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Roll Call of alumni newsmakersDrawing by Cobcan, CC) 1930 The New Yorker Magazine, Inc ."1 don't suppose you'd have the `Ladies Home Journal'?"March, 1962ConversationPieceThe advisability of sending a freshman to college with a car to call his ownhas always been a debatable question . Banning the practice has been triedas a solution both to the orientation and parking problems--and such a banis being considered again with mixed reactions from students, faculty andparents . The Conversation Piece polled five alumni for their opinions on thesubject, and their answers-taken from taped telephone interviews appearon the following pages of the Roll Call section .15

Roll Call :news events in the lives of Sooner alumni1910-24Mrs . Orpha Mcrrill, 'Nba, '221-iw, Robcr; Pendarvis,'516a, '57Law, both of Norman, DavidSwank, '59Law, Stillwater, and Jack Scott, '361 wOktnulgee, are members of a special committee 'a ofthe Oklahoma Bar Association formed to organizea new section of the association on family law .Dr. Chalmer L . Cooper, '23eng, '26ms, retired inOctober as staff assistant in the office of the directorof the United States Geological Survey . Cooper,former faculty member at O.U ., and his wife nowhave their home near Sarasota, Florida . Besidesserving as instructor at O.U . in 1925 and 1926,Cooper served as assistant director and chief geologistof the Oklahoma Geological Survey and as ageologist with the Illinois Geological Survey .Mrs . Charles R . Rountree, (Kitty Shanklin,'236a), was on the executive committee for theDiamond Ball of New York City, a b-nefit of theInstitute of International Education held January31 . The Institute of International Education was apioneer organization in the field of educational exchangebetween organizations and cultural leadersof many nations .DEATHS : Benjamin C . Belt, '10ba, a retiredvice president of the Gulf Oil Corporation, (liedJanuary 15 at his Houston, Texas, home . Belt, oneof the first to receive a geology degree from O.U .,was one Of Houston's outstanding civic leaders . Heserved four terms as president of the HoustonChamber of Commerce and was one of the foundersof Houston's United Fund . Survivors are hiswife, Ruth, a sister, Mrs . Arthur C. Shead, Norman,and a brother, R. G. Belt, Newcastle .Dr . Virgil G. Wilhite, '216a, a professor of economicsat O.U . for 28 years, died January 30 in hisNorman home . Dr . Wilhite, 66, had recently beengranted a leave of absence from O.U . because ofillness and had planned to retire July I . During1 6Should the University ofConversation Piece I Oklahoma allow freshmento bring cars to school?CHARLES ELDER, '55ba, '58LawattorneyPurcellWorld War II, Dr. W-lhite had been a leading economicconsultant for United States governmentagencies and recently had written a book and severalarticles on economies for newspapers and farmand labor journals .Rose Wilkonson, '24, died December 17 in Sapulpa. She had been an executive secretary for PanAmerican Petroleum Corporation for 26 years . Sheis survived by four sisters and three brothers .1926-27G. Ellis Gable, '26L.aw, partner in the law firmof Gable, Gotwals and Hays, has been elected to theboard of directors of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. He is one of eight presidential directors andwill serve a three-year term . He joins three otherO.U . graduates already serving on the board ofdirectors . They are George L . Knapp Jr ., '376a,president of the Knapp Advertising Company ; Julian1 . Rothbamn, '366x, '38Law, of Francis Oiland Gas, Incorporated, and L . B . Selman, '316us,of Selman and Company .Col . John B . Miles, '266s, '27mc(l, has rctir=das commander of the 45th Infantry Division's 120thMedical Battalion in Oklahoma City . Colonel Miles,chief of surgical services at Anadarko Hospital, hasserved in the National Guard and active Armymore than 35 years .Dr . l) . G. Willard, '27hs, '29mcd, h ;ts beenelected chief of the staff of Norman MunicipalHospital . Other O.U . graduates elected were Dr .Roy Donaghe, '47med, vice chief of staff ; Dr . MaryAbbott, '536s, '57med, secretary ; Dr . Robert C .Mavfield, '546s, '50med, chief of surgery, and Dr .Robert O. Ryan, chief of medicine .1931-37Congressman Carl Albert, '31ba, spoke January26 at the annual Ardmore Chamber of Com-ELDER-I am not opposed to the . . . idea of "a freshman having a car at school ."I don't think it detracts from his education . . . deters him from his studies or anythinglike that. However, being a student at O.U . for six years, I know that carsand parking of cars is a real problem, and if [banning student cars ] tends to alleviatethat problem in some way, then I suppose by the seniority system that guidesour society, if anybody has to do without [cars] it should be the freshmen . . . Ifthere is an adequate solution to the handling and the parking of the cars, I thinkit is all right- [for freshmen to have them] . I have always taken exception to someof the solutions the University has [employed I to solve the parking problem-forexample, the parking meters and that sort