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VOLUME IV PHILADELPHIA, PA., APRIL-MAY, 1953 NUMBER 3

One of th e two La Salle Residence H alls w hich are rapidly nearing com pletion on the cam pus tra c t located on th e northw est corner of 2Oth S tree t and Olney Avenue. R oth s tru c tu re s , in a contem porary style of arch itec tu re sim ilar to th a t of th e new li­b rary , a re being read ied to accom m odate 150 out-of-tow n students in Septem ber.

Crew & Trackmen

Capture Laurels

As Season EndsExplorer ath letes term inated

one of the most successful a th ­letic seasons ever enjoyed by La Salle College w ith outstanding trium phs in crew and track.

La Salle’s form idable oarsm en continued the ir reign in the world of in tercollegiate rowing by w inning th e ir th ird consecu­tive Dad Vail R egatta, while Ex­plorer trackm en won the Middle A tlantic Conference title for the th ird tim e in four years, as well as tu rn ing in sc in tilla ting per­form ances in the Penn Relays.

In re tiring the coveted Dad Vail Trophy, em blem atic of the national sm aller college rowing cham pionship, on the Schuylkill R iver on May 9, the Blue and Gold crewmen, coached by Tom C urran, scored a resounding th ree-length victory over Rollins College in the w inning tim e for the Henley distance of 6:25. O ther R egatta participan ts were CR E W A N D T R A C K M E N on P age 2

L ib raryReport

( A s released by the La Salle E ndow ­m ent Foundation )

T otal contributions andpledges to date ....................$ 2 3 1 ,7 7 1

A lum ni C ontributions and pledges (included in abovefigures) ........................ . . . $ 2 7 ,4 3 6

N um ber of A lum ni contributors . .5 0 9 M ade during the past m onth, the

gifts of the fo llow ing A lum ni are gratefully acknowledged:

V incent F. T um m inello , ’48 D r. H u gh J. Caven, ’47

It is not too late to contribute to the Library Fund. I f you wish to do so, please mail your remittance to the A lum ni Office.

Socials, EAre Conducted By Five Alumni Classes

A lum ni activity for the spring season was highlighted by social affairs and elections which four classes conducted for the ir re­spective members.

On May 1 a t the Greenwood Am erican Legion Post, fifty- seven m em bers of the Class of’51 attended the ir Second An­nual Reunion, a t which Thomas

S O C IA L S , E L E C T IO N S on P age 4

Residence Hal150 Out-of-TownFor New

Annual Giving Plan Under Consideration By Alumni Directors

The Board of D irectors of the Alumni Association held its sec­ond quarte rly m eeting on May 6, discussed the subject of an An­n u a l G iv in g p r o g r a m , a n d adopted an organizational struc­tu re for fu tu re operation.

P residen t John A. Clement, ’39, outlined a report on A nnual Giving which he has subm itted to B rother E. S tanislaus, P resi­dent. The report, based on a survey which Clement made— em bodying the sentim ents of the various Alum ni class rep resen ta­tives— s u b s t a n t i a l l y gives ap-

A N N U A L G IV IN G on P age 2

in SeptembW ith construction estim ated

a t 92% of com pletion, two new La Salle Residence H alls will be ready for student occupancy in September, it was announced by B rother E. Stanislaus, P resident.

The buildings, the first of six such un its to grace the campus, are being erected by the Roberts C o n s t r u c t io n Company under term s of a long-range agree­m ent between the College and the U. S. H ousing and Home F i­nance Agency, and will house 15 0 out-of-town students who a t present m ust reside off campus or com m ute from d istan t points.

W ith only exterior painting, in te rio r carpentry, and in sta lla­tion of flooring and electrical fixtures rem aining on the build­e r ’s schedule, the structu res will be com pleted in am ple tim e for

RESIDENCE H A L L S on Page 4

The Signum F idei Medal is conferred upon Jo h n P . H arris , P ittsb u rg h th ea trica l producer and head of V ariety Clubs In te rn a ­tional, fo r h is ou tstand ing charitab le and h u m an ita rian efforts. John A, Clement, ’89, A lum ni Association P residen t, confers th e m edal, in presence of B ro ther E. S tanislaus, P residen t.

