University of Oregon - Sep 1943

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O L D OREGONPu blished by the University of Ore gon Alumni Association Sep tem ber 1943


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OLD OREGON

Preview of CampusIn Third War YearOregon enters a third wartimeschool year eager to prove her-self an asset to the nation's plan-ners of army education. The ed-itor presents a preview of a bus-ier-than-ever campus.Cha nges fostered by the war will bemore evident on the campus during 1943-44than ever before. An old-timer stopping atthe University of Oregon after years ofabsence would be hardly more astonishedat the differences than would be a 1943graduate, gone only one summer.Wh ere students live, how they study,when they playthese are only a few ofthe details affected. But despite surfacetransformations, the spirit of the old schoolremainsand always will remainintrinsi-cally Oregon.The military routine as carried out byapproximately 1,000 soldiers may becomecontagious. Not that the civilians will betaking orders from squadron leaders orhaving their schedules completely regi-mentedoh, nobut the diligent purpose-fulness of the army men is likely to pene-trate into regular classes.Furthermore, social occasions will be re-served for weekends almost exclusively, itis predicted. This will allow the militarycontingents to take part (since a scant houron week-days gives them barely enough

time for the traditional "coke date").Time for a hubbub of extracurricular ac-tivities will not be in excess. Wranglingover campus politics seems inconsequentialcompared with battles of international im-port. Dances and important campus holi-days will, of course, take the limelight atintervals but will be mostly informal andeconomical.The latest estimate of enrollment is atotal of 2,500 students, of which only 1.500will be civilians. And of the latter number,1,200 probably will be women. The thous-and soldier-students include a new groupof 200 area and language students who be-gan a course of study on September 13.Th e patte rn of selection, in choosingcourses, is due for an ever greater swingover to subjects appropriate to immediateuse in the war or later in the significantpeace plans to follow. Social butterflies orloungers who dive for "snap" courses willfind themselves sad misfits among collegi-ates who propose to make every minute oftheir t ime count toward a worthwhile goal.Women are preparing to fil l niches va-cated by men in the armed forces. As Karl\Y. Onthank , '13, dean of personnel admin-istration, so aptly put it:"College girls are intelligent. They, too,want to serve their nation. They won't bestanding around holding hands whenthere 's a job to be done!"Contrary to the whispers of rumor-mon-gers, the law school definitely will operatethis coming year. Although the enrollment

in law classes most certainly will be small-er than usual, students can proceed to get adegree in law just as they have in formeryears.Expected back on the campus "sometimeafter O ctober 1" are the advanced RO TCmen who last year were juniors. Number-ing nearly 50 men, these fellows are nowtaking basic training in three main places:Camp Roberts, Calif., Camp Wolters, Tex.,and Fort Knox, Ky. At the University theywould take study under army supervision.The Sigma Nu and Kappa Sigma frater-nity houses have been reserved for thesem?n. At least one of them, Oge Young,'44, was elected a student body officer lastspring. Dean Onthank sees no reason whystudent offices could not still be filled bythe ROT C men, ' though in the limitedamount of time they would have available.

* * * *Outlook for the Greater Artists series isextremely favorable this year. Horace Rob-inson, assistant professor of speech anddramatic arts and best known as a directorof smash-hit campus theatricals, will be actingeducational activities manager replacing DickWilliams, '41, now in the navy.As many attractions as in other years, ifnot more, will be signed up individuallyrather than in a series as in the past, Mr.Robinson said. Those already contractedfor the 1943-44 season will be of even great-er artistry than performers of last year, hereported."We're in for a good seasonthat's as-sured," was his statement.All dramatic productions for the year willbe under his direction, since Mrs. OttilieSeybolt, associate professor of speech anddramatic arts, has been granted a leave ofabsence. She has gone to Columbia univer-

KARL W. ONTHANK, '13,dean of personnel adm inistrationhe gives expert guidance on vo-cational training for wartime.

sity in New York City to take special work.Three major campus plays are to be pro-duced, Mr. Robinson tentatively stated, orone a term. Continuing a precedent begunlast year with "My Sister Eileen," casts forthese productions will be chosen from cam-pus-wide tryouts. . . . no more waiting forupper class status before would-be Kather-ine Cornells can perform!High on its own hill, the music buildingwill rock with as much activity as ever,Dean Theodore Kratt predicts. Despite ashortage of civilian musicians, band, or-chestra, and choral union are expected tooperate full blast. Indicative of their prob-able personnel was a remark by ProfessorRex Underwood, who intimated that hissymphony orchestra would vie with thelady instrumentalists directed by Phil Spi-talni.

Living facilities for students have un-dergone a thorough shuffling. Five frater-nity houses (and possibly more, since thosewere filled to capacity by correspondencebefore October) will be distinguished bycoeds' laughter and the scent of light per-fumes instead of pipe smoke. This trans-formation will hit Theta Chi, Delta TauDelta, Chi Psi, Delta Upsilon, and AlphaTau Omega, which have been temporarilyrenamed Hillcrest lodge, Birch lodge, Milllodge, Hawthorne lodge, and the last isanonymous.The atmosphere in the Sigma Alpha Ep-silon. Phi Delta The ta, and Sigma Chihouses will smack of militarism, since basicengineering students are housed there.Other houses which escaped the feminineinvasion are Phi Gamma Delta, Pi KappaAlpha, and Beta Theta Pi. Designated asmen's dormitories, they will answer to thenames of Bailey hall, Spencer hall, andPatterson hall , in turn. The nationwide up-ward swoop in living expenses has affect-ed dorm rates, which will be $46 a monththis fall instead of $42, the approximate av-erage last year.The women's cooperative living organi-zations will remain the same as in otheryears. However, only one men's "co-op,'Campbell club on Kincaid street, will beopen. Miss Janet Smith, adviser to coop-erative houses, reports these facilitiesjammed, with a waiting list for girls' hous-es . These organizations have an impressiverecord1942-4' was their seventh year forwinning top-place scholastic rating forgirls' living groups.

The civilian calendar has been reorgan-ized to coincide with the army students'calendar for the school year, University of-ficials announ ced. Her e is a brief outli ne:Fall termregistration October 1-2, finalsDecember 13-16, when classes end. W inte rtermregistration December 28, finalsMarch 1-4. Sprin g term regis trationMarch 13, finals May 27-June 2. Alumniday will be June 3, and Baccalaureate andCommencement day, June 4.Rush week was abbreviated this fall. In-stead of a full week prior to Freshmanweek, the rushing period lasted only fromSeptember 25 to 28. Rushees were housedin impartially-chosen sororities, not indorms as was formerly the case. The coedswere not served meals during "visits" tohouses of their choice, but were boarded inthe sorority houses where they roomed.The Freshman week schedule was muchthe same, beginning Monday, Sept. 27 , run-ning through Friday, October 2.

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1943 Duck Football CancelledB y D I C K S T R I T E(Director Athletic News Bureau)

Despite cancellation of a civilian grid schedule at Ore-gon , a possibility remains that Hayward stadium maynevertheless be filled with rooters this season. An an-nouncement of whether army trainees on the campusmay compete with other military teams in the state soonwill be forthcoming.

F OR the first time in nearly 50 yearsthe University of Oregon will nothave a football representative.The athletic board, at a meeting held inEugene Sunday, September 19, announcedits decision after giving the intercollegiatesport a "fair trial". The board believed itinadvisable to field a team this seasonunder present conditionsand the decisionwas tabbed as a "smart move" by Oregonsports followers.Action of the board, after only 16 playerswere on hand three days following a be-lated opening of the practice season, rameat a meeting of northern division m anagersat which Oregon cast the only negativevote on the continuation of the sport for the1943 season. The board's statement fo llows:

"T TNDER present wartime conditions we*J feel that while Oregon could field afootball team, it would not be a represen-tative aggregation which would uphold thestandards of Oregon football of the past."Furthermore, the army physical fitnessprogram for more than 1,000 trainees isin great need of the services of both Ath-letic Manager Anse Cornell and FootballCoach John A. Warren to carry on an ade-quate program."We plan to resume intercollegiate foot-ball as soon as conditions permit, beforeor after the close of the war."Both Cornell and Warren will becomepart-time members of the University'sschool of physical education and will de-vote only enough time necessary to carryon their retrenched duties in the athleticdepartment.Basketball, on the other hand, is ex-pected to be continued under the usual 16-

game northern divisionschedule. Spring sports willbe up for action at the De-tember meeting of the north-ern division, Pacific coastconference.UNDER the floodlightsof Dyche stadium inEvanston, 111., last Augusttwo University of Oregongridmen aided the Collegi-ate All-Stars in handing theWashington Redskins, 1942-43 National pro champions,a 27-7 defeat. It seems likemore than a year since thesetwo Webfoots, Dick Ash-com, '43, and Floyd Rhea,'43, were doing daring deedson Pacific coast gridironsprobably because the cali-bre of football candidatesthat greeted John Warrenfor the opening of the 194.'practice season Septembe:16 was a far cry from thtprow ess of "Cruiser" and"Scrap Iron."

Cruiser Ashcom, who wasshifted to an end position,and Scrappy Rhea, whoplayed at his usual guard post, were stand-outs, in that tenth annual Collegiate-Proclassicthe first University of Oregonplayers to vie in the annual charity tiltsince 1937 when Major Del Bjork, '37, nowin the north Pacific with Uncle Sam's army,aided the Collegians in defeating the GreenBay Packers 6-0. There has been only oneother Webfoot to play in the gameMajorM. N. "Iron Mike" Mikulak, '36, who

Ford Mullen, '40, Signs With Philliesf T p H E Universi ty of Oregon has con-I tributed another graduate to the major* leaguesFord Mullen, '40.The Olympia, Wash., youth, former cap-tain of the Webfoot baseball team and amember of the 1938-39 basketball squadthat captured the National Collegiate Ath-letic Association championship, has beensold to the Philadelphia Phillies of the Na-tional leaguefor 1944 delivery.Mullen was signed by the Detroit Tigersof the American league the spring of 1939and later played with various minor leagueclubs operated by the Tigers. He playedwith Dick Wakefield, present Detroit bat-ting star, at Winston-Salem 1 and returnedto the Pacific northwest last season, play-ing with the champion Vancouver Capsof the Western International league.

During the past season he has been apermanent second-base fixture with theSeattle Rainiers of the Pacific coast league.

As lead-off man Ford batted better than.280 and boasted a fine fielding average.The Seattle club was in last place whenMullen made a belated startcaused byhis coaching position at Eugene high schoolwhere he mentored the basketball and base-ball teams. The Rainiers, after beingstrengthened by Mullen, made a steadyclimb from the league cellar and finishedin third place.Mullen will not return to Eugene high,but is expected to coach basketball atOlympia high on a part-time basis andassist his parents in the operation of a rec-reational resort near Olympia.Joe Gordon, '39, New York Yankee sec-ond-baseman, and Bill Sayles, '39, Brook-

lyn Dodger pitcher, are the only otherformer Webfoots now playing in the BigLeagues.

