University of Richmond Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1, May - June 1936

THE ALUMNI

BULLETIN

UNIVERSITY

OF RICHMOND

MAY-JU E

1936

Pnin 'rsit) of Richmond Bulletin

Publi shed Quarte rly

THE ENTERED

ALUMNI AT THE PosT

OFFICE

BULLETIN

AT THE UN IV ERSITY OF RI CHMOND,

MAY-JUNE

Voluµie 1

VIRGINIA,

AS SECOND-CLASS

MATTER

1936

Number 1

Proposed

New Central Library

$500,000

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Field General F. W. Boatwright has given th e ball to University or Richmond alumni . He has pointed out the goa l. The vast team swings up to the line of scrimmage. The ball is snapped.

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Message from the President

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LUMNI of the University of Richmond have long recognized two gaps in the University organization.

One was the need for an Alumni Sec retary, and the other for an Alumni Magazine. Last February we filled the first gap by the appointment of Mr. Joseph E. Nettles, who is already proving his popularity and worth. This first issue of The Alumni Bulletin gives promise that the second gap is about to be filled. Certainly it will be permanently filled if a sufficient number of alumni and alumnae give the secretary and editorial staff their indispensable support.

It is usually not long after a graduate leaves the campus before other interests-family, business and community affai'rs-begin to crowd out the happy memories of student days. Unless there is some medium of frequent communication with the old school the pictures of campus scenes and youthful friendships fade and are forgotten.

Both the individual and the institution are poorer because of this fading out of emotions that once seemed dom( Continiied on page 6)

Our job is to remove the question mark which follows that last significant word . The University's growth and its future are at stake. The needs are obvious; the needs are imperative. A half loaf will not do.

Two new buildings are needed if the Unive rsity is to provide the bare necessities which the last decade's enro llment growth has created . Three hundr ed thousand dollars of th e tot al sought will be used to const ru ct a centra l library building to augm ent th e existing struc tur e which is both outmoded and inadequate.

Two hundred thousand dollars is needed to finance the constru ction of the new gymnasium and social center building at Westhampton College. The old Reel Cross building which it replaces is now dust-leveled by the wrecke r's pick and hammer. The walls of the new structure mount upward and th e clatter and wh ir-r -r of the riveting machines sound across the campus.

Returning students will find the building completed in the fall. Yo ung ladies who bruised knees and "barked" shin s on the uneven, splintery floor of the Reel Cross building will find a modern gymnasium awaiting them at the start of the 1936-37 session.

There will be no new libr ary, however , unl ess the half million dollar campaign succeeds and the U niver sity of (Continued on page 6)

At No rfolk where Dr. J. L. Rawls heads an enth usiastic chapter, some thirty Spiders gathered for a dinner meeting March 31_, on th e occasion of a visit by vV. L. Prince, head of the education department; Coach Glenn Thistlethwait e and the alumni secretary. Active participation in the campaign was pledg ed and an executive committee was appointed to present the Un iversity's advantages to prospective students. Members of this committee are Dr. Rawls, Dr. J. Pilcher Bradshaw, secretary; Menalcu s Lankford, zone manager for th e campaign; Q. C. Davis, Jo seph A. Le slie, Wiley W. Wood, H. A. Minch, the Rev. Ru sh Loving and Mrs. W. I. Carpenter.

The Alumni Bulletin Published in the interests of the A lumn i of Th e University of Richmond University of R-ichmond, Virginia JOSEPH E. NETT LES -SECRETARY

EDITORIAL

CAMPAIGN TAKES PRECEDENCE (L EARING th e way for the "campaign special," th e Alumni Council has side-track ed its customary annu al drive fo r funds and is giving full precedence to th e University's $500,000 development program.

In tak ing thi s action, th e council, through its spokesman, Thomas B. McAdams, said the half million dollar campaign is of such paramo unt importanc e that no other activity should be undertak en which might interfere with a successful culmination of this great objective. leaders emThe only oth er request for fund s, alu11111i phasized, will be th e plea for the annual alumni du es of two dollar s.

It' s a gree n light for the "campaign special." There' s an experienced engineer in the cab and a loyal train crew aboard. We'll brin g her in on tim e with her $500,000 freight!

THE SECRETARY REPORTS THI S, the first issue of the alumni publication , comes to you at a time when th e Un iver sity is engaged in a campaign for $500,000 to construct two new building s-b uilclings which President Boatwright tells us are imperative necessities if our institution is to keep in step with Amer ica's educational parad e.

To th e purposes of this campaign the first issue of thi s magaz ine is dedicated. To this, th e immediate objective, must be given our first thoughts, our first attention, our best effort.

The magazine, howeve r, is not a campaign organ, born to live for the duration of the drive and to die in th e moment of victory. The U niversity ha s provided fund s for this initial issue and th e alumni council through a small a1;propriat ion ha s assured four quart erly issues next year.

It's your baby. '\i\Thether it shall grow from thi s tiny, modest beginning to a fuller, rip er publication, larger in size and better in content, depends upon you. It needs your cont ribu tions. It needs your constructive critici sm.

Your secreta ry can think of no bett er oppo rtunity to express his app reciat ion o f the encouragement and co-operation he has received in the difficult job he ha s und ertak en.

At meetings with alumni chapter s in Norfolk. New York and Roanoke, in conversations with alumni leaders in '\Vashingto n and through correspondence with alumni leaders in many sections of the state he has found a fine. positive interest in Alma Mater and her futur e.

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It was th e alumni secretary's pleasur e to be present April 7 at the spring banquet of the Ne w York City alum ni chapter. H ere again whole-h earted support was pledged to the campa ign with chapter members in full agreement with the declaration of Presiclent-elect John A rcher "Nick'' Carter that "thi s is our immediate job. L et's do it." Mr. Carter succeeds Dr. Maciver V.Toody, the chapter's popu lar pre sident , who did not offer for re-election . Harry Hill was re-el ected secretary and was given a rising vot e of thanks for his work in arranging for the meeting which was held at the Town Hall Club.

