Norwich University Record, Volume 45, Issue 8 (February 1954)

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News Issue of the

NORWICH U N I V E R S I T Y

R E C O R D

ACCENT ON NORWICH -John G. Kissane, '38, St. Albans attorney, is sworn in as collector of customs for the District of Vermont by Federal Judge Ernest W Gibson, '23, at a ceremony in Brattleboro. He was appointed by President Eisenhower to succeed James E. Manahan of St. Albans. Additional details

will be found on Page 14.

Basketball Team Continues Undefeated

Three State Rivals Among 13 Victims FOR SCORES SEE PAGE 30

Norwich's New Hydrodynamics Laboratory

This picture of Norwich's new Hydrodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Lab' oratory in Dodge Hall shows, in part, several of the experimental setups.

In the foreground is the centrifugal pump, and below the floor is the four' foot deep reservoir which supplies the laboratory with water It measures 11

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by 12 feet. The water is recirculated throughout the systems with practically zero waste of water

At the left is shown a small portion of the flume. Measuring 23 feet in length, this is one of the principal features of the laboratory The flume has a cross section of 12 inches by 18 inches. It was designed with a supporting framework of aluminum members and sides of Lucite to show the movement of water throughout its entire length. The flume may be simply adjusted for change in slope, and it is designed to make possible a considerable number of different kinds of experiments and studies, such as triangular and rectangular weirs, the hydraulic jump, supercritical flow, wave studies, viscosity experiments, and others.

The flume is rigidly connected to a steel stilling tank, and this is readily ad-justable with the flume. The tank is built with specially designed and arranged curved baffle plates, not seen heretofore just like these in any such installation. These curved baffle plates effectively remove the rapid churning action of en-trance water into the tank, so that by the time the water reaches the entrance to the flume it is in uniform, quiet, steady flow.

Also in the picture, through the transparent walls of the flume, may be seen, in part, a number of pipes of different sizes used in studies on pipe friction.

In the center of the Laboratory near the ceiling are, from left to right, an orifice meter, a flow nozzle, and a Venturi meter, which is being calibrated in this picture. This includes a very nice weighing setup of large capacity Pres-sure taps from each meter may be connected to the manometer setup as shown, and actual discharge is obtained by means of the weighing tanks.

In addition to the equipment shown, the laboratory contains a Flowrator and a commercial water meter for studying methods of metering flow, a Pelton wheel which is an impulse type turbine, an experimental setup for studying vis-cous drag on spheres, a pressure gage tester, orifice tanks with sharp-edged and round-edged orifices, etc. The orifice tanks are designed to make possible vary-ing heads of water, and one placed in its own room on the first floor also serves as a constant head tank for other experiments.

The laboratory contains another room for future developments, a class room, office space, and a small-instrument storage and tool room.

The laboratory was designed by Dr. David L. Snader, head of the Civil Engineering Department, after extensive research and visits to many of the lead-ing college laboratories in the Eastern United States. The Norwich facilities are unusually fine for a small college.

New York Times Military Editor Is Forum Speaker

Hanson W Baldwin, military editor of the New York Times, was a Norwich Forum speaker on Jan. 14. His bril-liant address on world affairs held the close attention of his audience, limited largely to cadets and faculty members

because of poor attendance by the general public.

Regarded as one of America's fore-most military analysts, Mr Baldwin has been military editor of the Times since 1942, the same year he won a Pulitzer prize for a series of outstand-ing first-hand articles on the battle areas of the South Pacific.

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More Fine Publicity . .

NORWICH FEATURED IN AVIATION AND ROTC

NATIONALLY-CIRCULATED MAGAZINES

Norwich University has had write-ups in two nationally-circulated maga-zines recently The November issue of Pan American World Airways Teach-er, a trade publication sent to 40,000 school teachers in the United States and 10,000 school teachers overseas, had a full-page article on the Norwich 1953 Aviation Education Workshop written by one of the teachers who at-tended this program, Miss Jean Cob-leigh, of the Memorial School, Spring-field, Mass., who praised every angle of this program. She ends her article

" I am grateful for the opportunity I had in attending the Aviation Edu-cation Workshop. For facts, flight experience, six units of credit and fun, I recommend it to every teacher for next summer I guarantee you six weeks you will long remember "

Copies of this article, together with a prospectus of the 1954 Aviation Edu-cation Workshop to be held at Norwich July 1 to August 12, 1954, will go out to all Norwich Ambassadors. We trust that they will be instrumental in interesting teachers in their vicinity to apply for admission. We will be glad to send this literature to any other in-terested alumnus.

For those of you who may not be familiar with this Aviation Summer School for Teachers, we refer you to the September, 1952, issue of the Nor-wich Record which carries an excellent article on the Aviation Department and on the Teachers Summer College. We also refer you to your January 1954 Record, page 22, in which a letter from another of the teachers who attended this workshop is reprinted.

Through United States Army officers

Plaudits Mr Virgil S. Price, editor and

publisher of the ROTC Journal, has written to Lt. Col. Ritchie Garrison, '37, as follows

"We are very happy that you and General Harmon were pleased with the way we presented the Norwich story Actually the story and pictures you were kind enough to furnish us made this one of the most enjoyable tasks we have ever had. Any praise for this article belongs entirely to you."

Copies of the December issue of The R. O. T C. Journal are avail-able for 35c each from The R. O. T C. Journal, 4437 Osborne Road, Brookhaven, Georgia.

who are assigned to the ROTC unit at Norwich, a special feature article on Norwich appeared in the December 1953 issue of The ROTC Journal. This issue carried a photograph of General Harmon on its front cover The fea-ture article, entitled "Norwich Univer-sity, The Military College of New Eng-land," ran to three full pages and in-cluded five excellent photographs of the University and ROTC activities.

An editorial on the back page states "With this issue The ROTC Journal

is beginning a series of feature articles which will give the highlights of the history, past and present, of the na-tion's nine essential military colleges.

"This issue contains a well illustrated feature on Norwich University, North-field, Vermont, which was the first col-lege in the nation to prescribe military training as part of its curriculum. The Department of the Army traces the history of the Reserve Officers Train-ing Corps program back to this insti-tution, which was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge, a former su-perintendent of the United States Mili-tary Academy "


The ROTC Journal is circulated to the nation's military students and in-structors in the ROTC, the AFROTC and the NROTC. It is, of course, fit-ting that Norwich, the father of the ROTC system, should be featured in the first article. Thanks are particu-larly due to Lt. Col. Ritchie Garrison, '37, now on ROTC assignment at Nor-wich, for the preparation of this ex-cellent article.

Returning to the subject of the Avia-tion Department and the Aviation Teachers Workshop, Professor Hop-kins reports that 14 of his students spent two days of their Christmas vaca-cation as guests of TWA and Pan Amer-ican in New York City Under the sponsorship of these two airlines and in cooperation with the New York Port of Authority and the Civil Aeronautics Administration, these cadets were given an opportunity to make a complete tour of the new Airline Terminal Build-ing in New York and the New York International Airport, as well as the facilities of TWA and Pan American. They distinguished themselves by their fine appearance, their excellent man-ners and the intelligent questions they asked. Their hosts were both pleased and impressed by Norwich men. The personnel officer of one of the airlines suggested that if any of our cadets ap-plied for positions with his airline they should be sure to state in their applica-tion that they were graduates of the Norwich Aviation Course, and that this would assure them of an interview

Norwich students who joined Prof. Hopkins in New York for one or both of the visits to TWA and Pan Ameri-can were

Alex Vickowski, Sunderland, Mass., Edward Meehan, Syosset, N Y , Her-bert LaRosa, Port Chester, N Y , John McKinley, Bedford Hills, N Y , Heik-ki Meri, New York City, John Hamel, Hackensack, N J , John Bagley, South Hadley, Mass., Peter Malnati, Kear-

1954 REUNION CLASSES Commencement, June 11, 12, 13

1904—50-Year Reunion 1909—45-Year Reunion 1914—40-Year Reunion 1919—35-Year Reunion 1924—30-Year Reunion 1929—25-Year Reunion 1934—20-Year Reunion 1939—15-Year Reunion 1944—10-Year Reunion 1949— 5-Year Reunion

ny, N J , Robert Fresolo, Arlington, Mass., Alexander Budd, Merchant-ville, N J , Alfred Nelson, Garden City, N Y , Robert Garside, West-port, Conn., William Ouellette, Chis-holm, Me., David Steeves, Fairfield, Conn.

Now, on the subject of the Pan American article on the Aviation Teachers' Summer School, I want to quote from a letter just received from Gus Nelson, '24

" I would like to suggest that you urge alumni to bring the article to the attention of their local high school teachers. It should be an excellent way to get good publicity for Norwich where it can help a lot, and at the same time perform a very helpful and useful service to high school teachers who might not otherwise know about what we have for them. It is heartwarming and reassuring to find Norwich increas-ing her field of usefulness in such a practical way "

Herbert E. Rea Public Relations Director

N O R W I C H U N I V E R S I T Y R E C O R D Vol. 45, No. 8 February, 1954

The Record is published at Northfield, Vt., by Norwich University monthly Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Northfield, Vt. News Issue Editor, John E. Mazuzan, '24. Assistant, Cora Taylor


NORWICH INTERVIEWS BROADCAST BY WDEV

Between halves of the Vermont and Middlebury basketball games played in Northfield, information on Nor-wich was broadcast from Water-bury's WDEV by means of inter-views with Norwich officials. Dean Perley D. Baker was heard during the Vermont game, and General Cauldwell, Norwich vice-president, spoke at the Middlebury game. Texts of both interviews follow

The Baker Interview 0 To start our interview, will you

give us a very brief historical sketch of Norwich?

A. I will be glad to, and I will limit it to the most pertinent points. After Captain Alden Partridge had complet-ed his tour of duty as superintendent of West Point, he went to Norwich, Vermont, and in 1819 founded the American Literary, Scientific and Mili-tary Academy In 1834, the Academy was chartered by the State of Vermont and the name was changed to Norwich University Thus, Norwich was the first civilian military college. As a matter of fact, West Point is the only military college in the United States, civilian or service operated, that is older than Norwich.

