Flying Petrel, October 1961

EDITION

Vol. 44

Published by National Oglethorpe Alumni Association, October, 1961

No. 3

HILDRETH LEADS 1961-62 FUND

$38,500 GOAL

Philip Hildreth "34, second vice
president of the Alumni Assn, has
been named chairman of the Forward
Oglethorpe Fund for 1961-62. Mr.
Hildreth is vice president of Clement
& Co., Atlanta based claims adjuster
firm.

The combined Alumni Assn and
Athletic Booster Club goal is set at
538,500, about one third higher than
that of last year. The figure was ar-
rived at as the sum of the following
objectives:

1 . Unrestricted Gifts - $2 1 ,000 - to
be used as best serve the objectives
of the college. Some of these are
faculty salary supplements, academic
scholarships and loans, and instruction-
al equipment and supplies.

2. Athletic Grants-In-Aid - S14,-
500 - to be used to defray college ex-
penses for academically qualified stu-
dents who also show exceptional ath-
letic ability.

3. Capital Gifts - S3, 000 - to be
used to continue studies and plans
leading to the construction of a new
library building and new residence
hall for women.

All of the objectives are of great
importance to the progress of Ogle-
thorpe University's total program.
They are deemed worthy of your
thoughtful consideration and support.
Each is endorsed by the trustees and
by the administration.

Assisting Mr. Hildreth in over-all
planning and implementation are
Howard G. Axelberg '40, president of
the Alumni Assn and chairman of the
highly successful 1960-61 Fund drive,
and Stephen J. Schmidt '40, outstand-
ing leader of the Booster Club.

PHILIP HILDRETH

Others on the steering committee
are Joseph Murphy '20, Wayne Traer
"28, Mary Asher '43, O.K. Sheffield
"53, Mike Murphey "54 and Louis
Wuichet "59.

This combined appeal is designed
to permit you, the donor, to view all
objectives at one time. With one check,
you may support any one, two or all
objectives. But don"t send your gift
now. Wait until you are invited to
contribute, either personally or by mail.

Mr. Hildreth said, "I feel very, very
strongly about the importance of the
alumni effort to the over-ail develop-
ment program of Oglethorpe."" He
added, "1 know we will all do the job
we are capable of doing for the better-
ment of the school. We will all be the
prouder for it."'

LETS DANCE

Wliat happened in a decade?
Alumni, who attend the Oglethorpe
Alumni Assn's Fifth Annual Dinner
Dance, will have a chance to find out.
All alumni are invited to the dance,
and those in the classes of "6 1 , '51, '41,
"31. and "21 are especially invited. A
special effort is underway to make sure
these alumni attend. . .imagine the
stories they will have to tell?

The annual dinner dance, just the
spark you need to start a delightful
.social season, will be held at the ex-
clusive Capital City Country Club on
Saturday, October 14. The club is
located on Brookhaven Drive near
Oglethorpe.

Many illustrious Oglethorpe alumni
will be attending this year"s affair.
Among the many who are coming are
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Axelberg "40,
Sam Hirsch "50, Wayne Traer '28.
Tommie Carper "37, and Mr. and Mrs.
O. K. Sheffield "53 "54.

The program starts at 7 p.m. with
a social hour, dinner will be served at
8, and from 9 to I 2 there will be time
for dancing and chatting. One of At-
lanta"s top orchestras will provide ap-
propiate music.

Between 100 and 150 alumni are
expected.

If you have not made YOUR re-
servations, send a check covering the
number you need to the Alumni Office,
immediately. Tickets are 56.00 per
person. They include dinner, tax, tip,
and dancing.

There will be NO speeches and NO
fund raising. . . .YES, we will have
FUN RAISING at the Fifth Annual
Dinner Dance. . . .Mark your calender
now. The date is October 14.

^lic ^iiiina I etrei
October, 1961

Published seven times a year in July, September, Oc-
tober, January, March, April and May by Oglethorpe
I'niversity, Atlanta, Georgia.

