The Cover Picture BULLETIN FOR Letters to the Editor A mantle of snow adds its beauty KALAMAZOO AREA Dear Sir, to the setting of the faculty homes Watch for further information I have been reading for almost in College Grove. A distinctive part on a meeting of Kalamazoo Col­ two years now the alumni bulletin of the Kalamazoo College campus, lege alumni now living in and from your school. It has been ex­ these homes, of the New England around Kazoo •.. and save this tremely interesting. colonial type in brick and slate, are date- Friday, January 20! The reason I get it is that it is used in both the educational and mailed to my mother, Mrs. William social program of the college. W. Nolin (editor's note: Ruth Four of these faculty homes were College Broadcast Hemenway ex '17) at 160 Harper erected on the southwest corner of Heard Each Wednesday Street in New Concord and she and my father have been missionaries the campus in 1927. The idea "The Kalamazoo College Pro­ in Egypt under the United Presby­ proved so gratifying to both faculty gram" is being heard weekly over terian Board for almost 25 years, and students, that in 1930 three radio station W K Z 0, Kalamazoo, and I get her copy of the bulletin additional similar homes were built at 1:45 each Wednesday afternoon. each month as she is .at present in on the west end of the campus. The latest campus news is given Egypt. She is planning to return at the opening of the program by to the United States with my father a representative of the INDEX. The this coming spring. I thought may­ Triplets Born program features an interview with be you would be interested in her Dr. and Mrs. William McClellan a college faculty member by Dr. whereabouts since she has probably of Donna, Texas, announce the Willis Dunbar, and concludes with not been in contact with you. birth of triplets on August 14. The an interview with the "Student of Sincerely, three boys have been named Shaun the Week" named by the student Wallace Nolin Patrick, Troy Thomas, and Sigurd Senate. Strange. There are two other sons In wntmg to President Everton in the family, James, two, and Wil­ Dean Severn Leaves recently, Mrs. J. Stewart Burgess, liam, three years and eleven months Bequest to College (Stella Fisher Burgess '05 and '33 old. Dr. McClellan is a graduate Litt.D.) informed him of the death of the class of 1936. A bequest of $2,000 has been of her husband, Dr. Stewart Bur­ received from the estate of the late gess. Dean Herman H. Severn, it is an­ "Stewart Burgess," she writes, K College Opera nounced by Dr. Harold T. Smith, "finished his semester at Temple business manager of the college. Alumni and friends of the col­ University, and June 28th we flew lege living in the Kalamazoo area Well known and highly respected, together to the Pacific Coast to Dean Severn first joined the college are looking forward to the second settle down, for the retirement per­ post-war opera, a repeat perform­ faculty in 1916 as professor of Bib­ iod, in the college town of Clare­ ance of the 1943 success, "The Bar­ lical literature and philosophy. In mont where we had been so happy tered Bride" by Smetana, to be pre­ 1919 he was named professor of from 1930 to 1933 when he taught Greek, Broadus Foundation, suc­ sented in the Central High School at Pomona College here. He had auditorium, January 14. ceeding the late George Abner presented his professional library, Williams. Following the death of An all-college production spon­ (Continued on page 13) sored by the departments of art, Clarke Benedict Williams, he was drama, music and physical educa­ appointed dean of the college. tion, rehearsals have been under Dean Severn died at the Dee KALAMAZOO COLLEGE way for some time. A cast of 75 Memorial Hospital, Ogden, Utah, college students will appear. The on January 29, 1946, after having ALUMNUS been stricken with a heart attack. 25 piece orchestra will consist of Volume IX December, 1949 Number 1 advanced students from the music He had retired from the faculty in 1937, at which time he was named R. LLOYD POBST, Editor department assisted by musicians EDWARD J. LAUTH '32, Associate Editor from the Kalamazoo Symphony Or­ professor of Greek and Latin, Emer­ Alumni Club News MARILYN HINKLE '44 itus, and Dean, Emeritus. Sports Editor FREDERICK WINKLER '51 chestra. Authentic Czech costumes Campus News - - - JANET ROBINSON '51 will be used. College Senior Wins Editorial Assistant PHYLLIS A. CASEY '51 Miss Eleanor Baum will direct Published bi-monthly b y t he Kalamazoo Col­ lege Alumni A ssocia tion and K ala m azoo Col ­ the acting, Miss Barbara Hopkins Speech Contest lege. P residen t of t he A lu m ni Associat ion: will direct the dances, Mr. Michael Miss Shirley Hill, Flint, Mich­ H. Colin H ackney '30 W askowsky is in charge of scenery, igan, senior, w.as first place winner :Me m ber of the American Alumn i Coun cil in the women's division of the Ex­ E ntered as second class m a tter Jan uary 18, and Mr. Marvin Feman will assist 1 9~0 a t the P ost O ffi ce at K alamazoo, ~Ii ch i ­ with the orchestra. Mr. Henry Over­ tempore Speech Contest of the g an, u nd er the act of M arc h 3, 1879. P ub­ li shed bi -mon thly, s ix ti mes yearly in ley, assisted by Mrs. Overley, will Michigan Intercollegiate Speech October, D ecem ber, F ebrua r y, April, J u ne, a nd A ugust . Subscrip tion rate: One doll a:­ direct the opera. League held at Ypsilanti, Nov. 16. pe r year.

Page 2 ALUM N US FILM AVAILABLE A 16mm colored movie, with The President's Letter sound, was taken of the various (Editor's note. It is planned lo have a events of the Inaugural-Homecom­ se ries of letters t o the alumni from Presi­ Mrs. Eue rtou, N an cy, Barbara, and j ohnny join w ith me in extending to tbe ing week-end by Capitol Films, Inc., dent Everton 011 ·various aspects of tbe Kalamazoo College family our best w ishes of Lansing. The film captures the life of the college. T be first letter is presented in I his issue.) / or a joyous holiday season . There are spirit of the occasion and presents traditional ceremonies at Kalamazoo Col­ along with many views of the cam­ December 1, 1949 lege, higblighted by the Carol Singers, pus and various members of the To the Alumni of Kalamazoo wbicb bring to tbose of us on campus be­ student body and faculty, scenes College: fore tbet end of erm much of lbe spirit from the inauguration and shots of During this past month, I have of Cbristmas. W e wisb that all of you the Homecoming festivities- bon­ talked at length with the presidents could sbare w itb us in these meaningful pre-Cbristmtls f estivities. fire, displays, game with Hillsdale, of the literary societies, both wom­ W e join with you in tbe sin ce re bope c r o w n i n g of the Homecoming en's and men's, and also with their queen, etc. This movie is currently tbat Cbristmas 1949 may be a time wben advisers. I know you will all be tbe spirit of goodwill and uuderst11udiug being shown to alumni groups interested in their present programs throughout the country. w ill be brougbt to birth again in the and plans for the future. bearts of men everywbere, tbat w e may Two prints of the film are available. The programs of the societies at ba~' e peace in our time. \Ve know tbat Any interested clubs, church groups, the present time include at least tbis will not come witbout the dedica­ etc., may make use of this film upon four different functions: first, the tion of everyone to tbe tbiugs that make request. continuation of the internal social for peace and it is our prayer and earnest life of the society itself through its hope tbat tbe friends ami alumni of Kal­ tlma=oo College may join witb all peace­ meetings and through its planned Three K College Men loL'iu g people in working /or tbis great parties for society members; sec­ Elected to Commission dream of mankind. Only as we give our­ ond, the social life which each selt ·es to the ways of peace will Cbrist­ Three members of the newly men's society shares with the wom­ mas 1949 recover tbe bope tbat is found elected City Commission of Kala­ en's society which traditionally has in tbe symbol of tbe Star a/1(1 tbe mazoo are former students of Kala­ been more closely associated with Manger. mazoo College. Elected mayor of it; third, the all-school functions the city by virtue of having polled initiated and sponsored by the in­ nation in planning for all-school the largest number of votes as a dividual societies, which range from functions and to avoid duplication candidate for the city commission, all-school dances to variety shows, in projects. It is hoped that this is Paul H. Todd ex '09. He has melodramas, and other such affairs; will enable the societies to work been on the city commission since fourth, social service projects. more closely together in their larger 1923, and was elected mayor in In discussion with the society contribution to the inclusive social 1933. It was during his first term presidents, particular attention was life of the campus. that Kalamazoo paid off its bonded given to the further development The society presidents with their i n d e b t e d n e s s and assumed the of all-school functions and to the societies are also considering a re­ unique status of a "debt-free city." place of the societies in the devel­ definition of the responsibilities of Alvin H. Little ex'26 and Ralph opment of the inclusive social pro­ the advisers to the societies. So as M. Ralston '16 won two of the gram of the College so that it might to bring the faculty representatives other six seats on the commission be a more effective part of the into a closer relationship to each in the election which was featured extra-curricular life of the institu­ of the groups, they are suggesting by a heavy vote. Twenty-two candi­ tion. that the name be changed from all­ dates were on the ballot. Little is a Consideration was also given to viser to sponsor and that each soci­ partner in Little Bros., Inc., a grain social service projects by the socie­ ety select two faculty members who elevator firm. He is the former ties. Plans are at present under will serve as sponsors and who will president of the Chamber of Com­ way for projects ranging from re­ be free to attend all regular meet­ merce in Kalamazoo. RaJston is decoration of rooms in community ings and social events. owner of the Ralph M. Ralston centers in Kalamazoo to assistance As all of you know, the societies Company, an automotive and radio to displaced persons who are com­ have had a significant role in the parts business. He has been ex­ ing to live in this community. Each life of Kalamazoo College for a tremely active in assisting in civic society has one special service pro­ great many years, and we antici­ projects, and has served the College ject. pate that with the re-evaluation of m many capacities. As a result of our conversations, their programs that is now going the presidents of the men's and on, they will contribute even more women's societies are meeting to­ significantly to the enrichment of Edwin G. Gem r i c h '26 was gether to consider the possible for­ the extra-curricular program of Kal­ elected president of the Kalamazoo mation of an inter-society council amazoo College. Bar Association this fall. in order to establish closer coordi- John Scott Everton

ALUMNUS Page 3 Alumni Association Two More Innocents Abroad Candidates Named Complying as nearly as possible with the suggestions for our trip Ballots for the election of officers offered by the group who planned and promoted the Simpson Tour of for the Kalamazoo College Alumni Britain, Mrs. Simpson and I most conscientiously made foremost in planning Association will be mailed in the our pilgrimage the extended visit and intensive study of prominent literary near future, it is announced by H. sections and shrines. We had no ambition to become eligible for that Colin Hackney '30, president. motley group of globe-trotters that stop but a day or cwo in a city the size Candidates named by the nomin­ of London; rather we preferred to see a relatively few places and study ating committee appointed by the them comprehensively and intelligently. Our motto was not how much president, and brief biographical but how well. As a result we escaped bewilderment, headaches, fatigue. sketches, are presented herewith. Since literature deals firsthand Members of the nominating com­ with life, however, we could not al­ mittee were Clara Heiney Buckley ways be sure just what scenes direct­ '30, Al Grabarek '49, and Dr. ly and what only indirectly had Thomas 0. Walton '14. literary significance. This line is difficult to draw as writers are in­ PRESIDENT spired by different stimuli and react Gordon L. Moore decidedly differently to the same stimuli. Then since this was our first Gordon L. Moore '31, plant engi­ and last opportunity to see Britain neer for the Lee Paper Company, and France, we decided to see as Vicksburg, Michigan, was named as many things .as possible that we had a candidate for the office of presi­ read or heard about. Consequently dent. we tramped around and through Before joining the Lee Paper castles like Windsor and Cawdor, Company in 1933, Moore was a saw the exterior of St. James and teacher and coach at Vicksburg Buckingham Palaces with their mag­ High School for two years. First nificent gardens, roamed about doing time study and personnel Hampton Court and H o 1 y roo d work for the paper company, he House, spent a half day at Ktw became director of safety and per­ Gardens and another at Greenwich. We took ample time to study reflec­ sonnel. DR. MILTON SIMPSON During the war he served with tively and reverently some of Bri­ the navy as a commissioned officer, tain's great cathedrals such as Can­ Dr. Simpson, retired faculty mem­ and was placed in command of U.S. terbury and Salisbury, St. Paul's and ber, and Mrs. Simpson, returned from their European trip, Sept. 23. LST 529, one of the largest of the York in England; and Glasgow, St. navy's amphibious ships. Giles', and St. Cuthbert's in Scotland. -Loch Lomond flanked by steep Moore was a member of the In Paris, too, we continued this re­ hills carpeted with the purple Hornets' varsity football team for warding study, visiting Notre Dame, bloom of the heather and Loch three years, was manager of the Sainte-Chapelle, and Sacre Coeur. Long are indescribably beautiful as book store for two years, played We elbowed our way at their busiest is the Garloch on its lower course. baseball, and was a member of the hour through Trafalgar Square, We circuited the granite city of Ab­ Drama Club, the Science Club, the Hyde Park Corner, Charing Cross, erdeen, relaxed at Lossiemouth on Spanish Club and the Century the Strand, and Piccadilly Circus, Moray Firth and spent three ideal Forum. Mrs. Moore is the former also Princes Street in Edinburgh at days at Nairn also on this Firth. G era 1 dine Vermeulen '32. The the height of the International Fes­ We covered almost every square Moores have two sons. tival of Music and Drama (Here we heard at close range and saw Sir foot of Stratford-on-Avon, Winder­ mere, and Keswick, and followed Dr. Paul G. Schrier Thomas Beecham conduct his Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) . We in­ Burns's ill-starred career from Allo­ Dr. Paul G. Schrier '22, Kalama­ dulged the luxury of a lengthy wa­ way to Dumfries in a magnificent zoo physician and surgeon, was ter trip on the Thames and on the agricultural section of Scotland. We named as a candidate for the office Clyde-both surprisingly beautiful. spent four days in busy Glasgow of president. Dr. Schrier is chief We took sightseeing tours through and slowed down for a week in lei­ of staff of Bronson Hospital, Kal­ Eastern and Western London; to surely Edinburgh to enjoy the scen­ amazoo. Stoke Pages, Eton, .and Windsor ery, the city, and the Festival. In his undergraduate days he Castle; around the idyllic lakes of Oxford and Cambridge each held was active in track, was president the Lake Country and the still more us for two or three days. We visited (Continued on following page) beautiful lochs of bonnie Scotland (Continued 011 page 17)

