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Helen C. Hedden, '43A Mailed by the Alumr members of the Associo alumni in the Armed Foi on file in the Alumni Oft REUNIlON 1900-1919 Col. John Aubrey Wheeler, USA, '06A, formerly of Marion, has ar rived at Miami Beach, FMa., for re assignment after completing a tour of duty in the European theater. Colonel W\heeler, a member of the regular Army since July. t1,o, served four montts in England and France during his most recent tour or overseas duty as a member of the AAF Evaluation Board and Aviation Ordnance Officer. He was hospitalized in I:ngland. Colonel \W'heeler wears the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and the Purple HIeart for his service in -rance in the first World W\ar. His residencc is now at 'icayune, Al iss. Dr. John McSween, '11G, '12G, formerly of Tinmonsvillc, former president of Presbyterian college at Clinton and now president of ''usculum College. G r e e n v i l l e, Tenn., has resigned the Tusculum presidency because of ill health. l[e will spend several months at Babson Park, Fla. Lieut. Col. James d'Avigny Mc Cullough, '17L, of Greenville. is now on detached service with the lIrazil iai '.xpeditionarv V-orces I ati ad visor. lie is addressed tlrough the Postmaster, New York. N. Y. Claud N. Sapp, '11L, t'nited States district attorney, a past president of the Alumnni Asociation, is a patient at l)uke hopital in lur ham, N. C. Air. Sapp wa admitted to Duke hospital last Sunday. J. Arthur (Jack) Knight, '12A, '17L, Chesterfield lawyeri alE; 'Cversity trustee, was honored last night at a birthday reception at tended by a large number of Caro lina alumni and other friends. Tle reception was held at Chesterfield. Francis Wright Bradley, ,'07A, '09G, dean of men at the I."ii versity, and Marion A. Wright, '14A, '19L, Conway lawyer and a mether of the Alumni Council, are other alumni who celebrated Iirthda,n . esterday. 1920-1929 Pinckney Lowndes Cain, '24L, of Columbia, has been commnissioned byv Cov. Ransone J. W\illiam, as a special judge to preside over the (:hester Cyun.ty Court of Cotnon Pleas, opening Jan. 15, replacing Judge C. C. Featherstone. who was itable to preside. James Curtis Brock, '29A, origi nally of Union, wrote his first letter of la-45 to the Alumni Office, seni. ing greetings to fellow Carolinian. Mr. lIrock, who was as . ta.t cheer leader at Carolina for two y ears a nd head cheer leadler hiis last two years. is no0w ini the insurance buineslts inl WVinstoni Salem, N. C.amid is ad dlressed at unut Reynvii s bh5 ldg., \\'in ston-Salemi. Mrs. Paul Kildner Muchlke (Ros alie Turner), '29A, formerle oif Winnsboro, is now addressed ait a Id iles avenue, M iddileto,wn, Conin. S/Sgt. Clarence Edward (Bus) Wise, '27CE, of ( olumbii ia. Sendil hi N ew Y ears gree tinigs ini Chinese: "'l)iing Howe' in~ Chinese is very mu h i used over here. It me'ains anyt non111ber of things such as good. iline, A.K., well, etc.."Sergeanit \\'se hiurma theater wsithi th Armv\ ils Serv'ices5 of Supply. 1930-1939 Patrick Willard Blair, CPhM, '36P, ofi Cohnnhmiia, has lbe-lencim mendOted for hi swork as lietty oif ficer iln charge of the dlispenlsary a boa rd hiis shipi, trleat ing castuaIt ies dlurinlg enemyll attack, and halrlingj the wVoundlced ill a liann le r ''well be yond( that normrnally expiected . of himn " I 'et ty () fficer Bilair is aid dlre'ssed t hrouigh the I-leet Post (Of fice. San I+'ranciscoe . ( aIi f. Clifford Harry Varner, '38C, o1 Cohlnhia, hais i'ilistedt iln tile Navy'> Conistrinetiotn Battalion as thle first Sea Iliee to enter thle service fromil IRichli anmd Cou'tntyV sincee thle pirogram reopieined r'cetly. MIr. \' artier hasg 1beeni as sociated with ai lo tcalI~ con strnettio,n