** UNIVERSITY/ of DECEMBER 1956MAGAZINECARVINGS IN ROCKEFELLERPage 4ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LUNCHEONClub Room, Art Institute of Chicago 12:15 P.M. $2.50Wednesday, December 5Walter L. HassDirector of AthleticsFormer football and track star at Minnesota, Hass spent the past ten yearsdeveloping a successful athletic programat Carleton College. He will discuss theplace of athletics in a liberal arts college program, outline some of his plansfor Chicago, and say a few words aboutthe future of "that game" on the Midway.Thursday, January 10John A. WilsonDistinguished ServiceProfessor of EgyptologyThe Suez Canal cuts a vital channel midstthe passions of Arab, Israeli, French andBritish interests in the Near East. Alumniare privileged to be able to hear Professor Wilson discuss the historical background and current events of the crisis inEgypt.The Alumni Association, 5733 University Ave., Chicago 37, III. Midway 3-0800, ext. 3241.I wish to order reservations for the luncheon December 5 reservations for the luncheon January 10I enclosed my check for $ - ($2.50 ea.) Make checks: Alumni Association.Name: Address: MemojmThe penalty paid for publishing analumni directory is that it providesa select sucker list for better or forworse.For worse was a letter from seventeenalumni concerned with the Cook County(111.), state's attorney campaign. Thisletter circulated in the Chicago area.The point is not that seventeen alumnishould not band together to help electa state's attorney. They should not flauntthe patent laws by including the University's coat-of-arms in the letterheadwithout the official consent of the patentowner.It's ironical that such disregard for lawshould be involved in a campaign toelect a law-enforcement officer. For therecord and for those who did not indignantly call my office, the Alumni Association neither knew in advance nor approved at any time of this letter; norwill it ever endorse any such letter, ofcourse.NostalgiaHelen Sunny McKibbin '08, sent theaccompanying picture of Marion Talbotand Sophonisba Breckenridge, at GreenHall about 1908.A few years earlier Dean Talbot hadwritten "Miss" Charlton Beck, (he waslater to become alumni secretary), commanding Charlton to appear before herat once and explain Charlton's residenceat the D.U. house. To Marion, Charltonwas a feminine variant of Charlotte.Many years later Sophonisba was rumored to have picked up her umbrellaand flounced out of Mr. Hutchin's officewhen the president asked her age — forpurposes of a retirement schedule. Itseems that in Miss Breckenridge's Virginia gentlemen avoided this topic.Marion and SophonisbaDECEMBER, 1956 Alumni on the newsstandsLaura Bergquist, '39, a departmentaleditor of Look, used some 20 pages ofthe October 16th issue to take "A NewLook at the American Woman." Incidentally, the new woman is taller, lesshippy, lives longer than her grandmother,has a 2.4 million vote edge on men, andis one third of the U.S. labor force.Bradley Patterson, Jr., '42, AM '43,is a part of an October 8 Life story on"The New-Model Cabinet.""Bradley Patterson. Jr., a governmentcarreer officer and a keen student of thenew science of business methodology . . ."is assistant to President Eisenhower'sCabinet Secretary. Brad is one of theofficers in our Washington alumni club.David B. Eisendrath, Jr., '36, who doeshis free lance photography, writing, andediting from his home in Brooklyn, regularly illustrates anything from the coverto feature stories in True Magazine.The Harper authorMilton Mayer, author of the Harperstory ending in this issue, was abroadwhen we decided to reprint the story.He's back and approves as per his postal:Dear H: Some kind myrmidon sent mea half dozen copies of the October Magazine. Many thanks. I'm pleased that youpeople thought so well of the Harper.We're just back from a year in Europewhere, inter alia, we waited for a visafor the whole family to svend a year ina small town in U.S.S.R. We're still wait-in q but not discouraged. The Russianshave been very friendly to us; theirvroblem is that they have no agency tohandle more than the 30-day Intouristvisa, and agencies take time.Know anybody who wants a Volks-waqen deluxe (sunproof) Microbus; 6,500miles; $2250— if I deliver it to Chicago.Milton Mayer, Carmel, California.Forty years laterIt happened in Winnetka, writes AlanD. Whitney, '13. Alan was walking downthe street when he was startled to meet. . . "Are you Elizabeth Wallace?" heblurted.Elizabeth was Professor of FrenchLiterature on the first H8921 faculty.Generations of alumni friends will bepleased to know, with Alan, that it wasMiss Wallace in Winnetka in early October.Miss Wallace, at 91. is still my favoriteinspiration when I visit Minneapolis foralumni activities. She lives at 410 OakGrove Street. Minneapolis 3. Minnesota.Alan said, "I have not seen her in over40 years and she is as handsome as ever."You and I have to agree (see recentpicture) .Window To The World"The Choice" is a weekly Channel 11(WTTW) Chicago TV program on Thursday nights at 9:30 P.M. featuring members of the Federated Theological Faculties with Dean Jerald C. Brauer leadingthe discussion.Each program starts with a dramatized introduction to a problem. Students andalumni of our University Theatre usuallydo the acting.Credit lines include Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr., Director of the Office of Radioand TV; Miss Lee Wilcox, producer (whois Associate Director of our Radio andTV office), and Marvin E. Phillips, director of dramatic sequences, (Directorof University Theatre).Lee Wilcox comes from Winnetka viaVassar and the Broadway stage. Shestopped the show in last spring's Revelsand knows what it takes to make a program click. Marvin Phillips had educational TV experience at Michigan StateUniversity before joining our staff a fewyears ago.In the familyWhen Samuel C. Kincheloe becameProfessor Emeritus at the University hewas offered the presidency of TougalooSouthern Christian College, Mississippi.Earlier he had done an official surveyof the needs of the school and, amongother recommendations, he recommendedstrong leadership.When everyone insisted he shouldprovide that leadership he finally accepted and, with his wife, Evah Os-trander, AM '32, moved to Mississippi.On October 25 he was officially inaugurated. Everett C. Hughes, Chairman,Department of Sociology, was the speakerof the day.Mrs. Hughes (Helen MacGill, AM '27,PhD '37), who accompanied her husbandto the inauguration, reports a very impressive job being done by Dr. and Mrs.Kincheloe at this christian negro college.Dr. Hughes and Helen are spendingthe Fall quarter in Kansas City withCommunity Studies, Inc., studying thenursing profession and conducting an inquiry into how young men become physicians.H.W.M.1How long has it been since your Senior Prom?4 VBarS In 1952 American began usin8 lhe "Magnetronic Reservisor," an electronic "brain"capable of handling over 1,000,000 passenger reservations per day.8 V83r$ In 1948 American introduced the Family Half-Fare Plan to encourage family travel,a plan widely followed throughout the industry ever since.12 Y63rS In 1944 American Airlines inaugurated the nation's first scheduled airfreight serviceand followed with many additional airfreight innovations.Over the years as modern air travel has creatednew opportunities for business and vacation trips,college graduates have usually been first to utilize thesebenefits. Today the advantages of air transportationloom larger than ever on American Airlines, America'sleading airline, and are available at both Flagshipand Aircoach fares. 4AMERICANAIRLINES(^//mtricai ^/fading c^/liriiotTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEfnT|us [sssueWe have a friend, whom another friendonce described as "a great big intelligent eye." What he meant was that theyoung woman in question is particularlyself-conscious visually, and derives untoldjoys from observing about her manythings which escape most of us.Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, for example, is filled with an incredible numberof lovely art works, which appear in stoneand wood carvings, mosaics, stained -glass windows and other architectural details. Yet how many of these have mostof us noticed when in the Chapel?In keeping with the Christmas season,this month's photo essay is devoted todetails of some of the wood carvings inthe Chapel. (See Pages 4-9.) S^^^f ^ UNIVERSITY\McaqoMAGAZINE i) DECEMBER, 1956Volume 49, Number 3FEATURES410122328 Wood Carvings in Rockefeller ChapelWhy Psychiatry in Student Health? Robert M. StrozierGuileless Willie and the $80 Million Smile Milton MayerSix Rings And A Main TentIntroducing the Cabinet — IIWHEN JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER decided togive $600,000 to found The Universityof Chicago, he little dreamed that itwould eventually cost him $80 million!Milton Mayer tells of this and otherdetails of the founding of the Universityin the third and final chapter of hisbiography of William Rainey Harper. (See"Guileless Willie and the $80 MillionSmile" on Page 12.) For a note from theauthor himself, see Memo Pad on Page 1.DEAN OF STUDENTS ROBERT M. STROZIERwas one of two college deans invitedto attend the first international conference on mental health, and he reports onthe meeting in "Why Psychiatry In Student Health?" on Pages 10-11.Chicago alumni clubs across the country are having a heavy combinedwork and social season. A report onsome of these activities appears on Page23, "Six Rings and A Main Tent." A fewclubs were not ready with reports as wewent to press. An account of their activities will appear in a future issue. DEPARTMENTSI Memo Pad3 In This Issue24 News of the Quadrangles30 Class News40 MemorialCOVERThis heroic statue of Christ, entitled "Ecco Homo," is on view in theupper transept of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, courtesy of thesculptor, Egon Weiner. It was the first work done by the artist whenhe came to this country in flight from the Nazis. A Lutheran, Weinerhas done many pieces of religious sculpture, here and abroad. Heteaches at the Art Institute of Chicago. (Photo by Morton Shapiro.)THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE5733 University Avenue, Chicago 37, IllinoisEditorFELICIA ANTHENELLITo anyone attending the University inthe last seventeen years, the gapingstands of Stagg Field have always seemedsomewhat of an anachronism. The longunused stands lost this air, temporarilyat least, (and to be sure, only in aminute fashion) one bright day this October when a handful of hopeful soulsfilled the bottom tiers to cheer for their"team" in scrimmage against North ParkCollege. A report on the afternoon, aswell as other quadrangle news, appearson Pages 24-27. THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONExecutive Secretary-EditorHOWARD W. MORTAdministrative AssistantRUTH G. HALLORANRegional DirectorsROBERT L BOTHWELLCLARENCE A. PETERS (Midwestern)(Eastern) The AlumniORLANDOGILBERT E. FundR. DAVIDSONDAHLBERGWILLIAM H. SWANBERG (Western) Student RecruitmentDONALD C. MOYERProgrammingELIZABETH A. SHAWOnce more we introduce members ofthe Cabinet, the ruling bWy of theAlumni Association. For part two in thisseries, turn to Page 28.FA. Published monthly, October through June, by The University of Chicago Alumni Association,5733 University Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois. Annual subscription price, $4.00. Single copies,25 cents. Entered as second class matter December I, 1934, at the Post Office af Chicago, Illinois,under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising agenti The American Alumni Council, B. A. Ross,director, 22 Washington Square, New York, N. Y.DECEMBER, 1956 3J^fr*Wood Carvings In Rockefeller Chapel4 MONG the features which make Rockefeller Memorial Chapel an outstandingjl jL example of church architecture are its delicate, hand-wrought wood carvings. In keeping with the Christmas season, the Magazine presents photographsof some of these works.The carvings are the work of Alois Lang of Oberammergau, Bavaria, whocame here in 1926 to do the pieces. The handsome works are carved out of whiteappalachian oak, as are the pews and all the woodwork in the Chapel, (finishedin a soft gray tone to harmonize with the stone). The work took several years.Lang and other members of his family, like many residents of the old Bavarian village, are skilled wood carvers, and the shops in Oberammergau contain many examples of their work. In addition, generations of the Langs tookroles in the annual presentation of the Passion Play at Oberammergau. Langhimself played the role of the Christus in 1934, (the last year in which the production was given before World War II).On both wood pendants on the organ screen are groups of three angels blowing trumpets, (as shown in the photo at left).An angel with a trumpet is an ancient symbol with both religious and musical connotations. The word angel means literally "messenger" of God: In theBible angels are almost always symbols of extreme joy or good news — joy beyond man's striving for achievement. Thus the angel of the annunciation and theheavenly hosts of angels which appear in the Christmas stories of the Gospel(Luke).The trumpet is one of the most ancient musical instruments, and from timeimmemorial has been used for festive celebrations. (The trumpet is the dominant instrument in the climactic part of Handel's great oratorio "Messiah" whichthe Chapel Choir gives each December, accompanied by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This year's presentation will be on Sunday afternoon,December 9, at three o'clock.)The four pendants which extend below the choir gallery in the south end ofthe nave are among the most interesting of Lang's works. Each pendant framesa carved bas-relief of a parable from the gospels. On the following pages arephotographs of the four pendants, accompanied by the text of the parable shownin each.PHOTOGRAPHED BY MORTON SHAPIRODECEMBER, 1956 5THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEPLuke 15:1-7Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Phariseesand scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.And he spake this parable unto them, saying,What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them,doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost,until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders,rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends,and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have foundmy sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewisejoy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth,more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.6 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINETHE PARABLE OF THE SOWING OF THE TARESMatthew 13:24-30Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened untoa man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemycame and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But whenthe blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst notthou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up alsothe wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest:and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together firstthe tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.DECEMBER, 1956 7THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST JUDGELuke 18:1-8And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not tofaint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God,neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city;and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though Ifear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her,lest by her continual coming she weary me.And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bearlong with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless,when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?8 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZlNTHE INCIDENT OF THE BARREN FIG TREEMark 11:12-14And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: And seeing afig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon:and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the timeof figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruitof thee hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it.DECEMBER, 1956 9REFLECTIONS AFTER FIVEIn his quarterly report the Deandiscusses what makes good mentalhealth and considers the questionWhy psychiatryin student health?By Robert M. StrozierDean of Students66T¥7hy should you need the server ices of psychiatrists in StudentHealth today; there weren't any whenI was in school, and we got alongpretty well.""What are they trying to do, mollycoddle students, and make them allthink that they are confused, paranoid, psychotic or worse?""All this talk about mental health isjust a fad; what we need in schoolstoday is the kind of self discipline thatproduces men and women of character who are able to solve their ownproblems, and sanitariums for thecrazy."Such remarks, not uncommon, areresponsible for the fact that only ahandful of schools in this countryhave adequate psychiatric and counseling services for their students. Fortunately, The University of Chicagois one of the select. Three psychiatrists and a psychiatric social workerare members of the staff of the Student Health Service because we believe that our responsibility for curstudents' welfare includes a concernfor their social and emotional growthas well as their intellectual development. Far from trying to mollycoddleand over-protect our students, we areconcerned to employ all the resourcespossible to assist them in becomingfully independent and mature peoplewho are able to make the best use oftheir intellectual capacities.I would not mean to imply, however, that the fostering of good mental health is the exclusive responsibilityof the Student Health Service. Itshould be the general concern of allthose associated with the University. rIt is difficult to define mental health.In fact, the thirty -seven delegates tothe first international meeting on thesubject, held early in September inPrinceton, spent ten and a half daysdiscussing the various aspects of theproblem without ever arriving at asatisfactory definition. The meetingwas called under the auspices of theWorld Federation for Mental Health.It convened delegates from ten countries, most of whom were psychiatristsor psychologists. I was fortunate tobe one of two deans in attendance.There are several things whichgood mental health does not connote.It does not suggest a state of perpetual happiness, nor of unvaryingsuccess. It does imply certain principles which cut across cultural lines:the maximum use by the individual ofhis abilities; relative freedom frombiases; increasing self -understanding,and satisfactory interpersonal relationships.T-1- he psychiatrist from Cambridge,England, the psychologist from thePhilippines, the director from Melbourne, the psychiatrist from Malayaand all the other delegates could agreeon these basic assumptions. Yet noone could adequately summarize a definitive statement of the problemin a few, clear words. Thus, we decided to clarify our understanding ofthe concept by discussing those thingswhich good mental health is not.Goopl mental health does not implyadjustment under any and all circumstances. The students in Poland,Hungary, and Czechoslovakia shouldnot adjust to the regimes which seekto enslave their minds. Tyrannyshould never be accepted, even thoughthe escape from it sometimes entailsgreat hardship. One may find tyrannywithin the home or the school as wellas in the nation.Neither does mental health implyfreedom from anxiety and tension.The placid cow is a sharp contrastto the race horse, powerful and tenseas the signal is given for the beginning of the race. We need the placidhuman cows to perform many choreswhich our civilization demands, butwe need the restless, anxious creativepeople just as much — those who areever searching for new methods, newforms, new channels for expression.A university