The University of Dayton Alumnus, December 1941

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DECEMBER • 1941

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Dear Alumnus: In this year, 1941 , as a t no time in history is their the utmo t sincerity in the age-old expression, "Peace bn earth to men of good will ! " Perha ps it is a wishful thought, coming a t this time, but we offer it not so much for the present as for the great boundless future; tha t out of the horrors of this war may come a ju t and perpetual peace to all the peoples of the W or! d. On the eve of a nother glorious, albeit sad Christmas season, we say it again and again, '_'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace to men of good will ! "

-1941 IN REVIEWAs is the custom among all institutional enterprises, the close of a year brings inventory and a ta king stock of things accomplished.

The officers of your Alumni Association will soon meet to recount the various alumni projects of the past year.

We believe their report will prove most satisfactory in ma ny respects.

Projects a nd events of 194 1 were enthusiastic and well received ; Cha pter activity was accelera ted; one new Cha pter was organized ; the Homecoming was an outstanding uccess; the 1941 Alumni Fund which received impetus from the "All Out for Dayton" drive last April, howed definite promise for the future.

The goal set for the year · was $4000. This figure represents the actual cost of maintaining the Alumni Association for one year. It includes the publishing of the Aulmnu magazine, postage ; miscella neous printing, conducting of various cha pter projects and general associa tion events surh as the Homecoming, the Alumni Secretary's sala ry a nd the m aintena nce of the office a nd N.Y.A. staff.

At present the fund sta nds at $2032.50 or slightly more tha n half the hoped-for goal. The general fund of the University will have to sta nd the deficit. $2032.50 represents an increase over 1940 of nearly $1500, which is heartening to say the least.

If this percentage of increase maintain in 1942 the University of D ayton Alumni Associa tion will be on a self-sustaining basis for the first time in modern history. And we believe ( Continued on Page 3)

ESTABLISHED 1929 Vol. VII

December, 1941

No. 9

R . C. (Jim) BROWN ' 34 ... . .. . ... _. ..... . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . .. .. . . Editor ; JOHN C. KUSSMAN '43 ... . .. . . .. .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .. _. .. . . Assistant Editor

H awaiian Incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Hilltop H a ppenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sporting Scene .......... . . .. ..... .. .... . ..... . . . .. . . . . ...... . .... 4-5 Homecoming Huge Succe s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 In the M ailbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 With the Chapters .... . ......... . . . . ......... .. ........ . .. .. _. . . . . 7 Class Notes . ... .. ..... . ... . .. . . .... ..... . . . . .. . . .. . .. ... . _. . . . . . . 8 "Entered as second class ma tter April 15, 1940, at the Post Office, at Dayton, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879."

Issued Monthly-October through June SUBSCRIPTION- Per Yea r, including M embership in the Alumni Association, $4.00. Subscription alone, $2.00. Single copies, 25 cents.

Checks, drafts a nd money orders should be made payable to "The Alumni Association of the University of D ayton ."

For wills and other bequests, the legal title of the corporation is, "The University of D ayton, Dayton, Ohio."

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON - OFFICERSPresident . . .. ... . ... . ...... . . . ... . HoN. WM. H. WoLFF '31 , Dayton, Ohio Vice-President . .. . ..... . . .. . . . ...... .. CHARLES PFARRER '27, Dayton, Ohio Treasurer . . . . .. ... . . .. . . . . .. . .... . WM . J. REYNOLDS '29, Philadelphia, Pa .

(Terms expire Jun e, 1942) S ecretary . . ........ . .. . . R. C . Brown '34, D ayton, Ohio ( Appointive offi ce ) - DIRECTORSTerms expire June, 1942- JosEPH GoETZ '31 , Cincinnati ELMER WILL '37, Dayton Terms expire June, 1943- DR. LEON DEGER '10, Dayton DR. WALTER REILING '30, D ayton Terms expire June, 1944-PAUL MooRMAN '30, D ayton HuGH E. WALL, JR. '34, Dayton ALUMNI MEMBERS - BOARD OF ATHLETIC CONTROLTerms expire June, 1942-RoBERT C. PAYNE '34, Cincinnati LEo SPATZ '28, Dayton T erms expire June, 1943-Louis R. MAHRT '26, Dayton MERLE P. SMITH '25, Dayton Terms expire June, 1944-MARTIN C. KuNTZ '12, Dayton J. ELLIS MAYL '08, D ayton

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HOMECOMING WAS HUGE SUCCESS Agreed by everyone to be one of the most enthusiastic Homecomings in Dayton 's history, the 1941 " tribute to the old grads," a rranged with special honors to a former president, R ev. B. P. O'Reilly, S.M ., brought back countless nostalgic memorie to grads from all over the country. November 15 to these old grads meant coming "home" in every respect. The entertainment a rra nged especially for them ; the old friends they met; the old scenes and activities they relived - more than repaid them for their trips.

