norwich university record, volume 44, issue 9

MARCH 1953

News Issue of the

NORWICH U N I V E R S I T Y

RECORD

$100,000 renovation of Carnegie Hall, started in December, is progressing favor-ably. Completion is planned in June when the building's name will be changed to The Henry Prescott Chaplin Memorial Library. For this issue of the Record Librarian Johnson has written an article covering his department and describing

changes now under way. It appears on Page 25.

Trustee Putnam, Wife Die in Gulf Plane Crash

A Norwich trustee, Eben F. Putnam, T3, and his wife, Frenelia Lillian Uhle Putnam, both residents of Greenwich, Conn., were among 46 people who lost their lives on February 14 when a Na-tional Airlines DC-6 plunged into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Ala-bama. A member of the Norwich Board of Trustees during the past 20 years, Mr. Putnam was an active work-er in the promotion of the interests of his Alma Mater. The shocking news of his death saddened the entire col-lege community. Mr. Putnam was 63, and his wife was 59. He was president of the Greenwich Gas Company, the New Rochelle Water Company, the New Canaan Water Company and the New Canaan Company, all in Con-necticut.

The Putnams, who resided on West Brother Drive, Greenwich, had left January 31 for Lake Wales, Fla., where Mr. Putnam attended the annual meeting of the Alcoma Association and the Alcoma Packing Co., citrus pro-ducers, of which he was a director. Af-terwards, they had gone to Sarasota and at 3 P. M. Saturday, February 14, boarded the ill-fated plane for New Orleans, enroute to visit their daugh-ter, Muriel Putnam Smith, their son-in-law, Everett Smith, Jr., and two grandchildren at Houston, Tex. They had also visited briefly with Mr. Put-nam's brother, Frederick L. Putnam of Newton, Mass., who had been a co-founder of the Greenwich Gas Com-pany 27 years ago.

Eben F. Putnam was born in Dan-vers, Mass., April 23, 1891, son of Flor-ence M. Tucker Putnam and the late Lieut. Col. Eben Putnam. His grand-father, the late Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam, was a distinguished anthro-poligist and archeologist. Early years were spent at Wellesley Farms,

Mass., where Mr. Putnam attended the Wellesley public schools and later Staunton, Va., Military Academy, Class of 1909. He attended Norwich with the Class of 1913 and took special engineering courses at Harvard.

Upon leaving school, he entered the commercial engineering department of the General Electric Company at Harrison, N. J. He went to Green-wich in 1913, joining the business de-partment of the United Electric Light and Water Company, predecessor to the present Connecticut Light and Power Comopany. After a year, he was transferred to Norwalk and later to Naugatuck and Seymour as assis-tant superintendent.

He became sales manager of the Con-necticut Light and Power Company at Waterbury and returned to Greenwich in 1917 as district manager.

Meanwhile, on October 30, 1915, he married Frenelia Lillian Uhle, daugh-ter of the late Dr. Frederick Lewis Uhle and Ottilie Mohr Uhle.

Mr. Putnam's second tour of duty in Greenwich was for only two years, as in 1919 he was promoted by the Con-necticut Light and Power Company to district manager in charge of the elec-tric and gas operations in Norwalk, a district which served New Canaan, Wilton, Westport, and Norwalk; In 1925 he was made district manager at New Britain.

In 1926 he returned again to Green-wich to become president of the Green-wich Water and Gas Company, which he and his brother, Frederic, organized. They acquired the franchise for gas in Greenwich and started laying mains which were the embryo of the gas main system today of the Greenwich Gas Company.

As president, too, of the Greenwich Water Company, during this same period, he directed the building of the company's present filtration plant on Butternut Hollow Road, and oversaw

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considerable expansion of the water system. In 1936 he resigned as presi-dent of the Greenwich Water Company, when the system came under the man-agement of the American Water Works and Electric Company.

During the past 20 years Mr. Put-nam also had many other public utility connections. He served as president of the North Attleboro, Mass., Gas Light Company, Ware, Mass., Gas Company, Vermont Lighting Corp., St. Johnsbury, Vt., Gas Company; also as vice-president of the Bristol County Water Company, R. I., and the New Rochelle Water Company; and as di-rector for several years of the Dedham, Mass., Hingham, Mass., and Williams-town, Mass., Water Companies.

In Greenwich, he was for several years a part owner and president of the Pickwick Land Company which owned and operated the Pic wick Arms Hotel. He was also president of Fuels, Inc., of Greenwich.

During World War I Mr. Putnam was a sergeant in the Greenwich Mili-tary Police. Throughout World War II he served as chairman of Selective Service Board 27-C for Greenwich, and afterwards was chairman of the Green-wich Rehabilitation and Re-employ-ment Committee which aided return-ing veterans.

Among his civic activities he served for several years as president of the Fairfield County Planning Associa-tion, was a trustee of Norwich Univer-sity, past president of the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, director of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, director of the Greenwich YMCA and the First National Bank, treasurer of the Greenwich Historical Society, for-mer president of the Greenwich Social Service League, former vice-president of the Greenwich Community Chest and of the Greenwich Center for Child and Family Service.

He was a member of the Greenwich

Country Club, Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Riverside Yacht Club, Milbrook Country Club; University Club and Down Town Club of Boston; Union League Club, Saints and Sinners Club of New York City; St. John's Lodge of Masons in Norwalk, the Masonic Club of Greenwich, the Elks Lodge of Green-wich, American Gas Association, New England Gas Association, Connecticut Gas and Electric Association, Guild of Gas Managers, Society of Gas Light-ing, Connecticut Society of Civil En-gineers, charter member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Capt. Mat-thew Mead Chapter, Greenwich, and Our Brothers Lodge of Odd Fellows.

Mrs. Putnam was born in Norwalk in 1894. Her father, Dr. Frederick L. Uhle, died last July 15, having been re-tired for 20 years after practicing den-distry for half a century in Norwalk. Mrs. Putnam was a past regent of the Putnam Hill Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are survived by their daughter, Muriel Adelaide Putnam Smith, and two grandchildren, Eben Putnam Smith and Pamela Put-nam Smith, all of Greenwich, who are temporarily residing in Houston, Tex. Mr. Putnam is also survived by his mother, Florence M. Tucker Putnam, and a sister, Miss Adelaide Putnam, both of Wellesley Farms, Mass., and his brother, Frederick, Newton, Mass. Mrs. Putnam also leaves a sister, Miss O. Jeannette Uhle of Norwalk, and a half brother, Charles Morh, of Santa Clara, Calif.

N O R W I C H U N I V E R S I T Y R E C O R D Vol. 44, No. 9 March, 1953

The Record is published at Northfield, Vt., by Norwich University monthly Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Northfield, Vt. News Issue Editor, John E. Mazuzan, '24. Assistant, Cora Taylor

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Studio Becomes Alumni ̂ nd Faculty Center It's no longer "The Studio." "Alumni and Faculty Center" is the

new name for the Norwich building which has been developed in recent years as headquarters for alumni activi-ties, much to the pleasure of all Nor-wich men and their wives who have had opportunity to enjoy the hospitali-ty it affords during Homecomings and Commencements.

Located east of the Norwich Armory and used during the Twenties and Thirties as a fraternity house by Delta Sigma Tau, the building was acquired by the University in 1941 to provide quarters for music classes which had been added to the academic program for the first time that year. It then was named The Studio.

With the opening of Norwich's new Cabot Science Hall, classrooms for the teaching of music became available in Dodge Hall on the main campus last fall. It was then that President Har-mon decided to devote the Studio ex-clusively to alumni and faculty activi-ties. An Alumni Office already had been built into the south end of the building in the summer of 1950 soon after General Harmon became presi-dent.

Further renovation was accomp-lished last month. A segment of the Alumni Office was partitioned to pro-vide a modern kitchen for the Faculty Wives' Club, a new organization de-veloped by President Harmon's ad-ministration and now one of the most active social agencies connected with the college.

The new kitchen occupies the south-west corner of the Alumni and Faculty Center Its splendid equipment in-cludes a handsome gift from an alum-nus, Alton B. (Jerry) Hourin, '29, in the form of a complete set of stainless steel flatware. "Jerry" is general manager of the Schrade Cutlery Corn-

Auction Planned Contributions Sought

The Faculty Wives Club, one of the most active and "self-starting" or-ganizations connected with Norwich, will hold an auction at the Norwich Armory the evening of April 8, the pro-ceeds to be used for the refurnishing and redecorating of the Alumni and Faculty Center (formerly known as the Studio). Beyond the essential dishes, linen, lounge and card chairs, card ta-bles, and draperies, the organizers hope the event will be successful enough to finance a T-V set, a high-fidelity pho-nograph, records, etc.

The Norwich staff and faculty will be solicited for seldom-used furnish-ings, those hidden-away presents—in short, anything saleable in good con-dition. Sale articles will be available for inspection during the afternoon.

Since the alumni as well as staff and faculty will benefit, we want to give all alumni the opportunity to join in send-ing us saleable articles, including prod-ucts of their firms, from puffed rice to television sets! Mail or freight your contributions to

Mrs. Clayton W. Wells 6 Slate Avenue Northfield, Vermont But please, no live animals nor

naughty children! Herb Rea

pany, with headquarters in Walden, N. Y.

Still another alumni gift for the Cen-ter has come from Gerald A. Bixby, '18, president of Hooker's Wayside Furniture Store in Barre. It consists of 20 card tables and 80 folding chairs.

A new entrance to the Alumni Office, now more efficiently arranged and equipped, has been installed on the


south side of the Alumni and Faculty Center. Appropriate signs^have been placed at this entrance and also on the main door on the west side of the build-ing.

Reunion Cup Established As Commencement Prize

General Harmon announces that, be-ginning with Commencement, 1953, the University will present a silver cup annually, to be known as the "Reunion Cup," to the class the largest percen-tage of whose living members shall reg-ister at Commencement. The follow-ing are the rules governing the award of this trophy.

Reunion Cup 1. This cup shall be awarded an-

nually by the University to the class the largest percentage of whose living members shall register at Commence-ment.

2. The percentage shall be the number of graduate and non-graduate members, not including honorary mem-bers, divided by the total number of living graduates, plus the number of non-graduates who register.

Example: Class X has 25 living graduates 10 graduates registering 5 non-grads registering 15 divided by (25 plus 5) equal 50% 3. To be eligible, the contestants

must sign the register at Alumni Head-quarters (The Alumni and Faculty Center) before the Alumni Luncheon at Commencement.

