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The new Old ffioin PogelO

Spring 1982 We've all heard of "Reagan-omics". • • •

But what about ~ ' Alumni-omics"?

Question: What percentage of alum­ ni gave to the Marshall University Foun­ dation's Annual Giving Program last year? A. 2% B. 18% c. 62% Unfortunately, the correct answer is A. Does that mean only 2% of Marshall's Alumni feel a sense of pride and loyalty toward their alma mater? Why, of course not! It's just that the other 98% haven't yet gotten around to it, that's all ...

In case you're wondering about the other answers: (B) 18% is the national average for alumni giving to their college Foundation and (C) 62% is the nation's leader in alumni giving.

Let's aim for that national average and then -- watch out! Show your PRIDE in Mar­ shall by returning the pledge card ·below or the one you received in the mail with your generous check to the Marshall University Foundation, Inc. You'll feel good about your University and Yourself! ------The Annual Giving Program The Marshall University Foundation, Inc. Fourth Avenue at Hal Greer Blvd. Huntington W. Va. 25701

D MY GIFf IS ENCLOSED: 0 BILL ME: 0 Quarterly 0 Semi-Annually OAnnually DESIGNATION: 0 $100 0$75 0 $50 0 $35 0 $25 _University's Greatest Needs 0 Other ------_Use My Gift For ______

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OFFICERS

President John K. Kinzer, Jr. '62 Vice President Richard K. Barton '48 Vice President Vol. XXIII April, 1982 No.1 Mary Dru Moehling '69 Secretary Published for Marshall Alumni by the Marshall University Alumni June H. Deal '48 Association in cooperation with the Marshall Offices of Treasurer University Relations and University Publications Marc A. Sprouse '70 Executive Director Karen Curnutte Thomas '71 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONTENTS

Inez B. Atkinson '36 Winners ...... 4 Richard K. Barton '48 H. William Chaddock 'SS Opening night at Henderson Center ...... 7 Philip E. Cline 'SS Frank B. Cummings '69 June H. Deal '48 More than an arena ...... 8 Roger L. Fortner '64 Kenneth L. Gainer '64 The new Old Main ...... 10 Jean A. Hamilton '73 Douglas R. Hardman '70 Magic Man ...... 12 David N. Harris '71 C. Donald Hatfield '77 Hal Greer ...... 15 William A. Heaberlin '68 Joseph W. Hunnicutt III 'S7 The way we were ...... 16 Jack J. Kendell, Jr. '66 Michael R. Kiger '68 John K. Kinzer, Jr. '62 'Materials loaned with dignity' .•...... 19 Dr. David Kirk 'S8 Martha J. Merical '7S 'A wonderful feeling' ...... 22 Mary Dru Moehling '69 W. Donald Morris '39 Eleanor C. Moser '74 Paul M. Peabody 'S3 COVER: Proposed renovation of Old Main by artist Harold Roe Richard W. Ramell '78 Charles E. Romine, Jr. 'S8 Dr. Everett N. Roush III 'SS John David Short '74 CHAPTER PRESIDENTS Paul R. Skaff, Jr. '74 Marc A. Sprouse '70 Central Florida John L. Underwood '64 Southeastern Texas O.C. "Doug" Greenlee '34 Suzanne Walton '69 Carolyn Blake Plants '71 Denise G. Welker '72 Winter Park Spring H. Stephen Winnen '70 Logan Southern Roseanna Trent '71 MAGAZINE STAFF Mel Hancock '70 West Logan Beckley Alumni Editor Mason-Gallia Susan S. Peyton South Florida Dennis Brumfield '76 Editorial Staff Albert "Babe" Mazza '48 Point Pleasant C. T. Mitchell Fort Lauderdale Judith Casto Space Coast Upper Ohio VaUey Production Bea Lett '31 Phil Adkins '6S Shirley Dyer Melbourne Beach West Liberty, W. Va. Barbara Ransbottom Photographer Rick Haye Three native West Virginians and a native of Alabama will be honored at the 45th annual Marshall University Winners: Alumni Association Awards Banquet o'! Saturday, May 8.

Distinguished Alumnus Services, New York; advisory com­ Given to Marshal/ alumni for mittee, Northwood Institute, outstanding national achievements Midland, Mich.; member, Advertis­ in their particular fields of ing Women of New York, with endeavor. which she formerly served as a In 1946 she received her A.B. in director, committee chairman, and home economics from Marshall. member of the President's Cabinet, Today, Virginia Thabet Habeeb of and member and former national New York and Key Biscayne, Fla., vice president, Electrical Women's is one of the nation's leading home Round Table, Inc., and past chair­ economists and foremost authorities man of its New York Chapter. on home management. She also has served on the Home Her career has been spiced with Committee, National Safety Coun­ variety. She began as a home service cil, the Greater New York Safety adviser with Appalachian Power Council, and the Consumer Ad­ Co. in Abingdon, Va., and visory Committee of the National Bluefield, W.Va. She once produc­ Association of Home Builders. ed and hosted a daily television Mrs. Habeeb edited The Hand­ show, "Virginia's Home Journal," Virginia Habeeb book of Household Equipment Ter­ on WCHS-TV, Charleston, W.Va., m in olo gy, published by the and now makes frequent guest Mrs. Habeeb, chairman of the American Home Economics television appearances around the Major Appliance Consumer Action Association, and has written country. Panel (MACAP) from 1975 to 1979, numerous booklets, magazine and She is an author, editor, and con­ also wrote the MACAP Handbook newspaper articles. sumerist, and has been director and for the Informed Consumer. In 1972 she was a participant in a owner of Virginia T. Habeeb MACAP, an independent organiza­ six-week women's tour of Russia Associates since 1970. Her company tion of consumer experts, receives and the Middle East with American develops and implements a com­ comments and complaints from ap­ Women for International prehensive editorial service in all pliance owners, studies industry Understanding. fields of home management and practices, and advises industry on During her 33-year career Mrs. consumer communications. ways to improve service to con­ Habeeb has received many honors. Even those unfamiliar with her sumers. She was recipient of the Laura Mc­ name should be familiar with her A native of Charleston, W. Va., Call Award given by McCall's work. She was with American Mrs. Habeeb completed a magazine in cooperation with the Home magazine for 15 years secretarial/business degree at Edison Electric Institute for her (1955-70), serving as food and home Bluefield College prior to coming to "outstanding contribution to the equipment editor, and, later, as Marshall. advancement of electric living.'' managing editor. She has been a Following two years with Ap­ In 1965, 1967, 1968 and 1969, she contributing editor to Ladies' Home palachian Power Co., she worked was recipient of the ALMA Award Journal, Modern Bride and Girl from 1949 to 1954 as manager, na­ given by the Association of Home Talk magazines. tional home service training, with Appliance Manufacturers for Her major books include: the Crosley Division of AVCO outstanding consumer communica­ Remodeling Your Kitchen (1980); Manufacturing Corp., Cincinnati, tion. She was named an honorary The Complete Blender Cookbook Ohio. life member of the Association of (1978); Thousands of Creative Kit­ After beginning work in New Home Appliance Manufacturers in chen Ideas (1976); The Ladies' York City, she took publishing and 1980. Home Journal Art ofHomemaking: advertising courses through the Everything You Need To Know To Advertising Club of New York. She is a life member of the West Run Your House With Ease and Mrs. Habeeb's professional af­ Virginia 4-H All Stars and won the Style (1973); The Learn To Cook filiations include membership in the 4-H Alumni Award by the Olin Book (1970), and The American national, state and local home Corp. in 1973. Home All-Purpose Cookbook economics organizations; board of She is listed in Who's Who of (1966). directors, Talbot Perkins Children's American Women (6th edition) and