should provide the atmosphere in which the restless andtense may be productively creativeand imaginative.Mental health is not freedom fromdissatisfaction. Our forbears weredissatisfied with their dependence onEngland and with the attitude of agovernment which fostered colonialism for those who would be free.Their dissatisfaction was not that of10 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEpetulant people who are displeasedwith everything superficially. It wasan inner dissatisfaction based onsound principles of man's dignity.Dissatisfaction with the old methodsof teaching led John Dewey to explorenew principles of pedagogy. Dissatisfaction on the part of many studentswith their own performance has ledmany of them to real accomplishments. Dissatisfaction with paternalism within the academic communityhas brought about student government and the National Student Association.1 l or is mental health conformity.We administrators might lead simpler,more comfortable lives if all our students conformed to all the regulationswhich we think advisable for them,but I doubt seriously whether thehealth of our community or of itsmembers would be improved in sucha Utopia. The mature individual isone who is able to stand apart fromthe crowd. He does not seek attention by means of sensational exploits,bizarre dress and affectation; but he iswilling to be different if, in so doing,he is expressing his own personalityand his own principles.Conformity is a major problem onour campuses. It is probably moreexaggerated in the United States thanin other countries where the crewcut, white shoes, and sweaters andskirts suggest an even greater conformity than actually exists. To thesesuperficialities the mature individualwill not conform unless the lack ofconformity is itself an affectation. Ata deeper level, the mature individualshows his understanding of thosewho are not affected by cultural andpersonal biases, and he is, himself,free from them. The South today, inthe throes of its great debate on desegregation, offers the opportunity forthe individual to search his own soulto know how free he is from suchbiases, and how much he is willing toforego easy conformity.Mental health is not constant happiness. What can be sadder than thesight of the individual who continuallyseeks happiness and who thinks thathappiness results from the exterior.There is no constant happiness for anyindividual. Even the most matureperson with rich and full inner reserves will meet situations whichcause him deep unhappiness. My ownpersonal philosophy includes a conscious effort not to brood about thingsover which I have no control andwhich I cannot change by my ownefforts. Even a determined effort tolive by this principle, however, does not achieve the goal. Unhappinesscomes to all of us. To some it seemsto come often and undeservedly.Good mental health suggests a fortitude, based on one's personal convictions and religion, which assists uswhen the present and the future seemblack.Good mental health and adjustmentdoes not mean mediocrity. It does notmean a decrease in ambition and accomplishment. The young man whoreceives the gentlemanly C on hiscourses, who is always popular andwell received, but who is not usinghis full capacity is not demonstratinggood mental health. Inner satisfactionis the fruit of accomplishment and theuse of one's powers at a high level.How often all of us have been confronted with the capable, intelligentyouth who has wasted his time andwho is frustrated and unhappy because of it. I see them every dayand I am always saddened by theexperience. Fortunately, I have alsothe great satisfaction of meeting constantly many young men and womenwho are performing at their top level,and who, from this sense of accomplishment and creativity receive rewards which only they can fully appreciate.Mental health does not include theundermining of authority. One's attitude toward authority is the surestindex to one's maturity. The healthyindividual does not accept tyrannicalauthority, nor does he tyrannize whenauthority is in his own hands. Herecognizes that, with authority, goesresponsibility. He respects authoritywhen it is judicious and real, and heuses his own personal strengthagainst it when it is being misused byothers. Students are often said to bein revolt against all authority, butsuch is not the case. Students acceptauthority when they understand thereasons for it, and when it representsjustice, tempered with wisdom andmercy. Nor does the well-adjustedstudent seize the opportunity to misuse authority when he rises to a position of power and influence with otherstudents. He recognizes that constituted authority cannot always gratifythe whims of every individual andserve the best interests of society atlarge.XTLlthough a definition of mentalhealth for the general populations hasproved difficult to formulate, wewhose concern is specifically for students are aware of certain problemareas in which we seek to be helpfuland alert to possible difficulties.We have been concerned about the number of students who fail to continue their work for the bachelor'sdegree. Our students are carefullychosen and are intellectually capableof completing the prescribed curriculum. We have not adequately uncovered the reasons for failure.The phenomenon of early marriagehas not passed with the war years.Adequate preparation for marriageand family living might wisely be included in good mental health programs. Sex education does not needto be isolated from the broader subjects, lest it receive improper emphasis.Loneliness among students is oftena problem in which the cooperationof other students, informally and organizationally, and of members of theadministration is desirable. Some students are shy and need encouragement with their fellows. Others, onthe other hand, actually may preferto work alone. The sensitive counselor should be able to distinguishbetween these kinds of persons andgive assistance when it is both neededand appreciated.There are still other, seeminglyminor, factors which may contributeto or detract from good mental healthin the student community. Good housing conditions for undergraduates aswell as for married students are essential for the best mental health.Time for leisure, sometimes difficultto achieve in certain areas of thegraduate and professional schools, isessential.I have said that the fostering ofgood mental health is not the exclusive concern of any one branch of theUniversity but is the general concernof all those associated with students.We are proud of the psychiatric andcounseling services available to students through Student Health andthrough Dr. Carl Rogers' CounselingCenter. In addition, the deans of students and the college advisors areconcerned for the personal adjustmentof students as well as for their academic progress. The residence hallsstaff is vitally concerned for the day-by-day growth of our students. Theseveral religious counselors on thecampus are helpful advisors andfriends to students working out theirpersonal and spiritual convictions.And lastly, the members of the facultythrough their own interest in individual students are a source of wisdom and sympathy.We are proud of what we haveachieved and are aware that our services go beyond those of many universities. Yet, as we look to the futurewe are aware that there is still muchto do.DECEMBER, 1956 110 ailtt Sfifasn*DAY. JANUARY 12. 190& * TRICE TWO CENTSDR. HARPER'S MOINU/VllBINT."I'll give $600,000" said Rockefeller,and smiled. He little reckoned with By Milton MayerConclusionGuileless Willie andthe $80 million smile12 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEIt was one of those occasional Maymornings in New York that lightenmen's hearts and hearten their hopes.Gates and Rockefeller paced up anddown in front of the narrow brown-stone house at 4 West Fifty-FourthStreet, just off the Avenue. The Baptist Education Society was to hold itsannual meeting in Boston a few dayslater. Passersby on Fifty -Fourth thatmorning might have caught a wordor two of the conversation betweenthe two thin men who seemed to be,and were, so much alike. The phrases"four hundred thousand" and- "sixhundred thousand" were mentionedseveral times. It was Rockefeller whowas saying "four" and Gates who wassaying "six."The $600,000 smileSuddenly Rockefeller stopped andfaced Gates, and smiled the smile ofa man who seldom smiles. "I haveseen him give $10,000,000, $30,000,000,$1,000,000,000," Gates wrote manyyears afterward, "but no gift of hishas ever thrilled me as did the firstgreat gift of $600,000, on that Maymorning after those months of anxious suspense."In New Haven the Professor of Hebrew smiled the smile of a man whooften smiles. The richest man in theworld had agreed to give $600,000 foran educational institution in Chicagoprovided the people of Chicago raisedanother $400,000 within a year. Ifanyone had told Rockefeller that daythat the $600,000 pledge was going tocost him and his foundations a modest$80,000,000, he wouldn't have believedit. Gates wouldn't have believed it.Goodspeed wouldn't have believed it.Only the Professor of Hebrew wouldhave believed it. It was his idea.In his conversations with Rockefeller Harper had always talked as ifneither of them was thinking of anything but a university. In his lettersto Goodspeed he wrote always of "thegreat university" and "a universityto begin with," and when Goodspeedsuggested that it might be a collegeto begin with, he wrote, "it is not acollege, but a university that iswanted, a university of the highestorder, having also a college." And toGoodspeed's reply that a college wasbound to grow anyway: "Unless wehold a stiff upper lip and come outboldly and confidently for what wewant, viz., a university of the highestcharacter, we shall lose ground andmake a mistake."A few months before making his$600,000 pledge, Rockefeller had written Harper, "Of late I have rathercome to feel that if Chicago could get a college and leave the question of auniversity until a later date, thiswould be more likely to be accomplished." When the pledge was announced "for a college," Harper decided that the time had come to turnthe screw. He wrote Rockefeller:"This idea of a college now, perhapsa university later, is, it strikes me,most excellent. . . Perhaps Dr. Good-speed has written you that I have refused absolutely to consider the question of going to Chicago." Now theidea of a college certainly did notstrike him as excellent, and while itwas true that he would not considergoing to Chicago to establish a college, there was something uncharacteristic about the casual finality withwhich he appeared to be closing hislong negotiations with Rockefeller.The Trustees of the new Collegeasked him, as the man they wantedto head the institution, to draw up aplan for adoption at the September,1890, meeting of the Board. He saidhe would, but the months went byand he did nothing. For the first timein his life he appeared to be barrenof ideas. He could not plan a college.If Rockefeller, Gates and Goodspeedthought he had yielded, they werewrong. If he appeared to have yielded,it was because he wanted to stay inthe game until the last hand wasplayed. He was not going to quit untilhe had lost. And if he played his lastcard cannily, if he held it until thebids were in on the last hand, hemight win. His last card was WilliamRainey Harper.Call off the wolvesHe had let himself be drawn intoa game with a man whose fortune wasgreat enough to give America worldleadership in education and research.Unless Harper could persuade himdifferently, Rockefeller's colossal fortune might go the way of so manyothers, scattered among hundreds ofcauses which, worthy as they were,would never solve the problems ofmankind. Truth alone, truth discovered and taught, would do away withthe ills the charity poulticed. Forsuch a stake as this guileless WillieHarper of New Concord was willingto play a sophisticated game. Forsuch a stake as this he had persistedin misunderstanding the Oil King'sintention to establish a modest college. Rockefeller had once considered a twenty-million-dollar institution; he would have to be "managed"into considering it again.But apart from the strategy of maneuvering Rockefeller, Harper wasn'tsure himself that he wanted to go to Chicago. He wanted, on the onehand, to teach and to learn, "to go ongrowing," he said. On the other hand,he wanted to create a university. Itwas not a question of personal ambition. He had already turned downthe presidencies of Brown, Rochester,and South Dakota, and would someday, if he wanted it, get the presidency of Yale. President Dwight ofYale, upon hearing of the Chicagooffer, sent for Harper and offered himthe Yale School of Languages, forwhich a two -million dollar endowment was being raised. Having raisedthe money, Dwight wrote Harper, inthe summer of 1889: "And now allintending and approaching Baptistswho from time to time are disposedto assail the tabernacles of the blessedsaints, and run off with their professors, may have leave to withdraw."A blank check would doThe only thing that would resolvehis doubts would be a free hand —holding a blank check with the signature of John D. Rockefeller on it — togo to Chicago and create the university he wanted. He had spurned acollege, and he would not, he wroteone of his friends, consider a university like those already in existence."It is the opportunity to do somethingnew and different that appeals to me."The opportunity was Rockefeller's tomake or deny, and John D. Rockefeller never in his life felt the impulseto sign blank checks. But he wantedHarper, and each passing month madehim want him more. A group ofBaptist leaders informed the industrialist that "the managers of Yale University have recently made ProfessorHarper a series of propositions designed to bind him permanently tothat institution." This, they toldRockefeller, would be "scarcely lessthan a denominational disaster."Rockefeller kept writing Harper —"You are the man for President," "Iregard you as the father of the institution"-— in the hope of wheedling himinto taking something less than auniversity.But Harper held on to his last card.He was not the man to be wheedled.Nor was he the man to be bullied.When President Dwight heard thatHarper was considering the Chicagooffer, he told him he could not honorably leave Yale. Harper would notbe talked to that way, and Dwight'sremark almost drove him to Chicago.Rockefeller did not know that, however. He knew only that he had tohave Harper, and that Harper, thoughhe had taken a place on the Board ofthe new institution refused to head it.DECEMBER, 1956 13Attending the first meeting of theBoard in July of 1890, Harper wastold he Was expected to take thepresidency. He said nothing, and heproduced no plan. A few days laterhe wrote Goodspeed that "there mustin some way be an assurance of anadditional million. How this is to beobtained, or where, is the question.If Mr. R. is in dead earnest, possiblythe case will not be difficult as wemay think." He didn't say whetherhe was talking about a college or auniversity, or how an additional million would affect his position. Good-speed wrote to Gates, Gates wrote toRockefeller, and Rockefeller wrote toHarper: "I confidently expect that wewill add funds from time to time tothose already pledged to place it upon the most favored basis financially."He knew what he wantedRockefeller wrote the phrase mostfavored basis financially with studiedambiguity; Harper read it with studiedunambiguity. He responded as ifRockefeller were of course talkingabout universities. "The denomination, and indeed the whole country,are expecting the University ofChicago to be from the very beginning an institution of the highest rankand character . . . and yet, with themoney pledged, I can not understandhow the expectations can be fulfilled.... It seems a great pity to wait forgrowth when we might be born full-fledged."Rockefeller invited him to come toCleveland and discuss the situation.What transpired there isn't known,but on August 17 Harper sat downwith Gates and drew up a list of eightconditions on which he would acceptthe presidency. They provided, amongother things, that the Seminary wasto be transferred from Morgan Parkas the Divinity School of the University, and that Old Testament criticismand Hebrew instruction were to betransferred to University chairs, withHarper as head of the department.Point Number 7 was the heart of theagreement: "Mr. Rockefeller to giveone million dollars as a new, unconditional gift, a part of which would gofor aid to the Seminary in carryingout the plan."Rockefeller had to decide at last.The million dollars would be used forresearch. The college would be auniversity. It would be the universityHarper wanted. And the universityHarper wanted would ultimately costmillions. The wizard of Americanbusiness, looking back to that Sundaymorning at Vassar, must have paidpassing tribute to the superior wiz ardry of the unworldly Professor ofHebrew. He accepted the eight conditions, spent a day with Harper discussing details, and Harper waselected President at the Board meeting of September 18, 1890.His election provided, at Harper'sinsistence, a period of six months forconsideration of the offer. But heacted, as did everyone else concerned,as if he were already committed.Returning to New Haven after hiselection, he got on the train andpulled his little red notebook out ofihis pocket. Late that night he hadcompleted his plan for the Universityof Chicago. He had spent a year trying in vain to plan a college; in afew hours he succeeded in planninga university which included a college.It "flashed upon him," he said, andthere is no doubt that he felt, devoutly, that Divine Providence hadilluminated his mind at the same moment it had moved the heart ofRockefeller.Meanwhile, Gates and Goodspeedhad raised the $400,000 that securedthe original pledge of $600,000. Gateshad moved to Morgan Park, and, withGoodspeed steering him around, hehad "emptied the Baptist pockets ofChicago. The campaign had been abitter one, for Chicago, proud as itwas of getting a great university, regarded it as a present from the richestman in the world. That was exactlywhat Rockefeller didn't want to havehappen. So Gates and Goodspeedfought on, and the money finallycame in. Local Baptists provided halfof it. Business men, individuals inother cities, alumni of the old University, and a Jewish club made up therest. Marshall Field, when the moneywas all in, gave a ten- acre tract ofmarsh on the undeveloped South Side.Young man in a hurryStill engaged at Yale, teaching,studying, writing, editing, lecturing,still administering Chatauqua, thesummer schools and the correspondence work, Harper plunged into thebiggest job of his life with characteristic abandon. He rarely saw hisfamily. Little Sam, who was noweight years old, had the privilege ofbringing his father his can of eggnogat lunchtime, and the overburdenedman pulled up a chair for the boy andengaged him in a serious discussion ofthe pressing problems of second gradearithmetic. Will Harper was tryingdesperately to resist the despersonal-ization of his life. But he got homeat night — such nights as he did gethome — too tired even to eat coveoyster stew, and he threw himself on the sofa, slept ten minutes, and resumed his work.The University had to be built andopened by October, 1892. The tools athand were two million dollars, tenacres of land, an ardent scattering ofBaptists, and the mind and personalityof William Rainey Harper. Harperwas jealous of his idea; he must doeverything himself, down to the mosttrivial detail, for nobody else reallyknew what he was trying to do. Hemust even supervise the building andthe money -raising, in addition to thelarger assignments of organizing thecurriculum and finding the faculty.Here he would delegate no power atall. If the new university was to besomething truly new, Harper wouldhave to pick the men and the studieshimself. He would fight academictraditionalism as he had fought theological traditionalism.Every view must he heardBut it seemed to him that theological traditionalism might stand in theway