Eugene, Oregon
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Long Distance calls go
through faster when you
Call by Number
A HELPFUL HINT? Start today to build up a list
of out-of-town telephone numbers. Write down
those you already know. If there's a new number
you don't have ?or an old one you've forgotten
? be sure to add it to the list when the operator
gives if to you.
lou'll save time if you give me the out-of-town
number you're calling.
"That way I can put your call through with-
out first calling 'Information' in the distant city.
"Your own call goes through faster. And you
help speed the service for everyone. That's espe-
cially important now, when so many urgent defense
calls are on the Long Distance lines."
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
To and From the Editor
A NEW editor is expected to make a
statement about how he will handle
things. Or perhaps more accurately, a new
editor expects to make such a statement.
So here goes.
The goal of OLD OREGON will be, as it has
been, to give you an interesting report on
what is happening on the campus, and what
is happening to you?the alumni. Above all,
we hope to make OLD OREGON truly an
alumni magazine.
If the spirit moves you, write us a letter,
make a complaint, send a suggestion, write
an article?or at least a note for News of
the Classes about yourself or a classmate.
A FORMER editor of OLD OREGON, Stan
Turnbull '51. dropped in the other day
to wish us well. We talked him into writing
a report on life in the cold war army. Pri-
vate Turnbull, who hopes soon to be PFC,
agreed. Look for it in the next issue.
Another ex-editor, not of OLD OREGON,
but of a trade magazine, Alyce Rogers
Sheetz '40, helped us get this summer issue
to press. She's now working as a free lance
writer and as a secretary, and we will hear
from her in the next issue, about a couple
of campus cutups named Leo Deffenbacher
and Charlie Elliott.
V ARE HAPPY to announce that
OLD OREGON won a special "sur-
prise award" in the American Alumni
Council's 1952 competition for alumni
magazines. The award, "for notable edi-
torial achievement" in various categories
not included in the regular competition,
recognized OLD OREGON'S distinctive cover
sketches.
Arrangements for the sketches were
made by Editor Jackie Pritzen '52. They
were drawn by Don Stevenson, graduate
of the University's art and architecture
school. Don also is the artist who did the
large mural in the lobby of the student
A N interesting report comes from King
-*?*- Y. Chau '34, about conditions in Hong
Kong, where he is an accountant for the
South China Sea Trading Company, Ltd.
"We are very free living in Hong Kong, but
the people who live in Red China are with-
out freedom at all," he says. "The Reds
want to take Hong Kong, but they don't
dare to do so. People living in Hong Kong
know what the Red is doing in China very
well because the Reds can just make a
'glass-curtain' between China and Hong
Kong. They are not strong enough to make
an iron curtain yet."
Our correspondent from Hong Kong, in-
cidentally, is married to an Oregon girl,
Pearl S. Tse '35. Don't know for sure how
many children they have, but if their first
son is an indication, they recall the days at
Oregon. His name? Eugene Millrace Chau.
?P.J.D.
August 1952
O/cf Oreqov
PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
August, 1952 No. 1 Vol. XXXIV
Cover: James H. Gilbert, professor Emeritus of
economics. This ends the series of great men
of the University, drawn by Don Stevenson,
graduate in art.
This Issue:
Here Come the Ducks!
An advance look at the 1952 Webfoot squad?By Art Litchman Page 3
A New Deal on Tickets
Changes in policy for the coming season Page 6
In the Black for 1951-52
The annual report on athletic financial condition .... Page 7
How to Get into College
What's in Store for the Class of 1956 Page 8
The Story of Jimmy Gilbert
Professor emeritus of economics and Public Servant?
By Gordon Jones Page 10
Departments
The Campus Page 11
The Faculty Page 11
The Alumni Page 12
The Classes Page 14
PAUL J. DEUTSCHMANN '40
Editor
BILL FRYE'53
Managing Editor
WILLIAM N. RUSSELL'35
President
BOB FORD '54
Business Manager
Executive Commmittee
Oregon Alumni Association
CHARLES R. HOLLOWAY, JR. '35
Vice-President
LESTER E. ANDERSON '43
Director
WILLIS C. WARREN '30
Treasurer
HARRY A. D. SMITH '22
WILLIAM HARROW'40
JAMES W. HUBBARD '38
HERBERT J. DARBY, '23
Past President
Members at Large
ORVAL N. THOMPSON '35
E. STANLEY GOODELL '23
HOWARD A. PAGE '31
DEAN WILLIAM C. JONES (Faculty)
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University of Oregon, Eugene. Printed at the University of Oregon Press. Subscription price: $3.00 per year.Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Eugene, Oregon nuder act of March 3, S1879. Advertising
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I
Casanova's Kids
Are Rarin'
To Go
By Art Litchman
Here Come the DUCKS!
Len Casanova's '52 University of
^-^ Oregon football squad will be domi-
nated by youngsters and with that youth
the Ducks will again be faceJ with the prob-
lem of inexperience as they move into a
tough 10-game schedule.
At the end of spring practice 29 of the
top 40 prospects were either sophomores or
juniors and the 11 remaining squad men
were seniors. In addition to inexperience
and the rugged schedule, the Webfoot
coaches are faced with lack of depth which
could prove serious in the event injuries
sideline any of the key members of the 1952
squad.
The picture for the coming season also
has its bright spots, particularly in the
passing of Hal Dunham, George Shaw and
Barney Holland, in the rapid improvement
made by a number of the younger players
August 1952
9re
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who were moved to new positions, and in *?
the performance of some of the newcomers. ^
There also will be one change in the
coaching staff for the fall as Vein Sterling,
a former Santa Clara Ail-American under
Coach Casanova, joins his old boss as line
coach replacing Gene Harlow, who resigned
to accept a position at Tulane. The other
assistants remain the same with Jack Roche
as assistant coach. Johnny McKay handling
the backfield and Bill Bowerman the fresh-
men.
The Webfoots start the season in Los
Angeles against one of the favorites for
the 1952 PCC championship. Coach Red
Coach Len Casanova, left, will be calling
upon speedy Ted Anderson, above, the top
candidate for left halfback this season.
Sander's UCLA Bruins. The next week the
Ducks return to Portland to play Nebraska
in a night game and then move on to Idaho.
On October 11 the Ducks are back in Port-
land to meet the powerful California Bears
and then travel to Seattle for the annual
game with the Washington Huskies.
Then comes a three week stand at Hay-
ward Field against Montana, College of
the Pacific and Washington State (Home-
coming) . The final two games will be played
at Stanford on November 15 and at Port-
land against Oregon State on November 22.
The big offensive weapons for the Ducks
this fall will be the passing of Dunham,
Shaw and Holland coupled with the im-
proved running of Tom Novikoff and a fine
group of young backs headed by Ted An-
derson, Tom Elliot, Farrell Albright, Dean
Van Leuven, Cece Hodges and the Barber
twins.
The weaknesses, as pointed out earlier,
will center around a lack of experience
and depth which will be felt most often on
defense and in the event injuries cut into
the personnel.
Position by position, the outlook at this
time appears to be pretty much as outlined
below with the possibility of changes and
additions as the practice gets underway on
September 1.
ENDS: Monte Brethauer, one of the more
talented pass receivers in the league, is on
hand for his final season. Ron Lyman, a
converted fullback, teamed with Brethauer
during the spring. Both, by the way, will
also see duty as defensive halfbacks. Emery
Barnes, the talented ex-Jefferson wingman,
and Wayne Johnson, a letterman from Eu-
gene will be on defense. Neil Muller and
Jim Jones, two promising sophomores,
round out the top six.
TACKLES: An entirely new top four
take over at this vital position. Don Hedge-
peth, a junior from Grants Pass, and Hal
Reeve, a sophomore from North Bend, have
switched from end to strengthen things here
and both did very well during the spring
drills. Len Berrie, a former Portland star,
and Chuck Laird, a converted center, have
also moved in here along with a fine sopho-
more, Pat O'Brien. Len Diederichs, the lone
holdover, fills out the list of top candidates.
GUARDS: Emmett Williams, probably
one of the most improved players on the
squad last season, will be playing his senior
year. Ken Sweitzer, a converted end, and
Jack Patera, a hustling sophomore from
Hal Dunham, top, is one of Oregon's threats
this season. Below, Quarterback Shaw hands
the ball to Fullback Novikoff. At right is
grim-faced Stoutt, who will fill center spot.
Old Oregon
Portland, will be in the battle for starting
positions. Three juniors. Bob Wileox, John
Adams and Russ Sara, along with sopho-
more Chuck Greenley, will make up the
reserve strength.
CENTER: Dick Stoutt, a converted de-
fensive end, did well as the pivot man in
spring practice and may beat off the chal-
lenge of three sophomores, Russ Slover,
Ron Pheister and Paul Jackson, for the
starting spot here.
QUARTERBACKS: Hal Dunham, the
second ranking passer in the PCC last
season and now the holder of the majority
of the Oregon passing records, seems ready
for his finest season. On the basis of his
work in the spring he could easily be the
best i4T" quarterback in the league. George
Shaw, who played behind Dunham last
season, is again set for that spot and may
also do some work as a halfback. Barney
Holland, the ex-Marshfield ace, provides
excellent reserve strength.
LEFT HALFBACK: Ted Anderson, who
was Tommy Edward's sub in 1951, has
come along nicely and his speed will be
of considerable help. Lloyd Powell, the
Triangle Lake sophomore, and Merrit Bar-
ber, the Eugene speedster, will back An-
derson and Bob Leter and Jerry Mock will
be valuable on defense.
RIGHT HALFBACK: The youngsters
have taken over here, too, with Tom Elliott
back from the Marine Corps for his sopho-
more season and Farrell Albright, another
sophomore, up from the junior varisity. The
other Barber twin, Manning, will join with
Tom Lyon and Bill Fell to form the reserve
corps.
FULLBACK: Tom Nnvikoff, who started
the 1951 season with a great display of
running, hopes to reach that form again if
injuries do not hamper him as they did
during the latter stages of last season. He
will be pushed hard by Dean Van Leuven,
the sophomore powerhouse from Bandon.
Coach Casanova will also have Cece Hodges
available for work either at fullback or one
of the halfback spots and Don Holt, a soph-
omore from Portland, can fill in as a reserve.
All in all, there will be 22 lettermen on
hand along with a dozen or so graduates of
the junior varsity and a handful of new
men to round out the Webfoot football pic-
ture as it looks prior to the opening of prac-
tice.
Pass-receiver AAonte Brethauer will be in at
end. Below at left is Patera, a guard, and
at right another prospect for end, Ron Ly-
man, who will also be defensive halfback.
August 1952
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ew
Deal
on
T1C s
Anybody need a ticket? Ancy Vincent, undergraduate from Eugene, has enough for every-
body. First game is with UCLA at Los Angeles, September 20.
oach Len Casanova's squad won't be-
gin practice until September 1 and
won't play a game until September 20, but
the Athletic Ticket Office has already spent
the last 90 days preparing ticket applica-
tions and orders for the coming season.
Many alumni have received their appli-
cations and ordered tickets for the fall.
Those who haven't are being urged to pur-
chase their seats prior to September 1 to
take full advantage of the preference of-
fered paid alumni.
A new type of application has been used
this year by the Athletic Department and
it is expected to speed service and eliminate
much of the detail wurk which hampered
operations in the past.