4 Who's Who in America (40th edi­ Community Achievement tion). In September 1981 Mrs. Habeeb Given alumni for success in their was honored as the "Distinguished particular fields of endeavor and Alumna" by Marshall's Depart­ personal contributions to their ment of Horne Economics. respective communities. Her husband, Mitchell H. Habeeb, is from the Vicksburg, Dr. Dorothy N. Moore of Miss., area. Jackson, Miss., is well-known throughout Mississippi for her work in the fields of mental health and mental retardation. Distinguished Service A clinical psychologist, she has been director of the Division of Given for loyal and unselfish ser­ Community Services, Mississippi vice to Marshall. Department of Mental Health, since 1974. Her division works toward the Since receiving his B.A. degree in development and operation of 1950, Owen Keith Taylor has been community-based comprehensive one of Marshall's most active sons mental health/mental retardation in terms of service to his Alma Keith Taylor centers throughout the state. Mater. Dr. Moore plans with the direc­ A member of the Marshall tors and boards of the 15 local University Alumni Association in the South Pacific, including five centers which now form a statewide board of directors for 24 years, missions over Tokyo. network, works with state Taylor has played many roles He has been in the wholesale legislators, speaking for the centers' toward the betterment of Marshall building materials business for more programming, and meets with than 20 years, beginning in promo­ -organizer, fund-raiser, lobbyist, federal government representatives student recruiter, board officer, tion and sales for Iron City Sash and on matters pertaining to federal chapter president. Door Co. in Pittsburgh. grants. Taylor first became an MUAA For the past 13 years he has been A native of Florence, Ala., Dr. board member in 1953 after his per­ associated with Adam Wholesalers Moore earned her B.A. in sonal campaign to buy new in Cincinnati in sales and manage­ psychology with honors from Mar­ uniforrns for the Marshall Marching ment, having served with Acme shall in 1948. Her family moved to Band. Sash and Door in Cincinnati and Huntington when her father was Over the years he has worked with presently with Appalachian Sash transferred with the U.S. Army the State Legislature in behalf of and Door of Nitro, W. Va. Corps of Engineers. She attended Marshall, especially when the In addition to his service to Mar­ Cammack Junior High School and university status bill was being con­ shall, Taylor has been active in the graduated from Huntington East sidered in 1961. Izaak Walton League of America High School in 1944. He helped organize the Marshall for more than 20 years. He was na­ In 1949 she received her M.A. in Memorial Invitational basketball tional vice president for two terms, clinical psychology from Michigan tournament and served on tourna­ on the national executive board for State University. She was a ment committees for five years. He eight years, and also was state presi­ psychologist with the Child also worked with previous coaches dent. In 1968 he was named "Con­ Guidance Clinic and Mental Health to encourage athletes to come to servationist of the Year" by the Clinic, Greenwood, Miss., 1949-57. Marshall. He is a member of the Big state Izaak Walton League. During 1957-61, Dr. Moore was a Green. When Taylor was national con­ United States Public Health Service During his years on the alumni vention chairman for the League in trainee in clinical psychology and board Taylor held every office ex­ 1974, the convention was held in was an intern with the Bureau of cept president. He was elected presi­ Marshall's Memorial Student Mental Health, District of Colum­ dent in 1981 but resigned before tak­ Center. bia, 1959-60. ing office for personal reasons. He Taylor is a member of numerous She completed her requirements also served on numerous commit­ civic and fraternal organizations, in­ for her Ph.D. at Louisiana State tees with the Association board. cluding the Shriners and the Elks. University in 1961. A resident of Ceredo, W.Va., He was cited and commissioned a She was a consultant psychologist Taylor also was president of the Kentucky Colonel by Gov. Edward with the Mental Health Services Ceredo-Kenova Chapter, MU T. Breathitt for his contributions to Division, Mississippi Board of Alumni Association. Appalachia. The Cherry River Navy Health, 1961-63, and was coor­ Taylor is a native of Elkins, of West Virginia awarded him a dinator of Mississippi Mental W.Va., and attended public schools special citation recognizing the Health and Mental Retardation in Elkins and Richwood, W.Va. "honorable and exemplary con­ Planning Programs, 1963-66. After graduating f rorn Richwood tributions he has made in the public Prior to her present position with High School in 1942, he entered the interest." the Mississippi Department of Men- Aviation Cadet program of the Ar­ Taylor's wife, the former my Air Corps. As a first lieutenant Genevieve Raike (' 49) of Point Plea­ he served as a B-29 pilot in combat sant, W. Va., died in October, 1980. (continued on next page)

5 athletic, service, and church organizations. He currently is ser\.ing his third four-year term on the Brevard County School Board. He was board chairman, 1972-80. Formerly he served as councilman, council chairman, and vice mayor of the City of Rockledge. A native of Putnam county, W.Va., Dr. Anderson gr~_uated from Winfield High Sclrool in 1945 and served in the Army prior to entering Marshall. Dr. Anderson began his career in education as a social studies teacher and head football, basketball and baseball coach at Winfield High School in 1951. Dorothy Moore From 1955 to 1957 he was athletic · Robert Anderson director, head football coach and physical education teacher at Nitro tal Health, Dr. Moore was program High School. He was principal of Titusville Chambers of Commerce; director of the Mississippi In­ Winfield High School, 1957-60, and member and former president, teragency Commission on Mental assistant principal and director of Brevard County 4-H Foundation, Illness and Mental Retardation, guidance and counseling at and member, Wuesthoff Hospital 1966-74. Stonewall Jackson High School in Board of Trustees. He is involved Charleston, 1960-62. with numerous other organizations. She is a member of numerous professional organizations and ad­ Moving to Florida in 1962, he A three-year football letterman at visory committees and has served as joined Cocoa High School at Marshall, Anderson was selected as president of the Mississippi Rockledge. He left as principal there one of West Virginia's 100 "Sports Psychological Association and in 1966 to become director of Greats" during the State Centennial chairman of the Southern Regional maintenance and transportation Celebration (1963). Conference of Mental Health with Brevard County Board of Statistics and the Mississippi Coun­ Public Instruction, Titusville. Other honors include receiving cil on Children. the Florida State "4-H Alumni Anderson has been associated Award" in 1975, the Brevard Coun­ Dr. Moore was on the Governor's with Brevard Community College ty Rotary Club ''Community Ser­ Committee on Children and Youth since 1968 and was named to his vice Award" in 1975, and the for the 1970 White House Con­ present position in 1977. He receiv­ Brevard Community College ference and has served on the ed his Ed.D. degree from Nova "Management Club Achievement Governor's Drug Study Council and University in 1979. Award," in 1978. He is listed in the Governor's Block Grant Task At Brevard Dr. Anderson has Who's Who in the East (1961-62). Force. been sponsor of the Rotaract Club, Dr. Anderson is married to the In 1979 Dr. Moore was recipient sponsor and coach of the Wrestling former Charlotte Ann Thomas, who Club, and a member of the Manage­ of the "Citizen of the Year" award attended Marshall. They have two ment Club, the F ACC Legislative presented by the Mississippi sons and a daughter. Chapter, National Association of Committee, the Nursing Program Social Workers. Admissions Committee, and the Servicemen's Opportunity College Advisory Committee. He also was initiator and coordinator of the Community Achievement "Early Admissions and Credit in The 1982 award winners were Escrow" Accelerated Education chosen by the Alumni Association's Chances are if it's legal and moral Programs at the college. Awards Committee, based on Dr. Robert A. Anderson of Dr. Anderson is a member and nominations from Marshall alumni Rockledge, Fla., is, has been or will former president and director of the and friends. be involved with it. Rotary Club of Cocoa; member of the board of directors, former presi­ The committee was composed of Anderson (A.B. '51, M.A. '54) is Suzanne Walton, chairman, June dent, board chairman, and vice dean of collegewide student services Deal, Don Morris, Everett Roush, president for campaign and for ad­ at Brevard Community College, Roger Fortner, David Harris and ministration, United Way of Cocoa, Fla., and is a member of a Ezra Midkiff. wide ·variety of educational, Brevard, Inc.; member, Cocoa business, fraternal, veteran's, Beach Area, Melbourne and

