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SOUTHWESTERN NEWS
VOLUME III.
NUMBER 4
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, MAY, 1941
Entered as second-class matter Oct. 28, 1938, at the post office at Memphis, Tennessee, under the act of Aug. 24, 1912. Published Bi-Monthly by the College
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED
Honor Scholars Selected
Greene to Deliver Graduation
Address
Twenty honor scholars have taken their
places in the ranks of those who will enter
Southwestern as college freshmen next September.
W. C. Johnson Will Be
Alumni Guest of Honor
These high school seniors are the recipients
of twenty honor scholarship awards which
were announced recently by the College.
Dr. Theodore M. Greene, Professor of
Philosophy at Princeton University, will deliver the Commencement Address at Southwestern, June 10, and Mr. W. C. Johnson,
'97, of Memphis, will be the guest of honor
on Alumni Day, according to an announcement made by the President's office.
T en awards, providing $250 a year each,
were established for men and women who
will be dormitory students at the College.
The other ten are $125 scholarships, seven of
which were available to M emphis high school
seniors, and three of which were open to
seniors of the schools in the surrounding
county.
Character, academic record, and promise
of usefulness to society were the primary
bases upon which the recipients were selected from the many applicants who submitted
credentials. All recipients rank in the upper
10% of their respective high school graduating classes.
The scholarships were awarded for one
year only and may be forfeited at the end
of one semester if the student's performance
is unsatisfactory. However, the dormitory
scholarships have a total potential value of
$1000 each and those to day students a possible value of $500 each, in as much as recipients may continue to hold the awards for
four years, provided they maintain a "B"
grade, participate in extra curricular activities,
and conduct themselves properly.
It is hoped that a like number of honor
scholarships may be made available next year
to students graduating from high school in
1942.
I
MfNY SOUTHWESTERN MEN
j
JOIN DEFENSE FORCES
Each week finds more Southwestern men
in the defense forces of the U. S. The total
will increase greatly after commencement,
when a number of men who received deferment until the close of the college year, will
enter the service.
Already in the M edical Corps are Dr.
James T. Hall, '35; Dr. Sivley Moore, '35;
Dr. Vernon Pettit, '35; Dr. Douglas Heuer,
'3 4; Dr. George Paullus, '32; Dr. Moore
Moore, Jr., '29, and Norman Shapiro, '38.
The Army Air Corps has claimed a number of former Southwestern students. M ost
of the men entering this branch of the service have enlisted in courses leading to officers commissions. Robert Elder, '40, has al(Continued on Page 2)
DR . GREENE
COLLEGE BROADCASTS
FROM OWN STUDIOS
The Southwestern Student R adio Forum
has become a weekly feature over radio station WREC, M emphis. Inaugurated several
weeks ago, the program features a different
group each week, discussing extemporaneously some problem of national or international
importance. Among the subjects already discussed have been American foreign policy,
whether labor's right to strike should be
restricted, the problem of reducing the draft
age from 21 to 18, and the influence of
the defense program on the consumer and
consumer prices.
Gift of Hoyt Wooten
The broadcasting studio on the Southwestern campus was built several months ago.
It was equipped through the generosity of
Mr. Hoyt Wooten, owner of Station WREC,
M emphis. Mr. Wooten 's gift included a control room console, transcription turntables,
microphones and oth er apparatus, so that
Southwestern now has on its own campus
complete physical facilities for producing
radio programs. A direct line is maintained
between the campus and the downtown studios of WREC.
Reunions are scheduled for the following classes on Alumni Day, M onday, June 9th.
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1886
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1896
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1906
1911
1916
1921
1926
1931
1936
Special Reunion of the Class of 1940.
Dr. Greene is a graduate of Amherst College and received his Ph.D. degree at Edinburgh University in 1924. He taught at the
University of the Panjab, Lahore, India, before joining the Princeton faculty in 1923.
Author of a number of books and scholarly
articles, Dr. Greene has recently been serving as Chairman of the Committee on Educational Trends in the Humanities appointed
by the American Council of Learned Societies. In this capacity he paid a visit to the
Southwestern campus last year.
Beginning next session at Princeton, he
will serve as Chairman of the University's
Divisional Program of Humanistic Studies.
Mr. W. C. Johnson has for many years
been recogniz;ed as one of Southwestern's
most loyal and interested alumni. He was
one of the leaders in the financial campaigns
incident to the removal of Southwestern to
M emphis in 1925, and h as been a consistent
annual supporter of his Alma M ater since
that time.
ENL~GED
V'.
SUMMER
SESSION PLANNED
The 1941 Summer School at Southwestern
will run for two sessions instead of the usual
single six weeks session, Dean A. T. Johnson
announced recently.
