mXRODlCTION TO A LANDING NET: This addition to the equipment of the Colgate Hoy! Pool at Brown gives Navy men an early familiarity with practical techniques. They also jump. MAY, 1944 Vol. XLIV, No. 9 ^c*: vi^b^ *cr<3 ^ THE DOLLARS IN YOUR BUSINESS CAN DO ^l/C0 to $2.00 per individual. Reservations should be made in advance, through the Alumni Office, or through the Class Secretary in in- stances where a class intends a group occupancy. This ex periment will be watched with interest by the University and by alumni who have in the past pondered the merit of a reunion on the campus instead of at a shore resort. Alumni are asked to take an active part in the program for Commencement morning especially. The procession will form on the Middle Campus at 9 o'clock, with E. Tudor Gross '01 as Chief Marshal and Frederick A. Ballou, Jr., '16 as Chief of Staff. After marching down the Hill to the inevitable in music, the alumni are urged to follow the graduating class into the First Baptist Meeting House to hear the student addresses and witness the awarding and conferring of the various degrees. A further innovation is the plan to hold the Sayles Hall meeting of the Associated Alumni immediately following the return of the procession to the campus after the graduation. The President of the University will deliver an address, while the Governor of the State will present his greetings. The set program of Commencement Day will thus be con- solidated in the morning and, with adjournment at least by 1 o'clock, the balance of the day will lend itself to class luncheons and other reunion activities. There will be no general luncheon for the alumni on Commencement Day until a year when catering and rationing present no difficulties. The roll call of reunions of necessity stands incomplete, for some classes will make provision for a modest meal at the last minute. Others are foregoing custom until a more propitious time. But still others, where the importance of an anniversary warrants it, are planning to meet. Outstand- ing among them are 1884, the 60-year class, whose secretary Col. W. M. P. Bowen has sent out notices for a dinner at the Narragansett Hotel at 6:30 on June 19. The ^O-year men of 1894 have a substantial program in prospect, while the 1899 reunion will be held at the Squantum Club on Monday afternoon and evening June 19. The arrange- ments for 1914 vvfcre being determined, but 1924 will ap- proximate most nearly the peacetime reunion pattern with a gathering at the Cold Spring House in Wickford from Saturday noon through Sunday dinner. For 1909 the pro- gram centers about a Sunday night dinner. The five-year class of 1939 will dedicate its modest reunion to the pre- paration of greetings to the members in the armed forces, and Class President John M. Gross is canvassing the 1934 men at long range from Illinois. Others with reunion in- THE PICTURE may be a year old, but it's new as far as we're concerned. It shows a Brown reunion in North Africa last June, reported at the time, but with some delay in illustration at the insistence of the censors, who have now removed any telltale insignia and passed the photo for our use. As Brown again enters the Commencement season, it is appropriate to print this reminder that the men around the world front the campus are thinking of us, as we think of them. It was one of dozens of reunions in unlikely corners of the earth. We are indebted to Maj. John E. Fleni- ming '.33, AGD, who sent us the photo and the identifications: Col. Hugh S. McLeod '16, Maj. Arthur S. Hassell '26, Lt. Robert H. Jayne, former special student, S/Sgt. Richard M. Horlon '40. M/Sgt. Raymond J. Sicard '41, Maj. Edmund B. Sinclair '3,3, Major Flemming, and T/.3 Paul E. Smedberg, former special student. Major Flemming's last letter tells of XS'O Arthur P. Felton, 2iid, '34 sharing in some recent ^^bull sessions." **Th<' other day we were out on a march and happened to make 20 miles without knowing it. by the simple e.\p<'dient of talking over the goo<] old days on the llill for thi> entire route." 1st l,t. I, eon K. Tracy "H was another recent visitor with the outfit. The Brunoniuns are planning another reunion at the time of the 1944 Brown Comni<*ncenient. 213 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY tentions are 1891, 1904, 1919 and 1921, but they will he chiefly local in character for the Rhode Islanders, it appeared. Of commanding interest on the program will be the Com- mencement Review of the Naval V-12 Unit at Brown, under Capt. Henry M. Briggs, USN. This is scheduled for Saturday morning, probably at 1 1 , and it will also be the occasion for the awarding of the Murray Cup to the out- standing company in the unit. As usual, the Phi Beta Kappa meeting and initiation will take place on the Saturday morn- ing before Commencement. President Wriston will preach the sermon at the Bac- calaureate Service in the Meeting House on Sunday. June 18, at ? o'clock. Alumni are invited to attend, together with families and friends, as is the case as well at the President's Reception in Faunce House from 4 to "i : JO the same after- noon. The balance of the weekend is taken up with Senior banquets at Brown and Pembroke, on June 16, by the annual meeting of the Pembroke Alumnae Association on June 17, and by the annual meeting of the Corporation of the University on June 19 at 2 : 30. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the ISew York Times, has accepted an invitation to speak at the Alumni Meeting in Sayles Hall June 19. i Guggenheim Fellows < ► ► Recognition of three Brown men heightened our in- terest in the annual announcement by the Guggenheim Foundation of its fellowship awards for the coming year (presumably in the amount of $2500 each) . Two are mem- bers of the Brown Faculty : Dr. Hans Kurath, professor of Germanics and general linguistics, and Dr. I. J. Kapstein '26, assistant professor of English and author. Another of the four writers who receive fellowships for the prepara- tion of hooks is J. Saunders Redding "28, assistant professor of English at Hampton Institute, Va. These appoint- ments follow the 1943 grant to Prof. Randall Stewart, member of the Brown English faculty whose work in the study of Hawthorne has been notable. He has returned to the Brown campus. Redding, author of the prize-winning book "No Day of Triumph", plans a "novel of Negro life in which is revealed the peculiar relationship of the middle class Negro to his complex environment." Dr. Kapstein, who wrote the novel "Something of a Hero" and short stories and poems, has been a member of the Brown faculty since 1927. He did his graduate work as well as his undergraduate work on the Hill. His project is another novel, on which he has written 10,000 words. He will remain in Providence to finish this during the period of his leave, July 1 to March 1 ne.xt. He has been in charge of the English course for the Army Air Force Technical Training unit at Brown during the past year. Dr. Kurath will devote his time to a book on the speech of the Eastern United States and will also do his major work in Providence. He has directed the "Linguistic Atlas of the United States," with headquarters at Brown, and his new book will be based on that survey. It will interpret the Eastern States historically, show recent trends from local to regional and from regional to national usage, as well as British sources of American English. He was elected Presi- dent of the Linguistic Society of America in 1942, the year that saw the final volume of the Atlas published. He has been at Brown since 1932. i Fraternities: a ► ► "A SUFFICIENT number of fraternities have indicated their willingness to accept the proposal of the Corporation and give their chapter houses to the University to warrant the Corporation in proceeding with its comprehensive plans for strengthening the fraternity system and housing of students." Vice-President James P. Adams thus addressed the officers of the various fraternity corporation on April 18 in his capacity as secretary of the Advisory and Executive Committee of the Brown Corporation. He went on to say : "The Advisory and Executive Committee, in order that such plans may be pursued, urges the fraternity corpora- tions to take the necessary steps so that they may be in a position to convey their chapter houses to the University under the terms of the proposal, not later than June 15, 1944." President Wriston had announced that 11 of the 16 property-holding Brown fraternities had favored the Cor- poration proposal. He gave the figure at the Brown dinner in Boston April 10 in a brief report on campus develop- ments before commencing his speech proper. Some meet- ings were still pending, with three of the houses considered in opposition. The present arrangement, under which the University has leased the fraternity houses, expires June 30 of this year. A reminder of this terminal date has been sent by Harold C. Field '94, University Treasurer, to the ofiicers of the chapters. "In May, 1943," he wrote, "the University offered to lease all fraternity houses for amounts sufficient to cover taxes, interest on mortgages, insurance premiums, etc. It was stipulated that the agreement, subsequently entered into by all the fraternities owning chapter houses at Brown, would cover the period June 15, 1943, to June 30, 1944. This step was a contribution by the University in support of the fraternity system at Brown, to help preserve the prop- '".rties for the fraternities during this period. "It is still the desire of the University to sustain the fraternities, to which end a permanent plan regarding their houses has been developed and submitted. Consequently, in the opinion of the Advisory and Executive Committee of the Corporation, there is no longer the occasion for leasing the houses which existed a year ago, and the Uni- versity ought not to be committed anew to this expense. The Committee therefore feels obliged to notify you that the University will not renew its offer to lease your house and that the lease will terminate upon its expiration." Before Connecticut Headmasters ► Dr. Bruce M. Bicelow "24, Dean of Students at Brown, was the speaker at the annual gathering of the Connecticut Secondary School Principals" Association in Hartford April 1. His topic: "A Post-War Purpose for Education." This engagement came as the final one on a tour of more than two weeks' duration, in the course of which he sched- uled school visits in the St. Louis, Chicago, and Milwaukee areas as chairman of Brown's committee on admissions. He accepted the invitation of the Chicago Brown Club to be guest of honor at its weekly luncheon Friday, March 24, at the Real Estate Board, and met informally with alumni in other cities. i 214 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY The Widow of Prexy Faunce < ► "I LOOKED on her as my 'Brown mother','" wrote one akimnus on hearing that Mrs. W. H. P. Faunce had died at her home in Providence April 24. Many must have shared that sentiment. The Executive Committee of the Asso- ciated Akimni took cogniiance of this gen- eral deep regard when the following minute was adopted at its April meeting: "From the moment of her arrival on the Brown campus with President Faunce, Sarah Edson Faunce began to take quiet command of the affections of the under- graduates. And Commencement never meant a graduation from her friendly, un- derstanding interest nor from their respect and love of her. They persisted through the years so strong and so warm that hun- dreds and hundreds of Brown alumni mourn and will mourn her death. We speak for them in rising in sorrowing memory at this meeting." Mrs. Faunce had been living quietly at 52 Lloyd Ave. since the death of "Prexy" Faunce in 1930, but she kept active her friendly contacts with members of the Uni- versity community and alumni body. Many of them recalled her solicitude when tSey were ill as students, for in the days when Brown had no infirmary, she cared for them, visiting them, and taking them their meals. One of her benefactions was the main- tenance of the Perry Edson Faunce scholar- ship. Its recipients have now been notified of her death, and the following is a typical response from a man in service: "I believe her one of the kindest, warmest, most un- derstanding women I have known. I know I was surprised and humbly proud when the scholarship was given to me at her recommendation. It was a generosity and a compliment not forgotten and one appre- ciated by others in my family as well. Human nature being what it is, I doubt if I even adequately expressed that feeling to her in person. Her donation of the scholar- ship to others as well as to myself was a warmhearted, valuable, and lasting serv- ice, and I for one hope someday to prove worthy of having received it."" Sarah Rogers Edson Faunce was a native of Somerville, Mass., the daughter of the late Nathan W. and Ellen Orr Edson. She married Dr. Faunce in 1884, the year he finished his course at the Newton Theo- logical Seminary, was ordained into the Baptist ministry, and became pastor of the Springfield Baptist Church. Dr. Faunce was called to the pastorate of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York City in 1889 and became the President of Brown in 1899, his wife serving as faithful partner as a source of strength behind his busy public life throughout, as Dr Willard S. Richardson '94 so well pointed out at the funeral in the First Baptist Meeting House. The Faunces had one son. Perry Edson Faunce "19, whose death in 1920 was a blow which they bore with fortitude. His college contemporaries, most of them class- mates and fraternity brothers, were the ushers at the luncral ol Mrs. Faunce: Roger T. Clapp '19, Rufus C. Fuller, Jr., "19, John W. Haley "19, Stanley H. Mason "19, F. Donald Brigham "20, and Frank Singiser, Jr., '28. Honorary bearers, all members of the Corporation, Administration, or Faculty were: Fred B. Perkins '19, Arthur W. Packard '25, James P. Adams, Bruce M. Bigelow '24, Dr. Alex M. Burgess "06, Theodore Collier, and Arlan R. Coolidge '24. The University's representatives at the funeral were: Harold C. Field '94, Albert H. Poland '09. Samuel T. Arnold '15, Roland G. D. Richardson, and Margaret S. Morriss. In addition to Dr. Richardson, another former associate of Dr. Faunce, Dr. Robert A. Ashworth, and Dr. Albert C. Thomas '08 officiated. Those of us associated with this maga- zine have a particularly warm spot in our heart for Mrs. Faunce, for she wrote re- cently: "The Alumni Monthly is the only publication that I read from cover to cover as soon as it arrives." But we know it was not the magazine that impelled her interest: rather, it was her continuing affec- tion tor all her boys as they progressed in life. Mrs. Faunce leaves a brother, John F. Edson of Lynnfield, Mass., and a sister, Mrs. W. Howard McConnell of Lynn. Lt. Comdr. Nathan W. Edson '20, a nephew, was among the relatives also at the funeral. < yisUing the Clubs ► With meetings planned with Brown men in 10 cities, W. Chesley Worthington '23, Director of Alumni Relations, left Providence May 7 and headed west. He expected to talk to Brown Clubs or informal gatherings on the following days: May 8, Pittsburgh. May 9, Cincinnati. May 10, Milwaukee. May 12, Chicago. May 15, Detroit. May 16, Cleveland. May 17, Buffalo. May 18, Rochester and Syracuse. May 19, Albany. In addition he will attend the national conference of the American Alumni Con- ference in Chicago. i ► ► Boston's Placement Plan ► ► Brown alumni on the home front, interested in the future of college men who have been fighting in the war, are being urged to give tangible support to the pro- gram just announced by the ADVISORY BUREAU FOR COLLEGE MEN RE- TURNING FROM THE SERVICES. The bureau, embracing alumni groups from nineteen leading eastern colleges and universities, and likely to include even more shortly, aims first to offer free advice and guidance to those veterans confused and undecided about a resumption of their inter- rupted educational careers. In cases where a return to college is considered impractical, it aims further to direct returning college men — both undergraduates and graduates — to suitable positions that may lead to permanent careers in the fields of business and industry. To function effectively, it is pointed out, alumni groups all over the country, includ- ing those of Brown, must interest them- selves in the project sufficiently to do the following: 1 — Encourage college men who have re- turned from the war to consult the bureau either for help in determining the advisabil- ity of a return to college, or for aid in being directed to employment. 2 — List with the bureau, at its head- quarters, the Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Ave., those definite posi- tions which they may have in their own business, or which they are able to locate through their contacts, to which the bureau may direct returned veterans. Besides Brown, the colleges and universi- ties whose alumni groups are participating in the program include: Amherst, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Col- gate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Holy Cross, University of Maine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Tufts, Williams, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Yale. The organization is an outgrowth of the War Service Bureau which, during a 10 months' period in 1942, interviewed more than 17,000 candidates for commissions in the armed forces in what amounted to an unofficial preliminary screening. The executive council consists of the fol- lowing: E. T. Brackett (Brown), J. A. Canavan (Boston College), E. G. Shattuck (Dartmouth), A. M. Hammer (Yale), C. H. Watkins (Harvard) chairman, and C. M. Werly (Cornell). John Shilhto (Har- vard), is executive secretary. In explana- tion of its work, the executive council has released the following statement: "The Advisory Bureau for College Men Returning from the Services is a practical attempt on the part of college men who re- mained behind on the home front to pay a debt to their college brothers who went off to war. The bureau is a place where one college man may unburden himself to another college man in an atmosphere which invites understanding and individual atten- tion without the embarrassment of tests or the bother of complex forms to fill out. ""It is obvious that many who interrupted college careers to join the services no longer are suited to take up the broken threads of their former education. They are older, their family status may be different, their entire outlook on life itself may have changed. These are the men we will have to find positions for, so they may carve out new careers. Others, undecided in their own minds about the wisdom of returning to their studies, need encouragement which will send them back to college. The bureau can be effective, however, only if it has the full and active support of alumni. Every college graduate, especially the college man in an executive position, should consider it an obligation to inform the bureau about available positions in his own concern or any other organization he is in contact with. Without such help, the bureau cannot per- form the task it has set for itself. "The executive council thinks it would be inadvisable to open the bureau at this time. Owing to the shortage of man power throughout the country, men returning from the services apparently are having no difficulty in securing jobs. As far as it is possible to ascertain, there are very few college men returning now. There is just no need for the bureau yet. As soon as there is, we are prepared to start." i 215 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY These Are Our Dead — May, 1944 < < ► ► Fifty-eight Brown men had lost their hves in the war as this issue of the magazine went to press — a long and honor- able roster. Their names have been pub- lished from time to time, but it is only fit- ting that we should now print the complete list as we have it. Brunonia and all her sons salute their memory: HENRY A. ADAMS "42, 2nd Lt. USMAC, died May 20, 1942, in a plane crash in Chula Vista, Calif. DR. EDGAR ALLEN '15, died of a heart attack while doing volunteer work aboard a U. S. Coast Guard patrol craft in Long Island Sound Feb. 3, 1943. C. KEMPER ATWATER '41, Capt USAAF, killed in line of duty as squad ron commander in Sardinia Mar. 19, 1944. LESTER BACHRACH '39, Pvt. CE USA died June 3, 1942, just after completing training at Fort Belvoir and awaiting in duction to OCS. FRED E. BAILEY '32, Lt. (jg) USNR, Armed Gd, killed in action Jan. 25, 1944 near Italy. ALFRED H. BENJAMIN, JR., '3 5, S/Sgt USA, special agent of the Counter In telligence Corps, Western Task Force killed "in line of duty" Mar. 6, 1943, at Rabat. Posthumously awarded Legion of Merit. EDGAR C. BESSELS, JR., '38, A/C USAAC, killed in plane crash, Dec. 6, 1942, in the Mojave Desert, Calif. MEYER BRCWN '30, Field Dir. ARC, died Nov. 11, 