6 Opening night at Henderson Center

By SAM STANLEY So, where would I park? Field House companions who I was How long would it take to get to sure were in this great hall It was certainly different -- that my seat? somewhere for this special game. first Marshall basketball game in Who would be sitting nearby? However, this first. night in Center. Would they be just as friendly and Henderson Center was becoming After 30 years of watching the just as loud as my chairside cohorts more of a festivity than a basketball Herd at the Field House, you can at the Field House? _, game. pick up many habits just getting Would it still be exciting to First of all, a group of former there. You drove the same route, "Bring on the Herd" in this Marshall players was competing in a par~ed in the same spot, went in the butterfly-shaped place? preliminary contest in what in the same door, climbed the same steps As it turned out, my fears of the past had been billed as "Bring Back and set y01.11self in the same seat, unknown were turned into a feeling the Herd Night." . · next to, in front of and behind the of awe for this classy new Hender:. Even some of ·'Henderson's same people as the games which son Center. players -- like Herbie Morris, Joe went before. A parking space within a short Hunnicutt, Eddie Lambert, George But this time, this Nov. 27, 1981, walk was easy to find. Lambros and Ed Straight :_ came game, it was all going to change. Although it took a few more steps back to don the colored underwear And it was like entering the and some extra deep breaths to and to bounce the ball. Most of unknown. climb to my seat, I discovered I these guys will never see 50 again Henderson Center seats 10,250 could still get a good view of the when you figure it's been at least 27 people, a lot more than the 6,500 playing floor. years since "the Old Man" was their who used to cram into the Field And, my new friends around me coach. House. were just as loyal and loud as my old (continued on next page)

The scoreboard/message center above the basketball court, purchased through $140,000 in donations, has graphic capabilities to create nearly any image or written message. With the bleacher seats in the arena recessed, the floor can accommodate indoor track events, tennis, badminton, and volleyball.

7 When the old-timers left, the that underneath the cloth was a pic­ nice things about "the Old Man." visiting Army team came out for ture of Carn Henderson, probably The white cloth then was dropped pre-game warrnups. I think I've got the one that had been hanging at the revealing the picture of Henderson it figured how this Army team -­ west end of the Field House over the and the tumultuous crowd roared its short on size, experience and talent past few seasons. approval. · -- came to be our first opponent in Just before the game time the Everything afterwards was anti­ the new arena. VIPs, including U.S. Senator Jenn­ climatic. The first basket of the When the big night was being ings Randolph, Congressman Nick game came so quickly, I couldn't planned, such teams as Kentucky, Rahall, Gov. Jay Rockefeller, tell who scored. Later I found out it Ohio State, Maryland and other big Secretary of State A. James Man­ was a reverse layup by Sam Henry. basketball names were being con­ chin, MU President Robert Hayes, sidered. During the meeting a roar and Cam's daughter, Camille The Herd doubled the score in the of thunder was heard from up high Henderson Waldeck, entered the first 10 minutes and the crowd spent and then came an eerie voice that floor. the rest of the evening taking in the sounded much like "the Old Man." The VIPs presented mementos of surroundings more than concen­ First was the rhythmic sound of the occasion to players of both trating on the game. smacking lips, followed by "Dam­ teams. Mrs. Waldeck and the gover­ The Herd wound up on top, mit, schedule somebody you can nor, honorary coaches for this 71-S3, and most of us left with a whip." night, remained at center court great memory and an armful of So, the brave Army team joined while the P.A. announcer said some souvenirs. us for our first look at Henderson Center. And although the new facility had yet to shed its construc­ tion workers for some minor jobs still undone, it was ready for the ( l first game. Everything was either green or concrete gray as you walked It's more than through the facility. Here and there you could spot unused construction a basketbal I arena material -- sawhorses and bits of lumber could seen tucked away or through a closed glass door. l ) But inside the arena, the sight was something to behold. There's much more to Henderson and Recreation as well as the The tartan court was green with Center than that gigantic arena Athletic Department. an outline of our state at center under the butterfly roof where the It includes smaller areas for hand­ court and a star depicting the loca­ Thundering Herd basketball teams ball, wrestling, judo, archery, gym­ tion of Marshall University. (men's and women's) play approx­ nastics, and other activities. The four-sided scoreboard which imately 30 games a year. Located on the northeastern end hung from the ceiling was huge and Nearly S,000 of the 10,2SO seats of campus, Henderson Center lies bright. It included not only a place can be rolled back to turn the f acil­ inside the corner of Huntington's to light the score, but team fouls, in­ ity into a four-lane indoor track 3rd Avenue and 18th Street. It cost dividual fouls, and a message board which is nearly 1/8th of a mile approximately $18 million to build. with a sense of humor. around. Groundbreaking was held on May On the east wall were hanging With the seats rolled back, the s, 1979. pennants of all Southern Con­ spacious arena also can become ference teams. On this night they three basketball courts, four It has approximately 213,000 were placed within reach of those volleyball courts, four badminton usable square feet, including 136,000 square feet of new construc­ sitting in the top row of bleachers courts, or three tennis courts. tion and 77 ,2SO square feet of and when the game was over some Another outstanding feature of pennants had disappeared. Henderson Center is the 800-seat renovated Gullickson Hall. Whereas the east wall is all wall, natatorium with separate pools for Ramps and elevators make it the west wall is topped by a row of swimming and diving events. The completely accessible to the handi­ picture windows -- the Big Green 1982 Southern Conference swim capped and its 10,2SO seat arena has Room, overlooking the main arena. meet was held here with the MU the capability of being expanded by Below these windows, but high Swimming team taking the cham­ 2,000 seats if deemed necessary. enough to be out of reach of the pionship for the fifth straight year. If you leave the arena area on the bleacher fans, is a row of color pic­ Joined with Gullickson Hall, the first level, you pass an instructional tures of famous Marshall basketball new facility also has classrooms and gymnasium under the stands on the players. class stations, instructional south side of the building, and a Right in the middle of these hot laboratories, a dance studio, training area which MU officials shots, on this night, was what ap­ meeting rooms, weight rooms, believe will be "second to none." peared to be another picture, but it training rooms, locker rooms, a Nautilus and weight-training equip­ was covered with a white cloth. laundry, and offices for the Depart­ ment and a therapeutic Jacuzzi are a It didn't take long to figure out ment of Health, Physical Education few of its features. 8 When Marshall hosted the Southern Conference Swimming and Diving tournament in February (which Marshall won for a fifth consecutive year), coaches were so pleased with the facility that they requested the 1983 tournament be held at MU. The 800-seat natatorium f ea tu res a three-meter diving board and two one-meter boards. The bulkhead dividing the swimming pool and the diving well can be moved to shorten or lengthen the pool.

