Flying Petrel, Spring 1964

EDITION

Vol. 46

Published by National Alumni Association of Oglethorpe University

Spring 1964 No. 6

Alumni Week-End to be May 1546

This year the homecoming alumni
will have 2 days events scheduled for
their enjoyment. On Friday, May 15th,
a dinner dance will be held at the Hell-
enic Center here in Atlanta. (7-8 social
hour 8-9 dinner) and at 9:00 the dance
will begin lasting til 12 midnight. Res-
ervations for this event must be made
in advance and the price is $4.75 per
person.

On Saturday, the events start off
with registration at 1 1 :00 AM on the
lawn in front of Phoebe Hearst Hall.
The Booster Club will have their annual
luncheon at 12 noon and following, the
induction of the Hall of Fame members
and then the meeting. The baseball
game with Valdosta State begins at
2:00 PM at Anderson Field.

At 3:30 PM there will be an Art
Tea in the Art gallery. The exhibit
this year will be contributed by Mr.
H. M. "Monk" Clement. Mr. Clement
has had an exhibition in St. Louis and
more recently in Des Peres, Missouri.

The Annual Alumni Association
meeting is at 5:00 PM in the Auditor-
ium followed by the traditional buffet
supper on the lawn.

This year The Players will present a
play, "The Lesson and the Bald So-
prano" by Eugene Ionesco.

This riotious play is a take-off on the
banality of English surburbia and has
delighted audiences in Paris for years.
This production by the Players will be

one of the first that has been done in the
United States.

With the expansion of Alumni Day
to include another day we hope to en-
tice some of you out of town alumni to
come back to your old Alma Mater for
a reallv memorable visit.

Carol Moore and Conan Rudd rehearse for "The Lesson and The Bald Soprano"

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^rluina J^etrel

Spring 1964

Mr. James S. Peters Receives
Bell Award

Published seven times a year m 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. Minors, '57

Mr. James S. Peters, Chairman of
the State Board of Education was this
year's recipient of the School Bell
Award presented by the Oglethorpe
Alumni Association to a person who
has made outstanding contributions to
the field of education.

Mr. Peters, a native of Manchester,
Georgia, is a gendeman in his 80's and
states firmly that he has been connected
with the educational system of Georgia
for 73 years from the time when the
school year was only three months long
until the present time working with his
fourth governor as chairman of the
State Board of Education.

Mr. Holliday, President of the
Alumni Association states that we are
honored to present the Bell Award to
such a distinguished educator as Mr.
Peters.

Mr. Sibley addresses the breakfast meeting
ol the Oglethorpe Alumni

Progress Report -Fund Drive

Like any private college, Oglethorpe
University needs our help our help in
dollars. The trustees are working hard
to build endowment so that the annual
income will be larger. One way we can
help is to show the potential sources
that our own "family" is behind the
college. This means that your contribu-
tion to the 1964 Forward Oglethorpe
Fund regardless of size automatically
increases the percentage of participa-
tion.

As of April 10th, our alumni had
contributed $17,000. We would like to
be at our goal of $30,000 by Alumni
Day, May 15th & 16th.

This is to remind you not to delay
too long in sending your check to the
Forward Oglethorpe Fund. There is
more to this business than showing an
appreciation of what Oglethorpe did
for us. We are more than maintaining
the high standard set by our country's
educational system and there is no need
for one to point to us the importance
of our private colleges in the picture.
Send in whatever you can afford and it
will be sincerely appreciated.

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Spring 1964

Merriman Smith to be
Commencement Speaker

Merriman Smith, class of '36, will
be the speaker at the 90th commence-
ment of Oglethorpe University which
will be held on Sunday, June 7th at
5:00 P.M.

For more than 20 years, Mr. Smith
has covered major news events for
United Press International. He has
been assigned to the White House since
1941 and is now the senior White
House Correspondent.

His travels with Presidents have
taken him all over the world. He ac-
companied Roosevelt on wartime trips
in and out of the United States; and
was at Warm Springs at the time of
Roosevelt's death. Mr. Smith re-
ceived the National Headliners Award
for coverage of that story in 1945. He
was with Truman at the Potsdam Con-
ference. During the Eisenhower terms,
he traveled to Korea in 1952 as well as
Eisenhower's tour of 1 1 Asian, African
and European nations. Mr. Smith
covered the Bermuda Big Three Con-
ference and the Paris NATO Council
meeting.

