Eastern Alumnus Vol. 2 No. 3 (December 1948)

The Eastern Alumnus

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

VOLUME 2 DECEMBER, 1948 • NUMBER3

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

leston, Illinois, under authority of the act of Congress August 24, 1912.

The Alumnus subscription list has STANLEY ELAM ----------------------------------- Editor
now hit 1250, many more than one-
third of the living alumni for whom JAMES GATELY Circulation Manager
there are current addresses.
*
Your editor takes considerable
pride in this fact, and Eastern grad- Buzzard Explains Operations
uates may begin to feel that there
exists a true spirit of unity among Budget Now Ready for Legislature
themselves.
For Eastern Illinois State College ties budget looks much larger this
Every Alumnus subscriber is auto- the Teachers College Board has ap- biennium simply because we have put
matically a paid-up member of the proved a budget of $3,243,419 for a cafeteria in operation. The cafe-
Alumni Association. This group can educational operation and auxiliary teria is entireiy self-supporting but
and should wield its influence in the enterprises during the 1949-51 bien- makes no profit.
best interests of the alma mater. nium. This is an increase of 50.7 per
cent over the 1947-49 biennium bud- Breaking the budget down into its
Urgent among issues on which the get. component parts, we find that the
alumni can help is the current cam- item for personal services (salaries)
paign to implement the Twenty-five Expressed in monetary terms or in has been increased by 39.9 per cent.
Year Building Plan adopted by the percentages, this increase looks gen- There are several reasons for this.
State of Illinois during the war. If erous. But in terms of commodities First of all, we hope to adjust facul-
Eastern is ever to take its place as and personal services (the budget ty salaries to conform to the new
a full fledged area college, now is the term covering salaries), it is actually salary schedule already approved. To
time to strive for it, when enrollment quite modest. This is a period of in- do this will require $201,038 of' the
has hit a peak and the state is pros- flation, and any layman knows from total increase of $492,618. Our added
perous. his own experience how the dollar services and increased enrollment
has shrunk in value. make necessary new positions in both
You, as an influential member of faculty and classified employee
your community, are in a position to Nevertheless, a proposed expendi- categories. In p art i c u 1a r we need
help. Read the Alumnus to keep in- ture of public funds deserves to be more student help and we must pay
formed. Ask to have Education To- explained in detail. more for it. For example, many stu-
day mailed to you. It is a joint publi- dents are still working for the pre-
cation of the five state colleges and First of all, a large portion of the war rate of 40c an hour.
universities which tells the story of budgeted expenditures will not come
their services and their needs. from the state's general revenue Contractual services will cost more,
fund. At Eastern we expect to realize chiefly because repairs to the college
Write to the Alumni Office if you $818,840 in the form of fees and from plant had to be neglected during the
wish to help in any specific way. the operation of such "auxiliary en- war. To modernize the heat distribu-
terprises" as the dormitory and cafe- tion system on the campus will cost
The season for Eastern . State Club teria. This amount must be appro- a total of $162,400. The State Divi-
meetings is here. priated by the state although the tax-
payer does not pay it. Our commodi- (Continued on page 6)
During January and February your
Alumni Office plans a series of some *
15 meetings in Illinois counties.
A Golden Anniversary cake prepared for the Teachers Colle
If you live in a county where you
know there is an organization but do Board meeting at Eastern on October 24 is the object of some ra
not receive invitations, write to the
Alumni Office. County lists are not attention by five emeritus faculty members. L. to R.-Edith Raga
always complete.
S. E. Thomas, Annie Weller, E. H. Taylor, Mary J. Booth, an
Plan now to attend the F 'ounders Pres. -Buzzard. --
Day F'estival and Pageant, May 22.

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Golden Jubilee Homecoming Highlights

Homecoming, 1948, is just a some- New Alumni Prexy
what damp memory for the two to
three thousand alumni and former Norma King Sunderman, '44, was e:ected
students who crowded the campus president of the Eastern Alumni Association at
for a brief day back in mid-October. a business meeting conducted by outgoing presi-
dent Raymond Lane aftu the alumni luncheon
But certain events must be record- at Homecoming.
ed for posterity.
Mrs. Sunderman is the daughter of Mr. and
Unfortunately, registration was Mrs. Maurice King of Charleston and is the wife
not by any means complete. Rather of William J. Sunderman, city attorney. She is
than miss the many who didn't find an active alumna of Delta Sigma Epsilon.
the registration table, the Alumnus
will not this year print names and Don Grote, also Class of '44, was elected vice-
adduesses. However, we feel sure president. Don teaches at Shelbyville high
that Beulah Midgett, '38, came school.
farthest to attend Homecoming. She
has already returned to Norway, Farrel Patterson, '40, was elected secretary-
where she will marry a native Nor- treasurer. He is teaching at Jacksonville, Ill.
wegian whom she met there while His wife is the former Elizabeth (Betty) King,
translating books from English to '41, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald King of
Norwegian for the Norwegian gov- Charleston.
ernment. Ruth Rains Pretlow, '40,
came from Wilmington, N. C. for the Homecoming ever undertaken and as "Very, very nice." Thanks, M
festivities. Others came from as far but for the rain, which fell in sheets garet Ann Kennedy McKinney,
as New York on the east and Kansas as the parade ended, it was the most sistant to the dean of men at
on the west. One of your alumni of- interesting. The City of Charleston University of Illinois!). Dr. Wal
fice assistants in a spare moment spent thousands of dollars on the fine H. Kiehm and his many helpers
figured that registrants came a total parade (which brought such com- to be highly commended, as are t
of 121,000 miles to Homecoming. ments from Homecoming registrants
(Continued on page 6)
Leonard Greeson. '39, listed his
home as 690 W. Brentwood Circle,
Memphis, Tenn. He is a meteorolog-
ist.

Judy Voris, '39, and wife Agnes of
Cedar Rapids, la. (1506 C St., SW)
were on the campus. Judy is sales-
man for a sporting goods company.

Mr. and Mrs. M. W . Wise of Flor-
ence, Ala., attended Homecoming on
Oct. 16. Mr. Wise, '47, is a member
of the faculty at an Alabama college.

Probably the oldest alumni to at-
tend were General Cha1+os Sumner
Stewart, retired Army officer and
former engineer with broad experi-
ence in the U. S. and Canada; and
Ernest Freeman, secretary of the
Coles County Airport' Authority.
Both were prominent members of the
Class of '03 and both now live in
Charleston. Mr. Freeman served as
chairman of 'the nominating commit-
tee proposing Norma King Sunder-
man for Alumni president.

Another old-timer who registered
is Guy Mundy, '05.

Lucile Rhoads Krabbe of Dieterich,
looked in vain for other members of
the Class of 1921.

It was certainly the most ambitious

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1948

Buzzard Explains cost of coal for 1947-48 alone will in- Jubilee Homecoming
crease $10,000 over expected and bud-
Operations Budget geted cost. During the present bien- Passes into History
nium the standard inventory of com-
(Continued from page 2) modity classed articles has been used (Continued from page 4)
sion of Architecture and Engineering at a faster rate than usual and much
has asked that $80,000 be spent to re-stocking is necessary for the next Charleston merchants and organ'
rehabilitate the power plant. Approx- biennium. tions who made the parade possible.
imately $65,000 will be required to
modernize the heat distribution sys- In many departments equipment is Tex Beneke filled the bleachers ~
tem in the Main building, now 50 obsolete and nearly worn out. An the first time in the history of
years old. In Pemberton Hall, our increase of $75,000 (from $50,000 in Homecoming dance. The floor, tha
women's dormitory, a new heating 1947-49) in the equipment budget will to the rain, was not too crowded
system will cost at least $17,OOO. hardly be enough for replacements, dance, but it was the biggest gro
and additional equipment is needed. (2,170) ever to pay admission to
We must re-wire the Training We hope to purchase $40,000 worth dance at Eastern. In all, nearly 3,1
School building. Overloading has of machines for the Industrial Arts heard Tex and his 34 assistan
caused much disintegration of insula- Department, where most of the either from the balcony or the fl
tion and results in a serious fire haz- equipment has been in use since the
ard. $20,700 will cover this replace- building was opened in 1927. Certain A proper Golden Jubilee queen
ment item. office machines in the Business Edu- red-hea.ded, petite Ruth St. John. S
cation Department, all of them at was escorted by Bob Black, N
It is seven years since the women's least five years old, must be replaced editor. Esther Whitchurch, fresh
dormitory was decorated. $10,000 are at a cost of $3,000. The same amount attendant, was escorted by Wa
needed to re-decorate the rooms and is required to replace other equipment Krows of Sullivan. Pat Brotherto
parlors, just about double what it in various offices. The Music Depart- sophomore attendant, was esco
cost in 1941. The dormitory roof must ment has for years been purchasing by Robert Drolet. Deva Kibler, junio
be repaired, and because it is made second hand pianos, yet must still attendant, was escorted by Steve
of red tiles, the cost will be upwards schedule much practice work in the Morgan. Marguerite Rhodes, senior
of $20,000. evening for lack of instruments. New attendant, was escorted by Jim
instruments should be purchased to Gindler.
Revamping the library space in the the amount of $10,000. The addition
Main building to make much-needed of 30 acres to the campus means more Parade prizes were won by Sigma
classrooms resulted in rooms acousti- work for the grounds maintenance Tau Gamma, Sigma Sigma Sigma,
cally bad for teaching. Acousti-tiling crew and creates the need for $4,000 and Phi Sigma Epsilon in the subsi-
in classrooms will add $10,500 to the worth of new equipment. We must dized division. Unsubsidized winnen
repair expense. start building up the library in prep- were Franklin elementary schoo~
aration for use of the new building. Eastern state high, and the Math
The increase of $242,000 in con- For years only minimum purchases club. The winning Sig Taus presented
tractual services budget can be seen, of books were made because of a huge gold football with a receiver
in the light of this explanation, as the cramped quarters. Now the tempor- behind it. A stairway led up to a
r.esult of accumulated needs which ary building provides additional large picture of Dr. Charles P. Lantz,
can no longer be ignored. shelf room. We should spend at least Mr. Football at Eastern for 37 years.
the $15,000 increase budgeted for
Fortunately, we needed to ask for books. Sigma Sigma Sigma's carousel won
a very small increase in travel budget first in the organized division of
(less than a fifth of one per cent). This explains the chief additions house decorations. The Sig Taus won
This is true despite an increase of to the educational operation and second and Chi Rho third. The win-
mileage allowance occasioned by the auxiliary enterprises budget at East- ners in unorganized house decora-
upward trend in gasoline and auto- ern. We feel we have justified every tions were the Stallings house at
mobile prices. More travel is required, cent of it. We are pleased to submit 1616 Ninth, where a huge sheet of
due to the necessity of off-campus our statement to the readers of The music, "The Anniversary Song," wu
student teaching and supervisory Eastern Alumnus. displayed, behind which a phono-
duties connected with it. An increase graph played the music written on
in the number of student teachers has R. G. Buzzard, Pres. the sheet. The Tolle house at 1532
overloaded our training sphools. Fourth won second and the Endsley
Bobbie King Improves house at 1010 Sixth took third.
There is an 86.6 per cent increase
in the commodity budget, from U of I 'Foreign Relations' Highlight of the day for many wu
$75,000 in 1947-49 to $180,000 in the fine display by Coach "Pat"
1949-51. The cost of commodities is Roberta "Bobbie" King, a grad- O'Brien's Panthers in trimming De-
exceedingly difficult to determine uate of E'astern State high and two Kalb 15-6. Nearly 4,000 stuck
more than a few weeks in advance. year student at Eastern, has opened through the downpour, which didn't
Instructions for the preparation of a series of dancing classes for foreign seem to hamper the Panthers one
the state college budgets request that students at the University of Illi- bit, and watched their Blue and Mud-
they be made up on the basis of pres- nois, where she is now studying. A colored favorites put away the second
ent price. It should be n.oted that dozen foreign countries are repre- of their four straight conference vic-
such items as sweeping compound sented and the University notes that tories.
and paper have more than doubled in "foreign relations on the campus are
price since the end of the war. The improving rapidly." See you May 22. It's Founden
Day.

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Portrait

of an

Alumnus

First in a series of
articles about wide-
ly known Eastern
graduates.

Rex McMorris, '32

Rex McMorris, '32, director of the National cumulated a string of offices and left an indeli-
ble imprint upon the life of the college.
Golf Foundation, has two characteristics that
Rex was the first president of the Men's Union,
might have made him a figure in the political organized in 1930, and was the only man to hold

world had he chosen that field. He makes friends that office two years, so far as we have been able
to determine. He helped organize and was a char-
wherever he goes and he gets elected to all kinds ter member of Fidelis, since grown into one of
the leading fraternities on campus. Now gone na-
of offices. · tional, it is affiliated with Sigma Tau Gamma.

He doesn't necessarily consider these Rex played football four years, was prominent
in the Players, was class vice-president two years,
"happy" faculties, for the latter led him pretty served on the student board of publications and
the student recreation committee, and was treas-
directly into a TB sanitarium back in 1934-36. urer of student organizations. Besides this he
readily picked up enough credits to graduate.'
When he finally got off the flat of his back he
The year 1932 was not a good one in which to
had made a resolution never again to get tied up graduate into the cold, cold world. After looking
over the pastures in Illinois, Rex decided that
with a lot of extracurricular work. But the reso- they were greener in the Virgin Islands. He went
to the Caribbean to teach and coach in a junior
lution didn't keep him from being elected first
(Continued on page 10)
off as the president of the Chicago Alumni Club

when it was reorganized early in 1947.

Rex's penchant for falling into offices was well

developed as early as his freshman year in col-

lege. Young Rex was well known about the col-

lege, having grown up in the shadow of Old Main

and having starred in football for TC. By the

time he was graduated from Eastern he had ac-

PAGE SEVEN

Dean _Bohart F. Heller, above, reports an excellent
start toward raising money for a portrait of E. H. Tay-

lor, left, to be unveiled at Founders Day, May 22.

Seek Subscriptions (see form below) from Alumnus readers to sup-

For '[pylor Portrait plement some $100 already contributed by 25
members of Kappa Mu Epsilon, honorary mathe-
If present plans are carried out, a portrait of matics fraternity established on the Eastern cam-
Dr. E. H. Taylor, emeritus head of the mathe-
. matics department and one of the two living mem- pus in 1933. Something less than $450 will be
bers of the original normal school.faculty, will be required to complete and frame the portrait.
unveiled as a part of Founders Day ceremonies
at Eastern next May 22. The portrait will be Nineteen guarantors have agreed to make
presented by Alumm President Norma King Sun- up any deficit that may exist at the time the por-
derman and the student president of Kappa Mu trait is finished. It is thought, however, that
Epsilon. many of Mr. Taylor's friends and admirers who

This announcement was made by Hobart F. attended before the formation of KMU will wish
Heller, college dean and former mathematics de- to make contributions.
partment head, just ·as the Alumnus went to
press. Dean Heller is chairman of a committee All checks should be made payable to East-
which started last spring to plan the project. ern Illinois 8tate College, Taylor Portrait Fund,
and mailed to Dean Heller in care of the college.
Dean Heller states, however, that consider-
able money must still be secured from alumni Enthusiastic support from Kappa Mu Epsilon
who knew and admired Taylor before the portrait members influenced the committee's determina-
can be financed as intended. In order to insure tion to proceed with the project as an Alumni
completion in time for the May 22 date, Mrs. M. Association undertaking. Many of them wrote
C. Talbott, widely known portrait painter and words of encouragement. Sample excerpts from
former member of the University of Iowa art letters addressed to Dean Heller:
staff, must begin work immediately. She was
commissioned after the committee studied work "I am enclosing my small contribution and
of the ·best portrait painters of the area. wish it were more. I hope the response is enthusi-
astic .. . "
In the meantime contributions are solicited
"I'm awfully glad that such a plan has been
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suggested ... Mr. Taylor is the greatest and best
teacher I have ever known."

