Vol. 13 Published by National Oglethorpe Alumni Association, March, 1957 No. 2 TOM CAMP IS ELECTED FULTON COUNTY JUDGE Thomas Lee Camp '25, a member of the National Oglethorpe University Alumni Assn's exec- futive council, has \ been elected without 1 opposition Judge of f~- jF the Fulton County Civil Court. This be- gins a new series of civic activities for him since he first threw his hat in the political arena in 1946. It has been stated that Mr. Camp acted as judge and played the roie of peacemaker while serving nine years as a commissioner of Fulton County. His "ascendency to the bench will bring to the Civil Court a man with wide knowledge of the law, who knows the county he lives in and the people who go with it." While at Oglethorpe, Mr. Camp was active in extracuricular events and was a student assistant in physics. Upon graduation, he was awarded the highest honors Oglethorpe bestowed. For the past several years, Mr. Camp has been associated with his brother practicing law in Atlanta. He is married to the former Miss Gladys Hobgood of Fairburn and has two daughters. Wilson Is Named Bank Director President Wilson has been elected a director of the DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven. This position was be- stowed on Dr. Wilson in December, just three months after his arival at Og- lethorpe, which testifies to the ability and reknown of our new president. The bank is affiliated with the Trust Com- pany of Georgia. GEORGE KOLOWICH, "MR. IMAGINATION" One look at the wantads will con- vince you of the desperate need by bus iness and industry for college person- nel. George Kolowich '43, president of Denver Chicago Trucking Company, has devised a unique plan to lure de- sireable graduates to his firm. During the past year, he has employed ten young men who have degrees in indus- trial relations and business administra- tion by giving them a chance to sup- plement their earnings through basket- ball. The proposition is a simple one. Candidates selected for its four-year executive trainin a ^ro'^ram are offered a salary plus an annual stripend to compensate for extra hours spent on basketball. It is very attractive to players, for they fare as well, financially, as they would playing professional basketball, and also they are afforded an oppor- tunity to find a place in the business world. When not playing basketball, they are rotated through a wide variety of posts from the finance department to the office of the legal council. Although the company pays about SI 00,000 a year in extra compensation for the team. Mr. Kolowich believes the expense is at least offset through the acquisition of much-needed junior executive manpower and through com- pany advertising. And a rewarding by- product has developed from this en deavor; employee loyalty has signifi- cantly improved. Mr. Kolowich's efforts have not been hidden under a barrel, for the inform- ation in this article was obtained from a full-column write up which appeared on the front page of the Thursday, January 24, 1957 Wall Street Journal. Our congratulations go to Mr. Geo- rge Kolowich for his highly imaginative solution to a very difficult problem. Oglethorpe Joins College Fund-Raising Organization In November Oglethorpe University and eight other liberal arts colleges formed the Georgia Foundation for In- dependent Colleges, a mutual fund- raising organization. The foundation will solicit monetary gifts primarily from business and in- dustry which will be pro-rated out to member institutions on a fixed formula basis. In addition to Oglethorpe, other member colleges are Mercer Universi- ty, Wesleyan College, Shorter College, Emory's Liberal Art College, Agnes Scott College, Brenau College, La- Grange College, and Bessie Tift Col- lege. Sixty per cent of the money the foundation raises will be shared equal- ly by the nine member schools. Forty per cent will be pro-rated on the basis o f enrollments at the individual schools. However, member institutions will continue their own separate fund raising activities. Dr. Wilson and Dr. Seward will be Oglethorpe's representatives on the foundation's Board of Trustees. Delia Pierce Moves To Texas Mrs. Delia Pierce, beloved dietician at Oglethorpe for the past twelve years, resigned her position in February. She was dew-eyed as she related the necessity of this action in order to join her husband, who is now associated with the University of Texas in Gal- veston, Texas. Delia joined the Oglethorpe Staff in January, 1945, six months after Dr. Philip Weltner became president. She, faithfully and efficiently, plan- ned and prepared nutritious meals throughout that time that was unsur- passed in other college cafeterias. She also catered for Oglethorpe banquets, homecoming dinners and other special events with equal efficancy. ZJhe ZJ-luina f-^etrel March. 1957 Published several times yearly by the National Alumni Association at Ogle- thorpe University, DeKalb County, Ga. Printed by Russell & Wardlaw Jim Hinson, '49 _ President Hey wood Lovett, '28 ..1st V. President H. Cecil Moon, '36 - 2nd V. President Tommie Harper, '37 .... ... Sec.