The first catalog was published in 1821 and offered courses in Civil Engi-neering. Norwich thus became the first school of engineering, essentially and primarily for civilians, and consider-ably antedated the civil engineering training given by any other civilian college.

The University moved from Nor-wich to Northfield in 1866 after the buildings at Norwich were destroyed by fire. One important factor in the selection of this site was that it is nearly the geographical center of the state.

Q. Are the academic courses like

those of West Point or like those of-fered by civilian colleges?

A. Our curricula are those of a civil-ian college.

0 - What curricula do you offer? A. As one would expect, because

of our tradition, we offer curricula in civil engineering, electrical engineer-ing, mechanical engineering, and engi-neering management. We also have a chemistry curriculum terminating in the bachelor of science degree.

I believe many of our fellow Ver-monters know Norwich only as an en-gineering college and do not realize that it has a liberal arts program in which a student may major in biology, chemis-try, economics, education, English, government, history and modern lan-guages.

Finally, we have curricula in busi-ness administration and aviation ad-ministration. To the best of my know-ledge, the latter is the only one of its kind in New England.

It is essentially a business adminis-tration course containing 30 semester hours of aviation subjects. Graduates of this curriculum are trained for man-agement duties with an airline com-pany

0 - What is engineering manage-ment?

A. Engineering management is a

NEW ADDRESSES

John J Kiley, Jr., '45, now 8 Mag-nolia Terrace, Stoneham, Mass.

Charles A. Sweeney, '46, now 11 Dia-mond Spring Rd., Denville, N J

Lt. William G Carlisle, '52, now Hqrs. & Service Co., 72nd Tank Bn., APO 248, San Francisco, Calif.

Lt. Clifford O„ Morrie, '50, formerly APO 733, Seattle, now 38th Ren. Bn. School Troops, Fort Knox, Ky


course designed to give a student a thorough foundation in engineering subjects plus the fundamentals of in-dustrial management. It is comparable to courses in other institutions known as management engineering or indus-trial engineering.

0 - You mention the chemistry curriculum and the chemistry major Are these two different courses?

A. Yes. The chemistry curriculum is organized so that a student receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry will have met the require-ments of the American Chemical So-ciety

The Liberal Arts major in chemistry trains a student in the four basic branches of chemistry It furnishes an ample background for secondary school teaching and chemical sales, and premedical students could take the course.

0 - What is the major chosen by the majority of your premedical, pre-dental and preveterinary students?

A. They take the biology curricu-lum.

Q. Does Norwich offer pre-law training?

A. Yes, it does, and I might add at this point that we have a large number of students attending graduate schools

NEW ADDRESSES

John J Sawyer, '38, now 188 Cony St., Augusta, Me.

Douglas P Adams, '38, formerly Portland, Me., now Box A, Thomaston, Me.

Col. Reginald P Lyman, '19, former-ly San Luis Obispo, Calif., now c-o Of-fice of the Chief Signal Officer, Dept. of the Army, Pentagon, Washington 25, D C.

who are studying one of these various specialties.

0- Hasn't Norwich built a new sci-ence hall?

A. Yes. This is the second year that we have used it, and we are very proud of it. If you have not had the chance to go through it, you should do so at your first opportunity It is a unit of our new technological center

Q. What do you mean by the tech-nological center?

A. This is a group of three build-ings which house our Engineering, Sci-ence, and Mathematics Departments. At the present time, Aviation Manage-ment, Education, and the Bureau of Industrial Research are also located here. The Cabot Hall of Science and Tompkins Hall have been built since the war

0 . Speaking of new academic build-ings, haven't you remodeled your li-brary?

A. Yes, it has been remodeled. The work was completed so that it was open for inspection last commencement. The reading rooms are very attractive, and the new arrangement has greatly increased the efficiency

Q. Does Norwich run a summer school?

A. Norwich operates a Civil Engi-neering Summer School and also an Aviation Education Workshop. The latter was offered for the first time last summer for elementary and secondary school teachers, and I have never seen a more enthusiastic group of students.

0 The members of the Norwich faculty wear the army uniform. Does this mean they are army officers?

A. No. The Vermont State Legis-lature by an act approved November 29, 1898, designated Norwich Univer-sity as the Military College of the State of Vermont and provided mili-tary rank for the members of its facul-ty At the present time, an instructor

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Dates Listed for Showing Of Film Featuring Norwich

On page 5 of the January Record there was an article describing some film publicity for Norwich. Mr Lloyd Bemis will be showing this film, " D y -namic New England," at the following places and dates during the months of February and March

Feb. 2—Medford, Mass., Medford Lions Club, Royall House, 6:30 P M.

Feb. 3—Wareham, Mass., Wareham Chamber of Commerce, Coffee Shoppe, 6:30 P M.

Feb. 4—Harwich, Mass., Harwich Rotary Club, Red Sail Restaurant, 6.15 P M.

Feb. 8—Bourne, Mass., Bourne Ro-tary Club, Bourne Mill, 6:30 P M.

Feb. 24—Fairhaven, Mass., Fair-haven Lions Club, American Legion Hall, 6:30 P M.

Mar 1—Plymouth, Mass., Plymouth Rotary Club, Harris Hall, 12 15 noon

Mar 16—Easthampton, Mass., East-hampton Rotary Club, Methodist Church, 6 10 P M.

Mar 17—Agawam, Mass., Agawam Lions Club, Capt. Leonard House, 7:00 P M.

Mar 18—Holyoke, Mass., Holyoke Lions Club, Roger Smith Hotel, 12 15 noon

Mar 19—Springfield, Mass., Spring-field Rotary Club, Hotel Kimball, 12 15 noon

Mar 19—South Hadley, Mass., Cen-tre Men's Club, Centre Church, 6:00 P. M.

Mar 24—Jamaica, N Y., Jamaica Rotary Club, Y M. C. A., 12 15 noon

Mar 25—Hempstead, N Y., Hemp-stead Rotary Club, Hempstead Golf Club, 12 15 noon

Mar 25—New York, N Y., Home of Old Men and Aged Couples, 1060 Amsterdam Ave., 6:00 P M.

Mar 26—Hartford, Conn., Hartford Civitan Club, Hotel Bond, 12 15 noon

Mar 30—Lowell, Mass., Lowell Ro-

tary Club, Y M. C. A., 12 10 noon Mar 30—Salem, Mass., Salem Lions

Club, Hawthorne Hotel, 6 15 P M. Mar 31—Lynn, Mass., Lynn Lions

Club, Hotel Edison, 12 15 noon. Mar 31—Nashua, N H., Nashua

Exchange Club, White Gobbler, 6 15 P M.

We are sure any Norwich men who are members of the organizations men-tioned will make it a point to attend this film showing. We would also like to suggest to Norwich Club secretaries and any alumni groups that Mr Bemis would be glad to show his film to alum-ni groups free of charge. If anyone is interested, please let us know, and we will try to make the arrangements. It is, of course, understood that the show-ings should fit in with Mr Bemis' other engagements.

We would particularly draw the at-tention of the Springfield Norwich Club to the fact that Mr Bemis is to be in Holyoke and Springfield Mar 18 and 19. As far as we know, he has no en-gagement the night of Mar 18. Also to the Norwich Club of Northern Con-necticut the fact that Mr Bemis will show his film in Hartford at noon Mar 26 and does not seem to have an en-gagement in Hartford that evening.

H E. Rea

NEW ADDRESSES

Ralph P Evans, '14, formerly Dur-ham, N H., now P O. Box 1343, Sara-sota, Fla.

Robert C. Colegrove, '45, formerly Cambridge, Mass., now 14 Hemlock Lane, Bedford, Mass.

Lt. James M. Clark, Jr., '52, now Co. C, 63rd Tank Bn., 1st Inf. Div., APO 1, New York City

Lt. Richard W Lounsbury, '52, for-merly Chadds Ford, Pa., now 1712 Fairview Drive, Killeen, Tex.


Eighteenth in a Series of Articles By Norwich Department Heads

The Department of Modern Languages By Robert D Guinn, Head of the Department

Photography by Prof. George H. Burnham

When Norwich was founded, the initial catalog indicated that, in addi-tion to Latin and Greek, the study of French was to be a part of the academ-ic program. A few years later, in 1825, Spanish was listed as the second mod-ern language to be offered, and, in ex-plaining the reasons therefor, Captain Partridge wrote as follows

"As to the knowledge of Spanish, it is daily becoming of the first conse-quence to the citizens of the United States. Six independent republics have recently been established in South America. From this geographical posi-tion and forms of government, our commercial and political relations can not fail of being an intimate, interest-ing and momentous character—all tending to render their language ulti-mately next in importance to our own."

With the teaching of French more or less common in our higher institutions of learning back in those days, instruc-tion in Spanish, in contrast, was not very much in vogue, and there is a possibility that Partridge was among the first educators to add this course to a curriculum. At any rate, it con-stitutes further proof that our founder realized that the study of a language might have a practical as well as a cul-tural value.

With travel to other countries a nor-mal and popular occurrence in these days of "short" distances and with many jobs and professions, both civil-ian and military, calling for service out-side the United States, the knowledge of a language, beyond that of the moth-er tongue, may well become a practical

asset to anyone regardless of his train-ing or skill.

By carefully reading the early pub-lications of our institution, it will be discovered that Captain Partridge had some other ideas well advanced for his day Although he does not mention the complexities of our social system and their demand for a broader and more extensive educational back-ground, he does infer the need to coun-terbalance a fundamental engineering training with sufficient courses in other fields for proper, all-round develop-ment, which seems to be the object the engineering groups are striving to at-tain at present.

After many years of residence in Dewey Hall, the Modern Language Department is again located on the second and third floors of Dodge. But this return to our home of 25 years ago is a most agreeable one in many as-pects.

We are now provided with ample room for the work of the Department, the classrooms are sufficiently large, perhaps with more space than we ac-tually need for some of our customary small sections, and each instructor has his own office in which he is "lord and master of his own domain."

