DECEMBER, 1943 w.t^£=ririCTr5i=3^SM£sesK!^^ The SLLIAM^ IURG ALUMNI ALWAYS WELCOME Mickey Rooney Tommy Dorsey Judy Garland & His Orchestra -IN- The Picture of The Month WLLLIAMSBURG LODGE GIRL CHOWNING'S TAVERN CRAZY Sparkling With Gershwin's Music! OPERATED BY WlLLIAMSBURG RESTORATION, INC. 3 DAYS :: December 2-3-4 Compliments of NOLAND COMPANY, Inc. NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA WHOLESALE PLUMBING HEATING INDUSTRIAL AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES E33«J^««»5^«5353«53««5=3«^^ THE ALUMNI GAZETTE ^Une Gouetfe or^willmm (maMauj iM^vUfMa VOLUME XI DECEMBER, 1943 No. 2 Navy Day Celebrated at the College Governor Reviews Chaplains' School Navy Day celebration, October 27, began with Gov- ernor Colgate Whitehead Darden reviewing the United States Navy Training School for Chaplains commis- sioned at the College last March. Camp Peary "C-B's" formed a parade at the Colonial Capitol and marched up Duke of Gloucester Street to the Wren Building. Ill the parade, led by motorcycled "S-P's," were the official guests riding in Jeeps; the 85-piece Camp Peary Band; 100 Marines, and a full Battalion of "Seabees," including the Color Guard, followed by a "Seabees" float. At the College entrance the companies divided and spread in fan-shaped formation about the east front Chaplains' Choir. campus. Rev. Charles Pratt, Chairman of the Williamsburg of the value of the United States Navy in preserving Ministerial Union, gave the invocation which was fol- peace and freedom in the world. lowed by an introductory speech by Mayor Channing Musical selections, "The Lord's Prayer" and "On- Moore Hall, '08, PBK, presiding guest. Mayor Hall then ward, Ye People" were presented by the Choir of the introduced Governor Darden, guest speaker, who spoke Navy Chaplains' School. Reading, left to right: Charles Pratt, Commander Allen, Cahtain Kirkpatrick, Governor Darden, Mayor Hall, Captain Ware, Commander Neyman, President Pomfret (in rear), Commander Levasseur, Ashton Dovell. Civilians and Servicemen stand "at attention" while Camp Peary "Seabees. the Governor speaks. Captain J. G. Ware, Commanding Officer, Camp Peary, spoke of the importance of the Naval Construc- tion Battalions in this war and their efforts to keep our country "forever free from the threat of tyranny and oppression." Mayor Hall then introduced other distinguished guests: Captain R. D. Kirkpatrick of the Naval Mine Depot; Captain C. A. Neyman of the Chaplains' School; Commander J. J. Levasseur of the Naval Supply Depot, at Camp Cheatham; Commander G. W. Allen of the Mine Warfare Training School; and Ashton Dovell, Commander of the Local Post of the American Legion. Captain Neyman pronounced the benediction and. the celebration was closed with the entire audience sing- ing the "Star Spangled Banner." Blind Man Receives Award 'Seabees" float Cobrun Lee Broun, '92x, is the recipient of the Shot- well Memorial Award for Meritorious Service to the Quarterly Historical Magazine Blind. The College of William and Mary after completing Mr. Broun, former supervisor of employment serv- its fiftieth volume, will begin in January, 1944, a new ices, New York State Department of Welfare, was su- series with a widened field of interest and a changed pervisor for the blind for the New York State Commis- title—The William and Mary Quarterly, a magazine of sion thirteen years. Early American History, Institutions, and Culture. The A successful salesman, at the age of fifty-three years, following Board of Editors has been chosen: Thomas P. an accident robbed him of his sight. Within a month Abernethy, University of Virginia; Randolph G. Adams, he had mastered Braille sufficiently to read a full length Clements Library; Julian P. Boyd, Princeton Univer- novel by the touch system. Within four years he was sity; Hunter D. Farish, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.; telling other blind people how to adjust themselves. Leonard W. Labaree, Yale University; Curtis P. Net- Before he left New York to retire to his native Virginia tels, University of Wisconsin; Stanley Pargellis, The he had placed more than 400 blind people in jobs, in Newberry Library; John E. Pomfret, College of Wil- agriculture, industry and private business. liam and Mary; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Harvard Uni- When the Virginia placement consultant joined the versity; Thomas J. Wertenbaker, Princeton University; Navy, Mr. Broun agreed to leave retirement and serve Louis B. Wright, Henry E. Huntington Library. Richard for the "duration." In the summer he may be found at L. Morton, College of William and Mary, will succeed Irvington; at present he is living at 3003 Parkwood as Managing Editor Dr. Earl G. Swem, who will retire Avenue, Richmond. from the editorship after twenty-three years of service. [2] committee shall have served on the committee the pre- The Alumni Gazette ceding year and two shall not have served the preced- ing year. No member of the committee shall serve more of the College of William and Mary in Virginia than three successive years. The committee shall meet, Established June 10, 1933 not later than April 15th following