2 Indiana Central FEBRUARY FEATURES ALUMNI NEWS Vol. 23 February, 1972 No. 3 The ALUMNI NEWS contains information for and about 4 graduates and former students of Indiana Central College. Beverly J. Gorbett '66, Editor Items of interest about former Indiana Central students are c earnestly solicited by the editor and may be mailed to the President Alumni Office. Clayton Kinkade '50, Indianapolis Vice President Eugene Lausch '60, Indianapolis Lilly Science Hall Addition ................................................ 7 Secretary-Treasurer Geraldine C. McBride '57, Indianapolis Dr. Walsh on Campus ........................................................ 3 Past President Ronald L. Hauswald '54, New Albany, Indiana Tribute to Miss Cravens ...................................................... 4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sonny and Cher .................................................................. 6 Term ending 1972: H. William Fisher '50, Indianapolis Jazz Reaches Around the World ........................................ 8 George 8. Keenan '49, Indianapolis Geraldine C. McBride '57, Indianapolis Paul K. Smith '39, Indianapolis Florabelle W. Wilson '49, Indianapolis Who's Who Lists Seniors .................................................... 17 Term ending 1973: Fred Belser '63, Indianapolis Victor M. BoQle 47: Kokorno, Indiana Michelle S. Branch 66, Indianapolis Delmer P. Huppert '31, Indianapolis Henry E. Potter, 39, Martinsville, Indiana REGULAR FEATURES: Term ending 1974: Michael W. Bertram '67. Haubstadt, Indiana Arville L. Funk '55, Corydon, Indiana Dear Editor ...................................................................... 5 Kathryn Koenig, 45, Indianapolis Mickie G. Shircliff '61, Indianapolis Everett W. Swank '43, Greenwood, Indiana Estate Planning Corner .................................................... 9 Term ending 1975: c Mary Kay C. An!hony '65. Greenwood, lndiano Gordon Geiger 47: Indianapolis From the President's Desk .............................................. 10 Gloria C. Hilfiker 57, Indianapolis Donald D. Klinser '54, Indianapolis Clare J. Stone '44, Indianapolis Future Centralites ............................................................ 9 ALUMNI TRUSTEES To 1973: Roy P. Crowe '38, Indianapolis To 1973: Gordon A. France '33, Anderson, Indiana In Memoriam .................................................................. 5 To 1974: Ralph Coddington 43, Indianapolis To 1975: Sherman Cravens '42. Evanston, Illinois To 1975: John J. Mullen '48, Indianapolis James L. Brunnemer '66 ........................................................................ Personals 12 Director of Alumni Relations Beverly J. Gorbett '66 Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Sports ............................................................ 19, 22, 23, 24 Member. American Alumni Council Wedding Bells ................................................................ 22 Published in October, December, February and May by Indiana Central College, 4001 Otterbein Campus Photos by Larry Lamport Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227. Second class postase paid at Indianapolis, Photo, Page 8, courtesy of The Decat,ur Herald and Review Indiana. Printed in U.S.A. February, 1972 3 Man Of Many Talents Seases Confinue WALSH ON CAMPUS FOR SUTPHIN LECTURES To nee! With Alums “Literature and Life in Our Time” was the theme of the three annual Sutphin President and Mrs. Gene Sease are continuing to meet with alumni groups Lectures given Feb. 9 and 10 with Dr. Chad Walsh, professor of English and c writer-in-residence at Beloit College, as guest lecture?. as time in their busy schedule allows. The first lecture Feb. 9 entitled faded and he was led to a fresh ap- On Jan. 10 Dr. Sease had to make a “The Future of Poetry in the Age of proach to Christianity through the writ- business trip to Washington, D.C., and m Aquarious” Was given at the first ings of Reinhold Niebuhr and T. S. he requested to meet with alumni liv- convocation session. It was followed Eliot. H~ became a deacon in the ing in that area. Dr. and Mrs. Leolin Long, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Ragains by an infcwmal discussion in Schwitzer Episcopal Church in 1948, and was Center. The evening lecture the same were hosts to a group of 21 at the ordained a priest in December day was “How Poems Get Born” and 1949. Longs’ home in Alexandria, Va., the the program was in Recital Hall. The Walsh’s acceptance of Christianity evening of Jan. 10. Some came from second convocation session on Feb. 10 gave a new orientation to his writing as far as Annapolis, Md., Winchester, was “The Future: Paradise or Night- Va., and even from Pennsylvania. talents. His stop Looking and Listen: mare?” also followed by a discussion As each guest arrived they signed :n Schwitzer. An Invitation to the Christian Life (Harper, 1947) is an introduction to their own name tag and the guest book before joining the others in the Dr. Walsh was born in South Boston, basic Christian theology. Other books Va., in 1914. He was interested in recreation room. The hosts kept the writing from the time he was in