Eastern Alumnus Vol. 6 No. 4 (March 1953)

March

1953

The Eastern Alumnus

Published in June, September, December and March by Eastern Illinois
State College, Charleston, Illinois

VOLUME 6 MARCH, 1953 NUMBER 4

Entered May 14, 1947, as second class matter, at the post office at

Charleston, Illinois, under authority of the act of Congress, August 24,

1912. Yearly subscription rate $1.50; two years $2.25; three years $3.00.
Renewals, $1.00 per year.

We Should Add General STAN ELAM ------------------------------ -- ----------- Editor
Education Degree, New
Curricula-Buzzard K. E. HESLER Sports Editor

The following article first appear- Editorial Board
ed under President R. G. Buzzard's
signature in the current issue of Libby Cochran, '51; Hal Hubbard, '49; Hal Middlesworth, '31;
EDUCATION TODAY, published by
schools under the Teachers College Elenore Moberley, '49; Louise McNutt, '35; Jack Muthersbough, '48; Dr.
Board.
Francis Palmer· Eugene Price, '48; Jim Roberts, '46; Mrs. RI 3u6ss;elDl rS. hrEi.veHr,.
'09; Elsie SloaIn, '24; Helen Stapp, '23; Alex Summers,

Taylor; Roy Wilson, '36.

In the years since it opened as This group of alumni was responsible for the campaign which added
the Eastern Illinois State Normal more than $6,400 to the Livingston C. Lord Memorial Scholarship Fund.
School in 1899, the state-supported L. to r.-Lewis Linder, Lillie M. Lauher, Ruby Harris, Stanley Elam, A. L
institution at Charleston has passed Richie, Leah Todd, Harold Fearn, Bob Black, and Bruce Rardin. Missing
through two and is entering a third from the picture but active on the committee were Nolan Sims, Esther
stage in its service to the state. As McCrory, and Orla Adams.
a normal school awarding diplo-
mas, it took eighth grade grad- Area Advisory Council Favors
uates and high school graduates,
preparing them for teaching or for Area College Development
further study at degree-granting
institutions. As a degree-granting The following article is quoted the Area Wants, Needs, and Ex-
institution itself since 1921, when
the name was changed to Eastern from the January, 1953, Eastern ects from Eastern."
Illinois State Teachers College, it
has contributed to the the profes- Illinois State Sollege Area Advisory Perhaps it isn't always well-illi
sional ization of teaching in Illinois,
granting 2,853 bachelor's degrees Council News Letter. It shows that formed interest. That is why such
in education and, beginning i'1
1950, the Master of Science in Edu- the AAC favors Eastern's develop- meetings should be held. We are
cation. Some 20 of the latter de-
grees will be awarded this year. ment as an area college offering certain many of you were think-

Through both these stages it has general and vocation! education. ing for the first time about these
been apparent that the youth of
southeast Illinois have made use By The Resolutions Committee questions. Perhaps you considere41
of Eastern as an area college, de· them as "institutional" problernt
spite its devotion to teacher edu- Thank you for a good response as somehow taking care of them-
cation. Although 25,954 students to the "opinionnaire" which grew selves, or as matters for the "ex-
have matriculated, only 5,454 have out of our resolutions committee perts." Actually, they are ques-
taken diplomas or degrees. Many frustration. Sixty-four of the 82 per- tions on which the experts can
of the degree graduates had pre- sons to whom it was mailed have neither think intelligently nor act
viously taken ·the diploma. Of the now replied. Considering that 38 appropriately without knowing the
two and four year graduates, it of the questionnaires went to temper and the attitude of the edu-
has seldom been true that more schoolmen's desks already piled cational leaders of the public;:
than 75 per cent went directly into
teaching. It seems clear that many high with same, this is well-nigh schools. And most of you have ac-
took the diploma or degree with- phenomenal.
out expecting to teach, and many . cepted leadership responsibilitiet
Whatever else the tabulation:; This newsletter will attempt lo
(Continued on page 5)
we have done may mean, they cer- summarize the opinionnaire results.

tainly indicate interest in the prob- Unfortunately, because some re-

lem the Advisory Council so brash- sponses were not signed, we can't

ly attacked last November: "What (Continued on page 4)

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Alumni Response 'Heart-worming;' Lord
Scholarship Fund Hits $8,000 Peak

Contributions Put Alumni Association Approves Foundation
Campaign Five To Receive Gifts; Selects Temporary Board
Times Over Goal

Five times over the top! That's Meeting in conjunction with the cepted. The board is composed of
the heart-warming response of Lord Scholarship Committee of the Lewis S. Linder, '11, Charleston
Eastern alumni and friends of the Alumni Association, Uie executive businessman; A. L. Riche, ex-'09,
college to the challenge of the council of the Association voted on vice-president of the Micro Switch
$1,000 Lord Scholarship Fund offer March 21 to establish an Eastern Corp., Freeport, Ill.; Esther Mc-
~y the Riches of Freeport and the Illinois College Foundation. Crory, Charleston, a retired teach-
linders of Charleston. The latter er; Ruby Harris, '12, Charleston,
bffered $ 1,000 on condition that This Foundation, authorized for member of the Eastern geography
the Alumni Association match it by Eastern by Teachers College Board faculty and originator of the Lord
action some years ago, will serve Fund; Harold Marker, '34, Charles-
luly l , 1953. as a perpetual non-profit legal ton industrialist; and Stanley Elam,
For a month after the _first call body who!:e special function will '38, Charleston, alumni services di-
be to receive gifts and bequests rector.
went out to 4,000 alumni in mid- and administer them on behalf of
february, the letters and the tri- the college. It will enter into con- Lewis M. Walker, Gilman, presi-
•utes- and the cash and the pled- tracts with individuals or organiza- dent of the Teachers College Board;
les-poured into the Alumni Of- tions for the administration of such Orval Funkhouser, '32, president
Ice. By March 21 the following re- gifts and bequests. . of the Alumni Association; and R.
G. Buzzard, president of the col-
l>ort could be made: One of the first such contracts lege, will be ex officio members of
tash and stocks will be with the Lord Scholarship the board under the suggested by-
Committee, which will eventually laws. Newton Tarble, ex-'l 0, Los
received __ _________$4,819.75 turn over more than $8,000 to be Angeles, a retired industrialist and
invested in such a way as to yield donor of $2,000 worth of stock 1o
f>ledges, due by July l -- 546.00 the maximum income compatible
(inder-Riche offer (due

July l) - - ------ ---- 1,050.00

with safety of the principal. This the Lord Fund, has been asked to
Total of gifts ____$6,415.75 income will then be awarded to serve on the perr-:<inent board also.
Already on hand ____ l ,800.00 Lord Scholarship winners as de-
Ogden Br~inard, '25, a Charleston

_Total of Fund ____$8,215.75 scribed in the adjoining article. attorney, drew up the proposal for

Mr. Riche conducted a prelimin- A temporary board of directors the Foundation, basing it upon the
ary campaign among several alum-
ni and friends of the college. It re- was named to launch the new or- University of Illinois foundation or-
sulted in 28 special gifts and pled-
ges totaling $4,015. The Alumni ganization, whose membership ganization, with modifications 1o
~ssociation thus owes to Mr. Riche
will eventually total l 00, chiefly · fit the local situation.

alumni, if proposed by-laws are ac- (Continued on page 5)

a particular debt of gratitude. Alumni Planners
Those 28 generous donors whom

he contacted insured the success of

the campaign.
In all, 196 persons had by March

21 made gifts or pledges. These

ranged from $1 to $2,000. Twelve

gifts were of $100 or more. One

gift of $100 (received on March
25) was made anonymously. East-

ern alumni and former teachers

did not give for public acclaim.

They gave because they saw in the

Livingston C. Lord Scholarship an Acting to establish the Eastern Foundation were, I. to r.-Harold
l>pportunity to honor a great edu- Marker, Ruth Frommel, Bess King, Orval Funkhouser, Leafy Demare~,
cator and assist worthy young peo-
Ogden Brainard, and Frank Chamberlin. Missing: Kay Thudium, H. Read.
(Continued on page 31)

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AAC Favors Area 7. What devices would you sug- more but 'better.' Eastern will
gest Eastern might use to increase
College Development the number of persons preparing have no opportunity for teacher·
to teach in the elementary schools? candidate selection until an outlet
(Continued from page 2) (Responses were extremely varied, is provided for the students who
but have been classified r'oughly for many reasons should not be in
slice the results different ways. We into the following categories for teaching but are forced to be be-
can't see, for example, whether tabulation:) cause of financial, etc., conditioml
superintendents think differently
from non-schoolmen. But we will Promote more generous scholar- . . . " R. D. Anfinson (checke4
report some of the thought-provok- "more")
ing comments, along with names ship program ------------'---6
of their authors. It is significant "Many students now attend East·
that you made 149 separate re- Increase general publicity about ern because of its convenience and
marks-including a couple justifia- needs, opportunities, etc. _____ l 2 so become teachers. In a genertl
bly critical of the opinionnairel college set-up, many would entl
Emphasize recruitment and guid- other fields. However, a dynamil
The tabulations follow: ance at various levels teacher recruitment program would
1. In looking to the future of offset this.'' Logan Fearn (checked
Eastern, would you favor develop- Recruitment among public "fewer")
ment as an area college, offering schools, using college resour-
general college along with teacher · "About the same-but Eastern
training? Yes, 55; No, 9. cFeusrni-s-h--h-ig-h--s-ch-o-o-l-s-w--it-h----7 would be serving the needs of
2. Would you favor authorization ------6teachable materials on guid- more h. s. graduates in the area."
for Eastern to extend the present Alex Summers
two-year General College curricu- ance and recruitment
lum to full four years with an ap- Use students as recruiters ___4 "At the present time we have a
propriate degree? Yes, 50; No, 14. Use alumni as recruiters ____5
3. Do you think that Eastern number of students taking 'pre-I
should stick to its major function Develop more effective guid- courses. Many of these studenti
of only preparing teachers for the ance program among col- change to teacher training and
public schools of Illinois? Yes, 19; lege freshmen _________ :.__3. make our finest teachers. The Gen-
No, 41. eral College would bring more stu-
4. Do you think that Eastern lry to improve salaries (various dents and more would become
would prepare more or fewer methods suggested) ______ l 8 teachers. Without it we will never
teachers if the General College
were added to the curriculum? tTiroynst o,_i_m_p_r_o_v_e_ _w_o_r:.k.. _i n_g_ _c:_o_nd1i0- have the opportunity of convertintl
More, 29; Fewer, 15.
5. Do you favor the development Emphasize advantages of teach- them to teaching. James NI
of a two-year Vocational College
as an added enterprise? Yes, 49; iPnrgom-o-t-e--p-ro-f-e-s-s-io-n-a-l--o-rg-a-n-i-z4a- Thompson (checked "more")
No, 16.
If favorable, in which of th!'lse tions, F.T.A., area meetings, etc. "It is possible that with more
areas do you think opportunity to do these things _________4 students enrolled in the general
should be offered? college more students might be in-
Doubt that Eastern can do fluenced to enter teacher educa-
1. Home Economics tion . . . " Vernon Heath (check~
a. Food preparation ---- 27 much ------·---------~--3 "more'')
b. Food retailing ------ 25
c. Clothing construction _ 26 8. In what fields might Eastern "With the demand for teachers
d. Clothing retailing ___ 22 curtail its services without loss to increasing and with only a few of
the geographic area it serves? approximately 200 gradua_tes en·
2. Industrial Arts tering the teaching field, it seems
Left blank _______________35 to me that the purpose for which
a. Drafting ----------- 31 "None" _________________ l 8 the school was founded should be
b. Woodwork _____·___ 32 "Don't know" _____________s met prior to any expansion into an·

c. Metal work -------- 33 "No suggestion" _________:__2 other field, as suggested by 04
d. Printing ----------- 29
e. Electricity and elec- "Please list the services" ---- 1 Guinagh." Jack Austin (checkel
"The use of 'training schools' "fewer")
tronics ------------ 34 on campus. Use the great lab-
oratories already operating- "The important thing is gettin{il
3. Business Education them there! Opportunity for ex-
the public schools" --------- 1 ploration is also important.'' G. G.
a. Secretarial --------- 35 "Less emphasis on geography Ganes ("more")
b. Accounting -------- 34
c. Retail business ------ 30 and social studies." --------- 1 "Probably at the present time
6. Do you favor expansion of "Reduce the number of exten- students are not sure enough that
Eastern's field services such as sup- sion classes and let teachers
ervision of recent graduates teach- go to the college for their they want teacher education and
ing in the public schools of the with guidance make the changt
state? Yes, 58; No, 6. work." -------------------1
9. -Do you feel any builcJing This should no be so." Lucy A. Ofl
needs are urgent at Eastern? Yes,
49; No, 0. linger (checked "more")

Question 4 asked respondents to "If teaching were made sufficl
explain their answer. Here are ently attractive, I think some of the
some illustrative replies: mc;re intelligent students in the

"The question (do you think general college could be converted
Eastern would prepare more or to a teaching career." Helen Stapp
fewer teachers if the General Col- (checked "more'')
lege were added?) should not be

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Buzzard Advocates more prises. We have found that many piles up annually in the area. Be-
students enter the two-year general tween l 0,000 and 12,000 high
Ceneral, Vocational Work college and transfer into teacher- school graduates are turned out
training because of the profession- each year in the area tributary to
(Continued from page 2) al attitude toward teaching display- Eastern. Such a small fraction of
ed on campus. Only 35 of the these enter Eastern each year that
bthers who did not graduate went l, 129 who have enrolled in the only once has the freshman class
jnto other fields. general or pre-professional curri- exceeded 500 in number. We feel
cula took the diploma at the end of therefore that it is of great conse-
Beginning in 1944, Eastern two years; While a large number quence to the future welfare of
llecognized the fact that it serves transferred to other schools to com- the State of Illinois that some
as an area college and began to plete their professional prepartion, means be provided by which Jow-
leorganize the curriculum to per- a large percentage found their way cost college education becomes
form its dual role more efficiently. into teacher education curricula. At available _to more and more bright
the same time, many persons not young people who finish high
!two-year general and a two-year qualified for teaching by ability school in this area. A general col-
re-professional curricula were an- and personality have been guided lege at Eastern would help to meet
ounced. Since that time l,129 into other lines of endeavor. this need and would be particularly
freshmen have enrolled in these effective if a two-year vocational
lurricula. There is a piece of folk wisdom curriculum could be developed.
which says that you can't make rab-
In 1947 Eastern's name was bit stew without rabbits. Eastern The three buildings most needed
lhanged to Eastern Illinois State will not prepcire adequate numbers on the ca.[llpus are a laboratory
of good teachers for the schools training; school building, a voca-
t llege. Thus the third stage of of its area if it has few good stu- tional eaucation building, and a
velopment was formally recog- dents to work with. music building. Each of these is
nized. needed so badly that it is difficult
The director of admissions visit- to establish a priority, but the
Eastern Illinois State College is ed 129 high schools in the area dur- Teachers College Board feels that
the only institution of higher edu- ing 1952 and discussed (1) teach- the training school building is most
cation in the southeast qu.arter of ing as a profession, (2) the dire urgent.
the State of Illinois. It is this fact need for elementary teachers, and
that places upon the Charleston (3) opportunities for teacher-educa- (Continued from page 3)
~chool a significant responsibility tion offered at Eastern. We believe
in the future of state-supported this program of information has The Alumni Association Execu-
~ucation, not only teacher-educa- proven of service both to the peo- tive Council is made up of Associa-
tion but general education. ple involved and to the state as a tion officers Orval Funkhouser,
whole. It is one activity that not president; Mrs. Lloyd Thudium,
Educators may ask why, in a only should be continued but vice-president; Miss Leafy De-
~eriod of acute teacher shortages, should be markedly increased. maree, secretary-treasurer; and the
~astern is developing its other area following members: Mrs. Ronald
kervices. The reason is simple. We A study of the number of high King, Frank Chamberlin, Harold
are not only convinced that the school graduates in each of the Marker, Ogden Brainard, Mrs. Fred
state has a responsibility to provide counties sending students to East- Frommel, and Harrison Read, Jr.
these services; we also feel sure ern indicates a tremendous reser-
that both the quality and number voir of high school graduates which
of teachers prepared would be in-
creased should two-year vocational
and four-year general education be
~ndertaken as subsidiary enter-

Joint Alumrii Council of Teachers College Meets

Eastern members on the JAC are Stanley Elam, president (left, head of table); Pres. R. G. Buzzard, Orval
Fundhouser, Ferd Homann, and Frank Chamberlin (seated together at right).

