J A NUARY 1944
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Campus and state wereshocked December 23 by
the untimely death of Dr.Donald M. Erb, University
of Oregon president since1938. The likeable young ex-
ecutive was the victim of a
sudden flu-pneumonia case.See pages 8-10.
Published by the University of Oregon Alumni Association
OLD OREGON
GloleupA
G r e g o r Piatigorsky, world-renowned'cellist, presented a varied program in Mc-
Arthur court January 19. Playing on a pre-cious instrument, a Montagnana of the year
1739, he gave selections by Mozart, Bee-thoven, Tschaikowskv, Bach, and Proko-
neff, adding several encores.
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"Experimental" one o'clock permission
for Saturday nights has been granted stu-dents for the rest of the school year by the
Student Affairs committee. The extendeddeadline was petitioned by students who
pointed out that army trainees on the cam-pus were allowed only one night off each
week. But on the other side of the picture,coeds were asked to limit weekend absences
from the campus to one during winter termbecause of congested travel conditions.
* * * *
Gowned in formals and wearing (option-al) corsages, coeds were whirled gayly by
their escorts January 8 at the Senior Ball,first big dance" of the school year. Music
was by Bill Fisher and his band, from Port-land. A special intermission feature was the
bestowal of a kiss from Janet Marugg, Ore-gon's "Dream Girl," upon the fellow selling
the most tickets.
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Thirteen was a lucky number for theschool of architecture and allied arts. For
the 13th time the school was granted anaward by the educational committee of the
American Institute of Architects throughthe Carnegie Institute to give a summer
session in art. Oregon is the western centerfor summer work. The grant was for $2,230.
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A recent obstacle the army program hasencountered at Oregon is Rodney, a taffy
colored canine monster who insists uponinterfering with discipline. Officers com-
plain that his roaring drowns out their or-ders, he delights in breaking up forma-
tions, and he frightens innocent civilians(especially coeds). Part great Dane and part
question mark, Rodney is " just begging"for a dishonorable discharge, the Emerald
reports from the military men.
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Breaking tradition (a women's coopera-tive house has inevitably carried off top
honors in former years), a girls' dormitoryunit, Hawthorne lodge, won first place in
house grade listings with a 2.702 GPA.Runners-up were Hilyard house, Kappa
Alpha Theta, Highland house, and Hill-crest lodge.
* * * *
A new series of ASUO forums beganFriday, January 14, with a discussion in
Gerlinger hall of the topic, "LiberalThought Must Not Be a War Casualty?
What the Oregon Student Can Do." theOregon Education System is the overall
theme of the series.
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A special performance of "Dark Vic-tory," drama by George Brewer and Ber-
tram Bloch, was given the evening of Dads'Day, January 22. Directed by Horace Rob-
inson, acting head of the drama depart-ment, the play portrayed a young society
girl (Kay Korn, junior in English) suffer-ing from a mortal brain affliction and an
Anthropologist Gets Post
Dr. H. G. Barnett, University facultymember, has accepted a position as senior
ethnologist at the Smithsonian institutionin Washington, D. C. He left the campus
late in December for the capital, havingasked a year's leave of absence from his du-
ties as assistant professor of anthropologyand assistant curator in the museum of
natural history, positions he had held since1939.
In Washington Dr. Barnett will alsowork with the ethnogeographic board,
sponsored by various research foundationsto supply information for government de-
partments, both civilian and military. Al-fred Whiting of the University of Chicago
has arrived to take over Dr. Barnett's cam-pus classes.
idealistic, brilliant brain surgeon . (FrankKrasnowsky, physics instructor). Other
performances were January 28, 29.
The campus political scene?Leon Wil-liams, independent candidate, was elected
president of the freshman class in Janu-ary, as two-thirds of the frosh cast votes.
The position of senior representative tothe ASUO executive council, vacated by
Helen Holding Manning, was filled by AnnReynolds Leo, journalism student and Stu-
dent Union leader, who was elected by asix to four vote.
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Repeated requests from army men on thecampus for a stag dance were filled after
the Homecoming game when the Indepen-dent Students association sponsored a "no-
date" affair in Gerlinger.
'93 Alumnus Dead,
Former Legislator
Kasper K. Kubli, '93, died in Portlandthe latter part of December. "Kap," as he
was known to his friends, was born nearJacksonville, Ore. and attended public
school there, graduating from high schoolin 1888. He then entered the University of
Oregon and received his B.A. degree in1893. Continuing his education, "Kap"
went to Harvard and graduated in law.
He returned to his home town and start-ed to practice law, but in 1901 he moved to
Portland, where he was employed by theKilham Stationery company. A few years
later Mr. Kubli entered the same businessfor himself, becoming president of the Kub-
li-Howell company, from which he retiredin 1941.
While at the University of Oregon hewas active in athletics and also interested
in politics. With some other politicallyminded class mates, and other students he
conducted a campaign which sent a bril-liant student to the state legislature from
Lane county as the youngest person everto serve in that capacity.
"Kap" was elected to the Portland citycouncil and served in important positions
under several mayors. In 1916 he was sentto the Oregon house of representatives
from Multnomah county and served formany sessions. He opposed all that in his
words was "unjust, unfair, and unconstitu-tional."
The veteran alumnus helped his Class of1893 celebrate their 50-year anniversary
last May on the campus, and his passingwas a great shock to all his classmates.
OLD OREGON
PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XXV JANUARY 1944 No. 5
ALUMNI COUNCIL
OFFICERS
N. Thomas Stoddard, '30,
Portland President
George P. Stadelman, '30,
The Dalles Vice-President
"Elmer C. Fansett, '28 Alumni Secretary
Doris Hack, '41,
Eugene Acting Alumni Secretary
* On leave
COUNTY DIRECTORS
Terms Expire December 31, 1944
Edwin Dick, '40 MorrowClarence Codding, '35 Multnomah
Dr. Asa B. Starbuck, M.D., '06 PolkPaulen Kaseberg. '37 Sherman
Chester O. Knowlton. '32 TillamonkBertrand S. Jerard, '15 Umatilla
Raymond O. Williams, '14 UnionGeorge Stadelman, '30 Wasco
Paul Patterson, '23 WashingtonGlen S. Macy Yamhill
John F. Putnam, '31 Wheeler
Terms Expire December 31, 1945William Hagg
erty, '29 HarneyJohn N. Mohr, '28 Hood River
Otto Frohnmayer, '29, J.D. '33 JacksonMrs. Boyd Overhulse, '31 Jefferson
Dr. Clairel L. Ogle, '16 JosephineJohn H. Huston, '21 Klamath
Ray Harlan LakeBasil Williariis, '19 Lane
Lawrence Hull, '23 LincolnRalph Cronise, '11 Linn
Earl Blackaby, '15 MalheurDr. Clarence W. Keene, '96, M.D. '01 Marion
Terms Expire December 31, 1943
James T. Donald, '15 BakerWalter T. Durgan, '28, J.D. '31 Benton
Peter Laurs, '27 ClackamasRobert W. Lucas, '36 Clatsop
Robert Pollock, '38 ColumbiaElton A. Schroeder, '27 Coos
CurryRemey M. Cox. '22 Crook
Dr. H. C. Staples, '23 DeschutesMiss Genevieve Dunlop, '34 Gilliam
Orval D. Yokum, '27, J.D. '29 Grant
OLD OREGON STAFF
Margie C. Robinson, '44 EditorDoris Hack, '41 Associate Editor
Laurel Gilbertson, '44 Associate Editor
Marianne Fletcher, '45 Advertising Manager
Bill Love, '47 Sports Editor
Published monthly except July and August by the Alumni Association of the University of Oregon, and entered as second class matter at the post office at Eugene,Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price: $2.00 a year.
JANUARY 1944
Election Plans Made
At Annual Meeting
By DORIS HACK, '41
This year's Homecoming was a "token" occasion?no wild cele-bration, no slogans or "Bust the Beavers" signs. The quiet spirit
of the day was dedicated to alumni in military service. At the smallalumni meeting in Johnson hall, discussions centered on nomina-
tions, wartime policy, and the postwar University.
THE reporttee, officiall;tending th(of the nominating commit-, officially approved by members at-;ig the annual alumni meeting,
places on the alumni ballot the names offour capable candidates. For the office of
president, Lynn Parr, '17, of Marshfield,and Blair Holcomb, '17, of Portland. For
the office of vice-president, Robert Lucas,'36, of Astoria and Robert Miller, '35, of
Portland.
Members are urged to exercise their vot-ing privilege and cast their ballots by Feb-
ruary 25. Study your ballot in this issue ofOld Oregon and send it in right away. Bal-
lots should be mailed to the Election Board,Alumni Office, University of Oregon, and
must be postmarked not later than Febru-ary 25. Results will be announced March 1.
A small but effective gathering of mem-bers at this annual meeting passed a reso-
lution in memory of the late Donald M.Erb. Orlando Hollis, '26, J.D. '28, acting
president of the University, was introducedand in a brief talk to the group pledged his
full effort to keep the University movingforward. Edward Bailey, '13, acting alumni
president, assured Mr. Hollis of full supportof the Alumni Association.
T HE question arose of the appropriateing for the duration of the war now that
the meeting cannot be tied in with a Home-coming football game. The consensus was
to set it for the appointed time in the fallof the year but to leave this up to the dis-
cretion of the president pending the deci-sion of future Homecoming dates. This was
put into the form of a motion and passed.The rest of the meeting was devoted to
discussion of the Student Union projectand at 4:30 the group adjourned to Gerlin-
ger hall for coffee.
Simulating the annual sports event offormer Homecomings was the basketball
game Saturday evening between Oregonand Oregon State. During the half-time of
this game, a message in the form of a trib-ute to all alumni in the service was broad-
cast by Harry Skerry, '43, vice-president ofthe ASUO and Pvt. Oge Young, '44, for-
mer vice-president now in service, overstations KOAC and KWJJ which were
carrying the account of the game to radiolisteners.
Marine Honored
Honoring the memory of Gerald DwainHarbert, '46, the Lane county detachment,
Marine Corps league, has changed the
name of its group to the Gerald DwainHarbert detachment. The 19-year-old
youth was one of the first local marines tolose his life in the present war. He was
killed while on a voluntary mission withthe paramarines in the south Pacific in No-
vember, 1943.
T HE Student Union building project be-
at the annual Alumni Association meetingJanuary 15. Although the gathering of
members present for the meeting wassmall, they expressed unanimous approval
of the project and discussed ways andmeans that the project, long a mythical
hope of students and alumni alike, can befacilitated.
Nancy Ames, '44, student body president,and Ann Leo, '44, student chairman for the
project, opened the discussion with an ac-count of the actual progress made on Stu-
dent Union plans since the need for it hasbecome more apparent and with the renew-
al of interest in it early in this school year.The discussion led to the agreement to or-
ganize a committee of alumni to work withthe students to coordinate Union efforts.
All the discussion pointed to the fact thatthe building is no longer a "dream"; its
realization is becoming more and more evi-dent. This fact is further brought out by the
approval the state board of higher educa-tion has given it by making the project of
primary importance in the University'spost-war building program.
The Student Union fund now stands at$67,000. ft was recently increased to this
figure by a gift of $10,000 presented to thefund in memory of the late Major Tom
Taylor, '41, killed in military service. Rental
A COUNTY ALUMNI DIREC-TOR will be appointed by the new
president to replace Walter Durgan,'28, (above) of Benton county, who
left for military service last summer.Other posts vacated by men now in
the armed forces are in Curry, Doug-las, and Wallowa counties.
fees from the University bookstore amount-ing to around $2,400 have also been ear-
marked for the Student Union fund follow-ing action by the state board.
