• ••••••••••*•** *7^e^e Men Qaoe All • s Robert Charles Richards, 1939 istration, 1940-41, entering from Grand John Sherman Townsend, 1943 Rapids. He is survived by his parents John S. Townsend, second lieutenant in Robert C. Richards, corporal in the and a brother, Capt. Gordon Lippert, '38. Army, was killed in an automobile acci­ the Army Air Corps, was killed in an airplane crash near Wendover Field, dent near Julian, California, December 4, Floyd Herman Klay, 1941 1941. Cpl. Richards entered MSC from Utah, November 24, 1943. He was en­ Lansing and was graduated from the Floyd H. Klay, first lieutenant and rolled in the Engineering Division during navigator with the 8th Army Air Corps, Applied Science Division, June 12, 1939. 1939-41, entering from Ionia. He is sur­ was killed in action in the European vived by his parents. Raymond Frederick Dakin, 1939 area, September 15, 1943. Lt. Klay en­ tered from Sardis, Ohio, and was gradu­ Wilson Eugene Overton, 1940 Raymond F. Dakin, first lieutenant in ated, March 22, 1941, from the Forestry the Coast Artillery Corps, was killed Lt. (jg) Wilson Eugene Overton, of Department. He is survived by his par­ the Naval Air Corps, was killed in action December 18, 1942, when the bomber in ents. which he was riding crashed on an iso­ in the South Pacific area, November 24, 1943. Lt. Overton entered from Bangor, lated island off the coast of Australia. Harry Leroy Walters, 1942 Lt. Dakin entered from Detroit and was Michigan, and was graduated from the Capt. Harry L. Walters, of the Army graduated from the Engineering Division, Agricultural Division, June 10, 1940. He Air Corps was killed in action, October July 28, 1939. He is survived by his is survived by his wife, son, parents, and 23, 1943, near Choiseul Island in the wife and parents. a brother, Laurance, w'43. Solomons. Capt. Walters was enrolled Benjamin Franklin Riggs, 1941 in Hotel Administration the fall quarter Cleon Leslie Smith, 1942 of 1938, 1939, and the winter of 1940, Lt. Cleon L. Smith, of the Army Air Capt. Benjamin F. Riggs, of the Army entering from Niles, Michigan. He is Forces, was killed, December 1, 1943, in Air Forces, who has been missing in ac­ survived by his parents. tion in the African area since January an airplane accident at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. He entered college from 19, 1943, has been declared dead by the Raymond Bosworth Smith, 1942 War department. Capt. Riggs was award­ Hastings, Michigan, and was graduated ed the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Raymond B. Smith, staff sergeant in from the Engineering Division, Septem­ Purple Heart medal, and the Air Medal the United States Marine Corps, was ber 4, 1942. His wife and parents survive. with two oak leaf clusters. He entered killed, November 15, 1943, in an airplane from Ponca City, Oklahoma, and was accident at Cherry Point, North Carolina. John Delos Goodar, 1940 Sgt. Smith was enrolled in Liberal Arts graduated from the business administra­ John D. Goodar, major in the Army during 1938-39, entering from East Lan­ tion course, June 14, 1941. He is survived Air Forces, was killed in a plane crash by his wife, the former Dorothy Dunn, sing. He is survived by his wife and parents. over Chesapeake Bay, December 5, 1943. '40, now in training in the WAVES, his Major Goodar entered from Richmond, parents, and a brother, John, '44. Lee Chris Hiller, 1943 Michigan, and was graduated from the Agricultural Division on June 10, 1940. Lee C. Hiller, ensign in the U. S. Naval Daron Harden, 1941 He is survived by his parents. Reserve, was killed, November 20, 1943, Daron Harden, first lieutenant in the in an airplane crash near Opalacha Air Army Air Forces, has been declared dead base in Miami, Florida. Ensign Hiller James Winnie Vanderbilt, 1938 by the War department since he has been entered from Charlevoix, Michigan, and James W. Vanderbilt, captain in the missing in action in the African area was enrolled in Public Administration Army, was accidentally killed near Fort since January 19, 1943. Lt. Harden was during 1939-42. Riley, Kansas, December 12, 1943. Capt. awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Vanderbilt was graduated from the Agri­ the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart. He Robert Paul Whitson, 1944 cultural Division, June 13, 1938, entering entered from Highland Park, Michigan, from Grand Ledge, Michigan. His wife Ensign Robert P. Whitson, of the Na­ and parents survive. and was graduated from Business Ad­ val Air Corps, was killed in an airplane ministration, June 14, 1941. He is sur­ crash near Pleasanton, Kansas, Novem­ Martin Smith, Jr., 1943 vived by his wife, the former Margaret ber 21, 1943. Ensign Whitson was en­ Martin Smith, first lieutenant and pilot Gay, '40, his parents, and a brother, rolled in Hotel Administration during in the Marine Air Corps, was killed in Elton, '39. 