r ,. !! I,, It is, too; when you figure in time \, \t's cheaper with a sweeper · and energy and 'general wear-and tear I As a matter of fact, one cent's ~ worth of electricity will clean a large -f£-_ / rug and 5 others like it in less time than it takes to drag them down to the yard for beating! Electricity does dol lar duty for penny prices, not only for rug-beating, but for countless other household tasks. It costs much more to deliver today but the average fam ily still gets twice as much electric service for its money as it got 20 years ago.
KRnSRS CITY POWER & LIGHT COffiPRnY
The TIGER HOTEL
r~~o Columbia's oc:P - Newest l~~t\ Hotel g Good beds, appetizing 8 Be in the center 0 0 food, soft chairs, and of things at the Ti o other home-style com- 8 ger . . . easily ac 8 forts are W'iiting for you 0§ cessible to all Uni at the Pickwick- Kansas 8 City's friendly hotel, versity and college g w here nothing is old- 8 functions. E n j o y our air-conditioned 0 fashioned except the o o helpful se rvice. 8 coffee s h o p. 150 0 500 R<>OmS and Su;w w11h bath O Rooms . . . modern 8 REASONABLE RATES 0 . . . fireproof your stay at The Tiger will be com fortable and pleas ~ Net ~ ant. Write, wire or phone PlCKUJlC- for reservations. 10th ind McGu 0 i R. L. Dudley 000 KANSAS CITY, MO. r.f°o Resident Manager 'b0o 00 ooeooooooOo Make THE TIGER your headquarters in Columbia. Missouri lHH~ Alumnus rn rnf g-~d~ . . ~rn~rn~ The ALUMNI ASSOCIAT ION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Anoth r n w m mber of o ur w ri t ing staff is F rank A bt, junior in ]. scho I. Na ti ve of Pitt burgh h s~ nt thre a rs in th e AAF b c f ore ent ring M . U. in Sept. '46. H 1s marri d and has a 17- News ...... Pages 2-9 monrh - old son. Aft r gradua ti n, h wa nts to get M. U. Memories ...... Page 2 i n t o n wspaper By CHARLES H. WHIT AKER, '14-'17 work, preferabl y ABT in Ari z. Tiger Tales ...... Pages 10-11 Homecoming Announcement Deaths ...... Pag·e 11 Votes for ominghom Que n ar oming in as fa st as ita tion. Wedding Bells : ...... Page 12 And odd ly nough an verwh !m ing numb r ar for on alumna. On Campus ...... Pages 13-14 B au e of thi s, alumni offi cers and staff memb -rs have d cicl d n ot t hold Sports ...... Pages 15-16 another elec ti n (at first thi one was to ha e b n
Members of 1908 Class-Back Row, left to right: R. E. Members of 1898 Class, left to right: Charles M. Dewey, Riddle, St. Joseph, Mo.; John B. Dean, St. Louis, Mo. ; Jefferson City, Mo.; Irwin Raut, Sedalia, Mo.; C. M. Barnes, J . Russell E llis, Joplin, Mo.; H. T . Livingston, Chicago, Marston, Mo.; Dr. A. N. Marshall, Chandler, Okla.; Mrs. Ill.; Charles H. Taylor, Columbia, Mo.; J acob H. Nulf, Kansas City, Mo.; Farris Campbell, New York City; W. F. Wilson, Oklahoma City, Okla. ; Dr. Harry I. Shaefer, Kathryn Spangler, Clinton, Mo.; 0 . E. Reed, Washington, Long Beach, Calif.; Dr. Francis Allen, T uscom, Ariz.; Rep. D. C. Seated: John V. Goodson, Macon, Mo.; John A. Harvey D. Dow, Sedalia, Mo. Absent from Pie are: Gloried, Jefferson City, Mo.; A. W . "Boss" Graham, Kan Mr. E. R. Hamilton, Columbia, Mo.; Mr. 0 . W. Joslyn, Sr., sas City, Mo. Absent from Pie are: Leland B. Alford, Charleston, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. ; Dr. A. W. Kampschmidt, Columbia, Mo. ; Robert L . Kingsbury, Moberly, Mo.
