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The Wagner College Alumni News
Vol. II
MAY, 1950
NO.4
Published in October, December, March, and May by the Wagner College Alumni
Association, Staten Island 1, N. Y.
Alfred
J.
Krahmer '27, Alumni Secretary, Editor
Lois K. Dickert
'~6,
Assistant Editor
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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WALTER BOCK '38 .............................................. President
CHRISTIAN HOLMSTRUP ·39 .. ..................... Vice President
MARIE KRUMPE BORTH .42 .................................... Secretary
HERMAN MEYER ·11 ..................................................... Treasurer
Member. of the Executive Committee
Wesley RogIer '34
Carl J . Sutter '29
Donald H. Race '30
Alfred Knhmer '27
Alumni Tru.tee. of the College
Alfred L. Beck '38
Donald H. Race '30
Alumni Member., Board of Athletl, Control
Frederick Sutter '94
Albert Accetola '41
Alumni Membe,., College Council
J. Trygve Jen.en '43
Joserh Ca" ley '35
Alumni Membe,., Board of Tradition.
Roy Cutter '41
Al Krahmer ''27
The Wagner Alumni AssocIation IS a member of the American Alumni Council
ALUMNI
CHAPTERS
Hu,.lng Alumnae
Hud.on Valley (NY)
.... ..... .. ......... President
Verona Miller '49 ...
Dorothy Miller N 16 ................................ .
Alvin Mcs'1ersmith "44 .
Pre.ident
Fr.d Grunst '19 ................................ ........ ................... ..
Secretary
:\ i.ves Ribe. Dole '48 ........
Roche.ter
.. ................ .
.. President
Secretary
Walt.r Kortr.y '45 .......... ..
Elaine Hotbe! Fuhlbruck '45 ... .... ......... .
....................... ..... .. President
Secretary
Philadelphia
We.tche.ter (NY)
Lloyd Rice '40 ...
President
..... ..... Secretary
Long 1.land
Brooklyn
Philir An.tedt '39 .....
Ad.lh.id Baum '~O
.......................... .President
Mrs. CharI.. Nebauer
... Secretary
Secretary
Northern New England
William Villaume '35 ...
Erling Nilssen '39 . "
President
Frank Gollnick '30 ................................... .
.. ................... Secr.tary
................ Prcsident
Gunth.r Stil'l'ich '36
Erma Rudloff Coutts '39 ... ..... ........... .
.......•...... ... Secretary
We.tern New York
Staten 1.land
Frank Kalmbach ........... .......
. ....... ......... Pr•• id.nt
Rita McGivn.y K.nnedy N 46 ........................ .. ............................. .. S.cr.tary
Lcs Trautn"ann ·40 ... ..... .... ........... ,.... .... ..... ... .··· ·· ·...... .... .. ............. ....... President
Lila Thomrson Barbes '41 ................................................................... Secretary
Northern New Je,.ey
Col-mllr-va (Wa.hlngton, D.C.)
Charles Hellriegal '38......
Willard Grimes '40 .. .. ................. .
.. ....... Pr •• ident
.. .............................................. .. Secr.tary
David Smith '4 1....
WiIIi.>m Niebanck '31 ............. .. ........ ..
... President
.................... S«r.tary
Connecticut
Robert H.yd.nreich ·32 .. ...................... .......................... .. .................... Presid.llt
EI.anor Dossin ............................................................. ........ ................. Secr.tary
THE
COVER
PICTURE
Traditional on the Wag1ter Campus is the allllual May Day, held this year on May 3. The cover picture shows the Maypole dance which was part of last year's celebration. Photo is by Herbert E. Hewitt.
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WAGNER COLLEGE
�ALUMNI
REUNION
PRO G RAM
Friday and Saturday - June 2 and 3, 1950
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1950
5:45 P.M. REGISTRATION DESK OPENS
Registration desk will be open from 5:45 to 10:00 P.M.
on Friday and from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Saturday
6:45 P.M. ALUMNI REUNION DINNER
Rev. James link, speaker
8:45 P.M. BUSINESS MEETING
9:00 P.M. INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL DANCE
9:30 P.M. "THE SECOND CUP OF COFFEE~' Social Rooms, Cunard Hall
Movies and Chatter
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1950
9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION DESK OPENS
9:30 A.M. "THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE"
Room, Cunard Hall, Dr. Adolph Stern, speaker
11 :00 A.M. "TIME TO LOOK AROUND"
12:00 noon NURSING ALUMNAE CHAPTER LUNCHEON MEETING
INFORMAL LUNCHEON
FRATERNITY, SORORITY and CLASS LUNCHEONS
3:00 P.M.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
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Foyer, Cunard Hall
Dining Room, Cunard Hall
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Cunard Hall
Ad Building
Foyer, Cunard Hall
Dining
- Campus
West Room, Cunard Hall
Dining Room, Cunard Hall
-Off the Hill
- Sutter Oval
ALUMNI REUNION
by Jack Berglund 'J5
Chairman
Here we are in the middle of spring I
We start day dreaming and those memorable days on the Hill pop into our minds.
Well, keep on dreaming, boys and girls - Alumni Reunion Weekend is just a few
weeks away and your committee has been
working up a Iii' ~Id program that we
know you won't \vant to miss.
We start off Friday evening, June 2nd,
at 6 :15 with an Aillmni Reunion Dilmer.
Professors Davidheiser, DeWalsh, and
Haag are going to be our special guests
so that we can wish them well on their
forthcoming retirements. The main spt.aker will be the Rev. J ames Link, local pastor, who has quite a reputation as an after
dinner speahr. Joe Flotten '26 will act
as M.e. and should have a lot of "good
ones" lined lip. Other highlights will include presentation of keys to 11/'0 50 year
alumni by Dr. Sutter and a factual report
on the Greater Wagner Campaign from
that famous member of the class of '45,
Dr. Walter Langsam. Incidentally, arrangements are being made so that five
year reunion classes ('45, '40, 'J5, 'Jo, etc.)
can sit together at reserved class tables.
A bllsillt!ss meeting is scheduled for
8 :45 p.m. Your executive committee is
planning to make it as shorl as possible
by sending you mimeographed reports and
outlines of the business in advance.
At 9:00 p.m. there will be a dalice in
the Ad Building sponsored by the Interfraternity Council. For those of you whom
Terpsichore has not endowed, "The Secolld Cup 0/ Coffee" will be served in the
social rooms in Cunard at 9 :Jo p.m. You
may lounge around and hash over your
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years on the Hill or relax and see some
Wagner football films plus "Beautiful
upon a Hill." The latter film is a terrific success and has even been televised.
You have heard of Breakfast with Jinx
and Tex, Dorothy and Dick, and other
radio notables. Well, Saturday morning,
June Jrd, don't miss "The Prp/essor at
the Break/ast Table." Meet us in Cunard
at 9 :Jo a.m. and we'll guarantee a good
breakfast pillS. The speaker will be our
own Dr. Adolph J. Stern, world traveler,
lecturer, and humorist . . Dr. Stern's dynamic personality and ready wit have
made him one of Wagner's most popular
professors. As a special attraction there
will be some special musical entertainment
under the direction of Dr. Sigvart Steen
of the music department.
Have you seen your new West Campus?
There will be time 10 look around before
lunch. Dormitories will be open for inspection if you want a peek at your old
room.
At noon there will be a Nursing Alumnae Chapler LuncheolL-Mceting in Cunard
and also fraternity, sorority and class reunion luncheons scheduled at local spots
off the hill. If you wish to stay on the
campus, the dining room in Cunard will
be open.
At J :OO p.m. the colorful academic
proc('ssion and commencement exercises
wil! be held on Sutter Oval. A fitting
climax to our program.
A r" !Jislralioll desk will be set up in the
foyer of Cunard Hall from 5 :45 to 10 :0"
p.m. on Friday and from 9 :00 a.m. to
T p.m. on Saturday. If you desire lodging for Friday night. arrangements can
be 'llacle a~ the dl'sk for a'dormltory room
Did I mention the tariff? Tickets for
all eVf;'nts will be on sale at the registration desk at the following rates :
$1.75
Annual Reunion Dinner
Dance
$ .75
Lodging
$1.00
Professor's Breakfast
$ .85
Luncheon·
$1.00
• Includes Nursing Alumnae Luncheon
and informal luncheon in Cunard
Dining Room. It aoes not include the
fraternity, sorority or class luncheons
held off the hill.
That's it! Mark the d"tes on your calendar NOW - June 2nd and Jrd. We'll
be looking for you I
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�WAGNER'S GRAND TOUR
by Ian Morrison '48
Capacity Crowd Attends Concert of
Wagner Choir. Wagner Choir Gives
Rare Musical Treat. Dr. Steen Shows
Amazing Ability in Wagner College Concert Here. Wagner Choir Heard in
Stirring Program.
