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Mrs . Savoie Lottinville, %%itlow of Paul Carpenter, late dean of the University's Fine Arts College, recently presented Carpenter's violins tothe school . A ith her are T . R . Benedum (left t , member of O . U .'s Board of Regents, and Harrison Kerr, now dean of the College of Fine Arts .ROLL CALLa series of brief news stories of eventsthat shaped the lives of the alumni family1911I)1?ATH : Dr . Blair Points, 'limed, died int)khh"nna City on February 11 . Points was 73 .The general practitioner established the first fulltimecounty health unit in Oklahoma in Ottawacounty in 1918 . He practiced at Luther and Edmondfor 20 years . During World War II he waswith the U . S . Public Health Service in Utah andIdaho, and he had been adjudication officer, medicalspecialist, with Veterans Administration inOklahoma City until his retirement three yearsago,1916John Jacobs, ' 16ba, was honored at the All-Spores Jamboree in Oklahoma City on February10. Jacobs is a veteran track coach at the University of Oklahoma.1919Dr . Perry R. Deter, '19ba, '26bs, '28med, is inactive practice at Childress, Texas. His firm isknown as the Deter-Townsend-Butler Clinic .Miss Elaine Boylan, '19ba, is leaving her homein New Orleans, Louisiana, to spend an indefinitetime in Florence, Italy .Dr . Maurice H . Merrill, '196a, '22Law, hasbeen named to both the judicial administration ofjustice committee, and to the scope, program andobjectives committee for the Oklahoma Bar Association. Other members of the University ofOklahoma College of Law faculty serving on committecsare Dr . Frank Elkouri, '43ba, '57Law,legal ethics committee, and Dr . R . Dale Vliet, '38Law, special committee on publication noticeevaluation .1921 Dc"',l H . Neal, '21ba, is editor of Chalk Talk,new publication of the Oklahoma Education Association.The first issue appeared January 15 . Heis also public relations director for the association .Murray R . Womble, '21eng, resides in MenloPark, California, since his retirement in June,1957 . He still retains an interest in his buildingmaterials business located in Tulsa and OklahomaCity . Womble has been engaged in the businesssince 1922 .MARCH, 1958 PACE 1 7

1922Dr, H . V . Thornton, '226a, '29ma, Universityof Oklahoma government expert, spoke January29 to the Engineering Club of Oklahoma City .One of the Southwest's leading authorities ongovernment administration, Thornton discussed"The Need and Problems of Oklahoma Government."1924"Mike" Monroney, '246a, U . S . senator from()kl,ohoma, spoke at the annual banquet of theArkansas Basin Development Association heldJanuary 23 ; he discussed ways to hike waterproject appropriations . Monroney also spoke atthe Oklahoma statewide electric co-operative inlanuar\, a, did Robert S Kerr, '16, the state's(rthcr scrwt,)r .1925Ch,irlcs L . Caldwell, '251n .ed, assistant pro-1(",r of education at O . U ., directed an informaldiscussion of effective teaching materials for instructionof elementary science at a meeting ofthe Childhood Education Association on February4 . The meeting was held in Chickasha .Mrs . G . E . Larason (the former PaulineWhite, '25fa), Oklahoma City, was the subject ofa feature story in the February 10 issue of theOklahoma City Times . Mrs . Larason, whose husbandis an engineer for Oklahoma Gas and ElectricCompany, is noted for her interest in painting,and, at the present time, she is doing chinapainting.Foster Harris, '256a, professor of journalism inthe University of Oklahoma professional writingschool, and Dwight Swain, '54ma, assistant professorof journalism, talk each week over a newseries of KETA-TV broadcasts called "Tips forWriters ." The program also interviews successfulformer professional writing students .DEATH : Mrs . Eugene H . Bracken (the formerSalome Smith, '25ed) died February 9 in St .Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City . Fifty-threeyears old, Mrs . Bracken had been a social workerin Oklahoma City since October, 1941 . For thepast 11 years she was a case supervisor on thestaff of the Oklahoma County Department of PublicWelfare . She was chairman of the project forfriendly visiting in nursing homes, initiated bythe Oklahoma Council of Churches in 1955 .1927Col . John Embry, '27Law, is chief of the man-.1gcment services division, Office of the Comptroller,Headquarters, Fourth U . S . Army . TheFmhrys live in San Antonio, Texas .DEATH : Jesse R . Carr, '27, a 52-year-old formerOklahoma City resident and pioneer bushflier in Alaska, was killed February 4 near Anchorage,Alaska, while searching for a wreckedaircraft . At the time of his death he owned acharter service at Anchorage, and from 1950 until1955 he was commander of the civil air patrol inAlaska .1928A . LeRoy Taylor, '28m.ed, Oklahoma City, istreasurer of the Oklahoma Education Associationfor the school year 1957-58 .Hal Muldrow, '286us, chairman of the