Eastern Alumnus Vol. 13 No. 2 (September 1959)

Alumni Coffee Hour
8:30 a.m.-12 Noon, Oct. 10

University Union

Eastern Illinois
University

Charleston, Illinois

VOLUME XIII SEPTEMBER, 1959 NUMBER 2

Events Set For 45th Annual Homecoming

Looking South Sauter-Finegan
Orchestra Signed

Special Performance
Of Opera--Drama
Scheduled For Alums

The Fine Arts Center, housing the art, music, and speech depart- Eastern's 45th annual Homecom-
ments, will be the central object of the Fine Arts Festival. View shown ing celebration will open at 2: 15
here is from the north. p.m. Friday, October 9, with the
traditional freshman - sophomore
Art, Music, Speech Departments games and continue through Friday
night and Saturday, October l 0,
To Present Fine Arts Festival with the Homecoming opera-play,
pep session, parade, football game,
Eastern's new Fine Arts Center departments that occupy the struc- and concert and dance.
ill be the campus attraction dur- ture have planned a series of pro-
g the Fine Arts Festival sched- prams and events beginning Octo- A special performance for alum-
ber 4 and culminating Homecom- ni of a two-part music and drama-
led for October 4 to October l 0 . ing day, October l 0. tic program is scheduled for 8 p.m .
Friday, October 9.
The modern, two-wing building Dedication Ceremonies
The one-week program gets un- The music portion of the pro-
at faces onto Seventh Street derway October 4 with an open gram will be a performance of the
rth of the Home Management house from l p.m . to 3 p.m . For- light opera, "The Old Maid and
mal dedication ceremonies are set the Thief," by Giancarlo Menotti.
use is the new quarters of the for 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. A program The dramatic portion will be a per-
, speech and music depart- formance of the short Greek
(Continued on page 3) drama, "Antigone," by Sophocles.
nts.
To formally dedicate the build- Staged in the theatre of the new
, the University and the three Fine Arts Center, the performances
will also be given on the four
nights preceding October 9 . Ad-
mission is 75 cents.

Parade Route

Because of highway construction
in Charleston and the vicinity of
the campus, the parade will pro-
ceed over a route different from
previous years.

(Continued on page 4)

The Quadrangle Editorial . ..

Moorehead State Honors Lord Homecoming Held

Livingston C. Lord, Eastern's first president, will be honored by But Once A Year
Moorehead State College, Moorehead, Minn ., when that institution names
its new $905,000 library for the man who served as its first president It may seem trite to say that
from 1888 to 1899. President Lord left Moorehead to take over the Homecoming comes but once a
reins at Eastern in 1899 and served in the capacity of chief administrator year; but despite any and all dis-
until his death in 1933. Naming of the library has been approved by cussion to the contrariwise, the
statement stands.
the Minnesota State College Board. Its action must be passed by a
state government committee. The new library is expected to be ready During the other 364 days of
the year, everyday life for alumni
for use by the fall of 1960. is a panorama of classrooms,
housecleaning, cooking, getting
New Retirement Benefits Announced the children off to school, watch-
ing television, laughter, toil, sad-
The University Retirement System of Illinois, the retirement system ness, pondering, joy, and sighs.
which includes the employees of the six state-supported universities in
For students, the rest of the year
lllnois, is "one of the most liberal and comprehensive available in this is study, late hours before exams,
cokes and coffee in the Snack Bar,
country for university faculty and staff," according to Royal A. Stipes, the exhilaration that comes with
Champaign, Ill., president of the system's board of trustees . Stipes vacations, and the gradual matura-
made the statement in a communique to participants in the retirement tion that is never noticed in parti-
system after the Illinois General Assembly and Governor William Strat- cular but is only too evident at
ton approved several major modifications relative to benefits. graduation.

Major change was the addition of a monthly suvivors benefit for But Homecoming is different.
the protection of widows, minor children, dependent husbands and Homecoming is the time of year
dependent parents of deceased employees who have at least one and when all the warm memories of
one-half years of service. Benefits up to $250 per month will be paya- college days return, when fun and
ble to a widow or dependent widower with children under age 18, and friendship intermingle to bring
up to $200 to a surviving beneficiary without such minor children . The back days that have long since
amount of the monthly benefit depends upon the employee's average faded into time, when the student
salary during the five-consecutive-year period in which his earnings of 1959 is no different from the
were the highest and upon the number of beneficiaries who qualify for student of 1922, 1934, or 1947,
payment. To finance the cost of the survivors annuity program, all par- and when Eastern, our alma mater,
ticipants contribute an additional one per cent of salary (over the regular is not a school of books, steel,
percentage contributed for retirement). Where there are no children bricks, and chalk, but a living tra-
under age 18, the benefits begin when the beneficiary reaches age 55. dition of al I the faculty and stu-
dents who have trod its campus .
Campus Groups Make Parade Decision
Don't miss the opportunity of-
To have or not to have a parade for Eastern's 45th annual Home- fered by that 365th day.
coming October l 0 was a question that received critical attention dur-
ing the early days of September. With the destruction of the Lincoln The Eastern
Ave . pavement in preparation for constructing the new four lane
Route FA-17 from Mattoon to Charleston and the uncertainty of numerous Alumnus
street and sewer projects underway on city streets, the advisability of
attempting a parade was raised. Several organizations which enter Published in June, September, December
Class A floats, primarily the social fraternities and sororities, were of and March by Eastern Illinois University,
the opinion that street conditions might be such as to make it almost Charleston, Illinois
impossible to move the large floats over any route. Student chairmen
of the Homecoming committee came up with a new parade route, how- VOLUME XIII SEPTEMBER, 1959 NO. 2
ever, and, with the aid of arguments as to why the annual trek should
not be discontinued, saved the day for the parade. First, it was pointed Director of Alumni Services __ Asa M. Ruyle
out that the absence of Class A floats would make it necessary to cancel Editor . __ ___________ ••• _ Ken Hesler, '51
the entire parade. Other arguments presented in favor of a parade
centered around the need for the attraction to bring alumni back to Entered May 14, 1947, as second class
the campus on the morning of Homecoming, to hold students on matter at the post office iri Charleston, 111-
campus over the Friday, October 9, vacation, and to preserve a tradition nois, under authority of the act of Con·
that has gone unbroken for many years. gress, August 24, 1912. Yearly subscription
rate $2.00; two years $2.75; three years
$3.50.