Printed by
Russell & Wardlaw

OFFICERS

Howard Axclberg '40 President

Samuel M. Hirscli '50 .._ 1st V. President
Philip Hiidreth '34 . ___ 2nd V. President
W. Elmer George '40 .. 3rd V. President

Mrs. Betty Villegas '49 Secretary

Martin Sterling '36 Treasurer

DIRECTORS

O. K. Sheffield '53 Chairman

Joseph R. Murphy '20
Wayno S. Traer '28
Mrs. Mary Walker '34
Harry P. Wren '34
Mrs. Tommie Carper "37
Francis S. Key '38
Mrs. Mary Asher '43
Louis Wuichet '59

EDITOR

Daniel L. Ui'fner, Jr. '51

COLLEGE COMMITMENT

To one of the largest enrollments
in modern times. President Donald
C. Agnew delivered a thought provok-
ing speech. The occasion was the open-
ing of college and Senior Capping
Ceremony on September 20.

Defining the role of a small liberal
arts college in the present world crisis
was the impetus for the title of Dr.
Agnew's address, "Colletie Commit-
ment, 1961-1962."

"Berlin in not only a problem in
itself, but it is a symptom of wide-
spread unrest and conflict. Indications
are that the best thing we can hope for
is an indefinite period of limited
wars.", said Dr. Agnew. "The chances
of a nuclear war are real. . .If we had a
nuclear war, what values should be
preserved? The ideas of Western Civil-
ization must be reassembled, reexamin-
ed and reborn." Dr. Agnew pointed out
that we must decide which things are of

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1960-61 ALUMNI EFFORT

BEST IN O. U. HISTORY

It would take an endownment of
8624,433.75 invested at 4 percent in-
terest to match the 524,977.39 con-
tributed by alumni to Oglethorpe last
year. And a grand total of 683 donors
made this possible.

By every measurement, the 1960-61
Forward Oglethorpe Fund was the
most successful program of its kind in
Oglethorpe's history.

While scores of alumni played major
roles in this undertaking, special re-
cognition should be given to Howard
G. Axelberg "40, chairman and Stephen
J. Schmidt "40, president of the Booster
Club. The series of letters sent to
alumni were the results of their efforts
and those of O.K. Sheffield "53, 1960-
61 president of the Alumni Assn and
of Robert B. Oliver "57, first vice
president of the Booster Club. These
men gave freely of their time and
energy demanded by the responsibili-
ties of this important task.

Of course, the importance of the
roles played by every single one of the
683 alumni donors cannot be over-
estimated.

Three classes, leaders of the three
categories of measurement, were hon-
ored on Alumni Day in May. They
were the Class of '20 for highest per-
cent of participation - 36 percent;
Class of '37 for largest amount con-
tributed - 86,794.50; and Class of '40
for greatest number of donors - 36.

The money provided 55,000 for
faculty salary supplements; $6,602.16
for current operating expenses includ-
ing instructional equipment and mater-
ials; 88,166.75 for athletic grants-in-
aid; 83,658 toward construction of a
new library and residence hall for
women and 81,550.48 for renovations
of buildings and grounds - every area
a vital one.

In addition, the Booster Club re-
ceived 8855 from non-alumni sources,
and two Booster Club members took
out life insurance policies of 55,000
each naming Oglethorpe as benficiary.

NINE ALUMNI HEAD

GEORGIA AREAS

Nine alumni are serving as volunteer
area chairmen for a personal solicita-
tion phase of the Forward Oglethorpe
Fund this year.

The areas and chairmen are: Albany,
Miss Bertha Faircloth '40; Athens,
Donald Bloemer "53; Atlanta Zone 5,
Creighton Perry '37; Atlanta Zone 11,
Robert Boggus '49; Atlanta Zone 19,
William A^ers '47; Chamblee, Col.
Francis Shipton '58; Cherokee County,
W. Alex Weatherby "55; Dublin. Rev.
Samuel Edleman *57; and Tri-Cities,
Mrs. David Garrett "52.