1942, from injuries suf- fered in an auto accident near Ayer, Mass., returning from his Red Cross duties. GEORGE E. BURNHAM '07, Philippine planter, prisoner of the Japanese in May, 1942, died "the latter part of June, 1943." JOHN D. CAMERON, JR., '42, Ens. USCGR, killed while on duty with off- shore partol off Greenland June 13, 1943. ROBERT V. CARTER "42, 1st Lt. USMCR, killed in plane crash while re- turning from Australia to his base in the Southwest Pacific "prior to Feb. 2, 1944." J. HOWARD COVELL '20, Baptist mis- sionary, died with his wife while in an internment camp on the Island of Panay, Philippines, Dec. 19, 1943. PAUL E. CULBERTSON '43, AM2c USNR, aerial gunner, died in an acci- dent aboard an aircraft carrier Feb. 19, 1944. He fell down the bomb elevator shaft preparing for night flight in the combat zone. STEPHEN M. DANFORTH '43, 1st Lt. USAAC, killed in action Sept. 9, 1943, in a bombing raid in the European theatre. (Previously reported missing.) Awarded Air Medal posthumously. GEORGE W. DAVID, '99, Capt. USCG (ret), died in Seattle Jan. 20, 1942, less than a month after his retirement by law. CARL H. U. DAVIS '43, Lt. (jg) USNR, killed in an auto accident in Long Beach, Calif., June 10, 1943. WILLIAM N. DONALDSON, JR., '39, A/C USAAC, killed in mid-air crash at Kelly Field Mar. 27, 1940. H. EDWARD DOW '14, Comdr. USN, died at his home in Maiden Feb. 29, 1944. The Time Will Come ► ► The following poem was written by W. S. Atwater and originally published on the first page of the Boston l^ews Bureau. On the same day, while he was showing the printed poem to some of his associates in the Hope Webbing Company in Pawtucket, a telephone call came to him from the War Department informing him of the death of his son, Capt. Charnley Kemper Atwater '41, USAAC, in action in the Mediterranean. Capt. Atwater is one of the 58 Brown men for whom stands the gold star on the University's service flag. It is proper that this fine poem should be published on the page with their names: The time will come when, purged of all misgiving. They walk familiar streets with quickening tread; When tears of joy in welcome of the living May quench the tears of sorrow for the dead. They shall have rest but, weary of their resting. The time will come when once again replete With purpose gained anew, their urgent questing Must find reward — a hearthstone at their feet. That time must come for if the Freedoms' meaning Is hut a shibboleth, a cloak outworn. And they who kept the faith are left the gleaning Of kernels from the stubble of the corn; Or if, within the haven of their yearning. All youth, bereft of youth, must still be hurled Into the void from which they come returning Across the four horizons of the world — Then Victory shall bring no exultations. However crushed the Devil's whelps may be. The hope and destiny of generations Lie buried on the slope of Calvary. FRANKLIN C. DOWNING '36, Pilot Officer RCAF, killed June 19, 1943 "in occupied France." HUGH B. EASTBURN, 3rd, '42, 1st Lt. USMCR, killed in action in the Pacific area (death reported Feb. 8, 1944). DEAN B. EDMUNDSON '38, Capt. USAAC, pilot-instructor, killed Mar. 7, 1944, when his P-38 crashed into the ocean off Guadalupe, Calif. Had re- ceived Air Medal and eight Oak Leaf clusters. FORREST H. EDSON '41, 2nd Lt. USA CA(AA), killed in the North African area May 2, 1943. WILLIAM P. ERICKSON '41, 1st Lt. USAAC, bombardier, killed in action on a bombing raid in the European area Nov. 9, 1942. BRUCE FAHNESTOCK '3 5, 1st Lt. USA, killed in New Guinea Oct. 18, 1942. ROBERT H. FENLEY '40, A/C USN RAC drowned near Pensacola NAS Feb. 10, 1941, after parachuting from his plane which had collided with another while flying in formation. (Brown's first casualty during state of emergency.) DANA T. GALLUP '07, Col. USA (ret), assigned to Mass. Natl. Guard, died at his home in Cambridge Oct. 6, 1943. C. HOWARD GOODCHILD '44, Ens. USNRAC, pilot of torpedo bomber on carrier, lost at sea Oct. 7, 1943. (Pre- viously listed as missing in action.) FREDERIC R. GOODMAN '42, 2nd Lt. USAAF, killed in training flight Key Field Jan. 26, 1944. CARL E. GRIESE '30, ARM3c USNR, killed in a plane crash "somewhere in England" Sept. 10, 1943. DOUGLAS H. GUTENKUNST '41, Lt. (jg) USNRAC, killed in a plane crash in the South Pacific Jan. 30, 1944. RUSSELL J. HALL '43, 2nd Lt. USAAC, killed in a plane crash Oct. 20, 1943, at Cochran Field while stationed there as instructor. JOSEPH E. HAND '43, 2nd Lt. USAAC, killed in a plane crash at Key Field Aug. 24, 1942. CHARLES F. HANISCH '43, Pilot Officer RCAF, killed in a plane crash Feb. 20, 1942, in Trenton, Ont. GUST AVE HILL, JR., '42, died Oct. 11, 1943, of injuries received when a photo- graphic plane he was piloting crashed in Bayou Grande near Pensacola NAS. W. STANLEY HOLT '22, Maj. USAAC. attached to Hq. 5th AF, killed in a plane crash in the Pacific area reported Aug. 23, 1943. EDWARD F. KERNAN '34, Capt. USAAC, killed in a plane crash Jan. 5, 1943 at Fort Myers, Fla. PHILIP M. KNESAL '40, 2nd Lt. USAAC, died Mar. 23, 1941, in the Sta- tion Hospital, Fort Lewis, after an ex- tended illness. HOUGHTON LETTS '45, Pvt. USMCR, died from illness at Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., April 10, 1944. WILLIAM c. McLaughlin, jr., '40, A/C USNRAC, killed in a plane crash at Pensacola NAS Mar. 14, 1943. GEORGE L. MAWHINNEY '40, Lt. (jg) USNR, killed in a plane crash at Quonset NAS Mar. 10, 1943. JAMES M. MILLARD '39, Capt. USAAC, killed in the invasion of Sicily July 11, 1943. Purple Heart awarded posthu- mously. ROBERT H. MILLER "43, 1st Lt. USA AC, killed in action at Rabaul Oct. 31, 1943. Had received Air Medal in New Guinea May 4, 1943. 216 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY JOSEPH P. MULCAHY '45, Pfc._ US MRC, killed in action "overseas" in January, 1944. THOMAS V. NASH '40, 2nd Lt. USAAC, bombardier, killed in action over Ger- many July 28, 1943. (Previously listed as missing.) BURTON C. NASON '42, Lt. (jg) USNR, reported missing in action in the Pacific area Dec. 10, 1942; now ofEcially declared dead. Widow awarded Purple Heart. RODRIC I. PRENDERGAST '45, AS ROTC USNR, died in the Cocoanut Grove Fire, Boston, Nov. 28, 1942, while a student in the Naval Unit at Brown. GARDNER D. RANDALL '36, Lt. USNR, Sq. leader and gunnery officer, killed in a plane crash at sea while on active duty with the Pacific Fleet Apr. 21, 1942. LOUIS ROSENSTEIN, JR., '35, Lt. CE USA, killed north of New Guinea July 17, 1943, as a result of an accident in a rough sea while being transferred from one naval vessel to another on his way to a new mission. JAMES R. RUTHERFORD, JR., "43, 2nd Lt. USAAC, pilot of a Lightning, killed in action in the vicinity of Rcndova July 14, 1943. (Previously reported missing in action on that date.) Purple Heart awarded posthumously. HENRY G. SEIDEL '12, petroleum offi- cial, killed in the crash of the Yankee Clipper off Lisbon Feb. 22, 1943 while returning to England on completing a war mission. STANLEY B. SOVATKIN '38, Capt. San Div, Med Corps USA, died Nov. 13, 1942 in San Francisco. HAROLD D. THAYER '38, 1st Lt. ATC- AC, pilot of transport planes in the China-Burmalndia area, kiled in a plane crash in India. (Death reported April 29, 1944.) HENRY P. TRUDELL '40, Capt. USA AC, died June 13, 1943, of an illness contracted while on duty at Dow Field. WILLIAM H. VAIL, 2nd, '34, 1st Lt. Med Corps USA, died Sept. 19, 1942, near Blairstown, N. J., in an Army air- plane crash. GEORGE H. WALKER, 2nd, '45, 2nd Lt. USAAC, fighter pilot, killed in an acci- dent Apr. 5, 194-4. (Had been stationed at Richmond AAB.) JAMES L. WELSH, JR., '43, A/C USNAC, killed Feb. 1, 1942, at Jack- sonville, Fla., when his plane crashed into a house. (First Brown man killed after the declaration of war.) W. BIRKETT WILLIAMS '42, 1st Lt. USAAC, missing in action as pursuit pilot over Africa since Jan. 11, 1943. (Officially listed as dead as of Jan. 11, 1944.) COURTLAND H. YOUNG '40, 1st Lt. USAAF, died May 7, 1943, "in the European area." Missing or Prisoners < < A Recapitulation ► CHARLES F. ARROTT '37, _ 2nd Lt. USAAC, missing in action "prior to Aug. 26, 1943." WILLIAM U. BAILEY '46, Pvt. USMC, missing in the Soupthwest Pacific "prior to Nov. 11, 1943." MILTON M. BATES '22, banker, interned in Shanghai July, 1942; still there at last report. WILLIAM H. BIGELOW '42, 1st Lt. USAAC, pilot of B-17, reported Febru- ary, 1944, to be prisoner of war in Ger- many. JOHN J. BOOKMAN '35, Lt. (jg) MC USN, reported missing in action May 9, 1942, in the Manila Bay area. Reported prisoner of war in the Philippines May 4, 1943. ROBERT W. CALHOUN '43, Ens. USNR, announced by Navy April 13, 1943, to be missing in action. PHILIP W. CARSON '44, Lt. USAAC, prisoner of war in Germany, following raid on Wilhelmshaven July, 1943. JOHN M. COLLINS "43, Lt. USAAC, missing in action since Dec. 20, 1943, "probably over Germany." CLAIR M. CONZELMAN '21, Lt. Col. CAC USA, prisoner of war in the Philip- pines, "prior to Dec. 15, 1942." HOWARD E. COOK '29, civilian prisoner of the Japanese in Shanghai Sept. 9, 1942. ELTON W. COOKE '42, Ens. USNR, missing in action May 1943, presumably in Alaska. HERBERT W. COONE '34, Capt. MC USA, missing in the Philippines "prior to January, 1943." HENRY W. CORP '07, civiHan prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines May, 1942, GABRIEL GEVER '38, 2nd Lt. USAAC, missing in action since Feb. 14, 1943; subsequently reported prisoner of war in Germany. ALEXANDER A. R. GORSKI '38, Ens. USNR, listed as missing after capitula- tion of Manila May 11, 1942; now re- ported prisoner in the Philippines. MARC T. GREENE '03, journalist in- terned in the Philippines; repatriated on the Gripsholm December, 1943. HARLOW E. JOHNSON '38, Sgt. RCAF, reported "missing in action for some time, June 3, 1942." WILLIAM E. LEWIS '34, Lt. USNR, missing in action since the sinking of the carrier Liscombe Bay Nov. 24, 1943. THOMAS F. LOHR '41, 1st Lt. USAAC, prisoner of war in Germany following bombing raid Feb. 24, 1943. JOHN A. MILLER, JR., '42, 2nd Lt. USAAC, reported missing in action over Norway "prior to Dec. 4, 1943." ALFRED B. MORCOM '37, Ens. AC USNR, missing in action while "on At- lantic patrol flight Aug. 26, 1943." WILLIAM H. RAYMOND, JR., '37, Lt. USAAC, interned in Spanish Morocco Dec. 9, 1942, when forced to land. HARRY A. SKERRY '09, Col. CE USA, on Gen. Wainwright's staff on Bataan, where he was awarded DSC; October, 1943, reported prisoner of Japanese on Taiwan. WILLIAM F. STEIN '40, 1st Lt. USAAC, missing in action over Austria since Oct, 1, 1943. WILLIAM A. WEIDMANN '12, civilian prisoner of the Japanese in the Philip- pines; so reported by repatriate on Grips- holm December, 1943. CHARLES H, WHITAKER '33, former vice consul in Manila, interned May 21, 1942; repatriated with family on Grips- holm December, 1943. NORMAN E. WHITE '38, Lt. (jg) AC USNR, missing in action in the Pacific since Dec. 11, 1943, DAVID B. WILMOT '39, 2nd Lt. US AAC, B-17 navigator, listed as missing in action in July, 1943; subsequently re- ported prisoner of war in Germany. Death of an Elder < > William Ensign Lincoln '68, Brown University's oldest graduate and a member of its Corporation for 45 years, died in Sara- sota, Fla., Feb. 17, 1944. A year before, the Associated Alumni had saluted him from the Advisory Council meeting, point- ing out that he "filled the office of Brown's senior alumnus with grace, pride, and loyalty." Son of the famous Prof. John Larkin Lincoln, he "did not squander his inheritance — a name great in the pages of Brown history . . . rather, he enhanced it, setting his own career of service to Brown beside that of his father." A few years before his death, while "put- ting his affairs in order," Mr. Lincoln pre- pared the following obituary statement characteristically thoughtful, good-humored and thorough: He was born Sept. 27, 1847, in Provi- dence, the eldest child of Prof. John Larkin Lincoln, 1836, and Laura Eloise (Pearce) Lincoln. He outlived his brothers, Arthur '70, John Larkin Lincoln, Jr., '73; his sister, Laura, wife of the late Charles S. Waldo '84; his brother, James G. Lincoln '80, is living. Mr. Lincoln's education began in early childhood at Mrs. Dyer's school in a frame building, corner of Benefit and Hop- kins Sts., torn down when the Stephen Hog- kins house was moved to its site. Then to the Prospect St. Public School, no longer standing; the Public High School in the building still situated on Benefit between Angell and Waterman; and finally one year at Lyon's School. He won the Latin prise at the begin- ning of his Freshman year, was Freshman historian. Class Day poet, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, not by scholarship but by vote of those who so won it. He was awarded after graduation the degree of A.M., not by writing some abstruse thesis on some useless theme, but by keeping out of jail for three years and paying the Uni- versity five dollars. In 1865 he became a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. In his Junior year, Mr. Lincoln invented the zoetrope, an optical toy shaped like a hand-box with slits through which one might look at a strip of pictures around the rim, so that when it revolved on its upright axis the figures had a life-like motion. This was patented in 1867 and is illustrated and described in the Century Dictionary. It did not make Mr. Lincoln a millionaire, as some newspapers claimed. He also invented, hut never made, a real "movie" to throw 217 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY moving figures on a screen. This was to be a big disc with pictures drawn on small panes of glass at the outer edge, to be turned by a crank in front of a magic lantern. It would have antedated the movie patents by many years. Edison got his idea of the movies from the zoetrope. Mr. Lincoln was from boyhood an en thusiastic fisherman and caught nice, though small speckled trout in several places in the city of Providence. About the time he at tended Prospect St. school he amused him- self by catching tadpoles in early spring in a pond that used to be flooded for skating near what was afterward called Lincoln Field in honor of his father, hut now is pretty well covered with college buildings. After graduation Mr. Lincoln studied architecture with his uncle, Alpheus C. Morse. Then, just before Christmas, 1868, he went to Pittsburgh to take the position of shop clerk at Smith K Porter's machine shop on the south side of the Monoghela river. The Porter of the firm was Henry Kirkc Porter "60, to whom Prof. Lincoln had v,'ritten, a Baptist and YMCA man. The Porter family welcomed him. He also found a friend in a friend of Mr. Porter's, Arthur W. Bell, who took him in for a roommate. At the Smith 6? Porter shop his duties came to include making estimates on bids, based on accounts he kept of costs of loco- motives built. He had to invent his own methods. A college education is a big asset if it enables one to do something he thor- oughly dislikes and feels unfit tor and to do it well. The business grew, and he grew with it. Then the frame building burned down. Mr. Porter and Mr. Bell formed a partner- ship and built a shop in a better location. Mr. Lincoln took charge of sales, became vice-president of H. K. Porter Company, after Mr. Bell's death. On Mr. Porter's death in 1921 he became president. When it came to retire from active business, he sold his stock to his associates at what then seemed a sacrifice. The country had grown, and the H. K. Porter Company with it. Their business was world-wide. It included larger loco- motives, also locomotives run by compressed air, gasoline, stored steam, and electric as well as the conventional steam. When the contest eventually was lost to the automo- bile, the bondholders took over the plant. In 1877 Mr. Lincoln was married to Mary Buel Porter, sister of Henry Kirke Porter and George Loring Porter '59. Mr. Lincoln in 1894 published "In Memorian John Larkin Lincoln, 1817- 1891," 1600 copies, 641 pages, Riverside Press, containing his father's writings, a number of which were written for the Tuesday Club, and his letters, including some from the peaceful Germany of 1841, while he was studying theology under Tho- Uick; a gilt to his father's students. In 1930 he compiled and printed a family genealogy; "Some Descendants of Stephen Lincoln, Wymondham, England, and Hing- ham, Mass., 16J8; Edwin Larkin. In 1930 he compiled and printed a 3 22- page family genealogy. In 1925 he pub- lished "The First Baptist Church of Pitts- burgh," historical from its founding in 1812, well illustrated and describing its present building, characterised as the most bcautiiul true Gothic church in America. He had been a member of this church since 1869, serving as Bible School teacher and superintendent, chorister, trustee, deacon, and acting treasurer of two building funds. COLOMAL WILLI AMSBL KG also has its L'SO, and it serves well the military stationed nearby. Like so much in this Virginia town, the club owes its status to the generosity of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. '97, and Mrs. Rockefeller, shown here with grateful service men. The photo originally appeared in the ISews Letter of Middlebury College, whose Alumni Secretary, Edgar J. Wiley, is director of the IJSO Club. He was a Trustee of Brown University from 1897 until 1942, whe he resigned. He was the oldest member of the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh and an honorary one, honorary member of the Atlantic Tuna Club, Block Island, and of the Junta Club of Pittsburgh; a past member of the Revel's Island Club, Virginia, the Meta- betchonan Game and Fishing Club, Que- bec: the Pittsburgh and Providence Uni- versity Clubs, and the Long Key Fishermen, Florida. In 1939 he became a member of the First Baptist Church of Sarasota, Fla., serv- ing as the Bible School's men's class teacher and honorary deacon. (In his own hand he reported last August: "Deacon William Ensign Lincoln recently preached a 3 5- minute sermon at the First Baptist Church of Sarasota. His legs got tired standing. He couldn't be sure whether the congrega- tion got tired, too, but as yet he's received no call to a pastorate.") He practiced tithing and more in all his church life. Mr. Lincoln became a citizen of Florida in 1940. The home there has salt water on three sides, warm in winter, cool in summer, one of the loveliest places to be found with cocoanut and other palms, cedars, various citrus, vines, shrubs and flowers. Here Mr. Lincoln lived and grew to a greater age than any of his forbears with his hobbies, the four Gospels, fish, and flowers. Here live his son, Kirke Porter Lincoln '02 and wife, and little daughter; his grandson, Kirke Porter Lincoln, Jr., is a Lt., NAS. Mr. Lincoln's wife died in 1920. In mimeographed form, Mr. Lincoln pub- lished shortly before his death a collection of Bible studies and the 1943 sermon, "My Faith at 95." Brunonians Far and Near < < BY ALFRED H. GURNEY '07 1868 > ► A MONTH before his death, William En.sign Lincoln sent his 1868 Class Album to the John Hay Library. Besides photo- graphs of the 26 members of the Class, with notes of their lives and additional pictures of some members, it contains photographs and notes of members of the Faculty, view of Brown, including some old prints, and various views of Providence. Then, too, there's a section of pictures ol his home in Sarasota, Fla. He had mimeographs printed of "His Faith at 95," and "Bible Studies," and had mailed copies to close Iriends be- fore he died. 1881 Former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes observed his 82nd birthday in 218 Washington, April 11, by going for a walk with Mrs. Hughes and looking serene and content while the news photographers took his picture. "I am as well as can be reason- ably expected at my time of life," he said in his public statement. "I still cherish the privileges oi old age. I am living quietly and trying to be as cheerful as possible in this war-torn world." 1883 Your Secretary records with regret the death in New York on April 12, 1944, of Emory Stevens Lyon, retired, whose father, Dr. Emory S. Lyon, was for many years headmaster of the old University Grammar School, Providence. 1885 Dr. Henry K. Vi'ilbur, retired Baptist minister, is living in Climax, Mich. His BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY note, reporting his current address, was altogether welcome, as we have not had direct word of him tor several years. Dr. Harlan Page Abbott, original member of The University Club. Providence, when it was founded in 1899, was elected to hon- orary membership at the April meeting of the Board of Governors. 