NormanMunicipal Hospital Board, recently ushereda 40-member committee from the Shawnee Chamherof Commerce through the hospital .Mrs . Edna Hoffman Bowman, '28ba, Kingfisher,was elected a member of the board of directors,Oklahoma State Historical Society, toserve the unexpired term of her late husband ..George Lynn Bowman, former long-time memberand former president of board of regents, Universityof Oklahoma . Bowman died August 21,1957 . Mrs. Bowman also serves on the board ofthe Oklahoma State Chapter, P. E O-, and hasbeen elected corresponding secretary .J . T . Martin, '28tns, Grandfield, Oklahoma,retired from teaching in August, 1957 . Martinhad been in the teaching profession for 33 years .He now devotes his time to farming . Mrs . Martin(the former Alice Murdock, '25ed, '30ma) diedApril 17, 1957 .Mrs . Ralph Bientang (the former Bess Marriott,'28cd), Norman, has been elected to serveas chairman of the Sooner Council of the AmericanRed Cross . The council includes seven Oklahomacounties .William L . Cory, '28eng, associate professorof theoretical and applied mechanics at O . U ., hasbeen appointed acting chairman of that departmentby the board of regents . Travis P . Goggans,'576us, has been appointed an instructor in accounting; he previously was a teaching assistant .John F. Heckinger, '506us, was named a parttimeinstructor in business communications forthe second semester ; he is working on a master'sdegree in finance . Jon Leslie Fitch, '58eng, hasbeen appointed an instructor in mechanical engineering,and Donald L . Wilson, '57eng, saw reappointmentas instructor in theoretical and appliedmechanics . Dolly S . Ward, '26fa, '47m .ed,assistant professor of music education, was granteda leave of absence from September 1958 untilSeptember 1959, to visit, study and compare inthe universities and colleges of Oklahoma andsurrounding states .1929F.vc-rett F. Drumright, '296us, U . S . consulḶ!, ncr .i l to Hong Kong, was nominated by PresidentEisenhower to be ambassador to NationalistChina . Upon confirmation by the Senate, Drumrightwill move his headquarters to Taipei onFormosa . He has been serving at Hong Kongsince 1954 . The 52-year-old career officer hasbeen with the foreign service since 1930 .19301lan,ld L . Pickens, '30eng, formerly, branch lli :c manager of Allis-Chalmers ManufacturingCompany, has been named to head the districtoffice of the firm . Pickens joined Allis-Chalmersin 1945 .-Mrs . Stanley Sawicki (the former Anna Picek,'30phartn) is living in West Lafayette, Indiana,while her husband, Colonel Sawicki, is stationedon Eniwetok . They have two sons, Charles, asophomore at Notre Dame, and Stanley, amore in West Lafayette High School .sopho-1931Richard V Hollingsworth, '31geol, '33ms, islu ail ,d the Paleontological Laboratory, Midland,Texas . He has served this past year as president ofthe American Association of Petroleum Geologists .Mrs . Irene Banes, '31fa, attended a short sessionof the University of Mexico during Januaryand February . The seminar in which Mrs . Banesis enrolled covers advanced Spanish .DEATH : A . R . "Skivey" Davis, '31ed, '53m .ed, died January 24 at Norman Municipal Hospital. He was 61 . Davis has been coordinator ofgrade school athletics and official Big Eight scorerat Oklahoma home basketball games since his retircinentfrom coaching at Norman High Schoolin 1947 . He came to Norman in 1936, and manyof his teams won state and regional championships. At the University, Davis starred for CoachBennie Owen's football teams of 1917-20 .1932Dr . A . B . Smith, '32med, of Stillwater, wasrecently elected president of the O . U . MedicalSchool Alumni Association . Others elected at themeeting were Dr . Carl H . Bailey, '316s, '33med,Stroud, president-elect ; Dr . John R . Taylor, '32bs,'34med, Kingfisher, vice president ; Dr Ned H .Burleson, '266a, '296s, '31med, Prague, secretary,and Dr . W F . Lewis, '37bs, '39tned, Lawton,treasurer . Trustees, elected to three-year terms,are : Dr . Robert C . Mayfield, '45bs, '50med, Norman; Dr . Douglas E . Wilson, '47med, Lawton,and Dr . Robert W . Lowrey, '366s, '36med, Poteau .George L . West, '32pharm, and Mrs . West(the former Helen McRee, '31ma) now live inOklahoma City where West is a pharmacist withUniversity Hospital and Mrs . West is the Latinteacher at Harding High School .Dr. Lowell Dunham, '326a, '35ma, chairmananti professor of the O. U . Department of ModernLanguages, has written the leading article for theWinter 1958 issue of Books Abroad. Book reviewshave been contributed by Dr . Betty D . Evans,'336a, '44ma, '57ph .d ; Mary E . Stith, '306a, '37ma : Wayne Dodd, '556a, '57ma, and SarahYoungblood, '506a, '51ma .1933Charles E . Engleman, '336a, president of theOklalu,ma Press Association, presided at the January25 meeting of the organization, at whichMilt Phillips, '22, chairman of the Oklahoma HistoricalSociety microfilm committee, gave a reporton the progress