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BIG AND LITTLE Zeigel Placement Head

Campus News Notes In a shift of administrative func·
tions approved by the Teachert
232 Grads, 2 Ceremonies News Still on Top College Board, Dr. William H. Zei·
gel began new duties as director
Some 232 seniors expect to be The Eastern State News won its of teacher placement at Eastern on
graduated this year at Eastern, but seventeenth straight Medalist rat- March 16. Dr. Harry L. Metter, who
for the first time in the history of ing at the Columbia Scholastic has been director of both teacher
the institution undergraduates will Press Association contest this teacher training and placemertl
be divided between two com- spring, competing with college
since 1938, when Dr. Walter Vi
mencement ceremonies. Those at- newspapers throughout the nation.
tending summer school to com- Only five other publications were Cook resigned to join the Univer·
plete requirements will graduate awarded Medalist in the college sity of Minnesota faculty, will now
in the evening of August 6. Regu- division. be able to concentrate on the grow·

lar spring commencement date is Papers judged date from Febru- ing task of teacher training. DJ
Sunday afternoon, June 5. ary of 1952 to February of 1952.
Jack Rardin of Charleston served Zeigel, who joined the educat~
One hundred fifty-eight seniors, as News editor for the first half department staff in 1937, will also
including 88 men and 70 women, of this period and Bill Danley of be acting director of admissions, a
expect to finish in June. The Au- New Holland for the last half. position he has occupied since
gust commencement, which in- 1946.
cludes some 20 fifth-year students, Four representatives from East-
will be held for 33 men and 41 ern made the trip to New York for Dr. Zeigel has been visiting 04
women. The total of 232 graduates the annual CSPA convention, which
this year attracted 4,000 delegates, 100 high schools. of the Easte•
is 23 higher than last year. service area each year in connectioct
with guidance and admissiont
Dance Recital April 23 including two from the Philippine duties. It was felt that his contacts
Islands. The News representatives with school men in the field would
be of value in the work of teacher
The modern dance recital, which were Virginia Carwell, business placement.
has become one of the best enter- manager; Bill Danley, editor; Bob
tainments of the spring season at Bain, assistant editor; and Dr. Alumni Artists Exhibit
Eastern, will be presented by 46 Francis Palmer, adviser.
Alumni artists exhibited in the
students, including five men, on Enrollment Goes Up Sargent Gallery in February of this
April 23. year. According to Dr. Mildred
Whiting, gallery director, the pro-
Dr. Juana deLaban, who joined . Eastern's enrollment appears to ject was so successful that it will
the faculty last fall, promises to be on the way upward after a low probably become an annual event.
make the recital a genuinely ex- Among alumni exhibiting were
citing event. Trained in both point in 1951. Spring registration Jack W. Burgner, '48, who is teach·
Europe and America, she is the stands at 1054 students, including ing art at Iowa State Teachers Col-
daughter · of the famed Rudolph 595 men arid 459 women. Last lege, Cedar Falls; Mildred Fulton
deLaban of England, originator of spring's enrollment was 960. Last Henderson, '42, who has workecl
a system of dance notation which fall the enrollment was l, 154, in various potteries while living in
has replaced the obsolete Feuillet slightly above the pre-war high of Laguna Beach, Calif.; Thelma Ston-
system originated in 1800. The 1941. er Phipps, '43, now of Charlestortl
Neva Sloan, '25, '27, who has stutl
deLaban system was displayed in An increasing number of Korean ied painting under private instruct1
ors in Washington, D. C., now a
the Festival of Contemporary Arts veterans are enrolling. The tqtal teacher of art in the junior and sen·
ior high schools of Charleston; and
at the University of Illinois this number of veterans now on cam- Wilma Rosebraugh, '52, now a
teacher at Minier, Ill., High School.
spring. pus is 111.
Community Effort
Most of the dances to be pre- It is of great financial advantage
sented are original creations of to the veteran to attend one of the Charleston householders are get·
members of the college Modern state schools under the new GI ting a chance to voice their views
Dance Club. The Eastern Illinois on Charleston retail business firm~t
Symphony Orchestra under the di- Bill. He may apply for an Illinois and both groups can profit, accoreff
rection of Dr. Robert Warner will Military Scholarship, which pays ing to Dr. C. L. Fagan of the East·
play. Dr. George Westcott will di- all fees at state-supported colleges. ern business education staff.
rect a jazz band and Miss Catherine Thus his cash payments from the
Smith will play the piano. federal government are entirely A retailing class. as Eastern is
available for living expenses. cooperating with the local Chamber
of Commerce in surveying consum·

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er attitudes and habits. The stu- Over 100 Graduates Return
tients pick and interview house-
iolders at' random until a scientific For Eastern's Fifth Year Work
lample has been obtained. Dr.
fagan teaches retailing as part of Most of the many students en- Roy Melvon Luthe, '51; Gail Lavern
the business curriculum. rol led for fifth year work at Eastern Lathrop, '50;
are alumni. The following list in-
The results of the survey should cludes graduates who· have taken Harold Windell Matheney, '50;
serve as a guide for improving re- fifth year courses. Most, but not Gail ·Ellsworth Menk, '52; Lydia
.iling facilities here. all, of these people hope to con- Estaline Miller, '50; Twilla Darlene
tinue until they have taken the Mills, '50; Robert E. Mitchell, '51;
Albert Frommel is in charge of M. S. in Ed. in some particular Glenn Vernor Mobley, Jr., '51;
a committee of local merchants to field. The list includes 111 alumni. Derrill Clifford McMorris, '48; Jack
l>utline the content and scope of Eugene Miller, '49; Charles Em-
the new study. Gretchen Patchell Adams, '52; mett Mo6re, '48;
John Sidney Adams, '51; Mrs. Mar-
Teacher, Students Meet ion James Akers, '52; John Austin Jeanette Elizabeth Kuhn Nor-
Alexander, '49; Eugenia Marie Al- man, '42; Gerald Graydon Pierson,
Dr. Garland T. Reigel of the East- lison, '42; '49; Fred Albert Pilger, Jr., '49;
ern zoology department reported Wayne Edward Rand, '51; Harrison
seeing three Eastern graduates at Leo Clark Baker, '44; Jerry D. Read, Jr., '50; Rachael Grace Rich-
the North Central States meeting of Bell, '50; Marvin Wayne Bennett, ardson, '50; Dale E. Robinson, '50;
the Entomological Society of Am- '52; Harrison Wesley Brown, '50;
trica, held in St. Louis this month. Sara Lucille Baker Buchanan, '49; Glenn Maurice Schauberger,
rhey were Lyle Goleman and Harry Thomas Leroy Buchanan, '48; Jane '51; Alvin Louis Spries, '51; Max
Zimmack of Iowa State College and Louise Baker, '51; Kathryne Eloise R. Stark, '36; Henry Stepping, '51;
Justin lsert of Ohio State Univer- Rhodes Barger, '41; Paul Raymond John Norman Survance, '52; Wil-
&ity. Mr. Zimmack, who is in his Beauchamp, '50; James Elliott liam Howard Swearingen, '50; Nel-
•econd year of graduate study at Bradley, '50; George S. Briggs, '44; lie Emiline Simmons, '51; Robert
Iowa, presented a paper on a pro- Anna Leoti Butler Brown, '50; Jen- Wayne Sterling, '51; Louis Stivers,
lozoa n parasite of the European nie Fern Brown, '50; Elmo LeRoy Jr., '49; Joseph Douglas Stringfel-
corn borer. Bruce, '50; Lester B. Burrus, '49; low, '50;
Paul Ray Byers, '50;
Dr. Riegel delivered a paper on William Harlow Tate, '49; Myron
Insect phylogeny at the meeting. Robert Dean Climer, '52; Mary Ray Tedrick, '37; Thomas Albert
Louise Cook, '51; Miles Orlin Cul- Thode, '52; Alice Elizabeth Kelly
Cavins Takes Charge ver, '47; Elmer David Dalton, '51; Tolle, '28; Arthur E. Vallicelli, '47;
Donald Walter Davisson, '48; Ber- Glenn Frankin Van Blaricum, '52;
Dr. Harold M. Cavins, head of nadine Marie Day, '48; Altys May-
the health education department at nard Daniels, '49; Robert Marvin Carl James Welton, '50; Ruth
lastern, will preside over the Thir- Decker, 48; Linthicum Werner, '49; Coralie Eve-
teenth Annual Conference of the lyn Wetherell, '50; Billy Del Wil-
1400-member Illinois Public Health George Albert Eacott, '46; Stella liams, '52; Herbert Wills, '52; Rob-
~socration April 9 and l 0 at the Ruth Shrader Foreman, '36; Benja- ert Glenn Winkleblack, '50; Jeane
min Harold.. Franklin, '50; Mary T. Winkler, '51; Wilma E. Winters,
t ngress Hotel in Chicago. Dr. Beth Cobble Gard, '52; Bennie Lee '48; Ray Edward Wright, '50;
vins is the first college professor Gaston, '52; James David Gire,
to head the organization, of which '52; Ruth I. Good, '48; Peter Fran- William Edward Wyatt, '49; Earl
he has been a member and officer ces Genta, '51; Ruth Lacey Gilbert, William Waldrip, '40; Lena Ida
for several years. Most of the mem- '49; Raymond Griffin, '50; Weaver, '46; Joseph C. Whitacre,
bers are doctors and public health '47; Perry Edward Whitson, Jr.,
tfficials. As president, Dr. Cavins Helen Clara Harshbarger, '49; '49; Rexford Whitson, '49; Lois
will introduce Dr. Herman N. Bun- Fred Tillman Hash, '52; Olive Hols- Jean Williams, '45; Mary E. Wool-
lesen, president of the Chicago .apple, '35; Eva Homann Hood, '45; ford, '48; Robert Gene Wrenn, '49.
Board of Health, Dr. Roland R. Mabel Grisamore Hyland, '51; Rob-
l:ross, director of the Illinois De- ert Donald Hall, '49; Glenn Elmer Attend Business Confo
~artment of Public Health, and sev- Hittmeier, '49; Winfred Gillum
eral other well known figures in Holaday, '36; Estel A. Hopper, '41; Seven Eastern graduates in busi-
~ublic health work. Ollie Estel Howerton, '49; ness attended an Area Business
Education conference held Jan. 29
Copies of Mr. Lord Jean Farris Ikemire, '52; William at ·Ramsey High School under the
Marvin Isom, '52; Avanella Carmen supervision of Gertrude Leigh, '47,
Orders for copies of Miss Isabel Shew Jeffers, '49; Merton Lane of Ramsey and John Coil, '49, of
lkKinney's book entitled Mr. Lord Johnson, '51; Martha Tym Johnson, Vandalia. Other alumni were Park
may be sent to Ruby Harris or Ruth '47; Helen Pauline Keller, '51; Wil- Fellers, '40, and Hicks Cornett, '49,
Earman, in care of the college. liam James Krizmis, '50; Stephen of Hillsboro; Brad Arney, '49, and
lhey can be obtained, postpaid, for L. Ketchie, '49; Loren Eugene Klaus, Steve Morgan, '50, Effingham; and
13.25. '51; Mary Evadene Lowry, '48; Helen Barr, '37, Vandalia.

PAGE SEVEN

Training School Children .t.Girl~ Toil•i. 80,r•' T•ol~t
Move Into New Quarters

In early March. the elementary • n i
laboratory school children on East- ,c~.::.:
Looking For Travel, ern's campus moved into a new [ ~~ f ~~
home. The first six grades now oc- ;i I -t
Credit? Join Prairie cupy the old temporary library :i::
building, a one-story structure just 0
State Field Studies south of the power plant. Grades q\
seven and eight have the north ,,:;:i;: ~
Looking for a bit of travel, com- wing of the frame annex building
panionship, and adventure-with next door. ¥1~ 0,>.,.,
some college credit thrown in? The
Prairie State Field Studies program The move was enforced by the i". J
at Eastern offers a three-weeks tour complete re-building of the inter- ~
of the Great Lakes and Canada in ior of the old training school build-
August following the summer ses- ing this spring. State inspectors I,....
sion, from August 6 to 23. found that the wiring of the build-
ing was unsafe, that floors had set- ~
A special feature this year is the tled and pulled away from the
opportunity of auditing either the walls, and that there had been Xv>.
geography or history course on a serious termite damage to the all- -1
non-credit basis. This makes it pos- wood structure. ..,...,,
sible for some teachers with no ~
need for academic credit to fulfill In spite of the fact that the new X>
certain requirements of local quarters have been made from a >
boards of education. war surplus structure never intend- -i
ed for permanent use, the arrange- :I: D,.,.,
Total charge for the trip, which ment is surprisingly modern and
will be made in comfortable buses, efficient. In many ways the interior <:<'
is $182.50. This includes lodging of the one-floor school resembles ::>::>
in first class hotels, transportation, the public school architecture now
insurance, and admission fees. going up all over the state of Illi- ,>0,,
Students buy their own meals. nois. According to Dr. A. U. Ed-
wards, principal, every effort wa:; million dollars in the next few
Among highlights of the trip as made to make it fire-proof, livable,
identified by Dr. Byron K. Barton, and adaptable for purposes of in- years. The possibility of handlint
tour director, are: The Wisconsin struction.
Dells, the Glacial Lake Agassiz (Red all senior high school students at
River Valley), Iron Mines of Minne- No decision has yet been made
sota, Soo Canal area, the boom concerning the use of the training the area in this building has arisen,
town country of the radio-active school building when it is again
ore mining region in Canada, home ready for occupancy next fall or
of the Dionne quintuplets at Cal- winter. Until the Illinois Budgetary
lander, the Thousand Islands of the Commission turned down the pro-
St; Lawrence, Toronto, Niagara posed expendi!ure of $1,300,000
Falls, and the Pittsburgh industrial for a new laboratory school at
area. Eastern, during the next biennium
it was expected that the high school
Dr. Barton will teach the geog- might use it, along with fifth year
raphy course and Dr. William Min- program classes. Undoubtedly ef-
er the history course. Each carries forts wil I be renewed in 1955 to
four hours of graduate or under- secure the new training school
graduate credit. building for Eastern.

Mrs. Cress Puts What She Joint committees are now study-
ing the relationship of Eastern's
Preached into Practice training schools and the public
schools system of Charleston in the
Clara Atteberry, now Mrs. Hu- hope that an ideal practice-teaching
bert Cress, who taught home ec- program can be worked out. Unit
onomics at Eastern from 1934 to District No. l of Charleston is erect-
1938, writes that she is still ac- ing a new high school building at
tively engaged . in homemaking the junction of Lincoln Street and
practice on the Cress Hill Dairy Route 130 at a cost of more than a
Farm near Hillsboro, Ill.

PAGE EIGHT

Summers Named ,. America's No. 1 .Band
To Eastern's Board

In January of this year Alex· Ray Anthony and his band thrilled college students with a concert
ander Summers, '36, was named sponsored by the newly formed Student Association on March 25.
by Governor Stratton to the Teach-
ers College Board as the resident Is Alumnus What You Want?
lnember for Eastern. He succeeds
Jack Austin, '36. Board Of Fifteen To Answer

Six of the nine members of the Fifteen persons, most of them and Warbler, and high school pub-
board are now Stratton appointees.
Other new members are Carl Dun- alumni with editorial experience, lications adviser now teaching for
bar, Macomb; Walter Fredenhagen,
filaperville; Morton H. Hollings- have. consented to constitute an the Air Force in Amarillo, Tex.;
Jiorth, Springfield (ex officio mem-
ber as director, Department of Fi- editorial board for The Eastern Francis Palmer, adviser to the News
•ance); Clarence Ropp, Norma!;
and Chauncey B. Watson, Sr., De- Alumnus. This group will advise since 1945; Eugene Price, '48,
Kalb.
the editors as to general policy but former Alumnus editor, an M. A.
Summers lives at 505 Wabash
'-ve., Mattoon, Ill. He operates. an are expected to be particularly graduate of Iowa State University

Eequipment supply business in critical of the content of the maga- in creative writing, and author of
rtnership with J. B. Schooley of
attoon and is an executive with zine and offer suggestions to in- short stories in magazines of na-
the Progress Manufacturing Co. of
crease readership. tional circulati9n, now of Holly-
~rthur.
The board will consist of the fol- wood, Calif.; Jim Roberts, '46,
While at Eastern, Summers edit- lowing persons: Libby Cochran, '51, editor of the News for three years,
ed the Eastern State News for two
t'ears. It was under his editorship former Warbler editor, now a mem- former editor of the prize-winning
that the paper won its first Medal- ber of the editorial staff of the Aledo Times Record, now editor
ist rating from the Columbia Scho- Cereal Institute, Inc., of Chicago; . of the American Shetland Pony
lastic Press Association, a top posi- Hal Hubbard, '49, former Alumnus Journal; Mrs. Russell Shriver, '09,
tion it has held ever since. Sum-
mers took the master's degree at editor and author of "Antidote," a zealous Alumnus correspondent
Iowa State University and worked for early Eastern classes for several
l>riefly as a newspaper reporter be- one of the most erudite of News years; Elsie Sloan, '24, first woman
fore becoming associated witl, columns, now a Charleston busi-
nessman; Hal Middlesworth, 'j l, to edit the News, now dean of
Progress. girls at Edwardsville High School
Summers has been active in civic first News editor under the An- and active civic leader; Helen
drews regime, now a nationally
!affairs of Mattoon, particularly in ~nown sportswriter currently lo- Stapp, '23, author of high school
•onnection with the schools. He English textbooks and teacher of
has served as a member of the cated in Detroit; Elenore Moberley, English at Decatur High School;
board of education for several '49, former News editor now teach- Alex Summer, '36, former News
iyears and was board president for ing at Windsor; Louise McNutt, '35, editor, now a Mattoon Business-
some time. He has also served as an honor student in English who man, recently named to the Teach-

~esident of the Mattoon Historical is now a textbook editor for Scott ers College Board; Dr. E. H. Tay-
ciety, the Mattoon Country Club, Foresman in Chicago; Jack Muthers- lor, former head of the mathemat-
d the Mattoon Library Board. bough, '48, a former Alumnus
Summers' interest in the college
was demonstrated by his active editor, sports editor of the News (Continued on next page)

lart in organizing the Eastern Area
dvisory Council while serving as
Jresident of the Alumni Associa-
tion three years ago. This group has
assisted the administration and
board in matters of policy affecting
the institution's future. An . article
Jimmarizing a survey of the mem-
l>ership appears elsewhere in this
issue of the Alumnus.

Mrs. Summers is the former
Evalyn Schooley, '36. A daughter,
luzanne, is 13 years old.