PIG SK IN T OT ER Dick Ashcom gave a cred-itable account of his gridiron prowess in theCollegiate-Pro classic th is year at Evan ston, 111.

played in the opening game in 1934 whenthe Collegians held the Chicago Bears toa 0-0 deadlock.The success of Ashcom and Rhea glad-dened the hearts of University of Oregonfootball followers.A FEW days before this edition went topress came the initial call to arms byCommander-in-Chief Warren. The Web-foots boasted enough colorful lemon-yellowand emerald-green uniforms to suit-upsome 50 varsity candidates and an eight-game schedule among Pacific northwestopponents that was to open October 9 inSeattle against the highly-touted, navy-spiked University of Washington Huskies.Missing was an assistant coach, and themanpower to adequately fill the moleskinsand cleated shoeswith other than sixteen17-year-olds and 4-F's. Warren was still inhopes that two men with some collegiategrid experience would be on hand, namely,Bill Mayther, '45, letterman reserve center;Vic Atiyeh, '45, reserve guard. The remain-der of the squad was expected to be madeup of inexperienced youngsters.A handicap to Warren almost as seriousas the lack of squad personnel was the ab-sence of an assistant coach. Mannie Vezie,former Notre Dame end and Loyola (LosAngeles) coach, elected to remain in south-ern California to manage his chain of shoe-repair shops. And the Oregon athleticboard had been unable to uncover a credit-able replacement. Another problem was(Continued on page 9)


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O L D O R E G O NNews of the Classes With LAUREL GILBERTSON, '441886

Frank A. Huffer, '86, has retired afterserving many years as a lawyer in Carmcl,Calif.1889

Perm. Class Secy : Lewis J. Davis, 2605 N. E. 40thAve. , Portland, Oregon.Dr. Byron M. Caples, '89, has sold theW'aukesha Springs sanitarium which heestablished and has conducted since 1898in Waukesha , Wisconsin . The sanitariumwas designed and equipped for the care nfpeople suffering from various nervous dis-eases. Dr. Caples has retired as presidentand medical director and is now living athis home, 611 McCall St., Waukesha , Wis.

1899Perm. Class Sec 'y : Dr. Charles L. Templeton, 2501Cascadia Ave., Seatt le , Washington .

Lawson G. Bradley, '99, died at Port landon July 26. Mr. Bradley was born on a do-nation land claim on what is now the Berry-dale section of Medford. He played quar-terback on one of the early football squadsat the University. At one t ime he operateda newspaper at Lewiston, Idaho and formany years lived in Twin Falls, Idaho. Hew as in the real estate business in Medford.1901

A note trom David H. Wolfe, '01, statestha t he is out of date with U. of O. news,since 1901 is a long time ago. He has beenprincipal of Bremerton high school and wascounty superintendent of schools for manvyears. At present he is teaching math atBremerton high. 1903Perm. Class Sec 'y : Dr. James H. Gilbert, CommerceBldg. . Campus.Holt Stockton, '03, is farming at Rt. 1,Box 29, Sheridan, Ore. In his spare timehe is a ground observer for the FourthFighter Command in Polk county.

1907Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Mary Rothrock Cultbertson(Mrs. John M. Culbertson) , 1980 Alameda Terrace,San Diego, California.O n the staff of the station hospital atFord Ord, Calif, is Lt. Col. Robert LeeWood, '07, former Salem physician. Hepracticed as an eye, ear, nose and throatspecialist there for many years.

1909Perm. Class Sec'y: Merle Rowland Chessman, c/oThe Astorian-Budget, Astoria, Oregon.Ormond R. Bean, '09, left Portland re-cently for Honolulu, where he became re-gional director of the territory of Hawaii ,O C D . Mr. Bean previously served as citycommissioner of Portland public worksan d as state public utilities commissioner.H is son, Staff Sergeant Ormond R. Bean,Jr. will complete his training as a gliderpilot this fall. 1910

Perm. Class Sec'y: Mozelle Hair, Extension Divis-ion, Campus.Peter A. McDonald, '10, who is prac-ticing law in Seattle, may be reached at 812Lowman Bldg., Seattle, 4, W a sh .

D R. W E N D E L L VAN LOAN, '28,this fall will take over duties as as-sistant superintendent in charge ofadministration of the Vanport Civypublic schools. For several years hewas principal of Roosevelt juniorhigh school in Eugene.1912

Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Mildred Bagley Graham,897 E. 18th, Eugene, Oregon.William S. Main, '12, has been seriouslyill for the last few months and is confinedto his bed in the Veterans hospital in Savv-telle, Calif, according to a note from Ver-no n H. Vawter, '13, of Santa Barbara. Mr.Yawter states, "Many of the old timers willremember Bill as the hardest tackier thatever played football for Old Oregon."

1913Col. Carlton E. Snencer, Assistant Director, StateSelective Service, Salem, Oregon.Dr. Vesta Holt, '13, is professor of biol-ogy at Chico State college at Chico, Calif.She received her M.A. degree from Colum-bia university and her Ph.D. from Stanford.

1914Perm. Class Sec'y: Frederic Harold Young. 7709S. E. 31st Ave., Portland, Oregon.Dr. Eberle C. Sheldon, '14, is a physicianand surgeon in Hollister, Calif. He is mar-ried and has one son, Gary.

1915Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Beatrice Locke Hogan, 6423Montgomery Pike, Cincinnati , Ohio.L t . L u t e n A c k e r s o n , '15, s t o p p e d in Eu-gene last week on his way to Santa Rosa,Calif, where he will be on duty at the jun-ior college. He is in the psychology depart-ment of the army and has been on dulyat the University of Idaho at Moscow. Hiswife Merle Stearns Ackerson, '16, is withhim at his new post.

at the marine air base at Brawley, Calif.He makes his home at 249 X. Euclid Ave.,Pasadena, Calif.Paul E. Chesebro, '17, is senior adminis-trative assistant in the U. S. Forest Servicelocated at Nevada City, Calif. He has beenin the forest service for a number of years .

1919Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Jean McDonaldM c N a b (Mrs. Wm. H. M c N a b ) , 815 Spruce St..Berkeley, California.Colonel Clark W. Thompson, '19, is nowon duty in Washington, D. C, as directorof the marine corps reserve, following ayear of field duty with the marines in theSouth Pacific. A veteran of W orld war I,Colonel Thompson enlisted when he wasa junior at the University in 1917.

1920Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Era Godfrey Banks (Mrs.Walter H. Banks) 2231 McMillan St., Eugene, Ore-gon.A former P ortland lawyer, Charles KernCrandall, '20, is now a colonel in the a rmywith headquarters at the Presidio in SanFrancisco.Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Gerretsen, "20(Frances Mary Holloway, '24) live at 123Blakeley St., Roseburg, Oregon, where Mr.Gerretsen manages and operates a lumbercompany. They have two sons, Gordon,18, and Donald, 15.On recruiting duty with the navy isGecr.-je F. Walker, '20, stationed at the U.S. Post Office in Sacramento , Calif. Walkerwas a field representative with the Stand-ard Stations Co.before going into the navy.His wife is the former Gertrude Rogers,'23.

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1917Mrs. Martha Beer Roscoe (Mrs. Stanley R. Roscoe) ,1236 J. Street, Eureka, California.Tanjor T. Black, '17, is a civil engineer

Perm. Class Sec'y: Jack Benefiel , National YouthAdministration, Bedell Bldg. , Portland. Oregon.Mr. Harlan B. Holmes, '21, reports aninteresting position as senior aquatic biol-ogist with the Fish and Wildlife service,Seattle, Washington. Mr. Holmes is incharge of North Pacific fishery investiga-tions. He has been doing scientific investi-gation in the field for a number of years,having been with the Bureau of Fisheriesat Bonneville dam and with the U. S. Fishand Wildlife service as biologist in chargeof the hydraulic section.1922

Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Carson Plumb (Mrs.Herbert L. P l u m b ) , 3312 Hunter Blvd. , Seattle.Washington .Grace Snook Wolgamott, '22, is Directorof Health and Physical Education for Girlsin the Salem schools. Her home is 1525South Church St.Ralph F. Classic, '22, formerly marinepatrol captain of the Division of Fish andGame in California, now a l ieutenant in thenavy, is stationed at the port director'soffice in San Francisco.Mrs. Emily Perry Mackinnon, '22, re-ceived her Ed.D. degree from Columbiauniversity this summer and is taking a jobas assistant professor of health and physi-cal education at Beaver college in Jenkin-town, Pa., this coming year.Lt. Commdr. V. Garfield Madden, '22,former importer and exporte r , is stationedwith the navy at the 13th Naval District

Headquarte rs in Seattle. His wife, ElsieMcMurphey Madden, '22, keeps their homeshipshape at 2917 K. 65th, Seattle 5, W a s h .(Continued on page 12)


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S E P T E M B E R 1 9 4 3SUMMERSUMMARYThe summer months have produced sucha volume and variety of alumni activitiesthat Old Oregon just isn't big enough tocontain individual news notes of them all.Summarized here are as many of the "vitalstatistics" as space permits:

M A R R I A G E SMiss Mary Joe Ann Supple, '44, an dCapt. Edward F. Mansfield, II, '42, weremar ried Aug ust 22, 1943 at the Grace Me-morial church in Portland. . . . Miss Ar-lene Ruth Condon, '42, was married to Mr.John Wayne Loomis, July 24 in the chapelof Trinity Episcopal church in Portland.. . . Miss Mary Ann Fox, '43, and Lt. Rod-ne y Lew man , '41, were married July 16 atCarlsbad, New Mexico. He is stationed atBarksdale field. . . . The marriage of MissUndine Sylvia Crockard, '39, and Mr. K. E.Hatch was solemnized on August 1. . . .A wedding of mid-July was that of MissMabel Anderson, '39, and Karl C. Rupertwho were mar ried July 24. . . Miss An-netta Johnson of Oroville, California andStaff Sergeant James R. Jewell, '34, weremar ried July 16 at Menlo Pa rk, California.. . . Miss Lucile Murphy, '32, was marr iedto Pau l M . Brunskill on July 17, and thecouple are making their home temporarilyin Spirit Lake, Idaho, Mr. Brunskill beingstationed there with the navy. . . MissRobin Nelson, '42, and Alfred H ott , Jr.were married recently in Portland. Theyare at home for the present in Bremerton,Washington.Miss Kathryn Louetta Smith, '45, an dMack Henry Hand, Jr., '43, were marriedJuly 30 . . . . A wedding of in te rest to

many Oregon alums is that of Miss Eliza-beth Stetson, '39, and Major Raym ond E.Edwards which took place on July 3 1 . Mrs .Edwards was president of the AssociatedWomen Students her senior year and re-ceived her master of arts degree fromStanford university. She has been coun-selor in the psychology department at SanFrancisco Junior college the past year.Major Edw ards is commanding officer,base squadron, army air forces, at CampPinedale, Fresno.Miss M. Lucile Urey, '43, was marriedto Ensign Kenneth Peck July 29 in Seattle.. . . Miss Dorothy Phyllis Carr, '44, wasmarried to Ensign David R. Teeters, June2 0 . . . . Miss Mary Ethel Card, '44, andSergeant William G. Rusco were marriedAugust IS. . . . The marr iage of Miss Jua-nita Carmelita Margaruita Maldinado yGomez of San Marcos, Texas, and Sgt.James Hugh Davidson, '42, was solemnizedAugust 15. He is a staff sergeant in the aircorps and she is a graduate of Our Ladvof the Lake college in San Antonio, Texas.. . . Miss Elizabeth (Betty) Edward, '45,and Lt. Frederick M. DeNeffe, Jr., '41,were married Septem ber 4 in Portlan d.Miss Suzanne Shekels, '44, an d Lt. Rob-e r t D e v e r e l l , ' 4 3 , w e r e m a r r i e d J u l y 8 . . . .Miss Dorothy Dunham, '43, an d Lt. RobertB r o o k e , ' 4 5 , w e r e m a r r i e d A u g u s t 2 3 . . . .M i s s Bev er ly J o S m i t h o f K a n s a s C i t y a n dKersey C. Eldredge, III, '39, were marriedJuly 10. . . . Miss Muriel Meier, '44, an dLt. Joseph T. Hallock, '45, were marriedA ugus t 14 . . . . Miss Irma Helikson, '39,was married to Robert S. King of Palo