Actual, detailed Student Union plans arenow being drawn up to include full provi-
sion for the coordination of all student ac-tivities. Such coordination would result in
the centralization of student body head-quarters, publication offices, educational ac-
tivities, and alumni headquarters. It wouldprovide committee rooms and a reception
center as well as banquet rooms, kitchenfacilities, cafeteria and other needs, all nec-
essary for complete unification.
OFFICIAL BALLOT
University of Oregon Alumni Association
January, 1944
For President (Vote for One)
Lynn Parr, '17, Marshfield
Blair Holcomb, '17, Portland
For Vice-President (Vote for One)
Robert Miller, '35, Portland
Robert Lucas, '36, Astoria
Remove this ballot and mail to ELECTION BOARD, U. of O. Alumni
Association, Eugene, Ore. Ballot must be postmarked not later than Febru-
ary 25.
OLD OREGON
Duck Quint Outplayed,
But Season's Early
By BILL LOVE, '47
Oregon's cage team slid to the bottom of Northern di-vision standings when the Washington Huskies on a trip
to Eugene January 21-22 handed the Webfoots a doubledefeat. But the season still has a long way to go, and the
Ducks need by no means stay permanently in the cellar.Here, early games with the Huskies are recounted.
NORTHERN Division basketball isinto full swing once more, and CoachHoward Hobson's University of
Oregon civilians almost pulled the surpriseof the year when they came within a hair's
breadth of upsetting Coach Hec Edmund-son's Y-12 University of Washington Hus-
kies in the opening tilt, January 7.
It has been a foregone conclusion thatthe Huskies have all the home games in the
bag with the use of these sailors, but whenOregon held them to a 40-38 score on the
opening night, the other basketball men-tors took heart and began to wonder if the
Husky home team was as good as it wascracked up to be. They found out the next
night, when the Huskies got a little madand turned on the juice?polling a 67 to 25
disaster against the Ducks, with enoughsaid.
That second score answered the questionof the other division mentors?the Husky
home-team is definitely in a class by itself,and it was only the masterful work of How-
ard Hobson, and the excellent play of theOregonians that almost let the Ducks win
the first game?which, incidentally, sort otstunned the Huskies. With the Washington
sailors in their right mind no civilian teamhas a chance, not against such men as Bill
Taylor, star sophomore guard last year, orBill Morris, All-American guard, and may-
be later, Doug Ford?another vet from lastyear. But the best Husky combination has
a civilian, Jack Nichols, at center?and
from all indications, he is the "find" of thecircuit minus all navy trainees.
Bob Wren, '44, a member of the Ore-gon team last year, has decided to let the
maple courts go and save his eligibility, andat the same time concentrate on studying
for his navy commission. Also a top foot-ball man, like Wren, was Al Akins, star
member of the Washington State team informer years. Akins, however, is out for
the hoop game and was poison to the Ducksin that opening series. Many of the sports
scribes are forming two standings in theleague and are not counting games in which
the Husky trainees participate.
AS for the team, it has had bad news
bad news came when Ken Hays, verypromising 6-foot 8-inch center from Wash-
ington, and Ted Holmes, transfer from aCalifornia junior college, were declared in-
eligible because of grades. This made thesituation seem rather hopeless, and what
Hobson would do to reorganize his lineupinto a potent machine had the experts
guessing.
But his prayers were soon answered,and then some. For with the new term came
Wally Borrevik, letterman center last yearwith two years' experience, and also hav-
ing a tall 6-foot 8-inch frame?thus offset-ting the loss of Hays. Borrevik was both-
ered by an injured ankle at Seattle, but
ENSIGN WARREN TAYLOR, '43, 6-foot-4 basketball standout lastyear, talks over the "good old days" with Coach "Hobby" Hobson
(left) and Bob Caviness, varsity player who was a member of the1942-43 frosh quintet.
Webfoots TrounceOSC Cagers in Igloo
Before a Homecoming crowd consider-ably slimmer than in former years, the Uni-
versity of Oregon cagemen triumphed overOregon State, 52-33, in McArthur court
Saturday night, January 15. This was theWebfoots' first win in conference play.
After the first 10 minutes of play, duringwhich time the score was tied at 4, 6, and 8,
the Ducks gradually rolled into a strongand consistent lead. The halftime score was
22 to 12, and the largest margin came inthe last five minutes of play, when the Ore-
gon team was 24 points ahead. With thescore at 47 to 23 and five minutes of play
remaining, Coach "Hobby" Hobson sentin a gang of substitutes, which held their
own until the last minute. Fourteen Duckplayers saw action in the game.
Sparkplugs for Oregon were Guard BobHamilton and Forward Ernie Danner.
With 13 points, mostly on one-handed pushshots, Hamilton was leading scorer. Dan-
ner bagged 10 points. Center Hal Puddy, A6-foot-4 freshman from Hood River, netted
11 points for Oregon State.
nevertheless, was just what the doctor or-dered for Hobson's Ducks.
With him came Ernie Danner from Eu-gene high, eagle-eyed freshman, who has
promise of developing into one of the bestforwards in the league this year, though
he had hardly a week's training by the timeof the Seattle appearance. Danner was a
member of Ford Mullen's district cham-pionship team last year, rated second in
loop scoring, was a two-time district all-star, and has had special tutoring under
Laddie Gale, '39, a member of the famedAlleycats of 1939, and All-American for-
ward.
Mullen, also a member of that Alleycatteam that captured the national champion-
ship, and an outstanding basketballer aswell, is residing near Olympia at the pres-
ent time?waiting two calls: Either thearmy, or if that doesn't arrive, a notice to
report to the Philadelphia Phillies of theNational baseball league.
Bob Hamilton has been the scoring lead-er so far, and others who have seen consid-
erable service are Bob Caviness, GeorgeBrav, Bill Phillips, Dick Humphrey, and
Norm Henwood.
THE University of Oregon will be rep-
teams this year. The Oregon ASTU quin-tet, composed of army trainees, has opened
its season and has given considerable prom-ise that it intends to be one of the strongest
service teams in the state.
Defeating the highly touted Camp AdairTrailblazers, 30 to 17, on January 15, the
ASTU cage squad followed up that victorywith a 68 to 38 smashing win over the Flor-
ence Coast Guardsmen. The Trailblazersearlier had held the top-ranking Albina
Hellship team to within one point of a tie.
In the early part of the season the armysquad from Oregon lost two games to the
strong Camp Abbott Engineers of Bend, a
gang sprinkled with several ex-collegestars. However, the ASTU men gave a
good performance, losing by only five and
two points respectively,The Oregon army team is coached by
John Warren and was organized by Lt.Robert Davis, present business manager.
Games are lined up with several other inde-
pendent and college teams, including CampWhite quintets and Howard Hobson's reg-
ular University cagers.
To UO--Four New Year's Gifts
JANUARY 194 4
War Hero Honored; Fund
Provides Pratt Scholarship
By JEAN LAWRENCE, '47
THE University of Oregon's New Yearhas received an impetus toward pros-perity and even greater efficiency in
several gifts recently presented to the col-lege.
Such a gift is that of $10,000, presentedby the George Giustina family of Eugene.
This gift is to be used in furnishing a roomin the future Student Union building of the
University as a memorial to Major TomH. Taylor, '41, late son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. Giustina.
Major Taylor lost his life nearly a yearago on a bombing mission over Europe. He
was 24 at the time. He received his ap-pointment to Randolph field in 1939 while
still a student at the University and re-ceived his wings and first commission in
February, 1941. His first assignment dutywas at McChord field, after which he
served at various fields in the United Statesbefore going to England in October, 1942.
The young flyer had made a rapid rise inrank, and the news of his promotion to ma-
jor was received only a few weeks beforehis death on January 13, 1943, when he was
serving as commanding officer of the 362ndbombardment squadron of flying fortresses.
He had returned to Eugene in the earlysummer of 1941 to marry Alice Giustina,
"42. The Purple Heart was awarded himposthumously.
Major Taylor was the only son of Dr.and Mrs. Howard R. Taylor. Dr. Taylor is
head of the University psychology depart-ment and associate dean of the graduate
school.
AX unsolicited and unexpected gift ofauthorized by the board of directors of the
Eugene Coca Cola bottling company ofwhich he is president, made its appearance
practically in the University's Christmasstocking.
In his accompanying letter to the LatePresident Erb, Mr. Foster stated that his
gift established the Arthur P. Pratt schol-arship, the purpose of which is to give aid
to graduate students in continuing theircollege work. Mr. Foster also made known
his intention to add to this sum a certainamount annually with gifts from time to
time.
The Arthur Pratt fund is to provide twoor more scholarships annually, according
to its earnings, no scholarship to be lessthan $250. Selection will be based on the
scholastic record, character, and good cit-izenship of the student and his promise of
doing distinguished work in his chosenfield. The first awards will be announced
at commencement this spring.
Mr. Foster described Pratt as a businessman and financier of Beverly Hills, Cali-
fornia whose assistance made it possiblefor Mr. Foster to enter the bottling busi-
ness in Portland in 1926. He came to Eu-gene from Portland and started his busi-
ness here in 1937.
"Everything we have at this plant camefrom Eugene," Foster stated in his letter.
"In making this gift I had the twofold pur-pose of expressing my appreciation to
MAJOR TOM TAYLOR, '41, flyerwho lost his life last year overseas.
In his honor, the George Giustinafamily of Eugene has given a sub-
stantial gift to the StudentJnion Fund.
Pratt and to the people of this city. Itstruck me that the University was the key
to the whole situation here; that it repre-sented a background that establishes the
character of this city. I felt I could do morefor the community in this way than in any
other way."
ARTHUR PRATT graduated from thewas a classmate of H. W. Aldrich, now a
Eugene lumberman, and went into businessin Alabama, moving first to New York and
then coming to the Pacific coast in about1923 to promote the sale of his product. Re-
cently he retired to a ranch at Alphin, Cali-fornia just outside of San Diego, having re-
signed as city commissioner of BeverlyHills.
The late Dr. Erb, in reply to Mr. Foster'sletter, expressed the opinion that he could
hope for no finer Christmas gift than this.
"It is my strong conviction," he said,"that scholarship funds are among the most
effective agencies for improving the qualityof a University and particularly such a
gift as the Arthur P. Pratt fund, whichgives us the opportunity to help students on
the graduate level in a way not possiblebefore."
Under the terms of the gift the graduatestudents to whom the scholarship are
awarded must do their graduate study onthe University of Oregon campus at Eu-
gene, "nr on any campus where an integralpart of the University of Oregon may !?(?
located."
Two other gifts to the University, one for$1,000 from the estate of the late Mr-..
Flora Campbell MacDonald of Eugene andthe other for $200 from the estate of the
late Mrs. Amy R. Goldsmith, '15, of Port-land, have also been gratefully received.
In a letter written to President Erb ashort time before his death, Dr. Ian Camp-
bell, '22, professor of geology at the Cali-fornia Institute of Technology, announced
the gift of a $1,000 treasury bond from hisdeceased aunt, Mrs. MacDonald, specified
in her will, in which she named Dr. Camp-bell and his sister, Mrs. Flora Campbell
Hou;k, '23, of Los Angeles, as residualheirs.
Dr. Campbell explained that the gift iswithout limitations but suggested that "as
far as it may be feasible and reasonable,my sister and I would like to see it spent on
books and/or journals for the Universityof Oregon library."
MRS. GOLDSMITH'S gift of $200 was
A. Goldsmith of Portland, executor of herwill, and is for unrestricted use.
Mrs. Goldsmith attended the Universityof Oregon for two years, ending in June
1913, after which she went to Wellesley,graduating from there in 1916. While at
Oregon she was a member of Phi BetaKappa and majored in German. Before
marriage, her name was Amy C. Roth-child. The fund will be known as the "Amy
R. Goldsmith Gift Fund."Such gifts as these, made by a civic-mind-
ed business man, by former University stu-dents who have profited from its teaching.-;,
or in remembrance of outstanding gradu-ates such as Major Tom Taylor, are as Dr.
