Eastern Alumnus Vol. 4 No. 3 (Winter 1950)

The Eastern Alumnus

Published in June, September, December and March by Eastern Illinoi1&

State College, Charleston, Illinois

VOLUME 4 WINTER QUARTER, 1951 NUMBER

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

leston'. rn.inois, under authority of the act of Congress, August 24, 1912. Yearl
subscnpt10n rate $1.50; two years $2.25; three years $3.00. Renewals, $1.
per year.

STANLEY ELAM

. New Alumni A~sociation officers are planning the organiz

Changes in Prospect tion of an ~rea Advisory Council for Eastern. (See story, page 3.
For College Board
As shown m cover photo they are, 1. to r., Harold FCehaarrnl~s't3o9~,suvpiee
inter_ident of Community Unit District No. 1 in

Lester Schriver of Peoria has been president; Alexander Summers, '36, Mattoon business man an
appointed by Governor Stevenson to member of the Community Unit District No. 2 board in Mattoo
replace Richard F. Dunn of Normal president; and Mrs. Lida Hostetler Shriver, '09, former Illino
as a member of the Teachers College Congress of Parents and Teachers official, secretary-treasurer.

Board. Dunn's term expired in 1949. Walker of Gilman are other board gets approved by the Teachers
Mr. Schriver, an insurance executive members whose terms expire in 1951. lege Board.
is known as an especially persuasive This leaves only Russell Guin of Dan-
speaker. He is a member of two col- ville and Joseph Bohrer of Bloom- All members of the Eastern Alu
lege boards of trustees, including ington as representatives of the sec- Association will receive informa
that of MacMurray College, Jack- tion of Illinois south of Peoria on being prepared by the Joint Coun
stmville, Illinois. the nine-member board. Others are showing the budget requests of
William Wirtz, DeKalb; Dr. Preston various schools and seeking gene
Terms of three other board mem- Bradley, Chicago; and Dr. William support for them.
bers expire this month. Completing C. Reavis, Chicago.
her second term is Mrs. Helen Rose Eastern's representatives on
Pegelow, Mattoon, resident member 25 member Joint Council are A.
F o r s t e r , Paris, vice-presi
for Eastern. She has been a member · Alumni Council Seeks Maurice Foreman, Charleston; Al
since 1939, having been re-appointed antler Summers, Mattoon; Sta
Elam, Eastern; and President R.
by Governor Green in 1948 just be- Corrective legislation Buzzard of Eastern.
fore Governor Stevenson took office.
As the 67th General Assembly of ES Clubs Council
In the opinion of fellow board Illinois slowly meshes its gears for
members, many Eastern faculty a six months session of law-making, Speaks on Homecoming
members, and the college presidents, the Joint Alumni Council of the state
Mrs. Pegelow's work as a member colleges is preparing to press strong- Members of the Associated Eas
of the board has been highly satis- ly for corrective legislation. State Clubs Council, meetiql
factory. Although she is a Republi- Homecoming time, expressed
can, there seems to be some likeli- At the top of the list is a demand opinion on two problems which
hood that she will be re-appointed. for separation of the Teachers Col- troubled the Homecoming Commi
Governor Stevenson appears to be lege Board from the code depart- for some time. Most alumni w
more interested in maintaining the ments at Springfield. As explained in prefer that the committee con
quality of the board than in playing earlier issues of The EASTERN to engage "big name" bands for
partisan politics with this essentially ALUMNUS, the system has long Homecoming dance, the council
non-p91itical position. curbed the effectiveness of the Board Many alumni return to the ea
in serving the higher educational largely because of the attract'
The Joint Alumni Council of the needs of the State. Events of the the name band, it was thought. Al
five state teachers colleges has taken past few years have brought this guests are not discouraged by
the position that it will urge the fact to the attention of a group lack of dancing space on the
Governor to keep appointments cur- which is determined to see that im- floor, and they like use of
rent. If called upon to do so, it will provements are made. women's gym as a lounge. If a l
recommend to the Governor for mem- name band were secured in an
bership persons it thinks qualified The Joint Council also has in mind
for board appointments. improvements in the Teachers Col-
lege Scholarship law, and plans to

Ira Means of Macomb and Lewis support aggressively the college bud- to "reserve Homecoming for al

PAGE TWO

ntinued from preceding page)

Alumni Association Moves toy," Associated Clubs Council

rnbers fear that alumni wouldn't Organize Area Advisory Council

pie either.

ltouncil members were not prepar-

to say whether the faculty should With a view to development of a Sixty Students Join
y admission to the dance. They did long-range program for Eastern's
y, however, that they like to see future, the Alumni Association under Service to Beat Draft
the direction of Alexander Summers,
friends among the faculty and president, is now in the midst of or- New Selective Service Ruling
at the dance often furnishes the ganizing an area advisory council. Expected to Halt Exodus.
y opportunity to see a number of Its primary objective will be to dis-
m together. This year the Home- cover whether the needs of the area At this writing approximately 60
demand any change in the functions men students had dropped out of
ing Committee asked only six of the college and, if so, to lend its school to enter military service, most
ulty couples to act as chaperones influence toward achieving those of them since Christmas holidays. In
the dance and charged other facul- changes. speaking with the deans, men express
members regular _adult prices. As their anxiety to choose their branch
result, the number of faculty mem- According to Summer~ the council of service rather than wait for the
will include not only public school draft and take a chance on being
present fell off considerably, leaders but lay leaders acquainted assigned undesirable billets. The bulk
ce individuals felt no responsibility with the vocational and cultural needs of enlistments have been in the Air
hosts, as had been the case in the of eastern Illinois. Activities of the Force and Navy.
st. council will be be purely advisory,
but Mr. Summers feels that its rec- While there is no way of predict-
To Return m Spring ommendations should be of considera- ing accurately, estimates of the num-
ble value to the Teachers College ber of men to be expected next fall
Board and the Illinois General As- run from 200 to 500. Total enrollment
sembly. may drop as much as five hundred
from the 1949 peak of 1430. At pres-
So far presidents of some 14 coun- ent there are nearly 800 men in
ty alumni clubs have been asked to school, of whom less than 250 are
supply lists of persons who would veterans. The deans are advising
be valuable members of such a group. men to secure as much education as
County superintendents in each of 20 possible, not only because of the
eastern Illinois counties have also advantage it will give them while
been asked to make suggestions. The in service but because they will be
alumni officers will process these able to serve more effectively in
and invite at least 100 persons to
serve.

whatever capacity the world struggle

El Debaters Start finds them a few months or years
Successful Season hence.

The exodus of students was halt-

Eastern debaters are winning top ed, at least for a time, by a recent

ratings in debate tournaments this ruling giving men the right to

season. Latest success was at the choose their branch of service after

big Great Lakes area tournament at getting draft notices. Many students

Dr. H. DeF. Widger, who became Bowlin-g Green State University, now plan to remain in school as long
in September and took a leave of Ohio, on January 20. Competing as they can secure deferments or
ence for the fall and winter terms, against 21 colleges and universities, postponements.
pes to return to his duties as head Eastern went to the quarterfinals.
The military services have inven-

the English department at East- Northwestern won. toried Eastern's facilities and have

in the spring. Dr. Widger came Paul Koester, Eastern senior and been impressed with the modern

the college in 1912. Livingston Lord Scholarship winner, buildings and capacity to care for
tied for second fo. oratory. Louise students. Completion of the two new

rmer Student Retires from Biedenbach, another senior, was pick- residence halls, which is expected
bana Dental Practice
ed as one of the top 10 debaters at soon after the first of next year,

the tournament. would enable Eastern to handle a

lhanley P. McGiHigan, who attend- Koester was recently elected to the contingent of 300 or more military

Eastern in 1909-10, completed 30 national board of Pi Kappa Delta, trainees.

rs of dental practice in Urbana, honor fraternity in forensics. He is As yet nothing definite has been

., last year in the same room in one of two students to receive this learned of plans of the military to

'eh he started. He lives at 129 W. honor among several thousand mem- use the state colleges of Illinois for

bers from 130 schools. training purposes.

PAGE THREE

Tearn Balance Does It

Patberg, Johnson, Katsimpalis, Wilson, and Glover (1 to r. above) have alternated as scoring leaders this sea
This balance is one reason Coach Healey considers the '51 Panthers the most potent team he has coached at Eas

Panthers Still Scorching That Net ever to be held at Eastern, fo
competition lacking as the hosts
Win 11 of First 12 Games, llAC Lead lopped Southeastern Missouri
in the first game and Anderson
By Bob Wheeler, '53 The season opened with an 82-58 lege 72-44 in the final contest.
win over Oakland City College. This waukee Teachers was the other
The 1950-51 edition of Coach Wil- victory was followed closely by easy to accept the tournament invitati
liam A. Healey's Panther cage squad wins over Texas College, 72-40, and
has continued in the winning foot- Chanute Field Air Force Base, 75-57. High flying James Millikin U
versity brought Scott Steagall
steps of last year's team without Two Michigan colleges, new mem- his associates to Charleston
noticeable difficulty. Aided by the bers of the Interstate Intercollegiate for a stunning let-down. The
home floor · advantage in the first Athletic Conference, were next to thers took a 72-60 decision, and S
eight games, the Panthers ran up get the axe. The Panthers chopped gall, who had averaged 29 pointll
nine consecutive victories before fall- Central Michigan 90-52 and Michigan game, was given only 13 mark
ing to Southern Illinois University at Normal 74-52. He had scored only six points aga
Carbondale. The January 20 record Bud · Patberg, Eastern guard, 'It
was 11 won, 1 lost. The four team Central States
Tournament, first holiday tourney (Continued on next page)
PAGE FOUR

Squad That Gave Eastern No. 39 Ranking in Nation

L tor., rear-Mgr. Dick Adams, John Wilson, Jim Johnson, Dale Hamby, Tom Katsimpalis, C. J. Doane, Ed Soer-
1, Harry Moeller, Bob Williams, Coach Bill Healey. Front-Don Gfover, Norman (Bud) Patberg, Bob Lee, ;Roger
ttro, John McDevitt, Paul Foreman, and Asst. Coach Rex Darling.

Potent Understudies administer an 86-62 lacing to North-
ern Teachers. The victory over North-
Roger Dettro, an Effingham product and Bradley transfer; C. J. Doane, ern put the Healeymen on top in the
nior from Covington, Ind.; and Bob Lee, member of the 1949 high school IIAC with a 4-1 record. Northern had
ampions from Mt. Vernon and a McKendree transfer, give Healey depth led with a 5-1 record until running
well as balance. afoul of the Panthers.

e latter left the game with seven Southern's Maroons proved less cour- Seven lettermen and two transfer
inutes remaining. teous to the visitors, who led through students form the backbone of the
most of the game, but lost in the present Eastern team. Healey has
Illinois Normal made a surprising final five seconds on a basket by Tom Katsimpalis, John Wilson, Don
st half rally at Normal that threat- Tom Millikan. Score, 62-60. Glover, Jim Johnson, and Norman
ned to end t:\le winning ways of the "Bud" Patberg-his usual starting
nthers, but a substantial half time The Panthers came right back the quintet. C. J. Doane and Ed Soergel
ad gave Eastern plenty to work on next week to post a gym record 95- are back from his last season's Illi-
nd they brought home a 73-64 win. 47 win over St. Joseph's College and nois district N.A.I.B champions.

