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"IDENTIFICATION AND CRITICISM OF IDEAS": 

Some Early Comments on the Experiment 



JANUARY 1954 



SENT BY THE UNIVERSITY TO ALL BROWN MEN 



BROWN 

ALUMNI MONTHLY 

Published by Brown University for ils 
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Board of Editors 



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Chairman 
ARTHUR BRAITSCH 23 



V ice-Chairman 
GEORGE W. POTTER 21 

GARRETT D. BYRNES 26 
CARLETON GOFF 24 
ELMER S. HORTON '10 
PROF. I. J. KAPSTEIN '26 
JOHN T. WINTERICH '12 

Managing-Editor 
CHESLEY WORTHINGTON '23 

Assistant Editor 
DOUGLAS A. SNOW '45 



CONTENTS 

News 

Fraternity Scholarship 
A Neighbor's Bicentennial 
Judges in the Headlines 




Features 

The "LC." Course 
How to Study 
Teacher and Television 

Departments 

The Brown Clubs Report 
The Sports Roundup 
Brunonians Far and Near 
Bureau of Vital Statistics 



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THE COVER PHOTO: We drew a pic- 
ture of what we wanted to suggest the new 
experimental curriculum at Brown, "The 
Identification and Criticism of Ideas," and 
George Henderson of the Brown Photo 
Lab obliged with a fine study. He couldn't 
have chosen a better model for his photo, 
because the student is Stanley Gillmar '57 
of Honolulu. It was the announcement of 
the new IC program which influenced 
Gillmar to choose Brown for his college. 



STUDENT STIRRINGS in Support of an 
honor system prompted some stories 
the other night about the stupidity of 
some would-be cheaters and plagiarists. 
Best yarn, we thought, was about Profes- 
sor Hastings, who returned a paper to 
one of his students with this comment: 
"Next time you go to a stack of old pa- 
pers for one you intend to pass off as 
your own, dig deeper. I wrote this one 
myself, years ago." 

> IF OUR MAIL is any indication, John K. 
Hutchens of the New York Herald Trib- 
une Book Review is set down as a shallow 
fellow. Hutchens had told how E. P. But- 
ton & Co.. publishers of a new translation 
of "Caesar's Commentaries," sent out a 
release in Latin and had trouble translat- 
ing the name of John Mason Brown, the 
critic: "The first two-thirds of the name 
came out nicely as Johannes Masonius, 
but the 'Brown' was harder — seems there's 
no good Latin word for 'Brown,' so he 
coined "Bruno" on the strength of Brown 
University's 'Universitas Bruninia.' " 

Albert E. Lownes '20 wrote us that he 
hoped that "Freeman Twaddell. Ben 
Clough. or Prof. Carberry will enable us 
to squelch the vile canard. "Bruninia" is 
just adding insult to injury." We thought 
at first we'd borrow some Liber Brunen- 
sis stationery and write Mr. Hutchens on 
behalf of all Brunonians. Then we real- 
ized Mr. Hutchens would just set us down 
as a Bruninny. 

> DEAN KEENEY Wrote this fall to par- 
ents of Brown Freshmen with interesting 
results. He told the folks he was glad 
their boys had come to Brown. He named 
the various Deans, explaining their duties, 
and the boy's Counselor. Then, because 
the whole story is not invariably given at 
the time of application, the Dean asked 
the parents to advise of anything he 
should know about each boy. 

One alumnus replied in terms of ap- 
preciation but said; "I think the less the 
Deans know about my boy the better. 
And I hope, further, that you Deans won't 
have to see much of him." 

> A MEMBER of the Faculty, commenting 
on trends in secondary education, said: 
"We spend a lot of money on sports so 
our high school boys will have strong 
legs. And then they insist on riding to 
school in a bus." 

> ONE DAY as we were about to talk in 
Chapel, we were waiting for the noon 
signal, when the Chaplain turned to the 
Senior who was about to preside and said. 
"What did the bookies do yesterday?" 




It may have been that we looked sur- 
prised, for he proceeded to explain: It is 
the Chaplain's custom to vary the Dox- 
ology from day to day, and there are four 
of them in the Chapel Hymnal from 
which he makes a random selection, call- 
ing for it by number. He learned that a 
few undergraduates were going to make 
book or run a pool with his call deter- 
mining the winner. 

The Chaplain had a stopper for that. 
He crossed them up by using the first 
verse of Hymn 28 as the Doxology that 
morning. All bets were off. 

> THE HOLIDAYS Were marred for us when 
a flat silver dish somehow got wedged 
down inside of a saucepan during the 
cleanup period after dinner. It was a 
perfect fit, and we just couldn't unstick 
it. After an hour of frustration, we called 
Jack Lubrano '24 of the Physics Depart- 
ment and explained our problem. 

There was no projection to work on, 
no pivot to make pressing down on one 
side do any good, no leverage. Banging 
had done no good, and we'd had no suc- 
cess trying to shrink the silver with ice 
and spread the pan with hot water. At this 
point our consultant came up with the 
idea that worked. (We'll give you three 
guesses before you move on to the next 
paragraph.) 

On Jack's advice, we filled the pan with 
warm water and let this stand long enough 
so that a bit seeped down in under the 
plate. We emptied what was left on top 
and brought the water below to a boil. 
The pressure of the steam inside brought 
the plate loose promptly and pleasantly. 

Later that evening there was some 
family reference to the value of a liberal 
arts background. 

> BILL MCCARTER. who Writes engagingly 
of "The Hanover Scene" for the Dart- 
mouth Ahimiii Magazine, was looking 
back to his graduation year, 1919. Irvin 
Cobb, he remembers, received an hon- 
orary degree the same June, remarking 
that he felt like ""an egg that had been 
laid twice, both times successfully." 

> Jim Armstrong, Notre Dame's able 
Alumni Secretary, was looking at the re- 
sults of a survey conducted among mem- 
bers of his 25-year Class. ""Only one 
thing bothered me about the great '28 
survey," he writes. ""That's the small 
amount of book-reading being done on 
the average. Maybe it's just that the Class 
is still in the age bracket for taking out 
the librarian instead of the book." 

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BROWN 



ALUMNI 
MONTHLY 



JANUARY, 1954 
VOL. LIV NO. 4 



No ACADEMIC OFFERING at Brown in modern times has so 
excited Faculty and students as the new program, "The 
Identification and Criticism of Ideas." As the experiment 
began this past fall, 14 courses were introduced, and from 
ail of them come reports of signal success. It's too early to 
judge, everyone warns us, but the enthusiasm we encounter 
is unmistakable. 

Supporting evidence lies in the sampling made by the 
Brown Daily Herald, which talked with 70 students enrolled 
in IC courses. They favored the new courses overwhelm- 
ingly and regarded them as "considerably more difficult" 
than the standard Distribution courses, which they also 
take. They get enough more out of the program to reward 
them for the added time involved. The new curriculum "has 
helped awaken students to an active college scholastic life," 
the Herald concluded. 

Under the Carnegie Grant 

The program is being financed by a five-year grant of 
$250,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. As 
the original prospectus put it, "the experiment seeks a fresh 
and sounder approach to the life of the mind; it is designed 
to stimulate the impulse ot the students to develop intellec- 
tually." The basic idea is "to make a challenging classic the 
foundation for a course of study ... to discover the ideas 
originating or developed in the book, particularly those 
which have proved of long-range significance and which re- 
appear as vital concepts in later literature and experience." 

The emphasis is on discussion, rather than professorial 
lecturing. It is the students who identify the id:as, "analyze 
their origin and their consistency, interpret their meaning- 
fulness and their relationship which they bear to experi- 
ence." Criticism of the ideas requires "extensive reading 
outside the central classic in order to see how other minds 
have dealt with the same problems, and how experience, re- 
search, and discussion have modified the points of view ex- 
pressed by the author." 

Since the program will have a five-year testing, it is too 
soon to render more than preliminary appraisal, as all agree. 
But certain comments have been made already in public. We 
listened with interest to several informal reports by par- 
ticipants in the program, speaking before the recent 
Alumnae Council at Pembroke. Since one speaker. Prof. 
Randall Stewart, used manuscript, it is our privilege to print 
his comments in full. Others were Dean Nancy Duke Lewis, 
Prof. Harold Scholsberg, and Prof. Guy Dodge. 

A Challenging Transition 

"The Freshman year especially needs to be revitalized," 
the proposal to the Carnegie Corporation had said. "It 
should constitute a new adventure marked by sharp con- 
trast with preparatory school. . . . There is a strong tend- 
ency to conceive of the first college year as remedial." And 
remedial exercises "are one of life's dullest experiences." 
The minds of Freshmen, "unaccustomed to independent 
thought," need to be awakened and brought into "firsthand, 
continuous, intimate contact with deeply significant ma- 
terial." 

There has been widespread feeling that time is wasted in 
the transition from school to college: Because of the great 




THE "I.e." 
COURSES: 

Some Early Comment 
on Brown's Experiment 




variation in the quality of secondary schools, the colleges 
have felt skeptical and defeated about what the Freshmen 
knew. The result was a tendency to spend time making 
deficits in earlier preparation rather than boldly to advance. 
Well-schooled Freshmen have been bored by repetition of 
earlier work (sometimes at the choosing of the students, 
who were playing it safe in the interest of good grades). 
The new IC program assumes that the Freshmen are better 
prepared than was thought and they they are ready for 
some of the academic experience withheld in the past until 
Junior or Senior years. 

The survey course was the favorite of the past. Under the 
experiment, the Freshmen and Sophomores take one vital 
aspect of a subject and work intensively on it, substituting 
depth of studies for the survey. The first college work is no 
longer a letdown from the secondary school studies. 

Talking to the Pembroke alumnae. Professor Schlosberg 
said the early progress was unmistakable: "The students do 
talk, without reticence. Freshmen and Sophomores are bet- 
ter talkers than Seniors would be. for the latter have been 
lectured to so much they've forgotten how to talk in class." 
The first papers in his course were both good and bad: a 
few books chosen for reports were over the heads of the 
reporters, but some students "made me jealous they'd done 
so well." 

Are Ihe Cards Stacked? 

Professor Schlosberg points out that the cards are stacked 
in favor of the experiment, for the group involved is out- 
standing. First, the students have survived the high selec- 
tive process of the Brown Admission Office. Second, the new 



program is open only to those in the upper half of thef 
Freshman and Sophomore Classes. Then, the highest moti- 
vation is present, because the students elected the program 
on their own. Classes are small — about 20 students to each 
one — and the professor in charge is assigned to the experi- 
mental course as his only job in most cases. "Why shouldn't 
one be optimistic about the IC courses with conditions so 
favorable and the challenge so strong?" 

Professor Dodge's impressions matched the other's en- 
thusiasm. He points out that it is not the permanent plan to 
restrict the IC courses to the best students: "We are anxious 
not to build an 'elite' in the first class." And the program was 
deliberately undersold to the Freshmen at registration time. 
.'Xs a result, some good eligibles did not elect the IC courses. 
One student said, "I came from a progressive school, and 
I'd had too much discussion. I want to learn something for 
a change." 

"The students in the IC courses are immersed in educat- 
ing each other," Professor Dodge said. "There is less clock- 
w atching. Students not only ask questions and answer them 
in classes but argue among themselves. They continue dis- 
cussions while they're leaving the room — the bell that 
marks the end of a class period doesn't halt their thinking. 
You hear them still talking on the topic while they leave the 
loom — even that night at parties." 

Library Beittg Used More 

Students are prepared for each session of the class, he 
discovered. That is an innovation for some of them. They 
are reading hard and significant material; the Library is 
getting greater use, including evenings and Sundays. "We 
have underestimated students in the past as to their in- 
telligence and their capacity to grasp difficult matter." 

One benefit from the program, in Professor Dodge's opin- 
ion, is student realization that a great book is no longer the 
property of a single Department. It's good, he feels, to have 
them realize that ideas cross over boundaries artificially set 
up by instruction in different Departments. They become 
aware of the unity of knowledge through this inter-dis-- 
ciplinary approach. 

Incidentally, said Professor Dodge, the course is good 
for him, too: "I've had to fight the old habit of talking too 
much myself and of covering certain ground laid out for a 
certain day." Some students are perplexed because a dis^ 
cussion may produce nothing for their notebooks. Some 
still expect the teacher to lay down the law and are uncom- 
fortable when he doesn't. Previously accustomed to relying 
on the teacher, the students nevertheless adapt well to 
being thrown on their own, although (as one Freshman 
said) "thinking is so hard." Another complained that he had 
so many ideas he couldn't get them expressed. 

The Choice in Psychology 

Professor Schlosberg's course is a critical study of the 
concepts underlying the definition of Psychology as the 
Science of Behavior. He likes this choice because Behavior 
is not, in his opinion, "a wild, trust-busting idea," and it ties 
in with the emphasis given by the Department at Brown 
in treating Psychology in relation to biological science. 
The central figures in the field of Behavior have been PavloV 
and Watson — "Pavlov the great thinker and Watson the 
salesman." The writings of Pavlov on conditioned reflexes 
are compared with work by other scientists of his time. 
The students see his ideas, founded in animal experimenta- 
tion, developed through his lectures and his life. There is 
some repetition in his work, but the idea is driven home. 

Each student has his white rat in a box for laboratory ex- 
periment, and the laws are studied in practice. From Pav- 
lov the students move on to other writings and experi- 



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mental studies of other workers up to Freud and the pres- 
ent day. There will be visits to institutions to observe there. 

Some difficulties were encountered in the course. For one 
thing, the classics in Psychology are out of print. Profes- 
sor Schlosberg says. So the students were sent out in scout- 
ing parties, to report back on different reading. ( In some 
instances, the reading assigned conflicted with that done in 
Prof. Walter Hunter's graduate course.) The students re- 
ported well, without stammer or confusion. The quizzes 
showed weaknesses, for "it's hard to get the answers when 
the books themselves are unclear." But this encouraged ques- 
tions and discussion. The students, he finds, are thinking 
about what they're reading. 

Moreover, the students are learning how to read a book. 
In their search they learn the importance of introduction 
and table of contents. They learn how to sample and select. 

Prophets with Relevance to Us 

Professor Dodge's course is in the political ideal of free- 
dom, a fruitful inquiry because of the many classics in the 
field. He chose Lord Acton's Essays on Freedom and 
Power and two books of Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy 



in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution. Written 
in the 19th Century, they have a vogue today, for they were 
prophets with pertinence for us. Their ideas are studied, 
not in the abstract, but in their social context. Other rele- 
vant documents are the writings of Machiavelli, Luther, 
Calvin, Locke, Rousseau, the Declaration of Independence, 
and other developments of the three great themes of power, 
equality, and liberty. 

Dean Barnaby Keeney told the Herald that some students 
felt the jump up to the IC courses was too great for anyone 
just out of high school, but a month's adjustment was 
sufficient in most cases. Some felt they were not being 
given "the facts" because the professor was not lecturing 
to them. Would they not learn more from the professor 
than from listening to some classmate who knows as little 
as they themselves? This early doubt seemed to be resolved 
as students adapted themselves to the new technique. If 
they prepared themselves properly, they found they had 
something to contribute. It was the first chance for some 
to express themselves. 

On the early evidence, he said, the program is accom- 
plishing its aims. 



Certain Caveats 
and Comments 



By RANDALL STEWART 

I WANT FIRST to enter a few caveats. One is: We are about 
to be watched too much. How would it make you feel if 
someone said to you, "You are being watched!" The IC 
students and professors are in the situation of the lady in the 
play who — after all the other members of the dramatis per- 
sonae had remarked upon her appearance — exclaimed, 
"You make me very self-conscious!" 

I'm afraid we won't do our best work if we are too self- 
conscious about it. The IC courses must be taken for 
granted for a year or two, and allowed to follow their own 
bent. 

People button-hole me on the street corner to ask, "How's 
it going?" I shudder a little when someone whispers, "I hear 
Professor So-and-So's IC is falling pretty flat." I shudder 
again when someone says, "A certain committee is going to 
visit your class, and make recommendations to a certain 
other Committee!" Vachel Lindsay once wrote, "Mumbo 
Jumbo will hoodoo you!" Well, let's not allow Mumbo 
Jumbo to hoodoo our IC. That would be very foolish in- 
deed. 

Room for Them Both 

A second caveat is: Let us beware of thinking that in 
praising the new it is necessary to dispraise the old. There 
is ample room in the college world for both the new and 
the old. The formal lecture, for example, has an honored 
place in the University tradition. The formal lecture can 
not only instruct, it can be in itself a work of art. Its ar- 
ticulated structure, its language, its presentation can be of 
such a quality that the hearers are improved in ways inde- 
pendent of the actual subject matter. . . . There are of 
course other reasons why we should not dispraise the old, 
one being the very obvious and sensible consideration that 
the majority of our courses still belong, and will doubtless 
continue to belong, to the old dispensation. 

A third caveat is: Don't expect miracles. If you do, you 
will be disappointed. I believe that the IC program is good, 
and that it will have a good effect. Its good effect may extend 




even beyond the IC courses themselves, and infiltrate some- 
what, as opportunity presents, into the non-lC part of the 
curriculum. But let's not exaggerate the probabilities, for it 
is doubtful if educational salvation can ever be achieved 
merely by curricular manipulation. Sidney Lanier, the 
Southern poet, once wrote a poem about two Georgia farm- 
ers. One was a ne'er-do-well by the name of Jones: 

... he lived pretty much by gittin of loans, 
And his mules was nuthin but skin and bones. 
And his hogs was flat as his corn-bread pones . . . 

Blaming the poor land for his ill-success, Jones sold out to 



JANUARY 19.54 




SPECIALLY DESIGNED TABLES encourage discussion in the "I.C." courses 
and, incidentally, limit the classes to 20 students. Above, Prof. Caleb 



Smith's course in Political Economy. The classroom is one in the re- 
vamped Robinson Hall. 



Brown and moved out West; whereupon. Brown took over 
Jones's farm and made it pay. Lanier summed up t le moral 
of his story in the statement: "Thar's more in the man than 
thar is in the land." By the same token, one might say, 
"There's more in student-and-teacher than there is in the 
curriculum." It is odd that we should have to remind our- 
selves from time to time of the truth of such a truism. 

But these caveats are only caveats, and I must get on 
with the positive part of my little paper. 

I like IC for many reasons, but I shall mention just two. 

One reason is its basic principle of student participation. 
Student participation means the active as against the passive 
attitude; it means thinking for oneself instead of waiting to 
be told; it brings out the student's viewpoint — angles and 




RANDALL STEWART; 
The popular English 
professor tells why he 
likes teaching in 
Brown's new experi- 
mental program. 



aspects which might otherwise be missed; it gives training 
in reasoning, in dialectic; it sometimes makes possible con- 
clusions not previously envisaged by students or teacher; it 
gives the student an invaluable feeling of having a part, of 
making a contribution. This last point is perhaps the most 
important of all. I am convinced that one reason why extra- 
curricular activities are carried sometimes to such excess 
is the need to compensate, somehow, for the silent frustra- 
tions built up in the class room. One of the fine things about 
IC is that it puts a premium upon student participation. 

The caveat here goes entirely to the professor. He must 
curb his loquaciousness. He must not do all the talking. 
And when he does talk (as he must, occasionally), he must 
not intimidate the student. He must not assume (like the 
suitor in The Merchant of Venice) an allwise, oracular air, 
as if to say, "I am Sir Oracle, and when I speak, let no dog 
bark." The oracular professor is perhaps the chief single 
obstacle to the success of IC. 

I believe that our IC students will be happy students. 
They will not feel lonely and inhibited. They will not be 
afraid of the sound of their own voice raised in the class- 
room. They will experience intellectual comradeship with 
students and faculty alike. They will feel that they have 
had a part in their own education! 

Sornethitig to Write About 

A second reason why I like IC is another basic principle 
in the program: namely, that it is not only a reading and 
discussion program but a writing program, and the writing 
grows directly out of the reading and discussion. 

The result is not too good if students are asked to write 
when they have nothing to write about. If it is maintained 
that you always have yourself to write about, the reply of 
experience is that autobiographical essays ("My Summer 
at Camp," "My Senior Year in High School," and the like) 
are nearly always banal. The personal essay, in fact, is the 
most difficult form of non-fiction prose to do with a modi- 



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cum of distinction. In the world of non-fiction prose, there 
are a hundred Walter Lippmanns for one Max Beerbohm. 
And so we don't help matters very much when we tell the 
Freshman to write about himself. 

Sometimes we have tried to motivate the writing by 
setting up a "real-life situation": for example, you have 
promised your great-grandmother to take her to the Boston 
Symphony; on the day before, you are ill from a tooth ex- 
traction; you write your great-grandmother a nice letter ex- 
plaining the situation and expressing your regret. This looks 
like a promising motivation until it is stymied by this rather 
decisive reply from the student: "I don't have a great-grand- 
mother, and if I did. I wouldn't take her to the Boston Sym- 
phony; in fact. 1 never attend the Symphony." 

The IC writing program has changed all that. The student 
now has something to write about. He has read a book. He 
has discussed it. mulled it over, argued about it, criticized 
it. He has something to say. He is ready to put pen to paper. 
Good writing is the marriage of good content to good form, 
and you can't have either without the other. 

Everyone's Responsibility 

Another feature of the IC writing program that I like is 
that the writing is done in all of the courses (not just in the 
English courses), and all of the Faculty (not just the Eng- 
lish professors) are responsible for the criticism of the writ- 
ten work. This is a reform long overdue, and I am delighted 
to see it. Good English is universally useful, and is every- 
one's responsibility, and the practical recognition of this 
fact ought to have a wholesome effect on the entire com- 
munity. 

When it comes to particular courses, 1 can't speak for 
any (in the nature of the case) except the one I am giving. 
It is much too early to talk about it with profit or certainty. 
A year from now will be soon enough to venture a few 
comments. The administrators — who are an impatient lot — 
must sit quietly, and hold their horses. 

I can't give you a syllabus for the course which Mr. Van 
Nostrand, Mr. Watts and I are attempting to conduct (each 
one of us has a section) because we don't have a syllabus. 
We began by reading Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance. 
(I asked one of my students if he would call the book in- 
teresting, dull, moderately interesting, or moderately dull. 
He replied, "Moderately dull." It was a candid reply, and in 
IC we like candor.) For several days, we discussed the ideas 
in the book, the characters, the character conflicts, the sym- 
bolic meanings. Then each student wrote an essay on an 
aspect of the book which interested him, or, at any rate, 
which he chose to discuss. The results, I must say, seemed 
to confirm my belief that it is a great advantage in composi- 
tion work to develop in class a sound subject matter in ad- 
vance of the writing. 

The Cumnlative Effect 

More recently, we have been trying to build up the back- 
ground of American thought: we have read some Edwards, 
some Paine, some Channing, some Emerson, and some 
Thoreau with a view to discovering the main currents of 
thought which antedated and surrounded Hawthorne. We 
shall soon read another novel by Hawthorne, The Marble 
Faun, and then, after making some comparisons between 
The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun, we shall 
try to face up to the question. What is the bearing of the 
main currents of thought previously identified — the Cal- 
vinistic, the Deistic, the Unitarian, the Transcendental, the 
Romantic currents — what is the bearing of these currents 
of thought on the novels of Hawthorne, and what is the 



relation of these novels to the currents of thought? The 
question is peculiarly difficult because novels are not pri- 
marily philosophical works, but the relationship is there 
nevertheless, and we shall try to discover what it is. In the 
second half of the semester, we shall follow something of 
the same procedure with Melville's Moby Dick. Novels by 
Henry James, Theodore Dreiser, and William Faulkner are 
scheduled for study in the second semester. Throughout our 
study, comparisons will be made back and forth, constantly, 
and the total effect will be more cumulative than in any 
other English course I have ever been connected with — or 
so it appears, at the present time. 

When I proposed this particular course to the Curriculum 
Committee nearly a year ago, I listed in the concluding 
paragraph of my proposal the results which I believed might 
reasonably be expected from such a course, as follows: "a 
quickening of intellectual interest, a replacement of the 
passive by the active attitude, more independent thinking, 
improvement in the art of thought and expression as the 
result of constant practice in both oral and written dis- 
course, a better understanding of the American experience, 
and a better understanding of the nature of literature and 
the nature of man." 

As I read these words now. they sound pretty grandilo- 
quent. Are they too optimistic? Time will tell. But I don't 
feel disposed yet to change a syllable. 

First Year's Offerings 

FOURTEEN COURSES Were offered at Brown in the first 
year's experiment with "The Identification and Criticism 
of Ideas," financed under the $250,000 five-year grant from 
the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Three are in the 
Sciences, three in the Social Studies, and eight in the Hu- 
manities. The following descriptions of the courses are from 
the University's Course Announcement for the Academic 
Year 1953-54: 

Biology: "Basic Ideas in Modern Biology." An investigation, 
evaluation, and criticism of Darwin's Origin of Species by means 
of discussion, laboratory and field experience. This book is of 
fundamental significance in the development of modern biology, 
and many of its ideas are subject to critical appraisal on the 
basis of scientific evidence. Some of these ideas will be related 
to ideas in other fields of human thought and will be evaluated 
accordingly. 