PAQE TWO

Festival ... Seventh Street View

(Continued from page l)

of music presented by the music
department staff will follow at
3 p.m.

At 8 p.m. Monday, October 5,
the curtain will go up in the Fine
Arts Theatre on the first of five

performances of a two-part music
and dramatic program presented
by the speech and music depart-
ments.

The music portion of the pro-
gram will be a performance of the
light opera, "The Old Main and
the Thief," by Giancarlo Menotti .

Scheduled to be presented by
an alternating cast, the opera con-

cerns a young, footloose fellow

who is befriended by two young

spinsters. The spinsters' desire for

a man leads to numerous amusing

situations. Conductor of the opera

is Dr. Leo J. Dvorak, head of the · Entrance to the Fine Arts Theatre is on the Seventh. St. side of the

music department. building. The five performances of the Greek drama, "Antigone," and

For the speech department, E. the opera, "The Old Maid and the Thief," will be presented in the·
Glendon Gabbard will stage the theatre.

Greek drama, "Antigone," a short

work by Sophocles and adapted October 9 performance will be the Western World," and "World
from the Greek by Jean Cocteau. given specially for alumni . Admis- of Mosaic." October ?-"Architec-
sion is 75 cents per person . ture: USA," and "Invitation to
The tragedy concerns the House Music." October 8-"Architecture:
of Oedipus and Antigone's strug- Special films will be shown at Age," and "Begone Dull Care."
gle between love and duty to the
state. 4 p.m. October 5-8 by the art de- During the entire week, art
works by students and faculty of
Special Performance partment. The schedule is as fol- the art department will be exhibit-
ed in the foyer and studios of the
To be presented at 8 p.m. each lows: October 5-Marcell Marceau's Fine Arts Center. Paintings by
day from October 5-9, the Friday, "Pantomine," "Ballet by' Degas,'
and "Hen Hop." October 6-"Art in

graduate students of the art de-

From South Campus partment will be shown in the
foyer and lounge of the University

Union; and "Cross Currents, a cross

section survey of the work of

Asian artists in contemporary

painting, will be shown in the

Sargent Gallery of Booth Library.

University officials had hoped

to have Govern William · Stratton

fake part in the dedication cere-

monies, but previous commitments

The east wing of the Fine Arts Center, right, houses the music de- made it impossible for -the state's
rtment and theatre. Speech and art departments are in the west wing. chief executive to be present. ~. '·

-

Joseph Boker, '57, and his wife,

the former Carol Jean Dix, a sen-
ior at Eastern, are the parents of

a six-month-old daughter, Deborah

Beth. SPI 4 Boker is stationed in

Munich, Germany, where he will

complete his service in October,

1960.

PAGE THREE

Warmoth Writes A Message. Record Enrollment

Note Of Thanks From The President Registers For Term

Attention Alumni: Alumni returning for Homecom- Eastern's full-time resident en
ing always do so with mixed emo- rollement for the fall quarter of
I wish to thank each and every tions. There are signs of progress 1959-60 totalled a record 2,507
one of you for your fine co- and growth; but there are also as of September 24, according to
operation during my one-year of changes that seem to represent a Dr. Maurice W. Manbeck, assistant
service as president of the Eastern break with the past-and things dean, admissions and records.
Illinois University Alumni Associa- aren't what they were "in the good
tion. old days!" The current enrollment figure
represents an increase of l 03 stu-
To all of you who contributed Two major buildings have been dents over the 2,405 that register-
in some way to the successful com- completed since the 1958 Home- ed last fall.
pletion of the University Union, coming. I hope you will be as
I can only give my most sincere pleased as I am with the Fine Arts Included in the resident total
thanks. Center and the University Union. are 973 freshmen, 622 soph-
Be sure to walk through them. omores, 435 juniors, 440 seniors,
The University Union is a build- 18 graduates, and 19 unclassified
ing that all alumni, students, and A new four-lane highway being students.
faculty of Eastern can be proud. constructed down Lincoln Street
has changed the appearance of the Other than full-time resident stu-
Make the Forty-fifth Homecom- old campus to the north of the dents, Eastern currently has 79
ing on October 10 a red-letter date Livingston C. Lord Administration part-time students, including 30
on your calendar. The Eastern of Building. Right now it looks pretty undergraduates and 49 graduates.
today has a faculty and campus sad, with many beautiful trees Extension enrollments are not com-
second to none. gone. By next year the full effect plete.
of this change-for better or worse
Walt Warmoth, President -may be judged. A breakdown of the fall quar-
Alumni Association ter. enrollment reveals that the
The professors change, too, but 2,507 total is composed of 1,578
Homecoming ... they are always pleased to wel- men and 929 women. Last year th
come those who were once in their totals included 1,583 men and 82
(Continued from page 1) classes. I hope you have a chance women.
to talk with many of them while
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Tenth you are here. We are all glad you The increase of women student
Street at Harrison, the parade of can be back! is reflected in the freshman enroll
bands and floats will turn left on ment for this year. Of the 97
Jackson to the city square, proceed Quincy Doudna, freshman, 597 are men and 37
around the square to Jackson, President are women. Last year, there
609 men and 313 women.
Class Reunions move into the parade from Harri-
son, according to the announced Broken down in another man
Two class reunions are planned plan. ner, the fall quarter enrollmen
for the October 10 Homecoming. consists of 844 students in colleg
The Class of 1909 will hold its Although no special theme has for the first time, 138 transfers
fiftieth reunion with1a 5 p.m. meet- been selected for the parade, the and 1,525 returning students.
ing and meal in, Dining Room A of general theme for the construction
the University Union. The Class of of floats is simply "Homecoming." chase concert and dance tickets a
1914 will get-together at 11: 15 Theme of house decorations is special advance prices.
a.m. in the ballroom o·f the -Uni- "Victory Over the Huskies."
versity Union. Scheduled for the 7:30 p.m. t
Football Game 8:30 p.m. concert in Lantz Gym
Members of the Class of 1909 nasium is the 14-piece Sauter
should contact Mrs. Harvey Rech- The Huskies are the Northern Finnegan Orchestra, with vocalist
nitzer, '09, 1125 Sixth St., Charles- Illinois University football team,
ton, Ill. Those members of the Eastern's gridiron opponent at 2 For the dance, Sauter-Finega
Class of 1914 who cannot attend p.m. on Lincoln Field. Admission will play in the gymnasium, an
the reunion should write Bill to the game is $1 .20. Johnny Rinaldo and his 12-piec
Schernekau, '14, 704 West Main orchestra will perform in the ball
St., Robinson, Ill. Alumni who have not been on room of the University Union.
campus during the past year will
manodvecotontiFnouuerthsoSuttrheeot nonFoJaucrtkhsotn~ have an opportunity to inspect the The dance will get underway a
University Union where the Alumni 9 p.m. following the coronation o
the Lincoln Field area. Office will hold its annual coffee the Homecoming queen and co
Floats will enter into position and registration period from 8:30 tinue until 12 midnight.
a.m. to 12 noon October 10.
on Tenth Street, and bands will Ticket Sa!es
The registration period will also
give alumni an opportunity to pur- Alumni who purchase conce
and dance tickets prior to 12 noo

