ews VOLUME XIII MEMPHIS, , December, 1950 NUMBER 1 Ground Is Broken For Introducing Seven Burrow Library Jan. 5 . Newcomers on Faculty Ground was broken for Southwestern's Seven newcomers to the faculty have been new library building on Friday morning, teaching at Southwestern since the college January 5, 1951. The first spade of earth opened its doors for the session of 1950-51, was turned by Mr. A. K. Burrow, who with and are now familiar figures on the campus. his wife is giving the building to South­ Besides these, two professors who have been western and in whose honor it will be named. on leave of absence have resumed their A simple but impressive ceremony celebrat­ teaching duties. ing the occasion was held during the chapel The new professors are: James L. Price, hour, with members of the administration, Jr., College Chaplain and Associate Pro­ faculty and Board of Directors, student fessor of Bible; G. L. Tiller, Associate Pro­ body, general administrative staff, and fessor of Mathematics; Loyal Hogue, Assis­ friends in attendance. tant Professor of Economics; Bernard V. A processional from the cloister of Palmer Munger, Assistant Professor of Bible; Doug­ Hall to the building site preceded the cere­ aid McD. Monroe, Jr., Assistant Professor mony. At the head of the procession Ronald of English; Mrs. Rocco Calandruccio, Asso­ Free~e Bunn, President of the Student Body, ciate Director of Physical Education for carried the Southwestern banner, followed by a group of trumpeters. The Southwestern Women; Miss Su~~ane Ellen Wills, Assis­ Singers, academically robed as usual and led tant Director of Physical Education for by Dr. Tuthill, came next. Women. The succeeding groups were as follows : Those returning after leaves of absence President Rhodes and Mr. Burrow; Presi­ are David M . Amacker, Professor of Political dent-Emeritus Diehl and Mr. S . W. Science and widely known authority on na­ Farnsworth, Chairman of the Board; the tional and international affairs, and Robert architects of the fix:m of Walk C. Jones of James L. Price, College Chaplain L. Roussey, Assistant Professor of French. Memphis; Miss Mary Marsh, Librarian; Pro­ Professor Price, who hails from Virginia, fessor L . F . Kinney, Chairman of the received his A.B. cum laude from Washing­ Library Committee; the other members of Freshmen Score High ton and Lee University, and later went the Faculty Library Building Committee; to Union Theological Seminary in Rich­ other members of the library staff and mond for his B.D. degree. He continued his Library Committee; the Student Council. On Intelligence Tests studies in theology in Princeton, where he The remaining members of the faculty Southwestern takes pride in its freshmen gained his Th.M. in 1943. During the past and staff, students, and friends meanwhile of 19 so-51. On intelligence and information · two years he studied theology in Cambridge had gathered at the site. The Invocation was tests given this fall the class outscored the University, England, and received his Ph.D. delivered by Professor A. P. Kelso, and the freshmen of the years just past and possibly from that institution this fall. Scripture was read by Professor James L. set a record that will stand for some time to During the recent war Mr. Price served Price, College Chaplain. come. Scores sent in from Chicago, where as chaplain in the Navy for three years, President Rhodes then spoke of the pur­ all papers were graded, are the basis for this principally in the Pacific area. His profession­ pose of the ceremony and introduced Mr. rating and for the ensuing rounds of com­ al work includes service at the St. Charles Farnsworth and President-Emeritus Diehl, pliment and self-congratulation. Avenue Presbyterian Church in New Or­ who made brief talks underscoring the great The group's average score on the aptitude leans, where he was Minister of Education, importance of the magnificent gift of Mr. tests placed it in the upper 30% among all and at his alma mater, Washington and and Mrs. Burrow and pointing out what it colleges giving the tests-several hundred Lee, wh"ere for two years he was Assistant will mean to present and future generations from all parts of the country. Nearly one Professor of Philosophy and director of of students. third of the Southwestern class were rated religious activities. He is married and has a President Rhodes then presented Mr. Bur­ as superior and were placed in the upper four-year-old son. row, who broke ground for the building. 10% of the national norms. Fifty-three per Professor Tiller received his master's de­ Following a prayer of thanksgiving and cent of the freshmen were rated in the gree from the University of Michigan and commitment by Professor Kinney, the as­ highest quarter nationally. his doctorate from the University of Ken­ semblage joined in singing the Alma Mater. Registrar Malcolm Evans says that he is tucky. His professional experience includes The Benediction was by Professor Price. not greatly surprised at the showing made by four years at the University of Kentucky The site for the building is already sur­ Southwestern's newest class. The students and two years at Utica College of Syracuse veyed and staked off, and a building permit were selected from applications with a good University. has been secured. Some work of a prelimi­ deal of care and only those students who Dr. Tiller is a member of the American nary nature will be begun immediately on a appeared to be quite capable of doing col­ Mathematical Society; Pi Mu Epsilon, hon­ small