Then, too, a Modern Language Seminar room is now available for use in the newly renovated Henry Prescott Chaplin Memorial Library, where we will have a center for our books, per-iodicals, records, music, maps, and pictures. It will also make an appro-priate place to hold meetings of the three language clubs which are spon-


sored by the department and actively promoted by those students interested in obtaining a little extra-curricular knowledge of the particular language in which they are working.

For several years languages have not been required for admission, and, since the fall of 1952, they have not been in-cluded in the distribution requirements for graduation, with the exception that cadets majoring in chemistry or biology must still acquire a reading knowledge of German. Just how much this non-requirement feature will ultimately

affect the enrollment in the department can not be determined at this moment.

So far, no appreciable loss of num-bers has been noted, but, if a decline in our enrollment should follow, as ex-pected, we will be compensated by the feeling that the cadets who take the language courses will do so on their own volition because they are inter-ested, and not because they need to meet any definite language require-ment for graduation.

There is nothing more detrimental to a man's patience, dignity, eagerness,

Prof. Robert D. Guinn, head of the Department of Modern Languages, is seated at his desk in Dodge Hall. With him are his two assistants, Dr Charles M. Crain

and Prof. Holden B. Bickford.

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or health than to try to teach someone something he does not want and in which he has long ago made up his mind to have no interest.

The department has three instruc-tors. In addition to myself, whose faults and idiosyncracies are so well known to most of the alumni here, we have two excellent men in Holden Bickford and Charles Crain. Mr Bick-ford, commonly called "Bick," has been with the department since 1949, prior to which he had many years of teaching experience in his field. He graduated from Wesleyan in 1932 and holds a Master of Arts degree from Middlebury, where he is currently each summer working for his doctorate. Mr. Crain reported for duty this fall after teaching last year at Colby. He is a graduate of Bowdoin, 1947, with a master's degree from Harvard in 1948 and the Ph.D from the same institu-tion in 1952.

As I inferred above, it is good to have the department back in Dodge Hall. After all, it was the second building to be constructed on the Hill and its walls reek with the traditions and spirit of the past. If the faculty members back in those days could climb the two flights of steep stairs (38 steps by ac-tual count) to reach the third floor,

Dr. Crain examines one of the language volumes in the Seminar Room of Hen-ry Pescott Chaplin Memorial Library

the members of the present depart-ment will breathlessly keep stumbling up to evoke and commune with these great men of Norwich who have work-ed and struggled in this old building to make our institution firm and strong in its own right. Certainly we shall do nothing to offend their memory

NEW ADDRESSES John O. Cook, '52, now 2182 The

Plaza, Schenectady, N Y Hilton E. Gale, '32, formerly George-

town, Mass., now Richmond, Vt. Norman W Schuler, '50, formerly

Wellesley, Mass., now R. D 1, Outlook Rd., No. Billerica, Mass.

Ernest Rusconi, '44, formerly Gil-roy, Calif., now Room 206, Commer-cial Bldg., San Jose 13, Calif.

Bruce E. Kenerson, '51, formerly APO 42, New York City, now 2 Not-tingham Rd., So. Lynnfield, Mass.

NEW ADDRESSES Stiles D. Woodruff, '43, now 6422

Aberdeen, Dallas, Tex. Aubrey L. Brier, '50, now 50 So.

Munn Ave., Apt. 218, E. Orange, N J. Lt. Carleton P Gilroy, '53, now Co.

A, 16th Armored Engr Bn., Fort Hood^ Tex.

Wadsworth S. Stone, '46, formerly Norwalk, Conn., now 105 So. Franklin St., Chagrin Falls, O.

Lloyd Robinson, Jr., '43, formerly So. Orange, N J., now 1616 W. 109th St., Los Angeles 47, Calif.


This is a reproduction of a news-paper feature that was widely distrib-uted by the Central Vermont Railway

Harmon Given Timetable Drawing

An original drawing featuring Norwich University at Northfield, Vt., and appearing on more than 20,000 copies of the Central Ver-mont Railway's timetable which is nationally distributed, has been presented to Maj. Gen. E. N Har-mon, U.S.A.—Ret., president of the university (left) The drawing,

made by the celebrated artist, Stephen J Voorheis of New York, was presented to General Harmon by Frederick W Hutchinson (cen-ter) chief engineer of the Central Vermont and, as his father before him, a Norwich graduate, as gen eral passenger agent Walter J Regan looks on.

NEW ADDRESSES

Earl A. McHardy, '54, formerly Bay City, Wis., now 237 E. 2nd N., Logan, Utah.

Erving A. Furbush, '29, now 1205 Queen Anne Ave., Apt. 305, Seattle 99, Wash.

Leonard J W Franson, '41, former-ly Lynn, Mass., now Woodside Road, So. Hamilton, Mass.

NEW ADDRESSES

Henry L. Maclntire, '27, formerly Rome, N Y., now 96 Leroy St., Pots-dam, N Y

Arthur F Moore, '48, formerly Mar-blehead, Mass., now 13 Dunn St., Thomaston, Me.

Paul D Beaudin, '51, formerly Spen-cer, Mass., now 2041 Fletcher Ave., So. Pasadena, Calif.


Norwich Men in the News . . .

Edward Dawson, '17, Gets New Post with Westinghouse

A recent issue of the "Electric Light and Power" magazine notes that new appointments by Westinghouse in-clude that of Edward B. Dawson as general application engineering man-ager for the elevator division. "Mr. Dawson, with Westinghouse since 1919, is a graduate of Norwich University," the magazine noted.

William Barrett, '21, Promoted To Brigadier General, V.N.G. From the Burlington Free Press

It's now Brigadier General William G. Barrett.

The deputy commander of the 43rd Infantry Division was presented his commission and stars in a surprise cere-mony held at Ethan Allen Air Force Base by Adjutant General Murdock A. Campbell.

General Barrett, who is 55, is the first brigadier general in Vermont Na-tional Guard ranks since Reginald W Buzzell, former superintendent of the Soldiers' Home in Bennington.

A veteran of World War I, General Barrett served as a colonel in the Eu-ropean Theater during World War II He is a native of Montpelier, was grad-uated from Montpelier High School, and attended Norwich University

He is now chief engineer for the Ethan Allen Air Force Base. He was formerly an engineer with the State Highway Department.

Gerrit Zwart, '21, Authors Article on Atomic Teaching From the Ramapo, N Y., Independent

An article written by Gerrit Zwart of the science department of Suffern

PRESS PIECES TELL STORIES

High School is being printed by the Government Printing Office for use of educators throughout the country The article deals with teaching about atomic energy and its printing is being sponsored by the United States Atomic Energy Commission's educational ser-vices branch.

Mr. Zwart, veteran Suffern High in-structor, has long been interested in atomic energy and in 1945 made the nation's first film strip on atomic en-ergy and the bomb. This has been used in thousands of schools. In re-cent years, he has been the foremost local source of information on peaceful uses of atomic energy and has spoken before local organizations as well as in his classes on this topic.

In school, Mr Zwart has sponsored an extracurricular activity, the Atomic Energy Club, to supplement his regu-lar lectures to classes on the subject of atomic energy Students have aided him in the preparation of exhibits and demonstrations for visits to the school by adults during "open-house" sessions.

Mr Zwart prepared the material for a radio play, entitled "The Peaceful Atom," which is also in the files of the Radio-Visual Information Branch of the A. E. C.

Charles Bennett, '28, Heads Reporter's Inner Circle

Charles G. Bennett, '28, a reporter for the New York Times, has been elected president of the Inner Circle.

The organization, which consists of past and present City Hall and politi-cal reporters, will hold its annual stunt show at the Astor Hotel on March 6.

Robert G Carleton, '31, now R. D. 1, Brittany Court, Northport, L. I., N. Y.

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Lt. Col. Kenneth Rice, '33, Graduates from Staff College

Special to the Record from Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Lt. Col. Kenneth E. Rice graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Dec. 18.

He was one of 287 Regular Army, Reserve and National Guard officers completing the 17-week course prepar-ing for duty on the general staffs of division or higher units.

Colonel Rice, a 1933 graduate of Norwich University, is with the Army Security Agency in Syracuse, N. Y A veteran of more than 13 years in the Army, he served in Europe during World War II

Allen Barclay, '35, Returns To Barre as Service Manager

From the Barre Times Announcement is made by the Casel-

lini-Venable Corporation that Allen M. Barclay, a former resident and son of Mrs. Icy Barclay of California and the late Douglas Barclay, has been ap-pointed local plant service manager Although a native of Barre, Mr Bar-clay has been away since 1930. He comes here from employment with the Boyce-Harvey Machinery Co. of Baton Rouge, La., where he had worked since August, 1950, and had been service manager since July of this year

The new service manager graduated from Spaulding High School with the class of 1930, and from Norwich Uni-versity with a BS degree in 1935. He joined the Marine Corps and later was employed for the United Fruit Com-pany at Guatemala, South America, from 1937 until 1943. From the latter date until July, 1946, he was employed by the U S. government as a field fore-man in the Panama Canal Zone.

He is married and the father of two boys, aged 12 and 10 years. At the

end of the present school year he ex-pects to be joined here by his family, now residing at Kenner, La.

John Kissane, '38, Named Collector of Customs

Associated Press dispatch from Washington, D. C.

President Eisenhower has appointed John G. Kissane of St. Albans, Vt., to be collector of customs at St. Albans in place of James E. Manahan, re-signed.

Mr Kissane, 39, is a practicing at-torney in St. Albans. He is a Navy veteran of World War II A native of Norwood, N. Y., he went to St. Al-bans in 1939 after graduation from Boston University Law School. He previously had attended Norwich Uni-versity He was elected city grand juror in 1941 and subsequently served three terms as state's attorney of Franklin County He is married and has two children.

NEW ADDRESSES

Ftitz L. Metzger, '34, now 54 South Lane, Orchard Park, N. Y

Perry T Lane, '43, now 350 Chest-nut St., Lynnfield Center, Mass.

Russell Bickford, '08, formerly W Dennis, Mass., now Coronado Drive, Oklawaha, Fla.