of the microfilming of all oldnewspapers no longer published . Phillips also ispresident of the University of Oklahoma Association.1934Harm E . Musgrave, '346us, moved from CorpusChristi, Texas, to Dayton, Ohio, in February .1935Miss Alice Marriott, '356a, curator of ethnol-gx in Stmall Museum at the University of Oklahoma,was guest story teller for the OklahomaCity library system's spring story hour for youngsters. Miss Marriott told Indian legends which shehas collected .1937Fred Grove, '37journ, Norman, had two novelspublished in February . His Flame of the Osage,set in the oil field boom days of the 1920's, is aPyramid book . Another novel, Sun Dance, set inComanche country in the early 1870's, was issuedby Ballantine Publishing Company .William D . Carr, '37, superintendent ofschools at Cushing, Oklahoma, has been honoredwith the dedication of the William D . Carr Buildingand Gymnasium . He has served as superintcndcntfor the past 18 years .Miss Mildred Andrews, '37fa, O . U . professorof music and adviser in organ, was recently appointedartist adviser in organ for the NationalFederation of Music clubs . In recent years she hasprepared all the audition requirements for studentmusicians contests in organ for all state,regional, and national competitions .1938(',akin Mannen, '38journ, has been electedhrcsident f the Arkansas Press Association . Heis editor and general manager of the Stuttgart(Arkansas) Daily Leader . He is married to theformer Marilynn Lack, '39h .ec .Clifton B . Ruhrup, '38, is sales manager incharge of the sale of crushed stone from quarriesPAGE 1 8SOONER MAGAZINE

Charleen Gardner, '576a, recently arrived inNurnberg, Germany, for assignment as serviceclub director with the Army's Special Servicesstaff in Europe . She formerly worked as a socialcase worker in Williamsburg, Virginia .and sand plots in Oklahoma for the DolcseBrothers Company . Ruhrup has been with thefirm since 1936 .Colonel James R . McBrayer, Jr ., '386us, U . S.Air Force provost marshal], now is stationed withthe 12th Air Force in Ramstein, Germany .Dr. William E . Ham, '38geol, '39ms, of theOklahoma Geological Survey at the University,attended the annual meeting of the American Instituteof Mining, Metallurgical and PetroleumEngineers in New York City February 16-20 .Charles A . Kothe, '38Law, an instructor in theUniversity of Tulsa Law School anti member ofthe Tulsa firm of Kothe and Hall, was principalspeaker at the Y . M . C . A . membershi p campaignkickoff luncheon on February 10 . He also spokerecently at the Tulsa chapter of the Systems andProcedures Association of America . A well-knownlecturer on management-labor relations, he discu-d"What the- ()Illee EXCC(tt1NC Should Know11-ut Labor R(latom, in Oklah,nna ."1939( : I . R . E . Gandy, '39, and Mrs . Gandy, Alexandri.t,Virginia, recently were recovering from anautomobile accident in which they were involvedDecember 14, 1957 . Mrs . Gandy suffered a badlylacerated left eye . He suffered a fractured rightleg, but the cast has now been removed . Both noware home from the hospital .Robert Weldon, '39-'42, was elected presidentof the Tulsa Theta Kappa Phi Alumni Associationrecently . Weldon succeeds Bill Heckenkemper, '5lbus.1940John Whelan, '406us, Piedmont, Oklahoma,has taken up duties as Canadian County Attorney .Whelan, who has a law degree from OklahomaCity University, was appointed to the position bythe county commissioners on February 11 .Miss Lucyl Shirk, '406a, author of OklahomaCity, Capital of Soonerland, was guest speaker forthe first week of a new educational television program,"Oklahoma OK," on Channel 13, OklahomaCity . The program is an enrichment andresource program for ninth grade Oklahoma historyclasses, and Miss Shirk's book is the text beingused by the social studies classes .Lieut . Col . Hugh P. Stubbs, Jr ., '406a, OklahomaCity, has been awarded the Third U . S .Army Certificate of Achievement upon his reassignmentto Korea . He is program co-ordinatorin the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Comptroller,Headquarters Third United States Army .He and Mrs . Stubbs have two sons and a daughter .Frank "Pop" Ivy, '40ed, has been hired ascoach of the Chicago Cardinals of the NationalFootball League . Ivy was formerly coach of theEdmonton Eskimos of the Western Football Conftrence,a position now held by Sam Lyle, previouslyassistant at Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson .Other Oklahomans playing for Edmonton areFrank Anderson, '50 ; Kurt Burris, '566us ; RogerNelson, and Joe Mobra, '57ed .1941Malcolm Orr, 'filed, sixth grade teacher atJohn Adams School, Norman, has been appointedOklahoma sales representative of the EconomyPublishing Company, Oklahoma City . Orr succeedsLuke Munn, '52m .ed, who has been promotedby the company to assistant district salesmanager for the western division . Munn formerlywas principal of Lincoln School in Norman .Clarence