The University of Dayton Alumnus, December 1944

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MEMORIAL AWARD

ESTABLISHED 1929 D ecember, 1944

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,Elmer C. Lackner, S.M .......... . ...... ... .. .. ..... .. . . . . . . ...... Editor Betty M ay! '43 ... ......... .. . . ... ... ............ .. . . .. . A ssistant Editor Dr. Louis Saletel, S.M .. .... .. .. . .............. .. . . . . Staff Photographer

H ollenka mp Award ... ... ... .. . ... ...... . ...... . . . .... ... ........ .. 2 Army Unit Leaves Campus .... . .. . ... . ..... ........... . .. ...... . .. . . 3 BERNARD F. HOLLENKAMP

An awa rd fund in memory of Lt. Berna rd F . H ollenkamp, University of D ayton alumnu lost on a bombing mi ion over Germany, has been established at the University by his mother, Mrs. Louise A. Hollenkamp, of Dayton, a nd his widow, Mrs. Lucille Hollenkamp, of Santa Monica, Cal. Each year, the Mrs. Louise A. and the Mrs. Lucille Hollenkamp award will be given in memory of Bernard F . Hollenkamp for excellence in the enior mechanical engineering class.

Lt. Hollenkamp was graduated from the University in 1939 with the d egree of bachelor of mecha nical engineering. H e was the pilot of a B-17 lot over Germany in December, 1943. His three brothers, M a jor Theodore, '37, Lt. Joseph, '4 1, a nd Fra nk, '44, are also U.D. a lumni.

FRONT COVER: One of the scenes from the Christmas pageant presented by the university students was this portrayal of the Nativity.

The program was presented at the studen t a embly Tuesday, D ec. 19, and in the evening for the general public. Pictured in the familia r roles of the beautiful story are, standing, left to right, Dolores Savino, Marian Dibley, Allen Braun, and Catherine Stich ; kneeling, Norbert Walz, Ann Fitzgerald, K enneth Trimbach, and M argaret Dierken. Mrs. Troy Sears, instructor of music and in charge of the women's physical education program, directed the pageant.

Hilltop H appen ings ....................................... . ........ 3 Milita ry .. . .. . . . ..... . .......... . .... . .......... . ... . ........... . . 4 Letters From Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON - OFFICERS-

President ..... .... . ....... . ..... . HoN. WM. H. WoLFF '31, Dayton, Ohio Vice-President .... .. .. . ......... .. .. . . CHARLES PFARRER '27, Dayton, Ohio Treasurer ........................ WM . J. REYNOLDS '29, Philadelphia, Pa. (Terms expire Commencement, 1943) Secretary . . . ... ... ... .. ...... ELMER C . LACKNER, S.M. (Appointive Office) -DIRECTORSTerms expire Commencement, 1943- JosEPH GoETZ '31, Dayton ELMER WILL '37, Dayton Terms expire Homecoming, 1943-DR. LEoN DEGER '10, Dayton DR. WALTER REILING '30, Dayton Terms 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 J a nuary, 1944---Lours R . MAHRT '26, D ayton MERLE P. SMITH '25, Dayton Terms expire January, 1945-MARTIN C. KuNTZ '12, Dayton J. ELLIS MAYL '08, Dayton 2

Army Reserve Unit Leaves Campus The Army Specialized Training Reserve program a t the University was closed on Sa turday, D ec. 2, when the 200 students of the unit completed their U .D. courses and left the campus. The unit was activated last June a nd began their studies on June 12.

In commenting on the departure of the unit, Fr. R enneker, S.M., president, said, " It is with regret on both sides tha t the unit leaves the university campus. Because of the gradual ta pering off of all Army and Navy programs in the universities, the ASTRP will hereafter be limited to sta te universities to economize in personnel a nd administra tion."

So rry To Leave M a ny expressions of a pprecia tion for the conside ra tion shown them were tendered by the students themselves on the eve of their depa rture a nd a m a rked preference to rema in a t the U.D. rather than go elsewhere was very mu ch in evidence.