of thing . I don't think they do any good. . . I don't think that there is any merit in [keeping the freshmen from having carsmerely because they are freshmen] . In fact I think it just encourages them to sneakthe cars in and try to circumvent the regulation in various ways . If a kid is a freshmanin the University and doesn't have enough sense to use an automobile-why,he probably doesn't need to be down there anyway .coerce banquet. It was his first public address sincehis election as House majority leader .Robert L. Cox, '296a, '31Law, Oklahoma Cityattorney, is teaching one of the courses left vacantby the death of William R. Bandy, professor of lawat the University of Oklahoma . As chairman of theOklahoma Bar Association committee on the uniformcommercial code, Cox had worked withBandy supporting the measure during its passageby the state legislature in 1961 . Mrs . Cox is theformer Irene Croom, '286a, '31mboa .Roy P . Stewart, '316a, columnist and editorialwriter for the Daily. O1Zlahoman, spoke on the topic"Narrow Corner" to'the International Club December15 at the Oklahoma Memorial Union . Stewarthas been on the Daily l)Itlahoinan staff for 22 yearsos city editor and Washington correspondent .Dr . Wendell L. Smith, '33mcd, has been nameda trustee of the 7- ulna County Medical Society .Robert Lee Berry, '34Law, was recently swornin as an assistant U.S . attorney at Oklahoma City .He formerly was a supervising attorney with theVeterans Administration in Washington, D.C .Cleo Clay Dewitt, Coolidge, Arizona, recentlyreceived a master's degree in elementary educationfrom the University of Arizona, Tucson .Joseph Culp, '356a, '371,aw, was elected vicepresident of the Oklahoma Bar Association at itsannual convention at Oklahoma City .Dr . J . Hartwell Dunn, '376a, has been electedvice president of the Oklahoma County MedicalSociety .Dr . C . Joe Holland, '37journ, '47ms, directorof the O.U . journalists school, has been namedchairman of the research committee of Sigma DeltaChi, professional journalism society. This committeeis charged with selecting the society's annualresearch award winner and advising national headquarterson research projects to be sponsored .DEATHS : Virginia Cochran Campbell, '326a,Miami, (lied May 12 .Final rites for Thomas Robert Wood, '356x,'37Law, who died in Millville, Ohio, were held inOklahoma City. He was an employee with the OhioCasualty Insurance Company in Millville . Survivingare his wife, Elaine, of the home ; two daughters,Vickie, of the home, ant] Mrs . F . K. Hagger,Wichita, Kansas, and his mother, Mrs . Millie Tester,Marion, Ohio .1940-41James A. McNeese Jr ., '40ha, '47Law, has beenelected president of the Ponca City Chamber ofCommerce . He is an attorney there .Comdr . John W. Wade, '406us, has beenawarded the Army Commendation Medal for outstandingservice with the Defense Traffic ManagementService . Commander Wade, formerly executiveasistant to General I . Sewell Morris, has beentransferred to the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River,Maryland, as supply and fiscal officer.Dr . Scott Hendren, '396s, '41med, OklahomaCity internist, was recently elected president ofthe Oklahoma City Clinical Society at a dinnermeeting held by the Oklahoma County Medical Society. He succeeds Dr . Thomas C. Points, '396s,'41med, '55nas . Director of clinics is Dr . Lynn H.Harrison, '386s, '40med . Dr . Coye W. McClure,'386s, '40med, is vice president; Dr . Paul D. Erwin,'426a, '46mboed, secretary, and Dr . Robert J. Morgan,'426s, '44med, treasurer .Mrs . Ruth I . Knee, '416a, Bethesda, Maryland and, ,a consultant for theU.S . Public Health Service andWalter Recd Center, was in charge of a psychiatriccare institute which was part of a three-day conferenceof the Oklahoma Health and Welfare AsSOciationheld recently in Tulsa .DEATH : Nathaniel Ford, '41eng, a constructionengineer for Kerr-McGee Oil industries, In-SOONIIR MAGAZINE

eorporated, died November 29 at Omaha, Nebraska , Ford, of Prague, is survived by his wife(Margaret Ambrister, '416s), a daughter, ThanyaLee , both of the home, a brother and his mother,Mr. A . B . Ford, Okemah .1942 G . Breaune, '426a, '421,aw, has been appointeddistrict judge for the Ottawa and Delawarecounty district by Governor Edmondson . Breauneand his wife (Ruth Virginia Williams, '396a) havetheir home at Miami .Eldon R . Chandler, '426us, has been promotedto chief natural gasoline accountant in the comptroller'sdepartment of Phillips Petroleum Company,Bartlesville . Since 1959 he has been on specialassignment in the comptroller's organization . Hejoined Phillips in 1948 .Walt Grove, '42, was the author of the story-Square Christmas" which was published in theDecember issue of Playboy magazine .Al Horwitz, '42journ, has been promoted toinanager of the retail advertising department of theNorth Hollywood (California) Valley Tirncs . Hehas been on the advertising staff since 1954 .Dr . Paul P . Jackson, '42mcd, has announcedthe opening of a new office in Vancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada .DEATH : Army Capt . Eugene Wroten, '42, anative of