The desire to give men students every
opportunity for completing as much college
work as possible, before becoming liable for
duty with the Army, is one of the principal
reasons for extending the summer term, Dean
Johnson said.
The first session of six weeks will open
June 16th and continue through July 26th.
The second session will run from July 28th
to August 30th. A student may obtain six
hours of college credit each term, it was
stated.
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SOUTHWESTERN NEWS
Rob't. E. Craig, '91, Honored
NINETY-SECOND ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
SATURDAY, JUNE SEVENTH
The Faculty Reception to the Graduating Class
The Palmer Hall Terrace, 8:00P.M.
SUNDAY, JUNE EIGHTH
The Baccalaureate Sermon
The Reverend William Orpheus Shewmaker, Ph.D., D.D.
Senior Professor of Bible at Southwestern
The Second Presbyterian Church, 11:00 A.M.
The Senior Convocation
The Hugh M. Neely Hall, 7:00P.M.
Robert E. Craig of New Orleans, Class of
'91, was recognized recently as one of the
country's most outstanding fraternity men
when he was cited to receive the Distinguished Service Award of Omicron Delta
Kappa.
Only five other men in the entire history
of Omicron Delta Kappa have received
the award which this national honor society
conferred on Mr. Craig at its national convention in Baton Rouge on March 14.
California Alumni Organize
A California Southwestern Alumni chapter was organized at a dinner held at the
Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, last January 9.
Twenty Southwesterners and friends attended the dinner, at which President and Mrs.
Charles E. Diehl were also present.
The group selected as officers of the chapter, W. V. Frierson, '02, 6727 Sunset Blvd.,
Los Angeles, for President; Chas. W. Crum,
'04, 5800 Hoover, Los Angeles, Vice-President; and Ronald Hayhoe, '33, 457 S. Norton Ave., Los Angeles, as Secretary.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BALLOT
The N aminating Committee of the
Alumni Association has made the following nominations for officers of the
Association for 1941-42. Alumni should
either mail this ballot to the Alumni
Secretary before June 7 or cast their
votes when they register on Alumni
Day, Monday, June 9.
FOR PRESIDENT
(Vote for one)
0 Robert C. Flemister, Jr., '26
Birmingham
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0
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FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
(Vote for two)
McLemore Elder, '35, Memphis
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President, Memphis Alumnae Assn.
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FOR SECRETARY-TREASURER
(Vote for one)
0 Mary M. Pond, '32, Memphis
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MONDAY, JUNE NINTH
Alumni Registration, Throughout the Day
The Alumni Office, Palmer Hall
Class Luncheons
The Hugh M. Neely Hall, 1:00 P.M.
Men's Pan Hellenic Open House
In Honor of the Men of the Graduating Class, the Parents of the
Members of the Class of 1941, and Visiting Alumni
Sigma Alpha Epsilon House, 4:00-5:00 P.M.
Memphis Chapter of Alumnae Garden Party
In Honor of the Women of the Graduating Class, the Parents of the
Members of the Class of 1941, and Visiting Alumnae
The Palmer Hall Terrace, 4:00-5:00 P.M.
Dedication of Senior Class Tree
The College Campus, 6:00 P.M.
Alumni Buffet Supper
Complimenting W. C. Johnson, '97, Alumni Guest of Honor
The College Campus, 6:15 P.M.
Commencement Play
The Rivals by R. B. Sheridan
8:30P.M.
The Senior Class Ceremony
The Bell Room, 11 :00 P.M.
TUESDAY, JUNE TENTH
The Graduating Exercises
Commencement Address by Theodore Meyer Greene, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University
Under the Oaks, 10:00 A.M.
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ready been commissioned and is an instructor at the Air Service School in Selma Ala.
Bob Foley is stationed at Langley Field, Va.
Those now taking officers training are Jack
Conn, '42; Billy Boothe, '41; Bruce Buchman, '41; Chester Campbell, '41; Alex
Streete, '41; J. P. Cavender, '40; Alex Cortner, '40; D. S. Spain, '40, and Fred Bronson,
'39.
Hays Brantley, Jr., '41, and Louis Alpe,
'44, will become flying cadets as soon as the
college closes in June. Douglas Chism, Jr.,
'40, is with an Observation Squadron in
South Carolina, and Richard Chauncey, '38,
will start taking work in bombadeering July
1st.
Ford Turner, class of '43, is training at
the Naval Air Base at Pensacola. Luke Dawson, '41, Fred Drees, '41, and Neal Williams,
'41, will all go to the same base to start training after Commencement.