Page 4 ALUMNUS ALUMNI CANDIDATES (Continued from page 4) Mrs. E. A. DeW aters Dies of the Pre-Medics Club, and was a member of the Sherwoods. He After Long Illness received his medical degree from Sarah Allis DeWaters '00 died League, Danielson states that the November 23 at Hurley Hospital, the University of Michigan in 1926. city's "experiment" in the use of During the war he served in the Flint, Michigan, after a long illness. college students as fact-finders for Navy's medical branch, attaining Mrs. DeWaters was very act;ve the city "has become a valuable part the rank of Commander. in community projects. She was the of its city government." Founded first secretary of the Flint YWCA Mrs. Schrier is the former Mil­ in 1934 by Dr. Cornell and Mr. E. and was a trustee of the Associa­ dred Sagendorf '24. The eldest of C. Rutz, then city manager of Kal­ tion at the time of her death. She three daughters, Joanne, graduated amazoo, the Bureau is staffed by was a trustee of the Alice E. Town­ from K this past June. Kalamazoo College students under send Fund for an Old Ladies Home Last year Dr. Schrier was elected the direction of Dr. Cornell. The in Flint, a member of the advisory vice-president of the Alumni Asso­ Bureau is housed in the city hall, board of the Flint Junior League, ciation. and it acts as a fact-finding agency and a member of the First Baptist for city officials. A few selected Church. VICE-PRESIDENT students are thus given an oppor­ With her husband, Dr. Enos A. tunity to become thoroughly well Russell V. Carlton DeWaters '99, she continued her acquainted with problems of mu­ very active interest in the college. Russell V. Carlton '34, Kalama­ nicipal administration, and city of­ Their gift made possible the con­ zoo, is a candidate for the office of ficials receive valuable help. Prob­ struction of Hoben Hall, dormitory vice-president. lems which have received attention for men, which is named in honor After graduating from K Col­ include a study of the tax limita­ of Dr. Allan Hoben, former presi­ lege, he entered the University of tion proposal, the proposal that dent of the college. Dr. DeWaters Michigan Law School, receiving his the city operate a garbage collec­ is a member of the college board law degree in 1937. He became tion agency, revision and codifica­ of trustees, and for a number of prosecuting attorney of Kalkaska tion of city ordinances, job classifi­ years served as chairman of the County. He now is practicing law cations for city labor positions, pop­ board. He is the retired chief engi­ at Kalamazoo. ulation study, etc. neer of the Buick division of Gen­ In his undergraduate days at Kal­ eral Motors. "Other cities and colleges have amazoo, Mr. Carlton was a member Born in Adrian, Michigan, Jan­ had training arrangements for their of the football and track teams. He uary 17, 1877, the daughter of students," Danielson states. "This served as captain of the track team. George R. and Susan Allis, she at­ relationship berween the City of Mrs. Carlton is the former Rose­ tended grade school and high school Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo College mary Walton '38. The rwo chil­ in Adrian. After receiving her de­ is unique, however. Instead of being dren of the family are Paul, age gree from Kalamazoo College, she 'on-the-outside-looking-in' on city 10, and Candy, age 6. The Carltons attended the University of Chicago government, Bureau students have are m e m b e r s of the Methodist for a year, receiving the B.A. degree the advantage of working 'in-the­ Church of Kalamazoo. Mr. Carlton in 1902. She is survived by her hus­ inside' of the City Hall. They are is a member of the Masonic Lodge. band, Enos A. DeWaters, to whom considered as city employees, serv­ she was married in 1905. ing without pay." Robert H. Aldrich Danielson, a candidate for the Robert H. Aldrich '33, Kalama­ RESEARCH BUREAU Master's degree from the college, zoo, is a candidate for the office of SUBJECT OF ARTICLE is well acquainted with the work of vice-president. the Bureau, having served as one The Kalamazoo Bureau of Mu­ of Dr. Cornell's staff last year. Formerly Purchasing Agent for nicipal Research is the subject of a the Allen Electric & Equipment Co., feature article in the September he is now Manager of Contract issue of the MICHIGAN MUNIC­ NAMED TO POWER CO. BOARD Manufacturing for the Hammond IPAL REVIEW. The article, writ­ Mr. Arthur F. Blakeslee, Kalama­ Machinery Company of Kalamazoo. ten by William Danielson '48, zoo, president and general manager In his undergraduate activities at describes the history and the work of the Kalamazoo Stove and Furnace Kalamazoo College, he served as of the Bureau under the direction Company and a member of the editor of the Boiling Pot, 1932, and and guidance of Dr. Robert Cornell, board of trustees of Kalamazoo Col­ was a member of the Science Club, head of the political science depart­ lege, recently was elected as a new the band, and the tennis and track ment of Kalamazoo College. member of the board of directors of teams. Mrs. Aldrich is the former Recently appointed staff assistant the Consumers Power Co., it was Virginia Kibler '35. The rwo chil- with the Municipal Personnel Ser­ announced by the Jackson, Michi­ (Continued on page 7) vice of the Michigan Municipal gan, headquarters of the company.

ALUMNUS Page 5 history of Amercian literature. No ''SPEAKING OF self-respecting history of American literature could p o s s i b 1 y leave If Thoreau's next book had been Thoreau's name out. a great success, the incident would not have been too far out of line The successful and unsuccessful' with the typical American success writers of any given period some­ story. But the prosaic fact must be times exchange places in the course recorded that it was not. Thoreau of a century. True prophets are published only one more book dur­ often not without honor save in ing his lifetime, his now famous their own time. Walden. Nearly everybody knows that it is invariably included when Book Collection a list is made up of the half dozen greatest books written by Amer­ Willed to Library icans. Moreover it played an im­ A collection of nearly 300 vol­ portant role in the history of the umes, primarily in the fields of ARNOLD MULDE R twentieth century. The late Mohan­ British and American history, have das Gandhi acknowledged that he been left to the college library from had found in it much of the in­ the estate of the late Leon E. Reed It was 100 years ago late in spiration for the development of '94, White Pigeon, Michigan, it is 1949 that one of the greatest writ­ his life philosophy. announced by Dr. Ivor Spencer, ers America has ptoduced wrote chairman of the library committee. his first book. He could not find But in point of sales it did only Dr. Spencer praises the books as a publisher for the little volume, so a little better than Thoreau's first being of lasting value, by the best he issued the book at his own ex­ book had done. When its author authors. The collection was built pense, in spite of the fact that he died he was completely unknown up over a period of years by Mr. had a hard time raising the cash to the general public. Only a small Reed, who was a political reporter to cover the cost. circle of personal friends, including Emerson, recognized his genius. The and editorial writer. In the movies such a writer be­ A m e r i c a n public of the time In his undergraduate days, Mr. comes a smashing success overnight; bought the books of other writers Reed served as president of the he emerges from the venture fabu­ of their day by the hundreds of Sherwoods, and as editor of the Kal­ lously rich; his name becomes a thousands and made the names of amazoo College INDEX. He be­ household word. But alas, life those writers household w o r d s. came a political reporter for the seldom lives up to the romance of Thoreau went to his grave, dying Chicago TRIBUNE, political writer the scenerio writers. The supreme­ at the early age of 45, almost one for the St. Louis STAR, and editor­ ly great American writer, the cen­ hundred percent unknown. ial writer for the St. Louis STAR­ tenary of the publication of whose TIMES. In his various positions, Today of course the tables are first book was being observed re­ he covered the presidential cam­ turned. Those many, many writers cently, was less well known after paigns from McKinley to Franklin of the time whose books sold in the publication of the book than D. Roosevelt. the most trivial scribbler. carload lots-at least quite a few of them-have faded out of the Mr. Reed died in the Sturgis, Nor did he make any money. consciousness of the American peo­ Michigan, hospital, 0 c t o b e r 5, His comment on that fact has be­ ple so completely that if I should 1949. He is survived by his wife, come famous in American litera­ mention their names few would Jane; one brother, Roy, in Cali­ ture. The edition was less than recognize them. But the name of fornia; and three sisters, the Misses 1,000 volumes. Small though it Thoreau is recognized not only by Effie, Minett, and A vis, all of St. was, it proved far too large. Only Americans; it is almost as well Louis. some 200 copies were actually sold; known throughout the world as the the rest were returned to the author name of Emerson, of Walt Whit­ Dr. Gustav W. Moessen '38 has and he had some trouble finding man, of Edgar Allan Poe. space for them in his tiny room. joined the research staff of the Du He commented half humorously, Here are a few names given at Pont Company's Photo Products half wryly: "I now have a library r a n do m of enormously popular Department at Parlin, N. J. He re­ writers whose work appeared in of nearly 900 volumes, more than cently received his Ph. D. in phys­ 700 of which I wrote myself." the years when Thoreau remained ical chemistry from Pennsylvania unknown: Susan Warner, Maria S. State College. The hero of this unsuccesful pub­ Cummins, Mary J. Holmes, "Fanny lishing v e n t u r e was, of course, Fern," Timothy Shay Arthur, E. P. Henry David Thoreau, and the Roe. Not one of them ever had Thomas Sugihara '45 is working book was A W eek on the Concord the remotest chance to be so much on his Ph.D. in chemistry at the and Merrimack Rivers. as mentioned in any self-respecting University of Chicago.