Erb wrote, "The most effective agenciesfor improving the quality of a University."
The University of Oregon is sincerelygrateful to these men and women for their
generous gifts.
School Head to Resign
For Extension Position
Dr. John F. Cramer, M.E. '32, D.Ed. '38,unanimously elected dean and director of
general extension by the Oregon stateboard of higher education, will assume his
new position on July 1, 1944. At that timehe will resign as superintendent of Eugene
schools, which he has supervised since 1937.In the extension work he will succeed the
late Dr. V V. Caldwell.
As director of general extension, Dr.Cramer will be in charge of the Portland
extension center, all extension and corre-spondence courses sponsored by the state
system, the summer sessions, and programservice of KOAC, state radio station. He
has worked with the Eugene school boardin planning for an expanded school system
and the building of a new high school plantin that city.
Awarded Silver Star
The army silver star for gallantry in ac-tion and a promotion from second to first
lieutenant were received at the same timeby Lt William A. Runey, '43, He also
holds the distinguished flying cross and theair medal. Since March 6, 1943 he has been
a fighter pilot in the south Pacific.
OLD OREGON
News of the Classes With LAUREL GILBERTSON, '44
1886
News of the death of George H. Shinn,'86, on September 14, 1943 in St. Helens,
Ore., has been reported to the office byLewis J. Davis, '89. Mr. Shinn had prac-
ticed law in Baker, Portland, and St. Hel-ens. He recently published a book entitled
"Shoshonean Days" portraying the myths,religions, characteristics and early occupa-
tions of the Cahuilla and other Indian tribesof Southern California. As a young man he
lived among these tribes for five years.
1892
Perm. Class Sec'y: J. C. Veazie, 3021 N. W. Green-briar Terrace, Portland, Oregon.
John F. Logan, '92, prominent Portlandattorney, died suddenly Tuesday evening,
December 14, 1943, while dining withfriends in a restaurant. He was one of the
most well-known members of the Oregonbar and was chairman of the civil service
board in Portland for 25 years. In 1915 hewas one of the Oregon commissioners to
the Panama-Pacific exposition at SanFrancisco.
1893
Kasper K. Kubli, '93, died in Portlandon December 22, 1943 following a short ill-
ness. He is survived by his wife and twodaughters, Mrs. Margaret Kubli Robinson,
'21, and Mrs. Katherine Kubli Gordon, '28.For further details see page 2.
1894
Perm. Class Sec'y: Miss Melissa E. Hill, 1007 HullSt., Hood River, Oregon.
Mrs. George J. Wilhelm (Cecil Rampy,'94) prominent Eugene resident, died at
her home on January 7, 1944. At the time ofher death, Mrs. Wilhelm was grand regent
of the Eugene court of Catholic Daughtersof America and past president of the Eu-
gene Fortnightly club.
1895
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Edith Kerns Chambers(Mrs. Frank L. Chambers), 1059 Hilyard St., Eu-
gene, Oregon.
Mrs. Lydia Yoakam Horsfall, '95, is stateregent for the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Her home is in Marshfield,Ore.
1899
Perm. Class Sec'y: Dr. Charles L. Templeton, 2501Cascadia Ave., Seattle, Washington.
Dr. James H. Carrico, '99, well-knownPortland physician, died December 21, 1943
after a long illness. After graduating fromthe University in 1899, he went to the Uni-
versity of Illinois where he received hisM.D. degree in 1902. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mary Ficklin Carrico, '98.
1905
Perm. Class Sec'y: Albert R. Tiffany, 2045 Potter,Eugene, Oregon.
We recently received word that HerbertG. Moulton, '05, now a lieutenant-colonel
in the army, is stationed in Washington,D.C. For many years he and his wife, the
former Alice Merryman, '06, made their
home in New York City. He is a consultingengineer.
1912
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Mildred Bagley Graham,897 E. 18th, Eugene, Oregon.
Mrs. Margaret Fulton Whittlesay, '12,has two sons serving with the navy, En-
sign Arthur Whittlesay and A/S MaxWhittlesay. She lives at 421 N. 10th, Ta-
coraa, Wash., and was a member of GammaPhi Beta while on the campus.
1916
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Beatrice Locke Hogan,6423 Montgomery Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Chester A. Fee, '16, has been appointed as-sociate editor of the West Coast Lumberman
and the Pacific Pulp & Paper Industry,monthly publications with headquarters in
Seattle. He is a former English teacher at theUniversity.
1918
Perm. Class Sec'y: Dr. Edward Gray, Miner Bldg.,Eugene, Oregon.
Lt. Com. Satolli W. Hanns, '18, was theprincipal speaker at the launching of a new
destroyer escort, the USS Newman, atCharleston, S. C. He has been in the navy for
25 years and saw the bombing of Pearl Har-bor. He is at present stationed with the pre-
commissioning detail at the Charleston navyyard.
1919
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Jean McDonaldMcNab (Mrs. Wm. H. McNab), 815 Spruce St.,
Berkeley, California.
After 24 years as a missionary in Africa,Miss Goldie Wells, '19, returned to Eugene
for a brief rest in December after beingseriously ill. She was flown out of the in-
terior by government permission in anarmy plane. This is not her first trip home,
however, as she has been back in this coun-try several times since her first trip to Af-
rica in 1919. Significant of the high regardheld for Miss Wells for her work among
the African natives of the Belgian Congois the fact that she was decorated by the
Belgian government in 1938 with the Orderof Leopold II, for "outstanding service."
1921
Perm. Class Sec'y: Jack Benefiel, National YouthAdministration, Bedell Bldg., Portland. Oregon.
Meeting in Los Angeles recently wereNelson C. Dezendorf, '21, and Don Belding,
'19. Mr. Dezendorf is now vice president incharge of sales for General Motors and Mr.
Belding is associated with the advertisingfirm of Foote, Cone & Belding in Los An-
geles.
1922
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Carson Plumb (Mrs.Herbert L. Plumb), 3312 Hunter Blvd., Seattle,
Washington.
A letter from John Forrest Yetter, '22,brings alumni up to date on his activities
for the past few years. President -of theFirst National Bank in Stephen, Minn., he
has been associated with the bank for sometime. He and Mrs. Yetter have a son,
Thomas Bernard, born October 14, 1943.They also have a daughter and two other
sons.
1923
William V. Jones, '23, died suddenly Jan-uary 4, 1944 while attending a forest super-
visors' meeting at Redding, Calif. He wassupervisor of the Lassen national forest
and had been an employe of the Rogue Riv-er national forest for nearly 30 years.
Having resigned as director of domesticoperations of the OWI in Washington,
D. C, Palmer Hoyt, '23, was to return toPortland in January. During his stay in
Washington he won favorable commentfor his crusades to speed more war news
from the armed services and to improve theflow of news from civilian war agencies. He
will resume his job as publisher of TheOregonian.
FLORENCE ALDEN, on the Uni-versity faculty since 1921, has re-
tired as professor of physical educa-tion, effective fall term.
Florence Alden Retired;Now at Home in Eugene
After 22 years on the faculty, Miss Flor-ence D. Alden, former head of the women's
department of physical education at theUniversity, has retired. She is now enjoy-
ing a vacation at her home in Eugene, tak-ing advantage of the opportunity for
leisure time activities such as playing in asmall stringed instrument group.
Gerlinger hall had just been completedwhen Miss Alden came to the campus. The
women's physical education facilities werethen known up and down the Pacific coast
for their excellence. For the last three yearsbefore her retirement, Miss Alden was di-
rector of recreation for the physical educa-tion school. Supervising both men and
women, she developed courses especiallyplanned for leaders of camps, playgrounds,
and youth organizations. Last year she de-voted part time to managing Eugene's rec-
reation program.
With undergraduate training from Smithcollege, Northampton, Mass., Miss Alden
took physical education work at Wellesleyand graduate work at New York and Co-
lumbia universities. She is a member ofPhi Beta Kappa and Pi Lambda Theta. Her
retirement became effective fall term.
JANUARY 1944
ASUO Meet
The ASTU--
Campus GI's
By SHAUN McDERMOTT(Co-Editor, Emerald Army Page)
Of army men stationed on thecampus, the majority are en-
rolled in basic engineering. Theynow number about 450 and wear
the ASTU's brilliant yellow andblue insignia displaying the
"lamp of knowledge." Their lifeat Oregon has social highlights
as well as study.
IN the early days of June, 1943 the firstcontingent of ASTP trainees marchedthrough Eugene and the University of
Oregon campus to Straub hall, where theywere met by the commanding officer of
Company A, now the commandant, Major\V. S. Averill and the first sergeant, Master
Sgt. M. D. Mudd. Sighs of appreciationcame from these men, most of whom had
left some other college campus just a shorttime previously. Representing all parts of
the country and most of the larger col-leges, they were back in school after a few
months of army life. Formerly they hadbeen taking courses in liberal arts, business
administration.physical education, or evenengineering. But now they were all to take
engineering, although, in many cases, theengineering soon took them.
These soldier-students are just what thenomenclature implies. They go to regular
college classes, but are under strict mili-tary discipline: reville at 0615, classes from
0800 to 1700, study from 1900 to 2130, tapsat 2230. (Subtract 1200 to obtain p.m.
hour.) Originally there was Sunday nightstudy and taps at 2200, but time has
brought its improvements, including a re-cent edict making Wednesday night study
optional for those sections (groups of 25to 30 men) with a good behavior record for
the previous week. As for their classes,math, physics, chemistry or mechanical
drawing, English, history, military, geog-raphy, and physical education fill the day
quite well.
ASTU 3920, as the unit here is called,gradually developed within itself. During
the summer a mimeographed magazinewas introduced. Mixer dances were held
in Gerlinger hall, where the new Oregonstudents met the girls attending the sum-
mer session and enjoyed the first taste ofcollege life "like the good old days." An
orchestra was formed, but its presentationwas a stillbirth.
WHEN September came the unit wastwo new groups?the language and area
men, who formed Company C, and a newcrop of engineers to replace those who had
left school. Many of the old engineers were
moved to the Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta,and S.A.E. fraternity houses, forming
Company B with First Sgt. Fred Millikinand Lt. R. G. Davis as company command-
er.
Social life changed greatly with the ad-vent of fall term, especially with the influx
ENGINEERING STUDENTS in the army specialized training pro-gram at the University have chemistry lab in McClure hall. Those in
second term of study take four hours of laboratory and two hours oflectures in chemistry each week.
of more girls to the campus. To combatthe difficulty encountered by the soldiers
in meeting these coeds, and to promotesoldier-civilian solidarity, an "S-5" com-
mittee was formed with a representative inevery section. This group arranged dates
for the fellows and assisted in making theWednesday night open houses the success
they were pronounced. At present the com-mittee is formulating plans for the Military
Ball in February.
Soon after the first soldier-civilian mixerat the "Hello Dance," an orchestra, com-
posed of former top-notch professional andamateur musicians, fronted by Owen Bai-
ley, crashed into the limelight at the onlyall-student assembly of the term. The Cam-
pus Serenade on Sunday afternoons feat-ured the orchestra and skits produced by
the GIs. The journalists turned their tal-ents to the Emerald, while others formed
a glee club, a drama group, and a band.
TN the realm of sports the ASTUs sentout a team to represent Oregon last
fall when hopes for a regular college teamcollapsed. Hampered by lack of practice
time and scholastic difficulties, their recordwas far from amazing?but they were
scrappy, as any of their opponents would,and did, acknowledge. A basketball team
has now been formed, but at this writingis barely tested.
