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Winter, 1968 Vol. XXJ V7 JOHN OR-EENLEAF TTIER M&A *ej 1A69i Amo"im

OFFICERS Stephen Gardner '40, Los Angeles, President; How- ard Seelye '48, Palos Verdes Estates, Vice President; John D. Kegler '38, Palos Verdes Estates, Immediate Past President; Eugene M. Marrs '50, Whittier, Past President. MEMBERS AT LARGE Herb Adden '49, Whittier; Jack Gauldin '47, Whit- tier; Wayne Harvey '60, Whittier; Arthur Hobson '43, Whittier; Jack Mele '43, Whittier; Russell Vin- cent '40, Whittier. CLASS REPRESENTATIVES Al Eichorn '67, Hacienda Heights; Ron Gastelum '68, La Mirada; Greg Hardy '66, Whittier. COMMISSION CHAIRMEN Joe Gaudio '35, Newport Beach, Alumni Fund; Mrs. Mandy Hammond '63, Whittier, Activities Co-Chair- man; Mrs. Eleanor Rau '63, Whittier, Activities Go- Chairman; Howard Seelye '48, Palos Verdes Estates, Publications. ASSOCIATES PRESIDENT Al Stoll '49, Whittier CLUB PRESIDENTS Wayne Harvey '60, Whittier, 1195 Club; Mary Lar- sen '66, Huntington Beach, Cap and Gown Alumnae; Alice Lesnbke '40, South Pasadena, Broadoaks Alum- nae.

SOCIETY PRESIDENTS Mrs. Joseph Caviezal '64, Whittier, Athenians; Mrs. Audrey Mills '57, Anaheim, Jonians; Mrs. Larry M. Krogh '63, Whittier, Metaphonians; Mrs. Dagne Sharts '60, Whittier, Palmers; Miss Marilyn Kyte '66, Whittier, Thalians; Mrs. Denese Elmendorf '66, THE,,RGCK Pico Rivera, Vesticians; Dick Robbins '50, Whittier, Franklins; Jerry Corbett '61, Whittier, Lancers; Rob- ert Franz '55, La Habra and Jim Daugherty '58, Fullerton, Orthogonians; Jim Eyraud 58, Temple City, Scwhsens; Robert McDermont '64, Los Angeles, CONTENTS William Penns. Dr. Paul S. Smith, President. Whittier College; Jim Rikel '69, President, Associated Students; Dr. Rob- Prayer For The Next President 3 ert W. O'Brien and Dr. W. Roy Newsom '34, Faculty Representatives. John Greenleaf Whittier ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 4 ATHLETIC BOARD OF CONTROL Howard Seelye '48, Palos Verdes Estates. 1969 Alumni Calendar 9 THE ROCK STAFF Darrell W. Ryan, Editor; James B. Moore, News Homecoming 1968 25 Editor; John Strey, Sports Editor; and Bob Bates, Graphics Designer. Alumni Vacations 26 Member: American Alumni Council American College Public Relations Association. Founders Hall Destroyed 27

THE ROCK is published quarterly during the months of Septem- Sports Round-up 28 ber. December, March, and July by Whittier College in the interests of the Whittier College Alumni Association. Second Class Postage paid at Whittier, California. Send changes of address to the Whittier College Alumni Association, Whittier, Calif. 90602. Old Acquaintances 29 My prayer for you, Mr. President, is that you be a man we want to follow. But before that, I would pray that we become a people who want to follow what is good.

Breathe into us, we pray, Mr. Presi- dent, a new hope, a new determina- tion to make our way through the conflicts and failures of the present day into a world better for all of us."

By Jessamyn West '23

Excerpted with permission from 3 r,It' 1Q5 stones, would it have made any difference in the lives of nineteenth century Americans? For the few who are moved only by the highest in the literary arts, the answer of course is no. Whittier did not become one of the world's great poets, as he per- fectly well knew, and he often lamented that his verses were given more praise then they deserved. He did not really try to write perfect poetry. "He has neither the vanity to expect nor the folly to desire mere literary reputation which shall long sur- vive him," he said of himself when he was twenty- eight, and he kept this attitude throughout his life. It is unfortunate that artistic excellence seemed unimportant to him, because the same year in which he made this statement his poetry had be- come so much better than it had been that it is safe to guess that if his attitude had been different, he could have written much better than he ever did. In this stanza in "The Summons" - From her rough coast and isles, which hungry Ocean Gnaws with his surges; from the fisher's skiff, With white sail surging to the billows' motion John Round rock and cliff there is none of the monotonous rhythm justly criticised in his later poems, and there is a richness of imagery and onomatopoeia which gives promise in the work of a young poet - and Whittier at Greenleaf twenty-eight was still immature. Although there is artistic excellence in many of his later poems, the early promise was never fulfilled, and Whittier would not have been happy if it had been - at the expense of something which seemed to him more Whittier important. To him the important point was the (1807-1892) purpose of the poem. His "Mogg Megone," he wrote to a friend a year later, was open to grave objections: it was not "calculated to do good," and in the same letter he told her that writing a By ROLAND H. WOODWELL long and elaborate poem, as he had urged her to Roland H. Woodwell of Amesbury, Massachusetts is a do in an earlier letter, was a "criminal waste of life notable authority on John Greenleaf Whittier. He has and abuse of the powers which God has given for published a number of literary articles and is presently at his own glory and the welfare of the world "unless work on a biography of Whittier the Quaker poet and the it was consecrated to the sacred interests of religion College's namesake. Mr. Woodwell's article is all the more timely since December 17 is Whittier's birthday. and humanity." This attitude was also Tolstoi's in his later years. But with Whittier, doing good too often meant openly teaching a lesson. When he One cold autumn morning when Whittier was a looked at a picture of young Raphael, he had a boy, he climbed a tree to get some nuts which he vision which taught him a lesson that he conscien- would crack on the horse block near the gate in the tiously handed on to the reader: "Man's works stone wall. When he was almost at the top of the shall follow him." Along with this went a dutiful tree, the branch that he was standing on gave way. sense that he must make his meaning clear. Often He seized a small branch which broke, and he the result was an added explanation that destroyed started to fall. Underneath the tree was a pile of what might otherwise have been an effective con- stones. Thoughts of death, heaven, home, and clusion. An early example is "The Merrimac," to friends flashed through his mind. Then he was which he added five lines after the first printing. stopped with a jerk that almost dislocated his A late example is "St. Gregory's Guest," which shoulder. He had caught hold of a branch strong would be wholly clear and its message more effec- enough to support his weight. tive if the last three stanzas were omitted. Even If the branch had not been there and if the boy "Snow-Bound" has a sermon on immortality. had been killed when he landed on the pile of But while those in the nineteenth century who