Mathematics: "A Modern Introduction to Analytic Geometry 
and Calculus." Covering such topics as real numbers, sets, 
relations, and functions; subsets of the plane; limits and con- 
tinuity; differentiation; maxima and minima; superpositions and 
inverses. 

Psychology: "Psychology as the Science of Behavior." A 
critical study of the concepts underlying this definition. The 
writings of Pavlov on conditioned reflexes and of Freud on 
psychoanalysis will be used as original sources. These will be 
supplemented by writings and experimental studies of other 
workers up to the present day. Class and discussion meetings, 
laboratory experiments and demonstration, field trips. 

Economics: "Political Economy." The fundamental ideas in 
economics arising out of Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the 
Nature and Causes of the Wealtli of Nations. Smith's ideas will 
be criticized not only from the point of view of their internal 
consistency and their relevance to the problems of his times 
but afso with respect to recent economic developments. 

History: "The Growth of the Modern State." The central 
theme is traced from the Middle Ages to the present. The con- 
cept of the state will be analyzed within the historical context 
provided by the social structure, economic currents and institu- 
tional developments in selected periods since the 13th Century. 
The liberal idea of the state will be examined by reading works 
of Burke, Paine, and Mill, while the intellectual bases of the 
communist, fascist, and welfare states will be studied in appro- 
priate authors and recent historical experience. 
(Continued on page 10) 



JANUARY 1954 



Scholastic Averages of Brown Fraternities 





Semester II, '52- 


'53 


Semester 1, '52- 


'53 


FRATER.MITY 


Men 


Aver. 


Pos. 


Men 


Aver. 


Pos 


Pi Lambda Phi 


64 


2.788 


1 


49 


2.785 


1 


Sigma Chi 


56 


2.563 





44 


2.362 


5 


Theta Delta Chi 


57 


2.537 


3 


49 


2.415 


4 


Delta Upsilon 


53 


2.430 


4 


40 


2.512 


2 


Kappa Sigma 


43 


2.424 


5 


36 


2.448 


3 


Delta Tau Delta 


63 


2.400 


6 


55 


2.324 


7 


Alpha Delta Phi 


45 


2.360 


7 


40 


2.089 


13 


Phi Gamma Delta 


34 


2.326 


8 


30 


2.293 


8 


Sigma Nu 


39 


2.308 


9 


37 


2.212 


9 


Delta Phi 


33 


2.293 


10 


31 


2.341 


6 


Lambda Chi Alpha 


54 


2.263 


11 


33 


1.992 


15 


Psi Upsilon 


19 


2.237 


12 


16 


2.063 


14 


Phi Kappa Psi 


38 


2.217 


13 


34 


2.113 


12 


Beta Theta Pi 


42 


2.209 


14 


34 


2.190 


10 


Phi Delta Theta 


48 


2.193 


15 


42 


2.139 


11 


Zeta Psi 


30 


2.175 


16 


27 


1.962 


16 


Delta Kappa Epsilon 


21 


2.131 


17 


28 


1.817 


17 



Semester II, '51-'52 
Men Aver.. Pos. 



58 


2.871 


1 


54 


2.395 


3 


44 


2.443 


2 


48 


2.338 


7 


46 


2.333 


8 


54 


2.281 


9 


44 


2.349 


6 


34 


2.169 


15 


40 


2.382 


4 


28 


2.357 


5 


45 


2.199 


13 


21 


2.095 


16 


32 


2.266 


10 


34 


2.230 


11 


52 


2.''29 


12 


23 


2.022 


17 


26 


2.175 


14 



Semester I, '51 -'52 
Men Aver. Pos. 



58 


2.751 


1 


57 


2.177 


7 


47 


2.246 


6 


39 


2.277 


5 


43 


2.143 


10 


56 


2.166 


8 


44 


2.367 


2 


36 


2.152 


9 


48 


2.294 


3 


31 


2.283 


4 


47 


2.105 


11 


21 


2.100 


12 


35 


2.080 


13 


40 


1.938 


17 


54 


2.059 


14 


24 


1.939 


16 


27 


1.968 


15 



FOR THE FOURTH Straight semester at Brown University, 
academic grades of fraternity men were higher than the 
all-College average. The latter was at its highest since the 
first semester of 1949-50, at the height of the drive led by 
highly motivated veterans. With fraternity marks rising, 
eight houses beat the College average, 2.317. 

Three factors contributed to the improvement, in Dean 
Keeney's opinion: better Faculty counseling in a system 
where no man has more than 10 students to advise, the 
Quadrangle, and the student counseling system of Fresh- 
men. The Class of 1956 had one of the best records of any 
recent Freshman group — "they began to hit their pace 
earlier." Grades of the Classes were as follows: 1954 — 
2.437; 1955—2.249; 1956—2.080. 

Chapel on Nov. 5 featured the presentation of several 
trophies for scholarship. For the first time, academic aver- 
ages were kept last year for dormitories, and these figured 
in the awards. The Arthur Leverett Washburn Trophy for 
Dormitory Scholarship, given by H. Stanton Smith '21, was 
won by Chapin House. The James Manning Trophy for 
Dormitory Scholarship, which in future will go to the dorm 
showing the most improvement, this year went to the sec- 
ond highest dorm, Wayland House. This trophy is the gift 
of Alan P. Cusick '32.' 

Pi Lambda Phi once again won the honors in fraternity 
competition by a wide margin over runners-up, Sigma Chi, 
Theta Delta Chi, and Delta Upsilon. It received the As- 
sociated Alumni Trophy for Fraternity Scholarship. For 
the most improved record. Kappa Sigma, in fifth place, won 
both the Interfraternity Council Scholarship Improvement 
Cup and the plaque given by Edward T. Richards '25. 

The scholastic averages are arrived at by figuring 4 points 
as the equivalent of an A, 3 points that of a B, 2 points a C, 
1 point a D, and zero for a failure. Individual averages for 
the 17 fraternities are shown in an accompanying table, as 
well as their position in the scholastic rating, and a com- 
parison of numerical strength. 

Here are College trends in grades for the last five years: 



HOW TO STUDY 





Fraternity 


Fraternity 


College 


Semester 


Men 


Averaf>e 


A verage 


II 1952-53 


749 


2.376 


2.317 


I 1952-53 


625 


2.274 


2.208 


II 1951-52 


683 


2.335 


2.303 


I 1951-52 


718 


2.209 


2.172 


II 1950-51 


997 


2.199 


2.261 


I 1950-51 


846 


2.183 - 


2.211 


II 1949-50 


1273 


2.289 


2.313 


I 1949-50 


1007 


2.196 


2.344 


II 1948-49 


1138 


2.237 


2.302 


I 1948-49 


928 


2.129 


2.082 




By 
W. S. HUNTER 



NINETY-NINE PER CENT of Brown Students will ultimately 
find employment in positions requiring executive and 
supervisory ability. Their first challenge comes in the man- 
agement of their own study programs. Prospective employ- 
ers examine university records to see how well the student 
has met his total university problem. 

Study is only one of the essential activities of university 
life; but it is the one activity which must be maintained at 
an acceptable (if low) level if the student is to remain in 
residence. Participation in athletics, fraternities, music, dra- 
matics, and informal social occasions are important for the 
development of personality, and they are often more inter- 
esting and attractive than study. Good management ability 
is evidenced only where an acceptable academic standing 
is combined with a reasonable diversity of extra-curricular 
activities. 

There are 144 hours in a six-day week. During this time 
few students ne;d more than: 48 hours of sleep, 18 hours 
for meals, 12 hours in class, and (as an average) seven 
hours for physical education and laboratory work. If six 
hours of study are given to each of his four courses, there 
still remain 35 hours per week, or nearly six hours per day. 
for extra-curricular interests and for a reserve into which 
to dip to meet unusual classroom demands. 

With almost a minimum of planning, there is therefore 
ample time to meet the requirements which will keep the 
student in Brown and off probation. The problem then is 



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twofold; (1) nothing must be allowed to reduce the allotted 
time for classwork and study; and (2) that time must be 
used efficiently. 

Tested and Recommended 

Here are some well proven suggestions for efficient study, 
aimed at the student who is in difficulty and not at the 
scholar who can be trusted to take care of himself in the 
future as he has in the past: 

( 1 ) There should be a place for study with all of the 
necessary equipment available. This place, even the corner 
of a room, should be reserved for nothing but study just as 
a special place at home would be reserved for a shop or a 
photo lab. 

(2) A schedule of the study hours for each class should 
be set up in order to guarantee that a minimum of six hours 
of study is available and properly distributed for each 
three-hour course. Where circumstances make a deviation 
from schedule necessary or desirable, make up the lost time. 
Balance your books on study by the end of each week. 
(Even some study on Sunday will not hurt.) A common 
fault is the failure to use vacant hours in the morning for 
study. 

( 3 ) Some people work best in the morning and some at 
night. Study your most baffling course at the time that you 
work best. 

(4) One of the most important laws of learning and 
remembering is that one learns faster and with less work if 
he does not cram but distributes his learning a little each 
day in the period from test to test. It is certainly possible to 
learn by cramming, but it costs more in the effort expended 
than it would by distributed effort and one remembers less 
well. 

// One Is Interested 

(5) Nobody learns passively; one must actively do the 
thing he wishes to learn. One cannot learn dancing, golf, 
or piloting a plane by reading and watching. One must 
dance, play golf, or pilot a plane in order to learn. To read 
a book for an hour does not assure that you can answer 
any questions on it. Read the assignment as a whole to get 
the total picture of the topic. Next read it again, and per- 
haps again, doing some thinking on specific problems. How 
does one think about a given topic? He thinks by answering 
specific questions. Any professor can give you five or six 
general questions which you should ask yourself about any 
topic in his field (biology, physics, psychology, sociology). 
To get the answers you will need to think, i.e., actively seek 
for answers. For illustration, in psychology I should expect 
you to seek an answer to the following questions on each 
major and minor topic: 

(a) what are its essential characteristics? 

(b) what are the factors that afi'ect it? 

(c) what is its biological-physiological basis? 

(d) what is its relation to other topics? 

(e) what is its function or value to the organism? 



One of the research fields of Brown's famous Depart- 
ment of Psychology has been man's capacity to learn, a 
topic at times related to the training of the military. From 
this Department in the fall of 1953, the new Freshmen at 
Brown received advice on an important matter, "The 
Management of Study." We believe the counsel by the 
distinguished Chairman of the Department will be of in- 
terest to all, even if their days of intensive study may 
have passed. 



m 




■1 




SECOND STORY MAN in the Quadrangle 



The textbook does not underscore the answers; you must 
search for them. In searching you think; and in thinking 
you learn the knowledge and skill that the course requires. 

(6) One learns most easily if he is interested in the 
thing to be learned. Unfortunately there is no general pre- 
scription for how to get interested in some specific thing. 
We either want something for its own sake or as a means 
of getting something else. The sheer joy in learning a new 
skill may be present and help you out, or you may need to 
transfer, for example, the desire to become an engineer to 
the desire to learn mathematics. It is possible to "work up" 
an interest in a college subject by getting a semi-popular 
background in it. Most professors can suggest such books 
which can be read either during the academic year or dur- 
ing the summer in anticipation of courses to come in the 
fall. 

(7) One forgets largely because of the things he does 
after he has learned something. Memory after sleep is better 
than memory after an equal time spent doing other things. 
Complete your study in time to relax and get eight hours 
of s'eep before a test. 

Of course you may not want to learn steadily and unemo- 
tionally with only the expenditure of a reasonable effort. 
You may prefer to let things slide until the last minute at 
which time you will do more work than otherwise neces- 
sary; you will stir yourself up emotionally and tire yourself 
physically. You will then go into the examination in a 
nervous condition and hazard your chance to stay in Brown 
against the chance that you can pass the test. This blurb 
is not written for you, but good luck anyway! 



JANU.4RV 1954 




RETIRED: Edouard Bernard, left. Superintendent of the Brown Post Office 
for more than a decade, has given up his active duties. Part of his great 
popularity with Brown students came from his playing the piano at silent 
movie revivals and other campus functions. "I'm going to get myself a 
hobby," he says, "but it won't be stomp-co Meeting." His successor is 
Robert Bailey, with him at the window. 



Of Music and the Ocean 

Among recent grants to Brown have been a $25,000 
bequest to the Music Department and a National Science 
Foundation award of $12,200 for a project of the Depart- 
ment of Oceanography. 

The Wassili Leps Fund, named in honor of a former 
Director of the Providence Symphony Orchestra and an 
honorary degree recipient at Brown, was set up by a provi- 
sion in the will of Hugh F. MacColl. Providence investment 
banker and musician, who died October 17. According to 
the terms of the will, the fund is to be held in trust by the 
University. Of the income, 25 per cent is to be returned to 
the fund and 75 per cent is to be used "as far as possible 
primarily to stimulate and encourage original and creative 
work in music, especially in musical composition by native 
Rhode Islanders." 

Mr. MacColl, who was not an alumnus, further expressed 
his wish that his collection of original musical manuscripts 
be given to the Harris Collection in the John Hay Library. 

The grant made for oceanographic study will be used to 
find out more about the circulation of the ocean, especially 
in the Pacific, to determine its effect on fisheries. 



"I. C." Course Offerings 

(Continued from page 7) 

Political Science: "The Political Idea of Freedom." An in- 
troduction to the study of the interrelations of political ideas 
and institutions in 10 selected historical periods through an 
analysis of three classics of Government — Lord Acton, Essays 
on Freedom and Power; Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in 
America and The Old Regime and tlie Revolution. Concentra- 
tion of attention upon three great themes: power, equality, and 
liberty. Collateral reading in western political thinking. 

English: "Man's Faith and Fate." The core of this course is 
the expression of this idea in the following major long poems of 
the 1 9th and 20th Centuries: Lines Composed a Few Miles above 
Tintern Ahbey (1798) by Wordsworth; Manfred (1817) by 
Byron; Prometheus Unbound (1819) by Shelley; In Memoriam 
(1833-1858) by Tennyson; The Rubaivat of Omar Khayyam 
(1859) by Fitzgerald; Rabbi Ben Ezra (1864) by Browning; 
The Rock ( 1934) by Eliot. The course will consider the poets' 
answers to these questions: What is the nature of man? What 
is the nature of Nature? What is the nature of the Power that 
moves in man and nature? What is or may be man's conduct or 
fate in relation to this Power? The study of the poems will con- 
sider them as works of art as well as vehicles of ideas. 

English: "The Problem of American Individualism." An in- 
quiry into the concept of the free individual in a free society, 
based upon the critical reading of five major novels: Haw- 
thorne's Blithesdale Romance, Melville's Moby Dick, James' 
The American. Dreiser's The Financier, and Faulkner's Light 
in ,4ugust. The course will include a study of the intellectual 
background of this theme as reflected in certain historical and 
philosophical writings. 

French: "Ideas and Literary Problems in Voltaire's Contes 
Philosopliiques." Candide, Micromegas, Zadig. and other works 
will be read and discussed as illustrations of Voltaire's reactions 
to human problems and situations. His rational humanism, his 
ideas on education, the role of science in imaginative literature, 
and the philosophical tale as a literary form will be treated. 
Sources and subsequent developments, from Pascal to Bernard 
Shaw, will be studied as well as reactions against his methods 
and ideas. In the French sections, the basic texts will be read 
in French. Students without French proficiency may enroll in 
the English section, where the material will be read in transla- 
tion. 

Spanish: "The Interplay of the Real and the Ideal in Cer- 
vantes' Don Quixote." Ideas in this, the first and one of the great- 
est of modern novels, will be discussed as they function dynam- 
ically through character and situation. The course will explore 
some of the countless perspectives which this masterpiece offers 
on human motives, values, and purposes, on the individual's 
relations with society, his place in the outer world of Nature, 
and his participation in the inner one of the spirit and of art. 
(Here, too, there are two sections, one for those with Spanish 
proficiency and one for those who will read the material in trans- 
lation.) 

Art: "The World of Art Today." Special problems in art: 
modern Impressionist painting and "Art for Art's Sake." Art 
with broader aims: Greek sculpture of the Parthenon, Athens; 
Medieval sculpture of the Cathedral, Chartres; Renaissance 
sculpture of Michelangelo. Art in contemporary life: artistic, 
technical, and social problems of 20th Century architecture. The 
nature and growth of a selected group of current ideas about art. 

Biblical Literature: "Religious Ideas in the Bible." Reading 
most of the Old and New Testaments and some inter-Testamental 
literature, the students will see the lively relation of thought 
and experience in ancient Israel, Judaism, and Christianity. The 
inter-play of novelty and tradition in the transformation of re- 
ligious ideas will be observed in process. Discussion of religious 
and ethical concepts basic to Jewish and Christian culture will 
elicit the students' understanding of how the ideas arose, what 
they meant at the time, and their present importance. 

Classics: "Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics." The examination 
of ideas in the areas of moral, educational, and political philos- 
ophy; their origin in earlier Greek literature and their reap- 
pearance in later times. The relationship of ethical ideas to 
human conduct. 

Philosophy: "The Philosophy of Justice and Knowledge." A 
study and critical evaluation of the basic philosophical ideas 
expressed in Plato's Republic and in John Locke's Essay Con- 
cerning Human Understanding. The philosophical problem of 
the nature of human knowledge and of ultimate reality and the 
relevance of this problem to morals, education, politics, and 
religion. Collateral reading in related philosophical literature. 



10 



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Neighborly Ancient 

A GOOD FRIEND and neighbor had a birthday the other 
day: the Providence Athenaeum was 200 years old. 
You'll remember the Athenaeum as that familiar landmark 
on College Hill at Benefit St. The University has had a 
long and close relationship with it. 

Eleven years before Brown received its charter, the Provi- 
dence Library Company was formed, one of the parent 
libraries now incorporated in the Athenaeum. In 1770 the 
Library Company relaxed its rules to assist the new Col- 
lege at the top of the Hill, "until a library could be pro- 
cured sufficient for that respectable establishment." Many 
Brunonians through the years have repaid that debt by 
faithful service to the Athenaeum, and officers of the Uni- 
versity have been its spokesmen on occasions of ceremony: 
President Wayland at the opening of the present Athenaeum 
building in 1838, President Faunce at the 1938 anni- 
versary of that event, and Vice-President Bigelow at the 
200th anniversary of the library a few weeks ago. 

During World War I the Athenaeum enjoyed the hospi- 
tality of the University in an unusual way. The Fuel Ad- 
ministrator had denied the library any coal, forcing the 
building to be closed for 13 winter weeks. But Dr. Faunce 
and Librarian Koopman offered rooms in the John Hay 
for the use of Athenaeum shareholders, saying: "Brown 
University is glad to return in this way the ancient courtesy 
which the Providence Library Company gave the College 
in 1770.' 

The Athenaeum was founded before Providence had a 
newspaper, a printing press, or even a post office. Yet, in- 
spired by Benjamin Franklin's example in setting up a sub- 
scription library in Philadelphia, certain citizens subscribed 
to stock it with 345 leather-bound volumes, some of which 



are still on its shelves. Its souvenirs include a copy of the 
elephant edition of "Birds of America" which Audubon 
himself sold it, the copy of Gibbs' architectural drawings 
one of which inspired the steeple of the First Baptist Meet- 
ing House, Malbone's most famous painting, a Poe auto- 
graph with which the poet acknowledged for Mrs. Whit- 
man's benefit his authorship of the anonymous "Ulalume." 

Emerson browsed there, Charles Evans Hughes '81 as a 
student read its French novels, and Daniel Berkeley Updike 
indulged his bookish tastes. Many such associations abound. 

The Athenaeum continues as a lively institution today 
for its 1009 shareholders. Their birthday programs were 
community events of importance, with Brown alumni active 
in them. The institution's officers include: President Clar- 
ence H. Philbrick '13, Secretary Charles E. Gross II '39, 
and Treasurer Gurney Edwards '18. Albert E. Lownes '20 
was Chairman of the Anniversary Committee, while J. Har- 
old Williams '18 and Chesley Worthington '23 were in 
charge of phases of the celebration. 

The freedom to search for truth is one of Providence's 
most precious heritages, Dr. Bigelow said in his admirable 
commemorative address on Nov. 8. The books of yester- 
year, preserved in the Athenaeum and other libraries, are 
reminders that ideas do change, and all good teachers are 
continuously engaged in "this most exciting of treasure 
hunts." 

"This freedom which was bequeathed to Providence — at 
one time more to this town than to any other place in 
Christendom — has been supported by a state of mind that 
is hospitable to ideas and willing to see ideas fully dis- 
cussed," the speaker said. "It is a state of mind which grants 
the churches freedom to teach, the press freedom to report, 
and the libraries freedom to place books on the open 
shelves, asking with Milton: 'Who ever knew Truth put to 
the worse in a free and open encounter?' " 



JANUARY 1954 



11 



BACK IN 1819, 25 students were graduated from Brown 
University. One of them was Horace Mann, the person 
generally accepted as the founder of the American public 
school system. During the period when he was the first Sec- 
retary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, and later as 
President of Antioch College, Mann continually, both in his 
lectures and writing, talked of the need for better ways and 
means of spreading knowledge. When he discussed methods 
of teaching he emphasized the importance of visual demon- 
strations. He was constantly aware of the need for better 
media facilitating the spread of education. 

Since Mann's time we have acquired movies, radio and 
television — and considerable evidence that education does 
not entirely know what to do with them now that we have 
them. 

It has been said by modern American educators that edu- 
cational television offers the greatest opportunity since the 
invention of printing. This is a most appropriate comparison, 
for just as Gutenberg and his successors, through the use of 
movable type, permitted the widespread diffusion of knowl- 
edge, so does television permit the projection of knowledge 
to an unbelievably larger audience. 

Radio's Early Ventures 

This, of course, has been true in part of radio. Commer- 
cial broadcasting as we know it today began in 1920. Al- 
most at once, broadcasters and educators joined hands in an 
effort to present educational programs. In 1924, a commer- 
cial station in Chicago was carrying a regular weekly series 
entitled "Cook County Schools Weekly Radio Programs" 
and another series entitled "'Little Red Schoolhouse." In the 
same year, a group of courses was presented by an Oak- 
land, California, station in conjunction with the Oakland 
Public Schools. 

In 1926, WTIC in Hartford teamed up with the Con- 
necticut State Board of Education to provide listeners with a 
regular course in music appreciation. There have been many 
others in all parts of the country: Ohio State University's 
"The Ohio School of the Air," "The Chicago Round Table," 
"Yale Interprets the News," to mention just a few. 

Here in Rhode Island our commercial stations such as 
WPRO, WIAR and WPJB and others have had a good rec- 
ord of cooperation with education. Rhode Island University, 
Providence College, Bryant and the Providence Public Li- 
brary all have seen highly successful radio programs. For 
years Brown University has joined in the effort to bring 
knowledge and culture to the public through radio. We have 
prepared a regular series over WPJB called "From College 
Hill" which has held a weekly listening audience of some 
24,000 to 30,000 people. Various lecture series for Rhode 
Island teachers have been tape recorded and rebroadcast 
over WPRO. Each year we have one or more coast-to-coast 
broadcasts of the Brown or Pembroke Glee Clubs and fre- 
quently arrange for the broadcast of important speeches by 
our own officials or visiting dignitaries. 

A Fresh Start ztilli TV 

I mention these things to show that there has been in ef- 
fect for many years a day-by-day working cooperation be- 
tween broadcasters and educators in communities all over 
the United States. Yet, there is an opinion held by many that 
educators or the broadcasters, or both, missed the boat in 
educational radio. It has never caused sweeping changes. It 
has had an important but rather dull impact. 

Television offers us the opportunity to start afresh. It is a 
much more potent compound than just the addition of 
sight to sound. Its impact is of such magnitude that I am sure 



A NEW FRONTIER 
FOR EDUCATION: 

Teacher and 
Television 

By HOWARD S. CURTIS 

Howard S. Curtis came to Brown in 1946 as Director of 
the News Bureau and has been one of the most valuable 
members of the administrative staff since. After studies at 
Syracuse and graduate studies at Boston University, he 
served as Assistant to the President of Green Mountain 
Junior College until World War 11. He was a communica- 
tions officer in the Navy and saw action in the Normandy. 
Southern France, and Borneo invasions. Now Director of 
Public Relations at Brown, he is a past Chairman of the 
American College Public Relations Association, formerly 
edited its magazine, and is currently on its national Board. 
He writes here of Brown's nationally cited venture into 
television. 



that a person like Horace Mann would conclude that televi- 
sion is one of education's most powerful tools in projecting 
knowledge and understanding. 

Before describing some of our experiences in educational 
television at Brown, I want to mention a few things about 
programs at other colleges. 

One of the first to offer college courses for credit over 
television was Western Reserve University in Cleveland. 
Western Reserve wanted to expand its adult education pro- 
gram and was not content to continue solely with its old ex- 
tension courses. This approach was very sound. A commit- 
tee was appointed with authority to marshal the entire man- 
power, energy, imagination and thinking of the institution. 
They resolved to preserve the integrity of education and as 
much as possible to adapt the medium of television to their 
ends rather than try to adapt their techniques to television in 
a commercial sense. Also, they selected the professors with 
care and gave them enough time to prepare. 

