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M N Gazette of the College of William & Mary in Virginia Volume V M N GAZETTE OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY IN VIRGINIA VOLUME V. WILLIAMSBURG, VA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1937 NO. 1 CHARLES P. McCURDY SELECTED FOR d Attend ]) COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES BRING ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE SECRETARY | Homecoming I MANY TO WILLIAMSBURG IN JUNE Was Prominent in the Affairs of Da Washington, D. C. W.&M. OLDEST LIVING ALUMNUS I y \ WHITTINGTON APPOINTED Said to Be One of Largest Alumni Club. Groups to Return to William OBSERVES 83RD BITHDAY d SATURDAY, 5 and Mary Campus. Announcement of the appointment § NOVEMBER 13 ? NYA HOMEMAKING HEAD of Charles Post McCurdy, Jr., to the John Peyton Little, oldest living al- The four days of commencement ac- tivities and festivities, June 4-7, were post of Executive Secretary of the Al- umnus of the College was 83 on Aug- Announcement has been made by umni Association, has been made by ust 11th and celebrated his birthday Football participated in and greatly enjoyed by Dr. Walter S. Newman, State NYA one of the largest, if not the largest, President Sidney B. Hall. McCurdy, by a trip through part of a twenty-five William and Mary director, of the appointment of Ruby thousand acre tract of timber land. alumni groups that has ever returned prominent in the affairs of the Wash- VS. Whittington, B. S. '34, of Woodlawn, ington Alumni Club, -was a member of Still very active in the lumber busi- to this ancient and honorable campus. Va. to the position of supervisor of The program opened on Friday the Board of Managers of the Asso- ness, Mr. Little was classified in the ^ Washington and Lee £ homemaking projects of the National ciation. last Alumni record as being "dead." night with the June Ball in the Sunk- Youth Administration. Miss Whit- en Garden. In the center of an es- McCurdy took over his duties in A telegram of greeting, sent by tington will supervise the twenty NYA Williamsburg on the 1st. Since his President John Stewart Bryan, did not pecially constructed dance floor, con- homemaking centers in all sections of taining nearly 50,000 square feet of graduation he has been employed at reach his camp until the 14th, on DR. R. D. CALKINS, '25, Virginia. Her headquarters will be at space, was placed a huge Grecian urn the Union Trust Company and with which day he answered the communi- Bedford, Va. filled with gorgeous magnolia blos- the Treasury Department in Washing- cation. The telegram and letters are For the past three years Miss Whit- ELEVATED AT U. OF C soms the beauty of which was accentu- as follows: tington has been teaching home ec- ton. ated by unusual and spectacular light- "Mr. John Peyton Little onomics at Woodlawn High School, Born in Washington, he was educat- Announcement of the appointment ing effects. Music was furnished by Clearwater, Fla. Carroll County. She also taught out- ed in local schools there and graduated of Dr. Robert D. Calkins, '25, chair- the famous Mai Hallett orchestra. "William and Mary, your proud of-sehool youth classes sponsored by from McKinley High School. Enter- man of the Department of Economics Saturday, Alumni Day, was a day Alma Mater, sends congratulations the State Board of Education. As a ing William and Mary in 1929 he en- of the University of California, to the of rarest June beauty. The annual and best wishes on your birthday. home economics specialist she attend- tered into various student organiza- post of Dean of the College of Com- meeting of the general Alumni Asso- Fourscore years and three is a long ed the NYA homemaking conference tions. He is a member of the Sigma merce, has been announced by Dr. ciation was held in the Phi Beta Kap- time, but no time is too long for the held at Salem in July and there had a Nu social fraternity; Chi Beta Phi, Robert Gordon Sproul, University pa Memorial Auditorium at 11 A. M- memories and affection of this college large part in working out plans for scientific fraternity; Omicron Delta President. It was the most spirited and lively for you and her other sons. the twenty centers she will supervise. Kappa, honorary fraternity for college Dr. Calkins, brother of Miss Calkins meeting that has been held for many John Stewart Bryan, President.'' Hundreds of unemployed Virginia leaders; and of the Dramatic Club. of the William and Mary faculty, re- "Your wire of the 11th, which was years. Quite a number of alumni He was President of the Senior Class, ceived his B. S. degree at William and girls are expected to receive work ex- forwarded to me at Lake