One of the nine classifications listed is
"paid alumni" and this is most important
to those desiring to take advantage of the
preference seating allotted to this group.
AH applications were marked "alumni" as
they were mailed and the final coding will
not take place until September, just prior
to the time the orders are filled and the
ticket mailed to the purchasers. At that
time the paid alumni lisl will be checked
against the ticket application4! and all of
those who are paid alumni at that time will
\)(- given the "paid alumni" preference in
seating.
If you are not paid for the 1952-53 year
and wish to have your ticket application
marked so as paid, please send your annual
dues with your application or to the alumni
office in advance of September 1.
A new reduced ticket price scale has
been put in effect in Portland and seats are
now priced at $4.00, $3.00 and $2.00. The
highest price seats are located in sections
3 through 9 on the west of Multnomah
The Schedule
Sept. 20 *U. C. L. A. at Los Angeles $2.50
Sept. 27 Nebraska at Portland $4 $3 $2
Oct. 4 *Idaho at Moscow $3.50
Oct. 11 * California at Portland $4 $3 $2
Oct. 18 'Washington at Seattle $3.50
Oct. 25 Montana at Eugene $3.00
Nov. 1 College of Pacific at Eugene $3.00
Homecoming Game
Nov. 8 *Wash. State at Eugene $3.00
Nov. 15 *Slanford at Palo Alto $2.50
Nov. 22 *Ort-jion State at Portland $4.00
* Pacific Coast Conference games
Stadium. The $3.00 seats include all of
section 10, the seats under cover in sec-
tions 11 through 23 and all east grand-
stand sections except EE and G. The lowest
price reserved seats ($2.00) are NOT UN-
DER COVER in sections 11 through 23
and in sections EE and G of the east grand-
stand.
Prices in Eugene remain the same, with
the Montana and COP games priced at
$3.00 for reserved seats and $3.60 for Wash-
ington State, the 1952 Homecoming Game.
The same system of processing applica-
tions will be used again this season. Each
order is dated as it is received and then
filed. When ticket orders are filled in
September, those carrying the earliest date
in each classification are filled first. So, it
pays to get your order in as early as possi-
ble to improve your seating.
All tickets will be mailed prior to Sep-
tember 17, 10 days in advance of the first
home game (Nebraska at Portland on Sep-
tember 27).
Those desiring to order Oregon State
game tickets should understand that this
year's game is a home game for Oregon
State and the tickets available at Oregon
are in the $4.00 sections (north end zone
and east grandstand) and no $5.00 tickets
will be available at Multnomah field.
Old Oregon
The Annual Athletic statement
In tke Black for 1951-52
T^HE UNIVERSITY of Oregon Athletic
Department ended fiscal year 1951-
1952 in the black with a gross operating
profit of $42,114.80 and a net profit of
$23,146.80. These figures are revealed in
the report made available by Athletic Di-
rector Leo Harris and Howard Lemons,
athletic manager, to OLD OREGON as a spe-
cial service to alumni.
Even though gate receipts of both basket-
ball and football declined somewhat from
the 1950-51 figures, both sports brought
in small "profits" and the overall financial
condition was improved by $36,052.25 re-
ceived from the Pacific Coast conference
radio rights and Rose Bowl share. Student
fees, special activities, and miscellaneous
income, such as that from faculty season
tickets and special events also helped out.
Football revenue dropped from $173,-
538.09 to $166,349.41, and expenses for the
major sport of the year went up. But even
so, a profit of more than $3,500 was re-
corded.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Athletic
Financial Statement
June
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Track
Other Sports
(Tennis, golf, swimming, skiing)
Buildings and Grounds
(Income includes rental fees)
Special Activities
(Program, concessions, rally squad).
Pacific Coast Conference
(Radio rights, Rose Bowl share)
Insurance, Assessments, Interest
Administration and Student Fees ..,
Miscellaneous
(Faculty season tickets, special
events such as Globetrotters)
TOTALS
GROSS OPERATING PROFIT
Less Capital Improvements
(Final payment on Hayward field
bleachers at north end of stadium)
Department
for Fiscal
30, 1952
Income
$ 800.00*
39,033.73
.... 166,349.41
578.00
2,800.00
...... 13,510.45
36,052.25
2,429.51
50,000.00*
5,926.36
$317,479.71
NET OPERATING PROFIT
* Estimates; final figures not yet available.
Year Ending
Expense
$ 13,030.00
36,277.03
162,702.07
12,783.34
5,044.96
3,950.00
5,439.89
855.00
3,951.00
31,331.62
$275,364.91
$18,968.00
Profit or
Loss
$12,230.00 L
2,756.70 P
3,647.34 P
12,205.34 L
5,044.96 L
1,150.00 L
8,070.56 P
35,197.25 P
1,521.49 L
18,668.38 P
5,926.36 P
$42,114.80
$18,968.00
$23,146.80
Oregon basketball again came through
as a money-maker, violating the trend at
most institutions. Nearly $3,000 more than
expense money was taken in at McArthur
court and as a share of the gate at away
from home games, to keep that sport in the
black, too. Last year, basketball turned in
a profit of a little more than $4,000.
Biggest increase on a year-to-year basis
was posted in P.C.C. income. In 1950-51,
the Oregon athletic department realized
only $5,481.74. A larger Rose Bowl take
and increased radio rights multiplied that
nearly seven times for the 1951-52 season.
Student fees also were up considerably,
with an increase of more than $10,000 being
recorded.
The gross operating profit?the amount
left before capital improvements are paid
for?was about $12,000 above that of the
previous year. And since considerably less
money was expended upon capital improve-
ments, the department finished with a net
profit. Last year, a net loss of $14,226.64
was recorded. At that time more than
$40,000 was expended on capital improve-
ments, while during the season just past
only $18,968 was spent.
That payment, incidentally, was the final
one for the additional bleachers for Hay-
ward field. These metal stands greatly in-
crease the capacity of the field. They are
sturdy and can be easily stored during the '
off-season period.
Further large-scale expenditures for cap-
ital improvements are not expected to be
necessary for several years, making pos-
sible some diversion of funds to reserve
purposes. The Hayward field plant is now
in excellent condition and boasts more
seating capacity than ever before.
Other items in the accompanying finan-
cial report which might need explanation
include: Building and Grounds income
(from rental of McArthur court and other
facilities to teams other than those of the
University) ; Insurance, Assessments, In-
terest income (from a loan to the University
of Oregon Development fund which is be-
ing repaid) and expenses (on a loan to
build the new bleachers at the south end of
the field) ; miscellaneous income (from
special events and exhibitions in which the
department gets a share of gate receipts').
Presentation of a financial statement to
alumni was tried out last year for the first
time. That report drew favorable comment
from alumni, and as a result. OLD OREGON
is repeating the service this year, with the
cooperation of the Athletic Department.
August 1952
How to Get into
A thousand freshmen will flock
into Eugene September 14 and 15,,,
Here are some of the things they will do
in their first week at Oregon
A BOUT the middle of September, Barry
?^*- Hugh Briggs, 17 years old, graduate of
Cleveland High school in his home town of
Portland, will come rolling into Eugene to
join about a thousand other young people
for the University of Oregon's 76th fresh-
man week.
Along with Barry will be your son or
daughter, your younger brother or sister,
your nephew, niece or neighbor kid from
down the block. They will become, in due
course, the class of 1956. But what's in store
for them that first hectic week?
Freshmen may feel that no one in Eugene
gave thought to their arrival in advance of
the day they get off the train in the Southern
Pacific depot. Actually, a lot of planning
will already have been done. Frosh week
doesn't go just like clockwork, but it is a
reasonably orderly procedure, developed in
the 75 years of the University.
But all the same, to Barry and the thou-
sand others, it will be confusing and hectic.
He'll write his name at least a hundred
times, it will seem. He'll take five to eight
hours of examinations. He'll meet dozens of
new people?faculty members, dormitory
advisers, roommates, maybe even President
Newburn. He'll pose for a picture, breath
deeply for a physical examination, and pon-
der a finely-printed pamphlet called "Sched-
ule of Classes." At the end of seven days
of going and coming, standing in line, fill-
ing out forms, and hunting up places like
Villard and the new Commonwealth build-
ing, he'll have a program and will be a full-
fledged University of Oregon student.
Even though Barry can get a briefing in
advance from his father, Hugh L. Biggs '27,
the 1952 freshman week is a far cry from
the procedure of thirty or even ten or five
years ago. Depending upon your own time
of entry, it will seem complicated, or pos-
sibly even simplified.
The process really starts during the sum-
mer for most incoming students. As soon as
they have completed high school, they can?
and do?write to Director of Admissions,
Spencer Carlson '35. These first letters start
the process of evaluating and checking the
applicant's high school record.
"Any Oregon high school graduate is
eligible for admission to the University,"
Carlson explains. The philosophy, he con-
tinues, is that "as a public institution, the
Freshmen wiil stand in line for part of the
week, they'll confer with faculty advisers,
and they will "become" punched file cards
in tha IBM system, watched over below by
Director of Admissions Spencer Carlson.
Old Oregon
University should extend the opportunity
to every Oregon high school graduate to
demonstrate his ability to do college work."
Thus, in almost every case, an Oregon high
school diploma is all that is required.
Would-be freshmen from other states un-
dergo a little more scrutiny. Carlson says
that their records are studied to make sure
that "they will be students who can con-
tribute something to the University and who
will have some assurance of success in col-
lege work." For example, a California or
^V ashington student who was in the bottom
25 per cent of his high school class, prob-
ably won't make it. As an Oregon institu-
tion, the University does not feel called
upon to "extend the opportunity" to every
high school graduate of other states. As a
result Oregon is not a "refuge for failures"
and the academic level is improved.
Two out of every three high school stu-
dents whose admission requests are granted
actually come to the University. Carlson
reports. The job of evaluating the hundreds
of records is a long and tedious one, and it
goes on all through the summer. As each
student is accepted, he receives a "notice
of admission" well in advance of September
14. Barry, for example, had his the last part
of June.
Along with this slip, the potential Web-
foot gets a catalog and a little pamphlet en-
titled "\$ elcome to Oregon." The latter is a
good thing to keep in hand, for it has a map
of the campus.
The "Welcome" pamphlet gives an idea
of the fast pace which Barry will keep that
week. He can get started either Saturday,
September 13, or Sunday, September 14.
Dormitories open on the first day. Registra-
tion material is ready the second.
An important part of the material will be
a stack of IBM cards which were prepared
in advance. All registration records are now
kept on the intricate machines. That's a pro-
cess which has been gradually put into ef-
fect the past several years, and finally was
completed in 1951.
Sunday evening, the thousand freshmen
will meet Donald DuShane, director of stu-
dent affairs, who will present President
N'ewburn. This first assembly provides the
newcomers with an oral welcome, and a lot
of information about what's in store for
them. After that, there will be dormitory
meetings for each unit, when more ques-
tions can be asked and answered.
Starting Monday and continuing through
the week, Barry and his classmates will go
through their placement examinations. Ba-
sic test is the "psych" examination. This is
an old standby of freshman week, having
Taking the psych test in McArthur court is a major part of the week for the new students.
been a part of the procedure since 1926. Re-
sults of this test eventually are added to the
registration material of the student and are
expressed today in "stanines." For most stu-
dents, the interesting fact is that 9 is "tops."