4 were concerned with the highest forms of art would written for the dedication of Haverhill Academy believe that little would have been lost if Whittier follows closely in form and at times in phrasing had not lived to grow up, millions of other people the Boat Song in "The Lady of the Lake," and the would have been deprived of something that was form of his "The Outlaw" is that of "The Prisoner a real part of their thought and feeling. These of Chillon." Like the fashionable young men of his people covered a wide range of life, culture, and time he enjoyed falling in love, writing sentimental intellect, and the most intolerant present-day critic letters, and imagining himself heartbroken in the cannot laugh at all of them without laughing at Byronic manner. Bliss Perry believed that by the most of the nineteenth century. We can be amused, time Whittier was twenty-five "repeated disap- as Whittier doubtless was, by the woman who pointments in love had darkened his spirit," but if wrote to him, "Noble soul, I revere, I love you" Professor Perry had had access to all the material or the woman who asked for a lock of his hair to now available he would have had a different opin- whom he replied that she could surely see that he ion. Nor is there any justification for Albert Mor- had none to spare. But it was Phillips Brooks who dell's characterization of Whittier as "philandering wrote "For all time men must count themselves celibate." Of Evelina Bray, a fellow-student at his debtors and his friends." Charles W. Eliot was Haverhill Academy, Whittier wrote two years later said to prefer Whittier's poetry to Homer's - and that he half believed that he fell in love with her; whatever Eliot's deficiencies in aesthetic matters, the evidence pointing to a deeper romance is wholly he was president of Harvard for a good many years. from her letters written when she was old and her A visitor saw a worn copy of Whittier on Tolstoi's mind was wandering. He wrote sentimental letters table. At the Harvard two hundred fiftieth cele- to other girls who, with feminine intuition, did not bration Whittier's honorary degree of Doctor of take them seriously - nor, in one instance, would Laws, granted in absentia, received the loudest, anyone else: he wrote to Mary Emerson Smith that longest, and most enthusiastic applause. he had loved her passionately, but concluded the Indeed, Whittier's boyhood and its effects upon letter with the news that the fire alarm was ringing him were part of the American way of life. The one- and he was going to the fire. When he heard of her family farm was deep in the American mind; Currier engagement he wrote some verses describing him- and Ives' prints of farm scene were among their self as a wreck of being, flung upon a sea that most popular products and were framed and hung in darkened round him, but cheerfully concluded that homes where no member of the family for genera- when she was married she would send him a piece tions had lived on a farm. The Whittier boys and of wedding cake and he would write a sonnet to it. girls had to work and to suffer some discomforts; He was quite able to think himself as deeply in so did most children of their time - or if they love as was fashionable and to laugh at himself at didn't, they liked to think that they did when they the same time. When he was twenty-four he wrote looked back on their childhood. Their homespun to a friend, " 'Tis true I am in love - just now - clothing—this was before the days of flannel under- deeply and desperately - but these things seldom wear—did not keep out the sub-zero wind as they last with me more than ten days or a fortnight at walked to school, and Whittier was like other boys the most, so that I shall soon be myself again." in having to take his turn digging the firewood out The nineteenth century outgrew its Byronic of the snow and building a fire in the schoolroom state, and if Whittier had continued to play at love stove. But on a farm there were close-knit family and despair he would not have been close to the life, home training in religion, the necessity of lives of his fellow-men. He could and did love deep- developing self-reliance, fun for the children out of ly. Elizabeth Lloyd Howell was an interesting and doors, and, for the boy Whittier, love of the natural attractive woman, of whom Nathaniel Hawthorne beauty surrounding him. The nineteenth century said that her visit to him was the only pleasant agreed with Whittier's approval of this kind of life. visit that he experienced in his capacity as an Whittier was not blind to the bleakness and drear- author, and in the grief of her widowhood after a iness of life on some New England farms and de- brief and happy marriage she had the added appeal scribed it in the Prelude to "Among the Hills," of needing sympathy and help. That Whittier did but it was only a minor note to him and to the not marry her was due to an honest recognition of nineteenth century; to them the significant picture his inability at the age of fifty-one to change his was the happy family in front of the fireplace with ways, which beside hers seemed old-fashioned and nuts and cider and thanks for such simple things homely, and to overcome the handicaps of illness as food, shelter, warmth, and health. and weakness. These doubts had been held in Like most nineteenth century Americans, Whit- abeyance for a time and he had been very happy. tier was happy to get more education than his par- His letter explaining all this to her is a model of ents and in the process to enjoy immersion in the honesty, kindness, affection, and good taste. stream of romanticism. In his early twenties he The nineteenth century became the century of wrote a poem or two every week, and there are reforms. Logical and inevitable as some of them often distinct echoes of Scott and Byron. His ode now seem, they needed enthusiastic and brave men

5 to bring them about. Anti-slavery was not imme- of intemperance, an evil which made "the rum diately acceptable to all thoughtful people. William seller the master of our politics, swaying politicians H. Prescott wrote in his Conquest of Mexico, pub- at his will" and whose effects could not be con- lished ten years after the founding of the American trolled by "indirect and concealed charities." Like Anti-Slavery Society, that the roots of slavery in most temperance advocates in the nineteenth cen- America were deep in the social system and could tury he had become convinced that a direct attack not be rudely handled without "shaking the very was needed, and in 1889 he sent a check to a group foundations of the political fabric." Whittier was working for the passage of a state Prohibition law. definitely committed to anti-slavery before the Whittier had no romantic illusions about Ameri- American Anti-Slavery Society was formed, but it can Indians. After seeing a group of them that must be confessed that the immediate cause of his visited Haverhill in their canoes when he was nine- enlistment was boredom after a dull winter in East teen he said that he had pictured them as "tall, Haverhill with nothing to do. In. the popular pic- dark and fearless, in their bearskins clad," but the ture of Whittier anti-slavery overshadows his in- plain truth destroyed his "beau ideal" - for one terest in other reforms more than the facts justify. thing, the women wore the breeches. When he was The nineteenth century wanted to do everything eighty-three he commented that a woman of his at once, and Whittier differed only in being wise acquaintance who had married an Indian had made enough not to weaken one reform movement by a hazardous experiment; the "noble red man" had entangling it with another. He believed that Garri- scarcely as much regard for the rights of women as son had cheated the subscribers to his Liberator the Massachusetts Legislature. However, he was by promising that he would print an anti-slavery indignant at the treatment they received. When he paper and then filling it with his other theories. was editing a newspaper at the age of twenty-one, Whittier found ways to work for other reforms commenting on one of the numerous forced migra- without interfering with anti-slavery. He believed tions, he said, that Indians would not rest in peace in temperance reform, as most thoughtful people until they had found "an eternal rest in that nar- did as time went on, but when he openly advocated row tenement whence they can no more rise to it at the age of twenty he knew that it was unpopu- speak their wrongs." He felt so strongly on the lar. It was no time, he said with youthful delight subject that when he was editor of the Pennsyl- in his own courage, to shrink from the imperious vania Freeman nine years later he violated his demands of duty. Unhappily he addressed young usual principle of not connecting anti-slavery with people in the perfervid tone by which temperance the other causes. He asked Abolitionists to sign workers aroused the mirth of the irreverent: "Dash memorials against the government's treatment of from your lips the cup of the destroyer." Even the Cherokees, who were being forced to migrate worse, two years later he used the kind of melo- west of the Mississippi on the basis of a treaty drama often found in temperance tracts. "Henry signed by only eighty of the tribe. When he was St. Clair," which won a first prize, is a story about eighty-two he said in his usual practical way that a man who drank too much. "'Allston! Roger All- he would be willing to buy stock in a projected ston!' repeated the wretch below me, in a voice company in Alaska where Indians connected with which sounded like a shriek, as he struggled half the Friends Mission could have employment and upright even against the threatening pistol, Great be protected from contaminating influences. God! has it come to this? Hell has no pang like this While the nineteenth century was sentimental meeting! 'Shoot!' he exclaimed, and there was a about the farm, it was practical, at least in the dreadful earnestness in his manner which sent the North, about the factory. New England with its hot blood of indignation cold and ice-like upon my plentiful water power developed many manufac- heart. 'Shoot! you were once my friend. In mercy turing centers which sprang up and grew rapidly kill me!'" But in middle age Whittier took a posi- where there had been woods and fields or quiet tive instead of negative attitude and in the same villages. Whittier was in tune with the spirit of practical way in which he approached other reforms the age in welcoming the Industrial Revolution. saw that something must be offered to take the place When he was twenty-three he visited the new mill of drink. When he was fifty he wrote a paper to be towns in southern New Hampshire and was pleased read at a Temperance meeting recommending that with what he saw. Where a few years before there young people be given a chance to enjoy art, science, had been dilapidated farm houses, now there were literature, astronomy, botany, and "the almost mag- white mansions and church spires "smiling through ical results of experimental chemistry" and to listen the vista of the surrounding woodlands." The mill to lectures, belong to reading circles and take part workers, he observed, were industrious and tem- in "healthful sports" - the last of these somewhat perate, and the churches were "crowded with zeal- of a novelty in 1858. His interest in temperance ous worshippers." This confirmed what he had said continued as long as he lived. A year before his two years earlier, that manufacturing establish- death he wrote to Mrs. James T. Fields that he ments were not corrupting the morals of the coun- wished something could be done to check the evil try; rather they improved the character of the

