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ALUMNI MONTHLY 




SENT BY THE UNIVERSITY TO ALL BROWN MEN 



BROWN 

ALUMNI MONTHLY 

Published by Brown University for its 
Alumni 

MEMBER, AMERICAN ALUMNI COUNCIL 

Board of Editors 

Chairman 
C. ARTHUR BRAITSCH 23 

Vice-Cliairnian 
GEORGE W. POTTER '21 

GARRETT D. BYRNES 26 
DWIGHT T. COLLEY '18 
CARLETON GOFF '24 
PROF. I. J. KAPSTEIN "26 
JOHN T. WINTERICH '12 

Managing-Editor 
CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 

Assistant Editor 
DOUGLAS A. SNOW '45 



CONTENTS 

News 

Carnegie's Grant to Brown 6 

The New Fund Chairman 12 

2 Burgesses to Washington 1 3 



Features 




Look at the Ledger 


3 


The 'Twenties 


5 


The LC.L Proposal 


7 


Harvey Davis 


12 


San Francisco Love Song 


14 


The General's House 


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Departments 

Small Talk 2 

The Brown Clubs Report 20 

Brunonians Far and Near 22 

In Our Month's Mail 3 1 

A Winter Sports Survey 32 

Bureau of Vital Statistics 33 

In Metnoriam 35 



THE COVER PHOTO: Most photo- 
graphed feature of the Brown University 
campus is, of course. University Hall. But 
J. Amor y Vazquez, graduate student in 
Modern Languages, found an original 
prospect — through the window of the 
Stamp Collection Room of the John Hay 
Library. 




> During that yearly festival of rea- 
soning and roasting, the Broomhead din- 
ner for the football squad, President 
Wriston and the coach were seated side 
by side at the head table. It was a golden 
opportunity for the latter, who made the 
most of it. Dr. Wriston acknowledged the 
coach's earnestness when it was time for 
his presidential speech: '"1 thought." he 
said, "that I was going to be able to come 
here to this party of Fred Broomhead's 
to relax and enjoy myself. Instead, I've 
had to hear about the spring practice we 
didn't have and everything else Al would 
like changed at Brown. I've heard plenty, 
and I'm a football casualty, too. You 
see this ear? It's a Kelley-flower ear!" 

> If the newspapers reported it at the 
time, we missed the item. But the Editors 
of the Radcliffe News asked Walt Kelly 
and Pogo for advice on behalf of the 
graduating Class of 19.^2. The reply: 
"DON'T TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUS IT 
AIN'T NO HOW PERMANENT." 

About the same time, over at Smith, 
the alumnae were following that counsel. 
The Sinitli Quarterly reports that I9l7's 
reunion sign proclaimed: "Ike left his 
SHAPE in Europe. We brought ours with 
us." I922's rhyme was: "Buxom, blithe 
and debonair — we wore our falsies in our 
hair." 

> We read, with some enlightenment, the 
two partisan versions of what happened 
the morning of the Harvard-Dartmouth 
game last fall when the members of The 
Dartmouth undertook a hoax issue of 
The Crimson for the genuine Cambridge 
product. 

The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine con- 
cluded its report with this summary: 
"The weekend, thought the Dartmouth 
directorate, was a perfect success." 

On the other hand, the Harvard Alumni 
Bulletin said: "It was an enjoyable piece 
of exerci.se. Crimson editors thought, but 
not really worth the effort." 

> When Harry Pattee '06 went down to 
Deland, Fla., in November, he received 
special welcome as the father of Stetson 
University's Varsity football coach. Jay 
Pattee '44. In one of his interviews he told 
how he got himself into some trouble in 
1921, his last year as Brown's baseball 
coach. He'd taken the team to New York 
for a game with Columbia at the time 
when an addition to his family was ex- 
pected. 

"If any of you knock a home run, I'll 
name the baby after you," he told the 




players. One of them came through — 
Curley Oden '21, whose full name (he 
soon found out) was Olaf Gustaf Hazard 
Oden. Harry hedged: "My wife would di- 
vorce me if I named the boy that." And 
Curley never held it against his coach 
that the boy was named John Hiram 
Pattee. 

y As the Indiana Ahmini Magazine be- 
gan its l.'ith year of publication this fall, 
there was this simple reference to the an- 
niversary: "The Editor and the entire staff 
of the Office of the Alumni Secretary take 
pride and comfort in noting that the cir- 
culation of the Magazine exceeds that of 
the Daily Worker." 

> It has been no help to the makers of 
hats that most American collegians go 
hatless the year 'round. In an apparent 
effort to combat this habit, the Hat Corp- 
oration of America is trying a little ad- 
vertising, and a page on the subject ap- 
peared in Brunonia for November, We 
quote: 

"GRAB YOUR BOY, COACH, HE'S 
HEADING OFF DOWNSTREAM. Well, 
well, there goes Roscoe — with a smile on 
his face — walking into the jaws of virus 
X. He spends all year long training and 
building up big muscles to make the 
team. And here he is fresh out of the 
shower plodding his way homeward, his 
hair glistening in the moonlight. Come 
on over here, Roscoe, and let me explain 
some of the facts of life. The team needs 
you, son! And the best way to crump out 
on it is to wander around without a hat. 
So put on a hat, etc. . . ." 

We've been watching for any indica- 
tion that this health plea in the interest 
of Varsity victories was being heeded. 
With our athletes continuing unhatted, we 
could see nothing ahead but a long string 
of defeats for Alma Mater — until — it 
occurred to us that maybe the athletes of 
Harvard and Yale might be shy a few 
hats, too. 

> If this definition has been hanging 
around for many years, we haven't hap- 
pened to encounter it. Anyway, a psy- 
chologist is a man who pulls habits out 
of rats. 

y Barron's Weekly ended an intemperate 
attack on America's colleges and univer- 
sities (Dec. 1. 19.'>2) with an assertion 
that they "must begin to earn their keep." 
It made us wonder where Barron's had 
been for the last couple of hundred years. 

BUSTER 



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BROWN 



ALUMNI 
MONTHLY 



FEBRUARY, 1953 
VOL. Llll NO. 5 




LOOK 
AT THE 
LEDGER 



Education's Future 
in the Light of 
Brown's Experience 



By BENJAMIN FINE* 

IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED that the cost of Operating a 
college, like the cost of living, has just about doubled in 
recent years. But it is not so well known just how the in- 
creased costs have affected the professors, the students and 
the college administration itself. Has the standard of educa- 
tion deteriorated? Are the colleges ready to close their 
doors? In what way has inflation influenced the course of 
higher education in this country? 

To get concrete answers to these and similar questions, 
this reporter visited a more or less typical American uni- 
versity. The institution selected. Brown University, is 190 
years old and is situated in New England. Brown has an 
undergraduate student body of 2,000, a graduate enroll- 
ment of 400 and a coordinated women's division — Pem- 
broke College — with a student group of 800. The institution 
does not pretend to be the largest or the most important 
college in the country. It prides itself on quality of instruc- 
tion, rather than the quantity. 

The president. Dr. Henry M. Wriston, is generally re- 
garded as one of the top college heads in the country. He is 
a past president of the Association of American Univer- 



THIS ARTICLE, written by the Education Editor of the New 
York Times on one of his regular visits to the Brown Cam- 
pus, is reproduced with permission from its issue of Jan. 3. 
It was headlined: "What One University Is Doing to Meet 
Rising Costs Without Lowering Standards." "Brown's plan," 
Dr. Fine concluded, "is probably the answer for all institu- 
tions of higher learning which are facing bleak financial days." 



"As a Case Study, Brown University Offers a Good Example of Whil 



sides, and in that post was in large measure responsible for 
creating the nation-wide study of the financial conditions 
of American colleges and universities, sponsored by the 
Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations. The commission re- 
cently issued its three-year study and offered suggestions 
for the financial improvement of the nation's colleges. 

As a case study. Brown University offers a good picture of 
what is happening to colleges elsewhere. The problems 
found on this campus can be duplicated in the Middle At- 
lantic States, in the South, in the !Nlidwest and on the Pacific 
Coast. While the details may differ, the general outline is the 
same. Here, as elsewhere, the urgent need for greater public 
support becomes all too evident. 

If we take a look at the "before" and "after" situation — 
comparing 1942 with 1952 — the tremendous surge in enroll- 
ment and the equally great increase in operating costs be- 
come evident. Back in 1942 Brown University had an op- 
erating budget of $2,000,000. Today it is $6,600,000. Dur- 
ing the past several years the university has been unable to 
make ends meet. The operating deficit for the past two 
years has been about $185,000 annually. 

"Luckier Than Most Colleges" 

But Brown has been luckier than most colleges: it had a 
"stabilization fund" of $500,000, saved for just such emer- 
gencies. This fund has now been depleted. In the last fiscal 
year the university had to dip into its reserves to meet the 
operating deficit. What will happen next year? The univer- 
sity plans to step up its fund-raising campaign by going after 
corporations, big business, alumni and friends. 

What happens to those institutions that do not have spe- 
cial funds to tap? Many are forced to weaken their financial 
structure unfortunately, or to lower their academic stand- 
ards. Here, too. Brown is in a fortunate position — its endow- 
ment has gone up during the past ten years from $11,500,- 
000 to $15,000,000. The increase has not grown as fast as 
the operating expenses, however. 

Why does Brown find itself in the red? Where does the 
money go? The skyrocketing costs of running a college or 
university can be seen graphically through the expense fig- 
ures presented here. 

1941-42 1951-52 

Faculty salaries $854,000 $1,828,000 

Maintenance (buildings and grounds) 236,000 476,000 

Dormitory and dining halls 133,000 1,700,000 

Almost everything that the college uses in the way of 
equipment and supplies has gone skyward. Here is a com- 
parative price list: 

1940 1952 

Letterhead paper $ 1.00 ream $ 2.50 ream 

8-page exam book 33 pkg 1.00 pkg 

Library chair 13.00 38.00 

Desk, steel 60.40 1 15.00 

Microscope 170.00 334.00 

Crucible, porcelain .28 .56 

Evaporating dish, porcelain .. .50 1.02 

Other major expenses bring about the financial plight. For 
example, the university's contribution to the professors' re- 
tirement fund has gone up. Ten years ago the institution 



contributed 5 per cent, today it is 10 per cent. Actually the 
increase is more than double because the university now 
pays 10 per cent of $1,828,000 as against 5 per cent of 
$850,000. Labor costs have increased, too. 



High Standards Maintained 

To keep the budget down, various economies have been 
made. Two years ago the university had twenty-four kitch- 
ens — this year there are sue. Savings are made through a 
central purchasing department. Here is one small example: 
in the past all phonograph records were purchased by the 
different divisions in a near-by retail store. Today they are 
bought at a wholesale place, with a saving of 30 per cent. 
Not much in itself, but it all adds up. 

A central stenographic bureau has been established with 
a "pool" of available stenographers. An I. B. M. machine 
has been installed in the controller's office, with subsequent 
savings on payroll lists, alumni lists, etc. A central photo- 
graphic laboratory cuts down on expenses, too. The univer- 
sity employed a man who did nothing but wind the many 
clocks on the campus. Electric clocks, recently installed, do 
not need this attention. Wherever possible, mechanical de- 
vices have been installed to replace hand labor; as a result 
there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the number of em- 
ployes in the buildings and grounds division. The university 
estimates it saves a minimum of $125,000 annually on plant 
maintenance alone. 

However, Dr. Wriston stressed that no economies have 
been made at the expense of the students or faculties. The 
professors have received substantial pay increases, although 
"we do not pay them enough even now," the Brown presi- 
dent remarked. It is impossible, he pointed out, to increase 
the teaching load without impairing teaching or research. 
Nor have necessary courses been dropped. At all costs, re- 
gardless of operating deficits, the university intends to main- 
tain its high academic standards. 

Tuition fees at Brown, as elsewhere throughout the coun- 
try, have gone up until today they are the highest in the long 
history of this institution. Students pay a tuition fee of $700 
plus a general fee of $90, making a total of $790. Before the 
American Revolution, tuition at Brown was $12 a year. 
After the Revolution it jumped to $16. 

According to Dr. Bruce M. Bigelow, Vice-President of 
the University, student fees at Brown have mirrored the na- 
tional scene, with the wars playing a major role in the in- 
flation. Before the Civil War the annual tuition fee was $36. 
Five years after the war it went up to $75 and in seven more 




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Happening to Colleges Elsewhere" 



years to $100. At the beginning of World War I the tuition 
was set at $175, but by 1919 it went up to $200. By 1930 the 
tuition had been raised to $400. The increases began after 
World War II. In 1951 the fees had jumped to $690, and 
this year another $100 was added. 

$714,000 in Student Aid 

The university officials are aware that tuition fees have 
gone just about as high as they can without freezing out com- 
petent students. Scholarships and student aid have greatly 
increased. Ten years ago the university allocated $186,000 
to its students in the form of scholarship aid — this year it 
has gone up to $714,000. This, of course, is another factor 
in the unbalanced budget. 

What does all this add up to? Dr. Wriston believes that 
the coming year will find the colleges in a stronger and more 
encouraging position. College enrollment, for one thing, has 
stabilized. Corporations and business concerns are ready to 
provide more money than they have in the past. The colleges, 
also, are eager to seek more funds for their endowments. The 
annual giving by alumni is being stepped up on most cam- 
puses. 

Will the colleges balance their budgets? That, in itself, is 
not important. Dr. Wriston suggests. The important issue 
is not the immediate balancing of the budget but whether the 
college can balance it over a period of years. Brown Univer- 
sity has not been able to live within its operating income in 
recent years. But it hopes to get greater support from the 
community and from its other friends through a concen- 
trated appeal for funds. 

Brown's plan is probably the answer for all institutions 
of higher learning which are facing bleak financial days. 
Only as the American colleges and universities receive 
greater support will they be able to continue to serve the 
nation in the years ahead. 



THE TWENTIES 

By GEORGE W. POTTER '21 

THEY ARE WRITING BOOKS about it, critical studies and sum- 
maries and interpretive examination, that is, the period in 
American letters known as the Twenties. 

The critics ask: Why is it that after the First World War 
the creative abilities of our people flourished in full bloom in 
poetry and novels and that after the Second World War we 
have been comparatively sterile? 

It is my belief (and only my opinion) that the war had 
little or nothing to do with the creativeness of the Twenties. 
Indeed, that renaissance had started before we entered the 
war. I can well remember one Sunday afternoon in 1915, 
long before we entered the war and isolationism was the 
principle of the land, that I sat with a friend and he read to 
me the haunting passages from Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon 
River Anthology," which was actually the start of the Twen- 
ties — the moving epitaph of Ann Rutledge. beloved of Abra- 
ham Lincoln, and the passages of the newspaper owner and 
the Roman Catholic priest and the town's bad girl and the 
judge. 



I can well remember one afternoon that I went into Pres- 
ton & Rounds, then the leading book shop in the town, and 
after greeting Mr. Lovell, Mr. Wheeler and Miss King, who 
were the custodians of our reading — and good custodians 
they were — picking up a book that was piled high on the 
counter and hearing Walton Lovell say that it had come in 
with high recommendation. The name of the book was "The 
Sun Also Rises" and the author a new name, Ernest Hem- 
ingway. I read the opening lines and I said to Mr. Lovell: 
"Do you mind if I sit down with this book?" Not at all, he 
said, and I retired to a chair in the back of the book shop. 
Three hours later I had finished it and I said: "I guess that 
I'll buy this." Thus I have a first edition of that novel, which 
was probably the outstanding book of the Twenties. 

We had all read Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise," 
and Percy Marks, who was a member of the English Depart- 
ment at Brown with me and who, good soul that he was, 
tried to steer me into good reading, had copied the pattern of 
Scott Fitzgerald with his "Plastic Age," which I understand 
from Garrett Byrnes of the Sunday Journal is being read by 
the college set today. 

Those were the days when the Irish movement was in full 
sway. James Stephens came to Providence and one after- 
noon at the Faculty Club entranced a sizable audience by his 
talk on letters, saying (I remember) that poetry was the 
product of young and immature people and that a nation 
lived by prose and that a nation was great according to the 
magnificence of its prose writers. Then one day AE, George 
W. Russell, came to this town and with his splendid beard 
recited his poetry, first, to a small gathering, and, later in 
the evening, to a happy audience at Pembroke College. We 
all went away that night walking on air. 

Among the Anointed 

In those days the anointed (that is, the students who were 
in the creative swing) walked around the campus of Brown 
and talked to one another in this fashion: "I would be walk- 
ing the seven roads of the world and not be seeing such 
beauty as is beholden in your eyes." Sid Perelman, the na- 
tional comic, was at that time the editor of The Brown Jug 
and displaying signs of the genius that has since marked 
him. Nathan Weinstein, later famous as Nathanael West, 
was walking around, quiet, unobtrusive, and delicate, a sen- 
sitive observer of life, who later came to an untimely death 
in an automobile accident. And I. J. Kapstein, who as a 
freshman won renown by translating Jules LaForgue into 
English from the French, was preparing to write a novel 
that was much better received in England than over here. 

We read the smart new magazines. The Dial and Broom 
and transition. I well recall the day that Tlie Dial came 
out with the publication of T. S. Eliot's "Wasteland" and of 
the struggle we had in trying to place the lines from the great 
poets of the English language and the literature of the world 
— from Webster and from Dante — "I did not know that 
Death had left so many undone." And then there was John 
Dos Passes, who had written a critical novel of our troops 
in the First World War. And there was The Freeman, a 
magazine of radical doctrine and orthodox literary opinion, 
edited by Albert Jay Nock, who loved the South County 
better than any section of the United States. 

As the critics look back upon it. and as I myself go over 
the period, it was a golden age of American letters, like the 
period that produced Melville and Hawthorne, when the 
genius of this country came to ripe expression. We all then, 
like Eugene O'Neill's Columbus, had dreams of fair cities 
in our eyes but only a few made it. 

— from "In Perspective," the Providence Journal-Bulletin 



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THE CHECK read: "Pay to the order of Brown University 
— $250,000." It came in January from the Carnegie 
Corporation of New York. It will make possible an exciting 
new instructional program at Brown for the next five years, 
starting next fall. The experiment, based on a challengingly 
fresh approach to the first two years of college, has an 
official name — "The Identification and Criticism of Ideas." 
Doubtless the students will shorten this to its initials — I.C.I. 
But, whatever its name or nickname, it is destined to be- 
come famous. Nothing that has been done educationally 
at Brown since Wayland's introduction of the Elective Sys- 
tem is going to have such a large and observant audience. 

The trumpets may not blast loudly for immediate atten- 
tion, for the scholar's traditional approach to experiment 
is always cautious. He has a reluctance toward advertising 
too much too soon. He can often work better somewhere 
else than in front of the grandstand. Nevertheless, few 
things have so stimulated the Faculty of Brown as during 
the months when the idea was being refined and later when 
the Carnegie Corporation began inquiring into its merits. 
The Faculty gave its final approval (by an overwhelming 
vote, we hear). 

Of what will the experimental program consist? For the 
best statement of this, one should read what is said in the 
official proposal (see the facing page) which was prepared 
for the Carnegie Corporation: "The Freshman year espe- 
cially needs to be revitalized. It should constitute a new 
adventure marked by sharp contrast with preparatory 

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THE PROPOSAL THAT WON THE GRANT: 



"Identification and Criticism of Ideas" 



THIS IS A PROPOSAL for a series of experimental courses for 
Freshmen and Sophomores entitled "The Identification 
and Criticism of Ideas." A number of Departments in the 
humanities, social studies and science would give these 
courses under the same name, with subtitles to distinguish 
them. 

The experiment seeks a fresh and sounder approach to 
the life of the mind; it is designed to stimulate the impulse of 
the students to develop intellectually. Students who selected 
the new curriculum would follow it throughout the first two 
years; it would constitute their distribution program. Each 
would take two or three such courses each year together 
with the required foreign language study, and in many cases, 
ROTC. The experimental program would be within the field 
of "general education." It would replace the present distri- 
bution requirement for participating students. 

The basic idea is to make a challenging classic the founda- 
tion for a course of study. The first objective is to discover 
the ideas originating or developed in the book, particularly 
those which have proved of long-range significance and 
which reappear as vital concepts in later literature and ex- 
perience. 

The method would be to identify the theses, analyze their 
origin and their consistency, interpret their meaningfulness 
and the relationship which they bear to experience. Criticism 
of the ideas would require extensive reading outside the 
central classic in order to see how other minds have dealt 
with the same problems, and how experience, research, and 
discussion have modified the points of view expounded by 
the author. 

A Challenge at the Outset 

The Freshman year especially needs to be revitalized. It 
should constitute a new adventure marked by sharp con- 
trast with preparatory school. Skepticism about what the 
students have learned in secondary school has become rife 
among faculties — and students. In consequence there is a 
strong tendency to conceive of the first college year as 
mainly remedial. Remedial exercises are one of life's dullest 
experiences. The result of this type of emphasis is to blunt, 
rather than to sharpen, the students' interest in college. 

We seek a new method of arousing intellectual curiosity 
and evoking a desire for original and creative thought. The 
minds of Freshmen need to be awakened since they are un- 
accustomed to independent thought on questions having no 
immediate personal bearing. They must be freed from the 
dominance of dogma and prejudice and begin to develop 
their capacity to think clearly. 

Another objective is to bring the students into firsthand, 
continuous, intimate contact with deeply significant ma- 
terial. The presentation, by textbook and lecture, of a body 
of knowledge is often of small educative value for the Fresh- 
man because it does not dramatize for him the fact that edu- 
cation must begin within himself, or not at all. Goethe at 80 
said that he had struggled to read and felt he had made prog- 
ress, but still had a long way to go. Many Freshmen give 
evidence of having abandoned that struggle before begin- 
ning. One reason is that they are not induced to read in 
words that are worth the effort or that challenge the mind. 

Most textbooks are hardly worth reading; if not barren 
of ideas, they are impoverished in that respect. In the pro- 



posed courses textbooks would be abandoned. Lectures 
would be rare. There would be an end to the practice of re- 
digesting predigested matter in order to "bring it down to 
the level of the student mind." The effort would be the exact 
reverse: to arouse in the students, by a variety of means, the 
desire to inquire for themselves and to reflect — to lift their 
minds toward understanding. 

One Book, Not a Hundred 

Each course would be based on one or two classics. That 
much it would have in common with the "Great Books" 
idea. The difference would be the difference between "ex- 
tensity" and "intensity." Reading a hundred great books in 
the period generally assigned averages nearly one every 10 
days; such a pace may well lead to superficiality. The current 
proposal is to use a single great book — or possibly two — per 
course in an effort to bring about a genuine intellectual 
awakening. The student would read enough of the work of 
a first-rate mind to trace the pattern of the author's think- 
ing; then he would find these ideas repeated in allied fields. 
He would be led to other books in seeking to appreciate and 
evaluate the ideas which come to life for him. 

The identification of ideas would be complemented by 
their criticism. In a changing world the fundamental ideas in 
books of classical proportions have been modified by subse- 
quent experience and reflection. All students would not do 
the same critical reading: each would be encouraged to 
broaden the range of his interest and develop his own view- 
point as a foundation for class discussion. This should re- 
sult in the maximum use of the library rather than depend- 
ence upon "reserve books" to the neglect of those in the 
stacks. 

If the phase of the work associated with criticism is ade- 
quately handled, the student would have at the end of the 
year, not merely the viewpoint of the basic author, but at 
least as "modern" a point of view as a student who had cov- 
ered the subject in the orthodox manner. He would also have 
acquired even more factual material than in the traditional 
course. He would have the added advantage of depth and 
perspective not attained under present methods. 

The consequence should be a much more solid grounding 
in the disciplines than that obtained in the usual "introduc- 
tory" courses since the proposed project would stress the 
characteristic methods of thought applicable to the subject. 
It would develop the intellectual capacity of the students 
more than their powers of memorization and it would pro- 
vide firsthand familiarity with literature which has had an 
important part in the history of human thought and action. 

Instead of English One 

It should facilitate the habit of expression, now sadly 
neglected in the Freshman year. These students would not 
take English 1, but they would be required to write substan- 
tial essays in each course. This would develop their ability 
to follow out a line of thought consistently and objectively, 
and to express themselves clearly and correctly. The writ- 
ing would be evaluated for the quality of its prose as well as 
for its critical competence. The volume of writing would 
be much greater than in any "theme course"; moreover the 
students would have the advantage of writing about some- 



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PORTRAITS IN PARODY: When the Providence Art Club presented its 
1952 Christmas Show (by Roger T. Clopp '19), Artist Wilfred Duphiney 
had pointed three ofFicials of Brown University for the walls of the 
mythical institution, Burleigh College, in which the scene was laid. Left 
to right: Dr. Samuel T. Arnold '13 ("The Laughing Provost") after the 

thing with which their minds were currently deeply ab- 
sorbed. Some instructors now teaching English 1 would be 
eligible to give courses in Identification and Criticism. Oth- 
ers would be used as consultants to whom students deficient 
in English could be sent. 

Similarly, as soon as the student attained reasonable pro- 
ficiency, he would be required to read some of the collateral 
material in a foreign language. This would make use of a 
curricular requirement now largely sterile and furnish a 
really new experience. 

If the instructor devotes full time to the course, approxi- 
mately 60 students would be admitted; but they would be 
taught in three groups of about 20 each. Inasmuch as the 
program aims at the development of independence of 
thought and individuality of expression a fair-sized number 
is needed for greater variety in points of view. It is felt that 
20 students would constitute a workable group. If the in- 
structor is devoting only part of his time to the course, he 
would teach one or two groups of 20. 

If the courses were offered in at least nine Departments, 
and each student took three of these experimental courses 
each of two years, the program could involve a substantial 
fraction of the underclass men and women in Brown and 
Pembroke. This would allow flexibility in choice of courses 
by individual students and save the project from needless 
formalism and currricular rigidity. 