1886 Professor Emeritus Albert Knight Potter had the pleasure of presenting the guests to Sir Owen Dixon, .Australian Minister to the United States, when Sir Owen came to Providence in mid-March at invitation of the Rhode Island English-Speaking Union, of which Professor Potter is President. Earlier in the day Sir Owen addressed a convocation of Brown undergraduates and an "off-the-record" gathering of the Army unit. 1887 U. S. Senator Theodore Francis Green has accepted appointment by Vice-President Wallace to "head the special Senate com- mittee to investigate campaign expenditures by candidates for President and Vice-Presi- dent and U. S. Senatois this year." Owing to his special work in Washington, he was the logical man for the post; but he was reluctant to take it for purely personal reasons. 1893 Edward H. Weeks, President and Chair- man of the Board, Old Colony Co-operative Bank, has another presidency on his list. Beginning July 1, he will be the top man of the Rotary Club ot Providence. Former Dean Alexander Meiklejohn was thoroughly at home one night last month when he talked to the Sphinx, the Faculty- student discussion group, on "Government and Business" at the Faculty Club. He was a founder and one of the inspiring leaders of the Sphinx in the society's early years. 1894 Professor Emeritus Thomas Crosby. Jr., is back again in familiar surroundings at the Barker Playhouse, Providence, where he has lately been rehearsing the cast of The Play- ers in a spring production. His road to re- covery has been uphill all the way, and the patience and persistence built up through the years in his public speaking classes have played well their part in his return to his avocation. Chancellor Henry D. Sharpe was re- elected Vice-President of the Providence Journal Co. at the 1944 annual meeting. 1895 Theron Clark, retired as Registrar by the University of Southern California in Au- gust, 1943, continued in practically full time voluntary service until March of this year. This gives him a record of 20 years at Brown, iYi years at Bucknell, and I6I/2 years at Southern California — 40 years, all told, of earnest and quietly progressive work in a difficult and increasingly complex ad- ministrative post. "Still in excellent health and therefore able to walk and enjoy Cali- fornia sunshine," he said in a recent letter. And many of us will sympathize with his concluding comment: "Cannot ride much on my A card." 1897 After thriving and becoming the largest plant of its kind in the world during a span of 64 years, General Fire Extinguisher Co. of Providence officially changed its name as of April 1. 1944. to Grinnell Corp. Our classmate, Russell Grinnell. is President. The original name has become a misnomer, as the company's predominant line is no longer automatic sprinkler systems. Its main work now is prefabricating piping for public utilities, naval and cargo ships, and manufacturing all kinds of fittings, such as valves, pipe hangers, and other plumbing, heating and piping supplies, and making castings of iron, brass, and aluminum to order. James H. Arthur and Mrs. Arthur are home again at 197 Bowen St., Providence, after having spent the winter in Daytona Beach, Fla. Our classmate has sold out h s interest and retired as head of Rau Fastener Co. Newly elected President of Providence Family Welfare Society is your Class Secre- tary, George L. Miner, who succeeds Maj. Charles P. Sisson '11, overseas with AMG. 1899 Congratulations are in order to Judge Grim for his fine work in producing the 45th reunion edition of the '99 'Slews Letter. Noteworthy features are the roster of the class, news items, a memorial column listing the members who have died in the last five years, and pictures nostalgic and contem- porary. The reunion will be held at the Squantum Club with a shore dinner on Commencement Day, Monday, June 19. Judge Charles A. Walsh is reunion chair- man. 1901 Bob Steele, whose broadcast "Strictly Sports" is a feature of WTIC, The Travel- ers, Hartford, Conn., chipped in with this paragraph over the air one night last month : "Col. G. A. Taylor of Hadley reached his 65'th mile post on Sunday. He admitted having a gold headed ebony cane and a 'beaver' like his grandsire, who lived to en- Joy the ownership of the Jewett farm until The Murray Cup > "Another tie has been added to the bonds which link Brown Uni- versity and Princeton University to- gether," remarked the Princeton Alumni Weekly for April 21. "The company in Brown's Navy unit which achieves the best record for general excellence during a semester is now awarded the James Ormsbee Murray Cup. Professor Murray was a member of the Princeton English faculty during the final quarter of the 19th century and was Princeton's first dean of the faculty, serving in that capacity from 1883 until his death in 1899. He was a graduate of Brown in the Class of 1849 and, early in his career, taught Greek there. "The Murray Cup, a lamily heir- loom, was presented to Brown as a Navy award by Professor Sinclair Armstrong, Princeton '18, a grand- son of Dean Murray. Professor Armstrong, who is a member of the Brown history department, is now on leave of absence and is working with the OWI in England." The award of the Murray Cup will be a feature of the review of the Brown Navy unit scheduled for the morning of Saturday, June 17, as a part of the Commencement week- end program. All alu.-nni are invited to attend this ceremony, colorful in prospci t i he was 83 years old. The Colonel, who is one of the founders of the Connecticut Val- ley Game Bird .'\ssociation, is planning next fall to challenge any English setter owners in the United States or Canada to a stake, in which the ages of dog and handler must total 75 years or more. He himself will pilot his Countess Potocka, winner of a dozen ribbons in the field and on the bench: shoot- ing-dog conditions on foot, no rodeo, no holds barred, and winner take all." Your Secretary records with regret the death in Mountainside Hospital, Montclair N. J., April 24, of Charies Barker Fernald! lawyer, and extends to Mrs. Fernald and her three sons, all in the armed services, the sincere sympathy of the Class. Ens. David G. Fernald. USNR, and Pfc Willard B. Fernald. USA, are Brown "44. Dr. Arthur I. Andrews discussed the Central and Southeastern Slavs and Ro- mania at the April meeting of the Massa- chusetts Institute of World Affairs in Cam- bridge. The main topics dealt with the bor- der lands between Russia and the Western nations. 1902 Dr. William A. Hill styles himself "gen- tleman farmer" and has been a member of the Vermont House of Representatives for the past two years from Isle-la-Motte, his permanent residence. "Six generations of Vermont ancestors precede me, and I am very much at home here," he said in a re- cent letter to Lewis A. Milner. "Am now engaged in work for a history of Isle-la- Motte, where Samuel dc Champlam first set loot on Vermont shores in 1609." His son Billy (William A. Hill, Jr.) '36 lives in Shelburne, not far from Isle-la-Motte, and has a son. William A. Hill, 3rd, who is "slated for Brown, Providence permitting." In the Legislature, Hill served on the Educa- tun Committee. At the annual 1944 meeting of Provi- dence Boys' Club, Judge Charles C. Rem- ington '99 presented and had adopted a resolution in memory of Henry Salomon, tor many years a Club director and a gen- erous supporter. When James B. Littlefield's name was given to the Rhode Island Senate as choice for Associate Justice of the new Juvenile Court, an old schoolmate. Senator William G. Troy, rehearsed Littlefield's effective work as chairman of the legislative com- mittee of the Rhode Island Bar Association in balking the paid lobbyists of the small loan companies. "He served without pay. He accomplished his purpose," Troy said. "It for no other reason than this, he de- serves the unanimous support of the Senate and the people of this State." 1903 Rev. William M. Macnair is serving as interim pastor of Wollaston Congregational Church, Quincy, but continues to live at 177 Hancock St., Cambridge, Mass., where he spent most of his active years in the min- istry as pastor of Prospect Congregational Church. He is Prospect's Minister Emeri- tus. 1904 Rev. Alfred E. Isaac of the Baptist Tem- ple, Rochester, N. Y., was the Brown repre- sentative at the installation last month of Dr. Poteat as President of Colgate-Roches- ter Divinity School. "Brown was right up at the top, only Columbia preceding it," he wrote, and mailed a copy of the program to prove it. 219 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 1906 Dr. Howard M. Tracy, teacher and prin- cipal of public schools on Staten Island, N. Y., since he left college, has retired. He continued his studies in education after leaving Brown, won his A.M. at New York University in 1909 and his Ph.D. in 1918. He and Mrs. Tracy, the former Adelaide S. Duffy, live at 25 Grymes Hill Rd., Staten Island. The Samuel C. Lamport Prize in Inter- national Relations will be awarded on the Hill for the first time this month "for the best essay on some topic related to inter- national co-operation and international tolerance." The prize, a substantial one, comes out of income from a fund left the college by out late classmate who knew at first hand the importance and meaning of good will among nations. 1907 Prof. Z. Chafee, Jr., of Harvard Law School is a member of the Commission of Inquiry which has received a grant of funds from Time, Inc., publishers of Life. Time, and Fortune, to undertake a two-year study of the freedom of the press in this country, a subject of which he has long been an ardent and vocal proponent. He was back on the campus last month, speaking at the meeting of the Rhode Island Historical So- ciety on "The Rhode Island Court of Equity, 1741-43."' Henry G. Clark is the new President of Homeopathic Hospital of Rhode Island. Active in the hospital's work for years, he has served as First Vice-President and in other executive posts. Shan is also head of the Providence District Nursing Association and chairman of the Health Council, Provi- dence Chamber of Commerce. Maj. C. W. Way, MC, USA, is currently on duty with the U. S. Veterans Administra- tion in Huntington, W. Va., where his address is the Hotel Frederick. "Recollections of centuries past were re- vived this afternoon when members of the Women's Guild of the Community (Re- formed) Church presented an exhibit of family heirlooms in the parish hall, followed by a luncheon attended by about 80 wom- en," said a special despatch to the T^ew Yorl{ Herald Tribune from Manhasset, N. Y., one day last month. "Rev. Oscar Maddaus, pastor, spoke at the luncheon, relating the history of the church, which was founded in 1732 at nearby Lake Success as the Dutch Reformed Church. The pres- ent church was built in 1896 after the second building occupied by the congrega- tion burned down." One of the exhibits was a 1767 manuscript of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards on the legal aspects of slavery. Bill Burnham's idea of a Class get togeth- er before and after the Brown dinner in Boston was a happy one; and the result was that "07 had the largest group of any class at the dinner. Prof. Z. Chafee, Jr., couldn't attend because the date conflicted with his wife's birthday, and your correspondent felt that he had to stay on the job at the Walsh- Kaiser shipyard. The other names you saw in the April issue. 1908 Dr. Harlan T. Stetson of the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology and Director of the Cosmic Terrestrial Research Labora- tory, Needham, Mass., spoke at the April meeting of the Section of Geology of the New York Academy of Sciences on "Mod- ern Evidences for Differential Movement of Certain Points on the Earth's Surface. " William C. Bitting, Jr., now a resident of Biltmore, N. C, is fiscal agent in this coun- try of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. Rev. Michael J. O'Doherty, LL.D., Archbishop of Manila and Primate of the Philippines, is a prisoner of war. We've read with interest a copy of the letter Bill wrote on Palm Sunday about a censored let- ter he recently received from Archbishop O'Doherty — the one letter the Archbishop had "the privilege of writing to any part of the world." Dr. John R. Honiss continues to special- ize in otolaryngology in Rochester, N. Y., where he is busier than ever, owing to the shortage of doctors on the home front. One of his daughters is in the Red Cross, and his son Jack is in the Army. 1909 A class supper was held at L. M. Carr's Company on April 27 to discuss reunion plans. The following members were pres- ent: Wheeler, Green, Henderson, Turner, Dodge, Connolly, Wells, Leach, Chambers, Patterson, Bugbee, Sherwood, Whitmarsh, Hager, Tinkham, Buffum, Bosworth, Buss, and Chafee. Billy Buffum is President of the Chil- dren"s Heart Association of R. I. which So- ciety has just completed arrangements with Rhode Island Hospital for the first full-time institution in the State for the care chiefly of rheumatic fever patients. Eddie Mayer reports from Chicago that he is recovering from a siege of pneumonia. However, he is planning to be with us in June. Harper Goodspeed was all smiles early last month when a camellia, 15 feet high and 10 feet in diameter, bloomed in the Botanical Gardens, University of California, of which he is director. Said Harper: "Brought from England about 20 years ago, the camellia is the only authenticated speci- men in the United States of the most fa- mous of all camellias, the giant Chinese WARREN A. WHITNEY 05. His recent death was mourned alike by Brown men and alumni of Worces- ter Academy, of whose trustees he had been chairman. (Photo cour- of the Worcester Academy Bul- letin.) reticulata. It bears 400 to 500 blossoms, some of which reach the size of 10 inches."' Prof. George F. Sykes of Tufts Medical School writes this interesting footnote to history: "During the 20 years of my con- nection with the Tufts College Medical and Dental Schools, the first and only Pembroke College girl to enter the Dental School is Rosemary Weil, who registered with the January incoming classs. The only Brown woman in the Medical School during this period was Kathleen Mary Barr "20, Pem- broke College, who received the M.D. de- gree in 1924."" Eddie Hollen is back in Providence again after a tour of engineering duty in Bruns- wick, Me., and is living at 127 Elmgrove Ave. Lewis A. Eadie is personnel director of Sigourney Tool Co., Hartford, and lives at 1705 North Main St., East Hartford, Conn. Malcolm D. Champlin"s two sons, Mal- colm, Jr., and Thomas A. D. Champlin, are students at St. George's School, Newport. A. Manton Chace has been night super- intendent of Wm. H. Haskell Mfg. Co., Pawtucket war plant, for the past two years. His company makes bolts, nuts, and studs, mostly for the Navy. Manton's son Bob is a veteran of the USCGR on North Atlan- tic patrol on sailing vessels, having enlisted before Pearl Harbor. He's seen plenty of action, Manton says. 1910 Ralph M. Palmer, who received his A.M. at Columbia, is recording secretary of the Alumni Federation of Columbia. As such, he has issued the call for the 1944 annual meeting in June. "Harold Avery Swaffield has been a school teacher for 3 3 years, three decades of which he has been a high school principal, hut all during that time he has not lost sight of the fact that sports and academic work mix well together," wrote Edward J. Shu- grue in his column, "Between Ourselves," in the Bridgeport, Conn., Post one day last month. Then he went on for two columns to tell the story of "Uncle Joe," as every- body calls Swaffield in the Fairfield-Bridge- port sector, as athlete, teacher, and sports official and admirer. A lively tale, with ex- cellent anecdote and sage observation, and we think it should be in the Robinson Col- lection at the John Hay Library. 1911 I. R. Sheldon's son Bill is a Navy trainee at Mercer University, Macon, Ga., and his son Bob, graduate of the University of Tex- as '36, is chief geologist for Tropical Oil Co., Bogota, Colombia. Sheldon himself is doing double duty at Mabry Ordnance Shop, Austin, Tex., where he is personnel director and shop engineer. "This is the base repair shop for the 8th Service Com- mand," he wrote, "and as such repairs the engines and heavy units used in this part of the United States. We keep about 500 men and women busy, and are sending many of our units overseas for replacements."' His postscript said: "I married again, April 3, 1943, to Lera M. Kirk of Rusk County, Texas, and we are living in Austin, one of the loveliest spots in the country. Would like to hear from any of my Brown friends." 1913 It's Maj. William J. Reed, AAF, now, Bill having been promoted to that rank at Brookley Field, Ala., last month. Dr. Harold C. Tooker is Assistant Medi- cal Director, America Fore Insurance and Indemnity Group, 80 Maiden Lane, New 220 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY York. He's a commuter, his home being at 839 Livingston Rd., Elisabeth, 3, N. J. Ira Lloyd Letts and Mrs. Letts have the sincere sympathy of the Class in the loss of their only son, Pvt. Houghton Letts, US- MCR. former 7nember of the Brown Class of 1945. who died at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif., April 12, 1944. Pvt. Letts, graduate ol Choate School, had been a student at Union College and at Brown before going into service. 1914 Lt. Comdr. Paul P. Hanson. USNR, is in charge of the Red Cross Blood Donors Centre, Hartford, Conn., Cy Flanders "18 told us recently. Ens. William Taft Wolf, USCGR, son of Lt. Col. Maurice A. Wolf, USA, and Mrs. Wolf, and Miss Jane Rice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph P. Rice, were mar- ried in Weston, Mass., April 14. Ens. Wolf is on duty in the Pacific area. 1915 William C. Crolius, Jr., of Beta Chapter, Delta Phi, is National President of the fra- ternity, and is heading up a program which enables Delta Phi to preserve its status dur- ing the war and plan for resumption of peace-time activities. Dr. George W. Waterman attended the medical meeting of the New England Can- cer Society in New Haven, Conn., last month. A busy doctor on the home front, George finds time to serve as a member of the Board of Governors of The University Club and to engage in other extra-medical affairs. M. E. Hultslander is an inspector-drafts- man with the Barclay White Co., Philadel- phia, and lives at 703 Edgehill Rd., Ardsley, Pa Wilbur J. Phillips is assistant to the Presi- dent, Simplex Products Corp., with his of- fice at 3830 Kelley Ave., Cleveland, and his home on Mill Hollow Drive, RFD 4, Cha- grin Falls, O. Credit Charles M. Clegg's son, C. Myron (Chuck) Clegg, with one of the bright ideas of 1944. As owner and promoter of "Go- tham de Luxe," his sole aim is to "instruct wealth-laden individuals in running through their money in no time at all" in the better New York hotels, restaurants, and night clubs. While he was overseas in the Navy he said that he saw money everywhere, and no place to spend it well, if not too wisely. When he received honorable discharge, he set about to correct the situation. For a fee he supplies a list of hotels, restaurants, night clubs, gives advice about theatres, and otherwise suggests outlets for clients with money to separate themselves from it with ^^^T^'mHb I'M 1 1 '1 ■ 11 T \S ii 1 ffl r~^^ J i^ iL^-^Ti. .» k J^^M ^^H BROWN AT NOTRE DAME: Capt. J. Richard Barry. USN, Brown 1908, eoinmanding the Naval ROTC unit at South Bend, is shown commissioning his first four graduates earlier this year. The photo is available through the courtesy of the Notre Dame Alumnus. the feeling that while luxury is expensive it's worth it if you know that you are getting the best available. 