These are typical of the headlines following in the wake of the Wagner Choir
as it traveled on its annual tour in J anuary and February of this year.
cert, the Syracuse fost Herald said, "A
stirring program ... the choir displayed
precision and complete control, often lacking in other well-directed groups . . .
Steen's ability as a director was clearly
seen last night." A few 'days earlier the
critics of the Newburgh News stated,
.. . . . a program sung with enthusiasm
and artistry ... choir excelled in shimmering pianissimos and organ-like crescendos
church in Newburgh, the tour at Niagara
Falls, Dr. Steen's solo in Meriden, Norm
Sutterlin's cut-ups in Torrington. These
and other episodes will long remain in
the minds of this group. In and out of
the bus, packing and unpacking, singing
and not singing, eating, sleeping, living in
different places every night, meeting more
people, talking Wagner - - no, not r6utine
- - just fun for all.
Lunch stop - Monticello
Robert Chamberlain, George Handley,
Paul Riss (hidden), Carolyn Reisch,
Gprard Kern.
There's Olle ill every crowd. Paul Riss
posing for CarolYI~ Reisch.
You don't want the names. It's 7 :30
a.m., leaving Meriden.
Twenty concerts in three states and
each one acclaimed by audiences and
critics alike - - quite a rc;cord, but an old
story to Dr. Sigvart Steen, who has been
directing choirs for more years than he
cares to make public. Gaining national
prominence as director of the Northland
(Wisconsin) College Choir, he was singularly honored during World War II by
being called to direct the famous Naval
Bluejackets Choirs at Great Lakes Naval
Training Station. A seasoned trouper
and an accomplished artist, Sig Steen is
the main reason that the Wagner Choir
has become "one of the finest choirs in the
East." Joining the Wagner faculty in
September, Steen succeeded, in just three
months, in accomplishing what at first
seemed an impossible task. Forty-three
young students, numbering few voice
students, stunned audiences with their
depth of feeling, discipline, and beauty of
ensemble.
The morning after the Syracuse con-
... ' this is already one of our finer choral
groups. The group showed a professional
quality that is rarely found outside such
veteran organizations as the Yale Glee
Club, the St. Olaf's Choir, and the Westminster Choir ... "
Next year's tour is now in the planning
and booking stage. Instead of this year's
forty voices, we shall have sixty, the tour
will be extended, and the audiences will
be larger.
It is a tribute to the choir personnel
that these, and other fine reviews, did
not instill the idea of perfection. Each
concert showed the choir new mistakes
and new horizons. Hard work and professional demeanor key-noted the tour,
but, as always, there was plenty of time
for good old-fashioned "horsing around."
The Placement Bureau is anxious to
hear of summer work opportunities for
students. If you know of any such work,
please tell the Placement office. I t5 director, Ernie Kiefer, would also be glad to
hear of full time openings for graduates.
Alumni are very important to the effectiveness of this work. Remember the
Placement Bureau I
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Almost every day the students had a
few hours to themselves, and it was understood that all would be well as long as the
established timetable was adhered to - and it \vas I
As always, in an undertaking of this
type, there are highlights that will long
be remembered. For instance, the grand
first-night welcome in John Klahn's
Delta Nu, youngest fraternity on the
Hill, is the latest to organize its alumni.
It all took place at Clove Lakes Inn on
March 5. Officers elected were Dick
Paugh '49, president; Phil Laub '48, vicepresident; \Varren Schieb '48 secretarytreasurer.
WAGNER
COLLEGE
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�THE MIGHTY MITE
by AI Krahmer '27
Some call Herb Sutter the Mighty
Mite; others call him the Grey Eagle
(for the obvious reason that what hair he
has is grey) ; as a member of the faculty
he rates the title of Professor Sutter;
but almost everybody calls him just plain
Herb.
No matter what you choose to call him,
the fact is that Herb is doing a great job.
Wagner is growing up athletically and
the man responsible for most of that
growth sits in the tiny office alloted to the
athletic department. When we told Herb
we were going to do this story, he said,
"W rite it soon while I'm riding high."
He was referring, of course, to the fact
that his basketball Sea hawks had won 19
and lost 5, annexing the Greater New
York Conference title in the process.
Herb is a good coach and he has proved
it in both basketball and baseball, but we
have a feeling that his greatest contribution to Wagner is not as a coach, but as
Director of Athletics. When we said
Wagner was growing up athletically we
were not referring primarily to the fact
that we have had winning seasons for the
past
two
years
in
all
major
sports, but rather to the fact that we now
compete regularly with teams of recognized standing. No longer do we play
unknown schools, but colleges of fine reputation. What's more, we go into most
of these games with a fair chance of winning.
Herb is responsible for this athletic
growth, first through the fine contacts he
has developed. One of the less arduous
tasks that falls to the writer is to accompany Herb 'lCcasiooally to gatherings of
metropolitan
athletic directors and
writers. It is immediately evident that
Herb is well known and respccted by
these men. He's on a first name basis with
most of them. This is also true of the
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Conference group (made up of many schools
with enrollment and athletic policies like
ours) .
Take a good look at Wagner schedules.
This year or next we meet teams like
Swarthmore, Johns Hopkins, Western
Maryland, Albright, Dickinson, Gettysburg, F. and M., St. Johns, Fordham, etc.
The fellow responsible for these fine
schedules is the Director of Athletics,
Herb Sutter.
W c've talked to representatives of these
("alleges. They are happy to play Wagner because they' like the way our players conduct themselves and the way Herb
Sutter does things. We are a respected
opponent, because they know that Herb
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plays square with the eligibility standards
of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, and makes sure that Wagner
athletics are always clean and above
board.
Another way Herb has helped Wagner
athletics grow up is through his persuasive
manner with local high school athletes.
Many of the fine players on our winning
teams this year are at Wagner because he
took an interest in them. How he persuaded some of them to come we'll never
know, because we know something of the
kind of "offers" these boys have had from
other schools.
Herb would be the first to admit that
he tries to get good athletes to come to
Wagner, but here, too, he plays the game
squarely and according to accepted codes.
We remember, for example, a letter he received last winter from a fine basketball
player in aNew England college. The
boy wantl"d to transfer, but Herb wanted
no part of the deal. He refused to risk
even a remote chance of an accusation of
"tampering."
It's hard to think of a time when Herb
was not on the Wagner campus. He attended the old Wagner High from 19231927, the college from 1927-1931. Except for a year at Columbia (M.A., 1932)
and five years in the New York City
school system, he's been at \Vagner ever
since. When he first came to the Hill in
1937, his was a part time job- to put
some order into the scheduling of games,
handled until then entirely by student
managers. In time he became instructor
in physical education, coach of basketball
and basehall (he even tutored the girls in
basketball for a while), and eventually
Professor of Physical Education, head of
the department, and Director of Athletics.
Herb entered Wagner High School the
~am( year the writer entered Wagner
College, .md we remember well his devolopn.ent as an athlete. A little fellow. it
took.. him a while to break into the varsity
line-up" but once he did, there was no
stopping him He quarterbacked the football team. played a forward in ba,ketball
anti second base on the baseball team. AI~
ways aggressive, he more than made up
for his lack of size and was never afraid
of running up against the big boys.
We remember some terrific beatings
Herb took in football during one of those
seasons when the line was below par and
the backfield needed armor. Smart and a
good passer, he was one of our better players. Against Susquehanna in '930, we
saw him go 8,5 yards with a kickoff behind
one of Ray Kirchmeyer's famed flying
wedges.
Herb Sutler
Now that Eddie Stanky is a New York
Giant (his favorite club), Herb won't
mind our saying that he is a Stanky
type basbeall player. Never a power
hitter, Herb drew a lot of walks, picked
up the extra base by alert base running,
performed smoothly in the field, and was
always the smart, take-charge type on the
field.
But if Herb was good in football and
baseball, he was great on the basketball
court. In high school, he was twice
chosen on the Island all-scholastic five.
In college ball, he was always a top scorer and briUiant floor man. In the one
year of the short-lived Metropolitan Conference, he was chosen on its all-star five.
Herb can still play a good game. as the
cocky members of the class of 1950 found
out this year. Herb was high man as the
Faculty beat the Seniors.
Sutter is a real veteran of the campus.
With the retirement of Professors Davidheiser and DeWalsh this spring, we can
think of only two members of the Wagner
family with longer service on the HillProfessors Hinman and Deal. Loyal to
his Alma Mater and serving her well,
Herb has done a ' grand job to help Wagner grow up.
He is not responsible for the next step
in that growth- the new gym, but he'll be
a happy man when it's finally a reality.
It will be heaven for him to be able to
have basketball practice everyday and not
have to leave Tuesdays and Thursdays for
the girls, or have to forego practice because of exams or registration, or the
many other activities which now jam the
auditorium schedule. And to be able to
play .the home games on the Hill. There'll
be no holding him.
(Continued on Page 14)
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�lave a Heart, Fellows!