With the late President Kennedy, he
made all trips abroad including the
meeting in Vienna between Kennedy
and Premier Khrushchev, the visits to
Columbia and Venezuela; Mexico City
and in April of 1963 the conference
with the presidents of six Central
American nations in Costa Rico.

Headlines all over the world attested
to his greatest effort when he wrote of
the assassination of President Kennedy
in Dallas. His eyewitness account of
the tragic event is written in Four Days,
a book published by UPI about the
death and funeral of Kennedy.

Mr. Smith has written five books on
his Presidential experiences and ob-
servations. "Thank You Mr. Pres-
ident", "A President is Many Men",
"Meet Mr. Eisenhower", "A President's
Odyssey" and "The Good News Days".

He is frequently on national tele-

United Press Photo

Merriman Smith

vision panel productions including such
shows as Meet the Press and Face the
Nation.

In addition to his day-to-day cover-
age of the President, Mr. Smith writes
a regular three-times-a week column
for UPI titled "Backstairs at the White
House." This is a collection of the less
publicized sidelight events of the oc-
cupants.

He is a member of White House Cor-
respondents Association, Phi Kappa
Phi, and the National Press Club in
Washington.

Before joining UPI, Mr. Smith served
as managing editor of the Athens,
Georgia Daily Times. In 1936 he
joined the staff of UPI and covered the
Georgia and Florida legislatures before
his transfer to the Washington bureau.

Alumni
Week End
May 15-16

Outside the Peace Corps.
Looking In

The following "article" is really a
letter from Miss Judy Skiles, a 1963
graduate of Oglethorpe. Miss Skiles is
engaged to a member of the Peace
Corps, Arnold Baker, also a 1963
graduate now stationed in Guatemala.
With her permission, the letter is as
follows:

April 3, 1964
Dear Joyce

1 hope you will not mind the manner
in which this letter is written. I have
resorted to duplicating a letter because
I have so much to tell so many. This
way I will be able to send everyone a
long letter about my trip to visit Arnold
in Guatemala.

After months of anticipation and
preparation for the trip it was hard to
realize on December 20 that the time
had finally come for me to go. Some-
how, though, I managed to pack and
float out to the airport. My suitcases,
by the way, were full primarily of
miscellaneous articles for Arnold:
Christmas presents from his family and
mine; articles of food and clothing for
him which he is unable to get at a
reasonable price in Guatemala; and
most important of all, peanut butter.
Yes, that's right, peanut butter! This
"delicacy" as well as other American
food products cost three to four times as
much there as they do here at home.
I'll bet I was the only person going
through customs with peanut butter in
her suitcase!

I flew from St. Louis to New Orleans
via Delta my first jet ride. It was
quite exciting, though a little rough.
From New Orleans I flew directly to
Guatemala City via Taca Airlines, a
Central American line which provided
very smooth and friendly service.

After leaving St. Louis with six
inches of snow on the ground, I was
overjoyed to be greeted by the warm
Guatemalan sunshine and temperature
in the upper 70's. Most of all, though,
it was wonderful being greeted by that
handsome, smiling (and sun-burned)
Peace Corps Volunteer who was wav-

Spring 1964

Pace 3

ing to me from a balcony overlooking
the airfield. Somehow I muddled
through customs, not understanding a
word of the Spanish directed to me by
the officials. I just smiled, shrugged
my shoulders, and thrust my passport
into their hands.

I was in Guatemala for ten exciting
days. And in that time Arnold was able
to show me quite a lot of the country
and of the Indian way of life. I hardly
know where to start in telling you of
my impressions, but I suppose I'll begin
with Guatemala City, the capital and
only large city of the country. It is a
bustling metropolis with most, if not all,
of the advantages of a large city in the
U.S. One of the unusual aspects of the
city, however, is that on every side there
are seemingly contradictory extremes.
The number of expensive American
and foreign cars was surprising to me.
At the same time, so were the many
wooden carts loaded with products,
which were pulled by the Indian men
themselves. In the same city block, one
could see women dressed in the latest
and most fashionable styles, as well as
Indian women dressed in their tra-
ditional long and multi-colored cos-
tumes.

