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News of the Classes With NINON KING, '47
1880
Mrs. Martha Green Saunders, '80, passedaway March 1 at the age of 84 years. She
was born in Iowa, December 18, 1860, andattended the University from 1876 to 1879
in the preparatory department in existenceat that time.
1890
Perm. Class Sec'y: Fletcher Linn, 1830 S.W. Laurel,Portland, Oregon.
Mrs. F. C. Nolf (Clara Condon, '90)passed away suddenly at her Seattle home
Sunday morning, February 18. Mrs. Nolfand her twin sister, Fannie were born at
The Dalles, August 25, 1866, the daughtersof the University of Oregon's first profes-
sor, Thomas Condon. When the Universityopened in 1876, the girls accompanied their
father to Eugene, and when old enoughthey entered the preparatory department
and continued in the college course, grad-uating in 1890. Both of the "twins," as they
were familiarly known to their friends,were teachers, Fannie in art and Clara in
kindergarten training. They both took mas-ter's degrees in 1893. Fannie passed away
in 1897 in Oakland, Calif., and Clara movedto Pendleton where she taught until she
was married to Mr. Nolf, a Pendleton busi-ness man, in 1899. Seven years later, the
Nolfs moved to Seattle where they haveresided ever since, living in the university
district in that city. Besides her husband,Mrs. Nolf is survived by two sons and one
daughter, all living in Seattle, and her bro-ther, Herbert T. Condon, '92, dean of stu-
dents and secretary of the board of regentsof the University of Washington.
1906
Mrs. Constance Carter Wilson and Dr.O. Miller Babbitt, MD '06, were married
March 4 in Chevy Chase. They will be athome in Portland after August 1.
1909
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mozelle Hair, Extension Divis-ion, Campus.
Dr. George A. Cathey, MD '09, has beenappointed a member of the state game com-
mission by Governor Earl Snell to serve afive-year term. Dr. Cathey is a past presi-
dent of the Izaak Walton league of Amer-ica and a past vice-president of the National
Archery association.
1901
Professor Percy P. Adams, '01, with a rec-ord of more than 45 years of teaching at.
Oregon, received the March "citation ofthe month" from the Eugene Lions club.
Professor Adams is assistant dean of theart school and professor of graphics.
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PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XXVI MARCH 1945 NO. 7
ALUMNI COUNCIL
OFFICERS
Lynn Parr, '17
Marshfield President
Robert S. Miller, '37,
Portland Vice-President
?Elmer C. Fansett, '28 Alumni Secretary
Doris Hack, '41,
Eugene Acting Alumni Secretary
* On leave
COUNTY DIRECTORS
Terms Expire December 31, 1944
Edwin Dick, '40 MorrowClarence Codding, '35 Multnomah
Dr. Asa B. Starbuck, M.D., '06 PolkPaulen Kaseberg, '37 Sherman
Chester O. Knowlton,.'32 TillamookBertrand S. Jerard, '15 Umatilla
Raymond O. Williams, '14 UnionGeorge Stadelman, '30 Wasco
Paul Patterson, '23 WashingtonGlen S. Macy Yamhill
John F. Putnam, '31 Wheeler
Terms Expire December 31, 1945
William Haggerty, '29 HarneyJohn N. Mohr, '28 Hood River
Otto Frohnmayer, '29, J.D. '33 JacksonMrs. Boyd Overhulse, '31 Jefferson
Dr. Clairel L. Ogle, '16 JosephineJohn H. Huston, '21 Klamath
Ray Harlan LakeBasil Williams, '19 Lane
Lawrence Hull, '23 LincolnRalph Cronise, '11 Linn
Earl Blackaby, '15 MalheurDr. Clarence W. Keene, '96, M.D. '01 Marion
Terms Expire December 31, 1943
fames T. Donald, '15, BakerWalter T. Durgan, '28, J.D. '31 Bent...
Peter Laurs, '27 ClackamasRobert W. Lucas, '36 Clatsop
Robert Pollock, '38 ColumbiaGeorge Huggins, '16 Coos
CurryRemey M. Cox, '22 Crook
Dr. H. C. Staples, '23 DeschutesMiss Genevieve Dunlop, '34 Gilliam
Orval D. Yokum, '27, J.D. '29 Grant
OLD OREGON STAFF
Carol Cook Sibulsky, '45 Editor R,oseann Leckie, '47 Advertising ManagerBetty French Robertson, '47 Associate Editor Bob Chapman, '48 Sports Editor
Ninon King, 47 Assistant Editor Alice Rogers Sheetz, '40 Staff Assistant
1916
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Beatrice Locke Hogan,6423 Montgomery Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Now with the Roosevelt high school in
Honolulu, T.. H., Miss B. May Neill, '16,
is teaching in the English department there.
1918
Perm. Class Sec'y: Dr. Edward Gray, Miner Bldg.,Eugene, Oregon.
Dr. Dorothy Collier, '18, was elected first
vice president of the national organization
of Pro America for republican women at
the national meeting in Seattle in February.
Dr. Collier has been active for many years
in the L,ane county and Oregon groups of
Pro America.
1921
Perm. Class Sec'y: Jack Benefiel, Waldport, Ore.
Mrs. Beatrice Wetherbee Donnelly, '21,was married to Dean Radcliffe Heermance,
director of admissions of Princeton univer-sity, February 11. Mrs. Donnelly is the
widow of Dr. Donnelly, professor of Chris-tian Education in Princeton Theological
seminary, who died in 1936. Dean Heer-mance has been a member of the Princeton
staff since 1909 when he joined the Englishfaculty. He has been, since 1921, in charge
of admitting students to Princeton. Deanand Mrs. Heermance will reside at 89 Mer-
cer street, Princeton.
Carl B. Weigel, '21, is now in charge ofConrad, Bruce & Co., branch office in Eu-
gene. Mr. and Mrs. Weigel, (VirginiaPriaulx, '28) moved from Salem where Mr.
Weigel has been engaged in investmentbanking and management.
Goo&i Ipsi Matolt
OLD OREGON joins the celebrationobserving the tenth anniversary of Coed
Co-operatives on the University campusby featuring on its cover Miss Janet
Smith, the inspiration for the co-operativemovement. Left to right the co-ops pic-
tured are Highland House, CampbeU Club(the only active men's co-operative), Uni-
versity House, Rebec House, and Hilyard
House. The device in the lower left is thenational symbol of the co-operative living
movement. The cover was laid out and air-brushed by Velita Estey Durland, '45, a
member of Highland House and airbrush
artist for the 1945 Oregana.
^lalL off Gatdenti
Frontline Alums 4
1895'ers Reunite 5
No Postage Due 6
Janet Smith and Cooperatives 7
Professors Here and There 8
Sports 9
Gold Star Alums 10
Cornell Student Union 10
News of the Classes 2, 12, 14
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MARCH 1945
"A GUY
CAN DREAM
CAN'T HE?
SURE. And most of the fighting men
we hear from are not only dreaming
of home, but are putting some wide-
awake, serious thinking into it. Nearly
every letter we get asks: "What are my
rights as a veteran?" "How about my
National Service Life Insurance?"
"What about a civilian job when the
fighting stops?"
Last year we put the answers to the
first two questions in a free booklet for
the benefit of the million or more men
already demobilized. We were surprised
to get thousands of requests from men
still on active duty, many of them in
combat theaters on all fronts. So we
have brought out a new, enlarged
edition ? including a comprehensive
survey of job opportunities.
Write to us at 501 Boylston Street,
Boston, Mass., and ask for the free,
40-page booklet, "Information for
Veterans of Our Armed Forces." No
matter whether you're still in or now
out of service, it will tell you what the
score is.
HERE'S A SAMPLE
OF THE INTERESTING
CONTENTS:
of the "GJ. Bill of Right"?
How to continue your education, gui-
dance on loans, benefits, etc.
Your National Service Life Insurance?
How to keep it in force, how to reinstate,
and convert, with rates.
The word on?
Mustering-out -pay, pension ?privileges,
hospitalization, vocational training., Fed-
eral income tax, etc.
Whaf kind of a post-war job??
And where you fit in the picture.
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George Wlllard Smith, President Agencies In Principal Cities Coast to Coast
The First Mutual Life Insurance Company Chartered in America?1835
These University of Oregon?and hundreds of other college men, represent New England Mutual:
Douglas Karrell, '24, Beverly Hills *l)ean H. Connaway, '37, Portland (iurdon D. Orput, ' , Eugene
*With U.S. Armed Forces
We have opportunities for more University of Oregon men. Why not write Dept. AF-4 in Boston?
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Photo by P.G.C. U.S. Army
IN TEHERAN, Iran, Tech. Sgt. How-ard L. Ramey, '44, receives the bronze
star medal from Brig. Gen. Donald P.Booth, commanding the Persian Gulf
Command. Ramey was awarded themedal for "exceptionally meritorious
achievement in the performance of out-standing service" in the Persian corri-
dor, vital supply line to the SovietUnion. He has served in the PGC for
the past two years.
MILITARY and civilian observers in Eu-
of the Soviet drive on the eastern front, butnone of them are talking of the end of the war
in terms of days or weeks, Major Alexan-der G. Brown, '22, reported recently upon
return from a six week visit to the Euro-pean theater of operations.