A l t o o n J u l y 7 . . . . Miss J a ne tMorris, '42, an d Lt. Thomas B.Bishop, '39, were married inpost chapel in Las Vegas, Ne-vada July 9. She has been per-sonnel manager in the wageand hours division in Washing-ton, D. C. He is in the army aircorps stationed at Las Vegas.

Yeoman 3/c Harriet L. Min-turn, '41, of the W AV ES andLt. John N. Slottee, '41, armyair corps, were married June15 in Seattle. . . . Miss EdithParis, '42, an d Rev. Charles P.Devereaux, '40, were marriedJune 25. . Th e marr iage ofMiss Olive M argaret Lew is,' 3 8 , and Captain Robert F.Cole, medical corps, took placeJuly 20 in Wailuku, Maui, T.H .M r s . Cole has been in the Ha-waiian Islands since Februaryin charge of the blood bankson Maui. Captain Cole attendedColumbia University. . . . MissBette Brookshier, '42, and En-sign Richard B. Loomis, '42,were m arried Au gust 21. .Miss Alice R. Mueller, '40, wasmarried to Stanley L. Robe,' 3 6 , on August 26.M r s . Jean Merrill Riddell,' 3 9 , and Thoburn Lyons of LosAngeles were married August 27.. . Miss Betty-Lu Riesch, '39,and Lt. Richard A. Polen, married August14 in Portlan d, will live in San Diego whereLt. Polen is stationed with the marines.. . Miss Kathrine Seberg and EnsignRichard W. Sears, '40, were married Au-gust 29. . . New s has reached us of themarriage of Lt. Frank McKinney, '42, andMiss Lillian Bald of Walla Walla, Wash-ington which took place last November 14.. . . Ensign Ellen Smith, '38, of theWAVES and Lt . ( jg) A ! v i n Hightower,married recently, will live in Seattle whereM r s . Hightower is stationed while her hus-band pilots a navy flying boat out of theWh idby island naval air station. . MissNatalie Tengwald, '43, was married to Lt.Don W. Galbreaith, '42, on July 12 in thenavy chapel at Philadelphia.Miss Enid Mills and Philip W. Barrett,' 4 0 , were married July 31 in Sacramentowhere Mr. Barrett is assistant minister ofthe Wes tmins ter Presbyterian church. . .Miss Patricia L. Wethered, '41 , and StaffSergeant Robert Owen Leonard were mar-ried June 30 in Reno, Nevada. . . . EstelVerna Sly, '34, and Earl Mark Hanford ofBoise, Idaho were married May 19.

B I R T H SMr. and Mrs. James F. Reville, (JaneBishop, '36) are the parents of a daughter,Anne, born June 23. . . . Lt. and Mrs.William I. Lonigan, '41 (Genevieve Tread-gold, '40), announce the birth of a son, Rob-ert Michael, on August 26. . . . Lt. andM r s . J. F. Cowan (Barbara Bamford, '42)are the paren ts of a son, Jeffery Vincent,b o r n J u l y 4 . . . . Ca pta in a nd Mrs . Do ug -las M ilne, '38, are the parents of a son bornMay 17. The little boy has been named

Douglas John.

NOW A NAVAL E NSIGN, Dick Wi l l ia m s ,' 4 1 , is stationed in the Bremerton, Wash, navyyards, where he works in the supply depart-ment. From 1941 to 1943 he was Un iversity edu-cational activities manager; before that, Ore-gana business manager for three years.A son, Robert Charles, was born Au-gust 6 to Mr. and M rs. Kenneth Ghent,

(Helen Tillman, '36). . . . Mr. and Mrs.Elwin J. (Bill) Ireland, ' 3 7 (Barbara Berts,'37) are the parents of a son, Stephen Por-ter, born July 30. The y recently m oved to4130 N. 37th St., Tacoma where Mr. Irelandis manager of the Univ ersity Club. .Mr. and Mrs. James Blackford (GraceGriggs, '30) announce the birth of a daugh-t e r o n J u l y 2 1 . . . . Mr. a nd Mrs . Ro ber tJ . Da v is , '4 3 (La Vern Li t t l e to n, ' 41 ) a r ethe parents of a son, Gary Robert, bornJuly 6 . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Hil l(Ruth Weber, '38) are the parents of adaughter, Kathryn Maye, born April 23.. . . A daughter , Kathleen Marie, wasborn to Lt. and Mrs. Jack S. Casey, '40(Doris E. Gething, '43) on July 10. Lt.Casey is with the armed forces overseas.Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Cochran (Lou-ise Marvin, '33) are the parents of a daugh-ter, Sally Mae, born June 30.

D E A T H SDr . Roscoe W. Cahill, '13, chief surgeo nat the Boise Veterans' Administration Hos-pital, died of a heart ailment September 1,1 9 4 3 . Dr. Cahill graduated from the U. ofO. Medical School in Portland and prac-ticed in that city for 19 years. He has beenchief surgeon in the veterans' administra-tion since 1920. . . . James Herbert Ryan,' 1 5 , died in Salem, July 10 as the re sult ofinjuries received when he fell from a lad-der while picking cherries. At the time ofhis death he was state engineer and widelyknown in the field of reclamation engi-neering. . . . Word has been received of

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OLD OREGONCaptain Meets Heroic DeathB y D O N A L D W A L K E R , '41Air Corps Lieutenant

The fury of Eugene McGee's fighting against Nippon'sforces is described with stark realism in the August 14issue of the "Saturday Evening Post." The facts surround-ing his death comprise more than a heroic taletheyare an inspiration to alumni in battle ev erywh ere.

TH E b attle of Attu fought out on theAleutian chain cost the life of Capt.Euge ne L. McGee, '41, who died val-iantly in the offensive that destroyed theJapanese garrison on bleak Attu. The wardepartment notified his parents that hewas killed on May 29, and his fellow offi-cers also informed them of his heroicpassing.He has been posthumously awarded theOrder of the Purple Heart.Letters from fellow officers and conver-sations with others reveal such stirring in-cidents as this:"We had actively encountered the Japa-nese for several days of stiff fighting. Theweather conditions were very bad. Fog,ice, and snow hampered us in locating theenemy, who took advantage of the nat-ural cover. Communications with our forceson the other side of the canyon had beencut and it was necessary for the safety ofboth units that word reach the other sideof our impending drive upon the Japs.

"McGee volunteered to deliver the mess-age and dashed across the valley with Jap-anese fire hitting all around him but hemanaged to get through and the impor-tant message coordinated our forces again,and we struck with a fury that resulted

C A P T. EU GE N E M c GEE . . . h i s h er oi sm onAttu, costing his life, is a legend among fellowofficers and infantrymen.

in the Japs being bottled up in a pocketof the mountain."ANOTHER officer told how CaptainMcGee saved the lives of many of hisown men by his quick thinking and his dis-regard for personal safety. This fellow of-ficer explained:"A Jap force was placing a machine guninto position to fire on our troops. Appar-ently the terrain features masked the en-emy machine gun from our own riflemen.McGee personally moved to a positionwhere he could bring fire upon this dan-gerous threat . and without any thoughtfor his own safety, he saved the lives ofinnumerable officers and men."On May 29 Captain McGee was in theheadquarters tent with other officers andmen, eleven in all, when a large Japaneseforce attacked. The American group cutslits in the tent and fired through the slitsuntil the Japanese were repulsed. Subse-quently the count revealed that 60 Japswere killed outside the tent. The Japs thenattacked with bayonets and an officer besideMcGee was struck. His ammunition ex-hausted, McGee used the butt of his pistolto kill the Jap. He was then trying to carrythe wounded officer to safety when anothermachine gun was sighted and in seekingto bring fire on the enemy.

Captain McGee was fatallywounded.M cGEE was born at Eur-eka, Montana, on July14. 1918. He attended OckleyGreen grammar school andJefferson High, both in Port-land, and entered the University in the fall of 1937.In high school he hadproved himself a leader andupon his graduation wasawarded the prize for out-standing leadership qualitiesand all-around ability. At theUniversity he majored inbusiness administration andwas active in ROTC and ci-vilian pilot training. He heldoffices in the dorm in hisfreshman year and later waselected president of ThetaChi fraternity. He was amember of Scabbard andBlade and was very active infour or five sports. McGeewas commissioned from theROTC upon graduation in1941 and sent to Fort Ord,California to serve in the in-fantry.

Of his service on Attu hiscommanding officer writes:"During the early stages ofcombat we were all a littlenervous. However, the un-failing good nature and theinfectious cheerfulness which

fairly emanated from McGee did much tohelp us all through this period."THE chaplain on Attu wrote the fol-lowing to his parents: "In moments ofgreat peril his calm prosecution of dutywas a tonic to all of us. Through thosegrueling days when stronger men broke,McGee's winsome smile and quiet accept-ance of the fortunes of war gave strengthto all of us. When the end came, it wasas you would have it, if it must come, withyour son leading in one of the most heroicstands against a fanatical foe . . . McGeedidn't lose his life; he gave it willingly forthe survival of human decency."Those of us who had long been associ-ated with Eugene McGee know the moraland physical courage he possessed. Thememories of his noble spirit, his coopera-tion, his sense of humor, and his self-sac-rifice far above and beyond the call of dutywill surely remain an integral part of thethird battalion. The University of Oregoncan well be proud of Captain McGee andthe other Oregon men who have fought sovaliantly and given so much.