Farther around the first level is a laundry room and equipment area. The entrance to the pool is also on the first level, but the entrance to the seating area of the natatorium is on the second level. The physical Six handball/racquet­ education offices are on the second ball courts are part of level's south side. the new Henderson Along the main concourse (sec­ Center. Only one ond level) are one large and six small concession stands and restrooms. handball court was Athletic offices are also on the available in Gullickson concourse level as are all but one Hall. ticket office which is on the ground level. Lynn Snyder, MU athletic direc­ tor, says the added seats (from 6,500 at the Field House) and concession receipts should provide the athletic program with an additional $150,000 to $200,000 a year. Besides providing space for athletic programs and an increase in financial support, the new facility will improve the recruiting of stu­ dent athletes and stimulate com­ munity pride. Photos by Rick Haye -- SAM STANLEY 9 '· :.. , ( \.. -.,. ~ r ·- ·= ,..,.....i"-i..~. ... '·\ ..--..~ ...... ' ~\"~'·.. 1,

.marshall symbol to be preserved

By C.T. MITCHELL

Just a decade ago, things looked bad for Old Main. "TeaJi it down" was the verdict contained in a Marshall campus facilities plan developed by Wood & Tower, Inc., a New Jersey architec­ tural firm. In May, 1972, the Board of Regents adopted the plan. Then-President John Barker agreed with the plan, including the proposal to demolish Old Main by December, 1977. Replacing drafty, outmoded, costly-to-operate Old Main with modern administrative facilities seemed a practical thing to do. pus facilities. Would he recommend Jaunary, 1981, to Dean, Dean & The feathers hit the fan. demolition of the Marshall land­ Kieffer of Huntington. Alumni were outraged. Some mark? One university official noted, threatened to place themselves in the Hayes turned out to be a believer "We felt comfortable in recommen­ path of the bulldozers. Newspaper in tradition. ("Our past makes us ding Keith and Brooks Dean for this writers joined the fray. Letters to what we are; to build for the future, job. They've done a lot of work for the editor poured in. we need to work from the founda­ Marshall and they know and respect A couple of years later, Barker tion laid by those who came before the university, its history and its yielded somewhat. As part of a us ...") traditions. This was particularly im­ revised campus facilities plan sub­ Keep and renovate the Towers portant in the Old Main study." mitted to the Board of Regents in section of Old Main, he wrote. Two While most of the attention over April, 1974, he included a proposal months later, the board approved the years had been focused on the to ''renovate or restore a portion of the plan. desirability of retaining the Towers Old Main." So, Old Main was "saved." But section, Keith Dean was intrigued Since his proposal called for keep­ what now? by another unit. So the feasibility ing the western or "Towers" unit of The question was placed in limbo study, submitted to the Board of Old Main--the section with which for several years as Corbly Hall and Regents last June, called for retain­ most alumni identify--everybody Henderson Center were built, as the ing two sections. seemed to be happy. School of Medicine and the Com­ As many are aware, sprawlng Old But two months later, Barker was munity College were established. Main was constructed in five in Texas as president of Midwestern Old Main had been here a long time; separate units from 1870 to 1907. University and College of Education there was no particular hurry. The Towers section, completed in Dean Robert B. Hayes was Mar­ Then, in 1980, the Board of 1907, actually is the newest unit. shall's new president. Regents authorized the employment Dean said the outer walls of the unit Old Main "fans" on campus of an architectural firm to study Old should be retained but the interior became apprehensive again as the Main and make recommendations. should be gutted and rebuilt to Board of Regents gave the new Representatives of a number of house many of the offices and func­ president an opportunity to develop firms were interviewed and the con­ tions presently located in the and submit his own plans for cam- tract subsequently was awarded in building.

10 Th.en came the "bonus." Keep revered landmarks but adds an ele­ to the Board of Regents that a new the 1S70 section--the oldest--for its ment of beauty to the campus. fine arts building be constructed historical value and restore it to Dean estimated the cost at before the Old Main work is under­ house the offices of Development, $4, 134,000 in 1982 dollars. Those taken and the request is being given Alumni Affairs and University close to the project are excited about high priority by university officials. Relations, he said in the report. it. They envision a structure possibly Numbering the five 'units from the Grand as the Old Main plan may located on property owned by Mar­ west, the Towers section would be be, there's an offshoot to the study shall on the south side of Fifth Number 1 and the 1870 section that is at least equally exciting. Avenue, opposite Memorial Student would be Number 4. The report In assigning the study, the Board Center. calls for demolition of sections 2 of Regents called for emphasis on Several million dollars would be and 3, built in 1897 and 1899. Also the question of whether Old Main involved, obviously, but a number to be demolished would be section Auditorium could be remodeled to of key figures in the community and s, the most easterly unit, also built serve the needs of University the Legislature are enthusiastic in 1897 and which served as the Col­ Theatre. about the idea of Marshall finally lege Hall women.,s dormitory for In a word, the answer was "Nol" getting a facility to showcase its many years. Peter H. Frink, a consulting outstanding programs in art, theatre architect employed by Dean theatre, music and dance. The two units left standing would to assess the theatre question, put it One approach being examined be joined by a two-level courtyard in a few more words: "The scope of would involve a combination of and a tunnel which currently is the the improvements which would be community, private and state building's ground-level hallway. needed to make the existing facility resources to speed the construction The exterior masonry walls would comparable to normal standards of the fine arts building. This, in be left standing to a level of four would be very drastic. It would be turn, would hasten the renova­ feet to form the courtyard. The ex­ my view that any cost-benefit tion/restoration of Old Main. isting north entrance to the 1899 analysis would certainly indicate The people involved are in a unit also would be restored and re­ that the sort of theatre facility which hurry. The building isn't. Old Main tained as an entrance to the court­ is needed by the university would has a personality all its own, yard. The report refers to it as "pro­ most certainly be a completely new characterized by patience, dura­ bably the most aesthetically pleasing facility, physically independent bility, dignity-and a tolerant at­ architectural feature of Old Main." from the Old Main building struc­ titude toward the foibles of the men The result, as portrayed by artist ture." and women who pass through it Harold Roe (see cover drawings), That means two projects, instead over the decades. not on_ly preserves Marshall's most of one. Marshall has recommended No wonder we love it.

1870 1907 1897 I 189'J 1897 I I ...... L'-~~~~

An architectural firm's proposal for Old Main between 1870 and 1907, would be demolished, renovatf on includes preservation of two units, in­ according to the plan. Above floor plan shows cluding the towered front section, to be con­ nected by a courtyard. Three other sections of its five units and the dates they were built. The the five-unit structure, which was built in stages shaded areas are those suggested for demolition.

