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ALUMNI MONTHLY 

Published by Brown University for ils 
Alumni 

MEMBER, AMERICAN ALUMNI COUNCIL 

Board of Editors 

Chairman 
( . ARTHUR BRAITSCH '23 

Vicc'-Chairman 
GEORGE W. POTTER '21 

GARRETT D. BYRNES '26 
DWIGHT T. COLLEY '18 
CARLETON GOFF '24 
PROF. I. J. KAPSTEIN '26 
H. LINUS TRAVERS '27 

Managing-Editor 
CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 

Assistant Editor 
DOUGLAS A. SNOW '45 



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OF BROWN UNIVERSITY 
Honorary Chairmen 

Henry Dexter Sharpe '94 
Henry Merritt Wriston 

President 

Dwight T. Colley '18 

Vice-Presidents 

Robert D. Allison '29 
Foster B. Davis, Jr. '39 
Stephen A. McClellan '23 
Edwin J. Schermerhorn '34 
Warren J. Smith. Jr. '32 



Treas 



Secretary 



Directors 



Richmond H. Sweet '25 



William B. McCormick '23 



R. H. Abbott "43, W. Adler '18, H. B, 
Alli.son '48, J. M. Bailey '16, M. C. 
Ball '35, R. G. Bleakney '23. W. T. 
Brightman '21, N. B. Chase '23. A. R. 
Coolidge "24, A. H. Crosbie '39, S. J. 
Dreyer '22, R. E. Hale '41, P. P. John- 
son '29, L. D. Le Valley '39, E. J. 
Lownes, Jr. '23, J. H. McMullen '46, 
R. D. Messinger '37, G. T. Metcalf 
'13, J. J. Muccio '21. E. M. Murphy 
'19, D. Norton-Taylor '26, F. J. O'Brien 
'16, E. M. Pearce '17, M. L. Pepper '27, 
R. B. Perkins '29, N. Pierce '33. J. A. 
Rogers '31, F. H. Rohlfs '26, F. W. 
Rollins '16, F. A. Russo '26, D. A. 
Snow "45, M. Sulzberger. Jr. '26. C. E. 
Williams '38. M. N. Zalkind '35. 



CONTENTS 



Features 

The Future of the Alumni Monthly 

A 15-Year Survey By President Wriston 

The Class of 1955: a Quick Look 

News 

The Quadrangle: They've Moved in 
Plates and Alburns: a Holiday Reminder 
Football: a Great Victory over Yale 
Brown Winter Sports Schedules 
The 1951 Varsity Football Squad 

Departments 

The Brown Clubs Report 
Brunonians Far and Near 
Small Talk 

Bureau of Vital Statistics 
We Mourn Their Death 
Class and Club Officers 



5 

6 

10 



3 
11 
12 
13 
18 



14 
17 
29 
30 
33 
back cover 



THE COVER PHOTO: Shining lights at night and a glimpse 
through a window here and there show better than any daylight 
picture that the students are in the new Brown University Quad- 
rangle. They testify how close to completion is this vital project, 
goal toward which several thousands of Brown men and others 
have worked and given. (Photo Lab picture). 

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The Almanac 



December 



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December 1 1 
December 12 
December 12-14 

December 13 

December 18 

December 19 

Dec. 19-Jan. 2 

December 27 

December 28 

January 10 

January 28-30 

February 8 

February 13-15 

February 14 

February 15 

February 29 



March 12-14 

March 15-24 

May 30 

June 2 



Brown-Pembroke Christmas Concert; Alumnae Hall, two 
performances: 4 and 8:30. 

Boston Brown Club luncheon: Capt. Durgin. 

Pittsburgh Brown Club: Coach Kelley. 

Sock and Buskin: "The Contrast." Faunce House Theater, 
8:30. 

Washington, D. C. Brown Club: Coach Kelley. 

New York Brown Club punch party: 4 to 7. 

Albany Brown Club: Coach Kelley. 

Christmas recess. 

Chicago Brown Club Christmas luncheon: Dean Walker and 
Coach Kelley. 

St. Louis Brown Club luncheon: Crystal Room, Hotel Jef- 
ferson, Dean Walker and Coach Kelley. 

Brown-Pembroke Concert Series — University String Quar- 
tet; Alumnae Hall, 8:30. 

Sock and Buskin Alumni presentation; Faunce House Thea- 
ter, 8:30. 

Brown-Pembroke Concert Series — Pembroke and Trinity 
College Glee Clubs; Alumnae Hall. 8:30. 

Sock and Buskin presents "Playboy of the Western World" 
in Faunce House Theater. 8:30. 

New York Brown Club Annual Dinner. 

Brown-Pembroke Concert Series — Brown-Pembroke Orches- 
tra; Alumnae Hall, 8:30. 

Brown-Pembroke Concert Series — Pembroke and Bowdoin 
College Glee Clubs with the Meddibempsters; Alumnae 
Hall, 8:30. 

Brownbrokers; Faunce House Theater, 8:30. 

Spring Recess. 

Alumni Dinner: "Reunion of Reunions." 

184th .Annual Commencement. 



(NOTE: For winter sports events, see schedules elsewhere in this issue.) 



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ALUMNI 
MONTHLY 



NOVEMBER, 1951 
VOL. Lll NO. 2 



They're Living in the Quadrangle 




They're in the Quadrangle at Brown. That was the 
monumental fact as the University opened its 188th 
year Sept. 17. You can state it as simply as that, but. 
like many facts, it needs modifying and interpreting. Its im- 
plications are even greater than the great project itself. 

To see the transition is to know an exultation such as you 
feel when you climb your mountain or gain any other 
worthy victory. All the cliches about dreams and milestones 
come with a rush as you try to remark the excitement of 
the hour, for here were bold hopes that had won through, 
here was the beginning of a new phase, the application of 
an old philosophy in a practical but handsome way. Into 
this, one of the greatest enterprises of Brown's history (if 
not the greatest), had gone vast, thoughtful planning, giv- 
ing beyond precedent, and notable building. At last, all the 
labors of thousands of Brown men and others had "some- 
thing to show for it." One hundred years after the vision 
of President Wayland, Brown had become a residential 
college. 

Students were occupying five of the nine housing units — 
485 men, including the membership of nine fraternities. 
The work on the other buildings had proceeded under many 
favoring circumstances (good weather, materials on hand, 
and willing labor among them). Three of the four remain- 
ing structures were bricked and slated, with interior trim 
of student rooms in two complete. On the final building at 
the corner of Brown and George Sts., steel for the roof was 
going up in November, the cement slabs were in place, and 



the bricklayers were at it. Its final form was nearly apparent, 
although it had been started only in July. 

As the Building Committee reported to the Corporation 
in October, "the fact that five buildings were occupied did 
not, unfortunately, indicate that they were in a finished 
state." Nevertheless, the buildings had to be used. First pri- 
ority, therefore, had been put on student living quarters and 
related necessary facilities. At the opening of the year the 
wood trim and closets were ready in all student rooms; the 
rooms were painted, and all lighting fixtures were placed; 
the rooms were completely furnished. Bathrooms were tiled, 
equipped, and functioning. Inside halls were practically fin- 
ished. 

But in each of the five buildings, workmen were still ac- 
tive. In each, there were noise, dust, and confusion in vary- 
ing degrees and amounts. "The students took the situation 
philosophically," Vice-President Appleget reported. "They 
and the workmen learned to live together amicably." It 
would have been ideal to defer occupancy until every aspect 
and item were in readiness, but it could not be. 

In its first issue of the academic year, the Brown Daily 
Herald reviewed the long strides toward "educational at- 
mosphere" in its housing system: "Many of Brown's dorms, 
though unquestionably drenched with tradition, were un- 
comfortably ancient. Furthermore, too many students, be- 
cause of a paucity of accommodations, were obliged to find 
off-campus rooms, often miles from their classrooms." But, 
since the war, "Men, money, and machines began to ham- 
mer out Brown's residential future." 



NOVEMBER 1951 



"Today," the editorial continued, "ttie result of that ef- 
fort stands near completion. Without its final lush coat of 
landscaping, the Quadrangle still conveys the impression of 
naked newness. Inside the buildings, the testimony of recent 
labor is still evident; there are bare walls and floors, and 
railings as yet wrapped in protective paper. The last few 
buildings are only promising skeletons. But the returning 
undergraduates can see at last the product of a decade's la- 
bor. He need no longer merely visualize the proud grace of 
the new Brown homes. 

"Certainly, not all of us will be unreservedly satisfied with 
every detail of the multi-million dollar project. Some have 
looked askance at the moats. Others have been hyper-sensi- 
tive of certain interior effects. And there surely will be an 
element which will express annoyance at the sounds of 
labor which, for perhaps the entire year, will make difficult 
late-sleeping and afternoon studying in some areas. But 
complaints are to be expected. We are, generally, an adult 
group with adult perspective, able to appreciate the growing 
pains of evolution." 

There were, then, at the opening of College a few glaring 
but endurable deficiencies. Some of the fraternity lounges 
and libraries were not finished — partly because some frater- 
nities ordered special panelling and partly because millwork 
was consistently hard to obtain. Most of the fraternities 
were still raising money for the furnishing of the rooms 
around which their chapter life centers. Decorators were 
dependent upon the return of the students before choices 
were final. But by Homecoming the nine fraternities in the 
Quadrangle had plenty to show off to their alumni and other 
guests. Most had episodic housewarmings. 

With Cammarian Club officers and members of the Inter- 
fraternity Governing Board, the University officials held a 
series of conferences. In them the mutual problems were 
discussed, and an area of understanding was widened. One 
recurring question was about the porters who were to have 
duty sooner or later at the main entrances to the Quad- 
rangle. Were they spies, jailers, or little deans? No, said the 
University. They would have no machine guns, tear gas, 
barbed wire. They were not there to impede, at any time of 
day or night, the passage in or out of anyone who had a 
right to be there. Bona fide visitors would be assisted, guests 
could be signed in overnight, and (above all) the property 
of the University and the residents would be protected. If 
a student chose to return regularly at 3 a.m., he could do so. 
If he was conspicuous in doing so, perhaps there was some 
good in that, too. 

As the weeks went by, more and more progress was 
made. Landscaping began as soon as possible, keeping pace 
with construction. All the graded areas had their application 
of Hyper-Humus and have been planted in rye, preliminary 
to next spring's grass. Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, under whose 
sensitive and skillful direction the College Green was so 
successfully landscaped in recent years, is again on the job. 
While one can count on the charm of the Quadrangle land- 
scaping, it will be different from that of the older campus. 
Red pine and yews were the first evergreens to go in, fol- 
lowed in November by deciduous trees and plants, includ- 
ing a number of flowering varieties. Dogwood, ailanthus, 
and azalea are growing in the moats already. Some of the 
magnificent old elms in the area have been saved. Cherry, 
hawthorne, dogwood, and plum will be among the flowering 
varieties. An appropriation of $25,000 goes toward the 
landscaping. 

Although the other four buildings may be ready for stu- 
dent occupancy on Dec. 15, Jan. 15, Feb. 1, and May 1, 
respectively, the transfer of the men to them will be a more 




HALLOWE'EN TEARS; Jackie didn't win a prize and needed con- 
solation, but everyone else had a wonderful time wiien the BCA 
and Brown fraternities threw a party for 850 kids on Benefit St. 
The Hallowe'en affair has been a bit of co-operation between 
students and police for several years. (Jackie thought everyone 
was getting door prizes and didn't understand why he had been 
missed. Later, ice cream and candy helped to moke up a little bit.) 

leisurely and normal one than that at the beginning of the 
academic year. The other fraternities will not move in under 
confused circumstances, since there is no longer the neces- 
sity to meet a deadline. 

Commencement will offer a revelation to the alumni from 
a distance who have not seen the transformation as yet. 
What is already achieved is exciting enough. By June it will 
be something superb to see — complete and lived in. The 
first month may have been rough on the hardy pioneers in 
the Quadrangle, but even they caught a sense of the quality 
that impends. 

"In spite of its difficulties," Vice-President Appleget told 
the Corporation, "the Quadrangle construction has gone 
exceedingly well. Until September, the University had no 
priority number. As fast as working plans and specifications 
could be drawn up in 1949, orders were placed. The Uni- 
versity paid for materials as they were delivered and en- 
couraged early delivery. This policy gave us a storage prob- 
lem. It meant, however, not only that most of our purchases 
were at 1949 prices, it meant also the difference, in many 
cases, between securing scarce materials or failing entirely 
to secure them. The Quadrangle construction has not had a 
shortage in material or personnel not quickly solved." 



4 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



The Future of the Alumni Monthly 



DID YOU MISS US in October? We hope you did. There is 
an unhappy story behind the failure of the Brown 
Alumni Monthly to publish an issue in that month. There 
is a way in which you can be of material assistance, if this 
magazine means anything to you as it comes to you from 
College Hill through the academic year. 

The Board of Editors of the Brown Alumni Monthly 
had a melancholy job to do when it was called together for 
a special meeting early this fall. It was compelled to cope 
•with a drastic cut in its operating budget. For the first time 
since the University had undertaken to foot the bills and 
make it possible to send this magazine free to all Brown 
men, the University had had to deny the Board's full re- 
quest for the funds it felt it needed. 

It should be pointed out at once that we are not the only 
ones around the University who have had to sit down with 
an aching budget, for Brown appears to face a whopping 
deficit in the year ahead. A special committee of the Cor- 
poration looked around to see where money might be saved 
to keep that deficit as low as possible. This committee felt 
that we must make our contribution. Although we would 
have welcomed a chance to inform the committee more 
carefully about the magazine, we would not have dissented 
from its conclusion — and do not. 

A year ago our budget for that year had been approved 
for $29,465 (exclusive of salaries for the editor and a 
secretary). By saving substantially on a new printing con- 
tract, we were able to stay within that appropriation by 
better than $4000. In preparing our 1951-52 budget esti- 
mate last February, we took several factors into considera- 
tion: Because of graduation and withdrawals, we would 
have to print 1000 to 1200 more copies per issue to ac- 
commodate this automatic increase in our mailing list. We 
could anticipate an increase in printing and engraving 
costs. (Fortunately, the mailing costs for a magazine like 
ours do not go up.) In addition, the salary of the assistant 
editor is now for the first time a charge against the mag- 
azine. 

As we have said, our request could not be granted. Our 
estimate of needs for 1951-52 — $29,395 exclusive of sal- 
aries — was scaled down to $20,934. This sum must accom- 
modate the increased costs in basic operations, including an 
increase in circulation to 18,500 and the availability of 
correspondingly more information for class notes. 

We have been publishing the magazine under our present 
arrangement for five years. In that time the University has 
been scrupulous and generous in carrying out its agreement 
with the Associated Alumni. It has been and is a conspicu- 
ous example of good faith. In its turn, the Board of Editors, 
in whom the complete direction of editorial policy and 
content is vested, has been faithful — a strong, conscientious 
volunteer group. It approached its newest problem in a 
spirit on which it has been congratulated by the Provost and 
others. 

The Board saw a number of ways of saving money in 
publishing this magazine: It could cut down the number 
of issues (10 a year of late). It could use fewer pictures, 
paper of lighter weight and poorer quality, and fewer pages 
per issue. It could cut out color on the cover. It could cut 
salaries. It could suggest cutting down the mailing list by 
weeding out the disinterested. (Who would care to sit in 
judgment of the loyalty of Brown men?) 



Under the agreement between the Alumni and the Cor- 
poration, "the determination of the categories of Alumni 
to be included in the mailing list, the number of issues per 
year, and the size of the magazine (are) to be determined 
jointly by Brown University and the Executive Committee 
of the Associated Alumni." The Board of Editors therefore 
reported in October to the Executive Committee that the 
magazine could probably stay within its appropriation by 
using lighter paper, fewer illustrations, and zinc cuts instead 
of copper; by printing 72 fewer pages in the current year 
than in 1950-51; by reducing the number of issues from 10 
to eight. 

The Executive Committee voted to accept "with regret" 
the recommendation to publish eight issues of 32 pages 
each. Now you see why there was no October issue. You 
will understand when the December issue is also omitted. 

The Executive Committee of the Associated Alumni took 
further action with regard to the magazine: It voted to ap- 
prove a plan under which voluntary contributions from its 
readers may be accepted for the use of the magazine. 

We told you at the beginning of this statement that there 
was a way in which you could be of real help to this mag- 
azine. Here it is: a gift from you will serve to augment the 
appropriation for the year ahead. You will continue to get 
the magazine in any event. 



A Word from the Alumni President 

Fellow Brown Men: 

If you have enjoyed this magazine over the years, 
you can demonstrate the fact right now — at a time 
and in a way that will mean a lot to all of us. 

The Brown Alumni Monthly's budget for 1951- 
1952 has been sharply cut, in view of a large deficit 
facing the University. (As you know, the University 
has for five years paid all the bills for the magazine, 
although the Associated Alumni have retained entire 
control over policy and content through the Alumni 
Board of Editors.) The accompanying statement tells 
you all about this necessity to save Brown $9000 on 
its magazine operation. 

At its October meeting the Executive Committee 
of the Associated Alumni authorized this magazine 
to accept gifts from its readers in order to add to the 
funds allotted by the University for its publication. 

It costs Brown more than $3.50 a year per reader 
to send this magazine to all alumni. I am therefore 
asking you to send a voluntary subscription in that 
amount (or any gift, smaller or larger). Let's offer 
the Alumni Monthly a vote of thanks for past 
pleasures and a vote of confidence that will be prac- 
tical now. Let's help the Board of Editors publish a 
better magazine than is permitted under its present 
appropriation. 

Sincerely, 

Dwight T. Colley, '18 
Pres., Associated Alumni of Brown University 

P.S. Make your check payable to Brown University 
and send it to the Brown Alumni Monthly, Brown 
University, Providence 12, R. I. 



NOVEMBER 1951 



THE MEASURE O 



PRESIDENT WRISTON'S ANNUAL REPORT to the Brown 
Corporation is not prepared with any expectation that it 
will be published for the general reader or even the aver- 
age alumnus. If it were, it could not be so outspoken a 
statement of pride in achievement, of disappointment, and 
of bold aspiration. Ordinarily, its only audience is the lead- 
ers of the official family— the Fellows and Trustees who must 
cope in a responsible way with Brown's problems. 

This year, however, it was in order to ask for an excep- 
tion to the normal rule. It was not only that Dr. Wriston's 
Report was a looking-back over his 15 years at Brown. It 
was a thoughtful, militant message, a challenge in a crisis 
in American education. 

We asked, therefore, that we might bring his challenge 
to all alumni of the University. Obviously, we have such per- 
mission. We have exercised our editorial discretion to omit 
very few passages. 

Only a few of the topics which will interest you are: the 
structure of the University, Brown's residential goal, its uni- 
versity status, its Faculty and academic freedom, the library, 
the curriculum (with special reference to Engineering), a 
sense of balance in athletics, "co-education," and its war- 
rant in asking for support. 



I WAS ELECTED to the office of President of Brown Uni- 
versity 15 years ago this month. From one point of view 
anniversaries are highly artificial; nevertheless they fur- 
nish occasion for a review of the situation. I propose to de- 
scribe some aspects of the present status of the University, 
making as objective an analysis as is possible for one deeply 
enmeshed in its problems. It will be comparative only to a 
small degree and there will be as few statistics as possible: 
the most significant things in the life of an institution of 
higher education often are not reflected on a balance sheet 
nor measured in any other way save in the judgment of in- 
terested men and women. 

We have the simplest administrative structure imaginable 
— only two colleges and a graduate school, all with a single 
budget. That statement is important because the structure 
reflects the compactness of the idea which animates the life 
and work of the institution and sets it apart from all but one 
of its fellows in the Association of American Universities. 

The last generation has seen such an enormous prolifer- 
ation of institutes, schools, colleges, and programs within 
universities that often no one mind can comprehend the 
whole program, even in a formal sense. American institu- 
tions of higher education have been under so much pressure 
for so many years to do so many things that a great number 
no longer can be said to cohere about a central and signifi- 
cant idea. 

The multiplication of activities has developed centrifugal 
forces to such a degree that the term "university" has some- 
times all but lost any meaning which can be defined in more 
precise terms than a collection of organizations sharing a 
common name, loosely related to one another for fiscal and 
administrative purposes. Only by realizing this and by re- 
flecting upon it, can one understand how such a fantastic 
episode as the loyalty oath controversy at the University of 
California could develop. From one point of view that con- 



troversy seems artificial and even trivial; perceived in more 
fundamental terms it goes literally to the heart of the idea 
of a university, with disastrous effects. 

Basic incoherence led to football, basketball, and other 
athletic scandals. These could occur only under one of two 
circumstances. An institution had grown so large, and had 
developed a division of authority so great and a disjuncture 
so profound that the same institution could harbor scientists 
and scholars of deep and passionate devotion to the truth 
and, on the other hand, promoters whose aggressiveness 
cou'd only be described as ruthless, and who neither knew 
nor cared about the idea upon which a university is supposed 
to be founded. The only other way in which such scandals 
could occur is when smaller institutions have lost integrity 
of program and purpose, and developed a callous and im- 
moral belief that the ends justify the means, whereas the 
whole history of education demonstrates that the means ul- 
timately determine the ends. 

I am not upholding the Brown structure as the only valid 
type. Many complex universities have neither lost their bear- 
ings nor yielded to confusion. The point to emphasize is that 
there is no occasion to apologize for not following the trend 
toward being "all things to all men," and expanding our pro- 
gram indefinitely. Higher education has room for individual- 
ity; in fact there is desperate need for institutions which are 
not infected with the feeling that they must keep up with the 
Joneses. We should be content to lay out a profoundly sig- 
nificant program and pursue that, letting others meet super- 
ficial demands for overspecialized work. This Corporation 
should not feel defensive as it observes the simplicity of our 
administrative organization, reflecting as it does the coher- 
ence of our program. 

Broitni's Residential Character 

In speaking to undergraduates at the opening of this ac- 
ademic year, I defined Brown as a "residential university 
college in a metropolitan community," and emphasized that 
each word was essential to our unique status. Few universi- 
ties attempt to be genuinely residential in character. We are 
making progress in that endeavor. 

Success was attained first at Pembroke with the comple- 
tion of Andrews Hall. I doubt if many realize what a pro- 
found change that embodied. Twenty years ago Pembroke 
had less than 40% of its students residing in the college; 60% 
commuted. Today 70*^0 are in residence, a reasonably high 

What's Happened at Brown 
in 15 Remarkable Years? This 
Frank Survey Is an Exciting 
Report, All the More Since the 
Times Command a Special 
Interest by All Loyal Alumni 
in the University's Problems. 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



15 YEARS 



figure considering our location in a metropolitan center. 
This reflects a diflierent position of Pembroke within the uni- 
versity. It involves a different kind of life within Pembroke 
itself; it brings to bear upon a larger percentage of girls 
those aspects of college experience which are in many ways 
as significant for their education as what takes place within 
the classroom. Moreover, effective means have been adopted 
to give those who commute as large a share as possible in the 
communal life of the college. 

Few of the members of this Corporation will remember 
with what effort the program of making the men's College 
residential was pursued just before the war. In 1935 only 
53% were housed in fraternities and dormitories. Large 
numbers who were not living at home were scattered 
throughout this part of the city in boarding houses and pri- 
vate residences. Commuters participated little in college 
life, and seldom appeared at lectures or concerts. 

We then proceeded at what some thought a furious rate 
to provide temporary dormitories. George, Warren, and 
Horace Mann were bought; Maxcy was rebuilt into an un- 
dergraduate dormitory — offices, classrooms, laboratories 
were banished. In 1938-1939 we set out to require all men 
to live on the campus. The goal was imperfectly achieved 
because of traditional resistance to change and because of 
the inadequacy of the quarters we had available. The resi- 
dential requirement was chiefly significant as a manifesta- 
tion of purpose, the establishment of a policy. 

Progress Halted, Resumed 

The war destroyed the progress that had been made, and 
then the post-war flood of students made reestablishment of 
a residential policy impossible. Only 40% of the men in col- 
lege lived in dormitories and fraternity houses. Students 
overflowed our accommodations and saturated the com- 
munity; we had to appeal over the radio for persons to take 
in Brown students. 

This year, for the first time since the war, we seek to be a 
"residential" college again. Even now the situation is im- 
perfect; men are still occupying old dormitories which are 
inadequate, and many of our procedures are still makeshift. 
The Quadrangle is in such an incomplete state, not only in 
the buildings not yet occupied by students but in those which 
are, that the social, mora!, and cultural effects of the residen- 
tial program cannot be adequately realized. 

However, there is a "policy in force." It is, fundamentally, 
not only a sound but also a popular policy. Seventy-five '';, 
of the freshmen applied for rooms. This year 61% of the 
undergraduate men live in college residences. That is a close 
approximation of the percentage in 1900; it is still 10% be- 
low 1910. It contrasts with one urban university in New 
England which has 95"o in residence. 

We are today at the threshold of an objective initiated 13 
years ago. Further progress depends on not becoming con- 
fused in our objectives by transient and trivial difficulties, 
on not becoming feeble in administration for want of cour- 
age and consistency. Only clear-headed tenacity will make 
the new accommodations more than momentarily impres- 
sive piles of brick. 

On the residential side we have made definite progress in 
the two colleges; but the Graduate School shows only the 




AS BROWN UNIVERSITY'S 188fh academic year opened in Sep- 
tember. President Wriston and Provost Arnold follow the Mace- 
Bearer, Prof. Ben V/. Brown '19. Dr. James S. Coles, Acting Dean 
of the College, is behind Dr. Wriston. 

most rudimentary beginnings of a residential policy. Gradu- 
ate schools turn out the college teachers who should set the 
intellectual, cultural, moral, and social tone of institutions of 
higher education. It makes no sense whatever to treat gradu- 
ate years as a moral hiatus, a period of social hibernation 
and cultural sterility. The overemphasis upon specialism 
needs to be curbed at the instructional level; specialism at its 
best should be balanced by a rounded, urbane, and normal 
life. Until we progress much further in that respect with 
graduate students, we shall not have attained our goal of be- 
ing a residential university. 

Why Utiiiiersity Status 

The university status included in my definition of Brown 
grows out of research and training postgraduates. Graduate 
instruction is a relative newcomer upon the educational 
scene. It is only 90 years since Yale granted its first Doctor 
of Philosophy degree; as an organized form of activity, grad- 
uate study really belongs to the 20th century. In view of the 
size and resources of Brown University, it is astonishing that 
graduate instruction has had our attention for so long. 

The basic decision rested not with the present administra- 
tion, nor that of President Barbour, President Faunce, nor 
even President Andrews; it goes back to President Robinson, 
who said in 1886: "The time, it seems to me, has now fully 
come for Brown University to offer a course of study to be 
pursued by candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philoso- 
phy." Three years later he wrote, "It is earnestly to be hoped 
that courses of graduate study . . . which have . . . been 
begun, will hereafter become permanent parts of the educa- 
tional opportunities afforded at Brown University." His suc- 
cessor declared that the decision was "irreversible," and so 
it has proved. 

But, between the launching of graduate work and its pres- 
ent status, an infinite variety of developments were available. 
In many American universities the graduate faculty is a 
group apart, a kind of intellectual elite, whose energies are 
spent on research and on the incidental training of graduate 
students, many of whom serve an apprenticeship in doing 
the spade work for the professor's research. The graduate 
school is usually a separate, rigid part of the university struc- 
ture; it often tends to drain energy away from undergraduate 
instruction, to give the members of the faculty who teach 



NOVEMBER 1951 



undergraduates a lesser standing in the community as well 
as a lower salary scale. Many a graduate school contributes 
to that centrifugal quality by which the coherence of the uni- 
versity may be destroyed. 

Tendencies along all those lines have been present at 
Brown at one time or another. After graduate work was set 
up as a "School" with a Dean, it began to develop its own 
policies outside the control of the general Faculty of the Uni- 
versity. Today, however, graduate work is upon a very much 
better basis. The Graduate School is an administrative unit 
and nothing more; its policies are fixed by the whole Faculty, 
its instruction is given by professors who also teach under- 
graduates. Graduate students fill out their background with 
courses primarily for undergraduates and advanced under- 
graduates participate in graduate courses. 

A Relatively Rare Arrangement 

Brown, then, has a single faculty. The liberal arts college 
is the center and focus of its energies; the undergraduate is 
not discriminated against. In many complex institutions the 
liberal arts departments borrow their instruction from pro- 
fessional and pre-professional schools; there cannot be said 
to be a real liberal arts faculty at all. Here, on the con- 
trary, there is no borrowed instruction, nor is teaching 
tainted with ulterior interests nor modeled for other pur- 
poses. 

With very few exceptions, research and undergraduate 
teaching are combined. That arrangement, while not unique, 
is relatively rare. Many institutions hold that such a com- 
bination leads to waste. Teaching duties allow less time for 
research, and therefore the rate of progress is presumably 
slowed. It is said that asking men of high attainment to spend 
time and energy upon poorly prepared, uninterested under- 
graduates is comparable to casting pearls before swine. So 
runs the argument; it would not be truthful to deny that it 
has a measure of cogency. 

There is another point of view which we think has more 
validity. A great research man, like any discoverer, carries 
great prestige; if anyone can evoke intellectual ambition, it 
should be he. Moreover, by the process of teaching he is 
forced to organize his own thoughts and to clarify his ex- 
position. Not infrequently teaching contributes as much to 
research as research does to instruction. At Brown the di- 
chotomy between teaching and research is less evident than 
in most institutions of higher education; the harmony be- 
tween those two phases of the intellectual life is better re- 
alized, if not consciously expressed. 

Furthermore our program has flexibility. We have em- 
phasized the strength of our Faculty and have not pretended 
to give advanced degrees where adequate personnel was 
lacking. We have been ready to lead others into distinctive 
fields like Applied Mathematics; our program in American 
Civilization has been widely recognized. When a special en- 
dowment made possible work in Egyptology or the insight 
of Dean Richardson made available the world leader in the 
History of Mathematics, we have kept these programs mod- 
est and have developed them without fanfare or advertising. 
The Faculty have shown commendable resourcefulness in 
developing useful but unfashionable fields: acoustics in 
physics, when atomic science is the rage; physical chemistry, 
when organic chemistry was the favorite program; limited 
branches of psychology. There have been active efforts to 
work with other universities whenever possible; departments 
have not set up rivalry where cooperation would produce 
a better result. In short, there has been no effort to insist 
upon giving advanced degrees in every conceivable subject. 

The substance in which this Corporation should be in- 



terested, therefore, is that the decision to offer graduate in- 
struction, taken nearly 65 years ago, has not led to an un- 
balanced development as it has in so many institutions. It 
has not set one section of the University against another, it 
has not discounted teaching, it has not divided the Faculty; 
it has become a source of strength and stability and has made 
possible a more mature undergraduate program than would 
have been conceivable without graduate work. 

Integrity and Academic Freedom 

In maintaining the integrity of the University, Faculty 
and Corporation alike deserve credit on a point of first im- 
portance. These are troubled and controversial times, and 
members of the Faculty, exercising their rights as scholars, 
have discussed many controversial topics in the classroom; 
in exercising their rights as citizens they have taken public 
positions on subjects which are sometimes more noted for 
the heat they generate than for the light that is shed upon the 
issues involved. 

In 15 years there has been no instance in which any mem- 
ber of this governing board has suggested that any curb be 
put upon any member of the Faculty, either in the classroom 
or in his outside activities. Several members of the Corpo- 
ration have exercised their unqualified right to criticize both 
the teaching and the points of view publicly expressed by 
members of the Faculty, but in each instance without even 
hinting that any restrictions be attempted. That is a record 
of which this body may well be proud. 

The American Association of University Professors, in 
upholding the principles of academic freedom which protect 
the professor in the classroom and his rights as a citizen, 
pointed out that professors have a duty to express their views 
on unpopular subjects in a manner befitting at once the dig- 
nity and responsibility of the institution, but without altering 
their own rights of expression. Our Faculty deserves credit 
for having lived up to both the letter and spirit of that in- 
junction. 

Our fortunate situation does not result from any failure 
on the part of this Corporation or the Faculty to hold strong 
views on questions which sharply divide public opinion. It 
arises from an alert sense of both the privileges and the re- 
sponsibilities on each side. 