Robert S. Haynes, '49, formerly W. Springfield, Mass., now 920 Stony Hill Rd., Wilbraham, Mass.

Lt. Col. Leo Guibault, '29, formerly APO 59, San Francisco, now 314 Camp Hood St., Killeen, Tex.

Lt. William N. Demos, '52, formerly Fort Devens, Mass., now 226th Signal Co. (Svc), APO 234, San Francisco, Calif.


Col. Robert Maroni, '39, Named Operations Chief

Special to the Record from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Col. Robert J. Maroni, a Norwich University graduate, has been named chief of the Administration and Opera-tions Office of the Directorate of Pro-curement and Production, Air Material Command.

Prior to his arrival at Wright-Patter-son AFB, Colonel Maroni was deputy chief of Procurement Division in USAF Headquarters, Washington, D. C. During World War II he served in the European theater, with assignments as communications officer in Great Brit-ain and Africa.

Colonel Maroni was born in Mont-pelier, Vt. After attending Montpelier schools, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Norwich and a Master of Science de-

Col. Robert Maroni


gree in industrial engineering from Columbia University.

Colonel Maroni is married to the former Margaret Virginia Corbin of Hallwood, Va. They and their two children, Ann and Robert J., Jr., re-side at 573 Margaret Drive in Fairborn.

Charles Yardley, '40, Gets Important Study Assignment

Charles F. Yardley, '40, who for some time has been supervisor of less-than-carload freight for the New Haven Railroad, has been loaned by that road to the Association of American Rail-roads to become a member of the re-search committee of the Freight Sta-tion Section, with headquarters at Chi-cago

This committee of three, under the direction of G. H. Hill, on loan from the Pennsylvania Railroad, has been formed to make a thorough review of the l.c.l. freight situation on the rail-roads of the country, with the purpose of developing more satisfactory service to the shippers and receivers and to halt, if possible, the continuing trend of this type of freight to trucks.

"It is a distinct honor to have been selected for this assignment, testifying to the esteem and regard which Mr Yardley is held in the industry," George C. Randall, '04, noted in calling the appointment to the attention of the Record.

NEW ADDRESSES

Joseph H. Clarke, '40, now 10 Pleas-ant St., Lewiston, Me.

William W Ware, '50, formerly Ashby, Mass., now 25 Parker Ave., Holden, Mass.

Reginald P. Lyman, Jr., '43, former-ly Red Bank, N. J., now 523 Amherst Rd., So. Hadley, Mass.

Albert Flory, '42, Named Utilities General Manager

From the Newport Express Richard L. Rosenthal, president of

Citizens Utilities Company, has an-nounced the appointment of Albert A. Flory as general manager of Citizens' Vermont operations which are head-quartered in Newport. He succeeds Myron G. Clapper, who will take over the position of sales manager

Flory, a native of Fair Haven, comes to Citizens from his post as superinten-dent of the power division of Vermont Marble Company in Proctor He has been associated with Vermont Marble since his release from the armed ser-vices in 1946.

Mr Flory graduated from Norwich University in 1942 with a Bachelor of

Albert Flory

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Science degree in electrical engineering. While at Norwich, he attained the rank of second lieutenant in the cadet corps, was elected to Maroon Key, and was a member of Phi Kappa Delta Frater-nity He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946 and was re> leased as a captain after three years of European duty He served from 1947 to 1950 as a captain in the Vermont National Guard.

He is a member of the Vermont En-gineering Society, the Vermont Elec-trical Society, the American Legion and the Loyal Order of Moose. He was married in 1943 to the former Esther Miller of Chicago. They have three daughters.

Paul Bancroft, '44, Appointed Worthington Account Supervisor

From the Bradford Opinion The appointment of Paul O. Ban-

croft as account supervisor for Worth-ington Corporation's air conditioning and refrigeration division in Harrison, N. J., has been announced by M. E. Ziegenhagen, advertising manager

Mr Bancroft will assume responsi-bility for all air conditioning and re-frigeration advertising and sales pro-motion.

He graduated from Bradford Acad-emy in 1940 and from Norwich Univer-sity in 1947 as of 1944 after serving three years with the U S. Army He then joined the advertising and sales promotion department of General Elec-tric Co. with assignments at Cleveland and Schenectady In November, 1952, he moved to Worthington Corp. as ac-count supervisor He resides at 6 Lin-den Place, Summit, N. J., with his wife and three children.

David E. Clarke, '44, now 738 Lis-bon St., Lewiston, Me.

N O R W I C H R E C O R D , F E B R U A R Y , 1 9 5 4

Paul Bancroft

Mezzy Barber, '44, Injured Last Winter, Wins Again

By Frank Elkins In the New York Times

Last February, Merrill (Mezzy) Bar-ber was told by physicians that his ski jumping career, after twenty-five years, had ended. The Brattleboro, Vt., ri-der broke four ribs and suffered a ser-ious shoulder injury in a spill in the national championships at Steamboat, Colo.

On Dec. 13, while 12,000 looked on, the New Englander won the Torger Tokle Memorial jump at Bear Moun-tain, N. Y., for the fourth straight year in his return to competition.

The 1951 national open winner top-ped one of the finest fields ever to ap-pear in ski jumping. He turned in al-most flawless leaps of 144 and 152 feet to beat favored Arthur Tokle, the cur-rent national titleholder, by one point, 215.7 to 214.7 Tokle held a margin

of six-tenths of a point for Class A laur-els after the first round with a jump of 147 feet.

Art Devlin, former national cham-pion and two-time American Olympic skier, and Jon Riisnaes, Norwegian star from the University of New Hamp-shire, who won nine meets, including the North American event, in his Amer-ican debut last winter, were close be-hind the leaders.

In the second and final round Tokle soared 149 feet. Riisnaes jumped 138 feet on his second attempt, Devlin 139

Then came the setting for Barber, who had shown caution in his first flight. With the honors at stake, the machine tool designer from South-bridge, Mass., came roaring down the reduced in-run, the approach to the takeoff, and sailed into the air in his best style. When he hit the landing slope, Barber appeared headed for a fall but achieved 152 feet, the longest flight of the day

Only Barber and Devlin of those en-tered this year were rivals of the late Torger Tokle, who broke 24 records while winning 42 of 48 tournaments. Staff Sgt. Tokle was killed in March, 1945, while leading an infantry platoon in an attack by the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy

NEW ADDRESSES

Jack B. Hempstead, '43, formerly E. Paterson, N J., now 1213 South Bu-chanan St., Arlington, Va.

1st Lt. Albert B. Pyle, '49, formerly APO 25, San Francisco, Calif., now 507 Chestnut Ave., DuBois, Pa.

1st Lt. Harold B. Hodge, Jr., '51, formerly APO, San Francisco, Calif., now First Army Training Aids Sub-center, Fort Devens, Mass. Home ad-dress: R.F.D. 2, c-o Edw. McLeod, Lowell, Mass.


Attorney Charles Sweeney, '46 Promoted in Air Reserve

From the Morristown, N J., News Among those recently promoted to

the grade of first lieutenant in the United States Air Force Reserve was Lt. Charles A. Sweeney of Fayson Lakes. Lieutenant Sweeney is a mem-ber of the 9255th Volunteer Air Re-serve Training Squadron, which meets at the American Legion Home in Mor-ristown.

Following his graduation from high school in 1941, he enlisted in the Air Force and served as a gunner, rising to the grade of sergeant. He was com-missioned as a bombardier in 1945. After the war, he attended Norwich University, from which he was gradu-ated in 1948. Rutgers University a -warded him a law degree in 1951, and in 1952 he was admitted to the N. J Bar.

Lieutenant Sweeney, who started a general law practice in Denville last month, lives with his wife at Lakeside Trail East in Fayson Lakes.

Mitchell Esoian, '49, Enters Hartford Law Partnership

From the Hartford, Conn., Times Atty Mitchell Esoian has become

associated with Atty Alfred F Kotch-en in the general practice of law at 42 Asylum Street.

He was graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1942, Norwich University, with honors, in 1949, and the University of Connecticut School of Law, 1953.

During World War II he served as a flight engineer with the Eighth Air Force in Europe, receiving the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf clusters and the ETO ribbon with three battle stars.

He belongs to St. John's Lodge 4 of Masons, several Armenian social or-

ganizations and the Norwich Univer-sity Alumni Association.

Single, he is 28 and lives at 12 Linn-more Street. He was previously em-ployed by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., Hartford, and by the State Department of Labor.

1st Lt. Richard Prior, '51, Completes Duty in Korea

From the St. Albans Messenger 1st Lieut. Richard P. Prior of St.

Albans, who has been serving with the U. S. forces in Korea, left that country recently and is expected home follow-ing his separation in the near future.

Lieut. Prior entered the U. S. Army in June of 1951 following his gradua-tion from Norwich University He was ordered to Fort Knox, Ky., for ad-ditional training.

Upon his arrival in Korea in Jan-uary he was assigned as platoon lead-er with the Second Reconnaissance Company His excellent performance of duties under enemy fire brought him the U. N. and Korean service ribbons and the Combat Infantry Badge. He also received the Commendation rib-bon.

1st Lt. Clinton Shaw, '51, Awarded Bronze Star Medal

Special to the Record from the Army in Korea

First Lt. Clinton S. Shaw, a Norwich University graduate, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal in Korea for meritorious service.

He was cited for outstanding devo-tion to duty while a platoon officer in the 4th Signal Battalion. A 1951 graduate of Norwich, he entered the Army in December, 1951. His wife lives in Auburn, Me.


News and Views of Norwich Men . . . EXCERPTS FROM THEIR LETTERS

Alumni at Tufts Game From A. Frank Cifrino, '44

566 Columbia Road Dorchester 25, Mass.

When Norwich's basketball team played Tufts in Medford, the mem-bers of the Norwich Club of Boston had one of their all too infrequent op-portunities to see a Norwich athletic team in action in this area. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to tell you that the turnout of Norwich alumni and their friends was really gratifying. I can't help but feel that this helped the team to defeat Tufts. I believe that Duke Benz and Lloyd Harper were quite surprised to see so many alumni present.

