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This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University of the Pacific ubP lications at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pacific Review by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Pacific Alumni VOL. Ill COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY, 1929 NO. 4 PROGRESS SHOWN IN DRIVE College Reaches Flying School Sen. Louis L. Dennett To Lead New Total Mark; Gets New Plane Alumni's Division In Campaign Twelve Graduate Five Months To Go To Qualify Eight hundred fifty-eight students of And Instructor 1929 NARANJADO all grades were registered in the Col­ For Rockefeller Gift; lege of the Pacific during the fall Equipped with a new Eaglerock Orders are being taken at the Outlook Hopeful semester, according to the report of plane, the gift of Mr. Thomas F. Bax­ present time for copies of the the Registrar's office. This includes ter, the president of the Board of Trus­ 1929 Naranjado, the year book of With but five months to go in the both college and conservatory, auditors, tees of the College, and with the full the College of the Pacific. The campaign to raise $450,000 to pay off special and regular students. time service of an expert flyer and books contains a record of the the college debt, a noticeable spirit of Over one hundred new students are flying instructor at its disposal, the activities of the year, profusely optimism and hope is creeping into the illustrated with drawings, photo­ expected to register for the spring sem­ School of Aeronautics of the College otherwise determined faces of those ester. The total for the year, which of the Pacific, the first in the country graphs and snapshots of students and student life. The books will who are directing the drive. Although includes the registration for summer authorized to confer the degree of no definite figures can be announced session, will be well over a thousand, Aeronautical Engineer, now stands sell for four dollars apiece. Be­ cause of the cost, no more books at this time, which to many is evidence which more than doubles the registra­ ready to offer almost any line of work of stagnation, there is a very definite tion of the last year in San Jose. in the field of aviation. will be printed than are ordered. This office will take orders for feeling among the leaders that if the Twelve students are completing their Flying instruction is to be given by the books. Since a two dollar de­ work that has been going on this last undergraduate work, but will have to Lieut. Chester P. Winston, husband posit is required, please send it in fall be carried on with the same vigor, wait until June to receive their de­ of Lois Warner, ex-'24, and cousin with your order. the drive will be successful. The past grees. They are: J. Titus Aungst, of Walter Winston, ex-'24. The theory few months have been spent in culti­ Robert Buchanan, Neyuen Huang, courses, which will be given by Prof. vating the field and interviewing pros­ Elizabeth Jones, Jane Leist, Edwin Hilton Lusk, will include Aircraft De­ pective givers of large gifts. Accord­ McArthur, Margaret Minasian, Gene­ sign, Radio for Aeronautics, Elements ing to Dr. Burcham, director of the vieve Opsal, Ila Owen, Alice Pylman, of Aeronautics, Meteorology and Avia­ Health Service To campaign, he has never found the field Everett Stark and Dillon W. Throck­ tion, and Theory of Flight. so interested in the college and its morton. The flying field has been improved needs and ready to assist as it is now. and a hanger and maintenance shops Campus Shown In The organization plans for two of the are being constructed. Flying will be divisions have been completed. Under r Pacific Alumni Gather At confined to daytime until funds fo d- Infirmary Report tins plan, Senator Louis L. Dennett, Theta Alpha Phi Conclave luminating the field are procured. '86, is chairman of the Alumni division, and Dr. Adam C. Bane, '81, is chair­ According to the annual report of the man of the church division. While in attendance at the national West Memorial Infirmary for the year Alumni Organization convention of Theta Alpha Phi, Na­ "Golden Legend" To Be 1927-28, a great increase both in the tional Honorary Dramatic Fraternity, Senator Dennett is at this time call­ number of patients and cases was ex­ a reunion luncheon was held at the ing around him a group of outstanding Presented By Chorus perienced over the preceding year. Al­ Hotel Stevens in Chicago, with seven alumni to act as a central committee though the hospital cases were about for the alumni division. It is hoped Pacific alumni in attendance. Those "The Golden Legend" by Arthur present were: Mr. Sidney Ruler, '24, equal for the two years, the number of that a number of local meetings can be Sullivan of the light opera fame, is to dispensary cases increased by more Mr. and Mrs. Elroy M. Fulmer, '26, held, and thereby reach every alumnus be the vehicle of expression for