(Continued on next page)

PAGE FOUR

Kheffler Fulk Still AStudent After 32 Years

The following article was writ- Persistent Student
ten by Dwight Connelly, junior
from Martinsville, 111., and a.n as- Kneffler Fulk studies in his room during the 1959 summer session
sociate editor of the Eastern State at Eastern. He first enrolled at Eastern in 1927. Ha.ving already earned
News. It appeared in an issue of the bachelor's and master's degrees, he is continuing his studies.
the News during the 1959 sum-
mer session. of Burl Ives, the now-famous actor who is now Mrs . Harold Cavins.
and ballad singer and also an S. E. Thomas now with the Char-
Kneffler Fulk could very well alumnus of Eastern. leston National Bank, also taught
be decribed as being persistent. Fulk that first year.
He has been attending Eastern off Prior to enrolling at Eastern in
and on for 32 years and shows no 1927, Fulk! attended McKendree Fulk has been teaching for many
sign of quitting . College briefly. years . He was teacher and princi-
pal in the Jasper Cour:ity, Ill., ele-
Fulk received a bachelor's de- During his first year at Eastern, mentary schools for 28 years.
gree from Eastern in 1953, a mas- Fulk was taught by Alice Daniels,
ter's degree in 1956, and is pres- From Jasper County, Fulk moved
ently taking additional courses in Kneffler and Burl to Flat Rock, Ill., where he was ele-
guidance during summer sessions. men.tary principal for two years.
With the exception of one spring This year, Fulk has taken a ,new
quarter, all of his college work position. He is elementary princi-
has been done during the summer. pal in Pontiac, Ill.

During his years at Eastern, -1919-
there have been many changes
since Fulk first enrolled in 1927. Nida Smith (Mrs. Edward R. Bar-

He recalls that a horse was used nard) and her husband -left 1he
to mow the campus lawn at that
time; a large farm was located United States early in August fer
where Lincoln and Douglas Halls
now stand; and an electric street- a three-month visit fo South Am-
car ran up Seventh St.
erica. the Barriards travel led to
Fulk first saw Eastern in the
spring of 1923 when he visited Rio by ship, but plan to do mo.st
the campus as a member of the
Dieterich (Ill.) High School track Fulk, right, sits on the lawn of of their sightseeing by air in ,order
team. Newton High School with Burl
Ives. · Both were later to attend to spend more time in various
He completed high school at Eastern.
Newton, where he was a classmate countries. Home address qf the

Homecoming ... Barnards is 111 Palmetto Road,

(Continued from preceding page) Clearwater, Fla. .

Saturday, October l 0, can take
:1dvantage of the following prices:

ncert - $1 per person; dance -
l.50 per person; and combination
ncert and dance ~ $2 per per-

n.
Prices for all p~rsons at the box

ffice Saturday night are .as fol-
ws: concert - $1.25 per person,
nd dance $2.25 per person.

Homecoming teas and coffee
rs sponsored by campus or-

nizations, clubs, and depart-
nts will be held following the
rade and football game. Sched-
s will be announced in the
mecoming Program published
Alpha Phi Omegci, campus ser-
e organization.