This situation, political scientists tell
us, is the tragedy of most of Central
and South America. There is no mid-
dle class to speak of. The people can
be divided into two classes: the
wealthy and the destitute. Not only is
this class division evident in the city.
The same classification also exists out
in the country, where the wealthy
people are finca (ranch) owners. These
ranchers own great tracts of land, which
are worked by Indian laborers for only
fifty cents a day. A whole village of
Indians often will be employed by one
rich finca owner, in almost feudalistic
system. One of the main objectives of
the Peace Corps in Guatemala, Arnold
tells me, is to help raise the economic
situation of these Indians who live in
the outlying villages.

Arnold works in a small village,
Patzicia, in the state of Chimaltenango,
which is located on the Pan-American
Highway only two hours' drive west
from Guatemala City. He is living
there with Pat and Cliff Gruver, a
young married couple who are also in
Peace Corps service. Their work in
Patzicia has many facets. Since their
group of volunteers is sponsored by the
National Grange, much of their work
is agricultural. In addition to this, they
have built and partially stocked a li-

brary Patzicia's first. Arnold is
teaching five English classes a week.
Pat is teaching nutrition and sewing to
the village women. And soon Cliff will
be starting carpentry classes. Arnold
is also directing several youth activities:
soccer, soft-ball, girls' basketball, and
the equivalent of a 4-H Club for the
village youngsters.

I was relieved to find that Arnold's
home in Patzicia is fairly comfortable.
He and the Gruvers are renting a four
room house which is about a foot from
the Pan-American Highway. (All of
the houses are built right on the street.)
There are two large patios behind the
house, both of which are enclosed by
an adobe wall. In the back patio is a
small vegetable garden, and a place to
keep livestock. In the patio nearest the
house is a water faucet (quite a lux-
ury), an out-door sink for washing
clothes and (under construction) a
kitchen with a wood burning stove!

I was very impressed by the friendli-
ness of the villagers in Patzicia. So
many of them came to see me to ex-
press their pleasure at meeting "la
novia de Arnaldo." Although I could
say only "mucho gusto" and smile, I
hope they realized how much I en-
joyed seeing them. All of them seemed
so very eager to learn about the United
States. And they could say a few words
in English, most commonly "thank
you", "hello", and "Pepsi Cola".

Arnold and I were lucky to be able
to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas
day in one of the most beautiful resorts
in Guatemala, Lake Atitlan. This is
one of the highest and largest natural
lakes in the world. It is ringed on all
sides by mountains and volcanoes, one
of which is still active. It was so
beautiful on a clear day to see the white
smoke gently rising from the mountain
peak.

The weather is warmer at the lake
than in the city, so we were able to go
swimming both days. The warmer
climate also enables trees and flowers
of many varieties to bloom all year
'round. I was so excited at seeing
oranges, pineapples and bananas grow-
ing. Carnations and poinsettias were
blooming all over the countryside. You
can imagine how brilliantly-colored the
landscape was.

After leaving the lake we took a side
trip to Chichicastenango, an Indian vil-
lage which is way back up in the moun-
tains. We bumped and jogged along
a dirt road until I thought my insides

were tangled beyond repair. Finally we
reached the village and looked up an-
other Peace Corps Volunteer who
works there. Dick Hedge is a St. Louis
boy who is working in association with
a hospital clinic for the Indians in this
village. While in Chichi we saw some
fascinating Indian ceremonial dances. I
hope all my slides turn out well.

The excursion which was perhaps the
most exciting to me was the bus trip
Arnold and I took to the Pacific coast
of Guatemala. We traveled on an
Indian bus nearly 150 miles for only
$1.00 each. These buses, which are
school buses bought from the U.S. and
Germany, are the life-line of the Indian
economy. The Indians travel to market
on the buses, carrying their products,
which may be large heads of cabbage,
corn, sugar cane, chickens, turkeys, and
even hogs. The inanimate bundles are
tied on the top of the bus. Sometimes
the frisky hogs are tied on top also,
squealing for all they are worth! The
chickens and turkeys come inside with
the passengers.

Our destination was the port of San
Jose, Guatemala's largest Pacific port.
There, as elsewhere, the scenery was
beautiful. The sand on the beach was
black, something unusual to me.
Arnold said that it is because of the
volcanic soil.

I met so many nice people while I
was in Guatemala: other Peace Corps
Volunteers, some American Friends
working in the country, Arnold's boss-
es and several of his Guatemalan
friends.

