Alumni Bulletin, May 1958

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KISKI
ALUMNI BULLETIN
May, 1958
KISKI
Alumni Bulletin
VOLUME XVI NUMBER 2
Contents for May, 1958
HEAOJ\!ASTER'S LETTER
K.!SKI TODAY
ANNUAL GIVING
MRS. W!LLIAJ\I H. MACCOLL
THOMAS P. CARLOS
ALUMNI NOTES
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Carl L. Amold 10
E1he/ Fair 12
Phillip f. M11rphy 15
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Published by KISK1MINETAS SPRINGS SCHOOL, SALTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Edi/or-in-Chief - NORMAN R.. LEMCKE, JR.
Al1m111i Secretary - MRS. CHARLES W. JORDAN
THE K1SKI ALUMNI BULLETIN is plfblished q11arter/y, in Febmary, May, ]1t!y and
October, a11d is sent to all alflmni . Please keep Kiski informed of any cha11ges h1 your
address or of any items of int􀂡rest concerning yo11rself or other alumni. Comt111111icatiom
sho11ld be sent lo the Editor o. f the Kiski Alt111mi BHl!elin, Sal/Jbmg, Pennsylvania.
Entered as second-class matter, November 9. 1943 at the Po.rt Office at Saltsb11rg,
Pe1msylvania, 11nder the Art of A11gm1 24, 1912.
If you make the resolution to get up
on time, there is always time for a
shower before the morning meal. At
least it will wake you up.
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The alarm clock is set for six
forty-five, but it's great to
have fifteen more minutes of
sleep. Breakfast is at sevenf1fteen.
Breakfast over, you go back
to the dorm, make the bed,
pick up the room and get
your books together for the
day. Sometimes it's hard to
find the Latin assignment or
English theme.
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Paradise and the Science Building loom in the distance. You wonder
how many times you will walk the same path in the next four years.
The class day begins. Perhaps it's biology
and you have to look up in a reference
book some material for the next period.
MAY 1958
Mail call is the most looked forward to period
in the daily life. There will probably be a
letter from home, a new "Sports Illustrated,"
and maybe a letter from Susie, Jeannie, or
Betty.
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In study hall, you are supposed to do independent
work. But sometimes that algebra problem is too
tough, and you ask for help from your neighbor.
(That is, if the teacher isn't looking.)
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"Four study halls today. I've got that
darn algebra assignment to do."
Then other times, you just have to
take time out to dream of vacations,
your best girl, or the end of classes
for the day.
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MAY 1958
Lunch is at twelvethirty
and you
have to take your
turn waiting on
table. It's not such
a bad job, because
you usually
can get extras at
the waiter's table.
You towards Paradise,
the Science Building and to
the dorm to get ready for
sports.
At lunch you might hear your
name called out to report to
Mr. Arnold's office at threeth
irty, when classes are over.
"Yup, it was that algebra
grade!"
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Athletic activities begin at four. Track is picked as the spring sport.
Before you know it, the
afternoon is at an end.
Dinner at six; and after
that, you have an hour
for letters or your favorite
TV program. (That is
if you get to the set first.)
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A bit of advice from the
Headmaster on how to
improve the start.
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ort.
advice from the
;ter on how to
the start.
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... Then the evening
study period begins.
If you are having trouble
with a subject, one of the
Masters will help you; and
sometimes there is a cookie
and a glass of milk from the
Mrs.
The day is over and it's good
to hit the "sack" at tenfifteen.
The alarm will go off
as usual in the morning, but
the new day will be entirely
different from the previous
one: An English test; a track
meet; a good grade.
MAY 1958 9
Annual Giving
In my recent lebter to the Kiski alumni there
was a summary of the financial condition, buildings
recently constructed, the need for renovating
several buildings, plans for a new field house, and
the announcement of our adoption of the Annual
Giving Plan oi raising money to aid in the future
progress of Kiski.
Since it seems appropriate at this time to explain
why the Annual Giving Plan was adopted,
let us take a look at the development of many of
the present independent non-profit secondary
schools. In general, they were started by a single
man or family and were run for profit and after
a number of years the original founders grew old
and in order to exist as independent schools they
were changed to non-profit organizations.
The general control of the school was vested
in the hands of a board of trustees, who selected
a headmaster to direct the daily operation of the
CARL L. ARNOLD '14
school just as bhe president of an industrial corporation
runs the corporation in helpi_ng with the
policies laid down by the board of directors.
Such has been the pattern of Kiski's existence.
It was founded in 1888 by Andrew W. Wilson
and F. Willis Fair as a private college preparatory
school. As time passed by, William H. MacColl,
Frank D. St. Clair, John J. Daub and James L.
Marks were taken in as partners. These men were
devoted to bheir profession and gave generously
of their time and help to the students. They all
invested money when they became partners and
continued to invest a portion of their profits in
land and buildings. No one of ,them died a rich
man. Part of each alumnus's tuition helped expand
Kiski until it has munbered among its alumni,
men not only from the United States but from
many foreign countries. Consequently each
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alummts has an investment in Kiski whether he
knows it or not.
In 1941 Kiski became a non-profit organization.
All income is used to meet operating
expenses-food, fani_ l􀂦y s􀂧laries, maintenance, 􀂨tc.
But income from tuition 1s not suffioent to build
new buildings and provide for major improvements
in campus facilities. In bhis ?ay and age
all independent schools need outside help to
survive.
To meet this problem many plans have been
tried. No one has been found adequate. k requires
at least a combination of two or three. The oldest
was endowment, made up of huge gifts from a
few very wealthy men. Then came contributions
from many alumni. Now foundations have become
numerous and huge and are set up for various
purposes including education. They have become
a source of income for independent schools and
colleges and have replaced large gifts by one man
to one college. Now he gives to a number of colleges.
