The FLYING WETREL Vol. 50 OGLETHORPE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ATLANTA. GEORGIA March 1969 No. 3 ATTENTION! Alumni Day is May 3. Every alumnus and family is cordial- ly invited to return to the Oglethorpe campus on this special occasion. The student body, faculty and staff, trustees, president's council, and administration antici- pate the Alumni Day reunion with much enthusiasm and look forward to visiting with Oglethorpe's fine alumni. ALUMNI DAY SCHEDULE 12:00 Booster Club Luncheon and Meeting 1:15 Official Alumni Day Registration 1 :30 Guided Tour of Oglethorpe College Campus 1:30 Vespers (Alumni and Students invited) 2:00 Beta Nu Fraternity Reception for their Alumni T K E Fraternity Reception for their Alumni * Chi Phi Fraternity A P O Fraternity Kappa Delta Sorority * Duchess Club * Oglethorpe Women's Club 2:30 Honor Classes (Reception) 1919 - 1929 - 1944 - 1954 - 1959 3:00 Founders Club Meeting 3:30 Reception for Alumni in the teaching profession (active and retired) 4:00 Alumni Croup Picture 4:30 Alumni Buffet A. Brief Meeting B. Alumni Day Drawing The asterisks (* ) indicate that definite plans as to time and type of participation on Alumni Day not finalized at present time. Alumni Day 1969 is developing into the most exciting and successful alumni affair in many years. The schedule is jam-packed with well planned and entertaining activities for your enjoyment and recreation. Be an active member of the aggressive OGLETHORPE ALUMNI PROGRESS TEAM and be present for Alumni Day. This opportunity is one you can't afford to miss. MARK, SATURDAY, MAY 3, ON YOUR CALENDAR AND SUPPORT YOUR ALMA MATER FIVE ALUMNI NAMED TO OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN Five Oglethorpe College alumni have been named for inclusion in the 1%9 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America . The honored are Mr. Doug Alexander, Roger G)uch, Eric Scharff, and Ted Bayley all of Atlanta and Wayne Dobbs of Washington, D.C. Doug Alexander, Class of 1968, is currently employed at Oglethorpe as Director of Public Relations and Continu- ing Education. Roger Couch, '61, is the highly successful basketball coach at Druid Hills High School. Eric Scharff is President of the Walton Manufacturing Company, a clothing manufacturing company in Loganville and a 1%3 graduate of Oglethorpe. Ted Bayley serves as Assistant Director of Field Service for the Atlanta Area Boy Scouts. Wayne Dobbs is the head basketball coach at George Washington University and is a former Oglethorpe athlete and a 1961 graduate. The Oglethorpe Alumni Association meets the second Monday of each month at 7:30 in the Private Dining Room at the College Center. Alumni are welcomed and encouraged to attend. ALUMNUS ON THE MOVE FACULTY NEWS SPOTLIGHTING W. ELMER GEORGE OGLETHORPE GRADUATE -CLASS OF 1939 Mr. George is presently the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION and has held this position for twelve years. In this capacity he works for and with every mayor in Georgia. Mr. George began this job with four basic aims tax equalization, ridding the state of the fee system, balanced representation in the state legislature, and consolidation of inefficient units of local governments. Thus far, he has accomplished three of these goals. The fourth, consolidation of inefficient units of local governments, is in legislation at the present time and should become a reality in the near future. Mr. George has been a member for eight years of the Community Facilities Committee for the National League of Cities and for twelve years the Director of the Resolu- tion Committee of the National League of Cities. Garland F. Pinholster, Dean of Administration, and Edward M. Garrett, Dean of the College attended the American Association of Higher Education meeting in Chicago, Illinois in March. Dr. David N. Thomas, Associate Professor in History, has put together a program of Urban Studies. This program has not yet been approved by the Oglethorpe Faculty and Administration but it seems to lend itself to contem- porary curriculum changes which are being made in colleges all over the country. Oglethorpe will again offer a summer workshop for ele- mentary teachers and a seminar for secondary teachers. The workshop and seminar will run concurrently during the first term of summer school (beginning June 9th) and they will serve in lieu of the student teaching requirement in a planned program designed to provide professional certifications. Carol George Sellers, daughter and 1963 graduate of Oglethorpe is married to Lt. Woody Sellers. Lt. Sellers is currently serving in the U.S. Air Force in the Phillipines. ^^^i^v.^-. The Oglethorpe College Flying Petrel, very proudly salutes Mr. Elmer George, as an outstanding alumnus and indi- vidual. Good luck and best wishes for all your future endeavors. '^^^.^-K^^ STUDENT NEWS APO Service Fraternity has recently donated portable bleachers to Oglethorpe for use at the tennis and soccer matches. Phi Alpha Fraternity sponsored an Easter Egg Hunt for the Methodist Children's Home in Decatur, Georgia, on the Oglethorpe Campus, March 24. Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity will receive their Charter in April. Kappa Delta Sorority's formal installation will take place April 11, 12, and 13. National officers of the sorority and Kappa Delta Chapters from colleges in the Southeast will attend the festivities. The Oglethorpe Players' presented Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" March 13, 14, and 15 in the Oglethorpe audi- torium. The play was an overwhelming success and President Vonk commented that it was "the best college theatrical production that he had ever seen." ALUMNEWS Emmett S. McDowell, Jr. (1919) is a Certified Public Accountant in Decatur, Georgia. Cammie Lee Kendrick (1929) is the Business Office Mana- ger for the Ponce de Leon Infirmary in Atlanta, Georgia. George M. Talbott (1944) is a Fuel and Lubrication Engi- neer for the Standard Oil Company of California. He is a Fuel and Lubrication Engineer and Consultant to Planta- tions, Contractors and Industries in Hawaii. Mary Bearden Cazalas (1954) is a practicing attorney in