The Problem of the Library 

The Library is a vital element in any survey of Brown, 
whether from the point of view of university status or in 
relation to the development of the colleges. American uni- 
versities are finding that the greatest single strain upon their 
resources is a medical school, when they have one; the next 
greatest strain is the library. I think we must be infinitely 
grateful to our librarians and their associates for the re- 
sourcefulness and energy which they have put into maintain- 
ing the eminent position of our libraries. 

Physical expansion and administrative reorganization 
have marked the past 15 years. In 1937 Brown had 17 scat- 
tered departmental libraries in addition to the general col- 
lections in the John Hay. They were operated mainly for the 
convenience of the Faculty and graduate students, and only 
one was supervised by a trained assistant. 

Consolidation began the following year when the books 
on mathematics, the physical sciences, and engineering were 
moved into the new Metcalf Research Laboratory. The Bio- 
logical Sciences Divisional Library was then set up in Arnold 
Laboratory. With the completion of the extension of the 
John Hay Library in 1939-40 the books in the remaining 
departmental libraries were returned to the main building 
and the needs of these departments were served through the 
Humanities and Social Studies Readina Rooms. Carrels and 



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ANY FUTURE HISTORIAN of Brown University 

President Wriston's administration on College H 

the Quodrongle, into which students moved this 

Photo Lab, was taken from the roo 

Study tables in the stacks provided ready access for advanced 
students. Total accommodations for readers were enlarged 
to care for 700 instead of 280. The Pembroke College Li- 
brary also was rearranged, the shelves were weeded and re- 
freshed, the lighting was improved, and the seating capacity 
more than doubled. 

Advances and Lagging 

During the 15-year period ending June 1951, the collec- 
tions increased by 50 per cent. More than 550,000 volumes 
are shelved in stacks designed to hold 400,000. The Divi- 
sional Libraries together contain over 100,000 volumes and 
are filled to capacity. Approximately 40.000 volumes are 
shelved in the basement of Robinson Hall. It may be of in- 
terest to note that the volumes sent out on interlibrary loan 
increased from 251 in 1936-37 to 854 in 1950-51, while 
those borrowed increased from 203 to 457. 

During this period the Lincoln, Harris, and Mathematics 



ust surely recognize as a peak achievement of 
ill the provision of the new residential community, 
fall. The photo, by George Henderson of Brown's 
f of the Refectory, looking southwest. 

Collections, all of which were important nationally, have 
been further strengthened by the addition of significant man- 
uscripts, monographs, and serials. The Egyptology Collec- 
tion will soon he outstanding. It was the strength of our 
mathematics library which led in part to the locating of 
Mathematical Reviews at Brown and more recently to the 
moving of the offices of the American Mathematical Society 
to Providence. 

In the course of these years the Annmary Brown Memo- 
rial, containing a notable collection of incunabula, became 
part of the University collections. The building is being 
equipped as a center for Renaissance studies. The utility of 
the John Carter Brown Library to American scholarship and 
its vigor in acquisitions have increased markedly during the 
past 1 5 years. In every respect it is one of the most satisfying 
parts of Brown University. 

Library endowments have not kept pace with the growing 
needs of that segment of the University. In 15 years only a 



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little over $40,000 has been given to the University Library 
and $51,000 to the Pembroke branch. The increase in the 
annual income of the general libraries is only $2000 and a 
little over $2500 at Pembroke. In 187 years we have accu- 
mulated $283,000 of endowment for the purchase of books. 
Just to show how interest in a project brings in money, we 
have nearly $100,000 for the purchase of stamps and the 
maintenance of the stamp collection. 

The Brown University Library is one of some 50 Ameri- 
can research libraries participating in a cooperative acqui- 
sitions project, called the Farmington Plan, which aims to 
acquire for some American research library at least one copy 
of each publication of research value, published in the Ro- 
man alphabet. Each library is responsible for the publica- 
tions in certain fields, generally those in which the library 
is strong or has an active interest. Brown has been assigned 
American and Canadian literature and modern Italian liter- 
ature. 

Brown's Curricular Structure 

The teaching in the colleges is sound, possessing the dis- 
tinction that comes from capable and conscientious men and 
women. It has not been notable for experimentation. There 
are, for example, none of the survey courses which were so 
popular at Columbia and Chicago 25 years ago; nor are 
there any such courses in "general education" as now exist 
in those institutions and at Harvard and Yale and many of 
the smaller colleges. So-called "integrated approaches" to 
general fields like physical science or the humanities have 
never had much consideration here. The curriculum follows 
a conservative pattern requiring fairly heavy doses of in- 
troductory courses in a number of fields and a minimum of 
concentration. Neither tutorial nor preceptorial work has 
been introduced and, while the honors program is vigorous. 



it does not involve the very large percentage of the student 
body that is found in some institutions. 

The instructional program has escaped all the vagaries 
which have appeared from time to time; at the same time 
it has lacked the freshness and inventiveness which have ap- 
peared in some instances. It has been characterized much 
more by steadiness and competence. 

There have been some changes and additions in special- 
ized fields in recent years. In particular, the Sc.B. in Phys- 
ics has been added; its requirements are modest and do not 
overemphasize science to the extent of crowding out liberal 
subjects. The entire program for the Sc.B. in Chemistry has 
been recast and, I think it is fair to say, revitalized. Likewise 
the engineering curriculum has been rebuilt. Each has novel 
features — perhaps the most radical is chemistry; but none 
is marked by unique methods or unusual syntheses. 

Engineering at Broivn 

One of the most disturbing manifestations of centrifugal 
forces has been the tendency of technical and scientific sub- 
jects to break away from the liberal arts. Many institutions 
have become so deeply engrossed in preparation for tech- 
nical work that their students get no general or liberal edu- 
cation. 

It is often said that in European universities and "tech- 
nical high schools" (the equivalent of our engineering in- 
stitutions) there is no emphasis upon liberal education. Such 
statements, however, overlook earlier educational experi- 
ence. In England, for example, before a man goes to Cam- 
bridge to study engineering (and at the University he takes 
no "liberal" work), he has already had the essence of a lib- 
eral education. 

(Continued on page 34) 



The Class of 1955: a Quick Look 



By EMERY R. WALKER, JR., 
Dean of Admission 



'39 



ONCE AGAIN the hectic activity of Freshman Week is 
over. College is settled to its pace, and we can put 
statistics about the Freshmen together. As we add 
them to our broad impression of the new class, and see what 
we have, frankly, we are proud of the Class of 1955. 

In order to maintain a College enrollment of 2000 our 
entering group should be about 600, which is just the size of 
the new class. The total College enrollment is 2072. Thus, 
for the first time since the war we have just the number we 
want. Last spring there were many dire predictions about 
the effect the draft was going to have during the summer on 
the upperclassmen. Most colleges, including Brown, ex- 
pected a sharp drop in enrollment. This did not materialize, 
for draft boards, encouraged by Selective Service directives, 
seem to be inclined to allow boys who are progressing satis- 
factorily in college to continue. Upon graduation, or shortly 
thereafter, nearly all students will, of course, go into service; 
by that time their college training will make them more valu- 
able to the country. 

'Fifty-five is a bright Class — if anything, slightly above 
its predecessors academically. The selection was good; we 
received nearly four times as many applications as we have 
entrants. The group tests slightly above the Class of 1951 
on the College Boards, and the average Freshman was in 
the top quarter of his secondary school graduating class. 
However, they are not just scholars. More than one in 10 was 
an officer in his class, one in four was a member of his stu- 



dent council, and the list of school activities in which the 
class members took part is long and varied. 

Geographically, the Class of 1955 is wide-spread. How- 
ever, when times are tense, boys are less likely to travel 
great distances to college, and the percentages from the Mid- 
west and the West are down slightly from last year and the 
year before. Here is where they came from: 

Alabama 1, Arizona 1, California 3, Colorado 4, Con- 
necticut 50, Delaware 1, Florida 2, Georgia I, Illinois 12, 
Indiana 1 , Iowa 1 , Louisiana 1 , Maine 8, Massachusetts 1 1 8, 
Michigan 6, Minnesota 1, Missouri 5, New Hampshire 3, 
New Jersey 55, New York 94, North Carolina I, Ohio 10, 
Oklahoma 1, Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 175, Vermont 
2, Virginia 1, Wisconsin 1, District of Columbia 3, Canal 
Zone 1, China 2, Ecuador 1, England I, Germany 3, Ireland 
1, Israel 1, and Puerto Rico 1. 

Immediately after the war, there was a marked interest 
in Engineering among entrants. This interest declined stead- 
ily until this year. The figures are: 







1951 


1950 


1949 


1948 


1947 


A.B. 




76.0% 


76.8% 


78.3% 


lA.i% 


71.2% 


Sc.B. 


in Engineering 


16.2% 


15.4% 


15.7% 


17.1% 


19.8% 


Sc.B. 


in Chemistry 


5.3%' 


5.4% 


4.5% 


6.0% 


7.2% 


Sc.B. 


in Physics 


2.5%' 


2.4% 


1.5% 


2.1% 


1.4% 



The nation-wide publicity given in the last year to the great 
need for engineers seems to have reversed a trend, although, 
obviously, the large majority of students at Brown still prefer 
a liberal arts course. 



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OLD STORY IN A NEW SETTING: Two Freshmen, starting their undergraduate careers at Brown 
(as their fathers did in the '20s), find themselves in a typical room in the Quadrangle. Fourth gen- 
eration Brown man Derek Stedman (see below) is the boy at left. Near the window is James N. 
Corbridge, Jr., son of James N. Corbridge '29 of Garden City, N. Y. 



There are 43 sons of Brown men in the Class — 8"^„. One 
of them is a fourth-generation Brown man; he is Derek Sted- 
man of New York, whose father is Charles S. Stedman, Jr., 
1924, grandfather, Charles S. Stedman, 1896, and great- 
grandfather, George L. Stedman, 1857. 

Of the group, 52% came from public schools, 48";, from 
private schools; all of the classes in recent years have been 
close to 50-50 in this regard. A total of 281 schools are rep- 
resented. 

But pure statistics do not describe a class. The Class of 
1955 is 600 flesh-and-blood boys, alike in many ways, but. 
true to Brown tradition, varied, too. They are big and small, 
athletic and ungainly, rich and poor (29"^, have scholarship 
aid); they come from every kind of background, with every 
variety of interest. Each contributes to his Class and to the 
College in his own special way. We think they are a wonder- 
ful group, and we are glad to welcome them. 

Once again the B.C. A. and the Union did a fine, hospita- 
ble job in Freshman Week, along with the official tests, lec- 
tures and physicals. There were the traditional mixers. 
chances to meet College officers, student leaders, local 
clergy, coaches and Pembrokers. High spots were a tea 
given by the Wristons at their home, and a Faculty-Fresh- 
man Field Day. 



A Holiday Reminder 

WITH Christmas in the offing, it is pertinent to remind 
Brunonians that Wedgwood's Brown University 
plates are again in stock in this country. You can get de- 
livery in time for the holidays if you order promptly. The 
same suggestion is made about the popular album of 
"Music at Brown." 

In continuing the sponsorship of the Brown University 
Queensware. made at England's most famous pottery from 
the original formula, the Associated Alumni have had proof 
that these souvenirs provide a pleasant bond between the 
campus and Brown families. In the standard sets of six, 
there are different centers which feature landmarks of sen- 
timental and pictorial interest to Brunonians: Manning 
Hall, seen through the 1872 Gate; the College Green, seen 
through the John Nicholas Brown Gate; Hope College and 
the Robinson Gate; the War Memorial; University Hall and 
Van Wickle Gates; and the First Baptist Meeting House. 
Plates are dinner service size — IO'/2 inches wide. The cen- 
ters are hand-engraved in brown sepia on the ivory Queens- 
ware, with an embossed border. 

The price of the handsome plates has not gone up of 
late. Single plates are offered at $.3.00 each. Where six or 



NOVEMBER 1951 



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more plates are ordered, the price for each is $2.75. (Ex- 
press and packaging charges are included in the above.) 
Make checks payable to Treasurer, Associated Alumni, and 
mail them to the Alumni Office, Brown University, Provi- 
dence 12, R. I. 

The album of "Music at Brown" includes three 10-inch 
Vinylite records (si.x sides). It provides a rousing half -hour 
concert by the Brown University Band, the Brown Glee 
Club, the Pembroke Glee Club, and the combined Brown- 
Pembroke Chorus. Eight of Brown's own songs are supple- 
mented by hits from the Glee Clubs' repertory, recorded on 
the campus. 

The record album costs $3.00, with all handling, ship- 
ping, and tax charges included. Here the checks should be 



made payable to Brown University, since the University fi- 
nanced this alumni project. Mail them to the Alumni Of- 
fice. 

"College songs," said Dean Briggs of Harvard, "have a 
value far beyond their intrinsic merit. Their words may be 
puerile, trivial, sentimental, vulgar; their music may have 
little to commend it but 'go'; as criteria of artistic taste in 
the educated man they are misleading enough. Yet, he who 
has heard them sung . . . must be a cold man indeed if he 
is not stirred with the spirit of everlasting youth and with 
the love of the college which means to him more than words 
can tell. It is good to bring our songs together, in their 
strength and in their weakness; for 'dry with dryness of 
ashes shall be the heart that remembereth not.' " 



Varsity Cheered for Feat at Yale 



It's hard to do justice to a team like Brown's 1951 foot- 
ball Varsity. People began giving up on them almost as 
soon as the dismal 1950 season closed down. There was no 
hope, they said, for material this fall would not be any better. 
Just 14 letter men and 16 reserves were going to be available 
from that group which had beaten only Rhode Island in 
1950. Though there were 19 boys coming up with Freshman 
numerals, there had been nothing spectacular there. 

Everyone seemed to have given up except the players 
themselves, and their brand new coaching staff. Spring prac- 
tice brought no fireworks — the coaches, picked because they 
were teachers with outstanding high school records behind 
them, were working on fundamentals and getting to know 
the material. The first surprise came in the fall when the 
boss, Al Kelley, called for his opening drill at 7 o'clock on 
a foggy Sept. 6 — less than two weeks before College started 
and only three before the first game. 

A modest squad of 48 was on hand, roused at 6:15, a 
minute before sunrise. They'd been told to come back in 
shape. Pads and helmets were issued — the first time any- 
thing like that had happened for the first workout. There 
was a dummy scrimmage just before the morning session 
ended at 8:45. Breakfast (there'd been only juice and toast 
earlier) and a rest period followed, with blackboard duty 
after lunch and then out on the field for two more hours 
late in the afternoon. 

A lot was accomplished under this routine, for the alumni 
at the annual Clambake Scrimmage saw some good solid 
football — hard running, willing blocks, and sharp tackling. 
The passing attack was so good it seemed only logical to 
assume the defense was weak. But that stood up in a game 
scrimmage with the University of Massachusetts which the 
Bears won by a 34-0 score. That exhibition cost the team 
the services of Levi Thomas, promising Sophomore back, 
for the year — the first of a series of injuries that was to cut 
sadly into an undermanned backfield squad later. (In No- 
vember only two of six backs tabbed in pre-season estimates 
as the most promising had survived injury or military draft.) 

Temple 20, Brown 14: No team could have made a better 
debut under a new coach than Brown did in the first quarter 
against Temple. Two passes by Leone and a line-buck by 
Piscuskas covered 35 yards after a fumble recovery for the 
first score, and the Bears marched again for 48 yards to lead 
14-0. "I looked at the scoreboard," said Kelley. "I couldn't 
believe we were that good." We weren't, for Temple tied it 
up before the half, a 50-yard pass accounting for the second 
touchdown. Starting the second half. Brown drove 70 yards 
to the two-yard line, but a fourth down pass was caught out 



of bounds, the officials ruled, and that was their last big 
chance. Even so, the Bruins were holding the bigger, better 
fortified foe even, and it might well have been a tie, but the 
Bears weren't settling for that when they could still try to 
win. Forced back to their 18 by a 52-yard punt, the Bears 
gambled and lost when a pass by Carter was intercepted on 
our 28 and returned to the 17. Temple needed six plays to 
take the 20-14 victory with less than two minutes left in the 
game. Even in defeat. Brown had looked like a well-coached, 
spirited team. 

"The hardest-working group I've ever coached," Kelley 
called his men. He knew depth was missing, and he looked 
longingly at some of the Freshman talent, which the Ivy 
Colleges agreed not to use, although most of the nation had 
insisted that football could not be played in 1951 without 
Freshmen. "Our team is a Sophomore team, sprinkled with 
a few Seniors," he pointed out. "We'll make plenty of mis- 
takes, but we'll have to make up in spirit for our mechanical 
errors." Spirit had a lot to do with winning a game the fol- 
lowing Saturday in New Haven. 

Brown 14, Yale 13: Forgive us if we dwell on the Yale 
game. No one gave Brown a chance. The Elis had tied Navy 
7-7 in their opener, and there were some who said she might 
rule the Ivy League this fall. But on the train to New Haven, 
Al Kelley had a hunch: he'd start Ken Kessaris, a long- 
legged Sophomore at halfback. The lad turned in one of the 
best running jobs a Brown back has done in years, including 
one jaunt of 64 yards that set up the Bears' second touch- 
down. 

Brown was the first to score, capitalizing on a Yale fumble 
on the Blue 17. The Bulldog replied in the second period 
when it went 56 yards in 15 plays. But after yielding this 
tying score. Brown proceeded to dominate the play for the 
rest of the period. In fact, the Brunonians believed they had 
scored again, only to be told that the clock had run out be- 
fore the ball was snapped on the touchdown play at the 
half's end. Kessaris' dash from his 25 to the Yale 15 set up 
the winning touchdown in the third period, with McCue 
scoring four plays later. 

It was Yale's turn in the fourth quarter, and for a time 
luck seemed to be riding with her. The Blue got inside the 
10-yard legitimately enough, but Brown apparently held on 
downs. A penalty on the last down, however, gave Yale a 
first down. A Yale back fumbled on the six, but the ball flew 
forward into the end zone where a Yale end fell on it for a 
touchdown. Here fortune switched, for the point after was 
missed. (Pendleton had made both his tries for Brown.) 

There was still time for Yale to snatch the victory, and 



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she began marching from her 20. With a minute to go, she 
had a first down on the Brown three. Jim Ryan moved the 
ball to the one-foot spot, and the Yale cheering section was 
ready to greet the winning touchdown. But Brown held for 
no gain. With time running out, Ryan called "Same play" 
without waiting to huddle. Again the assault was dead at 
the line of scrimmage, and the game was over. 

It was a big one for the Brown squad, which had not 
known a major victory since 1949. It was a big one for 
Coach Kelley over his boss of the previous year, Herman 
Hickman, for whom Kelley had coached most of the Yale 
linesmen. The Brunonians rushed their tutor off the field 
on their shoulders. The press was unanimous in calling the 
triumph merited, recalling that the breaks had deprived 
Brown of two potential scores — one as mentioned before, 
the other when a Yale punt was blocked on the 30 and 
Piscuskas had bulled to the three, a plunge nullified by a 
costly penalty. Even Hickman said, "It would have been a 
shame for Brown to lose this one." 

Brown 20, Rhode Island 13: If Kelley dreamed the Yale 
game the right way, he must have found some elements of 
nightmare the following Saturday. Brown won its second 
game, against Rhode Island, but the letdown it experienced 
was nearly costly. The Bears broke the ice speedily after 
recovering a bouncing kick that hit the Rhody safety man. 
Kessaris romped around left end. But the Rams tied it 6-6 
on Pina's interception before the first period was over. In 
the second, Rhody made a bid to take over the lead when it 
penetrated to our 10. There a penalty was followed by a 
fumble, and Kessaris shortly raced 69 yards for a score. 

In the second half. Brown was having trouble with a Ram 
shift that lured it offside. A march that started with a 
blocked kick carried Rhode Island to the one-foot line. A 
fumble there gave a brief respite, but the Kingston men came 
back to tie the score again after we'd punted out to the 30. 
It was only in the last four minutes that the Bears took the 
decision, three beautiful runs by Kessaris setting it up for 
Co-Captain Jim Martland. The clock showed only 84 sec- 
onds left as the 20-13 score was posted. Brown had now 
doubled its 1950 victory production. 

Colgate 32, Brown 14: For two years against Colgate, 
Brown had yielded early scoring and followed up by late 



spurts — to victory in 1949 and to a one-point defeat in 1950. 
The pattern started "out the same way in the game this fall, 
before the Homecoming crowd in Providence. The only 
trouble was that Brown didn't pull up out of the hole this 
time. The Bears gained enough ground, with 17 first downs 
against Colgate's 19, and had a respectable 311 to show in 
total yardage. The trouble was the Raiders ran up more — 
203 rushing and 233 passing. The final score was 32-14 for 
the Maroon. 

Colgate took over in the first five minutes, intercepting 
a pass on our 30 and rolling to a touchdown. Four minutes 
later the same sequence of mishap and power gained a sec- 
ond score. Oh, well, some of us in the stands thought. Those 
were bad breaks. We'll start to move. Actually, we did. But 
beyond midfield, with a fourth and one situation, the Bruins 
surprised their bench by refusing to try for the distance and 
tamely punted. That lack of confidence seemed out of char- 
acter for a team that had shown such a winning spirit pre- 
viously. 

Brown did show offensive ability in spots. An 82-yard 
march in the third period was, however, the only consistent 
advance. The second score came when Colgate was trying 
to pile it up with a 32-7 lead. Bassett intercepted a pass and 
ran 32 yards across the goal line. 

Holy Cross overpowered Brown, gaining more than a 
quarter of a mile in the process as it won 41-6 on Oct. 28. 
For a time it looked as though the Bruins might make a 
battle of it, driving to the two-foot line in the first period, 
inches short of a first down. Twice they forced the Crusaders 
to punt in that session, and a fumble helped Brown keep the 
first period scoreless. A 74-yard run on an end sweep by 
Turco was the first of two first-half touchdowns, with four 
more added in the second. Brown's only score came in the 
fourth period after Kessaris, Orton and Carter had been 
hurt in the rough going. 

Even after these two defeats. Brown supporters were still 
high on their team. The men were playing game football — 
a losing team with a winning spirit, as one of the writers put 
it. Their backers were just hoping that when they got back 
in their own league they would get a few rewards. The 
Bruins had come a long way from last fall. 



BROWN WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULES FOR 1951-1952 



Varsity Basketball: Dec. 5 — Spring- 
field, away. Dec. 8 — Harvard, home. Dec. 
12 — Connecticut, away. Dec. 14 — Provi- 
dence, home. Jan. 5 — Dartmouth, away. 
Jan. 9 — Yale, away. Jan. 12 — Holy Cross, 
home. Jan. 26 — Northeastern, home. Jan. 
30 — Army, away. Feb. 2 — Connecticut, 
home. Feb. 6 — Columbia, home. Feb. 9 — 
Wesleyan, away. Feb. 13 — Boston Univ., 
away. Feb. 16 — Massachusetts, home. 
Feb. 20 — Amherst, away. Feb. 23 — Holy 
Cross, away. Feb. 27 — Rhode Island, 
home. Mar. 1 — Tufts, away. Mar. 5 — 
Rhode Island, away. Mar. 8 — Providence, 
home. 

Freshman Basketball: Dec. 5 — Ports- 
mouth Priory, home. Dec. 8 — Harvard, 
home. Dec. 12 — Connecticut, away. Dec. 
14 — Providence, home. Jan. 9 — Yale, 
away. Jan. 12 — Holy Cross, home. Jan. 
26 — Northeastern, home. Feb. 2 — Con- 
necticut. Feb. 6 — Quonset, home. Feb. 9 
• — Wesleyan, away. Feb. 13 — Boston 
Univ., away. Feb. 16 — Massachusetts, 
home. Feb. 20 — Andover, away. Feb. 23 



— Holy Cross, away. Feb. 27 — Rhode 
Island, home. Mar. 1 — Tufts, away. Mar. 
5_Rhode Island, away. Mar. 8 — Provi- 
dence, home. 

Varsity Hockey: Dec. 3 — Boston Univ., 
away. Dec. 6 — Boston College, home. 
Dec. 10 — Northeastern, away. Dec. 27- 
29 — Tournament at Troy, N. Y. Jan. 3— 
U. S. Olympic Team, home. Jan. 9 — Yale, 
home. Feb. 2 — Yale, away. Feb. 7 — Har- 
vard, home. Feb. 9 — Princeton, home. 
Feb. 14 — Northeastern, home. Feb. 16 — 
Dartmouth, away. Feb. 19 — Boston Col- 
lege, away. Feb. 23 — Dartmouth, home. 
Feb. 27 — Harvard, away. Feb. 28 — 
Springfield, away. Mar. 4 — Boston Univ., 
home. Mar. 8 — Princeton, away. (Fresh- 
man schedule to be announced.) 

Varsity Swimming: Dec. 8 — M.I.T., 
away. Dec. 14 — Columbia, away. Dec. 
15 — Navy, away. Jan. 5 — Army, away. 
Jan. 9 — Yale, away. Jan. 12 — Williams, 
home. Feb. 13 — Harvard, away. Feb. 16 
— Springfield, home. Feb. 27 — Connecti- 
cut, home. Mar. 8 — New Englands. Mar. 
15— EISL. 



Freshman Swimming: Dec. 8 — M.I.T., 
away. Jan. 9 — Yale, away. Feb. 13 — Har- 
vard, away. Feb. 16 — Springfield, home. 
Feb. 27 — Connecticut, home. 

Varsity Wrestling: Dec. 8 — Amherst, 
home. bee. 15 — Columbia, away. Jan. 
12 — Williams, home. Feb. 2 — Yale, 
home. Feb. 9 — Penn, home. Feb. 16 — 
Harvard, away. Feb. 23 — Springfield, 
away. Mar. 1 — Wesleyan, home. Mar. 14 
— EIWA at Lehigh. 

Freshman Wrestling: Jan. 12 — Crans- 
ton High, home. Feb. 2 — Yale, home. 
Feb. 9 — Andover, away. Feb. 16 — Har- 
vard, home. Mar. 1 — Wesleyan, home. 

Varsity Track: Jan. 12 — Washington 
Star Meet, Washington, D. C. Jan. 19 — 
K of C Meet, Boston. Jan. 26 — Melrose 
Games, New York. Feb. 2 — Yale, away. 
Feb. 9 — Harvard, away. Feb. 16 — 
NAAU, New York. Feb. 23— ICAAAA, 
New York. Mar. 8 — -Boston Univ., home. 
Mar. 1 5 — Dartmouth, away. 

Freshman Track: Jan. 12 — Andover, 
away. Feb. 9 — Harvard, away. Mar. 8 — 
Boston Univ., home. 



NOVEMBER 1951 



13 



The Brown Clubs Report 



Humming in Washington 

There's lots of life in Washington, 
where the Brown men keep their college 
ties alive with frequent meetings and other 
activity. The growing Brown colony here 
welcomes these opportunities and invites 
all to join. 

The Brown Club's opening meeting 
Oct. 8 was officially dedicated to Senator 
Theodore Francis Green '87 on his 84th 
birthday. Ed Place '24 led his "D.C. 
Keys", nationally famed barber shop 
quartette, in a "Happy Birthday" sere- 
nade. Then, Thomas G. Corcoran '22, 
advisor to the late President Franklin 
Roosevelt, lauded Senator Green for his 
services to his country and his alma mater. 
After expressing appreciation for the good 
wishes. Senator Green noted that some 
member of his family has been connected 
with Brown University either as student, 
faculty member, administrator or trustee 
during all but seven of the institution's 
187-year history. 

The meeting had opened with the sing- 
ing of Brown songs, after which Lt. Col. 
Robert W. Kenny '25 (on leave of absence 
as Dean of the College) described the 
campus picture at the time he left. He had 
been back the previous weekend and was 
cheered when he told of the ringing of 
the University Hall bell in recognition of 
the football victory over Yale. Former 
R. I. Governor and new Brown Trustee 
Norman S. Case '08 also spoke a few 
words as did U. S. Representative from 
Pennsylvania Edward Sittler '30. 

Alumni at the meeting which was held 
at the Army-Navy Club in Washington in- 
cluded: W. Aipern '48, R. Baldwin '32, 
W. J. Barton '45. J. P. Beauchamp. Jr. 
'46, H. R. Booth '36, L. M. Campbell '40, 
H. J. Chernock '33, D. M. Clayton '31, 
E. R. Cleaveland '14, E. Dane, Jr. '41, 
S. K. Dickinson '23, H. L. Dicks '51, 
D. G. Donovan. Jr. '51, J. F. Fish '42, 
D. M. Greene "97, N. E. Hall '50, E. F. 
Hart '33, K. Henderson '25, G. Hurley, 
Jr. '41, C. E. Ill '49. D. Jencks '51, M. 
Kaufman '30, C. T. Lloyd '42, J. J. Ly- 
man '35, H. B. Master '27, P. W. McGann 
'38, E. F. Mullin, Jr. '46, H. Nanes '37, 
D. L. Ranard '40, E. A. Salter '46, D. 
Selby '47, H. G. Smith '48, W. S. B. Tate 
'48, H. R. Thomas '51, R. L. Walsh '37, 
R. Warren '51, J. C. Weedon '27, R. H. 
Wehrman '48, F. B. Wiener '27, H. L. 
Wilder '40, J. Wilmot '08, F. J. Wilson 
'28. 

Dean Walker was the visitor from Col- 
lege Hill for the meeting Oct. 30 at the 
Army-Navy club which had Admissions 
for its theme. The Dean talked of Brown 
affairs and the admissions process, ap- 
pealing for alumni help in building up an 
awareness of the University and increas- 
ing the number of high-calibre applicants 
for admission. Walker illustrated his ref- 
erences to the Quadrangle and other 
features of College Hill with color slides, 
which were well received by the alumni 
and sub-Freshmen. 

Walker complimented the Club on its 
progress in support of the admissions pro- 
gram. The committee here is headed by 
Don Clayton "31, who handled all the ar- 



rangements but had to be in California 
on the actual night. Ross DeMatteo '35 
was chairman. In addition to men at the 
Oct. 8 meeting, the following were pre- 
sent: Paul Howard '35, James B. McGuire 
'38, Bill Littlejohn '50, Ed Fox '48. Rob- 
ert R. Johnson '48, George Ball '48, 
George Viault '26, Elliott Andrews '47, 
Stuart Harrison '50, Bill Jewett '41, 
George Watts '48, Herbert Dodge '47, 
A. C. Eastburn '12. John Burke '45, Jim 
Wilson '39, and Charles Keilus '48. 

Next meeting comes Dec. 13, also at 
the Army-Navy Club. It will be a sports 
night with Al Kelley doing the honors. 

Sixty-five Brunonians and guests at- 
tended the final function of the Spring 
at the United Nations Club May 19. The 
success of the annual party for the benefit 
of the Club Scholarship Fund could have 
been judged by the spirited singing of 
Brown songs, led by Dave Woods '44. 
Past President Don Ranard '40 was on 
hand fresh from two months in Paris 
for UNESCO. It was the last Club func- 
tion for some time for Tom McCabe '40, 
shortly to leave for State Department 
duties in Germany. 

"The Great Debate" kept Blair Moody 
'22 from his first meeting with the Club 
since he became junior Senator from 
Michigan. He was to have been the 
luncheon guest of Jim Bennett '18, Larry 
Hurley '19, Milton Bates "22, and Harold 
Widmark '19 at the cosmos Club May 3. 
Other guests were Dr. Waldo Leland '00, 
Governor Case '08, Joe Lyman '31, 
Harold Master '27, and the officers of the 
Club: President Dick Walsh '37, Sec- 
retary Bill Barton '47, and Treasurer 



Harvey Nanes '37. In Moody's absence, 
Jim Bennett took over as genial moder- 
ator, doubtless inspired by sitting in the 
place of Senator Moody, whose weekly 
radio program "Meet Your Congress" 
had prepared him. Bates, a veteran of 
many years of banking service in the 
Orient, gave the view of "old China 
hands," while Widmark also contributed 
information as a veteran of overseas bank- 
ing. 

The Club was represented by a delega- 
tion at the autumn luncheon of the 
American Public Relations Association 
when Senator Moody was guest of honor 
and Edward R. Place "24 was speaker. 