PAGE NINE

Alumni Pion for 'Old Fashioned' Chapel

Higher Salaries History Museum Gets Class Reunions Also Feat·

Noted for Early Items From Alumni ure Celebration Set for Next

1953 Placements Two items of historical interest October 17.
have recently been given to Eastern
The college placement bureau, by alumni. The first is a rare Harold Marker, chairman of the
now directed by Dr. William H. photograph of Old Main under alumni committee planning for the
Zeigel, has released a list of 15 construction (see cut). It was taken "Old-Fashioned Chapel" at Home-
placements already reported to the in the fall of 1896, three years be- coming ()n October 17, 1953, will
bureau for the 1953 season. If the fore the school opened. The picture welcome any assistance Alumnus
salary level of the early appoint- was presented to Dr. C. H. Cole- readers may care to offer in secur-
ments is maintained, the average man, history head, by Mrs. R. W. ing a good attendance at the class
salary in new positions this year Charlesworth of 1546 Thirst St., reunions which will feature the oc-
will be considerably higher than Charleston, a member of the Class casion. He is now at work choos·
last year. The average for the 15 of 1930. It has been placed in the ing secretaries for the classes of
appointments is $3, 171, with a historical museum on the second 1903, 1908, 1913, 1918, 192t
range from $2,700 to $4,000. floor of Old Main. 1928, 1933, 1938, 1943, 1948,
and 1953. Each of these groups
Placements are: Marilyn Heth, The second item is a "pro- will plan a get-together of its own.
'53, homemaking, Morris, Ill.; C. gramme" for the "Fifth Annual In-
Don Betebenner, '32, social studies, vitation-Interscholastic Athletic and Dr. Edson H. Taylor of Charle51'
Morris, _Ill.; Rosemary Douthit, non- Oratorical Meet Given by the Ath- ton has consented to take charg&
grad, first grade, Fairchi Id School, letic Association of the Eastern Illi- of the chapel ceremony, in which
Danvi lie, Ill.; Louise Biedenbach, nois State Normal School" on May many former staff members under
'51, English, Mt. Morris, Ill.; Janet 10, 1913, just 40 years ago. Mr. Lord are being asked to take
R. Venatta, '53, second and third part. Dr. Taylor was a member of
grades, Danville, Ill.; John Sech- This program was donated for the original staff of 1899. He is
rest, '50, social studies and lang- deposit in the Booth Library now retired.
uage arts, Junior High, Decatur, archives by Alexander Summers,
Ill.; Vera Prather, '53, home ec- '36, resident Teachers College Dr. Charles P. Lantz and Miss
onomics and general science, Her- Board member. It was among the Annie Weller, both now retired,
rick, Ill.; Harold Hankins, '51, coach papers of the late C. B. Summers, have been· asked to contact the 100
and history, Kincaid, Ill.; Mary Mr. Summers' father. or m~re former Lord faculty mem-
Frankin, '53, speech correction, bers who may wish to attend.
Taylorville, Ill.; Margaret Wood, The program features pictures of
'53, fifth grade, Taylorville, Ill.; the 1912 football team at Eastern "Although the empty chairs are
Lou Ann Johnson, '53, second and of the main building. The 1912 going to give some of us an un-
grade, Taylorville, Ill.; Gloria Mays, team, one of the first coached by happy twinge, it will be very grat·
'53, second grade, Modesto, Calif.; Dr. C. P. Lantz, won six games and ifying to re-enact one of those
Elaine Scanlan, '53, girls' physical lost one, although the squad num- scenes in the Old Aud which left
education, Newton, Ill.; Robert E. bered only 16 men. such an indelible imp~ession on so
Adams, '53, industrial arts, Frank- many of us," ·says Marker. He is
lin, Ill.; Gerald L. Cavanaugh, '53, The annual meet, feature of the having the old class flags brough~
eighth grade and coach, Farmer early days at El, included teams out of storage to be draped around
City, Ill. from Altamont, Arcola, Atwood, the auditorium, and in other re-
Bement, Champaign, Charleston, spects will try to make the cere-
(Continued from preceding page) mony authentic.
Chrisman, Clinton, D .a n vii I e.
ics department at Eastern and The occasion will also honor Dr.
member of the original staff as- Georgetown, Greenup, Hillsboro, R. G. Buzzard, who will have com-
sembled by Mr. Lord in 1899; and Kansas, Mattoon, Neoga, Newman, pleted 20 years of service at East-
Roy K. Wilson, '36, former News Oakland, Pana, Paris, Raymond, ern on October 1. He has announc-
editor now assistant director of Ridge Farm, Rossville, Shelbyville, ed his intention of retiring in t i
press and radio relations for the Sullivan, Toledo, Tuscola, Urbana, year of his sixth-fifth birthda
National Education Association and and Westville. which comes on December 1
head of the newly organized Na- 1955.
tional · School Public Relations As- Names that alumni will recog-
sociation of the NEA. nize among meet officials are Lantz, Former Teacher of Chicago
A. B. Crowe, Bill Schernekau, E. N.
PAGE TEN Transeau, Dr. Frank Henderson, H. Ray Ankenbrand, now Mrs. Wil-
Def. Widger, Walter Nehrling, R. liam Crocker, who taught English
L. Modisett, Edward Hill, A. Frazier, at Eastern in 1925-26, is teach-
Bruce Corzine, Robert Root , ing in the Ehglish department of
Maurice Hampton, John Hawkins, Wright Junior College, Chicago.
Stanley Crowe, and Earnest Bails.

Miss Weller Writes AAUW Membership Now

lnpressions of China, Possible for El Grads

fhilippine Islands Eastern has been approved by of AAUW has asked the Alumnus
to announce that eligible alumnae
Miss Annie Weller, former head the Board of Directors of the Am-
of the geography department at are welcome to membership in
lastern, is now in the Philippines, erican Association of University this organization. The dues of the
lvhere she may be addressed in Charleston-Mattoon C h a p t e r are
care of her nephew, J. Marvin Wel- Women, qualifying certain four $5.50, payable for the year in ad-
ler, U. S. Geological Surevy, c/o vance in April.
lmerican Embassy, APO 928, Man- year graduates for membership in
ila, P. I., c/o Postmaster, San Fran- Like several chapters, the Char-
lisco. that organization. The action was leston-Mattoon group has an asso-
taken last December 19. ciate membership for which most
At the request of the Alumnus,
Miss Weller writes, in part, ". . . At present only graduates who alumnae who have finished two
The trip by air was so fascinating have majored in elementary edu- years of work since the year the
~hat I am changing my return trip cation, art, English, foreign lang·
ticket from steam ship to plane uages, home economics, music, and degree was first given, 1922, are
. . . This is the winter season in speech are eligible. Not yet ap- eligible.
f..\anila, but is much like summer proved are majors in mathematics,
at home. Day temperatures go up women's physical education, so- Mrs. Ernest L. Stover, 1556
to 85 to 88 degrees but at night it cial science, and all the natural sci- Fourth St., Charleston, will receive
goes down to the 60's. ences, including geography. applications for membership in the
local chapter.
"Manila was one of the worst The Charleston-Mattoon Chapter
l->ombed cities in World War II, but
what strikes me most is the amount Winnie Neely Fund Growsi
of recovery. Much building and re-
•uilding has been done and tropi- Alumni Write Glowing Tributes
cal vegetation has covered many
tuins .. . The Winnie Davis Neely Memor- hope that this memorial fund wili
ial Fund established by Sigma Tau forever perpetuate her memory
"The International Fair opened Delta to encourage creative writ- among those who were privileged
ing at Eastern now totals $324. Be- to know her."
f;sterday (Feb. 3). The U. S. build- sides gifts from faculty members
g was made in the form of the and various organizations in Char- Mrs. Wagner also pays tribute:
berty Bel I. When we came two leston, Sigma Tau Delta has re- "Miss Neely's wit, kindness, and
lnonths ago nothing had been done ceived $10 from the Alumni Asso- general good humor added to her
~bout the fair grounds. Now they ciation and gifts from two of Miss ability and skill in teaching made
have winding paved roads and Neely's former students, John her one of those unforgettable
many buildings from many coun- Sechrest, '49, and Louise Inman people I knew during my sixteen
tries. (Mrs. E. J. Wagner), '38. years, from first grade through col-
lege, at Eastern.
"~ast week we went by air to Sechrest writes: "The world has
Hong Kong on a beautiful clear day lost a great teacher and a truly Contributions to the Neely Fund
for a week's stay, but on the day wonderful personality. I sincerely may be sent to Miss Blanche
we were to come back it rained Thomas, registrar at Eastern.
and the clouds and fog were so
dense that the Manila plane with very fascinating and very tempt- teachers. One young man I have
its passengers could not land .. . ing. One has to hold on to the met was a student of Ruth Linder
We took a trip around the Ne·,v money tight or the temptation be- (our graduate). The Balch girls'
Territories (Kowloon, on the main- comes greater than one's pocket- sister Helen, who taught two sum-
land, leased by Hong Kong after book will allow. mers at E. I. is here with her hus-
the war and still controlled by the band in the same department
~ritish), where a large city has "One lives fairly cheaply in Hong (geoglogy) as my nephew."
sprung up. We saw hundreds of Kong and Kowloon but things are
beautifully kept little farms-vege- very expensive in Manila. Wilbur I. Rosenkranz, who
table and rice-the country people taught chemistry at Eastern from
and their little towns, and up "I have made many friends in 1943 to 1945, died January 25.
around beautiful roads in the Manila already and several connec- He was director of research and
mountains we got a fine view of tions with people we know in the plant control for the Drachett Co.,
the harbor and island. Twice we U. S. Helen Stapp of Decatur (one Cincinnati, 0.
were within walking distance of of our graduates) introduced me by
the barbed wire marking the Reds' letter to some of the Philippine
boundary. We also could see one
of the Reds' forts along the line ...

"The stores in the two cities are

PAGE ELEVEN

Eastern Cogers Capture·League, Stote Titles

Healey Takes Fifth Squad in 7 Years To NAIA Tourney

*** Panthers Complete Season With 16-9 Mark,
Drop Final To Hemline In 86-88 Thriller
Kansas City Capers
By Ken Hesle r, '5 1 rough road of scheduled games•
Occasionally they faltered, losing
Two more championships, two more games than any Eastern team
more trophies, and another trip in the past seven years; but their
to Kansas City. That's the story of successes were greater than those
the 1952-53 Panther cagers. But it of what many refer to as "the
was no easy road. greatest basketball team in East-
ern's history"-the team of 1951-
Missing from the 1952-53 squad 52.
were Tom Katsimpalis and Jim
Johnson. Back from the squad that Eastern opened the season byi
went undefeated during the 1951- trouncing Illinois College 86-45
52 regular season and rolled up a and then rolled easily over the two
24-2 record were three seniors-
Norman Patberg, 5'1 l "; Roger conference foes from Michigac btl
Dettra, 5'1 O"; and Bob Lee, 5'7".
fore stubbing its toe on lndiail
Up from last year's reserves was State in a rough and tumble battle
Martin Chilovich, 6'1". Dwayne at Terre Haute. But the Panther$
Roe, 6'0" senior, and Ed Taylor, recovered quickly and three nights
6'4" sophomore, would alternate later stopped the Southern Salukis
at the center position. On tap as a -rated the pre-season favorite in
forward or guard was Ken Lud- the IIAC-on their home court in
wig, 6'0" sophomore. Carbondale by a score of 71-66.

Th e Interstate lntercollegiat9 Coach Bill Healey was aiming
Athletic Conference (I IAC) gave his squad for a fifth consecutivll
every indication (and later proved llAC championship, and it was to-
it) that it would be the strongest ward this goal that the Panthers.
it had been in many years. Then worked.
the armchair experts, forgetting
the dire prophecies that had re- After the Southern game, the
turned to haunt them in 1951-52, Healeymen grabbed off a home-
again made their woeful predic- court 57-51 victory against a tall
tions. The season opened and the and deliberate Western team, but
1952-53 Panthers headed down a dropped an 84-87 thriller at Beloit
after coming back from a 13-poini
deficit in the fourth quarter. Timi

ACTION PHOTOS OF THE EASTERN-HAMLINE GAME AT KANSAS
CITY-Top: Eastern's Bob Lee (3), Norm Patberg (12) and Ed Taylor (14)

stand open-mouthed along with two Hamline players in preparation for
rebounding shot just made by Martin Chilovich (7) who is partially
visible behind Taylor. Hamline player in foreground is D. Donlin, 6'5"
center. Note height of Piper at right. Second Photo: Roger Dettra (8)
does ballet step to take ball under Eastern basket. No. 10 is Lloyd Thor-
gaard who stole ball and went all the way to give Hamline a victory in

the waning seconds of the game. No. 3 is Dayle Rasmussen, one of
twins playing for Hamline. Third photo: Hamline's Donlin gives Ed Tay-
lor a rough time as the Eastern center attempts to clear rebound to Pat-
berg. At left is Martin Chilovich (7). Bottom: Dettra and Patberg close
in on Don Rasmussen, twin of No. 3 in second photo. Hamline used the
5'7" twins to keep Panthers from stealing ball from taller players-i
a lesson Hamline learned from the 1951 invitational tournament when

Eastern ran the towering squad from St. Paul, Minn., ragged and de-
featured the towering Pipers in the championship game.

PAGE TWELVE

ran out with Eastern one tally be- Familiar Pose

hind.
Returning home, the squad made

it five straight league victories by
llowning Northern 82-69 before
k>pening a five-game series against
hon-conference schools.

Hampered by a small court,

The accompanying resume of the Happy after defeating Illinois Wesleyan 90-69 in the championship
1952-53 basketball season is most- game of the NAIA District" No. 20 playoffs at Champaign, Coach Healey
ly concerned with the team as a and Panthers display their fourth state championship trophy. Left to right,
unit. Little is said of individual Martin Chilovich, Ed Taylor, Dwayne Roe, Coach Healey, Bob Lee, As-
players. And so it should be with sistant Coach Rex Darling, Roger Dettro, and Norm Patberg. Of the play-
~n Eastern squad. Roger Dettro, ers shown above, only Martin Chilovich will return next season. Patberg,
Norman Patberg, and Bob Lee play- Lee, Dettro and Roe are seniors. Taylor will transfer to an engineering
ed such well-balanced ball that the school.
number of field goals made by
each during their varsity days at and ten points for the remainder gun sounded, Eastern was on the
Eastern did not differ more than long end of a· 77-65 score.
five, their field goal percentage of the contest and the final score
varied by only three per cent, and Leading the conference with a
all three hit their free throws more f av o red Millikin 99-92. Kowa 5-0 record, Eastern left on a long
than 70 per cent of the time. road trip for games with Central
sparked the victory for Millikin, Michigan and Michigan Normal.
Martin_ Chilovich, a junior, was The Panthers owned a comfortable
the team's top rebounder and rank- scoring 40 points from the · pivot two-game margin over Southern,
ed right along with the others in the second-place quint. Eastern and
scoring. Each of the four was high- position. ; Southern were scheduled to play
point man in more than one game the Michigan schools on alternate
during the season. Ed Taylor, With the return game at Char- evenings.
Dwayne Roe and Jack Kenny shar-
ed the center berth and so were leston only one week away, Coach Worst Defeat
unable to attain any high scoring
honors; but each proved his mettle Healey began to work his squad The Panthers downed Central
in contest with taller and more ex- 73-59, pulling away after three
perienced pivot men. on a defense built around the nip-and-tuck - quarters, and Michi·
gan Normal moved into a second-
The sportswriters of Kansas City theory that "As Kowa goes, so goes place tie with Southern by defeat-
paid ample tribute to Coach Bill ing the Carbondale .squad. But the
Healey and his squad. Of a tourna- Millikin." The result seemed to next evening, an inspired Michigan
ment consisting of the 32 top small Normal quint was sizzling the nets
college basketball teams in the na- prove the theory. and beating the Panthers on the
tion and of Eastern, a team that boards. Eastern dropped its first
lost out in the second round of When the Big Blue came to the llAC game in 19 starts and suffered
play, the sportswriters called East- its worst defeat in either league
ern's victory over Morris Harvey Panther's home court, Bob Kowa or non-league play in five years as
"the most impressive performance the Hurons of Ypsilanti pulled' a
of the first round of play." Of the undoubtedly thought Martin Chilo- 95-76 upset.
Eastern-Hamline game, they said,
"The Eastern-Hamline game was vich and Norman Patberg were (Continued on next page)
the best played contest of the tour-
nament." Need more be said? reading his mind. Kowa would take

Eastern lost 68-77 to a tall Illinois the ball at his favorite position-in
Wesleyan team at Bloomington,
but McKendree and Franklin fell front of the basket-and pivot; but
victims to the Panther's home-court
attack as Coach Healey prepared time after time the Panthers were
his squad for two consecutive
games with arch-rival Millikin. ready for him. If he went to the

Bob Kowa and company got the left, Patberg tied him up; if he
Big Blue off to a seven-point first
quarter lead at Decatur and Eastern went to the right, Chilovich got
could never quite catch up. Milli-
kin's lead wavered between six him. Ed Taylor and Dwayne Roe,

alternating at the center spot for

Eastern, were doing an able job

of preventing Kowa from even

getting in position to work his

deadly pivot shot. When the final

PAGE THIRTEEN

The Champs

Another successful season completed, the Eastern cagers pose for their final group photo. First row, left
to right, Pete Krainock, Martin Chilovich, Norm Patberg, Bob Lee, Roger Dettro, Dick McDonald, Dwayne Roe
and assistant manager, Jim Hayes.

Standing, left to right, Coach Bill Healey, Assistant Coach Rex V. Dailing, Ken Ludwig, Dean Brauer, Bob
Gosnell, Ed Taylor, Ron Claussen, Ron Landers, Bob Thrash, Manager Paul Foreman, and Dr. Robert Roden,
college physician.

(Continued from preceding page) ed until only five seconds remain- ~an Normal, playing at Central
ed, and swished the winning bas-
Meanwhile, Southern had lost its ket as time ran out. Michigan, could have gone into
second league game in a row and
the complexion of the league race Illinois Normal advanced by de- first place-pri"'3te territory for
had radically changed. Eastern was feating Eastern and moved into
still on top with a record of 6-1; third place with a 6-4 record; Mich- Eastern the past three years-bt4
Michigan Normal was now in sec- igan Normal held on to the second
ond with a 6-3 record; and South- spot by downing Central Michigan Central pulled an upset and East-
ern had dropped to fourth place. for a 7-3 mark and Eastern topped
Down in fifth place was Illinois the league by the bare margin of ern held onto first place, having
Normal, little noticed with its four one game with seven wins and two
wins and four losses. losses. won seven and lost three. Illinois

Back in Charleston the following Sycamore Jinx Normal defeated Southern and tied
week, Eastern had little difficulty
after the first half, defeating South- On the Tuesday following the 7-4 with Michigan Normal. The
ern 73-64. At the same time, Illi- Illinois Normal loss, Indiana State
nois Normal was advancing into a came to Charleston and snapped next evening, Eastern outfought a
fourth place tie with Southern by the Panthers' consecutive home-
virtue of a win over Northern. The floc1r winning streak at 51. By coin- determined Northern quint at De-
following evening, Bill Sarver un- cidence, it was Indiana State that
corked 41 points for the Illinois last downed Eastern on the Char- Kalb and came away victorious_.
Normal Redbirds at Normal and leston court in February, 1949. This
sank Eastern 91-89 with the last time the Sycamores did the trick winning 77-72 in the last minute
two. His fielder was made from 30 71-67, going ahead on free throws
feet out with three seconds re- after Eastern had led by one ·point of the contest.
maining. In a seesaw battle, East- with only 30 seconds remaining.
ern had tied the score with some The league record n<;>w stood as
35 seconds remaining. Then Sarver Three nights later, Eastern drop-
brought the ball down court, wait- ped its third straight game, an 81- follows: Eastern, 8-3; Illinois Nor-
87 loss to Western at Macomb; but
PAGE FOURTEEN luck was with the Panthers. Michi- mal, 7-4; and Michigan Norma!..