compiiIany as dlraftsmian salesmanit for the iast five y'ears i s tmilitary atdress hia lnot vetI rcecd the Ahlinunii O ffice, Lieut. Pierre Fabian LaBordie, Jr. MC, USNR, retuirned recently frn foreign duty. T,ietitenant L.aBordi is a flight surgeon and for the pasi ycar andt a half has been (il dty in the Miarshali Islatnds. Alfred Berry Owings, Jr., '33C, of ColumNda, has been promoted te the. rank of corporal in the Army3 enlgineers, at his post ill France Corporal Owsinigs, wvho was circutla tiotinmatnager of th li'ohnnhii lia Reec ord bsefore i'ntertitig fte set'vi'e, ed(Iit and pulishies a cotmpany newsplapec duinmg his-off-dtuty hiotirs. lie is ad dressed troughi thle I'ostmiiast'r. New York, N. Y. - - Asst. Editor i Association Office to ion and to non-member ces whose addresses are ice IN PRINT Lieut. Robert Henry Cauthen, '38E, of Orangeburg, is one of not imore than :;, men in the service en titled to wear bot i Navy and Armly Air Corps wings. l.ieutenant Cau then is pilot of a Flying Fortress used to drop :27-foot life-boats, weighing 2,-,nu pounds, by p ara chute. He was sent by the Army to the Navy for special sea-air training to enable him to train army pilots in sea-air rescue work. lie is as signed to the Rtescue Connuand, 13iloxi, Mliss. Lieut. Andrew Wallace Walters, USNR, '38ChE, of Columba. is now statictned at Norfolk, Va.. as an in structor in radar. ie has been on active service for three years. William Charles Bochman, '39C, of Kingstree, general mnanager of VCOS. Columbia, has been elected to the Bllue Network station plan ning an advisory board. In this position lie will represent :to radio stations affiliated with the Blue Net work from Virginia to Florida. The committee is comnposed of eight men who plan and advise on matters of policy. \Ir. Iochiman legan his radio career upon leaving Carolina in il:, whenl he became an an nounct"er at Station \VC()S. Lieut. Col. William Oscar Calla han, '33A, of Columbia, is spending a :to-day leave at home after having spleilt at mtonths in the E.uropean theater where lie was awarded the I.egiont of .\lerit iiedal for his serv ices as postal officer. Colonel Cal.a hanl is staff postal officer for the \\l inl the \lediterranean theater. lie wears live battle stars for his participation in five mnajo- engage neuts. having taken part in the in vasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Southern France. Ile w"ill return to headquarters of Allied .\ir Forces in It.alyv following his lea ye. Mrs. Callahan, the former Phoebe Singley, 32A, '34G, teaches in the 1:.nglish clepartntit of the Iive 'rsity. Capt. David Myers Graham, '39A, of Colhnibia, has returned to the States after two years of service with the .\larin.e in the 1'acific, and is spending a leave in Columbia. Lieut. Douglas Bernard James, '37A, of Sunter, has becn trans ferred fron I tickhey Field. )eiver. Colo., to Keesler Field, \liss. Mrs. James (Lydia Lee), '40A, will make her hoite at liiloxi, \l iss.. while l.ieutenant I.ee is stationed there. The,ir cotlete a<idresses have not yet reached the .\lutnii Offiee. Lieut. (jg) John Robert Gore, '39A, f l. %i I. w n,. recentlv re htireti t tle il ' ited Sta.te., ilar;ir is carrier , thet St. 1.1. offt the coa;st of Samlar dluing tile See 1)111 l'at tle (If the I lhilipine St:a iin October whien he hadl the oppuiortu-~ llity ;t' tIIrpedlo-hombltter pilot to diropt his bll of eight smllI homb onll aul; .latuanese hleavy cruiser. byie ofI the 1,ombils hit the talrget. The fuluw ing 'lay the St. 1.1 wvas .1unk, bult nout heft,ure it 11aul rollenl till d n 11 i ups inig record If damaige tur tIll enem.ll l,ielluenant talure's Sltlluaro is e...ti '(ort ies inivolvSinig more t han .1 ,Stt hutrs of combat fl. in g d ( about 1 1,900t caurrier take-offIs andl landtings. l,ieultenaint (Gure's prtelent mnilitary a<hllress hias nolt reachedu thle ;\hnuni Office. Pvt. Winton Walker Hunter, '37A, uf Oranlgebulrg, is ervinug in the China-Blurma-Inldia theater with a signal Iligeonl d company. lie is adl dres sedl throuIgh thu l'ustmla,ter. New Yrk, N. V. Bennett Frank Buie, '30A, uf l'atri.k, wholi is no1w servinig as a staffi officer at the leandqtilrters oft tile l'dlsianl Gutlf Commnamid, bi;m beeni plromoted to the ranik (If maior. .