Major Brown, former Portland attorneyand newspaperman and now chief of the
services division of AAF weather wingheadquarters, Ashville, N. C, went to Great
Britain and France to familiarize himselfwith the work of the air forces weather ser-
vice, for which the weather wing serves asadministrative clearing house, and to col-
lect material for inclusion in an overall his-
tory of the organization. He divided histime between 8th air force headquarters in
Britain and headquarters of the allied ex-peditionary force and the U.S. tactical
air forces in France, with a number of trips
to outlying weather installations in bothcountries.
"American troops on the western frontnaturally are anxious to get back home, but
they're indulging in no wishful thinking,"Major Brown said. "What little over-opti-
mism existed at the close of 1944 wasknocked out by the Germans' drive of the
Belgian bulge. They realize that the fall ofBerlin won't necessarily mean the collapse
of the Reich." Weather made possible Mar-shal Von Rundstedt's December offensive
?and in turn the successful allied counter-blows that sent the Germans reeling back
to their Siegfried line positions.
U. S. weather officers are convinced VonRundstedt had the advantage of very fine
weather forecasting for the beginning ofhis campaign, he reported. The first five
days of the drive were marked by zero vis-ibility, making it impossible for American
bombers to reach the Nazi panzer columns.But on the fifth day U. S. weather officers
foresaw a break in the overcast the follow-ing day. Relying on this forecast, American
commanders set the stage for a mightyaerial blow and dealt the enemy a pounding
from which he was unable to recover, Ma-jor Brown pointed out.
Major Brown, on military leave as chiefdeputy city attorney for Portland, is a
member of Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma DeltaChi, and Delta Theta Phi. Prior to enter-
ing law practice he was an Oregon newspa-perman and was alumni secretary for the
University of Oregon in 1932.
Capt. Robert M. Mitchell, '41, Phi Delt,has been awarded the bronze star for heroic
achievement in connection with militaryoperations against the enemy on Leyte De-
cember 2(>. Now serving on Luzon, CaptainMitchell previously ser-ed in New Guinea.
Capt. Oberlin J. Evenson, '41, receivedthe bronze star for meritorious service in
direct support of combat operations whileserving with the 3d infantry division in
Italy and France, according to announce-ments from war theaters in February.
The bronze star was awarded at head-quarters of the U.S. strategic air forces in
France to Capt. Pat Frizzell, '40, for "mer-itorious achievements" while serving as a
writer and editor for the operational newssection. A former member of the sports
staff of The Oregonian, he has been over-seas 28 months.
Lt. (jg) Ray V. Packouz, '43, was re-cently promoted from ensign while on duty
with the navy in the South Pacific. He par-ticipated in the landings at Leyte and Lin-
gayen gulf. Lieutenant Packouz attendedmidshipman's school at Midwestern uni-
versity and received his ensign's commis-sion in 1943. While on the campus, he was
a member of honoraries, senior class presi-dent, and listed in "Who's Who Among
University Students."
Marine 1st Lt. Robert T. Tilson, Jr., '43,admits he felt a momentary hesitation when
he saw an observation plane crash into thewaters of the South Pacific last August, a
little more than 100 yards from the boat on
which he was a passenger.
But, according to the citation accompany-ing the navy and marine corps medal which
was awarded to him recently, "withoutthought for his personal safety and at great
risk of his own life, he dove into the shark-infested waters and swam to the wreck."
Assisted by another marine, LieutenantTilson pulled an unconscious passenger
from the rear seat of the rapidly sinking-plane. Although the pilot was hopelessly
pinned in the shattered cockpit, he contin-
ued his attempts to save him until thesmashed ship plunged out of sight.
Lieutenant Tilson has been on active
duty with the marines since 1943. His wife,Roberta Sinclair, '44, and their young
daughter, Linda Joyce, live in Hood River.
Although only two of his six machine
guns were firing and he was low on ammu-
nition, 1st Lt. Frank D. Bradford, '39, 8th
airforce pilot, broke up a German attack on
one of his fellow P-Sl Mustang pilots re-
cently. In the same battle, Lieutenant
Bradford downed his first German plane.
After graduation and before entering the
air force, Lieutenant Bradford was produc-
tion manager of the San Joaquin Baking
company in Modesto, Calif.
Among personnel of the 43d Field hospi-tal, which came ashore at Lingayen gulf on
Luzon and received liberation ribbons andone bronze campaign star from the Philip-
pine Commonwealth, is Lt. George G. Kel-ty, '39, dental officer, who was formerly a
member of Oregon's swimming team andBeta Theta Pi fraternity.
Second Lt. Paul C. Davenport, '45, Eu-gene, Ore., a 9th air force P-47 Thunderbolt
pilot, has been credited with his first aerialvictory?an ME-109 shot down over Ger-
man-held territory during the recent Nazicounterattack.
"My squadron encountered more than 35ME-109's," Lieutenant Davenport said,
"We dropped our bombs and attacked. Ilost my leader in the fight and I was alone.
While I was in a steep turn to the left, anME-109 came across in front of me. I lev-
eled out and gave him a burst. Then hewent into a violent skid and his cockpit
canopy came off. I had to pull up fast toprevent hitting the plane, but his canopy
did hit my left wing and along the fuselage.A piece of T-shaped tubing stuck in the
landing edge of my rudder and was believedto be part of his canopy or seat. When pull-
ing up, I went into the overcast and losttrack of the enemy plane, but I am sure it
was destroyed. With a damaged wing andrudder I headed for home."
Lieutenant Davenport, a newcomer tothe European theater, is a member of the
19th Tactical Air Command's Thunderbolt"Raider" Group, and he has flown "close-
in" aerial support of ground forces inFrance, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Ger-
many.
Lieutenant Davenport has since been re-ported as missing from a mission over Ger-
many, February 2.
JACK LYLE BROWN, '45, was
killed last August in the crash of an
army transport at Naper, Neb. He was
a second lieutenant, P-47 pilot.
MARCH 1945
Bikes and Bloomers Were
Innovations to 1895 Coeds
By CAROL COOK SIBULSKY,' 45
Approaching their fifty year re-union in June, '95ers Willametta
Hanna Beattie and Edith KernsChambers recall the life and
times of the University inthe Gay Nineties.
OREGON wasn't as gay as merryBroadway in the Gay Nineties, butthe class of 1895 managed to "have
themselves quite a time."
Mrs. Frank (Edith Kerns) Chambersand Mrs. William (Willametta Hanna)
Beattie, caught in a reminiscent mood, re-membered much about the class that began
their activities in 1889. In those days, whenthe only high schools were in Portland,
students took their prep school training atthe University and six years of study were
required to earn a BA degree. First yearstudents were known as "sub-sub" and sec-
ond year students as "sub-fresh," Mrs.Chambers said. "Sub-sub"s were complete-
ly ignored, and earning the coveted titleof "frosh" was, indeed, recognition.
Proudly the '95ers recalled that theirera was a period of formation for the Uni-
versity. John Wesley Johnson was presi-dent when they entered, and he was "a
hard master." With the advent of Dr. C.H. Chapman to the presidency, the Uni-
versity's outlook became more liberal. Lec-tures and seminars were introduced, and
the system of electives was operated moreextensively. Sophomores, formerly regi-
mented, were given their choice of Frenchor engineering. Liberal arts and science
were the only respectable majors, althoughthe University also boasted a normal school
and a music school.
Studies consisted mainly of drill and
memory work, a few lecture and seminarclasses appearing during their last two
years.
Football was introduced, and Mrs. Cham-bers remembers when the Stanford team
was entertained by the girls of her class a.t
the president's home. Other campus activi-ties included the YM and the YW (of
which Mrs. Beattie was a charter mem-ber), a glee club, the Philogians and Lau-
rians.
Our Junior weekends had their antece-
dent in the Junior day, during which theboys constructed concrete sidewalks
through the quadrangles, the girls contrib-uting to the class effort by bringing lunches.
Campus amusements included pilotingskiffs on the mill race (which, incidentally,
was built in the 1850's), going to the ob-servatory on the butte and going on class
picnics.
Joe College and Betty Coed would prob-ably not recognize their Bunion Derby a
la 1895, but was known then as the Annual
Walkaround, and was held in the assemblyroom in Villard hall. Conducted somewhat
on the order of Musical Chairs, the coedwould fill in a dance program with the
names of the people she met during theevent.
Mrs. Chambers seemed unhappy thatpeople assume that she must be quite old,
having graduated from college fifty yearsago, for "we were quite young; 18 or \9
was the average age."
Both Mrs. Chambers and Mrs. Beattiespoke highly of Dr. Luella Carson, the
University's first clean of women. "It wasshe who gave us the artistic side of life."
The FFF was the beginning of anotherUniversity tradition: the flower and fern
procession of graduating coeds each spring.The Flower and Fern Fanatics, Mrs.
Beattie and Julie Veazie (she thinks),planted some ferns under Dr. Carson's Vil-
lard hall office window, thereby gainingtheir name. An observant student can still
see the ferns on the east side of Villardunder the window of the office of the Eng-
lish department.
ACROSS some fifty years came the mem-
died in their sophomore year; he hadclimbed a light pole during the Christmas
season and the shock from a high tensionwire killed him. Roslyn McKinlay, who
had died from a heart attack during a foot-ball game he was coaching at the Pendleton
academy the fall after graduation.
Mrs. Edward (Laura) Carter, who had
taught before entering the University wasolder, but "so nice." Her family was one of
Oregon City's pioneer group. Estella Dorris(Mrs. C. A.) Macrum, of a prominent Kn-
gene family, was one of the music majors.
