The University of Dayton Alumnus, April & May 1943

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"G ood-bye U. D. - Hello U. S."

APRIL MAY

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1943

Dear Alumnus: The contribution of D ayton alumni to the successful action in North Africa may be adequately measured by the casualty lists from tha t area.

Capt. John Bohlender is the one known death. Ca pt. Don Kerst.ing, Capt. Dan Adams, C a pt.

Thomas Hoban a nd Pvt. David McConnaughey were wounded.

All are recover_ing. Lt. Wesley E. Snyder was returned from the ba ttle zone suffering from shock.

McConna ughey, Fred Sommers and Lt. Leo Farber were ta ken prisoner a nd interned in Germa ny.

M cConnaughey a nd K ersting a re known to have been decora ted . Ca pt.

K ersting was awarded the silver star for galla ntry in action. His cita tion, signed by Gen. Robinett, is as follows : "On the morning of Feb. 22, the second battalion, sixth a rmored infa ntry regiment, was subjected to a strong enemy a ttack by infa ntry with supporting a rtillery. During the initial action Capt. K ersting received a painful wound from a shell fragment in his back. Refu sing to be evacua ted, Ca pt. K ersting rema ined in the front line with his men, directing his comma nd through the day's action in such superior ma nner as to defea t all efforts by the enemy in hi s sector. By his skillful leadership, bravery a nd coolness while under continuous enemy a rtillery a nd small arms fire, Ca pt.

K ersting was a consta nt inspira tion to his men a nd grea tly con tributed to the defeat of the enemy in this sector."

In the South Pacific thea ter of war the ca ualty list is even bl acker.

Lt. Charl es J. Litkowski a nd S/ Sgt. Edward Hakes were killed in action . Lt. Tim Wholey, Lt. AJ Suttman a nd Lt. Webster Smyers a re J a pa ne e prisoners of war.

European casualties include Lt. Frank Zavakos a nd Lt. Howard W. Kelly, killed in action.

En s. Harry Raterman, En s.

Bruce James, a nd Pvt. Loui s A.

(S ee DEAR ALUMNUS, Page 6)

Front cove < F or the most part, for the male members of the Class of '43, it was a ma tter of a few days between civilia n clothes, cap a nd gown and ncle Sam's G.I. special.

J ack Murp , Alumni H all , is our "cover ma n' ,

ESTABLISHED 1929 Vol. IX

April, M ay, 1943

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R. C. (Jim ) BROWN '34 . .... . ... .. . . . .... . . . ......... . .. . .. . . . Editor BETTY MA YL '43 . ... .. . . . .. . . . .. ....... . . .... . . . . . . .. Assistant Editor

Letters from the Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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159 Degrees Awarded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 E.R.C . M en Called To Duty .. .. ... . . ....... . .. .. . . . .. . . . ... .. . . . ... 4 Bro. Drufner Dies ...... . .............. .. . . . . ... . . ... . .. . . .. ....... 5 Jim Ca rter Resign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 "The Last Full Measure" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Class otes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 "Entered as second class matter April 15, 1940, at the Post Office, at Dayton, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879."

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

Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to "The Alumni Association of the University of Dayton."

For wills and other bequests, the legal title of the corporation is, "The University of Dayton, 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. ( T erms expire Commencem ent, 1943) Secretary . . ...... .. ..... R. C. Brown '34, Dayton, Ohio ( Appointive office ) - DIRECTORST erms expire Commencement, 1943- J osEPH GoETZ '31, D ayton ELMER WILL '37, Dayton T erms expire Homecoming, 1943- DR. LEON DEGER '10, Dayton DR. WALTER REILING '30, Dayton T erms expire Homecoming, 1944--PAUL MooRMAN '30, Dayton HuGH E. WALL, JR. '34, Dayton ALUMNI MEMBERS - BOARD OF ATHLETIC CONTROLTerms expire January, 1943-RoBERT C. PAYNE '34, Cincinnati LEo SPATZ '28, Dayton Terms expire January, 1 ~44--Loms R . MAHRT '26, Dayton MERLE P. SMITH '25, Dayton Terms expire January, 1945-MARTIN C. KuNTZ '12, Dayton J . ELus MA YL '08, Dayton

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about the boys Gene knew at school.

Thanks for the pa t copies.