of academic innovation. In themidst of his labors he began to worryall over again about the question oforthodoxy. He would, he knew, neveryield on the first principle of all histheology, the principle of truth wherever the truth might lead. Theologicalscholarship in America was dying, avictim of dogma. Harper's historicalinterpretation of the scriptures hadrevived it, but it had stirred the deadbones and aroused the wrath of theguardians of the shrine.There would be more Dr. Strongs.The Seminary might find itself embarrassed as a part of Harper's truth-at-any-price university. Unless hemade his position clear, right fromthe start, the supporters of the institution might desert it when the attacksbegan again. He could remain atCongregational Yale and teach as hewanted to, and he did not intend tocompromise either himself or the newinstitution. Goodspeed, receiving along and unhappy letter from him,replied, "We have settled that matterand I will not reopen it." Harperthereupon wrote Rockefeller, insistingthat a commission of Baptists passupon his orthodoxy before he tookoffice. "There is no doubt that theway I present Bible truth differslargely from that of leading men ofthe Baptist denomination."Rockefeller was angry. He had longsince grown impatient with what hecalled "pushing and pulling" overtheology. He had been hopeful that"you wise men will all see eye to eye"on the matter of biblical interpretation. Dr. Morehouse, one of the men14 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEwhom Harper wanted to examine hisorthodoxy, flatly refused to sit injudgment on the men who had already supported Harper in the Strongmatter. Rockefeller and Morehousewrote Harper that they would notconsider his request."I am ready to go to Chicago," hewrote Dr. Morehouse on February 7,1891. "I do so, however, with the understanding that everybody hasknown beforehand my platform andmy position and my situation and thatI am free to do in the way of teachingwhat, under all the circumstances,seems to be wise." On February 16he accepted the presidency of Chicago,in a letter written from New Havenon the purloined stationery of an AnnArbor, Michigan, hotel.He had known for years what kindof university he wanted. He had prepared a general plan on the train between Chicago and New Haven sixmonths before. Now he had to makethe blueprints and submit them to theTrustees in December, 1891. Theywere adopted without a hitch. Theblueprints were as staggering as thevision had been. It should have beenapparent at once, even to the Trustees,that this was no two million or tenmillion dollar institution. Nor was itthe twenty million dollar institutionStrong had asked for. But it seemsto have been apparent to no one butthe pudgy little Professor of Hebrew.To an intimate friend he confided that"the first step will have been takenwhen the University has fifty milliondollars."With easy effrontery, Harper organized a university on a scale entirely unwarranted by the funds athand or in prospect. God, who hadset up the universe without countingthe cost, would set up the University.Harper was only His humble instrument, and other instruments, lesshumble, perhaps, but better-heeled,would be provided. The plan of theUniversity, he told Rockefeller, was"very simple, but thorough-going."He was persuaded, he added, that "itwill revolutionize university study inthis country."He divided the institution into threeparts — the University proper, theUniversity extension work, and theUniversity publication work. Neitherextension nor publication work wasan important part of any other university. They would serve Harper'sdriving ambition to educate everyoneeverywhere. The mutuality of understanding, among scholars in differentfields and between scholars and theoutside world, had been realized, Har-Per said, in the great universities of Harper once met a woman student at theI.C. station and carried her bags to campus. When the story got out, a localpaper made the above observation.A family group picture, taken about 1902. Toprow: James Harper, brother of W. R.; DavidaHarper Eaton, daughter; Mary Harper Douglass,sister; J. Gardner Douglass, brother-in-law; RobertF. Harper, brother. Middle row: Mary Irwin, cousin;William Rainey Harper; Mrs. Samuel Harper,mother; Samuel Harper, father; Mrs. W. R. Harper.Bottom row: sons Samuel, Francis, Paul.=fel|PDECEMBER, 1956 15ttz&zz%zz&tt%&i&i£^^RISTMAS EVE ON THE "MIDWAY," CHICAGOthe Middle Ages and had since disappeared. Organized extension work,which did not exist in America, wouldcarry the University to the public,through regular lecture courses inother cities, through evening coursesin downtown Chicago, through correspondence courses, and throughlibrary service In publication, theUniversity would bring together theminds of men in any one field all overthe world by means of learned journals, and would break down the barriers of specialization by the publication of documents bringing togetherthe work in all fields. There was nosuch press, with its own printingplant, in America.The University proper was dividedinto the academic college, consistingof the first two years, and the university college, consisting of the lasttwo. The academic college would bedevoted to general education, withspecialization beginning in the thirdyear. Thus was the junior college,now a standard educational unit,given its impulse. It was Harper'sidea to unite the junior college withthe preparatory period of education,a reform now advanced by educatorseverywhere.No more peonageAbove the sophomore year, thetheme of the University would beresearch and the training of researchworkers. One of Harper's innovationswas the reduction of the teachingload to eight or ten hours a week, sothat the faculty would have adequatetime for its real job, that of research.In addition to offering scholars andscientists absolute freedom from outside interference, the new Universityjarred the academic world by doubling the prevailing salary scale. Topsalaries of $6,000 and $7,000 a year,offered by Harper, ultimately didaway with the near-peonage of thepoorest-paid of professions.The respective roles of the pastand the present — a question whichagitated education then as bitterly asit does now — were clearly assigned^ inthe new University. Harper, with hiswhole scholarly career embedded inantiquity, was a thoroughly modernspirit. He was of the past, but notin it. His respect for the ancients andtheir thinking verged on reverence,but his respect for truth was greater.He insisted on having students concentrate on three, or even two, generalsubjects of fundamental importance.(The prevalent method diffused thestudent's interest over half a dozensubjects at a time.) The object of thisconcentration on fundamental sub jects was the discipline of the mind,not the communication of information.The tools of this education would bethe best thinking of all the ages; fiftyyears before President Hutchins began his clamor for the revival of thehuman tradition, President Harpersat on an international commission toselect and publish the world's greatbooks.Sports for studentsBut the ultimate purpose of thisclassical discipline was what wasknown as the higher criticism. Thelearning of learned men was uselessunless they were equipped to analyzeit; mere fact finding, purposeless orrepetitious, would not pass for research in Harper's university. Alreadythe spirit of rigorous criticism dominated the natural sciences; Harper introduced it into a dangerous area, thesocial sciences. Recognizing that theemancipation of nature was bringingwith it, unheeded, the enslavement ofmen, Harper declared that "the timesare asking not merely for men toharness electricity and sound, but formen to guide us in complex economicand social duties." This was "the crying need."The plan cut brutally through tabooand tradition. Women would be admitted, not only as students at everylevel, but as faculty members, for thefirst time in any university. Sportswould be conducted for the students,"not," said Harper, "for the spectacular entertainment of enormouscrowds of people," and for the firsttime in any university the head coachwould be a professor with tenure thatdid not depend upon his winninggames. There would be no rigid qualifications for matriculation, such asprevailed at other endowed universities; students would be accepted, noton the basis of formal grades andcredits, but on the basis of capacityand interest in higher education. Thelibrary must be a comprehensive collection of related libraries, meetingthe needs of specialists in every department. The University would assist in the establishment of newcolleges and in solving the problemsof old ones.Ever since his Morgan Park daysHarper had been determined to salvage the summertime for educationand scholarship. The notion that mindsand buildings should stand emptyone-fourth of the year was intolerableto him. Now was his chance. Chicagowould not have semesters; it wouldhave the quarter system. No existinginstitution had a regular summer quarter. A summer quarter wouldutilize the plant more effectively andproduce more revenue.But these material considerations,though they appealed to the Rockefeller streak in Harper, were secondary. The summer quarter would enable students who had to work theirway through to complete their college education in three years. Ifstudents had to drop out for a fewmonths, on account of illness or lackof funds, they could still keep theirplace in their class by attending summers. Graduate students, teachers,and professors could take advancedcourses during their vacation. Andthere would be four convocations;students could take their degree assoon as they completed their work,and President Harper would havefour ceremonious occasions on whichhe could hammer home the University's ideals — and its needs."If the first faculty of the Universityof Chicago had met in a tent," saidPresident Hutchins, at his own inauguration, "this would still havebeen a great university." No one couldhave felt more profoundly thanHarper the infallibility of the adagethat it is men and nothing but menthat make education. It was Harper,not Denison, Harper, not MorganPark, Harper, not Yale, that revivedthe study of Hebrew and revitalizedAmerican theology. It was men whomade education. Since research wasto be the principal occupation of theUniversity, the quest for men was aquest for mentalities rather than personalities. The Harper criterion ofselection was difficult, he had to knowa great mind, not only in theologyor language, but in the sciences andin economics and history, when hesaw one.The unscholarly, roaring westThere were more than a thousandapplications for faculty jobs and Harper handled them all. Most of themhe rejected remorselessly. He wantedthe best minds in the country, fromthe most famous department headdown to the youngest docent. He hadto go out and get them. There wasplenty to attract them to Chicago,but there was, it seemed, even moreto repel them. Scholars, like otherpeople, hate to pull up their roots.There were other objections, too.Who knew how long Harper wouldlast, and after Harper was gone, whatwould happen to Rockefeller, and ifRockefeller went, what would happento Chicago? Finally, there was theunscholarly atmosphere of the roaring west, a concern that revealedDECEMBER, 1956 17itself in the bedtime prayer of littleBobby Hale, whose father, the Latin-ist, was induced to leave Cornell fora Harper professorship: "Good-bye,God, we are going to Chicago.Harper had to go out and bring inthe men he wanted, by something approaching force. After almost a yearof unrelenting effort, he admitted hewas "completely discouraged." Hedidn't have a single department head.He could not budge the men hewanted. Professor Herbert P. Adamsof Johns Hopkins rejected the chairmanship of the History Department;"I like you and Chicago and all thatyour new combination represents, butI have chosen the Babylonian captivity rather than an Egyptian alliance."If he could only get these men tovisit Chicago, if they would only lethim show them what was happening,they would never get away. J.Laurence Laughlin, the Cornell economist who was one of the framers ofthe Federal Reserve System, made themistake of dropping in to see Harper.He had no intention of leaving Cornell.But he stayed for dinner, and then hestayed overnight, and then he stayedfor twenty-five years.The man-trapWhile American scholars remainedimmobile, Harper's internationalfriendships, formed at academic congresses and maintained by correspondence, began to yield fruit. Hewanted Richard Green Moulton, thepioneer in extension work in England,to do the same job for America andto come to Chicago to do it. Moultonfinally agreed to come for a year, toget it started. He remained the restof his life. Harper did not admire thenarrowness of the German universities, but he admired the breadth ofcertain German scholars, men likeVon Hoist in history, and Maschkeand Bolza in mathematics. Sureenough, they were interested inbreathing freer air, and they foundit in Chicago.Gates was now stationed in NewYork as Rockefeller's personal representative. His job was to keep Harper's finances straight — and narrow.Rockefeller himself could not resistHarper; he had to hire a harder-boiled man to do it. He had impressedon Gates just two principles in connection with the University. It mustget increasing support outside, and itmust operate within its income. WhenHarper, at Gates' request, submittedtrial budgets, Gates saw that theycalled for deficit financing. He wasstern with Harper. Harper was "indespair" because the men he wanted for the faculty were skeptical of theUniversity's financial stability.In Frederick W. Gates, Harper wasup against a man who made Rockefeller look like a philanthropist. Gates,like Harper, was an artist at arousingother men's enthusiasm; unlikeHarper's, his own was usually undercontrol. In October of 1891 the president of the University went East totalk to Gates and persuaded him thatthe situation was serious. It was thebegining of January, 1892. The opening of the University was scheduled>for October 1, less than nine monthsaway, and there was no faculty. Gatesdecided to visit Chicago. It was thesame mistake that Laughlin had made.Twisting a skinflint's armTaking the professional skinflint bythe arm, President Harper led himover the wooden walks that bridgedthe level marsh, conjuring up greatlaboratories and libraries until Gateswas almost ready to admit they werethere. The fact that the plant consisted of the foundations of two buildings, that only half a dozen men hadsigned up for the faculty, that therewasn't a cent available for apparatus,for books, for heating, lighting, janitorial, secretarial, and administrativecosts — it all seemed suddenly unimportant as long as Harper held yourarm and talked. Gates was mesmerized. He wrote Rockefeller a longletter: "Let me say that none of usever dreamed at the first of the magnitude of the opportunities, the promise, the occasion. It has grown on ourwondering eyes month by month. Istand in awe of this thing. God isin it in a most wonderful way."With God and Gates on Harper'sside, Rockefeller was helpless. Gatesasked for another two million dollars— more than Harper, with all hisaudacity, would have dared to ask for.Rockefeller immediately gave anothermillion. Marshall Field gave $100,000on the condition that another $900,000be raised in sixty days. Half of it wasraised in fifty days, and Field extended the offer for another thirty.The Trustees, who now included themost influential men in Chicago, putall their effort into the drive.Most of Chicago's rich men were"self-made." Some of them were self-educated and some of them uneducated. They might be generous, butthey couldn't see this education thing,beyond, of course, enough reading,writing, and arithmetic to enable aman to make change and keep books.They could not, however, refuse totalk to President Harper when a distinguished fellow-citizen asked them to, and once they walked into Harper's parlor, they were lost.The million was raised within ninetydays, bringing the endowment to fourmillion. In 1888 Harper had writtenGoodspeed: "I have every timeclaimed that nothing less than fourmillion would be satisfactory to beginwith."With only a few months more tocomplete the all-important task offinding a faculty, Harper found thathe simply couldn't be in enoughplaces at once. Rockefeller warnedhim against spreading himself out toothin. Harper submitted his workingschedule to his old friend PresidentFaunce of Brown. Faunce decidedthat he had to give up something,and, since he would not relinquishany of his continuing enterprises, hecancelled thirty-six lecture engagements. This gave him a little moretime to prowl around the country,turning up now at one institution, nowat another, shamelessly robbing Yale,Harvard, Cornell, Hopkins and otherschools of their best men.The Clark University episode wasworthy of that master muscler-in, JohnD. Rockefeller. Three-year-old Clarkwas a collection of great scholars, butthe faculty was on such bad termswith the President that it was readyto resign, and President Hall was onsuch bad terms with Founder Clarkthat the continuance of the schoolitself was in doubt. Harper simplymoved in and took it over. With theClark crisis at its height, he appearedthere one morning, went to the homeof Professor Charles C. Whitman, andmet and hired most of the Clarkfaculty. Then he went to Hall and,informing of his action, offered tohire him too. Hall furiously declinedthe offer, comparing Harper, a littleinfelicitously, to "the eagle which robsthe hawk of its prey."Two ruthless menIt was not the first time that Harper,his heart fixed wholly on his greatobjective, had ignored propriety.When he left Yale, after PresidentDwight raised a great endowment tokeep him, Dwight compared him to"a pastor on whose behalf a house oran endowment has, with earnest andcontinued effort, been secured, andwho, when the thing has been accomplished, is called to another parish... I would much rather you hadnever come to Yale at all. . ." Otheruniversity presidents, down the years,resented him just as bitterly. ButHarper, given his goal, was no lessruthless than Rockefeller, given his.The first faculty of the University18 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE0f Chicago, as it was finally established a few days before the opening0f the institution, was the strongestfaculty in America. It included eightformer presidents of colleges and universities, with a ninth added duringthe year. It included the country'sfirst Dean of Women, in the person ofAlice Freeman Palmer, former President of Wellesley. It included thecountry's first Jewish theologian ina Christian university, in the personof the great Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch asProfessor of Biblical Literature andphilosophy. It included the country'sfirst professorial football coach, in theperson of Amos Alonzo Stagg, who,incidentally, was also captain of theteam.When it came to hiring the men hewanted, Harper was impatient to thepoint of recklessness. He had knownof Stagg as an athlete and Biblestudent at Yale. He summoned thecurly headed young man and offeredhim an instructorship at $1,500 a year.Stagg, who moved much slower offthe football field than on it, was aboutto accept when Harper, mistaking hisawkwardness for hesitation, said, "I'llmake it an assistant professorship at$2,000." Stagg was still trying to sayyes, when Harper said, "An associateprofessorship at $2,500, and appointment for life." Stagg finally managedto accept, and Harper closed theinterview. The Old Man — then in histwenties — went outside and sat downto catch his breath.The Clark haul alone gave Chicagofirst rank in biology; of the sixteenbiologists at Clark, all but four wentwith Harper. Whitman, a pioneer inembryology, became head of theBiology Department, bringing withhim such distinguished men as Franklin P. Mall in anatomy, H. H. Donaldson in neurology. Clark was tappedin other fields, too. A. A. Michelson,later the first American to win theNobel Prize in science, took the chairmanship