Eastern Alumnus Vol. 13 No. 1 (June 1959)

I

1959 HOMECOMING
OCTOBER 9-10

Eastern Illinois
University

Charleston, Illinois

)LUME XIII JUNE, 1959 NUMBER

Eastern Announces New Admissions .Policy

High School Grads Campus Guests

In Lowest Third

Face New Obstacles

High school students who rank-
ed in the lowest one-third of their
graduating class will find it more
difficult, although not impossible,
to enrol! this fall at Eastern.

The high school student whose
record indicates that two-thirds of

High school administrators, representatives O·f the news media·, and
Eastern officials are shown at a banquet June 25 in the ballroom of the
University Union. Following the dinner, President Quincy Doudna an-
nounced Eastern.'s admissions policy for the coming year.

President Quincy Doudna Basically, the new policy is as Academic Standing, will determine
follows: During the past two what constitutes a satisfactory
his class compiled a better scholas- years, Eastern has given all enter- showing on the tests.
tic achievement record than he was ing students a series of counseling
the subject of the new admissions tests and, on the results of these If a student in the lowest third
policy announced June 25 by tests and the students' high school of his class makes the satisfactory
President Quincy Doudna. records, advised them of their mark or better, he will be admit-
probability of college success. ted. Should he not make a satis-
The new policy does not pre- factory showing, the University
vent anyone from entering East- But beginning in the fall of may require that he write a letter
ern; but it does place several ob- I959, all high school students in stating why he believes he can
stacles in the path of poorer high the lowest third of their graduating succeed if admitted and stating
school students. class will be required to take the more fully his purposes. He may
tests before their applications for also be asked to come to the cam-
admission are processed. pus for a personal interview.

Board Resolution The high school student who
ranked in the lowest third of his
Acting under a resolution of the class and who did not score· satis-
Teachers College Board, the Uni- factorily on the counseling tests
versity, through its Committee on
(Continued on page :.7)

ooth Library

Easterp. Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

The Quadrangle x Editorial . ..

LB Alumni Bulletin Has

I8 hI A Specific Function

r ,( :5 /. The June, 1959, issue of The
Eastern Alumnus represents the
\. I 1>f
first major change to be· made in
An Enclosure Presenting the format of the magazine since
the first issue was published just
All Sides and Many Angles 12 years ago. No doubt, the ab-
sence of the blue-and-white cover
The Quadrangle is planned as a regular feature of The Eastern designed by Stan Elam, director of
Alumnus. It will contain, bits of information that, regardless of import· alumni services . a_t Eastern when
ance, might be of interest to many alumni. No specific criteria will be
applied to the content of The Quadrangle, other than that it be of gen· The Eastern Alumnus was innovat-
eral interest. Alumni wishing to contribute items of information for ed in 1947, will represent to many
publication in this column should preface their comments with the·
notation, "For The Quadrangle." an unnecessary, if not unforgiva-
ble, break with tradition.
Alumna Killed in Norway Miss Cruise
But there will be others who
Anna Mae Cruise, '46, was one of 15 persons equate change with progress and
who say that any change is better
killed June 23 when the Stalheim Hotel near Vosses- than none. Both of these positions,
trand, Norway, burned. Miss Cruise was among 130 the argument for the maintenance
Americans in the hotel at the time of the fire. A of the status quo and the demand
teacher in the Tuscola (Ill.) High School for the past for change for the sake of change,
two years, she received the Master of Science in Edu- are rejected by the editor.

cation degree from Eastern in June, 1959, but was Tradition and the link it provides
with memories of the past play an
excused from commencement to leave on the Euro- important role in the everyday life
pean tour. Following her graduation from Eastern in of an educational institution, for it
is through tradition, custom, and
1946, she taught at Louisville, Ill., and Beecher City, historical precedence that the rich
heritage of the past provides the
Ill., before going to Tuscola. mold for the present "personality"
of the institution.
Heise to See Foreign Service
The Eastern Alumnus, however,
Dr. Heise Dr. Bryan Heise, professor of education and di-
rector of extension at Eastern for more than 20 is not and should not be a tradi-
years, will take a two-year leave of absence from tional item in itself. It is, instead,
the campus this fall to serve as educational consult-
ant to Cambodia, Southeast Asia. (Continued on next page)

Heise will assist the Cambodian government in The Eastern
its establishment of a teacher education program. He
will serve specifically in curriculum organization in
the fields of psychology and child growth and devel-
opment.

He will be employed by the Unitarian Service
Committee of the Unitarian Church, which is operat-
ing the program of educational assistance under the
direction , and cooperation of the federal government.

Attention, Class of 1914 Alumnus

One of the landmarks of the Eastern campus has for many years Published in June, September, December
been the. two stone posts marking the entrance to the circle of 9Jd and· March by Eastern Illinois University,
Charleston, Illinois
Main. Presented to the University by the Class of 1914 (!n what year?),
VOLUME XIII JUNE, 1959 NUMBER 1
the posts have now been carefully dismantled to make way for the
Director of Alumni Services __ Asa M. Ruyle
construction of Highway No. 17, the right-of-way of which will demand Editor ------------------ Ken Hesler, '51

52 feet of the Lincoln Street side of the campus. Entered May 14, 1947, as second class
The posts cannot be placed at the entrance of the new drive fol-
matter at the post office in Charleston,". 111-
lowing construction of the highway because of the safety factor; but
University officials are seeking an appropriate site on which to re- nois, under authority· of : the ·act of Con·
construct them. Speaking for the University, President , Q~incy Dou~na
said that these posts had served a fine purpose for a- great many years gress, Augus-t 24, 1912. Yearly subscription
by adding an element of dignity to the entrance to the: building. He
rate $2.00; two years ,$2.75; three years
expressed appreciation to the members of the Class of 1914 for their
$3.50. •..
contribution in this connection.
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PAGE TWO

Letters to the editor for publi- Student 'News' Publishes Again;
cation should be 300 words or Publication Board Names Staff
less in length. Letters must be
signed, but names will be with-

held on request. Please mark Editor's Note: The following ac- on personal arguments with cer-
letters, "For Publication." count of the controversy between tain members of the school admin-
the Eastern State News and the istration.

Student-Faculty Publications Board Staff Viewpoint
(Continued from preceding page) at Eastern during the spring

an instrument of the present with months of · this year was written The News staff, headed by
the task of providing a common by the editor of The Eastern Alum- Bruce Shaeffer, senior from. Skokie,
bond or link that will serve to nus. Any such controversy encom- and supervised by Dr. Francis Pal-
unite the many and varied per- passes many divergent and related mer, the adviser, took the position
sonalities that constitute that body issues; but at the center of such a that the News was reporting in a
known as the Eastern alumni. To development there is to be found thorough and responsible manner
perform this task, The Eastern a series of chronological steps of- and that any effort by the Board
Alumnus must accommodate· itself ten obscured by the emotional to regulate its activities would be
to the time and the situation of atmosphere of the conflict. This an infringement on the freedom
the present. presentation does not pretend to of the press.
be complete; it merely makes an
Whatever the function of the effort to offer an objective descrip- Maintaining that as publisher it
alumni magazine in the past and tion of the controversy as it devel- had the right to employ staff
regardless of how well that func- oped and was culminated. members of the student publica-
tion was performed, The Eastern tions, the Board acted to dismiss

Alumnus will seek to serve in Eastern's student newspaper, Shaeffer as editor. The vote by the
three primary capacities - as a the Eastern State News, which be- Board to dismiss the editor was
media of expression for the ideas came the center of a campus con- 5-4. One student member of the
and opinions of alumni, as a com- troversy early this year, resumed Board was practice te·aching off-
munications link among Eastern publication as of June 24. campus.
alumni, and as an instrument by
which alumni may be kept inform- Publication of the News was Following the action by the
ed as to the "why's" and "where- suspended by the student-faculty Board, the editorial staff of the
fore's" of their alma mater. Publications Board following the News resigned. Attempts by the
January 28 issue; and the period faculty Committee of Fifteen, act-
Before the four issues of the of nearly five months that elapsed ing at the request of President
coming year are printed and in the before pub Iication was resumed Quincy Doudna, to mediate the
mail, numerous other changes may marked the longest span of inac- controversy between the staff and
be made in the content and format tivity in the paper's history. the Board broke down, and the
of the magazine. These changes Board acted to suspend publica-
will not be made on a basis of The suspension of publication tion.
whim or fancy; they will be made came about as a result of a con-
only to better accomplish the pur- troversy between the staff of the Stalemate
poses of the magazine. paper and the Publications Board.
With the situation stalemated
The editor of a magazine may Publications Board and with no· prospect of the two
have certain technical abilities and sides of the controvesy coming to
be capable of making certain gen- Composed of six students and any basic understanding, President

eral judgments as to what type four faculty members, the Board Quincy Doudna reassigned Dr.
of magazine is preferred by the serves in the capacity of publisher Palmer to teaching duties in the
readers; but the final judgment of the student newspaper and year- English department and announc-

as to what constitutes the most de- book and is empowered to set ed that a new adviser would be

sirable content can be decided only basic policy and employ the staffs appointed for the school year be-

by the readers themsleves. of the News and Warbler. In addi- ginning in the fall of 1959.