"Thank you very much for writing to let me
know of this project. It's a great thing."

"I certainly hope the plan is carried to the
finish."

"How nice that this definite token of our ap-

(Continued on page 10)

'Rabbit' Smith, 39', Finds Eastern at East high in Aurora; Bill Peters at La Salle-
Peru; Jim Phipps and Harold Isaccson at Niles
Cooch in Every Illinois Briar Patch of Skokie; Wendell "Jitterbug" Brown at Maine
of Des Plaines; Earl Jones, athletic director and
By ~le C. Smith basketball coach at Kankakee high; Hugh Phipps,
coach at Manteno; and John Stabler and Toby
Mr. Smith, better known to Eastern as "Rabbit," Scott handling the athfetics for St. Anne. Ruel
Hall, a member of the class of 1929 and an all-time
has had a spectacular coaching career himself since great in football, · is county superintendent of
schools at Kankakee. John Ridey is at Grayslake.
graduation in 1939. The former News sports column·
You will find many Eastern men in the
ist is now varsity basketball and assistant football strong Eastern Illinois circuit. Such personalities
as Jim Tedrick, fiery Casey leader; Bernie Hay-
and track coach at Mooseheart. ton, likeable Martinsville coach; Walt Ritchie of
Oblong; Joe Bressler of Charleston high; and
Coming to Mooseheart, "The Child City," Toledo's Coach Bucky Buchanan are directing
three years ago last September, I found the fall their various clubs from the bench in hopes of
season technicolored in aspect as I surveyed the dethroning such champions as Robinson and
winding drives, the great trees, red roofs, and Paris. Incidentally, Bucky is recovering from a
the white pointed tower of the Campanile reach- serious auto accident.
ing for the sun and the blue sky beyond.
Our next stop calls for a visit with the Wal-
Mooseheart is a world of its own, but it is a drips. John, who is better known as "Bud," has
very special world. Here students from all parts been at Ogden for six years. Mac Waldrip has had
of the United States and Canada come to make some powerful quintets at New Holland while
their home until graduation. I have found a pleas- Bill Waldrip believes this will be a building year
ant home here myself. at Greenup.

The coaching staff has just finished a per- A stop at Pawnee gives us Bob Mirus, happy at
fect season in football with our varsity, junior having his entire cage squad returning from last
varsity, frosh-soph, freshmen, eighth grade and year. Things are definitely looking upward for
seventh grade teams finishing their seasons un- the former Charleston T. C. athlete.
defeated and untied. Very few schools in the
United States have grid teams like those at As your writer continues to drive up and
Mooseheart. down the highways, he finds Illinois is uniquely
blessed with a group of Eastern men who are
As I start composing this article, I can hear educators first and professional athletic instruc-
the telephone ringing. Long distance. It's my old tors second. These are the courageous group who
Fidelis friend, Jim Stahl, varsity track coach and sincerely build character at the peril of losing
assistant football coach at Downers Grove. Jim their jobs.
has tickets on the 50-yard line for the Cardinal-
Ram game today at Comiskey Park. Now the In looking over some of my recent corres-
former Ridgefarm athlete is anxious to get tick- pondence, I find Leo Bryant is the grade chief
ets for the Corn Bowl game on Turkey Day! He at Potomac; Joe Ward is at Danville; Steve
sent a couple of Eastern's best ball players from Davidson is still at Rossville; John Brown is at
Downers Grove, Bob Smith and Larry Mizener. Perryville, Indiana ; Tom Young has moved from
Ashmore to Armstrong as an assistant coach ;
By taking a quick jog around the state we Andy Meurlot and C. C. Galbreath are located
find that Eastern is well represented in the Okaw at Decatur high; Newt Drummond is still having
Valley conference. Wilson Day is starting at Be- successful teams at Warrensburg; Charley Sulli-
ment while Lyle Knott is the favorite to cop the van is the new athletic director at Havana Com-
conference cage derby at Oakland. Harold Hall munity high school after a year and a half at
is rebuilding at Newman after a banner 1947-48 Carlinville; Art Vallicelli is back at Bath for the
year in football and basketball. Andy Sullivan, second straight year; Pat Patterson is teaching
successful Areola coach, took the conference title and coaching at Jacksonville; Tom Freebairn is
in football and track last year but was knocked the principal and coach of the grade school at
out of the conference championship by unbeaten Petersburg; Harley Culberson is in his fourth
Tuscola in the season's final tussle. Andy has a season at Stonington; Errett Warner, who has
new principal in John Powers, Class of 1932, and had only three losing seasons during his quarter
also ventured into matrimony last August. The of a century of coaching, is back at Allerton;
former Eva Price, '48, of Dupo, is the Missus. Joe Curry is having outstanding success at Wind-
Brad Squires and Hayes Kennard are located at sor; Duane Grace has been coaching baseball at
Cerro Gordo while Jim Shaw is starting his first Princeton for the past two summers; Frank
year at Arthur in football and track. Schack, veteran Glay City coach, has reasons to
be unhappy with two of his rangy aces moving to
Don Sullivan is off to a flying start at Argen-
(Continued on page 26)
ta by copping the fall baseball title in his con-

ference play. Don "Cocky" Davisson returned to
the old home town of Bethany to get his initial

ste of teaching "character."

As to alumni in the northern area, there are
ohn Wyeth at West Rockford; Forrest Buckler

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Portrait of an Alumnus edited by Rex, are published from headquarters in
Chicago and go to thousands of individuals and
(Continued from page 7) agencies throughout the nation. They are
Golfdorn, the Business Journal of Golf; and Golf·
high on St. Croix. It was here that the tuberculo- ing, the National Players Magazine.
sis germ he had fostered with such loving care in
Rex now lives at 18 East Elm Street in Chi·
college finally got him down. He went to El Paso, cago (close to a golf course). He married Eliza.
Texas, and entered a convalescent home. beth Lee in 1946. A step-son, Danny Sellers, is
twelve years old. Danny's aspiration is to be
An old friend, Hal Middlesworth, was also in National Open Champion. A\nother tribute to
El Paso at this time, reporting for the El Paso Rex's persuasive powers!

World News. Hal also had a bout with TB as a re- Seek Taylor Portrait Fund
sult of burning the candle at both ends while in
(Continued from page 8)
college. He was the editor who worked with
preciation and affection is permitted."
Franklyn Andrews to put the Teachers College "I would consider no contribution more
News into a commanding place among the Na-
tion's college publications. But Hal was not licked worthwhile.''
Those making contributions to the portrait
by TB either. He has since become one of the best
fund are:
known figures in the sports writing world of the
Southwest.

After two years of complete rest, Rex began

to get back into limited circulation. He worked Nolan Sims Cyril Reed
with Hal on the World News, but the reporting Norma Lathrop
Ed Rennels
job led him back into teaching for a time. He William Carter Merle Allard
Harold Diel Dario Covi
served first as assistant to the superintendent of
Irwin Kirchhoffer Monroe Hall
El Paso schools, then as a teacher in El Paso high Paul Stine Lucille Ahhee Kelly
Henry Buzzard
school, and finally as assistant principal of Aus- Maxine Rennels Frame
Irene Allison Bernard Waren
tin high school, El Paso, remaining there until Lorie Watts
Esther Schubert Martha June Jack
1941. Then he took a job as office manager of the Francis Bailey Lorna Doone Dixon
Lee Dulgar Frank Towell
National Cash Register Co. in El Paso for about
Lois Schubert Stroud
six months, whereupon he was asked to become

executive secretary of the El Paso Teachers as-

sociation. ·

Two years later the war interrupted and cur- Guarantors are:

tailed the activities of the association. So Rex Ralph Mcintosh
took a job as night manager of the Hotel Cortez,
El Paso, but had been there only a· few months Wilma Nuttall Ed Perry

when he was asked (by another friend) to be Clarence Taylor Alex Summers
assistant manager of the El Paso Chamber of
Commerce. "Believe it or not," he says, "this Marian Mills Ruth Hostetler

position was offered to me as a result of the work Dean Gray Edith Levake
we had done during my connection with the
Teachers association." Ferrel Atkins Gertrude Hendrix

Rex's big opportunity came after two years Mrs. F. C. Ogg Chenault Kelly

Albert McHenry Glenna Albers

with the Chamber of Commerce. He was appoint- Clemens Hanneken Lester VanDeventer

ed to the staff of the U.S. Junior Chamber and in Ralph Evans Dean Heller

due time took the top job in the national office, Members of the committee which selected

that of executive vice-president. Mrs. Talbott were Chenault Kelly, Alexander

"It was a great experience, for which I am Summers, Dr. Ciney Rich, Carl Shull, and Dr.

extremely grateful," he says. "My work today Heller.

stems directly from contacts made during those

short two years. One .gets too old to work for

the Junior Chamber when he reaches the thirty- Date_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~

sixth birthday. I have learned that people can Dear Dr. Heller:

play golf until they are 105 years old. If every- I enclose ______ for the Taylor
Portrait Fund.
thing goes well I may have a lifetime of work
Signed, ----------~
ahead of me. It's work that is considerably off Address __________

the course I set back in 1932, but in a way it's

educational work still. I'm persuading people that

Mark Twain was wrong when he said, 'Golf is a

long walk spoiled.' " ·

The National Golf Foundation aids in the

extension of golf in schools and colleges, and
implements the planning, construction, and devel-
opment of golf facilities. Two magazines, both

PAGE T EN

An Alumni Problem: Who Will Replace These Seniors?

Graduating members of the IIAC champions at Eastern this fall and men who have completed their eligibility
are (left to right) Joe Kruzich, Russ Ghere, Chuck Gross, Lou Stivers, Bob Sink, Don Johnson, Tom Carlyle, Dick Mills,
Jim Sexson, Howard Barnes, and Dick Perry.

Panther Gridmen Win llAC

Title; First Since '28

Coach Maynard (Pat) O'Brien Eastern's Panthers directed time had run out the instant the
by Coach Maynard O'Brien won last play started.
"Team spirit did the trick," Coach seven of nine scheduled football
rien stated after his charges games this fall, a clear title in Again in the second half
itewashed Southern 38-0 for an the Illinois Intercollegiate Ath- Eastern was the victim of the
blemished .league recor~. Through- letic conference, and the right Fates. An inspired Titan drive
the season the team emphasized to ·play in the second annual brought Wesleyan to the two
courage, and Corn Bowl game at Blooming- yard line in the last minute of
ton, Illinois. It was the first play, where Eastern held for
championship in football since three downs. Then a Titap back
1928. The Panthers were unde- made a final plunge. The ball
feated in five games at home. squirted from his hands, high
into the air almost on the goal
Until the upset 6-0 victory of line. Eastern's Dick Perry
Illinois Wesleyan in the Bowl, charged through and caught the
Eastern was undefeated in Illi- ball in the air, carrying it well
nois college play. The Bowl con- into safe territory. The officials
test was very disa.ppointing to ruled that the ball had gone
Charleston fans because of the
breaks of the game. Eastern's over the goal line and that the

great Don Johnson sparked a whistle had blown before the

drive late in the first half and fumble. The game ended with
plunged across the goal line,
Eastern throwing despetation
only to have the score nullified passes.

when the officials decided that (Continued on next page)

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Panthers Ta:keJIAC fourth year at Mt. Olive, wind- llAC Scoring Leader
Title; First Since '28 ing up that season with 154
points to the opposition's seven.
(Continued from preceding page)
Individual scoring honors at
The season summary follows: Eastern this year· went chiefly
to senior halfback Don Johnson
East- Oppon- of Charleston. He was an easy
leader in conference scoring.
ern ent The six foot 190 pound speed-
ster notched eight touchdowns,
St. Joseph 19 6 all of them in conference play,
for a total of 48 points. His runs
Eastern Kentucky 14 25 varied from one to 70 yards and
he scored on every type of play,
Ball State 12 0 from line plunges to 40 yard
passes. Johnson broke Charlie
Western Illinois* 70 Austin's ten year old 100 yard
dash record at Eastern last
Northern Illinois* 15 6 spring, stepping the distance in
ten flat.
Normal University* 13 7

Indiana State 20 21

Millikin University 27 7

Southern Ill. Univ. * 38 0

165 72

For Coach O'Brien the cham- Another scoring leader was

pionship is once more proof that Bob Smith, Downers Grove bull-

"the third time is the charm." dozer who also holds some dash

Pat has developed a champion at records and carries over 195 Don Johnson
three schools in his third year, pounds. Smith compiled 30 He dashed for eight TD's

first at Mt. Olive, then at Car- points despite a pulled leg mus-

linville, and now at Charleston. cle which bothered him occa-

Incidentally, he also had a sionally. Earl Benoche of Brad- · ner and scored 18 points. Chuck
champion when he stayed on a ley was a great open-field run- Gross, 218 pound former full-

back from Tuscola who played

"utility" this season, scored two

touchdowns and eleven conver-

sions for 23 points. Virgil Sweet

of Covington, Ind., alternated

with Jerry Curtis of Charleston

at fullback and scored 12 points.

Curtis scored once, as did Hank

Lopinski, Joe Patridge, and Bill

Crum. Russ Ghere, Areola end,

caught two conversion passes.

Probably the high point of

the year was Eastern's victory

over Normal at the Red Bird

homecoming. The 13-7 victory

over Normal's fine team gave

Eastern title hopes that were

not disappointed. It was in this

game that Don Johnson's great

70 yard run through the Normal

right tackle and entire backfield

made him an automatic nominee

for all-conference honors.

Now that time has softened

HO~~R0.. ~SLUG-" the blow of a 6-0 defeat in the
Corn Bowl game on Thanksgiv-
ing Day, Eastern alumni can
reflect on the best football team

j BARNES · at the alma mater in many a
year. It is the first to win a
clear title in the conference,

'if E.l.1s SENSATIONAL now called the IIAC, since 1928.
That was the year Burl Ives and

Howard Barnes, senior right guard, was named most valuable member of company didn't lose a game in
the team this year by his fellow players. He received an invitation to play in the old Little Nineteen.

the first International All-Star Tournament in Hollywood at Christmas. (Continued on Tiext page)

PAGE TWELVE

Standing-Coach ,HGelaolev~yr, RGuasd~~~lchD, o;;:~erK. ats1. mpah.s, Klay, Miller, Hedden, "·" Seated-Musgrave, Olson,
DeMoulin, Hilderbrand Wilson.

