The GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

JANUARY - FEBRUARY VOL. XXIII • 1945 • No. 3

View of the east stands at Grant Field Stadium, Georgia Tech, with dormitories and Brittain Dining Hall, center tower building, showing in the near background. Plans have been approved for more modern stands, to replace those on the west side; this will add 8,000 seats to the stadium.

52 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19£5 January-February, 19 U5 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 53 ' A Tribute to Coach Alexander THE Georgia Tech's student publication, the "Tech­ GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS nique," dedicated its issue of November 25, 1944, to Coach W. A. Alexander and, as the editorial of ded­ Published every other month during the college year by the National Alumni Association of the Georgia School of ication typifies the high esteem in which Coach Technology. Alexander is held by his players, the students, alum­ ni, faculty, fellow coaches and all, it is a sincere R.J. TH1ESEN, Editor W. L. JERNIGAN, Asst. Editor pleasure to endorse most heartily every word of H. F. TIGHE, Bus. Mgr. J. B. SOTOMAYOR, Staff Asst. the article and quote it in full, as follows: "It is difficult to write a worthy tribute to one OFFICE OF PUBLICATION who is held in such universal high regard as Coach Go. Tech Y. M. C. A. Building Alexander. Facts concerning his record as a coach GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY at Georgia Tech are well known. He entered Tech ATLANTA, GA. as a student in 1906, played scrub football in 1907, 1908 and 1909 and became student assistant coach in 1910. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTEK MARCH 22, 1923 at the Tost Office at Atlanta, Ga., under the Act of March 8, 1879 In 1912 he became assistant football coach under John W. Heisman, and in 1920 was elevated to his Vo!. XXIII January-February, 1945 No. 3 present position as head coach. To him Tech stu­ dents are indebted for one of the best all-round NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION athletic programs in the nation. He tries to make EXECUTIVE BOARD available, activities and facilities to accommodate C. L. EMERSON, '08 President F. A. HOOPER, Jr., '16 Vice-President the needs of all Tech students, varsity and non- J. E. DAVENPORT, '08 - _ -Vice-President varsity. BAXTER MADDOX, '22 - Treasurer In his twenty-five seasons as varsity football R. J. THIESEN, '10 - Exec. Secretary coach at Georgia Tech, Coach Alexander has guided O. A. Barge, '12 J. J. Westbrook, '30 M. A. Feist, '11 R. H. White, Jr., '14 his teams to first place in the conference nine times, J. C. Harris, '08 Lawrence Willet, '18 and is making his fifth trip to a Bowl game. He is L. F. Kent, '20 W. K. Jenkins, '13 the only coach in America who has played in all four major bowls. GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Inc. He is a great coach—he is a greater man! His OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES finer virtues are exemplified in his relationship FRANK H. NEELY, '04 _ _ ..President CHARLES A. SWEET, '08 Vice-President with his players and fellow coaches. The New York W. A. PARKER, '19 -Secretary-Treasu rer World Telegram selected him as the Football Coach F. E. Callaway, Jr., '26 R. W. Schwab, '07 of the Year in 1942. Thos. Fuller, '06 Chas. F. Stone, '03 His players and fellow coaches consider him 'The W. H. Hightower, '09 R. B. Wilby, '08 Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 C. L. Emerson, '08 Coach of the Era from 1920 to 1944,' and history F. M. Spratlin, '0« Robt. Gregg, '05 will list him among the top coaches of all times. J. F. Towers, '01 Geo. W. McCarty, '08 Better still, his contemporaries know him as the J. E. Davenport, '08 Jno. A. Simmons, '15 Y. F. Freeman, '10 A. D. Kennedy, '03 Grand Old Man of Southern Football, a gentleman S. W. Mays, '06 G. W. Woodruff, '17 and a sportsman at all times. It is to Coach Alexander, at the close of twenty- five years of mighty contributions to the game of GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION football, that this issue of the Technique is dedi­ ALUMNI MEMBERS cated." W. A. PARKER, '19 ROBT. T. JONES, JR., '22 Throughout his twenty-five years at Georgia Tech ROBT. B. WILBY, '08 Coach "Alex" has had several annuals dedicated to him; and many other outstanding honors have ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL been his so well merited lot. At its huge athletic By Districts dinner, last year, the Georgia Tech National Alumni 1. E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 6. W. E. Dunwoody, Jr., Macon 2. R. A. Puckelt, Tifton 7. R. A. Morgan, Rome Association presented Coach Alexander with an 3. W. C. Pease, Columbus 8. I. M. Aiken, Brunswick elaborate, antique, engraved silver bowl service, 4. W. H. Hightower, Thomaston 9. W. H. Slack, Gainesville as a mark of high esteem and in appreciation of 5. Forrest Adair, Jr., Atlanta 10. Wm. D. Eve, Augusta his great and invaluable service to Georgia Tech and to his fellow-man. THIS ISSUE It's a privilege, indeed, to join in every fine salute to Coach Alexander. A Tribute to Coach Alexander Regents Approve New Building Plans The Value of War Time Engineers Thanks Alumni "Gold Star" Memorial Meeting Held Your many fine Christmas cards and kind wishes Stadium to be Enlarged were greatly appreciated and we sincerely thank Clubs Hold Important Meetings you for them; and, may we repeat, from our wishes Missing in Action "Gold Star" Alumni to you in the December issue of the ALUMNUS Service Citations Sports "The Best of All Blessings to Each of You and to Those Dear to You; and withal, A Glorious and Happy Return Home to All in the Services,"

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Plans and specifications for Tech's three newest A recent article by Mr. R. B. Wilby, Ga. Tech post-war buildings have been approved by a com­ '08, president Wilby-Kincey Service Corporation, mittee of the Board of Regents for the 1945 develop­ has received considerable acclamation; and, in view ment plan for Georgia Tech. The committee, com­ of its interesting comment, permission was obtained posed of Regents Marion Smith, Frank Spratlin, and to quote it in this publication in full as follows: Rutherford L. Ellis, met with President Van Leer to authorize the projects. FRONT PAGE COMMENT The plans call for a new academic classroom "Here is something rather remarkable, if not mi­ building to be constructed at an estimated cost of raculous, about the production record of this nation $450,000; a textile building to be built at a cost of of one hundred and thirty million population that $425,000, and a radio communications building es­ has been made with perhaps twelve million of its timated at $65,000. most able and energetic people taken out of pro­ The academic classroom building will be located duction for the more important business of fighting near the corner of Third and Cherry, while the this war—or these two wars. other buildings will be placed according to Master Not only has this country produced its own ma­ Plan M-6, full details of which have not been re­ terial for war, but it has furnished material to the leased as yet. hundred and eighty or so million people of Russia, Plans are being drawn up by Bush-Brown, Gai- the forty odd million people of England, the four ley, architects, and Paul M. Hefferman and Richard hundred million of China and has thrown in no in­ Aeck, associates, of the Georgia Tech architecture considerable amount to India and to South America; department. and, at the same time, it is possible that the civilian population has had more than any other civilian population in the world. Tech Chosen for Veteran Center Obviously, there must be a reason for this. And, Georgia Tech has the distinction of being the first for my part, I do not think the credit belongs to college in the South to be selected by the U. S. those who are claiming it so very loudly—the labor Veterans' Administration for the establishment of leaders, or even labor itself, and the political office a rehabilitation center, it was recently announced. holders and the heads of Government bureaus. John M. Slaton, regional manager of the Veterans' Rather it seems to me that the credit for this pro­ Administration, informed President Blake R. Van duction goes to those who are never mentioned in Leer, of Georgia Tech, as to the official action. connection with it—that is to the engineers; and The release from military service of Captain Jo­ in particular, to those who are called the production seph E. Moore, who holds a doctor's degree in psy­ engineers. chology, has been requested in order that he may After all, the making of an airplane has been sub­ assume professional direction of the consultation divided into so many little parts that some woman phase of the new center's program. has been taught in a few weeks to do one little de­ President Van Leer also announced the installa­ tail while other women and unskilled men are tion of a comprehensive personnel program for taught to do others. The result has been that these discharged veterans. Discharged veterans who are little knacks have been coordinated and airplanes are found to have a vocational handicap will be eligible turned out by people who have practically no me­ for a thorough-going, scientific consultation point­ chanical skill; and ships have been built by them; ing toward the occupational retraining of those and tanks; and barges; and most other war material. needing such rehabilitation. It is because this overall job has been broken up Assisting Captain Moore will be J. F. Bugental, into minute parts which can be done by the semi­ assistant professor of psychology, who was engaged skilled that this production miracle has been in personnel work prior to joining the Tech faculty. brought about. For example, it is said that 80 per­ Miss Mary Virginia Bloxton and Miss Martha Crowe cent of the personnel at the Bell Bomber plant will serve as psychometrists. An advisement officer near Atlanta is native labor; that almost half of and two training officers, to be detailed from the it is female and a considerable part of it is colored, Veterans Administration, will complete the staff. only a very small number of whom could be called Veterans whose pension ratings included a nota­ mechanics by any stretch of the word. tion of the existence of a vocational handicap may But you hear nothing of these engineers, while apply to the Veterans Administration for the serv­ the politicians, both in labor and in government, ices to be offered by the new Charter. make so much noise!" These services will include a thorough interview It may be well to note that Mr. Wilby is on a with a psychologist, by which information about the number of prominent business, civic, and Georgia man's training, experience, interests and desires will Tech directorates; and his comments are always be brought out; administration of a series of psy­ replete with experience, thought and observation. chological measures designed to investigate the ap­ titudes, skills, adjustment, and interests of the sub­ ject; consultation with training experts; and finally, if the need for it is established, induction into a Veteran Center-(Cond'd.) course of training, either on-the-job or in an appro­ "that there will be no dictating . . . and no attempt priate institution, designed to re-establish the vet­ to make his decisions for him." eran's employability. Veterans who do not have vocational handicaps Col. Van Leer pointed out that the veteran will may also secure this advisement service under the at all times be allowed to make his own choice, provisions of the G.I. Bill of Rights. January-February, 194.5 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 55 Alumni Honor Tech Cold Star Heroes