4. The winning class shall be an-nounced by the president of the Gen-eral Alumni Association at the Alumni Luncheon.

5. A suitable certificate shall be presented to the secretary or other rep-resentative of the winning class, such representative being chosen by the members of that class present at Com-

Candidates Are Sought For Who's Who in Engineering

"Who's Who in Engineering" an-nounces the beginning of the compila-tion of the seventh edition. The Ad-visory Committee of Engineers Joint Council on the publication has decided to permit engineering schools to sug-gest graduates who may be qualified for presentation in the volume.

This committee has set the following minimum qualifications:

1. Engineers at least ten years ac-tive practice, at least five years of which have been in responsible charge of important engineering work.

2. Teachers of engineering subjects in colleges or schools of accepted stand-ing who have taught such subjects for at least ten years, at least five years of which have been in responsible charge of a majoring engineering course in such a college or school.

(Military assignments will have proper consideration in both of the above groups.)

If you can qualify, please send your name to me at the first opportunity so that I may compile a list and forward it to "Who's Who in Engineering." It will be distincly to your advantage and to the advantage of Norwich to be list-ed in the directory.

P. D. Baker, Dean

mencement. This certificate shall be signed by the president of the Univer-sity and the president of the General Alumni Association. In case of a tie, certificates shall be presented to all winners, and their class numerals in-scribed on the cup.

6. The cup and certificate (or cer-tificates) shall be presented to the chos-en representative of the winning class (or classes) at the Final Parade by the president of the General Alumni As-sociation. In case of a tie, the cup


shall be presented to the representa-tive of the oldest class, other class rep-resentatives participating in the tie be-ing presented certificates only

7. The cup shall remain the prop-erty of Norwich University, shall be turned over to the alumni secretary directly after the Final Parade, and placed on display at Alumni Head-quarters during the year.

R E U N I O N P L A N S 1953 Commencement

June 5, 6, 7

5th—Class of 1948 Raymond J. Burbee, Secretary

Letters were mailed to all members in early February, and, if the members have the same Norwich spirit as their Secretary, they'll be piling in from wherever they may be. 10th—Class of 1943

Frank Bent, Secretary 23 answers to 92 letters sent, 18 com-

ing to Commencement, almost all with wives. Majority want wives to attend Reunion Dinner; first choice Montpel-ier Tavern, second Brown Derby. This covers replies received during period Jan. 26 to Feb. 8. As 77 live within 300 miles of Northfield, '43 has good chance to win the Reunion Cup. 15th—Class of 1938

Al Forrest, Secretary First call sounded in September.

20th—Class of 1933 Dexter B. Johnson, Secretary

Report in the February Record. As we hear further, we'll print the news in later Records. 25th—Class of 1928

Bray ton D. Fisher, Secretary Bud must be short of carbon paper!

We know he is after you Quarter Cen-tury boys, but it comes to us second-hand.

30th—Class of 1923 Harry Stoneman, Secretary

Nothing has penetrated the sound barrier around the city of Brotherly Love where Harry now lives—so far as we know.

35th—Class of 1918 Clifton A. Shinquin, Secretary

Akron, too, isn't getting through to us these days. 40th—Class of 1913

Rosy Burch, Secretary Letters went out in November. F. X .

Lee will be on hand, and if General Howie Butler remembers what he told me at Coast Guard last September, he'll be up here with Ned Allen, '14, as guest.

45th—Class of 1908 Bob North, Secretary

Ralph Eaton has passed his duties over to Bob North, who has written you all in February. Colonel Baldwin says he will be on hand, all the way from California, and he wants to see all his classmates.

50th—Class of 1903 K. R. B. Flint, Secretary

KRB is flitting around Florida, and he suggested Marshall Stocker take over his job. No dice, but both Marsh and KRB will be here for Commence-ment. Have we a candidate for Seo retary? If so, please write to John Mazuzan and we'll send the member-ship list.

Will you join us? Herb Rea

Paul G. Do wen, '51, formerly W. Hartford, Conn., now Old Canton Rd., e-o Matthews, Canton, Conn. He has been appointed purchasing agent for Pioneer Steel Ball, Inc., of Unionville, Conn.


President Harmon Addresses Numerous Alumni Groups

During this college year, General Harmon has spoken to alumni and friends of Norwich at Springfield, Mass., Montpelier, Providence, and Chicago. He would like to speak to other Norwich groups, particularly those which will hold gatherings to which, not only Norwich alumni, but also their wives, the parents of present cadets and recent graduates still in ac-tive service, as well as prospective ca-dets and their parents, will be invited. Letters went out to Club Secretaries and the organizers listed below in late January (except to Joe Leclair—last week), and the interest shown has been very gratifying.

General Harmon will speak March 26 to the Mohawk-Hudson Club, April 8 to the Souconn Club, April 10 at Worcester, April 24 at Boston, May 2 to the New Hampshire Club, and a re-turn engagement with the Mohawk-Hudson Club on May 9, accompanied by Trustee Louis Cabot.

In addition to these dates, we are holding April 9 for the Central Con-necticut Club and waiting to hear whether April 23 will suit the Merri-mack Valley Club. As details of meet-ing places reach us, we will publish them in the Record.

Secretaries and organizers will be writing or phoning you, and should you not hear from them, please try to get in touch with the man nearest your home—and don't forget that any friend of yours who is interested, or may be interested, in Norwich will be welcome at the meeting.

We see these meetings as a means of reaching a receptive audience on a warm personal footing, and thereby spread the good news of progress on the Hill where it will in turn go out to friends of friends—still with that warm personal treatment.

Herb Rea

Other Speaking Dates

In addition to his program to speak to alumni groups, General Harmon had the following speaking engagements on his calendar as of the end of January, after speaking to the Newport (Vt.) Men's Club on January 26:

Feb. 6—Shrine, St. Albans, Vt. Feb. 22—Sons of the American Rev-

olution, Daughters of the American Revolution, and other Patriotic So-cieties at Montclair, N. J.

Mar. 23 to 25—Meeting of the As-sociation of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States at Wash-ington, D. C.

Apr. 4—Methodist Church, Mont-pelier, Vt.

May 5—Women's Club, St. Johns-bury, Vt.

May 17—United Spanish War Vet-erans, Barre, Vt.

May 20—United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.

June 10—Scituate (Mass.) High School Commencement.

Vermont Alumni Troop—Charles Ad-ams, '39, Troop Clerk, Waterbury, Vt.

Norwich University Club of New Hampshire—Roger C. Larson,

'36, President, Moultonboro, N. H. The Merrimac Valley—J. Edward Cut-

cliffe, '29, Secretary, 10 Delwood Road, Chelmsford, Mass.

Boston—Al F. Cifrino, '44, Secretary, 69 St. Mary's Road, Milton, Mass.

Worcester—George A. Garrison, '42, Secretary, 3 Laconia Road, Worces-ter, Mass.

Springfield—Charles W. Allen, '46, Sec.-Treas., 102 Woodmont Street, Springfield, Mass.

Berkshire Hills—Robert B. Deloye, '39, Sec.-Treas., 42 North St., Pittsfield, Mass.

Mohawk-Hudson—Albert N. Elie, '23,


Secretary, 418 North Robinson St., Schenectady, N. Y.

Central Connecticut—Leonard G. Tra-cy, '45, Secretary, 945 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn.

Southern Connecticut—Earle C. Beebe, '14, Secretary, 235 Beech wood Ave., Bridgeport 4, Conn.

New York City—Herman J. Lavin, '33, Secretary, 759 Lindbergh Avenue, Peekskill, N. Y.

Philadelphia—Frederick S. Stow, '08, Secretary, Wynne wood Park Apts., Wynne wood, Penn.

Chicago—H. R. Stoddard, '27, Sec.-Treas., 247 Hale St., Palatine, 111.

Organizer of group in Western New York—Sam R. Ward, '22,

114 Ashland Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Northern Maine—Jack Smith, '28, 126

Sewall St., Augusta, Me. Southern Maine—Douglas P. Adams,

'38, 22 Forest Park, Portland 5, Me. Rhode Island—B. D. Fisher, '28, 2

Weybosset St., Providence 1, R. I. Washington, D. C., Maryland, Virgin-

ia—Col. Nelson LeClair, Jr., '22, Room 2437, Building T-7, Gravelly Point, Washington, 25, D. C.

Magazine Publishes Article Authored by Prof. Willey

Dr. Clarence F. Willey of the De-partment of Psychology and Educa-tion is the author of an article in the January issue of the "Public Person-nel Review," quarterly journal of the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada. It is entitled "Simplified Item Analysis."

Dr. Willey is an examiner for the Personnel Department of the State of Vermont and president of the Vermont Psychological Association. His article suggests a typewriter method of sort-ing and tallying examination papers when machine sorting equipment is not available.

Link Gives Norwich $2000 For Aviation Scholarships

Norwich has received a gift of $2,000 from Link Aviation Corporation. Prof. Philip S. Hopkins, head of the Depart-ment of Aviation, has announced that the money will go toward scholarships for a teachers' course in aviation edu-cation to be started at Norwich next summer.

"This course, a part of the Cabot Program of Aviation at Norwich, will teach the uses of aviation materials, in-formation, and influence as an aid to classroom teaching," Professor Hop-kins stated. "Although the course will include general studies of the theory of flight, navigation, and meteorology, the approach will be non-technical, with emphasis on specific applications of aviation materials and subjects in teaching citizenship in the Air Age.

"The vacation season will not be neglected. Entrants are expected from all areas of the United States, and long, planned vacation weekends will be ar-ranged. There will be motor trips through the Green Mountains of Ver-mont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the woods and lakes of Maine, and the Adirondacks of New York. A feature of the arrangements will be weekend charter flights to Bos-ton, Montreal, Quebec, and New York City."

NEW ADDRESSES

Dr. Milton Conover, '12, formerly Newark, N. J., now Box 243, South Orange, N. J. He is teaching at Seton Hall University.

Capt. Richard M. Lyman, '46, now 17 Keeler Rd., Whitinsville, Mass. He is assistant professor of military science and tactics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


N O R W I C H Fifty Years Ago Col. Karl F. Baldwin, '08, of 605

Colusa Avenue, Berkeley, Calif., a retired Army officer, has written an autobiography covering his colorful career as a professional soldier. He calls it "Time Out for Tea." A chap-ter of the work is devoted to his stu-dent days at Norwich a half century ago. Because of its historical value, the Norwich chapter is being pub-lished in the Record in two install-ments. The first appeared in the February issue. Here is the second.