-Treas. Daniel L. Ufl'ner, Jr., '51 Editor S1.00 of the annual contribution is paid as a year's subscription to the Flying Petrel. THE CRYPT OF CIVILIZATION We received an interesting letter, recently, from a woman in Denver, Colorado. She wanted to know the facts concerning the Crypt of Civiliza- tion located on the Oglethorpe campus. She wrote, "I understand that this high and immense pyramid . . . was some years ago, filled with all kinds of (articles) ... to be buried or hidden in this pyramid and sealed, not to ever be opened until a thousand years from now RIGHT?" The information she had heard about the Crypt had a semblence of truth but was loaded with misinfor- mation as well. We sent her an immedi- ate reply verifying her accurate data and correcting her fallacies. Since a number of alumni have ex- presed a curiosity in the Crypt during the past few months, it may be of in- terest to you to know the history and contents of it. Physically, the Crypt is not nearly so grand a structure as the Pyramids of Egypt are, however, the information it contains will be extremely more valu- able to the historians of the distant future. It is a space 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet high. It is located in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall resting on bed rock. It is lined with porcelain enamel plates imbedded in pitch and closed with a great stainless steel door, welded in. Two feet of stone form the ceiling. Before it was hermetically sealed on May 28, 1940, the air was replaced by inert gas. While engaged in research on ancient history, Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, then president of Oglethorpe Univer- sity, was impresed by the lack of ac- curate information regarding ancient civilizations. He determined to make an effort to preserve in a scientific manner, every salient feature of our present day civilization for the people (Continued Next Column) HOMECOMING DATE IS SET The HOMECOMING date has been set for Saturday, May 4, 1957 by the directors of the National Alumni As- sociation. Until last year, HOMECOMING usually fell on graduation week-end. In an effort to increase attendance, the directors advanced this gala event one month in 1956, and there was a signi- ficant improvement. The earlier date probably avoids conflict with vacations, and in the case of graduate school stu- dents and teachers, it eliminates inter- ference with examinations, a bevy of last month social events and graduation exercises. This year HOMECOMING should prove even bigger and certainly more enjoyable. The class of '57 will plan the activities. Since they are on the campus daily, the preparations should be more elaborate than any have been in the past. The schedule of events will be published in detail in the next issue of The Flying Petrel. Please send your suggestions to the editor of The Fly- ing Petrel. Now is the time to circle Saturday May 4. 1957 so you will not miss see- ing your campus cousins, the new look and a fun-packed day. of the future. He commissioned Thom- as K. Peters, a scientist of versatile ex- perience, to do the job. Materials included in the Crypt are microfilms of authoritative books on every subject of importance known to mankind, including some 800 works. 200 of which are fiction, drawings of all of our major inventions (through 1940) made to scale such as our means of transportation, communication, etc.. a record of the sports, amusements, pastimes and games in vogue during the last century; motion pictures of historical events since 1898; still pho- tographs giving the history of the United States since 1840; sound mo- tion pictures of the great men and wo- men of the world; sound records of im- portant radio speeches; motion pic- tures of industrial processes; medical and surgical subjects; views in all of the great cities and countries of the world. Also included are educational pic- tures in all subjects; an apparatus for teaching the English language in case (Continued Next Column) "LIZ" MATHIEU '55 is thoroughly enjoying her stewardess' job with Delta Air Lines. Previously she had taught school in Sumter, S. C, but, as she stated on her last visit to Oglethorpe, she wants to see more of the country before settling down. it is no longer spoken; actual examples of our every day life such as radios, cameras, pocketbooks. purses, combs, brushes, silverware, dishes, etc.; ob- jects made of each kind of plastics, tools, and implements; arms, scientific, navigation and aviation instruments; projection apparatus for the motion pictures; reading devises for the micro- films; artificial aids to sight, artificial arms, dentures, wigs, etc.; weights and measures current in the world today. In adition, there are seeds of flowers, plants, vegetables, fruits and trees; drawings and paintings; papier mache models of edibles; artificial flowers; clothing of all sorts; models of jewelry. No gold, silver or jewelry was included to attempt vandals. The Crypt is to be opened on May 28, 8113. This date was arrived at by Dr. Jacobs after an extensive study to determine the date of the beginning of civilization. He found it to be some 6,000 years in the past. Consequently, wishing it to be opened at the median of civilized life, he ordered the con- tents of the Crypt be revealed approx- imately 6,000 years hence from the date of its occlusion. Descriptions of the Crypt have been placed in libraries throughout the world in the hope that this wealth of knowledge will not be lost to our re- mote descendants. It is interesting to form conjectures as to whom or what will first enter this man made cave of enlightenment. Page 2 The Flying Petrel THE OGLETHORPE PLAN The heart of the Oglethorpe Univer- sity of today is the much talked about Oglethorpe plan. When it is discussed by the alumni, a tongue in-cheek atti- tnde is present, because it is thought of not in specifics, but