Sta rting Friday night with a pep rally and bonfire on the upper campus and the playing of "All H a il Thee, D ayton U." on the Fred Wa ring program, there was no cessation in the round of activitie . Sa turday morning the alumni headquarters a nd the corridors were a bedlam. And chief among the things to be seen was the "rogues' gallery" of old time picture mounted on the walls of the alumni office. There were more than 200 of them. M erle P. Smith, in cha rge of registration and welcome, reported that 1941 marked the largest registration in history !

V a rious student organizations cooperated in decora ting the staid old halls of the campus a they had never been decorated before. An alumni committee, consisting of John Ladner, J oseph H olscher and R obert M .

Payne, inspected the variou s halls and decreed that the boys in Alumni hall h ad shown the most industry and ingenuity in their decora tive scheme a nd hence awarded them first prize for decora tions.

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Ellis M ay!, in charge of the luncheon, a rranged a tasty menu for the alumni and their friends and reported a very satisfactory a ttendance.

The luncheon ma rked the first of a series of tributes to the guest of honor, Fa ther O'Reilly. Huston Brown, toastmaster and chairman of the presenta tion committee, introduced Fa ther O'Reilly to the group and, in behalf of the Alumni Associa tion, presented him with a purse of fifty dollars to be used for a particula r project a t Fa ther O'Reilly's church, M ary, H elp of Christia ns, O sborn, Ohio.

Bro. William ]. Wohlleben, head of the depa rtment of chemi try, read a telegram received by him from one

of his former students, Victor Ema nuel '1 5. The telegram was as follows : MY DEAR FRIEND : I HAVE JUST READ IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ALUMNUS OF THIS YEAR'S HOMECOMING AND ITS DEDICATION TO FATHER O'REILLY .

I WOULD LJKE YOU AS MY NEXT CLOSEST FRIEND, TEACHER AND MENTOR OF THOSE HAPPY YEARS OF LONG AGO TO KNOW WHAT I HAVE JUST TELEGRAPHED FATHER O'REILLY TO OSBORN .

QUOTE. JUST READ IN ALUMNUS THAT HOMECOMING THIS YEAR DEDICATED TO YOU . CANNOT IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE FITTING EXCEPT THAT EVERY HOMECOMING BE SO DEDICATED . WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON CAN NEVER BE EXPRESSED IN THIS OR ANY OTHER CEREMONY BUT ONLY WITH THE PASSING OF GENERATIONS WHO WILL MORE AND MORE BENEFIT FROM YOUR WORK . I AM ONLY SORRY I CANNOT BE PRESENT TO PERSONALLY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR THE EARLY TRAINING YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY GAVE ME IN MY FORMATIVE PERIOD WHICH HAS MEANT MORE AND MORE WITH THE PASSING OF THE YEARS . I AM HERE FOR LONG DEFERRED AND MUCH NEEDED REST BUT WILL LOOK CONFIDENTLY FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT NEXT YEAR'S HOMECOMING. WITH EVER LOVING GRATITUDE TO YOU AS A GREAT EDUCATOR , ADMINISTRATOR AND WISE COUNSELLOR, I AM AS EVER, ONE OF YOUR OLD BOYS. END QUOTE .

I WOULD DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT, MY OLD FRIEND,IFYOU WOULD PERSONALLY GRASP FATHER O'REILLY'S HAND AND TELL IDM FOR ME HOW MUCH I WISH I COULD BE THERE ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION. I WISH TOO I COULD FURTHER PRESUME ON YOUR KINDNESS TO ASK YOU TO GIVE MY EVERY GOOD WISH TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, REV . JOHN A . ELBERT, WHO IS DOING SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB . TO MY OTHER OLD TEACHERS AND FRIENDS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND TO MY CLASSMATES , WITH EVERY GOOD WISH IN THE WORLD TO YOU, VICTOR EMANUEL '15

The following was another telegram received by Fa ther O'Reilly a t the luncheon : CONGRATULATIONS AND VERY BEST WISHES. PEGGY ANN , DONALD LEONA ANDEULOGIUS LAUSE '22

Between halves of the Flyer-North Da kota game, F a ther O'Reilly was again the recipient of public tribute as he was presented to the Homecoming audience by Judge Wm . H. Wolff, president of the Alumni Associa tion.

F ather O'Reilly, addressing the crowd, reminisced on the dream of the D ayton Stadium, of its actual construction and of the ma ny civic a nd cultural affairs held within its spacious confines. F a ther Elbert paid further tribute to the former president.

The student Spirit Committee presented a lively half-time presenta tion

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dedicated to the grads a nd was assisted by the Flyer ba nd under the direction of M a urice R. R eicha rd '35.

The Homecoming Queen, a ttended by senior class president, Cha rles Whalen, wa Miss Phyllis Niswonger '42, D ayton.

