,**? February-March M954 m m Activity Rustles in trie Art Museum Miles Apart yet Heart-to-Heart When you're far away from someone, there's nothing like a telephone call to bring you near. The sound of a warm, familiar voice and the eager exchange of personal news is almost as satisfying as an actual visit. Near or far, wherever they are, friends appreciate your calling. Long Distance calls cost little ?especially after six every evening and all day Sunday. Then you can talk from Cleveland to Pittsburgh for as little as 45^; Chicago to Omaha for only 85^; New York to Los Angeles for only 52. (These are the 3-minute, station- to-station rates and do not include fed- eral excise tax.) Somewhere today there is someone who would like to hear your voice. YOU SAVE TIME WHIN YOU CAJX BY NUMBER When you're calling out-of-town, it will speed your call if you can give the operator the num- ber vou want. It's easier, too. To and From /"\NE of the benefits of a University cam- ^^ pus not often thought about is that it provides '"open spaces" to walk about in or just to look about. A small benefit, to be sure, but nevertheless important. As stu- dents and faculty hurry to and fro in these campus expanses we can surmise from the intent faces, the hurrying bodies that fre- quently they are silently cursing the dis- tances separating them from their goals? be it the PE class up University street hill <>r the library four long blocks away from Carson. When it is raining (as we must admit it usually is I, the space becomes even more an enemy. The pace of the "between-class" rush quickens and energetic but incautious Webfonts run and jump puddles in an ef- fort to make speed and agility do as rain- coat and overshoes. At such a time we might accept as a good proposal jamming the whole University into one great build- ing where travel from class to class and place to place would be in dry, warm cor- ridors and elevators. At other times the proposal wouldn't win as much approval. On a warm spring day, for example, with billowing clouds and bright sunshine and a touch of green on the trees we have a better appreciation of the open space. A similar time, though less overtly appreciated, is when the cam- pus is diffused in fog or mist. Then even the least perceptive sophomore must be- come aware of its spaciousness. The fa- miliar buildings have been separated from their surrounding trees and walks. Their bulk looms, and the walk from Common- wealth square to the library is in a strange land of almost abstract rectangular masses which seem miles away. OUCH a time is represented on this month's cover of OLD OREGON. It is a lonely scene, as is any in which man is aware of the spaciousness of his surround- ings. But it is a satisfying scene, too, in that into the loneliness is intruded the feeling of the University and the works of man which include both the filling of spaces and the emptying of them. It is possible that we are talking about too much more than the feeling one expe- riences in most any park which is large enough to make man feel small. On the other hand, it seems subtly, yet substan- tially different. The campus is much more than a park (especially a park of the naturalistic kind) which often is a kind of a denial or de-emphasis of the work of man. The campus asserts the works of man at the same time that it reminds man of his smallnes*. It provides perspective that is lacking when we don't have space enough. Somehow, this very physical aspect of the campus demonstrates the more intellec- tual and abstract idea of the University. Next time you get back, take a look at the open spaces and check up on us.?P.J.D. PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY OF OREGON February-March 1954 No. 4 Vol. XXXV COVER: Fog, mist and what other folk call bad weather only brings a peach-blossom complexion to the cheeks of University of Oregon coeds. For this month's cover, Photographer Art French has caught a typical early-morning mid-winter campus ^^?B scene when the grounds are bathed in "Oregon mist" and bare branches of the trees are sharply etched while buildings and figures become indis- tinct. For additional comment, see "To and From" This Issue: Open Doors at the Art Museum There's a new policy at Murray Warner?by Albert R. Karr . . Page 2 Friends of the Library "Sleuths" are finding idle books?by Carl H. Hintz, Librarian Page 6 New York Alumni Greet Dr. Wilson by Evelyn Johnson '42 Page 7 Combining the Cap with a College Degree Training program for nurses?by Gretchen Grondahl '52 . . Page 8 "The Cisco Kid" The adventures of Rex Applegate '39 Page 10 Lumberman Makes B.L.M. Survey Floyd Hart named by McKay?by Evelyn Hill Ousterhout'51 . Page 11 Report from India Observations of the Far East by Dr. Hugh B. Wood .... Page 18 Departments: Athletics Page 12 The Campus Page 13 The Faculty Page 15 The Alumni Page 16 The Classes Page 20 Necrology Page 27 Editorial Staff PAUL J. DEUTSCHMANN '40 ALYCE ROGERS SHEETZ '40 Editor Associate Editor DON TACHERON '55-Sports Editor Executive Committee Oregon Alumni Association GEORGE H.COREY'38 RAY E. VESTER'21 President Vice President LESTER E. ANDERSON '43 HERBERT N. NILL '52 Director Assistant Director WILLIS C. WARREN '30 CHARLES R. HOLLOWAY, JR. '35 Treasurer Past President Members at Large RANDALL S. JONES '24 ORVAL N. THOMPSON '35 WILLIAM HARROW '40 MORRIS H. ROTENBERG '35 JAMES W. HUBBARD '38 HOWARD A. PAGE '31 DEAN GORDON A. SABINE (Faculty) Published bi-monthly (February, April, June, August, October, December) by the University of Oregon Alumni Association, member of the American Alumni Council. Editorial Offices: 110 Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene. Printed at the University of Oregon Press. Subscription price $4.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Eugene, Oregon under act of March 3, 1879. Advertising representative American Alumni Magazines, 100 Washington Square, N., New York. Feb.-Mar.1954 Open Doors at Old Oregon There's been a change activity rustles behind the winJowkss walls of the almost- deserted, sometimes overlooked, art museum /"OREGON'S Oriental art museum has been fitted into a new administrative pattern designed to spotlight the Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art housed in the museum. Donated to the University in 1921 by Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner as a memorial to her husband, Maj. Murray Warner, the collection was moved into the museum when that building was erected in 1933. Since that time the collection has re- flected the deep interest in the life of the peoples of the Far East felt by Major and Mrs. Warner. Now, with the administrative change, it is being further promoted on campus. Paul S. Dull, associate professor of po- litical science and history, took over as director in September, and Wallace S. Bal- dinger, associate professor of art, became curator. However, Dull regretfully sub- mitted his resignation in December be- cause his teaching load was too great to allow him to continue as director. Baldinger has assumed responsibility for the director's duties for the present time. (Both men spent the 1952-53 school year in Japan, on their most recent trips to the Far East.) Assisted by a museum staff of four?a secretary, library assistant, and two cus- todians?Baldinger is carrying out a pro- gram along the lines of the original feel- ing behind the gift to the University. That is promoting good will between peoples of the Orient and the United States, through arousing popular interest and understand- ing, on campus, for Oriental art. The collec- tion is also utilized by the Far Eastern studies program. During the present school term the mu- seum is honoring the return of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in 1854 to open up trade relations and establish diplomatic contact. Theme of the centennial celebra- tion is how Japanese art reflects a change in thinking from the time before Perry's expedition to that following it. On exhibition are Japanese color prints, made after Perry's expedition, and reflect- ing the impact of the West on Japan. They are called the Nagasaki prints, named after their place of origin. Also on display are the tools used to make this kind of print, and four costly sculptures of Buddhist gods. It is the plan of the museum staff, accord- ing to Baldinger, to put on a program of this type every year. This year Jiro Harada, staff member of the National Museum, Ueno Park, Tokyo, is being featured at the celebration. T TOURS of the museum this year reflect ?*? ?*? the extension of the pattern of art for the University family in general. The mu- seum is open from 1 to 5 p.m. seven days a week, and from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Previously it had only been open from 2 to 4 p.m. Photographs may now be taken in the museum; previously they could not. The museum, the only windowless build- ing on campus (to prevent sunlight from damaging delicate works), was officially opened on alumni day, June 10, 1933. Its architect was Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of the school of architecture and allied arts from the school's founding in 1914 until his death in 1946. Lawrence had hoped that the museum would become a museum of fine arts and eventually the nucleus of the architecture and art school, which would be constructed around it. The structure was established as a me- morial to Prince Lucien Campbell, presi- dent of the University from 1902 until his death in 1925. President Campbell had done much to initiate the program for building the museum, and his work was carried on by his successor, Arnold Ben- nett Hall, and by Mrs. George T. Ger- linger, regent, who headed the drive for funds. the Art Museum by Albert R. Karr '54 Feb.-Mar. 1954 These dolls represent General Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his generals, who ended the Japanese civil wars and united the country under a central government in the 16th century. They honor the boys of Japan on boys' day. The mounted figure, top center, is General Hideyoshi, The Warner collection itself is older than the museum. Mrs. Warner donated the col- lection in 1921, and furnished additional articles obtained on five trips to the Orient from 1921 to 1929. She became the director of the museum, serving in that capacity until her death in 1951. Museum librarian from 1929 until November, 1953, was Mrs. Mabel K. Gar- ner, who carried much of the load during Mrs. Warner's time, and all of it after Mrs? Warner's death. The collection, begun when Mrs. Warner and her husband were living in Shanghai, contains an estimated 3,500 articles. They range from Japanese Netsuke, which are tiny figures worn on the person, to impos- ing-looking throne chairs, made of black- wood with cloisonne panels, from the palace of Chinese Emperor Ch'ien Lung. The collection is mostly Japanese and Chinese, but it also includes art pieces from Cambodia, in Indo-China, Korea, Tibet and Mongolia. Many articles are protected from even the inside light by screens. These articles in- clude Manchu coats, two Japanese palan- quins?carriers which held a man or wom- an and which were carried by servants, and two wedding chests, inlaid with Mother of Pearl, from Korea. The Japanese color prints on display represent a small fraction of the total num- ber in the collection, about 2,000. Most of them are stored, as are hundreds of sculp- tures and other articles. With not enough room to display all of the 3,500 parts of the collection, Baldinger says the museum staff hopes to have a freight elevator installed, possibly in a new wing of the building, so that a "home" for all the articles may be set up in the base- ment. This will be used when the articles are stored. Also, it will release for display purposes the many small storage rooms throughout the two main floors, now con- taining the stored articles. It's a rich collection of art that the mu- seum contains. Baldinger and his staff are working to make as much of it as pos- sible easily accessible to students and fac- ulty at Oregon, in the spirit of Mrs. War- ner's gift to the University. Old Oregon This model shows the dress worn by Japanese women in the 18th century. Museum Curator Wallace S. Baldinger shows studentsthe throne chair which belonged to Chinese Emperor Ch'ien Lung (1736-96). The emperor had a throne chair in every room in the palace that he might enter. Boys' Day is held in Japan on the fifth day of the fifth month. Boys in the family are honored with dolls such as this one representing Shogun Mina- moto Mitsunaka (946-986) which symbolizes the traits most honored in a Japanese man or represents heroes who had them. Loyalty, sense of duty, strength and courage are the qualities. Original sandstone heads of gods of Cam- bodia's Devaraja faith, a Buddhist and Hindu cult, hold interest of student Coed looks at "Ferry at Rokugo," a Japanese color print in the Perry centennial display Many "sleuths" are finding idle books and idle money for welfare of the library Friend$ of the Library by Carl H. Hintz, librarian E of the interesting movements of the last 25 years in connection with American libraries has been the growth of "Friends of the Library" groups. Inasmuch as the Association of Patrons and Friends of the University of Oregon Library is a part of this development it may be of some interest to sketch in the broad out- lines of the movement as a preliminary to describing our local group. Like many other library related activi- ties the movement originated in Europe where one of the earliest groups was es- tablished in 1913 in connection with the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. The earliest recorded Friends of the Library group in the United States was founded in 1925 at Harvard University and Yale soon adopted a similar plan. The idea spread rapidly and now extends to all types of libraries and to all sections of the United States. In general, the purposes of the college and university groups of Friends are to "constitute a body of sleuths to discover idle books in private libraries of the com- munity; duplicate copies which have been read by the owner and can easily be spared; large numbers of books in special fields collected