From 5 to 9 indicate that the student has a
good chance of success in college work.
There are plenty of other tests. An Eng-
lish examination, initiated in 1930 and drop-
ped during the war, has been given since
1947. Since 1948 a mathematics placement
test has been used to help discover what
math, chemistry and physics courses the
student is ready to take. Last year, a lan-
guage placement test was initiated. The
freshman who places high may find it pos-
sible to skip the first year of a college lan-
guage.
All in all, the incoming freshman will
spend as many as eight hours on these tests.
Their purpose is primarily to make possible
more intelligent advising of the new stu-
dent. That takes place in following days of
the week. Then the freshman will sit down
with a faculty adviser to decide what courses
he will take.
He also may talk over courses with his
dormitory counselor and with fellow-fresh-
men. The counseling program is a relatively
new part of the procedure, which has been
fully developed since the deferred living
plan went into effect in 1950. That plan, in-
cidentally, has removed the added hurly-
burly of fraternity and sorority rush weeks
from freshman week.
"The key to getting the students started
is the dorm counselor." Carlson believes.
The age difference is slight, since the coun-
selors are themselves seniors or young
graduate students. There is the opportunity
to get together in small groups and ask the
questions which might be shunted aside in
more formal circumstances. Also helpful to
the newcomers is the Student Orientation
committee, which makes additional students
available during the week to give advice to
the youngsters.
Since 1946, the University registration
has been on a "decentralized basis," accord-
ing to Registrar Clifford Constance. Alumni
who entered before that year will recall the,:
days in McArthur court, the multitude of
signs and throngs of students which gave
the building something of the look of a po-";
litical convention.
Today, registration clerks and faculty-^
members of the various departments stay in
their own offices. This means that the fresbP
man must go from one to another to drop
his "class cards," get registration stampjS
and signatures. But while it means a lot of
walking, the process has a benefit ? it
teaches the new student something about .
the layout of the campus.
Freshman week isn't all official doings.
There are informal events like the New-
Student Picnic, the traditional football
rally, the Student Union Open house, and
the traditional Hello Dance, which provide
some of the color and excitement of college
life.
Incidentally, one other thing has defi-
nitely changed about the whole proceeding.
Nobody calls it matriculation any more.
Whatever you call it, the week will be a
big one for Barry and his thousand class-
mates. In the words of the welcome pam-
phlet:
"So you are welcomed, examined, ori-
ented, advised, registered?you are ready
for your real University work. . . . We wish
von success."
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August 1952
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By
Gordon
Jones
The Story of Jimmy Gilbert
HE SOUND of the tardy bell was just
fading as the husky young man in the
lemon 0 sweater made a final, desperate
lunge for his numbered economics class
seat. Drawing himself erect and mustering
his full dignity. Professor James H. Gilbert
crisply announced with the merest trace
of a twinkle in his eye: "Sir. you are ab-
sent by six feet!"
In many respects the story of James
Henr\ Gilbert is the history of the growth
and development of the University of Ore-
gon from a struggling infant institution of
600 students to a mature university of
5.000. Few men have had their lives so
intertwined with our great state University
as has the venerable former Liberal Arts
College dean and long time professor of
economics whose years of service span
four decades.
To a host of former students "Jimmie"
Gilbert?in all his vigor, intellectual alert-
ness, and just judgment?is living personi-
fication of the University of Oregon.
Though a native of Krwin. Tennessee.
Dean Gilbert looks upon Eugene as his
real home. Since 1899 he has been con-
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nected with the town through his positions
as student, teacher, and dean at the Uni-
versity. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
Oregon in 1903, James Gilbert returned
to the school in 1907 as a staff member
having acquired his Ph.D. from Columbia
University in the same year.
From 1907-47 he saw forty years of vir-
tually uninterrupted service with the Uni-
versity. In 1915 Dr. Gilbert was appointed
professor of economics. By 1925 he had
become acting dean of the College of
Literature. Science, and the Arts and two
years later he assumed permanent dean-
ship. The decade following 1932 saw
James Gilbert serving as dean of the Col-
lege of Social Sciences until he was named
dean of the Liberal Arts College in 1942,
a position he held until retirement in 1947.
He is now professor emeritus of economics.
But even without direct academic con-
nection with the University Dean Gilbert
still serves the institution well through
widespread participation in alumni tours.
"Jimmie" Gilbert, as the distinctive teacher
of thousands of students, is always in great
demand hy former pupils at alumni func-
tions. These meetings, admits the popular
dean, never cease to bring him pleasure
when he runs across classroom students of
yesterday. Dean Gilbert, whose favorite
course was general economics, is always
gratified to hear from ex-pupils how his
efforts to make economics not only clear
and stimulating, but also of practical value
in l'fe, have paid off.
Primarily known for his work in the fields
of public finance and taxation, James Gil-
I.ert always looked upon himself as a teach-
er, both through temperament and interest.
Because of this he never assumed higher
administrative position though the door was
held open to him.
A strong rumor persists around the cam-
pus today that Jimmie Gilbert himself did
not always leave the door open?not to his
classes at any rate. When asked if it were
true that he used to lock classroom doors
after the tardy bell. Dean Gilbert agreed
that such an incident might have occurred,
but was quick to add that such was "not
customary practice."
In the classroom he worked diligently to
maintain high scholarship, enlivening lec-
tures with such penetrating wit and open-
hearted kindness that the 1928 Oregana
was dedicated to him "by those who are
glad to be his victims and proud to be his
friends."
Ever a University booster, James Gilbert
has contributed significantly outside edu-
cational circles by serving the State of Ore-
gon in capacities ranging from economic
adviser on taxation to special U. S. Em-
ployment Service representative. His 1923
presentation of an "unanswerable argu-
ment" on the state income tax resulted in
the abolition of the property tax in Oregon.
Two of his original economic works have
come out in book form: "Trade and Cur-
rency in Early Oregon" and Tax Systems
of Australasia."
A member of the Eugene Rotary Club,
and one of its past presidents, Dean Gilbert
further distinguishes himself by heading
numerous civic organizations and cam-
paigns, the latest of which was the Lane
County "Crusade for Freedom" drive of
1952. This district was one of the few with-
in the state to surpass its quota.
Observers close to University affairs, how-
ever, feel that James Gilbert's most con-
spicuous service came in regard to the 1932
Zorn-McPherson controversy which nearly
consolidated the state universities into one
institution at Corvallis. His arguments,
statistical tables and leadership were all
important in preventing the consolidation.
Not a man to dwell longingly on the past,
Dean Gilbert is impressed today by the
increasing soundness and scope of the ed-
ucation program at the University
As an observer of the University for over
half a century he is well qualified to judge
the growth of its educational program; as
an untiring teacher and dean, James Henry
Gilbert is responsible for much of that
growth.
Old Oregon
THE CAMPUS
Tke 75tk
Commencement
The class of 1952 joined the ranks of Ore-
gon alumni June 15, as 1,316 candidates
for degrees participated in the University's
75th anniversary commencement exercises.
The graduating seniors heard the Rev.
Robert J. McCracken, pastor of the River-
side Church of New York, warn against the
dangers of surrendering their individualism
to the '"mass mind."
"Our opinions are moulded by the press.
the movies, and the radio," he said. "We
don't have convictions; we have opinions,
impressions, theories; and even before we
air them we are careful to find in which
direction the wind is blowing."
He recalled that men who were non-con-
formists were the ones who lifted the level
of life in their generations. The graduate
who goes along with the mass mind, he
said, would take his color from his environ-
ment, instead of adding color to it.
To conform, the speaker warned, to do
things for no other reason than because
others are doing them, is to resign all moral
control. Those who have lifted the level of
life in theri generations have been non-
conformists. He pointed out that the nation
was founded by people of this description.
They make up the small class which cre-
ates instead of following the leader. He
urged the seniors to join this exclusive
group.
Spring showers, always a threat to the
academic procession, held off, and the grad-
uates paraded from Deady to McArthur
court in bright sunshine. Faculty members,
in colorful regalia, lead the long line of
marchers.
Summer Enrollment Up
Enrollment for the 1952 summer session
of the University of Oregon is running
slightly ahead of the figure for last year,
Registrar Clifford Constance reports.
Preliminary figures showed that 1,559
students had signed up for the session. At
the same time last year only 1,515 were en-
rolled. University officials were encouraged,
since summer enrollment at many institu-
tions declined following the trend which
has developed since the Korean war.
More than two-thirds of the summer stu-
dents are taking graduate work. Men out-
number women about two to one.
A busy schedule of clashes, concerts, re-
creational events and other social activity
has been lined up for the session. It was
scheduled to end August 15.
The Failing-Beekman oratorical contests were part of the Commencement week exercises.
Professor Kurt E. Montgomery of the speech department congratulates Bliss Stanley of
Eugene, firstplace winner. Looking on at the left is Richard Hiatt of La Grande, second
place winner, and in the center, Faber De Chaine of Portland, third. Prizes of $150, $100
and $50 were won by the three graduating seniors. The orations were held June 13.
THE FACULTY
Huestis, Wright Promoted by Board
Dr. Huestis. an Oregon facultv member
since 1924. is professor of biology. Curator
of the vertebrate collection, he has done ex-
tensive research on genetics. He replaced
Dr. Paul Risley, who asked to be relieved of
administrative duties to devote full time
to teaching and to research, including an
important project he has been working on
for the Atomic Energy Commission.
Three Added to Faculty
Appointment of three new faculty mem-
bers has been announced by the state board
of higher education. They are Willard L.
Thompson, who will be assistant professor
of journalism and business administration;
Miles C. Romney, associate professor of
school administration and Ruth A. Willard,
assistant professor of education.
Dr. Romney comes from Wayne univer-
sity and will replace Dr. Carl Huffaker,
emeritus professor of education. Professor
Thompson, former daily newspaper adver-
tising manager and radio station president,
comes from the University of Illinois where
he has been finishing work toward a doctor-
ate.
Dr. Willard was formerly an assistant
professor at the Santa Barbara branch of
the University of California.
At left Dr. R. R. Huestis, new biology head;
at right Dr. Gordon Wright, head of history.
New heads of the departments of history
and biology for fall will be Dr. Gordon
Wright and Dr. R. R. Huestis, whose ap-
pointment was announced in June by the
state board of higher education.
Dr. Wright, who has been acting head
of the department for a year, has been on
the faculty since 1939. A specialist in
French political history, he has served the
state department and recently completed
a year in France studying peasant politics
under a Social Science Council grant. He
also has lectured at the National War col-
lege. This fall, he will again give a scries
of lectures for a selected group of high of-
ficers in Washington, D.C.
August 1952 U
THE ALUMNI
Anotker Ni leman Fellow
rrom Ore* on
Next month Robert B. Frazier '48 will
become the second University of Oregon
man to join the exclusive ranks of Nieman
fellows?made up of working newspaper-
men who have been selected for a year of
advanced study at Harvard university.
The Register-Guard reporter, who has
also served as city editor of the Eugene
newspaper, was one of 12 men named to
receive the $5,000 award for 1952-53. He
will concentrate upon sociology and psy-
chology, but an important part of the fel-
lowship program is the study and discussion
of how to make better newspapers. The
Nieman foundation was set up in 1938 by
Agnes \^ ahl Nieman in memory of her hus-
band, Lucius Nieman. the founder of the
Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal).