George Hurley, Jr. '41, is again captain 
of the Club's entry in the Intercollegiate 
Bowling League. Early in November the 
team was second in the 14-team competi- 
tion. In this league which has been active 
since 1928, Tod Shotton '30, Bob Cook 
'49, Dave Wood '44, Tom McCabe '40, 
Elliot Salter '46, and Norm Tietjens '25 
have helped hit the pins, Tietjens was 
elected President for the 1 95 1 -2 season. 
William J. Barton '45 

Neiv York Innovations 

That fine new publication, the 
Brown Club Newsletter, shows you how 
full a program that Club provides its mem- 
bers in New York. Already plans are in 
motion for the annual dinner of Brown 
men in New York, scheduled for Thurs- 
day, Feb. 14. Don Reed '35, chairman, 
announces that President Wriston will be 
among the speakers. The Newsletter says 
it will be "the biggest Brown Night that 
New York has ever seen," and continues: 

"This year's dinner will be a marked 
change from those of the past. Pembroke 
alumnae and wives of Brown men are 
being invited. In the past these dinners 
have been stag affairs, but the Board of 




AT THE FOOTBALL CLAMBAKE sponsored by the Rhode Island Brown Club, 

Coach Al Kelley takes advice from o group of former Varsity men (with a 

grain of salt, we hope). Left to right: Oscar Rockle '06, Pop Kirley '09, Fred 

Schwinn '05, Kelley, George Metcalf '13, and Spike Stoff '15. 



14 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Governors and the Dinner Committee 
have agreed to make a real Brown Uni- 
versity night at the Park Lane Hotel." 

November events included a lunch- 
eon on the 20th and an informal dance the 
night before the Columbia game. There 
will be an open house at the Club on Dec. 
18. 

The Sub-Freshmen Dinner for boys 
from the New York area was held Sept. 
6, with the largest turnout since these af- 
fairs were inaugurated. Over 100 entering 
students gathered in the main dining room 
at the Club house to become acquainted. 
President J. S. Granger '13 welcomed the 
guests and introduced the speakers from 
College Hill: Vice-President Bigelow and 
Dean Walker. 

The first of the regular monthly lunch- 
eons had Dave Eisenberg of the New York 
Journal American as speaker on "profes- 
sionalism in amateur sports." Harry 
Hirschfield, the raconteur, was the attrac- 
tion who brought in 40 members on Oct. 
16. Former Governor Hoffman of New 
Jersey was scheduled for Nov. 20. The 
future dates are: Jan. 15, Feb. 19, Mar. 
18, Apr. 15, and May 20. (Landon Room 
at 12:15.) 

Athletic Director Mackesey took down 
the Yale game movies to show at the buf- 
fet-smoker Oct. 11, which was also high- 
lighted by the visit of Fritz Pollard '19 and 
John Bach "46, now coach of Fordham 
basketball. 

New members of the Club include: 
Allan J. Robbins '51, Richard Ferrelli '51, 
Charles Le Boutillier '50, James S. Keat 
'51, Wright Bolton HI '49, Andrew E. 
Gibson '51, Philip Pearce Borden '21, 
John H. Hilpman II '51, William H. Jack 
'51, Moses J. Levy '46, Bernard Lubar '43, 
John Richardson '51, Budd S. Schwartz 
'48, James H. Van Raalte '42, and William 
Kloner '49. 



63rd annual dinner. It was a capacity 
audience at the University Club that 
brought together Brown men and their 
wives, Pembroke alumnae and their hus- 
bands, parents of undergraduates, and 
several leaders from the secondary 
schools. 

Early in September the Club gave the 
Freshmen their traditional send-off at a 
University Club luncheon. 

Bob Mareneck '46 

Boston Salutes Footbcdl 

The Boston Brown Club had such a 
fine program lined up for its annual sports 
smoker the night before the Harvard game 
that we were particularly sorry we 
couldn't be in the mail with this issue in 



the officers being returned to office by 
acclaim. 

Saturday's "odd year" victory is well 
known, and was followed by the reunion 
for all Brunonians at the Taft, the reunion 
mood being strengthened by the victory 
over Yale. We tried to estimate the num- 
ber on hand at the Taft and failed. The 
Taft estimates that there may have been 
nearly a thousand participants, and they 
strongly suggest that we engage the ball- 
room another time to insure enough room. 
We definitely needed more room! 

All reports are enthusiastic, and we 
feel that the Yale football week-end will 
continue to be the big event of our yearly 
activities. We now look forward to the 
Hockey Dinner preceding the game, which 
we will hold this year Feb. 2, a Saturday. 




BEFORE THE SCRIMMAGE that featured the annual preview of Brown foot- 
ball on Clambake Day, Paul SwafTield '16 briefs the Bruins on 1951 rule 
changes. The nationally fomous official gets his only chance to see the Bear 
in action by refereeing this game scrimmage. Fred Harson '31 and Ed Gil- 
martin '33 assisted him. 



Chicago's Christinas Dec. 21 

A Brown plaque was dedicated in the 
University Club in Chicago Oct. 17 to 
the sound of alumni applause that filled 
the Cathedral Hall there. Provost Samuel 
T. Arnold was the speaker of the occa- 
sion, with thoughtful remarks about the 
situation in the colleges. 

Now the emphasis is on the annual 
Christmas get-together planned for Dec. 
27 when alumni and fathers will join stu- 
dents home for the holidays. Dean of Ad- 
mission Emery Walker and Varsity Foot- 
ball Coach Al Kelley will be on the pro- 
gram for this feature affair. 

The 15th summer field day at Itasca 
Country Club brought together the golf 
and singing enthusiasts as usual on Aug. 
24. Present were Tony Bateman '25, 
Vince Benton '38, Jim Bremner '34, F. A. 
Brown '26, Doug Fowler '36, Bill Garvy 
'38, AI George '39, Otto Kerner, Jr., '30, 
Emil LeGros '41, Bob Mareneck '46, Jack 
Monk '24, Jack Pierce '36, George Rich 
'44, Bill Roberts '42, Tony Singsen '38, 
Warren J. Smith, Jr., '32, and Mike Tay- 
lor '42, plus the prize-winners (Bucky 
Corcoran '41, Marshall Dudley '34, and 
Bill Fay '38). There was an exchange of 
greetings with Chester A. Cook '91, then 
in Tucson. 

The officers this year include: Presi- 
dent Fay, Vice-President Pierce, Secre- 
tary Mareneck, and Treasurer LeGros. 
They took office April 23 when President 
Wriston addressed the largest and most 
important Club function of the year, the 



time to tell everyone about it in advance. 
Sam McDonald '38 and his committee did 
a fine job of setting up the affair, which 
recognized the 25th anniversary of the 
Iron Men and the 35th of the Rose Bowl 
team. 

Ralph Mullane '19 sent his monthly 
luncheon series off to a good start by 
bringing Athletic Director Paul Mackesey 
up to talk of football prospects Oct. 9 at 
Thompson's Spa. The new Secretary is 
William R. Hulbert, 'Jr., '37. 

'New Haven's "Double" 

New Haven's exciting football week- 
end began Oct. 6 with customary festivi- 
ties at the Smoker held at Hotel Taft. 
Dave Mishel, Ed Kevorkian, Thurt 
Towle, and Spike Staff were on hand to 
help us commemorate the 25th Iron Man 
anniversary: Dave served as MC of the 
meeting for the second time. We were 
happy to welcome the Iron Men and 
greatly appreciate their company. 

Paul Mackesey and Bill McCormick 
brought films of the 1951 Temple and the 
1916 Rose Bowl games, and the gather- 
ing was further entertained by a wire 
recording Fred Armstrong had saved 
after the song fest at the Fall Outing. All 
in all, it was one of the best smokers in 
the memories of many men there (45 
alumni were on hand) and set the stage 
beautifully for what developed into an 
altogether wonderful week-end. 

Roland E. Copeland '15 assumed his 
duties as our new President, the rest of 



In spite of high winds, hail storms, 
thunder and almost constant rain, the 
Sub-Freshman Outing of the Brown Club 
of New Haven was held as scheduled Aug, 
25. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Armstrong '23 
were hosts to the 13 Club members and 
eight guests. 

Most of the activities were cancelled but 
bowling and shuffleboard contests were 
squeezed in between showers, and some 
brave souls even went swimming. Present 
were: Gray Andrews '51, Ralph Arm- 
strong '17, Otis Chapman '27, Ben Chase 
'38, Roland Copeland '15, Bob Dugan '33, 
Bob Flagg "39, Don Holmes '46, Lewie 
Kilbourne '26, Clarence Miller '12, Dave 
Miller '50, Charlie Williams '38: and 
Freshmen Joe Blumberg, Doug Lowe and 
father. Bill O'Donnell, Harris Stone and 
Bob Young and father. The occasion was 
a tremendous if thinly populated success. 
John C. Braman '40 
Secretary 

Lackawanna's Goal 

Lawrence B. Howell '20 has suc- 
ceeded to the presidency of the Lacka- 
wanna Brown Club, following the removal 
of George A. Blakeslee, Jr., '35 to West- 
chester County, N. Y. Howell was Vice- 
President under Blakeslee. The other new 
officers are: Secretary — Walter Koebig 
'32; Treasurer — Theodore J. Montigel '30; 
Assistant Secretary — William K. Flana- 
gan, Jr., '49; Assistant Treasurer — Ed- 
ward W. Pietrusza '40; Executive Com- 
mittee — W. Freeman Crawford '21, Dr. 



NOVEMBER 1951 



15 



A. Walter Murdock, Jr., '41, John H. 
Kreitler '38, and Charles D. Kenney '27, 
retiring Secretary. 

The officers are determined to provide 
a year even better than that of 1950-51, 
which was climaxed by the big May meet- 
ing. It was the best yet for the alumni of 
northern New Jersey, thanks to the co- 
operation of the Plainfield and Eagle Rock 
Clubs. They were joined by Pembroke 
alumnae and other friends and parents 
of Brown men to bring the total to 200. 
They heard President Wriston tell of his 
European trip and bring the news from the 
Hill. 

Charles D. Kenney '27 

Out on Cape Cod 

The mid-summer dinner meeting of 
the Cape Cod Brown Club was held at the 
Coonamesset Inn in Hatchville Aug. 15. 
(The date was changed from that origi- 
nally scheduled to insure President Wris- 
ton's presence.) 

After a social hour and a turkey din- 
ner. Athletic Director Paul Mackesey '32, 
taking a night off from his vacation, of- 
fered a word of greeting and Ned Weeks 
'93 spoke about the reactivated Alumni 
Fund. Then President Wriston brought 
news from the Campus. He talked about 
the new buildings, the landscaping of the 
grounds, the enrollment future and the 
new Air Force Reserve unit at the Uni- 
versity. The seriousness of the financial 
picture for all institutions of higher learn- 
ing was emphasized. Brown, he pointed 
out, is determined to live within its budget. 

Brown men present included: Victor F. 
Adams '20, J. Ellis Ames '96, Thurlow B. 
Bearse '37, Charles H. Coleman '53, 
Frank Costello '36, Arthur D. Durgin '14, 
A. Dudley Durgin '49, Richard Durgin 
(guest), Walter H. Fish '49, John Hinck- 
ley '11, Samuel W. Keavy '52, Mackesey, 
Win Moore '35, Eugene C. Phillips '53, 
Alan R. Remington '51, Bertram F. Ryder 
'08, Leslie B. Ryder '25, Richard H. Ryder 
'50, Arthur W. Smith '90, Ernest A. Ster- 
ling '23, Leslie E. Swain '08, Carl A. 
Terry '15, E. Mel Webster '40, Weeks, Ed- 
ward N. White '03, Winthrop V. Wilbur 
'53, Howard H. Williams '42. 

Carl A. Terry '15 
Secretary 

Steaks and Planning 

Midst the sizzling of steaks and the 
clinking of cannikins, the Board of Gov- 
ernors of the Brown Club of Long Island 
gathered in August to set up its commit- 
tees and arrange its programs for the 
1951-52 season. Besides President Fred 
Baurenfiend '22 and Secretary-Treasurer 
Jack Roe '27, Jim Cherry '25, George 
Dawson '22, Roger Elton '33, Walter 
Richter '44, Frank Russo '26 and Vic 
Russo '26 discussed a revision of the 
roster, a membership drive and the first 
fall meeting. Among other things it was 
decided to invite a cluster of three or 
four Classes to each board meeting held 
in a public place. 

Reunion in Denver 

It was a Brown reunion in Denver 
when Richard Beidler invited his fellow 
students to his home for a summer eve- 
ning. Judge Joseph E. Cook '14 joined the 
group, which included: Tom Lovett, Bob 
Walters, Lou Tananbaum, and Warren 
Ilchman. 



A Repeat Success 

The second annual fall outing of the 
Connecticut Valley Brown Club was held 
at the home of Albert D. Shaw '02 at 
Blandford, Mass., Sept. 7, and was again 
judged a huge success. Over 40 Club mem- 
bers and guests enjoyed an afternoon of 
golf coupled with an evening of good 
food, interesting speeches and fine Brown 
fellowship in an ideal Berkshire setting. 

After the dinner, which was held in the 
recreation barn of Clyde W. Young, an 
honorary member of the Club, President 
Hank Hayes '42 conducted a short busi- 
ness meeting and Treasurer Sam Thomp- 
son '44 reported on the Scholarship Pro- 
gram. Secretary Lew Shaw '48 introduced 
the speakers of the evening: Howard 
Curtis, Director of the Brown University 
News Bureau; Capt. Edward R. Durgin, 
Commander of the NROTC unit at 
Brown; and Bill McCormick '23, Alumni 
Executive Officer. 

In the golf tournament that preceded 
the dinner. Bill Giles, Jr. '42 won low 
gross honors and Leonard "Soupie" 
Campbell '43 landed his ball nearest the 
pin on the fifth hole. Suitable prizes 
were awarded. Bill Harris '97 drew a name 
for the door prize and Lew Shaw was the 
lucky winner. 

Assisting Hank Hayes on the commit- 
tee that arranged the get-together were 
Ralph Armstrong '17, Giles, Ed Rose '12, 
Al and Lew Shaw and Thompson. Alumni 
present included Harris, Carl Hiland '05, 
Leonard B. Campbell '15, Don Hylan '20, 




THE ALUMNI CLUB NECKTIE for Brown 
University men continues to be popular. 
Black silk knit with narrow horizontal 
brown and white stripes, the ties sell 
for $3.20, including postage and han- 
dling. Proceeds are added by the Brown 
Club of Chicago, sponsor of the project, 
to its Scholarship Fund. A boy is in Col- 
lege this year with scholarship aid from 
worldwide sales of the tie. 

Immediate shipment is promised by 
W. J. Roberts '42, 135 S. LaSalle St. 
(4000), Chicago 3, to whom checks 
should be sent, made out to Brown Uni- 
versity Club of Chicago. 



Burpee Shaw '28, Bob Morris '30, Ed 
Connor "31, Stuart Waite '32, Dick Morse 
'34 and Dick, Jr., John Byam '36, John 
Collins '43, Stan Allen '43, John Ross, Jr. 
'44, Bill Reid '44, Len Michelman '45, 
Doug Snow '45, Phil Boyd '49, Dick Slat- 
tery '49. Undergraduates there were John 
Bell '52, Fred McGraw '52, Tim Sullivan 
'53, Earl Dunlap '53, Frank Wezniak '54, 
and sub-Freshmen Peter Franz and Jim 
O'Hara. 

Lew Shaw '48 
Secretary 

Outing in Canada 

The summer outing of the Brown 
Club of Buffalo and Western New York 
was attended by a group of 38 alumni, 
undergraduates, sub-Freshmen and wives,, 
sweethearts and girl friends. 

The Fill Hills were again gracious hosts 
under blue Canadian skies at Bay Beach,^ 
Ontario. Swimming, canoeing and foot- 
ball were the recreational activities in- 
dulged in by the energetic members, while 
for the less active, sun-bathing and beer- 
drinking seemed to prove more appealing. 

During the summer the Club was 
pleased to have as a luncheon guest, Bob- 
Pflug, one of Al Kelley's genial assistants. 
We are looking forward to seeing Bob in 
Buffalo again. On the docket for the fall is 
a big meeting in November. 

Bob King '50- 
Secretary 

Ttvo Scholarships 

Last year's Glee Club concert, as 
sponsored by the New Bedford Brown 
Club, was such a success that at the first 
meeting of the new season on October 8, 
President Howard C. Renfree was able to- 
award scholarships of $200 each to two 
undergraduates, William Ohnesorge '53 
and Charles D. Blythe '55. Immediate 
plans are being made to hold another 
such concert this winter to further aid the 
scholarship fund. 

Guest speaker at the meeting was Ath- 
letic Publicity Director Brad Davol '48. 
With the victory over Yale just under 
Brown's belt. Brad was able to talk en- 
thusiastically about the new coaching staff 
and the Bruin team. One interesting fact 
that he pointed out is that the starting 
lineup is composed completely of Massa- 
chusetts boys. 

Also on the program was Technical 
Sergeant Peter Germani '51 who is in 
charge of the Marine Recruiting Office 
in New Bedford. He showed two movies, 
"Fury in the Pacific" and "Gallant Lady." 

Members who attended are: J. R. Beach 
'32, E. S. Burkle '36, C. M. Downing '18, 

B. H. Herman '45, P. S. Kramer '42, J. 
Leach '50, L. LeVallev '39, M. Miller '49, 

C. L. Nelson '50, D. Raymond '50, J. H. 
Read '37, Renfree, P. Rodrigues '50, 
J. M. Rosenberg '42, S. Rubin '37, E. A. 
Schoize '13, E. P. Setteducati '49, F. 
Spencer '51, C. Tsouprake '46, R. D. 
Tucker '06, J. H. Weeks '19, E. J. Winter- 
bottom, Jr. '50. 

Indiana's Officers 

New Secretary of the Brown Club of 
Indiana is Alfred E. Kessler '35. He was 
elected in October at the annual meeting. 
Heading the slate was Walter B. Leonard 
'21, who accepted the presidency only to 
find himself moving away soon afterward. 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Election in Baltimore 

At an informal "get-acquainted" 
meeting to open the season for the Brown 
Club of Baltimore, 1 1 alumni met to se- 
lect new officers for 1951-52. Hal Madi- 
son '31 will direct the Club's activities this 
year and William K. Connor '49 has taken 
over the secretarial duties. A cordial wel- 
come is extended to all alumni to attend 
the Club's monthly meetings (third 
Wednesday each month, Johns Hopkins 
Faculty Club, 6:30 p.m.) when in town. 

At the October 24 meeting were: Bob 
Bair '47, John Burroughs '46, Connor, 
Chris Cuddeback '21, Gene Edgett '48, 
Bill Flack '34. Raymond Hawes '12, 
Madison, Don Miller '50, Bob Piatt '50, 
Russ Wonderlic '27. 

William K. Connor '49 



The Ice-Pops in Lynn 

Brown men in the Boston area joined 
alumni of Tufts and Boston University in 
sponsoring a night at the Ice-Pops in 
Lynn this summer. An all-Gershwin pro- 
gram was featured as background music 
for a new ice show, "Ballet on Blades." 
The Brown Club of Boston plans to back 
the affair officially next year. 



Representing Brown 

Oct. 19— Dr. Albert P. Martin '13, 
Chairman of the Department of German 
at McMaster University, at the installa- 
tion of William Archibald Mackintosh as 
Principal of Queens University, Kingston, 
Ont. 

Oct. 22, 23 — Dr. Justin M. Andrews 
'23 at the inauguration of Wallace Mc- 
Pherson Alston as President of Agnes 
Scott College. 

Oct. 26-28— Howard C. Cummings '22 
at the Centennial Exercises at St. Joseph's 
College. 

Nov. 2— Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr., '32 
at the inauguration of Roland R. De- 
Marco as President of Finch Junior Col- 
lege. (Miss Marguerite Melville '34 repre- 
senting Pembroke.) 

Nov. 2 — Prof. Edward F. Barrows '23 
of the Oregon College of Education at the 
75th anniversary exercises at the Uni- 
versity of Oregon. 

Other Brown "ambassadors" last se- 
mester have been: Gerald Donovan '12, 
tercentenary of the birth of St. John Bap- 
tist de la Salle, at Manhattan College, New 
York City, April 30; John Hay Librarian 
David A. Jonah, University of Pennsyl- 
vania Library Bicentennial Celebration, 
May 8 and 9; Prof. James Q. Dealey, Jr. 
'20, inauguration of Asa S. ICnowles as 
President of the University of Toledo, 
May 9; Brown Trustee Eugene W. O'Brien 
'19, inauguration of Omer C. Aderhold as 
President of the University of Georgia, 
May 9; Richmond Public Library Librar- 
ian Thomas P. Ayer '09, 175th anniver- 
sary exercises of the founding of Hamp- 
den-Sydney College. 

On June 9, President Henry M. Wriston 
was a principal speaker at the festivities 
marking the 100th anniversary of the 
founding of the Hill School, Pottstown, 
Pa. Two days later. Provost Samuel T. Ar- 
nold '13 attended the celebration marking 
the 125th anniversary of the founding of 
Western Reserve University. 



Brunonians Far and Near 



EDITED BY DOUGLAS A. SNOW '45 



1878 

WILLIAM H. HuRLiN '16 attended in 
the name of Brown University the 
memorial services held in honor of the 
late George F. Weston in California. In 
writing to Provost Arnold afterwards, Mr. 
Hurlin said: "I wish to report a com- 
pleted assignment and that Mr. Weston's 
family appeared very appreciative of the 
fact that the University took notice of the 
service by sending a representative." 

1884 

In a letter to Class Secretary Col. 
William M. P. Bowen, Brown's oldest 
living alumnus reported a change of ad- 
dress. The Rev. Charles R. Upton has 
moved to Cumberland Centre, Me., where 
he may be addressed c/o W. Hawkes. He 
celebrated his 95th birthday on July 20, 
and was feeling fine when he wrote to 
the Secretary. 

1887 

Steven Runciman, author of "A His- 
tory of the Crusades: The First Crusade," 
recently published by the University 
Press, Cambridge, Eng., pays warm trib- 
ute to our late Classmate, Dr. Dana C. 
Munro, in his preface. After a comment 
on the long tradition of German and 
French writers dealing with the Crusades, 
Runciman goes on: "Now, it is in the 
United States that the most active school 
of Crusading historians can be found, 
created by D. C. Munro, whose regret- 
tably small literary output belied his im- 
portance as a teacher." 

1890 

Arthur W. Smith has a pair of new 
addresses. In the summer he resides at 
Terrace Gables, Falmouth, Mass.; win- 
ters he moves up to 584 Columbia Rd., 
Boston 25. 

1893 

The 1951 fall series of University Lec- 
tures, this year on free speech, was opened 
by Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn Oct. 5. Our 
Classmate, who has been a champion 
of independent thought and expression 
throughout his career in education, as- 
serted that as long as the American people 
have faith in the Constitution, nothing 
human can destroy it. The second lec- 
turer in the series was Prof. Zechariah 
Chafee, Jr. '07 of the Harvard Law 
School faculty. 

1894 

Class Secretary William C. Hill is 
a Trustee of the newly-chartered Western 
New England College in Springfield, 
Mass. The institution offers Bachelors' de- 
grees for night .school work in law and 
business. Some 700 students were en- 
rolled when the first session began in 
September. 

1895 

Commenting on his summer trip to 
the East with Mrs, Clark, Theron Clark 



noted that they entered every State in 
New England and 25 States in all. They 
traveled some 10,000 miles and spent 14 
instead of eight weeks as originally 
planned for the journey. 

After reading his copy of the Summer 
Monthly, Mr. Clark hastened to inform 
us that he was Registrar for 19 years of 
the University of Southern California, 
not U.C.L.A. as we erroneously reported. 
"There is strong rivalry between these 
two great institutions," he advised. 

1896 

Associate Justice G. Frederick Frost of 
the R. I. Superior Court was sworn in in 
September as Presiding Justice of the 
Court, replacing Judge Charles A. Walsh 
'99 who was forced to retire because of 
ill health. Less than two weeks later. 
Judge Walsh died. 

Two alumni with new addresses are 
Frederick M. Comee, Mary Austin Home, 
23 Laurel Hill Ave., Pascoag, R. I. and 
J. Ellis Ames, Box 167, East Harwich, 
Mass. 

1897 

Classmates are joined by all alumni 
in extending sincere sympathy to Charles 
A. Harris whose wife, Mrs. Mary E. Har- 
ris, died in New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 
15, 1951. The couple would have cele- 
brated their 50th wedding anniversary 
next year. 

1898 

At its annual commencement in June 
the Keene State Teachers College pre- 
sented a citation to New Hampshire 
Representative Robert J. Fuller. Noting 
his service to the State and to education, 
the citation lauded him for his part in es- 
tablishing the government's rehabilitation 
program in 1918. Since 1925, he served 
as Superintendent of Schools at Lancaster 
and later Hanover, N. H., where he held 
the post for 18 years. He has served as 
President of both the N. E. Superintend- 
ents Association and the N. H. State 
Teachers Association. On June 2, our 
Classmate celebrated his 81st birthday. 

On a card to Connecticut Valley Brown 
Club Secretary Lew Shaw '48, Mrs. An- 
drew S. Thomson noted that her husband 
is crippled with neuritis and has had to 
give up all his normal activities and so- 
cial contacts. A word of cheer from Class- 
mates might brighten his days a bit, even 
though he cannot read nor write nor listen 
to the radio. His address is 1 17 Amity St., 
Amherst, Mass. 

Dr. John B. Ferguson has a new ad- 
dress, 67 Lorraine Ave., Prov. 6. 

Class Secretary Theodore E. Dexter is 
convalescing at home after a cataract 
operation which kept him in the Roger 
Williams Hospital for three weeks in Oc- 
tober. He hopes that Classmates will un- 
derstand if he is temporarily unable to 
perform his secretarial functions. Mean- 
while, he would like to hear from his 
Brown friends at 73 Hawes St., Central 
Falls, R. I. 



NOVEMBER 1951 



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1899 

Two weeks before he died. Judge 
Charles A. Walsh, Presiding Justice of 
the Superior Court of R. I., sent in his 
resignation to the Governor. In view of 
our Classmate's devoted service to the 
State, the legislature voted that he be re- 
tired at full pay rather than at the three- 
quarters pay prescribed by law. 

1900 

Dr. Dana F. Downing of Richmond 
Hill, N. Y., a 23-year veteran scouter, 
has received the Silver Beaver from 
Queens Council, Boy Scouts of America. 
The award, highest honor that can be 
given by a Scout Council, recognizes "dis- 
tinguished service to boyhood." 

Professor-emeritus Charles Wilson 
Brown, former Chairman of the Brown 



Geology Department, received an honor- 
ary award at Wilbraham Academy's 134th 
commencement e.xercises in June. He is a 
member of the class of 1897 at the prep 
school. 

Class Secretary Willard H. Bacon urges 
all Classmates to send newsworthy items 
about themselves or other members of 
'00 to him and he will relay them to the 
Monthly for use in this department. His 
address is 33 Spruce St., Westerly, R. I. 

Charlie Lloyd and Nate Tufts had a 
reunion of their own at the former's home 
on Cape Cod early in September. Nate 
was taking a little vacation from his duties 
as General Manager of New York City's 
Hotel George Washington. 

Walter H. Mitchell is President and 
Treasurer of the F. A. Bassett Co., Spring- 
field (Mass.) printing firm. 



BROWN'S 1951 VARSITY FOOTBALL ROSTER 



Name 



Pos. 



*Leone, Carl, Jr. B 
Carter, David R. B 
Cottey, Donald E. B 
Gagliano, S. Thom. B 
Orton, John E., 3rd B 
*Kelliher, Thom. L. B 
Halloran, Albert B 
*Sarson, John A. B 
Lawrence, E. J., Jr. B 
*Martland, J. A. B 
Haverty, Girard E. B 
•'Piscuskas, Vitold B 
Kessaris, Kenneth J. B 
McCue, Robert E. B 
*Brown, Richard G. B 
MacConnell, Robert B 
Thomas, Levi H. B 
Andersen, John A. C 
* Sexton, Edward T. C 
Giberti, Alfred E. B 
Bassett, Robert J. C 
Hayes, Charles E. C 
Judkins, Charles I. C 
Matteodo, Maurice G 
*Stien, Michael G. G 
Annino, J. Robert G 
*Pietro, John J. G 
Chopoorian, Jack G 
Gorham, James R. G 
Andersen, Andrew G 
Shapiro, Joseph S. G 
*Whitlock,C.M.,Jr.G 
Taylor. Hugh A. G 
Peace, William F. T 
Hill, John W. T 

*Macko, Robert J. T 
Hunt, Bruce H. T 

Mackiewicz, Alfred T 
Towle, F. Gerrish T 
Gabardina, Nicholas T 
Pendleton. J. Fred. B 
Tehan, Thomas M. T 
Cannarozzi, M., Jr. T 
Bianowicz, Joseph E 
Abdow, Ronald J. E 
Doyle, E. Aubrey E 
*Wolny, Gale V. M. E 
*Bowdring, C. J. E 
*White, J. M., Jr. E 
Haraden, Marshall E 
Mclone, John E 

Orczyk, Stanley, Jr. E 
Manning, Joseph E. E 



Class Age Ht, 

'52 21 5-9 

'53 20 6-0 

'54 18 5-9 

'54 19 5-10 

'54 19 5-8 

'52 22 5-10 

'53 21 5-11 

'52 23 5-10 

'54 19 5-10 

'52 22 5-11 

'54 20 5-10 

'53 22 6-1 

'54 20 5-11 

'54 20 5-10 

'52 21 5-10 

'52 21 6-0 

'54 19 5-10 

'53 20 5-9 

'52 23 6-1 

'54 22 5-11 

'54 20 5-11 

'54 18 6-2 

•54 20 6-0 

'53 20 5-8 

'52 21 6-0 

'54 19 5-10 

'52 23 6-0 
'54 19 
'54 18 
'53 20 
'54 20 
'52 23 

'54 18 6-2 

'54 18 6-0 

'53 21 6-0 

'52 21 6-0 

'54 18 6-1 

'53 20 5-11 

'54 21 6-3 

'53 19 5-11 

'54 18 5-10 

'52 21 6-1 

'53 22 5-10 

'54 20 5-9 

'54 19 5-11 

'54 20 6-1 

'52 21 6-1 

'52 22 6-2 

'52 23 6-0 

'53 21 6-2 

'54 19 6-2 

'54 21 6-1 

'52 21 5-11 



5-10 

5-10 

5-8 

6-1 

5-10 



Wt. School 

187 Quincy H.S. 

182 Clarks Summit H.S. 
165 Sandusky H.S. 
180 Carteret Sch. 
170 Cheshire Acad. 
180 Tilton Sch. 
175 Worcester Acad. 
180 Brockton H.S. 

185 Blair Acad. 

186 St. George's 
185 Kingswood Prep 

189 Wilbraham Acad. 
163 Wilbraham Acad. 
165 Waltham H.S. 
170 Melrose H.S. 

190 Newton H.S. 
170 W. Orange H.S. 
185 Lake Forest H.S. 
203 Bullis Sch. 

200 Whitman H.S. 

200 Deerfield Acad. 

200 Harvard Sch. 

175 Lawrence Acad. 

175 Hope H.S. 

197 Swampscott H.S. 

175 Babylon H.S. 

203 Worcester Acad. 

200 Mt. Pleasant H.S. 

165 Edgewood H.S. 

170 Wilbraham Acad. 

185 Tabor Acad. 

190 Adams H.S. 

188 Irvington H.S. 
220 Plainville H.S. 
200 Whitman H.S. 
215 Greenfield H.S. 
200 Bridgewater H.S. 
225 Middleboro H.S. 
220 Moses Brown 
215 Central H.S. 
165 Burrillville H.S. 
200 Monson Acad. 

190 Collinwood H.S. 
180 Cheshire Acad. 
175 Worcester Acad. 
185 Hopkinton H.S. 
185 Rockland H.S. 

191 St. Clement's 
185 Melrose H.S. 
190 Tabor Acad. 
180 Weston H.S. 
190 Cashing Acad. 
182 Milton H.S. 



Home Town 
Quincy, Mass. 
Clarks Summit, Pa. 
Sandusky, Ohio 
Long Branch, N.J. 
Cranston, R.I. 
Milton, Mass. 
Quincy, Mass. 
Brockton, Mass. 
Warwick, R.I. 
Newport, R.I. 
W. Hartford, Conn. 
Brockton, Mass. 
Beverly, Mass. 
Waltham, Mass. 
Melrose, Mass. 
Newton, Mass. 
W. Orange, N.J. 
Lake Forest, 111. 
Brookline, Mass. 
Whitman, Mass. 
Greenfield, Mass. 
Chicago, 111. 
Worcester. Mass. 
Providence, R.I. 
Swampscott, Mass. 
W. Islip, N.Y. 
Worcester, Mass. 
Providence, R.I. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Cranston, R.I. 
Sharon, Mass. 
Indian Orchard, Mass. 
Irvington, N.J. 
Plainville, Conn. 
Whitman, Mass. 
Greenfield, Mass. 
Bridgewater, Mass. 
Middleboro, Mass. 
Providence, R.I. 
Manchester, N.H. 
Harrisville, R.I. 
Springfield, Mass. 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Torrington, Conn. 
Worcester, Mass. 
Hopkinton, Mass. 
Hanson, Mass. 
Somerville, Mass. 
Melrose, Mass. 
Winthrop, Mass. 
Weston, Mass. 
Worcester, Mass. 
Milton, Mass. 