Library Circulations Went Up 
The first courses offered were Elementary Psychology for 
three semester-hours' credit, and Comparative Literature 
for two hours' credit. The courses were given at 9 o'clock in 
the morning: Psychology, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 
from 9:00 until 9:30; Comparative Literature, Tuesday and 
Thursday at the same hour. About 100 people enrolled for 
credit at $16 a credit hour. Another 700 enrolled as audi- 
tors at $15, thus getting a syllabus but not exams. And a 
commercial survey estimated that about 100,000 watched 
the programs regularly. Of those taking the courses for 
credit, about 20"(, completed the work and passed. 

I am told that a 10"j, or 15% result in correspondence 
courses is the norm, so on this basis the television response 
was better. Now, of interest to us at this meeting is the fact 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 




REHEARSAL for a Brown TV show, by Profs. Robert Morse and Ceroid Heller on "The Science of Motion. " WJAR's Warren Porks is directing. 



that the Cleveland Public Library and the University hbrary 
reported a "substantial and rather phenomenal rise in the 
use of books." I don't have the exact statistics. Apparently, 
Western Reserve views the project as a success, for I under- 
stand they are continuing. 

Next door to us down in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the 
University of Bridgeport has launched a similar project 
over WICC-TV. These courses are "Personal Adjustment in 
Family Living" and "Living with Literature." They are 
offered on about the same basis as at Western Reserve, be- 
ginning at 3 p.m. instead of 9 a.m. It will be interesting to 
learn how this experiment turns out. 

Johns Hopkins' TV Hit 

Another highly significant participant in educational tele- 
vision is Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The Johns 
Hopkins "Science Review" has won more awards and at- 
tracted more favorable attention than any other college- 
originated program. Before the "Science Review" went on a 
nation-wide network, Johns Hopkins was known primarily 
for its excellent medical school. Now it is actually known to 
many more because of its very popular science program. 

Lynn Poole, the Johns Hopkins Director of Public Rela- 
tions, told me that when the professors go to the national 
meetings of various educational organizations, this sort of 
thing happens: Professor Smith of Johns Hopkins is intro- 
duced to Professor Jones of Stanford. Professor Jones im- 
mediately says: "Oh, yes. I've seen the college television 



program. Have you been on it yet?" If the answer is "No," 
Professor Jones has a questioning look of "What is the mat- 
ter with you? Aren't you good enough?" And Professor 
Smith goes back to Baltimore and asks Poole if he can't ap- 
pear sometime. 

The first Johns Hopkins program went on the air in 1948. 
The pattern established then continues, with half-hour dem- 
onstrations delving into the latest developments in modern 
science. Because the local program was so good, it has been 
carried by CBS and at the present time the DuMont net- 
work. It is now seen in about 30 cities by literally millions 
of people. Through it Johns Hopkins University is making a 
valuable contribution to American education. 

Another Importtnit Step 

The work of these colleges is a highly significant contribu- 
tion to the pioneer eflforts in educational television. There 
has been, however, another milestone which is even more 
important. I would like to draw a comparison with an earlier 
happening. 

On July 2, 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill 
Land Grant Act which reserved a portion of the public do- 
main for education, to be used when the states were ready to 
develop the necessary educational institutions. From this 
came our land grant colleges. 

On April 14, 1952, history repeated itself. The Federal 
Communications Commission then issued its Final Alloca- 
tion Report, thus ending a 3 '/i -year freeze on the construc- 



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13 




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tion of new television stations. This time, Jiowever, it was 
not land wiiich was reserved but television channels for edu- 
cational stations. Set aside for this purpose were 242 chan- 
nels or about \2'^'o of the more than 2000 channels allocated 
in some 1300 communities. 

As one writer put it, "Here is a new grant, a grant in the 
domain of the mind." 

Rhode Island has been alert in taking the necessary steps 
to get Channel 22 assigned to this state. George W. Williams 
'42 is Executive Officer of the Governor's Advisory Com- 
mission on Educational Television, and Provost Samuel T. 
Arnold '13 is committee chairman. 

Our schools, colleges and libraries rarely rent or borrow a 
classroom or reading room in which to conduct teaching. In 
the same way, if we are to make proper use of television we 
need our own station where proper standards can be main- 
tained. The Rhode Island application is filed, and there is 
every reason to believe that it will be granted. When this 
time comes we must all be ready to make the most of this 
great opportunity. 

Brozcn's Oum Ventures 

Now to turn to Brown University. The most exciting thing 
of recent years, as far as the Public Relations Office is con- 
cerned, is our entry into the field of educational television. I 
do not need to tell you that our old Eastern colleges and uni- 
versities are ultra-conservative. With this in mind, I assure 
you that Brown did not clasp baby TV to its bosom at its 



first gasp. In fact, I am still a little amazed that we are in it at 
all, and there are times when I fervently wish that we were 
not! 

As I said earlier, because of the lack of effectiveness of 
education in AM and FM commercial radio, I looked upon 
the advent of television as a new start. At every opportunity 
I attended conferences concerned with the future of televi- 
sion and visited the first experimental stations, such as the 
ones at Schenectady and New York. And to get the ball roll- 
ing, I kept talking TV to our President and other administra- 
tive officers for a long time. 

Since there were no local stations in operation at the time, 
the matter did not seem very pressing to our officials. Even- 
tually, WBZ-TV in Boston got on the air, and we were able 
to do a little with a news-reel type of movie coverage of im- 
portant events. We also produced a 15-minute movie about 
the last big graduating class of GI's and had it used on TV 
in Boston, New York, and later in Providence. This was 
getting our feet wet, but the full plunge was yet to come. 

The local Providence station, WJAR-TV, announced that 
it would be on the air July 3. 1949. I went down right away 
to see the manager, offering him some programs. He wasn't 
interested in public service at that point, so we got nowhere. 
After the station was on the air, I went back. This time he 
made me an offer — the opportunity to huy time as the sta- 
tion was really in the red at this early stage. 

This was a complete stymie. I needed an invitation for 
Brown to present programs so I could persuade the Presi- 
dent to give me permission and an appropriation so I could 
produce the programs. 

The First Break 

Eventually, two things happened. The station appointed a 
new manager, and the FCC became more strict in its regu- 
lations as to the amount of time TV stations should make 
available to educational and religious programs. This broke 
the log jam. Under the new regime Brown was offered a 
good 15-minute weekly spot. I received permission to pro- 
duce all the programs I wanted to — but no money. This 
seemed like an impossible situation; however, I decided to 
try a series of six. 

The topic selected was "The Story of Books." Over the 
six-week period the evolution of the form of books was 
traced from cuneiform writing on clay tablets, through 
papyrus, the Greek-Roman period, the first books of the 
first presses of Europe — on to the present. The concluding 
program was about microfilm and microprints, thus taking 
the development a step beyond the book. 

On the first program. Prof. Richard A. Parker, Chairman 
of the Department of Egyptology and authority in Egypt re- 
search, discussed the forerunner of the book showing cunei- 
form writing on clay tablets, the preparation and use of 
papyrus, as writing developed in Mesopotamia and Egypt. 

The next week Prof. C. A. Robinson, Jr., of the Classics 
Department, author and lecturer, carried the story through 
the second stage, discussing progress of the book as exempli- 
fied by the Greeks and Romans. He showed samples of vel- 
lum, inscriptions on pottery and other examples of the 
period. 

He was followed by Prof. Margaret B. Stillwell, bibliog- 
rapher and author, who is Librarian of the Annmary Brown 
Memorial. Miss Stillwell exhibited and explained medieval 
manuscripts handlettered by monks and showed 15th cen- 
tury books off the first presses of Europe. As you know, this 
incunabula is one of Brown's greatest treasures. 

In the next program Prof. Lawrence C. Wroth, Librarian 
of the John Carter Brown Library, Research Professor in 



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American History and noted author and scholar, discussed 
"Americana," showing originals or facsimiles printed in 
Mexico, South America and what is now the United States. 
Again we were fortunate in being able to select from such a 
well-recognized source. 

In the fifth program. Prof. David A. Jonah, University 
Librarian, drew upon the resources of the John Hay Library 
to illustrate the development of the book through modern 
times. He touched upon the expansion of book printing and 
the tremendous growth of the paper-covered pocketbook. 
He also discussed and demonstrated that the art of fine 
bookbinding is still very much in existence. 

On the final program George C. Henderson '38, Director 
of the Brown Photographic Laboratory, demonstrated the 
mechanics involved in the use of microfilm and microprints, 
pointing out the ways in which these systems are helping to 
solve the book storage problems of the country's libraries. 

The Response Was Good 

The series was a success. We had a rating two points bet- 
ter than Dinah Shore — if that means anything to you. These 
things resulted: A half-hour spot from 9 to 9:30 was nego- 
tiated for 1952-53. The office budget was increased so that 
I was able to appoint an assistant and handle production 
costs. The professors who participated in the first series were 
such good ambassadors that it has been relatively easy since 
to get others to take part. As a matter of fact, we have a wait- 
ing list. 

In November, 1952, we launched the second series. This 
time the programs were one-half hour in length and ran for 
28 weeks. We called it "An Evening on College Hill." As in 
"The Story of Books," the primary purpose was the presen- 
tation of educational material for an adult audience. Each 
program was presented in a manner which attempted to be 
at the same time both educational and entertaining, yet not 
detracting from the standards of higher education. 

Another goal of equal importance was acquainting the 
public with the work of the University — the Faculty's teach- 
ing and research, the students' study and activities. 

WJAR-TV, the local television station, donated the ex- 
cellent time of 9 to 9:30 on Thursday evenings. This fol- 
lowed the kinescope of "I Love Lucy" and preceded "Ford 
Theatre." In general, the programs were aimed at the high- 
school graduate, but, as was indicated by hundreds of pieces 
of mail, attracted a large audience from all levels including 
upper grade school students as well as the college graduate. 

An Audience of a Million 

When the series began, ratings showed that it was reach- 
ing about 400,000 people. Later with the rating up and an 
increase of power at the station it reached over 1,000,000 
people. 

All programs were produced through the University Pub- 
lic Relations Office by the Director and Assistant Director 
in Charge of Radio and TV, in cooperation with WJAR-TV. 
Those appearing on the programs were members of the 
Faculty, students, and guests. Scheduling was done several 
weeks in advance. 

All preliminary work was done on the campus and the 
program was delivered as a package to the television sta- 
tion. After discussing the proposed program with the depart- 
ments scheduled, a rough script was drafted, materials were 
gathered, and special effects designed. A few days before the 
telecast two or more dry rehearsals simulating studio con- 
ditions were held where timing, camera positions and other 
details were checked. 

As the preparation neared completion and a final script 



was ready, the Station Director assigned to the series at- 
tended campus rehearsals to familiarize himself with the ac- 
tion. On the day of the telecast there was a final, two-to- 
three-hour rehearsal with cameras at the studio. 

Because of the evening time allotted, the series was com- 
peting with network programs, and to hold the audience 
after a highly successful comedy called for varied and stim- 
ulating subjects. Hence, with the single exception of astron- 
omy, each Department was held to a maximum of three 
programs. The form was also varied. While most were of the 
lecture-demonstration type, programs featuring drama, mu- 
sic, panels and documentary material were included. Fif- 
teen Departments of the University participated. 

The complete equipment of the station was made avail- 
able for the series. This included a studio 30 x 48, three 
cameras, a mike boom, lighting panel, film and slide ap- 
paratus, and operating personnel. The station management 
and staff were always extremely cooperative and generous in 
their assistance. 

The Results of Telecasting 

Since the impact of such a series as "An Evening on Col- 
lege Hill" is largely intangible, measurement is difficult. But 
these things we know: 

The Telepulse rating of the series started with 50 in No- 
vember, 1952, and rose to 55 by May, 1953. This means 
that at the close of the series a million people were watching 
each week. Hundreds of cards and letters, 98% favorable, 
were received from all kinds of people. Scores of telephone 
calls came to the professors and to the Public Relations Of- 
fice. After one of the programs an anonymous viewer inter- 
ested in astronomy sent a check for $12,000 to the Univer- 
sity. 

There is no question about the tremendous number of 
friends the University gained through this program. A typi- 
cal reaction was that of a secretary in a downtown office who 
remarked, "To many of us Brown University has been just 
a bunch of buildings on the hill. This changes the whole pic- 
ture." And, as one official who has been connected with the 
University for forty years stated, "I know of no other single 
activity in all my experience which has caused more favor- 
able comment." 

At the 1953 annual convention of the American College 
Public Relations Association in Salt Lake City, the Brown 
series was cited for top honors, along with those of New 
York University and Iowa State College. (The station is 
now citing this in ads in the trade papers.) 

The third series began last fall. 

We should remember that those appearing on these pro- 
grams are volunteers; they are not paid a penny for their 
efforts. For the most part they do well, but until you have 
tried them out in the confusion of bright lights, swinging 
mike booms, dollying cameras and frantic time cues, you 
can't be certain as to how they will act, or whether they will 
say what they are supposed to say. 

However, it has been a wonderful experience working 
with the Brown faculty on these programs. They have been 
most cooperative and willing. All of them want very much 
to do a good job, and they have put in hours and hours of 
preparation. They have been thrown into an unfamiliar me- 
dium with surroundings very different from the classroom or 
lecture platform. I feel that they deserve much credit for the 
very high degree of success they have achieved. 

For all of us these first years of television are experimen- 
tal. Most of this great new frontier is still to be explored. It 
is an opportunity with a tremendous potential that educa- 
tion cannot afford to miss. 



JANUARY 1954 



15 



JUDGES IN THE HEADLINES: 



One Retires, Another Begins 




AUYN I. BROWN '05 



TWO Brown Judges figured in the news 
this fall. One of th;m, Allyn L. Brown 
'05, retired as Chief Justice of the Su- 
preme Court of Errors of Connecticut. 
The other, Edward W. Day '22, took of- 
fice as Judge of the U.S. District Court 
for Rhode Island. 

Day, a member of the Rhode Island 
bar since 1925, was appointed by Pres- 
ident Eisenhower, subject to Senate ratifi- 
cation when Congress convenes this 
month. He fills the vacancy caused by 
the death of Judge Edward L. Leahy '08 
last July. He is a former Assistant Attor- 
ney General for Rhode Island and City 
Solicitor for Cranston. As a young man 
he was Clerk of the Eighth District Court 
in that city. In 1944 and 1946 he ran 
the Republican State campaign and was 
otherwise active in party affairs. He also 
served the State on its Civil Service Com- 
mission. He was a partner in the law firm 
of Gardner, Day & Sawyer, from which 
he has retired to accept the interim ap- 
pointment on the bench. (Gardner is 
Percy W. Gardner '03.) 

Democratic Senator Theodore Francis 
Green '87 said, "Edward D. Day should 
make a very good Federal Judge. 1 be- 
lieve there will be no question regarding 
his confirmation." 

When Judge Brown received Brown's 
honorary degree cf LL.D. 15 years ago. 
President Wriston first read from Isaiah: 

"The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon 

him. 
The spirit of wisdom and understanding. 
The spirit of counsel and might . . . 
And he shall not judge after the sight of 

his eyes. 
Neither reprove after the hearing of his 

ears; 
But with righteousness shall he judge 

the poor, 
And reprove with cqm'ty for the meek 

of the earth." 



The citation continued: "Though men 
scorn the ancient and exalt the modern, 
Isaiah's description of the upright judge 
has never been improved. Because it 
represents your spirit and temper, the at- 
tributes of your mind and character in 
the discharge of a great public trust, 
with joy we call you again to this 
meeting-house that we may recognize 
vour achievements." Weslevan's honorary 
LL.D. followed in 1950. 

It was in that year that Judge Brown 
became Chief Justice. He had begun 
service as Judge of the Superior Court 




EDWARD W. DAY '22 

in 1921 and as Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court in 1936 — 32 years on 
the bench in all. Wesleyan called him 
"among the most esteemed citizens of 
our State." 

After graduation from Harvard Law 
.School, he completed his preparation for 
the bar in the law office of Brown and 
Perkins, in Norwich, Conn., a firm of 
which his father was a member. He prac- 
ticed in Norwich until his elevation to 
the bench, also serving a term as Mayor 
and State Senator. His son, Allyn L. 
Brown, Jr., '37, also a Norwich attorney, 
is a Vice-President of the Connecticut 
Bar Association. 

Accolade From the Bar 

Judge Brown has been a Life Trustee 
of Brown University since 1938, having 
previously served as Alumni Trustee be- 
ginning in 1931. In the absence of the 
Chancellor, he presided over the Trustees 
at the October meeting of the Corpora- 
tion. 

Of many tributes received in recent 
months, one which must have pleased 
Judge Brown most was by his predecessor 
as Chief Justice, William M. Maltbic. It 
spoke for the legal profession and ap- 
peared in the Connecticut Bar Journal. 
It said in part: 



"While on the Superior Court, he was 
one of its most liked and respected mem- 
bers. Always courteous and considerate 
to his fellow judges and the members of 
the Bar, no one ever had a doubt but 
that his decisions were based on a sound 
knowledge of the law, were the result of 
careful study and consideration, were 
in accord with a high sense of personal 
rectitude, and were made without fear of 
or favor to any man. 

"The same qualities he brought to his 
service upon the bench of the Supreme 
Court. The opinions he had written were 
all the result of careful study, a keen 
analysis of the issues, and a broad under- 
standing of the legal principles involved; 
every opinion written by any other mem- 
ber of the Court was subjected to a crit- 
ical study as intense as though he had 
been himself the author of it;' and if he 
could not finally agree with the majority 
of the court, his dissents were forceful 
and clear. In his relatively short term as 
Chief Justice, he instituted changes in the 
inner workings of the Court, certain of 
which expedited its reaching its ultimate 
conclusions. 

"Right and Decent" 

"Aside from his legal ability, which 
may be taken almost for granted, and 
which is evident to anyone who reads the 
opinions he wrote, the great characteris- 
tics of Judge Brown's service upon the 
bench of the Supreme Court have been 
his unfailing courtesy, his industry, and 
his abiding sense of that which is right 
and decent. He has always been ready to 
listen and to give to everyone, attorneys 
who appeared before the Court, or his 
associates in their conferences, the fullest 
opportunity to state their views, even 
when he felt their arguments to be spe- 
cious. Few, if any man, who ever sat on 
the bench of our high courts, have 
worked more industriously in the effort 
to reach sound conclusions. And all he 
did and all he wrote has been colored and 
permeated by high moral principles. 

"It is this last fact, perhaps more than 
any other, which has won for our Su- 
preme Court the high reputation which 
it holds with the Bar. and with the people, 
of this State. They know full well that no 
court of which Allyn Brown was a mem- 
ber could be swayed by any influence, 
political or personal, from a strict ad- 
herence to sound principles or led to any 
other result than one which was reached 
honestly and fairly, and which repre- 
sented the true convictions of its mem- 
bers. 

"That it is wise to have a compulsory 
age of retirement for judges, few doubt, 
and least of all those who are forced to 
lay aside their judicial functions by the 
ine.xorable passage of the years. That fact 
does not lessen the universal regret that 
Judge Brown must leave his position on 
the bench. But not for him 'that quiet 
garden of still thoughts where old age 
rests in the peace of an honorable retire- 
ment," at least for many years to come. 
The very qualities which have made him 
a great judge point unmistakably to years 
of public service which still lie before 
him." 



To Brunonians Everywhere: 
A HAPPY NEW YEAR! 



16 



BROWN ALU.MNl MONTHLY 



The Brown Clubs Report 



The 1954 Advisory Council 

THE Associated Alumni have set the 
dates for the 1954 meeting of its Ad- 
visory Council for Friday and Saturday, 
Feb. 5 and 6. on the Brown Campus. All 
Brown Club Presidents or their represent- 
atives are members of this Council, to- 
gether with other alumni leaders. 

Alan P. Cusick '32 is Chairman of the 
Program Committee for this annual busi- 
ness and information gathering, over 
which the Alumni President, Elmer S. 
Horton '10, will preside. 

A Review by Burgess 

National interest will center in the 
fneeting which the Brown Club of Wash- 
ington has arranged for Jan. 20 in the 
Statler Hotel there, and your newspapers 
the next day will doubtless have some- 
thing on it. The special attraction is the 
address by Dr. W. Randolph Burgess '12, 
Deputy to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
who will discuss "The Financial Policy of 
the Eisenhower Administration." This im- 
portant review comes on the first anniver- 
sary of the administration. 

Because of the unusual character of the 
dinner, the Washington Brown Club is 
inviting members of nearby Brown Clubs 
to join with it. Invitations have gone to 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wilmington, and 
Richmond. 

Boston's Luncheons 

Prof. R. Bruce Lindsay '20, Chair- 
man of the Physics Department, will be 
the guest of honor at the Jan. 12 luncheon 
X)f the Brown Club of Boston, scheduled 
for the Union Oyster House, 41 Union St., 
at 12:30. Reservations should be made 
through Virginia Lincoln, CO 6-5600, by 
the previous day. 

The December speaker was Dr. Barn- 
aby Keeney, Dean of the College, who 
told of recent academic developments at 
Brown. Loring P. Litchfield '28 is Lunch- 
,eon Chairman. 

The popular noontime gatherings come 
on the second Tuesday cf the month. 
Booked as speakers for the future are: 
Feb. 9— Prof. Robert W. Kenny '25; 
March 9 — Provost Samuel T. Arnold '13. 
The annual meeting has been set for May 
il. 

Los Angeles Elects 

A New England pot roast was on the 
menu for 22 members of the Brown Uni- 
versity Club of Los Angeles when they 
met at Lyman's Grille Nov. 22 to elect 
officers and make plans for the balance of 
the year. Former President Alfred T. 
Marshall '42 presided until the following 
slate was voted: President — Stephen H. 
Dolley '42; Vice-President — Alton C. 
Chick, Jr., '45; Secretary — Robert H. 
Cowgill '50; Treasurer — Lee M. Green- 
wood '44. 

The main topic of discussion was the 
hope of a scholarship fund to send a 
worthy boy from Southern California to 
Brown. Henry J. Brady '04 started off the 
contributions which we will endeavor to 
keep rolling through the coming months 
in order to send our nominee to Provi- 
dence next fall. 



We wish to remind all Brown men re- 
siding in our area or visiting here that the 
Brown luncheons are held on the second 
and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 
the Hotel Savoy on the corner of 6th and 
Grand in downtown Los Angeles. At 
noon on those days we have a secluded 
corner in the beautiful Redwood Room, 
where the talk is centered on Brown and 
Club activities. See you there! 

In addition to those named above, the 
following attended the annual meeting: 
the new Judge of the Los Angeles Munici- 
pal Court, John F. Also '31, Walter C. 
Beckwith, 3rd, '45, Lyle Caldwell '21, Ev- 
erett J. Daniels '41, Alton V. Hooper "49, 
Harry Howard '24, Paul B. Hunt, Jr., '47, 
W. E. Jessup, Jr., '44, Richard D. Mes- 
singer '37, Houghton Metcalf '04, Ken- 
neth A. O'Brien '28, Fergus Purves '23, 
Gen. Francis W. Rollins '16, and Milton 
A. Smith, Jr., '47. 

BOB cowgill "50 



Thanksgiving Pov/v/ow 

Billed as a "hoe-down" and timed for 
the Thanksgiving holidays, the Brown- 
Pembroke Family Party in Portland, Me., 
continued this yearly tradition. As usual, 
it was a great success, by all reports. 

The program at the Portland Junior 
College included square dancing, songs, 
movies of the Holy Cross game, and the 



Gifts to the BAM 

Further gifts to the Brown 
Alumni Monthly, which some of 
our friends send us in lieu of 
"subscriptions," last month brought 
$1 1 1.00 for the magazine's use dur- 
ing the publication year ahead. 
Such contributions make possible 
the printing of a ninth issue, in 
addition to the eight for which the 
University pays the full freight. 
Since the original suggestion in this 
regard two years ago, the magazine 
has received $3,152.00 from sev- 
eral hundred contributions. (Only 
nominal gifts are encouraged.) 

Since our last list in the Novem- 
ber issue, the following gifts have 
been acknowledged with thanks: 
Anonymous, Joseph C. Bailey '05 
of Ashburnham, Mass.; Frederick 
Bloom '40 of Newton Centre, 
Mass.; Claude R. Branch '07 of 
Providence; Prof. William W. 
Browne '08 of New York City; 
Henry S. Chafee '09 of Providence; 
Douglas S. Clarke '31 of Cleve- 
land Hts., Ohio; Alan P. Cusick '32 
of Taunton, Mass.; Reginald C. 
Farrow '26 of Ithaca, N. Y.; Edgar 
J. Lanpher '19 of Providence; S. J. 
McDonald, Jr., '38 of Wellesley, 
Mass.; Max Meyer '21 of Jackson- 
ville, Fla.; Edwin Murphy '19 of 
Boston: Albert L. Saunders '02 of 
Boston; Dr. Leonard B. Thompson 
'26 of Gardner, Mass. 