Meanwhi le vVashington alumni leaders with whom your secretary chatted on his brief visit in that city en rout e to N cw York expressed an ent hu siastic interest in the cam paign and the alumni organization. Both Governo r John Garland Pollard and Oscar B. Ryder, head of the United States tariff commi ssion, agreed to write personal letters to all alumni in th e District of Columbia and urg e upon them attendanc e at the campaign dinner. The same enthusiasm was exp ressed by the Rev. 0. 0. Dietz and th e R ev. M. P. German.

J. Maurice "Hank" Trimmer, pastor of the Salem Baptist church, made arrangements for visits of Athletic Director Glenn F. Thistlethwaite and the alumni secre tary to th e high schools at Salem and Roanoke where address es were made befor e the student body. That night at a smoker in the Roanoke hotel, alumni laid plan s for Roanoke's part in the $500,000 campaign which is headed in that city by Dr. Euge ne Luck.

M eanwhile, from other sources come indications of an awakening alumni interest, an eagerness to join in the fine task of moulding into one compact unit all of Alma Mater' s loyal sons and daughters. It is a task in which all of us can participate. It brings rewards which all of us cau C11JOy.

]'lame} Please?

Since this is your publication, you ought to nam e it. For thi s issu e it carries the title, "A lumni Bu lletin," pending th e selection of a permanent cognomen. \ Vhat do you sugg est ?

GREETINGS FROM ALUMNI LEADERS PRESIDENT SAYRE SAYS: We hope you like this-the beginnin g of your own publication-an A lumni magazine.

It should fill a real need.

Vvh ile always bound together in a deep rooted love of Alma Mater, many of us have had littl e contac t with each ot her , or with her , s:nce leav ing college. Until th e more recent yea rs classes were sma l I and loose ly orga nized and, exce pt in Richmond, we have been widely scatt er ed. The little news we have had of each other and th e college ha s come !a1·gely through Dr. B·oatwright or other visiting member s of the faculty. We have missed much of the joy of our college fe llowsh ip.

Never th eless, through the many years, Richm ond A lumni ha ve mad e a nam e for them selves and th eir college in th eir respective communities. Aided by th e str ength of th e loca l Richmond gro up, th ey have loya lly support ed Dr. Boatwright in his clevelop-ment program.

Steadily the colleg e has grow n in size and influenc e. The new campus has come with mor e equipment, and lar ger and bett er orga nized gr aduating classes. A lumni are now widely scatter~!, not on ly as individua ls but in ~any places as important gro ups. We seem ripe for a bett er and stron ge r orga nizat ion, that should give us all much mor e of th e joys of fellowship with the friends of "bri ght college years."

The format ion of th e Council two years ago was th e first step in the development of strong er Alumni ti es. It was start ed prim arily to put the Alumni solidly back of Un iversity development , throu gh modest but ann~al contributi ons to an A lumni F und for th at purpose.

Out of that small but successful effort there was demonstrated a need for a full tim e A lumni Sec r etar y. Vie needed a man who would keep track of us, organ ize and visit A lumni Chapters, plan reunio ns and keep us informed of each oth er and of campus activities. As such, he wo uld be somet hin g of a per sonal ass istant to Dr. Boatwr ight , and also a publicity direct or for th e Un iversity .

A nother appar ent need was this A lumni publication, which becomes a realit y wit h this issue. Vv e hope you wi ll use it and enjoy the c_:o nt act it brin gs. It is you r ow n. Please help us make it worth wh ile.

At the moment we see tw o splendid and much needed building s . .l\ lumni effort , influence and suppo rt will put them on th e ca mpu s. \ Ve ar e engage d in mak ing real a splenclicl vision. May it thrill the nerves and touch the hea rt of every son of Alma Mater, so that the success of this campai gn will be the accomplishm ent of a full and u11:tecl Alum ni effort, an effor t in w hich we may each have some shar e, a token of our affect ion for the clear old college and ou r leader, her beloved President.

MORRIS SAYRE

"Alumni Personalities EDITORS NOTE: Alum.ni are to mail to tlteir alunini office news about themselves and their Sp ider friends. In add-ilion to its immediate value for use in tlte alwnni magazine, such news -is invaluable for the individual file of each aliunnus.)

Vveather Man The weathe r is more than a topic of conversation to Dr. James H. Kimball.

(M.A. 1914), who is now chief of the New Yo rk \i\Teather Bureau. His difficult task, the New Yo rk Times said, "was advising men how to gamble with their lives in an inimit able manner." In other word s, he was the weather man to whom Charles A . Lindbergh and other fliers went for advice before attempting their perilous trans-oceanic flights. He sends greetings.

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From far -off China come lett ers from Edward H. Pruden, '25 and T. Eugene \Nest, '27. Both are at the Un iversity of Shanghai. "The gene ral impression here," P rud en writes in a letter to Dr. S. C. Mitc hell, "is that condit ions will not improve und er the admin istrat ion of the new government. In spite of the dastardly behavior of the militarists, it seems that some compromise will be made with them in the new set up, and any compromise with the militarists in Japan spells disaster fo r China ."

Gene says " it is pitiful to see the many th ousands of paupers. T he beggars present an unforgettable sight. My heart aches everytime I go clown town. Of cour se th ere are beggar assoc iat ions behind these beggars. They are sent out to ( Continued on page 7)

From President Crenshaw Richmond, Virginia April 20, 1936 Dear Alumna e, How I wish that you were here in Richmond to see the realization of our dream come true! The Woman 's Building, the thing for which we worked and plan ned throu ghout all of our college clays, is actua lly being built. In fact, it is already above ground. Can you believe it?

Well, come back at commencement time and see for your self.