rather as a mysterious catchall phrase that seems to sum up the Oglethorpe program. If an alumnus is pinned down and asked to explain the Plan in detail, a number of stock generalized statements are emitted followed by an admission of ignorance. Dr. Philip Weltner refuses to be call- ed the father of the Oglethorpe Plan, saying instead that it is the product of many minds. However, it is true that Dr. Weltner provided the favorable climate in whicli these minds were able to develop and activate the Plan. Recently, the Humanics Seminar group invited Dr. Weltner to tell them exactly what this much mentioned and little understood Plan really is. His explanation of the Oglethorpe Plan is reprinted here in its entirety. "You remember the symbol of the Y. M. C. A., a triangle bearing on its sides the words: Body, Mind, Spirit. 1 will adopt these words as the headings under which I will discuss the Ogle- thorpe Plan. BODY "The structure of Oglethorpe's plan of education consists of seven divisions. Two of them embrace sequences of courses required of all students intend- ing to qualify for an Oglethorpe degree. These required courses account for half of the studies which each student pur- sues. The other five divisions offer each student an opportunity to prepare himself for the vocation of his choice. We therefore refer to these five as work divisions'. Their titles bespeak their content: Science, Business, Com- munity Service, Fine Arts, and Hu- manics. The two divisions embracing the courses required of all bear titles which justify and explain that require- ment: Human Understanding and Citi- zenship. If not unique, the Oglethorpe plan is distinct from undergraduate pro- grams generally prevailing at Ameri- can institutions of higher learning. The system which they usually follow is organized in a lower and an upper di- vision. Their lower divisions are con- trolled by either of two educational theories. One theory calls for broad acquaintance with the intellectual, moral, social and political heritage of our civilization, often presented through one of several types of survey The other e d u c a t i o n a I theor) calls for a broad acquaintance with the principal intellectual disciplines, in order to enable students better t o choose an area of study offered in the upper division. Regardless of either educational theory, the structure of the upper division is represented by a system of major subject-matter concentra- tions tlanked by supporting minors, or a system of vocational concentra- tions. Illustrating the former, a student beginning with his junior year could choose economics, or government as his major during his last two college years. The Oglethorpe Plan, while not in disagreement with either educational theory, repudiates the academic struc- ture which embody their practice. We hold the following convictions: "I. It is impossible in the 4 semes- ters, or 6 quarters constituting the first two college years to provide broad ac- quaintance unless no more than an inch deep with either the major dis- ciplines, or with the intellectual, moral, political, and social heritage of civili- zation world, western or American. On the one hand the tremendous spread of our basic disciplines; on the other, the relative immaturity of fresh- men and sophomores, preclude the p r a c t i c a 1 i t y of either educational theory. "2. Sometimes a college catalogue uses the term "general education" as descriptive of the aim of its lower divi- sion. In practice it means little. if any- thing more than implementing the sec- ond of the theories mentioned. Where "general education" for a lower divi- sion covers too little, it fails of being "general": but if it covers a wee bit more, it smatters, and fails as an intellectual discipline. It is not feasible to confine "general education, to the first two. and most immature years of students. And if all of life is a process in general education, why should formal educa- tion end with the process with the sophomore year? "3. We challenge the whole major- minor system except for students in- tending to pursue post-graduate work, a small minority indeed among Ameri- ca's college population. For even those few that system is least than the best, a fact witnessed by many Ph.D's whol- ly ill at ease outside the narrow band of their specialization. MIND Back of the Oglethorpe Plan is a mind, the concrete expression of which is its educational objectives. In con- ceiving these objectives some of educa- tional practice was tossed out of the window. However, nothing revolution- ary was contemplated. The plan began with an effort to find our way back to abiding fundamentals as the foun- dation for reconstruction. We felt that if education was ever to motivate most highly a student's endeavor, it had to correspond to the realities of life worth living and most worth living for. So we asked ourselves this question: What opportunities should the four college years offer able, alert high school grad- uates? The answer is condensed in the expression, the twin arts of making a life and making a living. Yet standing alone, that furnishes too little guide for structuring an educational program. Its fuller elaboration demands that the educational process (a) build an inven- tory of useful knowledge and ideas: (b) develop understanding of oneself and one's fellows; (c) impart the motiva- tions, arts and skills for constructive roles in the community, and (d) as part and parcel of these three, develop ca- pacity to face and