Therefore, the editor is asking tion, the Board works cooperative- As is regular practice·, a new
:alumni subscribers to comment as · ly with the adviser of the two pub- Publication Board was appointed
Ito what they would like to read I1cations. for the 1958-59 school year, with
only one member of the old Board
in The Eastern Alumnus, what type In the fall of 1958, the Board, being retained, and an acting ad-
~ information should receive the in its capacity as publisher, became viser named for the summer of
most attention, and what are some critical of the· general news cover- 1959.
JileW possibilities to consider. Only age and editorial approach being
taken by the student newspaper, Acting adviser for the summer
• cooperative venture by the alum- charging the staff with inaccuracy, months is Ken Hesler, '51, assistant
ti of Eastern and the Alumni Of- slanting of news stories, and the director of public relations and
ice can make the project a success- use of editorial columns to carry
(Continued on next page)
\11 one.

128698 PAGE THREE

Scholarship Winners Panthers to Play
Nine ,Grid Games

Photographed as they were presented Livingston C. Lord Scholar- Eastern's football team will pla
ships at the 1959 spring commencement are Donna Schuetz, left, Lov- a nine-game schedule in 1959. Th
ington, Ill., and Edgar Schmidt, Alton, Ill. The Livingston C. Lord Scholar- Panthers, coached by Ralph Kohl
ships are the highest scholarship honors bestowed by the University. open the season September 19 i
a night game with Indiana State a
Alumni Honor Eastern Students Terre Haute.
For Outstanding Achievement
First home game for the gri
Five Eastern students received ment to receive the Howard DeF. ders, who won two and lost
scholarship awards at the annual Widger Award. Presented annually last season, is a September
spring Honors Day program and to the outstanding English student, meeting with Austin Peay.
commencement exercises. the award is given in honor of Dr.
Widger who died in 1953. Dr. The schedule:
Two juniors were awarded Liv- Widger was a member of the Eng- Sept. 19-lndiana State, aw2y
ingston C. Lord Scholarships, the 1ish department for 41 years and Sept. 26- Austin Peay, home
University's highest scholarship served as head of the department Oct. 3-Ball State, home
honor, at June 7 graduation exer- from 1945 to 1953. The award Oct. l 0-Northern, Homecomin
cises. Donna Schuetz of Lovington, was presented at Honors Day cere- Oct. 17-Southern, away
Ill., and Edgar Schmidt of Alton, monies. Oct. 24-Eastern Mich., home
Ill., were presented the scholar- Oct. 31-Western, home
ships given annually by the Alum~ Recently established scholarship Nov. 7-Central Mich., away
ni Association to students who awards in mathematics and science Nov. 14-lllinois Normal, away
give highest promise of outstand- were presented for the first time
ing success as teachers. at commencement. The' new awards Eastern 'News'
are the G. B. Dudley Memorial
Miss Schuetz won the award as Award and the, E. H. Taylor Award . (Continued from preceding page)
the outstanding student majoring
in elementary education and plan- The Dudley Award, established alumni services and former edlto
ning to teach in the grades. by Tilford E. Dudley, Washington, of the News. Hesler, who was o
Schmidt, a mathematics major, re- D. C., in memory of his father, Dr. sabbatical leave last year, work
ceived the award going to the out- G. B. Dudley, a Charleston, Ill., ing toward the doctorate at th
standing student in a secondary physician for many years, went University of. Illinois, has served a
school teaching field. to Dennis Hill, junior physics major acting summer adviser in pas
from Jewett, Ill. years.
Barbara Smith Fritts, Charleston,
UI., a senior English major, was Established by alumni in honor Early in June, the new Publi
selected by the English depart- of E. H. Taylor, teacher and head cations Board met and selected
staff for the coming school year
Members of the newly-appointe
staff who were planning to atten
the current summer sessions wer
named as the editorial staff
the summer News.

of the mathematics department a
Eastern from 1899 to 1945, th
Taylor Award was presented t
Barbara Ann Green, senior math
matics major from Casey.

The Dudley Award will go a
nually to the most outstanding st
dent in the major sciences-botany
chemistry, physics, and zoology
The Taylor Award will be presen
ed annually to, the top student i
mathematics. Presented at co
mencement this year, the two ne
awards will be given at Honor
Day ceremonies in the future.

PAGE FOUR

BIG AND LITTLE Walker to Edit
'News' Next Fa II
Campus News Notes
Rex D. Walker, junior phy-
NEW STUDENT TESTING ANNUAL MUSIC CAMP sics major from West Salem, has
been appointed editor of the East-
Testing dates for new students Approximately 673 high school ern State News, student news-
planning to enroll at Eastern this paper at Eastern, for the 1959-60
fall have been announced by Dr. students attended the 1959 Sum- school year.
Donald A. Rothschild, director of
testing services. mer Music Camp during its three The staff was selected by the
weeks of operation. Publications Board. Composed of
All new students enrolling at
Eastern are required to take a ser- The camp is divided into three Editor
ies of tests and, according to a one-week sessions, · with the first
recent admissions policy announ- week devoted to chorus and the Rex Walker
ced by the University, all high final two weeks to band.
school students who ranked in the six students and four faculty mem-
lowest one-third of their high Music campers rehearse five bers, the Board serves in the capa-
school graduating class are re- and one-half hours each day and city of publisher of the student
quired to take the examinations present a public concert on the newspaper and yearbook.
before they can be admitted. final day of camp. In addition, they
participate in supervised recrea- Walker, the son of Mr. and Mrs .
Testing dates are Saturday, July tion periods, seminars, and vari- Tice J. Walker of West Salem, is a
11; Thursday, August 6; Saturday, ous other forms of recreation 1953 graduate of Edwards County
August 15; and Tuesday, Septem- such as movies, dancing, and camp High School. He was editor of his
ber 8. Freshman orientation week parties. high school newspaper in 1950-
begins September 7. Tests will be 51.
given from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A breakdown of the Music Camp
on each announced date in the enrollment reveals that approxi- The Publications Board also ap-
auditorium of Old Main. mately 40 percent of the campers pointed three associate editors,
are from the Chicago area, 30 a sports editor, and a business
GIFTED STUDENTS percent from the local area, 20 manager for the 1959-60 school
percent from the Bloomington- year. Associate editors are Donald
A workshop in the education of Peoria area, and ten percent from T. Roy, junior social science major
the academically talented pupil the southern part of Illinois. from Peoria; Dwight Connelly,
will be conducted August 10-26 sophomore social science major
SUMMER SCHOOL ENROLLMEN1T from Martinsville; and Gretchen
n the Eastern campus. Westendorf, sophomore English
Designed for teachers, guidance Enrol lment for the 1959 eight major from Newton.
and twelve-week summer sessions
specialists, and elementary and at Eastern totalled 1, 199. Eight Jim Kimball, sophomore physi-
secondary school administrators, hundred fifty-six students signed cal education major from Charles-
the workshop will consider and up for the eight-week session; and ton, was named sports editor, a
deal with such problems as the another 289 enrolled for the sum- position he held in 1958-59. The
identification of the gifted, charac- mer quarter. Another 55 students business manager position went to
eristics of the gifted, promising were attending on a part-time Mary Jane German, sophomore
basis. Total on-campus enrol lment English major from Paris.
ethods and procedures in the in 1958 was 1,204.
ucation of the gifted and speci-
ic problems related to under-ach- MUSIC OFFICER
vement.
The workshop will be directed Dr. Earl Boyd, professor of
y Or. Donald Moler, associate pro- music, has been elected president
sor of education. Additional of the National Association of Col-
rsonnel will be drawn from the lege Wind and Percussion Instruct-
taff of the University with pro- ors .
sional personnel from other in-
itutions as resource persons. The organization to be headed
Four quarter hours of graduate by Boyd is dedicated to the im-
undergraduate credit may be provement and advancement of in-
rned by those enrolling for the strumental music teaching at the
university level.
kshop. For further information,
ite Dr. Moler.

