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NOVEMBER • 1951 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 3tiJ .llW!/J~Ut.q w ~ OO.IIIb-~61-V(l,M Cl11irc Bry:~nc n1::t~ ro laok quite compote:d u thejin:aUy walktd inm the rtt'q)tion room. Sh-e had stoOd outside for a full minute, Jtudyina with ~t ~til(act ion the name on the door: Burton & Bryant, Attomey...at.Law. Suddenly chc door at the left swung opc.n, and a 11,1! youna mn.n with a big grin filled the doorway. "Hello, Mom!" Together they wnlked into hia office with itll view of the tnll buildings. the river, a nd the hnrbar out beyond. She Jook«lnnd llJ)provc:d, chen looked l'Pin nnd npprovcd 10me more. She Stlt in the deep lcnther ch:.ir by the window and amiled bn.ck lit hc:r !Joy. "Jack," the nid, "for yean people have been ••mint me not to dote on you ~ youns man read the note: aaain: too much. I cook their adviec suiously. ..6..7-2.3-Ke RW re more ina.'' J have tried hard noc to spoil you. But "Who is R. W. r• lie ukcd. today I'm bound tO aay I'm proud a.s a pea.cock o( you-aDd u um.ticd with ''"T'hat aiva it away,.. the tmiltd. myself and with life u I can~!"' "R. W. is Robert Wibocl •••" ..You. mean the qent who took arc. "l"m happy, too, Mom. It was won this," he mused, k»oking ac the pte« of derful of Mr. Bu.rton to cake me in u a of Da.d:'t inJW't.n«: ~·· paper. He dropped it into the top drawer partnc.r 10 JOOn, By the way-l'vc: had '"That'• riaht-he wu with the New of the old walnut dt$lt. "But I peu I'll _Oad't bia walnut desk moved up here:.. York Life. Notice the dace .•.' ' keep it here handy-to rtmind me how It fie• in twc:Ut" ''Six-seven- t went "/-three-June I got off to a wonderful ttart ••. yes, "I noci«d that," aid Claire Bryant. seventh, 1923-why, that'• che day I before. I even knew it1" "1 wiah he c:o"ld sec you now.'' was born I" NEW YOHK t..lP£ lNSURANCE COMPANY The youna man arinned that nice:, slow His mother tmiltd. "Your father hnd 6 1 M!ad:Woe A"n-vt, New Ytitk 10, N,Y, o( 10 a tho grin hi1. ]un before you Cl'll'l'lt in," usand plnnl for yo,a. And being n N1nr1/ly, M-fl ,.,,J ;. 1U1 IWJMt /lfllt(ul, he uid, "I foun d 11omerhing in the top lawyer, he never liked to put thinp off." drawer of the desk." He pulled • fragile, She looked at the note •aain. "You see, FC\I'I'OCCvPATIONSo(lu a maoJomuch In time-yellowed piece of ~per out of his your father got hold of Robert Wilson, the way of pc:.r.sooal reward at UJa under• pocket . ..That't Dad's wririna, all risht. whose advice he re~pc:cted, and took out wticin.g. Many New- York Lila 13tt1tJ ._,.. But what the deuce. docs it mcanl" more in.surance That'• why, when your buHding ney s1.1bstandal luture.t lot cbtm• selves by bc.lpiag othen plan ahud lor Claire took thepieuo(paper. Hu face: (ather died, everychina--includina- your J~w cducation-wu provided for.•• tbc.in. JJ you would Uke to know mora softened. "Yct ••• it'• hit: writing. He about a life icuu.ran« cuter, calk it o••r wu at wa )'t writiiiC hi ~n~tl {nota in a tort The grin qain relieved the. seriouJ cx with tbe Nnt York Lilc maoaaer fa )'OUr of private thorth.and he had. Can't you prusion on the )'OUnl man's face, ... eoftUillllliry-or write co 1M Home ()(rtC'C fi,aure out what it mea.Mr' tllppote you don't frame a thin& like at chc eddrus ahem:. aoda.l chapter that is a ~rt of every You might be interested in a con homecoming. Or if you h.ave reached versation I had with Mr. Narenda P. the height of your professional age, Jain of India, a student who is not an 'Briefs you probably write the first chapter; exchange uudent, but who eame half· one of appointments with various pro. way around the world to attend the l>y !essors or members of your cl:ass. University of Missouri on hi• own in Perhaps your bit of tho story i.s tho Itiative, courage and Cl\pital. I naked real heart of homtcoming, the body Jain (pronounced Jan) just what Bus of the story, that nostalgic tie that prompted him to choose our Universi draws you back to the campus for no ty. His answer was simply, " Why, it particul:ar reason other than to rem is a world famous in.stitution. I read inisce silently