PAGE FIVE

Heise Leaves For Southeast Asia Students Get Loans

To Aid Teacher Education Program Averaging $211.06

An Eastern administrator left Active in national extension cir- From Federa I Govt.
Charleston September l to spend cles, he served for l 0 years as sec-
two years in Cambodia, Southeast retary and treasurer of the College An average loan of $211 .06 ha
Asia, where he will aid that coun- Association of Field Services. He
try's government in the establish- has also been an active member been made for the fall quarter t
ment of a teachers college. of National Education Association, l 00 Eastern students from mone
Illinois Education Association, and
Dr. Bryan Heise, for 22 years di- Phi Delta Kappa . provided by the federal govern
rector of the Eastern extension ser-
vice, accepted the two-year assign- Dr. Heise came to Eastern in ment through the National D
ment as consultant in teacher edu- 1937 from Michigan State Normal fense Student Loan fund .
cation for the new experimental College, now Eastern Michigan
project in Kompong, Kantout. He University. He had received that Eastern has received one $49,
will specifically assist in the devel- year his doctor of philosophy de- 096 check and has been all
opment of courses in teacher edu- gree from the University of Michi- cated an additional $26,317 fo
cation. gan. a total grant of $75,513 for th
current year. Eastern was allotte
This is the second overseas as- Dr. Heise and his wife, Adra, $14,737 in the abbreviated pr
signment for Dr. Heise. In 1950- arrived in Cambodia about Sep- gram last year.
51, he was in Japan, serving as an tember 15. Their address is USOM,
educational consultant. Box CAM, APO 153, San Francisco, Receiving loans this quarter ar
Cal if. 78 upperclassmen and 22 enterin
For his new position Dr. Heise freshmen. They were selected by
was selected by the Unitarian Ser- Student Teachers Number a committee on basis of a genuine
vice Committee, an independent need for a loan. Consideration was
agency devoted to education and 150 For Fall Quarter given to income and resources of
humanitarianism. The committee the applicant and his family and
was engaged to do the Cambodia One hundred thirteen of all stu- the costs reasonably necessary fo
project by the financial-sponsoring dent teachers are doing their prac- attenda nee at Eastern.
International Cooperation Adminis- tice off campus this fall in 28 com-
tration, which is affiliated with the munities. The federal government directs
U. S. State Department. that special consideration be given
One hundred fifty Eastern stu- to students with superior academ
Dr. Heise took the Cambod ia dents are carrying courses in stu- ic background who plan to teac
post after resigning as director of dent teaching during the fall quar- in the public schools or who hav
extension services at Eastern . He ter, it has been annuonced by Dr. a superior capacity in
will return in two years to Eastern William H. Zeigel, associate dean mathematics, engineering, or
as a member of the faculty to com- of teacher education and place- modern foreign language.
plete more than 40 years in educa- ment.
tion before retiring. To be eligible students must
Of the total, 113 students are pursue a full-time undergraduat
During the past two decades, the doing their practice teaching work or graduate program. A loyalt
Eastern administrator has worked in 28 eastern Illinois communities, oath must also be signed by th
with thousands of Illinois teachers said Zeigel. student.
in the field, arranging extension
courses to raise their accredition. The remaining 37 have student Additional applicants will b
In Dr. Heise's time, the Illinois pro- teaching assignments in the cam- taken again in the winter . The ex
gram of teacher accreditation has pus Laboratory School. act date will be announced later.
increased from a minimum of one
year of college training to almost Off-campus schools extend from The federal loans are administer
degree status. Danville on the north to Lawrence- ed by a committee composed
ville on the south and Vandalia on Dr. Rudolph D. Anfinson, dean o
In connection with his extension the west. students; Dr. William D. Miner, di
work, Dr. Heise served for l 0 rector of housing and veterans ser
years as director of the summer Charleston leads in the num- vices; David T. Baird, acting dea
school at Eastern. ber of student teachers with 19 of men, and Dr. Elizabeth K. Law
different persons, and Mattoon is son, dean of women.
Among the pioneering efforts of second with 17.
Dr. Heise have been workshop pro- - 1936-
grams, consulting service for pub- However, the student teachers
lic schools, and off-campus stu- at Mattoon carry a total of 54 Otho Quick has been name
dent teacher workshops. He work- four-quarter hours assignments
ed also with the Illinois Parent and the students at Charleston acting head of the industrial art
Teacher Association in the informa- High School carry 46 such assign-
tion of parent education classes. ments, according to Zeigel. department at Northern lllinoi
University, DeKalb. Quick taugh

industrial arts at Eastern before g

ing to Northern.

PAGE SIX

Panther Backs Twenty Harriers

On 1959 Squad

Fullback George Rykovich, left, and halfback Harold "Butch" Twenty cross country hopefuls,
owles comprise the veteran element of the ·Panthers' backfield. Ryko- including thirteen freshmen, have
'ch is a senior from Gary, Ind., and Knowles is a senior from Mt. reported to coach Maynard "Pat"
O'Brian at Eastern.
rmel.
Three lettermen-Rawlan Lillard,
orthern To Throw Aerial Attack Danville, Dick Kragler, Mattoon,
gainst Panthers At Homecorning and Ron Gordon, Decatur - were
among those working out for the
Ralph Kohl's Panther Wheaton. opening meet against Indiana State
open Interstate Confer- Roger Beavers, freshman quar- September 30. Lillard is the cap-
e action October l 0 in the tain and placed sixth in the llAC
omecoming game against North- terback from Bob Calvin's, '54, un- cross country meet in 1958.
n Illinois University. defeated Sullivan (Ill.) High School
team of last year, is calling signals The Eastern schedule:
The Panthers dropped close con- for the Panthers. Also seeing ac- Sept. 30-lndiana State at
sts in their first two outings of tion at the quarterback spot is
e season, losing 7-6 to Indiana Roger Fredin, sophomore from Terre Haute
ate at Terre Haute and falling New Lennox, Ill. Oct. 3-Northern Illinois at
-8 to Austin Peay of Clarksville,
nn., in the final 36 seconds of Mainstay of the Panther back- DeKalb
field is fullback George Rykovich, Oct. 10-lllinois Normal, Loyola
home opener September 26. 185-pound senior from Gary, Ind.
stern met Ball State October 3 Running at left half is Bill Hamil- at Eastern
Charleston. ton, 185-pound freshman from Oct. 17-Southern Illinois at
Springfield, Ill. His teammate at
Northern, with a powerful aerial right half is speedster Harold Carbondale
ack sparked by quarterback "Butch" Knowles, 150-pound sen- Oct. 21-lndiana Central at
w Flinn, has been ranked as l 4th ior from Mt. Carmel, Ill.
the nation among small colleges Eastern
At the end positions, Kohl has Oct. 24-Western Illinois at
the United Press Internationa I Bob Leach, 180-pound senior from
r the Huskies' 35-8 win over Macomb
Oct. 31-Wheaton at Eastern
Nov. 7-State Meet at Normal
Nov. 14-llAC Meet at Eastern