In the Experimeyital Period 

The initial enrollment should represent a fair sample of 
the upper one half of candidates for the arts degree. The 
new program is not to be regarded in any respect as an 
honors course, but it would seem desirable, in the experi- 
mental phase, to exclude the bottom half of the class. Selec- 
tion would originally be based on entrance tests and sec- 
ondary school records. Some students originally excluded 
could be admitted after the first semester or year if they 
performed well. It is hoped that the percentage of eligibles 
can be increased as the experiment proceeds. 

It was originally proposed to exclude candidates for the 
Sc.B. and to ofl^er no such courses in science, but it is now 
felt that Sc.B. students should be admitted to the courses in 



famous painting by Hals. President Wriston, complete with toga. Vice- 
President Bruce M. Bigelow '24, in the manner of Van Dyke. The por- 
traits were presented to the three officers after a hilarious evening in 
which academic matters were treated with little respect. A highspot was 
a Commencement procession to end all such processions. 

the humanities and social studies. It is likewise hoped that 
such courses should be offered in the sciences. 

Progress would be carefully checked. Those in the new 
program would be matched, so far as possible, as to age, 
sex, high school standing, I.Q., and the like, with others who 
take the present curriculum in the first two years. We should 
seek to learn whether those who take the projected work 
show, during their last two years, a higher degree of matu- 
rity, more independence in their manner of work, better 
skill in writing, greater facility in oral expression, and en- 
hanced ability to deal with ideas. Substantial emphasis 
would be laid upon an analysis of the results by our testing 
service (which is exceptionally well organized), by Dean 
Keeney and Dean Lewis, and by those members of the 
Faculty most actively participating. 

The program would not be advertised as a prescription 
for other colleges to follow, at least until the newness had 
worn off and until the effects of the proposed methods of 
instruction had been fully determined, insofar as modern 
techniques make that possible. Naturally we should make 
material available to others if they so desired. 

The Faculty for the Program 

The word "interdisciplinary" has been worn smoother 
than David's pebble from the brook; in the process it has 
been grossly abused. What is here proposed is not inter- 
disciplinary in any formal sense. It is an attempt to develop 
Faculty awareness of the common elements which different 
disciplines share, through a more intimate acquaintance 
with the means and modes of the other teachers. The at- 
tainment of this objective would be stimulated by confer- 
ences and association, by discussion of related objectives 
and methods. A kind of seminar for all the Faculty par- 
ticipants would be essential. 

Adoption of the program would result temporarily in a 
net addition to the teaching loads above those involved in 
the present curriculum. Both the present and the projected 
courses would have to be taught during the experiment. 
This obviously implies an increase in the size of the Faculty 
approximately equal to the number of experimental courses. 
It is felt that the sum of $250,000 spread over a five-year 



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period would provide a workable amount to launch the 
program, develop it, and evaluate it. 

Staffing the project involves many considerations. Since 
there are no precedents to serve as guides, the initial phases 
of the program would require an enormous amount of in- 
tellectual organization. The analysis of appropriate col- 
lateral material and the construction of reading suggestions 
to meet special characteristics would inevitably be an ardu- 
ous and time-consuming enterprise. It is assumed that prep- 
aration and instruction would constitute practically a fuli 
load for each participating Faculty member, at least while 
the method is being adapted and refined. 

Throughout the experimental period techniques would 
be thoroughly explored and courses continuously revised in 
the light of experience. If the project proved successful, 
more members of the Faculty and more students would be 
drawn into the program. Thus there might be a gradual sub- 
stitution of the new form of curriculum and instruction for 
the old. 

There is definite feeling that the launching of the project 
should not be assigned entirely or even primarily to ap- 
pointees brought in for this particular purpose. If all such 
courses were taught by new Faculty members with no other 
duties, a demoralizing dichotomy within the Departments 
could develop. If present staff members were permanently 
relieved of all their other duties and charged solely with the 
responsibility of teaching in this program, the same danger 
would exist; this would not be true, however, if regular 
members of the Faculty participated in the project during 
the period of organization and while they trained their 
colleagues. 

Inasmuch as it is hoped that the project will ultimately 
be integrated into the curriculum and that most distribu- 
tion courses currently given will be eliminated or reorgan- 
ized as introductions to concentration programs after the 
exploratory period, the consensus is that it should be devel- 
oped to a large extent by present members of the Faculty. 
It is expected that several may be so challenged by the 
possibilities inherent in the experiment as to be willing to 
relinquish most of their present teaching duties for a year 
or so. Their usual tasks would be put in charge of ap- 
pointees who could handle adequately the more tradition- 
ally organized materials. 

Consideration of the teaching problems related to the 
proposed courses brings up the possible use of graduate 
assistants. The regular staff members would do all the or- 
ganizational work and most of the actual instruction; grad- 
uate students could gain experience by assisting. They 
could be used effectively only after careful selection and 
under close supervision. Participation in a fresh approach 
to the curriculum would be beneficial to those about to go 
out to teach elsewhere. 



"The man who has learned to think and to reason and to com- 
pare and to discriminate and to analyze, who has refined his 
taste, and formed his judgment, and sharpened his mental vision 
will not need at once to be a lawyer, or a pleader, or an orator, 
or a stotesman, or a physician, or a good landlord, or a man of 
business, or a soldier, or on engineer, or a chemist, or a geologist, 
or an antiquarian, but he will be placed in that state of intellect 
in which he con take up any of the sciences or collings I hove re- 
ferred to, or any other for which he has a taste or o special talent, 
with an ease, a grace, a versatility, and a success to which an- 
other is a stranger." 

—JOHN HENRY NEWMAN 



The Carnegie Grant 

(Continued from page 6) 

school. . . . There is a strong tendency to conceive of the 
first college year as mainly remedial." And remedial exer- 
cises, the proposal notes, "are one of life's dullest experi- 
ences." The minds of Freshmen, "unaccustomed to inde- 
pendent thought," need to be awakened and brought into 
'■firsthand, continuous, intimate contact with deeply sig- 
nificant material." The vehicle for such contact would be 
the intensive study of a single great book or a single great 
idea — one, not 100. 

The Troublesome Transition 

The proposal needs to be interpreted in the light of the 
current unease all through the United States over the re- 
lations of the secondary schools and the colleges. This dis- 
satisfaction has been dramatized by some of the projects 
presently being financed by the Ford Foundation: 

One is the co-operative project undertaken by Harvard, 
Yale, and Princeton on the one hand and Andover, Exeter, 
and Lawrenceville on the other. This is a study in the in- 
tegration of the last two years of secondary school and the 
first two years of college in an effort to provide more ef- 
fective general education. 

A second experiment centers in the willingness of Yale, 
Wisconsin, Columbia, Oberlin, and some others to take 
selected students into college directly from their Junior year 
in high school, thus saving a year at the lower level. 

A third program is one initiated by a Brown man. Dr. 
Gordon K. Chalmers '25 of Kenyon College, in which 
Brown University is already participating to a certain de- 
gree. This involves admission into college with advanced 
credit on examination after four years of high school or 
preparatory school, thus shortening his college course. 
(This sort of thing was once much less rare. Today it is 
uncommon for a man to finish college in three years or get 
his A.M. along with his Bachelor's degree in four.) 

There is, then, widespread feeling that time is wasted in 
the transition from school to college: the better students 
are bored by the repetitiousness both of subject matter and 
change of method. There are exceptions, but the major 
difference to the Freshman in college seems to be only that 
he has moved from recitation from the textbook to lectures 
and quizzes on the textbook. 

The Father of the Idea 

The first suggestion for the new program at Brown is 
credited to Vice-President Bruce M. Bigelow '24. It may 
have a background in his 1940 travels when he visited 
many representative American colleges and universities to 
make a study under Carnegie auspices. However, his initial 
proposal was made in 1943 during a period when the 
Faculty was making a critical study of the Brown curricu- 
lum. There was neither time nor energy for a final con- 
sideration of the idea then (although it prompted many 
discussions), for it was wartime. The hectic postwar period 
cam.e soon afterward, and the University's physical expan- 
sion was also demanding. 

The present study was triggered more recently by a re- 
port by Dean Nancy Duke Lewis to the Pembroke Ad- 
visory Committee of the Brown Corporation. She had 
found that, even with the excellent instruction at Brown, 



FEBRUARY 1953 



some of the best students were bored with their Freshman 
year. The New Curriculum provided one answer, at least: 
If the student had mastered the substance of a course, she 
could take proficiency exams and, on passing them, be re- 
lieved of certain requirements. One girl thus passed off five 
of 12 requirements by exam, but the opportunity was not 
seized widely enough to be thoroughly effective. Without a 
special stimulus to do well, a student tended to coast. 

Thoughtful inquiry into the situation followed. It re- 
sulted in the proposal for the new experimental courses in 
general education. The essence of their appeal is that they 
reverse an old emphasis and make a dramatic shift in the 
method of approach. "It will be a true experiment," says 
President Wriston, "and that is important. It will be sub- 
ject to close, continuous observation and criticism to see if 
it is achieving its goals. No one is obligated to continue a 
course, and the Curriculum Committee is not obligated to 
permit it to continue." 

One Idea Intensively Pursued 

The experiment starts with a great book, and that, says 
Dr. Wriston, "led to some misunderstanding." "The aca- 
demic world," he says, "is allergic to 'great books.' They 
have been overadvertized at Chicago and St. lohn's, where 
Great Books were the basis of the whole four years of 
college. Great Books have been defined too rigidly and 
read at a very rapid pace — 100 Great Books in 120 weeks, 
with everything else. The prejudice has been heightened 
by the publication of the Syntopicon, which analyzes 104 
Great Ideas and 1006 minor ideas — a wonderful book if 
you have an adequate sense of humor." 

A swift, superficial reading of many great books, then, 
is not the Brown proposal. "But it will take a few significant 
books which epitomize progress or became turning points 
in progress. These will be read intensively, analytically in 
their social and other contexts, with reference to where the 
ideas came from and where they went and what their mean- 
ing has been." 

Already a substantial number of courses have been sug- 
gested by members of the Faculty (some of them were 
appended to the proposal as it went to the Carnegie Cor- 
poration — for purposes of illustration only, without com- 
mitment as to the final selection). President Wriston men- 
tioned some of them in talking with us about I.C.I, (an 
abbreviation, by the way, which he did not use) : 

"One idea which I find exciting — though I don't know 
whether the Curriculum Committee will accept it or not — 
would be a course in the idea of American individualism 
and the American dream. This would be illustrated from 
the writings of Hawthorne, Melville, James, Dreiser, and 
Faulkner — each dealing with a thesis of American life in 
different social, economic, and historic milieux. You see, 
there is no inclination to disparage a book because it is 
American or contemporary. There may be a perfectly good 
reason for reading it. 

Homer attd Danvin, for Example 

"On the other hand, a sample which accompanied the 
original proposal was for a course based on a study of the 
Iliad. (Note: Its proponent said it was a unit, substantially 
complete as it was in classical antiquity. "It represents the 
highest achievement of Greek letters, precedes all the other 
major works of Greece and Rome, and was held in the 
highest esteem throughout antiquity. Most of the basic 
ideas of the classical Greeks are implicit in it, and its in- 
fluence on the literature of Greece, Rome, and Western 
Europe has been enormous. The central procedure would 



be to discuss at considerable length the meaning of the 
idea which a Greek described as Arete, or excellence. . . . 
The Iliad would also form the basis for an extensive devel- 
opment of the idea of Poetry. One might well undertake a 
detailed and exacting study of Homer's use of words, figures 
of speech, and taste and judgment.") 

"A course could be based on Darwin, and we know what 
an explosive force in science and religion he proved to be. 
The student would trace his ideas from their origins and 
what happened to them, following through." (The proponent 
here thought the study of "The Origin of Species" would be 
supplemented by field trips and laboratory exercises to ac- 
quaint the student with the problems of classification and 
adaptation as they exist in nature, and by simple experi- 
ments in genetics and its mechanism. This would be an at- 
tempt to duplicate in the experience of the student the ex- 
perience of Darwin himself in the voyage of the Beagle and 
in the breeding experiments he conducted at Down House. 
Besides the philosophical implications, there would be a 
study of evolution in modern biology.) 

President Wriston also mentioned a course which might 
bracket Benedetto Croce with De Tocqueville — the story of 
the "History of Liberty" involving the former's "Politics 
and Morals" and the latter's "Democracy in America" and 
"The Old Regime and the Revolution." A course centered 
in "Don Quixote" Dr. Wriston found "very interesting." 
The Music Department has proposed a course in "The 
Sonatas and Symphonies of Beethoven," the antecedents of 
a musical idea and what became of it. 

In the field of History the opposing forces of Thucydides 
and Herodotus as historians could be developed (and were 
in a version submitted to the Carnegie investigators). Other 
suggestions were in Economics (Adam Smith's "Nature 
and Cause of the Wealth of Nations"), Political Science 
(Aristotle's "Politics" or "The Federalist Papers"), Philos- 
ophy (Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"), 
and Biblical Literature. There is no telling how many pro- 
posals will be coming in from other Departments, including 
(rather surprisingly) one from Geology. 

A Challenge to the Teacher 

The President sees the program as offering a new chal- 
lenge to some of the Faculty. A man, he believes, would 
have to devote almost all of his time and energy into con- 
ducting three sections of 20 each ("a mere target"). The 
problem of organizing a course in the initial year would 
be arduous, admittedly. While some courses would be given 
by present members of the Brown Faculty, a small De- 
partment might find all of its men committed to the regular 
curriculum (which will of course continue as a parallel to 
the experiment and still be the University's major preoccu- 
pation). Such a Department would have to hunt for some- 
one new to give the experimental course. Such an oppor- 
tunity ought to attract really adventurous minds, it seems 
to us. 

No one will be required or requested to give one of the 
experimental I.C.I, courses. Dr. Wriston pointed out. "If 
you expect to do an experimental job, you don't use anyone 
as a participant unless he has faith in it. We shall want 
believers, not skeptics, in this program — eagerness and 
enthusiasm are implicit in it. We all suffer from routines, 
and this program should renew zest as well as recruit new 
zest. It will be up to the teachers to find the happy medium 
between the Great Lecture and personal tutoring. 

"Already we've had benefit, just from the preliminary 
inquiry. In two or three instances reported to me by De- 
partments there has been 'more lively discussion within 



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the Department than in several years.' The younger men, 
too, have taken part, and, as Faculties are organized, the 
yoimger men often don"t get a chance like that." Last spring 
as many as 35 members of the Faculty were consulted with 
by the Carnegie officers — Dr. Wriston says he didn't dis- 
cover that until long afterward. 

Half the Clms Would Be Eligible 

The fiscal provision under the Carnegie grant is for 10 
courses for five years. The Curriculum Committee will de- 
cide which courses from all of those presented to it will 
actually be undertaken. It may prove a difficult selection. 

The I.C.I, courses will all be year courses, keeping a man 
in contact with his relatively small group of students, with 
whose minds he gets familiar for a whole year. The experi- 
mental curriculum would be based on the same quantitative 
requirements as the standard curriculum at Brown. Prob- 
ably three I.C.I, courses a year or six in all for two years 
would be the maximum for the student if he doesn't have 
both Foreign Language studies and an ROTC program to 
take. 

The courses in the experimental curriculum will be for 
Freshmen, and probably Sophomores. No upperclassmen 
will be admitted, particularly after the experience with the 
D-I courses. Where men of all classes were admitted to 
these, they tended to become too fast for Freshmen and 
too slow for Seniors. Originally, it had been thought to 
offer the I.C.I, courses only to A.B. students, but they 
could conceivably be offered as an elective for Sc.B. men. 

The new program will be optional for all students in the 
upper half of the class (based on criteria now used to pre- 
dict academic performance). At one point it had been 
thought that the eligibles might be drawn from the upper 
three-quarters, but it was later decided to "stack the cards 
a bit in favor of ability for the time being." If the program 
works, another quarter may be added to the available group. 
"We didn't want so elite a selection that it would be re- 
garded as only for the 'brighties,' " President Wriston said. 
"On the other hand, to give it a fair trial we didn't want to 
load it down with those who are dull or disinterested." 

Instead of Freshman English 

The experimental curriculum probably will mean drop- 
ping Freshman English as such for the I.C.I, students. This 
does not mean that they will not be doing any writing. On 
the contrary, they will be doing much more writing. (That, 
incidentally, is one reason for making the teaching load 
light.) "Ideas need literary expression," President Wriston 
explains, "though facts do not. You can recite a date, for 
example, without being able to write well. In addition to 
more writing, there will be more reading — and we're hoping 
that everyone will not read the same thing. There'll be none 
of this Tomorrow read 10 pages of Chapter 4 of such and 
such a book.' It will mean a vast increase in the use of the 
Library, we hope, for all records show that the greatest users 
of the Library are those engaged in a lot of writing. 

"We don't conceal the fact that the experimental pro- 
gram seems better adapted to the Humanities— they're 
more bookish in nature, just as the sciences are more tied to 
the laboratory. A great book in the Sciences rapidly grows 
obsolete, while in Philosophy and Literature some of the 
oldest classics are still great. Thus the student in the new 
curriculum will have the option of taking the Physical 
Sciences in the D-1 courses and pass off his requirement 
in that way. The experimental program will have an over- 
flow into the standard Science courses, and thus these 
Departments will not be denied access to the upper half of 



the Freshman and Sophomore Classes." On the other hand, 
the standard curriculum will not be permitted to overflow 
into the I.C.I. 

The experimental curriculum will not eliminate lectures 
in class, but will heavily discount them. Discussion rather 
than recitation is to be sought. That means harder teaching, 
for "it's harder to run a lively discussion than give a lively 
lecture." The idea will be to draw out the students — and, 
after all, the literal meaning of education means just that. 
Some tables of special design are being considered as a 
physical aid to the discussion method. 

"We shall treat the Freshmen with great intellectual re- 
spect," Dr. Wriston says. "The greatest mistake in Ameri- 
can education at all levels, from the kindergarten to the 
Ph.D., is underestimating the capacity of students. We shall 
try to avoid that mistake by giving the student more train- 
ing in the art of expression as well as the art of critical read- 
ing and critical thinking. The three can't be separated. In- 
stead of giving the Freshman predigested textbooks to read, 
we're going to have him tackle something of intellectual 
stature. And this will confront him and challenge him upon 
his arrival in College." 

The Basic Intention 




IN THE BEGINNING, IT 
was Bruce Bigelow's idea 
though many others joined 
in shaping its later form. 
Below, the heart of the 
hope is expressed in his 
words of 1947. 



SINCE REFINED by countlcss discussions, informal and offi- 
cial, all over the campus, the basic proposal for the new 
program, "The Identification and Criticism of Ideas," is gen- 
erally credited to Vice-President Bigelow. In one draft (in 
1947) he wrote: 

"My search was for a Freshman course which by a com- 
bination of content and method, would instruct students in 
the art of reading, arouse their curiosity, promote lucidity 
in oral and written expression, encourage a flexibility of 
mind, develop understanding, and cultivate accuracy. . . . 

"The emphasis is placed on the Freshman and on the 
method of his instruction — on discussing, not lecturing; on 
analyzing, not memorizing; and on studying an idea and not 
merely collecting information. . . . 

"We must begin from scratch. Each Department, with 
courage, energy, imagination, and patience, must work out 
its particular contribution." 



FEBRUARY 1953 



11 



-.mmat 




HARVEY 
DAVIS 



A GREAT EDUCATOR 
and distinguished citizen 
remembered Brown loyally 
while serving his nation 
and the world. 



The New Fund Chairman 

HARRY H. Burton '16 is the new Chairman of the Trustees 
of the Brown Alumni Fund, elected at their December 
meeting on the campus. He succeeds Thomas F. Black, Jr., 
'19, under whose leadership the Fund reached the highest 
point in its history last year when alumni contributed more 
than $135,000. Black had served since 1947. 

Burton is President and General Manager of the Lonsdale 
Company and is a leader in the textile industry. He also 
holds the post of Vice-President of Textron, Inc., in addi- 
tion to being a Director and member of its Executive Com- 
mittee. He has been Superintendent of Nashawena Mills in 
New Bedford and served for many years as Vice-President, 
Director, and General Manager of S. Slate & Sons, Inc., of 
Massachusetts and South Carolina. During the recent cam- 
paign of the Rhode Island Community Chest, he was Chair- 
man of the Business and Industries Division. He is a Di- 
rector of Rhode Island Hospital and a member of the Cor- 
poration of the Providence Institute for Savings and Butler 
Hospital. 

His alumni posts have included membership on the 
Athletic Council and the Board of Directors of the Asso- 
ciated Alumni. He was Chairman of the Alumni Dinner 
Committee in 1950. 

A Ford Foundation Grant 
A GRANT OF $5,000 has come from the Ford Foundation 
to give a Brown University Faculty committee further op- 
portunity to study the general aims, methods, and purpose 
of undergraduate education. It will enable the committee 
for the year ahead to expand studies already being con- 
ducted for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 
Teaching. The Ford grant differs from the Carnegie study 
in that the latter is a four-year project which includes 10 
other universities and colleges, each of which will not only 
evaluate its own educational program but will pool all find- 
ings for common discussion and the formulation of recom- 
mendations. 

Prof. Roald Bergethon of Brown is Chairman of the cen- 
tral co-ordinating committee for the Carnegie study. 



12 



DR. Harvey N. Davis '01, who died Dec. 3, 1952, re- 
called a speech he once made on the subject of "Un- 
conscious Tuition." "Teachers," he said, "influence their 
students far more profoundly by the unconscious impact 
of personality and character than anything that can be put 
into words in a classroom." When he retired in 1951 after 
23 years as President of Stevens Institute of Technology, 
the Jersey Observer unknowingly echoed the same thought: 

"Who can encompass the spirit that has released and 
nourished the riches of knowledge? Who can do full justice 
to this man? The many students who have come and gone, 
the Faculty, all who are part of the college, will tell you 
that there has been no dictum from above, no repression, 
and no demand for conformity. And in this freedom the 
College has flourished." 

President Davis was the son of another famous Brunonian, 
Nathaniel F. Davis '70 — "Toots" Davis, a member of 
Brown's Mathematics Faculty from 1874 to 1915. Harvey 
Davis also taught math at Brown for a year, but was des- 
tined to teach longer at Harvard — from 1904 to 1928 
when he went to Stevens. Brown, however, had his loyal 
service as a graduate, benefiting from his term as Alumni 
Trustee on the Corporation from 1928 to 1934. He often 
spoke at Brown meetings, including a New York Dinner, 
Alumni Advisory Council, and in 1946 as an engineer 
praised Brown's liberal arts program and its contributions 
to Providence in an important town-and-gown dinner dur- 
ing the Housing Campaign. His son, Nathaniel, was a grad- 
uate in 1946. Dr. Davis received Brown's Sc.D. in 1928. 

He held such offices in his field as President of the Amer- 
ican Society of Mechanical Engineers (1937-38), consult- 
ing engineer in the U.S. Bureau of Mines (1921-25), and 
aeronautical engineer in the Air Service (1918-22). From 
1922 to 1944 he was Director of the Office of Production 
Research and Development of the War Production Board. 
He had also served the Smithsonian Institution as a Regent 
and the U.S. Naval Academy as a member of the Board of 
Visitors. He was one of four Americans who have been 
elected to Honorary Life Membership in the Institute of 
Mechanical Engineers in England. He was a Delta Phi. 

BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



He Will Manage the Nation's Debt 



WaEN Dr. W. Randolph Burgess "12 left his post as 
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National 
City Bank of New York to become a special assistant to the 
Secretary of the Treasury in the new Eisenhower adminis- 
tration, the New York Times said editorially: 

"Particularly noteworthy, in view of its background, is 
the designation of Mr. Burgess as special deputy on debt 
management and monetary policies. 

"The significance of Mr. Burgess" appointment cannot be 
overemphasized. It constitutes, in effect, an earnest on the 
part of the new Administration that in the next four years 
at least there will be no repetition of the post-war feud 
between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve. That feud 
originated in the high-handed attempt by the Treasury to 
wrest control of the monetary policy from the Reserve and 
to reduce the latter to the status of a mere accessory to the 
Administration's inflationary cheap-money policy. 

"The monetary and fiscal philosophy of Mr. Burgess, 
who will handle the management of the public debt (which 
is the major point of contact between the Treasury and the 
Reserve) is almost literally an open book. Not only is the 
New York banker-economist a crusading advocate of con- 
servative budgetary and debt management policies, but his 
'Reserve Banks and the Money Market' still, perhaps, after 
25 years the standard reference work on the subject, is a 
living testimonial to its author's firm belief not only in the 
importance but the necessity of an independent Reserve sys- 
tem." 

Before going to the National City Bank. Dr. Burgess had 
been Vice-President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York. From 1930 to 1938 he was in charge of open-market 
operations in Government securities which the New York 
Federal Reserve Bank carried out in behalf of both the Re- 
serve System and the Federal Treasury. During the latter 
part of this period, he was advisor to Henry Morgenthau. 
Jr. Barron's commented this winter that "in retrospect the 
projection of Randy Burgess into New Deal Treasury coun- 
cils was wholly salutary for the country." 

In 1944 he became President of the American Bankers 
Association (he'd previously been President of the New 
York Association). At the time of Bretton Woods, he 
"somewhat reluctantly" gave his official blessing to the 
setting up of the World Bank and the International Mone- 
tary Fund. But in a presidential address he predicted that 
the postwar problem would be inflation, rather than the de- 
flation which Keynes and others expected. After the Mar- 
shall Plan was adopted, Burgess served on the Harrimaii 
Committee in 1947. 

Now he has been tapped to be manager of the 267 billion 
dollar Federal debt. This will not be his first glance at the 
problem. He undertook one study in 1946 as chairman of a 
special group commissioned by the Falk Foundation. 

Dr. Burgess has served on the Brown University Corpo 
ration since 1933 when he was elected as an Alumni Trustee 
He became a Fellow in 1937 and the same year received 
an honorary LL.D. with the following citation: "In a singu- 
lar degree you have exemplified the ideal of a liberal edu- 
cation. After an undergraduate major in English literature, 
you engaged in religious work and undertook graduate stud- 
ies in two great universities in the fields of philosophy and 
education. Later you served your country in time of war, and 
then continued to give your talents to the public service in 



the complicated but vital procedures and policies of national 
and international finance. In the wide range of responsibili- 
ties to which you have been called, you have acquitted 
yourself with brilliance and have uniformly devoted your- 
self to the public interest." He was a National Vice-Chair- 
man of the Housing and Development Campaign and in 
1952 was Chief Marshal of the Brown Commencement 
procession. 