perhaps by one member of a family (in which the other heirs are not equally interested) and libraries upon which the owners are paying substantial taxes each year, amounts which could be saved if the books were given to the library. Once located, plans are made to interest the owners of such idle books." Statements from other sources refer to the stimulation of alumni and friends to aid the library through gifts of money, and to extend and develop friendly attitudes which accompany donations and endowments to perpetuate gifts. A LTHOUGH the government and or- -^*- ganization of Friends of the Library groups show a variety of forms informality appears to be a common characteristic. The methods utilized for financing gifts and activities also vary considerably. Some groups have membership fees of different classes; others make any sized check a membership requirement. The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, are asked to con- tribute ten dollars (or more) a year while the Friends of the Library of the University of Portland may choose from among the following types of membership: contribut- ing at three dollars a year, regular at ten dollars a year, sustaining at fifteen dollars a year, or life at one hundred dollars. Des- ignation as a patron is awarded upon pay- ment of one thousand dollars. The Association of Patrons and Friends of the University of Oregon Library was officially founded on May 1, 1940 when, at a dinner meeting, a constitution was adopted and a Board of twenty directors elected. According to a broadside printed by John Henry Nash in 1940 the Associa- tion "is an informal society of booklovers who are interested in promoting the wel- fare of the Library, especially by helping to secure additions to its resources... It is proposed that in addition to paying the expenses of the Association and purchasing books, we bring to the attention of the public some of the resources of the Library, its facilities for safely housing and wisely administering library materials, report out- standing gifts and acquisitions, and bring literary men and women of distinction to address the members." r I^HE Association has always conducted -*? its affairs on a somewhat informal basis. The Board of Directors, now consist- ing of thirty members, is elected at the annual membership meeting held in the early part of May as a part of Library Day. In general, there is a strong tendency to reelect directors for successive terms. The Board selects its own officers consisting of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. The University Librarian cus- tomarily serves as secretary and the Uni- versity Business Manager as Treasurer. These four officers and one director con- stitute the five member executive commit- tee. The annual dues of one dollar have not been increased since the Association was first formed in spite of mounting costs. The membership has shown a considerable fluc- tuation in size ranging from a low of 38 paid members to a high of 287. As of De- cember 1953 there were about 150 dues paying members. The Call Number, pub- lished by the University of Oregon Library Staff Association, containing material about the Library and related subjects, is sent to all members of record. The present pattern of activities consists of providing prizes totaling fifty dollars in eacK of two of the three categories in the annual student personal library contest, co-sponsoring with the University Library a series of weekly book-related lectures during the winter and spring terms in the Browsing Room, and an annual dinner meeting with an address on a pertinent topic by a prominent speaker. Several lines for further development are still open for exploration, however. Basic- ally, it is most desirable that the size of the membership be increased, particularly among the alumni of the University, on at least two counts?greater financial support and a broadened base of interest in the primary reason for the Association's ex- istence; namely, promotion of the welfare of the University Library. A specific example of the way in which members throughout the state can serve is by scouting for materials dealing with the history and life of Oregon looking toward securing them for the University Library. Another area for development is that of sponsoring the publication, either of a journal or of a series of occasional papers, devoted to books and book related subjects and to serve as a medium of communica- tion among the members of the Association. The Association of Patrons and Friends of the University of Oregon Library has proved its merit during the eleven years of its existence. As it goes into its second decade we may look forward with confi- dence to continued proof of its value. Old Oregon New York Alumni Greet Dr. Wilson Luminaries at the New York Oregon alumni dinner included, from left, Dean Victor P. Morris, Owen Calloway, Dr. 0. Meredith Wilson, Kenneth Youel and Dr. Claude Robinson. by Evelyn Johnson '42 "EXTENDING the first official alumni "^ greetings to Dr. 0. Meredith Wilson as forthcoming president of the University of Oregon, and to Mrs. Wilson, the Oregon Club of New York came out in a large gathering in New York City on December 3rd at the Barbizon Hotel. As Dr. Wilson has been working in New York City with the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education, he had only a few blocks to go to meet a whole room full of Oregonians, before moving to the \\evt Coast this spring. Acting President of the University Dean Victor P. Morris was present at the dinner- meeting and expressed the university's buoyant confidence and expectation for the future in the choice of Dr. Wilson as its head. In a few brief remarks, Dr. Wilson told alumni present he is looking forward to "be* oming one of you." A LSO highlighting the meeting was an ?^ ^ informal advertising talk by one of New York's prominent On-^onians. Dr. Claude Robinson, '23 student body presi- dent, and now a partner in the famed Gal- Iup-Robinson Research firm, and president of the Opinion Hcs?-arrh Corporation. Dr. Robinson, who says he represents a "group in revolt against stodgy, dull adver- tising," presented the readership ratings of a large group of national magazine ad- vertisements and discussed their relative merits in their bid for success. The meeting was presided over by Presi- dent Leon Culbertson. Leon Culbertson, left, president of the New York alumni association, chats after dinner with Dr. and Mrs. Wilson. Feb.-Mar. 1954 Between classes but Mary went into a small hospital for training straight out of high school, while Sally spent a bit more time and money and came out with a nursing diploma plus a bachelor of science degree from the Uni- versity of Oregon. In the nursing field, as in most others these days, a college degree is almost a prerequisite to advancement. To get to the really top administrative and teaching posts, graduate work is also advisable. If Mary de- cides, after working awhile, that she wants to obtain a college degree to help her ad- vance, it will take her from two and one-half to three years more to bring her to Sally's educational level. With her three-year hos- pital training, that means it will take Mary from five and one-half to six years to get what Sally got in her combined college and nursing program of four calendar years. r?^HE University of Oregon school of nursing, located on the medical school campus in Portland, thinks its collegiate program is the best way. It has tried them both, but discontinued its straight diploma (noncollegiate) program with the class which entered in 1950. There was too much difference between the girls who entered straight from high school and those who had five to six terms of college to make the program well correlated. How does this combination of college and nurse's training operate? The girl who wants to become a nurse enrolls at an accredited college for a five- term pre-nursing program. Many girls take six terms, wishing to finish out their sopho- more years on the college campus. Of the nursing students expected to re- by Gretchen Grondahl '52 Combiommnm wi itn a CALLY has just received her license as a registered nurse. So has Mary. Both passed the same state board examinations, and both are looking forward to successful careers in a field that is crying for trained workers. The much-publicized nursing shortage is no joke; the National Security Resources Board has estimated that a minimum of 404,500 registered nurses will be needed for civilian and military needs this year, and there are only about 350,000 now on active service. This is more nurses work- 8 ing than ever before, but demand is in- creasing faster than the supply. Obviously neither Sally or Mary is go- ing to have much trouble finding a job. But it's going to be much harder for Mary to get beyond the beginnings of the scale in the nursing profession. Not because she is less devoted to her work; not because she has personality problems or because, as the ads would have it, she doesn't use the right toothpaste. The difference goes back to their train- ing. Both have qualified as R.N.'s, it's true; ceive degrees in June, 1954, 32 took their pre-nursing work at the University in Eu- gene and 16 at Oregon State college. They'll be awarded their degrees by the college at which they took their pre- nursing. The pre-nursing curriculum is designed to build an educational background broad enough to include work in English, history, social studies, literature and other liberal arts subjects as well as work in the bio- logical and physical sciences. After five terms, the pre-nursing student Old Oregon may come to the Portland campus in March; or she may wait to enter with the October class. Her first two quarters in Portland, known as the pre-clinical terms, emphasize class- room instruction and orientation. Then she receives her first clinical ex- perience at Multnomah county hospital, a 310-bed institution which affords experi- ence for medical students, nursing students and those enrolled in other medical pro- grams. Here nurses learn about medical and surgical nursing, operating room technique, operation of the diet kitchen and obstetri- cal nursing. Rotating on medical and sur- gical floors of the hospital, student nurses help care for patients under the direction of doctors and graduate nurses. In the 13- week experience in the obstetrical depart- ment, the prospective nurse assists in the pre-natal clinic, cares for mothers and babies and helps teach mothers how to care for, feed and clothe their children. Next comes another 13 weeks of service at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem and training in the care of the mentally ill. When the new $6,000,000 teaching hospital, with 31 beds for psychiatric patients, is completed some students will get this train- ing in Portland. Returning to Portland, the student starts 13 weeks at Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children, also on the medical school campus, to learn about pediatrics. For six weeks, the student nurse receives clinical instruction in the care of patients with tuberculosis at the University State Tuberculosis hospital. Besides learning to care for the patients, the student helps them work out plans for rehabilitation. The other three weeks of the two years In surgery ree and nine months on the Portland campus are spent in the outpatient clinic, where more than 120,000 outpatient visits are recorded annually. These people come for treatment which does not require hospital- ization. There are three nurses' dormitories on the campus, and unmarried student nurses live in these. Contrary to some reports, married students are accepted for training; furthermore, they may marry at any point during their training, and even (Continued on page 19) In the nursery Feb.-Mar.1954 "Tke Cisco KiJ" Checking the action of one of his display revolvers in his Mexico City firm is Rex Applegate '39, sporting goods wholesaler, author, close-combat expert and onetime bodyguard of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. "O HOOTIN' arms" are an old story to Rex Applegate '39, direct descendant of Jesse Applegate, famed pioneer of Oregon Trail and California '49er days. His interest in firearms started at the early age of four and continued through his ROTC years at Oregon and on through World War II. Today, his firm in Mexico City is one of Mexico's leading suppliers of anything protective or athletic. Rex's excit- ing life is chronicled in an issue of his fra- ternity publication. The Magazine of Sigma Chi, by Jack Pearson. When the war clouds appeared, Rex ap- plied for and received active duty in the military police company of the famed Third Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash. A year later, his request for a regular Army commission was granted and he was trans- ferred to counter-intelligence in Washing- ton, D. C. Later, he was attached to the famous cloak and dagger outfit, the OSS, under "Wild Bill" Donovan. From there he went into commando operations in Europe. On his return to the United States, Rex was sent to Camp David, better known as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's summer retreat?Shangri La. He served as one of the personal bodyguards to the late presi- dent. Later he returned to active duty with the military intelligence where he remained until his retirement in 1946 due to a service- incurred disability. His military retirement was the begin- ning of a writing career. Recognized as an authority in the close-combat field, his 10 articles appeared in The Infantry Journal, The Cavalry Journal, American Rifleman and many others. T> EX'S book, "Kill or Get Killed," the manual on survival in close-combat, is still a best seller in its field. In the second edition, completely revised, many new chap- ters have been added. Widely acclaimed, "Kill or Get Killed" is being used as a basic text for combat training in the United States forces as well as many foreign armies and police services. A Spanish translation is be- ing prepared to answer the demand in Latin American countries. Unlike its predeces- sors, the book deals solely with the most effective methods of not coming out second best in close-up