Among those I recognized were Mike Jacobs '12, Art Edmunds '16, Tony Moschella '16, O. B. Swift '25, Rusty Pulsifer '25, Frank Crowley '28, George Anker '30, Lou Gregory '30, Jim Poach '30, Joe Tansey '30, H. G. Randall '36, Lyman Mower '39, Bill Dedrick '41, Frank Leidtker '44, Chub Simeone '44, and Brad Greason '50. Undoubtedly there were others present whose names do not appear here.

Good luck to the boys on the basket-ball team for the rest of their sched-ule, and give my best wishes for a new year filled with good fortune for all Norwich men everywhere.

NEW ADDRESSES

Thomas E. McGraw, '51, now 1339-A Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, Mo.

Remold H. Marvin, '34, formerly Utica, N Y., now Box 301, Verona Beach, N. Y He is a technical his-torian at the Rome Air Development Center

Built PW Compounds From 1st Lt. Hugh N. March, '51

175-N Prichard Place Fort Knox, Ky

I have been intending to write the Record for some time, and now I am finally getting around to it. I return-ed from a tour in Korea around the middle of October I had an interest-ing job over there before my return be-cause my outfit was one of the engi-neer units picked to construct the PW compounds for the Chinese and North Korean prisoners who did not want to be repatriated. All our work was in an area just outside of Panmunjon so we were able to observe "Big Switch." It was quite an experience.

Since my return to the good old United States, I was married to Olive Templeton of Mountain Lakes, N. J., on Oct. 31 Was sorry that we could not get back for Homecoming because I have heard that it was really a tre-mendous weekend. Had a chance to drop through Northfield on our honey-moon and certainly think the place looks better than ever The new build-ings are sure a mighty fine addition.

Dr Snader conducted us on a tour of the new hydraulics laboratory in the basement of Dodge Hall. I am sure that the facilities of the Civil En-gineering Department at Norwich are comparable, if not superior, to any school of its size in the United States. I certainly feel that General Harmon and all others who have worked so hard to improve Norwich deserve hearty congratulations for doing such a fine job.

I am presently assigned to the 484th Engineer Construction Battalion at Fort Knox and have had the oppor-tunity to see a few Norwich men since


my arrival here. Figured that when I transferred my commission from Ar-mor to the Corps of Engineers that I had seen the end of Fort Knox, but such is life in the Army

With Classmate in Korea From Lt. William N. Demos, '52

226th Signal Co. (Svc) APO 234, c-o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.

I am writing this letter to inform you that I have been transferred from Fort Devens, Mass., and have since been assigned to the 226th Signal Ser-vice Co. here in Taegu, Korea. I had the pleasure of coming here to Korea with a Norwich classmate, Paul Brady, who later was assigned to the 72nd Tank Battalion.

I just received my copy of the Nor-wich Record, and it was as good as a letter from home. I'm glad to hear that the school is still forging ahead under General Harmon's fine leader-ship.

Four Others from '52 From Lt. Neal F Burgess, '52

Co. B, 140th Tank Battalion APO 6, c-o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif.

Enclosed you will find my contribu-tion to Living Endowment. I am glad to hear about the great progress Nor-wich has made in the past year and a half since I graduated in June, 1952, and I hope to get back up there soon to see all the changes.

I would like to announce the birth of a baby girl, Cherrelyn Joy, to my wife, Joyce, and me on October 4, 1953. Both are doing fine, I understand from the many letters and pictures I receive from home.

I left Camp Polk, La., some time ago, and at present I am in Korea with the

140th Tank Battalion of the 40th In-fantry Division. Three of my class-mates, Bart Sassi, Jack Fitzgerald, and Joe Comelli, are also in the battalion.

Although I have met only a few of the Norwich gang over here so far, I hope to be able to see them all at Home-coming of '54.

NEW ADDRESSES

Willard B. Morse, '44, now 119 War-ren Drive, New Kensington, Pa.

Clark J Bailey, '36, now 5 Herrick Drive, Scotia, N. Y

Alan T Lockard, '44, formerly Scars-dale, N Y., now 600 Ridgeway, White Plains, N Y

Lt. Norman E. Segal, '52, now Co. E, 2nd Bn., 11th Armd. Cav Regt., Camp Irwin, Calif.

Russell A. Robb, '42, formerly Wake-field, Mass., now 3818 Montview Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn.

G Douglas Rice, '38, formerly Louis-ville, Ky., now 98 Forest Park Ave., Springfield 8, Mass.

Timothy Holland, '02, formerly Mid-dlebury, Vt., now Deermont Hotel, St. Petersburg, Fla.,

Lt. Robert S. Holmes, '52, formerly Westfield, Mass., now 144-B Prichard Place, Fort Knox, Ky.

Col. Walter F Adams, USA, Ret., '12, formerly Grafton, Vt., now 9814 Wildwood Road, Bethesda, Md.

Lt. John A. Merian, '52, formerly Camp Kilmer, N J., now Co. C, 66th Tank Bn., APO 42, New York City

Lt. Col. Dana F Hurlburt, '42, for-merly Scott AFB, El., now Hq. USA-FE, AC-S, Installations, APO 633, New York City

Hale H. Lait, '50, formerly St. Louis Park, Minn., now 11055 Second Ave., N E., Seattle, Wash. He is employed by the Modern Theatre Supply Com-pany


W E D D I N G S Vernon D Bell, '44, to Miss Fran-

ces E. Leete of Ashaway, R. I., at the home of the bride's parents Sept. 19. The bride is a graduate of Pembroke College in Brown University Mr Bell is employed as a research engineer at the American Thermos Bottle Com-pany, Norwich, Conn. At home. 265 Washington St., Norwich.

Joseph A. Alari, '50, to Miss Anas-tasia Gamos of Medford, Mass., in St. Joseph's Church, Belmont, Nov 1 The bride attended Maiden Secretarial School. Mr Alari is employed as a civil engineer by Hayden, Harding & Buchan Company, Boston.

Louis J Gomez, '50, to Miss Cath-erine A. Anton of Barre, Vt., in St. Monica's Church, Barre, Nov 28. The bride is employed at the State Tax De-partment in Montpelier Mr Gomez is an agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company At home 21 Hill St., Barre, Vt.

Philip S. Kimball, '50, to Miss Jeannine Richard of Nancy, France, in the Methodist Church, Milford, Mass., Oct. 24. The bride, who arrived in this country Sept. 19, is employed as a supervisor of food processing. Mr. Kimball is an assistant plant engineer at the Worcester Pressed Steel Com-pany At home 170 South Main St., Hopedale, Mass.

Lt. Hugh N March, '51, to Miss Olive A. Templeton of Mountain Lakes, N. J., in Christ Church in Waltham, Mass., Oct. 31 The bride is a gradu-ate of Vermont Junior College. Lt. March recently returned from 18 months of service in Korea and will be stationed at Fort Knox, Ky

James R. Powers, '51, to Miss J

Patricia Giuliano of Springfield, Mass., in Holy Name Church, Springfield, Nov 21 The bride is employed as director of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Springfield. Mr Powers is on the editorial staff of the Springfield Daily News and is attending Western New England College Law School. At home 35 Spring St., Springfield, Mass.

Lt. Paul C. Bucknam, Jr , '52, to Miss Beverly J Sweetman of Shrews-bury, Mass., in Wesley Methodist Church, Worcester, Mass., Oct. 24. The bride is a graduate of Vermont Junior College in Montpelier and has been employed as a laboratory tech-nician at Hahnemann Hospital, Wor-cester, Mass. Lt. Bucknam is station-ed at Fort Bel voir, Va., with the Army Corps of Engineers.

Lt. Bruce A. Homer, '53, to Miss Mary L. Putney of Campton, N. H., in the Church of the Holy Spirit Oct. 10. The bride is a senior at the University of New Hampshire, and Lt. Homer is stationed at Fort Dix, N. J

Philip E. Mclntyre, '53, to Miss Marion Sawyer of Albany, N. Y., in Bethany Congregational Church, Ran-dolph, Vt., Dec. 27 The bride is a 1953 graduate of Gifford Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Randolph. Mr Mclntyre is taking advanced col-lege work in Charlottesville, Va., where the couple will reside.

NEW ADDRESSES

Harold V Bridgman, '39, now 16 Green Acres Drive, Verona, N J

Ralph P Colby, Jr., '51, formerly Cambridge, Mass., now 2402 Buffalo Rd., Erie, Pa.

Richard W Loheed, '37, formerly Phoenix, N Y., now 3269 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights, O.


D E A T H S Harry Goss, '88

From the Providence, R. I., Journal Harry Hale Goss, 87, retired busi-

ness manager of Butler Hospital, who served that institution for 45 years prior to his retirement in 1942, died Jan. 7 at the hospital.

He was born in Georgia, Vt., Feb. 10, 1866, son of the late Story and Ann (Vincent) Goss. He attended Nor-wich University, graduating in 1888, then served for several years on the city engineer's staff at Taunton.

He joined the Butler Hospital staff in 1897, when that hospital had only three doctors, including the superin-tendent. During his long regime the institution's facilities were expanded greatly

He was treasurer of the University Club for many years and served the University Glee Club as president, treasurer and director He was a member of the Providence Engineer-ing Society, Providence Art Club, George Washington Lodge of Masons, and Providence Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He was a communicant of St. Martin's Episcopal Church.

Mr Goss' wife, the former Miss Hor-tense Webster, died some years ago.

The following tribute to Mr Goss was received by the Record

"Harry Goss was a Norwich man of an older day, yet he kept young in spirit and in outlook until the end of his life. Perhaps it was his poor for-tune to outlive most of his contem-poraries, but he seldom lamented the fact. He did, indeed, as the Brown Charter puts it, 'discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation.' He was a quiet, earnest, efficient citi-zen, and a good companion."

Percival Sinclair, '05

From the Springfield, Mass., News Percival C. Sinclair, superintendent

of streets and of the Water and Sewer Department in Longmeadow from 1924 until October, 1951, died Dec. 31 in Bradenton, Fla.