Dr. Burgess' distinctions as citizen and scholar have been 
many. He has been President of the Academy of Political 
Science, Chairman of the War Finance Committee for New 
York State, and Chairman of the Greater New York Fund. 

Director of the Census 

Robert W. Burgess '08, former Professor of Mathe- 
matics at Brown, will be the new Director of the Census un- 
der the Eisenhower administration. A one-time Rhodes 
Scholar, he retired last July as Economist and Actuary of the 
Western Electric Co., with which he had been associated 
since 1925. He has been Chairman of the Business Research 
Advisory Committee of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 
and was a Major in the statistical branch of the General 
Staff in Washington during World War II. In recent months 
he has been consultant, principally for the Operations Re- 
search OflRce conducting studies at Chevy Chase under 
Army contract. He has contributed widely to technical jour- 
nals and the Encyclopedia Britannica. 

Dr. Burgess, a former President of the Brown Engineering 
Association, holds an honorary Sc.D. from his Alma Mater. 




A SCHOtAR-BANKER in the Treosury: Dr. W. Randolph Bur- 
gess '12 leaves the Notional City Bank to go to Washington. 



FEBRUARY 1953 



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AS SAN FRANCISCO oppeared to the newcomer in January, 1884, from 

the upper deck of the Oaklond Ferry. Nathaniel Bloisdell calls his sketch 

"purely fanciful." Compare it with the photograph by Wesley Swadley 

from the same vantage point nearly 70 years later. 



About Nat Blaisdell 



NATHANIEL Blaisdell's love-aflfair with San Francisco 
began in 1884, seven months after his graduation from 
Brown, when he arrived and began work as draftsman in an 
architect's office. In due time he opened his own office, and 
by the time of the great disaster in 1906 was established as 
one of the leading architects in the State. 

Before the smoke had fully cleared away after the earth- 
quake and fire, Blaisdell had re-opened his office under the 
open sky at the corner of California and Sansome Sts. with 
a kitchen table as his only furniture. His draftsmen came 
in pairs during the noon hour to consult with him, return- 
ing home to do their work there. He helped rebuild his 
beloved city. Through the years he put his professional 
talents at her disposal, and his influence is thus on San 
Francisco's architecture as well as its life. 

He has served the Merchants Exchange Club and the 
California Tennis Club as President, the University Club 
as Vice-President. Similarly he has been a leader in the 
Pacific Union Club, California Academy of Sciences, Eng- 
lish-Speaking Union, Chi Phi Club, and the Blaisdell Fam- 
ily Association. In connection with his social affiliations, 
one of his proudest accomplishments has been in raising 
$265,000 to buy the land now occupied by the Tennis Club 
and in building the plant. Many souvenirs in his home on 
Green St. recall such services to his fellow townsmen. 

Nathaniel Blaisdell had been prepared for Brown by 
Benjamin Ide Wheeler '76. When the latter went to Cali- 
fornia to become the first President of the University at 
Berkeley, Blaisdell called the Brown alumni in the Bay 
area together to welcome him. Thus began the Brown Club 
of Alta California, and he served as its President for 53 
years — a term without equal in American alumni history. 
When he declined reelection in 1951 and became President- 
Emeritus, he had seen the roster grow from a dozen names 
in 1898 to nearly 200. He has served the Associated Alumni 
as Regional Vice-President for the West and was Regional 
Vice-Chairman for the Housing and Development Cam- 
paign. He holds Brown's highest alumni honor — the Brown 
Bear Award. 



THE TINGLB 

San Francisco's 
Greatest Courtier 
Sings a Song of Love 

By NATHANIEL BLAISDELL '83 



A FRIEND, WHO BY BIRTH, breeding, and inheritance is 
New England to the core, wrote to me after his return 
home from a brief visit in San Francisco where he had 
acquired a tingle of California spirit in his veins, asking for 
an explanation of that experience. What was that attraction, 
appeal or lure that made San Franciscans feel (without ex- 
pressing it) that they were a race apart from the general 
run of Americans? 

The mythical domain of El Dorado may have made the 
first appeal to the imagination. No one knows the WHY of 
California. It was thought to be an island and is so shown 
on the maps of the cartographers of 1540 and later. It was 
said to be inhabited by a fierce and warlike race of Amazons 
who repelled all invasions. It might be that the Calamity 
Janes of the mining towns of the Mother Lode or gangster 
Cora's Madame on Waverly Place were throw-backs of that 
race. 

The tragic episode of Rezanov and Concepsion Arguella 
adds a touch of sadness. An aura of romance also hangs 
over the name San Francisco: perhaps the spirit of the 
gentle and lovable St. Francis is its guardian angel. That 
influence cannot be described, but can be felt, for there is 
some essence afloat that sets San Francisco apart from any 
other American city. The love its people have for it may 
in some subtle way reach the visitor. Anyway, it is an open- 
air town occupied with its own delights and open-minded- 
ness, a town of open hands and hearts. 

And Then, There's the Setting 
The climate is invigorating, never too hot nor too cold, 
and encourages one to work every day in the year — no lost 
time, no lost pay, unless one takes a voluntary lay-off. Its 
site is superb and its scenery satisfying. The view down 
most any street leads to blue water of the Bay (or Ocean) 
and hills and mountains beyond. 

Its hills and valleys, which group themselves in regular 
irregularity, are utilized to the fullest extent with residences, 
hotels and apartment houses situated for the outlook and 
views. The valleys are left for business and manufacturing. 
Some of the steepest streets are parked with a roadway 



The accompanying article originally appeared in Blaisdell 
Papers, the publication of the Blaisdell Family Association. 
It is reproduced, along with Nathaniel Blaisdell's sketches, 
through the courtesy of the Editor, Mrs. R. T. Westmore- 
land. 



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n His VEINS 



twisting and winding from curb-line with flower beds, trees, 
shrubbery and grass plots to ornament the segments and 
crescents, and with all occasional glimpses of the islands ii: 
the Bay and the man-made Treasure Island where the ex- 
position of 1938-39 was held. 

The romance and lustre of "The Gold Rush" lingers over 
the city. Then the era of the Vigilantes, Fort Gunnybags 
and tablets marking these historic spots. 

For a city only a little over 100 years old it has no end 
of epochs and happenings. There was Ralston the Money- 
King, the backer of any worthwhile enterprise and pro- 
moter of industries and the builder of the Big Palace Ho- 
tel, a forerunner of an indefinite number of Palace Hotels 
throughout the nation. His hotel stretched 275 feet on 
Market St. by a depth of 343 feet to Jessie St. Its center couri 
was entered from New Montgomery St. by the hotel bus 
and hacks that delivered the guests under cover and drove 
out again. Ralston entertained on a lavish scale at a palatial 
residence at Belmont, taking his guests in groups in open 
carriages with a relay of horses at the midway point. As 
president of the Bank of California he had the untold wealth 
of the Comstock Lode at his command, but when the bank 
failed after the panic of 1873, he strolled out into the water 
at the mouth of Polk Gulch. Later, his lifeless body was 
washed ashore. His was a glorious reign while it lasted. 
Those who gathered up the loose ends reaped the harvest 
and enjoyed the recovery. 

Strong Men in Stormy Times 

A great name in the annals of San Francisco is Starr 
King, minister of the First Unitarian Church, who almost 
single-handed saved the State for the Union from a large 
body of Southerners and Southern sympathizers who wished 



BELOW: Nothanlel Bloisdell '83. He's 

been in love with San Francisco for 

nearly 70 years. 






ABOVE: "You were 
for away from home." 



to swing California into the Confederacy. He was one of 
the two men whose statues represent our State in the Hall 
of Statuary in the Capitol at Washington. 

In contrast, Dennis Kearney, shouting at the "Sand Lots" 
that "the Chinese must go" and advocating the destruction 
of the mansions and their owners on Nob Hill, served to 
revive the spirit of the Vigilantes. They armed themselves 
and stood guard for Law and Order against the mob in- 
vasion but did not come to blows because Kearney "Was 
Caved Down the Bank," by "the Railroad." The threat was 
ominous for sometime. 

Other famous names were D. O. Mills, Senator Stanford 
Sharon, Lucky Baldwinn, Emperor Norton, Blythe, Lilly 
Hitchcock, the mascot of the unpaid Fire Department, 
White Hat McCarty. Lotta and her Fountain, Peter Dona- 
hue, Jimmie Phelan, Woodward of the Gardens and What 
Cheer Hotel, etc. 

San Francisco has been made fortunate by a glorious 
group of authors, native or nearly so. Gertrude Atherton 
adopted herself daughter-in-law of the City of Francis and 
reveled in its historic biographical endowment. Kathleen 
Norris in lighter vein, "Saturday's Child," helped along. 
Frank Norris in "Blix" revealed many odd nooks and cor- 
ners and in the "Inner Circle" something of the mystery of 
Chinatown. Ambrose Bierce ridiculed the pretensions of the 
"stuffed shirts" at the City Hall. Bruce Porter in "The Lark" 
for two years figured famously and in conjunction with 
Mrs. Virgil Williams and others set up a memorial foun- 
tain to Robert Louis Stevenson in the Plaza, and had 
carved on its face the "Christmas Sermon." Mark Twain 
and Bret Hart triumphed. 

Changes in Chinatoivn 

The lost lure of early Chinatown is deeply regretted by 
elderly San Franciscans. Sixty-five years ago, after a ride 
on the cable cars (and they are fast disappearing) the next 
best lure to tourists and strangers was Chinatown at its 
climax. As one stood at the corner of California and Du- 
pont Sts. the view along Dupont to Pacific was a fantastic 



FEBRUARY 1953 



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and fascinating revelation. Giant lanterns, hung from orna- 
mental brackets in front of each store door and building 
entrance on both sides of the street and swaying slightly in 
the breeze, in effect brought fairy land to life. Now that is 
dead and gone forever. The City lighting system is a poor 
substitute! 

To walk under this waving panorama and gaze at the 
pictures in every panel between the rigs was to take in a 
gallery of the finest examples of Chinese Commercial art. 
If one glanced over the shoulder through a shop window, 
there was the abacus computing the charge for a purchase 
while the customer watched and waited until the fine point 
of a brush dipped in fresh ground India ink to record the 
price. Another window would reveal a Drug Store with 
the seclusion alcove at the far end railed off by open-work 



standards joined by elaborate filigree carving gilded and 
picked out in primary colors, the whole forming a slightly 
curved open-work arch. Also could be seen dried toads and 
sea horses, snakes in glass jars, and herbs hanging from the 
ceiling. 

On a balcony in front of a restaurant a group of mer- 
chants would be having a banquet amused by a five-piece 
orchestra including the loud clang of the huge cymbals 
and falsetto singing of a young boy. All Chinese of all 
grades dressed in their native costumes with a cue down 
their back and a turban with a red knot in the center. To 
make a long story short, you were far away from home, a 
witness of a free show well worth the price of admission. 

And with all that, I do not know the right answer to my 
friend's question; "What Is San Francisco?" 



The General and His House 



APART FROM HIS OTHER FAME, the name of James Mitchell 
Varnum is known to Brunonians because he was a 
member of its first Class in 1769. A graduate at 20, he was 
admitted to the bar at 22 and won his place in legal history. 
At 27 he entered the Army and fought as one of Washing- 
ton's generals. He was elected to the Continental Congress at 
31 and emigrated to the West at 39 as the first U.S. Judge 
of the Northwest Territory. 

His monument in Rhode Island is the mansion he built 
on Pierce St., just up the hill from East Greenwich's Main 
St. Now restored and preserved as a patriotic shrine, it 
should be added to the list of "musts" for Rhode Island vis- 
itors, with a special star if they are alumni of Brown. 

Varnum was probably Brown's first transfer student, a 
fact seldom noted. The Dictionary of American Biography 
says he was expelled from Harvard "probably on account 
of the student disorders of April, 1768." Morison, the his- 
torian of Harvard, writes: "In 1768 we first heard of a 
'Liberty tree' or 'rebellion elm' in the Yard, where students 
assembled to pass resolutions and organize resistance 
against an imaginary act of oppression by Tutor (later Presi- 
dent) Willard. The moving spirit of this rebellion was future 
Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum, who finished 
his education at Brown." The Senior Sophisters at the time 
threatened to go to Yale, but the Corporation overrode their 
President and "readmitted the ringleaders," says Morison. 
But Varnum came to Rhode Island College and graduated 
with honors in 1769. 

The Sl)irit of Revolution 

The Commencement of that year, held in September, was 
a memorable event in the "new Baptist church" in Warren, 
then the site of the College. Bronson says in his "History 
of Brown University": "So far had interest spread in the 
Baptist denomination that tradition says a company of Bap- 
tist preachers from Georgia rode over a month on horse- 
back to be there." 

How advanced was the spirit of independence in Rhode 
Island may be gathered from a reference in the Newport 
Mercury to the fact that "The President and all the Candi- 
dates were dressed in American manufactures." This pro- 
test against unjust trade laws of Great Britain was only one 
incident, for the discussion of American independence was 
the principal feature of the morning. There was a "forensic 



Dispute in English" on the thesis: "The Americans, in their 
present Circumstances, cannot, consistent with good Policy, 
affect to become an independent State." The newspaper 
says that "Mr. Varnum ingeniously defended it by cogent 
Arguments," but the nature of his defense casts more than 
doubt on his actual sentiment in support of it. He unspar- 
ingly condemned the course of the British government: 
"Had British America been left to the peaceful enjoyment 
of those privileges which it could boast of in former reigns, 
the most romantic genius, in its wildest excursions, had not 
dreamt of independence. But the late alarming attacks of 
the parent state upon American freedom . . . has, with 
justice, aroused the advocates of American liberty to the 
most vigorous exertions, in defense of our rights." 

At first, this brilliant young man taught school, then 
elected to study law, doing so in the office of Oliver Arnold, 
Rhode Island's Attorney General. His advance in the pro- 
fession was rapid. The DAB speaks of his "extraordinary 
mental alertness and powers of concentration," and he was 
in great demand as a trial lawyer. "His acquaintance with 
literary masterpieces, from which he quoted fluently and 
copiously, helped him to take advantage of the current 
mode of courtroom oratory." His financial success has an 
index in the mansion he built in East Greenwich in 1773, 
only two years after his admission to the bar. 

In Warren he had not only earned his college degree 
but also found a wife. He married Miss Martha Child in 
1770, better known as "Patty" Varnum, the gracious host- 
ess of his house, famed for the fine table she provided. 
She was later to share some of his military ventures, includ- 
ing the ordeals of the field. Washington, whom she enter- 
tained on many occasions, spoke of her as "the light of the 
camp" at Valley Forge. 

At Washington's Right Hand 

Varnum had a powerful physique, which led him to ad- 
vocate gym exhibitions and military drill. He helped form 
the Kentish Guards in East Greenwich, renowned as the 
training school of the Rhode Island Line in the Continental 
Army. He was the first Colonel of this organization in 1774. 
which sent 32 command officers into the Army, including 
Nathanael Greene. 

He was commissioned Colonel of the 1st Regiment of In- 
fantry by the R. I. General Assembly in May 1775 and con- 



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THE VARNUM HOUSE IN EAST GREENWICH: A memorial to □ great American and a monument to grocious living. (Above, the kitchen.) 



tinued when this unit became the 9th Continental Infantry 
in 1776. He served with distinction at Roxbury, the Siege 
of Boston, the Battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights, and 
White Plains. In December, 1776, the General Assembly 
made him Brigadier General of the R. I. Militia. Two 
months later he held the same rank in the Continental Army, 
being commissioned by Washington, and was active in re- 
cruitment and re-enlisting. He commanded the American 
troops on the Jersey side of the Delaware at the Battle of 
Red Bank and was commended for his gallant, though un- 
successful, defense of Forts Mercer and Mifflin. After the 
winter at Valley Forge he fought in the Battle of Rhode 
Island, commanding the Department of Rhode Island in 
January, 1779. Although he resigned from the Continental 
Army in May, he served as Major General in command of 
the R. I. Militia from April, 1779, to May, 1788. One of 
his interesting proposals was that Rhode Island raise a bat- 
talion of Negroes in 1778, and the Legislature voted free- 
dom to all slaves who should enlist in it. 

He had resumed his law practice by the time he was 
elected to Congress in 1780, later in the decade serving a 
second term. One colleague found "his temper and councils 
very precipitate," but another spoke of him as "a man of 
uncommon talents and most brilliant eloquence." He was 
a Federalist, although his brother Joseph (also a Major Gen- 
eral and later Speaker of the House in Congress) was a 



Democratic supporter of Jefferson. Edmund Cody Burnett 
'90, author of the classic work on "The Continental Con- 
gress," speaks of James as an influential member of the 
House, one of the two "strongest and most persistent advo- 
cates of enlarged powers for Congress." He worked with 
Madison on the report which urged Congress to employ the 
force of the United States "as well by sea as by land" to com- 
pel the States to fulfil their federal engagements. 

The Case Against Interference 

In the courts James Varnum won his place in legal his- 
tory with the case of Trevett v. Weeden, the first well-au- 
thenticated American case in which an act of a legislative 
body, the General Assembly, was declared unconstitutional. 
Other cases were many and notable, but this defense of 
Weeden established the legal precedent that the authority 
of the Courts could not be subverted by the interference of 
the legislative brapch of government. 

One is a little surprised not to find Varnum's name on the 
Corporation of Brown University. Was he piqued that the 
Trustees did not heed his urging when they were consider- 
ing the permanent location of the CoUege? He was a pro- 
ponent of East Greenwich, which was also favored by his 
fellow-townsman General Greene. They argued against 
Providence as too large ("Institutions of this kind have been 
found by Experience not to prosper in popular Towns"). 



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17 




NOW PRESERVED as a patriotic shrine, the home of James 
Mitchell Varnom stands as a memorial to this member of 
Brown's first graduating class of 1769 who served Washington 
as General and Northwest Territory as first Federol Judge 



Vamum was one of the original members of the Society 
of the Cincinnati and succeeded General Greene as the 
President of the Rhode Island Society. He was also a mem- 
ber of St. Johns Lodge, Number One, Free and Accepted 
Masons of Providence. 

Active as he was in Rhode Island, Varnum had interests 
elsewhere, too. He had become a Director of the Northwest 
Territory and the Ohio Company of Associates in August, 
1787. This affiliation may have led to his designation as the 
first U. S. Judge for the Northwest Territory. He accepted 
appointment although his health was none too good. Nor 
was it improved by the journey to Marietta, Ohio, on horse- 
back. Arriving in June, 1788, he delivered the Fourth of 
July oration that year. This address, published by the Ohio 
Company in 1788, is now a prized collector's item. 

Varnum assisted actively in framing the code of terri- 
torial laws for the Northwest, his last official act. He died 
at Marietta in January, 1789, and was buried with great 
ceremony at the Campus Martius. His wife survived him by 
48 years. They had had no children. He was only 40 years 



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Varnum's 
Home 



AMONG THE NOTABLES who visited 
the Varnum House as guests were 
Washington, Lafayette, Rochambeau, 
D'Estaing, SulHvan, Greene, and Paine. 
A later owner was Chief Justice 
George A. Brayton of the Supreme 
Court of Rhode Island, a graduate of 
Brown in 1824 who became one of the 
foremost jurists of his day. It is a hand- 
some building, refurnished with proper 
period pieces (although little furniture 
is original with the Varnum House). 

It was in the best architectural tra- 
dition of its day — a two-storied affair 
with hipped roof, modillioned cornice, 
and lovely doorway. A spacious central 
hall runs through the house from east 
to west, with the stairway, and a door 
at the end leading to the formal gar- 
den. The dining room (photograph 
at right) is furnished in the Revolu- 
tionary period; beyond is the kitchen, 
restored to its original state. The re- 
ception room is on the left. The south- 
west room, the library (to be seen at 
the bottom of this page), also served 
as law office. The pictures, made avail- 
able to us by Col. Howard V. Allen, 
Chairman of the Trustees of the House, 
suggest the quality of the home and its 
appointments. 





of age at the time of his death, having begun life as a farm- 
er's son and gained fame by patriotic service and fortune by 
his professional eminence, subject though his short career 
was to its various interruptions. 

Varnum's house stands there on the hillside above the 
Post Road in East Greenwich as a reminder of all that he 
did and was. Some years ago the Varnum Continentals, a 
R. I. Chartered Command named for him, pledged their 
credit to preserve the mansion for posterity. It was opened 
to the public last summer, with Mrs. Archie R. Cole as 
hostess-guide on Sunday afternoons. Groups are admitted 
on application at other times, and the house is in use for 
various gatherings. 

Paul E. Moyer, writing in the Providence Journal some 
time ago, said: "The collection provides the essential atmos- 
phere for a famous home steeped in history and redolent of 
colonial life. One departs with a sense of having lived briefly 
in the age when American freedom was born and men of 
the stature of Varnum were shaping the foundations of the 
Republic." The hospitality of Patty Varnum is another relic, 
for the lady must have been great in her own right, too. 



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The Brown Clubs Report 



The Lackawanna Year 

THE January Newsletter of the Lack- 
awanna Brown Club reported to the 
215 alumni in the area about the year to 
date, the Club's sixth. A feature was the 
comments by the Club's two scholarship 
students on campus life. They were the 
guests of the Executive and Scholarship 
Committee at the Suburban Hotel in 
Summit, N. J., Dec. 29, along with other 
students home for the Christmas holidays. 
They talked informally and answered 
questions about college activities. The 
Newsletter summarized their observations 
thus: 

1. Brown is a great college. 

2. The Quadrangle is wonderful. 

3. The professors are friendly and 
helpful — a surprise to some. 

4. Brown doesn't seem like a city col- 
lege. 

5. There is some difference of opinion 
about the pulchritude of Pembrokers, but 
the consensus seemed to be they're "pretty 
nice." 

"The only complaint was that, although 
the chow is good, it is high in calories. 
One Freshman (one of 40 students from 
the area) has gained 25 pounds since en- 
tering Brown." 

The Club was planning a Feb. 3 eve- 
ning meeting at the Hotel Suburban, with 
emphasis on sub-Freshmen and their fath- 
ers. Guests include Coach Al Kelley and 
Lloyd Cornell '44, Director of Student 
Aid. On Feb. 28 the Club will back the 
Brown hockey team in its game at Prince- 
ton. Jack Kreitler '38 is heading up the 
arrangements for this gathering, which in- 
cludes box lunches. (Phone Kreitler at 
Short Hills 7-3549.) Later in the season 
the Club will sponsor a visit to the Brown 
campus, and the annual meeting will be 
held May 13, with President Wriston as 
guest. The latter is a joint meeting with 
the Plainfield, Eagle Rock, Bergen County, 
and Northern New Jersey Brown Clubs. 
A June picnic will round out the year. 

Charles D. Kenney '27 is President of 
the Club, while George R. Decker '23 is 
Publicity Chairman. John B. Applegate 
'23 is Finance Chairman. Last year 48 
members contributed $584 to the Club 
Treasury for scholarships. The 1953 re- 
cipient will be announced at the annual 
meeting. 

New York's Big Date 

The 85th annual dinner of the Sons 
of Brown in New York City will be held 
Feb. 19 in Rockefeller Center's famed 
Rainbow Grill. Donald V. Reed '35 is 
chairman of the committee completing 
arrangements for this biggest of all Bru- 
nonian get-togethers in Manhattan. 

All Brown men are welcome to share 
the gala evening with Club members atop 
the R.C.A. Building. Pre-dinner assem- 
bling will begin at 6 p.m.; a complete 
buffet supper will be served at 7: 15. Presi- 
dent Wriston heads the evening's pro- 
gram. The package price for drinks, food, 
music and tips is six dollars. 

New York's new secretary, Dick Walsh 
'51, is the man to contact for reserva- 



tions. He is located at Club headquarters, 
39 East 39th St., NYC 16. Tables may 
be reserved for small groups by Class or 
fraternity. 

Westchester Hockey 

Friday, March 6, is the date North-of- 
New York Brunonians are looking for- 
ward to. That evening in Rye's Playland 
Arena, the new Brown Club of Westches- 
ter will present a trophy in its name to 
the winning team in the local six-high 
school hockey league. As a fitting climax 
for the ceremony, the Brown Freshman 
team will play the Brown Club Trophy 
winner. Game time is 7:30 p.m. 

"Cavalcade" at the Gym 

A basketball game between the 
alumni and the Varsity will feature a 
"Cavalcade of Sports" scheduled for the 
evening of Feb. 19 under the auspices of 
the Brown Club of Rhode Island. The 
game will bring out such famous grads 
as Harry Piatt '40, Moe Mahoney '50, 
and Woody Grimshaw '47. Mahoney is 
currently playing pro ball with the Paw- 



Standing Invitations 

BROWN CLUBS in several cities 
are scheduling weekly or monthly 
meetings on regular days again this 
year. All alumni, resident and tran- 
sient in the area, are invited to join 
without formality at these affairs. 

Boston, luncheon second Mon- 
day of the month, Boston City 
Club, 14 Court Sq., 12:30 p.m. 

Chicago, luncheon every Friday, 
Chicago Real Estate Board cafe- 
teria, 105 W. Madison St., 12:15. 

Detroit, luncheon third Friday 
of the month. University Club, 12 
noon. 

Hartford, luncheon third 
Wednesday of the month. Univer- 
sity Club, noon. 

Los Angeles, luncheon second 
Wednesday of the month, Savoy 
Hotel, 6th St. and Grand Ave. 

New York, luncheon third Tues- 
day of the month, club quarters, 39 
E. 39th St., noon. 

Oregon, luncheon every Mon- 
day, University Club, Portland, 
noon. (No regular meeting is held; 
visitors should phone Secretary 
Ashley Greene '21 at SUN 6469.) 