Despite the apparent emphasis on schol-astic activity and extra-curricular activities,
the salient of the soldier's schedule is hismilitary training. In addition to the regu-
lar classes in military law, tactics and messmanagement (a good home economics
course), the ASTP students, under thewatchful eyes of Major Woodbury and his
assistants, drill each other and are gradedon their ability to command a platoon.
Many are the soldiers who shrink to atomicsize while undergoing this test. Unlike the
Joe College he used to be, the soldier-stu-dent is subject to frequent and rigorous in-
spection of his room, which is to be spot-less at all times.
They say a man isn't a good soldier un-til he learns to gripe?the favorite army
pastime. Here at the University of Oregonthe main gripes are the weather and the
desolateness of Oregon. On these subjects
all are in accord (except Oregonians), butbull sessions on subjects like football and
the ranking states create a mild riot, andlittle wonder with the number of men from
cities like New York, Chicago, Los Ange-les, San Francisco and colleges like Notre
Dame, all the big ten schools, SouthernCalifornia, UCL,A, and even some former
students of Oregon State College and Uni-versity of Oregon.
OUITE naturally the ASTP itself getsits share of comments, both good andbad. The majority are glad to have this
opportunity to continue their education, al-though they can find countless flaws in the
program. The main objection is the inten-sity of the courses?a sharp contrast to
their college life in civilian days. The ob-scure purpose and aim of the program
gives rise to countless rumors, which arealways recognized as such. The soldier-stu-
dents have little idea of what the futureholds for them, but all expect and many are
anxious to get overseas.
In its history so far ASTU 3920 has hadone graduating class of 34, who entered as
second term students last June. This group,which was graduated last December, will
be followed by the rest of the other originalmembers of the organization in March.
Upon graduation from the basic course,such as the engineering unit here, the sol-
diers are transferred either to advancedtraining at some other college or back to
a combat outfit. All are qualified for officertraining but, due to the fact that the quota
of army officers is already well filled, fe?vof the ASTP grads have been sent to OCS.
The wide-spread rumor that the AST1'is to be liquidated has been denied by the
war department. At this writing there are140,000 in the program, which numbers
2,000 graduates. It is estimated that therewill soon be 10,000 graduating each month
and taking up duties here and overseas, andthe men of ASTU 3920, University of Ore-
gon, will be among them.
Lt. Charles R. Stafford, '40. reportedmissing in action after a raid over Schwein-
furt. Germany. October 14, 1943. is a pris-oner of the Germans, according to word
received by his wife recently.
OLD OREGON
Oregon Pays Tribute to Noted Leader
Students returned to the campus winter term deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Donald Milton Erb,president of the University of Oregon. He will remain unforgettably etched in the memory of all who
knew him. The 43-year-old executive was publicly honored January 2 in McArthur court at a memorialservice. Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett, representing the state board of higher education, there presented
the following address. It summarizes the feelings of his associates everywhere.
FRIENDS of Donald Krb:Xo words I can summon tonight canexpress the grief and shock which fill
your hearts and mine. Xo tribute I can offercan be so eloquent as the fact that you who
loved him have crowded this great room todo him honor. Never in my memory has
the passing of one man, in Oregon, broughtso much of sorrow to so many.
We come here still numb with unbeliefthat he, who was the epitome of manhood's
prime vigor, can be gone. By the measureof our own personal loss, we can gauge the
anguish of those who were nearest anddearest to him. We hold out our deep sym-
pathy to them, knowing the while that theirstrength in this tragic hour will not come
from human help. We hope, only, that theymay find some little comfort in the knowl-
edge that literally thousands share theirgrief and long to be of aid. We hope that
even in their sorrow, they can feel pride inthe high regard in which he whom they
mourn was universally held; we hope theycan find strength to be brave, because he
would have had them so.
I wish I might bring the golden words ofa great orator and the sensitive soul of a
poet to pay the high tribute which I knowevery member of the state board of higher
education would offer. But I take comfortin feeling that glowing metaphor and ex-
travagant econium are, somehow, out ofcharacter with the forthright straightfor-
wardness which was the very essence ofDonald Erb. So I shall try to tell you, quite
simply, what he meant to us who cherishedhim as associate and friend. The thoughts
are my own. I can only hope they may ex-press, in small measure, the gratitude, the
affection and high regard of all.
T HE search for a university president isone-half years ago we pursued it long and
laboriously, because we hoped to find thatrare combination, a thoughtful man of ac-
tion?one who should be both philosopherand administrator; educator and statesman.
That is a mould which nature uses but sel-dom.
When we came to Donald Erb, when wehad the opportunity to see him and talk
with him, every member of the board wassatisfied that here was the man. Here was
the end of our search and the beginning ofgreat leadership for the University of Ore-
gon.
We learned that he was a great teacher?not through facile brilliance which drew
students to his feet to drink in his elo-quence, but because he required those who
sat in his classes to work and think, becausewith him they gave as well as took away.
As a great teacher, he would know and de-mand the uniform good teaching which is
keystone of a great educational institution.
There was valid evidence that he was asound scholar, one who had won distinction
in institutions and among men where stand-ards were high and competition keen. As a
scholar he could be trusted to recognizeand respect scholarship, to foster and in-
spire it among students and staff.
But there was yet another essential quali-
8
THE LATE DONALD ERBshown standing on the steps of
Johnson hall?"A memorial worthyof him will be built as this Univer-
sity fulfills its high destiny in theCommonwealth."
fication to be met?one so important thatsome institutions, discouraged in the search
for the rare combination, have contentedthemselves with that alone. The head of a
great university must be an able adminis-trator. Here we could not fall back on the
record. Fur a university president, DonaldErb was very young, and unproven as an
executive. Yet none of us felt any doubt.The remarkable lucidity of his mind, his
fine balance and sound judgment, his in-cisiveness and courage were guarantee
enough. Here, we knew, was a man whocould offer not only a great contribution
himself, but who could create an atmos-phere of harmony and discipline where
others could do their best work.
The state board of higher education
named Donald Erb president of the Uni-
versity of Oregon with full confidence and
high hope. The confidence has been justi-
fied, the hope realized beyond our most
eager expectations. I hope you will believe
that I speak without extravagance and withthe utmost sincerity when I say I can recall
no occasion when he disappointed us, andcan name you a hundred when his ability
and vision were more than we could haveasked.
I NEED nut speak to you of what hisYou know better than I how his demand for
high standards, honest discipline, progres-sive but sound curricula have added to the
academic distinction of the University. Youknow how confusion and discord have van-
ished before his absolute fairness, his soundbalance and his imperturbable good spirit.
For him, education was no rare adorn-ment for the exceptional mind, but the very
fabric of the good life, conceived out of theneed of a democratic people and dedicated
to the common good.
As an educator he made this an institu-tion to be proud of; as a statesman he dedi-
cated it to the service of the common-wealth. He was invaluable in interpreting
the school to the state. Thousands of citi-zens understand the University better be-
cause they liked Donald Erb so much.Thousands are more friendly to higher edu-
cation because in him, its exponent, theyfound so much to admire.
Townspeople took him to their hearts;alumni were proud that at the head of the
University there was a man of stature, fitleader for a great and growing school. In
the broad field of higher education the na-tion over, his present promise was held but
bright omen of a great future.
Totally without pretense, never con-sciously seeking favor, with conspicuous
and unflagging attention to duty, DonaldErb won and held the accolade from the
variant groups his life touched.
Notable among these were his fellowworkers in other institutions in the state
system. The tributes which have come fromthem are not generous gestures of sympa-
thy to a sister institution which has suf-fered a hard blow, but sincere expressions
of their own great loss. They know thatwithout his honest and helpful judgment,
his invariable fair play, his discernment ofthe indivisibility of educational service to
the state, their own tasks will be harder.
I K NOW that students on this campus
stature whose high achievements theycould admire without hoping to approach,
but as comrade and leader, whose qualities
they could wholly respect, and yet hope toemulate. No one was ever abashed or over-
awed in his presence, for here was one whocould understand and help.
I shall always think of him as an excep-
tional person because of his very lack ofspectacular qualities. He had none of the
Hashing irregularity of the lonely genius.As educator, statesman and friend, he per-
sonified that rare balance, that combination
of excellence which makes for the roundedwhole of a splendid personality. I am con-
fident that every student going out fromthis institution is better for the bright in-
JANUARY 1944
spiration of the person and character ofDonald Erb, scholar and gentleman.
He was so fine, so useful, so human, soRay, so full of vigor and the joy of living,
we cannot think of him as gone from Ore-gon, where his work was only well begun
?gone from the woods and fishing streams,from the campus and tree-lined streets of
Kugene which he loved. Why must deathlove such a shining mark?strike such a
signal blow? In our sorrow we cry, "Lyci-das is dead ere his prime, and he hath left
no peer."
But Donald Erb would be the first toreproach us for the idleness of tears and
the futile luxury of lamentation and re-proach. I believe he would say, "If you
loved me, cherish and comfort those Iloved; confirm and strengthen the spirit of
truth, unity and concord, of discipline andservice which I fostered here; make the
University the great institution for which Iworked and dreamed."
WE who call ourselves moderns and
contemplation of spiritual strength. But inthese tragic years of decision we have had
bitter evidence that human life is pitifullyexpendable, that work of human hands
overnight may become but valiant dust. Wehave learned, painfully and reluctantly, that
in the hour of trial it is only the imponder-ables which endure.
I believe that the spirit of Donald Erbwill endure on this campus. I have felt it
in the days following his death in the atti-tudes which have been brought to his un-
finished tasks. I believe it will sustain youin the readjustment ahead. I know it will
guide and govern us who must seek oneworthy to be his successor.
His last appearance before the board wasin behalf of a Student Union building which
should serve as heart and center of the lifeof the campus. How right and proper it
would be if that project could be consum-mated in his name and in his memory, as a
fitting memorial to him and to gallant anduseful young men like him, who have died
in the service of their country.
But the worthiest memorial this Univer-sity can raise to Donald Erb will not be
built with hands. In every great universitythere burns a pure and gem-like flame. It
lights the way for the never-ending questfor truth. It is a symbol of zeal for the gen-
eral spread of knowledge and understand-ing, to the end that all men, everywhere,
may be possessed of the strength and free-dom which come from the enriched mind
and fervent heart. President Erb tendedand augmented that flame on this campus.
He was a present part of that gallant com-pany of faithful people who know that
truth is imperishable, and as one wouldseek eternity, he must become ally and
partner of truth.
AS this University, bondsman for theand bright, the ideals which pervade class-
room and campus, the zeal which inspiresstudents, the faith and ardor which give
heart to faculty will draw strength andcomfort from the living spirit of Donald
Erb. A memorial worthy of him will bebuilt as this University fulfills its high des-
tiny in the Commonwealth.
Donald Erb will live in the hearts of hisfriends ever young and strong, useful and
forward looking. "Death gives him sleep,eternal youth and immortality." Our grief
is too new, the wound yet too raw, to bringto our sorrow the consolations of philoso-
phy. Perhaps when time has eased thisfresh sense of pain, we shall be able to feel
University Loses Man of Ability, Vision
Donald M. Erb's first contact with the
University was in 1927, when he began two
years on the campus as assistant professor
of economics. Indicative of the friendship
and respect he drew from students as well
as from faculty members was the title given
him by the outgoing Class of '29?"Ore-
gon's most outstanding professor."
After a year's leave of absence, enablinghim to return to Harvard and complete
work for his Ph.D. degree in 1930, Dr. Erbcame back to Oregon as professor of eco-
nomics for three years. He then served onthe Stanford university faculty until spring,
1938, when he was welcomed to the Uni-versity of Oregon as its seventh president.