Lawton, died October 10 in the crash ofan Army helicopter in Germany . He is survived byhis father, Lt . Col . (Ret .) J . W . Wroten, Lawton ;his wife, Louise and their two children, Cheryl, 15,and Jenks Trent, 7, of Munich, Germany .1944-47Dr . C . B . Dawson, '44med ; Dr . Dick H . Huff,'44med ; Dr. Rex E . Kenyon, '476s, '51med, andDr. David C . Lowry, '46med, were elected to theboard of directors of the Oklahoma Medical Societyat its annual meeting in Oklahoma City .Bill R . Stokes, '41-'44, has been appointed assis-tant general manager of the Bay Area Rapid TransitDistrict, San Francisco, California . He will retainthe title of director of information, a position hehas held since joining the district in 1958 .Army Maj . Joseph P . Smith, '466s, is presentlyattending a 16-week associate course at the ArmyCommand and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,Kansas . The course, which will end May 4,prepares selected officers from all components ofthe Army for duty as commanders and general staffofficers .Dr . Donald L. Brawner, '47med, recently assumedduties as staff president of St . Francis Hospital,Tulsa .Mrs . Celia Mae Bryant, '47fa, '48m .fa, associateprofessor of music at O .U ., has accepted anappointment as southwestern division piano chairmanof the Music Teachers National Association .As one of six division piano chairmen, Mrs . Bryantwill determine appropriate projects for the pianosubject area of the association and evaluate workthat has already been started .Edna Spencer Heffner, '476a, is presently makinga tour of Egypt and the Holy Land . She willreturn to her Norman home in April . She is thewidow of the late Roy E . Heffner, '186a, '19eng,who died in 1949 .Peter G . Pierce, '47, native of Okemah, hasbeen elected vice president of Fidelity NationalBank and Trust Company, Oklahoma City . He isalso manager of the installment loan department .BIRTH : Norman E . Reynolds Jr ., '416a, '47-Law, and Mrs . Reynolds, Oklahoma City, havechosen the name Robert Cooper for their son bornDecember 3 . Their other children are Norman III,6 ; Margaret, 5, and Nancy Elizabeth, 1 .1948-49Dr . Samuel A . Capehart, '48med, was named aboard of censors member of the Tulsa County MedicalSociety at a meeting in December in Tulsa.Frank H . Moores, '48bus, has been promotedto assistant vice president of National Bank ofTulsa . Moores, former assistant cashier, is also assistantmanager of N .B .T .'s installment loan department. He joined the bank in 1954 . Moores and hiswife have two children, Susan Kay and DavidPatrick .Roscoe Rouse, '48Lib .sci, '52ma, director ofBaylor University libraries and chairman of thedepartment of library science, has been awardeda Ph .D degree in library science from the Universityof Michigan . During the summer, Dr . Rousewill be on a leave of absence from Baylor to filla term's appointment to the graduate faculty ofthe University of Oklahoma School of Library Science. Dr . Rouse is married and has two children,Richard, 7, and Robin, 5 .George M . Gentry, '496a, '51ms, received hisdoctor's degree from Michigan State University atthe end of the 1961 fall term .William C . Pratt Jr ., '496a, assistant professorof English at Miami University, has been named arecipient of a Miami University summer researchappointment allowing him to devote full time toa special research project during the 1962 summervacation period . His project is research andtranslation in tracing the origins of modern poetryin various languages . The native of Shawnee alsohas a master's degree from Vanderbilt Universityand a doctorate from the University of Glasgow .1950Robert Blackstock, '506a, '51Law, has beennamed president of the Oklahoma Bar Association .Blackstock, a Bristow attorney, is married to theformer Elaine Cartwright, '53 .Dr. Wayne J . Boyd, '50ined, medical superintendentof Eastern State Hospital, Vinita, was thespeaker at the December 4 Washington CountyMental Health Association meeting .Leo John Finley Jr ., '50eng, '51m .eng, Ogden,Utah, has been employed by the University of California'sLos Alamos Scientific Laboratory as anOfficialBallotUniversity of Oklahoma Alumni Association1962 Election of Executive Board MembersDISTRICT II0 Bill E. Knapp, '28OkmulgccF~ Frank H . Spence, '41 journWagoner[] Kirk Woodliff,'36ba,'37LawHenryettaE] Tom S . Boinford, '48busMiamiJohn B . Doolin, '40bus, '47LawAlvaE] J . R . Spear, '43busOklahoma CityNOMINEES(Active members of the Alumni Association may vote for one in each district and three members-at-large.)DISTRICT IV0 Harry McMillan, '50bus, '53LawBristowE] Jim Miller, '34ba, '34LawShawnee01 )r . Orange Welborn, '46medAdaMEMBERS-AT-LARGEF-1 William J . Kennedy, '55engNormanE] Harry Moore, '51engCushing0 Mary Jane Curtis Noble, '46busArdmoreDISTRICT VIIGlee Miller Garnett, '37soc .wkAltusJack Ned Smith, '41baFrederickE] Dr . James H . Tisdal, '45medClinton0 Charles Rosenberger, '54TulsaJohn F . Y . Stambaugh, '36busTulsaJack H . Taylor, '45geo1, '51maOklahoma CityName - _ AddressMail to Alumni Office, University of Oklahoma, Norman . If you do not choose toseparate sheet of paper. All ballots must be received prior to May 1, 1962 .March, 1962cut off thispage, ballot may be submitted on a17