Philadelphia, luncheon second 
Thursday of the month, Princeton 
Club, 1223 Locust St.. noon. 

Pittsburgh, luncheon third 
Thursday of the month. Law and 
Finance Bldg. restaurant, noon. 

Rocky Mountain, luncheon 
third Wednesday of the month. 
Cosmopolitan Hotel coffee shop, 
Denver, noon. 

San Francisco (Brown Club of 
Aha California), luncheon second 
Monday of the month, St. Julien 
Restaurant, 140 Battery St., noon. 



tucket Slaters of the American Basketball 
League, while Piatt has kept active in the 
game as coach at Bryant. Grimshaw is 
coaching at Tufts. 

All alumni are welcome without charge 
to the evening's sports program in Mar- 
vel Gym. Wrestling bouts are also sched- 
uled, while movies of the Harvard game 
will recall that high spot of the football 
season. In addition, the Brown Band, 
cheerleaders, and the Jabberwocks (the 
double-quartet) will all contribute to the 
evening. 

Refreshments are also planned by the 
committee consisting of Bob Engles '40, 
J. W. Riker '22, Lewis Milner '02, Nor- 
man Silverman '31, and Athletic Director 
Paul Mackesey '32. 

The Coaches on the Road 

Alva Kelley will pay his yearly visit 
to Hartford on Feb. 18 when the Brown 
Club will highlight football on its pro- 
gram. The Varsity Coach always has a 
fine reception in Hartford, and a good 
evening is expected. 

Earlier in the month Kelley planned to 
meet with the Eagle Rock Brown Club in 
New Jersey, with Freshman Coach Matt 
Bolger along to share the honors on Feb. 
4. Assistant Coach Bob Pflug had a Feb. 
5 date in Poughkeepsie with the Mid- 
Hudson Brown Club. 

Cleveland Prepares a Welcome 

President Wriston will be the Brown 
Club's guest at dinner Feb. 6 when he 
visits Cleveland that day. Owen F. 
Walker '33 reports unusual interest in the 
event, which alumni in that section of 
Ohio are talking up. Delegations are ex- 
pected from the Brown Clubs in Canton, 
Akron, and Youngstown as well as the 
local Brunonians. (For information as to 
time and place. Walker may be reached 
at the law offices of Thompson, Hine and 
Flory in the National City Bank Building, 
Cleveland 14.) 

Dean Emery Walker spoke at the Dec. 
17 meeting of the Cleveland Club at the 
University Club at the end of his two 
days' visitation to preparatory schools in 
the area. He showed color pictures of 
College Hill as he brought the alumni up 
to date on University activities. A lively 
discussion was stimulated as to the func- 
tion of Brown Clubs in admission work. 

The Cleveland Club has instituted a 
series of monthly luncheons at the Uni- 
versity Club. The most recent was on Jan. 
15. All Brown men are welcome. 

Wriston in Buffalo Feb. 13 

Alumni in Western New York are 
looking forward to the visit of President 
Wriston in Buffalo Feb. 13, when the 
Brown Club anticipates its biggest gath- 
ering in years. 

Assistant Football Coach Bob Pflug 
and the pictures of the 1952 Brown-Har- 
vard game were star attractions at the an- 
nual meeting of the Brown Club of West- 
ern New York in Buffalo Dec. 29. Bob, 
who talked briefly about football past and 
future at Brown, also appeared on radio 
and television in Buffalo. 

Another highlight of the evening was 
the return of Paul Rohrdanz '41. Back 
home after seven months in Korea, he 
was named chairman of the committee 
that is making arrangements for the visit 



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of President Wriston to the Club on Feb- 
ruary 13. Paul was President of the Club 
for four years prior to his recall to serv- 
ice. 

Six high school seniors and three vaca- 
tioning undergraduates — Howie Wenzel 
"53, Doug Turner '54 and Gordon Fuller 
"55 — were joined by Warren R. Daum '36 
of New York City as guests of the Club. 
Daum has applied for the Club's first non- 
resident membership. 

At the election of officers. Lou Berger 
'41 was chosen President and Al Scialfo 
'42 was named Secretary. Both men will 
serve two-year terms. Scialfo's address is 
427 Niagara St., Buffalo. 

Another Club in Jersey 

The Associated Alumni welcome the 
newest Brown Club — Northeastern New 
Jersey — organized at a dinner meeting of 
45 Brunonians and friends Dec. 3. The 
officers were elected at a subsequent ses- 
sion of the Board of Governors, as fol- 
lows: President — John J. Reilly '36, Hills- 
dale. Vice-President — Philip E. Loux '25, 
Franklin Lakes. Secretary — S. O. Carle- 
ton '29, Oradell. Treasurer — J. H. Pear- 
son '29, Glen Rock. The other Governors 
are: Gardner C. Hudson '27, Ridgewood: 
Arthur G. Adams '29, Bergenfield; W. B. 
Remington, Jr. '42, Franklin Lakes; Man- 
uel J. L. Pinero '45, Weehawken; Justin 
J. Green '48. Paramus; and John E. Hoff- 
man '49, Allendale. 

Committees have been constituted as 
follows: Membership — Carleton, Chair- 
man: Pinero: J. J. Fanale '28, Clifton: W. 
R. Sanger '49, Glen Rock: Robert Klie 
'44, Bergenfield; Joseph Penner '46, Up- 
per Saddle River. Promotion — Hudson, 
Chairman; Green; Adams; Richard N. 
Shaw '37, Ridgewood; M. C. Galanti '27, 
Lodi; Robert B. Perkins '29, Ramsey. 
Program — Green and Hoffman, Co-Chair- 
men; George B. Cole '27, West Engle- 
wood; Weston M. Stuart '27, Tenafly; 
Roderick T. Phinney '46, Ridgewood. 

The speaker on Dec. 3 was Athletic 
Director Paul F. Mackesey '32, who also 
showed movies of the Harvard game. Sev- 
eral prospective Freshmen were in the 
interested group. 

S. O. CARLETON '29 

Sports Night in Trenton 

Dean Wescott E. S. Moulton '31 was 
down from College Hill as featured 
speaker as the Brown University Club of 
Trenton held its annual "Sports Night" 
on Nov. 21. The weather (it was a very 
rainy night) held down attendance but 
not enthusiasm as those present heard 
Moulton report on his great hockey teams 
of recent years. They were also treated 
to the films of Brown's Homecoming vic- 
tory over Harvard. 

Club President Willard Parker read the 
names of the alumni on the various com- 
mittees and reported that the Secondary 
School committee headed by Dan Earle 
'34 was quite active, expressing optimism 
for increased Brown applicants from the 
Trenton area. 

Among those at the meeting were: Ed 
Herrick '29, Les Fagan '26, Bob Mc- 
Kennv '21, Roland Formidoni "29. Charles 
Malloy '12, Kirk Schanck '23. Hy Bene- 
dict '22. Earle Hendrickson '29. Ted Hag- 
ios '49. Bob Britton '50. Ira Keats '52, 
Howard Husker '27, Jules Panek '41, and 
Parker '42. Hendrickson, program chair- 



Recruit by Television 

When Bob Pfluo visited Buffalo 
recently, he took on a television in- 
terview as part of his day's activ- 
ities. Immediately following the 
show, there was a telephone call 
asking for him. The party had seen 
the program and wanted to trans- 
fer to Brown, he said. 

Thinking it might be a practical 
joker, Pflug tok! the person about 
the Brown Club dinner that night at 
the Buffalo Athletic Club. Why 
didn't he come down and see him 
personally there. The incident was 
forgotten until 8 o'clock when a 
stranger put in an appearance and 
asked for the coach. The boy really 
did want to transfer, and Bob 
promised to take up the matter with 
the Admission Office. 

Lou Berger writes to tell of the 
incident and to hint, tongue in 
cheek, that the Brown Club is con- 
sidering a 15-minute TV program 
as a regular means of "interesting 
young Americans in a great Uni- 
versity." Berger adds: "P.S. I don't 
think the boy was an athlete." 



man, deserves credit for the interesting 
evening, and the turn-out was the result 
of hard-work by Chairman Panek of the 
membership committee. 

Cincinnati Greets Walker 

To greet Dean Emery R. Walker, the 
Cincinnati alumni turned out at the Uni- 
versity Club for dinner Dec. 19 and saw 
pictures of the campus which formed the 
basis of his lively talk on Brown. Dean 
Walker's enthusiasm has already done 
much to spur sub-Freshman activity here 
in the Queen City for Brown. Plans are 
being made to spread Brown's influence in 
other eligible high schools, and more ap- 
plications from the Ohio Valley should be 
appearing every year. We look forward 
to another visit from Emery Walker real 
soon. 

By way of future events, another Brown 
Boat Party is on the planning boards for 
Spring. 

GEORGE R. PreRCE '38 

Philadelphia Sets a Date 

The roundup has already started for 
the big Brown dinner in Philadelphia at 
the Poor Richard Club March 19. The 
affair will constitute the annual meeting 
of the Philadelphia Brown Club, which is 
having one of its most active years. 

December's feature event was an in- 
formal dinner at the Poor Richard Club 
which featured Ed Harvy of Station 
WCAU. Wives, Pembroke alumnae, and 
other friends were invited and enjoyed 
the entertainment. 

Family Party in Detroit 

Thev really turned out for tea at the 
University Club in Detroit on Sunday 
afternoon, Dec. 14, when Dean Emery 
Walker was in town for his visits to high 
schools and preparatory schools in the 
State. About 40 were present, including 
Brunonians. wives, and parents of under- 
graduates. 



Boston Bids the Ladies 

The Boston Brown Club will set a 
precedent at its annual dinner April 6 in 
that wives of alumni and Pembroke fam- 
ilies will be included in the company for 
this always popular affair. The principal 
speakers will be President Wriston and 
Dean Nancy Duke Lewis of Pembroke. 
The committee promises further details 
in our next issue. 

Currently the emphasis has been on the 
monthly luncheons at the Boston City 
Club on the second Monday of each 
month. We had a very successful meet- 
ing on Dec. 8 when more than 50 Club 
members turned out to hear Dr. Bruce 
M. Bigelow '24. Since this was our largest 
luncheon attendance in two years, it is 
significant of the Vice-President's drawing 
power. Don Whiston '50, Varsity hockey 
coach, was the guest Jan. 12, providing 
interesting insight into the situation in his 
sport at Brown. February's luncheon is 
scheduled for the 1 0th. Please make res- 
ervations with Virginia Lincoln by the 
previous Friday — CO 6-5600. 

RALPH MULLANE '19 



A Great Chicago Tradition 

Eighty-five Alumni, undergraduates, 
prospective Freshmen and fathers en- 
joyed holiday cheer at the traditional 
Christmas Holidays Luncheon of the Chi- 
cago Brown Club on Dec. 26 at the Uni- 
versity Club. With F. Abbott Brown '26, 
Club President, in the chair: such worthies 
as James L. Palmer '19, Alva E. Kelley, 
head football coach, and Emery R. 
Walker '39, Dean of Admissions, on the 
rostrum; and nothing on their minds but 
recuperation from the strenuous doings of 
Christmas week, all present declared the 
affair to have been a notable one. 

Jim Palmer, president of Marshall 
Field & Co., and a Brown Trustee, who 
had written four speeches for the occa- 
sion, delivered none of them but con- 
fined his remarks to greetings on behalf 
of the Corporation. "Witty and ubiqui- 
tous" Emery Walker, whose annual visit 
is a sort of homecoming to Oak Park, 
spoke briefly of the Quadrangle and dis- 
cussed the problem of morale in Ameri- 
can colleges and Brown in particular. It 
was good to hear him say that, from a low 
point reached a few years back at Brown 
and most other colleges, the morale at 
Brown was now better than it had ever 
been among both Faculty and undergrad- 
uates. 

Al Kelley paid simple tribute to the 
1952 Brown football team as the greatest 
team he ever saw — a team with nothing 
but the will to Be a team. It gave him his 
biggest thrill in football by playing against 
Harvard an inspired and brilliantly quar- 
terbacked game which resulted in a 
Brown victory. He predicted better sea- 
sons to come, with players of more ability 
in line for the 1953 and 1954 teams, but 
pointed out that all the ability in the world 
could not make a team unless it also had 
the kind of spirit that the 1952 squad 
found and kept. After the luncheon, most 
of the group stayed on to watch the mov- 
ies of the Harvard game. 

The Club hopes to mail all Brown men 
in the Chicago area a complete outline 
of its projected 1953 program early in the 
year, so that they can set aside the tenta- 
tive dates. 

ANTONE G. SINGSEN '38 



FEBRUARY 1953 



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Pittsburgh's Holiday Luncheon 

Coach Al Kelley, who directed the 
1952 football team in its Homecoming 
victory over Harvard, was luncheon guest 
when the Brown Club of Western Penn- 
sylvania met early in December at the 
Law and Finance Building restaurant in 
Pittsburgh. 

AI told Club members of Brown's ath- 
letic policies and discussed the football 
future at the University in the light of the 
team's development this past season and 
the record of the Freshman squad. Sports 
announcer Bill Sutherland, a friend of 
AI's, also spoke briefly and the Coach 
himself later was presented over radio Sta- 
tion KQV. A special luncheon guest was 
AI's father. 

The Club held its special Holiday 
Luncheon Dec. 30 in the Fayette Room 



of the Sheraton Hotel. Its purpose was to 
allow the members to become better 
acquainted with students from Western 
Pennsylvania who are now attending 
Brown. Hal Broda '26 of Canton, O., Cap- 
tain of the Iron Man Team, was the spe- 
cial guest and speaker. Lou Demmler, as 
toastmaster, introduced each student to 
say a few words about his experience on 
the campus. The meeting was acclaimed 
a great success. 

Cooperating with the Admission Office, 
the Club has set up a committee to con- 
sult with boys from the area who have 
shown an interest in Brown. The members 
of this group are: Louis Demmler '31, 
Christopher Gunderson '27, Albert B. Jef- 
fers '22, Philip M. Lingham "30, Edward 
L. Sittler, Jr., "30, Joseph Thompson '33, 
and Robert P. Clarke '39. 

HERBERT L. SHERMAN, JR., '44 



Brunonians Far and Near 



EDITED BY DOUGLAS A. SNOW '45 



1884 

UNCLE Ray Higgins of Maplewood, 
N. J., is not up to sending his usual 
Christmas greetings," said a card received 
by Class Secretary W. M. P. Bowen. 
Nonetheless, our Classmate's gratefulness 
for cards on the occasion of his 93rd 
birthday and at Christmas time was 
noted. "His thoughts are with you," wrote 
George and Luella Freeman. 

1890 

Arthur Warren Smith, public account- 
ant and tax specialist in Brookline, Mass., 
has written to commend our use of the 
article by President Wriston on "The 
Structure of the University." Smith has 
changed his mail address from Boston to 
93 Winchester St., Brookline 46. 

1897 

Joseph M. Jenckes conducts his own 
power engineering business in Philadel- 
phia where his address is 20 So. 39th St. 

George L. Miner was the speaker at the 
December meeting of the Connecticut 
Historical Society in Hartford, talking 
about "The Settlers of Stonington." He 
followed this the next month with a lec- 
ture on "The Pequot Trail" before the 
Rhode Island Historical Society. 

1898 

To George F. Troy, whose wife died at 
her Providence home the day after Christ- 
mas, Classmates send sincere sympathy. 
Mrs. Troy was widely known in New 
England radio and newspaper circles un- 
der the pseudonym of Carolyn Wallace. 
The Class remembers her hospitality at 
the time of its last reunion. She was a 
member of the Class of 1908 at Pem- 
broke. 

1900 

The Rev. Herbert E. B. Case has be- 
come chairman for visitation work among 
men as sponsored by the Massachusetts 
branch of the Shut-in Society, Inc. He 
has 75 names on his list covering corn- 



Railroad Lawyer Retires 
Henry P. Stacy '08, who as 
an engineer helped design the famed 
Grand Central Station in New 
York, retired Dec. 31 as Assistant 
to General Counsel, in Detroit, of 
the New York Central System. A 
big dinner at the Sheraton-Cadillac 
Hotel was given in his honor at the 
end of the year, bringing together 
more than 200 fellow NYC officials 
and Michigan attorneys. 

Joining the railroad organization 
in 1910, he was assigned almost at 
once to duties in connection with 
the Grand Central project. In 1915 
he was transferred to the Michigan 
Central as Assistant to the Vice- 
President, moving over to the law 
department 20 years ago. He is a 
charter member of the famous 
Economic Club of Detroit and has 
served as chairman of its legal com- 
mittee since the Club's founding. 



munities around Boston. Herbert writes 
that the work is non-sectarian with a fine 
humanitarian purpose. 

Classmates join in extending sympathy 
to Charles W. Brown, Professor Emeritus 
of Geology at Brown, on the loss of his 
wife, Mrs. Anne Peirce Brown, in Provi- 
dence, Dec. 6, 1952. 



1901 

Henry C. Hart of Providence received 
the University Club award for "outstand- 
ing service to the Club and community 
in 1952." Our Classmate, who is a Uni- 
versity Trustee, was honored at the club's 
annual Christmas Party in December. 
Vice-President Bruce Bigelow '24 was 
speaker on the occasion, Hugh B. Allison 
'48 was toastmaster. 

The sympathy of the Class is extended 
to the family of Henry Cleaves Sullivan 
who died recently at his home in Port- 
land, Me. 



1902 

Fred H. Gabbi of Portland, Me., has 
been confined by illness to his home at 
140 William St. since last May. His spir- 
its got an uplift Nov. 29 when he was 
treated to a private showing of the 1902 
25th Reunion movies. Charlie Mullen '39 
and Bob Skillings '11 took the film out 
to Fred's after its exhibit at a Brown- 
Pembroke social gathering. 



1903 

Edward N. White has changed his ad- 
dress in Winter Park, Fla. He is now at 
1328 Essex Rd. 

Carl C. Cutler, Curator of the Marine 
Historical Association's Museum at Mys- 
tic, Conn., wrote the foreword to "The 
Champion of the Seas Times," recently 
reproduced in facsimile by the Associa- 
tion. The newspaper was published 
weekly on board the clipper ship. Cham- 
pion of the Seas, during an 1855 passage 
from Liverpool to Melbourne. It makes 
most interesting reading. 



1904 

The Rev. George A. Humphries has re- 
tired from the active ministry and moved 
to West Hartford, Conn., where he is 
living at 10 Beverley Rd. (c/o Mrs. Frank 
Oglee). He is Pastor Emeritus of the 
Presbyterian Church, Metuchen, N. J. 

Guy B. Colburn has retired from the 
Faculty of Fresno (Calif.) State Teach- 
ers College. A former teacher at Provi- 
dence's Classical High School, he has his 
leisure hours all provided for: "Have 
lots of good books waiting to be read," 
he wrote. 

Arthur L. Young, after 38 years of 
service to the Connecticut State Depart- 
ment of Education, is now living in Provo, 
Utah, at 685 North (on the) 9th East St. 
He'd been School Supervising Agent and 
District Superintendent of Schools in 



All But the Tank 

Senator Theodore Francis 
Green '87, famed as a walker in 
Washington, believes the more in 
walking after an experience in De- 
cember. As Chairman of the Joint 
Committee on the Congressional 
Library, he was on hand to over- 
see the loading of the Constitution 
and the Declaration of Independ- 
ence when they made their historic 
move from the Library to the new 
installations in the National Ar- 
chives. 

Senator Green was also sched- 
uled to be present when the docu- 
ments were unloaded at the Ar- 
chives building. He accepted the 
offer of a ride in an Army tank, one 
of two in the procession. Armed 
Forces units, led by band and bugle 
corps, marched to the Archives. 
They arrived safely and on time, 
accompanied by one of the tanks. 

The other tank, with Senator 
Green aboard, remained at the 
starting point. An embarrassed 
Army finally confessed it "just 
would not move." 



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BRO'VVN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Connecticut until his retirement in 1950. 
He moved to Prove in 1951 to be near 
his daughter Ellen. Young has built a new 
house in Prove. 



After 30 Years with the ASCE 



1905 

An early December postcard from Roy 
Towne contained this message: "Two legs 
smashed and teeth knocked out June 28. 
Still helpless at the home of a nurse and 
her husband." His address is 1601 Rucker 
Ave. (c/o Mrs. Wesley Cochran), Ever- 
ett, Wash. 

Chief Justice Allyn L. Brown of the 
Conn. Supreme Court of Errors is head 
of a council appointed by Gov. John 
Lodge to make recommendations for re- 
forms of the State judiciary. 

Our Ralph G. Johnson, Chicago, after 
endless anxiety, disappointment and heart 
aches for some eight months has now 
sight in one eye, equal to 20/25 vision 
with glasses. His other eye still has a 
cataract but it may be best not to try, 
for a time at least, to remove it. Early 
February calls for a three months' trip 
to Florida. Rodney Walker was ready to 
help Ralph to use the typewriter, and all 
'05 are thinking deeply these days as Rod- 
ney and Jack McGough read again Jack's 
poem "Soldiers' Gate." 

D. D. 

1906 

Leon S. Gay has moved from Caven- 
dish to Brandon in Vermont. His new 
address is 28 Park St. 

Dr. James Hamilton, Jr., of Providence 
recently presented a claim against the 
city for a refund that was due him in 
1923! In April of that year our Classmate 
deposited $30 with the city for cutting a 
curbing near his home to provide drive- 
way access. Upon completion of the job 
that year, he received a receipted bill for 
$19.03. He has just gotten around to 
prodding the city for the remaining 
$10.97. 

One week in November brought bad 
news to Rev. Douglas Swaffield. Richard 
Tucker '06 died suddenly the day after 
Thanksgiving, a few days after the sudden 
death of Harry Harding '05. Both had 
been his roommates in college, and he 
"'■"= best man for both at their weddings. 

1907 

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Carder are at 
Ellinor Village, Ormond Beach, Fla., for 
the winter months. They were at their 
daughter's in Colonia, N. J., for the holi- 
days; and Gene was guest preacher at 
New York's Riverside Church — where he 
was long active as Associate Minister — 
the second Sunday in January. "We love 
Vermont," he wrote, "but three months 
of below zero weather and unmeasured 
mountains of snow furnish us with our 
alibi for a Florida interlude." 

R. W. McPhee is home again at 1023 
Granger Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich., after a 
visit with the McPhee daughter in Seattle, 
Wash., and the McPhee son in San Mateo, 
Calif. During the Seattle stopover he went 
to the hospital for an emergency opera- 
tion, and came out in three days "feeling 
fine." 

At time of publication of the "Revised 
Standard Version of the Holy Bible" last 
fall, a service of recognition and dedica- 
tion of the version (we recommend it for 
reading) was held at Central Schwenk- 



LIKE MANY A "RETIRED" MAN, Sydney 
Wilmot '09 finds himself busier than 
ever. The American Society of Civil Engi- 
neers announced itt the end of the year that 
he had resigned as Manager of Technical 
Publications after 30 years on the staff of 
ASCE's New York headquarters. An ap- 
preciation in the J.muary issue of Civil 
Engineering, which h^ edited for 16 years, 
supplemented the earlier news release. 

But Wilmot has been asked to do some 
special work for the Society in getting 
out the Centennial Transactions. This will 
be issued later in the year to commemo- 
rate ASCE's 100 years. In recognition of 
the anniversary, celebrated in Chicago 
last fall, its greatest convention was held, 
and outstanding papers were delivered. 
Their editing will occupy Wilmot for an- 
other six or eight months, it is expected. 

For 24 years Wilmot has been Secre- 
tary of ASCE's Committee on Publica- 
tions. He has directed the publication of 
the entire written record of the Society's 
technical accomplishment, including Pro- 
ceedings, Transactions, Proceedings-Sep- 
arates, technical manuals, manuals of En- 
gineering Practice, etc. When the Society 
decided to establish a civil engineering 
magazine of broad general, rather than 
strictly technical appeal, Wilmot super- 
vised its editing and publishing. 

After graduation from Brown, he took 
graduate work at Columbia leading to 
his M.A. in 1913. Among engineering 
projects on which he worked were the 
Catskill water supply system for New 
York City, its subway system, and the 
Panama Canal. In 1918 he returned to 
Brown as Assistant Professor for five 
years. He has been President twice of the 
Brown Engineering Association. 

He served prominently in the recent 
program celebrating the centennial of 




SYDNEY WILMOT '09 has retired os 
Manager of Technical Publications for 
the American Society of Civil Engineers. 
He continues as consultant on speciol 
problems concerned with preparing tech- 
nical papers and reports tor publication. 

.\SCE. He became a junior member of 
the Society upon graduation, an associate 
member in 1919, and a full member in 
1923. He holds membership in such hon- 
orary technical organizations as Sigma 
Xi and Chi Epsilon. As a churchman, he 
has been a member of the national mis- 
sionary organization of the Baptists. He 
was President of the Jennie Clarkson 
Home for Children in Valhalla, N. Y., 
from 1941 to 1948 and continues as a 
Director. His home is at 10 Outlook Ave., 
Colonial Heights, Tuckahoe, N. Y. 



felder Church, Worcester, Pa., of which 
our Rev. Levi S. Hoffman is pastor. Nine 
churches co-operated; members of the 
nine church choirs sang as one choir. 
"Nothing like it ever happened in this 
community in its entire history," Levi re- 
ported with justifiable pride. 

Lloyd Josselyn's Christmas card was in 
the form of a gaily decorated two-page 
letter with suggestions for reading each 
month of 1953. Lloyd's list is an admir- 
able one. As you read this paragraph, you 
can probably be assured that Lloyd is just 
about finishing on his own the four vol- 
ume "Diary of John Templeton Strong," 
which he began in early December. 

The C. M. Hamlins (Buck and Marie) 
sent greetings to "all '07 friends" when 
they mailed their Christmas card in 
Windsor, Tenn., to your Secretary. 

William P. Burnham and Mrs. Burn- 
ham were in Providence for Thanksgiving 
weekend, and Bill, George Hurley, Dr. 
Frank A. Cummings and your corre- 
spondent had lunch together at The Uni- 
versity Club. Other members of the Class 
in and near Providence were regrettably 
unable to attend for various reasons. No- 
tice was short; it is a pleasure to add that 
a reply came from nearly everyone in- 
vited. 