With the closing of the Army's progra m, the U niversity enrollment now numbers approxima tely 400 civilian day students, 500 in the evening cia ses, a nd 700 in the government sponsored engineering, science, and management wa r training program.

F OLLOWING THE FACULTY- Dr. E . B. O'Leary served as cha irman a nd public representa tive a t the Ohio Bell T elephone compa ny opera tors' dispute hearing .. . Dr. J ames M a nfredini, political science instru ctor, spoke to the T awasi a nd Pa n-American club on South and Central American countries . . . F a ther Edwin Leimkuhler spoke on a pa nel about " M a inta ining High Employment" a t a meeting of the Church a nd Industry Council recently . .. Dr. K enneth C. Schraut spoke a t a combined meeting of the M a thema tic club a nd the Sigma D elta Pi pre-med ociety on " M a thema tics and Growth. " ST UDENT ACT IVITIES- Officers of the freshma n class a re "Knobby" Walz, president, Bob M cM ahon, vice-pre ident, M ary Beth Wood , ecreta ry, and Bob Oppenheim, trea urer . . . Newly elected officers of the Immaculate Conception sodality a re Edgar Moore, president, R ichard Hose, vice-president, John Schuler, secreta ry ... A novena in honor of the Immacula te Conception for peace was held Nov. 29-Dec. 7 . .. Georg-e Ig-el, president of the M a thema tics club addressed the members on the H a tchet Planimeter a t路 a recent meeting .. '. The Campus Activities Board of Service ( CABOS ) sponsored the ale of religious Christmas cards during the month of D ecember . . . Nelson Sabin , American ba ritone, was featured on a recent assembly program . .. The women students held a party for the girl s of the St. J o eph's Orphanage a t the Loretto Dec. 16 . . . The annual coed ' Christmas pa rty took place Dec. 18 in the lounge. Phi Chi, the women' science group, sponsored the pa rty. D orothy Zaenglein was general chairma n. Betty Ann Behringer '44 is faculty adviser of the group.

U. of D. SPONSORS CHORAL CONCERT

PREPARE PICTORIAL In the absence of two of the regular campus publications, the U .D. N ews a nd the Daytonian, which h ave suspended publication this year, a photogravure, consisting of views and a record of the semester activitie will be ready for circula tion sometime in J anuary. Collaborating in the preparation of the publica tion are Bro. Louis A. Saletel, S.M., who is handling the photography work, and Bro. George F . K ohl es, S.M ., who is editing it.

Along with the distribution of the photogravure among the tudents on the campus, there will likewise be a circula tion of it among the alumni of the University who a re in the a rmed forces. CABOS is spon oring this p art of the circulation .

T HE TRAP P FAMILY SI NGER S COMPRISED OF AN AUSTRIAN BARONESS AND HER SEVEN TALENT E D D AUGHTE R S, will g ive a concert under th e conductorship of the f amily's priest, Fath e r Franz Was n e r , Wednesd ay night, Janua r y 17, in Mem o rial Hall. Here the Dirndl-clad Tyrolean son gstresses a n d th eir priest-condu ctor are g rouped around the ancient spinet or vir ginal (p.redecessor of !he mode r n piano ) , o n e of sever al seventeenth-cen tury mstruments win ch t he Trapps have restored to m oder n con cert u se. U .D. is spon soring th eir a ppea ran ce f o r the p eople of D ayton.

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M etz on Nov. 9. Dick was a student in the e ngineering college of the U niversity before his enlistment in the a rmy re erves in 1943. H e wa called to active duty in M ay of tha t year.

Pvt. Edward Wack, ex '46, of D ayton, located with the 320th Infa ntry in Germany, was wounded in action, Nov. 12. H e has been awarded the Purple H eart.

Lt. Eugene W . Placke, '4 1, of D ayton, who was listed as mis ing in action in the last issue of the ALU MS, has recently been a nnounced a prisoner of war in Germa ny. H e was serving as a glider pilot a nd has been overseas since M ay, I 943.

According to word received by his mother, First Lt. C la ude M . ("Pete") Ecabert, ex '42, of V ersailles, . received shra pnel wounds in the leg a nd shoulder but is recovering satisfactoril y. H e was with the infan try forces in Germany.