of the Physics Department,and John U. Nef, already a leader inorganic chemistry, became Chairmanof the Chemistry Department.From the presidency of Colby cameAlbion Woodbury Small to organizethe science of sociology, from thePresidency of Wisconsin, ThomasChrowder Chamberlin, who subsequently developed the planetesimalhypothesis of the origin of the universe. Chamberlin brought with himanother great geologist, Rollin D.Salisbury. From Bryn Mawr camePaul Shorey, the foremost Greekscholar of his time, and Jacques Loeb,the brilliant physiologist, and fromNorthwestern Eliakim Hastings Moore Morton ShapiroTwo of William Rainey Harper's grandchildren areon the University staff today. Dr. Paul V. Harper,Jr., is an Associate Professor of Surgery. JaneHarper Overton, (Mrs. George), his sister, is anAssistant Professor of Natural Sciences.I *Morton ShapiroDECEMBER, 1956 19to head an eminent Department ofMathematics.Harper brought all these men together, not only to give first-classzoologists or philologists a chance towork with other first- class zoologistsor philologists, but also to give menin widely separated fields a chance toknow each other. The barriers ofspecialization, with the advance of thesciences, had risen almost to insurmountability. Men in different fieldsnever met each other and couldn'ttalk to each other if they did. Harperwas determined to tear down the barriers. He would create a communityof scholars in the deepest sense of theword community.And this, as the tight-fisted Gatesrealized with some horror, was onlythe beginning. Harper's plan includedprofessional schools which, apart fromdivinity, were still to materialize.But he was following his plan, stepby step. ,This thing would, in time,cost more millions than Rockefellerhad to give. And there was no checking Harper; he didn't count costs, andhe didn't have time to listen soberlywhile others counted them. To complain to him from New York was tosubmit oneself to an account of thehopeless poverty of the new institution; to come to Chicago for a personal investigation was to walk intohis spell.Gates' early fears were justified inthe years that followed. The debtsand deficits mounted year by yearuntil in 1896 the University was, byanybody's book-keeping, on the rocks.The country didn't know it becausethe University didn't dare publish atreasurer's report. Harper reallywanted to economize, especially aftereach of his painful annual interviewswith the stony Gates. But he couldn't.The sun shone on a new horizon everyday, and he reached for it. "He askedthe trustees for as much as he dared,"said John Matthews Manly, "and thenhe spent as much more as he dared."During his whole administration hefought everybody — Rockefeller, Gates,Goodspeed, the Trustees — on thequestion of spending. After, his deathGoodspeed agreed with Gates that hehad in fact created the deficits as akind of lever on Rockefeller. Eachyear he presented the capitalist withthe necessity of .putting in more in.order to save what Rockefeller called"the best investment I ever made."Guileless Willie Harper had, goingdown the years with Rockefeller, acquired guile.If Rockefeller had actually givenHarper money freely, "it is doubtful," said George Vincent, "whether even the Rockefeller fortune couldhave survived." The showdown camewhen Rockefeller, satisfied that Harper was leading tf|e institution (ifnot the Rockel|l||r fortune) to bankruptcy, refused" to Irijike another contribution unless the" budget for 1905was balanced. Harper balanced it,gravely reporting the $26 surplus tothe Oil King. Rockefeller replied witha million-dollar gift, but by the timethe gift was reported the budget-bal-^ancer was gone."Harper's folly"Harper intended to open the University with a faculty of, perhaps,seventy. But one appointment led toanother; when he got a leader in oneschool of economic or political thinking, he had to have a leader of anopposing school to offset him. Thesegreat men who took different positionshad to be brought together to reconcile them. Every view had to berepresented. By opening day thefaculty numbered one hundredtwenty, and Harper was hiring more.In every case Gates and the Trustees,themselves no judges of scholarlymerif, were swept off their feet byHarper's insistence that this particularappointee represented an opportunitythe University could not afford to passup. That was the way he always presented his case, to Rockefeller, to theTrustees, to the local merchantprinces. And, since he believed ithimself, it worked.Will Harper could sell anybodyanvthing. The late Professor PhilipSchuyler Allen recalled the timeHarper walked into a smoking-roomon a train between Chicago and NewYork. There were four men sittingthere, none of whom knew each other.By the time the night was half overthe four had pledged a total of $50,000for archaeological research at theUniversity of Chicago. Harper's owncorrespondence discloses that MissHelen Culver wanted to give the cityof Chicago $50,000 for an art museum:after a three -hour conversation withHarper she found she wanted to givethe University a million dollars forbiology instead. Charles T. Yerkes,the coldest plunderer of his time,never suspected himself of harboringa latent interest in the search fortruth until he met the President ofthe new University of Chicago.Somewhere in between raisingmoney — and men to take it — Harperfound time to go on with his summerschools and his correspondenceschools, his journals, and his definitive analysis of Amos and Hosea. And hegrew always more tired. His olderson Sam had advanced from the roleof carrying the can of eggnog to thatof getting his father out of bed in themorning, pulling his two sweatersover his head and sending him unsteadily off on his bicycle in a futileeffort to take off weight. Getting himout of bed grew more and more difficult, for he either worked until dawnor sent for his secretary to take dictation between five and seven in themorning. When Sam asked him, oneday, why he worked so hard, hisfather looked seriously at the boy fora few moments, and said, "Sam, I'vegot to kill myself doing this. Thereisn't much time."He had always worked as if hehad to kill himself doing it, as if therewasn't much time, but he had neverbefore said so. What did he mean?Why did he think he had to kill himself? Why wasn't there much time?Was it because he felt that Rockefeller alone would and could go onsupporting this thing, and that evenRockefeller would not go on forever?There was some reason to think so,some reason to believe that therewould never be another man able tosupport so stupendous a venturewithout wanting a voice in its control."When the University has fiftymillion dollars," Harper had said,"the first step will have been taken."Nobody but Rockefeller had fifty million dollars to give, and Rockefellerwould give it, for a venture like this,to no one but Harper.But what was the hurry? Rockefeller was only fifty- three. He wasgetting richer faster every year. "Hegives with both hands," Bob LaFol-lette was telling the country, "but hetakes with many." Harper was onlythirty-six, but he was giving withmany hands, and he was terribly tired.Overpowering weariness tried toassert itself and was beaten back.The occasional pains in his abdomenflashed their signals, but the grimacethat tried to twist his happy face wasrepressed. He smiled his sweet, unworldly smile, and his eyes, throughtheir thick, gold-rimmed spectacles,were always alight with infectiousjoy. He moved serenely from oneappointment to another. Blessed witha phlegmatic body and a feverishmind, he never seemed to hurry. Every one of the thousands of men andwomen who passed through his officefelt that Harper had nothing else todo at the moment but see him, that,as a matter of fact, he was just theperson Harper wanted to see.20 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEThrowing his feet up on his littereddesk, his garterless sox revealing astretch of leg beneath the muddied,unpressed cuffs of trousers that weremuch too narrow for the hams theycased, the President of the Universityof Chicago would lean back in theswivel chair he overflowed, clasp hishands behind his head, shut his eyes,and say to his visitor. "Talk to me.Tell me what you've been doing andwhat you want to do." He seemed tofall asleep, yet he nodded at appropriate intervals and said, "Yes, yes,I see," and when the interview wasover Harper had heard it all. Andthe visitor, leaving after a leisurelyhalf hour of talk, looked at his watchoutside and discovered he had beenthere only five minutes.Insisting, as he did, on running hisown department on a full-time basis,in making every faculty appointmenthimself, and in passing upon everydetail of administration apart fromthe niggling question of funds, Harper was certain to be regarded as atyrant. And so he was, even by alarge proportion of his own faculty.He could never have been an electedexecutive, responsive to the will andthe whim of his constituents. He hadto serve democracy in his own undemocratic way, as would his University. Yet, he was positively eagerto hear every man out. He wasn't inflexible; he simply did his own flexing. And the simplicity that informedhis whole nature deprived his enemies of their fire. As for him, hedidn't know he had enemies. He heldno grudges. He had no time to.There was no time, no time to wasteon the simple family pleasures he enjoyed as much as any man. Still,though the house might be filled withguests, ranging from obscure scholarsto President Theodore Roosevelt, thewhole Harper family, including Da-vida and Sam, and even little Paul,sat down at the table together andthe head of the house invoked theblessing of God upon the meal. Andthough conferences with his intimatefriends now dealt with matters ofmillions instead of some nice point ofProphecy, the conferences were heldat DeJonghe's in Chicago or Delmon-ico's or the Murray Hill in New York,and the wines were selected by WillHarper.He even stole time, once in a while,from the few winks of sleep that wereleft him, to play practical jokes, likethe seven-course Christmas dinner,consisting entirely of corn-meal mush,Prepared with elaborate ceremony bythe epicure himself. He found thatmissing lunch entirely not only savedDECEMBER, 1956 time but whetted his appetite for anespecially good dinner, and the smellof steaming cove oyster stew, as EllaHarper set it on the table, still awakened him from the deepest sleep.October 1 approached, and the dormitory and the lecture hall began toassume their Gothic dignity. President Harper, of course, had plannedthe campus himself, and supervisedthe architecture. The buildings wouldnot be isolated "colleges," but relatedspatially as closely as the departments were to be related intellectually. Out on the Midway, across thestreet from the as yet unimpressiveCity Grey, was rising the gaudy CityWhite, the World's Columbian Exposition. Chicagoans, passing theUniversity on their way to watch theconstruction of the Fair, looked coldlyat the cold grey stones piling up.Rockefeller had been right when hedoubted Goodspeed's assertion thatChicago wanted a university. Harperwas not a popular figure in the city;to the extent that he was a figure atall, he took the contradictory formsof a doddering old sage on the onehand and one of Rockefeller's sinisterhenchmen on the other.The country followed the progressof "Harper's Folly" with mixed amusement and contempt. One cartoonist The first president and the founder.portrayed Rockefeller fleeing fromHarper and dropping million-dollarbills to delay the pursuit. The Hearstpapers, campaigning against the well-hated Oil King and corporations ingeneral, depicted a fawning Harperholding a tin cup up to an octopuslike Rockefeller and saying, "Don'tforget the professor." Harper wasimpervious. His single minded purpose consumed him. If he reacted tothe cry of "tainted money," he neversaid so. He wasn't thinking about thecolor or smell of the money; he wasthinking of its use.In time the attacks subsided andthe man was generally looked uponas a master of the art that interestedhim least: money-raising. When hepersuaded the Sultan of Turkey torescind the ancient ban on archaeological excavation, an American newspaper said, "Abdul is lucky to escapeso easily. He might have been drawnin for a subscription of a million ortwo." This was a banal light in whichto place a man who had no personallove of money, but another contemporary observer, arguing that it wasHarper and not Rockefeller whofounded the University, insisted, withconsiderable accuracy, that "the mandid not follow the money; the moneyfollowed the man."21During the two years precedingOctober 1, 1892, the offices of thenew University received more thanthree thousand inquiries from prospective students, without a semblanceof promotional effort on the part ofthe institution itself. EverywhereHarper went, to lecture or to visit,young people wanted to know ,aboutChicago. And Harper told them, withall the enthusiasm he put into hismeetings with Gates or the local millionaires. These boys and girls weremore important than founders ordonors; it was they who would carryon the tradition he was organizinglong after the men who gave it lifewere gone.Why not Chicago?His contempt for what other mencalled dignity enabled him to collarprospective students wherever hewent. Invited to deliver the commencement address at the PlattevilleState Normal School in Wisconsin, hewas met at the station by an awe-stricken boy who had been chosen'for the honor of driving the famousvisitor to the campus. When the boymotioned him into the back of thebuggy, the great man said, "I'll rideup in front with you," and when theboy, under persistent questioning, admitted that he intended to enter theUniversity of Wisconsin the followingautumn, Harper sidled over to him,put his arm around his shoulder, andsaid, "Young man, have you considered the University of Chicago?" Allthe way to the campus Harper expounded the advantages of Chicagoover Wisconsin, mentioning the fact,in passing, that he had hired thePresident of Wisconsin to head hisGeology department. The young man,whose name was Charlton Beck, decided to go to Chicago. (The lateCharlton Beck, SB '04, served asalumni secretary and editor of themagazine for nearly two decades,until 1946.)The Trustees thought there shouldbe a great ceremony on the occasionof the opening day. They thoughtMr. Rockefeller would think so, too.But Harper was opposed to it. Heloved processions the way a smallboy loves parades, but not this time.This time the University would simply open, "as if it were the continuation of a work which had been conducted for a thousand years." Amajority of the Trustees disagreed, andHarper laid the matter before Rockefeller. The latter took the occasionto tell the Trustees that he preferred"to rest the whole weight of the management on the shoulders of the proper officers. Donors can be certainthat their gifts will be preserved andmade continuously and largely useful, after their own voices can nolonger be heard, only in so far as theysee wisdom and skill in the management, quite independently of themselves, now."Neither Rockefeller nor his familyever suggested that a man be appointed or fired, nor did they evermake a statement publicly or privately that might even be distortedto look like an intrusion upon theconduct of the institution or the content of the curriculum. Donors likethat were rare then, and if they arecommoner now it was because William Rainey Harper, in his fight forabsolute academic freedom, had thebiggest donor of all as his ally.The night before October 1, Harperworked late (as usual), not on theproblems of opening day, but (also asusual), on matters far in the future.Harry Pratt Judson, his dean, waswith him. It was after midnight whenHarper lifted his head from the papersin front of him. He sat back slowly,and his overstrained eyes slowlyclosed. \He was as thoroughly exhausted as a man could be. The impossible — Harper himself, many yearslater, confided to a friend that "anawful lot of this was done on bluff" —was coming true. "I wonder," hesaid, half to himself, half to Judson,"if there will be a single student theretomorrow." He still couldn't believeit.But at 8:30 the following morningwhen the bell rang in the still unfinished Lecture Hall, there were fivehundred and ninety-four students intheir seats, a hundred and sixty -sixof them graduate workers. They hadcome from thirteen foreign countries;the University of Chicago, the day itopened, was a national institution.The professors, including Harper inSemitic languages, were at their desks,and the teaching began just as it doesin any day in any school. The sciencedepartments, having no buildings towork in, had installed themselves,their apparatus, and their students inempty flats on Fifty -Fifth Street,several blocks from the campus.At 12:30 the students and facultygathered informally in the assemblyroom on the first floor of the LectureHall. President Harper stood on theplatform, his mortarboard tilted backon his head, his black academic gown,hanging in careless folds from hisheavy shoulders, bulging out over hisfront and rear like a tent draped overa baby elephant. He was, in a way,grotesque. But when he began talking, however little he might say, he at oncedominated the scene. Today he didnot even speak, and still he dominated.He bowed his head and prayed. Thenhe said, "We will sing the Doxology."The building rang with the tones ofPraise God from Whom All BlessingsFlow. Harper's voice was perhapsmore earnest than any other; at leastit was louder. He loved to sing, andwhen he felt like singing at home hewould say to his wife, "Are the windows shut, Ella? This is going to benoisy." After the Doxology, the congregation sang a few more hymns.That was all. There were no speeches,no processions.The unseen visionWilliam Rainey Harper stood fora moment, his head bowed, perhapsin prayer, as the students and facultydrifted off to lunch. Those who started up to the platform to congratulatehim stopped and stood there. Hishead remained bowed: it sank to hischest. He was very tired. But hedid not know how tired he was.Nobody knew.Nobody knew that one day, lessthan thirteen years later, he wouldcall Goodspeed to his home and say,"I have received my death sentence;my trouble is internal cancer." Nobody knew that a year after he received his death sentence, having, inthose twelve months of silent agony,completed three books on the Prophets and outlined his plans for theUniversity for the years to come, hewould die at the age of forty-nine,that on his face, as he died, would bethe sweet, unworldly smile, and onhis lips the murmur that he was lessconcerned this day than he was theday he took the presidency of theUniversity of Chicago.Nobody knew, that October noon of1892, that the University he createdwould in fifty short years stamp itspattern on the whole higher learningin America, from California to Cambridge, transforming ancient collegesinto centers of research and stateuniversities into independent institutions. Nobody guessed that long afterhe was dead and forgotten millionsof learners and teachers who hadnever heard of him would be movingto the measure of his audacious vision.The Professor of Hebrew lifted hishead and smiled, came briskly downfrom the platform to shake handswith the people who were waiting forhim, and walked out of the hall intohis office. He was ready for his nextappointment.22 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINECLUB NEWSSIX RINGS ANDA MAIN TENTOUR NEW YORK CLUB moves toBroadway on November 28 forits biggest show of the decade at theSheraton- Astor Hotel, (at 44th St.).They are calling it the University ofChicago Club Convention.At 4:00 P.M. there will be six simultaneous programs, scheduled specifically for graduates of six University departments:1. LAW— Soia Mentschikoff, Professorial Lecturer, The LawSchool: "Some Sub judicial systems in the Business Community— Findings from the ArbitrationProject." Presiding, George F.James, Jr., Standard Vacuum OilCo.2. MEDICINE— Dr. George V. LeRoy, Professor, Department ofMedicine, Associate Dean of theDivision of Biological Sciences:"Recent Developments in AtomicMedicine." Presiding: Dr. Lyndon M. Hill.3. BUSINESS — James H. Lorie,Professor of Business Administration and Associate Dean ofthe School of Business: "WhatGood is Business Education andWhat Kind of Business Education is Good?" Presiding: Ell-more C. Patterson, J. P. Morgan& Co.4. HUMANITIES — Napier Wilt,Dean of the Humanities Division: "The Place of the FallenWoman in Literature." Presiding: Laura Bergquist, LOOKMagazine.5. SOCIAL SCIENCES — Hans J.Morgenthau, Professor of Political Science: "Foreign 'Policyand Domestic Policies." Presiding: Sidney- Rolfe, CommercialInvestment Trust, Inc. 6. PHYSICAL SCIENCES — Donald Hughes, Brookhaven National Laboratory: "ModernMethods in Basic Research."Presiding: Willard F. Libby,A.E.C.Following these six sessions will bea reception and cocktail party in thegrand ballroom foyer, and dinner inthe grand ballroom. Speakers at thedinner will be Chancelldr LawrenceA. Kimpton and Vice PresidentGeorge H. Watkins. Honorary chairmen are the three trustees who livein the New York area: James M.Nicely, Ernest E. Quantrell, andDavid Rockefeller. Jerry Jontry,president of the New York Club, willpreside. Jerry is advertising managerfor Esquire Magazine.This is the most ambitious programthe New York Club has planned sincethey welcomed the late Czechoslova-kian president, Eduard Benes, toAmerica, on his way to a facultyappointment on the Midway, February 11, 1939. This was under the direction of Mrs. Frank Vanderlip, '02,and Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge, '11.Other Alumni EventsCincinnati — John Wilson, AndrewMac Leish Distinguished Service Professor at the Oriental Institute, willbe the guest of honor at a coffee anddessert reception in the UniversityClub on November 27. Dr. Wilsonwill discuss the Middle East. Elizabeth Butler, '38, is in charge; AlfredL. McCartney, '21, will preside.Louisville — Samuel J. Beck, Lecturerin Psychology, will be the principalguest and speaker at a dinner in theSeelbach Hotel, November 28. SarahGodell Ewing, (Mrs. William), AB '46,is committee chairman. Kansas City— The club expects to entertain Richard Wohl, Associate Professor of Social Sciences, at a dinnerat the Muehlebach Hotel on November 20. Committees were beingformed as we went to press.Wohl is working on a study of whatmakes urbanism, using Kansas Cityas a model.Indianapolis— The planning committee met with Julian A. Kiser, '37, atthe Columbia Club on November 12.