the than fifty per cent. and interest him in the needs of the Miss Ocea McMurry, '26, Miss Agnes college chorus this semester, according college. White, '27, Mr. Arthur Farey, '29, re­ to an announcement made by Dean The report shows that 117 persons The church group is to have the as­ presenting the active Pacific chapter, Charles M. Dennis of the Conserva­ were cared for as bed patients, 16 of and Miss Willian Hinsdale, head of the whom had operations performed upon sistance and cooperation of Bishop tory of Music. Burns and all the clerical and lay lead­ department of speech at the college. The chorus is composed chiefly of them. 649 students presented 1516 ers. They also will hold a number of Ruler is in the east on business, Ful­ undergraduates of the college and con­ cases of less serious natures, and were mer is connected with the dramatic servatory. The solo parts this year are given 2595 treatments. Besides this, a (Continued on page three) department at the University of Iowa, to be taken by singers who have had great number of persons were given at Iowa City, Miss McMurry is teach­ work at the conservatory or are now physical examinations or special exam­ inations for blood count, throat cul­ ing dramatics in a high school in Illi­ connected with it. Flossita Badger, '18, LAST MINUTE NEWS nois, while Miss White is doing grad­ now teaching music at Lowell High tures, etc. uate work at Northwestern University. School in San Francisco, will take the Since the issuing of this report, the soprano part; Loma Kellog, '29, the campus has been exposed to a possible "LOST" ALUMNA "FINDS" contralto; J. Henry Welton, teacher in flu epidemic, which was successfully SELF IN MINNEAPOLIS LAST MINUTE NEWS the conservatory, the tenor; and Peter averted by the rigid campaign of the W. Knoles, '25, baritone. The whole Infirmary staff. Additional beds were As this issue of the "Pacific production is under the supervision of Alumni" was going to press, the PACIFIC-NEVADA SPLIT; provided and all students were warned Dean Dennis. to report even the slightest of cold article on page three regarding FROSH WIN TWO GAMES infections to the Infirmary, where they the lost graduates included the were treated or put to bed as the case name of Mrs. J. E. Painter (Fan­ The Pacific Varsity basketball '27-'25 Mr. and Mrs. Glen H. Paull demanded. nie Barbour, '87). team started its conference sea­ (Jane Shambaugh) will leave shortly Before the paper was printed, The Infirmary was the gift of Mrs. son by splitting a two game ser­ for Spain where Mr. Paull is to rep­ a letter post-marked Minneapolis, Charles M. Jackson, and is named in ies with the University of Neva­ resent the Caterpillar and Western Minnesota, was received. Upon honor of her parents, George and Ellen da. Reversing its pre-season Harvester Companies at an internation­ opening it, it was found to be K. West, and her brother, Frank Allen form, the squad lost the first al exposition. They have been making from Mrs. Painter, who stated West. The staff includes two resident game but won the second. Friday their home in San Leandro, and will that she understood that from nurses, Miss Mathilda Battilana and night, a disorganized quintet was return there early in the summer after the Association's standpoint, she Miss Ella Vanderbilt, and two physi­ was considered lost. She went swept before the Wolf Pack at­ this trip. tack to a 25 to 16 defeat. The jjt sj: cians who are on the campus part time on to say that she and her hus­ each day, Dr. Minerva Goodman and following night a reorganized '26 Mr. Elroy Fulmer is on the staff band have been living in Minnea­ Dr. George H. Sanderson. In addition, polis for the last thirty years team took the floor, and in one of the dramatic department at the Uni­ there is at all times a competent eye, where he is supervisor of manual of the greatest thrillers ever seen versity of Iowa. He recently directed in Stockton, won 18 to 17. ear and nose specialist under contract training for the city schools. She "Ten Nights in a Barroom" which with the college, whose services are stated that she greatly enjoyed Playing preliminary games, the played to full houses for four nights. Pacific Frosh added two more * * * at the command of the students. seeing the Alumni Directory and recalling pleasant memories of games to their string of victories. '12 Leslie Constant Kelley, Rector of Each semester, each regular student Friday night they met and 'de­ her classmates and Alma Mater. St. Paul's Episcopal Church in San pays a five dollar infirmary fee which Consequently her name was feated Ripon High, and on Sat­ Francisco, was elected chaplain of the covers the cost of any and all medical urday night won from Gait Jun­ removed from the article on page California State Boxing Commission at work during that semester, excepting three. ior College, 37 to 22. a recent meeting of that body in San operations, which are performed, how­ Diego. ever, for special fees. February, 1929 THE PACIFIC ALUMNI