Philo, Ill. and Bill Myers, 160-
pound freshman from Urbana, Ill.

Tackles are senior Bob Fulk, 215
pounder from Moweaqua, and Ron
Monge, 220-pound senior from
Tovey, Ill.

Starting at the guard spots are
Ron Hein, 215-pound sophomore
from Skokie, and Leroy Blackful,
215-pound freshman from Chi-
cago. Center is Harvey Zimmerle,
185-pound junior from Olney.

The 49-man varsity squad in-
cludes 13 lettermen. Co-captains
of the 1959 squad are Fulk and
Rykovich. Home games are at 2
p.m. on Lincoln Field.

The schedule:

Indiana State 7, Eastern 6

Austin Peay 12, Eastern 8

Oct. 3-Ball state, home

Oct. 10-Northern, Homecoming

Oct. 17-Southern, away

Oct. 24-Eastern Michigan, home

Oct. 31-Western, home

Nov. 7-Central Michigan, away

Nov. 14-lllinois Normal, away

PAGE SEVEN

PDK Chapter Eastern Participates Foreman Heads
Alumni Ass'n.
Installed, In Testing Program
Maurice Foreman, '27, will be-
Accepts 47 Forty-four Illinois colleges begin come president of the Eastern llli
state-wide testing program for nois University Alumni Association
Forty-seven Eastern faculty mem- high school seniors. October 10.
bers, graduate students, and sen-
iors with outstanding grade aver- Eastern has joined 44 other Illi- Foreman, vice-president in 1958·
ages were accepted for charter nois colleges in launching a state- 59, automatically moves up to the
membership in Delta Omega Chap- wide testing program for college- top executive position. He sue·
ter of Phi Delta Kappa October 3 bound high school seniors. ceeds Walt Warmoth, ex-'39.
in ceremonies held in the Univer-
sity Union. The Illinois program is affiliat- Recommended by the Executive
ed with the American College Committee of the Association and
Phi Delta Kappa is a profession- Testing (ACT) program through submitted to alumni for approval
al graduate fraternity for men in which about 150,000 students in
education. 14 states will be tested November Maurice Foreman

Accepted for membership were 7. are the following candidates: Vice-
Arnold Christopher Anderson, Don- President, Clem Phipps, ex-'27,
aId E. Arnold, David Baird, Norman In Illinois, an estimated 25,000 Mattoon, Ill.; Secretary-Treasurer,
James Bauer, James Beck, Robert high school seniors may participate Mrs . John J. McCarthy, '44, Char-
Joseph Benediel, Robert Le e in the first year of the program. leston, Ill.; and Executive Commit-
Blair, Thomas Leroy Buchanan, The 1959-60 Illinois State Schol- tee members Ferrell Atkins, '45,
Wayne Dudley Coleman, arship program in which 15,000 Charleston ; Earl Anderson, '40,
pupils were examined last year, Par is; and Mrs. Jack Anderson, ex-
David M . Decker, Gilbert F. Dei- will use the basic three-hour ACT '46, Charleston.
mel, Harry L. Donaldson, Davey test to help determine award-
Lee Dunn, Clifford Erwin, Howard winning students. Foreman is now field auditor of
C. Etchason, Clark E. Frantz, James the special education division of
R. Fredenberger, Kneffler Fulk, High school students will pay a the Illinois Office of Superintend-
John Charles Gibson, Carl K. $3 fee for the test. The first testing ent of Pub Iic Instruction.
Green, Mark Willard Gregory, Ray- will be administered at Eastern
mond Griffin, next November 7. A second form Prior to taking the pos-ition at
of the test will be available early Springfield, .J Ill., Foreman served
Kenneth E. Hesler, Don Hoops, next year for students who missed for five years as superintendent of
Vern Ingrum, Clarence Ira Jasper, taking the exam in November. Cumberland High School, Toledo,
Cary Irwin Knoop, Donald F. Lang, Ill.
James L. Lister, Raymond F. Mc- Test results will be used by par-
Kenna, Ronald W. Miethe, Ray- ticipating colleges for admissions First meeting of the Executive
mond R. Olmstead. and placement of students, for Committee of the Association will
granting loans, and for counseling be held shortly after Homecoming.
Charles R. Pulliam, Thomas Rog- purposes. Scores will also be made Officers will be notified.
ers, Richard I. Rude, Dan Thorn- available to high school students
burgh, Kenneth Tucker, Eli Harriss in an interpretative leaflet and to
Webb; Joseph Richard Whiston, their high school advisers to aid
Robert C. Wiseman, and Anton in making sound vocational and
Yakos. college choices.