'98 nno '08 GRADS RETURn FOR (RffiPUS REUn1on GRRHRffi, BRRnES, nnD REED ADDRESS GRTHERlnG
Fort or fifty year , is a good . M. Barnes, Marston, to ld of th e sent along corsag f r omen alumni chunk of t im wh n it's ahead of ea rl days of th St1ident Independent, and alu mni wiv es as a token of re- you. But, looking back, it 's not so of whi ch h wa managing edit r for m mbrance. long aft r a ll , ac ording to a lumni one year. "That was th e fou ndation of of '98 and '08 who gathered here th e Journali sm scho !," he said . last month for a bang-up reunion. Dr. Harry I. Shaefer, Long Beach, alencl ars were tu rn ed bac k and ali f. , rememb red the fabu lous bon good ol I cl ays reli ved at an af tern oo n fi res whi ch we re the order at M.U. reception in Gwynn Ha ll . And at ~ 1 eve ry H all oween when he wa s a stu dinn er in Daniel Boo ne Hotel, more dent. memo ries were talk ed over, and names R. E. Riddle, '08, Sr.e Jo ph , and of absent members we re recall ed. John B. Dean, '08, St. Loui s, told how Dr. F. W. All en, ·'98, !rove in from ;hey dec id ed to "help" the men who T ucson, Ari z., for the r uni on, t he first we re moving a house. Tt took the mov he has attend cl . He sa id h was h;1v ers fi ve da ys to m ve it two blocks, ing a wonderfu l time, and ml ( cl about and the boys mov ed it from Fifth St. the time med stud nts stole sidewa lk 5 to the middl e of the ca mpus in on e belonging to th e law s hoo l. T he law ni ght! y rs took th m ba ck; then the engi Alex ancl r W. (Boss) ra ham , 'd, nee rs approp ri ate I them. T h ngi l ;1ns;1 ity, pre id ed at the reuni on nce rs were punished by t'.~e fa c1dty, dinn er. Mr. Barn es p ke for th las so all three schools cut lass in 1 rarest. of' '98 and . E. R eel, Wa shin gton. 'T hen th y thr w u all out ' said Dr. D. ., for the cl ass of '08. T he pro All en, 'and we all had to sign LI P gram was opened by H ~ rb e r t Bunker. aga in." Or. Thoma Brady, vice pres ident of Dr. A. M. Mar hall , handl er, Ok la., the Univer ity, welc med the alumni , '98, reca ll ed th yea r of the big fir e and Oak Hunter, Alumni pr s. for the wh en clas~es had to be h !cl all over pa st four year , in troduced Mr. Gra town. He remem bered with grea t t ham. a·pprec ia ti on the close personal contact G. Ellsworth Huggins, '98, New he had with hi s professors. York, unable to attend the reunion, "Boss" Graham at Reunion Dinner 4 THE MISSOURI ALUMNUS HUSBAND AND WIFE FOUR Alumni RECEIVE U. S. BEGIN INTERNSHIPS Twin medical careers of Dr. Samuel E. Lamb, B.S. in Med. '46, DEPT. 0F RG RI CULTURE RWA ROS and his wife, Dr. Wanda Mari Lamb, B.S. in Med. '46, reached four Missouri graduat s have received recogn1t1on in th e U. S. D ept. anoth r mil stone last month when of Agri culture's recently est abli shed syst m of Honor Awards, U.S.D.A. the couple bega n in ternshi ps at announ ced. C ity Infirma ry, St. Loui s. Frederi ck D. Richey, B.S. in Agr. The Lambs' met as pre-med students '09, Knoxv ill e, Tenn., received the Di s here, were marri ed, and co ntinued t in gu ished Service Awa rd "For out medica l studi e in Sr. Loui s. Dr. Sam sta nding se r ice in orga nizin g and lea d uel Lamb studied at St. Lou is U., and in g the coo perati ve corn-breeding pro Mrs. Lamb at Washin gton U., sin e gram whic h gave hybrid co rn to Amer St. Loui U. did not accept wo men at