Bob Lee, former member of the
1948-49 Mt. Vernon state high school
champs and possessor of the scoring
record for a single season at Mc-
Kendree College, where he attended
last year, and Roger Dettro, Effing-
ham sophomore who transferred from
Bradley University, are two new
members to the Eastern roster who
have shown definite adeptness in
Eastern's fast-break system.

Coach Healey has introduced a new
natural screen system into the offen-
sive floor attack, which gives the team
remarkable balance in scoring and
more effective rebounding. In the
first ten games Glover and Wilson
were averaging 16 points per game.
Johnson and Katsimpalis had aver-
ages of 14 counters per contest.
"Kat's" average is five points below
his 19 point per game mark last
year, but Healey attributes this to

(Continued on next page)

PAGE FIVE

Panthers Win 5, Lose 3 in '50 Grid Season

Terrific Trio--All-Conference Choice Tie for Third
In Conference

"Uncanny Ed" Soergel, center above, broke Bill Glenn's ten. year old By Bob Wheeler, '53
passing record besides starring as a signal-caller, runner, and safety man.
Soergel, Gene Scruggs (left) and Frank Pitol (right) were named to all- When Head Coach Maynard (Pat)
IIAC teams. O'Brien termed Eastern's 1950 foot-
ball season "a very successful one"
His 1940 Ma rk Falls he was being conservative in praise
of the latest Panther grid team.
Bill Glenn, '41, now of Fairfield, Ill
The record sheet shows five games
won and three lost. In these eight
contests the Panthers scored 186
points to their opponents' 105. Two

(Continued on next page)

(Continued from preceding page)
the fact that his new system will cut
down the scoring of the center. Tom'•
drop in scoring is overbalanced by his
rebounding, however. He is grabbinl
nearly half the team's defensive re-
bounds and a great share of offensi~
rebounds.

Sizzling shooting from the floor
has characterized the Easterners this
year. Glover, Wilson, and Johnso..
have netted nearly 40 per cent of
their shots. The overall team avera&'411
is 36 per cent.

Free throw averages have been
just as impressive. Glover and Pat-
berg have potted 85 per cent of their
gift shots with 37 of 44 and 29 of 34,
respectively. The team, which ranked
second among small colleges in the
nation last year on free throw84 ii
making 69 per cent of its charitfl
throws.

The McHale rating system for
colleges and university teams of
nation ranks Eastern as number
higher than Hamline, CCNY,
Michigan State. Only scheduled f!
to be rated in the top 100 is Milli
rated number 64.

Eastern's best authority on c
ference basketball, Coach Healey,
no definite predictions to make as
the eventual outcome of this sea
"There are four or even five tea
in the IIAC," Healey mainta
"that could win the conferenc~
this season." Healey cont inu4
fact, every one of the seven co
ence teams is dangerous--es
on the home floor, where mo
them seem to be upholding some
pressive won-lost records."

PAGE SIX

(Continued from preceding page) 'Slug' m Disguise Unit of Honor
Fraternity in
twins and two losses in the IIAC gave I :.,: Music Installed
~astern a third place tie with Central
l\iichigan, new league opponent. Illi- ( A chapter of Phi Sigma Mu, na-
11ois State Normal and Western Illi- k tional honor fraternity in music edu-
~ois finished one~two. cation, was installed at Eastern on
This is Howard (Slug) Barnes, '49, October 28. Twenty-eight charter
O'Brien's charges opened the sea- in unfamiliar attire, worn at a party members were pledged.
son with a resounding 35-6 win over in his honor after the 1950 football
'.Ball State Teachers, winners of 15 season ended at Tolono, Ill., where he The music fraternity is the twelfth
~traight contests. Bob Smith and has coached the Unity Hjgh Team national honor fraternity on campus.
J,arry Mizener starred in the ground- through two undefeated and untied
~aining department, while "Uncanny seasons. Charter members include Carolyn
Ed" Soergel stood out in pass de- Haney, president; Gail Menk, vice
Jense, intercepting several Cardinal In 1950 Unity scored 289 points president; Bobby Cox, recording sec-
1>asses. to their adversaries' 39. Five oppon- retary; Merton Johnson, correspond-
ents were whitewashed-Newman, ing secretary; Max Syfert, treasurer;
Little Bill Musselman, Eastern's Rossville (where Steve Davidson, '39, Annette Tolly, historian; the follow-
"toe," provided the winning margin coaches), Lakeview of Decatur, Villa ing students and alumni: Jane Baker,
llwith four conversions when Eastern Grove, and Charleston. Eastern State Jeanne Barth, Neva Buckley, Robert
llowned Quincy 28-25 at Quincy. The managed one touchdown and Bement Climer, Gene Haney, Charlotte Mon-
lfawks had won eight straight. Mus- and Rantoul accounted for the others. ticue, Carolyn Neal, Beatrice Paul,
•elman was to run his consecutive Carolyn ~weeney, Wilma Yost,
PAT total to 13 before missing. Counting their string of victories Janelle Ellen, George Bailey, Joy
in six man football, Unity now has Phillips, William Sargent, and Vance
Hard luck plagued the 'Panthers 5? straight wins, a national record. Kercheval; and the following facul-
•.fter a 600 mile journey to Emporia, ty members: Isabelle McClung, Dr.
Jansas, where they fell to Kansas Barnes iS one of Eastern's 'all- Leo J. Dvorak, Charles Bolen, Ethel
~tate Teachers 18-0. The Charleston time great linesmen. By coincidence, Hanson, Dr. George S. Westcott, Gus
team had touchdowns in the opening J. C. Honn, his superintendent at Grimm, Robert A. Warner, and Cath-
~inutes of each half called back be- Tolono, is another former Panther erine Smith.
tause of minor penalties. They also great. A pitcher, Honn was with the
led the Kansas team in first downs, Chicago Cubs for some time while Wins Conference
16-13. Charlie Grimm was manager.
Virgil Leroy Sweet, '50, coach at
Normal's conference champions Barnes and Honn hope to send Don Covington, Ind., reports that his foot-
i.iked out a last quarter 23-21 win over Grothe, one of the top scorers of the ball team won the championship in its
llastern on the strength of a field ·state, to Eastern in another year, conference with a 7 won 3 lost record.
..oal. Normal squeezed by three other according to Coach Maynard O'Brien,
llonference foes by one point margins who spoke at the Unity football ban- PAGE SEVE N
and gained a tie with another in quet.
lhe Red Birds' successful quest for
a league title. desperation heave from Soergel.
The final game of the season was
Indiana State's Sycamores proved
an Eastern "cousin" for the second probably the best turned in by East-
time in two years as they fell 47-0. ern for the season. Northern and
Nearly everyone in the Panther back- Bob Heimerdinger, the nation's lead-
field got into the scoring act, and the ing small college passer, were com-
same seemed to be a turning point pletely routed as Ed Soergel ran and
in line play. The forward wall devel- passed circles around them. So~rgel
i.ped from this point into what completed 18 of 25 passes for 212
l'Brien called "one of the finest I yards and three touchdowns. He also
have ever coached." Indiana State, managed to find time to pick up 88
yards in six carries on the ground.
cidentally, has refused to schedule
astern in football or basketball. (Continued on next page)
Ignited by the Homecoming spark,
stern soundly laced Southern Illi-
ois University 21-7 and kept title
opes alive.
Western put a quick end to title

irations, however, scoring a 13-0
·n over the Panthers. The Eastern
"ne gave a great exhibition as it
eld the hard charging Leathernecks
oreless for three quarters before
"ving up a TD late in the fourth
riod. The other Western tally came
n an interception of a last minute

(Continued from preceding page) Killed Lu_cky in Football,
Lucky in Business,
Three Panther gridders gained all- In Air Smith Boys Find
conference honors. Senior Guard Gene
Scruggs, one of the few 60-minute Accident A few years ago Dean Smith, '30,
men on the squad, was picked for '31, found industrial arts teaching at
an all-IIAC defensive position. Frank Lt. Frank R. Henderson, ·~o, was Indianapolis, Ind., a little too streM
Pitol, also a senior, was placed on killed in the crash of a B-26 bomber uous for a person of somewhat un.
the offensive team at tackle. Soergel, of which he was co-pilot January 15 predictable health. He decided f'A)
a junior, earned defensive quarter- in Chicago when he attempted on form a small oil business of his
back honors. emergency landing. Four other air own and abandoned the profession he
force men were also killed. had followed for 16 years. He orgaJlt"
Soergel, a six foot 190 pound lad ized the Dean Smith Oil Production
from Glenview, was also chosen Shortly after graduation from Company at Olney, Ill.
"most valuable" by teammates. Com- Eastern Henderson joined the Royal
pleting 81 of 140 passes for 1175 Canadian Air Force and later trans- Today Dean and his brother War-
yards in eight games, Ed shattered ferred to the U. S. Air Force. He was ren have pyramided their busine•
records hung up by Bill Glenn ten a member of the Air Force reserve to the point where they have exteni'
years ago. Glenn, who saw action and was principal at the Highland sive holdings in Illinois and have
with the Chicago Bears after gradua- "struck it rich" in a new field near
tion from Eastern, had 66 comple- Park, Ill.; High School at the time Minot, N. D.
tions in 106 attempts.
of his death. The Smith brothers came original-
Scruggs was voted "honorary cap- While at Eastern, Henderson was ly from Decatur, where a sister, Ber-
tain" for the year. Gene was one of nis, still teaches. AH attended East..
two Panthers to receive his fourth well know as a boxer and held a Gold- ern. Bernis finished the two year
varsity football letter last year; the en Gloves championship. course in 1929. Dean attended in 1927
other was fullback Jerry Curtis. Both and 1928, taught awhile, and returnel
are Charleston products, Curtis play- Cross Country Team to firiish in 1931. Warren graduated
ing for CHS and Scruggs for ESH. Wins Second in llAC from Decatur High School in 1940.
attended Eastern for two years, en·
Special mention should be made of Eastern's cross country team took tered the Army, then returned for
Bill Musselman, the halfback who second in the seven team conference another year at Eastern in 1945.
never carried the ball but finished meet at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., last fall
the season as team high scorer. Mus- despite the loss of two of the team's It is something of a coincide•
selman booted 21 extra points in 23 best runners, Jack Sims by an injury that the Smith boys played on two of
attempts. and Bob Collenberger by withdraw- Eastern's greatest football teams.
al from school. Dean was an elusive halfback on the
Graduation will relieve O'Brien of uncrossed goal-line team of 1930 and
13 men, but that seems to be only Coach Clif White's boys also placed Warren played regular end on Ted'
a minor worry. Uncle Sam will more fifth in the 13 team state meet at Carson's greatest team, led by Billi
than likely interrupt the gridiron Wheaton. In dual meets they dropped Glenn, in 1941. This team won 7 an
play of many men. Sophomores Harry only two out of six, both to South- lost only 2 games.
Bauler and Bob Smith, and J . D. ern Illinois University, conference
Anderson, a junior, have already quit champions. Warren visited the campus in Jan•
school to enlist. Don Inboden, Robin- uary and saw the Panthers beat St.;
son freshman, is also gone. All were In the conference meet Jim Acklin, J oseph's College in basketball.
promising and capable backs. An- Herb Wills, Jack Farris, Glenn Cur-
derson was also a fine baseball and tis, and Willard Gibson finished in Bob Slater, Former
basketball player. He was voted that order. Of these runners, all are Distance Star, Marries
"most valuable" on the Panther dia- in school except Gibson. Jack Sims
mond team in 1950. should be ready for the spring track Bob Slater, former student and s
season. Farris, a high school half- runner at Eastern, was married I
Graduates will be Bill Sargent, miler, set a new course record at fall to Inez Smith of Casey. Slater·
QB; Jim Welker, FB; Larry Mize- Western last fall. now associated with the Illinois Dai
ner, HB; Bill Musselman, HB; J. R. Herd Improvement Association.
Parke, C; Paul Burrus, C; John Robert F. Seaman, a former stu- Clark County and lives at Casey,
Sowinski, E; Vern Wagner, FB; dent, is now an instructor at the
Jerry Curtis, FB; Dick Adams, E; Univer sity High School, Urbana, Ill. Transfers to Assumption
Gene Scruggs, G; Frank Pitol, T; and
John Horsleyf T. Calvin, and Ed Buchanan; tackles Bob Scott, a member of the
Ray Snyder, Dwayne Roe, and Don country team at Easter n for t
If they can avoid the draft, such Wood; and center Pete Edinger. years, has transferred to Assum
men as Don Henderson, Ed Soergel, tion College, Ontario, Canada.
Paul Foreman, Jerry Osmoe, Dick address is 508 Sunset, Windsor",
Davis, and Dave Cohrs will be back tario.
next season to bolster the backfield.
The line, even with the loss of key
personnel, can be strong with ends
Pat Voyles, George Harris, and Joe
Patridge ; guards Paul Gilpin, Don