Mr. a nd Mrs. Walter Placke D ayton , Ohio

Praises A.S.C.E. Don E. Rist President Student Chapter A.S.C.E. Dayton University D ayton, Ohio D ear Sir:

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Your a rticle entitled, " Story of the A.S.C .E.", a ppearing in the February issue of the "U niversity of D ayton Alumnus" was much a pprecia ted by the writer.

Fortuna tely during the period ending 1930 the engineering cl ass of tha t time was privileged to have as professors Brother Berna rd Schad a nd Brother C. ]. Belz. It was through the instrumentality of these two gentlemen that the Student Chapter became alive a nd active a nd it has also been the writer's opinion that this extra curricul ar activity was one of the fond est dreams of these two professors. This expla in in pa rt the reason for the continuance of the Chapter through the many years, re-

suiting in the reception of the President's letter of commenda tion signifying the highest award offered to Student Cha pters.

Congra tula tions a nd success to you a nd your membership a nd best personal regards to your faculty moderator.

Sincerely yours, Victor H. Warner '30 The Ba ker-Ra ul a ng Co. Cleveland, 0 .

Parents Send Alumnus Dear Sirs: Enclo ed please find check for membership in the Alumni Association for Eugene W. Pl acke '4 1. I feel sure he has enjoyed the " Alumnus" as we have sent it to him wherever he was.

We also have enjoyed the Alumnus as we have been able to hear

At Leaven worth School D ear Jim: R eceived a letter from my brother Bob, who is a t M emphis, T enn., saying tha t he noted in the Army-Navy J ournal that Colonel E. H . K eltner, formerly on the U.D. military staff, is a prisoner of the J aps at Taiwau.

This will of course be of interest on the campus as there was rumor about his presence in Ba taan.

Things are going well here a nd I gather from the papers all is going well a t U. D . H ad a nice letter from Fa ther Rya n, formerly of the faculty.

H e's a t Wichita, not far from here, a nd is as busy a nd active in affa irs as usual. Would like to go up to see him, but fra nkly am so busy here that I can't get away. Will be returning to Cape Cod soon. Hope the snowdrifts are gone from there by now.

H ere's an alumni note. Thomas Gable Fleming, from the same outfit

(See LETTERS, Page 7)

B y the time you read this yo u will have received your an nouncement of our biggest project in twenty years.

Every U . D . alumnus will certainly want to have an active part in this great development. Have we heard from you?

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159 DEGREES AWARDED AT 93rd COMMENCEMENT A total of 159 degrees were granted at the 93rd Commencement, held Sunday, April 18 in the N.C.R. auditorium. It was the earliest Commencement in D ayton's history.

Degrees ws nt to 153 seniors; three gradua te students a nd there were three honora ries.

Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio was principal speaker. His parting message to the C las of 1943 proposed two tasks to be accomplished. One task is the ada pta tion of the discoveries of science a nd education to huma n ha ppiness a nd huma n comfort. The second is to help develop a

new leadershi p of educa ted men in local communities- men a nd women of vision who a re willing to render voluntary community service. " Enlightened government must meet social needs," he continued, " but it must also gua rd against any trend towa rd sta te collectivism. Such a trend leads inevitably to huma n disintegra tion. Even in a complex society, however, m a n mu st find some basi of collec tive action without resorting to a rbitrary governmental controls. " It can be accomplished by religious a nd educational organizations, fra ternal groups a nd ma ny others," he added.

A popula r feature of the Commencement was the awarding of a n honora ry degree, D octor of Edu cation, upon R ev. George ]. R enn eker, dean of the University. F a ther R enneker' score of years at the helm of the U niversity's academic progre s a nd accrediting wa thus publicly and appropria tely recogn ized. H e was presented for the degree by D r.

D a niel L . L eary, dean of Education.

The 1942 Com mencement speaker, J a mes G . Conzelma n, was award-

Principals at th e 93rd Commencemen t a re s ho wn above. Left to rig ht: Father Geo r ge J. Renneker, Mrs. J eanne Schwengel, James G. Conzelman, Governor J o hn W. Bricker and Fath er J ohn A. E lbert.

216 E. R. C. MEN CALLED TO DUTY Enlisted R eserve Corps students in the number of 216 were to report for active duty with the a rmed forces during the period, M ay 2 to M ay 24. Senior R .O.T.C . student who graduated in April were processed a t Fort H ayes, Columbus a nd sent to Fort Benning, Ga . for tra ining.