* 1950Lettermen. 



1902 

At the annual meeting of the Uni- 
versity Club in Providence, J. Cunliffe 
Bullock was elected President. Other offi- 
cers are: Vice-Presidents — C. Arthur 
Braitsch '23, and Kent F. Matteson '28; 
Secretary — Richmond H. Sweet '25; and 
Governors — Matthew W. Goring '26 and 
Stanley H. Smith, Jr., "28. 

A letter from Mrs. William A. Hill, 
widow of our late Classmate, related to 
Class Secretary Lew Milner the comfort 
she derived from his note of Class sym- 
pathy. Mrs. Hill extended her regards to 
the Class of 1902 in the hope that the 
50th Reunion next year would be a suc- 
cessful one. 

Harold Calder has a new grandson, 
Charles G. Calder II, born Sept. 15 to 
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Calder '43. 

1903 

President-emeritus Harry W. Rock- 
well of New York State College for 
Teachers has a new home address in a 
Buffalo suburb. He now receives mail at 
50 Irving Ter., Kenmore 23, N. Y. 

1904 

Louis E. Feingold, Worcester lawyer, 
has a pet project for his spare time: A 
one-time piano teacher, Louis helped to 
found the Worcester Youth Orchestra 
which is sponsored by the Worcester Bar 
Association. An editorial in the Worces- 
ter Evening Gazette called our Classmate 
"the answer to a ticket chairman's prayer" 
because he sold 650 of the 1100 admis- 
sions to the orchestra's spring concert. 
Louis has been Chairman of the Scholar- 
ship Committee of the Worcester Probus 
Club for over 10 years now. 

Retired as a counselor at law, William 
Sandager lives at The Commons, Little 
Compton, R. I. 

The Rev. George A. Humphries has 
retired from the active ministry and is 
now living at 441 Main St., Metuchen, 
N. J. 

Edward R. Bancroft's daughter, Sara 
Hope Bancroft, was married on Sept. 29, 
1951, to Edmund M. Webb of Attleboro, 
Mass. Edward R. Bancroft, Jr. '37 was 
one of the ushers. 

1905 

Judson A. Crane wrote Class Secre- 
tary Charlie Robinson that he is still 
teaching a full schedule at the University 
of Pittsburgh Law School but has taken 
Dr. Alex Burgess' recent advice by be- 
coming Dean-emeritus of the Law School. 
He continues his private practice and has 
had a second edition of his "Cases on 
Partnership" (with Magruder of the U.S. 
Circuit Court of .Appeals) published by 
Bobbs-Merrill. In December, 1950, our 
Classmate married the former Jane H. 
Keith. 

At the I 1th annual meeting of the Isaac 
Howard Memorial Association in Septem- 
ber, Frank G. Howard was elected Pres- 
ident of the family organization. 

Henry Gardner has retired to enjoy 
his beautiful home near the Chevy Chase 
Golf Club in Maryland. He has five 
grandchildren to help fill his leisure hours. 

When Lt. (jg) Hermes C. Grillo '44 
saw the picture of Sang-Kyu Pak in the 
May issue of the Monthly, he hastened to 
write from Inje, Korea, that he had 
worked with a young Korean doctor who 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 




THE 1951 BROWN VARSITY SQUAD: First Row left to right: Head 
Coach Alva E. Kelley; Gale Wolny; Ed Sexton; Jock Sarson; Tom Kelliher; 
Co-coptoin John Pietro; Co-coptoin Jim Martland; Carl Whitlock; Bob 
Macko; Jim White; Carl Leone; Joe Bowdring. Second Row left to right: 
Backfield Coach Vic Fusio; Andy Andersen; Maurice Matteodo; Al Hallo- 
ran; Mike Stien; John Andersen; Mike Cannarozzi; Marshall Horoden; 
John Hill; Bob Carson; Ken Kessaris; Ronald Abdow; Vit Piscuskas; Tom 
Tehan. Third Row left to right: Line Coach Bob Pflug; Don Cottey; Joe 



Bionowicz; Al Giberti; Gerry Haverty; Bob Bassett; Bill Peace; Stan 
Orczyk; Tom Gogliano; Jack Chopoorion; Hugh Taylor; Fred Pendleton; 
Jim Gorham; Dick Brown; Defensive team coach Alex Nahigian. Fourth 
Row left to right: Varsity Manager Noel Silverman; Joe Manning; Jock 
Orton; Dove Carter; Gsrry Towie; Kick Gobordlno; Aubrey Doyle; 
Bruce Hunt; Charlie Judkins; Joe Shapiro; Bob Annino; Charlie Hayes; 
Ed Lowrence; Bob McCue; End Coach Matt Bolger. 



knew the family. Our Classmate was cap- 
tured by North Koreans early in the con- 
flict and no word has been heard of him 
since. Lt. Grillo is attached to a medical 
unit with the First Murine Division. 

A Reunion in jail was enjoyed by Ar- 
thur Townsend, Rodney Wail^er and Class 
Secretary Charlie Robinson when they 
traveled to the reformatory in W. Con- 
cord. Mass., to visit F. E. Marble. F. E., 
of course, is on the right side of the bars; 
he's a Parole Division official. Mrs. 
Walker and Mrs. Townsend joined in the 
party. Rodney enjoyed the affair as much 
as anyone, though his eyes have gone 
back on him almost completely. 

A new address for Albert A. Dowd is 
Allendale, Woodbury, Conn. 

1906 

Dr. Albert W. Claflin is now serv- 
ing his 15th term as President of the 
Claflin Family Association. He was re- 
elected at the group's 97th annual meet- 
ing in July. Eleven different states and 
Cuba were represented among the fam- 
ily members who attended. 

Joseph L. Wheeler wrote a series of ar- 



ticles on the Hubbardton Military Road 
for the Rutland (Vt. ) Herald on the 
175th anniversary in August of the order 
calling for construction of the Revolu- 
tionary highway. The road was buiit in 
1776 to permit easier passage of men 
and equipment to Mount Independence, 
the fort that protected the southern 
reaches of Lake Champlain from a Brit- 
ish campaign aimed at splitting New 
England from the rest of the rebelling 
colonies. Our Classmate is trying to re- 
vive State interest in marking the way 
through the woods that led General Bur- 
goyne to his defeat at Bennington. 

Second Vice-President of the R. I. 
Hotel Association is Henry G. Carpenter, 
Manager of the Cold Spring House in 
Wickford. 



Su'immers on TV 

Television fans will have a 
chance to see the Brown swimming 
team in action Saturday afternoon 
December 15 when CBS will carry 
the meet against Navy over a na- 
tional hook-up. The first race starts 
at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 



1907 

This summer Harold W. Paine re- 
tired after 36 years of plastics research, 
most of which was in association with 
E. 1. duPont de Nemours and Co. His 
principal contributions were in the fields 
of automobile safety glass, Lucite acrylic 
resin and Nylon molding powder. A fel- 
low of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science and of the New 
York Academy of Sciences, he was As- 
sistant to the Director of duPont's Poly- 
chemicals Department laboratory when 
he retired. 

President William E. Bright of the 
Lackawanna Motor Club is a Vice-Pres- 
ident of the Pennsylvania Motor Federa- 
tion. 

Prof. Zechariah Chafee, Jr., addressed 
the 1951 conference of the N. E. Library 
Association on the subject, "Full Liberty 
in Religious Concernments." John Hay 
Librarian David Jonah was on the con- 
ference program committee. Later, Pro- 
fessor Chafee addressed a University au- 
dience in Manning Hall on "Thirty-Five 
Years of Free Speech." 



NOVEMBER 1951 



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Retired now, the Rev. Edmund T. Jill- 
son is living on Pennsylvania Ave., Hert- 
ford, N. C. 

1908 

Class Secretary C. LeRoy Grinnell 
wrote us of a "happy midsummer reun- 
ion" of Rhode Island Classmates at the 
Point Judith summer home of Mr. and 
Mrs. Frank F. Mason. Others present to 
partake of lobster, song and argument 
were Dr. Albert C. Thomas, "Cy" Young, 
Norm Sammis and Jim Murray. The 
wives attended, too, and so great was the 
fun that another gathering has been 
planned at Stone Bridge "where the lob- 
sters are held at least 24 hours after ar- 
rest." 

Frederick A. Edgecomb was in Hawaii 
in July, but his preferred mailing address 
is P. O. Box 239, Lakeside, Calif, (c/o 
Rev. T. E. Roberts). 

Walter M. Gager has a new address, 
1316 Roselle Ave., Niagara Falls, N. Y. 

1909 

Heinle Selleck, who retired from ad- 
vertising a few years ago to do specialized 
writing, was selected to edit the official 
souvenir program for Detroit's 250th 
Birthday Festival — a year-long celebra- 
tion honoring the founding of the city by 
Cadillac in 1701. Off the press this sum- 
mer, the book is a 64-page volume in 
four colors and contains 150 illustrations. 

Charles W. Briggs, Jr., was defeated 
in the Fall River tennis championship 
finals by fellow-Brunonian Jackson H. 
Skillings '37. The prize is a trophy hon- 
oring Charles W. Briggs, Sr., who died 
this past April. 

The current address for Stuart R. Bug- 
bee is 49 Elton St., Prov. 6. W. C. In- 
galls, Jr., has a new one, too: 419 South 
E St., Lake Worth, Fla. 

Everett M. Salisbury is retired and lives 
at 79 Clark Ct., Rutherford, N. J. An- 
other New Jersey Classmate is Henry H. 
Keough of 86 Gales Dr., New Providence, 
N. J. 

After retiring from the Army, Joseph 
Church is going to school again. He's en- 
rolled at the University of South Carolina 
Graduate School where he is taking some 
history courses. Meanwhile, daughter 
Vera Jane Church is a Freshman at the 
same institution. 

1910 

In September Class Secretary Andy 
Comstock and his wife enjoyed a visit 
with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. 
and Mrs. Andrew H. Comstock, who were 
back in the United States for the first time 
in 21 months. Young Comstock is a co- 
pilot for TWA, flying out of Cairo, Egypt, 
where he and his wife live. 

On his summer trip to Seattle, Ray 
Fenner enjoyed a visit with Steve Pyle. 
Steve has come along fine after his op- 
eration last spring, reports Ray. 

1911 

Howard G. Hubbard is Director of 
the Hubbard Business School, Pawtucket, 
R. I. Formerly known as the Tabbutt- 
Hubbard School, the institution started 
its 41st year in September. 

The sympathy of all Classmates is ex- 
tended to LeRoy G. Pilling whose wife, 
Natalie Bogoslovsky Pilling, died Sept. 
28, 1951. 



1912 

In September Dr. and Mrs. John J. 
Gilbert of Providence announced the en- 
gagement of their daughter, Miss Ann E. 
Gilbert, to Theodore Foster Tillinghast 
Crolius of New York City. 

The sincere sympathy of Classmates is 
offered to Pearce Rodey of Albuquerque, 
N. M., on the death of his son, Alonzo 
B. M. Rodey, July 1, 1951. 



From Felloiv Trustees 

The inscription tells the story 
on a sterling silver tray received 
recently by Albert Poland '09: 
"ALBERT HARKNESS PO- 
LAND, Esq. From the members 
of the Boards of Trustees on which 
he has served the people of Rhode 
Island well and faithfully for so 
many years, with their appreciation 
and affection. October, 1951. 
Brown University, Providence 
League for Hard of Hearing, Provi- 
dence Boys' Club, Providence Ly- 
ing-in Hospital, Providence Chari- 
table Fuel Society, Providence 
Community Fund, Providence Pub- 
lic Library, Providence Tuberculo- 
sis League, Rhode Island Historical 
Society, St. Andrew's School." 



1913 

In May Rabbi Louis Newman was 
unanimously elected to life tenure at Con- 
gregation Rodeph Sholom in New York 
City. The resolution provides that Rabbi 
Newman remain Rabbi until he reaches 
the age of 70 when he will be Rabbi- 
emeritus. Our Classmate has served his 
Congregation since 1930. 

Prof, and Mrs. Andrew H. MacPhail 
have announced the engagement of their 
daughter, Nancy Jean, to 2nd Lt. Fred- 
erick S. Lee USAFR of Baltimore. A 
graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Lt. 
Lee had completed one year towards his 
doctorate at Brown before he reported 
to Lackland AFB, Texas. Miss MacPhail, 
a 1951 Pembroke graduate, is a labora- 
tory technician at Brookhaven National 
Laboratory on Long Island. Our Class- 
mate is on the Department of Education 
Faculty at Brown. 

1914 

One of "Doc" Durgin's sons, Arthur, 
Jr., who was originally a member of the 
Class of 1949 at Brown, has enlisted in 
the Air Force and is currently stationed 
at Sampson AFB, N. Y. Another son, 
Richard, is a member of the freshman 
class at the University of New Hamp- 
shire. "Doc's" leisure hours around his 
home in Wellesley Hills, Mass., are taken 
up teaching baseball to five grandsons! 

1915 

Warren P. Norton's son, David, en- 
tered Temple University School of Med- 
icine this fall. He graduated from Van- 
derbilt University in June, having been 
sent there on an NROTC scholarship. 
Our Classmate is Superintendent of 
Schools in Meadville, Pa. 



1916 

Col. H. Stanford McLeod, Commander 
of the 76th Infantry Division and sen- 
ior Organized Reserve Corps officer in 
R. I., received the key to the new $300,- 
000 armory at recent ceremonies in Prov- 
idence. The first of many such structures 
scheduled for erection in New England, 
the building is the first permanent home 
for the R. I. ORC. 

Francis J. Brady has a new grand- 
daughter, Miriam Jane Holmgren, born 
Aug. 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Holm- 
gren. Another Class grandfather is Philip 
A. Feiner. Regina Ann Feiner was born 
Aug. 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Feiner 
'39. 

Two Classmates who have retired are 
George S. Bearse, Wells Hill Rd., Lake- 
ville. Conn, and Col. Burton L. Lucas 
(U.S.A. Ret.), F-4, Univ. Garden Apts., 
Newark, Dela. 

1917 

Nelson Barlow, who is Works Man- 
ager with the Verney Corp. of West Peter- 
borough, N. H., lives in Peterborough. 

1918 

In honor of his 25 years' association 
with the Atlantic Rayon Co., President 
Harold F. C. Wilcox was presented a 
ship's clock at a testimonial dinner in 
August. 

The Rev. Earl H. Tomlin embarked on 
a two months' cruise of the Middle East 
in August. Executive Secretary of the 
R. I. State Council of Churches, he was 
granted an extended vacation so that he 
could travel and study in Greece, Turkey, 
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Palestine. 

While attending the International Jam- 
boree of Boy Scouts in Austria last sum- 
mer, J. Harold Williams of the Narragan- 
sett Council sent back regular reports of 
the trip and the gathering to the Prov- 
idence Journal. The Chief did all his 
writing on a brand new portable type- 
writer, given him by the Executive Board 
of the Council at a sendoff meeting at 
Camp Yawgoog in June. Our Classmate 
directed the pageants presented by the 
more than 1000 American Scouts at the 
Jamboree. 

Brown Biology Department Chairman 
J. Walter Wilson discussed "The Biologi- 
cal Aspects of Nuclear Radiation" at the 
annual summer conference of the N. E. 
Association of Chemistry Teachers. Col- 
league and Classmate Charles A. Stuart 
received a continuation of his two-year 
grant from the National Microbiological 
Institute of the National Institute of 
Health. Amounting to $4304, the award 
will be used to do further research on 
bacterial susceptibility and resistance to 
the action of antibiotics. 

John S. Chafee resigned as Executive 
Vice-President and Director of Saco- 
Lowell Shops in Biddeford, Me., in Sep- 
tember. 

1919 

Henry T. Samson, who is Chief of 
the United Nations International Chil- 
dren's Emergency Fund Mission on For- 
mosa, has informed us that he receives 
his mail through the American Embassy, 
APO 63, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco. 

John W. Haley authored the commen- 
tary for the R. I. Community Chest cam- 
paign film, "The Helping Hand." Pro- 
ducer and photographer of the color 



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movie that has been enthusiastically re- 
ceived is Ralph K. Lawrence '37. 

William E. Parmenter's son, Bill, Jr. 
'50, was married Aug. 25 to Miss Ruth 
P. Wall of Providence. Bill is a student at 
the University of Michigan Law School. 

Senior Vice-President W. C. MacMil- 
lan of the Continental Oil Co. has a new 
home address, 4203 Yoakum, Houston, 
Tex. 

Whereabouts: Robert H. Beekman, 128 
No. June St., Los Angeles 4. Kenneth H. 
Bitting, 511 Locust St., St. Louis 1, Mo. 
Andrew F. Hillhouse, 32 Ivy Lea, Ken- 
more, N. Y. Bradford Van R. Moore, 
2320 E. Seneca St., Tucson, Ariz. 

1920 

High in reading circles throughout 
the nation is "Career Ambassador" by 
Willard L. Beaulac, the first man to grad- 
uate from the Georgetown University 
School of Foreign Service. With insight 
and humor, the newly-appointed Am- 
bassador to Cuba tells of his experiences 
with friend and foe during almost 30 
years of State Department service. 

Professor R. Bruce Lindsay, Chairman 
of the Physics Department at Brown, has 
recently returned from a two-months trip 
to Europe where he attended interna- 
tional physics conferences at Brussels and 
Copenhagen. A specialist in acoustics, he 
read a paper at the Brussels gathering 
and later inspected British Admiralty un- 
derwater sound research facilities. 

A new trustee of Dean Academy is 
Louis A. R. Pieri. A star basketball 
player at Dean, our Classmate joins Con- 
gressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr., on the 
board of the Massachusetts school. Lou 
took over control this fall of the Narra- 
gansett Bay Broadcasting Co. from Judge 
Robert E. Quinn '15, new Chairman of 
the U. S. Military Court of Appeals. 

In November the Rev. C. J. Grabb 
completes his 25th year as Pastor of the 
First Presbyterian Church in Painted 
Post, N. Y. During the summer his wife 
enjoyed a motor trip through Holland, 
France, Switzerland and Austria with 
their son, Maj. Robert F. Grabb '41, who 
is with the Judge Advocate General's 
Corps in Trieste. 

In Cleveland this summer to open the 
new Bonwit Teller store. President Walter 
Hoving of the Hoving Corp. explained the 
store's decor: The antique furniture and 
mirrors not only look right but they are 
less expensive than new furnishings; the 
different colored fitting rooms will suit 
various complexioned customers; and the 
bull's-eye lighting "makes women look 
younger." 

A new address for F. William Zelcer 
is RFD 1, Northport, L. I., N. Y. 

1921 

Harvey R. Harris is head of the De- 
partment of English and Social Science at 
Southwestern University, Los Angeles. 
He lives in Sherman Oaks, Calif., at 4227 
Murietta Ave. 

A letter from Granville B. Affleck in- 
formed us that his new mailing address is 
RFD 1, Box 39A, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y., 
but that "should any alumni wander 
around looking" for him, his home is on 
Sleepy Hollow Rd., Briarcliff Manor. 

Whereabouts: L. O. Gates, 1075 1'/2 
Missouri Ave., Los Angeles 25. Floriman 
M. Hathaway, 3739 Delmas Ten, Los 




THE RED CROSS PROGRAM in Detroit 
has no more faithful yeoman than Wil- 
liam A. Moffett '14, advertising execu- 
tive who has just been elected a Director 
for the second three-year term. He con- 
tinues on the Executive Committee and 
has been promotion head of every De- 
troit Red Cross fund-raising campaign 
since 1941. 



Angeles 34. Joel M. Nichols, Jr., Rt. 5, 
Box 181 N, Tucson, Ariz. 



1922 

Late September visitors to the Cam- 
pus were Mr. and Mrs. William H. How- 
ard of Malone, N. Y. Bill was much 
impressed by the Quadrangle and espe- 
cially interested in the Deke House. Mrs. 
Howard was recovering from a serious 
eye operation that she underwent during 
the summer. 

Three Classmates with new addresses 
are Frederick W. Brack, 99 Page Rd., 
Needham, Mass. A. Russell Mack, 234 
Purchase St., South Easton, Mass. Charles 
H. Pinkham, 271 Western Ave., Lynn, 
Mass. 



1923 

This summer, Harold H. Young, a 
partner of Eastman, Dillon and Co., New 
York investment firm, went out to Cali- 
fornia to advise investors of the sound- 
ness of public utility stocks. In addresses 
before financial leaders on the coast. 
Young said that the increasing use of 
electricity and gas was a favorable por- 
tent for the continued expansion of the 
companies which are offering attractive 
returns to encourage investment in com- 
mon stocks. 

Richard Thorndike's daughter, June, 
was married Aug. 25 to William R. Bus- 
ing of Scarsdale, N. Y. 

New Senior Chaplain for the Inter- 
church Council of Greater New Bedford 
is the Rev. George H. Parker, Jr., Pastor 
of Trinity Methodist Church in that city. 

Whereabouts: N. C. Hoxsie, 9 Kilsyth 
Ter., Brookline 46, Mass. John L. Gaerste, 



RFD 1, Far Hills, N. J. Skillman E. 
Myers, 144 Harvey Ave., Doylestown, 
Pa. (c/o Nash). Raymond C. Lawson, 
195 Commonwealth Ave., New Britain, 
Conn. 



1924 

Earle Vincent Johnson, who resigned 
his position as Vice-President of the C. C. 
Kimball Company in Lincoln, Neb., at the 
end of 1950, has formed a partnership 
with C. M. Loomis of the same city un- 
der the name of Loomis & Johnson. They 
are in the general real estate, insurance, 
and mortgage business, with offices down- 
town at 239 South 13th St. Earle's oldest 
daughter, Cynthia, has entered the Uni- 
versity of Nebraska. 

After many years the Alumni Office 
has re-located Parker H. Brady who is 
a Special Agent for the Home Insurance 
Co. in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He 
lives in that city with his wife and two 
sons at 1408 Washington Ave. 

In a special Massachusetts election 
this spring, Carlton H. Bliss was chosen 
to sit in the State legislature until the reg- 
ular election in November, 1952. Repre- 
senting the 1st Bristol District, our Class- 
mate is filling the vacancy caused by the 
death of a House member. 

Dr. Brae Rafferty, President of the 
Connecticut State Medical Society, pre- 
sided at the opening session of the 26th 
Clinical Congress sponsored in Septem- 
ber by the Society and the Yale University 
School of Medicine. The Congress was 
held in New Haven. 

At services dedicating the new Rock- 
well School in Bristol, R. I., Vice-Pres- 
ident Bruce M. Bigelow called for the re- 
vival of Latin as a popular high school 
subject. Noting that in earlier days pupils 
paid an extra fee to study the classical 
language, he suggested that today per- 
haps the only solution was to print comic 
books in Latin. 

Whereabouts: Malcolm L. Berrian, 
8070 Lincoln St., Lemon Grove, Calif. 
Wesby R. Parker, 1000 Riverside Dr., 
Battle Creek, Mich. Warren F. Sanford, 
187 Sea View Ave., Touisset, Swansea, 
Mass. John P. Young, 781 Palmer Rd., 
Bronxville, N. Y. 



1925 

Philip Cary Jones is in Hollywood di- 
recting for the American Telecasting 
Corp. and the Westwood Village Com- 
munity Playhouse. His address is 3262 
Barham Blvd., Hollywood 28. 

Whereabouts: Prof. Gilbert E. Case, 
37 Euclid Ave., East Providence 15. W. 
Ellison Chalmers, 4708 Hudson Ave. 
S.E., Washington 20, D. C. Roger Cum- 
mings, 103 Grove St., Redlands, Calif. 
A. Samuel Sargent, Bradbury St., Touis- 
set Pt., Warren, R. I. Theodore E. Water- 
bury, Madisonville Rd., Basking Ridge, 
N. J. 



1926 

Horace F. Altman was named Con- 
troller of the George B. H. Macomber 
Co., well-known Boston building firm, 
in July. Previously our Classmate had 
served as Deputy Director of the Mass. 
State Housing Board and Management 
Supervisor of the Federal Public Housing 
Authority in Massachusetts. 



NOVEMBER 1951 



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George Y. Loveridge. Providence Sun- 
day Journal staff member, was a first- 
place winner in the 1951 N. E. Associated 
Press News Executives Association con- 
test. His prize feature story was about a 
68-year old contortionist who hunts hiber- 
nating turtles in Pascoag, R. I., and sells 
them in New York City's Fulton Fish 
Market so he and his wife can visit old 
theatrical friends around Times Square. 

President Ralph R. Crosby of the Old 
Colony Co-operative Bank in Providence 
addressed 900 Massachusetts bank offi- 
cers and directors at the 63rd annual con- 
vention of the Massachusetts Co-operative 
Bank League in September. He is also 
President of the R. 1. League of Savings 
and Loan Associations. 

Jacob S. Temkin is Chairman of the 
committee set up by the R. L Bar Asso- 
ciation to study the Kefauver crime re- 
port in the light of conditions in Rhode 
Island. 

A new address for Richard H. Ham- 
mond is Haddon Halls Apts., Haddon- 
field, N. J. Our Classmate is President 
of the Camden Engineering Service Co., 
Inc., and James F. Crawford, Inc. 

Whereabouts: Fred H. Huling, 663 
Public St., Prov. W. A. Knipe, 418 Adams 
Ave., Montgomery, Ala. Russell Leake, 
2725 Jiidah St., San Francisco 22. 

1927 

Your secretary received a very wel- 
come letter from George Cole, West 
Englewood, New Jersey, in mid-Septem- 
ber offering to organize a Dutch treat 
cocktail and dinner get together in New 
York as a pre-reunion rally. I am sure all 
1927'ers in that area will welcome the 
opportunity of a regional class get to- 
gether. Why don't some of you others in 
metropolitan areas arrange similar meet- 
ings? Your local reunion committee 
would certainly welcome any suggestions 
from classmates individually or from 
such gatherings as George Cole has in 
mind. 

Your secretary has been informed that 
on the occasion of our 25th reunion next 
June, we will have a class song. Both Don 
Ball and George Cole are working on it 
now and will have lyrics and score ready 
for our great occasion. You may remem- 
ber that twenty-five years ago these boys 
were assigned the job of providing the 
class song. 

Early in September we received word 
that Jerry Schmidt of the Department of 
Chemistry at Indiana University in 
Bloomington, had been raised to a full 
Professor in Chemistry and made Chair- 
man of General Chemistry. Congratula- 
tions, Jerry. We'll slap you on the back at 
the reunion next June. 

In a reorganization of the Columbia 
Broadcasting System's network operations, 
Vice-President Hubbell Robinson, Jr., was 
named Director of Network Programs for 
the Television Division. 

Selig Greenberg of the Providence 
Journal staff won a third prize in a con- 
test sponsored by the N. E. As,sociated 
Press News Executives Association for 
his series of articles on "The Aged — A 
Rising Tide." 

William R. Benford, Associate Pro- 
fessor of Civil Engineering at Brown, is 
teaching architecture at the R. L School 
of Design this term. 

In the summer issue we listed Ralph 
C. Taylor as living in Montgomery, Ala. 



Bridgeu'ork 

Brown has a genuine national 
champion in Clifton N. Lovenberg 
'20 who, with his wife, captured 
the national bridge tournament 
title at the July sessions of the 
American Contract Bridge League 
in Washington. An added family 
honor was achieved by their son, 
Charles C. Lovenberg '48, who won 
a second prize in the Middle At- 
lantic pairs division. 

The Lovenbergs, mere and pere, 
shared their title of national cham- 
pions for non-master teams with a 
husband-and-wife duo from Han- 
over, Pa. About 2000 bridge players 
participated in the week-long tour- 
nament. 



Actually, his home is in Montgomery, 
N. Y. We had street address right: 89 
Wallkill Ave. 

New President of the Transducer Corp. 
of Boston is Arnold K. Brown. Our Class- 
mate joined the American Machine and 
Foundry Co., of which Transducer is the 
electronic subsidiary, this spring as Execu- 
tive Vice-President. He retains that posi- 
tion and is a Director of both companies 
as well. 

L. Thomas Maynard's son, Leonard, 
Jr., was married Aug. 25 to Miss Hope 
E. Hohler of Bnttonwoods, R. I. 

Whereabouts: Robert W. Buckley, Pine 
Knoll, Libertyville, III. Kenneth J. Hovey. 
3905 N. La Salle St., Indianapolis. Walter 
A. Jaworek, 80 East Piedmont St., Keyser, 
West Va. 

1928 

Robert G. Trenholm is with the Prov- 
idence office of the New England Tele- 
phone and Telegraph Co. He lives in Nor- 
wood, R. 1., at 109 Pilgrim Drive. 

New Chairman of the American Chem- 
ical Society's Chicago section is Dr. Rob- 
ert F. Marschner. In July our Classmate 
was promoted to Senior Research Asso- 
ciate at the Standard Oil Co. plant in 
Whiting, Ind. 

Three Classmates with new addresses 
are: Allyn J. Crooker, 280 Girard Trust 
Bldg., Philadelphia, John Fellows, 750 
Park Ave., NYC, Earle A. Hover, Rural 
Rt. 4, Greenville, Ohio. 

1929 

Col. Charles W. Schott is Director of 
Plans for the Eighth Air Force. He is 
stationed in Ft. Worth, Texas, where the 
Eighth has its headquarters. 

New organist and choirmaster at the 
Cathedral of St. John in Providence is 
George M. Tinker. Our Classmate, who 
is Chairman of the Music Department at 
the Mary C. Wheeler School, studied at 
the Paris Conservatory as the candidate 
of the Third Army on a French govern- 
ment award after World War II. He has 
also studied at the New England Con- 
servatory of Music and was at one time 
an Assistant in the Brown Music Depart- 
ment. This summer he taught at the Uni- 
versity of New Hampshire summer 
school. 

Vice-President Wallace W. Elton of 
the J. Walter Thompson advertising 
agency presented an illustrated lecture 



on the 1951 Art Directors Exhibit at the 
Rochester Art Directors Club meeting 
last spring. An undergraduate editor at 
Brown, our Classmate has authored two 
books on Naval aviation and was a staff 
writer for the Navy during World War 
II. He is Art Director for the Thompson 
agency. 

This July Dr. F. Anthony Simeone, 
Chief of Surgery at the Cleveland (Ohio) 
City Hospital, flew to Korea to study the 
methods being used to care for the 
wounded. Paying special attention to the 
treatment of blood vessel and nerve 
wounds and of burns, he hopes to set up 
facilities for even speedier and more effi- 
cient care than is now possible. 

Howard Eastwood has a new grand- 
daughter, Linda Tainsh, born Aug. 24 to 
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Tainsh '50 of 
Barrington, R. I. 

Gustave Freeman is Chief of the Clin- 
ical Investigation Branch at the Chem- 
ical Corps Medical Laboratories, Army 
Chemical Center, Md. His mail reaches 
him at Box 826, Edgewood, Md. 

Chief Electronics Engineer for the 
Deering Milliken Research Trust is Philip 
N. Smith. His address is P. O. Box 27, 
Pendleton, S. C. 

In August, Eric Wendelin sent us his 
new address: American Embassy, Ankara, 
Turkey, APO 206-A, c/o Postmaster, 
New "Vork. 



1930 

Maxwell Kaufman of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission conducted a course 
in corporation finance in Washington 
this summer. The course was sponsored 
by the Business Division Section of the 
American University. 

Special Sessions Judge Gerald G. Ho- 
gan of Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., has 



Russians in the Olympics 

Jimmy Jemail '18, the New 
York Daily News' Inquiring Fotog- 
rapher, corralled a group of 
Brown men to answer his recent 
query: How do you feel about Rus- 
sian athletes in the next Olympics? 