\lajor tuie ia't fall received the Order of the. lcI Star fromul the Ruslsianl govSernmllent four his- mlilitarv serv Ices. Capt. Leland Maitlandl DeLoach, '38C, (If Conlmia, i, onl duty with a fighter controul squadruun ill lIrance. lie writes that he ha;s hadl litl t imle to. readl "On)t thle :\hnnni Ilroint since thle G ermianl ra-truh Lee Roy Martin, '39C, of Great l'alls, has- been puruumotd to tile raink of capta;ini ill lIrane. where ile is sIer ing withI a fighter (onitrol sItuadiron, alccord Iin~ to( new s fromi Capt. Leland Maitland DeLoach, '38C, of ColumtObia, Captainis MartirI anzd I )e I,oach are addressed thbroughi the I'ostmiaster, New Yoark, N. Y. Pvt. Lovick Oliphant Thomas, 36E, of C:olumbihia, oIn duity with thel .\ arine Corps, is adduressed as fol lows: MIAl)-NATIC, Sq. .52, ltks. 1'2, Ward I slanid, Corpus Christ i. Texas. 'S/Sgt. Clifford Cleveland Farr, Jr., '37A, of .\ugusta, G a., is now15 servinig ws it h a hueahluart ers Iunit ini lie NI editerranea n t heater of opera tions. Hie is addressed Ibthrough the Postumaster, New Vor, . v. on J4 Issued by the Un RALPH LEV 1940-1949 Lieut. William Daily Harris, '43A, of Lamar, who visited the Alumni Office Nov. 6, is now on duty with the A A F in F.ngland, in photo graphic work. He is addressed through the Postmaster, New York, N. Y. T/Sgt. David William Gaston, '42A, of Columbia, who was criti cally wounded overseas last July, and who is a patient at the Army's Lawson General Hospital in At lanta, Ga., is spending a leave with his wife, the former Jane Crout, '39A, and young son David, Jr. Lieut. Carlton Whitley Hartness, USNR, '40A, and his brother, Lieut. George Bowman Hartness, USMC, '41A, of West Columbia. have beei decorated for their actions in the I'acific dluring the month of July, 1944. Both men received their awards last month. Lieut. George I artness received ite Bronze Star and the Purple -Icart for his achievements in the Saipan and Tinian campaigns as a platoon leader, from July 9 to .1uly 15, 1944. lie has been serving with the Marines for two years, and has been in the Pacific for a year. Lieut. Carl Hartness, who is now commanding officer of a Landing Craft Infantry, in the 1'acific, has been awarded the Silver Star for "distinguishing himself conspicu ously by gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as commanding officer of a fire support ship during the actual assault upon and capture of an enemy-held island during July, 1944.'' Pfc. Robert Howle Green, '44A, of Andrews, reported "missing in acimon" in Germany since early in October, has been reported to be a prisoner of war. according to noti fication received by .\I rs. Green. who is the former Alice Smeltzer of Kingstree. George Tillman Gregory, Jr.,, '43A, '44L, Chester attorney. will serve a, bill clerk in the S. C. -louse of Representatives (luring the ses .ion which has just started. Pvt. Malvern Carlyle Holland, '47A, of Simpsonville, is now ad dresed at F-2-67, Camp Illanding, FIla. Sgt. Edward Wimberly Owen, '45E, of latesburg, is serving in F.ngl: md as armorer w it h a HI- 1 Flying Fortress group. lie is ad dre.ed tIhrough the I'o.tmaster, New York, N. Y. Pfc, Solomon Hyman Lourie, '42C, of St. George, who