11 Magic rnan

B~ace G~eenwoo~ is a 'scalpt:o~, wbo c~eat:es t:be iJJasion o.,: ~ealit:y

By DAVE PEYTON

Bruce Greenwood is the only per­ son ever to call the James E. Mor­ row Library and ask for the wheelbase dimensions of a 1956 Morris Minor automobile. But, then again, he's the only per­ son in the history of Marshall ' University who ever considered bringing a Morris Minor inside Old Main. He not only considered it. He did it. Not as a joke. As a prop. Greenwood might be called the university's "magic maker." After all, he says that's what a technical director does. He creates magic. He is an illusionist. His job is to give the semblance of reality to things unreal, to give substance where substance is due, even when the building blocks are unsubstantial. Sometimes, he's asked to give the illusion of no substance at all. "We used lots of magic tricks in the University Theatre production of 'Dracula,' " he said. "One of them involved an actor grabbing Bruce Greenwood spends much of his time backstage in Dracula's cloak. And when the ac­ tor snatched it away, Dracula was Old Main Theatre. gone. He had disappeared. And the audience gasped. That gasp is one of Whether there is a woodwind scores of places across campus and the rewards of this business.'' recital in Smith Hall or a movie in many, many times throughout the Greenwood is in charge of set the Science Hall Auditorium, year. design for six University Theatre Greenwood is in charge of the stag­ At 35, Greenwood says it's dif­ productions each year. But few peo­ ing for the event. ficult to remember a time when he ple realize he is in charge of much And when Commencement time wasn't involved in staging some more. He has been an instructor in rolls around, the program should kind of event. For a time, in college, scenic design at Marshall Universi­ read "Set design and technical he took acting courses. Even then he ty. He's in charge of design and direction by Bruce Greenwood." didn't escape the technical arts. One technical direction for every produc­ It's no wonder Greenwood is con­ of his major roles was that of the tion in Old Main as well as the sidered MU's perennial hyperactive stage manager in "Our Town." university's other auditoriums kid. Some say he can be in at least A native oflnterlaken, N .J. he at­ --Smith Music Hall, Smith Hall two places at the same time. But tended Montclair State University in Room 154 and the Science Hall whether or not that's the case, the Upper Montclair, a stone's throw Auditorium. fruits of his labors can be seen in from his hometown. His 12 undergraduate degree is in history with the production of "Tobacco conversation stopper, Greenwood and his graduate degree is in the Road." said. field he has chosen for a career. ''There was this long pause on the "There was this long pause at the As a student, Greenwood said, he other end of the telephone when I other end of the line. And then I ex­ immersed himself in the business. called plant operations and told plained what I needed with it. We He did sound in the New York City them I needed five tons of dirt needed to get a car on stage for the area for scores of performers, in­ delivered to Old Main and dumped production of 'Grease' and the cluding Dave Brubeck, Spanky and on the stage. Finally they agreed to smallest car I could think of was a Our Gang, Frankie Vallie and the do it. They brought it from the Morris Minor. I found one which Four Seasons and the first family of University Heights property (east of belonged to a local person and he folk music, Peter, Paul and Mary. Huntington) in garbage cans," was willing to let us have it for the There were off-Broadway pro­ Greenwood said. . performance. But before I accepted ductions for Greenwood as well as One of the maintenance men in­ it, I needed to know if it would go summer stock at Amherst,. Mass., volved in the dirt-moving project through the double doors at the rear and Stowe, Vt. It was at Stowe that "really got excited about the play," of the auditorium. Greenwood set the stage for ..The Greenwood said. "Well, the request for the infor­ Sound of Music," which was an "I remember him coming up to mation set the people at the library MU Theatre production last year. me and telling me that he used to on fire. It wasn't long until they The Stowe production was extra­ live on a dusty farm just like that. called back. They not only had the special, Greenwood said. "On Then he started suggesting we place wheelbase dimensions but, not to be opening night, Maria von Trapp, a few weeds here, a clump of grass outdone, they supplied me with such the heroine of the play, sat in the there and so on. On the next trip he things as bore, stroke, displace­ front row." started bringing me the weeds and ment, spark plug gaps and tire Mrs. Von Trapp owns a ski lodge grass he had suggested. It made the pressures." at Stowe and came to see the open­ scene perfect and involved the The Morris Minor would fit, ing night performance. maintenance man a little in the Greenwood learned. And more than Greenwood came to Marshall in theatre production." one MU student stopped in awe the 1969, after graduating from Mont­ The request from the James E. day a gaggle of theatre people toted clair State ...I wanted to get out of Morrow Library for the wheelbase New York City," he said ...I was of a 1956 Morris Minor was another (continued on next page) looking for a challenge. I had been used to working in big shops and big theaters. When I arrived at Marshall with its small Old Main Theatre, I knew the challenge was here." Since that time, he has been in­ volved regularly in six theatre pro­ ductions per year. That means he has more university productions under his belt than any single direc­ tor at the university. And he has done it all on a stage that could be described as "miniature" compared to modern standards. "The theatre in Old Main was build in 1905." Greenwood said. "And from the looks of it, there's every indication it was built more as a speaking platform than a stage for theatre productions. It is 50 feet wide and 19 feet deep. Most modern stages for the performing arts are 100 feet wide and 50 or 60 feet deep. And in Old Main, there's virtually no backstage area. And there's no lobby for the audience. There is a lack of shop space in the building, which means that lots of sets have to be constructed on stage." But while all these things are drawbacks, they don't stop Green­ wood and his student apprentices from creating magic on the stage when magic is called for. Sometimes the creation of magic A 1956 Morris Minor was hand-carried into Old Main Theatre for calls for a lot of reality. So it was University Theatre production of Grease. 13 The phantom spirit of the evil Dracula magically appeared on a tapestry in the University Theatre produc­ tion of the play. It was Greenwood's "magic" that made the illusion work. the Morris Minor up the steel steps that it is a highly creative process. shall University Theatre and outside Old Main Theatre and into "We are creating sculpture. But perhaps the study of technical the auditorium. it's a very special kind of sculpture. theatre at the university. Dirt and cars are only two of the In fact it's the only kind of sculpture The university is looking toward unusual items which have been I know of that is created especially the day when a fine arts complex found at times in the theatre. One of for people to act in front of." can be constructed for the MU the re-occurring oddities in Old As to the creativity of his chosen School of Fine Arts. Committees Main is named Natasha. She (at field, Greenwood says it's more have been formed and research is least Greenwood thinks it's a she) is creativity and art than anything else. under way to determine just what bat. "We can't negate research and style the university needs today and will "Apparently, Natasha likes the into the building of a set. But there's need in the years to come. darkness in the theatre. We don't a lot of gut creativity involved, "Old Main Theatre has served the know how she gets in, where she too." campus well for more than 7S stays or how she gets out to find Several students are currently years," Greenwood said. "It may food. We first saw her during a per­ specializing in technical theatre at be small by today's standards, but it formance of 'My Fair Lady!' She Marshall University. That number is versatile. What we're looking came swooping and diving over the holds steady year after year, Green­ toward is a fine arts facility that will audience, causing more than a little wood said. Six or eight Marshall last us perhaps well into the 21st concern. Since that time, she has University undergraduates have Century, at least as long as Old come out on several occasions, but gone on in the last decade to get Main has served us." only when there's an audience. We master's degrees in technical It's an exciting time to be on the think she's probably a frustrated ac­ theatre. Marshall campus, Greenwood said. tress." "But there are lots of people who "Marshall has produced a number Greenwood said he was secretly take courses in technical theatre of people who are making names for hoping Natasha would appear dur­ who don't major in it or even major themselves in all aspects of the ing one of the performances last in theatre. We have had psychology theatre. We have an excellent pro­ year of "Dracula." students, pre-med students, gram here, and while there are "It would have been a natural," marketing students and even a pre­ physical limitations, the program he said. "But when we really needed podiatry student taking courses and has proven itself. It has strengths her, Natasha was nowhere to be helping us build sets," Greenwood which rise above the physical bar­ found." said. riers. And there's no reason to The magic of scenic design and But plans are being made which believe it will do anything but grow technical direction for Greenwood is may soon change the face of Mar- in the future."

14 Greer named to Hall of Fame

Former Marshap basketball star was a member of the only Marshall In 1979 he was inducted into the Hal Greer, a veteran of 15 years in team to win the Mid-American Con­ West Virginia Sports Writers the National Basketball Associa­ ference championship and twice was Association Hall of Fame. tion, will be inducted into the James voted to the All-MAC first team. After retiring from the 76ers, E. Naismith Basketball Hall of To recognize the accomplish­ Greer coached in the Continental Fame in ceremonies May 3 in Spr­ ments of a native son, in 1978 the Basketball Association and at the ingfield, Mass. City of Huntington renamed one of Germantown (Pa.) Academy. To­ Greer, who played with the the city's main north-south streets day he and his wife Maymie live in Syracuse Nationals and the -16th Street - as Hal Greer Narberth, Pa., where they sell real Philadelphia 76ers from 1958 to Boulevard. His #16 Marshall jersey estate and maintain an Amway 1973, is the eighth leading scorer in was retired at the same time. distributorship. NBA history, with 21,586 points in 1,122 regular season games. He also scored 1,877 points in 92 playoff games and 120 points in 10 AU-Star game appearances. In 1968 he was voted the Most Valuable Player of the All-Star game. He remains the 76ers career leader in points scored as well as minutes played (nearly 40,000), field goals, field goal attempts, assists, foul shots, and games played. The first black athlete at the col­ legiate level in West Virginia, Greer came to Marshall in 1954 after graduating from Huntington's Douglass High School. Although recruited by Coach Cam Henderson, a rule barring freshman from varsity competition and Henderson's retirement in 1955 kept Greer from playing under the legendary coach. His three-year Marshall career was played under Coach Jule Rivlin who also assisted Greer in breaking into professional basketball. Greer, who quickly was dubbed "Hurryin' Hal" at Marshall, played guard, center and forward. His 19.4 career scoring average ranks sixth in Marshall history as does his 765 re­ bounds. Greer is second in Mar­ shall's career field goal percentage, 54.6, hitting 531 of 974 attempts. His 1,377 career points rank him 11th in Marshall's all-time scoring. During his top season, 1957-58, he Hal Greer had the opportunity to meet with bis former coach Jule made 567 points. Rivlin during ceremonies in 1978 to rename Huntington's 16th In 1955-56, as a sophomore, he Street as "Hal Greer Boulevard." 15 The woy we were: The 1940s