PAGE FIVE

Alumna's Dreams Fulfilled •In 49th State

School, Sa la ries, Winter Styles
Men--'The Best'

EDITOR'S NOTE: Carol Stoller,
'57, travelled to Anchorage, Alas-
ka, in the summer of 1958 to ac-
cept a teaching position in the
North Star Sc:hool, an elementary
school with an enrollment of 650
students. On January 25, 1959,
Carol's photograph appeared in a
Parade Magazine story entitled,
"Is Alaska a Woman's Paradise?"
The photograph, one of four with
the story, pictured Carol in, an
automobile with two other women
teachers; and inscribed on the side
of the automobile were the words,
"Dangerous, Teachers." The East-
ern Alumnus asked Carol to tell
her fellow alumni about living and
teaching in Alaska. The following

is her reply:

"Teach in Alaska! Carol, be sen- Garbed Alaskan style in fur parka. and mukluks, Carol is pictured
sible!" my Eastern colleagues ad- here on a visit to Kotzebue, a remote Eskimo village north of the Arcti
vised just one short year ago as I Circle.
prepared to accept a teaching posi-
tion in Anchorage . My mailbox in Modern Schools difference is absorbed by the high
Lincoln Hall produced numerous er cost of living. The base salar
Eskimo cartoons, and my fellow As are all schools in Anchorage, for teachers is $6,000, while th
residents in the hall never missed North Star is very modern in struc- t:;, p salary is $9,600.
an opportunity to mention "all ture, up-to-date· in ideas, and has
those men in Alaska ." very friendly teachers. Anchorage's Furnished, heated apartment
school system consists of thirteen run from $150 to $200 a month
My reply to all of this good- elementary schools, two junior and food costs about $50 pe
natured razzing was that I loved high schools, one high school, and month per person . I find sharing
to travel, that I loved adventure, one community college. More an apartment very economical, as
and that I wanted a good teaching schools are being built every year my food and room expenses
job. I now have all this and much to keep pace with the tremendous amcunt to $115 per month.
more. increase in enrollment.
Recreation
My experiences began as my Alaska is a crossroad of the
travelmates and future roommates world. Consequently, the students Alaska offers the very best in
(teachers) and I ventured up the are varied and interesting . My outdoor recreation, including hunt·
famous Alsaka Highway. We had twenty-seven fifth graders, about ing for caribou, moose, and bear;
a tremendous time viewing scenic one-half of whom are Alaskan fishing for salmon, halibut, and
mountains, lakes, and forests; and born, are ordinary, fun-loving Am- grayling; digging for clams; pan·
during the trip we met persons erican boys and girls. Most of them ning for gold; and skiing-the lat-
from all corners. of the United are excellent skaters, reflecting the ter being my favorite.
States. Ani account of the trip fact that all elementary schools are
through five states, four Canadian equipped with ice-skating rinks. Anchorage is similar to any U.
provinces, and into the interior of S. city. I find these exceptions:
Alaska would be a story in itself. Teaching salaries in Alaska are women cab drivers, police and
about 40 percent higher than state- barbers; plenty of young men; few
After getting settled in our cozy, wide; but some 25 percent of the tall buildings (only two in Anch-
four-room apartment in Spenard,
a suburb of Anchorage, I began (Continued on next page)
my first teaching assignment at
North Star School, an elementary
school of 650 students.

PAGE SIX

Winter Fun Admissions Policy

A member of the Anchorage Ski (Continued from page l) able high school students seeking
Club, Carol reports that she has admission.
spent six months of weekends ski- is not denied the privilege of en-
ing at Arctic Valley in the Chugach rolling at Eastern; for, if he· car- Trial Run
Mountains. ries through with the· letter and
the personal interview and ful- Last" summer in a trial of the
(Continued from preceding page) fills all enrollment requirements, procedure to be utilized this fall,
he may enter the University. counselors interviewed a number
orage); and people garbed in fur of low-ranked high school grad-
parkas and mukluks. We have As to this point, Doudna said, uates who also ranked low on their
two television stations, three radio "In the event that they still want tests.
stations, and two daily news- to try college after understanding
papers . the difficulties, we shall be inclin- Twenty of these students enter-
ed to give them a tria I of a quarter ed the University in spite of their
Weather - wise, Anchorage is or two to see what they can do." counselors' advice that they would
much like Illinois, except for its probably have small chance of suc-
lcnger winter season. Winter tem- Commenting on the fact that r:ess.
peratures vary between five below some students with poor high
zero and 35 above. Winter days school records have done well in Two of these 20 are, now stu-
are six to eight hours long; and college, the president said, "We dents in good standing. The re-
the country Iives up to its nick- recognize that there are some stu- maining 18 have either left school,
name, "Land of the Midnight Sun ." dents who did not do well in high been dropped for low scholarship,
school who, because of added ma- or are currently attending on
Extensive travel within our new turity and motivation, can do sat- academic probation.
state is possible mostly by air. Two isfactory ·work in college. We in-
highways lead out from Anchor- tend, wherever possible, to find Doudna commended the citizens
age. One goes northward to Fair- which ones they are." of the state and state officials for
banks; the other goes in a south- providing Eastern with an out-
erly direction toward Seward . My Growing Enrollments standing faculty and excellent edu-
travels have taken me to Fair- cational facilities.
banks, second largest city to Anch- The new admissions policy came
orae; Valdez, a scenic fishing vil- at a time when steadily growing And he told a group of area
lage off Prince, William Sound; enrol Iments in the state- supported educators and representatives of
universities are making budget the news media attending a meet-
ward; Kodiak Island; Nome; and demands that are increasingly dif- ing at which the new admissions
otzebue, a remote Eskimo town ficult to meet. policy was announced that Eastern
bove the Arctic Circle. expects to grow slowly enough to
Eastern, anticipating a ten per- avoid having the problems of
To sum it up, life in Alaska is cent increase in enrollment for the growth interfere with the achieve-
emendous. It is everything I had 1959-60 school year, originally ment of the primary aims of the
ver dreamed and planned for sought to add 15 new members university.
hile attending college at Eastern. to its faculty . Budget limitiations,
however, reduced the number of "Our first obligation is to de-
faculty members Eastern could add velop a program of high quality
to its staff to ten. Other increases which we can make available to
in institutional facilities and ser- the youth of the state," he said.
vices made necessary by growing
enrollments were also curtailed. Referring to the admissions pol-
icy, Doudna noted that the facul-
Although the new admissions ty, funds, and facilities provided
policy does not prevent the deter- for Eastern and the citizens of Illi-
mined student from enrolling, re- nois should be available first of
gardless of his indicated ability, all, should any curtailment in en-
Eastern officials expect the policy rollment be necessary, to students
to reduce the anticipated increase of good quality.
by about one-third.
He urged "the high schools to
Doudna pointed out that the re- send us the best possible students
duction would be achieved by con- so that full benefit from this type
vir.icing some students that they do of program may be attained."
not have college ability and that
to attempt college work would Ken Ludwig, '55, has been
only result in frustration and a named head basketball coach at
waste of their time and money. Newton (Ill.) High School. Ludwig
has been an assistant in basketball
The "convincing" would be at Kankakee (Ill.) High School for
handled as a part of the counsel- the past two years. He will also
ing process set up for the less serve as assistant football coach at
Newton.

PAGE SEVEN

Marker to Head Foundation Officers
EIU Foundation

Group Elects 20 Members,
Accepts Two Scholarships

Harold Marker, '34, was elected Officers of the Eastern Illinois University Foundation for 1959-60
president of the Eastern Illinois are, from left, Harold Marker, '34, Charleston, president; Chenault
University Foundation June 7 at Kelly, '25, Charleston, executive-secretary; and Lewis Linder, '10, Char-
the annual meeting of the organi- leston, vice-president. The officers were chosen at the annual Found-
zation in the University Union . ation meeting June 7 in the University Union.
Marker succeeds Maurice Hamp-
ton, '15. Don Hutton, '47, 56 Mitchell Michael Spends Summer
Charleston, Ill.; Marjorie Tefft Teaching at Baton Rouge
Re-elected as vice-president was Hutton, '47, 56 Mitchell, Charles-
Lewis Linder, '10. Chenault Kelly, ton, Ill.; Emma Chenault Kelly, '25, Dr. Elizabeth Michael of East
'25, was renamed executive secre- 810 Sixth St., Charleston, Ill .; Char- ern's foreign language departmen
tary. les P. Lantz (faculty), 910 Eleventh is teaching French this summer 0s
St., Charleston, Ill.; a member of the instructional staff
The Foundation, which receives
and administers funds which will Mrs . Edward A. Perry, '42, 1809 of the Foreign Language Institute
serve educational purposes other West Ayres, Peoria, Ill .; James W. at Louisiana Stale University, Baton
than those for which the State of Shoemaker, '13, 250 Laurel St., Rouge. The Institute is supported
Illinois makes appropriations, voted San Francisco 18, Calif.; F. H. by the National Defense Education
to accept the administration of the Steinmetz, '13, Box 17, Grove Act of 1958. Dr. Michael will be
E. H. Taylor Award and the G . B. St., Union Springs, N. Y.; Jose- doing demonstration 'work with
Dudley Memorial Award. phine Harker Stewart, '03, 609 two classes of elementary school
Eleventh St., Charleston, Ill.; pupils in French and will work
Scholarship Awards with the trainees attending the In-
Ernest L. Stover (faculty), 1556 stitute.
Established by Tilford E. Dudley, Fourth St., Charleston, Ill.; Alex-
Washington, D. C., in memory of ander Summers, '36, Mattoon, Ill.;
his father, Dr. G. B. Dudley, a Norma Sunderman, '44, 1717
Charleston, Ill., physician. for many Tenth St., Charleston, Ill.; Mrs . E.
years, the Dudley Award goes an- H. Taylor (faculty), 885 Seventh
nually to the outstanding student St., Charleston, Ill.;
in the· major sciences - botany,
chemistry, physics, and zoology. Katherine H. Thudium, ex-'37,
8.961 Seventh St., Charleston, Ill.;
The Taylor Award, established L. H. Tiffany, '15, 1606 Hinman
by alumni in honor of E. H. Tay- Ave., Evanston, Ill.; Mrs . Stephen
lor, teacher and head of the mathe- G. Turner, '22, 822 North Chicago
matics department at Eastern from St., Pontiac, Ill.; Annie L. Weller
1899 to 1945, goes annually to (faculty), · 1520 Fourth St., Char-
the outstanding student in mathe- leston, Ill.; and Mrs. C. Philip Zim-
matics. mers, '22, 5686 The Plaza, Twenty-
Nine Palms, Calif.
In other action, the Foundation
voted to accept 20 members for
five-year terms. Each year the
terms of 20 persons expire and an
additional 20 members are added
to keep the Foundation member-
ship at l 00 persons.