Malcolm Bauer '35, now assistant editor
of The Oregonian, was the first Oregon man
to receive the fellowship. His year of study
was 1950-51. Both men were students in the
University school of journalism.
Frazier, editor of the Oregon Daily Em-
erald his senior year, was an outstanding
undergraduate. He was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, Friars. Sigma Delta Chi and
a winner of the Koyle cup.
His wife. Ruby Jackson Frazier '44, and
their two children will accompany him. He
Robert Frazier '48 is a pipe smoker as well
as a newspaperman. During 1 952 he will be
at Harvard as one of the 1 2 Nieman fellows.
will return to the Register-Guard in the
spring of 1953.
Frazier is a native of Portland. He began
his newspaper career on the Bend Bulletin
in 1941. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the
Army following up with a tour of duty as a
civilian in military government in Germany.
He has resided in Eugene since his gradua-
tion.
New York Alumni Hear Newburn
University of Oregon alumni in the great-
er New York City area, and as far distant
as Hamden, Connecticut, gathered at the
Barbizon Hotel in Manhattan the evening
of May 15 to hear University President
Harry K. Newburn tell of his tour of Euro-
pean universities. Near the close of the eve-
ning, the alumni elected club officers for the
forthcoming year.
Dr. Newburn, sent by the Carnegie Grant
Foundation to study higher education in
Europe, investigated more than 30 univer-
sities of France. Italy, Germany and Great
Britain.
Following general remarks in whir h he
described the physical and economic situa-
tion in Europe today, Dr. Newburn made
specific comment on the universities. "It's
interesting to note." lie said, "that the uni-
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versities and governments are feeding and
housing more and more students, with the
government underwriting the cost of the
meals.
"There is a tremendous movement toward
government support to public and private
institutions," he added. "That support goes
as high as 70 to 75 per cent. And, there is
an unheard of increase in the number of
students.
"After this visit," President Newburn
said, "I am more convinced of the import-
ance of universities in this world. It would
be a disasterous calamity if the universities
ever closed.
"One of the finest threads of European
culture today," he concluded, "is the uni-
versity system. That system is not a ser-
vant of the state, and it must continue to
exist as a free entity to develop truth and
to expound it."
Following Dr. Newburn's address, the
New York alumni group reelected this
year's officers by a unanimous vote: Leon
Culbertson, president; Helen Johnson, sec-
retary; and Fred Weber, treasurer.
Alan Eaton and Laura Kennon were re-
appointed board members. George Mosher
was newly appointed to the Alumni board
of directors and will serve as the new vice-
president.
ICC Member Retires
Clyde B. Aitchison '15 of Portland has
retired as a member of the interstate com-
merce commission, after 35 years on the
powerful regulatory body. Appointed by
President Wilson in 1917, Aitchison had
served continuously since that time.
Now 77, he began his public career on
the old Oregon railroad commission. He
is considered one of the foremost experts
in the nation on western freight rate struc-
tures.
Miss Kitts Heads AUOW
Miss Nina Kitts '31 of Eugene is the new
president of the State Association of Uni-
versity of Oregon Women. She was named
unanimously at the annual senior break-
fast and business meeting of the group on
the campus June 14.
Other officers are Mrs. Charles Pressman
'43, first vice-president; Mrs. Ehrman Gius-
tina '45. second vice-president; Mrs. Wayne
Atwood '44. secretary, and Miss Claire
Dunn, '11, treasurer.
New Old Oregon Editor
Paul Deutschmann, '40 has been ap-
pointed editor of OLD OREGON, it was an-
nounced by Les Anderson '43, alumni direc-
tor. Deutschmann is \
assuming responsi-
bilities for the maga-
zine with the cur-
rent issue. For the
past two years he
has been an instruc-
tor in the University
school of journal-
ism and will con-
tinue to teach next
year. A former as-
sistant city editor of
The Denver Post and city editor of the
Eugene Register-Guard, the new editor has
been in publication work for more than 10
years.
"We are happy to have Paul taking over
OLD OREGON," Anderson said, "because
of his background and knowledge of the
University and because of his considerable
experience in publication work. We hope
also that having a permanent editor for the
alumni magazine will give it a continuity
which has been difficult to maintain under
tlie student editor system."
Old Oregon
Deutschmann
The Corporal and the Colonel
Two Oregon Men
Meet In Korea
A colonel and a corporal, who hadn't
seen each other since they were at the
University of Oregon together three years
ago, met in Korea recently.
Their relationship hadn't changed much
since 1949. Frank R. Maerdian, 1910 Co-
lumbia street, Eugene, was still the Colo-
nel, and William S. Hall '51 of Klamath
Falls was again one of his men, a Corporal
now instead of a cadet.
But the locale of the meeting was sub-
stantially different. When the two Oregon-
ians last met, Colonel Maerdian, a regular
army officer, was professor of military
science and tactics and head of the ROTC
program at the University. Corporal Hall
was one of his cadet students and a mem-
ber of the rifle team that received in-
Game Movies to be Shown
Movies of the Webfoot football team in
action will be shown to at least seven addi-
tional alumni groups on a regular basis this
fall.
Plans have been completed to make an
extra print of the movies and to show them
on a circuit which will include alumni clubs
in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and
groups in Grants Pass, Lakeview, Astoria
and Pendleton. Several additional groups
may be added to the "circuit."
The film will be processed in San Fran-
cisco, and after a showing to Duck rooters
there the Monday following the game, will
be air mailed to other clubs on the loop.
Accompanying the movies will be mimeo-
graphed copies of a play-by-play descrip-
tion of each game, as well as a program.
It is anticipated that the movies will be
seen by all units on the loop within 10 days
after the game. First contest to be filmed
under the new system will be the Oregon-
UCLA tussle in Los Angeles September 20.
In the past, game movies have been avail-
able on a current basis only to the Duck
club in Portland and the Oregon club in
Eugene.
Brown Named Director
Ralph J. Brown '34 will be the new di-
rector of the Oregon Alumni association
for Crook county. He was appointed by re-
tiring president, William N. Russell '35.
Brown, an attorney in Prineville, is cur-
rently a Republican candidate for the State
Legislature from Prineville.
August 1952
struction occasionally from the colonel.
Corporal Hall, now a document control
clerk in the intelligence section of the
160th Infantry Regiment, followed the
career of his campus commanding officer
after he became a regimental commander
in the 45th Division in September. But
Hall lost track temporarily when he was
assigned to duty in Korea.
He caught up with the colonel in reverse
when Colonel Maerdian was appointed
commander of the 160th, Hall's own outfit.
Colonel Maerdian recognized his former
rifle student immediately.
'We see each other almost every day
now," the corporal said. "The colonel
keeps telling me that a man with my rifle
experience should be on the front line.
Of course, he's only joking?I think."
Hall was a student in business adminis-
tration at the University. He had com-
pleted two years of study before he was
called into service.
Scientist Honored
Dr. Walter H. Brattain, co-inventor of
of the point contact transistor, has re-
ceived an honorary doctor of science
degree from the University of Port-
land. Dr. Brattain, who received his
master of arts in physics from the
University of Oregon in 1926, is a
member of the Bell Telephone Labor-
atories, Inc., staff. He has been with
the company for 22 years. The tiny
transistor can be used in place of a
much larger radio tube.
New Officers Elected
Charles R. HolJoway, Jr. '35 of Portland
has been elected president of the Univer-
sity of Oregon Alumni Association for
1952-53. His term of office became effective
as of July 1. George Corey '38 of Pendleton
was elected vice-president, the office Hollo-
way held prior to his election as president.
First official action of the new president
will be appointment of twelve new county
directors and two members-at-large to the
executive committee. These will be an-
nounced in the next issue of OLD OREGON.
"We expect a good year," Holloway
stated, "especially after the fine accom-
plishments made under Bill Russell (re-
tiring president) last year. Our main pur-
pose, of course, will be to enlarge the scope
of our alumni activities, and make them
increasingly effective in promoting the wel-
fare of our University."
Among the projects set forth for the com-
ing year are the expansion of the Alumni
Tour program, encouraging additional sup-
port of the University of Oregon Develop-
ment Fund, and providing additional pro-
gram activities for alumni county organi-
zations and the out-of-state-clubs.
Seattle Alumni Elect
Donald V. Cawley '42 and Boyce Stanard
'35 have been elected president and secre-
tary-treasurer respectively for the Seattle
alumni club. Cawley succeeds Steve Selak
'25 who has held the presidency for the past
two years.
Plans for the coming year include the
showing of movies of all ten of the Oregon
football games, and a pre-game party prior
to the Oregon-Washington game on No-
vember 8.
Robnett Promoted
Ronald H. Robnett '28, professor of ac-
counting in industrial management at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has
been appointed assistant dean of the school
of Industrial management of M.I.T.
A native of Salem, Professor Robnett is
a former assistant graduate manager of
the University of Oregon. He served in that
capacity from 1928 until 1932. He joined
the M.I.T. faculty in 1934 after completing
graduate work in Harvard.
Attend AAC Conference
Five representatives of the University of
Oregon Alumni association, headed by the
new president, Charles R. Holloway, Jr.,
'35 attended sessions of the American Alum-
ni Council annual convention in Sun Valley,
Idaho, during July.
Others in the Oregon group included Her-
bert J. Darby '23, past association president,
Lester E. Anderson '43, alumni director,
Paul Deulschmann '40. editor of OLD ORE-
GON, and Pat Murphy, secretary.
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CLASSES
Half Century Club
On Saturday evening following the Univer-
sity Luncheon of Juno 14. the Half Century
Club gathered in the Erb Memorial Union for
its third annual dinner meeting. More than
forty were present, all of whom attended the
University fifty or more years ago. The class of
1902, nine in all, were attending lor the first
time as they had just crossed the fifty-year
mark. The earliest class represented was 1836
with Mrs. Kate Buick Sewell of Roseburg
present as one of the three surviving members.
Leslie M. Scott '99, club president, opened
the evening program with a brief summary of
past activities, followed by minutes of the pre-
vious meeting, new business, and such other
formal procedure. With the formalities satis-
fied, Lewis R. Alderman '98 was introduced
af the toastmaster for the evening program.
Letters of greeting from those near and far
who were unable to attend were read. Music
then entered the picture with several numbers
by a soloist followed by community singing of
the songs which were popular at the turn of the
century.
A fine array of speakers were assembled to
recall vividly the era of the "gay nineties." Five-
minute talks featured Leila Straub Stafford
'02 on "The W alkaround vs. the Fantastic," a
comparison of social life then and now. Law-
rence A. Read '99 discussed "Perapetetic
Philosophy,'" a subject upon which he spoke
with great authority, having written several
books of his own. E. N. "Ned" Blythe '02
likewise spoke from a background of years of
experience in his talk "Keeping Up with Col-
lege Journalism."
Allen Eaton '02 wound up the program
with his "Back to Oregon with Eaton" lecture.
The title suited the situation perfectly as Eaton
was making his first visit to the West in more
than thirty years.
Everyone present had a chance to talk, and
they did. as they were called upon for brief
comments which ran all the way from early
campus life to pride in their grandchildren.
Officers were elected for the coming year.