■'^*!r 



RALPH R. CROSBY '26 is the 1954 President 
of the U.S. Savings and Loan League, which 
includes 4100 savings and loan associations 
with combined resources of 26 billion dol- 
lars. Crosby is President of Old Colony Co- 
operative Bank, Providence. 

Class of 1953 Film. The large number of 
guests included Sub-Freshmen, many of 
them from Brown families. 

The Brown committee: Bob Lewis '50, 
Chairman, Henry Burrage '33, Herb Cof- 
fin "11, Charlie Mullen "39, Newt Reed 
'03, Dick Sarle '44, Saul Sheriff '36, and 
Bob Skillings '11. Co-operating in the in- 
terest of Pembroke were: Aileen Tuck '51, 
Chairman, Helen Downing '27, Florence 
Halpert '29, and Claire Mullen '39. 

The Holidays in New York 

December is a festive month for the 
Brown University Club in New York, and 
this past period was no exception. It 
started with the Football Dinner and 
Smoker on Dec. 4 when Coaches Alva 
Kelley of Brown and Lou Little of Co- 
lumbia were the attractions, along with 
films. Brown and Columbia will open the 
season next fall as opponents. 

Quentin Reynolds '24 was the speaker at 
the regular monthly luncheon in the Lan- 
don Room on Dec. 15. The members and 
their wives were invited to the annual 
Christmas Egg Nog Party at the Club on 
Dec. 22. 

BufFet in Pittsburgh 

Fall Festivities were launched in 
Pittsburgh with an informal buffet at the 
home of the Ivan Halfs on Oct. 17. Al 
Williams '12 and his accordion joined 
the host and hostess in providing accom- 
paniment for some Brown singing. Pres- 
ent were: Ray Hughes '00 and Mrs. 
Hughes, Judson Crane '05 and Mrs. 
Crane, John Chesley '11, Williams, John 
Alexander '15 and Mrs. Alexander, Al- 
bert Jeffers '22 and Mrs. Jeffers, Ivan 
Half '24 and Mrs. Half, President Chris- 
topher Gunderson '27 and Mrs. Gunder- 
son, W. G. Stuart Sherman '28 and Mrs. 
Sherman, Philip Lingham '30 and Mrs. 
Lingham, Bud Haskell '37 and Mrs. Has- 
kell, Russell Newton '41 and Mrs. New- 
ton, Arthur Murphy '50. 

russ newton '41 



J.-VNUARY 1954 



17 



FOOTBALL FINALE: 



Turkey Day 
And the Tie 



THE Brown-Colgate series saw its sev- 
enth tie on Thanksgiving Day as the 
Raiders' fourth period score deadlocked 
an extraordinary game 7-7. Ahhough Col- 
gate, as predicted in advance, had domi- 
nated the play, it was not until six min- 
utes from the end that it found the scor- 
ing play that had eluded it all morning up 
till then. 

Until the moon is blue, you won't again 
see another march like that on which 
Brown made its touchdown. On the first 
touchdown return, Zucconi was downed 
on his 13. There was one first down, with 
the aid of an offside penalty, and then 
Thompson punted. On its fourth play, 
Colgate fumbled, and Reilly pounced on 
it on the Maroon 46. Unable to gain. 
Brown punted again, and this time Nar- 
dulli, the back who had previously fum- 
bled, was hit by a trick bounce of the ball. 
San Soucie recovered for Brown on Col- 
gate's 15. The Raiders stopped Brown 
cold at that same point and took posses- 
sion once again. On the first offensive play 
thereafter, the Colgate line was obviously 
offside and in the resulting confusion a 
pitchout went awry. A Brunonian, div- 
ing for the ball, couldn't hold it, but pro- 
pelled it across the goal-line. And there 
Reilly again made the recovery, this time 
for a touchdown. 

Brown had gone 87 yards, of which it 
carried the ball for a net of nine. If Brown 
was not at its best, it was certainly at its 
luckiest. Five times in all during the game, 
a Brunonian recovered a Raider fumble, 
one play being an amazing steal of the 
ball by Pearson, who just took it from the 
arms of the unfortunate Nardulli after the 
latter had caught a pass. 

Twice the Brown defense stopped the 
Raiders inside the five-yard line. In the 
second period Colgate had come 60 yards 
downfield for a first down on our 7, but 
four line plays were checked, the last one 
on our 2. In the third period the Maroon 
went raiding again from its 13 but was 
thwarted on our 3 when Bartuska inter- 
cepted a pass. The yardage was being 
rolled up in vain as we fought to protect 
our 7-0 lead. 

It was retribution of a sort for Colgate 
that Brown's only fumble led to the fourth 
quarter touchdown. A midfield recovery 
sent the Raiders on their way as the lame 
Lalla kept the defense off balance with 
sharp passes just over the line and Wil- 
liams, carrying on delayed bucks, ground 
out short yardage eight times in a row 
in one sequence. It took a dozen plays 
to go the 50 yards. Art Fox, Jr., son of 
Art Fox '23, kicked his only conversion of 
the year, but it saved Colgate from an un- 
deserved defeat. 

On the following kickoff Brown made 
its best offensive bid of the day, with 



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THE 1953 VARSITY: Front row, left to right — Noel, Coukos, Valkys, Orton, Thomas, 
Copt. Hoverty, Hunt, Doyle, Kessoris, Abdow, Cottey, Head Coach Ketley. Second 
row — Harris, Genua, Josephson, Reilly, O'Brien, Brown, Pearson, Butler, Funck, Dem- 
chak. Third row — Gerould, Kelly, Ehmann, Smith, Kohut, Zucconi, Granger, Cronin, 



Pearson almost going all the way on a 
run of 41 yards. He had one blocker for 
Colgate's last man, but he was not in po- 
sition for a legal play. In all Pearson made 
60 of the 71 yards. Passing from the 9, 
Kohut overshot the end-zone and, without 
any thought of the obvious try for a field- 
goal, the Bears lost the ball on downs on 
the next play. 

Colgate had the answer for Thompson's 
running on the wet field and for Kohut's 
below-par passing as Brown was held to 
119 yards rushing (71 in that last drive) 
and 22 in passing. The Maroon carried for 
199, passed for 85, and had the wide mar- 
gin of 19 to 6 on first downs. 

Brown almost upset the dope by capi- 
talizing on the breaks and deserves more 
credit than it got for its defensive stub- 
bornness and opportunism. But Colgate 
was entitled to at least the tie it got. Most 
of the Raiders will be back in 1954, in- 



cluding Lalla, who couldn't run, and Wil- 
liams, who did — on 35 carries for 172 
yards. 

The 3-5-1 record of the 1953 Bears was 
their best since 1949. The victories over 
Holy Cross and Rutgers gave the Bruno- 
nians their happiest memories, but with- 
out an Ivy victory they were at the bot- 
tom of that League in standing. 

Points After 

CAMPUS reaction to the new three-year 
contract given Coach Alva Kelley 
was uniformly favorable. The Brown 
Daily Herald said editorially: "Congratu- 
lations, Mr. Kelley. Not merely the Cor- 
poration, but almost everyone at Brown, 
is happy to give you a second chance. 
. . . Apparently Brown is not so anxious 
to win that it can't afford to gamble on 
a brilliant man who has encountered so 



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Williams, Lowry, Coach Nohigian. Fifth row— Coach Jacobs, Hagon, Wilenzik, 
Thompson, Peavy, Mansfield, McGuinness, Kovalchick, Bortusko, Coach Fusia. Their 
record: three victories, five defeats, one tie. 



many obstacles that he indeed deserves 
this chance. ... It was an expedient 
move." 

Captain Gerry Haverty of the 1953 
eleven said: "We're all happy to hear of 
Coach Kelley's reappointment. We think 
he's one of the finest coaches money can 
buy. We didn't have any doubt but that 
he would be reappointed. It's the best 
thing that could have happened." 

Kelley's new contract was voted by 
the Corporation of the University after 
recommendation by the Athletic Advisory 
Council. 

Several Brunonians figured in the se- 
lection of post-season All-Star football 
teams. Chuck Brown was named center 
on the UP's All-New England team. On 
the AP's Ivy squad, Thompson was half- 
back on the second team, with honorable 
mention to Noel, McGuinness, Harris, 
Reilly, and Kohut. Thompson was given 

JANUARY 1954 



mention on the AP's All-East squad. 

In Ivy League statistics. Kohut was 
fourth in total offense with 40 yards 
gained rushing and 725 on passes he 
threw, for a total of 765 yards. He was 
second-best passer, behind Carr of Co- 
lumbia, completing 45.8% of his passes 
— 55 of 120 attempts. Thompson was fifth 
in both rushing and pass receiving, gain- 
ing 378 yards in 71 carries and receiving 
17 passes (four of them for touchdowns) 
for 294 yards. He was third high scorer 
after having led until his last game. 
Josephson was fourth among the kickers, 
averaging 38.4 yards in 21 tries, while 
Thompson was ninth with a 29.6 average 
for 25 punts. Brown was ranked third in 
team defense and si.xth in team offense. 

The Brown scoring was as follows: 
Thompson 43. Zucconi 24, Kohut 12, 
Pearson 12, Haverty 8, Klaess 8, Bar- 
tuska, Orton, Reilly, and Thomas 6 each, 




PREXY: Paul F. Mackesey '32, Athletic Di- 
rector at Brown University, was elected 
President of the Eastern Intercollegiate 
Athletic Conference at its annual convention 
in New York in December. He will also 
serve as Chairman of the EIAC Executive 
Committee. Mackesey has previously been 
President of the Eastern Intercollegiate Foot- 
ball Association and President of the Pen- 
tagonal Hockey League. He is a member 
of the Executive Committee of the National 
Collegiate Athletic Association. 

Cronin 2, and Williams I. Leaders in 
rushing were the following, with net gains 
and average yardage shown in each case: 
Thompson 378, 5.3. Pearson 194, 4.1. 
Zucconi 190, 3.5. Thomas 147, 4.3. Hav- 
erty 145, 4.1, Orton 60, 2.2. 

Aggregate statistics for the year gen- 
erally favored the nine opponents. Brown 
figures being given first: First downs 105- 
120 (rushing 63-91 ; passing 37-28). Total 
offense 2091-2220 (rushing 1248-1708; 
passing 843-512). Pass completions 64 
of 157, 43 of 112. Scoring passes 9-4. 
Passes intercepted by 11-9. Fumbles lost 
11 of 22, 21 of 26. Penalized 295-310. 

Sigma Nu, Brown intramural cham- 
pion in touch football, defeated the Prov- 
idence College leaders in the "Finger 
Bowl" game 35-6. Brown stars were 
Murgo and Arnold of the basketball 
squad. 

A Southern trip for Brown's baseball 
and tennis teams is being arranged for 
the Spring vacation. Lou Murgo, elected 
baseball captain, will thus have his third 
Varsity captaincy. He is serving his sec- 
ond season as basketball leader. (George 
Menard was twice baseball captain and 
once hockey captain in the late "40s.) 

Bill Klaess and Harry Josephson were 
cited among the season's "unsung heroes" 
by the Eastern College Athletic Confer- 
ence, both for their performances against 
Holy Cross. Klaess was the man who re- 
covered the fumble and ran 85 yards for 
the winning touchdown. Josephson was 
cited for his punt of 53 yards to the two- 
yard line and his punt of 46 yards, also 
out of bounds deep in Crusader territory, 
as well as a great tackle at a critical mo- 
ment in the second period. 

Two delightful and traditional dinners 
brought the football season to a close for 



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Brown. Lewis S. Milner "02 was host at 
the 10th annual dinner for the coaching 
staflf and sportswriters, while the letter- 
men attended the 30th yearly feast given 
by the Broomhead family — Frederick C. 
"05, William T. "35, and Lloyd S. '49. 

One of the fall's best football stories 
involved Ev Pearson, who will be Cap- 
tain in 1954. During the Rutgers game he 
was hit hard and came up more hazy 
than the bench realized. When the next 
signal was called, Pearson yelled to Levi 
Thomas, "What does that mean?" "Means 
you run left." Levi yelled back. Pearson 
took the ball, followed his interference 
just right, and ran 16 yards for Brown's 
first touchdown. The run was executed 
just as laid down in practice — a touch- 
down from memory — but Pearson didn't 
remember it afterwards. 



Streak Broken 

After winning its first thr;e games, 
the Brown Freshman football team ran 
into tougher competition in the latter half 
of the schedule and bowed in succession 
to Yale, Harvard, and Massachusetts. Be- 
fore that, by beating Worcester Academy, 
Rhode Island, and Connecticut, the Cubs 
had run their string of games without de- 
feat to 12. 

The Freshmen took a squeaker from 
the UConns when Al Giovine. Brown 
linebacker, crashed through to block a 



conversion attempt that could have meant 
a tie ball game. As it was, the Cubs made 
two first half touchdowns stand up 14-13. 
At the half it had been 14-7 for Brown, 
thanks to a 15-yard touchdown run by 
Giovine on a Statue of Liberty play, an 
earlier score by Bruce Carpenter, and the 
latter's two points after. 

At this point the Cubs had not been 
beaten since the Yale game in 1951. It was 
Yale which broke the streak on Oct. 24 
with a strong finish. 26-7. The Elis served 
notice early by marching 60 yards for a 
touchdown after the opening kickoff. In 
the second period. Carpenter's score 
matched another by Yale, but the Cubs 
were scoreless from that point while Yale 
had a touchdown for every quarter. 

The Cubs played Harvard on even 
terms for three periods but bowed 27-6. 
Early in the game, the Cantabs capitalized 
on a Brown fumble on our 28 and scored 
in four plays just two minutes after the 
opening whistle. In another two minutes 
the Brunonians had their equalizer, get- 
ting a chance on a pass interception by Al 
Giovine, who ran to the Harvard 41. Les 
Mathieson passed to Bill Bride for 38 
yards, and Les went over on a quarter- 
back sneak after Giovine had gained all 
but the last yard. After an uneventful 
third period. Brown fumbled on its 26, 
and Harvard passed for the score. Soon 
after the next kickoff. a pass interception 
gave Harvard another chance, on which 
it made good through the line. Late in 'the 
game Mathieson's passes to Giovine and 



Press gave the Cubs a foothold on Har- 
vard's six-yard line, but Eikenberry in- 
tercepted a flat pass and ran 95 yards for 
the final touchdown. 

.An undefeated Freshman eleven at the 
University of Massachusetts had a scare 
until a fourth-quarter score gave it an 18- 
14 win over the Cubs. The lead had 
changed in each period. After a first-quar- 
ter score by Massachusetts, Jim Cerasoli. 
Brown left tackle, fell on a blocked punt 
for a touchdown and Carpenter's con- 
version gave his team a 7-6 lead at the 
half. After State's passing had made it 
12-7, Brown made a long advance, with 
Carpenter scoring on a 10-yarder. But the 
Bay Staters marched the length of the 
field for the final, winning score late in the 
game. 

A few of the Brown Freshmen will be 
challenging for Varsity recognition next 
fall, but in general the talent was below 
that of its predecessor in 1952. I't was a 
scrappy team but short-handed. 

Pearson Chosen Captain 

Everett Pearson, halfback from Paw- 
tucket, was elected Captain of the 1954 
Brown football team on Dec. 2, shortly 
after 30 members of the 1953 squad had 
been voted Varsity letters. Switched from 
halfback to fullback late in the season, he 
may operate in that position next year, 
like his predecessor Gerry Haverty. 

As a Sophomore back in 1952, Pearson 
was the team's leading ground-gainer. 




KEILEY AND HIS SENIORS: Levi Thomas, Don Cottey, Phil Noel, Ronnie Abdow, Jock Orton, Aubrey Doyle, ond Bruce Hunt. (Captain 
Gerry Haverty and Ken Kessaris were not there for the photograph, courtesy Brown Football Program.) All were letter-men. 



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BROWN .\LU'\INI .MONTHLY 




EVERYTHING WORKED the day Brown beat Connecticut 42-7, one of the livelresl frolics Brown Field has ever seen. Above Dave Zucconi caught a 

pass from Kohut during the first touchdown diive. 



averaging 4.6 yards in 96 carries. He 
started off well this past season but suf- 
fered a heel injury that reduced his effec- 
tiveness in the second half of the sched- 
ule. He is a very popular choice as Cap- 
tain. 

All Seniors on the squad received let- 
ters, nine of them: Ron Abdow, end: Don 
Cottey, quarterback: Aubrey Doyle, end: 
Gerry Haverty, fullback: Bruce Hunt, 
guard: Ken Kessaris, halfback: Phil Noel, 
tackle: Jack Orton, halfback: Levi 
Thomas, fullback: and also Gerry Bur- 
row, who has been a fine Manager. 
Thirteen Juniors won awards: Chuck 
Brown, center: Jim Coukos, guard: Jim 
Funck, end; Bill Harris, guard: Harry Jo- 
sephson, end: Bill Klaess, guard: Pete Ko- 
hut, quarterback; Jack O'Brien, tackle; 
Pearson: Mike Reilly, center: Jim Smith, 
guard; Irv Valkys, tackle: Dave Zucconi, 
halfback. Eight lettermen are Sopho- 
mores: Pete Bartuska, end: Bob Koval- 
chick. end: Jim Lohr, guard: Jim McGuin- 
ness, tackle; Les Peavy, end: Bill San- 
Soucie, guard: Tommy Thompson, half- 
back: and Archie Williams, halfback. 

Cub Harriers Stand Out 
The Freshmen have provided the sole 
bright spot in a dismal fall for the Brown 
cross country squads. Led by Jim Corri- 
gan, who set a new yearling record for 
the Yale course, and Don Lawton, the 
Cubs beat out the freshmen of Rhode 
Island and the freshmen of M.LT. by 



identical scores, 24-31, Corrigan finished 
first in the Providence College duel, too, 
but his performance, as at New Haven. 
was not enough to insure a team victory. 
The Varsity harriers have lost all of 
their meets, their best showing being a 
second place over Holy Cross in a tri- 
angular contest won by M.LT. In sec- 
tional competition, the Bears came in 
9th in the Heptagonals in New York and 
14th in the N. E. Intercollegiate Cross 
Country Championships in Boston. North- 
eastern won the latter. 

One Cup Six Times 

The Brown Sailors captured the Jeff 
Davis Trophy for the sixth consecutive 
time in the semi-annual series with the 
University of Rhode Island to highlight 
an otherwise unspectacular fall. Juniors 
Bill Arnold and Bert Lachman were high 
scorers among the four Bear crews that 
chalked up 325 points to nose out the 
Kingstonites by a single tally. 

The Freshmen, too, had their day of 
glory in capturing the Nickerson Trophy 
by one point in competition with 10 other 
teams on the Charles River at Cambridge. 
John Quinn led the Cubs who beat out 
Dartmouth, 103-102, to bring the N. E. 
Freshman Team Championship home for 
the first time since 1950 when Tom 
Gately and Pete Heaton ( now the Var- 
sity's top skippers) did the trick. Com- 
peting schools finished in the following 
order: Brown, Dartmouth, Rhode Island, 



Yale, Tufts, Middlebury, Harvard, Wil- 
liams, Holy Cross, Vermont, Boston Uni- 
versity. 

In three other meets this year, the 
Varsity yachtsmen finished second be- 
hind Harvard in the annual Jack Wood 
Trophy races at New London, Conn. 
(Gately was high man for the meet); 
chalked up a fourth place behind Navy, 
Harvard and the Coast Guard Academy 
in the Erwin H. Schell regatta, also at 
New London: and placed sixth in a 12- 
team contest in which Harvard success- 
fully defended the Danmark Trophy at 
Cambridge. Gately and Heaton, winners 
of last spring's Eastern Intercollegiate 
Dinghy Championship, have able team- 
mates in Arnold, Lachman, Frank Dor- 
sey "56, Tom Hazlehurst '56 and Dick 
Gallotta '56, 



So-So Soccer 

Despite Outstanding individual per- 
formances — notably by Junior Co-Cap- 
tains Charlie Gesen and Chick Swanson 
and Sophomore goalie Joe Sheffer — the 
Brown soccer team has an unimpressive 
record of two wins in nine contests for 
its 1953 season. 

The squad played five games before 
chalking up its first victory, 3-2 over the 
University of Massachusetts. Good de- 
fensive play on the part of Doc Houk '55 
and Ken Chambers '55 preserved an early 
lead for the Bears in this match as it did a 



JANUARY 1954 



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The First Victories Indoors 



CAPTAINS FOR THE WINTER: Brown's Varsity 
leaders, left to right: Lou Murgo, basketball; 
Buzz Samsel, wrestling; Ralph Brisco, swimming; 
Dick Pettit and Art Vietze, hockey co-captains. 
All their teams made winning starts. 



week later against Brandeis University. 
The latter score was 5-2, with last year's 
Freshman Captain, Al Roth, Swanson, 
Gesen (2) and George Easton '56 making 
the tallies. 

Victors over the Bruins include Con- 
necticut, Dartmouth, Harvard, M.I.T., 
Wesleyan and Yale. The loss of Captain- 
elect Barry Lougee '55 and JaroslavCebe- 
Habersky '55 gave the team a handicap 
at the start. The high caliber of defen- 
sive play is reflected in low scores 
chalked up by exceptionally strong outfits 
from Yale, Wesleyan and M.I.T. 

The Freshman hooters have had a 
similar season. They defeated Harvard 
and New Bedford Vocational School, tied 
New Bedford High School, and lost to 
Andover and Connecticut. Capt. George 
Bitting, Dave Kaplan and Ken Mansfield 
were the Cub dependables. 

Takedown and Reversal 

The wrestlers, rebuilding after the loss 
of the 1953 stars, split their first two en- 
gagements, pinning Wesleyan 22-8 but 
losing to Columbia 22-3. "The Freshmen 
were off to a good start against Wesleyan 
23-13. 

Muse took the only fall against the Car- 
dinals, but Kurfess, Harrell, Samsel, and 
Seifert also won their bouts, Samsel's 
lively 10-6 tussle with Young providing 
the feature of an otherwise routine after- 
noon. Four Freshmen registered falls: 
Snyder, Smith, Alexander, and Kuhn. 

At Columbia Kurfess won the first 
match of the afternoon, but all his team- 
mates were decisioned, though four bouts 
were close. 



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Everybody won! The winter campaign 
^ for Brown athletes opened unani- 
mously with victories for all eight teams 
in action. Six of them still had clean slates 
as we went to press. 

Basketball showed three Varsity and 
two Freshman triumphs, including a de- 
but in the Eastern League against Har- 
vard. Both hockey teams looked strong 
against Boston University and Northeast- 
ern, although the Cubs were tied. The 
swimmers touched out Columbia, while 
on the mat the showing was 50-50. 

The First Baskets 

Of the three victories with which Brown 
opened its basketball campaign this win- 
ter, the sweetest was the third, against 
Harvard. The contest was Brown's first as 
a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate 
Basketball League and was dominated 
from the start by the Bears. In the first six 
minutes they ran up a 17-5 lead, held it 
37-24 at the half, and won 62-51. 

In the first half Brown sank 44",', of its 
shots from the floor, and, though the 
marksmanship fell off later, their control 
of the backboards and the game did not. 
It was a great team performance, and 
Coach Morris kept his top combination in 
for most of the play: Murgo, Arnold, 
Tooley. Kincade, and Pendergast spelled 
only by Sprinthall and Malkiewicz — all 
veterans of last year. 

A week earlier Brown had opened its 
season at Amherst by putting on a strong 
finish to win 56-51. Behind at the half 26- 
24, the Bears rallied, pulled ahead, and 
held a narrow margin to the end, aided 
by a fine bit of freezing. Murgo, well 
guarded by the Jeff captain, worked as 
playmaster and got most of his points to- 
ward the end when Amherst was threat- 
ening. Blankfort, in for his set-shot spe- 
cialty, also produced, while Arnold was 
high man. 

Northeastern showed facility at the foul 
line, where it converted 34 free throws, 
but it could not match Brown's floor pro- 
duction and trailed the Bears most of the 
way, to lose 73-62. Tooley was best for 
Brown, although Murgo was his steady 
self and led in the scoring. 

A pre-season exhibition was lost to 
Providence College 75-61, but the team 
looked better in scrimmages against Bran- 
deis and Holy Cross. The P.C. contest was 
part of the dedication bill at the new 
Keaney Gym at the University of Rhode 
Island. The teams play their official games 
later in the season. 

Coach lack Hefl'ernan continued his 
habit of winning his first game as the 
Freshmen romped against R.I.C.E. 99-48. 
Six men hit double figures: Keith, Spei- 
macher, Lyden, Nooney, Andrews, and 
Adamczyk. Their margin over Northeast- 
ern was 73-54, and the first setback came 
in a thriller against Harvard. Lyden tied 
the game in the last five seconds with a 
layup, 62-all, but the Crimson had the 
edge in the overtime, 67-66. 

Doum the Ice 

The hockey team, much improved and 
better manned this winter, knocked oflr its 
first two opponents without too much dif- 



ficulty, beating Boston University 4-3 and 
Northeastern 7-2. 