scale, but major construction will await lege work were accepted. Geniuses? No, not orary fraternity in mathematics; American the awarding of the contract. at all, says the Registrar. Just wholesome Mathematical Association; Tennessee Acad­ Because of the shortage of certain boys and girls who are wide awake and emy of Science; and Phi Delta Kappa, hon­ materials, it is not possible to predict the anxious to learn during their four years in orary society for teachers. The Tillers have date when the doors of the Burrow Library college. two daughters. Since coming to Memphis, will be opened. The Building Committee and The record of the freshmen of 1950 is a they have united with the Idlewild Presby­ architects are making every effort to speed compliment to Southern schools, as well as terian Church. the work, but delays are to be expected. to the freshmen and to Southwestern. (Continued on next page) Tiller--Mathematics Hogue-Economics Monroe-English Munger-Bible INTRODUCING SEVEN NEWCOMERS For two years he directed the raising and MEMORIAL GIFTS TO LIBRARY (Continued from page 1) expenditure of overseas relief funds for the Professor Hogue graduated from Berea Chapel Hill Council of Churches and held The plan of memorializing friends by mak­ College in Kentucky with the B.S. degree, the chairmanship of that organization in ing contributions to the Library Building and for his graduate work went to Indiana 1948-49. He is married and has three chil­ Fund continues to appeal to Mid-Southerners. University, which granted him the master's dren. Since the last issue of the News, tributes degree in business administration. While at Mrs. Calandruccio was granted her B.S. have been made in memory of those whose Indiana he served as graduate assistant in degree at Mary Washington College of the names appear below. The names of those accounting. He is a member of Pi Gamma University of Virginia. She has served as who have made the gifts are also listed : Mu, social science honorary fraternity. Dur­ instructor in physical education at Larson Mr. A. Ward Archer, Sr. ing the war he spent thirty months in the College, New Haven, Connecticut, and at by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Buchman, July army, most of the time in the Office of the DuBarry Success School in New York 10, 1950. Strategic Service in London. City. She has also taught swimming at by Mr. Felder F. Heflin, July 10, 1950. Professor Monroe hails from Virginia and Alfred Corning Clark Gymnasium in Coop­ Mrs. William F. Bowld from Washington and Lee, where he earned erstown, New York. by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W. Farnsworth, his B.A. For his graduate work he went to Miss Wills got her Bachelor of Science August 1, 1950. Northwestern University and received his degree at Bouve-Boston School of Physical by Mr. and Mrs. Peyton N . Rhodes, Aug­ master's degree there in 1947. From that Education in affiliation with Tufts College. ust 1, 1950. She has served as counselor in summer date until the past summer he served as Commander Lemuel Doty Cooke graduate teaching assistant. at Northwestern camps in the East. Professor Amacker resumes his professor­ by Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fargason, Jr., while working toward his Ph.D. degree. He July 7, 1950. has completed residence work for this de­ ship of political science after a two-years' gree and lacks only his dissertation, which leave of absence, during which he has been Mrs. Maria Rosado Diaz is now in draft. During the war he was in occupied with personal business at his home by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Livermore, Sep­ the Army Airways Communication System, in Lake Providence, Louisiana. While there tember 23, 1950. in which he did maintenance work on radio he was active with the Louisiana Farm Mr. Malcom E. Driver communication equipment. Bureau and the Delta Council in formulat­ by Mrs. Edwin D. Watkins, August 9, Professor Munger, a Mid-Westerner, grad­ ing and promoting a federal policy toward 1950. uated from Washburn Municipal University the cotton farmers of the country. In this in Topeka, Kansas, which awarded him his connection he has testified on proposed Mr. George Ehemann A.B. His Bachelor of Divinity degree is from legislation before the House Agriculture Sub­ by Mr. and Mrs. John R. C. Elder, August the Chicago Theological Seminary, and he Committee on Cotton in Washington. 11, 1950. has done graduate work at Duke and Prince­ Professor Roussey, of the French Depart­ Mr. and Mrs. Eaton M. Elder, Sr. ton. ment, spent his leave of absence at the Uni­ by Mr. and Mrs. Goodlett Brown, Jr., He has held pastorates in Washington, versity of Illinois, where he is working September 13, 1950. D. C., and in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. toward his Ph.D. degree. (Continued on page 3)