PAGE EIGHT

'Three Chopsticks' Heise Dines with Pals cialists over to aid in the program. I
am one of these specialists, aiding
Heise Sends Hopef uI Report in university extension work.
f rom Eastern's Farthest
Extension Frontier--Ja pan The universities of Japan have
never done anything of this kind un-
This is a letter received from Dr. never seen so many foreigners before til the last year. Most universities
'ryan Heise, director of extension at one time in all my life! What a here have really been "ivory-tower"
nd of the summer session at Eastern, peculiar feeling-people evetywhere institutions. University people from
tiow on a special education mission -busy as could be-going somewhere all over Japan have been called to
Wor the American Military Govern- -but I was not able to understand a Tokyo to work with me to establish
9nent in Japan. Dr. Heise expects to word. At first one is at a complete a program. So you can see I am hav-
teturn to the States in April. loss-but in time feelings of security ing a fine time, telling other people
return. I now feel quite at home. how to run their business!
Tokyo, Japan
20 November 1950 I have found the Japanese an or- Yet the future of Japan depends
derly, diligent, and energetic people. upon the education of its people-
l>ear Stan: Work seems to be no foreign word to not tomorrow but now-so I feel that
them. Unfortunately, industrializa- extension service by the universities
This is a copy of the letter from tion has been confined to manufactur- is a key block in the foundation of
Japan I promised to circulate among ing. Farming is still done in the the developing educational program.
my friends. As you know, late in Au- primitive way, as done over three
tust plans were made by the authori- hundred years ago. True, the rugged Educational reform has taken place
ties in Washington to fly me to hills and rather small valleys of on a rather vast scale. All education-
Japan to assist in organizing exten- Japan make farming on a large scale al policy and program in the past has
~ion service for Japanese universities. similar to midwestern type an im- been centrally controlled. The army
possibility. But I attended an imple- and navy militarists used the univer-
My briefing before coming was ment exhibition where machinery sities and schools as instruments for
very short, so I hardly knew what I was shown that could be used, even promoting their own ends. "Thot
lctually was to do upon arrival. But on the narrow hillsides. While the police" were everywhere. The modern
I must say that once the army makes small strip hillside farming may be freedom introduced by the occupa-
up its mind that something is to be picturesque, it demands a great deal tion has been received by the Japan-
done it can convincingly carry it out of back. breaking toil. ese with mixed feelings. Some have
in a short time. Before I knew it, I been puzzled by the new programs,
liad left St. Louis by plane for San My work here is a part of the gen- some have rejoiced. A democratic
francisco, and was there properly eral occupation program. As you program had been agitated before
~ducted into the army civilian ser- know, the policy of our government the war, but of course the authorities
vice, with finger-printing, photo- has been to help Japan become a put a stop to such nonsense.
traphing, and innoculating against democratic country. In order to faci-
lsease, all done in jig time. litate this work an army section call- Today I believe that the great ma-
ed Civil Information and Education jority of teachers are hopeful for
In a day I was on a plane and af- was organized. The Education Divi- a democratic and peaceful future for
ter touching at Alaska I landed in sion of CI&E brings so-called spe- Japan. But they need help in
Japan at Tokyo airfield. My first methods, content, and understanding
tipression of Japan was that I had of the real depth of democratic prin-
ciples. That is where, I am trying to
point out, lies the great need for ex-
tension service. Only in terms of so-
cial vision of service to all the people
can the universities serve the devel-
oping democracy of Japan.

You may want to know what I
think about the future. I cannot read
the stars but I think our gamble
here is well worth the effort and
money we have put into it. True,
democracy cannot be built in a day,
but if it can even be started, the J ap-
anese will do it. The war left them
in a great state of shock, and we have
moved in with a positive program.
Of course I can tell better in ten to
twenty years from now, but at this
time my money is on the Japanese
to succeed to a remarkable degree,
following a pattern of social evolu-
tion, modified in terms of their cul-

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PAGE NINE

Number of Registrants, Placements .•. about former students

Reaches New High, Metter Reports E. L. Alexander, a former student,
is president of the Illinois Associa.
Percentage of '50 Graduates Smart as a Smart tion of School Administrators. Mr.
Placed in Teaching Positions Alexander has been superintend.
Drops as Demand for High Louise and Mervin Smart of Her- of schools at Edwardsville for man1
School Teachers Falls Off. rick, Ill., answer the old question, years. His daughter Shirley, '49, i1
"What's in a name?" Louise was employed in the Eastern placement
A record number of students and valedictorian at Herrick High School bureau. She is the wife of Kenneth
alumni registered with the Bureau of in 1949 and Cousin Mervin had the Grubb, a senior at Eastern.
Teacher Placement at Eastern last same honor in 1950. The Smarts are
spring, and the number of placements among 23 valedictorians enrolled in Ronnie Hanks, a former student
of graduates reached a new high. the freshman class at Eastern this and brother to Jim, '47, and Alice, '61,
This fact was revealed by the an- year. Over 360 of the 468 freshmen has volunteered in the Air Force. At
nual report of the bureau released this year are enrolled in teacher edu- present he is in training at an Air
in November by Dr. Harry Metter, cation curricula. Half of this group Force radio school in Mississipptll
director of teacher training and is .drawn from the upper one-fourth
placement. of 103 high school graduating classes Joan Brown, a former Eastern stu-
of the area. dent and teacher in Casey, was mar-
Alumni and students registered ried to Lee Ulrey of Casey last Sep-
with the bureau numbered 546 in (Continued from preceding page) tember. Mr. Ulrey is attending
1950, compared with 260 in 1946, ture and past history. Evansville College, Evansville, Ind.
while the number of registrants
placed in new teaching positions rose My work here will close the last of Lillian Lee (Mrs. Karl Alt), a
from 180 in 1946 to 278 in 1950. March, so I hope to be back in the former student, is president of the
States in April. I am taking some
Degree graduates have increased pictures which I hope to arrange in an Delta Sigma Epsilon sorority alumni
from 68 in 1946 to 302 in 1950. interesting manner to tell more of Oklahoma City.
Forty-three were placed in teaching about Japan than I can ever say in
positions in 1946. During the past a letter. I shall be happy to show Truman W. May, farm advisor for
year 167 have been placed. them to you upon my return. Madison County, was one of three
Illinois farm advisors honored ~
The number of vacancies reported Looking forward to seeing you cently at the national conventioll of
for which no candidates were avail- soon, I am, farm advisors. In all, 35 farm adviac
able dropped from 1175 in 1946 to ors from all over the country we
597 in 1950. Sincerely, honored. Mr. May is a former stu•
BRYAN HEISE dent and past president of the Madi
The chief teacher shortage is still (Ed. Note: Friends may write Dr. son County Eastern State Club.
in elementary education and Dr. Met- Heise using the following address:
ter expects it to exist for several C I & E Sec. GHQ, SCAP, APO 500, Chester (Bud) Adams, speech m
more years. In high school there were San Francisco, Calif.). por at Eastern and student direc
shortages only in the home economics, of radio, has made a series of fil
music, and speech correction fields. for the visual aids department at
University of Miami, Coral Gabl
More placements were in Coles Fla., since transferring last fa
than in any other Illinois county, Adams, who operated his own pho
with Shelby county ranking second, graphic studio and acted as busin
Edgar third, and Vermilion fourth. manager for the Warbler while
More than ten placements are re- student at Eastern, hopes to sec
corded in Champaign county, Cum- a position in television after grad
berland county, Macon county, and tion at Miami.
Richland county. At least one place-
ment was made in over half of the Letha Mae Storm, who
102 Illinois counties. Eastern for three years, ma
Howard Snow last November 22.
Eight 1950 graduates in teaching Storm is employed at the C
positions had reported to the place- Foundry in Mattoon and Mrs. Sn
ment office that they are being call- works in the office of the Brown S
ed into military service. Six others Company there.
entered military service during the
summer. Rose Marie Edwards, a fo
student and sister of Ralph Edwa
The number of credentials sent out '27, married J. William Spence•
and r ecommendations made also set December 26. Mrs. Spencer had
a new record. Average yearly salary employed in the Department of
for graduates with degrees was enue at Springfield. Mr. SpenC41111
$2954.37, while those without degrees an employee of the Warren Co
averaged $2510.24. Farm Bureau at Monmouth•
where the couple will make
PAGE TE N home.