New Members

New and re-appointed members
are Virginia Lacey Anderson, '47,
948 Sixth St., Charleston, Ill.; Har-
old L. Hayes, '41, 320 Leicester
Avenue, Duluth 3, Minn.; Russell
Herron, '57, Office of Public Rela-
tions, Central Michigan University,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.;

PAGE EIGHT

Sports ... Baseball Mentor

Panther Nine

Finishes Third

Eastern's baseball team made
the greatest advance of the 1959

spring sports season, finishing in
a tie for third in the Interstate

Conference after having been h
the cellar in 1958.

The Panther nine was in con-

tention for the league title un1il
the final week of conference ac-
tion . Bob Ludwig, junior from Eff-
ingh-am, led the squad in hitting

with a .328 average for the sea-

son.
For the season, Coach Jack

Kaley's team won 14 games and & \>. ~ . .
lost 15; and, for a rarity in base-
ball, the team battled to a 2-2 tie Jack Kaley, baseball coach at Eastern for the past two years, guided
with Navy Pier. In the llAC, the the Panther nine to third place in the Interstate Conference this season
Panthers had an 8-9 record. The Eastern squad finished in the cellar in 1958.

Coach Maynard O'Brien's track-

s1ers won four of six dual meets, Baseball Golf
finished third in the State Meet at
Charleston, Ill., and placed sixth Season: W-14, L-15, Tie-1 Dual Meets: W-2, L-11
in the conference meet at Ypsilanti . llAC: W-8, L-9 (Tie for Third) llAC Meet: Tie for Sixth

Top individual efforts of the

track season were new school rec- Opponent (Eastern Scores First} Opponent (Eastern Scores First)
ords set by Dave Fields and Raw- Southern Illinois, 6V2-17V2, 9-18
Ian Lillard, both of Danville, Ill. Millikin, 1-3, 3-0
Fields set a new Eastern shot put Navy Pier lllini, 12-7, 2-2 Indiana State, 11 V2-8V2
record with a toss of 50 feet, 7% Lincoln College, 21-1, 18-1 Illinois Normal, 6-12
inches; and Lillard set a new school Northern Illinois, 11-8, 11-5, 1-8 Southern, Ill., 11V2-l2V2, 3%-20V2
mark by running the 880 in l :56.8. Greenville College, 7-1 Indiana State, 7-14
Western Illinois, 0-5, 8-9, 11-6 Quincy College, 11-13
Eastern's netters settled for sec- Anderson College, 15-6, l 0-1 Ball State, 4V2-l OV2
ond place in the league behind · Illinois Normal, 15-12, 4--13, 7-5 Southern Illinois, lOV2-13V2
Southern Illinois. Charles Morrison Eastern Michigan, 3-2, 5-4, 0-6 Wabash College, 3V2-V2 l l
of Rock Island, Ill., won the No. 5 Washington Univ., 0-5 DePauw Univ., 7-8
singles championship; and Dale Central Michigan, 18-4, 3-9 Ball State, 1-11
Helt of Joliet, Ill., won the No. 6 Indiana State, 0-3 Quincy College, l 3V2- l OV2
title. Clark Nelson of Mattoon, Ill., Lewis College, 3-4, 4-6
and Joe Vinzant of East Moline, Southern Illinois, 3-8, 7-9 Tennis
111., were runners-up in the No. l
Dual Meets: W-6, L-3
and No. 2 singles, respectively. Bradley Tourney: First
1IAC Meet: Second
Coach Rex Darling's charges Track
Opponent (Eastern Scores First)
took second place in each of the Dual Meets: W-4, L-2 DePauw Univ., 8-1
three doubles divisions. Biggest State Meet: Thirc:~ Illinois Normal, 7-2
dual meet win in the netters' 6-3 llAC Meet: Sixth Southern Illinois, 1-8
season was a 5-4 victory over Iowa Univ., 5-4
owa. Opponent (Eastern Scores First) Principia, 4-5
Washington Univ., 7-2
Coach Bob Carey's golfers tied Bradley Univ., 66V2-64V2 Illinois Normal, 5-4
Western Illinois, 8-1
or sixth place in the llAC with Illinois Normal, 67%-63V2 Southern Illinois, 0-9

llinois Normal. Over the season, Chanute Field, 110-21

e golf team won two of 11 dual Northern Illinois, 43V2-87V2

eets, with five of the losses com- Southern Illinois, 49-82

ng in meets with Southern. Western Illinois, 99-32

PAGE NINE

EXISTING LINCOLN AVENUE

Visitor Vi•itor
Parking
Parking

Parl<in g Lot

THE LINCOLN AVENUE side of Eastern's campus, the section that might be described as being in front of
Old Main, will take on. a new look in the not too distant future.

A four-lane state highway, A-17, running from Mattoon, 111., and joining Route 16 just east of Charleston
near the cheese factory, will be constructed along what is now Lincoln. Aven.ue.

As shown in the sketch above, the north, or westbound, traffic lane will be built approximately
over what is now Lincoln Avenue. The south, or eastbound, traffic lane will occupy an are·a that is now a
portion of the north campus. The campus curb of the eastbound traffic lane will be located 52 feet south
of the present Lincoln Avenue curb.

The two 24-foot road lanes will be divided by boulevards that vary from 18 to 12 feet in width in the
vicinity of the campus.

The Seventh Street side of the campus will also take on a new look. A circular drive will be cut into the
campus just south of the intersec:tion1of Seventh and Lincoln and will swing by the east entrance to Old Main
and rejoin Seventh Street again. approximately at the point where the entrance to the Blair Hall (formerly the
high school building) parking lot is currently located. There exists a possibility that the stone posts formerly
located at the entrance to the Circle will be r~onstructed at the entrance of the Seventh Street drive.

PAGE TEN

Who ... Alumni
Notes
What

Where.

When

How or why

--1910-- Securities, of San Francisco, Calif., went on to the University of Illi-
has been named a member of the nois, where he received the bach-
Cara Rankin (Mrs. John H. Harry board of Gertsch Products, Inc., of elor of science and bachelor of arts
Hassheider), has informed the Los Angeles, Calif. degrees. He earned the master of
Alumni Office that her husband science degree at Northwestern.
will retire in October after 25 The announcement of Shoe-
years with the U. S. Geological Sur- maker's appointment was made in For 23 years he served as a
vey. He is district engineer over May when Gertsch Products, Inc., teacher, principal, and superin-
northwestern Wyoming in the Oil increased its board to seven mem- tendent in Illinois schools.
and Mineral Leasing Division. She bers in preparation for a new ex-
reports that their son is a first lieu- pansion program . Ferdinand and Helen Steinmetz
tenant in the Public Information recently completed an extended
Division of the U. S. Army, Berlin Ch:ules W. Conrad, 'ex-13, re- tour of Florida, New Orleans, Ten-
Command, Berlin, Germany, and turned early this spring from a nessee, lillinois and Nebraska .
that his wife and two small ch il- European tour that included visits While in Illinois they visited with
dren are with him. to England, Holland, Belgium, several Eastern schoolmates of the
Luxembourg, Germany, Switzer- classes of 1913 and 1914 and re-
--1913-- land, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, acquainted themselves with some ·
Monte Carlo, and France. former friends they had not seen
James W. Shoemaker, a partner in more then 40 years. The Stein-
in Schwabacher & Co., Investment Conrad, a retired teacher turned metz's permanent address is Union
farmer, lives on a farm near Ran- Springs, N. Y.
kin, Ill. After attending Eastern, he
--1918--
Social Center
Malara Stanberry (Mrs . M . W.
Rozar) reports that her husband
resigned his position in 1958 in
order that they might enjoy a
leisurely life at their home in Flor-
ida. The Rozars returned this spring
frcm a five months trip around the
world on Captain Kurt Carlsen's
Flying Enterprise II. The Rozars
live at Box 654, Hobe Sound, Fla .

--1923--

Myrtle N. Dunlap, director of
school libraries, Office of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, Springfield, Ill., had an arti-
cle entitled "The Illinois Story-
1959" published in the March,
1959, issue of Illinois Libraries.
Myrtle formerly was an assistan t
in Eastern's library.