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ANNUAL GIVING PLAN UNDER CONSIDERATION(C ontinued from P age 1)LaSalle Alumnus

Published 9 times yearly in the inter­ests of the General Alumni of La Salle

College.

Please address communications to the Alumni Office.

Member of the American Alum ni Council

CREW AND TRACKMEN(C ontinued from P age 1)

D a r tm o u t h , Brown, F l o r i d a Southern, A m herst, M a r i e t t a , and Am erican In ternational.

In regular-season races, Cur­ra n ’s oarsm en pulled in two lengths ahead of M arie tta in th e ir first race out in Ohio, then tu rned on the heat in the final m inutes to beat R utgers in a subsequent race. An overwhelm ­ing five-length victory over D art­m outh m arked the E xplorers’ first home appearance on the Schuylkill, and on May 2 the Blue and Gold crew again raced to the Schuylkill finish line four lengths ahead of Brown, to run th e ir victory string to nine in a row over a two-year period.

Under the able tu te lage of Coach F ran k W etzler, Blue and Gold cinderm en won the Middle A tlan tic Conference title for the th ird tim e in four years, having annexed the honors in 19 5 0 and ’5 2. In 1951, La Salle finished runner-up. O utstanding speed­ster a t the M.A.C. m eet was Joe W alker who won the 100-, 220-, and 440-yard races. In the 220 event, he sha tte red a Confer­ence record th a t had been on the books since 1915, when he ran the distance in 21.4 seconds. In the same meet, John M anning annexed the Middle A tlantic cham pionship for the 8 80 in the tim e of 1:57.

In the Penn Relays, A1 Can- tello gave La Salle its first in­dividual Relay title by w inning the javelin event w ith a heave of 211', 9% ". The m ark is the best posted for the event w ithin the last decade in the P hiladel­phia area, and curren tly rep re­sents the second best national in tercollegiate throw for this season. Also a t the Penn event, W etzler’s Mile Relay team won the Middle A tlantic cham pion­ship for the th ird tim e in a row to re tire the W anam aker Cup, at the same tim e creating a new La Salle record of 3 :22 :9 .

proval to the A nnual Giving pro­gram scheduled to go into ef­fect in the fall.

Under the plan of A nnual Giv­ing established in the n a tio n ’s leading colleges and universities, Alumni may express th e ir loy­alty and in te rest and participate in the developm ent of a college th rough annual vo lun tary con­tribu tions. Such a plan is an an ­nual movem ent to enlist Alumni in te rest th rough the hab it of regu lar giving. Specifically, th is type of fund requires an appeal to all alum ni for annual contri­butions.

In operation, the p lan ’s objec­tive is to approach, as nearly as possible, one hundred per cent in the num ber of contributions. Such a drive em phasizes not the am ount, but the num ber of con­tribu to rs. As the program is sustained over the years, the num ber of contribu tors grows annually , and w ith it the am ount of funds. The program then be­comes a vital factor in the prog­ress of an educational in s titu ­tion.

A plan proposing an A rea of Alumni activity, which had pre­viously been presented by John P. Ryan, ’49, was explored and adopted by the Board. The pro­gram envisions the operation of sm all com m ittees composed of Board members, whose recom ­m endations, findings and activi­

ties become subject to Board approval.

Five com m ittees were organ­ized. An O rganization Commit­tee, whose function it is to in ­sure represen tation of various classes upon the Alum ni Board, is to be headed by Ryan. Victor D e M a rc o , ’52, w a s s e le c te d Chairm an of a F inance Commit­tee which will give budgetary approval on all A lum ni activities and devise ways and m eans of augm enting the finances of the Association. A th ird com mittee, headed by John W. Schmidt, ’5 2, will be devoted to the procure­m e n t of q u a l i f i e d s t u d e n t s th rough Alumni contact, and to the establishm ent of program s th a t will benefit students while they are in college and th a t will condition them for u ltim ate ac­tiv ity as Alumni. W illiam A. Felte, ’5 0, is Chairm an of the Calendar Committee, which will recommend schedules and types of social activities, as well as chairm en for those affairs. F ra n ­cis P. M urray, ’5 0, heads the Publicity Committee.