Conversation Piece Iengineer . Finley, member of the Professional EngineeringSociety and the Oklahoma Chapter of theNational Registered Professional Engineers, is marriedand has four children .David L . Morgan, '506us, owner of the D . L .Morgan Company, has been elected president ofthe Tulsa Insurance Board . Before starting his owncompany in 1958, Morgan was a partner in theWilliams and Morgan Company, Tulsa .Leo 1) . Reynolds, '50journ, has established anew weekly newspaper in Great Bend, Kansas . Hewas formerly editor and general manager of theNorth Star, Oklahoma City .Army Maj . George R . Robinson, '50Law,Cement, Oklahoma, is presently attending the 16-week associate course at the Army Command andGeneral Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .Donald F. Smith, '50, Oklahoma City, was oneof 42 North Americans ordained as Roman Catholicpriests in ceremonies held December 20 at St.Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy .MARRIAGE ; Patricia C . Harlow, Stafford,Pennsylvania, and Roger Mackey Tarman, '50fa,were married November 22 in the First UnitarianShould the University ofOklahoma allow freshmento bring cars to school?BEN F . DAVIS, '40baCorps of Engineers Land OfficeEufaulaDAVIS-1 don't think they should be permitted to drive cars . . . The freshmanyear is the most critical year of all for students entering the University . I feel thathaving a car or having access to a car is not too good . . . I think it might detractfrom study time by letting them run around a little more I think that in theirupper years-sophomore, junior, senior-perhaps, with certain limitations, theyshould be permitted to drive cars .Chapel, Brooklyn Heights, New York . Mr . andMrs . Tarman have their home in Brooklyn Heightswhere Tarman is assistant director of the languageand literature division of the Brooklyn Library.BIRTH : Joe S . Snider Jr ., '50geo1, and Mrs .Snider are the parents of a son, Joseph David, bornNovember 16 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital,Oklahoma City. Their other children are Gayle,11, Cindy, 6, and Jenny, 5 .DEATH : Frank 1' . Brandon, '50pharm, diedAugust 8 in Pryor . He was a pharmacist at theGatewood Drug Store at Pryor . His wife (ImogeneFaith, '50pharm), who had been a pharmacist atthe Professional Pharmacy, preceded him in death .1951Dr . Victor H . Cohen, '51ph .d, curriculum advisorin the United States Air Force Air UniversityWar College extension course, Maxwell Air ForceBase, Alabama, has been advanced to the rank ofprofessor of international relations . Prior to hispresent assignment, Dr . Cohen served as commandhistorian at the Air Force Academy .Robert J . Glendening, '516us, has been name(]district accounting manager for Southwestern BellTelephone at Tulsa .M . Tan Gordley, '51m .fa, faculty member ofthe art department, East Carolina College, had twoof his paintings included in the Sixteenth AnnualIrene Leache Memorial Exhibition of ContemporaryVirginia and North Carolina Painting at the Norfolk,Virginia, Art Museum . A faculty member atEast Carolina for the past two years, Gordley headsthe painting program in the college art department .He is married to the former Marilyn Classe, '57m .fa .Jerald L. Jennings, '51eng, has been appointedtraffic equipment engineer for Southwestern BellTelephone at Oklahoma City. Jennings joined Bellin 1953 and has served two years at the Bell Laboratories,Murray Hill, New Jersey .Charles E . Lanham, '51hus, a vice president ofthe Union National Bank, Bartlesville, was electeda director of the bank at the annual stockholdersmeeting January 9 . Lanham was an assistant nationalbank examiner with the U . S . Treasury Departmentbefore joining the Union National Bankin September, 1956, as assistant cashier and managerof the installment loan department .Wade Walker, '51ed, has resigned as head footballcoach at Mississippi State University to devotefull time as athletic director of the university .Walker, All-America football player at O .U . in1949, coached at North Carolina State College,Durham, and Texas Technological College, Lubbock,before going to M .S .U . in 1954 as I :ne coach.1952Melvin L . May, '52bus, has been transferred tothe Liberal Kansas office of Pan American PetroleumCorporation and has been promoted to landman,senior grade, in the exploration department .I le was formerly at the Jackson, Mississippi, office .Betty Honnold Neely, '52m .ed, has been appointedclean of woman at the University of California,Berkeley . Mrs . Neely joined the staff of theUniversity of California in 1954 and became asso-AN OKLAHOMA U RINGcl" 4onhal 4 agift Ecklethe milk in theNEW "NO WAX" CARTONfromOklahoma's Great Independent Dairy9LIt Eod,FARMSWear always the distinctive ring whichtells the world you are proud of your college,proud of your class-with your classyear on the sidescircling the stone .and school name en-STONES AVAILABLEOnyx (black)-Sardonyx (red)Synthetic Ruby (red)-Synthetic Sapphire (blue)Topaz (yellow) -Amethyst (purple)Tourmaline (green)Massive 10K gold $48 .00*Standard 10K gold $36 .00Ladies 10K miniature $29 .50 **Plus loojo 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 18751 8SOONER MAGAZINE

