The University of Dayton Alumnus, March 1940

ANNOUNCEMENT OF DAYTON MEETING-SEE PAGE 7

Before the Mast! .• , with Foster Fr y man '37 (Pa ge .'J )

MARCH • 1940

Dear Alumnus : You've been telling us tha t the "Alumnus" should carry more pictures. Tha t's right, you're right!

However, we still won' t be able to print the ha ndsome " phizz" of Leonidas Q. Phlugg '04 unless old Leo breaks down one of these fine days a nd shoots a photo in to the eds.

(Note : A plain snapshot will suffice.)

There's no tloubt about it, as our Mr. Bauja n would say, pictures are nece sary to a modern magazine and tha t is why we're la unching a concerted drive through the medium of the Alumnu . First of all, we want pictures with general appeal to the Alumni. For example, a plain picture of the Gra nd Canyon will leave our reader in Cincinna ti as cold as yesterday's mashed pota toes . . . but . . . if the same picture shows J oe Goetz leaning over the brink with Dick H osler in the back of him ostensibly about to administer a well directed kick ... well . .. We can use tha t type of picture. And incidentally .. .

You may win a five dollar cash prize!

A concern in D ayton, learning of our crying need for pictures, immedia tely came forward a nd offered the generous five doll ar award to the Alumnus wh o sends in the m ost interesting picture or collection of pictures prior to M ay 1. Note: All entries become the property of the Alumnus.

Okay! Alumni! Let's dust off the old Brownie a nd sta rt the quest for honor a nd glory and a five dollar bill.

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ESTABLISHED 1929 VoL. VI

MARCH, 1940

No. 3

R. C. (Jim ) BROWN, ' 34 . .. ... . .. . ...... . ........... . . . ........ . Editor HENRY RECHTIEN, '42 .................. . . . ...... . ... A ssistant Editor

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

- OFFICERS -

President ..... . ........ . .. . .... . . . RoN. WM. H. WoLFF, '31 , Dayton, Ohio V ice-President .................. . Jos EPH E . KELLER, '29, Washington, D. C. T reasurer . . .................... . ToRRENCE A. MAKLEY, '1 3, D ayton, Ohio Secretary . ..... . ......... . . ..... .. ..... . . R. C. BRowN, '34, D ayton, Ohio -

DIRECTORS -

VICTOR C. SMITH '05, D ayton R ussELL J. S uMMERS ' 21 , D ayton EowARD G. BREEN '30, D ayton WILLIAM A. BLAKE '26, D ayton J oH N E. LEDGER ' 16, D ayton Lours A. SuCHER '09, D ayton SUBSCRIPTION- Per Year, including M embership in the Alumni Association, $4.00. Subscription alone, $2.00. Single copies, 25 cents.

Checks, dra fts and money orders should be made payable to "The Alumni Associa tion of the University of D ayton."

For wills a nd other bequests, the legal title of the corpora tion is, "The University of D ayton, D ayton, Ohio."

(Frontispiece, courtesy Standard Register Company)

REV. EDMUND J. BAUMEISTER APPOINTED DEAN OF NEW GRADUATE DIVISION

FATHER BAUMEISTER

Rev. Edmund J. Baumeister, S.M., Ph.D ., has been named D ean of the newly established Gradua te Division. Prior to his a ppointment, the direction of the Gradua te Division was tempora ril y in the hands of the Dean of the University.

The first D ean of the Gradua te Division is a na tive of Clevela nd. H e a ttended St. M ary's pa rochial school and St. Igna tiu high school in tha t city before entering the novitia te of the Society of M a ry in D ayton in 19 15. F a ther Baumeister obtained his bachelor degree from D ayton a nd carried on gradua te work a t both Ca tholic University and Ohio Sta te University. H e holds his Ph.D. from Ohio Sta te. Following four years of study a t the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, he was ordained into the priesthood in 193 2.

Prior to his mo t recent appointment, he had been a member of the University of Dayton faculty since 1938, holding the post of Profes or of Education.

First classes in the Gradua te Division were held during the past summer. Aimed primarily a t teachers in public and priva te schools, the Gradua te Division offers M aster of Arts degrees in both Education and English.

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Pacific Cruise Planned

By Foster Fryman '37 "Ship ahoy" and "avast, there, ye lubber" .. . not to mention "batten down the hatches !" is the news we're getting from Foster Fryman '37, a sailorin' man from the deep blue.

It seems tha t Foster, who, from the time of his graduation, has been assistant to Dr. Wilbur Yackley ' 20, head chemist a t the Sta ndard R egister Company, Dayton, is preparing for a n adventure cruise on the broad Pacific in company with two other young men.

The trio acquired a two-masted, 63-foot sailing vessel equipped with semi-diesel motor. There a re two staterooms and eight bunks and provisions have been made for refrigeration. A small chemical lahoratory is being set up as part of the boa t's equipment. This is for the purpose of ma king tests on various herbs, roots, ba rks, etc., which are expected to be found a t certain South Ameri~an points they plan touching. Anything marketable will be shipped back.