fighting, with or without weapons?not on parade-ground pomp and form or officer's club stratagems. Rex's disability necessitated a move to a warm, dry climate and after considerable looking around, he decided upon Mexico City and his first job was parts and service manager for the Nash Motor Co. After two years of this, he decided he would be happier if his first love?firearms ?played the major role in his vocational activities. This resulted in his being ap- pointed manufacturer's representative for a number of American arms firms. In 1948, he established a new company with the famous Sanborn family of Mexico City and expanded operations to include a wide variety of sporting goods. "We also added lines of law enforcement equip- ment," he revealed, "and sold bullet-proof vests (a fast-moving item), armored cars and other similar goods." His experience in guns of all types and his police background fitted him well for arms sales in the Latin- American republic. As a leader in the American colony in Mexico City, Rex plays host to large num- bers of prominent visitors from the States. For those who want to fish and hunt, he serves as guide and fellow-sportsman. For duck hunters, Rex has his own private wa- terfowl preserve, only a 45-minute drive from his office. Indians, not dogs, are used to retrieve downed birds. Rex's latest adventure is his interest in a firm which distributes Chris Craft boats in Mexico. He has a motor cruiser for his own use in Acapulco Bay waters. Covetous eyes constantly peer in the di- rection of the Applegate gun collection, handsdown the finest south of the Rio Grande. Rex frequently receives offers for the huge collection of World War II fire- arms. Other collectors gaze longingly at rack after rack of weapons of all sorts? blackjacks to mortars and machine guns. But Rex will have none of it, his prize col- lection is not for sale, at any price. Speaking of the rigors of Mexico City life, Rex confesses that after "struggling along with a bachelor establishment having only two maids, a cook and a houseboy," he decided to quit "roughing it" and get married. Last July 31, the former Miss Adele Allen became his bride in a ceremony which easily ranked as a key summer event in Mexico City. The Cisco Kid never had it so good! Old Oregon Lumberman Makes BX.M. Survey for Secretary McKay by Evelyn Nill Ousterhout '51 A modest but forceful individual in "*?*- Southern Oregon has spent the past 30 years doing his job in a style often referred to as "the American way." Soon after leav- ing the University in 1920, he started at the bottom in one of Medford's largest lum- ber concerns, and in six years became its president and manager. He is Floyd Hart '20, head of Timber Products company, who recently was named by the secretary of interior to a six- man survey team to study the Bureau of Land Management. His . intense, sincere study of the department is typical of Hart's approach to any job he tackles. The resulting report, turned in to Sec- retary Douglas McKay late in December, is expected to be made public shortly. The team spent over two months on this survey and traveled six times across the con- tinent. For six weeks they studied activities of the bureau in Washington, D.C., and then spent three weeks visiting field offices in the 11 western states before returning to the Capital to write the report. Others on the team were Phil MacBride, Seattle attorney and past regent of the University of Washington; former Utah Lt.- Gov. Paul Hunt; and three Interior De- partment officials, Robert Efteland, Robert Coote, and Theodore Taylor. T ONG and fruitful service in Jackson "?^ county's largest industry justified Hart's recent appointment. He was born in Quincy, III., moving to Medford in 1908 where he attended county schools before Floyd Hart going to the Harvard military school in Los Angeles and to the University of Oregon in 1916. Service as a second lieutenant with the aviation section of the signal corps inter- rupted his college studies but he returned to the campus after two years with the army. He married Leah Walther, a Uni- versity of Washington alumna, when he returned to Medford. Starting as an office worker at Timber Products in 1923, Hart worked through the ranks. He arrived at the top in 1929 to manage a manufacturing operation employ- ing 70 men and producing slightly over six million board feet a year. Today, under his direction, it has grown to employ over 300 workers and manufactures about 50 million board feet annually. His productive career has been motivat- ed by a belief that the community can reap the highest benefits from its manufacturers only when they provide maximum satis- factory employment and use its natural re- sources to bring the highest possible eco- nomic standards, both in the present and future. A lieutenant colonel in the air force dur- ing the second world war, Hart was award- ed the bronze star while executive officer of the 41st bomb group in action in the mid- Pacific. He is a member of the Oregon state board of forestry and has been active in numer- ous groups working to conserve and utilize western forests. They include the new for- est protection and conservation committee set up by the last state legislature to direct forest protection and research provided for by severance tax on all timber cut in Ore- gon. Hart finds relaxation on his 43-acre farm where he helps manage a small Hereford herd. He and Leah have three children. Charity '44 (now Mrs. James Keeble) ; Harriett (Mrs. Jack Bergstrom) ; and Floyd, Jr., a staff sergeant in the air force. They also have four grandchildren. Alumni Leaders Hold Annual Conference in Eudene More than 60 alumni leaders from all parts of Oregon gathered for the sixth an- nual Alumni Leader's conference in Eu- gene on January 30. The day-long meeting featured talks by members of the faculty and athletic staff, and alumni officers on topics covering vari- ous phases of University operations. A morning session presided over by Asso- ciation vice-president Ray E. Vester '21 brought to the rostrum Les Anderson '43, alumni secretary, who reviewed association activities of the past year; Dean Eldon L. Johnson of the liberal arts college who an- swered the question: "Why Liberal Arts?"; Charles R. Holloway, Jr. '35, alumni schol- arship committee head, for a report on scholarship activities; and Bill Bowerman '33, assistant athletic director, who summa- rized the progress of the grant-in-aid pro- gram. Feb.-Mar.1954 The luncheon speaker was Dr. John R. Richards, vice-chancellor and secretary to the State Board of higher education. His topic was, "The Place of a State Univer- sity." President George H. Corey '38 intro- duced the afternoon session leaders. Bill Berg '36, president of the Oregon Club of Eugene, heartily endorsed the University's present athletic policies in his talk, "The Alumni Look at Athletics." A panel of four student dormitory counselors presented an outline of the counseling program, followed by Dr. Ivan Niven, professor of mathemat- ics, who described some of the many re- search projects now being undertaken. To give the leaders a basic understanding of basketball fundamentals, Bill Borcher '41, basketball coach, presented a blackboard talk showing basic patterns and formations used by the Webfoot quintet. Acting Presi- dent Victor P. Morris '15 closed out the day's formal program with some concluding remarks. Leaders and their wives were entertained at a reception at the Town Club of the Eu- gene Hotel, and were guests at the Oregon- Oregon State basketball game in the eve- ning. Direct Mail Noted For the second year, the membership re- newal letter series used by the Alumni Association has received special mention by one of the nation's foremost publications on direct mail advertising. The letters were featured in an illustrated article which appeared in the January issue of The Reporter of Direct Mail Advertising. The "gadget-type" notices received two first place awards last year, one by the American Alumni Council and another by the Direct Mail Advertising Association. 11 Casaba Chatter THE STATISTICS TEN NORTHERN DIVISION GAMES by Don Tacheron \ That the State of Oregon will regain the Northern Division basketball title is any- body's safe guess. However, which of the state's t\v<> conference schools will wear the crown remains uncertain. Slightly past the season's mid-point. Ore- gon and Oregon State are all alone on top of the division. They are tied with seven wins and three losses each. Nearest con- tender is Idaho with four wins against six defeats. Oregon has dropped ND games to Idaho, Washington State, and Oregon State. Mean- while, the Beavers?recently nicknamed Halbrook State College?have lost two to Idaho, plus one humiliation before a capaci- ty crowd at McArthur Court. It was this second game in a home and home series between the rival schools which developed a warm controversy in the state's press. The staid Portland Oregonian men- tioned the contest in its editorial page. Comment ran from "public-be-damned bas- ketball" to "brilliant Webfoot coaching." The story, from this side: Coach Bill Borcher's Ducks were hum- bled in their first Corvallis meeting with the tall men. Oregon game totals were the lowest recorded so far this season, and the squad was further nettled while reading about their loss in terms of an OSC coach- ing triumph. In short, according to news- paper account?, the Ducks were forced to play basketball as denned by the OSC coaching bench. This did not please the Oregon squad or their coach. The wrong end of 52-41 score was especially grating. So they returned to the home floor de- termined to defeat strategy with strategy. The first quarter was "where the fans came in" on the previous night's feature. Gill's giants went into a tight zone defense, forc- ing Oregon sharpshooters to take chances with long shots. The plot changed abruptly early in the second quarter. While fans remained spell- bound, Webfoot Barney Holland held the ball on his knee. Estimates concerning the length of the impasse vary, but after several minutes the Beavers were forced from be- hind their tall "dam." From that period it was a contest with both teams driving at both ends of the court. In fart, competition grew so intense that one Oregon scon.'?perhaps the win- ning tally in a 42-40 final?-may be credited to towering Wade Halbrook. the 7' 3" OSC pivot man. Halbrook and two Oregon play- ers were after a rc-bound at Oregon's goal when the ball dropped through the hoop. Halbrook apparently scored for the Ducks, Whatever the final analysis by sports- writers, two points remain certain: Oregon won, and 8,300 fans enjoyed an athletic contest which was refreshingly different. Meanwhile, Oregon and Oregon State each have six games left which will decide the deadlock. Who has the strategic ad- vantage? Based on game itinerary, the Bea- vers have an edge; Halbrook and company have three home and three away, while Oregon has one at home and five on the road. Coach Borcher is counting on the ac- curacy of his top five to reduce this OSC advantage. Forward Ed Halberg rates be- tween fifth and ninth in the nation on an all-season field goal percentage: Jerry Ross is developing rapidly and is quick on re- bounds at the other forward; sophomore Max Anderson has scored 118 points in ND play at center. Rounding out the start- ing lineup is Ken Wegner, veteran guard. Oregonvs Idaho T.P. F.G. F.T. R. 81 30 21 46 Eugene 63 23 17 43 Oregon 53 20 13 40 Eugene vs Idaho 60 20 20 56 Oregon 75 29 17 32 Pullman vs Wash. State 73 27 19 32 Oregon 65 22 21 41 Pullman vs. Wash. State 56 20 16 34 Oregon 77 25 27 36 Eugene vs Washington 76 27 22 49 Oregon 64 22 20 62 Eugenevs Washington Oregon vs Ore. State Oregon vs Ore. State 48 41 52 42 40 16 12 18 14 14 16 17 16 14 12 46 18 33 35 22 Corvallis Eugene Oregon 66 26 14 42 Eugene vs Wash. State 51 18 15 37 Oregon 68 26 14 42 Eugene vs Wash. State 74 24 26 34 Total Season Record through February 6: Won 14?Lost 6 (Includes 11 non-conference games) Oregon's Ed Halberg (far right) uses teammate Max Anderson to outclimb Oregon State's giant Swede Halbrook (36) for a rebound as the two schools meet at McArthur Court. Beavers in the action are Tex Whiteman (20) and Jay Dean (rear, center). 