By Karl F. Baldwin, '08 About 40 of our class returned in

1905 and took on a new group of over 60 rookies who reported in September. One evening I met Cadet Dunlop, tak-ing six-foot strides down the Hill. He was in tears. He was headed for the home of Professor Brill. The sopho-mores had posted fake grades on the freshmen, and poor Dunlop was not yet "wise to the fact" that his grade mark of 40 in chemistry was all a hoax.

The second year was to be fought out the same way as the first, with very hard work both on and off the Hill. The fraternity gave me a chance to earn half my board bill. However, new military duties required closer at-tention, and the hours available for outside work were more limited. Again, I played center in the class football game, though I could not engage in varsity sports. There was before me the experience of my first cadet cap-tain, Ross, who, with a commission in the U. S. Marine Corps in his grasp, had finally been rejected because of one stiff finger. One must play the game carefully for the large stakes it might yield.

Mrs. Frank Plumley, a delightful woman, who always inspired me, died

early in 1906. The Plumley home was under repair at the time, so I vol-untarily slept in the house for a few weeks. The winter cold was sub-zero (that season down to 36 degrees below). One morning I stumbled across the street to the home of the Sharps. He was the cordial Methodist minister. His good lady saw that I had a high fever and immediately put me in a warm bed. The attack was close to pneumonia, but a good doctor and good cheer brought me out nicely. Every set-back made me blue, but this ex-perience proved a blessing in disguise. Mrs. Sharp introduced me to Mrs. Mary A. Gould, a wealthy widow of Northfield Falls.

Mrs. Gould invited me to join her "Company G." At the time she was helping many worthy boys at Norwich and eventually she aided 36 of us finan-cially. She took our notes without in-terest; and we repaid some years later. Mary was Irish and eccentric in many ways, but her heart was kindness itself. Saturday afternoons her home was open, and the Sunday suppers always found a group of us there. Her sum-mer camp at Malletts Bay on Lake Champlain became a rendezvous each season. At this time Mrs. Gould was backing the Commons Club at Nor-wich and assisting the cadet band with funds as well. She would not tolerate girls and scorned us if we gave atten-tion to them. Mary Gould can never be forgotten by the boys of her Com-pany G, many of whom have gone far in engineering, in the Army, and in business.

Academically speaking, the second year at Norwich was highly successful, with grades placing me, alternately, in first and second place in the class. There was a Sheldon prize speaking contest for freshmen and sophomores in which I placed second. However, though military standing was good, a curse of "Job's comforters" nearly


wrecked my military career. They came on the back of the neck and in the arm pits, and destroyed that erect cadet figure so very important at the time. At commencement ceremonies I sat on the sidelines with an abscessed foot. No wonder my position in class promo-tion fell to fourth place.

All this was most discouraging, but it could not be helped. At least finan-cial worries while at Norwich were over. I could go home to Ohio, receive the ac-claim of a young cadet staff sergeant, work hard, clear up my system, and return more determined than ever. The greatest personal worries of my life were during those two financially uncertain years at Norwich.

Conditions were much changed dur-ing the junior year. Lieut. "Chesty" Davis, a senior, chose me as his room-mate in Alumni Hall. We did consid-erable boxing, but his body was so short and his arms so long, that he usually found my chin the easiest spot to punch, while the blows I rained on the top of his head were perfectly harm-less. Except for some work at the fraternity, I was able to end the hard daily labor tasks which had been mine, and to concentrate more on the uni-versity and certain activities. During the fall season I went out for football and "subbed" in some of the games.

By now, Norwich had become a growing ideal to me. Our class had been cleared of its dead wood and dis-satisfied, and half of the original fresh-men would see it through. In the university, largely through my efforts, a YMCA was organized, with Bible study on "The Life of Christ." It was not easy. A number of us visited the state " Y " meetings at the University of Vermont where delegates also at-tended a New England conference. The class decided to put out the col-lege annual, "The War Whoop," and elected me as its editor. The edition was nothing to boast of, but its prep-

aration was good training for the staff, most of whom were engineers. This was my second and final year as class president.

Classmates very kindly invited me home with them for the short-term va-cations. Two weeks spent in and a-bout Middletown, Conn., were most delightful, and the day inspecting at Yale University was one long to be re-membered.

It was my firm resolve that girls would be no further attraction to me until after graduation. However, Mr. Plumley introduced me to Miss Chand-ler at church. Somehow, our paths crossed rather often during the year, and by the coming summer my resolu-tion was somewhat shattered. Though I avoided any reference to the fact in "Company G," I spent a few days at the Chandler home near Malone, N. Y., while enroute to Ohio (which also in-cluded Niagara Falls), in June of 1907.

Maj. Henry W. Hovey (Old Griz) was commandant of cadets until the fall of 1906, when he was replaced by Lieut. L. A. I. Chapman of the Cav-alry. Both these officers were good men for the assignment and strict dis-ciplinarians. Before the major turned over his duties he decided to destroy some very questionable saluting pow-

NEW ADDRESSES

Lt. John A. Merian, '52, now Co. C, 135th Engineer (C) Bn., Camp Cooke, Calif.

John O. Magnus, '51, now 14 Sunny-side Ave., Winthrop, Mass. He is em-ployed as an engineer with Chas. T. Main Co.

Lt. Addison D. Minott, '52, former-ly Fort Belvoir, Va., now Office of the Area Engineer, Northeast District Corps of Engineers, APO 23, New York, N. Y.

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der. He piled it on the ground a short distance from Dewey Hall, placed a fuse, and waited. Then came one great puff, which created sufficient vacuum so that all the window glass on the near side of the building fell out-ward. Besides some remarks better unreported, he is said to have bitingly announced, "Hovey, you've had your celebration, now pay your bill." He died in 1908 and rests under a giant rough granite boulder—somewhat em-blematic of the man—in a Northfield cemetery.

The 1907-1908 academic year proved to be one of excellent preparation. For-tunately, I was a cadet captain and drew a small single room in Alumni Hall. The training and experience could not have been better, for the re-sponsibility for about 50 men fell upon my shoulders. There were drills, in-spections, instruction, regular guard duty, and a mass of administrative routine, all of which closely followed the pattern set in the Regular Army. Norwich was good, and the cadet cap-tains had the best positions in the Corps.

My grandfather Baldwin had been born over the hills in Topsham Town-ship. Since his departure nearly 70 years earlier, our branch of the family

NEW ADDRESSES

Perry Swirsky, '44, now 20 Russell Road, Longmeadow, Mass.

Roy A. Sunter, '49, now 34 Sanford St., E. Longmeadow, Mass.

Lt. Col. Albert H. Hislop, '39, now 306-3 3d St., Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Lt. Bruce E. Kenerson, '51, now Hq. & Sv. Co., 66th Med. Tank Bn., APO 42, New York, N. Y.

Capt. Frank Dierauf, Jr., '43, for-merly APO, San Francisco, now Apt. 79-E Wherry, Fort Campbell, Ky.

had lost contact, and there were no Baldwins left in Topsham. A friend called my attention to Judge Ham-mon Baldwin of Wells River, and we proved to be distant cousins. Our first meeting occurred at the state fair in White River Junction, in September of 1907. The Norwich cadets were there on parade. We formed a deep friend-ship which Mother Baldwin stimulated at every turn. Somehow, three years had been lost here.

The Baldwins always gave me a joy-ous welcome. In April, 1908, Bernice and I drove through deep snow to reach the old Baldwin homestead where Jonathan settled about 1785 on a ridge overlooking the beautiful Connecticut River and facing the Presidential Range in New Hampshire. Many large families were reared on the 100-acre farms of this area, but already most of these had been abandoned. Topsham Township (or Town), had shrunk from 2500 persons in 1840 to about 1000 in 1908.

During the 1907 Christmas vacation I spent ten days in Waltham, Mass., with my friend and classmate, the ca-det major, W. P. Fraser. We did Bos-ton "brown," so to speak. The day spent at Harvard was most inspiring. At Lexington and Concord, tears were near the surface, for many of my an-cestors had fought there.

In February, Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, perhaps our most distinguished graduate of the time, chartered a Pull-man coach for a group of Norwich men to visit New York City, and to attend the alumni banquet in the old Murray Hill Hotel. My little part was to give the response for the Cadet Corps. Gen-eral O. O. Howard, of the Civil War, was there, as was also our chief of staff, Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell. The short contact with these men was an inspira-tion. Miss Chandler was in Brooklyn, and this was my first meeting with many of her friends there, who were to


become ours through life. The tour of New York City was good for the "country cousins" from the North.

Lieut. Chapman placed unusual con-fidence in the senior cadet officers and frequently consulted us on major de-cisions. One of importance was the promotion in mid-year of a cadet to sergeant-major with a view to his be-coming the cadet major in his senior year. My recommendation was the de-termining factor in the promotion of a man, until then, but little identified. He won a commission in the Regular Army the following year and was one of the most distinguished Norwich men in World War I.

Miss Chandler came back to North-field for commencement. Her closest friend was a teacher, Lena Clark, and Frank S. Clark, of the 1909 class, was a close friend of mine. The four of us were pals together. We climbed the heights of Mount Paine. We also took a ride to Williamstown. Frank, more clever than I, arranged to drive over by day, while I was to take over on a different return route by night. Trusting to the home instinct of the livery team, we found that horses do not always use "good horse sense."

We passed a right turn we should have made, and drove on and on. Af-ter hours, it seemed, we met a man, and I asked him how much further it was to Northfield. He called out, "Good God, man! You are half way to White River Junction." We turned around with difficulty. All the way back and on many occasions since, I have re-ceived the "ribbings" of three good friends. It was nearly daylight when we reached Northfield. Only through my senior privilege was I able to save Frank from a "skin" for being out af-ter hours.

Commencement is a happy occasion, though always a day with a shade of sadness. There were no relatives or friends (save those I had made in Ver-

mont), to see me graduate as Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, or to hear me mentioned as a graduate with highest honors (an average of 90 per cent or better), My Company (C) did great credit to its officers and men, as it drilled by bugle calls. I loved every man in it. Most of these men served as officers in World War I. The two outstanding corporals, and many oth-ers, are now dead. During the years at Norwich, I had gone through four summer marches of hard training so essential to the making of a good citi-zen soldier. Now it was over. At least I felt that I was a man.

In the Dartmouth game of 1907, my classmate, "Stub" Clarkson, was in-jured and died soon afterwards. In his last words he urged that the team must go on, and make its record a trib-ute to him (he was team manager).

