Kalamazoo College Alumnus (April, 1950)

Spring Issue The Cover Picture News items for the ALUMNUS Letters to the Editors The picture on the cover for are earnestly solicited. Alumni liv A letter from Mrs. Wayne Bul this issue is a photographic study ing some distance from Kalamazoo len (] une Zickgraf ex'39) carried embodying the beauty of nature, the are particularly urged and invited the following postscripts: . beauty of Hoben Hall, and an un to send in items. Our coverage of "P.S. Inclosed is $1.00 for my things o·utside of Kalamazoo is de subscription to the Alumnus. I identified student who is absorbed pendent upon contributions r e know I am somewhat in arrears in in thoughts of his own. This is the received. To alumni who have been picture used on the brochure for the sending in items, our thanks. paying for this magazine. I cer 1950 Annual Fund. Photography is THE EDITORS tainly get more than a dollar's by Ward Morgan Studios. worth of pleasure in reading about K College and the people I once One-Act Plays Eleven Students knew." The second program of one-act Achieve "All-A" Editor's note: The Alumnus is plays was presented in Bowen Hall Eleven students achieved an pleased to receive this comment auditorium, Friday, March 17, un "all-A" record for the first semes from Mrs. Bullen, also to receive der the supervision of Miss Eleanor ter, it is reported by Mr. Everett R. the $1.00. Baum, director of college plays. The Shober, registrar and dean. A FRENCH ALUMNI three plays, directed by student total of 57 students achieved a 2.5 members of the College Players, average or higher. With "A" hav Agnes B. Powell '00, Marshall, continued the successful pattern set ing a value of three, a 2.5 average Michigan, forwards excerpts from earlier in the year. represents B plus, or better. letters from "the two French girls Undergraduate students with a who came to us on scholarships in Second Annual Career program of 14 or more semester 1922." Program Scheduled hours are the only ones listed in The letter from Luce Schmidt The second annual "Career Week the report. Those cited as having '25, who has been for some time for Women" will be held on the an "all-A" record include: Norman with the French Army in Indo campus, April 24 to 28, it is an A~mstrong, Green Lake, Wiscon China as a war correspondent, con nounced by Jean Shivel, student sin; Richard Brown, Sheffield, Ala tained the following information as chairman. The program is being bama; Joan Dymmel, Maywood, Il reported by Miss Powell: made possible by the Women's She was sent back to Paris in July, linois; Louise Lacey, Canton, Illi 19-19, because of illness from a trop Council of Kalamazoo College, nois; Edward Z. Sulkowski, Sao which is arranging for an outstand ical disease, which has left her weak Paulo, Brazil; and Donald Ball, and subject to recurrent attacks. She ing list of women leaders to come William Bunto, Alice Koning, Mar was sent to a military rest-home in to the campus to confer with wom vin Mertz, William Meux, and Mel Austria for a time, then returned to en students of the college, and the vin Reed, all of Kalamazoo. Paris. She was obliged to surrender Women's League. her apartment which she had sub-let The program for the first day Personnel Interviews during her absence in the Orient, be will deal with the medical artS and Program Under Way cause of a ruling that unmarried with music. Library science and so women may not occupy more than a ciology will be the topics on the A series of personnel interviews two-room Aat. She secured a comfort- for students of Kalamazoo College second day; education, drama, (Co ntinued on Pttge 2 J) speech, and radio will be the cen have been arranged by the Men's ters of attention on the third day; Union of the College. Mr. Homer and the week's program will end Elwell, '35 employment director of KALAMAZOO COLLEGE the Upjohn Company, was the first with discussions of business careers. guest. He held personal interviews ALUMNUS with men students, and addressed a "Bach- the way B a c h group at luncheon in the private Volume X April, 19511 Number 2 should be," was the enthusi dining room of Welles Hall. EDWARD J. LAUTH '32 Editor astic comment of Miss Rosa Frank Southon, personnel direc Associate Editor - MARILYN HINKLE '44 lyn Tureck, the Friday night tor of Kalamazoo Vegetable Parch Sports Editor FREDERICK WINKLER '51 artist of the Bach