12 Old Oregon Drama Reunion The University Theatre will complete five years of successful production in their new theatre this spring and to celebrate the occa- sion, the theatre has scheduled a "Grand Reunion" for members, old and new, who have been active in University dramatics. The event will be held Sunday, May 16, the last day of Junior Weekend. Attrac- tions will include the meeting again of former classmates; sightseeing tours through the new University Theatre in- cluding the television studio; and for the main feature, a presentation of scenes and songs from past and present plays, starring the original casts. As this is Mrs. Ottalie Seybolt's last year, she is anxious to meet old students and friends again before she retires. Letters explaining the plans in detail have been mailed to over 1,000 former drama students. Anyone interested who did not receive a letter is asked to write to the University Theatre, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Medical Scholarships Two outstanding pre-medical students at the university have been awarded the Ken- neth A. J. Mackenzie Memorial scholar- ships. They are Ronald Lowell of Klamath Falls and Christopher Williams of Med- ford. Lowell, a graduate of Klamath Union High School, entered the university in 1950 under a $500 Standard Oil of California leadership scholarship which has been re- newed each year. This fall, he was chosen as one of the Phi Beta Kappa "Senior Six." A 1949 graduate of Medford High School, Williams is a member of Eta Sigma and of Pi Delta Phi, French honorary. Ordinarily the scholarship goes to one student each year. Established in memory of the late Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie, former dean of the University's medical school, the scholarship is endowed through a bequest from the late Mrs. Mildred Anna Williams. The award is made during the student's last year of pre-medical study on the cam- pus. He receives $200 for that year and $200 for each (if the years he is in medical school, for a total of $1,000 if he continues to maintain high scholarship. Sophomore Named Dorothy Her, sophomore journalism ma- jor, has been named the Pendleton East Oregonian scholarship winner in the jour- nalism school. Art Scholarships Eighteen students in the school of archi- tecture and allied arts have been awarded Ellen M. Pennell scholarships for one term tuition and fees at the university. They are James M. Coleman and Gary L. Michael, both of Portland; Muriel Means Ames, Peter Cuthbert and Pat L. Slayter, all of Eugene; Kathleen Burgess, John Day; William Leabo, Milwaukie; Janet F. O'Neil, Coburg; Jane Slocum, Lebanon; Thomas E. Taylor, Roseburg; Helen D. May, Dayton; James C. Bowler, Hermosa Beach, Calif.; Charles E. Hawkes, Glen- dale, Calif.; Keith B. Keefer and Kenneth H. Keefer, both of Idaho Falls, Idaho; Nor- man Klehamer, Rochester, N. Y.; Bruce N. Thompson, Pasadena, Calif.; and Alfred A. Staples, Vancouver. B. C. The scholarships are endowed through a bequest from Mrs. Ellen M. Pennell, for many years a member of the University library staff. Dads Elect Officers Gordon E. Wilson of Portland was elected president of the University of Ore- gon Dads at their recent annual meeting on the campus at which Governor Paul Pat- terson was guest speaker. Elected to assist him were Hugh Biggs, Portland, vice president; and Horace Byler, Coos Bay, secretary. Named to the executive committee were John Trolinger, Harry Norquist and Milton Rice, all of Portland; Robert Holmes, As- toria; Manning Barber, Eugene; Rudy Mollner, Prineville; William N. Diel- schneider. The Dalles; Don Helliwell, Roseburg; and Dr. Vern Miller, Salem. Hayward, McArthur To Be Expanded The State Board of Higher Education will open bids in March on plans to add seats to Hayward Field and McArthur Court. The building committee has approved plans to add 4,700 seats to Hayward Field and between 900 and 2,400 seats to McArthur Court. Massive "house-moving" plans submitted by the architectural firm of Cooper and Rose for Hayward Field will lift a 300-foot- long grandstand 20 feet into the air to per- mit bleachers to be set in front of it. To seat 4,700 fans, the bleachers will extend over the east cinder track of Hayward Field and will be of the removable type so they can be taken out for track events. Some sections of the 28-year-old east grandstand will be reinforced so it will hold up under the lifting operation. The lower grandstand seats, damaged by 28 years of rain and wind, will be replaced. Two balconies will be added to the west side of McArthur court providing 200 ad- ditional seats. The balconies will be sus- pended from the roof by a steel truss ar- rangement on top of the present building. Exit towers outside the building will be provided in both balconies. Class of '54 Elects The class of 1954 elected permanent class officers recently, naming Paul Lasker as president and Jean Mauro, secretary. Both are of Portland. The two will act as liaison personnel between members of the class and the alumni office in future years. The Oregon Ducks toured movie studios while in California on their Christmas vacation junket and while they didn't do too well basketballwise, they appear happy with Miss Debbie Reynolds. Front row: Tom Stamper, manager; Barney Holland, Ken Wegner, Miss Reynolds, Bob Hawes, Howard Page and Bob Stout. Back row: Max Anderson, Jerry Ross, Ed Halberg, Gary McManus, Kent Dorwin, Bob Glaves and Ray Bell. Feb.-Mar.1954 13 iif anil Carbon (Chemicals (Corporation AMERICAN SYNTHarfNiUBBER INDUSTRY Union (Tarbiit f? Carbcn Corporation PkOJECT Awards that foretell your gain Chemicals from coal hydrogenation... ... acclaimed the 1953 Chemical Engineering Achievement! IN 1933 Carbide received the first Chemical Engineer- ing Achievement Award. This recognized the beginning of commercial production of much-needed chemicals from petroleum and natural gas?which proved to be the beginning of the American petrochemical industry. HISTORY REPEATS ? Now, just twenty years later, Carbide has received the 1953 Chemical Engineering Achievement Award for "the first successful produc- tion of chemicals from coal by a high pressure hydro- genation process." In minutes, coal becomes gases and liquids rich in needed chemicals ? "one of the major contributions in this century to the well-being of us all." Some of these chemicals are used in making plastics, synthetic rubber, pharmaceuticals, vitamins, and many other things. Others are completely new and hold great promise. FOURTH RECOGNITION ?Carbide is the first two- time individual recipient of this award. It also is the fourth time the people of Carbide have been recog- nized, for they shared in two previous group awards?in 1943 for synthetic rubber, and in 1946 for atomic energy. TRUE SIGNIFICANCE?As in all Chemical Engineer- ing Achievement Awards, coal hydrogenation was recog- nized not as the accomplishment of any one individual but as the result of the cooperative efforts of many. The people of Union Carbide appreciate the recog- nition of their achievement by the distinguished Com- mittee of Award, composed of senior chemical engi- neering educators. UNION CARBIDE AAD CARBOY CORPORATION 30 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK 17, N. Y. UCCs Trade-marked Products include SYNTHETIC ORGANIC ( HKMICALS EvEREADY Flashliehts and Barreries BAKELITE, VlNYLlTE, and KRtNL Plastics ELECTROMET Alloys and Merals HAYNF.S STELLITE Alloys PRESTONE Anti-Freeze PYROFAX Gas DYNEL Textile Fibers UNION Carbide PREST-O-LITE Acetylene LlNDE Oxygen NATIONAL Carbons ACHESON Electrodes 14 Old Oregon Appointments Made Two members have been added to the faculty of the school of journalism. They are Roy Adams, instructor in journalism, who will handle advertising classes, and Robert K. Tweedell. instructor in journal- ism. Adams, an ex-Eugene advertising agent, took his master's degree at the university in 19~3. He has had six years of experience in professional advertising including posi- tions of advertising manager for an Illinois daily and for the Grants Pass Courier. Tweedell. who received his bachelor's degree from the university in 1950, has been employed by the Denver Post since that time. He has been a reporter, night city editor, assistant Sunday editor and make-up editor on the Denver paper. Dr. Richard C. Bernhard has been named to the staff of the economics department. He will teach during the winter and spring term leaves of Edwin C. Robbins who is working toward his doctorate at the Univer- sity of California. A graduate of Reed College, Dr. Bern- hard holds a master of science degree from London School of Economics and a doctor- ate from Northwestern University. He has taught at the University of Illinois, North- western University. Wittenberg College, University of Utah, Nevada and Whittier College. From 1940 to 1943 he was associate economist in the Bureau of the Budget at Washington. He is the author of "Economics." a book to be published in March by D.C. Heath and Co. of Boston. Onthank Honored Karl W. Onthank, associate director of student affairs and director of the graduate placement service, was elected secretary of the Western College Placement and Re- cruitment Association at the group's annual meeting held last month in Berkeley, Calif. Onthank also recently was honored with a special plaque presented to him in com- memoration of his more than 40 years with the university's YMCA. Writes Prize Story "Estates and Trespasses," by James B. Hall, associate professor of English at the university, is one of 22 stories in "Prize Stories 1954," 34th volume of the 0. Henry Prize Stories. The book was published in January by Doubleday & Co.. New York. Hall's story originally appeared in "Epoch." Ex-Oregonian Honored Dr. Avard Fairbanks, dean of fine arts at the University of Utah and former pro- fessor of art at the University of Oregon, has been awarded the National Sculpture society's Herbert Adams medal of recogni- tion. The award was given for "distinguished service to American sculpture through in- spirational teaching of the fundamentals of beauty, craftsmanship and integrity." Dr. Fairbanks started his career as assist- ant professor of art at the University of Oregon in 1920. He has been closely iden- tified with the state, particularly with its program to keep alive the stories and his- tory of the Old Oregon Trail. He created the Old Oregon Trail medallion which has become the state's centennial emblem and the design of a postage stamp. Besides teaching at Oregon, University of Michigan and Utah, he is known as an industrial designer, having been affiliated with Hudson Motors and the Chrysler cor- poration as well as the Ford Motor Co. Travelers Return Dr. Quirinus Breen, his wife and son Quentin, are at home in Eugene after spending a year in Italy where Dr. Breen studied on a Fulbright scholarship. He is a professor of history at the university. Fred Cuthbert, professor of landscape ar- chitecture, has returned after a year's leave of absence spent under a Fulbright fellow- ship in New Zealand. Cuthbert did research in New Zealand and Australia on town planning and land- scape architecture and visited major ar- chitectural schools in Australia. Receives Doctorate Miss Jessie M. Smith, assistant professor of business administration, has completed her work for a doctor's degree in business education from Columbia university. She took her oral examinations at the university in New York after completing two and a half years of work at that school. She re- ceived her bachelor's degree from Oregon State College and her master's degree from the University of Oregon. Miss Smith teaches classes in accounting, teacher education and stenography at the university. Heads Theatre Group Horace W. Robinson, associate profes- sor of speech and director of the University Theatre, was elected president of the American Educational Theatre Association- at a meeting held in New York. Robinson has been on the university faculty for 21 years. Richard C. Williams '41, manager of the uni- versity's Erb Memorial Student Union, has announced his resignation, effective in August. Williams has worked steadily in the student activities field at the university since graduation except for war service with the U. S. Navy. He was a leader in raising funds for the building and has managed its affairs since before the opening in 1950. He is mar- ried to the former Marjorie Jane Kellogg '42. They have four sons and one daughter. Royalties Received Dean and Mrs. Sidney W. Little have re- ceived their second royalty check for their "The Four-Language Phrase Book," pub- lished in September by the David McKay Co. Dean Little, of the school of architecture and allied arts, and his wife conceived the idea for the book when they were in Italy two years ago. They compiled some 2,000 phrases in English, French, Spanish and Italian, to enable the traveler to convey his wants more easily. A small book, about the size of a passport, it sells for $1.50. They are planning a second book to in- clude German, Portuguese and Swedish phrases. Grant Received The University of Oregon medical school has received a $25,000 training grant award from the U. S. public health service for the department of ophthalmology. The grant, to be administered by Kenneth C. Swan, professor and head of the department, will run from July 1, 1954, to June 30, 1955. The award was made on the recommenda- tion of the advisory committee for neuro- logical diseases and blindness of the Na- tional Institutes of Health. Feb.-Mar. 1954 15 In Eugene for their 35th reunion was this six-man basketball team, champions in 1919. From left, Carter Brandon, Portland; T. I. "Nish" Chapman, Eugene; Francis Jacobberger, Portland; Dr. Ned Fowler, Astoria; and Dr. Ed Durno, Medford. 1919 Hoop Team Holds Reunion It was back in 1919 that an Oregon bas- ketball team won the Northern Division championship and went on to defeat the University of California in a playoff to bring the University its first Pacific Coast conference championship. Unlike the well- manned teams of today, this squad was composed of six men, five first stringers and a "spare." Those same six men returned to the campus on the week-end of January 23 to celebrate their 35th anniversary reunion and watch the 1954 Oregon quintet sweep a home series from the University of Wash- ington. This was strictly a "home-grown" team. All of the players graduated from Oregon high schools, and since graduation from the University, have made their homes in Oregon where they have led successful business and professional careers. On the night of the final game with Washington, the team was formally pre- sented to the 7,800 fans who jammed Mc- Arthur Court. Captain Ned Fowler, now a physician in Astoria, led his team on the floor. He was followed by Dr. Eddie Durno of Medford, also a physician; Herman Lind, an investment broker in Portland; T. I. "Nish" Chapman, co-owner of Koke- Chapman company of Eugene; Francis Jacobberger, a Portland architect; and Carter Brandon, staff manager of the Port- land chamber of commerce. Only person missing was their coach, Dean H. Walker of Independence who died in late December of last year. As a final tribute to their departed coach, the team, joined by the entire McArthur court crowd, stood for a moment's silence. All members of the quintet agreed that basketball had changed a lot in 35 years. Target of much criticism was the dominat- ing role which the referee's whistle plays in most modern-day contests. On the other hand, several admitted the game is much faster even to the point it could stand some slowing down by bringing back the center jump. Regardless of recent rule changes and the new styles of play, this team will be long remembered by University of Oregon followers as true champions. Even in 1919, the basketball still had to go through the hoop to score points, of which this team scored plenty. President To Speak At Portland Meeting Saturday, April 3 will be the date for the sixth annual Portland Alumni Institute, according to a recent announcement by R. Robert Smith '40, Portland association president. The annual program features talks by prominent faculty