PFC . HARRY W. THEIS

PFC. CHARLES G. LEAP

Pfc. Harry W . Theis, U. S. Infantry, reported missing on Oct. 22 , was killed in action in France on Nov. 20, 1944. A native of Pittsburgh, Harry was called for service in May, 1943 , and left for France last September. He would have g raduated in 1946.

Pic. Charles G. Leap, U. S. Marines , was killed in action on Pelel iu Island, Sept. 19, 1944. " Giffy, " a native of Dayton , enlisted in the Marines on Dec. 8 , 1941 , and was engaged in his 7th major battle at the time of his death . He would have graduated last spring.

TWO GOLD STARS ADDED TO MILITARY HONOR ROLL With the stepping up of activities on a ll fronts of the wa r, further casualties among former University men were reported since the last i sue of the ALU MNUS. Pfc. Cha rles "Giffy" Leap of the M a rine Corps died in action on Peleliu Isla nd on Sept. 19. " Giffy" had enlisted in the M a rines on the day foll owing Pearl H a rbor a nd was participa ting in his seventh ma jor campa ign when death came. H e entered the University in September, 194 1, a nd played a line position on the F lyer Frosh squad of tha t sea on. Surviving a re his parents, two brothers, both in the services, a nd two sisters.

The 31st death reported among University men in the a rmed forces wa Pfc. H a rry W . Theis, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Several weeks ago, H arry was reported a missing in action on the European front but the W a r Depa rtment more recently a nnounced h is death on Nov. 20. H e enrolled at the Un iversity in September, 1942, finished his freshman year u nder the

accelera ted chedule in April, 1943, a nd was underway in his sophomore year when called to service in M ay.

A student in the civil engineering departmen t, H a rry is survived by his fa ther a nd sister of Pittsburgh , and a n uncle, Bro. Cha rles Belz, head of the civil engineering depa rtment of the univer ity.

R e ported Wounded In addition to the two new gold stars added to the service flag of the U niversity, several other men have been listed as casu alties. Lt. M a thias G lase r , of D ay ton , wa r ecentl y awa rded the Purple H eart for wound received wh ile on active duty in France on O ct. 21. A machine gun bullet struck his a rm but he has recovered sufficiently to return to comba t duty.

Word has been received also by the pa rents of Pvt. R ichard Alexander, ex '46, of O sborn, tha t their son was wounded in the ba ttle of

BRO. SCHUETZ ILL Bro. John Schuetz, S.M ., professor of ed ucation a t the U niversity over a long period of years, is recupera ting in the school infirma ry from a recent heart a ttack. T a ken to the hospital severa1 months ago for observa tion, Bro. Schuetz was returned shortly after with orders fo r a complete rest which did not, however, preven t his relapse. F acul ty a nd stude nts wish him a com plete a nd speedy recovery.

DEC. 7 OBSERVED Pearl H a rbor Day, Dec. 7, was fi ttingly commemorated at the U niversity with solemn services in the Chapel a t 8 a.m . Celebrant of the M ass was Fr. George R enneker, president ; Fr. H enry K obe, dean of arts and sciences, a nd Fr. Edmund Baumeister, dean of the gradua te school, were deacon and subdeacon respectively. The sermon was delivered by Fr. Michael Hinssen, cha plain a t the V eterans Administration in D ayton.

Special honor wa paid to the 31 U niversity men who have made the supreme sacrifice to date. At the end of the sermon, taps were ounded while Fr. Edwin L eimkuhler, head of the depa rtment of rel igion, read aloud the names of the U niversity's heroes. Parents and friends of the deceased, as well as several hundred students, a ttended the ceremonies.

Marian Library Sets Up Branches The M arian Libra ry ina ugura ted last year a t the University is progressing steadily toward its goal of becoming th e reference library for material on the Blessed Virgin, according to a recent a nnouncement of its director, the R ev. Edmund J. Baumeister, S.M. In the neariuture, a printed booklist of a pproxima tely 2500 titles will be ava ilable for circula tion. Faculty and student committee of the university, as well as a local high school committee, have made the compilation of this list possible.