One of the heaviest burdens with which the Public
Relations Office had to deal during the past fall, mentally if not physically, were the complaints of loyal and
enthusiastic, but un-understanding alumni, about the
"lack of publicity" on Union's undefeated football team.
From all quarters the complaints poured in, by letter
and verbally, and in one instance indirectly, via a
neighboring radio station. The situation finally reached
the point where the Director of Public Relations decided
to do something about it. This is it.
This is not going to be an excuse for what some believed to be the lack of. publicity, for no excuse is
needed, nor is any defense. The tremendous volume of
athletic pUblicity that went out from here during the
falI, under the able supervision of Bill Ketz, speaks for
itself. We did our part, but what happened between
Wells House and the published newspapers in which our
alumni didn't see glowing accounts of Union's victories?
That is the crux of the matter, and that calls for an
explanation of just what "news" is as published in the
newspapers. In reading this, remember that the Director of Public Relations, who is writing this article, is
not only a loyal" alumnus of Union himself, but is also
an experienced. newspaperman, with twenty years on
the New York Herald Tribune and five vears before
that on The Associated Press.
.
"News," to put it in the simplest terms, is anything
that is of interest to more than one person. But on
that basis, our daily newspapers would be huge bundles,
so some formula must be used to sift out the news that
will be of the greatest interest to the greatest number
of people. That formula can be stated most simply as
"reader interest."
In other words, when any editor of any newspaper
sits down at his desk each day, to deal with the vast
volume of copy which comes across that desk-and every
publication, even UmoN ALUMNUS, has far more than
it can print in each issue-the criterion that must be
applied to every piece of news is: "How many of my
readers will this interest?"
If an article is about taxation~r anything affecting
the pocketboo~r babies, or pets, or a great catastrophe, or (we are sorry to say it, but it's true) sex, or
a few other things of general interest, the chances are
that the editor wiII send it along as copy for his publication. It is a well-known fact in newspaper work that
most people are interested in those things.
But then comes the task for which the editor really
is paid, to sift out the remaining material and decide
what of it is of the greatest interest to most of his
readers, and that is where we come in, with our Union'
College sports copy.
In Schenectady, the sports editors of the papers have
no problem, for they know that a couple thousand of
their readers are Union alumni, plus families and
friends, and so everything we send out is published. In
Albany and other adjacent cities, the same is true to
only a slightly lesser extent. But then we come to New
York City and the metropolitan area, whence most of
last year's complaints came, and to cities more distant.
The New York Daily Ne'W8 has a circulation of around
3,000,000; The NIJ'W York Time. around 600,000; the
Herald Tribune around 300,000. The Alumni Office's
estimate of Union College alumni living within a thirtyfive-mile radius of Times Square is 1,800. And there is
. the reason for our problem, if not the answer to it.
Any editor worth his salt on a New York paper, even
if he knew of the number of Union alumni in the area,
which he probably doesn't, would put two and six together
and know that he didn't halle many readers among that
number-out of his total circulation.
The same ratio holds in the New York suburban area.
Take Newark, N. J., for instance. The Newark Evening
New8 bas a circulation of 286,000. Union has some 400
alumni living in its entire circulation area. Even if
they all read the Newark New" which they obviously do
not, how would the editor's formula of "reader interest"
work out? Not, we are sorry to say, too well.
But Union is not the only smalI college with the same
problem. A sports editor of the Herald Trib1me told
the writer that when a paragraph appears about Union,
the alumni of Hamilton, and Williams, and Wesleyan,
and Trinity, etc., etc., are hot on the trail, wanting to
know why their colleges didn't get a paragraph, too.
When they get in and Union doesn't, brother!
It all comes down to the fact that alumni who are
dentists, and plumbing contractors, and lawyers, and
world travelers, and what have you, should let the editors do their jobs, and hope that "reader interest" in
Union eventually will grow to the point where everything we do becomes front page news. Newspapermen
are not included in the above listing; they already kno.w
what the editors' headaches are. And they know, too,
that readers' complaints to the new'pape,., are read
carefully and do not go unheeded. A vociferous minority
often gets results. Meanwhile we sum it alI up in the
cartoon below:
AL.VMN,
-Because this article represl'1ltl'd so graphically the problems 'which cOIl/ront our Pllblic Relations office, we asked the Union
AlullInus /01' permission to reprint. It was readily granted mid we acknowledge our gratitude.
Let liS also remind you that the New York mortlillg papers are going to press earlier and earlier. Thr first edition 0/ the
Herald Tribune, for example, goes to press at 7 p.m., the City edition at 9 :50. Rarely 'Were our basketball gallles over be/ore
tell o'clock. Alia/ whicll aceolmts for the fact that some of you in J.Vestchester, Connecticut, New Jersej' alld elsewhere had
trouble keeping liP tt.ith tile filiI' record 0/ 0111' basketball team.
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WAGNER COLLEGE
�Ie
AND HOW IT GREW
by Al Beck
(This is tlte last of a series of three
articles concerning the early history of
Wagner College. Now backed by a
sturdy constitution, the brand-new instihdion 7{'aS "'Eady to settle down ttl the real
businesJ of edllcation. The early cotlCeptioll of student life and discipline may have
bl'en gay enough for stlldents of those
days, but it is the reserved opinion of
this rditor that recCllt Wagner graduates
il'Quld rather die.)
As far as the school life of a pupil at
the Lutheran Proseminary of Rochester
wa. c(n'cf'rned, it was a disciplined and
carefully regulated life.. At 6 a.m., a bell
,,·as rUllg and the stoldents arose. A half
hour later they were expected to attend
morning devotions, and at 7 o'clock,
breakfast· was served. Then the pupils
were given an hour and a half in which
they were to take care of their rooms and
prepare the day's lessons.
The hours of actual class-work were
from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 1:30 - 3 :30.
The rest of the day, save for two and a
half hours of recreation, the students
were expected to study and prepare the
r~xt day's assignment.
The student's rooms were assigned, they
were given certain seats at the table, they
arose when a teacher entered a room, and
they were not allowed to leave the grounds
without permission.
Experience must have been responsible
for the rule forbidding the use or possesion of gull-powder, fireworks, or guns in
the student quarters. Nor were the students allowed to frequent taverns, theaters,
or to play cards. No pupil was permitted to join a secret society or hold
membership in a college fraternity.
For the privilege of attending the
5chool, each student (excepting beneficiary
students or sons of Lutheran clergymen)
paid thirty-two dollars a year for tuition.
His board amounted to two dollars a
week, and for heat and sundries he was
charged an additional ten dollars per
annum.
and proceeded to the highest, or Prima,
form. All subjects were taught by Lutheran pastors of Rochester, the housefather,
and a special instructor.
Beginning May I, 1885, a two year
lease was taken on a large building on
Oregon Street, formerly occupied by the
Satterlee Collegiate Institute. It was
discovered that the entire property could
be purchased for $12,000 and a hope was
born that some day the proseminary
might own this choice property. To the
end it was decided to begin a fund which,
once it had reached $6,000, would be used
as the initial payment.
Meanwhile, dissatisfaction with the
housefather was growing. In April, he
announced to the members of the board of
trustees that he had received a call from
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Penfield,
Monroe County, New York, which he
would accept if the school trustees would
give him leave to accept. His resignation
was accepted by the board with alacrity.
The secretary was instructed to write
that we "certainly have nothing against
his acceptance of a cal!." (April 9, 1885'Protokolle, Minutes of tile Board)
Twenty days later Housefather Kammerer
left.
Negotiations were begun at once to secure the services of Professor Paul Emil
Kellner, as the new housefathpr. The
major difficulty was that Professor Kellner was in Russia, and would have to be
brought to Rochester at the expense of
the proseminary. Still, the men felt certain that Kellner was the right person for
the position. After corresponding with
him at great length, they decided to send
him a call. As soon as he accepted it,
President RicHter sent him $2;)0 to cover
traveling expenses for himself, his wife,
and his child.
The final week of school before the
summer vacation of 1885 vIas a full one.
It included examinations, speeches by the
pupils, diploma awards, and a (lj~nic. On
the closing evening of the school term a
musicale was held. It rcst:mbled a large
family gathering, for students, professors
and their wives, and members of the board
were invited. Various members of the
school performed on musical instruments,
others sang, and at the conclusion of the
evening refreshments were served. Francis
Hoffman of Utica was the unofficial
guest of honor, for· he had received his
diploma and was the first student of the
school to complHe his work at the proseminary. By the first of June, all the
pupils· had packed their belongings and
departed for home and the summer vacation.
When the new housefather came toward
the end of the summer, he was entertained
at the home of John Wagner. Hhe he
stayed with his family until he .became·
orientated in the city. Unlike his predecessors, the new housefather was beloved
and respected by all. He was a wise administrator and a capable leader. More
than once President Richter was instructed by the board to commend Professor
Kellner for his efficient care of the school
funds and property.