Panthers Take llAC to play in the International All- Healeymen Start Strong;

Title; First Since '28 Star game between the U. S., Win 3 of First 4 Games
Canada, Hawaii, and Mexico
(Continued from preceding page ) ~sketball, fever hit Eastern the
during the Christmas holidays. week after the close of the football
There are some individuals on season-or perhaps it would be more
Don Johnson, another senior accurate to say that the two fevers
the championship 1948 team merged and mounted. The team
was nominated to go also but at coached for the third year by Bili
who will loom as big in history this writing is still in the dark Healey, immediately served notice
that once again it would be very hard
as members of the '28 team- as to his status as an "interna- to stop. The Blue and Gray trimmed
thos~ titans of yesteryear in- tional all-star." two new opponents without extending
themselves. Franklin City college of
cludmg Ruel Hall, Nolan Sims, Besides Barnes, a guard from Indiana fell 73-49 and Lincoln univer-
Tuscola, and Johnson, a half- sity of Missouri was overwhelmed
Pete Fenoglio, Har BRaoiurtd~ 78-45. After a 52-43 loss at Terre
Johnny Powers, Rout back fr_om Charleston, Captain Haute, the Panthers nipped Millikin
Lou Stivers* was picked as a at Decatur 62-58.
·ledge, Bill Stone, Chuck Ash- member of the conference all-
The heart of the schedule and all
more, Fred Creamer, Stan Was- star tCeaomlli.nsFvirlalen,kwPasitonl~mteadcktloe conference games will be played in
from January and February (see schedule
sem, Henry Kinsel, Joe KGiirlk~ below). As this story is written,
Morris Smith, Sherman the second team and honorable Western of Macomb looks like the
team to beat in the IIAC. Last year
more, Gene Shoulders, Gene mention was made of Russ Eastern and Western split their two
games. Eastern topped the Leather-
Deverick, "Hoot" G i b s o n Ghere, end from Areola; Tom necks in the final league game for
second place. Southern easily won
"Stormy" Parr, and Bill Jones: Carlyle, tackle hfarolfmbacMk attforoon~· the title but was dealt a heavy blow
Bob Smith, by the graduation of Quentin Stinson
to name most of the leaders. and Ollie Shoaff. When two leading
T~is was the team that opened Downers Grove; Earl Benoche scorers, ~ob Colborn and Joe Hugh-
es, suffered broken legs in football
with a 12-12 tie with Millikin halfback from Braqdualeryt~· rbaancdk this fall most sports writers counted
John Lopinski,
then gained power with every (Continued on next page)
from Georgetown.
game until the 75-0 white-wash- PAGE THIRTEEN
If Coach Pat O'Brien can keep
ing of Lincoln, one of the cold-
some 25 underclassmen who
e~t-blooded _massacres in grid
won letters this year, he will
hrstory durmg those days of
have the nucleus of another fine
customarily low scores. Except
team next year. Thirteen mem-
for the tie, the team was un-
bers of the squad, including
touched.
Johnson, Barnes, Sotrivhearvs~ and
Nowadays individual fame Carlyle, are seniors used

spreads a little wider and such up their eligibility.

renown came to two Panther

players that one of them, How- *Pictured on the cover of the
September Alumnus.
ard "Slug" Barnes, was selected

Healeymen Start Strong Christ Gastivich, another Gary re- Final Gold Star
Win 3 of First 4 Games cruit who is an outstanding two- Appears on Eastern Flag
handed shot from far out.
(Continued from preceding page) A final gold :>tar was added to the
The. remaining schedule: service flag at Eastern when it be-
the Maroons out of the title chase. At Home came known through Dr. C. H. Cole-
Western still has its starting five, man, college historian, that William
as does Eastern. The Panthers have Jan. 7-Millikin University Dozier was killed at Naples, Italy, on
lost the services of Jim Sullivan, Lee Jan. 8-Hillsdale College and July 30, 1944. Pfc. Dozier attended
Markwell and Jack Haworth, how- Eastern high school for one year
ever, and all were key factors in last Ball State (1920-21) and took some college work
year's 16-7 record, the best since Jan. 14-Western Illinois* later. Born in 1903, he entered the
1924-25. Jan. 20-Illinois College army in 1942 and served two years
Jan. 25-Shurtleff College in the African campaign.
The team seems to be dependent Feb. 4--Indiana State
chiefly upon Neal Hudson, Bob Ol- Feb. 16-0akland City College The total of alumni and former stu-
son, Jack Miller, Ray DeMoulin, Don Feb. 19-Southern Ill. Univ.* dents who died in service in World
Glover, and John Wilson this year. Feb. 23-Norrnal University* War II now stands at 48.
Glover, who was easily the outstand- Feb. 26-Northern Illinois*
ing freshman last year, has been *Conference Garnes Harriers Take Second
hampered by a sprained ankle in In Conference Meet
opening games but his Paris chum, Away
Wilson, looks like an all-star. Olson Dec. 29, 30-Vincennes Tourney Eastern won second in the IIAC
at the other forward position still Jan. 19-Southern Ill. Univ.* cross country meet at Normal Octo-
has his unerring basket eye. Big Jack Jan. 22-Norrnal University* ber 14. The Normal harriers beat out
Miller is being pushed for the start- Jan. 28-Northern Illinois* Coach Clifton White's aggregation
ing center berth by freshman Torn Jan. 29-Milwaukee Teachers for the championship. Running for
Katsirnpalis, a smooth - operating Feb. 5-St. Joseph College Eastern were Herbert Wills of Down-
Gary, Ind., product. Hudson and De- Feb. 11-Western Illinois* ers Grove, Dick Spillers of Brazil,
Moulin form a double-barreled com- *Conference Garnes Ind., Don Glover of Paris, John Barr
bination at guard. Ray pots long of Mattoon, Paul Roosevelt of Al-
shots and Hudson is a whirl-wind who Ives Autobiography Wins bion, and Bill Schouten of Charles-
can zoom in for short drag shots and High Praise from Critics ton.
clean the bad ones off the boards. One
of Eastern's all-time great athletes, Burl Ives' autobiography, Wayfar- Joe Snyder, Former Football
Neal was most valuable in the con- ing Stranger, has received many flat- Center, Now in Paris
ference as early as his sophornore tering reviews since publication in
year. Hudson, Olson, Miller and De- the fall. "The greatest ballad singer Joe Snyder, a former student, now
Moulin are all seniors. of them all" tells of his boyhood in lives in Paris, Ill. His wife, the form-
Jasper county with the same sincer- er Frances Faught, '40, and Joe fre-
Other lettermen and upperclass- ity and feeling with which he inter- quently sing publicly. Joe was a
rnen who have played with the var- prets the nation's folk music. Very member of the St. Louis Opera com-
sity squad are Elmo Hilderbrand, a little space is devoted to his three pany before the war. A captain in
senior who has furnished a lot of year career at Eastern, where he was the army, he was placed in charge of
spectacular play for Charleston fans; not happy in the academic atmos- the Nurenberg opera in Germany
Roy Klay, towering Stonington pro- phere. Burl "hit the road" after walk- providing entertainment for troops in
duct; Wilburn Hanks, a Crossville ing out of a class in Beowulf one day. that area. Joe wears the Purple
star; C. J. Doane, capable center from Some of the most fascinating stories Heart, having suffered a serious arm
Covington, Ind.; and Frank Pitol of in the book are concerned with his wound.
Collinsville. career as a true wandering minstrel,
playing and singing for meals and a Charles Cox Dies
Most promising of the new crop bed in nearly every state of the Union
are J arnes Anderson, an All-South- and collecting the fine repertoire of Charles William Cox, a former stu-
folk music for which he is now fam- dent in the training school, high
western conference guard .frorn Col- ous. school, and college at Eastern, died
Nov. 26 following an automobile acci-
linsville's state tournament teams; It is hoped that Burl will again re- dent near Kansas, Ill. Mr. Cox was
Clarence Musgrave, a member of turn to Eastern for a concert in May 25 years of age. He leaves a son,
three state tournament teams at in connection with the climax of the Michael Allen, and his widow, the
Bowling Green, Ky.; Harry Hedden, Golden Anniversary celebration. former June Richie of Charleston.
a member of some of the Robinson
teams that long dominated the Okaw O'Brien to Coach Wrestling Cross Country Star Pays Visit
Valley conference; Ken Brauer, Alta-
rnont flash who almost single-hand- Maynard (Pat) O'Brien will coach Willard Witte, a member of one of
edly won the title in the National intercollegiate wrestling this winter Scott Angus' best cross country
Trails conference; Judy Onyett, a in the first full schedule of meets teams in 1932-34, was a recent visitor
graduate of Centralia junior college; ever slated at Eastern. He is work- to the Eastern campus.
Bob Schrnalhausen, a small but fast ing with a number of grunt and groan
and clever guard from Olney; and specialists and expects to meet at
least two of the other league schools.

PAGE FOU RTEEN

Keeping in Touch • • •

Class of 1905 pal for two schools. In June 1947 she delphia.
retired, a plan she had long cherished, Myrtle Davis (Mrs. John Snider),
Cecil E. Stark "to go out while I was still intensely
923 Forest Ave. interested and capable of as good 1160 Sherman, Denver, Colo., taught
River Forest, Illinois work as ever." She has not regretted high school mathematics in Monti-
the step and is now active in church cello, Ill., Indianapolis, Ind., and in
Josephine Honn Sherman, '05, and club work. Address 131 N. Fair- several cities of Colorado. At present
writes that as long as she is interest- view Ave., St. Paul, Minn. she is at East high, Denver. She holds
ed in anything she will be interested the B. A. from the University of Chi-
in "my beloved school." She lives at Mrs. Mabel Hagan widow of War- cago. Married in 1917 (Mr. Snider
545 S. Euclid Ave., Pasadena 5, Calif. ren Hagan, '07, is a member of the died in 1946), she had two sons and
Her sister, Mrs. George I. Myers faculty of the college of commerce, a daughte~ in service in World War
(Jesse Honn), '09, lives at Neva 13, lJ niversity of Illinois, and part of her II. The daughter is now married. The
Apt. 8, Mexico City, Mexico. work is supervision of student teach- sons manage the Snider farms.
ers of typing and shorthand in Uni-
Louis L. McDonald, '05, of 63 versity high. Last summer she travel- Irene Degenhardt, 1119 State St.,
Mount Airy Rd., B:ernardsville, ed in Germany with her son and Alton, Ill., received the Ph. B. at the
Somerset, N. J., retired last year af- family. Major Richard C. Hagan, who University of Chicago and the M. A.
ter 29 years on the national staff of attended grade school at Eastern, is from Columbia and has done all of
the Boy Scouts of America. He connected with the legal department her teaching in her home town of
taught for many years at the Na- of the army. He has lately been Alton. Her summers have been spent
tional Training School for Profes- transferred from Berlin to Munich, in travel-Italy, Switzerland, Ger-
sional Leaders, Boy Scouts of Ameri- but his family lives in Frankfort. many, Czechoslovokia, France, and
ca, in the field of camping and out- England; Mexico, Alaska, and all
door recreation. Mr. McDonald was Class of 1909 parts of the U. S. Her hobbies are
president of the Class of '05 and presi- collecting foreign dolls and dolls of
dent of the Athletic Association and Mrs. Russell Shriver different artists. She also gardens,
of the YMCA while at Eastern. His 412 Van Buren St. with gardenias her specialty.
title until retirement was National Charleston, Illinois
Director of Camping for the Boy Jeanette M. Dickerson, 852 Park
Scouts of America. Mrs. Shriver titles her report for Ave., Springfield, Ill., is home eeo-
the December issue, "Once a Teacher, nomics instructor in Ursuline acad-
Class of 1906 Always a Teacher?" emy.

Charles W . Fender Forty teachers left Eastern in the Frances M. Dixon (Williams) con-
1927 El Dorado Ave. spring of 1909 and most of them re- tinued to teach after her marriage.
Berkeley 7, California mained in the teaching profession for She did not retire from her home
a number of years before marrying town high school position at Herrick
Mr. Fender urges all of his class- or choosing some other work. Still until this fall. She now spends full
mates to write him a Christmas letter active in teaching or closely connect- time operating a drug store pur-
with some news that he may use for ed with the schools are: chased many years ago.
the March issue of the Eastern Alum-
nus. Ethel M. Brown, 1517 Charleston Effie L. Feagan (Mrs. Harvey
Ave., Mattoon, Ill., is principal of the Rechnitzer), 2300 N. Michigan Ave.,
Class of 1907 Lowell school. Chicago, Ill., was graduated from the
University of Chicago and also con-
Marguerite Bainbridge Mary Bruner (Mrs. Leo Tehon), tinued to teach after her marriage.
1028 Ninth 1003 S. Dussey, Urbana, Ill., is a sub- For the past 25 years she has been
Charleston, Illinois stitute teacher at Urbana high and principal of the Gary school, Chicago.
is working part time in the classics Prior to that she taught in Tuscola,
Sopha E . Heil, '07, taught in Ohio department of the university, editing Ill. and Iron Mountain, Mich. At pres-
until the death of her father and sis- Latin publications. She has the A. B. ent she is president of the Assistant
ter made it necessary for her to come and M. A. degrees and did some work Principals' association of Chicago.
home to the Areola vicinity to man- toward the Ph. D. She taught German
age the family farm and rear a niece and Latin at Salem high before her Oliver C. Hostetler, B. S. and M. S.,
and nephew. Miss Heil insists that marriage in 1918 to Dr. Leo R. Tehon. U. of I., with additional work at
She taught that year at the Univer- Northwestern, has taught in Illinois
here isn't a thing in this world that sity of Wisconsin. Her husband is without a break since 1909. For the
n be said of myself that would be chief botanist for the Illinois Natural past 22 years he has taught and
f the slightest interest . .. " History Survey. A son is now teach- served in administrative capacities in
Beulah Wallar, '07, has taught in ing in the electrical engineering de- the Evanston Township high school,
inneapolis, Minn., since 1913. In partment of the university. A daugh- living at 2207 Bennett Ave., Evan-
932 she got her bachelor's degree ter was graduated in June, '47, from ston. He is now head of the safety
om Minnesota University and in the college of fine arts at the U. of program at Evanston high. Mar-
933 took Sabbatical leave and got Ill. and is now attending Pennsyl- ried in 1914, Mr. Hostetler has two
er M. A. as well. A primary teacher, vania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila- daughters and five grandchildren.
e served as principal after 1925 and
or three years, 1944-47, was princi-

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KEEPING IN TOUCH ... continued