THE PACIFIC ALUMNI Engagements Personals Published six times during the college year, in the months of September, October, November, February, May, and July, by the College of the Pacific Miss Elizabeth Walker, '28, and Mr. Ex-'03 Mr. Sydney A. Tibbetts is liv­ Alumni Association. Subscription price one dollar a year. George Ernde, U. C. '29. ing in Berkeley and is the head of the * * * Industrial Chemistry department at No. 4 Vol. 3 February, 1929 Miss Margaret O. Stout, '24, and Mr. Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Carl Arthur Reynolds of Pasadena. Francisco, where he has been for near­ Harold S. Jacoby, '28, Editor * * * ly twenty-four years. He is also well Miss Alice Fellars, '27, Epsilon Lam­ known as a consulting chemist and bda Sigma, and Mr. Ted Baun, 27, geologist along engineering lines. Entered as second-class matter September 20, 1928, at the post office at Rho Lambda Phi. * * * Stockton, California, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Ex-'15 Miss Joyce Gardiner is the Girl Reserve Secretary at the Oakland WHY AN ASSOCIATION Y. W. C. A. Marriages * * * HAT should be the function of an Alumni Association? What Ex-'17 Mrs. James R. Crombie (Jes­ MiSs Charlotte W. Smith of Mo­ sie Wood) has returned to Oakland af­ has an Alumni Association to offer to an alumnus as an in­ ter four years of fruit farming near centive for him to join? How can an Alumni Association desto, and Mr. Raymond Pike, ex-'25, W Alpha Kappa Phi, on Dec. 30, 1928. Ceres. Mrs. Crombie has charge of the best serve its constituency? retail salesyard connected with her hus­ These were the questions that were foremost m the discussions band's landscape gardening business r— on the Foothill Boulevard near 88th "i held recently by the Alumni Association workers from the colleges Ave. and universities of California. They indicate not so much an un­ Births * * * certainty on the part of the workers as to their job, but a real desire '14 Miss Mae Klahn is a trained nurse to be of service and a willingness to re-form their plans and program To Mr. ond Mrs. George Petrie, ex at the Southern Pacific Hospital in San if need be. . '30 (Rita Ziler, '25) a son, George Francisco, Calif. Easton, Jr., on Dec. 18, 1928. * * * In the light of these questions, we shall try to indicate some possi­ ^ ^ ^ ble answers. In the first place, the Alumni Association should be a '07 Dr. Owen C. Coy, who is Profes­ To Mr. and Mrs. Alba Beecroft, ex sor of California History at the Uni­ means whereby an individual may keep in touch with classmates and '26, a daughter, Barbara Jeanne, on versity of Southern California has just friends of school days. News of them through the alumni paper and Jan. 4, 1929. finished editing a Pictorial History of the opportunity of meeting them at reunions are two agencies spon­ California, which is being published by sored by the association office. the University of California Extension In the second place, the association should be an inspiration to Division. Deaths * * * the individual to go on from where his college days left off, and L '81 Dr. Adam C. Bane has been se­ should also provide some means whereby this is possible According lected as Chairman of the Church Div­ Mrs Myrtle Stanage Brown, '10, Ep­ to educational authorities, the next move in that field will be m the ision in the debt raising campaign. silon Lambda Sigma, passed away at * * * . line of adult education, and it is here that the Alumni Association her home in Evanston, 111., on Dec. has its biggest opportunity and duty. _ . 30, 1928. '94 Miss Gertrude Lamdin is living On the other hand, all obligation are not resting on the institution * * * in Napa and teaching piano. or on the Alumni Association. Every alumnus has a very definite Miss Katherine Von Glahn, Epsilon * * * obligation to his Alma Mater, and the Alumni Association is a con­ Lambda Sigma, died at the home of '20 Miss E. Viola Zahn is a District her parents in Escalon on Jan. 2, 1929. venient vehicle for the discharging of that obligation. The institu­ Health Nurse in Fresno County, with headquarters at Coalinga. tion needs and demands loyal support of every alumnus. Individual­ The deaths of Mrs. H. P. Thrall of ly, this would not amount to much, but collectively, as an Alumni Berkeley and Mr. T. A. Towner of Ex-'27 Mrs. H. L. Mills (Dorothy Association, it can mean a great deal. This, therefore, is one of the San Jose have been reported to this Dunham) is living at Colusa, where office with no other details. main reasons for an Alumni Association. * * she is "well on the road to health after more than two years of serious illness.' Mr. Harold E. Buckner, ex-'20, a * * * member of Rho Lambda Phi, died as HELP MAKE MORE GIFTS POSSIBLE a result of a crash when he became lost Ex-'26 Miss Charmion Cotton, Alpha in a blizzard while carrying air mail, Theta Tau, finished her work for her NE of the finest gifts that the