High school students attending the annual Summer Music Camp --1936--
ire shown filing into the University Union for lunch. Some 650 stu-
dents from high schools over the State of Illinois attended the three- Max L. White has joined the
week camp for band and chorus rehearsals. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co ., as a representative in its
The University Union will serve as the headquarters of returning Ch icago-Jordan agen:y.
alumni at Homecoming, October 9-10.
PAGE ELEVEN

Mathematics Institute

Six Eastern alumni are among 25 high school teachers attending an eight-week mathematics institute
conducted this summer on campus. Designed to "improve the competence of teac;hers and to improve the
quality of science and mathematics teaching in high schools and colleges," the institute is sponsored by a
$29,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Teaching in the institute are Dr. Lawrence Ringenberg,
extreme right of front row, and Dr. Lester Vandeventer, '38, of the Eastern mathematics department, extreme
right, second row.

Alumni attending the institute are, front row, Paul Highsmith, '57, (third from left); Francis Onorati, '54,
(seventh from left); Carroll Dunn, '22, '25, (fifth from right) and George Cortelyon, '39, (third from right).
Shown in the second row are Samuel Gray, '31, (fifth from left); and William Schuetze, '57, (sixth from left).

--1937-- several years previously in Liberia, Rush Darigan currently serves as
West Africa, is returning to Af-
E. J. Haire, superintendent of rica as a tropical horticultural ad - a representative of the Scot, Fores-
the Onargo (Ill.) schools for the visor for the International Cooper-
past six years, has accepted a po- ation Administration. man and Company Publishing
sition as principal of the Milford
(Ill.) Township High School. He He will be assigned to Ghana, House . He recently delivered a
succeeds Brooks Cartright, who formerly the Gold Coast, which,
resigned to assume duties as sup- in his words, "is just one landing speech to the teachers of the Glen-
erintendent of the Iroquois (Ill.) strip south of Robertsfield at Har- wood, Ill., school on the "Do's and
County schools. bel in Liberia ." His post will be at Don'ts of Teaching Reading to Pri-
Aiyanasi, on the coast west of Ac- mary Children."
--1947-- cra, the capitol city . The Arzeni's
address beginning August l will Jack Miller, head basketball
Sam Taylor, vice-president of be: USOM to Ghana,% American coach at Pontiac (Ill .) High School
Pacific Indoor Advertising Co., Embassy, Accra, Ghana, West Af- for the past seven years, was re-
Los Angeles, Calif., attended the rica. cently appointed head basketbali
Graduate School of Sales Manage- coach at Waukegan (Ill.) High
ment and Marketing June 9-25 on Charles is currently teaching at School. He handled the frosh-soph
the campus of Syracuse University, Tougaloo Southern Christian Col- squad at the northern Illinois
Syracuse, N. Y. The school was at- lege, Tougaloo, Miss. schcol last year.
tended by more than 225 top exe-
cutives from 32 states, the District --1949-- Norman Waltrip has b ee n
of Columbia, Hawaii, and six for- awarded a National Science Found-
eign countries. Sam lives at 914 J. Elwood Popham, representa- ation Scholarship to the University
East Bixby Road, Long Beach , tive in the Charleston-Mattoon of Wisconsin . He is a science in-
Cal if. area for the Massachusetts Mutual structor at Auburn (Ill.) High
Insurance Company, has complet- School and has taught chemistry
--1948-- ed two weeks of specialized train- and biology there for the past six
ing at Springfield, Mass ., as a years. Out of 600 applicants for
Charles Arzeni and his family member of his company's 39th the scholarships, only 50 were
are planning to return to overseas home office school for career un- chosen for the eight-week course.
employment. Charles, who spent derwriters. The school was at- Waltrip is a former resident of
tended by 28 field representatives Mattoon, Ill.
PAGE TWELVE from 18 agencies in 12 states.
Charles J. Tolch received the Ph.
D. from Ohio State University in

First SIU Doctorate in the ratings for junior college
coach of the year. His record for
Paul Hamilton Roosevelt, '50, left, is congratulated by Dr. Willis the past season, the· best in the
Swartz, dean of the Graduate School a·t Southern Illinois University, as school's 21-year history, was 22-4.
he became the first person to receive the Ph.D. degree from Southern. In five years of coaching at Henry
Roosevelt, he·ad of the speech correction program at East Texas State Ford, Dick has compiled a record
College, earned the doctor's degree in speech correction. He was of 72 victories and 22 defeats.
awarded a master's degree at Northwestern Univeri;ity in 1952.
Marjorie Waddell (Mrs. William
exercises June 12 in Columbus, Lynn (Ill.) Schools, Districts 6 and A. Helgemo) lives at 40 North
Ohio. 222, for the coming year. Country Club Road, Decatur, Ill.
The Helgemo's have a son, Brad-
Hal Hubbard is elementary li- Art received the master of sci- ford Allen, born June 23, 1958.
brarian in the public schools of ence degree in education and the
Rockford, Ill. Hal, who went to advanced certificate from the Uni- Richard Egan has resigned his
Rockford in the fa 11 of 1958 after versity of Illinois and the doctorate position in Barrett Junior High
serving five years as teacher and in education from Indiana Univer- School, Columbus, Ohio, and re-
librarian at Charleston (Ill.) High sity. turned to Illinois.
School, lives at 2008 Sharon Ave .,
Rockford. His wife, Violet, a 1951 Jack Crews resigned his posi- Egan, who was voted "Favorite
graduate of Eastern, teaches art at tion as band director at Newton Teacher of the Columbus, Ohio,
Welsh School in Rockford. (Ill.) High School to devote his full- Public Schools," in 1958, left his
time efforts to the management of position in that city after nine
--1950·-- the family business, H. M. Crews years of service to seek "green-
& Son, International Harvester er pastures."
Jack Kitchen visited the Alum- dealers in Newton.
ni Office recently. Jack reported Following his graduation from
that he would be back at his post Joan Ccon reports that she is Eastern in 1951, Egan took the
as teacher of vocational and com- still teching at Niles Township master's from Peabody College the
mercial art at Decatur (Ill.) High School o.f Skokie, Ill., in the de- same year. He is currently work-
School next fall. His wife, Rosa- partment of business education. ing on his doctoral thesis at Ohio
lind, teaches commerce and history University.
at Warrensburg-Latham (Ill.) high --1951--
School. The Kitchens live at 13 . ., The Egans have two children-
Crestview Drive, Decatur. Gary Wade, 2, and Deborah Lynn,
John Richard Adams, basketball 11 mos. They are currently living
Arthur L. Aikman, principal of coach at Henry Ford Community at 426 Fair Ave., Flora, Ill.
Cissna Park (Ill.) Grade School and College, Dearborn, Mich., guided
Junior High School for the past his team to third place in the Na- Jeane Winkler, teacher-coach at
four years, has accepted the posi-, tional Junior College Basketball 1he lndianola (Ill.) Elementary
tion of superintendent of the East Tournament at HutChinson, Kan., School, was a mid-year masters de-
in March. Sixteen teams took part gree graduate of the University of
in the tourney. Dick placed second Illinois.

Dr. H. L. Zimmack is currently
in charge of O'Donnell Hall, a new
men's dormitory at Eastern Ken-
tucky State College, Richmond. Mr.
and Mrs. Zimmack also report the
birth of a son, John Mark, on No-
vember 1, 1958.

--1952--

Bill Balch, insurance agent and
former teacher who currently re-
sides in Effingham, Ill., made his
first political race last spring, as
one of the eight candidates for the
four city commissioner posts in
Effingham.

Tom Katsimpalis has acce.pted
the position of administrative as-
sistant for the Board of Education,
Clinton Community Unit Schools.
Tom, a former basketball great at
Eastern, has been head basketball
coach at Clinton High School for
the past three years.

John T. McGinnis recently re-

PAGo THIRTEEN

ceived his M.S. from the University German Journalist
of Tennessee. He is now working
towards a Ph.D. in radiation ecol- Dr. Ray McKenna, right, associate professor of education and chair·
ogy. John is married and has two man of the University Lecture Series, talks with Dr. Gunter Knackstedt,
children, Teresa, 17 months, and German news analyst, following an all-school assembly June 23 at
Thomas, five months. which. the visiting journalist discussed the Berlin Crisis.