During the next month, throughout the state and count ry, the alumnae will be called upon to help in the $500,000 campaign, but I feel certa in that each of you will have the interest of the college at heart and do your best for our Alma Mater.

Very sincere ly yours, LILA CRENSHAW President TVesthampton Alumnae Association

Greetings from Dean Keller As my greet ings to the vVesthampton Alumnae are in process of being set clown on paper, I can look out through the arch across the hockey field to the rapidly rising walls of both Gym nasium and \ Voman's Building. The steel gird ers alr eady give the complete outl ine of the Gymnasium, which is so large that I am afraid Miss Fa nny G. will be lost in it. The Woman's Bui lding is going to be most attr active, with adequate space provided for book room and tea room. O utside the tea room will be a delightfu l terrace where afternoon tea may be served, and all alumnae are invited to come back and partake.

The poor old Red Cross Buildin g is at last reduced to debris and ashes, but the land scape is much improved by the change . \Ve have had a fine year and are looking forwa rd to even a better one next year, with our ne'"' bu ildings, increased faci lities, and excellent prospects for new student s. l\IA Y LANSFIELD KELLER

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SophomoresCarry Hope Coach Asks Alumni Support THIS spring's lowly freshmen hold in the ir hands, A thl etic Dir ector Glenn F. Thistlethwaite frankly confesses, th e destiny of the 1936 football team-Richmond's first representative in th e Southern Conference .

Whether these budding fr eshm en will blossom into sophom ore gridiron heroes or wilt in the September dust is a question he can't answe r at thi s time but they showed sufficient promise in spring practice to warrant some enthusiasm.

With a rugged line composed lar gely of battle tested veterans, the Red and Blue figures to be nobody's pushover next fall but whether the Spiders can score enoug h touchdown s themselves to win footba ll games depends in larg e measure on the sophomo re backs.

"It depends not altogether on their playing ability," Thistlethwaite said, "but on the spirit kindled in them by students on the campus and our alumni support ers. My boys will not be good enough to win games by cold, mechanical ability alone; they must have that spark which every coach is quick to recognize in a competitor and the lack of which he is equa lly quick to note."

With powerful tackles and two fine plunging backs in the making, the wily Spider mentor is shiftin g to the sing le wing back formation next fall in an effort to get the utmost from the material avai lable. His appa rent intention is to make a "bone crus her" out of last year's stone wall.

Un less all signs fail, Richmond has an ace in young Clyde Pendleton, th e Chicago boy who demonstrated as a {reshman that he can smas h opposing lines and in spring footba ll gave an amazing exhibi tion. He can kick too and he can pass. \ i\Tith Len Kie lpin ski of M ilwau kee to lend a helping hand , Pendleto n may give enemy forewa lls a thoroug h going over next fall.

Anot h er upcoming sop homor e, George Spears, may shoulder his way into the vars ity backfield on the strengt h of his fine kicking and passing but the prize newcomer promises to be Jack Sanford - another of the Sanford great and potentially the outst anding athlete of them all. J ack, a rangy six foot , two inch lad, played a remarkable game at end as a freshman, distinguis hed himself as a pass receiver, and when he dropped into the backfield could outpunt all of the varsity kickers.

Returning to the backs, there's Bill Robert son of Petersburg-a stoutheart ed fellow and a good quarterback, and Bobby Vaughan of Covert, Mich. , the sparkplug of the 1935 team until an injury in the V. M. I. game ended his usefuln ess last season. He was running at full speed in practice thi s spring to Coach Thistlethwaite's delight . The veteran Dave U mansky of Brooklyn and two fres hmen, Jimmy Mundy of Ric hm ond, a gluey-fingered pass receiver, and Jack Kennedy of Pittsburgh, will be in harness.

"It's easy to see," Coach Thistlethw aite said, "that the success of the team next season depends in large measure on how well these sophom ore backs fit into their assignments. In other words, several second year men in key positions will have to play like veterans, or else-" He left the sentence unfinished and turned the flow of conversation to the line . Barring injuries or unforeseen failures of veterans to return to school, the Spiders will be well fortified at the guards where Captain Mike West of Richmond , Chalme rs Walton of Clifton Forge and Neely Godsey of Richmond, head the procession. Chuck Siddall-there's 220 pounds of him-a nd the Todd Brothers, Tom and Dick of \i\Tilderness, Va., promise Richmond perhaps the finest assortment of tackle s in the state. Ed Schaaf, last season's co-captain, is being returned to his old job at center where he'll be helped out

by Allan Nixo n of Boston.

Available at the ends are Sanfordtermed by line coach Ru ss Crane "one of th e two greatest freshmen ends I have ever seen"- the veterans Harold Sutton and George Speir and A. B. Marchant of Urba nna , a sophomore.

There are no easy spots on the Ri chmond schedul e wh ich includes four games with Southern Conference foes.

The game with V. M. I. at R ichmond October 24 may be the tough est contest on the card with the Cadets counting heavily on last seaso n's freshman eleven which has now graduated into the varsity ranks.

Then will follow V. P. I. at Blacksburg where the Spiders will meet a Gobbler team which showed signs of greatness near the close of last fall and on November 7 the Reel and Blue will entertain Frank Dobson's Mary land eleven.

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1936 Footl Sept. 18-Apprentice School at New port News (night) Sept. 26-Randolph-Macon at Richmond Oct. 3-Roanoke at Richmond Oct . IO-Franklin and Marshall at Lancaster, Pa. Oct. 17-Emory and Henry at Richmond

While Hampden-Sydney can not be conside red a br eathing spell on the 14th, the Sp iders certa inly will have th eir hands full Thanksgiving Day when we ent ertain the William and Mary Indians For the South ern Conference champion ship ?

"Rid iculous," says Thistlethwaite .