Lida Hostetler, his sister, is your Springer (Mrs. Leslie K. Jackson), Editor's Note-Mrs. Gates, the
correspondent. She is closely connect- '13, went back to teaching last year. former Lela Chenoweth, has made a
ed with the schools as a member of One Grand Tower, Ill., teacher had special effort to contact as many of
the Board of Managers, Illinois Con- a baby, one broke her leg, one had an the Class of '14 as possible, because
gress of Parents and Teachers, since emergency appendectomy, and an- of the forthcoming Thirty-Fifth An-
1928. But she prefers not to write her other had a nervous breakdown. So niversary. She reports that of the 76
own news story! the school board applied for an emer- graduates, she has information con-
gency certificate for Mary and this cerning all but nine. The following
Class of 1910 year she is on the regular s.taff and is is a small portion of her contribution
teaching fourth grade. She loves it. for the Alumnus. Other information
Ruth Carman will be printed in later editions.
E. I. S. C. Mrs. Jackson and her husband are
Charleston, Illinois alone for the first time in 32 years. Nellie E. Baker, '14, lives at Mar-
They have four grown children and tinsville, Ill. She is interested in and
Katherine Dwyer (Mrs. E. T. four grandchildren. helps to support a girls' home at Tus-
Boles), '10, of Columbus, 0., writes con, Ariz., near the University of
that a son, Tom, a graduate of Har- Besides jinxing certain teachers, Arizona.
vard Medical school, expected to start Grand Tower is subject to "old man
internship at St. Luke's in New York river" rampages. Several times the Elsie Beatty, '14, is now teaching
this year after a period in Japan. Jacksons have had to move out of English at Rockford West high
Mrs. Boles' daughter Helen Anne and their home in a boat. school. She holds the A. B. and A. M.
her husband are attending college in degrees from the University of Illi-
Texas. The youngest Jackson, Barbara, is nois.
a student at Southern Illinois univer-
Two members of the Class of 1910, isty and Mary herself attended the Margaret Bott, '14, is teaching so-
close.friends in college, have given as summer session this year. After 35 cial studies at Westlake junior high
many years of teaching to the county years, she says, she had forgotten in Oakland, Calif.
as . they possibly could. They have how we hated Southern, especially
taught every year since graduation. their football team. A. B. Crowe, former teacher at
Ruth C. Long of 1120 W. Edwards Eastern (1903 to 1939) and beloved
St., Springfield, Ill., has taught in Earl Giffin, '13, is in his nineteenth class guardian for the Class of '14,
the grade schools there for most of year as a teacher in the department is still at 2525 Florida Drive, Fort
her career, except for periods in of industrial education at Waukegan Wayne 6, Ind. His daughters Mary
Charleston and in Duluth, Minn. Township high school. and Edith say that they still have a
Gladys H. Serviss has spent most of hard time trying to keep up with
her time as principal of the school in Loxa Davis (Mrs. Ralph E. Gross- him, he is so active. He will be 80
Aurora, Ill., where she is at present. man), '13, graduated from the U. of in January.
She taught for a few years in Colo- Illinois in 1919, married in 1921, and
rado. has continued teaching most of the George W. Cherry, '14, is a city
time since. She is now teaching jun- mail carrier at Mattoon, Ill.
Class of 1911 ior high social studies in Decatur.
Daughter Ellen May is a professional Flolla Doty, '14, now Mrs. Don
Mrs. W. 0. Rogers musician. Lacy of 1517 Lincoln, Springfield,
Box 612 Ill., is a housewife but has outside
Pasco, Washington Maude H. Reeder, '13, died Septem- interests. She works in arts and
ber 6, 1948, at her home in Pontiac, crafts.
Elizabeth Opal Schriner (Mrs. Guy Illinois. She was until 1941 principal
Vaughn), '11, says, "My youngest and teacher of one of the grade Marina Madge F'reeman, '14, is
son, 16, is a junior at Eastern high. schools in that city. Mrs. Harry Heinly of 1631 W. Web-
Another son is teaching commercial ster, Seattle, 6, Wash.
printing in Winston-Salem, N. C. He Eleanor Franklin, '13, has taught
served three years in the navy." Mrs. commerce in Mattoon high school Homer King Gordon, '14, is writ-
Vaughn's oldest daughter is 34. since 1924. She owns a home at 908 ing for publications of various kinds
Charleston Ave. in Mattoon. and for motion pictures. He lives at
Mrs. Rogers lists two "lost" alumni 1063 S. Ninth, Charleston, Ill.
as found: Miss Lillian Sanborn, '14, Mrs. Arthur K. Schulz (Louise
Spring Grove, Ill., and Mrs. Edmund Dorothy Hudson), '13, is the proud Helen M. Horne, '14, is Mrs. Ferd-
Glenn, '08, La Junta, Colo. mother of four sons. Arthur H., the inand H. Steinmetz of 36 College
oldest, 25, an army air force veteran, Ave., Orono, Me. She has three chil-
On the day preceding her report is a senior at Harvard in the law dren. Margaret is a specialist in room
to the Alumnus (Nov. 16), Mrs. school. George, 22, a Navy veteran, is improvement in 4-H work in New
Rogers became the grandmother of a student at Columbia university, York. Harriet Ann is married. John
a red-headed grandson. Frederick, 21, a graduate of Colum- F. was killed in action in Germany
bia, is doing graduate work in politi- on April 2, 1945. He will be buried in
Class of 1913 cal science. Charles, 16, is still in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D.
high school.
Mrs. Bess King c.
875 Eleventh St. Class of 1914
Charleston, Illinois Hazel Hall, '14, is Mrs. Frank
Mrs. C. T. Gates Ankenbrand, Jr., of Wayne, Pa. She
It took everything short of a tor- 708 Johnson Street holds the master's degree from Tem-
nado to do it, but the former Mary Charleston, Illinois ple university and teaches English
in South Philadelphia high school for

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KEEPING IN TOUCH ..• Community Holds 'May Douthit Day'
(Continued)

girls. Mr. Ankenbrand, a former
Eastern student, is junior associate
professor of English at V::.lley Forge
Military Academy and Junior col-
lege.

Class of 1916

Mrs. Glenna Sprout Albers
300 Polk St.
Charleston, Illinois

Lillie M. Lauher, '16, retired from
teaching in Indianapolis in June,
1948, after 28 years of teaching in
that city. She now lives at 1285 Har-
rison St., Charleston, Ill., and is em-
ployed as a secretary in the Coles
county Home Bureau office. Miss
Lauher was active in committee
work to revise the state course of
study in Indiana for some time prior
to her retirement. In Charleston she
is active in AAUW and Woman's
Club work.

Class of 1918 Miss Ma Douthit

Mary Crowe The following story comes from a public.
2525 E. Florida Drive recent issue of the Decatur HERALD.
Ft. Wayne, Indiana Miss Douthit attended Eastern Illi-
Shelbyville will have May Douthit nois State Teachers college, Normal
Mary Driscoll, '18, now Mrs. day Friday to honor a teacher who. university, Millikin, and took corres-
Thomas J. Gwyn of 913 S. Franklin last spring completed 44 years as pondence work at the University of
Ave., Flint, Mich., taught two years a teacher in Main Street Elementary Chicago. In 1896 she began teaching
·n Illinois after graduation at East- school. Miss Douthit plans to retire. in a rural school, but quit after two
rn. After a year at the University months because she said she didn't
f Illinois, she taught at Flint, Various Shelbyville organizations like teaching. After a few years in
marrying Mr. Gwyn in 1927, the year are cooperating with the school in the millinery business, she was per-
he took the M. A. at Illinois. The doing honor to Miss Douthit, with
oldest of the Gwyns' three daughters suaded to take over the teaching of
former school superintendants re-
aduates from high school next the first grade at an annual salary of
is currently president of turning for talks, former pupils
of Women Voters in $405. Since that time she has taught
singing or giving dances, and
Margaret Kerr, '18, now Mrs. Jay the fundamental skills of reading,
arroll of 1806 Eleanor St., St. Paul, prominent citizens paying tribute.
inn., left Illinois in 1923 to marry A reception will follow the program, writing and numbers to about 2,500
nd teach in St. Paul. This year she
s a leave of absence and is keeping which is set for 8 p. m. Friday in children, and reports that she "has
use in her own home. Commenting
Main Street school, and is open to the loved every day of her work."
the teachers' difficulties in St.
aul last spring, Margaret was opti-
istic about the future there.

Lucille Current, '18, now Mrs.
avid M. McKown of New Boston,
I., taught English and speech at
ustin high in Chicago until she
arried. She and her husband have
stored a 100 year old farm home
d have taken up farming, but be-
use of the shortage of teachers
rs. McKown resumed the teaching

speech last year at Aledo high
(Continued on next page)

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KEEPING IN TOUCH ... continued +',"~:~• . ~

t · ~. ..

school. She is helping to locate many Fred Ferituson, '20, is an M. D. in M. A. at the University of Iowa in
of the "lost" members of the Class Decatur, Ill. Unfortunately not all
of '18. of the interesting information he sent 1944, is author of a widely used
can be used in the Alumnus. He has book, Individual English, which grew
Class of 1919 become interested in industrial medi- out of her study in the field of
cine. He also has a ,. general practice. remediation in the language skills at
Edith Crowe He is chief surgeon of the Houdville- Iowa. Miss Stapp's principal hobby
2525 E . Florida Drive Hershey Corp. His wife, the former is writing verse.
Ft. Wayne, Indiana Erin McVey of Mattoon, was also an
Eastern student. They have two J. Harold Snyder, '23, is supervisor
Margaret Marie McGill, '19, took daughters, liged twelve and nine. of gas and electric appliance sales
up nurse's training in Chicago after for the Northern Indiana Public Ser·
receiving her diploma at Eastern. Trevor Knott Servis, '20, combines vice company at Hammond, Ind. A
Her work took her far afield, includ- teaching with editorial work in Bos- post graduate student at Northwest-
ing a period in Central America with ton. He is editor in charge of elemen- ern university, the Wheaton School of
a fruit company, a winter in Texas, tary publications at the D. C. Heath Finance and Commerce and the Uni-
and some years at Detroit. Co. as well as a lecturer in education versity of Pennsylvania in Phila-
at Boston university. delphia, and holder of the B. S. in
In 1934 Miss McGill entered the economics, he taught and coached
U. S. Indian.Service as a staff nurse. Class of 1921 for five years before entering busi-
After a period at Keams Canyon, ness. Mr. Snyder served as on officer
Ariz., she was tr~nsferred last May Vernon E. Barnes in the Chicago Eastern State Club in
to the Indian Hospital at Clinton, Rushville, Illinois 1947-48.
Okla. There she is within walking
distance of the home of her father Richard D. Kepner, '21, is now Louisa Means (Mrs. John Matsek),
and mother instead of 74 miles from owner and director of a private psy- '23, finished her degree at Eastern
a railroad, as she was in Arizona. chiatric clinic in Honolulu, T. H. His in '35. She taught the following term
clinic specializes in clinical psychiat- in the same building in Charleston in
"There is a great need for teachers ric therapies. He has published 17 which she had her first year of teach·
in the Indian Service," says Miss papers since 1941. His hobbies are ing after graduation from the two
McGill. "Anyone interested can get philately and cinematography. He year course in '23. Between those
information from the Department of and his wife Margaret have three years she taught at Paris. She was
the Interior, Washington, D. C." daughters, ages 12, 10, and 6. married in 1938. She now lives at
406 Palm St., Little Rock, Ark.
Everyone in the Class of 1919 is Class of 1923
delighted to see that Raymond Cook Charles Clabaugh, '23, was re-elect·
is once more where he should be in Harold Whittemore ed to his fifth term in the state legis-
the Chic~go school system. Dean c / o The Flintkote · Co. lature last fall, representing the 24th
Cook (head of the Chicago Teachers 17th St. and Wentworth Ave. district. He has acted as chairman
college) and his brother Gordon at- of the Civil Service committee, re·
tended homecoming at Eastern this Chicago Heights, Illinois apportionment committee, and has
year. Dale Dudley Coyle, '23, is a base- devoted particular attention to edu-
cation. He is a Champaign building
Class of 1920 ball statistician with the Home News contractor as well as a lawyer.
Bureau, statisticians for the Ameri-
Mrs. Veva G. Moody can League and over 30 minor Dorothy Pierce, (Mrs. Jackson Mer-
4615 Oakwood Avenue leagues. Dale's principal hobby from vin), '23, is "most of the time" a
Downers Grove, Illinois age 15 to April, 1947, was baseball housewife, but helps in her husband's
statistics. That date was when he office at Grosse Pointe, Mich. She
In January of 1948 your secretary took his present position. He says, has done substitute work in Grosse
had lunch in Chicago with Ruth "I haven't found a new baseball sta- Pointe schools. For several years she
Linchicum Werner, '20, who was re- tistic since getting into the thing for did publicity for a company making
turning from a trip to California a livelihood." Dale was office mana- kitchen appliances, including cook-
where she had visited her two grand- ger for 22 years in the office of the ing schools, radio appearances, and
daughters. Ruth teaches in one of the superintendent of the Joliet, Ill., high training demonstrations.
grade schools in Mattoon. She reports school and junior college. He then
that her brother Cecil stayed in the went with United Air Lines for two Gertrude Trager (Mrs. Cecil Cook),
army and is located in Dallas, Texas. years as an accountant before taking '23, completed her degree in home
his present job. economics and education at the Uni-
Marguerite Hampton Stroll (Mrs. versity of Wisconsin. Prior to her
Harry F.) '20, lives in San Marino, Sarah Disa McCall, '23 and '44, is marriage in 1938 she taught in the
Calif. She is vice-president of one of a sight-saving instructor in the Greg- Oak Park elementary schools, Ill.
the Los Angeles grade schools. Most ory schol of Champaign, Ill. She Her home is now at 703 Oakdale Ave.,
of the pupils are Mexican. Marguer- hopes to complete work for the mas- Chicago 14.
ite has a daughter, Jean, who is a ter's degree soon.
junior at the University of Californ- Lina Webb, '23, finished her M. S.
ia, Berkeley. Helen Isobel Stapp, '23, is teaching
sophomore English a't Decatur high in geography at the U of Illinois in
Faye Adams McVey, '20, lives in school. Miss Stapp, who took the 1931. Except for 11 years at Flor-
Los Angeles. She has a married ence State Teachers college, Tenn.,
daughter.