is stationed w ith a ervice group on Saipan, ws rites: "' 'll be plea.ed to Iiear that , en at this far-away isle I'mn r'ceiin mg copjies of T.e Gatmnecock regularly." Capt. John Jacob Norris, '40C, of ('alounm Falls, sends his latest commu in iclat ion front Gemanm;my oni ''Iap)turedl" stat ionery, h)earing the le tterhmeadl of a (Gernman busintess. man,I1 ( evidIentv. CapltainI Nomrris i's Recent Vi Sara Craddock, '39A, First lBal it (Church. Ashland, Ky. Mrs. R. S. Davis, (Lizzie Gray Craddock), '28A, Crewe, \Va. Capt. Reginald Loren Kramer, '27P, '.5 l'awanmma r'oad. Comltumbia Richard Kent Jackson, '43A, '!tin; G adsden ste, ouba . Capt. Robert S. Clarke, Jr., '42A, Transportm anmd (,Qnmartermtaster Sichoo'l, Tr'moop Traminingi I 'nit, Am (':nunpy 'endleton, Oc)eanuside, Cialif. Lieut. Leonard Robert (Bob) Schwinn, Jr., USNR , '41C, U'SN Adhoanced Base Connnuniiications Scoo, otoni llightts, Conn. Pvt. Hugh Watt Bryson, Jr., '45A, Sq. I. -'12-t A\- A F BI ', .\ltroc, (a lii. Benard Andrew Moses, '44E, 220 Colilege street, Cm'lhimit 1. Capt. George Stone Saussy, Jr., U SMVC, '43A, nom w on duty in the l'aeifi. amnd Mrs. Saussy (Jennie Parker), '45A, t t'a .\larmionm street. Stephen Taber, III, S 2/c, CAC, '46A, V PI 'I. OT('I I'-I. N AS. Corpus (Christi. Texas. Lieut. William Anderson Rodgers, USNR, '41C, :;x1., avenue Q, G'al veCstoni, Texas. Ensign Frank Keenan Sloan, '43J, on leave fronm Pacific duty. Lieut. (jg) Gustavus Galloway Williamson, Jr., '42Ed, ntow 'in sea duhty. IEnsign Abram Cline Flora, Jr., '43A, n'ow serv ing imi then Atlanmtic theater. Francis Willard Simpson, '41A, 3:2 I ' niversity R idge, Greenville'. Dr. Francis Butler Simnkins, 'I8A, Stamte lTeache(rs ( ollegen, F:armvisilh., Ensign Thomas Earl Stevenson, '44A, WVinntsboro, on lea ue fr'om thle Attic tete, ? ..Atumi iversity of South Carolina Al /IS, '29, Executive Secretary and Pvt. Paul Allen Bridges, '45C, of lllacksburg, is now taking advanced basic training in the infantry, having been transferred recently from ordnance. He is addressed at Co. A, 21st Bn., 6th Reg., LARTC, Camp Gordon, Ga. Ernest Gary Edwards, Jr., RM 3/c, '46A, of M ullins, writes fron: the Southwest Pacific: "I'm a radio man---and while I was copying press a few weeks ago . . . from New York they sent some football predictions by an AP sports writer. I was quite thrilled when I heard 'South Carolina over Newberry' coming over the air in (lots and dashes from halfway around the world." Radioman Edwards is serv ing aboard a Landing Ship, Tatnk, in the Pacific, and is addressed through the Postmaster, San Fran cisco, Calif. Sgt. William Charles Keith, Jr., '46E, of Berkeley, Calif., who is serving with the Marine Corps in the Pacific area, writes that he recently met Pfc. Benjamin Mood Badger, III, '46A, of Charleston. Lieut. Holmes Conrade Dreher, '42A, of West Columbia, is now addressed at 462nd Bomb Sq., :46th llomb Cp. (VII), AA F, Pratt, Kans. Pfc. Talley Francis Kelley, '46C, of Columbia, is serving with the infantry somewhere in VIrance. He is addressed through the I'ostmias ter, New York, N. Y. M/Sgt. Cornelius Graham Bass, '40C, of Latta, is now on duty with an anti-aircraft artillery group in the Pacific area. lie is addressed through the I'ostmaster, San IFran cisco, Calif. A/S Robert David Crouch, '46V 12, of F.lko, is now addressed at ''Is A Calhoun street. Charleston. Cpl. Jennings Bioadus (J.B.) Woodson, '44A, of A nderson, writes from the European theater. where lie is serving u% ith a photo-rec n naissance squadron: "I am now re siding on the fourth floor of a 100 year ol lilelgain chateau. It's really a majestic-looking structure, with a spiraled tower at one end. Thel Germans stayed in the chateau dur ing their occupation of lIelgiumn. Since I hit tile ETO, I've visited such important cities as ILondon. Oxford, Paris. Versailles, Brussells, .n. Utge .. . Mail delivery in gen eral has b,eln rather slow of late M/Sgt. Edward E. Miller, '42C, of Trenton, is serving as sergeant major with an ordnance depot in Italy, where the work of the unit is to service Combat troop, of the N.