Succeeding Dr. Clarence Valentine Boyer,Donald Erb was at 37 the youngest man
ever to preside over the University and oneof the youngest college presidents in the
United States.
Early purposing to accomplish the res-toration of upper division science courses
to the University, Dr. Erb saw his aimrealized in 1941. That year the state board
of higher education approved the re-estab-lishment of major work in pure sciences on
the Oregon curriculum, beginning with the1942-43 school year.
Dr. Erb looked ahead to a promising fu-ture for the University and was actively
planning a greater role for the institutionin the postwar period. He saw its develop-
ment not only in terms of physical expan-sion but also, and more significant, in the
growth of its services in training youngmen and women for more valuable citizen-
ship and leadership in the years to come.
Stressing the importance of a well-round-ed, liberal arts education, the president said
shortly before his death: "War periodsdemonstrate in countless ways the desira-
bility of general education and mentalsharpening as well as specialized and pro-
fessional training . . There will be shiftsof emphasis in postwar curricula. More stu-
dents will take work in science, mathemat-ics, languages (including our own), in his-
tory and the like. There will be more atten-tion to the social utility of learning and less
interest in knowledge for its own sake."
Dr. Erb encouraged the University ofOregon and its alumni to keep faith with
each other always, and to maintain a strongbond. In a message to alumni shortly after
his arrival on the campus in 1938, he de-clared:
"The relationship between any universityand its graduates implies a reciprocal re-
sponsibility. . The University is underobligation to make you proud of having
been a member of its student body.The alumni can know that their assistance
to their alma mater will constitute as finean example of public service as they will
ever perform. As the incoming president ofthe University of Oregon, I pledge myself
to see that the University does its part."
Donald Erb kept that pledge, winningthe warm admiration of Oregon alumni
everywhere.
KILLED IN ACTION
Major Kenneth Kirtley, '38, was killed inItaly when an airplane motor, torn loose
from a German plane which had just beenshot down, fell on Kirtley in the American
trenches. At the time, Major Kirtley wasa battalion commander with General Mark
Clark's fifth army. He had achieved therank of major while serving in Africa.
Word of the tragedy was received in Eu-gene December 9 by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Kirtley.
Major Kirtley graduated from the Uni-versity in 1938. He majored in journalism
and was a member of Sigma Delta Chi hon-orary, having received the Sigma Delta Chi
scholarship award in 1938. He was a mem-ber of Delta Upsilon fraternity. His wife,
Genevieve McNiece, whom he married inAugust 1939, is also a graduate of the Uni-
versity with the class of 1938.
Lt. Samuel Preston Knight, Jr., '41, acompany commander with the army in
Italy, was killed in that war theater recent-ly. Details of the casualty have not reached
Old Oregon as yet. In the last correspond-ence with campus friends, he had stated
that he was moving northward and themaneuver was becoming more difficult;
however, he expressed admiration for thecourage and spirit of his company. Lt.
Knight is survived by his parents, his wife,the former Mary Virginia Wells, '43, and a
that it is not unmitigated tragedy that hewill never know diminution of power. For
him "decay's effacing fingers will neversweep the lines where beauty lies."
Not now, but one day, perhaps, we may
be able to think of Donald Erb's magnifi-cent, unfulfilled potentialities, and say, "Ah,
but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,else what's Heaven for?"
small son whom he had never seen. He wasa member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Alfred P. Kelley, Jr., '46, was killed De-cember 28 in the crash of a training plane
near Douglas army air field in Arizona.Kelley was nearing completion of his ad-
vanced pilot training and ten days laterwould have received his commission and
wings. His name was called at the gradua-tion exercises of his class and he was post-
humously awarded his pilot's wings andcommission.
According to newspaper accounts, Kel-ley was in a twin-engined plane with his
instructor in a flight over mountainouscountry east of Douglas. Three planes were
engaged in the flight and all ships crashed.His parents, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Alfred P.
Kelley of Oswego, a sister, and a brothersurvive him. His father is executive officer
of the Portland army air base. Lt. Kelleymajored in law while attending the Univer-
sity and was a member of Chi Psi frater-nity.
Holiday Gathering in East
The Astor hotel in New York City wasthe site of a Christmas get-together for
several Oregon Theta Chis. Those expect-ed were three house officers?Bud Putnam,
'44, president; Vince Cardinale, '44, secre-tary, and Fritz Giesecke, '45, treasurer,
also Jake Maddox, '43, Glen Kelly, '45, BillWood, '44, Roy Seeborg, '45, Eldon Jenne,
'45, Merv Hanscam, '46, Herb Widmer, '46,Bill Cramer, '4o, Ralph Johnson, '45, Bob
Rowan, '45.
"We're thinking of taking over GrandCentral station as our chapter house for
the duration. It seems most centrally lo-cated," cracked PFC Cramer, who reported
plans for the festivities.
OLD OREGON
COMMEMORATIVE VERSES
DONALD M. ERB
A Poem in Three Parts
PART I.
W7 HEN grief seems all the meaning that is leftW (n the wide world, and darkness everywhere,
And we but think of how a heart is cleftAnd feed to sickness on our own despair,
It is his voice that calls on us to knowThe truth of him triumphant through our woe.
Look to the hills he loved: they are not bowedWith sorrow; and the streams that knew him well
Still flash their waters, clean, and strong, and proudThrough the green valleys, for what they have to tell
Of him is not a sad thing but the praiseOf one who was a man in all his days.
There is a nook where alders drop a shadeOn Mason Bend?it is a place he loved?
And thinking of him there, sorely afraidOf what my heart will say, I stand reproved
For those great waters sing with one clear voice"We gave him joy you must not wrong?rejoice!"
So is it everywhere we follow nowThe ways he went: a brightness lingers there
Like the clear light that is upon the browOf one who dreams and all his dreams are fair,
Or like the splendor left in heaven afarAlong the pathway of a fallen star.
We see that brightness and our grief is still;We will not dim it even with our tears,
But, like the streams he loved and every hill,Be proud and speed him onward through the years
In the full beauty of his stainless fameAnd all the goodness that was in his name.
PART II.
TIJ UT there are other meanings he would make*-) Us know and not forsake,
Pointing ahead to a bright, distant goal;Calling us from our sleep
Of grief to rise and keepSternly the battle-stations of the soul.
For he was ever a soldier in the fightFor freedom, truth and light,
The war from whose hard stress is no relief.He shook not but stood fast,
Ah, steadfastly, a soldier and our Chief!
A story from the past comes back to me,
And there it is I see'The symbol of his vision and his powers;
The symbol of the goalHe set for his own soul;
The splendid thing that knit his life to ours.
The story of Prometheus who gave
The fire that burns to saveMan from the gloom of ignorance and sin.
Knowledge he gave, and love,
And, mightiest to moveThe heart toward heaven, beauty the prize, to win.
And Jove the treacherous and all-evil one
Chained him where never the sunWarms the deep frost on bitter Caucasus;
And there he hangs todayTortured as none can say,
The Good who fights the all-evil One for us.
The Chief whom we pay tribute to this hour
Led us with quiet powerTo where that awful Hero warms the stone:
"Reach up and set him free,"
That was his word: "Let beGood on the earth, its king, and good alone!"
Clad in his strength he stands beside us now,
Our Chief, with lifted brow,And chants with us the Eternal Hymn of Light;
The faith that will not breakThough Earth's foundations shake,
That rocks the throne of darkness with its might:
PART III.
"CTILL hangs Prometheus on the bitter stone^ Shrouded in cloud so that we cannot see
Even his feet;
Flesh of our flesh they are, bone of our bone,For we, for we
Are all of us his brothers waiting hereAs we have watched and waited year by year
And shall until?oh faith how wildly sweet!?Our hands shall break his chains and set him free.
"We know he hangs there by the blood that dripsOut of the cloud and by the cruel sound
Ever of wings;We know the agony upon his lips
And look aroundOne to another at what our fingers hold,
Salves for his wounds and waters clean and cold,And turn away, knowing them useless things,
And stare at the red drops upon the ground.
"He died in Greece thousands of years ago;In Rome amid the torches and the din.
By sword and flameHe tasted every death that man can know.
And when the thinCry of sick children in a later day
Came to him from deep jungles far awayHe woke and rose and answered to his name
And bared his arm and let the fever in.
"He died wherever evil called for blood,Wherever beauty perished in the blaze
Of maddened lust;Wherever truth, shieldless and lovely, stood
At quiet gazeUpon the spears that thronged against her breast,
He struck some down and gathered in the restAnd made her live through all our yesterdays.
BUT who shall tell us where today he dies,Each hour, each minute, smitten to his knees
Yet fighting on!
On all the world's wide lands, in all her skies,In all her seas
He stands with freemen in the time of fears,His thousand names one name in all their ears,
And, as they fall and one by one are gone,He dies?and lives?the one great soul of these.
"Still, still he hangs upon the bitter stone.Oh, lift your heads up, brothers, and be proud
And unafraid!
Though Jove has wooed him with a golden throne,And though aloud
The evil sirens have sung songs to him
Of joys in heaven, for each tortured limb
Salves and sweet rest, he hangs there'undismayedAnd keeps his trust there steadfast in the cloud.
"It is not Hercules will set you free,
Prometheus?can you hear us in the gloom?Not Hercules
Nor any strong one, but your brothers, weWho in the womb
Took the same dream that chains you to your stone
And that great faith?oh, terribly alone,Hear us as now we speak it on our knees?
That all your million graves are not your tomb!"
?Ernest G. Moll.
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JANUARY 1944
Awards, Close Escapes
Typify These Alums
Commander Russell D. Calkins, 13, wasa practicing attorney at the outbreak of the
hrst World war. He enlisted in the navyimmediately in April, 1917 and has since
served the navy for 17 years. RecentlyCommander Calkins was recognized by
the navy department for his "outstandingperformance of duty while serving as sup-
ply officer on the staff of commander am-phibious forces, U.S. Atlantic fleet prior
to the landing in French Morocco." Thecitation further states that he energetically
organized and administered the supply andmaintenance of a new and rapidly expand-
ing force composed of joint army and navalelements engaged in training for amphibi-
ous operations.
Shortly before Pearl Harbor CommanderCalkins was ordered back to the U. S. east
coast from Honolulu to serve on a specialassignment in planning amphibious opera-
tions. The commendation was in recogni-tion of his work on this assigment. Mrs.
Calkins is now on the east coast. His father,W. W. Calkins, and sister, Jeanette Calk-
ins, '16, reside in Eugene.
Major Del Bjork, '37, has received thedistinguished service cross for heroic ac-
tion during the American campaign onAttu island last May. The citation stated
that it was during the capture of this islandthat Major Bjork and his company encoun-
tered heavy enemy fire while following upan assault at Fish Hook ridge. Bjork de-
liberately exposed himself to enemy fire inorder to place a base of fire on the hostile
trench system. This enabled one of hisrear platoons to maneuver, outflank and
destroy the enemy position.
Later Major Bjork penetrated enemyterritory to find one of his officers who had
become a casualty. With three enlistedmen he suddenly encountered 15 Japanese
troops seeking to surprise the Americanflank. He and his men attacked with gren-
ades and rifle fire at a close range and re-pelled the enemy.
The navy's highest award, the navy cross,has been presented to Lt. (jg) Warren C.
Gill, '39, U. S. coast guard reserve, for hisexceptional heroism after being wounded
in the landing operations at Salerno. Thecross was awarded by Vice-Admiral Henry
K. Hewitt. Earlier Lieutenant Gill wasawarded the legion of merit for his partici-
pation in the landing of Sicily. He was alsoawarded the purple heart after being
wounded in the Salerno operations. Mrs.Gill and their three-month-old daughter
reside in Lebanon.