Fe3tival, Campus News --- JANET ROBINSON '51 upon her hearing the Mass in ment Company, was the second Editorial Assistant PHYLLIS A. CASEY '51 B Minor on Saturday night. guest in the series. He was followed Published bi-monthly by the Kalamazoo Col This was high praise, coming by Dr. Wayne Whittaker, secretary lege Alumni Association and Kalamazoo Col lege. from such a recognized au to the committee on admissions to President of the Alumni Association: thority on Bach. the School of Medicine, University H. Colin Hackney '30 Miss Tureck's piano recital of Michigan. Other highly qualified ~1ember of the American Alumni Council on Friday night provided an personnel men will appear on the Entered as second class matter January 18, 1940 at the Post Office at Kalamazoo, Michi enthralling beginning for the campus, it is announced by Gordon gan, under the act of March 3, 1879. Pub lished bi-monthly, six times yearly in Fourth Annual Bach Festival. Dolbee, president of the Men's October, December, February, April, June, and August. Subscription rate: One dollar Union. per year. Page 2 ALUMNUS PRESIDENT'S many of you during the course of LETTER this year that as you recall great personalities on the teaching staff 1891 To the Alumni of the College: of the College you have found in Carl A . Soule ex'91, \.Yathena, Kansas, As you know from other an writes, "Visited Kalamazoo College last their influence that which has summer for the first t ime since attending nouncements, the month of March determined for many of you the t h ere nearly fifty years ago. It was hard marked the launching of the An whole future course of your life. I to believe that t he inst itution could have accom plished so m uch in that span of years nual Fund campaign for 1950. I know that it is very difficult to ... I owe K a lamazoo College for whatever am writing to you about the cam measure the intangible values to be success I may have achieved, for it was paign this year because of the spe t here the fundamenta ls of fair play a nd found in a community of learning honest effor t wer e learned." cial emphasis which is being given such as Kalamazoo, but I also know to support from alumni. that these values are just as real as 1894 Dr. Charles J . Kurtz, Chicago, I ll in ois, is As I have traveled around the friendship and love and understand a member of the SO year club of t he Illi country to alumni groups from the ing, and we cannot measure the nois State Medical Society. east coast to the west, I have been importance of these attitudes m 1886 human relationships. :Milton Eph rai m Osborn ex'86, East Lans in g real estat e brok er, has made a special Stop for a moment as you read study of the g lacial period as affectin g the surface geology of t h e southern peninsula this page and think back on your of M ichigan. H e has what is d oubtless t he experiences in our Fellowship in largest and finest collection of g lacial Learning and make your decision on pebbles, weighin g a n ounce to twen t y pounds, in the state. ~1r . Osborn, a brother the basis of that moment of remi of E lla Osborn Adams '71, for many years niscence as to the extent to which served as principal or su peri ntenden t of M ich igan schools. lie served the school you wish today to be actively identi east of Grand R apids, Spring Lake, Gran d fied with the continuing life of the 1-faven , a n d Sparta. His w ife, Eva, died College through your support. I last October a fte r n early 65 yea rs of wed ded life. am confident that if you act sin cerely, according to the meaningful 1896 H. Clair Jackson, K a la mazoo a ttorney, was ness which you find in this moment hon ored recen tl y Ly t he Bar Association as of memory, we will have the larg one of five K a la m azoo lawyer s w ho have practiced law for h a1f a centur y. est response to our appeal this year which Kalamazoo College h a s 1897 Dr. Harold L. Axtell, Professor of Classical known for some time. L a n guages, Emeritus, Uni ve r s ity of Idaho, \ You may be sure that I will re li ves in Moscow, I daho. gard your contribution as an indi 1898 cation to me in my responsibility Guy D . Smith, retired, li ve s in Stillwater, M innesota. H e was a member of t he s t ate as president as to whether you are c hampion foot ball, b aseball, and t rack team s casting your vote not merely for of 1897-98.

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