7-4. Eastern's last league game was

a home contest with Illinois Nor-

mal. A victory by the Redbirds

would give them a first-place tie.

If. Michigan Normal could defeat

Northern the same evening, the

llAC would have a three-waY,J

championship. .

Illinois Normal came to Charles-

ton to win a ball game and a

share of the league title. At the

end of the first quarter the score

was tied 22-22, and by halftime

the Redbirds had pulled to a five- Eastern To Meet good shots. When the third period
point lead, 45-40. With three min- ended, Eastern led 72-42; and at
utes gone in the third quarter, Northeast Missouri the final gun, the score was 90-69.
Eastern had pulled to within one The Panthers had shot a phenomen-
point (50-51) of the Redbirds, but In Homecoming Tilt al 56.1 per cent, hitting 32 of 57
three more minutes saw Illinois field goal attempts.
Normal again pull ahead to a six Eastern will meet Northeast Mis-
souri of Kirksville, Mo., in the an- For the fifth time in seven years,
Fint margin, 53-59. Eastern nual Homecoming football game Eastern was going to Kansas City.
ught back, however, and made set for October 17. This time the Panthers were not
67-68 at the end of the fourth the favorites; they weren't even
Nine gridiron contests are sched- seeded, and the coaches and play-
~uarter. uled for 1953. The season will ers liked it that way. The opening
open September 26 with a home game of the tournament pitted
Norm Patberg opened the fourth game against Lincoln University. the Panthers against a strong Mor-
tiuarter with a free throw for East- Only other new opponent set for ris Harvey five.
ern and tied the score 68-68. Nine the Panthers is the Chicago Branch
minutes and 30 seconds later both of the University of Illinois. The Eastern led all the way and
~quads had reversed that score- game will be played at Chicago. earned an 84-67 victory. Two
the game was tied 86-86 as the days later, in the second round,
final gun sounded. Eastern had led Complete football schedule: Coach Healey's five was matched
by two points with one minute to September 26-Lincoln University, against a towering Hamline team.
go; but Ed Hayes sank one for But the tall Pipers didn't awe the
111inois Normal. With 30 seconds home Panthers, for Eastern had won an
lemaining, the Panthers controlled October 2-Central Michigan, invitational tournament from this
the ball for one shot, and with same Hamline squad only a little
three seconds left Dettra took 1t away more than a year before.
but missed. The game went into October 10-Michigan Normal,
an overtime. Sudden Loss
home
League Title October 17-Northeast Missouri, Harry Read, Jr., '50, sports editor
of the Charleston Daily Courier,
And Roger Dettra took over. Det- Homecoming tells the stor.y of the Hamline game:
tra had been plagued during the October 24-Chicago Branch,
season with a sprained ankle and "In just 20 bitter, heartbreaking
two bouts of influenza; but he hit University of Illinois, away seconds, Municipal Auditorium
his stride again in this last crucial October 31-Southern, away turned from a scene of triumph to
contest. In the first half of the November 7-Western, away a heartbreaking hall •for Eastern's
game, he had scored only one field November 14-lllinois Normal, gallant little Panthers as they lost
goal and three free throws. Dur- to Hamline 86-88 in the second
ing the final half he sank eight of away round of the NAIA tournament.
Eastern's 18 baskets; and in over- November 21-Northern, home
time he spearheaded the Panther "Nearly 8000 fans watched the
victory, scoring seven of Eastern's the lead seesawing back and forth. plucky Panthers come from nin'3
13 points tallied in that final five Then the Eastern whirlwind struck, points down with three minutes to
minCJtes. Six of those seven points and it was all over. All past go in the third period to tie the
he garnered in one minute and 35 defeats by Millikin had beeri gigantic Pipers 69-69 early in the
seconds. Altogether he scored 30 avenged. In the two past cham- fourth period before going on to
points, 26 of them coming after the pionship playoff games Millikin twice hold four point leads at 80-
first half. The final score was 99- had defeated Eastern by a total of 76 and 85-81.
93 in Eastern's favor; and for the four points. Eastern now took re-
fifth straight year, the champion- venge almost eight times over, "Lloyd Thorgaard, with the Pan-
ship trophy had been won by pushing the final score to 87-64 thers grimly clutching a one-point
Coach Bill Healey and his squad. and earning the right to meet Illi- lead, stole the basketball from
nois Wesleyan in the final round. Eastern's near court and drove
Eastern was selected to play in more than half the length of the
the District No. 20 NAIA playoffs Wesleyan had defeated Eastern floor for a snowbird (lay up) and
in Champaign. Millikin was to be at Bloomington earlier in the sea- an 87-86 Piper lead.
the Panther's first opponent. Two son, and its performance against
years in succession the Big Blue Wheaton in the first round of the "Eastern came down with the
had denied Eastern the state cham- tournament gave the Titans a slig~.t ball, got off a shot that missed
pionship; the Panthers were deter- edge as favorites. But Eastern had and a tie ball was called. That jump
mined it wouldn't happen this shaken off any early season dold- resulted in another a second later
time. In the opening round, Illinois rums and was coming into the and Moose Roe fouled Thorgaard.
Wesleyan ran awa'y from Wheaton, stretch pulling away. Wesleyan led Thorgaard missed his first toss,
the top seeded team, and set it- only once-on the opening basket made the second and the score was
self in the favorite's role. The East- of the game and a 0-2 score. Chilo- 88-86. Then with three seconds re-
ern-Millikin contest ran for one vich tied it 2-2 and the race was maining, Bob Lee took three drib-
quarter like any game between the on. Eastern led by seven at the end ~ling steps ovef the center line,
two clubs could be expected to go, of the first quarter (21-13) and bt fired and missed as the gun sound-
23 points at the half (46-24). The ed."
Panthers took it easy in the final
half, shooting only when they had

PAGE FIFTEEN

NCAB Statistics Rank Panthers Among Best Records Show

Eastern ranked third in the na- aging 80.8 points per game, and 'Most Valuable'
tion in free throw accuracy during twenty-first in field goal percent-
the 1952-53 season, according to ages. Three Of A Kind
final small-college team statistics
released by the National Collegiate Norman Patberg was ranked No Eastern basketball team has
Athletic Bureau. twenty-ninth among individual free ever had an aggregration of three
throw percentage leaders with teammates whose playing was so
The Panthers hit 555 of 775 free 76.6 per cent. He was closely fol- outstanding and balanced as that
throw attempts for 71.6 per cent. lowed by Roger Dettro in thirty- of seniors Norman Patberg, Bob
Only teams to top Eastern were first place with 76.2. Lee and Roger Dettro.
Upsala (N. J.) and Springfield
(Mass.). Only Panther to be rated in the Tom Katsimpalis may have been
field goal percentage department more outstanding as an individual
On a team basis Eastern was was Bob Lee. Lee shot 44.7 per cent and Don Glover and John Wilson,
eighteenth in team offense, aver- for a forty-sixth place rating. the "Paris Twins," might be the
greatest cage duet in Panther his-
Four-Time Winners tory; but the "Panther Tria"-
Patberg, Lee and Dettro-can't be
matched when it comes to balanced
team play.

1952-53 SEASON

Scoring

Patberg Games Pts. Avg.
Lee
Dettro 25 445 T7.8
25 442 16.9
25 417 16.7

Field Goal Percentage

FGA FG Pct.

Lee 418 186 44.5
39.9
Patberg 328 131 38.0

Dettra 405 154

Free Throw Percentage

FTA FT Pct.

Patberg 239 183 76.6

Dettro 143 l 09 76.2

Lee 70 50 71.4

BASKETBALL CAREER AT
EASTERN

Scoring

Games Pts. Avg.

Dettra 71 928 13. l
Patberg 86 1122 13.0
Lee 71 846 11.9

Field Goal Percentage

Patberg FGA FG Pct.
Lee
Dettra 825 362 43.8
851 364 42.7
848 359 41.5

Free Throw Percentage

Reprinted from the winter issue of The Eastern Alumnus, the above Patberg FTA FT .Pct.
photo portrays three Eastern cagers of unusual and strikingly similar per- Lee
formance records. All seniors, the three players were named as most Dettra 506 398 78.6
valuable to the team in 1952-53, the first time in Eastern's cage history 157 118 75.l
that three had been awarded that honor. All three were named to the 294 210 71.4
all"llAC basketball team.
Personal Fouls

Lee Games Fouls Disqual,
Dettra
Patberg · 71 123 2
71 158 3
86 251 18

PAGE SIXTEEN

Tenn is Schedule Baseball Season Opens April 2;

Lists 13 Matches Ten Lettermen Top Tearn Roster

Two lettermen and a freshman

will lead the Eastern tennis team The two are Glenn South, Mat- Eastern will open its 1953 base·
when it plays its first match April toon; and Bill Sharpe, Pana. ball season April 2 with a single
14 against Washington University Sharpe is in the Navy. game against Elmhurst at Charles-
ton. Elmhurst will be enroute home
at St. Louis. Eastern's tennis schedule is as from a Southern tour.
Thirteen meets are scheduled for follows:
Coach Clifton White will start
the Panther netmen. Last season, April 14-Washington University, Maurice Hemphill, 6'0" lefthander
Eastern took a surprising third in away from Dorchester, on the mound in
the Interstate Intercollegiate Ath- the opener. Hemphill, a junior, let-
letic Conference meet after winning April 17-lllinois Normal, away tered at Eastern last season.
April l 8-Millikin, home
only two of 11 scheduled meets. April 24-Greenville, away Ten lettermen are among the 25
Returning for Coach Rex V. April 28-Western, home players out for the baseball squad.
May 2-Washington Univ~rsity, Four of the letterwinners are on
Darling are Tom Schreck, Mattoon the Panther pitching staff, and four
junior; and Bob Warren, Robinson home others are probable starters for the
senior. Top freshman prospect is May 4-Greenville, home Elmhurst contest.
Dick McDonald, Mattoon, who May ?-Indiana State, away
won the Mattoon city champion-

ship last spring and went on to

the state finals. May 9-Millikin, away Probable starting nine for th'9

Coach Darling lost only one of May 12-lndiana State, home initial game includes Nelson Mc-

last season's regulars by gradua- May 12-DePauw, away Mullen, Hume sophomore and sec-

tion; but two of his top netmen in May 16-lllinois Normal, home ond team all-conference first sack-

1952 did not return last fall. May 22-23-llAC meet, DeKalb er last season, at first base; John

McDevitt, Effingham senior and

O'Brien Readies Track Squad; last year's most valuable, at sec-

ond; and Chuck Edgington, Crown
Point, Ind. junior and a letterman,

Millikin Here For April 17 Opener at third. Bill Parmentier, Gillespie
freshman, is slated to start at short-

stop.

Coach Maynard "Pat" O'Brien see varsity action early. First year In the outfield, Coach White
men in the sprints are Hank Car- will probably go with Bill Reineke,
wiH have a track squad heavily ter, Gillespie; and John O'Dell, E. senior letterman from Raymond, in
St. Louis. By event, others are: 440 left; Tom McDevitt, freshman from
loaded with freshmen when East- -Dick Burch, Danville; Gary Effingham and brother of second
Newell, Pekin; and Jon Ulz, Gilles- baseman Tom McDevitt, at center;
ern opens its season in a dual meet pie. and Robert Lee, junior letterwinner
from Edgewood, in right field.
with Millikin on April 17 at Char- M i I e - Chuck Matheny, Paris.
Two mile-Fred Gore, Danville; Don Stelzer, Mt. Carmel fresh-
leston. Jim Edmundson, Brownstown; and man, will be the starting catcher;
Jim Mitchell, Newton. High Hur- but Gene Murray, sophomore from
~ive dual meets, a state college dles-Dick Corso, Taylorville; Leo Winnebago, is likely to see plenty
Beals, Newton; Carl Brauer, Alta- of action behind the plate.
meet and the Interstate Intercolle- mont; and Bill Meyer, Danville.
Eastern will play a schedule of
giate Athletic Conference meet at Jim Griffith, Brazil, Ind., will 17 games.
team with Roe and Gail Borton,
DeKalb on May 22-23 make up the Tower Hill junior, in the shot put; April 2-Elmhurst, home
and Bruce Knicley, Willow Hill, April l 0-Western (2), away
Eastern schedule. · and J. Alvin Dougherty, Newton, April 14-Washington University,
will pole vault with Crawford.
Seven lettermen will be return- away
ing from the 1952 squad that lost Eastern's track schedule: April 18-lllinois Normal (2), away
only one of six dual meets and April 21-Millikin, home
finished fifth in the llAC. April 17-Millikin, home April 24-Michigan Normal (2),
April 25-lllinois Normal, home
Topping the returnee list are May 1-Northern, home home
three Danville seniors - Ted Ellis, May 5-Southern, away April 30-Central Michigan (2),
high jump and broad jump; Fred May 9-State college meet,
Crawford, pole vault and high away
jump; and Dwayne Roe, shot put. Normal May ?-Indiana State, away
Jack Sims, St. Elmo senior, will May 16-Western, away May 15-Southern (2), home
May 22-23-llAC meet, DeKalb May l 8-lndiana State, home
run the mile and two mile; and jun· May 22-Northern (2), home
ior Jack Farris, Marshall, will run
the 440, 880, and the mile relay.

Other lettermen are Carol Pul-
len, Arcola senior, sprints; and
John Hamilton, junior from At-
wood, discus.

Fifteen freshmen will probably

PAGE SEVENTEEN

Up And Over Washington Alumni
Honor Miss Ellington

Fred Crawford, Eastern pole vault record holder. Miss Lena Ellington, retired
member of the Eastern staff, was
Patberg, Lee, Dettra Named the guest of honor at a surpri..
To Berths On All-League Squad luncheon at the Congressionl
Hotel in Washington, D. C., last
T h r e e Eastern cagers were did not take enough charity tosses January 26. Eighteen Eastern alum-
named to the Interstate Intercolle- to qualify for conference ranking. ni and their guests assembled for
giate Athletic Conference all-lea- the occasion. Miss Ellington writes,
gue basketball team at a meeting The all-conference team is as "My supervisors (she is now doing
of IIAC sports · pubIicitors March foltows: research in the Congressional Li-
brary) asked me to lunch with
20 in Chicago. First team: Forwards-Ray Rip- them ... but when we walked into
Bob Lee, Eastern guard, was pelmeyer, Southern; and Webster the . . . Hotel, I found myself in
Kitksey, Michigan Normal. Center the midst of a roomful of former
named to the first five of the all- - Chuck Schramm, N o rt h e r n. students-the Roy Wilsons, Glenn ·
conference squad, and Norman Guards: Bob Lee, Eastern; and Bill Bennett, who had come down from
Patberg, forward, and Roger Det- Sarver, Illinois Normal. New York for the luncheon, Stanley
tra, guard, were chosen for the Mcintosh, Charles and Henry Buz1
second quintet. Second team: Forwards-Norman zard, Henry Kinsel, Jack McClel~
Patberg, Eastern; and Marshall land, Dow Smith, the Dean Flings,
It was the second time in two Stoner, Western. Center - Owen Tilford Dudley, and a number· of
years that the three players had Sudman, Michigan N or m a I. others."
been named among the top ten Guards-Roger Dettra, Eastern; and
cage performers in the league. Cleon Gilliam, Michigan Normal. The group presented Miss Ell-
ington with a two volume biogra-
Lee, Patberg and Dettra ranked Charles Clark, '50, To phy of Charles Evans Hughes by
fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, Merlo Pusey.
in league scoring; Lee was second Enter TB Sanitorium
in conference field goal percent- Miss Ellington's current research
Charles Clark, '50, will enter the is for a biography of Judge Ben
age, while Patberg ranked tenth TB Sanitarium at Springfield for Lindsay.
and Dettra twenty-first. treatment and care sometime this
spring. Clark has been teaching Henry Buzzard, now a member
Dettra and Patberg were fifth at Moweaqua. Mrs. Clark is the of the staff of Gallaudet College,
and sixth, respectively, in the llAC former Barbara Heise, '51. She Washington, sends a complete list
for accuracy at the free throw line. teaches in Decatur. of the luncheon guests, which in
Lee completed the league season addition to those mentioned above,
with a free throw percentage equal included Mrs. L. F. Meyer, the form·
to that of Patberg and Dettra but er Violet Podesta; Phyllis B. Waters;
and Mrs. L. S. Phipps.

Former Librarians Make

Library School Newsletter

Two former members of the East-
ern library staff are mentioned in
the current University of Illinois
Library School Association news-
letter.

Alice Braheny was married last
summer to Robert P. Lynch and has
resigned her position as cataloger
at Marquette University, Milwau-
kee. The Lynches live at 9 Man-
chester Place, Apt. 3-E, Newark,
N. J.

Alma DeJordy won a large home
freezer with 100 pounds of meat
and 400 packages of frozen foods
in a recent chain store contest in
Urbana. Miss DeJordy is a con-
sultant in bibliography at the Uni-
versity of Illinois Library.

PAGE EIGHTEEN

Margaret Anne cavorts for five of her 'mamas', all home economics majors living in Eastern's new home
management houses.