Two areas in Georgia were personal-
ly solicited last year with gratifying
results. The areas were East Point led
by Rev. William "Bill" Allison '33
and Cherokee County with William
Hasty '48 as chairman. Donors in-
creased from 4 to 30 percent and the
amount of gifts rose seven fold.

These results confirmed eyperiences
of other colleges using the same met-
hod and led to the decision to expand
the number of areas in this phase.

Final results are not available since
volunteers are still in the process of
completing their visits, but initial re-
ports are encouraging. This is parti-
cularly true of the significant number
of new donors contributing.

The first public report of Forward
Oglethorpe Fund progress will be an-
nounced at the dinner-dance.

An Honor Roll is now being pre-
pared which lists the names of all
donors and includes many interesting
figures and comparisons. It will be
mailed to all 1960-61 donors.

Alumni can be truly proud of their
achievement. Through their support,
Oglethorpe has been able to provide a
more meaningful education for her
students than was possible without
their help.

The Fifth Annual Alumni

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MRS. DAVID GARRETT
Chairman Tri-Cities

DONALD BLOEMER
Chairman^ ^ Athens

OGLETHROPE ADDS
THREE MORE TO FACULTY

Oizlcthorpc lias named three faculty
members lor tlie fall quarter. I hese are
in addition to tlie six mentioned in the
.liil\ issue of The Flyinji Petrtl.

Max T. Johns, instructor of Eco-
nomics and Austin C. Schlenker, As-
sistant Professor of E{conomics will
teacli in the Business and Citizenship
Divisions. Cornett Woodley, education,
will serve as visiting teacher.

Mr. Schlenker comes to Oglethorpe
from Southwest Texas Junior College.
He obtained his masters degree from
Texas College of Arts and Industries.
Mr. Johns has had experience in the
business world. Prior to coming to
Oglethorpe, he taught at the University
of Georgia. Mr. Woodley received his
M. A. degree in Education from East-
ern Kentucky State College. He has
been associated with the Bartow
County Schools.

We know a mutually beneficial as-
sociation between Oglethorpe and the
new members of the faculty will be
achieved in the forthcoming year.

W. ALEX WEATHERBY
Chairman Cherokee Co.

WiLLIAIVI AYERS
Chairman Atlanta Zone 19

College Commitment

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lasting value and then make sure we
do not become too complacent about
retaining these values.

Oglethorpe is beginning a two-year
self-study program. It will enable the
University to reexamine these values
as presented all aspects of the Univer-
sity including its students, faculty, ad-
ministration, physical plant, financial
structure, curriculum, and community
relations. The plan is to study in dept'i
a projecton of its facilities and program
for the next ten years.

"The value of the task," said Dr.
Agnew, "is the preservation of lasting
ideas and the creation of new and bet-
ter ideas. This is what a liberal educa-
tion means."

Assn Dinner Dance Will

October, 1961

Page 3

REMINISCING WITH THE

WENDELL BROWNS

CHARACTERS

Those of us who set out to revivify
Ogletliorpe were a pretty naive lot
when it came to running a college.
True, we had many ideas that have
proven excellent in the subsequent
years, but when we chose our as-
sociates staff, faculty, or students
only a kindly Providence kept us out of
trouble most of the time.

There was the purchasing agent who
furnished his house and many other
things out of our pitiful treasury. He
was dismissed, promising to pay back
the several thousand dollars, and when
he was caught a few days later, with
mask and gun, robbing a pool hall, he
told police, and the world, that he had
to have the money to pay back Ogle-
thorpe. Our public image (to coin a
phrase) was not sculpted by Phidias.

Then there was the faculty member
who boiled human innards in a labora-
tory in Phoebe Hearst. The evidence
of lliese tests was always most con-
clusive at meal times, and, if we had
had enough sense, we could have saved
greatly on the food budget. This went
on (the President, who did not live in
Hearst, thought we were finicky) until
he brought some VIP's to a luncheon.

