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AND HIS 35th / ' , . ) / DECEMBER 1958 THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON Established 1929 ~~\4"'l,_.,\4S Vol. XXIV December 1958 No.4 IN THIS ISSUE • • We think we have come up THE ALU MNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON with one of the brightest Officers and Directors features in many an issue in Mel Huden's •Alaska--The R. William Patterson, '29 ·---- -- -- ------ ---- ---- ---- -- -- ----- -- -- -------------- --------·--- President Last Frontier,• which begins Arthur Scarpelli, '34 ------- --- --- -----··--------· ·--·---·---- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- -- --- -- -- Vice President on page 9. In this story, Mary M. Shay, '44 ---- -- -· ------ ---- -- ---·------- ---------- --- --- -- ---------- -- ----- ----- -- ---- --- Secretary Mel gives his impressions of Warren Kappeler, '41 ---------- -- -- -- ---- -- -----·- -------·----------·-- ------ -- -·-- -·---- ---- T reasurer the newest State in the Union and does it so well Members of the board: Robert Connelly, '37; W illiam Sherman, '39; Lloyd that we're going to nominate Rensel, '43; Paul Wagner, '39; Peter Kuntz, '50; Thomas Maher, '39; Charles him for an award of some Whalen, Jr., '42; Marilyn Catron Nolan, '53; AI Suttman, '48. Ex-officio type or other from the members: Very Rev. Andrew L. Seebold, SM, University president; Bro. Austin Alaska Chamber of Commerce. J. Holian, SM, assistant business manager; Bro. Elmer C. Lackner, SM, alumni Mel is a member of this director. year's 25th anniversary class (1933) and we came Advisory Board across his name and Alaska (Representing out-of-Dayton alumni) address about the same time the Alaskan Statehood news Thomas Hildebrand, '5 1 Richard Rudnicki, '47 James F. Winter, '41 was in all the papers. He was Hamilton, 0 . Toledo, 0 . Elmhurst, Ill. more than happy to supply us with a resident's view of Louis G . Pohl, '44 Linus B. Boeke, '28 Charles Schiavo, '43 •seward's Folly• and we are Cincinnati, 0 . Chillicothe, 0. Cynwyd, Pa. rather proud to present it D an FitzSimons, '3 3 Joseph Quatman, '38 R. C. Brown, ' 34 to readers of The ALUMNUS •••• Euclid, 0 . Lima, O. Jackson H eights, N .Y. Mention of the Class of James V. Cosimati, '5 3 John W esterheide, '44 Edward Bishop, '40 1933 naturally leads us Columbus, 0 . Minster, 0. Louisville, Ky. into homecoming. This year's Frank H . Marshall, '31 Jacob L. K reidler, '52 J. Ray Austin, '44 was probably the finest on Sandusky, 0. Pittsburgh, Pa. record and you'll find Sidney, 0 . photos and a few words about Robert F. Seiter, '44 Albert L. Diringer, '48 Joseph E. Keller, '29 it beginning on the next X enia, O. Tiffin, 0 . Washington, D.C. page •••• R. E. Kavanaugh, '42 John A. Fisher, '35 Matthew Marzluft, '28 Detroit, M ich. Oakland, Calif. One of the profs most Springfield, 0 . business students remember fondly when reminiscing about the old days is Dr. E. B. O'Leary. The ALUMNUS Alumni Representatives salutes him on page 14 as University Athletic Board he gets into his 35th con­ secutive year as a faculty Leland N orris, '52; George J. Rau, '30; James Finke, '48; Paul H eckman, '38 ; member •••• Jack Zimmerman, '50; Joseph Poelking, '32; J. Ellis Mayl, '08; R. William Patterson, '29. The photo on the cover is by Jim Anderson, one of the many student photographers The University of Dayton ALUMNUS is published quarterly for whose work has appeared on the Alumni Association of the University of Dayton by the Public Relations Department, University of Dayton, 300 College these pages. We found it Park Avenue, Dayton 9, Ohio. Entered as second class matter somewhat difficult to de­ April 15, 1940, at the post office at Dayton, Ohio, under the scribe adequately as we Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Price: two dollars per year. prepared this copy on a Editor: Richard F. Beach, '52. Sports Editor: Joseph J. Mclaugh­ lin. beautiful, sunny day in (for wills and bequests, the legal title of the corporation early November •••• is " The Un iversity of Dayton, Dayton 9, Ohio.") We Had Our Best-Yet HfJmecfJming HAD any of the youngsters, who at the time were having their own dance at Wampler's Ballarena, looked in on the goings-on in the fieldhouse on the evening and night of homecoming back in October, they'd have surely agreed the "place was hopping." Here were almost 500 couples, giving their best