Poor marksmanship and missed passes 
gave Brown the most trouble in the 
opener, but fortunately its defense showed 
mid-season form, and the B.U. game was 
not as close as the score would suggest. 
Off-target after offensive situations were 
well set up. Brown did not score until the 
second period, but the lead, once gained, 
was never lost. B.U. did not score until 
10 minutes along in the third session, and 
its third goal beat the closing buzzer by 
just one second. Keefe, last season's 
"rookie of the year," made two of the 
goals, one on a beautiful solo effort. 
Vietze opened the scoring, while Russ 
Kingman, defenseman, ended it with a 50- 
footer. Even though many shots were 
wide of the cage, the B.U. goalie still had 
29 stops to make against 15 for Brown's 
Dave Halvorsen. 

Brown will obviously be better in Janu- 
ary, for seven of the first 13 men are in 
their first year of Varsity hockey, and 
Thompson and Cronin are still hampered 
by football injuries. The first line con- 
sists of Tutless, who scored 20 goals in 10 
games as a Freshman, Co-Captain Vietze, 
and Farrell: the second set includes Conn, 
Keefe, and Setian: other forwards include 
Gill, Rider, Cooper, Cronin, and Thomp- 
son. A stout defense is indicated with such 
men as Borah, Co-Captain Dick Pettit, 
and Russ Kingman at the points. All three 
goalies are adequate: Bob Kopp '54, Dave 
Halvorsen '$5, and Hal Lambright '56, 
with the Junior getting the call in the first 
two games. 

Halvorsen had a shut-out in the making 
until four minutes from the end of the 
Northeastern game when a teammate put 
him in jeopardy. The Brown attack had 
been more efficient this time, although 
held to a goal in each of the first two pe- 
riods. Don Whynot, successor to the 
Huskies' brilliant Picard, had 46 saves. 




EV PEARSON, football captain-elect. 
BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 





GOOD LUCK from the President: Dr. Wriston during an autumn visit to football practice is wel- 
comed by Coach Kelley and Captoin Haverty. 



36 of them in the first two periods. Scor- 
ing for Brown: Vietze 2, Farrell 2, Keefe, 
Rider, and Setian. 

The Cubs fought to a scoreless tie with 
B.U. and missed victory by a single sec- 
ond. The puck landed in the Huskie net 
just after the second period ended. Led 
by Bill Sepe and Dick Arsenault, the 
Freshmen opened the scoring 22 seconds 
after the game began, but Northeastern 
tied it twice in the first period, which 
ended 3-3. Two goals in the second pe- 
riod stood up for a 5-4 triumph. 

The Suimniers Won, Too 

The swimming teams were off to good 
starts as the Varsity beat Columbia 44-40 
in an exciting battle and the Freshmen 
overpowered La Salle Academy 42-33. 
Ronnie Wills decided the Columbia meet 
with a victory in the 440-yard free style 
event, and Brisco commanded both short 



swims. Other winners for Brown were 
Said in the backstroke. Pierce in the med- 
ley, and Randazzo in the dives. 

The Cubs won their first five events and 
protected their lead by capturing the med- 
ley relay. 

In One Department 

AN UNDERGRADUATE SEEMED surprised 
' the other day when we mentioned 
that members of the Faculty also have 
extracurricular activities. As an example, 
we cited the History Department where 
the members have the following off-cam- 
pus duties, among others: 

Edmund S. Morgan is on the Board 
of Editors of the New England Quarterly 
and also of that other journal distin- 
guished for its contribution to American 
Colonial history, the William and Mary 
Quarterly. 

James B. Hedges is one of the Editors 



HALF-TIME SALUTE AT BROWN FIELD 



of the American Historical Review and 
also of the Mississippi Valley Historical 
Review. 

Robert H. George, who served as His- 
torian of the 9th Air Force during World 
War II, is one of the historians whose 
joint efforts are turning out the official 
seven-volume Air Force history. Its title: 
"The Army Air Forces in World War II." 

Sinclair W. Armstrong is continuing 
his wartime work with OSS by seeking to 
coordinate the work of the experts of the 
American Universities' Field Staff with 
the work in International Relations at 
Brown. The Field Staff sends its emis- 
saries to the more critical areas of the 
world, with the University as one of its 
sponsors. Professor Armstrong is also a 
member of the American Historical As- 
sociation committee for the award of the 
George Louis Beer prize in European his- 
tory. 

Chester H. Kirby is on the Editorial 
Board of the Journal of Modern History. 

Barnaby C. Keeney continues as a 
member of the Department in addition to 
his administrative duties as Dean of the 
College. He is on the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Council of the Mediaeval 
Academy of America and on the Ad- 
visory Board of the journal Speculum, of 
which he was formerly Assistant Editor. 

William F. Church is Secretary of the 
American Subcommittee of the Inter- 
national Commission for the History of 
Parliamentary and Representative Institu- 
tions. 

Donald Fleming is a member of the 
Council of the History of Science, a con- 
stituent group of the Association for the 
Advancement of Science and also of the 
American Historical Association. 

In addition, the Department claims as 
fellow historians President Wriston, Vice- 
President Bigelow, and Librarian Wroth 
of the John Carter Brown Library. 



JANUARY 1934 



23 



Brunonians Far and Near 



EDITED BY DOUGLAS A. SNOW '45 



1893 

Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Meiklejohn 
were in Providence in November, prepar- 
atory to embarking on a six months' tour 
of Europe under tl-.e auspices of the 
World Foundation for Peace. They ex- 
pected to be back home in California in 
July. 

Classmates join in extending sincere 
sympathy to Edward H. Weeks, whose 
wife, Mrs. Edith (Vincent) Weeks died 
in Providence, Nov. 28. 



1894 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Brownell of 
Little Compton, R. I., received the Dis- 
tinguished Service Medal of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden in October. Rose hybri- 
dizers for 50 years, the gardening couple 
has contributed 56 varieties of roses to 
the horticultural world. Brownell spoke 
at the fall meeting. 

Norton C. Stewart, retired from the 
German Department faculty of Union 
College, has left Schenectady where he 
lived for many years and has taken up 
permanent residence in Miles, Va. 

Brown men read with regret news of 
the death of Mrs. H. Anthony Dyer in 
November. A daughter. Miss Nancy 
Dyer, survives. 



1896 

Prof. William H. Kenerson has as- 
sumed the duties of Secretary for the 
Class, thus relieving Charles R. Easton 
who has been a faithful officer for so 
many years. The new Secretary's address: 
100 Morris Ave., Providence 6. 

1897 

The Rev. Joseph C. Robbins has left 
Queens Village, N. Y., for Schenectady 
where his address is 407 Union St. 



1900 

Len Patton wrote Secretary Bacon that 
he planned to sail from Colombo, Ceylon, 
on Dec. 10. Australia, New Zealand, the 
Fiji Islands, Hawaii and British Colum- 
bia were on his itinerary before he stopped 
for a visit with his son. Miner T. Patton 
'32, in Portland, Ore. Before he is back 
home in Milton, Mass., Len planned to 
see California, Arizona and Texas on the 
way east. During the summer, he taught, 
as a "gratis" substitute, a first-year high 
school class in religious education in 
Kodaikanal, India. Along with "greetings" 
to Classmates, he sent word that he is 
hoping to be back for the Reunion in '54. 

Dr. Waldo G. Leland was the Univer- 
sity's official representative at ceremonies 
attending the inauguration in November 
of the Most Rev. Bryan J. McEntegart, 
D.D., as Rector of the Catholic Univer- 
sity of America in Washington. D. C. 
President Eisenhower spoke on the occa- 
sion. 



Coast to Coast 

The Brown University Chapel 
Choir will make its annual coast- 
to-coast broadcast over the Mutual 
Broadcasting System on Sunday, 
March 7 from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., 
E.S.T. Alumni are advised to con- 
sult local newspapers for the time 
of the broadcast in other time belts. 

The Brown Choir, directed by 
Prof. William Dinneen, has re- 
ceived high praise in the past for 
its radio programs, and the net- 
work reports a fine listener re- 
sponse. 



1901 

Amos L. Taylor was honored at a din- 
ner in October, marking his 50th anni- 
versary with the Boston law firm of 
Adams and Blinn. Our Classmate is still 
an active member of the firm, specializ- 
ing in corporation and estate law. A resi- 
dent of Belmont, Mass., he served as its 
Town Counsel from 1908 until 1947 and 
has been active in numerous other civic 
affairs. His wife, daughter and son 
(A. Leavitt Taylor, Jr., '35, a fellow- 
member of Adams and Blinn) were pres- 
ent at the celebration. 

Mr. and Mrs. Harrison E. Wright cele- 
brated their 50th wedding anniversary 
on October 21. Strangely, the celebration 
fell on the same day of the week, Wed- 
nesday, as the wedding did in 1903. 
"There were the usual trimmings — flow- 
ers, presents, money and a good time all 
around," our Classmate wrote. The happy 
couple live at 47 West Oak St., Basking 
Ridge, N. J. 

1904 

Dr. Edward S. Smith represented Brown 
University at the inauguration of John D. 
Millett as the 16th President of Miami 
University, Oxford, Ohio, in October. Dr. 
Smith was formerly Professor of Mathe- 
matics at the University of Cincinnati. 

1905 

Tom Webb has moved to North Scit- 
uate, R. I. — RFD 1, near the new State 
police barracks. 

Fred Thurber's picture was in the Nov. 
9 Providence Evening Bullelin. 

The Rev. Hinson V. Howlett is Vice- 
President of the Baptist State Convention. 

C. L. ROBINSON 

1906 

Henry G. Carpenter retired this fall 
after 44 years at the Collegiate School in 
New York City. Hired as a fifth grade 
teacher in 1909 — "he taught that class 
everything except arithmetic for 30 years 
in the same room" — he moved to the 



fourth grade in 1939. In 1941, he assumed 
the post of Executive Secretary cf the 
Alumni Association on a part-time basis. 
He found his new task "busier than 
teaching," and worked at it full time for 
the last six years. During his tenure at 
the school, he organized and advised the 
Outing Club. "It is characteristic of him," 
the Collegiate Atiinini Bnllelin article 
said, "that even in his retirement he will 
continue to be associated with Collegiate, 
for he has undertaken to form an alumni 
group in his native State of Rhode Island." 
He is living in Wickford. 

1907 

After 40 years as a practising physician 
in Sioux City, Iowa, Dr. Harold L. Brown 
closed his office in mid-November, sold 
his house, and set out with Mrs. Brown 
for the South, with the idea of settling 
"somewhere in Florida for the winter." 
On the way Ihey planned to visit their 
daughter and family in El Paso, Texas. 
"Sure will seem funny to be footloose," 
Prep wrote. "But roads are pood, the 
Buick Roadmaster very comfortable and 
time is not the essence of the contract. 
. . . Best to all the boys from one of the 
great army of unemployed." 

Carl S. Crummett and Mrs. Crummett 
are home again at 9 Belnel Road, Hyde 
Park, Mass. (new address), after a year 
in Europe, during which they visited their 
son in service at Kaiserslautern, Ger- 
many. "We took an apartment in Heidel- 
berg," Carl added, "bought ourselves one 
of those peewee continental cars and 
drove all over the place — 12,000 miles in 
all in 1 1 different countries. Enjoyed it 
immensely . . . but glad to be back in 
the best country of all." 

Dr. Merrick L. Streeter is serving as 
interim pastor of the Baptist Church, 
Natick, R. I. 

During a visit to New York in mid- 
November, William P. Burnham had 
lunch and reunion at the Brown Club 
with H. B. Keen and Leonard S. Little. 
"We sat and talked all afternoon," Bill 
reported, "while outside it merrily snowed 
to the depth of about 10 inches." Bill was 
in Boston for the Brown Club smoker the 
night before the Brown-Harvard game, 
and took delight in the "last 10 minutes 
of the moving pictures of the Brown-Holy 
Cross game." 



HELFNOWI 




Join 

the Marci 
of Dimes 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Good to meet Dr. Charles D. McCann 
and Mrs. McCann at the Yale-Harvard 
game in New Haven, 21 November. The 
McCanns sat on the Harvard side: Bill 
Reynolds and your correspondent were 
on the Yale side — and as neutral as we 
possibly could be under the circum- 
stances. 

Although vse have not heard from 
H. W. Paine since the end of summer, at 
which time he and Mrs. Paine were at 
South Yarmouth on Cape Cod, we are 
looking for a postcard from him from 
his winter address, 50\ Grand Concourse, 
Miami Shores, Fla. 

When Robert S. Curley retired as de- 
velopment engineer in the Research Divi- 
sion, Saco-Lowell Shops, he was guest at 
a dinner given by a hundred of his fellow 
workers. Bob began work with Saco- 
Lowell in September, 1912, and was one 
of four original research engineers ap- 
pointed in 1929. Before that time he "had 
developed many improvements in opening 
and picking machinery, including the one- 
process picker with synchronized control. 
. . . Altogether he has over 20 patents — 
far more than any other Saco-Lowell em- 
ploye. And in addition to being an in- 
ventor and 'idea' man, he is a superb 
trouble shooter, in which role he is well 
known and in which he has travelled all 
over this country, in Europe and in the 
Far East. . . ." His fellow workers also 
applauded Bob as a fine photographer, 
specializing in colored moving pictures, 
as we, his classmates, can testify. 



1909 

Don Stone sends a postal card from 
Lisbon with regards to his Classmates 
and reports that he had a fine air journey, 
visiting London, Southwest France, Spain 
and Portugal. 

Miss Helen Hughes, daughter of our 
late Classmate, Charles Evans Hughes, 
Jr., and Mrs. Hughes of Riverdale, N. Y., 
is engaged to George L. Campbell of 
Grosse Pointe, Mich. Miss Hughes, a 
graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and 
Katherine Gibbs School, is on the staff 
of the English-Speaking Union in New 
York. Her fiance. Harvard "44. is on the 
faculty of Grace Church School, New 
York. 



1910 

Ed and Mrs. Gannon marked their 
50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 10. 
They had all of their children except one 
and all their grandchildren with them in 
Washington, D. C, for the occasion. The 
missing son phoned from abroad to make 
the celebration complete. Shortly after re- 
ceiving this news, we heard of Ed's death 
in an automobile accident. Classmates 
join in extending sincere sympathy to his 
widow and family. 

Andy Comstock's son, Andy, was back 
in the United States in December to take 
courses in Kansas City for advanced rat- 
ing as a Trans World Airlines pilot. 
Young Andy, who is flying for TWA out 
of Cairo, Egypt, flew from Bombay to 
Providence in ."^ 1 hours to make the 
Brown-Colgate game on Thanksgiving 
day. His presence marked the first time 
in 12 years that all three Comstock sons 
have been with their parents for that 
holiday. 



1912 

Dr. Clarence E. Ayers represented 
Brown at the inauguration of Logan Wil- 
son as President of the University of 
Texas in October. He is Professor of 
Economics at the University. 

1913 

George Crowther has retired after more 
than 20 years with the Fitchburg Paper 
Co. and has moved with his wife to West- 
boro, Mass. He is Vice-President and a 
part-owner of the Marcus Mason Co. 

John K. Starkweather, former Mayor 
of Scarsdale, N. Y., has been awarded 
the Arthur Boniface Scarsdale Bowl, es- 
tablished to recognize and perpetuate ihe 
names of citizens of "the village" who 
have rendered noteworthy public service. 
He was chosen by vote of the Scarsdale 
Foundation to receive the award this 
month. He has been President of the 
Town Club, Acting Mayor, Mayor, Co- 
Chairman of the Veterans' Service Com- 
mittee, and head of the Library Board. 
Once during the illness of the incumbent, 
he took over the duties of the Village 
Manager. Among the 14 previous recipi- 
ents of the Scarsdale Bowl are Richard 



R. Hunter '98 and Arthur F. Driscoll '06, 
both former Mayors. 



1914 

Class Secretary Francis Post reports 
that 17 Classmates have already "signed 
up" for the big 40th Reunion that is com- 
ing on June 4, 5, 6, 7. The Canonchet 
Club will serve as weekend headquarters 
and the Reunion Committee is aiming for 
a minimum of 60 reuning "14ers. The 
more not only the merrier but also the 
cheaper: the "package price" for the four 
days will be less per man if at least 60 
make reservations. Address all communi- 
cations to the Secretary at 20 Stevens St., 
Providence 4. 



1915 

Sidney Clifford was Chairman of the 
committee that arranged a luncheon cele- 
bration commemorating the 100th anni- 
versary of the Y.M.C.A. in Providence. 

Harold M. "Cap" Taylor has returned 
to his home in Cranston, R. I., after two 
and a half months in the Providence Vet- 
eran's Administration Hospital at Davis 
Park. 



THE 23-COLLEGE APPEAL 



THE 23 MEMBER COLLEGES of The New 
England Colleges Fund are this winter 
making their first joint public appeal to 
business and industrial corporations for 
support of their programs. It is the only 
regional fund of its type, set up to in- 
duce more generous corporate giving to 
private colleges. Half of the funds re- 
ceived each year will be divided equally 
among the member institutions, the bal- 
ance being allocated among them in pro- 
portion to the number of liberal arts stu- 
dents graduated the previous year. 

President Wriston of Brown was the 
speaker for the group when it launched 
its appeal to 150 New England business 
leaders at a Boston luncheon late in the 
fall. He and others defined the situation 
as follows: 

The private colleges are financially un- 
able to meet the demands made upon 
them with revenue from present sources. 

Corporate gifts are the only acceptable 
and potentially ample new source. 

The self-interest of corporations in 
their own future supply of key personnel 
should provide the impetus to give. 

Congress and most State legislatures 
have passed the tax laws required to 
clear the way. 

But, although corporations are allowed 
a five per cent tax-exempt deduction from 
income for gifts to non-profit enterprises 
such as education, a recent careful study 
showed that less than one per cent was 
being given, and educational institutions 
were receiving only a fractional share of 
that. 

Also attending the Boston luncheon 
were 20 prominent members of the Busi- 
ness and Industry Advisory Committee of 
the New England Colleges Fund: Lloyd 
D. Brace. President, The First National 
Bank of Boston: Thomas D. Cabot, Ex- 
ecutive Vice-President, Godfrey L. Cabot. 
Inc.; Erwin D. Canham, Editor, The 
Christian Science Monitor: Edward S. 
Freneh, Chairman, Boston and Maine 



Railroad; William D. Ireland, President, 
The Second National Bank of Boston; 
and Michael T. Kelleher, Vice-President, 
Marsh & McLennan, Incorporated, all of 
Boston. Milton P. Higgins, President, 
Norton Company, Worcester; Earl P. 
Stevenson, President, Arthur D. Little, 
Inc., Cambridge; Robert C. Sprague, 
Chairman, Sprague Electric Company, 
North Adams: and Albert Vinal, Vice- 
President and Treasurer, Stetson Shoe 
Company, Inc., South Weymouth. 

Also, Walter F. Farrell. President, 
Providence Union National Bank; Henry 
D. Sharpe, Jr., '45, President, Brown & 
Sharpe Mfg. Co.; Raymond H. Trott. 
President, Rhode Island Hospital Trust 
Company: and Thomas F. Gilbane '33. 
President, Gilbane Building Company, all 
of Providence. Allerton F. Brooks, Pres- 
ident. Southern New England Telephone 
Company, New Haven; Herman W. Stein- 
kraus, President, Bridgeport Brass Com- 
pany, Bridgeport; Ernest M. Hop- 
kins, Chairman, National Life Insurance 
Company, Montpelier; Laurence F. 
Whittemore, President, Brown Company, 
Berlin; Phillips M. Payson, H. M. Pay- 
son Company, Portland; and Sigurd S. 
Larmon, President, Young & Rubicam, 
Inc., New York. 

Although 28 similar college groups 
have been organized in various parts of 
Ihe country on a state-wide basis. The 
New England Colleges Fund is the first 
regional group of this nature. The col- 
leges represented by the Fund graduate 
a total of more than 6,000 students an- 
nually in the liberal arts curriculum. 

The participating colleges are: Am- 
herst, Bates, Boston College, Brown. 
Clark, Colby, Connecticut College, Dart- 
mouth, Emmanuel, Fairfield, Holy Cross, 
Middlebury, Providence, Radcliffe, Regis, 
St. Anselm's, St. Michael's, Smith, Tufts, 
Wellesley, Wesleyan, Wheaton and Wil- 
liams. 



JANUARY 1954 



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Directing Kodak's Sales 



THE Eastman Kodak Company has pro- 
moted Theodore F. Pevear '28 to be its 
General Sales Manager, effective Jan. 1. 
He succeeds James E. McGhee. advanced 
to a vice-presidency in charge of domes- 
tic sales and advertising. 

Pevear joined the Kodak organization 
upon graduation, taking training for the 
export division of the company. After 
service in the Comptroller's office and in 
the Eastman Kodak Stores of Milwaukee, 
he worked with Kodak Brasiliera, Ltd., in 
December, 1929, was Assistant Manager 
of Kodak Uruguaya in 1930, and Assist- 
ant Manager of Kodak Argentina, Ltd., 
in 1931. 

Returning to the home office in Roches- 
ter in 1934 as assistant to Adolph Stuber, 
Vice-President in charge of sales and ad- 
vertising, he served as assistant depart- 
ment head of the export sales department, 
assistant to the General Sales Manager, 
Acting Manager and later Manager of the 
company's medical sales division, and As- 
sistant General Sales Manager for the 
company. He held the last post from 1947 
until his new promotion. 

r'evear is a Past Chairman of the Ex- 
port Committee of the Rochester Cham- 
ber of Commerce and is an executive 
member of the National Federation of 
Sales E.xecutives. He participated in the 




Sixth International Congress of Radiol- 
ogy in London, 1950, and the Seventh 
Radiology Congress last year in Copen- 
hagen. He lives at 231 Georgian Court 
Road, Rochester, N. Y. 



1916 

Philip A. Feiner is serving as a mem- 
ber of the Club Service Consultative 
Group of Rotary International. President 
and Treasurer of the Pfeiffer Manufac- 
turing Co. in Providence, Feiner serves 
with Rotarians from Australia, France, 
Mexico and the United States on the 
committee which studies how individual 
members of the service organization can 
contribute the most to their clubs. 



1917 
Rowland R. Hughes, Deputy Director 
of the U. S. Budget, had an article in the 
November 1953 issue of Tax Review. En- 
titled "The Greatest Challenge," it was 
based on a speech presented earlier be- 
fore the National Tax Association Con- 
ference. 

1920 

Prof. Harold A. Phelps of the Depart- 
ment of Sociology at the University of 
Pittsburgh represented Brown at the 
Diamond Jubilee Ceremonies at Du- 
quesne University in November. 

The sympathy of Classmates is ex- 
pressed to Myles Standish for a second 
time in as many months. His brother, 
Granville S. Standish, Jr., died in Florida 
on Nov. 16, just three weeks after his 
father died in Rhode Island. 

1922 

Irving R. Knapp, who took his Sc.B. 
at Massachusetts and his Sc.M. at Penn 
State after being with our Class during 
the SATC and later, has for the past 



24 years been the proprietor of a success- 
ful bakery in Glen Rock, Pa. Both his 
son and his daughter came back to Provi- 
dence for their educations to graduate 
from Bryant College. His son, also a 
graduate of the American Institute of 
Baking, and his son-in-law are now con- 
nected with Irving's business. Besides 
serving as Borough Councilman of Glen 
Rock, Irving has been honored by elec- 
tion to the District Governorship of the 
Lions of Central Pennsylvania. He re- 
ports that on a recent trip to Canada he 
had a pleasant visit with Alton Chaffee 
in Toronto. 

Frank E. Killian is employed by the 
Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, 
Mass. Since Frank is still a bachelor, he 
enjoys the privilege of speaking up when 
he chooses, and, being a member of the 
Boston Toastmasters' Club, he does so 
frequently. His avocation is public speak- 
ing. 

William J. Harper took his Ed.B. de- 
gree with the Class in 1922 and his Ed.M. 
the following year at R.I.C.E. In 1930 he 
became Director of Probation, West- 
chester Csunty, N. Y., and has con- 
tinued in that position since. During the 
same period he has also served on the 
faculty of the Fordham University School 
of Social Service and has been active in 
the Professional Council of the National 
Probation and Parole Association since 
1935. Fordham presented him with the 
Bene Merente Award in 1950. 

Another good letter received from the 
South brings news from John E. Pierce 
of Daytona Beach, Fla. For 30 years 
John has owned the J. E. Pierce Realty 
Company in Daytona and is also in- 
terested in the Pierce and Williams In- 
surance Agency. Recently he has become 



a Member of the Appraisal Institute, 
adding, as you might say, a third string 
to his bow. According to our more or 
less accurate and complete records, John, 
with six grandchildren, is the leading 
grandfather of our Class. Having been 
North for a short trip to the Connecticut 
Lakes of New Hampshire this past sum- 
mer, Johnny thinks that he would like 
to come up here again — for our next 
Class reunion, the 35th in 1957. 

Prof. Ted Walmsley of Wayne Uni- 
versity represented Brown at the inaugu- 
ration of President Hilberry there in 
November. 

Your correspondent was in Boston for 
the Brown-Harvard game and met Terry 
Tracy in the parking lot. 