All this is amusing in retrospect, but
the most amusing episode involved
both a professor and a student. The
latter, a girl of rather vague back-
ground, appeared quite the normal
coed when she arrived in September,
but by October all of us had noticed
strange actions. When she proposed
to write a book, then three books on
psychology, on religion, and on sex
we knew that something had to be
done. A long distance call to father
brought forth his opinion that she was
perfectly all right, and that he did not
want her home ever. Of course, most
of the school students and faculty
were all living together in Hearst. One
two-room suite was occupied by a very
dignified and rather timid professor,
who, because of the crowded quarters,
did much of his work in the evenincs

NORMAN THOMSON
RESIGNS

Norman Thomson, Oglethorpe's
jovial, hustling Director of Develop-
ment, has resigned. In recent months,
the great pressure inherent in such a
position began to have telling effects
on his health. His doctors advised him
to get out from under or suffer the
consequences.

In his letter of resignation to Dr.
Agnew, he stated, "It has been difficult
to come to this decision. Difficult, not
only because 1 have been privileged to
meet many sons and daughters of
Oglethorpe for whom 1 hold a deep
respect, but primarily because Ogle-
thorpe University is at the crossroads
of true greatness, and I would like to
remain with you and our Trustees and
observe the ushering in of the New
Day."

Sincere regrets are felt by all who
know him and know of his perserver-
ance on behalf of Oglethorpe.

Mr. Thomson has taken a teaching
position with Florida Southern Uni-
versity, and he expects to do some con-
sulting in that college's development
program - but not too much. He can
be contacted in care of Thomson &
Sheridan, Inc., P.O. Box 247, Lake-
land, Fla.

Oglethorpe wishes him good health
and success in his new position.

in bed, while his wife took care of the
two little girls in the next room. One
night as he worked there, the door
opened, and in came our heroine in
night clothes. She climbed into bed to
discuss the problems of her work with
him. That is, she started to. With a
bound he left the bed, yelling for his
wife. Regardless of father's wishes, the
next morning, she was on a train for
home.

Ah, the dear, dead days!

In this picture, unavailable for last issue,
Mr. L. F. Montgomery hands Dr. Agnew a
check lor SI 5,000. Steve Schmidt, who worked
closely with Mr. Montgomery for the gift,
beams his approval.

O. U. SENIOR RETURNS

Bob Olsen, a senior, has returned to
Oglethorpe University after spending
his junior year in Sweden. He studied
abroad on a grant provided by Scandi-
navian countries. The purpose of the
grants are to enable American students
to better understand the Scandinavian
way of living.

While in Sweden, Bob studied gen-
eral courses covering Swedish life and
history. He also carried out a research
project based on Boy Scouting in
Sweden.

According to Bob, "The Swedish
people have an exceptionally high
standard of living, expecially higher
than other European countries." He
feels that their long neutrality is a
major factor. There are only two class-
es of people in Sweden the middle
class and the wealthy class.

In spite of their proximity to the
USSR, Bob has the impression that the
Swedish people are much less afraid
of the Russians than are Americans.

Be Held At The Capital

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NEW VARSITY SPORT

Soccer socks its way onto the Ogle-
thorpe campus. Known as football in
most countries, soccer is a major team
sport. As a fall sport, it will round out
a complete athletic program for Ogle-
thorpe. Students will be able to enjoy
soccer, basketball in tiie winter, and
tennis and baseball in the spring.

Soccer, characterized by rapid move-
ment, is played with two teams of
eleven players. The object of the game
is to move the ball through the goal
posts and score a point. The ball can
be moved only by butting it with a
player's head or kicking it with his foot.
The game is played in halves, and it
takes about ninety minutes to complete.

The playing area is about the size
of a football field. Hermance Field
will be the site of all future home
games.

Billy Carter, former Oglethorpe
athlete, will coach the Oglethorpe
team. Coach Carter plans to initiate
the new sport by encouraging freshman
to participate. Then the team and the
sport can grow together.

