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r Mr. John Frederick (Jack) Allis ton. '26A, '27G, formerly assistant princip)al of Cohimbt ia htighl school, has been appointed pr incipal of W ardlaw .unior high school, Co luMbia. MIhr. Aldelicton (didc both grauuate and untdr-graIuate work in chemiitry at the 'niversity. earn ing his B.S. and NI.S. degrees. Prior to connecting with the city schools in 1t'.rS, he was a part-time physics instructor and coach of the boxing team at the university. He taught ph. sics and general science at the university Tact stumer. Lt. Walter Bernard Cormack, '39A, now base photographic officer at Northern field, Tullahoma, Tenn., had a lucky day on Iriday. August 13, for on that 'late he was promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. Alumnus Cormack was project geolheit with the South Caroiina 'ab1e Service Authority prior to entering the ser vice. Ens. Ralph Dennis Derrick, *32Ed.. '38G, USNR, who nlow. is ad dlressed in care of ileet postina-ter, San F ran i-c. Caif., wrt( that hue ''at Iles't tifl we get the Jaips oerI here kniockedl oh. I ir to enlist ing in the nai ', Ensign I>ericuk security hearid. Lt. Tatum Wannamaker Gres sette, '28A, native of St. Mautthews, formerly secretary of the IA M\\ club, is now addressedl at I )epart ment of I'hysviical F.doctat ion and Athletics, Navial Flighut Preparatory schiool, Colgate U niver.,ity. I l.niil.. ton., N. Y. l,ieutenuant Gremssette was tran.sferred to Colgate Un iiver sity from Inwn a iy,Ioma Ralph Lewis, '29, Alumni Editor Mailed by the Alumni Association Of ice to members of the Association and to ion-member alumni in the Armed Forces whose addresses are on file in the Alumni )ffice. Christie Benet, 'OA, Coluhia attorney anid fornier ('nited State' r seiator. was one of tihe 'l' mlinbr-, of a panel created recetlb bv .\t torney. t iencral ltiddlc to %'On,idecr ahppeah:l for release hv intiid I e aienen ty aliens. The pInel w ill he i knotmn a. the Special .\lien Enemy IIearing lloard. Special % boards Comuposed of irot fou:r to i cig iiht iembers dr awn fromi t . i lane " w ill iInake peIriod ic vi'it to ! ietentiott etinters over tle couiltr ( to coniluct licaritgz. \lr. lien t i serves also as chaii inaan of the ne w a State War Finance Connutittee for S -uth Carolina. A Ens. Robert Carl (Bob) Griffith, '41A, is on active dityc with the I'a- o citie fleet. While Enign~i Giiith h was in \idshipmen's -chool, New A York. he wrote the Ahtmnii Otffice. "The studies are hard, but we mnci a froni USC find that we have as da foundation in our .tiudies as~ the fellows from the larger North- l rrn universities." - I-* W. 0. J. G. William Alfred (Bill) H-art, '40Ed, no at l:i.r il K\entucky', wa-s inldu,jwi'w i 1I L and wias -ent i" I 'a m wheire lie ,iived as sem. - he -ervlice, Ilr tanuiim~ t ini alI1 ;isinets s ence and:t high ,choIl lihe atteii ib Charles Haller (Hal) Goodwyn, '26A, nowe chief- iilot of the Afriicani OJrjint div ision1 of P an Amehitrican u Airway.,,wi Mrs. GooilVyni ;i a a young daiighte, resides at 1"l6 piloted nieun oth.. ceeil -s Issued in coope Samuel Lowry Latimer, Jr., '15L, om editor and publisher of The tate newspaper, voluntecred for crv'ice iii 1117 anli served 2*; loltilh, including al1ost a year ver-ead, withli the l st division. r. I.atinier, a pat president of the onth Cairoliia Press Association, vice-ellairiilatn of the I loti1tng itilhtity of ('oluinhiia, civilian aide t the secretary of war for South ar"linla, nationial executive coin. iiiteetnan of the Atuerican Legion t l a leading