1908 

Frank G. Shinn of Woodbury, Conn., 
has sent us word that his daughter, Sally 
Arme, was married Sept. 27, 1952, to Dr. 
Herman D. Marggraff, Jr., of Woodbury. 

Conrad F. Seabury is at the Veterans 
Hospital, Yountville, Calif., according to 
word received from the Brown Club of 
Alta California. 

Frank F. Mason had the sympathy of 
the Class when his wife died the day after 
Christmas. Gertrude Mason had been an 
active civic leader in Pawtucket, with 
special interest in education. 



1909 

Harper Goodspeed, who was married 
on Thanksgiving Day, is in Spain this 
winter lecturing. Last fall he received the 
highest decoration of the Chilean govern- 
ment, "Commander of the Order of Merit, 
Bernardo O'Higgins." 

Clarence Bosworth's daughter and her 
husband, the John B. Careys of Fresh 
Meadows, N. Y., announce the birth of 
a son, Douglas John, on July 12, 1952. 
He is Clarence's second grandchild but 
first grandson. 



FEBRUARY 1953 



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George F. Sykes is another Florida 
winter visitor. George was officially re- 
tired September 1 and re-elected Assist- 
ant Professor Emeritus, Tufts Medical 
School. Visit him at 450 11th .A.ve. N.E., 
St. Petersburg, Fla. 

Chester L. Nourse has sent us an ad- 
dress that is good until April 10, 1953. It 
is: 535 Tangerine Ave. South, St. Peters- 
burg, Fla. 

After a decade in the South, J. D. 
Dean and his wife have taken up perma- 
nent residence in Chittenden, Vt. Our 
Classmate served as head of a research 
division of the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture's Southern Laboratory in New 
Orleans, until last spring. Chittenden, 
which is only 20 minutes' ride from Rut- 
land, is "real Green Mountain country 
. . . with deer in our woods and trout in 
our brooks," Dean writes. He expects it 
will be his address indefinitely. 

Chancellor Harold B. Tanner was 
elected Deputy Governor of the Society 
of Colonial Wars of R. 1. in December. 
Governor is Wayland W. Rice '17. 



1910 

Former Class President Warren John- 
son flew in from Honolulu just before 
Thanksgiving. After conducting some 
business in Washington he stopped off in 
Providence long enough to phone Class 
Secretary Andy Comstock and report that 
he is well and still enjoying the sunny 
clime of Hawaii. Warren is OPS chief in 
the Territory. 

A Christmas card received by Class 
Secretary Comstock from Mrs. Clifton H. 
Walcott told of the dedication of a li- 
brary in honor of our late Classmate in 
the church which he served for so many 
years. 

Roland E. Hutchins, who is nearing the 
retirement age at Rose Polytechnic In- 
stitute, Terra Haute, Ind., reports that he 
will probably continue to teach there for 
several years on an annual appointment 
basis. 

Steve Pyle's Christmas greetings from 
Seattle told of better health and much 



activity on behalf of The New Year 
Callers. It is an interfaith and interracial 
movement which extends its purpose of 
social acquaintance through the year. 

Ed Shaeffer's Christmas card related in 
rhyme his holiday trip with Mrs. Shaeffer 
to visit their two sons and daughters-in- 
law in Texas and Indiana. It also hinted 
at two grand-offspring for our California 
Classmate. (P.S. One grandson arrived 
just one and a half hours after the Shaef- 
fers did in Midland, Tex.) 

1912 

Stanley M. Banfield has reported from 
Birmingham, Mich., where his address is 
1042 Chestnut St. He was formerly at 
Mirror Lake, N. H. 



1913 

J. Taylor Wilson, noting that the "last 
issue of the Alumni Monthly was for- 
warded from several points and finally 



The Assistant Surgeon General 



THE Public Health Service announced 
in December that Dr. Justin M. An- 
drews '23 has been put in charge of the 
field research program of the Bureau of 
State Services as Associate Chief. Dr. 
Andrews will also have new duties as As- 
sistant Surgeon General in this division of 
the Federal Security Agency in Washing- 
ton. 

Until recently Andrews has been Offi- 
cer in Charge of the Service's Communi- 
cable Disease Center at Atlanta. He has 
an international reputation as an author- 
ity on malaria and other insect-borne 
diseases, receiving the Legion of Merit 
for his work with the military during 
World War II. 

The new Assistant Surgeon General is 
a native of Providence who, after gradu- 
ation from Brown, went to Johns Hopkins 
for his doctorate, in 1926. He was a mem- 
ber of the Johns Hopkins Faculty for four 
years, in the School of Hygiene and Pub- 
lic Health, serving at one period as a 
special member of the Rockefeller Foun- 
dation. He went to the University of the 
Philippines for a year in 1930 as Visiting 
Professor of Parasitology, then returned 
to Johns Hopkins as Associate Professor 
of Protozoology until 1938. 

The next four years saw him in Georgia 
as Director of the Division of Malaria 
and Hookworm Service for the State De- 
partment of Public Health. When the 
war broke out, he went overseas for more 
than three years. In both Europe and the 
Pacific he was Chief Malariologist in sev- 
eral theatres of war. It was his work in 
the Mediterranean which particularly led 
to his decoration. 

Worse Than Bullets 

Fighting malaria, dread mosquito-borne 
disease of all armies, was a full-time job 
for Andrews in the Mediterranean Thea- 
tre. Commissioned a Lt. Colonel in the 
Sanitary Corps, he led an army of scien- 
tists and medical technicians who con- 
trolled the disease so successfully from a 
military point of view that only a small 
number of soldiers contracted it. The in- 




FROM THE JUNGLE to the sub-zero living 
of the Arctic, disease has been his foe. Dr. 
Justin M. Andrews '23 is the new Assistant 
Surgeon General in the Federal Public 
Health Service. 



cidence of the disease in the civilian popu- 
lation was eight times that with the mili- 
tary. 

To determine where malaria was most 
prevalent, thousands of blood smears 
were taken among the civilian population. 
Andrews directed the draining of marshes, 
issuance of insect repellants, and the dis- 
tribution of atabrine, the dye equivalent 
of quinine. The old Army axiom that ma- 
laria is more deadly than bullets was 
borne out in Sicily where malaria pro- 
vided 60% of the disease cases. During 
the swift advance of the Seventh Army 
there, there were 1500 more cases of ma- 
laria than battle casualties. 

Andrews served in Morocco, Algeria, 



Tunisia, Sardinia, Corsica, Southern Italy, 
and Southern France, as well as Sicily. 
Later he went to the Pacific, whence he 
wrote the Alumni Office once that he was 
in a camp hacked out of the jungle. At 
other times he undertook to direct proj- 
ects in China, Puerto Rico, and Iran. In 
Teheran he planned a national malaria- 
control program for the country. Sim- 
ilarly he has been consultant to the Gov- 
ernments of Mexico and Venezuela. He 
holds the Army's certificate of proficiency 
in radiological defense, chemical war- 
fare, and military biology. 

He joined the Public Health Service in 
1946 when he became the first Deputy 
Officer in Charge when the Communi- 
cable Disease Center was established un- 
der that name in Atlanta. 

Dr. Andrews is recognized as an out- 
standing research scientist and teacher, 
as well as a public health administrator. 
He has lectured at the Harvard and the 
Tulane Medical Schools and the Harvard 
School of Public Health. Since 1940 he 
has also been Associate Professor of Pub- 
lic Health in the Emory University School 
of Medicine. Johns Hopkins awarded the 
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in 
1951. 

He was President of the National Ma- 
laria Society in 1951 and is a fellow or 
member of several other scientific organ- 
izations. He also is a member of the Ex- 
pert Advisory Panels on Malaria and 
Insecticidesof the World Health Organiza- 
tion, a United Nations agency. His writ- 
ings include more than 80 scientific pa- 
pers in addition to his being co-author 
of a text on research protozoology. 

In his new post Dr. Andrews will di- 
rect the substantial program in applied 
research which the Bureau of State Serv- 
ices carries on in a number of areas. In 
addition to the Communicable Disease 
Center in Atlanta, the Bureau operates 
the Environmental Health Center in Cin- 
cinnati and the Arctic Health Research 
Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The former 
does field investigations concerning the 
engineering aspects of public health; the 
latter looks into various health problems 
of living in sub-zero weather. Dr. An- 
drews also will work with the States in 
solving their research and disease con- 
trol problems. 



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reached him in Oak Ridge, Tennessee," 
sent us his current address; Box E, 
c/o Atomic Energy Commission. Oak 
Ridge. Our Classmate is AEC liaison 
officer for the National Production Au- 
thority. He is chiefly concerned with the 
scheduling and procurement of materials 
and equipment required by new atomic 
energy plants at Oak Ridge, Paducah, 
Ky., and Portsmouth, Ohio. Before his 
present assignment, Wilson served the 
U. S. government in Germany. 

Duncan Langdon is serving as Lieu- 
tenant Governor of the Society of Colo- 
nial Wars in R. I. under Governor Way- 
land W. Rice "17. 

1914 

Maurice A. Wolf was named Execu- 
tive Director of the R. I. chapter of the 
Big Brothers of America, Inc., organized 
in Providence in December. 

Cyril C. Smith resigned in December 
after 24 years as Principal of the Bart- 
lett Junior and Senior High Schools of 
Webster, Mass. He and Mrs. Smith are 
now located in Palm Beach, Fla., where 
he will continue in educational work. 
During his tenure, our Classmate guided 
Bartlett High to a place of distinction 
among the public schools of Massachu- 
setts. He was the originator of student 
councils and took an active part in the 
community life of the city. 

James L. Cummings, retired, has 
moved from New London, Conn., to 
Fall River, Mass., where his address is 
P.O. Box 1651. 

1915 

Chief Justice Robert E. Quinn of the 
year-old Court of Military Appeals told 
R. L Bar Association members in Decem- 
ber that the tribunal, in operation about 
a year and a half, is "swamped" with 
cases. As compared with the U. S. Su- 
preme Court's average of 100 opinions a 
year. Judge Qutnn reported that his court 



Filling Washington Posts 

Even before Dwight D. Eisen- 
hower's nomination as Republican 
candidate for the U. S. presidency, 
a Brown man was conducting a 
"scientific survey of qualifications 
required for policy-making jobs in 
the Federal government" which 
was to guide members of the new 
administration in filling such jobs. 

Marvin Bower '25 is a manag- 
ing partner in the New York firm 
of McKinsey and Co., management 
consultants. His company was re- 
tained by a group of "forward- 
thinking Republicans" to facilitate 
the filling of these posts in the short 
period between election and in- 
auguration. 

The resulting studies, according 
to Presidential Assistant Sherman 
Adams, directed careful attention 
to the current organization of the 
Executive Department with the 
idea of making immediate improve- 
ments in personnel and interde- 
partmental relationships. This dis- 
tinguishes Bower's work from that 
of the Temple University commis- 
sion which is long-range in nature. 



Rival TV Capitals 
Half the programs that appear 
on CBS-TV will eventually come 
from Hollywood according to Hub- 
bell Robinson, Jr., '27. Program 
vice-president for the network, he 
bases his prediction on "the enor- 
mous reservoir of talent . . . writ- 
ing, producing and directing" as 
well as performing that is available 
in the movie capital. 

Robinson, who recently took part 
in ceremonies that opened CBS' 
12-million dollar Television City 
in Hollywood, is not saying that 
New York will become a deserted 
city TV-wise. "News and public 
affairs presentations inevitably will 
center in New York," he declared. 
The theater of Broadway is also a 
prime source of TV talent and ma- 
terial. And most early morning pro- 
grams will originate from the East 
because of the three-hour time dif- 
ference. 

So, while Hollywood with its 
talent and its improved just-made- 
for-TV facilities will gam on New 
York as a source of shows, neither 
city is expected to have any clear- 
cut claim to the title of "Video 
Capital of the Nation." 



delivered twice that number in its first 
year. 

Dr. Wallace L. Gallup, who served re- 
cently as Penn. State Director of the 
Christian Rural Overseas Program, has 
accepted a call to the pastorate of the 
Federated Church in Holmdel, N. J. His 
son, Howard, is teaching at the University 
of Pennsylvania where he is working for 
his doctorate. Wally's address is simply 
Holmdel, N. J. 

1916 

Maj. Gen. William C. Chase, head of 
the U. S. Military Assistant Advisory 
Group on Formosa, was one of those who 
conferred with President Eisenhower 
when he made his Korean visit in Decem- 
ber. 

1917 

Nelson Barlow, Vice-President and 
Plant Manager of the Apponaug Co. in 
Apponaug, R. L, lives in Cranston at 29 
Poppy Dr., Garden City. He was for- 
merly in Peterborough, N. H. 

Rowse B. Wilcox is head of the Eng- 
lish Department at Friends Seminary, 
East 16th St. and Rutherford PI., NYC 3. 

Lt. (jg) William B. Farnsworth, Jr., 
son of our Classmate and Mrs. Farns- 
worth, was married Dec. 20, 1952, to 
Miss Jean Gibson of Wellesley Hills, 
Mass. 

Wayland W. Rice was re-elected Gov- 
ernor of the Society of Colonial Wars 
in R. I. at the 55th annual court in De- 
cember. 

1918 

R. I. Republican State Chairman 
Charles H. Eden has a seat on the Re- 
publican National Committee as a result 
of the majority vote rolled up by the 
State in November for President Eisen- 



hower. A new "bonus" rule, adopted by 
the convention in July, admits any State 
chairman whose State votes for Republi- 
can presidential electors, elects a Repub- 
lican majority to Congress or elects a 
GOP governor. Eden was re-elected State 
chairman in December. Charles, Jr., was 
commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 
artillery in December. 

Brown Biology Professor J. Walter 
Wilson received a $3372 grant from the 
Damon Runyon Cancer Fund in Decem- 
ber for new equipment which will en- 
able the department to intensify its re- 
search. This is the Fund's third grant to 
Brown in the last two years. 

Walter Adler is a Vice-President of the 
Big Brothers of R. I., Inc., that was or- 
ganized in December to provide mature 
and understanding friendship for boys "in 
trouble, about to be in trouble or apt to 
get in trouble." It is a national body. 

1919 

Last April Dr. George H. Gildersleeve 
was chosen President-elect of the Conn. 
State Medical Society. This April he will 
assume full responsibilities as President 
of the organization. Our Classmate prac- 
tices in Norwich, Conn. 

Judge Fred B. Perkins is a Vice-Presi- 
dent of Claddings, Inc., Providence de- 
partment store. He was also named a 
Director at the quarterly meeting in No- 
vember. 

Harrison A. Brown was named gen- 
eral staff assistant of the defense unit of 
the N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., 
with an office at the company's head- 
quarters in Boston. Formerly located in 
Brockton, Mass., he has been with the 
company since 1921. His Brockton asso- 
ciates presented him with a full billfold 
at a party in honor of his promotion. He 
and his wife still live in Eastondale, Mass. 
Their daughter, son-in-law and two 
grandchildren are in California; Harrison, 
Jr., is attending veterinary school at Okla- 
homa A & M. 

Prof. Ben W. Brown was Chairman of 
the Providence Council for the Living 
Theatre, a sponsoring group which en- 
deavored to lay a good foundation for a 
season of Broadway plays at the Play- 
house in Providence this winter. He di- 
rected a production of "Macbeth," which 
was one of the professional offerings. 

1920 

Frank D. Brigham has moved from 
Darien, Conn., to New York City where 
he is living at 430 E. 56th St. 

John B. Tasker, Jr., son of our Class- 
mate and Mrs. Tasker, is manager of the 
varsity polo team at Cornell University 
where he is an honor student. 

Walter Hoving, President of Bonwit 
Teller, was the principal speaker at the 
November career conference for students 
at Colby College. He told them he didn't 
like the word "capitalism" to describe the 
American system. He thinks it would be 
better to substitute the thought of "pri- 
vate responsibility" for capitalism. 

1921 

For a third time, since his return from 
Korea in April, John J. Muccio has been 
honored in his home state of Rhode 
Island for outstanding service to the na- 
tion. In December, the former Ambassa- 
dor to Korea who is now a U. S. Delegate 



FEBRUARY 1953 



25 



to the United Nations General Assembly 
was honored at a dinner held by the Roger 
Williams Lodge, B'nai B'rith, in Provi- 
dence. U. S. Senator Theodore Francis 
Green '87 also spoke. 

Floyd W. Buswell, an accountant with 
American International Overseas, inc., is 
located in Hamilton, Bermuda. His resi- 
dential address is "Rutlands," Richmond 
Rd., Pembroke, Bermuda. 

1922 

Arthur J. Phelan, a partner in the Wash- 
ington, D. C, law firm of Hogan and 
Hartson, lives in Chevy Chase, Md., at 
6010 Brookville Rd. 

John A. O'Neill, active in the reform 
Independent Party in Pavrtucket, R. I., 
found the old-line politicos too much for 
him in the November elections. His 
party's incumbent mayor, Lawrence A. 
McCarthy '23, lost out for re-election in a 
three-way race with both Republicans and 
Democrats. 

Bert ShurtlefFs new book has an Alas- 
kan setting and two memorable dogs, 
Husky and Spareribs, according to lie 
bulletin of the Providence Public Library. 
The title: "Escape from the Ice Cap." 

1923 

Dale Stevenson Morse, daughter of 
our Classmate, Eben P. Morse, and Mrs. 
Morse, was married Nov. 27, 1952, to 
James R. Holtsclaw USN. The ceremony 
took place in Christ Church, Warwick, 
Bermuda. Eben has moved his Spring 
Hollow Farm from South Natick, Mass., 
to RFD 2, Bowdoinham, Me. The 250- 
acre tract of field and forest is ideal for 
the raising and training of hunting dogs, 
Eben's favorite pastime now that he is 
"retired." 

Eugene F. Grunewald has retired and 
reports that until March 30 he will be at 
240-24th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, Fla. 
After that his address will be 6 Linda Rd., 
Port Washington, N. Y. 

Miss Claudia DeSimone, daughter of 
D. Thomas DeSimone, was Queen of 
Bryant College's Snow Ball in December. 

Stephen A. McClellan, President of 
Specialties, Inc., has been in England. 
This explains the fact that we've had no 
recent word from Syosset, L. I., or Char- 
lottesville, Va., the two Specialties head- 
quarters. 

Miss Patricia A. Chase, daughter of 
Class Secretary and Mrs. Nat Chase (the 
latter is Pembroke '24), is engaged to G. 
Earle Michaud '51 of Scituate, Mass. Miss 
Chase is a Pembroke senior. Her fiance 
is a salesman with the George Dean Co. 

1924 

The Rev. Gordon E. Bigelow of the 
Baptist Church of Beverly, Mass., was 
cited in the annual report of the President 
of Bates College as one who had "stimu- 
lated our thinking" in Wednesday morn- 
ing chapel. Gordon's son is a student at 
Bates; another son is a Freshman at 
Brown. 

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Alden Libby an- 
nounce the marriage of their daughter, 
Carol, to Charles Edward Bradner on 
Dec. 28 in the Beverly Vista Community 
Church, Beverly Hills, Calif. 

Earle V. Johnson assumed new duties 
Jan. 1 as President of the Board of Real- 
tors of Lincoln, Neb. He is a partner in 



the firm of Loomis and Johnson at 239 
South 13th St. His daughter, Cynthia, is 
a sophomore at the University of Ne- 
braska. 



1925 

Paul J. Braisted left the States on Nov. 
30 for a three-month's inspection tour of 
Far Eastern colleges and universities. 
During the trip, which is sponsored by the 
Hazen Foundation of which he is presi- 
dent, Paul attended the International 
Conference of Social Work at Madras, 
India. Other countries on his itinerary 
are Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, 
Indonesia, and the Philippines. A former 
chaplain of Judson College, Rangoon, he 
is primarily concerned about the mani- 
festation in students of social awakening 
among the peoples of southern and 
southeastern Asia. 

LeGrand B. Smith is serving the Meth- 
odist Board of Missions in La Paz, Bo- 
livia, where his address is Instituto 
Americano, Cajon No. 9. 

Col. Charles H. Morhouse and his 
family are established in Wimpole Park, 
Arrington, England. The town is 10 miles 
from Cambridge where the children are 
in school. Morhouse is in charge of a 




LLOYD DENNIS '31 has been elected Vice- 
President in charge of programming for 
WTOP-AM, FM, and TV, the Washington 
Post'Columbia Broadcasting System station 
in the Capitol. In radio since 1928, he has 
been with WTOP since 1937, most recently 
OS Director of Program Service. When the 
United Nations held its first meetings in 
San Francisco, Dennis was radio advisor to 
Secre'ory of State Stettinius and the U. S. 
delegation. He's one of the Washington 
Brown Club's most active members. (Photo 
by Reni) 



hospital group, but his duties send him 
frequently to the Continent where he has 
seen Classmate Robert W. "Pat" Kenny. 
The latter was due home in the States in 
January. 

1926 

Sydney M. Chisholm has left Cleve- 
land, Ohio, for Williamstown, Mass., 
where he is Director of Dining Halls at 
Williams College. He lives at the Charle- 
mont Inn, Charlemont, Mass. 

Ernest E. Intlehouse is executive assist- 
ant to George A. Landis who is Califor- 
nia State Manager for the Franklin Life 
Insurance Co. His mail address is 649 
South Olive St., Los Angeles 14. 

George Y. Loveridge had a longish 
short story called "The Cruise" in the 
Yale Review for October. "Fine and 
haunting," one commentator called it. 

1927 

George W. Douglass is employed by 
the General Adjustment Bureau in New 
Bedford and lives on Main St., Matta- 
poisett, Mass. We had been without word 
of him for some years until Jack Rosen- 
berg '42, Secretary of the New Bedford 
Brown Club, provided this information. 

Jasper S. Costa wrote us recently from 
Paraguay where he is a tax adviser to that 
country's government. On assignment 
with the Institute of Inter-American 
Affairs, he is addressed c/o The Ameri- 
can Embassy, Asuncion, Paraguay. 

An Army engineer, Maj. Harwood E. 
Read is overseas now. His address: 8604 
AAU, APO 843, c/o Postmaster, NYC. 

J. Arnold Yates was appointed actuary 
of the Savings Banks Life Insurance Fund 
in Connecticut in December. He lives 
with his wife and three sons in Farming- 
ton. 

The Rev. Franklin D. Elmer, Jr., Pastor 
of the First Baptist Church, Flint, Mich., 
has just dedicated a new church edifice. 
The December issue of Missions printed 
a Christmas poem written by him. 

1928 

The local planning committee for our 
25th Reunion met for a second time in 
December. Movies of the 10th Reunion 
were shown to Stan Smith, Jack Heffer- 
nan, Ralph Mills, Bob Evans and Nels 
Jones in the latter's oflice. Because of the 
pleasant memories stirred up by these 
pictures, the committee resolved to sched- 
ule a showing of past reunion films at the 
Class Clambake on May 30, Memorial 
Day. If any Class members have such 
movies that might be included, they are 
asked to send them to Nelson B. Jones, 
Faunce House, Brown University, with 
instructions as to whether or not they 
may be attached to other films to form a 
single reel for convenience in presenta- 
tion. 

Watch for regular announcements of 
Reunion plans in the Alumni Monthly. 

Dr. William S. Litterick, Director of 
Research at Stephens College, taught 
graduate courses at the summer session 
of the University of Dalhousie in Hali- 
fax last summer. He also spoke over the 
Canadian Broadcasting System and gave 
several lectures at other Canadian col- 
leges and to the Canadian Naval Reserve 
groups in Halifax. 

Harold Halpert has opened a new fab- 
ric and decorating business in Florida — 



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Whitehall Fabrics, Inc., at 248 Giralda 
Ave., Coral Gables. He lives in a modern 
apartment at 325 Majorca Ave., but 
shuttles back and forth to Portland, Me., 
taking advantage of the season in each 
city. 

1930 

The sympathy of Classmates is ex- 
tended to Otto iCerner, Jr., whose father 
Judge Otto Kerner of the U. S. Circuit 
Court of Appeals, died in Chicago, Dec. 
13, 1952. Our Classmate is U. S. Attorney 
for Northern Illinois. 

Arthur B. Fowler was elected one of 
the Republican Justices of the Peace in 
Windham, Conn., in the fall voting. 

1931 

James P. Lawton is owner and manager 
of the Credit Advisement Bureau in New 
Bedford. His home address in the Massa- 
chusetts city is 203 Brownell St. 

Melvin G. Lundstedt, Supervisor of 
Playground Recreation in Lynn, Mass., 
was elected President of the New Eng- 
land Park Association at its meeting in 
November. He has been with the Lynn 
Park Department since 1928 and lives 
with his wife and 13-year old son at 63 
Tracy Ave. 

Arthur Novogroski is regional attorney 
for the U. S. Department of Labor in the 
six New England States. Formerly en- 
forcement chief with the regional office 
of WSB, he has been associated with the 
legal division of the Labor Department 
since 1942. 

In his new position as a Commissioner 
of the Superior Court of California, John 
F. Aiso no longer maintains a Los 
Angeles law office. He prefers mail at 
his home address, 1408 Tamarind Ave., 
L. A. 28. 

Maj. Edward B. Williams, Jr., has left 
Philadelphia for Orlando, Fla., where he 
is with MATS at Orlando AFB. 

Right after Christmas recess, John S. 
Warren started his new duties as Principal 
of the Bloomfield (Conn.) High School. 
Principal of several junior and senior 
high schools in Maine since graduation, 
our Classmate holds a Master's degree in 
Education from the University of New 
Hampshire. 

R. Irving Blanchard, who has been 
sales manager for Household Paper Prod- 
ucts in the N. E. area since 1935, has 
been transferred to Florida where he is 
Regional Manager. His new address: 905 
West Church St., DeLand, Fla. 



