EDITION Vol. 46 Published by National Alumni Association of Oglethorpe University October 1963 No. 3 ALUMNI ARE CHALLENGED Our alumni association has a tre- mendous challenge! At this period in the history of Oglethorpe University we find that the college must move for- ward. The enrollment is at an all time high. The addition of the evening classes places greater emphasis on the need and desire of students seeking an education at Oglethorpe. With increased enrollment, academic standards have also been raised even higher, the quality of our faculty has been able to keep pace with this growth thus far. However, it should be of con- cern to all of us to realize that with quality comes added financial and ad- ministrative burdens. Oglethorpe University as a small, in- dependent college receives very little, if any, financial support from govern- ment agencies. The main source of income to the college comes from stu- dent tuition. The money is used to maintain our present operation without capital for expansion of facilities and supplements for faculty salaries. If Oglethorpe University is to main- tain its present high standard and status among the top institutions of higher learning, then we the members of the alumni association must take an active financial interest in its operation. Our graduate list is comparatively small, therefore it is vital that each former student contribute at least something. Many of our more recent graduates are in the process of establishing homes, etc. Regardless of our position, we must all make every effort to pledge or contribute as much as feasible. In the very near future you will re- ceive through the mail a letter with a pledge envelope enclosed. It would be a great accomplishment for Oglethorpe E. P. "Penny" lones Chairman. Fund Drive 1963-64 University if over the next three year period we could build our goal and giv- ing up to $60,000. This is a minimum of what is needed to keep pace with increased expenses of operation and to supplement faculty salaries. Faculty salaries must be increased if the college is to maintain its reputation and qual- ity teachers. As you know, recently several of our outstanding teachers left the college for other positoins in similar colleges that could pay more. Oglethorpe has to compete with col- leges that have large endowments, etc. Facilities are important to a college but the faculty makes the college come alive. Let's meet our obligation and responsibility. Three New Trustees are Appointed Two Oglethorpe alumni and a Bir- mingham businessman were elected to the Board of Trustees of Oglethorpe University recently. This brings the total number of Board members to twenty-three regular members and two ex-officio members. Those appointed were; Mr. Norman Arnold, '50, Mr. Stephen J. Schmidt, '40, and Mr. Nelson Weaver. Mr. Arnold resides in Columbia, South Carolina where he is president of the Ben Arnold Company. He was married recently to an Atlanta girl, Miss Gerry Sue Siegel. Mr. Arnold served four years in the U.S. Navy after re- ceiving his degree from Oglethorpe in 1950. Mr. Schmidt is president of the Dixie Seal and Stamp Company and owner of the Dixie Metal Tag Company, both of Atlanta. He is active in numerous civic organizations, is a member of the At- lanta Rotary Club, the Atlanta Cham- ber of Commerce and has coached Little League Baseball for several years. He was elected to the Oglethorpe Hall of Fame in 1963. He is a 1940 gradu- ate of Oglethorpe and is married to the former Jeanne Fuller, an Oglethorpe alumna. Mr. Nelson Weaver of Alabama is president of the Nelson Weaver Com- panies, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, a real estate and mortgage banking con- cern. Sports enthusiasts know Mr. Weaver as the President and Chairman of the Board of the Atlanta Interna- tional Raceway, Inc. OL 3Lna Pel J "the one question' October 1963 Published seven times a year in July, September, Oc- tober, January, March, April and May by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia. OFFICERS Jim Holliday '49 President E. P. "Penny" Jones '61 1st V. President Wayne Dobbs, '61 2nd V. President Bert Robinson '50 .....3rd "V. President Mary Walker '34 Secretary Wayne Traer '28 Treasurer DIRECTORS Sam M. Hirsch, Jr. '50 Chairman Hank Atchison, '52 Bob Oliver, '57 Mrs. Tommie Carper, '37 Marvin Lawson, '58 Ed. Chandler, '49 Phil Scales, '41 Lamar Adams. '36 Wilson Franklin, '39 EDITOR Mrs. Joyce B. Minofs, '57 From the Editor With this issue, the Alumni Associa- tion will begin publishing the "Flying Petrel" six times a year. The dates of publication will be October, December, February, April, June and August. I should like to ask that you for whom this magazine is published, to write and tell of news that would be of interest to your classmates, to the alumni a promotion, a marriage, an appointment. There are over 4,000 of us now. Over 40 years of graduates and former students. The newer classes learn of the successes and high attainments of the older classes and the older classes learn of the achievements and oppor- tunities of the more recent