"But I will concede this. The team's chances for a Vi rginia conference, state, sout hern conference, or any kind of a champ ionship , can be boosted considerab ly by alumni support and enthusiasm. Those youngsters out there on the field are quick to notice whether they'r e playing to empty stands or to a howling , ent hu siastic crowd of wellwishers and supp orters. The Monday morning quar terback never won a football game but every Saturacly afternoon alumnu s who helps the team by his pr esence at the game shares in the victory ."

GOLF -TENNIS Both the golf and tennis teams, despite losses through graduation, are showing creditable combinations and each gives promise of more power later in the season.

Paced by Dave Ewell, one of the outstand ing amateurs in the Old Dominion, the Spide r golfers whipped David son, 14 to 4, in the season's opener, and followed by whipping Villanova, 17¼ to 1/z.Virginia handed the R ichrnonders th eir first whipping, ] 1 to 7.

Second to Ewell on the team ro ster is Bill Gordon with "See ter" Lamb and Bob Tr evett following in order.

Meanwh ile th e tenni s team after a slow start began to hit its stride. Virginia's strong Cava liers triumphed 9 to 0, and Lynchburg eked out a 4 to 3 decision.

Showi ng a reversal of form the Spide rs defe ated George Washington, 8 to 1, and gave Maryland a terrific battl e before going clown, 5 to 4. The Richrnonders then moved over to American U nivers ity and scored a 9 to O victory.

far '36 FootballSeaso~ ,all Schedule Oct . 24-V.M.I. Oct. Nov.

Westhampton Athletics for All at Richmond

31-V.P.I.

at Blacksburg

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at Richmond

Nov. 14-Hampden-Sydney Nov . 26-William mond

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OLYMPICS HOPE Sou ND a 20-gun salute for Woodrow Wilson Clark , the Spider javelin ace who has his heart set on going to the Olympics this summer. Cold weather has forced him to take good care of his throwing arm but when the day½ get warmer he'll be aiming at a 220foot goal.

He and Bill Lumpkin, a junior who promises to become the finest middle distance and distance runner since the days of the great Lester Tharpe, are the backbone of the Sp ider track team, together with big Cleve Kern, the new discus record holder.

V.M.I. won the opener, 69,½ to 56,½, but L umkin won both the half mile and the mile in good times and Clark threw the javelin 191 feet, 5,½ inches.

Kern's strained shoulder cut his distance down in this meet but against Randolph-Macon the following week end he sailed the disc 126 feet, 4 inches.

T his erased the previous record of 124 feet, 8 inches set by Bill Pettus back in 1933.

Steve hopes to do even better before the season ends. He'll have to do better if he wants to keep that mark safe next year when freshman Jack Sanford steps up into the varsity ranks. Against John Marshall high school Jack hurled the discus 128 feet, 5,½ inches and Fres hman Coach Russ Crane insists his sta r pupil had an "off clay." Despite this handicap, Sanford won firsts in the discus, shot and high jump.

Clark scored second place in the Penn Relays wit h a heave of 187 feet, % inch which also helped Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite's track team whip Washington and Lee, 75 to 51. By special permission his best ma rk at the relays was counted to his credit in the dual meet and it was good enough to win by a healthy margin. Bill Lumpkin, star middle distance and distance runne,r, and Jack Bristow, a sprinter, won two first places , and Dick Todd broke the shot put record with a heave of 42 feet, 6 inches.

f ROM Track to informal games, the physical education program at Westhampton College is providing sports participation for every member of the student body under the direction of Miss Fanny Crenshaw.

Despite the handicap result ing from the wrecking of the Old Reel Cros s building, the spring program is all-embracing and the sight of the new gymnasium, now under construction, is adding enthusiasm to the work.

An attractive competitive program has been arranged in tennis, track is being conducted on an extensive scale and archery, horseshoe pitching, and informal games are providing fields of activity for all the girls. Badminton is proving especially popular.

Two matches in tennis have been scheduled with St. Catherine's, one with Collegiate school and one with John Marshall. Captain and stationed in number one position is Frances Coleman of Pulaski with Anne Payne of Richmond and Alice Pownell of Harvey, W . Va ., other team members, together with Judith Florance, Kathryn Conner, Kate Peterson and Lorraine Parker.

In track two triangular meets have been arranged in addition to the pair of intramural track meets in which all freshmen and outstanding upperclassmen will compete. One of the triangular meets will be with Westhampton high school and John Marshall High School and in the other John Marshall and St. Catherine's will be opposed by the \Vesthampton harriers.

Outstanding among the upperclassmen are Molly Fleet of Richmond, Peggy Lockwood of Richmond, Helen Allen of Richmond, Joanna Kent of Clarendon , Julia McClure of Richmond, and Elizabeth Angle of Richmond.

Among the freshmrn who are showing promise are Corinne Fisher of Richmond, Judith Florance of Richmond, Katherine Forbes of Glen Allen , Kat e Peterson of Hopewell and Lorraine Parker of Eastern Shore .

Hiking is fast taking on a new importance with an outing club already formed and with active plans made for the eventual acquisition of a cottage on the James River.

Hash-Jacobs Pace Spider Nine f ACED

at the start of the season with the task of virtually building a new infield, Coach Mac Pitt is turning out another winning baseball team this season.

He has developed two of the South's best moundsmen in Herb Hash, the fire-ball pitcher who seems to be headed for a big league career, and Bucky Jacobs, the possessor of a baffling collection of curves.

George Lacy, a hard hitting, sure-throwing catcher , is behind the plate and Captain Stan Ciecko is at first base. Two sophomores, Pete Jacobs and "Toot s" Garber are at third base and shortstop and at second base Ed Schaaf and Gus Lynch, a sophomore, still are fighting for the position . In the outfield are "Hoss·• Walton, Dave Umansky and the veteran, Winfrey Brown.