A number have chosen the Navy and have
volunteered for training to become officers
in this branch of the armed forces. William
Belcher and Joe Vance, Jr., both of the class
of '40, are already commissioned and serving
with the fleet. E. B. Rogers, '39, and McKay
Boswell, '38, have completed their training
and are at the base at Cove Springs, Fla.
Among those who took preliminary cruises
and have gone to Chicago for three months
trammg with the U. S. Naval Reserve are
Jeff Marmon, Jr., '41 ; Charles Blackburn,
'40; Virgil McCraney, '40; Sam Hill, Jr.,
'39; and Waddy West, Jr., '39. Linden H.
Wright, '38, and Harvey Heidelberg, '36,
have nearly completed their officers training.
Cecil New, Jr., '40, and Wilburt J. Chiapella,
'39; will leave for training in June.
William Southworth, class of '41, has been
stationed with the Navy at Pearl Harbor for
some time.
Those who have entered the regular army
include •Bob Paris, '4 2; Eugene P. Hardison,
'41; James B. Taylor, '41; Johnson Rhem, '40;
Walter Wallace, '40; James Alsop, '39; Selby
Bobzien, Jr., '39; Eldridge Armistead, Jr., '38;
Bob Watts, '3 9 ; Douglas Johnston, '3 7 ; Hiram
Todd, Jr., '37; Henry C. Nall, III, '38; Earl
Hartzog, '34, Louis Bornman, '33, and Richard Bunting, '3 3.
The Rev. Wayne Gray, '26, .is an army
chaplain at Ft. Jackson, S. C. Richard Drake,
Jr., '36, is a lieutenant in the Memphis National Guard Company which went into active service last fall. Major Polk J. Atkinson,
'14, is stationed at Camp Livingston, La. Col.
Owen S. Albright, '00, is signal officer at
Second Army Headquarters in Memphis.
Thomas Duncan and Charles Cable, both
of the class of '42, will leave in June to enter
the U. S. Marine Corps platoon leader class
to take training leading to comm1sswns in
the Marine Corps Reserve.
SOUTHWESTERN NEWS
SIX HONORARY DEGREES
TO BE CONFERRED
BISHOP MAXON
RABBI
ETTELSON
J. L . SKINNER
REV.
J. W. YOUNG
REV. A. G. IRONS
Six honorary degrees wi ll be conferred at Southwestern's ninety-second
commencement, Tuesday, June 10. The
Right Reverend
James M. Maxon,
of the Episcopal
Diocese of Tennessee and Mr.
John K. Ottley,
Southwestern graduate and Atlanta,
Georgia, banker will
receive Doctor of
Laws degrees. The
degree of Doctor of
Literature will be
conferred on Dr. H.
W. Ettelson, Rabbi
of the Temple
Children of Israel,
M emphis, and the degree of Doctor of
Science will be awarded to Mr. ]. L. Skinner, Director of the
Wm. R. Moore
School of Technology, Memphis. The
Reverend John W.
Young of Jackson,
' Mississippi, and the
Reverend A. G.
Irons, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church
at Fairfield, Alabama,
will receive Doctor
of Divinity degrees.
Mr. Young is Executive Secretary and
head of the Bible Department of Belhaven
College, Jackson,
Mississippi.
Fifty- six seniors
will receive bachelor
degrees this year. Of
this number seven
are candidates for
honors and fifteen
for degrees with distinction.
LITERARY FIGURES MEET
The Southwestern campus was the gathering place for a number of Southern authors
and literary figures, when the College was
host to the Southern Literary Festival, April
25 and 26.
Faculty members and students from a number of Mid-South colleges attended.
TWO-WEEK TEACHERS'
INSTITUTE PLANNED
SESSIONS START JUNE 16
A two weeks institute for secondary school
teachers will be held at Southwestern beginning Monday, June 16th, it was announced recently. Remedial reading, student
guidance, speech and dramatics will be the
fields covered by the institute. The purpose
will be to present materials which will be
practical and helpful to teachers in coping
with some of the teaching problems in these
three fields.
The course will be divided into two periods of a week each, and those attending
the Institute may elect to take either week or
both.
The first week, June 16-21, will be devoted to the program in remedial reading,
under the direction of Dr. Edgar M. Cook,
Professor of Psychology and Education at
Carson-Newman College, and Mr. William
Kottmeyer, of the St. Louis public school system and lecturer at St. Louis University. Mr.
Kottmeyer conducted the Reading Institute
which was held at Southwestern last summer.
The program during the second week will
be devoted to student guidance under the
direction of Dr. E. C. Bolmeier and Mr.