These are: Leila Straub Stafford '01, presi-
dent; W. B. Beattie '01, vice-president; and
Blanche Taylor Thurston '98, secretary.
Maude Kerns '99 provided the attractive
table decorations, Lester Hulin '96 directed
the music to his own piano accompaniment, and
Melville Wire '00 gave the invocation and
benediction.
1900
Homer D. Angell, congressional repre-
sentative from Oregon's third district, is now
completing his seventh term in Congress and is
now dean of the Oregon delegation.
Mr. Angell received his A.B. degree at Ore-
gon and then graduated from the Law depart-
ment of Columbia univerMh, New York, where
he also received his master""- degree in political
1902
Mrs. Merlin Ennis (Elizabeth Logan)
was one of the women of the, class of 1902 who
was honored at the annual June breakfast for
graduating senior women, She flew here from
Lexington, Ma^afhusetis for the reunion of
her class.
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Allen H. Eaton recently gave a talk on
"Arts and Crafts of America" at the Pauline
Potter Homer Silver Tea at the University. Mr.
Eaton is a widely-known author and authority
on the nation's handicrafts and is reported to
have had the first art si ore in Eugene. Because
of his art appreciation courses in the School of
Architecture and Allied Arts at the University
he is credited with having served the cultural
background of this community. He is the author
of three books, "Handicrafts of the New Eng-
land States," "Handicrafts of Southern High-
lands." and "Beauty Behind Barbed Wires."
1903
Recently announced was the retirement of
Kenneth C. Miller from the Spokane, Port-
land and Seattle Railway Company. He joined
the company in 1929 as Agricultural and Live-
stock agent and in 1941 was appointed general
Industrial and Agricultural agent, which posi-
tion he held at the time of his retirement. He
has been very active in state farm organiza-
tions, especially the State of Oregon Reclama-
tion congress and National Reclamation associ-
ation, for which he was the first secretary,
treasurer and recipient of an Honorary Life
membership. At present he is a member of
numerous committees of the Portland Cham-
ber of Commerce and a member of several State
boards.
First Allen Fellow
Harold Hughes, city editor of the AS-
TORIAN-BUDGET, will begin studies
at the University of Oregon school of
journalism this fall as the first Eric
W. Alllen Memorial Fellow. He was
chosen from among a group of work-
ing newspapermen for the $1,000
award, donated annually by the EU-
GENE REGISTER-GUARD. It honors
Dean Allen, founder of the school of
journalism and its first dean. Hughes
will be on leave of absence from his
paper for nine months.
1907
Dr. R. R. Hamilton and his daughter,
Helen Hamilton, have recently opened an
aviary at 128th Avenue and N. E. Clisan in
Portland.
1910
Oliver B. Huston, who held the silver cup
for the most children at the 25th, 30th and 35th
reunions of his class, has recently announced
that he expects to regain the cup at the 50th
reunion for the most grandchildren. Mr. Hus-
ton made this announcement after the arrival
of his fourth grandchild on May 24.
1912
The class of 1912 thoroughly enjoyed its
fortieth reunion, June 13th and 14th, 1952,
even without the "old school tie," so vividly
displayed in Life magazine by Harvard's 1912
reunion class. Neither did we fall asleep over
the commencement speeches as was also promi-
nently displayed.
After an all-out effort on the part of the com-
mittee composed of Leon Ray, Ralph
Moores, Jennie Fry Walsh and Mildred
Bagley Graham to round up the flock, about
forty arrived including a few wives and hus-
bands.
On Friday evening, the committee greeted
their classmates at a pre-arranged re-union
gathering at the house of the secretary near
the campus. Each was complete with ear trum-
pet, feather box, cane, party dress of 1912, shoe
bags, and scarves of the dear dead days of long
ago. Their faces were a little the worse for
wear, and one could see that their minds were
wandering. However, their classmates were very
kind and overlooked Mildred's brand new set
of teeth, and Jenny's hearing trouble. She was
rather slow at catching the names.
An impromptu meeting was held after which
cheese and crackers, pop corn, sweet wafers,
and punch were served.
On Saturday morning, the State Association
breakfast meeting was held at the Student
Union Building. This was followed by the noon
luncheon in the ballroom of the same building.
The four reunion classes were seated at separate
tables decorated in Oregon colors. Speaking
for our class was Chester A. Moores of Port-
land, a former first citizen of that city. His
splendid talk was very appropriate and much
appreciated by the class. Following the lunch-
eon the class pictures were taken indoors since
the weather was rather damp. Guided tours of
the Student Union Building, new Science build-
ing, and Carson Hall were enjoyed by all who
had not been through them before.
A short period of rest and aspirin next in
order. At 6:00 p.m. a social hour was held
in the banquet room of the Eugene Hotel fol-
lowed by the banquet and business meeting
conducted by Bob Kellogg, class president.
Each individual cleared up the details of his or
her life after college, including grandchildren
and other achievements. Mike Stastney
brought each a ten-pound sack of potatoes
from his prize ranch at Malin. Also the hotel
baked one of his potatoes for each person at
the banquet. We are indebted to Mike for his
generosity.
We are also indebted to Raphael Geisler
for his piano accompaniment to the good old-
fashioned songs which were so familiar to us
on the campus such as "Cuddle Up a Little
Closer," "Harvest Moon," "To you, Beautiful
Lady," "As 1 Sit and Dream," etc. We closed
with "Mighty Oregon" and we sincerely hope
Old Oreson
Book Corner
The College and the
Community $3.50
By Baker Brownell
A critical study of higher education.
How to Talk with People $2.50
By Irving J. Lee
Program for preventing troubleswhen people talk together.
Remembering $6.50
By F. C. Bartlett
A study in Experimental and SocialPsychology.
Beauty Behind Barbed
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even more of our 1912 class will return for our
induction into the Half Century Club in 1962
to receive the gold certificates now awarded on
that momentous occasion. Till then, "Many
Happy Returns."
Those attending the reunion were: Dr. and
Mrs. Harry W. Fredricksen, Mr. and Mrs.
Mike M. Stastney, Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl
Jones, Edward J. Himes, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Kellogg, Hazel Wightman Bastian,
Margaret Fulton Whittlesey, Maude A.
MacDonald, Mable Lane Reagan, Ralph
D. Moores, George W. Schantin, William
G. Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H.
Clark, Raphael Geisler, Harold Cockerline,
Chester A. Moores, Mr. and Mrs. Chares
N. Renolds, Jessie Prosser Stewart, Ra-
chel Applegate Swan, Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Cecil, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Walls,
Carl Huston, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ray,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Ford Northrup, Jennie
Fry Walsh, Dr. L. S. Roach, and Mildred
Bagley Graham.
MILDRED BAGLEY GRAHAM
Permanent class secretary
1915
Edith Vaughn McCormick received her
degree in law this June after four years of con-
centrated evening study. She received her B.A.
in Latin and her M.A. in history from the Uni-
versity. Miss McCormick is a life member of
the National Education association and served
as president of the Portland High School Teach-
ers association from 1947 to 1949.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert W. Lombard
(Verna W. Skade '27) sailed in June for an
extended tour of Europe. They expect to return
around the first of September. They flew to New
York where they boarded the He de France for
England. In addition to England, they will visit
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Ger-
many, Italy and Paris.
1917
Official reunion activities of the Class of '17
began at the Alumnae breakfast where Dr. Ada
Hall, professor of biology at Wellesley College
was the principal speaker. She discussed
"Bones" which she has been studying during
a sabbatical winter at the University of Oregon
Medical School in Portland. Mary Chambers
Brockelbank received alumnae dues, and the
table decorations were in charge of Frances
Shoemaker Gregg.
At the University Luncheon, Nicholas Jaur-
eguy spoke for the class. Scoring the use of the
loud speaker, and keeping well within the sug-
gested three-minute limit, he nevertheless made
clear to all our abiding interest in, and grati-
tude to, the University.
Lawrence "Larry" Mann of Oswego took
over as master of ceremonies at the class din-
ner, ably assisted by Frances Heath Mann.
Several class members are promoted to the
grandparent status. As only Dr. John Harold
Fitzgibbon of Milwaukie came armed with
pictures, a unanimous vote restrained him from
showing them. John McGuire, now a Tacoma
architect, claimed a record in having completed
four years at Oregon with a "date." John J.
"Jack" Elliott of Portland, soon to br- "father of
the bride" was comiserated by those fathers
with experience of daughters' weddings.
Eulalie Crosby Barnett of Portland was
accompanied by her husband, John G. Barnett
'18 and Ruth Ralston Otten of Beaverton by
her husband, George Otten '13. Several wives
of members joined the group including Marion
Mitchell Jaureguy '22, Helen Robinson Roberts
'16 and Loren C. Roberts of Portland; Ella
Parsons and Johnny Parsons of Eugene;
Belz Boyd Beach and Frank Beach of Port-
land; Helen Betts and Charles R. Betts of
Gladstone; Betsy Geary and Roland "Hawk-
shaw" Geary of Portland, who as class presi-
dent had charge of arrangements for the re-
union.
Elisabeth Hales, children's librarian at the
Eugene Public Library, attended the luncheon
but not the dinner.
Greetings from absent members included
Rosalind Bates who reported that she would
be in Tokyo on the reunion date. Helen Johns
was marshalling a commencement procession in
Seattle. Chalmer N. Patterson was teaching
at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Myr-
tle Tobey of Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii reported
that she would be in Oregon later in the sum-
mer. Good wishes and regrets were also re-
ceived from Karl Becke, Salem; Jeanette
Wheatley Rowland, Santa Cruz, California;
Nellie Cox Reagan, El Cerrito, California
Dorothy Wheeler Odlin, San Marino, Cali-
fornia; Mildred Brown Brosius, Berkeley,
California; N. P. Akers, Rialto, California,
and Margaret Spangler Higinbotham, Vic-
tor, N. Y.
More class news in OLD OREGON was de-
manded by all present and the secretary was
instructed to get it by whatever means possible.
It is hoped that members will respond with fre-
quent items, so that resort to blackmail or fic-
tion will be unnecessary.
FRANCES SHOEMAKER GREGG
Permanent class secretary
Mrs. Ernest S. Bates (Rosalind Goodrich)
has been appointed library chairman of the
Women's University Club in New York City.
1918
A former graduate has become one of the
most-publicized women in the United States.
She is Vivien Kellems, who has recently or-
ganized the Liberty Belles, a national political-
action organization of women and its auxiliary,
the Liberty Boys.
She is one of the nation's best known women
industrialists and recently won recognition as
the best-dressed one. At present she is con-
tinuing her ten-year fight with the government
over income tax. In addition she is an electrical
engineer, a popular lecturer, an author ("Toil,
Taxes and Trouble") and a politician.
Dr. Clinton H. Thienes, who is now head
of the pharmacology and toxicology department
in the University of Southern California School
of Medicine, gave a report to the American So-
ciety of Pharmacology and Experimental Thera-
peutics in New York on parathion, new chemi-
cal insecticide spray for oranges. Dr. Thienes
has been conducting his research in cooperation
with the California Fruit Growers Exchange at
Ontario, Calif., and the University of California
Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside.
1920
Mr. and Mrs. Dow Wilson sailed on the
Queen Elizabeth June 18 for England and the
continent. They joined Dr. Dwight Wilson
'09 of Berkeley, California, and his son in
London and then proceeded to the Olympic
games in Helsinki.
