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► ► Some people like to keep their col- 
lege hooks after it's all over; some don't. 
One chap who didn't want them this June 
followed the custom of posting a notice on 
the Union bulletin board to the effect that 
certain texts were for sale. Not all adver- 
tising is so frank, however. Listing the 
titles of three scientific books he was sell- 
ing, this lad added the comment: "Hardly 
opened." 

> The Allen family had driven on from 
South Bend, Ind.. for the father's 25th 
anniversary at Brown this year, and he 
was getting squared away to enjoy the pro- 
gram which Reunion Chairman Nat Chase 
had arranged for 1923. What more nat- 
ural, then, than that the 14-year-old son 
of Chester Allen should call to his father 
as they passed Alumni House: "There's 
Mr. Chase, Dad. " 

It was. Something occured to Allen a 
little later, though: "Say, son, how did 
you know who Mr. Chase was? You'd 
never seen him before." 

"Maybe not," was the answer. "But I 
looked through your Liber before we left 
home." 

k When Fred Dow Fagg, Jr., was inaugur- 
ated in June as President of the University 
of Southern California, Brown was repre- 
sented by Lawrence L. Larrabee "09, Los 
Angeles attorney who had once been a 
Law School Professor at U. S. C. Report- 
ing on the exercises to Dean Arnold, he 
wrote next day: 

"At the head of the procession was a 
placard covering the year 1764, and, due 
to the absence of some of the delegates I 
found myself in the second row of two, 
marching with the Rutgers delegate and 
preceded only by those from Yale and 
Princeton. . . . The order of our entry to 
the seating area brought me a seat in the 
second row directly in front of the platform 
and just outside the area of shade from 
the trees slightly to the rear. After sitting 
for an hour or more in blistering sunshine, 
I found myself, for the first time, regretting 
that Brown was founded in 1764. Had the 
date been, say, around 1840, I would have 
been in the cool shade a few rows back. " 

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> Nelson Jones "28, Manager of Faunce 
House, tells this one on himself. Walk- 
ing onto the campus on morning near 
Commencement, he fell into step with Pres- 
ident Wriston and passed the academic 
time of day. 

"Would you like to see the medal? " the 
President asked him, and Jones said he 
would. He looked at a medal in a hand- 
some case and admired it, saying so. It was 
a nice job of medal-making, after all. 

Then someone said, "Congratulations," 
to the President, and the President was 
pleased about it. Still, there seemed no 



special connection with the objective con- 
templation of the medal. It wasn"t until 
Jones had a chance to see the morning 
paper that he learned the medal was the 
Order of the British Empire, which Dr. 
Wriston had received at the British Em- 
bassy in Washington the day before in rec- 
ognition of his work as a leader in the 
United War Fund campaigns. That night 
Jones saw the President at the Senior 
Dinner, and he, too, said, "Congratulation"' 
— a little sheepishly. 

► Call it what you will, one of the attrac- 
tions of a Class reunion is the eager attempt 
to recapture your youth. Particularly 
when you hold a reunion on campus, you 
are beguiled into some of your student 
habits. Simple horseplay seems important. 

And so it happened that a late sleeper in 
Hegeman found himself dumped out of 
bed onto the floor. Mattress and bedding 
were left in heap on the floor as the 
alumnus reluctantly arose and thought of 
dressing. A neighbor from across the hall 
looked in, regarded the the pile of stuff, 
and said in his best disapproval, "Who 
. . . slept there?" 

Mildly, helpfully, came the answer: 
"George Washington." 

Perhaps the next remark was an anti- 
climax. At any rate, the fellow said, "No- 
body in your Class." 



► It won't happen every Commencement, 
but while the postwar period is on it isn't 
such an oddity, after all. One good Brown 
man went to his fifth reunion over the 
weekend and then came back to the Col- 
lege on Commencement Day as a Senior 
to graduate. 



► Sometimes the good comeback gets a 
bigger hand than a solid statement in the 
first instance. We heard that sort of thing 
at the Senior Dinner when President 
Wriston was advising the men to develop 
a good avocation along with a bread-and- 
butter career. He was getting his point 
across effectively when he happened to 
say: "Make your fortune in the daytime, 
but make your reputation at night." 

A prompt laugh proved that his audience 
had found an unintended extra meaning 
in that one, and the President realized it 
at once: "Some of you," he said, "should 
make better use of your nights." 

BUSTER 

Back Numbers 

► We lack two copies of the Alumni 
Monthly to complete the file for the refer- 
ence library in Alumni House. If anyone 
has a spare copy of the issues of March 
and June, 1945, we would be grateful for 
their gift. (Vol. 45, No. 7 and 9.) < 



Yale Came Sept. 25 

> Before college opens next fall, the 
Varsity football season will open against 
Yale on Sept. 25, with Princeton the next 
opponent on the following Saturday. Pros- 
pects are that again the backfield will be 
outmanned in size and speed, while the line 
may be as good as anyone's in the area. 

"From this distance," wrote the Herald 
sports editor, "it seems highly probable 
that Kosak, Green, Nelson, and Finn — 
the number one quartet last year — will be 
the backfield selections again in September. 
Line material is deeper and heavier; Ends 
— Searles, Hendricks, Mahoney, and 
Thompson; Tackles — Walters, Colo, Roug- 
vie, and McClellan; Guards — lacuele, De- 
Angelis, Hodash, and Chernak; Centers — 
Scott and Condon." i 

ROTC Men on the Pacific 

y Alumni in Seattle, San Francisco, and 
San Diego were trying to plan a welcome 
to Brown undergraduates cruising with the 
Navy this summer as part of their ROTC 
training. Forty-two Juniors embarked on 
the Carrier Princeton at San Francisco 
June 26, to return Aug. 21 after time at 
sea, in Pearl Harbor and at San Diego. 
Fifty Seniors and Sophomores aboard the 
Iowa, shipping out of San Francisco also 
on June 26 were to be in Seattle, Long 
Beach, Pearl Harbor, and San Diego. In 
Seattle Rev. Stephen D. Pyle '10 was ar- 
ranging a Brown gathering early in July, i 

University's Best 

> Charles B. Driscoll devoted one of 
his widely syndicated columns "Day by 
Day " this June to an interesting catalogue 
of his favorites from history and current 
living. "Henry Wriston," he said, "seems 
to me to be the best president of an Amer- 
ican university — Brown, in P.ovidence. ' ^ 

THE COVER PHOTO 
In the Manning Chair sits President 
Wriston as Senior Class President Wil- 
liam E. McAuliffe receives his diploma. 
With war medals for heroism over and 
above the routine of his 38 missions, 
the latter had been told his wounds 
would keep him from walking again. 
But detenninalion won out : he earned 
a Varsity baseball letter, was oonseien- 
tious about his campus responsibilities, 
and led the graduates down College 
Hill as chief Senior Marshal on Com- 
mencement Day. At the left in the 
photo by Henderson is Prof. William 
T. Hastings, Secretary of the Faculty 
who was celebrating the 45th anniver- 
sary of his own graduation. 



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C. ARTHUR BRAITSCH '23 
GEORGE P. TROY, JR.. '31 
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GRADUATION: Only a fraction of the vast crowd is shown above, watching the Seniors receive their diplomas. 
It took 33 minutes for the graduates to file across the platform as the Deans read each name in turn. 



Brown's 180th < 

► ► Commencement is something that sinks in and stays. 
If you're a town, you are aware that at such a time College 
Hill is marked for special purposes, that the campus is festive 
and proud, and that sentimental men, older than they think 
or act, are drawn from all over the world-. If you're a Senior, 
you know that four years or their equivalent — however 
compressed, however interrupted — are at an end, and your 
University is vouching for you as educated in an ancient 
succession for a new world. It was worth coming back to, 
after so much that a Senior may have known. If you're a 
teacher, you inspect your product and know, for the most 
part, a decent satisfaction. 

If you're an alumnus, you return for such reunion as 
your anniversary commends. You proceed against some 
obstacles and under some pressure to hold onto an old fel- 
lowship; you locate your undergraduate days again in 
memory, with the aid of a building, a friend, or other land' 
mark; you contemplate, directly or indirectly, in quiet or 
with clamor, the actors you knew; you remark to yourself 
those who have changed or are missed. You walk, to music, 
in something that is a symbol of continuity. You do such 
things as a reunion chairman has arranged or a whim sug' 



gests. You talk and, with all your fever of attending or 
doing, you are aware. It is a coming back for the alumnus, 
not a going-away as the Senior thinks it to be, at first. It 
is a coming back to a past, which drew the grad, but also to 
a present and even a future. He is impelled to help, to 
share in a strengthening and a growing. 

And if you're an old College, a thing of special beauty 
and inspiration, a living thing that endures and achieves 
afresh, you are not unmoved by a Commencement, not even 
your 180th. 

But. gentlemen, some facts — if those impressions are 
not sufficiently factual: 

► It w.\s the l.^rc.est Class in Brown's history which 
was graduated June 21, for the second time so large that 
the First Baptist Meeting House was not ample for the 
crowd of witnesses. Degrees were again granted in the 
open air, under a marvelously benign sun (especially for 
the Spring of 1948). And 697 Seniors received their di' 
plomas with appropriate circumstance at the threshold of 
University Hall, where Brown had rooted itself so long 
before. Brown graduates numbered 519, many of them 
war veterans, and Pembroke graduated 178 women. 

It was the climax of a weekend of ceremony and cele- 
bration that began with a Senior Dinner, continued "Under 



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the Elms," and included a Convocation for the Graduate 
School, a meeting of the Corporation, a "reunion of re- 
unions" for the alumni, baccalaureate devotions, and an 
assembly for mature consideration of the day's problems. 
There was acknowledgment of giving ($1,100,000 in the 
year), dancing, introductions, and leave-taking. It was, 
in short, a memorable Commencement. 

The University this year paid special compliments, among 
its eight honorary degrees, to two veteran Deans: Dr. 
Roland G. D. Richardson, retiring from the Graduate 
School, and Dr. Margaret S. Morriss, 25 years at Pem- 
broke during an astounding period of its development. Four 
alumni also received this accolade. 

Again the High Sheriff was on hand, having brought his 
sword and his imposing presence as instruments with which 
to "preserve peace, good order, and decorum." How 
simply such things could be assured in 1 790. And the Senior 
orators had concern for the liberal mind in the modern 
world. David Warren did not agree with those who find a 
liberal a man with both feet planted firmly in the air. A 
liberal man, he was sure, could exert force by power of 
reason, by intelligent compromise, and by fearless action. 
Robert Day saw useful merit in "intelligent discontent" 
with things the Seniors found in life : "We can pick out a 
certain stupidity, an evil, an intolerance, and act and speak 
against them. We can refuse to take part in folly." And 
protest had worth if active and constructive. 

5000 ON THE COLLEGE GREEN 

► They spoke in the Meeting House, where the procession 
had directed the Seniors under alumni escort. But the com- 
pany had climbed the Hill again so that the diplomas, in 
book form as since 1940, might be given them in the pres- 
ence of 5000 attending relatives and friends. A platform 
had been erected on the College Green, and each Senior 
mounted it under a canopy to the east of U. H. to be 
greeted by Dr. Wriston as he sat in the old chair of the 
first President. Dean Morriss read Pembroke names for 1 
minutes as the women advanced. Dean Robert W. Kenny 
read for 25 as the men came forward. Among the men 
were many who had completed their studies in February 
and returned for their diplomas with the June section of the 
Class of 1948. (Oddly enough, of course, many '48 men 
had been graduated at the Commencement in 1947.) 

The Seniors began the weekend of festivity on Wednes- 
day night, June 16, holding their dinner in Andrews Hall 
— the first of four large baqquets on four successive nights 
under the direction of Supervisor William Davis. It was a 
good-humored evening, with hearty singing, recognition, 
and counsel. Senior President McAuliffe presented athletic 
certificates to the Varsity letter men. William B. Mc- 
Cormick welcomed the Seniors to the alumni body as its 
Executive Officer. Dean Arnold stressed how it was gen- 
uinely possible for youth today to make its impact — he'd 
seen full evidence of that with the Manhattan District and 
the atomic project during the war. Vice-President Bigelow 
was an easy success as toastmaster. 

Congratulating the Seniors, President Wriston said he 
did not know any one who had not been impressed, even 
astonished, with the industry, intelligence, and good be- 
havior of the Class. Success in a vocation would not be 
enough in life, he warned the men. "Have an avocation so 
keen, so strong, so clear that it can compete with your 
vocation. Have a family that will take time and thought 
and energy beyond that you give to your business. Be suc- 
cessful in your business, but be even more successful in your 
avocation. I advise you to lead a double life, a triple life, 
a quadruple life, and you will find in your home, your 



vocation, in avocation, church or politics a series of en- 
grossments that will take you from morning to night and 
never give you a chance to be bored." Illustrations from 
his own experience pointed up his advice. 

Participants in the traditional exercises "Under the 
Elms" on Class Day were President Wriston, McAuliffe, 
Charles H. Pinkham, III, Poet Robert Day, and Historian 
Robert W. AUrich. Among the accomplishments AUrich 
cited are the resumption of daily publication by the Herald 
and other returns to the normal, the Class' attempt to unify 
itself and stress Class spirit in a still hybrid student body, and 
the giving of the largest Class gift in Brown's history. The 
Class is also the most insured ever to leave Brown, he noted, 
owing to the retention of GI insurance by many veterans 
and new insurance taken out by the Class for the eventual 
benefit of the University. The Deans held a pleasant re- 
ception at the end of the exercises. 

REUNION RECORD BROKEN 

► Thirty-three Cl.^ss reunions, more even than a year 
ago, featured the Commencement season. One of them, 
192.1, broke all previous records for attendance by muster- 
ing 110 of 230 living members for the 25th reunion. It was 
one of eight which made use of the campus as the head- 
quarters for its program, occupying Hegeman Hall as a 
base of operations. Close behind in point of numbers was 
1928 with 105 men at the Norwich Inn for its 20th. 
'Ninety-eight had 29 of its members back on College Hill 
for the golden anniversary, but the senior of them all was 
William Ely '78 of Coronado, Calif. 

(We regret that there will not be room enough for de- 
tailed reunion reports until the first issue of this magazine 
in the fall, by which time Class Secretaries and Reunion 
Chairman will have had time to make their returns.) 

Preceding most of the Class gatherings was the Alumni 
Dinner, most successful of its series to date. Held Friday 
night in Andrews Hall, it attracted an overflow crowd to 
the "reunion of reunions." For some of the alumni, it was 
their first glimpse of this new Pembroke dormitory, first 
unit undertaken in the Housing program, and the facilities 
of the commodious dining hall and its good kitchen con- 
tributed notably to the pleasures of the evening. Robert H. 
Goff '24 could take full satisfaction in a well planned affair, 
with outstanding help from Treasurer John W. Moore '16, 
Lewis S. Milner '02 who coped with the seating. Earl M. 
Pearce '17 and Earl P. Perkins '12, who handled the music, 
and other active members of his committee: William J. 
Gilbane '33, Paul F. Gleeson '32, William Davis, John A. 
Gammons '98, Samuel Temkin '19, Foster B. Davis, Jr. '39, 
W. B. McCormick '23, and W. C. Worthington '23. 

Whether or not a College President is one who, accord- 
ing to the classical definition, "leads with his Vice-Presi- 
dent's chin," Dr. Wriston said he did not always lead. "The 
Faculty," he said, "determines policy — in the classroom 
— for policy is action." Does a College President exercise 
power? Yes and no. He moves in a climate of opinion: 
if his shell is too hard, he is out of touch; if it is too soft, his 
effectiveness is destroyed. As for the "Joys of Running a 
University," his assigned topic, he could assure one that 
there was never a dull moment: 

THE SCOPE OF THE OPERATION 

► The budget for the next year would be AYi million, 
pared by $400,000 from higher requirements, a reduction 
that "cut the heart out of scholars burning with zeal and 
athirst for knowledge." But plant had increased by nearly 
40'/'f' while the endowment had gone up only 6%. There 
was no profit on board and rooms for students. If there 
was any black ink, the sum would go toward amortization, 



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BEFORE THE ALUMNI DINNER, a^ the first arrivals gatht-rtd for the informal reception on the terrace of 
Andrews Hall. (All Commencement photos in this issue are by George Henderson ''38 of the Brown Photo Lab.)' 



for there is no true profit without maintenance. There were 
Government contracts but all in pure science. A large Col- 
lege was not a profitable College, but responsibilities were 
not to be ignored. There were 499 on the Faculty, 60% of 
them appointed since 1945, recruited from all parts of the 
world. There must be concern for better rewards for those 
who give their lives to learning and sharing what they learn. 

And there were buildings — . University Hall was a 
treasure, one of seven Colonial College buildings standing, 
noble in its proportion and setting, properly cherished by 
every Brown man. And there would be more building. 
Andrews Hall was a fine structure, but its cubic costs were 
low. "Despite its elegance to the casual eye," it had been 
erected with the greatest economy and represented a more 
economical outlay than any other dormitory of the Uni- 
versity. "A Pembroke dormitory was built in the basement 
of Caswell," he said, to make graphic the lengthy experi- 
mentation which had preceded decisions. The new build- 
ings at Brown had been constructed with an eye to their 
function and their surroundings, complicated by problems 
of availability of material. The time was coming when 
alumni could again join in the program for Brown's housing 
needs. 

John T. Winterich '12 spoke in lighter vein, amusing in 
his reminiscence of college days and his admirable recollec- 



tion of Brown men. Thomas B. Appleget '17 made an 
amiable toastmaster, and Alumni President H. Stanton 
Smith '21 also spoke, presenting Brown Bear Awards to 
Col. G. Edward Buxton '02 and Senator Fred C. Broom- 
head "05. The alumnus present who had come from the 
greatest distance was believed to be John J. Muccio '21 of 
the Foreign Service, who had flown from Shanghai to be 
present. He has had consular duties in the interior of 
China, with new responsibilities impending. 

Continued on page 14 

The Herald's Special Offer 

► The Brown D.mly Herald, undergraduate publication 
at the University, is just completing its first year as a daily 
after partial suspension during the war. During the year 
the paper came out five time a week, as opposed to the tri- 
weekly schedule followed in 1946-1947. In addition to the 
regular issue, special editions were published during the 
football season, and it is planned to do the same next year. 
Anyone interested in following Brown sports in timely 
detail and who wishes to subscribe should write the Circula- 
tion Manager, c/o Brown Daily Herald, Faunce House, 
Providence 12, R. I. Rates are $4.00 per semester; $7.00 
per year. Special, for the football months only (Sept. 22 
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APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION next year, the dining hall will be the next unit in the Brown Housing and 
Development program. The preliminary drawing shows the exterior of the $1,000,000 refectory whirh rhe Cor- 
poration has voted to ereet at the southwest corner of George and Thayer Sts. 



► ► The refectory comes next. The Brown University 
Corporation so voted at its annual meeting, approving plans 
for the $1,000,000 dining hall as the next construction 
authorized under the Housing and Development program. 
Arthur B. Homer '17, Chairman of the Student Housing 
Board, said the building would he erected on the southwest 
corner of George and Thayer Sts., across George from 
Hegeman Hall and in a strategic location with regard to the 
new quadrangles as well as existing dormitories. Ground 
will be broken for the refectory next spring, it is expected. 

Halfway to its new objective, the Housing and Develop- 
ment Campaign will reopen next fall. National Chairman 
Claude R. Branch '07 announced. This move, too, had 
Corporation sanction. The goal of this re-geared national 
drive for funds will be another $.\000,000 for construction 
of residential facilities, in addition to the $.1,000,000 already 
raised in the tirst phase. The campaign has been through an 
inactive period during the year as Mr. Homer's committee 
reappraised the project in the light of new possibilities and 
higher costs. In the over-all program the University plans 
to build housing facilities for about 7>0 men, including 17 
fraternity units which will accommodate about 450 and 
dormitory units which will take care of about 300. 

Architect's renderings of the refectory plans reveal the 
building influenced by the Colonial style, with brick ex- 
terior, limestone trimming, and slate root. A near-square, 
approximately 200 by 200 feet, it will provide dining 
facilities for 1640 persons at one sitting, of whom 920 may 
eat in the main dining room. Seventeen fraternity dining 
rooms encircle the commons, each seating from 40 to 50 
according to the arrangement of tables — a total of 680 in all. 

► A FEATURE UNIQUE in College dining hall arrangements 
is the location of the central serving room as a core of the 
dining room, according to Thomas Mott Shaw of Perry, 
Shaw & Hepburn, the architect. In the middle of the main 
dining hall, this room is equipped with service counters and 
openings on four sides so 'that it is readily accessible from all 
points of the main room and from 18 private dining rooms 
arranged around the perimeter of the commons. Food will 
be prepared on the floor below and sent to the main serving 
room on elevators. Two stairs will lead from the serving 
room to the kitchen. 



Among the advantages resulting from this arrangement 
of dining rooms, serving room, and kitchen, Mr. Shaw 
listed economy of space, efficiency of service, and the absence 
of an institutional atmosphere, since the serving room 
divides the commons into small and attractive units. The 
roof level of the private dining room area will be lower, 
enabling the use of clerestory windows for lighting in the 
main dining hall with its high ceiling. The slope of the 
land in that area will also allow full-length windows to be 
placed in the kitchen section of the basement. 

There will be four main entrances to the building, each 
with stairs adjacent, leading to the basement where cloak 
rooms and toilets will be located. The rest of the basement 
will be entirely devoted to cooking, baking, storage, refri- 
geration, and other kitchen facilities. Ample stairs and 
large lobbies are planned to avoid congestion at the main 
dining room entrances. A sub-basement will house all heat- 
ing and ventilating equipment. Tentative plans indicate 
connection to the main University power plant by means of 
a tunnel. Also contemplated are connecting tunnels with 
the proposed quadrangle buildings for use of the students 
in inclement weather. 

► Mr. Homer's Student Housing Board, in its report and 
recommendations to the Corporation, stated, "The Uni- 
versity is now compelled to operate 20 separate kitchens, 
some of them temporary. The result is inadequate at high 
cost. These present units will incur a substantial operating 
deficit during the present academic year. 

"On the other hand, current experience leads us to believe 
that in spite of high food and service costs, a properly de- 
signed refectory will reverse the operating picture. For 
these reasons, the Board recommends that the refectory 
be constructed as the next step in this current Housing and 
Development program, and that the Corporation look for- 
ward to breaking ground, if practicable, in the spring of 
1949." " , 

The Student Housing Board also advised the Corpora- 
tion that funds are on hand for financing the project. The 
Corporation accepted the recommendation in full and 
directed President Wriston to proceed with the drafting 
of detailed specifications and construction of the building 
at the earliest possible date. i 



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► ► Four Brown alumni and two members of the .idmin- 
istrative family of the University were among the eight 
distinguished Americans upon whom Brown University 
conferred honorary degrees during the Commencement 
exercises on the College Green this year. Scholarship, the 
clergy, and business life were represented in the list. 

The alumni who received their hoods, with appropriate 
citation, in the open-air ceremony before University Hall 
were: Col. G. Edward Buxton '02, business man and soldier 
who served as second in command of the Office of Strategic 
Services during the war and, more recently, conducted 
Brown's Housing and Development Campaign during its 
first phase as national chairman. Recent awards to him 
included the alumni Brown Bear, the American Medal of 
Merit, and the Order of the British Empire. Dr. Robert 
W. Burgess '08, formerly a professor of Mathematics and 
an Alumni Director at Brown, chief economist of the 
Western Electric Company. Rev. Earl H. Tomlin 'IS, 
Executive Secretary of the R. I. Council of Churches, who 
has also been active in his national church and in agencies 
on behalf of European refugees and minorities. Kenneth 
S. Parker '18, internationally-minded citizen, trustee of 
educational, research, and business foundations, and Presi- 
dent of the Parker Pen Company. 

Dean Roland G. D. Richardson was honored as he retired 
as Dean of Brown's Graduate School, which he organized 
in 1926. He is an internationally known mathematician 
who inaugurated Brown's program of applied mechanics. 
Dean Margaret Shove Morris received an honorary degree 
after her 25 years at Pembroke, which she has seen expand 
to its largest growth and position of prominence. She is a 
past President of the American Association of University 
Women and past President of the New England Associa- 
tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. 

Dr. J. Seelye Bixler is the President of Colby College, 
whose advancement to further educational eminence is 
rumored. Brown men recall his fine address a year ago at 
the annual Alumni Dinner at Commencement time. He was 
President of the National Council on Religion in Higher 
Education for many years. Lathrop C. Harper of New 
York is famed as a consultant to many libraries and private 
collectors in their search for rare material in special fields, 
notably incunabula and Americana. As an antiquarian 
bookseller, publisher, and bibliographer for more than 50 
years, he has had a close relationship with the John Carter 
Brown Library. , 

Announcement was also made that Master of Arts 
degrees ad eundern were being awarded to three Professors 
of the University, making them honorary alumni since they 
are not Brown graduates: Prof. George F. Carrier, elec- 
trical engineering; Prof. Richard A. Parker, Egyptology; 
and Prof. Arne Wikstrom, electrical engineering. 

The citations for the honorary degrees follow, in the 
order of their conferring: 

KENNETH SAFFORD PARKER, A.M.: We seek to honor 
a Brown man, who, as an industrialist, has conducted a well- 
established business not only with its traditional integrity, but has 
also brought to it fresh imagination. You have proved yourself 
an innovator who appreciates the importance of critical investiga- 
tion and experimentation. Beyond the confines of your executive 
duties you have given of your time, energy, and thought to serve 
the public as a trustee of educational and research foundations. 

EARL HOLLIER TOMLIN, D.D.: The phrase One World 
has entered into the fabric of our everyday speech and makes us 
more and more sensitive to the divisive forces of nationalism, 
political ideology, and sectarianism in religion. After pastoral 
experience which showed the fundamental importance of brotherly 
endeavor, you are devoting your life to those co-operative efforts 
among the churches which promote harmony of spirit and facilitate 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 

unity in action, laying foundations for the eventual re-union of 
Christianity. 

GON2ALO EDWARD BUXTON, LL.D.: As a student on 
this campus you gained more than learning: you became saturated 
with the inner spirit of the University. Always conspicuous for 
affectionate loyalty you have made vital contributions to your 
alma mater in many capacities and on numerous occasions. Distinc- 
tive attributes of character and notable ability have given you a 
business and professional life rare both in variety and achievement. 
Twice patriotism has caused you to abandon your own concerns 
to serve the nation in time of war. Because you so nobly embody 
Brown's ideal of liberal education, we are pleased to do you honor 

JULIUS SEELYE BIXLER, LL.D.: For the solution of the 
infinite number of problems which confront his institution a college 
president needs philosophical grounding, profound moral impulse, 
complete intellectual honesty, warm human sympathy, and un- 
wavering courage. As a scholar, as a teacher, and as an administra- 
tive officer you have developed and strengthened inherent powers: 
with striking success you have discharged great responsibilities 
in a time of social instability: by your writings you have enlightened 
our minds on significant educational issues. 