E . Gay, Jr., '41m .eng, is a member ofthe partnership of Rebmann, Gay, Hcrrold, consultingengineers The firm is located in St . Louis,Missouri, and its services cover all phases of mechanicaland electrical engineering .1942Jack Bacr, '42ed, O . U . baseball coach, is conductingAir Force-sponsored baseball clinics inHawaii and Japan. He has been joined on thetwo-week tour by Illinois Coach Lee Eilbract.Harold A . Landsman, '426us, now is a memberof the firm of Shandling and Landsman, locatedin New York City . Landsman is a certifiedpublic accountant .Dr . William Best Thompson, '426s, '44med,Oklahoma City, president-elect of the OklahomaState Heart Association, addressed a meetingsponsored by Alpha Phi alumni association formembers and others interested in heart disease .Dr . Thompson spoke on "The Jet Age Heart."Mrs. Anna Belle Crownover Nations, '42ed,'54m .ed, Norman, is teaching third grade in MidwestCity School, Midwest City, Oklahoma . Shehas recently returned from a two-year leave ofabsence spent in Bremerhaven and Bamberg, Germany. She taught in the American DependentsSchools for the U . S . Army .DEATH : Iverson Winans Barr, '42ed, died atthe age of 35 on January 27 in Chrisman, Illinois .A Chrisman insurance agent, Barr had beensuperintendent of the Scottland, Illinois, schoolssvstem from 1950 to 1955 .1943Carl Fischbein, '436us, '49Law, Tulsa, recentlywas moderator for an income tax institute held inconjunction with the Temple Israel Brotherhooddinner . Part of the discussion was led by Myer J .Dritch, '34arch, Tulsa certified public accountant .Homer Simmons, '43ed, '50m.ed, has takenup duties as head coach of the Amarillo, Texas,High School football team . He has just finishedeight years as assistant and head football coach inSeminole, Oklahoma .1946DEATH : Miss Mary Seabock, '466us, '48tn .ed,(lied February 11 when her car plunged into acreek bottom near her home in Braman, Oklahoma. Miss Seabock's mother, Mrs . Clarence Seabock,was also killed in the accident . They wereboth members of the First Christian Church .1947Carter Mullaly, Jr ., '47, is appearing in hisfirst screen role in The Devil's Hairpin, a story ofautomobile racing. Mullaly plays a southern-talkingbartender in the Paramount production, whichstars Cornel Wilde . Mullaly's next role will be inThe Buccaneer, a Paramount picture casting YulBrynner, Charles Boyer and Charlton Heston . Heis at present in dramatic school in Hollywood attendingtalent classes on the Paramount lot.Robert A . Rutland, '47journ, is author of anarticle, "President Eisenhower and His Press Secretary,"in the fall Journalism Qrtarterly . He andMrs . Rutland (the former Peggy Marchant, '47journ) live in Los Angeles, where he is assistantprofessor of journalism at the University of California.Dr. Dennis M . Crites, '476us, '49m .bus, chairmanof the O . U . Marketing Department, is thenew president of the Faculty Club. Other officersare Homer A . Brown, Jr ., '516us, '52m .bus, assistantprofessor of accounting, treasurer, and Dr.Arrcll M . Gibson, '47ba, '48ma, '54ph .d, Universityarchivist, house chairman . Crites succeeds Dr .A . N . McAnally, '336a, '35Li .se, '36ma, directorof University Libraries .Lonny Chapman, '47fa, New York City, appearedin a leading role of the hour-long televisionprogram, "Suspicion," on January 20 . Co-starringwith him in the story ("End in Violence") wereJohn Ireland and Lisa Kirk . Chapman originallyhails from Tulsa .Raymond Ard, '47eng, and Mrs . Ard (the formerTrudy Gunther, '426us) now live in Amarillo,Texas, where Ard is employed by Gulf OilCompany as district reservoir engineer. They haveone daughter, Laura Anne, 1 .BIRTHS : Mr . and Mrs . J . E . Gernert (the fortierJeanne Martz, '47ed), Okeene, have selectedthe name Janna Jill for their daughter born January20 . The Gernerts have two other daughters .Gcrisuc and Jimi Joan .Glenn P . Myer, '47eng, and Mrs . Myer (theformer Dorothy Brown, '48ed), Pryor, havechosen the name Lou Ann for their daughter bornJanuary 15 ..1948Clyde Davis, '48ba, KWTV newscaster, OklahwnaCity, is teaching radio and television newswriting and editing at Oklahoma City Universityin the spring semester . Davis, who has been in theradio field for six years, formerly taught radiopart-time at the University of OklahomaWilmer A . Hebbard, '48m .bus, is with Prattand Whitney Aircraft as a member of the internalaudit staff . He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut .Dr . John M . Campbell, '48m .eng, '51ph .d,chairman of the Petroleum Engineering School atthe University, addressed the faculty and studentsof the University of Texas and Texas A&M onFebruary 28 at College Station, Texas . The addresswas made for the annual joint meeting ofthe petroleum engineering departments of thetwo schools .Dennis Weaver, '48fa, was a guest speaker recentlyfor the All-Sports Jamboree in OklahomaCity when the O . U . track coach, John Jacobs, washonored . Weaver plays the part of "Chester Good"on the television program, "Gunsmoke ."Al Donnell, '486a, and Mrs . Donnell (the formerVirginia Duffy, '47) now live in Muskogee,where Donnell is administrator of the MuskogeeGeneral Hospital .BIRTH : Glenn H . Shipley, '48eng, and Mrs .Shipley, Bishop . Texas, have chosen the nameDonald Smith for their son born January 24 .Their other children are Linda Kay, 10 ; Steve, 8,and Jan, 6 .MARCH, 1958 PAGE 19