fourth with a religious nature a’re C. S. Lewis: school colors in the napkins and re- grade. He attended Marion High Apostle to the Sceptics, Early Chris- frethments and served a red fruit School, where he acted in amateur tians of the 21st Century, Knock and punch. After an hour of informal talk, plays, edited the high school news- Enter, and Campus Gods on Trial. He Dr. Sease gave a “state of the college” message followed by a question-and- papeT during his senior year, and co-authored, with Eric Montizambert, graduated in 1934. Before finishing answer time. Then the group was high school Walsh began working part- the book Faith and Behavior: Christian served ice cream with a large red “C” time in a variety of jobs, including Answers to Moral Problems. He also cookie on top. “ wrote Behold Glory, a devotional linotypist, reporter, the Alumni present were Philipe F. Bau- and writer of ad- book; The Rough Years, a novel for man, Byung Doo Hong, William Rasp- vertisements f o r adolescents; and airticles for several berry, Kenneth K. Kyre, Mr. and Mrs. two local news- periodicals. Castyle N. Fouts, Mr. and Mrs. Homer papers. He con- R. Hauer, Mr. and Mrs. William Dr. Walsh has written five books Gsell, tinued this part- Mr. and Mrs. David Gilliom, Rev. and of poetry, the first of which, The time work through Mrs. Forrest L. Faris, Mr. and Mrs. Factual Dark, was published in 1949. two years at Mar- Marlowe Mullen, the Ragains and trhe Eden Two-way came out in 1951. He Longs. ion Junior College. recognizes in his own poetry the in. fluence of T. S. Eliot and Robert Frost, On Feb. 1, 2 and 3 both Dr. and Mrs. Dr. Walsh Later Walsh ma- the two modern poets he reads with Sease met with alums living in Florida. r jored in Romance languages at the the greatest pleasure. Mrs. Bertha Keesecker was hostess for t University of Virginia. His extracur- the meeting Feb. 1 at her home in ricular work was chiefly literary and Among his more recent books are a college text, Doors into Poetry, pub- Pompano Beach. The Feb. 2 meeting dramatics. After receiving his B.A. in was at the home of Mrs. Ruth A. Craw- 1938, Dr. Walsh did graduate work at lished in 1962; From Utopia h Night- mare, the first book-length study of ford in Madiera Beach. Rev. and Mrs. the University of Michigan. In 1939 he John Hartsaw held the Feb. 3 meet- received his M.A. degree in French. “dystopian” fiction, published in 1962; The Psalm of Christ, 1964; The Un- ing of alumni in their home at Winter He then pursued a doctorate in Eng- Park. lish, which he earned in 1943. knowing Dance, 1964; and a college anthology, Today’s Poets, 1964. Also All Florida alumni were invited to In 1945 Walsh went to Beloit, a in 1964 he was given the annual Spirit the meeting and could take their choice liberal arts college in southern Wis- Award of the Catholic Poetry Society according to the distance and conven- consin, as assistant professor of Eng- of Ame’rica, the first Protestant to ience of time. Light refreshments were lish and in time became a full profes- ,receive it. The next year two of his served at each meeting. Dr. and Mrs. sor and writer-in-residence. He has books of poetry won the first annual Sease shared news of Indiana Central also lectured at other colleges in the $1000 prize of the Council of Wisconsin and learned of college experience and US and abroad. In 1957-58 he was a Writers, and the Golden Anniversary memories from more of Che “Central Fulbright lecturer in American litera- Poetry Award of the Society of Mid- family.” ture at Turku, Finland, and in 1958- land Authors. His fifth book of poems, 59 was a visting professor of English The End of Nature, was published in The Modern Language Association, the at Wellesley College. In 1962 he was a 1969. Fulbright lecturer at the University of International Association of University Rome. Walsh is married to the former Eva Professors of English, P.E.N., che May Tuttle and they have four daugh- American Association of University During his first year at Beloit, Walsh ters and five grandchildren. The Professors, the University of Virginia became a convert to Christianity. The Walshes live near the Beloit campus. Raven Society, and the Episcopal So- reaction against his early environment He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, ciety for Cultural and Racial Unity. 4 Indiana Central VIRGINIA CRAVENS: A Personal Tribute It is impossible to express our true feelings about Virginia Cravens without using superlatives and even they seem in- adequate. Words fail us when we try to express our appreciation for having had her as our friend, co-worker and fellow Christian. The one outstanding virture that seems uppermost in our mind was her deep and abiding loyalities. She was proud of her family. I have many times heard her express her deep respect for her heritage from her father and mother. One of her great satisfactions was her privilege of being a faithful companion to her sister, Martha, during the closing years of her life. I’m sure that if Virginia died with one unanswered prayer, it was that she might live to minister to her sister, Anna, five yea‘rs her senior, to the end of her life.