The plan is to leave the mainland this spring and make the first stop a t Brazil. H ere the party will investigate a report that has been heard to the effect tha t a quantity of unrefined Carnauba Wax is to be found .

(Carnauba Wax is an importa nt ingredient in certain types of carbon pa per.)

At present Foster is residing a t 1726 West Ocean Avenue, Newport Beach, California.

Dear Alumnus ( Cont' d from page 2) No, we don't have horticultural tendencies, but we can't resist stepping into the greenhouse a nd plucking a bundle of orchids for those loyal sons of Alma M a ter who m ade membership payments since Februa ry 20 : Judge William H . Wolff ($5.00), Francis Hollencamp, R obert J. Connelly, Vincent C . Koepnick, D ayton ; John Ladner, D an O'Keefe, Chicago, Ill.; J oseph J. Schaeffer, Philadelphia; R alph W . Conners, Waveland, Ind.; Rt. Rev. M sgr. J. M . Ryan, William L. Seidensticker, Columbus, 0 .

The big news a t the moment is the reorganization of the Chicago Club a nd the first meeting of the proposed Miami Valley Chapter in Dayton on Monday, April 8.

The annual 1934 Chemical Engineering class reunion was held a t Seville T avern, D ayton, on Holy Saturday, M a rch 23. Drs. H aas and

LIBRARY EXP ANSI ON-Another tier is being added to the Albert Emanuel library which will provide accommodation for 20,000 more volumes. The libra ry, which is a gift of Victor Ema nuel, presently houses some 60,000 volumes, but the rapid expansion of the university makes the additional library facilities necessary .. . Brother Thomas Poitras, S.M., who returned to D ayton last fall after a two years leave of absence, h as been appointed professor of. music at Marianist preparatory school, Beacon, N. Y. H e will resume hi duties as profe sor of French at U.D. next September. During his leave of absence Brother Tom engaged in gradua te study at the Universitie of Paris and Besancon, and the Sorbonne . .. J ohn F. Chalmers '41, editor of the University of D ayton N ews, addressed the regional conference of the Ca tholic College Press assoc iation a t Cincinnati on "Catholic Youth- H ere a nd Over There" .. . U.D. h as been allotted $8,505 by the National Youth Administra tion for the current academic year.

C. A. A. STUDENTS- The civilian pilots training course students have finished their ground school instruction in winning style. All 20 passed their theoretical tests for priva te pilots' certificates with plenty to spare. Nineteen h ave soloed to da te a nd it looks as if the first group of five to take their practical air tests will be ready the first week in M ay .. . The U.D. chapter of the College Students Neutrality associa tion sponsored a student assembly February 22 in honor of George Washington . Stress was laid upon Washington's insistence on neutrality ... Ten seniors will be presented with honor keys by the Alpha Sigma Tau, honorary society for the promotion of scholarship, for maintaining an honor average for seven semesters ... Edward R. Burroughs, dean of the D ayton Art Institute and member of the faculty of the university, stated that "we are about to witness a period of great a rt" in a lecture which h e presented in the Mothers' club lecture series.

PROF. KOHLES WRITES T EXT - Brother George F. K ohles, S.M., h as written a journalism text which will be published shortly. The book is a practical work ma nual for student reporters and covers all phases of news gathering ...

The Dra ma tic club presented two one-act plays under the direction of Maurice R eichard . "Shooting Star" and "One Way Out of It" were both well received by the student body . .. J ames Leonard '40, mechanical engineering student, has been offered a position with the General Electric training school at Schenectady, N . Y . ... The first semester honor roll included the names of 119 students. Students must a ttain a t least 2.5 average to merit mention on the roll ... The International Rela tions club sponsored a public meeting March 11 in commemora tion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Pan-American Union. Speeches by student members and discu ions for the public were included in the program.

HAWAll BOUND- R ev. George J. Renne~er, vice-president and registrar, wil l serve as retreat master for the clergy and the sisterhoods of the H awaiian islands this summer. The vice-president will ta ke leave of absence from his duties from June until August . . . The M echanical Engineering society celebrated the feast of their p atron, St. Pa trick, with a smoker in the off-campus students' clubroom. Unusual was the fact tha t the chairman was Melvin Mueller '40, from Belleville, Ill. ... The CABOS, student service organization, held a sympo ium on self-denial as pa rt of their Lenten program ... Trucks and passenger cars of the University have the initials, "UD " on their license plates ... Rev. Dr. J ohn A. Elbert, S.M., president, is one of the founders of the D elta Ep ilon Sigma, ational Ca tholic College Honor society. U.D. h as presented application for a chapter in the society a nd five of the faculty h ave been named as charter members . ..