No definite plans for competitive
matches have been made for this fall.
However, Coach Carter, hopes to have
2 or 3 matches lined up before the
season is over.

One of Oglethorpe's most enthusi-
astic soccer spectators this year will be
Dr. Arthur Bieler, professor of mod-
ern languages. His interest in the
sport started when he played in Vien-
na, Austria.

Dr. Bieler feels that soccer hasn't
caught on in the United States in the
past because of competition from other
traditional sports. "It's a very fascinat-
ing sport," feels Dr. Bieler, "from a
spectator's as well as from a partici-
pant's view point." He added that he
believes it will gain enthusiatic support
from the Oglethorpe student body.

BASKETBALL PREVIEW

This year Oglethorpe fans will see
action packed basketball games. A
complete schedule departure from the
past five years will triple the strength
of the schedule according to Coach
Garland Pinhoister. Instead of being
the favorite team everytime the Petrels
go on the floor, they are picked as
underdogs or for a toss-up in eighteen
out of twenty-two games. This means
a harder game, more action, and more
school spirit through greater interest in
the game. Coach Pinhoister said, "We
might win only half the games because
we are playing bigger, more experi-
enced teams, but you'll see better
basketball."

Five freshman are starting out to-
gether. They represent an average
height of 6 feet 4 inches and a scholas-
tic average of 9 1 . Four of the boys
were offered grants to larger univer-
sities. They chose Oglethorpe for ed-
ucational as well as for athletic pur-
poses.

Of the eight returning players, all
but one are juniors and seniors. It will
be a battle between the old and the
new. The five freshman want to see
action (his year. Their hustle and talent
will put a lot of pressure on returning
lettermen. The overall result should
bring a new high in spirit to a team al-
ready noted for zing.

OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY

BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

1961-62

Dole

Opponents

December

2

Here

4

Piedmont Colleqe

Here

9

Mississippi Southern

There

18-19

O. U Invitational

Mississippi Col
Davidson Colleqe
Carson-Newman Col.
Oqlethorpe Univ.

Here

27 or 29

U. of Rhode Island

Here

January

3

Here

6

Jacksonville U.

Here

12

Mississippi Southern

Here

17

Penibroke State Col.

Here

20

SI. Bernard Col-

There

22

Piedmont College

There

26

Cumberland Colleqe

Here

Tebruory

3

There

7

Pikeville Colleqe

Here

9

Jacksonville U

There

10

Rollinqs College -

-. There

13

Here

17

Stetson Univ

There

22

There

24

Chattanooqo U.

There

27

Belmont Abbey

Here

Home games will be played in tl

e Oqlethorpe

University

field house at 8 p.m.

Basketball practice officially starts
October 14. The first game is Decem-
ber 2 with St. Bernard.

Support our team. . . .Cheer the Pe-
trels to Victory. . . .Join the Booster
Club.

1961-

62 VARSITY BASKETBALL

ROSTER

Name

Height

Posidon

Class

Homelown

Joe Carter

6'0"

G

1

Atlanta

Bobby Dalgleish

6'0"

G

2

Atlanta

Johnny Guthrie

5'9"

G

4

Atlanta

Jimbo Hartlage

6'4"

F

1

Elizabethtown, Kv.

Morris Mitchell

6'6"

C

3

Atlanta

Bobby Nance

6'5"

F-C

3

Cedartown, Ga.

Tom Norwood

5' 11"

G

4

Decatur, Ga.

Billy Parker

6'5"

F

1

Newnan, Ga.

Jay Rowland

6'1"

G

4

Gainesville, Fla.

Bobby Sexton

6'5"

F

2

Opelika, Ala.

Bill Stewart

6'6"

F

1

Talledetia, Ala.

Rav Thomas

6'3"

G

1

Cedartown, Ga.

Darrell Whitford

6'3"

G

3

Silver Grove, Ky.