She was petite, starry-eyed, a little youngerthan the group. She sang in an opera which
was given by the University. Another musicmajor was Joyce Brownell (Neilan).
Anna Ruth Eaves, now in Brookline,Mass.; Mrs. Beattie, whose father had
moved to Eugene that his children mightgo to school. She was the first president of
the campus YWCA, and belonged to theUtaxians, one of the campus organizations
which had been incorporated under statelaws and known in campus slang as a cor-
poration. Mrs. Chambers, chosen class treeorator, when the 95ers planted a linden east
of Villard. Benetta Doris Nash, "our beau-ty." She and Julie Veazie were the young-
est. Benetta's husband (Gifford Nash) hadcome to the campus to give a piano concert
and had stayed to serve on the music faculty.She won the Beekman prize. Frank Mat-
thews, who is now in Portland as minister atthe Highland Baptist church. "He was our
first football captain, too." Mrs. Beattiesaid, "He's going to do our speaking"; she
was referring to the class speaker at theAlumni luncheon in June.
Herman Robe, son of a pioneer Presby-terian minister, was very methodical, the
'95 coeds remarked. Mrs. Chambers re-members a speech he deliverd about Abra-
ham Lincoln in which his first words were"Lincoln was notorious." Ina McClung,
whose father owned a store where Tiffany-Davis is now situated.
Julie Veazie, "our star girl," won theFailing oratorical contest, "Abelard was her
subject." Edith Brown (Mrs. Robert H.)Miller was "so conscientious." She passed
away in the spring of 1944.
"Bikes and bloomers were new then,"added Mrs. Beattie, "and women's athlet-
ics were introduced into the curriculum?basketball it was."
The eleven members of the class of 1895 in their graduation picture. From left to
right, front row: Edith Kerns Chambers, Julie Veazie Glen, Ina Dora McClung,Edith Brown Miller. Second row: Willametta Hanna Beattie, Herman Robe, Laura
Beatie Carter, Frank Mathews, Anna Ruth Eaves, Roslyn McKinley,Benetta Dorris Nash.
OLD OREGON
A/
JAMES E. HATCH,'40Lieutenant, USNR
Had an opportunity to talk to Lt. BobbyAnet, (Navy '39,) who has recently been
ordered ashore following- a strenuous tourof armed guard duty. Also met Ray Jewel,
'39, an athletic officer assigned to the ath-letic department of Treasure Island, having
completed an overly long- period of duty"down under."
Both will represent strong navy teamsin the 12th naval district competition.
Ray Jewel hadn't seen a copy of Old Ore-gon for a couple of years and enjoyed mine
as much as I have each time one catches upwith me.
MR. AND MRS. JEFF KITCHEN, '43
HELEN ANGELL,'42
We were married, as you probably haveheard, in Cairo last August. We certainly
never expected to find ourselves saying our"I do's" in an English cathedral in Egypt,
or before a British army chaplain! We arenow living?literally?on the bank of the
Nile, just on the outskirts of Cairo, and are,after several months of experience, decid-
ing that we really like this amazing country.It is something to get used to, especially
the smell, which you can describe as "mys-teriously Oriental" or just plain bad. But
it is one of the most fascinating cities ofthe world, particularly just now when
troops of every nationality, as well as ref-ugees from everywhere, crowd the streets.
The war of the Pacific and the war in Eur-ope melt into each other here, and it is
really a Grand Central station.
To our great surprise, we have run intoa good many Webfoots while here. A few
weeks ago we had as our dinner guests aircorps Capt. Roy Cramer, Sigma Nu, '43,
and Wac Cpl. Lois Fischer Powell, whomyou'll remember in Horace Robinson's
1941 production of "Of Thee I Sing." Loi-3is now with army special services, and sings
with a local U.S. army orchestra in herspare time. Roy is based near here, stops
off between nights. We had another sur-prise last Sunday while watching the final
football game of the season at Cairo's fam-ous Gexira club between a serviceman's
team from this theater and another fromthe Persian Gulf command. We checked
the program to see who the PGC man was
in the No. 11 jersey carrying the ball mostof the time, and found it was Matt Pava-
lunas, member of the Oregon basketballsquad that went East in 1939 to walk off
with the national championship. He tells us
he's been in the Persian gulf for two yearsnow.
Latest Oregon voice we've heard is thatof Stan Davis, Kappa Sig, '41, who called
us unexpectedly from a nearby airport theOther morning to say "hello." (We think he
deserves a medal for working out the in-
tricacies of Cairo telephoning betweenplanes!) An ATC pilot, Stan has been basd
in Detroit for a year or so, is now en route
to points east of Suez. His wife, Bette Nor-wood, Tri Delta, '41, is back in Oregon
now, but leaving soon for a job in Los An-geles. A letter yesterday from George Kill-
mer, Sigma Chi, '43, who is with the 9th
army in Germany in a tank destroyer bat-talion, says his unit has ju^t been relieved
after 90 days of front line duty, and he'snow catching up on correspondence.
Best wishes to all the people at Oregonwe know, and a special greeting to the gang
at the journalism shack. Glad to hear thatBud Jermain is back in his old stamping
ground.
C. E. WAGNER, '01
Please pardon my temerity for makinga few remarks regarding Josephine Moore's
article about my classmate, Percy Adams,in the last issue of Old Oregon. I enjoyed
it very much. Friendly hall was known" as"The Dormitory" for a long, long time. As
1 recall, the name was not changed untilafter the death of Sam Friendly.
I lived in the dormitory four years andI never heard of its having "sky lights."
The north end and the south end were, how-ever, separated by a partition extending
from the floor to the attic. There was a trapdoor opening from the top hall into this at-
tic both on the south and the north ends. Inmy day, students would sometimes climb
into the attic, and, crossing over to the otherend, open the trap door and make a noise.
When new students gathered below out ofcuriosity, they would dump a bucket of cold
water on them.
This calls to mind the "Captain" Grayincident. During the fall before the out-
break of the Spanish-American war, ClydeGray was a new student living in the dor-
mitory. One evening the south end trapdoorwas opened and there was a commo-
tion in the attic. A crowd of students gath-ered below, but no one stood directly under
the trap door. An older student said, "Imove we elect Gray captain and chase the
north-enders back where they belong." Themotion was adopted with considerable en-
thusiasm. Gray said, "Come on, fellows,"and he started up the ladder. Before he was
well off the floor a whole wash tub of wa-ter was dumped on him, completely drench-
ing him. This failed to dampen his ardor,however, and he wanted to continue the ex-
pedition, but the crowd had had their funand no one was interested further. I have
lost track of Gray, but he is still recalled as
"Cap" Gray.
The reason given by the University fordiscontinuing the residence of women stu-
dents at the dormitory in the "middleNineties" was that they needed all the
rooms for men students and the state, at
that time, considered it was more impor-tant to educate their young men than their
young women. This was long before thedays of "woman suffrage" and the women
students were obliged to do the best they
could for many years.
I hate to question Percy's word, butthere were more than 20 in our class. As I
recall, the exact number was 31, which wasthe largest class to graduate from the Uni-
versity up to that time. Instead of engineer-ing starting at the U of O in 1901 as stated
in this article, the first engineers weregraduated in 1901. As I recall, there were
five "electrical" and two "civils" in ourclass of 1901, and I further recall, Percy
was "civil." I am sure there were five who
completed the electrical engineering course,and that George Campbell completed the
civil engineering course.
Percy was too modest. He was Napoleonand I was Wellington in our class play,"
which, for some reason, never took place.
MAJOR GEORGE T. MACKIN,'41
Fortress Leader Home
Major George T. Mackin, '41, was a vis-itor at the Alumni office recently on his
way home for a short furlough with hisparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Mackin,
1839 North Winchell street, Portland, Ore.,before reporting to Santa Ana, Calif., for
reassignment. He has been overseas sinceSeptember, 1942 with the 8th AAF. He was
commander of Flying Fortresses with Col.Kermit D. Stevens, '33. He completed forty
missions over Germany and enemy-occu-pied countries.
At Santa Ana Major Mackin hopes totransfer his experience to B-29 and the Pa-
cific theater of operations.
While on the campus Major Mackin wasa member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity,
Scabbard & Blade and Friars.
Benjamin B. Beekman,'84, Dies in Portland
Benjamin B. Beekman, '84, died Febru-
ary 23 at the Portland hotel where he livedfor the past 50 years. He had been in ill
health for a year. After receiving- his bache-lor of arts degree in 1884, he became an in-
structor in Latin, Greek, algebra, and geom-
etry at the University. He then went on toobtain an LL.B. degree from Yale univer-
sity and was admitted to the Connecticutbar. In 1889 he was admitted to the Oregon
bar and the same year became associated
with the firm of Watson, Hume andWatson in Portland, later retiring in 1916.
Mr. Beekman was an ardent student ofOregon history. He was born in Jackson-
ville. His father, C. C. Beekman, was anearly-day express messenger and pioneer
banker for whom the annual Oregon His-
torical society Beekman'essay contest isnamed. The father was also a' member of
the board of regents of the University in theearly days of its existence.
Ben was a director of the Oregon His-torical society and maintained a high de-
gree of interest in the University of Oregonthroughout his life.
MARCH 1945
i/ecvti. oj Coed G
Miss Janet Smith-Inspiration and Guide
For University Co-operative Living
By WINIFRED ROMTVEDT, 47
On the eve of the 10th anniver-sary of coed cooperative living
at the University, Old Oregon sa-lutes Miss Janet Smith, who
proved that co-ops can offer theadvantages of other living ac-
commodations with lower housebills and higher scholastic
achievements.