A na tional staff of branch directors is being organized to act as agents of the M a ria n Libra ry in va rious parts of the country a nd while a pproxima tely 50 persons have already volunteered their servi ces in this regard, ma ny more a re still needed.

Since the M a ria n Libra ry has been opera ting solely on the volunta ry offerings of services a nd funds from loyal clients of M a ry, a ny contributions in the form of services, books and other dona tion s are gra tefully 路 appreciated.

SHERMAN WAS RIGHT D ear Dr. Molz : We are resting for a day or so and this is a good opportunity to answer your letter of some time ago.

I'm sorry to hear of the death of your mother. My mother sent me the newspaper clipping.

At present my work is fa r from malaria a nd tropical medicine. We a re in Germa ny a nd the problem is moving my a id station so tha t I can ma inta in an intact hide on myself a nd m y men and a t the arne time provide for ra pid and effi cient remova l of casualties from the ba ttlefi eld . Wha t Sherman said about war is quite correct. And a they say here, there a re no a theists in fox-hol es. W e also say tha t the Germa n 88's convert more men to Christia nity tha n a ll the a rmy cha pla in s combined.

For a few days of rest, I qua rtered my men in a very nice insane asylum run by the Sisters in Leur, Netherla nds. The hospital was a t a definite disadva ntage sin ce the Germans de-

HONOR U.D. SERVICEMEN

stroyed their electrical, water, a nd heating equipment before they left.

La t night it snowed for the first time a nd the now is still on the ground so I guess winter is really here. Poor pl ace for mala rial or tropical medicine work !

Yours, Ca pt. Thomas A. Moorma n, ' 36 European theater

FOOTBALL MEMORIES Dear Jim: You probably will be somewha t surprised to hear from me. I have been overseas for orne time and I just received the notice in the Alumni magazine tha t m y membership payment was overdue. I am enclosing eight dollars ( $8 ) and I hope tha t will bring my due up to da te for '43 a nd '44. If I still owe I wish tha t you would kindl y inform me. Please send the forthcoming issues to me a t the above address for I expect to be here for some time to come.

I am working in a depa rtmen t whose head i Brig. Gen. Whitlock who is a Miami U. graduate. I have not talked to him persona lly but I have those Mia mi-Dayton footba ll cores pretty ha ndy if it comes to a head . I could sure go for a good footba ll discussion a nytime a round here.

Well Jim, I gues tha t i about all from me. I also hope th a t thi letter find s everyone a t old U.D. in good health. Say " hello" to H a rry Bauj an a nd the faculty for me.

Yours very truly, Paul M. O 'Rourke, '43 Southwest Pacifi c a rea

BROWN WITH B.B.D.O.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE MILITARY PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE UNIVERSITY SERVICE MEN ON PEARL HARBOR DAY were, standing, left to right, Fr. Florian Enders, S.M., chaplain of the Army unit that recently left the campus, Fr. Michael Hinssen, chaplain of the Dayton Veterans Administration and speaker at the Solemn High Mass, and Fr. Edwin Leimkuhler, S.M., head of the department of rf"ligion, in charge of the Pearl Harbor Day program.

"Jim" Brown, '34, whose re ignation as Alumni Secretary was a nnounced in the last issue, is now located in New York City and i a copy writer in the Ba tten, Ba rton, Durstine, and 0 born Advertising Agency, 383 M adison Avenue. H e has been assigned to the Continental Ca n Co. account which will sponsor the "Report to the Na tion" show (Sa turday, 1 :30 P.M., EWT ), starting the first of the year. Jim will write the commercials. The best wishes of the Alumni Associa tion go out to him in hi new work.

COME LET US ADORE HIM

a nd need less to say, it wasn't pleasant.

I've prayed many a hazardous hour in a foxhol e. There is no such thing as a n a theist in comba t troop and ma ny has been the foxhole convert.

R osaries a re worn around the neck along with the do~ tags by Catholics a nd Protestants alike, a ll of whom feel they need something more powerful tha n human courage and inspiration . The chaplains a re doing ma rvelous work.