Rebert W. Newport, ex-52, has Thomas C. Schreck completed ing the Secretary of State's office
been appointed assistant business the Doctor of Education Degree at in 1957.
manager of the American Dental Indiana University in June, 1959.
Association. In this capacity, he is He will remain at Indiana as direct- Barbara Jane, Seibert (Mrs. David
responsible for personal as well as or of student activities. Mrs . J. Albrigh1) reports a new address.
physical management of the Asso- Schreck, Dolores E. Wilson, '54, re- The Albright's new address is 412
ciation's headquarters at 222 E. ceived her master's degree from East 16th St., Bloomington, Ind.
Superior St., Chicago, Ill . For the Indiana this year and will teach They have a new daughter, Mich·
past five years, he has been per- in Bloomington, Ind. The Schreck's elle Dawn, born March 19, 1959.
sonnel director of Bankers Life and address is Hoosier Courts C-201, Husband Dave· is working as an
Casualty Co., Chicago. Robert re- Bloomington. architectural engineer for the Cur·
ceived the B.A. in psychology from ry Construction Co. in Blooming·
DePaul University in 1957 and Dc·nald L. Calvin, ex-'54, has ton.
has done advanced work in indus- been promoted to commissioner
trial relations at Loyola University. of the Securities Division in Illinois --1955--
The Newports and their two sons, Secretary of State Charles F. Car-
Richard, 5, and Robert, 3, live at pentier's office. Don, formerly Lester M. Burton, major in the
301 South Edward St., Mt. Pro- chief examiner, was promoted in United States Air Force, reports
spect, Ill . May. He received the law degree that he graduated in May from
from the University of Illinois and the Communications and Electronics
Norma Metter (Mrs . J e f f was associated with the law firm Staff Officer Course at Keesler Air
Crewe), writes that Jeff, ex-'55, of Herrick and Rudasill of Farmer Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., and was
was recently promoted to manager City and Clinton, Ill., before join- transferred to the 762 Radar
of the Southeast District for the
Pitman Moore Pharmaceutical
Company. Following the promo-
tion, the Crewes moved from New
Orl ea ns, La ., to Jacksonville, Fla .,
where they reside at 8010 Eatan
Ave. Norma notes that they have
encountered two other Eastern-
ites living in Jacksonville-"Tex"
Mis hl e r, ex-'54, and Bob Flick, '40
- and are anxious to know of any
additional alumni in the area .

--1953--

Edgar Smitley has been employ-
ed by the Board of Education of
Arthur, Ill., District 305, as head
football coach at the Arthur High
School. Edgar goes to Arthur from
Kincaid, Ill., where he has been
football coach for the past year.

Verna Ballard received the Mas-
ter of Arts degree May 31 from
Bradley University, Peoria, Ill. Miss
Ballard, who resides at 1214 N.
Sheridan, Peoria, majored in edu-
cation.

--1954--

Mildred Wallace was employed
to teach girl's physical education
at the Urbana (Ill .) High School
during the latter part of the 1958-
59 school year.

PAGE FOURTEEN

Squadron (Sage) as Staff Electronics John R. Jones, assistant in the High School in Milton, Ill. She
Officer. His squadron is located at records division at Eastern, has taught last year at Pleasant Hill, Ill.
North Truro AFS, North Truro, been elected secretary and Nation-
Mass. al director of the Wabash Valley Linda Utter recently completed
Chapter of the National Machine the Trans-World Airlines hostess
Major Burton recently took a Accountants Association . He repre- training program in Kansas City,
30-day leave and toured Europe sented the chapter at the organiza- Mo. She is assigned to TWA Sky-
via Military Air Transport Service, tion's eighth annua I conference liner flights out of Kansas City.
leaving his wife and daughter in June 23-26 in St. Louis, Mo. John
England for the summer vacation. and his wife, Kathryn Evans, '59, ·Scott Miller has accepted a po-
His wife's parents reside in Eng- live at 768 Tenth St., Charleston, sition with Marsh Steel Corporation
land. His address is Box A-4, 762 111. of Denver, Colo. He was formerly
Radar Squadron (Sage), North employed by the Connecticut Mu-
Truro AFS, Mass. Joanne Louise Stephens (Mrs. tual Insurance Company.
Neil Admire), and husband, Ne·il,
Noe·I Baker was elected "Out- '58, are currently residing at Wilda Mae Hill recently had an
standing Spoke" of the Illinois 1105V2 Chandler St., Danville, Ill. art entry selected for competitive
Junior Chamber of Commerce at showing at the annual State of
the annual state convention of that --1958,-- Illinois exhibits. Her work, an
organization May 2 in Chicago. enameled copper bon-bon dish en-
Alice Herman plans to return titled "Twin Manes", was selected
Noel is employed at the Baker next year to her teaching position at 1he Henry County Town and
Transfer and Storage Co. in Dan- at Chatsworth, Ill ., in the high Country Show held at Cambridge,
ville, Ill. He is the first person from schocl business department. She Ill ., in March . Wilda, a native of
Danville to win the award. is going to spend the summer as Fillmore, Ill., is a teacher in the
a camp counsellor and office em- Geneseo (Ill.) Community Unit
He and his wife, Sue Ann, re- ployee at the Long Scraggy Moun- School District.
ide at 800 West Columbus St., tain Camp for Girls, Buffalo,
Danville. The Bakers have four chil- Creek, Colo. Glenn Hastings is currently
dren-Dean, 6, David, 5, Debra, 4 , teaching physical education on the
and Douglas, 2. James Hatfield reports that al- elementary level in Granite City,
though he is going to continue in 111. He reports that he has over
--1956-- his present position in the Pitts- 1,000 students in h is classes .
field, Ill., schools, his wife will
Wilbert 0. Bormann has been teach horrye economics at East Pike Jacqueline Warren will do grad-
promoted to the position of man- uate study at New Mexico State
ager of secretarial services at the University in 1959-60. During the
International Business Machines past year, she taught Span ish,
Product Development Laboratory
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He will be Vermilion ·County ·Officers
responsible for the supervision and
training of new PDL secretaries
and receptionists. Wilbert joined
the IBM staff in 1956 as a depart-
mental technician assigned to en -
gineering education. He was pro-
moted in 1958 to staff assistant,
a position he held until his recent
assignment.

--1957--

John J. Willingham received the Carroll Dukes, '55, right, was elected president of the Vermilion
aster of Science Degree from County Eastern State Club May 6 at the annual meeting in the Central
ennsylvania State University in Christian Church in Danville, Ill. Other executive committee members
mmencement exercises h e I d of the Club are Quinn R. Sanks, ex-'21, right, secretary-treasurer, and
une 6. He majored in business Mrs. Steve Davidson, '35, vice-president. Carroll resides at R. R. 2,
dministration. Potomac, Ill.
Wayne Brooke is currently teach-
g 8th grade in the Grant Park
II.) Elementary School System. He
so coaches track, baseball and

ketball on the grade school
el. Wayne and his wife, Dee,
ently became the· parents of
ir first child, Todd Wayne, born
ril 21, 1959, in St. Mary's Hos-
al in Kankakee, Ill.

PAGE FIFTcEN

French, and English at Tolono Champaign County Officers
(Ill.) High School. She spent the
summer of 1958 in Mexico, attend-
ing the University of Guadalajara
and traveling. She has a graduate
ass istantship in language depart-
ment at New Mexico State.

John McCullers, is teaching in-
dustrial arts at Wilmington High
School in Long Beach, Calif. John
and Mrs. McCullers, the former
Norma Anderson, '57, are the par-
ents of a girl, Linda, born Decem-
ber 19, 1958 . Their address is
5281 East Ocean Blvd ., Long
Beach 3, Calif .

--1959--

Albert Poorman and his family William Klarman, '57, left, will head the Champaign County Eastern
now make their home in Fort Col- State Club in 1959-60. Klarman was elected April 17 at a meeting of
lins, Colo., where he will work on Champaign County alumni in the University Place Christian Church.
his masters degree in game man- Other officers elected at the meeting were Carlos White, '58, center,
agement at Colorado State Uni- vice-president, and Pearl Gunn, '48, secretary-treasurer. The club presi-
versity beginning with the fall dent resides at E.-64-A Stadium Terrace, Champaign, Ill.
term . Mrs. Poorman, a former staff
member on the Mattoon Journal- ern in Bermuda shorts. Larry calls Des Plaines; Alice Lashinski, Ele-
Gazette, is now employed in the his frowned upon technique, "The mentary School, Garden Grove,
advertising department of the Fort New Cool Way to Go to Com- California ; Larry F. Fulton, Junior
Collins Coloradoan. mencement." High School, Bloomington; Judith
King, Wiley School, Urbana; Larry
Be·tty Jo Suhr recently assumed 1959 Placements Ballinger, Community High School,
duties as assistant home adviser Newton; Robert Harder, Junior
for Edgar County, Ill. She will One hundred thirty-eight mem- High School, Toledo; Judith Daw-
work in the County Home with bers of the 1959 graduating class son, Elementary School, Carpen-
county home adviser Jaura Hed- had accepted teaching positions tersville;
delston in the home economics di- as of June 20, according to the
v1s1on, dealing primarily with Teacher Placement Bureau. Carol Brandt, Elementary School,
home economics 4-H Club work. Bellwood; Gary Eagleton, Junior
The following list of 1959 grad- High School, Des Plaines; Alma K.
Ray Brummett volunteered for uates includes names, school, and Dixon, Aroma Park School, Kanka-
enlistment in the U. S. Army im- community of those persons ac- kee; Janet Getz, Elementary School,
. · mediately following his gradua- cepting positions as of June 20. Santa Clara, California; Hazel Bar-
tion from Eastern in March. He Where no state is indicated, the ricklow, Junior High School, Chey
recently completed eight weeks of community is located in Illinois. enne, Wyoming; Carole Gregory,
basic training, after which he High Schcol, Georgetown; Gloria
moved to Norfolk Army Base, Nor- Anton Yakos, Triad Community Funk, Grades 1-12, Wellington,
folk, Va . High School, Troy; Arnold Ander- Robert Fleming, Junior H i g h
son, Pleasant Valley Junior High School, Windsor; George Barbour
Bob Lambert began duties as a School, Bettendorf, Iowa; Guy Harlem High School, Rockford;
speech correctionist for School Dis- Thompson, City Public Schools..
trict 17 of Jacksonvi lie, 111. He is Racine, Wisconsin; Barbara Todd, J u d i t h Payne, Elementary
now working with some 60 stu- Garfield Schools, Danville; Ruth Schools, Oakland; Gilbert Deimel,
dents on the high school, junior Neeley Outcalt, Grade School, Washington. School, Mattoon; Mark
high, and elementary levels. Palestine; Dean Lionberger, High Gregory, Community Unit, Mowea
School, Palestine; Carol Lawson. qua; Mary Brennan, Glen Carbon
Ken Christiansen has accepted a Elementary School, Evanston; Janet School, Edwardsville; Charles Sut-
position as head football and track Ruddel I, Elementary School, Rob- ton, Franklin School, Mattoon; Don-
coach and assistant basketball inson; na Ricchiardi, Elementary School,
coach at Milford (Ill.) High School. P a r k Forest; Juanita Timmons,
In addition to his coaching duties, Carole Meurlot, Elementary Franklin School, Mattoon;
he will teach industrial arts. School, Springfield; George Frits-
chle, Thacker Junior High School,
Larry Joe Ankenbrand, who will
teach and coach at Paris (Ill.) High
School next year has informed the
Alumni Office that he is the first
person ever to graduate from East-