The Ford Foundation is an example.
When a sd10ol applies ,to one of these foundations
for help one of the questions asked is
what percentage of the alumni contribute and how
much. The only answer to t>hat question is annual
giving.
Annual Giving has the following advantages.
It is being used by a large number of schools and
is a fine source of income. Princeton, for example,
is at present receiving one and a third millton
dollars annually from it with a little over 70 percent
of the alumni contributing. This is approximately
equal to the annual income from over a
three hundred million endowment.
The individual alumnus who would like to
give but does not feel that he can give a large
amount in any one particular year, can give each
year in proportion as he has prospered thait year.
It is economical in that there are no heavy
expenses for professional fund raisers, traveling,
banquets, etc. Consequently, a smaller percentage
of the money given is required to cover expenses
of raising the funds.
It is difficult to find alumni who have the time
and are in a position to go out and contact other
alumni. Thus work is done by the mailman when
he delivers our annual appeal for a donation.
Annual Giving provides each alumnus an
opportunity to help improve the educational
system of our country and to aid Kiski to keep
vigorous and expand in order to meet ithe challenge
of the future. I sincerely hope that every
Kiski alumnus will want to take a part, be it
great or small, in this new undertaking. Please
do it now. Carl L. Arnold
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Kiski Today
The Editor and his staff hope that the pictorial review of Kiski life has been as
enjoyable lo the a/11mni as it has to the group working 011 this project. Too often we
are prone to forget the adolescent years and to think that it was a11 unimportant part of
a lifetime. Perhaps the yo1111g 111a11 going th1"011gh his daily 1'011/ine as a st11dent will•
change 0111' minds and 1'eca/L pleas11rab/e memories of yo11th. It is our intention to
present to the alttmni and friends a tme pict11re of Prep School life. This is only a
qttick glimpse of a young man, for the individ11al problems of any st11dent wo11ld necessitate,
I am mre, a larger magazine.
It is interesti11g to note that f olm F11ellhart, the young man in ottr pictorial
review, is a member of a family which has been represented at Kiski for over twentytwo
years. His twin brother, f ack, is also here along with brother Bob who is gradttating
this June. His father, Robert H. F11ellhart, also graduated from Kiski.
Kiski Glee Club - 1957-58
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Mrs. William H. MacColl
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In Memoriam
MRS. WILLIAM
Yes, "Lady Teachers" were very much a part
of the life at Kiskiminetas in the early years.
They not only enriched the academic life but contributed
gaiety and a "refining influence" to the
social life of the school community.
In the center of this community Mrs. Annie
J. MacColl moved for more than forty years, her
interest <touching every individual, her personal
contacts spurring persons and organizations to
ideals and accomplishments.
She recalled delightfully and with her characteristic
humor .the "early days" in an article in
the Kiskiminetas Alll111ni BHlleti11 of February,
1944.
From <the Packer Collegiate Institute as a
young graduate of "The Packer's" rich liberal arts
and classical curriculum, Miss Annie B. Jones
came in 1894 rto join the Kiski faculty: she
became a "Lady Teacher." To the role she brought
innate culture, fresh ideas and devotion to the
day's activities. At daily Chapel she "played for
the hymns," she responded to desperate calls
when the faculty baby could not be quieted, she
arranged entertainment for faculty children. With
simple but fresh ideas, she influenced by offering
constructive suggestions rather than by criticism.
The original design for the Kiski seal with its
rising sun, its acorns and its open book, was hers.
Miss Jones was cal led back to Packer Institute
to teach English, where she remained for two
years. Then in 1901 she returned to Kiskiminetas
to become Mrs. W. H. MacColl. In this role she
played even a larger part in the life of the community.
Her advice was sought more and more.
Through rthe years "The Cottage" was enlarged
by a second floor to accommodate the children -
Jean and Sandy and Betty. But in 1914 the
MacColls built and moved to Riverbreeze where
the morning sun shone bright in the living room
and the fire burned on the hearth at night.
Mrs. MacColl shared with Mrs. Wilson, Mrs.
Fair and later with the other Principals' wives
the responsibilities of the School's social demands
whether this meant week-end festivities conducted
in the School dining room - the center cleared
of tables for ithe evening, before the Gymnasium
was built; holiday dances when the girls arrived
for the week-end and, in the absence of hotels,
were entertained in the homes; or at Commencement
time when the campus seemed to become a
setting for a festival, entertaining with a series of
events not only "the girls" but parents and "old
boys."
MAY 1958
H. MacCOLL
Recurring annually came not only Commencement
but the Homecoming games when "old
boys" would ring the doorbells of the campus
homes. Mrs. MacColl confessed that, when confronted
with a well-known face, her mind could
recall only nicknames. But these seemed inadequate
when all she could think of was "Woops"
or "Lefty" or "Scrubby."
Her home became the warm hearted center
for groups, or the haven for a convalescent boy.
A dozen or more boys made up the "Junior
school." These at a tender age were always the
objects of her affectionate concern. At Riverbreeze
they found a second home. Sunday nights might
provide ,the next chapter from Call of the Jf/ild,
or Ungava Bob or Lost IVith Lie11tenant Pike,
and always hot chocolate with a marshmallow on
top, and hot buttered toast provided to each one's
taste with jam from quart jars, or perhaps a taffy
pull. A convalescent following a serious attack of
pneumonia, remembering the Sunday nights,
asked for hot chocolate. But he refused it at the
hands of the nurse until Mrs. MacColl remembered
,the marshmallow!