The Spiders opened auspiciously with a 9-0 victory over Ohio State with Jacobs and Hash taking turns at standing the visitors on their heads. On cold aiternoons, ·washington and Lee followed with 6-0 and 7-4 triumphs, but the Reel and Blue came back strong to wm three in a row.

Bucky Jacobs pitched the Spiders to a 2 to O victory over Maryland and then Hash with one of the most sensational pitching performances in the history of O ld Dominion baseball shut out Virginia, 3 to 0. He pitched to only 27 batter s and although Bouldin got a hit, George Lacy's quick throw to Ciecko nipped th e Caval ier off base.

Jacobs pitched the Spiders to a 5 to 3 victory over North Carolina but the next afternoon Sophomore Dick \Vooling was hit hard and although his successor , Dick Bowles , pitched creditably, Wake Forest eked out an 8 to 6 decision . Returning home, the Spiders whipped Michigan, 1 to 0, in a game cut to five innings by rain . Hash allowed only one hit and scored the winning run .

Then the Richmonclers moved north to whip Navy 5 to 2, behind Jacob s fine pitching, with Ciecko's home run and Umansky's three safeties helping the cause. T he following afternoon, Maryland fell 16 to 6. Two six-run outbur sts in the eighth and ninth innings broke up the ball game . Umansky again got thr ee hits , Hash got a timely home run to help win his own game and Brown hit two triples .

The Spiders jumped back into the stat e champion ship rac e with a 3 to 2 victory over William and Mary's Indians.

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$500,000

to go !

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Richmond-long an exponent of the pay-asyou-go plan - will have to admit that she can't go because she can't pay.

Squarely on the shoulders of Alma Mater's sons and daughters rests the challenge .. On those who from her flowing breasts received the nourishment which has sustained and strengthened them in life's marathon rests the responsibility.

There has been no tendency to ignore the challenge; to evade the responsibility_. Like a great army in the trenches, awaitmg the over-the-top signa l, alumni and friends o,r the Univers ity have rallied to her stanclaro. ln the commander's tent sits President Boatwright and his two lieutenants-:--Harri s Hart, the leader in the state and nat10nal campaign for $200,000, and J ack _Holtzclaw, leader 111 the city campaign for $300,000.

In charge of her legi ons in the field are W. B. F. Cole of Fredericksburg, chairman of zone 1 ; Menalcus Lankford of Norfolk, chairman of zone 2, and Dr. F rank C. Riley of South Boston, cha irman of zone 3.

Mr. Cole has as his lieutenants Miss Catesby Willis and the H.ev. R F. Caverlee, both of Fredericksburg.

Workmg with Mr. Lankford are Dr. Archer B . Bass of Portsmouth and Mrs. Rosewell Page B·owles of Newport News. Zone 3 associate chairmen are Mrs. Evan H. Lacy of South Boston and Col. A. H. Camden of Chatham.

County chairmen have been named throughout the state alumni and friends hav e rallied throughout tile nation. On April 23 leaders in the campaign met on the campus here, pledged their best __ efforts to the Job and promised to take off their coat s and work.

They solic ited the enthusiasm and co-operation of alumni everywhere. To Alma Mater's sons and daughters went the question: "W ill rou enlist under the Reel and Blue banner?

Will you carry that banner to victory? vVill you bring back the prize?"

Came the answer on April 28 when alum ni rallied at reuni ons throughout the country with each unit joining hands-by radiowith its brother units. The answer wa s "YES" and the tone rang true .

The solicitat ion of pledges will continue until May 26 when the big victory dinner will be held. The veterans will be given an opportunity to gloat over their prizes-;-the $300,000 librar y and the $200,000 gymnasmm.

Situated on a plateau fifty feet above the lake the new library will face the science group of three buildings which wer_e made possible as a result of our campaign ten years ago . Planned to house 164,000 volumes the stack room s have been so arranged that they can be added to from time to time. The pr esent libr ary will supp lement this building and increase the volume capacity to 190,000 books.

0 f collegiate Gothic architecture, the new librnry will correspond with the other buildings on the campus. The 140-foot tower, housing the stack rooms, will combine both beauty and utility . "The location," as President Boatwr ight points out, "has been carefully selected, not only from the standpoint of conven ience, being centra lly located, but it is the spot which has been reserved for the commanding building of the Un iversity. The most beautiful vie'.v can be obtained from the lake."

In the \;I/ esthampton building , in addition

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to the gymnasium ther e will be a social center hall for reception r ooms, tea rooms, lounges, a book room and meeting rooms for student organ izat ions. The building will contain near ly 850,000 cubic feet.

The two buildings will represent the initi al phase of the broad development program which has as its ultimate objective the raising of $2,000,000 for endowme nt, new buildings and equipment. They represent the most urgent needs of the University which in the 104 years of its existence has grown from an institution with only a handful of students to the present $5,575,000 plant with more than

1,500 stude nt s.

Two yea rs ago when the "five year plan" was announced, the world-wide depression had business panicky and capital frozen.

Wisely the board of trust ees awa ited a more favorable time to make the appeal to alumni , alumnae and friends of the Un iver sity.

"We fee l now," President Boatwright says "that the time has arrived when we can come befor e the people of Richmond and our friends throughout the state and nat ion with a frank presentation of our needs and a reouest for aid for the inst ituti on which has aided so many young men and women."

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inant and endu ring. Moreover, the institution continues to grow and in a decade or two is larger, stronger, and possibly much more efficient. Unless, how ever, the alumnus has kept in touch with Alma Mater he cannot realize that the little college from which he graduated has kept pace with the march of progress and is a far better institution than when he was a student. An Alumni j ourna l will brip g him information and will keep alive his memories and his interest.

The president of one of our largest American univ ersities was aske d recently at an alumni meeting what he most desired from the alumni. He promptly answered, "That

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they take the trouble to understand what we are doing and trying to do. If they do thi s said he, "I have no fear about all the other things. They will send us their sons and daughters, they wi ll commend the univ er sity to other possib le st udents, and they will give us the money we need.!'

It is evident, therefore, that a well conducted Alumni j ournal can perform invaluable service both to the scattered alumni and also to th e institution that nurtures them and must ever strive to be worthy to receive their more gifted sons and daughters.

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W. BOATWRIGHT

Richmond College Students Whose Fathers Also Attended Richmond College R. E. Alley , Jr. - Rev. R. E. Alley, 1919-1922; also Rll'fC. 1914-15; Sou. Bapt. Sem., 1923 -29; B.A., Th.M., Ph.D .

J. T. Arendall - Dr. C. B. Arendall, 1902 D. i\L Bear - Hany Bear, 1909-10; also Med. Col. of Va., 1913 • Dentistry J. B. Boatwright , Jr. - J. B. Boatwright, 1898 -1908 -B.L. R. B. Brandi s, Jr . - R. B. Brandis, 1906-08 A lla n Brocken!wo11gh - B. 'N. Brockenbrough, 1 yr.

M. L. Combs. Jr.-M. L. Combs, 1917; also Chicago and Harvard - B.A., M.A. , Ed .111.. Ed.D. C. W. Crowder, Jr.-C. VI. Crowder, 1912-14. B.L. II. H. Dickin son- C. W. Dickinson , 1901-05 - B .A.; W. D. Dickin son also Columbia U., 1929-30 - M.A. J. C. Fleming - Sanford F leming D. B. Ford - C. J . Ford, 1901-03; also V.P.I..

B.S., 1907 J. \V. Freeman - H. G. Freeman. 1893 - B.L. R. S. Gibson - E. H. Gibson, 1887 -89; also Univ. of Va., 1889 90 A . B. Gravatt - Dr. A. B. Gravatt, J 903-05; also W. D. Gravatt Med. Col. of Va ., 1909 - M.D. T. 111.Hall - Rev. W. M. Hall, 1910 -13; also Louis• vi!le & Crozer Sems. - Th.B., Th.G. L. IT. Jenkin s - L. Howard Jenkins G. B. Kincheloe-Rev. J. W. Kincheloe, 1903 - B.A. D. L. Loving - Rev. E. J3. Loving - B.A .

M. Y. Macfarland - Leroy Macfarland; also Bucknell & Univ. of Chicago - M.A.

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S. T. Matthews - Rev. S. T. Matthews, 1898 -1902. vV. I-T. Matthews B.A. J. J . Mi ller - Burnett Miller - B.L. W . R. D. Moncure, Jr. - W. R. D. Moncure, 1906 09 B.A .

A. B. lVfontgomery , Jr . - Re v. A. B. l\iontgomery, 1912; B.A. R. C. Paulette - R ev . L. F . Paul ette , 1908-1 1 Vv. E. Reams - VI. E. Ream s (dead); also Uni,· . of Wisconsin vV. G. R ed wood - Dr. F. H. Redwood; also Med. Col. of Va. J. H. Rick s, Jr. - Judge J. I-I. Rick s, 1906 -08 - B.L.: also Guilford. l 902 OS. B.A.; Univ . of Va ..

1908-09 J. W. Russell - C. C. Russell, 1909 - B.L. C. H. Ry land - Dr. Garnett Ryland , 1887 -92; also R. P. Ryland Johns Hopkin s · M.A., Ph.D. J. D. Sanford - Rev. T. R. Sanford , 1897- 1903 S. Schwarzschild - G. i\1. Schwarzchild, 190 6 - B.A. R. L. Taylor - Rev. Taylor, 1913 S. H. Templeman, Jr. - Re v. S. H. Templeman • B.A.; also Colgate - M .A.; Columbia , 1900-08 vV. W. Townsend, Jr. - W. vV. Townsend . B.A.; al so Colum bia• M.A . ; Colgate; Wm. & Mary A. C. Walk er, Jr. - A. C. Walk er . 1908-09; 1912- 13 C. B. White - G. C. White, 1903-06 · B.A. R. 111.Whittet, Jr. - R. M. Whittet, 1908 -09 H. A. Willis, Jr. - H. A. Willis , B .A. R. W. Yowell - A. W. Yowell, 1907-10

COMMENCEMENT DR AW a little circle around this date on your calendar, "Monday, June 8." Then within this circle make the notation that you will be home again on the U nivers ity of Richm ond camp us on that elate.

Of cour se, the U niversity wants you with her for th e entir e commencement program of three clays, but if you can not stay for the whole party be sur e to be with us on Alumni Day. A n attractive program has been prepared for you . You will be greeted and taken in tow when you reach the campus. You will be taken on a tour of the new buildings. You will witness the water carnival at the lake, and the West hampt on daisy chain.

There'll be your alumni or alumna e meetings, of course, and your class reunions will be well worth th e trip to th e campus. You will be happy to have a part too in inductin g the fine senior class into the alumni ranks.

Ten classes on th e Richmond College side of the lake are holding special reuni ons this year with \V. Roland "Chunky" Galvin, '26 responsible for an arg ument which is fast nearing the proportions of a civil war. It started when Chunk y prophesied that his class of '26 would have th~ largest percentage of its members back for the re-.

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From Dr. \i\Tilliam A . Harris, homecoming chairman fo r '86, to Henderson G. K incheloe, chairm an for 1931, have come challenges for Chunk y to prove his figur es.

"They told me when they left they were coming back ten years hence," Galvin replied. "And when a memb er of '26 says somet hing he keeps his word."

Meanwhile alumni chairm en for each of th e classes holding the special reunion are busily engaged in writing lette rs urging class members to come back in sufficient numbers to make "Ch unk y eat his words." Meanwhile Galvin stands by his gun s and writes letters too.

Alumni leaders in New Yor k, Washington, Roanoke and Nor folk already have started special plans to have a lar ge representation from these key cities pr esent and from all sides comes the cry, "O n to Richmond."