ROBERT WILBUR BURGESS, D.Sc: After undergraduate 
work at Brown, a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, and a doctorate 
at Cornell, you pursued an academic career at Purdue, Cornell, and 
Brown until 1924. Then as statistician and economist for one of 
America's industrial enterprises most completely dependent upon 
research, invention, and novel development, you brought to bear 
a whole set of modern tools, by the intelligent use of which fore- 
sight has become more penetrating, wisdom has been fortified, and 
judgments have been made increasingly sure-footed. Because you 
have been original and perceptive, we delight to recognize your 
attainments. 

LATHROP COLGATE HARPER, D.Lit.: During the past 
fifty years the builders and administrators of great book collections 
have sought your wise counsel. Beyond sound advice you have 
given them steadfast allegiance: in good times and bad you have 
been unfailingly loyal to their interests, cherishing their ambitions. 




PARKER . 



RICHARDSON . . . BUXTON 



guiding and reining their enthusiasms. The shelves of the noblest 
special libraries in this country reflect your zeal for letters and 
your discriminating love of books. Conducting a business in the 
spirit of a learned profession, you have achieved life-long personal 
happiness and hold an assured place of honor in the history of 
many institutions. 

MARGARET SHOVE MORRISS, LL.D.: For nearly half 
the period during which there has been organized instruction for 
women in Brown University you have held a post of high responsi- 
bility. Outstanding as an undergraduate, both in youth and brilli- 
ance, distinguished in your graduate studies, you soon added 
administrative duties to teaching, first at Mount Holyoke and later 
in this University. You have presided over Pembroke College for 
twenty-five years with grace, charm and effectiveness. The ex- 
ceptional competence and personal qualities thus displayed have 
confirmed your place as a leader in the education of women in 
the United States. 

ROLAND GEORGE DWIGHT RICHARDSON, LL.D.: 
You came to Brown forty-one years ago; ever since then your 
mature talents have been devoted single-mindedly to its advance- 
ment. As leader of the Department of Mathematics you firmly 
established its reputation: through your resourcefulness and alert- 
ness this institution became a pioneer in the field of Applied Mathe- 
matics in America. As the first Dean of the Graduate School you 
shaped its program, brought it wide recognition, and attained 
membership for Brown in the Association of American Universities. 
Few men in the history of this University have influenced it so re- 
markably in so many ways. Therefore upon your retirement we 
delight to honor you. 4 



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$1,100,000 and Other Gifts to Brown 



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► ► Gifts to Brown University, the largest total ever 
received in a year when there was no major campaign in 
progress, were acknowledged by President Henry M. 
Wriston when he appeared before the Annual Meeting of 
the Associated Alumni in Sayles Hall on the eve of the 1948 
Commencement. Contributions, including an addition of 
$300,000 to the Housing and Development Fund, made 
an aggregate of $1,100,000, while there were other import- 
ant gifts for special purposes in libraries and general plant. 

In announcing the year's benefactions. President Wriston 
noted gifts large and small, with applause testifying to the 
high interest on the part of the audience as representing 
the friends of Brown. Many a "small" gift became "major" 
when regarded in the light of individual means and Univer- 
sity appreciation. 

This June, as on several past occasions, the alumni at 
the meeting were given advance proofs of pages in the 
Alumni Monthly which enumerated the benefactions 
in a simple listing. Dr. Wriston called attention to some 
items which invited special comment but expressed deep 
gratitude for all the gifts. While slighting no gift, the proce- 
dure of publishing the full list of donations in "pre-print" 
form served to abridge time substantially and usefully in 
the interests of the meeting. 

During the past year, the President observed, the Housing 
and Development Fund had deferred its active campaign 
pending the report of the alumni group known as the 
Student Housing Board, of which Arthur B. Homer '17 
is Chairman. This report has reviewed the original propo- 
sal in terms of present-day construction costs, revisions in 
design made possible by the acquisition of additional prop- 
erty, and a reorganized campaign plan. 

Details of the revised program will be released shortly, 
and it is expected that the second phase of the campaign 
will reopen in the Fall with another $3,000,000 as its 
objective. 

President Wriston observed that the $300,000 additional 
given to the Housing and Development Fund during the 
period of "suspended activity" on the campaign came from 
unsolicited gifts. 

Not included in the $1,100,000 aggregate announced 
was a legacy of $100,000, the sum which it is estimated 
that the University will receive as residuary legatee under 
the will of the late Prof. Thomas Crosby, Jr., '94 when his 
estate is settled. 

Singled out for special notice was the announcement 
of more than $34,000 to date, collected by the Brown 
Alumni Fund, with its 1948 campaign still to continue 
through the month. Chairman Thomas F. Black, Jr., '19 
and the Trustees of the Alumni Fund took satisfaction in 
the firmly-fixed custom of annual giving through this 
medium. The total was considered a good one in view of 
the fact that the campaign had been undertaken late in the 
Spring and only upon a limited basis, without soliciting 
those with 1948 commitments to the Housing Campaign. 

Benefactions ranged in wide variety. There were mem- 
orials to Brown men whose lives had been marked by con- 
stant allegiance; there were Brown Club scholarships and 
grants from foundations and corporations in support of 
research and other projects. The generosity of many alumni 
and friends is here reflected in the list of major gifts, grants, 
and bequests to the University since July 1 , 1947. It includes 
the year's benefactions as listed on June 19, 1948: 



FOR GENERAL PURPOSES 

► For the Brovv'n Alumni Fund, $34,139.48, of which 

$110 was designated for the Alumni Endowment of 
the Brown Alumni Fund. 
For the Brown Alumnae Fund, $13,128.77, of which $2,050 
was designated for the Alumnae Endowment of the 
Brown Alumnae Fund. 

From the Class of 1908 at Pembroke, $300 for the Brown 
Alumnae Fund, of which $250 is designated for the 
Alumnae Endowment of the Brown Alumnae Fund in 
memory of Hattie M. Holt, Pembroke '08, and Sarah 
Belcher, Pembroke '08. 

From the Estate of Samuel G. Babcock '15, $3,000 to estab- 
lish the Samuel G. Babcock Fund. 

From the Estate of Jennie M. Ballou, $1,898.41, as an 
addition to the Jennie M. Ballou Fund, bringing the 
total of this fund to $6,898.41. 

From an Anonymous Donor, $1,000 expendable for current 
purposes. 

From an Anonymous Donor, $200 as an addition to the 
A. R. C. Fund, bringing the total of this fund to $2,200. 

From the Class of 1877, $296.27 as an addition to the 
Charles T. and Henry L. Aldnch Fund. (The Aldrich 
brothers were 1877 and 1876, respectively, at Brown.) 

From the Estate of Charles Henry Hare '85, $1,005.70 as 
an addition to the Charles Henry Hare Fund. 

FOR LIBRARIES 

► From the Mary Dexter Fund, Inc., $500 and from 
Henry S. Chafee '09, $100 as additions to the Chafee 
Memorial Fund, bringing the total of this fund to 
$3,475. 

From Kenneth H. N. Newton '22, $50 as an addition to 
the Malcolm Nichols Newton Fund, bringing the total 
of that fund to $150. 

From the John Carter Brown Library Associates, $7,55 3.50. 

From Friends of the Library, $1,417. 

FOR RESEARCH AND 
INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES 

► From the Est.^te of Theodora Wilbour, $527,000 

to establish the Charles Edwin Wilbour Memorial for 

Egyptology. (This bequest is in addition to $50,000 

for Fellowships noted below and to further amounts 

which will be forthcoming from the Estate.) 
From The National Advisory Cancer Council, $7,344 as a 

grant for research in Experimental Cytology. 
From The Rhode Island Cancer Society, $1,500 as a grant 

for research in Experimental Cytology. 
From The Social Sciences Research Council, $2,750 for 

research in economic history on the Brown Papers. 
From an Anonymous Donor, $1,000 expendable for the 

needs of the Department of Psychology. 
Through the University of Missouri, $562.79 as a transfer 

to Brown University of the Genradco Research Fund. 
From the Cans Fund, $500 for research in Biology. 
From an Anonymous Donor, $300 for use by the Biology 

Department at the Marine Biological Laboratory in 

Woods Hole. 
From Robert E. Chapman, $50 for use by the Geology 

Department. 



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OUT THROUGH THE VAN WICKLE GATES and on down the Hill, the Seniors filed to the Meeting House for 
the first half of the graduation exercises. (They marched back to get their diplomas on the campus.) 



FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS 

The College and the Graduate School 

► From the Estate of Theodora Wilbour (in addition to 
$527,000 noted above) : $10,000 for the Charles Edwin 
Wilbour Fellowship in Greek; $10,000 for the Char- 
lotte Beebe Wilbour Memorial Fellowship in Classical 
English; $10,000 for the Charlotte Beebe Wilbour 
Memorial Fellowship in Oratory; $10,000 for the Zoe 
Wilbour Memorial Fellowship in Classical French; 
$10,000 for the Charles Edwin Wilbour Memorial 
Fellowship in Latin. 

From Edward J. Sovatkin, $1,000 for the Stanley B. Sovat- 
kin Scholarship, bringing the total thus contributed in 
memory of his son, Stanley B. Sovatkin '38 who died 
in service, to $3,500. 

From an Anonymous Donor, $9,000 for scholarships in the 
College. 

From the Estate of Alexander G. Mercer, $1,503.73 as an 
addition to the Hall-Mercer Scholarship Fund, bringing 
the total of this fund to $127,164.48. 

From the Estate of Alfred S. Johnson, $42,078.05 to estab- 
lish the Johnson Scholarship Fund. 

From Max Korn, $500; from Samuel C. Hutchinson, $500; 
and from David H. Smith, $125, all to establish the 
North Shore Brown Club Scholarship. 



From the Brown Club of Boston, $800 for Scholarship 
Awards. 

From the Brown Club of Providence, $1,100 for scholarship 
awards. 

From Alumni and Friends in Taunton, $250 to establish 
the Taunton Alumni Scholarship Fund. 

From Members of the Class of 1921, $50 for the Class of 
1921 Scholarship Fund. 

From William A. Harris '97, $500 for the Emma Jane 
Leaker Harris Fund for Scholarships in the College. 

From the Fain Family Association, $100 to establish the 
Fain Family Association Fund for Scholarships. 

From two Anonymous Donors, a total of $1,045 to estab- 
lish the Rowley Scholarship Fund. 

From The Monday Morning Musical Club, $100 for the 
Helen Wheelwright Memorial Scholarship. 

From the Armenian Apostolic Church, $50 for a scholar- 
ship award. 

From the Rockefeller Foundation, $10,000 for fellowships, 
assistantships, and scholarships in Applied Mathe- 
matics. 

From an Anonymous Donor, $10,000 to establish the Pres- 
ident's Fellowship Fund. 

From E. I. DuPont deNemours & Company, $2,800 for 
a fellowship in Chemistry. 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 

From the R. F. Haffenreffer Family Foundation, $1,800 
for a fellowship in Medical Sciences. 

From The Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, $3,500 for a 
fellowship in Chemistry. 

From Tennessee Eastman Corporation, $1,200 for a fellow- 
ship in Chemistry. 

Pembro}{e College 

► From the Estate of Louise M. J. Brough, Pembroke 
'97, $10,000 to establish the Class of 1897 Scholarship 
Fund and $5,000 to establish the Alexander and Jane 
A. Brough Scholarship Fund. 

From the Brown Alumnae Club of New York, $2,084.02 
as an addition to the Isabellc Scott Bollard Scholarship, 
bringing the total of this fund to $6,000. 

From Alumnae and Friends, $71 as an addition to the 
Florence B. Beitenman Scholarship, bringing the total of 
this fund to $5,000. 

From The Rhode Island Women's Club, $200 for Scholar- 
ship Awards. 

From the Rhode Island State Federation of Women's Clubs, 
$250 for Scholarship Awards. 

From William A. Harris '97, $500 as an addition to the 
Emma Jane Leaker Harris Fund for Scholarships at 
Pembroke. 

From the Class of 1903 at Pembroke, $100 through the 
Brown Alumnae Fund, designated for Regional Schol- 
arships. 

From the Class of 1913 at Pembroke, $500 as an addition to 
its Scholarship Fund. 

From the Class of 1928 at Pembroke, $200 to be added to 
the Emma Bradford Stanton Scholarship Fund. 

From Friends of the late John Gordon Ives, $200 as an 
addition to the John Gordon Ives Memorial Scholarship. 



From The Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, $50 
for a scholarship award. 

FOR PRIZES AND PREMIUMS 

► From .\n Anonymous Donor, $2,000 as an addition 

to the Albert A. Bennett '72 Prize Fund. 
From Miriam Lamport, Trustee, $150 as an addition to the 

Samuel C. and Miriam D. Lamport Foundation Fund. 

(Mr. Lamport's class was 1906). 
From an Anonymous Donor, $300 for the Hope Chatterton 

Award in Music. 
From Mrs. Eli Port, $50 for the Muriel Port Stevens Award 

in Music. 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

► From Alumni .and Friends, $2,913.50, toward the 

liquidation of advances made by the University to 

acquire plant property. 
From Alumni and Friends, $2,513 toward the purchase of 

new uniforms for the band. 
.From an Anonymous Donor, $1,100 for renovation of Col- 

gate-Hoyt Pool. 
From Friends of the University, $400 toward the purchase 

of paneling in the Hazard Homestead in Peacedale, 

Rhode Island. 
From the Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education 

of Women, $270 toward the 600th Anniversary Gift 

to Pembroke College in the University of Cambridge, 

England. 
From the Class of 1923 at Pembroke, $300 for a painting in 

Andrews Hall. 
From an Anonymous Donor, $250 as a contribution to the 

cost of distributing the June issue of the Alumni 

Monthly to members of the Graduating Class. 
From the Associated Alumni, $100 for the same project. 




AN OVERFLOW CROWD, a section of it shown here, liked the switch of the Alumni Dinner to Andrews Hall, 
shared in the "reunion of reunions," and enjoyed John T. Winterich (in full flight above) and President 
Wriston, speakers. 

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From the Brown Club of Providence, $250 for the orches- 
tration of Brown music for the Band. 

From an Anonymous Donor, $100 for beautification of 
grounds. 

From C. D. Mercer '06, $50 for the Outing Reservation. 

In addition to the above gifts of money, there have been 
received 35 shares of Sagamore Manufacturing Company 
from Mrs. Asa E. Goddard to estabUsh the Winslow Upton 
Fund, and from the American Cancer Society notification 
of a grant of $2,709.00 for research in Physiological Gen- 
etics effective July I, 1948. A grant of $2,500 from the 
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc., will also 
be effective July 1 for research in Biology. 

Other gifts received during the year are as follows: 

FOR RESEARCH AND 
INSTRUCTIONAL USE 

► From Miss Hope B. Pleyl, an ionization electroscope 

for the Department of Physics. 

From George Ainsworth of Ainsworth Lighting, Inc., runs 
of "Spatialite," semi-indirect fluorescent luminaire for 
the Department of Physics. 

Through Charles Fiske of Pickett fe? Eckel, Inc., 20 pre- 
cision slide rules and a six-foot demonstration slide rule 
for the Division of Applied Mathematics. 

From Rev. Wheeler Boggess, a Gregorian-style telescope 
for the Department of Astronomy. It was formerly 
owned by Rev. Charles Wheeler, Class of 1807. 

FOR THE LIBRARIES 

► From William G. Roelker, 32 volumes. The Badmin- 

ton Library (of sport) . 

From Lyman G. Bloomingdale '35, a rare colored etching 
of Brown University in 1908 by Richard Hummell. 

From Prof. Zechariah Chafee, Jr., '07, a set of documents 
of the Commission on the Freedom of the Press. 

From Prof. James A. McLaughlin, old papers belonging 
to Dr. James B. Angell, Class of 1849. Also, from Mrs. 
Donald Green, a philosophy notebook and several bills 
belonging to Dr. Angell. 

From William L. L. Peltz, an addition to the William L. L. 
Pelts Collection of special delivery stamps. 

From Harold D. Woodbury, Vice-President and Treasurer 
of Woodbury and Company, Inc., a wash drawing of 
Brown University in 1908 by John C. Woodbury. 

From Henry H. Townshen, Jr., manuscript volumes of the 
poetry of Kate Putnam Osgood for the Harris Collec- 
tion of American Poetry. 

From R. H. I. Goddard, documents in connection with the 
revision of the Charter in 1915 and "Brown Univer- 
sity Broadsides." 

OTHER GIFTS 

► From Miss Frances Snell, a brass fender and andirons 

for the living room at Andrews House. 

From Henry A. Greene, a framed photograph of the Venus 
of Capua. 

From Mrs. Helen Wayland Hudson, granddaughter of 
President Francis Wayland, a large contemporary por- 
trait of Dr. Wayland. 

Through Mrs. Joseph P. Allen, Pembroke '14, a Sheffield 
coffee urn for use in Andrews Hall. It is in memory of 
Edith Holdcn Hall, given by members of the Class of 
1914 at Pembroke and by Mrs. Althea Hall McAleer, 
Pembroke '40, and Miss Edwina Hall, Pembroke '43, 
her daughters. 

Also for use in Pembroke College, a Sheffield coffee urn from 
the Class of 1918; a silver tray from the Class of 1898; 



a silver soup tureen from the Class of 1948, all of Pem- 
broke. The late Emma Bradford Stanton, Pembroke 
'96, has willed to the Alumnae Association the silver 
service given her by the Alumnae at the time of her 
retirement. 

From Amintas Economou '50 of Thessalonika, Macedonia, 
a tapestry rug. 

From Francis S. Cole '99, three quince trees. 
Gifts toward the purchase of a Chevrolet Carryall for the 
Brown Christian Association. 

The University has been notified that it will receive a por- 
tion of the residuary Estate of Prof. Henry T. Fowler 
estimated at $4,800. 

From the Estate of Prof. Thomas Crosby, Jr., '94, a San 
Domingo desk. Brown has been named residuary leg- 
atee under the will of Prof. Crosby. When the Estate 
is settled, it is estimated the University will receive 
$100,000. i 



► A New Athletic Aide 





LEWIS SHAW 
succeeds Paul Glee- 
son as Director of 
Sports Publicity at 
Brown. 



*V^ .$4v»lv»»«4««t 



► Lewis A. Shaw '48 began his duties as full-time Director 
of Athletic Publicity at Brown July 1 in the interests of an 
expanded program on behalf of press and radio relations 
for University sports. An effective writer, a good organizer, 
and enthusiast with good grounding in sports, Shaw was a 
June graduate at Brown. He has an acquaintanceship with 
the working press and turned down a newspaper offer in 
staying with Brown's athletic program. For the past year 
he has been Sports Editor of the Brown Daily Herald and 
President of his fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. 

Shaw is the son of Albert D. Shaw '02 of Springfield, 
Mass., where he prepared for college at Classical High. As 
a member of the Navy V- 1 2 College Training Program he 
spent two years at Williams College before attending Mid- 
shipman's School at Columbia. As an Ensign he saw duty 
with the amphibious forces in the Pacific. He came to the 
college of his choice in the fall of 1946 after getting his 
military discharge. In his new post he will work under 
Paul F. Mackesey, Athletic Director. 

Shaw succeeds Paul F. Gleeson '32, who has handled 
Brown athletic publicity since 1943. Gleeson, an historian 



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and teacher, was able to devote only part time to the pro- 
gram but can look back on real accomplishment. When it 
became apparent that a full-time director was needed, 
however, he tendered his resignation, effective at the end 
of the spring semester. i 

New Recordings < 

► ► There's .^n .answer at last to the often-heard ques- 
tion, "When will there be an album of Brown music?" The 
answer is, "Now." You can have it this summer, surely in 
August, maybe sooner. 

Not since 1928 when the University Band under Irving 
Harris" direction recorded for Victor have any Brown songs 
been available for general distribution. Although the de- 
mand for records existed, wartime production problems 
called a halt to a project several years ago. But this spring a 
committee under Vice-President Bigelow got action — and 
music. 

Brunonians who crossed the terrace of Andrews Hall 
the night of the Alumni Dinner heard the records for the 
first time in public, and it is music to reward any listener. 



You^ve been asking for 
AN ALBUM 

of 

MUSIC at BROWN 

TFe/Z, here it is . , , . 

• Three 10-inch Vinylite records (6 sides) in 
a special album for anyone with a fondness for 
music or for Broun — or for both, 

• Eight of Brown s own songs, supplemented 
by hits from the Glee Clubs^ repertory, re- 
corded on the campus. 

• A rousing half-hour concert by the Brown 
University Band, the Brown Glee Club, the 
Pembroke Glee Club, and the combined 
Brown-Pembroke Chorus. 

50 All This For H-^^ 



Alumni Office 

Brown University J WANT ONE 

Providence 12, R. I. 

Enclosed find check made out to Brown University for 
$4.50, for one of the new albums of Music at Brown. 
I understand that this includes all charges for pack- 
aging, pre-paid shipping in this country, and taxes. 
Send, as soon as available, to: 

Name Class 

Address 



especially one with any Brown ties. As the men listened, 
proud of the 175 undergraduates who had performed the 
numbers, their especial thanks went to Linus Travers '27, 
Executive Vice-President of the Yankee Network and a 
Director of the Mutual system, who pushed the project 
along in its final stages and personally supervised the re- 
cording with the Faculty of Brown's Music Department. 
There are six sides — three 10-inch Vinylite records, in 
an album specially designed with Brown motifs in the art 
work and some bits of color about Brown and its music in 
the inside cover text. The performers include 50 members 
of the University Band, under Martin J. Fischer, and the 
Brown University Glee Club, the Pembroke Glee Club, and 
the combined Brown-Pembroke Chorus of 125 voices under 
Edward Barry Greene. Eight songs are out of Brown's 
own repertory, while other numbers are included as repre- 
sentative of concert works performed by the glee clubs. 
There is good variety and balance, spirited performance by 
well-trained musicians, and recording on the technical side 
which meets all critical demands. 

► The Brown Glee Club takes care of both sides of the 
first record, singing: "Here's to Good Old Brown," "I'm 
a Brown Man Born," Chaffee's "When Our Men Get in 
the Fray," "On the Chapel Steps" by Eno and Gow, Jack- 
son's "Ever True to Brown," The Brown Cheering Song 
by Jones and Young ("When Brunonia's Big Brown 
Team") — and, in more formal style, the Russian Folk Song 
"At Father's Door" in A .T. Davison's arrangement. 

Three concert numbers are sung on the second record: 
the Pembroke Glee Club sings an American folk song. The 
Riddle Song, arranged by Marshall Bartholomew; the com- 
bined chorus sings the Negro spiritual, "Go Tell It on the 
Mountain," in John W. Work's arrangement; a whole side 
IS devoted to a performance of the Song of the Harvest, 
from "The Land" by Robert Delaney, prize-winning com- 
poser whose music has been featured in concerts by the 
Chorus this winter. The recording is the first from this 
important contemporary work, with special permission by 
its writer. 

In the last record the songs are again those of Brown, 
and the Band does itself proud with "Ever True to Brown" 
and the Brown Cheering Song in Herfurth's arrangement, 
followed by Fischer's arrangement of Chaffee's "Bruno." 
The album ends with the full chorus singing DeWolf's 
"Alma Mater." 

The music was recorded on the Brown campus on May 
27 when the undergraduate musicians had been seasoned by 
an active year of concert appearances. Yankee Network en- 
gineers came down to Alumnae Hall to catch the music 
and transmit it by telephone to New York, where the actual 
transfer to the master records was made in the studios of 
WOR. A first edition of 2500 albums has been ordered, in 
expectation of great immediate demand and continuing 
sales. The price of $4.50 per album includes packaging, 
prepaid shipping anywhere in the country, and taxes. The 
University has underwritten the initial expense, after re- 
payment of which all profits go to the general treasury of 
the Associated Alumni, who sponsor the issuing of the 
album, along with the Department of Music. 

The committee which served with Dr. Bigelow and Mr. 
Travers includes: Prof. Arlan R. Coolidge '24, Vice-Presi- 
dent F. Morris Cochran, Lewis S. Milner '02, Carleton 
Goff '24, William B. McCormick '23, W. C. Worthington 
'23, and Howard Curtis. 

This is a news story. The advertisement tells what to 
do about getting this album. We won't even urge you to 
buy; we don't think it's necessary to urge. i 



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Winning Songs 




DON JACKSO!\, 

composer of four of 
BroHTi's most popu- 
lar songs, came 
through with a new 
number to take a top 
prize in the 1948 
competition. He is 
shown here at the 
Alumni Dinner, 
where his new song 
was introduced. 



► ► Chosen from more than 40 entries in the Alumni Song 
Contest, three prize-winners were played and sung at the 
Alumni Dinner and established themselves immediately in 
popular favor with the large audience of Brunonians. Two 
were marches of the catchy, stadium variety, while the 
third was more adaptable to choral performance with 
quieter, more nostalgic passages. The vote of the Alumni 
Dinner listeners was that the new numbers would be real 
assets to the Brov.'n repertory. 

Winners, who share in the $200 prize money are : Donald 
Jackson '09, for the song "The Glory of Old Brown"; Ruth 
C. Carew, Pembroke '48, for the song "Hail, Alma Mater"; 
and Fred A. Otis '03, for the song "Brown Forevermore." 
At the Alumni Dinner they were sung by David Laurent 
'50, with accompaniment by Earl P. Perkins '12. Honorable 
mention was given for four other numbers: "On the Hill" 
by Elizabeth Thurlow Farwell, Pembroke '36, wife of 
Albert E. Farwell '3 5, of Arlington, Va. ; "Glorious Brown" 
by Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Moodie, Jr., of Lancaster, Pa. 
(he is '45, and Marjorie Greene Moodie is Pembroke '45) ; 
"Eyes Right to the Bruno" by Harold Rosenblum '46 of 
Newark, N. J. with words by Joel Burns and Herbert Ep- 
stein '47 of Yonkers, N. Y.; and "College Colors" by 
Charles Wayland Towne '97 of Tucson, Ariz. 