On the WNEC Faculty 

Brown is well represented 
among new instructors at Western 
New England College in Springfield 
this year. William C. Giles, Jr., '42 
and Samuel L. Thompson '44 are on 
the Law Faculty, while Lewis Shaw 
'48 is teaching in the School of Busi- 
ness in a course on Business Reports 
and Conferences. Jones Harold Tal- 
bot, Jr., who received his Sc.M. in 
1949, is also a member of the Fac- 
ulty. 

Western New England College is 
a former affiliate of Northeastern, 
now incorporated on its own. Its 
courses are all evening ones. 



1932 

Paul F. Gleesor. a teacher in Provi- 
dence's Classical Higli School, has been 
awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship 
to work with Prof. James B. Hedges of 
the Brown history department on the 
second volume of "The Browns of Provi- 
dence." Paul has been interested in Rhode 
Island history as a hobby for years. His 
first research for Prof. Hedges will deal 
with the China trade of the Brown family. 
The first volume of the projected three- 
volume history was published last April. 
Gleeson will be on leave from Classical 
for a year, during which time he will 
make side trips to the National Archives 
in Washington and other collections in 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Penn- 
sylvania. 

Dr. John Bell Rae, Associate Profes- 
sor of History at M.I.T., discussed "The 
United States and Great Britain, Partners 
or Rivals?" at the 30th annual St. An- 
drew's Day celebration which the St. 
Andrew's Society of R. I. observed in 
December. 

Classmates join in extending sympathy 
to E. Wallace Childs, Jr., whose father 
died in Providence, Dec. 1, 1952. 

Stuart Waite, Chairman of the Re- 
publican City Committee in Springfield, 
Mass., did an effective job in his party's 
victory in what is normally a Democratic 
stronghold. 

1933 

George C. Whitney II is following his 
father, the late Warren A. Whitney '05, 
in being named a Trustee of Worcester 
Academy. The elder Whitney served the 
Academy for many years as President 
and later Chairman of the Board. Our 
Classmate, who is Trust Officer and As- 
sistant Treasurer of the Worcester County 
Trust Co., was named at the 118th an- 
nual meeting of the board in October. 
One of his sons, Clark, is a Senior at the 
prep school, another son, David, is regis- 
tered for next Fall. 

Eliott W. J. TumbuU has moved from 
Akron, Ohio, to Cleveland where he is 
District Manager for the Mack Motor 
Truck Corp. His new home address: 3721 
Traver Rd., Cleveland 22. 

Simon J. Copans is attached to the 
U. S. State Department and currently lo- 
cated in Paris. 

New Bursar at Rensselaer Polytech is 
Roland K. Brown. He was Director of 
Athletics at the Troy, New York, school 
for several years. 

Air-minded members of '33 should 
make a note to stop in at the Airport 
Cocktail Lounge when they debark at Lo- 
gan Airport, Boston. Manager of the 
lounge is Classmate Alexander I. Green- 
berg. 

1934 

Two Classmates are really "sticking to- 
gether" in the banking world of Boston. 
Knight Ames and John B. Harriman were 
both promoted from Trust Officers to 
Assistant Vice-Presidents of the Boston 
Safe Deposit and Trust Co. in December. 
Recently, they organized and are the 
heads of the bank's Estate Planning De- 
partment. 

Paul A. Tamburello is City Solicitor 
for the City of Pittsfield, Mass. A recent 
letter conveyed an invitation for anyone 
from the University, "past or present," to 
drop in when they are in "the most beauti- 




ALBERT R. COTTERILL '35 has been elected 
Vice-President and Assistant Secretary of 
the American Express Co. and its overseas 
subsidiary. He joined the company in 1940. 



ful part of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts." 

Kenneth Hampson resigned as Associ- 
ate Professor of Industrial Engineering at 
the University of Bridgeport (Conn.) to 
accept the position of supervisor of the 
Wage Policy Branch, Mohawk Carpet 
Mills, Inc., in Amsterdam, N. Y. He 
writes that he and his family "are enjoy- 
ing Amsterdam immensely." Their ad- 
dress there: 195 Guy Park Ave. 

Coburn Buxton, owner of the Buxton 
Music Co., Dallas, Tex., tells us about a 
new installation of his in a $100,000 
drive-in. Coin boxes located strategically 
along a line under an awning 140 feet 
long enable customers to make selections 
without leaving their cars. Speakers built 
into the building broadcast the music 
from a 48-record unit that is underneath 
the drive-in's concrete floor. Buxton is 
"counting on the 30 girls (car-hops)" to 
make his unique experiment a success. 

W. Selden Steiger is new President of 
the Cleveland (Ohio) Association of 
Accident and Health Underwriters. Our 
Classmate, who is General Agent for 
Northern Ohio of the Mass. Indemnity 
Insurance Co. of Boston, is also Vice- 
President of the Ohio Association of 
Accident and Health Underwriters. Stei- 
ger has been instrumental in introducing 
the Disability Insurance Sales Course into 
several colleges. He hopes to double 
membership in the Cleveland Association 
during his tenure. 

1935 

Russell M. Brown is the new law part- 
ner of J. Howard McGrath, former U. S. 
Attorney General, who has resumed pri- 
vate practice. The firm of McGrath and 
Brown has offices in Providence and 
Washington, D. C. Brown had spent the 
last 14 years as a Government lawyer 
with the Justice Department, Navy, the 
Treasury, and the General Services Ad- 
ministration. After service in the Navy 
he was admitted to the Texas bar, but his 



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27 




LEWIS I. SHWARTZ '41 Is TV Program Man- 
ager of WWLP, first television station in 
Springfield, Moss. He is responsible for all 
local and network programming, as well as 
serving os film buyer. Shwortz is former 
Executive Production Manager of WJAR-TV 
in Providence, where two programs he pro- 
duced and directed won "TV Guide" 
awards. Most recently he had been Ra- 
dio-TV Director for the Democratic State 
Committee of Rhode Island. 

career there was interrupted by an auto- 
mobile accident in 1947. He returned in- 
stead to Washington, where he was Chief 
of the Claims and Litigation Division of 
the General Counsel's Office of the Treas- 
ury Department. He helped organize GSA 
in 1950 and resigned last August. A 
neighbor in the Southern Building, where 
he now practices, is Norman S. Case '08. 

The sympathy of Classmates is ex- 
tended to Henry B. Childs whose father, 
Elmer W. Childs, died in Providence, 
Dec. 1, 1952. Tilden B. Mason had the 
sympathy of the Class in the loss of his 
mother, Mrs. Frank F. Mason, in Paw- 
tucket, R. I., Dec. 26, 1952. 

1936 

Lt. Col. Charles H. Kederich received 
his third Oak Leaf Cluster to his Bronze 
Star Medal for meritorious service while 
commanding the Third Battalion of the 
65th Regiment, Third Infantry Division, 
in Korea from January to April 1952. 
Our Classmate is still overseas. His wife 
and children are living at 1016 N. Liv- 
ingston St., Arlington, Va. 

Buenos A. W. Young has moved from 
Newington, Conn., to 921 Shire Road, 
Cape Cottage, Me. He'd been with Sears, 
Roebuck in Hartford and is now assistant 
manager of their new store in Portland. 

1937 

J. DeReu Crocker has moved from 
Grand Prairie, Texas, to Albany, N. Y., 
where his new address is 605 Mercer St. 

1938 

Charles E. Colbert was admitted to the 
Massachusetts bar in October. He re- 



ceived his law degree from Boston Col- 
lege Law School in June 1952. He is with 
the American Mutual Liability Insurance 
Co. 

Peter Skaliy has been transferred by 
the U. S. Public Health Service from At- 
lanta, Ga., to Detroit. He is a microbi- 
ologist with CDCA TDB, Box 317, De- 
troit 31. 

Dr. Ewan W. Fletcher is a professorial 
lecturer and research associate at Case 
Institute of Technology in Cleveland, 
Ohio. His home address is 1069 AUston 
Rd., Cleveland Hts. 

Lt. Ken Foote, USN, has been in 
Charleston, S. C, since July, finding it 
"a wonderfully friendly place." He says 
he's about decided "the only way to re- 
vive our lagging Northern loyalties is to 
come up to the 15th reunion." The prob- 
lem of moving his wife and three chil- 
dren looks formidable, though, and he 
asks for "flying carpet suggestions." The 
youngest child, Florence Elaine, was born 
June 17. 

1939 

Karl F. Weygand is at the American 
Embassy in Karachi, Pakistan, where he 
is in charge of personnel. 

A new address for James B. Hawley is 
200 South Ottawa, St. John's, Mich. He 
was formerly in Albany, N. Y. 

J. Cresson Given, Jr., is President of 
the Hamilton Employment Service, Inc., 
50 Church St., NYC. He has a new home 
address, 1 15 Chatham St., Chatham, N. J. 

F. M. Shumway, Jr., is a partner in the 
Shumway-Freten Co. in Chicago. His new 
home address is 815 E. Deerpath, Lake 
Forest, 111. 

1940 

Jonathan Goodwin, Assistant Trust 
Officer of the Phoenix State Bank and 
Trust Co. in Hartford, Conn., has been 
named a Trustee of Hartford College. 
His mother, the late Mrs. Charles Good- 
win, was a Trustee of the College for 
many years. 

Coach John McLaughry, whose Am- 
herst team won the Little Three football 
championship the past season, was guest 
speaker at the Providence Gridiron Club's 
eighth annual award dinner for the R. I. 
All-lnterscholastic League football team 
in December. 

Byron Crosman's son, Ted, had a light 
attack of polio in the fall but has re- 
covered almost completely. Our Class- 
mate is in the investment business in San 
Francisco. 

Arthur William Lindholm is back in 
New England, just in time for winter. 
Formerly located in Morganton, N. C, he 
is now in Milton, Mass., where his ad- 
dress is 58 Governors Rd. 

1941 

Joseph W. B. McCormick, an attorney 
for the Nestle Co., Inc., lives at 50 Old 
Mamaroneck Rd., White Plains, N. Y. 

Lt. Comdr. Channing H. Cox is on the 
staff at the Fleet Sonar School, San Diego, 
Calif. 

Dr. Walter Creese of the Art Depart- 
ment of the University of Louisville has 
been appointed for 1953-1954 to the Ad- 
visory Selection Board for U. S. Govern- 
ment awards under the Fulbright Act. He 
will serve on the committee for art, ar- 
chaeology, and architecture, which rec- 
ommends individuals for university lec- 



turing and advanced research abroad in 
these fields. This will be his second term 
as an appointee of the Committee on the 
International Exchange of Persons. 

Bill McClelland, former Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Psychology at Brown, is chief 
of the Training Methods Section at the 
Human Resources Research Center, 
Mather AFB, Calif. Working with him is 
Preston S. Abbott who did some graduate 
work in psychology at Brown. 

Jim Cunningham had a lot of news 
about Brown oflTicialdom in Washington 
when he wrote Alumni Secretary Mc- 
Cormick in November. Jim is Chief of 
Personnel Procurement for the CIA. On 
a trip to the coast, Jim had a chance to 
visit with the McClellands. (See above.) 

Lincoln Hanson is back in Washington, 
D. C, after a stay in Korea where he con- 
ducted operations research for the Army. 
Working with the Operations Research 
Office of Johns Hopkins University, Line 
studied the psychological and physiologi- 
cal eff'ects of fatigue and stress on the 
combat infantryman. "While our results 
are pretty preliminary," wrote Line, "we 
had a productive trip." 

1942 

Dr. Robert D. Lincoln is resident physi- 
cian at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Tow- 
son, Md. He lives in Baltimore at 530 
Walker Ave. 

Richard F. Buck is located in Glad- 
stone, Mich., where he is a manager- 
trainee with the Atlas Plywood Co. He 



Dedicated to Richardson 
Granino a. Korn '42 is the au- 
thor of "Electronic Analog Com- 
puters" recently published by Mc- 
Graw-Hill. The book was written in 
collaboration with his wife, Theresa 
M. Korn, formerly an engineer with 
Boeing Aircraft Company. As an 
assistant, Korn taught at Brown 
while getting his Ph.D. in 1948. 
Later, he became a project engi- 
neer with Sperry Gyroscope Com- 
pany where he specialized in the 
design of d-c analog differential an- 
alyzers and automatically con- 
trolled aircraft. He next joined the 
Research Section of Curtiss-Wright 
Corporation, Airplane Division, in 
charge of designing analog com- 
puters and automatic control sys- 
tems, and supervised large-scale an- 
alog computations. Korn is at 
present Staff Engineer with the Mili- 
tary Operations Research Division 
of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 
in Burbank, Calif. 

The book presents the facts and 
data needed in working with auto- 
matic computing devices. The ex- 
planations and data are illustrated 
by examples from industrial appli- 
cations, including design of auto- 
matic pilots, and linear and 
nonlinear servomechanisms, and 
solutions of oscillation problems, 
ballistic trajectories, and aircraft 
flight equations. 

The Korns' dedication is to the 
late Dean R. G. D. Richardson, 
"who contributed so much to the 
development of Applied Mathemat- 
ics in America." 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



prefers mail at 1384 Main St., Newing- 
ton. Conn. 

Richard L. Capwell is an instructor in 
English and the Humanities at Ohio Wes- 
leyan University, Delaware, O. 

1943 

Robert E. Parks, Jr., is now working at 
the Enzyme Institute, Madison, Wis., as 
a post-doctoral Fellow of the American 
Cancer Society. His Madison address is 
38B University Houses. 

Free-lance writer Brainerd S. Bates 
sends in his copy from San Augustin, Ma- 
jorca, where he lives with his wife and 
two sons. Attracted to the Spanish island 
by a story on its low cost of living, our 
Classmate writes articles, sometimes in 
collaboration with his wife, for The Chi- 
cago Tribune, Popular Mechanics, Trains 
and Travel, Child Life and other maga- 
zines. 

William L. Robin is in Easton, Pa., 
where he is with J. Rudolph, Inc., manu- 
facturers of ladies handbags. Bill's ad- 
dress is 326 North Ninth St., Easton. 

Paul A. Lathrop, a project engineer 
with the Sperry Gyroscope Co., is work- 
ing at the Naval Air Missile Test Center, 
Pt. Mugo, Calif. He lives in Oxnard, 
Calif., at 238 Palm Ave. 

1944 

Mrs. Leonard S. Rogers has sent us 
word that Len is now in Paris doing work 
on his doctoral dissertation. Home for 
our Classmate is 35 Sprucewood Dr., 
Levittown, N. Y. 

Eliot Bliss has moved to Hollywood 
with the Columbia Broadcasting System. 
A CBS-TV engineer, he is now located in 
the Television City studios of the com- 
pany. His home address is 13925 River- 
side Dr., Sherman Oaks, Calif. 

Howie Baetzhold expects to complete 
his Ph.D. requirements this summer: his 
research subject, Mark Twain. Meanwhile 
he is helping the dean on curricular mat- 
ters at the University of Wisconsin where 
he is conducting his research. 

Assistant Director of Public Relations 
Richard E. Flower of the American Her- 
itage Foundation lives at 160 East 48th 
St., NYC 17. 

A group of classmates at Cranston 
High School in Rhode Island is seeking 
to honor the late Ens. C. Howard Good- 
child, Navy pilot who was killed in a 
crash at sea in 1943. They have set up a 
fund to finance the dedication of a public 
square named for Goodchild, at the in- 
tersection of New London and Reservoir 
Aves. and Dean Parkway. The proposal 
was first made at a reunion of the high 
school class of 1938. 

1945 

Lt. Pemberton B. Wall USNR, the first 
officer to go on active duty from the 
Pawtucket Naval Reserve Unit, has re- 
turned to civilian life. Called back in 
1950, he served aboard an attack trans- 
port in Korean waters. 

George H. Main is an Eastern sales 
representative for the Howard Foundry 
Co. of Milwaukee. George lives at 7 Short 
Hills Circle, Milburn, N. J. 

Still on the sales staff of the Koppers 
Co., Inc., Robert L. Boyd has been trans- 
ferred from Milwaukee to Pittsburgh. 
His new address: 4450 Brownsville Rd., 
Pittsburgh 27. 



Chipman P. Ela has moved South, 
from Ft. Sill, Okla., to Houston, Tex., 
where he is an estimator and salesman 
with West Millwork, Inc. 

Dr. Jacob J. Foster is a resident in 
neurosurgery at the Veterans Hospital in 
Long Beach, Calif. He lives at 5252 
Obispo Ave., that city. 

1946 

Elmer W. Liebsch, Jr., passed the 
Massachusetts bar exam with honors in 
October. Our Classm^^te graduated from 
Boston University Law School in June 
1952 and is now associated in practice 
with his father in Salem, Mass. 




HOTPOINT CO. has named Gordon G. Hurt 
'42 its Advertising Manager. A four-year 
Navy veteran and former instructor at 
Wharton, he went with G.E. in 1948 and 
joined Hotpoint the following year. He has 
been staff ossistant to the Vice-President 
and President of the company and, for a 
year, Assistant Advertising Manager. 

H. Wilson Johnson, Jr., is a chemist 
with the Shell Development Co., Emery- 
ville, Calif. He was formerly in Ogden, 
Utah. 

Albert B. J. Novikoff has left Johns 
Hopkins for the Institute for Co-Opera- 
tive Research. He is still located in Balti- 
more, Md. 

Thomas D. Pucci, who passed his R. I. 
bar exams last fall, has opened offices 
for the practice of law in Westerly and 
Providence. 

John C. Petropoulos, on the staff at 
American Cyanamid's research lab in 
Stamford, Conn., was awarded his Ph.D. 
in chemistry by the University of Roches- 
ter last fall. 

A trainee of the National Cancer In- 
stitute, Dr. John C. Evans is attached to 
the Department of Surgical Pathology at 
Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 

Fred C. Hailer, Jr., hitherto successful 
in his candidacies for political office in 
Massachusetts, was defeated in his No- 
vember bid for Congress in the 10th 
District. He was seeking, as a Democrat, 
to win the seat vacated by Congressman 
Herter, now Governor of the Common- 
wealth. 



1947 

Stephen Prager is an Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Chemistry at the University of 
Minnesota in Minneapolis. His father is 
Chairman of the Graduate Division of 
.•\pplied Mathematics at Brown. 

George C. Smith, M.D., has opened his 
office for the general practice of medicine 
at 205 Taunton Ave., East Providence, 
R. I. 

Arthur E. Hatch, Jr., is back in Provi- 
dence where he is selling for the N. B. 
Mutual Insurance Co. 

William O. Hoverman has been trans- 
ferred by General Electric from Schenec- 
tady to Syracuse in New York. He is with 
the Government Naval Aviation Com- 
mercial Section. 

Dr. James E. Coffman has his office in 
the Sommer BIdg., Baker, Oregon. He 
lives at 1860 Fourth St., Baker. 

R. Clinton Fuller III is doing teaching 
and research in biochemistry at the Uni- 
versity of California. His residential ad- 
dress is 4512 Canyon Rd., Richmond 11, 
Calif. 

Robert M. Golrick has joined the re- 
search and promotion department of 
Jewelers' — Circular Keystone, one of the 
trade publications of the Chilton Com- 
pany in New York. To accept his new 
post, he resigned in November as Execu- 
tive Secretary of the Brown University 
Club in New York. Previously he had 
been with the First National Bank of 
Poughkeepsie for three years. He also 
served the Mid-Hudson Brown Club, the 
Housing and Development Fund, and the 
Alumni Fund in addition to his official 
duties in New York. 

1948 

Marvin N. Geller has joined the Boston 
law firm of Kabatznick, Stern and Gesmer 
as an associate. His home address is still 
9 Hammond Rd., Chestnut Hill 67, Mass. 

Another lawyer is Max O. Regen- 
steiner. Located in Rochester, N. Y., he 
is also an editor with the Lawyers Co- 
operative Publishing Co. 

Bob Huckins, out of the Army since 
November, is an investment analyst with 
the Providence firm of G. H. Walker and 
Co. He lives at 95 Brown St., right near 
the Campus. 

A long letter from Bob Kuhn brought 
us up-to-date on his life which has "been 
pretty hectic of late." Out of the Marines 
almost a year now. Bob has successfully 
completed two sales training programs 
and is now established in the Philadelphia 
office of the Aluminum Co. of America. 
In his travels about the country he spent 
some time with Jim Hutchinson '51 in 
Cleveland, Ohio. Bob finished his second 
"program" on Dec. 5 and reported to the 
Philadelphia office on Dec. 8. He was a 
bit late, though, checking in at 3:30 p.m. 
The reason: Thomas Scott Kuhn arrived 
on Dec. 7. The Kuhns aren't quite settled 
in Philadelphia yet; Bob promises an ad- 
dress when they are. 

Walter G. Meuschke is a representative 
in the Accounting and Tabulating Ma- 
chines Division of Remington-Rand, Inc. 
He still lives at 5907 Kensington Ave., 
Richmond, Va. 

Assistant Advertising Manager Wil- 
liam F. Lahm of the R. O. Werner Co., 
Inc., lives at 2545-14 Place, Astoria 2, 
N. Y. 



FEBRUARY 1953 



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Colin E. MacKay is on a fellowship at 
Brown this year. No longer an active Eng- 
lish instructor, he is still living in Diman 
House as a Resident Fellow and doing 
some tutoring. 

Wheaton A. Holden is Assistant Profes- 
sor of History and Art at Northeastern 
University. In his "spare time" he is fac- 
ulty advisor to the university's Yacht 

Club- ... J 

Arthur Palmer, Jr., was included on 

the "ten best" list for 1953 of the N. E. 

Lawn Tennis Association. 

1949 

John B. Joseph is the first interne in 
hospital administration ever to serve the 
Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass. 
A graduate student in the Yale School of 
Medicine's Department of Public Health, 
our Classmate will receive his M.P.H. in 
Hospital Administration on completion of 
the internship this summer. During the 
year he will spend a certain length of 
time in and help to operate every depart- 
ment of the hospital. 

William S. Capozzoli is Manager of 
the Western Auto Supply Co. in Houston, 
Tex. 

Alfred J. Maryott, Jr., is still in Provi- 
dence, but he has left the N. Y. Life In- 
surance Co. for a position as management 
consultant with O'Toole Associates, Inc., 
in the insurance field. 

Ken Macdonald was scheduled to com- 
plete his training Jan. 1 with the Con- 
struction Materials Division of G. E. in 
Bridgeport, Conn., and move to Colum- 
bus, Ohio, as division district representa- 
tive. He is handling wire and cable, wir- 
ing devices and conduit products for 
Central Ohio. Ken is sorry to leave so 
many new Brown friends behind in 
Bridgeport, but he expects to find many 
in Ohio. His G. E. counterpart in North- 
em Ohio is D. Don Dewey '33. A daugh- 
ter joined the Macdonald clan — wife and 
two boys — in December. 

Martin Miller was named Sales Man- 
ager of United Motors in New Bedford, 
Mass., in November. 

Ens. Whitney E. Greene, Jr., received 
his U. S. Coast Guard Reserve commis- 
sion in December upon completion of a 
four-month course at the Academy in 
New London, Conn. 

The Rev. John T. Townsend, vicar of 
St. Bartholomew's Church, Cranston, was 
ordained to the Episcopal priesthood 
by Bishop Bennett in Providence in De- 
cember. The ceremony took place in St. 
Martin's Church, Pawtucket, where the 
Rev. William Townsend, our Classmate's 
father, is rector. The new priest was pre- 
sented for ordination by his father and 
received as a gift the Bible originally 
given to his father at his ordination in 
1913. Young Father Townsend is cur- 
rently studying for his Master's degree at 
Harvard. 

Robert F. Rowland with his new Mas- 
ter's degree in planning from M.LT., was 
appointed an associate planner on the 
staff of the Providence Redevelopment 
Agency in December. He has been with 
the agency since graduation. 

A sermon by the Rev. William G. 
Sherman, Pastor of the New Bethlehem 
United Presbyterian Church, Aliquippa. 
Penn., is included in "The Funeral En- 
cyclopedia." published this month by 
Harper's. The book includes sermons and 
worship materials for use in funeral 
services. 



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Blood for the Bank 
In November, the Naval ROTC 
Unit at Brown set a new blood 
donation record for Rhode Island 
by contributing 202 pints on a 
single day. In December that record 
was shattered when the Air Force 
ROTC Unit on Campus joined with 
a few other students to donate 223 
pints — 204 from the Airmen alone 
— in a six-hour period. 

In three days the Red Cross 
mobile unit collected 684 pints of 
blood, 36 pints short of the 720 set 
as a University goal, but still the 
Providence Chapter's best result to 
date in any one area or from any 
one institution. Of the grand total, 
the Naval Unit gave 221 pints, the 
Air Force Unit 215 pints, and 
other students. Faculty and admin- 
istration 248 pints. 

University officials attributed the 
drive's success to careful planning, 
good health and excellent motiva- 
tion. NROTC Chairman was How- 
ard E. Phifer '53 whose brother, 
Richard W. Phifer '46, was saved 
by blood transfusions in Korea. 
Ralph Rosenbaum '53 was Campus 
Chairman for the drive. 



"Score: Pembroke 2, Brown 0," was 
Paul Yelavich's report on the birth of 
Christine Yelavich on Dec. 18. 

George T. LaBonne, Jr., has entered 
the University of Connecticut School of 
Law in Hartford but continues his work 
with the National Life Insurance Co. of 
Vermont as a life underwriter. His spe- 
cialty is estate and retirement planning at 
the company's Hartford agency. He and 
Mrs. LaBonne lived in West Hartford last 
fall while waiting for their new home to 
be completed in Glastonbury. 

Don Van Heest, who was on the cam- 
pus at New Year's with his fiancee (wed- 
ding on Valentine's Day), is being trans- 
ferred to the Philadelphia territory, after 
having been in Missouri for American 
Optical Co. 

1950 

Karl F. Kolb received a dubious dis- 
tinction when he was appointed "leader" 
of a group of selectees who left Green- 
wich, Conn., in October. Karl was with 
the American Cyanamid Co. when he 
entered the service. 

Fresh out of the Army, Paul M. Was- 
seth is now teaching English at Lawrence 
High School, Falmouth, Mass. 