Two former University of Oregon men,Capt. Jack Massie, '42, and Capt. George
Jackson, Jr., '40, of Grants Pass, Oregonreturned to their home state in November
both wearing the air medal with seven oakleaf clusters and the European theater rib-
bon with three campaign stars. The twohave been flying B-26 Marauders in the
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African, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns.Captain Jackson received the distinguished
flying cross and Captain Massie has beenrecommended for the Croix de Guerre.
Air medals are now being worn by Capt.Harry T. Finnell, '42, and Lt. James F.
Failing, '44. Captain Finnell received his inrecognition of his participation in long
range patrol flights, courier and rescuemissions, photographic and search mis-
sions along with other operational flightsin the area surrounding and in defense of
the Panama canal. Many of these missionswere accomplished when unfavorable
weather conditions made flying hazardous.In the Caribbean area for the past Zl
months, Captain Finnell is now assigned toa reconnaissance squadron.
Lt. Failing was awarded the air medal forhis work in the Sicilian campaign. A first
lieutenant in the field artillery reserve, hereceived his preliminary flight training be-
fore being ordered to active duty in January,1942, and was transferred to the field artil-
ery as a flying observation officer afterserving for a time with the infantry. He
has been in the Mediterranean area formore than a year.
A month after he went overseas Lt. MaxSimmons, '41, navigator on a Flying Fort-
ress, bailed out of a badly damaged shipafter a raid on Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Only ?ne engine in the ship was workingwhen it reached the British coast, and the
pilot ordered all the crew to parachute.Alone in the plane, the pilot headed the ship
toward sea and prepared to bale out, butthe automatic controls refused to function
and the ship started to nose dive over thetown of Ipswich. He pulled it back into line
again and made a crash landing on the out-skirts of the town. All members of the
crew returned safely.
Capt. Wilfred R. Stephens, '39, returnedto Eugene the first of December still show-
ing the effects of wounds received in Sicilyfive months ago. Captain Stephens was
sent back to this country in September andwas hospitalized at Fort Devens, Mass.,
and moved later to Bushnell general hos-pital in Brigham City, Utah. He was here
on a 30-day sick leave and has returned forfurther hospital treatment. In the famed
third division he saw action in three majorengagements in Sicily in as many days,
before being injured.
The distinguished flying cross was re-cently presented to Lt. William D. Wren,
'43, for completing 50 fighter combat mis-sions over enemy-occupied Europe. Lt.
Wren has flown his Thunderbolt P-47,"Fortune's Fool" on escort missions with
Flying Fortresses as well as participatedin actual combat fighting with crack fliers
of the German luftwaffe.
Lt. Henry W. Evans, '42, has been pre-sented with the distinguished flying cross
for outstanding service as the pilot of aFlying Fortress in New Guinea. His wife,
Mrs. Maxine Wyse Evans, '42, makes herhome in California.
Pvt. Donald E. Bushnell, '45, spent aseven-day furlough with his parents in
Dexter recently. He is a basic engineeringstudent under the ASTP program at
UCLA.
FORCED TO BAIL OUT of a dam-aged Flying Fortress over England,
Lt. Max Simmons, '41, of Eugenereached his base safely. He went
overseas October 1.
Prisoners and Missing
Another missing airman has been found.Cpl. James K. King, '24, was reported miss-
ing in action November 5. About a monthlater he returned to his base in India safe-
ly after many days in the Burma jungles.Corporal King, radio operator in the army
air transport command, and the rest of thelost crew were located on the ground in the
Burma jungles. Provisions were droppedto them from the air, as were directions
which brought them safely through thejungle.
Exactly one month after he was reportedmissing, word has been received that Lt.
John C. Lindquist, '44, is a prisoner of theGermans. Lt. Lindquist was co-pilot of one
of the 60 flying fortresses that didn't returnfrom the allied raid on Schweinfurt, Ger-
many, where the giant Krupp ball bearingfactory was located. This raid took place
on October 14, 1943. His wife, Mrs. DorisBerg Lindquist, 41, is at home in Gresham,
Oregon with her parents.
Lt. John B. Harr, 41. formerly listed asmissing in action, has been reported a Ger-
man prisoner of war. Previously his parentswere told that their son and other crew
members had parachuted to land.
Another post card has been receivedfrom PFC Joe W. Staton, '41, a prisoner
of the Germans. He is now in the Stalag7-A camp in Germany having been cap-
tured in Tunisia, March 24, 1943. He is be-ing treated well and states, "After hearing
all the stories about how war prisonerswere being treated here, it was certainly ;i
surprise to me when 1 got here and actuallysaw how we are being treated."
On the airplane carrier, Liscome Bay, ,ttthe time it was torpedoed was Coxswain
Arthur R. Terpening, '41. He is listed asmissing in action. Before being assigned
to the Liscome Bay last July, CoxswainTerpening had spent a year in the Aleu-
tians on the destroyer, U.S.S. Elliot. Hishome is in Salem, Ore., and he was a mem-
ber of Delta Upsilon on the campus.
Mrs. Florence C. Hoffman has receivedword that her husband, Lt. Ralph L. Hoff-
man, Jr., "44, is missing in action in theEuropean area.
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OLD OREGON
J\l News of theClasses
BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, '43
Dear Kditor,
Xcws from Oregon alumni at YubaCity amounts to about this: Catherine Ann
Kinch, '43, Alpha Phi, and Miriam Hoff-man, '45, Sigma Kappa, are both doing
stenographical work at Camp Beale. Mrs.Conway Marcellino's (Barbara Littleton,
'41, AOPi) baby daughter, Marian Zane,is almost a year old. They are living in
Honolulu.
Mrs. Robert Offley, '44, (Roberta Boyd)and Mrs. George Eckert, '46, (June Davis)
were here just before the Christmas holi-days. Their husbands, Captain Offley and
Lieutenant Eckert, were classmates atWest Point and now have gone across to-
gether. Both of the girls are AOPis. JeanCassidy, '43, AOPi, expects to graduate
from St. Luke's nursing school this year,while Pat Chalmers, '44, AOPi, will finish
up work for her degree from California thisJune.
The other day listening to the Sacramen-to Hi-McClathcy football gai^e over the
radio I thought, "My, that sounds likeEarle Russell, '43, ATO." It was. He is evi-
dently announcing for KFBK. MarjorieHoffman, '42, Sigma Kappa, has been
working as an instructor at the new nur-sery school in town for the past couple of
months. Bill George, '44, Sigma Xu, is at-tending midshipmen's school on the east
coast.
Nancy Riesch, '43, is expecting to joinother Oregonites in San Francisco. She
plans to live with Grade Williams andHelen Jane Kerr, both '43.
Well, my goodness, I just realized I for-got to tell you one word about Schrick (Ray
Schrick, '43). He phoned me from a pointof embarkation on the east coast Decem-
ber 1. . . He probably ate his Christmasturkey on the Atlantic?if he wasn't sea-
sick. "BJ." (Betty Biggs Schrick)
c/o Yuba City HeraldYuba City, Calif.
CHARLES "CHUCK" EATON,
'38
Dear Editor,
While looking over some public rela-tions questionnaires forwarded to this of-
fice from the Marine Corps Air station, ElCentro, Calif., I ran across a couple of Uni-
versity of Oregon men who are in a tor-pedo bomber squadron stationed at El
Centro. They are:
2nd Lt. Byron W. Mayo, '44, of Port-land, who attended the University in 1939,
was a reporter on the Daily Emerald. He
was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fra-
ternity. 2nd Lt. Elvert S. Wilson, '45, alsoan ATO, attended the University from
1939-42. He is from The Dalles, Ore.
Another ex-Web foot stationed at El Cen-
tro is 2nd Lt. Morry Jackson, '44, formerfootball star ('40 and '41). He was injured
several months ago in a training accidentbut is back flying now. Lieutenant Jackson
was a member of Sigma Chi. 2nd Lt. PaulJackson, '42, Phi Delt, is stationed at the
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Betty BiggsSchrick, '43, now in
Yuba City, Calif,sends a letter
chuck-full of newsabout alums in that
state. As an under-graduate she was
assistant editor ofOld Orci/on, busi-
ness manager ofthe Emerald, and
belonged to sever-al campus honor-
aries.
Marine Corps Air station, El Toro. He wasa top basketball man in 1940-41 and 1941-
42. Charles S. Eaton
Staff Sgt. USMCRU.S. Naval Air Station
San Diego, 35, Calif.
ALEXANDER G. BROWN, '22
Dear Editor,To those of us back here in the East,
Old Oregon is always very welcome. .To give you a little dope: Lt. Col. Willard
Hollenbeck, '21, Sigma Nu, Portland phy-sician, is in charge of the medical side at
Moore General hospital at Swannanoa,X. C., and Mrs. Hollenbeck (Dorothy Dix-
on, '21 )and their two children live on postat the hospital. Lt. Col. T. R. Gillenwaters,
'26, ATO, is chief of the A-4 (equipment)section of the army air forces weather wing
here. Mrs. Gillenwaters and their threechildren live at 7 Buena Vista road, Bilt-
more Forest, N. C.
Col. Don Zimmerman, '34, Phi KappaPsi, one of Oregon's great athletes, has
completed a special course for high rank-ing army, navy, and marine officers and is
now on field duty he is a graduate ofWest Point with the class of 1929 and was
a top student. Col. Zimmerman has gradu-ate degrees from Oregon and California In-
stitute of Technology.
My brother, Lt. William R. Brown, '28,Phi Kappa Psi, is with a prisoner of war
detachment in North Africa, after being inSicily. He reported recently that he had
moved around so much since going onforeign service early in July that his mail
did not catch up with him until October 11?on that day he received 151 letters.
Lt. Commander Eddie E. Evans, '21, waskilled in action in the South Pacific a year
ago in December. He was medical officeron a cruiser . Lt. Commander Verd
Hockett, '13, Salem physician and ex-medi-cal officer for the state selective service
board has gone to sea and, I have heard,requested for Commander Evans' old post.
As for myself, I am public relations of-ficer for the army air forces weather wing
and serve in the same capacity for the post.Additional duties include acting as wing
and post judge advocate and teaching mili-tary law in the indoctrination course. The
weather and communications wings occupyAsheville's eight-story city hall building.
Col. Lloyd H. Watnee, '27,'Sigma Chi, who
1923
Perm Class Sec'y: Mrs. Aulis Anderson Callaway(Mrs. Owen M. Callaway) 398 Sunset Lane, Glen-
coe. Illinois.
Miss Alice E. Tomkins, '23, and JudgeJames Alger Fee, both of Portland, were
married on December 11, 1943. After theceremony they went on an extended trip to
San Francisco. Mrs. Fee has been deputyclerk for the U. S. district court for many
years.
1924
Perm. Class Sec'y: David B. Lowry, Bear CreekOrchards, Rt. 4, Medford, Oregon.
Lester A. Wilcox, '24, is assistant statesuperintendent of schools for Oregon, with
his home in Salem. He is in charge ofschool finances and has been on a special
assignment to assist school districts in ob-taining federal assistance for war influx
areas. Mrs. Wilcox is the former GertrudeM. Braden, '24.
1925
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Marie Myers Bosworth(Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth) 544 Conger Ave., Klam-
ath Falls, Ore.
Teaching at the Mark Keppel high schoolin Alhambra, Calif, is Mary E. Veatch, '25.
She occasionally sees Nellie M. Lombard,'16, who is teaching at the Alhambra high
school.
1926
Perm. Class Secy: Mrs. Anna DeWitt Crawford,(Mrs. Wm. J. Crawford), Yeon Building, Portland,
Oregon.
Leonard J. Neuman, M.S. '26, is an en-gineer in Houston, Texas. He is married
and has a daughter, Leona Mary, one yearold.