Louisiana. In 1966-67 she was awarded for the best Com- ment in the Loyola Law Review and has three American Jurisprudence Awards. Mrs. Cazalas is also a member of Cardinal Key National Honorary Fraternity; Treasurer and Vice-president Phi Delta Delta international Legal Fraternity Alpha Zeta Chapter; and member of Phi Sigma Biological Society. As a Registered Nurse, she keeps in touch with nursing by working in a local hospital for one month every year. Kay Kibler Chambers (1954) is teaching the seventh grade at Moreland School in the Atlanta Public School System. Ronald W. Gann (1954) is the Vice President and Trust Officer for the C & S National Bank in Atlanta, Georgia. His work includes the Real Estate Division Trust Department. Eloise H. Greer (1954) is the Librarian for the Laurel Hills Elementary School in Fulton County, Georgia. Madge T. Jackson (1954) is teaching the second grade at College Street School in Hapeville, Georgia. Reverend Thomas G. Morris, Sr. (1954) is the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Russellville, Arkansas and Pottsvi lie-Bethany Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pottsville, Arkansas. Dorothy F. Myers (1954) is teaching the first grade at Tullwaters School in Decatur, Georgia. Jewell Boath Palmer (1954) is teaching social studies at East Cobb Junior High School in Cobb County, Georgia. Gladys T. Peck (1954) is presently working in the Atlanta School System as Coordinator-Elementary Physical Edu- cation. This position includes coordinating physical education activities of 124 elementary schools in the Atlanta School System. Elizabeth B. Snead (1954) is a Missionary for LJnited Methcxiist Church. At the present time she is located in Singapore. Donald E. Zurek (1954) is working in the Marketing De- partment for the Southern Bell Telephone Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Ted D. Bayley (1958) has been promoted to Assistant Scouts Executive with the Atlanta Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. William B. Christian (1959) is the Field Director of the Boy Scouts of America South Florida Council, consist- ing of administrative work and supervising a youth pro- gram of 12,000 boys in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. Jack A. Etheridge, Jr. (1959) is currently the Product Sales Manager for Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc. in Nutley, New Jersey. Charles T. Ingram, Jr. (1959) is the Senior Aeromechanics Engineer for Lockheed-Georgia Company in Marietta, Georgia. His work consists of performing theoretical analyses and data reduction pertaining to aircraft loads. Joseph C. Levin, Jr. (1959) is the Principal of the Clayton County School in Georgia. James Anthony Paredes (1961) will begin work in Septem- ber 1969 as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Florida State University at Tallahassee, Florida. John D. Kuiken (1962) is the Director of Corporate Rela- tions for the Independent Colleges of Southern California. Dennis Kerr (1964) was married to the former Judine Dapper of Chicago, Illinois on November 30, 1968. Mem- bers of the wedding party included Mr. R. 1. Doyal (1960) and Mr. Lynn Drury (1963). Mr. Kerr is a Technical Rep- resentative for the Corn Products Company in the Phila- delphia area. David S. Davies (1965) has been promoted to Director of Activities with the Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. Larry Shattles (1967) is now in advertising sales with Life Magazine. .<9^<^v^> DECEASED Thompson McConnahaye Wells (1927) passed away in January 1969. Trent A. Allen (1941) passed away March 10, 1969. Mr. Allen was an active member of the Alumni Association and Booster Club and his participation will be missed. t^^H^H^> VESPERS ANYONE? OGLETHORPE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND VESPERS ON ALUMNI DAY. OGLETHORPE ADVANCES TO NATIONAL PLAYOFFS The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels finished the 1968-69 basketball campaign with an impressive 23-4 record and a trip to the national college division tournament at Evansville, Indiana. Oglethorpe captured the South Atlantic Regional Tourna- ment at Norfolk, Virginia by defeating Old Dominion Col- lege and Mt. St. Mary's College on March 7-8. Advancing to the national finals, where only eight teams throughout the country were still eligible for the national champion- ship, Oglethorpe lost to Kentucky Wesleyan, who went on to win the national championship. Congratulations should go to Coaches Carter and Norwood and especially seniors, Earl Blair, Mike Dahl, |im Hoggarth, Doug Cole, and jerry Lee for their fine efforts in producing one of the best teams in Oglethorpe's history. MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE SEMINAR Mr. William Egerton, professor of management at Ogle- thorpe College, will present a seminar entitled "Manage- ment of People." Professor Egerton a highly successful management and business consultant will conduct the eight week seminar beginning April 30. This seminar is conducted by the Department of Continuing Education at Oglethorpe College and is the second time the seminar has been offered. ? ALUMNI DAY DRAWING ? As a special added attraction on May 3, an ALUMNI DAY DRAWING is scheduled at the 4:30 Buffet. Gifts have been donated by Oglethorpe Alumni, President's Council Members, Trustees and Friends for this special drawing. Every alumnus will receive further details in the near future. In the meantime, make your plans to attend the Alumni Day Buffet. The FLYING PETREL is published monthly at Oglethorpe College; Atlanta, Georgia. DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1968 - 1969 ALUMNI 5 9,171.10 (INCLUDING FRIENDS) BOOSTER CLUB 7,369.00 (INCLUDING FRIENDS) FOUNDATIONS 41,014.77 A. ANONYMOUS GIFT 125,000.00 TRUSTEES 4,694.00 PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL 1 .425.00 WILLS (APPROXIMATELY) 70,000.00 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 128,733.00 TOTAL $387,406.87 The Flying Petrel Published Monthly by OGLETHORPE COLLEGE 4404 Peachtree Road Atlanta, Georgia 30319 Return Requested. t4??S MYRTA T . ; V-. Second Class Postage Paid at Atlanta, Ga. 30319 37