classes. Since the continuance of an alumni publication depends a great deal on the news of the alumni, it is vital to write me of your achievements. Joyce B. Minors, Editor THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER Dear Son, Last week I felt so proud to see that you were old enough to take hunting with me. Happy and yet somehow a little sad to realize that my eleven year old child was so little back a few yesterdays. A few more tomorrows and you and your friends will be entering the doors of some college or university. Of course the decision as to which school will be your choice but as your grandfather, mother and I did we hope it will be Oglethorpe. Not because she accepted us but because she's a great university. Recently while talking to a boy who is a senior in high school, I asked him what he thought about Ogle- thorpe and his reply was, "Well, I don't know about going to school there I hear her curriculum is murderous." What a wonderful compliment to this school! From a neighbor that moved down from New York came these words "I think the buildings, campus and the setting of Oglethore University is one of the most beautiful scenes in our country." Son, all of this makes one feel proud but once you really take an active interest in the school, you realize that it doesn't exist without a tremendous amount of effort. As sure as our spiritual life is centered around a church, a school's success is centered in the work of her alumni. To insure Oglethorpe's future, each alumnus must plan, contribute, sell and work for present and future needs. Unless we do these things, you and your friends will not have the outstanding faculty now en- joyed, there will be no modern library, dormitories, science equipment and dozens of other necessities. There is now an up-to-date list of over 4000 alumni. If each alumnus on this list will do whatever he can to help, Oglethorpe University can bask in the light she so rightly has earned. Receiving no federal or state funds, the main source of money must come from tuition and grants. To receive grants, the one question that is invariably asked, "What per-cent of the alumni contribute to keep her going?" You see son, why should others be interested unless the Alumni are? I feel sure you now understand why the appeal we extend to every alumnus is so very, very important. Over 600 students now are honored by being able to improve his education at Oglethorpe and we who attended only a few years ago can readily see the strains she is feeling. Well, ole Buddy, I'm determined to do what I can to help and close in comfort that the coming year will see an all out effort by everyone with a memory of Oglethorpe University to do his part. Jim Holliday '49 President Page 2 October 1963 Z)ni ^apaneie Qarden 3ront the Pait Dr. Thomas K. Peters was a consultant archivist at Oglethorpe University dur- ing the thirties. He is best known for his work on the Crypt of Civilization with Dr. Thornwell Jacobs. While connected with Oglethorpe he designed and built a Japanese garden that was located along the stream behind Lowry Hall. Dr. Peter's imagination transformed three ponds, built by daming up the small stream, into a beautiful Japanese garden. Numerous plants for the garden were re- ceived from the Japanese government, among them two Japanese flowing cherry trees and a number of large Japanese Iris. To add to the oriental atmosphere Japanese fern and bambo were planted. The wild azaleas which were already on the land were left to mingle their foliage with that of the Oriental plants. Water lilies nearly covered the third pond. The building of the garden was started in the thirties, during the depression. The land where the garden was to be built had to be cleared of heavy undergrowth and the dams had to be built. Men who were with the WPA supplied the labor to build the garden. After the plants had been arranged a Japanese footbridge was built over the "lily pond" as the lower pond was called. The bridge was built by putting hand rails on an overturned boat. Between the "lily pond" and the middle pond another, smaller footbridge crossed the winding stream. The upper pond soon became known as the "frog pond," the frogs seemed to prefer it as a place to bred. Here in a small wire enclosure, aptly named the "frog house," they replenished their number yearly and the variation of their croaks formed the mood music for visitors to the charming garden. The splash of lish, the wind whispering through the bamboo and the birds formed the accompanyment. Dr. Peters built a Budda to be placed in the garden, never realizing that the statue would last much longer than the garden it was meant to enhance. At the base of a tall stately pine Dr. Peters built a pedestal and around it he planted ivy. The ivy soon covered the pedestal and crept high up the trunk of the pine, giving the Budda's observers the impression that the silent figure sat on thick cushions of green leaves. A delicate moving lattice work was created by planting waist high Japanese fern and bamboo behind the solemn faced god. Budda sat on his pedestal and a legend