members on topics of current interest in an afternoon institute session. A banquet follows in the evening. The University's new president, Dr. 0. Meredith Wilson, will be this year's evening speaker. The occasion will mark his first public appearance in Portland. The institute chairman and faculty speak- ers will be announced at a later date, ac- cording to Smith. All alumni in the Portland area will receive complete program infor- mation by mail. Those from other cities who are interested in the program should watch for announcements in the Portland newspapers. Last year's program was staged under the chairmanship of Harold Cake '18 with Vivien Kellems '18, nationally known woman industrialist from Connecticut as the banquet speaker. The "Bells Will Toll!" Chimes Ordered For Student Union Oregon students soon will hear chimes pealing across the ivy-covered campus. A set of electronic bells will be installed on the Erb Memorial student union build- ing this spring, possibly in time to greet President O. Meredith Wilson when he ar- rives about March 15. The 25-bell set will cost $3,500 and funds for the purchase came from gifts of the classes of 1943 and 1953. However, $800 was lacking. At the Alumni Leader's conference held January 30 on the campus, Dean Sidney W. Little of the school of architecture and al- lied arts explained that $2700 had been col- lected but $800 more was needed. He re- quested the fifty-odd leaders to urge people in their areas to make contributions. They never did. Before the day was over, the alumni leaders themselves pledged a total of $850, more than enough to order the chimes. It was one of the most spontane- ous demonstrations of alumni support yet noted. The chimes, broadcast over four ampli- fiers, will be used between classes and for special events such as the graduation pro- cessional in June. Field Man Named Stewart F. McCollom '51 has been ap- pointed membership field representative for the Oregon Alumni Association. Purpose of the newly-created position is to contact alumni personally in order to obtain addi- tional memberships in the Association. McCollom is a graduate of the class of 1951. He obtained a master's degree from Boston university in 1952, and until recently was employed by the Oregon State Medical society. He will make his headquarters in Portland. 16 Old Oregon Scholarship Program Expansion plans for the University of Oregon Alumni Scholarship Program are being carried through under the direction of Charley R. Holloway. Jr. "35. Alumni Scholarship Chairman. Bob Thomas '35. Deschutes County direc- tor, has announced plans to initiate the sec- ond annual Community Scholarship cam- paign in Bend soon. It is hoped that suffi- cient funds will be raised to provide schol- arships for five Bend High School graduates this spring of $300 each. The four Bend award winners last year had grades well above the freshman class average at the end of fall term. Arthur N. Muller '34. Wasco County di- rector, is heading the Community Scholar- ship committee in The Dalles. That drive will begin soon with at least three tuition scholarships for worthy students from The Dalles as their goal. Other communities which plan to provide Community Scholarships are Eugene, Pen- dleton, Hillsboro, Hood River. Grants Pass, Albany, Astoria, Oregon City, and Klam- ath Falls. Plans are under way to have the committees organized and a community fund started for each of these cities before the end of 1954. Inter-Fraternity Board A seven-man Alumni Inter-Fraternity Advisory board has been appointed by the executive committee of the Alumni Associa- tion to act as a liaison body between the University's office of student affairs and the 21 campus Greek letter fraternities. The committee announced the appointments at its January 30 meeting. A. T. "Ted" Goodwin '47. Eugene attor- ney who served as chairman of the special alumni committee to study the deferred liv- ing plan last year, will also serve as chair- man of the new group. Others on the board include Lou Torge- son '42, William Robert '39. Paul Lans- downe '47, Kurt Olsen '49, Ray Hawk '47, and Milo Marlatt '33. All are presently serving in an advisory capacity to local chapters of national fraternities, and are residents of Eugene. One of the first topics of business for the new board will be to study the financial con- dition of campus fraternities, and recom- mend steps to aid those groups which show evidence of being in poor financial condi- tion. The University administration has al- ready indicated its willingness to permit freshmen residents of Eugene to live in the houses. Previously such students could live only at home or in a dormitory. It is also anticipated that some freshmen dormitory residents will be permitted to move into fraternities if they are members of organi- zations whose lack of men presents a serious financial problem. Alumni Secretaries Meet More than thirty professional alumni workers representing 22 institutions in the Pacific Northwest gathered in Eugene on February 1 and 2 for the annual district conference of the American Alumni Coun- cil. A number of group sessions featured panel discussions on fund-raising, alumni organization, magazine publishing, direct mail techniques and other phases of alumni association activity. One of the main speakers was Howard H. Over back '38, a partner in the Portland di- rect mail firm of Taylor and company, who dicussed the topic, "Making Direct Mail Work For You." He also led a two-hour direct mail clinic. Other speakers included Seward W. Marsh, alumni secretary of Bowdoin col- lege in Brunswick, Maine, who is president of the American Alumni Council, the na- tional association of alumni secretaries rep- resenting more than 600 colleges. He was accompanied by Ernest T. Stewart, Jr., ex- ecutive secretary of the Council which has its office headquarters in Washington, D. C. With the University of Oregon acting as host, Les Anderson '43 alumni director, and Herbert N. Nill '52, assistant, served as conference chairmen. James M. Lyle, Jr., University of Idaho, is chairman of the dis- trict serving this region. Officers Nominated Nomination for officers for the year 1954- 55 were made at the sixth annual Alumni Leader's conference in February. Ray E. Vaster '21 and Orval N. Thompson '35 were named as candidates for the offices of presi- dent and vice-president. Vester, who majored in economics as an undergraduate, has engaged in the banking business most of his life, serving financial institutions in Portland and in the state of Washington. Since 1941, he has been presi- dent of the Mutual Loan company in Port- land. He served as chairman for the Portland alumni institute in 1952, and was a member of the first special committee appointed that year to study the deferred living plan. For the past year he has been a member of the executive committee and vice-president of the Association. The vice-presidential candidate spent six years on the Oregon campus, obtaining his doctor of jurisprudence degree from the law school in 1937. Thompson also attended Northwestern university where he received his master of laws degree. He is also a mem- ber of Phi Delta Phi, legal fraternity, and Phi Beta Kappa. Except for a tour of duty as a naval officer in World War II, he has practiced law in Albany as a member of the firm of Weatherford and Thompson since 1939. Serving on the nominating committee were William Harrow '40, Morris H. Roten- berg '34, and Howard Page '31. In accordance with Article VIII, Section 2 of the Association constitution, "Addi- tional nominations may be made by any member of this Association who shall have submitted to the president a nominating petition signed by not less than ten mem- bers of this Association, said petition to be filed with the secretary not later than May 15 of each year." Election ballots will be mailed with the June issue of Old Oregon, with the new officers assuming their duties July 1. The camera caught various expressions at the Alumni Association's executive committee meeting January 30 in Eugene. Seated clockwise around the table are Victor P. Morris, acting university president; A. T. Goodwin, Ray Hawk, Dean Gordon Sabine, Morris H. Rotenberg, Mervin Vater, George H. Corey, alumni president; Les Anderson, director; Willis Warren, Ray E. Vester, Randall S. Jones, William Harrow and James W. Hubbard. Not shown but present were Charles R. Holloway and Herbert N. Nill, assistant alumni director. Dr. Morris, Goodwin, Hawk and Vater were guests at this particular session which discussed various phases of the "living in" program. Feb.-Mar.1954 17 Report irom India Dr. Hugh B. Wood, professor of educa- tion at the University of Oregon, is in the Far East on a Fulbright grant to participate in a special teacher education program in India. W ith him are his wife, Helen, and daughter, Pam. Folloiving are some inter- esting excerpts from his "W ood-O-Grams." R first view of Japan was startling. Beautiful, deep green mountains loomed up, then neatly laid-out farms and attractive villages (attractive from the air. at least). A sleek, streamlined, electric train rolled along. As we moved towards Tokyo, however, this beauty gave way to smog, devastation, industrialized areas, slums, and the usual filth of a large city. Customs were simple; baggage was not opened. Our taxi ride (so called) from the air- port to the Imperial Hotel where we stayed, was something! We took off like a jet plane, behind a maniac driver (all Tokyo taxi driv- ers are maniacs!) driving up a narrow street on the wrong side (left hand side, European style) at not less than 50 m.p.h. amidst (1) thousands of men, women, and children dashing hither and yon, appearing from nowhere, disappearing to the same place, and (2) literally thousands of bicy- cles, 3-wheeled truck-framed motorcycles, other taxis and cars, carts and other ve- hicles, horn blowing all the way. I'm sincere when I say that the street for the first three miles was no more than 18-20 feet wide be- tween buildings (no sidewalks) and there averaged no less than 1000 people per av- erage city block and 100 vehicles! As we approached the downtown area, streets widened and there were sidewalks, but traf- fic increased. I haven't figured the ratio yet, but neither have the taxi drivers! They are precision drivers, however, for although we passed thousands of persons and vehicles at 40-50 m.p.h. without a hair to spare, we didn't see a single accident. We heard it said that if a car had two coats of paint they could take off one coat without scratching the undercoat. We left Tokyo for Calcutta via Hong Kong, Bangkok and Rangoon. We immedi- ately fell in love with Hong Kong and soon learned we did not allow enough time for stop-overs at Hong Kong, Bangkok and Rangoon. Hong Kong is calm, beautiful, picturesque, quaint, and clean. Driving is sane; shopping provides some of the best bargains in the world. It is known as the city with the ladder streets. 18 TT WAS raining when we reached Bang- kok. Many a traveller is just making the discovery that there is no place on earth quite like Siam. This quaint and pleasant little kingdom is filled with mystic beauty and tradition, ancient bejewelled temples and palaces. Picturesque canals interlace the city and it is known by many as "Venice of the East." In Bangkok alone there are hundreds of temples with fantastic lacy spires and roofs of glittering tile. The temples are a combined place of worship, town-hall, recreation center, school, and refuge for the aged. Along the narrow streets the three-wheeled bicycle cabs have the right-of-way. The garb here was mostly western as it was in Hong Kong and Tokyo. The girls wore their hair bobbed, the ends curled in permanent waves. We understand that the garb in the villages is the "pan- ung", a sarong-like garment of cotton that drapes from waist to knees. To prospective travellers, Hong Kong and Bangkok are a must. We found Calcutta to be a very friendly city. On Sunday we were invited to the first of many teas and dinners given by both the Americans of the Consulate, and by Indians that we met. After the tea, we were invited to a children's party given every Sunday evening by an old bachelor who heads the American Export Lines. I spent most of my time visiting schools and colleges and conferring with educa- tional officials. Helen sometimes went along, sometimes window-shopped, sometimes had "tea." Once, I took Pam and Helen to a high school entertainment of some dancing, some recitations, and some music celebrating the coming of the rains. It was quite impressive. After the performance was over all of the girls practically mobbed Pam. All Indians have coal black hair and eyes; Pam's blue eyes and golden hair were too much for them. They pinched her cheeks until they were black and blue. Calcutta geographically is much like Portland. It is divided by the Hooghly River, a delta branch of the Ganges, and is crossed by a single bridge carrying 1,000,000 per- sons daily. The city covers an area approxi- mately ten miles long and six wide. How- ever, the population approximates 5,000,- 000. Half of Calcutta's millions live in low one-story hovels or shacks built adjacent to each other in long rows. Two or three fami- lies may live together in a single room 8' by 10'. There is no furniture, but part of the floor may be raised 18" to provide sleeping space. Most of these huts are open on the front side with only a sheet to pull across the opening at night. It is estimated that not less than half a million people live on the streets and side- walks of Calcutta. This means literally that they are conceived there, born there, raised there, and die there. At night they curl up on a gunny sack on the sidewalk, preferably under a portico extending across the side- walk, or an awning. A few of the more for- tunate drag rope beds out of hiding. In the winter months it may go down to 55 but they stick it out. For some reason, they avoid the parks, and residential areas, even in the summer time. They seem to prefer the busiest sections of town. One night we counted over 200 asleep in one block in front of the Metro Cinema, but there are thousands per block down in the banking district. The railroad station is