I'm sure I have not covered every-
thing in this long epistle. If you have
any specific question about matters that
I did not touch, please write me, or
better yet, write Arnold. He could
answer your questions much better.
After all, I'm only a ten day "authority"
on Guatemala.

And so for now, hasta la vista and
vaya con Dios.

Judy

For any of you who may not have
Arnold's address in Guatemala, you
may write to him at the following:

Mr. Arnold W. Baker
Peace Corps Volunteer
c/o Agencia de S. F.E.I.
Patzicia, Chimaltenango
Guatemala, Central America

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Spring 1964

Traveling this summer?

In the past several years, the Ogle-
thorpe alumni have joined the rest of
the Nation in traveling to Europe and
other countries overseas for their vaca-
tions. Also, there are a number of
alumni who are residing overseas for
various reasons. The following list is
for those persons traveling abroad and
also for those who are already there to
show who is where.

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

Arnold W. Baker '63

Peace Corps Volunteer

c/o American Embassy

Guatemala

Hernando F. Pantigoso '62

Cantuarias #350, Chalet C

Miraflores

Lima, Peru

FRANCE

Mr. Grant E. McDonald '64

40 Rue de Bersot

Besancon

Mrs. Jane Lewis LaGrone '34

c/o American Express

Paris

Miss Catherine Leonard '58

12 bis rue de l'Etoile

Paris XVII

Phone: GAL 24-51

Chaplain & Mrs. C. J. Lively 52/54

(Mary Ann McCartney)
7 Avenue de La Joncher
La Celle
St. Cloud
Mrs. Kenneth Levine '53

(Hilda Cohen)
Arlo, 66th TAC Recon Wing
Eureaux, France

GERMANY

Miss Gertrude Murray '3 1

#4 Plieninger Strasse

Apt. #5

Frankfort

Phone: 555902

Office: Chief, Occupational
Therapy Section
97th General Hospital

Phone: 5500-2312, Ext. 843

Mrs. Hannes Hugo Greiner '60
(Francine Klein)
Heidleberg 69
Hausserstrasse 38
Miss Dana Lou Howe '60
Heilbronn Service Club
Wharton Barracks
Heilbronn

About 25 miles from Stutgart
Mrs. Raymond K. Eldred '63
(Martha Church)
Building 4563A
Pirmasens 6780
Phone: 7016

About 40 KM (25 miles) south of
Kaiserslautern.

MEXICO

Sra. Jose Luiz Frias '55
(Elizabeth Ann Mathieu)
Saratoga 375
Mexico 10, D.F.
Mexico

Rev. Gordon L. Lyle '57
Paseo De Cupatizio 1 1 1
Urupapan, Michoacan
Mexico

About 300 miles west of Mexico City
and 160 miles from the Pacific coast

INDIA

Mrs. Charles K. Seifarth '52
c/o US Embassy
New Delhi

ITALY

Mr. Giovanni Ianniello '61

Corsa Umberto I No. 108

Casaluce

(After July, 1964)

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Bartor 51/53

c/o American Embassy

Rome

MALAYA

Mr. Piang Kooi Loh '59

c/o Mr. Michael Loh

Federation College

Sungai Besie

Selanor

Malaya

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Snead '54

(Elizabeth Betts)

42 Barker Road

Singapore

NEW ZEALAND

Mrs. Robert L. Brown '37
(Florence Stevenson)
c/o American Embassy
Wellington

PUERTO RICO

Thomas L. Smith '62
Office of the Base Chaplain
Ramsey Air Force Base
Mr. Lee Truxes '51
144 Puigdoller
Santurce,
San Juan

SPAIN

Mr. Charles Stalnaker '58
c/o American Express
Madrid

TURKEY

Mr. Turan Yolac '50
Kiziltoprak Kalamis Cad #20
Instanbul

YUGOSLAVIA

(Until July 1964)

Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Bator 51/53

c/o American Embassy

Knez Milesa, 50

Belgrade

Alumni Participation
Scores Grant

Alumni participation in the For-
ward Oglethorpe Fund has "paid off".
The Gulf Oil Corporation awarded
Oglethorpe a grant in the amount of
$437.00 for unrestricted use.