O R E G O N' S H O N O R E D D E A DSgt. Edgar P. Loomis, '37, has beenreported killed in action in the Asiatic area,according to the war department. SergeantLoomis was radio man aboard a bomberwhich was reported missing over Burma inJune, 1942.Capt. William Wayne Kelty, '42, whowas killed in action on January 22 , 1943in north Africa, has been posthumouslyawarded the Purple Heart award. CaptainKelty was on a routine flight mission andwas previously reported missing in action.Word has been received of the death ofEnsign Cameron Lee Collier, '42, in a rou-tin flight crash in the Solomons war zone.The accident occurred last April.Lt. Norman Alfred Nysteen, '42, was co-pilot of a bomber which made a voluntaryflight in pursuit of two Japanese airplanecarriers in the Aleutians. He has been post-humously awarded the Purple Heart and airmedal for voluntary action beyond the callof duty.Grad , Red C ross W orker,No w in Ca lcutta, India

Announcement of the safe arrival in Cal-cutta, India, of Elizabeth I. Heath, '38, wasmade late in September. An American RedCross staff assistant, she is the daughterof Mrs. Robert Benson Heath, 474 HaddonRoad, Oakland, Cal.Following graduation from Oakland highschool, Miss Heath attended the Univer-sity of California in Berkeley, then receivedher B.S. degree at Orego n. Until her RedCross appointment, she was engaged inhealth education and recreational activitiesfor the YWCA in Yakima, Wash., and NewHaven, Conn. She previously taught in thehigh school at North Bend, Ore.Marjorie Quigley, '43, an d Dorothy Ste-vens, '43, are both casew orker s for the Linncounty welfare department in Albany. MissQuigley reports that Lorraine Long, '43,is now located at Warm Springs, Oregonas a bookkeeper at the Indian reservation

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They MakeWar HistoryB y R O B E R T S C O T T , ' 46

Out of the war . . . flashes of ac-tion involving Oregon alumniwho make story-book heroesseem lack-luster. Confrontedwith crises, they came throughon top, subtracting substantiallyfrom the Axis peace of mind.

CAPT. Henry A. Potter, '42, has led afull life. A long time ago he knewwhere the elusive Shangri-la was lo-cated. At least he should have; he navigatedfor the entire Doolittle squadron that madehistory on April 18th, 1942 by slightly ob-scuring the rising sun in Tokyo. He hasn'ttalked about it but that seems to be one ofthe captain's characteristics.After completing the raid and headingout over the water to confuse the Japanese,his ship cut back overland into China. Badweather conditions forced the crew to bailout and they were lucky enough to landin friendly territory. From there he pro-ceeded to U. S. headquarters and then backto work.Since that memorable date Henry hasparticipated in a lot more action that isbound to go down in history books. Thelast news of him was received during theSicilian campaign where he helped in theair support of landing allied troops estab-lishing a beach-head on the shore. With arecord of that kind behind him we'remighty sure he hasn't been laying aroundtaking a rest-cure. Japan, Sicily, Italy. It'sgetting to be Henry's war.* THEY had divided up Ensign ErnestIngold's, '44, worldly goods and werehaggling over who was going to get hissocks and food rations when the newscame in. Surprise. Surprise. What hadseemed an almost certainty had suddenlyturned into one of the better stories of thiswar. Ensign Ingold was not only verymuch alive but would probably be veryperturbed over the misappropriation of hispossessions.It all came about when Ensign Ingoldand three other navy pilots were calledupon to help three destroyers under airattack. Jap zeros were swarming about theships as they circled a sinking Jap cruiser.While attempting to help the pilot of an-other plane who was under attack, Ingold'splane was riddled with tracer and cannonfire. His mates saw him go into a straightdive to the water; a water littered withstruggling Japs. So it couldn't be possiblethat Ingold still survived.The story of Ingold's miraculous escapewas told later by the commander of hisflight. It seems that Ingold managed topull out of his dive and land flat in thewater. He was underneath the surface withthe hood closed. He got it open againstthe pressure and came to the surface. Onlyhalf of his life jacket was in working order."There were a lot of heads bobbing

around there in the water and they wereall Japs," he remarked.Soon a U. S. destroyer came by and

DOOLITTLE'S NAVIGATOR on the h is tor ic Tokyo raid wasOregon A lum Capt. Hen ry A. Po tter, *42. Abo ve, he points o uthis home town, Pierre, S. Dak.threw him a line and transported himsafely back to his base. There he foundthat his group had waded into 28 Jap zerosand had accounted for four and driven offthe rest in an amazing piece of work.* * * *LIEUT. Col. Graham W. West, '34, willlive to fly again even after the tragicloss of both legs. It came about when Westwas stationed on a beach of the Tunisiancoast. A burning G erman transp ort planehad started a fire which threatened thecolonel's nearby Spitfire fighter base. WhenWest and a few of his men approached theburning plane an explosionapparently ofa bomb or shellblew off in their faces.One officer and an enlisted man were killedand West's legs were blown off.He was given emergency blood plasmaand taken to a convalescent hospital wherehe now stays. Doctors say that his deter-mination to fly again is going to be re-warded. A pair of artificial legs will allowhim to control his plane while in the air.Colonel West flew several sweeps overBritain before going to Africa where hecommanded one of the first American Spit-fie group s in that th eater.Whatever his lot may be, it is certainthat there is still a lot of fire and go-get-emin Graham West.

M AJOR Charles E. Hansen, '38, hasmade life a little more miserable thanusual for the Axis and to prove it he hasthe army air forces' air medal for meritor-ious achievement in the line of duty.The award was made for his flights fromthe United States to theaters of operationin India and the Near East between August27 and October 31, 1842. Major Hansen isnow commanding officer of the 26th fer-rying group of Memphis, Tenn.The citation reads: The flights represent-ed a total flying time of 182 hours andwere completed without mishap despite thehazards of long over-water travel and thelack of adequate navigation and weatheraids in some areas of Africa and India.LIEUT. Charles Phelps, '41, can tell youthat New Guinea is a hot spot. Right

now it's a little hot for Tojo. And the tem-perature is rising.Phelps was one of the first officers to gointo a supposedly captured position nearRoosevelt ridge on New Guinea. He firstspent a week studying the area from anadvance observation post and then wentout with advance scouts to look over thewhole section.'"I went south of Tambu bay throughjungle paths to a ridge above Buoisi vill-age," said Phelps. "I lived, as did otherobservers, on canned rations and slept infox-holes dug in clay. Many times Jappatrols passed close by but our job requiressilence until our post is established."Which is a statement we believe elo-quent in its simplicity. * * *B OB Chilton, '37, helped unwrap anotherheadache for the axis at North Ameri-can Aviation a while back when he testeda new plane known as the P-51B for wideusage along many theaters. The new shipis termed by company officials as the "fast-est ship ever flown." And from all reportsit's just a roaring streak of machinery.The true speed of the new thunderboltis still a military secret but it flashed pastthe airfield at an altitude of 25 feet anddisappeared in 15 seconds.Bob, while at Oregon, was northwestintercollegiate springboard champion in'35, '36 and '37. It looks from here asthough he's sprung another one.* * * *FOR the past 16 mo nths four men fromOregon have been making Burma intoa hot spot for the Japs. Capt. Gordon H.Berg, '42, Capt. Wilmer E. McDowell, Lt.Col. Frank D. Sharp and Capt. Zed Barneshave been committing a little mayhemamong the yellow men at the controls ofBilly Mitchell bombers.Men in this line-up, all members of the10th air force out of India, have been fly-ing rings around Jap zeros for so lon^they must be getting bored by now. It isa sure cinch that the Japs have given up anvserious opposition. Captain Berg relatesthat when the Mitchells approach a targetthe Japs just sorta hover around in the vi-(Continued on page 9)


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OLD OREGONEx-'45, '46 StudentsAnswer Call to ArmsO REGON'S ex-students, who wouldhave graduated in 1945 and 1946.. . . . well, in most cases at least. . . thought eight o'clocks were tough.Now, swarms of these Webfoot fledglingsare braving the morning air at an evenearlier reveille. They're taking strict as-signments from uniformed profs who don'ttake "maybe" for an answer.Coeds, also ex-45 and 46ers, have inmany cases decided to cash in on remuner-ative defense jobs and, incidentally, to keep'em rolling on a precious production line.Perhaps some of these alumnistrayedbut far from lost, though temporarilystolen for a vital war causewill return tothe Alma Mater when their purposes areaccomplished. Until then, Oregon will keeptab on them through her alumni associa-tion and will, through her publications,keep them posted on activities of the cam-pus and of fellow students.Hereafter, "News of the Classes" willtelescope events that affect those who firstenrolled at the University in 1941 and 1942.But on this occasion they have a page alltheir own.E N R O LLEES (mos t ly me n) f rom theclass es of 1945 and 1946 left thecampus during winter and spring termsalmost en masse. The destination of nearly allof them was an army camp as evidenced be-low :To Camp Wolte rs , Texas went : SidneyD. Seymour, '45; Walter Lundberg, '46;John Koines, '45; James Miller, '46; BruceSmith, '45; Joseph Voight, '46; Arth urSchendel, '46; Nathan Stiewig, '46; FloydReed, '46; Donald Sanders, '46; RobertYost, '46; Eugene Jackson, '45; BerkeleySnow, '45; William Stevens, 46; JesseHimmelsbach, '46; Bryce Sidesinger, '45;Winfield Marlowe, '46; Tho mas Keefe,'46; Joh n Rakow , '45; J. Scott Wh eeler,"46; Robert Tramp, '46; David Waite, '45;

Colleen Collins, '45,one of many ex-coedswho have left theUniversity to answerthe clamor for clerks,salesgirls, and othercivilian workers ur-gently needed. MissCollins was an AlphiPhi on the campus.She is now a mailclerk for the UnionPacific Railroad com-pany in Portland.