WHEN an Oregon mother names,her baby '"Janet," and a man putsseeing Janet Smith on his furlough
list next to his mother, chances are thatthat man or woman has lived in a coopera-
tive organization on the University of Ore-gon campus. The next guess is that he or
she was an independent student who hada financial struggle to obtain a college edu-
cation. Officially, Miss Smith has earnedthis affection from them as University em-
ployment secretary and adviser to the wom-en's co-ops. But doing more than her job
is what has really won for her their deepregard and confidence.
Acquaintance with Miss Smith usuallybegins before a student enters college. Her
personal interest in him begins when shereceives his first letter. In her keen mind
she stores his name and hometown for fu-ture reference in helping the prospective
student to have a college education eventhough he has very little funds. Janet
Smith will see that he gets a scholarship,membership in a co-op, or a job?if not all
three.Each spring and summer she has gener-
ously given her time to traveling over milesqi Oregon roads. As a member of the Ore-
gon Mothers scholarship committee shehas interviewed applicants for that scholar-
ship, and talked at meetings of OregonMothers clubs. As a member of the Uni-
versity staff, she has been a popular speak-
er at high school girls' organization meet-ings. As U of O employment secretary she
has visited the innumerable employers withwhom she has connections, and students who
wish to work when they come to school.
WITHOUT the encouragement whichmany students would not have attempted to
come to college. She tells them that highereducation is possible if they are willing to
work at the same time, thereby doubly im-proving their capabilities.
With Janet Smith in the employment of-fice, any student who really wants a job
can have one, whether in time of depressionor prosperity. Odd jobs, work on the cam-
pus, part-time positions downtown, sum-
mertime employment, and the objective?aposition upon graduation; all these are at
Miss Smith's fingertips. Visiting employersadmire her record system for graduates.
Before leaving the institution, each seniorleaves references and a complete record of
his schooling, occupational experience, and
other pertinent data. Prospective employersreceive duplicates of these records.
With a background of teaching, YWCAwork, and business travel, Miss Smith ar-
rived on the campus in depression days, andbegan her work as employment secretary
in 1933. She observed the struggles of stu-dents who were supporting themselves 100
per cent. She knew that dormitories morethan broke even; she found that out while
visiting YWCA tea rooms, and helpingthem to make more profits by such means
as restringing a butter cutter to make thebutter stretch farther. She knew that on
other campuses cooperatives had beenformed to provide inexpensive, pleasant
places for organized group-living.
"Why can't we do that here??" she asked.Efforts to enlist help from the YWCA
and the dean of women failed, but MissSmith found a sympathetic and helpful ally
in Dr. C. V. Boyer, acting president at thetime. Finally in the spring of 1936, the first
house was opened on the corner of Four-teenth avenue and University street, and
Miss Smith moved in with the girls to helpthem get started. The building belonged
to Mrs. Daniels, sister of the beloved JohnO'Hara, former dean of St. Mary's Catholic
church.
"When I approached her about rentingher house as a cooperative house, she was
very interested, and said she would rent itto us on a cooperative basis," Miss Smith
said. Each girl paid $2.25 a month untilthere were enough members to pay $90 rent.
The first spring was exceedingly cold,and the furnace gave no heat. Depression
times made it necessary for the girls to domuch outside work, but they managed to
top the campus scholastically. Among itsmembers that term the house claimed two
Phi Beta Kappas and the tennis singleschampion; one member won a trip to Japan;
Another was given a position as a graduateassistant.
"It's a tribute to the interest and pleas-ure the house members had that the co-op
was a success; they really wanted it," re-marked Miss Smith. "The co-ops have
drawn a class of students who are really in-terested in going to college to make a back-
ground for future careers. They have def-initely raised the standing of the Univer-
sity. We are so proud of the scholasticstanding and the activities of the girls, the
positions they have held since graduation."
BY the fall of 1936 so many studentsthat the girls in the pioneer house at Four-
teenth and University divided into two sec-tions. With the help of Dr. Boyer the in-
firmary annex at the corner of Fourteenthand Onyx was secured, and half of the girls
formed the nucleus for a new house.
When Highland house started at Thir-teenth and Hilyard streets, there wasn't
room in the budget for a stove and a cook,so the girls ate at Hilyard house. Miss
Smith acted as housemother that year.
Later Highland house moved to Nineteenthand Potter, where they were able to hire
" a cook, and a housemother, and enjoy anideal set-up from the start.
"We are proud that we have really been
on our own," remarked the co-ops' adviser,"and have equippd our rooms, sleeping
porches, and kitchens well." She pointed outthat co-operative houses on other campuses
are owned and operated by the college anduniversity administrations. Although some
of the houses here are rented from the Uni-versity, equipment is owned by the coed co-
operative organization, a treasurer is hiredto pay the bills and keep accounts, and a
manager directs all purchasing.
NOT stopping after the co-operative
has always been able to get action on mat-ters concerning the co-ops, whether it's a
cook, housemother, or building that the or-ganization needs. When a new house is be-
ing readied for occupation, Miss Smith canbe found helping the girls with scrubbing
and painting.
Her spacious home, formerly that of Dr.John Straub, 651 Eleventh avenue east, and
her large backyard on the mill race haveprovided the background for many co-op
get-togethers. Last fall it was a Sundayevening "get-acquainted" picnic. When
Highland house came into permanent pos-session of the scholarship cup last spring,
its members were rewarded with cold tur-key, potato salad, and ice cream, served on
the shady, grassy lawn. Senior breakfastsduring Junior weekend and buffet suppers
during commencement weekend have alsobeen given by Miss Smith, and it is her '
honor to cut the co-op's birthday cake eachspring at the annual tea in Gerlinger hall.
Miss Mozelle Hair, head of correspon-dence study, general extension division, of-
ten has assisted Miss Smith, and has beengenerous with gifts. A second adviser to
the women's co-ops, Miss Smith deems hera helpful assistant.
MISS SMITH'S own home is a co-op-
family, a couple, and one or two collegegirls. As many as 12 people have shared the
work at one time. There at Christmas timeMiss Smith's handiwork is shown in the fir
bough decorations which adorn the hand-some staircase. She also has a knack for
arranging centerpieces and flowers'.
While Miss Smith was not an organizerof the men's co-ops, of which only Camp-
bell club is active at present, she has beenhelpful to them. When the first club was
being organized in 1935, Miss Smith took
a carload of boys and girls interestedin starting a co-op to the University of
Washington campus. They found the hous-es there operated by the university. Later
they visited the University of Idaho cam-
pus, where the co-op was housed in an olddormitory, more of a political organization
with no membership standards and indepen-dent operation.
The employment secretary's interest iuthe independent students prompted her to
become founder and adviser to Yeomen,
independent men's organization, and laterto Orides, independent women's organiza-
tion. (Yeomen did not function last year,but with the return of more men to the
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OLD OREGON
GEORGE GODFREY AND CHARLES HULTEN
countries, and in many foreign countries
OWI release* constitute 75 per cent of
printed news.
Under the auspices of the book programs,
hooks are printed in foreign languages for
liberated countries, a large majority of
which have not received American books
since the German invasion.
Mr. Hulten emphasized the fact that the
Office of War Information is not a censor-
ship organization.
DEAN RALPH W. LEIGHTON of thegiven some information on the whereabouts
of former University staff members in hisdepartment. Ted Shields, assistant football
coach from 1929 to 1938, is now running asawmill at White Salmon, Wn. Basketball
Coach Bill Reinhart, 192.3-36, became direc-tor of athletics at George Washington uni-
versity, Washington, D. C, and at presentis in the navy.
Harry Scott, a member of the facultyfrom 1921 to 1927, is at Brooklyn college,
where he is head of the physical educationdepartment. Previously he was at Rice in-
stitute, Houston, Texas.
After leaving Oregon, Capt. John J. Mc-Ewan was on the staff of the College of the
Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., and laterwas connected with professional football
in Brooklyn. He is now with the army ord-nance department.
Professors Here And There
By BETTY FRENCH ROBERTSON,'47
THE Assistant Director of Manage-ment of the Office of War Information
campus, where he spoke before the editingand reporting classes of the School of Jour-
nalism. Undismayed by his grand title, stu-dents and faculty members alike welcomed
Charlie Hulten, associate professor of jour-nalism, on leave from the staff for the last
two years. He told them about the variousbranches and duties of the OWI.
The two operating branches of the or-
ganization, he said, are for United States
war news and for psychological warfare,
the latter centering primarily in foreign
countries.
The motion picture bureau of the OWIproduces movies for war bond drives, ser-
vice recruiting campaigns, and other gov-
ernment-sponsored projects, all made atthe expense of the studios, usually with the
best director and most prominent actorsavailable. The movie industry is merely
told what information and action should
be stressed, and, other than the OWI pass-ing verdict on the script, it is given com-
plete freedom to write and produce what itlikes. In order to facilitate showing at many
theaters in the country at the proper time
for the campaign, 628 reels are made.
Xews stories are released to the United
States and foreign countries by the news
bureau of the OWI. One of its chief prob-
lems is to coordinate information for vari-
ous offices, in order to avoid any difference
in facts.