After the game, the annual gettogether for alumni and their friends took place in the gymna ium. John J. Ladner, pre ident of the Chicago chapter, was cha irman. A throng of over 300 per ons jammed the old gym a nd m ade the ra fters ring. Sin cere~ t a pprecia tion for the success of the "after game pa rty" goes to Chicago, Cincinnati, Blue Grass a nd Mia mi V alley cha pters; to Nick Gausepohl, Covington, a nd to Carl Ruh, Covington, for fin a ncial help and coopera tion. John Ladner, Chicago ; Adam We terkamp, Cincinnati; Ed Lange, Covington , and J ames ].

H artnett, Miami V alley, represented their variou chapters with the a rrangement .

The Homecoming dance, held in the evening a t the Mia mi hotel, was a rranged by Todd Mumma, chairm an, a nd his committee of the following: Thomas H aacke, H a rry C. H eider, Paul G. Muth, Robert Lauterbach a nd Michael]. Usas. The la rgest crowd in history was in a ttendance.

The Homecoming has come a nd gone. Already we look forwa rd to a n even bigger and better affair m 1942.

JIMMY CONZELMAN (Continued from Page 5)

Pinciotti, Bill Powers, Lela nd Schmidt, Pa ul R yan, Bob Miller, H a rold Mouch and Joe McSha ne. Senior managers Gene Stalzer and Dick Doyle also received monograms.

Sponsored by the Miami V alley Chapter of the Alumni Association, the testimonial banquet was made a success through the efforts of the following committee under the chairmanship of George Kramer: Ed Loges, Mrs. John Westendorf, J. Ellis M ay!, J ames H artnett, H enry Malloy, Joseph O'Dell, J a mes Connelly, Hugh E . Wall, Jr., James Duffy, Dr. Walter R eiling, R ay Miller, Gene Litkowski, Robert M. Payne, Huston Brown and H enry Rechtien.

The beautiful banquet menu was printed through the courtesy of Frank Zindorf a nd Art Huber of the Beringer Printing Compa ny, printers of the Alumnus.

ler pounded through left guard for 34 yard and the first score of the day.

A few minutes later after an intercepted pass placed the ball on the Flyer 7, Chet Mutryn, sensationa l X avier halfback, scored over right guard .

The first time X gained possession of the ball in the second half they chalked up their third m arker. After the Flyers had kicked the Musketeers worked the ball to the 30 from where Himmler scored on a bea utiful run.

Their fourth a nd last score came after a sustained drive had placed the ball on the D ayton one from where Gilmartin scored from the T formation.

The Flyers were unable to get going all afternoon and only once did they show signs of a long march down the field. This came in the fourth period when they took the ball on their own 20 and worked it to the Xavier 43 before they were stopped.

DAYTON-NORTH DAKOTA BENO KEITER , PAUL R YAN AND JOE QUINN were the h eroes of the h our a t the Flyer s' T estimonia l Ban q u et. K eiter and R yan were nam ed h on or a r y co-Captains of the 19 4.1 team. Quin n wa s "Most Valuable" player and won the Fredr ick Howell trophy.

1941 FOOTBALL ROUND-UP BULLETIN! Beno K eiter, stellar Flyer end, was named on the United Press All-Ohio team. Acclaimed as one of the greatest end ever turned out at the Hilltop institution, Beno booted two fi eld goals and 12 extra points to revive the art of pl ace kicking on Buckeye gridirons. His 26-yard field goal again t Cincinnati gave the Flyers a 3 to 0 victory in that game.

DAYTON-CINCINNATI It was Beno K eiter's educated toe that provided the m argin of victory over the Cincinna ti Bearcats in the Flyer stadium on November 2. K eiter's field goal, which came in the first period, \4.'as the only score of the day.

The win was the sixth in seven starts for the Flyers this year.

Mid-way in the first quarter Bill Knisley broke away on a h alf spinner a nd carried the ball 38 yards before h was brought down on the Bearcat 11 . After three plays had fa il ed to gain K eiter dropped back a nd kicked his three-pointer . Later in the first

quarter the Flyers worked the ball to the Cincinna ti 24 but here the Bearcat line held. Shortly before the half _ ended Cincinna ti had the ball on the Dayton 28, which was the closest they could get all day.

The second half developed into a punting duel between D ayton's Joe Quinn a nd Mike Gretchen of the Bearca ts and neither team threatened to score till sensational runs of 27 and 36 yards by H a rold Mouch put the Flyers deep in Cincinnati territory.

However the Flyers lacked the scoring punch and the game ended 3 to 0 for Dayton.

DAYTON-XAVIER The Musketeers of X avier ran over the Dayton Flyers 27 to 0 in a game pl ayed in Cincinnati before a capacity crowd of 14,000. The Dayton tea m was outplayed in every department a nd at no point in the contest did it look like the team th a t had won 6 of its 7 previou games.

