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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Utah State Magazine Publications 3-1942 The Utah State Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 19 No. 2, March 1942 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah State Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 19 No. 2, March 1942" (1942). Utah State Magazine. 88. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine/88 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Utah State Magazine by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Utah State Alumni QUARTERLY • Utah State Presses National Defense MARCH 1942 • The Alumni Honor Roll VOLUME XIX NUMBER 2 • Literature and Reading Tastes • Letters from Aggie Grads ETERAN HEIS indopoad,nt and prnud, yet d,mnmtic fortunate people in the world, and the U. S. the and friendly. He is the envy of the rest of the world, greatest nation on earth. and its hope . He is generous and roleraoc and peace­ Io the plan cs of the General Electric Company, loving - and withal the most powerful man in the working with General Electric scieociscs and engi­ world. He is the American workman. neers, chis man, the American workman, has made His hands, accustomed to the feel of wrench and giant generacors co light whole cities, X-ray cubes lever and gauge, ma y never have held a gun; his co penetrate the mysteries of hum an flesh and metal mind, trained co think in terms of colerances as fine castings , radio and television apparatus co project as 1/10,000 of an inch, may never h ave wrestled with man's voice and image through space over the a problem of military scracegv; and yet he is the mysterious waves of the ether. veteran of a thousand campaigns. Today, in the gravest hour of world hiscory, he is His campaigns began in the laboracories, and his engaged in the greatest campaign of all. But there is prowess was proved in the test pits of American serenity and confidence in his face, and the experience industry . His battles were waged on the faccory of a thousand campaigns behind him. He is sure of floor and in the field. His victories have helped co his own abilities, certain of his couocry's future. make the citizens of the United States the most General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. GENERAL.ELECTR!f Two The Utah State Alumni Quarterly Publi shed quarterly by th e U tah State A gr icultur al College Alumni Associa tion . From the Entered as seco nd -class matter at the post office in Logan, Utah, und er the act of Ma rch 3, 1897 . Alumni Vol. XIX MARCH, 1942 No.2 Mail Leonard W. McDonald , '39, Managing Editor This is a new feature in the Quarter­ ly-designed to pass on to you the MARCH CONTENTS letters and comments which come our way. Letters are not published with­ From the Alumni Mail .......... ................................................ .......... .......... Page 3 out permission of writer s. Contribu­ - Lett ers from A ggie Gr ads- tion s welcome. -Editor. Children of Utah State Alumni ........................................ ............... ......... Page 4 -P hotos of sons and daughters- Utah State Presses National Defense Training ................ ........................ Page 5 • Remember George Zundel, '11 - Brief Surv ey of War Efforts- Pennsylvania State College On the Alumni Honor RolL. ........ ............ .............. .............. ................... Page 7 State College, Penn. - Tribute to three Leaders - January 10, 1942 Dear Secretary: Association News --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 8 Enclosed find check for $1 as alumni -D ues Drive and Life Memberships - dues . If this is not enough for the year 's dues, then let me know at once. Literature and the Soothsayers ................ .................... .......... ............. ..... Page 9 Got to keep the old alumni paper go­ - Curr ent Readin g Ta stes- ing. I have thought for some time that On the Crunpus ········----------------···-·---------------------------------------------·---------------Page10 we ought to soon publish an issue of - N ews and D oin gs of Undergraduates- the Alumni magazine, giving in detail what the college is doing in helping the war effort. With the Faculty ....... ............. .......... ....................... .. :. .................... ........... Page 11 Best of luck. -High Honor s- Very truly yours, The Score Board ........... .............................. ........ ............................... ........ Page 13 George L. Zundel, '11 Ass't Extension Plant - Review and Prev iew of A ggie Sports - Pathologist From Year to Y ear ........................ ....................... '.... ................... ............ ____Page 14 - What the Alumni are D oing - * * * • Remember Harold Peterson, '17 Recent Arrivals in Aggie Homes ........... ......................... ............... ........... Page 17 Elsie Peterson, '21 - A new generatio n is born - 444 North Myers Burbank, California Recent Marriages --------------------------·--------.