Sending out calendars for government
campaigns is one of the duties of the radio
bureau, giving the dates for the drives, and
what information should be stressed. As
with the motion picture scripts, the radio
scripts for campaigns also are passed upon.
Spot announcements to be broadcast be-
8
tween programs are given to radio stationsfor use.
Clifton Fadiman, well-known interroga-tor of the "Information Please" radio pro-
gram, is head of the War Writers board ofthe book and magazine articles bureau, the
purpose of the board being to produce forthe different publications articles and in-
formation to be used during governmentcampaigns. In some instances these articles
are prepared six months in advance of theopening date of the drive.
By far the largest unit is the foreign in-formation program which embraces every
medium of communication. For example,
at the beginning of the war, the governmentwas in possession of 13 short-wave trans-
mitters, but at the present it owns all trans-mitters built since 1942, making a total of
36. It is now possible to reach all parts of
the world with powerful short-wave trans-mitters. When the Allied armies landed in
Africa, transmitters were set up on thatcontinent and later in Italy. Japan can be
reached from Saipan.
Magazines for distribution in other coun-tries are put out by the publications bureau
"Victory," the outstanding magazine, isprinted every two months in 15 languages
by the Crowell publishing company. A di-gest magazine appears in 22 languages.
Their purpose is to project America to the
populations of other countries so that theywill understand the United States and its
people.
The OWI produces leaflets to drop byplane into occupied countries and the ene-
mies' home lands. It attempts to get dailyairborne newspapers into newly-liberated
countries.
The news and features bureau deliversnews by Morse code to occupied countries,
for use principally in underground newspa-pers. Press releases are sent to liberated
Howard Hobson, who is on sabbaticalleave this year at Columbia university, New
York City, will return next fall to take uphis coaching duties at Oregon.
Del Oberteuffer is director of physicaleducation at Ohio University, Columbus,
Ohio, after being on the campus from 1924-28.
Walter C. Barnes, a member of the his-tory department faculty from 1920 to 1930,
left the University to teach at Smith col-lege, Northampton, Mass., and he is now
at Black Mountain college.
The head of the English department atthe University of Arizona at Tucson is Mel-
vin Solve, who was at Oregon from 1919to 1922. Dr. George Williamson, 1928-36,
is a professor of English at the Universityof Chicago.
James R. Rand of the religion depart-ment is now at Rochester Theological col-
lege. Charles Edmundson of the biologydepartment is at the University of Hawaii,
and Dr. Edwin T. Hodge of the geology
department is at Oregon State college.
From the economics department wentDr. Merton K. Cameron, 1920-28, an au-
thority on public utilities and the history of
economic thought, who is also teaching atthe University of Hawaii in Honolulu. A
third ex-Oregon man at Hawaii is Dr.Ralph Hoeber, 1921-32, also of the econom-
ics department.
Dr. Donald G. Barnes of the history de-
partment, 1922-31, is teaching at Western
Reserve university, Cleveland, Ohio. Hisspecialty is various phases of English his-
tory. Dr. Raymond Wheeler, a member of
the psychology department from 1915-24,is at the University of Kansas.
Dr. William C. Jones, who taught in the
political science department from 1941 to
1(?44, is now president of Whittier college.
Dr. James D. Barnett, who has been at the
University since 1908, retired, but he occa-
sionally teaches a few law classes.
MARCH 1945
SucceAA,
Hard Work Changed Cellar Contenders
To Champs, National Contestants
By BOB CHAPMAN, '48
To Coach John Warren goes thecredit for boosting a cellar-slated
team of inexperienced playersinto the northern division bas-
ketball championship and theplay-offs for the national crown.
ALTHOUGH slated for the confer-ence cellar at the beginning of theseason, Oregon came from behind in
the "rubber" game of the playoff series todefeat Washington State 39-37 and thus
win the 1945 northern division champion-ship in addition to receiving an invitation to
represent the Pacific coast conference inthe western regional N.C.A.A. champion-
ship tournament at Kansas City March 23and 24.
A one-handed push shot in the last 40seconds of play thrown by Jim Bartelt
broke the deadlock at 37-all and providedOregon with the two-point margin of vic-
tory which revenged the 42-25 defeat hand-ed the Ducks in the 1937 playoff by the
Cougars.This is Oregon's sixth conference cham-
pionship and second invitation to the west-ern regional N.C.A.A. tournament. In
1939 Oregon won the northern divisioncrown; defeated California twice in Eu-
gene; and represented the coast conferencein the western X.C.A.A. playoff at Treas-
ure Island where "Hobbie" Hobson's quin-tet trounced Texas and Oklahoma. Later
the Oregonians downed Ohio State in theNational Collegiate finals at Evanston.
One can't compare the 1945 club withthe famous 1939 National Collegiate
champs because Bob Hamilton is the onlyreturning regular whereas Slim Winter-
mute, Laddie Gale, John Dick, Bob Anet,and Wally Johansen were all returning reg-
ulars with varsity experience. However,the aggregation "Honest John" Warren
had on the court against Washington Stateis probably the most popular team in Ore-
gon history, a gang of inexperienced play-ers who were slated for the cellar but bat-
tled with a great competitive spirit to the
mythical far western championship andpossibly to the National Collegiate finals.
Oregon came from behind, just as theyhad done in the first playoff game with
WSC and the final conference tilt with
OSC, to defeat a team which was superiorin height and experience. Bob Hamilton
has led the Ducks in second half rallies allseason and in three of the last four decisive
games the Webfoots have been victorious.
IN the last regular conference game of
gon, the same was true for the Beavers,
because if either team lost they were out
of the running for the championship.
More than 7,000 excited fans saw Oregon
come from behind in the second half to up-
set the favored Beaver quint 47-38, Red
Rocha, towering OSC center, was held to
four field goals by Ken Hays, high point
man for the Ducks with 13, Dick Wilkinsand Bob Hamilton tallied 11 and 10 re-
spctively. When Reedy Berg replaced DelSmith at the guard, Oregon began to click.
Berg made only seven points but neverthe-less he was the sparkplug that put the need-
ed fire in the Webfoots.
Oregon and WSC were tied for the cham-pionship with 11 wins and 5 losses follow-
ing the Lemon and Green victory overSlats Gill's rugged Beavers, the first game
playoff was decided upon, the first game tobe played at Pullman and the second (also
third if necessary) to be played on the homecourt.
In the first game of the playoff at Pull-man, Oregon staged a rally in the last three
minutes of the first half to tie the score at19-all. During the second half Hamilton,
Berg, and Bartelt connected with a high per-centage of their shots and the Webfoots
came out on the long end of a 51-41 score.Bob Hamilton was high point man for the
evening with 20 counters. Vince Hanson,national collegiate high scorer, was held
to 15 tallies by Ken Hays. Reedy Berg wason hand again to add the extra drive nec-
essary for another Webfoot victory.
Vic Hanson paced the Cougars to a 53-48 victory over the Ducks in the second
game to even the series. WSC led all theway and only once did Oregon threaten to
overtake the Staters. Reedy Berg and JimBartelt tried desperately to bring Oregon
back in the second half but Jack Friel's sec-ond string "shock troops" plus Vince Han-
son plus a Spokane official by the name of"Squinty" Hunter were too much to over-
come. Officials like everyone else, makemistakes, but "Squinty" must have had his
eyes closed during the encounter eventhough 45 fouls were called. The game was
a repetition of the first battle with Wash-ington at Seattle which Oregon lost by a
56-59 score. In other words, Oregon gotroyally hooked.
Hanson piled up a grand total of 26 tal-lies for high point honors. Reedy Berg, al-
though called out on personals, played likea veteran and collected 15 counters for the
Ducks.
"Stop Hanson and you stop WashingtonState;" well that's what Ken Hays did and
WSC went down to defeat 39-37 aftr lead-ing 21-15 at halftime in the third and de-
ciding tilt of the series.
MORE than 6,000 spectators saw Ore-
during the last eight minutes of play. Notsince the days when Hank Anderson con-
nected with the hemp in the final secondsof the OSC and Washington tilts have local
fans seen such a dramatic hoop finish.
Jim Bartelt undoubtedly saved the day forOregon in the second game but one can't
overlook Bob Hamilton's cool field gen-eralship. "Ham" directed the line of attack,
in addition to sinking two charity tossesand a one-hander from the side court in
succession to give Oregon a 37-35 lead withone minute and fifteen seconds to play. Ken
Hays batted the ball away from Hansonall evening, and Jim Bartelt recovered the
ball time and time again. Del Smith made
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PLAYERS WHO WENT with Coach John Warren to Kansas City for the nationalhoop tournament play-off include: (left to right) front row; Lou Kotnik (3), Capt.
Bob Hamilton (6), Dick Wilkins (10), Frank Horfine (14); second row: Jim Bartelt(11), Del Smith (4), Ed Allen (34), Chuck Stamper (7), and Ken Hays (9). Reedy
Berg (33) is not present.
OLD OREGON
CAPT. MAURICE HUNTER, '41
Qald Stan Alum*
NOTICE has been received of the death of
killed in action on the island of Luzon on
January 25. He entered the army in 1943
and spent nine months at Camp Adair, from
which he went overseas to New Guinea area
before the invasion of Luzon.
Pfc. Jack Eberle Kellogg, '46, has beenreported by the war department as killed
in action on the European front.
One of the 43d division which was amongthose landing on the Lingayen beachhead
on Luzon, 2nd Lt. Franklin V. Shields, '45has been reported killed in action. He had
been overseas for about a year, and hadbeen previously wounded before his death.