City Country Club On

October, 1961

Page 5

Fnr Teachable Geiwralists

NE\>k CURRICl LI M IN
BUSINESS ADMIMSTRATION

Nationwide, business schools are
hearing the same plea from business-
men, "We want a college graduate
with a basic understanding of business
to whom we can teach the specifics of
our particular business" and "We are
tired of trying to reteach a man the
broad concept of business, when his
knowledges is limited to his specializa-
tion."

Their justifiable complaints stem
from a lack of exposure to the humani-
ties of their junior executives who have
had highly specialized business courses.
In many instances a graduate's special-
iaztion lies in areas years ahead of his
present needs. Businessmen see a need
in management for personnel with an
understanding of the human element
in business.

Oglethorpe Unversity's Division of
Business Administration has decided to
do something about the problem. This
fall a greatly modified business ad-
ministration program, geared to mod-
ern business needs, will be instituted.
The uniqueness of the Business Divi-
sions program lies in its underlying
purpose seen in the required courses
which are a part of the new business
curriculum. They are designed to give
students a basic knowledge of man,
the fundamental skills of modern busi-
ness, and make them "Teachable
Generalists".

A teachable generalist, according
to professor of management develop-
ment Wm. A. Egerton, is not a specia-
list, but one who is knowledgeable of
the business world and capable of see-
ing the overall business picture. The
courses which have been planned to
achieve this purpose are difficult and
exacting in their aim.

Students are required to take 50
percent of their courses in the humani-
ties. Their remaining requirements in
the new business curriculum are higher
mathematics, human relations, the
conceptual foundation of business,
business law, accounting and costing.

Mr. & Mrs. John Patrick enjoy an all too
brief visit to Oglethorpe, Mr. Patrick '33, after
graduation, coached the football Petrels through
the thirties. He is assistant Superintendent of
the East Chicago, 111. school system.

marketing, statistics, and principles of
management.

In addition, a major innovation is
a required year of physics. Since World
War II business has become highly
automated and a rising number of
technical products are being manu-
factured. Physics, Mr. Egerton pointed
out, is a basic science from which other
sciences have sprung. The modern
businessman needs an understanding
of scientific theory to better com-
municate with his co-workers and to
make sound decisions. It is believed
a good basic course in physics will sup-
ply this need.

This new business administration
program is designed to give a broad
understanding of business to the stud-
ent. He will also be better equipped to
face life's problems.

Oglethorpe graduates will discover
that this program which they will have
experienced at Oglethorpe, will enable
them to surpass those who have had
the older, narrow, specialized training
found in too many other colleges.

Goslin Effect

RUSSIAN THEORY DISPROVED

BY 0. U. PROFESSOR

Roy N. Goslin, Oglethorpe professor
of physics, has disproved a Russian
theory and replaced it with his own.

Mr. Goslin, a consultant at Oak
Ridge National Laboratories for many
years, began working on a special pro-
ject this summer in collaboration with
O. C. Yonts, A.M. Veach and Dr. E.
D. Shipley.

The team began preliminary studies
of ion beam and secondary plasma
interactions. While results were veri-
fied, Mr. Goslin disproved the Russian
theory that explained them. His col-
leagues, consequently, named his
theory the "Goslin Effect".

The Goslin Effect is "an explana-
tion, making use of equal potential
lines, of why well-defined high current
ion beams passing through a vacuum
and a magnetic field have a tendency
to oscillate and blow up."

Ion beams are used in electronuclear
and thermonuclear energy devices. Ac-
cording to Mr. Goslin, ion beams may
be the primary source of power in
future space craft when in outer space.

A paper, concerning these results
and the team's continuing studies in
this area, will be read at the American
Plasma Physics Conference in Colora-
do Springs on November 16-17.