From the opening kickoff it was definitely X avier's ball game. Early in the 2nd quarter H alfback Himm-

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The Flyers bounced back into the win column on November 15 with a 40 to 0 win over North D akota University in the annual homecoming game. This was the seventh win of the year for the Flyers and enabled them to finish the season with their home goal line uncrossed.

The game was just seven minutes old when the Flyers scored their first touchdown. After ta king the ball on their 35 the Flyers drove to pay dirt without losing the ball, Quinn scoring from the inches line. Later in the same quarter a pass interception led to another marker. From the Sioux 47 Knisley passed to Westendorf who wa brought down on the eight. Four plays la ter Knisley scored from the one yard marker .

In the second quarter with the second team performing the Flyers added two more markers. Both were scored by Mouch, the first from the six and the second on a 56 yard run after a pass interception .

In the last two quarters the Flyers added two more touchdowns. The first came as Westendorf passed to Quinn in the end zone a nd the last as Lou Priske cored on an enda round from the five. The first downs were 14 to 8 in favor of the.Flyers.

DAYTON-OHIO U. Playing their second game in five days a dog-tired Flyer team dropped a 21 to 7 decisioPI to the Bobcats of

BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jun. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.

FLYER CAGERS FACE HEAVY SI(ED

9-Rio Grunde ut Duyton 13-Wilmington ut Duyton 16-Wittenberg at Dayton 17-Wichita at Duyton 6-Cedurville at Dayton 10--Marshall ut Dayton 13-0hio U. ut Athens 17-Xavier at Dayton 21-Miami at Oxford 24-Cincinnati ut Cincinnati 31-Youngstown at Dayton 7-0hio U. at Dayton 10--Miami at Dayton 14-Cincinnati ut Dayton 16-lndiana Tech at Dayton 19-Wittenberg at Springfield Feb. 27-Marshull at Huntington, \V. Va. Feb. 28-Xuvier at Cincinnati

Announcement of an IR-game basketball schedule for the D ayton Flyers has been made by Coach Jim Carter, who is beginning his third year as Flyer cage mentor. With several veterans on hand the team gives every indica tion that it will develop into a winning combine.

Four regulars from last year's team were present for the first practice.

They were: center Cha rlie McCios-

1941 FOOTBALL FINALS

Jimmy Conzelman, head coach of the Chicago Cardinals, was the principal speaker at the annual football testimonial banquet held a t the Biltmore hotel. The large crowd on hand enthusiastically received Conzelma n's speech in which he rela ted some of the more humorous incidents in his own playing a nd coaching career. Mr. Albert Scha rrer was toastmaster.

Elected honorary co-captains for the season just past were Paul R yan and Beno Keiter. K eiter also was awarded the player development trophy for outsta nding improvements in physique and playing ability during his three years of varsity football.

Sept. 19-Hillsdale (won 62-0) Sept. 26-Detroit Tech (won 75-0) Oct. 4-Marshall (won 7-0) Oct. I I -Tennessee at Knoxville (lost 26-0) Oct. 18-Miami (won 16-0) Oct. 25-Wichita at Wichita (won 14-6) Nov. !-Cincinnati (won 3-0) Nov. 9-Xavier at Cincinnati (lost 27-0) Nov. IS-North Dakota (Homecoming) (won 40-0) Nov. 20--0hio U. at Athens (lost 21-7) Seuson's record Won 7 Lost 3

Ohio U. in a Thanksgiving day game.

All three of Ohio U.'s touchdowns were scored by their hard running fullback, John Fekete.

The two teams played through a scoreless first quarter but in the second Fekete took the ball on the Ohio 43 and behind perfect blocking scored the first marker of the day. Again in the third quarter it was Fekete, this time his score coming on a jaunt from his own 36. A Flyer fumble set up the third Bobcat score and Fekete scored on a plunge from the 2.

The Flyers drove into what might be termed scC?ring territory four times during the afternoon, but cashed in only once, as fumbles and incomplete passes on fourth down stopped their other chances. It was Milt McGuire who sparked the Flyers on their touchdown drive and who took a pass on the 13 from Knisley for the Flyers' lone tally.

The game marked the last a ppea rance for six senior Flyer gridders.

They were Joe Quinn, Jim Fiorita, Hugh Scott, Beno K eiter, Joe McShane and Paul Ryan.

JIMMY CONZELMAN SPEAKS TO FLYERS

key, forward s Bob K avana ugh a nd J erry We tendorf, and gua rd Bill Knisley. In addition to the e holdovers there are several first year men on the squad who may give some of the regulars a stiff fight for their jobs.

Among these are Bob Swa rtzel, former Germa ntown high school standout; Don Cla udepierre, a la nky sophomore from H a milton ; H a rold Kna pke, a guard from Ft. R ecovery, Ohio; Bob H eidkamp, former O akwood sta r a nd Bob Perkins, 6 foot 6 inch center from Purcell high school.