Wyman John French, '44, was killed inaction in Holland, February 27. Wyman
went overseas in October and left Englandfor the European war front in January. He
served with the 8th armored division of the9th army as a private first class. His father,
Giles French, is a member of the OregonHouse of Representativs. Both parents arc
University of Oregon alumni, Mrs. Frenchbeing the former Lela Barnum, '21, and Mr.
French a former student of 1921.
Listed as killed in action in the Europeantheater during February was 2nd Lt. Paul
H. Merrick, '44. Lieutenant Merrick ma-jored in economics was on the campus as a
member of the ASTFduring 1944.
S/Sgt. John F. Hollopeter, '36, Portland,
was killed in action in the Mediterraneantheater sometime during December. He
majored in business administration and wasa member of Theta Chi fraternity. No fur-
ther details are available at present.
Capt. Maurice Harold Hunter, '41,younger son of Chancellor and Mrs. Fred-
erick M. Hunter of the state system of high-
er education, was killed January 31 atLashio, Burma, while participating in ac-
tion connected with the opening of theBurma road. He entered the army as a sec-
ond lieutenant the day after his graduationfrom the University with a bachelor of arts
degree in geography. While on the campus
he was active in the ROTC and Scabbardand Blade. His first military assignment
was with the defense organizations of theCalifornia coast, later being sent overseas
to India in 1943. He had been notified of hispending promotion to major and the award-
ing of the bronze star before his death.
10
Willard Straight Hall-
Above Cayuga's Waters
By WILL V. NORRIS
IN no other school is the purpose of acollege union building better carried outthan at Cornell university, Ithaca, New
York. Their own statement of the purposegives a clear understanding of its relation-
ship to college life.
"Willard Straight Hall, the Student Un-ion of Cornell university, is the gathering
place of students and faculty outside theclassroom. It is a Cornell institution erected
with the intention of enriching student life.It seeks to make leisure time fruitful; it
provides a place for the growth of friend-ship among students, and between students
and faculty; its activities are largelyplanned and carried out by students, thus
giving Cornell men and women valuableexperience in community affairs." This
thought is clearly emphasized by Dr. E. E.Day, president of Cornell, for in him lies
the clearness of vision necessary for an in-tegrated development of a student while at
the university.
No better description of this most in-teresting building could be written than the
following excerpts from the pamphletwhich they give each student:
"Willard Straight hall grew out of a de-sire expressed by Willard Dickerman
Straight, of the class of 1901, that his estatebe used for the furtherance of human con-
tact among the students of his university.His widow carried out his wishes by the
gift of this hall to Cornell university.The building was designed by the archi-
tects, Delano and Aldrich, and was con-structed by the Matthews Construction
company. Its doors were first opened inNovember, 1925. Only one alteration of im-
portance has been made in the buildingwhich was to enclose the upper terrace in
order to provide a passageway through thebuilding, and to provide an attractive
lounge. The men's lounge was then con-
verted into an excellent library.
"Willard Straight hall is administered bya board of managers and a board of gover-
nors. The board of managers is composedof sixteen members, eleven of whom are
students, elected by the students. Threefaculty members and one member repre-
senting the alumni are appointed by thepresident of the University. The director
of the hall is a member ex officio. Of theeleven students, elected each year by the
student body following nominations madeby the retiring board after interviews with
all interested students, eight are seniors,three are juniors; eight are men, three are
women. The board of managers, under thegeneral direction of the board of governors,
is charged with responsibility for adminis-tration and government of the building. The
work of the board is divided between cul-tural and social activities, with more than
four hundred students serving on twentysub-committees.
"The board of governors is composed offifteen members: the president of the Uni-
versity, the comptroller, two counselors ofstudents, three university trustees, three
members of the faculty, three alumni, and,ex officio, the undergraduate president of
Willard Straight hall and the undergrad-uate president of the student council."
The student presidency is a position ener-getically sought after by all students, and
election to this office constitutes one ofthe high honors at Cornell.
"The board of governors concerns itselfwith matters of finance and broad policy.
The president of the university is chairmanof the board."
Foster M. Coffin is director of the hall.Miss Eleanor Thomas is social director of
the hall. Milton R. Shaw is manager of thedining department.
"Carved over the main entrance of thebuilding are shields representing the various
WILLARD STRAIGHT HALL, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
MARCH 1945
colleges of Cornell University: Architec-ture, Engineering, Law, Graduate School,
Arts and Science, Medicine, Agriculture,Veterinary Medicine. Above the inside of
the entrance appears a quotation from Ter-ence?HUMMANI NIHIL A ME AL,-
IENUM PUTO: Nothing that concerns aImnuw being do I consider foreign to my in-
terests. Painted on the beams of the ceilingof the lobby are the shields of the United
States, the State of New York and Cornelluniversity and its various colleges. The mural
paintings in the lobby are the work of theartist Ezra Winter.
THE main desk, tobacco and candy and
the right of the doorway. Tickets for mostuniversity functions are on sale at the main
desk, and all requests for information and allreservations, are made there.
"The Memorial room opens off the westend of the lobby. It is a principal gathering
place of students during the day and eve-ning. On occasions it is used as a banquet-
ing hall and ballroom, for evening talks,and on Sundays for afternoon concerts.
"The library, over the fireplace of whichhangs a portrait of Willard Straight by
Mrs. Cecil Clark Davis, is south of thelobby. More than a thousand volumes, se-
lected largely from the students' own pref-erences, are available.
"The music and art room is entered fromthe lobby at the south end of the building.
Here are a phonograph and records whichwere the gift of the Carnegie Corporation
of New York. Request programs and otherselections are played at stated hours each
day by a committee of students. Studentrecitals are given in this room. On the walls
is hung a series of art exhibitions, changesusually being made every two or three
weeks."The Willard Straight theater occupies
most of the lowest floor. A separate en-trance is provided on the west side of the
building and the theater may also bereached by descending the main staircase
from the lobby. It is one of the most mod-ern amateur theaters, and is completely
equipped for all types of stage productions."On the upper floors of the hall are sleep-
ing rooms used principally by parents ofstudents, by alumni, and by guests of the
university. A dormitory for visiting ath-letic teams and other groups is also pro-
vided.
"The billiard and game room, in the floorabove the lobby, is open to men and women
daily."The dining rooms?main dining room,
cafeteria, and soda bar?occupy the entire
floor below the main floor. In addition tothese public rooms, private dining rooms
are available for special parties. These din-ing rooms may be used either for luncheon
or dinner meetings of committees, clubs, or
other organizations, or for private groups.Club and table d'hote luncheons and din-
ners are served in the main dining room.The cafeteria serves breakfasts, luncheons,
and dinners, supplemented by the short
order counter normally featuring steaks,chops, and cooked-to-order dishes. The
soda bar is open throughout the day andevening with complete soda fountain ser-
vice.
In addition to those functions we findtwo fine lounges for women at the south
The two floor plans on the right show, the
convenient lounges and numerous dining
rooms in the student union. Note the two
large terraces on separate levels.
end of the building and a barber shop formen on the floor above the lobby.
"Willard Straight hall is the center of nu-merous undergraduate organizations which
maintain their headquarters in activitiesrooms located on the two floors below the
cafeteria. The University Placement bur-eau, the Cornell Dramatic club, the musical
clubs, the Cornell Radio Guild, and the stu-dent council are among such organizations.
There are in addition activities roomswhich may be had for meetings of campus
organizations, and files where papers of
such groups may be kept. The hall also co-
operates with the Cornell University Ath-
letic association by supplying training ta-
bles for the various teams."
The warm hospitality of those connected
with Willard Straight and Cornell, alon^
with a beautiful campus set in a perfect lo-
cation, make a visit to Ithaca an experience
long to be remembered.
?(Sec additional pictures
on page 13.)
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News of the ClassesWith NINON KING, '47
1922
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Carson Plumb (Mrs.Herbert L. Plumb), 3312 Hunter Blvd., Seattle,
Washington.
Many volunteer hours have been givenby Mrs. Phillip Neu (Maurine Elrod, '22)
who is vice-chairman of the volunteer spe-cial services of the national Red Cross in
Portland. Aiding in the direction of 3,000women, Mrs. Neu and two other vice-chair-
men have put in a total of 7432 hours sinceSeptember, 1939. A corps chairman in
charge of production is Mrs. Francis J.Kern, '23 (Lacy M. Leonard, '22) who se-
cures supplies and supervises their comple-tion, as clothing and other needs.
1923
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Aulis Anderson Callaway(Mrs. Owen M. Callaway) 398 Sunset Lane, Glen-
coe, Illinois.
Paul R. McCullock, '23, city superinten-dent of schools at The Dalles has resigned.
He has been superintendent there for eightyears, having held the position of principal-
of The Dalles high school for two years af-ter coming from Waco in 1935. His future
plans remain indefinite.
1925
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Marie Myers Bosworth(Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth) 544 Conger Ave., Klam-
ath Falls, Ore.
Copies of "Pandora," twelfth successfulbook of former art school student Clare
Turlay Newberry, '25, have been receivedby several people on the campus. She is
known by both children and artists as aportrayer of cats. Mrs. Newberry's me-
diums are pastels, pen and ink, and char-coal drawings.