ciate dean of women in 1960 . Before coming toBerkeley, she was assistant dean of women atOhio State University .Raymond L . Schuette, '52ed, '54ms, his wifeand three children have moved to Denver, Colorado,where Schuette is now chief of Titan I operations,field service and support activation. He wasformerly manager of the field service and supportdepartment of the Titan operations at VandenbergAir Force Base, California .Army Capt . David E . Shepherd Jr ., '52ba,'51ma, is presently assigned to the Army Commandand General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,Kansas, where he is attending a 16-week associatecourse . He was last stationed in Korea .James L . "Pat" Spivey, '526us, has been namedco-manager to take over the managerial duties ofthe late W . 11 . Cochran in the Oklahoma City brokerageoffices of Milburn, Cochran and Company .Spivey has been associated with the firm since 1960 .Ben Stockwell, '52ba, '56Law, Norman attorney,has been elected vice president of the ClevelandCounty Bar Association to fill the unexpiredterm of the late William R . Bandy, O .U . law professor.Don Symcox, '52bus, has been elected to theboard of directors of the United Fund of Norman,Incorporated . Four other O .U . further studentswere re-elected to the board . They are JamesAgar, '54 ; J . 1) . Farmer, '38cng ; Robert 1 .. Pendarvis,'516a, '57Law, and Dr. Earl Sneed, '346a,'37Law .Lee R . West, '52ba, '54Law, has received aFord Foundation fellowship which will admit himto graduate study at the Harvard law school inSeptember . lie is presently a special lecturer atO .U . He formerly practiced law at Ada .Jerry Whitten, '52fa, was featured in a recentorgan concert at the First Christian Church,Oklahoma City . Whitten was the organist for thechurch before he left to attend Union TheologicalSeminary, New York City, in 1959 .Cole-HaanCordovansby~arolb'5The most important shoes you'llever own . . .Black on BrownModel #7111 $28.95Black on BlackModel #7112 ---------- $28.95Order now in sizes 71/2 to 13, widthsA-D . Add 50c for postage and handling .Add 2% sales tax for orders in Okla .Clip this coupon or mail following informationright away . . .-------------------------------------Harold's Men's Apparel329 W. Boyd, Norman, Okla .Please send-pair ofStyle#-,SizeCheck enclosed Bill meName - -StreetCityShould the University ofConversation Piece I Oklahoma allow freshmento bring cars to school?MRS . WHITAKER-Cars are one of the biggest problems of urban existence, andI do not think that freshmen should be restricted from having cars any more thananyone else. I do think, however, that all cars should be [banned] from the campusarea, except staff and faculty cars ; they're just too big a problem . . . A car is themost useless thing in the world when the driver is not in it . . . But I don't thinkthat the freshmen, any more than the upperclassmen, should be penalized by nothaving a car available. So, as far as freshmen being allowed to bring cars to Norman,I think that they should [have that right] . But I think that it would discouragemany people [from bringing cars] if cars were [banned J entirely from allcampus areas . . . I don't believe I had one in the freshman year . . . I had accessto my parents' car whenever I needed it, since we were living in Oklahoma City . Idid have a car almost full time as a senior, and I was a counselor at that time .1953-54Army Reserve Chaplain Francis M . Marks,'536a, has been recalled to active service and isnow serving with the 100th Division at FortChaffee, Arkansas . He was formerly minister ofthe First Baptist Church, Balko, Oklahoma .John Murdock Matthew, '53ba, has been namedassociate editor of the Anglican Digest, a publicationof the Episcopal Book Club at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Matthew studied professional writing atO .U .James Robinson, '53Law, has been promotedfrom assistant attorney to assistant general attorneyof National Bank of Tulsa . Robinson joined thebank in 1959, after serving with Cities Service andSkelly oil companies and in private practice .James L . Burton, '54ba, has resigned as assistantU . S . district attorney at Tulsa to join the lawfirm of Foliart, Shepherd and McPherren in OklahomaCity . Burton is a 1959 graduate of the Universityof Michigan Law School and has a masterof law degree from the University of London .The Rev . Clyde Chesnutt, '54ba, minister ofthe First Methodist Church, Grove, was the speakerat the December 3 meeting of the O .U . WesleyTHOMSONSOUND SYSTEMSPhone--High Fidelity Specialists-One of the leading stereo centersin the SouthwestJE 4-8745Located directly acrossfrom the 0. U . campusMRS . RICHARD L . WHITAKER(Myralin Gallaspy, '58journ)Mill Valley, California315 West BoydNorman, OklahomaFoundation . He is a former director of that foundation. His brother, Lonnie Chesnutt, '57ba, isassociate director of the Wesley Foundation at theGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta .Dial Currin, '54eng, '54ba, chairman of theboard for the Federal National Bank and TrustCo., Shawnee, has been named Shawnee's "Citizenof the Year" by the Kiwanis Club . Currinserved from 1941 to 1954 as a member of theOklahoma State Board of Regents for Higher Education. He is now serving as president of theOklahoma Baptist University Board of Trustees,Dr. Donald D . Layton Jr ., '541ned, has joinedthe staff of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota,as a consultant in neurology . Formerly Dr . Laytonwas in private practice with Dr . R . I). McKay inChicago, Illinois, and since 1958 had been an instructorin neurology at the University of IllinoisCollege of Medicine.Thomas Allen Morris, '54ba, has received amaster of religious education degree from theNew Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary .Capt. James I) . Reeder, '54cd, Foss, and Lt .Owen Black Jr ., '57bus, Muskogee, have qualifiedas Army helicopter pilots after having completedthe 10-week rotary wing qualification course at thePrimary Helicopter School, Camp Wolters, Texas .Dr . Earl Smith, '54med, has been elected presidentof the Tulsa chapter of the American Academyof General Practice . Dr . Smith entered medicalpractice at Skiatook in 1955 and moved toTulsa in 1959 .1955Dr . Milton Carleton and Mrs . Carfcton (BettyAnn Dahlgren, '55ba) live in Lake Charles, Louisiana,where Dr . Carleton is a dentist. They havethree children, Mike, 4, Steve, 3, and ElizabethAnne, 10 months .Ray B . Patton, '55ba, '60ms, is the new planningdirector for the city of Norman . He formerlywas assistant director of the San Joaquin County(California) planning department . He is marriedto the former Gloria R . Chambers, '55ed .Laven Sowell, '55fa, former Oklahoma City19

ist and insti uctor in Okernalt schools,baritone soloisdirector of vocal music at Edison High School,Tulsa .gay Marsh Teague, 'S51n.cd, has completed therequirements for a doctor of philosophy degreefrom the University of Oklahoma . Mrs . Teague'smajorwas special education and her minor waspsychology .BIRTHS : James Leonard Crump, '551ned, andMrs . Cramp have announced the birth of :t son,lames Leonard Jr ., on November IS in BatonRoug e, Louisiana . The couple has two otherchildren .Dr. Paul C. Kerninerlv, '55bs, '58nied, andMrs . Kerrtrnerly (Judith Turner, '54ed) are theparents of a son, Adam Charles, born October 23at Hillcrest Medical Center, Oklahoma City .Alan Melton, '556a, and Mrs . Melton are theparents of a (laughter, Maja Jean, who was bornNovember 27 in Oklahoma City . They have anotherchild, Loren Ncll, 2", .Dr . J . E. Pyeatte, '55med, and Mrs . PN-eattc(Joella Campbell, '506s, '541ned) have chosen themine Katherine Bess for their (laughter born Nomnber22 at Oklahoma City . They have another(laughter, Laura, 1 .Sterling B . Jones, '55geol, and Mrs . Jones (RaeDonna Moore, '55) have chosen the name KelleyBeth for their (laughter born October 25 in Tyler,Texas . The\' also have a son, Dick Sterling, 4%i,and another daughter, Kimberly Bless, 3 .DEATH : Clara P . Austell, '55nt.ed, Stritford,died February 24, 1961, in Oklahoma Citv .1956-57Gordon R . Richards, '56, has stored to Purcellwhere he i, the ncvv owner of the Holmes varietyeb~b jFum"e*March, 1962Conversation PieceIShould the University ofOklahoma allow freshmento bring cars to school?RALPHG. THOMPSON,'56bus,'6ILawattorneyOklahoma CityTHOMPSON-I think there should be no ban against freshmen having cars .I had (a car] at all times ; whether I was allowed to or not, I really can't recall . Andthat is one reason I am against l a restriction j . I don't think it is an enforceablerule, and I don't think the consequences of having cars there are quite as grave assome do . With some students [it would probably interfere with studies . Restrictions based on grade averages is a good idea, but again I think it would be veryhard to enforce . There would always be reasons for having exceptions to thoserules . . . but it would be so complicated and unenforceable that it would probablydefeat the purpose of such a ban .....store there. He was formerly assistant managerof the T. G. & Y. variety stores in Oklahoma City .Richards is married and has one childPreston Trimble, '56journ, '601.avv, assistantCleveland County attorney- , has been named eainpaignchairman of the Norman Heart Fund Drive .Army Reserve Lt . William R . Council, Jr.,'57eng, has been recalled to active service and ispresently serving as a platoon leader with the 100thDivision at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas . He was forinerlyassociated with the Council ConstructionCompany, Oklahoma City .Charles K. Ridgeway, '576us, has been appointedcity sales manager at the Chicago, Illinois, officeof the Jones & Laughlin Supply Division . Ridgewaywas formerly at Dallas, Texas .Dr . Jody L. Stevens, '571n.cd,'59d .ed, is presentlyheading the elementary education departmentat Austin College, Sherman, Texas .BIRTHS : Richard "1 . Sparks, graduate ofPrinceton University, and Mrs . Sparks (AliceHide, '56) are the parents of a daughter, Lea Ali-,ion, born October 11 in Oklahoma City .Willard E . Johnson 11, '56bus, and Mrs . Johnson(Joan Musick, '55bus), Oklahoma City, havechosen the name Willard E . III for their son bornNovember 15 . Their (laughter is Pamela, 3V2Howard T Bosworth Jr ., and Mrs . Bosworth(Gayle Freeman, '576a) of Midland, Texas, are theparents of a daughter, Carolyn Keys .Walter B . Fielding, '57geol, and Mrs . Fielding(Mary Alice Foley) are the parents of a son,Matthew Brenton, born January 19 . Fielding iswith the U. S . Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.DEATH : John Wcslcy Robinson, '57cng, Ilouston,Texas, (lied January 12 . Robinson, a retirednaval lieutenant commander, was a petroleum engineerfor Texas Fastcrn Tiansinission Corporation. He is surviecd by li s wife, Georgia, directorof loans and scholarships at the University ofHouston, and two sisters, Mrs . Katherine Cox .Champaign, Illinois, and Mrs . T. J Spear, OklahomaCity .1958Aruty 1st Lt . Holley D. Bradley, '586a, recentlycompleted a police administration course conductedby the Military Police Department, U . S . ArmySchool, Europe, Oberammergau, Germany . LieutenantBradley entered the Army in 1958 .The Rev . Larry Benton Gatlin, '58ba, curate atSt . John's Episcopal Church in Norman since June,was ordained priest on December 19 in traditionalceremonies at the church . He is a graduate of GeneralTheological Seminary, New York City .Roger H . Klecn, '58bus, '61ins, a researchphysicist with Utah State University, is presentlyworking at the Air Force Cambridge ResearchCenter, Bedford, Massachusetts, in connection with,t contract between Utah State tart" and the Cambridge =eResearch Center .Lt. Torn R . Maher, '58cd, El Reno, and Lt .Gary G. Ray, '58geol, Amarillo, Texas, have beenassigned tn a (-orcombat ready unit of the" Air Forceut Spangdahlern Air Base, Germany, after graduatingfrom the advanced operational training coursefor fighter pilots of the F-105 Thundcrchief .Capt . James W. Wilson, '58nted, a staff physicianat Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oklahorna City,is the new commander of the 45th Infantry Division's120th Medical Battalion in Oklahoma City .Captain Wilson, a member of the board of directorsof the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation,is married and has five sons .MARRIAGI? : Barbara Wells and Fred MitchellJr ., '58, were married December 16 at Purcell. Thecouple lras established a home in Purcell whereMitchell is assistant manager of a local store .1959John P . Arnold Jr ., '59bus, and Mrs . Arnold(Martha Clark, '57ed) have moved to McLean,Virginia, from Abilene, Texas, after Arnold, awage and hour law enforcement specialist, vvaspromoted to the national office of the U . S . Departmentof Labor . 'rhe couple became the parents(,f a (laughter, Kathleen Rene, on November 24They also have a 3-year-old son .J . Edwin Carman, '59bus, '61 Law, former CuatCounty attorney, has accepted the position of assistantcounty attorney under Richard f. Penix,Pittsburg County attorney . Carman and his wife(Charlotte F . Anderson, '57e(l) lraee one son .Ernile Dan Fullerton, '59ed, is presently teachingschool at Albuquerque, New Mexico . He is theandson of judge J . P . Fullerton, '331-ixv, MrsFullerton of Lawwn .21

nt,hus, Purcell, recently completed the officer oritntationcourse at the Air Defense School, FortBliss, Texas . Lieutenant McEldcrry, is married tothe former Bcttc Jo Suchy, '6lba .B, J . Smith, '59fa, is the new assistant to thedirector of the Oklahoma Art (,enter staff, OklahorrtaCity. Smith is a Painter and has had hiswork exhibited at Oklahoma City, at the PhilbrookArt Center, Tulsa, in the Young Painters of 1958inKansas, all('in California .MARRIAGE : Earl James Giccns and Mrs . Givens(I)clores Bratchcr, '5t)) have established a honnein Lindsay . They were recently married in theWashington Pentecostal Holiness Church, Washington,Oklahoma .1960Jamcs W. Cafkc, '60eng, stationed at SchwabischHall, Germany, as a member of the Army's37th Artillerc, has been promoted to the rank offirst lieutenant . Lieutenant Cafky, fire directionofficer of the artillerc's Batters C, entered the Armyin June, 1960 .Richard 1'. Coussons, '60bs, was the recipient ofthree scholastic awards from the University of OklahomaSchool of Medicine, Oklahoma City . Theywere the Mark R h.verett award, the annual Rochcaward and the Peter E Russu prize in ratliologicanatomy . Coussons, Tulsa, is a junior :it the medicalschool .Daniel L Goldschuiidt and Mrs . Goldschtnidt(Luis Priceinan, '60ed) have their home in Wichita,Kansas . '1 hey have a son, Steven Richard, 10months oldMARRIAGES : Gayle Christensen, '60ed, Tulsa,and Joe Wesley Davis, Tulsa, were married Noeember24 in the Boston Avenue Methodist Church,Tulsa . Their ]ionic is in Tulsa where Davis is employedby the Tulsa metropolitan area planningcommission and is attending the University ofTulsa .Linda Carroll Nancy, '60, Oklahoma City, andPaul C. Duncan Jr ., Oklahoma City, were marriedDecember 19 in the First Christian Church, OklahomaCity . Duncan is presently enrolled at O.U .and