Page 6 ALUMNUS ALUMNI CANDIDATES (Contimud from page 5) Grant Received to Further dren of the family are Jeffrey Brian, and Robin Claire. Mr. Aldrich is Cosmic Ray Experiments a member of the Chamber of Com­ A Frederick Gardner Cottrell re­ merce and is head of one of the search grant of $3,000 has been Masonic lodges in Kalamazoo. The awarded to Kalamazoo College for family has membership in the Con­ the support of Mr. Ian G. Barbour's gregational Church of Kalamazoo. Cosmic Ray experiments which he has been conducting, it has been SECRETARY-TREASURER announced by President John Scott Edward J. Lauth Everton. These grants, which are Edward ]. Lauth '32 is a candi­ administered by the Research Cor­ date for the office of secretary­ poration in New York, are designed treasurer. to promote independent scientific Formerly a teacher of English research. Mr. Barbour's grant was and journalism at Allegan High given for "Nuclear emulsion investi­ School, he has been assistant in gations on the properties of mesons, public relations .at Kalamazoo Col­ and meson production and inter­ lege since August, 1948, with re­ action with matter." sponsibility for college publicity. When asked to explain this tech­ He has the M.A. degree from the nical title, Mr. Barbour said that University of Michigan. During the there are two stages in his experi­ war he served as an administrative ments. In the first, his apparatus officer in the army. is sent to a high altitude in the Undergraduate activities included stratosphere by means of balloons. four years on the staff of the IN­ This is necessary because cosmic DEX; one year as editor. He was ray particles bombarding the earth a member of the varsity debate from outer space are stopped by the team in his freshman year, and was atmosphere so that only a small president of the German Club. percent ever reaches the ground. The balloons, manufactured by the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE General Mills Co., can lift 150 lbs., THE BALLOON USED Henry C. Thole and are launched near Minneapolis, loon after six hours at an elevation Henry C. Thole '47 is a candi­ Minn., with the co-operation of the of 90,000 feet. date for membership on the execu­ Office of Naval Research. They are In the second phase of the ex­ tive committee. made of pliofilm, one-thousandth of periments, the photographic plates While working on his M.A., an inch thick. During Mr. Bar­ exposed in the stratosphere are ex­ which he received from the college bour's most recent flight release, on amined with a microscope. Of spe­ last June, he worked for one year Sept. 15th, the apparatus was re­ cial interest are the tracks on the as personnel director of the Kala­ leased by parachute from the bai- ph o tog rap h i c plates caused by mazoo laundry. last year he mesons, the newly discovered nu­ worked with the W. E. Upjohn In­ ter awards. Although weighing only clear particles believed to be re­ stitute for Community Research. At about 135 pounds at the time, he sponsible for the forces in the nv-­ present he is engaged by the Insti­ was a star in football, basketball, cleus of all atoms. When a large tute as Industrial Project Director. and baseball. magnet has been sent to high alti­ His undergraduate work was in­ He served Kalamazoo College as tudes, measurements can be made terrupted by service with the Ma­ director of publicity and alumni re­ on the mass and energy of each rines. In 1941 and 1942 he was a lations from 1928 to 1934. He be­ meson recorded. Physics students member of the football and basket­ came advertising manager for the who are assisting in these measure­ ball teams. last year he was presi­ Shakespeare Company of Kalama­ ments are lawrence Green of Ot­ dent of the campus Economics Club. zoo, and at present is vice-president, sego; Harold Martinek, La Grange, He is a member of the Personnel sales and advertising. Ill., and David Orr, Western Association of Kalamazoo. He is the father of Jack Davis, Springs, Ill. sophomore member of the present Mr. Barbour has been d o i n g Curtis W. Davis football and basketball teams, and graduate work at the University of Curtis W. Davis '28 is a candi­ a high school age daughter, Jean. Chicago, from which he expects to date for membership on the execu­ He is a member of the Rotary Club. receive his Ph.D. degree in Febru­ tive committee. The Davis family has membership ary. His earlier studies were com­ Better known as "Opie," he was in the First Baptist Church of Kal­ pleted at Swarthmore College and the winner of eleven athletic let- amazoo. Duke University.

ALUMNUS Page 7 Speech Program ALUMNARIES Carol Services is Outlined Mark Season A goodly number of students on Stetson Chapel was the scene of · our campus are busy these days the beautiful candlelight Christ­ s:::arching, planning, evaluating, ar­ mas Carol Service sponsored by the guing, exchanging ideas-all a part Women's League on Dec. 10. The of the preparation that goes into seventy-four carolers, under the di­ building our year's forensic pro­ rection of Mr. William A. Boyd, gram. sang new carols and th~ old famil­ Kalamazoo College is a member iar ones. of the M i c h i g a n Intercollegiate Speech League. Thirteen Michigan Miss Nancy Murch, Paw Paw colleges are participating members. freshman, was chosen by a student­ With such competition and with faculty committee to preside ovec s u c h a diversified extra-curricular the celebration as the Christmas speech program as the League offers Spirit. Wearing the traditional red any student desiring a laboratory gown and carrying a large taper, for his classroom speech work finds she was led down the decorated abundant opportunities. Early in aisle by two small pages, the Misses November Kalamazoo College sent Carol Sue and Diane Vahey of Kal­ a man and a woman to Michigan amazoo. Normal to represent us in extem­ Narrating the Christmas s t o r y pore speaking. The topics for ex­ according to Luke was Miss Eliza­ tempore speaking this year were: PAUL H. TODD beth Osborn, Christmas Reader. She "The Role of Family Life in Amer­ Paul H. Todd ex '09 recently was is a senior from Niagara Falls. ican Culture," "Education for What elected mayor of the city of Kalama­ The carolers were dressed all in Purpose," "Pensions," "Liberalism zoo for a second time, as reported white, as was the Christmas Read­ in America." elsewhere in this issue of the ALUM­ er, and carried white can d 1 e s. On December 3rd a novice tour­ NUS. He is president of the Farmers Greenery decked the front of each ney at Michigan State attracted our Chemical Company, and a director of pew. the A. M. Todd Company, both of freshman debaters. Other freshmen The officers of the Women's planned to debate at Navy Pier­ Kalamazoo. He is former chairman of ·the Michigan public utilities com­ League acted as ushers; they were University of Illinois freshman tour­ attired in formals. Immedately fol­ ney-a week later. Senior debaters mtsswn. Mr. Todd was born in Nottawa, lowing the service, chocolate was are finding a challenging program served in Hoben Hall Lounge. for them, too. The Men's State Michigan, near farms where his grand­ parents grew peppermint. The Todd Miss Marilee Thorpe was general Tournament will be held at Mich­ family had come from Wayne County, igan State the middle of February, chairman. She was assisted by oth­ New York, having come originally er committee heads, Marilyn Bratt­ and the women's at Wayne in late from New England. This particular stram, Mary Osborne, B a r b a r a February. Other debating meets at family of Todds can trace its ancestry the University of Wisconsin and to Roger \Villiams. Schreiber, Eloise Quick and Shirley Edison. Northwe:ster'n University, together A graduate of the University of with near-by college teams on and Michigan, Mr. Todd had spent his off our campus, will furnish a stimu­ freshman year at Kalamazoo College. lating and valuable debate season. He states that he was fortunate in John L. Grabber '39 was elected The national debate question for having Clark Benedict W iII i am s, in June, 1949, Chairman of the college debaters this year is: Re­ among others, as his teacher. He Junior Bar Section of the Bar Asso­ solved, that the United States should speaks highly of the inspiration re­ ciation of the District of Columbia. nationalize the basic non-agricul­ ceived in this one year at K College. tural industries. He engaged in peppermint farming A State Peace Speech meet will after receiving his B.A. and continued cause of the opinion that the small call orators and extempore speakers in this until the First World War. En­ college, privately endowed and church listing in the Officer's Reserve, he affiliated, is the most likely sources to Albion early in January. The went overseas for a year in France as of those social and political leaders State Oratory early in March affords a Second Lieutenant, artillery. which our country, and, in fact, the orators an opportunity again when Mr. Todd has been a trustee of world must have if our civilization is men and women have separate con­ Kalamazoo College for a number of to move forward toward increased tests in oratory. years. He states that he has been benefits for mankind, rather than to­ May is the month for inter­ particularly interested in Kalamazoo ward a peak and a decline and a fail­ collegiate prose and poetry reading. College not only because it is in Kal­ ure like the great civilizations of the (Continued on page 16) amazoo, "but more importantly be- past."

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A L U MNUS Page 9 1871 Johnson, Ruth \Vheaton Adams, Ella Osborn .Moore, E. Lansford 1889 Smith, Delbert \V. Smith, Inez Beam Bennett, Margaret Chesney Walker, john C. (Hon. '39) 1924 Up john, William K. Clark, Frank \V. 1891 Xan, john D. Allen,H Upjohn, Louise Bryant Dalton, Dorothy Upjohn Osborn, Loran D. JJro,,·n, Wiley, Forbes B. (Hon. '.fl) Eldridge, Frances 1919 1894 CartlaiH Wiley, Ora Scott Hobbs, Gladys L. Balch, Ruth H . Hudson, Grant 11. Chener) \Vinslow, Florence 1Ic.:\eil, Earle \V. Burdick, Lorence B. Cobb, T 1895 1907 Piper, Lou Arthur Durdick, W. B. DeVos, Oldfield, W . C. Burns, Gertrude Taylor Pomeroy, Harold \ \'. Chatters, Carl H. (l-ion. '43) Dunbar, Taft, Erwin B. Gagnier, James H. Rowland, Leon Crissman, H. C. Jacobs, 1896 Lockhart, l'.Iay Warren \Valton, Thomas 0. Ferguson, Esther Den Adel ] acobs, Fox, James B. (Hon. '26) Stetson, Anna Crosby 1915 Fitch, Lester C. 11 atulis ] ackson, H. Clair Woodhams, Ethel Todd Belcher, Earl]. Gower, Lillian Pierce 1897 Dunnington, Lewis L. (Bon. '47) Huizinga, Albert T. Sausam 1908 Killam, Edgar L. Fiske, l\label \Voodward Xeale, Hugh H. T 1·avis, . Arndts, Erwin C. Munger, Anna Warwick Gilbert, Bernice Goodrich Schutter, Laura L. \'an Dis, Baker, Lula 1898 Hannold, Ervene Brooks Toyne, Ruth l\1. \Vorkm Easterbrook, 1\label C. Jackson, John B. Kerman, Lucile Owen \\'aite, Alice A. Finch, Louise Lassfolk 1925 Lester, Addie Kline 1899 Finch,\' ern or C. 1920 Biss, Ec Clark, Ainsworth \V. Parker, Henry C. ?-lapp, James E . (Hon. '31) Brown, l\Iaynard V. Casler, J De Waters, Enos A. (Hon. '41) Raseman, Edgar F. 1909 Burtt, \Varren F. Crissma Dickey, Frank C. Rockwell, Donald C. Belcher, Donald R. (lion. '.f.f) Crocker, Geraldine Hamilton Emerso Hayne, Coe S. (Hon. '32) Thomas, Pearl Horst Bouck, Harvey Dunsmore, 1Iarion H. Glass, L Stripp, William C. J. Youngs, Cyril A. Gardner, Aaron E. Harris, 11. Verne Hat haw 1900 1916 Kinney, Hal K. Hirschy, Lucile 1\orcross Husban *De Waters, Sarah Allis Abbott, Esther DeWater Lenderink, Andrew Hoekstra, Harold T. Knight, Hornbeck, LeRoy Chrouch, Lawrence A. Lenderink, Anna Puffer Hunter, Harriet Towsley 1'\orton, Powell, Agnes B. Davidson, Gladys Pheteplace Irvine, Stuart Strong, 1901 Pinkham, Fred 0. Goss, Lindsey R. Thomas, Camp C. Schensul, Joe Tourtel Bixby, Florence A. Hickmott, Helen 1lcHugh Todd, Paul H. Smith, Charlotte Pinckney \\'ise, H Gordinier, Estella Eldred Houloose, ] ames \\'right, Lynn A. Stowe, Allen B. 1926 l\IcHarness, Charles Ireland. Charlotte \Vightman Zuidema, Emma l\lull ic Treat, Harry H. 1910 Kerman, Leland ]. Black, I 1921 1902 Earl, Lilian Knappen, C. B. Black, I Dauer, Helen Ralph Bailey, Ambrose l\f. Gifford, 1\lartha J. Ulan. '.fS) Little, Donald G. Bowma Birdsell, Ruth Hudson Cash, Mona Mace Kitchen, Bert L. ;\I cCulloch. Gertrude F. Clark, C Bracket, Joseph T. Edwards, Carolyn F. Leach, Acelia 11. Xobbs, Lucille A. Cory, S Chatters, Gladys\\ ' eller Pierce, Edwin G. Lucasse, Florence]. Peck, 1largaret Petertyl Cranda· Kuhn, Amy Babcock VanDenberg, Edith]. Stanley, Mabel E . Ralston, Ralph 11. Crawfo ~carl, 11 argaret Cady \Villiamson, Naomi North \ Villiams, Mabel Barber Rockwell, Dorothy Garrett Double• Staake, Marion Hoek \Villison, Mary Eldred \Villiams, Maynard 0. (l-Ion. '30) Taylor, Elizabeth 1f arvin Dowel, J Staakc, Paul C. 19!13 \\'inslow, Catharine TeclrO\\·, Paul1I. Earl, V Steidtman, Evelyn Dressel Crandell, Stewart B. (Hon. '33) 1911 1917 Gemric Stowe, Doris \ \ ' ood 1lac1I ullen, Robert A. Shepherd, Clinton 0. Barkcnbus, Charles Hinrich Taylor, Grace Petertyl Oiri1sted, Margaret Boyden \\'alcott, Lillian Krogen Ensing, Osborn H. Horn be Thompson, Glen C. 1· k Upjohn, Hubert S. \\'alton, Alfred G. (llon. '.fl) Fleugel, Elizabeth Stetson ac ·soi Young, Edgar R. 191 2 Fleugel, James B. 1922 Little, 1 19!14 Clements, 1farian Davis Haskins, Pearl Scudder Crothers. Louise EYery 1f cinty 1-loebeke, Ada l\I. Goss, Agnes Grenell Hickmott, Frances Beerstecher Dressel, Harold \\'. Otto, G Kalmbach, John E. Hershberger, Inez Swanson Hickmott, John T. Everett, Harmon Scott,\ Palmer, Elizabeth DeYoe Raseman, C. Louis Hootman, Paul R. Everett, Helen Cary Shive!, Palmer, Ray A. \Volfe, Richard H. Ide, 1largaret B. Glass, Stanley \ V. Stinebc Shock, Earle 1913 Lucasse, \\'alter \V. Hoekstra, \\'inifred \'andcr SalmTaylor, 1S05 Conrad, Roberta \ \'illiams 1liller, 1Iary Hallett johnson, \\'arren C. (l-Ion. '.f6) Tourtel Burgess, Stella Fisher (Hon.' 33) Dalm, ]. A. X utten, Hazel Barber 11 eans, 1Iarion Graybiel \Veller, Gagnier, Cleora Davis Ferguson, George K. Payne, Kenneth 1(. O'Leary, Arlene Clute 1927 1Iarvin, Edith Harvey Haislip, Edward\\'. Pullen, Dwight F. Opdycke. Ruth Vercoe Armstr 1906 Keis, Minerva 11. 1918 Perry, Clifton \ V. Claspy, Burns, Harry G. Ratcliffe, 1fabel Benson Benton, Zelia Phillips Schrier, Paul G. Crawfc Carlton, \ \'arren H. Robison, George II. Eaton, Crosby D. 1923 Double Fisher, Royal H. Robison, Catherine Gleason Hoekstra, Theodore Davis, Cameron Dow, V Gibson, Lillian E. \\'arner, 1'fary l\funro Hudson, Richard G. DeLand, Helen Hough Fletcht Hayne, Ethel Shandrew 1914 Jensen, Beatrice E. Grandin, Hartley T. 11 udso1 Howard, Jessie Hayne Bouck, William W. !{alston, H.uth White Xorton, Don \V. Jewell. Howard, Ralph B. Buchanan, \\'illiam C. Smith, Dorothy Ilarter Van Zoeren, r\lhert I •·hnsn