I b e lieve with a littl e d ece nt weather, we can polish off the Hun

by Christmas. W e a re about to enter into the last and m ost difficult battles of the war. The fi~ht will be a ha rd one a nd the casualties high but the ultima te outcome is assured. Why a nd how the German a rmy continues to fi ght i beyond me. The Luftwaffe is for a ll purposes, extinct.

W ell, Bro. Lou, I'll h ave to close now. Give m y reg-ards to D oc W ehrle, Doc H aas, Bro. Bill Bellmer, and the rest of the faculty. One of these days I'll break in on you but till then, hold the circuit breakers closed till I tun e this fin al tage.

As always, Lt. Eugene Rotterman, '43 Somewhere in Germany

CONGRATULATIONS THE ANGELS AT THE NATIVITY, A SCENE FROM THE UNIVERSITY'S CHRISTMAS PAGEANT, presented by the wom en's chorus and dance group on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Pictured here are, left to right, Lorraine Winckelman, Jean Warman, Rosalee Simopoulus, and Joan Sides. These girls were f eatured in vocal solos of traditional Christ路 mas hymns.

Letters (continued)

FOXHOLE CONVERTS D ear Bro. R ose : Your prompt response to m y last le tte r was ind ee d welcome. Sin ce then, ma ny hundreds of miles h ave rolled under my jeep tires and a m yriad of experiences ha become but a memory. It has been my good fortune to have been selected one of a party of three with reconnais ance as our mission. W e h ave been racing around Europe on a series of exciting venture . We have captured twelve German oldiers a t bayonet's point, e caped from a Nazi para troop cliviion, slept overnight in a Germanheld town right under their very noses, penetra ted 18 miles into enemy territory to take and hold a large broadcast transmitter with a party of five men, a nd many other sorties.

At present we are comfortab ly ensconced in a hotel waiting our chance to move on. We a re greatl y indebted to the fleeing German army for their solicitude a nd hospitality. You see these were a azi offi cer's quarters a nd I might say his selection of foods and liquors wa excellent. Not only do we have hot water a nd a ll the luxuries of normal civilian life, but he was kind enough to leave us his car in perfect running order. Outside of the fact tha t I don't tru t the popu lation of this city, that it rains every day, tha t artillery fire is not cond ucive to the slumber th at my sumptuous bed in its glory of box springs and ilk comforters su ggests, neverthele s it will grieve me to forsake all of this for m y pup tent and the elements of na ture.

But not all h as been pleasure. W e have three months of comba t time

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D ear F a ther R enneker: I'm sorry I missed you when I was in D ayton on my last leave but I hope you enjoyed your well-earned v aca tion . Your pr ese nt position probably won't permit another for quite some time. I'd like to offer double cong-ratula tions, F ather, on your Silver Jubilee and on your assum p tion of the presidency of the University. In my humble opinion , the old Alma M a ter couldn't be in b e tt e r h a nd s, a lthou ~ h it really h a n't been out of your h ands for quite a few years.

From talking to Dr. W ehrl e I find the civilia n enrollment h as decreased during the past couple of years but I can certainly understand why. I've seen more American boys in foreign la nds in the past three years th an I saw during the six months I spent in the States recently. When the world situa tion ~ets back to normal I know U.D. will "go over the top."

Plea e give m y regards to the faculty and personnel of the University, F a ther, and the best of luck in your new job.

Sincerely yours, D an H obbs, '38 Somewhere in France

REVISE SERVICE BOARD

Seek Complete Information On U.D. Servicemen

CABOS COMMITTEE AT WORK PREP ARING THE SE RVI CE BOARD AND LISTING THE ADDRESSES OF THE MEN IN SERVICE. Chairman of the Committee is Rita McGarry, standing, left ; other members of the committee are Allen Braun, standing, right, and seated, left to right, Mary Cavanaugh, Margaret Magin, and Joan Hussey. Braun is vice-president of CABOS.