6 workers because the owners and managers knew Warren Bridge toll-free. The bridge crossed the that morality and industry were quite necessary river to Boston and was too far from Haverhill to in their employees. Thirteen years later, however, be of any concern to him or to his constituents, but Whittier was among those who were finding that he listened conscientiously and voted for the fair industrialized New England was something less and business-like arrangement that tolls should be than an earthly Paradise. When he lived briefly in used only for the repair and maintenance of the Lowell while editing a paper there, he was sur- bridge and should not be used to buy and make prised one Sunday morning to see a group of labor- free all bridges and roads leading to Boston. There ers working at the edge of a canal - this in a city were only a few matters on which he could act with where the Sabbath was so strictly observed that conviction, and two of these were relatively unim- anti-slavery meetings were frowned upon. But, he portant. He voted with the majority against a bill observed, what is wrong in an individual is quite to incorporate the Worcester House Company after right in a corporation. Canals must be repaired; an amendment had been rejected that the hotel everyone should go to church, but dividends must should not sell liquor. He made a motion in line not decrease; "church indulgences are not, after with the Quaker disapproval of wearing mourning all, confined to Rome." On the evening when the garments to strike out the part of the resolution mills were first lighted so that work could continue on the death of a member of the House which pro- after dark he walked across the bridge over the vided that Representatives should wear crepe on Merrimac River to get a good view and admired the left arm for thirty days. the artistic effect of the lighted windows reflected He addressed the House on one significant piece with the starlight in the still waters of the canal. of business that reappeared one hundred twenty- But what was most on his mind was that the work- seven years later with considerable acrimonious de- ing day would now last until half past seven, a bate. It was a bill of indemnity to owners of an twelve-and-a-half-hour day. He advocated a ten- Ursuline convent in Charlestown that had been hour day, as he did consistently until it became a burned by a mob with little interference by town fact, but he was realistic enough to know that officials. There was a good deal of feeling, even in workers preferred a long day if it meant more pay, rural districts where fear of the Catholic church which they thought more important than health. and especially of convents and their mysterious (If Whittier were living today he would see the ways was strong, that the event was a disgrace to same attitude; workers are eager to do "moonlight- the Commonwealth. A bill in the House "more ing" after the hours of work have been reduced on effectively to suppress riots and to indemnity per- pleas of health, recreation, and cultural enrich- sons for injuries done thereby" passed easily ment.) When he was old he lamented that the enough: whatever expense it might involve was in country did not seem to be getting any nearer a the future and might never occur. An economically solution of the working man's problems. He real- minded House, doubtless responsive to public opin- ized that nothing was accomplished without agita- ion, was not willing to give away taxpayers' money tion - as a young man he had said that branding when it was not legally necessary to do so. Whit- laborers as criminals for asking an increase in wages tier did not enjoy speaking in public, but he ad- was an outrage on the rights of man - but he dressed the House, denounced the action of the shrank from any form of strife and hatred and mob, and urged payment of an indemnity. Some of could not see that much was accomplished by his "Protestant brethren," as he called them, cen- strikes. He could not understand the new type of sured him for so doing, and the House voted 415- labor leader, and he did not approve of their oppo- 67 not to make any payment. sition to prison labor: the profit to working people from forcing prisoners to sit in idleness was too In his work in anti-slavery societies and in the small to justify turning prisons into madhouses. Liberty Party he was seldom a presiding officer, More than the other nineteenth century writers, but he served often as secretary or what would now Whittier came close to lives of ordinary people by be called "executive secretary," as far as is re- doing a good deal of everyday work in public affairs, corded without pay except for a brief period in the the chores that have to be done and that important New York office of the American Anti-Slavery So- people usually think that they are too busy to ciety. He called meetings, wrote to key people to bother with. He served one term in the Massachu- urge attendance at conventions, and served on the setts House of Representatives when he was twen- committees that planned the programs. Officially as ty-seven and did not attempt to make himself secretary of one group or another or unofficially as conspicuous, although he had prepared for his du- a private citizen of acknowledged political influ- ties by studying Constitutional Law and Political ence, he wrote to candidates, and to men in public Economy. His two standing committee appoint- office to keep them in line. He was clever and per- ments were Engrossed Bills and License Laws. sistent but he did not seem to cause irritation or to Many debates in the House must have been tire- make these men his enemies. One of the men whom some to listen to, such as the discussion of making he watched and frequently warned and exhorted

7 was Caleb Cushing, but there evidently were no rary in 1882 includes a Life of Thomas Carlyle, hard feelings. The Cushings named one of their although by this time Whittier decidedly did not ships for him in 1869. Caleb's niece, Margaret Cush- approve of Carlyle. (The price was sixty cents. ing, was loyal to her uncle's politics and told the Perhaps it was Moncure Conway's Carlyle, which present writer that the slavery situation would have Harper and Brothers advertised that year for one taken care of itself if the anti-slavery people had dollar.) Only three months before his death Whit- kept still, but she also told of being a dinner guest tier walked down Friend Street to the Library to at Oak Knoll in Danvers when Whittier was stay- see his portrait which had been given by the other ing there with his cousins, and she was listed among trustees and some of his friends. those sending flowers to Whittier on his last birth- To be close to the thoughts and feelings of day. many people requires another quality that the tra- Some of his work in public affairs was on a local ditional picture of Whittier fails to suggest. Even level and kept him more closely acquainted with Bliss Perry referred to him as a "plain old man." his neighbors than most of the nineteenth century One of the young people who had felt it a privilege writers. He was on the school committee in Haver- to flock around him when he was old could not hill and at least three times on one or another of accept this phrase. Elizabeth Hume was a talented the school committees in Amesbury. pianist who studied with Tobias Mathay in London When he was thirty-seven and already a person and with Edward MacDowell in this country. To of some importance in politics and literature he her and her friends Whittier had personal charm, was secretary of the so-called Prudential Commit- "a magnetic and intense nature, alluring and at- tee for the school district in which he lived. This tractive to his dying day." When Whittier was the meant that he had charge of spending the money young editor of the Pennsylvania Freeman he assigned to that district. He conscientiously re- found it hard to tie himself down to regular work, corded even minor expenditures. He paid twenty and his frequent absences from his desk would cents for sawing wood. He showed his interest in hardly have been tolerated by those who had to do preventing the spread of contagious diseases by his work for him if they had not been very fond of buying four dippers for thirty-three cents instead him. of the traditional one and his belief that children Charm is hard to define and prove in the absence should be surrounded by beauty by buying ten of tape recordings and home movies. We do know trees for the schoolyard at sixteen cents apiece and that Whittier dressed well. We also know that he paying fifty cents to have them set out. He had had sense of humor and felicity of phrase as in this recently written that the evils connected with the passage from a letter when he was twenty-nine to mills were partly compensated by the fact that his and his sister's friend Harriet Minot: there, more than in most occupations, women were I can see at this moment the form of the bonnet paid as much as men, but the principle was not which should be worn by thee Its snow-white observed in the school district. Whittier recorded satin and plain neat ribbons are all but real. Be- that he paid the man who taught the boys two neath such a bonnet - twin sister to those worn hundred forty-eight dollars for eight months' work, by the 'fair Gulia' of Thomas Ellwood, or the while the two women teachers each received one stately Margaret Fell of Swarthmore, who melted third as much: $86.62 for eight months and one the stout heart of the Reformer Fox beneath even week. his thick leathern doublet - pure and unsullied Whittier was a trustee of Amesbury Public Li- as the snow of the mid-heaven, could the lip curl brary from its opening in 1859 until his death and with scorn - could the eye flash with hate - for many years was active in its affairs. He wrote could the tongue speak bitter words? Oh no. Wear- some of the annual reports and some of the cor- ing such a bonnet, no fiend. of mischief could sug- respondence and served for many years as chairman gest an evil or impure thought. As a profane man of the Book Committee, using his influence with of the world hast said, James T. Fields to get books at bargain prices. It The Devil wad look into thy face may well have been due to his breadth of view that An' swear (affirm) he would no wrong thee. book selection was not restricted by popular prej- Some of the facets of Whittier's character and udice. Early Jesuit Missions and Origin of the personality are not directly reflected in his poetry. Species were in the 1866 catalogue. When Gardner One may wish especially that his charm had light- Brewer gave over six hundred volumes to the Li- ened some of his verse as it did some of his letters, brary and told Whittier that he did not intend to and one may wish that his love forElizabeth Lloyd include any that would have a pernicious influence Howell had added a lyric, strong, mature, and pas- and had removed Fielding's and Smollett's novels sionate, to American literature. But all of these from the list, Whittier refrained from comment and facets made him an embodiment of nineteenth did not inform him that Amelia and Humphrey century America, and he could speak to it with no Clinker had been in the Library for at least six more sense of remoteness than if he had been years. A list of books that he bought for the Li- speaking to himself.

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History and Purpose years at Whittier College and two choir, orchestra, and many other or more at the Engineering School committees, clubs and organiza- of the Universty of Southern Cal- tions. Whittier College was chartered ifornia, Stanford University, or Social societies at Whittier are as a four-year, liberal arts college Colorado State University. By open to all students and resident in 1901, having begun as Whittier special arrangements with these living is provided in residence Academy in 1888. Like the beauti- schools and Whittier, a recom- halls for both men and women. ful city in which it is located, the mended student receives the B.A. Whittier College in Copenhagen: college was founded by the Relig- from Whittier and the B.S. from One of the first colleges in the ious Society of Friends (Quakers), the other school at the end of his United States to open a campus and was named for the Ameri- five years of study. abroad, Whittier now has in oper- can Quaker poet, John Greenleaf In the education field Whittier ation Whittier College in Copen- Whittier. College is accredited by the Cali- hagen, Denmark. Approved stu- Whittier College today is a fully fornia State Board of Education to dents above the freshman level accredited, co-educational liberal recommend candidates for cre- may study abroad at the Copen- arts college with an enrollment of dentials in elementary and secon- hagen campus as part of their 1900 and a faculty of approxi- dary teaching. The college is also regular Whittier College studies. mately 125. authorized to grant special cre- Classes are held exclusively for dentials in men's and women's Whittier students in classrooms of Whittier College physical education, speech cor- the University of Copenhagen and General rection, home economics and are taught in English by profes- Information music. sors from Copenhagen and Whit- Whittier offers specialized tier. Curriculum: Whittier College of- courses in the supervision and ad- Admission Requirements: Regular fers a complete liberal arts cur- ministration of such youth-serving freshman standing is granted to riculum leading to the degree of agencies as the YMCA, the YWCA, the student who satisfies the Ad- Bachelor of Arts, and graduate the Boy Scouts of America, and missions Committee that he can curriculum leading to the degree the Girl Scouts of America, includ- do acceptable college work. This of Master of Arts, Master of Sci- ing supervised field training. includes graduation from an ac- ence, and Master of Education. Student Life: There is ample room credited high school with a grade Among the fields in which eith- for an expression of student lead- of A or B in twelve of the fifteen er professional or pre-professional ership in the many co-curricular standard high school units and training is offered are law, medi- and extra-curricular activities of satisfactory scores on the Scho- cine, dentistry, nursing, occupa- the college. Included in these are lastic Aptitude Test given by the tional and physical therapy, busi- the Student Executive, the Asso- College Entrance Examination ness administration, engineering, ciated Men's Students, the Asso- Board. High school courses should government service, social work, ciated Women's Students, the include three-units of English, two education, the Christian ministry, Quaker Campus (newspaper), the units of a foreign language, one and religious education. Acropolis (yearbook), departmen- unit of history, one unit of labora- Under the "3-2" Engineering tal honor societies, men's and wo- tory science, one unit of algebra Plan a student may attend three men's service organizations, band, and one unit of geometry.

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A record crowd estimated at more than 3,000 cheered Whittier College Homecoming Parade floats and bands up Philadelphia Street Oct. 26. Riding the queen's float were queen Judi Jeffers, senior from Arcadia; Jenny Smith, senior princess from Orange; Meredy Pulliam, junior princess from Manhattan Beach; Karen Buckle, sophomore prin- cess from Saratoga; and Lynda Apidgian, freshman princess from Downey. Grand Marshal chosen by the students to lead the parade was Dr. John Arcadi, research professor of biology. Although defeated by Oxy, 20-8, at the 2 p.m. football game on Memorial Field, the Poets and their guests enjoyed the halftime ceremonies with floats and court present. The welcome talk was given by Alumni President, Stephen A. Gardner '40. Society brunches, a reception for all alumni at 4 p.m. at the William Penn Hotel, and the dance in the evening, topped off Homecoming activities. Sweepstakes winner for the best float this year was the Sachsen Society. Other winners were: Beauty award to the Mets, Originality to the Ioni- ans, Seriousness to the Penns, Humor to the Frank- lins, and Theme to the Thalians. Johnson Hall won the trophy for the best residence hall decorations on campus.

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BONObUbU 3 days on the Garden Isle, Where you'll have time to browse in exotic Waikiki, stroll barefoot along its white sand beaches, dance at night to the exciting new 1t41U41I sounds of Hawaii . . enjoy a half day sight- perhaps the loveliest island in her varied moods seeing tour of Honolulu, and explore the myriad from the fierceness at Haena Point, where angry of optional tours. And all the while you'll stay at Pacific currents tangle with coral at the base of the exotic complex of the Hilton Hawaiian Village the great cliffs of the practically unexplored Na or other luxurious hotels. Pali Coast, to the quiet piece of the haunting beau- tiful fern grotto, the splendor of Waimea Canyon— 1 day in enchanting the Grand Canyon of the Pacific—and the warmth and friendliness of her people who welcome you at night with smiles, song and laughter to the fun BIbO at your hotel by the sea, the Kauai Sands . . . the A lovely and traditional flower lei greeting upon island's newest and most modern hotel. your arrival welcomes you to your eight festive days in paradise. In this gateway town by .0 graceful Hilo Bay, you'll stay at the luxurious 0 Orchid Isle or Hilo Bay Hotel and have a full day and night to explore as you wish her many treasures.

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THREE MONTH ROUND TRIP: Departs Los Angeles June 18, 1969, for London. Returns to Los Angeles from Amsterdam, September 10. Capacity, 183 passengers.

ONE MONTH ROUND TRIP: Departs Los Angeles June 25, 1969 for London. Returns to Los Angeles from Brussels, July 25. Capacity, 165 passengers. WHITTIER COLLEGE COST: $335 per person either flight, round trip transportation only. SYMBOL DESTROYED TOURS: Optional to charter flight passengers. A special three week tour of central Europe com- mencing June 26 will be available to passengers BY FIRE! of either flight. Cost and details on this and other tours will be sent upon request. Tour arrange- ments will be made by Moore Travel Service of With a life history of exactly seventy-five years from the San Pedro, consultants to Whittier College for laying of the first foundation in 1883, Founders Hall on the these charters. Whittier College campus is gone. A fire starting at about 2:50 a.m., Friday, Dec. 13, destroyed the entire interior of APPLICATION: You are encouraged to submit your the building except for portions of the south side. The application with deposit promptly. With multiple massive roof and historic tower crashed inward about one college participation, early assignment of all seats hour after the fire first started. on both flights is anticipated. Reservations will be carefully recorded and numbered on a first- "It is providential," said President Paul S. Smith, "that come, first-serve basis. not one penny of damage was done to Naylor Hall, Stauffer Science Center, or Redwood or the Student Union." "It PAYMENTS: $135 deposit with each application. was the brick veneer," commented Dean Newsom, "plus Refundable in full only if cancelled prior to the wind which saved Naylor." March 10, 1969. Balance of $200 due by March 10, 1969. In a conclusive statement a week after the fire, com- pletely dampening all rumors, President Smith said, "We ELIGIBILITY: Alumni, students and employees of have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of the origins of participating colleges, and immediate family the fire." members living in same household. For the information of alumni, the bell in the tower is safe - it was taken out years ago.

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By JOHN STREY Poet Sports Information Director co-captains Stewart and tackle Bill Weaver. Others Whittier College climaxed one of its most satis- were Omri, Wooten, Newell, Warrington, Tom fying comebacks in the school's athletic history by Woodson, Gary Taylor, Manuel Juarez, Tim Mills, winning the last four games and repeating as South- Bill Gitt, Pat Ferguson, Steve Valderrama, Kevin ern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Bench, Rick Maupin, John McCreery, Dan Ran- football champion. dolph and Les Bursick. A convincing 29-19 conquest of University of Redlands in the season's finale enabled the Poets to The first Whittier College basketball team in the finish a half-game ahead of Occidental in the stand- post-Aubrey Bonham era possesses the ingredients ings. necessary for another championship run—balance, The comeback was even more remarkable since experience, depth and shooting ability. Oxy had wrecked the Poet Homecoming 20-8, and New coach Ivan Guevara, like his predecessor left Coach John Godfrey's bewildered charges for and teacher, is optimistic because the group also dead at the beginning of the conference campaign. has the speed to execute a fast-breaking offense But Godfrey, together with assistants Bill Carr which typifies Whittier teams over the years. and Bill Workman, picked up the pieces and started Rebounding figures as the biggest question mark the Poets on the championship road, despite an since the graduation of 6-8 three-year veteran Jeff unprecedented string of injuries. Eckmier, who came on like gang-busters last season Twenty different players were sidelined at one to set a school field goal percentage record of .587 point or another during the season, including eight on 128 of 218 shots. He was the SCIAC's third who have undergone knee surgery. best board man. The Poets launched their comeback by spanking Guevara is hopeful that sophomore Bob Cheeks, Cal Poly Pomona, 42-7, and roared down the a transfer from Harbor College and Tom James, a SCIAC stretch with consecutive victories over 6-5 all-Eastern conference selection from Mt. San Pomona, 13-10; Claremont-Mudd, 40-20; and the Antonio will pick up the slack to assist all-SCIAC clincher at Redlands. performers 6-6 Tom Read and 6-3 Hugh Fenderson. Earlier, the Poets opened what appeared to be Read, who last year collected more field goals a promising season with a 13-7 upset over San (187) than any previous Whittierite in a single Fernando Valley State. Then followed a tailspin season and averaged 17.2 per game, is drawing stiff and four consecutive losses, 59-14 to Santa Bar- competition for his starting forward berth from bara; 38-23 to California Lutheran; 22-7 to Califor- James and a pair of hot-shooting 6-5 sophomores— nia Western and Occidental. Read Christensen and Mark Lamore. Both new- For Godfrey, the success represented his seventh comers helped rewrite the freshman record book. league title in nine years at Poetville. His only A two year leterman, Fenderson used his agility misses came in 1965 and 1966 when Occidental and to lead the Poets in rebounding and placed second Redlands reigned. in the conference with 11.9 per game. Read, another All-American halfback candidate Ross Stewart excellent rebounder, was right behind Fenderson shook off several injuries to finish fast and accumu- with 11.6 per outing. late 842 yards in eight games. Added to his produc- Capt. Norm Hayden also was lost by graduation, tion of 1,020 as a junior and 620 as a sophomore, but playmaker Chip Morvay, who led the club in Stewart nearly reached the 2,500 mark in rushing, assists and shooting two years ago, is making a falling short by a mere 16 yards. determined bid to retain his regular back court Junior fullback Lionel Pointer also finished assignment. among the top five SCIAC rushers with 615 yards Three transfers - Rich Wells, 6-2 from Trade and split end Wally Wooten caught 61 passes for Tech, Mal Neely, 5-11 from Eastern, Utah, 6-1 Jim 860 yards to lead the conference and rate among Kegley, another Harbor product. the top 12 in the nation (NAIA). A commodity lacking on Bonham's last Poet Five Poets were selected to the all-NAIA district team was depth. Guevara should have none of this 3 team - Wooten, Stewart, center Dave Newell, trouble with 6-7 center Lance Edwards, 6-2 guard guard Ernie Omri and defensive halfback Charles Steve Scoggin and 6-4 guard Kent Scanlon up from Warrington. the freshman team along with Mike Noonan to help Nineteen seniors called it a career, headed by in the front line.