Mr Sinclair was a Longmeadow se-lectman from 1913 to 1918, being chair-man of the board the last two years. He was a 1905 graduate of Norwich University

He lived in Longmeadow from 1908 until his retirement. Engineering ex-perience before he was appointed to direct the town's public works depart-ments was obtained in the office of Dur-kee, White and Towne, Springfield, Fred T Ley and Co., and the Spring-field Department of Streets and Engi-neering, where he was an assistant from 1918 to 1924.

Mr Sinclair directed major expan-sion of Longmeadow's water system and roadways. In 1924 Longmeadow was a one-water main, one-street town. He was overseer of the extension of a network of mains and streets.

Mr Sinclair leaves his wife, Gladys, of Bradenton; a daughter, Mrs. R. L. Gifford of Worcester, a son, Gordon R. Sinclair of Bridgeport, Conn., and three brothers, William F Sinclair of John-son, Vt., Benjamin G Sinclair of Provi-dence, R. I., and Paul F Sinclair of Trenton, N J

William Carleton, '06

From the Portland, Me., Telegram Peaks Island relatives have received

word of the death of William E. Carle-ton, 70, former resident of the island, in San Francisco Oct. 29

He was born in Portland, attended schools in Westbrook, and was gradu-ated from Norwich University

He was a retired employe of the U S. Army Engineers. He came to Peaks Island from Latonia, Ky , lived on the


BIRTHS 1942—To Dr and Mrs. Joseph J

Blinderman of Brooklyn, N Y., a son, Lee Regan, Nov 20, 1953.

1947—To Mr and Mrs. Cameron M. Baird of North Scituate, Mass., a daughter, Laurie Jeanne, Dec. 28, 1953.

1950—To Mr and Mrs. Melvin H. Damon, Jr., of Nutley, N J., a son, Mark Melvin, Dec. 8, 1953.

1952—To Lt. and Mrs. Neal F Bur-gess of West Springfield, Mass., a daughter, Cherrelyn Joy, Oct. 4, 1953.

island 11 years, and moved to San Francisco in 1945

Surviving are his widow of San Fran-cisco, five children, Miss Anna Mary Carleton, Rising Sun, Md.; James T., Chicago, Miss Betty Carleton, and Mrs. Roberta Mounts, San Francisco; and Mrs. Jane Severns, Hessville, Ind., four grandchildren, a sister, Miss Mary Carleton, Portland, and a brother, Charles S. Carleton, Suffield, Conn. s ^

Melvin Damon, '09 From the Bellows Falls Times

Melvin H. Damon, 66, of Church Avenue, North Westminster, died sud-denly at his work at Fellows Gear Sha-per, Springfield, Thursday, Dec. 11

Mr Damon was born in Rutland, a son of Dennis M. and Frances (Smith) Damon. He attended schools here and graduated from Bellows Falls High School, class of 1905, and from Nor-wich University, class of 1909, where he majored in civil engineering. He was married to Arena L. Haskell of Fitchburg, Mass., May 12, 1927 He was a member of the Pierce Lawton Post of the American Legion and of the Masons.

Surviving him besides his wife are a daughter, Miss Mary Frances Damon

Back in 1882 .

CANNON BALL WAS FIRED ACROSS DOG RIVER

Luther B. Johnson, '88, retired Randolph newspaper publisher, re-cently received from Judge Phil S. Randall, '86, Norwich's oldest liv-ing graduate and a resident of Little Falls, Minn., this account of a cadet episode of 70 years ago.

By Phil S. Randall, '86 So far as I know, I am the only N. U

cadet who officially ordered the firing of a solid shot from one of those old six-pound Napoleon cannon we used for drill purposes at the University back in the Eighties.

It occurred immediately after com-mencement day in 1882 when the corps of about 24 cadets went into camp on the college campus where we used to fire a sun-rise and a sun-set gun among our other duties.

About this time in some manner Henry B. Hersey, my room-mate, had obtained a part of an old dumb-bell, one ball of which would nicely fit the calibre of the cannon.

We were both junior cadet officers, and it happened that each was in com-mand of a camp guard detail of three or four cadets. One of our duties was to order the firing of that gun on time.

I had overheard Hersey remark to some member of his detail that the next morning he was on duty he was going

of Saginaw, Mich., three sons, Melvin H. of Nutley, N J., Dennis W.of Con-cord, N H., and Richard Damon, Ar-my, of Camp Atterbury, Ind.

His oldest son, Melvin, also gradu-ated from Norwich University, and both father and son were prominent in their student days as Norwich foot-ball players. Young Melvin graduated from Norwich in 1950.


to wake that old camp by using that ball of the dumb-bell as a solid shot.

That just gave me the idea that per-haps I might take a hand in the mat-ter, and then and there I decided to borrow that ball and fire it myself, since my next guard duty was the day before he figured on waking up the camp by giving the cadets a touch of war

When he was out of our room, I got the ball, took it down to the guard tent, hid it in some straw, and then I quietly informed my detail of what I had done. They were all red-hot to beat the other guard.

The usual manner for firing the can-non was by means of a lanyard. As I had never seen a solid shot fired, I got to thinking about the kick of the gun. As I did not want to hurt anyone, I de-cided to use a red-hot iron rod, and ob-tained one about six feet long. That was the only smart thing about the whole affair, as the gun did kick.

I had intended to fire the gun my-self, but as every man in my detail wanted the honor, and as I was afraid the news would leak out, I told the boys to draw straws. Frank B. (Tuck) Por-* ter pulled the winning straw

The following morning, just as "Old Sol" was climbing above the distant hills, I gave "Tuck" the order to "let her go."

He used the red hot iron to fire with. Lucky for him that he did, for, if ever a cannon kicked, that old girl put on all the agony she possessed into a real demonstration and mustered a regular un-dressed parade.

That gun was pointed across the Dog River and beyond into a farmer's hill pasture where there were about a dozen cows feeding. " M r Farmer" was out rather early that morning getting his cows in for milking. Just as that gun went off, the fog commenced to rise and I was thunder-struck as I no-ticed the farmer skedaddle for all he

was worth out of that pasture. He must have forgotten all about his cows.

I expect that the cannon ball still rests in the exact spot where "Tuck" planted it, but I was never able to lo-cate it later

The cadets all rushed out of their tents expecting to find that gun blown to pieces. All kinds of questions were asked, but mighty few answers were given.

Cadet Hersey became a little sus-picious and rushed up to his room to learn that his "pet-for-glory" had de-serted him. A little later we were en-gaged in one of those talking mara-thon races which become very explicit at times.

Our neighbor, a Mr Morse, the farmer, was very careful to report the matter to the faculty, and a little later I heard from those gentlemen in no uncertain words. I suggested to Mose, our commandant, that I thought Tuck and I could certainly qualify as expert marksmen for not hitting a cow, but he expressed a very different military view of the matter With his satanic smile, he stated that a real soldier al-ways aimed at and tried to hit the target.

As no damage had really been done, the whole matter was dropped then and there.

NEW ADDRESSES

David C. Gustin, '51, formerly San Luis Obispo, Calif., now 18 Rye St., Seekonk, Mass.

Theodore F Kort, '50, formerly APO 970, San Francisco, now 22 Lo-cust Ave., Islip, N Y

Aubrey A. Britain, '27, formerly Marblehead, Mass., now 1532 Regent St., Schenectady, N Y

Lt. Eugene J Zabik, '53, formerly Holyoke, Mass., now Opns. O, 800th M. P Co., Camp Kilmer, N J


RADIO TALKS Continued from Page 7 is a first lieutenant, an assistant pro-fessor a captain, an associate professor a major Full professors, the majority of whom are department heads, have the rank of lieutenant colonel. In ad-dressing a member of the faculty one may call him professor, if he is of pro-fessorial rank, or give him his military title.

0 - Must a man have had military training in order to obtain a position on the Norwich faculty?

A. No. Probably the majority have not had military training although this will change in future years due to the number of young men who are veter-ans of World War II and also of Korea. In selecting instructors, we choose men who are properly trained in their subjects and who are able to teach and to advise their students.

Q. Will you please explain what is meant by advising students?

A. The Norwich guidance program is conducted by means of conferences with a faculty advisor, and also with the dean when it is desirable. Especial attention is devoted to freshmen.

0 - What is the freshman guidance program?

A. Ten freshmen are assigned to each member of the faculty who is par-ticipating in the program. The ad-visor is familiar with the area in which the student is majoring. He councils the freshman on academic and non-academic matters. The student must meet his advisor once a month if every-thing is going smoothly When a stu-dent is having trouble, his advisor re-quires conferences as frequently as they may be necessary In this way a freshman receives individual guid-ance. In addition to this, the dean requires conferences with students who are in trouble and also consults with any student who voluntarily comes to him for advice.

The Cauldwell Interview

0 Will you please explain to us what you mean by the military life at Norwich?

A. Military life at Norwich is divid-ed into two separate phases.

First there is the regular ROTC training under Regular Army officers and non-commissioned officers. The PMS&T is Colonel Wells, U S. Army We have training in Armor, Signal, and Engineer Corps. We are the only col-lege that has training in Mountain and Cold Weather Warfare. Our courses are standard ROTC courses as given in other colleges except that we have much more field work due to our loca-tion than the other colleges have. All cadets are required to take ROTC training.

Second, there is the Corps of Cadets, which includes all students. This or-ganization operates under the Depart-ment of Discipline. The Department of Discipline is commanded by the Commandant of Cadets. He is re-sponsible for all discipline and morale and conduct of cadets at all times ex-cept when they are actually in military or academic classes.

Q. Can you tell us more about the Corps of Cadets? That is, how it is organized and supervised?

A. The 700 cadets are organized into a regiment, with two battalions and a regimental headquarters com-pany The latter includes the cadet band. Each battalion is organized into four companies. The regiment, the battalions and all companies and pla-toons are commanded entirely by cadet officers. The Commandant of Cadets exercises general supervision over the Cadet Corps.