Mr. Jackson and Mr. Otis were at the dinner and ac- 
knowledged applause for their new numbers. The former 
is already represented in the published "Songs of Brown 
University" by "Bring the Victory to Brown," "Ever True 
to Brown," "For Bruno and for Brown," and "The Spirit 
That Wins the Day." Although Mr. Otis was active in 
the Musical Clubs and wrote for them as undergraduate, 
his two entries in the competition were his iirst formal 
attempts at songs for the general College repertory. Both 
men are residents of Rhode Island. Miss Carew, whose 
home is on Gaspee Plateau, R. L, made music her major 
field of concentration as an undergraduate at Pembroke. 



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Prof. Arlan R. Coolidge, head of the judging committee, 
says the contest proved that there are many persons with 
talent interested in composing music suitable for use by 
the University. All manuscripts submitted have been held, 
with the eventual hope that a new edition of the Brown 
songbook may be published which will include many new 
numbers as well as the old favorites. The large entr>' list, 
with contributions from all over the country, rewarded 
the donor of the prizes and the committtee in charge of 
the contest. i 

► Brown Headliiiers 

Boss of the Brig Honored 

► A FURTHER HONOR comes to James V. Bennett '18 in 
the receipt of the National Distinguished Public Service 
Award from the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air 
(John Nicholas Brown, of Brown's Board of Fellows). 
The citation stressed Mr. Bennett's "outstanding contribu- 
tion to the development and maintenance of the U. S. 
Navy's modern penologic program." The Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons freely contributed time and 
counsel to matters dealing with the confinement, treatment, 
and reformation of Navy prisoners. In addition he made 
available to the Navy facilities and personnel of the Federal 
Bureau to assist in classifying, segregating, and training 
prisoners. 

The program resulted in the restoration to duty of more 
than 72,000 World War II general court martial prisoners 
who had been sentenced to receive disciplinary discharges. 

Last autumn the Army gave Mr. Bennett its E.xceptional 
Civilian Service Award for his work as consultant on 
correctional problems and also for his supervision and con- 
trol of all prisons in the U. S. Zone of Occupation in 
Germany. i 

Michigan Acclaims Bishop Enirich 

► One of the two youngest Bishops in the protestant 
Episcopal Church in this country, the Rt. Rev. Richard 
S. Emrich '32 became Bishop of Michigan in April. Born 
in Turkey where his parents were missionaries, Bishop 
Emrich was educated in this country at Andover and 
Brown, taking his theological studies at the Camhridg? 
Seminary in Massachusetts. He was Professor of Christian 
Social Ethics at the Seminary prior to his election as Suffra- 
gan Bishop of the Michigan Diocese. He was chosen Bishop 
Coadjutor by acclamation at the diocesan convention in 
February and automatically succeeded to the bishopric with 
the retirement of Bishop Creighton in April. Laymen and 
clergymen spoke in glowing terms of his work in Michigan 
and the affection he had won in the diocese. 

His only junior in age among American Episcopal Bishops 
has a two-week priority to the title. i 

Glen Alden's General Solicitor 

► Fr.^nklin B. Gelder "26 has been appointed General 
Solicitor of the Glen Alden Coal Company in Scranton, 
Pa., the largest anthracite coal producer, famous for their 
"Blue Coal" product. He has been practicing law in Scran- 
ton and has been an attorney for the coal Company since 
1929. i 

Chief Engineer for Mack 

► Harry Bern.^rd '24 has been appointed Chief Engineer 
of Mack Trucks, Inc., and will have his headquarters in 
the Mack executive offices in the Empire State Building. 
He was previously Director of Service and Service Engineer- 
ing and during the war directed the supply of all Mack 
service parts to the U. S. and Allied armies. i 



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Moving Corporation Adds Six ^ 

► Further expansion of the Moving Corporation activi- 
ties was shown in May when Walter Hoving '20, President, 
announced that John David, Inc., had been acquired. Two 
million dollars and 75,000 shares of Hoving Corporation 
had been involved in the acquisition of the company, which 
operates six men's clothing and furnishings stores in New 
York City. In its last year John David did nearly nine 
million dollars worth of business. 

Hoving Corporation itself had sales of 19J/2 millions. It 
was formed in 1946 after Mr, Hoving resigned his 10-year 
post as President of Lord fe? Taylor. It operates four Bonwit 
Teller stores in New York, White Plains, Boston, and Palm 
Beach, with another being built in Chicago and others 
planned for Cleveland and Houston. Three Anson-Jones 
stores in New York City are volume dress shops. Hoving, 
a believer in horizontal expansion, believes it permits such 
an organisation "to gain constructively from the decentral- 
ization of purchasing power which has been going on for 
some time in the United States." 

Mr. Hoving has been elected President of the Commerce 
and Industry Association of New York. i 

Asked for 60 Millions in Gifts 

► Appe.'KLING for $60,000,000 in a national campaign for 
relief of distressed war victims in Europe and Asia, Lee 
Marshall '? 1 is National Chairman of the American Over- 
seas Aid-United Nations Appeal for Children. It is a 
project of a federation of major American voluntary agen- 
cies to provide food, clothing, medical care, and other aid 
for the hungry youngsters of wartorn lands. It includes the 
L'nited States' share of the UN appeal for children. 

Mr. Marshall, former Brown football star, is President 
of the Consolidated Baking Company. i 

McAllister Moves up in Steel 

► L. P. McAllister "22 has been appointed Manager of 
Steel Plants of the Lukens Steel Co. in Coatesville, Pa. 
He has been with this company since his graduation from 
Brown, as Assistant Manager of Tests, Engineer of Tests, 
Metallurgical Sales Engineer and Metallurgical Engineer. 
In 1944 he became assistant to the General Superintendent 
and, a year ago April, Assistant General Manager of Steel 
Plants. He is a member of the American Iron and Steel 
Institute, American Society for Testing Materials, Ameri- 
can Society for Metals, and Army Ordnance Assn. < 



Brown's 180th Coniineiicement 

Cont\nued jrom page 5 

► Many alumni joined the throngs on 



i i 



campus later that night as the Seniors were 
host at their Class Night Dance. The mid- 
night songs of the Seniors were complicated 
by the fact that the Chapel Steps could not 
hold more than a fraction of them, but the 
occasion had its annual appeal. The next 
day the Corporation met, the R. I. Alpha 
of Phi Beta Kappa had its initiation and 
annual meeting, and the Graduate School 
Convocation saw the largest number of 
advanced degrees ever conlerred at Brown 
— 52 Master's and 11 Doctorates. 

It does not appear that the problem of 
the Sayles Hall meeting has yet been solved. 
As an ingredient in the Commencement 
season, its place is wholly warranted, a 
desirable and fitting occasion for serious 
talk about a serious world. And this June 
the speaking program was of high order, 
the best in many years, as the Commence- 
ment committee experimented with holding 
this Annual Meeting of the Associated on 



Henry M. Wriston, O.B.E. 

► President Wriston was among 17 Americans deco- 
rated at the British Embassy in Washington June 16 for 
their civilian efforts during World War 11. He received the 
insignia of Honorary Commander of the Civilian Division 
of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The 
new British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Franks, cited Dr.-Wris- 
ton's "selfless and untiring work on behalf of the National 
War Fund, thereby making a handsome contribution to 
the relief of human suffering." i 

Raised to Ambassadorial Rank 

► Ely Palmer '08 has been confirmed by the Senate in 
his appointment as Ambassador to Afghanistan. He has 
been Minister to Afghanistan since 1945. A career man 
in the foreign service, he has served with distinction in a 
number of strategic posts, including Paris, Madrid, and 
Bucharest. During the war he was Consul-General in 
Sydney, Australia, where many Brown men enjoyed his 
special hospitality. i 

Dean of Tax Administrators 

► Judge Edward L. Leahy '08, oldest tax administrator 
in the country in point of service, has resigned as R. I. State 
Tax Administrator after 30 years of duty. He will con- 
tinue as an advisor hut wishes to turn over to a younger 
man the job of administering 14 different forms of taxes. 
He had attempted to resign from his heavy responsibility 
several times in the past but had been appealed to to stay 
as a public servant with the confidence of all political faiths. 

Clark Honors a Fellow Totvnsman 

► Dr. Clarence S. Brigham '99, Director of the Ameri- 
can Antiquarian Society in Worcester, renowned as an 
historian and bibliographer, was awarded the honorary 
degree of Doctor of Letters at Clark University's 58th 
Commencement. Dr. Brigham, similarly honored by Brown 
in 1934, last summer published his history and bibliography 
of the American Newspapers up to 1820, monumental 
product of decades of investigation and study. i 

Conference on Graduate Education 

► Brown University was host this spring when delegates 
from 31 colleges met to discuss the problems of graduate 
schools and their capacity for turning out needed teachers. 
It was the New England Conference on Graduate Edu- 
cation. ^ 

"Our nation has no monopoly on moral 
indignation," he said. "We have no rea- 
son to believe the indignation of the Rus- 
sians against us is less genuine than is ours 
against them . . . We Americans can under- 
stand the Russians only if we see the paral- 
lel, as well as the difference, between what 
they are now attempting and what we 
were doing two centuries ago." He saw a 
"revolutionary impulse" sweeping through 
the world, in China, in India, among the 
"colonised" peoples, and in the Balkan 
destruction of social and economic feudal- 
ism. 

Russia, he felt, had won the first battle 
in her campaign of revolution. "But revo- 
lution by force, after its first success, has 
not an easy road to travel. The new regime 
faces, at home and abroad, the difficult 
task which every violent overthrow must 
sooner or later face — that of establishing 
a new order of peace and justice when 
violence has done its work. Can Russia 
take that second step? As Russia faces 
these questions, let us remember that while 
our program of equality through liberty 
has had many centuries of continuous de- 



Sunday night. But the hall was only half 
filled, though the audience was well repaid. 
Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, former Dean 
returned to the campus on the 55th anni- 
versary of his graduation, was presiding 
officer and delivered himself what was a 
stimulating address as a preamble. Just as 
important as helping to win a war, he said, 
was the job of the universities in helping 
to understand it. For that second job, "for 
that dreadful incapacity of our minds, the 
institutions of learning and teaching have 
a major responsibility." Words of our 
leaders about Russia reveal, he said, that 
"we Americans are already at war . . . 
our national mind is now a military mind 
. . . we get ready to plunge the world 
again into the insanity, into the hell, of 
war. I ask you, as fellow-graduates of a 
great and much loved University, to join 
in the attempt to break through the fal- 
lacies of war, to clear the ground for think- 
ing in terms of peace and of truth." 

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ON CLASS NIGHT 2000 couples danced in the open air on the College Green (above) and in Sayles Hall. 
Hundreds of alunini swelled the number beyond that. 



velopment, the Soviet program of liberty 
through equahty has had only 31 yeras of 
desperate and precarious struggle. We led 
the world by formulating and practicing a 
great political principle that men cannot 
be equal unless they are free. We must not 
lose sight of the equally basic principle that 
men cannot be free unless they are equal. 
We shall achieve not by hating, but by 
thinking, by trying to understand." 

A TRAVELER'S REPORT 
► The speaker of the evening was the 
distinguished Director of Medical Sciences 
of the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Alan 
Gregg. He offered some challenging obser- 
vations based on a trip to Europe earlier 
this year during which he visited Paris, 
Strasbourgh, Zurich, Copenhagen, Stock- 
holm, Upsala, London, Oxford, Cam- 
bridge, Amsterdam, Leyden, Brussels, 
Liege, and Louvain. 

"Have you ever had to paddle a canoe 
overloaded with children and essential bag- 
gage? Your attention was concentrated ex- 
clusively on paddling, watching the gun- 
whale, and occasional swift glances at the 
sky. In Europe they are similarly preoccu- 
pied with the present," he said. Every- 
where, he found, people were simply avoid- 
ing the long term view of the future. "To 
contemplate so large a scries of uncertainties 
was unendurable." 

"The unexpected price tag of victory 
over a totalitarian country," he pointed out, 
"is that you have to govern it afterward — 
and with what enthusiasm or effective- 
ness?" But Communism is at home in ad- 
versity. And, if it spreads, it is not because 
it employs physical violence but because it 
is patient, devious, flexible, and realistic — 
"the very qualities we don't possess." Com- 
munism appeals to the dispossessed and the 
disillusioned, to those who have lost prop- 
erty and confidence in the ability and hon- 
esty of governmental authorities. And 



Communism appeals to the discouraged. 
"Don't be surprised if the Europeans are 
slow to recover," he said and gave stagger- 
ing examples of losses among leaders in two 
wars. "And so they look to us," he said. 
"Let us not be critical if Europeans quietly 
ask, 'What will Americans do?' " 

Dr. Gregg does not believe the Russians 
want war. They want the extension of 
ideas, he said, "but I am convinced that if 
any w-estern European governments or our 
own government considers the welfare of 
the greatest number of its citizens as its 
greatest concern. Communism cannot ex- 
tend. The Russians have never known 
prosperity for the mass of its people and 
therefore has not met the severest test of 
all. If Russia were to gain general pros- 
perity, it would break internally the 
strength of Communism, it would corrupt 
and destroy them. You can't crush ideas 
with force alone. Ideas, especially self- 
control and good will, are the only correc- 
tive I can see to the spread of Commun- 
ism." 



Of All the Seniors 
> William Ely '78 of Coronado, 
Calif., was, as last year, the oldest 
alumnus to share in the Commence- 
ment festivities, during the week- 
end in which his 90th birthday fell. 
Again he drove on from the Coast, 
where he makes his winter home, 
having missed hardly a Commence- 
ment since his own 70 years ago. At 
the Alumni Dinner he received an 
affectionate ovation, which he 
mounted the platform to acknowl- 
edge. On Commencement Day he 
was greeted on Benefit St., where he 
held an informal review of the pro- 
cession after marching down that far. 



"As long as we have places like Brown," 
Governor John O. Pastore told the gather- 
ing in bringing felicitous Commencement 
greetings from the State, "we don't have 
to worry too much about Russia or the 
future of America." He hailed individual 
and collective alumni achievements as the 
true indication of a university's worth. 
President Wriston announced gifts to 
Brown during the past year, and the 
Alumni President announced election re- 
sults. 

► Such was commencement, 1948. 
Three days after graduation classes began 
again, as the Summer School opened with 
an enrollment of 1200, twice as many as 
attended during the last such session, in 
1946. The summer is split into two parts, 
one running from June 24 to Aug. 3. 
About 1000 are registered for the second 
six-week section Aug. 5 to Sept. 14. ^ 

DuPont Fellowships 

> Brown University is again one of the 
institutions to share in the award of 45 
DuPont postgraduate fellowships in chem- 
istry during the academic year 1948-49. 
Each provides $1200 for a single person or 
$1800 for a married person, together with 
an award of $1000 to the university. The 
selection of candidates for the fellowship 
awards and the choice of problems on 
which they are to work are, as in the past, 
left to the universities. Nor is the in- 
dividual under any obligation with respect 
to employment after he completes his work 
under the fellowship. 

The awards were first instituted in 1918 
and have been annual, except for one in- 
terruption, since that time. The DuPont 
Company Fellowship Plan was originated to 
help meet the ever-increasing demand in 
the chemical industry for students with 
postgraduate training in certain fields. ^ 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 

Chosen by Alumni Ballot M < 




— Black^tone photo 

MOSES L. CROSSLEY '09 

► ► With the highest percentage of 
eligibles voting since the current agreement 
was adopted. Brown alumni nominated Dr. 
Moses L. Crossley '09 of Plainfleld, N. ]., 
and James L. Palmer '19 of Chicago as 
their choice for Alumni Trustees. The 
Corporation elected them June 19, in ac- 
cordance with its agreement with the Asso- 
ciated Alumni. They succeeed Donald G. 
Millar "19 of New York and J. Howard 
Alger "09 of Montreal, whose terms have 
expired. 

Also chosen by alumni vote was Dr. 
William W. Browne '08 of Yonkers, N. Y., 
President-elect of the Associated Alumni, 
who will serve on the alumni Board of Di- 
rectors for a year before succeeding H. 
Stanton Smith '21 as President in 1949. 
Everett M. Arnold '21 of New York was 
designated alumni representative on the 
Athletic Advisory Council, running with- 
out opposition. In the Regions of the As- 
sociated Alumni organization new Direc- 
tors were elected as follows: Rhode Island 
— Robert H. Goff '24 of Providence; New 
England — Donald C. Bowersock '20 of 
Boston; North Atlantic Midlands — Fred- 
erick H.Rohlfs '25 of New York; South 
Atlantic Midland — George W. Schwenck 
'3 2 of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; North Cen- 
tral — John J. Monk '24 of Chicago; South 
Central — Parkman Sayward '25 of San 
Antonio, Tex.; Western — George Giraud 
'42 of Santa Monica, Calif. 

Prof. Browne, who will be the alumni 
President between 1949 and 1951, is chair- 
man of the Department of Biology at the 
College of the City of New York, a widely 
known bacteriologist, and authority on sani- 
tation and food. He has written in his field 
for scientific journals and conferences, has 
served as a research expert for a number of 
commissions of local, State, and Federal 
origin. Private industry has employed his 
services as well. His membership in scien- 
tific societies include the New York Acad- 
emy of Sciences, American Association for 
the Advancenitnt of Science, and the 




— Bachrach pfioto 

JAMES L. PALMER '19 

American Public Health Association, of 
which he was a Fellow. 

But Brunonians know him for an active, 
loyal worker in many University causes. 
He has been a Vice-President and Director 
of the Associated Alumni. He is a member 
of the Board of Managers for the Brown 
University Club in New York. He has 
been a Trustee of the Alumni Fund and 
chief District Agent for Metropolitan New 
York in that organization. Alumni audi- 
ences remember him for his uninhibited wit 
and Brunonian enthusiasms as a toastmaster 
on many occasions. He will be a progressive 
leader in a fine tradition. 
► Dr. Crossley, one of the two new 
Alumni Trustees, retired only a year ago 
after an efl^ective administration as Presi- 
dent of the Associated Alumni during 
which period he initiated a reorganization 
of the alumni structure to encourage "grass 
roots" groups for every handful of Bru- 
nonians who might be neighbors anywhere. 
He was the first to receive the Brown Bear 
Award when the New York Brown Club 
made the original presentations. 

Science has recognized his work as Di- 
rector of Research for the American Cyan- 
amid Co., where his leadership was an im- 
portant factor in the development of the 
sulfa drugs, among other achievements. He 
is a past President of the American Insti- 
tute of Chemists and last year received its 
Gold Medal. He served as a scientific ad- 



Missing Item 

► PLAINTIVE NOTE: Will the 
Brown man (if such were he) who 
took by mistake an umbrella marked 
A.H.G. from the coat room of The 
University Club, 319 Benefit St., 
Providence, the evening of Satur- 
day, June 19, be good enough to re- 
turn the umbrella to the Club? The 
handle is plain tan; the band with 
the initials looks like gold, but isn't. 




WILLIAM W. BROWNE '08 

visor for the Government in Europe after 
the war and this summer goes overseas again 
on a technical mission. He has written ex- 
tensively on scientific and educational sub- 
jects, holds membership in several scientific 
societies, is a Trustee of Union Junior Col- 
lege, and a member of Rutgers' Advisory 
Board Research Council. He holds four 
Brown degrees, including an honorary 
Sc.D. conferred in 1944, with a similar 
honor from Wesleyan, where he also 
taught chemistry. 

Mr. Palmer will also serve a seven-year 
term on the Corporation, increasing the 
Trustee representation from the Middle 
West to five. He is Executive Vice-Presi- 
dent of Marshall Field 6? Company, Chi- 
cago, and President of the Community 
Fund of Chicago. During the Second 
World War he served the Federal Govern- 
ment in various advisory capacities from 
time to time and was a director of the 
National War Fund. He is a Director of 
the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, Com- 
munity Chests and Councils, Inc., the 
American Management Association, and 
the General Candy Corporation. After 
graduate work at the University of Chicago, 
Mr. Palmer was certified as a Public Ac- 
countant, taught as a member of the School 
of Business Faculty of the University of 
Chicago, and was active as a business con- 
sultant. He has two sons in the under- 
graduate body at Brown. 
► Mr. Arnold, who succeeds Thomas F. 
Gilbane '33 of Providence as one of three 
alumni representatives on the Athletic 
Council, has long been active as a follower 
of Brown teams — a constructive enthusi- 
asm recognized in the unusual procedure 
of the Advisory Council in presenting his 
name on the ballot as its sole nominee. In 
business, he is the publisher of magazines 
known as the Quality Comic Group and 
produces several newspaper comic strips 
and sections. His early experience was in 
the printing industry, with R. Hoe ^ Co., 
New York, and as Eastern Manager for the 
Goss Printing Press Co. He has a son at 
Brown. 

The new alumni Directors are also men 
of prominence and loyalty. Mr. Goff is 
President of his Class, 1924, and Vice- 
President and Director of the Automobile 
Mutual Insurance Company of America 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



and the Factory Mutual Liability Insurance 
Company of America. He was Chairman 
of the committee which planned the suc- 
cessful 1948 Alumni Dinner. Mr. Bower- 
sock is President of the Boston Insurance 
Company and the Old Colony Insurance 
Company. He was previously Vice-Presi- 
dent ol the Providence Washington Insur- 
ance Company and is an authority on a 
marine insurance, with membership in sev- 
eral national boards and commissions. Mr. 
Rohlfs is a partner of his New York City 
law firm, an active participant in the pro- 
gram of the New York City Bar Associa- 
tion, and contributor to civic life in Brook- 
lyn. Mr. Schwenck, former Circulation 
Promotion Manager for TIME Interna- 
tiona!, is now in the real estate business in 
Florida after four years in military service. 
Mr. Monk, a printing executive in Chi- 
cago, has long been a mainstay of the Chi- 
cago Brown Club and editor of the famous 
Brown Derby. Before the war Mr. Sayward 
was an independent oil operator and 
rancher in Texas, served as a Colonel in 
the Army Air Forces, and continues in 
commercial aviation as an executive of 
Slick Airways. Mr. Giraud, one of the 
young guard of California alumni, is back 
in civilian life as a member of the sales de- 
partment of International Harvester in Los 
Angeles. i 

Their 119th Annual Meeting 

► Phi Beta Kappa men re-elected all of 
their general officers in the Rhode Island 
Alpha when the I19th annual meeting of 
the society was held in Faunce House on 
the Saturday of Commencement week. 
Initiation of new members and the annual 
luncheon were also on the morning's pro- 
gram. 

Returned to office were: President — 
Claude R. Branch '07; Vice-President — 
Prof. James B. Hedges; Secretary — Prof. 
William T. Hastings '03; Treasurer — 
Ronald B. Smith '23; Historian — Prof. 
Lawrence C. Wroth; Auditor — George L. 
Miner '97. The chapter conferred honorary 
membership upon Prof. Otto E. Neuge- 
bauer. Professor of the History of Mathe- 
matics at Brown, and Dr. Charles B. Wil- 
lard, Director of the Providence Branch 
of the R. I. State College, one of Brown's 
1948 Ph.D. recipients. 

Appointed to various committees, in ad- 
dition to the officers, were: Charles J. Hill 
'16, Prof. Andrew H. MacPhail "13, Har- 
very A. Baker '03, Winfield T. Scott '31, 
Walter Adler '18, Prof. C. R. Adams '18, 
Fred B. Perkins '19, Dr. Edward A. Mac- 
Laughlin '14, Prof. Walter H. Snell '13, 
Dr. Marion Cole, Pembroke '07, and Prof. 
Sinclair W. Armstrong, who was also the 
luncheon speaker. ^ 



► ► Before the Corporation 



► > A STUDENT BODY which has "behaved 
admirably" was given presidential compli- 
ments by Dr. Wriston in his report to the 
Brown Corporation at its annual meeting 
June 19. At the same time he reported the 
University's "deep and continuing interest 
in the program of broadening the base of 
our appeal for students" and in geographi- 
cal distribution of the undergraduates. 

"It is an interesting fact," he noted, that 
the number of students taking College 
Board tests who list Brown as first choice 
has shown an astounding increase since 
1940, a gain of 386%. Only two other 
institutions with which we normally com- 
pete show anything like that percentage of 
increase. We are now among the first five 
highest in number of first choices, which is 
a striking development. We find also that 
in comparison with other institutions in 
our group Brown's geographical distri- 
bution is on the whole notable. . .The 
whole problem of distribution is one of 
great significance educationally; if we 
solve it successfully, we contribute to the 
stability of our program, to its educational 
effectiveness, to the prestige of the Univer- 
sity, and the satisfaction of our alumni." 

In praising the current student body 
(as he had also done at the Senior dinner 
a few nights before). Dr. Wriston credited 
the leadership of Dean Kenny with the 
undergraduates as of "great influence in 
the stabilization of our situation in the 
midst of over-crowding." "The veterans," 
he continued, have been ardent in their 
"pursuit of academic success." "In par- 
ticular," he said, "the Veterans College 
has continued to outrun all expectations. 
After this year we are not going to con- 
tinue it as a separate unit save for admins- 
trative purposes. It has been a notable 
experiment which has brought wide recog- 
nition to Brown, but, far more important, 
it has performed an educational service 
of distinctive character. It was one of 
those gambles that an institution has to take 
if it is to perform its function, and it has 
been strikingly rewarding." 

> A MARKED RESURGENCE of interest in 
research on the part of the Faculty was 
also reported by the President to the Cor- 
poration. "One of the losses of the war 
which is too little appreciated is the dis- 
ruption of research by members of the 
Faculty and their inability to go abroad 
and maintain contact with scholars else- 
where," he said. "The whole intangible 
but extremely vital series of relationships 



100 Years After in Frankfort 

► ► Brown University's greetings were conveyed to the University of Frank- 
fort and the City of Frankfort in May when celebrations in that city commemorated 
the lOOth anniversary of the signing of the first democratic German Constitution. 
Kirk Smith '14, Providence attorney, represented Brown at the exercises. 

In keeping with academic tradition and amenities, Mr. Smith took with him 
an illuminated Latin document phrased by Prof. Herbert N. Couch of Brown's 
Classics Department. Recalling that Roger Williams exemplified the gaining and 
maintaining of liberty at the cost of faith and toil, it congratulated Frankfort as 
"eminent among the four ancient free cities of Germany," which with "the great- 
est steadfastness and most distinguished courage after 100 years is now about 
to commemorate the origins of democracy which had their birth in the Church of 
St. Paul." The document bore the signature of Chancellor Sharpe. 

Smith was in Europe with his wife to attend the annual meeting of the Congre- 
gational Union of England and Wales as a representative of the General Council 
of the Congregational Churches in the United States and of the U. S. Congrega- 
tional Committee on War Relief. ^ 



between scholars around the world has 
been upset. It has been encouraging this 
year ... to note the number who are using 
their vacations or sabbatic leaves to travel 
abroad or carry on research programs. 