College of the Pacific has ever and his plane hit some trees in the secondary credential last June at Stan­ ford University and is now teaching received was the West Memorial Infirmary, given by Mrs Blue Mountains near Cove, Oregon. Buckner was brought unconscious to in the John C. Fremont High School O Charles M. Jackson of Stockton, in memory of her parents and a trappers cabin in the mountains, but in Los Angeles. brother. A short summary of the last annual report appears on an­ died before medical aid could reach * * * other page and testifies to the good work that is being done. him. He leaves a wife and two chil­ '06 Miss Clara Margaret Lewis is as­ There are many individuals and agencies ready to invest money dren, who are at present at Boise, Ida­ sociated with Weinstock-Lubin Co. of ho. Sacramento as a buyer in the art de­ in endowment and buildings if the present debt can be lilted, and * * * partment. they can be shown that Pacific is really here to stay. We cannot Mrs. Eli McClish, wife of Dr. Eli * * * all build infirmaries or contribute heavily to the endowment fund, McClish, President of the University '81 Dr. Frank W. Blackmar is a but we can assist in clearing the school of debt, and thereby enable of the Pacific from 1896 to 1906, died member of the faculty of the Universi­ the school to be in a position to merit more gifts such as the West in Los Angeles in December. ty of Kansas, where he is Professor of Memorial Infirmary. Sociology. '90, '90 While in Los Angeles, Pres. * * * Tillman had lunch with a classmate of '22 Miss Ardis M. Carter is instructor COLLEGE RECORDS his at Napa College, Dr. Rockwell D. of music at the Santa Barbara High Hunt, Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Southern California, School. * . * * S the college grows older, there is felt more and more the ne and with C. W. Beers, formerly a member of the faculty of Napa College. '27 Miss Elizabeth Matthews, who cessity of complete and accurate records regarding the school * * * and those who have composed its student body during the has been teaching at Cupertino for the A '77 Mrs. John C. Werry (Libbie But­ last two years writes in that in June years. In a young institution, this is not felt so keenly, and conse­ ler) is spending several months in New she is forsaking the teaching profession quently there are few records of Pacific's early years. When such Zealand visiting with relatives. She ex­ and returning to her home. work was started, catastrophes, such as the fire in West Hall in 1915, pects to return to the United States in occured and destroyed what had been done. the spring. Ex-'IS Mrs. I. O. Ritchie (Felice One of the tasks of the Alumni Association is to complete the Pyers) and her husband are farming Ex-'17 James M. Malloch, who is at near Hanford. Mrs. Ritchie is also partial records that are now available in the college library. On present living in Berkeley, is Director teaching school. page three of this issue there is a list of the copies of the various of Publicity for the Piedmont Schools, * * * college publications that are on hand. If you can add to and help and at the same time is conducting a Ex'23 Neil H. Schellbach, for several private advertising practice. complete these files, you will be aiding materially in our task. * * * years associated with a San Jose bank, We also have the responsibility of trying to locate all graduates has joined Don Fuller, ex-'24, in the and former students of the college. Page three also carries a list '07 Mrs. Loren McGee (Winifred Mc- General Insurance Agency in San Jose, Lain) has come into prominence in the where he will specialize in life insur­ of graduates who have dropped out of sight, and with whom the As­ musical world through praise given ance. sociation has lost contact. If you can supply any information that her compositions by such singers as * * * will help us locate these people, it will be appreciated. There are also Claire Dux, Louis Graveure, Alice Gentle and Mario Chamlee. She is also '24 Miss Jessie McLeish has secured hundreds of former students of whom this office has no record. If well known as a singer, and is to ap­ a position in the Santa Clara High you know of any, please send us their name and address, or ask them pear in several recitals throughout Cali­ School and will assume her duties in to get in touch with us. fornia during the year. February. February, 1929 THE PACIFIC ALUMNI 3

LOST 5 PERSONALITIES LOST GRADUATES Robert L. Breeden MAGAZINES