The sympathy of Classmates is offered 
to Prof. Philip M. Brown whose mother, 
Mrs. H. Elizabeth (Meader) Brown, died 
in Brunswick, Me., Nov. 7. Phil is on the 
Department of Economics faculty at 
Bowdoin College. 

CLARK FORSTALL 

1924 

University Vice-President Bruce M. 
Bigelow was the principal speaker at No- 
vember ceremonies marking the 200th 
anniversary of the founding of the Provi- 
dence Athenaeum. He traced the history 
of the old library for more than 400 
shareholders and friends who attended. 
W. C. Worthington '23 presided at the 
meeting. 

George Manly of Brown and Sharpe 
has been active "extra-curricularly" this 
year. He is first Vice-President of the R. I. 
Association of Credit Men, Vice-Chair- 
man of the Foreign Trade Committee of 
the Providence Chamber of Commerce, 
a member of the Chamber's governing 
council, and first Vice-President of its 
Foreign Trade Club. In November, he 
addressed the N. E. Conference on Credit 
and Financial Management in Worcester, 
Mass., on "Experts." 



1926 

William B. Avery was transferred from 
Puerto Rico to New York in September. 
With the Texas Co., he is still in the 
Foreign Sales Department. 

Adelbert P. Simmons is Assistant Dis- 
trict Manager for the Gulf Oil Corp. in 
Baltimore, Md., where he lives at 22 
Light Street. 

C. A. MacCausland is Director of Re- 
habilitation at the Healthwin Hospital in 
South Bend, Ind. He married Miss Regina 
Noveroske in June 1952. 



FOR SMALL BUSINESS 



WENDELL B . 
BARNES '32, Tulsa 
lawyer, went to 
Washington last 
fall to be General 
Counsel for the 
Small Business Ad- 
ministration . I n 
November, when 
his chief resigned, 
Barnes stepped up 
to be Acting Ad- 
ministrator. Back 
home Barnes had 
been Tulsa Tax 
Commissioner. 




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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



1928 

Dick Campbell, whose son is expecting 
to make a strong bid for the first base 
position in Varsity baseball, is the owner 
of the "House of Campbell" on Cape 
Cod. It's a great place for the youngsters 
to visit as the shop specializes in toys. 

Adin Capron is Chief Engineer at the 
Tubular Products Division of Babcock 
and Wilcox in Beaver. Pa. His son will 
be entering engineering school in another 
year. 

John Birge spent a good part of last 
year touring the Near East and the Con- 
tinent. 

1929 

Louis Miller served as Chairman of 
the Sunday program of the 43rd annual 
convention of the N. E. Section. National 
Jewish Welfare Board, held in Manches- 
ter, N. H., in November. Active in other 
civic affairs, Miller is the only man to 
serve as President of the Manchester 
Jewish Community Center for three 
years. He is also a past President and a 
member of the board of the Manchester 
Community Chest. 

Edson R. Rand was named Comptrol- 
ler of 130-year-old Kenyon College, Gam- 
bier, Ohio, in November. A former mem- 
ber of the Brown administrative staff, he 
had been since 1943 Bursar at Teachers 
College, Columbia University. 

1931 

Waldo H. Fish, Jr., commander of the 
43rd Division troops in Rhode Island, 
received his commission as Brigadier 
General in November. A veteran of 
Pacific action in World War II, he is 
President of the American Supply Co., 
in Central Falls. 

Westcott E. S. Moulton is the new 
Chairman of the Providence area com- 
mittee, Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts 
of America. A Vice-Chairman is Stuart 
C. Sherman '39. 

1932 

George W. Little was named General 
Manager of the Hartsville Print and Dye 
Works, Hartsville, S. C, in November. 
He had been Resident Manager of the 
plant. 

Maj. Thomas Bond, Jr., wrote "Rip" 
Hurley in November that he has been "in 
the U. S. Air Force most of the time 
since 1942 and (is) . . . at present sta- 
tioned in Dayton, Ohio, at the Air Ma- 
teriel Command Headquarters." He is 
in the Comptroller's Office. He is hoping 
to make the 25th Reunion in 1957; mean- 
while, he keeps up his Brown contacts 
via St. Louis alumni. 

Oliver E. "Doc" Chambers is another 
recent correspondent. He reported a visit 
with "Pink" Fitzgerald who has moved 
out to California, too. "Doc" lives with 
his wife and "three ring circus" — John, 
12; Dickie, 10; and Marilyn, 5 — in Kent- 
field, Calif. 

1933 

William W. Allyn has been promoted 
to Assistant Directory Delivery Manager 
for the N. E. Telephone and Telegraph 
Co. for all New England except Connecti- 
cut. Formerly in Fall River, Mass., he is 
now located in Boston. He was planning 
to move back to his old home town. 



Were You in the Sphinx? 

If you were elected to The 
Sphinx when you were an under- 
graduate at Brown, this announce- 
ment is for you. It is an answer to 
the expressed desire by many 
alumni to continue their affiliation 
with this society. 

The Sphinx meeting on Wednes- 
day evening, Jan. 13, will be open 
to these alumni, by invitation of 
the President, Roger Carmel '54. 
The speaker will be Louis Lyons, 
Curator of the Neimann Founda- 
tion at Harvard, who directs the 
graduate studies of the newspaper- 
men who hold Neimann Fellow- 
ships there. He is also news com- 
mentator for Station WGBH. 

Sphinx alumni will thus be wel- 
come at the Faculty Club at 8:30. 
A social hour follows the talk and 
discussion. 



Wakefield, Mass., with his wife and two 
children, Evelyn 15 and Bill, Jr., 13, 
sometime soon. 

Dr. Alfred E. King of Woonsocket, 
R. I., was inducted as a Fellow of the 
American College of Surgeons in Octo- 
ber. He is one of four Woonsocket sur- 
geons so honored. Another Fellow is his 
brother. Dr. Francis J. King '19. 

1934 

Lt. Col. Irving R. Lyman is Chief of 
the Surgical Service at the U. S. Army 
Hospital, Camp Pickett, Va. 

Leo Goldsmith, Jr., is a partner in the 
New York City law firm of Greenwald, 
Kovner, and Goldsmith. He commutes 
from Larchmont, N. Y., where his ad- 
dress is 14 Virginia Place. 

Roger O. Van Duzer is Program Man- 
ager for Station K-NUZ TV in Houston, 
Tex. 

Maj. Louis C. Irving is back in the 
States after an extended tour in Korea. 
His current assignment is with the Chemi- 
cal Section, 5th Army Headquarters, Chi- 
cago. 

Philip T. Gidley is President of the 
Gidley Laboratories, Inc., Fairhaven, 
Mass. 

1935 

Dr. Edward G. Savage has left Wal- 
pole, Mass., for Los Angeles where he is 
practicing general medicine. 

The Rev. John S. Cuthbert was elected 
Rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 
Marble Dale, Conn., in September. Our 
Classmate had served the church previ- 
ously, two years as a student minister 
while attending classes at Yale's Berkeley 
Divinity School, and, since June 1952, as 
Vicar. St. Andrew's, which has had no 
Rector since 1925, is serving an ever-in- 
creasing membership. A full-fledged par- 
ish once more, it has its home in a build- 
ing erected in 1822. 

Bill Lauder of the N. Y. Herald Trib- 
une sports staff was elected President of 
the Turf Writers' Association at the an- 
nual meeting in October. 

1936 

Burton G. Ebbeson is a sales engineer 
with the Norton Co., Worcester, Mass. 



He has been with the abrasives manufac- 
turing company since 1936. 

Dr. Jack R. Voskamp has been re- 
leased from active duty with the U. S. 
Air Force and is conducting his own 
practice in surgery in Encino, Calif. 

Dr. C. Douglas Hawkes was elected 
President of the Neurosurgical Society 
of America at the organization's annual 
meeting in November. Our Classmate, 
who is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, is 
an Assistant Professor on the faculty at 
the University of Tennessee College of 
Medicine. His wife, also an M.D., is an 
instructor at the College. They live with 
their three children at 1771 Carr St., 
Memphis. 

1937 

Dr. Harold S. Barrett of Manchester, 
Conn., was named a Deputy State Health 
Commissioner this fall. He had been 
Chief of Medical Services in the Depart- 
ment since 1950. 

Capt. William J. Morrison, Jr., was at 
the Army Language School in Monterey, 
Calif., last summer. 

Donald L. Daniels served last fall as 
Chairman of the Newton, Mass., district 
of the 1953 Combined Jewish Appeal. 
He is in the real estate and insurance busi- 
ness in Newton Center. 

Robert H. Mangiante was named Gen- 
eral Manager of Colonial Distributors, 
Inc., R. I. agent for Dawson's beer and 
ale in November. 



1938 

Dr. E. Freeman Hersey has opened his 
office for the practice of obstetrics and 
gynecology in Kalamazoo, Mich. 

Victor G. Petrone is in business for 
himself as a manufacturers agent in Los 



At Pasadena's Playhouse 

Housewife, businessman, layman, be- 
ginner, as well as the professional al- 
ready active in work on stage, screen, 
radio, and television find unusual courses 
in acting and play production at the Pasa- 
dena Playhouse in California. Philip 
Carey Jones '25, Sock and Buskin grad- 
uate, is Director of the evening extension 
studies in this field offered by the Play- 
house's College of Theatre Arts. 

Jones is a veteran of 31 years' experi- 
ence in the American theatre. During his 
Broadway career, he has appeared prom- 
inently in more than a score of major 
productions, acting with such theatre 
greats as Walter Huston, Miriam Hop- 
kins, Ina Claire, the Lunts, and many 
others. With numerous successes on the 
Pasadena Playhouse Mainstage, he has 
had experience as well in motion pictures, 
radio, and television. 

Jones has taught elements of the 
theatre on both coasts. After graduation 
from Brown he was for years an instruc- 
tor in the New York State Adult Educa- 
tion system and taught in several Eastern 
schools. In California, his record includes 
faculty appointments with the American 
Telecasting Corporation and the Inter- 
national Language School. During the 
past two years, he has been with the 
Pasadena Playhouse as an associate di- 
rector and instructor in acting and play 
production in the College of Theatre Arts. 

His father is Frank O. Jones '97 of 
Hartford. 



JANUARY 1954 



27 



Angeles. He lives in Altadena. Calif., at 
2106 Midwiek Drive. 

Don Eccleston shared honors with 
Foster B. Davis, Jr., '39 in winning the 
Pt. Judith (R. I.) Country Club golf 
championship last summer. They're old 
teammates anyway, having played hockey 
together during their undergraduate days. 

Nicholas Caldarone. Providence real- 
tor, was named Vice-President of the 
R. 1. Association of Real Estate Boards 
at the annual meeting in Octobsr. 

The Rev. Stanley J. Keach began his 
pastorate at the Congregational Christian 
Church of Ravena, N. Y., on Oct. 1. He 
has a congregation of 350 and a Church 
School of 200 in a brand new building. 
During the summer, he and his wife and 
three children covered 9000 miles on a 
camping trip that took them to several 
national parks. 

1939 

J. Stuart Franklin is on-the-job this 
winter as Supervisor of the lighting and 
rectifier department photometric labora- 
tory at General Electric's Lynn River 
Works in Lynn, Mass. He was named 
to the position in September. He is Vice- 
President of the Lynn Council of 
Churches. 

Brenton Greene Meader is Vice-Presi- 
dent of the General Nathaniel Greene 
Memorial Association which has its head- 
quarters in Providence. 

.'kndrew B. Porter, a credit executive 
with Brown and Sharpe Mfg. Co., lives 
in East Providence at 25 What Cheer 
Avenue. 

John W. Barry is with the Inland Ma- 
rine Department of the Automobile Di- 
vision of the Aetna Life Insurance Co. in 



Hartford, Conn. He lives in East Hart- 
land. 

Frederic H. Rhodes is now in Iceland 
where he is Civilian Manager of the 
U.S.A.F, Post Exchange. He was Man- 
ager of the Arnold Constable store in 
Manhasset, L. L, before accepting the 
new position. 

Lt. Col. Alan P. Thayer returned last 
fall from three years' service in Germany 
and France and is now on R.O.T.C. duty 
at the Cathedral of Learning. University 
of Pittsburgh, where he'd "welcome any 
Classmates." He hopes that Geoffrey Ed- 
mund, born Sept. 9. 1953, can "follow" 
him to Brown. 

1940 

Walter I. Wittman is a meteorologist 
with the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office 
in Suitland, Md. 

John B. Crosman has left California 
for Oregon where he is living in Eugene. 
He is still with the First California Co., 
an investment house. 

Lt. Col. John L. Hoar ANG is a pilot 
for the State of Connecticut. He flies out 
of Brainard Field in Hartford and lives 
in Wilson, Conn. 

Robert Cole is Advertising and Sales 
Promotion Manager for Olin Industries, 
Inc., NYC. He lives in Port Washington, 
L. I. 

James S. Currier is teaching mathe- 
matics and .science and acting as advisor 
to the seventh grade at the Fairfield 
(Conn.) Country Day School. 

Lane W. Fuller was elected unani- 
mously to the chairmanship of the Wake- 
field (Mass.) School Committee in Sep- 
tember. Assistant Sales Manager for the 
Daggett Chocolate Co. in nearby Cam- 




fOK L/L.iILGri.-IG t~lEW SURVIVAL RATIONS for the American soldier ond civilian in time of 
emergency. Dr. David Bass '32, left, hos received tfie Research Directors' Award for 1953. Hie re- 
ceived the congratulations of Moj. Gen. Kester L. Hastings, Acting, The Quartermaster General, 
during recent ceremonies in V/ashington, Biochemist at the QM Rssearch and Development Com- 
/nand in Lawrence, Mass., Dr. Bass planned and supervised several difficult studies in the field. He 
is also o Lecturer at B.U. Medical School. 



bridge, he has been a committee member 
since 1950. 

William Mullen took over his new po- 
sition as Principal of the Ridgefield Park 
(N. J.) High School in October. He was 
formerly Vice-Principal of the Newton 
(N. J.) High School. 
• Lt. Cmdr. Andrew M. Sinclair was 
awarded an Air Medal in October for his 
services aboard the USS Oriskany in the 
Pacific. He is Flag Lieutenant to Rear 
Admiral H. D. Felt, Commander of Car- 
rier Division 5. 

1941 

The Rev. John A. Cranston, Jr., has 
assumed his new duties as Chaplain at 
the Lakefield Preparatory School, Lake- 
field, Ontario, Canada. 

Dr. Benjamin F. Harley has joined the 
X-ray department of the Hale Hospital 
in Haverhill, Mass. Formerly a radiolo- 
gist at the Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital 
in New York City, he lives with his wife 
and three children at 18 Church St., 
Haverhill. 

Donald MacAusland is back in this 
country after working in France. His cur- 
rent address: Penthouse, 768 Fifth Ave., 
NYC 19. 

1942 

Robert G. Parr, an Associate Professor 
of Chemistry at the Carnegie Institute of 
Technology, is studying in England this 
year on a Fulbright Fellowship and a 
Guggenheim grant. He is conducting re- 
search in theoretical chemistry at the 
University of Cambridge. His address 
over there: Cheriton, Histon Rd., Cam- 
bridge. 

Harry C. Hoyle is teaching at the Kent 
School in Kent, Conn. He was formerly 
on the staff of the Cathedral Choir 
School in New York City. 

Arthur T. Scattergood is Sales Man- 
ager for the Fenn Manufacturing Co., 
Hartford, Conn. He lives in Wethersfield. 

Edmund F. Armstrong has assumed his 
new duties as Athletic Director and Head 
Baseball Coach at Moses Brown School. 
A graduate of the Providence preparatory 
school, he has been a coach and science 
teacher there for eight years. 

The Rev. Charles Folsom-Jones has 
moved from Vermont to Florida. He is 
at the Church of the Good Shepard in 
Dunedin. 

Edward R. O'Shea is Assistant to the 
President of the Whitehall Pharmical Co. 
in New York City. He lives in Port 
Washington, N. Y., at 26 Wakefield. 

The Rev. John R. Whitney, who re- 
ceived his Bachelor of Divinity degree 
from Virginia Seminary in June, has as- 
sumed his duties as Curate of St. An- 
drew's Episcopal Church, State College, 
Pa. He is also serving as Assistant Chap- 
lain to Episcopal students at Penn State. 
A special service officer during World 
War II. he taught history at Corning 
(N. Y.) Free Academy before entering 
the seminary. 

Dr. Earl K. Holt was named Super- 
intendent of the N. H. State Hospital in 
October. He expected to move to Con- 
cord with his wife and two sons some- 
time after the first of the year. He is at 
present Assistant Commissioner of Men- 
tal Hygiene for the State of Maryland. 

First Lieutenant Herman J. Sugarman 
is Chief of Surgery at the 317th Troop 
Carrier Wing Hospital, USAF, in Ger- 
many. 



28 



BROWN ALU.MNI MONTHLY 



"Oh, Brother!" 

Horatio G. Morse received a 
lerm bill in January, 1839, cover- 
ing his University charges for three 
monlhs. Nothing startling about 
that. But we showed it to one of 
today's undergraduates the other 
afternoon. His eyes popped and 
envy was in his voice as he said, 
"Oh, Brother!" 

Tuition for the term was $12 
and room rent another $3. There 
were charges of $1 for use of the 
University Library, $2 towards the 
Steward's salary, another $2 for 
"servants' hire, printing, &c." 
Board at $2.08 a week added an- 
other $18.72 to the bill. Morse also 
had to pay 75c for "repairs" and 
80c for "public fuel." He was fined 
3c each for three recitations he 
missed without excuse, and 30c in 
interest brought the total to $40.66 
for the three months. 

Morse, graduated in 1840, went 
to Harvard for medical studies and 
practised in Roxbury, Mass. Re- 
cently his granddaughter, Mrs. 
Raymond Merrill of Arlington, 
Mass., sent the hill to Provost 
Arnold. It is now in Brown's Ar- 
chives in the John Hay. 



Over Uncle Sam's Territories 



Russell R. Jalbert was named Public 
Relations Counsellor for the Providence 
Chamber of Commerce in November. 
His primary task is to increase public 
understanding of the detailed services of 
the chamber. 

1943 

Dr. Donald H. Bucklin has joined the 
Biology Department at the College of 
William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. 

Frederick Mason, Jr., and Earl B. 
Nichols, both Alumni of Providence 
Country Day School, are new Trustees 
of that institution, elected at the annual 
meeting in November. 

Dr. Thomas P. Cotter has opened his 
office in Pittsfield, Mass., for the practice 
of X-ray diagnosis and therapy. He 
served as Chief Radiologist at the N. H. 
State Hospital for the past two years. 

Don Corzine has moved his family — 
wife Audrey, Pembroke '43, and two 
sons Kent and Craig — to Venice, Calif., 
where their address is 12560 Woodbine 
Street. 



1944 

K. C. Wang has left the Brown Divi- 
sion of Engineering, where he was an 
instructor, and is now a deve!opment en- 
gineer with the U. S. Rubber Co. in 
Providence. 

Arthur B. Penney has a new position 
in New York City where he works for 
the American Express Co. 

Robert S. Brandt has moved from 
Pittsburgh to New York City. He is con- 
nected with the Atlantic Marine Dept. of 
the Firemans Fund Insurance Co. 

Thomas B. Schlesinger, formerly a re- 
porter for the Washington Post and most 
recently an editor for the U. S. Depart- 
ment of State, has assumed his new duties 



The Editor from Alaska 

THE PROBABILITY is that William C. 
Strand "34 would not now be Director 
of the Office of Territories in the Interior 
Department in Washington if it hadn't 
been for one of his assignments as a news- 
paperman back in 1946. When the Clii- 
ciigo Tribune sent him to Alaska to do a 
series of articles, it was the start of a 
trail. Today not only Alaska is under his 
guidance and administration but also 
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and about 500 
mandated or trust islands in the Pacific as 
well. 

Probably his paper had expected the 
usual Alaskan stories about glaciers, hunt- 
ing and fishing. But Strand said recently, 
"After years of being prodded to look at 
snowcapped mountains, sunsets, and trout 
streams, it is my considered opinion they 
all look about the same." He wrote of 
.Alaskan politics instead. 

The articles were so popular in Alaska 
that Strand was invited to remain in the 
Territory and become Editor of the Fciir- 
hanks Daily News-Miner, the most north- 
ern daily published under the American 
flag. He provided aggressive leadership 
during three years in Alaska. One bit of 
enterprise forced an audit of the Territory 
treasury with a resulting revelation of a 
$40,000 embezzlement from tax funds. 

Last spring Strand was back in the 
States as City Editor of the Washington 
Times-Herald. He was serving in that ca- 
pacity when Interior Secretary McKay 
brought him over to Government to di- 
rect the Office of Territories. This agency 
administers departmental matters pertain- 
ing to the Territories and promotes their 
economic, political, and social develop- 
ment. 

Strand's newspaper career began in 
1934 with the City News Bureau in his 
native Chicago. A member of the staff 



-Svfi.ir'i'fiiikStiv ■ ""''iE 




of the Chicago Tribune in 1937, he joined 
its Washington bureau in 1940 and, start- 
ing in 1943, served as war correspondent 
in the Mediterranean and European 
theatres. He returned to the Washington 
bureau in 1945. Dale W. Strand '53 is his 
son. 



as Assistant Director for Project Plan- 
ning at Colonial Williamsburg. 

Lewis H. Mammel was named District 
Buildings Foreman of the Eastern Plant 
of the Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsyl- 
vania this summer. 

Alan S. Rosenberg is running his own 
gift shop in Brookline. Mass. Known as 
the Marion Ruth Store, it is just a block 
away from Coolidge Corner. Alan lives 
with his wife and seven months' old 
daughter, Louise, at 64 Devonshire Rd., 
Waban, Mass. 

Dr. Albert W. Sedar is working in the 
cytology lab of the Rockefeller Institute 
for Medical Research in New York City 
on a U. S. Public Health post-dcctoral 
fellowship. He is living with his wife at 
18-24 21st Ave., Astoria, Long Island. 

Albert B. Win? has been a research 
physicist in the Electron Optics Branch 
of the Naval Research Laboratory, Wash- 
ington. D. C, for the past three years. 

Glenn C. Prescott, Jr., is studying at 
the Harvard Graduate School of Public 
Administration this year on a fellowship 
provided by the Conservation Founda- 
tion through the U. S. Geological Sur- 



vey. He worked with the Ground-Water 
division of the Federal and State Geo- 
logical Surveys at the University of 
Kansas for the past six years. 

Carter M. Roberts was appointed a 
special agent for the Providence branch 
office of the American Surety Co. in Oc- 
tober. 

1945 

By the 20th cf November. Robert A. 
McKinnon thought he would be "on duty 
at Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika" in East 
Africa. He is the American Consul there 
and is living in a brand new house "on 
the shores of the Indian Ocean — surf 
bathing year 'round, 200 yards away." 
This is Bob's first assignment as chief 
diplomatic officer for the U. S. Depart- 
ment of State. Previously, he served as 
Vice-Consul in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and 
before that he held the same post at 
Cebu in the Philippines. 

Bryce M. Fisher has formed a law 
partnership in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The 
firm of Fisher and Huston has offices in 
the Higley Building. 



JANUARY 1954 



29 



Thomas Brown, an advertising sales- 
man for the Hartford Times, lives in 
Pleasant Valley, Conn. 

David Parker has moved his family to 
Springfield, Mass., where he was trans- 
ferred by the N. E. Telephone and Tele- 
graph Co. last spring. His new address: 
97 Bridle Path Road. 

Robert C. Claflin raises rabbits for a 
living in Harmony, R. I. He sells his 
rabbits live for laboratory tests and 
cut-up and frozen for eating. Mrs. Claflin, 
who is proud of her rabbit recipes, says 
that nationally the meat is catching up 
on chicken as a dinner-table favorite. 

William B. Bateman has been named 
Second Vice-President of the Chase Na- 
tional Bank in New York City. Bill is 
serving the N. Y. Brown Club as a mem- 
ber of the Board of Governors. 

Dr. Lee C. Nathans has been released 
from duty with the U. S. Air Force and 
has reopened his dental offices in Cran- 
ston. 

Edmund T. Peckham was home in 
Worcester, Mass., in the summer to work 
on his Ph.D. He is on the History De- 
partment faculty at Rice Institute, Hous- 
ton, Te.x. He is married and has two 
children. 

Dr. Frederic W. Easton was released 
from active duty in the fall and has 
opened his office in Providence for the 
practice of internal medicine. He served 
in Korea with the U. S. Navy. 

1946 

Robert M. Brennan is President and 
Manager of the Fibre Form Corp. and 
President of the Ion Capacitor Corp., 
both located in Columbia City, Ind. 

William H. Stone received his Doctor- 
ate in Genetics and Biochemistry from 
the University of Wisconsin in June. He 
is an Instructor there this year. 

Nathaniel Davis has returned from 
Rome to study at the Russian Institute, 
Columbia University. He is with the 
U. S. Department of State. His present 
address: 41 W. 58th St., NYC. 

David G. Hassman is with the Multi- 
graph Sales Agency in Providence. He 
lives in Natick, Mass. 

Harold E. Washburn is an Instructor 
in Architecture at the R. I. School of De- 
sign. A School of Design graduate, he is 
a practicing architect in Attleboro, Mass. 