ica n agri cul tu re." He is in charge of that rime. They graduated last month . S.D.A. southern co rn-breeding pro -eight da ys apart . gram. Recipi ents of Superi or Se rv ice Awa rd s are: M il to n H. Fohrman, B.S. GRAD RETURNS FROM '17; Pa ul V. Ma ris, 8 .S. '14, and W.W. ARMY STINT IN TRIESTE Sw tr, A.M. '16, a ll of Wa shin gton, RICHEY MARIS D. C. C Graduation procession is s hown here (1) descending Jesse Hall steps, (2) passing the columns, and (3) marching between Jesse Hall and Geology Bldg. on the way to Lowry St. JUnE GRADS HERR HYDE'S commEnCEmEnT ADDRESS By JOE FARMER With th traditiona l Brewer Field House, rh e doubl lin e T h dea ns of the sc ho Is pr s nted t he tow r b II in witzl of th anclid at s for degrees open cl andid ate and Pres id ent M id dl bu sh la rg st g raduating class and t h deans, faculty, and Board f c nferr d the degr e . tory f t h urators fil ed through to lead th e pr - Dr. Dudley . onley, with rh Uni acad mi ss ion in to the fi Id hous . ve rsity sin e 1 19, 1 as giv n the tirle ntran w r T h 106th annu al c mm en mcnt of D an Em riw f th F acLdty of F ield I-I us , Jun xercises began with the s in gin g of the th e Sch I of M di in and Professor Smi lin g, happy, and n rvou , t h National Anthem. Emeritus of urgcry. grnduat s marched in two rows from Laurence M. Hyde, LL.B. '14, judge J ames T homas Qua rl e , a U ni v r i t J s e Hall , down th west sid of of th e upr ~ m ourt of Mis 011 (i, cl - fa ulty member since 1923, r c i ed Francis uadrangle, past the column , li vered the mm n m ent address. the titl of Professo r Eme ri tus of Mu up th eas t id e o f the uadrangl . H is topi was, "Th lmportanc of sic and wa prese nt d with hi s di pl om •. From th re t he proces ion ontinu ed Law in the Modern World." Frank l•I tcher St ph ns, after 41 past th Jeff rs n m m ri al to Lowr Judge Hyde sa id that there are two yea rs on th ni versi ty st a ff, was gi· n Stre t, past th Bibi oil ge and the kinds of gov rnment: a gov rnm ent of the title f D an Em ritu f Students Libra1 to th Tow r. laws and a governm nt of men, the in ch oil ge f rts and Sci nee and Al ng th cl ub le Jin tudents, latter of whi ch i s a police state. H Professor · m ritus f History. As he w re r ss cl and un ros eel; ti s mai ntained that our gov rnm ent is r i ed hi dip! ma, students, grad wer t raight n cl; and tassels- li ght ba ed on the prot ction of th inter uate and fa ulty memb rs appla ud ed blue, whi t , orang , red, bl ack, gray, ests of m an and that true law i b as I in ap1 re iarion of a man who has be ye ll ow, d;1rk blu e-w re push cl away n the Declaration of lndep nd nee. come as much a Unive rsit tradition from st:1rin g fa es. On either side of J-1 sa id , ' The de truction of th prin- a th e columns. the Jin , crowds of persons with every ipl es of the Dec lara ti n of Ind pend Honora ry degr es w r conf rr cl on type of ca m ra awa ited fam ili ar fa es ence wo uld be mor devasta ting to t he three native Mi sa urians by Presid n and unfamiliar robes. bu tters snap w rid than any destruction that uld Middlebush. They wer : D ctor of ped and Aa h bulbs c mpetcd with be wrought by an atomi c bomb." Literature, Wi lliam odfr y Bek, A.B. the bright un li ght. Presid ent Middlebu h, w ho intro '03 , .M. '05; D ctor f Laws, Judge Foll owing the 1,555 graduates, ame duc d the