.Lieut . Jewett E . Huff, '546a, Lawton, is amember of the 265th Field Artillery Battalion,stationed in Baumholder, Germany . Huff is anexecutive officer in the battalion's Battery B, andhas been in Europe since January, 1956 .Helen Jean Todd, '546a, is working for Foley'sDepartment Store in Houston, Texas . At present,she is an assistant buyer for women's accessories .MARRIAGES : Miss Marilyn Kinder and Lieut .George B . Murray, '546a, were married December21, 1957 . Murray is a jet pilot with the Air Force,stationed in Ankara, Turkey . Mrs . Murray attendedGeorge Washington University, Washington,D. C.Miss Peggy L. Fletcher and Jay P. Irby, '546a,were married January 3 at the First MethodistChurch, Mountain View, Oklahoma . They areliving in Elmore City, Oklahoma, where he servesas minister of the Methodist Church1955Mrs . Teresa Costiloe, '55ms, Oklahoma City,u now clinical psychologist with the new StudyCenter for Exceptional Children located at theUniversity of Oklahoma Medical Center . Mrs .Costdoe is testing a backlog of mental retardationcases from Children's Hospital clinics . Dr . T. R .Pfundt, '44med, Oklahoma City pediatrician,heads the program which will be a cooperativeeffort of all medical center services, the StateFAIN-PORTERDRILLING CORPORATIONFirst National I~ . , .. ,_yOklahoma City, Oklahoma*m 00afiainanslOrrnkCAIN'SCOFFEEthan any other brand.Health Department and other agencies concernedwith the many problems of handicapped youngstersDr . Lonnie Gilliland, '55d .ed, director of safetyeducation in Oklahoma City schools, has beenappointed to an evaluation committee of the nationalcommission on safety education of theNational Education Association . The new groupwill be used to analyze and check safety educationmaterials to be published by businesses or the nationalcommission .J . D. Roberts, '55ed, is now on the footballcoaching staff at O.U . Roberts has been with DenverUniversity as line coach .1956Jane Quaid, '56fa, Norman, a graduate studentat the University of Kansas, is directing aplay, Judith, to be performed from February 24through March 1 in the experimental theater ofthe Music and Dramatic Arts Building on theK. U. campus at Lawrence . The assignment willfulfill part of her work toward a master of artsdegree .Lieut . Jerald D. Adelman, '566us, Lawton, isa member of the 551st Antiaircraft Artillery MissileBattalion at Van Nuys, California . Adelmanis a platoon leader in the battalion's Battery D.Private Roy H. Britton, Jr ., '56ed, Kingfisher,is a member of the Third Armored Divisionchorus which recently gave a concert at the Army'srecreation center in Berchtesgaden, Germany .Britton has been in Germany since last April .John Brinkley, '56fa, assistant art editor of theUniversity of Oklahoma Press, has designed twobooks which were among the 36 best examples ofAmerican book design and manufacture in theannual Southern Books competition conducted bythe Southern Library Association . The two designedby Brinkley were The Best of the AmericanCowboy, by Ramon F. Adams, and The IndianTipi, by Reginald and Gladys Laubin .Donald H. Baepler, '56ms, is preparing tospend a year in Guatemala studying the birds ofthat country in preparation for his doctoral dissertation. He expects to spend a few weeks at thenatural history museum in Guatemala City, andthen to establish headquarters in the village ofHuehuetenango . Baepler has had three years ofornithological work under O. U.'s Dr . George M.Sutton.James E. Dunegan, '56eng, '57m .eng, Houston,Texas, was a top prize winner in the nationaltechnical paper competition of the American Instituteof Mining, Metallurgical and PetroleumEngineers . Dunegan won first prize in the Societyof Petroleum Engineers graduate division .Lieut . James F . Fentries, '566us, OklahomaCity, now is stationed at the Naval Air Station,Hutchinson, Kansas, where he is undergoing advancedflight training in multi-engined aircraft .He was last stationed at the Barin Field NavalAuxiliary Air Station, Foley, Alabama .Bob Herndon, '56ed, former Oklahoma Universityhalfback, is new assistant football coach atthe University of California . Herndon, 27, was anassistant under Coach Bud Wilkinson at O. U.Lieut. John L. MacFarlane, '566us, Sapulpa,is enrolled in advanced flight training in multienginedaircraft at the Naval Air Station, Hutchinson,Kansas . He previously qualified in radio instrumentflight .Lieut. James T. Weeks, '56journ, and Mrs .Weeks (the former Mary Lyle