always packed with them. Each person has "squat- ter's rights" to his spot and generally re- turns to it each night. Eventually we found ourselves walking over and around these people with no more concern than the na- tives. Calcutta, like other cities, has some cus- toms that to the foreigner seem quite strange. Perhaps the most unique to the American is the free range given to cattle and other livestock. Believing in reincarna- tion, the Hindu, of course, will not molest an animal or an insect. The cow is particu- larly sacred, but moreover these free-roam- ing cattle provide the chief source of milk. (There is one dairy in the city.) Therefore the cattle and goats roam through the city, sometimes with a herdsman, more often without. Some of the cows are "owned," others are common property to be milked on a "first come" basis. Bulls seem to belong to no one. Perhaps the most difficult thing for the uninitiated to believe will be the common- ness with which these critters are to be found down town in the busiest traffic on the street or sidewalk. They are always there. One evening we saw a herd of 50 just standing and lying in the busiest intersec- tion in Calcutta during the five-o'clock traf- fic. We have seen 20 streetcars lined up waiting for one cow to finish her nap on the tracks. Cars constantly have to meander around them. They lie down in the entrances to banks and stores, and people walk around them completely indifferent to their presence. The streets are kept reasonably clean because cow dung is prized by the poor as fuel. They collect it immediately and with their hands pat it into little waffle-like cakes which are stuck against the walls of their houses to dry. When dry, they burn the dung in "charcoal" burners to cook their meals and provide warmth in the winter time. Another bit of street life for which Cal- cutta is noted is professional begging. There are perhaps 1000-2000 who ply their trade on the busier streets and in front of tourist hotels. They are nearly always deformed in Old Oregon some way, many deliberately. Pity turns to disgust when one learns the truth about the.se people. They live in one section of the city and are trucked in daily to their re- spective working areas. We were warned not to give them anything or they would sound a signal and scores would descend upon us. Many Indians want them removed from the streets; the vast majority are in- different to them. At Delhi, we stayed with a Methodist missionary. Miss Ella L. Perry, who runs the Butler Memorial Girls' School, and has been in India for 20 years. This was like dropping in at home?a bit of America in India. The missionaries have nice modern living quarters and "know the ropes." We ate good American food. We found the same conditions at the other missions where we visited or stayed all night. Incidentally, we found these the most satisfactory places to stay when we could get in. They are always expecting guests and usually have room for them. Another thing; the several denomina- tions have "blocked off" various parts of India and do not compete with each other. For example, only the Catholics are here in Patua; they have some fine schools and an excellent hospital; they are wonderful people. The missionaries have made won- derful contributions to education and medi- cine in India. Student Nurses (Continued from page 9) maternity leaves are granted. A picturesque sight on the medical school campus is the white bib and apron and char- coal-gray uniform of the student nurse. For her first six months, she wears this uni- form without a cap; then she wears a plain cap for another six months. For the next year she proudly displays a gray-striped cap, and for the last nine-months her cap bears a black stripe. In addition to the bachelor's degree pro- gram, the school of nursing offers graduate study leading to advanced degrees in gen- eral nursing, public health nursing, and teaching and supervision. In Oregon, graduate nurses start at a salary of $245 a month. But for the col- lege graduate going up the ladder, there are positions in hospitals, the public health service, the armed services, in schools of nursing, industry, offices, schools and in private duty for salaries approaching the $20,000-a-year mark. Sally's glad she took her nursing train- ing through a collegiate program like that of the University of Oregon. Besides paving the way for a successful career, it's given her all the intangible advantages of a col- lege background. If she marries, she has had excellent preparation for homemaking, and has the satisfaction of knowing that her nursing training plus her college degree will give her a password to useful employ- ment whenever she needs it. KNOW YOUR OFFICERS M. H. Rotenberg Athletics is the main interest of Morris H. R A J Albert M. Epperly is in the furniture JL4J: manufacturing business in Albany. Earl F. Hughes and Lawrence Dinneen '15 are partners in an insurance business in the Failing building, Portland. As chief engineer for the S. P. & S. railroad, Carl Thomas located the missing diesel engine that toppled into the Deschutes river a few mile* south of Maupin in January. With the aid of an electronic device known as an "aqua meter," he located the wreckage. Lila S. Young is associated with her brother, Cord Sengstake, Jr. '18, in the real estate business in Portland. She is married to Frederick Young, 1914 ila^s secretary. Prentiss Brown is principal of the high school at Los Gatos, Calif. William A. Cass is principal of the high school at Elsinore, Calif. Mrs. Len Jordan (Grace Edging- ton) wife of Idaho's governor Len Jor- dan '23, recently completed a book recounting with courage and good humor the rugged pio- neer life she shared with her "sheepherder hus- band'" in the early days of their marriage. The book is entitled "Home Below Hell's Canyon," and will be published in March. Mrs. Grace Edgington Jordan '16 is author of "Home Below Hell's Canyon," to be pub- lished March 17 by Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Her first book to reach publication, it deals with the experiences of the Jordan family when they lived in Hell's Canyon. Mrs. Jor- dan is married to Len Jordan, '23, governor of Idaho. They reside in Boise. 'A & Ben Fleischman, a Portland attorney, Jl_ / was retired from the army reserve in October as a colonel. His military career began in 1914 when he enlisted as a private in the Eugene company, Oregon National Guard. He served during both world wars. Ray Glatt of Woodburn was recently elected president of the Association of Oregon Farm Mutuals. Mr. Glatt is also vice president of the Hop Growers' Fire Relief association. Gaining a reputation as "Mister Ski" is George Korn of Eugene. He alone is given the credit for the development of the Willamette Pass ski area, into one of the North- west's best. Carl Newbury writes: "I am still living in Walnut Creek, California, where my business is operator and owner of a yacht harbor. My three daughters are all married and we have two grandchildren. We have been doing consider- able traveling in recent years. Took a trip with the whole family to the Caribbean in 1950. In 1949, my wife and I took a South American trip lasting four months. Last year, had a 4M>- month freighter trip around the world via South Africa. Last spring we took an 8000-mile trailer trip around the United States. This Jan- uary we spent in Hawaii. In met my wife in Shanghai, China, in 1923. I lived there and in the Philippines about three years." Brogan, on the staff of the Bend Bulletin for 30 years, became associate editor recently. Mr. and Mrs. Owen M. Callaway (Aulis Anderson) were hosts at a buffet supper on Jan. 31 for Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, the Uni- versity's new president, and his wife. Many other Oregon alumni attended the party where color slides of the campus were shown, and '24 records from the album of Oregon Songs were played. Herbert J. Darby was elected to a three- year term on the National Envelope Manufac- turers association's executive committee at the annual convention of that group in Chicago re- cently. Recently elected as president of the Eugene Water and Electric Board, was L. W. Tromm- litz. He is manager of radio station KERG. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hollister (Flor- ene Hartman) recently stopped off in Portland enroute home to New York city after a trip to the Hawaiian islands. Henriette Montaignac is now living at Cannes, France, where her husband is a profes- sor at the University of Cannes. Victor S. Risley has opened his own insur- ance office in Portland in the Board of Trade building. Hollis Smith of Dallas, Oregon, was pre- sented an award by Governor Paul Patterson '23 at a recent banquet as that city's first citizen. Mr. Smith is mayor of Dallas. Lt. Col. Eugene V. Slattery recently received a certificate of admission to the Korean bar from the judge advocate of the ROK army. Kenneth R. Stephenson has been named assistant general sales manager of Armstrong Cork company, Lancaster. Pa. 7 Lee Luders Ebersole is secretary inthe Salem offices of Marsh, Marsh,and Dashney, McMinnville attorneys. The firm consists of Eugene E. Marsh '22, Francis E. Marsh '22, and Bill Dashney '31. Allen A. Bailey, former principal of Kamehameha school for boys in Hono- lulu, has been appointed assistant to the presi- dent of that institution. At present he is on a year's sabbatical leave on the mainland. Ken Rodgers is heading the K. E. Rodgers stores in Portland. Loren P. Scoville, vice president of Jeffer- son Chemical company in New York, has been named to a directorship in the American Insti- tute of Chemical Engineers. A new weekly column in the Register- Guard on hunting, fishing, camping and the general outdoors will be featured by Prince Helfrich. Mr. Helfrich has been a resi- dent of the McKenzie River Valley for 40 years, and has been a fishing guide for Herbert Hoover. Warren M. Korstad, Eugene advertising man, was in Chicago recently attending the convention of the Junior Panel Outdoor Adver- tising Assn., of which he is president. He also stopped in New York and Baltimore. Dorothea Lensch, director of recreation for Portland, is a visiting lecturer for the school of health and physical education during the winter term. Morris S. Temple is mayor of Pendleton, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Fennell are parents of a daughter, Denise, born January 26 in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kuckenberg (Harriet A. Casey) left San Francisco January 15 for a round-the-world tour by air. Enroute they will visit their daughter, Kay, who is in the govern- ment service at Saigon. Gordon L. McDowell has been named na- 20 Old Oregon tional sales manager for the Oregon Saw Chain corporation. John Eliot Allen is with the State Bureau of Mines and Mineral, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico. George Christensen, who was known as "the $125-a-game tackle" for the Detroit Lions professional football team, is one of Detroit's wealthiest manufacturers, and was recently elected president of the Lions' Alumni associa- tion. Dr. Ruth Hopson recently was elected na- tional president of the American Nature Study society. She is now an associate professor for the general extension division of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Orval J. Millard was elected vice president of the Circuit Court Judges association of Ore- gon. It's a daughter, Marcia, for Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Blais, born February 10 in Portland. She is their sixth child. Gerald "Spec" Murray of the Seven-Up Bottling company of Eugene was recently elected secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Bot- tlers of Carbonated Beverages. Mr. and Mrs. George Pratt (Margaret Peterson Shively '37) are parents of a son. Will, born February 3 in Eugene. He is their third child. National leadership in carpet merchan- dising brought the Carpet Institute's award for retail excellence in furniture store classification to Max Rubenstein. Mr. Ruben- stein is president of the Rubenstein Furniture Co. of Eugene. Dr. and Mrs John D. Kavanaugh are parents of a son, Richard, born recently in Portland. A daughter, Karen Marie, was born to Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kohlman in Portland on Jan- uary 17. Lt. Col. Francis J. Pallister has been as- signed to a tour of duty with the army in Japan. He had been in anti-aircraft activity at Fort Monroe, Va. It's a son, Michael Allen, for Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Scales (Dorothy Edlefsen). The baby was born December 3 in Portland. He is their third child. A son, Kenneth, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Orville A. Young in Portland on January 6. He is their third child and first son. Maj. Charles J. Kleinegger has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal in Korea. Major Kleinegger was cited for meri- torious service as chief of the zone's classifica- tion and assignment section from April 10 to December 10, 1953. Edward J. Kolar has been made a member of the board of directors of M & M Woodwork- ing company of Portland. Near Distributors is the name of the busi- ness owned by Richard S. Near, of New Or- leans. Mr. Near bought his partner's interest on Nov. 1 and is now the sole owner. Mrs. Near is the former Madeline Nelson. Lt. Col. Erwin G. Nilsson is in command of mountain troop training for the army. He is stationed at Fort Monroe, Va. Mrs. Hope Brady Turner has been ap- pointed staff nurse of the Washington county health department with headquarters in Hills- boro. Una Rose Van Houten Cox lives in Ross, California, with her husband, Dr. Thomas J. Cox, and three children. They built a new home on Canyon road in that city two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Rollin W. Emerson (Marylou Patrick) are the parents of twins, a boy and a girl, born Dec. 20. They have three other children, Mary, Craig and Patricia. Ralph E. Klein of Iron Fireman in Port- land was named secretary-treasurer of the Ore- gon chapter of the National Insurance Buyer's association. Joan Garnett Grady and Louis R. Mize were married December 27 in Portland. They are at home