The third school year of the Lutheran
proseminary of Rochester began on September I, 1885. The new board of trustees, elected on January 12, 1886, was important since it was this same board that
was to guide the school through its first
transition pcriod - - from proseminary to
college. Pastor Alexander Richter was
once again re-e1ected president. Mr. John
G. Wagner was elected vice-president,
Frederick Schlegel was made secretary,
and David Bantleon continued as treasurer.
(Co/lti/lued all Page 10)
The school year was divided into Fall,
Winter, and Spring terms. Vacations were
given at Christmas and Easter. The long
(or summer) vacation generally extended over two and a half months. School
was held five days a week, and twice a
year (at Christmas and June) a report
was made of the pupil's conduct, attention,
effort, and achievement. The discipline
as well as the plan of the proseminary
was patterned largely after the German
gymml'ium Six years of study were required before graduation. The pupil began with the lowest form, called Sexta,
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�THESE
ALUMNI
ARE
WORKERS
Marie Norris, Helen Wiig, Fred Nellis, Lillian Lynch, Edna Lawler Kuttruff, Fred Hurst, Donald and
Marie Borth, Jean Krumpe, Harold Matthius, Barbara Decker, Arthur Pentz, Louise Christiansen, Joe Ward.
Marilyn Romanelli, Robert Lindsay, Rosemary Truempy, Faith Vigurs Grannis, Jane Davies, Caspar Scheiper,
Richard Debus, Charles Smith, Roy Debus, Vincent Tomes, Frank McCormick, Joan Weyand, Vincent Chiola.
Donald Haher. David Boyd. Bob McVicker, Merrill and Grace Horine, John and Gerda Mentha, John Marcato
Glen McDonald, Phil Laub, Frank Chironna, Mike Ch 'apperino, Ralph Adams, Dave Sweet, Joe Tito.
IN THE G. W. C.*
Ken Salvesen, Ted Denton, Herb Flamm, Jr., Ruth Halle, Andrew and Felicia Caulfield Johnson.
Harvey Colquhon, Michael Chericola, Fred and Phyllis Vollweiler, Dino Efstation, Don Race, Bob Olwig.
Bill and Naomi Monge, Noela Cawley. Mike Horgan, Eleanor Ayoub, Edith GuertIer, Hope Behar, Eleanor
Knudsen, Agnes Dempsey Quinlan, Gloria Femmenela, Lillian Ayoub, Jack Berglund, Herbert Cochrane,
Leonard Hirschman, Clarence Faires, Carl Ludders. Eleanor and Fred \VilIecke, Marge Hartung, Frank
DeAngelis, Victoria Ialenti, Shirley Sandberg Shannon, Lena Cilenti.
THEY1RE CANVASSING
STATEN
ISLAND
Bm Gurka, Norman Schaefer, John Gross, Alfred and Jean Danielson', Eugene Scala, Les Trautmann,
Henry Trautmann, Erwin Endress, Henry Endress, Rocco Zaza, Norman Frielich, Dick and Pat Forster.
Virginia Clark Peel, Norma Brandkamp, Norman Esplin, Doris Clark, Bill Beveridge, Cornelia Borgemeister,
Lila Thompson Barbcs, Marjorie Rieb Seguine, Henry and Edith Raisch, Werner and Muriel Johnson, Donald and Doris Campbell, Harry Schell, George and Damaris Meyer, Virginia Beebe Sullivan, Roy Cutter, Joe
Crecca, John and Wanda Devlin, Lloyd Hunsdorfer, Rolf Danielson, Tony Scala, Gaetano Nicolais.
WHAT ARE
YOU
DOING?
Wilbur and Mary Sterner, Russel Jicha, Phil Branner, Sam Miller, Isabelle Maiorano,
Archie De'f:uca, Victoria Socci DeLuca, Larry Knudsen, Donald B~owne, Jasper Cusamano, Doris I"arsen
Mims, Elizabeth Whitney, Inger Walloe Whitney, Jantth Olsen, Jean Evans, Gloria McSorley, Virginia Nelson, Dorothy Gutekunst, Stan Stillwell, Flo Kalldm, Mike Nicolais, Joe Wheeler, Roy and Joy Holmstrup,
Bob Sheie, Bob and Gertrude Schwarz, Aristide Fiera nosca, 'W arren Jensen, George Guttier, Helen McNeal,
Alex Patterson, Ken Hansen, Ralph Olsen.
THIS IS THE ARMY of workers active in the Staten Island campaign. Many other alumni are busy
in their churches working for CHEY. No other actiVity has eyer aroused such whole-hearted alumni support
as has this great campaign for a greater Wagner.
The Wagner faculty has contributed more than $14,000. The Wagner students have pledged themselves
to raise $15,000. Everyone is working to make those "dream" buildings come true.
Roy Holmstrup said at a campaign dinner on March 31: "This is our job. Let's get busy and do it.
We can never fully repay Alma Mater, but we can do our best to try."
Is your gift in or on its way? Remember - -
THIS
IS
YOUR
JOB
TOOl
*GREATER WAGNER CAMPAIGN
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WAGNER
COLLEGE
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AN END
AND A BEGINNING
Still hale, Dr. DeWalsh will retire to
read and write. Having always been interested in comparative literature, he
wants to make use of his time for extensive reading as well as for writing in the
field of Germanics. "I am also going to
climb trees and tear down branches," he'
tells us, with a twinkle in his eye, "and
do a little painting on the side." He will
too! Dr. DeWalsh is not retiring - he's just getting started I
Dr. Davidheiser's future plans also include writing. His field - - American
poetry. Here is one chemistry professor
whose horizon is far from limited. He is,
and always has been, intensely interested
in literature. Without losing touch with
his profession altogether, Dr. Davidheiser
will probably do some part-time teaching
well(
Wagner will certainly miss these men
whose lives have become so integral a
part of Wagner's life. But we are grateful for all that they have given us and
wish them Godspeed in many rich and
happy years ahead.
as
Wishing each other well heiser; Dr. DeWalsh.
Dr. David-
Two faithful and well-beloved members
of the Wagner faculty will retire June 1:
They are Dr. F. Charles DeWalsh, chairman of the Modern Languages department,
and Dr. Lee Y. Davidheiser, chairman of
the Department of Chemistry. They are
to be honored at Commencement and at
KNOW WHERE THESE
the Alumni dinner. It is expected that
many of their former students will be
ALUMNI ARE?
present to show their esteem for these
Evelyn Albert '43, Louis Balmer '38,
veterans of the campus, both of whom
have contributed so much to make Wag- Hazel Baron '41, William Boehme '43,
Ethel Carter '45, Niels Christiansen -'23
'ner what it is, today.
Dr. George Christopher '36, Valentine
Somehow, it had never seemed quite
Connoly '44, Harry Dahl '39, Alice Dereal to think about a day when Dr. Delaney N46, Christine Dudde Smith '45,
Walsh and Dr. Davidheiser would no
Elc:anor Eichle Rea N46, Raffaelo Franlonger be at Wagner College. But incini '41, Donald Glen '42, Ernest Graewe
evitably the day has come, and with its
'40, 'Virginia Hubbell '45, R. Hutton '41,
coming two strong links in the long chain
Norman ('48) and Alice Tregde (N47)
of Wagner history will be missing.
Johnson, Richard Kaminska '30, Arthur
When these veteran professors ,retire in Klein '36, Theodore Krupa '47, Rocco LaJune, they will be awarded honorary de- tronica '41, .Thomas Levy '39, Clarence
grees at the commencement exercises in . McGovney '47, John McKay, Jr. '41,
special recognition of their faithful service Mackensen '43, Virginia Marble Magill
to the college. Dr. DeWalsh will receive '44, Alexander Mikhalevesky '43, Glorya
the degree of doctor of letters, and Dr. Muller Stevenson '40, Robert O'Keefe '49,
Davidheiser will be the recipient of the de- Vincent Peterson '37, George Rapport '39,
gree of doctor of science.
Arthur Renschler '39, Earle Robinson
I t is doubtful that there is even one '48, Charles Graham-Rogers '33, Eleanore
alumnus since ~he mid-1920's who does Schmidt Schweppe '41, Jean Stevens N47,
not remember these two men. Together Sheldon Taylor '48, Louis Tomforde '31,
they have given 48 years of teaching and Frank Wagner '45.
service to our Alma Mater, and they will
Your help in securing correct addresses
be remembered for countless years ahead. will be appreciated by the Alumni Office.
THE
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WELCOME, NEW .AlUMNI
OHI OF
fH~
6j11 ... HOW
Sixty-nine more seniors finished their
academic course at Wagner in January
and have been officially members of the
Alumni Association since that date even
though their degrees will not actually be
. granted until the June Commencement.