Nothing that I may write can convey the spirit and tradition so deeply as-sociated with Norwich. Some take the hard training with bitterness, but to most of us who have lived in it amid the emerald hills of summer, the golden colors of autumn, and the deep snows of winter, Norwich stands forever dear. Only one of the four football seasons of my stay was successful. The small school always had a hard struggle in athletics. Dartmouth, for years play-ed its first football game with Norwich. Only once did we outscore them, and then we lost the game on off-side plays.

NEW ADDRESSES

Lt. Robert H. E. Whitehead, '51, now APO 6, c-o Postmaster, San Fran-cisco, Calif.

David M. Keay, '46, formerly Brock-ton, Mass., now 53 Barrett St., Need-ham 92, Mass.

Lt. Carl H. Bruggemeier, USMC, '51, now VMA 212, MAG 12, FMAW, FMF, Fleet P. O., San Francisco, Calif.


News was coming in one evening from a Norwich baseball game played in New York state. The cadet on the 'phone called out: "Norwich won!" The barracks echoed: "Norwich won!" There was great joy and then: "That's not just it, Norwich one, St. Lawrence ten."

Norwich introduced horses in 1908 and became a Cavalry school with a star polo team. Her standing among the colleges in use of the rifle and the ski is enviable. On occasion there have been good football and basketball play-ers, and they have produced excellent teams. Norwich will always be at the top, turning out good, strong, sturdy leaders who will stand behind this na-tion when it needs them most. No wonder Gen. Leonard Wood received his chief inspiration for the Plattsburg camps from the Norwich Summer School of Government.

The commandant advised me in May that as soon as Norwich was rated as one of the outstanding military in-stitutions of the nation for 1908 he would name me for the commission in the Regular Army. Those were hope-ful, anxious days. Inspection reports reached the War Department slowly. There was a general competition to be held at Fort Leavenworth on July 5, and rather than miss out, I resolved to take this examination if necessary.

While still waiting for the rating of Norwich, I went to Burlington, Vt.,

NEW ADDRESSES

Joseph R. O'Brien, '32, formerly Longmeadow, Mass., now 22 Shipman Rd., Andover, Mass.

Lt. Col. Dana F. Hurlburt, USAF, '42, now Hq. Air Training Command, Scott Air Force Base, 111.

Maj. Hale Mason, Jr., '40, formerly Arlington, Va., now 309 Handy Circle, Van Home Park, Fort Bliss, Tex.

and ordered a railway ticket for Kan-sas. Visiting a local hotel, I was sum-moned to the telephone. It was a friend calling, "Hey, Baldy, catch that train back to Enosburg Falls! You have the Norwich appointment and are to take the examination at Fort Ethan Allen."

On July 5 a contract doctor and a hospital sergeant—the only medical Army men then at the post—passed me physically for a commission. The goal of ten, long, inspiring years was in sight, thanks to a helpful Providence, to Norwich University, my friends, and very hard work.

July, August, and September were spent at home in Ohio, where father had built a new house after the old one burn-ed. The fine bird eggs were destroyed and most of the Indian relics ruined. Father, having read the telegram that I would soon be home, contracted for extra hay fields to cut, knowing that I would not let him down. I took home a gold lady's watch as my gradu-ation gift to Mother.

The Army commission arrived Sep-tember 11. That night I drove five miles to be sworn in as a second lieu-tenant in the Coast Artillery Corps. I would have preferred the Infantry or the Field Artillery. All members of the family were delighted. Christine Houston and cousin Mason Baldwin were most profuse in congratulations. Even Father, who had said almost nothing during four long years, sud-denly became articulate and praised me with boasting pride before the rela-tives and friends.

There were eight honor men com-missioned—one from each of the high-est rated schools in military training. Lots were drawn for relative rank, and I placed third. On October 20, my first official report was made at Colum-bus Barracks, and assignment of sta-tion was Fort Totten, New York Har-bor Defenses.

N O R W I C H R E C O R D , M A R C H , 1 9 5 3 P A G E 1 3

"The Language of the Soul" Song by George Lovell, '99, Placed in Repertoire Of dePaur's Infantry Chorus

A recent issue of Yankee Maga-zine carried an article on George P. Lovell, '99, retired school teacher and a brother of Mrs. Carl V. Woodbury of Northfield, widow of the late Pro-fessor Woodbury, long-time member of the Norwich faculty.

Mr. Lovell, who resides at 127 Cross Street in Keene, N. H., is described in the Yankee article as one whose "heart was involved in a violent love affair with music and poetry all through the years that he taught dry logarithms." Yankee has given the Record permission to reprint the article.

THE LANGUAGE OF THE SOUL By Dorothy Quinan In Yankee Magazine

Chipper's the word for "Pop" Lov-ell. There is about him an air of old-world courtliness, a kind of gentleness of speech and manner reminiscent of the Edwardian era. Meticulous in dress, he's a man in his 70's, with skin like an 18-year-old chorine, a crop of kinky greying hair, and an expression on his face that can only be compared to that of a benign angel planning a little mischief on the side. Since the beloved math teacher's retirement from Keene (N. H.) High School last year, he has found a new job.

"I'm stock-boy," he says with a twinkle in his blue eyes, "at our local department store."

As principal disciplinarian at Keene High School, the miscreants who had to remain after school fell automatical-ly to "Pop's" care, but they loved it.

The regulars soon dubbed the meet-ing-place the "1:30 Club" and the word "club" was not used loosely, since on

rare occasions Pop might, when press-ed, reward those present with one of his inimitable Chauncey Olcott take-offs, complete with cane and jaunty straw sailor, or he might be the un-known John Steele, stopping the show on opening night of the Ziegfield Fol-lies.

No psychiatrist, out of his own sor-rows and heartaches Pop had evolved a working philosophy, which he passed on to the troubled youngsters who laid their cares in his lap. In return, they lovingly nicknamed him "Pop."

All through the years that George Lovell taught dry logarithms, his heart was involved in a violent love affair with music and poetry. He loved to sing, and before long he became a mem-ber of the double quartet of the famed "Old Homestead" revival at the Pot-ash Bowl.

Then one day, nearly three years ago, he learned that dePaur's Infantry Chorus would be filling a concert date in Keene. Pop never missed a musical event of any kind and he was not going to miss this one. He'd heard about this exciting chorus that had been born in off-duty hours in a sprawling New Jersey training camp by a group of 372nd Infantry Regiment Soldiers in World War II.

The night of the concert, he knew he was seeing and hearing a matchless esprit de corps that must have been born of thousands of performances to-gether of the group. He was genuine-ly moved by its electric precision of at-tack, its sure control of dynamics, and its instinctive blending of voices.

When the enthusiastic audience final-ly stopped clapping and began reluc-tantly to file out, Pop still sat there, caught up in the spell of Latin Ameri-can folk songs, calypso songs, ballads of Mexican street singers, songs of faith and religion sung as only the


Negro can sing them. Suddenly he found himself in the line that was form-ing to go back-stage. He knew he wanted to tell the brilliant young con-ductor, Captain Leonard dePaur, ex-actly how moved he was, how much the music had stirred him. Instead with the line pressing behind him, abashed, he mumbled something about not be-ing an autograph hound, just an old-timer who loved good music, shook the hand of dePaur, received the Captain's gracious thanks, then went along, aware that he had not begun to thank the group for what they had given him, hadn't even scratched the surface of all that was in his heart.

Walking home in the snow, he

thought about what music had meant to him all his life and what this thrill" ing musical experience had meant to him in particular. It was nearing Christmas, and as soon as Pop got home, he sat down and wrote on the back of a Christmas card something of what he felt. He mailed it to Captain dePaur, and although he signed his name, he refrained from putting down his address, because he did not want the conductor to feel that he might be-come involved in a tiresome correspon-dence.

Three years later, dePaur's Infantry Chrous was again booked to sing in Keene.

Pop's phone rang several times that day, and each time it was someone either making sure he was going to at-tend that evening, or offering him a suggestion as to where he might be able to get a ticket if he didn't already have one.

It wasn't until later he learned that Captain dePaur had been making in-quiries about the state of his health, and whether he could "take it" or not. The general consensus was that Pop might look frail, but he could take any-thing in his stride.

The auditorium seats more than

1,000, and that night every seat was taken, with standees in the rear. Pop, completely unaware of what a small handful in the audience knew, took a seat in the orchestra with friends. The dePaur Infantry Chorus does not give encores, but gives "extras," at the end of the program. After several of these extras demanded by the enthusiastic audience, Leonard dePaur, the con-ductor, stepped down to the apron. The clapping ceased as he held up his hand. There was an electric silence. Then he spoke.

"At the risk of talking too much," he said, "I want to tell you a little story. I'll try to be brief. It's about a young fellow who calls himself an old-timer. His name is George Lovell. After our last concert here, Mr. Lovell sent us, on the back of a Christmas card, one of the most wonderful tributes we have ever received since we began our con-cert work. He has aptly named it 'Credo'—T believe'—and in it has gone everything of what he feels about music."

Pop sat there, listening with humble pride, to the words of the conductor, his eyes smarting with unshed tears.

"I showed that poem to a composer friend of mine, Daikeong Lee," Cap-tain dePaur went on, "and he said, T think I could put that to music.' " de-Paur's eyes swept the audience. "We'd like to sing it for you now," he said, simply.

Thirty-six Negro ex-cooks, drivers, chaplain's assistants, attorneys, medi-cal aides, office clerks, riflemen and cannoneers, and an Hawaiian composer, had combined to make something in* spired out of the simple poem of George Lovell, Yankee ex - schoolteacher. When the last phrase had died away, there was an imperceptible silence. Then thunderous applause swept the hall. When it had ceased at last, de-Paur stepped to the front of the stage.

"I don't know whether George Lov-


ell is here or not, but if he is, I wonder if he would stand up so that we may see him?"

Pop stood up and he was unashamed-ly crying. Again a stupendous wave of applause swept the hall, and this time it was saying, "It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy."

Afterwards, asked what he felt and thought as he stood there, Pop said, with characteristic simplicity, "I was wishing my wife could have been able to share this great moment with me."

Here is the song which has now be-come a permanent part of dePaur's In-fantry Chorus repertoire: This I believe That Thou dids't send the Word of Truth. That Thou dids't inspire the Saints and

Poets To preserve for us the Word. That Thou dids't inspire Mighty music To clothe the Word with greater power— Music of the Thunder of Sinai Music of "The still small Voice." That Thou dids't make words the

Language of the Mind, And music the Language of the Soul. *

*CREDO. Copyright 1952 by Chap-pell & Co., Inc. Used by permission.

NEW ADDRESSES

Donald G. Warner, Jr., '42, now 1175 Rexford Ave., Pasadena, Calif.