figure in other or anizations. le is a native of W K. CtT ...............t t I e Lt. Charles Law Early, '38Ed., I Horence recetitly assigned to a .avY honiharilment group of the rimy Air Corp ,. has comle'lted 'i Irainiing of 'everal weeks at Nortlhxve,tern pIrt, and has a 1new ire"s . rer:trictedl). l.icnlenatt arly is a 'on of the late Charles dward Early, 07L, anl Mrs. ar'y of Florence and North in. Sta. Ens. Jesse Capers (Buster) H-ug ns, Jr., '43A, w Ito received thle tdwigs of a nlavat aviator Many at t o'rpts ( 'hri,ti, Tex.. is ad .e1wa . ( . (Q, 1:ort 'nderdIale, l1:1t. lFt.ni n iggitis eteredI the sert ice, andl is ex i-d to comttplte his unmiversityv r'te aftecr the wvar. Lt. Thomas James Knox, '44C, ith the infantry of the Atrmy, is hItressed unowt in care of the post att'er, San Francistco,( Cabi. I.iet cc;anit Knoitx, whot entereud the ser* retrn to C'arolinta to colalete otk for his degrce after the wvar. e Atum ration with the U. of S. C. Al Alfred Holmes (Fritz) von Kol nitz, '13L, of Charleston. now a tnajor in the U'nitedl States Arnly' air force in EnglanId. has been hid p ing the hritish "\\ings for Victory" catpaign for the purchase of more goverinncut war bonds. lie spoke to a Itritishi audici(e in NIarch de elarin'; that "tipoi the unity of the two great -nglish speaking nations rests the future hope of hutnanity." Ma.jor von Kolnitz, whose dautgh ter, Nancy, is a student at the lni versity, was captain of the football team that beat Clenison 22 to 7 and won the state championship in 1912. Pvt. Stephen Fletcher Boykin, '43A, is now with a l nited States Marine division at (Camp I .liot, San I)iego, Calhfornia. Altumms JIoykin, who formerly was at the tinted States :larine station at New River. N. t'., attended the n -y fa 4year and a half be fore enlisting in the Marine Cmor). I Ie is expected to return to the 'niversity after the war. Sgt. Charles Henry (Sonny) Duke, Jr., '44C, wh'lo withudrewv from the U niversi ty to ent er thme service, us at the A rmy~ Air Corpis signal schoaol at Athlens, G a. Sergeat l)iuke, son of Charles Henry Duke, '17, and Mr.s. Dutke, of Cohnhiba, was inuctatedl at Fort Jackson April t0, 19 :. lI p~ jlanis to (complllete work far his degree after thme war. Lt. George Bowman Hartness, '41A, oaf W\e't Coltumbia, who en listed in the Marines Julyv 8, 194t:3, is adidressed at G routp Off icers, wahool, A. h-'. S., Fort Knox, Ky'. I I is barot h (r. Ens. Carltoni Whitley Hartness, '40A, his beeni on sea dutye withI thle N avy for .several nmont hes umni Association Luther W. (Luke) Hill, '15A, '16CE, native of Darlington, re cently of Atlanta, (a., w%as recently elected vice-presiit"nt of the Caro lina Telephonie and Teleeraph ('ottt lt any, with hcadqiartrs at Tar boro. N. C. .\r. 1iill. football "tar inl hi. college days, forterly was general cot)r(linato.or of national eic fense activities for the Soitheri IelI Telephone ntini Ielegrailh com pany" in iuttc Soitheastern states. Since .1anuary, I9I1, he has served in an advisory capacity with the C'nited States Civil Service co,,nnis siont as a dollar a year mtu. Lieut. Marion Dean Whiteside, '29. originally of Clnnia. more re cently of )allas, Texas, was ctnt inissioned in November, 11.:"21 an( when last hicard from was stationed with the surgcon general of the Army Air forces in Wasihington. L,ieutcenalt \\"hites"ile took pre inedical work at Carolina, and at tended the \Ierlical College of Rich numd, Richnmond, Va., and the \ledical College of Tennessee. Maj. William Robert (Red) Carter, '29E,. is withi the .ignal sop l>ly div~i 'ion at a liied fo rce hecadl qularters ini A f rica or Il.nro pe. Ni ai jir 'art er, who fornmerlyCil commandedL( I leadiqtuarters conitplany (tihe Gov try, :th iisionci, at ur l'o tlacson. -lias beent i>verstas sinCe the siiuncr nlecte wt ~ ithI a telephi oine comp anyi Lt. George Bernard Conniffe, Jr., '38A, who entere d nav'.al service in 194n, has served w.ith both the At lantiic and l'aific fletets. Stion after ginig un atctive duty hie wsas ,.nppily lI iS ii w i on ai ship in tin .