.  His  mother  is  the  former  Norma  Shupe, 
'49,  Springfield. 


NOT  BEING  able  to  grasp  what  she's  reaching 
for  doesn't  seem  to  dismoy  Leigh  Ann  Murray, 
daughter  of  Edwin  J.  Murroy,  '53,  ond  Mrs. 
Murroy.  Leigh  Ann  wos  born  October  23, 
1953.    Her    (other    is    on    engineer    at   Wlekliffe. 


—  oDea  ths — 


Ed\mn  W  Timm,  "33,  Cleveland  district 
credit  manager  for  the  Kaiser  Aluminum  6? 
Chemical  Sales,  Inc.  for  the  past  seven  years, 
died  .April  1.  Surviving  him  are  his  wife, 
two  daughters,  and  a  brother. 

John  W.  Boden.  "34.  secretary  and  di- 
rector of  the  Athens  Flooring  Co.,  died 
March  14  in  New  York.  Surviving  are  his 
wife,  Kathleen,  two  daughters,  a  brother,  and 
a  sister. 

Lloyd  T  Dailey  19.  Centerville,  a  repre- 
sentative for  the  Zephyr  Ventilated  .Awn- 
ing Cx>.  and  the  Alsco  Co..  died  March  1. 
He  is  survived  by  his  mother,  a  sister,  his 
wife,  a  son,  and  two  daughters. 

Elizabeth  Gardner,  '38,  of  Proctorville, 
died  at  her  home  March  8.  For  4  5  years 
prior  to  her  retirement  in  1952,  she  was  a 
teacher  in  Huntington,  W.  Va.,  High 
Schools.  Surviving  arc  three  sisters. 

Lowell  M.  Price.  "19,  architect  and  engi- 
neer, died  February  10.  His  home  was  in 
Royal  Oak,  Michigan. 

Mrs.  Jack  K.  Taylor  (Mary  Kay  Goelz, 
29),  died  at  her  home  in  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y.  December  10,  1953.  Surviving  are 
her  husband  and  a  son,  Dick,  who  plans  to 
enter  OU  next  fall. 

James  J.  "Chic  '  Young,  "30,  one  of  OU's 
all  time  "great "  football  players,  died  April 
1 1  at  Cincinnati.  Mr.  Young,  who  was  na- 
tional public  relations  director  for  the  Dis- 
abled -American  Veterans,  is  survived  by  his 
wife.  Mrs.  Ida  Young. 

Dr.  Henry  W.  Elsok.  former  professor 
of  hi.story  and  economics,  died  recently  at 
the  age  of  96  His  home  was  in  Plainficld, 
N    J. 


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OHIO  UNIVERSITY'S 
SESQUICENTENNIAL  MEDALLION 


Alumni  will  always  be  proud  of  this  distinguished  Medallion  commemorating  Ohio 

University's  founding.    It  is  considered  one  of  the  finer  medallions  to  be  struck  off  by 

the  Medallic  Art  Co.,  America's  foremost  manufacturer  of  medallions.    The  design 

and  sculptured  models,  by  Dwight  Mutchler,  faculty  member  in  The  College  of  Fine 

Arts,  symbolizes  Ohio  University's  150-year  tradition  in  a  permanent  and  lasting  form. 

On  the  medallion's  face  the  heads  of  Manassah  Cutler  and  Rufus  Putnam  appear  in 

low  sculptured  relief  set  within  the  inscription  taken  from  the  official  University  seal. 

Cutler  Tower  and  "Ohio  University  Sesquicentennial,"  in  relief  lettering,  appear  on 

the  reverse  side.    It  measures  2%  inches  in  diameter  and  is  finished 

in  a  beautiful  rich  bronze  patina.    For  your  home  desk  or  your  office 

desk,  as  a  decorative  piece  or  utilized  as  a  paper  weight,  it  will  be 

for  all  who  see  it  your  mark  of  pride  in  Price*    $2  00 

your  alma  mater /   i       i  c         .    i 

'  (plus    1  b  cents  tor 

cost    of    shipping) 

The  supply  is  limited  —  get  your  order  in  right  away!  Each 
medallion  comes  packed  in  a  box  with  small  folder  enclosed 
which  gives  significant  facts  of  the  medallion's  origin  and  pro- 
duction. It  is  sold  without  one  penny  of  profit  as  your  Alumni 
Association's  service  to  you  who  want  a  dignified  and  top- 
quality  momento  of  the   Sesquicentennial. 


Coupon  'S^^^  :6c;t{a^ 


OHIO  UNIVERSITY  FUND 
BOX  285         ATHENS,  OHIO 

Enclosed  with  this  coupon  is  check   (      )   money  order   (      )   which   will  cover  my 
order  for  (number)  medallions. 

Name 

Street  


Zone 


State 


r-.l'!ili 


The  Ohio  alumnus. 


.Oo5  0552x  V. 30-32  Oct. 
1951-  June  1954 


Ohio  =ilumnus. 

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