Mrs. Florence Schee Robnett, dean of women at Northwestern University, conducted discussions and interviews with the student body March 18 and 19 ...

The coeds held a card party in the women' lounge M arch 12 for women students exclusively.

Wohlleben, who were directly associated with the class during its four years a t D ayton, were in a ttenda nce.

The B. Ch.E. class of '34 is composed of Richard Carson, West Alexa ndria, 0 . ; Howard Dietrich, Newa rk, 0 .; Richard Fortener, Chicago, Ill.; Lawrence Hibbert, Xenia, 0. ; Thomas N ea lon, Boston, Mass.; Donald Neu, D ayton; R euben Saeks, Dayton; Robert Schantz, Chicago.

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Notice California!

The motion pictures of the D aytonSt. Marys game are going to California! On April 9 they will be mailed to Chaminade high, Santa Cruz.

Thereafter they will go to Brother M a tt Betz, St. Joseph high, Alameda.

Arrangement for a showing can undoubtedly be made with these chools.

GOLF " Golf or no golf?" is the question confronting every U.D. student a t the present time. When the spring sports schedule was announced Athletic Director Baujan sta ted tha t no a ppropriation had been made for intercollegia te golf.

Na turally this news was sadl y received by the studen ts-especially the three returning veterans from last year's team. Showing an admirable school spirit, these three men volunteered to pay all the expen es if the university would again sponsor a golf team. Athletic Director Bauj an approves of the plan but the fin al approval rests with the a thletic boa rd of control. In the meantime Don Bootes, George and .John Humm, returning veterans, a re practicing for a season which isn't yet officially a season.

R eason for the elimination of golf from the budget is tha t the intramural a thletic program has been expanded so greatly tha t the money formerly used for golf is now a pplied to intra murals.

U.D. has been a power in golf ever since 1931, the first time an Ohio sta te intercollegiate tournament was ever held. The Flyers have won four individual and four team sta te championship titles since then. The alltime record for U.D. golf is 78 ma tches won, 21 lost, and three tied.

SPRING FOOTBALL Spring football practice began in earnest M a rch 1 under the direction of Coaches Baujan, Carter, and T schudi. Nineteen veterans a nd 40 freshmen reported.

Wha t sort of a team the Flyers will have next season is highly problema tical. The loss of veteran such a J ack Padl ey, Tony Furst, L a rr y Knorr, Joe Thomas, J ean Stapenhor t, and Bob Reidel by graduation will wreck last season's powerhou e entirely. The succe of the 1940 Flyers will depend entirely upon the sophomores. While freshmen, these men were ha iled as being the greatest football ma terial to hit U. D . since the freshma n days of .Jack Padl ey.

Whether this is actually true remains the question tha t only next season will answer.

While the 1940 team will undoubtedly be composed mainly of freshmen, there will be some vetera ns who should shine brightly. V al Pernush, Joe Paluzzi, Cha rles Zwie ler, a nd Ervin Pangallo, a tra nsfer student from Cincinn a ti U., should see plenty of action in the backfield. On the line, Veterans Ca rl Costell, H a rry

. Shown above is th e elaborate new physio-th erapy room estab路 IJ shed on the ground Hoor of Chaminade hall as the first unit in a far-reaching student health program. (January Alumnuspa ge 5.) Faci liti es pictured above are availab le to all students.

BASKETBALL The cagers completed their schedule M arch 6 with a 44-62 lo s to the Ohio U. Bobcat. This defeat gave the Flyers a season record of 17 losses and four wins, which sounds a lot worse than it really is.

The Hilltoppers led in practically every game they played until the fourth quarter, a nd were outdistanced in the fourth because they were too tired to play decisive ball. The reason for this is tha t U.D. had an extremely good starting team, but lacked reserves. Consequently, five men had to play two halves of the fastest brand of basketball and when the fourth quarter rolled a round the Flyers were usually very tired.

Looking a head to next year, however, prospects are very bright. The Hill toppers willlo e only Walter Winkle john, sta rting cen ter, by graduation and will have a n extremely good crop of sophomores to draw upon.

The freshmen were undefeated in six consecutive games this season a nd lost only the finale to Ohio U., 30-27, in a contest which might be called a boxing m a tch rather than a basketball encounter.

Since the last issue of the Alumnus the Flyers dropped three other contests in four successive nights. Saturday, F ebrua ry 24, the Hilltoppers traveled to Huntington, W . V a ., where they provided a dismal ba ttle and lost badly, 61-25, to M arshall J erin a, Johnny Humm , Dunc a n <:?bee and Johnny Rumig will provtde plenty of opposition for the enemy.

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college. However, the Flyers, undaunted, took to the road again and met the University of Toledo, one of the greatest teams in the sta te, a t Toledo. They provided somewha t of a mora l victory by turning in 41-34 final score even though it favored the Rockets of Toledo.

The following evening the courageous ba nd of Flyers met the Ohio Wesleyan Bishops on their own floor.