Page 10 ALUMNUS 1936 Shane, Marion Anderson, Ruth Schlobohm Snip, Russell T. Beaumier, Robert G. Tuller, Elizabeth F. Chapman, Jean Moore VanKeuren, Lois Ingersoll Largent, Marjorie Volkers 1932 Conrad, Maynard l\L \Vorth, Donald !dB. 1Icintyre, l\Iargaret Paterson ) oh nson, Charles K. Goldman, Irene Seid old W. (Hon. '-tS) Perry, Guy L. King, Ann 1\ichols 1941 Martin, William H. eorge F. Stanley, James B. Klose, Leroy R., Jr. Bezanker, Abraham Patton, Mary Miller 1th Scott \Vise, Lucy Merson Lauth, Edward J. Brisbane, Grace M. ).[orris, Priscilla Crockett tasS. ~Iyers, Eleanor Kirby Foster, Jack]. 1928 Nadolny, Jeanne Tanis Byers Rosenbaum, Francis F. Haas, Betty Libby Abbey, Marvel Lamphear Otten, DeLyle F. llis F. Schau, Ralph E. Howlett, Richard C. Bacon, Marjorie L. Palmer, Dorothy Simpson ellO. Starkweather, Paul F. Ketcham, Marjorie Sundstrom Campbell, Kenneth)./. Raseman, Edgar F., Jr. line Kurtz Stites, Fred L. Lawrence, \"iilliam J., Jr. Clark, Frances Schweitzer, Carl E. ~ise Stein Thomas, Elizabeth Gilkey Montgomery, John D. Davis, Curtis 'vV. Strong, Laurence E. :zenneth H . Troff, Garrett Pearson, Forrest S. Fitch, Mildred Moore Toncray, Elizabeth leD. Hollander, Ardith Buswell Troff, Marjorie Saunders Rowe, Eugene m A. (Hon.) 1937 Rowland, Robert L. Hollander, 'vVinfield ]. 1933 Roy L. Davis, Kenneth E. Taylor, Robe.rt C. Schultz, Eva Linclenthal Aldrich, Robert H. Finerty, John C. VanKeuren, Paul J. Smith, Frank B. Anderson, Donald T. Gardner, Frances M. \Valker, Richard A. L. Summers, Theodore Anderson, Virginia Stafford Guse, Martha A. \"learne, Robert V. est W. Swift, Roger V. Bacon, Jus tin. H. (Hon.) Hunt, Kenneth B. Williams, George \V. Iargaret Williamson VanDaff, Wilbur H. Becker, Helen Byarlay Kirk, Virginia Pierson Young, James M. larolcl VI/ enclzel, Julius Brown, Elizabeth Hoben Kolesar, Loretta Harrell le 'vVells \Venclzel, Reuben Burr, Hugh C. (Hon.) Otten, Mary Rosebrook 1942 Burr "1\I. Williamson, Charles F. Dykhouse, Phyllis Sergeant Powell, Robert H. Anderson, Robert T. 'orothy Anderson Wood, Frances McCarthy Hames, Everett R. Raker, Genevieve Taggett Braham, Douglas B. rolcl S. 1929 Hudson, Lois Austin Ranney, Laura E. Burke, William H. len Farwell Bock, Charles D. Hudson, Winthrop S. Rapley, Jane Meyer Campbell, Charles S. (Hon.) lliamE. Harvey, Lois Stutzman Lewis, Dorothy G. Richards, Angela Patterson Ferguson, Hallie Joy ~.Dee Irvine, Elizabeth Moore McLellan, Allen B. Schneidewind, Jane Morris Garrett, Charles E., Jr. lei L. Johns, Elizabeth \"'ykkel Scott, Walter E. Schweitzer, Suzanne Little Haas, Richard G. J olms, Vernon L. Shipley,] ean Hopkins VanBochove, James R. Mitchell, John W. Stowe, Stephen C. Pratt, Eric L. n Going johnson, M. Lee Zimmerman, Janet Hardy Veenhuis, Edward J. Schilling, Charles E. ort T. ).f urch, Andrew F. 1938 Philipp, Mildred M. Venema, Charles]. Simmons, Luel P., Jr. 11ini frecll\lerritt Blanchard, Raywood H. Smith, Kathleen C. \Vhite, Catharine Pierce Simmons, Marian \1\lilson ge J. DeSmit, Ruth A. \Villiamson, Edwin l\f. Thomson, Dorothy Hart r. Tooncler, Frank E. Harmon, Claude M.(Hon.) Tuma, James 1Iace Glrich, Willis H. 1934 Heerens, Robert E. Turner, Ruth Raseman (enneth L. \Vicks, Knox W. Bennett, L. Thompson Locher, Ann VanDis, Howard Donald B. Wise, Janet Robertson Falk, Yeteve Rogers Rapley, W. Harry Vernon, Howard A.(Hon.) )thy Allen 1930 Hammer, Harold E. Thompson, Barbara Taylor \Veber, Bernadette K. 1ia E. Anderson, Robert H. Hellenga, Donald F. 1939 \Vorth, ).laney Nycum elwin G. Buckley, Clara Heiney Persons, William J. Barclay, James A. Young, Sara \"'ing riecla A. Cooper, Charlotte Bacon Rutz, Marshall H. Bates, Klair Hunter Royena ).f. DeCair, Constance Palmer Schrier, Evelyn VanderSalm Gillespie, Robert 0. 1943 ,ice Gordon Fitzpatrick, Rosemary Shields Snyder, Richard V. Powell, Geraldine Ter Beck Batts, H. Lewis, Jr. JH. Giddings, Lyle D. Spencer, Raymond L. Shale, Wilfred A. Batts, Jean McColl (atheryn Teale Hackney, H. Colin Taube, Clarence 11. Simpson, Donald F. Blanchard, Lynette Spath ·tF. Hathaway, William F. Tucker, Lawrence l\I. Smith, Donald C. Braithwaite, Robert \1\1. am :\. Kerry, H. Valorus VanderSalm, James 1\L Summers, Carol E. Bullard, Leonard E. h Wilbur Loupee, George E. \Varner, Jerome B. Swiat, Richard J. Diem, Carolyn Kinney , Leroy D. ).[arquarclt, Constance R. 1935 \Veber, 'vVilliam H. Lincoln, Frank H., Jr. 1line Byrd l\lerrill, Ezra Aldrich, Virginia Kibler Wylie, T. Thomas (Hon.) 1\IcAllister, Helen L. e, Helen Lotz Rickman, Harriet L. Becker, Gordon A. 1940 Polderman, Irene Gideon ian F. Ross, l\Iary Jane Chisholm, Gordon F. Allardice, Xydia Brenner Rantz, Robert J. \Vinn, Robert D. Conger, Theodore W. Ashbrook, 11. Forest (Hon.) Reed, Arthur L. Lawrence F. 1931 Connable, Harold M. Diem, Gerhard Taylor, Elizabeth Seeley ·rett 1[. Frost, Howard A. Elliot, John W. (Hon.) Drier, \Villiam C. \Villiams, 11 ary Hosford \lma Smith Johnson. 1J argaret Oakley Ells, Victor R. Fisher, Jack H. 1944 Alice Starkweather King, Donald]. Gibson, Margaret Opland Handelsman, Harold]. Bach, Marcia). Bennett Kniss, Victor D. Hays, Jean 'vVooclruff Howard, Ralph B .. ) r. Becker, Dorothy Kiefth earl Harris Sabrosky. Curtis\"/. Redman, Pauline \V. ).[cLean, Evelyn Lee Becker, l~ussell J. ;ther Pratt Swift, Katharine L. Ridley, Charles A. 11 oore, Jane 11erson Braithwaite, Doris Hunch othea Dowd \Varner, Elizabeth Sergeant Scott, Charles L. .\loore. Lansford J. Eby, Cecelia linifred M. \Vhite, l ~llson R. Thompson, James n. Haseman, Agatha \\'hitcomb Gagnier, Betty Shaw