P resen t a t the m eeting, in ad­dition to the above members, were W illiam J. Cook, ’5 0, Jam es T. Sullivan, ’51, George M. Bo- raske, ’49, Thomas E. Burns, ’50, Russell J. Moss, ’50, W il­liam A. Ries, ’51, John A. Biehl, ’49, and John J. Finley, ’24.

Dr. Charles L. Brow n ( le f t) , dean of H ahnem ann Medical Col­lege, and Dr. George A. B ennett ( r ig h t) , dean of Jefferson Medical College, receive congratu lations from B ro ther F. C hristopher, F.S.C., Ph.D., dean of L a Salle College, a f te r receiving honorary m em berships in L a Salle’s Pennsylvania D elta C hapter of the n a ­tional prem edical honor society, A lpha Epsilon Delta. The cere­monies, a t which eigh t L a Salle prem edical students were in itia ted in to th e chapter, w ere held in the new L a Salle College lib rary build ing on Sunday, A pril 26, preceding th e chap te r’s fou rth annual banquet.

M e e t th e B r o th ers

B rother Gerard Robert, As­sis tan t P rofessor of English, en­tered the C hristian B rothers Jun io ra te in 1934 and received the hab it the following year.

A fter g raduating m agna cum laude from Catholic U niversity in 1940, he began his teaching career a t La Salle High School. His next assignm ent was a t W est Catholic High, w here he taugh t for one year in 1944.

R eturn ing to La Salle High in 19 46, he rem ained on the staff of th a t in stitu tion un til the fall of 195 0, when he assum ed his present position. During the ac­celerated program conducted by the College, he tau g h t sum m er classes in 1946-47.

B rother R obert received his M aster of A rts degree from the U niversity of Pennsylvania in 19 45, and is presently studying for his D octorate in Philosophy t h e r e . P r e v i o u s l y h e t o o k courses a t Temple, his field of specialization being the R enais­sance in England.

He was appointed Chairm an of the College English D epart­m ent in Jan u ary of 1952. A mem ber of the College English Association and the N ational Council of Teachers of English, he is cu rren tly Business Man­ager of the faculty lite rary m ag­azine, “ F our Q uarte rs.”

IN MEMORIAMIn your prayers, please re ­

m em ber:John J . Cabrey W illiam Coyle, Sr. Raym ond J . Dawson, ’24 Mrs. Rose F lubacher W illiam E . Howe P au l M urray, ’55 Mrs. C atherine M. P a tto n W alte r Pelstring , ’28 Mrs. E ugene Quindlen, Sr. Joseph E. W alters Jam es W iley H erm an L. W indt, ’14

April-May, 1953 L A S A L L E A L U M N U S Page 3

Personal Patter— By John A . Clement '39

THE SERVICES: F a th e r Connell J. M aguire, ’40, who celebrated the 19 52 Communion B reakfast Mass, is now an A r m y Chaplain w ith the rank of L ieu tenant a t the Technical T rain ing Command, Jacksonville, F lorida. Army Captain George F. Yost, M.D., ’39, recently g raduated from the Medical F ield Service School in the