their appointment." Walter Finnall Cross Ferguson, President of The So- Published by the Society of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Incorporated, Box 154, ciety of the Alumni, has appointed the following alumni Williamsburg, Virginia, on the first day of October, Decem- to the committee: Martha Louise Schifferli, '37 (Chair- ber, March, and May. man), 118 Edwin Street, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey; William Greenwood Thompson, Jr., '28, 738 Shirley Subscription rate: $4.00 a year. Avenue, Norfolk; Miner Carl Andrews, '27, 819 South Entered as second-class matter, March 26, 1936, at the post Jefferson Street, Roanoke; Thomas Granville Pullen, office at Williamsburg, Virginia, under Act of March 3, 1879. Jr., '17, 7 South Beechwood Avenue, Catonsville, Mary- Additional entry at Richmond, Virginia. land; and John Garland Pollard, Jr., '23, "Belle Isle," Somers, Virginia. Editor *Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., '33 . „ ,. (Alyse F. Tyler Assistant Editors j ^ .34 u d R wiIliamSj ANNOUNCEMENTS The Cover— OFFICERS The 191st and the 220th LIBERTY SHIPS launched President Walter F. C. Ferguson, '19 Vice-President Ewell Crawford (Ramsey), '33 from the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Au- Secretary-Treasurer Vernon M. Geddy, '17 gust 26, and October 10, were named for Executive Secretary *Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., '33 James Blair, first president of the College, Acting Executive Secretary Alyse F. Tyler Lyon Gardiner Tyler, eighteenth president of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS College. Liberty Ships are named for famous Americans who To JUNE, 1944 have distinguished themselves in the fields of letters Wayne Carr Metcalf, ' 13, Roanoke, Virginia. and cultural pursuits. Catherine Teackle Dennis, '21, Raleigh, North Carolina. John Aydelotte Mapp, '35, Richmond, Virginia. The keel of the SS James Blair was laid July 28th, and construction was completed in 29 days; the keel of the To JUNE, 1945 SS Lyon G. Tyler was laid September 12th, and the con- Walter Finnall Cross Ferguson, '19, New York, New York. struction time was 28 days. James Moody Robertson, '29, Norfolk, Virginia. Lizinka Ewell Crawford (Ramsey), '33, Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. John Metcalf Drewry, Alexandria, daughter of James Southall Wilson, '04Ba-'3lH, and Julia Tyler To JUNE, 1946 (Wilson), christened the ship named for her grand- Robert Morton Hughes, Jr., '99, Norfolk, Virginia. father. Other guests of honor included Mrs. Wilson, Robert Edward Henley, '06, Richmond, Virginia. Vernon Meredith Geddy, '17, Williamsburg, Virginia. Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler Miles, Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, and Magruder Powell, '81x, of Baltimore, who was ap- EX-OFFICIO pointed by President Pomfret to represent the College. David Brooke McNamara, '45x, Norfolk, Va. President of the Student Body. A.S.T.U. Review— Mary Wilson Carver, '44x, Charleston, W. Va. Marching five abreast on the parade grounds, in front President of the Senior Class. of the stadium, under the flags of Nation, State and *0n leave of absence for Naval Service. College, Companies A and B of the A.S.T.U. passed in review October 6, before Major George F. McGinn, MEMBER AMERICAN ALUMNI COUNCIL Commandant; Chancellor Bryan, President Pomfret, Deans Miller and Armacost, and a large audience of VOLUME XI DECEMBER, 1943 No. 2 Chaplains, civilians and students. Precision was the pass- word of the day, and instead of marching to the usual "Hup, two, three, four" the band played the Washington Nominating Committee Post march. The following week a review was staged (BY-LAWS: ARTICLE III, SECTION 7) for the Mayor and other city officials. "The President of the Society, not later than the first of February each year, shall appoint a nominating com- College Anecdotes— mittee, consisting of five members of the Society, to Wouldn't a compilation of anecdotes relating to the nominate candidates for the vacancies occurring on College, members of the faculty, students, and staff the Board of Directors of the Society to be filled at the members including "Doc" Billups, Alex Goodall, annual June meeting. Three of the members of the Malachi Gardiner, et al, as well as townspeople be in- [3] teresting? Send the Alumni Office all the stories you member of the photographic department of Richmond can bring back to memory. Newspapers, Incorporated. Ann Terrell (Garrett), '40Ba, and daughter, Lucy Alumni Authors— Ann, are with Jack at 215 Oakwood Street, S.E., Apart- The Alumni Office would like to receive copies of ment 201, Washington, D. C. books written by alumni; also press notices, reviews, etc. r II ism Uniformed Visitors— Many of last session's men students now located on other college campuses for military and naval train- ing spent part of their furloughs visiting the College. Cafeteria— At long last, transforming the college dining hall into a modern cafeteria has been completed. This work, started last spring, received many setbacks because of the delays in obtaining materials and equipment.