CABOS (Campu Activities Board of Service) members are a t work compiling a complete list of the U.D. men in the services with their milita ry a nd home addresses, and other necessary informa tion useful in keeping up con tacts between the men a nd the University. As one of m any project sponsored by CABOS under the direction of Bro. Vincen t Wottle, S.M., cards have been mailed out to relatives of hundreds of the men during the past month a nd a generous response has already been m ade to the request for informa tion. It is hoped tha t those not heard from to da te will re pond in the very near future.

One of the first u e to be made of the list of names and addresses will be for the forwarding to every U.D. m an in the service of a copy of the photogravure which is being prepared at present and which will be ready for circulation in Janu ary. Those not contacted to date are requested to send in their rank, cita tion , a nd home a nd military addresses as soon as possible.

ALUMNI MEMBERSHIP STILL GOING UP Although the record 路 for contributing m emb er ships in th e D ay ton Alumni Assoc ia tion was long ago broken ( this year) by the hearty response of old and new members, the figures continued to mount steadily during the past month .

Over 650 former students have to da te contributed $3,651.00 to the Alumni Association for a n average payment of $5.51 a nd these totals represent n ew high m arks in each case. C lose- to 20 % of our total membership of 3,350 a re now listed officia lly and it is still the fond hope of the office tha t a t least a fair proportion of the rem aining 80 % will be heard from in the near future. M embers who have contributed since the O ctober ALUMNUS went to press will receive due recognition in the J a nua ry i sue of the Alumni magazine.

For your conven ience, fi ll in the form below a nd return to the University:

(Name and rank )

(cia s)

(Home add res )

(Military address)

(cita tions)

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1914- F aculty and alumni extend their sympa thy to the Boesch family, Horace, William ' 20, Lt. Robert '3 1, Ma jor Cha rles '34, a nd Ca therine '3 7, on the death of their mother Dec. 5.

1915- Sympa thy is also extended to the family of A. A. Moeller who died recently, and Willis L ynch's fa mily. The son of the la te Clement Yamashiro, J ames Yamashiro, was a recent campus visitor.

1928- Sympa thy is extended to H erbert H a rt upon the death of his fa ther in September. Dr. a nd Mrs. Cla rence Somsel a nnounce the birth of a da ughter December 6. Mrs. Somsel is the former Rita K essler, sister of Robert K essler '43. M a jor Paul M .

Spahr is sta tioned a t Middl etown, Pa. 1930- M a j. a nd Mrs. J ames T .

Cline announce the birth of a son Nov. 30. Lt. Col. Fra ncis Gabel is in Fra nce. We extend our deepest sympa thy to Capt. a nd Mrs. George !washita upon the death of their six year old son. Lt. Vincent Castrop is with the Industrial H ygiene section in Baltimore.

1931- W alter overseas.

J.

Smyth is now

1932- Ca pt. Thomas H ayes was wounded slightly by a buzz bomb explosion near the German border.

1934- Mr . a nd Mrs. Hu gh 路w all, Jr. , a nnounce the birth of a daughter.

1935- Tom H ob a n h a b ee n promoted to major. Lt. Michael Genter has been transferred to D ayton.

The poem "T oday's Children" has been set to music by M aurice Reichard a nd was performed by a full ba nd and chorus in Cleveland N ov. 22 .

1936- J ames Carlin a nd Alice G uilfoyle were recentl y m arried a nd a re living in Miamisburg.

1937- M a jor J oe Fl et ch e r is confined to a hospital in Assam, India, suffe ring from mala ria . Lt. Col. Robert Schellma n is in England. Dr. Wilbur Stinson in the medical corps in the Mediterranean a rea h as been promoted to capta in .

1938- Lieut. Eu gen e Bra nd s, U SNR, has been awarded the Briti h Empire medal for gallantry, skill and coolness in helping to clear and recover enemy mines off Nova Scotia .

H e is the third American officer to receive the awa rd during this wa r. Lt. J ohn Gerald M cLa ughlin, USNR, received a n official letter of commendation for outsta nding performa nce of duty as assista nt head master a t a U . S. naval base on the English channel coast.

1939-J ack Alter was a campus visitor Nov. 27 .

1940- Capt. Christopher Barret is a t Lin coln Fie ld , N ebr. C a pt.