ALUMNI
DINNER DANCE

Saturday, October 14
7:00 P.M.- 12

Make your Reservations
Now

Saturday, October 14

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Fl LBRIGHT LECTl MER

DR. ABBOTT RETURNS

Dr. Martin Abbott, professor of
history at Oglethorpe University, has
just returned from a years leave as a
Fulbright lecturer. He was one of only
28 lecturers chosen to tra\'el and lec-
ture in Germany during the past twelve
months. In Germany, Dr. Abbot 1
taught American History and Western
Civilization at Interpreters Institute, a
branch of the University of Mainz.

Dr. Abbott, his wife and two chil-
dren lived in an apartment in Germer-
sheim, a small provincial village in the
Rhine Valley, with other Fulbright
lecturers.

In addition to formal lecturing duties
stated in the Fulbright grant. Profes-
sor Abbott gave lectures under the
auspices of the United States Informa-
tion Service. They covered various
aspects of American history and de-
velopment. An interesting fact is that
speeches given by the lecturers are
bound into a pamphlet or book and
distributed to all who attended them,
to the local library, and to others in-
terested in obtaining a copy.

German teachers, doctors, and ed-
ucators usually attended these lectures,
liowever. they were open to everyone.
The main purpose was to explain
working American democracy to
people of that country. One cannot
help but wonder if the average man
also benefits from these lectures. A
hope is that the more educated German
will teach the less educated.

A Fulbright lecturer has two specific
duties. He usually lectures on his
specific field of knowledge, and he
helps to organize American study con-
ferences for about 30 to 40 German
educators who teach English or Ameri-
can studies.

The American Civil War is Dr. Ab-
bott's speciality. Although he does not
consider himself an expert, he is re-
nowned for his scholarly research in
this specific phase of American history.
In explaining the German people's in-
terest in the Civil War, Dr. Abbott pre-

u

llim^ . . .

Died: George H. Phillips, .Ir. "27 in the

spring of 1961.

C/aJJ of 82

Born; To Mr. & Mrs. Howard K.
(Peggy Compton '58) (iibson a son.
Howard. Jr. on Aug. I at the Kenne-
stone Hospital in Marietta. Ga. The
couple's first bo\' weighed 7 lbs. 8 1 2
ounces.

Born: to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse (Mary
Pool '59) Del'ore a daughter. Hvehn.
on May 7. 1961. The baby weighed 7
pounds. 8 1 2 ounces.

Born: to Mr. & Mrs. Harold Adair

'60 a son. Edward Harold on July 3 1 at
the Oak Ridge Hospital in Oak Ridge.
Tenn. The baby, the couple's first.
weighed 5 pounds. 13 I 2 ounces. The
family lives at 212 W. Fair View Rd.,
Oak Ridge.

Born: To Mr. and Mrs. James C.
(Kllen Billings) Harvey 61/63. a boy.
James. Jr., on May 30, 1961. The
baby was born at St. Joseph's Hospital
in Atlanta, and he weighed 6 pounds,
5 ounces.

sented an interesting idea. He feels that
the suffering of the South after the
Civil War, as described so eloquently in
Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The
Wind," is thought of in the German
mind as beinu similar to the sufferins: of
the Germans' after WW I and WW^II.

The purposes of the Fulbright grants
are to promote understanding of Amer-
ican ideas and ideals to foreigners, and
to promote the foreign way of life to
Americans. Dr. Abbott feels we are
doing an excellent job in reaching the
more educated of a country. America
may be falling down in reaching the
masses.

The Abbotts had a chance to do
quite a bit of sightseeing on their trip
after duties at the University were com-

THROUGH THE YEARS

Found: Mrs. Boyce (Mary Louise
Smith) (iihson '26 who is living at 340
South Glenro\ Avenue, Los Angeles
46, Calif.

Mrs. Letcher P. (Leola Wallace)
(Jrice '29 is teaching in the Atlanta
School System. She has been President
of the Peachtree-Hills Woman's Club.
Delta Chapter of ADK and ACE. She
is, also, active in the Atlanta Historical
Society and the Civil War Round
Table. Her husband. General Cirice
Ret. U.S.A. is a dealer in securities.