"Prof. Smiley went to Siam under the 
auspices of the National Geographic 
Society (Prof. Miller accompanied him), 
Prof. Robinson to Greece under the aus- 
pices of the American School of Classical 
Studies at Athens, and Prof. Church has 
gone to France under the renewal of a 
Guggenheim Fellowship. These are men- 
tioned, not because they are unique, but 
because they are indicative of the fact that 
we are returning to normal and vigorous 
scholarly and research activities." 

In adopting a budget just short of five 
million dollars for next year. President 
Wriston said, "We are operating upon 




PROF. CHARLES A. SMILEY: 
To Siam and back. 

a thin margin of reserves and carrying 
forward in the faith that new resources 
will become available through the gener- 
osity of our constituency." 

► The Corporation elected the follow- 
ing to Standing Committees: Athletic 
Advisory Council — Roger T. Clapp to 
succeed C. Douglas Mercer; Prof. Zenas 
R. Bliss to succeed Prof. J. Sinclair Arm- 
strong. Brown Outing Reservation Advi- 
sory Board — K. Brooke Anderson and 
Charles J. Hill, re-elected. Committee on 
Consultation Between the Advisory and 
Executive Committee and the Associated 
Alumni — Claude R. Branch, re-elected. 
Faunce House Advisory Board — Prof. 
Charles A. Lynch, re-elected. Investment 
Committee — Henry D. Sharpe and 
Harold C. Field, re-elected. Nautical Ad- 
visory Board — L. Ralston Thomas and 
H. Stanton Smith, re-elected. Represen- 
tatives on the administrative board of the 
Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing 
— Prof. J. Walter Wilson. Library — 
Prof. W. Freeman Twaddell to succeed 
the late Prof. Robert F. Chambers. Com- 
mittee on Consultation between the Cor- 
poration and Faculty — Prof. Herbert N. 
Couch to succeed Prof. Chelcie C. Bosland. 
Advisory and Executive Committee — 
Dr. W. Russell Burwell to succeed the late 
Homer N. Sweet. Comprehensive Plan- 
ning and Development of University 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Property — Robert H. Ives Goddard to 
succeed Harold C. Field. Trustee Vacancy 
Committee — Arthur W. Packard to suc- 
ceed Mr. Sweet. Brown Christian Associa- 
tion Board — Dr. Albert C. Thomas, Prof. 
Couch, and Thomas E. Steere. Alumnae 
member on the Advisory Committee on 
Pembroke College — Prof. Margaret B. 
Stillwell to succeed Mrs. Gilbert Verney. 
New Committee of Management for the 
Annmary Brown Memorial — Dr. Law- 
rence C. Wroth, Albert E. Lownes, Fred- 
erick R. Goff, and Dr. Henry B. Van 
Hoesen. 

Members of the Board of Fellows who 
attended the Corporation meeting were: 
Dr. Wriston, Prof. John H. Williams, Fred 
B. Perkins, Mr. Branch, and Dr. Thomas. 
Trustees present were: Chancellor Sharpc; 
Edwin Farnham Greene, Norman S. Taber, 
Thomas B. Appleget, Arthur W. Packard, 



Dr. Charles C. Tillinghast, C. Douglas 
Mercer, and Donald G. Millar, all of New 
York: Dr. Joseph C. Robbins of Squantum, 
Mass.: Dr. W. Russell Burwell of Cleve- 
land; Judge Allyn Brown of Norwich, 
Conn.; William P. Burnham and James S. 
Eastham of Boston; J. Howard Alger of 
Montreal; Ronald M. Kimball of Chicago; 
Arthur B. Homer of Bethlehem, Pa.; 
Eugene W. O'Brien of Atlanta, Ga.; John 
G. Peterson of Minneapolis; William Davis 
Miller of Wakefield, R. I.; and Dr. L. Ral- 
ston Thomas, CHnton C. White, Harold C. 
Field, Judge John C. Mahoney, Albert H. 
Poland, Arthur B. Lisle, G, Burton Hib- 
bert, Donald S. Babcock, W. Easton Lout- 
tit, Jr., Chauncey E. Wheeler, Roger T. 
Clapp, and George T. Metcalf, all of Provi- 
dence. Present by invitation were Vice- 
President Bigelow, Vice-President Cochran, 
Dean Arnold, and Secretary Loosley. i 



The March down the Hill < < 




THE CHIEF MARSHAL AND HIS AIDES: Before the Commencement 
procession his corps awaited the formation. Identifiable from left to right — 
Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy '11, Fred E. Schoeneweiss '20, Wayland W. 
Rice '17, Senior President William E. McAuliffe, Chief Marshall Norman S. 
Case '08, Chief of Sta£f J. Cunliffe Bullock '02, Denison W. Greene '24, 
and Walter Adler '18. 



► ► The Van Wickle Gates opened 
outward on Commencement Day, as tra- 
dition commands, receiving the salute of 
Brown's alumni and graduating Seniors as 
the long line moved from the campus and 
on down the Hill. 

Norman S. Case '08, Washington at- 
torney and former Governor of Rhode 
Island, was Chief Marshal of the proces- 
sion, on his 40th anniversary. Again, how- 
ever, the man behind the scenes, the Chief 
of Staff, J. Cunliffe Bullock "02 handled 
the vast details that meant a smooth mus- 
tering of the brigade and the formalities 
that go into this simple, sentimental cere- 
mony. As last year, it was not only the 
march-down but also the march-back which 
these men and their aides conducted, since 
the Seniors were returned in formation to 
the further exercises on the College Green. 

Formed as usual to the east of University 
Hall, the line moved out to the south, 
swung left along George St., counter- 



marched past the John Carter Brown Li- 
brary and Sayles, swung out through the 
Faunce House archway, returned past the 
Pump and Hope College, and on between 
U. H. and Manning to the Front Campus. 
As always, the greatest congregation of 
watchers was on the Front Campus, at the 
top of College Hill near the Gates, at the 
corner of Waterman and Benefit Sts., and 
at the Church. But others watched from 
the College Hill fraternities, and other 
schools on Benefit St., and the University 
Club. 

Following William E. McAuliffe of 
Needham, Mass., war-hero and Senior Class 
Marshal, down the Hill came alumni by 
the hundred, escorting the graduating men 
and women. And finally, at the end of 
the long double file came the Seniors, 
Faculty, guests of honor, members of the 
Corporation, Chancellor Sharpe, President 
Wriston, Mace-Bearer Prof. Ben W. 
Brown '19, and Michael F. Costello '05, 

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High Sheriff of Providence County, ac- 
coutred with the topper, sash, sword, and 
full evening dress so necessary to the 
preservation of decorum. 

► Assisting the Chief Marshal were his 
aides: Robert Cushman Murphy '11, Harry 
H. Burton '16, H. Stanford McLeod '16, 
Frederick E. Schoeneweiss '20, Wayland 
W. Rice '17, Denison W. Greene '24, 
Kent F. Matteson '28, Thomas F. Gilbane 
'33, Walter Adler '18, Clarence H. Phil- 
brick '13, and Thomas L. Yatman '43. 

The aide in charge of the fourth divi- 
sion was Robert N. Foote '17, with the 
following class marshals: Henry D. Sharpe, 
Jr., '45, Samuel T. Arnold, Jr., '45, Ray- 
mond H. Abbott '43, J. Deming Bacon '43, 
James E. Lathrop, Jr., '38, C. Woodbury 
Gorman '38, Frank A. Gammino, II, '33, 
William J. Gilbane '3 3, Paul H. Hodge '28, 
and Earl H. Bradley '28. 

In the third division the aide was Arnold 
K. Brown '27, with marshals: Francis O. 
Allen, Jr., '23, Lawrence Lanpher '23, 
James I. McDowell '18, J. Harold Williams 
'18, Preston F. Arnold '13, Duncan Lang- 
don '13, Frank F. Mason "08, Norman L. 
Sammis '08, Lewis S. Milner '02, Everett 
J. Horton '02, Simon S. Lapham '98, and 
George F. Troy '98. 

The color guard was in the second divi- 
sion, which was under Aide Brenton G. 
Smith '11. Marshals for the graduating 
men were: Hugh B. Allison, John H. Bate- 
man, William E. Eastham, Donald M. 
Joseph, James P. Elder, Bennett B. Fuller, 
Howard A. Greis, Robert W. Hambleton, 
Phillip R. Jones, Carlin T. Kindilien, Wil- 
liam M. MacLeod, George H. Main, Walter 
S. B. Tate, James J. Tyrrell, Jr., R. Patter- 
son Warlick, James D. Watt, and Sidney 
W. Wray, Jr., Mrs. Alva A. Jewett '41 was 
Pembroke aide, with Senior marshals Eliza- 
beth H. Montali and Julia A. Rust. Faculty 
marshals were Prof. Sinclair W. Armstrong 
and Prof. C. R. Adams '18. 

Henry G. Clark 07 was aide in charge 
of the first division, where Prof. Herbert 
N. Couch and Prof. Robert H. George 
were marshals for the special guests, in- 
cluding judges of courts, candidates for 
honorary degrees. Mayor Roberts, Gov 
ernor Pastore, and alumni officers. Harvey 
A. Baker '03 and Albert L. Midgley '01 
were marshals for the Board of Trustees, 
Albert A. Baker '84 and Prof. Albert K. 
Potter '86 for the Board of Fellows. 

Three bands played the Commencement 
March by Wally Reeves, dictated by de- 
cades of custom and familiar by repetition 
(the word is used advisedly) to the ears 
and hearts of Brunonians and the com- 
munity. 

Although the line was long, it was a 
matter of frequently expressed regret that 
the younger classes were not better repre- 
sented in it. ^ 



Reunion Reports 

► Stories of Brown's 33 reunions 
in 1928 must await reports from 
more Class Secretaries and Reunion 
Chairmen. Our first issue in the Fall, 
which will have more space for ade- 
quate coverage, will address itself to 
this major aspect of a fine Com- 
mencement. Only a few of the 
major reunions are described under 
the Class numerals in our depart- 
ment "Brunonians Far and Near." ^ 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 




DEAN RICHARDSON 

Salute by His Colleagues 

> Honoring Dean and Mrs. R. G. D. 
Richardson on the occasion of the Dean's 
retirement after 41 years of service at 
Brown University, the Mathematics De- 
partment at Brown gave a dinner at the 
Wannamoisett Country Club in June. 
The Dean was presented with a set of 
chessmen, and Mrs. Richardson received a 
lace tablecloth as a gift. 

Guests included Prof. Marston Morse, 
formerly of the Brown University Depart- 
ment of Mathematics and now at the In- 
stitute for Advanced Study in Princeton, 
N. J.; Mrs. George D. Birkhoff, Mrs. Wil- 
liam C. Graustein, Prof, and Mrs. J. Has- 
brouck Van Vleck and Prof, and Mrs. 
Joseph L. Walsh of Cambridge; Prof, and 
Mrs. Einar Hille of New Haven, Dean and 
Mrs. Samuel T. Arnold of Brown, and 
Dean Margaret S. Morriss of Pembroke 
College. Dr. Hille is President of the 
American Mathematical Society this year. 

Forty-five people attended the dinner. 
Arrangements were made by Dean Nancy 
Luke Lewis of Pembroke College and Profs. 
C. R. Adams, R. E. Gilman, A. A. Bennett 
and their wives. ^ 

APA Selects Ducasse 

► ► Prof. Curt J. Ducasse, Chairman of 
Brown University's Philosophy Depart- 
ment and Acting Dean of the Graduate 
School, has accepted the invitation of the 
American Philosophical Association's com- 
mittee on the Carus Lectures to be next 
Carus Lecturer, probably early in 1949. 
The lectureship, founded about 20 years 
ago by the family of the late Dr. Paul 
Carus, Editor of the philosophical journal, 
The MoTiist, and founder of the Open 
Court Publishing Company, requires the lec- 
turer to submit to the Open Court Publish- 
ing Company the manuscript of a philo- 
sophical book for publication. On the basis 
of this work the speaker delivers three lec- 
tures before a joint session of the Eastern, 
Western and Pacific Divisions of the Amer- 
ican Philosophical Association which meets 
for this purpose. 

The other lecturers on the Carus series 
have been seven so far : John Dewey, George 
H. Meade, A. O.Lovejoy, W. P. Montague, 
E. P. McGilvary, C. L Lewis and M. R. 
Cohen, invited because of their outstanding 
work in the field of philosophy. ^ 



Advanced Degrees: 
a Record Number 

► ► The evil results of bad education 
m other lands and the doubts and fears 
about the future of our society in the 
atomic age have contributed to public 
interest in the major question of modern 
times: What kind of education will meet 
the needs of society? 

To this thesis. Dr. Oliver Cromwell 
Carmichael addressed himself at the June 
Convocation of the Brown Graduate 
School when 63 candidates received 
advanced degrees. It was the largest num- 
ber ever awarded at Brown, a total 
supplemented by 3 3 more awarded last 
October — 96 in a single academic year. 
Candidates were presented June 19 in 
Sayles Hall by Dr. Curt J. Ducasse, acting 
Dean of the Graduate School, with Pres- 
ident Wriston awarding the degrees. An 
academic procession was a preliminary to 
the exercises, which were followed by a 
tea in the John Carter Brown Library. 

Dr. Carmichael is President of the 
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement 
of Teaching, as well as Chancellor of the 
Graduate School and Senior College at 
Vanderbilt University. In his splendid 
address, he argued for a new emphasis on 
education in view of its expanding frontiers. 
He noted attempts to appraise the useful- 
ness of audio-visual aids following their 
wartime effectiveness "not only in imparting 
information but in the development of 
attitudes and understanding." He ex- 
amined the deep interest in general edu- 
cation, asserting that "fragmentation of 
knowledge through emphasis on depart- 
mental subject matter has been the least 
defensible of our educational practices." 
The humanistic ideal has been replaced 
by stressing detailed scholarship, but more 
than one observer has found a "silent 
revolution" of great significance taking 
place. 

Dr. Carmichael, remarking that courses 
in international relations after the First 
World War did not prosper, said there 
was more hope for the area programs which 
have sprung up since 194?. "Every 
important area of the world should ulti- 
mately he the subject of special considera- 
tion in one or more of the universities in 
this country," he said. With international 
studies still in their infancy, "America's 
position in the international community 
calls for a vast expansion of interest in 
those subjects which are basic to the prep- 
aration of citizens for their responsibilities 
in this new era. The colleges and universi- 
ties will have to point the way." 

Consider the role of education in devel- 
oping a sense of values, the speaker that 
"while higher education has traditionally 
extolled moral and spiritual values as 
prime objectives, the curriculum in recent 
decades has given little evidence of that 
faith." The graduates of our colleges and 
universities must be "more than spectators 
in the conflicts ahead," he continued. 
"Never taking a stand means irrespon- 
sibility in community life. It is the task 
of education not only to help the graduates 
choose the right side but to assist them in 
developing the power of conviction which 
alone will sustain them in the struggle." 

The confusion of our modern world, 
he felt, arises from the fact that the basic 
principles of the good life are not agreed 
upon. The stake is so great, however, that 
this field must be explored with tools of 

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progress which, though successful in the 
natural sciences, "seem somehow never 
to have been applied with the same realism 
and energy in the field of human relations." 
Measurement of educational results was 
another fruitful field into which two impor- 
tant expeditions had been dispatched, he 
said, in the establishment of the Educa- 
tional Testing Service and the Princeton 
Study of education's impact on under- 
graduates. 

"No other area of human endeavor 
offers such a fruitful field for the adventur- 
ous spirit (as education)," Dr. Carmichael 
concluded. The future of society will 
depend largely upon the ability of the 
profession of teaching to attract the ablest 
and most creative minds. Education, after 
all, represents the cutting edge of progress 
and must lead the forces of social advance. 
It must require the most intelligent and 
intrepid of modern pioneers." 

> The following alumni of Brown 
received advanced degrees from the Grad- 
uate School this year: Master of Arts — 
Howard G. Baetzhold '44 in English; 
Hebert W. Bolles '46 in History of 
Religion; Samuel C. Damon '44 in Bot- 
any; Donald E. Hall '41 in Education; 
Robert T. von der Lieth '46 in English; 
Charles H. Philbrick II '44 in English; 
Arnold M. Soloway '42 in Economics; 
Dean R. Staats '46 in Education and 
Mathematics. Master of Science — 
Edward A. Bilodeau "47 in Psychology; 
Daniel Fairchild '45 in Engineering; 
Nicholas J. Ceroid '42 in Biology; David 
N. Goldstein '45 in Engineering; Milton 
A. Phillips '46 in Engineering. 

Last October the following advanced 
degrees were awarded: Doctor of Phil- 
osophy — Andrew J. Sabol '41 in English 
(his thesis — "Music for the English 
drama from the beginnings to 1642"). 
Master of Arts — John B. Harcourt '43 
in English: Ernest H. Hofer '46 in English: 
Earl C. Tanner '41 in American Civiliza- 
tion. 

Several foreign students received 
advanced degrees this June: Berit Gercin, 
from the University of Ankara, Turkey; 
Gebhard J. Scherrer, from the University 
of Zurich; Pei-Ping Chen, Chiao-tung 
University, China; Franz Edelman, from 
McGill; Stuart D. Baxter, University of 
New Brunswick; Pasquale Montaro, Uni- 
versity of Venice. 

Other institutions represented by the 
candidates were: Wesleyan, Clark, N.Y.U., 
Baylor, Queens, Geneva, Pittsburgh 
Theological, Providence, St. Michael's, 
Connecticut, Mount Union, Tampa, Colby, 
Russell Sage, Wellesley, C.C.N.Y., Bel- 
oit, Brooklyn Poly, Massachusetts, Worces- 
ter Tech, Temple, Rutgers, Hunter, Har- 
' vard, Brooklyn, Kalamazoo, Vermont, Ala- 
bama, California, R.I.C.E., Birmingham 
Southern, Middlebury, St. Joseph's, Bow- 
doin, Columbia, Simmons, Oregon State, 
New Jersey College, Oberlin, Colgate, 
South Dakota State, Long Island, Colorado 
U., Hawaii, Alma, Nebraska Wesleyan, 
Andover Newton Theological, Washing- 
ton State, Howard, and Haverford. i 

Prof. Farnstcorth Cited 

► RiPON College, his Alma Mater, had a 
citation for Prof. Harry E. Farnsworth of 
the Brown's Physics Department during the 
"Second Century Program" at Ripon this 
year. He also took part in a Science panel 
discussion on the theme "The Colleges in 
the Future of Education and Science." i 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Here and There a Dirge < M 



► ► Judging from final facts and per- 
ccntages, said the Brown Daily Herald in a 
sports review in its last issue of the year, 
Brown went bankrupt in its athletic en- 
deavors during 1947-48. Varsity football, 
basketball, and baseball teams won a short 
total of 12 games. If it hadn't been for the 
four wins on the gridiron and the respect- 
able showings by the wrestling and track 
teams, this would probably go down as the 
year of the Great Famine in Bruin sports 
annals. 

But, the writer continues, despite the 
poverty reflected by won-lost records. Bear 
fans, like long-shot horse-players, had their 
moments. It will take a good many football 
seasons to dull the memory of the victory 
in the Yale Bowl last November, and that 
70-60 court upset over R. I. State will do 
until the next one comes along. There 
were rewarding achievements on the ice, 
at Colgate Hoyt Pool, and on the track. 
(The reviewer might also have pointed out 
that the Freshman teams provided the best 
over-all record in Brown history during the 
fall and winter.) 

Baseball certainly had a hapless season 
with only one victory over each intra-State 
rival to show for 13 starts. Brown finished 
at the bottom of the heap in its first season 
in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball 
League. Coach Eddie Eayrs" nine beat 
Providence College 8-7 and R. I. State 7-3 
but lost to Wesleyan 6-3, Holy Cross 3-1 
and 7-1, Princeton 10-4, Navy 4-2, Yale 
16-2, Columbia 19-0, Army 8-2, Dart- 
mouth 7-3, Connecticut 4-2, and Provi- 
dence College 13-3. The Freshman won 
eight of 12, beating Harvard 4-2, R. I. 
State 6-3, Providence College 4-3 and 13-2, 
Dean Academy '5-4. Connecticut 3-0, 
Nichols Jr. College 7-4, and Leicester Jr. 
College 18-6. The losses: to Worcester 
Academy 10-6, Holy Cross 5-3, R. I. State 
12-0, and Yale 5-1. 

With several outstanding stars, the 
Brown track team lost only to R. I. State, 
to which it was also second best in the New 
England Intercollegiates at Aldrich Field. 
The Bears compiled a creditable 27 points 
in the regional games, even without two 
ailing weight men who had been champions 
in other years. The day's surprise came 
when Josh Tobey, who has tried every- 
thing from the 440 up, ran a winning two- 
mile in 9:47.3, the best time of his life. 
Royce Crimmins, reliable quarter-miler, 
took his event with a 10-yard lead in 49.1 
seconds. Dick Phillips, who had won the 
Penn Relays, took the high jump at 6:4. 
Other points for Brown came from Bill 
Dwyer, second in the 100; Leeth, second 
and fourth in two hurdle events; and 
Lauro, second in the javelin. Dwyer, Phil- 
lips, Leeth, Tobey, and Crimmin all scored 
for Brown in the IC4A meet for a total of 
12 points, Tobey running the mile and tak- 
ing fourth. Phillips trailed the leading 
leaper by one inch at a hair under 6:6. 
(Mondschein of NYU broke the meet rec- 
ord at 6:6%.) Dwyer placed in both the 
100 and the low hurdles. The team total was 
good for eighth place. 

Phillips, Dwyer, and Crimmins were 
winners in the New England AAAU meet 
and went west for the nationals and the 
NCAA meet as well. Bob Bennett, former 
Brunonian, the National AAU hammer 
champ, also hoped to make his Olympic 
bid in defending his title. 



In the dual meets Brown repeated a win- 
ter victory over M.I.T. 73-62 and gave 
Holy Cross one of its worst defeats 90-36. 
A R. I. State meet, which had figured as a 
toss-up until Flick and Hodash were hurt 
and weakened the weight contingent, went 
to the Kingston men 77-58. The Freshmen 
beat M.I.T. 81-43, Connecticut 75-60, and 
La Salle 68-62; lost to R. I. State 75-60, 
Andover 90-36, B. U. 78-48, and Hope 
75-60. 

The tennis team split even, beating 
Tufts 7-2, Holy Cross 7-2, Connecticut 8-1, 
and Bryant 8-1 and 6-3: losing to Yale 9-0, 
Wesleyan 6-3, Harvard 9-0, M.I.T. 8-1, 
R. I. State 6-3. The Freshmen beat Tufts 
8-1 but lost to Harvard 9-0, Bryant 6-3, 
M.I.T. 9-0, and Nichols 6-3. 

The golfers won three of 1 1, taking Holy 
Cross 5-4, WPI 7-2, and R. I. State 5'/2- 
31/2. We lost to Harvard 7^-'2-l'/2. BC 6-3, 
Yale 9-0, Connecticut 5-4, Dartmouth 8-1, 
M.I.T. 7-2 and 6-3, B.U. V/rlVz- The 
Jayvees lost three; Dartmouth 9-0, Andover 
8-1, Nichols 7-2. 

An informal lacrosse season saw the Nar- 
ragansett Lacrosse Club beat Dean Acad- 
emy 7-1 and Tabor Academy 4-2, while 
losing to Harvard JV 8-0, M.I.T. JV 6-2, 
and Boston Lacrosse Club 12-6. ^ 



Plainfield Vieivs the Y 

► The young Plainfield Area Section 
of the Associated Alumni in New Jersey 
is much encouraged by the interest devel- 
oped in producing an active organization. 
Representatives from Plainfield, South 
Plainfield, Westfield, Clinton, Somerville, 
Rahway, and Martinsville were pre,sent at a 
meeting held May 20 at the Park Hotel. 
Plainfield. 

In accord with its policy of educating 
the membership in community matters, 
the program was devoted to the work of the 
YMCA, as a previous one had been de- 
voted to the public schools of the area. 
The work of the Y had a particular interest 
in that two of the alumni are active in it 
locally. Charles WaU, Jr., '37 is chairman 
of the Plainfield Y committee on work with 
boys and explained this program. He was 
introduced by Alexander Logan '42, pro- 
gram committee chairman who is also a 
member of the YMCA committee. Calvert 
Hall, Boys' Work Secretary, showed a 
sound film on Y activities throughout the 
world. 

This meeting was interesting as it showed 
constructive work done by the two Brown 
men. Part of their activities are with the 
high school students who are prospective 
Brown men. 

Edwin B. Havens '28, President of the 
Area Section, presided. Most of the men 
had dinner together before the meeting. 
JOSEPH K. BURWELL 'i; 



For a Brunonian Bookshelf M M 



Dr. Tolman's Survey 

► "A SURVEY OF THE SCIENCE.S," the ad- 
dress by Dr. Richard Chace Tolman at the 
1947 Graduate Convocation, has been pub- 
lished as No. 20 in the series of Broum Uni- 
versity Papers. It is a reprint from the 
issue of Science for Aug. 15, 1947, and 
proves an attractive presentation of a 
stimulating address. 

Several of Dr. Tolman's comments will 
be of particular interest to Brown alumni. 
We quote, with apologies for taking the 
references out of context: ". . . the im- 
portant work of Prof. Lindsay, of this Uni- 
versity, on the philosophical bases ol phys- 
ices " '". . . the work in physical and in- 
organic chemistry which has been carried 



25 Distinguished Years 

¥ Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth, Li- 
brarian of the John Carter Brown Li- 
brary and an honorary alumnus of 
Brown, completed in June 25 years 
of service on College Hill. Inter- 
nationally renowned in his field, he 
recently received the medal of the 
American Institute of Graphic Arts 
during special exercises. 

Speaking of Dr. Wroth's "hon- 
ored place in American scholarship 
and letters," President Wriston said 
in his annual report to the Brown 
Corporation, "It is heartening to see 
public recognition of an eminent 
scholar whose management of a 
great collection has done so much 
to advance the cause of enlighten- 
ment and to bring renown to this 
University." 