This grant was one of some 692
awards totaling $500,000 that Gulf will
distribute this year as direct, unre-
stricted grants to as many Universities
and Colleges under its Aid to Educa-
tion Program.

This grant to Oglethorpe was calcu-
lated on the basis of a formula which
takes into account the quality of the
school's curriculum, the effectiveness
of its program and the amount of
financial support provided by the
alumni.

Institutions eligible for direct grants
are those which are privately operated
and controlled and which obtain a
major portion of their financial sup-
port from non-tax sources.

The check was presented to Dr.
George Seward, acting president of
Oglethorpe by Mr. J. H. Griffith, Area
Sales Manager of Gulf Oil.

Spring 1964

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Appointments, Awards
and Grants

Miss Donna Lee Williams, a senior
at Oglethorpe University, has been
awarded a grant and teaching assistant-
ship in India under the provisions of the
Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 (Fullbright-Hays
Act).

All candidates are selected by the
Board of Foreign Scholarships, the
members of which are appointed by the
President. American student candid-
ates are recommended by campus Ful-
bright-Hays Scholarships and by the
Institute of International Education.

Miss Williams, a science major, re-
sides at 190 Laurel Forest Circle, NE,
Atlanta 5, Georgia.

Mr. Ed Danus, a director of the
Pocket Theater and publicity and ad-
vertising director of the Municipal
Theater, will be the director of The
Players, the drama group at Oglethorpe
University.

Mr. Danus has acted and directed in
numerous productions both off-Broad-
way and summer stock. He is most
known for his performance in "Waltz
of the Toreado", an off-Broadway show
which ran nine months.

A graduate of the University of the
Philippines, he has done post graduate
study at Mexico City College.

Mr. Danus is from LaGrange, Geor-
gia but now is residing in Atlanta.

Mr. Grady Randolph, guest teacher
at Oglethorpe University, was elected
president of the Atlanta Chapter,
American Association for the United
Nations. Mr. Randolph is a former
vice president of that organization.

Dr. Donald C. Agnew, former pres-
ident of Oglethorpe was re-elected
Chairman of the Board.

Dr. Joseph M. Branham of the Bi-
ology department of Oglethorpe Uni-
versity has been awarded a grant of
$ 1 ,300 for study in cell aging at Wood's
Hole, Mass. this coming summer.

The grant was given by the Lalor
Foundation, a foundation for advanced
research applying biochemistry and bio-
physics to the study of fundamental
phenomena in the field of fertility and
reproduction in various forms of life.

Luke Appling is Elected to Baseball's
Hall of Fame in Coopertown

Luke Appling, '32, has become
101st baseball player to be elected to
the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown,
New York. The elections took place
this past Winter.

Lucian "Bird" Hope, '21 coached
Appling in high school days at Fulton
High School. Following his gradua-
tion there, Appling played 2 seasons
at Oglethorpe under Frank Anderson

and then went on to the major leagues
where he played 2,442 games with
2,218 of them as shortstop.

In 1958, Appling ended his career
in the major leagues and began as
manager for Memphis in the Southern
Association. Last season, he was a
coach with Baltimore and this coming
season, he will be with the Athletics
at Bradenton as batting coach.

HALL OF FAME TO INDUCT
THREE NEW MEMBERS

Oglethorpe University's most distin-
guished service award in athletics,
membership into the athletic HALL
OF FAME, is expected to be bestowed
on three individuals during homecom-
ing exercises Saturday, May 16th.

Established three years ago, to rec-
ognize outstanding contributions to the
Oglethorpe University athletic pro-
gram, the award has achieved a coveted
status among its recipients, it was
created by the Oglethorpe Booster Club
to recognize not only those who have
actually participated in the sports pro-
gram, but those who have given unself-
ishly of their time and ability to for-
ward the progress of the program.

The 1964 inductees will be installed
following a noon luncheon and Booster
Club meeting on the 16th. Co-chairman
for the project are Ed Miles and Ansel
Paulk.

Former inductees into the hall of
fame include Luke Appling, who this
year was named to baseball's hall of
fame, Harry Robertson, Garland Pin-
holster, Frank Anderson Sr., Sy Bell,
Adrian Maurer, Steve Schmidt, L. N.
Turk, and Clay Parish.

Although the names and number of
the 1964 inductees have not been made
public, it was safely assumed there
would be no more than three new
members.