1921
Mr. and Mrs. John Dundore Jr. flew East
May 28, picked up a new car and then went to
to Syracuse University, New York where their
daughter, Mary Margaret received her master's
degree in music education.
August 1952 15
1923
A gathering honoring Governor and Mrs.Len B. Jordan (Grace H. Edgington '16)
of Idaho was held recently in New York City
where the Jordans were staying for their son's
graduation from West Point. In addition to
Governor and Mrs. Jordan, Allen Eaton '02,
John MacGregor '23, Mrs. Leonebel Kays Jacobs
'07, Rolf and Alice Klep '27, Leon Culbertson
'23, Margaret Scott Gable '23, Claude and Betty
Robinson '24, and Aulis and Owen Callaway '23
were present.
Palmer Hoyt editor and publisher of the
Denver Post, was recently re-elected to the
Board of Directors of Brand Names Founda-
tion, Incorporated, at the seventh annual Brand
Names Day meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel in New York.
Mr. Hoyt began his newspaper career in 1923
when, after his graduation he became Tele-
graph and Sports Editor of the East Oregonian,
Pendleton, Oregon. In 1926, he moved to the
Portland Oregonian and became publisher in
1939. In 1946, he assumed his present position
with the Denver Post. Mr. Hoyt is a director of
the Associated Press, a member of Chi Psi, Sig-
ma Delta Chi, Sigma Upsilon and Rotary.
A son, Lincoln Porter Hoyt, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Palmer Hoyt on July 4, in Denver,
Colorado.
1925
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wall (Dorothy Eliza-
beth Dixon) are now in Wells, British Colum-
bia, where Mr. Wall is a mill superintendent of
one of the gold mines. Their address is Box 50,
Wells, B. C.
Don Woodward has announced his new ad-
dress as Box 25, Moss Landing, California.
Elmer N. Calef, Portland, was elected presi-
dent of the Oregon Retail Distributor's insti-
tute at its annual conference last May.
1926
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hobson (Jennie
Noren '24) are attending the Olympic games
this year. "Hobby" is the coach of the U. S.
basketball team.
Fred Martin was married in January to
Ruth Shaw Witter of Boston and is now with
the Ansett Travel Service, 323 Geary St., San
Francisco, California. After the marriage Mr.
1927
Our silver anniversary is now history, and
such pleasant history! Its tremendous success
was due directly to the untiring efforts and en-
thusiasm of George Mimnaugh, general
chairman of the Reunion Committee, and the
members of the committees appointed to plan
the various events.
There was an excellent turnout?nearly 100
in all?but we missed the absent members of
the class and were sorry they could not share
in the fun.
Festivities began Friday evening with an in-
formal no-host party at the Eugene Hotel. Kay
Graef Powers took over the piano and the
vocal harmonizing that followed revealed hith-
erto unsuspected talents. Some of the star per-
formers were Calvin Horn, Ward Cook and
Ray Bolger.
Saturday morning things began humming
with the e.ye-opener breakfast, and at noon the
University Luncheon was held where Earl
Chiles spoke for our class. Following the lunch-
eon a tour of the campus was arranged, and
later in the afternoon the President's reception
took place. At 6:00 o'clock the class met again
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in the Persian Room of the Eugene Hotel for
a social hour preceding the climax of our re-
union activities?the gala class dinner. Cliff
Powers was the toastmaster and Hugh Biggs
the speaker of the evening. An election was
held to determine who had changed the least,
who had changed the most, etc, and prizes
awarded. It was a great advance in the field of
elections since everyone won something.
The question arose as to the disposition of
any surplus funds and contributions and the
class voted to make a gift of these to the Uni-
versity Scholarship Fund.
Among those who attended the various events
were the following and because of limited
space, only the names of the class members are
given although most were accompanied by hus-
bands and wives:
Carl Ashley, Mel Battee, Hugh Biggs,
Faith Kimball Black, Helen Smith Blair,
Orville Blair, Bertha Bodine, Ray Bolger,
Lenta Baumgartner Caughell, Earle Chiles,
Marie Schulderman Collie, Dick Collins,
Ward Cook, Lucille Pearson Doberty,
Phyllis Finnigan, Margaret Swan Foster,
Catherine Fires, Beatrice Peters Grant,
Woodbridge Geary, Clara Gravos, Art
Gray, Jerry Gunther, Henry Hall, Calvin
Horn, Pat Hughes, Chet Irelan, Reed Jag-
ger, Nellie Fennell Johnson, Jimmy John-
son, Bert Kern, Doris Young Leth, George
Mimnaugh, Lois LaRoche Mimnaugh,
MayFan Vurpillat Monroe, Art Priaulx,
Bob Neighbor, Clifford Powers, Katherine
Graef Powers, Dealtry Bean Priaulx,
Frank Roehr, Hy Samuels, Alice Dorman
Southwell, Arnold Southwell, Anne Went-
worth Staley, Ralph Staley, Rachel Storer,
John Walker, Harriet Ross Wright, Anne
Runes Wilson.
For the benefit of interested 1927 spinsters,
Reed Jagger claimed the title as the "most
eligible bachelor of Clackamas County."
ANNE RUNES WILSON
Permanent class secretary
1928
The Federation of Press Women announced
recently that Marian Lowry Fischer had re-
ceived national honors for her women's depart-
ment in the Salem Capital Journal, which was
rated as the best in any U.S. daily newspaper.
She has also won other honors recently: Oregon
Press Women award for the best women's page
in the state and for the best daily feature col-
umn; named as one of 1950's five "Women of
Achievement" in Oregon newspapering byTheta
Sigma Phi in 1951.
Mrs. Fischer started her journalism career
in 1923 when she worked for the Eugene Reg-
ister-Guard while attending the University.
Since her graduation she has filled numerous
and varied newspaper positions.
Ray Nash will represent the University of
Oregon at centennial ceremonies at Laval Uni-
versity in Quebec.
1929
Mr. Vernon McGee is now in San Fran-
cisco as Public Survey Supervisor for the Pa-
cific Telephone & Telegraph Co. He majored in
advertising and journalism at Oregon and then
started with P. T. & T. Co. He was sent to
Pendleton soon after the war and for several
years was assistant manager for the eastern
Oregon division of the Oregon Area.
1930
Henry Cadwell was recently elected school
director at Union, Oregon, for a two-year term
1931
Grace A. Yoakley was recently named the
Oregon Delta Zeta of the year. Miss Yoakley, a
teacher at Alameda school in Portland and a
member of the board of managers, Grade School
Teachers Assoc, received this award, bestowed
annually upon one alumna residing in Oregon
in recognition of work in behalf of the sorority.
Diane Deininger is now living in Los An-
geles and would very much like to hear from
Oregon alums in that area. Her new address is
416% S. Kenmore Ave., Los Angeles 5, Cali-
fornia.
B. D. Isaminger, a veteran attorney in Pen-
dleton, recently became partners with District
Attorney C. C. Proebstel to form a new law
firm. Mr. Isaminger, who has been practising
law in Pendleton since 1935, was associated at
one time with the late George Lewis, Pendleton
attorney.
1932
Jack Stipe is now serving as rector of an
Episcopal parish and his new address is Christ
Church Rectory; 620 G St., S.E. Washington
3, D.C.
1933
Donald Moe is now at home at 2843 N. E.
65th Ave. in Portland, Ore. His new business
address is 8941 N. E. Killingsworth, Portland.
Major Harold A. Cooley was graduated on
June 14, from a refresher course for reserve
officers at the Army Command and General
staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
Lt. Col. Evert E. Ream is now serving with
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the U. S. Military Advisory Group to the Re-
public of Korea Army. He served in China in
1945, with the 6th Division in Korea from 1947
to 1948 and was then at Fort Benning, Ga., as
an instructor before returning to Korea in No-
vember, 1951.
Lt. Col. Robert C. Hunter has been named
judge advocate of the Stuttgart military post
in occupied Germany. He was formerly a Port-
land lawyer and then served a year as executive
officer in the judge advocate section of the
Frankfurt military post.
1934
Dr. H. S. (Mike) Hoyman was recently
named head of an American Public Health As-
sociation research committee. A former Oregon
professor he is now a member of the University
of Illinois faculty. Other honors he has received
recently have included election to fellowship
in the American Health Association and elec-
tion as an affiliate fellow of the American Medi-
cal Association.
John J. Gross, associate professor of Eng-
lish at Lewis and Clark college, recently dis-
cussed "Roots of American Folk Music" in a
free lecture sponsored by the Library Associa-
tion of Portland. Mr. Gross, who first became
interested in folk music while a graduate stu-
dent here at the university, has made a special
study of Northwest songs.
1935
A Scholarship Loan Fund is being estab-
lished in the memory of Dr. Will C. Davis by
a group of some thirty of his friends. Because of
the deep interest of Dr. Davis in inter-racial
affairs, the loans are to be available to appli-
cants without regard to race, religion or na-
tional origin. Two loans have already been
granted to Negro students who otherwise might
not have been able to continue their education.
These loans are to be limited to small amounts
to be worked out through budgeting the appli-
cant's resources and his needs.
A daughter, Roberta Jean, was born May 2,
to Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm C. Bauer (Ro-
berta Jean Moody '36). The baby is their
fourth child.
Dr. Hans H. Plambeck, associate profes-
sor of sociology at Oregon State College, has
left for New Zealand where he will study for a
year on a Fulbright assignment. He will do rural
sociology research and have his headquarters
at Canterbury Agricultural college in Lincoln.
In addition to his Oregon degree, Dr. Plam-
beck has a Ph.D. from Cornell. He was a profes-
sor in the University of Montana sociology and
economics department before he joined the
Oregon State sociology staff in 1946.
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Russell have re-
turned to Eugene from a vacation tour of Mex-
ico, Guatamala, Panama, and West Indies.
Coach Bill Bowerman, Oregon's track
coach since 1948, was selected as the winner of
the 1952 Bill Hayward memorial trophy by the
Oregon Sportcasters. Presentation of the award
was made at a banquet in Portland's Columbia
Athletic club at 7 p.m., April 21. Since he joined
the Oregon coaching staff in the fall of 1948,
Mr. Bowerman's track teams have won the
northern division championship once and fin-
ished second twice. In dual meet competition
the Ducks have lost only three decisions. Addi-
tionally, he has had considerable success as
freshman football coach during the past four
seasons.
1936
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
August 1952
F. Thompson (Marcia Tulley '37) June 12,
at Eugene, Oregon.
A Master of Theology degree was received
by Eugene V. Hamblen this June from the
Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.
New president of the Oregon Society of Cer-
tified Public Accountants is John Taylor, who
was elected at the June conference of the Asso-
ciation.
1937
Orval Etter recently attended the annual
staff and spring National Council sessions of
the Fellowship of Reconciliation in New York.
He is the Far Western Secretary of the Fellow-
ship.
Hale George Thompson was recently
named District Governor of the Lions Clubs for
Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyle (Hazel Mar-
guerite Miller '30) left in July for Europe with
their two children. Mr. Boyle, an associate pro-
fesor of Theatre Arts, is on a sabbatical leave
from U.C.L.A. for fall semester and will study
contemporary theatre and theatre practice in
the British Isles and France.