Presenting Eastern's-Woman-of-the-Year--

Margaret Anne North

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch again when a Charleston Courier ors ordered. Instead of a rubber
and the Charleston Courier re- photographer snapped more pict- doll for home ec majors to practice
ures this week. She is fascinated, their theory with, here is a real,
cently carried illustrated feature not scared, by flash bulbs popping live, beautiful little girl. The moti-
in her face. vation is terrific. "Baby directors"
stories about Eastern's "prac- almost fight for the chance to feed,
Perhaps Miss North's equanim- bathe, and care for Margaret Anne.
tice-teaching baby," Margaret ity can be explained by her early Of the four jobs in the north unit-
training. She has had eight foster hostess, housekeeper, cook, and
Anne. The briefer of the two ar- mothers since last October 4, when baby director-the last is by far the
ticles is herewith reprinted from she arrived on campus, and she most popular, even though the re-
has learned how to get along with sponsibility is heaviest.
the Courier: every one of them.
All juniors who are home ec
Youngest member of the Easter11 The real mother, who gave her majors must occupy one of the
family this year is Margaret Anne up when Margaret Anne was two beautiful rooms in the new ranch·
North, captivating coed who re- weeks old, gets off work and style home management houses on
sides in the north unit of the new makes a 300 mile trip to see her the college campus for one three
home managernent houses on the about every third week. And she is months quarter. It is something
southeast college campus. enormously pleased at the way her they all look forward to, and the
baby is being taken care of. fact may have some bearing on
This charmer, who will be six the sharp increase in enrollment in
months old on February 22, gives Margaret Anne's last name, in- home economics this year. The de-
promise of great success in the cidentally, is a pseudonym. She partment now has 87 majors, an
entertainment world, probably TV. gets it from the fact that she oc- all-time high.
She passed her first picture test cupies the nursery in the north
with high honors last week, when home management unit. But the increased number of
a St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo- majors will probably always fall
grapher shot literally dozens of For Eastern Illinois State College, short of filling the demand for
flash pictures for a feature to ap- which looks upon the baby with
pear February 22 in the Sunday relatively impersonal eyes, Mar- (Continued on next page)
Everyday Magazine section. His garet Anne is just what the educat-
comment, "That gal is a born
mugger."

Margaret Anne proved · herself

PAGE NINETEEN

(Continued from preceding page) Jackie Olsen, winter quarter 'mama', dresses Margaret Anne under
supervision of 'grandma' Schamlhausen.
home ec teachers in the schools
of this area. The trouble seems to turns out that Margaret Anne management houses specificall)I
be that young men have learned makes another conquest. constructed for teacher preparatio~
that girls trained in college home
ec make mighty fine housewives. Next June Margaret Anne will Nightie-night
Somehow or other the chance to return to her real mother, if the
practice their knowledge in homes latter's plans for supporting her
of their own seems to appeal to materialize. The Salvation Army,
Eastern's home ec grads. They took which arranged for the college to
only 23 of the 306 calls for home take the baby, is standing by to
economics teachers received by see that satisfactory plans are deve-
Eastern's Placement Bureau in the loped.
past two years.
Miss Schmalhausen state~ that
A survey of graduates over a ten the tollege will try to get two
year period, from 1942 to 1952, babies next year with the aid of
shows that a much higher per- the Salvation Army. However, it
centage of home ec majors are is a very difficult feat, and Eastern
now ·married than are majors in is the only state college of Illinois
other teaching fields. While most which has been able to get a child
of the women of this department for its home economics depart-
teach for a while-95 out of 113 ment in this manner. Miss Schmal-
have taught or are teaching-66 of hausen, who a few years ago visit-
these grads are now married and ed college and university depart-
not teaching, according to Alumni ments all over the country, said that
Office records. This includes 33 Purdue University and the State
graduates of the past two years, University of Iowa are the only in-
most of whom may still be shop- stitutions of the Midwest which
ping the crop of eligible males. have similar arrangements. Eastern
Quite a number of girls marry and is also the only one of the state
continue to teach home ec-26 in teacher-training colleges with home
the past ten years, to be exact.

"Grandmother" in the north
home management unit is Dr. Ruth
Schmalhausen, who has been at
Eastern since 1937. It is her re-
sponsibility to see that the four
girls under her supervision get the
most benefit from their all-too-
brief stay. This quarter girls living
in the north unit are Jacquelyn
Oslen and Orpha Bower, both of
Charleston; Leona Creath of Mat-
toon and Marjorie Weller of Hinds-
boro. In the south unit, where Miss
Elizabeth Wilson is director, are
Vivian Parker of Westfield; Vera
Prather of Kansas; and Betty Har-
rison of Charleston.

All of the girls in the south unit
have had some experience with
small children, usually younger
brothers or sisters. Those in the
north unit have not, and this was
the basis for the assignments.

South unit residents often baby-
sit with Margaret Anne, however.
There is usually no difficulty in
finding baby-sitters. Oftentimes
one of the girls will entertain a
boy-friend - all of the girls are
dating - by having him in to baby-
sit with Margaret Anne. It usually

PAGE TWENTY

Keeping • touch

In

David M. Dewhirst, '04, in mak- intermittently until her graduation Ypsilanti, Mich., last June. Her
ing his contribution to the Lord in 1908. She says, "I deem the home is at 905 Pleasant Drive,
Scholarship Fund, said, "It will most lasting, valuable lessons I Ypsilanti.
soon be a half century since my acquired were those imparted by
graduation at Eastern, but I still Mr. Lord ... " Nema Elnora Blackburn ( Mrs.
have fond and vivid memories of James Whitehouse), '12, teaches
those days. Mr. Dewhirst lives at Mrs. Glenn invites students from mathematics at the Lincoln School
Maroa, Ill. the "early days" to visit her if they in Highland Park, Ill., where she
come "out our way." is also assistant principal.
Carrie A. Littler, '04, and Nellie
M. Littler, '05, are planning' to Julia A. Drayer (Mrs. Fay Paine Flossie E. Lee, '13, has been in
spend two months in Europe this Randall), '08, is in very poor health the postal service ever since her
summer, sight-seeing and visiting at a convalescent home in Miami, graduation at Eastern. She lives at
according to her daughter, Mrs. C. 300 E. Main, Casey, Ill.
friends. Edward Benn of 1360 N. W. 42
St., Miami, Fla. Emily C. Reid, '13, a generous
Mrs. Bertha Huron Collins, '05, Lo~d Scholarship Fund contributor,
writes that she has two grandsons, Myrtle A. Davis (Mrs. John R. writes that she continues to teach
James Ill and Michael Collins, sons Snider), '09, writes that she is still at Proviso Township High School,
of her only son, James M. Mrs. Col- teaching mathematics at Eastern Maywood, Ill. She has four classes
lins lives at 816 Midland, Little High in Denver, Colo. She spends in dramatics and one in senior Eng-
Rock, Ark. her summers at Kersey, Colo., lish.

E. C. Bradford, '07, was retired Route l, Box 169. F. H. Steinmetz:, '13, a professor
last June after 41 years of indus- Helen G. Mullins, 'l 0, of Kansas at the University of Maine, Orono,
trial work and management, chief- is planning to attend the fortieth
ly as an efficiency engineer. He City, Mo. writes that she visited reunion of his class next fall.
writes that he is finding it hard to Mrs. Blanche Avey Nelson, 'l 0, in
loaf, so continues to maintain his Berkeley, Calif., last summer. She Bertie E. Miller, '14, moved to
connections with boy~' work. He also saw Kate Mitchell Gray, '12, Westfield, 111., this month, having
is president of the Baltimore, Md., who lives at Mill Valley, Calif. resigned her position as a teacher
Red Shield Boys Club Board, is a of English in the Bowen High
past president of the Towson Opti- Evalena Heeb (Mrs. F. E. John· School of Chicago.
mist Club, helps sponsor a boys' son), 'l 0, writes that she is still a
camp, etc. ''Selling real estate on busy homemaker and office assist- Leonard Jones, '14, has a new
the side helps to keep me from ant for her busy husband, Dr. F. E. Colorado address: Box 71, R. l,
going stale," he says. Mr. Brad- Johnson, D.V.M. She has two Boulder.
ford's address is l 03 Midhurst R., grandchildren, Joe and Andy Hop-
Baltimore 12. kins. Mary V. Robinson (Mrs. Verne
Russell McDougle), '14, writes that
Douglas Porter Lucas, '08, for · Elizabeth Schriner (Mrs. Guy she will teach in the new Urbana,
many years a superintendent of Vaughn), 'l l, writes that her son Ill., Junior High School next year.
schools in California, died last Jerry was recently promoted to Mrs. McDougle's daughter, Mary
year: personnel officer third class at the Elizabeth, is teaching in the Mar-
Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. garet Hall School in Versailles, Ky.
Augusta McKittrick (Mrs. E. C. Mrs. Vaughn lives near Charleston. She is head of English in the upper
Glenn), '08, writes ·from 616 Belle- school. She recently returned from
Charles E. Long, Jr., '11, and Mrs. a meeting at Columbia University,
view Ave., La Junta, Colo., that she Long took a flying trip to England, where she represented her school.
"attended the dedicatory exercises Holland, Germany, Switzerland,
held in the Assembly Room August and France last August. They were Mary Anderson Briggs (Mrs.
29, 1899, and was present the met in London by their son, A/le Theo. J. Waddell), '16, now lives
morning the school first opened Charles E. Long Ill, who is station- in San Francisco, where she may
its doors to students, SeP.tember ed with the headquarters staff of be addressed at P. 0. Box 1366,
12, 1899." Mrs. Glenn enrolled for the U. S. Air Force at Weisbaden, San Francisco 1, Calif.
the four-year course, but was Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Long en-
forc~d after two years to attend joyed a week at Weisbaden before Mrs. Inez: Smith Gray, '16, is
continuing their journey through still teaching sixth grade in the
the Swiss Alps and back to Paris. Cleveland Consolidated S c h o o I,
The Longs live in Hammond, Ind. Cleveland, Miss., where she has
In 1950-51 Mr. Long was president been for 31 years.
of the Hammond Teachers' Asso-
ciation. Flossie Wiley, '16, writes that
she is "very, very' busy" with her
Edna Hedrick, '12, retired from school (the Leal School in Urbana,
her position with ·Cleary College, Ill.), where the population has
grown rapidly in recent years. A

PAGE TWENTY-ONE

new school in Urbana was named died last December. The Servisses retired from the teaching profes--
sion last June after thirty years of
for Miss Wiley last year. live at 28 Fairmount, Eureka teaching. He is now employed wi1'h
the Illinois Division of Highways in
Dr. Earl W. Anderson, '16, spent Springs, Ark. their district office at Paris, where
he formerly taught in the high
six months of last year making ri Martha P. Walker, '20, plans 1o school. Art says that he enjoys the
work very much and finds it a
special survey for the Department retire this year after many years pleasant and interesting change.
The Forsters live on R. R. 2 south
of Higher Education in Oregon, as a mathematics teacher at the of Paris.

taking a leave from his work at East Alton-Wood River Community Virginia Shield (Mrs. Ora N.
Essex), '23, now lives at 315 E.
Ohio State University. After a visit High School in Illinois. Merry Ave., Bowling Green, 0.

with relatives in Charleston over Ila Marie James (Mrs. Borel 0. Dorothy June Jordan, '23, lives
at Allendale, Ill.
the Christmas holidays, he and Mrs. Bourgeois), '20, received her B. S.
Ruth Squires (Weston), '23, took
Anderson returned to Columbus. in Ed. degree from Loyola Univer- the B. S. degree at Washingtol.1
University, St. Louis, last July and
Myrtle Craft (Mrs. Frank Ayres), sity of Chicago last June. She is expects to start work on her M. A.
'16, writes that she and Mr. Ayres continuing with her very busy soon.
have been travelling over the U. School. of Tutoring, which is now
in its nineteenth year. Alonzo F. Goldsmith, '13, '24,
S. West to Mexico and have seen recently addressed the student as-
both eastern and western Canada. Lilian Ruth Haddock (Mrs. Ralph sembly at the University of Akron,
They also took a ship and plane Webber), '20, writes that her hus- 0., on "Profit with Honor." Mr.
trip to Alaska. The Ayreses live at band died December 5, 1952. He Goldsmith is superintendent of
7986 College Ave., Indianapolis was author of many books and training of a large oil company.
20, Ind. religious articles and poems. He
Elsie Sloan, '24, says that this has
0. I. Schmaelzle, '17, was elect- served as pastor of a community been her "nominating committee"
ed president of the California As- church in lndianaolis, Ind. The Rev. year. She served as member or
sociation of Secondary School Ad- Webber was a former Eastern stu- chairman of the nominating com-
ministrators recently. Schmaelzle mittees for the Southwestern Divi-
is principal of the George Washing· dent. sion of IEA, Illinois Association of
ton High School of San Francisco. Evelyn Sarah Allison, '21, is Deans of Women, and Delta Kappa
Gamma, state committee. Among
W. Weger Allison, '17, retired teaching in Indianapolis. still other assignments, she was
from the schoolroom in 1946 after Flossie MacRead (Mrs. Lacey), recently elected to the local YMCA
having taught for 28 years. He is Board of Directors and is recording
'22, writes that she and her hus- secretary for that group. Miss Sloan
now living in Flat Rock, Ill., where band are living at 12172 E. Eding- is dean of girls and teacher at the
he sells all types of insurance. er St., Rt. 4, Santa Ana, Calif. She Edwardsville, Ill. High School.
teaches in the elementary school
Stella R. Lawton (Mrs. Albert at Costa Mesa. Florence Coles, '25, now lives at
Vietor), '18, writes that her hus- 8758 Blackstone, Chicago, Ill. .
band died in March of 1952. She Luke Crouse, '23, now lives at
Newton, Ill. Paul H. Kepner, '25, is studying
junior high school administration
is a substitute teacher in the Paris, Retires from Teaching at Queens College, N. Y., where
111., schools. he took the M. A. in 1951, and ex-
pects to be back in the teaching
Beatrice Clotile Bannin (Sister · 1' field again this fall. He took the
Mary Marcian), '18, is teaching at B. S. in Ed. at Drake University in
Schlarman High School in Danville, ' 1947. His New York address is
1392 Madison Ave.
Illinois. She may be addressed at
Hazel Hall (Mrs. Frank Anken-
2112 N. Vermilion St., Danville. brand), '14, '26, writes of the birth
of a second granddaughter, Karen
Mabel Bryant, '19, is vice-princi- Patricia Ankenbrand, in January.
Karen is the daughter of Frank Ill
pal and fourth grade teacher in and Catherine Ankenbrand of
Philadelphia. The father is a naval
Selma, Calif. The enrollment of her veteran of World War II and the
Korean conflict.
school has doubled in the last ten
Mrs. Ankenbrand's husband,
years and is now 600. It is the Major Frank I, is a brother of the
late Dr. W. W. Ankenbrand, a
largest of five in the city. Miss

Bryant's address is 2605% A St.,

Selma.

Lucille Nehrling (Mrs. Neill M.

Saunders), '19, writes that she has

one daughter, Mary, who is a jun-

ior in high school. Another, Bar-

bara, is a freshman. Her oldest

daughter, Jeanne, and baby son

are with Jeanne's husband, Ens.

Donald MacGregor, at Pensacola,

Fla. Mrs. Saunders' mother, Mrs.

Walter Nehrling, lives with her at

her home in Sterling, Ill. Mr. Nehr- Art Forster, '23
ling was superintendent of grounds