Charles L. McKissick '31 is a re-
gistered real estate briiker in Carra-
belle, Florida.

New address for Mrs. C. I). (Marv Mc-

Williams- Huev '35 is 23 1 2 Herbert
St.. Ocala, Fla.'

Mrs. H. T. (Jolightly '38 has retired
for the second time from the Fulton
County School System. She formerly
taught mathematics in high school. She
is active in a local garden club and
the Georgia Rose Society.

Francis S. Key '38 has been named
trustee of the Commercial Credit Co.
in Atlanta. He also retains his title of
senior vice president.

Mrs. Philip (Orine Taylor) Gates "42

is teaching fifth grade in the R. L.
Hope School in Atlanta.

pleted. They saw Luxemburg. Norway,
Switzerland, and Holland.

While still in Germany, they were
able to take a trip to Berlin last April.
They visited both the East and West
sectors of the city. The marked dif-
ferences between the two sectors of the
city present a stark display of the dif-
ference between these two forms of
government.

"The German people we met were
extremely warm and had a strong ad-
miration for Americans.". Said Dr.
Abbott. "When we make a mistake
such as the Cuban fiasco, in their
eyes it is like a friend we like very
much not succeeding in his endeavors,
and everyone hates to see a friend fail."

Plan To Enjoy Yourself

October, 1961

Page 7

THROUGH THE YEARS

Miss Caroline Hall '42 is an elemen-
tary school Principal in the Atlanta
School System. She is a member of
the choir of the Glenn Methodist
Church and on the board of counselors
of Sheltering Arms Day Nurseries.

Lt. Col. Basil J. SolliHo '42 can be

reached at Office of the Provost
Marshall, USCRCARIB, Drawer 20,
Fort Clayton, Canal Zone.

Mrs. C. R. (Alice Brag) Geiger '42

is a free lance portrait artist. Her ad-
dress is 273 Rumson Road, N. E.,
Atlanta 5, Georgia.

Mrs. Edward W. ( Betty e Ray) De-
Jon '43 is active in the Houston En-
gineer's Club, Meyerland Club, PTA,
Church Circle, Girl Scouts, Galveston
Bay Selling Club, Cappa Delta
Alumnae Assn. Her husband is a sales
engineer with Johns-Manville.

Ken Steele '49 received a medical
discharge in the spring of 1960, after
serving for ten years as a regular of-
ficer in the Marine Corps. He is now
a full time graduate student in finance
at the University of Southern Calif. He
mentioned in a recent letter that he
would like to hear from, or see his old
Petrel friends.

Mrs. R. G. (Nancy Speicher) Ashford '52
and her daughter, Carol, pose at Versailles,
"Spike's" current address is Straelen Nie-
derrhein (22A), oelpad 8, West Germany.

Stuart Herman '50 is District Man-
ager of the Customer Development

Service of A. J. Wood Research Corp.
He lives at 566 Bloomfield Ave.,
Drexel Hill, Penn.

Floyd N. Greer '50 is Personnel
Manager of the Federal Reserve Bank
in Atlanta. His wife. Marguerite Pear-
son '50 is a house-wife and mother of
two children, Vicki 5 12 and Michael
3. The family lives at 1359 Nalley
Circle, Decatur, Georgia.

Miss Helen Gore '52 is a studio
teacher for the Atlanta Board of Ed-
ucation TV Station WETV. She
teaches fifth grade social studies.

Frederick T. Melgard '53 is living
at 610 Ridgeway, White Plains, N. Y.
He is married and has one child. He is
associated with Arnold Bakeries in
that area.

John Camp '54 will work toward his
Ph. D. degree in European History at
the University of Chicago beginning
this fall. This past year he taught
French at Westminster School in
Atlanta.

A/2c Harry L. Greene, Jr. '57, A.F.
14342810, 47th Supply Sq., Box N-14,
APO, New York, N.Y., would like to
hear from "any and all past acquain-
tances" at Oglethorpe.

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