The decade of the 1940s was an knew who was to be queen. That Independent parties. important one at Marshall. Impor­ night we were all transformed from We entered our second year at tant and unusual. Those who lived bobby-sock kids into beautiful girls Marshall realizing that many of our through it know of its happiness and and handsome fellows. boys had marched off to war, and sadness, its hopefulness and its Shocked back to reality by the ap­ like all wartime colleges, we had a despair. The following is taken from proach of mid-semester exams we limited social program. During the the 1945 Marshall yearbook. While settled down to a quiet two weeks of year our class grew smaller and the author of the article is unknown, intensive study. But no sooner were smaller as the boys were called or it tells of those sweet-sad years at the exams over until we resumed our enlisted until it seemed as if our Marshall perhaps as no other words social activities. This time basket­ class would just fade away. Even could. ball was the main highlight, with our football and basketball seasons several swings, dances, and a play were greatly restricted, but we did The rumble of gunfire in the thrown in for good measure. manage to struggle through. distance did not turn our young One of the many things we were In March 1943 the Army heads on that bright day in truly proud of that year were stu­ answered the maiden's prayers and September 1941. Our minds were dent elections. It seemed as if sent Marshall a ready-made Army, full of the wonder and excitement everyone had been struck by a bolt the 47th Division of the Air Force. that college life had in store for us. of democracy. One society in par­ The students set right to work to In the next few weeks our life was ticular that aided the movement was help build Army morale. The practically planned for us - a sorori­ the B.O.M. (Builders of Marshall), sororities gave parties for them, and ty dance here, a fraternity party which consisted of both Greek and there were weekly dances for our there, a mix on Monday night, a sw­ ing given by the Student Council, a play by the college theatre, and of course our daily, or should I say hourly, visits to the Student Union. And oh yes, I almost forgot about registration and classes starting in the midst of all these activities. From then on, we were full-fledged Marshallites. In the meantime the football season was getting well under way, and with our moral support the Thundering Herd was bringing home victory after victory. With the approaching of the Homecoming game our excitement grew to almost unbearable heights. To set it all off our curiosity was keeping us in a dither to know who was to be crowned queen of the year. The afternoon of the game all of the sororities and fraternities had beautiful floats to parade around the field during the half. The con­ testants eligible for the beauty queens also appeared, but it was not Civilian men were prominent in the Shawkey Student Union when until that night at the dance that we the Oass of 1945 entered Marshall. 16 cadets. But other than these our social activities were rationed con­ siderably. But our help was not all in the social line; many of us spent our free time doing Red Cross or canteen work and similar activities. September 1943 found only a few of our class coming back to Mar­ shall. Could this be Marshall that we had entered in '41? The ebb of I life went down and down: The cam­ pus was as dead as if ghosts walked the lanes. The only sign of life was the tramp, tramp, tramp of the cadets and their attempt to stay cheerful by singing. This year we had no college dances, only a few for the cadets, no parties, no foot­ ball games. Most of the boys who had entered in '41 by now had entered the service, and many of the girls left to get jobs while money was free and easy. Time after time we who were left had to check our - - own impulse and muster up all the ,, resistance we had to finish school, .- but in the end our better judgment ...... helped us through the temptation. We realized that after all we were While men marched in formation along 16th St., members of the the America of Tomorrow, and that American Women's Volunteer Service Surgical Dressings Unit roll­ in order to become good leaders or ed bandages. followers we needed all the educa­ tion that we could obtain. To ease

(continued on next page) 17 our impatience to get out of school and start our own careers the ad­ ministration began the accelerated school program. Under this new program we could finish school in three years by going a few weeks in the summers. At last our senior year is here. Why, it seems only yesterday that we were freshmen, yet now we can realize that in the past four years we have endured many hardships just as all college students have done during times of war. These hard­ ships have left their imprint on us, for they have matured us beyond our time. This year many of our boys who entered with us in '41 are back, and also many younger and new ones. The cadets have left, and again Mar­ shall is taking on an air of pre-war days with our crowded Union, swings, mixes, and many extra The 47th College Training Detachment of the Army Air Force entertainments. When the Student was activated at Marshall in 1943 and terminated about a year Council planned Sadie Hawkins Day all the student body and even later. some of the faculty participated. Other memories are of swings given beneath which we always pause as come closer to the day of gradua­ not only for the student body, but we pass it by the clock in Old Main. tion, there is a lump in our throats also for the patients at Morris One of the final events of the year and the suspicion of tears in our Memorial and Veterans hospitals. was the Spring Carnival, the first of eyes, for after all this has been our Perhaps the most amusing memory its kind on the campus - the Mar­ home for four years and each of us is of the Faculty basketball game shall of the "good old days" is back had grown close to his classmates. which was held entirely for the Tiny and back to stay. Once again we can We've struggled together, played Tim Fund. Who can ever forget Bill be proud to be a Marshall student. together, and now we come to the Garda as Page Pitt, Carl Drury as Our faces have turned to the parting; but such is life. To the in­ Dean Bowers, or Jimmie Staley as future; we no longer have to look coming students we offer a hearty "Pappy" Utterback? A Service Flag backwards, but can turn our eyes welcome, for we know they will love has been erected, a memorial toward bright opportunities. As we Marshall as we do.

~ The military enlivened the social scene at Marshall in 1943. 18 'Materials loaned with dignity' The search for a ship's wheel