---------------------------------------------------Page 18 February 18, 1942 - Gr adu ates and Students- Dear Secretary: Enclosed is a check for $2.00, annual COVER : Prelude to War. Symbolic of t hin gs to come is t hi s photo, taken in Jul y 1940 on t he dues for Elsie Peterson and myself. College Qu a drang le. The Plant Industry Building, con structed as a soldier 's dormitory durin g (El sie Peterson, '21, also happens to t he ]a-st war, is see n through the wing s of an airplane used for training purpo ses . be Mrs. Harold V. Peterson.) Sorry we can think of no pertinent information concerning ourselves OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION which might ha ve either news value or inter est to Alumni members. We're L. R. Humph erys, '12 . President just a couple of guys trying to get Leonard W . McDonald, '39 Executive Secretary along and by some means in the trying we ha ve managed to acquire a house Executive Committee and a telephone, so we' d love to ha ve any of our old associates and class­ L. R. Humph erys H . R. Adam s mates call us up when the y visit Ern est R . Lee Th elma Fo gelberg Southern California. Asa Bulle n (Ex -Officio) Mrs. P. answers to the title of ad­ Leonard W . McDonald , Executive Secretary ver tising manag er, Broad way -Holl y­ wood Dept. Store, and app ears to have dedicat ed her life to rescuing women Alumni Council Members from unfashionablen ess . I go by the L. R . Hu mphe rys, '12 C. Orval Stott, '16 Roy H alverson, '25 titl e of Geologist, U. S. Geo. Surv ey, Jun e White , '32 Ernest R . Lee, '27 H . R. Adams , '09 and spe nd a large part of my time Angus M. Maughan, '2 1 Dr. George R. Hill , '08 Thelma Foge lberg , '29 tr ying to locate, dir ect , subdue, con­ Byron Ald er, '12 Lucille Owens Petty, '26 L. Burton Redd , '36 serve and otherwise influenc e the be­ Lloyd R. H unsaker, '35 Charles D . Kapple,'17 Glen Worthington , '29 ha vior of water in our driest western Asa Bullen , '10 (E x-Officio) regio ns. Some where we lost the Utah touch and, unfortunat ely for us , ther e are no little ones. Publications Committee Sincerel y, L. R. H umphe rys, '12 Wilford D. Porter , '22 Harold V. Peterson, '17 Leonard W . McDonald, ' 39 (Continued on page 8) Three Sons & Dau!Jhters of Utah State Alumni JAY CLARK SANDBERG age 9 months. Son of Vera Clark Sandberg, '37, and Jay Sandberg , '36, of Monterey Park, California. MELVIN J. DeSPAIN age 51/z years, and DIANE DeSPAIN age 18 months. Son and daughter of Anetta Ware DeSpain and Owen M. DeSpain, '32, of Moab, Utah. JUDITH ANN BELL age 2 years. Daughter of Donna Barton Bell, '37, and Sheldon Bell, '38, Chinle, Arizona. r. ELIZABETHEAMES age 4 years. Daughter of Estella Richard son Eames, ex-Aggie, and D. lvo Eames, '29, of Richfield , Utah. JOCELYN HUNTER age 2 years. Daughter of Iola Hickman Hunter, '32, and Captain Wayne L. Hunter, Fort Oglethorpe , Georgia. VICTOR LEE LARSON age 5 years. and FRANCES MARION LARSON age 8 months. Children of Sabina Lee Larson , '33, and Preston A. Larson, of Thatcher , Ariz . WILLIAM GEDDESHA YES age 4112years . Son of Marjorie Geddes Hayes, ex-Aggie, and William S. Hayes, '38, of Long Beach., California. LaREEWITTWER age 21/z years . Daughter of Sylvan H. Witt­ wer, '39, and Maurine Cottle Wittwer , '40, of Columbia, Missouri. • Four Utah State Presses National Defense Trainin3 College Program Expands on Many Fronts What is Utah State doing in Na­ tional Defense? That is a fair ques­ tion for Alumni to ask. What is Utah State doing to strengthen the nation? Since December 7, when the nation was plunged headlong into a second world war, Utah State has responded courageously and valiantly. Many of her sons have already enlisted for service and more are going into the - armed forces each month. Training in the fields of mechanic arts, engineering, agriculture, home economics, secretarial science, and military science have taken on a more weighty significance in the education­ al program of the school. Many of these fields were already on a war­ time basis before the outbreak of hostilities, and the war with Japan only renewed the determination to speed up training. On the less spectacular side of the curriculum at the College-the lib­ Trainees in Nationa l Defense Classes become expert mechanics under eral arts and sciences, education, his­ supervision of competent instructors . tory, political science, etc.-modifica­ tions have been instituted in a ing is on a twenty-four hour basis. chani c learner s for the Ogden Air re-emphasis on democracy , intelligent The staff has increased from ten to Depot began with three classes. By and trained citizenship, without which forty member s, with trainees increas­ January the number of classes had the "practical" aspects of the national ing in .

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