City Parking Regulations Students who take the test for
state scholarship purposes only will
Announced By Police
0
Highway and street construction
in Charleston has brought about not be req uired to pay the $3 ex-
special temporary parking regula- amination fee, but if they want
tions. to use ACT scores for college ad-
missions or counseling purposes.
The followin.g regulations have also, they must pay the fee.
been announced by Chief of Police
John Pauley and will still be in ef- Program policies will be an-
fect for Homecoming, October 10: nounced by a committee of state
coordinators.
Fourth St.-No parking on either
side between Harrison St. and Lin- Harrison and Lincoln.
coln Ave. Seventh St.-No parking on the

Sixth St.-No parking on the west" side between Harrison and
west side between Harrison and Lincoln. Two-way traffic between
Lincoln. Two-way traffic between Harrison and Lincoln.

PAG~ EIGHT Tenth St.-No parking on either
side between Harrison and Lin-
coln.

What Alumni

Where Notes

When

How or why

- 1909- awarded a Fulbright Senior Lecture- will cover the wartime alliance
ship for this purpose. with the Soviet Union in the first
a Hostetler Shriver writes that of four sections.
and her sister, Ruth Hostetler, The Fulbright grant is Dr. Flem-
have moved from 2328 North ing's second. In 1954 he was in- It will deal with all the crises
is Ave., Tuscon, Ariz., to their vited to lecture on recent American and issues of the cold war, includ-
ing the current struggle over Ber-
r home at 1441 East Edison lin . The work will be issued in two
Tuscon 11. A brother, Oliver large volumes.
ostetler, '09, lives at 700 Aus-
t., Sparta, Wis . Dr. and Mrs. Fleming will go by
sea to England and after two
-1911 weeks there will proceed to lndi<!
by air, with several stopovers.

ernie Allen Jones died June foreign policy at the Fulbright Con- -1915-
at St. Anthony's Hospital, Eff- ference on American Studies at
am, Ill. Jones was a teacher Cambridge University, England. Lewis Hanford Tiffany has been
farmer in Jasper, Effingham, honored by the American Micro-
He has been granted a leave of scopic Society. The AMS has dedi-
Crawford counties for 48 absence from Vanderbilt and will cated its 1960 journal to Dr. Tif-
. From 1923 to 1931, he was return there in September, 1960, fany, professor of botany at North-
ty Superintendent of Schools for his usual courses. western for the past 22 years, for
asper County, Ill. He retired his contributions to the study of
teaching January l, 1959. Dr. Fleming has been a research algae over a 40-year period. Dr.
professor for some ten years and Tiffany has written more than 75
rviving is his wife, Helen has devoted a large part of his articles and books on the special-
Janes, 'l l , three sons, Ray- time to writing a history of "The ized study. He lives at 1606 Hin-
Earl, '38, Herschel Allen, '40, Cold War and Its Origins, 1917- man Ave ., Evanston, Ill.
1959."
Wayne Donald, University of -1933
is, '50, and one daughter, He has recently received con-
Shirley Mellinger, '49. tracts for the publication of this Leona Grace Bainbridge Clark is
rs. Jones is currently making wcrk from Doubleday and Com- teaching three classes each day at
home in Columbus, Ga., near pany in the United States and from Saugatuch (Mich.) Public Schools.
home of her son, Herschel, Gecrge Allen and Unwin, Ltd., in She teaches Latin I and II and
is principal of the Britt David England . The world rights will be eighth-grade history. Mrs. Bain-
ntary School in that city. She divided between the two publish- bridge plans to return to full-time
es at 521 7 Armour Road, ers. teaching next year when her
mbus. youngest child will be in school all
The book begins with the ori- day. The youngest, Lucy, five years
1912- gins of the conflict between com- of age on December l, starts to
munism and the West in 1917 and kindergarten this fall. A daughter,
. D. F. Fleming, '12, professor age 18, started to business school
ternational relations at Van- in Grand Rapids, Mich., in Septem-
·1e University, left for India tember. A son, Joe, is in the fifth
in August to lecture at the grade, and another daughter, Alice,
n School of International Stud- is in the third grade.
n New Delhi. His subject will
orld politics. - 1934-

Indian school is a post-grad- Ralph Wickiser, honored by East-
institution affiliated with the ern in 1956 with the Doctor of
ersity of Delhi. Pedagogy Degree, has been ap-