Ralph M. Palmer '10 and Lincoln 
Fogarty '3 1 both thought it would 
be beneficial to let Russian athletes 
get a glimpse of competition as 
practiced by free men. Fogarty 
pointed out the success that our 
introduction of baseball into Japan 
has met with. 

Herbert M. Iselin '42 thought 
that the locality of the 1952 Games 
(Helsinki, Finland) would place 
them under Red control and that 
we would come out second-best on 
any and all decisions as well as 
overall publicity. Ed Sulzberger '29 
and Bob Cuddy '41 agreed with 
Iselin in fearing the habitual subter- 
fuge of the Russians but thought 
there was a small chance of some 
good being achieved by the inter- 
mingling of the competitors. 

All that Football Coach Al Kel- 
ley was worried about was that they 
might use professionals. He was all 
in favor of a chance to get a peek — 
even an athletic one — behind the 
Iron Curtain. 



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opened a new law office in a building 
which he recently purchased and reno- 
vated. 

Nathaniel Gates is now a partner in 
the New York City law firm of Dickler 
and Gates. 

Whereabouts: C. Richard Blake. 297 
Terrace Ave.. Riverside. R. I. Otto Ker- 
ner, Jr.. 1335 Astor St.. Chicago 10. Law- 
rence D. Kidd, 692 New Boston Rd.. Fall 
River. Mass. Samuel S. Tobe, 8335 
Thcuron Ave., Philadelphia 19. 

1931 

Dr. Rollo G. Silver of the Peabody In- 
stitute in Baltimore has collaborated with 
John Carter Brown Librarian Lawrence 
C. Worth on the revised edition of The 
Book ill America. Hellmut Lehmann- 
Haupt is the original editor of this basic 
history cf the making and selling of books 
in the United States. Specializing in the 
period between the American Revolution 
and the Civil War, our Classmate is 
Chairman cf the Committee on 19th Cen- 
tuary Publishers, sponsored by the Bibli- 
ographical Society of .America. 

In an August "Rhode Islander." mag- 
azine section of the Providence Sunday 
Jonrn.al. Winfield T. Scott wrote a "Love 
Letter to Newport" in which he related 
fond m.emories cf the town of his child- 
hood. 

Arthur Novogroski resigned his job as 
Chief of the Trial Section of the R. L 
Office of Price Stabilization to accept a 
position as New England regional en- 
forcement attorney for the Wage Stabili- 
zation Board. 

Lt. Comdr. Donald M. Clayton, head 
of the Officers Mess Branch in the Navy 
Department in Washington, was guest 
speaker at the September meeting of the 
N. E. Club Managers" Association. 

Program planning chief of the Guided 
Missile Division of the Hughes Aircraft 
Co. is M. B. MacCatherine. He and his 
family are now in Tucson, Ariz., at 4102 
East Burns. 

Whereabouts: Joseph E. Cadden, 59 E 
73rd St.. NYC 21. Virgil W. Cazel, P. O. 
Bo.x 825, Laguna Beach, Calif. Edward 
S. Grossman, c/o Hawaiian Trust Co., 
Ltd., Honolulu, T. H. 

1932 

New City Engineer at Glen Cove, 
N. Y., is Murray DeLorme. Our Class- 
mate was formerly Operating Manager of 
the Massapequa (N. Y. ) plant of the Ed- 
win S. Voorhies Co. 

Springfield, Mass., attorney Stuart D. 
Waite was a candidate for the local school 
committee this fall. He is former Vice- 
Chairman of the Republican City Com- 
mittee. 

Director of Athletics Paul Mackesey 
was one of the principal speakers at the 
Annual Clinic and Business Meeting of 
the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate 
Football Officials, held at Temple Uni- 
versity in September. Our Classmate is 
President of the Eastern Intercollegiate 
Football Association. 

Olavi Silvonen has been named Vice- 
President in the investment division of 
the Irving Trust Co. of New York. 

Art Lewis owns and operates Spring- 
way Cleansers in Taunton, Mass. 

To Dr. Nathan Chaset is extended the 
sincere sympathy of all Classmates on 
the death of his father, Benjamin V. 
Chaset, in Providence, August 2, 1951. 



A card from Dean H. Ensign has 
brought us up-to-date on his family and 
business. He is Manager of Thomas and 
Palmer. Inc., building supply company in 
Great Barrington, Mass., and lives with 
his wife and two daughters in Sheffield, 
Mass. 

Whereabouts: Henri Beziat, 3360 Gano 
Ave., Cincinnati 20. Dr. Sherburn E. Ed- 
gerly, 220 Engle St.. Englewood. N. J. 
William Goldberg, 27 Dryden Ave., Paw- 
tucket, R. 1. Gaspare R. Paola, c/o In- 
ternational Bank, 726 Jackson PI.. Wash- 
ington 6, D. C. John H. Poulson. Box 
185, Ogunquit, Me. 

1933 

In September Edward F. Bodurtha 
started his new duties as Librarian of the 
Brattleboro (Vt.) High School. He held 
a similar position at the Shattuck Military 
School. Fairibauit. Minn. 



Time to Fortune 

Memo to: Members of rlie Edito- 
rial Departments 
From: Henry R. Luce 

On Sept. 10 Duncan Norton- 
Taylor, a senior Time editor, will 
join the Fortune staff as a member 
of the Board of Editors. Time's 
loss will be Fortune's gain. 

Dune Taylor has been with Time 
nearly 12 years, much of it in Na- 
tional AtTairs. During the war he 
wrote Battlefronts. was a war cor- 
respondent in the Pacific. He has 
probably written more Cover Sto- 
ries than any man who ever worked 
for Time. 

Before coming to Time Taylor 
had wide experience as a newspaper 
reporter and free-lance fiction 
writer. He graduated from Brown 
University in 1926, was elected a 
Trustee of Brown last spring. 

H. R. L. 



Everett L. Angell's son, Everett W., 
presided at the closing ceremonies at 
Camp Yawgoog, Narragansett Council 
(R. I.) Boy Scout camp. He was chosen 
as Commanding Officer after receiving the 
Frederick W. Marvel Medal as the out- 
standing .scout of the season in leadership 
and campcraft. The late Prof. Marvel "94 
was Chairman of the Camp Committee 
for many years. Young Everett is a Crans- 
ton high school Sophomore and a candi- 
date for the Class of 1958 at Brown. 

Purchase Branch Manager for General 
Motors Acceptance Corp. in Brockton, 
Mass., is Edmund R. Gilmartin. His home 
is in Bridgewater, Mass., at 68 Summer 
St. 

Whereabouts: Chaplain Prescott L. 
Laundrie, Sea View Hospital, Staten Is- 
land 14, N. Y. Alvin Natelson, 3602 
Manchester Rd., Wantagh. L. I.. N. Y. 
Rev. Gardiner H. Shattuck, 7 Denton Rd., 
Wellesley 81, Mass. 

1934 

William B. Aular has announced the 
opening of his new law office in Dun- 
kirk, N. Y. A graduate of Cornell Law 
School, he was formerly associated with 
Palmer, Rowe and Palmer of Dunkirk. 



Assistant Director of Civilian Defense 
for the town of Fairhaven. Mass., is Philip 
T. Gidley. Our Classmate is President of 
the Gidley Laboratories, Inc., and the 
Gidley Research Institute, both in Fair- 
haven. 

New addresses for three Classmates 
are: Ed Buttner, 138 Sandwich St., Plym- 
outh, Mass., Charles C. Fenno, Jr.. Es- 
sex 1 H, Garth Woods Apts., Scarsdale, 
N. Y.. and Zenas J. Kevorkian, 1 Algon- 
quin St., Prov. 7. 

1935 

New head of the History Department 
at the Brockton (Mass.) High School is 
Norman A. Smith. He started his new 
assignment in September. Before that he 
was Principal of the Jay High School in 
Jay, Me. He is living in Brockton at 142 
Center St. 

Providence agent for Hardware Mu- 
tuals is Robert B. McLeod. Jr. His office 
is in the R. I. Hospital Trust Bldg., and 
he lives in Warwick at 30 Paul Ave. 

Bernard E. Pollak, Jr., is a business 
specialist with the U. S. Department of 
Commerce. His address in Alexandria, 
Va., is 502 Lloyd Lane. 

Assistant to the Vice-President of M. 
Swift and Sons, Inc., is Edward G. Crosby. 
He lives at 28 Beverly Rd., West Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

John D. Cook, who is Superintendent 
of the Sec Mfg. Co., Miami, Fla.. lives in 
that city at 9320 South Red Rd. 

Whereabouts: Howard F. Barker, Jr., 
176 Ontario St., Prov. 7. Robert A. Brad- 
bury. 854 Pontiac Ave., Cranston 10, 
R. I. Alfred E. Kessler, 2429 Baur Dr., 
Indianapolis 20. 

1936 

Chester R. Feil. Manager of the Ex- 
port Division of Refined Products Corp., 
Lyndhurst, N. J., is living at 33-31 71 St., 
Jackson Hts., NYC 72. 

Homer G. Everall has a new position 
as Operating Superintendent of the Sears 
Roebuck Co. in Wilmington, Del. 

With the 20th Century Fox Studios, 
Walter Goetz lives in Beverly Hills, Calif., 
at 411-^j South Spalding Dr. 

Whereabouts: Donald M. Jones, 101 
Gates Ave., Apt. A 7, Montclair, N. J. 
James S. Oppenheimer, P. O. Box 1064, 
Mobile, Ala. 1st Lt. George V. Tefft. 
6969th AFS Sqdn., Ft. Myer, Arlington 
8, Va. Louis P. Willemin, Jr., Apt. 362-A, 
Brentwood Village, 2425 14th St. NE, 
Washington 18, D. C. 

1937 

H. Norman Neubert was appointed 
Manager of Sales Development, Advertis- 
ing and Promotion for the National Spot 
Sales Department of the National Broad- 
casting Co. in July. For the past year and 
a half he had been Merchandising Man- 
ager for the Owned and Operated Stations 
Division of NBC; before that he was 
Manager of Public Relations for R. H. 
Macy and Co. 

A partner in the actuarial consulting 
firm of Kwasha, Lipton and Clark is 
Donald G. Clark, Jr. His new business of- 
fice is at 50 Broadway, NYC 4. 

Lt. Frank P. Eldredge USNR, Com- 
manding Officer of a control ship of the 
Amphibious Training Command, Pacific 
Fleet, in San Diego, links his hobby to 
his work. In order to make no mistake in 



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his conduct of affairs aboard his ship he 
has a model of the PCEC 898, complete 
in every detail, on his cabin desk. This 
model is just one of over 350 ship models 
he has built since he became interested in 
the hobby as a Sophomore at Brown. A 
veteran of service in both the British and 
United States Navies, he usually works 
from blueprints supplied by the Admiralty 
or the U. S. Navy Department. Before 
being recalled to active duty he was an 
account executive with a Brooklyn firm. 

Fall River tennis champion for 1951 is 
Jackson H. Skillings. He defeated an- 
other Brown man, Charles W. Briggs, 
Jr. '09, for the trophy which memorial- 
izes the late Charles W. Briggs, Sr. 

Ross Angier has been named Regional 
Manager of Cargo Sales for the Central 
Region of American Airlines. He has 
been with the company since 1938. His 
office is now in Chicago. 

State Historian in the N. Y. State Edu- 
cation Dept. is William G. Tyrrell. A 
history instructor at Columbia for the 
past six years, our Classmate's responsi- 
bilities include a program for the preser- 
vation of historical materials throughout 
the State, assisting local historical so- 
cieties and historians, and helping schools 
to secure information relating to local 
history. He is a regular contributor to 
American Heritage and the New York 
Folklore Quarterly. With his wife and 
four children he is now living at 34 Win- 
throp Ave., Albany. 

A Commissioner on the new U. S. 
Court of Military Appeals (which is 
headed by Judge Robert E. Quinn '15) is 
David F. Condon, Jr. 

Gerald Smithson is an engineer with 
the Raytheon Mfg. Co., Newton, Mass. 
His home is at 11 Squanto Rd., Win- 
chester, Mass. 

Whereabouts: J. Norton Atlass, 13 
Concord Rd., Ardsley, N. Y. James J. 
Brown, Jr., 200 Chestnut St., Winnetka, 
111. Capt. J. D. Crocker, c/o Mrs. Wm. 
Brower, 1629 Birch St., Grand Prairie, 
Tex. Leonard E. Cummings, 2215 Cran- 
ston St., Cranston 9, R. I. Herbert A. 
Harrington, 250 Woodhaven Dr., Pitts- 
burgh 28. Albert I. Rachlin, 100 Prospect 
Ave., Hackensack, N. J. Lawrence H. 
Tingley, Box 635, Sharon, Mass. 



1938 

Capt. Wilbur E. Hogg, Jr., U. S. Army 
Chaplain, wrote in August that he was 
leaving Indiantown Gap, Pa., for Seattle 
and the Far East. He asked that his 
Alumni Monthly be sent to his wife, not- 
ing that she "will read them (even though 
a Smith alumna, she reads it almost as 
carefully as I do) and send them on to 
me." When they reached him he hoped 
to find the names of Brown men whom 
he could look up in the Far East. His 
mailing address is c/o Mrs. C. J. Curtiss, 
204 Alden Ave., New Haven 15, Conn. 

Back from Korea and its environs is 
Maj. Malcolm C. Spalding. In September 
he was attending the advanced course for 
infantry officers at Ft. Benning, Ga. 

National recognition for outstanding 
achievement during his first year in the 
insurance business was accorded George 
C. Bright by the Penn Mutual Life In- 
surance Co. Our Classmate, formerly a 
teacher and editor, joined the Tucson, 
Ariz., office of Penn Mutual in June, 
1950, and in the year that followed he 



topped the field in both the number of 
lives insured and the total volume of in- 
surance written by all other men who 
joined the company at the same time. 

Peter Steele is Director of Education of 
the Associated Industries of Missouri. 
His home is in Kirkwood, Mo., at 931 
Dougherty Ferry Rd. 

In August Dr. Charles B. Round an- 
nounced the opening of his office in War- 
wick, R. I. for the practice of general 
surgery. 




PAUL M. CAMP '26 has received the 
Navy's Meritorious Civilian Award for 
his outstanding service as Director of 
the Civilian Personnel Division of the 
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in the 
Navy Department since 1948. "He has 
firmly established his reputation as an 
authority in the field of personnel ad- 
ministration," Admiral Fox's citation 
said. Previous Government duties were 
as Director of Personnel for the War 
Shipping Administration and a high 
post with the Foreign Economic Admin- 
istration. 



John Montgomery has been named As- 
sistant Secretary of the Pacific Coast De- 
partment of the Travelers Fire and 
Charter Oak Fire Insurance Companies. 

In the spring, Herbert J. Ballon became 
partner of a Cornell man in the owner- 
ship and management of the Taylor 
Hardware Co., the oldest hardware store 
in Westfield, N. J. 

Lt. (jg) Miles M. Young was awarded 
a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering 
from the U. S. Naval postgraduate school 
in Annapolis in June. During the sum- 
mer he was assigned to temporary duty 
at the Naval School, Boilermen and Dam- 
age Control Training Center, Philadel- 
phia. 

Whereabouts: Col. David A. Burchinal, 
AFCAC, Hq. USAF, Washington 25, 
D. C. Donald J. Eccleston, 17 Lantern 
Lane, Cowesett, R. I. Abraham Goldstein, 
49 Sackett St., Prov. Lt. Col. Raymond 
Renola, 2301 North 10th St., Apt. 202, 
Arlington, Va. Maj. Michael J. Zifcak, 
Hq. Det. 96th QM Bn., APO 59, c/o 
Postmaster, San Francisco. 



1939 

At William and Mary summer school. 
Dr. Samuel N. Bogorad of the University 
of Vermont was a visiting Professor of 
English this year. 

Robert Sykes is currently heading up 
the U. S. Weather Bureau's Arctic Opera- 
tions Project. Begun in 1946 to aid gov- 
ernment researchers in their forecasting, 
the project now includes six stations, five 
in the Canadian Arctic and one in Green- 
land. 

Another Classmate concerned with 
weather is Lt. Col. Lawrence A. Atwell, 
Deputy Director of Operations with Air 
Weather Service headquarters at Andrews 
AFB, Washington, D. C. The service pro- 
vides meteorological information to U. S. 
Air and Army Ground Forces through- 
out the world. Formerly commanding 
officer of the 2103 rd Air Weather Group 
at Kelly Field, Texas, our Classmate is 
married and has two children. 

Earle H. Berry is a Foreman in the 
Small and Medium Motor Divisions of 
the Lynn River Works of the General 
Electric Co. 

Whereabouts: Dr. Matthew Brennan, 
Van Houten Fields, West Nyack, N. Y. 
Maj. Richard F. Cox, Hqs. 75th AAA 
Gun Bn., Ft. George G. Meade, Md. Wil- 
liam W. Creasey, Jr., 20787 Via Verde, 
Covina Knolls, Covina, Calif. Dr. David 
T. Dresdale, 3088 Bedford Ave., Brook- 
lyn 10, N. Y. Richard Fleischer, 10658 
Wilkins Ave., West Los Angeles 24. Al- 
fred N. Kay, 404 South Cherry St., Do- 
than, Ala. 1st Lt. William G. Meader, 1st 
Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Gp., Ft. 
Riley, Kan. Theodore A. Morde, Sea 
View Ave., Stamford, Conn. E. Butler 
Moulton, Jr., Apt. B 13 C, 96 Perry 
St., NYC. Herbert L. Rosen, 218 Water- 
man St., Prov. 6. Roger L. Savery, 25 
Savery Lane, Falmouth, Mass. Robert L. 
Scowcroft, 92 School St., Needham, Mass. 
G. Gale Wisbach, Nanaquaket Rd., 
Tiverton, R. I. Dudley A. Zinke, 97 Erst- 
wild Ct., Palo Alto, Calif. 



1940 

Robert T. Engles, co-owner and Sta- 
tion Manager of Providence radio station 
WHIM, has purchased Worcester station 
WORC. Bob and his partner plan to 
disaffiliate their new station from the 
American Broadcasting Co. and run it 
as an independent station, specializing in 
music and news. 

Manager of Hills Department Store in 
Milwaukee, Samuel H. Anderson lives at 
5170 No. Shoreland Ave., Whitefish Bay, 
Wis. 

Star hatter on the Amenia (N. Y.) In- 
terstate baseball team is Lou Sigloch. 
Early in the season, Lou had collected 
eight hits in his first 12 times at the 
plate. 

Recently chosen Assistant Secretary of 
The Technical Fund, Inc., of San Fran- 
cisco is Francis W. Rollins, Jr. 

John VanderKlish, Administrator of 
the Atlantic City Hospital, was inducted 
into the American College of Hospital 
Administrators at the American Hospital 
Association convention in St. Louis in 
September. Our Classmate's home is in 
Longport, N. J., where he lives at 3305 
Monmouth Ave. 

Maj. Herbert F. Lewis, recalled to ac- 
tive duty with the USAF, is stationed at 
Air Force Headquarters in Washington. 



24 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



On leave of absence from Southern 
Methodist University where he is an As- 
sistant Professor of English, Charles H. 
Vivian is at Harvard on a 1951-52 Ford 
Foundation Fellowship. His address for 
the year is 2 University Rd., Cambridge 
38, Mass. 

Contracts Manager for the Fairchild 
Guided Missiles Division is Arthur W. 
Doherty. His home is at 49 Anvil Lane, 
Farmingdale, L. I., N. Y. 

Whereabouts: James M. Carmark, 334 
Forest Ave., Brockton, Mass. Capt. Har- 
low L. Paul, Det. 1, 1277th ASU Re- 
ception Center, Camp Kilmer, N. J. Leon 
Rogers, 12 Royal Rd., Brookline, Mass. 
Samuel J. Scherer II, 1550 Ridge Rd., 
Highland Park, 111. Richard E. Struble, 
800 N. E. 16 Terrace, Ft. Lauderdale, 
Fla. 

1941 

Robert M. Burbank, who is a salesman 
with the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, has 
moved to Columbia, S. C. There his home 
address is 815 Henderson St. 

Maj. Herbert J. Saabye has returned 
to the United States after three years in 
the Pacific. A B-29 pilot, he flew a num- 
ber of missions over Korea and has re- 
turned to Randolph Field, Tex., to train 
B-29 groups. 

Manager of Grady's Welding Supply, 
Inc., of Barre, Vt., is Norman J. Morri- 
son, Jr. His home in Barre is at 57 Hill 
St. 

Morley Hitchcock has been promoted 
to Buyer in the Purchasing Dept. of the 
Reliance Electric and Engineering Co., 
of Cleveland. For the last four years he 
had been a Co-Ordinator in the Produc- 
tion Dept. Our classmate lives with his 
wife and two daughters on King Me- 
morial Highway, Mentor, Ohio. 

In addition to his duties as Director of 
Youth for the Diocese of Los Angeles, 
the Rev. Robert A. Tourigney has been 
appointed Vicar of St. Francis Episcopal 
Church, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. 

Lt. Comdr. Channing H. Cox is sta- 
tioned at Quonset NAS, R. I. His home is 
in East Greenwich, R. I., at 9 King Phil- 
lip Dr. 

Assistant Professor of English at Lake 
Forest College in Illinois is W. Gordon 
Milne. An Instructor in Physical Chem- 
istry at the University of Kentucky is 
James W. Drenan. 

Whereabouts: Richard Baumann, 75-15 
210 St., Bayside, N. Y. Edward T. Flem- 
ing, 37 Cleverdon Rd., Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J. 
John D. McWilliams, 4373 Walnut Ave., 
Long Beach 7, Calif. William Paterson, 
2031 E. 100th St., Cleveland 6. Amos G. 
Taylor, 216 Eugenia St., New Bedford, 
Mass. Robert A. Wilks, Low Lane, Ferry 
Hill, Bristol, R. I. 

1942 

In August, Alexander M. Watson 
moved from Manchester, Conn., to Bev- 
erly Hills, Calif., where he is with the 
Pratt and Whitney engine division. 

Dr. Charles A. Leach, Jr., is practicing 
pediatrics in Champaign, 111. He is asso- 
ciated with the Christie Clinic in that city 
and lives with his wife and three children 
at 513 So. McKinley Ave. One of his 
Champaign neighbors is Wyn Roberts '33. 

A research chemist in explosives at the 
Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Arthur O. 
Long lives at 941 Northampton Dr., Sil- 
ver Spring, Md. He noted that a third 



Clearing Up Confusion 

"Don't be confused!" advised 
Walter Hoving '20 in This Week 
for Aug. 19. Recognize the fact 
that the "ultimate responsibility 
for the issues in life lies not with 
the government, not with a dicta- 
tor, but with the individual — whicli 
means us." Then, what seemed 
confused before suddenly becomes 
clear. 

"We need responsibility," Hov- 
ing continued, "because responsi- 
bility develops human character. 
. . . The only sure way to solve 
our problems, individually and as 
a nation, is to widen our sense of 
private responsibility. We must go 
beyond ourselves and our immedi- 
ate family. . . . We must realize 
that we are not in the world just 
to gain benefits for ourselves. We 
are here to do our small bit to build 
a better world." 

The President of Bonwit Teller 
concluded his column: "Opportuni- 
ties for assuming responsibility ex- 
ist on every street, in every neigh- 
borhood. In the face of a challenge 
like that, how is it possible to be 
confused?" 



child had arrived in May; his only com- 
ment: "Three girls!" 

Howard B. Johnson is living with his 
wife and one-year old daughter, Betty 
Marie, at 36 Lewis St., Mountain View, 
N. J. He is Eastern Sales Representative 
for the Atlas Steel Casting Co. 

In the investment business in Boston, 
William H. Danforth, Jr., is living in Bel- 
mont, Mass., at 16 Amherst Rd. 

Maj. Merwin H. Silverthom, Jr., was 
with the Marines in Korea in July. His 
home address is 5210 N. 25th Rd., Ar- 
lington 7, Va. 

Whereabouts: William H. Beauchamp, 
11-1 Meade Ave., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. 
Maj. N. I. Carpenter, Hq. MATS, An- 
drews AFB, Washington 25, D. C. Mi- 
chael M. Cooper, 26 Minthorne St., 
Worcester, Mass. Calvin Fisher, Jr., 12 
Farmstead Lane, Farmington, Conn. 
Charles T. Lloyd, 819 Barrett Rd., Falls 
Church, Va. Dr. Donald G. Michaels, 
8129 Lake St., River Forest, 111. Dr. 
Lawrence J. Morin, 17 C South Park St., 
Hanover, N. H. William E. O'Connor, 
2005 Eye St., NW, Washington , D. C. 
Lt. Col. Stephen W. Pournaras, P. O. 
Box 237, Barksdale AFB, La. H. Grant 
Prizer, 1313 Oak Ave., Evanston, 111. 
George W. Richardson, 117 Corning 
Blvd., Corning, N. Y. Lt. George C. Rose, 
Jr., 9 Thompson St., So. Portland, Me., 
Jack M. Rosenberg, 46 South 6th St., 
New Bedford, Mass. Philip C. Smith, 
1111 Bonifant St., Silver Spring, Md. 
Stanley M. Taylor, Rt. 2, Box 571, Belle- 
vue. Wash. Maj. Robert M. Wood, AC/S, 
G-4, Hqs. U. S. Military Academy, West 
Point, N. Y. 



1943 

Now a regular staff member in pedi- 
atrics at the Woonsocket Hospital is Dr. 
Harry Halliwell. He was formerly on the 
hospital's out-patient staff. 



A letter from Deming Bacon in the Far 
East reports on the changes he has noted 
in Japan since he left the island at war's 
end in 1945. New construction, erected 
under American supervision, has replaced 
much of the destruction caused by Ameri- 
can bombs. In spite of the war in Korea, 
there seems to be no sense of urgency in 
Japan. Deming is gunnery officer and first 
lieutenant aboard the USS Hoquiam, a 
patrol frigate. 

Other word of Deming was received 
from Stew MacNeil who saw him last 
spring. Stew has been back with the Navy 
since March, 1951, serving as Assistant 
District Material Officer in Norfolk, Va. 
He lives at 114 Winshire Dr., Hampton 
Gardens, Norfolk, which is just five min- 
utes walk from Ocean Beach — "wonderful 
for my wife, Jean, and two offspring, 
Steward III and Sandra Jean". 

New superintendent of the Fletcher 
N. C. Division of the Cranston Print 
Works Co. is Francis X. Cooney. He is 
living in Hendersonville, N. C. at Rain- 
bow Lake Dr., Laurel Park. 

Arthur R. Bell is with the William R. 
Staats Co., investment banking firm of 
San Diego, Calif. He is living in La Jolla, 
at 7930 Princess St. 

Two Classmates with new teaching as- 
signments are John Harcourt and Dwight 
Ladd. John is on the English faculty at 
Cornell and lives in Ithaca at 509 So. 
Aurora St. Dwight has moved out of the 
States to Canada where he is economics 
instructor at the University of Western 
Ontario. His mail address is 423 Baker 
St., London, Ontario. 

Robert Kramer is Advertising Manager 
of Aldens, Inc., in Rockford, 111. His home 
in that city is at 2130 Auburn St. 

Whereabouts: Leon H. Farrin, 509 W. 
121st St., NYC 27. Frederick Irving, 6550 
28th St. North, Arlington, Va. David L. 
Joseph, 608 Dover Rd., Oceanside, L. I., 
N. Y. J. H. Laubach, 504 Dudley Dr., 
Shreveport, La. Irving C. Rubin, 6725 
Kenwood, Kansas City, Mo. Richard L. 
Sneider, 10701 Weymouth St., Garrett 
Park, Md. Norton J. Wolf, 265 Crest Dr., 
Tarrytown, N. Y. Robert L. Wurl, 106 
Overbrook Rd., West Hartford, Conn. 

1944 

A member of the newly-organized law 
firm of Wilner and Sternberg in New 
York City is Richard I. Shapiro. 

Haig Barsamian, was named Law Clerk 
to U. S. District Court Judge Edward L. 
Leahy '08 of Providence in August. 

John F. Dorrance, released from the 
Army, is now in the Production Control 
Department of the Spaulding-Moss Co. in 
Boston. In September John's engagement 
to Miss Nancy Scripture of Cohasset, 
Mass., was announced. 

New Assistant to the Associate Dean of 
the College of Letters and Science at the 
University of Wisconsin is Howard G. 
Baetzhold. Howie has been in Madison 
since June, 1950, teaching and working 
towards his Ph.D. in American Literature. 
At Brown he was an Admission Officer 
and directed the Veteran's College for a 
year in 1948-9. 

Ed Dolbashian received his LL.B. de- 
gree from Boston University in June. 

Louis R. Glavis, Jr., has left his posi- 
tion as Home Features Editor of the 
Houston (Texas) Post to become an ac- 
count executive with the Ritchie Advertis- 
ing Agency in Houston. 



NOVEMBER I95I 



25 



A teacher in Narragansett, R. I., A. 
Munro Campbell has moved with his wife 
and two children. Roy, I'/i, and Joyce, 
four months, to 19 Prospect St. in that 
town. 

With his Master's degree in Social Sci- 
ence from Boston University, Stanley 
Snyder owns and operates Bernice of 
Hope Street dress shop in Providence. He 
lives in the city at 80 Rochambeau Ave. 

Dick Holmes advised us that he is now 
in the Trust Dept. of the Phenix National 
Bank in Providence. 

Currently instructing in Social Science 
at the University of Florida, William C. 
Pendleton prefers mail at his home ad- 
dress, 43 Warner St.. Groton. Conn. 

William A. Reid is still with Westing- 
house Electric but has moved to the 
Springfield, Mass.. district. His home is at 
19 Martel Rd., Springfield. 

With his Doctor of Science degree from 
Johns Hopkins. Milford Hatch has started 
his duties in the Brown Biology Depart- 
ment. His residence in East Providence is 
at 170 Central Ave. 

Henry A. Frost, Jr., has a new address 
in Boston, 52 Pinckney St. He is an ar- 
chitect-designer with the M. A. Dyer Co. 

Whereabouts: Albert L. Anthony, 38 
Barkley Ave., Clifton, N. J. Guy deBrun, 
905 Crestview PI., Lafayette. Ind. Robert 
C. Del Giudice. 2205 Warwick Ave., War- 
wick, R. I. George P. Down, Jr., 48 
Stonewood Lane, Lynn, Mass. Donald 
E. Easdon, 55 Trumbull St., New Haven, 
Conn. Ray G. Huling, 32A East 53 St., 
East Paterson, N. J. Charles P. Isher- 
wood. 1327 47th St., Des Moines, Iowa. 
William H. Kimball, 180 Taber Ave., 
Prov. 6, Clement McCarthy, Mammoth 
Rd., Pelham, N. H. Kenneth A. Mc- 
Murtrie, General Delivery. West Point 
Pleasant, N. J. H. W. Paine, 4 McCosh 
Rd., Upper Montclair, N. J. Theodore C. 
Wilbar, 4731 Bayard St., Pittsburgh 13. 
Dr. Elihu S. Wing, Jr., 828 N. Broadway, 
Baltimore. 

1945 

In August Dr. James Young became 
associated with Dr. Perley Roberts of 
Rochester, N. H., in the practice of den- 
tistry. He is a graduate of the Tufts Den- 
tal School. 

Bryce M. Fisher has opened his law of- 
fices in the Higley BIdg., Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa. 

Lester Rand made news the end of 
September when he drove to New York 
from Providence and camped on the 
Giants' box-office doorstep — a whole 
week before the Series was scheduled 
and six days before the Dodgers had lost 
the playoffs. Les met several people while 
waiting at the head of his one-man line, 
including Leo Durocher, and he enjoyed 
a dinner sent to him by Sherman Billings- 
ley of the Stork Club. And in the end, 
he was offered the use of a box in Yankee 
Stadium if he'd return home in the mean- 
while. He did. 

In New York for a meeting of the 
American Bar Association in September 
was Ellis Fuqua. His home "territory" is 
Waukegan, 111. 

Classmates who are now on active duty 
with the armed forces include Lt. Albert 
H. Becker (with the Army in Korea): 1st 
Lt. John D. Connelly. Co. D, 15th Med. 
Tank Bn., 6th Armored Div., Ft. Leonard 
Wood, Mo.: 1st Lt. Frank C. Dresdale, 
U. S. Army Hospital, Box 1 3 A, Ft. Bragg, 



N. C; and 1st Lt. George B. Warren 
III, MCS—MCEC— Junior School MB, 
Quantico, 'Va. 

An engineer with the Bendix Aviation 
Corp. in Kansas City, Mo., Robert E. 
Jacobson, Jr., is living in Mission, Kan., 
at 7433 EI Monte Rd. 