Tired a nd travel worn, the Hilltoppers by sheer fight led during the entire first ha lf. In the second they lost the lead only to have the lead change hands five times more. Unfortun a tely, it was the Bishops' turn to hold the advantage as the fin al gun sounded, but the brave Hilltoppers had no reason to bow their heads a t the 36- 33 final score aP:ainst them.

SPRING SPORTS With the a ppearance of robins a nd red birds the baseball and track squads began their drills. Fir t baseball game is scheduled for M a rch 30 while the first track meet on April 20 i still fa r away.

Coach Baujan should h ave a trong baseball squad except for one big question mark. He has only two veteran pitchers, J ean Sta penhorst and Glen Smolka, returning from last year, a nd the six other candida tes for this position are of unknown quality. However, both the outfield a nd the infield will be composed of veterans who proved last y_ear tha t they a re good both defentvely and offensively.

Coach T schudi is very pessimi tic over the prospects of his track squad .

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These Slates Were Nominated In an overwhelming vote of confidence which was more tha n justified in the light of his past record of loyalty a nd unfailing coopera tion, Judge William H. Wolff ' 31, was placed at the head of both sla te elected by the two nomina ting committees who met separa tely a t the Miami Hotel, D ayton, Tuesday, Ma rch 19.

Judge Wolff, who was elec ted President of the University of D ayton Alumni Associa tion for a two year term in 1938, finds himself almost assured of re-election for another two year term by virtue of his h aving been nomina ted for the presidency by both nomina ting committees.

In accordance with the constitution of the Associa tion, one nomina ting committee of three members was a ppointed by the president consisting of M essrs. Hugh E . W all '88, Fra ncis Hollencamp ' 29 and Robert Lange '32 (absent ) . The Board of Directors' nomina ting committee included H arry C. Anderton '0 9, Elmer Will ' 37 a nd Louis M ahrt ' 26 ( absent ) . Behind locked doors a nd in sepa ra te chambers, these committees nomina ted the sla tes from which the officers a nd directors of the A sociation a nd the Board of Athletic Control will be voted upon by the Association members a t the annual election to be held by mail ballot in M ay.

Judge Wolff was the only nominee for President ; William R eynolds ' 29, Phil adelphia, was the only nominee for Treasurer, and Cha rles Pfa rrer '2 7, D ayton and William Ca rola n '27, New York, were the n ominees for Vice-President. The complete sla tes will be found elsewhere on this p age a nd will be carried in each issue of the Alumnus until the ballots go out to the m embership. Official election announcement will take place a t the a nnual meeting of the Associa tion tenta tively set for Saturday night, June 8, in D ayton. This da te is being strongly considered because of the elabora te outdoor symposium of civic, sta te and na tional significance planned for the afternoon of June 8 and the fact tha t both the Baccala ureate and Commencement programs are scheduled for the next day. This would lend added a ttraction to the " homecoming" of old gr a d s a nd would ma ke for an entire week-end of a ppropria te celebra tion.

Due to the fact tha t Alumni elections were foregone in 1937 a nd 1939,

SLATE No.1 President: Judge William H. Wolff '31, Dayton.

Vice-President: Charles Pfarre r '27, Dayton .

Treasurer: William R eynolds ' 29, Philadelphia.

SLATE N o. 2 President : Judge William H. Wolff '31, Dayton.

Vice-President: W . P. Carolan '2 7, ew York, N.Y. Treasurer: William R eynolds '29, Philadelphia.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BoARD OF DmECTORS

3 Y ear T erm : Walter R eiling M.D. '30, Dayton.

Leon Deger DD.S. '10, Dayton.

2 Y ear T erm: Joseph Goetz, Cincinnati.

Matt Marzluft '28, Oakland, Calif.

3 Y ear T erm: Walter R eilin g M.D. '30, Dayton.

Charles Whalen '07, D ayton.

2 Y ear T erm: Elmer Will '37, Dayton.

George Pflaum '25, Dayton.

BoARD OF ATHLETIC CoN TROL

3 Y ear T erm: Herbert Whalen '09, Dayton.

Louis R. Mahrt '26, Dayton.

2 Y ear T erm: Ned Grimes '04, Chicago.

Leo Spatz '28, Dayton.

BoARD oF ATHLETIC C oNTROL

3 Y earTerm : Merle P. Smith '25, Dayton.

Huston Brown ' 20, Dayton .

2 Y ear T erm: Robert C. Pa yne ' 34, Cincinnati.

Ned Grimes '04, Chicago.

If present plans m a terialize- plans clas es, unle s local option prevails, a re scheduled to hold reunions three calling for a general Alumni meeting years after gradua tion a nd thereafter to be held Saturday night, June 8, in every fi ve years. According to tha t conjunction with the many events sta nda rd the following classes should sch edul ed for "90th Anniver a r y be rallying ' round the flag come next w 路eek," it would seem the ideal time June 8. The duly elected secreta ries for individual class re-unions. The of the various " five year" classes a re individual classes could hold their also listed, so how about contacting meetings prior to the general Alumni your secretary a nd helping him get the old ball rolling towards a gala conclave.