Childs, '56journ)are living in Darmstadt, Germany, where he iswith the missile artillery division- Previously theywere stationed in Babaenhausen, Germany, for ayear .MARRIAGES : Miss Alice Melinda Pershall,.'56ed, Snyder, and Richard E. Determan weremarried December 29, 1957, in the First MethodistChurch, Snyder . The couple lives in OklahomaCity where Mrs . Determan is a teacher at LafayetteElementary School .Miss Nelda McCasland, '56ba, Duncan, andThomas B . Darby, Pampa, Texas, were marriedDecember 21, 1957 . They live in El Dorado,Kansas .Miss Barbara Goodin, '566us, Oklahoma City,and Russell M. Reed, Colorado City, Texas, weremarried January 25 in the Second Baptist Church,Oklahoma City . They live in Houston, Texas .BIRTHS : Lieut . Cedric E. Devin, '566us, andMrs Devin, Pensacola, Florida, have chosen thename Cedric Earl Devin . Jr ., for their son bornJanuary 12 .Lieut . Bertram Sterling Shelby, '56geol, andMrs . Shelby (the former Marilyn Hammett, '55ed), Washington, D. C., have chosen the nameKent Sterling for their son born February 5. Theyalso have a daughter, Lissa Diane, 2 .John R. Simpson, Jr ., '306a, has been elected afull vice president of Massachusetts MutualLife Insurance Company . A native of Seminole,Oklahoma, he now lives in Longmeadow, Mass .,with Mrs . Simpson and their two children .1957William M. Murray, '576us, and Mrs . Murr.ie (the former Dorothy Lehman, '43h .ec) noware managers of the Wolf Cafeteria in Wichita,Kansas . The cafeteria has the distinction of beingthe oldest one in the state .Lieut . James D. Moore, '576us, Vinita, recentlyarrived in Germany and is a member ofthe 78th Ordnance Company there . Moore is amotor officer in the company .Lieut . Clark W. Greenlee, '57geol, has graduatedfrom the field artillery officer basic courseat the Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Greenlee is a native of Breckenridge,Texas .Lieut . Thomas P . Hallren, '576us, Fairview,recently was graduated from the 15-week officerbasic training course at the Infantry School, FortBenning, Georgia.Nancy Davis, '57fa, Poteau, was student soloistwith the University of Oklahoma symphonyorchestra in January . She is a graduate studentwith a major in organ .Lieut . Thomas J . Kennedy, '57ba, Norman,MARCH, 1958 PAGI; 2 1

graduated January 29 from the 16-week armorofficer basic course at the Armor School, FortKnox, Kentucky.Lieut. Richard J . Greer, '57eng, is stationedat Fort McClellan, Alabama, with the Air Force .He is a platoon leader in the 62nd ChemicalCompany .Richard C. Gaworski, '576us, Sand Springs,was second high in the grade list of recent examinationsfor certified public accountants' certificates. Other O. U. alumni who qualified areWilliam Edward Owens, '57bus, Oklahoma City ;James H. Mauldin, '55hus, Ponca City ; Charles G.Richmond, '556us, Norman ; William R. Wilson,'56m .bus, Shawnee ; Kenneth W. Anderson, '57bus, and William A. Hess, '56bus, both of Tulsa ;Howard Jim Snavely, '57bus, Anadarko, andFloyd D. Hammons, '56bus, Hugo .Ensign John V. Bell, '576us, recently wasgraduated from Navy Officers Candidate School atNewport, Rhode Island . Bell was assigned to theNavy Supply School, Athens, Georgia .Pvt . John W. Chadwick, '57, Tulsa, has beenassigned to the Army Signal Training regiment atFort Gordon, Georgia . He is serving as a clerk atthe signal school .MARRIAGES : Miss Sarah Jane Cobb, '57, andEnsign James Paul Jackson, Jr ., '576a, were marriedDecember 28, 1957, in the First BaptistChurch, Durant . The couple lives in Pensacola,Florida .Miss Marcia Ann Worsham, '57cd, andCharles R. Elkins were married November 26,1957, in the First Baptist Church, Temple, Oklahoma. They are living in Temple.Miss Mary H. Ruark, '57, and Jack Byrum,'57, were married January 19 in the EpiscopalChurch, Vinita . The Byrums arc enrolled in theUniversity and live in Oklahoma City .Miss Lynn Pryse, '57ed, and Ted M. Elam,'57bus, were married in Grace Episcopal Church,Ponca City . They are living in Norman whileElam is attending the O. U. Law School .Miss Marlene Bracksieck, '57, Maysville, andRoy Bruce Hall, '576us, Kingman, Kansas, weremarried December 22, 1957, in the First PresbyterianChurch, Pauls Valley . The Halls live inPensacola, Florida, where he is a second lieutenantin the Marine Corps.Miss Lenora Jane Gaasch, Cleveland, Oklahoma,and Walter Eugene Crowder, '57ms, Seminole,were married December 22, 1957, in theBaptist Student Center, Norman . Mrs . Crowderreceived a BS degree in science education fromCentral State College and is now enrolled at O. U.Crowder is a graduate assistant in the O. U.Zoology Department and is working toward aPhD degree in physiology .Miss Mary Lou Zachary, '57, and Joel KennethSmith, '57, both of Norman, were marriedFebruary 1 in the Wesley Collegiate Chapel . Sheis employed at Tinker Air Force Base in OklahomaCity, and he is a junior at the Universitywhere he is majoring in government and