On occasion a youngster who was far from
home might find "home" at Riverbreeze for the
vacation. One of these writes in retrospect, "The
MacColl home was a happy and secure one. This
perhaps was Mrs. MacColl's finest accomplishment.
Finer still, it was never isolated or closed
away - it was always shared - the door stood
always open. I remember particularly the Sundays
when Juniors from the Annex came to join Betty
and Sandy. Mrs. MacColl would read or tell us
stories. She would play the piano for our songs
- and there were always cookies. This all sounds
so naive now, so Victorian, so simple and so
nostalgically beautiful. Away at school, Mrs.
MacColl with delicate understanding and warm
hospitality gave us some happy moments of home:
the home some were missing so desperately and
a lot of us bad so desperately missed altogether.
How does one evaluate loyalty, devotion? How
do_es one set down the magnitude of a great
spmt? One has recourse to such phrases as 'a
great lady,' 'a fine hwnan being,' 'a devoted wife
and mother.' But these convey very little of rtbe
essence we are trying to distil."
Mrs. MacColl took an active interest in the
affairs of the town of Saltsburg. In 1914 she
becam_e Vice President of the Board of the newlyorganized
Saltsburg Free Library. Again in 1928
cont. on page 20
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Gift to Kiski Honors
Dr. John J. Daub
Betsy Daub Smith has purohased and donated
to the sd1ool a small parcel of land in memory
of her father.
When Route 80 was improved and straightened
a few years back the new road was built
several yards north of the old highway, directly
in front of Kiski's entrance. As a result a section
of land, formerly on the north side of Route 80,
is now on the same side of the highway as Kiski's
property. Betsy Daub bought this property from
the Stewart heirs and delivered the deed to the
school.
It is gratifying for Kiski to own this important
piece of property directly at the entrance of
the school. Betsy plans to beautify the land and
erect a suitable entrance wall or pillars, in memory
of her father. It is most appropriate that at the
very entrance of the school there should be recognition
and honor given to Dr. John J. Daub,
student, teacher and Headmaster at Kiski over a
span of fifty-four years and friend of virtually
every Kiski alumnus.
Winter Activities at Kiski
Even though spring has been with us for
three weeks and the boys are eagerly looking forward
to the activities of the term, the winter
phase of our year still seems to be with us. With
that in mind I should like to inform the alumni
about our different school activities which should
be of interest rto them.
As Mr. Pidgeon has told you in his letter the
Glee Club and Debate Club have certainly been
rewarding extra curricular groups to observe. The
Glee Club, under the very capable direction of
Mr. McCoy, gave three concerts this year with
Girls' Schools in the surrounding area: Winchester-
Thurston, Grier and Ellis. The first concert,
which was in December, was most exciting
for we had our own sd1ool quartette being
presented to us for l!he first time. As :the Glee
Club gained more confidence they improved
steadily until the concert with Ellis School of
Pit<tsburgh. Without reservation ,tJhis was one of
the highlights of the school year to see the vast
improvement and enthusiasm of this choral group.
Mr. McCoy's choice of songs included such works
as "Oh lovely Peace," "Hallelujah" from the
Judas Maccabus by Handel, "How Long Wilt
Thou Forget" by Bach and in the more popular
vein, "Three Sea Chanteys," "Getting ,to Know
You," and ,the "Whiffenpoof Song." The Ellis
Glee Club and our Glee Club combined efforts to
present a wonderful arrangement by Fred Waring
of "Coming Through the Rye." When the girls'
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schools visit Kiski we are most happy to have
them for a buffet supper and dance after the concert
in Clark Hall. In the estimation of the boys
and faculty members this has made for a successful
year.
Mr. Henderson, with the able assistance of
Mr. Bailey, has certainly revitalized ithe interest
for debate. At the beginning of the year it was
quite a slow process to get boys to come to the
meetings. However, interest has picked up and the
debates with surrounding schools like Indiana
High School, St. Vincent and St. Xavier have
made the Debate Club a popular activity.
As far as the athletic season is concerned
space and time do not permit individual scores,
losses and wins. The school was most pleased with
the Wrestling Team. Mr. Zeigler's enthusiasm
and interest spurred the boys on to return home
with several awards from the championships held
at Lehigh University. We are most proud of this
fact.
The Swimming Team, under tJhe tutelage of
Mr. Ballard, Mr. Pidgeon and Mr. Curtiss improved
steadily throughout the winter term.
Because of their effort and hard work our free
style team placed sixth out of one hundred
schools in the Interscholastic Ghampionships held
at Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Also all school
swimming records were broken except two.
The basketball teams coached by Messrs.
Craig, Wild and McKillop also had a slow beginning
in reference to progress. However, within
a few weeks our smallest team to the largest team
were showing evidence that our basketball season
would be a success; not so mud1 from a standpoint
of winning each and every game but from
the standpoint of improvement and team coordination.
On February 7, four seniors and one junior
with Dr. Biddle went to Buckhill Falls to attend
the Council for Religion in Independent Schools.
From the reports given by the students in Assembly
it was a worthwhile experience for everyone.
Soon after this conference the Mid-winter
Prom was held February 15. The young ladies
arrived on Saturday in the midst of one of our
heaviest snow storms of the season. However, the
idea of snow didn't seem to hinder 76 couples
from enjoying skiing, skating and sledriding.
This was the biggest attendance realized for some
years. The Senior Prom will be held May 24.
The spring term certainly should be an
interesting one. Baseball, track and golf teams are
bu _sily readying themselves for their first compet1t1on.
