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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Utah State Magazine Publications 11-1946 The Utah State Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 24 No. 1, November 1946 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah State Alumni Quarterly, Vol. 24 No. 1, November 1946" (1946). Utah State Magazine. 67. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/utahstatemagazine/67 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Publications at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Utah State Magazine by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. V.2i Vol XXIV November 1946 Number 1 Alumni Quarterly u T · A . H s T A T Ibft~®il®~@ rr~@®ID)@§ when General Electric men and women retire Every General Electric employee with General Electric as early as 1912. a year or more of service will be eligible The new program-one of the most ad to receive a life income upon retirement, vanced in the industry-is part of General offered under the provisions of the com Electric's long standing objective to help pany's greatly broadened and expanded employees provide security for themselves Pension Plan. and their families, both through the years This plan provides a pension for the of productive work, and upon retirement. years already worked , at no cost to em It is another General Electric "job ployees. 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GENERAL fl ELECTRIC UTAH STATE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Traditiona I Turkey-Day Published Quarterly by the Utah State Agricultural College Aluruni Asso Rally and Dance To ciation. Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Logan, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1897. Be Held November ~ ;).1 Vol. XIV November, 1946 Number 1. Traditional Salt Lake City alumni Mrs. Bernice Gray, Editor- rally and dance on the eve of the Turkey Day clash between the CONTENTS Utah Aggies and the University of Utah is s cheduled for the New Traditional Rally and Dance in Salt Lake City To Be Nov. 23 Page 3 house hotel on November 23. Jack Croft Resigns Alumni Secretary Post ................................ Page 3 This is a pre-game affair and alumni are guaranteed a chance to My Trip to the Paris Peace Conference .................................... Page 4 renew Aggie pep and enthusiasm By David A . Skeen, Alumni President before the big game. All alumni where ever they are located are Know Your Aggies ........................................................................ Page 6 invited. Radio Placements .. ................................................................ ........ Page 6 According to J ames F. Gunn, president of the Salt Lake City College Official Stricken .............................................................. Page 7 alumni chapter and general chair Former Professor Rediscovered ......................... ......................... Page 7 man, the affair is scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. in the lobby of Dairy Graduates Receive Appointments .. .................................. Page 7 the hotel. The rally will be spon Utah State Housing Has Variety .................. .............................. Page 9 sored by the undergraduate stu dents from Utah State. Dancing LOS Church Missionaries ...................... .................................... Page 9 will begin immediately after the Athletic Outlook for the Year ............................................ Pages I 0-11 rally in the Crystal room on the main floor of the hotel. Students News of the Armed Forces .......................................................... Page 10 will be admitted to the dance up Homecoming News ...................................................................... Page 13 on presentation of their student body cards. Alumni will be ad Visited on the Campus ......................................... ...... ................. Page 13 mitted at $1.00 per couple. New officers for the Salt Lake Aggies Here and There .............................. .................................. Page 14 City chapter were elected recently Mineral Collection Given Geology Department ........................ Page 15 and make up the committee for the party. They are James F. Gunn, Aggies Appointed to Coaching Positions .................................... Page 15 '36, president; J. Richard Ross, '37, Enrollment Hits All Time High ............................. ...... ........ ......... Page 16 vice president; Maude Cooley Gun nell, '33, secretary-treasurer; and College-Hospital Course Offered .............................................. Page 16 Frank Fonnesbeck, '33, Ross Leon Alumni Obituaries ................................. ....................................... Page 16 ard, '34, Lea Peterson Anderson, '33, Edith Funk Shepherd, '32, and Life Memberships .......................................................................... Page 17 William B. Preston, '35, directors. Denver Chapter Has Party .......................................................... Page 17 With the Class of '68 .................................................................... Page 17 Jack Croft Resigns Aggie Marriages ............................................................................ Page 19 Alumni Secretary Post GRADUATES AND EX-AGGIES Jack Croft '24, Executive Secretary Life memberships at $25.00 or annual membership of $2.00 may now be of the Alumni Association, resigned procured by any interested person who has ever attended the USAC. Joint recently and accepted his former annual dues for husband and wife are also available at $2.50 per year and position at the Ogden Quartermaster joint life memberships at $35.00. Husbands or wives of graduates or ex Supply depot where he is superintend- Aggies may also affiliate on an annual or life basis. ent of the storage division. · It is now possible for all former students who have attended the Utah Mrs. Bernice Gray of Boise, Idaho, State Agricultural College for one quarter or more to become full fledged mem was appointed by the Alumni Council bers of the Alumni Association upon payment of the dues as outlined above. as Acting Alumni Secretary. Mrs. Gray worked closely with Mr. Croft Join the Alumni Association Now! during his term of office and gained a good insight into the Alumni work. ~arne ----------------- ---- - - - - ---- --------- - - -------- --------- -------- -------- In his letter of resignatiollj to D. A. Skeen, association president, Mr. Address ----------------- - ---------------- ------------- ------- -------------- Croft wrote, "May I express to you Amount Enclosed $---------------- and the other members of the Alumni Class 1lear --- --- ---------- Council my sincere appreciation of your cooperation and support of my ALUMNI OFFICERS, 1944-45 effort. I assure you it is most difficult D. A. Skeen, '09---- ------ --Presldent ALUMNI COUNCIL to break the last remaining tie that binds me to an institution that I have J. Morris Christensen '21 A. Russell Croft, '20 ___ Past President so long loved and served." Seth T. Show '31 Cantril Neilsen '28 THE OOVER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Howard Calder '37 Frank Stevens '37 The seldom-photographed bell in the Ruby Stringham Garrett '28 Lloyd N . Johnson '35 tower of Old Main is a symbol of hap W. Adrian Wright '32 PY days at Utah State. Alumni will W. W . Gardner '21 Mary Leone Haight '44 remember many tunes this historic Allan M . W est '32 Ray D. Ga rner '24 old bell chimed over the beautiful R alph S. Blackham '30 campus . Photog ra ph by P r of. H . Reu Leonard W . McDonald '39 C. J . Sorenson '14 ben Reynolds. • Page 3 My Trip to the Paris Peace Conference By David A. Skeen, '09 President USAC Alumni Association I was selected with President Clif rights of men and women and of na pa rticipants with whom I had worked ford D. Pierce of Memphis Tennessee, tions large and small, and at San Francisco. The work bad been representing more than 295,000 mem arduous and the progress toward bers of the International Association to establish conditions under which peace was s low. Many of the people of Lions Clubs in eighteen nations, to justice and respect for the obliga tions at home were indifferent and unin attend the Paris Peace Conference arising from treaties and other sour formed as to the real vita l program and to carry a message of good will ces of international law can be m ain and the part we had to play. We in and assurance of confidence in our tained, and the United States were offered the delegation to this important world leadership in this great movement. conference, the first peace conference to promote social progress and better We had become critical toward our of its