BIG AND LITTLE Office The bulletin is intended for
use in high school guidance. Illus-
Campus News Notes trated with nearly 100 photographs
made on campus, it gives prospec-
. . . Building Begins Terre Haute, Ind.; Ralph Steele and tive students a picture of college life
Pauline Morr Steele of Washington, and the special opportunties offered
Work was begun in September by D. C.; Virgil Sweet, Covington, Ind.; by Eastern. One section answers ten
the W. H. Franklin Company of Edna Mills Taylor of Marion, Ind. questions typically asked by high
Springfield on two new residence (moving to Erie, Pa.); Oral N. Tay- school seniors.
lialls at Eastern. If work continues as lor, Erie, Pa.; Ellyn Rathe Wilson of
•lanned, the halls will be ready for Iowa City, Iowa; Ralph D. Wilson of Alumni clubs in particular may
tccupancy by more than 300 students Iowa City, Iowa. wish to have copies if they inaug-
~ext year. Much of the foundation urate recruitment programs.
nd basement floor construction was Former students now on the East-
tompleted during December in spite ern faculty greeted the homecomers . . . Honor for A ll
bf very unfavorable weather. in the registration tent and served
the free coffee. They dispensed cof- Winners of Homecoming contests
. . . Another Frat fee and copies of several Eastern were as follows: House decorations,
publications from early morning un- organized division-Epsilon Iota
Fifteen students at Eastern have til dark, assisted by students from Sigma, first; Sigma Tau Gamma,
lormed an organization with plans the Alumni Office. second; Phi Sigma Epsilon, third;
ror becoming a local social frater- Unorganized division-Mrs. Chloe
nity. It will be the fifth fraternal or- . Music, Music, Music Taylor, 1605 Ninth, first; Mrs. Irene
..anization of its ldnd on campus. Stallings, 1616 Ninth, second; Mrs.
~igma Pi and Sigma Tau Gamma Mrs. Robert Waddell, the former Olive Austin, 1061 Seventh, third;
riow are affiliated with the National Helen Reynolds, is music librarian Parade, organized division-Sigma
lnterfraternity Council. Kappa Sig- for the new Franklyn L. Andrews Pi, first; Sigma Tau Gamma, second;
ma Kappa and Phi Sigma Epsilon music listening room in the Mary J. Delta Zeta, third. Unorganized divi-
are chapters of national organizations Booth Library at Eastern. Mrs. Wad- sion-Business Club, first; Baptist
but are not yet affiliated with NIC. dell, a music student, schedules reg- Youth Fellowship, second; Home Ee
ular music programs for afternoon Club, third.
Named Epsilon Iota Sigma, the and evening listening. Three small
new orga~ization elected Don Elmore listeRing rooms are available for in- . . . Back That Bill
of Effingham as its president and dividual use while the scheduled pro-
llonald Meithe of Georgetown as grams are in progress. The Joint Alumni Council, led by
Dr. Richard Browne, head of the
~ce-president. The music collection, purchased at social science department at Normal,
a cost of over $3,000, contains sym- has written and will seek sponsors
... frq m A ll Over phonic music, concertos, piano and for a bill to separate the Teachers
organ music, complete and abridged College Board from the code depart-
Homecomers at Eastern last fall operas, art and concert songs, sacred ments at Springfield. Alumni of each
~ame from all over Illinois and neigh- music, folk music, dramatic readings, of the institutions affected should
~oring states, according to registra- band music and popular operettas take every opportunity to promote
~ion conducted by the Alumni Office. and musicals. Included in the col- favorable action on this bill, which
lllumni from as far away as Tulsa, lection are records purchased from has the backing of such groups as
l>klahoma, Washington, D. C., Flat Mrs. Franklyn Andrews after the the Illinois Education Association and
Rock, Michigan, and Erie, Pennsyl- death of her husband in 1944. Mr. the Illinois Council on Higher Educa-
t'ania, registered and received free Andrews had a fine collection of clas- tion.
hot coffee at the alumni tent. sical music. He taught_English and
journalism at Eastern from 1929 to Miss Margaret Priest, high school
Registrants from out-of-state 1944. home economics critic teacher at
!Were: Elba Armstrong of Flat Rock, Eastern, and Wade Barrick, Char-
ltrfich.; Ray Atto, Jr., of Indianapolis, Mrs. Waddell is the wife of Robert leston attorney and city judge, were
Ind.; James Baldwin of Vincennes, Waddell, Class of 1947, now teach- married in November. The Barricks
Jnd.; Charles Buzzard of Cedar ing physics at Eastern. make their home at 807 Madison
~pids, Iowa.; Anna Belle Groves of Street in Charleston. Mrs. Barrick
Clinton, Ind.; Gilbert Hassler of ... Opportunity Knocks continues in her position at the col-
lteelsville, Ind.; Inez Mock Isley of lege but has been ill for some weeks.
IJilwaukee, Wis.; Wayne Isley of Alumni may secure copies of a new
IJilwaukee, Wis.; Thomas Mac Newell bulletin, "Opportunity at Eastern," Rino Bianchi, former student who
of Tulsa, Okla.; Edith C; Randall, by addressing the Public Relations returned to Eastern last fall to take
his degree, has been ordered by his
doctor to take a complete rest for
perhaps a year. An illness which has
recutred several times since last fall
was recently diagnosed as tubercu-
losis.

PAGE ELEVEN

Portrait this page, are Mary Ann, 8, and
John Curtis, 3.
of an
Lloyd came to Eastern in 1931
Alumnus from Brookfield, Mo. He enrolled aa
a biological science major and stud.
L LOYD Sylvester Thudium, '35, took into business life from
Eastern a sense of responsibility to youth and the commun- ied physical education as a minor.
Lloyd had played football with a high
ity. That sense of responsibility has led him to accept three bur- school team unbeaten in two yeara
but he found plenty of competiti•
densome civic responsibilities all at once. Thudium is undoubtedly among the Easter:ri players of 1931-
many of whom had played on the
the only Charleston citizen ever to hold three such offices simul- uncrossed goal-line team of 1930. He
wasn't a starter at his end positiol
taneously, and more than merits the accolade of The ALUMNUS. until 1933. A good middle distanol
runner, he ran the half on the traell
Thudium is president of the Char- team for three years and was a mem.
her of the mile relay team. He servecl
leston Chamber of Commerce, an According to Lloyd, the Better as track captain in 1935.

organization committed to promo- Schools Committee will' go right on After leaving Eastern, Lloyd was
tion of the best interests of both the functioning despite the loss of the employed first at the DeSoto-Ply.
community and the college. He has bond campaign. Actually, the com- mouth agency in Charleston, then at
for two years been chairman of the mittee's problems are even greater Dodge-Plymouth. He left Char lestal
Charleston Boosters Club, a rejuv- as the district faces a serious over- in 1941 to become a service repre-.i
enated organization of over 100 busi- crowding problem. sentative for the Curtiss-WrigJ4
ness and professional men devoted to Corporation out of Columbus, Ohio,
the development of good athletic The personable Thudium and his In 1946 Lloyd returned to Charlestol
teams at the college. And, beginning attractive wife recently purchased a to establish his own DeSoto-Plym4
last fall, he took over the chairman- home at 896 Seventh Street in Char- Sales and Service Agency.
ship of the Charleston Better Schools leston. Mrs. Thudium, the former
Committee, which was largely re- Katherine Hall, is also active in com- Lloyd maintains an intense intel'-
sponsible for securing a r ecord vote munity life, taking part in the work est in college athletics. He has hard•
when a one and one-half million dol- of the Charleston Woman's Club and ly missed a home game in football
lor bond issue was brought before in Beta Sigma Phi. Kay was home- or basketball for three years. He ii
Community Unit District No. 1 in coming queen at Eastern in 1934. very warm in his admiration for the
policy which has expanded the phy-
December. The younger Thudiums, shown on sical education and coaching staff
from t wo to the present seven.

"I don't think the material at Easfi..
ern is any better now then we had;
in the early thirties," he said. "Yo
don't often get men with greater na-
tural ability than Harry Fitzbug
Jake Vole, Johnny Powers, H
Baird, Stan Wasem, Scott Funk
houser, Pete Barrick, Carl Hane
Ernie Pricco, Joe Kirk, or Jimmi
Tedrick. But you can't expect o
man to handle four sports and ha
championships in all of them."

Asked what his biggest ambitio
for Charleston are, Thudium sai
"The kind of cooperation among
elements that will give us an up-
date public school system and a
dern hospital."

"What is your opinion of the mo
to combine the two high school•
Charleston?"

"I think they should be combin
It is not just a matter of grea
efficiency and economy. You can tr
a lot of t he differ ences of op' '
and inability to cooperate that e
among our citizenry right back to
rivalry between the two high sch

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PAGE TWELVE

eeping in touch • • •

The pages that follow will intro- Classes in the Veterans Hospital in Minne-
uce some of the correspondents who apolis in 1947.
of
ve undertaken the job of gathering (The following news written by
eeping in Touch" items for The 1905-09 Mrs. Shriver was delayed because of
UMNUS from graduates of their lack of space in recent issues of the
wn period. Other correspondents Mrs. Russell Shriver, '09 ALUMNUS.)
412 Van Buren
·n be introduced with pictures and Charleston, Illinois Oshia White (Mrs. John Ellis), '09,
3811 % Montclair St., Los Angeles,
umbnail sketches in the spring A life-long resident of Charleston, wrote: "When' I returned from my
Mrs. Lida Hostetler Shriver has al- visit in Illinois during the war, I
Class of 1903 ways remained in close touch with worked in the Los Angeles County
Eastern. After her graduation she tax office for a few years, gave up
school in Decatur, Ill., has taught second grade in the .Lincoln the job when my son returned from
en named in honor of William Bar- School of Charleston for a year, service. During his last semester at
's, '03, and his brother, architect for marrying Russell Shriver in 1910. UCLA as a geology major he worked
e Decatur schools system. Mr. liar- She was a substitute teacher until afternoons in the petroleum geolo-
's, now in retirement at Moweaqua, 1927. A son, John, attended Eastern gist's office. My daughter, Mary
as superintendent of the Decatur in the 1930's. Following Mr. Shriver's Jane, is a research attorney for the
hools for nearly twenty years. His death in 1945, Mrs. Shriver was supreme court of California. I am not
n, Raymond, is now principal of housemother to ex-service men stu- working but often stay in the homes
e Eastern State High School. dents for four years when the hous- of friends when they go on vacations.
ing shortage was at its worst. During
Ciney Rich, '12, prominent Decatur the same period she served as class Harry L. Huber, '09, made a busi-
rgeon and member of the board of correspondent for the Class of '09 ness trip to California last year. He
ucation, was responsible for nam- with The'ALUMNUS. She is now sec- visited Oshia and when in San Diego
retary of the Eastern Alumni Asso- visited Beryl Coffman (Mrs. Glen
the school after the Harris ciation. A sister, Ruth Hostetler, Munkelt) '09, and found it "great fun
remains in Charleston since taking to talk over personal experiences"
Class of 1906 a disability leave last fall from her since he last saw them in 1909. Harry
work in the mathematics department is ready to plan a 45th and 50th re-
Charles W. Fender, '06, writes from at the college, a position she has union. How about it?
927 El Dorado Ave., Berkeley 7, held since 1928.
alif., to order a copy of the Cole- Torney P. Ivy, '09, 6630 Newguard
an history of Eastern and send Mrs. Shriver's major civic interest Ave., Chicago (business address Pea-
ews of classmate Launda Foote, now from 1919 to 1949 was in Parent- body Coal Company, 231 South La-
f 6329 S. E. 71st Ave., Portland 6, Teacher work. She was president of Salle St.), enjoys the reports in The
re. She says, "This is my third year the Lincoln and Jefferson School ALUMNUS and submitted his own:
f retirement after teaching 44 years, PTA's from 1919 to 1928 and from "Taught one year, 1909-10; entered
e last 31 in Seattle. I spend many 1928 to 1949 she was a member of the coal industry; served in World War
autiful days enjoying the beauties board of managers of the Illinois I; returned to Peabody Coal Com-
f the Northwest in my '47 Ply- Congress of Parents and Teachers. pany, Hillsboro; marri~d in 1921; was
sent to Wyoming by Peabody and
Fender mentions rece1vmg A talented musician and former subsequently worked in Illinois,
rds from "my highly prized friends, teacher of piano, Mrs. Shriver has Oklahoma, West Virginia, and In-
ary J. Booth and Annie Weller." been organist for the Christian diana."
e says further, "I have diplomas and Church of Charleston for over 40
grees from both the University of years, a record seldom equalled. Torney's daughters, Mary Evalyn
inois, '11, and the University of While attending school she studied and Kay (Edna Kathryn) received
lifornia, but Eastern is my first piano under private teachers. their elementary educatiqn in Sulli-
nd greatest love." van, Ind. Mary Evalyn finished at
Mrs. Shriver's son John is now Northwestern in '46 and after one
(Continued from preceding page) living with his wife (a former stu- year of work as an interior decorator,
dent) and their daughter in Tucson, married and now lives in Denmark.
There might be some questions of Arizona. A second son, Eugene, died Kay is at home.
ntrol and function that would be
ficult to iron out; but the advan- Since .residing in Chicago Tomey
has from time to time s~en Harry
tages of the combination~ in my opin- Huber, Roscoe Harry, Oliver Hostet-
ion, would far outweigh the disad- ler, and others. Attends Alumni
tintages. Cooperation is the key to Club meetings and meets alumni and
lt>lving a lot of problems." ·
PAGE THIRTEEN