\editerranean theater with "any thing from a needle to hcavy artil lery" within -114 hours. Overseas 0 mionlthsl, Sergeant M iller wears the .\ledliterra nean Theater R llon with two IBatt I'Iarticipation Stars. lIe is adhdressed thirough t he l'ostmans ter. New Yo,rk, N. Y. Ensign Robert E. Kurz, '41A, of l'reeport, N. Y., is no0w addlressed at l'nit -20s, ivision 5, Am ph ibious Trainiang lHase, Little Cree1k. \'a sitors To The Alun' Lieut. (jg) William Rogers Chalk er, '42A, l'ost Graduate School, I'nited States Naval Academy, An. nlaIpolis, NI d. A/S Frank Page Smith, '43A, ::t 'Vanderbilt II all, Bloston 1 5, MIass. Lieut. John Alexander McArthur, '39A, 2::rd Sig. IIy .colls. Ihi. Calmpj Wood, N. .. Mrs. John Alexander McArthur (Marion Wilder), '42A, '2s South Mrs. Frederick F. Williams (Mar garet Rollins) '39J, 17:io Gr(een Ensign Benjamin Spencer Meeks, Jr., '44A, 70:, Ab\elia road, Column huia 55. Mrs. S. Feinstein (Marian Finke), '44C, t;:s Il'opuilar street, Spa rtan burg. Walter Frank Taylor, '30C, imti 1leyw~ard street, Columbia ::tt. Capt. George W. Brunson, Jr., er G .. l''lh:ek A A* I'. Alexandcria. A/S Artie Arnold Heape, '47A, Il ..Arbor drive, CTolumblia. Lillian Eaddy Hanna, '43A, ~2.A li,lizablethi roadl, laimtptonm, \'a. Ensign Alexander C. (Zan) Hey ward, Jr., '46V-12, H OQ, N T C, Harold Morgan DeLorme, '25C, :101 I,iher ty lIfe lIldg., Columbia 7. Pic. Stanley Edward Brose, '42A, New York, N. Y., 01n :so-day leave from the MIediterranean theater, and Mrs. Brose (Jean Bell), '42C. Lieut. (jg) Lauren Currie Mc Arthur, '39A, '42G, of IBennettsville, onl leave. Mrs. James R. D. Anderson (Mary Crow), '42A, XIlo Su,ruter street, (ColumbIia. Ensign David Livingston Pierce, '4V- 12, I I.y n. hw(o(d avenue, l:lor James Ernest Leppardl, '21L, Chesterfic1d, t ,o I umni Association Alumni Editor John Barnwell Nettles, M.D., '41A, of Columbia, is now addr<ssed at the Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, D. C.. where he is serving his interneshil) after having been graduated from the S. C. hiedi cal College at Charleston. Doctor Nettles writes that there are so many Carolina alumni around that he thinks it would be a good idea to form a branch Alumni Associa tion in Washington. Lieut. Michael David Harvath, '42C, of Columbia, who is serving with the Aarines, writes that in his Pacific travels he has met two fel low alumni, Lieut. Perrin Cleston Byars, Jr. '42C, of Columbia, and Pfc. Frampton Wyman Henderson, '43A, of Columbia, who is in his outfit. ie writes of the meeting with lyars: "We greeted each other like long lost brothers. The first topic of conversation was Carolina. our former classmates . . . 1low we wished to see that beloved cam pus . . . Iloth Ilyars and I have seen plenty of action; on the next opera tion I will be taking Henderson into the beach for his first taste of comnhat . . . Blut we are just a minor part of the vast tnmber of 1:ighting Gamecocks, who are in there pitch ing to the end and victor.'' James Earle Henderson, F 1/c (EM), '47V-12, of Conway , is now addressed at School Group 1. USN .l inc Warfare Test Station, Solo mons. AMd. Lieut. (jg) Thomas Marion Davis, '40A, of Columbia. writes from "Island N. 