Q. Are there any commissioned of-ficers other than the Commandant on duty with the Cadet Corps?

A. No. Colonel Black, U S. Army, Retired, is the only commissioned of-ficer The cadets are commanded en-


tirely by cadet officers and non-com-missioned officers.

0 - How are cadet leaders selected? A. They are selected entirely on

the basis of leadership ability Some of the factors considered are academic standing, military proficiency, con-duct, and character

0 - Have you found that this sys-tem of command works satisfactorily at Norwich?

A. Yes, it does, and I believe this is due to the fact that the cadets have been forced by the circumstances to take the responsibility We have found that the best way to develop leadership and a sense of responsibility in young men is to force the responsi-bility upon them and make them stand or fall on their ability If we had ad-ditional commissioned officers in the barracks, I do not believe we would have succeeded in developing such a high sense of responsibility among our cadet leaders.

0 - You mention character as being a factor in determining leadership abil-ity What do you do at Norwich to build or develop character in your young men?

A. We operate under a formal Hon-or System, which requires that no ca-det will ever lie, cheat, steal, or evade the truth under any circumstances. There is a Corps Honor Committee and various class Honor Committees whose duty it is to enforce the Honor System. The Cadets themselves watch carefully for any violations of the Honor Code, and any cadet who violates this code is promptly separated from the Uni-versity, usually by recommendation of the Corps Honor Committee. A ca-det's word is always accepted, and ca-dets are not monitored during their exams. In other words, we take for granted that a cadet is an honorable young man until he proves otherwise.

0 . How long have you had a for-mal Honor System?

A. General Harmon personally in-stituted this system at Norwich in the fall of 1951

0 . Do you find it quite difficult to enforce the Honor Code?

A. Not any more. At first it was difficult to educate the cadets as to the details involved in operating an Honor System, and I think a large portion of them at that time obeyed the code through fear, but as the months went by we found that the cadets began to take great pride in their Honor Sys-tem, and now I think you will find that they obey the Honor Code through a sense of pride, rather than fear

0 - Do your fraternities operate under your regulations?

A. Yes, they operate under the general supervision of the Comman-dant of Cadets. The fraternities, of course, function under their own of-ficials, and we never interfere with their internal management, but they are held up to high standards so far as conduct and relations with the com-munity are concerned.

Q. Norwich is classified by the Department of the Army as an essen-tial military college, I believe. In reality, how military is Norwich?

A. We emphasize the important phases of military life, and we use these features to develop character and lead-ership. We do not believe in any un-necessary restrictions. For example, any cadet whose conduct is satisfac-tory may leave on Saturday noon and come back Sunday evening. A cadet in good standing may leave the cam-pus anytime he chooses before taps provided he misses no classes or pre-scribed activities. Cadets may wear civilian clothes when they leave the campus.

We do keep a close eye on freshmen during the first semester They don't get away much except on weekends. We make them observe study hours, and we inspect them regularly to see


that they are making proper use of their study time. We have found that it is necessary to do this with freshmen during their transitional period from high school to college.

0 - Do the freshmen object to these restrictions during the first semester?

A. No, strangely enough, they ap-prove of them because it makes them stay in and study and develop proper study habits.

0 I notice in your catalog that cadets may become eligible for perma-nent military careers. Do many of your graduates to into the regular ser-vice?

A. About 20% are eligible for Regu-lar Army and Marine Corps commis-sions, and a fairly large proportion of this group accepts regular commis-sions. This varies, of course, from year to year, depending upon the situa-tion in the services and in civilian life, but there is a sizeable percentage each year who finally select the military as a career

0 - What, in your opinion, are the most distinctive features of Norwich?

A. I would say the development of leadership and a democratic attitude. 1 have described how we developed leaders by giving them actual command responsibilities, but I also think that Norwich is the most democratic col-lege I have ever observed. The fact that the Corps is commanded by cadets alone makes it mandatory that leaders be selected purely on merit, and this has resulted in Norwich becoming completely democratic. All cadets wear the same uniform and work and live together Character and ability are the only factors that bring success in the Cadet Corps.

Lt. Robert L. Smith, '50, formerly Fort Sin, Okla., now A Btry, 376 Abn. F A. Bn., 82nd Abn. Division, Fort Bragg, N C.

Good Players Are Needed To Assure Sports Success

The Norwich basketball team is set-ting the best record in the history of this sport at Norwich.

If we are to continue this good rec-ord next year, and better our this year's 50-50 record in football, we will next fall need all the good athletic material we can secure. The football team will lose by graduation this year two of their best backs and three of their best linemen. Coach Duke Benz is looking for two good backs, and at least three good linemen to replace these gradu-ates. We also need two good basket-ball players, at least 6'4" tall. We also need two good hockey players.

Alumni can be of real service to Nor-wich in interesting good prospects for these positions in coming to Norwich. Duke will appreciate hearing from alumni about prospects in their areas. Duke and the Admissions Office will do everything they possibly can to fol-low up any leads which alumni may give.

You all know that we want more than just athletes. They must be good college material who can do su-perior academic work. Please get in touch with Duke as soon as you can so that we may talk with your prospects before they have made up their minds to go to other colleges.

H. E. Rea Public Relations Director

NEW ADDRESSES

Elwood B. Elliott, '30, now 39 West-wood Road, Stoneham 80, Mass.

1st Lt. Edgar V Friend, Jr., '51, now 24 th Transportation Co. (Lt. Trk. , APO 46, New York City

Rolf C. Armer, '45, formerly Cam-den, N J., now MAAG, France, APO 230, New York City He is an RCA field engineer


C L U B M E E T I N G S Boston

The Norwich Club of Boston will meet Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Uni-versity Club. A cocktail hour from 6 to 7 will be followed by dinner and a speaking program.

Chicago The mid-winter meeting of the Chi-

cago Norwich Club was opened by B. S. Burrell, president, in the Union League Club at 6:30 P M., Jan. 7 Once a-gain, we were fortunate that President Harmon's trip to the Command and General Staff College made it possible for him to be present at our mid-winter meeting.

We shall not attempt to record Presi-dent Harmon's informal talk. It is sufficient to say that his report on cur-rent Norwich problems with respect to staff and plant and his pungent re-marks on the local scene were most welcome. It once more became evi-dent during the General's discussion of Norwich affairs that most all problems can be solved by those two indispens-able ingredients, leadership and the will-to-win.

President Harmon spoke concerning two items which should receive the support of all alumni (1) drive for special recognition of the distinguished military colleges and their value to the nation, and (2) his efforts to bring to the attention of cadets and prospective cadets, by means of plaques and stat-ues, those persons who have made noted contributions to Norwich tradi-tions. In these days of social security, it is refreshing to find that the men of Norwich have played to the hilt their part on the grim stage of national emergency

While it is true that we call ourselves the Chicago Norwich Club, actually only a few members reside in the Chi-cago area. Clint Barnes came from

Ft. Wayne, a distance of some 180 miles. Dave Crawford and son and William Beam drove approximately 150 miles. Almost all the other mem-bership comes from suburban towns, and we were pleasantly surprised that the group totalled 16. Their names appear below

R. H. Underhill '13, L. B. McVicker '14, Clint Barnes '14, Glen French '20, Dave Crawford '22, A. J Hamilton '23, W H. Shurtleff '24, E. N Wyman '27, H. R. Stoddard '27, Leo Guibault '29, V J Tranfaglia '37, T J O'Dwyer '40, B. S. Burrell '44, G. R. Briggs '45, D C. Crawford '52, and W S. Beam '52.

We hope a letter which recently was sent by the Chicago Norwich Club to graduates in Indiana, Illinois and Wis-consin will result in stronger support of the club and of Living Endowment. The club has a paid membership of ap-proximately 25 at this time.

Henry R. Stoddard

New York City The Norwich Club of New York City

will hold an informal dinner dance Saturday night, Feb. 20, at the Midston House, corner of Madison Avenue and 38th Street, New York City General Harmon will be our guest of honor

Festivities will get underway at 6:30 with a cocktail hour in a room reserved for us. A chicken dinner will be served at 7:30, followed by General Harmon's talk. After the General's talk, there will be dancing until 1 A. M.

Anyone desiring further information should contact Mel Damon at Nutley, N J., 2-5589, Stowe Shoemaker at New York City, Oregon 9-0330, or the writer at New York City, Murray Hill 9-2920.

Burton B. Finigan

Philadelphia The Norwich Club of Philadelphia

will hold a dinner meeting on Friday,


Feb. 19, at the Engineers Club, 13th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia. Gen-eral Harmon is to be the guest of honor The club extends a cordial invitation to all alumni, their wives and guests to attend this meeting. Dinner will be served at 7 P M.

Southern Connecticut A regular quarterly meeting of the

Norwich Club of Southern Connecticut was held Jan. 12. After cocktails at the bar and dinner in our private room, President Elo Vani asked Ray Smith to introduce our guest speaker, Lt. Col. John W Black, USA, Retired, Com-mandant of Cadets at Norwich.

Colonel Black brought us best wishes from General Harmon and spoke about the commandant's relationship with the Cadet Corps. He noted that some innovations which tend to decentralize the Department of Discipline have been made, that the present cadet officers and non-coms are doing a wonderful job of self-government, and that Nor-wich turns out an excellent product.

The secretary asked for help in con-tacting the key men of the telephone squad. Hugh Haskett was named Chief Gooser The treasurer submitted a de-tailed financial statement for 1953 and gave the secretary a copy This can be consulted by any member of the club on request.

As usual, we are behind on our col-lections for the scholarships. We would be in the black if everyone on our mail-ing list sent a minimum of three dollars to Walter Upham, treasurer Of course, if anyone feels particularly flush at any time, any amount over three dollars will be more than welcome.

Ed Walton gave a report on the scholarships. Ed Colacurcio was ap-pointed publicity director by President Vani. Elo mentioned the coming hockey game between Norwich and Yale at New Haven Feb. 20.