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Spring 1964

SPORTS

The same common ailment effected
tennis and baseball on the O.U. campus
this spring inexperience. But a slow
start in both sports is suddenly round-
ing into promising signs.

In baseball, Coach Billy Carter's
boys have recorded (at publication
time) a record of 2-5, but the two
victories are consecutive after five de-
feats.

The Petrel baseballers were hurt
early by the ineligibility of five boys
who figured prominently in spring
plans. However, the sudden develop-
ment of several freshmen and the
steady contributions of the few return-
ing lettermen have enhanced chances
for a .500 or better season.

Oglethorpe's two victories have been
over Erskine (3-2) and Berry (3-2).
In the Berry victory, pitcher-outfielder
Larry Abner hurled a seven-hit gem
and struck out 13 men, including
Berry's cleanup batter five times.

Abner, Bob Moreland, Roy Cowart,
Ben Hargrove and Bobby Sexton are
the proven performers. Freshmen
Larry Shattles at shortstop, Charlie
Stepp at third and Jimmy Copeland at
first, have all exhibited calm under fire.
The catching, which has been a con-
cern on the O.U. campus since the de-
parture of Tommy Norwood two years
ago, is handled by capable Robert
Tillery.

"We've been fairly pleased with the
progress," said Coach Carter. "Cold
and wet weather hampered us early,
and the loss of those boys before the
season started, but the team is getting
accustomed to switching around and
I feel we could make, or better, .500
for the season.

"The pitching is pleasing. Abner's
game was encouring and we have good
men in Cowart, Moreland, Hargrove
and Sexton, plus Jabo Johnson. Then,
too, we've cut down on errors. They

really hurt at first but we only made
one in the last two games."

The tennis team, coached this year by
athletic director Garland Pinholster,
has gone through some of the same
problems as the baseball team, and,
like baseball, has solved most of them.

At publication date, the Petrels had
accomplished a 4-3 record, which
speaks well of a team depleted by
graduation.

"We lost three of the first six men
from last year," Coach Pinholster said.
"We've filled in with intramural boys
and they've responded wonderfully."

The three returnees are Bill Pate,
Ray Thomas and Dan Cowart. The
three intramural graduates are Bob
McMains, Hoyt Wagoner and Hank
Alexander. Also Clark Raby has made
fine progress.

Pate, the No. 1 singles man, has lost
only one match while winning six.
Thomas is No. 2 in singles; Cowart,
No. 3; Raby, No. 4; McMains, No. 5,
and Alexander, No. 6. Wagoner would
be listed, except for illness.

No. 1 doubles team is Pate and
Thomas, followed, in order, by Raby-
Cowart and McMain-Alexander.

"A lot of people put emphasis on
the No. 1 and 2 man in tennis," said
Coach Pinholster, "but that sixth man
is just as important. His point counts
just as much, and we've been getting
fine play out of those boys, especially
Alexander. He's a fine competitor.

"Thomas, who was hurt in basket-
ball, is not quite up to snuff yet, but
he is gradually coming around. This
is good for him, helps strengthen his

leg."

The Petrel tennis team has defeated
Cumberland, Shorter, West Georgia
and Berry. There are seven more
matches to go and Coach Pinholster is
confident his boys will do well.

"We really want to be right for

Homecoming day," Pinholster empha-
sized. "The tennis team plays Georgia
State in the morning and the baseball
team takes on Valdosta State in the
afternoon. It will be a big day for our
spring sports program."

Through
the Years

Robert Clark, '32, founder of Clark
Manufacturing Company, has been re-
quested by the US Department of Com-
merce to exhibit his rotary lawn mow-
ers in the Foire de Paris this coming
May. The display will be in the Pavil-
ion des Etats-Unis.

Mrs. Pinkie Gates Harris, '37, is now
associated with the Tower Travel Serv-
ice here in Atlanta.

Mrs. Ola Hicks Jones \37, passed away
last February. Mrs. Jones retired from
teaching in 1950 after 47 years service
in the Atlanta and Fulton County
School System. Mrs. Jones is survived
by her sister, Miss Cleophas Hicks, a
1930 graduate of Oglethorpe.

Elbert "Moon" Mullis '39, is currently
serving as Governor of South Georgia
District of Civitan International for the
year 1963-64.