Our newest members are Eric Sellars,
Ralph Barber, Roy Bredholt, Bernard
Costello, Thomas Darson, James Downing, Robert Farrell, Omar Gjerness, Ann
Humphrey, William Lexander, Frederick
Ohlsen, Louise Zarelli Banks, Barrie Baragiano, Horace Chrimubolo, Gerard Cicero, Edmond DeSantis, Frederick Heimrick, Frank Kaiser, Stanley Knull, Edward Megerian, Max Moretti, Donald
Muller, Vincent Tomes, Iris Vv'ilson, Melchior DiCarlo-Cottone, Harold Matthius,
John Start, Ruth Tellefsen, Frank Ballweg, George Breidenbach, Ray Brown,
Alyce Crocco, Eugene D'Alessandro,
Harold D,Groat, George Esposito, Mario
Esposito.
Louis Faber, William Ferren, Andrew
Ferretti, Josephine Gabriele, John Gardner,Robert Grillo, Paul Guertler, Herbert
Hewitt, Fred Hurst, Barney Jensen, Ida
Ketelsen, Bernice Kiefer, Jean Lawrie,
Ernest Lendzian, Richard Lindenberger,
Charles Mackay, William Mahoney, Ellen
Meyer, Philip Muirhead, Richard Rose,
Walter Sbarbaro t Paul Slivka, Charles
Smith, Walter Stiering, Andres Swanberg, Gordon Tellefsen, Warren Tompkins, Paula Tuckner, Frank Tynatishon,
Gilmour Wagle, Martin Weiss, Ray
Whalen, and Walter Wrede .
Quite a few of these alumni have already become active in their regional
chapters. Three of them .were present
when Brooklyn met on March 17, and one
of them, Bill Lexander, was elected secntary of the chapter. This is a spirit
which gladdens the heart of the Alumni
Secretary.
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�CHAPTER DOINGS
Walter Kortrey and Elaine Hoebel
F'uhlbruck were re-elected officers of the
Long Island alumni chapter at .. meeting
in Lynbrook on February 17. Alumni
Secretary Al Krahmer spoke and "Beautiful upon a Hill" was shown. Plans were
made for a future program of activities,
which include a meeting in the fall.
The Connecticut chapter was organized
at a dinner meeting in Waterbury on
March 5. Bob Heyrlenreich was elected
president, Eleanor Dossin secretary. Dinner speaker was President Walter C.
Langsam. Entertainment was furnished
by Norm Sutterlin and by the movie,
"Beautiful . . ."
The Brooklyn chapter held its annual
meeting on March 17. Its program was
identical with that of the Connecticut
group. Phil Anstedt was re-elected president and Bill Lexander was chosen secretary.' An executive committee was
chosen which met on April 28 to plan
future programs.
The Staten Island chapter has been too
busy working for the Greater Wagner
campaign to have any other meetings, but
its annual meeting will be held in June.
Meetings of the Westchester and Philadelphia chapters are on the schedule for
after Easter. The Col-mar-va group
(Columbia-Maryland-Virginia) met in
Riverdale, Md. on March 31. They, too,
saw "Beautiful upon a Hill."
"UNTO THE
NEXT GENERATION.. "
AND HOW IT GREW
Seven Wagner students are children of
alumni- Frank Kreider '50, son of Harry
Kreider '21; Gerard Kern '51, son of Fred
Kern '24; Paul '51and Dick Wa,mund '52,
sons of Paul Wasmund '23; Betty Huf
'53, daughter of Gus Huf '21; Carolyn
Reisch '53, whose father is Connie Reisch
'20; and Ed Bosch, Jr. '53, son of Ed
Bosch " 22.
For the Wasmunds and Bosch, this is
the third Wagner generation. Dr. Henry Wasmund '95 is grandfather to Dick
and Paul. Ed's grandfather was the late
Dr. Fred Bosch '92. Young- Bosch also
has two uncles- Herbert Bosch '18 and
Austin '31 in the alumni family, as well as
a cousin, Herbert, Jr. '47.
As for Gerry Kern, two of his uncles
are alumni- John Kern '27 and Nathaniel
'30. Violet Dittmer Geffken '46 is cousin
to the \Yasmund boys, and Carolyn
Reisch's brother, Bammy (Conral), was
a member of the class of 1947. There are
many other Reischs, too- Harold '32, Paul
'44, Lois (Mrs. Weber) '43, and Bob,
dass of 1950, but don't ask us what their
relationship to Carolyn is.
The subscription fund to purchase the
new property and building for th .. proseminary reached $5,700 by January 1.2,
1886. I t was decided at the meeting
where this report was made that the time
had come to purchase the property on th p
east side of Oregon Street for $1.2,«-""
It was agreed that J. G. Wagner take out
a mortgage on behalf of the board for
$6,000 to cover the amount which the subscription fund would not cover. This
was later changed to a $7,000 mortgage
extending over a period of 10 years with
semi-annual interest payments of 50/•.
• • • •
Jim Gilmartin and Jay Quintana, members of the victorious Seahawk basketball squad, were c1ec;ted by the players of
the Greater New York Conference to the
All-Conference first team. Bob Blomquist
made th.. second squad. The players at
St Lawrence chose Gilmartin on their allopponent first team, as did the Clarkson
squad. Clarkson also picked Ray Doody
on their second team.
ALMA MATER SALUTES.
The Rev. O. E. Braune, pastor of St.
Johns Lutheran Church, Newark, N. J.
and the Rev. Edwin H. Boettger, pastor
of Grace Lutheran Church, Buffalo, N. Y.
Th(y 2re the members of the class of 1900
whe. will be honored by Alma Mater on
Friday evening, June 2, at the annual
Alumni dinner. Dr. Frederic Sutter '91,
v~esidcnt of tht: Board of Trustees, will
present the Half-century Alumni awards
to them!
The class of 1900 originally numbered
five, the others being Fred'erick B. Clausen. Paul Kasten, and William Siebert.
J;ike their classmates, Pastor Braune and
Boettger, they entered the Lutheran ministry. Pastor Clausen was president of
Watertoo College, Ontario, Canada, at
the time of his death; Pastor Kasten
served a church in Nanuet, N. Y.; and
Pastor Siclx:rt a church in Newark, N. J.
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Our first Alumni Basketball Homecoming attracted a good crowd, netting
$157.70 for the Building Fund. The idea
was so hastily conceived that we had no
time to put on a show between the halves.
Next year it will be different.
Incidentally the Fall Homecoming committee will begin plannIng in May for
next ye;:.r's program. The date will be
Nov. 18, the game against Kings Point.
The program? Even better than last
year I
• • • •
One good way of keeping the Alumni
office informed is the way adopted by
Fred Kern and Dave Jensen, who send us
copies of their parish papers regularly.
If you are a pastor and publish such a
paper, put us on your mailing list. We
like to receive fraternity news sheets, too.
(Conti1lued from Page 7)
On June 8, 1886, the vice-president,
John G. ~Tagner, declared to the other
members of the board that he and his wife
had decided (if the members of the Board
of Trustees were in agreement) to pay
the entire purch;1se price for the proseminary property. The only stipulation that
he made was that this should be considered a memorial to his late son George,
who was to have entered the Lutheran
ministry.
The generous gift of Mr. Wagner and
his wife was accepted with the hearty
thanks of every member of the board. It
was further agreed, after some discussion,
to change the name of the institution to
W AGNER MEMORIAL LUTHERAN
COLLEGE
Thus the institution was placed upon a
more solid and secure basis because of the
gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wagner. It now
could boast of having its own property
and building. It now could spend money
for something other than building and
rent. And for the last time it was called
the Lutheran Proseminary of Rochester.
Pl.ANNING A CLASS REUNION?'
We hope that the five year classes
(1945,1940, etc. all the way back to 189-;)
are planning for class reunions during the
forthcoming Alumni \Yeek-end June 2-3.
Notify the Alumni office of y6ur plans
just as soon as possible and let us know
how we can help.
• • • •
• • • •
Alumni Secretary AI Krahmer is planning to attend the national convention of
the American Alumni Council in Boston
July 9-14. Sessions are to be held at the
School of Business Administration, Harvard University.
Herb Gibney is the latest to tell us of
an incident showing that people do see
those "\~' agner College" signs on your
cars. Herb and his wife met Staten Islanders in New Hampshire. Result- a
beautiful friendship, also a new plate lor
Herb who took occasion to remind us that
his old one was a bit rusty.
This year's Alumni Day committee is
headed by Jack Berglu.l(J '35. Otner
members- Les Trautmann '40, Rolf Danielson '36, Jean Van Winkle Danielson '43,
Lillian Intemann Arnesen '49N, Dick
Debus '49, and Phil Laub '48.
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WAGNER
COLLEGE
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�ARE
YOU
WIT H
US?
$1,880 on April 12. That's how things stood with the Alumni Loyalty Fund when we went to press. That's better than la~t
year at this time, says Fund Chairman Chris Holmstrup, but it's still some distance from the $3,000 goal we hope to reach
by September I. Last year's $2,500 goal had been reached by Alumni Day, but this year we're straining beyond every previous
effort. We expect to work harder to reach this new goal. We know we can I If every body helps, even just a little ...