Board of urators and rec Lauran ·e M. Hyd , A.B . '14, LL.B. dea ns of sc hool and co ll ege and fa c ogn ized the winners of prize , honor , '16; Doctor of Music, Miss Helen ulty m mbers bedec k d in their rob es s holarships and fe ll ows hips, said that T raub e!. . Last came th B ard f ur not onl y was this th large t grad uat of offic M r. Bek, formerly of t he U ni versit a tors, led b y Pr sid ent Fred ri k A. ing cl as in the hi story o f the Uni ve r fa ul ty, dea n of th e oll eg of Scien es, M iddl ebu h. sity, but th e class had the hi gh st Al ng Hi tt t. from the Tow r to sc holastic standing f any to date. (Conti1med on Page 8) Here grads are shown (1) at center of Hitt and Lowry, as standard bearers pass, (2) lined up on Hitt St., and (3) in the mad rush for diplomas at rear of Brewer Field House, after the ceremonies. ( Photo lly N. \'an l'elLJ 6 THE MISSOURI ALUMNUS DEAN TROWBRIDGE DIES FORESTRY STUDENTS LEAVE FOR SUMMER CAMP Approxi m at ly thirty-five forest STEPHENS ry stud nts left th e University to il ttencl the new summer ca mp ai Lake Wappap ll o, M issouri , June 7. COLLEGE T he for seers, who ; 1re so ph omores in the o ll ege of Agri ulture, ar un for Women der th e sup rvision of J. M il fo rd Ni h ols, '37-'38 , fi eld fores ter in charge of rhe 9,000 ac r s of niv rsity property. OFFERS Mr. ichols was form rl y the Distric t Forester for the Mi. souri onse rvarion A pr g ram k y d to th e On'UTI ISS IOn . indi vid ua l n cl of the stu T he four-yea r fores tr course re- d ent w hich prepares them qu ires that sop homor stud nts om f r li ving in a modern w rl I. p' ete ;·1 12-weck ourse at Lak e Wa p p:ipell o, whi h en1ph :1sizes practica l fo r F,xp rt faculty g u idan e. es rry. Tn strn crion is given in tec h Av ia ti o n, radio , fine and ni ques of rending an I grow in g o f trees a 1 J Ii cl fa hi n, hor m an and es timation of timb r conver ion of tr es in to lumb hip, and many other sp - r and other prod u ts. ciali z cl cours s. DEAN TROWBRIDGE PROF HELPS WITH BULLETIN ,H M • R PRI E R INEY President Dr. E dwar I . Ro b r, ass i tant pro Edwin . Trowbridge, D ean of fessor of edu cation and co unselor o lumb ia, Mo. th U n ivcrsity of Mi ssouri o ll egc trainer h r e, we nt to Was hington, of Agri ul t ure s ince 1945 and rn em D. ., la t month to se rv as a s pec ial b r of th University staff sin e co n ultant and advi or in preparati on 1906, di ed Jun 7, ag d 63 years. of a government bull etin by the U. S. I-fe was a graduat of Wisconsin Office of . du ca ti on. and had don graduat w rk ar Dr. Ro b r is on of fiv e s pec iali ts both W isconsin and M isso uri. H in vited b Jarr A. J ager, chi ef of is s urvived b y M rs. T rowbridge Occupati n al Inform ati on and Guid and by two ns, both M is ouri anc e Service Office of Federal Securi ty graduates, Edwin Jr. MANUFACTURERS AND A., of O maha Adm i1 istration, to h Ip prepare bu ll e N br., and L igh M., of Sa n Mat o, tin on occ upiltional in for mation. WHOLESALERS ONLY al if. Jn hi s long service in th d epartment Moberly of anim al hu sbandry at Missouri, De:i n BUILDING FUNDS OKAYED Trowbrid ge had mu ch to do with th e State Attorney Genera l's office rul ed Columbia improv ment of Missou ri li vestock and last month that M. U. had proviEled wo n internationa l fam e as a judge of properl y for matching $2,72 