Junior R.O .T.C . students likewise reported to Fort H ayes for a 13 weeks' basic training. All were assigned to the same compa ny.

There were 149 ERC unassigned students called. R .O .T.C. advanced men numbered 55. Another grou p of 40 studen ts, enlisted with the Naval R e erve, a re expected to be called a round .Tuly 1.

There were 348 studen ts in the ERC wh."n the call w:~s made.

SUMMER TERM In keeping with the U niversity's accelera tion program, a twelve week summer term began just a scant few weeks after the 1943 Commencement. The customa ry summer session of six weeks dura tion has been incorpora ted into the last six week of the summer term.

A total of 404 students a re enrolled. They come from a ll sections of this country, Germany, Engla nd, C a nada, M exico, Puerto Rico a nd South America.

There are 317 men of whom 78 a re brothers a nd there a re 8 7 women, of whom two a re nuns. Campus students (men ) number 108. Post-gradua te students number 45 . The summer term ends Jul y 31.

Evening cl asse have a n enrollment of 102 47 men and 55 women. F our of the group a rc pursuing graduate stud y.

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In th e accompanying picture, Governor Bricker congratu lates Jimmy Conzelman on his newly acquired Master of Science in Physical Educat.ion honorary deg r ee. ed the degree, 1aster of Science in Physical Education. H e was presented by Coach H arry C. Ba ujan.

Conzelman was honored in recognition of his knowledge of and contribution to phys ica l fi tness as applied to the war efT ort. His service

( See !59 DEC R EES, Page 7)

B etty Mayl Appointed To Publicity Post Betty J. May!, '43, has been a ppointed Director of Publicity a t the University, effective April 26. Miss M ay! is the daughter of J. Ellis M ay!

'08 a nd the niece of Fa ther R obert M ay!, S.M., '06, St. Mary' s university, San Antonio, T ex.; J oseph E .

May! , '00, Los Angeles, Calif. ; Eugene A. M ay! , '20, Dayton ; and Gerald (Tuffy ) Fulwiler, ex ' 26, D ayton (deceased ) .

Miss M ay! was grad ua ted with honors following a n outstanding undergradua te career. She was a member of " Who's Who" ; Alpha Sigma T au honor society ; Alpha Rho T au women's club; C a tholic Action, Thespi a ns, a nd the Women's Ath letic Associa tion.

She also held editorial positions on the U . D . News, Exponent a nd D aytonia n.

Since former Publicity Director J a mes A. Connell y's call to the service, the work has been under the direction of the Alumni Secreta ry.

C a pt. Connelly is now with the En gineer, Amphibia n Brigade a t C amp Edwa rds, M ass.

Prisoner of War Writes to Mother M arch 20, 1943 D ear M other : W ell, here I am in Germa ny, a prisoner. We a re in a lovely girls' school building. Plenty to eat, nice beds and a lot of good books to read .

There are two pianos a nd an organ. I play and read all day long.

Germa ny really is a pretty country.

I was captured in T unisia . O ur ent ire ba ttalion was captured. C a me by air to I taly. F lew over Mt. V esuvius a nd hence to Germa ny.

I think we a re allowed to receive a pa rcel every two months. Send a ll the candy a nd ciga rettes you can.

I don't think there is any limit on letters.

H ere is the list of things I wa nt : underwear, pocket-knife, ocks, ha ndkerchiefs, tooth powder a nd brush, razor, pictures of the family, flower seed, cards, pencils a nd pa per, blankets, sc issors, sewing kit, vitamin tablets, metal mirror, rubber soles and heels and a calenda r.

H ave met Leo F a rber ( '4 1) a nd D ave M cConn aughey ('40 ) here.

BRO. LAWRENCE P. DRUFNER DIES; MARIANIST 54 YEARS Brother L awrence P. Drufner died Wed nesday, M ay 12 a nd was buried the following Saturday in the Brothers' cemetery a t the university.

With his death passed one of the most beloved figures on the campus.

Bro. La rry, he of the infectious laugh a nd never failing good humor, was loved a nd respected by his coworkers, the facu lty, a nd two genera tions of students.