o years ago, Dr. Fleming was
to spend a year at this

I and he has since been

PAGE NINE

pointed chairman of the depart- anne B. Gossett of Windsor, ill. side at 159 Verdale Drive.
ment of art teacher education, Pratt They make their home in San An- Gerald R. Baker is now new c
Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. Wick- tonio, Tex., with their two daugh-
iser, a nationally-known painter ters, Lynn Ellen, 15, and Karen sales manager for El Bauer Chevr
and art educator, has had his Lee, 13. let in Decatur, Ill. He has purcha
works exhibited at the Grand Cen- ed a home at 136 Wisconsin Driv
tral Galleries in New York; the -1947- Northland Heights, Decatur.
Gresham Gallery in New Orleans;
the Library of Congress; and many Donald L. Shawver is currently - 1951 -
other galleries over the nation. on sabbatical leave from the Uni-
versity of Missouri to attend a Ford S/Sgt. Vernon Mobley's addre
- 1939- Foundation program in mathemat- is AK7381970, Hed Ron Sec 161 lt
ics at Harvard . His address is 336 ABGP, McGuire AFB, N. J.
William A. Owen has been Main St., Winchester, Mass.
awarded a citation honoring him Ken D. Sedgwick began ser
for superior and outstanding per- Wendell A. Lathrop, staff super- ing a parish of five Christia
formance ·as Director of Civilian visor of the H. Nolan Sims Agency churches in Ohio in May. He is a
Personnel for the Air Training Com- for the Massachusetts Mutual In- associate minister and will co
mand. surance Co., Mattoon, Ill ., attended tinue to attend the College of th
a specialized training seminar this Bible two days each week . Th
In his official capacity, Owen summer. The Business Insurance Sedgwicks may be addressed a
directs all personnel planning and Seminar for Career Underwriters P. 0 . Box 142, Jacksonville, Ohio
utilization for the huge Air Train- was held in Springfield; Mass., and
ing Command. This organization, was attended by 43 field repre- Helen Marie Penn (Mrs. Herbe
sentatives from 35 agencies in 21 H. Coslow) writes that she has r
one of the largest of the major air states. The Lathrops Iive at l 020 signed her position as commerc
commands, has a normal comple- Lafayette Ave., Mattoon. teacher at Lovington (Ill.) Hig
ment of some 25,000 civil service School to become a full-tim
employees. -1949- housewife. Mrs. Coslow taught a
Lovington for eight years. Sh
The citation said in part: "The Mary Sharrett (Mrs. Dane White) plans to do some substitute teach
leadership ability displayed by writes that she and her husband ing, however.
Mr. Owen in developing and di- have resigned their positions at
recting the civilian personnel , pro- Casey, Ill ., and moved to Terre John Greathouse reports that h
gram at this headquarters and at Haute, Ind., where Dane will teach and his wife, the former Doroth
sub::irdinate bases has resulted in at Rankin School. Their address in Ann LaMaster, '52, have bought
high praise of the program by Terre Haute is 1811 South 32nd St. house at 3100 Western Ave ., Mat
Headquarters, USAF, and the Civil toon, Ill. John is an accountan
Service Commission ." Donald M. Johnson, whG> form- with Gordon Jones, CPA. Th
erly resided at 4518 East 19th St., Greathouses have three children
A veteran federal employee, Tucson, Ariz., now lives at 1608 Teresa Ann, 5, Jill Elaine, 3, an
Owen has been with the USAF for Ditmar St., Oceanside, Calif. Polly Ellen, 2.
18 years, serving first as an edu-
cator anc;I later in the personnel -1950- Loren E. Klaus now lives at 60
management field. E. Pine St., LeRoy, ill. He move
Dr. Hans Olsen, Jr., is now as- to LeRoy from Chatsworth, Ill.
He is married to the former Suz- sistant professor of education at this summer after accepting th
Purdue University, West Lafayette, position of Superintendent o
Ind. He and his wife, Mary Frances Schools of Mclean County Unit No.
Olsen, '52, and their four children 2 at LeRoy.
reside at 1018 Catherwood Court,
West Lafayette. -1952-

James Perryman and his wife Mary Williams (Mrs . Byron Lov
have moved to 336 Lindsey Drive, kamp) has a new address. Th
Martinez, Calif. Jim has accepted Lovekamps now reside at 171
a position as melting superintend- Lafayette Heights, Beardstown, ill
ent of Temescal Metallurgical Cor- They have a baby girl, Lisa Ann
poration in Richmond, Calif. The born May 15, 1959.
Perrymans now have five daugh-
ters. Mary Louis Piper received th
Master of Science in Education De·
James M. Rominger received the gree from Southern Illinois Univer
Ph .D. degree in botany from the sity at summer commencement ex
University of Illinois in June . He ercises August 14.
has accepted a teaching position
on the faculty of Black Hills Teach- Margy Potter (Mrs . John Wilson
ers College, Spearfish, S. D. Jim, and husband, John, '51, are th
his wife Redonda and their two parents of a daughter, Julie, born
sons, Eric and McDonald, now re- April 20, 1959. The Wilsons hav
two other children, Cynthia, 4, an
Johnny, 3. Margy notes that John

PAGE TEN

mpleted his first year as soph- dental offices at 1320 Wabash, land) and her husband report the
ore basketball coach and Am- Mattoon, Ill . Aikman received his birth of a son, Jeffrey Scott, born
ican history teacher at Carl Sand- Bachelor of Science in Dentistry August 29, 1959. The Hylands al-
rg High School. The Wilsons live Degree from the University of Illi- so have a daughter, Judy, two.
ar Oak Forest, Ill. nois in 1957. They live at 1307 Laurel Drive,
Margy also writes that she visit- Urbana, Ill.
He was the recipient of the Cap-
her sister, Jean Marie Potter tain Kessler award for the student Chuck Edginton reports that he
rs. Don Glover), '49, and two who showed the most advance- and Lenora Seaman, '58, will be
ys in Jacksonville, Fla., in June. ment from his freshman to his married October 24. Chuck teaches
e reports that the Glovers are ex- senior year. Dr. and Mrs . Aikman at Rock Island High School, Rock
ting another child in Septem- reside at 3325 Prairie, Mattoon, Island, Ill.
r. Don, '51, is a salesman for but plan to move about October l
ibbs Corporation. to 1120 South l 6th in the same -1955-
Richard E. Allison has left his city .
sition as principal of the Birm- Ron Neupert married Eleanor
gham Speech and Hearing Cen- Mariann Dana (Mrs . Charles Jane Root of Homewood, Ill., May
r to continue· work toward the Younger) reports that the Younger 16, 1959 at St. Joseph Church in
torate at Boston University. He family-Chuck, '54, Steve 2V2, and Homewood. Ron is associated with
ill study in speech pathology and Scott, 1- moved to Quincy, Ill., in Acme Steel company, Riverdale,
cial education. To supplement April. Chuck is with the Illinois Ill., as a design engineer. The Neu-
·s work, he has been awarded a Bell Telephone company. Chuck perts reside at 15306 Myrtle, Har-
ocational Rehabilitation Training organized, managed, and played vey, Ill.
rant. While in Birmingham, Mrs. with a company softball team this
llison was assistant head floor summer, and Mariann was active Marjorie Erb (Mrs. Elmer Miller)
rse on a medical-surgical floor in the little theatre, working back- reports a daughter, Dorella Kay,
the Crippled Children Hospital. stage and playing the role of Clar- born May 2, 1959. The Erbs live
issa Cromwell in "Strange Bedfel- at Ridge Farm, Ill.
- 1953 - lows."
Joyce Hunter (Mrs. James Staff)
Erma Thompson (Mrs. Jack Hy- is the mother of a son Mark, born