As head of the men's physical edu­ ditions of new gym classes and ac­ tivities. Increased interest in that de­ Throughout the years a large number cation department, Robert L. Breeden One of the most valuable assets any has a task that is the equal of almost partment for major work made is ne­ institution can have is an accurate rec­ of graduates have dropped out of con­ any other professorship in the school. cessary that the curriculum be enlarged ord of its past history. Pacific was tact with the school, and the Alumni and more theory courses be taught for Association is lacking in information But when you add to the duties of that robbed of most of her records when office the work of the graduate man­ these would-be coaches and physical concerning them. Some of them may West Hall burned in 1915, and the lib­ ager of athletics, the directorship of directors. rary destroyed. Through the past few- have passed on, but most of them are At the same time, Pacific was reach­ in our midst. If you can supply any intramural activities, and the task of years, attempts have been made to lo­ acting as head trainer for all varsity ing out into more advanced fields of cate duplicates of the destroyed mater­ information about any of the folks athletic competition. This meant more listed below, either their present ad­ athletic teams, you get some idea of ial, and a great deal has been accom­ the amount of work that is heaped on work for those who attended to sched­ plished. However, there are many gaps dress or where they might be reached, Bob's shoulders and the amount of uling and arranging contests, and for please do so at your earliest conven­ in the records which the library now work completed, for with Bob, every the one who managed and kept the holds, especially in the publications of ience. We would like at least our list job undertaken is a job completed. teams in condition. Since Bob was of graduates to be complete. the college throughout the years. Bob or "Moneybags" as the team both of these, it meant more work for The report below shows the copies of '65 Mrs. Peter Amiraux (Mary M. members affectionately call him due to Bob. the various publications which are now Geller) the fact that he controls the purse Innovations available in the library. Because no Mrs. A. M. Dyer (Anna P. Meek) strings on all athletic trips, came to Since taking over all this work, Bob one knows just when these publications '76 Thomas N. Smith Pacific back in 1916. The war draft has introduced two great innovations began or when they ceased to exist, it caught him and he was sent up to in the athletic work of the school. The is impossible to list those which are '77 Mrs. Frank Copper (Lottie L. Camp Lewis. The war didn't last long first was the intramural program lacking. Therefore, if you have any Bentley enough and Bob came back with no whereby there is intercompetition be­ copies of these publications which are Mrs. J. B. Hannah (Laura P. Bail­ iron crosses and no helmets, but he did tween all the fraternal and living not listed below, please send them in ey) want to finish school. So back he went groups in the school in every kind of or notify this office and some one will Mrs. John A. Williams (Sallie T. to College Park and succeeded in earn­ sport from basketball and baseball to call for them. Proper recognition will Bailey) ing a bachelors degree in 1922. golf and horseshoes. This program be given, and they will be well kept in '78 Frances M. Davis Since that time Bob has been asso­ makes it possible for almost every man the library where they will probably be Mrs. David B. Francis (Louise J. ciated with the school in the physical in the school to get into some kind of of more value than tucked away in Snook) education department. In San Jose this team game which is not possible other­ your bookshelves. was comparatively easy. The gym was wise. While there is a copy available for '80 Edmund B. Wood there, the numbers were small, and The other change is the introduction each of the issues listed below, ad­ '83 Mrs. E. H. Currie (Anna Bark- matters fairly routine. But with the. of the manager system, whereby a man ditional copies will be appreciated. Al­ way) move to Stockton, matters became who has not a great deal of athletic so any programs, souvenirs, or college bulletins which one may have will help Mrs. Van Dyke (May Stella complicated. ability may work up as manager for Ames) some major sport and win his block P help make the archives of Pacific more On the New Campus as Senior Manager. This relieves the complete and therefor more valuable. '84 George Ames Six weeks before the opening of the graduate manager of a great deal of Naranjado Mrs. Conner (Josie Prouty) first semester on the new campus there responsibility since at all times in every William H. Hill 1886 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892, was no gym nor any plans for one. sport he commands the services of a 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, '86 William H. Beach Bob got busy immediately with plans senior manager, two junior managers, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, Arthur F. Mack and propaganda and shortly after the four sophomore managers and an un­ 1928. opening of the semester he had a build­ limited number of freshmen managers. The Hatchet '87 Mrs. Barr (Mathilda S. Baker) ing erected which contained one of the The main problem which worries Mrs. Walter