faculty members. Has maintained Classes of 1910-14 A~U:M~US. In .the meantime sbfi
correspondence with A. B. Crowe, re- sohc1ts lnformat10n from memberal
tired chemistry department head, and Miss Ruth Carman, '10 the Classes of 1915-19.
Ernest C. Bradford, '07. Torney closed 890 First Street
his letter with, "My work is not too Charleston, Illinois Edgar S. Leach, '16, was appoinf
confining and I welcome '09'ers who ed assistant principal of Evansto
may visit Chicago. My phone is never Miss Ruth Carman, '10, an alumna
too busy-just call Peabody-Any- with the perspective of an assistant High School on January 2. Mr. Lea
body." professor at Eastern, will serve as
class correspondent for five classes. has been at Evanston High since 19~
Lelia Cannaway (Mrs. H. L. Miss Carman's wide friendship with He was chairman of the mathem
Davis), '09, 212 Oak Lane, West alumni is based on nearly 40 years as department and a home room dir
Lafayette, Ind. (note change of ad- a student and teacher. One of Miss or at the time of his appointmen
dress), has brought us up to date. Ellen Ford's proteges, she was an He holds the M.A. degree from Nort;b.;i
After graduation she taught and dur- outstanding Latin and 'foreign lang- western and has done graduate studJ
ing summers attended the University uages student. After she left East- at the University of Chicago. • • .li
of Chicago, securing her A. B. in ern Illinois State Normal School she
1919. She married her principal in took the Pb. B. from the University Mrs. Leach is the former Josep~
1920 and continued teaching or sub- of Wisconsin in 1913 and made Phi Phillips, '18. The Leaches have
stitute teaching except when her Beta Kappa. In 1925 she took the daughter, Jane, now a junior at Grin.
children were under school age. She M. A. at the University of Illinois. nell College. Another daughter, Pa~
taught during World War II in She first taught Latin and German is the wife of Richard Norberg• w~
Laf~yette schools. Her son and in the University High School at has just received the Pb. D. in phJ"
daughter (both Purdue graduates) Grand Forks, N. D. Then she served sics at the University of Illinois,
are following ·interesting careers. as· a private tutor for a time at San
Her son finished Purdue just as the Diego, Calif. Since 1920 she has been Miss Joann Naumann, 22 year o
war was entering a decisive stage a member of the foreign languages daughter of Marie Keeran (Mrs. K
and was urged to work on the atomic staff at Eastern, Naumann), '16, won a trip to Eur
bomb project. He left this to take his last summer fbr her nationwide a
M. S. degree at the University of Two brothers are also Eastern vities in the organization of you
Chicago after the war and is now graduates. Max, who finished in 1920, programs. She studied youth orga
working toward the Ph. D. in physio- is head of the mathematics depart- zations in six European countri
chemistry. Mrs. Davis' daughter went ment at Murray State College, Ky. Miss Naumann has served on
from Purdue to Columbia, taking a He received the honorary degree of editorial staffs of several publi
master's degree in jouxnalism. Then doctor of pedagogy from Eastern in tions. She is at present doing
she started work for the Birmingham, 1949. Gage, Class of 1919, is an in- uate work in the University of C
Ala., Press and was sent on a thril- structor in chemistry at Kansas City fornia.
ling flight to Northern Europe, visit- Junior College. Both Max and Gage
ing the Scandanavian and North married former Eastern students. Mr. and Mrs. Naumann live at 1
Europe countries as a representative Arqmore, Glendale 2, Calif.
of the Gannett newspaper chain, of Don Birdzell, White House guard
which the Press is a member. who was wounded in the attempted J. E. Harris, '17, has moved f
assassination of President Truman, Ames, Iowa, to LaSalle, Ill. His
Frank Chamberlin, '09, made a trip is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William dress in LaSalle is 1405 Camp
to Florida last spring and visited in Birdzell of Champaign, Ill. The elder Ave.
the home of Lulu Foreman (Mrs. C. Mr. Birdzell was a member of the
C. Collier), 2955 Central Ave., St. Class of 1910 at Eastern and is a Leafy P. Demaree, '17, retired!
Petersburg, Fla., where they spent retired school teacher and former June of 1949 from 28 years of
several hours in rem1mscmg and superintendent of schools in Cumber- ing in the elementary school&
bringing each other up to date on land County. Don's sister Wilma, now Cleveland, Ohio. On September 1
mutual friends. The Colliers are anti- Mrs. Forrest Erwin of Champaign, last year she moved back to "the
que collectors. They have a fine col- is a graduate of Eastern, Class of home town, buying a little home
lection of glassware and goblets, Mr. 1936. Eleventh Street." For the first ·
Chamberlin says, an interest Mrs. in many years Miss Demaree
Collier has in common with President Birdzell's bravery and presence of able to attend Homecoming activi
Buzzard of Eastern. Frank is the mind have been appropriately re- on the old (but somewhat unfamil'
only classmate, other than Margaret warded. Don has almost fully re- campus in Charleston.
Briggs, whom Lulu has seen in many covered from gunshot wounds in
years. Margaret had visited an ex- both knees. Classes
hibit of antiques at the Municipal of
Pier two years ago, and upon seeing Classes of 1915-19
a lar ge sign, "Out of the Past from 1920-22
Charleston, Illinois,'' she approached Mrs. Dorothy Faul, '18
and found Lulu in charge. 105 W. Plum Street Mrs. Lillian Turner,
Robinson, Illinois 822 North Chicago
"Thanks for the news, classmates," Pontiac, Illinois
says Mrs. Shriver. "Keep it coming." Biographical notes concerning Mrs.
Faul, the former Dorothy Hotchkiss
PAGE FOURTEEN Davis, will appear in the spring

After graduation in 1922, Lillian Chiefly as a result of a campaign Mrs. Hall admits to a number of
yers (Mrs. Stephen Turner) taught spearheaded by Cyril Reed, '22, '29, "out-of-the-home" activities. At pres-
year in Saybrook, Ill., where Eli the Denvir,. Colo., public schools will ent she is vice-president and program
'ng, '22, was principal. On December de-emphasize "general education" in chairman of her Junior High PTA.
of the same year she married Mr. favor of "more basic subjects" in She works in the WSCS (Women's
urner, who, after graduating at the senior high schools, if a recent Society of Christian Service) of the
stern in 1920, had taken a bache- recommendation by Superintendent Methodist Church. She belongs to a
or's degree in agriculture at the K. E. Oberholtzer is put in effect. very active chapter of the AAUW
iversity of Illinois in 1922 and (American Association of University
as teaching vocational agriculture Reed won national attention by Women). She is also serving on the
t El Paso, Ill. At Eastern Steve had pointing out weaknesses in Denver's troop committee for the Brownie
een one of Coach Lantz' best ath- schools which have come to be re- girls.
tes. garded as part of the "progressive
school" program. An article by Reed, Besides all this, Frances does quite
After seven years at El Paso, the answered by Ralph Evans, '32, ap- a bit of substitute teaching in the
rners purchased a seeds and ferti- peared in The ALUMNUS last local grade and high schools.
'zer business at Pontiac, where they spring.
ave lived ever since. · Dorothy Shafer (Mrs. Lewis T.
Reed reports that he hopes he can Lanphier), '28, has a daughter, Sue,
Steve and Lillian have two children, take his two oldest boys out of Colo- attending Eastern now. Dorothy is
arilyn, 23, and Jack, 25. Both were rado Military School, "where they are teaching at Mattoon Junior High
aduated from Northwestern in getting an excellent education," and School and lives at 1308 Marshall
949, Marilyn after two years of put them back in public school next Avenue in Mattoon.
eparatory work at Milwaukee- year.
owner Seminary and Jack after four Bertha Albert (Mrs. Eugene Cot-
ears at Culver Military Academy Carroll L. Dunn, '22, '25, is super- tle), '28, has a new permanent ad-
nd two and one-half years in the intendent of schools at Allerton, Ill., dress. It is 1011 Gibbon St,, Laramie,
lst Airborne Division as a para- succeeding Errett Warner, '23, '25. Wyoming. She sent best wishes to all
ooper. He has two Purple Hearts, Warner is superintendent at Ridge- Eastern homecomers.
ving been wounded once in Holland farm, Ill.
nd also in the Battle of the Bulge Classes of 1929-30
t Bastogne. "After all that," says Classes of 1923-24
rs. Turner, "he will be going back Mrs. Katherine R. Sebright, '27, '31
nto service." Miss Kathryn Gray, '24 203 W. N. Third Street
765 W. Waggoner Street Shelbyville, Illinois
Marilyn is employed in the Bride's Decatur, Illinois
oom at Carson Pirie Scott in Chi- Mrs. Fay Sebright, the former
go. A picture and biographical mater- Katherine Romizer, married in 1931
"As you can see," says Lillian in ial about Miss Gray will appear in after three years of teaching. Her
er letter, "my greatest interest is the spring ALUMNUS. husband is a shoe retailer in Shelby-
y family. I do help out at our ville. The Sebrights have four chil-
urch, the First Baptist, in the choir Classes dren, Winifred, 17, David, 13, Tom-
nd on various committees. I am in- of my, 7, and Terry, 3.
rested in community afairs, having
en elected alderman from our ward 1927-28 Ruel Hall, '29, has been a member
on a "Peoples' Party" ticket. For of the board of directors of the Illi-
hcreation we belong to a dancing nois Pupil's Reading Circle for many
club, play bridge, and in summer play years. He is county superintendent
a lot of golf." of schools in Kankakee county.

Fae Sharp McAllister (Mrs. Fae Mrs. Ruel Hall, '27 Classes of 1931-32
l>illman), '20, died last March, ac-
995 S. Elm Avenue Miss Ruth Corley, '32
rding to word received from her Kankakee, Illinois 1005 West Cossett
sister, Lexie M. Boos. Mrs. Dillman LaGrange, Illinois
Frances Craig took the bachelor's
as a medical record librarian in degree at Indiana University in 1929
icago.
"My schools days at E.I. are long after finishing at Eastern in 1927. A Miss Corley comes from a line of
past but it's amazing how much I
njoy the magazine," says Mrs. John year later she married Ruel Hall, teachers and from her earliest days
G. Trumbull (Lucille Wilson), '20,
ow of 709 N. Fifth Ave., Maywood, then coach and teacher in the Kan- has known of no career she'd prefer
1.
Velma Jessie Hughes (Mrs. Melvin kakee High School. Hall was a form- to that of a teacher. An alumna of
ltodda), '21, who lives at 630 South
Sentrall in Gilman, Ill., invites any er athletic great at Eastern, quar- Eastern who was her high school
of her 1921 classmates to stop and
lee her when enroute to ChiCago. terbacking some of Lantz' greatest English teacher, Miss Elsie Sloan,

football teams and playing on the '24, was the one person who made

basketball varsity. He is now coun- Ruth aware of Eastern and gave her

ty superintendent of schools in Kan- faith that she could go there. With

kakee. the financial help of a teacher sister

The Halls have a son, Stuart, 13, · and an ex-teacher father, she enrolled

and a daughter, Susan, 7. in 1928.