ALUMNUS Page 11 Hanley, Mary Duke FRIENDS Hays, Charles B. !lfoody, Paul B. Hinkle, Marilyn Aach, .Hugo Hayward, Ralph A. 1lulder, Arnold Krum, Ann Tompkins Allen Electric & !Iemmes, Dr. and Mrs. L. ) . Reynard, Mollie Mitchell Myers, Hilda T. Equipment Co. Sutherland, Louis W. (Hon.) Hepp's Store Kulf, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace, Stuart Allen, Gerald H. Hightower, Raymond L. Oakes, Marion Wearne, Margaret Stoddard Allen, Glenn S., Sr. Hildreth, R. C. Oakland Pharmacy 1945 American Cyanamid Co. Hill, T. Russ Oakley, Mrs. C. W. Hootman, Eleanor B. American National Bank Hoben, Mrs. Allan B. Okun Brothers Shoe Store Krum, Kenneth H. of Kalamazoo Hodgman, Albert B. Olmsted Agency, Inc. Lincoln, Edward II. Angell, William R. Hoekstra Roofing Co. Olmsted, Floyd R. Richardson, Jerry J. Arctic Ice Cream Division Home Furnishing Co. Olmsted & Mulhall, Inc. Starbuck, Marion Hall Ashton Brothers Flour Mill; Hornbeck, Dr. and Mrs. Olmsted, Richard H. Wiese, Joyce Williams Bachelor, Frank B. John W. Ort, Catharine A. Balch, James B. Howard Printing Co. Osborn, Charles R. 1946 Barnes Printing Company Lew Hubbard, Inc. Payson, Mrs. J. H. Burnett, Karen Carlyon Baum, Eleanor Hubbell, Dr. and1frs. R. ]. Peck, Thomas W. Christenson, John I. Beimer Printing Company Hurni, Harry Pickhardt, Roland C. Earl, Otis A. (Hon.) Bermingham and Prosser Co. Hybels Produce Co. *Pitkin, Mrs. J. A. Eberle, Grace Blakeslee, Arthur L. Ihling Brothers Everard Co. Pobst, R. Lloyd Mallory, Mary Stover Bloom, Dale S. Industrial Roofing & Sheet Polderman, Robert \V. Reed, IIelen Glaser Burdick, Florence M. Metal Co. Prentice, Hazel R. Reynard, Dale A. Cazell, Gabriel F. Ingersoll Steel Division Preston, Ben R. Sack, Dorothy G. Chocolate Shop A. W. Johnson Co. Quality Baking Company Smith, Arleon Civic Fund K. Club Race, William Taylor, H. Leon Clarage Fan Co. Kalamazoo Creamery Co. Rasmussen, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Thompson, John L. College Inn Sandwich Shop Kalamazoo Gazette Riepma Brothers Torok, Joseph C. Connable, Alfred B., Jr. Kalamazoo Ice and Fuel Co. Rivenburg, R. A. \Vallace, Dorothy Chisholm Consumers Power Co. Kalamazoo Laundry Co. Riverside Foundry & vVetherbee, Laverne]., Jr. Cornell, Robert F. Kalamazoo Mich. Theatre Galvanizing Co. Wetherbee, Marilyn Sharp Crescent Engraving Co. Corp. Saniwax Paper Co. \Voodson, Charles R. Crockett, L.M. Kalamazoo Stationery Co. Scheib, Gilbert A. 1947 Crow, Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Kalamazoo Stove & Schorer, A. R., Co. Aaron, Robert E. Curtenius, A. E. Furnace Co. Sexton, John, & Co. Blodgett, Beatrice Foster De Groot Typewriter Exg. Kalamazoo Vegetable Shakespeare Co. Brown, Alice Bell DeLano, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Parchment Co. Shakespeare Products Co. Gloe, William A. Delight Foundation Garments Kaump, Ethel A. Simpson, Mrs. Milton Goss, Inez B. De Nooyer Brothers Kirby, Mrs. Lewis H. Smith, Harold T. Ludington, Barbara Ensing Diebold, Frances Kleinstuck, C. Hubbard Smith, Mrs. John E. Polzin, John G. Doubleday Brothers & Co. Knapp, D. G. So. Side Lumber Co. Pratt, Patricia 1Iiller Doubleday, Fred U. Kooi-Knapper Co. Spencer, I. D. Rabbers, Joyce Greene Durametallic Corp. Kool-Aicl Bottling Co. Sprague Hardware Co. Shiflea, Lewis E. Electric Construction & Koopsen, Albert Stone, vVilliam A. Shiflea, Lois .t\ave :Machinery Co. Krueger, Ruth C. Stryker, Homer Stuck, Lois Greene Ernst and Ernst Lake St. Lumber Co. Sutherland Paper Co. Yoder, Floyd J. First Baptist Church of Leo, 1Iichael J., Dress Shop Swiat, L.A. 1948 Detroit Lewis, R. P. Taylor, George K. Aaron, Carolyn Kauffman First Baptist Church of Flint Light, Richard U. Taylor Produce Co. Buck, Jacqueline V. First Baptist Church of Light, S. Rudolph Truesdale Funeral Home • Clauter, Thomas F. Kalamazoo Lockshore Farms, lnc. The Upjohn Co. Goss, Louise L. First National Bank and Trust Ludwig, E. E. Upjohn, Mrs. W. E. Hunter, Jane Company of Kalamazoo l.IcColl, Mr. and1Irs. JohnS. Upjohn, W.E., Estate Lieffers, Alice Duncan Fischer, Freel C. McCreary, Mr. andl.Irs. R. C. Upton, Louis C. Mcintyre, Patricia A. Flipse Flower Shop McLellan, 1Irs. Allen B. Van Dis, William Ryan, George\\'. Fulkerson, Clarke B. l.IacKenzie, l.Ir. and1Irs. Van Haaften, Garrett Starbuck, Charles E. Gardner, Herbert H. Clark \V. VanZee, Gertrude Stimson, Dorothy Hubbell Gilmore Brothers Martin, Mrs. Lewis WKZO Stoddard, Arthur L. Gilmore, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, Howard N. \,Y agner, Helen Tackett, Richard D. Donald S. Merchants Publishing Co. \Valton, 1frs. Thomas 0. \\'hite, Esther Carlyon Golden Locks Ice Cream Co. Meyer Music Store \Vatervliet Paper Co. \ \"illiams, 01ven \ \". Greene, David H. 1liller and Boerman vVeissert, Mrs. C. A. 1949 Grow, Lloyd E. Miller-Davis Co. Welch, Mary Lieffers, Harry, Jr. Haas, Casper H. Miller-Davis Plumbing & vVetherbee, L.J. White, Robert A. Hammond Machinery Builders Ilcating Co. Woolman, L. F. 1951 Handelsman, 1laut·ice Mills, Helen Young, Mrs. Smith G. Green,) oanne Gierman Harlow, I. F. .Miner Pie Shop Zomer, John M . Hutton, 1\"enneth 1·:. Harmon, Austin Monroe, Charles J. * Deceased

Page 12 ALUMNUS LETTERS "Winslow Boy" (Continued from page 2) Makes a Hit in sociology and on the Far East, to Claremont Graduate School, and Hailed as one of the best plays had outlined for himself a period ever produced at Kalamazoo Col­ of writing on long postponed ma­ lege, "The Winslow Boy," present­ terial. But August 16th his sum­ ed Nov. 18 and 19, under the di­ mons came suddenly though not rection of Miss Eleanor Baum, was entirely unexpectedly. The typhus indeed a success. fever and dysentery of the China Staged in arena style, Terence years are apt to bring a toll in later Rattigan's drama seemed well life. adapted to Bowen Auditorium. The "We had purchased a bungalow audience was seated in gradually in the Experiment in Intercultural elevated rows of chairs surround­ Living so I have my chance to carry ing the floor level playing area. on the interracial way in which we Acting with props, but virtually have always lived our joint life. without curtains or scenery, the One of my first tasks is to attempt cast established a feeling of inti­ to reply to hundreds of letters macy and participation on the part which have come in, alike from of the spectators that is generally the very great and the very humble. absent with the conventional pic­ DR. DONALD R. BELCHER I'll just quote one sentence from ture frame staging. J>r. Donald Ray Belcher '0\1, treas­ a Jewish friend, 'Stewart was to me, urer of the American Telephone and as to so many others, a steadfast Telegraph Co., is well known for his point of reference in a fast chang­ Women's League work in statistical research and organ­ ing world.' Holds Winter Formal ization, both in private industry and "At the memorial service - for various governmental and civil which was one of hope and the "Winter Wonderland" was the bodies. New responsibilities during the forward look-Kalamazoo College theme of the ann u a 1 Women's past year include his election as Dir­ was represented by Rev. and Mrs. ector of the National Bureau of Eco­ League formal which was held Dec. Floyd Beckwith of the classes of nomic Research, and as a director of 3, in Welles Hall. Appropriate at­ 1904 and 1901." mosphere was lent by the winter Group Securities, Inc. A member of the Kalamazoo College decorations, and by the selections Glee Club in his undergraduate days, REPRESENTS K COLLEGE played by Bobby Davidson's orch­ Dr. Belcher's work is well known to Dr. John Cooper '35, member of estra. Kalamazoo Coll ege alumni, because he the department of physics, Ohio This girl-bid dance was planned is the composer of the music for "All State University, was the official by Marguerite Johnson, general Hail to Kazoo." delegate of Kalamazoo College at chairman, and her committee con­ After receiving his A. B. degree in the inauguration of Dr. Clarence sisting of Rita Ottenweller, Joan 1909, Dr. Belcher became a teacher of Charles Stoughton as President of Klein, Barbara Schreiber, and Pa­ mathematics at Princeton High School (Indiana). From 1910 to 1914 he was Wittenberg College, Oct. 21. Dr. tricia Voorhees. professor of mathematics, Hanover Cooper was named Art College College (Indiana), and from 1914 to "professor of the year" at the re­ 1918 he was instructor in mathematics cent college recognition reception U. of M. Provost at Columbia University. He received at Ohio State University. Speaks at Convocation his M.A. from Columbia in 1915. In 1944 he received the LL.D. degree from Jacob A. Dalm '13, Kalamazoo Honors Day Convocation was Kalamazoo College. His graduate work attorney, made an extensive trip to held Monday, Oct. 17, in Stetson includes a study of mathematics in Europe this past spring. He visited Chapel. The speaker was Dr. James Sorbonne University, Paris, in 1919. Ireland, England, the Netherlands, ]. Adams, Provost of the Univer­ Since 1919, he has been with the Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, sity of Michigan, who spoke on American Telephone and Telegraph and Italy. the topic, "The Meaning of Liberal Co. He was appointed Assistant Chief Statistician in 1927. On leave from the Education." Honors earned during Donald ]. King '31 and Mrs. the past academic year were an­ company, 1942-45, he served as head of the Planning & Statistics Branch of King, the former Ann Nichols '32, nounced by Dean and Registrar the Navy and as Navy Material Con­ were November visitors at the Everett R. Shober. Prizes were trol Officer. On December 1, 1943, he home of Mrs. King's parents in awarded by President John Scott was appointed Assistant Comptroller Kalamazoo. Mr. King, vice-presi­ Everton. Dr. John W. Hornbeck of the A. T. & T. Co., and on May 8, dent of the Northwest Airlines, had is chairman of the faculty commit­ 1944, he was elected treasurer of the been detained in China by the tee on Honors and Graduate study. company. Communists, but was soon released.

ALUMNUS Page 13 BULLETIN Basketball Squad is Kalamazoo won the o p e n i n g game of the basketball s e a s o n , against Calvin College of Grand Strong Contender in M.I.A.A. Rapids at Tredway Gym, December With seven lettermen returning, I, by a score of 48 to 41. In the Culp and Bill Sayers, both of South preliminary game of the evening, Kalamazoo C o 11 e g e ' s basketball Bend, Ind.; and John Sentz, River­ the K College freshmen defeated team ranks as a strong pre-season tile Calvin freshmen by a score of side, Ill. 37 to 36. contender in MIAA title race. The Hornets will play seventeen games Promising sophomores are Tom this winter in addition to the three­ Willson, Grosse Point, Mich.; Lee Harriers Have day MIAA tournament at Albion Van Haaften, Richard Cain, and J anuaty 5-6-7. Jack Davis, all of Kalamazoo; and Jack Wendt, La Porte, Ind. Good Season Coach Lloyd Grow begins his The Kalamazoo cross country team The Hornet freshmen again will fourth season as Hornet basketball placed second in the MIAA this fall, play .an independent schedule this coach with prospects for better­ and the Hornet thinclads staged the winter. Outstanding frosh are Rob­ ment of last year's 9-9 win-lost rec­ greatest "near-upset " of the year by ert Neeser and Roger Winter, both ord and second place tie in the almost defeating Albion's powerful of South Bend, Ind.; Phillip Dill­ MIAA. runners in the conference race. man, Oak Park, Ill.; John Stammen, In their first season under Coach The league colleges each will Kalamazoo; and Jack Bergan, La Samuel Brown, assistant professor of be met twice, along with Calvin Grange, Ill. and Olivet. Single games will be English, the Hornets came within The 1949-50 Varsity Schedule: three points of winning the MIAA played with Wooster, DePauw and Dec. 1 Calvin at Kalamazoo run at Hope and tying Albion for the University of Detroit. Kazoo is Dec. 8 *Hillsdale at Kalamazoo the conference championship. Re­ scheduled to meet Hope in a first­ Dec. 12 *Adrian at Adrian, Mich. sults gave Albion 56, Kalamazoo round game of the MIAA tourna­ Dec. 15 Wooster at Kalamazoo 59, Hope 72, Alma 84, Adrian 98, ment. The tourney has no bearing Dec. 17 University of Detroit at and Hillsdale 134. on the MIAA championship. Detroit, Mich. Kazoo was shut out by Albion Returning lettermen are Frank Jan. 5-6-7 MIAA Tournament at Albion, Mich. in the first meet of the year, but Walters, Chicago, the MIAA's top scorer and most valuable player last Jan. 12 *Albion at Kalamazoo on successive weekends, the harriers Jan. 17 *Alma at Kalamazoo downed Hillsdale, 15-40; Adrian, year; Charles Stanski, Fort Wayne, Jan. 21 *Hope at Holland, Mich. 23-36; Alma, 26-33; and Hope, Ind., an All-MIAA guard in 1947; Jan. 26 Olivet at Olivet, Mich. 28-30. The Hornets' showing in the Bill Bos, Muskegon, Mich.; Robert Feb. 4 DePauw University at (Continued on j~age 17) Simanton, Auburn, Ind.; Donald Greencastle, Ind. Feb. 7 Calvin at Grand Rapids, Mich. Feb. 11 *Hillsdale at Hillsdale, Mich. Feb. 14 *Adrian at Kalamazoo Feb. 18 *Albion at Albion, Mich. Feb. 21 *Alma at Alma, Mich. Feb. 25 *Hope at Kalamazoo Feb. 27 Olivet at Kalamazoo *MIAA Conference gatnes Football Team Has Reverses Kalamazoo's football team re­ bounded from its Homecoming loss to Hillsdale's eventual M I A A champs by spoiling Albion's alumni weekend the following Saturday with a 21-7 victory over the Britons. But on successive Saturdays, the in­ jury-crippled Hornet eleven lost to Front row, left to right: Donald Overbeek, Hector Grant, Captain Fred Winkler, Valparaiso, 0-38; Adrian, 13-27, William Zuhl, Thomas Hastings, Robert Binhammer. Alma, 7-20; and Hope, 13-35 to Top row, left to right: Coach Samuel E. Brown, John Archbold, John Stammen, finish the season with a 2-6 record, Rpbe.rt Ketcham, .Holt Babbitt, . and Ralph Beebe, manager. (Continued on page 17)