The Glee Club is preparing themselves for
the Baccalaure􀂩te Service and Commencement in
June. The Senior class is anticipating June 6 with
nostalgia, happiness, and regrets that go along
with Commencement.
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Thomas Patrick Carlos
1903
The death of Thomas Patrick Carlos on March
21, 1958, was sudden, unexpected, and untimely.
He suffered a heart attack at his home on the
Kiski campus.
Mr. Carlos spent the best years of his life at
Kiski. He grew up in New Be􀂂hlehem, Pennsylvania,
received his education at Duke University
where he earned a master's degree, and except
for a brief time teaching in a public school,
worked only for Kiski. He came here in 1937.
At Kiski he married Helen Marne Brode, and
their .two daughters were born here. Probably his
greatest joy in life was his family, to whom he
was extremely devoted. No concern ever came
before consideration of them.
Mr. Carlos was one of those teachers who
enjoyed the highest tribute a teacher can know,
to be respected and remembered year after year
by students who knew him in class, as a dormi-
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tory master, or in any of !:he many other roles he
played in rthe sohool. And he enjoyed another
tribute not all teachers know. He was universally
respected and l ,iked by his fellow-teachers.
Students, teachers, all in faot who knew him,
held nim in the highest esteem. They knew him as
a man of admirable modesty, unimpeachable trustwort:hiness,
extreme charitableness, and one who
had a delightful dry wit. They knew too that he
was not without a temper that showed him to be
a man of strongly-held convictions. Like all men
who believe strongly in anything Mr. Carlos was
capable of showing righteous indignation. He
could not tolerate dishonesty in any form. He had
no patience for cheats, dissemblers, pretenders.
The death of Mr. Carlos is a loss irreparable
alike to his friends, whom he loved, and to Kiski,
whid1 he served.
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Who's Who in America Places Kiski
Forty-fourth
John A. Pidgeon, Headmaster
Kiski School
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania
Dear Mr. Pidgeon:
April 18, 1958
It gives us great pleasure to inform you as Headmaster of Kiskiminetas Springs
School, that, in our most recent survey of preparatory school graduates listed in Who's
]!'/ho in America, based upon a questionnaire sent to persons listed in Who's lVho,
that your institution ranks forty-fourth, taking its size into consideration, among all of
the more than one thousand boarding, country day and public high schools of the nation.
Two years ago I gave Dr. Clark a statement in which we rated you eighty-one,
on the basis of a survey which checked the printed biographies in Volume 29. Although
Dr. Clark was quite proud of this rating, I think the questionnaire method of our
second survey is more comprehensive than the first, and the fact that you rate fortyfourth
this time is something of which your faculty, your patrons and your students can
well be proud.
Yours very truly,
Arthur E. Nealy
Ed11catio11al Diretcor
Alumni Notes
1904
Edmund L. Bleakley of Franklin, Pennsylvania,
while vacationing in Miami, Florida was stricken with
Spinal Meningitis and died ten days later, on Novem,
ber 23, 1957.
1905
Joseph Hart Caughey of 520 Teece Avenue,
Bellevue, Pennsylvania, died on February 15, 1958, in
his home after suffering a heart attack. A graduate of
Amherst College, he was a life underwriter for Massa·
chusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company for forty-five
years. Mr. Caughey was a member of the Bellevue
Methodist Church and Pa,t President of the Official
Board of that church; a former member of the Belle,
vue Borough Council on which he served seventeen
years. He also was active in Boy Scout affairs. His
survivors are his widow, Mrs. Emma Barr Caughey;
one son, Colonel J. Hart Caughey '31, two daughters,
one brother, Francis M. Caughey '05 and eleven
grandchildren.
1909
James H. Hankins of Uniontown, Pennsylvania
was named Director to the National Retail Lumber
Dealers Association at the 51st annual convention and
exposition of the Western Pennsylvania Lumber
Dealers Association, held in February of this year.
1910
We regret to report the death on April 8, 1957
of Jasper M. Thompson of Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel M. Thompson, one
son, Jasper M. Thompson, two daughters, Ahleen
Hostutler of Cameron, West Virginia and Katharine
Canoe of Uniontown.
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1914
G. Guy Morrow, retired Manager of the Peoria
\Yater Works Company died on January 19, 1958 at
St. Francis Hospital, Peoria, Illinois. Prior to his retire•
rnent in October, 1957, Mr. Morrow had managed the
utility company for 17 years. Born at Washington,
Pennsylvania, he was a son of Cyrus and Elizabeth M.
Morrow: a veteran of World War I, he was a member
of the American Legion at Washington and of the
Masonic Lodge there. In Peoria he held membership
in the Creve Coeur Club, St. Paul's Episcopal Church
and was a past president of the Rotary Club. He was
graduated from Washington and Jefferson University.
He is survived by his widow, Rite Otto Morrow, three
brothers and three sisters.
1915
Artemas Leslie asks that their address be changed
from Schenley Apartments, Pittsburgh to 811 Alden
Drive, Paul Manor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1917
Colonel Eugene Billick died at the Walter Reed
Army Hospital on January 26, 1958. Colonel Billick
who was born in Courtney, Pennsylvania received his
medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh i n
1925. H e served in the Army from that year until his
retirement in 1956. Burial was in Arlington National
Cemetery.
1918
News item which appeared recently in Clearwater,
Florida Newspaper: "Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Clark, 65
Somerset Drive, Clearwater Beach, entertained a group
of alumni and their wives of Kiskiminetas School, at
their home. Dr. Clark, former headmaster at Kiski and
the guests who attended the informal reunion are all
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now residents of this area and included Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Freeman and Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Stepler of Clearwater; Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Beckett of Bellair and Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Osborn of Lealman."