Dr. Wriston called attention to 
the fact that the Library was pros- 
pering, with the Associates continu- 
ing their generous work. ^ 



out at Brown University by Prof. Kraus 
and his colleagues and which has been so 
important in peace and war." "We are 
indebted to the work of the behaviorists, 
including the important contributions of 
Prof. Hunter, of this University, for a 
view of psychology which emphasizes ob- 
servable behavior rather than hypothetical 
mind." "In view of the importance of 
applied mathematics, I wish to pay special 
tribute to Dean Richardson, who, in addi- 
tion to his own notable contributions to 
pure mathematics, has had the sagacity 
and ability to foster the establishment and 
activities of the Brown University Institute 
of Applied Mathematics. We may look on 
the present and future accomplishments of 
this Institute with satisfaction and con- 
fidence." 

Dr. Tolman is Dean and Professor of 
Physical Chemistry and Mathematical 
Physics of California Institute of Tech- 
nology. He was wartime Vice-President 
of OSRD. < 

The Indian Was White 
► "Hawk, the White Indian," by Phillips 
D. Carleton '20, is the story (for youngsters, 
especially) about an 18th century Massa- 
chusetts boy and his captivity with the 
redskins. "Well-written far beyond aver- 
age," one reviewer noted. "Your 10-12- 
year oldsters will like this book." (Bobbs 
Merrill $2.50) 

Carleton is a former assistant in the De- 
partment of English at Brown and later on 
the Faculty at the University of Vermont. 
A Marine in the first World War, he re- 
turned to that service as an historian in 
the second and is still with the Government. 

Another author, formerly in the Brown 
English Department, is William E. Wil- 
son, Jr., of the Baltimore Sun. currently 
enjoying the success of his "Crescent City." 
It ran through its first Simon and Schuster 
printing of 9000 and on into the second. ^ 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



"Stratv to Make Brick" 

► ► Greeted as a novel of exceptional 
maturity, "Straw to Make Brick" appeared 
in February, the first major work hy Alan 
Marcus "43 of Providence and New York. 
Drawn on the author's two years in the 
ETO, it tells of American attempts to set 
up a democratic government in a German 
town during the military occupation. "Its 
theme of warring ideologies, of one world 
struggling to be born, is the theme most 
relevant to our times," wrote W. T. Scott 
"31, Providence Journal Literary Editor. 
"Marcus, with a novelist's instinct, has set 
it within the comprehensive structure of a 
small military detachment in a small town. 
But it remains large, serious, and sustained. 

"He already knows how to present char- 
acter in the round. Among his German 
villagers are kindly folk, embittered losers 
of war, unreconstructed Nazis, genuine 
democrats, untrustworthy collaborators. 
The American officers and men include an 
earnest man of good will, an ambitious slob 
with a local countess as mistress, a bunch 
of Pfc's who range from decent fellows to 
vicious "fraternizers" with the morals of a 
pimp; Corporal Mark Gordon, a Jewish in- 
tellectual who knows the score but whose 
emotions frequently betray him into racial 
hatred of the townsfolk as violent as that 
his own race has suffered. . . . Marcus' aim 
is to dramatize ideas through personalities 
(not the other way round). And because 
he accomplishes this extrinsically, his book 
has control and integrity, passion, too." i 

"Bridge at Branfield" 

> JosiAH E. Greene '3 3, who lives in 
Washington, Conn., has written a small- 
town Connecticut novel, reports W. T. 
Scott '31 of the Providence Journal. 
Greene calls it "A Bridge at Branfield." 
The publisher is Macmillan. which awarded 
him the first prize money in its novel con- 
test a few years ago for that fine book, "Not 
in Our Stars." The "Bridge" was due out 
in time for the spring freshets. i 



Oraduating ns a Family 

► More and more these days. Com- 
mencement IS becoming a family 
affair. The number of wives and 
children who watched married 
Brown Seniors receive their degrees 
this June was probably the largest 
ever, but that wasn't all: 

Three married couples were 
among the "Bachelors." One of 
them was Mr, and Mrs. Wheaton A. 
Holden, who met in the Brown Or- 
chestra where both played flute. 
They were married in 1946 after his 
tour of duty with the Army Air 
Forces. By accelerating his studies 
after his return, he was able to grad- 
uate with his wife. He will continue 
his art studies for a Master's degree 
at Boston University. 

Walter H. Richter, Jr., '44 and 
his wife, Joah Connelly Richter, both 
were June graduates, as were H. 
Vasken Aposhian "46 and Mary M. 
Zaidan Aposhian, who received her 
diploma in her maiden name. 

Among the Pembroke graduates 
were a mother and daughter. Al- 
though Mrs. Elsie Marsh Roberts at- 
tended high school 20 years before 
Miss Elsie Elaine Roberts, they en- 
tered Pembroke together in 1944. i 



Academy Salute to an Emeritus 

► ► The honorary title of "Professor Emeritus, U. S. Naval Academy," was 
bestowed on Prof. Allan F. Westcott "03, historian and author who has taught at 
the Academy for more than 36 years. His retirement from active duty dates from 
June 30. To ceremonies in May all midshipmen of the brigade, members of the 
faculty, officer and civilian, and their wives were invited. Prof. Westcott, the official 
announcement said, "has added lustre to this institution as a teacher, as an his- 
torian, and as a citizen of the community."" 

His books include: "A History of Sea Power,"" "The United States Navy, a 
History,"" "Mahan on Naval Warfare,"" which he edited. Other editorial products 
were: "New Poems by James I of England,"" the original manuscript of which 
he found in the British Museum; Dana"s "Two Years Before the Mast," and 'Tour 
Centuries of Literature, English and American."" In 1918 Prof. Westcott was on 
special duty with the historical .section, Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington. 
Before going to Annapolis in 1911, he taught at Brown and Columbia. 

In the autumn Prof. Westcott's youngest son enrolls as a Freshman at Brown 
while his granddaughter, Laura Martin, enters Pembroke. He will make his home 
henceforth at Lee Shore, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. i 



West, Collected 

► An omnibus collection of the four 
novels by Nathanael West "24 is announced 
for publication by Reynal and Hitchcock. 
It will include, of course, "The Dream Life 
of Balso Snell,"" "Miss Lonely Hearts,"' "A 
Cool Million," and "The Day of the Lo- 
custs," together with a reminiscence by 
S. J. Perelman '25, West's brother-in-law. 

"The West legend is growing," writes 
W. T. Scott '31, Literary Editor of the 
Proi'idence Journal, "and the book should 
increase the audience of an original, mem- 
orable writer." ^ 

Organizing Talk 

► If Americans would "talk it over," we 
would have a more informed public opin- 
ion and Government would be more re- 
sponsive to it. On this thesis the National 
Institute of Social Relations has been op- 
erating in setting up a half-dozen experi- 
mental studies in community education 
during the past year. In the thick of the 
experiment is Daniel S. Anthony '35, Di- 
rector (with his wife as assistant) of the 
Muncie Community Discussion Council at 
405 South Walnut St., Muncie, Ind. 

The program attempts to carry over into 
civilian life some of the techniques of the 
Army orientation work during the war. 
Some of his former aides in the War De- 
partment are now assisting Dr. Julius 
Schreiber in "stirring up talk" on local. 
State, and national issues at the grass roots 
level. 

How can the average American make 
sense out of the stream of words that hits 
him daily? You can't ask headlines to ex- 
plain; you can't argue with a radio; you 
can't discuss it with a film; you can't talk 
back to a book. But it has been the Amer- 
ican tradition for 170 years to indulge in 
the give and take of discussion, the ex- 
change of information and opinion. Such 
is the belief of the Institute, which further 
maintains that discussion is particularly 
profitable when it is organized, for a pur- 
pose. In providing a constructive inter- 
play of individual and group thinking, the 
program is seen to promote tolerance and 
understanding, awaken a sense of civic re- 
sponsibility, and build intelligent, useful 
citizenship. 

The Anthonys are full-time field repre- 
sentatives of the Institute in Muncie, serv- 
ing as executives of the community project. 
They work with business men's associa- 
tions, civic and service clubs, parent-teacher 
associations, veterans' groups, youth 
groups, and labor groups. In addition to 
Muncie, the experiment was first centered 
in Pittsfield, Mass.; Canton, Ohio; Allen- 
town, Pa,; .Syracuse, N. Y.; and Birming- 

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THEY WANTED TO SING: And 
Song-Leader Earl M. Pearce '17 
had plenty of support at the 
Alumni Dinner with the good old 
!<ongs. 

ham, Ala. One of the board of 19 Con- 
sultants is Quentin Reynolds "24. i 

Breakfast of Bacteriologists 

► The strong feeling of fellowship 
within Brown"s Department of Biology 
manifests itself in special gatherings when- 
ever the scientific societies meet through- 
out the country. In Minneapolis on May 
11, while the Society of American Bacter- 
iologists was in session, the following 
Brunonians had a reunion breakfast: Jack 
Blair, Ph.D. '23, Edgar J. Staff "1.=;, R. 
Perry Elrod "36, Marshall L. Snyder "30, 
Samuel R. Damon "16, Robert M. Pike 
"28, Philip Carpenter, M.S. '34, Harold 
W. Lyall "08, Paul F. Clark "04, and Prof. 
C. A. Stuart. i 

A Letter 
SIR: 

Perez Fobes, acting President of Brown 
University during the year when Dr. Man- 
ning was in Congress and Professor of 
Natural Philosophy for 12 years, was 
buried in the Pleasant Street Cemetery in 
Raynham, Mass. The flat table-like stone 
marking his grave is broken, and the 
family, if any is left, is sadly neglecting the 
grave. It would seem that Brown should 
do something about it. 

A HARVARD FRIEND OF BROWN 



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Refreshers 4 



what better time than on the threshold 
of summer to recommend some good read- 
ing to those alumni who will have time 
and leaning toward "further study"^ We 
continue herewith otir monthlv custom of 
providing redding lists selected by members 
of the University Faculty for men who 
wish to pursue further a serious interest 
developed in College. The John Hiy 
Library sets aside each month the booljs 
uihich have been named, and the University 
Bool^store will assist in their purchase. 

CLASSICS 

> Greek. Plays in Modern Translation. 
Edited with an introduction by Dudley 
Pitts, Dial, 1947. Eleven plays from 
the writers of Greek tragedy by a variety 
of translators. Uneven in quality and 
approach, but stimulating in their nov- 
elty. 

The Odes of Pindar. Tran-slated by Rich- 
mond Lattimore, Oxford University 
Press, 1947. A new and vigorous trans- 
lation in simple English. Brief, but 
illuminating explanatory notes on set- 
ting and context are added. 

Alexander the Great. C. A. Robinson, Jr., 
Dutton, 1947. A biography of Alexan- 
der in relation to his times that has been 
warmly reviewed in many quarters. His 
former students at Brown will take 
especial pleasure. 

'M.icanor of Athens. Owen F. Grazebrook, 
Macmillan, 1947. Recommended for 
those who like their history in fictional 
form. A story of Athens at the time of 
the Peloponnesian War. 

Virgil's Mind at Wor\. Robert Wilson 
Cruttwell, Macmillan, 1947. An analy- 
sis of the Aeneid predicated on the 
assumption of recognizable ability rather 
than supreme genius on the part of 
Virgil. i 

ASTROISOMY 

¥ Through Time and Space. Sir James 
Jeans, Masmillan, 1936. One of the best 
introductions to Astronomy, especially 
recommended to any who did not take 
Astronomy in College. 

The Glass Giant of Palomar. David O. 
Woodbury, Dodd-Mead, 1939. In non- 
technical language the story of the big 
200-inch telescope, now installed. Rec- 
ommended as interesting reading even 
for the person who concentrated in 
English as an undergraduate. Not out- 
dated by the latest news. 

Sunspots m Action. Harlan T. Stetson, 
Ronald Press, 1947. A Brown alumnus 
gives the latest information on sunspots 
and their terrestrial effects. The man 
who shovels snow and the man who, in 
summer, wishes he were doing so will 
enjoy the chapter on sunspots and the 
weather. 

Telescopes and Accessories. Dimitroff ^ 
Baker, Blakiston, 1945. The engineer- 
ing graduate will find this a fascinating 
account of modern astronomical equip- 
ment. Well written for the technically 
minded. 

Mailing Tour Own Telescope. A. J. 
Thompson, Sky Publishing Co., 1947. 
The latest and, some say, the best on 
the making of reflecting telescopes. 

Star Atlas and Reference Handbool^. A. 
P. Norton, Gall-Inglis, 1946. The 
student who enjoyed Astronomy in Col- 
lege will probably be glad to know that 
this work is again available in a revised 
edition. The best of current star atlases. 



Baccalaureate Thoughts 

► ► Since 1878 the graduates have come 
down the Hill to the Meeting House of 
the First Baptist Church, its minister. Dr. 
Albert C. Thomas "08, reminded the 
Seniors as he began the 1948 Baccalaureate 
Sermon. He recalled the double purpose 
in erecting the building, "for the publick 
Worship of Almighty GOD and also for 
holding Commencements in." The Col- 
lege, he said, "recognized the connection 
between the existence of Almighty God 
and the proper performance of its educa- 
tional apparatus."" Moreover, in its most 
recent Charter amendment, the University 
had again acknowledged "its especial and 
perpetual indebtedness to the churches 
from which it sprang and reaffirms its pur- 
pose hereafter to continue to adhere to 
the basic ideals and principles common to 
them and similar institutions of religion."' 
This reaffirmation is not a "courteous bow 
to ancient tradition,"" Dr. Thomas pointed 
out. It is an acknowledgment that the 
living of life according to God"s dictates 
makes it one of "usefulness and reputa- 
tion." 

"There is a connection between the con- 
ception of God and effective living,'" said 



Dr. Thomas. He said that employers, in 
a vague way, are beginning to feel the 
importance of a philosophy in the men they 
hire — a belief that gives steadiness, pur- 
pose, and peace of mind. Educators and 
employers appear to be taking an increas- 
ing interest in the spiritual attitude of their 
prospective students and employes. The 
whole world is increasingly aware, in his 
opinion, of the need for an active philos- 
ophy based on God"s teaching. 

The graduates, their families and friends, 
and University representatives filled the 
historic Meeting House. The Scriptures 
were read by President Wriston, while 
invocation and benediction were given by 
Chaplain Robbins. Prof. Dineen was 
organist, as he was at other University 
functions through the Commencement 
period. 

With the weather again beneficent, the 
President"s Reception was held for the first 
time in the gardens of the new Presidents 
House at 5 5 Power St. It was estimated 
that 1200 persons attended the function 
in the former Rush Sturges estate at the 
south end of Brown St. Dr. and Mrs. 
Wriston received the guests of the Univer- 
sity in this handsome setting. 4 



Brunonians Far and Near < < 



EDITED BY JOHN B. HARCOURT '43 



Return to Caribou 

► In 1898 YOUNG William C. Hill 
"94 tendered his resignation to the 
School Committee of Caribou, Me., 
having served two years as Principal 
of the High School there — his first 
principalship in the long and dis- 
tinguished career that was to be his 
in public education. 

On June 23, 1948, Mr. Hill re- 
turned to Caribou to deliver the 
graduation address at the High 
School, 50 years after his first leave- 
taking. It was a moment of deep 
sentiment on the platform and in 
the audience. ^ 



1882 

► Rev. Frank A. Everett is living with 
his brother Dr. Eugene E. Everett "94 at 
323 High St., Westwood, Mass. He will 
reach his 90th year on June 10. 

A fine letter from George Huntington 
of Huntington Drive, Ann Arbor, Mich., 
shows that he continues to keep in touch 
with his classmates. 

188S 

Frank Hail Brown has had a pleasant 
correspondence this spring with Rev. Henry 
K. Wilbur, although the latter is seriously 
ill in the County Infirmary in Marshall, 
Mich. Mr. Wilbur continues his active 
interest in Biblical interpretation, although 
he has had to give up his active ministry 
in the Church of God. In this faith and the 
Baptist denomination he preached in 10 
communities, along with summer farming 
for his health. Several Middle Western 
colleges conferred advanced degrees on him 
as he continued his studies. Advanced 
studies and writing also occupied him in a 
number of Midwest college towns. Among 
his degrees is an honorary one from Amity 
College. 

The Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta 
Kappa voted at its annual meeting in June 

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to accept with appreciation the Key which 
was formerly Prof. Andrew McC. Warren, 
Orientalist who died in 1943. The Chapter 
has a collection of Keys which belonged to 
members at various periods of its history. 
1886 

Prof. George Grafton Wilson is living at 
38 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Mass. Class 
Secretary A. K. Potter had a good letter 
from him recently. 

1891 

The Adolph C. Ely Prize in German this 
year went to Marie G. Capalbo of Pembroke 
who had the highest Senior standing in 
Germanic languages and literature. The 
prize derives from a fund bequeathed by 
Mr. Ely in 1941. 

1897 

Arthur M. Allen was renamed a Director 
of the New England Electric System at its 
annual meeting in May. He was active in 
the reorganization of the various utilities 
which comprise it. A member of the Provi- 
dence law firm of Hinckley, Allen, Tilling- 
hast 6? Wheeler, he is also General Counsel 
and a Director of the Phenix National Bank 
of Providence; Treasurer and a Director of 



Their Debt to Flagg 

► A recent issue of the official 
publication of the National Associa- 
tion of Mutual Insurance Companies 
carries this tribute to Burton S. 
Flagg "96, a former President: 

"He is known as tall, dignified, 
accomplished, a man of great ability, 
a clear thinker, an intelligent talker, 
a correct writer, and an ideal presid- 
ing officer. . . . To him Mutual In- 
surance in the United States is 
deeply indebted."" 

President of the Merrimack Mu- 
tual Fire Insurance Co. and the Cam- 
bridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 
he IS also President of the Andover 
Savings Bank in Massachusetts. i 



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the Baltic Mills Company and Vice-Presi- 
dent and a Director of the Baltic Water 
Company, Baltic, Conn. 

Frank N. Cady is living at 26 8th St., 
New Bedford, Mass. 

1898 

Twenty-nine of the 60 members of the 
Class were on hand for the golden anni- 
versary dinner at the University Club June 
19 at the University Club, including Borden 
D. Whiting, President, Luke Kavanaugh, 
State Insurance Commissioner for the State 
of Colorado, and Roland C. Powers of San 
Marino, Calif. On Sunday John A Gam- 
mons entertained the men at his home in 
East Greenwich. 

Others who attended the reunion were: 
Theodore E. Dexter, William K. Potter, 
Pliny A. Boyd, Robert J. Fuller, William H. 
Cady, John W. Comey, James S. Allen, 
former President of the Associated Alumni, 
Frederick W. Arnold, Dr. Thomas J. Bur- 
rage, Fred A. Smart, Dwight K. Bartlett, 
George F. Troy, Simon S. Lapham, Howell 
G. Wilco.x, John Pettibone, Charles E. 
Paine, Ralph K. Hyde, Dr. John B. Fergu- 
son, J. Harry Farrell, Dr. Howard N. Kings- 
ford of Dartmouth College, Rev. Lester B. 
Mathewson, E. LeRoy Hart, George W. 
Chaplin, Henry M. Boss, and George W. 
Morris. 

It was a matter of great regret to all that 
Class Secretary Thomas E. Steere, who had 
taken such an active part in arranging the 
reunion and who was responsible for so 
much that was pleasant in the program, 
should have been ill just at Commencement 
time. 

Wirt T. Fellows' current address is 9509 
S.E. Ellis St., Portland, Ore. 

1899 

Alexander S. Grier is receiving congratu- 
lations from his many friends on the recent 
completion of 50 years continuous service 
with the James McCutcheon Co., linen mer- 
chants, of Fifth Avenue, N. Y. Although 
compelled by serious illness to leave college 
early, Alex has evidenced his loyalty to 
Brown by unfailing attendance at the last 
five class reunions and by his continuing 
interest in the college and its problems. 

Brig. Gen. Eli T. Fryer, USMC (Ret.), is 
spending the summer at 106 N. Vermont 
Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. His winter ad- 
dress is 1133 Almeria Ave., Coral Gables, 
Fla. 

1900 

Mr. Harris H. Bucklin's son and daugh- 
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bucklin, Jr., 
announced the birth of a second daughter, 
Mary Merrill, on April 24, 1948. 

Horace Hovey has a new address at Fair- 
ways, Pclham Manor, New York. 

1901 

Rev. Bertram A. Warren has a new ad- 
dress at Apt. 201, Birchway Apts., 248 E. 
Birch St., Walla Walla, Wash. 

1902 

University accolades to Col. G. Edward 
Buxton are noted elsewhere in this issue. 
It is useful to note here, however, that on 
April 20 he received decoration as an honor- 
ary commander of the Military Division of 
the Most Excellent Order of the British 
Empire. Lord Inverchapel, the British Am- 
bassador, made the presentation on behalf 
of King George VI in ceremonies at the 
Washington embassy. Speaking of Col. 
Buxton as deputy head of the OSS from 
its formation, the citation said further, 
"Prior to and after Pearl Harbor, he always 
co-operated fully and he showed the great- 
est sympathy in dealing with British prob- 




lems 1910 Trophy 

► Don Campbell of Providence, 
Varsity end, was the recipient of the 
Class of 1910 Trophy, presented to 
him before the undergraduates in 
Chapel May 25. It recognized his 
scholarship and his athletic ability, 
under the terms of the award as in- 
stituted by Ralph M. Palmer on be- 
half of the Class. Claude M. Wood 
represented '10 and congratulated 
Campbell with grace and good 
humor. 

Coach Engle, also a speaker in 
Chapel that day, said he had never 
seen better morale at Brown than 
today. He asked the students to 
help the players in four ways: 1) 
Help them to study. 2) Back them 
on training rules. 3) Make them 
feel they hold a position of trust. 
'^On game days. Brown is not build- 
ings to the public, but boys in foot- 
ball uniforms." 4)Help them to love 
the game and the school. "Do it by 
loving them yourselves. You'll fight 
for what you love. You are a prod- 
uct of Brown, and Brown is a prod- 
uct of you. " i 



lems. Throughout he was a most valuable 
ally." He was accompanied in Washington 
by Col. Dwight T. Colley '18. 

Rev. Anthony H. Dexter is Assistant 
Priest at the Church of St. Mary of the 
Angels in Hollywood, Calif. Lewis Milner 
heard from him recently : 45 1 Finley Ave., 
Hollywood 27. 

1903 

Arthur L. Philbrick has been presented 
with an embossed resolution commending 
him for lengthy service as an officer of the 
British Empire Club of Providence. 

Marc T. Greene has arrived in Auckland, 
New Zealand, where he intends to stay for 
some time before going to Tahiti. His 
travel stories are a regular feature of the 
Providence journal as they have been for 
many years, missing only during his war- 
time internment in the Philippines. 

Dr. Ernest K. Tanner is retiring from 
surgical practice and will be living at 46 
Tompkins St., Cortland, N. Y. 
1904 

Elisha C. Mowry, President of the Rhode 
Island Branch of the English-Speaking 
Union, was host to Lord and Lady Wake- 
hurst this spring when the Chairman of the 
ESU in the British Empire was on tour in 
this country. Mr. Mowry has spoken ex- 
tensively this spring on Anglo-American 
relations in various parts of the country, 
most recently before the Couples Club of 
St. Michael's Church, Bristol. 

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William Sandager has a new address at 
87 Miller Ave., Rumford 16, R. I. 

1905 

Benjamin Holland is a partner in the 
operation of the Burlington Hotel, in Wash- 
ington, D. C. Address: 1120 Vermont 
Ave., N.W. 

E. Everett Harkness has been presented 
the 1948 National Quality Award for his 
exceptional record in life insurance conser- 
vation with New England Mutual. This 
annual award, sponsored jointly by the Na- 
tional Association of Life Underwriters and 
the Life Insurance Agency Management 
Association, is given only to life insurance 
men who meet rigid underwriting qualifi- 
cations and who furnish outstanding service 
to policy-holders. 

Arthur Maxfield is now located at the 
new plant of the Harris Textile Machinery 
Co. at 1001 Main St., East Greenwich, R. I. 

New addresses: W. Granville Meader, 
16 Moses Brown St., Providence (where 
he is a neighbor of Arthur Philbrick '03); 
H. D. Warren, 64 8th Ave., Brooklyn 17, 
N. Y.: James R. Foulder, 384 3rd Ave., 
Watervliet, N. Y.; W. Howard Barney, 
Box 6, Warwick Neck, R. I. 

1906 

Dr. Peter Pineo Chase has been chosen 
Presidcnt-Elect of the Rhode Island Medical 
Society. He has been the Society's editor 
for many years. 

Dr. and Mrs. Charies C. Tillinghast's 
son, John A. Tillinghast, has become en- 
gaged to Miss Mabel K. Healy of White 
Plains, N. Y. 

1907 

Informal is the word for the 41st annual 
reunion dinner at The University Club, 
Providence, Saturday evening, June 19. 
No speeches, no resolutions, no solicitations, 
no community singing. The Class Cup, 
filled according to the well known Cum- 
mings recipe, had its proper place, and 
members of the Class of 1898 having dinner 
in the same room, testified that our taste 
was good. President Hurley led the march 
to the table, and with him were Branch, 
Burnham, Shan Clark, Knowles, Eddy, Cur- 
ran, Affleck, Don MacLean, Bannan, Slade, 
Brooks, Cummings, Grover, Streeter, 
Graves, Harris, Auty, Gurney, Bill Burn- 
ham's offer to be host was a generous one, 
and Bill understood why we could not 
accept it in full. Spike Affleck came from 
Portland, Me., and Don MacLean regis- 
tered from Brooklyn, N. Y. slept in his 
old room in Slater Hall, and marched down 
the Hill on Commencement morning. Your 
Secretary is grateful for the unusually large 
number of replies to the dinner notice sent 
out by the Class officers. 

Robert S. Curley and Mrs. Curley were 
"somewhere over the Grand Canyon" at 
the time we were having dinner at The 
University Club. They were on their way 
to visit their daughter Roberta, with whom 
they were intending to spend a month "in 
Los Angeles and in San Francisco." 

William F. Huntley is the new President 
of the "Boys of Bridgham '98," otherwise 
the members of the class of 1898 at Bridg- 
ham Grammar School, Providence. Bill and 
other "Bridgham boys" held their 50th 
reunion June 12 by visiting the old school, 
having dinner, and going fishing. They 
also made a tour of the High Street Bank 
and Trust Co., of which ther fellow mem- 
ber, Victor H. Frazier, is president. 

William E. Bright and Mrs. Bright at- 
tended the Rev. Levi Hoffman's church in 
Worcester, Pa., one spring Sunday and 
heard a fine sermon. "Strange as it may 



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seem," Bill wrote, "his topic that morning 
was 'The Return of the Prodigal Son." 
Levi . . . looked right at me when he was 
preaching, although he said he did not rec- 
ognize me until after the meeting." The 
young usher who shoved the Brights to their 
seats proved to be Bert Shearer's son. The 
Hoffmans, the Shearers and the Brights later 
had dinner together, and talked, among 
other things, of our ne.xt major reunion. 