Average gift to date is $7.19. Gifts range from one dollar to one hundred dollars. The number of contributors heard
from is 261. Have we heard from you?
GOAL $3,000
3 scholarships
To College Endowment
Expenses
Link, postage,
Chapter meetings, etc.
$1,200.00
$1,000.00
800.00·
$3,000.00
t·) a token payment.
C0l'\TRIBUTORS TO DATE:
1886· H. C. A. Meyer
1892· Oscar Krauch
1894· Carl Belz
H. E. C. Wahrmann
1895· Theodore Hoffmeister
Henry C. Wasmund
1896· J. Christian Krahmer
1897- F. A. Bavendam
1899- Henry ' Freimuth
1900- O. E. Braune
1902- Walter Veit
1904- Emil Weber
Oscar Werner
1911- Herman Meyer
E. A. Sievert
1913- Nobert Ischinger
William Meyer
William Reumann
1914- Rudolph Krauch
1915· Clarence Braun
Heinrich Kropp
1916· Herman Vesper
1918- Bernhard Bohrer
1920- Herman Reissig
1921- Harry Kreider
Gustave Huf
1923· Milton Kleinlop
Albert Meurer
1924· Fred Kern
1925- Andrew Mahler
1926- Joseph Flotten
Theodore Tappert
1927- Al Krahmer
lohn Kern
1928- Edwin Grubb
Gustave Weber
1929· Howard Kuhnle
1930- Werner Eberbach
Frank Gollnick
I!:lmore Hoppe
Donald Race
~iii:~m TVo~~rt
1931- Ernest French
John Kaercher
1932· John Klahn
Ernest Meyer
Herbert Sutter
1933- Walter Bielitz
Paul J. Kirsch
All.n Miller
1934- Michael Rapp
~~a~kerka~~!~h
1935- Sylvester Bader
Jack Berglund
David Gaise
In memory of
Harry Montgomery
John Gross
Robert Olwig
Robert Swarthwout
William Villaume
Mabel Spitzer Sharon
1936- Charles Accetola
Rolf Danielson
Arthur Friedel
Fred Nissen
Paul RogIer
1937 Thelma Biele Corey
Bruce Carney
Robert Sheie
Frank Tellefsen
1938- Walter Bock
Henry Endress
Florence Grunow G'lde
Ruth Davies Anstedt
Harold Hornberger
William Little
Fred Riebesell
Alfred Schroeder
THE
LIN K
The Link alone costs more than a thousand dollars a year.
1939- Chris Holmstrup
Lenore Bajda
Philip Anstedt
Hope Coons Morrison
Elednor Jensen Willecke
Harold Baas
Paul A. Kirsch (hon,)
Luther Kirsch
Earl Kriby
John McDermott
Catherine Newton McDermott
Gwynne Swartz
19~ O· Oonald Borth
Jack Cooper
Adelheid Baum
Gerhard Dietrich
Peter DiLeo
Willard Grimes
Ruth Gorman Schneck
Mildred Hoeppner Hoehn
Arthur Hergenhan
Fred Ingebritsen
Virginia Mackoy Trautmann
RII.sell MacDonald
Mildred Messenbrink Hergenhan
Robert Sohneck
Les Trautmann
1941- Albert Accetola
Frank Betancourt
Oscar Bakke
Roy Cutter
Herbert Gibney
Dorothee Heins Holmstrup
Marie Norris
Ethel Nord Donchevich
Thomas Searl
Louis Suess man
Frances Wightman Pritchett
Herbert Wiese
1942· ~~~(ltci~;~osmo
Ruth H.as Roeper
Harry H ustedt
Jason Horn
David Jensen
Marie Krum!'e Borth
Ruth Kriby Schroeder
Evelvn John,on Haa~
J. Michael Moore
Marie Ohlson Dietrich
Conrad Schroeder
Wilbur Sterner
Martin Schroeder
Ml'riel Zoll Hustedt
1943- Walter Boecher
Lenore Carney Taylor
Eleanor Dossin
Jean Evans
Lillian Glock Nolte
Marguerite Hess
Frances Murray Grimes
William Hammann
Emil Hein
James LaHart
Marv Manning Sterner
Erwin Nolte
"1880
Joseph Perosi
Julius Schlaer
In memory of O. J . Buck
1944- Paul Alberti
Cornelia Borgemeister
Hope Behar
Gertrude Hustedt
Walter Hausheer
Lucille Cross Hausheer
{)an Krumpae
Ar:~h~fe~::~~it~Yers
Alfred Roberts
Caroline Muller Reissig
Paul Reisch
Eugene Roth
Marion Rappold Buchanan
~:~h!!is~ies
I!:dward Wiediger
Barbara Walters Boecher
1945· Louise Christiansen
Helmut Dietrich
Ruth Heckler
Oorothy Kraus Dietrich
Dr. and Mr•. Langsam (hon.)
Dorothy Mohlenhoff
Evelyn Schaefer
Catherine Yarger Messersmith
1946- Evelyn Bodien Hendricksen
Lois Dickert
Violet Dittmer Geffken
~n~~be~liW~ft~ey
1947- Norman Fowler
Dorothy Gutekunst
Marjorie Hartung
Sam thnson
~rtrenc~nd~~~kowitz
1948· Elsie Ball Searle
Shirley Brodsky
g~~j:rnb~tt;:iroBrockman
Salvatore D' Adamo
Fnink DeAngeli.
Laroy Dietrich
Arthur Fink
Claude Geffken
Byron Gilliksen
Oonald Haher
Gladys Lammond Hill
Walter McColl
Ian Morrison
Walter Reichelt
Nieves Ribe. Dole
Robert S::tlve!len
William Stackel (hOD.)
George Tamke
Hildegard Viohl
Kay Walker Gilliksen
1949- Olaf Bredholt
Philip Becker
William Beveridge
Robert Dole
Wilson Gearhart
Gloria Herrada
Elise Hamilton
Robert Hoffman
Mary Kehoe
Henry Speight
Patricia Krumpe Speight
Edward Pellicciaro
Harriet Steinberg Grover
James Sty les
Norman 'Schaefer
Esther Savacool
Marie Sheppard
John Thomson
Edmund Wagner (hon.)
Clifford Wood
Robert Whitehead
1950- Thoma. Guastavino
1951· Howard Lenzer
(C OlltillllCd
Oil
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�ALUMNI NEWS BRIEFS
1897
1937
We regret to announce the death of
the REV. F. ARNOLD BA VENDAM
who died February 14.
Having built it himself (with some help,
we assume) ROBERT SHEIE and his
family moved into their new house on
December I. It is located in Westerleigh, S. 1.
1911
On March I the REV. HERMAN
MEYER marked the anniversary of his
35th year serving the congregation of Immanuel Lutheran Church, New Springville, S. 1. THE REV. FRANZ A.
POSSELT, pastor of St. Peters Lutheran
Church, Allento~n, Pa., died suddenly on
Tuesday evening, April 4. He had been
ill about one day. Sympathy is extended
to his family, which includes a daughter,
ANITA POSSELT '48.
1920
St. Paul's Lutheran Parish House,
Bridgeport, Conn., was dedicated March
19 by the congregation of the REV.
CONRAD REISCH.
1927
AL KRAHMER is chairman of the
Music Committee of the Staten Island
Kiwanis Club. His job is to lead the
singing. (Members of the old "To the
Ladies" quartette, please note.)
1932
THE REV. HERBERT HAGENAU
has moved to Elizabeth, N. J ., where he
is pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran Church.
Herb, who is presidel'lt of the New Jersey
Conference; was formerly pastor in As·
bury Park.
1934
Two class members announce that their
families are growing. A son born August 9, was A VERY SM'ITH' S sixth child
(4 boys and 2 girls ) . DR. MICHAEL
RAPP is the father of a son born March
25·
1935
The REV. WILLIAM VILLAUME
is the author of "Church Planning and
Adjustment," published by the Committee
of Cooperative Field Research, New
York. HENRY TRAUTMANN was
recently elected president of the Annadale
(S. I.) Men's Civic Club. It is the second time he. was so chosen.
1936
ARTHUR FRIEDEL tells us that he
joined Frederick Atkins, Inc., a resident
buying office for 35 department stores, as
purchasing agent for the entire group in
:March, 1949.
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1938
MARY R. SHIMER, vocal music director at' Canajoharie central schools and
minister of music at St. Mark~ Lutheran
Church, has been selected as one of a
group of 40 persons who will attend the
special summer school in Switzerland in
charge of Dr. John Finley Williamson,
president of Westminster Choir College.
The group will leave by plane June 3 and
will be housed at Montreux on Lake
Geneva.
1939
LUTHER KIRSCH, who coaches basketball and teaches at East Rockaway
(LI) High School, reports progress for
his basketball squad. Last year they
went winless in 13 starts. This year the
record was 5 won, 8 lost. (Lu sent this
in himst'lf in response to a request for
Link items). CHRIS and DOTTY
HEINS HOLMSTRUP have joined the
ever-growing colony of Wagner alumni
in Radburn, N. J. They bought a new
home there in February. EARL J.