A na tive D aytonia n, Bro. L a rry entered the novitia te in 1888. In I 939 he celebra ted the golden jubilee of his profession of vows. H e was 71 a t the time of his death .

H e specialized in the teach ing of commercial subj ect a nd was engaged in the profes ion for 45 years, serving schools in Cincinna ti, Columbus, Clevela nd, Baltimore, Phil adelphia a nd Washington, D. C. Bro. Drufner was one of the active forces in the founda tion of U. D . football. It was 1905. Footba ll was organized only in the effete East. It was still regarded with suspi cion in our section. At tha t time, Bro. D rufner was prefect a t old S.M.I. a nd it was he who encouraged the boy to pa rticipa te in footba ll . From this unpretentious beginning, Bro. Drufner saw D ayton footba ll grow into organ ized, intercollegia te com petition.

And he loved it.

In his last years, his favorite habitue was the a thletic office ; his favorite thrill, listening to accounts of the D ayton ga mes. (He da red not see the games in person for fear of further da maging the heart th a t was

alread y giving him great but carefull y concealed pain .)

The past few years saw Bro. La rry's constitutional robustness fade. His vi its to the athletic office became much less f requent. His hearty laugh was almost a memory.

Brief walks up the hill to the Victory Garden were his last public a ppearances. H e was taken to the hospital a nd in a few days, died . The last sacraments of M other Church completed the seventy-one years of noble life dedicated to M ary and to the education, spiritual, mental and physical development of genera tions of schola rs.

It was a n American counterpa rt of "Good-bye, Mr. Chips."

1915- Ed Schnorr was a visitor to Dr. Wohlleben. His son , Dave, entered the university in February.

1918- The faculty and alumn i of the university extended their sympa thy to J. T . R oth, whose fa ther died recently. Priva te Eugene Baczenas is in the fi eld artillery a t F ort Bragg, N . C.

T ell Mrs. M cConnaughey D ave 1s here.

L ove, Dick Frederick (Dick ) Sommers '4 1 Somewhere in Germany

BRO. DRUFNER

1921- Brother M a rcellus is now libra ria n a nd teacher a t St. J oseph's Preparatory Semin ary, H oly Tri nity, Alabama.

1922- J oseph R . Wagner is now a t the U. S. G rant hotel in San Diego, Calif.

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JIM CARTER RESIGNS TO TAI{E DUPONT POSITION Jim Carter has resigned.

Dayton's popula r head basketball a nd assistant football coach for the past four years a nnounced his intentions of resigning Sa turday, April 24. H e left shortly after for his new post as recreat-ion director for a new DuPont war plant near Pasco, Washington. It was a desire to participa te in war work tha t prompted the move, Jim said. H e has a brother, Richard, with DuPont a nd a nother, Marion, is an officer in the Air Corp .

Jim's new duties began May 15.

Mrs. Carter a nd their da ughter accompanied him as fa r as Indianapolis, Jim's home, where they will remain pending the establishing of living arrangements on the coast.

Carter's career as mentor a t Dayton was a n outstanding one. His basketball teams revived the hardwood sport at Dayton. His very first team electrified the local cage gentry by upsetting the na tion's highest scoring team, Rhode I sla nd Sta te a t White Plains, N. Y. They followed with a thrilling but losing " close one" to the national champions, Long Island U. Carter was estab lished. And with an almost all sophomore team .

His second team, 1940-41 , won nine games for the best Da yton season since 1934. The next year was the best ever. With M cCloskey a nd K avanaugh a t their peak, the Flyers

won 12 out of 18 and averaged 45 .5 points per game as opposed to 36.5 for the opposition. The season just completed saw the Flyers win 9 a nd lose 8.

As a backfield coach i:1 footba ll , Jim was without peer. The hacks he developed from mere prospects into ta lented a nd poised performers lend adequa te proof to the assertion . His first season saw its climax written on the sun-drenched sod of San Francisco's K ezar stadium, when a n outmanned but far from outfought Flyer band beat off the best St. Mary's had to offer and gained a 6 to 6 tie.