Ivory Littlefield, Jr., was elected a Di- 
rector of the Providence Athenaeum at 
the annual meeting in October. Last year 
the library celebrated its bicentennial. 

Edward J. Murphy, Jr., has joined the 
press section of the Public Relations 
Dept. of the Borden Co. He worked on 
newspapers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and 
Houston, Tex., before this appointment. 

George B. Higgins is Assistant Man- 
ager of the Newport, R. I., office of the 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 

Lynn M. Pease is an application engi- 
neer with Westinghouse Electric Interna- 
tional Co. in New York City. 

1947 

George P. Shafran, who owns and op- 
erates the Better Homes Realty Co. in 
Arlington, Va., has a new home himself 
in nearby Vienna. His family includes his 
wife and two sons, one four years old 
and the other almost a year old. 

Frederic A. Morse, a co-pilot for Trans 
World Airlines, flies out of LaGuardia 
Field and lives in St. Albans, N. Y. 




BY DAY Robert S. Burgess '38 directs the 
program of the R. I. Heart Association, but 
his avocation nights is square-dance call* 
ing. Recently he has called in five New 
England States and as far afield os Atlantic 
City. Squore-dancing is one of the most 
democratic forms of recreation. Burgess 
says, and notes how fresh Interest has fol- 
lowed combining original dances from 
Southwest and Far West with older tradi- 
tional New England country dances. "Today 
hardly anyone lives more than a few min- 
utes' drive from their nearest hoedown." 



Dr. Alan S. Pomerance is associated 
in the general practice of dentistry with 
Dr. Gordon Pollock in New York City. 

Burton W. Bellow is an analytical engi- 
neer with Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, 
East Hartford, Conn. 

Ramon Elias is co-author of an article, 
"Ars Gratia Populi," which appeared in 
the American Library Association Bulle- 
tin for June 1953. The article discussed 
the staging of classic drama in connection 
with "Great Books" programs. Ray is Di- 
rector of the Theater for Adult Education 
in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Ross H. Strong is a salesman with the 
Multigraph Division of the Addresso- 
graph-Multigraph Corp., Rochester, N. Y. 
He lives in Point Pleasant, at 3 Dewberry 
Drive. 

1948 

Eirik G. Furubotn is an Instructor in 
Economics at Wesleyan University this 
year. 

Dr. Jerome L. Shulman, having re- 
ceived his M.D. degree from the N.Y.U. 
School of Medicine, is interning at Barnes 
Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. 

Richard J. Posner is out of service and 
a salesman for Jana Handbags, Inc., New 
York City. 

Nicholas A. Latino, an engineer with 
the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in 
Springfield, Mass., lives at 166 King St., 
that city. 



Gordon R. Pyper is an Instructor in 
Civil Engineering at Norwich University, 
Northfield. Vt. He received his Master's 
degree from the University of Michigan. 

Dr. Lloyd M. Spindell is a first-year 
resident in radiology at the Mt. Sinai 
Hospital in New York City. 

Frederick J. Cofer is back with the 
purchasing division of the Western Elec- 
tric Co. in New York. He was released 
from the U. S. Navy in July and is living 
at 184 West End Ave., NYC 28. 

George F. Hurley is a field engineer for 
the Wright Aeronautical Division of the 
Curtiss Wright Corp. 

Robert H. Wehrman is "now working 
for Transmission Supply Co., buying a 
home and otherwise becoming a Peorian." 
His address: 116 Lynwood Ave., Peoria, 
111. 

Carlin T. Kindilien, who left the Eng- 
lish Department at Brown for a Faculty 
appointment at Colby College, returned 
to Providence in November to address 
the Friends of the Library. His topic: 
■'American Poetry in the I890"s." 

Lt. (jg) William J. Roach, earlier heard 
from on the Riviera, has since been to 
Yokohama and back. He told Alumni 
Secretary McCormick '23 all about it in 
a long letter from the Pacific. Bill was 
hoping to be back with his family in Nor- 
folk, Va., in November. 

William M. MacLeod is a registered 
representative with L. F. Rothschild and 
Co. of the New York Stock Exchange. 
He is with the Boston office. 

1949 

Plans are already under way for the 
Class's first big Reunion, the Fifth, which 
is coming up next June. Rollie Jones is 
Chairman of the Reunion Committee 
which has already met several times to 
make preliminary arrangements for the 
anniversary. Others on the committee 
are: Al Bellows, Al Buckley, Jr., Vince 
D'Angelo, Ted Hale, John Linnell, Jack 
Markham, Bruce Williamson, Rick Wil- 



It's Gabriel Blowing! 

Late Listeners in Philadelphia 
are tuning in on Gabe Millerand 
'45 whose new recording and com- 
ment show, "Gabriel Blows His 
Horn," is filling in the wee hours 
six days a week over radio station 
KYW. 

A veteran announcer of the 
Philadelphia station. Gabe (he was 
known at Brown as Gabriel Mil- 
lerand de Calmoutier, Jr.), has 
worked for radio stations in Provi- 
dence, Boston and Paris. After 
serving with the Armed Forces 
Network in Europe during World 
War II, he teamed up with his wife 
in presenting an American music 
program over the French National 
Radio Network. While there he 
acted as narrator and English 
translator for a number of docu- 
mentary movies. 

Gabe, a native of Providence, 
has been in Philadelphia since 
1947. He has done considerable 
television work along with his reg- 
ular radio announcing. 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Lt. (jg) Thomas A. Turner MC USNR 
is interning at the U. S. National Naval 
Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. He re- 
ceived his medical degree from Tufts in 
June. 

Charles E. Brown has returned to his 
home in Toledo, Ohio, to practice law 
after a stint in Washington, D. C, where 
he served Edward R. Place '24 as a legal 
assistant. 

After two years on his "government 
job," Howard Miller, Jr., expected to be 
discharged in November. He sent his best 
to all Classmates and fraternity brothers 
in Beta when he wrote us. 

Ed Deadrick is living in Lockport, 
N. Y., now. He has a position with the 
Norton Laboratories there. 

Donald R. Rawson was named Direc- 
tor of Athletics at Suffield Academy this 
year. He coached football, baseball and 
hockey at the Connecticut school last 
year. 

Robert R. Johnson is an account execu- 
tive with Reuter and Bragdon, Inc.. finan- 
cial public relations firm. His duties will 
be co-ordination of the eastern activities 
of the firm's New York City and Pitts- 
burgh offices. Our Classmate was formerly 
an economic advisor with the Office of 
Eastern European Affairs, Central Intelli- 
gence Agency. 

George T. LaBonne, Jr., was elected 
to the National Life Insurance Company's 
Leaders' Club in recognition of outstand- 
ing underwriting service to his clients 
during his first year in business. He is 
located in Hartford, Conn. 

Welles Hangen is head of the N. Y. 
Times bureau in Ankara, Turkey. 

Dr. Joel M. Berns is an intern in oral 
surgery at the Cumberland Hospital. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Donald F. Alden is a layout artist for 
the Buchen Co., Chicago Advertising 
agency. His address in Chicago is 7730 
N. Ashland. 

Robert Fechtor is serving as Chairman 
of a division for the men's clothing in- 
dustry of the Combined Jewish Appeal in 
Boston. He is associated with the Kings- 
ton Clothing Co. 

First Lt. Norman B. Silk is serving as 
Assistant Staff Judge Advocate of the 
3605th MTU, Sampson AFB, N. Y. 

Dr. Albert J. Gosselin is interning at 
Lawrence Memorial Hospital, New Lon- 
don, Conn. Dr. Richard E. Barron is in- 
terning at the Central Maine General 
Hospital, Lewiston, Me. Four interns at 
the R. I. Hospital are Doctors Daniel 
Moore, Jr., Mendell Robinson, Clarence 
H. Soderberg, Jr., and John B. Thayer. 
These Classmates graduated in June from 
Tufts Medical School. 

Stephen E. Weil is helping to edit the 
A.S.R. Aliuaiiac. American Safety Razor 
Corp. publication, while he is attending 
Columbia Law .School. 

Leonard E. Seader is a Foreman for the 
Green Manor Construction Co., Man- 
chester, Conn. 

Edward H. Glenney was elected to the 
Manchester (Conn.) School Board in Oc- 
tober. 

William V. Clarke is teaching science 
at the Uxbridge (Mass.) High School this 
year. 

The Rev. John T. Townsend has joined 
the staff of the Church of the Messiah in 
Providence as assistant to the Rector. 

Joseph Agronick is a staff engineer with 
George Fry & Associates, consulting 
management engineers, in its Sales Man- 
agement and Marketing Department. 



When not on assignment in the field, the 
Chicago oflSce (135 South La Salle St.) 
will be his headquarters. 

Walter N. Kaufman has left his posi- 
tion with the National Labor Relations 
Board in Washington, D. C, and is now 
associated in private law practice with 
Clifford D. O'Brien of Washington and 
Chicago. He is specializing in industrial 
relations and is located at 5733 N. Sheri- 
dan Rd., Chicago 40. 




THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY has 
named Dr. Arthur I. Holleb '41 Medical 
Producer-Director of its color television pro- 
grams linking medical centers in New York, 
Philadolphio, Pittsburgh, Boston, Detroit, 
and Toledo. He is doing a series of weekly 
shows for the medical profession over a 
closed circuit to present up-to-the-minute 
methods of defecting, diagnosing, and treat- 
ing cancer. For the post three years Dr. 
Holleb has held ACS and National Cancer 
Institute fellowships in cancer surgery at 
Memorial Cancer Center in New York. He 
is the author of "Cancer Source Book for 
Nurses." 

1950 

Theodore R. Crane, still working on 
his doctorate at Harvard, was studying at 
the John Hay Library this fall. He is 
working on his thesis which is concerned 
with former Brown President Francis 
Wayland. 

George Eckert is Production Stage 
Manager for the Paper Mill Playhouse, 
Milburn, N. J. During the summer he was 
Stage Manager at the Savoy Theater in 
Asbury Park where he managed such stars 
as Gene Raymond, Peggy Ann Garner, 
Ethel Waters, Barry Sullivan, Viveca 
Lindfors, Franchot Tone and Uta Hagen. 

Pvt. Alfred E. Forstall is serving with 
the 7th Air Photo Interpretation Center 
at Kaiserslautern, Germany. 

Moe Mahoney was traded to the Balti- 
more Bullets of the National Basketball 
Association in September. He was with 
the Boston Celtics last season. 

Harold N. Godlin is practicing law with 
the firm of Beizer and Beizer in Hartford, 
Conn. He commutes from Stamford. 

Wilfred J. Martel was transferred from 
Maine to New Jersey where he is with 
the RCA Victor Division, Engineering 



Products Dept. His home address is 507 
Woodlawn Ave., Collingswood. 

Charles DeLaittre is located in Minne- 
apolis where he has a position with the 
First National Bank. He was released 
from the U. S. Navy in May. A Classmate 
out of service is Dallas "Blackie" Tram- 
mell who is in the traffic department of 
the N. Y. Telephone Co. in Syracuse, 
N. Y. He lives in Cazenovia at 24 Link- 
laen Street. 

Donald R. MacDonald is Connecticut 
claims representative for the London and 
Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America. 

Henry W. Carignan is a senior test en- 
gineer for the Bell Aircraft Corp. in Buf- 
falo, N. Y. 

Richard W. Arnold, Jr., has joined J. C. 
Bradley and Co., Inc., New Haven, 
Conn., insurance firm. Released from the 
U. S. Navy as a Lieutenant (jg), he at- 
tended the Employers Group Insurance 
School in Boston for seven weeks last 
fall. 

George L. Small returned from a year's 
study of international affairs in Switzer- 
land and Sweden with the opinion that 
the European student works harder and 
learns more facts than his American 
counterpart, but that he doesn't acquire 
the ability to think for himself. George, 
who was sponsored by a Rotary Founda- 
tion Fellowship, is lecturing to Rotary 
Clubs about his impressions of the Con- 
tinent. 

Jon N. Prentiss is teaching grades 
seven and eight in East Barre, Vt., this 
year. He had some teaching experience 
while serving with the U. S. Army in Eu- 
rope and in Japan. 

Thomas L. O'Connor, who received 
his Ph.D. in Chemistry from M.I.T. last 
summer, has accepted a position with the 
Atomic Energy Division of the American 
Cyanamid Co. in Winchester, Mass. He 
lives with his wife and son, Jonathan, in 
nearby Bedford. 

Richard Hallet was promoted this sum- 
mer to be Sales Manager of the Route 9 
turnpike office of the Martin Cerel real 
estate firm of Boston. He is married and 
has two children. 

Thomas R. "Bud" McCleary is in Lex- 
ington, Ky., now, a salesman for the U. S. 
Rubber Co. 

Harold W. Anderson is on the sales 
staff of the International Silver Co., Meri- 
den. Conn. 

Anthony R. Manyak is a research fel- 
low in the Department of Chemistry at 
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Robert J. McVicker, Jr., is Radio and 
Television Director for Gordon Schon- 
farber and Associates, Providence ad- 
vertising agency. 

Ernest Ward, Jr., has started his train- 
ing in the General Electric Company's 
business course. He is located at the 
Schenectady, N. Y., plant. 

Owen J. Carroll is back in this country 
after serving in Korea as a civil assistant 
for 18 months. He expects to be in Wash- 
ington, D. C, for three or four years. He 
lives in Falls Church, Va. 

William B. Crafts received his Master's 
degree in Education from Boston Uni- 
versity in August and is now Head Resi- 
dent at Waller Hall, State College of 
Washington in Pullman. He supervises 
and counsels 145 men students as a 
sort-of "jack-of-all-personnel-trades." 

Paul Lipsitt is practicing law in asso- 
ciation with his father in New Bedford, 
Mass. He specialized in maritime law and 



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ANDREW M. SINCLAIR '40 was awarded an Air Medal last fall aboard the attack 

oircraft carrier USS Oriskony. Lt. Cdr. Sinclair, who has been serving as aide and flag 

lieutenant to Commander Carrier Division 15 was presen'ed the medal and citation by 

Rear Admiral H. D. Pelt, Commander of the Carrier Division. (Navy photo) 



international law at the ^University of 
Michigan La-w School. 

Harold W. Caramello is a special agent 
with the Prudential Insurance Co. of 
America in Springfield, Mass. 

Charles Uniacke graduated from Pratt 
Institute and is now an industrial designer 
with the Channing Wallace Gilson Studio 
in Los Angeles, Calif. 

Randall W. Bliss has been named to 
the staff of the Law Review at the Uni- 
versity of Virginia Law School. 

1951 

Herbert R. Hansen has settled in Buf- 
falo, N. Y., where he is a sales repre- 
sentative for IBM's Electric Typewriter 
Division. He lives with his wife and year- 
old son — the latter is "walking like a 
madman and saying a few words" — at 
588 Allenhurst Rd., Buffalo 23. Hansen 
left the Marines nearly a year ago. 

Ens. Stephen R. Burtt, graduated from 
Newport OCS in May, is assigned to duty 
in Washington, D. C, where his address 
is 2901 Connecticut Ave., NW, Apt. 500. 

Norman Torosian, awarded his Sc.B. 
degree in Machine Design from the R.I. 
School of Design, has joined the engineer- 
ing staff of the Heald Machine Co., 
Worcester, Mass. 

William H. Manning was named Su- 
pervisor of Test and Equipment Methods 
in the Naval Ordnance Department of the 
General Electric plant in Pittsfield, Mass., 
last August. 

Bernard M. Walder is teaching Eng- 
lish at Bates School, Middleboro, Mass., 
this year. 

Ens. Laurent N. Dion was at Corpus 
Christi, Tex., in October, taking all- 
weather flight instruction. 

Lt. (jg) F. C. Caswell, Jr., expected to 



be in Philadelphia until this month. While 
his ship was in port, he lived at 31-D N. 
Evergreen, Woodbury, N. J., with his wife 
and 17 months' old daughter, Ellen. 

.lohn J. Walker has been assigned to the 
Houston, Tex., office of the State Mutual 
Life Assurance Co. of Worcester. 

John Chernak has been released from 
the U. S. Marine Corps and is in his first 
year at Northwestern Law School in Chi- 
cago. Other Brunonians there — they meet 
occasionally for lunch or dinner — include 
Classmates George Podd and Jack Fuller, 
and Wyeth Willard '27, Scribner Harlan 
'52, Gene Pekow '52 and John Angle '53. 

Mike Handman watched a few innings 
of the World Series on television at the 
New York Brown Club while "literally 
sweating out the game at New Haven." 
Also present were "Bump" Spangenberg, 
Joe Fazzano, Mordy Fiosenfeld, Dave 
Tillinghast, Bill Maguire, Bob Fearon, 
Joe Gibson, Parker Handy, Bruce Haus- 
man, Dave Holmgren, Don Jaffin, Don 
Kallnian, Roily MacDowell, Dick Roemer, 
Charlie Samdpcril, Dick Smith, Art 
Thebado, Bill Maloney, Chuck Leveroni, 
and "Roving Jim" Donaldson. (Mike 
"roved" himself after this get-together: 
he was at Camp Pickett, Va., in Novem- 
ber.) 

"Recently, a Classmate, Don Maurer 
USN, died. Don was a true friend, loyal, 
kind and amiable: let his fine qualities be 
our inspiration," Handman writes. 

Lt. (jg) James L. McLay is teaching 
chemistry at the U. S. Naval Academy 
at Annapolis. He formerly served aboard 
the USS Greenwich Buy. He sent word 
that Lt. (jg) James T. Scott is teaching 
a Naval orientation course at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. 

Charles E. Hopkins, Jr., after doing 
graduate work at Cornell, is teaching 



English at the Pomfret School, Pomfret, 
Conn. 

1952 

A/3c Jordan M. Kaplan is one of 18 
airmen participating in the USAF's first 
television production training program. 
The course called for 600 hours of in- 
tensive study in writing, programming, 
directing, set construction and stage man- 
aging under topflight professionals at the 
Pasadena Playhouse. Afterwards, the air- 
men will work as a team, operating in the 
field with mobile equipment to aid the 
Air Force in its many training functions. 

Val Greenfield is a student at Yale 
Medical School. He lives in New Haven 
at 74 Park St. where he hopes Classmates 
will get in touch with him. 

Dwight Ambach has an assistantship 
in Economics at the Fletcher School of 
Law and Diplomacy, Tufts College, this 
year. 

James P. Casey is a design engineer 
with the Bryant Chucking Grinder Co., 
Springfield, Vt. 

Art Stein has an apartment in Beppu, 
Japan, where he has his "own books and 
records and friends" and all he needs is 
a "couple of the "old Bohemian group' 
to make it seem like Benefit Street." Art 
hopes to be home in time to attend Com- 
mencement 1954. 

James E. Tribble is an engineer with 
the Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy, Mass. 

Martin Badoian is teaching math and 
acting as an assistant coach at Milford 
Preparatory School, Milford, Conn. He 
received his Master's degree from Ameri- 
can International College last summer. 

Lt. Thomas L. Kelliher, Jr., USMC 
was in Korea in October, a member of 
the 11th Battalion. 

Lt. (jg) Ralph R. Crosby, Jr., was as- 
signed as Executive Officer aboard the 
LSM 446 in November. He reported to 
Green Cove Springs, Fla., but expected to 
be operating out of Norfolk, Va., some- 
time after the first of the year. 



1953 

Walter M. Buschmann was awarded 
a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to en- 



"Poor Relation" 

The Harvard Crimson's article 
on Brown as "the poor relation of 
the Ivy League" made no Bru- 
nonian happy. Perhaps the best re- 
tort appeared in the Providence 
Joiirnat. which noted briefly the 
Crimson conclusion: "One hundred 
and ninety years have not yet pro- 
duced an intellectual product con- 
sistently challenging the Ivy's best. 
. . . The Brown man may some- 
day be known as a scholar, but 
today he is known for nothing 
specific." The Journal continued: 

"Asked what the poor relation 
(enrollment 3000) had to say on 
what the rich relation (enrollment 
10.000) had said, an unofiicial 
spokesman for Brown sighed 
meekly and said he guessed they 
would just try for another 190 
years." 



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able him to study history at the Uni- 
versity of Wisconsin Graduate School. 
A magna cum laiide graduate, Busch- 
mann was Battalion Commander of the 
NROTC Unit at Brown last year and won 
the first annual Theodore Francis Green 
prize for proficiency in navigation. As 
an undergraduate, he was active on the 
Brown Daily Herald and Chief Judge of 
the Student Court. 

Paul K. Chapman conducted a series 
of half-hour religious programs over 
radio station WJAR during the summer. 
He is studying at Newton Theological 
Seminary this year. 

2nd Lt. Roland N. Calkins was gradu- 
ated from basic jet pilot school at Bryan 
AFB, Texas, in September. 



Seen or heard from at Ft. Dix, N. J., 
during the fall were the following Class- 
mates: Bob Bjorn, Marvin Catler, Frank 
DiBiase, Jim Fernald, Hank Fisher, 
Howie Freeman, Nick Gabardina, Dick 
Geiselhart, Stephen Gray-Lewis, Bob 
Hewes, Al Karb, Line King, Al Mackie- 
wicz. Jack Sisto. Geiselhart completed 
his basic training in October and spent 
a week on Campus en route to Ft. 
Devens, Mass. Bjorn was in Providence a 
week later before reporting to school in 
Maryland. 

John Angle flew back to Providence 
for Homecoming in October. He is at- 
tending Northwestern University Law 
School in Chicago. 



A SPECIAL REPORT, 

What of the Class of 1953? 



THE Following Information is based 
on the latest records in Alumni Office 
files. The fact that the Class of 1953 
numbers over 600 members points up 
the problem of recording Class items 
and explains the condensed form of this 
consolidated report. Undoubtedly, some 
of the facts below are out-of-date by now, 
and we earnestly request that "53 men in- 
form the Alumni Office promptly of any 
changes in job, address, or family status. 
In most cases the separate items in- 
clude what the individual is doing and 
where he is located. For specific mailing 
addresses, write the Alumni Office, Box 
1859, Brown University, Providence 12, 
R. L Subsequent Class notes will be pre- 
sented more fully. 

In Military Service 

Air Force: Harold J. MacDonald, Jr. 
Army: Robert H. Bjorn, William R. 
Comer, Armand J. Desnoyers, Jr., Joseph 

C. Dorgan, James M. Fernald, Robert D. 
Ferrini, Post Fordon, Richard Geiselhart, 
Hugh J. Gourley, August E. Grashof, 
Deane Hayden, John W. Hill. William C. 
Johnson, Jr., Lincoln H. King, J. Douglas 
Lynn, Robert J. McKenna, John A. Mag- 
nuson, Walter L. Pierson, Jr., Everett B. 
Vreeland, Jr. 

Coast Guard: Arthur L. Carter. 

Murines: Andrew E. Andersen, Alex- 
ander H. Bennett, Bruce C. Blage. Mar- 
tin Cohen, Charles W. Colson, Thomas T. 
Glidden, Philip S. Hayes, Harry E. Jenks, 
Walter L. Molineux, John E. Sinclair. 

Navy: Mark D. Batchelder, Harold E. 
Bigler, Jr., Robert S. Briggs, Walter M. 
Buschmann, James H. Carey, Clinton G. 
Clough, Jr., Richard C. Dunham, Robert 

D. Eiseman, Jack A. Fleuridas, Peter P. 
Gillis, Richard V. Goodwin, Jr., Marshall 
W. Greene, Clayton C. Knight, Curtis F. 
Kruger, William B. Maclndoe, Jr., Joseph 

E. Mirman, William B. Mcniz, Charles F. 
Moody, Jr., Edmund D. Mooney, Towns- 
end R. Morey, Donald A. Murray, Eu- 
gene M. Nawrocki, Harry W. Newhard, 
Robert L. Noddin, V. Lee Norwood, 
Stanley E. Pratt, Robert L. Radcliffe, 
David F. Robinson, Donald M. Silver, 
George F. Smith, Roger G. Smith. Regi- 
nald H. Smithwick, Richard D. Stewart, 
Gregory L. Sutliff, James P. Thompson, 
Frederick C. Ulbrich, Jr., Steven van 
Westendorp, Frederick H. Watson, Jr., 



Richard N. Webb, Philip W. Wehrman, 
E. Howard Wenzel, Jr., William A. 
Young, N. Alan Zais. 

Ill Graduate School 

A I Brown: Raymond A. McKenna, 
English. Francis X. Russo, History. 

Business: Babson — Norman A. James. 
Columbia — Norman D. Allan, Jr., C. 
Bert Amann, Jr., P. Daniel Brooks, Theo- 
dore Redlich. Harvard — S. Lawrence 
Gladstone, William J. Becker. 

Law: Boston University — Charles E. 
Bennett, Leonard B. Berkman, Thomas 
R. DiLuglio, Robert M. Holland, Joseph 
C. Johnston, Jr., Fred Knecht, Jr. Colum- 
bia — Harry R. Hauser, Myron Mandel, 
Walter E. Rutherford, Jr. Cornell — Jo- 
seph L. Tauro. N. Y. University — Ray- 
mond A. Meyrowitz. Northwestern — 
John E. Angle. Harvard — Lawrence Y. 
Goldberg, James P. Leavitt, Gerald H. 
Markowitz, Hugh D. Rogovin. Univer- 
sity of Wisconsin — Ralph K. Rosenbaum. 
Yale — Samuel Bernstein, William H. 
Gindin, Richard Semel. 