Recently graduated from the Far East Com-
mand Chemical School at Camp Gifu, Japan,
was Captain Richard H. Wood who was for-
merly employed by the Zellerbach Paper Co.
Mr. Jason Lee, personnel director for the
State Tax Commission, is resigning in July to
enter private law practice in Salem.
1938
A son, James Dixon, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Hart, Jr. (Margaret Elizabeth
Carman) in March of this year.
Mrs. A. J. Norbraten (Lois Harriette
Thompson) was recently elected as second
president of the Portland Home Builders' aux-
iliary organization.
Major Dale A. Hardisty was recently
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for ex-
traordinary achievement while participating in
an aerial flight as an Eighth Army Air-Ground
liaison officer in Korea. He is assigned to the
G-2 Section of the Office, Chief of Army Field
Forces but recently flew as an aerial observer
on a tactical reconnaissance mission over en-
emy-held territory in Korea.
He received his commission in 1937 after
completing the University's ROTC training
course. During World War II he served in the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was in the New
Guinea campaign. He has also been awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze
Star, the Air Medal and the Combat Infantry
Badge.
Mrs. Warren Clarke (Mae Frances Nit-
zel), president of the Eugene chapter, has left
for Houston, Texas to attend the 31st annual
convention of Zonta International.
Mrs. Myron F. Pinkstaff (Hannah Lou-
ise Crossley) attended the 1952 national con-
vention of Alpha Phi sorority at Virginia Beach,
Va. She represented the Eugene alumnae group
at the conference.
Major Samuel R. Kroschel was recently
assigned to the U. S. Eighth Army's Korean
Military Advisory Group. The object of this
group is to organize the war-battered Korean
army into an efficient organization.
Mr. Lloyd W. Helikson was married to
Doris Cameron June 8, at Sherwood Lodge at
Yachats, Oregon. They will live in Eugene
where Mr. Helikson is deputy collector of the
internal revenue service.
Mrs. Don Karshner (Gayle Buchanan)
won the annual $150 Highby Memorial award,
an annual state essay contest on tuberculosis.
Mrs. Karshner, who was herself at one time
stricken by the disease, will be the guest of the
California Tuberculosis and Health association
at its meeting April 3-5 at San Francisco. Her
paper, "One Patient's Family," is a personal
account of her illness.
1939
Betty Riesch Polen and her two daughters,
Suzanne and Patricia, are now at home in Port-
land at 3546 N. E. U. S. Grant Place.
Harold Weston recently scored an upset by
winning the 24th annual Oregon Golf associa-
tion championship at Columbia-Edgewater
Country club in Portland.
James E. Brinton received his Master's de-
gree from Stanford this June. He majored in
journalism while at Oregon and was city editor
of the Bend Bulletin for some time. He is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa and won the Sigma
Delta Chi Scholarship Award in 1939.
Thomas T. Turner has recently returned to
the U. S. to work in the State Department in
Washington, D. C. For the past several years
he has been Vice Consul at Zurich, Switzerland.
Robert J. Gridley is a field representative,
Department of State-Wide Services, General
Extension Division of the Oregon State system
of Higher Education. In October, he will have
been with the state system for three years.
1940
Dr. and Mrs. John Morse Ross are the
parents of a son, John Edward, born May 19, at
the Oregon City hospital.
A daughter, Shirley Mae, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Earle W. Stephens (Virginia May
Brown) April 10.
Dr. William Laird Barnum recently fin-
ished three years as editor of the Oregon State
Dental Journal. He is supervisor of the dental
health division of the Portland Public Schools,
a post which he has held for five years. Previous
to his position on the State Journal, Dr. Barnum
was editor of the U of 0 Dental School Alumni
magazine.
George G. Frazee has been awarded his
doctor of theology degree from Southern Bap-
tist Theological seminary at Louisville, Ken-
tucky.
Commander Lloyd Hoffman reports his
new address as Naval Supply Depot; Navy, No.
926, Box 33; c/o F.P.O., San Francisco, Cali-
fornia.
John Phillip Dwyer was married to Lau-
rene Bernadette Cael June 7 at the- Holy Re-
deemer church of Portland.
William J. Harrow, who has been with
United Air Lines for the past twelve years in
Portland, has been appointed Chief of Tele-
phone Sales in Portland. He joined United Air
Lines in 1940 as a Reservations Agent and in
1947 was named a Telephone Sales Staff Super-
visor. From 1942 to 1946 he was in military
service.
Norman C. Lyman, a former resident of
Eugene, has been appointed district manager of
southern Oregon for the Phoenix Mutual Life
Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. Mr.
Lyman, his wife, the former Martha Meyers of
Eugene, and his two children will make their
home at 1594 Charnelton.
1941
Mrs. Max H. Parrott (Kathleen Gross-
man) was recently announced as a member of
the 1952 provisional class for the Junior League
of Portland. This group has begun a three-
month introductory course of training.
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A chapter on "Synonymity" written by Ben-
son Mates is included in a symposium on the
'Semantics and the Philosophy of Language"
just issued by the University of Illinois press.
Mr. John M. Winkler, Portland attorney,
has gone to Washington, D.C. to take a position
in the office of chief counsel to the office of price
stabilization.
Donald Edward Good has received his
Master's degree from Stanford this year. He
was a major in the Army Air Corps and received
his Distinguished flying cross and an oak leaf
cluster.
Major Willard H. Hawke graduated May
7, from the army's General Staff Course at the
Command and General Staff College, Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas. Major Hawke has previously
served in Europe, Japan and Korea and has
been awarded several medals including the Sil-
ver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star,
the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Mrs. Glenn S. Pirtle (Cora Pirtle) this
month is celebrating her 10th anniversary as
manager of the Lane County office of American
Red Cross in Eugene. She was a volunteer
worker with the Red Cross for some time before
she took the managership. Mr. and Mrs. Pirtle
have two daughters, Mrs. Gerald Stone
(Nonda '44), a social worker with the Eugene
public school system, and Mrs. Robert L. Muel-
ler (Patricia), registered nurse, now in Ger-
many with Dr. Mueller, her husband.
Norm Cory of Palo Alto, a music consultant
for the San Carlos Elementary School District,
served as master of ceremonies and director of
the barber shop quartet program Saturday,
April 19, at Burlingame High School Auditor-
ium. Since its inception four years ago, Cory
has directed the male chorus of the Peninsula
chapter of the Preservation and Encouragement
of the Barber Shop Quartet Singing of Amer-
ica.
1942
Mrs. Lawrence M. Smith (Dorothy
Haugsten) was recently named to the 1952
provisional class for the Junior League of
Portland. She has begun an intensive three-
month training course for membership.
Harold R. Johnson received his Bachelor
of Foreign Trade degree May 30, from the
American Institute for Foreign Trade at Thun-
derbird Field, Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Johnson
received his B.A. from the University, his M.A.
from Georgetown University at Washington,
D.C. in 1948, and his D.Ed, is now in process at
Oregon State College. This present training
will prepare him for a career in American busi-
ness or government abroad.
Walter L. (Pat) Keller has recently asso-
ciated with Arthur D. Janssen and William H.
Daseking, Architects. Mr. Keller has been with
the firm since 1947, and after receiving his state
license became a member January 1, 1952. His
new address is 651 Wildwood Lane, Palo Alto,
California.
A son, Stephen D., was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth L. Bowes of Portland, June 8.
This is their third child.
Major Warren B. Phillips has recently
been appointed assistant troop information and
education officer for the IX Corps Headquarters
in Korea. After graduation Major Phillips was
employed by the East Oregon Publishing Co. in
Pendleton until he was recalled by the Army.
1943
Lt. Rodney Vandeneynde and his wife
(Jeanne Wilcox '43) are now at home at 3884
Riviera Dr., San Diego, California. He was
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transferred to the Pacific fleet and is First Lieu-
tenant for the U.S.S. Renville, an amphibious
personnel assault ship.
A son, William Dale, was born April 24, to
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Stead (Dorothy Elaine
Walworth).
William J. McKevitt is now on duty in
Korea with the 17th Reg. Combat team of the
7th Division. He arrived in Korea January 1,
1951 after being called from inactive reserve.
Mr. McKevitt was a member of Phi Gamma
Delta at the University. His present address is
1st Lt. Wm. J. McKevitt 0553707; Co. G. 17th
R.C.T.; A.P.O. No. 7; c/o Postmaster, San
Francisco.
Major Wilbur C. Haskins graduated June
14, from a refresher course for reserve officers
at the Army Command and General Staff Col-
lege at Fort Leavenworth. Major Haskins served
in the Army from April 1941 to January 1946
and was awarded several medals.
Recently named by the Junior League of
Portland as a member of the 1952 provisional
class was Mrs. William Snell (Mary Lee
Fry). She has begun a three-month intensive
training period for membership.
Ross E. Gearhart, certified public account-
ant, has acquired a public accounting business
and is now operating as R. E. Gearhart & Co.
Charles E. Saverude, superintendent of
Gresham union high school was honored at a
dinner May 23 in the Columbia Athletic Club
of Portland. He is concluding 26 years of high
school service and will enter private business
July 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolph B. Fuhrman (Janet
Parker '45) are the parents of a son, James C,
born in Portland June 12. This is their second
child.
1944
George J. Alkire, who received his M.S. in
chemistry recently presented a paper at a meet-
ing of the American Chemical Society on free
acidity in hydrolizable salt solutions. Mr. Al-
kire is at present a member of General Electric
Company's Engineering Department at Han-
ford Works, a plutonium-production plant op-
erated by the Company for the AEC.
Captain Dean Van Lydegraf has just com-
pleted Operation Logex-52 at Camp Pickett,
Va. This exercise was designed to train admin-
istrative forces in the supply, transportation
and communication problems of a theoretical
army of a half-million men.
Captain Van Lydegraf entered the quarter-
master section in 1943, and since then has been
awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart,
and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
1945
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Litchman (Mary
Elizabeth Hendrickson '48) are the parents
of a baby girl, Robin, born April 2.
William H. Buell was home in Lakeview
this summer for the first time in six years. After
receiving his Master's Degree at the University
of Wisconsin he taught for four years in Kabul,
Afghanistan. He is now back at the University
of Wisconsin working on his Doctor's degree in
Linguistics.
1946
A daughter, Suzanne Lynn, was born May 14
at Portland sanitarium to Dr. and Mrs. Ben-
jamin E. Grant III, their third child.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Grant (Rose Marie
Boyd) recently took a trip to Nebraska with
their two sons and then drove back a new car.
They are living at 2121 Hilyard St., Eugene.
Mrs. Neil Malarkey, Jr. (Mary Barnett)
was named to the 1952 provisional class for the
Junior League of Portland recently and has al-
ready begun an intensive three-month training
program.
The wedding of Gordon Janney to Dorothy
Dahlquest was announced in March.
1947
Mr. Hibbard Ellsworth Richardson was
married June 8, to Gwendolyn Louise Brown-
low at the Church of the Wayfarer at Carmel,
Calif. After a trip to Canada, they will be at
home in Visalia where Mr. Richardson is em-
ployed with the Federal Bureau of Reclama-
tion.
A son, Craig J., was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Ostergren, June 16, in Portland.
Recently named by the Junior League of
Portland as a member of the 1952 provisional
class was Mrs. Duane Autzen (Beverly
Wagstaff). She has begun a three-month in-
tensive training course for membership.