PAGE F IFT EEN

Help from new friends at Eastern, ard I. Begeman), '32, is now living her address is 607 N. Alexandria A
in particular Bertha Albert Cottle, in Sandborn, Indiar,a, where she is
who taught freshman rhetoric, enab- bookkeeper for her husband, who is Helen ·carver (Mrs. Ray P. Cro
led Miss Corley to become textbook a Standard Oil agent in the Evans-
library manager and that position, ville Division. '36, sends a new street address
she says, made it possible for her to
continue through the next three Ray C. Duncan, '32, was elected Dayton, Ohio. Her new home is
"glorious years" at Eastern. county superintendent of schools in
Crawford County to succeed Roe W. Riverview Ave·.
Upon graduation, help from an- Wright. Mr. Wright accepted the
other Eastern alumna, Genevieve superintendency of the Central Com- Sadie Glover (Mrs. E. B. Youns
White, was responsible for a teaching munity Schools of Crawford County
fellowship at Ohio University, where following the recent death of Earl '36, died of a cerebral hemorr
she took the master's degree in 1933. L. Olson. For many years Duncan
was principal and superintendent at last June 12. She taught home e
Since then Miss Corley has taught Martinsville, Ill.
English in her home high school at nomics several years before
Shelbyville, in Alton, Ottawa, and James H. Cherry, '32, formerly
now in LaGrangc, Ill. At present she high school principal at Olney, Ill., marriage in 1948 to Mr. Young.
is an officer in the Chicago Eastern is now general assistant superintend-
State Club. ent at the Joliet High School and Otho Quick, '36, and Mrs. Qu'
Junior College, Joliet, Ill.
Harold Middlesworth, '31, has ac- are parents of David Otho, born
cepted the sports editorship of the Alden D. Cutshall, '32, has been a
Washington Times Herald after member of the staff of the Univer- September 15. Weighing only
spending a year on the sports staff sity of the Philippines in Manila
of the Detroit Free Press. Middles- while on leave from the University of pounds at birth, David remain~
worth edited the fine sports section Illinois, Navy Pier. His principal
of the Daily Oklahoman for several work is in research on economic the pre-mature center in the
years. At Eastern he was the first geography of the Philippines. He has
editor to serve under the advisorship a :f!'ulbright award for this study. Johns Hospital in Springfield;
of Franklyn Andrews, under whose
guidance national recognition came Correspondents for the Classes of for many weeks but is now at
to Eastern publications. 1933 through 1936 have been con-
tacted ~ut have not as yet supplied Quick home in Charleston.
Paul Pennington, '31-, has set up a material for biographical sketches.
school for juveniles who are in trouble Quicks also have a daughter, Nan
with the law (or whose parents are Class of 1933
in trouble) in a new million dollar now 4. Mr. Quick teaches indus •
building at the county seat of Contra- W. S. Harwood, '33, former super-
costa County, Martinez, between Oak- intendent of schools at Lancaster, arts in the high school at EasterJI
land and Sacramenta in California. Wis., is now director of vocational
He says that it is the first new build- and educational guidance at the Mil- Denson Sprouse, '36, is a me
ing to be put in active use for such a waukee School of Engineering, Mil-
purpose. The school is operated by waukee, Wis. His home is at 3044 of the executive board of the Illin
the county superintendent of schools' North Stowell Avenue, Milwaukee 11.
office. The average stay for children Conference of Community Unit
is eight days. The four teachers serve Class of 1934
as counselors and psychologists. The ministrators. He is a Communi
school is run on a 12 months basis Identa L. Moler, '34, has moved
with each teacher teaching 180 days. from 15526 Myrtle Avenue, Harvey, Unit Superintendent at Waggo
to 18i9 Sycamore Road, Homewood,
Mr. Pennington has had extensive Ill. Illinois. ·
public schools experience and is work-
,ing toward the doctorate at Stanford Class of 1935 Harry Lovelass, '36, is princiPll
University.
J. Harold Diel, '35, hopes that a the University High School, Illin
Agnes Gray Bogardus (Mrs. Henry new building now under construction
B. Bogardus), '32, writes that she in the Stewardson-Strasburg Com- State Normal University, No
is a substitute teacher in the math munity Unit District will be ready
department at Belvidere High School, for use next fall. The building is Ill. He served as a professor of e
Belvidere, Illinois, and, after ten located in a rural area between
years of married life, she says, "I Stewardson and Strasburg. Mr. Diel cation for some time prior to
can still teach!" Her husband is now is superintendent of the district.
zone manager for Investor's Diversi- appointment, which followed comp
fied Services, Inc. in Boone County. Class of 1936
tion of requirements for the Ed.
Margaret R. Thompson (Mrs. How- Beryl McMillan (Mrs. Paul T.
Scott), '36, has moved from Moscow, at the University of Illinois.
Idaho, to Los Angeles, Calif., where
Classes
of

1937-38

William Abernathy, '37
Stonington, Illinois

Bill Abernathy was born in
tinsville, Ill., on April 27, 1914.
afterwards his parents moved
farm near Westfield and from t
to Eldorado, Kansas, where he b
his schooling. Two years later
family moved back to Charlestolll
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl A
nathy, still live at 1406 So
Seventh.
• With the exception of his first
all of Bill's schooling was at
training school and college at E
ern.

After graduating from college•

PAGE SIXTEEN

ught at Palmer, Ill., Charleston, Zaner Bloser Handwriting Company. and his wartime experiences in the
sotum, and then worked as a civi- Her address is 415 North Sixth South Pacific were of the rugged
n instructor for the A. A. F. Street, Marshall, Ill. kind.
aining Comma,nd for 18 months at
anute Field, Ill., and at Yale Uni- Norma Kuhn (Mrs. John Chausse), Gerald, as always, drew the best
sity, New Haven, Conn. From '37, lives at Nokomis, Ill. The from his experience, however, and the
ere he went into the Army and Chausses have seven children. fall of 1946 found him on the fast
ent three years as an aircraft growing campus of Michigan State
intenance officer and personnel of- Beatrice Flori, '37, has moved from at East Lansing, an instructor in the
cer. Urbana to Carbondale. Her Carbon- written and spoken English depart-
llJpon discharge from the Army in dale address is 610 South Illinois. She ment. Let Gerald take it from here:
46, Bill completed his M.A. degree is teaching in the zoology depart-
the University of Illinois, where ment at Southern Illinois Univer- "It hardly seems possible that
had started work in 1940. He sity. more than five .years have rolled by
ught a year at Urbana High School, since I received my discharge papers
en went to Stonington as high Mildred Summers (Mrs. Marquis from the U. S. Army. That six
hool principal in 1947. The next Maurer), '37, has moved from Spring- months period that I spent teaching
ar he was appointed superintendent field to 1407 E. 21st Street, Cheyenne, speech and coaching debate at Pekin
the new Stonington Community Wyoming. seems like ancient history.
nit District, the position he now
Ids. Clyde Mills, '38, was given a testi- "When I come to Michigan State
Bill has tried his hand at writing monial dinner by teachers of the Al- the college had an enrollment of
r the Illinois Council of Social tamont Community Unit Schools, of about 7,000. There were between 20
dies, doing an article on improv- which he is superintendent, and was and 30 staff members in our depart-
g methods of classroom instruction presented with a pen and pencil set in ment. The enrollment climbed to a
r The Counselor. He was recently appreciation of the "many fine things peak of 15,000; the department reach-
nored by being elected to the leg- he has done for the betterment of the ed a peak of nearly 70; and the col-
ative commission of the Illinois schools and the friendly spirit he has lege was admitted to the Big Ten.
igh School Association. shown to all," according to the Eff- New buildings shot up all over the
In college Bill won membership in ingham Daily News. Mr. Mills is place .
ppa Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kap- president of the Effingham County
Eastern State Club. "In the meantime, I have been
Brakenhoff, '37, married struggling along - attempting to
illiam Rieke, owner and operator Wendell Leroy Gruenwald, '38, now help freshmen improve their com-
a grain elevator at Harvel, Ill., in teaching at Ball State Teachers Col- munication abilities, and attempting
49. Mrs. Reike taught school for lege in Muncie, Indiana, is living at to find out just how much I had help-
312 S. Nichols, Muncie. ed them. The latter experience result-
years near Nokomis before her ed in a transfer to the Board of Ex-
rriage. Tom Endsley, '38, is principal of aminers, where I am now spending
Richard Dailey, '37, has taken a the Herrick Community High School. all of my time doing research in the
sition as personnel and safety. di- He taught last year at Taylorville same area~that is, besides the time
ctor on the Adirondack Trailways High. I have to spend keeping after that
stem, Kingston, N. Y. He had been elusive Doctorate.
ector of safety and training for Classes
e New York City Third Avenue of "Not the least important of the
ansit System. The Daileys have numerous events of the past five
ree children, Richard, Robert, and 1939-40 years has been the increase in our
verly. Address 204 Cranford Place, family. Peg (formerly Margaret
neck, N. J. Gerald L~ Kincaid, '39 Bennett) and I have two lively boys-
Route 1, Box 587 Mike, age 5, and Steve, age 1. We
Ralph Mcintosh, '37, would like to Okemos, Michigan live in a little home, which we bought
ow how many graduates of Eastern and rebuilt, about four miles from
ve received all 16 years .of their Gerald came to Eastern from the campus. We would like very much
dergraduate work in the Cl,lmpus Palestine, Ill., with an ambition to to hear from some of our classmates
ools. We suggest this as the re- make his mark in the field of com- of 1939 and '40-better yet, we would
arch problem for one of Eastern's munications, known in those days like to see them whenever they might
duate students! as English and speech. He won an be near East Lansing."
editorial position on the Eastern
Mickey (Mrs. Delbert Teachers News and became one of Martha June Ja~k, '39, will marry
aughber), '37, reports that son Dr. J. Glenn Ross' most reliable de- Robert Hobbs of Decatur on Easter
omas was two years old in Janu- baters. The war caught him just as Sunday. Miss Jack has taught mathe-
. The Traughbers live in Stoning- he found himself in the teaching matics in the Johns Hill Junior High
world-he took a job at Pekin High at Decatur for the past eight years.
Sarah Fredenberger, '37, visited School after getting the M.A. in She was Homecoming queen at East-
e Eastern campus in January. She speech at the University of Illinois- ern in 1937. Mr. Hobbs is co-owner
doing demonstration work for the of the Colonial Self-Service Laund-
ries in Decatur.