28 school and is enrolled in the new Certi- fied Occupational Therapy Assistant Pro- gram at Green River Community College OLD where her son is also attending and is in his second year of college. The Weather- ford's two daughters are students at near- by Issaquah High School. ACQUAINTANCES Joy (Taranto) Berger, who has substi- tuted and been a pre-school coordinator in the Monrovia area, is now teaching kindergarten at Santa Fe School, Mon- Clara Eva (Finley) Lindsey Jean (Rummerfield) Gretsch rovia, Calif. was recently installed as pres- is the new kindergarten teach- Eugene Gonzales, formerly director of `33 ident of the Pasadena Parlor, '42 er at Jackson Elementary special education for the Santa Barbara Native Daughters of the Gold- School, Indio, Calif. County schools, is presently serving as en West. Clara is currently a associate superintendent of public instruc- teacher at Altadena Elementary School tion for the state of California. is presently school health ed- in Altadena. Leland Mahood Dr. Trudys Lawrence, chairman of the evening col- ucation advisor to the World Health Or- 43 lege division, as well as com- ganization, was recently honored by the Ralph Aldridge, of Porterville, munity education and sum- American School Health Association and Calif., has retired after teach- mer session programs, at the was selected as one of the recipients of '34 ing school for thirty years. He new Canada College, sister institution to its distinguished service awards. The is presently on the school College of San Mateo, San Mateo, Calif. award is presented annually to five mem- board in Porterville and has bers, selected by nomination from the served as president of the Kiwanis for Betty Delaney is working as general membership in recognition of out- two terms. Ralph is also busy with his supervisor of the Adult Inves- standing contributions and leadership in orange grove and is raising angus cattle. '45 tigation Department of the school health. At the present time, Dr. Probation Division for the Richard M. Nixon is once again going Lawrence is on a two year WHO assign- into government service. He and his family Orange County area. She lives ment for the government of Nigeria, will be moving from their present address in Fullerton. Africa, to aid in their development of in New York City to 1600 Pennsylvania Kenneth G. Beyer, former school health education programs. She is Ave., Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 1969. Whittier College Alumni Di- on leave from the Los Angeles city schools '47 rector, has been appointed by where she has been supervisor of health William and Carol (Nelson) the Board of Fellows to the education for many years. McAlister have a daughter, new position of vice president `35 Barbara, who is presently the for planning at the Claremont University Cliff Wellington is the new acting captain of the U.S. Center. Ken, who has been director of principal for the Collegewood women's Olympic diving team joint development for the Claremont Col- `51 School in the Walnut School which competed in Mexico. Barbara spe- leges since 1966, will be responsible for District, Calif. Cliff and his cializes in platform diving. The McAlis- development and organizational planning wife live in Glendora with ters make their home in Madera, Calif. among the several new enterprises at the their children—Chris 16, Mark 14, Don University Center, which is the central co- 10, and Sally 5. James Cleminson recently, during 1968 is working as ordinating institution for the six colleges. John J. August homecoming activities, won the Whittier a California Professional Pe- Charles Depue, currently assis- College Alumni Golf Tournament which troleum engineer in Los An- '36 tant superintendent of the was held at the La Mirada Country Club. geles, and is serving on the '49 Savanna School District, is Jim's score was 72 (gross). Jim is now Engineer's Advisory Commit- teaching a course in "Substi- living in Walnut, Calif. tee to the Department of Professional tute Teaching in the Elemen- and Vocational Standards. tary School," which is being offered this Robert E. Jones is working as fall by the Division of Continuing Edu- director of recreation in South Verda M. Hawkins was recent- cation, Pepperdine College. Depue is pres- `53 El Monte, Calif., and is also ly appointed as technical in- ently residing in Anaheim. serving as a board member in '38 formation supervisor for Shell Clarence W. "Larry" Szalkowski, a the South El Monte Kiwanis Development Co.'s research former U.S. Armed Forces counter-intel- Club. He and his wife have a son, Clay- center at Emeryville, Calif. ligence agent, is presently serving as an ton, who is a junior at Whittier High administrative assistant for the Fullerton School, and a daughter, Lori, who is a Dr. Robert P. Shuler, who was Union High School District. Larry has sixth grader at Lincoln School in Whittier. previously teaching at Asbury been with the FUHS District for 13 years. Steve Holden, owner of South Shores `39 Seminary, has joined the phi- Richard H. Deihl, president of the Insurance Agency, Huntington Beach, losophy department at El Ca- Whittier branch of Home Savings and Calif., has been named to the Huntington mino College, Torrance, Calif. Loan Association, was recently named Beach City School District board of trus- Whittier College Lancer Alumnus of the tees. Dr. Paul Salmon has resigned Year. This second annual award was giv- Jean (Pehrson) Haworth was recently as superintendent of the Pas- en to Deihl for his outstanding profes- welcomed into the Arcadia, Calif., Branch `41 adena City schools, and has sional achievement. He and his wife (Bil- of the American Association of Univer- accepted the position as su- lie Beane '50) are at home with their sity Women. four children in Covina. perintendent of the Sacramen- Neil and Harriet (Clepper) to area schools. Ilda (Bauer) Weatherford and Ziegler are both teaching in James F. Collins, Jr., director of the family have recently settled `54 the Ventura area where they management services division of Johnson `50 in a suburb area near Seattle, are now living. Neil is an in- & Johnson products, has been named an Washington, where her hus- structor in the life science de- assistant treasurer of the company. Col- band, Frank, is employed at partment at Ventura College, and Har- lins resides with his wife and family in the Renton plant of the Boeing Aircraft riet is teaching the third grade in the Martinsville, New Jersey. Co. Mrs. Weatherford has returned to Ventura School System.