(Too late for particulars in this issue.)Rockford— Dr. James W. J. Carpen-der, Professor of Radiology, told aboutnew techniques in radium therapy ata November 13 dinner. Felice BarrettSchmidt, '29, was chairman.Omaha — Plans are in the making fora meeting early in the new year. JohnF. Merriam, PhB '25, of Omaha is anew appointee to the Board of Trustees.St. Louis — A big holiday affair isbeing planned for Christmas week, onDecember 27, when members of theHistory Department will be attendinga conference in that city. Faculty attending the affair and Chicago students home for the holidays will beguests.Highland Park — Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, Principal of the Sonia Shank -man Orthogenic School, spoke beforethe club on November 13.Flossmoor — The new Director ofPhysical Education, Walter Hass, wasintroduced to club management at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson E. Mc-Dermut on October 26.Detroit — The Club Council met onNovember 1 to make plans for theyear. Twelve of the twenty councilmembers were present. Assignmentswere made to sub -committees, andannouncements will be forthcoming.Ray W. Macdonald, '35, is president.Washington, D. C— The club spentan evening with Maynard C. Krueger, Associate Professor of Economics,on October 25. The next meeting wasannounced for November 29 at theIndonesian Embassy. Burton B.Moyer, '39, is president of the club.Atlanta — A planning meeting washeld on October 28 at the DinkierPlaza Hotel. Mrs. G. W. Bonner, Admissions Counselor, and ClarencePeters, Eastern Regional Director ofthe Alumni Association, were present.Colored slides of campus were shown,and student recruitment problemsdiscussed. ^Tentative plans were madefor forming a club.Pasadena — Vice President George H.Watkins was entertained in the Mirror Room of the Huntington- Sheraton(Continued on Page 40)DECEMBER, 1956 23Enrolment of full time students on the quadranglesthis autumn has increased 8.0 per cent over thesame quarter of 1955, with a total of 5,463 students. Thetotal University enrolment, including University College,downtown adult education division, increased 8.3 percent over last year. Undergraduate enrolment has increased 19.3 per cent this year, with 1,953 students compared to 1,637 last year. The totals, representing paidregistrations, will show some increase when deferredtuition payments are completed during the quarter.Administrative ShiftsIncreased work resulting from the continuing development of the University has prompted the creation of twonew administrative posts, associate dean of students anddirector of enrolment.John P. Netherton, formerly Dean of Students in TheCollege, will fill the new position of Associate Dean ofStudents, and Charles O'Connell, former AdmissionsCounsellor, will become Director of Enrolment. In hisnew position, Dean Netherton, with whom O'Connellwill work, will be responsible for student recruitmentand coordination of the dean of students' office with thecampaign and development offices. Netherton's new postwill require a great deal of travelling.McCrea Hazlett, formerly Director of Admissions,moves into the post of Dean of Students in The College,and former Registrar William E. Scott becomes Directorof Admissions. Taking over as Registrar is David L.Madsen, who moves up from Assistant to the Registrar.Old-fashioned Stagg partyOn a clear October afternoon a once -familiar sightwas momentarily revived on Stagg Field: Maroon andwhite football jerseys were lined up against the gold andwhite of Chicago's North Park College.It was the "game" of the week for Loop sports writers,who remembered yesteryear with glowing nostalgia andmade numerous hopeful prophesies for tomorrow.Actually, no score was kept. It was merely scrimmagepractice. Athletic Director Walter L. Hass explainedthat North Park was invited over to add a little competitive zest for members of his football class.About two hundred students turned out to root forthe "team." Someone dragged out an old "Chicago" banner and draped it from the stands.A week later the class scrimmaged with North CentralCollege, returned to the Field House and turned in theiruniforms. The "season" was over. NEWS OF THEQUADRANGLESAN INFORMAL REPORTBlood Banks Salute AllenResearch demonstrating that infectious hepatitis (jaundice) can not be transmitted by liquid blood plasmawhich is stored at warm room temperatures for sixmonths or longer has won the John Elliott Award ofthe American Association of Blood Banks for Dr. J. Gar-rott Allen, Professor of Surgery.Dr. Allen's studies, begun twelve years ago, haveshown that the virus of infectious hepatitis is killed byplasma storage at temperatures in the range of about 90Morton Shapiro PhotoSome of the spirit of old was exhumed recently by thesethree stalwarts (left) who turned out for the recentfootball scrimmage. Sign in center reads: "October 20,1906, Chicago, 39, Purdue, 0" Steve Appel is holding the"Go Chicago Go!" sign, and Ted Bronson praises "TheGood Young Man," Athletic Director Walter L. Hass.DECEMBER, 1956degrees, Fahrenheit. (See "For Lackof A Freezer" in the June, 1956 University of Chicago Magazine.)He has used such plasma on morethan 1,500 patients without hepatitisdeveloping, and other clinicians in increasing numbers also have had similar satisfactory experience.Until Dr. Allen's work, plasma wasgenerally stored either dried or underrefrigeration, in the belief that otherwise it would deteriorate. The hepatitis virus remained active underthese conditions, with 10 to 25 percent of patients transfused with theplasma developing hepatitis. Thethreat of hepatitis had caused theabandonment of plasma transfusions.Because of the simplicity of themethod, Dr. Allen's results were slowof acceptance until relatively recently.Two Named TrusteesJohn F. Merriam, PhB '25, Omaha,Nebraska, and J. Harris Ward, Chicago, have been elected trustees ofthe University.Merriam, president of NorthernNatural Gas Co., Omaha, is the oldestson of the late Charles E. Merriam,distinguished political scientist.Merriam attended the Universityfrom kindergarten through The College, and his election brings to twelvethe number of alumni on the activeboard of trustees. He also has a lawdegree from Kent College of Law,Chicago.He and his wife, the former LucyLamon, PhB '26, both received Alumni Citations this June for civic leadership and service in activities inOmaha.John F. Merriam Associated with Northern NaturalGas Co. since its incorporation in1930, Merriam was elected its president in 1950. He is a director of anumber of corporations, including theBankers Life Insurance Co. of DesMoines, United States National Bankof Omaha, Fairmont Foods Co. ofOmaha, and the Calgary & EdmontonCorp., Winnipeg, Manitoba.Merriam's younger brother, Robert,now assistant to the director of theBureau of the Budget, Washington,D. C, was the Republican nomineeTEor mayor of Chicago in 1954, as hisfather had been in 1912. Anotherbrother, Charles, is a Chicago lawyer.The only sister in the Merriam family, Elizabeth, Mrs. Orvis A. Schmidt,lives in Chevy Chase, Md.Ward, executive vice-president ofCommonwealth Edison Co., has beenwith the firm since 1938 and has beensuccessively secretary, treasurer, andvice-president, before election to hispresent position in 1955. He formerlywas associated with the N.R.A. inWashington, and with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., New York. During World War II he served in theWar ^Production Board and subsequently in the armed services instrategic bombing intelligence in theEuropean theatre.He is a member of the board ofgovernors of the Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council of Chicagoand a director of the Illinois StateChamber of Commerce. Born inKansas City, Mo., he received his undergraduate degree from Harvard in1930 and the Master of Business Administration degree from the HarvardSchool of Business in 1932.J. He Ward Bobs Roberts' Twenty-FifthChicago became the pediatric center of the nation for two days, October 12 and 13, when child specialistsjoined Bobs Roberts Memorial Hospital of the University's medical andbiological research center in observance of the hospital's twenty-fifthanniversary. The medical conferencewhich was the central part of thecelebration reflected the major shift inthe medical problems and care ofchildren that has occurred in the lastquarter-century.When the hospital opened, infectious diseases were the major threatto children. The development of theantibiotics and other drugs has eliminated infections as the leading causeof children's disease and deaths, andthe clinical and research activities ofBobs reflects the new concerns ofpresent day pediatrics.Bobs was established through a giftof $1 million from Colonel and Mrs.John Roberts of Chicago as a memorial to their five and one-half yearold son, Charles Radnor Roberts, whodied in 1919. The lobby of the building was designed as a special memorial to him.The Roberts' gift, and a grant of$175,000 from the General EducationBoard toward the equipment of research laboratories was sufficient tobuild a three-story, 60-bed hospitalwhich ranks as one of the major facilities of its kind in the country. TheGeneral Education Board also established a million dollar endowmentfund for research, and gifts fromother sources have substantially increased the hospital's resources forinvestigation.The important areas of investigation in Bobs now are rheumatic heartfever, congenital heart defects, leukemia, endocrine disturbances, andthe diseases of the nervous system.More recently the study of psychiatric disturbances of children has become a major interest of the hospital.Last year Bobs admitted 1,514 patients for a total of 16,253 days ofcare, and treated 17,524 children inits out-patient clinic, in addition towork done in conjunction with theUniversity's Lying-in Hospital; theHome for Destitute Crippled Children, the orthopedic hospital; and theOrthogenic School for emotionallydisturbed children.A major share of the work on rheumatic heart disease and its treatmentwith adrenal hormone drugs such ascortisone has been carried out in conjunction with LaRabida Sanitarium.The anniversary medical conference heard papers by child special-26 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEists from all sections of the country.pr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, Dean of theDivision of the Biological Sciences,and special assistant to the Secretaryfor Health and Medical Affairs of theUnited States; Dr. Franklin C. McLean, first Dean of the Division; andDr. F. Howell Wright, Chairman ofthe Department of Pediatrics, wereamong the speakers.Saturday's program was largelyconcerned with neurology, in tributeto Dr. Douglas Buchanan, Professorof Pediatrics, who has been on theBobs staff since the hospital opened.Dr. Buchanan, an authority on neurology, particularly its clinical aspectsin convulsions, mental retardation,and brain tumors, made a clinicalpresentation in the afternoon session.Members of the Bobs Roberts Hospital Service Committee served ashostesses at a reception in the hospitallobby on Thursday, October 11.Burton Chair FilledRobert S. Mulliken, physicist andauthority on the spectra of molecules,has been named to the Ernest DeWittBurton Distinguished Service Professorship.Professor Mulliken, who has beena member of the faculty since 1928,has specialized for the past twentyyears in the study of the chemicalbond of molecules, using spectroscopic methods. The professorship towhich Dr. Mulliken has been appointed was established in honor of thethird president of the University, andis one of a limited number of specially named chairs awarded for distinction in scholarship or science.Gertrude Dudley ScholarshipThe Gertrude Dudley LectureshipFund Committee, which has annuallysponsored a noted woman speaker onthe Midway since Miss Dudley's deathin 1945, has changed its plans thisyear and awarded a scholarship.Sylvia Boyd, AB '56, a graduatestudent in political science, is therecipient. Sylvia is from Boston,Mass., and is in her fourth year atthe University. She hopes to enterthe foreign service after graduation.Sylvia is president of StudentUnion and was a delegate to the National Student Association's ninthannual congress in August. She hasserved as stage manager of UmversityTheatre, and been a member of theGlee Club and Madrigal Singers.The Gertrude Dudley LectureshipFund has sponsored such speakers asHelen Gahagan Douglas and MadameVijaya Lakshmi Pandit. Plans werechanged this year when the Festival Sylvia Boyd, winner of the GertrudeDudley Scholarship, poll-watches atCobb Hall during student elections.of the Arts Committee sponsored Eu-dora Welty's appearance last spring.The group decided to use the fundsas a scholarship for a woman student.In the future it will use its funds foreither lectures or scholarships. Co-chairmen of the committee are MissMary E. Courtenay and Miss GertrudeSmith.Rogers HonoredCarl R. Rogers, Professor of Psychology and executive secretary ofthe Counseling Center, was amongthree persons honored "for distinguished scientific contribution" at therecent convention of the AmericanPsychological Association. A checkfor $1,000 accompanied the citation.Rogers, who initiated the non-directive approach in psychotherapy,was honored for his development ofan original method and "extensivesystematic research" to test the validity of the method.Ukrainian GiftA collection of Ukrainian books,some difficult to obtain because of theIron Curtain, has been presented tothe University by a group of Ukrainian students in the Chicago area.The Ukrainian Library Fund ofChicago was formed by seventyUkrainian students to give the University publications that are costlyand difficult to acquire through theusual trade channels. The volumeswill help the University in developing its programs of study and research on the history and culture ofcentral and eastern Europe. Dr. Herman H. Fussier, Director ofthe Library, accepted the books fromWalter C. Nahirny, chairman of thefund, and George Sumyk, chairmanof the Ukrainian Students Association, both students at the University,and Dmitry Piletzky, a student atIllinois Institute of Technology.Drop Home EconomicsThe Committee on Home Economics has been disbanded. Enrolmentin the committee had dropped in recent years. Concomitantly, state university programs in the same fieldhave grown to proportions with whichthe University feels it cannot compete, the Chancellor explained.Education AppointmentJohn I. Goodlad, PhD '49, has beenappointed Professor in the Department of Education.He was formerly Professor of Education and Director of the Divisionof Teacher Education for EmoryUniversity and Agnes Scott College,Atlanta, Ga.Professor Goodlad will assume major responsibility for the Center forTeacher Education with special emphasis on the preparation of teachersfor elementary schools. His teachingand research will be primarily in thefield of the curriculum.A native of Vancouver, B. C, Dr.Goodlad was educated at the University of British Columbia and theUniversity of Chicago.He was a teacher and administratorin British Columbia Schools from1939-49, when he went to Atlanta asstaff member of Atlanta Area Teacher Service, joining the faculty ofEmory and its associated Agnes Scottin 1949.He has served as consultant intraining methods to the U. S. Department of Public Health and as chairman of the publications committee ofthe Association for Supervision andCurriculum Development since 1954.Railroaded ProfessorJoseph L. Massie, Assistant Professor in the School of Business,spent six weeks on the Illinois Central Railroad this summer studyingthe railroad's organization, visitingits major departments, interviewingofficers and riding the main line between Chicago and New Orleans.Each summer for the past five years,the Illinois Central, through theFoundation for Economic Education,has played host to visiting professorsso that college students will get "amore accurate picture of business atwork."DECEMBER, 1956 27INTRODUCINGTHECABINETOF THEALUMNIASSOCIATIONTHE SECOND OF A SERIES Harold A. Anderson, PhB '24, AM '26,Marshal of the University, Director of Student Teaching and Field Services, Department of Education; President, Board ofTrustees, North Park College. DaughterMarion is a student in The College.Martha Barker Defebaugh, '17, is a housewife, active in civic affairs, and servedthree terms as president of the alumnaeassociation of Quadranglers. She begankindergarten at the old Ellis Hall, wentthrough all of the University's schools,up to and including college.28 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINENorman Barker, Jr., SB '47, MBA '53, isan assistant cashier at Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago. A member of DeltaKappa Epsilon, he was active in golf andcross-country. Father, Norman, PhB '08,wife, Mabel Keefe, AB '44, and father-in-law, Howard Keefe, SB '13, are alumni.Clayton G. Loosli, PhD '34, MD '37, Professor and Chief, Section of PreventiveMedicine, The School of Medicine, since1949. Has been a consultant to the government several times and author of manyarticles in his field. He is a memberof the South East Chicago Commission. Frances C. Thielbar, SM '38, PhD '51, isChairman of Nursing Education, earnedher AB at Wellesley and NB at Yale. She isa member of Pi Lambda Theta, enjoys colorphotography, coin collecting as hobbies.Active in many nursing associations.John M. Clark, JD '39, is a member ofthe law firm of Dallstream, Schiff, Hardin, Waite and Dorschel. He was a memberof Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Delta Phi. Seven brothers and a sister are also alumni.DECEMBER, 1956a Nass \etus *Since her husband's death in 1949Lena Litzel Streamer, (Mrs. Hayden A.)SB '21, has owned and managedStreamer's Pharmacy in Collingswood,N. J.21Alumni committees planning reunions for the classes of sevens andtwos next spring are at work thesemonths and would welcome helpfrom classmates.1902 will celebrate its 50th reunion; 1932 will be the 25-yearclass. If you are in a reunion class—'02, '07, '12, '17, '22, '27, '32, '37,'42, '47, and '52— plan to be on thequadrangles the weekend of June8."Indicates person will attend JuneReunion. The Reverend John Y. Elliott, AM '17,was reelected moderator of the Narra-gansett (R.I.), Baptist Association.2103-17H. I. Schlesinger, SB '03, PhD '05,Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at theUniversity, addressed the GesellschaftDeutcher Chemiker in Hamburg, Germany recently and received the AlfredStock Memorial prize. Professor Schlesinger has been elected a correspondingmember of the Bavarian Academy ofSciences.Grace Williamson Chamberlain, (Mrs.R. Randolph), PhB '07, is residing in SanMarino, Calif.Originally planning to retire in Floridaafter having spent five years in Nashville, Tenn., as Senior Cataloguer in theJoint University Library and Lecturerin Library Science in the Peabody College Library School, Edward A. Henry,DB '07, answered an appeal for help fromthe University of Miami, and temporarilyaccepted the position of Senior Cataloguer at Miami until January 31.Bishop Ivan Lee Holt, PhD '09, is the1956 winner of The Upper Room's eighthannual World Christian Fellowship citation. Bishop Holt holds honorary degrees from seven colleges and institutions, has served as president of theFederal Council of Churches, and wasone of the founders of the World Councilof Churches.Stephen S. Visher, SB '09, SM '10, PhD'14, notifies us of the birth of his daughter, Peggy Mildred.Dr. Ralph H. Kuhns, SB '11, MD '13, isa foreign language expert for the Veterans Administration in Chicago.James A. Donovan, '13, who retiredfrom the vice-presidency of the NationalBoulevard Bank, Chicago, in December,1955, quickly got bored with retirementso he is now with the University Placement Council which is an organizationwhich specializes in placing university-trained personnel.Charles L. Hyde, JD '16, recently suffered a mild heart attack. Howard K. Beale, PhB '21, is a Fulbright Professor at the University ofMiinchen, Germany, and is lecturing on"academic freedom" and the "Negroproblem" under the auspices of the StateDepartment. "Dr. Eleanor Blish, SB '21, MD '38 ispracticing pediatrics in Houston.