Violet Podesta (Mrs. Richard Mey-
er), '39, has moved from Washington,

PAGE SEVENTEEN

D. C., to 2660 Kenwood Blvd., Toled(), Carroll Endsley, '42, is working in The list could go on an on, as re-
Ohio. Decatur since resigning in early ported in the 1943 Warbler. But We
September at the Junior High School trust we have conveyed the fact that
Katherine Barkley (Mrs. Roy L. in Shelbyville, Ill., where he had Martha is talented and popular,
Gilbert), '40, is now teaching music taught since 1946. Now, send her those news notes!
in the elementary schools of Morris-
onville Unit District 1. Her address Rosemary Lewis (Mrs. Charles T. John 0. Scanavino, '43, who is head
is Box 203, Morrisonville, Ill. McFarlin, Sr.), '42, is doing substi- of the business education department
tute teaching occasionally, but is at Olney High School, is inauguratin1
Arlin Rennels, Jr., '40, has moved kept busy with Charles, Jr., who is a distributive education prograna
to Denville, N. J. He writes that he a year and a half old. The McF,arlins this year. Mr. and Mrs. Scanavino
is sorry to miss Homecoming, but live on R. R. 2, Hillsboro. (Dorothy Jenson, '42), live at 638
hopes to make it back next year. Ar- South Morgan, Olney, Illinois.
Iin's address is 6 Maple Lane, Rain- Emma Lou Robison, '42, is now
bow Lakes, Denville, N. J. Mrs. J. H. Smith of 314 N. Gilbert Dr. Marguerite Little, '43, hae
Street, Danville, Ill. Last year she
Classes of 1941-42 was a delegate from the Danville to taken a position as instructor in Ena-
Miss Carolyn Gilbert, '40 the International Conference of the lish at the River Falls, Wis., State
1016 Tenth Street American Childhood Education As- Teachers College. Dr. Little received
Charleston, Illinois sociation. the Ph. D. in 1946 at the UniversitJ
of Illinois and served as a research
Carolyn Gilbert appears on the Kathryn A. Trefz, '42, has moved to assistant there for some years.
athletics division page of the 1939 1636 East Moore Street, Decatur,
Warbler, poised in mid-air, leading Ill. She is teaching primary grades Lena Elizabeth Smith (Mrs. R. B.
a big "Yeah, Eastern!" She hasn't in Decatur.
lost any of that bounce, and it stands Daily), '44, has moved to Tolonoe m.,
her in good stead as health coordi- R. J. Grantham, '42, is now located
nator and teacher of health subjects at 1700 Longview, Kingsport, Tenn. where her postal address is Box 52&.
on the Eastern staff now.
Classes Class
After completing her work in of
biological science in 1940, Miss Gil- of
bert taught in her home town, Mat- 1945
toon, for four years. Then she at- 1943-44
tended Western Reserve Universities' Mrs. Mary Mail, '45
Frances Payne Bolton School of Mrs. James Mason, '43 826 Dewey Street
Nursing and tQok her master's de- 829 Seventh Street Anderson, Indiana
gree in nursing in 1946. She succeed- Charleston, Illinois
ed Florence Benell as health coordi- Mrs. Mail, the former Mary El
nator at Eastern the next year. Mrs. Mason, the former Martha nor Grossman, will be sketched in
Moore, is an alumna with all her spring ALUMNUS.
Miss Gilbert's work takes her off formal schooling on the Eastern
campus a great deal and she has campus. A leader throughout her Louise Mae Homann (Mrs. Ho
been highly successful as an emis- school career, she was graduated E. Ogden), '45, is now living at
sary of Eastern while spreading the with honors in 1943 and taught a East Cherry street, Normal, Ill.
gospel of organization for good year at the Ullrich School in Decatur
health. She has conducted many before marrying Jim Mason, a build- Wiila Lane, '45, is now emplo
clinics and workshops for teachers ings salesman. Mrs. Moore is now in the Human Resources Resea
and administrators and has secured mother of three boys, Jimmie, in kin- Center, Chanute Air Force B
the cooperation of many public agen- dergarten; Randy, age 4, and Tommy, Rantoul, Ill. Miss Lane was form
cies in the promotion of school 3. A baby daughter, Janet, arrived in an assistant in the University of
health. time to make the Masons' Thanks- linois College of Commerce. She
giving thankful this year. living on R. R. 2, Potomac, Ill.
Oral N. Taylor, '40, and Mrs. Tay-
lor (Edna Mills, '37) moved to Erie, In college Martha was a member of Ray Ochs, husband of Mary
Pa., on November 12. Mr. Taylor is Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, was Searby Ochs, '46, has returned to
finance officer of the new V. A. hos- president and vice-president of the tive duty in Korea after spen
pital there. The Taylors were in Women's League, attendant to the some time in a hospital recove
.Charleston for Homecoming. Homecoming queen as a junior, from wounds received in actio~
served on the Student Council, was
Vernon L. Stovall, '41, and Mrs. active in Cecilian Singers and band, Philip G. Baird, '46, is the fa
Stovall (Emily Ruth Bainbridge), '42, wrote for the News, was president of of Br adley, who was born Mareb
have moved from Evanston to Joliet, the senior class, was a campus lead- 1949, at the Baird home, 207 N. 0
Ill. Their Joliet address is 509 S. May. er and member of Who's Who in Olney, Illinois. Baird, who is Natio
American Colleges and Universities. Historian of Phi Sigma Epsilont
Eldred Walton, '25, '41, is now elected vice-president of the al
superintendent of the Community
Unit District at Kansas, Ill.

Edward Weir, '42, is now an in-
structor in education at the Univer-
sity of Illinois.

PAGE EIGHTEE N

f Phi Sigma Epsilon, Delta Chapter, will wander outside the Classes of America Meeting in New York, De-
or the year 1950. Other alumni of- 1946-47, for he knows 'em all. But cember 27-30. It was based on doctor-
it will be readable. al study Widener is making of the ef-
Wendell Lathrop, '47, fects of training in listening. Widener
esident; -Russell Sims, secretary- Charles E. Weaver, '46, formerly is now speech instructor and fresh-
elementary principal at Seward, Ill., man coach of debate at the Univer-
Maynard "Red" Graham is now junior high school principal sity of Mississippi.
Sims, '30, trustees. at Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Leo Bryant, '48, superintendent of
Classes Donald Edward Jones, '47, who elementary schools at Potomac, Ill.,
of teaches in the Litchfield, Ill., High expects son number four in February.
School, received the M.S. of Educa- He says, "Don't worry about East-
1946-47 tion at the University of Illinois in ern's enrollment 15 years from now."
February, 1950. Bryant took his M.S. degree in edu-
im Roberts, '47 cation at the University of Illinois
ledo Times Record Ralph David Wilson, '47, is now last summer.
an instructor in commerce at the
There was a period in Eastern's State University of Iowa. His ad- Raymond E. Metter, '48, and Mrs.
story when the number of men on dress is 230 Stadium Park, Iowa City, Metter, the former Elaine Hansen,
mpus dwindled to fewer than fifty. Iowa. are still graduate assistants at Ohio
ckily for Eastern, there was one State University. He says, "We al-
Bertha M;yers Wright, '47, has a ways have an argument as to who
ong this hardy group who was new Phoenix address. It is 4014 N.
ady and willing to undertake the 34th St., Phoenix, Ariz. gets to read The EASTERN ALUM-
rden of maintaining nearly all the
tivities open to men, filling all the Thomas E. Gregory, Jr., '47, is liv- NUS first. Since I am bigger I usual-
fices, and then writing up the story ing at the Duncan YMCA, 1515 West ly 'win." The Metters live at 2617
r the News. Monroe Street, Chicago 7, Ill. Putman, Apt. F, Columbus 10, 0.
He was James Hayden Roberts,
hose early history was written in Claude Hayes, '47, will receive the Myra Jean Richards, '48, is assist-
ichigan but who now considers doctor's degree in speech next month ant to Luther Black, '31, in the Office
mself a native Charlestonian. Jim's from Northwestern University. of Public Instruction at Springfield.
lents led him to explore many Mr. Black is in charge of teacher
venues of endeavor~provided they Gerald Shafer, '47, is a graduate certification for the state.
ere extra-curricular. You saw him assistant in education at the Univer-
ne day as drum major, next as dance sity of Illinois. Mary Ellen Chapman (Mrs. Robert
anager, next as actor, then as E. Stevens), '48, is mother of a baby
eaker or debator. He even tried Troit Freeland, '47, is in the used daughter, Karol Ann, born last
rt. But Jim's finest talent lay in the car business in Olney, Ill. spring. Mrs. Stevens is employed in
eld of writing and you will find the homemaking department at Char-
r: the three volumes of the News Class of 1948 leston High School.
ited by Jim Roberts some of the
eeziest writing, the best layouts, William L. Carter, '48, is now a Classes
nd the cleverest ideas that this mathematics instructor at Western of
cky publication has ever been Illinois State College, Macomb. His
essed with; Roberts' inexhaustible address is 603 W. Carroll, Macomb, 1949-50
ergy and fund of ideas has carried Illinois.
lrim since into the front ranks of Miss Shirley Jones, '49
lmerica's rural journalism. The Bernard J. Lance, '48, is teaching High School
ledo Times Record, touched with the vocational auto mechanics in Olney. Morton, Illinois
liaracteristic Roberts verve in photos He has a daughter a year and a half
nd headlines and feature writing, is old. Shirley Jones, '49, will soon be Mrs.
ted the best in the state and one of Walter Mellinger. She is engaged to
the best in the nation. John Lewis, '48, is taking graduate be married on the 28th of January
Surprisingly, Roberts found time work in physical education at the and will live in Indianapolis, Ind., af-
for courtship and marriage and is University of New Mexico, Albuquer- ter March.
Slow the fond father of Carolyn, age que. Lloyd Burley, former physical
.S. Mrs. Roberts is the former Lois education professor at Eastern, is his Miss Jones was born and reared in
tassett of Aledo. advisor. Newton, Ill. After graduation from
Jim's correspondence for The high school she followed in the foot-
JLUMNUS is likely to be late and Shirley Middlesworth, '48, is en- steps of her parents (Helen Byers
gaged to be married to Donald Hill, and V. A. Jones, '11) and brothers
a former student. Plans for a June (Earl, '38, and Herschel, '49), enter-
wedding are being made. Shirley is ing Eastern in 1945. As a student her
teaching in Amboy. major interest was in business edu-
cation; she minored in physical edu-
Bernard Waren, '48, is the proud
father of a son. Mrs. Waren is the PAGE NINETEEN
former Helen Davies, a former stu-
dent.

Jack W. Ulrey, '48, is the father
of William Gregory, who arrived
October 13, 1950, at the Ulrey home,
320 W. Fillmore, Vandalia, Ill.