\thitatic theaitre, wheriie lie hat servedl for Ruth R. DeLoache '39, Assistant EditM Men and women of Carolina, graduate! and non-graduates are requested to senc alumni news and their changing oddresse! to the Alumni Office, University Campus Columbia, South Carclina The Rev. Leroy DeKalb Leppard, '23sp., originally ofi Greenville coutm tv, colunteered recently a, a chap lain in the ('nited States Navv. Ili. allire's is recordted as (Chapllain' " ehool. C'tllege' c'f \\'illami antu ll Mlary, \\'illiatnsburtg. \'irginiaMAr. I.epipard, a brotiher of Alumni Pres ident James Ernest Leppard, '21L, has studicd at 1:nrunoa university, Souther n llaltist T1he,oogical ,.emi niary in I.tui,.ville, )uke university, and the ntiversity of (hicagoo. Ilis daighter Ilelen, w\ill enter the uni ver.ity thka fall. Lieut. Benjamin Wilson White side. '39A, originally cif C'olum1bia, totre crc"ently 1 t. I.cni'. \In., was indutcted in the army at l:ot t Jackonl in October, 1911. II i. pre. ent ahIre'' is not recorded in the Ahntnui Olfice. l.ient. \\'hite'ile i. a brother of Lieut. Marion Dean Whiteside, '29, (hit at m ). I 'tior to enterint h Ilie service the two brothers were a:scciated with the A. S. Aloe cotm patty of St. I. nis. Arthur Ray Godshall, '28A, '32., attorntey of Gattiney, 1 i ebirinatnl (if the stacte par<(lotnli bacrdi t..ha i (teeI elected by e board i thi' a. Ar l . \~ ice-resident oft the Alttnij A\ssori eni t im 1%1- ,:. :\s a sittdienit lie was pteire it of tIhe ('lai hia I,it erary (ociet I itnl butsinte's tmitmaget tt I lie (a;td lican. Lt. James Edwin Belser, Jr., '36L, hias recently lieenitiansferredl t, the Alarine( corts .atir ha, in Sac | ieo Califoritja. I ll enterl ii,the miti as a priivat ini .\l ieh. li.ittl, te land. in rc~i ican lite he a Edwin Belser, '04A, '051L, itn the( pract ice of law~ itn I.tii e I,,,, .. 0t George Kershaw Laney, '94A, '96L, former state senator fron C he"terfiell county (19r0;-22 and 131-1c), ws a meinber of ("aro linar'. fir't football teamt in IS91. lie w a" a a.seb all p1;. er of the sane peri(.d. .\Ir. I.ancy ha. 'terve-d as chairi an of South (arolina State Senat comrnittecs on Judiciary, E-ducation, .\lilitary A\liairs a11w1 P'enal an(I Charitable In'titutions. lie wa" a mnenbe-r of the South Car olina IlIiuse ( Iepresentatives from 190:: to I90G. lie has had ex iteriecei as a hawycr, teacher and 1arrer. .t>. ..................... Cpl. Harry Cary Carter, '46C, who wa. 'tmlenlt in the freshman cln's at the Unriver,ity w\hen hie volru teered for arned service more than a year ago, is now stationed in a quarternraster truck regiment at t'apl, \c('oy, \\iWk. A recent let ter from) Corporal Carter indicated that he expect' to conplete hi: tndies at the 'niver:-ity after the w.ar. 71 Capt. William Roy (Bill) Ged. dings, '33J, formerly.i sta tion4ed h Army air ser'vice. I'rior to eniteinlg ilenlt at C lihding hei \V4.as llille tiiipaledi ini ithcr stuident actir Ities, Ens. Andrew Feagan Jones, '40C, 0t F;..ut Claire. is addrliewed at a 4 nlav;a air stat ill ini tile Iited SJCttel il. : :i I illg a ii