Robert L. Bellin, '48, now 2119 R St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

Thaddeus Buczko, '47, now Attor-ney at Law, 47 Butler St., Salem, Mass.

Col. E. Robert White, Jr., '32, now Executive Officer, G-3 Section, The Armored Center, Fort Knox, Ky.

George P. Cunavelis, '46, now 62 Harrington Terrace, Burlington, Vt. He is with General Electric Company in Burlington.

LOST ADDRESSES

Can you help us to locate these men?

William A. Small, '42, formerly Bea-ver Pond Rd., Lincoln, Mass.

Emile E. Grignard, Jr., '52, formerly 3333 162 St., Flushing, N. Y.

Arthur T. Ashworth, '42, formerly Carr St., Whitinsville, Mass.

Dr. Louis E. Roy, '43, formerly 97 Everett St., Southbridge, Mass.

Philip C. Greene, '44, formerly 120 No. Broadway, Irvington, N. Y.

Remo G. Gandin, '42, formerly 242 Pine St., South Weymouth, Mass.

Sherwood L. Adams, '34, formerly 1003 Stony Hill Rd., Wilbraham, Mass.

Lt. Hibbard E. Armour, '51, former-ly 2407 Wrightboro Rd., Augusta, Ga.

Lt. William G. Crannell, '52, former-ly 115 Washington St., Maiden, Mass.

Dr. Richard H. Gale, '39, formerly Bldg. 2-63EE, General Electric Co., Erie, Pa.

Glen H. Hippie, '51, formerly c-o James M. Snyder, 13219 N. Norfolk, Detroit 35, Mich.

Maj. Donald J. Houghton, '30, for-merly Hq. 6208th Depot Wing, APO 74, San Francisco, Calif.

Lt. Col. Laurence D. Mcintosh, '23, formerly 6513th ASU, Calif. ORC In-structor Group, Presidio of San Fran-cisco, Calif.

NEW ADDRESSES

Lt. Col. Merwin B. Forbes, '32, for-merly Fort Monmouth, N. J., now Herndon, Va.

John H. Hann, '29, formerly Run-yon Park Fords, N. J., now 203 Fair-way Dr., Huntsville, Ala.


"TAPS" Flynn Austin, '93 From the Middlebury Independent

Flynn Guernsey Austin, 81, of Mid-dlebury, former member of the Epis-copal Diocese of Vermont Board of Trustees, died January 7 after a long period of failing health.

He served for many years on the diocese executive council and was a delegate to the general convention four times.

He retired 20 years ago after being associated with the Western Electric Company for many years.

Mr. Austin was'born in Rochester on Aug. 7, 1871, son of George F. and Jeannette (Craig) Austin. He was graduated from Norwich University in 1893 and served in the Spanish-Ameri-can War.

He was a vestryman of Middlebury St. Stephen's Church for many years.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. E. C. Harvey of Middlebury, and nieces and nephews.

47 N. Pleasant Street Middlebury, Vt.

Dear General Harmon: I received the request from your of-

fice to represent Norwich at the funer-al of Flynn Austin. Norwich granted me a high honor in asking me to rep-resent the University on this sad oc-casion.

I have known Mr. Austin for over 60 years, first meeting him in Northfield in 1892. He spent his vacations in this vicinity for many years and since retiring he had made his home here.

Mr. Austin was a true gentleman, a man of outstanding character, and was highly respected in this community.

He was always interested in Nor-wich, and I am sure he lived a life that reflected great credit on the University.

Frank J. Donahue, '95

Charles Plastridge, '12 From the Northfield News

Word has been received that Charles Plastridge of Medford, Mass., former Northfield resident, died suddenly Jan. 10 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford. A conductor on the Port-land Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad, he was employed there for the past 40 years.

He was born Apr. 7, 1889, in North-field, son of the late William Plastridge and the late Nellie (Getty) Plastridge of Northfield. He graduated from Northfield High School and attended Norwich University two years with the 1912 class. He was a member of Lodge 621 of the Brotherhood of Rail-road Trainmen of Boston and Mt. Hermon Lodge of Masons.

Besides his wife, Mrs. Josephine (Brown) Plastridge, he leaves a son, Charles A., Jr., of Hampton, N. H.; a daughter, Barbara, of Medford; a sis-ter, Mrs. Mary P. Allen of Boston; an aunt, Miss Janet Getty of Northfield; and three grandchildren.

Carl Hill, '14 From the Portsmouth, N. H., Herald

Carl Dana Hill, 57, brother of Ar-nold S. Hill of Eliot, N. H., died Jan-uary 2 at his home in South Roanoke, Va.

Born in Portsmouth, the son of the late Charles O. and Martha A. (Gun-nison) Hill, he was graduated from Portsmouth High School and from Norwich University in 1914.

Mr. Hill served as a lieutenant in the Philippine Constabulary and also was a member of the American Expedition-ary Force in Siberia during World War I.

He taught language and military tactics at Stanton Academy in Vir-ginia until World War II when he was recalled with the rank of major. Sta-


tioned in Florida, he was in charge of troop train movements. Since the war, he had been employed by the Vet-erans' Administration regional office in Roanoke.

Besides his brother, he leaves his wife and several nieces and nephews.

W E D D I N G S A N D E N G A G E M E N T S

Albert Fraser, '33 From the Burlington Free Press

Miss Rollande Normandeau, daugh-ter of Mrs. Emelia Normandeau and the late A. N. Normandeau of Mont-pelier, was married December 6 to Al-bert A. Fraser, son of Mrs. Margaret Fraser and the late William J. Fraser of Northfield.

The ceremony took place in St. Peter's Church in Rutland and was performed by Rev. Robert F. Joyce, former pastor of St. John's Church in Northfield.

A reception at the Hotel Bardwell followed the ceremony. The newly-weds then left on a wedding trip to New York.

Mrs. Fraser is a graduate of St. Michael's High School, attended Ver-mont Junior College and is employed in the Montpelier OPS office. Mr. Fraser, a graduate of Norwich Univer-sity, is deputy commissioner of indus-trial relations for Vermont.

Sumner Holbrook, '45 From the Worcester, Mass., Gazette

Town Clerk and Mrs. A. Sumner Coleman of Mendon have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lois B. Coleman, to Sumner S. Hol-brook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Holbrook of Brunswick, Me.

Miss Coleman was graduated from Mendon High School and Hill College.

She is organist of the First Unitarian Church in Mendon, and she is employ-ed as a stenographer by the New Eng-land Electric System.

Mr. Holbrook was graduated from Norwich University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he re-ceived his master of science degree in engineering. He served for three years in the Army Signal Corps in the Afri-can-Middle East Theater during World War II. He is a member of the Scot-tish Rite groups, the American Insti-tute of Electrical Engineers, and the Worcester Engineering Society. He is employed in the Milford district of the New England Power Service Co. as an electrical engineer.

Gordon Hay, '49 From the Burlington Free Press

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dalton James have announced the engagement of their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Gordon T. Hay, Jr., of 33 Highland Street, Longmeadow, Mass.

Miss James is a graduate of Albany Academy for Girls and is at present in the collegiate nursing program at the University of Vermont where she is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority.

Mr. Hay, who served with the Army Air Force during World War II, was graduated in 1949 from Norwich Uni-versity where he was a charter mem-ber and officer of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He spent the following year doing resident graduate work at the University of Vermont. Now em-ployed by the Socony Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., he is sales representative for that firm in Gloversville, N. Y.

Lt. Melvin H. Damon, '50 From the Bellows Falls Times

Miss Edith Carolyn Rissmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Riss-mann of Nut ley, N. J., and First Lieut.


Melvin Hiram Damon, Jr., United States Signal Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin H. Damon, Sr., of North Westminster, were united in marriage November 1 in Neureut Kaserne Chap-el, Karlsruhe, Germany. Chaplain Matthew Faulkner of the 29th Signal Const. Bn. performed the double ring ceremony.

The bride is a graduate of Nutley High School, Nutley, N. J., and of Mountainside Hospital School of Nurs-ing, Montclair, N. J. She sailed Oc-tober 17 aboard the S. S. United States to join Lt. Damon.

The bridegroom is a graduate of Bel-lows Falls High School and Norwich University where he received a B. S. degree in electrical engineering. He is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and is in "Who's Who in American Col-leges and Universities."

A reception was held immediately following the ceremony at the Officers' Club, Karlsruhe. Following the recep-tion the couple left on a tour of Switzer-land and Southern Germany.

Robert Phinney, '50 From the Quincy, Mass., Ledger

Miss Phyllis Miriam Lang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Lang of North Quincy, was married to Robert William Phinney, Jr., son of Mrs. Rob-ert W. Phinney of Albany, N. Y., and the late Mr. Phinney, at Bethany Con-gregational Church November 8. Rev. George E. Gilchrist officiated at the double ring candlelight ceremony.

After a wedding trip to New York and Lake Placid, the couple took resi-dence at 6B Old Hickory Drive, Lou-don Arms, Albany, N. Y.

The bride is a graduate of North Quincy High School, attended Mt. Ida Junior College, is a member of the Wollaston Eastern Star Chapter, past worthy advisor of the Wollaston Rain-bow Assembly, and a member of the

Wollaston Women's Club Juniors. She was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Company.

Mr. Phinney is a graduate of Quincy High School and Norwich University, is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, served two years with the U. S. Army during World War II in the South Pa-cific, and is a safety specialist with the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America in Albany, N. Y.

Lt. Robert Black, '51 From the Melrose, Mass., Free Press

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thomas of Ashland, Ky., have announced the marriage of their daughter, Lt. Kath-ryn Irene, to Lt. Robert B. Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Black of 88 Beech Avenue, on December 27 in Vir-ginia.

Lt. Thomas is a graduate nurse at-tached to the U. S. Army Hospital at Camp Pickett, Va.

Lt. Black graduated from Norwich University in 1951 and was commis-sioned in the U. S. Army. He is with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Camp Pickett. He is a member of Chi Ep-silon and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Lt. Royce Strickland, '51 From the New Haven, Conn., Register

Miss Mabel Eleanor Cargill of Cliff-side and Fayetteville, N. C., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Edwin Cargill of Cliffside, N. C., and Lieut. Royce Mc-Kinley Strickland, Jr., of Fort Bragg and this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Royce M. Strickland of 89 Knoll wood Drive, were united in marriage Novem-ber 15 in the Cliffside Baptist Church. The Rev. T. S. Lawrence officiated.

The bride is a graduate of Limestone College, Gaflfney, S. C., where she was a member of Chi Delta Phi. She is at


present a member of the faculty of Fayetteville High School.