history .Miss Margaret Kay Winterringer, '576a, andJ . B. Whitten, Jr ., '586a, both of Shawnee, weremarried December 21, 1957, in the First PresbyterianChurch, Shawnee .Miss Barbara Phillips, '57, Norman, and WinfredPoemoceah, '576a, Indiahoma, were marriedNovember 29, 1957 . Pocmoccah is with the civilservice, working at Fort Sill, Lawton . They livein Indiahoma.Miss Lela Brown, '57, Norman, and John J .Dunlop, '576a, Broken Bow, were married December27, 1957, in the First Church of the Nazarene,Norman . The couple is living in Lubbock,Texas, where he is studying for his masters de-gree in rehabilitation counseling at Texas TechnologicalCollege .Miss Patricia Sue Fleming, '57ed, and DavidJohn Hansen, '58, both of Oklahoma City, weremarried December 28, 1957, in May AvenueMethodist Church. They are living in OklahomaCity, where Mrs . Hansen is an English teacher atNorthwest Classen High School . Hansen is asenior at the University .Miss Mary Beth McWhorter, '57, Blair, andDr . Berkley Sinclair Eichel, Hollywood, California,were married February 8 in the PresbyterianChapel, Stillwater . Mrs . Eichel has been promotiondirector of KUVY, O. U.'s student radio station. The Eichels live in Hollywood, California .Miss Donna Powell, '576a, Ventura, California,and Robert Alan Kruger, Oklahoma City,were married January 11 in the First ChristianChurch, Ventura . Kruger is a former O. U. stu-(lent and a graduate of Massachusetts Institute ofTREAT YOURSELF TO41CONGRA TULATIONSO. U . ENGINEERSPOWELL BRISCOEOKLAHOMA CITYREgent 6-45311916 First National Bank BuildingCONGRATULATIONSO . U . ENGINEERSMud-ControlLaboratoriesVOTE!SEE BALLOTSPAGES 2 R 23Drilling Mud Service1832 W . RenoFOrest 5-0336Oklahoma City, Okla .PAGE 22SOONER MAGAZINE

Technology, Cambridge . They are now living inCambridge, England, where he is doing researchunder a National Science Foundation fellowship atCambridge University .BIRTH: Roy K. Valla, Jr ., '57eng, and Mrs .Valla (the former Ruth Ann Montgomery, '56ed), Odessa, Texas, have selected the name KendraRuth for their new daughter . She was bornJanuary 13.1958 James H. LaFon, Robert A. Reid, J . GaryBraman, Lyndal L . Cole and Marvin J . Morrison,all '586a, have received commissions in the U. S .Army . The five Norman men expect to go onduty sometime this year.Mrs. Ruth Ahsmuhs Kraemer, '58journ, willwork in the Oklahoma State University public in-UNIVERSITY LIFEINSURANCE COMPANYAn Old Line LegalReserve CompanyHome Office :NormanWayne Wallace, Presidentformation office, Stillwater, while her husband attendsschool there this year .John C. Campbell, '58journ, is news editor ofthe Nowata Daily Star . He has been a reporterfor the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat .Wesley Holley, '58, Oklahoma City, has receivedan appointment to the physics faculty ofCentral State College, Edmond . Holley is completingwork on a masters degree at the Universityof Oklahoma .Doyle Jennings, '586a, starting tackle forOklahoma last season, has signed a contract toplay professional football with the Montreal Clubof the Canadian League.Frank L . Harrison, '58journ, has received acivil service job as a management trainee atTinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City . He hasbeen news editor of News and Views, CentralState Hospital publication, Norman .MARRIAGES : Miss Janice Lynn Spradling,'58, and Vaughn W. Brower, '536a, both ofOklahoma City, were married January 24 in theNorthwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City .Mrs . Brower is a senior nursing student in theUniversity of Oklahoma School of NursingMiss Emma Kathryn Kendrick, '58, OklahomaCity, and Leroy Marvin Milton, Shawnee, weremarried December 24, 1957, in the chapel of theOklahoma Medical Research Foundation . Thecouple has established a residence in OklahomaCity, where Mrs . Kendrick is a junior in the Universityof Oklahoma School of Nursing and Kendrickis a junior at the School of Medicine . Hehas a BS degree from Oklahoma State University .Miss Donna Rae Baker, Kingfisher, Oklahoma,and Richard Herman Martin, '586us, Fort Smith,Arkansas, were married January 4 in St. JosephCatholic Church, Norman . She is a graduate ofthe St . Anthony Hospital's school of X-ray tech-Dr. Dean E . Wooldridge, '32ba, '33ms, has beenelected president of Thompson-Ramo-WooldridgeProducts, Inc ., new subsidiary of Ramo-Wooldridge Corp ., of which he is also president. Wooldridge, former teacher of physicsat O .U ., now lives in Los Angeles, California .nology, Oklahoma City. They live in Norman .Miss Kathryn Marrinan and J. Clark Bowling,'58, both of Oklahoma City, were married December27, 1957, in Chandler . At present, Bowlingis majoring in aeronautical engineering atO. U.Miss Mary Elizabeth Angus, '58h .ec, Lawton,and Donald Neil Sherman, '57bus, Purcell, weremarried February 8 in the First PresbyterianOFFICIAL BALLOT1958 Election of Board of Trusteesof the