Whereabouts: James BIythe, Jr., Dream 
Acres, RFD 2, Valley Falls, R. I. James 
A. Cooper, 19 Enfield St., Thompsonville, 
Conn. Dr. Jacob J. Foster. 4432 Banner 
Dr., Long Beach 7, Calif. Louis H. Hof- 
mann, 7212 Oak Ave., River Forest, 111. 
James R. Pignataro, 66 Tanner Ave., Lex- 
ington Park, Md. T. R. Vennerbeck, 441 
Plain St., Prov. 5. 



1946 

As the result of a mail election, held 
during August and September, the follow- 
ing men were chosen to lead the Class 
for the next five years: President — Sandy 
MacNair; Treasurer — Tony Masi; and 
Secretary — Chris Littlefield. Chris' ad- 
dress is 43 Irving Ave., Providence 6. 

Dr. Harley Messinger, assistant phy- 
sician in the radioisotope laboratory at 
the Bethesda Naval Hospital, attended a 
one-month course at Oak Ridge, Tenn., 
in August. Conducted by the Oak Ridge 
Institute of Nuclear Studies, the course 
taught the techniques of using radioiso- 
topes in research. 

Gunnery and Security Officer aboard 
the USS Blue in the Far East is Lt. (jg) 
Thomas J. Murray. His wife, Betty, lives 
in San Diego. 

Permanent assignment of Robert von 
der Lieth to the Foreign Service of the 
United States was announced in May. 
Our Classmate is currently serving as an 
information officer. Program and Policy 
Branch, of the Berlin Element, Office of 
the U. S. High Commissioner for Ger- 
many. 

Lt. (jg) Gilbert C. Hoover, Jr., has 
reported for active duty with the U. S. 
Navy. 

Manager of the research division of 
Fisher and Rudge, New York manage- 
ment consulting service, is Stanley Peter- 
freund. 

While honeymooning in Bermuda (See 
"Vital Statistics"), Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas 
S. Velles met Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jos- 
lin '40. Our Classmate is associated with 
his father in the New London Banana 
Co., New London, Conn. 

A note from Jim Austin's father in- 
formed us that Jim is back from Yoko- 
hama and has been assigned to the Oak 
Knoll Naval Hospital, in Oakland, Calif. 
A Naval doctor, his address is Lt. (jg) 
James H. Austin, 3836 High Street, Oak- 
land 19. 

Also in the Navy now is John L. Ran- 
dall. His mailing address is P. O. Box 184, 
Madison, Conn. 

Dr. C. Vincent Treat is a resident in 
Internal Medicine at the Veterans Ad- 
ministration Hospital in West Roxbury, 
Mass. 

A safety engineer with the Imperial 
Knife Co.. Inc., Providence, Frederick L. 
Hoar, Jr., has a new home address at 106 
Wesleyan Ave.. Prov. 

A 1951 graduate of the Pratt Institute 
course in Advanced Design, John Hand- 
cock has moved to 2317 N. Catalina Ave., 
Burbank, Calif. 

When Bob Titchen returned home to 
New Jersey after two years of study at 
the Pasteur Institute in Paris, he brought 



not only a Docteur es Sciences degree 
with him but also a French wife, Jacque- 
line, and an infant son, Patrick. He was 
planning to visit the campus to inspect 
the new construction and show his family 
around. Meanwhile he is residing at 17 
Lincoln Ave., Livingston, N. J. 

Former Brown swimming star Bill King 
coached his Great Lakes Recruit Training 
Company tank team to victory in the 
Ninth Naval District meet in August. An 
indoctrination officer and full Lieutenant 
at Great Lakes, Bill lives with his wife 
and family (two boys and a new daugh- 
ter) at 2910 Gabriel Ave., Zion, III. 

Whereabouts: Claude F. Allison, 19 
Glenwood Circle, Lynn. Mass. William S. 
Barnes, 25 Lucas St., Pawtucket, R. I. 
Arthur Bateman, 6228 Girard Ave., Cin- 
cinnati 13. Lt. (jg) Maurice E. Carlson, 
Commander Blockading and Escort Force 
Staff, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco. 
Lionel R. Connell, Jr., 242 Highland 
Ave., Lonsdale, R. I. Robert B. Cook, 
1165— H— 9th St., Berkeley 6, Calif. 
George L. Heitman, 14 Donald St., 
Bloomfield, N. J. Lt. Lincoln H. Lippin- 
cott, Jr., USS Caralla (SS 244), c/o 
FPO, NYC. Walter J. Lossow, 2500 Du- 
rant Ave.. Berkeley, Calif. John A. Nel- 
son, 21 Manning St., Pawtucket, R. I. 
Jeremy U. Newman. 154 East 171 St., 
Bronx 52. Dr. Brian E. Nolan, 408 South 
Pasfield St., Springfield, 111. Lt. H. Scott 
Powers, BTU 15, NAAS, Whiting Field, 
Milton, Fla. Lt. (jg) Philip H. Weis- 
becker, USS Wren (DD (568), c/o FPO, 
NYC. Warren C. Wilson, 17 Sherman 
Ave., Glens Falls, N. Y. 

1947 

Chemistry Instructor George Deckey of 
the R. I. School of Design was Chairman 
of a discussion group at the annual sum- 
mer conference in August of the N. E. 
Association of Chemistry Teachers. Act- 
ing Dean of the College at Brown, James 
S. Coles, was another Chairman. 

A recent graduate of the Boston Uni- 
versity Law School, 1st Lt. Walter E. 
MacDonald reported to Quantico. Va., 
in June for active duty with the Marine 
Corps. 

After receiving his M. S. degree in So- 
cial Service from Boston University in 
August, Hugh L. Chedester started in 
his new position with the Westchester 
County Dept. of Child and Family Wel- 
fare. His address is 225 No. Fulton Ave., 
Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Rev. William E. Stone was ordained in 
July in the First Congregational Church, 
Swanzey Center, N. H., where he is 
Student Pastor. In June, 1952, he will re- 
ceive his degree from the Andover New- 
ton Theological Seminary. 

As of the first of October, Harry W. 
Asquith is a member of the Providence 
law firm of Swan. Kecney and Smith. 

This summer. Dom Philip Wilson made 
his solemn profession as a Benedictine 
monk in the chapel at Portsmouth Priory, 
Newport, R. I. The former Frederick F. 
Wilson, Jr., he has gone to England where 
his address is St. Benet's Hall. Oxford. 

Walter H. Weinberg and his brother, 
Eugene '51. have opened a contemporary 
furniture and decoration store. New In- 
teriors, in Providence. 

Edwin J. Ormondroyd received a B.S. 
degree in machine design from the R. I. 
School of Design and is now a designer at 
the Taft-Pierce Mfg. Co. in Woonsocket. 



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A procedures analyst with the General 
Electric Co., Ralph H. Robins is living 
in Locust Lane, Pewee Valley, Ky. He 
graduated from St. Lawrence University 
in 1948. 

A biochemistry student at Marquette 
University, Milwaukee, Wis., Raymond 
C. Ilia prefers mail at 108 Washburn St., 
Elgin, 111. 

"This time it's permanent (I hope!)," 
wrote Richard G. Fischer when he sent 
us his new address, 65 Hawthorne St., 
New Brunswick, N. J. An engineer with 
the Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., 
he enjoys a business association with Bill 
Sippach '50. 

J. Kenneth Downey is teaching in the 
Wareham (Mass.) Junior High School 
this year. His home address is 555 Rear, 
Hyannis, Mass. 



Grandma Is a Freshman 

Mrs. Margaret E. Buckley, 
mother of Thomas Garry Buckley 
'45, started her first year at Ben- 
nington (Vt.) College this fall. In 
fact, she and her grandson, David 
G. Buckley, are "undergraduates" 
together. While David is at the Ben- 
nington College Nursery School, 
Grandma is attending regular col- 
lege classes. 

Mrs. Buckley felt that she had 
too much idle time on her hands 
when she retired a few months ago 
as Manager of the General Stark 
Theatre in Bennington, a job which 
she took over when her husband 
died in 1944. She felt the need of 
mental stimulus and was merely 
following in the steps of her five 
college-trained children when she 
decided to enroll at Bennington. 



An interne at the Latter Day Saints 
Hospital, Salt Lake City, Dr. James E. 
Coffman lives in the Utah State capital 
at 352 D. St. He received his M.D. 
degree from Temple University Medical 
School in June of this year. 

Daniel F. Goske is Treasurer and Sales 
Manager of South Shore Tool and De- 
velopment. Inc., Mentor, Ohio. 

Whereabouts: Lt. (jg) R. O. Apple- 
bach, USS F. D. Roosevelt (CVB 42), 
c/o FPO, NYC. Donald C. Bowersock, 
Jr., 1 1 Tangle Lane, Wantagh, N. Y. 
Walter Christoffersen, 21-23 132 Rd., 
Springfield Gardens, N. Y. Richard W. 
Carpenter, 5023 49th Ave. N, Minneapo- 
lis 22. Donald C. Clement, 7606 Elm- 
hurst Rd. SE, District Hts., Md. Andrew 
J. Grega, Box 277, Root Rd.. RD 1, Ely- 
ria, Ohio. Robert W. Hambleton, 2 Wal- 
nut St., Methuen, Mass. Donald J. Kro- 
kus, 7207 Freeman Blvd., Los Angeles 
25. Frank E. Kilpatrick, 40 Remsen St., 
Brooklyn. Dr. John B. Lawlor, 78-36 
147th St.. Flushing, L. I., N. Y. Lt. Wil- 
liam J. Mellish, USS Missouri (BB-63), 
c/o FPO, NYC. 1st Lt. Charles R. Munn, 
Jr., Hqs. Btry, 10th Marines, 2nd Ma- 
rine Div., FMF, Camp Lejeune, N. C. 
Robert H. Oberg, 3817 47th Ave. SW, 
Seattle 6. Robert C. Oliver, 50 Sunset 
Rd., Darien, Conn. Frank D. Price, 631'/2 
Fourth St.. Marietta, Ohio. Charles J. 
SheafT, 5052 Oak Center Dr., Oak Lawn, 
111. Charles F. Smith, Jr., 3458 Riley St., 
Baton Rouge, La. 



1948 

Kenneth P. Blake, Jr., is starting this 
fall as Principal and teacher at the Wells 
Memorial School in Harrisville, N. H. 

A Foreman with the Rod and Wire Di- 
vision of the Bethlehem Steel Co., Eric 
Marvell has moved his residence to 305 
Diamond Blvd., Johnstown, Pa. 

With his M.B.A. from Wharton School 
of Finance in February, Donald Z. Kauth 
joined Donard, Inc., New York fund- 
raising concern. He was a camp director 
during the summer. His permanent ad- 
dress is 196-22 Pompeii Ave., Hollis, 
L. I., N. Y. 

Merrill B. Shattuck assumed his new 
position as Personnel Engineer with the 
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co. in San 
Diego in July. 

Dr. Searles T. Bray is practicing den- 
tistry in Pawtucket. He is associated with 
Dr. Theodore N. Panaretos whose office 
is in the Hall Building, that city. 

The Rev. Roswell S. Cummings will re- 
ceive his Bachelor of Divinity degree from 
Andover Newton Theological School 
next year. While completing his thesis, 
he is Pastor of the Community Baptist 
Church of Whitefield, N. H. 

Recently assigned to the staff of the 
administrative commander of the Pacific 
Fleet Amphibious Force in San Diego is 
Lt. (jg) Tullio A. DeRobbio. He^ has 
been on active duty since January, 1951. 

Jack Murphy celebrated his first an- 
niversary in the Army in September. Cur- 
rently he is an Instructor at the Ordnance 
School, Aberdeen, Md. Before being 
drafted he was awarded his M.B.A. in 
Industrial Management from the Wharton 
School at the University of Pennsylvania. 
He and his bride are living in Aberdeen 
but he prefers mail at his permanent ad- 
dress, 1039 Park Ave., Trenton, N. J. 

Jim Watt had lots of news for us when 
he wrote in September. After receiving 
his M.B.A. degree from Harvard this 
June, he started work in the Industrial 
Relations Department of the Burlington 
Mills Corp. He and his wife (Muriel 
Andrews, Pembroke '48) are living at 
1744 Poston Circle, Gastonia, N. C. 

A throat ailment caused by Colorado 
dryness forced Don Wiley to leave Col- 
orado College for the lolani School in 
Honolulu. Don is Director of Music at 
the Episcopal boys school that embraces 
12 grades. 

The Mansfield (Mass.) High School's 
new math and science teacher is Charles 
R. Rockwood. 

William H. Syrett, Jr., is a time study 
engineer at the Republic Aviation Corp., 
Farmingdale, N. Y. He and his wife, the 
former Arlene Purdy of Amityville, N. Y., 
are living on Grand Blvd., Massapequa 
Park, N. Y. 

Robert H. Wehrman is in Washington, 
now, heading up the Fibre Containers 
Section of the N.P.A.'s Shipping Con- 
tainers branch. On leave of absence from 
his position with the Robert Gair Co., 
Bob is living at 5613 Greenleaf Rd., 
Cheverly, Md. 

A transportation analyst with the Shell 
Oil Company's New York City office. 
Alden C. Goodnow, Jr., lives in Engle- 
wood, N. J., at 100 West Hudson Ave. 
He received his M.B.A. from Harvard 
Business School in June of this year. 

Working on his Ph.D. at Columbia, 
Eirik G. Furubotn has moved back East 



and is now living at 400 Park PI., Ft. Lee, 
N. J. 

Bernard R. Pollock is associated with 
Edwin O. Halpert '26 in law offices in 
Providence. He was graduated from Bos- 
ton University Law School in June, 1951. 

Robert W. Leeds is a buyer with the 
C. M. Guggenheimer department store in 
Lynchburg, Va. He and his wife attended 
retailing classes together at N.Y.U. last 
year. Bob's address in Lynchburg is 232 
Warwick Lane. 

When Warren Boothman came into the 
office to tell us about his twins, he also 
gave us a new home address, 21-D Pleas- 
ant View, Fall River, Mass. Warren is 
with the Providence office of GMAC. His 
wife is the former Joan Burdick of Ivory- 
ton, Conn. 

Whereabouts: 1st Lt. Ezra H. Arkland, 
llll'/i South Pacific, Oceanside, Calif. 
Sigmund V. Baszkowski, 1 1 Kafka Dr., 
Dunellen, N. J. Harold K. Brooks, Dept. 
of Geology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, 
Ohio. Fred A. Cagle, 438 Mayfair Blvd., 
Columbus 13, Ohio. Harold A. Carner, 
Jr., 85 Mallard Rd., Levittown, N. Y. 
Edward Crump 111. 6833 Meade St., Pitts- 
burgh 8. R. L. Guillet, RFD 1, Tower Hill 
Rd., Manville, R. I. Robert J. Hill, Lis- 
bon Dr., Fairfield, Conn. Raymond A. 
Klein, 44 Dale St., Swampscott, Mass. 
Harold C. Mahler, 3124 Pawtucket Ave., 
Riverside, R. I. Joseph M. Mosher, Jr., 
337 Washington Rd., West Barrington, 
R. I. Raymond P. Onisko, 2531 Burnet 
Ave., Cincinnati. Hugh R. Radbill, Box 
109, Moylan, Pa. Robert H. Reilly, 941 
B River Rd., New Milford, N. J. James 
J. Tyrrell, Jr., 12 Stuyvesant Oval, 1-D, 
NYC 9. Ralph Wilcox, 34 Bellevue Ave., 
No. Providence. Robert L. Wiseman, Rt. 
1, Waterloo Rd., Ellicot City, Md. 



1949 

Earl W. Anthony is a co-pilot with 
American Air Lines. His base is Boston 
but he prefers mail at his home address, 
42 Dana St., Providence 6. 

Assistant Chief Chemist of the Wey- 
mouth Art Leather Co., Edward A. Ange- 
lone lives in South Braintree, Mass., at 
26 Highland Ave. 

Herbert S. Tower has a new address at 
3029 So. Grape Way, Denver, Colo. He 
is a Contracting Engineer with the Grin- 
riell Co. in the mile-high city. 

After two years with the Providence 
office of GMAC, William Seamans has 
gone back to school. He is now attend- 
ing the Columbia School of Journalism 
and lives in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., at 154 
Pearsall Dr., Apt. 1-F. 

A member of Boston's new nine- 
man council is Massachusetts State Repre- 
sentative Frederick C. Hailer, Jr. As 
Chairman of the Joint Committee on 
State Administration, our Classmate is 
the youngest man ever appointed to a 
major chairmanship. 

This fall Warren Averill started his 
new position as Assistant Professor in 
agricultural and biological chemistry at 
the University of New Hampshire. He 
is also serving as an assistant chemist at 
the Agricultural Experiment Station. 

Samuel Genensky was awarded his 
Master's degree from Harvard University 
in June. 

On his way to Korea this summer, Lt. 
Theodore Low met Classmate Lt. Harry 
Brown. Both are Marine Corps officers. 



NOVEMBER 1951 



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John Manley is teaching Religious His- 
tory and English at St. John's School, 
Houston, Tex., this year. 

David N. Barus is back from Oxford 
where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar 
and has started his courses at the Har- 
vard Law School. His address is 40 Kirk- 
land St., Cambridge 38. 

In September Normand A. L. Denis 
was professed for three years at the 
Franciscan Capuchin Friary in Milton, 
Mass. 

Henry J. Lash, who is a navigator on a 
C-47 Globemaster at Brookley AFB, Ala., 
was promoted to Captain this fall. 

An Air Force enlistee, Arthur D. Dur- 
gin, Jr., is currently stationed at Samp- 
son AFB, N. Y. 

Clinton W. Briggs, Jr., is still with the 
Automobile and Factory Mutual Insur- 
ance Companies of America, but he is 
now located in the White Plains, N. Y., 
office. His home address is 320 S. Broad- 
way, Tarrytown, N. Y. 

A course in Adolescent Psychology is 
being taught by Frank J. Pizzitola under 
the auspices of the Bureau for Adult Ed- 
ucation in Springfield, Mass. 

Asst. Prof. Warren Averill of the Dept. 
of Agriculture and Biological Chemistry 
at the University of New Hampshire lives 
at FA-6 College Rd. in Durham. He re- 
ceived his Ph.D. in food technology from 
the University of Massachusetts this year. 




IN KOREA, somewhere near the east- 
central front, they had a swimming meet 
under the auspices of the Seventh Ma- 
rines. 2nd It. James E. McKelvey '50 of 
Rochester, N.Y., former Brown Varsity 
mainstay, was the individual star. (De- 
fense Dept. photo) 

A new member of the Brown colony in 
the nation's capital, Ed Lingham is train- 
ing with the Defense Department and 
expects to be sent to Europe in charge of 
a food unit soon. His current address is 
1320 Patrick Henry Dr., Falls Church, 
Va. 

A field engineer with the M. A. Gam- 
mino Construction Co. in Providence, 
Roger J. Sullivan lives in Newport at 17 
Congdon Ave. 

Melvin Cohen has been appointed an 
assistant dress buyer at Pinkerson's in 
Providence. 

Lt. Percy B. Allsup is back with the 
Air Force, stationed at Boiling AFB, 
Washington, D. C. 



Manager of the National Automotive 
Parts Ass'n, John W. Lynn is addressed 
at Wellington, Tex., c/o Steve's Auto 
Supply. 

1st Lt. Edward Krise was Executive 
Secretary of the North Dakota Youth 
Commission when the Army called him 
back. He has been assigned to Letterman 
Army Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, 
where he is in the Neuropsychiatric Divi- 
sion of the Medical Service Corps. 

Two Classmates who are studying for 
advanced degrees are Joseph Bloom, a 
student at the George Washington Uni- 
versity School of Medicine in Washington, 
D. C; and Robert J. Grossman, a law 
student at U.C.L.A. Bob received his 
Bachelor's degree from U.C.L.A. in June, 
1950. 

J. Harry Hill is a research psychologist 
with the Institute for Research in Human 
Relations. His current address is FAIR- 
BETU-PAC, NAS, San Diego 35. 

A chemical engineer with the Harshaw 
Chemical Co. of Elyria, Ohio, Ferris M. 
Stout lives in Oberlin at 224 Forest St. 

A new address for Horatio R. Rogers, 
Jr., is 151 Engle St., Englewood, N. J. 
He is a purchasing assistant for the Col- 
gate-Palmolive-Peet Co. in Jersey City. 

Daniel S. Tolman III received his M.A. 
degree from the Fletcher School of Law 
and Diplomacy in June of this year and 
is now with the Department of Defense. 
His mailing address is 1141 N. Harrison, 
Arlington, Va. 

The buyer of men's clothing for The 
Quality Shop of Portsmouth, Va., Frank 
W. Green, Jr., is living there at 2625 
Bayview Blvd. 

Whereabouts: Bruce G. Bainton, 156 
Broadway, Prov. 3. J. Peter Betz, Jr., 
Tunk Hill Rd., RED, Hope, R. I. Maj. 
Lynn Carter, AFB, Niagara Falls Munici- 
pal Airport, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Philip 
F. Denner, Jr., 93 Bayrd St., Maiden 48, 
Mass. Harold L. Dorkin, 60 Kay St., 
Newport, R. I. William S. Fellows, 57 
Geer St., Cromwell, Conn. Walter H. 
Fish, Jr., 27 Newton St., Hyannis, Mass. 
William M. Fowler, 1050 Grand Ave., 
Dayton 7, Ohio. Arthur N. Green, 1007 
N. Adams St., Wilmington 16, Del. Nor- 
man F. Grossman, 413 Washington St., 
Brookline, Mass. William S. Haigh, 1419 
N. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena 8, Calif. 
Matthew R. Holiday, 152 Oak St., Butler, 
Pa. 1st Lt. Harold C. Kinne, Jr., #1118, 
11th Loop, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, 
N. M. John E. Kistler, 265 President Ave., 
Prov. 6. Hazen Y. Mathewson, 316 Og- 
den St., New Haven 11. Robert W. Mc- 
Arthur, 444 East 58th St., NYC 22. Dan- 
iel Norwood, 12120 NW 19th Ave., 
Miami, Fla. William R. Peek, 308 Old 
Point Rd., Milford, Conn. Warren R. 
Oakley, 915 Beacon St., Boston 15. Nich- 
olas V. Ricchiuti, 7833 Mammoth Ave., 
Van Nuys, Calif. Edmund J. Ross, 275 
Bank St., Fall River, Mass. Wilbert R. 
Sanger, 690 Ackerman Ave., Glen Rock, 
N. J. Mark Spilka, 106 E. 1st St., Bloom- 
ington, Ind. David A. Turnquist, 35 Haw- 
thorne Ave., Cranston 10, R. I. 



1950 

R. Anthony Pearson wrote in July that 
he was sorry he missed the Zebra Derby 
at Commencement time. He is now living 
in Mountain Home, N. C. where he works 
for the Cranston Print Works. His ad- 
dress in that city is Box 101. 



Chester O. Fischer, Jr., received a one- 
year certificate at graduation exercises at 
Babson Institute in June. 

Henry L. Barker II is working in the 
executive offices of Lever Brothers Co. in 
New York City. 

A graduate assistant to Dr. George 
Huntston Williams, Lecturer on Church 
History at Harvard University Divinity 
School is James A. Vendettuoli, Jr. Brown 
achieves a singular honor by our Class- 
mate's appointment, since a non-Harvard 
graduate is rarely assigned as such an as- 
sistant. Jim's address is Andover Hall, 
Francis Ave., Cambridge 38, Mass. 

Joseph M. Souza was named an Assist- 
ant Director of Civil Defense for Fair- 
haven, Mass., in June. 

New seventh and eighth grade teacher 
in the Center High School, Wrentham, 
Mass., is Edward Whalley. 

Kenneth E. King was awarded his Mas- 
ter of Science degree in Library Science 
from Simmons College in June. 

Jet maintenance officer at Itazuke AFB, 
Japan, is Ens. Dan C. Johnson. He has 
been overseas since July, 1950. 

After receiving his Master of Science 
degree in physical chemistry from Tufts 
this June, Roland G. Hathaway started 
work as a staff chemist in the Color Con- 
trol Department of the Eastman Kodak 
Co. He lives with his wife at 109 Bobrich 
Dr., Rochester 10, N. Y. 

When Sgt. Hardy L. Payor wrote in 
September to have his address changed, 
he was anticipating a November discharge 
from the Army. "Am looking forward to 
it as much as I did graduation — or almost 
as much," he wrote. His home address is 
1053 Corbin Ave., New Britain, Conn. 

A Field Representative for the Tremco 
Mfg. Co., Vincent McCulIoch is living in 
Geneva, N. Y. 

A June graduate of the R. I. College of 
Pharmacy and Allied Sciences is Lucien 
Carmel. He is now employed at Pratte's 
Drug Store in Woonsocket, R. I. 

John Kotopoulos was awarded his 
LL.B. degree from Boston University Law 
School in June. He was admitted to the 
Massachusetts bar in September. 

Some Massachusetts Classmates took 
advantage of Ensign Ned Dewey's leave 
to gather at his house in Reading, Mass., 
for a small reunion. Ensign Zeke Marshall 
was there, too — home from Korean 
waters for the first time since he was 
commissioned in 1950. Bob Miller, Gard- 
ner Macartney, Alex Hindmarsh, Ralph 
Seifert and Jack Avery '49 completed the 
group. 

Two Classmates who are starting new 
teaching assignments this fall are Theo- 
dore B. Brown and Edward C. Bryant. 
Brown is instructing in mathematics at 
Hebron Academy, Hebron, Me., and Bry- 
ant is teaching arithmetic and general 
science and serving as assistant coach at 
the Weston (Mass.) junior high school. 

Sincere Class sympathy is offered to 
Stanley Fishman who lost his father. Jack 
Fishman, in Providence, Sept. 29, 1951. 

Robert D. Cahill is an insurance in- 
vestigator with the Providence office of 
the Retail Credit Co. 

Lombard Rice is a student at Babson 
Institute where he is working towards his 
M.B.A. 

A graduate assistant in bacteriology at 
the University of Maine, William D. Law- 
ton has moved into his new home up 
there. His address is RFD 1, Costigan, 
Me. 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Tom Oliver's father wrote us in August 
that Tom has been in the Mediterranean 
area with the Navy most of the time since 
graduation. Our Classmate is an Ensign 
and his address is: USS Miles C. Fox 
(DDR 829), c/o FPO, NYC. 

A card from Salvatore Saccoccia notes 
that he has been assigned to the Ocean- 
ographic Division of the Hydrographic 
Office in Washington, D. C, where he 
works with Bob Able '48. 

Whereabouts: Eugene F. Ahearn, 223 
Evergreen St., Pawtucket, R. I. Cpl. Le- 
Roy F. Anderson, Hq. Co., 175th MP 
Bn., APO 743, c/o Postmaster, NYC. 
Fred H. Baurenfeind, 72 Anchor Lane, 
Levittown, N. Y. Efthemics J. Bentas, 40 
Humphrey St., Lowell, Mass. Milton L 
Brier, 134 Woodbine St., Prov. 6. George 
V. Broderick, 1335 Jefferson St. NW, 
Washington 11. William R. Bush, Dept. 
of Psychology, University of Rochester, 
Rochester, N. Y. Lawrence E. Conlon, 
Apt. D-1, Pleasant Valley Apts., 500 
Camden Ave., Moorestown, N. J. Edward 
J. Davidson, 1658 Broad St., Edgewood 
5, R. L Ens. Arthur E. Erickson, Jr., Box 
7, Submarine School, U. S. Naval Sub- 
marine Base, New London, Conn. Robert 
W. Finlay, 25 Lynwood PI., New Haven, 
Conn. Pvt. Ray E. Oilman, Jr., 9361 TSU, 
Texarkana, Tex. George A. Gorman, Jr., 
4076 Washington St., Roslindale, Mass. 
Pvt. Irving A. Hiller, Co. D, 1st School 
Bn., Ft. Belvoir, Va. Alexander T. Hind- 
marsh, Jr., Plymouth St., Holbrook, Mass. 
Norman A. Hopkins, 497 Pontiac Ave., 
Cranston, R. L Paul O. Kahlbaum, 2850 
Oahu Ave., Honolulu, T. H. Edmund F. 
Leland III, 25 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 
Conn. Albert W. Mackie, Jr., 177 Power 
St., Prov. 6. William L. Mayer, 30 Elm- 
way, Prov. Richard H. Moody, Lovejoy 
Rd., c/o J. W. Trumblay, Andover, Mass. 
Thomas L. O'Connor, 338 West gate West, 
Cambridge 39, Mass. William E. Par- 
menter, Jr., 8 South Normal St., Ypsilanti, 
Mich. Ens. Matthew E. Potash, LST 855, 
c/o FPO, San Francisco. Peter Quinn, c/o 
Chief Field Service Engineer, 2600 Ridge- 
way Rd., Minneapolis. Henry P. Rey- 
nolds, Jr., 99 Clyde St., West Warwick, 
R. I. Paul J. Savoie, 211 Grove St., 
Woonsocket, R. I. C. H. Saxon, 70 Lin- 
coln St., Centredale 11, R. I. 56 Corinth 
St., Prov. 7. Jack Schoenberg, 758 At- 
wood Ave., Cranston, R. I. Anthony 
Travisano, 8 Plymouth Rd., No. Prov- 
idence. John A. Underhill, 2201 E. Main 
St., Endicott, N. Y. Robert A. Waterman, 
3118 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee 11. 
2nd Lt. Charles T. Williamson, 1st Pit., 
"P" Co., 4th Bn., 7th SCB, Quantico, Va. 
Edmund J. Winterbottom, 4 Wilson St., 
So. Dartmouth, Mass. John A. Youhess, 
Jr., 160 Delaware Dr., Stratford, Conn. 
Anthony L. Zambarano, 85'/2 Sackett St., 
Prov. 



ma 



II 



A Report on '51 

Douglas Snow. Editor of "Bru- 
nonians Far and Near," had com- 
piled a report on the activities of 
nearly 400 members of the Class of 
1951. Regretting that space does 
not allow us to publish this report 
in the present issue, we promise the 
men of '51 that we will surely have 
it for them in the next copy of this 
magazine. 



TALK 




COUNT on Prof. Charles Smiley, the as- 
tronomer, to have a lively summer. 
This year he went to Peru, where he sur- 
vived two train wrecks and an automobile 
accident. "Shows you how dangerous as- 
tronomy is," he told an audience in Man- 
ning Hall later in a report on his refrac- 
tion studies. 

Some of the thrills came in the moun- 
tains where their middle-aged automobile 
was negotiating narrow passages, sharp 
turns, ledges over nothing but space. The 
trips were exciting even before Smiley 
learned a little about his native driver: 
"An admirable fellow, industrious, frugal. 
You know, he can't see very well, and he's 
working so that he can get money for a 
pair of glasses." 

> Another traveller was Prof. Freeman 
Twaddell, who had a State Department 
assignment in Munich to provide a new 
German-English dictionary. (He'd been 
on leave for a year as research editor for 
Merriam, by the way.) Among his sum- 
mer's stories are two the Bavarians told 
on the Russians: 

The Reds were much impressed with 
the running hot and cold water they 
found in Germany. Wanting the same 
convenience, they sent crews through 
German buildings to tear out the faucets 
for their own use. Installation consisted 
of hammering these into the walls of their 
quarters, and the Reds were baffled when 
they got no water. 

A Russian soldier was admiring and ex- 
cited at seeing a German riding a bicycle 
no hands. He offered a high premium and 
bought this special bicycle which steered 
itself. 

> Dr. Albert C. Thomas '08, who has 
been conducting some of the Chapel serv- 
ices at Brown this fall, does nothing in a 
perfunctory manner — not even the mak- 
ing of an announcement. One day, just 
after the Choir's anthem. Dr. Thomas 
said: 

"You'll all be interested to know that 
this splendid choir has recorded a half- 
hour program of sacred music which will 
be heard coast to coast over more than 
400 stations of the Mutual Network this 
coming Sunday. The local station will be 
WEAN, and the time will be at 12 noon — 
which suggests that it would be in order 
to take your portable radios to church 
with you." 