According to the C onstitution, reunion of YOUR cia !

1890- Hon. Harry Ferneding, 125 Wisteria Drive, Dayton.

1895- Andrew A. H ellmuth, 212 M & M Bldg., Springfield, Ohio.

1900- (C. C. Adams, deceased .)

1905- Charles K enning, 3116 St. Paul Blvd., Rochester, N .Y. 1910- Gerald F. McKinney, P eebles Paving Brick Co., Portsmouth, Ohio.

1915- 0rville Wunderlich, 50 W. Maplewood Ave., Dayton.

1920- Dr. Wilbur Yackley, 661 Far Hills Ave., Dayton.

1925- Merle P. Smith, 1245 Ctmlberland Ave., Dayton.

1930- H. H. Hirsch, olan, Beigel & Mahrt, Winters Bank Bldg., Dayton.

1935- James A. Connelly, University of D ayton, Dayton.

1937- Elmer Will, Miami Hotel, Dayton.

the Board of Directors and the Board of Athletic Control are each popula ted by four members, terms expired, who a re acting in temporary capacities pending election of successors.

Tha t is the reason why each sla te shows nominees for "short terms" of two year on both Boards along with the nominees for the regular three year terms.

In addition to the sla tes printed on this page, nomina tions m ay be made

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by the membership as outlined in Article 9, Section 3, of the Constitution, Election of Officers a nd Directors, which reads as follo ws: "Any ten members in good standing (not more than five of whom shall reside in the same county ) may by petition to the ecreta ry, prior to April 20, ma ke other nomina tions. Such nomina tions shall be included with those of the nomina ting committees, a nd handled in the same ma nner."

Our Yesterdays 35

!~tat~ ~go - ~atc b,

1905

T he fi rst band (St. M a ry's Amateur Band Association ) was organized by Brother Louis V ogt.

H arry C . Busch '96 represented the Alumni with a stirring ora tion on the occasion of the dedication of the Jubilee M onument.

The Chicago c lub m et recently a t the Palmer H ouse. Among those present were Edward M. K a hoe, M ath N. Blumenthal, Alex Schoen, E lmer Bergk, O scar C. Miller, J o eph A. Zangerle, Corp. J oseph A. Zorn a nd Ed C . Schoen .

Among the recent gradua tes : J ames Edward Grimes is following Electrical Engineering at Western Electric in Chicago .. . Morgan L. Trainor is studying law under his fa ther, Attorney M. B. Tra inor of Greenville . . . Victor Schlitzer has been offered "a very high salary" as pitcher for the H a rrisburg (Penna .) team.

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!~tat~ ~go -~attb ,

1915

In the same issue of the Exponent appeared two a rticles entitled "A Plea for American Neutrality" and "Freedom of the Press" . (Ed. Note: Did we say this was twenty-five years ago?)

Still another editorial torch was carried into a dark place by a " viewer with ala rm" who belabored in no uncerta in terms the ever-growing vice of " smoking among college men" . One of the strongest points in the tract was this, " Why don' t the women smoke? True, they used to but ra rely is it practiced in good society." (Ed. Note: Yes, we guess it was twentyfive years ago. ) The Flyer basketball team climaxed the season with a fine victory over previously unbeaten Muskingum, 46 to 25. However, a great Western R eserve team toppled our boys, 28 to 25. Speaking of basketball, a team called the " St. M a ry's Cadets" was ma king life miserable for amateur teams in this area.

10 !~rat~ ~go -~arcb , 1930 Zez Confrey was booked for the " Second Annual Junior Prom." The da nce was to be held in the recently constru cted Biltmore H otel ballroom .

Agita tion was under way among the undergradua tes for the re-establishment of the U. D. News.

William P. K eane was Editor-inchief of the Exponent.

Robert Lee (Tuffy) Bramlage was reco~ering from an a ttack of pneumoma.

The Flyers defeated X avier 20 to

Dear Jim : Please send me a list of the Alumni residing in the D etroit area. If you like I will ma ke any necessary address corrections by means of the City Directory. M y Alumni list has everal incorrect add resses in it. I found this out recently.

I spend all of my avail able time speaking, writing a nd being generally active in the K. of C . I also spend considerable time in Ca tholic Action work.

Write and tell me the D ayton news a nd I will keep you informed . I received a letter from Anthony Pozelnick '35 of Cleveland last week. Alfred F. X. Agajan '35 corresponds with me regula rly. H e is in Yokohll.ma, J apan.

If I can be of a ny as ista nce to you do not hesitate to call on me.