resolve the problems and conflicts of life. "No college faculty would challenge any one of these aims. Even so, every educator knows that an educational process is hardly affected merely by its professed objectives. The Oglethorpe Plan was consciously and rigorously designed to accomplish its aims through their impact on hte minds and characters of Oglethorpe students. Plot any four year program, in keeping with the Oglethorpe Plan. Then check the progression and direction of its studies. Whatever the incidents of such a pro- gram, it will hang together, make sense from first to last, and produce an edu- cational program which in fact will ful- fill its four-fold design. SPIRIT "The Oglethorpe Plan is also ani- mated by a spirit, no man lives to him- self alone. We are human only by vir- tue of being indissolubly part of hu- manity. The social order lives in us as surely as we live in the social order (we are all in the same boat). There is purpose behind this inseparable tie with our fellowmen. Nor will the dis- tant shore of mankind's hopes and dreams be reached except as we sail together the seas of human experience. (Continued Pace 4. Col. 2) March, 1957 Page 3 EDITH HEAD '54, was recently grad- uated from the officer basic course at the WAC training center at Fort McClellan, Ala., as a second lieutenant. Dr. Rieler's Wife Becomes American Citizen Mrs. Bieler, the attractive wife of Oglethorpe's language professor Dr. Arthur Bieler, became an American citizen on January 30, 1957. It is a day she will always remember with pleas- ure. Eleven and a half years ago, she was living in her native Czechoslovakia with her parents when the Russians seized control of the country. The free- doms she had accepted while growing up were gone. Mrs. Bieler had a sister who lived in Munich, Germany, which was in the American Zone. Upon receiving an in- vitation from her sister to come to Munich, Mrs. Bieler packed a few be- longings and began a harrowing 250 mile trip that took six weeks to com- plete. She walked most of the way, avoiding the Russians as she went. Unfortunately, she was met and in- terrogated by a Russian officer near the border in East Germany. She was to report to him the next morning to be shipped back to Czechoslovakia. After a fitful night she awoke early, slipped away and crossed the border to free- dom that evening. Mrs. Bieler met Dr. Bieler while both were playing tennis in Munich. At the time, Dr. Bieler was a court interpreter for the International Refu- gee Organization. Richard Reser Now Dr. Reser Whew! Richard Reser, Chairman of the Division of Community Service, was awarded his degree of Doctor of Philo- sophy in Sociology during the August Commencement exercises at the Uni- versity of North Carolina. The subject Dr. Reser chose for his disertation was "A Study in Occupa- tional Aspiration and Occupational Placement". He was trying to relate the ambitions of high school students to their eventual occupational placement and also the factors which helped de- termine their placement. He discover- ed there was a significantly small cor- relation between their ambitions and placement. Dr. Reser found that "high school seniors respond more to the pressures of making a choice than they do to making a realistic evaluation of themselves and the occupational op- portunities available." He selected a sampling of 900 high school students in 1946 and kept up an annual direct contact with them for eight years. He was repeatedly advised by his committee to compile his data and write his dissertation after a much shorter time, but Dr. Reser doggedly continued his survey in order to get more complete information, thereby making his study the more reliable. The OGLETHORPE Plan Unless we school ourselves to seek personal advantage on terms compati- ble with the common good, any seem- ing gain inevitably will transmute its- self into eventual loss. Slowly, most hesitantly, with many set-backs along the way this is the lesson taught by the upward struggle of mankind, foreshad- dowed by Moses at Sinai, liberated from limitations of race and place by the prophets of Israel, proclaimed by Jesus, adopted by the early Christian com- munity, affirmed by the sages of man- kind and validated by the long record of human experience." Dr. Cressy, Button Collector Extraordinary Dr. Cheever Cressy, chairman of the political science division, is now a campaign button collector of reknown. His buttons were featured in an article in the Atlanta papers prior to the recent presidental election. Dr. Cressy's collection dates back with two exceptions to cover all cam- paigns from President Grant's effort in 1 872. Missing from his collection are party badges from the 1880 race between James A. Garfield and Win- field S. Hancock and the 1948 race between Harry Truman and Thomas E. Dewey. Some of the more interesting buttons are one by the Democrats pushing Eisenhower as a presidental candidate in 1948; a small broom to be worn in the lapel with a picture of Adlai Stev- enson's grandfather who ran success- fully as Grover Cleveland's running mate. Another unusual item is a badge with a rooster emblem labeled "Cox" and a legend "I WILL CROW in November." It was isued in 1920 when James M. Cox, with Franklin D. Roo- sevelt as running mate, ran as the Democratic presidential candidate. Dr. Cressy received a barrage of let- ters and campaign buttons for a month after the article was featured, including badges of 1880 and 1948. As a result, his collection is even