Janet Nadine Beagley received New View
Master of Arts Degree from

e University of Denver in Au-
st.
Louella Ann Johnson (Mrs. Ver-
n Lamb) and husband are the
rents of a daughter, Bonita Ann,
rn June 30, 1959. Mrs. Lamb re-
ived the Master of Education De-

from the University of Illinois
February, 1959. The Lambs, who
ide in Taylorville, have another
ughter.

John R. Simmons is speech cor-
ion supervisor of the Albion,

·rard, Fairview, and Springfield,
., public schools. John, his wife,
d two sons live at 8 Templeton
e., Girard, Pa . In addition to his

h correction duties, he will
ist in football and coach basket-
11 at Albion, Pa . He received the
ster's degree from Pennsylvania
te University in 1955.

-1954-

Virginia Randolph (Mrs. Melvin Construction work on Route FA-17 as it affects the campus is shown
Taylor) teaches first grade at in this view looking north from the circle down Sixth St. The four-lane
er Public Schools near Chicago. highway from Mattoon' through Charleston brought about the removal
married Melvin A. Taylor July of 32 feet from the Lincoln St. side of the campus.
1958. Taylor works for Swift
o., Chicago. The Taylors reside
32 Early, Park Forest, Ill.
gene E. Aikman is now asso-
with Dr. T. E. McMeekan in

PAGE ELEVEN

Out ,Of The Past onomics. Gayle spent the past su
mer working with FHA groups a
A photograph owned by Kneffler Fulk, '53, M.S. '56, shows Eastern their national convention in Chi
students participating in the once-traditional pole climb between fresh- cage and the state leadership con
men and upperclassmen. Object of the game was to capture the object- ference at Bloomington. One o
a flag or cap- attached to the top of the pole. Faculty members stand her students was elected state FHA
in the background to keep the contest under control. The photo was president.
taken in the 1930's.
Ruth Kemper is now teaching
April 4, 1959. The Hunters now in the seventh grade for six weeks social studies at Lakeview High
live at 828 West Lincoln Ave., Van- and Spanish in the eighth grade School in Decatur, Ill. She taught
dalia, Ill. for six weeks. The program is in- eighth grade in Rossville, Ill ., dur·
tended to expose the students to ing the past year.
-1957- the study of a foreign language.
A/2C David Hinton, 3361 st
Gardon Duckworth and wife are Lyn Krueger will teach at Oak School Squadron, was selected as
the parents of a son, Michael Dale, Lawn Community High School this Student Airman of the Month in
born August 27, 1959. Duckworth year. She reports that she is en- May at Chanute Air Force Base,
is nucl,ear engineer at Northrop gaged to a naval ensign and plans Ill. Dave was presented with an
Aircraft in lnglewood, Calif. The to be married next summer. She engraved gold wrist watch by Col.
Duckworths live at 631 Howland lives at 9521 South Minnick, Oak George D. Campbell .
Drive, Apt. 6, lnglewood . Lawn, Ill.
Dave's address is A / 2C David
Linda Sinclair (Mrs . Dave Mur- Delores Ticknor (Mrs. Robert L. W. Hinton, AFl 8544389, Mail
phy) will teach business education Snapp) has informed the Alumni Room 5, Box 7305, Chanute AFB,
at Robinson (Ill.) High School this Office of the birth of a daughter, Ill.
year. Her husband, Dave, '58, will Sheryl Dee, on July 27, 1959. The
return to teach and coach at Law- Snapps reside in Decatur, Ill. Eleanor Webb is entering her
renceville High School. The Mur- second year of teaching at the
phys reside at Lawrenceville, Ill. Kenneth A. Baker stu.died this Hickory Hill School in Carpenters·
summer at the University of Illinois ville, Ill. She taught first grade
Joni E. Scholwin is teaching at and will again be teaching at Clin- last year, but will be teaching a
the Poole Junior High School in ton (Ill.) Community High School. combination first and second grade
Baltimore City, Md . She resides at He lives at R. R. l, Clinton . room of exceptional children in
40 Gorsuch Road, Timonium, Md. 1959-60.
Her roommate is Barbara Stripp, a June E. Balding attended a sum-
former physical education teacher mer institute for biology teachers She reports that four other East·
at Eastern . on a National Science Foundation ern graduates of 1958 are in the
grant. The session was on marine same school. They are Darrell El·
- 1958 - biology and was held at Bowdoin der, who teaches fifth grade; Fran·
College in Brunswick, Maine, from cine Pool Elder, teaching third
Allegra Wilber is teaching at the June 29 to August 7 . She returns grade; Carrol England, teaching
new Jefferson Junior High School this fall to teach biology at Nash- fourth grade; and Pearle Sebens,
in Mattoon, Ill. She is teaching ville (Ill .) Community High School . who teaches a second grade class.
Spanish and Latin in an experi- Two Eastern undergraduates, Mur-
mental program - teaching Latin Gayle Gilbert Strader and her iel Porter and Lenore Thompson,
husband, Mike, are living in Lov- also teach at the same school.
PAG:: TWELVE ington, Ill., where she teaches ec-
Construction

Recognize this view? The street
in the photo is Lincoln Ave. east
from Fourth St. during the widen-
ing of Lincoln and the removal of
trees from the campus.