The same old lake still starts up there beyond th e island and flows over th e clam near the powerhouse. Faces you know will smile at the sight of you. Hands you have clasped before will be extended to greet you. Come home in June!

Stay if you can for the commenceme nt finale when graduates will receive their well-earned degrees. Dr. Homer P. Rainey, director of the Natio nal Yo uth Commission and a tal ent ed speaker , will make the commencement address.

The awar ding of degrees will come at the close of three clays of comm encement exerc ises which will sta rt Sunday, Jun e 7, with the baccalaureate serm on by Dr. S. C. Mitchell.

Three honorary degrees will be awarded at the commencement exercises . The degree of Doctor of Laws will be conferred on A lexander \ i\Teddell, ambassador to A rgentina, and degrees of Doctor of Divinity will be awarded to John Wes ley E lliott of Ph ilade lphia , secretary of the Int ern atio nal Council on Religious Educat ion, and to th e Rev. H. J. Goodwi n, pastor of the F irst Bapti st Chur ch, Suffolk.

Don't forget the commencement play on June 6.

While special reunion s have been planned for each class at five-year intervals since '86. there'll be the same greet ing for each alumnu s, regardless of his year of graduation.

Again A lma Mate r says to you: "Corne Horne."

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Reunion Chairmen A. HARRIS

1886-WILLIAM

H. RUCKER 1891-D. HART 1896-HARRIS 1901 - M. E. BRISTOW 1906 - MORRIS SAYRE L. O'FLAH ERTY 1911 -W. E. DURHAM 1916-WALTER . RUSH LOVING 19 2 1-W . ROLAND GALVIN 1926-W G . KIN CHELOE 1931-HENDERSON MORE ALUMNI PERSONALITIES (Continued from page 3)

beg and are required to turn their money over to the assoc iation."

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J ohn Arch er "N ick" Carter, ' 16 is in the news again.

Nick who won renown in the newspaper profess ion and late r with the chamber of commerce in Richmond, is doing very well indeed, with Bent on Bowles in New York, an advert ising firm. Rig ht now Nick's pet is the "Maxwell House Showboat." Tune in sometime.

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The Rev. William J. Cocke who entered Richmond College in 1869, after having served under Stonewall Jackson in the war-between-the-states, writes an interesting letter from Huntington, W. Va. During his long ministry he has baptized more than 7,000 convert s and married 703 * * * coupl es.

Q. C. Davis, ' 12 one of Norfo lk's leading attorneys, entertained No r folk and Portsmouth alumni Apri l 28 at a dinner on the occasion of the simul tan eous campaign radio rally . He sends greet ings.

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Ben W. L acy, '01 and the Rev. Leslie Gwa ltn ey, D.D., '04, like the good Spide r s they are, are work ing up an alum ni organizat ion in Alabama.

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Claudiu s 0 . Johnson. ' 17 professor of political science at the State College of vVashington. is the author of a L ife of Borah which will come from the press soon .

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\iVriting in a recent issue of Asia Magazine, Charl es Yates McDaniel, who has trave led exte nsively in the O ri ent since his undergraduate days at the Un ivers ity. says "Buddhism Makes Its Peace \ i\Tith the New O rd er. "

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Curti s W. Garrison . '23 . 1s now state archivist for the state of Pennsylvania.

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George R. Freedley, '25. is in charge of the theatrical collection in the New York Pub lic L ibrary. It's one of the best in the world, experts say.

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"T he A nat omy of Lettering." written by \i\Tarren Chappell, '26. continues to win wide praise. It was ad jud ged one of the year's 50 best in its class.

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Miss Lucy T hr ockmorto n. our libr arian. sends her greetings, and says she hope s that all of you who writ e books will send copies to the library.

ALUMNAE THANKSGIVING Westhampton Alumnae had reason to be especially thankful on this past Thanksgiving Day for at this time the Student Activities Building and Gymnasium began to take tangible form. On November 27th a ceremony was held at the site of the future building with Dr. Mitchell and Dr. B'oatwright speaking and Lila Crenshaw, president of the Westhampton Alumnae, Mrs. Frank D. Epps, president of the Womans College Alumnae and Margaret Watkins, president of College Government, breaking the ground. In celebration of this event the Alumnae were the guests of President Boatwright at Thanksgiving Dinner in the Westhampton dining room.

It was particularly appropriate at this dinner to have Dr. John Calvin Metcalf as guest speaker. An interesting feature of the dinner was the announcement of the amount of money to be turned over by the Association to the Treasurer of the University for the B'uilding, an amount which since that time has grown to $54,015.42.

CARD PARTY The annual card party, given jointly by the Westhampton and the \;Voman's College Alumnae Associations, was held this year at the home of Mrs. A. 0. Swink. Approximately $75 was made and applied to a fund for furnishing the Building.

MEETINGS Interesting meetings of the Alumnae have been held this year not only in Richmond but in other places also. Dean May L. Keller recently spoke to the New York Alumnae Club at a luncheon given in her honor at the City Club. About thirty enthusiastic Westhampton graduates heard her, coming from New Jersey, Long Island, Brooklyn 2nd even Philadelphia.

At a luncheon meeting in Richmond Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, who since his ckcticn to the presidency of the Board of Trustees has repeatedly showed sympathetic interest in the affairs of Westhampton, was the principal speaker.