more complete. He is especially fond of one button, not of a campaign, which depicts a man lying in a casket and labeled "Talked to Death." "I wear that one to faculty meetings" he laughed. In addition to being a good sports- man, Mrs. Bieler is quite talented in the arts. She is presently engaged as a window display artist for one of the better women's clothing stores in At- lanta. Dr. Cressy Gains Appointment Dr. Cheever Cressy, chairman of the division of Political Science, has been appointed Georgia member of the Southern Political Science Association membership committee. The SPSA is an organization designed to improve methods of teaching political science and to keep its members abreast of world events. - HOMECOMING SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1957 - Page 4 The Flying Petrel PETRELS HAVE BEST SEASON SINCE 1950 THROUGH THE Bv BOB OLIVER '57 Oglethorpe's freshman-studded bas- ketball team has been one of the most interesting and colorful aggregations seen on the campus in several seasons. The won-loss record is not a world- beater, but the keen competitive spirit of the coach and team has spread throughout the University. Through a 20-game slate the Petrels have eight victories. Considering that all the opponents have had taller and more experienced teams, the record is creditable. Victories have been scored over Jacksonville (Ala.) State Teachers, Val- dosta State College, Georgia State, (2). Howard College. Berry College and the University of Chattanooga (2). This is quite an improvement over last year's team, which managed to win but two games. "'Although we lost three or four games we should have won," Coach Garland Pinholster relates, "we've re- ceived about the optimum from our material. This is a tough small college league we play in." To prove his point, two freshmen have been instrumental in Oglethorpe's comeback push this season: Donn Sul- livan of Forest Hills, N. Y., and Scotty Shamp, former Southwest DeKalb (De- catur) eager. Sullivan has averaged 12.5 points a game to be second in team scoring. Shamp has averaged just under 10 points and has 99 rebounds for 16 games. Sullivan is third in team re- bounds with 104. Sullivan is tops in number of points scored in one contest: 26 against Jacksonville State Teachers. Shamp had 23 against Piedmont Col- lege. Center Eddie Starnes, a junior, leads the club in scoring and rebounding. The Columbus native has tallied 176 points (12.6 average) and is credited with 121 rebounds. Billy Carter, a sophomare guard, is the remaining member of the Big Four in scoring and rebounding. The Atlan- ta lad averaged almost 1 1 points a con- test while scoring 172 points. The six- footer is second in rebounds with 108. His offensive rebounds paces the club. Several other plavers have contri- buted much to the basketball cause this season. Harold Buck, off-and-on first string forward, has turned in yoeman duty on boards; Joe Sewell, a freshman from Decatur who transferred to Ogle- thorpe from Georgia after Christmas, has brought new scoring punch to the team; Bruce Hauck has played brilli- antly in spots while sharing a guard post with Sewell; Jim O'Brien, another transfer, has turned in reserve duty at forward; and Jim Magee, the only senior on the team, has performed well when called upon as a substitute at forward. Coach Pinholster sums it up this way: "We're building; we'll have to take our knocks for awhile. It's a real challenge, and the season has been in- vigorating and interesting. The students and faculty have shown great spirit; they should be complimented for their support." Dr. Wilson Honored Dr. Wilson has become the 1 ,000th member of the Atlanta Bar Assn., Allen Post president, has announced. The membership card was presented to Dr. Wilson at the association's Feb- ruary luncheon by Leonard J. Hanna, Atlanta attorney, who is director of membership. Dr. Wilson has also been appointed to the DeKalb County bond com- mission. PLAYERS WILL DO BLITHE SPIRIT The Oglethorpe University Players will present Noel Coward's popular farce "Blithe Spirit" on March 29 and 30. The students have displayed a great deal of talent and enthusiasm which should ensure an excellent, most en- joyable production. Mrs. Daniel L. Uffner, Jr., will as- sume the role of Madame Arcati, a colorful character who conducts se- ances. Mrs. Uffner has had consider- able experience in amateur theatrical performances throughout the country. Curtain time is 8:00 P.M. both nights. YEARS Siephen Lefkoff '20 has retired from teaching at the DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City. As a repre- sentative of the Class of 1920, he was acclaimed "Dean" of the alumni who attended the alumni party in Decem- ber. Our sympathy to the family and friends of James Render Terrell, Jr. '20. Mr. Terrell was a prominent at- torney in LaGrange, Ga.. and was also active in that city's legal, civic and religious affairs. He was a former state senator and representative and served as the county attorney of Troup County continuously since 1934. William L. Nunn '22, Director of University Relations for the University of Minnesota at Champlain, Minne- sota, sent Oglethorpe a new book con- cerning psychology and psychoanaly- sis. It has been placed in the library for the benefit of our students and faculty. Roy Edward Carlyle '23, a former professional baseball player, died at his home in Norcross, Ga. on Thurs- day, November 22. Roy played with the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox. Atlanta