Calandruccio--Physical Education Wills-Physical Education Amacker--Political Science Roussey-French '"' Memorial Gifts to Library (Continued from page 2) Mrs. Eaton M. Elder, Sr. by Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand W. Cohn, Aug­ ust 4, 1950. by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W . Farnsworth by Misses Katherine and Helen Freed, July 5, 1950. by Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Polk, June 30, 1950. by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Quinn, Jr., by Mrs. E. M. Quinn, Sr., July 5, 1950. was Mr. Hill Turner, who for twenty years by Dr. and Mrs. P. N. Rhodes, July 14, Report on Homecoming has been the executive secretary of the 1950. Vanderbilt Alumni Association. Mr. Turner by the Library Staff, July 5, 1950. Homecoming is now a long time past; however, since it is one of the two major outlined the three chief objectives of an Mr. Eaton M. Elder, Sr. alumni celebrations of the year, we are giv­ alumnus, i. e., to build good will for his by Mrs. E. M. Quinn, Sr. ing a rather full account of the happenings college, to increase its enrollment, and to by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Quinn, Jr., Septem­ of October 14. This report should have assist in its financial support, and mentioned ber 6, 1950. reached you earlier, but two special issues of a number of ways to accomplish these ends. by Mr. and Mrs. Peyton N . Rhodes, Sep­ the News have prevented. Following the dinner, the Field House tember 11, 1950. Fortunately the success of Southwestern's was cleared and the Homecoming Dance be­ Mr. Charles Fulghum Homecomings does not depend on the out­ gan at nine o'clock. The Queen and by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faux, September come of the football game. The old grads Princesses were presented to the alumni and 18, 1950. who gathered on October 14 took the 33-0 student body after the football team's lead­ Miss Margaret Gash loss to College in stride and en­ out. ·During the intermission, cups were by Mr. and Mrs. Lehman Kapp, Septem­ tered into the other activities of the day with awarded for the fraternity and sorority ber 22, 1950. enthusiasm. lawn decorations, and a cash prize was awarded for ticket sales to the dance. Mr. C. Fred Graves On the program were a parade through Alpha Tau Omega took first place among by Dr. and Mrs. Marshall P. Meacham, downtown and residential Memphis, the the fraternities with a Lynxcat Mincemeat July 5, 1950. football game with Mississippi College, the fraternity and sorority lawn decorations, the Machine, into which Southwestern football Mrs. Getty Hirsch Gronauer fraternity open houses, the alumni dinner, players were placing a struggling Indian, by Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand W. Cohn, Au­ and the Homecoming Dance. representing the Mississippi College Choc­ gust 4, 1950. Opening the festivities was the parade led taws. Kappa Delta won the sorority com­ Mrs. J. B. Hawkins by Homecoming Queen Marlene Weigel of petition with an imitation atom bomb ex­ by Mr. John H . Todd, June 15, 1950. Ferguson, Missouri, and Princesses Patty plosion and the slogan, "Atom, Lynx Cats, Mrs. B. R. Hoshall Smith of Memphis, and Martha Hebron of give 'em the bombs rush." Sigma Nu won by Mr. and Mrs. G. ]. Sander and Family, Leland, Mississippi. Each fraternity and so­ the ticket selling prize. AOPi Sorority and October 20, 1950. rority was represented by an official auto­ SAE Fraternity won trophies for having the Mr. T. P. Howard, Jr. mobile, and many students followed in their largest number of their alumni present at by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W . Farnsworth, private cars. the Alumni Homecoming Dinner. November 1. 1950. Immediately following the parade came Baby Nell Hughes the football game, in which Mississippi Col­ ALUMNI MEN OF MEMPHIS by Dr. and Mrs. John M. Wilson, October lege overpowered the Lynx. The Queen and 25, 1950. the Princesses were presented with flowers ORGANIZE Mr. J. A. Michael before the contest began. During the half, Southwestern Men of Memphis is a recent­ by Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Wallace, July the freshmen men held their annual shoe ly organized group of former Southwestern 8, 1950. race. Clad in pajamas, they first piled their men living in Memphis and the surrounding Mrs. Martha Withers Moore shoes on the midfield stripe, then raced from territory. It is a social organization, inde­ by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W . Farnsworth, the goal line to the heap, found their shoes, pendent of the Southwestern Alumni As­ November 1, 1950. and returned to the starting point. The win­ sociation. by Mr. and Mrs. William A. Jones, Octo­ ner was Tim Lynn Pang of Greenwood, Officers are William E. Dueease, '34, ber 26, 1950. Mississippi, and he was given the privilege president; William T. Walker, '32, vice­ Mrs. Will Noel of using a paddle on his slower fellows. president; Robert Amis, '48, secretary; John by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Elder, August 3, At five o'clock the fraternities on the C. Whitsitt, '43, treasurer. The committee 1950. campus entertained their alumni and the chairiil'(:n are Horace Harwell, '31, Tom Mrs. S. Watkins Overton student body with open houses, serving light White, Jr., '39, John Summerfield, '40, and by Members of Civil Service Personnel, refreshments. Earl P. Davis, '41. Division of the City of Memphis, October A little later three hundred Southwestern There are over a hundred members 27, 1950. graduates gathered in Farguson Field House in the group. Luncheon meetings are held by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W. Farnsworth, for the traditional dinner. Principal speaker once a month at a downtown hotel, and October 31, 1950. after a short business meeting an interesting by Mr. Fred C . Pritchard, November 6, Mrs. Cleland K. Smith program is presented. From time to time 1950. by Mr. and Mrs. Neely Grant, August 7, dinner meetings are held instead of the Mr. Leon Powers 1950. luncheon meetings, usually at the University by Administrative Staff of Southwestern, Club. Mrs. Minor Bell Wall July 7, 1950. An invitation is extended