New opponents on thi year' schedule are Wichita, India na T ech and Rio Grande.

Joe Quinn, who was the Flyers' leading scorer, was presented the " most valuable player" trophy, presented by Judge Fredrick Howell.

The 27 player who were awarded monograms were: Bob Mcintire, Jim Fiorita, Jim Fenton, J ack Castignola, Bill Goss, Joe Zoul, Orla ndo M a rtino, H a rry Zavakos, Bill Sauerma n, Lou Priske, Bill Kni ley, Wa lter Zach, Paul O'Rourke, John M arschall, Jerry Westendorf, Joe Quinn, Dick Strugarek, Hugh Scott, Beno K eiter, Don (Con tinued on Page 6)

JIMMY CONZELMAN IS IN THE MIDDLE as he holds gridiron gabfest with Coaches Baujan and Carter prior to Testimonial Banquet. Conzelman, coach of the Chicago Cardinals, is universally recognized as the best of football banquet raconteurs.

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HOMECOMING WAS HUGE SUCCESS Agreed by everyone to be one of the most enthusiastic Homecomings in D ayton's history, the 1941 "tribute to the old grads," a rranged with special honors to a former president, R ev. B. P. O'Reilly, S.M., brought back countless nostalgic memories to grads from all over the country. November 15 to t hese old grads meant coming "home" in every respect. The entertainment a rranged especially for them; the old friends they met; the old scenes and activities they relived - more than repa id them for their trips.

Starting Friday night with a pep rally and bonfire on the upper campus and the playing of " All H a il Thee, D ayton U." on the Fred Waring program, there was no cessation in the round of activities. Saturday morning the alumni headqua rters a nd the corridors were a bedlam . And chief among the things to be seen was the "rogues' gallery" of old time pictures mounted on the walls of the alumni office. There were more than 200 of them. Merle P. Smith, in charge of registration a nd welcome, reported that 194 1 ma rked the largest registra tion in history !

V arious student organizations cooperated in decora ting the sta id old halls of the campus as they had never been decorated before. An alumni committee, consisting of J ohn Ladner, J oseph Holscher and R obert M .

Payne, inspected the variou s h alls and decreed tha t the boys in Alumni hall had shown the most industry and ingenuity in their decora tive scheme and hence awarded them first prize for decora tions.

LUNCHEON

J.

Ellis M ayl, in charge of the luncheon, arranged a tasty menu for the alumni and their friends a nd reported a very satisfactory a ttenda nce.

The luncheon ma rked the first of a series of tributes to the guest of honor, F a ther O'Reilly. Huston Brown, toastmaster and chairman of the presenta tion committee, introduced Fa ther O'Reilly to the group and, in behalf of the Alumni Associa tion, presented him with a purse of fifty dolla rs to be u sed for a particula r project a t F a ther O'Reilly's church, M ary, H elp of Christians, O sborn, Ohio.

Bro. William J. Wohlleben, head of the depa rtment of chemistry, read a telegram received by him from one

of his former students, Victor Emanuel '1 5. The telegram was as follows : MY DEAR FRIEND : I HAVE JUST READ IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ALUMNUS OF THIS YEAR'S HOMECOMING AND ITS DEDICATION TO FATHER O 'REILLY .

I WOULD LJKE YOU AS MY NEXT CLOSEST FRIEND, TEACHER AND MENTOR OF THOSE HAPPY YEARS OF LONG AGO TO KNOW WHAT I HAVE JUST TELEGRAPHED FATHER O'REILLY TO OSBORN .

QUOTE . JUST READ IN ALUMNUS THAT HOMECOMING THIS YEAR DEDICATED TO YOU . CANNOT IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE FITTING EXCEPT THAT EVERY HOMECOMING BE SO DEDICATED . WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON CAN NEVER BE EXPRESSED IN THIS OR ANY OTHER CEREMONY BUT ONLY WITH THE PASSING OF GENERATIONS WHO WILL MORE AND MORE BENEFIT FROM YOUR WORK . I AM ONLY SORRY I CANNOT BE PRESENT TO PERSONALLY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR THE EARLY TRAINING YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY GAVE ME IN MY FORMATIVE PERIOD WHICH HAS MEANT MORE AND MORE WITH THE PASSING OF THE YEARS . I AM HERE FOR LONG DEFERRED AND MUCH NEEDED REST BUT WILL LOOK CONFIDENTLY FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT NEXT YEAR'S HOMECOMING .

WITH EVER LOVING GRATITUDE TO YOU AS A GREAT EDUCATOR, ADMINISTRATOR AND WISE COUNSELLOR, I AM AS EVER, ONE OF YOUR OLD BOYS. END QUOTE .