Crackers and several minor league teams. Roy gained na- tional fame when he set a record for All schedules ore incomplete at present (Continued Page 6) Spring Sports Schedule Tennis April 2 Emory at Oglethorpe 2:00 P. M. April 1 1 Georgia State at Oglethorpe 1:30 P. M. April 20 Georgia State at Ga. State 1:30 P. M. May 7 Emory at Emory 2:00 P. M. Track April 6 Oglethorpe, Berry College and Emory at Emory 2:00 ' P. M. April 18 Oglethorpe, Bryan Universi- ty and Emory at Emory 2:00 P. M. April 12 Oglethorpe vs. Berry College at Berry May 4 Oglethorpe vs. Bryan Uni- versity in Dayton, Tenn. 2:00 P. M. Golf April 1 1 Oglethorpe vs. Ga. State April 20 Oglethorpe vs. Ga. State March, 1957 Page 5 THROUGH THE YEARS hitting the longest home run on July 4, 1929 in Oakland Calif. He slammed the ball 618 feet. His mark was bet- tered only last year. The Rev. Theodore V. Morrison '25 is rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Newport News, Va. He is actively engaged in promoting the Jamestown Festival, writing and Ma- son's consultant on Urban-Industrial relations. George Hardin '27 is a general agent of his own insurance company in Jack- sonville, Fla. He handles fire insurance policies for six companies. George has been on the executive committee of the South Eastern Underwriters Assn.. a director of the Jacksonville Y.M.C.A. and the chairman of the Advisory Committee for insurance companies in the State of Florida. E. Harry Banister '27 is secretary- treasurer of the Mid-Union Indemnity Co. in Elgin, 111. Mrs. Leila Barden Lindsey '27 had a close call last November. Because of a vivid dream her daughter Beverly had in which her decorating shop had been destroyed by fire, Lclia made her bank deposit earlier than usual. That evening her shop was visited by bur- glars and, thanks to her daughter, they caused relatively little damage. George H. Slappey '28 was a dele- gate of the Georgia Industrial Council to a recent meeting held at Rensselear Institute in Troy, N. Y. by securities businesses. He is director of the board of the Southern Publications Society and chairman of the Social Studies de- partment at O'Keefe High School in At- lanta. George is also editor of The Re- porter, the official house organ of the Georgia Social Studies Council. Roy Duke Terrell '29 has been elec- ted president of the Ansley Golf Club in Atlanta. Elsie Prater Higgins '29 is busy homemaking for her husband, Kent who is vice president of Higgins Mc- Arthur Printing Co., and for Kent Bruce Higgins, Jr., who was fourteen last September. Jim Anderson '3 1 was named a vice president and treasurer of the DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Murdock Walker Little '3 1 was installed president of the Atlanta Fed- eration of Women's Clubs last May. This honor seems to run in the family. Her husband's mother preceded her in the same office. Col. Ralph Tolve '36 regular army, is associate professor of Military Sci- ence and Tactics at the University of Texas in Austin. James Mikell Holmes '36 is director of the Artist Foxtrot Piano Schools in Atlanta. In addition to teaching the piano to beginner, intermediate and ad- vanced pupils, he arranges and orches- trates music. Bill Reynolds '37 is president of the Tampa Marine Company in Tampa, Fla. (We guarantee the coffee will be hot on your arrival.) Alma Suftles '37 a Fulton County school teacher and principal for over forty years, died this February. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, a former president and treas- urer of the Principals Club of Fulton County, a member of the GEA and the NEA, and served as president of var- ious PTA organizations. Fred Daiger '38 is executive director of the Albany Convention and Visitors Bureau. He is also actively engaged as the director of the Diocesan Survey of the Protestant Church and chairman of the Delegate Expenditure Survey of the United States and Canada which is now being conducted in behalf of conven- tion business trends. Adolph Spear '39 is secretary and treasurer of the General Plywood Corp. in Louisville, Ky. He has six children Deborah 16, Donna 13, Bar- bara 6, Lloyd 4, Robert 3, and James 6 months. He is a member of the Tax executives Institute, Kiwanis Club and Controllers Institute. Ansel Paulk '39 vice president of Cary Bone Realty Co. in Decatur, Ga., has been elected president of the newly formed DeKalb Real Estate Brokers Assn. Ansel is maried to the former Frances Bone '40. Robert L. Osborne '40 is principal of the Robert L. Osborne High School in Cobb County, Ga. He is also chair- man of the Cobb County Athletic Assn., president of the Cobb County "air Assn.. and director of the Federal Building and Loan Assn. of Cobb County. G. H. Perrow '40 is practicing medicine in Jasper, Ga. He was selec- ted oh the "Man of the eYar" of Easley in 1954. Guerrant has a pilot's license now evidently used to beat the stork. He has three children, Janet Heath, 6; Margaret Anne, 5; and Charles Guerrant, 2. John Williams '40 is co-owner of a retail foods concern in Easley, S. C. He has two children, John Craig, Jr., 1 I and Susan Carter, 6. James Mosteller '40 has been ap- pointed Dean of the Faculty and pro- fessor of Church History at Northern Baptist Theoligical Seminary in Chica- go, 111. beginning last fall. He is also engaged in ministerial duties. James is married to the former Iris Edmunds '44, who is a service representative for the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. who is a service representative for