Photo by Pete Roton, Constitution

Jimmy Castleberry, left, brother, and C. C. Castleberry, Sr., right, father of Clint Castleberry, look at Clint's No. 19 jersey which, as a memorial trophy, will symbolize Georgia Tech's Gold Star alumni of the present war. Clint Castleberry, brilliant All-America freshman, was lost in action in the Mediterranean area and his jersey was accepted by Dr. M. L. Brittain from L. W. Robert, Jr., in commemoration ceremonies at the Georgia Tech Athletic Association Building on the afternoon of December 6, 1944. Mr. C. C. Castleberry holds the football which was presented to Jimmy for the family by Coach Alexander of Tech for Coach R. L. (Shorty) Doyal and his 1944 Boys' High Southern Champions. The ball was used in the Boys' High-Lanier game, won by the former, and was inscribed: "In Memory of Clint Castleberry, Our Greatest Athlete."

Prominent graduates, including many outstanding who made the highest bid for it during the first athletes, students, faculty members and other war loan campaign. The sweater will be included friends composed an impressive group that met in Tech's permanent trophy collection. on December sixth with Mr. C. C. Castleberry, Sr., Mr. Robert said Lt. Castleberry "is a great symbol and his son, Jimmy, varsity end, to honor the mem­ of the type of young men who have gone out of ory of Lieutenant "Clint" Castleberry and all other Tech and an inspiration to all." Georgia Tech Gold Star alumni. Clint's brother, Jimmy, was presented with the In the brief, solemn ceremony, held in the Geor­ ball used in the recent victorious Boys' High-Lanier gia Tech Athletic Building, it was announced that game, by Coach W. A. Alexander. It was inscribed $4,079,100 in war bonds had been bought in tribute "In Memory of Clint Castleberry, Our Greatest to "Clint" Castleberry as a symbol of all Tech men Athlete." Phil Tinsley, 1944 All-American, repre­ who have made the supreme sacrifice in the war. sented Tech students. Lieut. Castleberry was co-pilot of a B-26 bomber Hugh D. Carter, B.S. in M.E., 1923, is chairman that crashed on November 7, in the Mediterranean of the Georgia Tech War Bond Football Memorial area. Committee which has been accepting war bond pur­ Dr. M. L. Brittain accepted the famed "19" sweat­ chases and pledges as a memorial to all the men er, worn by Castleberry during his brilliant one- who have left the Tech campus, in the service of year career at Tech, from L. W. "Chip" Robert, their country, and have made the supreme sacrifice. 56 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19&5

Fraternity Alumni Council Hotel Donates to Foundations An important Georgia Tech Interfraternity Alum­ During the latter part of December, the Pied­ ni Council organization meeting was held in the mont Hotel of Atlanta, Ga., gave $1,000 each to the Yellow Room of the Capital City Club, Atlanta, at Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, the University noon, December 20. Mr. Robert H. White, Jr., M.E., of Georgia Foundation, and to the Hoke Smith 1914, Alumni Board Chairman of the Interfraternity Memorial Foundation. The Hoke Smith fund was Committee, was host at an elaborate luncheon for established to assist in educating 4-H Club and the occasion. FFA members in Georgia. There were twenty-two keenly interested repre­ These very fine donations will mean much to the sentatives in attendance, among whom were: educational welfare of Georgia and the South. Col. B. R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech. Prof. Floyd Field, Dean of Men, Georgia Tech. Enlarged Stands and New Buildings C. L. Emerson, Pres. Ga. Tech Nat'l Alumni Ass'n. R. H. White, Jr., Member Board of Directors, Enlargement plans now under way at Georgia Georgia Tech National Alumni Ass'n. Tech provide for more than doubling the acreage R. J. Thiesen, Exec. Secy., Nat'l Alumni Ass'n. occupied by the college and will involve, it was stated, expenditures in new buildings, equipment Mr. R. H. White presided and outlined the pur­ and land that will approximately triple present pose of the meeting; he'stated that among the func­ investments. tions of the committee was its application to any current fraternity problems at Georgia Tech, and The 1945 development program envisions a fu­ its service as a medium ^with Dean Floyd Field, or ture enrollment of 4,000 undergraduate and 1,000 other college officials, and the various fraternity graduate students. counselors. He added that its purpose was also to While some details are subject to change, tentative advise with the chapters and to get others of their plans for the enlargement of the west stands of respective alumni interested in their affairs and Grant Field and the construction of a new physical to request them to visit their fraternities about education plant have already been approved by the once a week. Athletic Association. Proposed changes in the west stands will increase The group, too, he thought, should act as a Pan the seating capacity by 8,000, and will make possi­ Hellenic alumni body to co-ordinate objectives ble the addition of concession stands, new press among the fraternity alumni, students and college. boxes, and improved walkways for cameramen. Also, to work on the plan of fraternity owned The most important structural change to give chapter houses on State of Georgia property ad­ additional space will be an entire new set of seats jacent to Georgia Tech; and to adopt a highly co­ which will be placed over the present ones, but at operative policy in dealing with the fraternities as a more gradual slope. The new stands will extend a whole. 30 feet beyond the present front. An addition will It was also considered advisable, he suggested, be made at the back, too. for the directing body to meet quarterly, or as These changes will necessitate a shift of the play­ necessary, and later divide into smaller discussion ing field toward the east stands, and a revision of groups; the counselors to follow up to see that the track which will make it a perfect quarter-mile. their committees are functioning. Also included in this $250,000 project is the re­ Colonel Van Leer gave an interesting talk on the placement of the wooden stands joining the west and relations between the fraternities and the college. south stands by a concrete structure to make the Dean Field went into the details and prospects stadium a continuous horseshoe. and expressed his great pleasure over the plan The physical training building will probably be which he has envisioned for years. located on Rose Bowl field. It will have a perma­ nent seating capacity of 6,000, two indoor tracks, Mr. Emerson spoke on the very many advantages three basketball courts, space for indoor tennis, that would accrue both to the fraternities and the student rallies and other events. college: and offered the full cooperation of the Alumni Association to the Interfraternity Com­ mittee. Mr. Joe Westbrook and others also commented Fraternity Alumni Council—(Concl'd.) most interestingly, and the whole group heartily approved the entire plan. A rising vote of thanks Lindsay, P. L., Jr., Lambda Chi Alpha, U. of Ga. 1935 was extended to Mr. White, at the conclusion of the Merritt, Ed. G., Kappa Sigma, Ga. Tech, 1924 meeting. Pool, Owen, Kappa Alpha, Ga. Tech, 1926 Those present at the meeting from the fraternities were: Porter, G. H, Jr., Sigma Nu, Ga. Tech, 1924 Armistead, J. W„ Phi Gamma Delta, Ga. Tech, 1921 Rankin, V. O., Jr., Sigma Chi, Ga. Tech, 1927 Bullard, Ralph G, Phi Sigma Kappa, Ga. Tech, 1928 Setze, J. W., Jr., Pi Kappa Phi, Ga. Tech, 1919 (For C. N. Witmer) Silver, Dr. J. M., Tau Epsilon Phi, Emory, 1931 Cole, Raymond T., Alpha Tau Omega, Ga. Tech, 1917 Spitler, Ray, Delta Sigma Phi, Ga. Tech., 1923 Harrison, N. C. Beta Theta Pi, LeHigh, 1905 Humphreys. J. W., Pi Kappa Alpha, Ga. Tech, 1918 Terry, Bland, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, W. & L., 1913 Lanier, W. P., Theta Chi, Ga. Tech, 1927 Westbrook, J. J., Delta Tau Delta, Ga. Tech, 1929 (For Emory Jenks) Zacharias, E. G., Phi Epsilon Pi, Ga. Tech, 1919 January-February, 19^5 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 57 President Van Leer Honor Guest at Alumnus 5-Star Company Director New York Club Dinner Mr. George W. Woodruff, Georgia Tech 1917, of Atlanta and Birmingham, is Chairman of the Board Colonel Blake R. Van Leer was the honor guest at of Directors of the Continental Gin Company a dinner given by the New York Georgia Tech Club which has been notified that its Birmingham plant of New York City, at the University Club, on the has been awarded a fifth renewal of the Army-Navy night of December twelfth. "E" award for outstanding service in the production A number of prominent Atlanta alumni attended of war material. the dinner meeting; they included: C. L. Emerson, The company received its first "E" award in Oc­ president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni As­ tober 1941, it was announced; and the present ci­ sociation and Foundation Trustee; F. H. Neely. tation, together with four other stars that have been president of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation; added since the original one, gives the Continental Frank Spratlin, member of the State Board of Re­ Gin Company the distinction of being one of the gents and Foundation trustee; George W. McCarty, first plants in the nation to be awarded five stars. trustee of the Alumni Foundation; R. B. Wilby. trustee of the Alumni Foundation and Athletic Board member. Reunion Held in England Mr. George T. Marchmont, Foundation trustee of Dallas, Texas, was another prominent out of Somewhere in England on November 25, a group town alumnus present at the gathering. of Georgia Tech and University of Georgia Alumni, James E. Davenport, vice president of the Na­ together with all other available Georgians in the tional Alumni Association and a Foundation trus­ area, gathered for a most impressive and enjoyable tee, entertained Colonel Van Leer and the visiting get-together. The grand gathering was arranged by alumni at a luncheon, prior to the meeting, to intro­ the distinguished service publication "Stars and duce them to the officers and executive committee Stripes," aided by the respective alumni officers members of the New York alumni. of Tech and Georgia. In an interesting letter of December 14, 1944, Captain Bruce Ravenel, B.S. in E.E., 1941, former President John L. Davidson of the New York Club alumni office assistant while at Tech and now reported, as follows: somewhere in France, along with Captain R. C. An­ "Mr. R. J. Thiesen, Executive Secretary derson, B.S. in E.E., 1940; First Lieut. Harold T. Georgia Tech Alumni Association Gaymon, B.S. in M.E., 1940, and other alumni of Georgia School of Technology both Tech and Georgia were active in the arrange­ Atlanta, Georgia ments for the great meeting which was originally "Dear Jack: planned for last April, but was postponed for rea­ "Our dinner meeting at the University Club on sons unknown at the time but, perhaps, on account the night of December 12 was highly successful, of the approach of D-Day. and there were many expressions of approval after The Tech alumni office sent banners, pennants, the meeting of the selection of Col. Blake R. Van songs and music, records and publications, as long Leer as the new President of Georgia Tech. He made ago as March for the reunion. Then, too, the Geor­ a most favorable impression on everyone. gia Tech-Notre Dame game was broadcast on No­ "I asked Charlie Sweet to introduce him, and I vember 25; reports, however, stated that the group don't believe I could have made a better selection, could not get the game over the radio. because Charlie's introduction and Col. Van Leer's speech fitted perfectly. First Lieut. Gaymont, who has been overseas for "In addition to Col. Van Leer, we had short ad­ over 15 months, now a base ordnance officer, wrote dresses by Frank Neely, Cherry Emerson, Frank that the reunion was a great success and that he Spratlin, George W. McCarty, and George T. March­ never would have thought Tech and Georgia men mont. Each of these men had very interesting and would attend a joint reunion dinner; and added worthwhile messages which I believe will go a long that it was great to yell across the table at each way toward furthering the relations between our other and they were truly glad to be together. alumni group and the college. "It was a great pleasure to greet Paul Yopp from Atlanta who happened to be in New York on busi­ New York Club Dinner—(Concl'd.) ness. "At the suggestion of Col. Van Leer, a resolution of the entire New York Club for your helpfulness." was unanimously adopted providing for an annual Sincerely your, meeting of our members during the week in which Signed: J. L. Davidson the American Society of Mechanical Engineers is President Georgia Tech in session. With Col. Van Leer as the guest of honor . Club of New York" and with as many of the out of town alumni joining Officers of the Georgia Tech Club of New York us as possible, we should have a large attendance. are: President, J. L. Davison, B.S. in M.E., 1915 I believe that in the early fall of 1945 this matter and M.E., 1928, Vice President Valve Pilot Corp., should be publicized through the alumni publica­ 230 Park Avenue. Vice President, Roland Gooch, tion and through the Atlanta newspapers, so that. B.S.M.E. '20, E.E. '21, Elec. Dept. N.Y.C.R.R., 70 the Atlanta group and those from other cities who East 45th. Secy.-Treas. Allan T. McNeill, Comm. happen to be attending the Engineers' meeting can '27, Bell Laboratories, 463 West Street; and Asst. meet with us. Secy.-Treas. J. F. Hohmann, B. S. Chem. Engr., '36, "At this time I want to extend to you the thanks Union Carbide Corp., N. Y. City. 58 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19^5 Georgia Tech's Part in the War Degrees for Service Students (An excellent "Progress Report of Georgia Tech's Two new degrees were,approved by the members Part in the War" was submitted, during the fall, of the faculty, at a general meeting during the lat­ to President Blake R. Van Leer and the Board of ter part of 1944, when they made provisions for stu­ Regents of the University System of Georgia, by dents who are called into the armed forces before Professor John A. Griffin who was then in the De­ graduation. partment of Economics and Social Science at Geor­ The degree of Bachelor of Science in Basic En­ gia Tech, but is now a professor and assistant to gineering will be given to men who complete the the president at Emory University. Navy V-12 fully prescribed curricula. This degree The report opens with quite an informative "Sum­ will also be given to students in engineering courses mary" which is printed for the real value and in­ who are called into the armed service if they have terest it should afford all alumni and other friends completed 140 hours, including all the work pre­ of Georgia Tech.) scribed for their first three years, and have a gen­ TECH'S WAR PROGRAM SUMMARY eral average of not less than 2.0. "Beginning its war program before Pearl Harbor For students who complete the Naval ROTC cur­ with training programs and research projects for riculum of seven semesters, there has been estab­ national defense, the Georgia School of Technology lished the degree of Bachelor of Science in Naval has been able to make contributions to the war ef­ Science. forts in terms of manpower for the armed services, A Bachelor of Science degree will be awarded manpower for industry, research and testing, com­ also to students with a general average of 2.0, munity service and leadership, and planning for or better, in Industrial Management, Architecture the post-war period. and Textile Engineering, who are called into the "Tech has been in a position to make a contribu­ armed services and have completed 140 hours, in­ tion to the war because of the following reasons: cluding all of their work for their first three years. (1) the basic fact that the school is an engineering institution, (2) the presence of established Army and Navy facilities which meant that college train­ Basketball Season Starts ing programs for the services could be readily in­ Georgia Tech's basketball squad is fast rounding stalled, (3) strategic location in relation to war into form; and it faces a hard schedule which in­ plants and Army and Navy installations, and (4) cludes some of the top college teams in the South. the qualifications of the men and women on the Notable among the additions are such teams as faculty and administrative staff. Kentucky, Tennessee, Tulane, and Auburn. Squads "If the institution may call attention to its alum­ from these schools have always been among the ni and their service in this war, it should be pointed best and will offer still keener competition in the out that the Georgia Tech National Alumni Asso­ SEC race this year. ciation estimates that eighty per cent of the alumni Kentucky was the winner last year in the annual not in the services are actively engaged in war tournament held in Louisville. Tech was one of the work. In part, it was the contribution of the alumni favorites, going into this tournament, but suffered in the Army Ordnance Department which caused an upset at the hands of the Tulane five in the semi­ the school to be cited by the Ordnance Department finals. and given the Ordnance Distinguished Service Leading the action so far in the practice sessions Award. Of the 3,000 alumni in the services, four have been Collier, Holladay, McCall, Williams, and have risen to the rank of admiral; seven are gen­ Stewart. erals. Ninety-six have lost their lives. Coach Dwight Keith and Frank Broyles, regular "On the campus the first job has been training. on the '44 team, were with the football team, at Army and Navy trainees have shared the facilities the Orange Bowl, when basketball practice started; with men and women training for war work, civil­ however, they are now on hand in a big way and ian students, and prospective non-military pilots. all are anxious to tackle the formidable schedule When the statistics for all the divergent training which, at present includes: programs are brought together, the aggregate of January those trained in one program or another totals ap­ February 10 Navy Pre-Flight, here. 3 Kentucky, there. proximately 17,500 persons. Details reveal 1,673 17 Navy Pre-Flight, there. enlisted Army men and 1,771 Navy men trained 9 Georgia, here. 20 Auburn, here. 10 Tennessee, here. at Tech. More than 4,000 were trained with fed­ 22 Kentucky, here. eral funds in the Vocational Education for National 17 Auburn, there. 27 Tennessee, there. 21 Tulane, here. Defense courses and 5,458 received college-level 29 Tulane, there. training under the program of Engineering, Science, 24 Georgia, there. and Management War Training. Under Civilian Pilot training, 742 men were enrolled. All of these edu­ Georgia Tech's Part in War-(Concl'd.) cational efforts were made in addition to the insti­ tution's regular schedule of classes for civilian stu­ vital part of the contribution, as have testing and dents, who numbered 2,835 at the time of Pearl consulting work done for the armed services and for Harbor. Since that time nearly 2,000 additional war-time industry. Not only giving its faculty di­ civilian students have registered, making a total rectly to the war program, it has encouraged the members of the staff to lend their services on the of about 4,500 civilians who have actually been home front as well. Finally, Georgia Tech is now enrolled since December 7, 1941. devoting a decided part of its energy to planning "In addition, the institution has lent its facilities for the education of returning veterans and to eco­ for other kinds of war work. Research has been a nomic planning for Georgia's future." January-February, 1945 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 59

Hansell Commands Pacific Bombers Births Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell, B.S. in Bivans M.E., Ga. Tech, 1924, General Arnold's first chief Lieut, and Mrs. Ernest W. Bivans announce the of staff of an Army Bomber Force, was featured in birth of a daughter, Mary Patricia, on December an article by Sidney Shalett in the Saturday Even­ 1, 1944, at the Camp Wheeler Station Hospital, ing Post of November 25. General Hansell is now Camp Wheeler, Ga. in command of the B-29 operations in the Pacific Lt. Bivans, B. S. in E. E., 1943, is now an instruc­ and both he and his command have been the recip­ tor A.E.T.C, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ients of many news reports for their highly suc­ FitzSimons cessful and courageous exploits. Lieut. Commander and Mrs. James Middleton An uncanny interest in aviation led General Han­ FitzSimons announce the birth of a son, Howard sell to enlist in the Air Corps in 1928 "just to learn Lee, at the Marietta, Ga., hospital, December 4. something about planes." Today he is one of the Foster leaders in the Army Air Forces. Professor and Mrs. H. O. Foster announce the He was General Arnold's right-hand man in or­ birth of a son, William Orion, at Emory Univer­ ganizing the superbombing show against Japan. sity Hospital, Atlanta, on December 6. Professor The magazine article revealed that, four months Foster, B. S. in E. E., 1929, teaches in the wood before Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt author­ shop department at Georgia Tech. ized General Arnold to draw up an air-war plan Johnson "so we wouldn't be caught short." Included in the Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Johnson announce the birth group of officers detailed to draw up the plans was of a son, Roy Craig Johnson, on August 23, 1944, in General Hansell. Detroit, Michigan. General Hansell was a special observer for the Mr. Johnson was a member of the class of 1939, AAF during the London blitz, then General Eisen­ B. S. in I. M. hower's air-plans officer, commander of the 8th Air Mason Force's First Bombardment Wing, and later deputy Ensign and Mrs. Kenneth W. Mason announce commander in chief of Allied Expeditionary Air the birth of a daughter, Barbara Jeanette, on De­ Forces in the Mediterranean. cember 16, 1944, in Moscow, Idaho. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, the The baby is a granddaughter of Lieut. Comman­ Silver Star for combat misions, the DFC, and the der Howard Mason, formerly with the engineering Air Medal. department of Georgia Tech. Sullivan Captain and Mrs. W. L. Sullivan announce the 'Gene Turner Reports on Far East birth of a son, Wilbert Lawrence Sullivan, Jr., on In an interesting letter of December seventh to April 21, 1944. the alumni office and to a number of his executive Capt. Sullivan, B. S. in E. E., 1941, is now on friends in the textile industry, Eugene Turner sends duty in the Pacific. good wishes to all and writes quite significantly on Wardle post war textile prospects for the Far East, as fol­ Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. Robert Wardle, Jr., an­ lows: nounce the birth of a son, Charles Collier, on De­ " 'Somewhere in India'. I am probably rushing in cember 5, 1944. where angels fear to tread, but even at the risk of that, I have been thinking a bit on post war con­ 'Gene Turner Report (Concl'd.) ditions and needs and of the part which those of and colored bars across near the ends and some the textile world might have in it. with colored stripes, shirtings and plain white goods "There is no need to tell you that the Far East, will all meet a long starved need. So will khaki, quite an expanse of it, is becoming" increasingly 'blue jeans', sox and stockings of what we think bare of things and products textile. I doubt not that of as work grade. Bath towels, except of our small­ Textile America is fully aware of that and of the est size, do not go much here, for 'the people' do opportunity for trade there when the dogs of war not use them, or other towels as we do. Whether are enkenneled again. we think it best, or not, they use them more as "If America's surplus cotton can be, even now, we do wash cloths, for wiping their faces and hands converted into colored and flowered, as well as after meals. They are dipped in hot water and plain colored (solid) piece goods of a bit cheaper wrung out and passed around to individuals after goods than America itself is content with, but not meals and for washing the face at the beginning too cheap, and plans readied for flooding the area of the day. There will be need for sheeting, too. with it, you will be meeting a great need and re­ "To be sure, there will be competition; some of lieving a market long deprived of it to your profit it from India, England and China, too, but it seems —not an unreasonable profit, but one of fairness to me that negotiations and plans might well be such as you believe in, interspersed with service under way, thru local domestic organizations, trade such as you believe in, too. I doubt if you can commissioners in our consulates abroad and with appreciate the deprivation, e. g. which China has the proper authorities in Washington to occupy the suffered during these eight years, or nearly so, of field and the markets on a large scale and from war. Velveteens and velvets for women's dress stocks finished and stored for immediate export goods will be appreciated and absorbed in large by air and fast shipping, so that there will be no quantities. What we think of as wash cloths and delay in laying the goods down in the points of hand towels, of both towel finishes, about fifteen distribution in China, Oceania from Manila to Aus­ inches wide and a yard long, with fringed ends tralia and the whole far eastern world." 60 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19A5 Deaths Weddings and Engagements Davis Berg - Munroe Private funeral services for John Topliff Davis, Enlisting sincere social interest is the announce­ 51, of Biloxi, Miss., former Atlantian, who died on ment made by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Berg of the December 24, in a New Orleans hospital, were held marriage of their only daughter, Sara Joyce, to in Atlanta at the graveside in West View Ceme- Lieutenant Charles Donaldson Munroe, U. S. Army itery, Dr. Richard Orme Flinn officiating. Air Corps, stationed at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Born in Elyria, Ohio, the son of the late Archi­ Texas. The ceremony took place Tuesday, Novem­ bald Hunt and Susan Topliff Davis, Mr. Davis was ber 7, at the Rayne Methodist Church in New Or­ a graduate of Georgia Tech in the class of 1914. leans. Lieut. Munroe attended Georgia Tech. He served in the Navy during World War I and was Botters - Weaver later associated with Southern Bell Telephone and Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs. James Telegraph Company. Lee Botters of the engagement of their daughter, He is survived by two brothers, Archibald H. Miss Betty Jane Botters, to Frank Othaniel Weaver, Davis, Cleveland, Ohio, and Knowles Davis, Atlan- U.S.N.R.O.T.C., at Georgia Tech, the marriage to . ta; two daughters, Margaret and Caroline Davis, take place the latter part of February. Chicago, 111. Brodnax - McCrory Stamy Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Brodnax, Jr., announce the David Leslie Stamy, of 930 Myrtle Street, N. E., marriage of their daughter, Harriet Virginia, to professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech for the Lieutenant Edward Lee McCrory, Jr. The double- past 32 years, died December 7 following several ring ceremony was performed on December 8 at months of failing health. the Post Chapel at Fort McPherson with Chaplain Funeral services were held December 8 at Spring Albert L. Gregg officiating. Lieut. McCrory attended Hill, Atlanta, with Dr. John L. Yost officiating. Georgia Tech. The body was taken to Greencastle, Pa., for burial Ittner - McLendon in the family cemetery. Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Having received degrees from the State Teacher's Darlington Ittner, of Atlanta, of the marriage of College, Shipensburg, Pa.; Ursinus College, College- their daughter, Elizabeth, to Lieutenant (j. g.) Sam­ vijle, Pa., and the University of Chicago, Stamy pre­ uel Cheney McLendon, United States Naval Re­ viously taught in the public schools of Sykesville, serve, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McLendon, of Pa., and at Ursinus College. In September of 1912 Washington, Ga. he came to Atlanta as a professor at Tech. He was The double ring ceremony was solemnized Oc­ a charter member of the Lutheran Church of the tober 26 at 5:30 p. m. at the Little Church Around Redeemer. the Corner in New York City. Professor Stamy is survived by his wife; a daugh­ Lieut. McLendon was awarded his B. S. Degree ter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Stamy, of Atlanta; a sister, from Georgia Tech in February, 1943. Mrs. Clara M. Venable, of Chambersburg, Pa., and McCall - Tharpe a nephew, the Rev. Charles Leslie Venable, of Oak Miss Sarah McCall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Park, 111. William Frank McCall, of Moultrie, Ga., became the bride of Lieut. Commander Ernest Shaw Tharpe, Red Cross War Fund on December 20, at the bride's home. Lieut Com­ mander Tharpe graduated from Georgia Tech. Keep your Red Cross at his side. Never was this Shuck - Dorsey more important than today. Long after swords have Sam E. Dorsey, B. S. in E. E., 1941, was married been beaten into plowshares the Red Cross will on March 17, 1944, to Miss Marjorie Shuck, in New have much to do. York City. The couple is residing at 110-48 Merrick Even after the last gun has been fired many a Road, Jamaica, N. Y. month will pass before all our fighting men are Sipfle - Hankinson home. Some will be confined in hospitals for long Miss Marion Sipfle and T. W. Edmond Hankin­ periods of recovery. Traditional Red Cross service son were married October 21, in Portsmouth, Va. for these men who have sacrificed so much must continue unabated. It is a sacred obligation dele­ Mr. Hankinson graduated from Georgia Tech in gated to your Red Cross. June, 1944, B. S. in M. EL, and is now with the Na­ tional Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Lang- No less sacred is the obligation to stand by with ley Field. all necessary aid while veterans of this war, now Tift - Porter being returned to civil life, adjust themselves to new conditions, prepare to take their rightful Of cordial interest is the announcement of the places in field and factory. wedding of Miss Katherine Hill Tift to Lieut, (j. g.) James Tinsley Porter, U.S.N.R., on December The welfare of the families of our men in uni­ seventh, in St. Mark Methodist Church, Atlanta. form, their wives and children, their aged parents, must be guarded to see they do not suffer want in Lieut. Porter is a graduate of the Georgia School these trying times. of Technology and entered the service in Febru­ ary, 1943. The refugees and waifs of war need help—help such as only the Red Cross is prepared to give in a war-scarred world. Red Cross War Fund-(Concl'd.) Though the roar of guns may cease, human needs period in which the 1945 Red Cross War Fund will remain. The Red Cross can meet these only with be raised. Red Cross activities are financed solely your continued generous support. The President from voluntary contributions and gifts. We all has designated March as Red Cross Month, the must do our part. January-February, 19^5 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 61 Cold Star Alumni

Lieutenant Robert. P. (Chick) Aldridge, 28, B-24 "Do not pray for my life, but pray that I shall pilot, was killed in a plane crash in China, October accomplish my mission, whatever it may be, and 28, his wife, the former Miss Mary Ann Noland, play my part manfully. 567 Linwood Avenue, N. E., has been informed by "God willing, I shall be back home before much the War Department. time is passed." A 1938 graduate of Georgia Tech, Lieutenant Al­ Staff Sergeant Howard A. Shoop, 20, of the In­ dridge entered the Air Corps in 1942, and has seen fantry, was killed in action in France, December active duty in China since last spring. 6, the War Department has informed his mother, Lieutenant Aldridge for three consecutive years Mrs. Gertrude Shoop, 3034 Howell Mill Road. N. W. was Southeastern Conference champion in the two A graduate of North Fulton High School, Ser­ mile run, and was never defeated in an intercol­ geant Shoop attended Georgia Tech before entering legiate race. His conference two-mile record has service in March, 1943. He was stationed at Boston never been beaten. He was one of the greatest College, Mass., with the Army Specialized Training track stars ever produced by Georgia Tech. At Tech. Program until his transfer last March to Fort Jack­ he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. son, S. C. He went overseas in September. Besides his wife, survivors include his mother, Besides his mother, survivors include his grand­ Mrs. William Blank, of Long Island, N. Y.; his fa­ mother, Mrs. M. Galling, of Atlanta, and an aunt, ther, Robert G. Aldridge, of Florida; an aunt, Mrs. Mrs. Mary Hayes, of Stone Mountain. Marie G. Young, of New York City; a sister, Mrs. Harold Deckler, of New York City. Lt. Wesley Vernon Smith Jr., 26, pilot of a B-26 Marauder, was killed in action in France on October Capt. John Gilmore, Jr., I. M., 1940, 28, of the Ar­ 8, his wife, the former Miss Mary Byrd Jones, of my Air Corps troop carrying command stationed in Jasper and Atlanta, has been advised by the War India, died in action, November 18, his mother, Mrs. Department. John Gilmore, of 66 Huntington Road, N. W., has He was a pilot in the Ninth Air Forces, having been officially notified. received his training at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Besides Mrs. Gilmore, he is survived by his wife, Ala. He left on July 25, 1944, for foreign duty and of Greenville, S. C; a sister, Mrs. Jack Hall, of was killed the day following award of the Air Medal. Mississippi, and his grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Lieut. Smith graduated in the class of 1938. Cundell. Besides his wife he is survived by his parents, A native of Atlanta, Capt. Gilmore was an em­ Mr. and Mrs. W. Vernon Smith Sr., of Hamlet, N. ploye of Sears-Roebuck after he graduated from C, and one sister, Miss Sylvia Smith, of Hamlet. Georgia Tech. He had been transferred to the Greenville, S. C. branch before entering the Army. First Lieutenant Carlyle Lewis Stevens, 22, of the Tank Corps, was killed in action in Germany No­ Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., of San Antonio vember 21, his family here has learned. and Ridgewood, N. J., leading active ace, with 38 Lieutenant Stevens joined the Army in 1941, and Japanese planes to his credit, was shot down and was stationed at Camp Rucker, Ala., before going killed in the Philippines Jan. 7,'Lt. Gen. George C. overseas in January, 1943. He has seen action in Kenney, commanding Allied air forces in the Pacific, Sicily, Italy and France before entering Germany. informed Mrs. McGuire in a letter dated Jan. 8. A graduate of Central High School, Chattanooga, McGuire became the leading ace when Maj. Rich­ Tenn., he attended Georgia Tech in the class of 1942. ard I. Bong, of Poplar, Wis., returned to the States. He was the son of Clarence J. Stevens, 456 Candler on leave. Bong is credited with downing 40 Jap Street, N. E., who is well known in vandeville cir­ planes. Major McGuire entered Georgia Tech in cles. At present, Mr. Stevens is entertaining at 1938 and left in his Junior year, during 1941, to join Fort McPherson, Georgia. the army as an aviation cadet. Besides his father, survivors include his wife and Corporal Daniel L. Patterson, who attended Tech year-old daughter, of Chattanooga, and a sister, in 1942, was killed in action in France, on Novem­ Mrs. Elsie Nora Cipers, of Chattanooga, Tenn. ber 14. He was a mortar gunner in General Patch's Major Harwell P. Tilly HI, 28 of Jonesboro, was 7th Army. one of three fliers killed when a bomber crashed Patterson was transferred from Tech to the ASTP 19 miles west of Georgiana, Ala., Sunday night, unit at the University of Nebraska in May, • 1943. November 26, his family has been notified. When the ASTP was discontinued he was trans­ The family said they were told the plane ex­ ferred to the infantry. He was an honor student ploded in midair. at Tech, and a leader in civic, religious, and other In addition to Major Tilly, the pilot, Lieutenant campus organizations. William Thatch, Madison, Neb., copilot, and Staff Shortly before his death, he wrote the following Sergeant Frank J. Geraci, Reading, Ohio, also were message to his mother: killed. They were the only ones aboard. "Mother, no matter what should happen to me Major Tilly was graduated from Georgia Tech here, you must never feel any bitterness or regret in 1939. He joined the Air Corps as a cadet, for because the things you worked for may 'seem to two years he was an American Air-Lines pilot, have been lost. and rejoined the Army two years ago. "Each man has his job to do, his mission to ful­ In addition to his parents, he is survived by his fill, no matter how dirty that job may be or how wife, the former Miss Aline Camp, Riverdale, two small that mission may seem. children, and a brother, R. E. Tilly, Jonesboro. 62 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19A5 Wounded, Missing in Action, Prisoners, Cited Captain Thomas P. Brooks has been awarded the reported missing in action, is now a prisoner of war D.F.C., the Air Medal, Cluster on the Air Medal, in Germany. The information was reported to his and two campaign stars for distinguished service wife in Atlanta, Ga., by the War Department on overseas. January 3. Lt. Hodges is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Second Lt. Andrew L. Cadwell, B-17 Flying For­ Sam N. Hodges, Sr. His father is also a graduate tress co-pilot, has been awarded the Air Medal for of Georgia Tech. His uncle is General Courtney "meritorious achievement" on combat missions over Hodges. enemy Europe. Major Homer G. Hutchinson, Class of '39, of 755 Capt. Leon G. Carellas, Class of '34, was awarded Macon Rd., Griffin, Ga., recently returned home the Purple Heart for wounds received in action. from a tour of duty in the Central Pacific. He re­ Capt. Carellas served 19 months as a company com­ ceived a letter of commendation from Vice Ad­ mander and adjutant in the African theater of miral J. H. Hoover for his efficient organization of operations. volunteers to isolate a fire caused by a plane crash. Lt. Ashley Carswell, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. A pool of 400 planes was saved from destruction. Carswell, of Homerville, Ga., has been reported Sgt. C. E. Jarvis III was wounded in action in missing in action over Germany since November France and is now at Finney General Hospital at 26, 1944. Thomasville, Georgia. He is the son of Mr. C. E. Second Lt. David A. Crosby, of Albany, Ga., is Jarvis, Jr., Georgia Tech, 1910. now gathering military honors in Germany. A foot Commander Dave McCampbell, U.S.N.R., ace avia­ soldier with an Infantry Division, he has won the tor, recently returned from the South Pacific to Bronze Star Medal for "operating a forward ob­ Washington, to be decorated for his heroic action. servation post while under enemy fire. . . . Al­ He has been credited with shooting down 34 Jap though his weapon was demolished, Lt. Crosby planes. continued to repair his wire lines in order to place Lt. Colonel Robert M. McFarland, Jr., B. S. in the enemy under a heavy mortar barrage." His Comm., 1921, is one of the few men to be presented heroic action enabled his riflemen to continue the with the decoration of the Order of the British Em­ advance. . . . pire by "order of the King." He recently visited Chaplain Eugene Daniel, held in Germany, wrote his wife and two sons at 1422 Emory Rd., N. E., a card dated August 16 to us, received just before Atlanta, after two and one-half years of duty. Christmas, sending the best of wishes to all and to Appointment as an honorary member of the Mili­ good old Ga. Tech. He is continuing with his min­ tary Division of the Most Excellent Order of the istry in the camp which is quite significant and British Empire came from General H. R. Alexan­ so fortunate for all. der. Only a few high-ranking generals have won Brigadier General Kendall J. Fielder, who cap­ this distinguished award. tained the Georgia Tech footbal team in 1914, has Lt. Elwood McLaughlin, former Tech student, re­ been awarded the Legion of Merit for "exception­ cently returned home on a 21-day furlough after ally meritorious conduct in the performance of a job well done in the Mediterranean area, where outstanding services in a position of high responsi­ he flew 63 missions over France and Italy. He wears bility while serving as assistant chief of staff, of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, seven the Hawaiian Department and later of the U. S. Oak Leaf clusters and the Presidential Citation Army Forces, Central Pacific area." ribbon as a result of his exploits overseas. Lt. Thomas J. Garanflo is a pilot with a Bombard­ First Lt. George Munn, of 1297 Oakdale Rd., N. ment Group. This group received official commen­ . E., Atlanta, recently returned home after 172 mis­ dation from Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, Com­ sions in the China-Burma-Indian theater. He spent manding Eighth Air Force, for combat achievement a year overseas piloting for the A.T.C.; the Dis­ on their first mission which was an attack against tinguished Flying Cross flanked by the Air Medal Berlin. It was one of the heaviest daylight bom­ and a battle star in recognition of his participation bardments on the German capital on record. in the Battle of Burma grace his row of overseas Second Lt. Eugene C. Hadlock, navigator of a ribbons. B-17 Flying Fortress, has been awarded the Air Captain Harry B. Neal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Medal for "meritorious achievement" while par­ W. Neal, of Augusta, has been cited by General ticipating in Eighty Air Force bombing attacks Eisenhower and awarded the Legion of Merit for on vital German industrial targets, and on Nazi research work and devotion to duty. airfields, supply dumps and gun emplacements in Lt. Col. James L. Newton, B. S. in Gen Sci. 1931, support of advances by Allied ground forces on the has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for mer­ Continent. itorious service in connection with military opera­ Lt. Col. Lawrence Hays, former Tech football tions against the enemy, from November 8, 1944, to star, has returned to the States after 27 months November 20, 1944. During this period, the service duty overseas. Col. Hayes saw action at Guadal­ of Lt. Colonel Newton, Commanding Officer Spe­ canal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian Islands while cial Troops, was distinguished by superior pro­ in the South Pacific. At Tarawa, he won the Silver fessional skill, and exemplary devotion to duty. Star as well as the Presidential Unit Citation Lt. Colonel Oattis E. Parks, former Georgia Tech awarded the Second Marine Division for its gallant track star, is the newly appointed "CO." for Train­ fight there. Twice wounded, first on Tarawa and ing Squadron Three at Langley Field, Va. This next on Saipan, he wears the ribbon of the Purple B-17 pilot is well qualified for the job, judging Heart with a gold star. from the impressive aerial record he tallied up First Lt. Sam N. Hodges, Jr., C.E., 1944, recently (.Continued on page 64) January-February, 1945 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 63 Football Players Make All-America Teams