KRIBY has brought us up to date on
what he's been doing of late. For the
past three years: 1948, married Mary A.
Jodrey of Portland, Me., in July; 1949,
received the doctor of dental surgery degree from Georgetown University in
June ; 1950, had a son, Eric Douglas, on
January 27. JACK NEHER keeps busy
writing.
Station WNYC's Tuesday
evenillg program, "Hi, Neighbor," features his scripts, and he recently collaborated with Dallas Pratt, M. D., on a
Public Affairs Pamphlet (No. ISS) called
"Mental Health Is a Family Affair."
1940
THE REV. EDWARD SHELDON
has been called to the pastorate of Zion
Church, Rahway, N. J. He and his family moved on April I I. Mrs. Sheldon is
the former MARGARET MA YER.
GERHARD DIETRICH is working as
emigration consultant for the Lutheran
World Federation in behalf of refugees
of Esthonic German origin who are now
in Germany. His wife, the former
MAR[E OHLSEN, and 2 daughters are
with him. MICHAEL MOORE '42 is
working in the same office as resettlement officer and assistant. FREDERICK
M. INGEBRITSEN has bought a new
house in Rahway, N. J . PETER DILEO moved from Linden to Woodbridge,
N. J., recently. We just found out that
HOPE JUHL is now (and has been 'for
some time) Mrs. John J . Kennedy and
'lives in Old Greenwich, Conn. What's
more, she has a son, Michael John, born
July, 1946.
1941
ETHEL NORD DONCHEVICH
can't possibly have an idle moment with
this schedule. First of all, she now has a
second son, Peter Vincent, born January
9. Meanwhile, she is still doing part time
private nursing duty and is a full time
student at New York University School
of Nursing Education studying supervision.
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1942
A daughter was born March 14 to Mr.
and Mrs. PAUL DUKESHIRE. Mama
is the former MABEL WOLF.
1943
KEN AXELSE~ has established a
private medical practice on Staten Island.
His wife is the form~r Anne Fitzpatrick.
GEORGE (SKIP) SCHIPANI now has
a master's degree. ERIC GROSSE has
moved to Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where
he is sales representative for National
Gypsum. His family is made up of a son
and two young daughters. It is a little
late to rt'port the birth of Steven Richard
Taylor, born Nov. 19. His mother is'
LENORE CARNEY TAYLOR.
1944
Walter Cross Hausheer arrived December 13. Proud father is DR. W ALTER HAUSHEER, medical resident at
the Halloran V A Hospital. The mother
is the former LUCILE CROSS. MARION RAPPOLD BUCHANAN has
much good news to report. First, the
usual, they have a son, born July 18,
named Breton John. Husband Bill is
coach of all sports in Florala, (Ala.)
High School and in appreciation of hIS
football team's record last season, the
tow!lspeople presented the Buchanalls
with a completely electric kitchen. Marion also writes about MARJORIE BRIDGES, who is now modelling in Hollywood
and will appear in the new Lana Turner
movie (title unknown). Also, she was
the focal point in a full-page ad in the
February issue of "Charm" magazine.
WAGNER
COLLEGE
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�1945
FRANK P. DALY has been awarded
the L.L.B. degree from the School of Law,
St. John's University, January 1950. A
son, John OttO, was born to Mr. and Mrs.
JOHN MENTHA February 27.. Mrs.
Mentha is the former GERDA PAHNKE. ADA SCHEEHL VOSBURGH is
now living in Palatine Bridge, N. Y. Her
second daughter was born July 17.
1946
LILYAN BENNETT MULVANEY
'46N reports her new occupation as
"mama to a baby girl." Weare looking
forward to moving into our new home,"
she writes. "It should be completed by
July." It is with extreme regret that we
announce the tragic death of the parents
of ELLEN (BILLIE) KLITGAARD.
They were driving to join her in California when their station wagon collided with a bus in Texas. Billie is living
with her sister, Mrs. F. Baker, at 47
Sotelo Ave., San Francisco.
1947
ROY LINDBERG is teaching philosophy and psychology at Roanoke College.
VINCENT CHIOLA, having received
his M.S. in chemistry from Texas U., is
now working for General Aniline Corp.
RALPH MAGALEE spoke brieRy to
Lutheran Men of Queens at Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church, Bellerose, L. I., on the
same program with Dr. Langsam, February 20. They hope to give him a mobile
dental unit to take back to British Guiana
upon his graduation from N. Y. U.
Dental School in 1951. WILLIAM
(BUD) HENNESSY is proud papa of
Gail Ann who was born tm March 8.
NORMAN and ALICE TREGDE
(N47) JOHNSON, who are living in
Providence, R. 1., are parents of a daughter born March 26. NORMAN H.
FOWLER will be graduated from the
Philadelphia Seminary on May 18. He
has been called to St. Trinitatis Lutheran
Church l Jersey City. He expects to be
ordained by the United Lutheran Synod
of New York on June 7. He has been
acting as supply pastor for St. Johns
Hungarian-Wend Lutheran Church, Perth
Amboy, N. J.
1948
RUSSELL JICHA and SHIRLEY
JANE CONOPASK are married and
living on Staten Island. LA ROY S.
DIETRICH received his M. S. degree in bio-chemistry from the University
of \Visconsin in January 1950. He is
continuing his studies for the doctor's
degree in the same field. ARTHUR S.
FINK announces the birth of his
daughter, Louise Jean, on October 24,
1949. He is married to the former ElizTHE
LIN
K
abeth Ryder. BENJAMIN CERTO is
employed by the California Oil Company
as assistant supervisor of products, production, and quality control. ELISHA
(IGGY) DARSON had another fine
year as coach of the Staten Island Day
School basketball team. His club won
the Metropolitan Private Schools Championship and won 16 and lost 2 over the
season. It's a boy for the CLAUDE
GEFFKENS, just an hour or two before
April Fools Day. Mama is VIOLET
DITTMER
'46. BERTHA
W ALBERT '48 is resident head nurse at the
Moravian College for Women, Bethlehem,
Pa.
1949
JOSE MATOS, who will receive his
M.A. degree from Columbia in June, is
one of 48 accrpted for the School of
Tropical Medicine of the University of
Puerto Rico. He is one of four from the
United States; other ~hree from Columbia, Fordham, and the Citadel. ERIC
SCHMIDLING is now in the Bahamas
as station agent setting up stations for
Resort Airlines. WILLIAM SCHORKOPF reports, "Unfortunately, I am still
a student." He is studying at N.Y.U.
and is matriculated for the M.A. degree
in Education. MARGARET CHRISTIE
received her nursing cap at the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing in
Chicago recently. She is president of the
freshman class there. 1 he engagement
uf HAROLD GEORGE, Jr., to Margaret McCarthy has been announced. He
is employed by the Ocean Accident and
Guarafttee Co., N'ew York. ROBERT
WHITEHEAD, Jr., is a student at Columbia University. REM I BAECHTOLD is back in America for several
months. Employed as a Johns-Manville
distributor in Switzerland, he came to this
country to take a special training course
in J. M. methods and is working with
them in their Manhattan office. He will
sail for Switzerland in the middle of May.
TED DENTON, having finished at
Brooklyn Law School with the LL.B.
degree, is now associat~d with the law
firm oJ DeForest, Elder, and Mulreany.
FRANK TOMLINSON has joined the
technical staff of Esso's Bayway refinery
as a chemist. MARIE G. SHEPPARD
is working for an M.A. degree in administration in schools of nursing at the
N:,Y.U. School of Education. BARBARA
BRANN is office manager for SkyCoach, Inc., Manhattan. A son has been
born to Mr. a!ld Mrs. Richard Plata
(ELIZABETH THOMAS). CURTIS
GEIGEL is at the N.Y.U. graduate school
of mathematics earning his M.S. degree.
HELEN SUP '4?N is working at Halloran VA Hospital as a graduate student
at the Boston University College of Business A~ministration. GLORIA HER-
RADA is now living in Easton, Pa. Her
company (General Aniline Corp.) transferred her to their Easton division. RETTY BONDESEN GARDNER '49N is
living in Minneapoiis where her husband
is studying at the University of Minaesota. They have a daughter almost ten
months old. BILL SMITH and FRED
MORTENSEN are studying at New
York Medical College.
1950
WILLIAM LEXANDER married Lilian Walter January 28. STANLEY
KNULL and WALTER WREDE are
students at Mt, Aicy Lutheran Seminary
in Philadelphia. HOWARD GUHL commutes 800 miles each \\'eekend between
his studies at the Philadelphia Se~inary
and his pulpit appearances in Western
New York at Farnham and Silver Creek.
MA RY 1. COTE writes that she is principal of a four-room school in Webb,
Saskatchewan.