'lte Pacific": "I've finally migrated out here into the I'acific as a medico to a fine bnnch of Niarines and ;ll I need to keep l) my spirits is a little hit of Caro lina now and then . .." Ensign Huette Camack McCraw, '45V-12, of Gafiney, is now on du1ty with a Naval Construction IBat talion in the Pacific area. lie is ad dressed through the leet I'ost Of fice, San Francisco, ('alif. - Robert Arnold McDowell, '44CE, of \'eslaco, Texas, received his cornmission a ensign in t he Navy's civil engineering corps at Camtp E.ndicott, R. I., JIan. t. ie i- t ad dressed at OT), llks. 1:-.l ' NC'I'C, (atp .ndicott. I )avisville, 1R. 1. i\ve alumni, whlse new addresses have not reached the Ahumni Office. werc co mtissiontl as assistant civil engineers with the rank of ensign Ensign Jack Modig Anderson,! '46V-12, of I.incoln, Nebr.; Ensign Heyward Allen Hawkins, '46V-12, of' Gainesville, Ga.: Ensign Joseph William Hrbek, '44CE, of Iligh land Falls, N. V.: and Ensign James Roy Pennell, Jr., '45V-12, of Spar tatnurg. Jack Dittler, QM 3/c '45C, of Co Ilumia, whlo recent ly returnedl fromi d uty in the AtIlnt ie theater, has volun iteeredl for submtarinte dutyv. and is now taking t raininig at New I.oit dont, Conn. IHIe is addressed at Box 2, LSN Sub,matrine School. New~ I.ont mi Office - Thomas Theodore Carroll, '15A, tt0 I Sycamtor-e street, Columbia. J. P. Boineau, '27A, :t.7 S. \Vac - camaw street, Cohumblia 4tM. S/Sgt. William Moultrie (Boots) DeLorme, Jr., '42C, :111 AMagnolia street, Sitmter, enroute to a new as Lieut. (jg) Richard Orien Young, '42A, fromt foreignt d uty to a new assignmen t: IDistrict O pera tions () fire, c/o Comtmaitdanit, Sixth Nav~aI I )istrict, Chiarlestoni. Lieut. John S. Holland, '43A, :trd F liteur Commttii. I'. S., F igh t D)ec. ll., IDal e .\Iabryv lield, Tallhassee, Lieut. (jg) William Marks Bray, '42A, '42EE, :sui;oII )evereaux road. CohnnhmtIia, huomeu ion leave. Ensign Walter Lee (Buck) Young, '43A, Fuirmain, on leave. Lieut. Col. William Oscar Calla han, '33A, u'n :m1- dayv leave from theit .\ ceiterraneant theater, and Mrs. Callahan (Phoebe Singley), '32A, '34G, esox :ore-,t divey, (oubiti Capt. Alex Hialstead Sawyer, '42A, retuntintg to duty wvith tIhe .\arines ini the l'acific. Mrs. Willert Rhynsburger (Cath erine (Garner), '46C, al \V. 11th street, New York 11, N. Y. T/Sgt. Arnold Charles Muir, '41A, returning front the NI editerrantean theater after *36 months' service. James Dougal Bissell, ,Jr., RT 3/c, '45V-12, Co. :;, Sec. 1, iillet 104, Navy P'ier, Chicagot, Ill. Lieut. Grover Cleveland (G.C.) Kirby, USNR, '42C, oni leave fronm sea slutv. Donato Anthony Galgano, '33P, formerly of Newv Roebelle, N. Y., who is teaching in thle School oif I 'harmtacy at Carolina. LeGrand Abbey Van Keuren, RDM 3/c, '46C, . 'ier we, \V. :,'ind street, New York, N. Y., ini the States after participating in three in viionemn. Annie Lee Young, '25A, Men and women of Carc graduates are requested I their changing addresses University Campus, Colun South Caroli SOUTH CAROLINA has called to the presidency of its state universi Kissick who died last September. Smith, who was retired from active in 1942. Admiral Smith, after graduation ' took further studies in engineering transferred to the Civil Engineering C were many through the busy years I building of the naval base at Pearl H portant part in the development of tt the Navy yards at Puget Sound an< was chief of the Bureau of Docks an< the Navy. Such a career calling for the highe a fitting background for the duties I versity of South Carolina at this tit afoot a movement to dispose of the j lumbia and rebuild the institution al come of the proposal, the university and broad experience. Admiral Smitt a family reared in the traditions of th for the work. Future Alumni A taughtter. \Iargaret \'irginia Cathcart. to I.iett. ohin \\'. (ath cart and Mrs. Cathcart (Margaret Caughman), '34Ed, .Ian. . in Co ilhia. A