John A. Fisher '35 7280 Sena tor Ave., D etroit, Michigan Dear Jim: Enclosed please find my check for dues to the Alumni Associa tion for this year .

The Chicago club is meeting Wednesday, M arch 6, for the election of officers. I will let you know the results. R egards and best of lu ck to the Alumnus.

John ]. L adner ' 30 207 W. M adison St., Chicago, Illinois P.S. : The Moots ride again!

Esteemed Friends : I will deem it an honor to h ave the U. D . deba ters as my personal guests, a t the Gotham hotel, when they are in St. Petersburg. H ere's hoping these lads hold h igh the standa rds of the old school a nd come out on the big end in this deba te.

It's been a long time since last I was in D ayton . Please remember m e mo st kindly to the Brother s a nd Priests of my time. I still recall with great delight the day Mt. St. John had open house, when tha t institution was fir t opened. Please remember to convey my wishes there, too.

I assure you I will do my part in helping these boys h ave a good time 19 in a thrilling overtime engagement. The basketball season was brilliantly climaxed by a 20 to 12 conquest of the U niversity of D etroit on the Titan's home floor.

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while here and I hope tha t I may serve them while in St. Petersburg.

With kind good wishes to you all, I am J.D . Leonard '1 1, M gr . Hotel Gotham, St. Petersburg, Fla .

D ear Sir: I have always had a warm spot for good old U. D . and I have often thought of dropping in on the old stamping grounds but something always turns up to m ar my good intentions.

Some day in the near future I hope I will be able to realize this dream.

With kindest aloha and best wishes for your success, I am H enry Lai Hipp '18 R epresentat ive to the T wentieth L egislatu re of the T erritory of H awan.

Dear Dr. Wohlleben : Thank you for your Christmas letter. I always look forward to the news it brings. I have been ra ther neglectful in keeping in touch with you, so I will give you the low-down on myself.

The last time I talked with you I was working in T exas but in the fall of 193 7 I enrolled a t the University of Oklahoma, getting my M aster's degree in Chemical Engineering there in 1938. In August, 1938, I sta rted working for the Na tional R efining Company a t their Findlay refinery. I a m doing research and development work a t the present time and like it very much.

W . C. Mitchell ' 31 Na tional R efining Co., Findlay, Ohio D ear Dr. Wehrle : Ever since the Compa ny made me its South Ca rolina representa tive I've been h ankering to get a look a t your 1940 southern deba te team. Even as I write this I know you're probably encouraging, criticizing and moulding more fine deba te teams out of kids a t first afraid to talk.

If it's a t all possible, I'd like to see one of those teams and add to the size of the audience. If I know soon enough, it isn 't a ny trouble routing myself in their pa th a nd in my 1940 Oldsmobile I m ay be able to add to their pleasure while they visit here.

I sincerely hope you meet every success this year and I'll be rooting for you. Best wishes, Gene May'39

WASIDNGTON

IMPORTANT NOTICE- MIAMI VALLEY (Final Announcement)

Joseph E . K eller '28 of the Washington law firm of Dow a nd Lohnes in the Munsey Building, writes to say that he is interested in the formation of a University of D ayton-Washington club and h as tenta tively a rranged an organiza tion meeting for April 20. H e is also interested in the forma tion of a Chaminade Society in accorda nce with the pla ns which are being advocated by Dr. Molz' brother, who is in Baltimore.

Joe also a rra nged to meet student deba ters Wool a nd Kirby on their Eastern junket and fixed the young men up with theater tickets.

Alumni in the D ayton area will hold a reorganization meeting on Monday night, April 8, a t 8 P.M.!

The meeting will ta ke place in the clubroom of Chaminade H all (entrance just off Old V arsity field ) . Those invited include all gradua tes a nd former students of the University who reside in D ayton or within commuting distance of the city. Residents of the fqllowing communities are especially invited : TOLEDO Eaton, Troy, Piqua, Miamisburg, West Carrollton, Franklin, MiddleD espite the frigid clime a nd a near blizza rd, a handful of the faithful town and Springfield.

CIDCAGO was on hand the night of February The m eeting is being called by The University of D ayton-Chicago 26 to cheer on the game but losing Judge William H. Wolff, President club met a t Sieben 's Bier Stube on Flyers in their ba ttle with the Toledo of the Alumni Associa tion, who is Wednesday, M arch 6, and elected U . Rockets. After the game an infirml y of the belief tha t gradua tes John J . Ladner '30, president ; H erb formal gathering took place a t the H a rt '28, vice-president and D an a nd former students in this area are Hotel F ort M eigs.