I WOULD DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT, MY OLD FRIEND, IF YOU WOULD PERSONALLY GRASP FATHER O 'REILLY'S HAND AND TELL IDM FOR ME HOW MUCH I WISH I COULD BE THERE ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION . I WISH TOO I COULD FURTHER PRESUME ON YOUR KINDNESS TO ASK YOU TO GIVE MY EVERY GOOD WISH TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, REV . JOHN A . ELBERT, WHO IS DOING SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB . TO MY OTHER OLD TEACHERS AND FRIENDS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND TO MY CLASSMATES , WITH EVERY GOOD WISH IN THE WORLD TO YOU, VICTOR EMANUEL ' 15

The following was another telegram received by F a ther O'Reilly a t the luncheon : CONGRATULATIONS AND VERY BEST WISHES . PEGGY ANN, DONALD LEONA AND EULOGIUS LAUSE '22

Between halves of the Flyer-North Dakota game, F a ther O'Reilly was again the recipient of public tribute as he was presented to the Homecoming audience by Judge Wm . H . Wolff, president of the Alumni Association.

F ather O'Reilly, addressing the crowd, reminisced on the dream of the Dayton Stadium, of its actual construction and of the ma ny civic and cultural affa irs held within its spacious confines. Fa ther Elbert paid further tribute to the former president.

The student Spirit Committee presented a lively half-time presentation

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dedicated to the grads and was assisted by the Flyer ba nd under the direction of M aurice R. R eichard '35 .

The Homecoming Queen, a ttended by senior class president, Charles Whalen, was Miss Phyllis Niswonger '42, D ayton .

After the game, the a nnual gettogether for alumni and their friends took place in the gymnasium. John J .

Ladner, president of the Chicago chapter, was cha irman. A throng of over 300 persons jammed the old gym and made the rafters ring. Sin ce re~t a pprecia tion for the success of the "after game party" goes to Chicago, Cincinna ti, Blue Grass and Miami V alley cha pters; to Nick Gausepohl, Covington, a nd to Carl Ruh, Covington, for fin ancial help and cooperation. John Ladner, Chicago; Adam Westerkamp, Cincinnati; Ed Lange, Covington, and J ames J .

H artnett, Mia mi V alley, represented their various chapters with the arrangements.

The Homecoming da nce, held in the evening at the Miami hotel, was arranged by Todd Mumma, chairma n, and his committee of the following: Thomas H aacke, H arry C .

H eider, Paul G. Muth, Robert Lauterbach a nd Michael J. Usas. The largest crowd in history was in a ttenda nce.

The H omecoming has come and gone. Already we look forwa rd to an even bigger and better affair m 1942.

JIMMY CONZELMAN (Co ntinued from Pa ge 5)

Pinciotti, Bill Powers, Leland Schmidt, Paul R yan, Bob Miller, H a rold Mauch and Joe McSha ne. Senior managers Gene Stalzer and Dick Doyle also received monograms.

Sponsored by the Miami V alley Chapter of the Alumni Associa tion, the testimonial ba nquet was made a success through the efforts of the following committee under the chairma nship of George Kramer : Ed Loges, Mrs. John Westendorf, J. Ellis M ayl, J ames Hartnett, H enry M alloy, Joseph O'Dell, J ames Connelly, Hugh E. Wall, Jr., James Duffy, Dr. Walter Reiling, R ay Miller, Gene Litkowski, Robert M . Payne, Huston Brown and H enry R echtien.

The beautiful ba nquet menu was printed through the courtesy of Fra nk Zindorf and Art Huber of the Beringer Printing Compa ny, printers of the Alumnus.

In the Mailbag COOK RECOVERING

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G ENTL E M E N :

This is to notify you of my cha nge of address and to request tha t you be kind enough to mail all future copies of the Alumnus to : 33-33 70 th street, J ackson H eights, L. I., N. Y. Tha nking you for this favor, I a m, Very truly yours, Joe Cook '09 (Editor's note: Walter Winchell reported on D ecember 1 tha t Mr. Cook was recupera ting from a serious illness.)

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SENT TO PUERTO RICO D EAR jiM :

I wish I could find out how D ayton did again t X avier and North D a kota and how about tha t Tha nksgiving game against Ohio U. next Thursday?

M y new address is : Puerto Rican G e n e r a l D epot, F ort Bu c h a n a n, Puerto R ico.

If you hadn't heard, I was called to active duty O ctober 1. I spent a month a t F ort Sheridan, Ill., a nd sailed from New York November 6.

After a six-day trip ( including a twoday stop a t Bermuda) I arrived last Wednesday. Ever since I got on th a t boa t I lost track of footba ll. Newspapers from the Sta tes in the Officers' Club are ten days old a nd short wave sta tions a ren't on the air a t the right time or something.

Am going to be here a t Bucha na n for 30 days and then to orne other post on the I sland as sales offi cer.

H ave quite a lot of studying to do to ma ke my engineering education meet the requirements for commissary opera tion.