Captain Phil Tinsley Frank Broyles, Ace Passer Players Given National Honors Tech 14, LSU 6 Captain Phil Tinsley and Frank Broyles gained Georgia Tech won its sixth victory of the past major honors for their brilliant play at Tech this football season on the night of November 18, by season, when selections for All-American teams winning over the Bengal Tigers of L.S.U., 14-6, at were made. Tinsley was placed on Bill Stern's first Baton Rouge, La. team All-America and Broyles on the second. Playing on a wet and soggy field, the Jackets Collier's magazine also named Tinsley on its All- were bogged down until the closing minutes of the America first team. On the UP squad, Poole of first half. L.S.U. had scored in the first period on Army edged Tinsley slightly to annex the top po­ a blocked quick-kick to gain a 6-0 advantage. sition. Tech finally began to click with Broyles passing On the All-SEC team, Tinsley and Broyles were to Logan for a first down on the Tiger 10. Bowen big favorites in gaining the first team. The fine de­ moved it down to the six, and then Broyles heaved fensive and offensive play of Tinsley has been a one to Mathews deep in the end zone for the score. feature of the Tech team the whole season and has Bowen converted, and Tech led 7-6 at the half. been a big factor in its success. Broyles has also Throughout the third period the game wore on been a sparkplug for the Jackets, supplying the with neither team putting on a sustained drive. At punch in the Engineers' attack. the start of the fourth quarter L.S.U. made its Another Jacket regular to gain All-SEC honors only threat as is moved the ball to the Tech one was freshman Dinky Bowen, whose running and before losing it on downs. kicking have been responsible for many of Tech's The Engineers came back in the final minutes to victories. Also receiving honorable mention were cinch the game with Broyles throwing his second three members of the Jacket forward wall, Furch- touchdown pass to Mathews, this one on a sleeper gott, Holtsinger, and Phillips. Murdock and Duke play starting at the L.S.U. 40. Bowen added the con­ got their share of praise when the AP cited them version to make it 14-6 as the game ended. for their exceptional playing against Notre Dame. Outstanding performer for LSU was Red Knight, Touchdown Club Honors Coach Alex and Broyles whose fine kicking kept the Jackets back most of the night. As this issue of the ALUMNUS was on the press, the Atlanta Touchdown Club held another one of its Coach Alex and Broyles Honored (Cont'd) memorable series of get-togethers and dinners over the dinner, by Tech's all-time All-America star, Ev­ the week-end of January 19-20; and Frank Broyles erett Strupper, Toastmaster and President of the was awarded the handsome trophy of the Club, at the Touchdown Club; and as he rose to reply, Coach brilliant Saturday night dinner, as the most valuable Alex received an impressive, standing and prolonged player to his team in the Southeastern Conference. ovation from the great assembly of over 700 guests Coach W. A. Alexander was paid a great tribute, at and members of the Club. 64 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 1945