GRADUATE

WORK

Among the v\Testhampton Alumnae doing graduate work are the following: Allport, Ma1·ion-University of Pennsylvania Carter, Theresa-Graduate School, American University, ~Tashington Francis, Otelia-Cornell University Lowe. Florence-Peabody Conservatory of Music McClure, S11e Cook-University of Minnesota Taylor, Christine-University of Illinois Library Science Taylor, Margaret-University of Kentucky Mills, Mary-Erskine School. Boston Osborne. Nancy-Columbia Universitv Rudel. Margaret Thomas-Columbia University Walton, Harriet-Universitv of Richmond \1/atkins, Grace Landrum-Boston University Alumnae rPcentlv receiving tl1e M.A. degree are: Elizabeth Gill, Josephine Nttnnallv, Louise Sanford, Eunice Gill and Isabel Taliaferro. Elma Ashton has almost completed the work for the Ph.D. degree. Ph.D. cle<trees have been received by Mary Little \1/at on from Col11111biaUnivers;ty, Catherine Branch and Dorothv Lee Van Duger from John Hopkins , and Ruth Henderson from Columbia. Aurefo Gill has received the M.D. clei:;ree from the Medical College of Virginia and Frances Noblin will get her M.D. in June, 1936.

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PUBLICATTONS \1/esthampton Alumnae who recently have been successfully writing ,ll'e: Eudora Ramsay Richardson. Maude Woodfin, Ethel Smither, Helen Monsell, Dorothy Page Gary, Ruth Carver and Marian Marsh.

BRIEF NEWS

ITEMS

Mary Shine was married to Bernard R. Brown in June, 1935.

Born to Dorothy Page Gary and John Markey, a daughter, Dorothy May Mat key, in April, 1935.

Married June, 1935, Elizabeth Gaines to ~ Tilliam Judson Gaines. prof essor of Romance Languages at the University of Richmond.

Margaret \1/illis has accepted a position in Young Harris College , Georgia.

Virginia Holladay, on her return to the Congo, stopped in Paris t,, study French.

Genevieve Trainham, a graduate nurse from Johns Hopkins, has gone to China as a missionary.

Elizabeth Ellyson (l\Irs. J. Hundley \1/iley) and her husba'r,cl and family are in Richmond this winter, taking a year's leave of absence from their duties in China.

NEWS Florence Rhea Talley is a feature writer for a Richmond newspaper.

Anne Ruth Harris is the Director of Medical Social Work at the General Hospital of Syracuse.

Betty Burns is assisting in dramatics at the Bennett School, New York City.

Frances Schofield is teaching chemistry at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.

Ruth Haverty is directing plays.

Altha Cunningham for the past two summers has been studying art in New York.

Josephine Tucker who is teaching English at Foxcroft School ha, been granted a leave of absence to study in Cambridge and Oxfo rd Mary Denmead Ruffin is Head of the Collegiate School for Girls in Richmond.

Alumnae Assistants for the undergraduate puppet show were Beverley Bates, Altha Cunningham and Adelaide Holloway.

Recent alumnae elections to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa are Emily Gardner and Isabel Harris.

Frances Farmer has been elected president of the Richmond Branch of the A.A.U.W. and Molly Moorman president of the Junior A.A.U.W. Thelma Hill Marsh, Valerie LeMasurier, Jacquelin Johnson and Peggy Butterfield Deeker have been active in the Richmond Theatre Guild.

Mary Dee Lowe is a secretary to a tobacco company in China.

Louise Leatherlancl is doing Police-woman case work in Richmond.

Jeffries Heinrich has been active in the Virginia Legislative Council for Women.

Frances Anderson married Beecher Stallard last summer .

Virginia Beck married Pucker Hargrove in September, 193.S. Ruth Carey Cash married Rollin W. Holbrook in August, 193s.

Marjorie Crawford married 0. T. Westgard in October, 1935.

Ella Freeman married Wilbur Anderson in June, 1935.

Louise Heflin married Chester B. Knapp this winter.

Frances Lumsden marr;ed James Crawford this winter.

Mary Hodnett married Dr. Emmett Matthews in February, 1936.

Virginia McDaniel married Richard M. Cone last summer.

Helen Orpin mar r ied Freel W. \1/enzel last summer. (;race Rowland merried Lutl,er C. We lls in June, 1935.

Tda Scott married Dan \;I/ right last fall.

Clare Cannon married George G. Mooney in April , 1936.

Frances Bell m2rriecl Carroll B'arnes last fall.

New sons and daughters: Ann Gordon Steward-a son.

Helen Harwood Parr-a daughter.

Louise Wilkinson Morton-a son.

FACULTY

NOTES

Dean Keller and Miss Turnbull motored around the Gaspe peninsular this past summer.

Miss Lough spent last summer in Germany and England.

Miss Caroline Lutz is writing a life of F. Hopkinson Smith.

Miss Maude Woodfin has wr itten fifteen articles on 18th Centurv Virginians for the Dictionary of American Biographv as well a·c the chapter on Contemporary Opinion in Virginia on Thomas Jefferson, in "Essays in Honor of William E. Dodd," and other articles and book reviews.

Miss Isabel Harris will represent the University at the International Science Meeting in the Netherlands this summer and will also be a delegate from the A.A.U.W. at its international meeting.

ADVISORY

COMMITTEE

At the suggestion of Dr. Doug las S. Freeman an advisory committee, composed of leading Richmond women, was formed this past fall. The purpose of this committee is to acquaint the Westhampton students with Richmond and Richmond people and to broaden their social life. Under the auspices of this committee a group of students was taken on a trip to various places of historic interest in Richmond where Dr. Freeman talked and then to a tea at the Governor's Mansion. Later a group of students visited several interesting homes and were guests at tea at Agecroft Manor.

All during the year tickets have been sent to students for var iouo fttnctions.-symphony concerts. Musician Club programs. and meetings of the Woman's Club and tl1e Poetry Society of Virginia. A garden tour, visitini:; the Virginia House, Rothesay, and Win demere . where Mrs. Vanderhoop will serve tea, is being planned for an afternoon during Garden Week. This committee, under the chairmanship of Mrs . Melville C. Bra nch. has served the C0Jleg·0 in many valuable wavs and is making an outstanding contribution to the cultural life of the students.

Non:: lf you hm:e news items to report, send them to your class secretary.

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