K orean com bat zone, has been assigned to the E ighth Arm y; a g raduate of Boston College of Physiology and Surgery, he practiced medicine in Allston, M assachusetts, before en tering the Army. Also in K orea are Philip E. Dolan, ’51, w ith the 114th Q uarterm aster Graves R eg istra­tion Company; Gerald J. M onaghan, ’5 2, serving w ith the 58th F ield A rtillery ; L ieu tenant John J. Molnar, ’51; R obert E. Stumpf, ’51; and Ma­rine Second L ieu tenant F ran k L. Keck, Jr., ’50, who is attached to a Je t Squadron. Having com pleted radio tra in ing a t F o rt Knox w ith the Army Signal Corps, Torpey J. W hite, ’52, re ­ceived orders to join the Arm ed Forces in the F ar East. Also overseas in m ilitary service are ’52, who graduated w ith top honors in his class

a t the Company A dm inistration School of the 110th In fan try Regi­m ent a t Ulm, Germany; Charles W. Bloom, ’51, in Germany, who is expected back in la te sum m er; Joseph A. G ranahan, Jr ., ’51, in Europe w ith the Army, and also scheduled for release w ith in a few m onths; Dominic N. M atteo, ’51, who is sta tioned a t the Rodriguez Army H ospital a t P anam a; and W illiam A. O’Callaghan, ’51, who is attached to the 18th Field A rtillery B attery “ B,” APO 46. E lse­where, L ieu tenant R obert J. V alenti, ’51, is stationed a t F o rt Bragg, N orth Carolina, w ith the 82nd A irborne Division. L ieuten­an t W illiam F. Greer, Jr., ’50, is Com manding Officer of the 13th T rain ing Company, E ngineer Corps, F o rt Belvoir, V irginia. Jo ­seph V. Sweeney, ’51, is stationed a t Camp B reckinridge, K entucky. John Chmytz, ’50, a fte r 18 m onths w ith the Army in Korea, re ­ceived his discharge on Jan u ary 31.

WEDDING BELLS: The wedding of W illiam J. Conran, ’47, to Angela A. M cGrath was solemnized on April 18 in the Church of St. M adeline Sophie. St. Benedict’s Church was the se tting for April 25 nuptia ls for F rancis E. H alloran, ’49, and Marie E. Heiser, secretary in the Dean’s Office. M artin L. Burke, ’43, m arried Helen V. H effernan in St. E dm und’s Church on May 16. Dr. John C. McLoone, ’48, wed Jane M. Bradley in the Church of the Holy Child. A bridegroom on May 23 was Jam es L. Pie, ’48, who espoused Mary F. H ensler in the Church of the Holy Cross. Peggy Daniels became the bride of Benedict A. Capra, ’5 0, a t Most Blessed Sacram ent Church on May 23. W illiam J. Metzler, Jr ., ’52, escorted Mary E. Gilmore down the aisle of Im m aculate Concep­tion Church on May 30; the bride is secretary in the Alum ni Of­fice, and the groom was president of his class for four years. Ensign F rancis X. Stanton, ’51, and B arbara A. K necht will be m arried on June 6 a t St. P e te r’s Church in M erchantville, N. J. C ongratu lations to all of these newlyweds.

BASSINETTS AND FORMULAS: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. M acNamara, Jr ., ’49, have announced the b irth of Thomas V., Jr., on M arch 5. A March 13 arrival was Christine, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R obert H. Hoffman, ’47. George R. Simmons, III, was born on March 20; h e ’s the son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sim­mons, Jr ., ’51. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Blessington, ’49, announced the arrival of P atric ia Ann on March 21. Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. McCarthy, ’47, was born on April 10. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Tilden, ’49, was born P atric ia Ann, on April 2. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Miller, ’52, have announced the b irth of the ir first child, T im othy Jam es, on April 12.

DIAMOND RINGS: R obert J. E hlinger, ’50, has announced his engagem ent to Alexine A. Sullivan. B etro thed to Phyllis Blasen- felder, is John J. Kennedy, Ev. Div., ’52. The engagem ent of Marley M. Askin to Dr. Lawrence R. Goldbacher, J r ., ’43, has also been announced. Joseph P. Mooney, ’49, who th is June receives his M.A. in Economics from Penn, is engaged to M aria E. Mendosa.