1916 John S. Coleman is an industrial analyst with the WPB, with his office at 410 Canal Bldg., and his house at 1333 Milan St., New Orleans, La. Wilbur J. Snyder is secretary of the Downtown Y.M.C.A., St. Louis, Mo., where he lives at 4610A Moraine Ave. Newton P. Leonard and Mrs. Leonard have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Nina Putnam Leonard, to Pvt. Calvin C. Sloan, USA, of Newhurgh, N. Y. Miss Leonard is a Senior at Bates College; Pvt. Sloan is serving overseas. Mrs. Leo Benedict O'Meara of Bronx- ville, N. Y., has announced the engagement of her daughter. Miss Margaret Louise O'Meara, to Ens. Irving T. Gumb, Jr., pilot in the Naval Air Corps and son of Irving T. Gumb and Mrs. Gumb of Newark, N. J. Miss O'Meara, who attended Finch Junior College, is a Red Cross nurse's aide; Ens. Gumb was in the Brown Class of '44, and was on the football squad. "Brig. Gen. William C. Chase of Provi- dence and his fellow officers receive a cere- monious bow from a Japanese prisoner clad in a skimpy loin cloth," was the caption under a picture in the Providence Bulletin of April 21. The Jap was doing his politest, and Chase and his aides were smiling while A Paratroop Chaplain's Big Problem > ► In an engli.sh town biggest of all problems to a paratroop chaplain is the men's dread of seeming to be "hypocrites" in the eyes of their fellows. Paratroopers are rough and tough and happy-go-lucky, and they don't brood. But they are "hot" troops, and they know it. That makes them strangely sensitive to any sus- picion that they might be trying to "buy their lives" to sneak an advantage in the free-for-all of jumping and fighting by any habitual form of pious exercise. Gil Hammond, war correspondent of the Boston Traveler, stated the problem in a recent dispatch from London. He goes on to say: After two years with paratroopers, Capt. Chaplain Raymond S. Hall '31, who gained fame back in the States as the first American chaplain to make a parachute jump, finds this fear of hypocrisy his biggest headache. You gather that Hammond liked Hall: "This parachaplain doesn't set himself apart as a professional good man. He's satisfied to be as good as possible in the midst of a great evil. He smokes, drinks a beer, and horses around with the other paratroopers, who would hardly recognize him as a human being if he didn't. He is a strictly 'regular' sort of a soldier and a man of restrained ambitions," i i their visitor eyed the ground. The picture was taken in the Admiralty Islands. Associate Justice Louis W. Cappelli of Rhode Island Superior Court sat on the bench for the first time in Washington County Superior Court, South Kingstown, April 23. When he withdrew as Lieut. Governor to be sworn in as Associate Jus- tice, he set a precedent by turning over his gavel as presiding officer of the Senate to his political opponent. Senator George D. Greenhalgh, Republican. A gesture of "good fellowship and trust," the newspapers said. Paul N. Swaffield has the sincere sym- pathy of all of us in the recent loss of his wife. Your Secretary records with regret the death in Fall River, March 17, 1944, of Ernest Halliwell, and extends to Mrs. Halli- well and her daughter the earnest sympathy of the Class. 1917 Elliott L. Thurston of the Federal Re- serve Board is on the newly-named editorial committee which intends to put life and interest in the Board's monthly bulletin by "encouraging writers to cover a wide range of subjects and to promote freedom of thought and vigor of expression." As an old newspaper man, Thurston knows how to make even statistics and economic riga- marole into readable copy. Rust Scott is district manager for the Middle Atlantic States of Globe Ticket Co., with his office at 1 109 Munsey Bldg., Balti- more, and his home at 6314 Frederick Rd., Catonsville, Md. 1918 Dr. Kenneth L. Burdon is Professor of Bacteriology, Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, Tex., and is also acting as consultant for the United States Public Health Service in his sector of Texas. Charlie Malone is now Lt. Col. Charles B. Malone, CAC, on duty, according to last report, somewhere on the West Coast. Winn W. Chase, resigned as executive editor of Textile World, has become director of technical publicity and market research for Aridye Corp., Fair Lawn, N. J. He will not only supervise these activities of the corporation, but will also investigate mar- kets for new products and study postwar 221 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY needs of branches of the textile industry. He's been with Textile World since 1929, and as executive editor has been responsible for most of the paper's editorial content. He and his family live at 5 Garfield Place, Upper Montclair, N. J. Rev. Earl H. Tomlin, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Providence, since 1931, will leave the pulpit at the end of June to take over as executive secretary of the Rhode Island Council of Churches. A letter from the Council's executive committee asked his parishioners to "feel that you are not juft releasing Rev. Earl H. Tomlin from the pastorate of Calvary Church but that you are giving him to the service of the en' tire Christian fellowship of Rhode Island." 1919 Maj. William H. Sheldon, MC, is on the staff of the Army-Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. Sheldon, who won his M.D. degree at the Medical School, University of Chicago, after teaching psychology at Chi- cago and the University of Wisconsin for a number of years, has been practising as an occupational psychiatrist in New York. Frederic B. Heath, Jr., reports he is asso- ciated with B. A. Babb, attorney at law, 308 Commerce Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. 1920 Dr. Raymond S. Stites contributed an article, "Art History Color Films as a Teaching Aid," to the College Art Journal for March. In it he describes the film, "Dawn of Art," recently finished at Antioch College (apparently under Stites's direction, as he is head of the Art Department there). It shows man's earliest aesthetic attempts, the desire to record and communicate, with playful decoration verging on the magic — a product of the "instincts of self-preserva- tion and self-extension." To four officers of the armed forces who have already done seemingly miraculous work for the rehabilitation of the war in- jured have been given the 1944 Lord ^ Taylor American Design Awards. Presi- dent Walter Hoving of Lord 6? Taylor pre- sented the awards to the winners, Lt. Col. Howard A. Rusk, MC, Lt. Col. Roy R. Grinker, MC, Capt. Henry H. Kessler, USNR, and Lt. Col. James Barrett Brown, MC, at a luncheon in New York April 20. The Army three are with the Air Forces. The citations read at the luncheon told the thrilling story of how the officers are restor- ing to usefulness men broken by war. The Alumni Office regretfully reports that J. Howard Covell and Mrs. Covell, missionary teachers in the Philippines, are believed to have died in Japanese custody on the island of Panay about the first of this year. After 18 years of self-sacrificing work in Japan, the Covells went to the Philippines in 1938 to carry on there until they were ready to retire. Pfc. David Covell, their son, is with the Marines in the Pacific area. Two daughters also survive. Howard's brother, Albert H. Covell, is su- perintendent of schools in Oneida, N. Y. Donald C. Bowersock is the newly elected President of the Foreign Trade Club of the Providence Chamber of Commerce. 1921 Ralph D. Standish, with the branch of the National City Bank of New York in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been serving as a volunteer in the Coast Guard down there. Bill Gonzalez '23 and Ted Gonzalez '2' are also in the unit. Bill is an officer, Ralph adds with a note of respect, while he and Ted are "only first class (?) seamcn(?)." Ralph hopes to return to the States this spring. 1922 Blair Moody, Jr., Washington corre- spondent and columnist of the Detroit T^ews, is reported abroad on a three months' visit to the war fronts in Italy and England. When he comes home he will cover the national political conventions and the presi- dential campaign. Capt. George H. Olson, AAF, is "some- where in England." He's written of his pleasure reading the UnineTsity Bulletin of October, 1943, telling of the Brown men in service. "I recently met a brother officer who received his Ph.D. from Brown, and it was he who showed me this most interest- ing and welcome pamphlet," he said in a V-mail letter. 1923 Belatedly we offer congratulations to George H. Young on behalf of the class. George is the first 1923 man to have a son graduate from Brown, even if the young man had to receive his degree in absentia, for Howard W. Young '44 is a Marine and had been assigned to Yale. The class had him as guest of honor at the Commence- ment breakfast in the Faculty Club his Freshman year on the Hill. Three members of the class seem to be Florida neighbors: Leonard Hinson is at the Coast Guard Repair Base in Miami. Robert F. Cahill's address is 1010 Security Building, Miami. Gilbert E. Broking lives at the Raney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach and operates the Club Transportation Service, Inc., in Coral Gables. It was particularly fine to see Bill Munroc at the New York Brown dinner. (The April issue of this magazine reported what a fine turnout 1923 had.) But Bill had come down, at Milt Newsome's urging, from Attleboro for his first real outing in some time. He reported himself recovered from his lung operation and on the verge of activity again. "It's a far cry from graduation in 1923 to India in 1943," writes Lt. Col. E. F. Grunewald, G.S.C. "Two months on a transport wasn't on the Commencement program. While rummaging through my trunk, I came across a card of yours dated May 8. So many things have happened since then it seems like centuries ago — so much territory covered. Many times I have been reminded of a book writen by a Provi- dence woman (perhaps Honore Morrow) of the early people who forced their way into Siam and Burma. There is very little strain on the imagination to visualize life here a century ago. Just forget the rubber tires on the carts drawn by camels and donkeys; shut out the horns of the taxi drivers, who can put a Brooklyn taxi man to shame; and you have the old India. Camels plod along the old narrow trails with the driver a.sleep on his load." Apropos of the Robinson Collection of athletic books and memorabilia at Brown, Diz Faulkner confessed recently that he still had two large photographs of the Harvard-Brown game in 1922 which we won 3-0. "My embarrassment lies in the fact that I am carrying the ball in both plays." Personally, if we'd had any hand in that hall game we'd feel no embarrassment about remembering the fact. 1924 Edward R. Place, former assistant to the director of the war production drive in (C't>>JIi>ittfti o)i next page, in iast column) Phi Kappa Rec Edward Stephen K I L E Y 222 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY s Its Founding at Brown < < HOLLAND ► Pht Kappa fraternity, observing Foun- ders' Day on April 29, commemorated the IJ men who, at Brown University in 1899 established this national society. The fra- ternity's magaainc, The Tem^tle. prints the recollections of Arthur F. McGinn "92: "Up to the fall of 1887. when the class of 1891 matriculated with three, Catholics at Brown were few and far between. In 1888 the class of 1892 followed with five. Thereafter there was a liberal sprinkling of Catholics in all the class. When Phi Kappa was organized in 1889, Providence was a Catholic city with a large number of mer- chants and professional men. The first meeting of Phi Kappa was held in 3 Hope College, with Gillrain as President. I was Secretary and one of a committee to give the fraternity a name. The organisation adopted the name that I suggested. Phi Kappa Sigma, the initials of the Greek legend that stands for Fraternity of Cath- olic Students, (The name was subsequently changed to Phi Kappa because another Phi Kappa Sigma already existed.) "In my time 3 Hope was the rendezvous of most of the Catholic students at Brown. It was on the first floor, on the front cam- pus, next to Manning Hall, the 'chapel", and easy of access. Gillrain, Kiley "91, and I were the regular occupants: Holland '90 and Smith "92 also made it their head- quarters."" A fine service to Phi Kappa was the search conducted by Col. Joseph E. Maguire "17 recently which resulted m a collection of photographs of the 13 founders. He tells of the difficulties he encounters in a lively article in The Temple. He acknowledges the assistance of the Alumni Office in his quest, as well as the John Hay Library archives. The photographic layout, a copy of which is reprinted through the courtesy of The Tonple. has been duplicated in suit- able form so that the pictures of these Brown men will hang in every Phi Kappa chapter room. Four of the founders are alive: Gillrain "91, who was last winter elected a Police Court judge in Providence: McGinn '92, Corcoran '93, and Magill '93. The others belonged to the following classes: 1890 — Holland, Killelea. 1891— Kiley. 1892— Brennan, O'Connor, Smith. 1893 — Cun- ningham, Fitzgerald, Kirwen. Although Alpha Chapter is not active at the present time at Brown, the fraternity has flourished and grown to 26 chapters throughout the United States, with national headquarters in Cincinnati, i An Iron Man's Mark > Capt. Earle C. Hochwald '3 3, Army chaplain in the one of those areas whose mail comes via the Post- master in San Francisco, wrote earlier in the year: "A good icy breeze off Narragan- ■ sett Bay would be most welcome out here in the jungle. I am still hoping to Jump in a strange fox hole and find a fellow Brunonian. I did find a fellow officer who played against the 'Iron Men' — he still bears the marks of battle." i {Continued from pTfriou.s page) Washington, has joined the Department of Public Information, Radio Corp. of Amer- ica, with his office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, and his house at 68-19 Clyde St., Forest Hills, N. Y. "At the Brown Club luncheon, April 25," he wrote in reply to a letter congratulating him on his new associa- tion, "I chatted with Quent Reynolds, Carl Staples, Bill Dyer, Roy Eisenberg, Stuart Goulding, and met others ahead of and behind us in college." Between leaving Washington and settling in New York, Ed handled publicity for the 1944 Safety War Fund for Northern New Jersey, and saw the fund oversubscribed 23 per cent. Dr. George H. Hunt, surgeon at the U. S. Marine Hospital, Louisville, Ky., writes he is "pretty well settled" in that city and is getting used to "the ubquitous soft coal smoke". Both he and Mrs. Hunt are won- dering how they will like the hot weather in Kentucky after having been thoroughly ac- customed to "the cool, foggy San Francisco summers."" Meantime George has a back- yard garden under way and will soon be comparing Kentucky growing conditions with those of the West Coast. "Hope to be able to get up to Providence sometime,"' he ended. "Give my best to Bruce Bigelow, Chet Worthington and any of my other old friends whom you happen to see." George ranks as Lt. Comdr., USMCR. Paul V. Rothenberger is running The Old Trading Post, old and rare books, an- tiques, old glass and furniture, in Lisbon, N. H., and has heroically survived the cold, snowy winter they had up his way. Charles H. (Bud) Klump, the old foot- baller, is the new "Vice-President of Detroit Delivery, Inc., with his office at 730 Lafay- ette Bldg., Detroit. "Not located as yet, but will advise you of my house address when I get one, " he wrote the middle of last month. 1925 Ben Roman, principal of the Runkle School in Brookline, Mass., and one of the best liked secondary school teachers in his State, has been offered a post at Phillips Academy, Exeter, we hear. David G. Fanning is sales manager of Sawyer's department store, Worcester, and is living at 66 Lincoln St., Grafton, Mass. Robert C. Hunt is assistant personnel manager of Schenley Distillers, with his office at 3^0 Fifth Ave., and his home at 212-n 39th Ave., Bayside, N. Y. Robert L. Rockcleller is tax and fiduciary accountant in the offices of Davis, Polk, Wardwell. Sunderland 6? Vuend at H Broad St., New York. Bob is a commuter, with his house in Red Bank, N. J., RFD 1, 60x415. 1926 Capt. Paul Hayne, Jr., AAF, is some- where in India as an administrative officer with a service squadron. His address is APO Box 690, c/o Postmaster, New York. Richard H. Hammond is branch sales manager of Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., with his office on West End Ave., Long Branch, and his home on Shadow Brook Rd., Shrewsbury, N. J. Ulrich Calvosa ot Collier's is given a thank-you by Editor Bennett A. Cerf for helping compile the successful "Pocket Book of Cartoons."' The cartoons in Col- Uer's are one of CaKs responsibilities. Elmer R. Smith of the Providence School Department is editor of "'Meet an Amer- ican!" which Harcourt, Brace y Co. pub- 223 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY lished last month. "It offers a fresh ap- proach to the American scene past and present," said a Providence journal review- er. "Mr. Smith's device is to use selections, largely autobiographical but also fiction as well, to portray the composite American: his parents, farms, towns, cities, factories. . The book stacks up very well, and makes good reading even outside the class- room." George A. Paine is New York District Manager of the Synthetics Department, Hercules Powder Co. His office is at 500 Fifth Ave., and his home at 1259 California Rd.. Tuckahoe. N. Y. Abner I. Gilbert is with Cutting Room Appliance Corp., 45 West 25th St., New York, where he lives at 430 East 86th St. 1927 Rev. William E. Braisted, missionary for the American Baptist Foreign Mission So- ciety, is in Kityang, Kwangtung, South (Free) China. He has a furlough due him sometime this year. Arnold K. Brown was re-elected Vice- President and Assistant Secretary of Brown 6? Sharpe Mfg. Co. at the 1944 annual meeting of the Board of Directors. He is also a director. Christopher Gunderson reports he has moved from Brooklyn to 74 Auerbach Lane, Cedarhurst, L. I., N. Y. 1928 Adin B. Capron, 2nd, is Assistant Su- perintendent of the Hot Mills, Babcock y Wilcox Tube Co., Beaver Falls, Pa., where his mail address is 777 Second St. Paul H. Hodge is a partner in the law firm of Sisson (Maj. Charles P. Sisson '11), Fletcher, Worrell and Hodge, with offices at 1408 Turks Head Bldg., Providence. President Byron S. Hollinshead of Key- stone-Scranton Junior College is serving on the Harvard University Committee on the "Objectives of a General Education in a Free Society." He will be in Cambridge for 10 months. Thomas J. Paolino will be a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago next month, representing the Sec- ond Congressional District of Rhode Island. Tom, original WiUkie man in the State and Willkie's pre-convention camp- paign manager, was greatly disappointed when his candidate withdrew. "But," said Tom in a public statement, "I shall con- tinue to devote my time and effort unstint- ingly in support of the Republican party." 1929 Joseph C. O'Connell, Jr., is owner and manager of Joseph C. O'Connell Co., Inc., woolen mill in Taunton. Joe lives at 195 Jacobs St., Seekonk, Mass. "Jack Nilan, efficient and popular adver- tising manager of the American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. is enthusiastic about his hobby of photography," said a para- graph in the April issue of University Club 'Hews, publication of the University Club of Boston. "The Club members are in- debted to Jack for the splendid photos of the recent Fish and Game Dinner, which appeared in last month's issue of the Hews." Tom Gardner and his wife have the sym- pathy of the Class in the death of their baby last month. 1930 We don't know just where Maj. Otto Kerner, Jr., FA, USA, is at present, but we Under Jap ISoses K Lt. Edward M. Barr '42 has been decorated with the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross in recognition of "heroism in flight and exceptional and out- standing accomplishment in the face of great danger above and beyond the line of duty in the Southwest Pacific Area from Jan. 25 to Oct. 12, 1943." Barr took part in more than 50 missions, dropping supplies and transporting troops over territory that was continually patrolled by enemy fighter aircraft. Often land- ings were made on fields which were only a few miles from Japanese bases. These operations aided con- siderably in recent successes in this theatre, said a letter from Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney, commanding the Fifth Air Force, to Barr's mother in Chicago. ^ got a kick out of a fine picture of him in uniform which the Chicago Tribune printed when Otto spoke earlier this year at the 48th annual dinner of the De La Salle Alumni Association. He was then home on leave after having done himself and the Class proud in the North African campaign. LeRoy P. Churchill is supervisor of Corby's Laundry in Summit, N. J., and is keeping a starched upper lip, as you might say, even though every day is. wash day, and priorities and the help problem are con- tinually clogging the clothes line. Roy lives at 13 Hillside Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J. Lee Sannella's note reports his house ad- dress, 389 Lloyd Ave., Providence, and birth of his daughter, Lynne Woodland, last Nov. 8. Lee is a busy doctor, and so far the Army and the Navy have left him alone. 