Nursing alumna AILEEN BARTOLOME is now Mrs.
Frank Grigoletto and she lives in Brooklyn. HERB HEWITT is working in the
Stewardship office of the United Lutheran Church in America. His boss is HENRY ENDRESS '38. LOU GIANVITO
is a student at New York Medical College.
Loyalty
Fund
Contributors
(COl/filii/cd from Page II)
Nt:RSING ALl'M!\AE
Eda Aanonsen N 48
Dean Mary Burr
Aileen Bartolome Grigoletto '49N
Lilyan Bennet Mulvaney '46l'i
Elsie Chancellor '49N
~fl~~ra CCi'i::,etu;< 15'ick
N 46
iJorothy Gross Alberti N46
Dorothy Githens Trost N48
Miriam Herron ~48
ThereC'a Hochstrasser N48
Clara Hausler N48
Eile~n Jackmar: O'Leary N49
Constance Lneaa Savage X4b
Dolores Miralles LellZer ~4i
"erena Miller N~9
Rita McGivney Kennedy N 46
Jeanette McLoughlin N47
Anne N oren Po~e I t\ 48
Jean Oecler La Hart N46
Rena Piscopo N 48
Santa Pitterno Mann '49N
E~ther Patterson N48
Elfie Reiss N 47
Frieda Stoer7itl~er '49N
Helen S'p '49:\
Ruth Tellefsen ;0./48
Hertha Walbert '48N
Glady. Wichmann '47N
Alumni often ask us why they receive
catalogues, notices of Pre-Freshman Day
and scholarship exams, and similar
notices. The answer is simple- we conceive of every alumnus as a field agent for
student recruitment. Everyone of you
ought to kno\\' someone who is thinking
about going to college.
• • •
•
The annual reunion of Sigma Delta Phi
was held on May 5 at the college. Walter
Bock '38 was the morning chapel speaker,
and a dinner was held at the Plaza Casino
with Charles Hellriegel '38 as toastmaster.
P'lge 13
�CONSTITUTION
REVISIONS
A special committee was appointed by
the executive committee of the Alumni
Association to study the constitution of
the Association. The result of their study
was the proposal of several revisions
which are to be submitted to the annual
meeting of the Association for vote.
Significant changes suggested are the
revision of Article IlIon Membership
which is changed to include all who have
attended Wagner at least one academic
year as members of the Association; a revision of Article IV which eliminates the
non-existent office of associate vice·
president, removed the restrictions on the
number of terms a president can hold
office (it's now two one-year terms) and
provides that the officers elected in June
take office· OR Sept. I following their
election; a change in Article IX which revises the nominating procedure. It proposes that only one name be nominated
for each office rather than two as at present. I t makes provisions for balloting
for mail and for additional nominations
from the floor, procedures which are now
common without constitutional sanction.
A final revision (of Articl~ XI) provides that constitutional amendments such
-as these must be presented to the members of the Association at least one
month in advance of the meeting at which
they are to be acted upon. The present
constitution simply says, "The constitution may be ame~ded by a two-thirds
vote of the members present at the annual
meeting."
The committee advances these reasons
for the proposed changes. The membership change simply makes constitutional
that which the alumni office has bew
doing in effect for years. Large numbers
of non-grads are now carried on our mailing list (there would be more if we could
find addresses). Associate vice-presidents are being discarded because the
presidents of the regional chapters now
perform the functions outlined for these
vice-presidents.
The lifting of the restrictions of two
years in the presidential office is suggested
because the expansion of alumni activities
has so enlarged the work of the alumni
president that he begins to be rea!ly effective only after being in office at least a
year. It takes· him that long to learn the
ropes. The lommittee feds that it is just
at the point of greatest efficiency that we
fay he's no longer eligible for office.
The suggestion that notninees for office
be limited to one grows out of the experience of the nominating committee. There
have hcen occasions when the committee
~ought for "str<iw men" when l.manimous
about a single candidate. On other occasions there has been ill feeling from conPage 14
tests. To prevent these eventualities, the
committee has proposed these revisions.
The important thing to remember is
that these are only proposals. The alumni
themselves in annual session June 2 will
make the ultimate decisions. No one
wants to foist these ideas upon the Association without "due process of law."
Come and cast your vote.
Remember, too, that these proposals
are the product of a committee study.
They do not necessarily represent the ideas
of the Alumni Secretary, although he was
a member of the committee. The other
members wc!re Don Race '30, Paul Kirsch
'33 and Wally Bock '38.
LATE
NEWS
ITEMS
Alyce H. Crocco '50 was married to
John Ferretti on Easter Day. The day
before saw the wedding of Ed Megerian
'50 and Gene Midgett, who is to be graduated in June.
The Staten Island Advance lists Melchior DiCarlo-Cottone '50 and Rosemary
Cavano, Eric Sellars '50 and Sonja
Matthews, Victor Wightman '49 and
Ursula Mooz '53 among the applicants for
marriage licenses, but no news of wedding
dates was available when we went to
press.
'0le have also heard that Omar
Gjerness '50 was married, but have no
details. Fred Hurst '50 is doing graduate work at Brooklyn College. Donald
Haher '48 leaves soon for the Philipines
for further graduate study. He already
has a Master's degree from Clark University.
Elsie Ball '48 became Mrs. Truman G.
Searle on April 10 at Christ Episcopal
Church on Staten Island.
Roy Lindberg '47 represented Wagner
at the inauguration of President Oberly of
Roanoke College on April 14. Roy is
member of the Roanoke faculty. Carroll
Dawson '40 is celebrating the arrival of
a brand new daughter, born April I I.
Dr. Walter Ruccius ' 14, pastor of Epiphany church, Hempstead, L. 1., resigned
his post after many years of service to
accept a call to Grace church, Santa Barbara, Cal. The Rev. Henry Cornish '43
will be nearer Alma Mater after May 15.
He leaves St. Pauls church, Nanuet, New
York, to come to Christ church, Great
Kills, Staten Island.
Add to the list of Loyalty Fund contrihutors- Susette Meyer '41 and George
Bulin '30. George also sent along a
gra'nd slogan which we plan to use at a
later date. George called his gift "my
mite toward a mightier 'Vagner."
The cover photo is by Herb Hewitt '50.
The pictures of Professors DeWalsh,
Davidheiser, apd Sutter are by Matt
Scaffa 'So; the cartoons by Don Brockman 'so, and the choir tour pictures by
George Handley '52.
THE MIGHTY MITE
(Colltill1ll'd from Page 5)
Herb has sensible ideas about Wagner's
athletic future. Madison Square Garden
and Bowl football games are not for us.
He plans to schedule good teams in our
own class and to try to build our teams
to meet that kind of program. The socalled "big time" is not in his milld.
Wagner's fine Conference membershipsth ~ Eastern Collegiate, the Middle Atlantic States, Metropolitan Basketball
Association, the greater New York Basketball ConfeI'Cnce and (next year) the
Metropolitan Baseball Conference these
bear witness to the effective job Herb
Sutter is doing. So are the fine schedules and the fine players that wear a
Sea hawk uniform.
A Mighty Mite indeed!
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REMEMBER WHEN? An old Co/legr Day performallCl! circa I 921i.
On the platform (left to right) lohll [' utclls, J(/ck W(/gller, Bill Nieb(/ILCll,
Glts Weber, l.:r1'J' KlI1ldsl' II, alld Fred Llld1l'ig. Photo sllpplied l>y Mrs Carl
(A~'e HollhusclI) Fltlells.
WAGNER
COLLEGE
�OFFICIAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BALLOT,
FOR PRESIDENT
o
o
o
o
o
o
Harold Haas '39
Chris Holmstrup '39
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Rolf Danielson '39
Luther Freimuth '39
FOR SECRETARY
o
o
o
o
o
Marie Krumpe Borth '42
Marie Norris '41
o
COLLEGE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
o
o
o
1950
FOR TREASURER
Richard Debus '49
Herman A. Meyer '] 1
BOARD OF ATHLETIC CONTROL
Representativ~
Ph iii P Anstedt '39
Michael Mazzei '34
o
o
Dr. Frederic Sutter '94
If you are planning to attend the annual business meeting of the Alumni Association on June 2,
you may vote then. If you cannot attend, you may mail this ballot to the Alumni Office before June 1.
Blank spaces are for write-in votes. Check the box in front of your choice. Vote for one for each
office.
THE
WAGNER
VARSITY
COLLEGE
PLAYERS
present
GOOD THEA TRE
by
Christopher Morley
and
George Bernard Shaw's
ANDROCLES AND THE LION
8:30 P. M.
MARCH 11, 12, 13,
WAGNER AUDITORIUM
Directed by Nicholas Moss
Gibraltar 7-5289
THE
L.INK
Tickets $1 .20
Mail and Phone Orders Filled
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Sec. 34.66 P. L. & R.
LINK
u.
S. POSTAGE
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Permit No. 22
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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