Lt. Strickland is a graduate of Nor-wich University where he was a mem-ber of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He served with the U. S. Army during World War II in Japan and is currently stationed at Fort Bragg with the 82nd Airborne Division.

Frank Tarr, '51 From the Beverly, Mass., Times

Miss Barbara Ann Karonis, daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Karonis of Danvers, became the bride of Frank Sidney Tarr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray-mond Tarr of Wenham, at a 3 o'clock ceremony performed at the Annuncia-tion Church in Danvers on Sunday, October 12.

Following a wedding trip to New York and Canada, Mr. and Mrs. Tarr are residing at 132 Sylvan Street, Dan-vers. The bride is a graduate of Dan-vers schools and the Beverly Hospital School of Nursing. The groom gradu-ated from Wenham and Beverly schools and Norwich University.

Lt. Wayne Calderara, '52 From the Barre Times

Miss Muriel B. Poitras, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman E. Poitras of 33 Maple Avenue, became the bride of Lt. Wayne P. Calderara, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amelio Calderara of 21 Cen-ter Street, December 27. The double ring ceremony was performed at St. Monica's Church by the Rev. Paul F. Bouffard.

Following the reception, the bride and bridegroom left on a wedding trip before going to Louisville, Ky., to re-side.

The bride was graduated from Spaul-ding High School in 1948 and has been employed by the purchasing depart-

ment of the State of Vermont. The bridegroom, also a graduate of

Spaulding in 1948, was graduated from Norwich University in 1952. He en-tered the U. S. Army in September and is presently attending the Armored School at Fort Knox, Ky.

Lt. Frederick Glover, '52 From the Rutland Herald

Dr. and Mrs. Mitchel D. Carey of Ludlow have announced the engage-ment of their daughter, Anne, to Lt. Frederick John Glover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Glover of Stepney, Conn.

Miss Carey, who was graduated from Boston University School of Music in 1951, is school supervisor of music in Northfield.

Lt. Glover, who was graduated from Norwich University in 1952, is station-ed with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Lt. Thomas Kenney, '52 From the Montpelier Argus

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Adams have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Wilma Adams, to Lieut. Thomas F. Kenney, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kenney of Wakefield, Mass.

Miss Adams graduated from Mont-pelier High School in 1950 and is em-ployed in the agency department of the National Life Insurance Company.

Lieutenant Kenney graduated from Wakefield High School, and he enter-ed the service September 11, 1952, af-ter graduation from Norwich Univer-sity last June. He is now stationed at Fort Monmouth, N. J. In his sen-ior year at Norwich he was president of the Newman Club. He is a charter member of Lambda Chi Alpha Frater-nity.


Carl Peterson, '52

From the Ellsworth, Me., American Mr. and Mrs. Webster P. True of

North Brooklin have announced the engagement of their daughter, Joan, to Carl A. Peterson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Peterson of Shelburne Falls, Mass.

Miss True attended St. Johnsbury Academy and the University of Ver-mont. She is now a junior at George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

Mr. Peterson is a graduate of Nor-wich University where he was a mem-ber of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. He is at present with Hughes Aircraft Corp. in Los Angeles while working for his master's degree in engineering at the University of Southern California. He is a 2nd lieutenant in the U. S. Ar-my Reserve.

Lt. Frederick Rogers, '52 From the Boston Herald

Miss Lois Eugenie Wicken, daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Wicken of Needham, became the bride of Lt. Frederick Mackay Rogers, USA, son of Mrs. Rupert B. Rogers, Jr., of Wel-lesley Hills and the late Mr. Rogers, December 27 in the Evangelical Con-gregational Church in Needham. The Rev. Herbert R. Smith officiated at the 4 o'clock ceremony.

The bride is a graduate of Mt. Ida Junior College and is a member of Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society. The bridegroom was graduated from Nor-wich University where he was a mem-ber of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and Skull" and Swords Honor Society. He is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. Fol-lowing a wedding trip through the South, the couple took residence in Elizabethtown, Ky.

Lt. John Simmons, '52 From the Springfield, Mass., Republican

Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Hill of Lud-low have announced the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Ames, to Lt. John E. Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Simmons of Ludlow.

Miss Simmons is a graduate of Lud-low High School and of the University of Massachusetts, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Soror-ity. She is employed by North Amer-ica Companies.

Lt. Simmons is also a graduate of Ludlow High School and also from Norwich University where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra-ternity. He is serving in the 47th In-fantry Division of the Army at Camp Rucker, Ala.

Lt. John Swift, '52 From the Concord, Mass., Colonial

On Sunday, October 26, Olivet Con-gregational Church in Livingston, N. J., was the scene of the wedding of Miss Patricia A. Monser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Monser of Liv-ingston, to Lieut. John Swift, U.S.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlando B. Swift of Lincoln, Mass.

The couple are residing at 303 Maple Street, Vine Grove, Ky.

Miss Monser is a graduate of Grover Cleveland High School, Caldwell, N. J., and Vermont Junior College. She has been employed by Lord and Taylor.

Lieut. Swift, who graduated from Norwich University last June, is at-tached to the 131st Tank Battalion at Ft. Knox.

Sgt. Deland Vitty, '52 From the St. Johnsbury Caledonian

In a ceremony performed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Holt, 2304 East Broadway, Muskogee, Okla.,


Miss Emma B. Scott, R.N., became the bride of Sergeant Deland A. Vitty on Dec. 20.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Carrie Scott of Stilwell, Okla., and the groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Vitty of St. Johnsbury.

The couple will make their home in Wichita Falls, Tex., where Sergeant Vitty is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base.

Bruce Frazer, '53 From the Bridgeport, Conn., Post

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Arnold of Fairfield have announced the engage-ment of their daughter, Kathryn Ruth, to Bruce White Frazer, son of Col. W. Marc Frazer, USAF, Ret., and Mrs. Frazer of Weston.

Miss Arnold, a graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, is a secretary with the law firm of Fried-man and Friedman.

Mr. Frazer, a graduate of St. Luke's School, New Canaan, is in his senior year at Norwich University where he is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Philip Mclntyre, '53 From the Barre Times

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Sawyer of Albany, N. Y., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Marion J. Sawyer, to Philip E. Mclntyre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Mclntyre of Randolph.

Miss Sawyer is a 1950 graduate of Randolph High School. She is a sen-ior student nurse at Gifford Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. Mr. Mc-lntyre is a 1949 graduate of Randolph High School and is a senior at Norwich University.

Kenneth Richardson, '53 From the Melrose, Mass., Free Press

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver S. Slawson of 20

Sewall Woods Road have announced the engagement of their daughter, Joan Marilyn, to Kenneth Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Richardson of Waban. Miss Slawson is a gradu-ate of the Kathleen Dell Secretarial School. Mr. Richardson is a graduate of Tilton Academy and is a member of the class of 1953 at Norwich University.

William Welch, '53 From the Lewiston, Me., Sun

The engagement of Miss Mildred Couturier to William J. Welch, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Welch, Sr., of Lewiston has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Couturier of Lewiston.

Miss Couturier is a graduate of Lew-iston High School and Bliss College. While at Bliss, she was a member of Lambda Chi. She is now employed at Marcotte Music and Furniture Co., Inc.

Mr. Welch attended Lewiston High School and graduated from St. Domi-nic High School. He attended Nor-wich University where he was enrolled in the pre-medical course and was a member of Theta Chi. He also stud-ied at Merrimack College and is now serving with the U. S. Marine Corps, training at Lakehurst, N. J., as a para-chute rigger.

Sebastian Amara, '54 From the Hartford, Conn., Courant

Miss Janet Frances Holl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Lewis Holl of Robbins Dr., Wethersfield, was mar-ried December 27 to Sebastian An-thony Amara, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian A. Amara of Middletown in Corpus Christi Church.

Mrs. Amara is a graduate of Weth-ersfield High School and Hartford Academy of Hairdressing. Mr. Amara


received his B. A. degree from Hillyer College and is now attending Norwich University.

Stephen Eaton, '54 From the Needham, Mass., Times

Mr. and Mrs. John Grieve of 1096 Highland Avenue have announced the engagement of their daughter, Joan, to Stephen Emerson Eaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence E. Eaton of Maple Street.

Both young people are graduates of Needham High School. Miss Grieve was graduated from Green Mountain Junior College and is on the secretarial staff at Northeastern University.

Mr. Eaton is a junior at Norwich University.

Michael Forader, '54 From the New London, Conn., Day

Mr. and Mrs. George S. Winalski of West Hartford have announced the en-gagement of their daughter, Miss Glor-ia Winalski, to Michael J. Forader, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Forader of Morningside Park, Waterford.

Miss Winalski is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph Academy in West Hartford and is planning to attend a nurses' training course at Hartford Hospital. Mr. Forader, a graduate of Chapman Tech, attended Norwich University and is serving with the Army at Fort Belvoir, Va.

Richard H. Smith, Jr., '54 From the Manchester, N. H., Union

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Sawyer of Pillsbury Street have announced the engagement of their daughter, De-lores June, to Richard H. Smith, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Smith, Sr., 58 Elm Street, Lebanon.

Miss Sawyer was graduated from En-field High School in 1951 and is attend-ing the University of New Hampshire.

Mr. Smith was graduated from Leb-anon High School in 1950 where he starred in athletics. He was chosen as all-state center. He is a member of the junior class at Norwich University.

Max Templeton, '54 From the Barre Times

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Plunkett of Northfield have announced the en-gagement of their daughter, Dorothy Evelyn, to Max W. Templeton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neal E. Templeton of Northfield Falls.

Miss Plunkett is employed at the department of social welfare in Mont-pelier.

Mr. Templeton is a junior at Nor-wich University.

NEW ADDRESSES

Herbert E. Cole, '10, now 229 W. Rich Ave., Deland, Fla.

Thaddeus M. Jachym, '44, now 184 Saratoga Rd., Scotia 2, N. Y.

Lt. Col. Frederick G. Ward, '33, now Hqrs. 594th TTRG, APO 58, New York City.

Lt. Boothe B. Blakeman, '52, now 7710 USAREUR, Eng. Sch., APO 172, New York City.

George E. Guidi, '49, formerly Aga-wam, Mass., now 11112 Longview Rd., Hickman Mills, Mo.

Pfc. Stephen H. A. Webb, '51, now 2nd Sig. Co., Radio Sect., 2nd Infantry Div., APO 248, San Francisco, Calif.