Charles W akefield, '45; Lee Cameron Mc-Donald, '46; Grover Hofstetter, '46; Rich-ard O. MacLare n, '46; Tom Benton Kay ,'45; Peter Tugman, '46; Harry B. Johnson,'46; Rollin McCo rmick, '46; John Reitz,'46; Herbert Widmer, '46; Virgil Parker,'45; Osc ar Payn e, Jr., '45; Gordon Parr ,'45; John G. Simpson, '46.To Camp Roberts : James Ryel l , '46 ; I rv-ing Potter, '46; Harold Unkeles, '46; Wes-ley Jackson, '46; Dean Sempert, '46; John

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McDonald, '46; James Magee, '44; HarryGlickman, '46; Jim Thayer , '45; AaronBurchuk, '46; Gordon McGowan, '45; Rod-ney Swanson, '45; Jack Powell, '46; RufusWood, '46.To Camp Croft: Richard Cohen, '46;Stanley Boquist, '46; Bud Cote, '45; Thom-as Gait, '45; Robert Douglas, '46; JohnDay, '46; Bill Bodner, '46; George Dugan,'45; Lloyd Greenslade, '45.TO Fort Knox, Kentucky: Wil l iam Put-nam, '46; Charles South, '46; GeorgeSchafer, '46; Donivan Stanford, '46.To the army air forces training center atFresno, California: John Wysong, '46;Richard Will, '46; Milton Smith, '45, hasbeen home on a convalescen t furloughfrom the Fresno base; William Anderson,'45; James Campbell, '45.To the Santa Ana air base: Samuel Shoe-maker, '46; Henry Bacon, '46; James Prior,'45; Harold E. Lloyd, '46; Wayne Hubbard,'46; Blaine Burton, '46.To the naval training center at Farragut,Idaho: Elvin Williams, '46, Seaman 2/c;John Carroll , '46, A /S ; Eugen e Crouch, '46;Seaman guard; George Everette McCor-mick, '46, midshipman.To San Diego for training in the Navyand Marines: Jack Orey, '46, A/S, NavyDan Fleischhauer, '45, Marin es; CharlesRichey, '46, A /S , Navy; E verett Snelson,'46, seaman 2/c, Navy; Marshal Pattison,'45, Marines; Donald Martin, '46, Marines;Kenneth Ginn, '46, Navy; Robert Baldwin,'45, A/S, Navy; Richard Miles Crockett,'46, Marines; Richard Steelhammer, '45,Marines; Henry Martin, '46, Marines; Jo-seph Bennett, '45, seaman 2 /c, Navy.TO college training: Elgeon Johnson,'46, Reed college; Frederick Rugh, '45,University of New Mexico; Ralph Lind, '46,Coe college; John Seagoe, '46, Universityof Washington; Louis Duncan, '45; Po-mona college; Hershel Taylor, '45, Univer-sity of Nebraska; John Arens, '46, Univer-sity of San Francisco; Robert Wells, '46,College of the Pacific; William Davis, '46,Willamette university; Harold Kelly, '46,Utah State Agricultural college; DonaldShirley, '45, University of Arkansas; JayMatterson, '46, Texas A .and M.John H elmer, '46, Texas Tech ; Arthu rHosfeldt, '45, UCLA; Stanley Bills, '46,University of Tulsa; Paul Eckelman, '46and Don Crouch, '46, University of Minne-sota; Joseph Allen, '46, Kansas State col-lege; Glen Macy, '46, Washington Statecollege; Fritz Gieseke, '45, Georgetown uni-versity ; William Cramer, '46, Princeton uni-versity; William Candes, '46 and JosephDodds, '46, University of Minnesota; Rob-ert Perrin, '46, Kansas State college; AllanRouse, '46, Texas Tech; Dwight Wychoff,'45, Monmouth college; Douglas Eden, '46,University of Minnesota; Richard Davis,'46, Texas T ech; Thom as Oxnian , '46 , Uni-versity of Southern California.Felix Asia, '46, University of Wichita;Ed wa rd A ustin, '46, arm y finance school,Wak e Forest college, N. C ; WilliamO'Malley, '45, University of Neb raska;Donald S tanton, '46, St. Mary's Pre-flightschool; Arthur Romsos, '46, Coe college;Creston McNeel, '46, CCNY; GordonWood land, '46 and Robert Hend rickson,

'46, are in navy training and may be ad-dressed at College Station, Texas.TO other t ra in ing centers: Fred Hughes'46, and Elton Stephens , '46, CampCooke; Bennie Hamilton, '46 and I rv ingRotenberg , '46 , Fort Franc is Wa rren ; JohnWilliams, '45, navy aviation station atThatcher, Arizona; Donald Brown, '46, andWilliam Neder, '46, Camp Hale, Colorado;Russell Fryburg, '45, Ray Veltman, '45 andRobert Brewer, '46, army air forces, At-lantic City, New Jersey; Milo Goss, '45,Camp Howze, Texas; Wesley Brooks, '46and Jam es Bioms tad, '46, Aberdeen Pro v-ing Ground; H. Zophar Tharp, '45, Ft. Ben-jamin Harrison.John Welborn, '45, Army air force band,Eagle Pass, Texas; John Orth, '46, CampClaiborne; jack Daly, '45, Ft. Custer; Ken-neth Loder, '45 and Harold Ablesen, '46,Kearns, Utah; Alvin Popick, '45, Fresnoair base; Jack Sweek, '46 and Gordon Gul-lion, '45, Camp Barkeley; Theodore Od-land, navy air corps, Delaware; Donald W.Smith, '45, Quantico, Virginia; John Cra-mer, '45, arm y air corps, K ing City, Cali-fornia; Barry Boldeman, navy air corps,San Carlos, California; Norris Yates , '45,Fort Monmouth; Willard Yates, '45, FortLewis; William Wharton, '46, Camp Le-jeune.Roy Grice, '45, flight student at Stillwa-ter Oklaho ma; Dale Borgen, '46, army air

"Call me Jackson"Jack Billings, '45,left an indeliblestamp on the jour-n a l i s m s h a c k ,where he was act-in g editor part ofspring term, 1943,and news editor.Now a marine, hetakes specializedtraining in LosAngeles.

corps, Shawnee, Oklahoma; Don Beairsto,'46 and Rollin Wood, '46, Camp Wallace;King Ma rtin, '46, officers' tr ainin g at BocaRaton ; Robert Dagg ett, '46, army aircorps, Moorhead, Minnesota; William Wil-son, '45, army air corps, M ount Pleasant,Iowa ; Leonard Lonigan, '46, air corps, E m-poria, Kansas; Nils Lifgren, air crew,Galesburg, Ill inois; Milo Janecek, aircorps technical training, Denver; CharlesHea th, '46, Fort Riley; C lyde Joh nson ,'45, Camp Haan; Norman Bradley , '46 , a i rcorps, Alva, Oklahoma; Tom Warlick, '45,aviation cadet, Kearns, Utah.CO-PILOT of a Libera tor bomber some-where in the New Guinea area is Lt.Walter H. Cole, Jr., '45.Lending a hand with national defense isJack Taylor, '45, employed as a printer bythe Kaiser Swan Island shipyard.Mary Phyllis Dyer, '45, is work ing in O n-tario, Oregon as a bank teller.The army transport service drew the in -terest of Charles Thompson, '46. He is onduty at present in Alaska.Recovering from a serious case of septi-cemia and spinal men ingitis is WilliamJames Hales, '46. He was inducted into thearmy on April 1st and sent to Fort Leon-ard Wood where he became ill on May 5th.No hope for his recovery was given untilhis mother, who was given a priority rating(Continued on page 12 )


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His Creed Will Live B y G L A D Y S T U R L E Y , '43The Universi ty of Oregon ar t schoolan ins t i tu t ion of wide-spreadf am eth i s su m m er lost one of it s f inest personali t ies. Oliver Barrett , asso-ciate professor of sculptor , will long be r em em b er ed . . . as an a r t i s t . . . asa friend.

"H1 WAS one of the kindest men Ihave ever known." That was the ex-pression heard on the campus whenOliver Lawrence Barrett 's friends and ac-quaintances learned of his unexpected deatha few days after the close of summerschool. And that will be the expression usedby his former students when they toolearn that Professor Oliver Barrett hnspassed on.F or no student who passed any time atall in the University sculpture studio leftwithout being impressed with the innategenerosity and kindliness of this sculptor-professor. Students will remember himmost for his great love of animals. Theywill remember the Barrett studio as therefuge of every homeless stray that wan-dered onto the campus. They will remem-ber days in his studio when the number ofdogs,running around would make Profes-sor Barrett dubious about the reaction ofthe school's dean should he unexpectedlyarrive. But it wasn ' t in Mr. Barre t t ' s make-up to turn away anyone or anything inneed. Students loved this quality in himand through him they learned to showmore of it in their own dealings with peoplearound them.

Professor Barrett came to the Universityin 1927 as instructor in sculpture afteryears of preparation in California studios.But despite his years in the south, Mr. Bar-re t t was a t rue northwesterner and he be-lieved in that land from the artist 's view-point. He always encouraged his studentsto look around their own native scene forinspiration and materials.H e , himself, was always on the alert touse some northwest theme or material inhi s own work. The great desire of his ownartistic life had been to create a monumen-tal statue of the legendary Paul Bunyan, astatue that would symbolize the spirit andwarm homeliness of the great northwestcountry. After his death many tentativemodels of Paul and his blue oxen, Babe,were found in his studio and study.M R. Barrett did much to popularize Ore-gon materials in his studio. He foundthe beautiful bro wn and white, semi-softstone that is native to Brownsville andwhich his sculpture students have madefamous. He sought out the soft lava rockof Bend, which he used in creating hisTheodore Roosevelt statue, which stood inthe Battleship Oregon park in Port land.

Many pieces of Professor Barrett 's canbe seen in various parks and gardens inthe northwest . His figures adorn buildingsin Portland and Seattle. The Shemanskifountain in the Portland south park blocksis his work. The Sandstrom sta tue at Ore-gon State college was done in his earlyyouth . He did the elkstatue at the entranceto the Columbia River Gorge hotel. Thebeautiful fish figure drinking fountain inthe Bend fire hall is one of his pieces witha definite northwestern theme. The Pangroup in the Murray Warner museum isprobably the best known of his works asfar as students are concerned.

At the time of his death Mr. Barre t t wasworking on a bust of Levi Pennington, c\-president of Pacific university. He was alsodoing extensive work in plastic research.Several years ago Mr. Barrett , workingwith the late Dr. Philip A. Parsons, headof sociology, began a project with the in-mates of the Oregon state penitentiary.Mr. Barrett felt that by releasing hiddencreative urges in these social unfortunatesthey might be salvaged for their own goodand society's. This venture received muchnationwide comment when the ChristianScience Monitor ran an article on it.

A SHORT t ime before his death, Pro-fessor Barrett was honored by havingon e of his pieces, a primitive sculpture, se-lected in a nationwide contest for exhibi-tion at the Metropolitan museum of art .Professor Barrett 's tastes were simple.During his hours away from the studio heliked nothing better than to go for a coun-try ride on his bicycle or to take a fewdays off for tuna fishing on his yacht,Pandora .Professor Barre tt 's philosophy was basedupon reckless faith in his fellow men. Itdid not matter to him if that faith endedin waste and humiliation. That was incon-sequential. Men were on this earth to lenda helping hand to other men. That was hiscreed. No thing else mattered.Corregidor VeteranIn Jap Prison Camp

From the island of Skikoku, Japan, comesword from Major Eugene E. Laird, '30,w ho was on Corregidor at the time of sur-render. He is interned at the Zentsuji warprison camp on that island and writes thathe has been ill for some time since comingto Japan but is better now. The prisonershave their own doctors with them, and tl.eyreceive enough food and good treatment,he said. Mrs. Eugene Laird; (Lorene Chris-tenson, '33) makes her home at 850 N. E.Floral, Portland, Ore.