A mystery on campus. And, who When I heard about the will be most happy to have this better to solve it tharl Dr. Sam dedication of the bell from the interesting historical wheel. Clagg, chairman of the Geography old armored cruiser West On December 19, less than two Department and a long-time f acuity Virginia, which will take place weeks after the idea occurred to member? Here Dr. Clagg recounts in Morgantown today, it im­ Hechler, Capt. F. Kent Loomis, mediately occurred to me. . . assistant director of Naval history, the search for a ship's wheel which that it might be valuable to see ..disappeared" some 14 years ago. whether I could obtain wrote Hechler that "arrangements something for either Marshall have been made to deliver the wheel • • • • • • University or the City of Hun­ on December 19 to Room 204, Can­ tington ....After some in­ non House Office Building, for fur­ The ship's wheel guided the USS quiry I find that I can obtain a ther delivery to Huntington." Huntington safely in war and peace ship's wheel from the USS In fact, the ship's wheel moved from the time of her commissioning Huntington. across Washington so rapidly that it in 194S to her being struck from the was received in Congressman Navy list in 1961 for scrap. President Smith immediately Hechler's office one day early. The The Huntington, a light cruiser, replied: "Relic 24-inch Aluminum Wheel 611 feet from stem to stern, was Your idea in regard to the -Accession Number 61-173C" was launched from the Camden, N.J., ship's wheel from the USS accepted with the signed provision, shipyards. Her last home was the Huntington is excellent. I can "We agree to display the materials Philadelphia yard. visualize installing it in the loaned with dignity and to maintain From beginning to end the Atlan­ spacious and beautiful lounge them in good physical condition. tic was her basin. The wheelhouse which connects Smith Music When they have served their pur­ pilot guided her to such ports as Hall and Smith Hall or in the pose we will notify the Curator and Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria. main lounge of the proposed new University Center. We On one trip she passed through the (continued on next page) Suez Canal, went around Africa to Buenos Aires, where the ship was honored by an official visit from Argentine President Peron. The good ship was then guided across the Rio de la Plata to Montevideo, Uruguay, where a similar honor was accorded by President Berres. Her steerage took her on to calls at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Port of Spain, Trinidad, and then home. The ship's wheel in the hands of alert helmsmen and good navigators never failed her. She plied thousands of miles of seas and . ' oceans, negotiated hundreds of ports, and always came home again. It was believed by former Con­ - gressman Ken Hechler that some part of the USS Huntington should find a permanent home somewhere in the city for which she had been named. What better place than Mar­ shall University? On Dec. 7, 1967, an anniversary date of Pearl Harbor, Dr. Hechler "Sherlock" Clagg Oeft), MU President Robert B. Hayes, and Dr. wrote then-Marshall President Maureen Milicia pose in the Morrow Library with the ''recovered'' Stewart Smith: wheel from the USS Huntington. (Photo by Rick Haye) 19 request disposition instructions.'' the Navy has been required to files of the two daily papers and The United States congressman, maintain a current file of for­ Parthenon for the period involved. university president, naval captain mal, signed receipts for No such event made the papers, -when wheels began to move, the historical properties of the which prompted Clagg and Mrs. United States Navy placed on wheel moved. And then, nothing. loan with eligible recipients. Teel to believe there had been no The official record of the USS Hun­ In addition, on the anniver­ such event. tington was a full and abundant one sary date of the receipt, the Could it have been received and to this point. The wheel presumably Curator is now required to never displayed as agreed? If so, it continued to move, but the record receive an annual accounting could have been put in one of those stopped. It was as though both from all borrowers on the con­ places institutions have just as in wheel and record had been swallow­ dition and location of the homes. At Marshall it would be ed up by the sea. material jn their custody. basements or attics. In the Library Nothing surfaced until some 14 According to the Curator's and the Science Hall - attics. In years later. On Nov. 20, 1981, a let­ records, the material listed in basements, Old Main and the Sor­ the enclosed receipt was placed ter from the Naval Historical Center on loan with your organiza­ rell Maintenance Building swallow­ curator was sent to the president of tion without a formal receipt ed up relics of the past. Inquiry and Marshall University. The letter having been executed. To help physical search revealed nothing. referenced the "aluminum wheel, 24 us meet the requirements plac­ Cora Teel did find in the Smith inches, from USS Huntington," the ed against us by the Naval In­ papers and the Hechler papers in the date of 18 December 1967 and there spector General, I would ap­ library archives the correspondence followed a receipt of two numbered preciate your signing and already mentioned, which took the paragraphs: returning the enclosed receipt Navy off the hook as trying to to us. The duplicate is to be re­ 1. We agree to: shanghai some logical institution in­ a. Display the materials tained in the permanent files to losing the object. University of­ of your organization as a ficials had given the matter the "old loaned with dignity; reminder of the annual report, b. Maintain them in the requirements for which are college try." Ex-officials involved good physical condi­ listed on the receipt itself. had been found wanting. tion; We would be grateful for As former long-time military c. Report to the Curator your prompt assistance in this reservists, both Colonels Hechler annually on the an­ matter. and Clagg knew the Navy could niversary date of this The phrase, "your prompt "write-off" the object with an ex­ receipt, on the condi­ tion and location of assistance in this matter." prompted planation. Clagg recalled the this material; one of the president's secretaries, Marine Corps' equivalent action for d. Request disposition Marilyn Frame to contact Dr. Sam "write-off" to be "deep-six it" - instructions from the Clagg, chairman of the Geography which meant the item had somehow Curator whenever the Department. Clagg is one of the been lost at sea. It might as well material has served its oldest Marshall faculty members in have been for it was an un­ purpose. terms of about anything - age - fathomable land mystery. 2. I certify that the above tenure - chairmanship and involve­ Nearly all the anchor chain had material was received on ment. He had no recollection of been let out when Ken Hechler, on a this date. such a wheel, but would look into chance encounter and conversation The current president of Marshall the matter. in Charleston, learned from a University, Robert B. Hayes, was Dr. Clagg began a series of calls gentleman his disappointment in not the third president since the tenure to individuals by now all former - being able to purchase the USS of Stewart Smith and fourteen years the former congressman, the former Huntington wheel years ago in an removed from the last record of the president and the former auction. He had wanted to donate it ship's wheel. President Hayes asked Washington secretary of the con­ to the State Cultural Center in his secretary to inquire about the gressman. All had some sort of disposition of the "materials loaned Charleston. Ah, as these two human recollection of the wheel affair of ships passed in the sea of humanity, with dignity." A casual survey those many years ago. None could revealed no record and the matter they communicated. remember that the wheel actually What auction, and where? Well, was put aside. came to Marshall. the one held by the Marshall Univer­ And then, on the first of Dr. Hechler described the wheel; sity television station, WMUL (now December, 11 days later - after all President Smith recalled the cor­ WPBY). In 1970 and 1971 the sta­ those years of silence, came another respondence. Hechler's secretary, tion had supplemented the income letter from the Historical Center Lois Cunningham (married now and of its operation by a television auc­ signed by the head of the Curator Lois Jobe), remembered she had tion which allowed viewers and the Branch. The Navy had been conduc­ signed for it and placed it in a station audience to bid on a ting a clean sweep-down fore and storage room. None could multitude of objects donated from aft. This letter stated: remember for certain that Marshall various sources. One of the various Some time ago, the Curator for the Navy transferred to ever received the wheel. sources had donated the USS Hun­ your custody on an indefinite Dr. Clagg assumed that if the relic tington wheel. loan basis the material iden­ object ever came to Marshall there Now it was known that the wheel tified in the enclosed receipt. would have been some public had moved from Washington to Since then, as a result of an in­ ceremony worthy of a newspaper Huntington, and, indeed, to Mar­ spection by the Naval Inspec­ story. Clagg asked the university ar­ shall University. It had not come, tor General, the Curator for chivist, Cora Teel, to examine the however, by any known official 20 Going once, going twice - gone -you're all done!" The USS Hun­ tington wheel went to Maureen Milicia. And so, in January, 1982, the ever-generous adopted West Virgi­ nian, Maureen Milicia, was willing to donate the wheel to Marshall University. Time had not dimmed the memory of her mother, but the circumstances of the wheel's ac­ countability altered her position. She believed the university should have it for the purpose stated. She would provide it asking for no con­ sideration. She believed it would be a beautiful gesture if her mother could somehow be associated with it. That was not made a condition, however. On the third floor of Marshall's James E. Morrow Library there is a section called the West Virginia Room. This is associated with the archives from which Cora Teel pro­ Mrs. Milton L. Jarrett, Jr., the former Betty Harvey of Hun­ vided much of the correspondence tington, christened the USS Huntington on April 8, 1945. Mr. Jar­ information, and the story of the rett attended Marshall and graduated from the U.S. Naval ebb and flow of the USS Hun­ Academy in 1940. He was killed in a Navy plane crash in 1943. tington. It seemed a fitting area "to display the materials loaned with dignity." channels. The individual in charge ticipants had an active involvement In the beginning it may have been of procuring the objects for the auc­ of cash, and the mystery solved only a wheel; however, it already tion was no longer with the univer­ revealed new mystery. has much history. In time it should sity. This was Charles Dinkins. He What did Maureen Milicia, an rank with many of the objects as was contacted and he recalled the Ohio lady, want with the Hun­ part of the Marshall traditions. The episode, but not the source of the tington wheel? What price had she director of libraries, Dr. Kenneth wheel. Dean Sturm, the auctioneer, paid for it? And, more important, Slack, happily consented to provide and still with the university, was did she still have it? the honored space and believed the questioned, but, like Dinkins, he Sam Clagg called Dr. Milicia and library to be honored for it. remembered the incident and not briefly recited the litany of affairs The Marshall president, Robert the source. which had brought him to this Hayes, was happy to report to the Ken Hechler's informant, point. The response Maureen made Naval Historical Center that we Dinkins and Sturm all recalled the answered most of the questions, shall abide by the conditions of the purchaser of the Huntington wheel. "That three hundred dollar gray agreement - display, dignity, main­ It was bought by a member of the elephant has been gathering dust in tain. Marshall University Speech Depart­ my closet since the night I bought President Hayes believed also that ment, Dr. Maureen Milicia. What a it." Ah, now, found at last. But Dr. Milicia should have with the small world of human affairs so why? Where? wheel a plaque to honor her mother. unlike the vast one the wheel had Sometime just prior to the auc­ It was his decision that a ceremony guided the Huntington ship over in tion date, Maureen Milicia's mother be held marking the occasion and all ports-of-call around Africa and had died. Maureen wished to honoring those involved in the the Atlantic basin. All of the Hun­ establish something on the Marshall search. He requested that this nar­ tington people involved knew campus as a memorial to her belov­ rative be provided to record the Maureen Milicia. ed parent. The wheel seemed such a story of the wheel to the final place The story to this point has been fitting remembrance. As the auction of honor. one of placing together the proper bidding progressed, she assumed the Robert Louis Stevenson wrote as pieces, except for the continued silent stance and determination that his own epitaph, "Home is the mystery of how the wheel got from she would pay anything to possess sailor, home from the sea, and the Washington to the auction block. it. Many bidders were involved hunter home from the hill." Of this All participating had been fully early. As the price increased the bid­ wheel, a much traveled and searched cooperative to this point. Recollec­ ders decreased to two. Back and for mariner's relic, a similar tion did not cost anything, and the went the advantage until Maureen paraphrased epitaph might be, reminiscences provided were the with determination jumped the bid "Home is the ship's wheel, far from profit of involvement. But now, for to $300. The rest was a routine the sea, unhunted among the Hun­ the first time, one of the par- chant, "Do I hear more - anyone? tington hills.'' 21 '~ woqderful feeliqg'