A. de la Matyr (Vic­ finest basketball courts in the valley, Bob now is how to run a first class Vol. II, Nos. 8-13, inc. (Oct. 6, 1885, toria Brown) seating space for 1200 spectators, and athletic program on a second and to Nov. 10, 1885). Tong Sing Kow adequate space for offices and activ­ sometimes third class gate receipt. But Epoch '88 Harold M. Nelson ities of both the men's and women's even so, when the income from ath­ No copies. Mrs. J. C. Smith (Louisa L. Tis- physical education departments. letics becomes equal to the expenses Pacific Pharos of the work, which will not be long dale) The new semester brought with it an Vol. I Complete (1886); Vol. II. Nos. influx of students never before wit­ now, Bob will find something new to '89 Arthur K. Satow work on and worry about, which after 1, 2, 3. (1887); Vol. V., No. 7 (1890); nessed in the life of the school. This New Series Vol. I, No. 6 (1892); Vol. '90 Jessie E. Russell brought up new problems and neces­ all is the thing that makes Bob so human. VII, No. 2 (1900); Vol. IX, Nos. 7, 8, '91 Mrs. J. M. Benkers (Margaret E. sitated changes in the schedule and ad­ 9 (1903); Vol. XI, Nos. 5, 9 (1905) McKeany) Lucy Alfreda Latourette Bessie Marvin Vol. XIII, No. 1 (1907). Mrs. William Otto (Alice Meese) William Taylor Spangler Hampey Nagatomo The Campus '92 Mr. Narcissa E. Conn Robert Lewis Witherow Mrs. David Taylor (Luta Boutell) May, 1911. '05 Irene Rhoda Evans '16 Yoshio Aoki Workaday World '93 Gertrude Abbott Mrs. John Samson (Mary Pepper Adeline E. Birchler '07 Florence Mathilda Eckstrand Vol III Apr. 1898; Vol. IV, Nos. Mrs. Hamilton Kee (Maude Eva- Donnell) Mrs. Mary Diel (Mary M. Hugh- Mrs. George Semonsen (Florence 1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (1899); Vol. V, son) line Banks) Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (1900). J. D. Mahood Draper) Mrs. Arthur A. Jones (Ellazena Nettie Maude Vines Byxbee) '09 Paul Daniel Brun Mrs. Shettle (Alice Freeman) Robert Sullivan Duncan '17 Hie Siong Dang SEN. LOUIS L. DENNETT TO A. Y. Toyama Josephine Gil Thomas Stuart McKibbon Ruth Alice Moberly LEAD ALUMNI DIVISION '95 Mrs. A. E. Schulein (Bertha Wa­ Lulu Holderness Stonier Ethel Hester Thornton Mrs. Wesley White (Bernice M. terman Tupper) '10 Mrs. Verne Bryan (Beulah C. (Continued from page one) Mrs. J. B. Tucker (Ella Marie '18 Naoki Oka Brady) Hunter strategic meetings in order that all the Mrs. Charles Everett (Hannah M. Mrs. J. A. Robinson (Olive Letts) members and friends of the church may '97 Mrs. Lena McKinney Furst) Mrs. Irmine White (Ruth Bolden) be reached. Marie Winkie Mrs. Jessie B. Nevius Mary Melinda Speers Others Interested Mrs. A. C. Smith (Ettie Rachael Mrs. J. W. Stout (Beatrice Ed- '19 Toshiyosu Furuya Gordanier) Evidences of keen interest on the son) William Henry Handley part of church and lay leaders of other Dr. Crawford Thoburn Giichi Ishikawa '11 Mrs. Agnes Amos (Agnes Mary denominations than the Methodist, '98 Mary Stewart Boulware) '20 Oi Won Jang and on the part of leaders in the busi­ James H. Williams Marion Mabelle Beaver Tomikichi Moritani ness and industrial world are becoming Laura Evelyn Bowen '99 Mrs. N. E. Bernard '21 Maude La Verne Lai apparent as the drive progresses. A Maude Viola Shepard Mrs. J. Ronald Walloch (Phillippa Grace Freeman national chain-store company is releas­ Zona Williams Kelly) ing a man for several weeks who is to '00 Nellie Frances Ford '12 Louise Pearl Arnold '22 Lawton D. Harris give that time in helping in the drive. Mrs. H. L. Houghwout (Henrietta Ethelyn Adeline Leslie Harold K. Hestwood According to the agreement made Howard) Mrs. Lillian Todtman (Lillian B. Edna Ikuda Otomo with the General Board of Education '01 Mrs. W. Roy Keesling (Jeanette Griffin) Enji Suzuki of the Rockefeller Foundation, all Noble '13 Edith Marguerite Duren Thomas Zong Tsao debts must be paid by June 30, 1929. Emma Miller Eunice Mae Gilrnan Mrs. Olive Williams (Olive If this is done, the college will receive Mrs. Marie Mollenhaur (Marie S. Masakazu Nakao Phelps) fifty cents on every dollar of endow­ Metz Mrs. Lloyd Shafer (Dora Hitch- '23 Carl Hahn ment which has been secured since Glorene Lewetta Schultz ings) Robert Hestwood 1922. To realize this, the college must Adele Maude Serio Charles Crirn Sheldon Karop Poochigan raise in cash, $450,000 before that date. '03 Mrs. Claire Darrimon (Claire '14 Masahachi Mukaiyama '24 William Potter o Bailey) Walter Howard Scoble Sidney C. Ruler '99 Mrs. J. H. Dungan (Edythe Van Mrs. Frank Look (Carol Maude Tansei Terakawa Anda) is now traveling in Europe. '15 Mrs. Clara C. Bowden (Clara John Van Duzer Huie) Amelia Clark) Mrs. Dungan, who was house mother '26 Mrs. Joseph Anker (Margaret at Alpha Theta Tau house last yea!*. '04 Alita Tina Arrick Mrs. Hoose (Corona Seidell) Mrs. C. D. Edwards (Helen B. Margaret Hope Kerwin Corcoran) writes that she is planning to be back Greene) John Lloyd Lake '27 Kate C. Hanson in time for Commencement.