Page 14 ALUMNUS Alumni Meetings Being Awards Made To Alumni Featured in Current Program Dr. Theodore Conger '35, head of · As the Alumnus goes to press, the nutrition department of the Up­ five Kalamazoo College a 1 u m n i Stateler, Mr. Joseph Obara, and Mr. john Co., Kalamazoo, and H. Colin and Mrs. 0. E. Velek. meetings have been held, and Presi­ Hackney '30, head of the office ser­ Indianapolis vice groups of the same company, dent John Scott Everton is on his The alumni in the )ndianapolis way to the East coast for four more were among the Dr. William E. area met for tea on October 23 at Upjohn Prize award winners, recent­ meetings. These will include meet­ the home of Dr. Versa Cole, '27. ings in Philadelphia on November ly announced. The awards are "for Mary Pratt Nash, '46, handled the 28 with Miss Winifred Johnson, special accomplishments by any em­ arrangements for the meeting. '27, chairman; in Washington, D.C. Alumni in that area include Miss ployee of the Company, preferably on November 30 with Dr. Walter Frances Baldwin, '32; Frances Klyver two or more each year." No ele­ Good, '37, chairman; in New York Blake, ex-'24; Dr. Charles A. Deppe, ment of competition is involved in City on December 2 with Dr. Char­ '22; Norma Monroe Johnston, ex-'50, the prize awards, but they are a rec­ les Bock, '29, chairman; and in and Robert M. Johnston, '48; Willard ognition for special accomplishment Boston on December 4 with the K. Loop, '30; Louis Kuilema, ex-'34; only. A cash award, accompanied Reverend Frederic Groetsema, '31, Edith Harvey Marvin, 'OS; Marvin with a bronze plaque bearing the chairman. Dr. Everton is anxious to Ruster, '37; Kathryn Stuart Thomp­ likeness of the late Dr. William E. become acquainted with the mem­ son, '48, and Wayne Thompson, '47. Upjohn, is granted yearly to the bers of the College family and to The Reverend and Mrs. Atwater of prize winners selected by a commit­ bring before them some of the con­ the First Baptist Church in Indian­ tee. Fifteen awards were made. apolis were guests at the tea. cerns for Kalamazoo College. As Ann Arbor part of the program for the alumni her committee included Miss Kath­ The Ann Arbor Chapter met for leen Smith, '29; Hazel Barclay Sax­ groups, the colored movie of the a dinner meeting at the Women's on, '24; Maxine Wirick Wilcox, Inaugural-Homecoming 1 s being League on November 3. This meet­ shown. '33; Florence Montgomery Butler, ing was arranged by Lewis and Jean '30; and Miss Ethel Knox, '13. Enthusiastic and interested alum­ McColl Batts, both graduates of ni have met Dr. Everton at the Others attending the meeting were 1943. The musical portion of the Robert, '47, and Car o I y n Kaufman following meetings: program was provided by Mr. Wil­ Chicago A a r on, '48; Harold, '23, and Ruth liam Boyd, new member of the The Chicago Chapter met on Perry Carlyon, ex-'23; Mr. and Mrs. faculty of the Music Department at Fred Searl (Margaret Cady, '21); October 21 at the Normandy House the College. During the business Charles Saxon; Charles Wilcox; Miss Restaurant on North Michigan meeting, the following officers were Edith VanDenbergh, '20; Francis Var. Avenue. Miss Marcia Bach, '44, elected: president, Mr. Don a 1 d Fleet, '21; John Veenstra, '32. president, served as chairman. Ap­ Hackney, '28; vice-president, Jane Parents of students at the College pearing on the program was Marvin Morris Schneidewind, '37; and who attended the meeting were Mr. Mertz, College sophomore, w h o and Mrs. Maurice Quick, w h o s ·e secretary-treasurer, Edith Hoven presented vocal selections. daughter, Eloise, sang two vocal num­ Among those in attendance were Strome, '45. bers; Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Edison; Mr. Others attending the meeting were Mrs. Everton; the Reverend and Mrs. and Mrs. Michael Petrilli; Mr. and Abraham Bezanker, '41; Miss Dorothy R. W. Schloerb of the Hyde Park Bapt­ Mrs. Mitchell Pollie. Jane Connor,'45; Miss Louise Goss, ist Church; Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Diman, '48; Mildred Gang Hackney, '28; Miss South Bend Executive Secretary of the Chicago Betty Kuenzel, '48; Paul Koken, '29; B apt is t Association; President and The meeting of the alumni df Stephen, ex-'50, and Margery Sebright Mrs. Robert Beaven of the Baptist the South Bend area was held on Leavenworth; '48; Frederick ]., ex-'30, Missionary Training School; Gladys November 18 at the Mayfair Res­ and Katharine Dukette Rogers, '27; Weller Chatters, '21; Mr. '99 and Mrs. taurant in M ish a w aka, Ind. In Arthur, '43, and Helen Glaser Reed, Ainsworth Clark; Raymond Borken­ charge of the meeting were Mr. H. '45; Mary VandeLester Sundling, '46; hagen, '38; Miss Kay Edwards, '44; James, '42, and Alice Cooley Helm­ Clarence Taube, '34; Carleton Strome, Edna Booth Greer, '22; Miss Anne ex-'45; Dr. Dale White, '38, and Betty er, '44. Milton Setzer, talented Keating, ex-'50, and Mrs. Elizabeth McLay White, ex-'39. Before intro­ freshman pianist, appeared as solo­ Keating; Dr., '92, and Mrs. Charles ducing Dr. Everton to the group, Dr. ist. Mr. Helmer presided as toast­ Kurtz; Joseph Mountain, ex-'15; Allen B. Stowe was able to introduce master and Mr. Colin Hackney in· Patricia Donnelly Pearsaul, ex-'42 and everyone indivfdually by name. traduced Dr. Everton to the group. Mrs. Wilbur G. Schrader; Jean Smith The results of the election of offi­ Renne, '37, and Harold Renne, '34; Grand Rapids Kenneth Ring, '21 ; Miss Joan Schil­ The Grand Rapids A 1 u m n i cers were: president, H. James ling, '47, and Miss Frances Weigle, '44. Chapter had a potluck supper and Helmer; vice-president, J ames Parents of students included Mr. meeting on November 9 at the Tuma, '42; secretary-treasurer, Miss and Mrs. Roy DeShane, Mr. and Mrs. home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller Patricia Thompson, '47. Raymond Geer, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. (Mary Hallett, '17). Members of (Continued on page 20)

ALUMNUS Page 15 LETTERS DEATHS NEWS NOTES (Continued from page 13) George H. Martin '00, member HARRIET MATTHEWS Dr. Allan M. Giddings ex'06, of the First Baptist Church of Kal­ Mrs. Harriet Cornelia D e w e y amazoo, was named a vice-president Battle Creek physician, was the Matthews '17 died November 19 in of the Michigan Baptist Convention subject of a feature in the Sunday, St. Lukes hospital, Chicago. She had at the October meeting. Nov. 6, issue of the Battle Creek been in ill health for several years. ENQUIRER and NEWS. The ar­ LeRoy Hornbeck '00 was one of A Kalamazoo resident, she was a ticle dealt specifically with his in­ two Kalamazoo realtors honored at terest in the history of the Civil member of the faculty of Western the November meeting of the Kala­ Michigan College of Education in War and his extensive library of mazoo Board of Realtors. The the department of English. She was books and records of the war. chairman of the Michigan corpora­ In answer to inquiry from the formerly an advisory teacher in tion and securities commission pre­ ALUMNUS, he wrote as follows: Central High School, and prior to sented him a certificate "For con­ her marriage to the late William Thanks for your letter of the 8th, tinued meritorius services in the and for the October ALUMNUS. I Matthews had taught in Detroit and practice of real estate." found many familiar names in the Chicago schools. The Reverend Stewart B. Cran­ '03- '07 news notes. She is survived by her mother, dell '03 is intermin minister of the My class was '06, but I left school Mrs. Harriet Dewey, Kalamazoo; Lakewood Baptist Church, Battle early in 'OS because of the death of three daughters, Mrs. Emily Bever­ Creek, Michigan my father. Dr. Slocum was president, ley, Duluth, Minn; Miss Joy Mabel E. Stanley '1 0 was elected Tuffy Williams was in his prime, and Matthews, and Miss Carol Matth­ treasurer of the Kalamazoo W o­ the old dormitory was still offering ews, both of Kalamazoo; one broth­ men's Teacher Organization at a its meagre accommodations to the er, Dr. Henry Evart Dewey, meeting held early in November. men students. Ralph Hinkle and I Altadena, Cal., and one sister, Mrs. occupied a ground floor corner room. Florence Tyler, Gull Lake. Many a time in the early morning SPEECH PROGRAM hours, we were a w a k e n e d to be (Continued from page 8) deluged with buckets of water and CHARLES KINNANE Such a forensic outlook is a moti­ handsful of sand, propelled through Charles Kinnane, former student vation to add to our above-average the open window by wastrels return­ at Kalamazoo College in the term winning record, which Kalamzoo ing from down town sinks of iniquity. of 1887-88, died at his farm home College has made during the past During my stay in college, I played near Kalamazoo, November 4. He four years. More than in terms of at baseball and football in '03 and '04. was 82 years of age. One of four wins and losses, it will, we hope, We had the privilege in the latter brothers, at least three of whom further the gainful objectives of year of being flattened by one of attended Kalamazoo CoUege, he extra-curricular speech activities. Michigan's great point-a-minute teams. taught school for two years in We are not aiming toward the stu­ In spite of being knocked down and Cooper To w n s h i p, Kalamazoo dent art of the orator, the pictur­ walked on by a flock of potential All­ County. He is survived by his wife, Americans, and watching Willie Hes­ esque inflection of the actor, the Helen; three daughters, Mrs. Doro­ ton flit by, and through, and over, it rhetorical nuances of the debater, wasn't such a bad afternoon - final thy Kuras and the Misses Eleanor but rather instruction in the ability score, 95 - 0. Morris "Rube" Post and Irene Kinnane, all of Kalama­ to state what one knows or believes broke through the Michigan line re­ zoo, two sons, Thomas and Robert, in simple, brief, direct oral com­ peatedly to down the ball carriers for of K a 1 am a zoo; and a brother, munication. a loss. This was the one bright spot Frank, Billings, Montana. What are the values which the in a dark picture. students will receive during the My press agent exaggerated some­ NEWMAN B. STEELE training periods for these events? what when he stated that I could an­ Newman B. Steele '03, Denver We can list several: The student swer any question about the Civil Colorado printing shop owner, died is doing individual research and War - there are many that will never be answered. It has proved to be an in Presbyterian Hospital, Oct. 18, sharing knowledge with his col­ interesting hobby. after a two-day illness. He was 71 leagues. He is furthering his aware­ Hope I will receive the ALUMNUS years of age. A native of Imlay ness of the complexity of contem­ regularly from now on. Thanks for City, Michigan, Mr. Steele moved porary political and social problems. your interest. to Denver in 1915. He is survived He is gaining the moderation and Sincerely, by his wife, Bertha; two sons, How­ balance which comes from absorb­ A. M. Giddings, Class '06 ard B. and N. Dudley of Denver; ing knowledge and developing un­ 1704 Central Nat'! Tower and one daughter, Mrs. H. Baird derstanding after thorough research Battle Creek, Mich. Whitaker Jr., Denver. in all areas of the subject. He is being warned against bland, unsup­ ported generalizations. He is made Everett Claspy ex '27 has a posi­ Maude E. Elwood '22, is medical more consciously aware that most tion with the Department of State, librarian at Borgess hospital, Kala­ problems have much which may be Washington, D. C. mazoo. (Continued on page 19)