danglhttr, Sara I\athterintc 1.t - ter, to Lieut. Robert Glenn Lister, '43A, and Mrs. Lister (Sara Coth ran) '43A, I)ec. "s in ('olmnntia. I.ieutenattt I.ister is now stationed at .llintgton IFiell, Texas. :\ iaughtetr. Ssanne Ritlt ger s At kinson, to Lieut. Edward Vandiver Atkinson, '40C, '41L, and \irs. At kinson I)ec. 25 in I'iiladelph lia. I.iutttnat Atkinsoit is now on clutv wit i the Navy in the I'acific. soil, I)acid \'illian Gaston, jr.. to T/Sgt. David William Gaston, '42A, and Mrs. Gaston (Jane Crout), '39A, Jal. ti in Coluntbia. \ dlaughtter. Vi rgitia Forsytle 1timtker, to Lieut. Edmund Cason Bunker, '42L, al Mrs. Bunker (Katherine Gooding), '40A. l. :: in Culutbia. I.ituten:tat Itnker is iow statione(l at the Naval \iP Sta tion, Ottutwa. Iowt a. A son, Charle. Fr anklin \I attin. ii, to Capt. Franklin \I artin anI Mrs. Martin (Peggy Newton), '42A, D>ec. . in \Vashington. 1). (. A .on. PaIul Robert I laves., ir.. t. Paul Riobert IIats and Mrs. Hayes (Theolu Briggs), '36A, I)ec. I:, in North \ngusta. where the Ilayes iakt" their hote. Lieut. Julian Herbert Hymson, '41C, of ('ohunihtia, who is serving us ithc a tric calit;rrit'r uint int the '.irtopeani thea ter, r'cenit ly sent to te Aiunitii ( )ffice tre'e Ito-france niotes wsith wich'i to j ay his mem'ii hetrship duets. I .iteutenanit II ymtison was ini thte inisurane butsinetss in (Ctolumbtiia bcefor)e entIerinig thle service Lieut. Luther Dial Corder, '40A, of C.ayee,t is now'5 oin dty in thet I.uriopeanl the-at er aboiardi a diestrtoyer teort. lie is addtre'ssedi thirough tihe Fleet P'ost ()ffie, New York. N. V. Lieut. Thomas William Attaway, '42A, of Fitzgerald, Ga., is (on duity' aboard a I1,andintg Sip,t Tanik in the Ni ed(iterranteani thetater. Lieut. Jack Couch, '45C, of At lanta, Ga., is itow serv-inig withi the A rmy Air Foirces in the Ni ediiter rantant thteatetr. lIe is addressed trouighit hec l'otmtasteri, New York, N. Y. Pvt. Davidson Harper Leonard, '46A, of Cohinnhtiia, is cn utyti~ in tih elite'rrctaea thieater wvitht a Spe''ici Services unit of tihe Armyn. Ilet is acddressed thIrouighil te l'ost - mai:ster, New York, N. V. William Heath Ellis, '44C, of i ta th Spriings, ihas bteen promtoted frtm tcorporal to sergeanit at the A rmy Service, Fo res Tiraining Cen tetr, Camitp I,ee'. \' a. A membei ir of Ilticqarte'rs I)t'Iachmtent, ASFTIC. Serugc'an F.ii .us is prtestent ly on cluty. withI i te;cassificatiton and assign mnit dii -,iin as a ecrk. Ilie ,oi i.i'e, \'a. Lieut. Thomas Henry Brooks, '40A, form uerly~ of Yotrk, P a., now ,tf lItl .\ir, NI d., hias returntedi frotn where he siet 2:1 mhonthis as a platoont tleade. lit' is at pcresenit at te Ar"my Groumd 'ore's ied ist ri bition Stat iont at AIliamiti lIcac-h, FL; awaiting reassignmnet, .ieutenant trocok s eniteredc thce se'rvice I >t'c. 2, 194t. Pvt. Thomas Shannon Jennings, '44C, in (Cohniaii);, is itw ci cucress'' at :t;n:, AAA BI,I~ Sit-. I', l,owry ietld, Ccolo. Jacqueline Testard, '44A, of (o luittihia, is ttac'hing IF.nglish ai Frechi at tie I t-.ee ille 'lgh S..inhtol at I.eei'c ltle. Pfc. Majer Muster, '42A, of Co hiuitbia, is serving with a statiotn htonptl :,t ,t.h lae fi-c:a 38G - Asst. Editor lino, graduates and non o send alumni news and to the Alumni Office, ibio, South Carolina. . no's Choice native son of distinguished aetr :y in succession to Dr. J. Rion Mc. He is Rear Admiral Norman M. tervice in 1938 but recalled to duty ,ith high ranking from Annapolis, at Rensellaer Institute, and then orps of the Navy. His achievements hat followed. He was in charge of arbor in 1914-'17 and played an im. e Great Lakes Training School and I Mare Island. For many years he I Yards and Chief Civil Engineer of st of administrative abilities affords dmiral Smith will face at the Uni ne of crisis in its affairs. There is resent campus and buildings at Co : some other place. Whatever may is in need of an executive of vision a native of Williston and scion of e state, seems to be ideally qualified -Atlanta Journal They Promised Caroline Rtavenel Nliller and Lieut. Benton Anderson Matthews, USNR, '42A, both of Florence. Dec. 21) at 1'lorence. They will make their home at I.ittle Creek, \~a. Itetty I.ois Cobb of Itatesliurg and Dempsey Jones Hydrick, '45E, of Orangeburg, Jan. 6 at Itatesburg. .