David Karl Stone was married to Peggy
Barker in New York, on February 14, 1952.
Their address is now 159 E. 56th St., New York
City.
The Silver Star to the Combat Infantryman
Badge was recently awarded to First Lt. Rob-
ert C. Sabin. The star signifies the second time
that Lt. Sabin has received the award, given
only to front line fighting men. He received
the award the first time during World War II
and was also awarded the Bronze Star and
the Purple Heart. At present he is serving as
a platoon leader in Company C, 31st Infantry
Regiment.
Weldon R. Sloan was recently appointed
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1948
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Carroll, Jr. are the par-
ents of a son, Steven Scott, born April 9 at
Emanuel hospital in Portland. He is their sec-
ond child.
Bob Daggett is again working for the Pa-
cific Northwest Company after his release from
the Air Force. His new address is 1309 N.E.
21st., Portland.
Mrs. John M. Bosch (Nancy Baker) was
recently named as a member of the 1952 pro-
visional class of the Junior League of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. Eugene Smith (Berly Inez
Howard) announce the birth of a son, Michael
Eugene, born April 1.
Dick Wilkins returns to professional foot-
ball next fall for the Dallas Texans (formerly
the New York Yankees). He last played foot-
ball for the Los Angeles Dons of the Ail-Ameri-
can League but then quit to coach at North
Bend high school and then later entered the
lumber business.
A son was born on April 2.1st to Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas H. Hazzard, Jr. (Barbara
Jean Eagleson '48). His name is Donald Mer-
rill.
1949
Miss Diane Rae Barnhart was married on
June 28 to Richard Patrick Carroll in St.
Mary's Catholic church in Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. Deane B. Gwilliam are the
parents of a son, Loren P., born June 14, in
Portland.
A daughter, Sherry L., was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Richard D. Shelton of Oswego on June
12.
Nancy Helen Peterson and Kendall Errol
Marin Nash were married Saturday, April 19,
1952, in the Central Presbyterian Church, Port-
land, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are now at
home at 357 Palm Avenue, Oakland, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey Fendall (Barbara
Buddenhagen '50) are now back in Portland
at 7700 S. W. Brentwood.
1950
Marie Lombard was married April 20th to
Thomas Williams, a Portland attorney.
Mr. and Mrs. William Monroe (Harriet
Vannatta '50) are the parents of a girl, De-
borah Lynn Monroe, born on March 26.
Helen Gatewood was married to Robert
Wayne Smith on June 21 at Westminster Pres-
byterian church in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weeks, Jr. (Leona
Kohler '52) were married June 16, at the St.
Mary's Episcopal Chapel in Eugene. For the
summer they will be stationed as lookouts in
Mt. Hood National Forest and in the fall will
return to Portland where Mr. Weeks is a stu-
dent at the University of Oregon Medical
Schaol.
Mr. and Mrs. William Harbert Beaman
(Marjorie Beckett '48) were married June 7,
in the First Congregational Church of Eugene.
After a trip to the Wallowa Mountains, the
Beamans will be at home in Albany where Mr.
Beaman is an accountant.
Mr. Ross Elliott Lanser was married on
June 20th, to Virginia Van Deventer at the Uni-
tarian Church at Berkeley, California.
August 1952
Second Lt. Frank R. Rayburn is now in
training in Hokkaido, Japan with the 1st Cav-
a'ry Division. He was formerly stationed at
Camp Roberts, Calif.
Mrs. W. B. Lake, Jr. (Janet Morrison)
and Mrs. John Roderick Woodworth
(Carol Becker) have recently been named to
the 1952 provisional class for the Junior League
of Portland. They have now entered a three-
month intensive introductory training course
for membership.
Philip L. Jackson received his Master's de-
gree from the University of Michigan this June.
He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha and Delta Phi
Alpha.
Garth F. Steltenpohl was married to Dore-
tha Mae Waters on May 31 at St. Patrick's
church in Lakeview.
1951
Bertha Marie DeLany was married June
1 to Marion H. DeRoss at River Road Baptist
Chapel in Eugene. For a wedding trip the
couple went to Portland for the Rose Festival
and the Ice Follies. They are now at home at
1069 Fourth Ave., Eugene.
Mr. William A. Mansfield was married to
Miss Julia A. Christiansen on June 24, at the
Community Presbyterian church of Redmond.
Mr. Mansfield is in his last year of law school
at the University. The couple will be at home at
1128 Alder St., Eugene, Oregon.
Mr. Joseph A. Labadie was married to
Mary Elizabeth Charlton on June 21 at St.
Thomas More church of Portland. Mr. and Mrs.
Labadie will be at home in Portland following
a trip to British Columbia.
Sue Dimm and Frances Barta sailed this
summer from New York on the Queen Eliza-
beth for a summer tour of Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Anderson (Char-
lotte Anne Gerow '49) are the parents of a
son, Douglas William, born April 25, in Port-
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stephen Bartle
4Marjorie L. Thomason '49) were married
at the Waverly Heights Congregational church
in Portland on June 2. They are now at home
in Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Richards (Roberta
Tussing '51) announced the arrival of a son,
Jeff Bryan, on March 23rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Menashe (Toinette
Hope Rosenberg '51) were married in June
at the Ahavai Sholom synagogue in Portland.
Duane Hunsaker has opened the Wenat-
chee Accordion Center in his home at 730
Yakima street, Wenatchee, Washington. He has
been teaching accordion for six years and is a
member of the Accordion Association of Amer-
ica and hopes to organize an accordion band.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Neuenfeldt
(Janet Lucile Danielson '52) were married
Sunday, May 18 in the Central Presbyterian
Church of Eugene and are now at home in
Courtenay, N. D., where Mr. Neuenfeldt will
serve as summer pastor for the Presbyterian
church. In the fall they will go to McCormick
Seminary in Chicago, 111. where Mr. Neuen-
feldt will continue his studies.
Lynn J. Callahan has just received his com-
mission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. He was a draftsman for
his father, a Salem architect, before entering
the Army a year ago.
Marvin Witt of Portland has been an-
nounced as the winner of the 1952 $1000 Ion
Lewis Traveling fellowship for study in Europe
on Methods used in designing structures for
housing juvenile delinquents. Since his gradua-
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tion from here last spring, Mr. Witt has been
with the architectural firm of Lawrence, Tucker
and Wallman of Portland.
Joseph C. Mitchell was married June 14, to
Patricia Inglesby at St. Andrew's church in
Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell will be at
home at Fort Lewis, Wash, after a trip to Cali-
fornia.
1952
John C. Kienzle was married at the Com-
munity church in Enterprise, Oregon on June
11, to Marian Ruth Templeton. The couple
made their wedding trip to Boulder, Colorado,
where they both will attend summer school. In
the fall they will be at home in Mapleton where
they will teach.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Boyd (Karla
Van Loan '52) were married June 28 at St.
Michael and All Angels Episcopal church of
Portland. After a trip to Mt. Hood, Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd will be at home in Eugene.
John Robert Kerns was married on June
21 to Patricia Johnson at St. Stephens Episco-
pal church at Baker, Oregon. Mr. Kerns will
soon begin flight training at the Mauldin, Mis-
souri, air base.
Mr. and Mrs. James William Young
(Beverly Corinne Ostrum '52) were married
June 21 in St. Michael and All Angels church
in Portland. After a trip to the Oregon coast,
they will be at home in Portland.
Miss Rosemary Beatty was married to Mr.
Bruce Lassen June 11, in the Eugene Bethesda
Lutheran Church and the couple then went on
a wedding trip to the Oregon coast. They will
be in Eugene this summer until Mr. Lassen re-
ports for active duty with the U.S. Army Engi-
neers in September.
Miss Donna Anderson left right after
graduation for Washington, D. C. with Miss
Bettie Jane Owen and Miss Victoria Perez.
After reaching Washington, Miss Anderson and
Miss Perez will fly to Guatemala City where
Miss Anderson will be a guest in the Perez
home. In the fall she will teach music in Myrtle
Point schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ford (Fritzi Al-
exis Beltz '52) were married June 21, at St.
Mary's Catholic church in Eugene. The Fords
are now at home in Seattle.
Jean Marie Lovell was married to James
Bartlett Dobson June 16, in St. Mary's Episco-
pal chapel in Eugene. The couple went on a
wedding trip to the coast and are now at home
in Eugene. Mr. Dobson is a third year archi-
tecture student at the University.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Jones (Barbara
Bates) were married in Salem May 31, at the
First Presbyterian church. They will soon be
at home in Portland.
1953
Miss Joan Zener was married July 3, to
John Alexander Vanatta at Valley Community
United Presbyterian church of Portland. After
a trip to Mt. Hood, the Vanattas will be at
home in Portland until Mr. Vanatta goes into
the service.
Cpl. John H. Schaefer was married in June
to Misb Patricia Glower in the First Baptist
Church of St. Petersburg, Florida. Cpl. Schae-
fer is stationed at the U. S. Air Force base in
St. Petersburg.
1954
Sgt. Hobart A. Marvin was a member of a
special 3rd Infantry Division Honor Guard
which recently participated in ceremonies hon-
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oring Generals Matthew B. Ridgway and Mark
W. Clark in Korea. He has been in Korea since
Dm-niber, 1951.
Mary Lo Paddack, who visited Hawaii for
ten days, has decided to make Honolulu her
home for a while. She has wound up her affairs
in Portland and has taken a position there.
Necroloj
1896
Dr. John H. Lewis, who died May 12, was
the first person to receive a diploma from the
University of Oregon's dental school in Port-
land. He had attended the university here for
two years and then graduated from the dental
school in 1901?the first member of the first
1913
Mr. Charles C. Bechtold died suddenly
at his home in Portland on Friday May 23. At
the time of his death he was president and
general manager of the National Hospital as-
sociation and a sponsor of the Boys and Girls
Aid society.
He was admitted to the state bar in 1913
and has been a pioneer in the field of prepaid
medical and hospital care.
1916
W. Robert McMurray, vice president of
Commonwealth, Inc. died June 18, while on a
business trip in Rawlins, Wyoming. He was an
executive of Commonwealth since 1929 and
prior to that was secretary of the City Mortgage
company. He was also regional vice president
of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Amer-
ica, past president of the Portland Executives
club and a member of the University club.
1920
Andrew Fish, emeritus professor of history
of the University of Oregon, died recently. He
had been a member of the University faculty
for 30 years.
Born in Newcastle, England, on October 16,
1879, he came to the United States as a young
man. He received his baccalaureate degree from
Oregon in 1920 and the following year earned
his master's degree at Oregon. His doctor of
philosophy degree was granted by Clark Uni-
versity in 1923.
At Oregon Dr. Fish taught in both the Eng-
lish and history departments. He was a member
of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Historical
association. Dr. Fish was also the author of
several historical articles.
After retiring from the University faculty,
he taught at the University of Washington and
the University of Utah.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy
G. Fish, who resides in Claremont, Calif.
Miss Lexie Strachan, who received her
bachelor's degree in education from the Uni-
versity and her master's degree in psychology
from Stanford, died early in July in Kansas
City where she had been psychologist for the
Kansas City public schools since 1921.
1952
Howard William Smith was killed in an
automobile accident on the Mulino-Colton road
near Oregon City on June 20. The accident oc-
curred just one week after his graduation.
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