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KEEPING IN TOUCH ... Class of '38 Holds Reunion at Homecoming
(Continued)
Present at the tenth anniversary Charles Carlock of Hobart, Ind.;
she has taught in Illinois since leav- reunion of the Class of '38 at Home- Everett L. Clinard of 208 E. Wash-
ing Eastern. Her hobby is the study coming, 1948, were twelve members ington St., Urbana, Ill.; Hoyt Cover-
of birds, moths, and butterflies. She of the class. A table was reserved at stone of 2212 E . Prairie, Decatur,
is now at 539 Smith St., Benton, Ill. the alumni luncheon and arrange- Ill.; Stanley Elam of Charleston;
ments were in charge of Elizabeth Antha Endsley. of Charleston; Thom-
Marie Stewart (Mrs. Harry A. Widger Bayles of Charleston. as Endsley of Taylorville, Ill.; Eliza-
Johnson), '23, is at present employed beth Covalt Kern of Kansas, Ill.;
with the Illinois Public Aid commis- Among those present were Robert Beulah Midgett of Flatrock, Ill.
sion in Marshall, Ill. She taught two Anderson, senior class president, (now of Oslo, Norway); Mrs. Bayles;
years before her marriage and didn't now of 163 Central Park Ave., Har- and Harold Younger of Dana, Ill.
accept full time employment in the vey; Frank Broyles of Gillespie, Ill.;
profession again until the demand
for teachers became so great during Class of 1935 her in the Municipal hospital in
the war. Her daughter is Mrs. Mary Tampa, Fla. He had been a teacher
Jane Kannmacher, also of Marshall. Harold F. Cottingham at Fort Myers following discharge
Florida State University from the navy.
Class of 1925 Tallahassee, Florida
Ozeta Goodman Cowan Class of 1937
325 Third St. Elva Weger McCammon, '35, writes
Joliet, Illinois that she is back in Illinois (Martins- William Abernathy
ville) after living most of the nine Supt. of Schools
Mrs. Gertrude Lynch Neff, '25, years of her married life in Indiana. Stonington, Illinois
opened a new music store in Charles- She has a seven year old daughter,
ton on December 1, 1948. She former- Sharon Lee, keeps busy as house- Harry .l\nderson, '37, married
ly operated a music center in Glencoe wife and secretary for her husband Charlene Barhan last July 27. He is
and has taught music and given pro- in his trucking business. " . .. some of with the Chicago office of the vet-
fessional lectures on music apprecia- these days I may even be operating erans' Administration.
tion. a semi-trailer," she says.
Gene F. Lederer, '37, is now at
Corinne Longhand (Mrs. Robt. B. Class of 1936 1325 Noble Ave., Springfield, Ill. He
Ellis), '25, has a son who is a sopho- teaches math in Springfield high
more at Harvard. A daughter, Mary Thomas Chamberlin school.
Lynn, is a high school freshman. 628 Woodland Avenue
Duluth 5, Minnesota Kenneth Gabel, '37, writes from
Class of 1927 Oswego State Teachers college, N. Y.
Otho E. Green Alexander Summers, '36, was ap- that he and Rupert (Ike) Stroud, '38,
3614 Fairview Ave., R. R. 1 pointed chairman of the steering are still excited about the election.
Downers Grove, Ill. committee of the newly formed Mat- "Although Dewey carried New York
toon Community Health council this State," he says, "'I assure you it was
Mr. Green submits the following fall. not through support of teachers ..."
letter, condensed by your editor. (It Gabel mentions having seen LeRoy
comes from Mildred F. Kuhle, De- Miles Kendall, '36, died last Octo- Gruenewald, '38, at Syracuse univer-
catur, Ill.)

"After graduation I wielded a big
stick at the Spring Grove school, Fox
Lake, Ill.; at the Wadsworth school
Wadsworth, Ill.; and then at the Ban-
nockburn school, Deerfield, Ill. In
1933 I returned to my home town,
Decatur, and became secretary for
the law firm of Evans and Kuhle,
where I am working at the present
time.

"Just recently I have developed a
side line, that of baking angel food
cakes and cookies for sale by order.
Have a sweet tooth ?

"I have traveled extensively in the
United States and am contemplating
taking a trip to Europe this coming
rummer."

Class of 1930
(No correspondent)

Kenneth Wilson Connelly, '30, died
November 13, 1948. Mr. Connelly was
a rural teacher near Westfield after
graduation and later became a farm-
er in that vicinity.

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KEEPING IN TOUCH ... continued

sity, where Roy is finishing the Ph.D. American Public Health convention The Hickmans live at 534 Fairveiw.
and teaching. And he wants Jim in Boston November 8 to 12. Nila Culp (Mrs. John Bingaman),
Michael to write him in care of
Oswego S. T. C. John Scheidker, '41, is a lubrication '43, of Mt. Zion, Ill., keeps up with
engineer for Sinclair, travelling in three year old son Richard and finds
Gerald McNeal, '37, is now at 3750 Illinois. time also for some substitute teach·
S. 15th Pl., Milwaukee, Wis. ing. John is at Mt. Zion high and
Robert N. Robinson, '42, married as a new project is working out an
Bernice Braddock (Mrs. Charles F. Mary Lu Dinsmore last September aeronautics course this year.
Henness), '29, of Park Ridge, Ill., 27. Following completion of his M. A.
died July 8, 1948. at Indiana university in August, Mr. Robert Frame, '43, was initiated
Robinson became an instructor in ac- into Phi Delta Kappa last April at
Gerald Lloyd Kincaid counting in the Indiana university Champaign and finished his master's
R. 4, Box 80 extension center at South Bend, Ind. degree at the University of Illinois
Mason, Michigan The Robinsons live at 702 Clinton St., this summer. The Frames live at
South Bend. 1025 Ottawa Ave., Ottawa, Ill.
Helen Hoffman, '39, took a posi-
tion as mathematics instructor at Class of 1943 Roger Hibbs, '43, is connected with
Wartburg college, Waverly, la. this the Oak Ridge atomic plant and baa
fall. Mrs. Martha Moore Mason bought a home at 643 Pennsylvania
829 Seventh Ave., Oak Ridge, Tenn. His family
Robert S. Fulton, '39, married Miss Charleston, Illinois consists of Roger, Jr., age two and
Cora Daly of New York City last one-half, and a daughter just six
November 20. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Martha Ernst, '43, and Bert Lynch, months old.
live at 2453 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., a former student, were married June
28 at Litchfield, Ill. Mrs. Lynch is Your correspondent, like many
Washington, D. C. still teaching at the Washington others of the Class of '43, is buS)'
schoo~ in Charleston . and Bert is em- with a family. They are Jimmie,
Carolyn Gilbert ployed by the N. Y., Chicago, and St. Randy, and Tommy, aged three, two,
E. I. S. C. Louis railroad. and one. Husband Jim is selling pre-
Charleston, Illinois fabricated buildings and has offices
Margaret Rademaker (Mrs. Don in Charleston and Moline, Ill.
Guy D. Vaughn, '40, received the Ferris, '43), is boasting of the new
M. A. at Ohio State university in Au- addition to the family, John Damian Dario Covi, '43, received the M. A.
gust. Ferris. He was born Sept. 5, 1948. in art from the University of Iowa
Margaret's first big outing after the last August.
Earl Anderson, '40, has left Ross, event was Eastern's homecoming.
Berchem and Schwantes, a legal firm, The Ferrises live at 53 Archer, Mar- Class of 1945
on Jackson Blvd. in Chicago, to join shall, Ill.
the law firm of Cotton and Massey Mary Grossman Mail
in Paris, Ill. David Fisher, '43, is the proud papa 826 Dewey Street
of Stephen James, born June 8 in Anderson, Indiana
Roberta Jane Finley, '40, became Rochester, N. Y. Dave is in the chem-
the wife of Herschel James Mc- istry department at the Hawkeye Don T. Mead, '45, formerly at
Pheron, '47, on Thanksgiving Day, Plant of Eastman Kodak. The Fishers Tower Hill, Ill., is now superintendent
1948. Mrs. McPheron will finish the have recently bought their home at of schools and instructor of com·
term at Windsor high school, after 1730 Spencer Port Rd., Rochester 1. merce at St. Mary's high school, St.
which she and Mr. McPheron will re- Mary's, Mo.
side in Marshall, where he is engaged Jane Lumbrick (Mrs. Robert Dro-
in business. bisch), '43, of 983 W. View, Decatur, George and Mrs. Tade, the former
now has three children. Ronnie is in Wilma Jean Daily, '45, teach at
Class of 1941 kindergarten, Tenna will be two on Greenville college, Greenville, Ill. Mr.
Christmas Day, and Cindy is just one. Tade, a former student at Eastern,
Frank Tate Bob is connected with a company is chairman of the speech department
Washington State College making and distributing soft water and Mrs. Tade is violin instructor.
Pullman, Washington units.
Class of 1946
Robert Thomas, '41, ·of Fayette- Jean McManigell, '43, of 764
ville, Arkansas is planning to fly- Eleventh St., Charleston, Ill., is mak- Jim Roberts
to Jamaica for Christmas, to visit ing use of her commerce department Aledo Times Record
the parents of Mrs. Thomas, whom training as receptionist at the Gen- Aledo, Illinois
he met while studying at Iowa State eral Electric plant in Mattoon, a
college, Ames, la. Bob took his Ph. position she has held for about a Theresa Reiss, '46, a teacher in the
D. in botany at Iowa State last year. Charleston public schools, was seri·
spring. He is now carrying on experi- ously injured in an auto accident
ments with cotton at the agricultural Elizabeth (Lee) Podesta, '43, is while returning from her home in
experiment station, Fayetteville. now Mrs. F. J. Hickman of Galion, Ramsey to Charleston after the
0. Besides caring for a young son Thanksgiving vacation. She is ex·
Dr. Edward Hayes, M. D., is chest and daughter, she is busy with many pected to return to her work after
physician at Kankakee State hospital. social activities, including being sec- the Christmas holidays, however.
Mrs. Hayes (Ernestine Crooks, '41), retary-treasurer of the country club.
is head of the laboratory there. Mary Jo Searby Ochs, '46, is with
husband Ray on occupation duty in
Carolyn Gilbert, '41, health coor-
dinator at Eastern, attended the

PAGE TWENTY

KEEPING IN TOUCH Bloodhounds· Sniff Out Hundreds
(Continued)

Japan. Their son is nearly two years Of 'Lost' Alumni for Register
old.
Bloodhound Club membership leapt Leader of Pack
Clotilde Harwood, '46, and Robert upward like a pup after his first
E. Tirey were married September 4, feeding of Red Heart following pub- Miss Antha Endsley, above, r eport-
1948. Mr. Tirey is attending Eastern. lication of 700 "lost alumni" names ed 74 addresses.
in the September Alumnus. Fifty-two Schnorf, Lucile Byers, Edna A. Kres-
Betty Jane Leathers, '46, and persons supplied the current ad- in, Adele Rein Leimer Rogers, Edna
Robert Polley plan to be married in dresses of nearly 280 alumni. Broyles, Grace E. Riegler, and Mrs.
June. Paul Wright.
But it was a small veteran corps
Class of 1947 of professionals who sniffed out the Truman W. May, '20, supplied the
whereabouts of nearly 300 others. addresses of 12 "lost" alumni.
Jim Hanks These are the Golden Plutos, summa
16 W. Harrison cum laude. Other contributors include Char-
Charleston, Illinois lotte Fey Meisenback, Mrs. Edith C.
The top dog (your alumni service Randall, Marguerite Zimmer Heath,
Mrs. Harold Sparks, the former director) tips his hat once more to Mary Ellen Moyer Storckman, Mary
Eloise Dickerson, '47, who was head prize bloodhounds Antha Endsley Catherine McGee, Mrs. Paul Wright,
'unior aide at the 1946 commence- with 74 finds, believe it or not; Edna Mrs. Frank H. Johnson, Dora Curtis,
Corzine with 49; Mrs. A. 0 . Bain- Dorothy Mattis, Rachel E. Risser,
ent, is teaching at Charleston High bridge with 47; and Mrs. Russell Ruth Reynolds Schmidt, Blanche
hool for the second year and, on the Shriver with 30. Others who repeated Thomas, Mrs. Joseph Nyberg, Flor-
ide, is treasurer of the Tri Sig Char- with 10 or more addresses were Ed- ence M. Herman, Wayne Saxson,
eston alumnae. ward E. Hood (who also supplies in- Lola Redden Toigo, Wilma Nuttall,
teresting commentary on his quarry), and Mrs. Martha Mason.
Among the Eastern graduates of H. F. Cottingham, W. Harry Phipps,
47 attending the University of Illi- Emma Reinhardt, and Elizabeth The Alumni Office is grateful.
Kerr Frederich.
this summer were Clifford
Harold Eugene Fildes, Repeaters in addition to the above
are Amelia B. Thomas, Alden Cut-
omas Gregory, Donald Jones, shall, and Mayme O'Hair Gosse.
ryl LeCount, Willis Rardin, Robert
heets, Edward Sluder, Robert Wad- Topping the newcomers in the
ell, William Winnett, Tom Young, Alumnus kennel are Mrs. Lewis Tay-
im Hanks, and Don Tingley. The last lor with 49 addresses, Mrs. Jessie
amed, Tingley, is now teaching his- Huffman with 30, Mrs. Donald R.
ry on a part time basis as he con- Alter with 28, Mrs. Roy w ·eaver with
'nues work on his doctorate. 22, and the following Golden Plutos:
Florence M. Herman, Mary Margaret
Claude Hayes, '47, expects to have Toole, Mrs. Alice Lamkey, Mrs. Opal
II the course work completed for the N. Steffen, Grace E. Riegler, Mrs.
octorate at Northwestern university Carter Hayes, Marjorie Schuch,
y the end of this school year. Thelma Harrison, Roberta Musgrave,
L. D. Devore, Charlotte E. Spurlin,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schultz (she Maurine Davis, Mrs. Ralph Wight-
the former Norma Garrett, '47), man, Mrs. Ivan Crawford, Mrs. Ray-
e both teaching at Sidell. They were mond Devore, Eva C. Honn, Bonnie
arried last Easter. S. Miller, Mrs. Roy Weaver, Mrs.
Willis H. Bloom, Harold M. Cavins,
Harold Maris, '47, a social studies Bina Jo Refine Walters, Mrs. Ike
acher at Champaign Junior high Myers, Mrs. T . M. Austin, Mrs. Burl
hool, put to practice his experience
Dallas. to Nedra Seitzinger last August. Mr.
student council work when he Johnson is teaching industrial edu-
pervised the revision of the Cham- Max Evans, '47, is principal r.nd cation at Southern Illinois university,
ign Junior high student council coach at the Broadlands community Carbondale. He holds the M. A. from
nstitution last spring. Harold is school. the University of Illinois.
former president of the Eastern
uncil. He did work on his master's Jean Oats, '47, became the bride of Marian E. Fitzgibbons, '47, became
Colorado last summer. John R. McManus of Taylorville, Ill. the bride of Lester Powis last Au-
in October. Mr. McManus is a li- gust. Mr. Powis is attending Miami
Bertha Myers Wright, '47, and censed embalmer in busin~ss with his university in Miami, Fla., where they
ubby Eugene "Cobby" lived last father. now live.
mmer in a pre-fab at Stadium Ter-
ce in Champaign. Eugene is study- Marvin Johnson, '47, was married
g law at the University.