In 1940, Jim was largely responsible for the development of Bill Moran into a confident and polished halfback who provided the spark for D ayton's offense. The '41 a nd '42 teams will go down in Dayton history with the greatest. If just two games could be counted, both against T ennessee, these youngsters would be remembered a nd respected. They dropped both decisions to the perennial bowl contestants, the first 26 to 0, the second 34 to 6, but the performances they gave; their exhibition of courage put th eir names in the grid books in shining gold letters. The '41 and '42 teams won 14 out of 19 games against the toughest of opposition . But games won was

not their greatest a ppeal ; it was the type of football they played. It was pecta tor footb a ll and at the same time it was sound a nd fund a menta l.

We're going to miss Jim C a rter.

Not only because of his great contribution to Dayton athletics but also because of his friendly spirit of coope ra tion a nd his engaging personality. Good luck, Jim!

Dear Alumnus ( Continued from Page 2)

Timmer lost their lives while in the ervice within the continenta l United Sta tes. Ens. David Kersting was seriously injured in a n a irpl ane crash in this country. H e is recovering.

Total dead now stands a t eight; wounded, six ; prisoners of wa r, "six.

WELCOMES ALUMNI J ames (R ed ) Devaney, genial m anager of the Oliver hotel in South Bend, Ind. , was recently host to Bro. William Bellmer a nd Professor Cyril Peckha m of the ma thematics department. The Devaneys became the pa rents of a daughter, Patricia, on M a rch 16. It was just M arch 16 in India na but it was St. Pa trick's day in Ireland , according to R ed.

Still a nother hotel manager who always welcomes U . D . fri ends is J. D . Leona rd, perenni al Dayton booster, Hotel Gotha m, St. Petersburg, Fl a .

Alumni, friends and Boosters staged an appropriate farewell party for popular Jim Carter on the of the latter's departure for his new post at Pasco, Wash. Shown in the group at. the left, first row, left to right: Henry Malloy, Father John A. Elbert, Jim Carter, Bro. Aloys Doyle, Jack Brown and Father George Renneker. Second row: Jim Brown, Bob Howard, J. Ellis Mayl, Harry Mack, Frank Baujan, Bob Husted, Bro. William BeHmer, William Lemhaus, Daniel Dwyer, Si Burick, Father Francis Friedel, David Margolis, Bro. Arnold Klug, Robert M. Payne, Leo Spatz and Spence Rohlfs. The group presented Jim with a purse and testimonial scroll signed by those present. He and Dave Margolis, chairman of the affair, examine the scro ll in the picture at the right . eve

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LETTERS ( Continued from Page 3) a I , a nd also studying out here, i now a major. Will you let me know if I owe Alumni dues? I imagine it's about time for me to " Encl o e check."

No special news. R egards to a ll our mutual fri ends. Enjoy readin g the Alumnu s. Best wishe .

Capt. J a mes Connelly, '35 Ft. L.eavenworth, K a ns.

(Ed . Note: Capt. Connelly is now returned to the Engineer, Amphibia n Brigade a t Ca mp Edwa rds, M ass .)

Thanks For Rem e mbrance Dear Jim : Just a few lines to let yo u know tha t I am getting along fine in the a rmy. At the present time I a m tationed a t C amp Breckenridge, K y. I a m expecting to leave next month on a C adre which is going to Camp Bla nding, Fl a. M y job there wi ll be as ba ttalion Sergeant M ajor.

I would like to ta ke this opportunity to tha nk you, the faculty, a nd the student body for their kind considera tion a nd remembra nce of a ll the men in the service.

Till we meet again I rema in , S/ Sgt. J ack Svellinger '37 Camp Breckenridge, K y.

News of the "Rifles"

M / Sgt. Wm . A. Bertsch of 115 Light St. a nd Pa tter on Field (via the " R ifles", Inc.) can keep you more up-to-da te tha n a nyone I know of over there.

However, I' ll contribute tho e small items of information I possess which won't get me in du tch with E lmer Davis a nd the O.W .I . R etter a nd Froehle (Blaire ) are L .C .s Supensky is a t lea t a ma jor. D a n Ada ms is a capta in a nd in Africa.

I am still fi ghting thi war with the S. 0 . S. a t Ft. Ben. I was made a major O ct. 24 and have a four months old daughter who has red ha ir a nd green eyes and weighs 14Y2 pounds now a nd is on the records as Hope O'Ha ra Hoefl er. Lemming is a t Ca mp Butner, . C. and is a fir t lieutena nt. Wa lter Bucher is a ca ptain a t Bowman fi eld with the Q. M .