> First night the porter was on duty at 
the Quadrangle entrance on George St. 
four undergraduates were surprised to 
find him there when they returned from 
a latish evening downtown. The porter 
asked their names: 



"John A. Jones," said the first student, 
improvising swiftly. "John B. Jones," said 
the second, catching on quickly. The third 
one, John C. Jones, also had a poker face. 

The porter beat the fourth one to it. 
"You're John D. Jones," he said. "I got 
you down." 

> Hundreds of Brown men have given 
lip-service through the years to a credo 
about journalism. It is a statement that 
begins: "I believe that the duty of our 
newspapers. . . ." 

Tom Crosby, Ben Brown, and others 
used it in public speaking classes, and it is 
back in favor this fall, a sort of shib- 
boleth to test the precision of a chap's 
pronunciation. There are words like "gov- 
ernment," "students," "law," "recognize," 
and "our" in it — traps for the slovenly of 
speech. 

The other night some of us who had 
once recited this "I believe" in the old 
attic of University Hall were trying to re- 
call the way it went and couldn't get very 
far. Just for fun, see if you can remember 
it yourself. We'll provide the correct text 
next time, for we have an official copy 
from the English Department. (But we 
still don't know who first wrote it or 
why.) 

> The trouble with a story you get from 
another college is that you have no as- 
surance it isn't a chestnut. With such sus- 
picions, we report that the alumni office 
of a sister institution wired to the hotel 
where the annual alumni dinner was to 
be held in New York. "Please," the tele- 
gram said, "reserve double room for Pro- 
fessor Emeritus and Mrs. Bailey." 

The acknowledgment came back: 
"Have made reservations but most hotel 
rules require single rooms each for Mrs. 
Bailey and Professor Emeritus." 

> Penn State's Ridge Riley says in one of 
his good football newsletters that Rip 
Engle's whole philosophy of football is 
based on offense. It looked that way in his 
opening game against Boston University, 
which went down 40 to 34. But his back- 
field coach, who was away scouting Michi- 
gan State, read the score and wired his 
boss: "Deeply concerned. Are you in- 
volved in basketball scandal?" 

> You may recall that John Wells '09 
was asking in our last issue whether any- 
one knew the source of the poem "On the 
Seckonk." Miss Marion E. Brown, in 
charge of Special Collections in the Uni- 
versity Library, promptly notified us that 
it had appeared first in the Briinonian for 
June 4, 1 892, and was reprinted in the col- 



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lection "Brown Verse" which the maga- 
zine's board compiled in 1894. The au- 
thor, Louis Victor Campbell Winter '95, 
wrote it this way: 

Upon the Seekonk's rapid flow 

To take a pretty girl to row 

When with the wind and tide you go 

Is fun. 
But coming back "gainst wind and tide. 
Although the girl is near your side — 
I know it well, for 1 have tried — 

Is none. 

> Most people like appreciation, and one 
of them is Andrew Comstock '10. who de- 
serves it. As Secretary of his Class and as 
a counsellor of Phi Kappa Psi, he spends 



many a beneficial hour on behalf of 
Brown and Brown men. 

The appreciation we mentioned came 
in a check he received recently toward a 
Brown project. It was made out to "Hard- 
working and Loyal Andy Comstock." 
Very nice, hut a little embarrassing to 
Andy when the bank made him endorse 
the check the same way. 

> The chairman of a recent campus 
meeting meant to add the graceful word 
when the guest of honor had finished his 
speech. "And so," he said, "we come to 
the end of this evening gratefully." 

Buster 



Bureau of Vital Statistics 



MARRIAGES 

1897— John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and 
Mrs. Martha B. Allen, widow of Arthur 
M. Allen '97, in Providence, Aug. 15, 
1951. 

1918 — Chester M. Downing and Miss 
Grace E. Libbey, daughter of Mr. Clifton 
G. Libbey of Springvale, Mass., Aug. 4. 
1951. 

1929 — Robert Edge and Mrs. Marie 
L. F. Van Bomel, daughter of Mrs. John 
Grace of White Plains. N. Y. and the late 
Mr. David Fox, in White Plains, July 24, 
1951. 

1929 — Charles W. Galiano and Miss 
Mary M. Reynolds, daughter of the late 
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Reynolds of Prov- 
idence, Sept. 8, 1951. 

1929— Col. Richard H. Hopkins and 
Miss Constance L. Cooney, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cooney of Fall 
River, Mass., in Providence, June 29, 
1951. 

1931 — John Gordon Eraser and Miss 
Patricia H. Tilton of Washington, D. C, 
in Princeton, N. J., July 5, 1951. 

1932— Joel S. Daniels, Jr., and Miss 
Jane I. Beam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
A. DeWitt Beam of Washington, D. C, 
in Aug. 1951. At home: 3544 Valley Dr., 
Alexandria, Va. 

1932 — Arthur A. Lewis and Miss Hat- 
tie Kane, daughter of the late Mr. and 
Mrs. Morris Kane of Fall River, Mass., 
lune 24, 1951. George J. Lewis '37 was 
his brother's best man. 

1933 — J. Morton Ferrier, Jr., and Mrs. 
Jane M. Griffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Seth W. Morton of Albany, N. Y., in 
Providence, July 21, 1951. At home: 515 
Angell St., Providence 6. The groom is 
the son of J. M. Ferrier '06. 

1935— Henry C. Hart, Jr., and Miss 
Jean E. Erenson. daughter of Mrs. Ar- 
thur P. Erenson and the late Mr. Erenson 
of Bellmore, L. 1., N. Y., in New York 
City. Nov. 3, 1951. The groom is the son 
of H. C. Hart '01. 

1936 — Walter Goetz and Miss Jacque- 
line Fogt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Maurice Fogt of Paris, France, in Las 
Vegas, Nev., in July 1951. At home: 
411->4 So. Spalding Dr., Beverly Hills, 
Calif. 

1938— John P. Certuse and Miss Phyl- 
lis A. Martello, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Angelo Martello of Franklin, Mass., Aug. 
25, 1951. 



1939 — Windsor Lewis and Miss Bar- 
bara Bel Geddes April 15, 1951. 

1941 — Stuart C. Goodnow and Miss 
A. Ursula Busineau, daughter of Mrs. 
George Busineau of Danvers, Mass., in 
July 1951. Alden C. Goodnow, Jr., '48 
was the best man for his brother. 

1942 — Lincoln F. Hanson and Miss 
Allen Schauffler, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry G. Schauffier of Southington, 
Conn., June 23, 1951. 

1942 — Russell R. Jalbert and Miss Lois 
A. Clements, daughter of Mrs. Edward 
D. Clements and the late Mr. Clements 
of Providence, Nov. 3, 1951. Padraic 
Frucht '43 was one of the ushers. 

1942 — Norman P. Ross and Miss Jean 
Irwin, daughter of Mrs. Barnard Irwin, 
in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 28, 1951. Robert 
T. Ross '47 was his brother's best man. 
At home: Ballywooden, Forest Lane, Rte. 
7, Box 273, Dallas. 

1942 — Thomas T. Ryan and Miss Mary 
D. O'Brien, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward F. O'Brien of Ardsley-on-Hud- 
son, in Irvington, N. Y., July 7, 1951. 

1942 — Stanley M. Taylor and Miss 
Shirley M. Henricksen, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Frederick S. Henricksen of Ta- 
coma. Wash., July 9, 1951. 

1943 — Julian A. Burgess and Miss Vir- 
ginia N. Mclntyre, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Edwin P. Mclntyre, in Hastings-on- 
Hudson, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1951. The groom 
is the son of Dr. W. Randolph Burgess 
'12. 

1943 — Ernest O. Colarullo and Miss 
Irma M. Nicolai, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Guyton J. Nicolai of Wellesley Hills, 
Mass., in Wellesley, June 17, 1951. At 
home: 125 Marlborough St., Boston. 

1943 — Alan R. Marcus and Miss Lotte 
Lustig, daughter of Mrs. Greta Lustig of 
Los Angeles, Calif., in Long Beach, Sept. 
20, 1951. 

1944 — John J. Morley and Miss Harriet 
A. Keenan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Stephen A. Keenan of Providence, Aug. 
25, 1951. At home: 26 Congress Ave., 
Providence. 

1944 — Jasper L. Olmstead and Miss 
Ida K. Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
William C. Young of Belle Glade, Fla.. 
Sept. 2, 1951. At home: 2838 So. Wake- 
field, Arlington, Va. 

1945 — Byron K. Adams and Miss Ar- 
lene V. Pugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Raymond T. Pugh of Tyringham, Mass., 



in Stockbridge, Sept. 13, 1951. James 
Starkweather and Charles Maspero, both 
'45, were ushers. 

1945 — Charles H. Daly and Miss Mar- 
jorie H. Dimm, daughter of Dr. Raymond 
W. Dimm of Orange, N. J., and the late 
Mrs. Dimm, Sept. 15, 1951. John H. Kim- 
ball '46 was the best man and James J. 
Tyrrell, James W. Babcock, and Stanley 
C. Potter, all "48, were the ushers. 

1945 — Samuel B. Formal and Miss 
Rosamond A. Martin, daughter of Mrs, 
Edward W. Martin and the late Mr. Mar- 
tin of No. Adams, Mass., Oct. 27, 1951. 
J. Kenneth Graham "45 was an usher. At 
home: 454 Huntington Ave., Boston. 

1945 — Robert C. Lewis and Miss Carol 
A. Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. How- 
ard N. Pratt of Oakland, in Berkeley, 
Calif., Oct. 6. 1951. 

1945 — P. Robert Siener, Jr., and Miss 
Virginia H. Arnold, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Edwin H. Arnold of Greene, R. I., 
Sept. 8, 1951. Ushers included Samuel T. 
Arnold, Jr., '45, Thomas H. O'Brien, Jr., 
'49, and J. Merrill Gibson, Jr., '48. 

1945 — David D. Warren and Miss 
Grace R. Gillis, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Austin D. Gillis of Providence, Oct. 
20, 1951. 

1945— Ralph E. Waters, Jr., and Miss 
Elaine A. Mauger, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Louis S. Mauger of LaCrosse. Wis., 
in Providence, Sept. 22, 1951. Guy W. 
Fiske '45 was the best man and the ushers 
included Webster Blood '45, Alden C. 
Goodnow, Jr., '48, David A. Molter 
'50, and H. Gordon Waters '50. At home: 
212 Waterman St.. Providence 6. 

1946 — Philip G. Bourne and Miss Ei- 
leen L. MacLeod, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. John M. MacLeod of Wollaston, 
Mass., in Quincy. in June 1951. 

1946 — Rudolph Lux, Jr., and Miss 
Dorothy I. Nolan, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Nolan of Pawtucket, R. I., 
Sept. 29, 1951. 

1946 — Nicholas S. Velles and Miss Vi- 
vienne Morfogen, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Sam Morfogen, in New York City, 
June 10, 1951. 

1946 — William L. Yeager and Miss 
Barbara J. Kite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert P. Kite of Larchmont, N. Y., Oct. 
6, 1951. 

1947 — Conrad G. Fleisher and Miss 
Selma R. Greenblatt, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Martin Greenblatt of Water- 
bury, Conn., in Watertown, Sept. 9, 1951. 
Stanley P. Blacher "47 was an usher. 

1947— Edward J. Haskell, Jr., and Miss 
Sally A. Street, daughter of Mrs. Rhea 
Street and the late Mr. Frank Street of 
Pawtucket, R. I., in Troy, N. H., Nov 3, 
1951. At home: 126 Riverside Dr., New 
York City. 

1947 — James S. Heaton and Miss Janet 
E. Elson, daughter of Alfred Elson. Jr., 
'27 and Mrs. Elson of Pawtucket, R. I., 
Oct. 10, 1951. Thomas Brady '47 was an 
usher. 

1947 — Constantine Karambelas and 
Miss Gertrude C. Vicario, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Vicario of Prov- 
idence, in Wianno. Mass., Aug. II, 1951. 
George Karambelas '50 was his brother's 
best man. Robert C. Lewis '45. Felix A. 
Mirando, Jr., '47, and David D. Parker 
'45 were ushers. At home; 222 Amherst 
St.. Manchester, N. H. 

1947 — Peter A. Neidecker and Miss 
Dora D. Shaw, daughter of Mr. George 
H. Shaw and Mrs. Harding Shaw of New 
York City, in Westbury, L. I., N. \.. Aug. 



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3, 1951. John Keohane '46 was an usher. 

1947 — Frank J. Newman and Miss Lu- 
cile P. Fanning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Raymond S. Fanning of New York City, 
Oct. 13, 1951. 

1947 — Edwin J. Ormondroyd and Miss 
Marilyn J. Paul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Earl D. Paul of Woonsocket, R. I., Sept. 
8, 1951. Nicholas P. Geanacou '51 was 
the best man. 

1947 — William E. Porsche and Miss 
Therese J. Biehl, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. John F. Biehl of Beechurst, L. I., 
N. Y., in Whitestone. in June 1951. 

1947— Lt. Gerard F. Wichelns, USNR, 
and Miss Patricia A. Walsh, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Walsh, Jr., of 
Queens Village, N. Y., July 14, 1951. 

1948 — Michel Antone and Miss Jean 
A. Halpin, daughter of Mr. Frank H. 
Halpin and the late Mrs. Halpin of New- 
port, R. 1., Aug. 18, 1951. Adrian Becker 
'48 was an usher. 

1948 — Anthony N. Behr and Miss 
Marie Filomia, daughter of Mrs. Mary 
Filomia, in New York City. Aug. 4, 1951. 

1948— Richard F. Carey and Miss 
Mary A. Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph B. Davis of West Newton, Mass., 
Sept. 29, 1951. 

1948 — Robert F. Casey and Miss Pau- 
line M. Ament, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Stephen E. Ament of Greenfield, Mass., 
Aug. 25, 1951. At home: 259 Conway 
St., Greenfield. 

1948 — William E. Eastham and Miss 
Jane S. Pate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
William R. Pate of Milwaukee, Wis., in 
Cambridge, Mass., June 19, 1951. Dana 
Eastham '53, brother of the groom, was 
an usher. The groom is the son of James 
S. Eastham '19. 

1948 — Albert Feldman and Miss Alix 
Turrillot, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jean 
Turrillot, in Brookline, Mass., Sept. 26, 
1951. 

1948 — John S. Frey and Miss Anne C. 
Ober, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin 
H. Ober, in Corning, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1951. 

1948 — Arnold C. George and Miss 
Helen Hannah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
William Hannah of Windsor, Vt., June 
25, 1951. 

1948 — Morgan J. Glavin and Miss 
Rose M. Rouse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
James P. Rouse of Elmira, N. Y., in New 
York City, July 7, 1951. William K. 
Glavin '51 was his brother's best man and 
Neill McAllister '48 was an usher. At 
home: 1476 W. Terrace Circle, West En- 
glewood, N. J. 

1948— Alden C. Goodnow, Jr., and 
Miss Lois A. Booth, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Louis F. Booth of Wickford, R. I., 
Aug. 11, 1951. Stuart C. Goodnow '41 
was his brother's best man. David H. 
Hawkins '50 and Donald G. McBrien '48 
were among the ushers. At home: 100 W. 
Hudson Ave., Englewood, N. J. 

1948— Robert E. Grant and Miss Cyn- 
thia Kirk, in White Plains, N. Y., Aug. 
25. 1951. At home: 299 W. 12th St., New 
York City. 

1948— Robert J. Hay and Miss Mary C. 
Hodnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mi- 
chael J. Hodnett of Providence. Sept. 15, 
1951. Calvin Bamford '48 was the best 
man. At home: 108 Cottage St., Fall 
River, Mass. 

1948— Donald H. McQuistion and Miss 
Mary F. Amill, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. 
Luis A. Amill of New York City, June 
16, 1951. 

1948 — John J. Murphy, Jr., and Miss 



Loretta M. Sullivan in AUentown, Penna., 
June 30, 1951. Frank J. Newman '47 was 
the best man and Herbert R. Wieboldt 
'50 was an usher. At home: 307-B E. 
Court Rd., Chesapeake Gardens, Aber- 
deen, Md. 

1948— Charles B. Officer, Jr., and Miss 
Beatrice T. Allegaert, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Pierre F. Allegaert of Laconia, 
N. H., in New York City, Oct. 6, 1951. 

1948 — Rev. Roger L. Tiffany and Miss 
Persis Grifiin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Harmon Griffin of Monroe, N. H., in 
St. Johnsbury. Vt., in Sept. 1951. At 
home: 32 Benefit St . Providence. R I 



1949 — William Seamans and Miss Jane 
Kingsbury at Lake Spofford, N. H., Sept. 
15, 1951. Douglas A. Snow '45 was the 
best man. At home: Apt. 1-F, 154 Pear- 
sail Dr., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

1949— Norman B. Silk and Miss 
Martha Podrat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Herman Podrat of Newport, R. L, Aug. 
26, 1951. At home: 419 Broadway, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

1949 — Charles W. Thomas and Miss 
Doris M. Wilde, daughter of Mrs. Ethel 
J. Wilde of Baltimore, Md., Sept. 15, 
1951. At home: 2909 Dunmurray Rd., 
Baltimore. 




A LINE-UP of Brunonians after Lewis Shaw '48, former Athletic Publicity Director, married 
Miss Carol Roper in Springfield, Mass. Back row, left to right: Ralph Armstrong '17, Henry 
J. Hart '02, Albert Shaw '02 (groom's father), the bride, the groom, Lewis Milner '02 (groom's 
godfather and namesake), Donald Hutchison '50, Douglas Snow '45. Front row: Chris 
Schenkel (broadcaster of Brown football), Bradford Davol '48, Jack Newcombe '48, Ed 
Dolboshian '44, Dixie Poole '50, Bud McCleary '50, and William Rowson '46. Photo was by 
Joe Marcello, who takes many Brown pictures. 



1949 — Bruce G. Bainton and Miss Vir- 
ginia B. Fitzpatrick, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles J. Fitzpatrick of Warwick, 
R. I., in Providence. Aug. 25, 1951. At 
home: 156 Broadway, Providence. 

1949_Lt. Ralph Cooper, USAF. and 
Miss Anne M. Leary, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Edward F. Leary of New Bed- 
ford, Mass., in June 1951. 

1949 — Walter J. Creedon and Miss 
Mary E. Forrest, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Martin J. Forrest of Melrose, Mass., 
Aug. 25, 1951. Robert L. Luce '48, John 
Liddell '50, and Bruce Williamson '49 
were ushers. 

1949 — Solomon Elmasian and Miss 
Diane Bozian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Armenag K. Bozian of Dighton, Mass., 
in Providence, June 17, 1951. Stephen 
Kalarian '50 was an usher. 

1949 — Edward E. Haley and Miss 
Evangeline M. Robertson, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Robertson of Lynch- 
burg, Va., Sept. 1, 1951. H. Vasken Apo- 
shian '48 was the best man. At home: 
188 Raleigh St., Rochester 20, N. Y. 

1949 — John H. Hill and Miss Mary 
E. Speer, daughter of Mr. Carey Speer 
and the late Mrs. Speer of Jacksonville, 
Fla., Sept. 28, 1951. 

1949 — A. Merrill Percelay and Miss 
Sheela Mittleman. daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Israel Mittleman of Fall River, 
Mass., in Providence, May 27, 1951. 
Morris Percelay '45 was his brother's 
best man and David Horvitz '35, Harlan 
Espo '48, and Dr. loseph Winsten '46 
were among the ushers. 



1949 — John L. Waterman and Miss 
Clara E. Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Herbert L. Hayes of No. Dighton, Mass., 
in Rehoboth, Sept. 8, 1951. 

1949 — Allen P. Wharton and Miss 
Lynn J. Bickle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
David J. Bickle of Plevna, Mont., in 
Miles City, Mont., Oct. 4, 1951. 

1950— Gordon E. Allen and Miss Sally 
Sprague, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har- 
old H. Sprague of Melrose, Mass., Sept. 
15, 1951. Robert Harwood '50 was an 
usher. 

1950 — Richard C. Ashley and Miss 
Janet E. Hills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Edmund E. Hills of Providence, Oct. 6, 
1951. Earl H. Ashley, Jr., '42 was his 
brother's best man and Eskil P. Swanson 
and Walter E. Schortmann, both '50, 
ushers. At home: 167 Lloyd Ave., Prov- 
idence 6. 

1950— Leigh R. B. Atwater, Jr., and 
Miss Elizabeth Barker, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Philip K. Barker of New 
Canaan, Conn., July 4, 1951. 

1950— John A. Belden, Jr., and Mrs. 
Susan B. Moseley, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Burt A. Brewster of Salt Lake City, 
Utah, Sept. 24, 1951. 

1950 — John P. Bourcier and Miss 
Norma M. DiLuglio, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas DiLuglio of Johnston, R. I., 
Aug. 20, 1951. 

1950 — H. Spofford Brown and Miss 
Jean M. Sullivan, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas H. Sullivan of Amesbury, 
Mass., Oct. 14, 1951. At home: 84 Market 
St., Amesbury. 



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1950 — Robert B. Bryant and Miss Pris- 
cilla S. Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederic L. Ford of Auburndale, Mass., 
June 30, 1951. Davis Fahlquist '50 was 
the best man and James Colville and 
Norman Wright, both '50, were among 
the ushers. 

1950 — Thomas T. Cary and Miss Joan 
M. Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Raymond M. Howard of New Bedford, 
Mass., Aug. 11, 1951. J. William Weeks 
'50 was one of the ushers. At home: 5 
Sherman St., So. Dartmouth, Mass. 

1950 — Edward J. Davidson and Miss 
Mildred Haswell, daughter of Mr. Percy 

D. Haswell and the late Mrs. Haswell 
of Greenwood, R. I., in Providence, Aug. 
4, 1951. At home: 1656 Broad St., Prov- 
idence. 

1950— Robert K. Dee and Miss Made- 
line M. Rocchio, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Anthony C. Rocchio, in Apponaug, 
R. I., July 7, 1951. Richard J. Dee '50 
was the best man for his brother. Ushers 
were the bride's brother, Robert Rocchio 
'48 and the groom's brothers, John J. Dee 
'51 and James Dee. At home: 29 Elm- 
wood Ave., Longmeadow, Mass. 

1950 — Robert J. Edwards and Miss 
Mary M. Bush, in Chester, Penna., Sept. 
1, 1951. 

1950 — Stoughton L.Ellsworth and Miss 
Ann E. Tingey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Harold C. Tingey of Nutley, N. J., in 
Sept. 1951. Ushers were William J. Os- 
born, Gardner M. Macartney, and Robert 

E. Miller, all '50. 

1950 — Ralph D. Fraits and Miss Do- 
lores V. LaPerche, daughter of Mrs. 
Clarence F. Lamb of Lakewood, R. I., 
and the late Mr. Victor A. LaPerche, in 
Providence, Oct. 20, 1951. At home: 94 
Waterman Ave., Cranston 10. 

1950 — John H. Gilbert and Miss Pa- 
tricia A. Rogers, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Norman W. Rogers of Melrose, in 
So. Sudbury, Mass., Sept. 8, 1951. David 
E. Flavin '50 was the best man. 

1950 — Harold Goldstein and Miss Lil- 
lian E. Serkess, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Joseph Serkess of Dorchester, Mass., July 
15, 1951. 

1950 — George Grossman and Miss Bar- 
bara Goldberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Matt Goldberg of Brookline, Mass., 
March 31, 1951. 

1950 — Roland G. Hathaway, Jr., and 
Miss Mary W. Wells, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Whitman B. Wells of Greenfield, 
Mass., June 23, 1951. Frederick Govain 
'49 was one of the ushers. 

1950 — Simeon M. Hickman, Jr., and 
Miss Marjorie Gibbons, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. John A. Gibbons of Barrington, 
R. I., Aug. 11, 1951. 

1950 — Lowell S. Hunter and Miss Mar- 
garet 1. Birrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert Birrell of Norwood, R. I., Aug. 
18, 1951. Oscar K. Swanson '50 was an 
usher. At home: 70 Revere St., Boston, 
Mass. 

1950 — Robert M. Kenney and Miss 
Eleanor R. Foster, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Ralph W. Foster of Leominster, 
Mass., Sept. 1, 1951. 

1950— John F. Kimball and Miss Ellen 
Taubcneck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Otto C. Taubeneck of Oak Park, 111., in 
San Antonio, Texas, June 23, 1951. 

1950 — Denton S. Layman and Miss 
Renfra K. Crone, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Harry B. Crone of New York City. 
At home: 638 Stewart Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. 



1950 — Leo Loparto and Miss Con- 
stance L. Estlin, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. William F. Estlin of Orleans, Mass., 
July 15, 1951. 

1950 — J. Vincent McCulloch and Miss 
Marcella M. Sheedy of Altoona, Penna., 
June 30, 1951. At home: 73 Genesee 
St., Geneva, N. Y. 

1950 — Richard A. MacKenna and Miss 
Evelyn Brockbank, daughter of Mr. Gray 
B. Brockbank of Wakefield, Mass., Oct. 
27, 1951. Allan A. Campbell, Gifford 
Grim and Robert Hague, all '50, were 
ushers. At home: 14 Franklin St., Wake- 
field, Mass. 

1950 — Francis S. Nardone and Miss 
Eve M. Thieben, daughter of Mrs. Walter 
G. Seidl and the late Dr. Egon Thieben 
of Worcester, Mass., June 16, 1951. Sam- 
uel P. Metzger, in, '50 was one of the 
ushers. 

1950 — Robert H. Nelson and Miss 
Lillis O. Palmer, daughter of Dr. Arthur 
Palmer '11 and the late Mrs. Palmer of 
Forest Hills, N. Y., July 7, 1951. 

1950 — Richard Novak and Miss Joyce 
S. Borgeson, Pembroke '51, June 16, 
1951. 

1950 — Howard K. Page and Miss June 
Whelan, in Detroit, Mich., Jan. 7, 1951. 
At home: 7609 Neckel Ave., Dearborn, 
Mich. 

1950 — Roswell Park and Miss Dorothy 
R. Marianelli, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Emilio C. Marianelli of Kingston, Pa., 
June 28, 1951. 

1950^William E. Parmenter, Jr., and 
Miss Ruth P. Wall, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Frank A. Wall of Providence, Aug. 
25, 1951. At home: 8 So. Normal St., 
Ypsilanti, Mich. The groom is the son 
of W. E. Parmenter '19. 

1950 — Robert C. Pendleton and Miss 
Paula E. Skellet in Wayzata, Minn., Sept. 
8, 1951. Among the ushers were Bruce 
J. Simpson '50 and Richard Walton '51. 
At home: 62-60 Woodhaven Blvd., Rego 
Park, L. I., N. Y. 

1950— Richard B. Phillips and Miss 
Barbara Bones, daughter of Mrs. George 
Dufek and the late Mr. Thomas P. Bones 
of San Francisco, Calif., May 19, 1951. 
At home: 134 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 

1950 — Allen J. Pobirs and Miss Herma 
Steingold of Providence, June 3, 1951. At 
home: 16 Creighton St., Providence 6. 

1950— Warren S. Randall and Miss 
Amy M. Keefe, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. 
George G. Keefe of West Hartford, 
Conn., in Fairfield, June 30, 1951. John 
Randall '46 was his brother's best man. 

1950— Paul J. Savoie and Miss Rita L. 
Gareau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil- 
ippe L. Gareau of Woonsocket, R. I., 
Aug. 4, 1951. At home: 211 Grove St., 
Woonsocket. 

1950 — Bruce J. Simpson and Miss 
Caroline A. Haskell in Geneva, 111., Aug. 
11, 1951. Louis A. Ferguson, Jr., and 
Edwin Levis, Jr., both '50, were ushers. 

1950 — L. Edgar Stone, Jr., and Miss 
Helen M. Humphrey, daughter of Dr. 
and Mrs. Seldon B. Humphrey of New 
Haven, Conn., June 30, 1951. 

1950 — Robert L. Stone and Miss Myr- 
tle Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert S. Davis of New Bedford, Mass., 
July 28, 1951. At home: 43 Pleasant St., 
Sharon, Mass. 

1950 — Harris G. UUian and Miss Sema 
Silverman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Fred Silverman of Providence, Sept. 16, 
1951. 



1950 — Joseph G. Turner and Miss Jane 
A. Prior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James 
H. Prior of Edgewood, R. I., Oct. 6, 1951. 

1950 — Stanley Woodacre and Miss 
Alice E. Billington, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Ernest T. Billington of New Bed- 
ford, Mass., in Aug. 1951. 

1950 — Leo V. Chabot and Miss Elaine 
A. Barry, daughter of Mrs. Alice Barry 
of Providence, June 16, 1951. Robert 
Becker '50 was an usher. 

1950— Ens. Alan P. Carpenter, USN, 
and Miss Cynthia C. Meyer, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Meyer of 
Rumford, R. I., July 14, 1951. Kingsley 
N. Meyer '43, brother of the bride, and 
Charles E. Hopkins, Jr., '50 were among 
the ushers. 

1950 — Bruce C. Collins and Miss 
Doris M. Pinkham, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Arthur W. Pinkham of Taunton, 
Mass., May 12, 1951. 

1950 — Alexander T. Hindmarsh, Jr., 
and Miss Barbara L. Anderson, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Anderson of 
Glen Ridge, N. J., June 23, 1951. At 
home: 5 Plymouth St., Holbrook, Mass. 
The groom is the son of A. T. Hindmarsh 
'19. 

1950 — Donald F. Mitchell and Miss 
Margaret Maltezos, daughter of Mr. 
Alexander Maltezos of Charlotte, N. C, 
in Somerset, Mass., May 12, 1951. At 
home: 271 Bamaby St., Fall River. 

1950 — John J. O'Connor, Jr., and Miss 
Joan M. Robinson, daughter of Mrs. M. 

E. Robinson of Providence, May 19, 
1951. At home: 105 Medway St., Provi- 
dence 6. 

1950 — Donald K. Parker and Miss 
Andrea R. Lucas, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Mark R. Lucas of Waban, Mass., 
in Barnstable, June 30, 1951. Richard P. 
Robb '5 1 and Richard T. Jones '50 were 
among the ushers. 

1950 — Henry P. Reynolds, Jr., and 
Miss Alice G. Farrell, daughter of Dr. 
and Mrs. George B. Farrell of West War- 
wick, R. I., June 30, 1951. At home: 99 
Clyde St., West Warwick. 

1950 — Walter G. Saacke and Miss 
Mary G. Woodward, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles W. Woodward of Fall 
River, Mass., June 23, 1951. 

1950 — Robert G. Skoog and Miss Jane 

F. Cody of Norwood, Mass., Nov. 4, 
1950. At home: R.F.D., 51A Main St., 
Foxboro, Mass. 

1950 — John A. Underbill and Miss 
Mary-Louise Page, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Eastman M. Page of East Green- 
wich, R. I., July 21, 1951. Davis Fahl- 
quist and Richard Callard, both '50, were 
among the ushers. 

1950 — Anthony L. Zambarano and 
Miss Mariette J. Pelletier, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Pelletier of 
Providence, June 30, 1951. At home: 45 
Sackett St., Providence. 

1951 — Lawrence R. Bello and Miss 
Esther A. Monti, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. James Monti of Providence, June 
30, 1951. 

1951 — Ens. George G. Brooks and 
Miss Joanne C. Johnson, daughter of 
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Johnson of Islip, 
L. I., N. Y., June 9, 1951. 

1951— Richard B. Headley and Miss 
Laura A. Crossley, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Donald F. Crossley of Providence, 
July 4, 1951. 

1951 — James M. Hutchinson and Miss 
Iris L. Bain, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. 



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George W. Bain of Amherst, Mass., 
June 23, 1951. 

1951 — Donald G. Rich and Miss Joan 
E. Ballou, daughter of Harold F. Ballou 
'23 and Mrs. Ballou of West Barrington, 
R. I., in Providence, June 16, 1951. 
Charles I. Bearse '51 was the best man 
and A. Richard Swenson '50, Frank L. 
Suttell '51, Mason B. Williams '51 and 
Alva O. Way III, '5 1 were ushers. 

1951— Robert F. Shepard, Jr., and 
Miss Joanne C. Sawyer, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Edson W. Savi^er of Edge- 
wood, R. I., in Providence, June 30, 1951. 
John Shepard '49 was his brother's best 
man. 