PAGE SIXTEEN

Richard Cook, Hay - Edwards ior High, Des Plaines; Joseph mentary School, Waverly; Gayle
School, Springfield; Charles Bar- Green, High School, Effingham; Frame, Senior High School, Oak
nett, Junior High School, Deer- Linda Zuber, Ste Marie School, Ste Lawn;
field; Melvin Anglin, Senior High Marie; Sandra Petersen, Junior
School, Carpentersvil le; Lew i s Senior High Schools, Evergreen, John Kuehn, Washington School,
Goekler, Grades 7-12, Marshall; Colorado; Joyce Snyder Kirk, Glen- Belvidere; Leona Tucker, South
Delores Maurer, Junior High w o o d High School, Chatham; Shore School, Decatur; Dolores
School, Marshall; Lucille Rothe, Lin- Dema Jane Guyer, South-East- Gudauskas, Mound School, Deca-
coln-Way Community High School, School, Decatur. tur; Ronald Berchert, Community
New Lenox; Unit, Monticello; Betty Stoltz, Park-
Betty Bertolino, Washington view Junior High School, Lawrence-
Loy M . Simcox, Community School, Danville; Barbara Green, ville; Dolores Berry, Elementary
Units, Beecher City and Altamont; High School, Casey; Barbara Bag- Schools, Jacksonville; Chloann
Charlotte Walker, High School, Eff- gett, Junior-Senior High Schools, Moore, Elementary School, Rock-
ingham; Matthew Havard, Junior New Boston; Norman Baggett, ford; Vera Ramsey, High School ,
High School, Morton; Junior-Senior High Schools, New Newton; Janice Baltzell, High
Boston; Jerome Ashworth, Benja- School, Dixon;
James Sprengel, Junior High min Franklin Junior High School ,
School, Gibson City; Joanne Pad- Springfield; Barbara Gill, Commun- Jerry Krueger, Cumberland High
dick, Elementary School, Areola; ity High School, Knoxville; School, Toledo; Carl Magsamen,
Thomas Rogers, Junior H i g h St. Patrick Central High School,
School, Edwardsville; John N. Helene Huddlestun, Elementary Kankakee; Ellen Fitch, Community
Parker, High School, Hillsdale, In- School, Casey; Ken Christiansen, High School, Lyndon; Jerry D. Hise,
diana; Harold Campbell, High High School, Milford; Emilie Red- Westfield High School , Westfield;
School, Dieterich; Reta A. Pirtle, mon, Community High School, Charlene Ducey, High School, Hut-
Junior-Senior High Schools, Wel- Stewardson; Bessie Kelly, Com- sonvi ile;
don; Mary Whittles, High School, munity High School, Herrick; Ron-
Tower Hill; ald Coartney, High School, Waver- Jack Thorson, Junior H i g h
ly; Donna Coartney, Waverly Ele- School, Palatine; Judith Decker,
Juanita Fawley, Algonquin Jun- Cumberland High School, Toledo;
Merle Spittler, Junior-Senior High
New Post Schools, Villa Grove; Sharon Fryer,
High School, East Peoria; Dorothy
Daniel J. James, '42, shown above with his wife, Ann, left the Falk, Grades 1-8, Tolono; Van
nited States in June for Seoul, Korea, where he will serve with the Munsey, Community High School,
Enfield; Andy Jackson, Junior
national Cooperation· Administration as International Trade Advisor. High School, Carpentersville;
ICA is a branch of the U. S. State Department. James, who received
masters and doctorate in marketing and economics from the Uni- Mary Ba r r i c k, Elementary
•ty of Illinois, has been marketing advisor to the government of School, Danville; Mildred Boals,
Edgewood School, Effingham;
·1e under a United N·ations assignment since 1957. He received an Mary Jane Lindsey, Tri-City High
School, Buffalo; Carole Anderson,
norary Ph.D. from Eastern in 1956 and has had ten years of univer- Community High School, Chand-
teaching experience. lerville; Barbara Federman, Lin-
coln-Way Community High School,
New Lenox; Phyllis Potter, Franklin
S::hool, Mattoon; Ralph J. Waldrop ,
Junior High S::hool, Los Angeles,
California; Phyllis Hafliger, South
Fort Township High School, Kin-
caid;

Richard Storm, Buckley - Loda
Township High School, Buckley;
Robert Graham, Community High
School, Marshall; James Haynes,
Junior High School, Staunton; Don-
ald Yutzy, Elementary School,
Springfield; Galen Brant, Grade
School, Bridgeport; Norma Spitale,
Lincoln Grade Schoel, Robinson;
Jeanne Magruder, High School,
Dayton, Ind.;

Joan Brewington, MacArthur
High School, Decatur; Harold Kauf-
man, Western Military Academy,

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Murray Receives High School, Neoga; Max Manuel, Junior High School, Newton; Char-
Doctor's Degree United High School, East Moline; les Lowe, Grades 1-8, Brownsburg,
Janet Koger, Oglesby School, De- Indiana; Luther Gibson, Eastern
Miss Louise Murray, assistant catur; Fred Hein, Dundee Junior Illinois University, Charleston;
professor and supervisor of junior High School, Carpentersville; Wil- Mary Campbell, Junior-Senior High
high school language arts and so- bur Williams, Junior High School, School, Niantic.
cial studies in the Laboratory Lincoln; Robert Daley, Sand Creek
School, received the Doctor of Community Schools, Adrian, Michi- Marriages
Philosophy degree from North- gan;
western University in June. Charles Talbert Foley, '58, was
Henry Munch, Barret Junior married June 27 to Mary Alice
Her dissertation is entitled, "A High School, Columbus; Margaret Powers of Vermillion, Ill. Charles
Survey of Classroom Teaching Adkins, High School, Henning; is a representative for the Upjohn
Raymond Olmstead, Grades 5-12, Company in Olney, Ill.
Dr. Louise Murray Altamont; Larry Duckworth, Lewis
and Clark School, Wood River; Rose Marie Mueller, '58, was
Practices in Selected Core - Type James Monge, High School, Dono- married to Tony Manuel of Effing-
Programs in Seventh and Eighth van; Sharon Cuppy, Community ham, Ill., Sunday, June 14. Mrs.
Grades in Illinois." High School, Arthur; James Fas- Manuel is a commerce teacher in
sero, High School, Farmer City; the Effingham High School, and
While doing her research, she Roleen Fassero, Elementary School, her husband is employed in the
spent three months surveying 44 Farmer City; advertising department of the
selected junior high schools in Illi- Effingham Daily News.
nois. Paul Carnes, Mooseheart High
School, Mooseheart; Billie W . Lash, George Palmer, '58, and Betty
Miss Murray joined the Eastern Thomas Edison School, Springfield; Jean Johnson, '59, were married
staff in 1951 as an instructor of Tommy McMillan, Community High Thursday, June 11, in Charleston,
high school English . With the clos- School, East Lynn; Bob G. Hines, Ill. The couple left immediately for
ing of Eastern State High Sch:::iol, High School, Pana; Sona Beavers, Berkeley, Calif., where they will
she became a member of the jun- Community High School, Granite reside for the next two years while
ior high school staff. She holds a City; Paul Greg White, High School, George works toward a Ph.D. in
bachelor's degree from the Uni- Mattoon; Richard Vaughan, ABL chemistry at the University of Cali-
versity of Toronto and a master's High School, Broadlands; fornia .
degree from Columbia University.
Beverley Deckard, Junior High Mrs. Palmer majored in business
School, Los Angeles, California; education at Eastern . George went
Thomas Waltrip, Central Junior
High, Mattoon; Norman Tracy,