1931 Lt. Joel A. Rogers, USA, is with Hq and Hq Detachment of an Ordnance Base Group, with his service address APO 518, c/o Postmaster, New York, Mrs. Rogers is living at 11 Dartford Place (5), Clay- ton, Mo. "Ben" Leonard has become Capt. Wil- liam B. Leonard, AAF, and is on duty as Security and Signal Supply Officer with a unit in the SWPA. Roy W. Howard was re-elected as head- master of St. Dunstan's School, Providence, at the annual meeting last month. Ronald C. Green, Jr., is a junior partner of the law firm of Greenough, Lyman & Cross, 15 Westminster St., Providence. J. Angus Thurrott and his famly are settled on Byberry Rd. Huntingdon Valley, Pa., where, we suspect, Angus is already cultivating his garden. He's Assistant Sales Manager, Textron, Inc. with his office in the Empire State Bldg. New York. Stanton P. Nickerson is with the Public Relations Department, N. W. Ayer y Son, Inc., in the New York office. While he was in Miami, Fla., with Pan-American Air- ways he saw Ernie Hawkinson, who has been made traffic manager of the new Latin- American Division of PAA, and one day on the bus he caught a glimpse of George Jensen. In New York he's seen Jack Moler "who, as you must know, has just become the father of a bouncing daughter. Jack is still at Ft. Tildcn." Dick Bowen is off to the wars. He will he specially missed at The University Club, Providence, where he was a member of the Board of Governors, active in entertain- ment, and otherwise helpful. When Bob Cronan. S 2/c, USNR, left Camp Sampson. N. Y., he thought he was heading for Bainbridge Md. But he landed at Farragut Idaho, instead, took a 10- weeks course in the Specialist C School there, and was hoping to return East when he sent us an Idaho scenic postcard last month. "Harvey Nanes '37, in the same Regimental Office with me," he ended, "has just received a commission, and has left for amphibious training in Arizona." Thus Bob shows that fine news sense which he cultivated and sharpened while he was the Broii'ii Daily Herald's standby. 1932 The Broii'n Herald-Record has made note of the fact that the forward line of the 1932 Brown hockey team is in the Navy, and its three members are at Princeton. Lt. (jg) Stanley C. Paige got there first — as he used to do in games against Brown's rivals — and was ready to welcome your Class Secretary, R. A. (Rip) Hurley, Jr., and Bob Hall '34, both of whom reported at the end of March. Stan is teaching at Princeton. Lt. Col. Joseph E. Cannon, MC, veteran of the Aleutians campaign, is Executive Officer, Billings General Hospital, Ft. Ben- jamin Harrison, Ind. Joe served in the Alaskan area for 39 months, certainly long enough for him to become acclimated. Gordon F. Pyper's daughter, Carolyn, is President of Pembroke's Semester One — which doesn't mean a thing to this old timer, but which evidently signifies some- thing special. Miss Pyper is "a graduate of the seminary in her home town. North- field, Mass., where her father is Director of Admissions of the Mt. Hermon School," says a statement sent us. Paul F. Gleeson, now a father, as you should have heard, is Field Representative, Behind Benjamin's .4u!ard ► The posthumous award of the Legion of Merit to S/Sgt. Alfred H. Benjamin, Jr. '3 5, has already been noted in this magazine, but the cita- tion made available to us by his father adds illumination to the hon- oring. At the command of Gen. Eisenhower, Brig. Gen. E. L. Ford, GSC, Chief of Staff wrote that the award had been made for "excep- tionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service from September 1942 to March 1943; "As a special agent of the Counter Intelligence Corps, Western Task Force, Sergeant Benjamin demon- strated untiring energy, devotion to duty, and professional skill as an in- vestigator from the date of his as- signment to his unit in the United States in September 1942 until his death in line of duty 6 March 1943 at Rabat, French Morocco. At the time of the landing at Safi, French Morocco on 8 November 1942, he succeeded through the rapid contacts he established with the French, in persuading them to reduce their re- sistance, and in capturing important enemy agents." i 224 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Civilian War Service, Rhode Island State Council of Defense. Paul is bearing up well under both fatherhood and the weight of that title. 1933 Lt. (jg) Roland K. Brown, USNR, is in training at Hollywood Beach Hotel, Holly- wood, Fla. "Great country and beaches down here," RoUie writes, already catching some of that Florida booster spirit. Lt. (jg) Harold P. Rcinhart, USNR, has received the Purple Heart for wounds suf- fered in "a Jap mortar barrage laid into a party blazing a supply trail vital to an im- portant Marine push on Bougainville." We quote from a story by Sgt. Maurice E. Moran, a Marine Corps Combat corre- spondent written in the SWPA in early March. Reinhart is with the Seabees. Earl W. Ball is lubrication engineer with Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, and lives at 52 Emerson Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Lt. (jg) George C. Whitney, USNR, is educational officer at U. S. Naval Air Gun- ners School, Jacksonville, Fla. "My wife and three children are here with me," George wrote, "after several months separa- tion during my initial training. Yes, my work is interesting and in considerable volume." George has the sympathy of us all in the loss of his father, Warren A. Whitney "05, well known Worcester busi- ness man and public citizen. Leon A. Drury, Jr., has given up school teaching after 10 years, and is now a dis- trict manager for Jenney Mfg. Co., Boston, in his home city of Fitchburg, Mass. Lt. (jg) G. W. Griffithes, Jr., USNR, is attached to the Armed Guard Center, Brooklyn, N. Y. A correspondent tells us George, a librarian in peace time, has been on overseas duty. "One of my letters took five months to reach him," he added, Lt. Herbert C. Simpson, AAF, was sta- tioned in North Africa earlier this year, his father has written us from Bridgeport, Conn., where he himself is doing war work. Lt. Norman A. DesLauriers, Inf., is on duty with an infantry regiment at Camp Shelby, Miss. Ed Gilmartin, Lt., USNR, is still a fixture at NAS, Alameda, Calif. "Am enjoying fine health because my brother Gene, is now in Washington," he said rather cryptically in a recent letter to his friend. Jack Martin of the Providence Bulletin. 1934 Capt. Donald B. Fletcher, MC, USA, is with a Station Hospital "somewhere in New Guinea." His mail address is APO 928, c/o Postmaster, San Francicso. Ken Hampson is a procedures' writer with Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., shipbuilders. Provi- dence, and lives at 40 Pullen Ave., Paw- tucket. Lt. (jg) Zenas Kevorkian USNR, came home to Providence last month on a 20-day leave, and the Prondence journal had a grand story about Zene's transformation from a teacher of science and journalism at Roger Williams Junior High School into skipper of an LCI, taking part in four major landing operations in Italy. He went across in heavy weather, was medical officer as well as skipper, and "didn't have time to be seasick." The Germans gave his ves- sel a pounding at Licata, Sicily, but his other landings "were easier." When he left Providence he headed South to report to another ship. It seems definite now that Lt. William A. Lewis, USNR, went down with the Lis- Hoiv He Picked Up Survivors ► ► Capt. William W. Moss, Jr. '37, Pan-American Airways pilot, has been commended by the Navy for "praiseworthy judgment, courage and airmanship" for his daring rescue in Pacific waters late last fall of 48 men from the American troop transport Cape San Juan. Arriving at his base where his plane was to land vital Navy supplies. Moss heard of the transport's plight and put off for the stricken ship as soon as his plane was unloaded. He brought the plane down in a relatively smooth spot in the oil slick, held it steady while the crew floated life rafts astern on lines, threw out life preservers, and hauled survivors aboard, and then took off perfectly amid swells many feet high. Counting himself and crew, he had 5 5 men aboard. His normal load is a crew of seven and 20 passengers. He dumped two and a half tons of gasoline, and maneuvered for an hour before getting the plane into the air. Washburn told his story over a "We the People" broadcast in April. That lets him keep up with his brother Peyton, who was on a London broadcast describing the Sicilian invasion. Washburn was an early recipient of the Providence Brown Club Scholarship. ^ ^ combe Bay. The Navy Department con- tinues to carry his name among the missing. Bill's wife, we understand, stayed on the West Coast until survivors of the Liscombe Bay came back. They said that everybody had lifebelts and that such a good swimmer as Bill would have been rescued if he had been in the water. As he was on the Ad- miral's staff, the possibility is that he was below when the ship was hit, was trapped, and went down with several of his fellow officers. Ken Piercy is a district representative of General Foods Sales Co., with his office at 207 Fourth Ave., and his home at 215 West 98th St., New York. 1935 Ens. Knight D. Robinson, USNR, is on sea duty aboard one of the baby flat tops in Atlantic Convoy Service. Lt. Jay S. Baumann, AAF, gives his latest address as CATS, 3 57 East Chicago Ave., Chicago. Al Kessler is finding plenty to do as Executive Secretary, Denver Tuberculosis Association. His office is at 314 14th St., and his home at 11-11 Kramcria St., Den- ver, 7. We know Al will be happy to see any Brown man who is visiting Denver as soldier or civilian. Ed Coman, we hear, is in the Marine Corps, training at Kinston, N. C. Anyone heard from Paul Howard since he joined the Army and went to Camp Chaffee, Ark., for basic training? Our re- port IS that Paul admitted he was an in- fantryman, but, being in a mechanized di- vision, he said he was able to ride some of the time. The Howards' daughter, Jane Regan, is looking forward to her first birth- day next October. 2nd Lt. G. Thurston Spicer, AAF, is currently attached to Camp Mackall, N. C, where he is on duty at the base weather station. 1936 Lt. Richard M. Reiser's V-mail letter tells us that Dick is with a QMSR Co., and that his address is APO 813, c/o Po.st- master. New York. Lt. Stanton M. Latham, USNR, is a staff officer with a convoy unit somewhere in the Pacific area and is getting his mail, Mrs. Latham says, through the Fleet PO, San Francisco. Another classmate in the Central Pacific area is Sumner P. Ahlbum, lately promoted to Lt., USNR. Lt. Alfred deF. Licato is doing duty with the Military Police, we hear, and we are trying to find out if he is overseas or in this country. Miss Sharon N. Byrne, seven-weeks old daughter of 1st Lt. Francis X. Byrne, MC, had her picture in the artgravure section of the Providence Sunday Journal. March 26. She and her mother live at 264 Adams St., Lakewood; her father is in England. Dr. Paul J. Votta is resident radiologist at Boston City Hospital. Abbey Surrey's second son, Bruce, ar- rived Jan. 22, 1944, Abbey wrote in re- porting a change of address to 3 50 Central Park, _West, New York. "Our two-year old Billy," he added, "says he may go to Brown if Bruce Bigelow works on him in another 15 years. Saw Billy Dear, and he said he'd need plenty of practice if he wanted to win the New Jersey amateur golf title this year." Lt. Donald W. Jones, AAF, Materiel Command, was on duty in New Haven when we saw a card from him sometime ago. Don's mail address is 190 Richards St., West Haven, Conn. 1937 Lt. William R. Bancroft, USNR, is En- gineering Officer of one of the baby flat tops. We hear the other three or four offi- cers senior to him are Annapolis men, so Bill is in good company. Brother Ed — Lt (jg) Edward R. Bancroft, Jr., USNR— is traveling to different Naval bases in charge of IBM machines. George Toelken's card, which came the middle of last month from 6411 South Ingleside Ave., Chicago, is cryptic: "Sorry, but I cannot answer these questions (pres- ent occupation and business address) at the present time." Lt. (jg) Martin L. Tarpy, USNR, is re- ported to be on duty at the NASBF, Beau- fort, S. C, in charge of crash boats. Capt. Morton H. Darman, AAF, is with the Third Air Force Hq, Tampa, Fla. Capt. Thomas W. Taylor '25, former Athletic Director of the University and Bud's boss when Bud was track team manager sent us a picture from the Morris Code. Morris Field, N. C, showing Bud, who was Base- Adjutant there, saying good bye to his suc- cessor before going to Tampa. Ben Gate, Jr., had his picture in an April issue of the Providence fivening Bulletin with the title: "Practice Firing Aboard a Coast Guard Cutter. Lt. (jg) Benjamin H. Gate, Jr. (facing camera), of 10 Catalpa road. Providence, instructs his gun crew protecting a convoy in a recent North At- lantic passage." Ben had his tin hat slanted and his sleeves rolled up, and looked ready for business. 225 »ou are one of the million or more men who already ha\'e been honorably discharged from the Army of the United States — or from one of the other services —since Pearl Harbor. Civilian clothes seem strange. You feel a bit out of place and, perhaps, apologetic — particularly if there's no Purple Heart ribbon on that G. I. blouse you're putting away. Never mind. Just remember that you were "in there pitching" while you were on the job for Uncle Sam. Now there are other war jobs to be done here at home. Please under- stand that you're needed— and wanted, and you have certain privileges, too. When you get squared away, here's a bit of advice — hold on to your Na- tional Service Life Insurance. We offer this sincerely and unselfishly, although we naturally hope that this introduction to insurance will some day bring you to New England Mutual when you need viore protec- tion than you are able to get through the Government. • In the meantime, keep what you have, and send for the folder, "Information for Demobilized Veterans," prepared by our War Service Bureau. It lists your privileges on re-entering civilian life, and contains much data that will be helpful. • With the folder we shall be glad to send you, without cost, a handsome, service- able envelope to keep your discharge papers fresh and clean. Just drop a post- card to our Home Office in Boston. To the Mayors of America The returning veteran, already re- entering civilian life in large numbers, needs, besides advice, 1 • Full information on the Federal, state and community agencies now available to help him. 2. A job, and financial assistance, if necessary. You are undoubtedly studying how your community can best meet this problem, and you might like infor- mation on what others are doing. The city of Newton, Mass., has a practical, wording plan which they have permitted us to print and dis- tribute as our own small contribution toward getting these vital projects started. Ivlay we send it to you? New England Mutual L^J^ \nsurance Company ^M of Boston George Willard Smith, President Agencies in Principal Cities Coast to Coast The First Mutual Life Insurance Company Chartered in America— 1835 And where do you go from here? We believe theres a message for other civilians, too, in the advertise- ment on the opposite page calling to the attention of recently dis- charged service men their insurance rights and needs. War is bringing abrupt changes into many lives. When these changes affect you, it pays to look to your insurance. Under changed conditions, will it continue to give you the kind and amount of pro- tection that you really need? Below are the names of people from your own college who can help you answer this important question. They are representatives of the First Mutual Life Insurance Company Chartered in America. They know insurance, and they will gladly apply their broad knowl- edge to helping you make the most of your insurance program. If none of them is near you, you can get the same friendly help at the New England Mutual office in your city. BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY E. EVERETT HARKNESS, '05 Hartford PAUL O. CURTIS. '15 Gen. Agt., Boston STEPHEN W. HOPK NS, New York City HUGH ROBERTSON, Boston •21 COLE. Jr., '24 EDWIN A. Boston RICHARD W. PARTRIDGE, Gen. Agt., Boston '31 ■24 •DAVID LANDOW, New Haven ALBERT H. CURTIS II, Boston •With U. S. Armed Forcet '40 If you're just out of the service yourself, probably you'd like a job where you're free to work out your own career. Because life insurance offers such a career — and not just another routine job — we suggest that you consider this promising road back into civilian life. Our organization has a number of opportunities in various parts of the country — for college-trained men. If you are interested in find- ing out about them, or if you know of a returning service man who wants to start a notch higher in his civilian career, won't you write us? Address your letter to W. Eugene Hays (Stanford '26), Director of Agencies, Box J-7, 501 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. There will be no obligation involved. 1938 1st. Lt. Charles B. Round, MC, was ordered to active duty last month. Home from 18 months in Australia and parts, Lt. ()g) Philip H. McLaughlin had a tale to tell of ahorgines who had never seen white men before, of meeting Amer- ican Consul General Ely E. Palmer "OS and Lt. Jim Gurll in Sydney, and of chatting with Lt. Joe Weisherger '40 somewhere in the combat area. Phil's worst battle was with the New Guinea mosquitos, which sent him to hospital with malaria. He liked the Australians, whom he calls "tops as fighters," and who have a fine spirit of "in- dependence and democracy." Phill spent his leave with Mrs. McLaughlin and his two youngsters, Bowcn and Meredith, and had no idea where his next assignment will be. Lt. (jg) Edward L. Palmer has trans- ferred to the NAA Facility, Hyannis, Mass., from Quonset NAS. 1st Lt. E. F. Neves, MC, writes his copy of the Unii'er.si£y Bulletin giving the names of Brown men in service passed "through four hands before delivery." So he set us right on his current address, 67th Portable Surgical Hospital, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Dave Purdie, Jr., commissioned 2nd Lt., AAF, after training at Yale, had as his first assignment Assistant Maintenance Officer, 3 20th Sub-Depot, Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Tex., which is a long way from his home town of Verona, N. J. Ens. Wesley C. Sholes, USNR, is a staff officer with an LCI(L) flotilla, and is get- ting his mail in care of the Fleet PO, New York. 1st Lt. William F. Chichester, Inf., is at- tached to a regiment in training at Camp Phillips, Kan. Well, that isn't too far from Chicago, where he once lived. Lt. (jg) John C. Edgren, USNR, Air Combat Intelligence officer for a bombing squadron with the fleet, was in Providence for a few days at the end of March. Irving Gershkotf is a personnel techni- cian in Personnel Administration, Rhode Island Department of Civil Service. He's married, his wife being the former Irene Evelyn Ottinger, and he and Mrs. Gersh- koff^ arc at home at 129 Doyle Ave., Provi- dence. 1939 Capt. Thomas B. Peckham, recently re- turned from the Pacific area was in hospital for some time, according to a correspondent. But he's out now and is currently assigned to Ft. Sill, Okla. Capt. Charles H. Mullen, AAF, said in his V-mail letter: "Ran into Herb Glick- man the other day, so we held a two-man reunion right there and exchanged news items." The meeting took place in a well known English university town. Charlie also appreciated a recent copy of the Brown Alumni Monthly, and added: "It cer- tainly looks like Brunonia, past and present, has gone all out for victory." His new address is APO 12453, c/o Postmaster, New York. Mrs. Mullen, who was Claire Harrington '39, Pembroke College, is liv- ing at 624 Prospect St., Fall River, Mass. Until early next month Capt. Frank Mc- Evoy, Inf., will he studying at the Adjutant General's School, Ft. Washington, Md. Frank went there from Camp Croft, S. C. Before reporting to Croft he had a short stay in New York, during which time he met Dean ."Arnold and Harry Agney and had a good talk with them. He also saw 227 Dick Barker '37, who was getting ready, he said, to enter the Army. Lt. (jg) William C. Bieluch, USCGR, recently completed a six weeks course of study at Port Security School, Ft. McHenry, Md., and then returned to his regular sta- tion duty in Philadelphia, where, among other assignments, he is inspecting mer chant ships to check their compliance with CG regulations. Bill's promotion dates from April 1. A/C Ralph B. Dinsmore is enrolled at the .^AF Training Command School at Yale, with communications as his major subject. Lt. (jg) R. Arnold Matteson, USNR, has been Communications Officer on the staff of an Admiral who is a Task Force Commander, Atlantic Fleet, for the past ten months. He anticipates another as- signment some time next month, we hear. Bill Baldwin's note of March 28 from 1004 North Main St., Brockton, Mass., tells his story: "This is to inform you that I am entering the service on March 29. 1944, and no longer reside at 1 1 Lincoln Ave., Delmar, N. Y." Perhaps next month we'll have a report on Bill's whereabouts in uni- form. Art Gurney has been promoted to Sgt , CE, down in Santa Fe, N. M., where he is doing special work. Stuart C. Sherman's formal title is Super- visor of Branch Libraries, Providence Public Library, and Stu is bearing up well under it. His mail address is 7 Nisbet St., Providence. Capt. Christopher A. Norton, FA, is at- tached to a divisional field artillery unit, Lt. McPherson E. Browning '38 reports from Camp Fannin, Tex. Parker Dupouy and his family have the sympathy of the Class in the death of 2nd Lt. Milton A. Dupuoy in an airplane crash in the Central Pacific area last month. Milton, younger brother of Parker and Channing '41, attended Rhode Island School of Design before enlisting. Like Parker, he was a fighter plane pilot. 