the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. Jouett Davenport '40 has become the managing editor of Conway pub- lications in Atlanta. He will head an editorial staff responsible for several national business publications. Jouett was the business editor of the Atlanta Journal prior to his new position. Arvil E. Axelberg '40 has been elected vice president of Dixie Seal and Stamp Co., Inc. Steven J. Schmidt '40 is President of the Company. A. Martin Sterling '41 has been elected vice president of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants. Martin is mar- ried to the former Mary Elizabeth Adams '37. George Moore, Sr., Father of Mrs. Violet Moore Poulos '41, died on Oc- tober 29. Mr. Moore was President and Treasurer of the George Moore Ice Cream Co., Inc. Herman McDaniel '42 was pro- moted last fall to the position of Oper- ating Manager of the Home Auto Sup- ply Department of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio. He has been associated with that company since 1936, starting as a warehouse employee. His successive promotions at Firestone reads like a Horatio Alger story. Page 6 The Flying Petrel ^eW ^>ee*t Through The Years Chester Boyles, Ambassador's Re- port, New York, Harper & Brothers. 1954. Nationalism, the urge of a people to determine its own destiny, is one of the most powerful factors influencing world affairs. The defeat of Japan in 1945, and the subsequent withdrawal of Western control in several areas of the Far East loosed there this force of self-assertion. Regrettable, in cases like that of China, the force was captured by Communism. In other cases, like that of India, the force was guided by individuals dedicated to freedom. This dedication alone has not been enough to transform India quickly, with its massive, poor, and abysmally ignorant population into a strong, independent democracy. It is the struggle of India to achieve this objective that is the real subject of Ambassador Bowles' Report. Mr. Bowles, as one of the most sen- sitive observers of the Far Eastern scene, has given to Americans an en- tree to India through careful, absorbing description and perceptive analysis not soon to be matched. If India were un- important to the international relations of the United States the book would still be on the reading list of citizens interested in the movement of a people toward effective democracy against al- most overwhelming odds. But such is not the case. India is important to the United States. If we can agree with the author, and I think we can, "that the history of our time will hereafter be written largely in Asia", no American wishing to be informed can neglect Ambassador's Report. Cheever Cressy, Professor of International Relations. Perles, Alfred. My Friend Henry Miller; an intimate biography; with a preface by Henrv Miller. New York. John Day, 1956.' Here is a way to come close to Hen- ry Miller without reading his tropics books. Alfred Perles writes of the facts of Miller's life to show us the spirit of the man. And indeed, here is a man with a beautiful spirit, a man who knows everything is important, who be- lieves this is a good life and a good world because it is the only one we will ever have, and for whom writing is a vital part of life and not an escape from it. Thought and language flow easily and naturally, and some say with gen- ius, through this man. His life, his friends, his expansive philosophy pro- vide an absorbing chronicle. This book has the power to help Henry Miller gain a dignified acceptance as one of America's truly creative artists. Janis Reyes, Librarian. Gerhart Niemeyer with the assist- ance of John S. Reshetar, Jr. An In- quiry Into Soviet Mentality. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Foreign Policy Research Institute Series No. 2. 1956. 1 13 pages, S2.75. The theme of this work is the identi- fication of the irrational elements in the thought and policy of Soviet lead- ers. It includes a discussion of the reasons for such elements. Many Alumni of Oglethorpe will re- member Dr. Niemeyer with gratitude and respect. He has developed his thinking several steps further along a vital path. Mr. Reshetar displays an admirable mastery of Marxist-Leninist philosophy. W. A. L. Coulborn, Professor of Economics. Margaret Mead and others Cul- tural Patterns and Technical Change. Mentor Book. 1955. S.50. This book, which is available in an inexpensive edition, was written for the administration of the World Health Organization of the U. N. It was de signed to serve as a guide to persons who were engaged in attempting to in- troduce new practices into established cultural patterns. It has much of inter- est to the general reader. Many of you have discussed with me and in class the problems resulting from the impact of one culture upon another. You may meet as old friends in this book some of the same conclu- sions which we reached in our discus- sions of the integration of several prim- itive cultures and the far-reaching effects of ill-considered changes intro- duced by well-meaning administrators. The position of the United States in the world demands that you as a citizen understand the sort of facts which this volume contains. George C. Seward, Dean of Faculty. Betty VValdon Axleberg '42 present- ed her husband, Howard '40, with a daughter on December 23. She is named Elizabeth Ann. Mrs. G. D. Castleberry '44 has been re-elected Superintendent of the Daw- son County public school system. Billy Harris '45 is superintendent of the