to those former by Mr. and Mrs. Neely Grant, June 20, Mrs. J. R. Prothro Southwestern men living in this area to be­ 1950. by Mr. and Mrs. Harry ]. Freeburg, No­ come members of the group. Dues are $3 .00 vember 9, 1950. Mrs. Roberta Gray Williams a year, to be used solely for the expenses of by Mr. and Mrs. William A. Jones, Octo­ by Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Waller, Septem­ the organization. For further information ber 26, 1950. ber 18, 1950. write Southwestern Men of Memphis, P. 0. Mrs. I. G. Rosborough Mrs. R. M. Wise Box 766, Memphis, Tennessee, or call Mr. by Dr. and Mrs. 0. P. Walker, Septem­ by Mr. Lewis A. Graeber, Jr. and Mr. William E. Dueease, attorney, Commerce ber 7, 1950. James P. Graeber, October 21, 1950. Title Building, telephone 37-8368. (3) PHOTOGRAPHER'S RECORD OF HOMECOMING As&ociation, who was the speaker at the Alumni Dinner; Franklin Kim brough, '33, President of Southwestern Alumni; Pres. Rhodes; Goodbar ( 1) The man behind the glasses watching the between-halves show at Morgan; and Bill Walker, '32. the Homecoming Game is Baxter Pouncey, '44, backfield star of the Kubale (6) Mrs. Bill Brennan (Marjorie Leake), '50; Tom West, x'51 ; Ger~ days, now of Crawfordsville, Ark. Beside him is John D. Ba~es, '3 5, and Sweatt, '49; Mrs. Sweatt (Betty Cage), x'51 ; Mrs. Oliver Sanders, Jr.; Mrs next is Prof. Gordon Southard. ( 2) On the lower level are Dusty Anderson, Charles E. Diehl, President-Emeritus Diehl; Mrs. Charles I. Diehl (Ma11 '50, and Mrs. Anderson (Emily Ann Allen), x'52. Next row: Conrad Carroll, Pond), '32; Catherine Diehl; and Professor Diehl. (7) At the Alumni Dinl '49; Mrs. Carroll (Martha Ann Smothers), '49, and William Flowers, x'51, ner: Mrs. John Reid Bell (sorry John did not get in this picture) ; Jean King, Paducah, Kentucky. ( 3) Eldon Roark, well-known columnist of the Press· '49; Mrs. William R. Bell (Jane King), '49; and Bill Bell, '49. Scimitar; Bill Callicoat; all-round athlete Eldon Roark, Jr., '50; and basket· (8) Estelle Kuhlman, '45; Marie Jackson, x'43 ; Mrs. McMath Given: ball star Art Derr, '50. Hervey Conway, '43 leans against the pole. (Dorothy Grace Jackson), '37; McMath Givens, '36; Charlotte S. Byrd, '35 John Quinn; Mrs. L. M. Woolwine, Jr. (Sara Elizabeth Markham), '34; ~ ( 4) Billy Dueease, Jr.; William E. Dueease; Mrs. Dueease; Bob Amis, M. Woolwine. (9) Johnson Rhem, '40; Meredith Moorhead, '42; Mrs. Wil· '48; Mrs. Amis (Lucille Hamer), '48; Dr. Bob Armstrong, '?7; and Betty liam P. Embry (Milton Mathewes), '43; Mrs. Robert M. McRae (LouiSE Armstrong. ( 5) Hill Turner, Executive Secretary of the Vanderbilt Alumni Howry), '43; Mrs. Cecil New (Winnie Pritchartt), x'43. Give Pre-Homecoming Dinner As part of Southwestern's Homecoming activities, the Southwestern Men of Mem­ phis held a Pre-Homecoming celebration on the night of October 13, at the . A large number of alumni, their wives and friends, enjoyed a banquet in the Georgian Room, followed by dancing in the Skyway. Mr. E. P. McCallum, attorney, was the principal speaker. He gave a talk full of humorous anecdote, which was thoroughly enjoyed. Guests of honor were Dr. Charles E. Diehl, President-Emeritus of Southwest­ ern, and Mrs. Diehl; Dr. Peyton N. Rhodes, President, and Mrs. Rhodes; AI Clemens, football coach, and Mrs. Clemens, and Edwin Hamlet, captain of the football team. Those attending this affair, the first of its kind since the Southwestern Men of Mem­ phis organized, were enthusiastic about it, and a gathering of the same kind was held in January as the News went to press. CLASS NOTES Class of 1918 The Reverend J. S. Lack has been called as pastor of the Eastland Presbyterian Church in Memphis. He was formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Delhi, Louisi- ana. (Top) Freshman pajama race between halves of the Homecoming Game. Class of 1929 (Bottom) Homecoming Dance. Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Robertson (Lola Class of 1935 been associated with this organization in its Ellis, '36), 315 Hillside Drive, Charlotte 7, several offices since his graduation from North Carolina, are the parents of a daugh­ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Ryan (Mary Southwestern in 1938. He has been in charge ter, born July 7, 1949. Fay), 274 North Highland, Memphis, are of the New York office since leaving the the parents of a daughter, born July 15, naval service in 1946. Class of 1930 1950 . . This is the first girl born in Mr. Earle Ligon Whittington, Jr. and Alice Mr. and Mrs. John Crofton, 3431 Doug­ Duke Martin of Reidsville, North Carolina, O'Ryan's branch of the family in over three were married in the first Presbyterian las, Memphis, are the parents of a daughter, hundred years. The baby has been named born May 23, 1950. Chur::h in Reidsville, on June 11, 1950. Mary Fay O'Ryan. She has two older broth­ Oass of 1931 ers, Thomas, Jr., and Bill Fay, 14 months. Class of 1939 Three graduates of the class of 1939, all A son, William Hunt Diehl, was born to Class of 1937 Professor and Mrs. Charles I. Diehl (Mary Memphis physicians, have been named to the Pond, '32), 1966 Snowden, Memphis, on Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap Cannon (Mary staff of the University of Tennessee College July 27, 1950. This was a red letter day for Elizabeth Young, '46), 129 Cherokee Drive, of Medicine as assistants in surgery. They the Diehls as a gift of a $600,000.00 library Memphis, are the parents of a daughter, are Dr. McCarthy DeMere, Dr. Edward was made to Southwestern by Mr. and