1940-41, entering from Westfield, Illinois. action in the South Pacific area, Decem­ He is survived by his wife, son, and par­ ber 14, 1943. Lt. Smith entered from Rexford Willis Lippert, 1942 ents. Grand Rapids and was enrolled in the Rexford W. Lippert, first lieutenant Edward John Pearce, 1940 Engineering Division during 1939-42. He in the Army Air Forces, missing in ac­ is survived by his parents. tion over Germany since February 26, Edward J. Pearce, first lieutenant in 1943, has been declared dead by the War the Army Air Corps, was killed, Novem­ department. Lt. Lippert had been award­ ber 22, 1943, in a bomber crash in French Reed Gerrit Shanks, 1945 ed the Air Medal and cited for gallantry Morocco. Lt. Pearce was graduated, July Reed G. Shanks, radioman third class in completing five successful missions 26, 1940, from the Applied Science Divi­ in the Navy, was killed, January 3, when over enemy territory. Lt. Lippert was sion, entering from Flint. His wife, son, the U.S.S. Turner exploded and sank off enrolled as a junior in Business Admin­ and parents survive. {Turn to Page 12) THE RECORD TUtcfcytut State @oiteye Lloyd H. Geil, Editor Glen O. Stewart, Alumni Editor April. 1944 Founded JanuaryRECOR 14, 1896 — Entered as second-class matter, EasDt Lansin g Vol. 49 —No. 2, Quarterly Cecil V. Millard, professor and acting chairman, department of education; Dr. Harry H. Kimber, associate professor and acting head of history and political science; Joseph W. Stack, professor of zoology and director of museum; Lorin G. Miller, professor and head, department of mechanical engineering; Dr. Irma H. Gross, professor and head, department of home management and child develop­ ment; and Dr. Ward Giltner, dean of the veterinary science division. In announcing the committee, Presi­ dent Hannah stated: "We are trying to foresee as best we can wThat the problems of the future are likely to be and to reformulate a common over-all objective for the institution. "Wre are conducting this self-examina­ tion upon the assumption that there is nothing in our organization, nothing in our procedures, nothing in our educa­ tional program that should not be re­ These faculty members are devoting most of their time to the proposed revision examined, re-evaluated and revised, if of the educational program at MSC. They are, left to right: Dr. Harry H. Kimber; by doing so we can increase the probable L. G. Miller; Dr. Irma H. Gross; Mrs. Phyllis Wilson, stenographer; Howard C. effectiveness of our program. Rather, '17, chairman; Karl Dressel, '22; Joseph W. Stack; Dean Ward Giltner. "If the present planning by the com­ Another member of the committee, not in the picture, is Dr. Cecil V. Millard. mittee becomes a reality next Septem­ ber," said President Hannah, "I am sure our graduates in the future, will be no less effective engineers or agriculturists or home economists or veterinarians, or Revising Educational Program teachers. They will have a better under­ A TWO-YEAR general college for all science, and mathematics. Students wTill standing of their social relationships with •*"*• students enrolling next September have opportunity to choose electives one another, their responsibilities as indi­ at Michigan State College has been pro­ among other courses offered in the vari­ vidual citizens in a great democracy, posed by the faculty. The proposal calls ous divisions on the campus. and of the individual possibilities of the human race to lift itself above and be­ for a complete curricular revision by a Provisions will be made for a two-year yond the narrow-minded selfish attitudes committee charged with the responsibility terminal course for those students hav­ that sometimes result in great world of preparing the educational program for ing no desire, or being unable, to com­ wars." faculty adoption. plete degree requirements. These stu­ Unlike the present general college dents will be permitted to take selected which includes only special students, the courses of a technical type in their field The Cover new basic two-year plan involving all of interest along with more general students, said President Hannah, pro­ courses. At the end of twTo years, some The Record is reaching Michigan vides opportunity for personal, educa­ kind of recognition will be given them State fighting men all over the tional, and vocational guidance to assist for satisfactory completion of work. globe. The cover picture shows students in making a more satisfactory Students will be permitted to take com­ Capt. Walter J. Jones, '40 Vet, at adjustment to college and to provide prehensive examinations any time during the headquarters base of the Second training for a more useful and satisfac­ the first two years wThen they feel qua'i- Air Task Force, "Somewhere in tory life after leaving college.