29 Tom Tellez, head track coach partment. He resigned from government Marnie (Womer) Boyd and at Fullerton Junior College service about six months ago and will be her husband, Captain Stuart `55 for the past seven years, has traveling to Indonesia privately as man- `64 Boyd, are preparing to move been hired as assistant to ager of Asia Surveys International, to in January from Homestead, UCLA track coach Jim Bush. run economic surveys and political polls Florida, to Edwards AFB, Tom and his wife Kay (Brownsberger for the Indonesian government. He ex- Calif., where Captain Boyd will attend '56) and family are at home in Fullerton. pects to be in that country for approxi- the Aerospace Research Pilot School. Dr. Warren C. Marsh, formerly coor- mately five years. John took his doctor- They have two children, Christopher and dinator of music for the El Rancho Uni- ate in international politics from Clare- Catherine. fied School District, was recently ap- mont College. Cathy Healy is finishing up course pointed county coordinator of music edu- Dr. Richard C. Williams has recently work this year for a Ph.D. in educational cation for Orange County, Calif. Dr. opened his new dental practice in San psychology at the University of Wyom- Marsh is responsible for the music educa- Gabriel, Calif. Dr. Williams took his ing. tion programs in 30 school districts, from grad-work and dental training at USC. Martha (Eisler) Galloway is teaching La Habra to San Clemente, coordinating He and his wife, Jane, have two children. the first grade at John Muir Elementary the efforts of 17 district music consul- School in Cupertino, Calif. Her husband, tants. He was also the recipient of the Lorayne Ann Horka received Jim, is a research associate in plasma coveted Valley Forge Medal from the her Ph.D. in history and so- physics at Stanford University, working Freedom Foundation for excellence in `61 cial sciences from St. An- on his doctorate in that field. educational television production in 1966. drew's College of the Inter- David and Sherrill (Cartt) Mann spent A resident of Whittier since 1950, Dr. collegiate University of Lon- the past summer at Edwards A.F.B. and Mrs. Marsh (Kathy Boinllas '55) don, England. Lorayne received her M.A. where David was employed at the Air and their children, Lynda, Roger, and degree from California State College at Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Brian, will he moving soon into a new Long Beach. working on molecular orbital theory cal- home on Peacock Hill in Santa Ana. culations. He will return to University of Mary E. Sayler is presently serving as Richard C. Ferguson is presently repre- Calif. at Santa Barbara this fall to con- representative for teachers in the Row- senting Insurance and Securities Inc. in tinue his studies in physics for a Ph.D. land Education Association. Mary has Ventura County, teaching at Canoga Sherrill was recently appointed assistant been with the Rowland School District, Park High School, and coaching football head of the new sciences-engineering li- Calif. for six years. at Cal Lutheran College. He and his wife brary on. the U.C.SB. campus. Jean are at home in Thousand Oaks, Lyn (Miller) Cowan and her husband, Calif. Dean, recently moved to a new home in Kim D. Bryan was recently Downers Grove, Illinois, which is conven- appointed as one of the four new account executives of Beverly (Bowen) Moeller, of ient to Dean's job in the parent offices of `65 Simi, Calif., will join the San Sears & Roebuck Co. in Chicago. They Walston & Co., Inc., Santa `56 Fernando Valley State Col- have two children, Jeifry 7, and Lori Lyn 5. Ana. Kim and his wife, Val- lege faculty as a substitute in- erie Ann, are living in Buena Park, Calif. structor in the history depart- Robert L. Mann, a mathemat- Ronald Counts is teaching the fifth ment. ics teacher at Wilson High grade at Santa Fe School in Monrovia, `62 School in La Puente, Calif., Calif. has been awarded a M.A. de- Dr. Charles F. Andrain, asso- Philip G. Derkum is present- gree from Bowdoin College, ciate professor of political sci- ly living in Los Angeles and Maine. `59 ence at San Diego State Col- `66 is employed in the reserva- lege, has been selected to re- Margaret (Walker) Hennigar, who has tions office for United Air ceive a Ford Foundation fel- taught in California for seven years, is Lines at the Los Angeles In- lowship to conduct a civic awareness sur- now teaching a section of the second ternational Airport. vey of elementary school children in grade at Van Renner Elementary School, Wendy Greene is presently working as Berkeley. Dr. Andrain, the only Califor- in Newman, Calif. a home economist for Southern Calif. Ed- nia State College professor cited in the Captain Thomas J. Cunningham, U.S. ison Co., in Long Beach, Calif. new program, will join faculty members Air Force, is attending the Air Univer- David M. Abercrombie is serving as a from five University of California cam- sity's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Lt. in the 17th Cavalry, U.S. Army, cur- puses and also Stanford University. Air Force Base, Alabama. rently stationed in Vietnam. Mike Oldham has been appointed assis- Joseph F. Marcy, following his dis- Kay Suzuki is presently head tant principal at an intermediate school charge from the U.S. Army on Septem- teacher for a new project for in the Covina Valley School District, ber 26, 1968, has been attending the the Los Nietos School Dis- `60 Calif. UCLA Graduate School of Business, ma- trict, Calif. The school district joring in traffic and transportation man- is conducting a program in Larry J. Warner is with the faculty of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, agement. early childhood education involving three- Terence J. Fraser, formerly of Hyden, year old children. The purpose of the as a political scientist. Larry is presently taking part in the "faculty presence" pro- Kentucky, recently joined central nerv- classes is to give the youngsters added ous system diseases research section of enrichment and experiences that most gram, an experimental faculty-residence plan undertaken by the college in cooper- the Product Research II Unit for the authorities consider essential to success- Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. ful development and growth. The pro- ation with a Dickinson fraternity to test gram will be limited to 26 children whose the plan's effectiveness against the usual Richard M. Steers received his parents meet the income criteria estab- house-mother residence system. Members M.B.A. degree in industrial lished for the Head Start program. An of Sigma Chi liked the idea so well that `67 relations from the University expert in early childhood education, Kay they pledged the faculty member, Larry, of Southern California in Aug- will be assisted by four aides recruited who had been chosen to live among them. ust, 1968, and has accepted a from the community. Kay is residing in Alan C. Davidson is currently in busi- position on the industrial relations staff Whittier. ness for himself as an insurance broker of the Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Dr. John M. Di Gregorio has been for- in Whittier. Michigan. eign service officer with the state depart- Janet (Lane) Laughter is teaching third ment having served in Belgrade, Yugo- Elliott P. Hume is a case- grade for her second year at Emery Park slavia; on the Yugoslav desk in Washing- worker at the Wyoming Coun- School in Alhambra, Calif. Her husband, ton; and was until recently connected `63 ty (N.Y.) Dept. of Social Ronald, is currently serving in the Navy with Indonesian affairs at the state de- Services, Warsaw, New York. on his third cruise to Vietnam.