at 1832 S. E. Hazel street. Rollie Rourke, former Webfoot basketball star, is now athletic director at Jacksonville Junior College, Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Graham (Katherine Hayward) are ranching near Modesto, California. Their home is at 431 Mensinger street, Modesto. John H. Holloway has been named secre- tary of the Oregon State Bar. He has practiced law in Portland since 1940 and since 1952 was secretary-treasurer and company counsel for National Credit Card, Inc. He is married to the former June Ritter '39 and is the father of three children. The family lives at 7225 S. E. 32nd avenue in Portland. Dr. Ken Miller, professor of physical educa- tion and track coach at Florida State Univer- sity, Tallahassee, announced the birth of his third son, Craig, on Nov. 18th. David C. Silven, is with the law offices of Hallock, Banta, Silven and Horton in Baker, Oregon. Writing and lecturing is the occupa- tion of Werner Asendorf who is liv- ing in Portland with his wife (Signe Rasmus- sen '38) and their two daughters, Charlotte, 13; and Irene, 11. During World War II, Asendorf was forced to return to Germany and served in the army in Berlin for three years, helping pre- pare a daily digest of world news for the Ger- man high command. His wife and daughters spent most of those years in Nazi-occupied Den- mark. When the fighting ended, Asendorf was captured and jailed by the Soviet secret police. He escaped from a prison camp and worked in Germany until his return to the United States last August. His experiences have been related in many newspapers and national magazines. Annetta J. Bilger is working toward her master's degree at Columbia University. Her address until this summer is Whittier Hall, 230 Amsterdam avenue, New York 27, N. Y. Dr. and Mrs. George E. Chamberlain (Dorothy McCall '37) are parents of a son, George Earl, Jr., born November 29 in Portland. It's a son, Daniel Taylor, for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee (Catherine Taylor '41). The baby, born January 19, is their second child. William L. Pease now holds the rank of commander, U. S. Navy, and commands the 2100-ton destroyer USS Bradford, operating in the Pacific fleet. Commander Pease lives at 958 Van Auken Circle, Palo Alto, Calif, with his wife (Helen Gillam '40) and their three chil- dren. Van Svarverud is manager of the Roseburg office of Freeman, Hayslip & Tuft, Portland architectural firm. Van, his wife (Betty Sut- ton '43) and their three daughters reside at 404 E. 2nd Ave., in Roseburg. Dr. Silvio Vukov is a physician and sur- geon in Renton, Wash. Ben Bowman is in charge of rare books at the Newberry Foundation Library in Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in Library Science from the University of Chicago. He is married to Ruth Marcia Brown '38. The 50th anniversary of their hardware store in Eugene is being celebrated by Arthur R. Quackenbush '04, and his wife, Helen Van Duyn Quackenbush '15. A native of Ver- mont, Quackenbush came to Eugene while in his teens and helped his father, J. W. Quackenbush, and a brother, Ivan, build the structure that has housed the retail store since it first opened. The nostalgic amosphere pervading the store which still uses wire change baskets on overhead cables and the stocks of merchandise often unobtainable elsewhere have made it a legend in Oregon. Feb.-Mar.1954 21 Mr. and Mrs. Victor S. Clay (Kathleen Houglum) and their four children reside in La Habra, Calif, where Mr. Clay is a production engineer for Shell Oil Co. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Faunt of Portland are the parents of a son, Scott Forrest, born Nov. 27. He is their fourth boy. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Flint (Mar- jorie Hayward *40) live at 1333 Sycamore street in Modesto, California, where Flint is a member of George Wright & associates. Frank Hitchcock has his own architectural offices in Eugene where he resides with his wife (Sally Murrow '42) and their two daugh- ters, Terry and Wende. Phyllis Cory Lauritz recently returned from a flight to Ketchikan, Juneau, Whitehorse and Fairbanks on the inaugural run of Pan America's new Clipper service from Seattle. In December she flew to Europe on the inaug- ural Chicago-Frankfurt-Paris flight as a guest of Air France. Mrs. Lauritz is a staff writer for the Oregonian in Portland. John E. Powell recently sold his interest in the Paris Woolen Mill at Stayton, Ore. He is married and has two children. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilhelm are par- ents of a baby girl, their fourth child, born No- vember 23 in Portland. Mrs. Paul C. Wright Jr. (Mildred Mor- gan) resides in Houston, Texas, with her hus- band and their small son. H. E. "Hank" Elliott is the new service manager for Silva Chevrolet company of Eugene. Ansel E. Hyland of Eugene was elected as a member of the board of directors of the West- ern Retail Lumbermen's association. Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Vincent O'Don- nell (Jane Spann '41) live in Vallejo, Calif., with their daughter and four sons.Mr. and Mrs. John Pincetich (Jerry Chessman '39) have moved to 65 Hawthorne avenue in Los Altos, Calif., with their two sons, after seven years in Hawaii. He is employed by the Matson Navigation company. Mr. and Mrs. Rod Speetzen (Rhoda Armstrong '38) are now living in Walnut Creek, Calif., with their three children. He is with the American Trust company and recently transferred from Sacramento where they had lived for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Collins (Maribeth Wilson '40) reside in Beaverton, Ore. with their three children, Timmy, Terry and Cherry. Mr. Collins owns Pine Lumber Co. / A A Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Detlefsen TEJL (Maxine Knight '43) are parents of a son, Jeffrey, born November 28 in Portland. Daniel Briggs England is now teaching at the Dallas Bible institute in Dallas, Texas. Bob Keen is divisional merchandise man- ager of Lipman Wolfe company in Portland. He is married and has two children. Robert F. Stuhr, of Bakersfield, has re- cently announced the opening of his new office for the practice of architecture at 824 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Cal. His partner is James M. Hicks, Jr. Donald C. Walker was recently elected president of the Multnomah county chapter of the Oregon Republican club. Mr. Walker is an attorney in Portland. Wayne D. Overholser '34 is author of "Tough Hand," published Feb. 9 by the Macmillan Co. Before devoting full time to writing, Overholser taught school for 16 years in Tillamook County and in Bend, Ore. He is the author of nearly 400 published western stories, novelettes and detective stories and books. He resides in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and three young sons. to attend the next class of the Armed Forces Staff college at Norfolk, Va. Ernest E Hansen is employed by the Pio- neer Grocery Co. in Eugene. He is married to the former Virginia Whitelock '40. They have one son, Gary. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rogers Hopkins, Jr. (Mildred Chetty 'SO) are parents of a daugh- ter, Julie Ann, born December 22 in Portland. She is their second child. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Saltzman are parents of a son, Daniel, born December 22 in Portland. Eugene Speer is associated with Burling- ton Mills in New York. He and his wife (Patri- cia Parker '42) have two sons, Ned and Hank. They live in Hawthorne, N. Y. Fred Stickels is secretary-treasurer of the Security Savings and Loan Co. in Eugene where he resides with his wife and two children, Fred III and Nancy. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Q. Trask (Kather- ine Wright) live at 4414 Longwood Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a pilot-captain for Eastern air lines. They have two children. Lt# ^?*# Ray ^" Conroy i? executive for research and development to the Chief of Transportation, Department of the Army, Washington D. C. He has been selected MrSl Robert Brings (Artabell Grover) resides at 3008 N. 47th St. in Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband and two children, Bobette, 10; and Arthur, 7. Mr. Bil- lings is with the Arizona Savings and Loan Assn. Lt. and Mrs. Ted J. Bush are parents of a son, John Clark, born January 24 in Washing- ton, D. C. He is their second son. John A. (Jack) Giesy is manager of the Portland office of Grant Advertising, Inc. He is a director of the Oregon Advertising club.. Jane Godlove Mann was married last June 17 to John Swartzlender in Nevada. They now live at Route 2, Box 273-L, Eugene, where he is with the U. S. Forest service. Mr. and Mrs Robert Moller (Nancy Lewis) spent the winter months in California where Bob underwent polio therapy in a Vallejo hospital. They returned to their ranch in Hood River in February. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Reynolds of Milwaukie are parents of a daughter, Barbara, born January 8 in Portland. Miss Blanche Thompson is with the U. S. foreign service in Vienna, Austria. She visited her family in Eugene over the Christmas holi- days, sailing Jan. 15 for Europe. Prior to her new assignment, Miss Thompson served 25 months on the secretarial staff of the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran. Before joining the foreign service, Miss Thompson worked in the university chancellor's office. In 1945, she sailed for Italy, was sent on to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, when that office was opened. From there she went to Brussels, Belgium: Resigning, she came back to Eugene and worked in the office of Dean Eldon Johnson for a year and then re- turned to the foreign service, going to Prague where she spent a year. From there she went to Bad Nauheim, Germany. Vienna is her sixth foreign post. A daughter, Rebecca Lee, was born January 10 in Portland to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Squier (Janet Wagstaff). The baby has two brothers. Capt. James E. Wirrick is stationed at the University of Santa Clara where he is a member of the ROTC staff. He recently completed a tour of duty in Korea. '44 Dr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Mauriceare parents of a son, David Lee, bornDecember 12 in Portland. He is their fourth child. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Tesdahl (Don- na Lee May '53 ) were married November 6 in Eugene. Both are teachers at Florence where they will live. Betty Ann is the name of a daughter born Dec. 2 to Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wygant of Redwood City, Cal. She has a brother, Billy, Jr. A daughter, Ann, was born January 4 in Portland to Mr. and Mrs. James B. Griswold. Fred Konschot of the Willamette Beverage company of Eugene was recently named presi- dent of the Oregon Bottlers of Carbonated Bev- erages in Portland. He and his wife, the former LaVerne McCollum '43 took a winter trip to New Orleans in January. A son, Gary, was born December 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Duane W. Marshall of Eugene. He is their first child. Jean Carkin Sanesi was soloist for the San Fernando performance of the Messiah on De- cember 6. Dr. Robert E. Edwards has been appointed assistant professor of psy- chology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. Dr. and Mrs. William Galen announce the birth of a son, David Michael, in Portland January 6. He is their fourth child. Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Grierson of Portland are the parents of a son, Lawrence Brian, born Nov. 22. He is their seventh child. Mary Ann Sceance Hanners lives in Hood River with her husband, Daniel Hanners, and their two children. Their address is 1217 May street. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Hume are par- 22 Old Oregon ents of a daughter, Lynn, born December 31 in Portland. Mr and Mrs. Robert B. Lewis (Beverly Deichler '49) live an San Mateo, California, where he is division sales manager for the Regal Amber Brewing company of San Francisco. Dr. and Mrs. George A. Nash announced the birth of their first child, Pamela Jean, Nov. 22. Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rankin have pur- chased a home on Arlington heights in Port- land. On January 11, they welcomed a son. Jeffrey Mount. Mr. and Mrs. Rieves Hoffpauer (Dorislee Riley) are the parents of a son, Daniel, born January 16 in Portland. He is their third child. A daughter. Joan Patricia, was born Novem- ber 28 in Salem to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Steel- hammer, Jr. (Dorothy Vandenynde). Mary Crumbaker Williamson and her son, James, sailed from San Francisco Decem- ber 22 to join her husband who is stationed with the army in Japan. They will live at Ko- kura on the northernmost tip of Kyushu, south- ern island in the Japanese archipelago. Willard E. Wilson has joined the staff of Cole & Weber advertising agency following seven years with the McCann-Erickson agency in Portland. ' an(* ^rs" tester L. Bow- ers (Betty Snyder '48) are now liv- ing in Oakland, Calif, where Rev. Bowers is pastor of the Fruitvale Christian Church. Willard Cushing and Edward L. "Ned" Clark, Jr. are Salem resident partners in the C. E. "Ed" Luclcey '40 has been named United States attorney for Oregon by Presi- dent Dwight Eisenhower. Luckey received his LLB degree from the university law school in 1942 and has been Lane County district attorney since 1945. During World War II he served nearly three years over- seas and was discharged as a warrant offi- cer in the judge advocate general (legal) department. His wife, Arlette, is a French war bride. They have one son, Raymond, who is 16 months old. firm of Marsh, Marsh and Dashney, a McMinn- ville law firm. The youngest circuit court judge in Oregon is Charles H. Foster '31, of Lakeview. He re- cently won praise from presiding Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson of Multnomah county, after completing a short assignment in that county. Bruce B. Frye received his Ph.D. in history from Stanford university last October. While working for the degree, he taught at both Stan- ford and San Jose State college. He is now as- sistant professor of history at Colorado A. and M. college at Fort Collins. He was married in 1945 to the former Caroline Reid, a University of Maryland graduate. They have one child, Susan, who is eighteen months old. Rolland J. Gabel, formerly with Don Allen and associates, has been appointed a member of the public relations department of Portland General Electric company. Nancy Kirkpatrick is a music teacher in the Hillsboro public school system. She pre- viously taught at Lebanon and Dallas. D. Donald Lonie, Jr., who formerly edited the house organ for the Portland General Elec- tric company, has accepted a position with KPTV. James E. Schiller recently received the Junior Chamber of Commerce service award for 1953 in Nampa, Idaho. The award was based upon his work on the street improvement proj- ect and his efforts in launching a program to aid wayward boys. '48 It's a son, Kelly Gordon, for Mr. andMrs. Robert L. Burns (RutheForeman). The baby, born February 6 in Port- land, is their second child. Bernard Carr was married to Eva Lehr in New York city on November 29. The bride is a graduate of Hunter college and received a master's degree from the University of Wash- ington. The couple will live in Portland. A romance which began in the Philippine islands was climaxed with a wedding ceremony last September 12 in Eugene when Ward L. Christensen married Barbara McClintock of San Francisco. They will live in Washington. D. C. where he is stationed with the state de- partment. Curtis W. Cutsforth married Gloria Mari- nacci, of Tacoma, in Portland on Dec. 5. They are living in Portland. Philip C. Gilmore has opened an office for the practice of architecture at 2350 City View in Eugene. Mervin Hanscom is a certified public ac- countant now practicing in Sweet Home. Dr. and Mrs. James G. Hatheway (Eliz- abeth Jean Tappen) announce the birth of a son, James Richard, on November 26 in Port- land. LeRoy A. Hewitt received a master of arts degree from the University of Minnesota on De- cember 17. Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Kelley (Patricia Stone '49) are the parents of their first child, a son, Scott M. Jr., born December 12. "Another twig on the family tree" says the clever birth announcement from Betty Don- aldson Knorr. It's a daughter, Melinda Ann, born December 20. The Knorrs make their home at 1008 Rose Place, Yakima, Wash. Capt. Jim Prior is now stationed at An- drews AFB in Maryland following a tour of duty with the air force in Korea. A girl, Wendy Marie, was born Dec. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. "Jerry" Weber Jr. (Wilma Watkins '50) in Portland. She is their second child. "At 65, I Get My Money Back.?? fes, all the money I'm now paying for life insur- ance will be returned in full . . . plus dividends!" Under the new family security "insurance or money-back" plan offered by one of North America's leading life companies, the SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, you can buy a policy which provides life insurance pro- tection for your family until you are 65 and guarantees that, if you live to 65, all the money you paid will be returned to you in full . . . plus accumulated dividends. OR ... these proceeds at age 65 can be (a) used to provide an annuity; {b) left on deposit with a guaranteed rate of interest; (c) used to purchase a paid-up policy for the original sum assured, with a balance which can be taken in cash or as a guaranteed income. Call the Sun Life representative in your district for more information about the Sun Life "money-back" plan, or mail the coupon below. ~ To the SUN LIFE OF CANADA 8th Floor, 607 Shelby St., Detroit 26, Mich. Without obligation, I would likemore details of the new Sitn Life "money-back" plan. Name Address Age COUPON Feb.-Mar. 1954 23 ^tS a k?y' **"an Gordon, born Novem- ber 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Elving An- derson in Kansas City, Missouri. Ruby Brock was married December 27 to Walter D. Jourdan of Oakland, California in a double ceremony at Portland. Her sister, Bev- erly, was the other bride. A son, Stephen James, was born to Mr. and Mrs. James B. Cassell in Portland on January 7. He is their second child. Felicitations to Dr. and Mrs. A. K. Chap- pell of Des Moines, la., on the birth of a daugh- ter, Kathy Jean, Dec. 12. Dr. Chappell is finish- ing his residency at Blanc hospital. Mr and Mrs. William H. Fleming of Pe- oria, Illinois, are parents of a son, Philip, born January 2. John R. Hannam took Julia Goddyn of Kamloops, B. C. as his bride at a Portland wedding ceremony recently. Lois Snyder Hennesey is doing publicity work for the KPTV television station in Port- land. Ralph P. Himmelsbach, who is a special agent for the FBI, has been transferred to five various assignments in the last three years. He now looks forward to a more permanent station at East St. Louis, Illinois, where he has pur- chased a home at 228 N. 61st street. His wife is the former Gayle Howard of Lake Grove. They have one daughter, Kristin. They are frequently visited by Lt. Robert S. Furrer '52 who is sta- tioned at nearby Scott AFB where he is attend- ing communications school. Andrew G. Iskra, 2783 Harris Street, Eu- gene, has been elected to the American Insti- tute of Accountants, national professional so- ciety of certified accountants. He is associated with the firm of Lemon and Rowan. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jackson (Alta Jean Wright '56) have been living at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri since their marriage in Eugene Dec. 13. Mr. Jackson is with the U.S. Asmy. Tom Brown McGilchrist is dividing his time between raising American modern game bantams and being Camas, Wash, representa- tive for Cunocar Co. Mr. and Mrs. William O'Hearn (Gloria Ager '50) are the parents of a baby girl, born Dec. 4. They are living at Rt. 3, Box 962, Al- bany, Oregon. Kurt Olsen, Eugene investment broker for the Foster and Marshall Co., was named chair- man of the public service division for the 1954 Red Cross fund campaign. Mr. Olsen has been active in Red Cross work during recent years and is also district governor of the Active Club. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Ruedy have moved into a new home on the south side of Lake Os- wego. He was Fecently transferred from the Hyster main plant to the Hyster repair parts di- vision in Portland. Their address is 1475 Horse- shoe Curve, Oswego. Dr. George C. Scroggie is practicing den- tistry at Marlene Village near Beaverton. He graduated from the dental school last June. A daughter, Rebecca, was born January 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stone (Janet Tugman) in Salem. A daughter, Barbara Lynn, was born Decem- ber 29 to Mr and Mrs. Roger C. Wolcott in Portland. Anne Woodworth was married on Novem- ber 28 to George M. Wood in Eugene. They are now living at 531 Tedemory Drive, Whittier, Calif. Barbour are par- ents of twins, a boy and girl, born Feb- ruary 2 in Eugene. They live at Harrisburg Wendell Wyatt '41, partner in the Astoria law firm of Norblad, Wyatt and MacDonald, has been named chairman of the state Re- publican legislative and public relations committee. He was an alternate delegate to the Republican national convention in Chicago in 1952. A member of the board of governors of the Oregon State Bar, Wyatt is married to the former Betty Buchanan, '41. They have three children, Ann, 9; Jane, 7; and Bill, 4. where he is a high school teacher. A son, their first child, was born Dec. 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barker (Treva Rice) of Albany. The baby has been named David Alan. Mr. Barker is in charge of music in the Albany High School. Mr. and Mrs. Evan B. Boise (Janet Bo- zorth '52) were married in Oregon City Jan- uary 16. They will live in Salem where he is employed in a local bank. Mr. and Mrs. Donald ?. Eklund are par- ents of their second child, a daughter, Janet, born December 29 in Portland. The baby has a brother, David. Brad Ecklund, former Cotton Bowl team gridder, has returned to his Eugene home after another successful season with the Baltimore Colts. Ellery H. Ferson was married recently to Shirley Jean Sinks in Portland. Estelle Frances Greer was wed December 20 to Dennis Eugene McCafferty of Corva'lis. A boy, Guy Jonathan, was born January 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hankins. He is principal of Danebo elementary school near Eugene. Shirley Jean Ingman became Mrs. Allen G. Browne at a ceremony January 2 in Portland. Following a wedding trip to Mexico, the couple is living in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jackson (Patricia DeLany) now live in Medford, where Jack is on the editorial staff of the Mail Tribune. He is acting city editor while Eric Allen is at the University on a fellowship. Arthur C. Johnson and Anita Holmes '53 were married November 21 in Eugene. They are now at home at 735% E. 14th avenue in Eugene. The bridegroom, a former ASUO president, at- tended Harvard law school. Mrs. Johnson is a former editor of the Emerald. Robert Kerr of Albany has been appointed as assistant district attorney in Klamath Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kingsbury (Shir- ley Fossen '51) live on Beacon Hill in Boston where he is a middler at Boston University school of theology and she is assistant head nurse at the Boston Floating hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Klug are parents of a daughter, Deborah Louise, born January 13 in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey A. LeBeau (Anne Wright '48) announce the arrival of thrir first child, Charles Kelsey, born December 3 in Toledo, Ohio. Grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Leavitt O. Wright of Eugene. Lester A. Leroux is teaching school at Re- public, Washington. He was formerly located in Seattle. Roger Lovelace, dispatcher for the Eugene fire department, spends most of his free time painting. He is a professional with both oils and water colors. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Meckley of Port- land are the parents of a son, James Benjamin, born December 23. James George Middleton, is now living at 1600 16th St. N.W., Washington, D.C., where he is working for the government. Lt. Martha P. Miller is a member of the 44th Mobile Army surgical hospital staff in Ko- rea. Harold Mink took Sally Ann Strieker of Se- attle as his bride recently. Mrs. Mink attended the University of Washington. Following a wed- ding trip to Las Vegas, the couple is living in Portland. Lt. Dunbar S Norton is stationed with the army in Germany. A December 28 wedding in Honolulu united Henry S. Panian and Barbara Demmer, a Michigan graduate. Panian was active in many student circles as an undergraduate and was first chairman of the student union board. Both are teaching at Mid-Pacific institute in Hono- lulu. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Roth are parents of a son, Joel Richard, born December 15 in Port- land. Mrs. Roth is the former Geraldine Lieb- reich '51. Jim Sanders recently ended a year's travel and study in Europe. He plans to work in San Francisco. Lt. Donald Schmieding, with the air force, is in Okinawa where he has been stationed for the past year. Mary Stadelman became Mrs. William R. Little in a ceremony at The Dalles recently. After a honeymoon to Sun Valley, the couple is at home in Seattle. William Woodie was recently elected treas- urer of the Eugene junior chamber of com- merce. 1st Lt. Gay F. Baldwin of Eugt-ne recently received an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star Medal in Japan. According to the citation, the lieutenant displayed courage and superb defensive co-ordination of his men in repelling a heavy Communist attack on July 18, 1953 when he was a member of the 2nd In- fantry Division. Albert R. Bullier Jr. was recently advanced to a partnership position by Bullier and Bullier, real estate firm of Portland. A daughter, Wendy, was born December 2J in Portland to Mr. and Mrs. James L. Car- son. A son, Jeffrey, was born February 5 to Mr. 24 Old Oregon and Mrs. Donald O. Cobb in Portland. Howard Davis is now stationed at Camp Atterbury. Indiana, hut expects to be tranfser- red to Camp Carson, Colorado, soon. Lt. and Mrs. Richard Hopper are the par- ents of a son born recently in Richmond, Vir- ginia. Lt. Hopper is stationed at Elizabeth City, N. C, as a helicopter pilot. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Labadie (Mary E. Charlton '55) became the parents of their first child, Andrew Charlton, Dec. 19. Their home is in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. R. Alan McEachern (Ad- elle Ure) were married December 26 in Port- land. The bride is a former student of Oregon State. They will live in Portland where he is employed by the state. Eleanor Mathews is the art instructor of Reedsport high school. Harold L. Miller, partner in the Tiffany- Davis stores in Eugene, has been named chair- man of the retail merchants division of the Eu- gene Chamber of Commerce. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Miller (Irma L. Uhle) are parents of a daughter. Barbara Carol, born December 14 in Portland. Bruce I. Pelton and Carol Jean Brown were married in Portland on New Year's eve. A honeymoon at Sun Valley. Idaho, was followed by their return to their new Los Angeles home. Robert E. Peterson was awarded a grant for special research and study in the field of re- ligious radio and television in December. He is presently working at Brite College of the Bible at Texas Christian university, and also has served as announcer and continuity direc- tor for a radio station in Fort Worth. Navy Lt (jg.) Richard H. Portwood of Mrs. Lucille Kennedy Klinge '50 has been elected president of the department of rural education of the National Education Association and will be installed in cere- monies this month in Atlantic City, N. J. She is the first Oregon woman ever to head a major department of the NEA, according to the OEA office in Portland. Mrs. Klinge has been superintendent of Lane County public schools since 1945. She was graduated from the Oregon College of Education in 1931 and received her bachelor of science degree from the University of Oregon in 1950. Portland was recently promoted to his prrs