Married Housing

Alton; Betty I. Biggs, High School , Sixty housing units for married students are currently under con-
Sullivan; Marilyn Copeland, Co- struction on South Fourth Street. The project includes two three-wing
lumbian School, Mattoon; William structures, with each wing containing ten apartments. The new units
Kilhoffer, Community Junior High are expected to be ready for occupancy by next spring.
School, Monticello; Suzanne Pence,
High School, Cowden; Joan Tohill,
Elementary School, Los Angeles,
California; Carol Prince, Hammond
School, Atwood;

Mildred Harp, Junior H i g h
School, Northbrook; Phyllis Oakley,

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o the University of California last nie Elkins, '59, were married June Births
ear on a graduate assistantship 28 in Olney, Ill. The couple will
nd will continue his work this live and teach in Chesterton, Ind., Gene Cornell, '57, is the father
ummer on a National Science next year. John was recently of a son, Mark Eugene, born De-
oundation fellowship. named head basketball coach, and cember, 1958 . Mr. and Mrs. Cor-
Connie will teach in the high nell reside at 3217 Shelby St.,
June Sporleder, '49, was mar- school's business department. Mattoon, Ill.
ied in April to Julian McCain of
alton City, Ill. The couple will Jim Turner, '58, was married to Carol Volle (Mrs. Louis Van
live near Dalton City where Mc- Helen Davis, ex-'58, April 25 in Rheeden) '54, and husband, a fifth
ain is engaged in farming. Prior the Hillsboro Christian Church. The grade teacher in the Fairbury (Ill.)
o her marriage, June had taught Turner's currently reside in Peoria, Elementary School, report the birth
or several years at the Washing- Ill., where Jim is working at Key- of their first child, a son, Richard
on Elementary School in Decatur, stone Steel and Wire Company. Volle, on November 23, 1958.
II. Mrs. Turner is employed as a sec-
retary in the offices of H. 0 . Richard E. · Myers, '52, and his
Francis Vogel, '55, M.S. '56, Stephens and Son Insurance Com- wife are the parents of a daugh-
arried Constance Zewen of pany. ter, Susan Elaine, born February
enosha, Wis., on April 18. Vogel 13, 1959, at the Blanchard Valley
s on the· staff of the Skiles Junior Lois Miller, '59, was recently Hospital in Findlay, Ohio.
igh School in Evanston, Ill., and married to Mark Putnam, a student
rs. Vogel teaches English at the at Lincoln Bible Institute and the Reginald Replogle, '53, reports
ichols School in Evanston. minister of the Little Grove Chris- a new addition to his family in the
tian Church near Centralia, Ill. The person of Sandra Lynn, born Octo-
Charles Stoldt, '57, and Shirley wedding was held in the Beecher ber 16, 1958. The Replogles reside
tewart of Oakland, Ill., were re- City Church of Christ. in Midwest Park, Charleston, Ill.
ently married in the Oakland He works in the Midwest Homes
resbyterian Church . Charles is Pat Saatcamp, '59, was married Mattoon offices.
mployed at the Andrews Ford to Roger Hoffman last March in
ales in Oakland. the First Baptist Church, Nokomis, Jane Wigginton (Mrs . Richard
Ill. Hoffman is engaged in farm- Taylor), '55, and her husband be-
Fred Davis, '57, and Sandra ing near Nokomis. came the parents of a son, Rich-
ostello, '58, were married March ard Craig, born May 22, 1958.
9 at the First Baptist Church of JoAnn Wondrok, '56, was mar- Their first son, Mark Bradley, . is
ankakee, Ill., the hometown of ried June· 20 to Jack Ribelin of now three years old. The Taylor's
iss Coste Ilo. Davis, a former resi- Moweaqua, Ill. JoAnn has taught reside in Oakland, Ill.
ent of Charleston, 111 ., is current- for the past two years in the com-
y doing graduate work in hotel merce department of Robinson To keep in touch with your form·
anagement at Michigan State (Ill.) High School. Mr. Ribelin is a er classmates, keep the Eastern
niversity, East Lansing . The cou- graduate of DeVry Technical Insti - Alumnus informed.
le will reside in East Lansing . tute of Chicago and is employed
by W:IA-TV, Champaign, Ill .
John Milholland, '58, and Con-

Fine Arts Center

Eastern's art, music, and speech departments moved into the new Fine Arts Center in June. cTh.e' yje~ of
building ' $~own here is from a point just south of the University Union and east of Lantz Gymnasium. A

ion of the east wing is visible at the left of the photo. ·

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In Memoriam Faculty Pro.motions Three Faculty

--1913-- Approved By Board Vacancies Filled

Fiske Allen, 87, a mathematics Fifteen faculty members at East- Three faculty members have
professor at Eastern from 1913 un- ern were promoted in action taken been hired to fill vacancies in
ti I his retirement in 1942, died in June 8 at the Teachers College the art, speech, and mathematics
April in Urbana, Ill. Services were Board meeting in Normal, Ill. departments at E:3s~ern, President
held at the Renners Funeral Home. Quincy Doudna announced recent-
Surviving are two sons, Dr. Robert Dr. Ruth H. Cline of the English ly.
Allen a member of the staff at department, Dr. David Davis of
Willi;ms College, Williamstown, the mathematics department, and Dr. Alphonso J . DiPietro will
Mass., and Charles Allan, associate Dr. Charles Elliott of the industrial take a position as assistant profes-
dean and professor of education arts department, were promoted sor of mathematics . DiPietro re-
at the University of Illinois. to the rank of professor. ceived his bachelor's and master's
degrees from West Liberty State
--1915-- Dr. Lawrence Ringenberg, head college, West Liberty, W. Va., and
o-f the mathematics department, his doctor's degree from George
Mary S. Linder, 62, died April and Dr. Glenn Lefler, head of the Peabody College for Teachers.
22 in her home at 904 Sixth Street, physics department, were promot-
Charleston, following a lengthy ed to block "A" in the salary For the past seven years, he has
illness. schedule. Faculty members promot- been a statistical consultant at the
ed to block "A" must meet certain Wheeling Steel corporation, Wheel-
Miss Linder was born June 1, criteria established by the board. ing W. Va. DiPietro is married and
1896 in Charleston, Ill., a daugh~er has three children.
of George A. and Blanche ,(Sefton) Dr. Hans C. Olsen, professor of
Linder. education, was promoted to the Stephen M. Buck, new addition
position of director of extension, to the speech department and
She was graduated from Eastern and Dr. James F. Giffin, associate teaching on campus this summer,
and the University of Illinois, professor of business education, is a graduate of State College o
where she was a member of Alpha was made head of the business ed- Washington, Pullman, Wash. an
Delta Pi Sorority . ucation department. of Purdue university, Lafayette.

She, taught school in Neoga Faculty members promoted to Since 1955 Buck has been
Shelbyville, and at Charleston High associate professor were Dr. Rob- teaching assistant in speech at Pur
Schcol. She was associated with ert Sonderman, industrial arts; Dr. due. At Eastern he will teach radi
the former Linder Clothing Com- Robert V. Wharton, English; Dr. classes and speech . Buck is mar
pany. Catherine A. Smith, music; Dr. Cur· ried and has three childen.
tis R. Garner, education; and Dr.
Memberships included the Chris- Elmer L. Brooks, English. Clarence E. Kincaid, a graduat
tian Church, Panhellenic Society, of West Texas State college
the American Association of Uni- Promoted to assistant professor Canyon, Tex., is presently complet
versity Women, Chapter CF of P. were Carolyn G. Ryle, health edu- ing wcrk on his Ph .D. at Pennsyl
E. 0. Sisterhood, and Charleston cation; Harold 0 . Pinther, men's \ania State university.
Woman's Club. physical education; and Kenneth
E. Hesler, assistant director of pub- Before attending Penn State
She was a life member of the lic relations and alumni services. Kincaid was the curatcr of exhibit
Charleston Community Memorial at Plains Historical Museum, Can-
Hospital Auxiliary. All promotions are effective July yon, Tex. He is married and has
1, except that of Dr. Olsen, who two ch ildren.
A brother, Lewis Linder, '10, will be acting director of extension
survives . Her parents and an in- during August and will assume full The new faculty members will
fant brother preceded her in death . respcnsibility for the position on ass;;me their respective positions
September 1. a t the beginning of the 1959
1960 schocl year.

--1922-- son, Bob, who is a high school --1958--
band director in Northern Michi-
Lawrence Jenkins suffered a gan. Carroll Grandt, '24, head basket
fatal heart attack at his home in ba 11 coach at Beecher City (111.
Pittsburg, Penn., last January. Af- --1925-- High School, was fatally injure
ter leaving Eastern, Jenkins at·· early in March in an auto accident
tended the Bradley School of Tech- Roy C. Stillions died in the His car struck a bridge abutmen
nology and later began a 32-year Geneva (Ill.) Communty Hospital as he was returning home from
teaching career in Pittsburgh . He January 24, 1959. He had been a super-sectional basketball gam
taught mechanical drawing and cancer victim for 11 months be- in Decatur.
wood shop on the high school fore his death . He is survived by
level. Surviving are his wife and a his wife, Kathryn.

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