Word has reached the Alumni Office of the death
of Charles Hays, Jr., of North East, Pennsylvania, on
November 27, 1957.
A note from Ed Thomson of R. D. 3, Jackson,
wald, Reading, Pennsylvania states that he has been
hospitalized recently, but is coming along nicely.
1921
In answer to a recent letter about the Annual
Giving Campaign, this note was received from Tracy
Nathan: "I have a great deal of personal interest in
the whole campaign, not only because it is a very
worthy one. It seems that you never get Kiski out of
your blood, so I am very happy to enclose a check
toward the campaign." Mr. Nathan is with Hamilton
Kent Manufacturing Company, Kent, Ohio.
1925
Word recently reached the Alumni Office of the
death of Charles A. Cover former Poland resident, at
his residence in Warren, Arizona following a heart
attack on August 30, 1957. Mr. Cover was an engineer
for the Phelps Dodge Company. He was a
member of the Poland Presbyterian Church and a 32nd
degree Mason. He is survived by his wife, the former
Frances Colucci, a son, a daughter, a step-son and a
step-daughter, also a brother, two sisters and six grand,
children.
1928
Cliff Aultman, Athletic Director and Basketball
Coach at Geneva College has been appointed to the
Executive Committee of the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics. Mr. Aultman has been serving
as the Pennsylvania Chairman of the organization for
the past three years. He will replace Grover Washabaugh,
Athletic Director at Westminster College who
has resigned from the six-member committee.
1930
Robert Trescher of the firm of Montgomery,
McCracken, Walker and Rhoads, 1421 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, is General Chairman of a campaign to
raise $3,100,000 to rebuild the Law School at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Wayne Bashline of the Bashline Osteopathic Hospital,
Grove City, Pennsylvania has gone to Austria
for a course of study.
Word has reached the Alumni Office that Colonel
Robert M. Burnett, Executive Officer to Assistant
Secretary of the Army, retired March 31 after almost
22 years' service. Colonel Burnett, U.S.M.A. '36 had
served in his last assignment for almost four years.
He will become Planning Coordinator for the Flexonics
Corporation, Maywood, Illinois as Assistant to
the President. Mrs. Burnett and Robert, 13, will con,
tinue to make their home at 5712 14th St., Alexandria,
Virginia until the school term ends, at which time they
will rejoin the Colonel. Another son, Wayne '56, is a
sophomore at the University of Virginia.
1931
Frank Bryant, his wife, Betty and their two sons,
Chipper and Johnny spent a week's vacation at Easter
time visiting relatives and friends in St. Clairsville,
Ohio, Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Saltsburg. Frank is
Assistant Director of Admissions at Culver Military
Academy, and Betty is Librarian there. The Bryants
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are living in their lovely new home which they built
two years ago near the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee, a
stone's throw from the campus.
1932
Bill Mercer who is with the Lehigh Portland
Cement Company, and who has been living in Minne·
apolis, Minnesota writes that he is in the process of
setting up a new District Office in Miami, Florida.
The Mercers' new address is, 1410 Ancona Avenue,
Coral Gables, Florida. Bill sends greetings to all his
friends.
J. Mack Stewart, Builder, Designer and Broker of
Columbus, Ohio writes in part: "We are raising three
sons that are still little fellows, ages 3, 7 and 9 years.
No doubt one or all of them might attend Kiski in
the future." The Stewarts live at 1856 Northwest
Blvd. F, Columbus 12, Ohio.
1933
Notice of appointment from the United States
Steel Corporation states that James L. Marks is Assistant
to the Administrative Vice President of Research
and Technology. In this newly created position, Mr.
Marks will assist the Administrative Vice President in
Public Relations. The Marks' live at R. D. 2, Guys
Run Road, Cheswick, Pennsylvania.
EDWARD J. McCLAIN '33
Word has reached the Alumni Office that Edward
J. McClain, prominent Beaver County attorney has
been selected as "Man of the Year" for L957 by the
Upper Beaver Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. McClain was selected by the committee on the
basis of his many philanthropic, community and business
activities which include his office as President of
the Beaver County Branch of the Pennsylvania Association
of the Blind and State Trustee of that organi•
zation. He is a board member and counsel of the
Beaver County Mental Health Society and Secretary
of the Pennsylvania Mental Health, Inc. For the
past seventeen years Mr. McClain has been associated
with the Beaver County Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis and recently served as Treasurer of the Beaver
County Polio Vaccination Foundation.
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Mr. McClain's community endeavors list his Vice
Presidency of the Highland-Suburban Joint School
Board and membership on the Patterson Township
School Board. He is also a member of the Board of
the Beaver Falls Chamber of Commerce.
In connection with local business activities, Mr.
McClain is Director and Secretary of the General
Brodhead Hotel Corporation and Director and Counsel
for the Citizens National Bank.
As a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church Mr.
McClain has been appointed as a lay reader by the
Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
After graduation from Kiski, he received his
Ph.D. at Dickinson College. He then attended and
graduated from the University of Pittsburgh Law
School. Before joining the Law Firm of Ledebur,
McClain and Ledebur in 1950 Mr. McClain was asso•
ciated with the First National Bank of Beaver Falls
and the Armstrong Cork Company. The McClains
have a son, Thomas and a daughter, Sally Jo.
1935
\\larren Lancaster, proprietor of the Fifth Avenue
Card Shop, died on March 27, 1958 at Shadyside
Hospital, Pittsburgh. His home was at 293 Newburn
Drive, Mt. Lebanon. He also was associated with the
Investment Firm of C. S. McKee & Company. Mr.