O ' K eefe '36, secreta ry-treasurer. eager to organize a nd are only waitAmong those present were Jim The Club is pla nning its next M cCarthy, J ohn Bagdonas, Adolph ing for the invita tion. It is Judge meeting for Wednesday, April 3, a t a scherne, Augustus Qua tma n, Elmer T Wolff's further belief tha t memberplace yet to be selected. Fa ther ElBache and Lars Wagner . Walter Zolg ship in this particula r chapter should bert a nd F a ther Friedel plan on beand William T . M alone (who asked ing in Chicago a t that time. In not be limited to residents of Dayton to be especially remembered to his addition it is pla nned to have slow but ra ther should be m ade available old room m ate, Ed Longo ) telemotion movies of one of the Flyers' to the entire "Valley." phoned their regards. Bill M alone is 1939 football games.

Instead of being known as the particularly interested in the organiAny former student residing in the U . D .-Dayton Club, as was formerly zation of a n active University of Windy City area, interested in joinD ayton-T oledo club. Any grads in the case, the club might be known ing the Chicago club, is urged to conthe M aumee City area interested in tact club secreta ry, D an O'Keefe, as the "Miami V alley Chapter" of such a move a re u rged to contact Bill Loyola U niversity School of Social the University of D ayton Alumni a t 21 38 Upton Avenue in T oledo.

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Associa tion . By right of his position as Alumni President, Judge Wolff will preside over the organiza tion meeting. If it is the will of the assemblage, the Miami Valley Cha pter will be formed and officers will be elected . However, if it is so ordered, these matters m ay be deferred to a later m eeting.

R ev. John A. Elbert S.M., President of the University, will tell of the tremendous strides the University is m aking. Also the beautiful all-technicolor slow motion pictures of the D ayton-St. M a rys football game, played on the Coast last fall, will be shown.

Refreshments will be served. It has been suggested that each person in a ttendance drop a two-bit piece in the hat to defray this expense.

Considered on the basis of the very successful local meetin?;s which were held in years ?;one by there is every CHICAGO MOOTS RIDE AGAIN ! Left to right, A. J . Kemper, M. Flanagan, C. Geppert, reason to assume tha t the Miami J oseph Ho.elscher, Carroll Scholle, Dan O'Keefe, Stan Wawroski, John J. Ladner, Bob V alley Chapter- 1940 edition- will Flanagan, Ed Blumenthal, Ed Schlitt. Ned Grimes, Bud Grimes and Herbert Hart. Leonarrl be "bigger a nd better tha n ever !"

Sieben took the picture.

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1904-Sympathies are extended to the widow a nd on of Dr. Francis Wong Leong, who departed this life within the past year. The son, Joseph, physica l image of his fa ther, and Mrs. Leong, were guests during the past summer of the fa mily of Pa ul Schumacher '3'!:; of Fa r Hills Ave., Dayton .

1910- W. E. H enrich of 1919 Lawn Ave., Bond Hill, Cincinna ti, was a campus visitor on Februa ry 22.

Mrs. H enrich accompa nied him. A former classmate of both F a ther R enneker and Brothe r M a tthi as H aas, Mr. H enrich received hi Ma ter of Educa tion degree from the University of Cincinna ti in 1939.

1911- J . D. Leona rd, ma nager of the Hotel Gotham, St. Petersburg, Fla ., read in his home newspaper tha t student debaters were to be in St. Petersburg last week. H e immedia tely wired F a ther Elbert inviting the deba ters, Joseph Shimanek, Chicago, and John Chalmers, Honolulu, T. H ., to be hi personal guests during their stay in the Sunshine City. The young men report h aving had a wonderfu l time a nd wish to ma ke public their deep appreciation of Mr. Leona rd's hospitality.

1914- Hi Excellency, the Most R everend Fra nk A. Thill, Bishop of Concordia a nd fir t na tive of D ayton to be raised to the hiera rchy, celebrated the twentieth anniver a ry of his ordination to the priesthood on February 28.

1915- Lawrence Stra ttner (B.A. '11, B.S . '15 ) was a campus visitor on Februa ry 29. Mr. Stra ttner wa m aking his first visit in several years. H e was greatly impre sed with the many improvements everywhere a ppa rent on the campu . H e has three sons and one daughter.

1919- Cha rles Wassenich of the Ohio Sta te highway pa trol was a campus visitor on M a rch 4. Charlie, who looks very impressive in his blue and grey trooper's uniform, asks to be remembered to his old friends and is particularly desirous of organizing a reunion of the 1918 unit of the Students Army Training Corp . A letter has been dispa tched to the Adjutant General of the Army, Wa r Department, Washington, D. C., in a n effort to obtain names of the members of the unit. Cha rlie is sta tioned at present in Troy, Ohio.

1925- Vince Koepnick is in the Advertising and Sales Promotion depa rtment of the Sta ndard Register

Compa ny, D ayton. Vince wa a campus visitor on M a rch 9.

1926- J ack R . Brown became the fa ther of a fin e baby girl, Ba rba ra, on M arch 4.

1929-Fra nk .J. Macklin, who joined Eastern Airlines in June, 1938, has been a ppointed to assume the duties of a newly-created position of Sales M anager. H e will be located a t executive office , 1775 Broadway, New York. H e is m arried, has one daughter a nd is a member of D elta Pi K ap pa fraternity.