Edward M. Topkin, '49, formerly APO 112, New York City, now 21 Gravel St., Mystic, Conn. He is man-ager of the Tot N' Teen Shoppe, 23 W. Main St., Mystic, Conn.


C A D E T A F F A I R S 19 Seniors Are Named For Regular Army Commissions

The Department of the Army has notified Norwich that 19 seniors, all rated as Distinguished Military Stu-dents, have been selected for appoint-ment to the Regular Army as second lieutenants following their graduation next June.

"This selection represents 100 per cent of all Norwich cadets who are eligible to apply for commissions," Col. Clayton W. Wells, head of the Nor-wich Military Department, stated.

He also noted that the appointments are still subject to acceptance by the applicant, the passing of a Regular Ar-my physical examination, and desig-nation as a Distinguished Military graduate next June. Effective date of the appointments will be June 15.

Besides appointments in three Ar-my branches taught at Norwich under the ROTC program—Armor, Signal Corps, and Corps of Engineers—com-missions were tendered in four others, Quartermaster, Infantry, Artillery, and Ordnance. Names of those selected follow:

Armor—Thomas W. W. Atwood, Cape Elizabeth, Me.; Charles E. Ca-nedy, Shelburne Falls, Mass.; John N. Canonico, Jr., Waldwick, N. J.; John B. Gillis, So. Portland, Me.; Donald W. Pulsifer, Milton, Mass.; Thomas A. Tullar, Ludlow, Mass.

Corps of Engineers—Walter H. Ab-bott, Brattleboro; Philip E. Mclntyre, Randolph; Franklin A. Williams, Bronx, N. Y.

Artillery—Donald H. Lyon, Worces-ter, Mass.; David H. Miller, Barre; Richard F. Wasiewski, Haverhill, Mass.

Ordnance—Richard C. Leander, Hol-den, Mass.; Donald W. Richard, Lynn, Mass.

Quartermaster—Charles H. Auer, No. Andover, Mass.; Michael J. Del-

Nine Seniors Get Who's Who Rating

Announcement has been made of the names of nine outstanding seniors whose academic, military, and extra-curricular accomplishments have won them places in the 1952-53 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in Amer-ican Universities and Colleges."

Included in the Norwich group was Thomas W. W. Atwood of Cape Eliza-beth, Me., national intercollegiate rifle shooting champion for 1952 and com-mander of the Cadet Corps with the rank of colonel.

Also named was Benjamin H. Reid of Dorchester, Mass., editor of the Norwich student newspaper and a ca-det major; along with two men promi-nent in sports—Raymond A. Proietti of Mount Kisco, N. Y., football player and a cadet lieutenant colonel, and Dennis L. Maud of Blue Point, N. Y., hurdler in track and a cadet captain.

Charles E. Canedy of Shelburne Falls, Mass., class president, and Don-ald W. Pulsifer of Milton, Mass., a for-mer class president and a cadet cap-tain, also were honored. Both are out-standing in scholarship.

Others named were Roderick A. Howe of Ashland, O., a cadet lieuten-ant colonel and a yearbook editor; Al-dem A. Trottier of North Adams, Mass., a cadet captain; and Franklin A. Williams of Bronx, N. Y., president of the Norwich Outing Club and a ca-det lieutenant colonel.

Santo, Barrington, R. I. Signal Corps—Roderick R. Howe,

Ashland, O.; Raymond A. Proietti, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.

Infantry—Bruce W. Frazer, Wes-ton, Conn.

Everett W. Chase, '15, now 45 Hea-ley Terrace, Brockton 57, Mass.


Twelfth in a Series of Articles By Norwich Department Heads

T H E N O R W I C H L I B R A R Y By Librarian Victor H. Johnson

Something is always doing on the "Hill" at Norwich. This time it is in the Library. Falling bricks, clouds of dust, and the sound of sledgehammers and saws announce to all within earshot that the old library building is being mod-ernized.

This is not a "quickie" job, as General Harmon's announcements and ar-ticles have indicated. A complete renovation is being done. The installation of an electric elevator, and a stairway connecting all four floors, means tearing out all previous stairs, and general realignment of work and service areas.

The library will have an audio-visual section on the top floor. In addition to the recordak microfilm reader, which we now have, a micro-card machine

Librarian Johnson examines a handmade paper, limited edition of Milton's Poetical Works, gift of Mrs. A. Conger Goodyear of New York City. With him are his assistants, Sara Lauderdale and Alleen Hedges, seated, and Mary

Race, standing.


will be housed there. Also our three-speed phonograph machine, equipped with two pairs of earphones for simultaneous listening and a loud speaker, as well as our young phonograph collection, will be stationed here. The phonograph col-lection is being acquired primarily on its relationship to classroom needs as sup-plementary lecture material.

These, and all related changes, new lights, built-in exhibit cases on both sides of the entranceway and new furniture and equipment should, when com-pleted, give Norwich a workable and efficient modern library set-up.

The Library's entrance has not been ignored. General Harmon wants the finished job to be as pleasing as possible. Come in when it is all finished and see for yourselves. Alumni, their families and friends are always welcome. We will be proud to show you the place.

The Library's name, as you know, will also be changed. The letters carved on the stone above the entranceway will read THE HENRY PRESCOTT CHAPLIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY. This building will therefore become an-other milestone in the traditions of a family long known for its keen interest in American higher education.

We welcome this opportunity to speak to the alumni, and to talk about col-lege libraries in general, and Norwich in particular. Historically, the modern college library developed from the principle that a college education cannot be derived simply from memorizing the contents of a few textbooks. Prior to 1870 this was not the case in the United States. Because of a greater reliance at this period in memorizing from textbooks, book collections were small and poorly administered. This inadequacy resulted in college students banding together on their campuses to form literary debating societies with book collections of their own.

Then in the 1870's, George Ticknor of Harvard returned from Germany

Mrs. Goodyear Sends Gift Of 530 Volumes to Library

A gift to the Norwich Library of 530 volumes from Mrs. A. Conger Good-year of New York City was announced last month by President Harmon. Mrs. Goodyear is the wife of General Goodyear, New York business leader and art patron, and a member of the Norwich Board of Trustees.

The gift to the Norwich Library is composed of titles useful in developing the academic resources of a college, Librarian Victor H. Johnson stated. Included are such titles as the Works of John Adams and the Writings of Sam-uel Adams, the complete Edinburgh edition of the Works of Thomas Car-

lyle, and a 21-volume set of the Works of Daniel Webster.

Several rare items of interest to col-lectors and bibliophiles also are in-cluded in this gift. Among these are the Nonesuch Press edition of Dante's "Divine Comedy," a 1906 edition of Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography," a 1793 edition of Imlay's "Topographi-cal Description of the Western Terri-tory of North America," and a hand-made paper limited edition of Milton's "Poetical Works" done at the Merry-mount Press with topography by Up-dyke.

Except for the rare items, this gift will become a part of the regular col-lection of the Norwich Library for use by students and faculty, Librarian Johnson said.


and told how German professors taught their students effectively by means of informal discussion groups, using many books as points of reference on a given subject. This method, called the German Seminar, took firm hold in American colleges and by the 1880's resulted in an acceleration in the rate of book acquisi-tion with accompanying administrative difficulties.

At this time the holdings of the various student libraries, which in some schools were surprisingly large, were also taken over by the schools, and further increased the size of the college book collections. The administrative problems were eventually met by centralizing the control of book collections and gradual-ly greater insistance on speciahacademic preparation for library administrators.

Now college libraries operate under a definite set of standards. The aca-demic training and experience of the head librarian, the size, training and duties of the staff; the size of annual funds for books, periodicals and binding, hours of opening, etc., are determined on a flexible basis related to the size of schools concerned. These conditions are set forth in a three-volume set of standards titled "Classification and Pay Plans for Libraries in Institutions of Higher Learn-ing," published by the American Library Association. It is thus fairly easy for any college to check the adequacy of its own library by referring to these standards set up by the accumulated knowledge and experience of a good many schools.

The Library Committee is a part of the usual college set-up. This group, composed of faculty members, serves in an advisory capacity. One of its du-ties is the apportionment of library book funds among the academic depart-ments. It thus protects the library from possible accusations of partiality. It also considers the larger problems of policy which arise from time to time and engages in studies necessary at different periods to enable the library to more adequately fulfill its purpose. A good example of this is the effort expended by our present Library Committee in drawing up the recommendations and specifications for the present modernization program. With Prof. Sidney Morse as chairman, this committee, composed of Professors Newbrough, Thieme and Sheldon, met frequently, and a good deal of spade work was done.

In order to meet the library standards referred to above, the Library im-provement program at Norwich began several years ago. It was then that adequate annual funds for books, periodicals, binding, and other expenses were made available. General Harmon also took under consideration and approved a special project known as the Shaw List Project to fill in the gaps in the Li-brary's basic book collection. The cost of this project was in addition to, and did not interfere with, the regular annual budget. When completed in April, 1952, 1,456 volumes had been purchased. All academic departments of the University had participated, and the reference collection was appreciably strengthened. It enabled the University to acquire greater depth in its book resources and enabled each department to remedy deficiencies in its own field.

Now the library building is being renovated. This modernization is the culmination of Norwich's program to put the Library on its feet. We hope this will be true although we do not pretend to have solved everything. With four floors to control, staff problems will arise; the relative academic status of the library can be improved; kinks in the use of audio-visual equipment will need ironing, the periodical collection, and other problems which cannot be foreseen, will unmistakably appear.

Art exhibits have been held annually for the past several years. Jap-


anese prints, Picasso in his Mediterranean Period, and Paul Klee have^been shown to stimulate and provoke the artistic tastes and interests of students and faculty. The Library's policy has been to show originals only. The in-terest and good offices of General A. Conger Goodyear, art patron and Norwich trustee, have made possible the modern art on loan for these occasions from the Museum of Modern Art of New York City.

We have also been fortunate in receiving some outstanding and interesting gifts of books. I should like to mention all of them, but space does not permit. About a year ago George Norman Albree of Winchester, Mass., presented Nor-wich with some 18th Century Americana and Bacon-Shakespeare items. Else-where in this issue General Harmon announces Mrs. A. Conger Goodyear's gift of 530 volumes of scholarly material and fine examples of book binding and typography. At this writing, we have received from Mr. Joel Fisher of New York City the London Dropmore Press edition and reproduction of the Royal Philatelic Collection by Sir John Wilson, published in early December, 1952. Those of you who are stamp collectors know the worth of this volume. We will not mention its cost, but venture to say that not many libraries in this country will have it.