Richard Stoller, '49 has moved into a
newly built home in Columbus, Geor-
gia. Mr. Stoller is associated with
Johnson, Lane, Space and Company.

John Flanigan, '50, since January has
been Priest-in-charge of the Guild Hall
of the Holy Family, an unorganized
mission church which ministers to ten-
nant farmers and workers in the Navy
Yard and the Air Force Base. His ad-
dress is currently, Box 565, Moncks
Corner, South Carolina.

Spring 1964

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THROUGH THE YEARS

Mrs. Mildred G. Sutton, '52, is enrolled
in the Woman's College in Milledge-
ville working toward her 6 year pro-
gram. Mrs. Sutton teaches at West
Side Elementary School in Marietta.
Her oldest son is in Emory Medical
School and her younger son has just
returned from an around-the-world
cruise with the University of Seven
Seas. He is a junior in this university
and will travel with them again next
year.

William E. Cole, '53, will complete re-
quirements for his PhD degree in bio-
chemistry from VPI this June. He has
been awarded a post doctoral fellow-
ship at the University of Florida be-
ginning in the fall of 1964.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Levine (Hilda
Cohen, '53) announce the birth of a
son, Robert Joseph, on November 14,
1963. The Levins are presently re-
siding in Eureux, France.

Chaplain and Mrs. D. Clifton Banks

'54/ '54, have been reassigned to Wurz-
burg, Germany for the next three years.
The Banks, with their two children will
leave this coming June.

Elizabeth Beadie '55 became the bride
of Ronald Green last February 14th.
Mr. Green is a physics teacher at
Southern Technical Institute in Mari-
etta.

John Dupuy '57, received his Master's
of Science degree from Rutgers Uni-
versity in 1963 and is now working

toward the PhD degree from the Uni-
versity of Washington.

Joe Hilbert, '57, is working toward his
PhD degree at the University of Cal-
ifornia at Berkley. He is also an in-
structor of Biology at Diablo Valley
College.

Pat Daniel, '59, has been elected Treas-
urer of Atlanta Society of Medical
Technologists. She is in charge of the
pediatric hemotology lab at Henrietta
Egleston Hospital for Children.

Jerry Bart Ayes '60, will receive his
MS in Chemistry from the University
of Georgia this coming August. He
has already accepted a one year ap-
pointment as an Instructor in the Chem-
istry Department at Lenoir Ryne Col-
lege in Hickory, North Carolina.

Lee Barrett '60, has recently returned
from a three-month flying tour at
Frankfurt, Germany. He is assigned to
the 15th Troop Carrier Squadron at
Hunter AFB, Georgia. He and his
wife, the former Harriet Burkett, and
their two sons reside in Savannah, Ga.

Monique Coker, '60, has been ap-
pointed as Head of the Language De-
partment of Brown School here in At-
lanta.

Donald and Sue Hadden '60/ '61, have
been transferred to Fort Bragg, North
Carolina. Don has recently been pro-
moted to 1st Lieutenant and is the Di-
vision Medical Officer of the 82nd
Airborne Division while Sue is pres-

ently the society Editor of the PARA-
GLIDE, the Fort Bragg Newspaper.

David N. Harvey '60, now a junior in
the Medical College of Georgia has
been elected president of AKK Medical
Fraternity for 1963-64.

Pat and Charles Weathers announce
the birth of a daughter, Delia Evelyn,
last July 6th. Pat is the former Patri-
cia Griffin '61, and is now teaching the
1 st grade at Brockett School in DeKalb
County.

Mrs. Virginia C. Amason '62, has

moved to Greenville, South Carolina
with her husband. Mr. Amason is with
Davis Mechanical Contracting Com-
pany there.

Patricia (Cooper) Dixon, '62, is an

elementary school substitute teacher
this year and hopes to teach elementary
school art next Fall. She and her hus-
band, Roy, are presently residing in
Belfast, Maine.

Russell Eisenman, '62, has won an

award for the best student paper at the
Georgia Psychological Association. Its
title: "Birth Order and Artistic Cre-
ativity" Mr. Eisenman also has had an
article "Perception & Production of
Complexity by Creative Art Students"
to appear in "The Journal of Psy-
chology.

Tom Hewlett, Jr. '62, has been com-
missioned a second lieutenant in the
US Air Force. He is presently assigned
to Patrick AFB, Florida for duty.

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