Recently appointed associate professor ofspeech and director of the speech clinic at
the University of Colorado was Dr. ErnestH. Henrikson, '25. Dr. Henrikson special-
ized in speech pathology during his gradu-ate study at the University of Iowa. He is
active in the American Speech Correctionassociation, being on the council of the or-
ganization and serving as assistant editorof the Journal of Speech Disorders. With
him is Mrs. Henrikson (Nihla C. Hines,'30).
1926
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Luola Benge Bengtson
(Mrs. O. Hilding Bengston), 203 N. Peach St.,
Medford, Oregon.
Hilda Chase Vallentyne, '26, is a pro-gram director for the American Red Cross.
She spent one year in Australia at Sydney
and Townsville and is now in the Nether-lands East Indies.
Formerly associate professor of physicaleducation for women at San Jose State col-
lege, Lt. Gail E. Tucker, '26, is now recrea-
tion officer for her company and physicaleducation director for the 1st Wac training
center at Fort Des Moines, la. She takesher company on organized hikes "and skat-
ing parties and teaches them swimmingand dancing in their off-duty hours, besides
teaching classes for individual correctiveexercises. After graduation from Oregon,
Miss Tucker took her master's degree from
University of Southern California.
1927
Perm. Class Sec'y: Miss Anna Runes, 3203 E. Burn-
side, Portland, Ore.
Funeral services have been held in Sea-
side for Lt. Comdr. Thomas Maason Gra-
ham, '27, who died in Pensacola, Fla., lastmonth. Commander Graham enlisted in the
navy and was stationed at Pensacola in1942, where he was commissioned. He went
to Hawaii where he received his presentrank, and returned to Florida. Before en-
listment, he held a position as senior masterat the Harvey school in New York. After
his graduation from Oregon, CommanderGraham studied at McGill university in
Montreal and the University of Paris,France.
Robert James Creamer, '27, has been ap-pointed deputy city attorney for Portland
to succeed Rodney W. Banks, '30, who re-signed to enter private practice.
1928
A thrilling surprise came to Mrs. JohnLauren Reynolds,'28 (Marjerry M. Thomp-
son, '27), reserve librarian at the Universityrecently, when she took home a new book
just to look it over. It was a book aboutseabees in the South Pacific, arid since her
husband, Lieutenant Reynolds, is a seabee,she was naturally interested. She discov-
ered, however, that the book contained afull description of a mission in which her
husband participated. Lieutenant Reynoldswas a practicing architect in Eugene before
he entered the service.
Jay J. Goodman, '28, has accepted a po-sition of assistant sales manager at Gilbert
Brothers, Inc., wholesalers of electricaland hardware supplies in Portland. During
the past 17 years he has served as sales su-pervisor and chief clerk in Northwestern
Electric's commercial department.
Richard Herman Syring, '28, journalist,has been appointed northwest manager for
Dow Jones & Co., Ltd., publishers of theWall Street Journal, Pacific coast edition.
Syring was formerly editor of BusinessWeek magazine with headquarters in San
Francisco.
Major William Besley Adams, '28, is per-sonnel civilian officer at the Port of Em-
barkation at Portland, Ore., where he hasbeen stationed for almost three years.
1929
Miss Katharine Donham, '29, and Lt.Jack Oswald, U.S. army, were married
February 10 at Walla Walla, Wn. Lieuten-ant Oswald recently returned from 23
months active duty overseas.
1930
Rodney Banks, deputy city attorney ofPortland assigned to the municipal court,
is resigning March 1 to enter private prac-
tice. He will enter the law firm of Gillev,Humphreys, and Sercombe, where he will
assist Lester Humphreys, present attorneyfor Portland housing authority, as well as
handle private practice.
Lt. Col. Lyle C. Grimes, '30, is with the7th army in France, having been overseas
two years. He was with the campaigns in
Africa,' Sicily, Italy, and southern France.
News of him comes from his wife, formerlyGuinevere A. Lamson, '28, now residing in
Portland.
Gordon V. Pefley, '30, army technicianfifth grade, stationed with infantry replace-
ment center headquarters at Camp Hood,
Tex., is visiting his wife and son, Thelmaand Gordon, Jr., and his mother in Portland.
Before entering the service last March,Pefley was a chiropractice physician with
offices in the Oregonian building.
1931
Captain George L. Anderson Jr., '31, has
been elected 3rd term district attorney for
Union county, Ore., without opposition. He
has been granted a leave for the duration.
His present occupation is trial judge advo-
cate, Kirtland field, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
William Fowler, '31, has been promoted
from the rank of major to lieutenant colo-
nel. He is now with General Patch's army
1932
"Lots of hot water and tons of food" arethe two major desires expressed by Delilah
Endicott, '32, who has been released withother civilians from Santo Tomas intern-
ment camp at Manila, according to an airmail letter received by her parents in Eu-
gene on March 3. Miss Endicott was a pro-fessor of English at the University of Man-
ila when the city fell, having resided thereseven years. In her letter, Miss Endicott
said she had lost all personal property, butwas extremely happy merely to be alive
and free. She has registered her desire tocome back to the United States and can
hardly wait until that time. At the time other letter, the city was still under fire,
e Wounded in action in the European arearecently was Second Lt. Joseph F. Still, '32.
George L. Harrington, '32, is now livingat 848 Howard Street, Tacoma, Wn. He is
foreman of the Dammeier Printing com-pany. His first son, George David, was born
February 12, 1945. Other children are SheilaJean, age 5j^ years, and Pamela Susan, age
2y2 years.
Arthur P. Ireland, '32, was promotedfrom captain to major while serving on the
fifth army front in Italy. He is now assist-ant staff officer, information and education
officer, division historian for his unit.
Lt (jg) and Mrs. Jack R. Dant, '32, arethe parents of a daughter, born February
14. Lieutenant Dan't is now overseas withthe navy.
George H. Layman, '32, JD '33, head ofthe legal and enforcement division of the
Seattle district office of price administra-tion, has resigned to accept a foreign ser-
vice appointment with the United Statesdepartment of state.
He will leave Seattle about March 20and report to Washington, D. C, where he
probably will be assigned to an embassy inone of the liberated capitals.
Layman is well known in legal circles ofthe West where his rise has been rapid.
Following his graduation from the Univer-
sity, he entered private practice in New-berg, where he was elected mayor, the
youngest in the state. He has also been onthe staff of the Oregon supreme court. He
moved to Seattle in 1942 to take a position
with the investigative division of the U.S.civil service commission. He has been with
the OPA for two years, first as an attorneyand for the past year as head of the district
legal and enforcement division.
Charles Wesley Woodin, '32, has beenliberated by American forces in the inva-
sion of the Philippines. Woodin was actingmanager for an adding machine company
in Manila when war was declared and wasinterned, by the Japanese first at Santo <
Tomas and later transferred to Los Banos.
Mrs. Woodin (Frances Mary Jordan, '32)has made her home in Portland since 1941.
Mr. Woodin is the brother of Eldon Wood-in, '34, an employe of the First National
bank, Eugene.
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MARCH 1945
Guide Janet Smith
(Continued from page 7)
campus it was reorganized this year.) Whilestudents living in Eugene or off the campus
previously had no gathering place or organ-ization except the YMCA and the YVVCA,
they now had the benefit of fellowshipamong themselves.
One of the little things she did for themwas the securing of jams, jellies, and fruits
for noon lunches at the YWCA or YMCA.
A NATIVE of Stentenville, Ohio, Miss
her plans were ruined when she broke herarm. She studied at Moody Bible institute
and the University of Chicago in 1908-10,graduating from Beaver college, Jenkin-
town, Pa., in 1912. From 1912-15 she wasan instructor of history and pipe organ at
Abbemarle institute, a girl's school at Char-lotte, N. C.
After two years in New York city, she re-ceived her master of arts degree from Co-
lumbia university. For three years she wasgeneral secretary for the YWCA at Bel-
lingham, Wrash.; then for seven years sheworked for the national board of the
YWCA as a traveling secretary. Under theemploy for seven years of an embroidery
firm, with a factory in Manila and its whole-sale house in New York, she was able to
travel extensively in the Pacific. It wasquite a thrill, she related, to show samples
of exquisite handmade nightgowns, whichwholesaled at $60 a dozen; and baby dresses
at $36 a dozen.
Miss Smith's leadership has made theco-ops more than cheap dormitories; she
has given them ideals, standards, prestige,and most important of all, the cooperative
spirit. Her reward has been everything butmonetary. Through her untiring service she
has made hundreds of appreciative young-friends, who can credit her in a great meas-
ure for the positions they hold today. Shesaw the need for less expensive living or-
ganizations which wouldn't sacrifice sociallife, education, and high ideals. The pleas-
ure in seeing that need met is hers.
Coordinating her paid position as em-ployment secretary with her work with the
co-ops, Janet Smith has been a true cham-pion of the independent students.
Hard-Working Champs
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two rebounds in the second half after re-placing Reedy Berg.
Vince Hanson, 6-foot 8-inch tall fir, con-
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The Webfoots and Coach John Warrenleft Eugene Sunday, March 18, for Port-
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guard; Lou Kotnik, guard; Ken Hays, cen-ter; Ed Allen, center; Dick Wilkins, for-
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1933
Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Cecil J. Espy, '33 (Pa-tricia Mahoney, '33) are being felicited on
the birth of a daughter, Ruth Eileen, De-cember 22, in Puyallup, Wn., where Mrs.
Espy is making her home with her parentswhile Lieutenant Espy is on active duty.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth McKean, '33,(Velma Powell, '32), are the parents of a
baby girl, Nancy Kay, born January 26,1945. They make their home in Moro, Ore.