Benjamin G. Oman sets himself down as 
publishers representative, with his office at 
80 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago 4. 

"Best regards to everbody in the Class," 
wrote Ira Leston Nickerson at Commence- 
ment time from his new house address, 
2054 Paramount Drive, Hollywood 28, 
Calif. 

Myron H. S. Affleck's son Bill is hving 
in Groton, Mass., Spike has told us, and is 
working for Parts Processing Co. of Detriot. 

A. W. Bushnell's reason for not being 
able to come to Providence from Hamden, 
Conn., for the Class dinner was a perfectly 
sound one: "Daughter is being married 
the following week and I am tied up for that 
evening." We have asked Bush to send 
us a note about the wedding and how long 
it took him to recuperate. 

"The best I can say is that I am getting 
better at the rate of about one-half per cent 
per week," R. W. McPhee wrote from Ann 
Arbor, Mich., a month before Commence- 
ment. "Which isn't very fast," he added, 
"but I will eventually make it — and make 
it enough, I hope, to go East and to Narra- 
gansett some time in July." He had fine 
(and deserved) words to say of Zach 
Chafee, Jr.'s Honors Day address, "Watch- 
man, What of the Night?" 

Your Secretary records with regret the 
death in Weston, Mass., May 18, 1948, of 
our classmate and friend. Homer Newton 
Sweet, and extends to his wife, his mother, 
and other members of his family the full 
sympathy of the Class. At the funeral at 
Old South Church, Boston, were Auty, 
Burnham, Carder, Robinson, Slade, Chafee, 
and Gurney. 

Dr. C. W. Way, Major, USAMC, was 
Chief Marshal of the Memorial Day parade 
in Sea Isle City, N. J. At exercises after 
the parade he read the roll call of the dead 
of all wars and made the address. 

How many members of the Class saw the 
picture of Myron Curtis in the Hew York. 
Times of Friday, June 4? The Warner ^ 
Swasey Co. of Cleveland had its "multiple 
gripper-shuttle loom" (21/2 times as fast as 
conventional types) on view for the first 
time, and Myron as assistant director of 
engineering got into the picture with the 
loom, the president and the vice president 
of the company. He looked more serious 
than he does at reunions. 

Leslie F. Mowry retired on May 1 after 
45 years of continuous service with the 
Narragansett Electric Co., where he was 
Assistant Treasurer. 

Our obituary note about Leo M. Bannon 
in the last issue gave the name of John F. 
Bannon '99 as one of his brothers. We 
should, of course, have cited that other loyal 
Brunonian in the family, William H. Ban- 
non "03 as the second brother. 

Lloyd V. Josselyn, Librarian of the Albert 
A. Wells Memorial Library of Lafayette, 
Ind., couldn't come East for Commence- 
ment this year becau.se he was heading in 
the other direction. His 26-day motor trip 
was to include a bit of camping: Rocky 
Mountain National Park, Bryce, Zion, 
Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Long Beach, 
up the California coast to San Francisco, 



then back home via Yosemite and Yellow- 
stone. 

New addresses: G. Bradford Draper, 121 
Blaisdell Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. 
1908 

It would be a friendly act if David L. 
Bruce's Brown contemporaries would drop 
him a line at 6447 Gwin Road, Oakland 1 1, 
Calif., where he is convalescing from a war- 
time illness. Chief engineer of his ship, he 
was hospitalised in Gibralter three years 
ago, then transferred to Casablanca and 
flown home. He is still confined to his bed, 
reports Roy Grinnell, who remarks that 
they used to run the mile together in college. 

Edmond 1. Labeaume has a new address 
at 59 Harvard Ave., Maplewood, N. J. 
1909 

A Class Supper was held at the Faculty 
Club on May 13 at which eleven members 
were present. These were: Wheeler, Whit- 
marsh. Leach, A. M. Chace, Tinkham, Con- 
nell, Sherwood, Bosworth, Chafee, Ev. 
Greene, and Henderson. The general topics 
of conversation were Commencement ar- 
rangements for this year, and in a prelim- 
inary way for next. 

Ray Buss has been made Resident Vice- 



President of the American Surety and its 
affiliated companies. He continues his office 
at 718 Hospital Trust Building, Providence. 

Harold M. Frost is Medical Director for 
the New England Mutual Life Insurance 
Co. in Boston. His home is at 25 Hundreds 
Circle, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 

Fred Budlong is with the Graham Manu- 
facturing Company in East Greenwich, 
R. I. His address is Quonset Manor, East 
Greenwich. 

The announcement ol Arthur Kirley's 
marriage to Miss Helen Edwards on Nov. 
7, 1947, in Mansfield, Mass., was carried 
in the Vital Statistics column of the Febru- 
ary issue, but we understand that some of 
our classmates missed it. 

Don Jackson is back in Providence with 
same address, P. O. Box 511. He is a manu- 
facturer's sales representative covering 
Rhode Island and adjacent territories. 

Don Stone will have a leave of absence 
from Dartmouth College in the second 
semester of next year and expects to go to 
Europe then. He says he will be back how- 
ever for the Fortieth Reunion. 

Joe Church has retired from the Army 
and is living at 13 26 Pinemont Drive, Co- 
lumbia, S. C. 




WINNERS OF THE BEAR: Senator Broomhead, left, and Col. Buxton, 
center, receive the highest of Brown alumni awards. Alumni President H. 
Stanton Smith '21 read the citations below: 



► FREDERICK CALVIN BROOM- 
HEAD, 1905: Through circumstance, 
strengthened in meaning by your loyal de- 
votion to Brown, you have remained as part 
of the campus scene. In nourishing a "Suc- 
cession of Men," you have never spared 
the food of Brown spirit. In long service to 
your state and to your community you have 
remembered to be a true ambassador of 
Brown. Win, lose, or draw, you have car- 
ried on. 

In appreciation of your continuous and 
generous contribution to the welfare of the 
University, we extend to you this sign 
of her enduring strength, the Alumni 
Brown Bear Award. ^ 

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► COLONEL GONZALO EDWARD 

BUXTON, 1902: Throughout a busy life 
of high service to the nation and to the 
community your loyalty to our Alma Mater 
has remained unwavering. By word and 
deed you have given greater meaning to the 
familiar cry, "In peace or war, it's Bru- 
nonia!" Your steadfast love for Brown and 
your deep understanding of her constant 
purpose has inspired a host of alumni to 
her service. For your generous gifts of 
time, of energy and of boundless ahility to 
the cause of Brown, we, your fellow alumni, 
salute you! 

In recognition of your many and valued 
services to Brown University, we honor 
you with this symbol of her rugged great- 
ness, the Alumni Brown Bear Award. i 



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Louis McCoy is President of the Boston 
Principals' Association and had his picture 
in the Boston paper recently at a dinner to 
the retiring Superintendent of Boston 
Schools. 

Albert Harkness is Vice-Chairman of the 
Providence Redevelopment Agency which 
is in charge of redeveloping 17 areas in 
Providence. 

Dolly FoUansbees' address is 2J0 High 
St., Newburyport, Mass. Walter Goodwin 
is living at 2 Forrester St., S.E., Washing- 
ton 20, D. C. 

1910 

Rev. Allan D. Creelman has completed 
3? years of ministry and 28 years as pastor 
of the First Baptist Church in North Scitu- 
ate, Mass. 

Russell C. Smith has been named to the 
board of directors of the Narragansett Elec- 
tric Light Company in Providence. Russell 
is Vice-President and General Manager of 
the Cranston Print Works Co. 

We regret to learn of the death of Ed- 
ward H. Mason, father of our classmate 
Edward H. Mason, Jr. 

Willis G. Conant can now be reached by 
mail at General Delivery, West Palm Beach, 
Fla. 

1911 

John C. Clark has been made Assistant 
Headmaster and Treasurer of Lakemont 
Academy in Geneva, N. Y., where he has 
been senior master and instructor in mathe- 
matics since 1939. John will be in charge 
of administration of the physical plant and 
personnel. 

1912 

George W. Langdon, Jr., has moved 
from Haverhill, Mass., to Hingham, Mass., 
where his address is 55 Whiton Ave. He 
notes that this move brings him closer to 
Brown. 

Current addresses: Herbert W. Stanley, 
113 Whipple Drive, Bellaire, Tex.: Wel- 
lington L. Jencks, 200 Edmands Rd., Fra- 
mingham RED, Mass. 

1913 

New addresses: C. Wheaton Walter, 
263 1 E. Prince Rd., Rt. 5, Box 645, Tucson, 
Ari;.; Rev. Charles H. Ricker, 16 Griswold 
Place, Eastchcster, Tuckahoe 7, N. Y.; 
Howard B. Baker, Packanack Lake, N. J.; 
W. D. Lamond, 863 Bloomfield Ave., 
Akron, Ohio; Louis D. Bartlett, 128 Ley- 
fred Terrace, Springfield, Mass. 
1914 

Walter H. Sprague has a new address: 
Box 4, Ashton, R. L 

1915 

Herman N. Harcourt has been appointed 
Chief of the Habeas Corpus Bureau in the 
Department of Law in Albany. Herman is 
Assistant Attorney General there. 

Harold M. Taylors son, Harold, Jr., was 
married on May 7, 1948, to Miss Eleanor 
J. Dore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken- 
neth B. Dore of Edgewood, R. L 



Doubly Grand 

► Twice in the same spring week, 
Charles H. Huggins, Jr., '19 became 
a grandfather, to the delight of the 
family. Don, Junior, a son, was 
born on April 20 to Donald G. Hug- 
gins '49 and Mrs. Huggins; a daugh- 
ter, Susan, was born on April 23 to 
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Huggins. 
Grandpa, an active figure in the New 
York Brown Club, is the son of the 
late Brown athletic trainer and 
swimming coach. i 



ISeiv Deal for Lenders? 

► Carton S. Stallard '27, Secre- 
tary of the Jersey Mortgage Com- 
pany of Elizabeth, N. J., declared it 
is time for a "new deal for the mort- 
gage lender" when he spoke in New 
York City before the two-day eastern 
mortgage cUnic of the Mortgage 
Bankers Association of America this 
spring. 

"During the last year or so most 
active mortgage originators created 
the greatest volume of business in 
their histories," he said. "Never 
have their office staffs been so busy. 
Yet at the end of the year when the 
overhead was totaled and subtracted 
from the gross income, after pro- 
curement commissions had been 
paid, the amount left was surpris- 
ingly small in relation to the tre- 
mendous energy expended. It proved 
conclusively," the Herald Tribune 
quoted him as saying, "that although 
servicing is an essential part of the in- 
come of our business, no company 
can successfully and profitably oper- 
ate for a sustained period on income 
derived from that source alone." A 
return to the practice of charging 
borrowers a commission was re- 
garded as a possibility. < 



Current addresses: Pierce H. Brereton, 
Jr., Box 67, East Side Station, Providence; 
Dr. F. O. Balcolm, 291 Washington St., 
Providence; Royal B. Bongartz, 108 Fort 
Ave., Providence. 

1916 

Edward L Cristy, Rochester attorney 
who is also a red-hot baseball fan, was 
toastmaster for the annual American Le- 
gion Red Wing Baseball Dinner tendered 
the Rochester International League Base- 
ball Club in May when more than 600 
backers dined at the Powers Hotel. Cnsty's 
baseball pass admits him to any Interna- 
tional League ball park, while the Cards 
have recognized his work with a similar 
courtesy in St. Louis. 

Earl F. Wood is now at the Manter Hall 
School in Cambridge, Mass., as a member 
of its English Faculty. 

Wilbur Snyder is living at 63 Southern 
Ave., Detroit. 

1918 

Martin Donovan has been appointed 
football coach of the Orange, Mass., High 
School. The Orange Enterprise-journal, 
hailing the choice, speaks of him as "one 
of the best high school mentors in the 
State. " During World War II he served 
as a Captain of combat forces from 1942 
to 1946. He has coached at Peabody, Bev- 
erly, Salem, and most recently as assistant 
at Medford. He will give his time and 
attention to his football duties, with no 
teaching assignments in the school. 
1919 

Col. Lawrence B. Bixby will go overseas 
as a member of the Army advisory group 
in Nanking. He has been professor of mili- 
tary science and tactics at Yale and com- 
mandant of the ROTC units there. 

Howard R. McPeck has announced the 
opening of his real estate office at 3236 P 
St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 

H. George Harris, President of the new 
Aeronautical Exhibits, Inc., has his offices 
in the Lincoln Building, 60 East 42nd St., 
New York 17, N. Y. He lives in Tuckahoe 
at 65 Bradford Blvd. 

Current addresses: Lt. Col. Russell 

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Peters, Hqrs. 475, FW, A.P.O. 712, c/o 
Postmaster, San Francisco; Herbert Kem- 
ble, c/o Mrs. R. Barry, II/2 Mattie St., 
Auburn, N. Y.; R. E. E. Campbell, 171/2 
Cargill St., Providence. 
1920 

Clifton N. Lovenberg has been elected a 
Director of the American Industry Devel- 
opment Council, one of 11 such men from 
all parts of the country representing rail' 
roads, utilities, industrial engineers, state 
agencies, and chambers of commerce. 

Harold Phelps is Professor of Sociology 
at the University of Pittsburgh. 

Frank Noyes is now Safety Instructor for 
the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Ve- 
hicles. He is living at 64 Oxford St., Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

Stanley G. Warner sends a new address: 
12 Winter St., Amesbury, Mass. Stan has 
been Associate Cancer Biologist at the New 
York State Institute for the Study of Malig- 
nant Diseases at Springville, N. Y. 

Newton J. Jackson has a new home ad- 
dress at 305 Lafayette St., Pawtucket. 
Newton has a real estate and insurance 
office at 9 South Angell St. 

We are sorry to hear of the death of 
Mrs. Louise D. Carleton, mother of Phil- 
lips D. Carleton '20. 

Earl R. Stephens" current address is 
1118 New Post O&ce Building, Chicago, 
111. 

Harry C. North is hving on East Ave- 
nue in New Canaan, Conn. 
1921 

Dr. Charles J. Fish will return to Rhode 
Island as Director of the reactivated Narra- 
gansett Marine Laboratory to be set up by 
R. I. State College. Dr. Fish has been at 
the Oceanographic Institute at Woods 
Hole since the end of the war, 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Brown have 
announced the enagement of their daugh- 
ter, Miss Sonia-Jane Brown, to Peter Wil- 
liam Swanson Jr., of Clifton, N. J. 

Mr. and Mrs. Carlton L. Dunham be- 
came grandparents on May 30, 1948, when 
their first grandson was born to their son 
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert 
C. Dunham of Providence. Bob is a mem- 
ber of the Class of 1950 at Brown. 
1922 

The body of Maj. Walter Stanley Holt, 
killed in Austraha Aug. 18, 1943, in a 
plane crash, was returned to Providence for 
burial in June. It was a simple service at 
Swan Point, with few present besides his 
parents, his widow, and his children. 

Mr. and Mrs. A. Russell Mack announce 
the marriage of their daughter, Marion 
Dorothy Mack, to Richard G. Horton on 
June 12, 1948. 

C. B. Howard has been made Advertis- 
ing and Sales Promotion Manager for 
Orkil, Inc., distributors of General Electric 
home appliances in Hartford. 

Winfield E. Ohlson has been named to 
a five-year term on the Massachusetts State 
Industrial Accident Board. Win lives in 
Worcester, at 298 Greenwood St. 

Laurence S. Day has a new address at 
927 Franklin St., Melrose Highlands, Mass. 
1923 

What is believed to be the largest num- 
ber of members ever to attend a Brown 
University Class reunion took part in a 
lively, successful 25th reunion for 1923 
this year. The list which is included in this 
report totals 110 who were on the campus 
at reunion time. 

E. John Lownes, Jr., of Providence was 
elected President to succeed Norman J. 
Paasche; Nathaniel B. Chase succeeds Ches- 
ley Worthington as Secretary, and E. R. 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Alden of New York succeeds E. J. Bennett 
as Treasurer and Chairman of the Endow- 
ment Fund Committee. Vice-Presidents 
elected were E. J. Gorman of New York 
and Mian Gulian of Boston, succeeding 
Lowncs and Fergus Purves of Los Angeles. 

The program followed the announced 
lines, only more so. A cocktail party, with 
a generous contribution from G. E. Gon- 
zalez of Puerto Rico, began matters at the 
Art Club, where the Providence men were 
hosts and a score of wives attended. The 
Class had the largest delegation at the 
Alumni Dinner and attended the Class 
Night Dance afterwards. Saturday's events 
included a luncheon, with some sailing, at 
the Brown Boathouse and a clambake in 
the evening at the Squantum Club in com- 
pany with 1903. Vice-President Bigelow 
was the special guest at the shore dinner. 
Sunday's locale was at the Rhode Island 
Country Club for golf and dinner, while 
the annual Commencement morning break- 
fast at the University Club brought out a 
good crowd which marched in the proces- 
sion. Hegeman Hall on the campus was 
headquarters for the three nights in town. 

Warm praise went to Chairman Nat 
Chase, Treasurer Ronald Smith, and others 
who handled special events. Those on 
College Hill in 1948 were; 

FROM AFAR: J. Chester Allen, South 
Bend, Ind.: Dr. Justin M. Andrews, Deca- 
tur, Ga.; Donald D. Armstrong, Richmond, 
Va.; Dr. Walter F. Becket, Bowling Green, 
Ky.; Robert L. Eaton, Phoenix, Ariz.; 
Homer R. Faulkner, Chicago; George H. 
Gates, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; G. E. Gon- 
zalez, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Howard H. 
Murphy, Baltimore, Md.; Fergus B. Purves, 
Glendale, Calif.; Louis L. Redding, Wil- 
mington, Del.; T. G. Simmons, Colorado 
Springs, Colo.; Morris F. Swaney, Evan- 
ston. 111.; John N. Tyler, Nashville, Tenn.; 
Richard Almy, Lancaster, Pa.; Donald C. 
Rubel, Germantown, Pa.; J. Wyman 
Worthington, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Prof. Clar- 
ence E. Bennett, Orono, Me.; Myron U. 
Lamb, Portland, Me.; Thomas B. Dustin, 
Pittsfield, N. H.; Edward N. Larrabee, 
Peterborough, N. H.; George F. Thibo- 
deau, Wolfsboro, N. H. 

NEW JERSEY: John B. Applegate, 
Hoboken; George R. Decker, Summit; 
Ralph D. Greene, Bound Brook; Raymond 
M. Henshaw, Short Hills; Milton P. New- 
some, Chatham; Walter I. Waldau, New- 
ark; John A. Wilson, Tenafly; David A. 
Wollman, Newark. 

NEW YORK: E. R. Alden, Charles 
H. Appleby, Herbert S. Familton, Edward 
J. Gorman, Jr., Robert C. Litchfield, Leon- 
ard P. Sayles, and Robert H. Spelman, all 
of New York City; Charles Beattie, Scars- 
dale; Walter Fenner, Jr., Glen Cove; J. W. 
Lohnas, Saratoga Springs; Stephen A. Mc 
Clellan, Glen Cove; Kilgore Macfarlane, 
Jr., Schenectady; Carl E. Martin, Troy. 

CONNECTICUT: F. Kenneth Arm- 
strong, Branford; Lloyd E. Gallup, Groton; 
Wallace H. Henshaw, West Hartford; 
Abner B. Newton, Durham; James F. 
O'Rourke, Stamford; Stuart A. Tinkham, 
West Willington. 

MASSACHUSETTS: Robert P. Adams, 
Marblehead; Dwight K. Bartlett, Jr., South- 
bridge; Kenneth P. Blake, Bedford; Robert 
G. Bleakney, Boston; Edwin C. Brady, 
South Dartmouth; Clarence R. Day, Shir- 
ley; Philip K. Finegold, Boston; Millard T. 
Gaskill, Hopedale; Robert H. Girvin, Jr., 
Holliston; Mian Gulian, Boston; Dr. Wil- 
liam G. Heeks, North Adams; Nelson C. 
Hoxsie, Jr., Auburndale; Edward A. Hum- 
mel, Boston; Samuel M. Klivansky, Lynn; 



Where They Scuttled 

► Horace S. Mazet "26, author 
who takes his adventure where he 
can find it and even goes looking for 
it, will be operating this summer in 
Lake Champlain near Plattsburg, 
N. Y. He will be a diving member 
of an expedition which seeks to raise 
one or more of a warship fleet which 
the French scuttled in 1759. 

"Not counting on any sunken 
treasure," he wrote his Alumni Fund 
Agent Ned Austin recently, "but 
lots of fun." i 



Albert O. Lundin, South Attlcboro; Rev, 
Robert O. Meader, Lawrence; William C. 
Monroe, South Attleboro; Herbert E. Van 
Hoesen, Attleboro; Elmer A. Wagner, 
Pittsfield; Ernest |. Woelfel, Peabody. 

RHODE ISLAND: Francis O. Allen, 
Jr., Harold F. Ballou, Edmund J. Bennett, 
C. Arthur Braitsch, Robert E. Carrigan, 
Nathaniel B. Chase, Dr. Marsdcn P. Earle, 
Joseph S. Eisenberg, Frank E. Fahlquist, 
Carl A. Green, Dr. K. K. Gregory, Dr. 
Henry J. Hanley, Benjamin P. Harris, Jr., 
Townes M. Harris, Prof. Herbert M. Hof- 
ford, Theodore R. Jeffers, Lawrence Lan- 
pher, L. A. Legris, Max Levin, Edward W. 
Lincoln, Dr. Wallace Lisbon, E. John 
Lownes, Jr., Charles R. Lynn, Lawrence 
A. McCarthy, William B. McCormick, 
Gilbert D. Miller, Dr. John F. Murphy, 
John J. O'Brien, Jr., John E. O'Neil, 
Norman J. Paasche, Senator Harvey S. 
Reynolds, Richard C. Smith, Ronald B. 
Smith, Rolf E. Soderback, Francis M. 
Sprague, Don C. Thorndike, Richard 
Thorndike, John F. Trainor, Dr. Daniel 
V. Troppoli, Jarvis Worden, Chesley 
Worthington. 

In addition, there were several men who 
had been active in the planning and at- 
tended pre-reunion meetings who could not 
come to the actual event: Bob Baker; Fred 
Beede, who was in Wyoming; Harold Eng- 
strom; Jed Jones, whose daughter was being 
married in Missouri; George Leddy, whose 
daughter introduced herself at the campus 
dance; Doug Savage, who broke a collar- 
bone a few weeks before; Ken Sheldon, 
who was caught in a business conflict; Allen 
Sikes, who lost his father a fortnight pre- 
vious; Bernhard Simmons, who was on the 
Coast; Paul Wilson, whose doctor said no; 
and Mike Wofsey. 

Several had to cancel reservations at the 
last minute: Bob Coons, Key Dickinson, 
Dan Hey, Eben Morse (with illness in the 
family), Paul Holmgren, Dave Midgley, 
Dr. Samuel Milton (held up by a School 
Committee meeting in Detroit). 

Ray Lawson was kept from the reunion 
by an unexpected business trip to the Mid- 
dle West for his company, Hartford Em- 
pire, makers of glass-making machinery. 
He is in charge of service for the company, 
which holds patents on its machines and 
rents them to the glass industry. 

Prof. Herbert M. Hofford of R. I. State 
College is the editor of "South County 
'48," a pictorial and literary review depict- 
ing the fabled area of South Rhode Island 
known once as the Narragansett Country, 
stretching between Wickford and West- 
erly, and now called as his title indicates. 
Tony also wrote the profile, "Gilbert 
Stuart — Painter of Presidents and Kings." 

J. Chester Allen is an attorney-at-law at 
416 Lafayette Bldg., South Bend, Ind. His 
partnership in the firm of Allen and Allen 
is unusual in that his wife, another member 
of the bar, is the other member. 

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George S. Newton, from whom we 
haven't heard since College years, is Presi- 
dent of the George G. Newton Co. of 
Superior, Wis. He has been with this real 
estate firm since 1922, according to Ronald 
Smith, who has exchanged business corre- 
spondence with him this spring. 

William G. Anibal, earlier listed as 
"lost" on our class file, is at 17120 Van 
Buren St., Detroit, Mich. Jack Lohnas 
provided the news. 

New addresses: Philip A. Welch, 76 
Seaview Ave., Providence; Ralph D. 
Greene, 337 E. Union Ave., Bound 
Brook, N. J.; Walter Dolbeare, 4108 Hill- 
crest Rd., Richmond 24, Va. 
1924 

After a busy year at Brown, with much 
time also spent at M. I, T., Dr. Richard P. 
Bien has returned to China, sailing from 
San Francisco June 26. He has been a vis- 
iting professor at Brown and now resumes 
his work at Hua Chung University, Wu- 
chang 4, Hupeh, China. He is Dean of 
the School of Science at this Central Col- 
lege and was its Acting President in 1945. 

Miss Marilyn Drake, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. E. C. Drake of Syracuse, was 
married June 4. "Ducky" will come east 
in the Fall when his son enters Brown. 

New addresses: George E. Roegner, 145 
Mineral Spring Ave., Passaic, N. J.; James 
H. Barrett, 2 Grand St., White Pains, 
N. Y.; Carlton J. Aldrich, R.F.D. J, 
Woonsocket, R. I. 

1925 

Ralph E. Stoddard is now in his fifth 
year of teaching at the Rockland, Mass., 
High School. 

William P. Lyons is Inspection Super- 
visor for the Factory Insurance Association 
in Hartford, Conn. He lives at 44 Sidney 
Ave., W. Hartford. 

We've had a much appreciated note from 
Dr. Joseph D. Tuckerman, practising den- 
tistry and dental surgery at 204 West 
State St., Media, Pa. 

Edson C. Lockwood is head of the 
Mathematics Department of Jaffna College 
in Vaddukoddai, Ceylon. 

New addresses: Marshall M. Brown, Jr., 
463 1st Ave., New York City; Dr. John 
Langdon, 43 Irving Ave., Providence; 
Roger M. Harris, 2010^2 Bryan St., Dallas, 
Tex.; W. Irving Levy, 37 Wall St., New 
York City. 