Ralph Widener, Jr., '48, gave a
paper at the Speech Association of

cation and social science. Shirley's a new son. (It was appendicitis.) roughs Adding Machine Corp.
extra-curricular interests were in Bill Monier, '49, is now a radar address ·is Hyde Park YMCA,
band, Business Club, WAA., orches- E. 53rd St., Chicago 15, Ill.
tra, and the Eastern State Club. She operator at Everett, Washington,
had the honor of being president of where he is a master sergeant with Billy Green is employed at a C
Pemberton Hall in the year 1947-48. the Air Force. He identifies and cago, Ill., post office. His addres1
After graduation she taught com- brings ships into the Everett harbor. YMCA Hotel, 826 S. Wabash,
merce and physical education in the Address 757 Sgl A. C. & W., Payne cago 5.
Morton Township High School, Mor- AF, PO 909, Everett. Mrs. Monier,
ton, Ill. the former Betty Carmichael, '48, Robert Huffman is in the prin ·
will return to Washington with him business with his father in Hut
Sam C. Peticolas, '49, is teaching this spring when he expects to ville, Ill.
machine shop at East High School in drive to Moline, Ill., on furlough.
Aurora. He received the Master's De- Betty is teaching physical education Betty Knapp is doing gradua
gree from Oklahoma A. & M. in Au- in the Moline High School. study at the University of Illinois.
gust, 1950. His Aurora address is 922
Superior Street. Paul Vincent Haase, Jr., '50, comes Betty Nixon has replaced Artrel
from an Eastern family whose col- Mills as teacher of business subj
Ruth St. John (Mrs. Dick Thomas), lege history includes the first days of
'49, is the mother of Michael Irving, the institution. His mother, the form- in the Charleston High School. Mill&i
three months old. Ruth and Dick live er Earnestine Wade, was graduated
at 425 East Locust, Salem, Ill. with the Class of 1926. His grand- has been drafted into military
father, the late William Edwin Wade, vice. Miss Nixon continues with
Mary Casteel, '49, and Frank was a member of the Class of 1903. duties as secretary at the Buick
Floski, Jr., '48, were married on Au- Garage in Charleston.
gust 20, 1950. Frank is a graduate Paul's mother teaches in Commun-
student and Mary is teaching biology ity Unit 4, Paris, Ill. Paul is now em- Mrs. Zetta Pinkstaff Sellers is li
in New Athens, Ill., where their ad- ployed with the Hullman Company of ing in Bement, Ill.
dress is 200 South East Street. Terre Haute, Ind., as an accountant.
Jack Zimmerman, contrary to an-
John Austin Alexander, '49, has a The business education depart-
new daughter, Barbara Ann, born ment at Eastern supplies the follow- port in the fall ALUMNUS, is a 88'1
July 1, 1950. He is band director in ing list of graduates of 1950 whose
Bradford, Ill. work has not been mentioned in the retary for an official of the Illinof,I
summer or fall issues of the ALUM- Central Railroad. His address is Hy~
Tom Potter, '49, and Donna Ben- NUS :
nett, a former student, were married Park YMCA, 1400 E. 53rd St., Ch(F.
December 29. Both are now students Audra Diehl Shann is employed in
at George Washington University, an office at Carbondale, where her cago 15.
St. Louis. Tom is studying law in husband, Burton Shann, is attending James Draper is employed with
night school and is employed during school at Southern Illinois Univer-
the day as an insurance investigator. sity. pottery firm at Robinson, Ill.
Leon Slovikoski, a 1949 gradu
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller (the Richard Olmstead is teaching in
former Doris Hill), '49, visited the the Cumberland Unit District, Toledo, who did post-graduate work in 19
Alumni Office with their six months Ill. is an accountant with the A.
old baby daughter, Karen Sue, at Smith Company of Kankakee, Ill.
Homecoming time. Jack coaches at Richard Taber is teaching in the
Pontiac, Ill. Anna-Jonesboro Community High Gilbert Hassler, '50, wishes
High School, Anna, Ill. form other alumni that his ser
Kenneth Connell, '49, resigned address is Pvt. Gilbert L. Hassl
from his position as speech correc- Carl Welton is teaching in the Au- US55060564, Co. F, 516th Ahn.
tionist in the Sullivan, Ill., Commun- gusta, Mo., High School. Regt., lOlst Airborne Division, C
ity Unit District in order to assume Breckinridge, Ky.
management of his father's business Robert Wrenn is teaching in the
at Toledo, Ill. His father suffered a Ohio, Ill., Community High School. Ernest Raymond Cole, '50 is n
heart atack early in October and was in the army. His address is
unable to continue working. Morris Tschannen is teaching in Ernest R. Cole, U.S.-55028430, Co.
the public schools of St. Jacobs, Ill. 245 Lank BN, Camp Polk, La.
J. Elwood Popham, '49, and Marian
Hackley were married on December Dick Watson is employed in the Phillip A. Young, '50, is in
24. Mr. Popham is a diploma graduate State Civil Service system at Spring- tary service.
and law student at the University of field, Ill. His address is 211 E. Jack-
Illinois. The newlyweds are living in son. Darrell Biggs, '50, started teac
Danville. Mrs. Popham is a graduate machine shop and mechanical dra
of Illinois State Normal University Marion Michael is teaching in the ing in the Sparta, Ill., High School
and the College of Education at Mancelona, Mich., High School. January 8.
Greeley, Colo.
Harold Carpenter is employed in Donald P. Harrison, who retu
Warren Freeland, '49, is now in the Gaines Division, General Foods, for his degree in 1950 after finis
military service. He was hospitalized Kankakee, Ill. two years of work in 1938, was el
last fall two days after the birth of ed county superintendent of sch
Maruice Webb is doing graduate in Clay County last fall. Don
PAGE TWENTY work ot the University of Florida, teaching in the Flora Grade Sch
Gainesville. when he decided to return to Eas
in 1949. He is marrie<l and has
Bill Barr is employed by the Bur- children.

James Bradley, '50, is the P
father of a son, Clifford, born
vember 4. Mr. and Mrs. Bradlet
living at 811 Kensington, G
Rapids, Michigan.

William Donald Davis, '50, began Ill., school system. She married Mr. Former Students Are '
aching on October 18. His work is Anderson, a native of Sisseton,
n physical education and industrial South Dakota, last June 24. Homecoming Registrants
rts at the junior high school in
ring Valley, Ill., where he lives Joe Stone, '50, resigned as teacher A number of former students reg-
t 210 E. Dakota Street. at the Fancher, Ill., grade school to istered at the alumni tent at Home-
Alan T. Dieter, '50, is teaching become supervisor of physical edu- coming.
achine shop in Youngstown, Ohio. cation for all elementary schools in
is address is 2706 Oakwood Ave. the Clinton, Ill., Unit District. Clar- Mrs. Osa Hill Ault, a summer
James R. Draper, '50, is employed ence (Judy) Onyett, '50, replaced school student from Lake City, Ill.,
t the W. A. Case Company in Robin- Stone at Fancher. said she had never missed one of
n and lives at R. R. 2, Flat Rock. these gatherings. She is the mother
Gilbert Hassler, '50, of R. R. 1, Leonard Bujnowski, '50, is living of Tiny Hill, well known ·band leader.
elsville, Ind., was inducted into at 235 W. Broadway, Bradley, Ill.
he armed forces December 1. Rachel E. Lowry Austin of 1(}7
Betty Dennis Knapp, '50, is a grad- Charles E. Compton, '50, writes to Harrison, Charleston, attended from
at e student at the University of 11- correct items appearing in the fall 1932-35. Her husband, Jack, '35, is· a
nois. Her Champaign address is issue of The ALUMNUS. Mr. Comp- member of the law firm of Ryan and
19 W. Clark Street. ton is a research assistant in plant Austin in Mattoon. Mrs. Austin is
Kenneth Mac Lanman, '50, was pathology at the University of Illi- recovered from a major operation
arried to Marie Girhard on Novem- nois. Mrs. Compton (Ferne Tingley, performed last fall.
er 23 in Decatur. '49), a former teacher at Jefferson
William F. Morris, '50, received Junior High, Charleston, and Mr. Hildreth L. Baker, a graduate of
he M.A. degree in September from Compton live at 397 W. Oregon in Eastern State High School in 1938, is
he Colorado State College of Educa- Urbana. now a driver for Hayes Freight Lines
·on. He now has a daughter, Kath- in St. Louis. He lives at 635 N. 53rd
en, born in May. Bill is an elec- Eugene DelBarba, '50, is father of St., East St. Louis, Illinois.
onics instructor at Lowry Air Force a son, Eugene, Jr., born December 29.
a se. His address is 1400 Hanover The DelBarbas have two daughters. Ruby Adkisson Bline, who attended
reet, Aurora, Colorado. Eugene is teaching part time in the in 1927, has been in school during
Richard L. Olmstead, '50, is teach- Detroit schools and studying at recent summers. She is teaching in
ng commerce in Toledo, Ill. Wayne University. Robinson, where she lives at 1002 W.
Joseph D. Stringfellow, '50, writes Main St.
rom Meeteetse, Wyoming, that he Glenda Stombaugh, '50, is teaching
teaching Spanish and commerce in the high school at Kincaid, Ill. Her Nellie Burnett, a summer school
n the high school, English in the address is P. 0. Box 675, Kincaid. student in 1923, is teaching primary
"unior high, and science in the sixth grades in Shelbyville, where she lives
ade. He is also director of the Class of 1951 at 404 N. Broadway, Shelbyville, Ill.
igh school newspaper and sponsor
or the seventh grade. In addition, Jeanne Root, '51, was married dur- William Lester Courter, who has
e is a member of the Square Dance ing Christmas vacation to John Mil- attended Eastern off and on since
lub, the Parent Teachers Associa- ler, a former student now in the 1915, writes that he is teaching his
ion, and teaches a night shorthand Army. Jeanne is a post-graduate stu- 39th year and expects to graduate
ass two nights a week. The school dent at Ball State Teachers College, this June. He is principal of Lan-
ilding is brand new and is very Muncie, Ind. caster School, Allendale, Ill.
ell equipped, he says.
James E. Sexson, '50, is now Pvt. Gene Haney, '51, is directing the County Clubs Prepare
. E. Sexson, 16197039, Hq. &HqSq, grade school band in Fairfield, Ill.
3rd A.B.G. Castle A.F.B., California. His wife, a sophomore at Eastern, is For Spring Banquets
e is a laison man in the athletic' continuing her studies.
nd recreation department, assigned County Eastern State clubs offi-
create more interest in athletics Mary Fishel, '51, and Richard Jones cers are holding meetings in Febru-
n the base. were married on December 28, 1950. ary to plan spring meetings, accord-
Arthur R. Stough, '50, is working Mrs. Jones has been radio director at ing to word received at the college
as a salesman in Danville, Ill. His Eastern for some time. She will com- Alumni Office.
dress is 505 N. Gilbert Street. plete her work for the degree with
Morris E. Webb, '50, is a graduate the end of the winter term. The new- At the suggestion of the Alumni
udent at the University of Florida lyweds will live on a farm southwest Office, most clubs are selecting a
nd lives at 200 SE 7th Street, Apt. of Areola. club sponsor from the Eastern facul-
, Gainesville, Florida; ty who will help plan programs and
Yvonne Redman (Mrs. Arnold An- Doris Jean Snyder, who completed projects. Already such active clubs
r son), '50, writes to correct an her work for the degree at Eastern as those at Vandalia and Robinson
LUMNUS item which listed her by in December of 1950, i~ teaching have picked "godfathers." The Fay-
her maiden name. Mrs. Anderson is third grade in the Scottland, Ill., ette club picked Dr. Glenn Seymour
ching fourth grade in the 'Olney, schools. Miss Snyder expects to be and the Crawford club has asked the
married to Bob Kelso this spring. help of Dr. Elizabeth Michael.
He is now in military training in
Texas. More participation is being sought
on the part of club members in plan-
Helen Conover, a member of the ning and carrying out programs.
Vermilion County Eastern State Club, Telephone committees will work in
is editor of the Illinois Association most cases to get record turnouts
of Classroom Teachers. for the spring banquets.

PAGE TWENTY-ON E.

Kaye poses for Homecoming picture. Homecoming innovation was pushball game, won by sophomores.

Welker, '51, wins 'Lead Band' contest Among Homecomers shown above
are Murvil Barnes, Decatur Club
prexy (2nd from left) and Willard
Duey, Springfield pres. (2nd from r.)

Charles E. Buzzard, '48, after tak- manent assignment at the Navy Ray DeMoulin and fiancee Ja
ing a position as Boy Scout executive Technical Training Center, Jackson- Foote,
for the Waubeek Area Council, Cedar ville, Fla., on Jan. 22. He is a yeoman,
Rapids, Iowa, was recalled into mili- 3C. Buzzard and guest are shown
tary service. He reported for a per- above talking with Stan Elam, '38.

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