Are Dr. L awrence Boll a nd F a ther Preisinger till a t the U? I have sort of lost track of them . I bet F a ther Preisinger i getting lots of new material for those ma rvelous history courses he u ed to condu ct.

R ega rd to all , M ajor W . ]. Hoefler '32 Ft. Benj. H a rrison, Ind .

Slight Error !

K eeping tabs on over 1000 U. D. men in the service is the o. 1 job for your alumni office. Our records m ay not a lways be perfect but we wonder if we have yet pulled one like the following which comes to our a ttention : (From the Princeton Univer ity Alumni Weekl y) " In the recent directory of Princeton alumni in the a rmed forces, I find my elf listed as being sta tioned a t Alla n Field, Coburg, Onta rio. Unfortunately, Alla n Field is not a n a ir fi eld, bu t merely my brotherin-law."

Promote d Dea r Jim : I was recently promoted to the ra nk of first lieutenant and I am still a flying instru ctor.

Lt. V al Pernush was back for a visit last week a nd brought with him some tales of the B-24 which he is now fl ying. Good luck to everyone a t U. D .

Lt. Earl R. Gieseman, .Jr. '42 George Field L awrenceville, Illinois

"The Last Full Measure of Devotion"

Dear Sir : I a m getting tired of the P. 0. telling me to " inform m y correspondents of my correct address" o I hereby report same.

I perused the last issue with a g reat deal of interest a nd th ink your service board is a nice ge ture. H owever it is not quite up-to-da te in some respects. I don't suppose you can be bl amed for th a t if the variou a lumni in the ervice don't keep yo u informed .

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( Continued from Page 4) to the University was likewise recognized .

The third honora ry degree, Doctor of Science, was awarded to Mrs. Jea nne Schwengel, Scarsdale, N. Y., for her cientific research into the field of moll usks. Mrs. Sehwengel is a fellow in the Phi ladelphia Academy of Science. H er cita tion was read by Dr. Francis J. Molz, dean of Science.

LOUIS A . TIMMER , JR .

Pvt . Loui s A . Timm e r, Jr., U. S. Arm y,

died at lowry complications, mer, inducted Harrison, wa s His class was

Field , Co l., of measles and March 28 , 1943 . Pvt . TimJanuary 5 at Ft. Benjamin a ssi gned to th e Ai r Corps .

1946.

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HOWARD W . KELLY Lt. Howa rd W . Kelly, U. S. Army Air Corps , wa s killed in action in t he European area e arly in 1943 . Lt. Kelly wa s a p ilot with an outstanding service record .

He was a n ight school student in 1938 and 1939 .

CLASS NOTES

U. S. POSTAGE

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1923- M a jor John R. Wilson is now in Wayne, Mich.

1 928- Ca pt. Willi am K eller can be reached in care of the Okl ahoma City a ir depot.

1 929- In the U . S. Army in M emphis, T enn ., is Ca ptain Loui E . Bender.

1930- Lt.' William Bowman is overseas. Pvt. Norma n Brinkma nn is in K earns, Uta h. At the a rmy air base in Lincoln, Nebraska, is Ca pt.

Dud ley S. Washington.

1 9 31- With the a ir corps in North Africa is Lt. Col. Eugene Cropper. Morris G. Cropper is in the school of a pplied tactics in Orla ndo, Fla. 1932- Ft. Bragg, N. C., is the new address of Lt. M ed ley M cCauly.

1 9 3 3 - M ajor C . F . R obbeloth is sta tioned at the Lockbourne Army Air Base, Columbu s, Ohio. Ca rl M .

Rodberg is in Fort J ackson, Al a . " Shine" Cleary is the proud fa ther of a seven-pound baby boy.

1 9 3 4 - Joseph R. M cFadden is in Eva nston, Ill., with the F. B. I. An ensign in the U. S. Navy R eserve, Clarence H. Pa trie is in Cha rleston, S. C. 1 9 3 5 - A l so ov e r seas i s Lt. Cha rles Duga n. Sa nta Rosa, C alif. , is the newest home of Lt. Louis B. Wolf. The Engineer a nd Amphibia n R egiment claims Lt. Chas . E . Gross, who is now at C amp Gordon Johnston, Fla. 1 937- Lt. H a rry Breman i in the Adva nced School of M edicine a t R a ndolph Field, T exas. In Advanced Naviga tion school, Lt. John Foltz is a t Selma n Field , La. Tom Aspell has been promoted to Lieutena nt (j.g ) . Cpl. William Flynn is with the Photo Squadron a t Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colo.