1926 

Arthur S. Hassell has been appointed 
Assistant Manager of the Argentine Divi- 
sion of the Coca Cola Export Sales Com- 



Morhouse to Sweden 

► Col. Charles H. Morholise '25 
will represent the National Research 
and Development Board at an inter- 
national meeting in Sweden this 
August, at which time he will read a 
technical paper. Scheduled to read 
a paper on International Quarantine 
in Toronto in June, he had to forego 
the trip because of illness in the 
family, and his paper was given by 
another officer. Col. Morhouse is 
Commandant of the Air University 
School of Aviation Medicine at 
Randolph Field. 

Lyman Morhouse. his brother, 
died at Ticonderoga, N. Y., this 
spring, ill since a cerebral hemor- 
rhage in 1945. Lyman received his 
A.M. in Education at Brown in 
1927, the same year that Col. Mor- 
house received his in Biology. i 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



pany which covers Uruguay, Paraguay, 
Chile, and surrounding islands. He writes 
he has almost gone native in his year and 
a half in Buenos Aires, with two-hour 
lunch periods, beef everyday, and the pro- 
verbial "loaf of bread and jug of wine."" 

Campbell Po!;ey is owner of the Liberty 
Budget Shop, carrying tires, tubes, acces- 
sories, etc., in AsheviUe, N. C. His home 
there is at 530 Biltmore Ave. He and his 
wife, the former Barbara Reese, have three 
children, a boy and two girls. Campbell 
received his B.S. in Business Administra- 
tion at Columbia in 1927. 

New addresses: Jacob S. Temkin, 331 
Elmgrove Ave., Providence; Richard K. 
ConncH, 909 W. Foster Ave., Chicago; 
Melville Heyman, Hotel Fourteen, 14 E. 
60th St., New York City. 
1927 

Don C. Brewer has been appointed to 
the Cranston Board of Tax Review. Don 
lives at 171 Columbia Ave. and specializes 
in insurance appraisals. 

Charles J. Brown is Sales Manager for 
the Providence Paper Co. He makes his 
home at 67 Gov. Bradford Drive, Barring- 
ton. 

Harold G. Rogers has joined the New 
York Staff of McKinsey 6? Co. as Con- 
sultant in Management Controls. From 
graduation to 1938 Harold was with the 
Goodyear Tire (i Rubber Co. and at the 
time he left was Warehouse Manager in 
Singapore. Subsequently, he was with 
Talon, Inc., Allegheny Ludlum Steel and 
Thompson Products, and has also had sev- 
eral years" experience in management con- 
sulting. 

Arthur J. Barry, Jr., is Account Execu- 
tive for Free & Peters, Inc., a New York 
City radio and television advertising 
agency. He is living at 21 W. 58th St. in 
New York City. 

New addresses: Dr. Bruno DeFusco, 
189 Broadway, Providence; Harvey C 
Stafford, c/o Berwind-White Coal Co., 1 
Broadway, N. Y.; William T. Nicholas. 
Boys" Industrial School, Grafton, W. Va. 
1928 

Roger M. Scott has accepted a position 
as Assistant to the Manager of the Wire 
Machinery Division of the Morgan Con- 
struction Co. in Worcester, Mass. The 
company manufactures wire drawing equip- 
ment, rolling mills, Morgoil bearings, air 
injection equipment and other products for 
the steel industry. Roger is leaving the 
New England Butt Co. in Providence after 
20 years of service as Machine Designer, 
Chief Engineer, and Sales Manager. Mr. 
and Mrs. Scott, and daughter Lucinda Lee 
will be living at 26 Dean St., in Worcester. 

John F. Fellows is with Benton and 
Bowles, Inc., New York City advertising 
agency. 

Current addresses: John W. Aldrich, 21 
W. Spring St., Alexandria, Va.; Louis 
Berdan.sky, 29 E. 9th St., New York City; 
Vernon Chase, 610 Highwood Drive, Bal- 
timore, Md.; Alfred Cleaves, 129 Williams 
St., Providence; E. F. Carlstcn, 38 Albert 
Ave., Edgewood, R. I.; Herbert Lamb, 
4517 Stratmore, No. Hollywood, Calif.; 
Earl Saunders, 29 E. Princess St., York, 
Pa.; Robert Marschner, 18427 Stewart 
Ave., Homewood, 111.; Charles Taetzsch, 
3 3 Washington St., Plainville, Conn.; W. 
D. Keyes, 26 Hunt St., Rowayton, Conn. 
1929 

Howard E. Cook, interned by the Japs 
in Shanghai during the war, gives us his 
current address: 161 E. 48th St., New 
York City. He was captured on Wake 
Island while Librarian there. In prison 




RETURN TO THE CAMPUS for the second half of the graduation exer- 
cises, which the historic First Baptist Meeting House can no longer accom- 
modate with today's large classes. Mace-bearer Ben W. Brown '19 precedes 
the President and Chancellor, with Chaplain Bobbins following. 



Near the Arctic 

► Dr. W. S. Wilson "31 is now at 
the University of Alaska, College, 
Alaska, only 100 miles south of the 
Arctic. The 26-year-old University 
has more than 250 students, half of 
them war veterans, U. of A. has its 
own mine right under the campus, i 



camp he continued as librarian of the col- 
lection of books there and continued to 
write poetry. One of his poems appears 
in "War Poems of the United Nations,"' 
one called "Message from Wake."" 

A flying trip to South America made H. 
Roland Rich miss Commencement this year. 
He and his wife (she was Louise Gladding, 
Pembroke "29) flew to Caracas June 18, 
planning to return by boat. It was in the 
first instance a business journey for Roland, 
who is with the American Moistening Co. 

A. Wilson Whitman is leaving the 
Brown English Department to accept a 
position as instructor in Latin and Ancient 
History at the Durfee High School in 
Fall River, Mass. Wilson has recently had 
an article accepted for publication by the 

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AJeu' England ^uarterlv entitled "Emer- 
son and Unitarianism: The Influence of 
Channing.'" 

Robert Edge is connected with the C.B.S. 
Television Studio in New York City. His 
address there: 23 5 E. 22nd St. 

Alden J. Carr has been named Superin- 
tendent of the Grand Isle, Vt., school dis- 
trict. Alden has been on the faculty of the 
Lyndon State Teachers College for the past 
three years. 

Robert H. Blake, Director of American 
Aid to France, is living at 49 Rue Pierre 
Charron, Paris. France. 

Dr. Edward Brown is practicing dentis- 
try at 8 Benefit St. in Providence. 

New addresses: Noel Corbridge, 198 Kil- 
burn Rd., Garden City, N. Y.; Allen L. 
Simmons, 420 Simpson St., Lake Bluff, 111. 
1930 

It's rarely that Win Southworth misses 
a meeting of the Washington Brown Club 
of which he is Secretary. But in May he 
could not attend the Spring Smoker be- 
cause he was full of "shots"" in preparation 
for another foreign inspection trip — this 
time to the Far East. He"s with the Bureau 
of the Budget. 

The sad news that the casualties of the 



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war were being confirmed appeared in the 
notice from the Associated Alumni; namely, 
that Francis W. Kelly, who did not gradu- 
ate with the class but was with us for two 
years, was officially reported as killed in ac- 
tion. This news did not come through from 
the Government until May 4, 1945. This 
is the second such report which we have 
received. 

Rupert Nock, who is the superintendent 
of schools in Newburyport, received a con- 
siderable amount of publ.city in the Boston 
papers due to the defection from duty of 
his instructor of physical education. Rupe 
handled the matter in his usual calm way, 
and the situation blew over, but for a 24- 
hour period Nock and Newburyport were 
in the papers. 

At Reunion Al Bearse reports there were 
three other 1930 men present: Lee Sanella, 
Ellery Carpenter, and the old master magi- 
cian himself, H. Adrian Smith. 

News from Holyoke indicates that Gil- 
bert Rich is steadily making a name for him- 
self as a librarian. He is now President of 
the Massachusetts Library Association and 
has built an excellent reputation for him- 
self for a novel approach to the reading 
public. While librarian in Greenfield, he 
developed a bookmobile library and is now 
broadcasting a radio program in Holyoke 
each week. 

Al Winslow reports a new address; 
namely, 61 Outlook St., West Hartford, 
Conn. 

Jim Rainey, who was with us but a short 
time but is long remembered, has now lo- 
cated at RR3, Cheboygan, Wis. 

Johnny Kearns is now located at 3105 
East Waterford St., Cudahy, Wis. A few 
of the boys are going out to see the West 
for themselves. 

Sam Marquardt has moved from 127 N. 
Mechanic St. to 126 North Centre St. in 
Cumberland, Md. 

Charles Menges reports he is now a 
Lieutenant, or perhaps formerly a Lieu- 



Interrupted Chairman 

► Thomas F. Gilbane "33 presided 
only briefly over the final meeting of 
the Brown Athletic Advisory Coun- 
cil. Just as the meeting began June 4, 
word came that his second son was 
about to be born, and, for the first 
time, Tom neglected his duties as 
Council chairman. 

This year rounded out his three- 
year term as an alumni representa- 
tive on the Council, and he could 
look back on a year of progress as 
its leader. ^ 



tenant. He is residing at 2710 Sunnyslope, 
Van Nuys, Calif. I wonder if he is back 
with Walt Disney. 

John Willis has been at West Bridge- 
water, Mass., since his return from the 
Navy. 

Bill Sogigian's name has been changed to 
William J. Sohegan. Bill wrote in that this 
change took place in October, 1947. 

We finally located Dave Dodge. He is 
now at the United States Naval Hospital, 
Houston, Tex., where he is a medical officer 
in the Navy. 

John Wells has made a complete cycle, 
having left Providence and visited almost 
all the important cities in New England. 
Now he's back in Providence, keeping the 
lines busy at the telephone company's of- 
fices at 234 Washington St. 

David Freedman, another one of our 




HEADTABLE EIGHTSOME at the Alumni "reunion of reunions." Seated, 
left to right — Alexander Meiklejohn '93, Dr. Wriston, Toastmaster Thomas 
B. Appleget '17, John T. Winterich '12. Standing — Arthur B. Homer '17, 
Chairman of the Student Housing Board, Alumni President H. Stanton 
Smith '21, former Governor Norman S. Case '08, Chief Marshall, and Chan- 
cellor Henry D. Sharpe '94. 



medical men, has moved to 23 Vassar Ave., 
Providence. 

Sam Lerner is getting a lot of publicity 
for his new slide rule pencil. He has ap- 
peared, I believe, in better than 15 news- 
papers. He is an excellent example of what 
a Brown education will do for a man. It 
is nice to see Sam's face as he shows how 
the pencil works. 

Carl Bihldorf was with us a short time 
at Brown and now is minister of the First 
Parish Unitarian Church in Brookline. He 
served as marshall at the installation of 
Rev. Eric A. Ayer in Milford in April. 
Carl is President of the Ministers' Associa- 
tion in New England. 

Bill Weaver reports he is now located at 
596 Grand Concourse, New York, and is 
connected with the Marchant Calculating 
Machine Company. Quite a haul from the 
old Kansas City address Bill used to use. 
He is still keeping contact in Dallas as a 
member of the Junior Chamber of Com- 
merce. 

Another member of the class slipped out 
not too long ago when Cornelius Barrows, 
Jr., better known to all of us as "Wheels," 
died on December 7, 1947. "Wheels" had 
one of the most infectious grins that our 
term in college ever saw, and his good- 
natured kidding, interest in everybody and 
everything will be remembered by many — 
both those who took an interest in geology, 
which was "Wheels' " chief passion, and 
those who lived in or near Littlefield. 

The news was published in March that 
your correspondent, a la Winchell, was 
elected director of Glenwood Range Com- 
pany in Stoughton. 

As we go to press, we learn that H. 
Adrian Smith, the master magician, has 
been elected president of the International 
Brotherhood of Magicians in New Or- 
leans. Smitty certainly continues to ad- 
vance in magical orbits. 

HAL CARVER 

1931 

Comdr. John Corry, USN, is no longer 
at Quonset, but is Captain of the U.S.S. 
Vesole, DD 878, c/o F.P.O., New York 
City. 

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Bob Ahlman is Chief Inspector for the 
General Electric Vacuum Cleaner Division 
in Cleveland. He is living at 741 Garfield 
Rd., Mentor, Ohio. 

Victor Ullman is now doing free lancing 
in Toledo, where his address is 945 Isling- 
ton St. 

Leon Bakst is with the Crescent Corpo- 
ration, manufacturers of textile machinery 
in Fall River, Mass. His home address is 
34 Bellevue Ave., No. Providence. 

William M. MacKenjie announces that 
his law offices are now located at 44 East 
Ave., Pawtucket, R. I. 

The mother of Raymond I. Blanchard, 
Jr., is President of Pembroke's 50-year 
Class, 1898. Eleveaof the 15 living mem- 
bers of that Class were back for their re- 
union and won the Dean's Cup for having 



Campbell People 

► The June issue of Campbell 
People, house organ of Campbell 
Soup Company, devoted its feature 
article to its Personnel Department, 
which touches the lives of every em- 
ployee in hiring, identifying, record- 
ing, examining, watching them at 
work for safety factors, counselling, 
perhaps even found housing for 
them. Other functions, among 
dozens, are issuing handbooks and 
Campbell People, arranging for 
sports and glee clubs, answering Vet- 
erans' questions, testing aptitudes, 
indoctrinating new workers, han- 
dling absentee calls, etc. 

Heading all this fundamental 
activity is James E. Heap, Jr., '33, 
former President of the Philadelphia 
Brown Club. 

Incidentally, one of the boys he 
recruited through the Brown Uni- 
versity Placement Office two years 
ago has just had another promotion. 
David Haweeli '42, former Varsity 
footballer, has been appointed As- 
sistant to the General Superintend- 
ent of the company. i 



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the largest proportion of its membership 
back. Dean Morriss entertained them at 
dinner. There were 20 in the Class when 
it was graduated. 

"The other day when flying to New 
York," Hal Carver "30 reports, "I had 
the good fortune to run into Daniel Mac- 
Iver, who was seeing his mother off to the 
South. Dan had a tough time with his ill- 
ness, but you would never know it trom 
the way he talks or acts. He says the soap 
business is good and he keeps mighty busy." 

Allen Arnold is still looking for one of 
the Brown Band records made in 1927. If 
anyone would let him borrow a recording 
so that he could have a duplicate cut, he 
would appreciate it very much. His ad- 
dress: Locust Terrace, Warren, R. 1. 

New addresses: Wallace S. DePuy, 32 
N. Main St., Park Ridge, N. J.; Asa B. 
Cooley, 828 E. Ellsworth, Milwaukee 11; 
Charles E. Payne, Elm Grove, Wis.; Reg- 
inald Barton, 284 Daggert Ave., Paw- 
tucket; Hubert V. Baylis, 189-04 64th 
Ave., Flushing, N. Y. 

1932 

James White is Manager of Sales Fore- 
casting (market and product research) 
with Brown and Bigelow in St. Paul. His 
address: Box 202, Glen Lake, Minn. 

Lawrence Battistini is serving as a civil- 
ian with the OfKce of Strategic Service in 
the Mediterranean Theatre. 

New addresses: Lt. Olavi Silvonen, 
USNR, 76 Wellington Rd. South, West 
Hempstead, N. Y.; A. A. Lubchansky, 
Quaker Hill, Conn. 

1933 

Bill Parker plans to be in Watch Hill for 
the summer. After that, his address will be 
Garth Road Apartments, Scarsdale, N. Y. 

Albert Gardner is Claims Examiner fur 
the R. I. Unemployment Compensation 
Board. He makes his home at 38 Merritt 
Rd., Riverside. 

New addresses: John W. Moore, 23 2 
McCosh Rd., Upper Montclair, N. J.; 
Earle Hochwald, 1813 Page Ave., East 
Cleveland, Ohio; Frank P. Zendsian, Jr., 
23 Dartmouth Ave., Providence; William 
T. Scott, 87 Alfred Drowne Rd., West 
Barrington. 

1934 

Dudley J. Brown is Mayor of Willowick, 
Ohio, Cleveland suburb, where he is living 
with his wife and two children at 124 E. 
293rd St. He is with Lamson ^ Sessions 
Co. in Cleveland. 

Robert D. Arnott has given up teaching 
to enter Custom's work in Puerto Rico. 
His address: U. S. Customs Service, Roose- 
velt Rd., Puerto Rico. 

Gene Godsmith is a television writer and 
producer for the J. Walter Thompson Ad- 
vertising Agency in New York City. He 
is living at 86 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 
Conn. 

Charles C. Fenno, Jr., has moved to 
Apt. 6F, 4313 Kepler Ave., New York 66, 
N. Y. 

We extend our sympathy to Duncan H. 
C. Ferguson, Jr., v-'hose father, Duncan H. 
C. Ferguson, died in Pawtucket on June 4. 

Victor Vernon, Jr., is living at 19 W. 
Genesee St., Baldwinsville, N. Y., where 
he is working with the General Electric Co. 

Current addresses: Dr. John Orme, 47 
Randolph PI., N.W., Washington, D. C: 
Knight Ames. 241 Canton Ave., Milton, 
Mass.; Melville Riley, Box 625, Delray 
Beach, Fla.; William Alderman, 140 Lin- 
coln St., Holyoke, Mass.; Leeman E. 
Haines, 121 Holmes Rd., Glenbrook, Conn. 
1935 

Simon England, Jr., has been elected 



Vice-President of England Bros., Inc., in 
Pittslicld, Mass. 

Mason L. Dunn has been elected Presi- 
dent of the Salesmanagers Club of Provi- 
dence. The Club accounts for an impor- 
tant phase of the program of the Provi- 
dence Chamber of Commerce, of which 
Dunn is a prominent member. He is with 
Coca-Cola Co. 

Richard S. Shaw is now Senior En- 
gineer on the Machine Design Staff of 
Jackson and Morcland, Engineers, of Bos- 
ton and New York. His address: 32 Oak- 
land Ave., Arlington, Mass. 

New addresses: Ray F. Mitchell, 212 
Commonwealth Ave.; W. J. McClafferty, 
31.") St. Dunstans Rd., Baltimore, Md.; 
Amos Landman, 200 W. 86th St., New 
York, N. Y.; Ross A. DeMatteo, 2813 
Dumbarton Ave., N.W., Washington, 
D. C. 

1936 

Milton Lipper is with the United Trans- 
port System in Los Angeles. His address 
IS ')40 N. Beverly Glen Blvd., Los Angeles. 

Gardner Wheeler is Vice-President of 
the G. E. Wheeler Co. in New Haven, but 
he still picks up mail at 81 Brown St., 
Providence. 

New addresses: Russell Granniss, 32 
Trebbe Drive, Manchester, Conn.; Royal 
B. Leach, 410 6th Ave., Tacoma, Wash.; 
Virgil N. Winkler, 1489 Henry Ave., Des 
Plaines, 111.; Ernest C. Walks, 60 Meadow 
Rd., Woonsocket, R. I.; Charles lovino, 77 
Brown St., Methuen, Mass.; Harley E. Fol- 
soin, 18 Roxhury St., Keene, N. H. 



Mrs. Charles Wathey, mother of John B. 
Wathey. 

New addresses: Jack Pearlman, 373 
Woodland PL, South Orange, N. J.; Vernon 
Beaubien, 20 Lone Oak Ave., Waterbury, 
Conn.; Malcolm Quigley, 6959 Beresford 
St., Parma Heights, Cleveland; Powell H. 
Ensign, 134 High St., Hasting-on-Hudson, 
N. Y.; George Mellor, 503 Edgewood 
Drive, Elmira, N. Y. 

1938 

Dr. Richard K. Whipple is practicing 
medicine at 122 Waterman St. in Provi- 
dence. His home is at 25 Algonquin Rd., 
Rumford. 

Dr. Nelson Marshall has left the Uni- 
versity of North Carolina and is now lo- 
cated at the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory, 
Williamsburg, Va. 

Dr. E. Freeman Hersey is leaving Co- 
lumbia and will be located at the E. W. 
Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. 

Donald L. Christie is living at Rye 
Beach, N. H., and is instructing in Mathe- 
matics at the Atlantic Air Academy. 

Donald P. Steele has been nominated by 
President Truman for the postmastership 
of Gloucester, Mass. Don, with a distin- 
guished record in World War II, had pre- 
viously been water commissioner and, since 
Jan. 1, 1947, acting postmaster in Glouce- 
ster. 

Roland A. Hueston, Jr., has moved from 
Framingham, Mass., to Woonsocket, where 
his address is P. O. Box 751. 

Lt. Col. Raymond Renola has been trans- 
ferred from the Command and General 




SOME OF THE 10-YEAR CLASS at the Alumni Dinner whieh started off 
its reunion program. Photographer, George Henderson, is 1938, too. 



1937 

William E. Ryan has been appointed 
Traffic and Sales Manager for United Air 
Lines m Providence. Bill set up his office 
in the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in prepara- 
tion for the inauguration of service on 
July 1. 

Edward Fearney is now Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Architecture at the University of 
Florida. 

Oscar Rosner is a Lithographer for the 
U. S. Government in Washington. His 
home is at 493 3 78th Ave., West Lanham 
Hills, Hyattsville, Md. 

Harlan L. Paine, Jr., is now Director of 
the Winchester Hospital in Winchester, 
Mass. Harlan had previously completed 
the requirements for the degree of Master 
of Hospital Administration at Northwest- 
ern University and was acting assistant 
director of the Massachusetts General Hos- 
pital. 

Dr. Robert L. Gilbert is now Internist 
with the Grand View Clinic at LaCrosse, 
Wis. 

We are sorry to learn of the death of 

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Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 
to the Pentagon Building in Washington, 
where he is assigned to the Logistics Divi- 
sion of the Army's General Staff. 

New addresses: Stan Rosengren, 221 
Woodbine St., Cranston, R. I.: Leonard 
Carpenter, Cold Spring House, Wickford; 
B. B. Titus, R.D. 1, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; 
Brisbane Harrington. 813 Boston Ave., 
Bridgeport, Conn.; Weldon L. Seamonds, 
31 Willow St., Belmont 78, Mass.; J. J. 
Henry Muller, III, 63 Fair St., Guilford, 
Conn.: Roger B. Francis, 64-52F 186th 
Lane, Flushing, N. Y.; Floyd C. Hinckley, 
6920C Malabar St., Huntington Park, 
Calif.; Fred A. Forbes, 17 North West- 
field Ave., Trenton 8. N. I. 
1939 

Herbert Beasley has received the degree 
of Master of Science in Retailing from 
New York University. 

Dudley A. Zinke is with the law firm of 
Pillsbury, Madison 6? Sutro of San Fran- 
cisco, with offices in the Standard Oil 
Building. 

Thomas N. Farrell of 7 Samoset Road, 



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Winchester, Mass., has been appointed a 
Co-oidinator of Co-operative Work at 
Northeastern University in Boston. Under 
Northeastcrn's Co-operative Plan of Edu- 
cation, a faculty co-ordinator is responsible 
for all phases of the relevant program for 
an assigned group of students. Farrell took 
up his duties in June, working with busi- 
ness administration and liberal arts stu- 
dents. 

Ken Burch is doing Industrial Engineer- 
ing with the Ohio Public Service Co. in 
Lorain, Ohio. His home is at 26 Parkland 
Rd., Vermilion-on-the-Lake, Vermilion, 
Ohio. 

Current addresses: Henry G. Butler, Jr., 
26A McGrath Ave., Wickford, R. I.; G. 
E. Cain, Hercules Powder Co., Parlin, 
N. J.; John Hoober, Jr., Roseville Rd., RD 
3, Lancaster, Pa.; Ralph Lotilo, 392 Plain- 
field St., Providence; John Fletcher, 1069 
Main St., Stamford, Conn.; Cad W. Ar- 
rendell, Jr., 324 N. 14th St., Ponca City, 
Okla.; Albert Pouliot, 303 Cole Ave., 
Providence: Charles J. Speel, 20 Andover 
Ct., Cambridge, Mass. 
1940 

Ray Comyn is Chemical Engineer at the 
Naval Ordnance Laboratory in White Oak, 
Md. His address is Box 129, RFD 2, 
Laurel, Md. 

Dr. Frank Giunta is practicing medicine 
at 403 Montgomery Ave. in Providence. 
He tells us he expects to be married thii 
June. 

New addresses: Readc Tompson, 216 W. 
19th St., Wilmington, Del.; Lt. Comdr. 
Arthur Brown, USN, 1000 Southard St., 
Key West, Fla.; Steve Meader, 17 Colonial 
Ave., Morristown, N. J.; Steve Dore, 1 De- 
Witt Ave., Canton, Mass.; George Wil- 
hams, 13 Hatfield St., Pawtucket; Herbert 
Lewis, 2929 Griest Ave., Cincinnati; Lewis 
Tarnapol, 368 Belmont St., Fall River, 
Mass. 

1941 

Harold Edelston, living at 45 Pinehurst 
Ave., in Providence, is working with the 
R. I. Council of Social Agencies. 

Bill Parry is Senior Compounder for 
the B. F. Goodrich Co. in Los Angeles. He 
is living at 12615 La Reina Ave., Downey, 
Calif. 

Jim Nestor is a Salesman for the Bostitch 
people in Dallas, Tex. His home there is at 
7820 Stanton St. 

George Snell is selling for the L. C. Smith 
and Corona Typewriters Co. in Providence. 
He writes he is in the process of moving 
and gives an address at 21 Laurel Court, 
Providence. 

Capt. Junior M. Barney, USAAC, is sta- 
tioned in Guam. His address: Box 120, 
A.P.O. 334, San Francisco. 

New addresses: Bob Union, Rt. 5, Box 
896B, Orlando, Fla.; N. L. Hibbert, c/o 
F.S.T., Box 929, Fairbanks, Alaska; John 
Ellenbogen, S. Peter Cooper Rd., New 
York 10, N. Y.; Arthur Vierling, Box 142, 
Auburn, Mass.; Ronald Norton, 20 King 
St., Selma, Ala.; Dave Ebbitt, 6518 Min- 
erva Ave., Chicago 37; Bob Doherty, 87 W. 
Central St., Natick, Mass.; Gordon Mar- 
quis, 2716 Williams St., Cincinnati; George 
Poor, 21 Elm St., Swampscott, Mass.; 
Richard Brooks, 230 Marathon Rd., Alta- 
dena, Calif.; W. R. Crolius, 396 W. Mam 
St., New Britain, Conn. 

1942 

Peter Brown is Field Engineer for U. S. 
Electrical Motors, Inc., in Montclair, N. J. 



His home there is at 5 Bellaire Dnve. 

A. Wilber Stevens is at the University 
of Washington where he is an Instructor 
in Creative Writing and Editor of the 
literary quarterly Interim. His address: 
8244 40th St. NE, Seattle. 