effort toward making this first alumni homecoming dance in the fieldhouse even more of a success than those planning it had dared hope for. One look around was enough to convince an observer this was turning into the best-yet homecoming. The "old-timers" of 1908 got the week end started the previous evening with a reception at Miami Valley Golf Club hosted by '08er Clem Jauch. The next morning began with the students' gigantic and colorful parade from downtown to the campus. And though the football game later in the day was no cause for rejoicing (the Flyers went down, 27 -8, to old-time rival Ohio University), the crowning of the queen by Father Seebold and the sterling-and even startling-performance by Bob Dawson, Dick Patesel and the perennial Alumni Band added a bright spot to the afternoon. The Memorial Mass for deceased alumni and the meeting of the Alumni Advisory Board, both Sun­ day, capped the big week end. But the fieldhouse dance-preceded by the alumni association annual meeting and banquet­ really "made" the homecoming. About 300 persons, many of them from the four anniversary classes, were at the banquet, and a good number of them stayed for the dance. The fieldhouse took on a festive atmosphere for the dance, with colored lights, crepe paper and a brilliantly decorated backdrop behind an exception­ ally good small orchestra. A continual hum of "Hey, old grad!" and "Man, have you put on weight since I saw you last!" could be heard anywhere one walked around the floor. The west end of the court More Pictures --"~)• was reserved for dancing and the remainder of the floor was filled to capacity with tables for the old­ timers to rest after the polkas and chat a bit. Here indeed was what the alumni association had been looking for during the past several years: an event at homecoming to bring more of the younger grads back to the campus. They came back; and they enjoyed it. And they, by making the dance such an event this year, have practically assured its being repeated next year. But a word of advice, albeit almost a year early-get your reservations in early for the Homecoming 1959 dance. Tickets may be at a premium. Daytonian Angie Bianco and Clevelander Roberta Koenig won out over three other sets of candidates for homecoming queen and freshman attendant. They're shown on the queen's float in the parade. winning float The Flyers' lone touchdown in a losing effort: Staggs bucks over. Float judges were Jim Gilvary, Dottie Foley, Bill Holub. Get out of the way, here comes the Alumni Band. They performed at half-time. Mary Shay and then it was all over .. Have you ever noticed how EMPTY a hotel or convention hall is the morn­ ing after? . .. Those of you who have remained on campus the day after Homecoming-I'm sure have the same feeling ... The excitement-the hustle - the bustle- many friends are gone ... It's empty ... As one walks the campus, he might spot someone fat and fifty-ish . .. As he glances in the general direction he ask himself . Is that so and so . Well,- let me see .. I think it is,­ but I'm really not sure ... Yesterday - 1 knew his name ... It may be-or is it that other fellow I met? ... Should I speak to him? ... I might be embar­ rassed ... Most probably, the alumnus Stu dents I rene Kramer (left) and Jean Pflaum in Brussels. approaching from the opposite direc­ tion is having the same thoughts ... And undoubtedly-the night before­ the two of you were buddies of the first We were at the World's Fair water ... Then, there are those-who the morning after are up bright and fresh A large photograph of University of D ay­ Puerto Rico and New Orleans. Joan Leff, as daisies in the midst of a snow storm ton's Albert Emanuel Library was dis­ '57, and students Irene Kramer and Jean . .. How they do it-I'll never tell ... played prominently in the Vatican Exhibit Pflaum, on a tour of Europe during the A real Homecoming is an experience on Education at the recently-dosed World's summer, stopped off at the Fair and though in the life of each alumnus he truly will Fair in Brussels. A representation of UD the Vatican exhibit was closed for the eve­ never forget--especially among the re­ was used along with photographs of ning, managed to talk their way inside and union classes ... It is a common ex­ schools in Medellin, Santiago, St. Louis, get the photo above for The ALUMNUS. pression among professionals in the field-that it takes ten years to make an alumnus ..