1952— John P. Finlay and Miss Bar- 
bara W. Moog, daughter of Prof. Emeri- 
tus Wilson T. Moog and Mrs. Moog of 
Northampton, Mass., June 23, 1951. Rob- 
ert W. Finlay '50 was his brother's best 
man. 

1952— Frank H. Hinckley, Jr., and 
Miss Helen Pouch, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Alfred T. Pouch of Staten Island, 
N. Y., May 11, 1951. The groom is the 
son of F. H. Hinckley '09. 

1953 — Henry D. LaBelle and Miss 
Patricia M. Willett, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry R. Willett of Nashua, N. H., 
April 14, 1951. At home: 72 A Vme St., 
Nashua. 

BIRTHS 

1928— To Dr. and Mrs. Reginald A. 
Allen of Providence, a son, Reginald 
Anthony, Jr., June 2, 1951. 

1931 — To Mr. and Mrs. Abraham M. 
Goldstone of Brooklyn, N. Y., their 
second child, a son, David Philip, March 
27, 1951. 

1934 — To Mr. and Mrs. E. Davis Cald- 
well of Maumee, Ohio, their first child, a 
daughter, Katharine Davis, Nov. 14, 
1950. 

1934 — To Mr. and Mrs. John M. D. 
Suesman of Cranston, R. I., a daughter, 
Elizabeth Dean, June 11, 1951. 

1935 — To Mr. and Mrs. Irving S. Can- 
ner of Chestnut Hill, Mass., a daughter, 
Suzanne Hope, June 30, 1951. 

1936 — To Mr. and Mrs. George E. 
Burke of Riverside, R. I., their fourth 
child, a son, Robert Edward, June 7, 
1951. 

1936— To Dr. and Mrs. Charles B. 
David of Albany, Calif., their third child 
and second son, James Edward, June 28, 
1951. 

1936 — To Dr. and Mrs. M. Price Mar- 
golies of Philadelphia, Pa., a son, Mi- 
chael, April 22, 1951. 

1936 — To Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. 
Yacovone of Rumford, R. I., a daughter, 
Carolyn Ann, June 8, 1951. 

1937— To Mr. and Mrs. John H. 
Corey of Cranston, R. I., their third child 
and second son, Walter Reynolds, 2nd, 
June 8, 1951. 

1937— To Mr. and Mrs. George T. 
Langdon of Wynnewood, Pa., a son, 
Courtney, June 14, 1951. 

1937— To Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. 
Messinger of San Marino, Calif., their 
second son, Peter King, April 27, 1951. 

1941— To Mr. and Mrs. Clifton S. 
Gustafson of Hingham, Mass., a daugh- 
ter, Gail Elaine, June 20, 1951. 

1942— To Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. 
Leach, Jr., of Danvers, Mass., their third 
child and second son, David Allan, June 
15, 1951. 

1943— To Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. 



Holmes of Providence, their third child 
and second daughter, Mary Elizabeth, 
June 29, 1951. 

1943 — To Capt. and Mrs. Vincent Luca 
of Fort Bragg, N. C, their third child, a 
son, Richard Carleton, May 23, 1951. 

1943— To Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. 
Stockwell of Springfield, Mass., a daugh- 
ter, Joanne Holly, Aug. 20, 1950. 

1945— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. 
Broadhead of Providence, a son, Jeffrey 
Alexander, May 25, 1951. 

1945— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. 
Jacobson, Jr., of Kansas City, Mo., a 
son, John Robert, July 1, 1951. 

1945 — To Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. 
Smith of Conklin, N. Y., a daughter, 
Lynn Adrienne, July 3, 1951. 

1946— To Mr. and Mrs. William F. 
Maroni of North Providence, R. I., a 
daughter, Patricia Mary, May 23, 1951. 

1947 — To Mr. and Mrs. Burton A. 
Lindblom of Riverside, R. I., a daugh- 
ter, Krista, July 2, 1951. 

1947— To Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. 
Mayo, Jr., of Cranston, R. I., a son, Paul 
Preston, June 12, 1951. 



1947— To Lt. (jg) and Mrs. James C. 
Sisco of Pawtucket, R. I., a son, James 
Anthony, June 12, 1951. 

1948— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. 
King of North Scituate, R. I., a son, Dan, 
June 10, 1951. 

1948 — To Capt. and Mrs. Benjamin 
Latt of Providence, their second child, a 
daughter, Nadine, May 30, 1951. 

1948— To Mr. and Mrs. Merrill B. 
Shattuck of Sheboygan, Wise, a daugh- 
ter, Deborah Lee, June 20, 1951. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Horace Me- 
gathlin, Jr., of Maiden, Mass., a daugh- 
ter, Linda Jane, April 30, 1951. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. 
Batley, Jr., of Rumford, R. I., a daugh- 
ter, Patrice, June 29, 1951. 

1950 — To Mr. and Mrs. James F. 
Gilbert of Providence, a daughter, Angela 
Paige, May 24, 1951. 

1950 — To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Pay- 
ton, Jr., of Lombard, 111., a son, James 
Cole, April 21, 1951. 

1950— To Lt. and Mrs. William L. 
Reardon, Jr., of Oakland Beach, R. I., 
their third child and first son, Michael 
William, June 15, 1951. 



We Mourn Their Death 



FRANK HERBERT GIFFORD '81, in 
New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 5, 1951. A 
retired cotton broker, he had been 
treasurer of the New Bedford Cham- 
ber of Commerce for many years. 
Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

GEORGE HUNTINGTON '82, in Ann 
Arbor, Mich., July 8, 1951. Former 
high school principal, he was the 
founder of Huntington & Co., portrait 
photographers. Phi Beta Kappa; Delta 
Upsilon. 

DANIEL LYMAN HAZARD '84, in 
Narragansett, R. 1., Sept. 21, 1951. A 
Harvard graduate, he had been a seis- 
mologist for the government. He had 
been a member of several scientific and 
philosophical societies. 

DANIEL CORY SNOW '93, in Taunton, 
Mass., July 26, 1951. A retired clergy- 
man, he had been superintendent of 
the Segregansett Country Club for 
many years. Phi Beta Kappa. 

GASHERIE DeWlTT DOWLING '96, in 
Sarasota, Fla., Oct. 5, 1951. He was a 
retired Episcopal clergyman. Zeta Psi. 

GEORGE HUSSEY TRACY '98, in New- 
tonville, Mass., June 25, 1951. He had 
his own insurance brokerage business. 
He was active in Masonic and civic ac- 
tivities. 

IRA MAY GUSHING '99, in Wollaston, 
Mass., Oct. 1, 1951. He was an elec- 
trical engineer. 

CARLOS GROUT HILLIARD '99, in 
Redlands, Calif., July 21, 1951. A phy- 
sician, he was for many years President 
of the San Bernardino County Medical 
Association. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma 
Xi; Kappa Sigma. 

CHARLES ALBERT WALSH '99, in 
Providence, Oct. 1, 1951. He was the 
presiding justice of the R. I. Superior 
Court. He was also a leader in civic 
affairs. Son is C. A. Walsh, Jr. '38. 

RICHARD SAMUEL CROKER, JR., 
'00, in Middlctown, N. Y., Aug. 7, 
1946. Secretary and director, Roebling 



Bridge Construction Co. Financier and 
political leader. Phi Kappa. 

GEORGE MOSES PURVER '01, in Oc- 
tober 1950. He was a consulting en- 
gineer in New York City. Father of 
Eugene M. Purver '27. 

WALTER ROBERTS BULLOCK '02, in 
New York City, Sept. 12, 1951. Certi- 
fied public accountant and president of 
the Rural Research Inst. National of- 
ficer of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. 

WILLIAM AUSTIN HILL '02, in Isle 
La Motte, Vt., luly 21, 1951. A min- 
ister, he was for many years the secre- 
tary of the Board of Education of the 
Northern Baptist Convention. He was 
a member of the Vermont State Legis- 
lature and belonged to several histori- 
cal societies. He was a trustee of two 
institutions. Phi Gamma Delta. 

WILLIAM GEORGE COLLENBERG 
'03, in Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 5, 
1951. He was for many years an execu- 
tive in the Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co. 
in Springfield. Chi Phi. 

EDWARD JOSEPH BLACK '04, in 
Providence, Sept. 10, 1951. A graduate 
of Harvard Medical School he had 
been a physician in Providence since 
1908. Phi Kappa. 

HARVEY JULIAN SWANN '05, in Paw- 
ling, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1951. He was re- 
tired as teacher in Boys High School, 
Brooklyn. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Gamma 
Delta. 

HENRY TRUMAN BECKWITH '06, in 
Pasadena, Calif., Oct. 5, 1951. Mining 
geologist and consulting engineer. 
Theta Delta Chi. 

JOHN PERKINS MEAD '06, in East 
Jaffrey, N. H., July 18, 1951. He had 
been with the production division of 
Cities Service Oil Co. for 30 years. 
Beta Theta Pi. 

LEFFINGWELL RICHARD WHITING 
'06, in January 1945. He was a sales 
engineer for Westinghouse Electric Co. 
Phi Delta Theta. 



NOVEMBER 1951 



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EARL CLARENDON ROSS '08, in Ox- 
ford, Ohio, June 25, 1950. Professor 
of English at Miami University in Ox- 
ford. Author of several plays and es- 
says. Father of Alan Ross '50. 

JAMES PAYSON DIXON, JR., '09, Aug. 
5. 1951 in Lyme, N. H. He had been 
active in church and civic affairs. 

JOHN ADDISON FOOTE '09, in Kansas 
City, Mo., Oct. 21, 1951. He had been 
a Baptist missionary in Japan for 35 
years. Phi Sigma Kappa. 

JOSHUA BELL '11, in Providence, Oct. 
22, 1951. He was an attorney and a 
prominent Jewish layman. Father of 
Bernard E. Bell '42 and M. David Bell 
•45. 

LESTER CURTIS PAGE '15, in Phenix, 
R. I., Sept. 30. 1951. Manager and co- 
owner of the Phenix Electric Co. Vet- 
eran of World War I. 

ALBERT EDWARD MAYOH '16, in 
Providence, Oct. 16, 1951. He had 
been a teacher of languages in the high 
schools of Providence and Pawtucket. 
Sigma Chi. 

MICHAEL WOFSEY '23, in New Haven. 
Conn., Nov. 4, 1951. A prominent 
Stamford attorney, he was active in 
civic affairs and on the American Jew- 
ish Committee. 

GEORGE ENGS KELLEY '25, in W. 
Barrington, R. L, Sept. 26, 1951. He 
had been a sales representative for 
Lowe Bros. Co. Phi Kappa Psi. 



FRANK THOMAS HAYES '26, in Cort- 
land, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1951. A former 
hotel manager, he had been managing 
the company cafeteria for the Brock- 
way Motor Co. Beta Theta Pi. 

JOHN BAPTIST PASTORE '27, M.D., 
in Pelham, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1951. He 
was executive director of the Hospital 
Council of Greater New York and a 
visiting instructor at Cornell and Co- 
lumbia Medical Schools. He was a 
member of many medical societies. Phi 
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. 

ROBERT BACON, JR., '28, in Allen- 
town, Penna., July 28, 1951. He was 
the Sheriff of Carbon County, Penna. 

JAMES HOWARD HAY '34. Jan. 18, 
1951. He was the President of the 
Beverly Oil Co. of Los Angeles. He 
died in a plane crash near Casper, Wyo. 
Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

THOMAS FOLEY EGAN '48, in Den- 
ver, Colo., May 20, 1951. A salesman 
for the American Brake .Shoe Co., he 
was killed in an automobile accident. 
Phi Gamma Delta. 

DANA WILSON SHELLEY '48. in Ko- 
rea. Dec. 8, 1950. A Yale graduate, he 
had been employed by the State De- 
partment. 

JOHN RUSSELL WALSH '50, in Morris- 
town, N. J., Sept. 30, 1951. He was a 
consulting engineer and a Naval Re- 
serve officer. He and his wife were 
killed in an automobile accident. 



The Measure of 15 Years 



(Continued from page 10) 
That is not true in the United States. 
In a sense it has become progressively less 
true as the high schools, developing the 
idea of "preparing for life," have dimin- 
ished emphasis upon language and litera- 
ture, mathematics, history, geography, and 
the other basic cultural subjects. Thus 
many students in this country begin the 
study of engineering after attending a 
technical high school, or they enter an 
undergraduate school of business admin- 
istration in a university after going 
through a commercial high school. If ever 
they are to have any genuine contact with 
liberal education, it must be in college. 

Brown is one of the few places which 
has taught engineering without maintain- 
ing a separate engineering school, which 
has incorporated an engineering curricu- 
lum into a liberal arts college. Histori- 
cally, it has been a highly successful de- 
vice; however, it has been under various 
pressures. 

PressKres and Policies 

In the first place, the professional so- 
cieties, organized for defensive purposes 
(particularly during the depression) and 
operating ostensibly to raise standards, 
have interfered more and more with in- 
dividual institutional programs. They 
have tended to force them toward an un- 
healthy conformity. This is done not 
nearly so much by positive interference, 
which is relatively rare; it is achieved by 
inspections of programs: when they do 
not correspond to what is being offered 
elsewhere, they are viewed with suspicion 
and put upon the defensive. Overconcern 
for institutional security — shown in the 



eagerness to be certain of getting accredit- 
ation — exerts a strong impulse toward 
conformity. The safest thing is to organize 
and carry out the program as nearly like 
it is done in professional technical schools, 
where there is often little real interest in 
the liberal arts. 

The second pressure arises from the 
feeling that there is so much to be learned 
about engineering that there is no time 
to learn about anything else. It is one of 
the tragedies of American education that 
too often quantity is substituted for 
quality. The misinterpretation of democ- 
racy has led to a feeling that we must go 
beyond equality of opportunity to equal- 
ity in the symbols of success. Most of the 
competition in college is found in extra- 
curricular activities and athletics, rather 
than in the classroom. There is such ten- 
derness to be sure that as many as possible 
of an entering class receive degrees that 
obtaining them gets more emphasis than 
the quality of the work. 

In the professions which are under pres- 
sure the tendency to substitute quantity 
for quality is particularly strong, and it 
is a truism that in an age such as ours 
there is an overdemand for engineers. 
Under these circumstances, it is urged 
that in the short space of four years there 
is no time to develop a man even in 
general engineering, much less in general 
education; the course must be crammed 
with technical information, rather than 
devoted to intellectual disciplines. Our 
Engineering Division has taken steps to 
reorganize its work to emphasize princi- 
ples and methods, rather than merely 
data and techniques. While the situation 
is not entirely satisfactory, the balance 
is much better than is customary. 



Athletics: A Sense of Balance 

The Greek sense of proportion cannot 
be said to have become an American ideal. 
This is manifested not alone in the movies 
and the extravagances of radio and tele- 
vision, but notably in college athletics. 
It would be untruthful to say that Brown 
has never been touched by this madness. 
The energy and resources put into build- 
ing a stadium, which is used for only four 
or five games a year and which has been 
filled to capacity only three or four times 
in its 26-year history, are, in retrospect, 
an indication of the way in which distor- 
tion rather than proportion affected even 
the staidest of institutions. Another in- 
stance is the tradition of the "Iron Men" 
team. Characteristically the myth sup- 
presses their easy schedule; even more 
characteristically it overlooks the fact 
that it was physically detrimental and 
that other students were denied participa- 
tion when they not only deserved but 
needed it. Brown, also, was the first to go 
to the Rose Bowl; thus it helped initiate 
this post-season activity which has done 
so much to create the overemphasis on 
football and sustain the hysteria that de- 
tract from educational programs. 

Those are three illustrations of the way 
in which an institution, more noted for 
sanity than for publicity, lost its sense of 
balance in athletics — a useful adjunct not 
alone of education, but of morals. In 
relativistic terms those deviations from 
strict practice were mild in comparison 
with what has gone on in other old and 
distinguished institutions which should 
have known better. 

In the course of time, however, the sense 
of proportion was restored and has been 
maintained at this University. We still 
play a football schedule dictated by senti- 
ment rather than by reasonable estimate 
of our strength. We meet Harvard, Yale, 
Princeton, Colgate, and Columbia almost 
every year. Holy Cross often, Dartmouth, 
Pennsylvania, and Army occasionally. 
Such competition lays upon the partici- 
pants a heavier strain than is desirable. 
Futhermore gate receipts cannot explain 
the phenomenon, for crowds simply do 
not come to our games and the revenues 
of football do not by any means carry 
the load of other sports and intramurals, 
as is the common belief. 

These realities lead to a larger percent- 
age of losses than are likely to keep under- 
graduates and certain groups of alumni 
entirely happy and there is, consequently, 
a constant pressure to deviate from sound 
educational practice in order to attain 
more or better (if the two words are not 
synonymous) publicity. Nonetheless the 
Faculty are never asked for special favors 
and the Admission Office has manifested 
complete integrity. We maintain a wide 
variety of sports on an intercollegiate 
basis and a full intramural program. Al- 
though we should like more victories, 
perhaps we should be grateful for what 
we have. 

Pembroke College: Coeducation? 

The story of the establishment of Pem- 
broke is like that of other women's col- 
leges connected with universities — one 
of feminist insistence, of male hesitancy, 
and of bowing to the inevitable with ill- 
concealed reluctance. 

Pembroke was set up as a co-ordinate 
college. For years the term was more flat- 
tering than the reality: actually it was 



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"We still play a football schedule dictated by sentiment rather than by reosonoble estimate of our strength." 



subordinate. Most of its policies were 
made for it; its part-time Faculty was 
borrowed from the University, but had 
no structure and, as a group, no power. 
Its course offerings were limited, so that 
not more than a third of the instruction 
open to men was open to the average 
women students even 25 years ago. When 
the same course was given at Pembroke 
and The College, the teacher for the 
women was likely to be not the senior 
member of the Faculty who taught the 
men, but one of lesser rank and experi- 
ence. 

By a series of steps so gradual and so 
undramatic as to be difficult to recall. 
Pembroke has become not a subordinate, 
but an integral, part of the University. 
There is no longer a Pembroke faculty or 
a Pembroke course of study; all thecourses 
in the University are open to Pembroke 
students as to students in The College. 
Leading members of the Faculty are as 
glad to take a women's section, when 
classes are divided, as to have a men's 
section. The wasteful, not to say extrav- 
agant, process of teaching the same course 
to two small groups within two blocks of 
each other has been discontinued, a policy 
maneuver which was scarcely planned at 
all, and hardly noticed as it occurred. It 
has now been hallowed by the readiness 
of Harvard to follow our example! 

We have achieved the economies of co- 
education and some of the social advan- 
tages of that system, while retaining other 
important values arising from the co- 
ordinate rather than a fully absorbed 
status. The Pembrokers have their own 
government, their own newspaper, and 
many activities of their own; in those re- 
spects they enjoy advantages which 
women in coeducational institutions do 
not have. When it is said, therefore, that 
we have co-education, it is because people 
disregard every aspect except instruction, 
though we should be well aware that there 
is much to a college besides instruction. 



Recognition has gone so far that we 
have admitted women into this august 
body. Just to express it in those terms is 
evidence enough that 25 years from now 
our successors will smile at the slowness, 
the tentativeness, and obvious inadequacy 
of what we have done. The education of 
women long ago moved out of the defen- 
sive stage. The status of women has 
changed radically and this body would do 
well in the perpetual reconstitution of the 
governance of the Uni /ersity to take a 
bolder and more realistic view of the part 
women can, do, and should play in the af- 
fairs of the world. A revolution has been 
wrought without attracting attention. It 
has been done not by any long-range de- 
cision, but by the continuous readjust- 
ment of practice to meet the realities of 
modern life. 



The Hash for Benefaction 

Brown is precisely the kind of institu- 
tion to which one would e.xpect people to 
be eager to contribute. 

It is businesslike: its investments have 
been handled by successive Treasurers and 
Investment Committees with a combina- 
tion of simplicity and wisdom which is 
remarkable. 

No university is less cumbered with 
architectural show pieces. Nowhere will 
you find a more distinguished teaching 
staff housed in shabbier surroundings 
than our great Psychology Department. 
This is symbolic of the readiness to do 
with what we have. 

There are no frills in the curriculum or 
the academic structure. The organization 
of instruction is marked by an integrity 
so profound that it evokes respect even 
from the cynical in the university world. 

Here academic freedom is fully en- 
joyed and not abused. Here scholarship 
flourishes and teaching is honored. 

Here without noise and pretense the 
substance of discrimination has been con- 
tinuously reduced to the vanishing point. 



In short, if one were to describe a non- 
existent institution where economy, schol- 
arly integrity, and dedicated teaching 
flourish, it would be hard to find a better 
example than exists right here. 

Brown is an institution, moreover, 
which has served the public and served 
it well, but has not asked for political 
favors or public appropriations. In all 
respects it is the kind of institution to 
which men who really believe in individ- 
ualism — whether of life or of enterprise — 
and in freedom — personal, political, 
economic, and social — would like to give 
their money. 

Many aspects of life puzzle me; none 
do I find so difficult of explanation as the 
financial problems of Brown University. 
Often one wonders whether the worst 
enemies of a free economy are not its 
vocally professed friends; from some of 
them come advertising which appeals to 
everything except intelligence, efforts at 
bribery which run so low as gifts to in- 
duce the admission of students academi- 
cally ineligible, political contributions in 
the hope of material return. These things 
I find shocking and hard to believe; one 
can hope they are sporadic manifesta- 
tions by the lower moral fringe. But the 
failure to insure the future of a free, inde- 
pendent exponent of the living and grow- 
ing truth in science, in the arts, in the 
humanities and social studies, is infinitely 
more daunting, for that is the action not 
of the lower fringe of the business world; 
it is the failure of the best elements in our 
economic life. 

The sheet anchor for the independent 
institution is its endowment, and the en- 
dowment of Brown has not grown and 
is not growing anywhere near commen- 
surately with rising costs. Unless it does, 
no amount of administrative skill or of 
scholarly dedication will preserve this 
institution in full strength and vigor to 
the successive generations from whom we 
are borrowing so much and for whom we 
are preparing to do so little. 



NOVE.MBER 1931 



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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, Calif. 
Arizona, Arthur L. Flagg '06, 29 Holly St., Phoenix, Ariz. 
ASHEVILLE, N. C, James B. Hurley '29, Box 174, Canton, N. C. 
Baltimore, William K. Connor '49, 2 E. 39th St., Baltimore 18, Md. 
Berkshire County, P. A. Tamburello '34, 28 North St., Pittsfield, Mass. 
Boston, William R. Hulbert '37, 84 State St., Boston 9, Mass. 
Bridgeport, D. A. Mahoney, Jr. '49, 195 Oakland St., Stratford, Conn. 
Brown Engineering Assn., George A. Pournaras '25, 37 Sprague St., 

Baldwin, L. I., N. Y. 
Buffalo (Western N. Y.), Robert P. King '50, 43 Northampton St., 

Buffalo 9, N. Y. 
Canton, Samuel J. Dreyer '22, 1950 No. Market, Canton, Ohio 
Cape Cod, Carl A. Terry '15, Box 84, Barnstable, Mass. 
Central Pennsylvania, James B. Sisk "31, Belle Alto, RD 3, Werners- 

ville. Pa. 
Chicago, Robert H. Mareneck '46, 811 Cherry St., Wheaton, 111. 
Cincinnati, Thurston Merrell, Jr. '45, 2919 Victoria Ave., Cincinnati 

8, Ohio 
Cleveland, O. F. Walker '33, 12700 Shaker Blvd., Cleveland 20, Ohio 
Connecticut 'Valley, Lewis A. Shaw '48, 231 Belmont Ave., Spring-., 

field 8, Mass. 
Dallas, Coburn A. Buxton '34, 3411 Wylie Dr., Dallas 9, Texas 
Detroit, Robert L. Reynolds '40, 15734 Heyden Ave., Detroit 23, Mich. 
Eagle Rock, Francis S. Quillen '33, 9 Hawthorne Ave., Glen Ridge, 

N.J. 
Eastern Connecticut, R. Whitney Goff '45, 209 Shennecossett Pkwy.. 

Groton, Conn. 
Fall River, R. C. Bogle '39, 733 Brayton Ave., Somerset Centre, Mass. 
Georgia, Norman P. Arnold '30, 2386 Alston Dr., Atlanta, Ga. 
Hartford, Cyrus G. Flanders '18, 66 N. Main St., Windsor Locks, 

Conn. 
Houston. Morris J. Pepper '27, 708 Sterling Bldg., Houston 2, Texas 
Indiana, Alfred E. Kessler '35, 2429 Baur Dr., Indianapolis 20, Ind. 
Kansas City, Mo., L. H. Denison '96, 200 Rialto Bldg., Kansas City, 

Mo. 
Lackawanna, Walter Koebig '32, 204 Longwood Ave., Chatham, N. J. 
Long Island, John J. Roe, Jr. '27, 125 E. Main St., Patchogue, N. Y. 
Los Angeles, A. T. Marshall '42, 703 W. 46th St., Los Angeles 37, Calif. 
Louisiana, Dr. Dean H. Echols '27, Ochsner Clinic, 1428 First St., 

New Orleans, La. 
Manhasset Bay, R. P. Uhl '30, 71 Arleigh Rd., Great Neck, L. I., N. Y. 
Merrimack Valley, J. S. Eastham '19, 250 Stuart St., Boston, Mass. 
Mid-Hudson, H. Irving Long, Jr. "48, Camelot Rd., R-4, Poughkeepsie, 

N. Y. 
Milwaukee, G. J. Devine '36, 709 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee 2, Wise. 
New Bedford, Jack M. Rosenberg '42, 46 South 6th St., New Bedford, 

Mass. 




New Haven, J. C. Braman '40, 153 McKinley Ave., New Haven, Conn. 
New York, R. M. Golrick '47, Brown Club, 39 E. 39th St., N. Y. 16, N. Y. 
North Shore (Mass.), S. A. Hutchinson '31, 27 Pilgrim Rd., Marble- 
head, Mass. 
N. E. New York, Edwin B. Laughlin '43, Albany County, Box 31, 

Loudonville, N. Y. 
N. E. Pennsylvania, Henry W. Peterson '21, 409 Miners Bank Bldg., 

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
Northwest (Seattle), A. Wilbur Stevens '42, 4061 Pasadena PI., Apt. 

1, Seattle 5, Wash. 
Oklahoma, E. J. Schermerhorn '34, 2824 So. Columbia PI., Tulsa, Okla. 
Oregon, Ashley Greene '21, 1207 Public Service Bldg., Portland 4, Ore. 
Philadelphia, James S. Siegal '46, Apt. 8, 18 Valley Rd., Drexel- 

brook, Drexel Hill, Penna. 
Plainfield Area Section l, Charles E. Benz '32, Martinsville, N. J. 
Rhode Island, William D. Reynolds '37, 40 Bluff Rd., Barrington, R. I. 
Rochester, R. J. Meredith '49, 1 16 Willowbend Rd., Rochester 18, N. Y. 
Rocky Mountain, Judge Joseph E. Cook '14, City and County Bldg., 

Denver, Colo. 
San Diego, Allen Huntington '43, 421 S. Coast Blvd., La Jolla, Calif. 
Scarsdale-White Plains, William J. Roach '48, 531 E. Lincoln Ave., 

Apt. 3K, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 
South Florida, Edwin C. Bliss '47, Box 772, Coral Gables, Fla. 
St. Louis, Creighton B. Calfee '34, 30 Clermont Lane, Clayton 24, Mo. 
Syracuse, Earle C. Drake '24, 1 14 Harrington Rd., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Trenton, Willard C. Parker '42, William H. Fulper, Inc., 300 W. 

State St., Trenton, N. J. 
Virginia, Walter I. Dolbeare '23, 4108 Hillcrest Rd., Richmond, Va. 
Washington, D. C, Lt. William J. Barton '45, USNR, 2206 "Q" St., 

N.W., Washington 8, D. C. 
Western Maine, Robert F. Skillings '11, 7 Oaklawn Rd., Peaks Island, 

Me. 
Western Pennsylvania, Albert B. Jeffers '22, 365 Jonquil PI., Mt. 

Lebanon, Pittsburgh 34, Pa. 
Woonsocket, H. M. Caslowitz "28, P. O. Box 528, Woonsocket, R. L 
Worcester County (Mass.), George E. Marble 00, 14 High Ridge 

Rd., Worcester, Mass. 



ASSOCIATION 



OF CLASS 

Earl M. Pearce '17, Chairman 



SECRETARIES 



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

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

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

1887 — Dr. Edmund D. Chesebro, Theinert 
House, Pleasant View Ave., Green- 
ville, R. I. 

1888 — Prof. Arthur E. Watson, 30 Congdon St. 

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

1891— Frank L. Hinckley, 2200 Industrial Trust 
Bldg. 

1892— Dr. Herbert G. Partridge, 190 Angell St. 

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

1894— William C. Hill, 1166 Worthington St., 
Springfield, Mass. 

1895 — Herbert M. Adams, 15 Westminster St. 

1896 — Charles R. Easton, 368 Benefit St. 

1897 — George L. Miner, 276 Blackstone Blvd. 

1898 — Theodore E. Dexter, 73 Hawes St., Cen- 
tral Falls, R. L 

1899 — Benjamin W. Grim, 302 Thayer St. 

1900— Willard H. Bacon, 33 Spruce St., West- 
erly, R. I. 

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 '04, 77 Sumter St. 

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

1906 — William A. Kennedy, Grinnell Co., 260 
West Exchange 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. 

Note: 



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

1911— Brenton G. Smirh, 211 Butler Ave. 

1912— Earl P. Perkms, 10 Gibson Ave., Nar- 
ragansett, R. I. 

1913— George T. Metcalf, 68 South Main St. 

1914 — Francis W. Post, 65 Orchard St., Crans- 
ton, R. I. 

1915— Sidney Cliffoid, 1003 Turks Head Bldg. 

1916 — John W. Mocre, 378 Auburn St., Crans- 
ton, R. I. 

1917— Earl M. Pearc?:, P. O. Box 1505. 

1918— Walter Adler, 1006 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

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

1920 — Fred E. Schoeiieweiss, 35 Fosdyke St. 

1921— Alfred Mochau, 123 Oak Tree Ave., 
Warwick, R. I. 

1922— J. Wilbur Riker, 411 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

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

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

1925— William C. Waring, Jr., c/o Textron, 
Inc., 20 Market Square. 

1 926 — Jacob S. Temkin, 540 Hospital Trust Bldg. 

1927 — Irving G. Loxley, 94 Albert Ave., Edge- 
wood, R. I. 

1928— Earl H. Bradley, 920 County St., Seekonk, 
Mass. 

1929— Ed-zin C Harris, 31 Lowden St., Paw- 
tucket, R. I. 

1930— Edmund J. Farrell, 6 Armistice Blvd., 
PawtL"-kc:. R. I. 

1931— Clinton N. Williams, 51 So. Angell St. 



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

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

1934 — Bancroft Littlefield, 48 Barnes St. 

1935— Alfred H. Joslin, 25 So. Angell St. 

1936 — Robert W. Kenyon, 210 Squantum Dr., 
Gov. Francis Farms, Edgewood 5, 
R. r. 

1937 — Martin L. Tarpy, 6 Pequot Rd., Paw- 
tucket, R. I. 

1938— Paul W. Welch, 527 Industrial Trust 
Bldg. 

1939— Charles W. Gustavesen, Jr., 200 Water- 
man St. 

1940 — Joseph C. Harvey, 116 Greenwich Ave., 
E. Providence, R. I. 

1941 — James A. Cunningham, Jr., 221 Benefit St. 

1942 — William I. Crooker, Brown University. 

1943 — Kingsley N. Meyer, 80 Grotto Ave. 

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

1945 — Peter Quinn, Jr., 311 Laurel Ave. 

1946 — Ivory Littlefield, Jr., 43 Irving Ave. 

1947— Richard W. Carpenter, 5023 49th Ave. 
N., Minneapolis, Minn. 

1^47 — Richard M. Morris, All Saints Church, 
Belmont, Mass. 
New England Deputy. 

1948 — James J. Tyrrell, Jr., 12 Stuyvesant 
Oval, 1-d, New York 9, N. Y. 

1949 — Vincent D'Angelo, Peckham Rd., Pough- 
keepsie, N. Y. 

1950— Robert C. Pendleton, 149 Wesleyan Ave 

1951 — Michael K. Handman, 91 Central Park 
West, New York 23, N. Y. 



Unless otherwise indicated, all addresses are in Providence.