Mrs. born July 24, 1950. The baby has been French, and Dr. William T. Tyson, Jr. A. K. Burrow-good news for the South­ named Helen Devereaux Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. William Fay (Sally Hard­ westerners. Professor Diehl is on the South­ ing), 1838 Central, Memphis, are the parents western faculty. Dr. Charles E. Diehl, the Class of 1937 of a son, born August 23, 1950. The baby very proud grandfather, is president-emeritus. Mr. and Mrs. Miles E. Magargel (Margaret has been named William McKeen Fay, Jr. The baby's mother is a Southwestern gradu­ Sue Jenkins), 3569 Aurora Circle, Memphis, Mark Hammond, who graduated from ate and the daughter of Dr. Robert S. Pond, are the parents of a son, born August 18, Southwestern in 1939, and is widely known who retired from the faculty in June, and 1950. as a real estate man in Memphis, has opened Mrs. Pond. The late Dr. William Hunt, for his own real estate office at 2724 Union whom the baby is named, was also a South­ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curtis Taylor, Dog­ wood Road, Germantown, Tennessee, are Extended at Poplar. The firm, Mark Ham­ western graduate. Baby William has an old­ mond Realty Co., will do a general real er sister, Katherine, who was four in July. the parents of a son, born August 9, 1950, who has been named Charles Curtis Taylor, estate and insurance business and also oper­ Class of 1932 III. ate in the building field. Mr. Hammond is married to the former Dorothy Steuwer, Dr. James Allen Cabaniss, author of nu­ Class of 1938 ('40) also a graduate of Southwestern. merous articles and books and a member of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Chapleau (Virginia Dr. and Mrs. Henry B. Turner, 57 N. the faculty of the University of Mississippi, Cunningham), 3823 Central, Memphis, are Alicia Drive, Memphis, are the parents of has written a history of that university the parents of a son, born June 24, 1950. a son, born July 2, 1950, who has been which contains some interesting facts con­ Mr. and Mrs. George A. Futris of 175 N . named Clement Browning Turner. They cerning college life in the 1800's. Stonewall, Memphis, are the parents of a have two other sons, William, four, and Class of 1933 daughter, born July 8, 1950. Stephen, three. John B. Ricker, Jr. has been appointed Lillie Roberts Walker and Ben Carpenter Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Wright (Ida Carothers Assistant Manager of the Cotton Fire and were married June 24, 1950, at the Madison Banks), Byhalia, Mississippi, are the parents Marine Underwriters and will be attached to Heights Methodist Church in Memphis. of a daughter, born June 12, 1950. the head office at Memphis. Mr. Ricker has (Continued on page 6) (5) CLASS NOTES born September 1, 1950. The Gordons have Mr. and Mrs. George Harry Treadwell (Continued from page 5) another child, Gail, a year old. (Virginia Ballou) of 17 Cherokee Drive, Memphis, are the parents of a son, born Class of 1940 Josephine Rhea and William Allen Thomas were married at the Presbyterjan Church in August 9, 1950. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Bland, 3561 Phil­ Hickory Withe, Tennessee, on October 1, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Freidman (Ilse Ein­ wood, Memphis, are the parents of a son, 1950. The couple are now making their home stein), 5418Yz Thornburn Street, Los born June 16, 1950. in Jackson, Tennessee, where Mr. Thomas is Angeles, California, are the parents of a son, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Boydston, 133 associated with the firm of architects, Spen­ born May 25, 1950. The baby has been Barnett Circle, Memphis, are the parents of cer and Ross. named Kennard Neal Freidman. a son, born July 31, 1950. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Webb, Jr., 3644 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Earles (Madelyn Colonel and Mrs. 0. W. Lunde (Ann Highland, Memphis, are the parents of a Estes), 990 Patterson, Memphis, are the Potts) of Dublin, Ireland, are the parents of son, born September 13, 1950. parents of a daughter, born June 14, 1950. a daughter, born June 17, 1950. The baby John C. Whitsitt and Mildred McCon­ Florence Adelaide Horton and William has been named Rosalind Ann Van Dyke nico were married August 26, 1950, in the Leffler were married August 12, 1950, at Lunde. First Methodist Church in Brownsville, Ten­ the Union Avenue Methodist Church in Class of 1941 nessee. They will make their home in the Memphis. Mr. and Mrs. Leffler will make Georgian Woods Apartments on Union Ave. their home at 992 Whitehaven Lane, White­ Dr. and Mrs. John Patrick Conway, Jr., of in Memphis. haven, Tennessee. 1639 Glenview, Memphis, are the parents of Class of 1944 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Pridgen (Sally a son, born September 10, 1950. Lundy, x'49), 2431 Union Extended, Mem­ Lt. Col. and Mrs. Philip Melody (Mildred Henry David Baldridge, Jr. received his phis, are the parents of a daughter, Eliza­ Noce) are the parents of a son, Daniel Noce Ph.D. degree in chemistry in June, 1950, beth Lundy Pridgen, born on her mother's Melody, born June 22, 1950, in Giessen, from the University of California. He has birthday, September 2, 1950. Germany. The Melodys have two other accepted a position in the Chemistry de­ Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Donner (Martha children, Diana Elizabeth, aged four, and partment of Carson-Newman College at Jef­ Wheeler), Dyersburg, Tennessee, are the Susan Lane, aged two and a half. The