Lancaster who graduated from Bethany College was an
Air Force veteran of World War II . He was past
President of the South Hills Rotary Club and a mem•
ber of the Mount Lebanon United Presbyterian
Church. Survivors include his widow, Lillian Muros
Lancaster; a son, Frederick; his mother, Mrs. Carolyn
Marsh Lancaster, and three brothers, Frederick G., Jr.,
Marsh and Robert E. Lancaster.
1939
Bud Dudley writes that his son Frank was in a
coma for 56 days after being hit by a car and suffering
brain damage. He is now on the mend and hopes to
leave the hospital some time this summer. The acci·
dent occurred last August.
Frank Ramsey is the Minister of the Kennett
Square Presbyterian Church in Kennett Square, Penn•
sylvania. Frank writes that his brother George '43 is
an assistant at First Church in Warren, Ohio.
1943
Alan Rothballer, M.D., writes to Mr. Arnold:
"I have just finished reading the appeal letters which
you sent me and am so caught up in the spirit of the
campaign that my enclosed check has resulted." Alan's
address is, Albert Einstein College, of Medicine,
Yeshiva University, Rochester Road and Morris Park
Avenue, New York 61, New York.
1944
Bill Entwisle, in answer to a request to be a com•
mitteeman for the Annual Giving Campaign wrote
among other things to Mr. Arnold: "It would be im•
possible for me to turn down the request of the teacher
who drilled us in the fine points of trigonometry and
solid geometry and put up with us in Rees .Hall. As a
matter of fact, I still consider it to be one of the high
points of my life, the night before the solid geometry
exam when really for the first time I LEARNED that
course, and then went in and cracked off a mark in
the exam second only to Martha Arnold and ended up
with an 80% for the course and a Kiski diploma."
Bill is with United Press. He lives at 2320 Forest
Drive, Pittsburgh 35, Pa.
We were sorry to hear of the sudden death of
Bob McGowan's father who lived in Steuben vile, Ohio.
Young Bob is living in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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1945
Tom Dornan who is with Macklin Sales Com•
pany, Jackson, Michigan writes that he spent a day in
Ashtabula with Bill Reid, also chat he sees Bob Bowers
111 Cleveland occasionally.
1946
Elliott McConnell's Dad '19 writes: "Elliott, Jr.
is practicing geophysics with the Magnolia Petroleum
Company in New Mexico. He is now what is known
as the party chief of a seismic crew. He is married,
has two children and is enjoying his work and the life
out there very much."
1947
Coleman Foster and his bride are living at 1131
Massachusetts Avenue, Apartment 2, Cambridge 38,
Massachusetts .
John Mcllvaine of Washington, Pennsylvania has
asked that we use this business address for him: c/o
Hon. Joseph P. Willson, 605 Federal Building, Pitts·
burgh 19, Pennsylvania.
1948
Wade Buckwalter is Coach at Washington High
School, Indianapolis, Indiana. The Buckwalters' ad·
dress is, Box 575, Route 17, Indianapolis, Indiana.
W. Bruce Lane of 536 Glenwood Avenue,
Ambridge, Pennsylvania is a District Scout Executive
of the Allegheny Council of the Boy Scouts of
America.
1949
Chuck Cooley writes that when he was in Buffalo
recently he ran into Charles Lum '30 who is in the
tool engineering business. He's also seen Mike Frid,
man '5 3 several times at the University of Pennsylvania
where Chuck is doing graduate work in the evenings,
and to quote: "Am happy co say that the end is in
sight. Not that I haven't enjoyed it but Penn is
actually my fifth college or university - Ohio State,
Colgate, Pitt, Carnegie Tech. Really looking forward
to spending more time with Polly and the boys!" The
Cooleys, Chuck, Polly, Chris and Andy Eve in Potts·
town, Pennsylvania on the Hill School campus where
Chuck is employed in Fund Raising.
Joe Mitinger is in his last term of law school at
Pitt University and preparing for the bar examination.
Joe lives at 116 Talbot Avenue, Greensburg, Pa.
Ronald Kropf has recently earned his Ph.D. in
organic chemistry at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Ronald is employed by Shell Oil Company. The
Kropfs reside at 84 West Haller Drive, Rosewood
Heights, East Alton, Illinois.
1950
Hugh Cummins, Jr. of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
is working as a salesman for Tee•Pak, Inc., a manu·
facturer of artificial casings for the meat industry. Still
unmarried. He sends sincere regards to everyone.
Hugh's address is, 316 N. Astor Street, Chicago, Ill.
Raymond (Red) Pennoyer and his bride are
happy and cozy at 12 Sachem Village, Hanover, New
Hampshire where he is in his first year in the Dart·
mouth School of Business Administration and Shirley
has a position in the magnificent new hospital there.
Jack Whittemore writes that he is a salesman for
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in their management
training program. And we quote, "Mr. Arnold, it
hasn't been too long ago that you were saying: 'Drop
a pencil and you lose two weeks' work in our solid
and trig class. Those were wonderful days well spent."
The Whittemores live at 579 Center Street, Man·
chester, Connecticut.
KIS KI ALUMNI BULLETIN
1951
Rich Herbruck is located at Ellsworth Air Force
Base, South Dakota where he is serving as an officer
with the 531st AAA Msl Bn (Nike). His service will
be completed in November of this year. His address
is 119 East Anamosa, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Jim Mehaffey visited the campus recently. He
completed his course at the University of Pennsylvania
in 1955, then spent two years in the Navy, with his
tour of duty in Japan. He is back home in Verona and
for the last three or four months has been working for
the Oakmont Research Labs.
1952
Doug Roby's address while stationed in Boston
with the Air Force is 998 Massachusetts Avenue,
Arlington, Massachusetts.