H aving perfect weather here. Each day tempera ture rises to 80 or 85 degrees and a t night it goes down to 65· or 70. It is ra ther damp here, but not so bad.

Na tives here all speak Spanish (another pa rt of my education which was badly neglected ). Am picking it up slowly by force. "H e who knows no Spanish shall hunger a nd thirst for his lack of knowledge."

R egards to the faculty a nd all the alumni.

Sincerely, Lt. Willia m C. Hill '40 Puerto R ico

L a rry Mulligan played host to the chapter a nd also officia lly initia ted his new game room on ovember 1.

Business of the meeting was the discussion of plans for H omecomjng.

Incidentally, La rry was introduced

to the entire student body at the pep rally and bonfire the nigh t before H omecom ing. La rry add ressed the students as a "member of the U niversity of D ayton's fir t foo tball team."

A picture of those in attenda nce a t the meeting accompanies this a rticle.

MIAMI VALLEY

BLUE GRASS (Covington )

The cha pter met regula rl y during the football eason to see movies of the games and to discuss ticket sale a nd plans for H omecoming. M eetings were held in Chaminade Clubroom O ctober 8 and 15 and November 5, 12 and 26. M ovies were shown of the M a rshall, T ennessee, Cincinn ati, X avier, Ohio U . a nd North D a kota games. J ames J. H artnett, president, presided .

Next meeting will be held in J a nua ry. New offi cers a re sla ted for induction a t tha t time.

Last meeting of the chap ter, called

by Ed La nge, president, was held at the H eidelberg Brewery on December 8. Following the business e ion, the group was enterta ined a t the Lookout H ouse.

Pre-Homecoming meet ing of the chapter, on N ovember 10, likewise held a t the H eidelberg Brewery through the courtesy of Carl Ruh '40, was a ttended by the alumni secreta ry a nd J ack R . Brown of the a thletic depa rtment. Ada m Westerkamp of the Cincinna ti chapter was a lso present as a guest.

DETROIT

HILLTOP HAPPENINGS

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a group of civil engineering students. The unit provides facilities for te ts on wa ter under constant pressure . . . Several outstanding U. D. ·tudent were listed in the a nnual edition of " Who's Who Among Students in American U niversities a nd Colleges." . . . M eans of putting into action the recently formed University of D ayton Founda tion, Inc., a non-profit corpora tion established to receive a nd administer endowment funds of the U niversity of D ayton, was discussed a t the first meeting of the current academic year of the lay board of trustees . . . The U . D . M a thema tics club sponsored a symposium recently on a pplied ma thema tic . Guest speakers were Carl A. Ludeke and William E. R estemeyer of the University of Cincinna ti faculty.

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1907- Hubert J . Braun, Chicago, head of the Braun Music Publi hing Co., was the publisher of the new hit tune, "The Shrine of St. Cecilia," recorded successfull y by AI Donahue, Sa mmy K aye, Eddy Duchin, K a te Smith, Andrews Sister , Bob H a nnon a nd V augnn Monroe. Dorothy Kil gallen, syndi ca ted columni t, awa rded the la tter recording a "gold star."

1909--Fra ncis C. Canny, D ayton, United Sta te di trict a ttorney, has formed a law pa rtnership with Clifford R. Curtner.

1922 (H. S.)-Roy A. Dye, New York, has been promoted to the position of as istant vice-president of the Bankers Tru t Co., New York City.

1927- Frank G. "Bill" Belanich, Clevela nd, volunteered his coaching ervices to H erb Ei ele a nd Ab Strosnider a t Ca thedral La tin high during the past sea on. Edwin Yagow, D alla, T ex., wa a campus vi itor, ovember 1, 194 1.

1928- D ewitt C . Ashton owns and opera te the " M anha ttan Bar" located a t 224 M a in treet, Sarasota, Fla . Gilbert Stallka mp, formerly of Delpho , re ides a t 803 eal avenue, D ayton, and is connected with Leland Electric C o. H oward L. H a rtma n, West H a rtford, Conn ., has been appointed as ista nt general manager of Cha ndler-Evans Corp ., M eriden, Conn .

193o-Lt. Paul A. Moorma n is with the Air Corps basic flying school a t Sebring, Fla . Clem Pa ter, Jr., H a milton, was m arried on November 29 to Miss Ro ema ry Albers a t St. M ary church, H yde Park, Cincinna ti.

1932- Ca pt. Edward A. Greer is with the Infantry School a t Fort Benning, Ga. Ca pt. Greer's fa ther, Edwa rd R . Greer, died in Wa hington, D. C., a nd wa buried in D ayton, November 17.

1933- Eugene Zimmerman of Dayton, was recently married to Miss Dorothy Krebs.

1934- Lt. Wesley E. Snyder, Birmingham (Ala .) Ordnance Di trict, was a campu vi itor recently.

D on ald Neu is employed a t N ational Cash Regi ter Company, D ayton, and resides a t 61 3 D akota street, D ayton .