City, Fla., perience and training in these centers participated in the discussions, and 1933, and Business Manager of the! Mary 1925. He holds M. A. and Ph. where I was at work on a twenty-five designed to make them capable house- nominations were received from the Flat Hat. D. degrees from Stanford University. thousand acre tract of timber land, wives or to enable them to enter house floor for vacancies on the Board He was awarded the Alumni Medal- He was a member of the Stanford was a most delightful surprise. I hold employment. and Committees. The following reso- lion for distinguished service to the faculty before going to the Universi- can think of nothing more pleasant Hiss Whiting is a member of the lution was presented by D. Gardiner College and to the Association in June ty of California, and a member of the Tyler, Jr., '20, and adopted: than to get such a message from the Kappa Delta Pi and Omicron Kappa 1936. While in Washington he serv- research staff of the Food Research President of my Alma Mater, for the Phi, national educational and home "RESOLVED: That this Associa- ed two terms as secretary of the Al- Institute at Stanford. old college has always held a warm economics fraternities. tion go on record to favor the passage umni Club and one as President. Dr .Calkins becomes dean of one of place in my heart and it has been the of a statute by the next General As- the oldest colleges of comimerce in the sembly requiring that a majority of dream of my life to some day return" nation. He replaces Dr. Henry F. to the scenes of my boyhood; but rais- the Board of Visitors be Alumni of Grady, who resigned as dean of the KAPPA DELTA HOSTESS IMPRESSIVE SERVICES FOR ing a family of five and educating this institution; College to accept a position as mem- That the president and members of them does not give much leeway for ber of the U. S. Tariff Commission. BI-ANNUAL CONVENTION WILLIAM AND MARYDEAD the Board of Managers present to the pleasure trips. The new appointee will continue to As I tell my friends, I am not old, appropriate committee of the General Impressive, yet simple services act as chairman of the Department of On June 30th Apha Phi Chapter of have just lived a good many years, for Economics. Kappa Delta was hostess to approxi- Assembly the wishes of the Alumni marked the reading of the list of Wil- I am still strong and vigorous, ha\e Association relative to this matter." liam and Mary's dead at the grave of Dr. Calkins has combined his aca- mately 350 delegates to the 23rd bi- perfect health and find quite a lot of Colonel Benjamin Ewell on June 5th. demic career at the University with ennial convention of the Kappa Delta President Healy stated that the work in my lines. sorority convention in Richmond the Board of Managers wished to recom- The names of those who have passed one of active public service. Since Thanking you again for your kind week of June 28th. Mrs. Philip Page mend to the Association that the from the active rolls are: joining the faculty of the University remembrance, I am, Nelson (Bessie Mae White, A. B. '34) Board of Visitors of the College be Berkeley Walter Shelton, '91, May in 1932, he has served as acting chair- Yours &c, was general chairman of the reception requested to adopt a ratio of 60 men or June, 1936. man of the San Francisco Regional J. P. Little." committee in Wiliamsburg. to 40 women in selecting students for Z. G. Durfey, '70, June 22, 1936. Labor Board, local representative of Francis Martin Reed, feature writer At the luncheon in the college re- the College in the future, and that Claude Wolfe, '06, June 30, 1936. the Consumer's Advisory Board of the for the St. Petersburg Times, wrote fectory Miss Lucille Foster, A. B. '28, preference be given to sons and daugh- Wm. Virginius New, '25, July 12, N.R.A., senior agricultural economist an interesting story of Mr. Little's of the Consumer's Counsel of the gave a talk on the founding of the Phi ters of alumni of the College. The 1936. life, published in the August 7th issue A.A.A., and frequently as impartial Beta Kappa society at William and motion was seconded by Cornelia S. G. C. Robinson, '22, July 19, 1936. of the Times. arbitrator for labor disputes. Recent- Mary. Adair, '23, and after considerable dis- Eva Ackerlind, '36, Summer 1936. ly he was appointed by the Secretary The afternoon was spent with sight- cussion was adopted. Henry Denison Cole, '71, August 18, Melville (Stumpy) Bryant, '37, of Labor as Federal Arbitrator of dis- seeing in Williamsburg and James- The terms of Dr. S. B. Hall, J. E. 1936. former W&M star halfback, has ac- putes between the employers and long- town.
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