John A. C lem ent, *39

Jam es A. Rogers,A pproxim ately 350 La Salle ROTC students pass in review in

M cCarthy Stadium on A pril 28 before M ajor G eneral George B. B arth , Com m anding G eneral of the Arm y’s F ifth In fan try Divi­sion, and officials of th e College and ROTC Unit. In the center fo reground stand Cadet Officers. To th e rig h t appears th e newly- organized ROTC m ilita ry band. Two days la ter, on A pril 30, a group of officers from H eadquarters, Second Army, conducted the A nnual F orm al Inspection of the ROTC Unit, which is under the com mand of L ieu tenan t Colonel Jam es F . Unger, U.S.A.

B ro ther E. S tanislaus, P residen t, aw ards a plaque to John P . Ryan, A lum ni P residen t of th e Class of 1949, in recognition of th a t g roup’s ou tstand ing efforts in th e L ib rary F und Appeal. The aw ard, m ade a t th e recent A lum ni B reakfast, cited ’49 fo r produc­ing th e h ighest num ber of individual contribu tors in any class.

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R ichard E. Bowers, ’53, a m em ber of the La Salle ROTC, has been selected for appointm ent as a Sec­ond L ieu tenant in the R egular Army. This m arks the second successive year th a t D istinguished Mili­ta ry S tudents in the La Salle ROTC have received such appointm ents, Joseph Goliash, R obert Tierney, Joseph McGlade, and John M argraf, all ’52, having been accepted for R egular Arm y last year. . . .

Brother E. Stanislaus, President, addressed the French Society of Philadelphia at its annual dinner at

the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on May 2. The dinner, commemorating the 175th anniversary of the signing of the treaty between the United States and France, included addresses by A rthur C. Kaufmann, and Judges Eugene C. Bonniwell, Mark Lefever, and Vincent Carroll. Edward J. LaVallin, ’28, is Director of the Society, which was founded in 1828. . . .

Among corporations sending represen tatives to the cam pus for em ploym ent interview s w ith senior students were th e F o rd M otor Company, R adio C orporation of America, B urroughs Adding Ma­chine Company, A tlantic Refining Company, Supplee-W ills-Jones, L it B rothers, and Penn M utual Life Insurance Company. Dominic N. Salerno, ’53, was invited from am ong th irty -tw o L a Salle appli­cants to v isit the F ord p lan t in D earborn, w here in com petition w ith seventy studen ts from colleges and un iversities th roughou t th e country, he becam e one of two students selected fo r em ploy­m ent. Seniors Grayson H. Heberly, R obert Mooney, V incent J . K otarski, John J . Neill and A lbert A. G ayuski w ere tendered em ­ploym ent offers by RCA. The in terview program was a rranged by th e P lacem ent Service. . . .

A C hristian Fam ily Forum for m arried students and for those contem plating m arriage, was conducted on May 6 under the spon­sorship of B rother D. A ugustine, Head of the Sociology D epart­m ent, and Reverend M ark H eath, O.P., College Chaplain, P a rtic i­pating in the program w ere Reverend Jam es R. Cumiskey, A rch­diocesan Fam ily Life D irector; Dr. John M. Lawler, and Donald J. B arre tt, A ssistant P rofessor of Sociology. The Forum term inated in a renew al of m arriage vows and a recitation of the C hristian Fam ily pledge by couples who attended. . . .

For the second time in six months and the third tim e in two years, the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited the campus. Under the co-chair­manship of seniors Anthony Polcino and Leo Eisenstein, faculty and students donated 117 pints of blood to the Arm ed Forces Program for the exclusive use of servicemen in Korea. . . .

The Society fo r th e A dvancem ent of M anagem ent held its Second A nnual C areer F orum on May 7. Conducted by Dr. B ernard B. Goldner, m odera to r of SAM and Associate P rofessor of Industry , th e program included opening addresses by B ro ther S tanislaus, and B ro ther F . C hristopher, Dean. P artic ip a tin g in th e panel were represen tatives of th e following organizations: Sharpe and Dohme, Sunroc, M ain and Company, S.K.F. Indlustries, Yale and Towne, Rohm and H aas, Pennsylvania S tate Em ploym ent Service, P h ila ­delphia C hapter of th e M arketing and M erchandising Association, and th e P h ilade lph ia Cham ber of Commerce. . . .