Capt. Hugh N. McCallum, '26, has goneoverseas with an army unit from San Fran-
cisco. Captain McCallum is a chaplain andformerly was director of the Thomas Mis-
sion to Africa. Mrs. McCallum (Helen MayGoodwin, '26) resides at 1788 Riverview.
Eugene.
commanded the communications wing forsome time, has been assigned a bomber
command after returning from a trip aroundthe world.
Lt. Col. Lamar Tooze, '16, Beta, is nowoverseas. Allan G. Carson, '23, Kappa Sig,
Salem attorney, formerly member of thestate legislature and president of the Ore-
gon State bar, was recently promoted tomajor in the air forces. He was stationed
at Sedalia, Mo. the last I heard.
Very truly yours,Alexander G. Brown
Major, Air Corps10 Mt. Vernon Place
Asheville, N. C.
Bates-Portland Garage
R. C. BATES, Telephone BEacon 8129
5th and Salmon Sts. Portland, Oregon
JANUARY 1944
News of the Classes With LAUREL GILBERTSON, '44
1928
Mrs. Alice Douglas Burns (Mrs. E. Murray Burns).3215 NE U.S. Grant PI., Portland, Oregon.
Koala teddy-bears from Australia werethe Christmas presents Major John Kuy-
kendall, '28, sent to his children in Eugene.The bears are made with real bear skins, so
appear very natural looking. Major Kuy-kendall, a former Eugene physician, has
been in Australia since the first Americantroops went there.
1929
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Luola Benge Bengtson(Mrs. O. Hilding Bengston), 203 N. Peach St.,
Medford, Oregon.
Fred K. Deuel, '29, J.D. '32, has beencommissioned a second lieutentnt upon his
graduation from the advocate general'sschool at Ft. Washington, Md. He is now
stationed in Washington, D.C. Before en-tering the service he was a lawyer in Med-
ford, Ore.
According to Lt. Wallace S. Larkin, '29,news from the west coast is extremely
scarce back in Camp Ritchie, Md., wherehe is stationed with the army.
Stationed somewhere in India is Sgt.Otto M. Bowman, '29, J.D. '33. Previous to
entering the service, Sergeant Bowman wasan attorney in Salem, Ore.
1930
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Eleanor Poorman Hamil-ton (Mrs. Alfred E. Hamilton), 6 E. 82nd St., New
York City.
Edward W. Westfall, '30, chief carpen-ter's mate in the navy seabees, has gone
Legion Founder Dead
Lt.-Col. R. R. Knox, '00, former Port-land banker and one of the founders of the
American Legion, died December 28 atSawtelle, Calif. Colonel Knox served as a
major on General Pershing's staff duringWorld War I and at the time of his death
was director of operations and training atCamp Roberts, Calif.
overseas after 17 months of training at sea-bee stations on the Atlantic coast. He re-
cently spent a 13-day leave in Portlandwith his parents before going across.
1931
Perm. Class Sec'y: William B. Pittman, Jr., Box187, Exeter, California.
Ensign Katharine D. Sobey, '31, a mem-ber of the naval nurse corps, is an instruc-
tor for Waves and corpsmen at the U.S.naval hospital in Yosemite park, Calif.
Parents of a son, Geary, born November8, 1943 are Mr. and Mrs. Roy G. Bryson,
'26 (Marguerite Spath, '31) of Longview,Wash.
1932
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Hope Shelley Miller (Mrs.Robert T. Miller), Logansport, Indiana.
Jane Garcelon, '32, is a member of themarine corps women's reserve and has
completed her training at Camp Lejeune,N. C. She is now on active duty at the new
marine corps air station at El Centro, Calif.Dr. H. Ryle Lewis, M.D. '32, a psychia-
trist at the Retreat hospital in Hartford,Conn, for many years, is now located in the
Paulsen building, Spokane, Wash. He isthe son of Dr. and Mrs. John H. Lewis,
'96, (Dora Laird, '97) of Eugene.
1933
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Jessie Steele Robertson(Mrs. George H. Robertson), St. Francis Apts., 526
N. W. 21st, Portland, Oregon.
News of the death of George W. Robert-son, '33, has just reached the office. He died
on November 29, 1943 at the U. S. Veteranshospital in Portland following a lingering
illness. Before his death he had been man-ager of the Rogue Valley Golf club in Med-
ford and more recently had been in thearmy at Camp Perry, Va.
1934
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Frances R. Johnston Dick(Mrs. William G. Dick), Vogt Bldg., The Dalles
Oregon.
With the University of Arizona navaltraining unit is Lt. (jg) Charles B. White,
'34. Mrs. White, the former Maud McCand-lish, '36, and their three children live in Ala-
meda, Calif.An instructor at Fort Bragg, N.C. is
Lt. Samuel M. Watson, '34, who recentlygraduated from Fort Sill, Okla. He and his
wife, the former Imogene A. Johnston, '31,live at 319 Rowan, Fayetteville, N. C.
1935
Perm. Class Sec'y: Pearl L. Base, 5732 N. E. Inter-
state, Portland, Oregon.
Now a major is James K. Watts, '35, for-mer coach at Thurston high school and at
Roseburg, Ore. Major Watts is command-ing officer of a company of military police
in the famed third division, now in Italy.
Parents of a son, Dale Ashley, born Oc-tober 14, 1943 are Mr. and Mrs. Jack N.
Bryant, '33, (Jane Cook, '35). They are nowliving at 800 Lake Washington boulevard,
South, Seattle, Wash. From November1942 to June 1943 Mrs. Bryant worked at
Boeing aircraft as a tracer and instructorin the engineering school. Mr. Bryant has
been superintending a war housing pro-ject in Seattle for the past year and a half.
Frances Sale Courteau, '35, left on Jan-uary 2, 1944 for Hunter college, New York
to begin her training as a WAVE.
1936
Perm. Class Sec'y: Ann-Reed Burns, 2566 S. W.Vista, Portland, Oregon.
One of three co-authors of the picture"The Gang's All Here," is George G.
Root, Jr., '36, writer for 20th Century Fox.The picture stars Alice Faye and James
Ellison. Mr. Root received his master's de-gree from Columbia university in 1942 and
has been under contract to Fox studiossince then. His address is 1810 Jewett drive,
Hollywood 46, Calif.
1937
Perm. Class Sec'y: David B. Lowry, HighcrottOrchard, Anderson Rd., Ashland, Oregon.
Maluta Read, '37, writes from Dinuba,Calif, that Lt. Ben L. Graves, '40, complet-
ed his 50th bombing mission over Burmalast summer. He is the pilot of a B-24
bomber in India. Capt. David A. Morris,'39, M.D. '41, a member of the army medi-
cal corps, has gone overseas, according toMiss Read's report. She also mentions Sgt.
Ivan A. Smith, '37, who is editor of "TheHood Panther," well-known army news-
paper at Camp Hood, Texas.Announcement has been made of the
birth of a daughter, Stephanie Lee. to Lt.and Mrs. Stephen M. Fowler, 42. (Helga
Myrmo, '37) on December 4, 1943 in Eu-gene. Lieutenant Fowler was sent over-
seas in November and Mrs. Fowler is liv-ing in Eugene with her parents.
Still interned by the Japanese is Lawr-ence "Larry" Quille, '37, who was with a
naval construction group on Wake island.He is in the Shanghai war-prisoners' camp
in central China.
1938
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Gayle Buchanan Karshncr.Box 76, Arcata, California.
Capt. John B. Halverson, '38, just recent-ly received his promotion in rank from first
lieutenant at Stewart field, West Point.N. Y. He got his wings at Mather field.
Calif, in 1942 and is now training army ca-dets at West Point military academy.
From Washington, D. C. comes a notefrom Mrs. Betty Brown Park, '38, J.D. '40.
saving that she is one of the much-malignedOPA lawyers, being with the legal branch
which defends cases before the emergencycourt of appeals, where the validity of price
and rent regulations and orders may bequestioned. After leaving the campus in
1940 she attended Columbia universitywhere she received her LL.M. in 1941.
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OLD OREGON
News of the ClassesWith LAUREL GILBERTSON, '44
1938
Miss Josephine Evans, '38, was marriedto Eldon F. Holmes, at a simple afternoon
ceremony on December 4, 194.1 in Eugene.Mr. Holmes, a graduate of Oregon State
college, is a forester at Marshfield with thedepartment of the interior.
Robert W. DeArmond, '38, is assistantattorney for the state highway commission
in Salem.
Our Oregon correspondent in Denver,Colo., Gordon M. Connelly, '38, reports
that Mr. and Mrs. W. Lloyd Tupling, '39,(Gladys Battleson, '38) are the parents of
a baby girl, Margery Ann, born September22, 1943. She is their third child, for they
also have another girl and a son. Theirhome is in Seattle, Wash, at 8014 Stoud
avenue, and "Tup" spends his spare timesalmon fishing. Mr. Connelly also reports
that George Y. Bikman, '37, was inductedinto the army last April and is with the
154th engineer combat battalion at CampCooke, Calif.
Donald O. Boe, '38, former field clerk forOregon Shipbuilders, is now a corporal in
the army stationed in California. He andhis wife, the former Dorothea P. Harland,
'41, and their young son are living at 101Pacific, Box 133, Paso Robles, Calif.
1939
Perm. Class Officers: President Harriet SarazinPeterson, 1123 S. W. Whitaker, Portland, Oregon;
Jean Holmes, Harry Weston, Mary Elizabeth Nor-
ville, Wally Johansen, Zane Kemler, Elizabeth Stet-son, Hal Haener, Ruth Ketchum.
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Peterson, '39,M.D. '43, (Harriet E. Sarazin, '39) have re-
turned to Portland where Dr. Petersonwill be in the department of physiology at
the U. of O. medical school. They will liveat 3316 S. W. 12th, Portland, Ore.
Ensign and Mrs. Kenneth M. Bilderback(Edna Gray, '39) are the parents of a son
born November 27, 1943. The little boy hasbeen named David Earl.
Dr. Edwin H. Brady, '39, now a lieuten-ant in the army medical corps, is stationed
at Nichols general hospital, Louisville, Ky.An announcement from the war depart-
ment reveals that Capt. Thomas L. Wiper,'39, has been promoted to the rank of ma-
jor in the army air forces. He is an instruc-tor at Hobbs, N. M., and also rates as an
instructor inspector.
Lt. Donald C. Root, '39, recently gradu-ated from a celestial navigation training
school and is an instructor at Pyote, Texas.
Elizabeth Wahl, '39, ensign in the Waves,is now teaching United States naval his-
tory at the midshipmen's school in North-ampton, Mass.
Two former Ducks are rooming togetherat Ft. Douglas, Utah, Sgt. Karl E. Wester,
'39, and Sgt. Howard R. Lemons, '44. Bothare attached to the headquarters company
there.
Lt. Romy de Pittard, '39, a former pilotofficer in the RAF, is now a member of the
army air forces flying with a transportgroup out of New York City.
The marriage of Miss Glennes Teter ofOklahoma City and Lt. Harold H. Clifford,
Jr., '39, occurred on October 23 in Okla-homa City. They will be at home in Paris,
Texas.
1940
Perm. Class Officers: President, Phil Lowry, Med-ford, Oregon; Secretary, Roy Vernstrom; Rita
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Wright Stackhouse, Marge Van Matre, Alyce Rog-ers Sheetz, Leonard Jermain, Ann Frederickson,
Scott Corbett.
From New York City comes word of the
marriage of Miss Barbara Sumers to Capt.