ferson City, Tennessee. parents of a son, born August 22, 1950. Melodys moved from Giessen to Heidel­ Mr. and Mrs. William P. Kenworthy (Ann Lt. Commander and Mrs. David A . Marks berg, Germany, the later part of August. Elizabeth Hord), 311 Fenwick Road, are the (Floy Wooten), 268 North McNeil, Mem­ Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Thorn (Sarah parents of a daughter, born July 21, 1950. phis, are the parents of a son, born July 17, Greer), 331 Hawthorne, Memphis, are the Margaret Polk and Joseph Copeland, Jr. 1950. The baby has been named David parents of a son, boni August 2, 1950. were married May 17, 1950, in Memphis and W oaten Marks. William M. Ramsay of Arlington, Ten­ Mr. and Mrs. ]. T. McLoughlin, Jr. (Har­ are making their home at Maywood, Mis- nessee, returned this summer after studying riette Hollis) of Princeton, New Jersey, are sissippi. . at the University of Edinburgh, and travel­ the parents of a son, born July 5, 1950, who Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walker, III (Caro­ ing in Europe. He has accepted a call to the has been named Hollis Samuel McLoughlin. lyn Davis Tate), 2230 South Parkway, East, Houston Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, They have another son, Johnny, aged two are the parents of a son, born September 22, Tennessee. He will also serve as Stated Sup­ and a half. 1950. Class of 1945 ply of Lebanon Church, near Knoxville. James Alcorn Russell, Jr., and Mary Nan Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Stoudemayer (Mabel Monaghan were married June 20, 1950, at Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Hill (Betty Boone), 5810 South Drexel Ave., Chicago the First Methodist Church in Tupelo, Mis­ Edmiston), 2658 Browning, Memphis, are 37, Illinois, are the parents of a son, born sissippi. the parents of a son, born June 10, 1950. October 6, 1950. The baby has been named Mr. and Mrs. Rowlett W. Sneed (Vir­ The baby has been named Richard Elkin John Merrill Stoudemayer. ginia Ann Heppell, x'43) of 3420 Highland Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have another son, Park Place, Memphis, are the parents of a Edward, Jr. and a daughter, Betty Ann. Class of 194 7 son, born August 9, 1950. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Livesay, 4730 Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Beers (Leone Mr. and Mrs. Percy Russell Wood, 491 Poplar, are the parents of a son, born Sep­ Flaniken) are the parents of a son, Michael Highland, Memphis, are the parents of twin tember 26, 1950. Flaniken Beers, born August 30, 1949. Dr. girls, born August 3, 1950. Lt. Col. William Sivley Moore is now the and Mrs. Beers have recently moved from Mr. aJ;ld Mrs. James Wright, Trimble, Assistant to the surgeon in command of St. Louis to make their home in New Or­ Tennessee, are the parents of a daughter, the Eighth Army, stationed in Korea. leans. born June 1, 1950. Mignon Presley and Floyd Weeks were Sara Ann Elliott and Paul M. Newton married in a quiet ceremony at Idlewild were married in a large church ceremony Class of 1943 Presbyterian Church in Memphis, June 16, May 27, 1950, at Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. 1950. and Mrs. Newton are making their home at Edward N. Adams, Jr. received his degree Recent visitors to the Alumni Office were as Doctor of Philosophy in Physics in June, University, Mississippi, while he is complet­ Mr. and Mrs. Shelton King (Alice Hove ing hts studies at Ole Miss. 1950. This year he went to the Institute for Siviter) of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. Mrs. Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago, Ernest H. Flaniken receiv.ed his Bachelor King reports that they have a three-year-old of Divinity Degree at the Union Theological as an instructor in the Department of Physics. daughter, Johnnie Ruth King. Madeleine Brabant Floyd and Newton Col­ Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, in June, lier Estes were married September 2, 1950, Class of 1946 1950. He is now pastor of the Presbyterian in the chapel of Vanderbilt University, at Church in Craigsville, Virginia. The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Ackerman, 1884 and Mrs. Flaniken are the parents of a son, Nashville, Tennessee. They will make their Nelson, Memphis, are the parents of a daugh­ home at 534 South McLean, in Memphis. born October 5, 1950, who has been named ter, born June 19, 1950. This is the first Robert Ernest Flaniken. Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Gordon (Dorothy child for the Ackermans. The baby has Gill), 311 High Point Terrace, Memphis, Suzanne Ransom became the bride of Dr. been named Ruth Cain Ackerman. John David Young, June 10, 1950. The are the parents of a daughter, born August Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Billingsley (Helen 11, 1950. couple are making their home at 1881 Florence Williams), 2294 Success Road, Colonial Drive, in Memphis. Robert Edward Goostree, Clarksville, Ten­ Memphis, are the parents of a daughter, born Mary Mydelle Lane and Gilbert Bailey nessee, received his degree of Doctor of October 2, 1950. Wilson, III, were married September 7, 1950, Philosophy in Political Science from the Jeannette Hord and Dr. Chester Glenn at Idlewild Presbyterian Church m Mem­ State University of Iowa, in August, 1950. Allen were married September 25, 1950, at phis. They are living at the Georgian Woods Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd James Gordon, Jr. Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Mem­ Apartments on Union Extended in Mem­ (Glenna Herndon, x'48), _297 Highpoint phis. They will make their home at 322 St. phis. Terrace, Memphis, are the parents of a son, Andrews Fairway in Memphis. (Continued on page 7) (6) CLASS NOTES Charles Louis Leroy as special agent with Shirley Mae Sibley and Dr. David St. (Continued from page 6) offices at 920 Sterick Building in Memphis. Martin, ('48) were married June 20, 1950, Class of 1948 Lenore Spellings and William H . Stephen­ at St. Luke's Methodist Church in Memphis. son were married on May 4,_ 1950, at the Dr. and Mrs. St. Martin are making their Mr. and Mrs. William A. Allen (Virginia Methodist Church in Bells, Tennessee. home in Washington, D. C., where he will Cartwright) of Collierville, Tennessee, are Robert Stanbery received his Master's De­ intern at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, the parents of a daughter, born October 3, gree in Philosophy from Yale University in Maryland. 1950. June, 1950. He has accepted a teaching posi­ Archie Hilliary Turner, Jr., and Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W . Hoehn (Betty tion at Emanuel College, Victoria University, Holmes were married September 5, 1950, at Jo Austin), 1032 N. Watkins, Memphis, are Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. the home of the bride's parents. They will the parents of a son, born August 11, 1950. Louise Joy Upshaw and William P. Mur­ make their home at 1336 Carrolton in Mem­ Dean A. Bailey is the new president of phy ('41), were married on June 7, 1950, phis. the Student body at Louisville Seminary, at the First Methodist Church of Houston, Mary Nell Wilkinson ('48), and James G. Louisville, Kentucky. Mississippi. Wood, Jr. were married at Highland Heights Betty Jo Brantley received her Master of Virginia Ann Wunderlich and Dr. Ralph Presbyterian Church on August 26, 1950. Arts degree in Greek and Latin from Bryn E. Braden were married at Trinity Methodist Geraldine Zepatos, 271 Pasadena, Mem­ Mawr College in June, 1950. Church, October 4, 1950. They will make phis, was among the first class of medical Mr. and Mrs. Noble Hicks (Virginia Ann their home at 1435 La Paloma Circle, in technologists to be awarded bachelor of Withers), 3731 Hazelwood, Memphis, are Memphis. science degrees by the University of Ten­ the parents of a daughter, born June 8, 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Latham P. Daniel, 216 Buena nessee College of Medicine at its Commence­ James E. Roper has returned to the United Vista, are the parents of a daughter, born ment Exercises on September 25, 1950. States after spending two years at Exeter September 22, 1950. Class of 1951 College, Oxford, England. He entered Yale University in September to work on his Class of 1950 Mary Louise Barton and Frederick C. Ph.D. Florence Lee Batchelor and Earl W. Hays Prichard, (x'52) were married June 26, 1950, Mary Ellen Vaccaro and Eugene Joseph were married in a quiet ceremony August 18, at the Second Presbyterian Church in Mem­ Laurenzi were married September 9, 1950, 1950. phis. They are making their home at 38 at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Memphis. John Reid Bell and Ada Marie Springfield Bingham, in Memphis. Mr. and Mrs. W . C. Yager (Dottie were married at Highland Heights Methodist Joanne Marilyn Campbell and Ira Fulton Barnes), 172 Windover Cove, Memphis, are Church September 7, 1950. They are making Jones, Jr., were married September 1, 1950, the parents of a son, born August 11, 1950. their home at 3260 Johnson Circle, North in in the First Baptist Church in Fort Smith, Class of 1949 Memphis. . Mr. and Mrs. Jones will make Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd W. Burkett, 2261 their home in Fort Smith, where he is Mr. and Mrs. Leland Corneille, 17 53 South Parkway, East, Memphis, are the associated with the Berry Wholesale Com­ West Lloyd Circle, Memphis, are the parents parents of a daughter, born July 17, 1950. pany. of a son, born October 7, 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Cannon (Anita Margaret Ann Ellis, 583 Perkins Road, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hatchett en­ Begneaud, '46) 928 North Hollywood are Memphis, opened a piano studio at 1747 joyed a holiday visit together in New York the parents of a daughter, born July 16, Autumn, with the start of classes on Sep­ during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Hatchett 1950. tember 6, 1950. The studio is affiliated with is studying English in the graduate school Sara Cooper and]. H . Burnette were mar­ the Creative School of Music. of Columbia University. Mrs. Hatchett (Car­ ried recently and are making their home James Calvin Faulkner and Lady Joyce men Roper) teaches in Treadwell School, temporarily at 812 S. Highland in Memphis. Porter were married September 9, 1950, in Memphis. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Draper, 1395 La the Methodist Church of Greenwood, Mis­ Mary Jane King and William Reid Bell Paloma Circle, Memphis, are the parents of sissippi. They will make their home in were married June 23, 1950, at the High­ a daughter, born June 10, 1950. ' Greenwood, where Mr. Faulkner is associ­ land Heights Methodist Church in Memphis. Ann Faquin and M. ]. McGuire were ated with the General Motors Acceptance They are making their home at 4195 Sum­ married September 15, 1950, at Evergreen Corporation. mer Ave., in Memphis. Presbyterian Church in Memphis. They are Mary Ann Lilly and Richard John Steuter­ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Lee (Margie making their home in Covington, Tennessee. man {x'47), were married June 21, 1950, at Phelps) of Tupelo, Mississippi, are the Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Gattuso, 1048 the Immaculate Conception Church in Mem­ parents of a daughter, born May 31, 1950. Shankman Circle, are the parents of a phis. They are now living in Lafayette, In­ Neil Jones Leonard and Margaret Ann daughter, born August 1, 1950. diana, while Mr. Steuterman completes his Ring were married June 17, 1950, at St. Joanne Gwyn and Monte Brown were studies at Purdue. Peter's Catholic Church in Memphis. The married June 17, 1950, at Evergreen Pres­ John Remmers and Anne Scott were mar­ couple will make their home at 87 Cherry byterian Church in Memphis. ried March 31, 1950. They are making their Road, in Memphis. Dorothy Love and Edgar Jere Turk were home at 3099 Jackson Avenue in Memphis. Lucille Marland and Eugene Leonard were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Bett¥ Jo Tatum and Thomas Reginald married July 29, 1950, at the Associate Re­ Leland, Mississippi, in September, 1950. They Harris were married in July. They are now form Presbyterian Church in Memphis. will make their home in Auburn, Alabama, living on Grayson Street in Newbern, Ten­ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mussett (Barbara where Mr. Turk is continuing his studies at nessee. Burnett, '48), 93 3 North Barksdale, Mem­ Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Geneva Trim and Howard Martin Vaughn phis, are the parents of a son, born July 15, Mary Ann Minderman and Paul McDon­ were married on June 3, 1950, in the Metho­ 1950. ald Ware, Jr. were married June 16, 1950, dist Church in Tiptonville, Tennessee. Margaret Stuart Parsons ('4 7), and Wil­ at the Union Avenue Baptist Church in Class of 1952 liam Cunningham Douglas were married Memphis. They are now making their home September 22, 1950, at St. John's Methodist in New York City, where Paul is enrolled Joseph Bennett and Tina Newman were Church in Memphis. They will make their at Columbia, working on his Master's De­ married in September, 1950, at the Second home at 2251 South Parkway in Memphis. gree. Presbyterian Church in Memphis. Jane Loraine Phelps and Junius Harold Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ]. O'Brien, Jr. Edward Boldt and Shirley Ann McHughes Arnold ('48), were married on June 3, 1950, (Gere King), 2230 South Parkway, East, were married September 28, 1950, in the in the Epworth Methodist Church in Mem­ are the parents of a son, born June 27,. 1950. chapel of Voorhies Hall at Southwestern. phis, Tennessee, He is now an Ensign in the Betty Jane Robinson and the Rev. John They will make their home at 1421 Union Navy and is stationed at Pensacola, Florida. Chester Hight were married June 30, 1950, in Memphis. The Thomas E. Samuels Agency of Provi­ at Trinity Methodist Church in Memphis. Martha Ruth Clippard and Vance Cart­ dent Mutual Life Insurance Company of The couple live at 950 Seymour Avenue, wright were married in the First Presby­ Philadelphia announces the appointment of Nashville, Tennessee. ( Continued on page 8) (7) CLASS NOTES (Continued from page 7) terian Church in Jackson, Tennessee, on August 19, 1950. They will make their home in the Malvern Court Apartments in Memphis. Arleen Orr Cook <.nd Stephen L. W oaten, III, were married June 23, 1950, at Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Memphis. Eileen P. Emick and Guthrie Castle were married June 6, 1950, in the First Evangelical Church in Memphis. Maria Wilburn Franklin was married r_e­ cently to Philip Zenner, IV. They are now making their home at 426 Surf Street, Surf­ shore Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. June Grace Holt and Dr. Frank J. Hall were married at Idlewild Presbyterian Church in Memphis, August 18, 1950. They will make their home at 2451 Union Extended in Memphis. Rose Mary Gilliam and Donald Carlos Mothershed were married September 16, 1950, at Grace St. Luke's Episcopal Church. They will make their home at 1524 Lamar At the ground-breaking ceremony of the Burrow Library: President Peyton N. Rhodes; Sidney W. Cove in Memphis. Farnsworth, Chairman of the Board of Directors; President Emeritus Charles E. Diehl; A. K. Bur­ row, donor of the library building; Walk C. Jones, architect; Mary Marsh, Librarian; Walk C. Jones, Clara Loring-Clark and Dominique Fenal Jr., architect; and Ernest D. Johnston, architect. (Story on page 1). were married on May 26, 1950~ in the Grace Episcopal Church of Bremo, Virginia. They Graduates Receive Insurance Degrees Class of 1893 are now making their home at 45 Rue Per­ Four Southwestern graduates have re- The Reverend D. F. Wilkinson, D.D., ronet, Neuilly, Paris, France. ceived degrees from the American College honorably retired member of Louisiana Pres­ of Life Underwriters at Philadelphia in ex· bytery, died in The Plains community of Ruth McCown and William Pearce Drew­ ercises in Washington. They are James M. Louisiana on August 18, 1950. ry were married at Immaculate Conception Breytspraak, Class of '38, Harte Thomas, Oscar L. Dennes, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Church on October 14, 1950. Class of '34, Ewing Carruthers, Class of '39 died June 22, 1950, at the age of 78. He was Jane Harwood Rippy and Bedford Forrest and Russell Perry, Class of '33 . Degrees are a Presbyterian and for many years had been Dunavant ('50), were married September

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