Victor Bada graduat~s aft~r 32 y~ars

By DENISE GIBSON WELKER tificate from Marshall and formerly were his travels. He had visited taught in Logan County. Brother Europe several times during trips to Victor B. Bodo carries his Mar­ John received his master's and is an see relatives in Hungary. shall University Alumni Association instructor at Norfolk State Univer­ He wrote qualifying term papers active membership card with a sity in Virginia. Another sister, the on political science, geography, special pride. It took him 32 years to late Charlotte Bodo, has a master's music, art, and criminal justice. He get it. ·graduate, as well. took a law enforcement class at The Alumni Association gives one In addition, Dodo's daughter Ashland (Ky.) Community College. year's free membership to new Kathy, brother-in-law Dean Lucas, He was an M. P. in the military and graduates, and Bodo received his ac­ sister-in-law Patricia Statzer Bodo, has maintained an interest in the tive membership card when he com­ subject. pleted requirements for a Regents Finally, in August 1980 he needed Bachelor of Arts degree in only three more hours to graduate. December 1980. That card and his He found a way to get credit and ac­ participation in graduation complish another goal, studying ceremonies last May were especially Hungarian folk music. important to Bodo, because they Under Dr. Paul Balshaw, pro­ represented the completion of a life­ fessor and chairman of the Music long goal for the 53-year-old. Department, Bodo wrote 140 pages Bodo first enrolled in Marshall in on the history of Hungarian folk 1949 under the 0.1. Bill. His studies music, instruments, and dances. were interrupted in 1950 when he The manuscript has been placed in was recalled into the Navy for the the main library and music library at Korean War. He returned to school Marshall, and Bodo has been en­ after his 1952 discharge, but that couraged to seek a publisher for the spring he quit to take a job at Hun­ book. tington Alloys, Inc. In December 1980 he completed From 1952 to 1956 he worked requirements for a Regents Bachelor full-time and went to school part­ of Arts degree with a major in in­ time. He completed 90 semester dustrial supervision and manage­ hours before family and work ment. Most of his family was there priorities forced him to drop out. last May to see him officially com­ Over the next 22 years, he never plete what had taken so long to ac­ abandoned his goal. Because of his Victor B. Bodo complish. heritage, a college degree was, Along with his diploma and perhaps, more important to Bodo stepson Brian Cordle, and Cordie's Alumni Association membership than to some people. wife Marie Abney Cordle all have card, there is another graduation "My parents came to this country degrees from Marshall. In 1978, memento Bodo cherishes. After a from Hungary, and my father work­ Bodo got another chance to join story about him appeared in the ed in the Southern West Virginia them. He applied to the Board of Huntington newspaper last spring, coal fields," he explained. "My Regents degree program, in which he received a letter of congratula­ mother finished the equivalent of students receive college credit for tions from fellow alumnus Marvin high school in Hungary, but my life experiences. Stone, editor of U.S. News and father went only to the sixth grade "I needed 38 hours, and at first World Report. there and didn't get to graduate that seemed an impossible task." he It took me 32 years to graduate, after he came to the United States. said. "But when I found out I and it is a wonderful feeling," Bodo "Still, they knew the importance already had met all the general said. "The day has finally come of schooling. They wanted us to get education requirements, it gave me when I can walk by Marshall and as much education as possible." incentive to go on. My wife Janet say, 'I graduated,' instead of 'I at­ Dodo's brothers and sisters heed­ Ruth was instrumental in encourag­ tended.' I hope others who have ed their advice. Sister Patricia Lucas ing me to complete my degree." thought about going to. college or received her master's from MU and Work at Huntington Alloys, completing their degrees will be en­ is a librarian in the Logan County where Bodo is a quality control couraged by my story and realize School System. Sister Roseanne specialist, and military service were that you can accomplish whatever Horsley obtained her teaching cer- applicable. Even more valuable you truly believe in." 22 ,.

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IN APPRECIATION TO THOSE WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

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You are invited to join these distinguished individuals in membership in The John Marshall Society.

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NOV. 13-24, 1982

Experience the primitive to the jet set on Marshall's 11-day cruise to the Yucatan Peninsula, Panama Canal, South America and the Caribbean. The cruise aboard Sitmar's T.S.S. Fairwind offers five exotic ports of call plus locking through the Panama Canal to Gatun Lake, the Aboard the T.5.5. Fairwind second largest man-made body of water in the world. 1 The first stop is at Puerto Morelos on the eastern coast of Mexico. Here you can take an op­ tional excursion to Cancun, the newest jet-setter resort, or to the exotic Mayan ruins of Chic hen ltza or Tulum. On the Isle of San Andres, ex­ plore Morgan's Cave where legend says treasure buried by the pirate Morgan still awaits discovery. Locking through the Panama Canal to Gatun Lake is an ex­ perience which often awes even the most jaded traveler. The lock gates are the most colossal ever swung: 390-730 tons, 47-82 feet Chichen ltza ruins high, 65 feet across and seven feet of steel thick. The Cuna Indians, sole in­ habitants of the San Blas lslands,live in thatched huts and are famous for their mo/as, reverse applique panels of cloth. Cartagena, Colombia. founded in 1533 as one of Spain's three treasure ports, has the best preserv­ ed Spanish colonial architecture in the Americas. Nassau, Bahamas, offers a mix of old and new. Native craftsmen create straw hats, sandals and baskets, and strolling minstrels fill the air with calypso. Prices for the cruise range from $1,669 to $2,164, based on double occupancy and including round­ trip air transportation from Hun­ Lockln1 throu1h the Panama Canal tington.

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