Ralph F. Lafferty, '40, in St. Peter's Cath-
olic church, New York on October 2, 1943.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Paul R. Lafferty, '32,
(Jean Stevenson, '37) attended the wed-
ding. Lt. Col. Lafferty was best man for
his brother. The couple will make their
home at Glenwood Springs, Colo, as Cap-
tain Lafferty is stationed at Camp Hale.
Mrs. Jack H. Sheetz (Alyce Rogers, '40)and 9-month-old son, Johnny, were visitors
in Eugene over the Christmas holidays.Mrs. Sheetz returned by plane January 12
to Bakersfield, Calif., where her husbandis superintendent of three Lockheed sub-
assembly plants. Their address in Bakers-field is 2209 Terrace way.
Capt. Richard H. Werschkul, '40, hasbeen wounded in action in the Mediterran-
ean area according to a recent war depart-ment announcement. His wife, the former
Majeane Glover, '41, makes her home inPortland with their young daughter, Judith.
Promotion of Donald M. McAfee, '40,from first lieutenant to captain in the in-
fantry has been announced from Fort Mc-Clellan, Ala. where he is in command of
a training battalion. His wife, the formerLucille Davis, '40, and son are living in
near-by Anniston, Ala.
Public health nurse for the Klamathcounty health department is Annis E.
Struthers, '40. She received her PHNC in1940 and her degree in nursing education in
1942 at the University of Oregon medicalschool.
A recent visitor in Eugene was PFC PaulJ. Deutschmann, '40, former news editor of
the Eugene Register-Guard. He is now inthe public relations office at Camp Roberts,
Calif. Mrs. Deutschmann, the former Mar-jorie Montgomery, '41, is with him.
1941
Perm. Class Officers: President Bob Keen, 3143 NE
18th, Portland; Secretary Majeane Glover Wersch-
kul, Lloyd Sullivan, John Cavanagh, Bill Ehrman,
Tiger Payne, Grace Irvin Glang, Barbara Pierce,
Betty Buchanan.
Training with the signal corps on one ol
the California deserts is Lt. Ernest E. Det-
lefsen, '41. His wife, the former Maxine
Knight, '43, is living at her home in Eugene
for the present.
A wedding of interest to campus friendswas that of Lorene Marguth, '41, and En-
sign Oliver P. Taylor, '43, in Chicago onOctober 29, 1943. Ensign Taylor has been
assigned out of San Francisco and Mrs.Taylor has resumed her position as instruc-
tor and secretary in the school of businessadministration on the campus.
Mr. and Mrs. Georg Isaak, (Mary Pres-cott Booth, '41) are the parents of a daugh-
ter, Nathalie Ann, born November 24, 1943in Berkeley, Calif. The baby's grandmother
is Mrs. Edith Siefert of Eugene.
Shortly after his graduation, Jason A.Hervin, '41, enlisted in the army and is
now a staff sergeant with the mobile X-raymedical corps at the Presidio of San Fra"n-
cisco.
A member of the lighter-than-air branchof the naval air corps is Lt. Stanley E.
Johnson, '41. The pilot of a blimp, Lt. John-son is stationed at the Lakehurst, N. J.,
base where he was recently awarded theair medal for flying over 1000 hours.
Lt. Lucius E. Forbes, '41, and his broth-er, PFC Dean W. Forbes, '42, are both sta-
tioned "somewhere in England," accordingto a letter from their mother, Mrs. L. E.
Forbes, of Monmouth, Ore.
George R. Dorman,' M. A. '41, is living inLos Angeles, Calif, and is a railway postal
clerk for the U.S. post office department.His address is 7622 Halldale avenue, Los
Angeles 44, Calif.
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1941
A member of the quartermaster corps,Lt. William J. Essary, '41, is now stationed
at the distributing depot at Dayton, Ohio.
Lt. Alfred B. Cattle, M.D. '41, with thenaval medical corps, is now stationed some-
where in the south Pacific area.
From Camp Hale, Colo, we receive wordthat Cpl. Charles M. McLean, '41, is com-
pany clerk stationed there.
1942
Theodore J. Pilip, '42, has been commis-sioned an ensign in the naval reserve upon
completion of his flight training at CorpusChristi, Tex. He has been assigned to the
naval air station at Jacksonville, Fla.
A marriage not reported earlier in thefall was that of Annette Elizabeth Ansley,
'42, to Lt. Urie W. Jumonville of New Or-leans on October 25. The wedding took
place at All Saints' church in Portland andthe couple are now living at 2750 S. W.
Hillsboro, Portland.
Of interest to many is the marriage ofJosephine Tuminia of San Francisco, Met-
tropolitan opera star, and Capt. Charles"Chuck" Wiper, Jr., '42. The wedding was
held in Beaumont, Texas on December 1,1943. Opera stars attending the wedding
included Nino Martini and Igor Gorin.Capt. Wiper has now been sent overseas
and Mrs. Wiper is completing her concerttour.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Gilbert, '43, (MaryLois Dana, '42) are the parents of a son,
James Dana, born December 4, 1943, inSeattle.
Parents of a baby girl, Janet Irene, bornon September 28, 1943 are Dr. and Mrs.
Philip E. Pemberton, M.D. '42, (AudreyReid, '42). Dr. Pemberton is a physician
and surgeon in Portland.
An event of November 13, 1943 wasthe marriage of Marjorie E. Titus, '42, to
David S. Lubanko, of New York City. Theceremony was read in the First Congrega-
tional church in Eugene. For the presentthey will remain in Eugene, since Mr. Lu-
banko is with the army unit stationed onthe campus.
A recent visitor in Eugene was EnsignLloyd C. Thomas, Jr., '42, who has received
a letter of commendation from CommodoreEdgar, commander of all transports, for his
part in the Sicilian invasion. He participat-ed in the action at Sicily, Italy, and Saler-
no as a small boat officer to take troops tothe shore in the amphibious invasions. His
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leave was spent with his wife, the formerJane Warlick, '42, in Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hicks, '39, (JanisBogen, '42) are the parents of a daughter,
Susan, born October 6, 1943. They are nowliving in Beaverton, Ore., where Mr. Hicks
is district manager for the Oregon Journal.
Fort George G. Meade, Md. is wellstocked with former Oregon studentSj it is
announced by Lt. and Mrs. Robert H.Cherney, '42 (Betty Ann Fryer, '44). Al-
umni now at the fort are Major and Mrs.Vernon Moore, '38, (Kathryn Pasquill,
'38), at the army ground force replacementdepot; Capt. and Mrs. John C. Woodard,
'36, (Genevieve "Jean" Hanover, '38);Capt. Eugene C. Howe, '28; Lt. and Mrs.
James R. Creighton, '42 (Betty Jane Mar-shall, '43), and Lt. Kenneth L. Bowes, '42.
1943
Married in Oregon City on October 27,1943 were Patricia Longfellow, '43, and En-
sign William R. Bradshaw, '43.Patricia Ann Stanard, '43, is employed in
the business office of the Multnomah Ath-letic club in Portland. She is the daughter
of Lt. Col. Delbert C. Stanard, '14, M.D.'21, who is division surgeon of the 41st Di-
vision somewhere in the south Pacific area.Studying for a commission in the navy
at the naval reserve midshipmen's school,Chicago, is Robert F. Moller, '43.
Women radio announcers are becomingquite popular due to the acute man shortage
so if you hear a familiar voice broadcastingUnited Press news dispatches from KOAC
in Corvallis it is Louise A. Rossman, '43.She also directs the children's program,
"Lady Make Believe," over the same sta-tion.
Stationed at the WAC recruiting office inIndianapolis, Ind. is Pvt. Clarethel Rose-
lund, '43. She has finished her basic train-ing and plans to apply for officer candidate
school unless a chance for overseas dutycomes up first. Her first job has been to
start a Spanish class for Wacs who want tolearn the language.
Margret Jane Ohler, '43, is employed inAstoria as a secretary to a doctor and her
sister, Dorothy Ann, '45, is a clerk for theU. S. navy in Astoria.
From Marshfield, Ore. comes news of themarriage of Mary Lou Robertson, '43, to
Lt. Richard G. Coggin, '43 on July 4, 1943.Lt. Coggin is a first lieutenant in the ma-
rine air corps overseas and Mrs. Cogginis at her home in Marshfield for the dura-
tion.
The wedding of Elizabeth Ann "Betsy"Feasley, '43, and John C. Veatch II, '42,
was an event of December 11, 1943 in Port-land. They are now living in Seattle where
Private Veatch is stationed with the armyat the University of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Lytle "Duke" Young, '43,(Hazel Jeffryes, '41) are the parents of a
baby boy, Jeffrye Lytle, born December 18,1943. Mr. Young recently left Associated
Broadcasters. Inc. of San Francisco where
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he handled short-wave broadcasts, to entermilitary service. Mrs. Young is making her
home at 2404 Portland avenue, Eugene.
Carol Christiansen, '43, is employed inPortland as a cashier for the Portland Gen-
eral Electric company.
1944
A wedding of interest on the campus wasthat of Marjorie E. Major, '44, and Pvt. A.
Theodore Goodwin, '44, on December 24.1943 in Eugene. Mrs. Goodwin, a senior on
the campus, is editor of the Oregon DailyEmerald and Pvt. Goodwin is with the
senior ROTC students who returned to thecampus this fall.
Married in Eugene November 9, 1943were Frances McCarthy, '44, and Lt. Rob-
ert E. Kendall, '43. Lt. Kendall left imme-diately for his post at Norfolk, Virginia.
Upon graduation from the naval air train-ing center at Corpus Christi, Tex., Robert
A. Hessemer, '44, was commissioned a sec-ond lieutenant in the U.S. marine corps.
An event of October 2, 1943 was the mar-riage of Marijane Eaten, '44, and Lt. Rich-
ard N. Appling, '44. Lt. Appling is a flightinstructor in the army and they live at 4421
Wildwood road, Dallas 9, Texas.Dennis C. Bakewell, '44, is a cadet sta-
tioned at the University of Utah in theASTU. A/S Delbert B. Brunton, '44, is
with navy trainees at the Southeast Mis-souri state teachers' college, Cape Girar-
deau, Mo. A/S Harley H. Davis, '44, alsoin the navy, is at the Norfolk navy yard,
Portsmouth, Va. A/S Pete Barnett, '44,U.S.N.R. is at the midshipmen's school,
New York, N. Y.Lt. Charles E. Church, '44, has been com-
missioned a second lieutenant in the ma-rine air corps after completing his flight
training at the naval training center, Cor-pus Christi, Texas.
Taking advanced bombardier training isA/C Douglas S. Eden, '45, at Kirtland field,
Albuquerque, N. M.
1945
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Carruthers, (Cor-nelia Walter, '45) are the parents of a girl,
Judith Scott, born October 2, 1943. Theirhome is at 2006 W. 21st, Minneapolis,
Minn.William L. Huggins, '45, with the naval
training unit at UCLA, has been on thestarting varsity lineup in preliminary bas-
ketball games for the school, according toa note from his father, George C. Huggins,
'16. Bill was a member of the frosh basket-ball team of 1941 here on the campus.
An event of November 27, 1943 in Port-land was the marriage of Miss Janet Par-
ker, '45, and Pvt. Rolph B. Fuhrman, '46,former varsity basketball star. Pvt. Fuhr-
man is stationed at the army air base, SaltLake City, where they will make their
home temporarily.
Catherine Ann Marshall, '45, is workingin the personnel department of Pan-Ameri-
can airways and her home address is 6024Broadway, Oakland, Calif.
Not previously reported was the mar-riage of Janet M. Straubel, '45, and Lt.
Louis S. Torgeson, "42, on September 25,1943 at Camp Roberts, Calif. Lieutenant
Torgeson, a member of Beta Theta Pi, wascadet colonel of the ROTC and ASUO
president while on the campus. Mrs. Tor-geson was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta
on the campus.
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