1940 Ens. Joe Harvey, lately of the Navy Sup- ply Officers' School at Wellesley, is now on a destroyer, we hear. Capt. John Leith, AAF, is flying in India, and they don't get much news that far from home, he reports. His father. Royal W. Leith '12, at 30 State St., Boston, will be glad to forward mail to John, and so will the Alumni Office. Ens. John W. Place, Jr., USNR, is on duty at the Naval Engineering Experi- mental Station, Annapolis, Md. Jack is a married man, you know, his wife being the former Freida E. Mattern. Lt. (Jg) John H. Brigleb, USNR, is at- tached to the ATC, Atlantic Fleet, down in Norfolk, Va. Lt. Joseph V. Hogue, Jr., AAF, recently received a second Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for "exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate bomber combat missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe." Joe, a bombardier on the Liberator "Dry Run," has participated on missions over most of the big German centres of attack. Capt. H. Ralph Messinger, AAF, Bomb- sight Maintenance Officer for a Marauder squadron which has played its parts in the North African, Sicilian, and Italian cam- paigns, recently wrote a long letter to Non- BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY quit Grange, Tiverton, R. I., telling of a visit to Egypt. The Fiiil River Herald T^ews played it up in first-class news style. Frank G. Nickerson, Jr., reports he is with the duPont Co. as a chemist at the Morgantown, W. Va., Ordnance Works, and is living with his family at 421 Wellen Ave., Morgantown. His daughter, Anita Gail, will be a year old next Aug. 22 — • which is also our birthday, Frank. Jefts Beede is with the Engineers at Camp Gordon Johnston, Fla., and the Shield of Theta Delta Chi notes that Jefts" daughter Naomi was born Oct. 30, the founding date of the fraternity. Naomi's grandfather, great grandfather, great uncle and two uncles, were also Theta Delts. "Six Rhode Islanders in a crew of a Coast Guard-manned Destroyer Escort make port at Casablanca," said a caption under a picture in the April 9 issue of the Providence Journal. And there in the front row with a smile a mile wide was Jim Cur- rier — Lt. James S. Currier, USCGR, of Newport, if you please. The CG sailors do get around. Clyde K. Fisk, SK 1/c, USNR, writes his new address is 1640 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Mass., and that his 8-months old son, David, is beginning to show signs of interest in Brown. A/C John G. Porritt is down at Lodwick Aviation Military Academy, Avon Park, Fla., for his primary flight training. 1941 Lt. (jg) Francis Wilson, USNR, known to all of us as Tank, is recovering from a severe injury received in a plane crash, his parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Charles Wilson of Wiliamstown, Mass., were told in mid- April. Tank has been in charge of a Navy blimp on coast patrol. 2nd Lt. Allen R. Ferguson, AAF, was at the AAB, Salt Lake City, Utah, when we had a card from him the first week of April. AKs wife, the former Audrey L Mitscher "42, Pembroke College, is living at 121 Amherst St., Pawtucket. Two classmates have recently been or- dained to the Protestant Episcopal priest- hood — Alvin H. Hanson in Grace Cathe- dral, Topeka, Kan., and Miles W. Renear in St. Peter's Church, Neligh, Neb. Steve Stone, reporting from England that the Brownn Alumni Motnhly "is now arriving like clockwork,"" said he had seen Lt. Bill Crooker "42 in London. "I run across Harry Meyer, Jr., every so often, " he went on, "and Tm trying to get in touch with George Hurley. But they keep him mighty busy up there at Hq. Had a card from Walt Commander '42 the other day, indicating he was headed overseas." Steve — Lt. Stephen G. Stone, AAF, you know — was present at the 96th anniversary meeting of the Theta Delts at the Savoy Hotel, London, and his picture in the Shield of Theta Delta Chi was pleasingly recogniz- able. Bruce E. Kerney is with Portsmouth In- surance Agency, East Main Rd., Ports- mouth, R. I. Lt. (jg) Sidney E. Cleveland, USNR, reports a change to NCTC, Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Va., where his mail arrives in care of the Selection Officer. Our mythical prize for the best letter of 1944 to date goes to Bob Grabb, otherwise Capt. Robert F. Grabb, AAF. Bob"s letter came from Santa Monica, Calif. We wish that we could print it in full as the finest example of a news letter we have come across in a long time. Bob had news of Shorty McMahon, veteran of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy; Al Murdoch, somewhere in tfie Pacific; Vic Hillery, then down in Pennsylvania; Line Rockwell "42, the flying sailor; Bruce Macklin "40, who as a pilot gave the Japs a thorough going over at Guadalcanal and New Guinea and has two or three oak leaf clusters for his Air Medal; and Lt. R. Gale Noyes '21, still sane and cheerful, though in Washington. "The best of everything to the Monthly. It means a lot," Bob ended. Gosh, Bob, you don't know what a lot such a letter as yours means to us. 1942 Ens. Donald B. Smith, USNR, is Gun- nery Officer aboard an LST in the SWPA. George Weller, correspondent of the Chicago Daily 'M.cws, met Don's group out THE INSTITUTE OF LIVING FORMEKLY KNOWN AS The Neuro-Psychiatric Institute of the Hartford Retreat If you have an interest in psychology, sociology or education, apply for staff appointment now. Applications are being considered for immediate or later appointments. Through training and practical experience a valuable preparation is received for the post-war period. The great work of recon- struction and social rehabilitation will require many workers experienced in thio specialized field. Write to Miss Adelaide Ray 4,59 Marlborough Street, Boston 15, Massachusetts there and wrote a story naming Don and Ens. Joseph Edinburg '40, Executive Offi- cer. Don's wife tells us that Joe received a copy of the Brown Alumni Monthly early this year and shared it with Don. "They have been in the Pacific a year now," Mrs. Smith wrote from 22 Gladbrook Rd., Stamford, Conn., "and being on the same ship, they spend much time talking and thinking of college days."" Lt. (jg) Nathan H. PuUing, USNR, is with the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy De- partment, working on fire control research. Ed Armstrong is Lt. (jg) USCGR, and has been attending the Fleet Sound School, Key West. "Strictly Navy,"" he wrote his friend, Jack Martin of the Providence Bulletin, "but they let a Coasty slip in once in a while."" Pvt. William F. (Jerry) Thixton, USA, is taking basic training at Greensboro, N. C, AAFTC, according to his home town newspaper, the Belmar, N. J., Coast Ad- vertiser. Jerry's wife and their two children, Ronald and Christina, live at 205 Garfield Ave., Avon, N. J. Earl H. Ashley, Jr., is a chemist with E. I. duPont de Nemours ^ Co., Carney's Point, N. J., where his work is concerned with a vital war product. Gene Keenoy, Jr., is an engineer with Wright Aeronautical Corp., Woodbridge, and is living at 292 Essex Ave., Bloomfield, N.J. Charlie Cameron writes he is with Amer- ican Airlines in New York, but says his mail address continues to be 25 East Division St., Chicago, 111. Award of the Air Medal has been made to 2nd Lt. John A. Miller, Jr., AAF, who is missing in action, presumably after a bomber attack against German-occupied Norway. Lt. George W. WiUiams, CA, is getting his mail through APO 968, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco. George recently transferred from one CA regiment to another. 1943 2nd Lt. Jay Fidler recently graduated from OCS at Camp Lee, Va., with a cita- tion from Washington for "'being the most outstanding student" of his class, which class was considered to have had the best record of any of the QM School. He is now instructing there. George Winslow is at present instructing in English and Art at Phillips Andover Academy. He expects to enter the Army in August. Ens. Richard Fletcher recently returned from overseas duty with the Amphibious Forces. Pfc. "Mickey" Finn dropped in at the Alumni Office recently while back on a 14- day furlough. He had been studying ad- vanced engineering in the ASTP at the Uni- versity of Maine, and has now been trans- ferred to the infantry at Fort Jackson, S. C. Transferred along with him from Maine into the same division were Russ Applegate "42, Spencer Baker "44, and Nick Coppola "44. Lt. John Collins, co-pilot on a Liberator bomber, has been reported missing in action, probably over Germany, since Dec. 20. 2nd Lt. Howard Russell, USMCR, stopped in at the office on his way up from Quantico before reporting to San Fran- cisco for overseas duty. 1944 Edward Fitzsimmons received his A.B. from the University ot Calitornia in Febru- 228 ADVERTISEMENT BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY THE DICTATOR AND THE DEVIL by Severance Johnson "Four horsemen galloped throu,gh the s\ies, Plague, V/ar- fare. Famine, Death. White, red, hlac\, pale, their horses were. Hell followed in their trail." Canto XV THIS BOOK seeks primarily to describe the imaginary voy- age of an earthly tyrant from Earth to Pluto for aid to conquer the world. It tells: How he met a host of other devils, among whom were Mephistopheles, Homunculus, Moloch, Beelzebub, Dagon, Azasel, Afiasiab, Mammon and Demon Drink, while wait- ing for their chief. How he explored all eight levels of the outermost planet finally reaching the river Phlegethon in its molten core. How he learned that Hades was fascist and governed much the same as his own country. How he met Lucifer at last and tried to trap the Mon- arch of Evil in a deceptive contract but was himself en- snared. However, with this narrative the poem interweaves continuous comment on the sins and follies of mankind, both ancient and present. For example, in the library of Mephistopheles, Chancellor of the Infernal University (and also known as Dr. Think), the dictator stares at its paintings of "assassinations of the mighty." After behold- ing Caesar struck down by a "traitor band," "At the same group of oils he loo\ed again. Vile Commodus within his palace slain By favorite concubine and chamberlain; Brave Pertinax, on whom sprang li\e a pard A Tongresan of the Praetorian Guard." Later descending in an elevator, constructed like a spacious apartment, from Demonopolis to Charon's Cross- ing Earth's tyrant heard how Mephistopheles on visiting New England in colonial times found "a strong, hard folk." He was told: "Somen's chastity "Was stoutly guarded. Maiden modesty And innocence persisted. Civic liberty Arose triumphant over monarchy. The people worked and saved. Their industry Bore fruit in marvelous prosperity, That brought more millions from beyond the sea." "But now," responded the Dictator as He pounded on the table. "Folly has Demoralized America. My spies Say so." "Their statements are not wholly lies," Said Thin\, "As always, females I snare first. I ma\e the girls groiv bolder, help them burst Parental fetters and for pleasures strange I tempt them to abandon home and range From public dancing-hall to cabaret. I slip into their mouths the cigarette. J^ow many bound for school you see who lag Upon the way to puff a close-burned fag. The nicotine invades their lungs and blood And poisons the pure fount of maidenhood. Into their heads frivolities 1 crowd. I try to ma\e them shameless, vulgar, loud. "In catching wives I have still more success. In many I arouse their selfishness. I teach them marriage is a game to win All that they can from husbands, that within Their homes they should not loo\ for happiness. That children will not bring them joyfidness, J^ature's own fruits, but outward things, gems, dress, Cards, parties, coc\tails, that excite desire. Oft carnal. Thus their marriages expire In the divorce courts. Husbands they do ride As children flying wooden steeds bestride In carou.sals, and when there is a stop The divorcees on other husbands hop. The wheel whirls round again, the music plays. And so they spend their empty nights and days. Until there is a final halt and they Discover all too late they are my prey. "The boy who lives today, tomorrow's man, I turn to early vices, if I can. I close his mind to wisdom and instead I store all \inds of refuse in his head. So that he never reads the hoo\s sublime Of Earth's great thin\ers, no, but tales of criyne. The lurid trash one sees at each news stand And theater almost throughout the land. I also educate a boy to drin\ Hard liquor, and to push him off the brinl{ Still quicker I equip him with a car. I gather round him more young fools, who are As drun^ as he, and urge them all to speed Away into the night. I only need An underta\er to complete the deed." In pronouncing final judgment on the Dictator, the Devil said : "'Within a cell Alone in lowest dungeon yoti shall dwell. Lamenting there through all the endless years You are condemned to weep as many tears As you have caused to fall from others' eyes. And you shall suffer all their agonies." Voluminou.'i Notes, illustrated, 342 pages, $3.00. If your book dealer cannot obtain a copy, please consult the Brown University Book Store, Providence, R. I.; the Pres- byterian Book Store, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.; Barnes and Noble, Brentano's, Brown and Delhi, Charles Scrib- ner's Sons, the Woniralh Stores in New ^ ork : or vou may order direct from ECN,\REVES PRESS. 2 Rector Street. New York, and a book will be sent you for $3.00 including all charges. 229 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY ary, and is now in the Army Air Corps at Amarillo, Tex. Ens. Alfred Richtarick, his supply officer training at Wellesley completed, stopped in at the Alumni Office on his way to the Puget Sound Naval Base. Aram Berberian is in training as a com- munications officer at the U. S. Maritime Service Radio Training Station at Boston, and hopes to complete his course in Sep- temher. ^945 Ens. William ]. Barton has sent us a c/o FPO, NYC, address, from which we gather that he has completed his training with the Amphibs down in Maryland. Ens. Frail Culviner, also in training down there, reported that he is slated for Executive Officer of an LCI, doing mostly paper work and personnel management. He expects to pick up his ship soon, and wrote: "The Amphibs are fine and will undoubted- ly win the war single-handed!" Cpl. Alton C. Chick, Jr., is one of the Yanks in the New Guinea area. When he left for active duty in February, Ens. Knight Edwards, an English major here at Brown, was mystified to find him- self classified as an Engineering Officer. It was later discovered that his abbreviation "Eng." had been misinterpreted by the Navy Dept.! However, we think everything must he OK by now since he recently picked up the battleship to which he was assigned at Hawaii and is now "somewhere in the Pacific." Ens. R. Harper Brown writes to William K. Selden, Assistant Dean: "Since coming to the Solomons March 14th, most of my time has been spent in the classroom, with lectures running nine hours a day and night. This letter is being written aboard an LCI where I'm spending two weeks to see how actual shipboard routine is carried out, and more particularly to observe communication procedure. Ensigns Whitney, Fontan, Bar- ton, Oliver, and Earl Brown of 1945 and Phraner "46 are all temporarily slated for communication officers, too. Having had only one 72-hour leave, my contacts have been few outside the base. Nevertheless, I did bump into Dick Shapiro "44 of the em- bittered ERC"s and equally irritated ASTP, and Phil Hartung '43, now an Ensign serv- ing on LST"s. Dick and I reminisced about the 'old" days on the Herald over several brews. Buzy Barton '4') is bunking near me when ashore." Engagements ► ► 1937 — Miss Mary Jean Afflick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Afflick of Blytheville, Ark., to Lt. William R. Hartigan, USAAC. 1942 — Miss Jane E. Steimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Steimer, to Lt. (jg) Gordon G. Hurt, USNR. 1942 — Miss Anne Sinclair Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arba C. Thomas of Maplewood, N. J., to Ens. Thomas O. Paine, USNR. 1943 — Miss Loretta Ann Riley, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. James V. Riley of Paw- tucket, to Ens. John W. Hird, Jr., USNR. 1944 — Miss Jean Kay Goldman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Goldman of Highland Park, III., to Ens. Howard G. Krafsur, USNR. 1945 — Miss Ruth Barbara Jack, daughter of Mrs. E. L. Jack of Cranston, to Pvt. John W. Gibson, USA. 1945 — Miss Ethel Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kennedy of Provi- dence, to Richard T. Downes, PhM3c USNR. 1945 — Miss Jean Rees, daughter of Mrs. Roger R. Rees of Hubbard, O., to R. Whit- ney GofT, USNR. Weddings > 1923 — Capt. Robert M. Addoms, USAAC, and Mrs. Slauson Arens, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Slauson of Plainfield, N. J., at the home of the bride, Mar. 18, 1944. 1929— Lt. George W. Thorpe, Jr., USA, and Miss Elsie E. Sanne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Didrik C. Sanne of Eden Park, R. I., in Edgewood, Mar. 30, 1944. 1933— Lt. George C. Oliver, Sig. C, and Miss Mary Jean Brown, daughter of Mrs. Parker J. Brown, of Liberty, S. C, in the chapel at Ft. Myers, Va., Mar. 5, 1944. 1936— Lt. (jg) George E. Caswell, Jr., USCGR, and Miss Dolphyce V. Tebbetts, in North Attleboro, Mass., Jan. 17, 1944. 1937 — Robert T. Ryan and Miss Mary E. McCormick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. McCormick of Providence, in St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland, Ore., Jan. 20, 1944. 1938 — Irving Gershkoff and Miss Irene Ottinger, daughter of Mrs. Richard Ottin- ger of Providence, in Temple Emanu-EI, Apr. 2, 1944. 1940 — Maj. Samuel H. Anderson, USAAC, and Miss Ruth Elaine Schade, daughter of Mr. Louis Schade, in Rapid City, S. D., Apr. 4, 1944. 1940— Lt. John H. Brigleb, USNR, and Miss Sally Waters, daughter of Mrs. Eugene C. Waters, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1944. 1940— Lt. Henry J. Pinney, Jr., USNR, and Ensign Caroline Johnson, USNR (WR), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. John Johnson of Piedmont, Calif., in the rectory of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mar. 1, 1944. 1940 — Richard L. Solomon, and Miss Sara Grace Hahn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Hahn, in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1944. 1940— Ens. John W. Place, Jr., USNR, and Miss Freida E. Mattern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Mattern of Preston, Conn., in the Central Congregational Church, Mar. 11, 1944. 1940— A/C Lloyd G. WiHiams, USA AC, and Miss Jane Thomson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Thomson of Crowley, La., at the home of the bride's parents, Feb. 26, 1944. continued on next page His 30 American Years < < > Don Clark tells the story in his column "The Observation Post" in Foreign Service, monthly publication of the Veterans of Foreign Wars: "Late one December afternoon in 1913, a worried young Lithuanian disembarked from a vessel in New York harbor. He had good cause to be perturbed. Unable to speak English, with no friends or relatives to turn to in trouble, sickness or accident, and no employment in sight, this 20-year- old foreigner expected a tough row to hoe — and he got one. The yearning for an edu- cation and escape from the oppressions and poverty of his native land had finally prompted him to seek America"s shores. Times were hard for all in 1914 and espe- cially bad for immigrants. This fellow was sorely in need of groceries when he finally got steady work. It took a $10 bill (bor- IH( BLACKSTOOE CAIIAL nATIOOAL BIIIIK ESTABLISHED 1831 0^ Pl04**deHce • 20 MARKET SQUARE $500,000 $1,000,000 Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits (over) MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION rowed) and a bottle of whiskey in the right place to get his job. "But despite his woes, he liked America. He marveled constantly that no policeman was at his elbow checking his every action, thought, and inclination. After two years he applied for his first naturalization papers. World War I saw him join the Army — and in the AEF. Back from the war, he felt he was rea\\-;i an American now. He studied in day and night schools. Event- ually, with the help of friends and the Waterbury (Conn.) Rotary Club, he se- cured his Ph.B. and A.M. degrees from Brown University (1927 and 1928), his B.D. from Yale. "In Bethel, Conn., is a Congregational church which was organized in 1759. Prior to finishing his college training, this young Lithuanian tried out for the job of pastor of this church. Here was a naturalized citizen, with a thick foreign accent, attempt- ing to serve a church in a New England community with Yankee customs, tradi- tions and typical Yankee dialect. Prospects for success looked doubtful. "But he clicked. Today this Lithuanian immigrant boy is pastor of the Bethel Con- gregational Church. He is also an accom- plished linguist and lecturer, at present Protestant Chaplain of Connecticut State Guard — and plenty sold on America. Gentlemen, meet Comrade Frank Tish- kins. National Chaplain of the V.F.W. Says Frank: 'God bless American for her freedoms, limitless opportunities, faith in man and the unshakable belief that all men are created equal.' " < 230 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY One of an Umbrella ^ One of the most spectacular res- cues of the war was the exploit of a British submarine which picked up an American Navy pilot, shot down off the coast of Sabang when the Allied task force raided Sumatra last month. "Twelve Hellcats spread a star-spangled umbrella over the little yellow life ratt and the rescuing sub- marine, nailing down the Jap air force," was the way an AP corre- spondent described a part of the incident. The dozen fighter pilots risked their necks for 90 minutes to dive upon the coastal batteries, strafe an enemy destroyer, and explode air- craft warming up on a field ashore. W hen our lighters ran out of am- munition, they simply made threat- ening runs. One of the pilots was Lt. Charles R. Winterrowd "40 of Chicago, among the first Brown men to go into Naval aviation just prior to the war. ^ 1941 — Lt. James F. Murray, USNR, and Miss Priscilla B. Search, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Murray, of Gar- den City, N. Y., in the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, Mar. 1, 1944. 