1932 - Ca pt. William Hoefler has been assigned to the administrative work of the CCC camp a t St. Pari , 0. Hoefler had recently been connected with the city and county relief administra tions in D ayton.

John R. Ferree is in charge of production of paints a nd enamel a t the Argentina, S. A., plant of the Sherwin-Williams Compa ny. His home addre s is Ca ilia de Correa 1668, Buenos Aire , Argentina.

1933- H enry Brusma n, resident of Vandali~, Ohio, has been appointed United Sta tes D eputy M arshal.

1934- Wesley E. Snyder, representa tive for the Sta ndard Register Compa ny, D ayton , is residing a t 409 N. 23 St., Birmingham, Alabama . Dr. R alph .J. D eger, D .O., Dayton, will ma rry Miss Edna Ford in April. Sympathy is extended to R obert Collins on the death of his fa ther, Leo J. Collins. Mr. Collins met his death in a n auto crash in Cleveland on Februa ry 15.

1935- Mr. and Mrs. Ed M alloy (Thelma Brokschmidt ) a re announcing the birth of J ames H enry.

The family resides at 3409 N. M ain St., D ayton. Nel on Ruddy is associa ted with the Kro_g er Grocery and Ba king Company. His home address is Cor. H enderson a nd Olentangee Blvd., Columbus, Ohio.

1936- V erne M alloy is a representative of the D ayton office of the Canada Life Insurance Compa ny.

Duane Stump, who obtained his M aster's degree a t the University of Pittsburgh, is with the Con so lid a ted Millinery Company of H artford, Conn. Tim Whol ey ha been transferred from Cincinna ti to D ayton by the Interna tional H arve ter Compa ny, Truck Divi ion. Tim was a recent campus visitor. R. J. Ashma n, re pre se ntative with th e Sta nd a rd R egister Company, i living at 16 Pine Circle, Apt. C., Atlanta, Ga .

M a rtin Frederick Kuhn is doing Chemical Research work at a Niagara, N. Y., industrial pla nt. When

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the U. D . debaters met Niagara U. recently, Fred was on hand to meet the "boys from home". J ack Wick, Jr. proudly notifies us of the birth of a baby boy on M a rch 18. The Wick family re ides a t 3601 S. Lewis St., Tulsa Oklahoma . J ack is with the Gulf Oil Company.

193 7 - Leona rd Baker is with the a uditing d ep a rtme nt of the Standard R egister Compa ny, Dayton, Ohio. R obert Connelly is representa-â&#x20AC;˘ tive for the Addressograph- Multigraph Company in D ayton .

1938 - Louis D a rbier has returned to his na tive soil to fi ght with the French a rmy.

1939- Don Coa n is doing gradua te work in the Pittsburgh University School of R etailing. D on M alloy is doing Social Work with the Division of Public Assista nce in D ayton.

Walter Steffen, doing gradua te work a t Notre D ame where he hopes to complete his candidacy for the M asters degree in Philosophy a nd English by September of this year, was a campus visitor on M a rch 20.

Spring Spo rts (Continued fr om Page 4)

Only outstanding returning veteran is J ack Padley, who holds the U. D . stadium record of 9.8 second s for the 100 yd. dash, a nd T schudi mourns all the more since he has heard tha t Padley will also be on the baseball squad this spring. There is one consoling note, though. Several sophomores who won high school honors have reported and perhaps some track stars will be developed from a mong the number.

TRACK SCHEDULE April 20 April 27 April 30 May 4 May 14

Ohio Wesleyan Ohio U. Wilmington Wittenberg Wilmin gton

D elaware, 0 .

Ath ens, 0 .

Wilmington , 0 .

Springfi eld, 0 .

Dayton, 0 .

BASEBALL SCHEDULE M arch 30 March 3 1 April 6 April 7 AprillO April1 3 April14 Apri117 April 2 1 April 24 April 27 April 28 May 2 May 4 May II M ay 15 M a y 18 M ay 21 M ay 25 M a y 27

Frigidaire Frigida ire Frigidaire F rigid aire Cedarville Ohio Wesleyan Frigid aire Wilming ton Frigidaire Mia mi Cincinnati Frigida ire Ohio U .

Wilmington Ohio Wesleya n Ohio U .

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Dayton, 0 .

D a yton, 0 .

Dayton, 0.

Dayton, 0.

Cedarville, 0 .

D elaware, 0 .

D ayton, 0 .

Wilmin gton, 0 .

D ayton, 0.

Dayton, 0.

Cincinn a ti, 0 .

Dayton, 0 .

Athens, 0 .

D a yton, 0 .

D a yton, 0 .

D a yton, 0 .

D a yton, 0 .

Dayton, 0.

Oxford, 0.

D a yton, 0 .