30 Sam T. Shimakuburo has recently com- Class of '64 Class of '57 pleted an eight-month course in Chinese Vicki Ann Sleeper to Gary P. Mahan, Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Irwin (Carrol Mandarin at the Defense Language In- October 18, 1968, at home, 1801 E. Cen- McElroy), 636 Island View Dr., Seal stitute in Monterey, and is now stationed tral #12, La Habra, Calif. Beach, twin sons, Steven Car and Greg- at Goodfellow AFB, in Texas. Sam re- Martha L. Eisler to James Jordan Gal- ory Ronald, July 10, 1968. ceived a promotion in April and his rank loway, August 18, 1968, at home, 3293 Class of '59 is now Airman first class. South Court, Palo Alto, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. James Olson (Marge Fred Gloss is presently serving in the Frederick Arthur Jones to Lana Lee Milhikan '61), 280 S. Stanford, La Habra, Peace Corps. He is working on his initial Foster, August, 1968, at the Whittier Col- a daughter, Janna Elizabeth, March 9, assignment of community development lege Memorial Chapel. 1968. and tropical agriculture extension work Class of '61 on Ponape Island, a trust territory of the Class of '65 Mr. and Mrs. Amon A. Martin, Jr., Larry A. Carter, Pacific Islands. Mary Kate Hatcher to D.D.S., 204 N. Walnut St., Seneca, South at the Whittier College Memorial Chapel. Walter R. Stephens is a new member Carolina 29678, a daughter, Jacelyn Lee, of the staff at Chino High School, Calif., Class of '66 October 7, 1968. and is teaching wood shop. Theodore G. Erler III to Adrian Ken- Class of '62 nedy, September, 1968, at home, 44 - 18th Mr. and Mrs. Michael Oldham (Linda J. Eugene Gaudio was one of Court, Hermosa Beach, Calif. Alstrup), 6213 S. Elmquist, Whittier, the 33 trainees who were grad- Robert W. Curran to Janna Wilemon adopted a son, Sean Michael, born '68 uated recently from a VISTA ('67), July 2, 1967, at home, 12 Twin March 27, 1968. training program at the San Lake Circle, Apt. 2-8, Hampton, Virginia. Francisco I Training Center. Class of '63 Kenneth Frank DiNoto to Lindi Jane Mr. and Mrs. Elliott P. Hume (Janet Gaudio will spend one year working with Williams, August, 1968, at the Retreat Cardot), 212 N. Main St., Warsaw, the Honolulu Council of Social Agencies Ann House Chapel, Sierra Madre, Calif. New York, a daughter, Tammy Janine, in Honolulu; his job involving various Kiturah Friedman to Harry Han Wang, February 27, 1968. volunteer activities. August 24, 1968, at home, 3151 Sepulveda Gabriela Kaplan will be attending the Blvd., Los Angeles, California. Class of '64 medical school at the Universidad Auto- Captain and Mrs. Stuart R. Boyd (Mar. noma in Mexico. Class of '67 nie Womer), 2429-A Kansas Ave., Home- Margaret A. Tucker has been commis- Frank Raymond Sinatra to Robin Lee stead, Florida, a daughter, Catherine sioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Hill ('66), August, 1968, at St. Stephens Elizabeth, September 23, 1968. Air Force upon graduation from Officer Episcopal Church, Whittier. Mr. and Mrs. Wyrick Anderson (Judy Training School at Lackland AFB, Tex- Jerome Dale Adamson, Jr. to Gayle Anderson), 1916 Avenue 400, Kingsburg, as. She has been assigned to Keesler Harriet Guptill, August, 1968, at the Calif. a son, Michael Eric, June 15, 1968. AFB, Mississippi, for training as an ad- Community Presbyterian Church, South Class of '65 ministrative officer. Gate, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan J. Purvis (Ronnie Susan Brown is the newly appointed Janet M. Lane to Ronald D. Laughter, J. Rosales), 7832 Danmar, Stanton, Calif. assistant dean of women at Whittier Col- January 6, 1968, at home, 317 N. Olive a son, Daniel Jordan, August 9, 1968. lege, where she is doing post-graduate Ave., Alhambra, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Weister (Ellen Nancy Stinebaugh work. Allen Johnston to Gamble '66), 6042 S. Greenleaf Ave., Wesley A. Kruse is now in a graduate (68), June 16, 1968, at home, 13534 42nd Whittier, a daughter, Amy Ellen, July program at the American Institute for Ave. N.E., Seattle, Washington. 16, 1968. Foreign Trade in Phoenix, Arizona. Up- Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brezniak (Margaret on completion of his studies there, he Class of '68 Wall), 14137 Clarkdale #2, Norwalk, a hopes to go into international commerce Warren White to Sandra Fransen, son, Stephen Peter, October 1, 1968. and spend his career in Latin America. September 7, 1968, at Our Redeemer Lu- Susi Leine of Temple City is presently theran Church, Oxnard, Calif. Class of '67 enrolled in the World Campus Afloat - Clair Edward Bennett to Lianne Kon- Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey N. Fisher (Lynne Chapman College. She joined 500 other arske, June 12, 1968, at home, 3502 So. Craig), 14802 Newport Ave., Santa Ana, college students and boarded the S.S. Turnbull Canyon Rd., Hacienda Heights. a daughter, Katharine Marie, September Ryndam on October 10, beginning the Gary Philip Jones to Christine Lindsay 16, 1968. 110-day study voyage to ports in South Newell, August 24, 1968, at home, 3621 America, Africa, and Europe. Paseo Del Campo, Palos Verdes Estates, Lee F. Jeberjahn has been commis- Calif. sioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Barbara Allen Benbough to Jack Lee in memoriam Force upon graduation from Officer Train- Brauer, August, 1968, at home, 420 West ing School at Lackland AFB, Texas. Lee Queen St., Inglewood, Calif. is presently assigned to Williams AFB, Kenneth L. Spence to Rosemary Ray- Class of '13 Arizona, for pilot training. burn ('67)', October, 1968, at home, 7642 Dr. George H. Bell, October 17, 1968. S. Bright, Whittier. Class of '17 Marcia Lynn Hall to David Bruce Mildred Jessup Abbot, October 11, 1968. Evans, October, 1968, at home, 230 Grand Class of '19 newlyweds St., Apt. 205, Alameda, Calif. Elsie Haskin, November 2, 1968. Class of '60 Class of '60 Nkem Ifeagwu, biology major and Caroline Louise Casier to Jack T. Bose, newcomers graduate of Whittier College, was killed at home, 14060 Oak Glen Rd., Valley in a mine explosion on February 21, 1968, Center, Calif. in Nawfia, as a result of the war between Class of '61 Class of '50 Biafra and Nigeria. While attending Daryl P. Baker to Michele Langley, Mr. and Mrs. Evan McKinney, 8324 Whittier, Nkem was sponsored by Mr. March, 1968, at home, 4944 Briercrest, Davista Dr., Whittier, a daughter, Jean- Douglas Ferguson and Judge Merton Lakewood, Calif. nette Ann, September 15, 1968. Wray ('33), both of Whittier. After earn- Class of '62 Class of '55 ing an M.A. degree at Cornell University, Charles T. Kolt to Susan McKellar Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ferguson, 555 Ifeagwu returned to Nigeria where he ('63), May 11, 1968, at home, 54 Ros- Laurie Lane, Thousand Oaks, a son, worked for the government, involved in well "B", Long Beach. Kerman Roy, September 28, 1968. agricultural research.

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