Marjorie White, '47, taught a year
t Brownstown high before fleeing to
alias, Texas. She's very happy there

a surgical secretary for Baylor
niversity hospital. She welcomes
ord at her home, 3504 Junius St.,

PAGE T WENTY-ONE

KEEPING 1N TOUCH Placement Bureau Reports Acute
(Continued)

Duane Beck, '47, is the father of a Shortages, Higher Salaries
son, Michael Glen, born Oct. 26. Mr.
Beck is principal of the Herrick high The Placement Bureau at Eastern Wanted: Grade Teachers
school. had one registrant for every 7.5 calls
for teachers received this year, ac- Dr. Harry L. Metter
Class of 1948 cording to Dr. Harry L. Metter, di-
rector of teacher training and place- "The number of calls received does
Jack Muthersbough ment. not present the true picture (of the
High School teacher shortage)," says Dr. Metter.
Minot, North Dakota This was revealed in Dr. Metter's "Some employing officials realized
annual report, published in Novem- that the Bureau had no candidates
Further checkups show that in ad- ber. It shows that 2,424 calls were re- for certain positions; hence they fre-
dition to the Class of '48 grads re- - ceived but that only 320 teachers, quently did not notify us ... This was
ported last September as studying f ewer than 150 of them 1948 grad- especially true for some types of ele-
for the master's, there are the fol- uates, were available to take these mentary vacancies."
lowing: positions.
Dr. Metter fears that unless ad-
Betty Baughman, holder of the The shortage has again pushed up justments are made to improve salar-
graduate scholarship, social science teaching salaries. Dr. Metter esti- ies and working conditions in the ele-
at the University · of Illinois; Bill mates that average salaries increased mentary field, the shortage of ade-
Block, social science at the Univer- $200 to $300, or 10 to 15 per cent over quately prepared teachers will con-
sity of Wisconsin; Jim Brehm, physi- last year. tinue for at least five or ten years.
cal education at the University of "Serious thought needs to be given
Illinois; Bill Carter, mathematics at The Bureau placed 254 persons in to recruiting promising young people
Ohio State university (with an as- teaching positions. Other registrants for that field."
sistantship); Harry Harper, reported preferred to do graduate study, take
studying social science at the Uni- non-teaching positions, or remain in Only in certain high school fields
versity of Illinois; Emery Gifford, their present jobs. was the supply equal to the demand.
who studied social science at George Therz are still shortages in English,
Peabody, is now teaching English at Of 157 B. S. in Ed. degree grad- home economics, physical education
Newton high school; Allen Monts, uates, 109 or n early 70 per cent took for women, music, commerce, and sci-
industrial arts at Penn State; teaching positions. Twenty-two are ence. In industrial arts, art, and phy-
Maurice O'Donnell, reported study- doing graduate study (often with as- sical education for men the supply
ing social science at Northwest- sistantships), six are married and do just about met the demand. In social
ern; Alpha Domenico Perfetti, re- not wish to teach, and three are un- science there was a slight over-sup-
ported studying geography at the employed or not reporting. Of the 109 ply.
University of Illinois; Tom Roth- teachers, 69 are in high schools, seven
child, social science at the Russian in junior highs, and 26 in elementary The average salary for beginning
Institute, Columbia university; For- positions. Seven are principals or teachers placed by Eastern in high
rest Suycott, music at the University superintendents. schools was $2756.78 as compared
of Iowa; Keith Howell, botany at
Iowa State college, Ames; and Ralph Although he has taught in Moultrie (Continued on next page)
Widener, who started at the Univer- and Macon counties for 20 years, Mr.
sity of Wyoming in speech and has Smith did not complete work for .the
now transferred to the University of degree until last August.
Oklahoma, where he also has an as-
sistantship. Reported as taking ad- Tom (Bucky) Buchanan, '48, was
vanced study are also James 0. Bail- ;;eriously injured in an auto acci-
ey and Don Hill, but the universities dent while on a trip with athletes
attended are not known. from Toledo high school, where he is
coach. Although in critical condition
In all, 22 members of the Class of for some time, he is now back on the
'48 are working toward the master's job.
degree.
Class of 1949
Miriam J . Bland, '48, is teaching The Class of 1949 is already begin-
grade one at the Washington school, ning to graduate. At the close of the
Decatur. fall term, Bob Black merely added a
half day to his duties at the Charles-
June Bubeck, '48, became the bride ton Courier, where he had been em-
of James Giffin, '46, last August. The ployed on a part time basis for sev-
Giffins live in Campus City, Charles- eral months. Black finished his work
ton, Ill., where Mr. Giffin is employ- in social science and journalism with
ed in the business education depart- the fall quarter. A very successful
ment. Mrs. Giffin is teaching in the editor of the Eastern State News, he
elementary schools of Kansas, Ill. expects to continue in the field of
journalism.
Vern A. Smith, '48, is principal of
the St. Joseph grade school this year.

PAGE TWENTY-TWO

Strong Demand Keeps Truman May, '20, Locates Farm

Placement Bureau Active Leaders Who Attended Eastern

(Contiued from preceding page) Dear Editor: Charles Tarble, '10, is farm adviser
of Cumberland county, at Toledo.
with $2516.09 for inexperienced ele- This is the letter I promised at a
mentary teachers. Of the 1948 class, meeting of the Madison County East- Hershel H. Cline, '15, is organiza-
persons with previous teaching ex- ern State club at Edwardsville; so tion director of the Sangamon Coun-
perience averaged $3092 in elemen- here I am again writing some items ty Farm Bureau, Springfield.
tary positions. Oddly enough, experi- for an Eastern publication after a
enced 1948 grads taking high school long interval of 28 years since I Recent callers at my office were
positions averaged $2810, nearly $300 edited the Teachers College News and Jimmie Lynch of Charleston, on our
less than the elementary teachers. the Warbler back in 1919-20. At the 1920 baseball team, and Gage Car-
University of Illinois I changed from man, business manager of the 1919-
The highest salary for a 1948 grad- journalism to agriculture, and have 20 News a~d Warbler. Gage is on the
uate placed through the Bureau was been farm adviser of Madison county administrative staff of the Kansas
$4,000, received by one man and one since 1929. City school system.
woman, both in elementary positions.
On the average, men in high school Many Eastern students have al- Charles L. Prather, '20, wrote to me
positions received about $300 more ways come from rural areas and have after he heard me on a radio program
than women. gone into agricultural work. Some of from St. Louis last fall. He is profes-
these: sor of economics at the University of
T~e highest salary paid a regis- Texas, Austin.
trant placed by the Bureau was J. E. (Ed) Hill, '15, has been state
$6,350, received by the superintendent supervisor of vocational agriculture Mrs. May (Margaret Champion),
of a new unit district. Although in high schools since about 1922, '20, and I have two daughters. Carol
few alumni with advanced degrees with offices in Springfield. completed her nurse's training at
are registered by the Bureau, one of Alton Memorial hospital and is now
them took a $5,000 high school prin- Oren L. Whalin, '14, is a professor Mrs. Earl T. Bonham of Indianapolis.
cipalship. in agricultural extension, University Martha attends Washington univer-
of Illinois. sity, St. Louis.
A classification of vacancies re-
ported to the Bureau during 1948, oc- Wm. B. Bunn, '16, is farm adviser The Farm Bureau building in Ed-
cupying the last half of Dr. Metter's of Champaign county. He has also wardsville is on U. S. 66, convenient
36 page report, will assist students been farm adviser in Richland and on the drive to St. Louis. I'd be glad
in making intelligent selections of Pike counties. for any old friends to stop for a visit.
teaching fields and combinations. Dr.
Metter is anxious to place it in the J. Ed Harris, '17, formerly farm Sincerely yours,
hands of guidance directors. adviser in Mercer and Champaign Truman W. May, '20.
counties, now lives in Ames, Iowa,
~harles Arzeryf; '48, To Make where he represents a phosphate 'Educate for Peace,' Says
Botany Survey. in Alaska company. Bill Bunn, Ed Harris and I
are all past presidents of the Illinois NEA President at Meeting
Charles Arzen~ of Witt, Ill., a State Association of Farm Advisers.
aduate of Eastern in 1948, has been On Eastern Campus
sked by the University of Michigan, Joseph C. Connelly, '20, is a farm
here he has a graduate assistant- planner with the Soil Conservation "There has never been any ques-
hip, to become a member of a five Service in Menard county, at Peters- tion about the need for education for
an party which will survey plant burg. individual advancement. But the war
nd animal life in the Aleutian ls- has given us a new viewpoint. We
nds next summer. Mr. Arzena was a Sumner Wilson, '15, farms at But- are now thinking of education as a
older of the Livingston C. Lord ler, in Montgomery county. He re- social and political necessity. We are
emorial Scholarship during his sen- cently held a dispersal sale of his asking how education can keep peo-
ior year at Eastern. He is specializing large herd of purebred Holstein cat- ples from coming into conflict. We
n bryophytes and will be the bryolo- tle. His brother Monroe has been sup- are trying to educate for peace."
'st in the party. The U. S. Navy is erintendent of the farm at the Illinois
· ining with the University of Michi- Masonic Home at Sullivan for many The speaker was Miss Mabel
n in financing the survey. years. Studebaker, president of the Nation-
al Education Association, who spoke
darns of Northern Dies; Chester C. McCord of Newton, J as- Monday evening, Nov. 8, at East-
uzzard Now Senior President per county, is famous for his pure- ern before nearly 500 students, facul-
bred Jersey cattle. He is a director ty, and others. As President R. G.
Following the death of Dr. Karl of the Agricultural association. Buzzard pointed out in his introduc-
dams of Northern Illinois State tion, it was the first time the national
eachers college on December 6, Forrest A. Stewart, '21, is a mem- president of America's most powerful
esident R. G. Buzzard is senior ber of the staff of the agronomy de- education group has appeared on the
resident among the five state col- partment, College of Agriculture, local campus since Francis G. Blair,
eges and universities of Illinois. Dr. University of Illinois. former training school head, held the
uzza.rd came to Eastern in the fall important office.
f 1933, just 15 years ago. Stephen G. Turner, '20, formerly
Livingston county farm adviser, is
in the hybrid seed corn business at
Pontiac.

PAGE TWENTY-THREE.

Invites Subscribers' Correspond enc

With the December issue, the Memphis State Teacher college. The sing in chapel-those memora
Alumnus introduces what may be- following year I moved to Virginia chapels that I was privileged to
come a regular feature, The Letter- and was head of the industrial arts tend for four years.
box. Only a few of the letters re- and vocational program in School-
ceived as a result of extensive cor- field high until 1942, when I became On May 8, 1937, Mr.
respondence for the forthcoming area supervisor of the War Produc- Koch was honored on Alumni
Golden Jubilee Alumni Register can tion Training Program in Southwest by a musical program, and he ask
be printed in this issue, and then only Virginia. In 1945 I became principal me to come back and sing for h"
in part. of the Danville Technical institute, which I was so happy to do, as
where I now am. The school has an adored him after being in his clas
Burl 'Wows' West enrollment of 154 and a teaching for four years .
staff of twelve."
Mrs. Jessie Allhands, sister of Jo Tiffin Chase,
Genelle Voight, former News editor, L. A. Hill 714 Locust Street
and the late Chesney Voight, writes Danville Techncal Institute Hillsboro, Illinois
that Eastern is still closest to her Kemper Road
heart although she has attended the Danville, Va. Of Lord and Beneke
University of Southern California,
Washington U. at Seattle, Arizona Decaturian Dear Editor:
U., and has taught at Washington
State college, Cornell university, and "I have never taught since gradua- I was quite thrilled when I
Massachusetts State college. "In all tion but began working in August, ceived my Homecoming invitati
of them," she says, "I find some 1927, in the Decatur Public library and doubly so when I read t
traces of Charleston. At Cornell Ted and continued there for nine years. Beneke's band would be there. F
Whitesel was on the staff and he and In September of 1936 I married that I'd walk to Charleston.
my husband played some golf to- Charles Hobbs, who is now a mech-
gether. Last summer in California we anical engineer with the U. S. Mfg. There's so little to report for
saw Dorothy and Ralph Evans. Last Corp. here in Decatur. We have two Register. I'm no smarter, have
night who should come to town but sons, Jimmy 10, and Davis, 5." more degrees. But I still cherish
Burl Ives to sing to about 7000 Wash- diploma signed "L. C. Lord"
ington State college students. Burl Mrs. Margaret Hobbs something valuable beyond wor
was so charming that he won a warm Decatur, Ill. All the rich experiences I had in
audience at the beginning. Not only Lord's education class, in chapel
is his singing beautiful but his talk A Twin Tale yes, on the green carpet in his offi
is witty. After the performance I saw -those records are engraved in one'
Burl long enough to give him a copy Dear Editor: heart. I still think of them and quo
of the September Eastern Alumnus. In the year 1941, Eloise and Louise him all through the years that ha
He noted the article about Mr. Lantz passed. Knowing him was an edu
first thing and seemed pleased to get Cole (certificated) at Eastern. They tion-a priceless one-in itself.
it. were from Olney, but have married
my twin brothers at Casey. Their But wait, I do have one thing
"I am hoping some old friends will names are Mrs. Harry Burkybile and report-one claim to renown . . .
see this and write to me ... " Mrs. Hobart Burkybile. They were made ·the fron"t page of the Pa·
twins and married twins. Each set of Beacon-News! . . . it was for a g
Mrs. Allhands and her husband twins has one boy and one girl, and cause. . . with a couple of oth
teach math at Washington State. all live in the same house at Casey, gruesome pictures it convinced t
Their home is at Hillcrest No. 33, R. F. D. 4. citizens of Paris to vote "yes" on t
Pullman, Wash. tax increase.
Mrs. Martha J. Williams, '41
Hill Moves Up R. F. D. 2, Casey, Illinois Oh, yes, and last week such a ni
thing happened. Mrs. Nadine Park
After graduation in '27 I continued The Good Old Days Kincaid, of Paris, joined our s
summer school until 1932, at which and took over half of my youngste
time I received my degree at Eastern. Dear Editor: She received a diploma from Easte
I did my graduate work at Iowa in 1926.
State college, finishing with a major The memorable high lights of my
in industrial education in 1936. I college days were the operettas Marian Rambo, '29
then taught industrial arts and gen- "Pinafore" in my freshman year and 219 West Madison Str
eral science in the training school at "The Prince of Pilsen" in my senior Paris, Illinois
year. I had one of the leading parts
in the latter- with Wayne Hughes, Ed's Note: The
who was then on the faculty . . . picture showed Miss Rambo's thi
Irmah Townley Cockran and Mc- grade class at Redmon crowded wi
Kinly Turner helped make up the 46 pupils Yes, Miss Rambo, we fou
cast. What fun we had!
(Continued on next page)
In 1928 Mr. Lord asked me back to