Major William V. Barney, '33, graduatein sociology, recently reported for duty at
the San Francisco port of embarkation, in-stallation of the army transportation corps.
He has been assigned to the port chap-lain's office.
1934
Mr. and Mrs. C. L- Clark (WandaVeatch, '34) are the parents of a daughter,
their third child, born December 30. Mr.and Mrs. Clark are living in John Day,
Ore., where Mr. Clark is supervisor of Mal-heur national forest.
1935
Major Charles O. Watkins, '35, was arecent visitor at the home of his parents in
Eugene. He is now an administrative of-ficer at Carlsbad army air field bombardier
school, Carlsbad, N. M., having transferredfrom the basic flying school at Gardner
field, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Scott Clodfelter,'34 (Myra-Helen Gaylord, '35) are the par-
ents of a son, Thomas Scott, born January5 at Emanuel hospital in Portland. They'
also have a daughter, Nancy, 2yi.
First- Lt. William Russell, '35, waswounded in action in the European theater
and has returned for medical treatment atBarnes general hospital in Vancouver. A
Chi Psi and member of Friars, LieutenantRussell managed Russell's department
store, Eugene, before entering the service.
Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Sterling Eugene Cash,'35, (Elizabeth Anne Williams, '34) are the
parents of a son, James Frederic, born Feb-ruary 11. This is their second son.
1936
Among the 50 air corps veterans in theUnited States on leave from the Mediter-
ranean theater is Cpl. Donald R. Wilson,'36, who wears the rarely seen soldier's
medal. This decoration is given for hero-ism not involving actual conflict with the
enemy. As a mechanic with the 82nd fightergroup in Italy, Corporal Wilson drove a
blazing gasoline tanker from among many
other full ones, and parked on an air field,saving the vehicle and all the others.
Pvt. Allen Kendrall Lottridge, '36, has
been wounded in action while fighting inEurope.
Listed as a prisoner held by the Germans,
is John Lawrence Boyd, '36, a second lieu-tenant in the army.
Jane Whitmore, '36, was married No-vember 12, 1944, to Major Raymond H.
Kee-ler. Mrs. Keeler is now with the Amer-ican Red Cross in Italy.
Miss Gladys Mary Malcolmson and Lt.
Craig P. Povey, '37, naval air corps, weremarried December 9 in New Orleans, La.
They are now at home in Atlanta, Ga.
1937
Pfc. Paul John Deutschmann, '40, 2075
Kincaid, Eugene, Ore,, and First Lt.
George G. Pegg, '37, 2441 Bessie street,
Eugene, Ore., were among the graduates
of the information and education course at
the school for personnel services, Lexing-
ton, Va. They will aid in bringing the war
department's information program to
American troops all over the world.
1938
Lt. and Mrs. Leland E. Terry, '38, (MaryValpiani, '37) are the parents of a baby girl,
Shanon Lee, born' December 5, 1944 atCoronado, Calif. Mrs. Terry is now living
at Houlton, Ore., while Lieutenant Terryis on duty with the Pacific fleet as a pilot
aboard an aircraft carrier.
Pvt. Charles Tomiaki Chimomura, '38,was wounded in action in France, Novm-
ber 18. He was one of those evacuated fromPortland to the Minidoka relocation pro-
ject near Hunt, Idaho, before entering mil-itary service.
1939
Announcement is made of the birth of ason to Sgt. and Mrs. Lauren H. (Laddie)
Gale, '39, (Hallie M. Dudrey, '38), at St.Francis hospital, Orange, Calif., on Janu-
ary 30. The baby has been named LaurenHenry Gale, Jr. Sergeant Gale, well remem-
bered as a basketball star at the University,is stationed at Williams field in Arizona.
Tom L. Wiper, '39, is now an army manwith six years' experience, and with rank
as lieutenant colonel. With 50 combat mis-sions to his credit, the distinguished flying
cross, the air medal with several clusters,and with two battle stars for invasion of
southern France, he is back from tenmonths' overseas duty to visit with his par-
ents, wife, and son, Tom, Jr., in Eugene.
At an afternoon ceremony February 11at the Central Lutheran church in Portland,
Miss Arlene Gjertsen became the bride ofKenneth E. Leatherman, '39. The couple
will reside in Portland.
1940
The marriage of Miss Virginia Ann Trippand Sgt. John A. (Jack) Plummer, '40, was
an event of late January. The couple was
married in Eugene. Sergeant Plummer, amember of Phi Sigma Kappa, was active in
band and orchestra while on the campus.
Major Woodson Bennett, '40, is sta-tioned at a hospital in one of the Mariana
islands where he is in charge of X-ray andalso second in command of the hospital
unit. Previous to this assignment he wasinstructor at the medical service center at
Carlisle barracks, Penna. His wife and two
children live in Portland.
Sgt. James Argyris, '40, has recoveredfrom wounds received in the South Pacific
and has returned to duty.
1941
Entering the navy school of music at
Washington, D. C, for a six months course,
is Alba Vern Spaugh, seaman 2/c, who has
recently completed his training at Camp
Peterson, Farragut, Idaho. His wife and
two children will make their home in Rose-
burg for the duration.
Recently promoted from first lieutenant
to captain was Grant H. Alexander, whp is k
fighting in the Pacific area.
A daughter Sharon Ann, was born De-
cember 30 at Emanuel hospital in Portland,
to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Strong, '41.
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MARCH 1945
News of the Classes
1941
After two years and three months as atransportation corps officer on duty in Si-
cily and Ital^v, Capt. Robert H. Cutler, '41,has returned for a 30-day leave with his
wife Ellouise Gunn, '41, and his parents.
Lt. Earle Vernon Maynard, '41, son ofAir. and Mrs. M. \Y. Maynard of Route 5,
Eugene, was wounded in action January 2,1945, by a mortar shell, receiving a shoul-
der injury. Lieutenant Maynard was serv-ing with the 11th division of the armored
field artillery in General Patton;s 3rd army.His brother, Staff Sgt. Glenn C. Maynard,
'44, is a member of the crew of a B-29 inChina, and another brother, Willson T.
Maynard, '43, is a naval air cadet at CorpusChristi. Tx.
A marriage not previously reported wasthat of Miss Thelma H. Allyn, Portland,
and Lt. Gordon V. Bailey, '41, on Novem-ber 10. Lieutenant Bailey, a member of Phi
Delta Theta, was stationed for a time at thePortland army air base weather station and
is now stationed in New Hampshire.
Edward McElroy, Jr., '41, formerly anannouncer at station KAVJJ, Portland, is
now stationed at the naval air station inSeattle as chief radio technician.
1942
A marriage not reported earlier was thatof Miss Mary Helen McWilliams of Cald-
well, Idaho, and Capt. Howard R. Baker,'42, on November 29. Captain Baker has
been reassigned to duty here after spendingfourteen months on active duty in the
South Pacific.
In the chapel of Amirabad post, head-quarters of the Persian Gulf command,
Miss Isabella Nagurna of Teheran becamethe bride of Major Raymond C. Conroy,
'42. The bride is the daughter of ColonelXavier Nagurna, who is with the Polish
forces in Italy. Major Conroy is in chargeof ocean traffic in that division, and as such,
he routes materials of war through Iranto Russia, and Iran exports to other war
theaters. Prior to this assignment, Major
Conroy was liaison officer at the Britishpora of Basra, Iraq.
1943
Miss Dorothy Wheeler, '44, and Lt. (jg)
George A. Arbuckle, USN, were marriedJanuary 30, 1945.
The wedding of Dorothy Wheeler, '44,and Lt. (jg) George Arbuckle, '43, USN,
took place January 30 at an afternoon cere-
mony at Grace Memorial church in Port-land.
Roy W. Mallery, MS, '43, returned re-cently from Greenland after three years
spent there with the army. Formerly su-pervisor of art at Roosevelt junior high
school, Sergeant Mallery will now go to
California for reassignment in the army aircorps to which he has been transferred.
Repatriated on the exchange ship Grips-
holm, Lt. Donald L. Gibbons, '43, was metin Portland in March by his relatives and
spent a 30-day leave at his home in Reeds-port. Lieutenant Gibbons was pilot of a
flying fortress over Germany before he was
wounded and captured. At the end of hisleave, he will fly to Brigham City, Utah,
for surgery on his knee and the fitting ofan artificial limb.
1944
Fur rescuing a drowning soldier off theshores of BizerU
1, North Africa, despite thedanger of a strong undertow, and success-
fully applying artificial respiration, M/Sgt.Sidney H. Sinclair, '44, has been awarded
the soldier's medal "for heroism not involv-ing actual conflict." During his years at the
University, Sinclair appeared as a baritonesoloist with many groups, including the
Portland Civic Opera.
Staff Sgt. James Callahan, '44, and CadetPatrick Callahan, '45, whose father Col. J.
W. Callahan, is a prisoner in Manchuria,are continuing the army tradition in their
family. James, who was wounded in actionin Germany while serving in the infantry,
is now at McCaw general hospital in WallaWalla, Wn. Patrick, 19, is to be graduated
from West Point military academy in June.A wedding not heretofore reported was
that of Margaret Ann Parker, '44, and Capt.Richard Kaufman, October 24, at Boise,
Idaho.Miss Evelyn Jane Kramer and Robert
O. Yancy, '44, were married December 17in Prineville, Ore.
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