1935- Lt. Ben A. Levy, D ayton, is a ttending the Adjutant General school a t the Arlington Ca ntonment, Washington, D. C. Elwood B. Zim-

mer, D ayton, recently addres ed the Na tional Associa tion of Co t Accounta nts on the subject, " The Wage a nd Hour Laws." (ex) .Jame Mitchell, D ayton, manager of the Frigidaire employee ' credit union, was a campus vi itor November 14.

1936- Peter Zurlinden is with the staff of the Ohio Sta te Journal, Columbu . A on, Ca rroll Michael, was born to Mr. a nd Mr . Carroll Scholle, Chicago, on D ecember 5.

O scar Focke, Jr., D ayton, has been n amed sales ma nager for the Sigritz Beverage Co. 1937- Dr. John A. R eiling was ma rried to Mis J a ne Kirby in Newton Center, M as., on November 22 .

Lt. H erbert Greuter i sta tioned a t Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico. Lt. Donald A. K ersting will be ma rried to Miss La ura Adeline D emmer a t the po t cha pel, Fort J ack on, S. C., on J a nua ry 3, 1942. M a rtin J. Hillenbra nd, with the American Consula te in Ra ngoon, Burma, was ma rried on June 27. John O'Brien, Ga rland, T ex., connected with the a tional Concrete Fireproofing Co., was host to Berna rd "T ex" Moore and Robert Smith ('38) a t his home in Ga rland on Homecoming D ay. The group telephoned the campu long distance to "get the core of the big game."

1938- V enita M a rie Strain is engaged to be ma rried to Lt. J ames L .

Ballard, Fort Benning, Ga . William Sachs, Washington, D. C., will ma rry Miss Cecilia H amilton in Washington on December 2 7.

1939--Thomas E. M aher, D ayton, was ma rried to Miss Sarah J ane Stanley a t St. Albert the Great church, D ayton, on November 19.

Lt. Robert F . Moran, M arion, Ohio, was ma rried to Mis Virginia Roget M eyer a t Corozal cha pel in the Ca nal Zone on O ctober 29. Lt. Mora n h as been ta tioned a t Fort Clayton in the Canal Zone, but expects to leave shortly for Trinidad . D on M alloy is an avia tion cadet a t M axwell Field, Montgomery, Ala . Sgt. James M a rtin, D ayton, was a campus visitor on November 13. M arija ne Spitler and A. William Schneble, Jr., both of D ayton, both chemical department gradua te , will be married D ecember 27 a t Corpus Christi church, D ayton.

Mr. Schneble recently received hi Doctor of Science degree in M etal-

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lurgy a t M assachusetts Institute of T echnology. George Zahn and Virginia Finke ('40) will be ma rried F ebrua ry 7 a t Corpu Christi church, D ayton.

1940- Lt. J ack Padley, Q.M.C., is sta tioned a t Ca therine La ke, N. C .

J ack played with the M a rine football team during the past eason. Lt. William Hill, Chicago, wa a campus vi itor on November 1. Lt. Hill ha recently been tra nsferred to Puerto Rico. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas (K aye H erold ex '40) Pittsburgh, Pa., were campus visitors on November 28. Joseph H ettinger is a chemical engineer a t the India na Ordna nce Works, Cha rle ton, Ind. M elvin Mueller, engineering cadet in the Air Corps, sta tioned a t Cha nute Field, R a ntoul, Ill., was a campus visitor D ecember 10.

1941- Cha rles A.Leye ,Jr., D ayton, has joined the a rmy air corps a t K elly Field, San Antonio, T ex. L t.

J ames F . Winter is with Company M , 48 Q. M . Reg., Fort M cClella n, Ala. Cla rke V. Kirby, D ayton, has been commi ioned a n ensign with the U. S. Navy and has reported to the Third Naval district, ew York, N. Y. William Connelly and Dorothy Bradford, both of D ayton, will be ma rried a t H oly Angels church, Dayton, on December 27. Lt. Robert Q .

Jone, Camp Wheeler, Ga ., will be ma rried in J a nuary to Miss Betty J ane M anley of D ayton . Pvt. J ohn F. Glemet is sta tioned a t Ba ttery E, 52 C. A., F ort H a ncock, N. J .

HAW AllAN INCIDENT (Co ntinue d f rom Page 3)

George K. Houghta iling, Samuel V .

K. Hipa, George L . Freita , John M cColgan, Philip Chun, Erne t M. Calhau, Jo eph C . Cabrinha, August Cabrinha and H enry M eyer.

FORMER FACULTY M embers of the Society of M a ry, formerly on the D ayton faculty or students in the day school, now loca ted a t St. Louis College, include : R ev. Berna rd Miesler, Bro. Paul Sibbing, director of the college, and Bro. Fred Hiehle.

St. Louis College is one of four schools opera ted by the Society of M ary in H awaii.