Fred Hunter and Mrs. Hunter live in Saltsburg,
Pennsylvania where Fred is associated with Stanley
Tool and Die Company, a company in which Fred's
father is interested. The Stanley Tool recently moved
to Saltsburg as part of the Saltsburg Re-development
Plan.
1954
Jack Kreger expects to receive his B.S.E. degree
in civil engineering from the University of Michigan
this June. In addition to completing his fourth year of
football last fall, his activi.ties have consisted of membership
in Sigma Nu, American Society of Civil Engi,
neers, student chapter, of which he is Treasurer; Chi
Epsilon, of which he is Program Chairman. He's been
able co maintain a B plus average. Jack was married
last June to Marilyn Francis who is a graduate of
Michigan '57; she is now a practicing physicial thera,
pist employed at the Veterans' Administration Hos·
pital in Dearborn, Michigan.
A note on the bottom of the Dean's List of
Springfield College, reads as follows: "Here is a veri•
fication that yours truly made the Dean's List again
( third year). Thought perhaps it would add news to
the Gossip Column of the Alumni Bulletin. Things
are fine here. I'm a senior this year. Will be glad to
graduate in June; then we can settle down." Signed
··zeke" Leverknight.
"Seed" White is presently in flight training with
the U. S. Navy, stationed at Pensacola, Florida. His
address is: N/C James W. White, Room 221, Build,
ing 837, N.A.A.S., Sanfley, Pensacola, Florida.
1955
Macy Darling, a junior at Johns Hopkins Uni•
versity, was married in December. 1957. He and Mrs.
Darling live at 505 University Parkway, Baltimore 18,
Maryland.
Charles "Tyke" McNash who is a Sales Executive
with Station WKWK, Wheeling, West Virginia, spoke
to the student body at Kiski one morning in March.
Mrs. McNash, the former Jane G. Ellis accompanied
her husband.
Bob Rock, junior at Princeton, played varsity
football 1956-57.
Fred Becker, Harry Benintend '56 and Charles
Aaron '57 visited the c;,.mpus at the time of Mr.
Carlos's death.
1956
Ted Evans of Lorain, Ohio has written Mr.
Zeigler: "I don't think I have mentioned what it is
like up here and probably shouldn't because I might
make you feel bad. Really though it is tremendous and
I am not sorry for one minute chat I picked Alaska
when my turn came around. I am going co send you
MAY 1958
some pictures of our ski area. All my spare time goes
into skiing up here and although I don't like to brag,
I have become pretty good .... While I can't tell you
what I am doing up here, I can say that it is very
interesting and I arn seeing a lot of the territory. Our
home station is at Fort Richardson which isn't too far
from Anchorage. Mom and Dad and Kris will be
coming up this summer to see me and we are going
to burn around here for a while which should be fun.
They have been talking about nothing else for the last
few months, so I have no worry about their enthu,
siasm for the long trip here .... If you happen to get
the urge, just grab a pair of skis and come up to the
land of 'frozen chosen.' Say hello co all my friends
there." Signed, "Ohio's leading Eskimo-Ted Evans."
Dave Magee visited the campus at Christmas
time. He is a sophomore at Duke University. (The
August, 1957 Alumni Bulletin made an error in
naming Dave's college.)
Mike Smith, a sophomore at Princeton, was on
the freshman football team, track team and a member
of the bridge club.
1957
Gary Bassett writes from Alfred University: "Am
very busy with college life. I am taking Ceramic Engi,
neering and find it very interesting. Math seems to be
my hardest subject with English and Chemistry com•
paratively easy. I am pledging Klan Alpine, a local
fraternity and like it very much. I am sure my year
at Kiski helped prepare me for life here, although I
find my freedom a little tempting. I hope to get to
visit Kiski soon as it will bring back many fond
memories.,,
Kenneth Dickson writes to Mr. Lemcke, in part:
"I entered the United States Air Force on October 9,
1957 .... Since I have left school I have spent one
summer at hard labor. At this point I realized that an
education was essential. le is funny that I had to gee
out and work to learn chat I had had the wrong ideas
and attitudes about my studies at Kiski .... I wish to
thank you for the help and advice you gave me while I
was attending Kiski. You can see that your efforts are
in the process of paying dividends by the newspaper
clipping enclosed. Please say hello to all my friends
at Kiski."
Kenneth was recently graduated from the Aircraft
Control and Warning School at Kessler Air Force Base,
Mississippi, as an honor student. After spending a 30
day leave with his parents in Derrick City, Pa., he
reported to his new duty station in Greenland.
Bob Gleason who is attending the University of
Pennsylvania writes to Mr. Lemcke, in part: "I have
just finished my first semester here at Penn. I received
a 3.0 average of which I am very satisfi,ed. Thanks
to your course at Kiski, I made a "B" in English
Composition. Those themes every week really helped.
I am enrolled in the Wharton School of Finance and
Commerce. The work is quite hard and I have to study
a lot. I think Penn is really great .... My only activity
first semester was the making of the freshman basket,
ball team. I had little time for anything else .... On
Monday fraternity rushing begins and lasts for ten
days. Of course, I'm looking forward to it. Please say
hello to everyone at Kiski for me, and belated congratulations
to you on your marriage."
John Goodley has written to Mr. "Lumpke" to
say that the United States Air Force Academy is all
that he expected. Not only is he doing well from an
academic standpoint but he's having a social whirl.
Believe it or not. He hopes to see both Bob Fuellhart
and Jeff Miller there next fall.