at Eastern from 1904 to 1932. A_rt .Forster, '17, '23, for many

Gladys Foreman (Mrs. Robert years president of the Eastern

Serviss), '19, writes that her mother Alumni Association, writes that he

PAGE TWENTY-TWO

member of the Eastern faculty and tary Academy, Alton, Ill. enough. I have been traveling
one-time superintendent of Char- Mrs. Hazel Higgins Dunivan, '28, much of the time, this winter in
leston schools. Major Ankenbrand the South, including a Carribbean
is now teaching at the Valley Forge was recently appointed principal cruise."
Miiitary Academy and Junior Col- of the Mary W. French School in
lege. Nellie Griffin (Mrs. Paul W. Wal-
Decatur. She had taught 6V2 years ters), '31, is teaching junior high
Lorna Dixon, '26, lives with her in the sixth grade at Lincoln School, school math at Sidney, Ill.
daughter, Mrs. Charles Lange, at
Hume, Ill. She has four grandchil- Decatur. Florence Kohlbecker, '31, be-
dren. Mrs. Dixon teaches at West- Henrietta Katharine Suess (Mrs. came Mrs. Thomas Hargrove Ayers
field High School. last July 29. She continues to teach
Eldrige Steiner), '28, now lives at at the Matheny School in Spring-
Paul H. Johnson, '26, won a 919 Main St., Highland, Ill. field, Ill., while performing her
toastmasters' speech contest in his · T. E. Sims, '28, and Mrs. Sims new role as homemaker. The
home state of New Mexico recent- Ayerses live at 2912 Hoover,
ly and is eligible to participate in both teach at Wauconda, Ill. They Springfield.
an area contest on March 27. Paul's have three children, Lila Mae, a
son Robert is a sophomore music senior in high school; Billy, a Kathryn Mallory (Mrs. J. D. Mc-
major at Highlands University. The sophomore; and Sara, in the third Nair), '31, now Iives at 512 S. Tal-
Johnsons may be addressed Box grade. ley, Muncie, Ind.
513, Espanola, N. M.
Mildred Montgomery (Mrs. Caryl Adele Reinheimer (Mrs. Clarence
Theodore Cavins, '26, is admis- Lindberg), '29, lives at 1286 An- Lee Rogers), '31, lives at 406 West
sions counselor for Lake Forest drew Dr., Glendale 22, Mo. She High, Urbana, Ill.
College and director of Camp has two sons, Andy, 11, and David,
Mishawaka, Grand Rapids, Minn. 8. Hal Middlesworth, '31, is again
His son, David Allen, is a freshman working for the Detroit Free Press.
at DePauw University. A daughter, Wayne Isley, '29, now lives at His most recent address is 572
Ellen, is a freshman in high school. 2430 N. Thornapple Lane, Milwau.. West Cambourne, Ferndale . 20,
The Cavinses live at 1221 N. Grif- kee 10, Wis. Mich.
fith Rd., Lake Forest, Ill.
Carroll Ray Petty, '29, is serving Cecil Leota Sims (Mrs. Carl But-
Hyle Virginia Ward (Mrs. Burl his second year as assistant super- ler), '31, is teaching kindergarten
A. Hocking), '26, now lives at 210 intendent of the Lakeview Unit in the Los Cerritos School in the
E. Schuyler St., ·Robinson, Ill. District, Decatur. His address is Paramount School District, Para-
3960 E. William, Decatur. mount, Calif. The Sims live at
Byron C. Davidson, '27, now 13923 S. Garfield Ave., Clear-
lives at 1311 Amsterdam Rd., Park Belvia Green, '29, has for several water, Calif.
Hills, Covington, Ky. years been employed with the
State Department of Public Health Carlos D. Cutler, '32, has a new
Hildred Kuhle (Mrs. Lawrence in Springfield, Ill., editing the Washington address: 1641 Wis- .
C. Wheat), '27, and Mr. Wheat left "Illinois Health Messenger" and consin Ave., N. W., Washington 7,
New York City February 28 on the other publications. She may be ad- D. C.
African Enterprize for an extended dressed in care of the Bureau of
tour of South Africa. They planned Health Education, State Dept. of Leo Marion Gelsinger, '32, di.ed
to stop first at Cape Town, then Public Health, Springfield. July 17, 1950 at El Reno, Okla.
proceed to Durban, Johannesburg,
Victoria Falls, Krueger National Kermit Dehl, '30, is now reading Inez Krigbaum (Mrs. Richard
Park, and Kimberly before return- counselor for the Oak Park-River Bennett), '33, took the B. Ed. de-
ing to Cape Town to sail home. Forest High School. Mrs. Dehl, the gree from Ohio State University
They will cover 5_,500 miles in former Goldie Hartman, '29, is last year and is now substituting
South Africa. The Wheats live on etmployed half-time as his assistant. in the Columbus and Franklin Coun-
R. R. 2 near Decatur. A son, Ronald, is a sophomore at ty Schools, kindergarten through
grade eight. "Real variety," she
Virginia Thomas (Mrs. Douglas Oberlin College, 0. says. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett live at
Robinson), '27, writes that her eight 2925 Norwood, Columbus 11, 0.
year old son, Dick, is a third grader Nannie Ellis, '18, '30, is now
and a Cub Scout. She is busy with working at the Masonic Home, Sul- Gerald Waltrip, '29, '33, died
Scouting, PTA, AAUW, etc. Mr. livan, Ill., as a licensed practical suddenly in February of this year
Robinson is assistant to the quality nurse, having recently passed the in his home at Winston-Salem, N.
control manager at Hughes Air- state examination for that position. C., following an attack of acute in- -
craft Co., Guided Missile Division, Her permanent address is Windsor, digestion. He was a teacher of in-
near Tucson, Ariz. The Robinsons 111. dustrial arts in the Winston-Salem
live at 1739 E. Water St., Tucson. schools. He held the M. A. degree
Paul H. Kinsel, '30, director of from the University of Oklahoma.
Capt. W. H. Green, '27, writes the National Education Association He served in World War II. He is
that he would certainly like to at- Travel Service in Washington, has survived by his wife, Margaret, and
tend the old-fashioned chapel at a new address: 6301 Inwood St., one son.
Eastern next fall on the Homecom- Cheverly, Md.
ing date, Oct. 17. Capt. Green is ldenta L. Moler, '33, has a new
an instructor at the Western Mili- Gertrude Baxter, '31 , of New- street address: 17915 Hood Ave.,
.man, Ill., says, "I am looking for- Homewood, Ill.
ward to 10-17-53, 9 a.m." That is
the date for Eastern's "old-time Rachael Ileana Bowden (Mrs.
chapel." Miss Baxter also says, John Ammann), '33, teaches at
"Since my retirement, I haven't
found a day which was long

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Washington School in Decatur. Her May 22. It is the Dillards' first Major Glenn E. Davis, ~37, has

address is 542 S. Webster St., De- child. been assigned to duty in the Pen-

catur, Ill. Aileen Wood (Mrs. Reuben P. tagon Building and expects to re-

Beulah Durr (Mrs. Fleming), '33, Rushing), '35, now lives at Garber- main there until June, 1954. His

teaches eighth grade at the Can- ville, Calif. address is 202 N. Wayne St., Arl-

non School in Danville, Ill. Florence Beulah Field (Mrs. ington, Va.

Grace Thurman (Mrs. E. B. Browne), '35, now lives at 4548 Freda Elder (Mrs. Alvin E.

Paine), '33, is doing substitute Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 30, Ill. Neunaber), '37, of Harvel, Ill., has

teaching in the schools of her home Mary J. Ewing, '36, writes that a son, Gregory Lee, 4%, and a
she will be at Miami Beach, Fla., daughter, Deborah Dee, 1V2.
city, Alexis, Ill.

Elbert E. Field, '34, now lives at this summer as a delegate to the Trueman R. Tremble, '37, is now

3828 West Way, Sacramento, Calif. National Education Association con- . director of recreation for Henri<:o

Mary Ellen Redden (Mrs. Richard vention there and that she will go County, Virginia. His home is on

G. Neilsen), '34, now lives at 2133 with the "Cruising Classroom" in Route 14 near Richmond, Va.

Staunton Ave., Whiting, Ind. She the Caribbean planned by the Na- William R. Abernathy, '37, is the

teaches first grade in the Blue Is- tional Classroom Teachers. Miss new superintendent of the Fulton

land, Ill., schools. Ewing has been teaching geogra- County Unit School District No. 3.

William Bails, '35, now lives at phy in the Saginaw, Mich., High His home is in Cuba, Ill.

4410 S. W. 58th Ave., Miami 43, School and will be a Junior Coun- Gwendolyn Oliver (Mrs. Al

Fla. selor next fall. Borah), '37, and Mr. Borah wilt

Lt. Col. Archie L. McDivitt, '35, Frances Maurine Davis, '36, has move from Clayton, Mo., to Spring-

was serving with the Korean Mili- changed her name and address. field, Ill., on April l, but Gwen

tary Advisory Group as of last De- She and Howard Allison, '21, were hopes to finish her year of teaching

cember, according to a story mailed married last November 8. Mr. Al- at Clayton. Mr. Borah sells for a

from Korea on December 5. His lison is principal and teacher of large construction materials firm.

unit supervises a training and re- vocational agriculture in the Atkin- Floyd N. Miller, '37, is now at

vitalization program for the entire son, Ill., High School. Mrs. Allison 480 W. Franklin St., Shelbyvill•

Republic of Korea Army. A vet- was employed by the Charleston, Ind.

eran of World War II, McDivitt was Ill., Hospital for the three years Jane Elizabeth Sheets (Mrs.

recalled to active duty last Febru- preceding her marriage. Prior to Neel), '37, now lives at 3424 East

ary. Mrs. McDivitt lives at 603 N. that she taught in Garrett and Van- Blvd., Cleveland, 0.

Main St., Paris, Ill. dalia, Ill. Gladys A. Dickerson (Mrs. Roy

Leallyn Clapp, '35, writes that he Roy Wilson, '36, now divides his 0. Robins), '37, writes that her son
recently appeared as a "star" on time between new duties as di-
Brown University's local TV pro- rector of the National School Public Wayne, 21, will graduate from
gram, "Evening on College Hill.'' Relations Association, a department Marquette Colleg~ of Engineerintl

in June. Her daughter, Rachel, It

The chemistry department, of of the National Education Associa- a sophomore in high school. Mrs.
which he is a member, has prepar- tion, and his work as assistant di- Robins lives at 801 S. Ohio, Tus-
ed three half-hour programs. Leal- rector of press and radio relations cola, Ill.
lyn and Florence Clapp, the former for the NEA. He has also matricu-
Florence Cottingham, '37, live at lated at the University of Maryland Helen Marie Cronin, '38, died on
838 Main Ave., Greenwood, R. l. to complete his doctoral study, be- July 6 of .1951 following a surgical
gun at Columbia. operation. At the· time of her death
Evelyn Hallowell, '35, writes she was principal of the Lincoln
that she is still in Washington, Helen H. Anderson, '37, was School in Calumet City, Ill.

teaching for the Department of De- married last June 30 to George L. Gladys Lorena Hobbs, '38, now
fense. Her classes "range from 20 Pedersen of East Moline, Ill. The lives at 2643 S. Seventieth St., Mil-
to 80, civilians and military, from Pedersens took an extended wed - waukee 14, Wis.

privates to eight colonels." Her ding trip to Yellowstone, Banff, Dorothy Hills, '38, received the

address is 1314 Sixteenth St. NW, Lake Louise, Seattle, Los Angeles, master's degree in art education

Washington 6, D. C. and Denver, returning home on at Indiana University in 1951. She

· Ruth Swisher, '35, writes that Aug. 7. Helen continues to teach lives at l 040 E. McKinnie, Ft.

she is helping to promote the art at the United Township High School Wayne, Ind.

of story telling among grade chil- of East Moline, where she is head The Illinois High School Basket-

dren, a new extra-curricular activ- of a three-member home econom- ball Tournament championship was

ity in the Danville, Ill. schools. ics teaching staff. Mr. Pedersen is practically decided this year in a

Louise English (Mrs. Ezra Kel- a B. A. graduate of the University sectional final, when the Lyons

sheimer), '35, writes that she is of Illinois, where he was Kappa Township High School team of La-

teaching music in a rural school two Phi Kappa, and took the M. A. in Grange, ranked No. 2, met the

days a week. Mrs. Kelsheimer lives Education at Bradley. He teaches in- Kankakee Kays< coached by Earl

on a farm near Paris with her hus- dustrial education in the Port Byron Jones, '38. The Kays were rated

band and three sons. High School. The Pedersens live at No. 1 most of the season. Neither

Zula Paddick (Mrs. Ralph Dil- l 320V2 23rd Ave., East Moline. team had been beaten during the

lard), '35, writes that she has a Rheba Margaret Henry (Mrs. regular season. After the remark-

daughter, Linda Dianne, born last Michael), '37, lives in Oblong, Ill. able LaGrange team got by Kan-

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kakee, it breezed through the state writes that she is teaching in the Calif. She has taken a position as

tournament to become the third new Rantoul Junior High, built fourth grade teacher in the John

undefeated team in tournament principally with federal funds. Gill School of Redwood City, which

history to win the "state title. Rosemary Morgan (Mrs. Robert has 12 elementary schools. Mrs.

Opal Lundy (Mrs. Arthur Harry), Gwin), '39, is once again living in Smith's sons Jimmy and Georgie

'38, enjoyed an 18-day vacation Danville, at 903 Columbia. The are attending kindergarten and

trip through the Southern states Gwins have two children, Cathline, first grade in one of the other

and Florida in January. The Harrys 9, and Tom, 3. Mr. Gwin is a pur- schools. "Redwood City is a fast-

live at Humboldt, Ill. chasing agent with the Prairie growing community," says Mrs.

Don Davis, '38, is on a twelve States Oil and Grease Co. Smith, "and several of the schools

months appointment to teach bot- Merrill Dunn, '39, has .moved to are forced to run double sessions."

any and do research on chemical 1227 S. Lincoln in Centralia, where Capt. Loren E. Jenne, '40, is serv-

control of weeds in cotton at Ala- he has for several years been prin- ing with the 45th Infantry Division

bama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, cipal of one of the elementary in Korea. Captain Jenne, a veterar'I

Ala. schools. of World War II, holds the Air

Martha Holladay (Mrs. Bert S. Ruth H. Heinzman (Mrs. Robert Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clus-

Rosenbaum), '38, now lives at 573 E. Spivey), '39, has a daughter, ters and the European-African-Mid- ·

Margaret Dr., Fairborn, 0. Ann, born November _4, 1952. die Eastern Campaign Ribbon with

Master Sergeant Robert J. Arm· Orla E. Adams, '40, is attending three battle stars. He was a mem-

strong, '38, is father of a son born law school at the University of Illi- ber of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity

March 3, 1953. He has been named nois. He is still living at 2121 E. at Eastern. Mrs. Jenne, the former

Corbin Ross. The Armstrongs are Madison, Charleston. Haz~I Carnes, lives at Sullivan, Ill.

currently at B36-6 MTC, Carswell Esther Diel (Mrs. Walter Wells), Max King, '40, and his family

AFB, Ft. Worth, Tex. '40, has a fifth child, Roy Allen, have moved to a 200 acre farm

Col. Joe Kelly, '38, has. been on born September 7, 1952. Her other which they recently purchased at

a tour of duty which has permitted children are James, 6, Ruth, 4, Martin, Tenn. Max has been man-

him to re-visit many of the war Joyce, 3, and Karen, l %. . ager of a farm implement com-

theaters in which he flew during Bill Waldrip, '40, coached the pany at Arcola. Mrs. King's paren1s

World War II. He writes that he Cumberland High School basket- live at Dresden, near Martin, Tenn.

has also managed five days in bal I team to its second successive Bob Mirus, '41, and .Mrs. Mirus,

Paris. Col. Kelly says of Rome: Eastern Illinois League champion- the former Esther Lumbrick, '40,

"One of my pastimes is arguing ship this year. are the parents of Thomas Benja-
with the Italian shopkeepers. J Esther Brothers (Mrs. Maurice min, a first son, born in January

shout as loud as they do but Elmore), '40, is teaching a class in of this year. They have two daugh-

haven't won an argument yet ... '' the adult education program of the ters, Judy and Jill. Thomas is the

He was impressed anew with the Danville, Ill., schools this spring. seventeenth grandchild of Mrs.

Italian flair for art and design and She and Mr. Elmore are parents of Arthur L. Lumbrick, '03, who lives
feels that Americans "are horribly three children. They live at Catlin. in Shelbyville. Mirus is basketball
dull in their utilitarian approach to coach at Mt. Carmel, Ill., where his
progress. The irony of the situation Merve Baker, '40, is the father team won state-wide attention for
is tbat we generally attribute utili- of a baby daughter born last Dec- its "no-foul" record. Mt. Carmel
tarianism to the U. S. S. R." Col. ember 30. The Bakers live at Dupo, was beaten in the sectional by
Kelly may be addressed: 580th Ill., where Merve coaches. Lawrenceville, one of the "Sweet

ARC Wing, APO 231, N.Y., N. Y. Rondell Davidson, '40, is teach- Sixteen."
Hel~n Durston, '38, is now teach- ing physics at Morton High School, Ellyn Wilson, '41, is now at 203
Cicero, Ill. His address is 9046 Fair-
ing the intermediate grades at Wor- view Ave., Brookfield. W. Iowa, Urbana, Ill.
den, Ill., after 13 years in the rural The March 6 issue of the Illinois
schools of Montgomery County. Lana Davis (Mrs. Stephen Hluch-
nik), '40, now lives at 3112 Mar- State Register of Springfield car-
Helen Louise Roberts (Mrs. Ralph shall Ave., Mattoon, Ill. ries an article by Ray Suddarth, '41,

0. Pate), '39, now lives at 590 Fred Snedeker, '40, and Mrs. who describes some of his most
Maude St., Orleans, Ind. Snedeker, the former Mary Lou memorable experiences in sports.

Ruby Swartz (Mrs. Sattlemaier), Rogers, '40, have moved from New He mentions playing in the dedicat-

'39, now lives at 11112 S. Fairfield Orleans to Paducah, Ky., where ory game for the half million dol-

St., Chicago, Ill. their address is 2936 Alabama. lar Health Education Building at

Betty Mae Greathouse (Mrs. Ker- Herschel A. Jones, '40, took the Eastern, making the all-conference

rick Helton), '39, has two children, M. A. in administration at Auburn football team, and taking a 5000

Cynthia, 12, and Richard, 9. University last summer. He lives at mile . basketball jaunt to Mexico.

Alice N. Lowrance (Alice Mc- MR No. 3, Edgewood Circle, Co- As a coach, Ray brought the Law-

Cloy), '39, writes that she is very lumbus, Ga., where he is teaching. rence school of Springfield through

busy helping with plans for a cen- He writes that Jack Douglas, '40, is 23 straight victories to a city and

tennial celebration at Assumption, also still teaching in Columbus. county championship last year. Ray

111., where she lives. The celebra- Carolyn Brown (Mrs. James F. is now completing his 20th conse-

tion will be held next Sept. 24-26. Smith, Jr.), '40, is now living at cutive season as a basketball play-

Grace Thompson (Mrs. Bair), '39, 642 Canyon Rd., Redwood City, er. He probably holds some kind

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of record for the 1948-49 season, 1953. The Conrads live at 1836 Eleanor, 2, and Florence Ann, 4

during which he coached the But- Winston Blvd., Toledo 14, 0. months. Mr. Daily is cashier of the

ler and Lawrence grade teams, the Daniel J. James, '42, is chairman Citizens Bank of Tolono, having

Concordia College five, and the of sales and sales management in taken the position last July.

freshman team at Springfield High the College of Business Adminis- Charlene Higginson (Mrs. Bill

School. In the same season he also tration, Atlanta Division, Univer- Shields), '44, writes that she is

found time to play with two semi- sity of Georgia. He recently direct- teaching in her home high school

pro teams. Ray is now principal of ed the second annual Southeastern at Crossville, Ill., where her hus·

the Dodds school in Springfield. Sales and Sales Management Con- band owns a hardware store. "Be-

Edward K. Sims, '26, '41, writes ference in Atlanta. tween business, teaching, and civic

that he has a grandson, Jesse Mary Elizabeth Dowell, '43, is affairs, we sometimes find time to

Ybarra, who was one year old on now at 2730 N. Shelley Rd., North be at home in the country-ev4

March 11. The latter's father is Bellmore, N.Y. farm a bit." The Shields have one

stationed at Oceanside, Calif., after John Henry Cole, '43, writes son, Larry.

14 months in Korea. that he and Mrs. Cole built their Aileen Carter (Mrs. James E.

Elmira Dalton (Mrs. Milton Kel- own home two years ago at 284 Hurley), '44, is teaching home ec-

son), '42, is mother of a son, Mil- Paramount Pkwy., Kenmore 17, N. onomics at the Mt. Zion, Ill., High

ton E., Jr., born Nov. 17, 1952. Y. and now have two children, School. The Hurleys live at 1637

The Kelsons live in Danville, Ill. Bobby, 4, and Diane, l. Mr. Cole E. Decatur St., Decatur, Ill.