Bob FoUett, with "15 months of the 
Army behind" him, was at Psychological 
Warfare School when he wrote us in No- 
vember. An "administrator of sorts," he 
has written simulated propaganda broad- 
casts to Russia and some PsyWar manuals 
for the Army. He is looking forward to 
the day when he can return to the pub- 
lishing business in Chicago. 

Lt. Bertram A. C. Udovin is an Air 
Intelligence Officer for the Navy in 
Hawaii. His address: VW-1, c/o FPO, 
San Francisco. 

An assistant buyer for the J. C. Penney 
Co., Inc., Donald C. Shaffer has moved 
from Ohio to New York. He is now living 
at 256-02 Kensington PI., Great Neck, 
L, I. 



Tom Nye went on active duty with the 
USAF after graduation from Harvard 
Business School last May. After a few 
months at Lackland AFB, he was as- 
signed to Wright Field, headquarters of 
the Air Materiel Command, as a produc- 
tion specialist. Second Lieutenant and 
Mrs. Nye are living at 316B Lovington 
Dr., Fairborn, Ohio. 

Lt. (jg) George Chizinsky is serving on 
an attack transport with the Atlantic 
Fleet. 

Robert J. Lewis of Portland, on West- 
ern Maine's committee for a Brown-Pem- 
broke powwow in November, said he 
would attend unless his wife had to go to 
the hospital. She went — and presented 
Bob with his third son on the afternoon 
of that day. Bob, Jr., is four and a half, 
and Bruce is almost two and a half. 

A December release advised us that Lt. 
David I. Curtis USMC had arrived at 
Cabaniss Field, Corpus Christi, Tex., for 
advanced flight training. Our Classmate 
completed his primary and basic training 
at Pensacola, Fla., and is now learning 
how to fly carrier-type aircraft like the 
AD Skyraider and F6F Hellcat. 

Robert K. Dee has left the Mass. Mu- 
tual Insurance Co. for a position with 
the U. S. Envelope Co. in Springfield, 
Mass. His home address is still 29 Elm- 
wood Ave., Longmeadow, Mass. 

Henry L. Barker has been transferred 
by Lever Bros. Co. from New York City 
to Chicago. A buyer for the company, 
Henry wishes mail at 14 West Elm St., 
Chicago 10. 

Don Rawson is at Suffield Academy 
this year, having joined the staff of the 
120-year-old school in Connecticut as in- 
structor in Mathematics and football 
coach. He had previously been at Friends 
Academy, in North Dartmouth, Mass. 

Co-Director of the Lighthouse Boys 
Club in Philadelphia, Laurence B. Groth 
lives in that city at 2663 N. Mascher St. 

Stanley A. Dolin is a student at 
N.Y.U.'s Graduate School of Physics. 

Dick White celebrated (?) two years 
with the Army Engineers in October and 
expects to be in at least one more. Com- 
missioned at Ft. Belvoir, Va., in April 
1952, he is helping to build a supply depot 
in Europe. His address: APO 216-2, c/o 
Postmaster, NYC. 

In April, Paul E. Dufliy will mark his 
first year out of the Naval Reserve with 
which he served 20 months in the Far 
East. In May, he will mark his first wed- 
ding anniversary. Mrs. Duffy is the for- 
mer Thelma Floyd. After a five-months 
stint as Clerk of the Works on a school 
construction job in Middletown, R. I., 
Paul was named a plant engineer with 
General Electric in the Aircraft Gas Tur- 
bine Division, Lockland, Ohio. His ad- 
dress is 6410 Kennedy Ave., Cincinnati 
13. 

1951 

Mike Handman writes: "Homecoming 
was the best weekend since leaving the 
Hill. It was really swell seeing some of 
the boys and going over the old stories. 
Just to mention some who came from 
near and far — Jim Quinn, Bob StuU, 
Dave Freedman, Steve Fenn, Leon Frank, 
Tony Waterman, Rip Earl, Hank Litch- 
man. Art Thebedo, Bob Fields, Dick Wal- 
ton, Irwin Stein, and Charley Samdperil. 
Bill Maloney, just back from Korea, 
dropped in. 

BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



"Class Prexy Anderson wrote recently 
from the U.S.S. Sabine, currently on 
tour of the Mediterranean. Charles We- 
myss and his wife came in from the North 
woods and said hello. The other day I 
received a pleasant surprise from Jim 
Hutchinson, now with the Aluminum 
Company of America in Cleveland, proud 
father of a boy born Sept. 10. The boy 
should be Class of '68, but Jim may have 
trouble since his wife's father is head of 
the Geology Department at Amherst. 

"I sure would appreciate hearing from 
all of you. We're starting to prepare the 
Class for our annual get-together." 

Saverio Caputi, Jr., was awarded a 
scholarship from the Dr. Emil Custer 
Scholarship Fund to help him in his 
studies at Boston University School of 
Medicine. In his second year at the school, 
our Classmate has also been recom- 
mended for an Alumni Association grant. 

John B. Schulz is an assistant in per- 
sonnel administrative research at the En- 
gineer Center, Ft. Belvoir, Va. He lives 
on Airport Ave. in Alexandria. 

Alvin J. Brody of New Bedford passed 
the Massachusetts bar exams last fall. 

The sympathy of Classmates is offered 
to Robert R. Dolt whose father, Maurice 
Dolt '06, died last fall. 

E. Eugene Jemail was at Ft. Benning, 
Ga., OCS in December. His address 
there: 12th O.C. Co., 1st O.C. Regt. 

Ens. Henry R. Hahn has been radar 
officer aboard the USS Pocono since he 
reported for active duty June 1, 1951. 
His ship is addressed c/o FPO, NYC. 

Edward A. Joseph, a member of the 
sophomore class at Georgetown Dental 
School, wants his mail sent to him at the 
school. 

Paul E. Hammond, who celebrated his 
first year in the Army in December, was 
awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge 
for "excellent performance of duty under 
enemy fire in Korea." He is a member of 
the Z.'ith Infantry Division. 

Mrs. Alan D. Albert, Jr., sent us a 
postcard full of news in December to re- 
port that Al is now a First Lieutenant in 
the regular Marine Corps. He was at 
Camp Del Mar, Calif., awaiting over- 
seas assignment when the card came. His 
family — Mrs. Albert and two-year-old 
Joan Virginia — live at 2001 Crest Dr., 
Encinitas, Calif. 

Joseph Amaral started work on his 
M.A. in Industrial Sociology at Boston 
University last month. He is a research 
technician with the R. I. Development 
Council and lives with his wife, son and 
daughter at 21 1 Dryden Blvd., Lakewood, 
R. I. 

Ralph W. Hinds, Jr., graduated from 
the University of Maine in June and is 
with the American Can Co., Fairport. 
N. Y., as a technical trainee. 

Charles J. Casey, Jr., has left Mon- 
santo for a position with New Hampshire 
Ball Bearings, Inc., in Peterborough. He 
receives his mail at RFD, Hancock, N. H. 

Robert M. Lincoln, General Electric 
engineer, has been transferred from Lynn 
to Fitchburg, Mass., and is living now at 
85 Homestead Ave., Weymouth. 

The Cincinnati Enquirer did a recent 
feature on Lt. James H. Stoehr, Jr., de- 
scribing his cadet days (now over). "It's 
a Dog's Life," said the headline. Some of 
the routines may seem silly and juvenile 
to civilians, said the writer, but there's 
purpose behind the humor in "clearing 
the air," "command procedure," and the 



like. It all happened at Columbus, Ga., 
where Stoehr is now stationed as a com- 
missioned ollicer. 

1952 

Fred Franco concluded his career in 
Navy football on a high note as it was 
his running that set up the winning touch- 
down in the 1952 season-ender with 
Army. Fred, who will receive his Annap- 
olis commission thi^ June, starred on the 
Brown Freshman football team that 
stopped an unbeaten Holy Cross squad in 
1948. 

Russell C. King is a component engi- 
neer for the Sparton Radio and Television 
Co., Jackson, Mich. 

Jesse Lowen had a lot of Class news 
when he wrote President Ben McKendall 
in November. In his Army travels since 
last August. Jesse has met up with Glenn 
Bower, Mark John, Chuck Frank, Fred 
Kopf, and Jack Coffey and Laney Lee, 
both '51. Bower and John were with him 
at Ft. Monmouth, N. J., in October when 
Richard G. Johnson was at OCS, Elling- 
ton AFB, Tex. 

Jordie Kaplan was taking his basic 
training at Sampson AFB, N. Y., in No- 
vember. 

A pre-Christmas letter from John 
Hutchinson related that Staff BurreU, 
Bob Ryan, Don Stehle and Dike Duncan 
were all together at Ft. Knox, Ky. John, 
who is at Tufts Dental School, also had 
heard from Bill Rogers, a Columbia Law 
School student. 

Warren R. Jewett is an assistant in the 
Department of Astronomy at the Uni- 
versity of Arizona. His mail address is 
Box 4101, Tucson 5. Harrington Gordon, 
Jr., is attending Nashotah House Theo- 
logical Seminary, Nashotah, Wis. 

Ens. Maxwell J. Dyett, who has 
switched from the Naval Reserve to the 
regular Navy, is aboard the USS Ault 
(DD-698), c/o FPO, NYC. 

The 1953 Embassy 

"Belief or Bewilderment" is the 
theme of the 1953 Religious Embassy at 
the University from Feb. 8 to 14. Among 
50 clergymen and churchmen who will 
participate in this annual B.C.A. pro- 
gram are Dr. John Oliver Nelson of Yale 
Divinity School, Rabbi Jacob Shankman 
of New Rochelle, N. Y., and Father Mor- 
rissey of St. Francis Priory. 

Dr. Nelson will preach at the opening 
gathering on Sunday in Sayles Hall which 
will celebrate the World Day of Prayer. 
The University Chaplain, Rev. Edgar C. 
Reckard, and the Embassy Committee are 
inviting to this service all the young peo- 
ple's groups of Providence. Monday's 
highlight will be a seminar entitled "Vital 
Choices in the Light of Military Events." 
In past years this seminar has appealed to 
both boys and girls, for the whole genera- 
tion is affected by the prospect of military 
service. 

Tuesday night's panel, moderated by a 
student, will have four other participants: 
a Protestant Professor, a Jewish layman, 
a Catholic monk, and an agnostic. The 
problem of faith is involved in the topic 
of the evening, which reflects the week's 
over-all theme. 

Wednesday is the night when each 
dormitory and fraternity has a discussion 
on a religious theme. About 50 leaders 



will be on the campus to conduct these 
traditional Embassy meetings. Next day. 
Rabbi Shankman will preside over the 
annual Skeptic's Hour. 

Special Chapel services will mark the 
week, as well as a Roman Catholic Mass 
in Upper Manning on Tuesday morning 
(with Fr. Morrissey officiating), an Epis- 
copal Communion at St. Steven's Church 
(with the Rev. Hebert Bolles '46, the Epis- 
copal Chaplain), and a general Commun- 
ion in the Corporation Room of U.H. un- 
der the leadership of the Rev. John G. 
Koehler of Calvary Baptist Church, Prov- 
idence. 



In Our Mailbox 



The Magazine's S.O.S. 

Sir: I am presuming it is proper to send 
my "subscription" to you. From your re- 
port a year ago, I gathered that if every 
Brown alumnus sent a small gift, you 
would be on safe ground. I have seen no 
S.O.S. so far this year, but it can be as- 
sumed that you are always in hot water. 
So make good of my little pittance. 

H. W. GOODRICH '02 

Concord, N. H. 

(Note: Contributions in support of this 
magazine are indeed welcome and may 
be sent to the Brown Alumni Monthly, 
Brown University, Providence 12. En- 
dorsements should be to "Brown Univer- 
sity." While no "S.O.S." has been sent 
out this year, we are benefiting from last 
year's gifts which financed one whole is- 
sue and enabled us to publish nine times 
instead of eight. 

(Recent gifts have brought the total re- 
ceived to $2,565.50. Gifts not previously 
acknowledged have come from: James S. 
Coles, Alfred J. Densmore '08, H. W. 
Goodrich '02, Warren A. Miller '33, Er- 
win E. Strasmich '46, Miss Esther Tripp, 
John L. Waterman '49. We publish their 
names in order to thank them. — Ed.) 

From Prof. Wach 

Sir: Upon return from India, where I 
delivered the Barrows Lectures in Cal- 
cutta and Madras and travelled widely, I 
found the December issue of the Brown 
Alumni Monthly on my desk. This is as 
good an opportunity as any to express my 
thanks for sending me so regularly this 
excellent publication, which keeps in- 
formed all of us who have been interested 
in Brown and are interested. It is always 
a real pleasure for me to leaf through a 
new issue. 

JOACHIM WACH 

(Brown 1935-46) 
University of Chicago 

"Slats' Flats" 
Sir: In "Small Talk" for June, I note 
a reference to the name of "Slats' Flats" 
once given Brunonia Hall. I think your 
informant is in error. Brunonia was con- 
structed and owned by the family of 
George R. Walworth '03, affectionately 
known as "Slats" to the student body 
around the turn of the century. "Slats" 
was in charge of the building during his 
college years. Hence, "Slats' Flats." 

ALFRED W. INGALLS '05 

Santa Barbara, Calif. 



FEBRUARY 1953 



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The Games of December 



Four Without a Win 

THE Bears were still trying for that 
first victory in basketball as December 
ended and the holidays interrupted play. 
They'd lost four in a row. But the amaz- 
ing thing was that they looked like a ball 
team, although they had yet to play four 
consistent quarters, especially a fourth 
one. 

Against Harvard, Brown lost its touch 
in the last period after leading most of 
the way. Harvard was down 46-56 at the 
start of that quarter but put on a 19-point 
rally while holding the Bruins to one bas- 
ket and three foul shots. The final was 
65-61. 

Coach Bob Morris tried a new combi- 
nation after losing experiments against 
Springfield and Yale. He used four Rhode 
Islanders — Murgo, Arnold, Pendergast, 
and Pemberton — and Ed Tooley. After 
five minutes (they trailed 9-2 by then), 
they started hitting, and Murgo and Pem- 
berton tied it up at 13-13. By the slim 
margin of one point the Bears led at the 
quarter. From that point until near the 
end. Brown was on top, holding I2-point 
leads on three occasions. At the half it 
was 37-27 in Brown's favor, but Harvard 
tied up the attack in the fourth period 
with a man-to-man defense. Its own scor- 
ing drive was enough to win. 

Connecticut poured it on at the end, 
too, after Brown had made a battle of it 
in the first half. The Bears led 14-9 at the 
first quarter and trailed by only 40-37 as 
the pace mounted in the second. Wearing 
the inexperienced Bruins down in the 
third, Uconn took a comfortable lead and 
ran away in the last 10 minutes to win 
81-62. Murgo scored only one point in 
the second half, and, as John Hanlon says, 
"when Murgo isn't scoring. Brown isn't 
going." 

The Freshmen lost to Harvard 75-60 
after holding a 39-32 advantage at the 
half. A fading second half cost them the 
UConn game, too, 74-65. 

Holiday Split on the Ice 

In New York State for the Christmas 
holidays, the Brown hockey team picked 
up a thrilling victory and lost the other 
engagement, making its December record 
two out of five. St. Lawrence beat the 
Bruins 6-3, but Clarkson Tech (subse- 
quently a victor over McGill by an over- 
whelming score) was set back 6-5. 

The Larries were held even for two 
periods, after which its big squad was able 
to wear down the reserve-shy Bruins. Pen- 
alty calls were also costly to Brown. To 
gain a second period tie. Brown had to 
climb back from a 2-0 deficit in the first. 
But Vietze, Keefe, and Art Petit led the 
Bears into the lead, 3-2, only to lose it 
while two men short because of penalties. 
St. Lawrence scored the winning goal at 
6:38 and added two more while the Bears 
were again serving penalties. The Larries, 
who were one of the two eastern repre- 
sentatives in the NCAA tournament last 
winter, use Freshmen, including a star Ca- 
nadian goalie. But Copp, in the nets for 
Brown, was playing stoutly, too, making 



41 saves as against 27 at the other end 
of the rink. 

For the third time in five games. Petit 
scored three goals against Clarkson. Four 
times in the first two periods, the Engi- 
neers scored, and four times Brown came 
back to tie the count. Again Clarkson took 
the lead, in the final period, and Petit 
made it 5-5. Still having trouble with New 
York refereeiiig, Brown lost a man on 
penalties with 10 minutes to go, and it 
looked bleak. But Art Vietze crossed 
Clarkson up by getting free and slam- 
ming the winning goal home on a 10-foot 
screen shot. Again Copp performed ad- 
mirably, coming up with 3 1 saves against 
33. 

Victories, Wet and Dry 

The week before they went home on 
vacation, the Bruin swimmers and wrest- 
lers overcame Columbia in the water 
and on the mat to wrap up two neat vic- 
tories for under the Campus Christmas 
tree. These well-earned "gifts" preserved 
unbeaten season records for both squads 
up to that point. 

Two swimmers. Captain Don Cameron 
and Junior Ralph Brisco, made the dif- 
ference as Brown just touched out Co- 
lumbia, 43-41. The two Colgate-Hoyt 
stars chalked up 24 of these points be- 
tween them, accounting for four firsts, a 
second and a third in the meet. Cameron 
took the 220 and 440 freestyle events; 
Brisco won the 100 freestyle and equalled 
his own pool record of 23.4 seconds for 
the 50 freestyle. Ronnie Wills' first in the 
breaststroke and second in the 150-yard 
individual medley and Bill Brigden's div- 
ing triumph helped to make up for team 
losses in the relays. 

Freshman swimmers are keeping pace 
with the Varsity, having out-raced La- 
Salle Academy, 42-33, and Pawtucket 
West High School, 39-36, to make their 



pre-holiday record three out of three. 
Kane, Fogelson, Hughes, Cofi'ey, Whitte- 
more. Field and Outerbridge are the Cubs 
who make Coach Watmough worry less 
about his graduation losses on next sea- 
son's varsity. 

The mat duel with Columbia was a 
thriller, what with the Lions taking the 
first three contests to lead 9-0 when Co- 
Captain Angus MacLean squared off with 
his opponent, Dick Deets, at 147 pounds. 
MacLean won by decision as did Ted 
Ferriter at 157. This made the score 9-6 
and Co-Captain Dana Eastham was de- 
termined to do something about it. 

After three near-pins in an interesting 
match that was marked by humor as well 
as brawn, Eastham held Bob Sherry's 
shoulders down long enough to score the 
five-point fall at 2:52 of the third period. 
Sophomore Buzz Samsel took the cue in 
the 177-pound bout, pinning Berge Ham- 
mer with a half-nelson when the second 
period was only 25 seconds old. East- 
ham's and Samsel's ten points insured 
Brown's victory; even a Columbia fall in 
the remaining unlimited event could not 
tie it up. Brown's Don Seifert '55 and Co- 
lumbia's Henry Littlefield wrestled to a 
draw and the final score was 18-11. 

College Material 

"Who Should Go to College?" Byron 
S. Hollinshead '27 addresses himself to 
this problem in a book so titled, an- 
nounced for November publication by the 
Columbia University Press ($3). "This 
volume assesses the social objectives of 
higher education in terms of enrollment 
experience. It takes up such questions as: 
To what extent have students of intellec- 
tual promise been able to acquire higher 
education? What are the motives that 
cause young men and women to go to col- 
lege? What can be done to bring higher 
education to more of our promising 
youths and thus serve the ends of democ- 
racy?" 

Hollinshead, former President of Coe 
College, is with UNESCO as Deputy Di- 
rector for Technical Assistance. 



The Defense Department's Bible 

tagon to be sworn into office and re- 
quested that the ceremony be as simple 
as possible and before only the necessary 
witnesses. When Miss Philibert was asked 
to provide a Bible without delay, she took 
Major Tobey's Bible to Secretary Mar- 
shall. On it he took his oath of office. 

It was at Secretary Marshall's request 
that the Bible was used in subsequent 
ceremonies involving Mr. Lovett, Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, on Oct. 4, 1950; 
Anna M. Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary 
of Defense. Nov. 15, 1950; and John D. 
Small, Chairman of the Munitions Board, 
Nov. 16, 1950. It was used again for the 
swearing-in ceremonies for Secretary of 
Defense Lovett and Deputy Secretary of 
Defense William C. Foster in September, 
1951. It is regarded as the "Official" Bible 
in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 

Thomas Fry Tobey was admitted to 
the Rhode Island Bar in 1861, after re- 
ceiving his law degree from Harvard. The 
following year he joined the Seventh 
Rhode Island Volunteers and participated 
in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the siege 



There's much more to that story of the 
Bible which once belonged to Major 
Thomas Fry Tobey, Brown 1859. We told 
you last month how Secretary of Defense 
Robert A. Lovett had mentioned him on 
Homecoming Day, for it was on Tobey's 
Bible that Mr. Lovett had been sworn in. 

The Secretary of Defense knew that 
Brown men would be interested in the 
story and has provided more detail: 

The Bible was owned by Major Tobey 
while he was serving in the United States 
Army. He died in 1920. His widow, who 
died nine years later, left a provision in 
her will that Tobey's collection of letters, 
papers, books, swords, etc., were to be- 
come the property of Miss Helene Phili- 
bert, the daughter of an intimate friend. 
She brought the Bible to the Pentagon 
for reference use in her office (she's an 
Informational Specialist in the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense). 

On Sept. 19, 1950, General of the 
Army George C. Marshall was confirmed 
by the Senate as the Secretary of Defense. 
The next morning he arrived at the Pen- 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



of Vicksburg, and the Battle of Jackson, 
Miss. Later, as an officer in the United 
States Army, he served in the Indian cam- 
paigns with the 14th Infantry. He com- 
manded a company in Crook's expedition 



against the Sioux and, in 1876, was in 
action against the Indians at Slim Buttes, 
Mont. After his rtirement, Major Tobey 
resided in Washington. D. C, until his 
death. 



Bureau of Vital Statistics 



MARRIAGES 
1909 — Harper Goodspeed and Mrs. 
Alice Gifford of Santa Barbara, Calif., 
Nov. 27, 1952. 

1926— Roy E. Morse and Miss Gladys 
Miriam Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Perry M. Cook of Plainville, Mass., Sept. 
13, 1952. 

1933 — David Grunberger and Miss 
Elaine Betty Lessin, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Michael Lessin of New York City, 
Nov. 2. 1952. 

1936 — Thomas A. Gammino and Mrs. 
Elynore Manchester Senerchia, daughter 
of Mrs. James Joseph Malley of West 
Warwick, R. I., Nov. 22, 1952. Best man 
was Michael A. Gammino, Jr., '45. Ushers 
were Lt. Patrick Sullivan '50, Lt. Russell 
C. Holt '48 and Robert A. Gammino '51. 
At home: Middle Bridge Rd., Narragan- 
sett, R. I. 

1938 — Abraham Goldstein and Miss 
Barbara Solomon, Pembroke '48, Aug. 
24, 1952. At home: 105 Pembroke Ave., 
Providence. 

1938— The Rev. Howard C. Olsen and 
Miss Elizabeth Anne Howard, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy William Howard of 
Providence, Oct. 18, 1952. Alfred Buck- 
ley, Jr. '49 and Arthur W. Drew, Jr. '43 
ushered. The bride's father is Brown '31. 
At home; 76 Blackstone Blvd., Provi- 
dence. 

1938 — David James Purdie, Jr. '38 and 
Miss Doris Anne Hall, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Walter B. Hall of Verona, N. J., 
Aug. 30, 1952. The groom's father is a 
Brown man, the Class of 1911. 

1941 — Vincent J. Creasi and Miss Pa- 
tricia K. Byrne of Buffalo, N. Y., June 7, 
1952. 

1944 — Mr. Aram K. Berberian and 
Miss Barbara Marguerite McBride, daugh- 
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. McBride of 
Providence, Nov. 22, 1952. Harold Smith 
'46 was best man. At home: 100 Garden 
City Dr., Cranston, R. I. 

1945— Bradford Campbell, Jr., and 
Miss Jean Muriel Adams, daughter of 
Mrs. John Adams of Providence and the 
late Mr. Adams, Nov. 22, 1952. Donald 
Campbell '48 was best man. Robert 
George Smith '48 was an usher. At home: 
230 Butler Ave., Providence. 

1945 — Constantine W. Kulig and Miss 
Gertrude Ann McTeague, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. James B. McTeague of Wethers- 
field, Conn., Oct. 4, 1952. At home: 51 
Parkview Dr., Wethersfield, Conn. 

1945 — Thomas J. Luby, Jr., and Miss 
Ann Frances Bourget, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Paul B. Bourget of Thurso, Que., 
Oct. 4, 1952. 

1946 — Frederick E. Baldoni, Jr., and 
Miss Marie Evelyn Marciano, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Ferruccio Marciano of 
Providence, Oct. 18, 1952. Anthony 
Travison, Jr. *50 was an usher. At home: 
156 Enfield Ave.. Providence. 

1946 — Eugene F. MuUin, Jr., and Miss 
Thelma Julia Abdallah, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles Abdallah of Tupper 
Lake, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1952. 



1946— Frederick W. Suffa and Miss 
Shirley A. Quimby, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Perry Quimby of Pawtucket, R. I., 
Nov. 29, 1952. Russell M. Brown '35 was 
best man. At home: 1624 Preston Rd., 
Alexandria, Va. 

1946 — Allen N. Young and Miss Gloria 
Alyene Ekman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward O. Ekman of Cowesett, R. I., 
Oct. 25, 1952. Charles Nathanson '44 was 
an usher. 

1947— Robert Clyde Oliver and Miss 
Jennifer Ann Pyne, daughter of the late 
Lt. John Pyne, in Darien, Conn., Oct. 11, 
1952. 

1947 — J. Linus Ryding and Miss Gloria 
Ann Perry, daughter of Mrs. George 
Cleary of East Providence, Oct. 25, 1952. 
1947— Walter H. Weinberg and Miss 
Phyllis Fine, Pembroke '48, Sept. 7, 1952. 
At home: 429 Angell St., Providence. 

1948 — Lester Arstark and Miss Janice 
Corn of Floral Park, N. Y., in Garden 
City, N. Y., June 29, 1952. Dan Siegel '49 
and Bob Siff '48 were ushers. At home: 
29 Appletree Lane, Roslyn Hts., N. Y. 

1949 — Roger C. Anderson and Miss 
Barbara Elaine Wilkinson, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Percy C. Wilkinson of Edge- 
wood, R. I., Nov. 29, 1952. D. Alan Turn- 
quist '49 was best man. At home: 9 Birch 
Glen Drive, Greenwood, R. I. 

1949— Robert T. Galkin and Miss 
Winifred Phyllis Blacher of Providence, 
Nov. 1, 1952. The bride is Pembroke '52. 
Warren B. Galkin '51 was best man. Law- 
rence Hopfenberg '50, Norman Mayberg 
"49, Harvey Steiner '44 and Alan Sydney 
'49 were ushers. At home: 106 Manning 
St., Providence. 

1949— William Hustace Hubbard II 
and Miss Barbara Louise Fri, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Fri, of Bronx- 
ville, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1952. 

1949— Charles L. Ill and Miss Florence 
Mary Hessenbruch, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Hermann M. Hessenbruch of Paoli, 
Pa., Oct. 11, 1952. 

1949 — Thomas H. Keough and Miss 
Ann Joan Ambrose, daughter of Mrs. Wil- 
liam J. Ambrose of Providence and the 
late Mr. Ambrose, Nov. 15, 1952. At 
home: 19 Locust St., Providence. 

1949 — Lewis M. Royal and Miss Lois 
Marion Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
G. Alton Ward of Woburn, Mass., Sept. 
15, 1951. Best man was Victor J. Logan 
'49 and John E. Royal '54 ushered. At 
home: 164 Park St., Attleboro, Mass. 

1950 — Richard B. Armstrong and Miss 
Nancy Ann Smead, daughter of Dr. and 
Mrs. James Lawton Smead of Springfield, 
Mass., Oct. 4, 1952. Frank M. Dimond 
'49 and Douglas A. Snow '45 ushered. 
The groom is the son of Ralph A. Arm- 
strong '17 and Avice Bliss Armstrong, 
Pembroke '21. 

1950— Gerald W. Brady and Miss Jane 
.^nne Geach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
William Geach of Fleetwood, N. Y., Oct. 
25, 1952. 

1950- Pvt. Ray E. Oilman, Jr. and 
Miss Ann White, daughter of Mr. and 



Mrs. Francis Guy White of St. Louis, in 
Providence, Oct. 4, 1952. Dr. John F. W. 
Oilman "41, Robert B. Shea '49 and 
Thomas J. Costello '50 were ushers. Prof. 
Ray E. Oilman is the groom's father. 

1950 — John J. Harrington and Miss 
Barbara Alicia Harrop, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. John A. Harrop of West War- 
wick, R. I., Sept. 27, 1952. At home: 182 
Spring St., Newport, R. I. 

1950 — Peter J. Prince and Miss Mo- 
nique James, daughter of Mrs. Edwin L. 
James of New York City, Oct. 25, 1952. 

1950 — Robert N. Stoecker and Miss 
Corinne Lee Palm in Westerly, R. I., Sept. 
20, 1952. Best man was Irving D. Lawlon 
'50. Ushers were William D. Lawton '50 
and Lewis D. Emerson '50. At home: 353 
Academy Ave., Providence. 

1950— Robert M. Walling, Jr. '50 and 
Miss Anne Carolan Murphy, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius F. Murphy of 
Newport, R. I., Sept. 20, 1952. At home: 
4-A Phelps Rd., Middletown, R. I. 

1950— Robert S. Zais and Miss Edith 
Morein, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel 
Morein of Providence, Sept. 14, 1952. 
Best man was Alan Zais '53. William H. 
Stone '47 was an usher. Father of the 
bride is Brown '17. At home: 102 Shawo- 
met Ave., Somerset, Mass. 

1951 — David E. Leary and Miss Jane 
Ann Nichols, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
George L. Nichols of Providence, Oct. 
25, 1952. 

1951 — John L. McHenry, Jr., and Miss 
Anne Marie Meadows, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. William R. Meadows of Paw- 
tucket, Oct. 4, 1952. Robert Cummings 
'50 ushered. 

1951— Charles G. Newell and Miss 
Carolyn Elway Ives, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Louis K. Ives of West Hartford, 
Oct. 4, 1952. Joseph Fazzano '51 was an 
usher. 

1951 — Ens. Parvin Riddle and Miss 
Marion White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Laurence H. White of Reading, Mass., 
Nov. 1, 1952. The bride is Pembroke '51. 
Ushers were Robert Long '52 and Robeil 
Ytterberg '52. 

1951— Neil Sclater and Miss Meryl 
Rowlands, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. 
William D. Rowlands of Chelsea, Mass., 
Oct. 4, 1952. At home: 118 State St., 
Framingham Center, Mass. 

1951 — Ens. Roy B. Sherman and Miss 
Elizabeth Ann Gentry, Pembroke '52, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. 
Gentry of Madison, Conn., Sept. 20, 
1952. Best man was Robert A. Fearon 
'51. Arthur Thebado '51, Arturo F. Gon- 
zalez '52, Roy O. Stratton '52 and James 
B. Carroll '52 ushered. 

1951— William R. Taber and Miss 
Nancy Dale Chatterton, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Owen Chatterton of Providence, 
Oct. 4, 1952. Ushers were Arnold Chatter- 
ton '50 and Robert P. Brainard '51. Father 
of the groom is Leslie Ray Taber '17. 

1951 — John B. Schultz and Miss Anne 
Svenson of Mansfield, Mass., recently. 

1951 — Roland J. Tiemey and Miss 
Claire Sabra, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Samuel Sabra of Fall River. 

1951— Douglas M. Watson and Miss 
Lucille Helene Wightman, daughter of 
Mrs. Helene Wightman of Hamden, 
Conn., July 26, 1952. 

1952— Lt. Charlie B. Godfrey and Miss 
Tanya Mae Craddock, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Joseph E. Craddock, Jr., Oct. 
16, 1952. 

1952— Lt. James A. Martland and Mrs. 
Lenore Tregoning, daughter of Mrs. 



FEBRUARY 1953 



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Francis Conroy of Newport, Sept. 1 1 , 
1952. An usher was John Murphy '52. 

1952 — Edward Munves, Jr., and Miss 
Norma Sue Caslowitz, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Aaron N. Caslowitz of Provi- 
dence, Oct. 12, 1952. The bride is Pem- 
broke '54 and the bride's father is Brown 
'31. At home: 410 West End Ave., New 
York City. 

1952 — Ens. Clarence R. Perry and Miss 
Jean Elizabeth Saxon, Pembroke '53, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. 
Saxon of Cedar. Mich., Oct. 25, 1952. 
Best man was Robert Marsello '52. Ens. 
Brewster Gilford "51 ushered. 

1952 — John Sarson III and Miss Pa- 
tricia Clifford, daughter of Mrs. William 
Clifford of Brockton, Mass., Sept. 21,1952. 

1952 — Robert Savery and Miss Jean 
Sullivan, daughter of Mrs. Michael Sulli- 
van of Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 14, 1952. 

1952 — Richard Sherman and Miss 
Nancy Davis Schmidt, Pembroke '54, 
daughter of Mrs. Vella Griffith Schmidt 
of St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 11, 1952. At 
home: 306 Broadway, North Attleboro. 

1952 — George A. Wilcox and Miss Pa- 
tricia Leone Avery, daughter of Dr. and 
Mrs. Leland Lloyd Avery of Island Pond, 
Vt., Aug. 19, 1952. At home: 2805 8th 
St., South Arlington, Va. 

1954 — Edward W. Wetmore and Miss 
Carmen M. Mulliken, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Edward Henry Mulliken of Old 
Saybrook, Conn., Sept. 13, 1952. Parker 
D. Handy '51 ushered. 

BIRTHS 

1930 — To Prof, and Mrs. Frederick 
Crescitelli of Los Angeles, a son, Richard 
Frederick, born in Cambridge, Eng., 
Sept. 30, 1952. 

1932 — To Judge and Mrs. William H. 
McSoley, Jr., of Cranston, R. I., a third 
child and second son, Paul, Oct. 18, 1952. 
1934 — To Dr. and Mrs. George R. 
Merriam, Jr., of Tenafly, N. J., their 
third child, a daughter, Charlotte Louise, 
Nov. 12, 1952. 

1935 — To Mr. and Mrs. John A. Jost 
of Westfield, N. J., a third son, Daniel 
Adam, Sept. 21, 1952. 

1936 — To Mr. and Mrs. David C. 
Scott, Jr., of Providence, a son, Gregory 
Sherman, Sept. 16, 1952. 

1937 — To Dr. and Mrs. Marc S. Hand- 
ler of North Hollywood, Calif., their 
third child and second son, Richard Lee, 
Nov. 5, 1952. 

1938 — To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Garvy 
of Wilmette, 111., a second child and first 
daughter, Mildred Ann, May 30, 1952. 

1938— To Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Judd, Jr., 
of Glenview, 111., a third child and second 
son, Sept. 18, 1952. 

1938 — To Dr. and Mr. Charles B. 
Round of Warwick, R. I., their fourth 
child, a son, Donald Lester, Oct. 21, 1952. 
Mrs. Round is the former Shirley Messin- 
ger, Pembroke '44. The paternal grand- 
father is Dr. Lester A. Round '10. 

1939 — To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard D. 
LeValley of New Bedford, Mass., a 
daughter, Victoria Ann, Sept. 28, 1952. 

1940 — To Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Hen- 
shel of Scarsdale, N. Y., a daughter, Patli 
Jo, March 17, 1952. 

1940 — To Mr. and Mrs. James D. 
Kennedy of Mt. Kisco, N. Y.. their second 
child, a daughter, Bonnie Rea, Oct. 25, 
1952. 

1940— To the Rev. and Mrs. Alan H. 
Moore of Salem, Mass., a third son, Paul 
Stephen, July 14, 1952. 



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1941 — To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph D. 
Berry II of West Barrington, R. I., their 
second daughter, Deborah Wing, Oct. 1, 
1952. 

1942— To Mr. and Mrs. Keith F. 
Brown of Sheldonville, Mass., a daughter, 
Susan Louise, Aug. 31, 1952. 

1942 — To Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. 
Congdon, Jr., of New York City, a daugh- 
ter, Ann Curtis, Oct. 27, 1952. 

1942 — To Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. 
Cook of Pawtucket, their third child and 
first daughter, Robin Elizabeth, Sept. 5, 
1952. Mrs. Cook is the former Lois E. 
Taylor, Pembroke '44. 



With High Honors 

Announcement of the birth of 
Jeffrey Allan Hinds came to us re- 
cently in the form of an academic 
report card from the University of 
Maine where his parents, Ralph 
Hinds '51 and Mrs. Hinds were lo- 
cated. (The mother is the former 
Shirley Whipple, Pembroke *49, 
daughter of Harvey A. Whipple '20 
and Mrs. Whipple, Pembroke '20.) 

In every course but one the final 
grade was A. Under the Nursing 
program the following subjects were 
listed: Agr 41 Feeds and Feeding. 
He 1 1 Household Management. 
Mil 8 Night Problems Agr 26 Judg- 
ing Milk and Milk Products. Ps 76 
Physical Measurements. Eng 59 
Structural Design. The one defi- 
ciency noted came under the last 
heading: Hair. 

1942 — To Mr. and Mrs. John D. Foley 
of New York City, a son, Stephen Mer- 
riam, Nov. 1, 1952. 

1942 — To Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gil- 
bane, Jr., of Rumford, R. I., a second son, 
Oct. 14, 1952. 

1944 — To Mr. and Mrs. E. Russell 
Alexander, Jr., of Greenfield, Mass., 
twins, Blake Thompson and Frances 
Thompson, Oct. 2, 1952. 

1944 — To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Castel- 
lucci of Saylesville, R. I., a third son, 
Thomas Anthony. Sept. 19, 1952. 

1944 — To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd W. 
Cornell, Jr., of Providence, a second son, 
David Herrick, Oct. 18, 1952. 

1944 — To Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. 
Philbrick 2nd of Providence, a second 
son, Timothy Scott, Oct. 4, 1952. Mrs. 
Philbrick is the former Deborah Hunt, 
Pembroke '46. 

1944 — To Dr. and Mrs. Elihu S. Wing, 
Jr., of Providence, a daughter, Mary Sue, 
Nov. 22, 1952. 

1944 — To Mr. and Mrs. John A. Zinke 
of Geneva, 111., a third child and second 
son, Spencer Ewen, Oct. 31, 1952. 

1945 — To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. 
Bosworth, Jr., of Woodbridge, Conn., a 
third son, Douglas Alan, May 18, 1952. 

1945 — To Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. 
Gardner of Wellesley Hills, Mass., a son, 
Donald Henry Gardner, Jr., Oct. 1, 1952. 
Mrs. Gardner is the former Dorothy Jane 
Moyer, Pembroke '49. 

1945 — To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Lees, 
Jr., of San Diego, Calif., a son, Raymond 
William, July 8, 1952. Mrs. Lees is the 
former Kathleen Anderson, Pembroke 
•46. 

1945 — To Mr. and Mrs. James O. 
Starkweather of Millinocket, Me., a 
daughter, Anne Vreeland, Sept. 10, 1952. 



1946 — To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brain- 
ard of Providence, a daughter, Karen Ol- 
son, Oct. 1, 1952. 

1946 — To Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. 
Drayton of Providence, a son, Walter 
Carr Drayton, Jr., Oct. 29, 1952. 

1946 — To Mr. and Mrs. James T. 
Lodge of Silver Springs, Md., a second 
daughter, Sally Anne, Sept. 3, 1952. The 
baby's maternal grandfather is James F. 
Armstrong '18. 

1946 — To Mr. and Mrs. John D. 
Roberts of Brockton, Mass., a second son, 
Raymond Barry, Oct. 15, 1952. 

1947 — To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bube 
of Princeton, N. J., a second son, Kenneth 
Paul, Sept. 27, 1952. 

1947 — To Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. 
Boyle of Apponaug, R. I., a third son, 
Steven Walker, Nov. 17, 1952. Mrs. Boyle 
is the former Jane Walker, Pembroke '47. 
1947 — To Mr. and Mrs. Constantine 
Karambelas of Worcester, a son, Robert, 
Sept. 23, 1952. 

1947 — To Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wayne 
Moore of Providence, a second child and 
first daughter, Alison Ruth, Oct. 12, 1952. 
1947 — To Lt. and Mrs. Jonathan A. 
Sisson of Glen Cove, L. I., a second son. 
Dale Stanton, Nov. 2, 1952. 

1948 — To Mr. and Mrs. George F. 
Heckler of Coventry Center, R. I., a 
daughter, Celia Elizabeth, Apr. 8, 1952. 
Mrs. Heckler is the former Marion Heim, 
Pembroke '50. 

1948 — To Prof, and Mrs. Wheaton A. 
Holden of Newton Lower Falls, Mass., a 
third child and second daughter, Leslie, 
Nov. 1, 1952. Mrs. Holden is the former 
Leila Burt, Pembroke '48. The paternal 
grandfather is Henry K. Holden '21. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. An- 
thony of Providence, a daughter, Marilyn 
Jean, Oct. 13, 1952. The baby's grand- 
father is W. B. Anthony, Brown '12 and 
the grandmother is the former Helen Pot- 
ter, Pembroke '15. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fisher 
of Los Angeles, a son, John Scott, Aug. 
12, 1952. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. 
Glenney of Manchester, Conn., a daugh- 
ter, Katherine Rogers, Sept. 20, 1952. 
Mrs. Glenney is the former Shirley Ken- 
yon, Pembroke '50. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. 
Govain of Willimantic, Conn., a son. 
Royal Arthur, June 7, 1952. Mrs. Govain 
is the former Mary E. Lake, Pembroke 
'49. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. 
Royal of Attleboro, a daughter, Ellen 
Louise, Oct. 7, 1952. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Pierce B. 
Smith of Attleboro, a son, Justin P., July 
3, 1952. Mrs. Smith is the former Eliza- 
beth Montali, Pembroke '48. 

1949 — To Mr. and Mrs. Abbott I. Yu- 
loff of Cranston, R. I., their first child, a 
daughter, Diane Carol, Nov. 22, 1952. 

1950 — To Ens. and Mrs. Lawson I. 
Ainsworth of Moorestown, N. J., a son, 
George Hall, Oct. 23, 1952. 

1950 — To Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. 
Ashley of Needham, Mass., their first 
child, a son, Richard Chase Ashley, Jr., 
Oct. 4, 1952. Earl H. Ashley, Jr. "42 is 
the baby's uncle. 

1950 — To Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. 
Bergwall of Chippewa Lake, Ohio, a 
daughter, Lee Hooker, Oct. 22, 1952. 
Mrs. Bergwall is the former Arlene Reed, 
Pembroke '50. 

BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



1950— To Mr. and Mrs. Phillip 1. 
Crawford of Bridgeport, Conn., a son, 
Peter Gage, Sept. 4, 1952. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. William K. 
Gilroy, Jr. of Manchester, Conn., a son, 
David Robert, Sept. 29, 1952. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kim- 
ball of San Antonio, a daughter, Joan Al- 
lison, Sept. 8, 1952. Mrs. Kimball is the 
former Ellen Taubeneck, Pembroke '51. 

1950 — To Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Mar- 
tin of Richmond, Va., a daughter. Nancy 
Elizabeth, Oct. 20, 1952. The baby's 
grandfather is Dr. LeRoy W. Black '20. 
Mrs. Martin is the former Barbara Black. 
Pembroke '48. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. William L. 
Mayer of Providence, their second child, 
David Lee, Oct. 27, 1952. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pendle- 
ton of Rigo Park, L. I., a son, Thomas 
Skellet, Oct. 9, 1952. Mrs. Pendleton is 
the former Paula Skellet, Pembroke '51. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. Wallace L. 
Poole of Barrington, R. 1., a son, John 
Spofford, Oct. 25, 1952. 

1950— To Lt. and Mrs. Kenneth F. 
Provost of West Haven, Conn., a daugh- 
ter. Stacy Ann, Oct. 25, 1951. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. 
Saxon, Jr., of Providence, a second son, 
Robert Charles, Nov. 17. 1952. 

1951— To Ens. and Mrs. Robert W. 
Murray of Lake Zurich, 111., a daughter, 
Kathleen Ann, Sept. 23, 1952. 

1951— To Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Page 
of Springfield, Mass.. a son. Donald An- 
drews, Nov. 24. 1952. 



In Memoriam 



HERBERT ALLEN MATTHSON 97, in 
Coventry. R. 1., Dec. 25, 1952. Head 
chemist at the former C rompton Vel- 
vet and Corduroy Mill for 4} years un- 
til his retirement in 1946. he was at one 
time an instructor of chemistry at 
Brown and at the Lowell Textile 
Institute. Raymond .-Xmold Matteson 
'39 is his son. Delta Kappa Epsilon. 

WALTER DAVID DeVAULT '98. in 
Knoxville. Tenn.. Dec. 26, 1952. He 
was a partner in the firm of DeVault. 
Dawson & Johnston. Attorneys and 
Counsellors at Law. 

HENRY CLEAVES SULLIVAN '01, in 
Portland. Me.. Dec. 12. 1952. A prom- 
inent citizen and trial lawyer, he was 
diligent in his support of civic organiza- 
tions. Phi Kappa. 

LEON ARNOLD WINSLOW '04, in 
Hartford, Conn.. Dec. 16, 1952. 
Teacher, leader in civic affairs, former 
member of the editorial staff of the 
Hartford Coiinint. and attorney, he had 
been for many years corporation coun- 
sel for the city of East Hartford. Phi 
Kappa Psi. 

HARRY SPEAR HARDING '05. in Al- 
bany. N. Y.. Nov. 2, 1952. Employed 
for many years in the city of N. Y. as 
an engineer, in I 923 he became a mem- 
ber of the firm of Haefner & Harding. 
Sales Engineers, in .Mbany. Later, he 
served as sanitary engineer for the State 
of N. Y. until his recent retirement. 
Robert Douglas Harding "36 is his son. 
Delta Upsilon. 




BROWN UNIVERSITY is a beneficiary under 
the will of Judge Elmer J. Rathbun '96, who 
died in Providence Dec. 21, 1952. The be- 
quest is for use in setting up a scholarship 
fund. Admitted to the R. I. Bar in 1898, he 
also served for 12 years in the General As- 
sembly as Representative from West Green- 
wich. In 1900, after serving as Clerk of the 
Fourth District Court briefly, he became its 
Justice. He was elevoted to the Superior 
Court of the State in 1909 and the Supreme 
Court in 1919, serving on the latter bench 
until 1935. Active and loyal as a leader in 
his Brown Class, he manifested life-long in- 
terest in Brown. 



RODNEY CHARLES WALKER '05, in 
Belmont. Mass.. Nov. II, 1952. Previ- 
ous to his retirement he was associated 
with the New England Culvert Co. of 
Boston as sales representative. 

MAURICE LOUIS DOLT '06. in Brattle- 
boro, Vt., July 6, 1952. \ former in- 
structor and professor in the field of 
Chemistry, he was research director 
for the Calco Division of American 
Cyanamid Co. at the time of his death. 
His son is Robert R. Dolt '51. Zeta Psi. 
Sigma Xi. 

RICHARD DANA TUCKER '06, in 
New Canaan. Conn., Nov. 28. 1952. 
Retired Dartmouth. Mass., school su- 
perintendent and an educator for nearly 
50 years, he achieved success in the 
maintenance of an up-to-date curricu- 
lum and an able teaching staff. William 
A. Tucker '38 is his son. Delta Upsilon. 

FRANK GIDEON SPENCER '07. in 
Providence. Dec. 4, 1952. Retired from 
business several years ago. his active 
interests were concerned with the Prov- 
idence Engineerini; Society and the 
Providence Camera Club. His brother 
George is Broun '04. Beta Theta Pi. 

DR. HAROLD WILLIAM LYALL '08. 
in Albany. N. Y., Jan. 3, 1953. Assist- 
ant Director in the Division of Labora- 
tories and Research of the N. Y. State 
Health Department since 1930. he was 
previously associated with various col- 
leges and laboratories. Delta Upsilon. 
Phi Beta Kappa. Siama Xi. 

JOHN JOSEPH SULLIVAN '09. in 
Cranston, R. L, Dec. 7, 1952. Admitted 
to the Rhode Island Bar in 1914. he 



was a member of the law firm of Sulli- 
van & Sullivan. John Hugh Sullivan '42 
and William Healy Sullivan '43 are 
nephews. Phi Beta Kappa. 

RALPH EVERETT BURNHAM '13, in 
Passaic, N. J., Dec. 2, 1952. He was 
employed as engineer-salesman by the 
Textile Finishing Machinery Co. from 
the time of his graduation from Brown 
until 1941, at which time he was ap- 
pointed head of their N. Y. office. 
Sigma Chi. 

LAWRENCE FRANCIS HURLEY '19, 
in Washington, D. C, Jan. 11, 1953. 
Editor of Nation's Business, he spent 
his entire business career with the mag- 
azine, beginning as a field representa- 
tive in 1922. working through various 
executive positions and finally becom- 
ing editor in 1944. Kappa Sigma. 

LOUE EUGENE STOCKWELL '19. in 
Worcester. Mass.. Dec. 18. 1952. A 
trial lawyer, he was a member of the 
firm of Stobbs. Stockwell & Tilton. Dur- 
ing World War I he was commander of 
a Navy torpedo boat. Phi Gamma 
Delta. 

ALBERT JOSEPH TRACY 19. in Provi- 
dence. Dec. 9. 1952. Owner of A. J. 
Tracy Co., painting contractors, he was 
active in the Providence Chapter of 
Painting and Decorating Contractors 
of .'\merica. He served with the Yankee 
Division during World War 1. Phi 
Kappa. 

lACK GIBSON HURST '25. in San 
Francisco. Calif., June 15, 1952. He 
worked for the Civil Service of the city 
of San Francisco as a social worker. 
Lambda Chi .\lpha. 

THOMAS WATSON DENNISON '29. in 
Mountain Lakes, N. L. Oct. 19. 1952. 
For many years salesman for Elkens 
Smith Co. of Montclair, N. J. Zeta Psi. 

DAVID GRIMSHAW '30. in Packanack, 
N. J., Dec. 19, 1952. He'd been with 
Wright .Aeronautical Corp. for 19 
years, at one time in charge of export 
sales, more recently as Manager of the 
Order Division. He had helped found 
the new Brown Club of Northeastern 
New Jersey. H. R. Grimshaw '22 of 
Chattanooga is a brother. Sigma Phi 
Sigma. 

JOHN DUFFIELD HILL. JR.. '34. in 
Bristol. R. I.. Dec. 31, 1952. A Junior 
High School teacher in Seekonk. Mass., 
he had been President of the Parent- 
Teacher Association for the past three 
years. Prior to that he was employed in 
the office of the U.S. Rubber Co. in 
Bristol. 

FIRST LT. ROBERT WILCUTT SHAW 
'48. one of three officer crewmen in the 
crash of a C-47 transport plane near the 
Raleigh-Durham. N. C. airport. Jan. 3. 
1953. Until returning to active duty, he 
had been associated with his father, 
owner of the .iMbany Florists Supply 
Company. Delta Phi. 

FIRST LT. RICH.ARD MYLES HAN- 
NON '49, in Ft. Benning. Ga., Dec. 21, 
1952. He had served on an LST with 
the Navy in the Pacific during World 
War 11 after which he returned to 
Brown. Feb. 1949 he received his com- 
mission in the U.S. Army. 

LT. EDWIN ARTHUR TUTTLE '52. in 
Melbourne, Fla.. Nov. 28, 1952. Dur- 
ing a navigational flight to West Palm 
Beach. Fla.. with three other fighter 
planes, his Rhode Island National 
Guard plane crashed into the Indian 
River. Phi Kappa Psi. 



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nearly 50 per cent of their endowments and buildings in the form of 
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