Wounded, Missing, Cited—(Concl'd.) Service Mentions overseas. He was awarded the Distinguished Fly­ Lt. (j. g.) Jack Adair, U.S.N.R., wrote from the ing Cross, the Air Medal with four clusters and a Pacific area that he reads the alumni magazine Presidential Unit Citation. with a great deal of interest. He stated that he and Lt. Col. Percy H. Perkins, Georgia Tech '27, for­ Lt. Comdr. Jack Glenn, now an assistant navigator mer Atlanta architect, was awarded the Bronze on an important ship, had two very pleasant visits Star at a retreat parade and ceremony at Camp together; first on Adair's ship, then on Glenn's. He Chaffee, Arkansas. The medal, presented by Brig. has also seen Cantrell Wells and had dinner some­ General John L. Pierce, was the third Colonel Per­ time ago with Lt. Comdr. Ed Inman, 1934. Also saw kins has won, the others being the Purple Heart Sam Colvin who came alongside his ship. Fairly and the Moroccan Medal. He was cited for heroic recently one of the C.V.E.'s passed and a blinker achievement in action during his tour of duty in message came over asking if Jack Adair were Italy. [., aboard and it was signed Lt. Comdr. Mack Tharpe. : m Major L. J. Ball, B. S. T. E., '33, recently was First Lt. William H. Pinson, Jr., former Tech stu­ home on leave after having served two years in dent, has been imprisoned for two years in the Ger­ North Africa. man prison camp Stalag Luft Three. He writes Lt. Otis A. Barge, Jr., U.S.N.R. is stationed in that there are some 25 Georgians in his particular Miami, awaiting a new assignment. camp. Lt. Ernest W. Bivans, B. S. in E. E., '43, is instruct­ S/Sgt. Andrew S. Russell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. ing and receiving training at Harvard University A. S. Russell, Sr., 27 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, Cambridge, Mass. Fla., has been awarded the Bronze Star in recogni­ First Lt. Sam Floyd, B. S. in E. E., '42, is pilot of tion of conspicuously meritorious and outstanding a P-47 Thunderbolt, in Belgium. performance of military duty. The citation, which Ensign Haskew H. Brantley, Jr., graduated re­ accompanied the award, mentions that his devo­ cently from the Naval Air Training.Bases, Corpus tion and untiring effort have contributed material­ Christi, Texas. ly to the success of the aerial offensive on the Lt. Fred W. Bull, U.S.N.R., is stationed in Port­ enemy. land, Maine. Capt. Brooks Sheldon, Georgia Tech '41, son of Capt." David E. Cavenaugh, of the Signal Corps, Dr. Charles Sheldon, Jr., Atlanta, has been missing was recently retired on medical disability and at in action over Europe since October 29. Captain present. is on the technical staff of the Bell Lab­ Sheldon had been piloting a B-24 Liberator since oratories in New York. August, 1944. Lt. George Center, Navy Pilot, recently sank a Major Arthur E. Sotore, Jr., recently visited his Japanese aircraft tender in the Manila area. parents after more than two years of service in the Arlie Harris Chamberlin is a physician with the Mediterranean and European theaters. Major So­ Armored Division, serving in the European tore has flown more than 125 missions as pilot of Theater. A-36, P-40 and P-51 planes. He has been awarded Major Charles L. Cudlipp is in the Ordnance the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Flying Cross Dept, stationed at Letterkenny Ordnance Depot, and the Air Medal. Chambersburg, Pa. Lt. Col. Oscar Thompson, Jr., Class of '36, and Lt. E. F. Curry, B. S. in Ch. E., '43, is at the Ord­ former football player, is commander of a battalion nance B. D. School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. in France. He was the first American to. arrive in Captain James T. Davenport recently returned Africa. He fought through the African campaign from 26 months' duty in the South Pacific theater and was given a citation for outstanding and es­ of war, attached to the Old Horse Guard Unit. He pecially meritorious service in Sedjenaue, Mateur, is now located at Camp Stewart. and Tunisia. Lt. Comdr. Luther S. Drennon is serving as exec­ utive officer of the Naval Air Station at Hutchinson, Major Joseph A. Thornton, B. S. in E. E., '34, re­ Kansas. One of the youngest officers in the Navy to cently was awarded the Bronze Star. Major Thorn­ hold such an important post, the 27-year-old officer ton planned and supervised the complete signal has had 11 years of preparation, beginning with his- communications system in the Northern Ireland membership in the Naval R.O.T.C. Unit at Georgia Base Section, effecting the plan so efficiently that Tech. voice and teletype were immediately available to all units. In addition, he planned, co-ordinated and Lt. Col. Ivey O. Drewry, Jr., Class of '39, is with supervised the successful operations of the General an Armored Division somewhere in the European Headquarters Messengers Service, insuring prompt theater of operations. distribution of all official correspondence. Lt. Comdr. Jarrell A. Dunson, Jr., recently was home on furlough, awaiting a new submarine com­ Lt. Col. Stonewall Jackson Warner, Jr., of the mand of which he will be the executive officer. P.O.L. was officer in charge of getting gasoline and Commander Dunson has been on active naval ser­ oil on hand in sufficient quantities on "D-Day" to vice, and in submarines, since the beginning of be used in carrying the Allied troops forward. For the war. his outstanding record, he was awarded the Bronze Lt. James M. Feagle, U.S.N.R., was recently Star for meritorious service. through Atlanta on leave from 24 months in the Pa­ First Lt. Theron E. Wright, B. S. in Arch., '41, cific and is now being transferred for further duty. has been returned to the States for re-assignment Capt. Wm. John Forsythe is somewhere in Ger­ after serving in the European theater. He flew 82 many with an Engineering Battalion. He has served missions and won the Air Medal with three Oak a total of 33 months overseas. Leaf clusters. (Continued on next page) January-February, 1945 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 65

Service Mentions—(Cont'd.) Second Lieut. P. G. George, U. S. Corps of En­ gineers, was recently in Atlanta on leave. He is in an Army Service Training outfit at Belvoir, Va. Major Warner W. Hall, B. S. in Chem., '25, is Public Relations Officer, Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C. Lt. J. L. Hicks is with a Sig. Sv. Det, somewhere in the European theater of operations. Richard Furman Hudson, Jr., B. S. in M. E., '36, is now a Lt. Commander in the Navy. Lt. Comdr. Thomas J. Hughes, U.S.N.R., B. S. in M. E., '39, is now stationed in Chattanooga, Tenn., having served overseas during the invasion of France. Seaman First Class Ben Howard Johnson Jr., is stationed at Corpus Christi, Texas. First Lt. Joseph V. Lansing is somewhere in Italy. On a recent mission over Yugoslavia, this fighter pilot had both wings sheared off his ship and the tail torn away and its entire body nearly crum­ pled with flak. Two 20-millimeter shells exploded directly behind his head, but armor plate saved him. The riddled ship made a crash landing on an emergency air strip. Ensign Chester V. Link, U.S.N.R., is at the Naval Training Station, St. Paul Detail, Newport, R. I. Lt. Bruce Longino was at home in December, on furlough after almost a year of combat duty in the Pacific with the Navy's Fighting Squadron Eight. Ensign Geo. R. Manning, U.S.N.R. B. S. in M. E., class of October, 1943, star football center and cam­ pus leader, is at sea in the Atlantic area. Colonel Ben L. Mattingly is now in a G-3 sec­ tion in France. Lt. Lane Mitchell, U.S.N.R., B. S. in Cer., '29, is Notre Dame 21, Tech 0 at the Navy Pre-Radar School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. The Jackets lost their second game of the regular Lt. Comdr. Raymond E. Moore, in the Philippine playing season on Saturday, November 25, at Grant area, received his promotion to Lieutenant Com­ Field, when Notre Dame worked its "T" formation mander recently, on the same day two other Tech to perfection and went home with a 21-0 decision. graduates received the same promotion. The other Notre Dame scored early in the first period on a two are Lt. Comdr. Lamar E. Binion, on duty in 44 yard drive ending with Brennan driving over Rhode Island, and Lt. Comdr. John R. Bishop, Jr., from the 11. Neither team made a threat again until serving at Corpus Christi, Texas. These three Tech late in the second quarter when the Irish drove to graduates also received their wings at Pensacola, the Tech four before a determined defense stopped Fla., together. them. Lt. Col. Wm. G. Moses, S. C, of 3604 Altamont The Jackets took over there and started their Rd., Birmingham, Ala., is home on leave after 34 one real offensive threat of the game, with Broyles months in European and Mediterranean theaters. and Ritter passing for 81 yards to the Notre Dame He took part in the North African Landings, Tu­ 15. The Engineers bogged down there, as four nisian Campaign, several Italian campaigns, and passes failed, and the ball went over to the Irish. had charge of training a French corps under Amer­ Starting the third quarter Notre Dame repeated ican Rearmament Program; he then went into its first quarter performance by scoring early on a Southern France. pass from Dancewicz to Kelly. Throughout the Major John H. Mulder, M. E., '35, is with an AAA third and into the fourth quarter a fine Tech de­ Gun Bn. in the Caribbean area. fense held the visitors back, but the Jacket offen­ Commander Roy Mundorff, U.S.N.R., is an instruc­ sive couldn't get started. tor at the Naval Pre-Radar School, Harvard Uni­ Notre Dame's third touchdown came in the final versity, Cambridge, Mass. quarter as Brennan took a lateral from Dancewicz Commander Samuel D. Murray, B. S. in 1927, and and circled right end. The Jackets had previously a graduate in medicine, recently spent two weeks in stopped a Notre Dame push on the three, but had Atlanta, after having served a year overseas in lost the ball again on an interception. many combat areas. Without the services of Frank Broyles, who was Ensign W. R. McLain, U.S.N.R., is an Executive forced out with a bruised hip, the Engineers showed Officer of a Flotilla of crafts in the Atlantic Area. little signs of their usual potent attack, and couldn't (.Continued on page 68) get into a sustained drive in the second half.