Duck Football Cancelled(Continued from page 3)found in the training room, a vital part oiany football development. P. O. Sigerseth,who took over when Bob Officer, '27, wascalled to St. Mary's naval pre-flight school,has been called to the navy. Don Wilson,'44, the youthful distance runner who hasworked in the training room for two years,was expected to take over.Playing the "lone wolf" in the coachingfield would have been nothing new for War-ren, who developed outstanding footballand basketball teams "on his own" at As-toria high and as Oregon freshman mentorbefore taking over as head man last fall.But now Oregon has no problems regard-ing the sport, and W a rre n has no worriesother than putting hundreds of soldier-students through their paces.

THE SCULPTOR'S HAND nowstilled . . . Oliver Lawrence Barrett,above, as best his students in the artschool knew him. His 17 years on thecampus have come to a close.

Summer Summary(Continued from Page 5)the death of Manuel Edward Souza, '27,on June 7. Mr. Souza taught in Marin Jun-ior College at Kentfield, California for anumber of years .Rev. Ross Guiley, '29, died at the Vet-erans' Hospital, Roseburg, Oregon August1. Rev. Guiley was at one time field secre-tary of the Oregon State Christian En-deavor Union and taught for twelve yearsat the Northwest Christian College. . . .Edgar P. Montgomery, '32, died unexpect-edly of a heart attack July 19 in Pul lman,Washington. He was superintendent of theState College of Washington print shopand instructor in journalism. He is sur-vived by his wife, Dorothy MacMasterMontgomery, '29, and two small daugh-ters, Lois, 7, and Dorothy Jean, 3.

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cinity hoping maybe the boys will feelsorry and go away. It seems that the Japhas acquired a considerable amount of re-spect for the swift flying bomber so impor-tant in the eastern theater. And what bet-ter combination can you ask for than fourboys from Oregon with as many Mitchellsto take the Ja ps to task?Lt. Richard Henry Wilson, '33, is doingchemical warfare service at Camp Sibert,Alabama.


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OLD OREGONUp From the RanksDaily Headlines FeaturePromotions, Enlistments

Wade H. Kerr, '2i, has been advancedfrom major to lieutenant colonel and iscom man ding officer of his regiment, the lt'tQM tra in ing regiment at For t W a r re n ,W yoming . A recent promotion was thatof Eugene V. Slattery, '26, who has beenadvanced from major to lieutenant colonel.Lt. Col. Slattery has been in Hawaii twoyears attached to the judge advocate gen-era l ' s department . George H. Godfrey, '29,former head of the news bureau on thecampus has been advanced to the rank ofcaptain. He is public relations officer atCamp Adair, Oregon. Crosby Owens, '31,has been advanced to the rank of majorin the army and at present is attached tothe division headquarters, adjutant gen-eral's office, 95th division, Shreveport, La.It is now Lt. Col. Paul R. Lafferty, '32, an dCapt. Ralph E . Lafferty, '40, both stationedat Camp Hale, Colo. Captain's bars havebeen awarded to Theodore B. Jensen, '33,no w on duty at Fort Pa tr ick Henry , Vir-ginia.

Donald Weed, '34, on duty in Australia,was recently advanced to the rank of cap-tain in the judge advocate general 's depart-ment . Lt. Col. Joe Gerot, '34, recently vis-


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BILL CAR DINAL, '40Dear Editor:Thought I 'd drop you a line from downunder and let you' know th at I received acopy of OLD OREGON and greatly appreciateyour sending it all this way. I dare say thatI am probably farther away than any othergraduate of the U. at this point and it israther gratifying to be reminded of a swellcampus, cool days, big trees, and fastrivers, and especially a wonderful mode ofliving. After being out here for awhile,those things begin to appear rather impor-tant to a person.This old grad would give a great dealto be down at the mill race or "shootingthe breeze" over at the SAE house. How-ever, we don't have too much to complainabout out here and I personally have doneextremely well, to my own way of think-ing. I have command of one of the neatestlittle scouting squadrons in the navy andI'm proud as punch of it. Hope the rest ofyour grads are doing as well, although Ihave seen your honor roll and wish to con-vey my respects to their friends and rela-tives.I 'm sure Mrs. Cardinal in San Franciscojoins me in wishing you luck and thanks.She is the former Je ann e Ma rie Mills, '41,Chi Omega.

Bill Cardinal, '40, SAECommanding OfficerVS-61, Fleet Air Wing Ten

BIL L ROSSON , '40Dear Dean Onthank:Sincerest thanks for your latest letter. Itmay interest you to know that I receivedit during battle, and read it in a sandbagheadquarters shelter. If i t had come anhour earlier it would have undergone aheavy shellingbut would have gone un-read for the moment because my primaryinterest was hugging the ground. It is acompliment to our mail delivery system,however, that my comrades and I receivemail regularly under all conditions.I was very interested in the many detailsof campus activity you included in yourletter. I noted particularly your commentsabout the service contingent. Knowingsomething about the soldier 's l ikes and ac-tivities, I imagine that close associationwith sorority row is an established orderby now.I hope you will relay my best wishes toall of my faculty and town friends. Yournext letter is eagerly awaited.

Sincerely,Major W. B. RossonA PO N o . 3P /M New York, N. Y.(This is the same Bill Rosson featuredin the May, 1943, issue of OLD OREGON forhaving achieved a major's rank at 24Ed.)

JOHN STRAUB HALL is tiow jampacked with men in khaki whoare taking specialized army training at Oregon. Three fraternitieswill be operated du ring 1943-44 as men 's do rmitories.

DON DANIELS,'42Dear Edi tor :I left the States last May and have beenover here in Africa ever since. I had thegood fortune to be able to be in on theinvasion of Sicily. It was a grand show,conducted with expert and clockwork pre-cision on the part of the Allies. I wouldn'thave missed it for the world.We haven't received any mail for overthree months. Today brought five sacks ofit, including a copy of that most welcomepublication, OLD OREGON. Thank you verymuch. I am returning my membershipcard. I ran across Major Burton Barr overhere. I was certainly pleased to receive OLDOREGONkeep 'em coming. I'll probablyget them in spaghetti-land or someplace.Sincerely,Don Daniels, '42

LLOYD SULLIVAN, '41Editor :Just received a number of recent issuesof OLD OREGON and was amazed to note thenumber of changes that have taken placeat the Alma Mater. Having been in Alaskanow for over fifteen months rather putsme out of touch with the States. . . .I noticed that you failed to mention JoeRieg's, '43, most recent promotion to cap-tain. I know that many of our buddieswould like to hear about this elevation. Joewas an active man on the campus where hepresided over Chi Psi frater nity in '41. Hehas been in Alaska now a year, and is theadjutant of his battalion. This is quite anhonor since he is the youngest captain inthe battalion . Here is just anoth er frontwhere Oregon's men are stepping out totake the lead. Sincerely,Lloyd Sullivan, Ml

service in my travels around the country,but very few Oregon girls. The only onesI know of are Lt. Hen riette H orak, '36, andMarg aret Ann Jackso n, '43, who was at Ft.Devins, Mass, the last I heard.I spent last week-end in Los Angelesvisiting Marge Maddren, '42, who is work-ing for TWA. While in Santa Ana visitingMarge's brother Mick, '45, who is in cadettraining there, we saw Bill Johns, '43, alsoin cadet training, and Laddy Gale, '39, andhis wife. Edie Bush, '42, is also in Los An-geles going to business school.Lt. Elliott (Lil A bne r) W ilson, '42, ofthe marines, returned not long ago fromthe South Pacific and was confined to thenaval hospital in San Diego for malaria.I am here in Sacramento on recruitingduty right now, and see Jeanne Filcher, '41,quite often. She is doing county welfarework. Also see Lt. Harris (Tweed) Taylor,'43, who is co-pilot on a B-25, flying outof here.I hope to see more Oregon girls in theWACS soon. They are certainly needed,and by the thousan ds! . . and when thisbusiness all over we'll be back on the cam-pus for the first home-coming after thewar. Sincerely,Pat Holder, '422nd Lt., WAC

PAT HOLDER, '42To the Edi tor :Thought I would enclose a short notealong with my subscription to OLD OREGONto let you know how an Oregon gal isge t t ing a long in the W AC S.I've run into lots of Oregon men in the

GENE BROWN,'42Dear Editor:As I came in to mail call today after 12days of sleeping in the rain without blank-ets, hiking 30 to 40 miles a day, eating "K"rations until they come out of my ears,drinking and bathing on a pint of water aday, scratching chigger bites 24 hours aday, what do you think was the first pieceof mail my searching eyes first saw? You'reright! A copy of OLD OREGON with Lou Tor-geson looking me square in the eye. Manoh, man, it really helped bring me back tonormal.Of course this isn't real warfare here onmaneuvers, but the boys in the outfit playfor keeps and when they do hit combat, I'dhate to be on the other side of the fence.Our colonel mention s a 25 mile march as(Continued on page 12)

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easily as I used to talk about the long jour-ney from the law school to the Side. Weknow all about the e ight-hour day with 4hours over t ime, but our union calls for thesame men to work both the day and nightshifts.My path has crossed several of the Ore-gon family CpL Jack Boone , '42, is withthe service company of the 508th parachuteinfantry at Camp Machal l , N. C. In thesame camp Capt. Pete Mitchell, '40, is ina glider outfit. Lt. Ken Christianson, '43, isright here doing a bang up job.Save me a seat in the ol' law school, I'llbe back soon.Lt. Gene L. B row nA P O 472. Nashville, Tenn.

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on a plane to Missouri, arrived and helpedhim start righting again.Orvilie Smith, 46, is among Oregon stu-dents in detense work. He is employed as awelder at Commerc ia l I ron Works in Por t -land.Upon leaving school Barbara JeanneKendrick , '46, became a bank clerk in SanMarino, California; Dorothy May Wieder-hold, '4o, is a dentist 's assistant in Milwau-kie, Oregon.Carol Jeanne Tengwald, '46, notifies ustha t she is employed as a station attendantfor United Air Lines in Medford.

Carl W ebbInONPAPostSucceeding Harry Schenk,'33, who resigned to act asdeputy secretary of state inSalem, Carl C. Webb, '32,af Freewater, in August wasnamed secretary and fieldmanager of the OregonNewspaper Publisher's as-sociation. He also will actis assistant professor ofnewspaper management inthe University of Oregonschool of journalism.While at Oregon, Webbwas student assistant to ArneG. Rae, '22, fo rme r O N PAsecretary and field manag er.For the last four years he hasbeen editor and publisherof the Freewater Times.His wife (the former LoraM. Allison, '31) has jour-neyed about the country withW e bb in his newspaper ven-tures. She won the Phi ChiThe ta key as outstanding

senior woman in businessadministration in her under-graduate days.Awarded DFC

Major Joseph N. Renner,'35, was presented the dis-tinguished flying cross bySecretary of the Navy FrankK nox on July 27 for extra -ordinary heroism in aerialcombat in the Solomons

"SCRAP IRON" RHEA, '43, is reminiscent oflast year's football season which, while gloomy,still avoided the complete blackout that has hit thesport this year at Oregon. For "Scrappy's" morerecent feats, see Dick Strite's story on Page 3.NEWS OF THE CLASSES

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Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Aulis Anderson, Callaway(Mrs. Owen M. Callaway). 188 Parks Ave., Glen-coe, Illinois.Capt. Wayman C. Williams, '23, is incommand of a company of engineers con-sisting of 191 men and 7 officers which heis training to take overseas about October.Stationed at Camp Ellis, Illinois, they arereceiving their final training in the U. S.Ja me s B. Burleson, '23, is serving as re-gional statistician on the War ProductionBoard in Dallas, Texas. He was formerlyassociated with a firm of public account-ants in that city.Vernon E. Bullock," '23, is president andgeneral manager of the California Cunocar,Inc. an accounting firm in Berkeley. Hishome is at 83 Maryland Ave., Berkeley,Calif.