1938- Aberdeen Proving Ground is the present sta tion of Sgt. David P. M cCrate. In Chemical Wa rfare Service a t Edgewood Arsenal is Ca pt. Cha rles Gerwels. Cpl. H enry Kirsch is with a ta nk group overseas.

Lt. Thomas Armstrong, who has become the fa ther of a son since he has been in the a rmed forces, is in England . Lt. G. W. Duell is reported on his way overseas.

1939- A campus visitor to Dr. M olz was Dr. Tyrus Winter. Lt. a nd Mrs. Walter C . Steffen a nnoun ce the birth of a son last M a rch 14. Pvt. Lawrence D augherty, with

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an engineering compa ny, is overseas, as also is Lt. (s.g.) T ed Brazelton. Sgt. Lester Giambrone i a t Stuttga rt, Ark ., in Adva nced Flying School. A.M .M. 3/ c John ]. H acker is at the U . S. naval air sta tion a t Grosse Ile, Mich . R ecent campus visitors to Dr. Wohlleben were Lt. J a mes Pfla um a nd his wife, the former Betty Doherty.

194 0 - Will iam Kinney is now a ma jor. Larry Knorr, in his ensign's uniform, visited the campus before going on for more training. Cha rles B. Hoppa recently enlisted in the Navy as a n ensign a nd is a t Fort Schuyler, Bronx, NewYork. With the Glider Infantry, Sgt. John P. R eeves is in Fort Bragg, N. C . The engagement of M a ry Borchers ('42 ) a nd Lt. (j.g. ) Leo Fitzha rris has been a nnounced.

194 1 - Jeanne M cL a ughlin was married to Capt. Willia m Schroeder ('39 ) on M ay 1. Other recent bridegrooms are Cha rles M cFa rland , a nd L eroy C. Mullen, now with Frigidaire Corp. Lt. H . ]. La nsdowne is now overseas. Sgt. D a n Funk, a campus visitor, April 17, is on his way to Seattle, Washington , with a ba rrage balloon group . E. ]. T aylor is a t the armored force school a t Fort Knox, K y. Somewhere in North Africa is Lt. Cha rles J ackson. Eugene Pl acke is a t Pope Field , N. C. .John T . Kirchmer was a visitor to Dr. Schraut and the campus. Lt. Eugene K ersting is in Camp Livingston , La.

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194 2 - Avia tion Cadet R obert Sell , recently a proud fa ther, is in Pre-Flight school a t San Antonio, T exas. Lt. Bill Smolka is with the M arine Corp a t Ca mp J oseph H. Pendleton, O ceanside, C alif. Pvt. Dick D oyle is a t Lowry Field, in D enver, Colo. Ensign J ohn A pell is overseas, as is Lt. R obert E. K avanaugh of the M a rines. Lt. "H a nk" R echtien received complimentary mention in the AWU News R eview as department head of the I. C . school a t Drew Field , T ampa, Fla. Lt. Gil M cEwan writes from Alaska tha t a ll letter a re a pprecia ted.

194 3 - M ay 8 was the wedding day of Mr. a nd Mrs. .Jack H oman .

She was the former Loui e Schlosser.

Cpl. Erie Mumpower is a t Camp White, Oregon. A. S. J ames Curra n is a t the naval tra ining sta tion, Bainbridge, Md . Lou Priske is in the naval air corps at Lewiston Sta te Normal college, L ewiston, Ida ho.

After being commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. M arine Corps R eserve, .Jack Dill is going on for more training in flying the Navy's dive bombers.

1944- (ex ) Pf c. T ed H owell is with a Service Unit in Clevela nd , 0.

Bob Huels writes Brother K ohles tha t he is in Slippery R ock, Pa., a nd likes the life fin e. J ohn Wha rton is with a medical detachment in North Africa.

1945- (ex ) Grogan Ba iley a nd John Hirschmiller a re both a t Great L a kes, Ill. Pfc. Thurma n L. Webb is a t Camp Edwa rds, M ass.