the couple's home is in Oklahoma City .Donna Kay Sharp, Holdenville, and LloydThornton Moxley- , '60, Wynnewo(jd, were marriedDecember 17 in the Barnard Memorial MethodistChurch, Holdenville . Mr. and Mrs Mosley haveestablished their home in Wynnewood, and bothare enrolled at Fast Central State College, Ada,James Lowell Womack and Mrs . Womack(Erma Jane Boed, '60) are now tit home in Denver,Colorado, where Womack is serving in theAir Force stationed at Lowry Air Force Base . Thecoulfe was married September 3 in the City ParkBaptist Church, Denver . Womack is from FortMadison, Iowa, and Mrs . Womack is froth Keokuk,Iowa .DFATH : James Douglas Howard, '60, diedOctober 19 in Oklahoma City Prior to an extendedillness, Howard had been working towarda degre4 in architecture at O.U IIc is survivedby his parents, Mr and Mrs . J . 1) . Howard, Lawton,a sister, Nancy, Garden Gr(ne, California, antia brother, Dallas, Norman .Should the University ofConversation Piece I Oklahoma allow freshmento bring cars to school?WALLACE TAYLOR, '40pharmpharmacistNormanTAYLOR-Well, I have mixed reactions to that problem . I can remember when Iwas an undergraduate that certainly nothing would have pleased me more than tohave a car . Being a resident of Norman, however, I realize the inadequacy of ourstreets to accommodate all the traffic, some of which results from the student carpopulation . So, it's sort of a delicate problem, but I feel that with the street programthat our city is trying to inaugurate . . . perhaps we will have the adequatefacilities to take care of the increased traffic . I atrt a little bit disturbed about theparking problem we are faced with here in Norman . I hate to see the students haveto walk, but on the other hand, it might be good for some of them, for freshmenat least . Until they become oriented in the University, it might be well if they didn'thave quite the freedom that perhaps upperclassmen deserve . Undoubtedly I havingcars affects their studies I . I know that my son's studies have been affected since hehas been driving a car . He would rather be out driving a car than studying . I Parkingfacilities] is part of the problem, but there are many, many facets to this thing. . . The fact that a student doesn't have a car doesn't necessarily penalize him .When 1 was in school here, of course, none of the students were allowed cars, andwe always managed to get where we needed to be without a car . I realize that thereis a problem, but I still don't believe that a little more foot exercise would hurtanyone . My son will be entering the University in another year, and I hope thathe will not have a car when he goes into the University, not only for his safetyand the safety of others, but also from the expense angle . That runs into money .1961Robert B . Durdcn, '61ed, an art and Englishteacher at Harding high school, Oklahoma City,has been employed to teach art for the OklahomaScience and Art Museum there .Ilal G. "Jerry" Gill, '61eng, has been promotedto design engineer for Northern Natural Gas C(,mpanyLit Omaha, Nebraska .Arnold Glenn Henderson, '61arch, '61eng, isan architectural designer for McCune and McCuneArchitects and Engineers, Tulsa .Redus F. Holland, '61ph .(I, is n staff member atthe Los Alamos (New Mexico) Scientific Laboratories. IIc and Mrs . Holland have a son born October30 .Harold T. Sandliti, '61bus, has been employedas :t junior accountant in the central division officeof the Pan American Petroleum Corporation .Dr . June Self, '61mboed, an intern at St John'shospital, Tulsa, was the guest speaker at the I)ccctnbermeeting of the Northeastern State CollegePre-Med Club .Earl Spangler, '61plt .d, has been promoted cr,associate professor Lit Macalc,ter College, St. Paul .Minnesota . Fir . Sltnngler is author ( the bookNegro in .Minnesota, published in September .MARRIAGES : Sclvia Glasgow, 'bled, and AlbertE . Upslter III, Kansas City, Missouri, weremarried November 24 in the Westminster PresbyterianChurch, Oklahoma City .Sally Ann Lively, '61x1, Okluh,nna City, andThomas Jefferson Hughes 111, '»Iws, Cashing,were married December 9 in the WestminsterPresbyterian Church, Oklahoma Citv . Mr . andMrs . Hughes are now at honne in Cashing .Ann Stovall, '61h .ec, Wilburton, and Lt. RobertLee Hancc, '616us, Corpus Christi, Texas, weremarried Oecctnber 23 in the First MethodistChurch, Wdlntrton . 'they have established ahome in Phoenix, Arizona, where Lieutenant Haneyis at Williams Air Force Base.BIRTHS : W. C . Bonnet', '61bus, and Mrs . Bonnet'are the parents of a son, William Mark, born1)cccmbober t) in Oklah(nna City .Thomas M. Richardson IV, '61bus, and Mrs .Richardson (Linda Frantz, '61) announce the birthof a son, Thomas Mcriwether V, December 31 atBaptist Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma City .TYLER tr SIMPSON CO .Wholesale GrocersNormanArdmore, OklahomaGainesville, TexasHal Muldrow Agency'28Insurance of All KindsBonds117 E . Comanche NormanPUBLICATION PRINTERSComplete Service IncludingColor Work and Mailing"Quality Printing Since 1889"TRANSCRIPT PRESS222 E. Eufaula St. Norman, Okla .March, 196223