1924Perm. Class Sec'y: David B. Lowry, Bear CreekOrchard!. Rt. 4, Medford, Oregon.

D an Lucas, '24, is district superintendentand principal of the San Jacinto high schooland elementary school.R a ymond K. Burton, '24, former station-ary engineer for the City of San Francisco,is now a chief engineer with the army t rans-port service, U. S. maritime commission.Mrs. Burton, (Rachel Jane Chezem, '25)lives in San Francisco with their sonRobert .

1925Perm. Clasa Sec'y: Mrs. Marie Myers BosworthL. H. Johnson), 613 E. 12th St., Eugene, Ore.Dr. Arnold S. Chaimov, '25, M.D. '28, ischief in the department of ophtha lmologyat San Francisco Polyclinic and Post-grad-uate college. His home is at 214 SpruceSt., San Francisco.Dr. Henry D. Sheldon Jr., '25, is with theCensus Bureau in W a sh ing ton , D.C. Hishome address is 1300 Mapleview. HisWashington, D.C. The Sheldons have asmall son, James Davidson, born March 5,1943.Major Chester L. Fritz, '25, in the quar-termaster section of the a rmy air forces, isstationed at Hamilton field, Calif. He ismarried and has an e ight-month-old son,Michael Louis.

1926Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Anna DeWitt Crawford,(Mrs. Win. J. Crawford), Yean Building, Portland,Oregon.Lloyd E. Webster, '26, is administ ra torto the total health and physical educationprogram for e lementary and secondaryschools and junior colleges in Los Angelescounty. His home is at 808 Spring St.,Los Angeles.R. R oma yne Brand, 26, is principal ofthe junior high school at Roseburg , Ore-gon. His home is 1240 Chatham St., Rose-burg. He has a son Donald and a daughter ,Barbara.James Arthur Case, '26, is a l ieutenant inthe Canadian army and is with a field regi-ment somewhere overseas. Before entering(Continued on page 13)

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the service, Lieutenant Case was the dis-trict supervisor for the Canadian farm loanassociation. 1927Par a . C Uit Sac 'y : Ann* Runes , 3203 E . Burniidc ,Portland, Oregon.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Officer, '27 (LeahLumpee, '29), are living at Rt. 2, Box 934,Walnut Creek, California. Mr. Officer, for-mer athletic trainer at the University, isstationed in the physical training depart-ment at St. Mary's Pre-Flight school.Commander Charles G. Robertson, '27,has covered more than 90,000 nautical milesin a fighting light cruiser in north andsouth Pacific battle areas according to arecent repo rt. A former physician in Salem,Comm ander Robertson was a t Pear l Har-bor when the Japs attacked. He has beenassigned to duty as executive officer of thenaval hospital at Treasure Island. Mrs.Robertson (Mildred A pperson, '22), makesher home at 259 Cervantes Blvd., SanFrancisco .Orville R. Blair, '27, formerly real estatemanager for Safeway Stores, Inc., is alieutenant in the army at Fort Lewis,W a sh ing ton .George L. Allison, '27, is project super-intendent for Morrison-K nudsen Co. inBaker, Oregon. He is married and has twochildren, Donald L. and Mary Joan.Dorsey Edward Dent, '27, has been serv-ing with the army air forces overseas foralmost a year, holding the rank of majorand chaplain. Part of this time has beenspent in North Africa. His wife, Laura Nel-son Dent, '23, and two sons, Thomas andHoward, are at home at 505 Hood St.,Gresham, Oregon.1928Mrs . Alice Douglas Burn* (Mrs. E. Murray Burns),3215 NE U.S . Grant PI. , Portland, Oregon.Lt. Commdr. Edgar M. Ricen, '28, hasbeen awarded the silver star medal forheroism in action in the Pacific by AdmiralWilliam F. Halsey. Lt. Ricen was seniormedical officer on the U.S.S. Adams at thelanding occupation of Rendova island onJu ne 30, 1943.Frank B. Reid, LL.B. 28, former deputydistrict attorney for Eugene, now lends histalents as associate attorney for the U. S.a rmy engineers .L t. Col. Robert Brower Cragin, '28, iswith the 103rd Field Evacuation hospitala t Fort Lewis, Washington.Frances E. Dod ds, '28, former Girl Scoutdirector in New York is now recreationaldirector with the USO. As she changeslocations frequently she requested that hercopy of Old Oregon be mailed to an alumin the service. Lt. Lloyd W. Beggs, '41,was chosen at random from the service fileand he will receive Old Oregon for oneyear . His address is A PO 3, c /o Post-master, New York, N. Y.

1929Perm. C U M Sec'y : M rs . Luola Benge Bengtson(Mri. O. Hilding Bengaton), 203 N. Peach St. ,Medford, Oregon.Fred Kramer Deuel, '29, J.D . '12, formerMedford lawyer, is now a weather observerfor the army weather station at LangleyField, Va.Marjorie W. La ndru , '29, and BeverleySteel, '40, have been appointed supervisors

of all recreational activities at recreationalcenter, No. 2, in Vanport City. Both aregraduates of the physical education de-par tment .1930Mrs. Eleanor Poorman Hamilton (M n. Alfred E.Hamilton), 6 E. 82nd St. , New York City.John Rollo Patterson, '30, is seniorworker for the State of Washington de-partment of social security and a case-reader for the Grays Harbor county office.He and his wife, Lillian Bramhall, '28,make their home at Rt. 1, Box 252, Monte-sano, Wash. 1931

Perm. Class Sec'y: Will iam B. Pittman, Jr. , Box187, Exeter, California.L t. Fletcher S. Udall, '31, sends wordthat he is executive assistant to the com-manding officer of a naval aircraft bombingsquadron outside the continental limits ofthe United States. He has been out of thecountry for over a year. His home is 2627Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, Calif, and hismilitary address is Bombing Squadron 135,c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif.Purchasing agent for the Baker War In-dustries is Fred C. Basche, '31, who residesat 1605 1st Street, Baker, Oregon. He hasa daughter, Mary Katherine, born August14, 1942. 1932Mrs. Hope Shelley Miller (Mrs. Robert T. Miller),Logansport, Indiana.Harold Walter Batchelor, '32, leavesBerea, Oh io on Oc tober 16 for his newposition as librarian, Arizona state teacherscollege, Tempe, Arizona. His wife and chil-dren, Eric Brian, two and one-half, an d

N E W L Y A P P O I N T E D s u p er in te n-dent of turbine and marine installa-tions at General Electric, Schenec-tady, N. Y., is T. W. Howard, '15. Hewas one of the last students to get adegree in electric engineering fromOregon, since the department wasmoved to Oregon State college soonafter his graduation.

Brenda Louise, born Ap ril 16 of this year,will accompany him there.Francis G. Mulling, '32, is northwestman ager for Ruthrauff & Ryan in Seattle.With his wife (Georgia Mae Upthegrove,'30) and two children he resides at 2534 S.34th in Seattle. 1933Perm. Class Sc'y: Mrs. Jessie Steele Robertson(Mrs. George H. Robertson), St. Francis Apt*. , 526N. W. 21st, Portland, Oregon.Capt. Robert C. Hunter, '33, returned tothis country after more than a year's ser-vice in the Aleutian islands. He is on hisway to Duke university, Durham, SouthCarolina, where he will attend the armyfinance school.Residents of Arlington, Virginia are Mr.an d Mrs. John Emerson Dodds, II, '33(Elda Marian Libke, '38). Mr. Dodds ischief in the division of processed fruit andvegetable marketing of the U. S. depart-ment of agriculture.

Captain Laurence Edwin Fischer, '33,has been on active duty with the air corpssince August, 1941, his first assign men tbeing with the basic flying school at Moff-ett field, California, then at Chico, Califor-nia. The latest report indicates that heserves as commanding officer of a flexiblegunnery training squadron at Kingman,Arizona. 1934Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Frances R. Johnston Dick(Mrs. Will iam G. Dick), Vogt Bldg. , The Dalles ,Oregon.Stationed at the 13th naval headquartersin Seattle is Lt. Donald Wood Entry, '34,who has been a certified public accountantin Portland for several years.Robert C. Anderson, '34, is a chief pettyofficer in the navy at Sampson, New York.He practiced law for a number of yearsin Astoria, where his father, Andrew A.Anderson, '06, is also an attorney.1936Perm. Class Sec'y: Ann-Reed Burns, 2566 S. W.Vista, Portland, Oregon.Captain Jerry S. Murphy, '36, now sta-tioned at Randolph field, Texas is com-mandant of cadet officers on the field andis an instructor in the new school forofficers.Major Donald J. French, '36, is now atthe Sedalia army air base at Warrensburg,Missouri. His wife, Jean Paulsen French,'38, and young daughter Sally Jean arewith him.Mrs. Helen Row Teufel, '36, is living at17774, N.E. 8th St. in Seattle, Wash, whiieher husband Capt. George I. Teufel isoverseas with the U. S. engineers. Theyhave two children, Helen Sue and KarenJo-Ann.Mrs. Helen Tayler Osburn, '36, is assist-ant manager of the Blue Lake chateau atTroutdale, Oregon while her husband, Sgt.Donald G. Osburn is helping to win thewar an as engineer-gunner on a flying fort-ress. They have a daughter, Lianne Eden,born November 9, 1942.