7,500 in Marshall li vestock. His portrait wa hung in the state funds e t a id by 64th Genera l ga ll ery of the Sa ddl and Sirl oin lub Assembly for co nstru cti on of dormi Hannibal ro ri es at olumbi a a nd Roll a. at hi ago in 1942 in recogni tion of hi s i ntifi c co ntributions to the live T hi s g ive the go-;1h ea d to an ap Louisiana propriations bi ll ign d rece ntly by sro k indu stry. G v. Phil M. Donn ll y. Uni versity M~rceline T-li s devo tion to th inter ·st of Mi s and state funds j in tly w ill prov id e ouri ag ri culture was so sin cere and men's ;i nd wo men's dormitories and a Brookfield new student uni on bui lding here. ffec tive th at he was credited by li ve Wentzville stock men throughout the state as b - in g a bett r Missourian than a g reat FARM GROUP MEETS HERE many o f the State's native so ns. um mer conference of Am eri an So Dea n Trowb ri dge was a m mb er of ciety of Farm Managers and Rural the Meth od ist hurch, havi ng erved Ap praisers was held here las t month. many yea rs on the offi ial boa rd an Program was devote I to improved in all its auxili ary orga ni za tions. He farm manage ment and appraisa l of farm s, and in lu ded a fi eld trip to the wa a memb er of the Masoni c L dge, Osca r and Hill ard Niebru egge farm , IC~ CREAM Kni ghts Templ ar, Ac ac ia, · th e K iwa ni s 10 mil s south of Boonvill , for a prac lub and numerou s ivic and s ientifi ti ca l demonstrati n f development of rga ni za tions. a balanced fa rm program. jULY1 1948 DEAN STEPHENS RETIRES Mc VAY ELECTED NEW Dr. Frank F. St ph ns, Dean of ALUMNI PRESIDENT tudents, Coll ge of Arts and S i nc , has retired. He wi ll continue m JEFFERSOn CITY • hi s duti s unti l fa ll , s ince E lm r E lli s, Dean f facu lty in the co l lege,. i.s absent, viewing NROT ac ri v1t1 es. THE Den n Srcp h ns am to M isso uri in 1907 as an Am ri ca n hi story instru - MISSOURI tor. Thirt en years brer h was mad fu ll professor, and in 1941 he b ame Dc:1n of Arts and Sc ience. H e was HOTEL 111 ;1de Dea n Emeritus at ommenc - me nt xercises Inst month. Dr. Stephens wa giv n nn LL.D. by cntral oil ge this yea r. Dr. Frank . Tuck r, th re, cl ribed the dean as "an oursrn nding ducat r ... wlt o se rved fn ithfu ll y nnd eff ctiv ly Retiring Alumni Pres. Hunter (r.) the interests of students wh ca me into greets new president, McVay hi s p here ... at the Uni versity o f "A weet Hotel" M i souri [for] forty year. ." Don . McVay, LL.B. '12, Tr n ton, Mo., bu in ess man and m 111 - ENGLISH TO BE NEW DEAN b r of th e bar, was I ct cl pr . i Dr. W. Francis Engli sh wa ap- dent of Univ rsit lumni Asso ia p inred a sist:i nt clean rt and c1- ti n at th r gu lar bi nnial m et en e, and profe so r of hi t ry. in g h r e last month. Hi duti s wi ll h tho e of retiring Activ in civi affair in Trent n, De:in Stephens. ngli sh r ' ta in hi s Mr. M Vay wa organization hair position as dire tor, Western Histori man and first pr sid nt of R tary al Manu ripts oll e tion. lub , and f ur y ar pr id nt of hamber of ommerc . He ha b n di tri t chairman and vice pr sid ent N. Y. APPROVES COURSES f M. . a lumni , a nd erv d a vi e N w York tate has approv d pre icl ent, Missouri nstitutional on curricula I ading to d gre of B.S . v ntion, 1943-44. Both hi s hildr n in Bu in e s clministration h r are M. U. gra luat s: Don, Jr., A.B. Pres ident