\ r. I)emipsey, who has b)een dis. charged from the Navy, is now a civilian flight instructor. They ate making their home at 100 laple street. C((ltmnhia. 1eane Craig IIopper of 'ork ain Capt. William Hammond (Sonny) Bowman, Jr., AAF, '43C, of Clover, .lau. :: at \ork. They are at %iill Iteach, I'la.. for the present, where ('aptain I1owman is being reassignedi to duty. Ida Kate \loudy of L.ake \'iew and Capt. Charles Burts Culbert son, '39A, of I.aurens, I)ec. :27. at I.aurenls. Thlev will make their home at Porter Nlilitary Academy, where :'apt: 'ulh ertso n has been in structor for the past two years. Cad. Marion Wiles Trotti, '42A, of \\'est Columbia, who is in training at the United States AIilitary Acad emy, i- addressed at Co. B. 1,t Regiment, US\IA, West 'oint, N. 1' . Hugh McGillivray Williams, S 1/c, ART, '44EE, of Columbia, is addressed at Co. F, l'ks. 6, NATTC, \\'ard Island, Corpus Christi, Texas. Isabella Blackburn Wilson, '43C, of Spartanlurg, is serving with the Red Cross in the Southwest Pacific as a staff aide in recrea tioni. She is a<h'lressed thirough the 1Postnast er, San Fraincisco, Calif. NI iss Wilson writes that she has seen two Caro lina; alumni, Ensign John Bratton Davis, '38A, '40L, and Lieut. Mi chael Leonard Browne, '33C, USNR, both of Columbia. Lieut. Johnny Ward Kirby, '40A, (If C'ohtnhia, has been assignedI to one of the Army's few~~ mnounted m<dicual tunits, and is addressed as follows: tith .\It. AIled. ln., Co.(: APO) :;-5, Camp Swift, Texas. Ensign Elijah Dowling Free, III, '45E, of Columbia ,is now stationed at TIreastire Island. Calif., where lhe is addlressedl at the Pre. Coim. Trng. Seb., TIreasuire Island, San i F:ranciis.co, C alif. 1 le writes t hat lhe and Cox'n. Marion Ward Culp, Jr., '45J, of C'ohnunhia, had a reunion recently. Cox swain Culp, a qualified Navy dliver, was at that time stat tionied at San lIIru no, Calif. Pfc. Cornelius Joseph (Corky) Griffith, '42A, of Toledo, Ohio, is a physical t rainfing instruct or serving with the Army' ini the Pacific area. He is add(1ressed t hroughi thle Post mtaster, San F'ranciscot, Calif. Pfc. Charles Spigner Watson, '44A, of Cohtnnhlia, is serving withI the MIa rinle Corps in the Pacific, and is add ressedl through thle leet Post ( )ffice. Lieut. Carl Robert Hughes, '41A, of Norwich, N. \.. whio is serving' with the cavalry in~ Lutxembourg, wvrites:.lTe last is5ue of the palper I recei ved was du tring thle bat tig o(f II urtgen lore st . . . we spent 2t dlay% ini the miud tul lto our knees - . e htuilt a log cahin tunder grounmd an so( 5 part of the time we lived in cotitfort . . . This is thle fourth lfuropeani cottry my divi sion has fought through . . . statting int N ormai;ndy, Franice, Ilielgimu, Gervny and nowv back to Luxem-i. hourtig, whIichi is the mnost beati fnl little country we have seet' sinc1e, leavinig t lie Good Old I '. T. A. . ." Pvt. James Herbert Bennett, '41A, oif C'oltumbia, is oni ditty withI a spee ialI scr vice utnil in thle F.uropeani arrived at the .\lumn~ii ( )ffice juist Iefor e thte ho lidlays, ,uhowd ari - sO)a"t (it hie.'eIes, an .\mAtier iants onf Jeepis, tourinig lesra ted Paris. Pri v'ate lieninett is adldressed through