Charles I. Diehl. Dr. Bolmeier is director
of Secondary Education in the Jackson,
Mississippi, Public School System, and Mr.
Diehl is an instructor at the McCallie School,
Chattanooga, Tenn. Both men took their
graduate work in education at the University of Chicago.
The program in speech and dramatics will
continue through the two week period under
the direction of Prof. H. B. Davis, of the
Southwestern faculty. This phase of the
Institute's work will deal especially with the
organization and presentation of entertainments, plays, and other school programs.
Lectures, demonstrations, and discussions
will be held each afternoon and evening
throughout the two week period.
A special bulletin giving the detailed program for the Institute may be obtained by
addressing the Registrar.
ALUMNI NOTES
1895
The Rev. James E. Green was awarded a
50-year certificate by Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity at its Founders' Day banquet March
15 in Memphis. Mr. Green is retired, his
last pastorate being at the Presbyterian
Church in Senatobia.
1897
Dr. E. L. Hill, of Athens, Ga., represented
Southwestern at the 5Oth anniversary celebration of Georgia State College for Women
at Milledgeville, April 26.
1899
At the mid-year graduating exercises of the
University of Alabama, the address to the
graduating class was delivered by Dr. Jack P.
Montgomery, professor of organic chemistry
at the University. The invocation and benediction were pronounced by Warner Hall,
'29, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
of Tuscaloosa, Ala. It is interesting to note
that Dr. Hall's father was a fellow student
of Dr. Montgomery at Southwestern. The
annual Chemistry Day at the University of
Alabama, April 18, was dedicated this year
to Dr. Montgomery, who is completing his
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JOHN K. OTTLEY, '86,
TO RECEIVE DEGREE
The degree of Doctor of Laws will be conferred on Mr. John K. Ottley of Atlanta,
Georgia, one of Southwestern's most distinguished alumni, it was revealed recently in
the announcement of the program for Southwestern's ninety-second commencement. Mr.
Ottley, who received the B. S. degree at
Southwestern in 1886, is a native of Columbus, Mississippi. For the past fifty years he
has been prominent in civic and banking
affairs of Atlanta. From 1919 to 1929 he
served as president of the Fourth National
Bank, the institution which he organized in
1890. Sinch 1929, Mr. Ottley has been Chairman of the Board of the First National Bank
of Atlanta. Other of his banking activities
include two terms as Director of the Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank and one term as a
member of the advisory council. In addition
to his banking interests, Mr. Ottley is a director of the Southern Railway, the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., and of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York.
Several years ago Mr. Ottley returned to
Southwestern at commencement time as
alumni guest of honor.
30th year of service with the University.
1903
Dr;. T. S. Knox represented Southwestern
at the inauguration of Dr. William Richardson White as president of Hardin-Simmons
University, April 29 at Abilene, Tex.
1912
The Rev. Solon T. Hill has moved from
Clarksville, Tenn., to Watertown, Tenn.
1914
Dr. C. A. Raymond represented Southwestern at the dedicatory services of the
Annie Pfeiffer Chapel on the campus of
Florida Southern College at Lakeland, Fla.,
March 9.
Dr. S. L. Smith, Director of Public Relations at George Peabody College for Teachers, represented Southwestern at the 75th
anniversary of Fisk University, May 3.
1924
Mrs. David L. Tillman (Louise Ussery)
has moved from Ft. Payne, Ala., to Clarksville, Tenn., where Mr. Tillman and a partner have purchased Cooke's Drug Store.
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CLASS NOTES
1930
Allen Haden is now Latin America correspondent for the Chicago Daily News
foreign news service.
Dr. Morris Ford has been called as pastor
to the First Baptist Church in Jackson, Tenn.,
and is expected to begin his duties there in
May. He has been pastor of the Calvary
Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo.
Noland Bissell has accepted a position with
the post office in the Panama Canal Zone.
His address is Diablo Heights.
1933
Royce Moore, formerly of the Detective
Bureau of the Memphis police department,
has resigned to accept a position with Proctor
& Gamble to do fingerprint and photographic work in the shell-loading plant being
constructed at Milan, Tenn.
1934
Carroll Cloar, recipient of the McDowell
Fellowship of the New York Art Students
League last summer, is in Mexico for several
months on a sketching tour.
Louis Nicholas has joined the vocal faculty
of North Texas State Teachers College at
Denton, Texas.
1935
McLemore Elder, with the Trust Department of Union Planters National Bank &
Trust Co. in Memphis for the past six years,
has resigned to become associated with
Southern Air Services. His duties will be
divided between instructing and acting as
assistant to the manager of the flying concern.