of day$ long ago, of of its acclAim in a book by Mrinal c:lnssmatell who have scattered to var Kanti Base, well-lmown Indian jour ious parts of the world. aliS-t, but evcn before, I had heard of it Regardless of your ~rticul:u p:m, as one of the finest in the world." Homecoming is always the finest you do Mvc one. Retognized? Per Let us remember that conversation. day in the yeo.r here at Mh:zou. haJJ$ not. but it's there. For this ill Let us not forget, however, that we It is a story that Uvea. It is life, Homecoming. Something new hap must not baJk in the glory of one atU• with emotions, yet without :'lny par pens to you every ycO'r, and 50me dent's rent"tion. \Ve have every reason ticular body. It iJ a story that is thing happens to the Univer&ity too. to be proud of our institution and its enacted on every campus in Ameriea Every homecoming is the ume, yet it future promises as even more of pride during Homecoming. is different. Same story, different roles, and heritage. Who writes that !ttory? YOU!, and and thiR iR what makes my work so every ;~lwnnU$ who returns. lf you pleasant. If it w ere not fo r you and are a roc.ent araduate you probably the rote you play in "coming home," write the introduction-that hilMious there would be no Homecoming. THE MISSOURI ~LUMNUS NOVEMBER, 1951 On Campus 2 With the Alumni 3 Wanted, a Housekeeper 1-6 9.n ~JiU 9MLU .. F. Hiner Dale .. .. .. .. 7 " l Recollect" .. ............... .. 8 "And Now" .. 9 Sports I 0-11 VOL. XL NUMBER 3 Classnoces .. .. ... ..... ... 12-20 THE MISSOURI ALUMNUS io publllhed monthly except July and Editor-BUS ENTSMINGER THt COVER - Homecoming AugWit by the UnivCrsity of Misaouri Dirtc::tor, Alumni Activities Alumni Auoeiati.on, 110 Jesse Hall, activities on Friday preceding Columbia. Me>. Entered as aecond clau the M.U.·N.U. game included a matter under the Ads of March 3, Man.a.ging Editor Tiger Chomp on Francia Quad· LOTTIE SMITH 1879. Regul.u subsc:ription price $3.00 rangl~ a pep rillly arOtJnd the a year; life subscription, $.50. Aoo<l-lit columns, talks by Pres Assistant Editor ident Middlebush, Coach Faurot, HAROLD N'IEDORP JERRY SMITH President Piiul Christman, jtsae Wrench, Universitr Alumni Auodation Bus-ine" Manager and Peggy McQueen, a snake St. Joseph, Mi~ouri WILMA BATTERSON dance reminiacent of pre-war days, and a bonfire. (Cover MARVIN D. McQUEEN, Chairm•n Sports Editor photogra,pb~urtesy Henn Liiv, Alumni Publications Committee BILL CALLAHAN '54. student from Estonia.) St. Loui•, Mi11ouri on cam pus CONLEY PORTRAIT FOR McALESTER HALL An oil p:eincing of Dr. Dudley Settle Conley, dean emeritus of the Univer sity of Missouri School of Medicine, W:tS prcscntf!d to the University by alumni of the mrdic;~ l school on No· vembcr 6 :It a faculty-student assembly in McAlester t-1;.11. T he pormit. by Danid MacMorris, K;uu :•s City ;1rtist, w:~s presentcd by Dr. O:•ude R. Bn•ne•·, president of the School of Medicine Alumni Asso ci;etion. The I)Ortr:tit w:~s :tCL"tpted on bch:tlf of the Bo:ttd of 0.1r:ttors of the University by Dr. T homas A. Br:uly, vice-president. Miss Peggy McQueen, Kansas City, was chosen 1951 Homecoming Queen. Or. A. W. McAiesttr III of Kanus During hill-time intermi~aion <~.t the football game on October 27 she was pre. City, grandson of the School's second sented an orchid lei by Paul Chri.stman (left) . The orchids eame from Alumn us dean, w:tS chairm:m of a specinl alumni U. \Vatada in Honolulu. A dozen mums were presented by Governor of MifS ouri committee which arr:~ngc:d for the Forrest Smith. Ac1:0mpanying Gov. Smith is Univertity Pr"ident Frederick A. painting. Middlebush. Completing the group are, left to right., S.G.A. Homecoming Chait· Dr. Conley was born in Columbia on man Don Smith and the Queen's attendants, Mary Ann.a T ruitt, Mown~ Wehr mann, Pat Hayes and Sally Miller. January 2~ 1878, attended the public schOC>Is here and received a D.L. degree in 1899 rrom the University. He re ceived his M.D. degree from Columbia ul)ivcrsity in 190C>. of Dr. A. W. McAlester, de:m frOm } Cassella, Jr., secretary-treasurer, 2M 1 He was :\ppointed proressor or clini 1890 1'0 1910; Dr.