1937David B. Lowry, Highcroft Orchard, Anderson Rd.,Ashland, Oregon.Nels Y. Nelson, '37, is in training atCamp McQuaide, Calif, in the army coastartil lery.Marian H, Smith, '37, has arrived in La

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Grande , Oregon to take over her dutiesas physical education instructor and coun-selor for women at Eastern Oregon collegeof education.Lt. Newton Stearns, '37, is an instructorat the advanced flying school at Marfa,Texas.O ne of many a lums in the navy medicalcorps is Lt. (sg) William S. Gevurtz, '37,w ho was formerly a physician and surgeonin The Dalles. His overseas address isF.A.B.U. No. 1, Fleet Postmaster, SanFrancisco, Calif.Lt. Robert W. Shaw, '37, former insur-ance surveyor in Buena Park, Calif, isnow stationed at Camp Polk, La.Ruth O. Heiberg, '37, a teacher in theSeattle public schools, makes her home at5612 N.E. 11th, Seattle. She received herbachelor of arts degree from the Universityof Washington and was a Alpha GammaDelta on the Oregon campus.Dr. Charles A. Reed, '37, has been ap-pointed instructor in biology at Reed col-lege according to an announcement fromthe president's office. Dr. Reed receivedhis Ph.D. degree from the University ofCalifornia this June.Capt. Carroll Auld, '37, recently wentinto Sicily from North Africa with theinfantry troops. He has been in the servicesince July, 1941 and most of this time h^sbeen spent overseas. His wife, Myrna Bar-tholomew Auld, '35, resides at Rt. 1,Springfield, Oregon.1938

Mrs. Gayle Buchanan Karshner (Mrs. Don W.Karshner), Box 76, Arcata, California.William Curtis Speirs, '38, is in navalsupply school, at the Harvard graduateschool of business administration. EnsignSpeirs received his Bachelor of Science de-gree from the University in 1938 and a de-gree in law from Willamette university.Mrs. Speirs (Barbara Miller, '42) residesin Portland.Dr. Thomas James Fuson, Jr., '38, re-cently graduated from Western Reservemedical school in Cleveland, Ohio and isnow an intern at St. Luke's hospital inCleveland. Upon his graduation he wascommissioned a first lieutenant in the armymedical corps.Lt. Maurice N. Manning, '38, went onactive duty in the medical corps of the navyat the naval medical school, National NavalMedical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, onJuly 10, 1943.

A member of the U. S. coast guard isSeaman 2/c Russell Warren Cole, '38, sta-tioned at San Francisco, Calif. Cole wasmarried on February 8, 1941 to ElizabethAnn Rudy. 1939Perm. Class Officers: President Harriet SarwinPeterson, 1123 S. W. Whitaker, Portland, Oregon;Jean Holmes , Harry Weston , Mary Elisabeth Nor-ville, W a l l y Johansen, Zane Kemler, Elizabeth Stet-son. Hal Haener, Ruth Ketchum.Cpl. Benjamin C. Bowman, '39, is at-tached to the army student training unitat Stanford and is at present studying Jap-anese. His wife, Marcia Brown Bowman,'38, is instructor in English at the Univer-sity of Ill inois.Lt. Stewart C. Endicott, '39, has beenlisted by the war department as woundedin action in the Southwest Pacific area.Capt. Wilfred R. Stephens, '39, was14

Corregidor VeteranIn Jap Prison CampMajor Reed Fendall, '38, is in Japaneseprison camp No. 1 in the Philippines, ac-cording to word recently received by hismother, Mrs. Omar Fendal l of Eugene . Hestated that "Joe is O.K." referring to Capt.Joseph Sallee, '38, who was with him dur-ing their entire campaign in the Philip-pines.Two other Oregon alumni have sentword to their parents from the same camp.Capt. Donald T. Childers, '39, wrote hisfirst message since the fall of Corregidor tohis parents, Dr. and Mrs. Earl Childers,reporting that he was in good health anduninjured. Another favorable messagewas sent by Capt. Ralph Amato, Jr., '38, tohis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Amato ofPort land.

wounded in action in Sicily on July 13,1943 accord ing to a letter received by hiswife, Mrs. Beulah Chapman Stephens, '39,of Eugene. He revealed that he was shotin both legs (one a flesh wound, the otherhaving shattered a bone"), which will hos-pitalize him for some time.Lloyd S. Sims, '39, is now a radioman3/c in the navy stationed at the naval airstation at San Diego, Calif. He was trainedas a radio operator at Moscow, Idaho andMemphis, Tenn.Frank Seifert, '39, received his ordersAugust 2 to leave for Miami Beach, Flor-ida to begin his basic training in the armyair corps. His wife, the former HinemoaCloninger, has enlisted in the army nursecorps and is awaiting orders.1940Perm. Class Officers: President Phil Lowry, Mtd-ford, Ore.; Secretary Roy Vernstrom, Rita WrightStackhouse, Margo Van Matre, Alyce Rogers Sheets,Leonard Jermain, Ann Fredriksen, Scott Corbett.

Lt. Jack S. Casey, '40, is now servingoverseas as commanding officer of a signalrepair company for the army. His addressis APO 3405, c/o Postmaster , New York,N.Y. His wife, the former Doris E. Geth-ing, '43, makes her home at 4081 N. Over-look Blvd., Portland, Ore.Reported a prisoner interned by the Jap-anese is Herbert Ross Hein, Jr., '40, ensignin the United States navy. He has beenreported interned at Zentsuki island, Japan,an d was taken prisoner about Feb. 1, 1942.Captain Jack N. Levy, '40, has been post-humously awarded the air medal for meri-torious achievement while participating inaerial flight against the enemy in the southPacific area. Captain Levy was killed inaction on December 31, 1942. The awardwas presented to his mother , Mrs. DavidLevy in Washington, D.CAccording to latest word Lt. GordonStanley Benson, '40, is still a prisoner ofthe Japanese in the Philippines. Only pre-vious word his parents have received fromhim was from Cebu in March of 1942, andthey learned later that he was on Bataanwith Gen. MacArthur . His brother, Cap-tain Noel Benson, '38, was awarded thearmy air medal for meritorious achieve-ment in the south Pacific area.Ensign Wally Johansen, '40, reported forduty as commander of an armed guard unitaboard a merchant or transport vessel inAugust .

Thomas Malcolm Waltman, '40, is a staffsergeant in the marines and instructs in themarine clerical school.Lt. Elved M. Steele, '40, writes thatNorm Connaway, '42, is in the same squa-dron with him and that they certainly enjoyOI


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O n Uve ALUMSU Record.A XKW publication fostered by theAhnnni association and the Athleticdepartment will appear soon in th eform of an"Overseas News Let te r" The4-pagc letter will be sent to alumni inoverseas service and will contain the mostsignificant alumni news aswell as generalcampus news and sports gossip. The firstissue is scheduled to appear in October.

* *Gratifying is the increase in alumni mem-berships during the past few months. Theassociation extend s awarm welcome to the653 seniors who became members upongraduation, to the former students who lefttheir studies before completion to entermilitary service and to the 163 alumni whohave rejoined the association. The growthof interest at this time enables us to broadenour program of war-time activities andservices to alumni, especially those on mili-tary duty.With the publication of this issue ofOldOregon, Margie C. Robinson, '44, senior injournalism, becomes the first woman toedit the columns of Old Oregon since 1932.Well qualified for her position. Miss Robin-son has been a reporter for the OregonDaily Emerald and University News Bu-reau. This summer she was a member ofthe staff of the Eugene Register-Guard.Assembling Old Oregon is no t a new ex-perience for Miss Robinson because sheco-edited the magazine with Joe Miller lastspring. She promises accurate and inter-esting reporting for the newseason ofalumni activity. * * * *

TH E ra nks of Alumni association offi-cers and directors have felt the impactof the war with the departure ofseveral ofthe group formilitary service. The latestinformation indicates that Lt. ( jg) TomStoddard, '30, president of the associationfor the year 1942-43, rep orte d to Tucson,Arizona in May, later tothe Boston navyyard andmay now be addressed at theN.T.S . (Destroyer Base), San Diego, Cali-fornia. Lt. (jg) Elmer Fansett, '28, alumnisecretary, re-crossed the continent fromVorktown, Virginia to Seattle, Washing-ton where he is stationed at the Sand Pointnaval air base. He may be reached at 8814Sand Point Way, Seattle, 5, Washington.Ensign J. David Hamley, '37, former Uma-tilla county director gives hisaddress asFleet Air Wing 2Staff, Fleet Post Office,San Francisco, California. Lt. (jg) Don

McCormick, '32, recently left Seattle forNew York City where his address will bethe Henry Hudson Hotel, New York City.He was formerly president of the Portlandalumni group and vice-president of theSta te A lu m ni Assoc ia tion . The armyclaimed Capt. Grant J, Williams, '25, Currycountv director, who may be reached at1205 W. Main St., Murray, Kentucky. Mostrecent inductee is Walter T. Durgan, '28,a t torney and Benton county alumni di-rector, who left July 28 toenter militaryservice.A review of the summer roster revealsthe names of several alums who droppedinto the office while passing through theUniversity city. Don Walker, '41, sportingbrand new gold bars from the AdjutantGeneral's officer candidate school, FortWashington, Maryland, was on his wa yback east again, this time tothe army air

forces southeastern procurement district,Atlanta, Georgia. Ted Harmon, '42, was anearly summer visitor on his way to a newstation at Camp Elliott, San Diego. JeanCrites, '41, stopped in Eugene for a summervacation at herhome before enlisting inthe Waves. Following a short visit withher parents here, Joan Seavey, '39, reportedto Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia for Wac offi-cer training. She was formerly stationed atFort Devens, where her company paradedfor Mary Churchill, daughter of the primeminister.Our Cover in W ords

On the home front.. . on the battle frontUniversity of Oregon ex-students areentering wholeheartedly into their coun-try's scheme for effective prosecution ofthe war. Here we have first (top right) well-known Hollywood player of "character"roles, Edgar "Buck" Buchanan, '29, sellingwar bonds in Eugene. Second, (top left)we view a shipyard worker and war bride,Mrs. Charles "Chuck" Xelson (Lois Tal-boy, '46), as she climbs a30-foot ladder tothe overhead crane which she operates atthe Oregon Shipbuilding corporation. Be-low is Jack L. Robinson, '45, a sharpshoot-er who broke rifle records at Camp Kohler,Cal., this summer "quicker than you cansay Jack Robinson."

Major Applegate WritesArmy Combat TextbookM AJOR Rex Applegate, 40, has writ-ten numerous articles for the armyfrom his experiences with Colonel"Wild Bill" Donovan's office of strategicservices and in the European area. Hisbook "Kill or Get Killed" has been adoptedby the army as a text for instructions. Itdeals with fighting the axis in their own% v a y total war with any weapons andany methods.Major Applegate went on active dutywith the army in January, 1940. He hasbeen at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, a mili-tary intelligence training center, since No-vember 1942. Hewas promoted to majorlast June.While in school, Major Applegate waspresident of Sigma Chi fraternity for tw oyears. He played varsity tennis, and he >vasa member of the intrafraternity council forthree years.A fraternity brother, 2nd Lt. LesterThompson, '42, has been working for MajorApplegate since the first of this year. Bothsend their regards to friends at the Uni-versity.

John R. Bryson, '26, former justice of thepeace in Eugene, left onSeptember 4. toenter the United States maritime service.

Renner Awar ded DFCMajor Joseph N. Renner, '35, was pre-sented the distinguished flying cross bySecretary of the Navy Frank Knox on July27 for extraordinary heroism in aerial com-ba t in the Solomons area.

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