Midd I bu h ann ounceci '36, and Beatric (P ggy) B .. in Ed. l st m nth. '39. The state al o approv d curri ulum Other offic r elected ar : Mrs. in accounting a pr p ara ti on for ad - Frank Mann, Springfield , Mo. first 111 iss ion to licensing exa ms for .P.A.'s v. p. ; Kea rn ey Worna ll , Kansas in N w York. B.P.A. Dea n W. L. Mo., se ond v. p. ; Hartl ey Bank s, o Bradshaw co n id r th is important lu mbia, treasurer, and Herb ert Bunk r, Empir tat ha s crerary. Oak Hunter, Moberly r ti ring pres id ent, condu ct d the meetin g. MIDDLEBUSH ON MILITARY MEN'S ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE GRAD ELECTED TO MBC ·· niversity Pre. Micld leb u h attend Missouri Bibl e a ll ege announced CASUAL SHOES ed a m eti ng last month of ommir lec ti on of R . rosby Kemper, . B. tee on Organization f Military Estab- ' 14, to Board of Tru tees. K mper, li shm ent, Wa hington, D. . Kansas ity bank er, is one of three The very rubber soled shoes Dr. Middlebush i one of 11 m em new ly-elected board memb ers. you'll want for tennis and bers of the c mmittee et up by om badminton th is summer. mission on rganization of Ex utive Branch of Gov rnment, hea ded by Buy them now for your va H erb ert Hoove r. The ommittee wi ll SPORTSMEN cation later. $3.35 to $6.15. mak r ecomm endati n r elative to on solid ation of the three arm d rv1 es . TRADE NOW AG COLLEGE TO GET NEW Motors - Guns - Tackle BUILDING oll ege of Agri ulture will g t a new ROBERTS AND GREEN 'I> 75,000 building through a bill signed la st month by ov. Phil M. HARDWARE CO. Donnelly. St. Louis • Olive at Sixth nnouncement of the appropriation was mad at comm ncement ex rc1 se Columbia, Mo. Clayton • Central at Forsythe b Presid ent Middlebush. 8 THE M I SSO URI A LUMNUS MAYOR FINDS REFUGE BAUER IS PRODUCTION COMMEN CEM E NT FR OM DOGS AND EGGS AS HEAD AT LIBBEY -OWENS ( C ontinned from Page 5) Li terature and Arts of the U ni versity SUMMER PROF HERE L ster L. Bau er, B. S. in E ng. of North Dakota, wa s recogni zed fo r "Find ing a dog catcher was o ne '30 was made produ ctio n direc- hi s great work as a n ed ucator, scholar of m h a rd est tasks as mayor," ' tor, Plask o n D i and a distingui shed teacher. Judge P rof. Homer C levenger, P h.D . '40, v isio n , L i b b ey H yde, trustee of the Law Foundation, Owens - Fo rd t h e mayor of St. C ha rl es, l\;fo., w ho School of Law here sin ce 1933 , was is a vis iting p rofessor o f history at G lass Co., To cited fo r his di stingui shed scholarshi p t he U ni versity t hi s summ r. ledo, 0. nnd farsighted judicial lea dership. After 17 yea rs' M iss T raube!, noted Metropolitan Prof. levenger en tercd poli tics as se rvice wit h P roc Opera a nd concert singe r, is the second a hobby, but hi s hob by soon brought ter and Gamble woman to re eive a n honorary deg ree him the titl e of mayor of St. Charl es, factory . D a 11 a s , where he is also profe or of hi story from the U ni versity. Dr. M id dlebush Tex., Ba uer join ed cited M iss T raub e! as "Ameri c·1's pre and governm ent at Lin denwoo d Col Libb ey-Owens last eminent Wagneri an so pra no of the leg . fall as dire tor of Metropolitan Opera A sociation." BAUER engin eerin g. H e Now crvin g hi s second term as m ay The pl edge of all egiance to the U ni or, Prof. Clevenger say the th eo ry of was produ ction di vision superin tend en