*Dr. Harry A. Gussin, SB '21, MD '26,is specializing in proctology in Chicago.Austin H. Hobson, PhB '21, is actuarialassistant at National Life Insurance Co.,Montpelier, Vt.*Harry V. Hume, BS '21, PhD '24, andwife Elizabeth Mitchell, PhB '22, are thegrandparents of eight, including one setof twins.Howard R. Moore, SB '21, SM '22, PhD'24, is still with the U.S. Naval AirDevelopment Center and is investigatingthe application of chemistry to navalaviation. Earl W. Blank, '22, is Professor ofSpeech, Chairman of the Departmentand Director of the Speech and HearingClinic which he helped to organize atNortheastern State College in Tahlequah,Okla.*George C. Brook, '22, AM '25, hasbeen director of the Bureau of Researchand Statistics for the Chicago PublicSchools since 1951. Some of Brook's otheractivities include: member of the Governmental Accounting Committee of theIllinois Society of C.P.A.s, and memberof the Executive Committee of the Rav-enswood Manor Improvement Assn.Samuel S. Caplan, '22, is president ofthe Marvin Envelope & Paper Co.,Chicago. His Son, Malcolm, is a studentat the University. Another son, Gordon,is attending the University of Illinois.*Mary Ruminer Cook, (Mrs. Paul W.),'22, plans to attend the reunion in June.*Celia Wolfson Coren, (Mrs. Lewis),'22, is vice president of the GreaterChicago Chapter of the National Women'sCommittee on Brandeis University. Inaddition, she is actively interested in theHyde Park Community Conference andthe South East Chicago Commission.Six Hundred Apple PiesHarold Barnes, AB '22, and his wife,Jennie Hall, PhB '03, celebrated theirfiftieth wedding anniversary on June 28.Attributing their successful marriage to"lots of luck and many loyal friends,"the Barnes have maintained the customof eating apple pie on the 28th of eachmonth. The couple first met at the Universityand, after their marriage, lived in Chicago for 25 years before settling in Texas.Currently residing in Sweetwater, Tex.,Barnes is area manager for Field Enterprises, Inc., publishers of the WorldBook Encyclopaedia. The Barnes' havetwo children; Jane and Harold Jr., '35.30 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEStanley D. Dodge, '22, PhD '26, wasordained a priest in the EpiscopalChurch. For the past 30 years Dr. Dodgehas taught geography at the Universitycf Michigan.*Leo Frederick, '22, has retired asprincipal of South Shore High School,Chicago.*Marthe Bloch Golde, (Mrs. JosephA.), PhB '22, AM '24, writes that her son,Roger A. Golde, '52, graduated with honors from Harvard in June and is now inFrance on a Fulbright grant, studyingeconomics.*Dr. Edward W. Griffey, SB '22, MD '25,Clinical Professor at Baylor Medical andpost Graduate School of Medicine at theUniversity of Texas, has been practicingophthalmology in Houston for 30 years.Son, Earle B. Griffey, PhB '51, receivedhis MD degree from the University ofTexas in 1956 and is interning at theUniversity of Michigan.*Robert Halladay, '22, informs us thathis golf is getting "lousier" each year.Mina Morrison Diether, (Mrs. Leonard), '22, plans to attend the AmericanBar Convention in London next summer.Mr. Diether is a trial lawyer in SanMarino, Calif.*Roscoe F. Pannett, '22, and his wife,the former Ruthmary Abbott, have threechildren. Bob, 24, is a designer of missiles for McDonnell Aircraft Corp.,Ruthanna, 16, attends Normal University,Normal, 111.; Charles, 15, is a junior inhigh school. Roscoe and his wife bothteach in the East St. Louis, (111.) HighSchool.Wilbur E. Wolfe, '22, is vice presidentand secretary of Pullman, Inc., Wilmington, Del.23-26Judge James S. Blaine, LLB '23, of theOakland, California Municipal Court,celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversarywith a visit to the campus — the first timefor Mrs. Blaine. He toured the oldcampus and some of the new buildingsbut got his biggest "kick" out of a climbto "the top floor of Snell, where I burnedthe midnight oil briefing law cases forthose greats: Dean Hall, Mechem, Bigelow, Freund, Woodward and others."Priscilla M. Kinsman, '24, is teachingat Western Washington College.Margaret Castelaz, PhB '24, a veteranof 39 years teaching in Tulsa, has beennamed "Teacher of the Year" by thatcommunity. Miss Castelaz was chosenfrom among more than 2,250 teachers inTulsa county.Orlando Park, AB '25, PhD '29 Professor of Biology at Northwestern is a member of the nation's most erudite jazzband, the "Academic Cats." The bandis composed entirely of college professors. Dr. Park says: "We've found it awonderful way to relax."Evan W. McChesney, SB '26, SM '28,is a research chemist for the SterlingDrug Co., Delmar, N. Y. Mrs. McChesney is the former Arline M. Feltham,PhB '31. 27Hyla Snider, PhB '27, AM '28, teachescourses in economics and secretarialstudies at Connecticut College. This pastsummer, Hyla was a fellow with theEconomics-in-Action program at theCase Institute of Technology.*Dr. J. D. McCarthy, SB '27, MD '32,has been practicing general medicine andsurgery for the past 25 years. Dr. McCarthy is on the staff of the MacNealMemorial Hospital, Berwyn, 111., andpresident of the Douglas Park, (111.),suburban branch of the Chicago MedicalSociety.Anton B. Burg, SB '27, SM '28,* PhD '31,is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California.*Since retiring as a teacher in 1955,Louisa L. Magraw, '27, has done extensive traveling. Among other places,Louisa has visited Yugoslavia, Turkey,and Greece.*Carl M. Marbry, SB '27, PhD '30, received an MBA degree through the Executive Program of the School of Business at the Summer Convocation.*Elected Alderman from Chicago'sFifth (University of Chicago) Ward in1955, Leon W. Despres, '27, JD '29, writesthat he finds his aldermanic duties "extraordinarily interesting, thanks to theunique and fascinating nature of theward."Mary Rowe Ruble, '27, is a vocationalhome economics teacher and residentteacher for teacher training of homeeconomic students at the University ofTennessee.Lt. Col. Julian A. Newlander, '27, isnow serving as Assistant Chemical Officer for the U.S. Third Army at FortMcPherson, Ga.Reese Price, '27, and his wife, DorothyLow, '28, are completing their tenth yearin Bourbon, Ind., as co -publishers of aweekly newspaper and a monthly farmmagazine.Dr. Robert T. Porter, '27, MD '32. hasrecently retired as president of the Colorado State Medical Society.Richard W. Seebode, '27, has beenminister of the First Parish— Old ShipChurch, Hingham, Mass., since 1951.Colonel Gerald N. Bench, '27, is commanding officer of American troops anddependent families in the Stuttgart areaof Germany.*Edwin W. Benson, PhB '27, is now themanager of the Chicago Casualty Dept.of Armour and Co.*Virginia G. Gorrell, '27, was marriedto Ronald G. Crozier on September 22.They live in Highland Park.*Helen Palmer King, (Mrs. J.), '27. isconducting a home training program forretarded children who cannot attendformal school classes.Dr. Jack P. Cowan, '27, MD '32, is Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmologyat the University of Illinois Medical College and consultant eye surgeon for theIX Naval District. An amateur painter,Dr. Cowan has had his works shown atthe Cliff Dwellers Club. MAPLES, FLORIDAIt's as far south as you can go withoutrunning out of civilization, but this tinyparadise is Florida's boomingest city!.Millionaires average four per squaremile, and residential lots sell for up to$30,000! This amusing Holiday featuretells you why!? * *SOUTH CAROLINAEveryone in South Carolina is kin tojust about everyone else — and to heartell, they're all descendents of antebellum aristocracy. But rich or poor,they're a gracious people, and theirstate is the proudest in the Union!* * *THE MIDDLE EASTHere's the feature that gives you all thelittle pieces in today's big picture! Whatoil has done to the old theme of conquerors and chaos . . . why cynicalpolitics make the Arab world go round. . . what the Arabs dislike most aboutIsrael . . . and more!* ? *PEARL HARBOR. Here's Dec. 7, 1941!You'll learn about the intricate plans andthe sheer luck, the heroism and the terror,the bombs and the bungles that madePearl Harbor a name to remember!PLUS: the world's most famous cathedral,NOTRE DAME; MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, the Olympic City; New York'sregal ST. REGIS; and a special shoppingsection packed with gifts and gadgets soperfect, you'll want to give 'em to yourself.NOW AT YOUR NEWSSTAND!DECEMBERHOLIDAY-the magazine of leisurefor richer living!A CURTIS MAGAZINEDECEMBER, 1956 3128-31John Robert Van Pelt, '28, has assumed the duties of President of Michigan College of Mining and Technology,Houghton, Mich.Perry Miller, PhB '28, PhD '31, Professor of American Literature at HarvardUniversity, was guest speaker at JamesBowdoin Day, sponsored by BowdoinCollege, Brunswick, Maine.Robert F. Steadman, PhD '28, formerlyChairman of the Political Science Department of Wayne State University,Detroit, has joined the staff of the American Management Association as directorcf administration.John K. Gerhart, '28, Major General,U.S.A.F., is commander of the TwelfthAir Force at Ramstein Base in Germany.His wife was Helen O'Brien, '31.The Hon. Lyndon Johnson mentionedin the Congressional Record that rumorsof uranium in the "backyard" of EugeneC. Weafer, PhB '31, resulted in the greaturanium rush in Arizona. Weafer writesthat although "many millionaires were'made' there, I filed no claim. Alas,Alack!"Edward Garrick, SB '30, chief of theDynamic Loads Division at the LangleyLaboratory of the National AdvisoryCommittee for Aeronautics, has been appointed to the Jerome Clark HunsakerProfessorship in Aeronautical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nololgy.Irwin M. Cohen, LL B '30, has beenappointed commissioner of investigationsfor the city of Chicago. Formerly, Cohenwas chief council of the City CouncilCrime Committee.32A. Vernon Bakkers, PhB '32, is currently on a "round-the-world" tour andexpects to return to the states in August.Donald C. Lowrie, SB '32, PhD '42, hasbeen released from active duty by theNavy and is teaching biology and zoology at Los Angeles State College. Whilein the service Lowrie served as entomologist for the 3rd Marine Division."Claudia Dorland, '32, is teachingFrench in All Saints Episcopal Schooland Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls,S. D."Since being widowed four years ago,Cordelia Craut Stephens, (Mrs. CharlesB.), '32, has been teaching in Springfield,111.Eleanor F. White, '32, is working asa research assistant at Leo Burnett andCo., Chicago advertising firm.'William Kir-Stimon, '32, was recentlyelected to membership in the Division ofCounseling Psychology, American Psychological Assn. Dr. Kir-Stimon is Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Guidance Clinic at PurdueUniversity.*Orin Tovroy, '32, is again living onCape Cod after several years of residencein France. New Vice PresidentKenneth A. Rouse, PhB '28, wasnamed vice president of the A. B. DickCo. of New York, Inc., a newly formedsubsidiary of A. B. Dick Co., Chicago.The new company will handle distribution of, the parent company's products inthe New York metropolitan area. Rouseacted as the Chicago area chairman inthe recent alumni campaign."James R. Sharp, '32, Washington, D.C.recently held a reception for Chicagostudents living in the capitol area.Lowell S. Hebbard, '32, is divisionalcontroller, Excavator Division, of theHarnischfeger Corp.*Dr. Harold Laufman, '32, MD '37, isAssociate Professor of Surgery and Director of Experimental Surgery at Northwestern University Medical School.*William E. Gist, '32, has completed hisfirst year as regional relocation advisor,Urban Renewal Administration Housingand Home Finance Agency. Gist's twochildren, Nancy, 8, and William Jr., 6,entered the Laboratory School this year.*Paul F. Coe, PhB '32, has completedeighteen years with the Federal HousingAdministration in Washington, D. C.Lloyd J. Davidson, '32, AM '34, PhD'47, is Dean of the Faculty at VirginiaMilitary Institute."Louise E. Killie, '32, is teaching biology at the Downers Grove High School,Downers Grove, 111.?Florence and Thomas H. Slusser, Jr.,JD '32, are this year's presidents of theAdult Fellowship of the Park Ridge (111.)Presbyterian Church.*Dr. R. B. Grumman, SB '32, MD '37,has recently been assigned chief of theDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecologyat the U.S. Naval Hospital, St. Albans,N. Y.Robert C. Colwell, '32, is financial advisor to the director of the Loan Guaranty Program, Veterans Admin., Washington, D.C. *Marie Slepicka, '32, is teaching in theCicero, 111. public school system and isworking toward a master's degree inlibrary science.*Violet E. Mau, '32 is Principal of theFriedrich L. Jahn Elementary School inChicago.*Henry L. Rohs, '32, has completed 20years with the American Cynamid Co.,and has been manager of the Kalamazooplant since 1951.*Florence Tredennick, '32, is teachingmathematics and science to junior highschool students at the O. W. HolmesSchool, Oak Park.*John M. V. Stevenson, '32, is in his25th year as a teacher of Senior Honorsand German at Lincoln Senior HighSchool, Manitowoc, Wise.33-36Lt. Colonel James J. Goodnow, PhB '33,was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for outstanding performance ofduty as chief, Plans and Projects Branch,G4 Section, for the Fourth Army. Coloneland Mrs. Goodnow and their four children are residing at Fort Leavenworth,Kans., where Colonel Goodnow has beenassigned to the Staff and Faculty of theCommand and General Staff College.Lynton K. Caldwell, PhB '34, PhD '43,is Visiting Professor of Government atIndiana University.William G. Alsop, MS '35, PhD '39, hasbeen made group leader in exploratoryorganic chemistry for the Colgate-Palmolive Peet Co.David J. Hopkins, '35, has been appointed vice president and a general executive for McCann-Erckson, Inc. Hewas formerly director cf sales for C.B.S.-Columbia, set manufacturing division ofthe Columbia Broadcasting System.Fred E. Fortess, AB '35, manager ofthe dyeing and finishing laboratories,Celanese Corporation of America, hasreceived the sixth annual AmericanDyestuff Award from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Color-ists. He is being honored for his extensive work in the development cfarnel triacetate fiber. Fortess lives withhis wife and two daughters in Charlotte,N. C.Garrett Hardin, BS '36, recently lectured on "Protoplasm" at the recentSymposium on Biology held at theScripps Institution of Oceanography. Amore definitive article on the "Meaning-lessness of the Word 'Protoplasm' " waspublished in the Scientific Monthly andreprinted in ETC.: A Review of GeneralSemantics. Hardin's article has resultedin more than 80 requests for reprintsfrom seven countries.Robert Dubin, AB '36, AM '40, PhD 47,is on leave from his position as head ofthe Sociology Department of the University of Oregon, to work as a Fellow atthe Ford Center for Advanced Study ofthe Behavioral Sciences. Dubin and hiswife, Elisabeth Ruch, AB '37, AM '39,PhD '46, have settled temporarily inStanford, Calif.32 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE37*HiIda Yablong Goldman, (Mrs. LouisB.), '37, writes that her son is attendingthe Laboratory School on campus.*Janet Johns Warren, (Mrs. Frank H.),'32, writes that her eldest daughter, Judy,is scheduled to graduate from WellsCollege in June.Donald Baker, AB '37, of the ReynoldsClub check room in student days, iswith the Panhandle Eastern Pipe LineCo. of Kansas City, Kansas.Sarah Jane Peters Lapin, (Mrs. Ellis),'37, is living in Los Angeles, where herhusband is an aerodynamic engineer forDouglas Aircraft.Kirsten Richards Vanderberg, (Mrs.R. M.), '37, is living in Sacramento whereher husband is teaching physics andphysical sciences at Sacramento StateCollege. Kirsten is employed as an editorial assistant with the California StateDepartment of Education.James A. Lydick, '37, is now managerof Sandvik Steel, Inc., Birmingham,Mich.Aubrey W. Naylor, SB '37, SM '38,PhD '40, has completed his third summeras a research participant in the plantbiochemistry group of the Oak RidgeNational Laboratory. To date, Dr. Naylor has published 35 research papers andis serving as vice president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists.*Jean Boyd Appleford, (Mrs. G. Burton), '37, has moved to Kansas City, Mo.,where her husband is assistant medicaldirector of Business Men's AssuranceCo.*Horace B. Fay, Jr., '37, cf ClevelandHeights, Ohio, is currently president ofthe Heights Chamber of Commerce andexecutive officer in his U.S. Naval Reserve Law Company.General RetiresRetiring after 32 years of militaryservice, Brigadier General Arthur E.Diggs, MD '27, had been a member ofthe Illinois National Guard since 1931and Surgeon General of the state of Illinois since 1949. In addition to his military duties, General Diggs was AssociateProfessor of Surgery at the Universityof Illinois Medical School and a memberof the surgical staff of Presbyterian andChildren's Memorial hospitals. Formerly Dean of The Business Schoolat the University, John E. Jeuck, '37,MBA '38, PhD '49, is on a year's leaveof absence from the Graduate Schoolof Business Administration, HarvardUniversity. Jeuck is a consultant inmanagement education for the EuropeanProductivity Agency, Paris.Awaiting performance of his "SecondSymphony" at the University of IllinoisMusic Festival, this spring, Ellis B. Kohs,'37, AM '38, is traveling in Europe onsabbatical from the Music School of theUniversity of Southern California.?John G. Morris, '37, is executive editorof Magnum Photos, an international cooperative of free-lance photographerswhose works appear in magazines hereand abroad.