grew that a student could not pass a test unless he had thrown a penny into the waiting hands of the statue. Before exams the hands of the Budda would be filled. The tradition was established and lasted as long as the Budda held court in his garden. The neighborhood children were pleased by the practice because they regularly col- lected the coins thrown to the Budda. Money for the upkeep of the garden was hard to find in the years around World War II. Slowly the garden be- Continued on page 5, column 2 OGLKTHORPE UNIVERSITY Basketball Schedu C, 1963-'64 Opponent DiKf Locution Piedmont Dee. 2 Atlanta Murray, Ky. Dec. 5 Murray Troy. Ala. Dec. 9 Atlanta Hhillip's 66'rs Dec, 1 1 Atlanta Cieor^ia Southern Dec. 14 Atlanta Oi-lcthorpe Invitational Tournamcnl Mississippi College. Dec. 211, 21 Atlanta David Lipscomb. Scwance Lenoir Rhync Invitationa / Toiirttamcnt 1 enoir Rlryne, r.asi Carolina, Campbell Dec, 27, 28 Hickory I:ast Carolina Jan, .1 Cjreenville Eiclmont Abbey J.in, K Atlanta Valdosta Stale Jan. l.t Valdosta. Ga, C haltanooya Jan. 15 Atlanta Jacksonville Jan. 1 Atlanta St. Bernard Jan. 2(1 Ciillman, Ala. Troy Jan. 27 Troy, Ala. St. iiernard Jan. .Ill Atlanta East Carolina Feb. 1 Atlanta Centen.try [eb. .1 Atlanta .lacksonville 1-eb. 7 Jacksonville Chattanooga Feb. 1.1 Chattanooga Georgia Southern Feb. 15 Statesboro, Ga Valdosta State Feb, 17 Atlanta Piedmont Feb. 19 Demorest, Ga. c^ J^ew Math Uo the present Johnny will soon be learning a new type of math. Professor Roy M, Goslin, consulting physicist at Oakridge National Laboratories and a teacher of physics and mathematics at Oglethorpe University, taught this "new math" and Boolean Algebra during Oglethorpe University's sununer session. A large percentage of the fifty-five high school and grammar school teachers who took the course were requested to do so by their school boards or their principals. Regular course sequences in mathematics are bing speeded up. Courses in ad- vanced algebra and trigonometry that were considered strictly college material a few years ago are now being taught in high school. The freshman college course in algebra and trigonometry have been integrated; calculus and other advanced maths have been added. The "new math" that Johnny will be learning is not just a speeded up course. The changes that have taken place because of the automation revolution and the advent of large-scale, high-speed, automatic digital computing machines have made certain types of math almost obsolete. The logarithm tables that were emphasized for computing large numbers are now primarily taught to explain the principle. Their former job is now done more quickly by slide rules, adding machines and complex computers. Students will learn to work with number systems other than the ten system on which our currency is based. This has been made necessary by the use of electronic computers. The ma- chines only register "on" (represented by 1 ) or "off" (represented by 0) mak- ing it necesasry for them to operate on a binary system. Changes started when the College Entrance Examiantion Board ap- pointed a commission in the summer of 1955 to study and revise high school math courses. This in turn required a revision of grammar school math. Their findings, published in 1958, stated that obsolete material should be cut, the re- maining material regrouped and new material added. Outlines for improve- ment in the training of mathematics teachers were drawn up by the Com- mittee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics. High school and grammar school students will soon be learning intersec- tion, union and complementation along with addition, substraction, multiplica- tion and division. They will form a Continiietl on page 4 , coliinui I October 1963 Pace 3 ENROLLMENT FOR 1963-64 IS HIGHEST EVER A record enrollment has been reach- ed. The official count for the fall quar- ter is 445 day students and 200 are participating in the evening classes. This enrollment figure is 4'/2% over that of 1962-63 for the day classes. A breakdown is as follows: ENROLLMENT BY DAY AND BOARDING STUDENTS Jblrtki Fall 1962 Fall 1963 Freshmen 142 111 Sophomores 98 92 Juniors lOI 102 Seniors 51 87 Specials. Transients. & Teachers-in-Service 35 51 TOTAL 427 443 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION Slule Represented Fall 196: Fall 1963 Alabama 5 3 Arliansas I 2 California 1 Connecticut 2 3 Florida 31 26 Georgia 351 367 Illinois 2 1 Kansas 1 Kentucky 4 3 Massachusetts 1 Minnesota 1 New Jersey 7 7 New Mexico 1 New York 6 6 North Carolina 3 6 Pennsylvania 2 3 South Carolina 1 1 Tennessee I I Virginia 1 1 TOTALS 419 434 Foreign Countries Represented China 1 Cuba 1 1 Ecuador 1 1 Greece 1 1 Iran 1 1 Israel 1 Japan 1 Jordan 1 Korea 1 Peru 1 Poland 1 Turkey 1 1 TOTALS 8 9 GRAND TOTALS U. S. Students 419 434 Foreign Students 8 9 427 443 Continued from page 3 group consisting of a dog, a table and a chair and find that these elements may form a set because they all have four legs. They will form another group consisting of a dog, a man and a bird and find that these may form a set be- cause they are all