Considering the heavy snow we had

during the two days preceding the meeting, the attendance, a total of 23, was very good. It included the fol-lowing, besides Colonel Black

Alumni Beebe, Bergin, Cheney, Duncan, Haskett, Livermore, McWil-liams, Smith, Upham, Vani, and Wal-ton.

Fathers—Bergin, Colacurcio, Dela-marre, Dunbar, Huenerberg, and Slin-go.

Fathers of prospective cadets—A. W Heski, A. Kostick and son, Lorey, K. Priestley and son, Neal.

Earle C. Beebe

So. Mass. and R. I The Norwich Club of Southern Mas-

sachusetts and Rhode Island will hold a meeting at the University Club at Providence, R. I., the evening of Mar 15. This will be a "Ladies' Night," and wives and girl friends are all cor-dially invited. General Harmon, who is speaking to the Town Criers Lunch-eon in Providence that day, will be the guest of honor and speaker at the Nor-wich Club meeting. For further de-tails please get in touch with Bud Fish-er, 2 Weybosset St., Providence 1, R. I

Washington, D C. General Harmon will be the guest

speaker at the February meeting of the Norwich University Club of the Dis-trict of Columbia, Delaware, Mary-land and Virginia. This meeting will be held on Wednesday night, Feb. 17, at the In-town Army and Navy Club, 17th and I Streets, N W., Washington, D C. Cocktails at 6:30 will be fol-lowed by dinner at 7 15 All alumni, their sons, their men friends, and po-tential cadets are cordially invited. The last meeting of the Washington Club was a grand success, and this meeting with General Harmon as speaker should set new attendance records.


SPORTS BASKETBALL

Scores

Norwich 73, Massachusetts 61 Norwich 54, Springfield 53 Norwich 73, A. I C. 56 Norwich 73, Maine Maritime 57 Norwich 72, Williams 62 Norwich 73, Tufts 57 Norwich 80, Paul Smith's 52 Norwich 76, Vermont 74 Norwich 65, St. Michael's 58 Norwich 80, Coast Guard 69 Norwich 64, Hamilton 58 Norwich 75, Middlebury 70 Norwich 68, Paul Smith's 59

Games Remaining

Feb 6—McGill away 10—Vermont away 17—Wesleyan at home 19—St. Lawrence away 20—Clarkson away 24—Middlebury away 27—St. Michael's at home

Mar 2—Clarkson at home Varsity home games

start at 8:30

Deplores Low Rating Norwich Gets from Boston Writers

BRIEFING SPORTS By Walt Hickey

In the Burlington Free Press Weekly throughout the collegiate

seasons the Boston writers of the sport in vogue, along with the Beantown sports announcers, gather in a classy dining room to go over the previous week's athletic events.

They listen to the Boston area coach-es, and once in a great while to one from the hinterlands of New England. Before they down the last eclair and push back the chairs, they conduct a

ballot to declare the "best in New Eng-land."

Now we've got nothing against any Boston sports writer except that he can see in just one little area, and that is Boston and its suburbs. Thus goes their voting and thus go the totals.

What we don't like about this poll, and what many other New England sportswriters in the so-called "sticks" don't like, is that teams in the outlands never get a second look.

What all this is leading up to is a little item out of Boston Jan. 18 that put the undefeated (11-0) Norwich University basketball team down in seventh place, behind two teams it had already walloped.

The Cadets went into enemy terri-tory and slapped down what was con-sidered the best court team in Wil-liams' history, then, the next night in Boston, put the bumper on Tufts with-out any trouble.

But still Williams and Tufts were rated ahead of the Cadets, the former with 65 points and the latter with 41 Norwich got 26 points and Yale 7 to round out the list.

That's what makes this poll so silly— there are not any votes that give the general New England sentiment, yet this Boston-run, Boston-viewed, Bos-ton-angled, Boston-voted poll is ac-cepted as the "genuine thing." It's used to decide the" New England cham-pion."

Bologna (spell it baloney if you want to), it's only the Boston champion. It's been going on for years—Boston votes for New England. Has a Ver-mont sportswriter or sportscaster ever voted? Or one from New Hampshire —outside of a possible once-in-a-while visitor from nearby Manchester or Nashua? Or any from Maine? From Connecticut? From Rhode Island? From Western Massachusetts? We would like to meet one.

How did Connecticut get into second


this week? If the Uconns hadn't plas-tered BC, they'd still be lucky to be third. Of the eight teams named, four are in the Boston area. Even much-slapped Harvard wiggled into fourth place.

How can this be corrected? Easy Have the accredited sports-

writers and sportscasters who cover the colleges vote by wire every Sun-day night, the same as in a national poll. The report can be released at the Monday noon luncheon of the Bos-ton writers.

Then all teams in New England will get a fair shake in all sports and get ratings their records deserve.

The Vermont Game

From the Burlington Free Press Norwich's favored "shufflin' five"

of seven players, switched in and out in a continual round robin by Coach Duke Benz, had the Vermont Cata-mounts from Burlington down 21 points going into the final period. It appeared that the Cadets were breez-ing—and they were at that point—to their eighth straight in an undefeated season in the big Norwich Armory Jan. 9 before a record crowd of 2000.

But the UVM'ers suddenly came to life and in eight minutes time had cut the Norwich lead to one point. When it was over the Cadets had squeezed out a 76-74 decision, thanks to the iron-nerved shooting of Dale Montgomery and Norm Wallace, a pair of Vermont residents from Morrisville and Spring-field, respectively.

These two native Green Mountain boys stepped to the foul line in the final two minutes, when Norwich was desperately hanging on a lead of from-one to three points, and dropped in six consecutive foul conversions, four by Montgomery

For three periods the Cadets' all-court press befuddled and bewildered

the Catamounts, a veteran combine that was giving away height to the home club.

With the Cadets, especially a fresh-man named John McNamara, a junior named Chet Szwejkowski and Wallace, seeming unable to miss, Vermont fell behind, 20-11 at the quarter and 44-24 at the half.

When this was increased to 62-41 af-ter three periods, a spread of 21 points, not even the most hopeful UVM backer could foresee what was coming in the next 10 minutes.

With Keith Jampolis and Nat Cam-pana reversing form and all the Cats "hawking" the ball all over the floor, the gap began to close.

When, with two minutes to go, Cam-pana scored on a solo dash Norwich was ahead by one point, 73-72. It be-came 75-72 when Wallace dropped a pair of conversions with one minute left. Bill King popped a one-hander for Vermont with 35 seconds left. Then, with two seconds from the end, Mc-Namara was fouled, icing the decision with one of two free throws.

Norwich held on terrifically, despite Vermont's 33-point fourth quarter, one of the highest scoring quarters in state collegiate series history

McNamara led the home forces with 20 points, while Montgomery, Wal-lace and Szwejkowski contributed 11 apiece and Lambertson 10. For the Catamounts, Campana's 24 topped the scoring for the game, with Jam-polis dropping in 21 and Malinverni 13.

NEW ADDRESSES

1st Lt. David A. Hicks, '50, formerly APO 201, San Francisco, now Co. A, 325th Tank Bn., Camp Irwin, Calif.

1st Lt. Allan H. Robb, '51, formerly Quantico, Va., now B Co., 1st Armd. Amphib. Bn., F M. F., c-o F P O., San Francisco, Calif.


SKIING Captain Goodrich Does Well In Constant Memorial Races

Buddy Goodrich, captain of the Nor-wich ski team, finished in 16th place in the Capt. Victor Constant memorial trophy downhill and slalom races held at Mt. Mansfield Jan. 16 and 17 Cap-tain Constant was a pre-war Norwich skier who lost his life in 1946 while making a practice run on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire. He graduated from Norwich in 1943. At the time of his death, he was on Army duty at West Point and was coach of the ski team there.

Buddy Goodrich's showing in the Constant races was unusually good when it is considered that some of the world's leading skiers competed. The winner of first place was an Austrian ski ace, Karl Fahrener Another strong competitor was a young Japanese, Chiharu Igaya, a member of the 1952 Japanese Olympic team and now a freshman at Dartmouth.

In a men's Class C giant slalom held at Mad River Glen Jan. 10, Dean Campbell, a Norwich freshman, finish-ed second. His time was one minute and 33.4 seconds, only two and two-tenths seconds behind that of the win-ner, Bob Collins, a University of New Hampshire freshman.

Eight-College Meet Listed For Winter Carnival Feb. 12-13

Eight colleges will compete in a ski meet to be held as a feature of the Nor-wich Winter Carnival Feb. 12 and 13. Besides host Norwich, contestants will be Dartmouth's B team, Massachu-setts, M. I T., Rensselaer, Vermont, Paul Smith's, and Yale.

The two-day ski meet will include downhill and cross country races Fri-

HOCKEY Scores

Norwich 5, Bowdoin 3 Norwich 7, Colby 4 Springfield 9, Norwich 8. Norwich 11, Williams 5 Norwich 10, Hamilton 4 Middlebury 6, Norwich 3 Norwich 12, Springfield 9

Games Remaining Feb. 4—A. I C. away

5—Williams away 9—N Hampshire at home, 4:00

12—Hamilton at home, 3:30 18—Middlebury at home, 7:30 20—Yale away 23—New Hampshire away 27—St. Lawrence away

Mar 6—A. I C. at home, 3:00

day and slalom and jumping Saturday Another intercollegiate attraction dur-ing the Winter Carnival will be a hock-ey game between Norwich and Hamil-ton Friday afternoon following the cross country race.

The opening event of the meet, the downhill race, will be held at 9:30 Fri-day morning in Norwich's new ski area east of Slate Avenue. The cross coun-try race in the afternoon, to be run over a five-mile course, will start and finish on the Northfield fairgrounds.

Like the downhill, Saturday morn-ing's slalom at 9:30 also will be held in the new ski area, and the jumping com-petition at 2 Saturday afternoon will take place on the old Norwich take-off near the rope tow if snow conditions are right. Otherwise, the jumpers will use the new ski area.

Three nights of dancing, military demonstrations, a snow-sculpture con-test, and fraternity parties are other events listed on the Winter Carnival program.


Documents

Norwich University Record, Volume 45, Issue 8 (February 1954)