Page 16 ALUMNUS SIMPSON NEWS NOTES FOOTBAL L (Continued from jJage 4) Helen Hough Deland '23 in­ (Continued from page 14) the more beautiful chapels and din­ forms us that it is her husband who poorest since 1940, and fifth place ing halls-the dormitories were is the professor of Spanish and in the MIAA. Portuguese at Florida State Univer­ closed--of quite a number of the The Hornets scored twice on sity; not she, as was stated in the colleges. Magdalen, New College, passes against Albion. Sophomore August issue of the ALUMNUS. Trinity, and Christ's at Oxford; and quarterback Richard Cain, Kalama­ Kings, Trinity, St. John's and zoo, passed to end Milton Christen, Christ's at Cambridge entranced The Reverend Robert A. Lundy ex '24 has resigned as executive sec­ South Bend, Ind., in the first quar­ us with their "shaven lawns," their ter for a score, and in the second lovely courts, and lovelier gardens, retary and general missionary, Ne­ vada-Sierra Convention, and will quarter Cain passed to end Garry and still lovelier groves along the Brown, Schoolcraft, Mich., for the lovely rivers. We stood where Elea­ pursue graduate work at the Uni­ versity of Nevada. Hornets' second touchdown. nor Roosevelt stood to receive her Robert Simanton, Auburn, Ind., Oxford degree and felt the inspira­ Dr. Laurence E. Strong '36 was workhorse of the Hornet backfield, tion of the place. We roamed in sparked a fourth-quarter drive and imagination with Sir Isaac Newton elected secretary of the Kalamazoo section, American Chemical Society, scored the Hornets' final touchdown. around Trinity and with John Mil­ Conrad Hinz, South Bend, Ind., ton around the mulberry tree under in a recent meeting. Dr. Allen B. Stowe '20 is the retiring president added three extra points from place­ which he wrote his poems at Christ's, ment. Cambridge. We noticed that Cam­ of the group. ---- But with fifteen major injuries bridge gives her buildings an annual Dr. Maynard Conrad '36, Kala­ cropping up, the undermanned Hor­ sponge bath but that Oxford thinks mazoo, was numbered among those nets had little luck for the remain­ that the smoke and grime of the der of the season. Coach Lloyd centuries add distinction to her attending the recent meeting of the American College of Surgeons in ( Dob) Grow's charges led Adrian, world-old appearance. We came un­ Chicago. 13-7, at one point in the first half der the spell of the rarefied atmo­ of their game, only to fall before a Cross Country sphere of these intellecrual shrines second-half o n s 1 a ugh t led by and wished that we had at least en­ (Continued from page 14) league run stamped them as the Adrian's steller halfback, Forrest tered the race for a Rhodes Scholar­ Schultz. Costly fumbles paved the ship. Which of the two is the more most improved team in the confer­ ence. way for two of Alma's scores. And scholarly is of course a moot ques­ in the finale against Hope, Kazoo tion, but Cambridge, bright and In the conference run, Hornet captain Fred Winkler, Plainwell, rallied to a 13-14 halftime score, clean, is certainly the more beautiful. only to falter in the last half. The windows in King's at Cam­ Mich., placed 4th; Hector Grant, Muskegon Heights, Mich., 10; Post-season honors went to four bridge and Christ's at Oxford are former South Bend Central high Thomas Hastings, Kalamazoo, 11; wondrously yet serenely beautiful. school players who have been out­ Robert Ketchum, Evanston, Ill., 13; What a privilege to live in such an standing since 1946 for Kazoo. William Zuhl, St. Joseph, Mich., atmosphere and in such an environ­ Howard Southworth became the first 21; Robert Binhammer, Watertown, ment. Surely Cardinal Newman was recipient of the Clark W . MacKen­ right in affirming that such is the Wise., 22; and John Stommen, Kal­ amazoo, 30. Only the first five men zie trophy for the most valuable very essence of a liberal education. lineman of the year, and was named count toward the team score. London alone held us fascinated All-MIAA center, a position he for two weeks; lovely Lakeland and yes even her Montmartre, as the held previously in 1947. Earl Kin.g, magnificent Edinburgh for a week necessary Bohemian contrast to such who has another season of compe­ each; Stratford, Glasgow, beautiful loveliness, combine to make her the tition, was selected an All-MIAA Moray Firth, and the two univer­ queen of cities. Would that she tackle. sities just mentioned, each for three were less noisy at night or in early James Nawrot was elected by his or four days. Then we flitted to morning when the night clubs dis­ teammates as the squad's most val­ Paris. gorge! But the country of France uable player, and the consistant That Paris is the city beatttiful is does not begin to compare, so far as halfback was placed in the second irrefutable. Her wide streets, so we saw it, with that of Warwick­ all-conference backfield. Milton smoothly paved, and wider boule­ shire or Kent in England. Christen was named honorary cap­ vards lined with trees, her Luxem­ Versailles is perhaps the ultimate tain for the season; and he made bourg and Tuileries Gardens, her in man's efforts to achieve the finest the second All-MIAA team at end river and its artistically designed in architectural and decorative beau­ after missing a first team berth by bridges, her Louvre and Pantheon, ty. Her parallel palaces united at one vote. Christen led the MIAA where rest her immortals, her Grand the farther end by the exquisite Hall pass receivers for the season with Opera and Sorbonne, her Arc de of Mirrors leave one silent with ad­ 15 reception in league games for Triomphe and E!ffel Tower, her miration. Her six hundred acres of l 02 yards and one touchdown. Notre Dame and Sainte-Chapelle, (Continued on page 1 8) (Continued on next page)

ALUMNUS Page 17 FOOTBALL SIMPSON one who had the misfortune to out· (Coutiuued from previous page) (Contimud from page 17) live her." What an insight into the The MIAA's first official football gardens are a realized dream of mind of the man who wrote "the statistics, compiled by your Alumnus loveliness even tho this summer the paths of glory lead but unto the grave." sports editor, placed four Hornets fountains aren't playing and the high in the league. End George marble pools are dry because of the Shakespeare we followed around Mason, La Grange, Ill., was second unusual drouth prevailing. Dwell­ Stratford-on-Avon as a bloodhound in pass receiving; quarterbacks Cain ing amid such architecture, paint­ following its prey. The house where and Phillip Dillman, Oak Park, Ill., ings, and furnishings, one can readi­ he was born still stands but it is ranked third and fourth, respective­ ly understand why the Revolution of about ready to collapse; the old ly, in passing; and quarterback Ern­ 1789 was inevitable. There is a school, too, is yet there, bare and un­ est Piechocki, South Bend, was fifth limit to what even peasants will inviting as ever. New Place, to in punting. Junior fullback Sirnan­ stand in the way of taxes and toil. which he retired, has been torn down ton, who did not play in the last We are permanently glad that we but the gardens still retain their three games, led the team in total took time out for Paris. floral loveliness. We bade him yardage for the season. Yes, we did visit literary shrines goodbye at Trinity Church, where, Twelve seniors completed their and sections. In london we surveyed before unknown to us, he sleeps in­ last season for Kalamazoo. the Old Curiosity Shop and thought side the altar rail. local tradition Football Major Awards of little Nell with undisturbed has it that he was a layreader here. Val Jablonski 'SO ...... South Bend, Ind. And, of course, it being the time of Garry Brown '52 ...... Schoolcraft, .Mich. stomachs. In Hampstead we saw the Stanley Chalmers 'SL ------Flint, Mich. homes of John Keats and the Keats the Shakespeare Festival, we attend­ James \Valdo '51...... Kalamazoo, Mich. Milton Christen '50 (Capt.) South Bend, 1nd. Museum. As we studied the exhib­ ed the new Memorial Theater, un­ George Mason 'SL ...... La Grange, 111. inviting without, but spacious and Roger Burns '53...... Kalamazoo, Mich. ited letters and manuscripts, we Harley Pierce 'SL...... Comstock, Mich. realized as never before the loss that beautiful within. Here we saw An­ Earl King 'SL ...... South Bend, Ind. thony Quayle- him even- Diana Horace Webb 'SO ...... Kalamazoo, Mich English literature sustained by his Robert Millard '53 ...... Kalamazoo, lllich. untimely death. Elizabeth Barrett's W ynyard, and Kathleen Michael in Conrad H.inz 'SL ...... South Bend, Ind. James Edwards ' SO ...... Western Springs, 1ll. horne was destroyed by bombs and Henry VIII- put on a superb per­ Alvin Bourgeois 'SO ...... Ferndale, }f!ich. formance, also Cyrnbeline- a hard Richard Sheets '53...... Kalamazoo, Mich. Thackeray' residence is now an office Edward Rzepka 'SL ...... South Bend, Ind. building. The residences of Milton play to stage- where Kathleen Charles Wright '50 ...... Chicago, 111. Michael made an adorable Imogen. ltalo Candoli 'SO ...... Mishawaka, Ind. and Dickens were a bit remote for Kenneth ~Iosier '53 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. our visiting. But we did go out to A backstage in constant motion re­ Noble Sievers 'SO...... Fort Wayne, Ind. Howard Southworth ' SO ...... South Bend, Ind. Cheyne Row, Chelsea, to see the moved all need of scene changing. Kenneth Youngs '50 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. The only pause was twenty minutes Phillip Dillman 'SL ..... Oak Park, 111. london horne of Thomas Carlyle. Vito 'Tutera '52...... Saginaw, Mich. What an exquisite portrait of him is for the inevitable tea between Acts \ Villiam Glennon '52 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. III and IV. James Stefoff '52...... Mishawaka, Ind. that painted by Whistler! The Almonte Nye, III '53 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. marks of care, the deep-set eyes, the At Ullswater we saw the dancing Douglas Beebe '51...... Kalamazoo, Mich. Richard Cain '52 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. wrinkled brow and cheeks show the daffodils with Wordsworth's eyes Leonard Kontur '53 ...... La Grange, 111. anguish experienced by this man of and at Grasrnere we recalled his Jack Davis '52...... Kalamazoo, Mich. James Nawrot '50 ...... South Bend, lnd. sorrows. Jane Welsh Carlyle's por­ honeymoon at Dove Cotta_ge and Robert Sim anton '51...... Auburn, Ind. Ernest Piechocki '52...... South Bend, Ind. trait we were glad to see especially his eight years there u n t i 1 his Alfred Evans '51...... Boonton , N. J. as it so spontaneously recalled "Jen­ finances permitted his moving to Football Minor Awards ny Kissed Me"-leigh Hunt's tri­ Rydal Mount. 'Tis a dingy, unpre­ Robert Stevens '53 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. Robert Wood '53 ------·- .Kalamazoo, Mich. bute to a remarkable woman. At tentious house brightened only by Edward Yaple '53 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. Richard Allen '53...... Kalamazoo, Mich. sawdust-strewn Cheshire Cheese Cof­ memories. The guest chamber walls Gary Wilson '52 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. fee House we had our best london are cove r e d with autograpli.ed Cross Country Major Awards Frederick Winkler '51 (Capt.) Plainwell, Mich. meal. Here we thought of the illu­ photos of friends who had slept there Robert Ketcham '52 ...... Evanston, Ill. minating monologues of grand old and enclose a miniature hall of Hector Grant '50 ...... Muskegou H eights, :Mich. Thomas Hastings '53 ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. Samuel Johnson to his privileged fame. In the nearby church is a William Zuhl '52...... St. Joseph, l\Iich. friends as they dined together. Their tablet erected by his friends and Donald Overbeek 'SO ...... Kalamazoo, Mich. Cross Country Minor Awards names are inscribed on the walls of neighbors, and in the adjacent cem­ Robert Binhammer '51...... Watertown, Wise. this haunt of other days. After pro­ etery are the modestly marked John Stammen 'S3...... Kalamazoo, l\lich. longed searching we located John­ graves of him, his wife, and Dor­ Winifred M. Johnson '27 is case son's attractive house in Gough othy. DeQuincy occupied this cot­ consultant to a private agency, Square, with its numerous photo­ tage after Wordsworth left it. Crime Prevention Association, with graphs of clergymen, h'..s invalid At Keswick we saw the horne of offices in the Board of Education wife, and neurotic Miss W illiarns. Southey, where Coleridge paid pro­ building, Philadelphia. What a generous soul was his! tracted visits since he was this We paused at Gray's Country laureate's brother-in-law. Here also Jennie l. Smith '19 is a teacher Churchyard to see elm and yew, also we saw the house where Shelley of Junior High mathematics and the inscription on the monument he lived when he was dropped from English in Oscoda, Michigan. erected to his rnother-"Erected by (Coutiuued on page 20)