PAGE TWENTY-FOU R

Editor Invites Letters ham reports, "because we are a prov- a so-called "yearbook." "It was a
From Subscribers ing ground for the new program." handmade affair on which I worked
most of the summer of '12. It was de-
(Continued from preceding page) From High School to Highway posited for safekeeping in the library
with Miss Mary Jane Booth, who
you in the picture. And we were glad Dear Editor: proudly displayed it upon certain
you got to hear Tex Beneke. Since seeing you at the Phi Delta occasions . . . I am wondering if it
might be buried under papers and
From New York Kappa initiation in Champaign last books in the college library now?"
winter things have taken on a radi-
Dear Editor: cally different complexion for me. (Ed's Note-The 1912 yearbook,
I am now living in my old home town, like all the others, was carefully pre-
Last Christmas Frank Tate con- and am working in the Bureau of served for posterity by Miss Booth.
tacted me through Monticello college, Highway Research of the Illinois Dr. Coleman has used it in writing
where I had taught, for information State Highway Department. Eastern's history.)
to be used in the Alumnus ... Since
that time my husband has changed The Therrien family now consists My Father Built Eastern
our last name from Rogowski to of myself, Evelyn, Lamar Cutter, 21
Rogers ... months, and Claude William (Billy), Mary Briggs Waddell, '16, of San
age 4 months. F'rancisco (address Box 69) writes
He is a World War II veteran and that her father, the late Andrew
a graduate of the U. of I., where I Claude Therrien, '43 Briggs., was the builder of the Main
took my M. A. He is now doing 6 Ruth Court Building at Eastern. He had just
chemical research for Corning Glass, Springfield, Illinois moved to Charleston from England
here in Corning, N. Y. Do you know and was made responsible for all of
of any other graduates of Eastern From a Peripatetic Pedagogue the stone work on the "Norman cas-
in this part of the country? tle." "I feel that the Main Building,
Dear Editor: along with all the other stone build-
Mrs. Melvin Rogers Glad to receive the plans for this ings in Charleston, will stand as a
(Nee Elizabeth Reineke, '41) memorial to him," says Mrs. Waddell.
Corning, N. Y. year's Homecoming. I sure wish I
could be there but my work carries Kansas City Ahoy!
Ed's Note: Correspondence intend- me too far away.
ed for Mrs. Rogers has recently been J. A. Edwards of 3807 Benton
returned as having insufficient ad- I will be in East Lansing, Michigan, Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., would great-
dress. We earnestly solicit anyone so I will have to watch Michigan ly appreciate any information con-
possessing a more complete address State's activities. cerning fellow alumni who live in the
for her to mail it to the Alumni Of- region of Greater Kansas City. He
fice. I will be thinking about everyone! would like to see an alumni club or-
Sarah Fredenberger, '46 ganized there.
Another Follower of Greeley Hotel Chilton
Chilton, Wisconsin Mr. Edwards has been an account-
Dear Editor: ant for the past eight years, working
To Move or Not to Move now for Modern Automotive Finishes,
My husband and I visited Cecil Inc.
Leota Sims Butler, '31, and her hus- Dear Editor:
band, Carl D., at their home in I apologize for being so late with Violet at the Iron Gate
Clearwater, California, last summer.
my information for the Alumni Reg- Violet Podesta, Mrs. Richard Wil-
They belong to the F'uchsia Club ister, but I have been waiting in liam Meyer, Jr., since last June 5,
and have nearly two dozen different order that it may be as correct as continues to work at the Food and
kinds of colors growing in hanging possible. At the present time, Mr. Agriculture Organization of the
baskets and as shrubs around their Rose is connected with the Crawford United Nations, 1201 Connecticut
porch. They have taken many prizes. Door Sales Co. of Atlanta but is con- Ave., N. W., in Washington, D. C. as
sidering making a change, as several a personnel assistant. Her husband
The Butler children are Shirley other opportunities have been offer- is an electrical engineer with the
Dee, 7, and Mickie, 3. ed. In fact, one position is at the Uni- International Engineering Develop-
versity of Illinois, his alma mater, ment Co. Mrs. Myer took her M. A.
Dorothy M. Struthers, '31 and we would love to accept it if it in guidance at the University of Wis-
Humboldt, Illinois. were not for the little ( !) matter of consin last summer. She mentions
housing. As it is, we have a very having seen Roy Wilson, '36, at the
Shoestring Entrepreneur comfortable house here in Atlanta. favorite rendezvous of many Wash-
ingtonians, the Iron Gate Inn.
Louise Grisham writes from Wag- Anna Balmer Rose, '36
goner, Ill., that she is in charge of a 1210 Cumberland Rr., N. E. Art Course Takes
remedial reading program for the Atlanta, Georgia
s~hools of Springfield. Beginning on Lola Koper (Mrs. Amos Jackson),
the proverbial shoestring, she says, The W'APPER Is Safe (Continued on next page)
she is working with one assistant at
the McClernand and Iles schools and In a letter enclosing two subscrip-
now has 30 "patients" in her little tions, Mrs. 0. E. Seaton, '12, states
clinic. that herclass was the first to have

"It is a real challenge," Miss Gris-

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Editor Invites Letters Enrollment Boom Continues
From Subscribers
.--
(Continued from preceding page)
At Eastern; 1423 Register
of Versailles, Ind., writes that
crowded conditions at Eastern, as Enrollment again hit an all-time many · GI's shifted from pre-profes·
early as 1920, gave her a bad start, record at Eastern last fall. One thou- sional to teaching courses.
which turned out many years later sand four hundred and twenty-three
to be a blessing in disguise. She was students enrolled. Of these only about Enrollment for the winter quarter
forced to take art for a month when 450 are women. The trend toward dropped to 1374. Although greater
she wanted home economics. higher male enrollments is partially than last year, this is considered a
explained by the introduction of gen- normal drop inasmuch as 15 persons
After graduation, Miss Koper eral and pre-professional work. The finished their senior work and fewer
taught a while and then married a veteran enrollment is also still high. new students applied for admission
young lawyer at Versailles. She be- However, President R. G. Buzzard than was common in the period im-
came the mother of tiny twin daugh- feels that lack of dormitory space for mediately following the war.
ters, only one of whom survived (and women is an important factor in
is now a husky college sophomore). lowered enrollments of women. Pem- Completing their work are Robert
"Her struggle for existence," says berton Hall cares for only 93 women Crookshank, Albert Max Davis, Ed-
Mrs. Jackson, "became ·a day to day and many were unable to find satis- ward B. Malinoy, Donald Woodard,
problem, and after dismissing the factory rooms in private homes last Dale Potts, Ralph Everson, Austin E.
nurse, I spent my days and nights at summer. This is one reason why the Idleman, Dana Evans, Aubra L.
our own fireside. Because of it a president is working to secure dormi- Goleman, Louis A. Urbancek, John
hobby was developed, and the results tories. The temporary barracks for R. Coil, Vernon R. Ingrum, William
were very surprising. veterans must give way to modern L. Henry, Eugene Jeanguenot, and
dormitories for the male students or Robert Black.
"My neighbors call me an artist! their enrollment will also dwindle.
Sargent Canvases Given EI
"I started in oils on canvas and Other colleges, particularly of
then went to ceramics, painting over neighboring states, furnish excellent Eight unfinished canvases by the
a hundred pieces of china in the dormitory facilities. late ~. former student
course of a dozen years. I have give and member of the faculty at East-
lessons to several young women here. An encouraging feature of the fall ern, have been given the art de-
term enrollment was the move into partment by the Sargent heirs. They
"I was reminded of Miss Messer, teacher-education curricula. Many will be used as illustrative material
my art teacher, who said to me at my of the two-year general students de- for painting classes. A number of
withdrawal from class, 'Didn't any- cided to adopt teaching as a career Mr. Sargent's finest paintings are
one ever tell you you could draw?' I as they entered the junior year and displayed in the halls and rooms on
remember how emphatically I said campus. His reputation has grown
'No!' although a month had convinced cember 26, 1948. Mr. Waren is steadily in the past decade, and parti-
me I liked it." teacher and coach at Westfield high, cularly following a memorial exhi-
Ill. bit held at Eastern at homecoming,
Bernard Waren, '48, and Helen 1946.
Davies plan their marriage for De-

'Rabbit' Smith Finds Piper City-Forrest Fritz
Rushville-Melvin McCaleb
Alumni Coaches in Illinois Shelbyville-Carroll Endsley
Urbana-E. B. Armer
(Continued from page 9) LaGrange-Max Armer
Urbana-Woodrow Viseur
Urbana; Maurice Taylor's Noble quintet is rated Wapella-Scott Funkhouser
high. Westervelt-Cecil Smith
Kewanee-Doyle Sisson
Remember Bill Glenn, the passing wizard at
Eastern a few years ago, who later joined the Chi- Altamont-Boyd Whitchurch and Clyde
cago Bears? Bill has ' returned to the coaching Mills
field at Fairfield. Bill passes along the informa-
tion that Dave Hart expects to have a strong Centralia-Jimmie Evers
basketball team at Albion; John Lewis is now at
Grayville; Troit Freeland had an up and down Edwardsville-Dick Hutton
football season at Olney; Ray Miller replaced
Hayes Kennard at West Salem and Dick Lehr is Tay10rville-Charlie Austin
basketball and track coach at Carrier Mills.
Champaign-J. C. Honn
Mervin Baker has been one of the most feared
coaches in the Dupo area. Baker has one of the All of Eastern's alumni wish to take this
best-paying jobs in the southern part of the means of congratulating Coach Maynard (Pat)
state. O'Brien and his coaching staff for giving Eastern
one of the outstanding football teams in many
Before bringing this article to a close, I want years. We'll be pulling for you, too, Bill Healey.
to drop around at the following schools in order Let's have a second championship.

PAGE TWENTY-SIX

Oracle of Aledo Makes Quarterly Report

By J im Roberts out of the Red Birds. day and I detect that the little fellow
(in my book one of the all-timers in
The Alumnus' Roving Reporter I got quite a charge out of NEWS the annals of Eastern's hoopsky
columnists GILBERT and GOD- squads) is still on the first five at
The man on the radio sez its 9 p. FREY, in their 'Way I Heerd It' re- Peoria Caterpillar Diesels. Their
m.; the calendar on the wall sez Nov. garding the riot-sized headlines in schedule again takes them clear to
17, and that means that Roberts is that venerable and occasionaly as- the West coast twice. Among a field
setting out to meet a deadline five tounding publication, relative to the of 6' 7" giants, Chuck is still hold-
days in advance. The foregoing sent- before and after phases of the South- ing more than his own while a cou-
ence will no doubt have almost fatal ern fracas. At the first of the season ple of All-Americans are being cut
effects on at least half a baker's I wondered whether the News knew from the team. ROSS STEPHEN-
dozen of faculty members who have there was a football team this year, SON had a great year at South Bend
no recollection of such characteristics but now at Jong last they have dis- Central, losing only his opening
during my undergraduate days. covered them just in time to boost game in that very ·tough Northern
circulation via their 'second-coming' Indiana league, where they play col-
I'm minus a fez, a turban or a streamers. lege-caliber ball.
crystal ball, and while I'm bearded,
I bear no resemblance to the prophet, CUFF- NOTES FR 0 M HOME- And finally, when they pass out the
for I prophesied wrong, spelled COMING-The great Eastern band, IIAC all-star honors, I'll guess that
D-E-W-E-Y, and as a result of los- certainly the best I ever heard, with SLUG BARNES, LOU COX and
ing, must sport a full beard, which is all due respect to its predecessors, DON JOHNSON should be among
coming famously. Another week and out Beneke'd Beneke with their hot- them. We're having open house
I'll be putting G. B. S. to shame. shot arrangement and presentation of Christmas Eve, come on up!
"St. Louis Blues March." I won't say,
Anyway, I figure if I'm going to like the radio announcer over my Fraternally,
be an author, I might as well look like shoulder, that they rendered it, be- Jim
one. Now all I have to do is write the cause we have a rule here that noth-
other 40 chapters of my 41 chapter ing is ever 'rendered' but lard. P. S. Where were ALEX SUM-
book. MERS, GENE PRICE and "BOUD"
Of all things, I didn't get to see HAYES at Homecoming?
On the academic front (sic), I'm DOC ROSS at Homecoming ... but
directing a little musical comedy ven- did notice POLLYANNA on Seventh Eastern to Produce
ture by the Kiwanis club, after spend- street ... TIBBIE VAN METER and
ing many hours stealing somebody her June husband . .. BETTY AL- 'Carmen' in February
else's stuff! While we'll hardly LEN GRESHAM, still bubbling with
be epic, we may put it on the road- Southern mannerisms . . . saw an- February 10 and 11 have been set
like the time HANDWERK fell in other former classmate, CHUCK for the production of "Carmen,'' third
that puddle with a white coat on. He WEAVER, briefly in the gloom Fri- full scale opera to be produced at
rowed and rowed, and didn't get any- day night ... Eastern under the direction of Dr.
where. Leo. J . Dvorak. Although "Carmen"
I'm beginning to feel like a Jong- is one of the most popular of all
Went down to Abingdon about gone grad from the number of stu- operas, 1948-49 is the first year that
three weeks ago to a football game, dents and faculty members I don't Dr. Dvorak has felt that his music
nd selling tickets was FORREST know, but I did stop to chat a while students have mature enough voices
OYER, '47, who is also industrial with DR. PALMER ... DR. WAF- to perform it at the standard he sets.
rts teacher there. Other Easterners FLE ... DR. WIDGER ... and spent
p here are DON METZGER, prin- most of the time at the dance talkin' Soloists include Mrs. Helen Wad-
ipal at Seaton high school; CLIFF with our good friend CAGEY dell, Perry Whitson, Allan Corbin,
GUINAGH and his midnight-coffee- Doris Campbell, Rose Kibler, Kenton
ING, principal at Sherrard high serving missus. Wibking, Dora Louise Bower, Enola
hool; and MRS. DAVE McKOWN, Walls, Hallie Kercheval, Phillip
eech teacher at Aledo high school. Lois and I have somehow managed Young, Francis Pankey, and John
to set up an Eastern mission station Sellers. All of these students have
Speaking of football, I suppose the here, with various guests for steak seen two performances of "Carmen"
ig news on the campus is the con- and stuff including RAY METTER at Chicago this season.
erence grid title. I saw the boys beat and new bride ELAINE; BUREN
estern at Macomb in their first ROBBINS (former drama director, Sets used by the Chicago Opera
ague game, and of course, they have now on leave from his Union college company will be transported to Char-
'nee whipped everybody else in department headship to get his doc- leston. Costuming and scores follow
'ght, and as I write this, are Corn torate) and his wife Mary Jane; DON the Metropolitan tradition for "Car-
NEAL, DON HUTTON, LOUISE men." One of the greatest undertak-
wl bound. At Macomb they stop- McNUTT, being other Easterners ings ever planned by the combined
d a good, rugged team. Everybody who have penetrated into the remote- music, speech, and dramatics depart-
ows about Homecoming-that is, ness hereabouts. . ments, it is a fitting performance for
erybody that·can swim, and the fol- Eastern's Golden Jubilee Year.
wing week I was in Normal, not at Letter from CHUCK McCORD to-
e game, but right afterward, and
AT'S boys had sure made believers

PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN

Buzzard Introduces Eighteen Parade Marshal

New, Faculty for 1948-49

President R. G. Buzzard introduced critic teacher at Georgetown high Dr. Walter H. Klehm, above, work-
18 new members to the faculty as the ed with a civic committee to plan the
college doors opened on Eastern's school for two years following 42 gigantic homecoming parade of 35
fiftieth year last September. He also months in the Navy as an ordnance floats and 29 bands. He and a group
welcomed back four who were on officer with considerable combat ex- of faculty assistants are especially
leave in 1947-48. In all, there are now perience. He gave Eastern high a worthy of praise for an extremely
139 members of the college faculty. 5-1 record in football and the basket- able piece of work in seeing that the
ball team is doing just as well. P. J. "biggest and best" parade in East-
New in the women's physical edu- Van Horn is teaching P. E. and ern's history went off like clock-work.
cation department is Miss Mary safety education in the college and
Kathryn Babcock, who replacedMiss high school. He expects to receive the completing her education. She was
-Betty Farians as teacher of modern doctor's degree soon. editor of the Wayne university year-
dance. Miss Babcock, a native of De- book in 1947 and won the university's
troit, Mich., holds the B. S. from Mr. Harry Gunderson replaces Dr. alumni award for outstanding extra-
Michigan State and the M. A. from Ralph Q. Gallington, who left to take curricular contributions in art educa-
Teachers College, Columbia univer- a position at Penn State. Mr. Gun- tion.
sity, 1948. She has taught in the derson has been at Indiana univer-
Grand Haven, Mich., schools and at sity, where he has completed most Miss Marceline M9~r of Ojai,
summer camps for girls. In addition of the requirements for the doctorate Calif., serves as substitute instruct-
to her graduate work, she has studied degree. He holds the B. S. from Ohio or and first grade critic from Septem-
under three fine professional dance State university and the M. S. from ber to January. Holder of a B. Ed. de-
artists, Martha Graham, Hanya Indiana. Mr. Gunderson taught gen- gree from the Pestalozzi Froebe!
Holm, and Louis Horst. She was eral metalwork in the high school at Teachers college, Chicago, with addi-
privileged to assist in teaching a Richmond, Ind., for several years be- tional work at the University of Chi-
dance composition course at the fore going to the University school cago, Northwestern, and the Univ-
Horace Mann-Lincoln school, Colum- at Indiana university in 1945. He is ersity of California, Miss Myer has
bia experimental unit, New York author of a number of articles in pro- had varied teaching experience, in-
City. fessional magazines. cluding the kindergarten and music
directorship at Ojai since 1944.
Filling a position in the geography Miss Barbara L. Jones of Creston,
department left vacant when Dr. Ia., is serving as social director of H enry Miller, former athletic di-
Elton Scott went to the Univer!jity .femberton Hall, women's dormitory, :rtrector Ca~terbury college, Ind.,
of Virginia, Byron_!(. Barton, assist- this year. A graduate of Drake uni-
ant professo-;_:- of geography at Illi- versity of Des Moines, Ia., where she has joined the staff as assistant
nois State Normal university, has received the B. A. degree in the social
been secured. Mr. Barton expects to sciences and of Syracuse university, coach in football and basketball. Mr.
take the doctor's degree at on early N. Y., where she received the M. A .
date, whereupon he will relieve Miss this year, Miss Jones will also teach Miller came as a substitute during
Rose Zeller, who is acting head. Mr. a class in social science. An honor
Barton holds the B. Ed. from Normal student and student government the summer session.
and the M. A. from the University president, Miss Jones was head resi-
of Nebraska. dent in the Syracuse university cot- Filling a new position in the de-
tage for two years.
Miss Velma Cox of Salem, Mo., is partment of education made neces-
substituting for Miss Nannilee Saun- Dr. Judd Kline of the Western Col-
ders now at George Peabody College lege of Education, Gunnison, Colo., sary by high enrollments in teacher-
for Teachers, in the third grade of takes Dr. Martha Lois Smith's place
the training school at Eastern. Miss on the English staff this year. Dr. education curricula, Mr. Tltomas A.
Cox holds the M. Ed. and. B. S. de- Kline received his doctorate at the
grees from the University of Mis- University of Minnesota in 1947. His (Continued on next page)
souri. She has had 18 years' experi- dissertation was "A Biography of
ence in two Missouri schools. John Shebbeare." A cryptographer
in World War II, Dr. Kline's war ser-
Walter Elmore is the new head vice took him throughout the South
co~ at Eastern State high school. Pacific, where he served with Fifth
Mr. Elmore is a former Little All- Air Force.
American in football at Georgetown
college, Ky., where he took the A. B. As an instructor in arts and crafts,
degree. His work in taking the M. A. Miss po_ris Lemke of Detroit, Mich.,
at the University of Kentucky was joins the art department, replacing
highly praised by Don Cash Seaton, Miss Inez Parker. A graduate of
department head in physical educa- Wayne university with the M. S. in
tion. Mr. Elmore served as coach and ·1948, Miss Lemke has held various
part-time art directorships while

PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT

Buzzard Introduces 18 C. Ryle will serv~ as instructor and Alice McKinney Art
critic teacher in high school social
New Faculty Members science. Mr. Ryle holds the A. B. de- Show Held at El
gree from Eastern State Teachers
(Contiued from preceding page) college of Richmond, Ky., and the The second in a Golden Anniversary
M. A. from Ohio State university. He series of alumni exhibitions sponsor-
Phillips came to Eastern from the has taught two years in the high ed by the art department at Eastern
University of Illinois, where he has school at Harlan, Ky. Holder of the Illinois State college for the Golden
held an assistantship while complet- Regents' Medal for Oratory and Jubilee year was shown in the cases
ing the requirements for the Ed. D., other college awards, Mr. Ryle has on the first floor of Old Main in De-
to be conferred in October. He holds had considerable experience in de- cember.
the B. S. from Southern Illinois univ- bate coaching.
ersity and the M. S. from Illinois. A Alice McKinney, whose work was
guidance specialist, Mr. Phillips is Miss Mary Elizabeth Scott, B. A ., shown, received her B. Ed. degree
expected to assist considerably in the University of Oklahoma and M. S. from Eastern in 1928· and her M.A.
development of the far-reaching Columbia university, came to Eastern degree from Columbia university in
guidance program now being pushed last April to serve as assistant pro- 1935. She studied also at John B.
at Eastern. He is a veteran of the war fessor and cataloger in the library. Stetson university in F'lorida, Wood-
in the Pacific, being discharged as a She comes from a similar position at burg School of Art, at the Massa-
staff sergeant in 1946. At the Univ- Bloomington, Ind., where she was chusetts Art school in Boston, and the
ersity of Illinois he has studied a cataloger in the Indiana university Chicago Art Institute.
school ·reorganization and has been library since 1943.
in considerable demand for talks on Her work was exhibited in faculty
this subject. To serve as a substitute for Dr. C. shows at Eastern in 1938, 1941, and
S. Spooner, on disability leave during 1944, in Artists Guild shows at East-
FoJlowing the resignation of Mrs. 1948-491 Mr. Thomas A. Stombaugh ern, and in Chicago at the All-Illinois
Elizabeth Cotter, former !'._emberton was secured as an assistant professor Society of Fine Arts shows.
Hall director now a dormitory head at of zoology. A B. Ed. graduate of Illi-
Ohio State University, the work was nois State Normal university, Mr. On the art staff at Eastern since
divided between Miss Jones as social Stombaugh holds the M. S. from the 1928, she has been on leave since
director and Miss Marie E. Poole, University of Illinois, where he has 1944, living with her sister Isabel at
who h as joined the ;taff a-s director also completed course work leading 470 Baughman Ave., Claremont,
of foods service in the dormitory and to the Ph. D. For the past two years Calif.
elementary lunch rooms. Miss Poole he has held research and teaching
will also teach a class in home eco- assistantships at the University, fol- She works in both water colors and
nomics. A native of Texas who has lowing a period spent there as an oils, doing figure, still life and land-
been di etitian for the Ethyl corpora- analytical chemist. Mr. Stombaugh scape. She has also done lithographs
tion of Baton Rouge, La., Miss Poole taught chemical warfare and hygiene and crafts such as weaving, block
took her college training at A. and M. and sanitation as a Navy pharmicist's printing, stenciling and pottery.
College, Arkansas; Texas State Col- mate during World War II, following
lege for women; and the Louisiana a year of high school teaching at St. The alumni show was on all-loan
State university, where she received Anne, Ill. show. It included "Spring Flowers,"
the M. S. degree in foods and nutri- loaned by Dr. and Mrs. G. E . Hite;
tion in 1943. Her last teaching ex- Robert C. Waddell has been ap- "Crystal Lake" and "Autumn,'' by
perience was at Louisiana State univ- pointed instructor of physics for the Blanche Thomas; "Wheat" and "Win-
ersity. coming year. Mr. Waddell is a native ter Wheat,'' by Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
of Mattoon and holds the B. S. in Ed. Briggs; "Spanish Moss," by Ruth
Following the resignation of Dr. from Eastern, Class of 1947. A high Carman; "The Swamp," by Roberta
John D. Black, Dr. Garland T. Riegel, honor student, Mr. Waddell was also Poos; and "Morning Glory," by Dr.
B.S., M. S., and Ph-:- D., University of a leader on campus. He is a Navy and Mrs. Bryan Heise.
Illinoi s, serves as assistant profes- veteran, having served as a Lt. (j.g.).
sor of zoology. During the past year He received the M. A . at the Univer- Kevin Guinagh, language department
Dr. Reigel held one of the first non- sity of Illinois this year. head who has taught at Antioch col-
eommercial post-doctorate fellow- lege during the past year; Miss Edith
ships ever to be awarded by the Univ- Mr. Willard G. Adams of Holden, Haight, physical education instruct-
ersity. H e did research on the tax- Mass., has been named instructor of or who has just completed a trip
onomy of braconids, a branch of en- business education to succeed Dr. around the world after spending a
tomology. An Eagle Scout and form- Stanley Robinson, new assistant di- year in China, chiefly at Ginling col-
er Scoutmaster, Dr. Reigel expects rector of extension at the University lege; Miss Margaret Ekstrand, who
to assist in the well-developed pro- of Illinois. Mr. Adams holds the A. B. has done graduate work in library
gram of Scout work on campus. As science; and Dr. Elizabeth Michael,
an Army major, Dr. Riegel spent 26 degree from Clark college and '"''1k who has just received the doctor's de-
months in Algeria, Tunisia and Italy gree in languages from Laval univer-
in charge of a malaria survey unit the M. A. at Boston university tris sity, Quebec, with high honor. Dr.
year. He has taught in high schools, Michael spent about a year in study
during World War II. a secretarial school, and a junior and travel abroad, mostly in France.
college in the East. Mr. Adams served
Replacing Roy Gruenewald, '38, during the war as a captain in the
Army quartermaster corps.
now at Syracuse university, Ro ert
Returning faculty include Dr.

PAGE TWENTY-NINE

<;oleman Traces History of Dr. Spooner Takes
~asketball Through 632 Contests
Leave of Absence
(Editor's Note-The following by Gilbert Carson. Angus is now
information comes from Dr. head of all public school physical Dr. Charles S. Spooner, head of
Charles H. Coleman's forthcom- education in Miami, Fla., while Mr. the zoology department at Eastern
ing history of Eastern. The im- Carson is ill in a service hospital. Mr. since his arrival in Charleston in
portant role of sports in an in- Carson coached until 1942. During 1919, is taking a well-earned rest
stitution's life story has not been the next three years Eastern had this year at a home built for him and
neglected in the fascinating three cage coaches, G. M. Miller, Dr. Mrs. Spooner by son Charles. The
story, now ready for the printer. Lantz again in the war year of 1943- new house is next door to t hat of
While a definite delivery date 44, and J . F. (Pim) Goff in 1944-45. Charles, Jr., in McLean, Virginia,
cannot be promised, the Public Mr. Healey took over in 1946. from which town the latter com-
Relations Office is keeping a mutes to his work as head of the
fast-growing file of requests for Eastern has played an aggregate map-making shop for the U. S. Navy.
the work.) of 632 basketball games, winning 312
and losing 320. Dr. Spooner is on leave of absence
Basketball at Eastern is as old as in hopes of recovering sufficiently
the institution itself. Although the Miss jiaight Teaches in from a stroke suffered last spring to
game was not placed on a competi- China, Girdles Globe return to his duties next fall. He has
tive, intercollegiate basis until the improved rapidly and regained the
1908-09 season, intramural ball was Miss Edith Haight, women's phy- use of his right arm and leg, which
played during the winter of 1899- sical education instructor, returned were paralyzed for a time.
1900. to Eastern this fall after a year's
Sabbatical leave. She taught for one In Dr. Spooner's absence Dr. Wal-
Make-shift gymnasium facilities semester at Ginling college, again lo- ter M. Scruggs, '28, served as acting
were provided for the sport on the cated in Nanking after having mi- head of the zoology department.
third floor of Old Main in 1900 in grated to Western China during the However, Dr. Scruggs too has suffer-
what is now the business education war. Miss Haight had taught there ed from ill health. He is at present
department. before the war also. Ginling is the ·recovering from a second back opera-
only women's college in China. Dur- tion in the Barnes hospital in St.
Eastern's first competitive team ing the remainder of her year's leave Louis. The operations were intended
was coached by J . C. Brown, now de- Miss Haight traveled, stopping at to relieve pressure on a "pinched
ceased, in 1908-09. The team won one such pla·ces as Hong Kong, Manila, nerve."
and dropped two in a three game Singapore and Alexandria in circling
schedule. In 1909-10 the schedule was the globe. She disembarked at Genoa, Round Table Picks
increased to seven games, the Pan- Italy and from there went to Switzer-
thers winning three and dropping land, where she stayed one month. Officer from Eastern
four. Mr. Brown resigned his posi- After a period in France and Eng-
tion as coach the following year and land, she returned to the U . S. in Ewell Fowler, a member of the in-
there were no games. July. dustrial arts facu lty, was elected sec-
retary-treasurer of the 21 Round
Dr. Charles P. Lantz took over the Dr. Whiting Is Elected Table in October. The Round Table's
coaching responsibility in 1911-12. First Art Group Head membership includes teachers and
He gave Eastern her first winning supervisors of vocational education
season. The team that year compiled Dr. Mildred Whiting, head of the in the Eastern Illinois area. Lowell
a seven-won, two-lost record. In 1914- art department at Eastern since 1936, Burkett of Robinson is president and
15 they won 14 while losing three for was elected president of the newly Edward Day, '43, of Paris is vice-
their best record to date. organized Illinois Art Education as- president.
sociation this fall. The association,
The 1912-13 quintet won two while which numbered over 200 present at Dorothy Dowell Takes
dropping seven, and one of t hose its organization meeting and banquet U. of I. Position
losses established an all-time record. in Springfield, plans to affiliate with
Illinois Wesleyan trounced the locals the National Art Education associa- Dorothy Dowel\, who left school
71-17 for the worst drubbing ever tion. It embraces art educators from shortly before graduation in 1938,
handed an Eastern five. The Pan- kindergarten through college in both was appointed instructor in labor and
thers' most one-sided victory came public and parochial schools. industrial relation s at the U niversity
at the expense of Jonesboro, Ark., of Illinois last fall. Miss Dowell at-
105-27. Miss Whiting has been quite active tended Northwestern university, New
in the groundwork of organizing the York university, and took a law de-
Dr. Lantz coached until 1935-36 new group. The honor of serving as gree from Rutgers after leaving
and had a 'team on the floor every its first president is highly deserved. Eastern. Sh e has been employed by
year with the exception of the war a New Jersey law firm, taught in the
years, 1917-18. W. S. Angus took Institute of Modern Business, Chi-
over as the Panther mentor in 1935- cago, and at Rutgers. She has done
36 and was succeeded the next year free lance writing and worked on
newspapers in New York and New
Jersey.

PAGE THlRTY

.Eastern Lays Cornerstone of New Library

An imposing group of school digni- Superintendent of Public Instruction,
taries gathered last Oct. 25 to lay the V. L. Nickell, took part in the cere-
cornerstone of Eastern's new two mony.
million dollar library. All of the state
college presidents, members of the It is hoped that the new building
Teachers College Board, and the will be ready for occupancy within
another year.

Below-Mi s s Mary J.
Booth, for whom the library
probably will be named, lays
mortar for the stone.

Holding a box of docu- January 26 - Columbia Concert
ments which were sealed Trio, presenting piano, cello, and vio-
with the cornerstone, Pres. lin artists.
Buzzard (above) accepts a
silver trowel for ceremony. F ebruary 7-Paul Draper
Larry Adler, one of the nation's top
Three tntertainment entertainment teams presenting
Course Numbers Remain dances and harmonica music.

Dr. Glenn H . Seymour has an- April 29-Mario Lanza, sensational
nounced the following numbers for new American tenor with a voice re-
the Entertainment Course at East- sembling Caruso's. .
ern. Carroll Glenn, leading woman
violinist, played to an appreciative
audience on Nov. 23.

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