George Humm i overseas. Lt. and Mrs. J oe Thoma (K ay H erold ) a nnounce the birth of a son, J oe, Jr., recently.

1941- Lt. Cl a rk e Kirb y, rece ntl y return ed from op e r a ti on s against the Normandy coa t as comma nder of a sub-chaser, was a campus visitor Dec. 4. H e reports to destroyer escort comma nd school in Miami , Fla . Ens. " Woody" Dryden is on a n LST in the European theater.

Kirby and Dryden met in Le H avre.

1942- Lt. Robert Dodt i serving- with the Air Service Comma nd in Engla nd . Lt. (j.g.) Paul J acobs was a campus visitor Nov. 18. Paul was sta tioned in H awa ii where he served on the plotting board for the major Pacific campaigns. En . Pa ul Boeke was a campu visitor Nov. 28. H e is on a de troyer escort vessel. Sgt. Billy Kna pp is with a n en<"(ineer utili ty company in the Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Blaz Scott a nn oun ce the bi rth of a da ughter December 7.

1943- Lloyd Re nsel is sta tioned a t Ft. J ackson, S. C. F acul ty and alumni extend their sympa thy to Lt. H a rold R aybould upon the death of hi fa ther N ov. 5. J oe O verwein i in the chemical warfa re service at Cam p Sibert, Ala. J ack J ones is at Sheppa rd Field, T ex. Bob H eidkam p was a campus visitor Nov. 30. Cha rles Froikin a nd M yra Cha rek were recently ma rried in Cincinna ti . Lt. J ack Murphy, recently gradua ted from adva n ced pilot tra inin g sc hool a nd awa rded his wings, was a campus viitor Nov. 28. Murphy is now going to B-24 school a t Courtland Field, Ala. Lt. J erry H erzog, also a campus visitor recently, is a navigator on a troop 8

carrier pla ne a nd sta tioned in T exas.

Lt. J ohn Hoba n has been awarded his pilot's wings a t gradua tion from the Na pier Field, Ala., single engine pilot training school. Lt. John Kussman has b een awa rded the Silver Star for galla ntry in action . M a rine T ech. Sgt. J oe Rola nd has been awa rded the presidential unit cita tion ribbon for outsta nding galla ntry in the Solomons campaign. Lt. Richa rd Christma n is the pilot of a Mustang in the M editerranean theater. Ca pt. K ay Shearer, pilot of a Libera tor bomber, has been awa rded the DFC. First Lt. Cha rle Lause is in Germany. Lt. J ack Sta ng sent three German books on the a pplication of ma thema tics to physics to the M a thema tics club from Germany. Lt. a nd Mrs. Fred Wells announce the birth of a daughter, Anne K a ren, D ec. 5.

1944- Loui se Collins, now teaching grade school in New Castle, Ind., was a campus visitor D ec. 2.

Bette Rogge is a t Columbia university studying for her m aster's degree in speech a nd drama tics. Lt. J erry O'Grady is sta tioned a t Ft. M eade, Md . Ruth Driscoll and Philip H allma n were ma rried ov. 12. Virginia Tuvell is now clinical instructor and superviser a t St. Elizabeth's hospital, D ayton. Lt. D on H oelle, pilot of a B-24, was a campus visitor ov. 27.

Bill Berry is a waist gunner on a B-1 7 a nd has been promoted to staff sergeant. Mrs. Eldon Zink ( Pa t Ortengren ) was a recen t campus visitor.

Lt. Lee Schmidt is over eas. M a rj orie Wehner is working at the Me tropolitan H ousing Authority.

1945- Petty Officer Thi rd G rade Sylvia H ayes is an instructor in Li nk trainers at Pen acola, Fla . E ns. Lloyd W ee ks is at H a rvard fo r nava l commun ications training. Albert F .

Lemme! has received his ensign' commis ion. T om M cGuire recently gradua ted from bomba rdier's school and was commissioned a second lieutena nt. T om " Red " H a rvey is in the south Pacific with the Signal corp .

J ack M cAvoy is with the navy on Sa ipa n. Ed Lum is a t Northwestern medical school. R alph Rohner i a t midshipmen's school a t Camp Endicott, R . I.