Page 18 ALUMNUS Speech Program Pizzat Named (Continued from page 16) Marriages Art Assistant presented to support both sides; Dardanelle Mullen and WaIter Byron Hadley ex-'44 were married· Joseph Pizzat, Erie, Pa., a 1949 few issues are black and white. He last November 1~, in Grace chapel of graduate of Kalamazoo College, has is made to feel the importance of clarity, arrangement, order, propor­ Tri1iity lVIethodist church, Springfield, been named graduate assistant in Mass. art, it is announced by Dr. Everton. tion, documentation. He is being warned against a proud, overbear­ The marriage of ] oan Reade '49 and An outstanding art major, he will ] ames ]. Kelly,Kalamazoo, was solem­ serve as an assistant to Mr. Michael ing, discourteous, disdainful ,spirit nized November 23 at the First Pres­ Waskowsky, head of the art depart­ toward opponents or arguments. He byterian Church. ment. Mr. Pizzat was a member is being corrected and directed in Constance W a I k e r and Richard of the varsity tennis and varsity such articulatory matters as diction, Boekeloo '47 were married November basketball teams. He is a veteran pronunciation, individual manner­ 2-l in the All Saints' Episcopal church of service with the Army Air isms, pitch, tone, timing, empathic in Pontiac, Michigan. Forces. response, oral sentence structures. The e n gag e m e n t has been an­ These co-curricular activities are nounced of ] oan Klein, '50, to Paul designed to aid each student to R. Gleason, Jr., ex-'50. National Confab make a good start in gaining the (Continued on page 20) know ledge and skills necessary in Dr. Cornell Shows on Campus satisfactory o r a 1 communication, The first Northern Baptist Stu­ without which many of the rest of Much Improvement dent Conference is to be held on the possible benefits of education The many friends of Dr. Robert the campus of Kalamazoo College are likely never to be enjoyed. Cornell will be glad to know that on December 27 to January 1, it A mastery of the various arts of he has been able to be up and about is announced by William Ives, stu­ using one's language is still a um­ the house after having been con­ dent chairman for campus arrange­ versal educational objective. fined to his bed because of a heart ments. Increasing importance in recent condition. On a recent visit with "Facing the Christian Impera­ years has been given to speech him and Mrs. Cornell, the charac­ tives" will be the keynote of this training in colleges and in indus­ teristic Cornell smile and dry hu­ first national convention of dele­ trial and business organizations as mor were much in evidence. gated students from colleges of the a vital necessity for: 1) practical nation. Approximately 250 students communication of ideas whether in Dr. Spencer Writes are expected to attend. Each will verbal reporting, technical exposi­ represent his or her local student tion, salesmanship, public relations of Naval Air Bases fellowship or youth group. Dele­ or human relations; and 2) as an A scholarly report on the history gates will meet with outstanding aid to the personal growth of in­ of U.S. Naval Air Bases from 1914 leaders who will include: Edwin dividuals-not only in their chosen to 1939 by Dr. Ivor Spencer, head McNeil Poteat, writer, lecturer, professional careers, but in the of the history· department of Kala­ composer, and pastor of the Pullen greater unsolved problems of hu­ mazoo College, is contained in the Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, man relations. Industrial and busi­ November, 1949, issue of the N. C., Jesse R. Wilson, Foreign ness organizations are forthrightly UNITED STATES NAVAL IN­ Secretary, American Baptist Foreign declaring that college trained young STITUTE PROCEEDINGS. Pre­ Mission Society; John Deschner, men and women have nor been senting the history as a case study Executive Secretary, United Student trained sufficiently well in the com­ in national defense problems, :qr. Christian Council; G. Pitt Beers, munication skills. The G e n e r a 1 Spencer carefully presents exact in­ Executive Secretary, American Bap­ Motors organization estimates that formation as to dates, persons, lo­ tist Home Mission Society, Milton 1200 of its employess receive in­ cations, and financial policies or Froyd, Director of Research, Col­ service training in speech each year. appropriations. gate-Rochester Divinity School, and The Ford Motor Company main­ Dr. Spencer served as a gunnery others. College facilities will be tains in-service training in com­ officer in the last war, and later was used to house the delegates. munications, discussion, conference, stationed in the office of Naval and leadership training. Aviation History at Washington. REPRESENTS K COLLEGE We are building citizens of a His article points out that "The nation which will have more in­ long and little known period from Dr. Mildred Doster Virtue '30, fluence than any other upon tomor­ the start of World War I to the Denver, Colorado, was the official row's world. In this age the tele­ outbreak of World War II offers an delegate of Kalamazoo College at phone, cinema, radio, television, illustration of that typical American the inauguration of Dr. A 1 b e r t United Nations, International Con­ unpreparedness in peacetime which Charles Jacobs as Eleventh Chan­ ferences have made the role of for­ has so commonly been preceded cellor of the University of Denver, ensic training overwhelmingly and f o 11 ow e cl by extraordinary November 19. transcendent. bursts of energy in wartime."

ALUMNUS Page 19 SIMPSON Alumni Meeting Marriages (Continued from page 19) (Continued from page 15) (Continued from page 19) Oxford. A few miles out is the Others from South Bend w h o Ellen ] ickling ex'SO and Arthur estate of the late Hugh Walpole were present at the meeting were Hill, ] r. ex'49 were married October on the shore of Derwentwater. Ernest Bergan, '47; Mr., '42, and Mrs. IS at the Cherry Hill United Presby­ Over at Coniston we followed Rus­ Frank Geerlings; Laurence, '2S and terian church in Dearborn, Michigan. kin even to his tomb in the village Marian Moag Hollander, '2S; Richard The marriage of Irene Currie '49 churchyard-a tomb with only his G., '18 and Marian Monteith Hud­ and Donald Kent '49 was solemnized son, '18; Edward, '41, and Muriel name on it. We are prone to agree October 29 in South Bend, Incl. Keltner King, ex-'43; Robert, '48 with him that Lake Coniston is the Dorothy Coash ex'S! and ] ohn and Loraine Keifer Reed, '49; Mr., Northrop, ] r. we,re married in the most beautiful lake of the entire ex-'28, and Mrs. Kenneth Campbell; St. Augustine church, Kalamazoo, Oc­ region. Mr. ex-'30, and Mrs. Lyle Giddings; tober 15. But our trip would not be com­ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayden (Joan plete, our objective not realized, if Gall, '4S); Mrs. Amy Hosford; and The engagement has been announced we did not do homage to the mem­ Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Reed. of Delores DeVries, ex-'50, and Wes­ ory of Robert Burns, Scotland's Parents of students at the meeting ley Schultz, ·so. most distinctive poet. Dumfries included: Dr. and Mrs. S. Borough, Announcement has been made of Machlin, and Ayr compete in doing Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Casey, :Mr. and the engagement of Virginia Den Aclel him honor. To our mind Ayr ex­ Mrs. Fred Glaser, Mr. and Mrs. G. '50 and Allen P. Hascall '51. cels although the mausoleum at Hulbert; Mr and Mrs. vVilliam Smith, Announcement has been made of Dumfries is in superb taste. Mach­ Mrs. Hobart Smith, and Dr. and Mrs. the engagement of Bette Wall 'SO H. Wurster. Also at the meeting lin's monument is too much like a and Robert Simanton '51. were the Reverend and Mrs. George military tower. The lovely marble Dick of the First Baptist Church in memorial at Ayr in its bed of flow­ South Bend and the Reverend Duncan ers and on the bank of Bonnie MacNab of the Immanuel Baptist Births Doon is hauntingly beautiful. The Church, Mishawaka. Mr. and Mrs. David T. Stuck (Lois miniature one to Tam O'Shanter Other alumni items Greene '47) announce the birth of a and Johnny Souter is an excellent The Jackson, Michigan, alumni daughter last November 4 at Three foil. What tribute this Ayr me­ meeting will be held on December RiYers, Michigan. morial pays the bard who in life 14 at the First Baptist Church in Mr. and Mrs. N. Baird 1IcLain '43 was overworked, u n d e r f e d, and Jackson. This will be a dinner meet­ announce the birth of a daughter socially ostracized! Ever is it so ing, beginning at 6:45 p.m. Serv;ng last November 23 at Borgess Hospital. that we crucify our geniuses then as chairman of this meeting is the Mr. (M.A., '47) and Mrs. Elton W. later canonize them. In all Scottish, Reverend Amos Bogart, '30, 127 Ham (Caroline Richardson, '48) an­ yes in all the cities of the Empire, Seymour Ave., Jackson. nounce the birth of a son on Novem­ monuments to the immortal Burns A preliminary meeting of the ber 28, at Lying-In Hospital, Chicago. are prominent. Washington area alumni was held Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Yehle '4 1 Edinburgh shows great apprecia­ on October 19; plans for this meet­ (Mildred Hoff '43) announce the tion for Sir Walter Scott, her own ing were made by Miss Katherine birth of twins, a boy and girl, October 5, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. son. His monument is most impres­ Swift, '31. Officers elected were: sive in the lovely Princes Street Dr. Walter A. Good, '3 7, president; Mr. and 1Irs. Miles H. Kent (Esther Gardens, as is that of Allan Ram­ Dr. Henry C. Parker, '15, vice­ Vander Brook '34) announce the birth of their second daughter, Martha say, poet of the Scottish literary president; and Esther Tyler Grab­ June, June 10, in Kalamazoo, Mich. dawn. Burns is there also but not ber, '3 7, secretary-treasurer. in so prominent a posltlon. One President Everton plans to be on Mr. and Mrs. William Danielson.'48 (l\1ary Williams ex '50) announce the knows why. First Edinburgh lion­ the West coast the latter part of ized then ostracized him becau.se birth of a daughter, ] ean Robert, Oc­ January and the first part of Febru­ tober 29, at the University Hospital. h::: saw through her mask. ary, at which time he hopes to Splendid as were our experiences Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bergan '47 meet with alumni groups in that announce the birth of a son, Thomas abroad, the supreme thrill came as area. Alan, November 13, in South Bend, after nightfall we entered New Alumni in various parts of the Indiana. York harbor welcomed by the country are being contacted for the :Mr., ex-'44, and Mrs. Bruce 1Iilroy beams of light from the Statue of purpose of setting up meetings. Sug­ are parents of a daughter, born on Liberty and from New York's in­ gestions from alumni as to pre­ November 20. imitable skyline. As we drifted into ferred dates and other information Mr. and Mrs. John Adams (Laurene our dock we found ourselves chant­ will be appreciated. Communica­ vVheeler '45) announce the birth of mg- tions rna y be addressed to Miss Mar­ a daughter on November 22. Oh, it's home again, home again, ilyn Hinkle, Assistant in Public Re­ Mr. and l\Irs. Gordon \V. Hanna never more to roam again! ... lations. She will be most happy to (Ardith Rowland '44) are parents of Where the air is full of sunlight serve you fully in planning meet­ a son, Martin Rowland, born Sept­ and the flag is full of stars! ings in your particular area. ember 18, 19-l9.