The regular work-a-day staff, which holds an organization together, is of-ten taken for granted. Yet, daily operation is dependent upon it. The Nor-wich Library Staff deserves a word or two of recognition here. It is one of the most loyal on the campus, and during these interesting and awkward days of dust and noise is keeping the Library at normal operation.

Miss Sara Lauderdale has been with us since 1946. She concerns herself with processing those cards for the catalog which everyone tries to avoid using, and among other things is responsible for the accuracy of those minute decimal numbers on the backs of books.

You all know Miss Alleen Hedges, a Norwich campus figure for a good many years. She now handles through her typewriter the correspondence and lists which are a part of the normal routine, prepares bindery material, and aids Miss Lauderdale in processing.

Mrs. Edward Race presides at the circulation desk, and tactfully maintains the library's good policy of good relations with the students and faculty. Re-joining us after a two-year absence, we are now reaping the benefits of her pre-vious year's training with us.

This regular staff, plus a group of student assistants, keeps the library and its collection of 53,000 volumes open and available for use 73 hours per week. With lively interest in departmental needs, lectures on use of the Library as a part of the Freshman English courses, inter-library loans, use of the Reserve Book system and alertness to possible changes of emphasis in academic policy, the Library attempts to integrate itself, as far as possible, into the academic structure of the school. Mutual need makes this necessary and logical and contributes to Norwich's benefit.

Now that some advances are being realized we would like to believe solid progress has been made in the Library. Whatever the changes during the past few years, we trust they will be justified in lasting usefulness to Norwich.

As for the future, we face it with confidence. This is an old and venerable institution. It has weathered many storms. Spiritually tough, with an elan of its own, in addition it is fortunate in having an Administration which listens and acts, if action is necessary, even if only remotely possible. We salute it.


We are sure Captain Partridge today would speak of Norwich with the words that he put into his old 1824 catalog when speaking of the purpose of the old Academy:

". . . Particular attention (is) given to the full development and due cultiva-tion of all those liberal, manly, noble and independent sentiments which ought to characterize every American whether citizen or soldier."

C L U B M E E T I N G S Boston

The Norwich Club of Boston held its winter meeting at the University Club February 13. The guest speaker was Herbert Greenhalgh, Vice-Presi-dent of the New England Power Ser-vice Company, father of H. G. Green-halgh, Jr., who attended Norwich with the Class of 1944.

We hope to have an attendance list of this meeting for the next Record, to-gether with details of the April 24 Bos-ton Club meeting at which General Harmon will speak.

Central Connecticut The Central Connecticut Norwich

Alumni Club was reorganized at a meeting called by President Sam Can-non at the Commodore MacDonough Inn, Middletown, February 3. The club replaces the old Norwich Club of Hartford.

It was voted to hold two social gath-erings a year with the possibility of an-other if the occasion warrants. The purpose of holding the meeting at the Inn was to consider it from the stand-point of food and accommodations. It was unanimously decided by the ten men present that the food is unques-tionably excellent and the interior pro-vides a pleasant atmosphere for a meet-ing.

So now for the dinner news: There will be no speaker. Dress will be in-formal. It will be held Thursday eve-ning, March 12, at the above-mention-ed Commodore MacDonough Inn, Middletown. The time has been set

for 7:30, but of course you may arrive earlier. The meal will be served buf-fet style. The price will be $3.00 a person or $6.00 a couple. The price includes tax, tips and liquid refresh-ments. Checks must be mailed in ad-vance to Dave Mylchreest, c-o J. War-ren Mylchreest, Inc., P. O. Box 1064, Middletown, so as to arrive not later than Monday, March 9.

LEONARD G. TRACY, '45

Chicago The 1953 season of the Chicago Nor-

wich Club got away to a highly suc-cessful start on January 15. We were fortunate in having President Harmon as our speaker at the Knickerbocker Hotel.

The General's talk consisted of a re-view of the progress which has been made on the Hill during the three years of his presidency. I am sure that most of the alumni present were pleased with the changes which have occurred and realize, perhaps for the first time, how much General Harmon has been a part of all this.

I can certainly see from my own ex-perience at the 1952 Commencement that the University has changed in the last few years. Those of us who were "cadets" in the late 20's were certainly amazed at all the fine improvements.

I am sure that I represent the wishes of all the alumni in our area when I say that we certainly congratulate all those on the Hill who have taken part in de-veloping the new Norwich.

Those present at our meeting were as follows:


R. H. Underhill T3, Lew McVicker T4, Clint Barnes '14, Glenn French '20, Dave Crawford '22, Shorty Hamilton '23, Smokey Martin '25, Bob Wilson '32, Daniel Poor '41, Bill Watt '44, Bas Burrell '44, H. R. Stoddard '27.

Considering the fact that some of these alumni had to travel a round trip of some 150 miles, this turnout can be considered as very successful for a meeting which occurred on a Thurs-day night.

HENRY R. STODDARD, '27

Mohawk-Hudson The Norwich University Club of

Mohawk-Hudson will hold a Ladies' Night meeting on March 26 at the Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls, N. Y. General Harmon will be guest speaker. Write A. N. Elie, 418 North Robinson Street, Schenectady, N. Y., for reser-vations.

tion, and developments in aviation on the Hill. We hope a local scholarship for a major in aviation will materialize at some date in the near future, thereby integrating our club with Norwich and your department more closely."

Needless to say, the Administration is deeply appreciative of the interest and enthusiasm shown by alumni in Southern Connecticut. The practical results this group has shown in securing and maintaining scholarship aid are outstanding.

Those present at the meeting includ-ed the following:

Livermore '15, Cheney '16, Upham '17, Walton '17, Harrington '21, Che-ney '25, Peale '25, Duncan '32, Rich-ardson '38, Haskett '42, Bergin '44 and his father, DeLuca '44, Schietinger '44 and his father, Smith '44, Forger '49, Maturo '53, and Mr. Slingo, father of Cadet Slingo.

Southern Connecticut On January 14 at the University

Club in Bridgeport, some 20 members of the Norwich University Club of Southern Connecticut, presided over by Hobie Smith, '44, chairman of the Program Committee, heard Professor Philip S. Hopkins, head of the Depart-ment of Aviation, describe his new de-partment and the aviation major now being offered to Norwich students. Major Hopkins also discussed the Cab-ot Aviation Program, particularly the Teachers' Course to be offered in a summer school to be held on the Hill this summer.

That Professor Hopkins' address was interesting and appreciated is testified to by these excerpts from Hobie Smith's letter:

"The address gave to all present a real perspective in the world of avia-

Worcester The Norwich University Club of

Worcester will hold a dinner meeting at the Wachusett Country Club, West Boylston, Mass., (on Routel2-l 10-114, just north of Worcester) on April 10. There will be a social gathering at 6, followed by dinner at 7 P. M., with choice of roast beef or lobster at $4.00, including tips.

General Harmon will speak, and we're planning a big turn-out in his honor. Bring your wife, your folks, your girl friend—and any friends you think ought to know more about Nor-wich.

Send a card or phone George Gar-rison for reservations. Address: 3 La-conia Road, Worcester, phone, 3-8902. This is a personal invitation to you and your friends.

GEORGE GARRISON, '42


. . it was my very breath and life"

Every once in a while you get a letter that you have to share with people. This one came from a Norwich non-grad, a Korean veteran, a man who belongs to the Century Club or Living Endowment. What he has to say, and what he is doing to show his apprecia-tion of what Norwich has done for him—even as a Cadet who wasn't able to stay to get his degree—should give us all food for thought, and for similar action!

Here is what he says: "Norwich meant a great deal to me.

When I was going to school there; it was my very breath and life. I was not a quiz kid, and I sure had quite a struggle, but every point I earned I was proud of. As time went on, some-thing about the place began to get into my system. No matter how far I have

traveled since I left that Hill, I have never been able to forget her for one moment; in truth, I have never wanted to forget her.

"Norwich still means a great deal to me, even though I feel, because I never graduated from her doors and never tasted the final glory she crowns a guy with, that I stole a little bit of her that no one can ever take away from me. She gave me something, too—I don't know certainly just what it is, but wherever I've gone I've always felt I could hold high my head with pride and say, T went to Norwich.' No matter how far I went, even to Korea and Japan, I ran into other guys who felt the same as I do."

Sort of answers the crabbers and the termites who nibble in the dark, doesn't it—and sort of sets up a concrete goal of giving for all of us. How do you measure up?

Herb Rea

Living Endowment Score Board Number Amount

This time last year 327 $ 16,051 This time this year 353 $ 19,818

HAVE YOU MAILED YOUR 1953 CONTRIBUTION TO NORWICH'S LIVING ENDOWMENT?

Here's What 1888 Has Done

As an expression of their interest in the erection of the new Mechanical Engineering Building at Norwich Uni-versity, the surviving members of the Class of 1888, in their own behalf and in memory of the deceased members of the class, have subscribed and paid a one-year total of $200 to the Norwich

University Living Endowment Fund for 1952-1953.

This class will, it is hoped, observe the 65th anniversary of its graduation next June. The living graduates are Harry H. Goss of Providence, R. I., and Luther B. Johnson of Randolph, Vt. The deceased graduates are Fred T. Austin, Harry S. Denny, Fred F. Hayward, and William A. Shaw.


BASKETBALL SCORES HOCKEY SCORES Maine Maritime 77, Norwich 60 Colby 92, Norwich 67 Vermont 64, Norwich 57 Clarkson 79, Norwich 66 St. Michael's 62, Norwich 61 Norwich 77, Plattsburgh 59 Middlebury 56, Norwich 53 Norwich 65, Champlain 48 Norwich 76, Hamilton 65 Vermont 65, Norwich 56 Norwich 71, St. Lawrence 64 Norwich 80, Paul Smith's 46 St. Michael's 63, Norwich 57 Norwich 91, Paul Smith's 60 Middlebury 53, Norwich 50 Amer. Inter. 80, Norwich 57 Norwich 78, Hamilton 70

Captain Passalacqua, Coach Benz

P A G E 3 2

Dartmouth 4, Norwich 1 Norwich 6, Bowdoin 3 Norwich 7, Springfield 4 Norwich 6, Army 2 Middlebury 6, Norwich 1 Norwich 14, M. I. T. 2 Norwich 2, Amherst 1 Norwich 4, New Hampshire 3 Norwich 10, Hamilton 2 Norwich 7, New Hampshire 1 Norwich 6, Middlebury 4 Norwich 10, Hamilton 3

Games Remaining Feb. 28—Northeastern away

(Boston Arena) Mar. 4—Springfield at home

Coach Priestley, Captain Home

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