1943 — Bruce M. Donaldson, and Miss Evelyn R. A. du Pont, daughter of Mrs. Austin du Pont of Newton Square, Pa., and Mrs. William du Pont, Jr., of Wil- mington, in the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, Pa., Mar. 19, 1944. 1943 — Lt. W. Robison McKee, MAC, and Miss Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Arnold, in San Marino, Calif., Feb. 8, 1944. 1943 — Ens. Philip H. Merdinyan, USNR, and Miss Marjorie J. Lane, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. William Lane of Cranston, in the People's Baptist Church, Feb. 19, 1944. 1943 — Ens. Charles N. Smith, Jr., USNR, and Miss Eleanor Esleeck, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Erving N. Esleeck of Greenfield, Mass., at the home of the bride's parents, Feb. 19, 1944. 1943 — Sgt. Edward T. Wilcox, and Miss Maud Eckert, daughter of Mrs. Thor Eckert of New York City, in the Wee Kirk o'the Heather, Glendale, Calif., Feb. 9, 1944. 1944 — Ens. Peter Fratantuono, USNR, and Miss Marie Parillo of Providence, in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Feb. 29, 1944. 1944 — 2nd Lt. Richard C Houck, USAAC, and Miss Nelly Constance Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Reid of Providence, in Trinity Episcopal Church, New Haven. Mar. 23, 1944. 1944— Ens. Arthur Iz:i, Jr., USNR, and Miss Catherine Murray, granddaugh- ter of Mr. James Murray of East Green- wich, R. L, in New York City, Feb. 24, 1944. 1944— Pvt. Leonard S. Rogers, ASTP, and Miss Helen B. Orkin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Orkin of Forest Hills, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1944, 1944— Lt. (jg) Philip Simpson, USCGR, and Miss Margaret J. McCuIlough, Jan. 22, 1944. 1944 — Ens. Elmer J, Thompson, Jr., USNR, and Miss Selah M. Dunklee, daugh- ter of Mr. Paul H. Dunklee of Providence, in Grace Church, Feb. 28. 1944. 1945— Ens. John P. Cokefair, USNR, and Miss Priscilla Colburn, daughter of Mrs. Harrison S. Colburn of Montclair, in St. James' Episcopal Church, Feb. 28, 1944. 1945— Ens. Malcolm C. Smith, USNR, and Miss Marjorie B. Freeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Freeman, of Mont- clair, N. J., in St. James" Episcopal Church, Feb. 28, 1944. Births ► 1918 — To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sydney of Providence, a daughter, Joyce Linda, Mar. 15, 1944. 1923— To Mr. and Mrs. W. Chesley Worthington of Providence, a daughter, Constance, Mar. 21, 1944. 1926 — To Mr. and Mrs. James M. Barry of Jackson Heights, N. Y., a daughter. Sheila Ann, Feb. 11, 1944. 1930 — To Dr. and Mrs. Lee Sannella, a daughter, Lynne Woodland, Nov. 8, 1943. 193 1 — To Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ranger, a daughter, Cheryl Marie, Feb. 6, 1944. 193 2— To Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Gleeson of Providence, a son, Paul Francis, Jr., Mar. 2, 1944. 1933 — To Mr. and Mrs. Lawson M. Aldrich of Providence, a son, Thomas Por- ter, Mar. 15, 1944. 193 5— To Lt. (jg) Benjamin A. Watts, Jr., USNR, and Mrs. Watts of West Bar- rington, R. L, a second daughter, Carolyn Ann, Mar. 20, 1944. 1936— To 1st Lt. Francis X. Byrne, USA, and Mrs. Byrne, a daughter, Sharon Nickerson, Jan. 25, 1944. 1938— To Lt. Robert W. Leonard, USNR, and Mrs. Leonard, a son, Robert Winchester, Jr., Apr. 5, 1944. 1939— To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burch of Fairmont, W. Va., a son, David Lawrence, Nov. 2, 1943. 1939 — To Mr. and Mrs. George Larko- wich of Providence, a daughter, Ann Mary, Mar. 5, 1944. 1940— To Ens. Alfred H. O. Boudreau, USNR, and Mrs. Boudreau, a daughter, Julianne Cheryl, Mar. 21, 1944. 1940 — To Ens. Frederick D. Brown, USNR, and Mrs. Brown, a son, Peter De- Nyse, Feb. 12, 1944. 1941— To Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Byles of Rumford, a son, Herrick Macalis- ter. Mar. 21, 1944. 1941— To Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas Davis, a daughter, Penelope, Feb. 10, 1944. 1942— To Lt. Eugene C. Coughlin, Jr., and Mrs. Coughlin, a son, Eugene Carroll, III, Feb. 16, 1944. 1943 — To Ens. E. Anthony Buxton, USNR, and Mrs. Buxton, a son, E. An- thony, Jr., Mar. 2, 1944. 1943— To Lt. Robert E. Seaman, Sig. C, and Mrs. Seaman, a daughter, Katherine Louise, Oct. 9, 1943. 44 Completed Careers 1869 ► > George Hurlburt Felton, A.B., A.M., M.D., oldest alumnus in years though not in Class, died in Berea, Ky., Dec. 7, 1943. He had observed his 97th birthday last Sept. 7. From Brown he went to what is now Suffield School, SufEeld, Conn., to teach. In 1871 he entered Rochester Theo- logical Seminary, but withdrew at the end of a year because of illness. After another teaching interval, he won his M.D. degree at the Medical School of the University of the City of New York, practised for eight years in Massachusetts cities and towns and in St. Paul, Minn., and then resumed teach- ing at Leland University, New Orleans. When he retired in 1911 he had served as normal principal. Professor of Materia Medica, and acting President. In Berea he led the choir in the Baptist Church until 1926, the year he left the Bap- tist Church to join the Union Church, which is part of Berea College. He sang in the Union Church choir, played the chimes in the tower of the college chapel "until climbing 79 steps got to be too much exer- cise," and was a good neighbor, a faithful citizen, and a delightful letter writer. His interest in Brown was lively and constant. Born in Granville, Mass., Sept. 7, 1846, the son of Rev. George D. Felton, 1839, and Louisa M. Felton. Married June 2, 1880, to Lida M. Marsh of Chicago, who died several years ago. He was a member of Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. 1878 ► William Gammell, A.B., A.M., died in Providence, Nov. 12, 1943. Manufac- turer and banker, his career covered a span of 63 years. At graduation he was Com- mencement orator and member of Phi Beta Kappa. From college he went straightway iJCintin^- the Mother of PROGRESS Be sure that your printing is well planned, effectively designed and carefully executed. E. A. JOHNSON CO., 71 P,;k Slr.n. rnnidomr :i. R. I. TIIK l{()(.KK U'II.I,I\MS I'RESS ' ' Printers siuro 11170 231 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Brown Alumni Monthly Puhliihcd at Brown UnivcTsity by the Associited Alumni CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 Managing Editor ARTHUR BRAITSCH '2! Business Manager HENRY S- CHAFEE '09 LOUIS B. PALMER '28 LT, (jg). USNR ALFRED H. GURNEY '07 GERTRUDE ALLEN MacCONNELL '10 PtmhTo\e Correspondent Subscriptions. $2 a year. Single copies. 2? cents. There is no issue during August or September. Entered at the Providence Post Office as second'class matter. VoL XLIV M.'Vy. 1'>4J into cotton manufacturing and was active in that business until a few years before his death. He had been President of Provi- dence National Bank and a Trustee of Providence Institution for Savings. He was also President, Treasurer, and a director of Beverly Land Co., President of the Hope Co. and of the Berkley Land Co., member of the firm of Brown & Ives, and a Trustee of Butler Hospital. Trustee of the University since 1915, he was "most regular in his attendance at meet- ings and served on all his assignments with faithfulness and distinction. He was a familiar figure at Brown Commencements, where his hearty welcome and cordial man- ner made many an old graduate, from far away places, feel at home again on the Hill." An excellent tennis player in younger years, he enjoyed sports, especially baseball and football, and seldom missed a Brown game. His clubs were The Uni- versity of Providence, Hope, Agawam Hunt, Squantum, University and Garden City of New York, Newport Golf and Newport Reading Room, His fraternity was Psi Upsilon. Born in Providence, May 20, 1857, the son of Professor William Gammell, 1831, and Elizabeth Amory (Ives) Gammell. On his mother's side he was a descendant of Nicholas Brown; his father was a distinguished Brown Faculty member for 3 2 years. Married Bessie Gard- ner Bowen of Providence, Feb. 20, 1884. Mrs. Gammell and three sons survive him. 1897 ► Maurice Howe Cook, Ph.B., died in Providence, Nov. 7, 1943. For many years he was a prominent figure in Commence- ment processions, serving as aide, marshal, and finally as Chief Marshal. Veteran of the Spanish-American and First World Wars, he was former Major, AGD, in Rhode Island, and Assistant Adjutant, Northeastern Department, later the First Corps Area, U. S. War Department. In May, 1928, after 26 years of State and Federal service, he went upon the retired list at his own request with the rank of Lt. Col. In civilian life he was associated with the Bond Department, Rhode Island Hos- pital Trust Co., from which he retired a few years ago. Born in Providence, Oct. 21, 1874, the son of Judge Lorin M. Cook '66 and Elizabeth (Howe) Cook. Married April 29, 1903, to Elisabeth L. Day, who survives, with a brother. Col. F. Webster Cook '05, CAC, USA, now on active duty. He was a member of Sidney F. Hoar Camp, U.S.W.V., Rehoboth Post, No. 302, Amer- ican Legion, and Zeta Psi. 1898 ► Arthur Mason Bricgs, Ph.B., retired manufacturing jeweler, died in Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 29, 1943. During his active career he was an officer of several companies engaged in the manufacture of jewelry, of the Watson Co., silversmiths, and of E. A. Briggs Co., millers and grain dealers. He was a director, trustee and on the loan com- mittee of the Attleboro Savings and Loan Association, and a member of Ezekiel Bates Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Bristol Comman- dery. Knights Templar, Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Boston, and of Beta Theta Pi. He attended the Second Congregational Church. Born in Mansfield, Mass., May 28, 1876, the son of Edmund A. and Harriet (Lincoln) Briggs. Married Oct. 15, 1902, to Olive E. Carpenter of Attleboro, who survives, with two cousins, one of whom is Fred E. Briggs "97. 1902 ► Charles Addison Richardson Ray, A.B., mill executive, died i-n Providence, Dec. 31, 1943. In college he was a pioneer in basketball, being captain of the Class team, and manager and captain of the Brown varsity five. He was also head of the tenns association, a leader in the Class so- cial affairs, and a member of Cammarian Club. In business he had been President of Norfolk Woolen Co. and Ray Fabric Mills, Treasurer of Ray-Shiner Mfg. Co., Frank- lin, Mass., a director of Puritan Cordage Co., Louisville, Ky., and Vice President and General Manager of the Saxony Corp., Norwich, Conn. As a resident of Franklin, he was active in church, educational and civic work, was a trustee of Dean Academy and the Ray Memorial Library, and a mem- ber of the Masons, Rotary Club, and the First Congregational Church. His frater- nity was Delta Phi. Born in Franklin, June 1 1, 1880, the son of William F. Ray '79 and Harriet P. (Richardson) Ray. Married June 2, 1909, to Frances Key Duke of Louis- ville, Ky., who survives, with two daughters, a son, Lt. (jg) Marshall K. Ray, USNR, three sisters, and a brother. Rev. Alexander H. Abbott '03, his pastor in Norwich, offi- ciated at the funeral services. Representing the Class were Messrs. J. Cunliffe Bullock, Aldrich, Munro, Wilson, Haslam, Little- field, Pame. R. O, Smith, Richmond, and Wilmarth. 1903 ► TiLDEN Hendricks Stearns, A.B., LL.B., lawyer, died in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 24, 1943, from injuries received when struck by a motor car. He did graduate work at Harvard for a year after leaving Brown, was physical director of Cambridge Y.M.C.A., and a student at Harvard Law School before going to Chicago, where he was graduated LL.B. from the Law School, University of Chicago, in 1910. He was an attorney for Illinois Traction Company, with offices in St. Louis, Mo., a Y.M.C.A. secretary during the First World War, and practised law in the office of Joseph Wiggin, Boston, from 1919 until his death. He was a member of the Masons, Middlesex Bar Association, the Law Society of Massachu- setts, and Phi Gamma Delta. Born in Wil- mot, N. H., Oct. 6, 187 5, the son of Minot and Sarah J. (Hajeltine) Stearns. Married Maude Wilson in October, 1914. Surviv- ing are four brothers, t)ne of whom is Harry B. Stearns '09, of Boston. 1905 ► Paul Churchill DeWolf, Ph.B., died in Providence, Dec. 19, 1943. Vice Presi- dent of Brown 6? Sharpe Mfg. Co., and na- tionally known in the machine tool industry, his avocation was working for Brown, of which he had been a Trustee since 1916. "A member of successive building commit- tees for the construction of every building since the Marvel Gymnasium," said Presi- dent Wriston, "he brought to the tasks both engineering skill and business judgment. He spent unlimited time and energy upon the work; in particular he was most influential in the redesigning and reconstruction of University Hall. " After having a major part in building Brown Field and Aldrich Field, he served several terms as Chairman of the Athletic Council. He was the first President of the Associated Alumni, reor- ganized in 1919, and Chairman of the first Alumni Day Committee. In other activities his aid and counsel were as significant as they were unselfishly given. In his vocation he was an accepted authority on machine tools, a former Presi- dent of the National Metal Trades Associa- tion, secretary of the Machine and Allied Products Institute, and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of Providence Engineering Society. He was director or trustee of several banks, of Lying-In Hospital, and of Providence Y.M. C.A. and Y.W.C.A. He was a pioneer in the Providence Community Fund, a former President of The Players, and a member of Psi Upsilon, as well of the city's prominent clubs. Captain of the Brown basketball team as undergraduate, his interest in the game was constant through the years. He loved football, too. Born in Bristol, Conn., Aug. 1, 1882, the son of Rev. Delavan and Amelia B. (Churchill) DeWolf. Married Olive M. Beers of Newark, N. J., June 27, 1907. Mrs. DeWolf and a son, Cpl. Robert DeWolf '44, USMCR, survive him. 1907 ► John Silveira Enos, A.B., M.D., phy- sician, died suddenly in Newark, N. J., Nov. 25, 1943. Graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1911, he served as interne for a year and a half at Pawtucket Memorial Hos- pital before commencing practice in Provi- dence. He was physician for St. Vincent de Paul Asylum and for the North End Dis- pensary prior to removal to Newark. Born in Providence, July 27, 1883, the son of Joseph L. and Mary (Lewis) Enos. On June 22, 1915, he married Helen C. Hackett, who survives. 1907 ► Harry Edgar Pearsall, Ph.B., died in Newton Centre, Mass., Nov. 18, 1943. Vice President of Guernsey Westbrook Co., wholesale lumber, and of Smith Pearsall Co., chain retail lumber yards, he had been in the lumber business since graduation. He started out with his father in Oxford, N. Y., became eastern representative of Wood Mosaic Co., New Albany, Ind., and joined Guernsey Westbrook in Hartford, Conn., in 1912, He was Vice-President of the Massa- chusetts Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Asso- ciation, a director of the National Hard- wood Lumber Association, and a member of Pi Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon. In college he played four years on the Brown football eleven at halfback, was the Vaudeville Club's star comedian, and belonged to the Brown Musical Clubs. As alumnus, he served on the old Football Ad- visory Committee, was a valued participant in all Class affairs, and gave Brown of his best in many ways. Among classmates his original version of "Barbara Fr;etchie, " 232 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY which was a command performance at re- unions, has become a happy tradition. His humor was infectious, his good nature and friendliness were ever apparent. Born Ck)v- entryville, N. Y., March 13, 1882, the son of Edgar and Mariette (Moon) Pearsall. Married in 1910 to Ursula Hope Devenish 06, Pembroke College, of Providence, who survives, with three daughters. 1910 ► Harry Badger Lane, Ph.B., A.M., mathematics teacher, died in San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 15, 1943. Since graduation from Brown he had taught at Tuskegee In- stitute, Alcorn College, Alcorn, Miss., and at Phillis Wheatley High School, San An- tonio, where he was vice principal and head of the Mathematics Department. "A fine teacher, greatly admired by his students." In 1932 he won his A.M. at the University of Southern California, his thesis dealing with Negro education in the Texas secon- dary schools. He had also studied at the University of Minnesota. He was President of the Colored Teachers" Pension Associa- tion and of Beta Chapter, Phi Beta Sigma, Regional Director, Negro Interscholastic League of Texas, Scout Committeeman, Troop 72, Boy Scouts, and a member of the Negro Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, and several educational groups. Born in Columbus, Ga., Sept. 11, 1885, the son of Henry and Tal- lulah (Badger) Lane. Married July 4, 1915, to Minnie Ray Scott, who survives, with a son, two daughters, and a brother. 1912 ► William Walter Cummings, A.B., M.D., physician, died in Providence, Dec. 4, 1943. Graduate of the Johns Hopkins Uni- versity Medical School in 1916, he was a member of the staffs of Homeopathic and Charles V. Chapin Hospitals, and was Cap- tain, MC, AEF, during the First World War. He belonged to Rhode Island Medi- cal Society, Rhode Island Legal-Medical Sciety, Phi Kappa, and Sigma Nu (Johns Hopkins). Born in Providence, Aug. 9, 1890, the son of Thomas J. and Mary (Wal- lace) Cummings. Married Aug. 21, 1918, to Alda L. Draper, who survives, with a sister and three brothers, all of Providence. 1918 ► William Allenwood Murray, A.B., LL.B., died in Boston, Sept. 14, 1943. He was President of William Allenwood Mur- ray, Inc., monuments and memorials. West Hartford, Conn., and a member of the bar in Vermont and Massachusetts. In college he shone as a baseball player, being one of Brown's best infielders and hitters of the decade before the First World War. Cap- tain-elect of the 1918 nine, he left college in December, 1917, to win commission as 2nd Lt., FA, and became instructor in field artillery at Camp Taylor, Ky. After the war he played professional baseball with the Washington Senators and with Toronto of the International League. He studied law at Boston University Law School, where he also coached the baseball team, and, after receiving the LLB. degree in 1923, joined the Boston law firm of Ham, Willard ii Taylor. He later practised law in Vermont and in New London, Conn., and was base- ball coach at Williams College in 1925. He was with Travelers' Insurance Co., Hart- ford, for two years before founding Wil- liam Allenwood Murray. Inc., in 1928. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Hart- ford, the Fish and Game Club, and Phi Kappa. Born Vinalhavcn, Me., Sept. 6, 1893, the son of Peter A. and Eva E. (Allenwood) Murray. Married June 19, 1924, to Vivien K. Marrion of Barre, Vt., who survives, with five daughters, a son, and a sister. His star baseball pupil at Bos- ton University was Gordon (Mickey) Coch- rane, who became one of the game's most colorful figures. 