Wilma Jeanne Lawrence (Mrs. continues to work at the Dunlop Mildren Russell, '33, '44, has

Ted Kastar), '42, lives now at 2113 Tire and Rubber Corp. as agricul- been a social worker at the South

Waverly Place, Waukegan, Ill. tural tire engineer. For the past two Nevada Memorial Hospital in las

Margaret Chamberlin (Mrs. Don years he has been director of rec- Vegas for five years. She is active

Smith), '42, and her family moved reation for the Kenmore Methodist in the Council of Social Agencies,

into Metropolis last August for the Church, which has a membership is secretary of the Soroptimist Club,

convenience of her school-age chil- of 3,000. and education adivsor for the

dren. Mr. Smith operates a farm Wana Lavina Creamer (Kuklig), Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority.
'43, now lives on R. R. 1, Louisville, William A. Reat, ex-'44, returned
near Metropolis.

Dorothy Jensen (Mrs. J o h n 111. from Okinawa in early March after

Scanavino), '42, writes that she and Wana Lorene McCoy (Mrs. 0. D. five months of duty flying Air
John, '43, have a daughter, Nancy, Graham), '43, may be addressed Force B-29's over Korea. Lt. Reat
age l . A son, David, is 4. John is in care of Capt. Graham, 16285, completed 19 missions. He spent
distributive education coordinator ATl Branch Hq USAFE, APO 6333 some time in Japan while in the
at the Olney, Ill., High School. He c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. war theater. The Reats now live at
also has a private accounting busi- Carol Virginia Rebbe, '43, lives the corner of Grant and Division
at 112 W. Fairchild, Danville, Ill. streets in Charleston. Mrs. Reat is
ness.

Ed Resch, '42, formed a law part- Mrs. Betty Mae Icenogle, '43, the former Betty Heise, '48. She
nership with C. A. Williams and is now lives at 2200 S. Thirty-fourth has a son, John, 4. A daughter,
Mary Elizabeth, was born last fall.
again practicing in Casey, Ill., after · St., Lincoln, Nebr.

a second term of Army service . Ross K. Stephenson, '43, has Zada Iona Mowrer, '45, is teach-

Captain Resch was released on been appointed athletic director ing' at Princeton, Ill., where she

September 5. Mrs. Resch reports of the South Bend Central High lives at 111 S. Homer. She did ad-

that the Resch's son, Tracy, was School in Indiana. Ross was head vanced work at Boulder, Colo., last

three years old last August l 0. Two football coach for the 1952 season. summer in physical education and
days later a daughter, Ann, was The Stephensons live at 470 Dia- recreation.

born. mond Ave., South Bend. Donald T. Mead, '45, writes from

Clara Scherer (Mrs. Walter A. Noberta Radloff (Mrs. Earl Ren- St. Anne, Ill., where he teaches

Schmidt), '42, is now principal and shaw), '43, is the mother of a new shorthand in the high school, men-

fourth grade teacher in the River- son, Larry Eugene, born Sept. 19, tioning John Stabler, '47, Lewis

side, Ill., Public Schools. Her home 1952. The Renshaws live in Stras- Jenkins, '47, and Clovis Scott, '40,

is at 6744 Twenty-first St., Berwyn. burg, Ill. all members of the St. Anne facul-

Mary Buc;k (Mrs. William Annin), Dario A. Covi, '43, now lives at ty.

'42, of 1732 S. Lincoln St., Spring- 132 E. 76th St., New York 21, N. Y. Evelyn Funkhouser, '46, teaches

field, Ill.,· writes that she now has Catherine Nessel (Mrs. J. W. English, mathematics, and civics in

her fourth little daughter, Peggy Wheatley), '43, lives at 426 S. the Idalia High School, Idalia, Colo.

Sue, born May 29, 1952. The old- Maple, Centralia, Ill. Mr. Wheatley Joan Coon, '46, is teaching busi-

est, Sarajane, started to kindergar- is principal of the Central School ness education in the Niles Town·

ten last fall. The others are Nancy in Centralia. ship High School, Skokie, Ill.,

and Karen. The Annins live close Lena Elizabeth Smith (Mrs. Rus- where Eastern alumni Jim Phipps,

to two other Eastern alumni, Cal sell H. Daily), '44, writes that she '42, and Jim Michael, '39, are also

Brubaker and Lillis Shuster. and her husband have completed employed.

Kathryn Garner (Mrs. Marvin a new home in Tolono and wel- Mary Jo Searby (Mrs. Ray Ochs),

Conrad), '42, is mother of a baby come friends to visit them. The '46, is now at 3046 Walker St.,

girl, Linda Jean, born Jan. 30, Dailys have two daughters, Maude ~olumbus, Ga. Her husband, a

PAGE TWENTY-SIX

captain in the Army, is stationed tive of the Scott, Foresman Publish- Harkness), '48, is teaching seventh
at Ft. Benning. She writes that she ing Co.
sees Herschel Jones, '40, and fam- grade in Daly City, Calif. Her ad-
ily frequently. Jones teaches in Dennis Gephart, '47, is teaching dress is 265 Buckingham Way, Apt.
Columbus. The Ochs children are mathematics and physical educa-
Dick, Eddie, and Patricia. tion at the Ontario, Calif., Junior 604, San Francisco 27, Calif.
High School. A second daughter, Dick Lehr, '48, won the name
Jim Roberts, '46, left the editor- Mary Ann, was born Feb. 19, 1953,
ship of the Aledo Times Record to the Gepharts, who live at 222 of giant-killers for his Bridgeport,
early this year to become editor Annapolis Dr., Claremont, Calif. Ill., basketball team this year.
and fieldman of the American Shet-
land Pony Joumal. Roberts will Marvin Johnson, '47, and Mrs. Norma Weger, '48, married Mar-
continue to live in Aledo, where Johnson, '49, the former Bertha tin P. Nolting of Vincennes, Ind.,
the Times Record Co. will publish Seitzinger, now have two sons, last May 16. The Noltings live at
the Journal, a monthly magazine James, 2, and Bruce, 6 months. 1715 Twelfth St., Lawrenceville, Ill.
of 36 pages. It is sent to subscribers Marvin has been spending his Mrs. Nolting continues in her posi-
and members of the American summers at the University of Mis-
Shetland Pony Club in every state souri. tion as audit clerk at the Sears,
of the nation. Roebuck store in Lawrenceville.
Esther Cunningham (Mrs. Wil-
Capt. Don B. Schneider, ex-'46, liam W. Brumley), '47, now lives at Harold Carson Catey, '48, is · now
and Mrs. Schneider are the parents 1302 Broadway, Vincennes, Ind. at 105 Fort Macon Dr., Havelock,
of a daughter born last winter at Mr. Brumley is the used car man-
Edwards, Calif., where Don is sta- ager at the Ford Garage in Vincen- N. C.
tioned at an Air Force base. The nes. The Brumleys have two daugh-
Schneiders have three sor:is. ters, Marcia, 3, and Nancy, 1%. Victor Coleman, '48, was dis-
charged from the Army in Novem-
Eugene Leon Price, '47, is cur- Ralph Irvin, 47, writes from ber of last year after 16 months in
rently at 7285 Woodrow Wilson, 1732 Oakland, Beloit, Wis., that Germany. He is now at home in
Hollywood, Calif, c/o Bob Wolters. he. was very happy to be able to Willow Hill, Ill.
He expects to leave Hollywood this attend the Beloit College-Eastern
spring, returning to his home in basketball game at Beloit .in Janu- Roy E. Sheppard, '48, qualifies
Mattoon for a time. ary. "Eastern certainly gave Beloit in four departments on the news
a real ball game and looked great. front: new job, new daughter, new
Gerald M. Chestnut, '47, is sup- even though losing by two points," address, and new degree. He com-
erintendent of the Oregon, Ill., ele- he says. "I was particularly impres- pleted his M. S. at the University
mentary school. sed with their play, which certain- of Illinois last summer, took a posi-
ly reflected good coaching and
Herb Walsh, '47, and Mrs. Walsh hard work ... Many Beloiters told tion as physical science instructor
are owners of a new 25-unit motel me later that they thought Eastern at the Mattoon, Ill., High School
(Pine Tree Lodge) on Route 66, was the best-coached team to ap- (after teaching at Leaf River), and
Gallup, N. M. The Walshes have pear here in several seasons. An- became the father of Marsha Lynn,
one child, Lynn. other impressive thing, to my way his first child, now seven months
of thinking, was the fine sports- old. The Sheppards live at 8 Lon·
Russell L. Ogden, '47, is father manlike conduct the boys display- don Ct., Mattoon.
of Sally Jo, born Feb. 23. Russell ed during the whole game and af-
teaches in the high school at Kan- terwards .Not once was there a dis- Jack Muthersbough, '48, and
sas, 111. play of temperament by the rep- Mrs. Muthersbough, the former
resentatives of Eastern. This is Arlene Swearingen, '48, have pur-
Hollis Sallee, '47, is teaching surely a fine reflection on the chased a home at 4020 Gables St.,
seventh grade science in the Lake- school."
view Junior and Senior High Amarillo, Tex. Jack states that he is
School, Decatur, Ill. Angelo S. Isola, '47, now lives at "practically retired-Civil Service,
6052 Harper Avenue, Chicago 37,
Edward Wilson, '47, has been 111. you know." He is a civilian instruc-
plant manager for the DeKalb Ag- tor of jet aircraft mechanics at
ricultural Association, Inc., at Illio- Harold F. Maris, '47, who taught Amarillo Air · Force Base. The
polis, Ill., for some time. for several years in Champaign,
now lives at 907 Woolf Ct., Roch- Muthersbough have a one year
Don Shawver, '47, received the elle, Ill. old son. They hope to visit in Illi-
doctorate in economics at the Uni- nois in April or May;
versity of Illinois in 1951. He is Dr. William L. Carter, '48, may
now in his second year as profes- now be addressed at Box 865, Burk Beerli, '48, and Mrs. Beerli
sor of marketing at the University Agana, Guam. are the parents of Pamela Ellen,
of Missouri. The Shawvers have born about two months ago. The
two sons, Martin, 5, and Ronald, 3. Willis Weber, '48, became super- Beerlis, who live in Rantoul, have
intendent of the Oakland, Ill., Com- two sons, Bobby and Larry.
Betty Elliott (Mrs. Rush Darigan, munity Unit Schools last August.
Jr.), '47, now lives in Hampshire, The Webers have three children, Art Glad, '49, coached the De-
Ill. Rush, '49, recently took a posi- Judy, 6, David, 5, and Gary Lee, land-Weldon High School basket-
tion as northern Illinois representa- 2 months. ball team to a highly successful
season this year, but ran into Dan-
Elva Dean Jenkins (Mrs. F. V. ville Schlarman in the sectional.
Schlarman finished fourth in the
state tournament.

Pauline Pachciarz, '49, i~ teach-
ing first grade in the French School
of Decatur, where Mrs. Hazel H.
Dunivan, '52, is the new principal.

Miss Pachciarz taught with and un-

PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN

der Mrs. Dunivan at the George- Mr. Olsen was recently released each day down Fourth Avenue (in

town, Ill., Grade School for eleven from military service and is now Anchorage)." Russell expected to

years. enrolled at the University of Illinois receive his discharge from service

Pauline Lientz, '49, married Bun- for graduate work. on March 28. Mrs. Schann has

nard R. Eastburn, a farmer at Shel- Frank Floski, Jr., '50, and Mrs. been teaching business at Anchor-

don, 111., on January 31 of this ·Floski, the former Mary Lou Cas- age High School. The Shanns plan

year. She continues to teach fifth teel, '49, are parents of a daughter, to return to Illinois this summer

grade at Sheldon. Maralee Ann, born December 29, but may take positions next year

Dale Everett Potts, '49, took the 1952. The Floskis live at 601 S. in Alaska, where teaching salaries

M. A. from George Washington Johnson St., New Athens, Ill. are very attractive.

University, Washington, D. C., in George Newman, ex-'50, is a

November of 1952. He lives at 808 New C. of C. Head guard at the arsenal in Wilmingto•
Fifer Dr., Alexandria, Va. Ill.

George Frazier, '49, is principal Don Griffin, 'SO Thomas Carlyle, '50, now lives
of an elementary school with an at 821 S. First St., Princeton, Ill.,
enrollment of 750 in the Gulf Coast Don Griffin, '50, has accepted a where he is employed as a field
area of Texas. His address is P. 0. position as executive secretary of man for the Pioneer Hi-Bred Seed
Box 99, Edna, Tex. the Charleston Chamber of Com- Corn Co. The Carlyles have two
merce, which is instituting a cam- sons. Tom reports that Don Wood·
Marilyn Miller Snearley, '49, paign for civic improvements this ard, '49, is coaching at DePue, a
writes that she and Earl, ex-'49, year. A professional fund-raising few miles east of Princeton.
still live at 46 W. Second St., Mesa, group is being employed to start a
Ariz. Earl is field man for the Baker hospital drive, first project on the Jack Haworth, '50, coached the
Castor Oil Co., which raises castor Chamber's agenda. Griffin has Atkinson, Ill., High School football
beans. The Snearleys have a son, been with the Charleston Theatre team to a championship in- the
2% years old. Marilyn says that Co. for six years, spending the last Cornbelt Conference last fall.
"this is wonderful country to live two as manager during the illness
of Rino Bianchi, ex-'36, who has Ray Weber, '50, is assistant to
.In." the director in the Army Map Ser·
vice Office, Louisville, Ky. Marion
Bob Inyart, '49, is assisting his Rennels, '52, and until recent!~
father with the Inyart Shoe Store Bethel Hill, '50, were also emplo)'I
in Carleston. He taught last at Car- ed in the Louisville office. All were
linville High School. geography majors at Eastern.

Leland Davis, '49, coached the Hill left Louisville early this year
Findlay, Ill., basketball team to a to take a position with Rand-Mc1
highly successful season and to a Nally in Skokie, Ill., as a photo,
good record in the regional tour- grapher in the map compilation sec-
nament at Mattoon. tion. The Hills live at 4% Green-
wood Ave., Apt. 3-A, Park Ridge.
Elmo Hilderbrand, '49, coached Mrs. Hill is the former Lois Benge,
the Louisville, Ill., High School team e x -' 5 1 .
(North Clay) to a clear champion-
ship in the Midstate Conference. Betty Kirkham (Mrs. H. C. Bow-
land), '50, writes that she is now
Carolyn Hill, '49, formerly Mrs. at a new address, 429 Perry St.,
William Fennel, is now Mrs. Rich- Denver, Colo. Mrs. Bowland
ard R. Glasson. The Glassons live teaches typing at Englewood Sen·
at 312 E. Newall St., Flint, Mich. ior High School, "the only high
Carolyn is teaching English and art school in our conference with a
in Flint and is counselor to about brand new two mill ion dollar field
250 seventh graders. She took the house."
M. A. in guidance from the Univer-
sity of Michigan last August. Mr.
Glasson is a newspaperman with

the Flint Journal. now resumed management of the Forrest Lile, '50, may be reached

Kenneth Connell, ' 49, is sales expanded Bianchi chain. at 1043 E. Sheridan St., Kankakee~

manager for the Ford Motor Co. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, the former 111.

of Salem, Ill. Matjorie Ingram, '43, are parents George Hack, '50, is studying to-

Hicks Cornett, '49, took a posi- of a son, Don, born in early March. ward a Ph. D. in geography at the

tion as teacher of business in the They also have a baby daughter. University of Illinois, having re-

Hillsboro, Ill., High School last fall. Bernita Shann (Mrs. Russell Mc- ceived the M. S. there in 1951.

Nelson Grote, '50, is now teach- lerran), '50, writes from Anchor- During the past year he has been

ing at Nashville, Ill., where his ad- age, Alaska, that, as of March 4, employed full time as a research

dress is 206 W. Lebanon. temperatures were between 35 associate with the Illinois Water

Hans C. Olsen, Jr., '50, became and 40 degrees and most of the Survey, meteorology section, while

the father of Hans C. Olsen 111 last · snow was gone. "They had to haul continuing his studies. His work as

December 26. Mrs. Olsen is the in snow for the 1953 Fur Rendez- a radar meteorologist involves the

former Mary Frances Hornbrook. vous, which featured dog races use of radar in weather forecasting.

PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT

Mr. Hack lives at 711 W. Illinois gagement in January, 1953. Mis3 mack, the former Barbara Keen,
in Urbana. Waddell is employed with the Car- both Class of '51, live at 748 Pam-
ter Oil Co. at Mattoon. Sgt. Hel- mel Ct., Ames, la., where Harry
Bill Snodgrass, '50, is teaching gemo is stationed at Randolph Air is completing his second year of
industrial arts at the Olney, Ill., Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. post-graduate work at Iowa State
High School. College.
C. D. Smith, '51, is a second
Irvin Haak, '50, is the father of lieutenant of Marines. His address Sgt. Elton G. Brandt (better
Christy Lynn, five months old. The as of last December was 19th SBC, known as Gaydon), 1222336, Sig.
Haaks have a son, Nicky Robert, 3rd Trn. Bn., MCS, Quantico, Va. Co., 1st Sig. Bn., l st Marine Divi-
2V2. Irvin is a switchman on the sion (Reinf.}, FMF. c/o FPO,
Illinois Central Railroad and lives Don A. Rothschild, '51, is still In San Francisco, Calif, hopes to re-
at 1713% Olive St., Mattoon, Ill. Korea, where he works on a team turn to the States from Korea by
with three other radio repairmen May 15.
C. Edman Adams, ex-'51, writes in a radio van which rotates among
that he left his position with the v a r i o u s artillery emplacements, A/le S. W. Bill Brewer, AFl I
Hahn-Rodenburg Advertising Co. checking equipment. He spent five 320 382, Hq Sq, Hq Avn Engr
of Springfield, Ill., recently to try days in Japan recently on a rest Force, Wolters AFB, Tex., planned
his hand in the entertainment and recreation leave. He hopes to
world. He is now at 2051 N. Vine return to the States in August and a short vacation trip into North
St., Hollywood 28, Calif. Adams receive his release on· October 1. Carolina before reporting to San
took the part of Mr. Chisolm and Antonio on March 24 for officers'
was the "radio voice" in a produc- His address is Pvt. D. A. Rothschild, training. Bill reports that Jack
tion of Robert Sherwood's "The US55202507, R & M, Hq Co., 101 Winkleblack, '51, is a second lieut-
Petrified Forest" produced at the Sig. Bn., Corps, AP.O 264 c/o Post- enant in an Army unit attached to
Santa Monica Bay Women's Club master, San Francisco, Calif. the Air Force at Wolters AFB. He
Theatre in March. He also served has also met Dick Bradford, '51,
as stage manager for the show. On Lorraine Creath (Mrs. Dave Fire- who is stationed at Carswell AFB
the night it closed, he relates, he baugh}, '51, writes from 731 N. about 47 miles from Wolters.
met Stewart Granger and Elizabeth Mirror, Amarillo, Tex., of the ar-
Taylor at a party given by the play rival of a son, David Richard, on 2nd Lt. Maurice Lee, '51, and
director. September 20, 1952. Since leaving Mrs. Lee, the former Ruth Rice, '50,
Rantoul last March, Dave has taught live at 415 S. Walters, Apt. 8, Pasa-
Dorothy Vickers, '51, recently in the Aircraft Sheetmetal School at dena, Tex. Maurice received a di-
received the master's degree in Amarillo as a Civil Service em- rect comm1ss1on, is attending
Spanish from the University of Illi- ployee. Mrs. Firebaugh· taught for school, has to do some flying, and
nois. She left her home in Mattoon a year and one-half in the Rantoul likes military life "fairly well." He
on February 24 to go to Los Ange- Grade School, but is now busy as a expects.to be sent to Biloxi, Miss.,
les, Calif., where she was married housewife and mother. in May.
to Charles Cumby, also a graduate
of the University. He is employed Jack Whitson, '51, and his C p I. William Sargent, '51,
as a designer at the Burbank, Calif., brother Rex, '49, coached compet- 1222341, Band Hq. Co., Hq Bn.,
Lockheed Aircraft plant. The Cum- ing teams in junior high basket- 3rd Marine Division, FMF, Camp
bys live at 2420 Crenshaw Blvd., ball this year. Jack's Jefferson Jun- Pendleton, Calif., completed a two-
Los.Angeles. ior High team of Charleston turned weeks field problem at 29 Palms,
back Rex's quintet from Newton Calif., in February, bought a car,
Doris Barnett, ex-'51, married J. Junior High after the teams had
D. Williamson of Australia recent- and expects to terminate his mili-
ly. The Williamsons will live in tied eight . times in the first three tary service in September.
Australia. quarters.
Cpl. A. G. (Bud} Gray, '51,
Lauretta Claire Newman (Mrs. Marion E. McDonald, '51, is a
corp~I with the 19th Engineer 1205539 USMC, D. Co., 1st Tk Bn.,
Paul Wiliams}, '51, is the mother Combat Group in Korea, serving l st Marine Division, FMF, c/o FPO,
of Paula Jean, born July 29, 1952. as a switchboard operator in the San Francisco, Calif., was looking
The Williams live near Arcola, Ill. headquarters company. He entered forward to spending a rest period
the Army in August of 1951. in Japan after having served sev-
Norma Cougill, '51, is in her eral months in Korea, according to
second year of teaching at Thaw- Walmer E. Goers, '51, is teaching latest word. Bud hopes to return
ville, Ill. at Longview, Ill. He writes that to the States in May. After a re-
Jack Frost, '52, is also at Longview, fresher course this summer and a
Charles Kozlowski, '51, is assist- as teacher and coach. "good fishing trip," Bud plans to
ant secretary of the Columbus Sav- start work in the fall. Mrs. Gray,
ings and Loan Co. of Chicago. He John E. Greathouse, '51, sends the former Sarah Kincaid, '51, is
makes his home at 4616 S. Homan a run-down of several members of teaching for the second year in
Ave., Chicago. his class. John has an apartment in Mattoon.
Illini Village, Urbana, Ill. (902 Col-
Neva Powell, '51, has moved Roy 0. Wade, Jr., '51, of 2716
from Manhattan Beach, Calif., to lege Court, Apt. 508). He plans to West St., Apt. 2, Ames, la., is in
200 S. Eucalyputs, Inglewood, complete his master's degree in ac- his second year of post-graduate
Calif. countancy this summer. He will work in medical school.
take the CPA exam in May. His
Marjorie Waddell, '51, and Staff news items: Gene Gresham, · '51, and Mrs.
Sergeant William Helgemo of Kel-
logg, Idaho, announced their en- Harry L. Zimmack and Mrs. Zim- Gresham, the former Mary Lape,

PAGE TWENTY-NINE

'51, live at 622 Sixth Ave., Brook- is spending his second year as head School last January 20. He had just
of the industrial arts department. completed eleven months of duty
ings, S. D. This is Gene's first year Peggy is taking care of daughter on the West Coast.
Janice Lee, 14 months old.
of graduate work. He is doing re- Tom Katsimpalis, '52, and Mrs.
Earlene Davies, '52, is teaching Kafsimpalis, the former _ Jeanette
search in fertility and is studying in the elementary schools of Mor- Morford, '52, are parents of a son,
ris, Ill. Her address is 715% Lib- Tom, born January 11. Tom, Sr.,
agronomy at South Dakota State erty, Apt. H. coaches at Altamont, Ill.

College, where he has a two-year Mary Louise Flanery, '52, be- Robert H. Scherer, '52, writes lo
came Mrs. Allyn J. Adams, Jr., on inform the Alumnus that he did not
assistantship. Mary is assisting in Dec. 24, 1952. Mr. Adams farms stay at Florida State Universifl
near Paris, Ill., and Mrs. Adams Tallahassee, because of housin!I
research at the college home ec- teaches third grade at Vermillion. problems. · Early in the fall he re-
The newlyweds make their home turned to Illinois and took a job
onomics department. at 615 Ten Broeck, Paris. teaching eighth grade science at
the Johns Hill Junior High School
Paul A.rnold, '51, and Mrs. Ar- Almeta Greathouse (Mrs. Bob in Decatur. His address is 558 S.
Garner), '52, writes that she is Webster, Decatur.
nold, the former Mary Cole, '51, staying home to care for Thomas
Alan, born Dec. 18, 1952. Bob is Al Fehrenbacher, '52, an ensig:)
live at Underwood Aparments No. working toward the Ph. D. in in the Naval Reserve, is now per·
geology on a scholarship at Mich- manently stationed at Agana,
3, McLeansboro, Ill., where Paul igan State College. Mrs. Garner Guam, where he is base commi!;t
taught high school home econom- sary officer. Agana has a large sta-
is in his second year as head of the ics and served as girls' athletic di- tion, feeding be~ween 2,200 .and
rector last year. 2,500 men daily. In a letter to Dr.
industrial arts department. Mary James Thompson of the busine5'
Mrs. Vera May Slover, '52, is education department, Fehren~
takes care of daughter Susan. teaching third grade at Humboldt. bacher states that he is enjoyin!I
the Guam weather, despite twice-
Robert Alter, '51, and Mrs. Alter, Betty Seybert (Mrs. Ray Tip- daily rains. Temperature ranges·
sword), '52, is teaching first grade between 70 and 80 degrees. Swim-
the former Shirley Benscoter, ex-· at Oakland, Ill. ming is good (if you keep away
from the sharks) and deep sea fish·
'51, live at 840 Continental, De- Bernard Elder, ex-'52, has been ing popular. Mrs. Fehrenbacher,
released from military service and the former Mary Lou Ulmer, hope$
troit 15, Mich., having moved there is now employed with the San- to take a Civil Service position in
gamo Electric So. in Springfield, Guam in order to be with her hus-
last summer. Bob is a safety en- 111.
band. Ens. Fehrenbacher may bEI
gineer with the Hudson Motor Norman Champion, ex-'52, and
Wanda Jean Hardway, a senior at addressed at Box 11, U. S. Naval
Company. Eastern, were married recently. Air Stati9n, Navy No. 943, FPO
Dean Smith, '51, entered the Champion is now employed as a San Francisco, Calif.
draftsman with the Mid-West Con-
University of Illinois graduate struction Co. of Mattoon. The new- Marilyn Newlin, '52, and John
lyweds live in an apartment at Fortier, ex-'51, were married last
school in February to do part time 1213 Marshall Ave., Mattoon. December 22 in Decatur. Mr. For-
tier was still in the Navy in early
study for the M. A. while stationed Herb Wills, '52, entered the March and Mrs. Fortier continues
Army on February 21. Wills had to teach in Bellwood, Ill.
as an instructor in the department been working toward the M. S. in
Ed. at Eastern up to the time of his Norma Metter, '52, expects to
of instructor training at Chanute induction. take the master's degree at the Uni-
versity of Illinois in June of this
AFB.-.. He calls the later "really a Charles Weirich, '52, is assistant year.
office manager for Polk Bros. of
small Air Force Teachers College." Chicago. His address is 1740 W. Mary Louise Flanery, '52, be-
Monterey, Chicago. came Mrs. Allyn J. Adams, Jr., re-
In the same department with him cently. The Adamses live at 615
William J. Myers, ex-'52, is a Ten Broeck, Paris, Ill.
are Floyd A. Landsaw, '50, and Joe trombonist with the 293rd Army
Band in Tokyo. The unit with Norma Lee Schmalhausen (Mrs.
E. Block, a former student. Civilian which Corporal Myers serves pro- David Leeds), '52, reports that her
vides music for military ceremonies husband, a chemical engineer, has
instructors in his department in- at General Mark Clark's UN Head- been transferred to Kansas City,
quarters and has been heard on Mo., as of March 30. Hence she is
clude Guss L. Grimm, former Train- Japanese radio broadcasts as well leaving her position as dietary sup-
as on the concert stage of the ervisor at the Western Reserve Uni-
ing School and Eastern State High famed Ernie Pyle Theatre in Tokyo.
versity Hospitals, Cleveland, 0.
band teacher; Emil K. Moore, '48; Dan Ferree, '52, reported at Ft.
Belvoir, Va., for Officers Training
and Sam Crisp, '49. In the next

hanger, says Smith, are Nelson Leo,

Jr., ex-'52, and Jack Howell, ex-

'53, instructors in the department

of weather. Mrs. Smith is the form-

er Mary Lee Wilson, '52. The Smiths

live in an apartment at 903 W.

Clark in Champaign and Mary Lee

teaches first and second grades at

Seymour, ten miles west of Cham-

paign.

Jim Gray, '51, returned to East-

ern for graduate work this spring.

He plans later to enter medical

school. Mrs. Gray, the former Janet

Foss, '51, is teaching music at

Bridgeport. "

Vern Ray (Tuck) Wagner, '51,

and Mrs. Wagner, the former Bar-

bara Recker, ex-'51 , may be ad-

dressed at PO Box 84, Noble, Ill.,

where Tuck teaches.

Leroy Greathouse, '51, and Mrs.

Greathouse, the former Peggy Hil-

bert, ex-'51, live at Spardale Apart-

ments, Rosiclare, Ill., where Leroy

PAGE THIRTY

Lord Donors Listed Missing in Action Littler, Carrie A. Littler, Mrs. David
B. Leeds, Mrs. Rollin 0. Lentz, Mrs.
(Continued from page 3) Marine 2nd Lt. Paul Burrus, '50, Orlando Lawrence, Mrs. Francis
is reported missing in Korea. Magruder, George S. May, lea
pie striving to become good teach- Marks, Helen G. Mullins, Louise G.
shaw, Elizabeth Lou Cochran, Char- McNulty, Mary Mclaughlin, Mr.
ers. les Currey, Gerald M. Chesnut, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Monts, Esther Mc-
With these things in mind, the and Mrs. Leallyn Clapp, John Cole,
Joan Coon, Mrs. John E. Canoose, Crory.
lord Scholarship Committee has Ruth Carman, Charles Conrad, Mrs. Joyce Traeger Neal, Mrs.
taken action which it believes will
Farry out the wishes of the donors. Donald E. Davis, Gerald W. Melvin Nolte, Mrs. Geraldine Nils-
~ finance sub<ommittee was se- Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Dehl, son, Gertrude Neal, Mr. and Mrs.
lected to see that the Scholarship Mrs. Omer A. Dynes, Leafy P. Ja;:ob Ousley, Mrs. W. H. Ownby,
Fund is safely invested to produce Demaree, Maralyn Davis, Rondell Mr. and Mrs. E. L. O'Hair, John B.
an income of $400 a year or more. Lee Davidson, Byron C. Davidson, Phillips, Dale E. Potts, Mrs. C. B.
Its membership is: lewis Linder, Mrs. Lorna Doone Dixon, David M. Potter, Robert Poggenpohl, Mrs.
chairman, Leah Todd, A. L. Riche, Dewhirst, Nannie I. Ellis, Mary J. Grace Thurman Paine,
Herald Fearn, and Stanley Elam. Ewing, Lena B. Ellington, Maurice
An awards committee to select the E. Foreman, D. F. Fleming, Audrey Cyril D. Reed, Dr. and Mrs. 0. l.
recipients of the award was also Shuey Firkin, George Frazier, Railsback, Norman E. Railsback,
named. It is composed of Robert Elinor Flagg, Evelyn Funkhouser, Mrs. Arthur Renfer, Gertrude E.
Black, chairman, Harold Fearn, Mrs. Inez Smith Gray, Alonzo F. Randall, Marian Rambo, Emily C.
Bruce Rardin, Esther McCrory, Lil- Goldsmith, Mrs. Howard Wm. Reid, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Mrs.
lie Lauher, and Mary Linder (alter- Gray, Capt. Wm. H. Green, Wal- Roy B. Robinson, Edith E. Ragan,
mer E. Goers, Mrs. E. C. Glenn, D. Miss Mildred Russell, Bruce Rardin,
nate.) Ullainee Ghere, Mrs. Wm. Guin Mrs. George N. Simons, Jr., Ed-
It was decided that beginning in Goss, Dennis Gephart, Dean 0. ward K. Sims, Mrs. Robert W. Ser-
G r a y , Hazel Garrison, Belvia viss, Mrs. Archer E. Sauer, Mr. and
1954 two awards would be made. Green, Grace Geddes, Mrs. John 0. Scanavino, Teddy
One will go to an elementary edu- Sims, Mrs. Vera May Slover, Mrs.
cation major and one to a student Laura Cossarre Harriman, Edna Neill M. Saunders, Elsie J. Sloan,
in one of the high school prepara- Hedrick, Evelyn Hallowell, Charles H. Nolan Sims, Miss Nina Shaw,
Thornton Hall, Mrs. F. V. Harkness, Mrs. Wm. Shields, Mrs. Walter A.
tory curricula. Carl Henkle, Nellie Haley, Merce- Schmidt, Mrs. James J. Smith, Jr.,
A very thorough method of se- des Hoag, Agnes F. Hatch, Mrs. Mrs. Josephine Stewart, Frank
James E. Hurley, Ferdinand Ho- Siefferman, James Shoemaker, E.
curing information on which to mann, Minnie Ellen lies, Mrs. F. E. L. Stover, Rebecca M. Stanberry,
base the awards has been adopted. Johnson, Paul H. Johnson, Mr. and Roscoe R. Snapp, F. H. Steinmetz,
Information with regard to per- Mrs. Marvin E. Johnson, Joan King Mrs. 0. E. Seaton, Ruth Harper
sonal qualifications will be obtain- Kennard, Chenault Kelly, Lowell V. Swickard, Hanford Tiffiny, Mrs.
ed from several sources, then aca- Krutsinger, Esther I. Kelso, Helen Harold Tolle, Amelia B. Thomas,
demic, extra-curricular, and other P. Keller, Mrs. Willard Kampman, Trueman R. Tremble, Mrs. Albert
records provided by the college Evelyn H. Killie, Vera M. Kite, Mr. Tuxhorn, Mrs. Albert Vietor, Ar-
will be examined by the commit- and Mrs. Vernon H. Kern, Eva W. thur G. Vestal, Mrs. Guy Vaughn,
tee members for a week before it Lacy, Mrs. Frank E. Lee, Mrs. Caryl Sr.,
meets to make a final selection. Lindberg, Sherman Littler, Nelle M.
Willis H. Weber, Edward Wilson,
· The prime basis for making the Flossie Wiley, R. H. Winget, Jr.,
award is promise of outstanding Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert S. Willey, Mrs.
success in teaching. Financial need Walter T. Wells, Mrs. James White-
may enter into the committee'z house, Mrs. George Werner, Mar-
judgment in the case of persons tha P. Walker, Eunice Belle Wright,
of otherwise equal qualifications. Mrs. Edward Wagner, Bertha M.
Wilson, Irene King Zimmers.
A list of donors up to March 21
follows. Other donors will be list- The following persons made
ed in the June Alumnus. pledges:

Myrtle Arnold, W. Weger Alli· Orla E. Adams, Ruth Maxewll
son, Wm. Raymond Abernathy, Bell, Robert W. Black, Claude 0.
Mrs. Frank Ayres, Mrs. T. H. Ayers, Combs, Maj. Glenn E. Davis, How-
Flora E. Balch, ard E. Gibbs, Hobart F. Heller,
Sophia Miles Morgan, Gertrude
Mrs. Nida M. Barnard, Mary J. Lynch Neff, Alexander Summers
Booth, Katherine Briggs, Thomas H. ("in memory of my late parents,
Briggs, Mrs. Richard Bennett, John Alice Miller Summers, Class of
J. Black, Gertrude Baxter, Cather- 1908, and C. B. Summers"), Edwin
ine H. Brown, Mrs. Grace Thomp- Thompson, Leland B. Turner, and
son Bair, Melba Yuvonne Baker, John S. Wilson.
Mabel Bryant, Walter G. Bertschin-
ger, Mrs. Carl Butler, Clara A.
Cress, Bertha M. Chapman, Mrs.
Wm. Crocker, Ruth Corley, Theo-
dore Cavins, Mrs. M. R. Clemin-

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