Oklahoma Memorial Union, Inc .VOTING REGULATIONS: In accordance with Article VIII, (Nominations and Elections) of the Amended Articles of Incorporationof the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Student Union, the following nominees are candidates for membership onthe Union's Board of Trustees . Every paid member of the University of Oklahoma (Alumni) Association is entitled to vote for four(4) of the nominees . The four elected will each serve three-year terms .IMPORTANT : Vote for only four (4) nominees . Ballots must be received on or before May 1 at the office of the Secretary,Board of Trustees, Oklahoma Memorial Union, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma . Each ballot must be signed to be valid .(Both husband and wife, if paid members, are entitled to vote . Both may use this ballot, showing a double vote, but both must sign .)NOMINEES(Vote for 4)Harold Belknap 0 Joe Curtis D Ben Floyd 0 Hal MuldrowNorman Pauls Valley Tulsa NormanHerbert Branan 0 Charles Engleman Howard McBee F1 Lee B . ThompsonOklahoma City Clinton Frederick Oklahoma CitySignedAddressMARCH, 1958 PAGE 23

Church, Lawton. The Shermans are living inPurcell .Miss Virginia Smith, Stillwater, and WilliamKline, '58, Pawnee, were married December 21,1957, in Oklahoma City . Mrs . Kline attendedOklahoma State University and Draughon's BusinessSchool . Kline is a senior at O. U. with amajor in accounting .Miss Caroel Spangler, '58, Wichita Falls,Texas, and James David Iverson, '58, Tulsa, weremarried February 9 in Trinity Episcopal Church,Tulsa . The couple are making their home in Norman,where both are continuing their studies atthe University.Miss Shirley Marie Newberry, '58, Tulsa, andWilliam D. Robinson, '58, Oklahoma City, weremarried December 21, 1957, in Wheeling AvenueChristian Church, Tulsa . The Robinsons are livingin Norman while he is a pre-med student atO. U., and she is a junior in the College of BusinessAdministration .BIRTHS : Craig Nelson, '586us, and Mrs . Nelson(the former Shirley Franks, '56journ), Norman,have selected the name "Tracy Anne for theirfirst child, a daughter, born December 2, 1957,in Norman . Nelson formerly worked as advertisingmanager for Sooner Magazine.Stephen Curtis Champlin, '58geol, and Mrs .Champlin (the former Beth Gump, '54-'56), Norman,have selected the name Cynthia Lynne fortheir daughter born January 7 at Norman MunicipalHospital. Cynthia weighed 6 pounds, 13ounces. They have another daughter, StephanieAnne, 1 . Champlin is studying for a master's degreeat the University . Mrs . Champlin formerlywas employed as a secretary in the Alumni Association'soffices .AN OKLAHOMA U .RINGI/e SVOM4a1 4 a1~ ear always the distinctive ring whichtells the world you are proud of your college,proud of your class-with your classyear on the sides and school name encirclingthe stone .STONES AVAILABLEOnyx (black)-Sardonyx (red)Synthetic Ruby (red)-Synthetic Sapphire (blue)Topaz (yellow)-Amethyst (purple)Tourmaline (green)Massive IOK gold $48.00*Standard IOK gold $36.00*Ladies IOK miniature $29 .50**Plus 10°76 federal tax .State name of school, fingersize, class year, stone desired .COLLEGE SEAL and CREST CO .236A Broadway, Cambridge 39, Mass.Manufacturers of College Jewelry Since 1875How high is yourstandard of living?One good measure of your standard of living is the numberof ways you put electricity to work.Just for fun, why not test your standard of electricalliving? Place check marks below for the electric conveniencesat your command in your home . Then total thecheck marks to learn your score . You'll probably find thatthe dependable, low-cost electricity you get from yourelectric company is doing more things for you than youever imagined.How many ways doDINING-KITCHEN JOBS- REFRIGERATOR- RANGE- FREEZER- DISHWASHER- DISPOSAL UNIT-EXHAUST FAN- TOASTER-COFFEE MAKER-FOOD MIXER--PORTABLE MIXER- BLENDER- ROTISSERIE-AUTOMATIC SKILLET-DEEP FRYER-AUTOMATICSAUCE PAN- EGG COOKER- WAFFLE MAKER- GRILL-ICE CREAM FREEZER-JUICER-BOTTLE WARMER- KNIFE SHARPENERENTERTAINMENT andBETTER LIVING-TELEVISION- RADIO- CLOCK-RADIO- PHONOGRAPH-TAPE RECORDER- PROJECTOR- ELECTRIC TOYS-_ ELECTRIC HOBBYEQUIPMENT-WALL ANDCEILING LAMPS-FLOOR LAMPS-TABLE LAMPS- ELECTRICCLOCKS(Take this easy test and see)Se--g Adequate, Dependable . low-Cost Electr,coyyou P ut electricity to work?-ELECTRIC BEDCOVERINGSSHAVER-HAIR DRYER-HEATING PAD-HEAT LAMP- SUN LAMP- VIBRATOR-VAPORIZER-OZONE LAMP-NIGHT LIGHTSERVICE JOBS- CLG rHES WASHER-CLOTHES DRYER_SEWING MACHINE- IRONER-HAND IRON-WATER HEATER-VACUUM CLEANER-WATER-POLISHER-POWER TOOLS-GARAGEDOOR OPENER- ELECTRICLAWN MOWER-AIR CONDITIONERS-ATTIC FAN-OTHER FANS-SPACE HEATERS-FURNACE MOTOR- OTHERSCORES : If you checked 45 itemsor more, your standard of electricalliving is EXCELLENT30 to 44-VERY GOOD15 to 29-GOODLess than 15-YOU'RE MISSING A LOTOKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANYPAGE 24SOONER MAGAZINE