warm blooded. Then they find the only point of intersection beteen the two sets is the dog who has both warm blood and four legs. Johnny may soon be asking, "Mom, can you help me find the intersection between a cow and a table?" Charles L. Weltner '48 WELTNER SPEAKS OUT Amid all the confusion and "who is responsible" speeches made after the bombing of the church in Birmingham, Congressman Charles Weltner, '48 Fifth District Congressman of Georgia delivered a speech on the floor of Con- gress that was picked up by the wire services and given nation-wide acclaim. For those of you who, for some rea- son or other, missed the remarks made by Congressman Weltner, the text is as follows: "Mr. Speaker, there was a time when a Southerner was moderate for what he did not say. There was a time when silence amid the denunciations of others was a positive virtue. But in the face of the events on Sunday, who can re- main silent? "Those responsible for the deed in Birmingham chose a Sabbath morning as the time, a House of God as the place, and the worshippers within as the victims. I do not know what twisted and tortured minds fashioned this deed. But I know why it happened. It hap- pened because those chosen to lead have failed to lead. Those whose task it is to speak have stood mute. "And in so doing, we have permitted to voice of the South to preach defiance and disorder. We have stood by, leav- ing the field the reckless and violent men. "For all our hand-wringing and head-shaking, we will never put down violence until we can raise a higher standard. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, a son, David Wylie on July 8. The Halls now reside in Los Alto Hills, Cali- fornia. To Don and Jane Bloemer, 53/ '52, a daughter, Ellen, in September, 1963. Mr. and Mrs. William (Elizabeth Christian) Jackson, '55, announce the birth of a daughter, Eden, August 16th. f BcathB Cecil P. (Cy) Todd, '32, died Febru- ary 9, 1963 in Tampa, Florida. Sidney M. Swope, '29, February, 1963, in Orlando, Florida. He had been associated with the Orlando Transit Company. Miss Colea M. White, died July, 1963 in Atlanta. Miss White had taught school for over 30 years and at the time of her death was a teacher at Wesley Chapel in DeKalb County. Ida Nevin (Mrs. J. Robin) Brook- shire, died July, 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee where she had made her home for the past eight years. The daughter of the late James B. Nevin, editor of the ATLANTA GEORGIAN, Mrs. Brookshire wrote a society col- umn called "Polly Peachtree" in the early 1930s. Aline Timmons (Mrs. Sam E) Nel- son, '36, died August 14, 1963 at her home in Atlanta. Dale C. Benoy, '65, was killed in an automobile accident September 14, 1963. Mr. Benoy was returning from North Carolina when the mishap occured. "Though honest men may difl'er as the means, can we not affirm as a great goal of this Republic the concept equality of opportunity. "Mr. Speaker, we need not so much paragraphs on books of the law, as new precepts in the hearts of men. We need to raise, and to follow, this standard as old as Christianity and as simple as truth Let right be done". Page 4 October 1963 FACULTY ADDITIONS Oglethorpe University has added nine new members to the faculty for the 1963-64 school year. In the Division of Citizenship, three new professors have been added, two on a part time basis and one full time. Mrs. Elizabeth Lyon, who has her B.A. from the Univ. of Rochester and her M.A. from Emory, is working on her Ph.D. in the Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory. Mr. Robert Ermentrout, who came to Oglethorpe from Georgia Tech, has his B.A. from the University of IlUnois and his M.A. from the Uni- versity of Georgia. Mr. Val Gene Mixon, a native of Ocilla, Georgia, re- ceived his B.A. from the University of the South and his M.A. from Emory. He taught at the Oglethorpe extension at Ft. McPherson 1960-61. Mr. Ken Nishimura is an assistant guest teacher in the Division of Human Understanding. Mr. Nishimura received his B.A. from Pasdena College and his B.D. from Asbury Theological Semi- nary. He plans to receive his Ph.D. from Emory in 1964. The Division of Science has added three new professors on a part time basis. Dr. Donald Lee Duncan, a native of Farmingham, Misosuri, received his B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri and his Ph.D. in math from the Univ. of Florida. Dr. John M. McKinney, Hous- ton, Texas, has a B.E.E., a M.S. and a Ph.D. in math from the Univ. of Fla. Mrs. Linda Garoni will teach biology. She received her B.A. and M.S. from Emory and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The Division of Community Service is adding Mrs. Edithgene Sparks and Mr. William Carter as full time mem- bers of the faculty. Mrs. Sparks, who formerly taught classes at night and part time in the day at Oglethorpe, re- ceived her B.S. in Ed. from Oglethorpe and her M.S. in Ed. from Emory. Mr. Carter, Assistant Coach at the Univer- sity, received his M.S. from Peabody College this summer. mus-iCfMir, ^ Cm4 Jt.^ t>l> M I.OVI fM TMtU OUHOB C4 >.* D. tW lUSANHAH ,.-. C>.