Medicine: Boston University — Donald 
A. Braisted, Alan H. Goldberg. Chicago 
— Daniel Porte. Harvard — George Bray. 
McGill— Walter E. Arute. N. Y. Medical 
College — Guy H. Settipane. University 
of Paris (France) — Robert G. Meisell. 
Tufts — Kenneth G. Knowles, Jerome S. 
Port, T. B. J. Strach. Vermont — Charles 
Gnassi. Yale — Robert E. Kaiser. 

Theology: Episcopal Theological 
School — Alden R. Burhoe. General The- 
ological Seminary — Edgar F. Staff. Nash- 
otah House Seminary — Henry G. Turn- 
bull. Yale Divinity School— Robert S. 
Manley. 

Other Fields: Boston University — J. 
Dana Eastham. Calif. Institute of Tech- 
nology — James E. Guinane (Physics). 
Columbia — Duane R. Clarridge (Inter- 
national Affairs). Connecticut — Fred E. 
Cram (Rural Sociology). Cornell — Ed- 
ward Dolan, Jr. Duke — William H. Mil- 
ler (Psychology). Harvard — John W. El- 
linwood, James Frates, Arthur S. Gold- 
man (Design), Melvin S. Holland. Johns 
Hopkins — Eugene C. Phillips (Classics). 
M. I. T. — Eugene M. D'Andrea, Lincoln 
Ekstrom, Charles A. Merriam III, Wil- 
liam Ohnesorge (Chemistry), Waif red S. 
Saari (Chemistry). Northwestern — Rob- 
ert C. Carson. Rhode Island — E. John 



Policastri. Rochester — Charles A. Goetz. 
Tennessee — Richard H. Raymond (Geol- 
ogy). Wisconsin — Lyie E. Bourne, Jr. 
Yale — Frank M. DeFilippes (Physics), 
Lawrence W. Lundgren, Jr. (Geology), 
Donald F. Tavares (Chemistry). 

Engineers 

Philip T. Andrews, Goodyear Aircraft, 
Akron, Ohio. Horace H. Barker, Jr., 
Goodyear Aircraft. Akron, Ohio. Charles 
H. Coleman, Sperry Gyroscope, Great 
Neck, N. Y. John Cupolo, Hamilton 
Standard, Windsor Locks, Conn. Charles 
A. DeAngelis, Goodyear Aircraft, Akron, 
Ohio. Daniel P. Defino, Bell Telephone 
Lab, NYC. Walter S. DeWolf, Chrysler 
Corp., Detroit, Mich. Raymond J. Green, 
Hamilton Standard, Windsor Locks, 
Conn. Jan E. Grodzki, Babcock Wilcox 
Research Center, Alliance, Ohio. Henry 
C. Haig, I.B.M., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Philip J. Holden, Vitro Corp. of Amer- 
ica, NYC. Sarkis Kachigian, Vitro Corp. 
of America, West Orange, N. J. Morris 
J. Levin, DeLeuw and Brill, Matawan, 
N. J. Harold R. Lockwood, BIythe Broth- 
ers, Charlotte, N. C. Robert E. McNa- 
mara, Sprague Electric, No. Adams, 
Mass. John A. Petty, Goodyear Aircraft, 
Akron. Ohio. Charles P. Roberts, Good- 
year Aircraft, Akron, Ohio. Stuart D. 
Spratt, Chance Vought Aircraft, Grand 
Prairie. Tex. Kung-Yeh Wang, Philco 
Corp., Philadelphia. James R. Woodbury, 
Bell Telephone Lab, NYC. 

In Insurance 

Deene D. Clark, Aetna Life, Detroit, 
Mich. David D. Carter, Aetna Life, Hart- 
ford, Conn. Angelo R. DeirErario, Lib- 
erty Mutual, Worcester, Mass. William 
C. Drorbaugh, Automobile Insurance Co. 
(Aetna), Hartford, Conn. Paul Goldman, 
American Fidelity and Casualty, Rich- 
mond, Va. Lawrence D. North, North's 
Insurance Agency, New Haven, Conn. 




It costs you nothing, but it's as good 
as a cash gift to us when you send 
prompt notice to the Alumni Office of 
a change of address. {Advance notice 
is even better, for address labels ore 
run off 10 days before University mail- 
ings — including labels for this maga- 
zine.) 

It's expensive to follow up and re- 
locate an alumnus who moves without 
sending us word. Won't you save us 

that money? Most Brown men do. 



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Frederick L. Reynolds, Jr., Provident Mu- 
tual Life. Boston, Mass. 

Selling 

Fred K. Bailey, Ailing Rubber, Hart- 
ford, Conn. Stuart L. Feuer, "Sara Lee", 
Glencoe, 111. Frederict; R. Gleason, So- 
cony-Vacuum, McKees Rocks, Pa. C. B. 
Hartman, Jr., National Broadcasting Co., 
NYC. William D. Healey, Cliquot Club, 
Fall River. Mass. Theodore S. Jadick, 
Scott Paper, NYC. Lloyd Provost, Jr., 
Pope and Barley (textiles), NYC. David 
R. Traynor, Scott Paper, Somerset, Mass. 
Donald R. Zecher, Underwood Corp., 
Boston. 

Miscellatieoiis 

Edward A. Adams, N. J. Bell Tele- 
phone (traffic), Jersey City. John A. An- 
dersen, General Electric (accounting). 
Schenectady, N. Y. Robert Aron, Gil- 
christ Co. (rug buyer), Boston. William 
Aznavourian, General Electric (chemist), 
Waterford, N. Y. Francis J. Brady, Jr., 
General Electric (business), Schenectady, 
N. Y. James H. Bramble, U. S. Naval 
Proving Ground (mathematician), Dahl- 
gren, Va. William H. Burgoon, Chase 
National Bank, NYC. 

Harry Cohen, H. A. Cohen's Sons 
(merchandiser), Washington, N. J. Wal- 
ter E. Cowan, Jr.. First National Bank, 
Chicago. John R. Curley, Providence Gas, 
Providence. Chadbourne L. Cutler, N. J. 
Bell Telephone (accounting), Newark. 
Earl S. Dunlap, Jr., American Viscose 
(chemist), Lewistown, Pa. Ulises Gi- 
berga. Chase National Bank, Havana, 
Cuba. Leonard A. Glaser, Bloomingdale 
Bros., NYC. Eugene R. Gray, E. I. du- 
Pont (chemist), Gibbstown, N. J. 

James I. Greene, Mercantile Stores (as- 
sistant buyer), NYC. Arch D. Hart, 
farmer, Dennisport, Mass. W. Merritt 



Jones, Jr.. Doty Discount Corp., Grosse 
Pointe. Mich. Alan R. Karb, Sears and 
Roebuck, Portland, Me. John J. Kennedy. 
Kennedy-Blake Studio (photographer). 
Providence. Alfred T. Kratzert, Jr., 
Taunton Daily Gazelle (reporter), Taun- 
ton, Mass. Conrad J. Kronholm, Jr., 
Plax Plastics (production), W. Hartford, 
Conn. Alan lie Gloahec, Amann and 
Whitney (draftsman), NYC. 

Robert A. Lundin. Brown and Sharpe 
Mfg. (production). Providence. W. Dun- 
can MacMillan, Cargill, Minneapolis. 
Thomas A. Marshall, Universal Winding 
(accountant). Providence. Maurice Mat- 
teodo. General Electric (business), Pitts- 
field, Mass. M. B. Megargee, Richard A. 
Foley (advertising), Philadelphia. Rich- 
ard Mendelsohn. American Artists Co. 
(artist representative), NYC. C. Quentin 
Miller, E. I. duPont (chemist). Deep- 
water, N. J. Stephen J. Murray. Phillips 
Petroleum (chemist), Phillips, Tex. 

Richard A. Pollack, Richard E. Kohn 
and Co. (stock broker), Newark, N. J. 
Harold S. Prescott, Jr., Valley Artesian 
Well Co., Manville, R. L Kendall R. 
Richardson, Savings Bank of Manchester, 
Manchester, Conn. Fred D. Ryder, E. I. 
duPont (physicist), Augusta, Ga. Rod- 
man A. Savoye, Continental Can (credit), 
Chicago. Llewellyn D. Seaver, Old Col- 
ony Trust — First National Bank, Boston. 
Robert K. Sharpe, documentary motion 
picture production, Glencoe, 111. Carl E. 
Stenberg, Mt. Hermon School (teacher), 
Mt. Hermon, Mass. 

Dale W. Strand, General Electric (ad- 
vertising), Schenectady, N. Y. George C. 
Vernet, Jr., General Motors Acceptance, 
Boston. Rayner Weir, N. E. Waste Co. 
(textile by-products), Atlanta, Ga. Win- 
throp K. Wilbur, Cape Motors, Inc. 
(credit manager), Hyannis, Mass. John 
G. Wood, Bell Telephone Lab (physi- 
cist), NYC. 



Bureau of Vital Statistics 



MARRIAGES 

1937 — Monroe E. Hemmerdinger and 
Miss Geraldine Cameron, daughter of 
Mrs. John A. Cameron of Beverly Hills, 
Calif., and the late Mr. Cameron, Nov. 
7. At home: 350 Madison Ave., N. Y., 
N. Y. 

1947 — Robert Abel and Miss Nancy 
Klein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David 
Klein of Allentown, Pa., Oct. 4. At home: 
3015 Parkway Terrace Dr. S.E., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

1948 — Frank C. Kenyon and Miss 
Nina Marie Borum, daughter of Mrs. 
Helen Borum Pankey of St. Louis, Mo., 
Oct. 24. At home: 1567 Swallow Dr., 
Brentwood, Mo. 

1949— Lt. Joseph R. Fallon USA and 
Miss Frances Hare, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Frank Hare of Sherman, Tex., Oct. 
26. 

1949 — Stephen M. Garratt and Miss 
Joan Deming, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. 
Clyde L. Deming of New Haven, Conn., 
Nov. 7. Ushers included Edward W. 
Mink, Jr., '49 and William M. Hale '49. 

1950 — Russell W. Besser and Miss 
Helen Mildred Turnquist, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold G. Turnquist of 
Foster, R. I., Nov. 14. 



1950 — Lt. Robert Cummings and Miss 
Shirley Marie Ellis, daughter of Mrs. 
Alexander Ellis of New York City, Nov. 
21. Ushers included Frank O. White '48, 
John L. McHenry '51 and John F. Kenny 
'46. 

1950 — Donald W. Harrison and Miss 
Diane Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Lee of Fairfield, Conn., Oct. 4. 

1950 — Matthew E. Potash and Miss 
Phyllis Helen Berger, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry Berger of Providence, 
Nov. 29. Ushers included David Berger 
'48 and Theodore Zang '50. 

1950 — Joseph A. Rossetti and Miss 
Ann Marie Morra, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Rocco Morra of Providence, Nov. 
II. At home: 477 Mendon Rd., Cum- 
berland Hill, R. I. 

1950 — George Uniacke and Miss Pa- 
tricia Stevens of Baldwin, L. I., June 20. 
At home: l507-'4 North Hoover St., Los 
Angeles 27, Calif. 

1950 — Norman J. Wiener and Miss 
Janet Rose Goldstick. daughter of Dr. 
and Mrs. Maurice C. Goldstick of Great 
Neck, L. I., Nov. 26. 

1951 — Howell G. Evans and Miss 
Margaret Elizabeth Culver, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Culver of Mani- 



towoc, Wis., Oct. 3. At home: 1101 -62nd 
St., Apt. 2, Galveston, Tex. 

1951 — Daniel S. Fendrick and Miss 
Barbara Johnson Cooper, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Cooper of Paris, 
France, Oct. 9. At home: 92 Rue Boileau, 
Paris XVI. 

1951 — George A. Hahn and Miss Mu- 
riel Fox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her- 
man Fox of Chelsea, Mass., recently. 
David Chernov '51 was an usher. 

1952 — Frank A. Bartolomeo and Miss 
Marilyn Elaine Miller, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. John Magne of Providence, 
July 18. Benjamin D. Berkman '52 
ushered. Also attending were Donald 
Manly '52, Robert MacFarlane '52, Theo- 
dore Selover '52, William Aznavourian 
"53, Albert Perrino, Jr., '56, and Harold 
Garabedian '51. At home: 377 Huisache, 
Lake Jackson, Tex. 

1952 — Martin L. Erickson and Miss 
Barbara Austa Lloyd, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Clinton F. Lloyd of Pleasant- 
ville, N. Y., Sept. 19. Best man was Wil- 
liam Bennett '52. Joseph North '52 was 
an usher. 

1952 — Ens. Robert C. Gaynor and 
Miss Paula Lucille King, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. King of Melrose, 
Mass., Sept. 26. Ushers included Davis 
Jackson '52, Charles Maslin '52 and 
Robert Cummings "52. 

1952 — James F. McGinn, Jr., and Miss 
Angela Stifano, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Vincent Stifano of North Providence, 
Oct. 24. At home: 245-20 77th Crescent, 
Bellerose, L. I., N. Y. 

1953 — Chadbourne L. Cutler and 
Miss Joan Mildred Snell, daughter of the 
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Herbert Snell of 
Cranston, R. I., Sept. 26. David Carter 
"53 was best man. Jack Grainger '52 was 
an usher. At home: 120 Main St., 
Orange, N. J. 

1953 — Eugene C. Phillips and Miss 
Justine Dexter Dyer, daughter of Mrs. 
Samuel Dyer of Framingham, Ma.ss., Oct. 
17. Ens. Joseph Felt '50 was best man. 
Jack Davis '50 was an usher. 

1953 — John M. Slattery and Miss Joan 
Marie Mulhern, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Joseph J. Mulhern of Jamaica 
Plain, Mass., Oct. 17. Richard Mulhern 
'55 was an usher. 

BIRTHS 

1928— To Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. 
Palmer of New York City, their second 
child and first daughter, Cynthia Read, 
Nov. 16. 

1938 — To Mr. and Mrs. Abraham 
Goldstein of Providence, their first child, 
a son, Glenn Ian, Nov. 4, 

1939— To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. 
Gustavesen, Jr., of Edgewood, R. I., 
their second child and first daughter, 
Nancy Linda, Nov. 11. 

1939— To Lt. Col. and Mrs. Alan P. 
Thayer of Pittsburgh, their fourth child 
and second son, Geoffrey Edmund, Sept. 
9. 

1940— To Mr. and Mrs. Dan Daly, 
Jr., of Bradford, Pa., their fourth child 
and third son, Thomas Robert, Oct. 25. 

1941— To Mr. and Mrs. William P. 
Buffum, Jr., of Providence, a son, Wil- 
liam, Oct. 29. Grandfather is William B. 
Buffum '09. 

1941— To Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam E. Eraser of Bethesda, Md., their 
third child and second son, John Edward, 
Nov. 20. 



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1943 — To Mr. and Mrs. David B. 
MacAusland of Boston, a son, David 
Brayton. Jr.. Nov. 2. 

1943— To Mr. and Mrs. John J. Sen 
of Kobe, Japan, their first child, a daugh- 
ter, Karen Jeanne, Aug. 20. 

1943— To Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. 
Stockwell of Springfield, Mass., their 
second daughter, Beverlv Sue, Nov. 21. 

1943— To Mr. and Mrs. David W. 
Towier of Needham, Mass., their third 
son, John Silas, Oct. 24. 

1944— To Mr. and Mrs. William R. 
MacKay of Richmond, Calif., their 
second child and first son, Douglas Evan, 
Feb. 26. 

1944— To Mr. and Mrs. .Albert B. 
Wing of Washington, D. C, their first 
child, Bradford John, Oct. 13. 

1945— To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. 
Briggs, Jr., of Fall River, a son, Charles 
Walter III, Nov. 5. Grandfather is 
Charles W. Briggs '09. 

1945 — To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fair- 
child. Jr., of Providence, their third child, 
a son, Thomas Powell, Nov. 27. Mrs. 
Fairchild is the former Joyce Wetherald, 
Pembroke "47. 

1946— To Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Rose 
of Milford, Conn., a daughter, Cynthia 
Jean, Aug. 20. 

1946— To the Rev. and Mrs. W. Mollis 
Tegarden of Marblehead, Mass., a son, 
William Hollis, Jr., Nov. 11. (Mrs. Te- 
garden was Miss L. A. Thornton "46.) 

1947— To Mr. and Mrs. Bernard C. 
Gladstone of Providence, their first child. 
.Andrea Meredith, Nov. 7. 



"Alumnus Dignatus" 

Robert S. M.-^cfarlane '20, President 
of the Northern Pacific Railway Co., was 
named most distinguished alumnus of the 
year by the University of Washington 
Alumni Association. An honor graduate 
of the university in 1922, he has received 
the official designation. Alumnus Suinnui 
Luucic Dignalus, and an accompanying 
honorary scroll. 

Born in Minneapolis and brought up in 
Seattle, Macfarlane came originally to 
Brown on a scholarship but enlisted in 
the U. S. Navy when the first World War 
broke out during his Freshman year. He 
was 19 when he left the service as its 
youngest Naval Lieutenant. After gradu- 
ation from Washington he started to prac- 
tice law in Seattle. Elected a county Su- 
perior Court judge in 1930, he was one of 
the youngest judges in the country at 31. 

He is a Past-President of the Washing- 
ton Alumni Association, the Seattle 
Chamber of Commerce, and the Rainier 
Club, and a former Commodore of the 
Seattle Yacht Club. He served on the 
Seattle Public School Board for 17 years 
and was Community Fund Chairman in 
1935. In 1933 he received the Distin- 
guished Service Award of the U. S. Junior 
Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his 
position with Northern Pacific, he is Presi- 
dent of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle 
Railway, and a director of several com- 
panies. 

Macfarlane lives in St. Paul with his 
wife, the former Vivian Clemans, Uni- 
versity of Washington '23, and four chil- 
dren. He was cited by the Univcrsily 
Alumnus, official Washington Alumni As- 
sociation quarterly, as "a man whose life 
points continuously to future promise 
even as he creates a brilliant past." 



1948— To Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. 
Smith of Braintree, Mass., a second son, 
David Eric, Sept. 4. Mrs. Smith is the 
former Virginia Wilson, Pembroke '48. 

1949— To Mr. and Mrs. Percy B. 
Allsup of Pawtucket, a second child and 
first daughter, Judith Margaret, Oct. 24. 

1949— To Mr. and Mrs. Wade B. 
Dearborn of Providence, their first child, 
a daughter, Karen Ann, Nov. 6. 

1949— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. 
Galkin of Cranston, R. I., their first child, 
a daughter, Ellen Lee, Oct. 24. 

1949— To Mr. and Mrs. Karl M. 
Houser, Jr., of Narberth, Pa., a son, 
Geoffrey Ames, Nov. 3. 

1949 — To Lt. and Mrs. Ivan G. Laric 
of Washington, D. C, their second child 
and first son, Russell William, Nov. 21. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph V. 



Burdick, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., a son, 
Ralph Van Inwegen III, Nov. 11. 

1950 — To Mr. and Mrs. Haig Vara- 
dian of Edgewood, R. I., their first child, 
a son, Paul Norad, July 5. 

1951— To Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. 
Cooper of Cambridge, Mass., their 
second child and first son, Douglas New- 
lin, Oct. 21. Mrs. Cooper is the former 
Sally Ann Hill, Pembroke '52. 

1951— To Lt. (jg) and Mrs. David L. 
Thurrott of Providence, a son, David 
Sessions, Nov. 17. 

1952— To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. 
Keavy of Hyannis, Mass., their second 
child and second daughter, Lauren Jean, 
Sept. 14. 

1952— To Mr. and Mrs. Lester F. Wil- 
liams, Jr., of Brockton, Mass., a son, 
Kenneth Lester, Feb. 24. 



In Memoriam 



GEORGE DUDLEY CHURCH "99 in 
Mt. Dora, Fla., Nov. 10. Prominent 
in the field of education, he was as- 
sociated for many years with Worcester 
Academy as Registrar. He had also 
been Headmaster and owner of Abbott 
School in Farmington, Me., and Bursar 
and Vice-President of Westminster 
School in Connecticut. In 1938 he re- 
tired to Mt. Dora, Fla.. where he was 
an orange grower. Phi Beta Kappa. 

DR. CHARLES SAMPSON TURNER 
"01 in Cranston, R. I., Nov. 9. Before 
retirement in 1941, he had practiced 
medicine in Providence for more than 
30 years. He was also active in Lodge 
and Church work. 

HENRY DAVID BUTTERWORTH "02 
in Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 27. Born on 
his farm in Attleboro, as was his father 
before him, he had worked as a gen- 
eral farmer all his life, although he was 
a civil engineer by profession. 

KIRKE PORTER LINCOLN "02 in Sara- 
sota, Fla., Nov. 11. A machinist and 
draftsman with the H. K. Porter Co. 
of Pittsburgh, Pa., until his retirement 
in 1926, he made his home in recent 
years in Sarasota. Alpha Delta Phi. 

FRANKLIN NELSON STRICKLAND 
'05 in Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 8. For 
many years the proprietor of his own 
chemical laboratory in Providence, he 
was past president of the R. 1. Pharma- 
ceutical Society and a former member 
of the faculty of the R. I. College of 
Pharmacy. He was at one time Secre- 
tary of the R. I. State Board of Food 
and Drue Commissioners. 

THOMAS WENDELL PRESTWICH '06 
in Whitestone, L. I., N. Y., Nov. 15. 
Retired Vice-President of the Ameri- 
can Woolen Co. of New York, he had 
begun his business career with this 
Company in 1903. He was in charge of 
worsted manufacturing from 1943 until 
his retirement in 1949. 

ROLAND FRANK KING '09 in Nor- 
ristown. Pa., Nov. 27. A native of 
North Attleboro, Mass., he lived in 
Providence for many years when he 
was associated with the Crown Worsted 
Co. and the Highland Worsted Co. An 
active club and church man, he served 
with the U. S. Marine Corps in World 
War I. Alpha Tau Omega. 



WILLIAM EDWARD GANNON '10, in 
a two-car collision south of Woodridge, 
Va., Oct. 29. He was chief of a pur- 
chase unit for the Bureau of Federal 
Supply in Washington, D. C. Delta 
Kappa Epsilon. 

EDWARD WALTER WALL '10 in 
Montreal, Que.. Oct. 8. Active in the 
field of engineering, he had been for 
many years Vice-President of the Atlas 
Construction Co., Ltd., of Canada. 
Phi Kappa. 

RUSSELL OILMAN ASHBAUGH "13 
in Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 21. A great 
athlete, he was known as "Mr. Foot- 
ball"' to the Youngstown district and, 
in his coaching days, one of the na- 
tion's outstanding scholastic football 
tutors. He won second-team recogni- 
tion on Walter Camp"s 1912 All- 
.America when he captained Brown. 
Beta Theta Pi. 

COL. HUGO ALLEN KENYON '16 in 
Washington, D. C, Nov. 11. An in- 
telligence consultant in the Pentagon, 
he had earlier been a broker on Wall 
Street and handled foreign loans for 
the Shawmut Bank of Boston. He 
served as a Lieutenant in France dur- 
ing World War I. 

DR. HENRY GEORGE ATHA '27 in 
Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 26. After his grad- 
uation from Tufts Medical School in 
1934, he practiced medicine in the 
State of Connecticut. He moved to 
Tucson six years ago where he con- 
tinued his practice. His father was the 
late George Richard Atha '95. 

RAYMOND DANIEL BRENNAN '28 
in Pawtucket, R. I., Nov. 18. Active in 
civic affairs since 1931, when he re- 
ceived his law degree, he was formerly 
Reading Clerk of the R. I. State 
Senate and later a member of a bi- 
partisan commission to study caucus 
and laws. He was Secretary of the In- 
terstate Navigation Co., operating 
boats to Block Island. His father was 
the late James E. Brennan "92. James 
E. Brennan, Jr., '27 is his brother. Phi 
Kappa. 

GLENN LEWIS LOHNES, JR., '47 in 
Oakland, Calif., Aug. 10. He had been 
in service in the Far East as a Lieu- 
tenant in the U. S. Navy. 



JANUARY 1954 



35 



speaking 

of Investments 




INVEST IN BROWN UNIVERSITY, for general purposes or for a special 
purpose; in your name or as a memorial to another. 

RECEIVE AN ASSURED LIFE INCOME on that sum during your lifetime 
and, if you wish, the lifetime of others designated by you. 



THE BROWN LIFE INCOME PLAN 



Yoii make a gift to Firovvn now 
without loss of income on that 
gift while yon require it. 



Your gift, merged with other 
endowments of the University, 
gives you an assured income from 
widely diversified investments. 



There are manv substantial tax 
advantages. 

Writi! the President, Broicii Vinversity, Provnlence, R. I., 
for a ptimphlct describing the Brown Life Income Plan. 



"■•--"in £^--1100 r^'^A.'r>tT