Marshall Katz writes from Cornell to Mr. Lemcke:
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"I have just received the Alwnni Bulletin and to coin
an old phrase, 'it brings back fond memories.' I feel
quite ashamed for not writing sooner and letting you
know about my progress here at Cornell. Grade-wise
I don't think that I'll set any world record, but I do
hope to average in the low 80's before I graduate ....
English has proved to be one of the strongest sub,
jects and I can only attribute this to my fine instruc,
tion at Kiski .... The last two weeks have been hectic
ones for fraternity rushing has dominated our every
move. Cornell employs a deferred rushing program to
enable its freshmen to orient themselves during the
first semester.
The introduction of an advanced placement program
in Mathematics (in my humble opinion) is an
excellent idea and I hope that it proves to be highly
successful. As you probably know, Cornell is primarily
an engineering school and I come in contact with engi,
neers (E. P.'s, Chem E's, E. E.'s, etc.) every day. I
therefore offer my suggestions to the Math Depart,
ment. From my short experience at Cornell, I would
advise any Kiski-ite anticipating engineering to take
chemistry, physics and some introductory course to the
calculus which would include elements of differentia,
tion and integration. Calculus, at college can prove to
be extremely rough if you get a poor start ....
In closing, I only hope that the present Kiski
student body, despite social conditions, can some day
realize, as I have, what a fine education they are re,
ceiving. I wish them the best of luck in both their
studies and in their endeavors to make the college of
their choice."
Gary Pratt who is attending Michigan State Uni,
versity, writes: "My freshman year has proved very
successful so far. I'm pledging Delta Upsilon frater,
nity, a member of the Men's Glee Club and am active
in the Hotel Association. At Christmas time we (the
Glee Club) were in California and appeared on the
Dinah Shore Show ... " Gary's address is, 230 E.
Shaw, East Lansing, Michigan.
Karl Weise, Jr., freshman at Pennsylvania State
University has written Mr. Brett that things have gone
well so far. He is majoring in pre-law. Bill Wyman,
Harry Falk and Bill Wonders are also at Penn State.
Karl's address is, Nittany Hall, Box 256, Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, Pa.
Gus Yannatta's mother writes that Justin likes the
University of Michigan very much - says he has to
put in eight hours of work other than classroom a day
to maintain a B average.
Marriages
Thomas C. Johnston '56 to Trudy Gerry on March 1,
1958 at the Church of the Good Shepherd,
Arcadia, California.
R. Timothy Farough '56 to Miss Lavonne Kay Fred,
ericksen on January 31, 1958 in Detroit, Mich.
Macy M. Darling '55 to Miss Sandra Wheeler on
December 22, 1957.
Charles B. McNash '55 to Miss Jane G. Ellis on
November 30, 1957 at St. John's Episcopal
Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
John C. Kreger, Jr. '54 to Miss Marilyn Francis on
June 22, 1957.
Coleman A. Foster '47 to Miss Dorothy Marois on
January 11, 1958 in St. Bonaventure Church,
Ottawa, Ontario.
Births
To Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lane '48, a daughter, Donna
Lyn11 on November 13, 1957.
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To Dr. and Mrs. Porter M. Kier '45, a daughter,
Elizabeth Lavely, on February 1, 1958 at Falls
Church, Virginia.
To Mr. and Mrs. "Zeke" Leverknight '54, a daughter,
Rebecca Lynn, on November 19, 1957 at Springfield,
Massachusetts.
To Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Carson '49, a daughter,
Catherine Anne, on February 12, 1958.
To Mr. and Mrs. James L. Waters '48, a son, James
L., Junior, on October 31, 1957 at Covington,
Louisiana.
MRS. WILLIAM H. MACCOLL
cont. from page 13
she was on the Board, serving as Secretary and as
Chairman of the Committee for raising funds for
the Library in lieu of the more desirable widespread
tax support which was not forthcoming.
She was an organizer and a prime mover in the
Church Workers' Association (a vastly modern
Ladies' Aid Society) in the Saltsburg Presbyterian
Church and a member of the Sunshine Committee
which served as neighbor, friend or case worker,
for the shut-ins or those in special need.
She saw that it was imporant to have someone
on the edge of Westmoreland County bordering
on the Kiskiminetas and far from the County
seat who would look after those in need of help.
Visits to those who had fallen on hard times or
trips to the hospital were added ·to new activities.
It therefore naturally followed in .the depression
of the 30's that Mrs. MacColl was asked to take
over the administration of county welfare relief.
This meant that ,the doorbell at Riverbreeze rang
often. ( And what a doorbell! It was a Mississippi
River Boat bell which Dr. MacColl had bought
from Captain Rees!) One could never tell
whether it was a boy who needed Dr. MacColl's
help in trigonometry or a request for someone
to drive a sick patient to the hospital, or a resident
from "The Flat" or from Possum Hollow for his
relief check.
Through forty years Mrs. MacColl had not
only enriched the life at Kiskiminetas with her
warm devotion and her creative efforts but had
become a citizen whom all in the community
knew and honored.
Although she left Riverbreeze and Kiski in
1937 after Dr. MacColl's death and established
her home with Betty in Bradenton, Florida, she
kept in close touch with the School, returning for
several visits, one at the time MacCoJI Hall was
dedicated. Her Bradenton home continued to be
a mecca for "Kiski-ites" on their Southern trips.
She was nearly as active in Bradenton as she had
been at Kiski, soon finding her place in literary
circles where her book reviews and papers became
more and more in demand. Every civic cause had
her support.
Mrs. MacColl's death on January 22, after a
brief illness, brought to a close a fuJI, rich life.
KISKI ALUM NI BULL ETI N
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Alumni :Dau
REUNION
Saturday, June 7, 1958
Special Reunion
for Class of '48

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