" THE PACIFIC ALUMNI February, 1929 CONFERENCE RACE BEGINS Schedule For Tiger Trackmen Bengals Win Four Out of Eight Begin Practice Preseason Games; Seven Remain 1929 Season With Many Vets Tigers To Meet Nevada, Aggies, ODALE ELECTED Fresno As Conference Is Announced As soon as the San Joaquin valley GRID CAPTAIN fog begins to lift a bit, and the weather Season Opens warms up, the candidates for the 1929 Several new teams will face the 1929 An item that was omitted from With the season half over, the Paci­ Pacific Varsity Football team accord­ Pacific Varsity track squad will be the December issue of the paper seen daily cavorting around the Tack. fic Varsity basketball team swings into ing to the tentative schedule released was an announcement of the its series of conference games with a a few days ago by Graduate Manager Led by the flashy Ronald "Sig Mack- election of Lehman "Windy" ay, holder of the conference quarter record of four victories and four de­ Bob Breeden. Odale as captain of the 1929 feats. Seven games remain, six of mile record, these athletes show prom­ Varsity football team. Odale The main feature of the season will ise of sweeping everything before them which are conference games, and the be an intersectional contest against blew in from Lemoore a few other a return game with the Amblers the coming season. either Williamette or Pacific Universi­ years ago and started in playing Club to settle the season's supremacy, ty of Forest Grove, Oregon, the former One of the chief reasons for this will end. In his sophomore year he both teams having won a game. being the more likely. The game will be Cecil "Moose" Disbrow. Last year was shifted to playing tackle Pacific appears to be a first night be played on Armistice Day, as part in the conference meet he single hand­ where his weight and brawn team. Three times this year, when they of the day's program sponsored by the ed made 17 points for the Orange and counted for more. This last sea- have been playing a two game series, American Legion. The contract is such Black by winning first place in the san was a tough one for him. He they have won the first game, but that Pacific will play a return game in shot put, the javelin and the discus and was out for two games with an weakened the second night. Against taking third place in the broad jumP- 1930. injured shoulder, and then when the Amblers, Henley, sophomore guard There is little doubt that he will be In the middle of November, the Tig he did get back he broke his leg, came through in the last minute to able to do as well again this year. which put him out for the last- ers will invade a new territory when give Pacific a 21-19 victory, but a few they play Humboldt State at Areata. two games. His team mates rec­ nights later nobody seemed able to pre­ Many Veterans ognized his fighting spirit and This will be the first time Pacific has vent the club men from winning 22-21. In the sprints, Pacific will have Lov- leadership ability, however, and had any athletic dealings with this sec­ eridge who last year was clocked on Split Series tion of the state, and the contest should chose him for their captain. two occasions in 9 4/5 for the hundred, Odale is a junior and a mem­ Up at Chico, the first game went to prove popular. Ledbetter, veteran of many seasons, ber of Rho Lambda Phi (Rhizo- the Tigers, 26-21, but the second went Athletic relations will be renewed and Decatur, promising junior. mia) fraternity. to the Wildcats, 26-20. Again, when when Pacific meets San Jose State for Besides having all of last year's mid­ the Orange and Black met the Blue the first time in many years. San Jose dle distance runners back, which in­ and Red of St. Marys in San Francis­ has been admitted to the Far Western cludes Captain Mackay, Heath and co, a 26-17 victory was the result, but Conference and should be a strong Dodson, there will also be Country­ FROSH SCORE HEAVILY a few nights later the Gaels came to competitor in the conference race. man who as a frosh two years ago, Stockton and walked off with a 24-22 contest. The Tigers will have an op­ There is a possibility that the Amblers showed his heels to most opponents m AGAINST OPPONENTS Club of Stockton will play a pre-season portunity to disprove this criticism, the half and quarter mile. game. This club has made quite a however, since they are to have three Scoring 362 points to their oppon­ name for itself and should provide The longer runs will be cared for by two-game series in the next few weeks. ents 276, the Pacific Freshmen present plenty of competition. such veterans as Briones, Farr and Lack of experience was the cause of a record of only four games lost out of the defeat at the hands of the Stanford The rest of the schedule, which in­ Hubbard. eleven played to date. Those who hold team. After leading the Cardinal for cludes the traditional rivals, is as fol­ Field Events victories over them are Stockton High, almost the full length of the game, lows: In the field, Pacific has always been last year's State Champions, Stanford some of the players were apparently Freshmen, St. Mary's Freshmen and Sept. 28—Open. strong in the weights. In addition to dissatisfied with the one pointy margin Dinuba High. On the other hand, Oct. 5—Chico State at Stockton. Disbrow, there will be Barron and that was theirs and with a minute to Ellis. Loveridge and Disbrow will care teams they have conquered include Es- go, attempted to score. Stanford took Oct. 12—Cal. Aggies at Stockton. for the broad jump and, Thompson, calon, Antioch, Manteca, Lemoore, the ball away and in no time rang up Oct. 19—Open. who has gone over 12 ft. 6 in. will be and Hanford High Schools, Gait Jun­ four points to win the contest 34-31. the leading contender in the pole vault. ior College, and the Turlock Owls. The men that have been doing most Oct. 26—San Jose State at San Jose. Several games remain on the schedule OV. 2—NEVADA at STOCKTON As yet, there are none who show prom­ of the Playing are Capt. Disbrow, '30, N which includes Ripon, Vallejo, Pacific Frank Heath, '30, Ed McArthur. 