At the A nnual A thletic D inner on May 28, All-American Tom Gola was aw arded the P resid en t’s Cup as the ou tstanding ath lete of the year. Thom as Conville, stroke and captain of the crew, received the Joseph Schmitz, Jr. Trophy for being the senior a th ­lete who best exemplified La Salle in sportsm anship, loyalty and courage. . . .

Dr. Joseph F. Flubacher, Professor of Economics, has been awarded a study fellowship to the Case Institu te of Technology in Cleveland. He is one of fifty college and university economics teachers selected to attend the six-week “Economics-In-Action” program which begins on June 15. The course is being made available through the coopera­tion of Republic Steel Corporation. . . .

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April-May, 1953

SOCIALS AND ELECTIONS(C ontinued from Page 1)

J. McGinty, F ran k J. H art, Jam es T. Sullivan, and W illiam A. Ries were elected Class Rep­resentatives. One week later, ’5 2 held a Stag N ight in Leonard Hall, w ith seventy-four members in attendance.

A sim ilar affair was sponsored by the Class of ’50 on May 15. Their program included the showing of a color film on La Salle; the insta lla tion of “ Cozey” Morley, local en terta iner, as an honorary m em ber of the class; the presen tation of aw ards to seniors Norm Grekin, F red Iehle and John F rench in apprecia­tion for th e ir basketball per­form ances; and the election of a Board of D irectors. E ighty- six mem bers selected the follow­ing to guide them for the com­ing year: Thomas E. Burns, Benedict A. Capra, W illiam J. Cook, W illiam A. Felte, Edw ard F. Gunn, W illiam J. Hearney, III, Law rence J. Kelly, Cletus J. McBride, Russell J. Moss, F ra n ­cis P. M urray, Stephen X. Tracy, W alter E. Wosiewicz, Theodore P. Everlof, R obert J . Eisler, Thomas McGlynn, and W ayne J. Lesky.

Class of ’53 Evening Division graduates conducted the ir first Alumni organizational m eeting in the lib rary on May 19. F ea­tu rin g the aw ard of a handsom e desk set to Dr. Joseph J. Spriss- ler, D irector of the Evening Divi­sion, the m eeting included the election of P eter McDonough and Jam es Sammon as Class R epresentative for the Board of D irectors of the Evening Divi­sion Alumni Association.

Meanwhile, the Class of ’49 has been m aking plans to con­duct a Spring Dance in Leonard H all on June 5.

RESIDENCE HALLS(C ontinued from Page 1)

the fall term . W ithin the next few weeks, it is anticipated th a t the College will place orders for fu rn itu re .

Meanwhile, B rother F. Chris­topher, Dean and D irector of Ad­missions, is accepting reserva­tions from out-of-town students and is m aking plans to assign rooms and room m ates. R ental for each studen t will be $165 per academic year, indicated B rother Christopher.

The Residence Halls, the sec­ond undertak ing in the College expansion program , are situated on a five-acre plot on the n o rth ­west corner of 20th S treet and Olney Avenue. Designed to house seventy students in each unit, the H alls are finished w ith red brick in a contem porary design resem bling th a t of the new li­brary, which embodies extensive glass windows and enclosures in its facade.

Each t h r e e - s t o r y s tructu re , m easuring 145 by 33 feet, con­ta ins th ir ty double studen t bed­rooms, a large commons room w ith fireplace, and living quar­te rs for proctors. Nine student bedrooms are located on the first floor, eleven on the second floor, and ten double bedrooms on the th ird floor. Rooms are spacious and well-lighted.

John F. Donnelly, Superin­tendent for the R oberts Com­pany, and R ichard Y arnall, Res­ident A rchitect for th e designing firm of Carroll, Grisdale, and Van Alan, have been heading the construction project.

A lum ni who are in terested in referring prospective students, particu larly out-of-tow ners, may contact B rother C hristopher, Di­rector of Admissions, a t the College.

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