David Haweeli, who signed on with the 
Campbell Soup Company in April 1946, 
as a member of the Management Training 
Group, has had another promotion, an- 
nounced in June. Formerly Assistant Super- 
visor of Planning, he is now Assistant to 
the General Superintendent. He went to 
Campbell through the University Place- 
ment Office after an interview with James 
E. Heap, Jr., '33, the company's Personnel 
Manager. 

E. Biddle Conklin, Jr., is back at Brown 
as a student. His Providence address is 
38 Benevolent St. 

Dr. Edward M. Daniels will be located 
at the Veterans Administration Hospital in 
White River Junction, Vt., starting this 
month. 

Wallace Adams is in Pittsburgh where 
he is Special Agent for the Providence 
Washington Insurance Co. His home is at 
R.D. 2, Bridgeville, Pa. 

New addresses: Arthur Hoag, 68 Brown 
St., Providence; Charles Collis, 39 Cormack 
Ct., Babylon, N. Y.; Francis Leary, 63 2B 
Shalir Blvd., Ridgewood, N. J.; John Sulli- 
van, 42 Summer St., Taunton, Mass.; 
Irving Patterson, Jr., 7 Alvord Rd,, Mor- 
ristown, N. J.; L. W. Jones, 333 Cedar St., 
New Haven, Conn.; Leonard Burgess, c/o 
St. Andrews Golf Club, Hasting-on-Hud- 
son, N. Y. 

1943 

Joseph L. Johnson is working for Jordan 
Marsh in Boston and is living at 217 St. 
Paul St., Rear, in Brookline, Mass. 

Current addresses: Warren Prebluda, 
c/o Duncan, 255 W. 108th St., New York 
City: Fred Irving, 4350 N. Henderson Rd., 
Arlington, Va.; Jim Lohman, 604 Oakdale 
Drive, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Dick Wilbur, 
440 Newbury St., Apt. 26, Boston; Edwin 
Wilke, 65 Brunswick Drive, Apponaug, 
R. I.; Walter Mengel, 1632 Smith St., No. 
Providence; Bob Levenson, 275 Highland 
Rd., South Orange, N. J.; Bill Sullivan, 




PEMBROKE recognized Margaret 
S. Morriss' 25 years as Dean with 
tribute after tribute, and Brown 
gave her an honorary degree. 

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2115 C St., N.W., Washington, D. C; G. 
R. Gummere, 6447 S. Kimbark Ave., Chi- 
cago; Bob Allen, 114 Rumstick Rd., Bar- 
rington; A. Kirk Rowell, 336 E. So. Temple 
St., Salt Lake City 2, Utah. 
1944 
John L. Brazile has moved from Worces- 
ter, Mass., to Burbank, Calif., where his 
address is 1414 N. Keystone, c/o Valke. 

Tom Davenport writes from Rumford, 
Me., where he is working in the Electrical 
Engineering Department of the Oxford 
Paper Co. Working with him are several 
other Brown men: E. C. Coughlin "42, 
Richard Sarle "44, R. I. Miller "34, Percy 
Sarle '16, and Ormie Mu;roll '44. Tom's 
address is The Institute, Rumford, Me. 

Alan Rosenberg has a new address at 
62 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Alan has 
his insurance agency at 27 School St. in 
Boston. 

Carroll E. Adams, Jr., was in recently 
while on leave of absence from the Army. 
Carroll is just back from overseas and will 
be sent by the Army to M.I.T. to take his 
Master's degree in Chemical Engineering. 
The Adams have two children now, Robert 
Allan, and a 9 months old daughter Ronne. 
New addresses: Phil Carson, Pleasant 
St., Swansea, Mass.; Bob Berry, 322 Cler- 
mont Ave., Brooklyn 5, N. Y.; Armand A. 
Cure, 229 E. Amerige Ave., Fullerton, 
Calif.; Peter Ryszkiewicz, 26 Wood St., 
Pawtucket; Don Taylor, 46 Hills St., 
Randolph, Mass.; Ed Burgin, 543 21st St., 
Oakland, Calif. 

1945 
Dr. Henry Altenberg, now at the R. I. 
Hospital, will be located after July 1 at the 
Veterans Administration Center in Dayton, 
Ohio. 

Samuel T. Arnold, Jr., has moved from 
Valley Stream, Long Island, to Providence, 
where he is living at 25 Grotto Ave. 

New addresses: John D. Way, 216 So. 
Prospect St., Burlintgon, Vt.; Joe Regin- 
stein, 190 E. Pearson, Chicago; Jim Stark- 
weather, Box 13 3, Watervillc, Me.; Bill 
Hoffman, 49 Haig Rd., Valley Stream, 
N. Y.: Louis D'Amico, 186 Whitmarsh St., 
Providence; Roger Frost, 42 Whitman Rd., 
Worcester, Mass.; John Anthony, 925 N. 
Columbus Blvd., Tucson, Ariz. 
1946 
Paul R. Garabedian of Norton, Mass., 
has been appointed a Junior Fellow for 
three years of study and research in the 
unique Society of Fellows at Harvard. His 
field will be mathematics. The Society is 
unusual in that it picks younger scholars 
for their promise of original thought and 
does not expect them to study for the tra- 
ditional Ph.D. degree. 

Howard Smith received this June the 
degree of Master of Science in Retailing 
from New York University. This unique 
program included, in addition to classroom 
study, on-the-job training in practical prob- 
lems of retailing. 

Dr. E. M. Knights, Jr., is now in the 
Second Surgical Division of Bellevue Hos- 
pital, New York. 

Bob Cook expects to be separated from 
the Navy this July. His mailing address is 
881 Hope St., Providence. 

Alan Skurnik is in the dress manufactur- 
ing line with the Boston Maid, Inc., in 
Waltham, Mass. His home is at 76 Bolyston 
St., Newton. 

Birgir Moller continues his world travels. 
Our popular classmate, who came to Brown 
from Iceland, is now in Ankara, Turkey, 
where his address is Ismet Pasa Cadd. 51. 
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AT THE SENIOR DINNER: James D. Watt, Cammarian Club chairman, 
with Dean Samuel T. Arnold (his own graduation was 35 years ago) and 
Vice-President Bruoe M. Bigelow, toastniaster. 



of Law and Diplomacy which he attended 
after Brown. 

Another Fletcher School product, Na- 
thaniel Davis, gets his mail through the 
Foreign Service Mail Room, Department 
of State, Washington, D. C. 

Current addresses: Tom Robertson, 52 
Cooper Lane, Hamden, Conn.; Jim Arter, 
Box 241, Carmichaels, Pa.; Don Dunn, 42 
Brettonwoods Drive, Cranston, R. L; Elmer 
Gustavson, 1245 Newport, Chicago 13, 
111.; Paul Daitch, 18 Humphrey St., 
Swampscott, Mass.; Bill Moody, Ocean 
House Rd., Cape Elizabeth, Me.; Dave 
Hedberg, 138 Main St., Lonsdale, R. L; 
Rod Sarle, 2 Erchles St., Rumford, Me. 
1947 

Ernest Edge is Patent Examiner for the 
U. S. Patent Office in Washington. He is 
living at 624 Randolph St., N.W. Wash- 
ington. 

W. O. Hoverman has been assigned to a 
test on the General Electric Test Program 
at the G.E. X-Ray Corporation in Mil- 
waukee. He is living temporarily at 1306 
3 1st St., Milwaukee. 

Hugh Copeland is a student at Columbia. 
His mailing address is Sperry Rd., Bethany, 
Conn. 

Bill Augustin is in Milwaukee where he is 
an electrician for the Staff Electric Co. His 
address: 3951 N. 17th St., Milwaukee. 

Dave Collins is Master at the Fountain 
Valley School in Colorado Springs, Col. 

Phil Pomeroy is farming in Rehoboth, 
Mass. 

Del Fuller is Assistant Product Planning 
Manager in the Frozen Foods Dept. of 
Standard Brands, Inc., in New York City. 
He is living at Pinewood Garden, Harts- 
dale, N. Y. 

Bill Finnerty, now studying in New York 
City, is living at 898 Irvine St., Bronx 59, 
N. Y. 

Ensigns Bill Murphy and Bob Irving are 
at the Naval Electronics Materiel School on 
Treasure Island, Calif. 

New addresses: Melvin Wittekind, 2140 
Biarritz, Miami Beach, Fla.; Bill Deitz, 11 
Wiedman Place, Oneonta, N. Y.; Milton 
White, 502 Story Place, Alhambra, Calif.; 
Fred Waltz, 39 Abbott Court, Fall River, 
Mass.; Bill Wallace, 14 Armistice Blvd., 
Pawtucket, R. I.; Dick Cute, 1357 Broad 



St., Providence; Milton Wines, 1218 Sun- 
set Ave., Asbury Park, N. J.; Dave Gro- 
dofsky, 857 Essex St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; 
Dick Fischer, Texaco Town Trailer Camp, 
Columbia, Mo.; Tom Durfee, Sarabay 
Acres, Osprey, Fla.; Frank Pagliaro, 57 
Carteret St., Providence; Harold Hoskins, 
26 Ralph Ave., White Plains, N. Y.; John 
Dixon, 156 W. 73rd St., New York, N. Y.; 
Harry Mang, 223 Benefit St., Providence; 
John O'Connor, 11341 S. Spaulding St., 
Chicago; Bill Nemecek, 432 E. 79th St., 
Apt. 22, New York, N. Y.; Dick Morgan, 



3443 N. Frederick Ave., Milwaukee 11, 
Wis.: Irving Morris, 62 Westwood Rd., 
Hartford 5, Conn.; Sandy MacNair, R.F.D. 
24, Great Neck, Long Island, N Y. 
1948 

Ronald A. Guidal has a new address at 
3 236 Homer St., San Diego 6, Calif. He is 
working at the U. S. Naval Electronics 
Laboratory in San Diego and is attending 
evening classes at U. C. L. A. for his M.S. 
in Physics. 

Richard Craik is back at Brown and is 
living at 152 Norwood Ave., Cranston, 
R. I. 

New addresses: Lawrence O'Rourke, 
334 Huntington Ave., Buffalo 14, N. Y.; 
Ken Smith, 56 Shurr St., Clarence, N. Y.; 
Caleb O. Sniffen, 346 Main St., Oneonta, 
N. Y. 

1949 

George Jacobson is a Midshipman at the 
NATB at Pensacola, Fla, 

Midshipman Arthur Forrest has been 
transferred from Pensacola to Jacksonville, 
NAS 

Mr. and Mrs. Harris W. Arnold and 
daughter Carolyn have moved to 42 Ken- 
yon Rd., Eden Park, R. I. 

New addresses: Laurence Berri, 3127 
Norwood Ave., St. Louis, Mo.; Fred Ding- 
ley, 3 22 W. 60th St., Los Angeles; Bob Van 
Swearingen, Hartford Pike, li.F.D. 2. 
North Scituate. R. I.; Clifford Parisi, 14 
Greenwood Rd., Westfield, N. J.; Ted 
Hagios, East Prospect St., Hopewell, N. J.; 
Harris W. Arnsed, 42 Kenyon Rd., Eden 
Park. R. I.; Gerard Gerhardt, 3 3 Lake 
Drive West, Packanack Lake, N. J. 
1950 

Fred Tompkins is now living at 37 Here- 
ford Rd., Marblehead, Mass. 

Edwin Motch has a new address at 
19000 S. Park Blvd., Cleveland. 



► ► A Corner of Vital Statistics 



MARRIAGES 

► 193 2 — Richard Christian Heminc- 
WAY and Miss Marguerite Muriel Becker, 
daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Karl N. Becker 
of Larchmont, N. Y., on May 29, 1948. 

1941 — Hans J. Epstein and Miss Cath- 
leen O'Conor, granddaughter of Mrs. John 
C. OConor of New York City, in Boston 
on June 15, 1948. 

1943 — Converse Prudden and Miss Ann 
Folsom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rutus 
C. Folsom of Hingham, Mass., on June 10, 
1948. 

1944 — Edmond Northrup Morse and 
Miss Sidney Harvey Phillips, daughter o! 
Mrs. Fonda Phillips of Baltimore, Md., on 
June 5, 1948. 

1947 — Fred L. Corey and Miss Mary 
Bulwa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 
Bulwa of Woonsocket, on May 15, 1948. 

1950 — Ralph Vanlnwegen Burdick and 
Miss Nancy Jane Lewis, daughter of Mr. 
Arthur H. W. Lewis of Providence on 
June 5, 1948. 

BIRTHS 

► 1922— To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. 
Marto of Brookline, Mass., a third daugh- 
ter on May 16, 1948. 

1929— To Mr. and Mrs. Allen L. Sim- 
mons of Lake Bluff, 111., a son Phillip 
Charles, Aug. 6, 1947. 

1936— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knobcl 
of Miami, Fla., a second son, their fourth 
child, Barry Wayne, on May 18, 1948. 

1937— To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. 

31 



Friend of Yonkers, N. Y., a son, Theodore 
Henry, Jr., May 4, 1948. 

1939— To Mr. and Mrs. George H. Tru- 
man ot Norwood, R. I., a second daughter, 
Patricia Ann, April 24, 1948. 

1940 — To Mr. and Mrs. James Sidney 
Ely of Parma, Ohio, a son, John Dyson, on 
May 23, 1948. 

1943— To Lt. (j.g.) Franklin Boekell 
and Mrs. Boekell of Pennsboro, W. Va., a 
daughter, fill, March 16, 1948. 

1943— to Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. 
Chadbourne of New Haven, Conn., a son, 
Lawrence McClain, May 24, 1948. 

1943 — To Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. 
Cooney of Providence a son, Francis 
Xavier, Jr., on May 25, 1948. 

1943— To Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. 
Mengel of North Providence a daughter, 
Elizabeth Louise, May 12, 1948. 

1943— To Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Mer- 
dinyan of Cranston a daughter, Joanne, 
May 14, 1948. 

1944 — To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley G. 
Goldsmith of Providence a daughter, 
Nancy Ellen, April 24, 1948. 

1944— To Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. 
Houck of Willow Grove, Pa., a daughter, 
Ellen Lucille, May 14, 1948. 

1945— To Mr. and Mrs. R. Whitney 
Goff, Jr., of Groton, Conn., a daughter, 
Bonnie Lynn, Oct. 1, 1947. 

1947— To Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. 
Hoggins of Providence a son, Donald 
George, Jr., April 20, 1948. i 



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I ASSOCIATED | 

I Alumni | 

I OF BROWN UNIVERSITY | 

= Honorary Chairmen = 

= Charles Evans Hughes "81 = 

= Henry Dexter Sharpe "94 = 

= Henry Merritt Wriston = 

i Fred Tarbell Field "00 = 



= President 



H. Stanton Smith "21 



V ice-Presidents 

F. Donald 



= Treasurer 



— Secretarr 



Bateman "25 = 

Nathaniel Blaisdell "83 = 

Edward T. Brackett "14 = 

William W. Browne "08 = 

J. Cunliffe Bullock "02 = 

Leon M. Payne '36 = 

Sidney S. Paine '08 | 

Fred E. Schoeneweiss "20 = 

William B. McCormick '23 E 

Alumni Executive Officer = 



= Directors = 

= C. Arthur Braitsch "23, James R. = 

= Bremner "34, Roger T. Clapp "19, s 

i Sidney Clifford "15, John M. Curtis 5 

= "30, James S. Eastham "19, Howard F. = 

= Eastwood "29, William H. Edwards = 

= '19, J. Richmond Fales '10, David G. = 

= Fanning '25. Ernest S. Fitz '11, Cyrus = 

E G Flanders 18, Wallace H. Hen- E 

= shaw '23, S Abbott Hutchinson "31, E 

= Nelson B Jones "28, I. J. Kapstein S 

= '26, Lawrence L, Larrabee "09, Rob- = 

1 ert C. Litchfield "23, W. Easton Lout- 1 

S tit "25, Paul L. Maddock "33, Lewis = 

E S Milner "02, Carleton D. Morse "13, S 

i John C Mosby '30, Fred A. Otis"03, E 

1 Robert B Perkins "29, Robert^ E. | 

= Quinn "15, Fremont E. Roper '11, s 

E Edwin J Schermerhorn '34, Roy H. = 

= Smith '01, Chester S. Stackpole '22, ^ 

E Martin L. Tarpy '37, H. Linus Trav- ^ 

E rr^ "27, Sidney Wilmot "09. = 
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SECRETARIES OF BROWN CLUBS 

Akron G. H. Gates "23, 2129 17th St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 

Alta California (San Francisco) . . F. E. Roper "11, 2943 Elmwood Ct., Berkeley, Cal. 

Amherst (Mass.) P. B. Wood "05, Mass. State College, Amherst, Mass. 

Arizona Arthur L. Flagg "06, 29 Holly St., Phoenix, Ariz. 

AsHEVlLLE, N. C James B. Hurley "29, Box 174, Canton. N. C. 

Baltimore J. G. Armstrong, Jr., "43, Riverdale Apts., 200-C Woodvale Rd., 

Middle River, Baltimore 21. 

Boston Loring P. Litchfield "28, 220 Woodward St., Waban, Mass. 

Brown Engineering Assn. . Frank W. Moler, Jr., '34, Griscom Russell Co., 285 Madison Ave. 

Buffalo Louis L. Berger, Jr., '41, 514 Main St.. Buffalo, N. Y. 

Canton F. Hcrbruck Geisler '29, 3710 Logan Ave., N.W., Canton 7, Ohio 

Chicago William J. Roberts '42, 2536 McDaniel Ave., Evanston, 111. 

Cincinnati Robert A. Stoehr, Jr., '27, 4785 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Cleveland Harry L. Hoffman '25, 18141 Clifton Rd., Lakewood 7, Ohio. 

Connecticut Valley (Springfield, Mass.) . . C. G. Newell '36, 25 Federal St., Agawam, Mass. 

Detroit Bruce N. Coulter '20, Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 

Fall River Arthur C. Durfee '22, 578 Osborn St., Fall River, Mass. 

Georgia Norman P. Arnold '30, 2386 Alston Drive, Atlanta, Ga. 

Hartford Cyrus G. Flanders '18, 16 Church St., Windsor Locks, Conn. 

Indiana William A. Dyer, Jr., '24, Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Ind. 

Kansas City . . William B. Remington, Jr., '42, 23 16 Burlington Rd., North Kansas City. 

Los Angeles Stephen H. Dollcy '42, 5288 Sanchez Drive, Los Angeles 56 

Louisiana .... Dr. Dean H. Echols "27, Ochsner CHnic, 1428 First St., New Orleans, La. 

Merrimack Valley James S. Eastham "19, 250 Stuart St., Boston, Mass. 

Mid-Hudson Robert M. Golrick "47, 6 Kingston Ave., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

Milwaukee George J. Devine "36, 1314 Goodrich Lane, Milwaukee 11, Wise. 

New Bedford Edward S. Burkle "36, 51 Liberty St., New Bedford, Mass. 

New Haven John C. Braman '40, 153 McKinley Ave., New Haven, Conn, 

Newport John H. Greene, Jr., "15, Eustis Ave., Newport, R. I. 

New York James J. Tyrrell, Jr., Brown Club, 39 E. 39th St., N. Y. 16, N. Y. 

North Shore (Mass.) S. A. Hutchinson "31, 27 Pilgrim Rd, Marblehead, Mass. 

N. E. New York E. V. Mullenneaux, Jr., "43, 864 Mercer St.. Albany, N. Y. 

N. E. Pennsylvania . . Henry W. Peterson "21, 409 Miners Bank Bldg., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 

Northern New Jersey Roland D Beck "20, 125 Willard Ave., Bloomfield, N. J. 

Northwest (Seattle) S. H. Shefelman "20, 3620 42nd Ave., NE, Seattle, Wash. 

Oklahoma Edwin J. Schermerhorn "34, 2824 So. Columbia Place, Tulsa, Okla. 

Oregon Ashley Greene "21, 1207 Public Service Bldg., Portland 4, Ore. 

Philadelphia Francis X. Hope "38, 2321 Delancey St., Philadelphia 3. 

Plainfield Area Section 1 . . . . Joseph K. Burwell "13, 165 Crescent Ave., Plainfield, N. J. 

Rhode Island Arthur H. Feiner "22, 49 Westminster St , Providence, R. I. 

Rochester Balie P. Cantreir28, 25 3 Alexander St., Rochester, N. Y. 

Rocky Mountain ludge Joseph E. Cook "14, West Side Court, Denver, Colo. 

South Florida Edwin C. Bliss "47, Box 772, Coral Gables, Fla. 

St. Louis . Chapin S Newhard '22, Newhard, Cook y Co., Fourth y Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 

Syracuse . Earle C .Drake "24, Box 42, Eastwood Sta., Syracuse, N. Y. 

Texas Dr. Robert M. Pike '28, 6202 Vickery Blvd., Dallas 14, Tex. 

Virginia Walter I. Dolbeare "23, 3213 Griffin Ave., Richmond 22, Va. 

Washington, D. C. . . . Winthrop M. Southworth, Jr., '30, 3700 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. 

Western Maine Robert F. Skillings "1 1, Room 50, City Bldg., Portland, Me. 

Western Penn Philip M. Lingham '30, 348 Vanadium Rd., Pittsburgh 16. 

Woonsocket Himan M. Caslowitj '28, P. O. Box 533, Woonsocket, R. I- 

Worcester County (Mass ) George E. Marble '00, 14 High Ridge Rd., Worcester, Mass. 

Youngstown Richard B. Wilson '12, 304 Dollar Bank Bldg , Youngstown, Ohio. 



ASSOCIATION OF CLASS SECRETARIES 



Sidney 
1879 — Dr. Stephen A. Welch, 25 3 Washington St., President 

1881 F. H. Gifford, 380 Ounty St., New Bedford, Mass. 

1882 — - Charles H. S. Weaver, FitchviUe, Conn. 

1883 — Froi. H. P. Manning, 148 Governor St. 

1884 — Col W M. P. Bowen, 635 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

1885 — Frank Hail Brown, P. O. Box 1172, President 

1886 - Prof. A. K. Potter, 212 Waterman St. 

1887 — Dr. Edmund D. Chesebro, 2 Hawthorne St. 

1888 - Prof. A. E. Watson, 30 Congdon St. 

1889 - B. S. Blaisdell, 539 Potters Ave. 

1890 - Dr Harry L. Grant, 297 Wayland Ave. 

1891 — Frank L. Hinckley, 2200 Industrial Trust Bldg 

1892 — James C. Collins, 1030 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

1893 — R. M. Brown, 60 Alfred Drowne Rd., West Barrington, R. 

1894 William C. Hill, 1 166 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass 

1896 — Charles R. Easton, 42 Westminster St. 

1897 — George L. Miner, 276 Blackstone Blvd. 

1898 — Thomas E. Steere, 21 Barnes St. 

1899 — C C Remington, 1002 Union Trust Bldg 

1900 — Clinton C. White, P.O. Box 1505. 

1901 — William H. Hull, P.O. Box 1318. 

1902 — Lewis S. Milner, 40 Irving Ave. 

1903 — Fred A. Otis, 605 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

1904 - Edmund K. Arnold, 35 Lenox Ave. 

1905 — Charles L. Robinson, 49 Appian Way, Barrington, R. I. 

1906 — Percy Shires, 11 Thurston St. 

1907 — Alfred H. Gurney, 14 Young Orchard Ave. 

1908 — C L. Grinnell, Main Rd., Tiverton, R. I. 

1909 — Henry S. Chafee, P.O. Box 1342. 

1910 — Andrew B. Comstock, 15 Beach Park, Buttonwoods, R. I. 

1911 — Brenton G. Smith, 21 1 Butler Ave. 

1912 — Earl P. Perkins, 10 Gibson Ave., Narragansett, R. I. 

1913 — Prof. L. T. Bohl, Brown University. 

1914 — C. Lester WooUey, 10 Wildwood Ave. 

1915 — Sidney Clifford, 1003 Turks Head Bldg. 

Note: Unless otherwise 



Clifford "15, Chairman 

1916 — John W. Moore, 378 Auburn St., Cranston, R. I. 

1917 — Earl M. Pearce, P.O. Box 1505. 

1918 — Walter Adler, 1006 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

1919 — Fred B. Perkins, 1204 Industrial Trust Bldg. 

1920 — Henry C. Aylsworth, Allenton, R. I. 

1921 — Alfred Mochau, 87 Irving Ave. 

1922 — J. Wilbur Riker, 41 1 Hospital Trust Bldg 

1923 — Nathaniel B. Chase, 110 Windermere Way, Apponaug, R. I. 

1924 — P. A. Lukin, 2nd, Lawrence Fertig 6? Co., 149 Madison Ave., N.Y.C. 

1925 — William C. Waring, Jr., 1109 Hospital Trust Bldg 

1926 — Jacob S. Temkin, 540 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

1927 — Irving G. Loxley, 94 Albert Ave., Edgewood, R I, 

1928 — Nelson B. Jones, Brown University 
I 1929 — Walter Ensign, 94 Slater Ave. 

1930 — E. J. Farrell, 61 Daniel St., Pawtucket, R. I. 

1931 — Frederick L. Harson, 570 Broad Street 

1932 — Richard A Hurley, Jr., 80 Don Ave., Rumford, R. I. 

1933 — Franklin A. Hurd, 5 Meredith Drive, Cranston, R. I. 

1934 — Bancroft Littlefield, 1 109 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

1935 — Alfred H. Joslin, 100 Hazard Ave. 

1936 — Robert W. Kenyon, 43 3 Westminster St. 

1937 — Martin L. Tarpy, 54 Grove St., Pawtucket, R. I. 

1938 — Paul W. Welch, 26 Gaspee Point Drive. 

1939 — Charles W. Gustavesen, Jr., 200 Waterman St 

1940 — Joseph C. Harvey, 55 Mountain Ave., Riverside 15, R. I. 

1941 — Walter Boughton, Brown University. 

1942 — William I. Crooker, Brown University. 

1943 — Kingsley N. Meyer, 270 Doyle Ave. 

1944 — W. S. Maxwell Montgomery, 26 Linden St., Brookline, Mass. 

1945 — James O. Starkweather, Box 133, Waterville, Me. 

1946 — Hugh A. W. MacNair, RED No. 24, Great Neck, L. I., N. Y. 

1947 — Richard W. Carpenter, 2514 4th Ave., S., Minneapolis 8, Minn. 
1947 — Richard M. Morris, 75 Division St., North Attleboro, Mass., 

?^euj England Deputy. 
1948— James J. Tyrrell, Jr., Brown Club, 39 E. 39th St., N. Y. 16, N. Y. 
indicated, all addresses are in Providence.