*Lloyd W. Powers, '37, is vice presidentof the Walter Powers Co. His two children, Gay and Buddy, both attend theLab School on campus.Cody Pfanstiehl, '37, is the directorof public relations for the United GiversFund of the National Capitol Area.•Controller of the Hill Packing Co.,Maurice E. Burm, AB '37, MBA '38, iscurrently in Europe on business.?Robert H. Bethke, '37, was presidentof the Armonk, N. Y., Little Leaguebaseball program for boys. His wife.Patricia Davis, '38, is active in localRed Cross and district nursing work.?Betty Lou Olson Miller, (Mrs. GarnetH.), '37, is teaching first grade in Atlanta.Her husband is Associate Professor ofMathematics at Georgia State College.Ruth Padnos, '37, who married Alexander Fishman in Israel in 1950, is livingin Great Neck, N. Y., and acting as apart-time housewife and part-time psychotherapist with the North Shore ChildGuidance Center in Great Neck.Trevor D. Weiss, SB '37, MBA '38, ofHighland Park. 111., is a financial consultant, specializing in life, estate insurance analysis, and commercial business insurance analysis.?Sophie Eisenstein Merrit, (Mrs. Howard), '37, AM '47, is currently employedas an educational specialist for theUnited States Armed Forces Institute.Her husband holds the position of assistant state archivist with the WisconsinState Historical Society.?Caroline Zimmerly Acree, (Mrs. Lester), '37, is teaching 31 sixth graders inGreenville, Miss.?Lorine Crocker Mays, (Mrs. Robert),'37, is the mother of six children, including twin girls.?Isabel Verbarg Billings, (Mrs. RexD., Jr.), '37, teaches in the Detroit publicschools. Her husband is tour directorfor Great Lakes and Eastern CanadianGreyhound.?Harold de Montfort, '37, is a Professorof Military Science and Tactics, and Instructor in Social Sciences, at JeffersonMilitary College, Washington, Miss.*Matt H. Newman, '37, is engaged inthe retail ready to wear field. 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Hirsch is working for WesternElectric Co. as a verification engineer inequipment engineering on step by stepcontrol office telephone equipment.Libuse Lukas Miller, (Mrs. Franklin),'37, is awaiting publication of her firstbook The Christian and the World ofDisbelief, on January 7.*Lorraine Gustafson, BA '37, AM '43,is instructing in German at PennsylvaniaState University and working for a PhDfrom Columbia.*William M. Foord, '37, is an insuranceagent in Litchfield, Conn.*In addition to her normal duties asa housewife and mother of three children, Adeline Roseburg, Weiland, (Mrs.Jack), SB '37, SM '38, is an avid hamradio operator whose call number isW9LDK.* Sarah Hicks, '37, is a librarian atSwift and Co.*E!izabeth Purdie Dance, (Mrs. LouisP.), '37, has returned from an extendedtour of the Middle East where she visitedthe school she founded in Bakrain, in1922.Fred W. Tisdel, '37, expects to remainout of the states until 1959 as geologist,soils engineer, and building foundationexpert for the Alaska District, Corps ofEngineers, at Elmendorf Air Force Base,Alaska.* John M. Clark, '37, JD '39, is a partnerin the law firm of Dallstream Scruff,Hardin, Waite, and Dorschel, of DownersGrove, 111.*Jerome J. Sokolik, '37, is secretaryof the Royal Packing Co., St. Louis. Inaddition, Sokolik is a board member ofthe St. Louis Jewish Federation andchairman of the Food Division of theSt. Louis Jewish Welfare Fund Campaign.'^Lillian Feldman Greenwald, (Mrs.Herbert S.), J37, is president of the Boardof Scholarship and Guidance Assn.*Jack P. Komfeld, '37, recently accepted a position with the Remington-Rand Univae Organization.38-42Dr. Charles E. Marshall, '38, MD '42,eye, ear, nose and throat specialist fromTacoma, Washington, was in Chicago inOctober for the Academy meetings. Asusual, he flew his own plane on whichhe installs pontoons when he wants tofly deep into Canada for lake fishing. Dr.Marshall sparked a Tacoma alumnischolarship fund which sent a studentto Chicago from Tacoma. The doctor hadlunch with the young lady while he wason campus. Mrs. Marshall was MaryQuirmback, '40.Edith Douglass Grubb Ross, (Mrs.James M.), AM '38, has been awarded acertificate of merit by the commissionerof Public Welfare for the State ofLouisiana. Colonel Robert C. Hunter, MD '39, hasgraduated from a refresher course incommand and staff procedures at theArmy Medical Service School, Fort SamHouston, Tex. Colonel Hunter, a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal, entered the Army in 1941.^Recalled to active military service,Dr. James Weishaus, SB '39, MD '45, is aCommander at the Naval Training Center, Psychiatric Unit, at San Diego. Hiswife, Sylvia Silver stein, '42, is directorof consumer relations for the Waste KingCorp.Charles M. Davis, Jr., AM '40, is Associate Professor of English at HoughtonCollege, Houghton, N. Y.*David S. Dennis, '40, AB '47, resignedfrom the U.S. Air Force in June and isnow a field technical representative forI.B.M.Ward Miner, MA '40, was recently appointed Visiting Assistant Professor ofEnglish and Acting Chairman of theAmerican Civilization Committee at theUniversity of Kansas. Dr. and Mrs. Minerhave had published The TransatlanticMigration, the Contemporary AmericanNovel in France.Mary Bozeman AM '40, was married toDavid M. Janavitz, on August 10, in Tucson, Ariz. They will live in Pittsburgh,Pa.Ruth Neuendorffer, AB '40, has hadprivately printed, a pamphlet entitled,Germany: A Report, based on her experiences in post-war Germany.Dr. Edward J. Whiteley, MD '40, hasbeen promoted to Colonel at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., where he is Chief of theEye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Section ofthe U.S. Army Hospital. Mrs. Whiteleyis the former Rebecca Ruth Scott, '40.*Agnes C. Vukonich, AB '42, AM '51,has joined the faculty of the College ofCommerce of De Paul University.*Ted Fields, '42, Instructor in Radiology at Northwestern Medical School, isawaiting publication of his book on theUses of Atomic Energy in Medicine.* James R. Simmler, '42, is an analyticalresearch chemist at the MallwhickrodtChemical Works.Henry J. Tomasek, '42, a member ofthe faculty of the University of NorthDakota, is Associate Professor of Politicalscience.Raymond H. McEvoy, '42, AM '47, PhD'50, is teaching at Montana State University.A fourth son, Peter Craig, was bornon May 22, to Mr. and Mrs. James B.Niday, '42.Guido G. Weigend, '42, SM '46, PhD '49,Chairman of the Department of Geography at Rutgers University, spent thesummer in France and Spain doing fieldwork for a geographic study of theFrench and Spanish Basques.*Harris B. Jones, AB '42, MBA '49,moved to Washington, Iowa, to becomeadministrator of the Washington CountyHospital.*Dr. G. W. Gingrich, SB '42, MD '44, hasaccepted the position of Chief of Surgery,V.A. Hospital, Roanoke, Va.34 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE*Harold P. Green, BA '42, JD '48, isengaged in private law practice in Washington, D.C, specializing in atomicenergy work. His wife, Polly Goldstein,'44, does research work for EncyclopediaBrittanica on a part-time basis.Margery Stern Cahn, (Mrs. Albert S.,Jr.,), '42 is in Europe.G. Richard Kuch, '42, is vice-presidentand general manger of the Wells Organization, with offices in Philadelphia. Kuchand his wife, Jeanne Tobin, '39, are living in Glenside, Pa., with their two children, Cameron, 11, and Gregory, 9.S. Dell Scott, AB '42, JD '47, is engaged in the private practice of law,with offices in Hollywood, Calif.Harold Steinhauser, AB '42, MBA '43,is a commercial teacher at Kirkland HighSchool, Kirkland, 111., and an eveningInstructor at Northern Illinois StateCollege, DeKalb.Back on campus and working for aPhD in Pharmacology, The ReverendAlbert Moraczewski, O.P., '42, SM '47,writes that he is studying "as part ofa program directed toward a more intelligent and . . . more fruitful investigationof certain areas contiguous to philosophyand to theology."Meyer Weinberg, '42, is senior authorof Society and Man, published by Prentice-Hall in Spring of 1956.Joel Bernstein, AB '42, AM '48, ischief of the program staff in the officeof European/ African Operations, International Cooperation Administration.Bernstein, and his wife, Merle Sloan,AB '45, and their two children, are"thriving as Washington suburbanites."Dr. Thomas J. Madden, '42, MD '44, isan associate pathologist at New Britain,(Conn.), General Hospital.43-46*Edwin S. Munger, '43, SM '48, PhD '51,has returned from his fifth year-longtrip to Africa as correspondent for theAmerican Universities Field Staff.Dr. Edward H. Senz, SB '44, MD '46,is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics atStanford Medical School. He, his- wife,Wanda Grzanka, PhB '44, SB '46, andtheir three children, Douglas, 3%, andthe twins, Margaret and Joan, 19 months,are living in San Francisco.One of the few women active in thepractice of law in Rhode Island, BeverlyGlenn Long, (Mrs. Emory), AB '44, wasappointed chairman of the ProvidenceMetropolitan Area for the United Fund.*A third child, Polly, was born onLabor Day to Ina Jean Russell Kornblith,PhB '44, and John Kornblith, SB '47,MBA '48.Riley D. Housewright, PhD '44, wasappointed scientific director of the ArmyChemical Corps Biological Warfare Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Md. In additionto his activities at Fort Detrick, Dr.Housewright is an active member of theSociety of American Bacteriologists, thevice president of the American Academyof Microbiology, and has had publishedmore than thirty scientific and technicalPapers. Robert L. Cassell, AM '43, is a memberof the English faculty at the Universityof Illinois, Navy Pier.William Foote Whyte, PhD '43, wasnamed Director of the Social ScienceResearch Center at Cornell. An authority in the field of human relations. Professor Whyte's first book, Street CornerSociety has become a classic in its field.Professor Whyte is also editor of HumanOrganization, the journal of the Societyfor Applied Anthropology. At Chicago,Whyte was executive secretary of theCommittee on Human Relations in Industry.Walter J. Levy, AM '45, who receivedthe master's degree from WashingtonUniversity this June, has left his job assupervisor of the Jewish Employmentand Vocational Service in St. Louis tobecome Administrative Assistant of theJewish Welfare Federation in Dallas.Levy and his wife Hilma Cohn, AM '47,will settle permanently in Dallas.Robert E. Ransmeier, Jr., SB '45, SM'49, PhD '53, senior medical student atthe University of Colorado School ofMedicine, was recently chosen to represent that school at the forthcomingClinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, to be held in SanFrancisco.Captain Daniel C. Weaver, SB '45, MD'47, recently graduated from the militarymedical orientation course at the ArmyMedical Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Newly commissioned in theU.S. Army, Capt. Weaver and his wifewill proceed to Fort Benning, Ga.Benjamin D. Zmuda, SM '45, formerlyresearch director for the Reardon Co.,St. Louis, has been promoted to a newlycreated position of technical director.James F. Light, BA '45, MA '47, hasbeen appointed Assistant Professor ofEnglish at Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute. Formerly, Dr. Lightwas education director of the Department of Public Relations, National CoalAssn., Washington, D.C.*Dr. Harry G. Kroll, PhB '45, SB '47,MD '50, is completing a fellowship inorthopedic surgery at the Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minn.*Dr. Joseph S. Solovy, '45, has been discharged from the U.S. Air Force and hasentered private practice with the Medicaland Surgical Clinic in Peoria. Dr. Solovywill specialize in internal medicine.Dr. Winslow G. Fox, SB '45, MD '48,has gone into private practice in AnnArbor, Mich. He was formerly Directorof the Health Service for Eastern IllinoisState College.Ethel Kortage, McDermut, (Mrs. Wilson), PhB '45, SB '46, is teaching mathematics at Hockaday, a private girls'school in Dallas, Tex.Bert C. Cushway, PhB '46, writes thathe has opened his own law firm.Richard L. Bechtolt, PhB '46, AM '50,has joined the ESSO Research and Engineering Co. as head of the finance section of the treasurer's division. CHICAGO ADDRESSING & PRINTING CO.Complete Service for Mail AdvertisersPRINTING-LETTERPRESS & OFFSETLetters • Copy Preparation • ImprintingTypewriting • Addressing • MailingQUALITY — ACCURACY — SPEED722 So. Dearborn • Chicago 5 • WA 2-4561MODEL CAMERA SHOPLeica-Exacta-Bolex-Rollei -Stereo1329 E. 55th St. HYde Park 3-9259"Neighborhood Servicewith Downtown Selection"SARGENT'S DRUG STOREAn Ethical Drug Store for 1 00 YearsChicago's most completeprescription stock23 N. Wabash Avenue670 N. Michigan AvenueChicagoTheHOTEL SHERRY53rd and the Lake — FAirfax 4-1000BANQUETS — DANCESOur SpecialtyPOND LETTER SERVICE, Inc.Everything in LettersHooven Typewriting MimeographingMultigraphing AddressingAddressograph Service MailingHighest Quality Service Minimum PricesAll Phones: 219 W. Chicago AvenueMl 2-8883 • Chicago 10, IllinoisIOW1R YOUR COSTSIMPROVED MITHODSEMPLOYEE TRAINING >WA9E INCENTIVESJOB EVALUATIONPERSONNEL PROCEDURES _,DECEMBER, 1956 35*Dale P. Johnson, '42, is supervisor ofplanning new model cars for Ford Division of Ford Motor Co.Bernard A. Galler, PhB '46, SB '47,PhD '55, started his second year as anInstructor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Michigan.Galler and his wife, Enid Harris, AB '47,AM '50, are living in Ann Arbor.John A. S. Adams, PhB, '46, SB '48, SM'49, PhD '51, was promoted to AssociateProfessor of Geology at the Rice Institute, Houston, Texas.Joseph H. Connell, SB '46, has beenappointed an Instructor in BiologicalSciences at the University of California,Santa Barbara College.Archie E. Hendricks, AM '46, PhD '49,former Assistant Superintendent ofSchools at Brookline, Mass., has beenappointed Coordinator of Extention Activities at Kent State University.Ann C. Bicknell, AB '46, was marriedto Hideo Mori on September 17,Edward A. Galler, PhB '46, SB '47,PhD '55, is an instructor in Mathematicsat the University of Michigan.Charles E. Gasteyer, PhB, '46, SB '48,has been appointed Instructor in Astronomy at Wesleyan University. In additionto his teaching duties, Gasteyer is conducting a program of photographic observation of double stars at the VanVleck Observatory at Wesleyan.Charles R. Jones, SB '46, is now employed by the Aeronautical Chart andInformation Center, Washington, D.C.Jones is married to the former NatalieEntwistle. The Jones' and their son Jeffrey reside in Alexandria, Va.Herbert C. Madison, AB '46, AM '48,has completed two years in Egypt asassistant cultural affairs officer in theU.S. Information Service. He is workingon international educational exchangeprograms.Mary Lena Strauff Conner, Mrs. DavidS.), '46, has moved to Philadelphia whereher husband has assumed the positionof district manager of Business Week. Ellen Lofberg, PhB '46, AM '51, is acting as a substitute teacher of music inthe Chicago High School system.Charles P. Bluestein, AB '46, AM '47,is a probation officer in Los Angeles.Rev. Warren W. Lane, AB '46, announces the birth of his third child,Laura Rand, born April 4.Raymond C. Sangster, PhB '46, SB '47,is working in research for Texas Instruments, Inc. and is married to the formerLaura Marie Farnum. The Sangstersnow live in Dallas.47Malkah Tolpin, SB '47, is practicingpsychiatry in Boston.*James S. Myers, PhB '47, MBA '49, isa vice president of W. T. Grimm & Co.,Chicago financial consulting firm.?Richard S. Krohn, AB '47, MBA '50,is a sales administrative executive withLevi Strauss and Co., San Francisco.Krohn is looking forward to increasedalumni activity in the Bay area.Phillip H. Rubin, '47, is an interiordecorator for Gimbels, N. Y.?Harry G. Kroll, PhB '45, SB '47, MD'50, is completing a fellowship in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Foundation,Rochester, Minn.?Alvan R. Feinstein, SB '47, SM '48,MD '52, is an Instructor in Medicine atthe N.Y.U. College of Medicine.Merilyn Cohen Simons, (Mrs. SeymourS.), '47, is teaching first grade and working on another degree at Los AngelesState College,?Myron T. Murray, AB '47, JD '51, isliving in Dayton and is active in greatbooks groups, church work, and worldaffairs groups.?Mark Reinsberg, '47, was appointedInstructor in Humanities at the University of Illinois, Navy Pier. In addition,Reinsberg writes science fiction shortstories and book reviews for the ChicagoTribune. Edwin Shapiro, '47, is regional managerof the Confection Cabinet Corp.Dr. Ronald M. Thompson, SM '47, MD'49, is specializing in obstetrics and pediatrics in West Palm Beach, Fla.?Henry L. Stern, PhB '47, JD '50, ispracticing corporate and securities lawwith M. Mac Schwebel, N. Y.Beverly J. Hale, '47, has started theGlobetrotters Travel Agency in Albuquerque, N. M.Dr. Thomas G. Benedek, '47, SB '49,MD '52, and his wife and two boys, havemoved to Pittsburg where he is in themedical staff of the V.A. Hospital.?Dr. Eric F. Sharton, '47, SB '48, MD'53, is completing his last year of medicalresidency at the V.A. Hospital in Boston.Robert Adams, '47, is presently in Iraqas part of a team conducting a researchsurvey of early irrigation systems.?Donald R. Gerth, '47, AM '51, has returned to the campus after four and onehalf years in the Air Force. He is employed as an Admissions Counsellor forthe University and is studying for a PhDin political science.?After eight years with the firm, LeonF. Strauss, '47, became a general partnerof Rothschild and Co., members of theNew York Stock Exchange.?Frederick D. Sulcer, '47, is copy grouphead at Needham, Louis, and Brorby,Inc., Chicago advertising agency.?Herman Will, Jr., '47, is administrativesecretary of the Board of World Peaceof the Methodist Church.Galen Eugene Sargent, '47, received aPhD in Oriental Philosophy at the Sorbonne and is studying at Kyoto University in Japan on a Fulbright Fellowship.?Louis C. Graue, '47, SM '48, has leftSacramento State College to assume anAssociate Professorship of Mathematicsat Coe College,Dr. Gerald S. Gordon, '47, SB '48, isan American Heart Association Fellow atthe Colorado General Hospital. 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Y.GRamercy 5-2039 Dr. Christine E. Haycock, PhB '47, SB'48, is in her third year of residence ingeneral surgery at St. Barnabas Hospital, Newark, N. J.Donald W. Mulligan, '47, AM '50, isassistant cultural officer, American Embassy, Madrid, Spain. Since receivinghis Master's he has been with the government's overseas information program,first in Uruguay, then the Philippines,and now Spain.Eric V. Lovgren, '47, and family havemoved from .Park Forest, 111. to West-field, N. Y., where Eric is quality controladministrator for the Welch Grape JuiceCo. His wife, Phyllis Johnson, 44, AM'50, was a member of the Senate of theAlumni Association, College Division before moving to New York.?J. E. C. Askin, '47, is currently employed as director of the Scientific Instrument Development Laboratory ofParis, 111.?Michael Wolfson, '47, hopes to bepresent at the reunion in June andwrites, in answer to our query for news,that he is "trying, like everybody else, tokeep ahead of the rising cost of living."Eleanor Scott Williston, (Mrs. Horace,Jr.), PhB '47, has been living in- Tokyofor the past four years and writes thatshe enjoys attending the Chicago alumnimeetings very much.Doctor Harold D. Bornstein, Jr., PhB'47, SB '48, SM '49, and wife, Toby Sampson, PhB '46, SB '48, are living in NewHaven, Conn., where he is engaged in thepractice of pediatrics. In addition to hisprivate practice, Dr. Bornstein is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Yale MedicalSchool, a staff member of the New HavenCommunity Hospital, and director of thePediatric Clinic at New HaVen Hospital.?Robert L. Beyer, '47, AM '49, is married to Rosemary Diamant, AM '46, whoteaches in Winnetka, 111. Beyer is assistant credit manager for the Dole ValveCo.?Lewis P. Johnson, '47, is midwest salesmanager for the Storer Broadcasting Co.?Marcia Rike Johnston, (Mrs. CliffordW.) '47, is living in Columbus, Ohio,where her husband is director, groupsales promotion and advertising, Nationwide Insurance Co.Douglas Stewart, Jr., '47, is principalof a new elementary school in Lamar,Colo.?Barzillai Cheskis, '47, SM '48, is ownerof the Schmid Drugstore in Chicago.David S. Bushnell, PhB '47, AM '50,is doing personnel research for the I.B.M.Corp., and is involved in the location ofa new plant in Rochester, Minn. Beforejoining I.B.M., Bushnell acted as a staffmember of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.?Charles P. Richman, '47, has beennamed account supervisor at Martin E.Janis & Co., Chicago public relationsfirm.?Joseph Minsky, AB '47, JD '51, is midwest director of the Commission on Lawand Social Action, American Jewish Congress. Robert S. Meyer, SB '47, AM '55, is apartner in Herner, Meyer, & Co., a firmdesigned to conduct programs in theplanning of libraries, information systems, and the organization and conductof informational surveys.?Howard N. Gilbert, '47, is leading aWorld Politics discussion group in OakPark in addition to his law practice. Recently, Gilbert was co-chairman of theresearch committee of Citizens for Stengel, Democratic candidate for senatorfrom Illinois.Shirley Dyer Sykes, (Mrs. Charles F.),'47, is living in San Diego where her husband is an assistant probation officer forSan Diego county.?John K. Brunkhorst, PhB '47, MBA'49, is staff assistant to the controller ofthe Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co.?Doctor Arthur W. Haelig, PhB '47, isan Instructor in Medicine at the University's Medical School.?David Greene, '47, SB '48, SM '49, isteaching biology at Waller High Schoolin Chicago.Dr. Vaughn P. Simmons, SB '47, MD'49, is assistant medical director forNorthwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.He has also been associated with theMarquette University Medical Schooland, since 1953, has held the title of Assistant Professor of Pharmacology.Alvin W. Skardon, Jr. AM '47, has beenappointed to the faculty of Baldwin-Wallace College as Visiting Lecturer inHistory. While a member of the University of Chicago, Skardon was advisor toforeign visitors and a member of theNational Association of Foreign StudentAdvisors.Roger A. Burt, SB, '47, has been appointed manager of the systems analysissection of Electronic Control Systems,Inc., an affiliate of Stromberg-Carlsonand a subsidiary of General DynamicsCorporation.48Colonel Harold C. Brown, SM '48, isone of two hundred senior officers of theArmed Forces selected to attend theArmy War College, Carlisle Barracks,Pa.William T. Mulloy, AM '48, PhD '53,Associate Professor of Anthropology atthe University of Wyoming, is studyingthe origins of the Polynesian people.Leading the expedition to the South Seasis Thor Heyerdahl, who sailed and wroteabout the "Kon-Tiki."Jack K. Clifton, PhB '48, was awardedthe master of science degree at thesummer convocation at Ohio State University.Dr. Ercola E. Motta, PhD '48, has beenappointed department chief in charge ofchemical process development for Atomics International, a subsidiary of NorthAmerican Aviation Inc.Ralph M. Goldman, AM '48, PhD '51,is Visiting Assistant Professor of PoliticalScience at Michigan State University.Son Peter is almost five months old now.DECEMBER, 1956 37*After receiving his JD in 1948, andpracticing law for six years, RaymondM. Norton decided to get a degree inelectrical engineering. Norton, his wifeRita Liberman, '42, and their daughter,Marcia, are at the University of Illinoiswhere he is looking forward to an SMin 1958.David F. Ricks, AB '48, PhD '56, andAnnie Russell Ricks, '47, formerly resident heads of Linn House at Burton-Judson Courts, are living in Essex, Mass.Ricks is a Research Associate at Harvardand has a U.S. Public Health fellowshipat the Judge Baker Guidance Center inBoston. „Ralph J. Wood Jr., AB '48, with theSun Life Assurance Co., earned the National Quality Award for 1956, presentedby the Life Insurance Agency Management Association and the National Association of Life Underwriters "in recognition of quality life underwritingservice to the insuring public." Ralph isa member of the College Division Senateof the Alumni Association and sparkedthe veterans' first reunion last June. Healso recently appeared in Chicago Magazine with an article on why he returnedto the city after the complications ofliving in the suburbs. Ralph is a busyman going places in a hurry.49-51Richard E. Block, AB '49, SB '50, SM'52, PhD '56, is an Instructor in Mathematics at Indiana University. ROK Captain Wins A.M.Awarded a master of arts degree ineducation at the August convocation,Sun Ho Kim, AM '56, is a former Republic of Korea army captain and received a Bronze Star from the WarCrimes Commission of the United StatesEighth Army for outstanding service asan' interpreter and investigator. Kim'swife, Chung Han Kim, is currently enrolled on the quadrangles in the Department of Education. Subject of an article in the PeoriaJournal-Star, LaVerne Wegener Miller(Mrs. L. LeForrest), AM '49, became thefirst woman to earn a Doctorate degreeat Bradley University. Since 1950, whenshe began working seriously toward herdegree, LaVerne has not only had twobabies, but has taught school for threeyears and has prepared to move toWashington, D. C, where her husband,L. LeForrest Miller, SM '49, is employedby the world soil map project of theU. S. Department of Agriculture.Aaron Asher, AB '49, of Alfred A.Knopf Inc., New York City, publishers ofBorzoi Books, was married to LindaWofsey, of Stamford, Conn., and Lifemagazine.A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.George Rosenbaum, AB '49, AM '53, onSeptember 29.Eugene Telser, AM '50, has joined thestaff of Elrick and Lavidge, Inc., marketplanning and research organization. Telser is currently working for a PhD andis a Lecturer in University College.T. P. Rudy, SM '50, PhD '52, of ShellDevelopment Co., has received a specialassignment to the University. He willbecome the personal assistant to Professor M. S. Kharasch of the ChemistryDepartment and, as such, will be anAssistant Professor in the recently organized Institute of Organic Chemistry.Captain Robert J. Leider, PhB '50, MD'55, recently was assigned to the BrookeArmy Hospital at Fort Sam Houston, Tex."Scrooge really has the Christmas spirit, Tiny Jim.This year he's packing 'em in H&D boxes."rrT~;4 t0j| TURKEY^^J- ^xKidding aside . . . Hinde & Dauch wishes you-¦ a Merry, Merry Christmasand a Happy New Year.HINDE & DAUCH"*-^j",^' Subsidiary of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company ^'^^M FACTORIES AND 42 SALES OFFICES IN THE EAST. MIDWEST AND SOUTH38 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINITwo Chicago alumni are civilian members of the U.S. Army special servicesprogram in Germany. They are AlvinNickel, '51, who acts as a craft directorin Bavaria, and Elaine Hackett, AB '47,who was previously assigned with thespecial services program in the Far East.Irving B. Fritz, PhD '51, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Physiologyin the University of Michigan MedicalSchool.Ralph R. Ireland, PhD '51, is executivedirector of the Chicago Lighthouse forthe Blind.Morton Schagrin, '51, married ShirleyRuston on October 26. They will liveat Coronado, Calif., where Schagrin isstationed with the U.S. Navy.James M. Weintraub, AB '51, recentlyseparated from the Armed Forces, is attending the New York University LawSchool.William H. Reynolds, PhD '51, is manager of the administrative services department of the Lincoln Division, FordMotor Co.Thomas G. Kern, AB '51, received anMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania and began a one-year rotatinggeneral internship at Los Angeles CountyGeneral Hospital.Abe Falick, MBA '51, is president ofMurray and Gee, Inc., Culver City, Calif.,printing firm.52-55?Sandra Paprocki, '52, expects to complete work toward an SB degree in medical technology at the University of Wisconsin in June.Richard H. Pratt, '52, SM '55, is stillenrolled on campus and is working toward a PhD degree in physics.?Martin M. Arlook, '52, is a member ofthe U.S. Army, and is presently stationedat Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.Private Bruce A. Mahon, AB '52, AB'54, MBA '55, a member of the ArmyAudit Agency in Eritrea, (Ethiopia), iscurrently auditing the firm building anew Army post there.?Goldie Lipschutz Friduss, (Mrs. Arthur J.), AB '52, AM '54, is living inClovis, N.M., where her husband, alieutenant in the Air Force, is servingas a dentist.?Admitted to the Bar in Nebraska,Robert J. Kutak, '52, JD '55, is associatedwith the firm of Robinson, Hruska, Gar-vey, and Nye, Omaha.?Richard A. Chase, AB '52, is in hissecond year at the Columbia UniversityCollege of Physicians and Surgeons. During the summer, Chase did research inthe area of information theory and auditory feedback at the New York StatePsychiatric Institute and the Presbyterian Hospital in New York.?Currently expecting a baby, havingjust received a new puppy, and takingcare of three other children, Joan BlairFlorence, (Mrs. Fred). '52, writes thatshe is quite busy, but offers her services for the upcoming reunion. John W. Devor, PhD '52, is Professorof Education at the American University,Washington, D. C.F. Raymond Marks, Jr., JD '52, hasentered the practive of law in the firm ofHeineman, Marks, and Simons, locatedin Chicago.Elliott M. Nesvig, MBA '52, has beenappointed general sales manager of Jefferson Electric Co., Bellwood, 111.?Max I. Stucker, AB '52, AB '54, MBA'55, is assigned to the Chicago BranchOffice of the Army Audit Agency, as amember of the U.S. Army.?Douglas E. Stone, AB '52, AM '55, isteaching in the college and academy ofNorth Park College, Chicago.?John C. Warden, '52, is a graduatestudent in the Department of Botany.?Hillary Fonger, '52, is working towardher AM degree in the Department ofEnglish.Thomas I. Seidman, '52, is working forthe Institute of Mathematical Sciences inNew York and is preparing his dissertation for a PhD in mathematics atN.Y.U.?John D. Woodling, '52, has completedyears in the U.S. Air Force, and is livingwith his wife and two year old son inChicago.?Thomas F. Necheles, '52, married Carmen A. Castenada of Puerto Rico. Separated from the U.S. Army in October,Necheles plans to return to the University for graduate work.?John W. Kunstmann, '52, is teachingin the Department of Geography at theUniversity of Georgia.?Richard Greenbaum, '52, was appointed an associate of the Russian Research Center at Harvard.Ensign Arthur M. Solomon, AB '52, hasjust completed a year of sea duty aboardthe U.S.S. Lenawee, an amphibioustransport which took Solomon to theAleutians, Hawaii, and several coastalports. Solomon is now stationed inYokosuka, Japan.Dr. Arnold M. Katz, '52, is interningat Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.Presently on active duty with the U.S.Army in Germany, Gerald Reaven, '53,plans to resume residency training ininternal medicine at the University ofMichigan Hospital, upon separation fromactive service in March.Chedo P. Graham, MBA '53, is chiefengineer of the Aro Equipment Corp. ofBryan, Ohio.Capt. Nicholas T. Zervas, MD '54, is anInstructor in Neurology at the ArmyMedical Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.Captain Richard G. Thompson, MD '54,was graduated from the military medical orientation course at the Army Medical Service School, Fort Sam Houston,Tex.David G. Moore, PhD '54, was appointed Professor of Personnel Management at Michigan State University. Two alumni have recently completedthe Army Medical Service School's military orientation course at Fort SamHouston, Tex. They are Captain LarryNathanson, MD '55, and Captain Frederick T. Wilson, MD '55. Nathanson hasbeen reassigned to Fort Devens, Mass.,while Wilson has received orders assigning him to Fort Carson, Colo.* Charles Howard Querfeld, '55, was induced into the Army and is assigned tothe White Sands Proving Grounds, N.M.,as a member of a project in upper atmospheric physics.GEORGE ERHARDTand SONS, Inc.Painting — Decorating — Wood Finishing3123 PhoneLake Street KEdzie 3-3186Webb-Linn Printing Co*Catalogs, PublicationsAdvertising Literature?Printers of theUniversity of ChicagoMagazine?Louis S. Berlin, B.A. '09MOnroe 6-2900YOUR FAVORITEFOUNTAIN TREATTASTES BETTERWHEN IT'S ,A product -I Swift & Company7409 So. State StreetPhone RAdcliffe 3-7400DECEMBER, 1956 39MemormfDr. William D. McNary, MD '96, diedApril 15 in Milwaukee, Wis.Dr. Mark O. Fisher, MD '97, diedMarch 7, in San Diego, Calif.Gordon Ferrie Hull, PhD '97, died October 7, in Hanover, N. H.Edith Miller Gordon, (Mrs. WilliamC), '99, died October 26, in Washington,D.C.Ruth E. Morgan, '00, died August 26,in Washington, D. C.Dr. William O'Dwyer, MD '01, diedJune 15, in Madison, Wis.Roy Batchelder Nelson, AB '01, formerly a member of the University faculty, died at his home in St. Petersburg,Fla.Dr. Blanche G. Loveridge, PhB '03, AM'13, educator, lecturer, and author, diedSeptember 30, in Santa Monica, Calif.Dr. Loveridge was, for many years, foreign secretary of the Women's BaptistMissionary Society of the West. She alsoserved as Dean of Women at DenisonUniversity and Woman's College inMontgomery, Ala., and founded the Elizabeth Mather College in Atlanta.Nelson L. Buck, SB '04, retired vicepresident of the William Wrigley Jr. Co.,died August 1. Buck left an estate estimated at $2 million, of which a charitable bequest of $100,000 was given to theUniversity.Jessie L. Brumsey, '04, died in September in Chicago.Dr. Raymond S. Brown, MD '05, diedApril 18, in Morris, 111.Marie Kiedaisch Marsh, (Mrs. Willard), PhB, '05, died October 2, in Clinton, N. Y. Her husband is Professor ofPublic Speaking at Hamilton College inClinton.Cleora Davis Gagnier, AB '06, AM '15,died August 31, in Kalamazoo, Mich. Sheis survived by her husband, the Rev.James H. Gagnier, PhB '08, DB '15, twochildren, and three grandchildren.Ralph D. Jennison, '07, former president and chairman of the board of NewYork State Electric and Gas Corp., diedJuly 26, in Birmington, Vt.Dr. Frederick L. Hutson, PhD '08, Professor Emeritus of Classics and formerRegistrar at Princeton University, diedAugust 28, in Highstown, N. J. Dr. Hut-son taught at Princeton for thirty-sevenyears before his retirement in 1940 andwas one of the original group of preceptors named by President Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton, to teachLatin and Greek to upper classmen.Dr. Clarence C. Hickman, MD '09, diedJune 13, in Lincoln Neb.Dr. John R. Corkery, MD '10, died inFebruary at Liberty Lake, Wash.Mitchell Dawson, PhB, '11, JD '13, attorney and writer, died September 4, inWinnetka, 111. A veteran of World War I,Dawson had been active in the ChicagoBar Association, was a contributor to newspapers and magazines, and wrotechildren's books. ^Minnette Baum, PhB, '11, died September 19, in Fort Wayne, Ind.Dr. Robert N. Daniel, PhM '11, prominent educator and Christian leader, diedSeptember 20, at his home in Greenville,S. C. Dr. Daniel spent forty-six years asan educator, thirty-nine of them at Fur-man University, in Greenville. At thetime of his death, he was Dean Emeritusand head of the University's English Department. An active Baptist laymen, heserved as a deacon and teacher of theMen's Bible Class at the Greenville FirstBaptist Church."'Albert C. Hodge, PhB 14, PhD '22,died at East Lansing, Mich., on June 7.Hodge was an investment analyst in Chicago until 1953 when he moved to Lansing and became a Lecturer in GeneralBusiness at Michigan State University.Lusie Babcock Pastoriza, (Mrs. Hugh),15, died September 1, in Bronxville,N.Y.Dr. Charles S. Johnson, PhB 17, sixthPresident of Fisk University at Nashville,Tenn., and the first Negro to head theschool, died in Louisville, Ky., on October 28. While studying at the University,Dr. Johnson was director of research andinvestigation for the Chicago UrbanLeague. Considered one of the South'sforembst authorities on racial tensions,Johnsbn headed Fisk's Race RelationsDepartment before assuming the presidency. Dr. Johnson was a member of theNational Manpower Council and a former U. S. delegate to the United NationsEducation, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.Helen Rich Kantor, AM 18, died September 23. Her husband, Dr. Jacob R.Kantor, PhB 14, PhD 17, is Professor ofPsychology at Indiana University. Theirdaughter Helene received a PhD fromChicago in 1945.Dr. Orvin V. Overton, MD '22, diedJune 17, in Janesville, Wis.Dr. Edward A. H. Fuchs, PhB '22, PhD'33, lexicographer for G. & C. Merriam,publishers of the G. & C. Merriam-Webster dictionary, died of coronarythrombosis on March 7, in Springfield,Mass.Dr. Elmer G. Campbell, PhD '23, former Head of the Biology Department atthe Atlanta Division, University of Georgia, died June 8, at his home in Orlando,Fla.Yervant A. Heghin, AM '23, who retired after thirty years as head of theHistory Department of Peoria, (111.),Central High School, died August 20, atthe home of his sister, Mary A. Heghin,'32, AM '34, in Fresno, California.Cecil M. Smith, PhB '27, died in London, England, in June.Ella S. Hathaway, AM '27, died September 29, in Vancouver, B. C.Dr. Jackson T. Ramsauer, MD '34, diedJune 28, in Gastonia, N. C.Gertrude J. Oppelt, '34, died October9, in Fort Wayne, Ind.Greene V. Fuguitt, AM '34, died May16, in Clearwater, Fla. Clovis E. J. Fourche, PhB '37, Chairman of the Commercial Art Division ofthe Dunbar Vocational High School, Chicago, died October 18.Dr. Herbert Weitzner, MD '38, diedJune 19, in Berkeley, Calif.Hortense M. Cody, PhB '39, died September 4, in Aurora, 111.Geneve Kinney, AM '40, former Latinteacher in Englewood and South ShoreHigh Schools, Chicago, died in HighlandPark, 111., in September.Dr. Robert B. Sweet, MD '41, died July10, in Fullerton, Calif.John B. Schwertman, AM '49, Director of the Center for the Study of LiberalEducation for Adults, died July 7. Hewas struck by lightning while visitingthe Indiana dunes.James T. Gooze, Jr., MBA '51, hospitaladministrator, Navajo Medical Center,Fort Defiance, Arizona, died July 7, inGallup, N. M. A memorial gift was submitted to the University in Gooze's name.Dr. Carvelle Babcock, '48, MD '53,pathology resident at the University ofMississippi, died February 19, in Jackson,Miss.Edward J. Dowling, SB '47, died ofcancer on May 5, in Chicago. He is survived by his wife, the former ShirleyFox, AB '45, and their two children.SIX RINGS AND A TENT(Continued from Page 23)Hotel at a coffee-and-dessert eveningNovember 14.San Francisco— The Bay Area had asdinner guests on November 16W. Allen Wallis, new Dean of theSchool of Business, and Vice President Watkins. Everything pleasantwas different about this meeting:Dinner was held at the newest BayArea hotel, the Villa in San Mateo;a choice of beef or seafood was offered; and alumni who couldn't comefor dinner were served dessert andcoffee later. Horace M. Angell, '48,is the new club president. Joseph E.Sheeks, '41, JD '48, has been appointed coordinator for student recruitment, succeeding Angell.Berkeley-Oakland— The East Bay enrolment committee met at the Claremont Hotel October 30 to make plansfor a Christmas party for students onDecember 27. Jack E. Frankel, '47,JD '50, is coordinator:Portland — The enrolment committeemet on November 4 at the CongressHotel with staff members from theChicago and San Francisco offices.Mrs. David E. Lofgren, Jr., AM '40,is the new Portland coordinator. AChristmas party is being considered.Salt Lake City — Alumni interested indeveloping a Utah student enrolmentcommittee met with Don Moyer, fromChicago headquarters, at the HotelUtah on November 13.40 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINECan your child go to your college?OF THOSE DENIED COLLEGE ADMISSION...'Jt 6/'^° ,ov" hl5h school gradesI %?/' ,'aek rf specif,t subi«* »"*rwEvery one of us has the hope that his son ordaughter may be so well prepared that the admissions officer will say: "Your application isaccepted. We will look forward to seeing you inthe fall." 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