. .•i^'-JV. •:-••:• • 66 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19 h5 Georgia Tech 44, Georgia 0 Tech Defeated in Orange Bowl Bounding back from their game with Notre Dame, Determined to atone for the defeat they received Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets completely mastered from Georgia Tech in the Sugar Bowl game last the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, Georgia, on Sat­ year, a brilliant Golden Hurricane football team urday, December 2, and won by the decisive score composed of many veterans from Tulsa University of 44-0. lived up to its great record and overpowered a The victory gave Georgia Tech the S.E.C. banner courageous, hard playing, but less experienced Yel­ for the year, as the Jackets won all of its conference low Jacket varsity by a score of 26 to 12, in the games; whereas, Alabama had lost to Georgia and Orange Bowl at Miami, Florida, on January first. Tennessee had tied with Alabama. Georgia Tech would have probably made the score The score of the Tech-Georgia game was the third somewhat closer but its one man running game was highest to be run up in the forty-game series, and all but nullified by the leg injury of its freshman broke the jinx that had held for 14 years over in­ star, Dinky Bowen, and neither the offense nor the vading Tech teams at Stanford stadium. defense could muster enough strength or strategy Completely outclassed far in excess of all pre­ to overcome the Tulsa Hurricane; despite flashes dictions, Georgia was smothered from the very start of brilliance by the Yellow Jackets and a great by a passing attack too sharp to be denied. Broyles 76 yard march for the final touchdown of the game. and Ritter led the Tech offensive, connecting with Tulsa won the toss and chose to receive the open­ clocklike precision to Mathews and Murdock. Dinky ing kick-off which went out of bounds and the ball Bowen and the charging Jacket line supplied the was put in play on their 35 yard line; from there ground attack which kept Georgia in its own terri­ the Golden Hurricane marched down the field in tory most of the game. about ten well diversified plays to the first score The Engineers warmed up fast in the opening of the game. Moss kicked the extra point and Tulsa minutes and started a drive which carried over the was out in front, 7 to 0, where it stayed for the en­ Georgia goal, the score coming on a pass from tire game. Mathews to Murdock. The Bulldogs could do no­ On this opening touchdown drive, following a thing with the ball and Tech started again with first down running attack, Moss threw the initial Broyles, Bowen, and Mathews on the loose. Broyles pass of the game; it was wide of his receiver, heaved a long one to Mathews for the second touch but, unfortunately, Tech batted the ball into the down, making it 13-0. hands of an eligible receiver, Goodnight, who Going into the second quarter, Tech was still caught it at the 32 from where the Hurricane playing in Georgia territory almost entirely. Bowen stormed on and to pass on a fourth down from the broke through tackle to go to the 12, with Murdock 10, Moss to Shedlosky, for the touchdown. taking it on the 2 on a pass from Ritter. Broyles After the kickoff, the Jackets brought the ball punched the line, and it was Tech 20-Georgia 0. back to its 22 yard line and on the next play there The fourth touchdown of the first half came after was a fumble that Tulsa recovered. The big team Mathews made a magnificent catch on a pass from slowly plowed from there to the eight where Shed­ Broyles and went to the Georgia eight. Mathews losky scored on a hand-off, front Statue of Liberty, scored a moment later on another pass from Broyles. from Moss which caught Tech spread for a pass. After the half the Engineers continued their ram­ As the second quarter opened, the Engineers page, scoring their fifth touchdown as Broyles slowed down the Tulsa assaults and put on two plowed through the Georgia line. Georgia. began air raids of their own. One carried them to Tulsa's passing in desperation but poor receiving, an alert 13, where a pass interception broke it up. The next defense, and a rushing Jacket line brought their one swept down to Tulsa's 23, where Charles Mur­ effort to naught. dock tipped a toss from Broyles right into the hands Tech's two final scores came in the fourth quarter, of Smith, of Tulsa. the first on a pass from Broyles to Murdock, and Then a Tulsa fumble was recovered by Roland the second on an interception by Nixon, who thread­ Phillips on the 34 and luck seemed to have changed. ed his way 35 yards to score. (Continued on page 68) Southeastern Conference Champions

The members of Tech's Orange Bowl squad are, front row, left to right: George Third row, left to right: Tex Ritter, Frank Broyles, Johnny Mcintosh, Joe Daniel, Matthews, Allen Bowen, Maurice Furchgott, "Squat" Colbert, Deane Gaines, Paul Bob Davis, Dumbo Domback, Co-Capt. Mickey Logan, Jack Nixon, Ray Enders. Duke, Luke Bowen, Billy Williams, George Hills. Second row, left to right: Rumsey Fourth row, left to right: Bob Mitchell, Mai Stamper, Joe Basler, J. T. Landry, Bill Taylor, Tom Carpenter, Jack Glenn, Ed Holtsinger, Rollo Phillips, Charles Murdock, McCabe, Cleaborn O'Kelley, Jack Carver. Charley Helzer, Jimmy Wilson, Capt. Phil Tinsley, Gerald Murphy. 68 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 1945

Orange Bowl Game-(Concrd.) Service Mentions-(Concl'd.) Broyles was groggy and tired. He was replaced by Lt. Commdr. Edw. E. Sack, B. S. in M. E., 1936, is Tex Ritter. The Hurricane began rushing the passer, with the Navy- Department in Washington. one chunk was ruled complete by interference on Capt. Edward W. Samoden is in the Ordnance De­ the 25, but when Ritter was caught on a fourth partment, stationed at Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, down pass, he was exactly where he took over, on New Jersey. Tulsa's 34. Lt. Aubrey Strickland, veteran of three major Three touchdowns were made in the first five amphibious attacks and commander of the first LST minutes of the third quarter; unfortunately for craft to return from the European war, recently Georgia Tech, however, two of them went into visited in Atlanta for the first time in three years. Tulsa's columns. Early in the explosive second half, Moss passed Lt. Austin C. Thies, U.S.N.R., B. S. in M. E., 1943, to end Clyde Goodnight who lateralled on a criss­ is aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. He has been cross to end White at the 35 and the latter went made acting Chaplain on his ship. on for a 65 yard touchdown run. Allen "Dinky" Bowen had White covered all the way but his in­ theless kept on fighting. Broyles passed the team jured leg slowed him down and he couldn't quite down to Tulsa's 20, but Shedlosky grabbed a pass force the runner out of bounds. that Mathews juggled after catching it. Tulsa didn't Immediately following first down after the kick- get out from there, however, and Broyles soon sent off, Broyles ran to his right and threw a long pass a long one to Ray Enders for 51 yards to the 16; over to the left sideline to Johnny Mcintosh who on an end-around Murdock fumbled and the per­ sped 51 yards to the goal. Bowen failed to convert formance started all over again. The -weary Broyles for the extra point. took a nice pass himself, to mix things up, and be­ Camp Wilson of Tulsa fumbled the kickoff at gan bombing passes that stuck, which, with five his 10 and, with all caution thrown to the winds, and six yard plunging by young Rumsey Taylor, the Jackets converged too sharply on him and the freshman fullback, carried the ball 76 yards in 14 ball; with his flanks undefended and by headwork plays to the goal; and it was Rumsey Taylor who and luck, Wilson picked up the ball and tore down bucked it over for Tech, the last touchdown of the the field for 90 yards and goal. Again, and despite game. Tinsley missed the point after and the score a game effort, the lame Bowen lacked the speed was 26-12 in favor of Tulsa. The game ended after to catch Wilson or force him out of bounds, This the Hurricane ran one play, following the Tech finished Tulsa's scoring but, with the,extra point, kickoff. they were safely out in front, 26 to 6. With the loss to Tulsa, Georgia Tech now has Badly tired and bruised, the Tech varsity never- a record of three wins and two losses in bowl games. January-February, 1945 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 69

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