1939 ► Capt. James Matteson Millard, AAF, was killed in action in the Mediterranean area, July 1 1, 1943. While piloting a trans- port plane that dropped parachute troops in the invasion of Sicily, he crashed three miles from shore. Graduated with the A.B. de- gree, cum laude, he worked at Cladding's, Inc., Providence, and for Carpenter Steel Co., Reading, Pa., before induction into the Army in January, 1941. Commissioned 2nd Lt., AAF, at the Lubbock, Tex., Army Fly- ing School, after primary training at Parks Air College and basic instruction at Ran- dolph Field, Tex., he was assigned to troop transport at Ft. Benning, Ga., before going overseas last November. At the time of his death he was in line for promotion to Major. Born in Providence, Oct. 13, 1917, the son of lames M. and Isabella C. (Andrew) Millard. Married July 18, 1942. to Jane B. MacDonald, who survives, with his mother, and two brothers, both on active service with the armed forces. He was a member of the Church of the Transfiguration, Edge- wood, where a memorial window has been dedicated to him. 1940 > Lt. Thoma,s Vinson Nash, AAF, was killed in action while serving as a bombar- dier m a Flying Fortress over Germany, July 28, 1943. A sterling football player, he was one of Brown's brilliant ends of the modern era. He pitched on the baseball team, won a New England Intercollegiate title in wres- tling in Freshman year, and played hockey. He was a member of the Vigilance Commit- tee, the Brown Key. Cammanan Club, and Theta Delta Ch'. Graduated with the de- gree of A.B , he entered the Army Air Corps, trained at Maxwell Field. Ala.. Dorr Field. Fla.. and at Victorville. Calif., com- pleted a course at a gunnery school, and went overseas. Born South Weymouth, Mass., Dec. 11, 191 5, the son of Thomas V. and Daisy (Blanchard) Nash. He was a nephew of Judge Kenneth L. Nash '12, and Reginald Nash '14, .ind brother of Cpl. Harold B, Nash '41. Inf., USA. Another brother, Richard W. Nash, is also in the armed forces. i i ► ► Pembroke Chronicle ENGAGEMENTS 1940— Elise A. Adee to Lt. Joseph R. McGonigle, USNR, U. S. Naval Academy '39. Lt. McGonigle served overseas with the Amphibious Forces and has recently been stationed in Texas. 1940— Miriam T. O'Brien to Robert Arthur Meehan, a graduate of Holy Cross College. 1941 — Florence D. Lyon to Clayton Kent Bishop '43. 1941 — Florence D. Smith to Lt. Albert H. Ross, USAAF. 1942— Mary A. Scothon to Dean K. Williams, Jr. Mr. Williams is in the Mari- time Service. 1943 — Marion K. Jagolinzer to Harold A. Kappel, Cornell '39. 1943 — Mary Frances McEnneny to Pfc. John H. Risko, USA, Providence College, now in the Pacific. 1943— Eleanor R. Wilcox to Edward W. Pietrusza '40. 1944 — Jacquelin F. Donahay to Lt. Col. David Andrew Campbell, USAAF. Col. Campbell attended Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity before leaving in his senior year to enlist in the Air Forces. A group com- mander, he is serving his second tour of duty in the South Pacific and is the holder of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Air Medal, and the Oak Leaf Cluster. 1944 — Margaret Perkins to David W. Harris, USNR, a graduate of Williams College. 1944 — Elizabeth Peirce to Lt. (j.g.) Charles A. Bredes, Purdue University '39. 1944 — Thella Mae Price to Ensign George Groves '44. 1944 — Anne S. Thomas to Ens. Thomas Paine '4 2 of the Submarine Division of the Navy in the South West Pacific. 1944 Jean Recs to R. Whitney Goff, Jr. '45n. 1945 — Vivian Golden to Lawrence Bernstein. Mr. Bernstein is at the Yale University School of Dentistry, under the Army Specialized Training Program. Vivian is a student technician at the Yale School of Medicine. 1945 — Frances Kotock to Ted Friedman. 1946 — Barbara Sherwood to 2nd Lt. John M. Miller, Jr., USAAF. Lt. Miller is a graduate of Moses Brown and attended Yale. Barbara is the daughter of Herbert M. Sherwood '09 and Margaret Meader Sherwood 16. WEDDINGS 1926 — Sarah Grossman and Arthur I. Goldman, Jan. 9. Address: Beacon Hotel, Broadway at 75th St., New York. 1930 — A. Josephine Dehly and J. Erwin Wright. Address: 99 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn 17, N. Y. 1930 — Helen Hoffman Smith and Thomas Temple Magee in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Coral Gables, Fla., Feb. 28. Address: 21 Belle Id., Miami Beach, Fla. 1931— Dorothy E. Oldham and Robert Alexander Lee, S 1/C, USNR, Jan. 16. Address: 66 Don Ave., Rumford 16. R. I. 193 2 — Beatrice Beulah Potter and Sam- uel Jay Donnell in St. John's Episcopal Church, West Hartford, Feb. 4. Address: Gaylord Sanitarium, Wallingford, Conn. 193 2 — Marion White and Sgt. Hubert T. Goodfellow, March 13, in New York. Sgt. Goodfellow is a technician on an Army transport. Address: 97 Arden St., Apt. 5C, New York 34, N. Y. 1933 — Charlotte Sanford Griffin and Sgt. John Albert Christian, Jr., U. S. AAF March 29 at Woods Hole, Mass. Sgt. Christian is a radio technician and is sta- tioned at the Tonopah Army Air Field, Tonopah, Nevada. Charlotte is continu- ing with her secretarial work at the Ocean- ographic Institution at Woods Hole, Mass. 1934 — Carmela Santoro and Joseph John DiPippo, a graduate of the University of 233 BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY Idaho, Sept. 6, 1943. Mr. DiPippo is teach- ing at the University of Idaho. Address: Apt. 214, Thatuna Apts., Moscow, Idaho. 193? — Catherine Isabel O'Meara and Maj. William Lombard Moriarty, of the Army Dental Corps, April 15. Maj. Mori- arty is a graduate of Harvard and of the Harvard Dental School and has been serv- ing overseas. Address; 404 Lloyd Ave., Providence. 1938 — Dorcas Delabarre, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Edmund B. Delabarre (Dorothea Cotton '08n) and Albert Crary, May 6. Mr. Crary, a geophysicist, is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and received his A.M. from Lehigh. They will make their home in Caracas, Venezuela. 1938 — Phyllis Littman and Corp. Jerome Cohen, April 19 at the Narragansett Hotel, Providence. Corporal Cohen is a graduate of the R. I. School of Design and before going into the service was connected with the Roerich Art Museum in N. Y. 1938 — Virginia B. Macmillan and 2nd Lt. Donald K. Trescott USMC, in Pensa- cola, Fla., Feb. H. Address: 1291/2 Pidge Ave., Pawtucket. 1939 — Sylvia Levinsohn and Dr. Har- ford Willis Friedman, March 14, in N. Y. Dr. Friedman is connected with the Uni- versity hospital at Ann Arbor, Mich. Ad- dress: 1025 Vaughn St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 1939 — Cecilia L. Mangiante and Ray- mond H. Ranallo, USNR, July 19, 1943. Address: 157 Vinton St., Providence. 1939 — Margaret Mary Porter and Lt. William Mathews Dolan, USAAF, April 15. Lt. Dolan was a navigator in the South Pacific for 2 years and has been awarded both the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. Address: 506 Smith St., Providence. 1940 — Althea J. Hall and John B. Mc- Aleer, M. I. T. "33, Feb. 7. Mr. McAleer is an engineer in the U. S. Engineer's Office, Providence. Address: 184 Riverside Drive, Riverside 15, R. I. 1940 — Annie M. Hunter and Charles A. Cross on February 29 in the Conant Memorial Church, Dudley, Mass. Mr. Cross attended Massachusetts State College. Address: 10 Hill St., Webster, Mass. 1941 — Dorothy M. Allen and Allen C. Sheldon, Chief Radioman, USNR, April 22 at the Norwood Baptist Church, Nor- wood, R. I. They will make their home in San Diego, Cal. 1941 — Ruth H. Barker and Thomas R. Ward, W.O. (jg) January 15. Mr. Ward is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania '41. Address; Box 86, Hinesville, Ga. 1941 — Sylvia Estfan and Harold Josif, AAF, U. of Chicago '41, Sept. 14, 1943. Sylvia is teaching English at the Blythe- ville Junior High School. Address: 808 W. Walnut St., Blytheville, Ark. 1941 — Annette Lucile Lord and Willis Blai.sdcU Buck '41, April 10, at Trinity Union Methodist Church. Address: 5200 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, Penn. 1941 — Margaret Isobel Thomson and Capt. Bryce McCririck on March 22 in the Canadian Memorial Church, Vancouver, B. C. They will make their home in Ottawa. 1941 — Ruth Van Dyke and Jose Vega, Dec. 21, 1943. Address: 40 West 52nd St., New York City. 1942 — Dorothy Morse Johnson and Sgt. Phillip E. Danielson, USAAF, Feb. 12 at the Swedish Congregational Church, Provi- dence. Betty Picard '42, was one of her at- tendants. Address: 222 Early St., Provi- dence. 1943 — Virginia Hope Crosby and Wil- liam Bernard Newman, Feb. 19 in St. Michael's Church. Address; 155 Norwood Ave., Edgewood 5, R, I. 1943 — Margaret E. Eddy and Wallace E. Barnes, Jr., Feb. 2. Mr. Barnes is a graduate of the U. of Buffalo and an in- structor in higher mathematics for the Army and Navy units at Cornell. Address: 706 East Seneca St., Ithaca, N. Y. 1943 — Margaret Levy and Sgt. Alfred L. Friesner, AAF, Feb. 6. Sgt. Friesner at- tended Columbia University. Permanent address: 52 West 58th St., N. Y. C, c/o Mrs. Newman Levy. 1944 — Roberta Copeland and Ens. Richmond W. Watson '44, Sept. 4, 1943. Address: 122 Park Ave., Bridgewater, Mass. 1944 — Sara-Grace Hahn and Richard Lester Solomon, Feb. 14 in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Solomon received his M.S. degree from Brown and is with the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Address: Colonial Apts., 183 Benefit St., Providence. 1944 — Constance M. Lucas and John C. Heidt '42, in East Norwalk, Conn., March 4. Address: 208 A Holden Green, Cam- bridge, Mass. 1944 — Dorothy Robinson and David Golner '42, April 23. Mr. Golner is with the Curtiss Wright Co. Address: 811 Bird Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 1944 — Dorothy May Seidman and Nor- man Orentlicher '42, March 19. Address: c/o D. E. Seidman, 3 50 Central Park West, New York City. 194-4 — Eva E. Ujhely and Alfred Tall- man Marshall '42. Mr. Marshall is at the Army Air Forces Navigation School at San Marcos, Texas. Address: 319 Union St. 1946 — Anna May Johnson and Flight Officer William Tomkinson, Feb. 15. Ad- dress: 410 Ave. B. NW, Childress, Texas. BIRTHS 1924 — To Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Fisher Kimball (Amelia Harris), a son, Bradford Fisher, Jr., Sept. 7. Address: 33 Bogart Ave., Port Washington, N. Y. 1926 — To Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey W. Landers (Mary Kenny) a son, Robert Kenny, Jan. 30. Address; 3760 39th St., NW, Washington, D. C. 1926 — To Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Paul McGinn (Marguerite Nolan), a son, Vin- cent Paul, Jr., Feb. 28. Address: 114 Gen- tian Ave., Providence. 1931— To Mr. and Mrs. William F. Andes (Dorothy Hess), a fourth son, Nicholas, Dec. 6. Address: 20 Race Ave., Lancaster, Penn. 1932— To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Gleason (Mary Lou Hall), a son, Kenneth Edwards, Jr., April 9. Address: 85 Jamaica Plain 30, Mass. 1933 — To Mr. and Mrs. George K. Eaton (Mary Manley), a son, John Roderick, Apr. 10. Judith is 5. Address; Anson Brown Road, Johnston 9, R. I. 1933— To Mr. and Mrs. Hubert W. Hawkins (Faith Page), a son, Hubert Wheeler, Jr., Feb. 12. Jane is nearly three. Address: The Crossways, Worcester Turn- pike, Westboro, Mass. 193 3— To Dr. and Mrs. Upton A. Savoie (Ethel Lalonde), a third child, Up- ton A. Savoie, Jr., Feb. 28. Carolyn Ethel is 2'/2 and Jacqueline Nancy is V/i. Ad- dress: 477 Armistice Blvd., Pawtucket. 1934— To Pfc. and Mrs. Clyde Allen Rano (Esther Holmes) a daughter, Martha Ann, March 21. Address: 5 Maple Ave., Farley, Mass. 1934— To Lt. (j.g.) Raymond J. Walsh and Mrs. Walsh (Dorothy Gay), a son, Robert Lawrence, Nov. 11. Address: 460 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, III. 1935 — To Mr. and Mrs. Lawson M. Aldrich (Alma Thomas), a son, Thomas Porter, March 15. Tommy has two sisters, Caroline and Susan. Address; 55 Thayer St., Providence. 1935 — To Commander Frederick L. Ashworth, USN and Mrs. Ashworth (Nan Bliss), a second son, David Bliss, May 6, 1943. Ricky is 3. Commander Ashworth was in command of a torpedo squadron and has since been transferred to an Admiral's Staff. Nan and the children are at Gardner Hill, Peabody, Mass. 1935 — To Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Conner (Virginia Kempton), a daughter, Nancy Reed, Feb. 3. Address; 19 Hawthorne Ave., East Providence. 1935— To Lt. (j.g.) Benjamin A. Watts, Jr. and Mrs. Watts (Carolyn Troy), a second daughter, Carolyn Ann, March 20. Address; 87 Alfred Drowne Road, West Barrington, R. I. 1936— To Lt. (j.g.) Eliot W. Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds (Alberta Holdsworth), a daughter, Nancy, April 13. Lt. Reynolds is in the South Pacific. Address: 2 Potter Park, Cambridge, Mass. 1936— To Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Stoddard (Marie Galligan), a second daughter, Marcia Priscilla, Nov. 12. Ad- dress: 367 Church St., Conimicut, R. I. advertisers engraving company 126 DORRANCEST. PROVIDENCE. R. I. TELEPHONE GASPEE 7094 '''Picturize your Product" 234 BROWN ALUMM MONTHLY 1937— To Mr. and Uts. Russell F. Bacon (Barbara Goodale), a son. Daniel DeWitt, April 12. Elizabeth is nearly 4. Address: Chepachet, R. I. 1937— To Ens. and Mrs. John F. Sulli- van (Barbara Williams), a second son, Philip James, July 15. Address: 23 Hunter Ave., Newport, R. I. 1939 — To Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Gra- ham Boardman (Alice FitjGerald), a daughter, Marcia Louise, Oct. 21. Address: 51 Severski Court, Baltimore 21, Md. 1939 — To Lt. Robert Eugene Laurence, and Mrs. Laurence (Marie Coogan), a son, Robert Eugene, Jr., March 22. Ad- dress: Fauntleroy Farm, Old Colony Road, Monroe, La. 1939 — To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard Smith (Janet Mix), a son, Parker Farns- worth, Dec. 27. Address: 39 Garden Drive, Apt. A, Rochelle, N. J. 1939 — To Lt. and Mrs. Raymond J. Zagraniski (Olga Louis), a daughter, Olle Jane, Feb. 10. Address: 318 Fairmount St., Woonsocket, R. L 1940 — To Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Blum- berg (Grace Lillien), a daughter. Amy Le- titia, Dec. 20. Address: 3612 Glen Ave., Apt. D, Baltimore 15, Md. 1940— To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Man- ning (Esther Bourne), a son, Brian Harold, Sept. 26, 1943. Address: Blackrock Road, Box 70, R. F. D. 1, W. Warwick, R. I. 1941 — To Mr. and Mrs. A. Lawrence Ellsworth (Ruth Silliter), a son, A. Lawrence, Jr., June 6, 1943. Address: Broad Brook, Conn. 1941 — To Mr. and Mrs. George Larko- wich (Rosalind Cooney), a daughter, Ann Mary, March 5. Address: 9 Catalpa Road, Providence. 1942 — To Lt. and Mrs. Robert R. Clif- ford (Janet Fine), a daughter, Candace Janet, April 10. Address: 3507 Liberty St., Austin, Texas. 1942n — To Mr. and Mrs. Coit Fanning (Dorothy Johnson), a daughter, Jennifer Gay, in October, 1943. Address: 530 Hil- mar St., Santa Clara, Cal. 1942— To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lux- ford (Dorothy Smith), Brence, on June 3, 1943. Address: 1351 Hudson, Chicago, 111. 1942 — To Ens. Robert Lee Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds (Virginia Bowman), a daughter, Marilyn Louise, April 14. Ad- dress: U. S. Naval Ammunition Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada. 1943 — To Ens. E. Anthony Buxton and Mrs. Buxton (Lenna Palmer), a son, E. Anthony, Jr., March 2. Address: 4 Lieutenant Ave., Corry Heights, Warring- ton, Pensacola, Fla. CLASS NOTES 1897 Martha Briggs Hood has been in Mont- gomery, Ala. since December, where she is visiting her son Robert, who recently resigned as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts to accept an appointment in the Bureau of Insurance of the Alabama State Department of Commerce. She wrote Ruth Devereux Eddy: "I am enjoying the his- Department of Commerce Bertha Grant Huse has moved to 1 1 Howard St., Springvale, Maine. Linda Richardson Stoughton's two sons arc overseas in the Service. 1900 Edna Warner Shippee has the sympathy of the alumnae in the death of her husband. Dr. Lester B. Shippee "03, retired Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. 1901 Ella McCaffrey Winn has moved from Delmar, N. Y. to The Weirs, N. H. Her Box number is 73. 1903 Geraldinc Street Colton has the sym- pathy of the alumnae in the death of her husband. 1905 Bertha Clark Damon continues to charm her audiences. Her address at Horticultural Hall, Boston, was entitled "There'll Al- ways be a Garden, or Life with Fodder." 1908 Gertrude Ellis Lyall has moved to 12 Stonchenge Lane, Albany, N. Y. Polly Presbrey MacCarthy's son Jack is in the Navy's amphibious corps and is learn- ing to operate small landing barges. 1909 Ruth Dexter Clarke's son, T. Dexter Clarke, Brown "32, is a lieutenant (j.g.) and has been stationed at the Naval Air Station, Melbourne, Florida. 1910 Alice F. Cook is taking five courses at the Boston University School for Social Work and is working for the Pawtucket Family Welfare Society. Leila Tucker Hall's daughter Flora '44 received her degree on February 27 and Margaret entered the freshman class on the following day. 1911 Ruth Burroughs Kent and husband have bought a house at 756 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, N. J. Anna Canada Swain and husband. Prof. Leslie E. Swain, have sold their Providence home and moved to Craigville, Mass. 1912 Ann Thomas Malloy's daughters Ann and Rachel are students at the New Jersey College for Women. 1914 Harriet Baxter Burnett and daughter of West Dennis, Mass., visited us recently. Blanche Douglas Byles is busily engaged m writing music for sacred songs. Ten of her hymns will appear in the "Modern Youth Hymnal." Some of her sacred solos have already been published. Anna M. Flaherty has taken up her per- manent residence at The College Club, 40 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Mildred Cutler Kinne is Chairman of the Pawtucket branch of the R. I. Children's Friend Society. Ruth Cooke Peterson conducts classes in decoration and restoration of old treas- ures and has a number of alumnae among her pupils. 1915 Margaret Crooks Tansil. her husband, and sixteen year old daughter, Virginia, are living in Sharon, Tenn. 1916 Elizabeth Little Brown and husband. Prof. Sharon Brown, now on sabbatical leave, have been staying in Tryon, N. C. 1917 Ruth Myrick Fuller and family of Mat- tapoisett, Mass., visited the Alumnae Office last month. 1918 Marie Ettl Bennett's son Edmund J. is a 1st lieutenant in the Army Air Forces, chief of Civilian Personnel Training Branch at the Pacific Overseas Air Service Command in California. Marie is leading discussion groups for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital and U. S. O. cen- ters. This IS done as a therapeutic measure to get the soldier's thoughts to turn out- ward rather than inward. She says: "I can now sit next to a man without legs or a boy with only one arm and carry on a discus- sion with him without getting sick but it was pretty hard at first." Margaret Carpenter Newton has moved to 18 Thackeray Road, Wellesley Hills, Mass. Hannah G. Roach, Professor of History at Connecticut College, is giving a new course this year on "Europe from 1919 to the present,"" one on "Oriental History,"' and one on "International Relations." In the Summer School she will give a 12 weeks course on Latin America. She is chairman of Latin American Summer Studies. Jeanne Cooperstein Feldman"s son, Leon- ard Caust, is a lieutenant in the anti-aircraft division, U. S. Army, stationed at Ft. Ben- ning, Ga. Jeanne, herself, is a social worker in charge of the Old Age Assistance Bureau in Boston. Providence National Bank Established 1791 100 Westminster Street CAPITAL SURPLUS ^1,500,000 ^2,000,000 OFFICERS Thomas L. Pierce, Chairman of the Board Rupert C. Thompson, Jr.. President George P. Buell, Vice President and Cashier Charles L. Eddy, Assistant Cashier Henry H. Eddy, Assistant Cashier Benjamin H. Cate, Assistant Cashier Charles M. Smith. III. Trust Officer Harry B. Freeman, Trust Officer and Secretary B. H. Lilhbridge, Assistant Trust Officer Directors Wilham Gammell. Jr. Charles C. Marshall Moses J. Barber Richmond Viall Etlward V. Jnstram Maxwell C. Huntoon A. Livingston Kelley Charles E. Rigby Thomas L. Pierce Robert J. Beede William L. Sweet Rupert C. Thomi^son, Frederick T. Moses Jr. John B. Lewis Alfred Buckley Member jof the PederEl Deposit Itisuranrc <"o!poratUin 23.= SHE HAS THE VOICE WITH A SMILE, TOO • Sh£ s your personal representative at the telephone company— the girl in the Business Office J\n\ time you'd like to know anything about sen'ice, or equipment, or bills, or war- time telephone regulations, she's there to help. Sometimes, because of the war, she cannot give you the exact type of equipment or ser- vice you want — or just when you want it. But you can be sure of this: She will do her very best at all times and do it promptly, efficiently and courteously. When you are calling over war-busy Long Distance wires, the operator may ask you to "please ff^^% limit your call to 5 minutes." That's to help more calls get through during rush periods. \»^^^y