Gwinnett County School System. Charlie L. Bird '45 sales manager of the Biltmore Hotel, was guest speaker for the Daytona Beach Convention Bu- reau on October 12. He outlined the Biltmore's program for meeting group needs for conventions, meetings and the like. Mrs. Ralph W. Dillow '41 nee Mary Elizabeth Pinkard, expects a new heir to arrive sometime in December. Mr. Dillow is a golf professional at the Saugahatchee County Club in Auburn. Ala. An oil potrait of W. O. Smitha '46 principal of South Cobb High School of Austell, Georgia, has been presented to the school by the Future Business Leaders of America and the Future Teachers of America clubs there. The presentation was made because of Mr. Smitha's "untiring service and loyalty ... to the entire student body and tea- chers." William Hasty '48 is County School Superintendent of Cherokee County, Georgia. Hazel Hasty '55 is teaching in the same county. Ed Walls '49 is a personnel techni- cian for the City of Atlanta and super- visor for Gallup & Robinson, Inc. mar- ket research in Atlanta. Ed has two children, Kathryn Elaine, 7 and Stan- ley Arnold, 4 Marion E. Taylor '50 is manager of Crawford and Co. insurance adjusters in their Athens, Ga. branch. Marion has two children. John Emory, 8 and William Marion, 2. Doug Cook '50 a partner in the Cook Insurance Agency, has been elected a vice president of the Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is also on the publications committee of that organization. Al '51 and Jane '50 Curkin have a new baby boy, Stephen Farley Curkin. born- December 22, 1956. Bleecker Totten '51 is employed as a junior chemist for the Colgate-Palm- olive Co. and is also in his third year studying law at Fordham University in March, 1957 Page 7 THROUGH THE YEARS New York City. He is married to the former Alice Reid. Mrs. Deloris Graham Coleman '5 1 presented her husband with a baby girl on November 6. Name - Charline Ce- celia. John Amico '5 1 is studying in Rome, Italy in medical school. He has about one year to go for his M.D. then he plans to intern in New York or Con- necticut. He visited his parents and friends last Christmas and returned to Italy via the Liberte' to France, through Switzerland then to Rome. Joe Overton '52 married Beverly Virginia Burton on November 24. Joe is employed by the Sinclair Refining Company in Atlanta. Fred Agel '53 is general manager and secretary of the John Rogers Co. in Atlanta. He has three children, John Frederick, Jr. 6, Sarah Elizabeth 3, and Lynn Marie 1. Fred is active in his church and in automotive assns. Frances M. Hicks '53 won her M.A. in elementary education last summer. Ordinary news? Not quite, for she earned it while keeping house and car- ing for her two children, the youngest being born last April. It was all the more difficult, because her husband was transfered to Portsmouth, Va. in March, which meant she had to take care of her household and academic chores alone. Congratulations Frances. Dorothy Calder '53 who looks like an attractive co-ed of a graduate school, announced she is a grandmoth- er of an eight month old hoy. Dorothy teaches at the Decatur High School in Georgia, and is curently teaching ce- ramics to an adult evening class at Oglethorpe. Dave and Jo (Furey) Fischer '53 are expecting their second child in April. Dave has recently been admitted to Columbia University graduate school to major in history. Charles "Doc"' and Mary (Norman) Stone '53 are living in New York City. "Doc" is working days and attending graduate school majoring in education. Phoebe Sperling '53 was married last fall to David Podhouser. They will reside in Atlanta. Beverly Joiner '54 married William T. Barton last July 7. Mary Ann Mehere '54 was maid of Honor. The couple is presently residing at 1810 Peachtree Rd., N. W., Atlanta. Tom Morris '54 is pastor of the Pottsville Associate Reformed Presby- terian Church in Pottsville, Ark. He was moderator at the Miss. Valley Presbytery of Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches at the fall meet- ing of 1955. Tom has one child, Thomas, Jr., 2. Mary Ann Mehere '54 is a teacher in Clearwater. Florida. Larry Lippman '54 is in Jackson- ville, Florida teaching seventh grade mathematics at the North Shore Ele- mentary School. Ailene Corry Arensbach '54 is teaching at the Ashford Park Elemen- tary School near Oglethorpe. Sue Ellen Wells Bray '55 is teach- ing English in the Lake Shore Junior High School in Jacksonville, Florida. Betty Burriss '55 is working on her master's degree in social work at the University of Penn. She expects to re- ceive her degree in June, 1957. She plans to try her hand in the field of writing. Ann Foster '56 is recovering nicely from her automobile accident last sum- mer. She attended the Lord and Lady Dance on February 15, then returned to Jacksonville, Fla. where she is teach- ing the third grade in the Lake Forest School. Bob Lovett '56 who was married last year to the former Miss Ruth Candler of Atlanta is in Emory grad- uate school majoring in philosophy. Monica Mueller '56 was married to John Dupuv '57 in St. Luke's Episco- pal Church in Atlanta, on December 21. John will attend medical school on graduation. Monica is now working at the V.A. Hospital near Oglethorpe. (Pqletljnrpc Pmiiersti]} OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Entered at the Post Office at Oglethorpe University, Ga., as second class matter under Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. POSTMASTER: Return Postage Guaranteed. TO: