U N I VERS ITY OFCHICAGOmagazine).'! V itI I iF!'i' V I 'II ' IIi MT !M i' .!It iHII.i'.iiMLorado Taft once explained that he "built like achambered nautilus, cell by cell." His technique resulted in a complex of buildings, oddly jutting roofs,numerous skylights, great doors, windows, and over adozen studios tucked away in the corners of the Midway Studios. Central to the structure was a high-gabled, skylit court where his associated sculptors andassistants — often numbering more than twenty — dinedsurrounded by full-size plaster models of classic sculpture and Taft works.Creator of "The Fountain of Time" on the west endof the Midway Plaisance, "The Fountain of the GreatLakes" on the south side of the Art Institute of Chicago."The Columbus Fountain" in Washington, D. C, "TheBlack Hawk Monument" near Oregon, Illinois, andmany other notable sculptures, Lorado Taft workedmost of his life in Chicago. He was a graduate of theUniversity of Illinois, where his father was on thefaculty. Immediately after graduation, he went toParis to study at the Beaux Arts, and then settled inChicago.In 1906, after nearly twenty years in Chicago's Loop,he moved his studio south to a brick barn or coachhouse on Ellis Avenue near 60th Street, belonging tothe University of Chicago. During the next twenty-three years additional buildings were added — studiosfor associates, and dormitories for proteges and students. Then in 1929 the University planned to buildon the site and so the Midway Studios were relocatedone block west on the present Ingleside and 60th street location. The brick barn was moved intact, and continued to be Mr. Taft's private studio. The architect,Otis F. Johnson, designed the present complex ofstudios, uniting the brick barn, the Hibbard studio,and the corner residence. Associates of Taft, NellieV. Walker, Fred and Mabel Torrey, Leonard Crunelle,and Agnes Fromen had their private studios in thenew construction, and the central court was recreated,very much like the original. Following Mr. Taft'sdeath in 1936, the associates continued to use the studios for several years prior to use by the Universityof Chicago.In the Midway Studios currently there are ten studios, large and small, in use by students and faculty.This is a recent expansion in use which began oneyear ago when a sculpture class found that it was toolarge for its studio. The only available larger room,once used by Lorado Taft as a general workroom, wasfilled from floor to ceiling with the shelving and traysused by the Department of Anthropology, which hadoccupied the Studios when the University first tookthem over following Taft's death. Several of the studiofaculty and students went to work with wrecking bars,found a few trays of bones, stones, potsherds, andartifacts — all long-since written up — and very soonsucceeded in clearing the room.Then there followed a chain of moves: the sculptorswent into their new studio; the lithographers took overthe former sculpture studio; the lithographv studio became again the Court Gallerv — center of studio lifeMIDWAY STUDIOSBY HAROLD HAYDONAssociate Professor of Art and Director of the Midway Studiosas it had been in Taft's time, with exhibition walls forstudent work and occasional special shows. Newlights, new ceilings, fresh paint, new kitchen facilities,new furnishings effected a restoration without loss ofthe glamorous old-world atelier atmosphere derivedfrom high gabled ceilings, dozens of skylights, overhanging balconies, curious upstairs living quarters,and lots of paintings, drawings, sculptures, pots, andprints produced every day by students.Six large studios are now used for classes: LeonardCrunelle's studio is used by Max Kahn for teachinglithography; Mr. Kahn also teaches painting in Taft'ssecond-floor studio. Ceramics is taught by visitingprofessor Hiroaki Morino, College of Fine Arts, Kyoto,Japan, in the former studio of Fred and Mabel Torrey.James I. Gilbert and I teach design and drawingcourses in Taft's stone-cutting studio, while Nelli Barholds sculpture classes in the former plaster-castingworkroom. Nellie Walker's studio is used for graphicscourses taught by Paula Gerard, and for my newcourse in materials and techniques for students in arthistory.The Otis Johnson studio is now the Student Center,Mr. Taft's private studio in the brick barn is used bystudents for independent work, while the garden isthe scene of summer art lectures. Faculty and graduate students occupy the smaller studios.With the restoration of the Court Gallery, studentselected to hold the Beaux Arts Ball of the Festival ofthe Arts there and in adjoining studios. Then, thisspring, as an event of the Hyde Park Centennial andIn the garden of Midway Studios,'around Beethoven's Head,' alumnilearned some of the history of thestudios at reunion from Emily TaftDouglas, daughter of the sculptor, director Harold Haydon and Edward A. Maser, chairman of theDepartment of Art. They saw thenewly refurbished court gallery(above) and learned of the galagatherings once held there by Lorado Taft, his colleagues, and proteges . . . when the court was dominated by the original plaster modelof his "Fountain of the Great Lakes,"the "Gates of Paradise" by Ghiberti,ond many other full-size plaster castsfrom Italy. Further plans for modernizing and expanding the Studiosare indicated by architect EdwardD. Dart in his drawing. The view-Point is from the Midway; the centerarcade is the existing building.DECEMBER, 1962alumni reunion, I organized an exhibition of the workof Taft and his associates. Crates of sculpture thatleft the Midway Studios following Taft's death in1936, and had remained unopened, were brought backand put on view.Titled "Moment of Creation," the exhibition featured numerous small clay studies which were the firstexpression of ideas for Taft's major works, togetherwith larger sketches in clay, models in plaster andphotographs. The first study for the 108 foot-long"Fountain of Time" is less than six inches long andbarely an inch high. The first idea for the toweringfifty-foot figure of Black Hawk, that now dominatesthe Rock River Valley, is an eight-inch model in clay.Similar minute clay models for others of Taft's majorsculptures preserve the sculptor's first thoughts — aunique treasure guarded by Taft during his life-timeand now owned by the University of Illinois. The\were loaned for the exhibition from tin- Krannert ArtMuseum there.Taft's proteges were represented by drawings forwoodcarving in the elevators of the Palmolive Building, Chicago, by Enrico Alferez, now working in NewOrleans, who carved the decorations at night whenthe elevators were not in use, and by the nine-foothigh plaster model of the bronze figure of Christerected in 1961 at Hillside, Illinois, by Freeman Schoolcraft. Mr. Schoolcraft, now lecturer in Art and director of the Campus Studio Gallery of the University, became a protege in a way typical of many others. HisJackson, Michigan high school Latin teacher showedTaft clay modeling by Schoolcraft, following one ofTaft's lectures and demonstrations of sculpture. Taftinvited the young artist to join the other students atthe Midway Studios and Schoolcraft, who came tospend the summer, stayed four years and began hiscareer in art.The work of refurbishing the Studios continues. TheWomens' Board, who made it possible to flagstone theoutdoor court this spring, have decided to assist inthe restoration of the historic buildings. During thesummer redecorating continued, and soon a numberof important architectural details from Chicago buildings by Louis Sullivan, Wright and others will be installed on walls facing into the garden, and elsewhere.The need for more classroom space in Goodspeedwill make it necessary in the near future to provide anew exhibition gallery for the major art exhibitionsnow shown there. Architect Edward D. Dart hasmade preliminary drawings for a unique skylightedgallery adjoining the Midway Studios, with a lecturehall below suitable for showing slides and motion pictures. (With all its bright, sky -lit rooms, the Studiosnow has no place to show an art slide or film, exceptat night.) Mr. Dart's distinctive plan for new construction would use common brick, matching the existing buildings, to make an uncommon Midwayfacade. ¦Above: Mary Webster, Taft's secretaryand assistant. At right: James R. Mori-son, architect for Taft's Thatcher Memorial (Denver) with Freeman Schoolcraft. The metal sculpture is by Mr.Schoolcraft. Below: Emily Taft Douglasand husband Senator Paul Douglas. Opposite: The print shop and (above) Hiroaki Morino demonstrates pottery.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEU N I VERS ITY OFCHICAGOmagazine5733 University AvenueChicago 37, IllinoisMidway 3-0800; Extension 3244EDITOR Marjorie BurkhardtEDITORIAL ASSISTANT Rona MearsFEATURESI Midway Studios4 - Harold H. SwiftRobert M. HutchinsLawrence A. KimptonII ..Reading, Writing and Johnny!Ignace J. Gelb14 Distinguished Service Professors23 Return of a LaureateDEPARTMENTS0 News of the Quadrangles1 8 Memo Pad" News of the Alumni32 — MemorialsCOVERA woodcut done by a student in Max Kahn'sprint class at the Midway Studios. The proofwas unsigned; perhaps some reader will beable to identify the artist.CREDITSCover: see above; 2nd cover, 1-3: AlbertC. Flores; 4: Dubois; 13: Corona; 15(Wentzel): Paul Schutt; 23: Daniel Lyon.THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONPRESIDENT I:. John F. Dille, Jr.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Howard W. MortADMINISTRATIVE ASST Ruth S. HalloranPROGRAMMING MaryJeanne CarlsonALUMNI FOUNDATIONNational chairman C. E. McKittrickChicago-Midwest Area... .Florence MedowREGIONAL OFFICESEastern Region, ....20 West 43rd StreetNew York 36, N. Y.PEnnsylvania 6-0747Los Angeles Mrs. Marie StephensI 195 Charles St., Pasadena 3After 3 P.M.— SYcamore 3-4545MEMBERSHIP RATES (Including Magazine)I year, $5.00; 3 years, $12.00Published monthly, October through June, by theUniversity of Chicago Alumni Association, 5733 University Avenue, Chicago 37, III. Annual subscriptionprice, $5.00. Single copies, 25 cents. Entered assecond class matter December I, 1934, at the PostOffice of Chicago, III., under the act of March 3,1879. Advertising agent: The American AlumniCouncil, 22 Washington Square, New York, N. Y.3HAROLD HIGGINS SWIFT— 1885-1962remembrances from the two who worked closest with himROBERT M. HUTCHINS and LAWRENCE A. KIMPTONTHE UNIVERSITY OF GH1GAGO MAGAZINEThere was an empty chair at alumni reunion thisJune. For the first time since his graduation in1907, Harold Swift would not be present. June 8— the day before — he had died of a heart ailment.In a statement to the press, President Beadlesaid:"No one ever equalled Mr. Swiff s devotion andgenerosity to the University. The first alumnusever elected to its Board of Trustees [1914],and chairman or president of it for twenty-sevenyears [1922-1949], he scrupulously maintainedthe right of the faculty and administration todecide the academic course of the University.He made the University his primary interest andhad an unmatched knowledge of its history andactivities. Mr. Swift was one of the University'slargest personnal benefactors, to an extent henever permitted to become known. Many of theUniversity's major undertakings exist becauseof his gifts, and his acts of thoughtfulness werecountless. All of us of the University — trustees,faculty, administration, and alumni are saddenedby the loss of an irreplaceable associate andfriend.'9We look back into our thick files of memos fromHarold Swift. There is a 1927 reunion questionnaire — reunion questionnaires are not oftentaken very seriously: In what way do you justifya college education? ''Gave me the courage toface problems." Name the three most momentous events in your twenty post-college years."Chronologically : Became V.P. and Director ofSwift & Co.; Member of Board of Trustees ofUniversity; President of Board." Specify yourmajor contributions to human knowledge orwelfare (i.e. writings, readings, surgical adventures, schemes for world peace, philanthropies,progeny, golf scores and such). "Darn little —major contribution: working for U of C." Whatwould you change about the University if youwere in control? "Dont know"And, there are many more papers on file: a longand patiently detailed letter to a classmate encouraging her to complete the canvass of thenames assigned her for fund solicitation; a formletter to alumni regarding the resignation ofPresident Max Mason and requesting suggestionsregarding a successor; and many, many memosfor our information, with their invariable footnote "Do not bother to acknowledge."But^ Harold Swift we must acknowledge.—THE EDITOR JL FIRST met Harold Swift in December 1927, justabout 35 years ago. I had come to Chicago to speakat the meeting of the American Law School Association. As I was about to make my speech, FredericWoodward, Acting President of the University, cameup to me and asked me whether I would meet witha committee of trustees of the University of Chicago.I asked why. He said, "We are looking for a president, and your name has been suggested." I thoughthe was joking and said, "Don't bother me. I am goingin to make a speech."At the end of the meeting Fritz Woodward cameup to me again and repeated his invitation. I said,"You're crazy; but I'll do it if you want me to."Since I could not take the meeting seriously, Ithought I had nothing to lose and immediately gotinto a fight with one trustee about the "radical" viewsof Paul Douglas and with another about the levelof faculty salaries. I said I thought good men on thefaculty ought to be able to look forward to at least$15,000 a year. During this meeting Harold Swiftsat silent. I did not expect to see him again.Much to my surprise I was asked back to Chicagoseveral times. On each occasion I stayed with Haroldat his house on Ellis Avenue. I gradually came tounderstand the three important things about him:his dedication to the University, his devotion to hisfriends and their devotion to him, and the clarity anddepth of his convictions.Other people can speak as well as I about the firsttwo points. He lived for the University and hisfriends. He once told me that the only reason hewanted money was to give it away, by which hemeant helping the University and his friends. Theestablishments at Ellis Avenue and at Lakeside wereoperated for his friends. Since his friends usuallyhad some connection with the University, he happilycombined his interests when he met with them.I think I am better qualified than anybody else tospeak of Harold Swift's convictions. He had builtup a set of principles that guided his conduct as atrustee and as chairman of the board, and I neverobserved the slightest deviation from them. Since hisprinciples were admirable, and his adherence to themunswerving, he was the perfect Chairman of theBoard.Or almost perfect. Since everything about the University interested him, and since he could remembereverything that had happened in the University since1903 and before, it must be admitted that once in awhile he fell into a certain prolixity. I used to shiverslightly whenever he said at a board meeting, as heoften did, "I think I should tell you the history ofthis subject."But even here he was acting on principle, and hisprinciple was right. The principle was that everybodyDECEMBER, 1962 51957— THREE ALUMNI TRUSTEES IDENTIFIED WITH THE CLASS OF 1907CHARLES F. AXELSON. HAROLD H. SWIFT, FRANK L. SULZBERGER.THE FIRST ALUMNUS TRUSTEE, 1914.RIGHT: HONORARY DEGREERECIPIENTS AT 25th SOCIALSCIENCE ANNIVERSARY:HUTCHINSON, SIEGFRIED, LIPl'MAINAND TOYNBEE WITH QUINCYWRIGHT AND MR. SWIFT.6 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEought to know all about everything. He always madeit plain that he would be contented with any votethe board took. At almost every meeting he wouldsay, "I don't want more than one vote." But he wasdetermined that whatever action the board took shouldbe taken in the light of the fullest possible knowledge.When I used to complain about long meetings, hewould say, "If we haven't got enough important thingsgoing on to take up two hours a month, then wehaven't got a very good university."He came to see me every Wednesday morning at8 o'clock. The meetings would range over every conceivable subject affecting the University, from whata freshman at the Deke house had told him about theexamination system to his views on the developmentof the Divinity School. I would also receive severalletters during the week reciting reports that had cometo him or making recommendations about the administration of the University. The tone throughout theconversations and the letters was the same: he wastelling me things I ought to know; I could decidewhat I wanted to do about them. The last paragraphof every letter said, "Please consider this suggestiveonly and do not bother to acknowledge." Wheneverwe differed about anything, which was at least onceevery time we met, he would say, "I am not tryingto run the University. You are the President."He was a great constitutionalist. He believed thatthe administration, the faculty, and the trustees haddefinite responsibilities, and that those responsibilitiesshould on no account be blurred or evaded. The responsibility of the Chairman of the Board was toinform and advise, and to see to it that the variouselements in the University were conscious of theirresponsibilities. The job of the President was leadership. When I once proposed that President Hopkinsof Dartmouth should be added to the Board ofTrustees, Harold replied that he wanted to take hiseducational direction from the President of the University. He believed that the faculty had sole, exclusive, and final jurisdiction over education and research.For this reason, the decision of the faculty to relocatethe bachelor's degree, though it was reported to theTrustees for their information, was not acted upon bythem. He believed that the function of the Trusteeswas to manage the University's property and to interpret the faculty to the public, defending it from thepublic when necessary.I never saw him hesitate a moment on any questionof academic freedom. On the two occasions in myadministration on which the Illinois legislature "investigated" the University, it never crossed Harold'smind that the University should compromise or apologize. He went into battle instantly.This was the more remarkable because he spentmost of his waking hours trying to figure out howhe could get money for the University. Almost thefirst question he asked me was how much I hadraised for Yale. He wanted the money because hethought the University was the greatest place in theworld, and the more money it had, the more good itcould do. But he would not accept it on terms that were not compatible with his ideals for the University.He had no hesitation in supporting policies that thefaculty or the board had decided on, even when thesepolicies might alienate prospective donors.This was true even though he did not agree withthe policies decided on. He was a humble man. Hewas prepared to believe that the collective wisdom ofthe faculty and the Board was superior to his own.He did not agree with most of the major decisionsthat were made during my administration. He wouldtell me so with the greatest politeness, but also withthe greatest candor. When he thought it necessary,he would tell the Board of his disagreement with myrecommendations, but with the customary remark, "Idon't want more than one vote." When the vote wentagainst him, he would support the decision againstall comers. In his relations with me he never betrayedthe slightest irritation or departed in any way fromhis unfailing kindness to me.His advice saved me from many errors. The onesI made were committed in spite of him. It is not toomuch to say that there were times at which it seemedas though it was only Harold Swift that held the University together. For the alumni and the community,he symbolized the University. For the administrationand the faculty, he was the man of complete integrityand disinterestedness upon whose devotion they couldrely through any storms whatever. Any history ofthe last 50 years of the University of Chicago must belargely on account of the quiet, persistent, self-effacinglabors of Harold Swift.—ROBERT M. HUTCHINSPresident of the University of Chicago 1929-1945Chancellor of the University of Chicago 1945-1951XT_I_J_arold Higgins Swift, a bachelor, had threegreat love affairs — his friends, his home at Lakeside, and his Alma Mater. They were all prettythoroughly entwined, since his friends were chieflyamong those related in one way or another to theUniversity of Chicago, and they all lived around himor were among his stream of guests at Lakeside.Lakeside, a little resort town on the eastern shoreof Lake Michigan, was the scene of Harold's countryDECEMBER, 1962 7estate. After the sale of the old Swift mansion inKenwood, Harold lived modestly for most of the yearin hotel rooms in Chicago; but Lakeside, though heoccupied it only during the summer months, was hisreal home, reflecting his interests, his personality andhis character. Lakeside had about it that same charm,meticulous precision, and openhanded generosity thatmarked Harold in all of his thoughts and actions. Itslawns and gardens were tended until they were asexquisite as Harold's suits. Even the cows in the smallmodel dairy which Harold operated for his friends,were washed off twice a day, and the fabulously richmilk they produced was pasteurized, packaged andrefrigerated at what must have been fantastic cost.Gaudy but neat peacocks strutted about the place,and there were carefully arranged pens for brilliantlycolored pheasants. A small, immaculate lake had beenconstructed as a sanctuary for migratory birds — mostof them decided to stop this nonsense about migratingafter they had sampled Harold's hospitality. At onepoint, the overfed squirrels became such a nuisancethat Harold's estate manager tenderly trapped a dozenor so and carted them fifteen miles down the roadwhere they were released. He told me sadly that theybeat him home, bringing with them all their friendsand relatives. Harold raised rabbits — thousands ofthem — at Lakeside too for the medical research atBillings, and the hutches were always neater andcleaner than our living room. The big, old whitehouse functioned with the precision of a Swiss watch.Except for the courtly butler who served at cocktailsand at meals, the servants were invisible, but if youleft the room for an instant, ashtrays were emptied,papers were neatly folded, and, you strongly suspected, the place had been vacuumed.Now all this sounds rather precious and appallingto the ordinary person, and indeed it would have beenexcept for the warmth and generosity the place exuded.The bookplate in the library read, "This book belongsto Harold Swift and his friends." One sat next atdinner to an aging widow who remarked that afterher husband's death she barely had been able to liveuntil clever Harold took over her small estate andhad consistently managed to make a 15% return on it.One talked with a successful young banker whose way,years before, had been paid through the University ofChicago by Harold Swift. No one will ever know —certainly not from Harold — the innumerable causesand persons he assisted down through the years, andalong with his generosity went an almost fierce loyaltytoward his friends. He supported outright ingrateslong beyond any conceivable obligation he might havefelt for them, and if he finally had to drop them, hedropped them too from his conversation with nevera word of criticism. It was peculiarly fitting that allof Harold's friends called him Uncle Harold, and hewas just that — a doting, generous, thoughtful unclewho thoroughly spoiled his innumerable nieces andnephews. But for the sake of the record, let me keepone thing straight. Harold was no soft touch, no sentimental sucker; there was plenty of steel in his soul.He could say "no" as firmly as anyone I have ever8 known, and he was completely tough and unyieldingon matters of principle. It was only that when he gavethose fortunate ones of us his friendship, we were inHarold's eyes almost forever incapable of wrong anderror.But even more than Lakeside and his friends, Haroldadored the University of Chicago. He told me often ofhis first sight of the institution. His father took him asa youngster to see the World's Fair, and, as they rodethe ferris wheel, explained to him the purpose of thebuildings then under construction. The young university being built by the Baptist community and JohnD. Rockefeller, and from which he was later to receivea degree, made a deep impression on him, and he,almost literally, devoted his life and fortune to it.Harold served as Chairman of the Board for the incredible period of 26 years, and he always referredto it with reverence as The University. One time,jokingly, I asked him if he didn't think Harvard wasa fairly good University too, and he seriously replied,"Well Harvard is four times as rich, you know, butit's only about half as good as The University." Haroldwas not a scholar, but no one understood better thanhe the role of the scholar and the mission of a university. With all of his enormous contributions to theUniversity, he never pretended for an instant to determine its direction and destiny, and he stoutly andpublicly defended academic freedom during periodswhen this was a peculiarly unpopular cause. No oneknew as much as he about the history of the University, and there were times, in my youth and inexperience, when I found him tiresome on what he called"the history of the picture." Though he was no longerChairman of the Board during my tenure as Chancellor, I received an almost daily note from him thatgave the history of the picture on some contemporaryissue and invariably concluded with "the point of thepicture." Harold's letters, typed in light blue oncreamy bond, always ended modestly with "Pleasedo not bother to acknowledge." Many of these lettersbored me at the time, and it is only in retrospectthat I can appreciate their value and their significance. For Harold, the life of the University sinceits beginning had become his life; those letters werehis autobiography.One of the world's oldest churches has the happycustom of canonizing those from among its memberswhose good deeds and unusual dedication to the faithshow a special touch of the finger of God. It is a pitythat the University cannot confer upon Harold theDegree of Sainthood with all the rights and privilegespertaining thereunto.—LAWRENCE A. KIMPTONChancellor of the University of Chicago 1951-1960THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEn e w s ° f the quadranglesDECEMBER 2, 1942-Twenty yearsago on this day in a security-shroudedarea of campus the event whichshaped our present world took place.Not until August, 1945 when theatomic bomb first struck Japan, didthe world know the impact of whathad happened on December 2, 1942,when Enrico Fermi proved that thenuclear fission chain reaction could beachieved, controlled and used.Today, all traces of the uranium-graphite pile, the world's first nuclearreactor, are gone from campus; so tooare Stagg Field's West Stands. Aplaque now marks the place wherethe pile was hurriedly assembled,then dismantled and moved to a location southwest of Chicago after thecrucial experiments. Winter winds areblowing across the tennis courts thatcover the now-levelled ground.Two Chicago legacies remain tocarry on the work that was made possible and inspired by the Metallurgical Project of the Forties. They arethe Argonne National Laboratory, operated by the University for the U.S.Atomic Energy Commission at a sitesouthwest of the city, and the EnricoFermi Institute for Nuclear Studies onthe University campus. Both of theseinstitutions are dedicated to exploringthe peaceful uses of atomic energy.CODE & CIPHER-From page 108of the book titled Cloak and Cipherby Dan Tyler More, published byBobbs-Merrill:A more cheerful example concernsProfessor George Beadle. In 1958,while he was the Eastman Professor°f Chemistry at Oxford University inEngland, Dr. Beadle (California Institute of Technology) received themost coveted honor that can be be stowed on a research scientist. Hewas named, together with two associates, as winner of the Nobel Prizein Medicine. They had demonstratedthat the genes, those tiny units in acell's nucleus that govern heredity,actually contain a sort of coded message to control the chemical processesof the next generation."When news of his honor was published, Professor Beadle's friends allover the world inundated him withcablegrams of congratulation. One ofthe messages from California neverwould have passed wartime restrictions. It consisted of two solid pagesin cipher. It undoubtedly cost Beadle's well-wisher a sizable sum tosend such a cable to England, andit took the brilliant professor fortyhours of tough mental gymnastics todecipher it."Since the message expressed in thechemical formulae the four units ofnucleic acid that compose the genes(See Chapter 28), Dr. Beadle knew atonce that it was the work of one ofhis Caltech colleagues. Having converted the weird scientific notationinto the letters of the English alphabet, Beadle was faced with a secondsubstitution problem. The chemistproved himself a competent crypt-analyst, and found himself admonished, BREAK THIS CODE ORGIVE BACK NOBEL PRIZE. Likemany other people, Beadle's frienddidn't know a 'code' from a cipher. ..."COMPTROLLERS REPORT-Fromthe report of the Comptroller of theUniversity for its seventy-second fiscalyear, ended lune 30, 1962:"The current income and expenditures of the University, which do notinclude transactions of capital or special funds, were the largest in thehistory of the University."Current income was $136,347,498,and current expenditures were $135,-935,720. Included in these figuresare $68,345,011 of income and expenditures of the Argonne National Laboratory and two other specialUnited States Government contractsprojects, managed and operated bythe University. Excluding these special projects, which tend to distortthe University's current operations,income was $68,002,487 (comparedwith $60,708,267 in 1960-61) and expenditures were $67,590,709 (compared with $60,174,462 in 1960-61)."Of the total contributions of $13,-797,421 received during the year,$2,885,873 was for capital purposes(endowment, plant, etc.). Of the remainder, $9,322,032 was otherwiserestricted as to use, while $1,589,516was for unrestricted purposes subject to designation by the Board ofTrustees."Foundations and charitable institutions accounted for 51.3 per centof all contributions; business corporations and groups accounted for 8.8per cent; individual gifts, 23.6 percent; and bequests, 13.0 per cent."Since the incorporation of the University in 1890, the contributions fromall sources have aggregated $314,-264,470."The endowment fund investmentshad a book value on June 30, 1962,of $155,241,198 and a market valueof $218,277,625, showing an appreciation of $63,036,427, or 40.6 percent."The total income from endowmentfunds for the year 1961-62 was$8,634,085, or 5.8 per cent of theaverage of fund balances at the beginning of each month."Total student aid was $4,894,394,an increase of $339,926 over the1960-61 total of $4,554,468.The balance sheet indicated thattotal funds held by the University onJune 30, 1962, amounted to $325,-900,293, an increase of $17,191,253over the preceding year.FLUORIDATION PAYS-The benefitsof fluoridation of a community's watersupply can be measured in dollar savings as well as in better dental healthand reduced tooth decay, according toDECEMBER, 1962 9Dr. J. Roy Blayney, professor emeritus and former head of the University's Walter G. Zoller Memorial Dental Clinic. He is organizer and directorof the University's 16-year-long stud\of fluoridation and tooth decav inEvanston, 111.The largest dental stud) ever undertaken, the Evanston project hasnow amassed records of dental examinations of more than 26,000 children.and information on diet and familyhistory provided by their parents.During 15 years of fluoridation.from 1947 to 1961, Evanston officialsreport, the total cost of sodium fluorideadded to the water supply was $188,-678.47, without any increase in thewater rate. Per person, the added fluoride cost $1.71 for the entire period.or a little less than eleven and a half cents a year. In this same 15 years,Dr. Blayney said, Evanston familieshave saved many times the cost offluoride in dental bills alone.During the years of fluoridation inEvanston, the research group foundthat the amount of tooth decay declined, and the number of childrenwho were completely free of toothdecav increased markedly. They alsofound that the youngsters who benefitted most were those exposed to fluorides all their lives, before as wellas after birth. "Furthermore," Dr.Blayney adds, "the benefits will continue to last. It should be understoodthat the resistence to decay developedduring the formative period persistsfor life. It is an erroneous idea thatfluoridation benefits only children."Fluoridation is a safe as well as an effective health measure, he emphasized. In Evanston, in addition to dental studies, a long series of chemicaland other studies of the effects of fluoride has been undertaken. Neitherthese studies, nor reports from Evanston medical men, have shown any evidence of harm from fluoridation.With the completion of 16 yearsof field work for the study, the massof accumulated information has beensent to electronic machines for sorting and correlating. The final reporton fluoridation and tooth decay alonewill take nine years to complete. Additional information will also be available on pyorrhea, heredity and toothdecay, the relation of eating sweetsand decay, the incidence of decay,and those teeth and parts of the teethmost susceptible.m....... , . ^~rr:¦ — ] ;' &i.i 'Ssl '31 33' it mit n. »... M~_If; :-;;!ri?"...-£ll!! Iliiil'iM!! i M:.* a aa3 13ft Wm* «_ h™ ™i#n t 613 1 si* 11 22 I it I i n a aa i 331 1 21 1 IS: ¦ r~i 11 D 11 it IHI Mr 1n • : * -'FRATERNITY QUAD PROPOSED-Plans for a fraternityquadrangle designed by Harry Weese, the designer ofthe Pierce Tower men's residence and the Hyde Parktownhouses, are now being discussed by the Universityfraternities. The plans include a general drawing of thearea between 55th and 56th streets, from Ellis to University, showing a central mall, fountain and an off-the-street parking lot, with the existing Pierce Tower residence, the Field House, and the fraternity buildings.These last would consist of two rows of five houseseach, with gardens in between. Each house would beidentified by its different size and height, and differentroof, window and balcony treatments. Rather than thecolonial style seen on many campuses, these buildingsare patterned after Hyde Park row houses. The University has agreed to build the quadrangle and rentindividual houses to fraternities if a number of fraternities are willing to meet the financial obligations offurnishing the houses and retiring the principal andinterest over a period of 40 years. Two fraternities haveindicated a definite interest, and two (Alpha Delta Phiand Phi Kappa Psi) probably would not join the quadrangle. If the fraternities decide not to move to thequadrangle, the University will consider building thequadrangle for use as a dormitory.10 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEREADINGWRITING &JOHNNYA small group of New York Cityschool children may be learning toread with an alphabet of 43characters next year — it has beensuccessfully used in 24 Britishschools. Shaw's "Androcles" hasjust been published in a newalphabet resembling Arabic orHebrew. Obviously, some people thinkEnglish, as it is written and read,can be improved. In this article,a professor of linguistics advocatessweeping reforms in spelling, writingand the teaching of reading. Thearticle is based on a talk givenby Mr. Gelb to alumni this June.By Professor Ignace Jay Gelb James Breasted, the famous historian and orientalistonce said, "The invention of writing has had a greaterinfluence in uplifting the human race than any otherachievement in the career of man." Count Mirabeau,the writer of the French Revolution said, "The twogreatest inventions in the history of mankind werealphabet — the common language of intellect, andmoney — the common language of business." Indeed,all thought concerning the importance of writing inour civilization is represented in the position of theanthropologists: As language distinguishes man fromanimal, so writing distinguishes civilized man frombarbarian. In the study of ancient man, we distinguish two periods — the prehistorical and the historical.The dividing line between prehistory and history isthe appearance of writing.Writing exists only in a civilization and a civilization cannot exist without writing. Everywhere in theAncient World writing first appears at a time whichis characterized by the simultaneous growth of all thevarious elements which together make what weusually call civilization. Whenever writing appears itis accompanied by a remarkable development ofgovernment, arts, commerce, industry, metallurgy andagriculture, in contrast to which all the previous periods, without writing, give the impression of cultureof a rather primitive make-up. Whenever there areagricultural and industrial surpluses in a country theytend to be deposited in one place; and the place wherethey are deposited gradually grows into a city. Wheresurpluses are stored records must be kept; and anadequate system of keeping records can be achievedonly in writing.To recognize the importance of writing in our modern civilization all you have to do is think about theareas or peoples in Europe that are literate and compare them with the peoples or areas that are illiterateor very largely illiterate. Compare if you wish theScandinavians with some of the Balkan peoples.Both Breasted and Mirabeau stressed the point ofthe importance of our writing. They also stressed thepoint that writing was invented. But was writingreally invented?If you look at our writing it is easy to say that it isEnglish. It is English because we use it for theEnglish language. Most of you also know that ourEnglish writing is practically the same as Latin writing. You can read an ancient Latin inscription justas easily as you can read a piece of English writing.I say you can read it, you may not be able to understand it, but you can read it because the alphabet isthe same. Latin writing goes back to Greek, and asyou know some Greek letters are quite similar to Latinletters. Greek writing evolved from Phoenician writing; Phoenician writing grew under the stimulus ofEgyptian writing; and Egyptian writing originatedunder the stimulus of Sumerian writing. This takesus back to about five or five-and-a-half thousandyears ago.During this long course of evolution we have noinventors, we have no famous names that we canDECEMBER, 1962 11quote. Like Topsy, writing simply grew.Actually we distinguish two main classes of writing- — forerunners of writing and writing proper. Theforerunners of writing exist all over the world, amongall societies no matter how primitive. These are simple systems of communicating by means of pictureswhich are not connected, or are very loosely connected with language. An example of such primitivemeans of communication would be a boy sending agirl a picture of a heart. That obviously means "I1 3a etiyd bit iz master,haw keym Sis ta pssHs?hiy hard 5a gud psestarkray, ohI fles iz grs^Hs.(ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE.)love you." If a man wanted to communicate to someone that he had killed a lion, he could draw a sceneof a man spear-in-hand ( or bow or whatever he mighthave had) in the process of killing a lion. The difference between the expression of an artist and of a manwho wanted to "write" something is slight but it canbe shown by a certain lack of aesthetic elements inwriting and by the omission of all details that werenot essential for the communication. For instance, thebackground, the grass, the mountains or the area inwhich something might have happened would not berepresented in a set of pictures aiming at communication unless they were part of the message.The crucial step in the evolution of writing tookplace when people realized it is possible to reproducewords of language rather than vague ideas or meanings. In the new device, every word of the sentencecould be represented by an individual sign. But, thenumber of words in a language is considerable, andeven if you include in the writing system only themost important words you still have something like1000 to 2000 signs. As a result, word-sign systemsgradually developed into an easier system: A wordwas broken up into component syllables and syllabicsigns were introduced for each syllabic combinationin the language by the application of the processwhich we call phonetic transfer and which is knownto you all as the rebus device. For instance, if youwanted to write the word "date" meaning fruit youwould use simply a sign in form of a circle. But howwould you write the word "date" meaning rendezvousbetween a boy and girl? This is not so easy to expressin a word-picture writing, but in the new, syllabic,system you could use the sign for "date" meaningfruit to stand for "date" meaning rendezvous, and letthe context of the situation bring about the correctinterpretation. In the new device the syllabic signfor "date" could be used in any place where thesyllable date is used, as for instance in "mandate"and "candidate."When this was discovered, writing developed likewild fire. A person did not have to remember 1000or more signs for 1000 or more words. He only needed a limited number of signs (50-100) for the limitednumber of syllables which existed in his language.Now, this is easy for certain languages, and it isvery difficult for other languages. It is easy, for instance, for Japanese which is easily broken into simplesyllables of the consonant plus vowel structure — ¦Hi-ro-hi-to, Mi-ka-do, etc. But such a thing is verydifficult in other languages, especially in English. Youcan easily visualize the difficulties if you think aboutthe way to write the words "strong" and "strength"syllabically. Each word has but one syllable composed of one vowel with several consonants both infront and in back of the vowel. To accommodate alanguage with such rich consonantal clusters youwould need a very large number of syllabic signs inthe writing. The number of signs would not be aslarge as in word-writing, but still large enough tocause difficulties in learning the writing system. As aresult, in the writings or the languages in which itwould have been difficult to break up the words intosimple syllables, alphabetic writing developed.In the word-writing of ancient times the word deltawould be written by means of one sign, say a triangle,because a delta has the shape of a triangle. In thenext stage, the syllabic stage, delta would have beenwritten with two signs: del-ta. In the third stage,alphabetic stage, delta would be written by meansof five signs: d-e-l-t-a.The development of the alphabet was a tremendous step forward. You could now write using avery limited number of signs — 20 to 30 — because thatis, more or less, the number of sounds (what we callphonemes) in language regardless of whether thelanguage is English, German or Russian or anythingelse. There is not the slightest doubt that the alphabetic system of writing is the easiest and the mosteconomical to learn and to use.The first people who introduced a full alphabetwere the Greeks. That happened about 3000 yearsago. And this is the alphabet we are using today.Greek writing and Russian writing and our writingare three different writings from the point of view ofform, but as systems, they are exactly the same. In5a reyn it reyniO an 3a ^sst ^an ohIsow an 5a anjast fala.bat ciyfliy an 5a 538^* bikaz5a arffast stiylz 3a 5a3ts ambrela.other words, we today, in 1982, use exactly the samewriting system that the Greeks used some 3000 yearsago.Think of our media of communication, of our tremendous achievements in printing, radio, television,telephone, etc. and compare our obsolete system ofwriting with it, and you will readily see the point Iwish to make. But worse than that, not only have wenot improved our writing system at all in the last3000 years, we have gone completely astray.When writing is introduced in a certain area it islargely phonemic, and there is a rather steady cor-12 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINErespondence between the sound and the sign. Forinstance, when English writing (borrowed fromLatin) was introduced in England the writing systemreproduced faithfully the sounds of the English language of the time. You may marvel today that theword knight is written k-n-i-g-h-t. It was written thatway because at one time it was pronounced "knight"close to the pronunciation of the German Knecht.And the same is true of the word night — GermanNacht. There were good reasons for our spellingssome centuries ago. But not today.All languages change. There isn't such a thing asa stable language. All languages change and all theEuropean languages at one time or another had to putup with an orthography which was obsolete. This isbecause spoken language changes but writing does notchange — spoken language is innovating and writingis conservative.Because of the discrepancy between the spoken andwritten forms, all the continental European countrieshave gone through the process of reforming their writing. This is true of Spanish, Italian, French, German,Russian, etc. The best systems in Europe, best fromthe linguistic point of view, are Czech and Finnish.They are the best because they have the closest correspondence between sign and sound.The only European country that has not gonethrough the process of reforming its writing is England — as well as the countries where English is used,including the United States of America. The resultis two characteristics of our present English writing:First, we write historically — that is, we write knightin the same way as people did many centuries ago;and, secondly, we have in English an unbelievablenumber of inconsistencies. Inconsistencies existed inall European writings but they were gradually eliminated. French eliminated its inconsistencies but retained, as you know, its historical writing. The unlimited freedom in English spelling was such a fewhundred years ago that a renowned scholar by thename of Dr. Crown could spell his name in six different ways (Cron, Croon, Crown, Crone, Croone,Croune). The inconsistencies of English lead to thefapt that some writers simply disregard correct spelling. I quote the answer given by Lawrence of Arabiato his editor who was perplexed by the diverse spellings which Lawrence employed in his manuscript: "Ispell my names anyhow to show what rot the systemsare."We spell the way we do today not only becauseat one time, hundreds of years of ago, the Englishspelled that way, but also we spell this way becausecertain particular spellings were hallowed, weresanctified in the classical edition of the English dictionary written by Samuel Johnson. This trend wascontinued by the second saint of English civilization—Anglo-Saxon civilization — namely, Noah Webster.We spell as we do because Johnson and Webster insisted that certain words ought to be spelled one wayand not another way. I give you a few examples: Wespell high with an i but height with ei. We spell speak with ea but speech with ee. We spell proceedwith eed and precede with ede. A few weeks ago Iread in Time magazine about the fight that Eddie hadwith Teddy in Boston. My wife has six or maybemore friends with the name of Catherine. I neverknow how to spell the name Catherine — whether theinitial is c or k, whether the second vowel is a or e,whether the third vowel is i or y, and whether or notto write an e at the end of the name.Can we continue with this kind of spelling? I sayno! The spelling reform is overdue and it is longoverdue. The only problem before us is how muchand when.There are three reform proposals that could face usin the years to come. The easiest of them all is thereading reform. This is the reform that you havebeen reading about in the newspapers and books andmagazines in the last five or six years. This is thecause to which Why Johnny Can't Read is dedicated.This is what the Reading Reform Foundation is talking about.All over Europe reading is learned by the phonetic-process. The children learn that a certain sign has acertain corresponding sound and that the combinations of these signs result in certain combinations ofsounds. The present trend in this country is nottowards phonetic reading but towards contour reading or sight reading. Our children are not taught thatCONTINUED ON PAGE 16A professor in the Oriental Institute and the Departmentof Linguistics, Mr. Gelb has been appointed William H.Colvin Research Professor in the Humanities for this academic year. The professorship frees a member of thefacuty from teaching responsibilities to concentrate on research for a year. He is completing work on the social andeconomic life of the Sumerians. Author of A Study ofWriting (1952) and other books, Mr. Gelb is also editorof the Assyrian Dictionary Project at the Oriental Institute.Mrs. Gelb is the former Hester Mokstad '33, and their twosons Walter and John graduated from the Lab School.DECEMBER, 19G2 13I ^V C ' I l 1 Five new Distinguished Service Professorships have been established at the Uni-) S r QJL J V^ J m. ^3 versify, and the faculty members who will occupy these honored positions havebeen designated. With the new positions, the University will have a total of 53 named professorships whichprovide special recognition for outstanding faculty scholarship. Tn addition an appointment to a previously established professorship which will become vacant through retirement at the end of the year has been announced.Distinguished service professorships and other "named" professorships provide special academic recognition forscholars already on the faculty. To honor outstanding scholars upon their joining the faculty, the position of"University Professor" has recently been created. Here are the five newly-established Distinguished ServiceChairs, plus the Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Professorship, and the faculty members who will occupy themeffective on January 1, 1963.Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Fred R. Eggan, formerlyprofessor and continuing as chairman of Anthropology: He is an authoritiyon the social organization of American Indian tribes and on the peoplesof the Philippines. Mr. Eggan received his PhB in 1927; MA, 1928; andPhD, 1933, all from the University of Chicago. The professorship is namedfor the long-time trustee and president of the Board of Trustees of the University. Mr. Swift, who was the first alumnus of the University to be electedto the Board, was its president from 1922-1949. He died June 8. 1962.Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Service Professor Mircea Eliade, formerly professor of the history of religions and continuing as a member of the Committeeon Social Thought. Mr. Eliade joined the faculty in 1958. He previouslyserved at the University of Bucharest and the Sorbonne. The present Sewell L.Avery Distinguished Service Professor, Heinrich Kluver, professor of experimental psychology in the Division of Biological Sciences, will retire December 31.Mr. Avery was chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward and Co., and a University trustee from 1926 to 1944, then an honorary trustee until his death in 1960.14 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEPaul S. Russell Distinguished Service Professor Milton Friedman, formerly professor of economics: An authority on how money works in our society, Mr.Friedman has been the author, co-author and editor in the preparation of severalbooks and has published about 80 articles in learned journals. He joined thefaculty in 1946 and was named a professor in 1948. He received his MA fromthe University of Chicago, 1933; his PhD from Columbia in 1946. This professorship is named for the late president of the Harris Bank and Trust Company,and trustee of the University from 1933 to 1950. Mr. Paul S. Russell died in 1950.( Above ) William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor Dr. CharlesB. Huggins, formerly professor of surgery and continuing as directorof the Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University: Hehas worked for over two decades on the relations of hormones to malignant growth and has developed treatment for cancer of the breast andprostate. Mr. Ogden was the first president of the Board of the oldUniversity of Chicago and the first Mayor of Chicago. He died in 1877.Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor Saunders Mac Lane,formerly professor of mathematics : He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has been on the faculty of theUniversity since 1947. From 1952 to 1958 he was chairman ofthe Department of Mathematics. Prior to the coming to theUniversity of Chicago, Mr. Mac Lane was on the faculty ofHarvard University. He received his PhB from Yale College in1930; his MA, the University of Chicago, 1931; and D Phil, theUniversity of Gottingen, (Germany), 1934. The Max MasonDistinguished Service Professorship is named for the fourthpresident of the University who served from 1925 to 1928. Mr.Mason, who was a mathematical physicist, died March 22, 1961.Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor GregorWentzel, formerly professor of physics: Mr. Wentzel, a member of the Enrico Fermi Institute, is an international authority in theoretical physics whose recent investigations havebeen in high energy particle physics and solid state physics.He has been on the faculty since 1948. The professorship isnamed for the University physicist who was this country's firstNobel Prize winner in Science. Mr. Michelson died in 1931.DECEMBER, 1962 15CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13boat is written by means of four signs, that the firstone b stands for a certain sound, the middle combination oa stands for a different sound, and t standsfor still another sound. The children are taught thatthe written combination boat represents some kind ofa figure and they are reading it as boat because thisparticular configuration of different strokes and circlesyields the word boat. The result is, as you know, thatsome children look at the written word boat and readit as ship.; At this point I should like to quote an abstract fromthe Reading Reform Foundation. (Whatever theyhave to say affects not only the reading reform butalso the other reforms that I'm going to talk about alittle later. ) A symposium of seven experts sponsoredby the Council for Basic Education, entitled, "Tomorrow's Illiterates," asserts that: 1) about 35% of allAmerican youth are seriously retarded in reading, 2)40% more are deficient, 3) even the most successfuldo not read as well as they could if properly taught,and 4) the main reason given is the whole-word orconfigurational technique now generally used. A bookby Arthur S. Trace, What Ivan Knows That JohnnyDoesn't, points out that: 1) Soviet Russian childrenof eight or nine taught alphabetically are several yearsahead of ours in reading, and 2) with a vocabularyof 10,000 words and the ability to use a dictionary,they read and enjoy the masterpieces of Russianliterature, while American children, limited to thepainfully memorized contours of 1500 words, have tostruggle through textbooks of incredible banality. Thefollowers of the Reading Reform Foundation insistthat we go back to the phonetic method, the methodthat was used in the old readers about 100 years ago.The second reform that could take place is in spelling. Spelling reform was carried out in Europe morethan 100 years ago with rather good results. Herethere are two possibilities to consider — a partial spelling reform and a full spelling reform. Partial reform hasoften been proposed because of the obvious difficultieswith financing a full spelling reform. Here in Chi-a" f liy an a flay ±n a fluw 3war imprizind, sow hwat kud 3ey duw?sed 3a flay "let as fliy\sed 5a fliy "let as flay",sow Sey fluw Oruw a floHin §a fluw.cago one newspaper used to practice partial reform ofour spelling with words like night spelled nite, freightspelled frate, fihilosofy with initial ph but with middle/. There have been many proposals for a full reformof spelling — making a full correspondence betweensigns and sounds, as in Finnish and Czech.The third reform affects the full reform of spelling,plus the introduction of a new form of alphabet. Ouralphabet, as you know5 has a great number of uneconomical features. For instance, the direction ofour handwriting sometimes moves to the right with the flow of the hand, and sometimes goes in reverse.There are all kinds of combinations that affect thespeed of our handwriting. The fact that we have several types of writing, printed and written forms,capitals and small letters, Roman and italic types —makes for added difficulties in comparison with non-Western systems.In order to eliminate the uneconomical features ofour formal alphabet I proposed in my Study of Writing the introduction of a new system of writing alongthe lines of the Pitman or Gregg types of shorthand,based on a full revision of our spelling in accordancewith the phonemic principle.The plain fact is that we can no longer afford theluxury of wasting two years or so of our children'slives in learning obsolete spelling. This has been statedrepeatedly by various authorities and it has to beaccepted as a fact. There is an awakening in respectto spelling problems especially in England, not somuch in this country, because England now faces thepossibility of joining the community of nations ofWestern Europe. Once this is achieved, England willhave to part with a number of systems which she hasretained so jealously over centuries, but which areconsidered cumbersome and obsolete from the continental European point of view. One of the reformsaffects the British monetary system with its cherishedguineas, pounds, shillings and pence; and the otherproposal affects their (and in this case we can say"our") obsolete system of weights and measures. Asyou know, we too are modernizing. I understand thatin commerce and industry and in the armed forcesthe metric system is being used more and more.The toughest of all the reforms affects the alphabet.It is much tougher than the reforms of the monetarysystem or that of weights and measures. There are allkinds of sentimental values attached to the poundsand guineas, and to the weights and measures. Thereis also a certain sentimental attachment to the alphabet. For instance, an Englishman a few years ago,speaking against the proposal to reform English writing, said: "Can you imagine the effect of the changeof spelling in the word for our beloved Queen?"Actually, the story goes that some years ago when anew form of spelling was introduced in Germany oneof the Kaisers insisted that the reformers change thto t everywhere — with one exception and this is inthe German word "T/iron" (throne).The reform of our alphabet involves more thansentimental values; it involves billions of dollars (orpounds and guineas) which would have to be spenton such expensive items as the republication of books.But it would seem to me that there is no monetaryinvestment that could be made for a greater good.There have been many proposals to change Englishspelling; among their champions have been MarkTwain and George Bernard Shaw. However dilettantish they may have been, we have to admit thattheir hearts were in the right place. As you know,the result of the Shaw bequest for a new writingsystem was kind of a fizzle in Great Britain. The16 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEproposals that were made were not good enough fromthe scholarly point of view, and not persuasive enoughfrom the practical point of view. However, there isa man in Great Britain who is pushing reform veryhard. His name is Isaac Pitman and I think he is thegrandson of the Isaac Pitman who fathered the shorthand system named after him. I was in correspondence with him some years ago and in preparing thispaper I looked him up in the British Who's Who to3ar wants waz a fisar neymd fiser 4huw fist far a fie in a fisar,bat §a fis wi3 a grinpuld 3a fisarain in}naw 3eyr fisirj 3a fisar far fisar.learn something about his background. I knew thathe is the Member of Parliament, but I also found outthat he is a director of the Bank of England, and thathe is a Conservative M.P. for Bath. Now, all thatmakes Pitman quite conservative. ( I note this becauseyou might imagine that it is the Bolsheviks or someother radicals who are proposing the writing reforms. )I have tried to point out to you the importance ofwriting in our civilization, both ancient and modern.I have also tried to point out the unbelievable shortcomings of our writing and the uncounted waste interms of time and money caused by our obsolete writing. The time has come to take account of the problem and to try to do something about its solution.The focus of our attention has been writing, especially English writing. However, an international language is also a fascinating and important topic. At thepresent time, Esperanto is practically dead, and so wehave no international language or even a movementto sponsor an international language. In terms ofpresent usage, the international language which youmight say exists is English. But the difficulty withEnglish is the writing — it's not the language, it's thewriting. About two years ago at the InternationalCongress of Orientalists in Moscow I was asked to saya few words about international cooperation amongscholars. I said something about the difficulties of ourhaving to learn Russian and of the Russians' havingto learn English. I said there is nothing that can bedone about it except for the possibility that we mightintroduce an international language for scholarly purposes. I was not talking about an international language that could be used in daily life or in diplomacy;I was talking about an international language thatcould be used in writing by scholars only.You will remember that medieval scholars in Europewrote in Latin. Copernicus, who according to thePoles was a Pole and according to the Germans was aGerman, wrote in Latin and I presume he didn't carewhat nationality people might consider him. What hewas really interested in was in having his works readand understood in scholarly circles. Now, obviouslyit would be impossible for me to propose that Latinbe accepted as an international language. First of all, Latin represents the Catholic Church and the Protestants would be against it. Latin also represents theWestern civilization and the Russians would be againstit. So, what I would like to propose is a simplifiedLatin based on a vocabulary which you might say iscommon to all European languages. The language iscalled Interlingua or Latino sine flexione, the Latinlanguage without inflection. It is an unbelievably easylanguage to learn and to use — I have tested it onmany students here, and even students who have hadvery limited Latin can understand it. It's worth trying— but please note that I'm talking about an international language for scholars only, not an internationallanguage for common use.If there is an international language in the future,it is going to be a language based on mathematicalsymbolism. Such a mathematical language could beapplied not only to more or less exact fields, such asphysical and biological sciences, but also to certainfields in the social sciences and the humanities, suchas economics, symbolic logic and linguistics, whichlean toward a quantitative rather than qualitativeevaluation of scientific data. |The steed bit its master, ^how came this to pass?He heard the good pastorcry, "all flesh is grass I"The rain, it raineth on the just 3and also on the unjust fellow.But chiefly on the just, becausethe unjust steals the just's umbrella.A flea and a fly in a flue 3were imprisoned, so what could they do?Said the fly "let us flee,"said the flea "let us fly,"So they flew through a flaw in the flue.There once was a fisher named Fisher 4who fished for a fish in a fissure,but the fish with a grinpulled the fisherman in;now they're fishing the fissure forFisher.DECEMBER, 1962 17memo padON THE QUADRANGLES -Beforetucking in the campus for the winterthe tulip bulbs were bedded undersquirrel-proof netting on the mainquadrangle; Hutchinson Court wascompletely re-sodded; the drivewaysfrom the Harper quadrangle to HullGate were repaved and neatly curbedwith enough cement remaining to runan attractive winding curb aroundBotany Pond.ACROSS THE MIDWAY-Across theMidway, between Kimbark and Kenwood, the block-long, high-pillaredCenter for Continuing Educationbuilding will open in January.From June 6-10 this building willbecome the center for our first live-inAlumni Reunion. There are 118 private rooms plus conference and diningareas and an attractive cocktail loungeoverlooking the Midway. Already ourprogram plans for June are droppinginto place.ON MANHATTAN-Our New YorkClub has run a modest pipeline acrossManhattan to Broadway which ishelping the Club become self-supporting. Club president Jack Honomichlreported to his members last month:"What we whimsically dubbed our'annual' theatre benefit when westarted it three years ago has, in fact,become traditional. [This year] TchinTchin proved to be a popular choice. ..." One hundred sixty-twojoined the Chicago party on November 1st. The Club cleared $475.20.ON THE NORTH SHORE-Mean-while, a record 400 alumni andfriends on Chicago's North Shorespent Sunday evening, November 4th,in the Glencoe Central School auditorium for an all-Chicago program onSpace and the Atom— New Adventures in Science.The program was moderated byPresident Beadle. The speakers wereJohn A. Simpson, professor of Physics,and Albert V. Crew, new director ofthe Argonne National Laboratories.Robert J. Greenebaum, '39, presided.Two clubs who run their own showswith annual or semi-annual meetingsare The Chicago Club of NiagaraFrontier (Buffalo), and The ChicagoClub of Rhode Island and ProvidencePlantations (Providence).ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER . . .The Buffalo club met on November6th with alumni guest speakers MissHelen Long, '33 ("Progressive Education") and Dr. Norman Market,PhD'60 ("The Psychology of Language"). Miss Long is head of theLower and Middle Schools of ParkSchools, Buffalo; Dr. Markel is amember of the psychology faculty atthe University o£ Buffalo. . ..- . AND THE PROVIDENCEPLANTATIONS-The Providence clublearned that President and Mrs. Beadlewere to be in New England in lateNovember and invited them to thefall dinner meeting of the club. TheBeadles accepted for November 28th.AT NOON IN PHILADELPHIA-Dr.Bruno Bettelheim, director of theSonia Shankman Orthogenic Schooland distinguished psychoanalyst andeducator, notified our office early inthe fall that he would be in Philadelphia December 5th. The Philadelphia Club immediately set up a lunchat the Warwick Hotel with Dr. Bettelheim as guest speaker. He is oneof our most popular faculty speakers, particularly among families withyoung children.NEAR GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE-San Francisco had its annual SaturdayConvention on November 10th. Dr.Morton Gordon, AM'50, PhD'53, associate director of University Extension,University of California, was the Clubvice president in charge of the program. John Robinson, '47, is presidentof the Bay Area Club.MR. GOODMANS GOOD WISHES-The death of Benedict K. Goodman,'13, of Evanston, Illinois on August23, 1962, reminds me of a recent conversation I had with Alan Simpson,Dean of the College.Mr. Goodman was a member of theVisiting Committee of the Collegeand the founder of the Irene K. andBenedict K. Goodman College Teachers Fund. His sympathy for the emergencies which beset the College teacher sprang from his friendship with ayoung instructor during his collegedays."According to Mr. Goodman'swishes," said Mr. Simpson, "the Fundhas been used to meet the medical billwhich spells disaster, to cover the gapbetween the last check at anotherinstitution and the first check here,to help with moving expenses, to makethe difference between entertainingstudents in the home and seeing themonly in class, to pay for the typingof a manuscript, the renting of amicroscope, the purchase of microfilmor the trip to a professional meeting.We have used it to pay the facultywife for doing an index instead ofasking her to do it for love while thedishes lie in the sink and the childrenput themselves to bed. His generosityand imagination have won him awarm place in all our hearts. *PH.W.M.18 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEN EWS O F the alumni01-08FRED L. ADAIR, MD'01, is livingpermanently in Maitland, Fla., where heshares his home with his son ROBERT,'36, and his family. For three monthslast summer Dr. Adair visited his daughter, AGNES ADAIR KUHN, '34, and herfamily in Oklahoma City, Okla.FLORENCE A. BIXBY, '03, resides inMilwaukee, Wise, where she retired fromteaching in the public school system in1948.MARY CHAMBERLAIN CHADWICK,'03, is living in a three-room apartmentat the Bethany Methodist Home in Chicago and "enjoying my golden yearsimmensely being blessed with good healthand all my faculties."CHARLES W. COLLINS, '03, of Evanston, 111., is on the staff of the ChicagoTribune. He compiles items for "100Years Ago" which appears on the editorial page of the newspaper everyday.THOMAS J. HAIR, '03, of Tryon, N.C.,has "endeavored to carry out responsibilities as 'useful citizen' to a slightdegree by serving as chairman, Board ofTrustees of our Congregational Church;as chairman of our Polk County RedCross Chapter, as director and presidentof the Tryon Country Club and as director of Rotary of which I am now anhonorary member." He is planning toreturn for the 60th reunion of his classm June and is looking forward to a successful meeting. Mr. Hair was a partnerin a flour-milling business in Chicagountil his retirement. Previously he had been in the Illinois state legislature for aterm representing the U of C district fortwo years.ALBERT R. VAIL, '03, of St. Joseph,Mich., is just finishing a book writtenwith his wife, on "The Great WorldReligions" and their effect on worldcivilizations. He is also conducting classesfor children, youth and adults on thegreat prophets of the East and the West,and speaking in churches of differentdenominations "to promote religiousunity and understanding."MAE OBERFELDER SPIEGEL, '07, ofChicago, has been named to the board oftrustees of Provident Hospital and Training School. Mrs. Spiegel has devotedmore than 30 years of volunteer serviceto hospitals and the cause of nursing.She is currently secretary of the Boardof the Chicago Council on CommunityNursing, chairman of the public relationscommittee of Michael Reese Hospital'sPsychiatric and Psychosomatic ResearchInstitute, member of the Institute's boardof governors, vice chairman of MichaelReese's School of Nursing, and memberof the board of the Illinois League forNursing.ROSE HAAS ALSCHULER, '08, of Highland Park, 111., is currently working withthe Auditorium Theatre Council in Chicago, on the restoration of Adler andSullivan's Auditorium Theatre. She adds,"We hope to have many high quality,low-price programs— a variety of concertsand experiments in ballet, theatre andopera." Mrs. Alschuler's books, writtenin the field of early childhood education,are still circulating. Her two volumework, Fainting a Personality and A Studyof Young Children ( the second publishedby the U of C Press) has had threeprintings. CHARLES L. BAKER, '08, retired geologist of Cordova, 111., will soon add No.52 to his list of publications. It is anaccount of his exploration of a 500-milebelt of Mexico's eastern mountains, tobe published soon by the MichiganAcademy of Arts, Letters and Sciences.PHEBE BELL CRYDER, '08, of Ha-worth, N.J., is a member of the White-house Conference, New York-New Jersey;the National Senior Council (NewJersey); and on the advisory board ofthe Allegro Club at Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity.A. BETH HOSTETTER, '08, of Mt. Carroll, 111., received a Doctor of Lawshonorary degree from Shinier College inMt. Carroll in 1961. A former facultymember, administrator and trustee of thecollege, Miss Hostetter was honored for"distinguished teaching; leadership ineducation, especially in securing andmaintaining public respect for the educational quality possible in a junior collegeprogram for women; for her memorableand fruitful career of service with selflessdedication to Shimer College." Miss Hostetter is currently honorary trustee ofShimer.10-13MORRIS FISHBEIN, 10, MDT2, Chicago physician and writer, was honoredby 500 guests at a dinner in June celebrating the golden anniversary of hisgraduation from medical school. Dr. Fish-bein, who is 72, is editor of World Medical News, the author of more than 20books, and from 1924 to 1950 was editorof the American Medical Assn. At thedinner Dr. Fishbein reminisced about theDECEMBER, 1962 19progress in medicine during his halfcentury of practice.LEONARD J, CURTIS, JD12, professorof law emeritus of Stetson University,DeLand, Fla., celebrated his 100th birthday on October 28. It was declared"Leonard J. Curtis Day" in DeLand, andMr. Curtis was honored at the FirstBaptist Church as its only living lifetimedeacon. Mr. Curtis was visiting professorof law at Stetson University from 1939to 1955 when he became professor of lawemeritus. Previously he had already hada full law career. He practiced law inFrankfort, Ind., for 20 years, then taughtat the University of Missouri and theUniversity of Arizona, retiring as professor emeritus there in 1939. Two yearsago Mr. Curtis received a pin from thelocal Lodge honoring his 55 years as aMason. (The Masons have no servicefor honoring anyone with more than 50years of service so one had to be improvised—and Mr. Curtis was already42 when he became a Mason.) Mr.Curtis, who has lost his eyesight, is inFish Memorial Hospital, DeLand.EARNEST C. WATSON, '12, retiredfrom his post as professor of physics atCalifornia Institute of Technology onJune 30. Mr. Watson was at Caltech for43 years, 15 of those years as dean of thefaculty. He has been on leave since1960 as scientific attache to the U.S.Embassy in India.MERRILL WELLS, '12, MD'14, whohad practiced internal medicine for morethan 45 years in Grand Rapids, Mich.,retired in January, 1962. He is now looking forward "with enthusiasm to havingtime for travel with Mrs. Wells, andsome favorite avocations."ELEANOR AHERN, '13, of Glendale,Ohio, has recently retired after 30 yearsas director of home economics for theProcter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati. Sheadds, "I just might surprise myself andcome to Reunion!"ELLYN BROOMELL BEATY, 13, ofBerkeley, Calif., is part-time librarian atContra Costa County Library. But her"principal activity (unpaid)" is conducting a bi-weekly radio program of reviewsof children's books, "The Children's BookSampler" over radio station KPFA-FM,Berkeley.ANTRANIG A. BEDIKIAN, 13, AM14,15, has retired after serving as pastor ofone church for 40 years. He is nowengaged in literary work as editor of amagazine, and serves on various boardsplus lecturing and preaching. Mr. Bedi-kian lives in Leonia, N.J.ELIZABETH BREDIN, 13, AM'29, ofHighland Park, 111., finds the time goes toofast since her retirement from teachingat Highland Park High School in 1956.She has traveled (10 months in Europe,and trips to Mexico, California, Florida), and takes part in many activities(League of Women Voters, North ShoreCommittee for Older Adults^ HighlandPark Chapter of American Field Service^Highland Park Human Relations Committee). Miss Bredin was also electedtownship auditor in 1960, and still findstime to read, and do Saturday Reviewdouble-crostics!WINIFRED MILLER CLARK, 13, andher husband who is professor emeritusof economics at Columbia University,live in Westport, Conn., and go to theirMaine home each summer. Mr. Clarkcontinues to write books.ARTHUR McGEE, 13, JD15, lives inFindlay, Ohio, from June until December each year, then in Palm Beach, Fla.,from December until June. Mr. McGeeis retired general counsel and director ofOhio Oil Co. (now Marathon Oil Co.),a position which he held from 1920 to1954. For five years prior to joining OhioOil he practiced law in Lawrenceville,111.U-20JOHN A. GREENE, 14, was awardedan honorary doctor of humanities degreefrom Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in June. Mr. Greene is retired chairman of the Western Reserveboard of trustees, and retired chairmanof the board of Ohio Bell Telephone Co.GEORGE S. LEISURE, 14, of the NewYork law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton and Irvine is the new president ofChildren's Village, which conducts arehabilitation program for delinquentboys. Mr. Leisure is a former presidentof our New York Club. He was citedby the Alumni Association in 1944 forhis numerous civic services.ADA HUELSTER SICKELS, 15, ofWaukegan, 111., sent this note on Junereunion, 1962: "The reunion in June,well-planned and executed, was a mostpleasant experience and memory. TheAlumni House offered welcome opportunities for refreshment and visits withold friends. It was not 'my year,' butI loved the days back on the campus."MABEL ISER, 16, lives in a "rambling,gray, three-story home in Oak Park, 111.,"where she has a 1,000-book library. Described by her students in a recentChicago Tribune feature article as asuperb teacher, she calls herself simply"a product of the Chicago public schoolsand the U of C— and that's all." Miss Isertaught English for 33 years at AustinHigh School until she retired in 1959.For the past three years she has taughtat the Central Y.M.C.A. in Chicago.G. FRANKLIN FARMAN, MD17, ofWhittier, Calif., presented an exhibit on "The Hereditary Factor in Renal Dis-ease" at the Chicago meeting of theAmerican Medical Assn0 in June* Dr,Farman has been active in medical practice for 45 years. He is a director of theRobert S. Fox Urological Foundation anda former president of the Rush MedicalAlumni Assn,RALPH K. STRONG, PhD17, professorof chemistry and head of the science division at Huron College, Huron, S.D.,was named "Huron College Teacher ofthe Year," by the student body there.This is the first of similar yearly citationsto be made by the college's students. Mr.Strong joined the staff at Huron in 1952.He is editor of a nationally distributedchemical encyclopedia, and contributorto many scientific journals and publications. In making the citation, studentslisted as qualifications: the challenge ofthe teacher's classes, his ability to interest students, and the caliber of graduatescoming from his department.MARION STERNS BARCLAY, 18, ofTampa, Fla., has recently co-authoreda textbook in home economics, entitledTeen Guide to Homemaking, publishedby McGraw-Hill Book Co. Mrs. Barclayis supervisor of home economics in theHillsborough County Schools, Tampa.CHARLES H. BEHRE, JR., 18, PhD'25,of Leonia, N.J., is professor of economicgeology at Columbia University, and hasbeen elected president of Behre, Dolbear& Co., Inc., Consulting Geologists, ofNew York City.GLADYS CAMPBELL, 18, AM'37, professor emeritus of humanities at the Uof C, has taught at Virginia Union University, Richmond, and one year at theU of C part-time, since her retirement.She has also traveled in Europe, thenear East, and this country.RUTH FALKENAU, 18, of Chicago, isworking at the Museum of Science andIndustry three days a week as a demonstrator— "interesting, tiring, fun."FRANK R. GAY, AM18, PhD'26, andhis wife celebrated their 52nd weddinganniversary this summer. They live onlyone mile from the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles and Mr.Gay enjoys the library facilities availablewith a special courtesy card.DOROTHY HACKETT HOLABIRD, 18,of Chicago, was named "Sweetest Woman of the Year" for 1962 in conjunctionwith Sweetest Day celebrated in Chicagoon October 20. Mrs. Holabird is activein civic and community work, her manyactivities including: Welfare Council ofMetropolitan Chicago, Provident Hospital,Francis W. Parker School, U of C AlumniFoundation.MIRIAM E. LOWENBERG, 18, andKATHERINE M. HART, SM'32, havebeen named to offices in the AmericanDietetic Assn. Miss Lowenberg, head20 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEof the department of foods and nutrition at Pennsylvania State University,took office as speaker of the House ofDelegates at the group's annual convention in October. Prior to her presentposition at Pennsylvania, Miss Lowen-berg was consultant in nutrition in thesection of pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic,Rochester, Minn., and chief nutritionistwith the child service department, KaiserCo. Inc., Portland, Ore. Miss Hart, whois head of the department of institutionadministration at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., is beginninga two-year term as secretary and chairman of the membership committee forthe Association. Both she and Miss Low-enberg will be members of the group'sexecutive board.RUTH H. MICHAEUS, 18, is retiredand lives in Chicago. She taught homeeconomics (foods) at Morgan Park HighSchool in Chicago until February, 1960.MARJORIE MAHURIN MYERS, 18,of Cincinnati, Ohio, is publications editorfor the training program of the RobertA. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center. Sheedits scientific papers and prepares themfor publication, and compiles the annualTraining Program Bulletin. The Centeris a reseach, engineering and traininglaboratory of the U.S. Public HealthService. Its training program includesintensive graduate level courses in suchfields as water supply and pollution control, air pollution, milk and food sanitation, radiation, and metropolitan planning.LULU DURLAND NELSON, 18, ofOmaha, Neb., is semi-retired, but stillteaching in a private school and enjoying it very much.BARBARA MILLER SIMPSON, 18, ofChicago, has been assistant treasurer ofthe Hyde Park Neighborhood Club since1940 and is active with the board ofmanagers of the. Chicago Child CareSociety. She is "still playing tennis atthe Quadrangle Club and swimming inthe summers in Indiana where we havea farm." WILLIS J. POTTS, '20, MD'24, professor emeritus of surgery at Northwestern University in Evanston, 111., and retired chief of surgery at Children'sMemorial Hospital, Chicago, has beengiven two medical awards recently. Hereceived the William E. Ladd medal for"accomplishments of outstanding meritin pediatric surgery," from the AmericanAcademy of Peditatrics in October. Shortly before, he was given an award foroutstanding research in medicine at theFifth Annual Medical Research Dinnerheld in Chicago. Dr. Potts is well-knownfor his new techniques in children's heartsurgery, especially for his developmentof corrective surgery for "blue babies."He received the Alumni Medal, highestaward of the U of C Alumni Assn., in1961. H. HORTON SHELDON, PhD'20, chair-man of the physics department at Roosevelt University, Chicago, has been namedacting dean of faculties there. Mr. Sheldon has been on Roosevelt's facultysince 1957, has been a member of theUniversity's board of trustees since 1960and chairman of its faculty senate since1959. He was inventor of the color-scope for the electrical color matchingof textiles, and a pioneer in Neon tubedesign.21-24-SAMUEL K. ALLISON, '21, PhD'23,Frank P. Hixon Distinguished ServiceProfessor in the U of C department ofphysics, has received a renewal of his research contract from the U.S. AtomicEnergy Commission in the amount of$108,235. The contract is for studies ofnuclear reactors in the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies at the U of C.WALTER E. LANDT, '21, writes: "Ayear ago we were looking forward totwo months in Europe. Now we arelooking back at two months in Europeand trying to figure a way to do it again."ROBERT S. MULLIKEN, PhD'21,Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of physics andchemistry at the U of C, has been namedthe winner of the American ChemicalSociety's $2,000 Peter Debye Award inPhysical Chemistry for 1963. The award,to be presented at the Society's nationalmeeting in April, recognizes Mr. Mulliken'swork in molecular chemistry and physics.He has been a National Research CouncilFellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Ful-bright Scholar and a Baker Lecturer, andholds honorary degrees from ColumbiaUniversity and the University of Stockholm. Also receiving an award is another U of C faculty member, StuartA. Rice, director of the Institute for theStudy of Metals. He will receive theaward in pure chemistry for his studiesof the properties of large molecules. Mr.Rice joined the U of C faculty in 1957and was named director of the Institutein 1962. During 1960-61 he was on leaveas Guggenheim Fellow at CambridgeUniversity, England.ELIZABETH V. BENYON, '22, of Chicago, has completed 40 years with theU of C Libraries, 19 of them in theU of C Law School library where sheis currently assistant law librarian.THOMAS S. HEIDEMANN, '22, hasnow retired and is living temporarily inSarasota, Fla.CCHAUNCY W. SMITH, SM'22, of Columbus, Ohio, was honored in June for UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BANK1354 Easf 55th StreetMemberFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationMUseum 4-1200POND LETTER SERVICE, Inc.Everything in LettersHooven Typewriting MimeographingMultigraphing AddressingAddressograph Service MailingHighest Quality Service Minimum PricesAll Phones: 219 W. Chicago Ave.Ml 2-8883 Chicago 10, IllinoisLEIGH'S GROCERY1327 EAST 57TH STREETServing the UniversityArea and Hyde ParkSince 1934DELIVERY SERVICEBOYD & GOULDSINCE 1888HYDE PARK AWNING CO. INC.SINCE 1896NOW UNDER ONE MANAGEMENTAwnings and Canopies for All Purposes9305 South Western Phone: 239-1511Since 7878HANNIBAL, INC.Furniture RepairingUpholstering • RebanishingAntiques Restored1919 N. Sheffield Ave. • LI 9-7180RICHARD H. WEST CO.COMMERCIALPAINTING and DECORATING1331W. Jackson Blvd. TelephoneMOnroe 6-3192BEST BOILER REPAIR & WELDING CO.24 HOUR SERVICELicensed • Bonded • InsuredQualified WeldersSubmerged Water HeatersHAymarket 1-79171404-08 S. Western Ave., ChicagoDECEMBER, 1962 21outstanding achievement in agriculturalengineering, when he received the annual Cyrus McCormick Gold Medal fromthe American Society of Agricultural Engineers. The award recognizes his manyyears of teaching; extensive researchwhich led to engineering advances inagriculture, including a patent on themechanical bean harvester; and his contributions to various professional organizations. Mr. Smith retired in 1955 fromthe University of Nebraska where hetaught agricultural engineering for 37years, and did research on 25% time assignment to the Experiment Station there.During 1955-56 he was an agriculturalengineering representative on a MichiganState University team which workedto "up-grade" teaching in the Facultadde Agronomia, a branch of the NationalUniversity of Columbia, South America.Later, Mr. Smith was employed by theagricultural engineering department atMichigan State University as a consultant and visiting professor teaching farmpower and machinery courses. Since leaving Michigan State, Mr. Smith has workedfor the agricultural education departmentat Ohio State University and the StateDepartment of Education, teaching special courses for vocational agricultureteachers.BEATRICE TELLER SPACHNER, '22,and ELIZABETH LINN ALLEN, '28,both of Chicago, have been appointedby President Kennedy to advisory positions on the national level. Mrs. Spach-ner has been appointed to the advisorycommittee on arts of the National Cultural Center to be established in Washington, D.C. She is chairman of theAuditorium Theater Council in Chicagowhich is seeking funds to restore the 73-year-old Auditorium Theater at 90 E.Congress. Mrs. Allen, a member of theChicago Board of Education, was appointed to the board of advisers of theFederal Reformatory for Women, Alder-son, W.Va. She is currently serving asecond term on the Board of Education,and formerly served on the board of advisers for the Illinois State Reformatoryfor Women at D wight, 111.RUSSELL BAKER, '23, JD'55, is seniorpartner in Baker, McKenzie & Hightower,private international law practice withoffices in Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C, London, Amsterdam, Brussels,Zurich, Caracas, Sao Paulo and MexicoCity, and with plans to establish one inParis this winter. About 80 lawyers ofdifferent nationalities are employed, including Mr. Baker's three sons. Mr. andMrs. Baker (ELIZABETH WALLACE,'23) live in Lake Bluff, 111.RUTH HESS BARKER, '23, and herhusband ROLAND, '21, have both retired—she from teaching 6th grade in theSandwich, 111. schools for the past eightyears, and he as personnel manager ofthe Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. They willtravel winters and stay at home in their garden summers. In January they willgo to countries of the Mediterranean andBlack Sea area.KATHERINE BALDWIN BOEHM, '23,and her husband, who is retired, live inShort Hills, N.J.ANDREW W. CORDIER, AM'23, PhD'26, former undersecretary of the UnitedNations and now dean of the GraduateSchool of International Affairs at Columbia University, received an honorarydoctor of laws degree from WesternMichigan University, Kalamazoo, in June.JUDSON D. IVES, '23, of Pinebluff,N.C., received the honorary degree ofDoctor of Science from Carson-NewmanCollege, Jefferson City, Tenn., in May.FRANCES ANDREWS MULLEN, '23,AM'27, PhD'39, was installed as vice-president of the International Council ofPsychologists at its meeting in Chicagoduring September. She was also chairman of a session on "Disability andProblems of Learning and Cognition," atthe annual meeting of the AmericanPsychologist Assn. in Chicago held simu-taneously. Mrs. Mullen is assistant superintendent of schools in the Chicagoschool system, in charge of "special education." She also serves as a consultantto the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mullenwrites, "Mountain climbing continues asmy hobby, but the years do tell, and thissummer I got only two-thirds of the wayfrom the Hornli Hut to the summit ofthe Matterhorn."ELIZABETH R. SHAW, '23, is living inWaltham, Mass., in an infirmary whereshe keeps "busy with 'talent scouting'among senior citizens."LELAND F. WOOD, PhD'23, of Rochester, N.Y., is the author of Harmony inMarriage, (Round Table Press) of whichover 950,000 copies have been sold. Mr.Wood was informed this year by theNational Council of Churches that anoffice unit and library on family life inthe Interchurch Center in New Yorkwill be named in his honor.GLADSTONE H. YEUELL, AM'23, retired in September after 34 years at theUniversity of Alabama, University, Ala.He was professor and chairman of thedepartment of history and philosophyof education.ARNOLD H. MAREMONT, '24, JD'26,has been named chairman of the IllinoisPublic Aid Commission. He is presidentof the Maremont Corp., an automotive-products company in Chicago. Also activein many civic activities, he is an officialof such organizations as Lyric Opera, theArt Institute of Chicago, Hull House andthe Center Opera and Ballet Companyof New York. He also serves as a directorof the National Association for Mental Health, a director of the Mental HealthSociety of Greater Chicago, a boardmember of the Institute for Psychoanalysis and director and executive committee member of the Illinois Associationfor Mental Health. The Maremonts havean extensive art collection of 20th centurypainting and sculpture. Their home isin Winnetka, 111.HENRY H. SCHULTZ, '24, JD'28, recently completed a 20-year period as ascout for the Brooklyn and Los Angelesbaseball clubs.25-29CARTER V. GOOD, PhD'25, dean ofthe University of Cincinnati's College ofEducation and Home Economics, hasbeen named consultant on education forthe National Association on Standard Medical Vocabulary. Mr. Good is also editorof the Dictionary of Education.HOWARD E. GREEN, '25, president ofthe Great Lakes Mortgage Corp., Chicago, has been elected treasurer of theMortgage Bankers Association of America.Mr. Green, who has always been activein civic services in his hometown, Winnetka, and to his alma mater, is past chairman of the Alumni Foundation Board.He is a vice president of the Alumni Association where he has served on numerousimportant committees. Most recently hewas chairman of the replacement committee for the Association's executivesecretary. In 1950 he was cited forpublic service by the Association.ROY H. JOHNSON, AM'25, PhD'29,professor of history at Thiel College,Greenville, Pa., received a dual honorat the College's homecoming festivitiesthis fall. He received the Thiel Collegeannual alumni association award for outstanding service to the College. At thesame time it was announced that the funddrive for ThieFs five new men's housingunits is to be known as the "Roy H. JohnsonDrive." Mr. Johnson joined the Thielfaculty in 1929 and is currently chairman of the department of history andof the committee on a study of curriculum. In 1959 the college yearbook,Endymion, was dedicated to him.FRED EGGAN, '27, AM'28, PhD'33,professor and chairman of the U of CDepartment of Anthropology, has beenelected to membership in the AmericanPhilosophical Society. He is also thenewly appointed Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor.HELEN PALMER KING, '27, is working with parents of retarded childrenthrough the Mental Health Center inChicago. Her husband, Joseph, is librarian at Chicago Theological Seminaryand they live in Hyde Park.22 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEThe slender brown-haired scientist shuffled across the rostrum, grinneda bit nervously at the standing-room-only crowd in the Law SchoolAuditorium, and said, "I was afraid there might be a rather largegroup of curiosity seekers." He observed that winning a Nobel prizecertainly brought one much closer to humanity than when one is withthe molecular biologists, and "since all of you have shown up to seesomeone who has got this prize," he would offer a little somethingbefore beginning his Biochemistry 306 lecture. He then read a letterfrom a mother inquiring for her son as to 'how you got your physicalgrowth . . . My son is five feet, four . . . P.S. Charley is 23.'The scientist concluded "I'm afraid DNA won't help." He paused."I guess the rest of you can leave now." For the record they all stayedto hear about "The Role of Ribosomes in Protein Synthesis."James Dewey Watson, who shared with two British scientists theNobel prize in medicine this year, had returned to the campus wherehe had received his BS and PhB degrees in 1947. He was here to delivertwo long-scheduled biochemistry lectures November 9th and 10th. Thenature of Mr. Watson's work has been summed up by Professor ofBiochemistry Lloyd Kozloff: "The achievement of Watson and his colleagues is to the 20th century what the Darwin theory was to the 19thcentury. We will not know the full consequences of their work foranother 50 or 100 years." And by President George Wells Beadle,himself a Nobel winner in medicine in 1958: "I have long felt that hisdiscoveries are among the most important in biological research inthis century." At the inauguration of President Beadle last year, Mr.Watson was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree as"Creator of our understanding of the molecular basis for heredityand evolution, welder of disciplines, prophet of the day when biologywill be explained in the language of quantum mechanics." ¦RETURN OF A LAUREATEDECEMBER, 1962 23ALICE CARTER QUERFELD, '27, andher husband of Detroit, Mich., went toTexas last spring for the marriage oftheir son and then "explored as muchof the Big Bend country as we couldin two weeks' time — fascinating butrugged country."LEO STONE, '27, has been named president of Carrols, Inc., of Chicago, operator of a national chain of hamburgerdrive-in stores and mobile units. Thecompany was started in May and currently has three stores and four mobile-unit depots in operation. Previously Mr.Stone has been vice president-sales ofElgin American, Inc., Elgin, 111., and vicepresident-administration of Radiant Manufacturing Corp., Morton Grove, 111.While with Elgin American Mr. Stoneserved as president of one of its divisions,Excel Movie Products, and as managingdirector of Elgin American of Canada."POLLY" SCRIBNER AMES, '28, had aone-man showing of wood sculptures, oilsand other works at the Closson Galleryin Cincinnati, Ohio, in October, 1961.Recently she also sold a five-panel carvingto a U of C High School graduatingclass, to be placed in the new UniversityHigh School building as a class gift. MissAmes received an award for one of herbronze works at the 15th annual exhibitof North Mississippi Valley Artists atIllinois State University.ELEANOR METHENY, '28, professorof physical education at the University ofSouthern California, has been chosen toreceive a graduate fellowship awardedby Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.,for the 1962-63 academic year. Theawards were granted to 25 women scholars to enable them to do advanced studyand research at universities of theirchoice. For several years Miss Methenyhas been studying "the nature of stylizedmovement as a meaningful form ofhuman behavior," and the fellowship willbe in support of her continued work onthat project. In the past Miss Methenywas the recipient of an Amy MorrisHomans Fellowship for advanced research in physical education.JOHN W. MITCHELL, SM'29, PhD'32,has received the U.S. Department of Ag-*riculture's Distinguished Service Awardfor outstanding research in the USDAAgricultural Research Center, Beltsville,>Md. In presenting the award, Secretaryof Agriculture Orville L. Freemanpraised Mr. Mitchell for outstandingleadership in conducting and stimulatingresearch on plant-growth regulators andantibiotics, including basic research ontranslocation and movement of thesechemicals in plants and the developmentof elective ways of using these materials.Mr. Mitchell was the co-discoverer of theuse of 2,4-D for weed control and bananaripening. He also helped develop pre-harvest sprays that prevent prematuredrop of apples from trees, and made basic discoveries which led to the useof growth regulators in the productionof seedless fruit. Following his studiesat the U of C, Mr. Mitchell continuedwith the botany department for severalyears on a full-time research appointment. He had also contributed manyarticles to the Botanical Gazette published by the U of C Press and editedby members of the U of C botanydepartment.GEORGE W. STUPPY, PhD'29, MD'32,Chicago physician, was honored by Pres-byterian-St. Luke's Hospital recentlywhen he received a distinguished service medallion for his work on the writing of the medical by-laws under whichthe 367-member staff of the hospitalnow operates. Dr. Stuppy joined Presbyterian Hospital in 1935. He was electedpresident of the medical staff in 1957and served in that capacity through thephysical merger with St. Luke's. Hethen became the first president of thecombined medical staffs in 1959. Dr.Stuppy is clinical associate professoroi medicine at the University of IllinoisCollege of Medicine.REUBEN A. SWENSON, '29, researchchemist at the American Oil CompanyLaboratories in Whiting, Ind., spoke at ameeting of the American Society ofLubrication Engineers in St. Louis lastspring. He discussed the preparation,properties and applications of greasesdeveloped to solve the special problemsencountered in lubricating gears. Mr.Swenson holds many patents in the fieldof lubricants.30-32CHARLES BARON, MD'30, of Covington, Ky., is founder of the NorthernKentucky Mental Health Assn., whichserves an area of three counties. It hasexpanded and increased personnel somuch that the staff is now looking forlarger and permanent quarters for theorganization.FRED D'AMOUR, PhD'30, received anhonorary doctor of laws degree from theUniversity of Denver in August. Mr.D 'Amour is professor emeritus of zoologyand former chairman of the zoology department at the University of Denver.He retired in 1960. Significant researchleading to the publication of more than65 articles has been conducted by Mr.D' Amour in endocrinology, cancer, arach-nology, physiological psychology andeducation. His book Manual for Laboratory Work in Mammalian Physiologyestablished the versatility of the rat asan experimental medium for studies inanimal physiology.LOUIS E. RATHS, AM'30, of Yonkers,N.Y., a professor of education at New York University's School of Education,has been named a winner of one of three1962 Great Teacher Awards presented byNYU's Alumni Federation. Mr. Raths received a citation and honorarium of$1,000 at the Founders Day convocationthere in April. Outstanding teaching isthe sole consideration in choosing thewinners of the awards.PHILIP KOLB, '31, AM'32, faculty member in the French department at the University of Illinois, spent the summer inEurope. Mr. Kolb, presided at a symposium on Proust in July at Cerisy-la-Salle, Normandy, for which he preparedthe program and presented a paper. Healso conferred with Plon of Paris publishers, on a new edition of Proust's General Correspondence, which he has edited.DONALD C. McMILLAN, '31, '35, isminister of the Uhiversalist-Unitarianchurch in his home town of Hutchinson,Kan., after having served five churchesin the East Coast. Mr. McMillan, the1931 captain of the U of C water poloteam, maintains an active interest inswimming and water safety. With hiswife he is active in community projectsand United Nations work.ROBERT R. PALMER, '31, Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University,received the honorary degree of Doctorof Letters from Washington University,St. Louis, Mo., in June. Mr. Palmer, whohas been a member of the Princetonfaculty since 1936, is the author of TheAge of the Democratic Revolution, TwelveWho Ruled, A History of the ModemWorld, and other books. His citationread: "In an age when many scholarsand historians seek glory as poets andpreachers, prophets and politicians, Professor Palmer, writing in a revolutionaryera about an earlier age of revolution,has honored his craft by remaining whathe so ably is. To him is due the highestpraise that can be bestowed upon a professional historian: Because of what hehas written, we have a deeper andbroader understanding of an importantpart of the human past."EARL V. PULLIAS, AM'31, professor ofhigher education at the University ofSouthern California, has been electedpresident of the Los Angeles CountyBoard of Education for the year 1962-63.This is Mr. Pullias' ninth year on theboard and his second term as president.In this position, he contributes to theoperation of one of the largest schoolunits in the U.S. Before joining thefaculty of USC in 1957, Mr. Pulliastaught at Duke University and Pepper-dine College.DAVID M. BEHEN, '32, PhD'53, ofYoungstown, Ohio, is professor and chairman of the history department at Youngstown University. He comments that theYoungstown history department has eightmembers and half are U of C alumni: oneholds a master's degree and three, includ-24 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEing Mr. Behen have doctor's degrees fromthe U of C.EDWARD H. BUEHRIG, '32, AM'34,PhD'42, and DWAIN N. WALCHER,'38, MD'40, have been promoted atIndiana University, Bloomington. Dr.Walcher has been named professor ofpediatrics, and Mr. Buehrig has beenpromoted from professor of governmentto University Professor of Government,and continues as chairman of the committee on international studies.WILLIAM E. GIST, '32, of Chicago, hasbeen appointed deputy regional directorof urban renewal with the Housing andHome Finance Agency for Region IV— aten-state area. He will serve as fullassistant to the regional director in allphases of operations relating to federallyassisted urban renewal programs in theaiea. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Gistwas regional chief of relocation withthe agency, and until 1955 he was asenior employment office manager withthe Illinois State Employment Service.Mrs. Gist is librarian of the CurriculumLaboratory in the U of C GraduateSchool of Education Library, and theirtwo children attend the U of C Laboratory Schools.PHILIP S. KLEIN, AM'32, professor ofAmerican history at Pennsylvania StateUniversity, University Park, Pa., waspresented the Louis H. Bell MemorialAward for his recent book PresidentJames Buchanan: A Biography. Theaward, given by the University, consistsof a certificate and a check for $1,000.It was established three years ago toencourage the production of scholarlybooks by members of the Universityfaculty and is awarded to the facultymember "who submits to the Penn StatePress the book manuscript which bestexemplifies the highest standards ofscholarship and creativity in its field,without limitation as to the breadth ornarrowness of the subject matter andwithout regard to its popular appeal."As a boy in Lancaster, Pa., Mr. Kleinplayed in the orchards of Wheatland, thehome of President Buchanan, and out ofthis boyhood activity grew a scholarlyinterest in the former president who wasthe subject of his theses for his mastersand doctors degrees at the U of C. Hehas for more than 30 years been engagedin research on President Buchanan andthe efforts of his work are found in thiscurrent publication.RUTH KANTOR NIERENBERG, '32, ofPalisades, Calif,, is attending the GraduateSchool of Business at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, working towardher MBA degree. Mrs. Nierenberg workedfrom 1932 to 1941, and since 1941 hasbeen a full time homemaker and mother.ALICE PALMER PRATT, '32, SM'37, ofGrosse Point Park, Mich., has a full-timemedical practice in dermatology. She isalso assistant professor of dermatology at Wayne State University college of medicine, chairman of dermatology at GraceHospital in Detroit, associate editor of theDetroit Medical News, and president ofthe Pilot Club of Detroit. She servedduring 1960-61 as president of the DetroitDermatology Society and chairman of theMichigan State Medical Society sectionof Dermatology. Dr. Pratt's husband isa surgeon and they have two daughters.STEPHEN G. PROKSA, '32, JD'34, ofOak Park, 111., has a general law practiceiu Chicago, and also represents two savings and loan associations. He and hiswife have two daughters.AGATHA DEGEN REIWITCH, '32, andher husband, ALVIN, '30, announce thebirth of their youngest grandson, JudsonDavid Bowman, to their daughter Ann,and her husband, JOHN J. BOWMAN,'58.EMIL H. J. RINTELMANN, AM'32, ofMilwaukee, Wise, has been promoted toadministrative assistant at the MilwaukeeUniversity School. He still serves as chairman of the mathematics department, supervisor of the junior high, faculty supervisor and director of transportation.HARRY SHERNOFF, '32, of Crivitz,Wise, is president and chairman of theboard of Crivitz Community, Inc., whichhas recently secured a second large industrial plant for the community— Hunter-craft, Inc., formerly of Racine, Wise.(The other large industry in Crivitz isThompson Ski Co., the world's largestmanufacturer of water skis.) Mr. Sher-noff is an attorney.DUNCAN M. THOMSON, '32, associateprofessor of biology at Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, Wash., hasbeen assigned as local campus coordinatorfor a residence and correspondence coursetitled "The New Biology," over CBSTelevision College of the Air. The program features half-hour lectures by various guests including RAY KOPPELMAN,'44, PhD'52, assistant professor of biochemistry at the U of C.33-36BION B. HOWARD, '33, professor offinance at Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., has been named first holder ofthe Nathan S. and Mary P. Sharp chairof Finance in the University's School ofBusiness. Mr. Howard, a specialist inbusiness finance and equity financing ofsmall business, has been on the Northwestern faculty since 1947. In December,1961, Mr. Howard was also elected president of the American Finance Assn., aprofessional society. In addition to histeaching duties, he is treasurer and director of several Chicago companies. In1954-55 he was visiting professor at theDecember, 1962 Stanford University Graduate School ofBusiness Administration.MARGARET CARE MAYER - OAKES,'33, of Detroit, Mich., writes us thisnews of her sons: T. FRANCIS MAYER-OAKES, '33, PhD'55, associate professorof history at Wayne State University,Detroit, Mich., recently prepared a seriesof five programs held at the InternationalInstitute in Detroit on "Aspects of Contemporary Japanese Culture." Mr. Mayer-Oakes was in Japan in 1959 on aFulbright grant. WILLIAM J. MAYER-OAKES, AM'49, PhD'54, associate professor of archaeology and anthropologyat the University of Oklahoma and director of the Stoval Museum there, gavea series of lectures this spring for theArchaeological Institute of America atAnn Arbor and Detroit, Mich., and Toledo, Cleveland and Springfield, Ohio.The lectures were on results of his expeditions in Mexico, Canada, SouthAmerica and the U.S.JOHN A. NIETZ, PhD'33, is professor ofeducation at the University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh, Pa. His recent book, OldTextbooks ( 1961 ), has received many favorable reviews in such professional periodicals as the Educational Forum, andthe History of Education Quarterly.DOROTHY C. NORBERG, AM'33, ofWashington, D.C, has been promoted tothe position of editor of the Library ofCongress Classification, in the Library ofCongress subject cataloging division.HERMAN E. RIES, JR., '33, PhD'36,presided at a scientific meeting at Stanford University in June. Mr. Ries, seniorresearch associate at the Whiting, Ind.,laboratories of the American Oil Co.,organized his sessions of the meeting atwhich scientists from the U.S., Australia,France, Israel, and Japan, presented theirlatest research on films one moleculethick. The films are being studied for25their significance in such fields as lubrication, medicine, and water conservation.Mr. Ries has achieved wide recognitionfor his pioneering research on interactionsthat take place at the surface of liquidsand solids; the Ipatieff Award of theAmerican Chemical Society was accordedhim for his contributions in this field.ERIK WAHLGREN, '33, PhD'38, was onsabbatical leave from the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, during 1961-62.He and his family spent 15 months inScandinavia, where Mr. Wahlgren was afellow of the Guggenheim Foundation.Mr. Wahlgren's book, The KensingtonStone, A Mystery Solved, has recentlybeen reissued as a paperback by the University of Wisconsin Press.GEORGE V. MOORE, PhD'34, professorof church administration at the Collegeof the Bible, Lexington, Ky., was honoredrecently with a citation from the College,recognizing his administrative work there.The award, given by the faculty andtrustees on behalf of the Disciples ofChrist Brotherhood, read in part: "Inappreciation of your signal contributionto the education of ministers for ourbrotherhood and for the church ecumenical, especially in recognition of youreffective administrative labors at the College of the Bible. . . ." Mr. Moore servedas chairman of the faculty from 1926-28,and as director of placement from 1933-38 and from 1941 through 1961. Heresigned the latter position in January todevote his full time to teaching. He isthe author of four books for laymen andministers.HARRY T. MOORE, '34, former researchprofessor of English at Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale, has been namedprofessor of English at the University ofColorado, Boulder. Mr. Moore has writtensix books, including The Novels of JohnSteinbeck, The Life and Works of D.H.Lawrence, The Intelligent Heart. He hasalso written for many periodical publications and is currently working on a number of books including a critical surveyof 20th century European literature, acritical biography of Lawrence Durrell,an anthology of Elizabethan literature,and "Backstage at the Abbey," the unpublished letters of William Butler Yeatsand Lady Gregory.LEWIS A. DEXTER, '35, has beennamed executive director of the Committee on Space Efforts and Society, ofthe American Academy of Arts andSciences. The Committee has beengranted $181,000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for astudy of the mobilization of nationalenergies for massive engineering enterprises such as the space program. It isalso directed to study the effects of thespace program upon education, sociological, and psychological aspects of American society. Mr. Dexter, of Belmont,Mass., was research director for theVolpe - for - Governor Campaign Com mittee, 1960; and the Furcolo-for-Gover-nor Campaign Committee, 1956; and hastaught political science at Lowell Technological Institute and St. Anselm's. Heis co-author of an immediately forthcoming book, American Business andPublic Policy.JOHN M. KNOWLTON, JD'36, secretary and general counsel and a directorof Baxter Laboratories, Inc., MortonGrove, 111., has been elected a vice president of the firm by its board of directors.Before joining Baxter in 1949, Mr. Knowl-ton was an attorney in private practice.He and his family live in Winnetka, 111.JOHN G. McNAB, PhD'36, of ShortHills, N.J., was appointed in April to anew position as chairman of new usesactivities of Standard Oil Co. ( of New Jersey), reporting directly to the Board ofDirectors. Previously he had been deputyto the vice president of an affiliatedcompany, Esso Research and EngineeringCo., in charge of petroleum products,medical, analytical and basic research.WILLIAM C. NORBY. '36, vice president and head of the financial and economic research department of HarrisTrust and Savings Bank, Chicago, wasnamed executive vice president of theFinancial Analysis Federation at the organization's annual convention in Detroit.Mr. Norby, who lives in La Grange Park,111., is also a director and chairman ofthe finance committee, Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind; vice chairman of thelegislative committee, Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry; pastpresident of the Investment AnalystsSociety of Chicago; a lecturer at theGraduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin; and an instructorin the home study department of theUof C.37-38EDWIN J. CROCKIN, '37, is assistantstate director of personnel in the State ofVirginia Governor's office and also servessometimes as special assistant to directorof the budget. Mr. Crockin lives in Richmond, Va.BERNARD FRANK, '37, is chief of thestatistics and survey branch of the Federal Aviation Agency, and his wife,JANET OKNER, '37, is a child welfareadviser with the U.S. Children's Bureaudivision of social services. Mr. and Mrs.Frank have two children and live inSilver Spring, Md.HELEN MAYER HACKER, '37, socialscience research resident with the NewYork City Department of Health, is teaching research methods at Columbia University. She is also currently setting upa research program in accident prevention for the city of New York under a grant from the Association for the Aidof Crippled Children. Mrs. Hacker received her PhD from Columbia in 1961,for which her dissertation was, "A Functional Approach to Working Wives."SYLVIA FLANDERS HALPERN, '37,recently joined the counseling staff of theOffice of Vocational Guidance and Placement at the U of C.EUGENE HERZ, '37, MBA'38, is a certified public accountant in Chicago. Heand his wife, Vera, announce the birthof a son, Daniel Frank, on July 20, 1961.NORMAN KHARASCH, '37, SM'38,professor of chemistry at the Universityof Southern California, is the editor ofa new book, Organic Sulfur Compounds,which is a series of 40 chapters by experts from all over the world on organicsulfur chemistry. Conceived by Mr.Kharasch to fill a long-felt need in thefield of chemistry, the work when completed will consist of three volumes designed to give a coherent picture of themany aspects and inter-relations of sulfur and its compounds. It will be published by Pergamon Press, Inc., NewYork.JOYCE BODENHEIMER KOHN, '37,of Plainfield, N.J., is now painting andteaching painting. She has exhibitednationally and had her first "one-man"show about a year and a half ago.INEZ SHER LADENSON, '37, of Chicago, is teaching at Agassiz ElementarySchool, and her husband, ALEX LADEN-SON, AM'35, PhD'38, is assistant librarian at the Chicago Public Library.JAMES H. LEVY, '37, established hisown office for law practice in St. Paul,Minn., in June, 1961.JOHN A. MATTMILLER, '37, is nowpresident of the Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Assn., in Chicago. Mr. Mattmiller iswith the Northern Trust Company Bankin Chicago.L1BUSE LUKAS MILLER, '37, of Gam-bier, Ohio, had her second book, InSearch of the Self: The Individual in theThought of Kierkegaard, published earlythis year by Muhlenberg Press. Her firstbook, The Christian and the World ofUnbelief, was published in 1957 by Abing-ton Press. Mrs. Miller is busy writing,painting, and playing cello in an amateurstring quartet.GERALD F. MOLLOY, '37, of Chicago,was recently named regional businessmanager for the great lakes region ofChevrolet Motor Division. Formerly hewas metropolitan business manager forthe Chicago area.JOHN G. MORRIS, '37, has resignedfrom his position as international executive editor with Magnum Photos, Inc., inorder to form his own photographicorganization.JANE BORNSCHEIN NEALE, '37, of26 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEChicago, is chairman of the art department at Chicago Teachers College. Shehas recently started work toward her PhDdegree at New York University. Formerly she taught eight years in theChicago Public elementary schools, nine-years in high schools, and the past fouryears at Chicago Teachers.EDWARD S. STERN, '37, JD'40, isserving as chairman of the Planning Commission of the City of Highland Park, 111.He is a partner in Aaron, Aaron, Schim-berg & Hess, attorneys in Chicago.BARBARA WILDER SUTHERLAND,'37, of Fayetteville, N.C., wishes shecould "return to the U of C and takeadditional courses in agronomy, pest control and farm management," now that sheand her husband farm in the sandhills ofNorth Carolina, and she is strugglingwith the problems of the rural south andraising children. She says, they love it!LELAND S. WINTER, '37, and his wife,Lila, have found a ready market for oldChicago bricks through their firm "Antique Bricks, Ltd." Mr. and Mrs. Wintersupervise the salvage of bricks fromdemolition areas (now largely HydePark-Kenwood) and sell them to building materials suppliers. They are thenused in the construction of new homes,restaurants, motels and other structuresto add a "weathered and peppery look."According to Mr. Winter, old bricks fromChicago are particularly in demand because clay from the area produced colorsnot found in other parts of the country,especially varying shades of pink. Mr.Winter became interested in antiquebricks about eight years ago during a tripto Texas when he saw old hand-pressed,hand-cut bricks that had been made byslaves used in new construction to offsetnew wood and new paint. Mr. Winter,who is a Chicago attorney was amongthe group of citizens who helped organizethe Hyde Park-Kenwood CommunityConference. He and his family now livein Highland Park, 111.DONALD B. ANDERSON, '38, a colonelin the Army Reserves, recently completedthe U.S. Army Reserve associate command and general staff course at FortLeavenworth, Kan. Mr. Anderson andhis wife live in Wethersfield, Conn.MAMIE L. ANDERZHON, '38, SM'48,associate professor of geography at Indiana State College, Indiana, Pa., is president of the National Council for Geographic Education. Miss Anderzhon wasa teacher in the Oak Park, 111., PublicSchools prior to accepting her presentposition in September, 1961.OSCAR BODANSKY, MD'38, chairmanof the department of biochemistry at theMemorial Hospital for Cancer and AlliedDiseases, a part of the Sloan-KetteringCancer Center in New York, has receivedone of the first four Alfred P. SloanAwards in Cancer Research. The award of $10,000 recognizes past accomplishments and serves to broaden scientificcompetence and increase effective contact between cancer experts in variousinstitutions. Award recipients will affiliate for one year with an outside university, research institute or other activityof their choice dedicated to researchrelevant to cancer. During that time theywill receive regular compensation fromthe hospital. Dr. Bodansky's award notedthat: ' His original and imaginative investigations on enzymes . . . have earnedhim a wide and well-deserved reputationas a distinguished scientist. . . . Theadvanced state of the diagnosis andtreatment of patients . . . , particularlypatients with cancer, owes much to hisefforts, insight, and enthusiasm."HERMAN B. CHASE, PhD'38, professorof biology at Brown University, Providence, R.I., has received a total of$91,045, as a cancer research grant fromthe Public Health Service. Dr. Chasereceived an award of $44,045, for theyear beginning September 1, with apledge for one additional year at $47,000.He is studying skin cycles and ionizingradiations. Dr. Chase and his wife,ELIZABETH BROWN, PhD'37, live inRumford, R.I.PETER P. LEJINS, PhD'38, professor ofsociology at the University of Maryland,has taken a new voluntary post as chairman of a citizens committee chargedwith mapping Washington, D.C.'s all-outattack on juvenile delinquency. Thegroup has been granted $100,767 by thePresident's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, to beginthe program. Mr. Lejins who hopes theWashington work will be at least partiallypatterned after a similar project in NewYork, believes that these demonstrationprojects being aided by the President'scommittee, contain a "tremendous potential" for dealing with the problems thatcause delinquent behavior. Now, hesays, the work of topnotch sociologicalresearchers can have effect on the community because funds are available totranslate the research into action. Mr.Lejins is familiar with the Washingtonarea problems: he moved up throughthe ranks of volunteers with the Healthand Welfare Council of the NationalCapital Area to become one of its vicepresidents, and for years he was activewith the Washington Criminal JusticeAssn. Currently he is president-designateof the American Correctional Assn., andalso served as a member of the delegationto three U.N. Congresses on Preventionof Crime and Treatment of Offenders.Of Latvian descent, Mr. Lejins also isPresident of the American Latvian Assn.His wife is NORA MULLER, '34, AM'35.PHYLLIS GREENE MATTINGLY, '38,of Fort Collins, Colo., writes that herhusband, John, has invented and goneinto production on "Water Pik," an oralhygiene device. It's a new business for Offset Printing • Imprinting • AddresaographingMultilithing • Copy Preparation • Automatic InsertingTypewriting • Addressing • Folding • MailingCHICAGO ADDRESSING * PRINTING COMPANY720 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET WAbflSll 2*4561YOUR FAVORITEFOUNTAIN TREATTASTES BETTERf Swift & Company7409 So. Stats StreetPhone RAdcliffe 3-7400THIS pylon on our new plant marksa milestone in our thirty yearsof service to organizationsrequiring fine skills, latesttechniques and large capacity.Our work is as diversified as theneeds and products of our customersPhoto press¦ Ui HaHH:i I IM JillCongress Expressway at Gardner RoadBROADVIEW. ILL. COIumbus 1-1420DECEMBER, 1962Fort Collins, and may be seen at theSeattle World's Fair.DALE NOBLE, MBA'38, has been nameddirector of development at Lake ForestCollege, Lake Forest, 111. For the past20 months he has been central regionaldirector of Yale University's Programfor the Arts and Sciences, which raisedmore than $52,000,000. The development staff at Lake Forest College is beingexpanded in preparation for an accelerated financial support program basedon a Ford Foundation $2,000,000 conditional matching grant announced in June.To meet the terms of this grant, LakeForest will raise an additional $4,000,000over a three-year period under the direction of its development director. Mr.Noble will be responsible for the financialsupport program of the college exceptfor the alumni area. He has had widespread experience in business and publicaffairs, and has served numerous hospitals, churches and other voluntary associations as a consultant in capitalfinancing.ROBERT L. SHARVY, '38, head of thephilosophy department at Lake ForestCollege, Lake Forest, 111., is the authorof Basic Logic, published recentlv byLittlefield-Adams as part of their CollegeOutline Series. The book covers materialused in the course, Introduction to Logicat Lake Forest College, where it hasbeen in use in manuscript form for thepast four years. It was also used at theUniversity of Missouri during the pastyear.1+0-1+6ROBERT B. DAVIS, '40, AM'47, PhD'56,professor of English at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, has been appointed professor of English and head of the Englishdepartment at Parsons College, Fairfield,la. He had been at Heidelberg since1950, and was visiting associate professorof English at Occidental College, LosAngeles, Calif., during the academic year,1960-61.GENEVIEVE E. HATFIELD, '40, received a master of arts degree in guidance from Western Michigan University,Kalamazoo, Mich.JEAN B. HOODWIN, '40, AM'42, hasrecently moved from Oakland, Calif., toWashington, D.C, where she is workingas clinical supervising social worker inthe Bureau of Maternal and Child Health,Washington, D.C, Department of PublicHealth. Miss Hoodwin is living in Arlington, Va.JOSEPH Z. BRONSTEIN, '41, has beenappointed to the newly created positionof controller of Polk Bros., Chicago.Previously he was general manager of theCotton Shops o£ Chicago, a chain of 150 retail stores. Mr. Bronstein and hisfamily live in Skokie, 111.MARY E. EATON, '41, and JOHN H.WILLS, AM'51, both received advanceddegrees from Washington University, St.Louis, Mo., in June. Miss Eaton receiveda master of social work degree and Mr.Wills received a doctor of philosophydegree.NORMAN HILBERRY, PhD'41, retireddirector of Argonne National Laboratory(operated by the U of C for the AtomicEnergy Commission), was presented acitation recently by the Associated Midwest Universities (AMU). AMU is acorporation organized in 1958 to encourage research and education in scienceand to develop programs involving useof Argonne and other laboratories bypersonnel from research and educationalinstitutions. The citation paid tribute toMr. Hilberry's pioneer efforts in fosteringinteraction between the Argonne National Laboratory and various universities.CHARLES E. TEST, MD'41, andRILEY SCHAEFFER, '46, PhD'49, havebeen promoted at Indiana University,Bloomington. Mr. Schaeffer has beennamed professor of chemistry and Dr.Test is now associate professor of medicine.THOMAS F. DWYER, MD'42, has beenpromoted to assistant clinical professorof psychiatry on the Harvard UniversityMedical School faculty. He is associatedirector of the psychiatric service atBeth Israel Hospital, Boston, and aspecial consultant to the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness of the U.S. Public Health Service.Dr. Dwyer lives in Chestnut Hill, Mass.HERBERT N. FRIEDLANDER, '42,PhD'47, has been named to the newly-created position of manager of polymerscience in the basic research department of Chemstrand Research Center,Inc., in Durham, N.C. Mr. Friedlanderrecently returned from Israel where hewas called to serve as a consultant andadviser to that country's National Council for Research and Development. Previously he had been associated withAmoco Chemicals Corp., and StandardOil Company ( Indiana ) , where he playeda prominent part in research which ledto the development of the commercialprocesses for high density polyethylene.Mr. Friedlander and his family live inRaleigh, N.C.HERBERT GOLDHOR, PhD'42, is nowprofessor of library science and associatedirector of the Graduate School of Library Science at the University of Illinois. He has been in this position sinceJanuary, 1962. Formerly he had beenchief librarian of the Public Library inEvansville, Ind.JOHN E. KARLIN, PhD'42, is the au-thor of an article entitled "Human Factors Engineering and Modern Communi cations" which appeared in the Juneissue of the Bell Laboratories Record.Mr. Karlin, a native of South Africa,was the first research psychologist to joinBell Telephone Laboratories and wasengaged initially in studies of hearing.In 1949 he was part of a small groupformed in the research department tolook into the questions of what telephoneusers were likely to want in the future.This work has been expanded to coverthe general problem of human communication properties as they affect the man-machine coupling problem in telephony,and Mr. Karlin now heads the humanfactors research department in systemsengineering.MYRON RUSH, '42, PhD'51, of thesocial sciences department of the RandCorp., Santa Monica, Calif., participatedin a conference on "Behavioral Scienceand the Reduction of International Conflict," at San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, Calif., in June. Histalk was entitled, "Some Thoughts onthe Soviet Challenge."WILMA BENNETT, AM'43, of Covina,Calif., has been appointed assistant professor of library science at Kent StateUniversity, Kent, Mich. For the pasttwo years she has been librarian of Edge-wood High School in West Covina, Calif.She also has held librarian posts in Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and NorthDakota and has taught at the Universityof Wisconsin and Indiana University.SAMUEL I. CLARK, '43, PhD'49, professor of political science at WesternMichigan University, Kalamazoo, becamedirector of honors for that University inSeptember. In this newly-created position, Mr. Clark will be in charge of thedevelopment and administration of thehonors program, including basic studies,departmental honors, and other programsdeveloped at the upper level. He willalso admit students to the honors program and advise them on their academicprogram.LOIS COME GRAFF, '43, returned tothe U of C campus spring quarter, 1961,18 years after her graduation. She hasbeen taking the necessary 18 hours ofclasses in education to teach in the Chicago high schools. This spring she wasa practice teacher at Calumet HighSchool. She says, "It has been a wonderful experience getting back to studiesagain and adding this to my prior industrial experience! My 8M year old daughter and hubby, Hirsch, are very proudthese days to have a Mommy and wifegoing to school to become a teacher."HARRY O. PEARCE, AM'44, received adoctor of education degree from the University of North Dakota in August. Hisdissertation was "The Courses and Content of Professional Education Requiredby North Dakota Colleges and Universities Preparing Secondary Teachers."28 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINECHARLES M. PRICE, '44, '44, SM'47,PhD'50, has been appointed associatehead of the astro-dynamics department ofAerospace Corporation's Systems Research and Planning Division. Mr. Pricehad previously been leader of the orbitalmechanics section of that department.Before joining Aerospace (in Los Angeles, Calif.) in 1961, Mr. Price supervised a group engaged in technical support of advanced design of aerospacevehicles at North American Aviation. Theauthor of numerous technical publications, Mr. Price taught mathematics atthe Illinois Institute of Technology andheaded a group research team for theInstitute for Air Weapons Research. Heand his family live in Torrance, Calif.E. THEODORE BACHMANN, PhD'46,was awarded the honorary degree ofDoctor of Divinity from Thiel College,Greenville, Pa., in June. He is associatesecretary for theological education withthe Board of Higher Education, UnitedLutheran Church in America. He hasalso recently been nominated executivesecretary of the Board of College Education and Church Vocations of theLutheran Church in America.SAMUEL M. CAPLIN, PhD'46, assistantprofessor of botany at Los Angeles StateCollege, contributed a table on planttissue culture to the Handbook onGrowth, a new biology reference bookbeing published by the Federation ofAmerican Societies for Experimental Biology. For the table, Mr. Caplin assembled the known quantitative data ongrowth of plant tissue cultures.HAROLD GRAHAM, PhD'46, has beenappointed an assistant director of technical research at Thomas J. Lipton, Inc.,tea and food company with headquartersin New York. Mr. Graham will beresponsible for food research and technical services. He joined Lipton in 1952and his work on the chemical and biochemical changes which occur in teahelped make possible Lipton Instant Tea,introduced two years ago. Appointedmanager of food research in 1960, Mr.Graham supervised research which ledto product innovations in Wish-BoneSalad Dressings, Lipton Soup Mixes andnew products. He and his family live inEnglewood, N.J.THELMA BLUM KANE, '46, has recently started working for Max Factor& Co., Hollywood, Calif., in the capacityof biologist-librarian. Her husband,STEPHEN, '37, PhD'41, is still withParamount Paint Co. in research andpaint development. The Kanes and theirtwo sons live in Burbank, Calif.DUNCAN M. MacINTYRE, AM'46, professor at the New York State School ofIndustrial and Labor Relations at CornellUniversity, had a book published in Mayentitled, Voluntary Health Insurance andRate Making. The book, which is theresult of a study sponsored by the HealthInformation Foundation, deals with two methods for setting rates for health insurance: community rating and experience rating. One of Mr. Maclntyre'sconclusions is that without extensive subsidization, voluntary health insurance cannot continue to insure high-risk groups,especially the aged, and that the rateissue is of crucial importance to the futureof voluntary health insurance in the U.S.1+7-1+8ROBERT J. ADOLPH, '47, has been appointed assistant professor of internalmedicine at the University of CincinnatiMedical Center's College of Medicine.He will teach and continue his heart research in the Medical Center's CardiacLaboratory at Cincinnati General Hospital. Dr. Adolph went to Cincinnati in1960 from the University of Washingtonwhere he was a special research fellowof the National Institutes of Health,working in physiology. From 1958 to1960 he was an assistant professor ofmedicine and assistant director of theUniversity of Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals' medical clinics inChicago.HAROLD P. BECHTOLDT, PhD'47,was promoted to full professor of psychology at the State University of Iowa,Iowa City. Mr. Bechtoldt lectured atthe University of Ghent, Belgium during1960-61 on a Fulbright grant.RALPH R. BOYER, '47, received a master of sacred theology degree from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, in June.EDWIN DIAMOND, '47, AM'49, hasbeen named a senior editor of Newsweekmagazine. He will direct news coverageia the fields of art, books, life and leisure,music, press, science, and space and theatom. Since 1957, Mr. Diamond hasheaded the science, and space and theatom news departments of the magazine.He served with International News Service in Washington and Chicago beforejoining Newsweek. A specialist in sciencewriting, he has won awards from theChicago and Washington NewspaperGuilds, and in the Westinghouse-Ameri-can Association for the Advancement ofScience Competition. Mr. Diamond isauthor of The Science of Dreams, published in 1962.JAMES M. ETHRIDGE, '47, AM'53, wasnamed editorial director of Gale ResearchCo., Detroit, Mich., earlier this year. Hehad been vice-president of Marquis-Who'sWho, Inc., Chicago, and director of research for Who's Who in America andthe firm's other publications. He alsoserved as director of public relations, andjoined Marquis-Who's Who, Inc., in1949. At Gale Research Co., he willbe in charge of the firm's new quarterlybiographical publication, Contemporary GIST '32Authors, as well as Gale's standard reference work, Encyclopedia of Associations,and other current and projected publications.ALEXIS T. MILLER, '47, MBA'48, hasbeen elected vice president of operationsas executive vice president of BadgerMeter Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee.Before joining the firm in 1955 Mr.Miller had been assistant controller withStudebaker-Packard Corp. in SouthBend, Ind.CHRISTINE L. OGLEVEE, '47, SM'48,dean of the school of nursing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center,Jackson, Miss., has received a three-yearappointment to the Defense AdvisoryCommittee on Women in the Services.CHARLES N. SAYRE, '47, of ArlingtonHeights, 111., has been named a partnerof Thomson & McKinnon, Chicagobrokerage firm. Mr. Sayre joined thefirm in 1953 as an account executive.prior to which he did sales work forBurroughs Corp.ROBERT A. SCHLUTER, '47, PhD'54.and LIU LIU, SM'57, PhD'61, and hiswife, LU SAN LIU, SM'57, PhD'61,have all been named to the physics department faculty at Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., for this academicyear. Mr. Schluter was named a fullprofessor, and specializes in the studyof sub-nuclear particles. Mr. Liu is anassistant professor and Mrs. Liu is lecturing on nuclear physics.MITCHELL EDELSON, JR., '48, hasannounced the opening of his new officefor the general practice of law at 100North La Salle Street, Chicago 2. Hewas formerly an assistant State's attorney.RALPH M. GOLDMAN, AM'48, PhD'51,has been a visiting associate professor ofpolitical science at the U of C for theacademic year 1961-62, during whichDECEMBER, 1962 29he completed the manuscript for hisforthcoming book on presidential partyleadership. This fall he became professor of government at San Francisco StateCollege.MELVENE HARDEE, PhD'48, professor of higher education at Florida StateUniversity, was inducted as president ofthe American College Personnel Assn.last spring at the annual convention ofthe organization in Chicago. A leader inthe field of student personnel work inhigher education, Miss Hardee has beena charter member and president ofSouthern College Personnel Assn., directing workshops and serving as consultantfor numerous Southern colleges and universities. In the State of Florida, MissHardee has taken a major part in thestudy and evaluation of programs ofstudent personnel administration in thejunior colleges. One of Miss Hardee'sbooks is a yearbook of practice and theoretical study of student personnel workfor the American Personnel and Guidance Assn. It was written with NELSONHENRY, PhD'23, professor emeritus ofeducation at the U of C Miss Hardeehas been on the faculty of the U of C,as resident head and instructor in theCollege.PAUL H. KLINGBIEL, '48, '50, directorof lexicography for the Armed ServicesTechnical Information Agency (ASTIA),has recently published a study on "Language-Oriented Retrieval Systems." Mr.Klingbiel envisions both theorists andpractitioners moving to more controlledvocabularies for machine use in information retrieval, especially for informationcovering a number of varied scientificdisciplines. This study resulted from thecurrent revision of the Thesaurus ofASTIA Descriptors for which Mr. Klingbiel is project officer. The thesaurus isa vocabulary of 7000 terms used byASTIA for automated retrieval to aid inthe interchange of scientific informationof interest to the Department of Defense.Mr. Klingbiel's offices are in Arlington, Va.JAMES V. MITCHELL, '48, AM'50,PhD'53, has been named professor ofeducation in the University of Rochester's college of education beginning thisfall. Mr. Mitchell, formerly associateprofessor of psychological education atthe University of Texas, is noted for hiswork in the field of television teaching.He recently won a national award fromthe TV Bureau of Advertising for hisresearch design for television teachingand programming at Miami University,Oxford, Ohio. Mr. Mitchell was assistantand associate professor in educationalpsychology and research at Miami University from 1954-57, and assistant professor at Purdue University from 1957-59.LAWRENCE R. POTE, '48, and GERALD J. POST, MBA'58, both majors inthe U.S. Air Force, were honored as distinguished graduates at the graduation ceremonies for the Air Force's Commandand Staff College at the Air University,Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Thecourse was nine months of intermediatelevel professional military education forAir Force career officers in the gradesof captain and major. Mr. Pote will remain as a faculty member at the college,and Mr. Post is being reassigned toTachikawa Air Force Base in Japan.HOWARD S. POWELL, JR., '48, hasbeen appointed traffic manager for Monsanto Chemical Company's hydrocarbonsdivision plants at Texas City and Alvin,Tex., after serving as traffic manager forthe company's Everett plant, in Everett,Mass.HENRY H. PRESLER, PhD'48, a missionary and member of the staff atLeonard Theological College, Jabalpur,India, is traveling to the U.S. for a yearduring 1962-63. He is visiting Methodistchurches throughout the U.S. and attending several church conferences. Hewill return to India in September, 1963.FREDERICK E. SAMSON, JR., '48,PhD'52, associate professor of physiologyat the University of Kansas, has been appointed chairman of the newly-organizeddepartment of Comparative Biochemistryand Physiology on the university campusat Lawrence, Kan.LOYD G. STARRETT, SM'48, a majorin the U.S. Air Force and staff meteorologist at Kirtland Air Force Base, NewMexico, was awarded the U.S. Air ForceCommendation Medal. The medal wasawarded in recognition of his meritoriousachievement as assistant chief of Detachment 40, 28th Weather Squadronin England.REECE STUART, III, AM'48, has beenpromoted to chief engineer with Pitts-burgh-Des Moines Steel Company's central division in Des Moines, la. In thisposition, Mr. Stuart will supervise alldrafting and design. He joined Pitts-burgh-Des Moines in 1949.MYRON H. WILK, '48, has becomedirector of sales for Arista Truck Renting Corp., Brooklyn. He and his wifelive in Park West Village, New York City.1+9-55STEWART CLARE, PhD'49, joined thefaculty of Rockford College, Rockford,111., in September as associate professorof biology. Mr. Clare was formerly onthe faculty of Union College, Barbour-ville, Ky.JULIAN A. MILLER, '49, MD&l, isnow clinical assistant professor of psychiatry in the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He took that positionthis January. Dr. Miller had been adjunct psychiatrist at Michael Reese Hospitaland Medical Center in Chicago since1957.O, WILLIAM PERLMUTTER, AM'49,PhD'59, has been named professor ofpolitical science at the University ofMinnesota, effective this fall. Mr. Perl-mutter has been in Europe for the pastthree years as American academic adviserto the Institute of European Studies atthe Universities of Vienna, Freiburg(Germany), and the Honors Programin Paris.GWENDOLYN PAGE RITCHIE, '49,of Chicago, writes that her third baby("finally a boy!") was born at ChicagoLying-in Hospital last year.HOUSTON T. ROBISON, PhD'49, hasbeen appointed director of the arts andsciences division at State UniversityCollege, Buffalo, N.Y. Mr. Robison hasbeen a member of the Buffalo State faculty since 1949, prior to which he workedin public schools in Oregon for 13 yearsas teacher, principal and curriculum coordinator. He is the author of Administration of Indian Affairs in the Northwest,and Dominion Status in the British Empire. He has also been a consultant tothe New York State Elementary SchoolPrincipals Assn., for the preparation ofa study on "Meaningful Citizenship Education."MARVIN FOX, PhD'50, associate professor of philosophy at Ohio State University, received the annual Good Teaching Award of the University's College ofArts and Sciences in May. The recipienteach year is selected on the basis ofexcellence of his undergraduate teaching.Mr. Fox is spending the 1962-63 academic year working on a book on thephilosophy of Maimonides, under a grantfrom the American Council of LearnedSocieties. Mr. Fox has been a memberof the Ohio State faculty since 1948 andin 1956-57 held a Howard Post-DoctoralFellowship there.DAVID LINDSEY, PhD'50, associateprofessor of history at Los Angeles StateCollege, taught during the 1962 summersession at Western Reserve University inCleveland, Ohio. Prior to joining theLos Angeles faculty, he taught at OberlinCollege and Baldwin- Wallace College.GORDON C McKEAGUE, '50, f56,MBA'56, a technical computing supervisor at the American Oil Co. researchlaboratories in Whiting, Ind., spoke ata spring meeting of the Chicago chapterof the Institute of Management Sciences.His topic was "Critical Path Planning,"a new method for planning industrialoperations. Mr. McKeague, who joinedthe American Oil staff in 1957, headswork on development and application ofnew techniques for operations planning.Mr. McKeague lives in Olympia Fields,111.SO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEBARBARA MOREHEAD, PhD'50, ofBridgeport, Conn., has been named tothe division of humanities at CentenaryCollege for Women, Hackettstown, N.J.She was formerly assistant professor ofEnglish at the University of Bridgeportand had previously been an instructor atBrenau College, Shorter College, TempleUniversity and Florida State Collegefor Women.FREDA GOULD REBELSKY, '50, AM'54, has been appointed assistant professor of psychology at Boston Universityfor the coming year. She received herPh.D. from Radctiffe in 1961, then taughtat Harvard University summer school,and for the past year has been a researchassociate in the psychology departmentat the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her field of specialty is humandevelopment and her research has beenon children's language development andconscience development. Mrs. Rebelskywas 1962 U of C Alumni Fund chairmanfor the Boston area.FRED L. RIBE, SM'50, PhD'51, has beenawarded a Guggenheim Fellowship tostudy at the Max Planck Institute inMunich, Germany beginning in August,1963. Mr. Ribe is Project Sherwoodgroup leader in the laboratory physicsdivision at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M. In Munich hewill study processes in high temperature laboratory plasmas and their applications to astrophysical problems. Mr.Ribe's family will accompany him toEurope. He has been on the Los Alamosstaff since 1951.WILLIAM G. SIMPSON, MBA'50, ofKenilworth, 111., has been appointed deputy administrator of the Small BusinessAdministration for Management and Research Assistance in Washington, D.C.Mr. Simpson assumed his new dutiesin August. Formerly Mr. Simpson hadoperated his own business-counselingfirm in Chicago since 1954.GREGORY VOTAW, AM'50, and hiswife, Carmen, announce the birth of ason Stephen Gregory, on July 22. Theyhave been living in Tehran, Iran recently,but as of this fall they are back in theU.S. at Chambersburg, Pa.PAUL H. BOWMAN, PhD'51, began anew position in July as director of thedepartment of prevention, Greater KansasCity Mental Health Foundation, KansasCity, Mo. He is living in Merriam, Kan.PHILLIP D. CAGAN, AM'51, PhD'54,has been promoted to the rank of fullprofessor in the department of economicsat Brown University, Providence, R.I.During the past academic year he hasbeen a visiting professor of economics atthe Carnegie Institute of Technology.Among his recent research interests havebeen the monetary aspects of economicfluctuations and the effect of pensionplans on aggregate personal savings. Mr. Cagan's work in the latter field is to bepublished soon by the National Bureauof Economic Research, with which hewas associated from 1953-55.ROBERT DeHANN, PhD'51, professorand chairman of psychology at HopeCollege, Holland, Mich., is writing amonograph on "Accelerated LearningPrograms," for the Library of Educationseries, a project of the Center for Applied Research in Education, Inc. Mr.DeHann is co-author of Educating GiftedChildren, and Teachers Guidance Handbook Series, and is currently writing amanuscript on the relations of learningtheory to the nurturing of human potential. He has just completed a study witha cooperative research branch of theOffice of Education, entitled "A Studyof Leadership in School Age Children,"and is serving on the yearbook committeefor the 1964 Yearbook of the Associationfor Supervision and Curriculum Development.SARA I. FENWICK, AM'51, of Chicago,was promoted to associate professor inthe U of C Graduate Library Schoolthis fall.GERALD GLADSTEIN, AM'51, PhD'57,has been named associate professor ofeducation at the University of Rochester,Rochester, N.Y., and joins the facultythere in the fall. He was formerly associate professor of psychology and educational psychology at the University ofMinnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Glad-stein went to Minnesota in 1956. He hadformerly been guidance director and social studies director at Canton HighSchool, Canton, Conn. His research hasincluded an investigation of the relationship between study behavior and personality for academically successful students.MILTON L. GLICK, AM'51, instructorin economics at Wittenberg University,Springfield, Ohio, was promoted to assistant professor there in September. Hehas been a faculty member at Wittenbergsince 1959.ROBERT F. HORNBECK, '51, has recently joined the staff of the chemistrydepartment of the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory inLivermore, Calif.JOSEPH P. SCHNITZEN, AM'52, andLEONARD F. BURLAGA, '60, both received advanced degrees from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, inJune. Mr. Schnitzen was awarded adoctor of philosophy degree and Mr. Bur-laga, a master of science degree.THOMAS STIRTON, AM'52, PhD'57,has been named acting chairman of thehistory department at Long Island University in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mr. Stirtonjoined the Long Island faculty in 1959,prior to which he was an assistant professor at Colorado State College. He livedfor many years in Chicago where he was vice president of the Greater NorthwestCommunity Council.SIDNEY FELDMAN, '54, '56, MD'59,captain in the U.S. Army, recently arrivedin Okinawa and is now assigned to the97th Civil Affairs Group, 1st SpecialForces. Mr. Feldman entered the Armyin October, 1961 and formerly was stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga.EDWARD J. McGOWEN, MBA'54, wasappointed manager of the Washington,D.C, office of Alexander Grant & Company, national firm of certified publicaccountants with headquarters in Chicago. Formerly a tax manager in Grant'sChicago office, Mr. McGowen joined thefirm in 1959 after seven years of previouspublic accounting experience.GEORGE K. ROMOSER, AM'54,PhD'58, assistant professor of government at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, has been appointed Ful-bright professor at the University ofMainz in Germany for the academic year1962-63. From 1957 to 1961 Mr. Romo-ser taught in the department of politicalscience at Ohio State University. In1956-57 he was a fellow of the SocialScience Research Council, and earliertaught at Indiana University and Freiburg University, Germany.T. A. REHNQUST CO SidewalksFactory FloorsMachine\^" W FoundationsV Concrete Breaking[SOrmal 7-043HWe operate our own dry cleaning plant1309 East 57th St. 5319 Hyde Park Blvd.Ml dway 3-0602 NO rmal 7-98581553 E. Hyde Park Blvd. FAirfax 4-57591442 E. 57th Midway 3-0607GEORGE ERHARDTand SONS, Inc.Painting — Decorating — Wood Finishing3123 PhoneLake Street KEdzie 3-3186MODEL CAMERA SHOPLeica - Bolex - Rolleiflex- Polaroid1342 E. 55th St. HYde Park 3-9259NSA Discounts24-hour Kodachrome DevelopingHO Trains and Model SuppliesDECEMBER, 1962 31JAMES P. ROSENBLUM, '55, hasstarted two years o£ residency in childpsychiatry at St, Christopher's Hospitalin Philadelphia, Pa, For the past twoyears he was a resident in psychiatry atthe Philadelphia Psychiatric Hospital.NORMA JANEAU SCHULMAN, '55, ofOak Park, Mich., has completed twosemesters as part-time graduate studentat Wayne State University's School ofSocial Work, and plans to be a full-timestudent beginning September, 1962. Sheis majoring in psychiatric social casework.Mrs. Schulman, and her husband who ispracticing internal medicine at DetroitOsteopathic Hospital, have two children.COLEMAN SESKIND, '55, '56, SM'595MD'59, joined the U of C Clinics in Julyas a post-doctoral fellow in pathology.Previously he had just finished his twoyear tour of duty with the Public HealthService as a ship's surgeon with theCoast Guard on International Ice andWeather Patrol off Labrador.JESSE M. SHAVER, JR., MBA'55, hasjoined American Air Filter Co., Inc., inLouisville, Ky., as administrative assistantto the president. He was formerly withWells-Gardner Electronics Corp., Chicago, as manager of the military andindustrial division and director of diversification planning.56-60KENNETH BASA, '56, of Chicago, received his masters degree in bacteriologyat Illinois Institute of Technology lastyear, and is planning a move to Evanston,111., soon,CHARLES S. RHYNE, AM'56, instructorin humanities and art history at ReedCollege, Portland, Ore., has been awardeda Fulbright Research Fellowship forstudy at the Courtauld Institute of Art atthe University of London, England. Mr.Rhyne, who was also promoted to assistant professor at Reed this fall, has chosenas the subject of his Fulbright research,"Naturalism in English Painting andTheory from 1789 to 1839."ARNOLD WINSTON, '56, captain in theU.S. Army, recently completed the Medical Field Service School's military orientation course at Brooke Army MedicalCenter, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Beforeentering the army in March, he was resident psychiatrist at King's County Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y.NEIL H. ADELMAN, '57, JD'60, airmanthird class in the U.S. Air Force, hasbeen awarded the American Spirit HonorMedal at Sheppard Air Force Base,Texas. The award is in recognition ofhis leadership qualities of honor, initiative, and loyalty to his fellow airmenduring basic military training. JOHN L. BJORK, MBAS57, of North-brook, 111., has been appointed marketanalyst for the Amsted Research Laboratories, research division of Amsted Industries, Inc., in Chicago. Mr. Bjork willbe responsible for analyzing the marketof potential new products for Amsted.Previously he had been associated withStewart- Warner Corp., Chicago, for 11years in a sales supervision capacity.WALTER DUCEY, AM'57, was appointed executive director of the IllinoisFair Employment Practices Committee inAugust. Since 1956 he had been directorof employment services of the ChicagoCommission on Human Relations.MARY KELLY MULLANE, PhDy57, hasbeen named dean of the University ofIllinois College of Nursing in Chicago.Mrs. Mullane has been dean of the StateUniversity of Iowa School of Nursingsince 1959. She is a member of theNational Honor Society in nursing, SigmaTheta Tau, and was named "DetroitNurse of the Year," in 1958.GEORGE N. PASTER, '57, has beenappointed extramural associate for theAntioch College Education Abroad program. In his new post Mr. Paster willhelp qualified Antioch College (YellowSprings, Ohio) students plan programsof alternating work and study abroad.Antioch Education Abroad is an extension to 15 countries overseas of theliberal arts college's cooperative plan ofeducation. Before going to Antioch, Mr.Paster was director of the AmericanFriends Service Committee's overseaswork camp in Paris, where he placedmany Antioch students on jobs. He hasalso served with the Friends organizationin Philadelphia.EUGENE E. SKINNER, MBA'58, lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, retired in July after more than 20 years ofactive duty. Mr. Skinner, of Dallas,Texas, entered the service in 1940. Hewill become manager of the communications section at the Texas InstrumentsCo., Dallas,NATHAN L. STERNBERGER, MBA'58,lias been promoted to lieutenant colonelin the U.S. Air Force. He entered theservice in 1943, and is now assigned tothe Electronic Systems Division of theAir Force Systems Command at HanscomField, Mass., where he is chief of theplans and programs division.MELVIN A. EDELSTEIN, '60, recentlyreceived a Woodrow Wilson DissertationFellowship for work on his PhD thesisin history at Princeton University duringthis academic year. The fellowships provide former Woodrow Wilson Fellowshiprecipients with complete financial independence during the time they are completing their final doctoral degree requirements. Mr. Edelstein is one of the firstgroup of 24 recipients of this new fellowship program. memorialsELLA C. LONN, 00, of St. Petersburg,Fla. j died on August 10. She was aretired teacher.FRANCIS D. CAMPAU, '01, of Chicago,died on July 3, 1958.MABEL L. PARKER, '01, of Lajolla,Calif., died on October 4. She was aretired high school teacher.GILMAN W. PETIT, MD'01, of Chicago, died on June 15.BENNETT EPSTEIN, '02, of WhitePlains, N.Y., died in March.ZELLMER R. PETTET, '02, of Phoenix,Ariz., died on August 20.HARRIETT SHIRK WELLS, '02, ofMarshalltown, la., died on August 4, atthe age of 92. Among survivors is herson, RODNEY C. WELLS, JR., MD'33,of Marshalltown,ANNE KELLOGG KEIDEL, '03, ofDowney, Calif., died on October 9, atthe age of 82.WILLIAM J. McDOWELL, '03, of Highland Park, 111., died on July 13. He hadbeen a paper products salesman withChicago companies for 30 years, and before moving to Highland Park had resided in Evanston, 111., for 27 years.WILLIAM R. BLAIR, '04, PhD'06, ofFair Haven, N.J., died on September 2.MARIE THOMPSON HILL, '04, whodied December 7, 1961, was honoredrecently by a gift of $1,000 to the U of Cfor books in women's residence halllibraries. The gift, given by HORACEW. O'CONNOR, of St. Petersburg, Fla.,who attended the U of C in 1912 and1919-20, will largely be used for thelibrary of the new women's dormitory.Mr. O'Connor and Mrs. Hill workedtogether on the advertising staff of Marshall Field & Co., in the 1920's.ERNEST E. QUANTRELL, *05, died athis home in Bronxville, N. Y., November16, at the age of 81. In 1928 Mr. Quan-trell resigned as vice president and director of Halsey, Stuart & Co. to establish his personal investment office in NewYork. This gave him more time to devoteto his Alma Mater and to the many civicinterests for which he provided energetic-leadership. He was one of the firstalumni to be cited by the Association—in 1942— for his public service. He wasoA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEa Trustee of the University for overthirty years.Through the years Mr. Quantrell mademany thoughtful contributions to his University. Anxious to encourage good College teaching he, in 1929, establishedand endowed annual prizes of one thousand dollars each for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The first awardsof their kind to ever be established ata university, the Quantrell awards aregiven annually to four faculty members.He had a personal interest in the Reynolds Club, where he had spent manyleisure hours as a student officer whenthe Club was under the direction of astudent council. He quietly contributedthe money to improve the Club entranceinto the basement. From his famous collection of paintings he installed a scoreof Currier and Ives prints in the northlounge, a variety of fine paintings in thesouth lounge, and a dozen original Frosthunting scenes in the Coffee Shop. Hewanted generations of students to beexposed casually to fine and historicalart. Later, when the Alumni Associationestablished a comfortable lounge, he senta dozen original Waugh seascapes forAlumni House.On his frequent campus visits he roamed the quadrangles in nostalgia alert toany needs where he might be of help.He always dropped in at Alumni Houseto learn of Alumni accomplishments. InNew York he was always the solid foundation on which all alumni activities werebuilt.Mr. Quantrell is survived by his wife,Lula Morton Quantrell, '06, a son, twodaughters and four grandchildren.CHARLES A. SHULL, '05, PhD'15, professor emeritus of plant physiology atthe U of C, died in Asheville, N.C. onSeptember 23. Mr. Shull retired fromthe U of C in 1944 and later was ascience writer for the Asheville Citizen-Times.NORMAN W. DeWITT, PhD'06, ofLincoln, 111., died on Sep ember 20, 1958.WILLIAM H. PEABODY, '06, of Wal-pole, N.H., died on October 8.MARY SHIPP SANDERS, '06, of Denton, Texas, died on October 14. She wasa former director of elementary education.ROBERT R. MIX, '08, JD'10, died inAugust, 1961.ABE L. FRIDSTEIN, 10, of NewRochelle, N.Y., died on July 25.CHARLES I. YULE, 10, of Oshkosh,Wise, died on June 26. He was a retired school principal.JOHN Z. BROWN, MD11, of Salt LakeCity, Utah, died on November 14, 1961,at the age of 88.WILLIAM BACHRACH, 12, of Chicago,died on June 14.BENEDICT K. GOODMAN, 13, of Highland Park, 111., died on August 23. Mr. Goodman, a Chicago financier, was amember of the Visiting Committee of theU of C College and founder of the IreneK. and Benedict K. Goodman CollegeTeachers Fund (see Memo Pad).MARY GLENN AUSTIN, 14, formerlyof La Jolla, Calif., died on July 24 inBluefield, W.Va. She taught mathematicsin Chicago public high schools from1922 until her retirement.ROY B. MARKER, JD15, of Sioux Falls,S.D., died on August 29.ISABEL ROBERTS, 15, AM'20, of University Park, la., has died.EMMA GRUNEWALD, 16, of IowaCity, la., died on February 8. She wasa retired physical therapist.WILLIAM L. ROSS, MD16, of Yakima,Wash., died on October 13.E. ERIC LARSON, 17, MD19, ofLaguna Beach, Calif., died on October 22.LUCY WILLIAMS, 17, civic leader ofSpringfield, 111., died on October 13.Miss Williams was state president of theAmerican Association of UniversityWomen for two years, and the Lucy C.Williams fellowship was established bythe group in 1953 in acknowledgment ofher leadership. The following year shewas named Career Woman of the Yearby the Business and Professional Woman's Club of Springfield. Other organizations in which she was active include:Urban League, NAACP, Welfare Council, Community Chest, YWCA, VisitingNurses Volunteers, Vachel Lindsay Assn.Miss Williams received the U of CAlumni Association citation in 1954 andwas an active worker for the AlumniFund.DOROTHY READ HUBBELL, 18, ofAmarillo, Texas, died on April 16.FREDERICK T. MAY, '21, MD'24, diedon June 25.CORA M. WINCHELL, AM'21, of Bennington, Vt, died on July 15.SARAH E. COLEMAN, AM'22, PhD'39,died in June at the Chastain Home inHalifax, Va.MARY R. HARRISON, AM'22, of Aux-vasse, Mo., died on August 26. She wasa retired teacher.EMIL F. VACIN, '22, of Pasadena,Calif., died on May 18.DOROTHY HUSBAND WILLIAMS, '23,of Princeton, N.J., died on August 22.JOHN H. PEET, AM'28, of Stockton,Calif., died on September 17, 1961.LEWIS C. SORRELL, PhD'28, died onNovember 1, in Washington, D.C. Hewas retired professor in the U of C Schoolof Business where he taught from 1917until 1954. Following his retirementfrom the U of C Mr. Sorrell was a member of the faculties of the Universityof Washington, the University of California at Los Angeles and AmericanUniversity in Washington, D.C. He issurvived by his wife, R. FRANCES DOAKSORRELL, MBA'48.ELLA HARWELL, '30, died on February 19 in Jacksonville, Fla. Survivingis a sister, GRACE W. HARWELL, '35,also of Jacksonville.CLARA M. LA WIN, '31, AM'45, of Chicago, died on July 8. She was a Germanteacher.NANCY KENNEDY NEWTON, '31, ofPasadena, Calif., died on October 9. Recently Mrs. Newton had been editorialconsultant for "COPE" and was authorand illustrator of two monographs. Herhusband is CHARLES NEWTON, '33,director of development at the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology.RICHARD P. SWIGART, '31, of Home-wood, 111., died on February 16.FORREST N. RANDOLPH, '32, of MillValley, Calif., died on September 19.GEORGE T. VAN der HOEF, '32, ofWashington, D.C, died on February 24.CECILIE BEVIER MRAZ, '33, of Chicago, died on August 22.J. WILBUR PRENTICE, AM'33, ofDuarte, Calif., died on September 28 atWestminster Gardens, a rest home there.Mr. Prentice was a retired missionary toIndia. He had been treasurer of Allahabad Christian College for 11 years,and a manager of the Inter-Mission Business Office in Bombay for 20 years. Atthe same time he was treasurer of allthe Presbyterian (USA) missions in India, and served the United Church ofNorthern India as treasurer of its General Assembly. While in Bombay thePrentices often opened their house to missionaries from various countries passingthrough Bombay. Mr. Prentice retired inNovember, 1960, and the Prentices wentto live at Westminster Gardens in April,1961.WILLIAM H. SUTHERLAND, '33, ofInternational Falls, Minn., died on October 3.DICK J. FRERIKS, MD'35, of La Grange,111., died on June 29.ANNIE C. WIERSEN, '35, of Chicago,died on September 26.KATHERINE J. SPIEGEL, '36, of Win-netka, 111., died on September 26. MissSpiegel, the daughter of the late SidneyM. Spiegel, a founder of the Spiegelcatalogue shopping centers, bequeathed$10,000 to the University of ChicagoSchool of Social Service Administration.Father PETER OSWALD, '41, died inBay St. Louis, Miss., in September.WILLIAM H. HAYT, MBA'51, of Chicago, died on October 9.ip :¦-»Im hiit • •• ITS1*'i i /IMM ••/. ! 'MlAi h1 1i i\\ »