1936
William Blue successfully passed the examinations for appointment in the foreign service of the United States a short time ago
and will receive an assignment from the
State Department as soon as a vacancy occurs. Mr. Blue received his M.A. degree
from Vanderbilt and later attended the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
1938
Clinton Hull McKay, Jr., M.D., is serving
as resident physician at the University Hos•
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1940
Virginia Ragsdale recently was appointed
to the faculty at the Whitehaven, Tennessee,
School.
John Pond has accepted a fellowship at
Lehigh University for next year to continue
his graduate work in Mathematics.
MARRIED
M. A. Lightman, Jr., class of '36, to Jean
Sands of Lincoln, Neb., March 23. At home,
Kimbrough Towers, Memphis.
James Stader Richardson to Boyce Leigh
Sadler, class of '36, Alexandria, La., Feb. 11.
Lawrence Paul Busby III to Jane Lee
Ogden, who attended Southwestern '36-'38,
April 24, Memphis.
Horace King Houston to Elizabeth Hart,
'27, Feb. 15, Memphis.
Dudley Mitchum Ball to Catherine Orr,
class of '37, Jan. 18, Memphis.
John Scott Montedonico to Jean Boyer,
who attended Southwestern '34-'35, Feb. 8,
Memphis.
Dr. Phillip B. Bleecker to June Boyer, who
attended Southwestern '34-'35, Feb. 8.
\ViJI.io.l!l M?hry !iodg~s to Armi.e Few
Work, '40, Feb. 14, Memphis.
P. M. Barrett, class of '32, of Lexington,
Miss., to Sara Ruth Stephens, Nov. 2.
Winston Walker to Maria Hunt Negus,
'31, Feb. 9. At home, Greenville, Miss.
H. L. Samelson to Rosalie Felsenthal, class
of '37, Feb. 26.
Alex Barzizza, who attended Southwestern
'36-'37, to Sarah Sparacino, who attended
Southwestern last year, April 17.
Levon C. Self, class of '39, to Jamie McNabb, class of '40, April12.
John K. Foster of Leesville, La., to Bess
Brazell, who attended Southwestern '36-'38,
April 13.
BORN
To Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Metcalf, Jr.,
class of '36, March 6, a son, Robert Mitchell
III, Memphis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Turley( Cordelia Jones, class of '3 3) Feb. 23, a son,
Henry M. Jr., Memphis. Mr. Turley is of
the class of '29.
To Mr. and Mrs. David Gibson (Helen
omu!. '39) Feb. 19. a son. David III. Mem-
phis. Mr. Gibson graduated from Southwestern in '37.
To Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Farnsworth, Jr.,
class of '30, Feb. 15, a son, Richard Parker.
To Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Whitaker, class
of '36 (Dorothy G. McConnell, class of '39)
Feb. 11, a son, Robert Emory, Memphis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Howard McKenzie, class
of '39, Maywood, Miss., a son, Howard, Feb.
6.
To Mr. and Mrs. George Early (Priscilla
Painter, class of '36) a son, George Goodloe,
Jr., March 8, Memphis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Gunn, '29 (Marjorie Moore, class of '34) a son, Robert Lindsey, March 11, Memphis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Yost (Margaret McKinstry, '30) Earle, Ark., a daughter
Margaret Gordon, March 16.
To Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Woolwine (Elizabeth Markham, '34) a son, Lafayette MacNally III, March 25, Memphis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Franklin, class
of '30, a daughter, Linda, Feb. 4, Memphis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shuford (Margaret Lueck, class of '37) Minneapolis, Minn ..
a daughter, Mary Lee, Jan 4.
To the Rev. and Mrs. Harold G. Wise, '26,
a daughter, Ellen Jane, Feb. 9.
To Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Oliver (Ruth
Niven, •dass of '31) St. Anne, Ill., a daughter, Patricia Ruth, Feb. 18.
To Mr. and Mrs. ]. K. Lawo (Virginia
Davis, class of '32) Memphis, a son, John
K., Jr., March 11.
To Mr. and Mrs.]. Frank Day (Mary Darnall Thweatt, '38) Birmingham, Ala., a
daughter, Maralyn Darnall, Feb. 5.
To Mr. and Mrs. James A. Thomas
(Frances May Weatherall, class of '36) Jackson, Tenn., a son, James Albert Jr., Sept. 19.
DEATHS
Dr. Roland B. Macon, who attened Southwestern 1894-9 5, practicing physician in
Clarksville, Tenn., for 30 years, died of a
heart attack March 15.
Frank E. Somerville, class of '15, died
March 8 in Memphis after a five-year illness.
Norvall Richardson, class of '97, author,
died Oct. 10. 1940. in Hamilton. Burmuda.