29, (Homecoming ise in the high jump. Grove and Monterey high schools, and This lineup takes into consideration Paul Crandall, '31, Jimmy Countryman, Nov. 11—Williamette at Stockton. a return game with Gait Junior Col­ '31 Bill Klein, '29, Kent Shuman, 30, only those who were outstanding last lege. Nov. 16—Humboldt State at Areata. year. Several newcomers are expected Bruce Henley, '31, Rusty Russell, '29, Nov. 25—Fresno State at Fresno. The high lights of the team are: and Vernon Hurd, '30. McArthur has to break into print before the season Curley Bowman, who in one game is over all of which should serve to finished his undergraduate work how- scored 23 points; Byron Van Dyke, ever, and is not eligible for further strengthen the Tiger's chances of vie another forward who is _ always good competition. Russell injured his knee '23 Ralph Westerman is now in Eu­ tory. for eight to sixteen points; Captain a few nights ago and will be out of the rope acting as traveling companion to "Breeze" Odale, center and flashy floor game for an indefinite period. Righter a young man from Santa Barbara, man; Babe Shrader, 6 ft. 4 in. guard; has plenty of reserve strength for the whom he met several years ago while COMMENCEMENT TO BE George McCan and Bill Ijams, two first time, and should be able to weath­ an instructor at Montezuma school. husky, clever guards. er these losses. ON MONDAY, JUNE 10 Westerman has been in San Francisco Seven Games Remain doing some literary work since finish­ '06 From Strathfield in Australia The games remaining are with Neva­ ing his work for the M. A. degree Commencement will be on Monday, came a draft for nine shillings in pay­ da Cal Aggies, Amblers Club and which he received last June, and will June 10, 1929, according to an an­ ment of membership dues for Mrs. Ida Fresno State. Nevada split a two-game go on with that work when he re­ nouncement made by the President s S. Pogson (Ida Sedgwick). series with Stanford at the beginning turns from Europe this coming June. office recently. This will be a radical of the season, and also broke even with change from the usual custom, but '14 Mrs. Mary Hart Briggs, who with San Jose State, a new conference mem­ should prove more convenient for out her husband, was for several years a ber The Aggies have been notorious­ of town people who wish to be present. missionary in India, has returned to the ly weak in basketball for the past few ST. MARY'S PLAYER Instead of having the functions of LTnited States, and is living in Madison years and should prove no obstacle to PULLS A "RIEGALS' graduation scattered over a full week, New Jersey. the Tigers. Fresno, Pacific's tradition­ they will be grouped during the week­ ^ al rival, will be out to avenge the two end. The final recital of the year, the '27 Clifford Harrington, who has been defeats of last year. They split two Pacific has her own "Roy Rie- games with Chico, but have played no gals" story. During the basket­ President's reception, and the fraterni­ teaching at Ripon High School, is in ty and sorority reunions will take place the Modesto Hospital recovering from other teams which Pacific has played ball game between St. Marys and this year. These games^ are to be the Pacific Varsity, the players on Friday and Saturday preceding the an operation for appendicitus. * * * played at Fresno, and will close the were fighting it up under the St. commencement day. The Baccalaur- Mary's basket. After a few sec­ ate sermon, which heretofore has taken '23 Mrs. Albert Worden (Rebecca season for the Bengals. place a week before, will be delivered Bray), who has been an instructor in o- onds of struggle, the ball was '25 '28 In the interests of community retrieved by a Pacific forward the day before. the art department for the past three cooperation, Mr. Harold P. Milnes, in­ who shot it towards the basket. Plans are under way to hold special years, has resigned and will join her structor of music at Carruthers High While trying to grab the ball and reunions of the classes which are cele­ husband, Albert Worden, '26, who is School, and Miss Marion Null, instruc­ relay it out to a team mate, brating their fifth, tenth, twenty-fifth, teaching in Healdsburg. tor at Kingsburg, have brought their Pitchford, St. Mary's guard, and fiftieth commencement anniversar­ * * * chorus groups and orchestras together tapped the ball up in the air and ies. The commencement season has '13, ex-'ll Mrs. David Schrader (Av- on several occasions for combined pro­ towards the basket. The aim always been a popular time for return­ yette Richardson) was a guest of Miss grams. The usual procedure is to pre­ was perfect and the ball went ing to the campus, and all alumni are Addie Hocking during the Christmas sent the same program in each of the swishing through the hoop to especially invited to be present wheth­ holidays. Miss Hocking is Vocational two cities, which lie about twenty miles register two points for Pacific. er their class is having a special reun­ Director in one of the Los Angeles ion or not. Schools. apart. 1