1940

The Alumni Fund campaign drew to a close at the end of last month, and, al- though I have as yet not received the final totals, the last word had it that the class of 1940 was not in the top ranks as we were during last year's campaign. Our lowered rank was not caused by decreased individual contributions but rather from the fact that there were less contributions than formerly, undoubtedly because more of us were in uniform and therefore harder to reach. The Fund as a whole, however, was more successful than ever before, which is more important than the individual class standings. Next year maybe we can regain our previous high ranking.

The Indian Drum covered the members of the class very thoroughly and although some of my news will be repetitious some will be of information. In one of the latest Indian Drum sheets, someone asked to have published the names of our classmates who have been killed in action. No one can make himself fully realize that some of our friends and classmates will not be coming back from the fighting zones, for each new report of a death in action brings with it a feeling of great loss. Nevertheless, six of our classmates have made the supreme sacrifice fighting for a way of life we all believe in, and by so doing have increased our responsibilities to make certain that their efforts have not been in vain. The list includes:

Vivian Randall Bruce Jr. Henry Gurney Ingersoll Jr. Benjamin Dodge Parker Derrol Wilson Rogers James Cleghorn Ruch Harold Daniel Webster Jr.

We salute these men, their courage, and their conviction. Undoubtedly there will be others before this fracas is over, and we can only hope that Providence will spare us from too full a fatality list.

News this month came from all over the globe, but we still could use more snap- shots from all of you. A letter from Howie Stockwell shows him to be a ist It. in an anti-aircraft outfit somewhere in the South Pacific. He has spent time in Aukland, New Zealand, and New Caledonia and writes that "I ran into Captain Ty Cobb, Marines, in New Caledonia, also Cal Bowie, Lt. (jg) Navy. I heard from Jim Tredup recently. He's been on leave in Australia, a lt. in the Marines Machine Gun Company. I also hear from Lt. Bill Hayes, instructing at Pensacola, and Lt. Joe Armanini, a bombardier on a fortress." Howie was presented with a daughter on May 14 th, named Suzan Elizabeth.

Lt. E. R. Giordjino, formerly a Pilot Officer in the R.A.F., is now flying with the U. S. Air Corps with a group known as "Ted's Traveling Circus." Sgt. Bob Austin, formerly stationed in the Pacific, is now somewhere in Africa with an anti-aircraft outfit. Lt. Joe Maloy writes that he is enjoying Hawaii and recently ran into Gil Moreau, also stationed on Hawaii.

Lt. and Mrs. James Kuhns announced the arrival of Peter James Kuhns on May 7th. Jim has been on foreign duty with the Navy since last Sept. Lt. Beezy Smallwood and Ruth announced the arrival of Lacey Sue as of May 23rd. Lt. Charles Tuck and Miss Henrietta A. Farrand were married on March 8th on board the U.S.S. "Charles Carroll." They were the first couple to be married on that ship. Mrs. Tuck is from Bloomfield, N. J. Miss June Patricia Laramy of Brookline, Mass., and Lt. John O'Shea were married June 28th. Jack is stationed at the quartermasters depot in Boston, Mass. Miss Jean Shaw Thomas and Ensign Jordan Gilbert Van Cleve marched down the aisle in June. The bride_ is from Brazil and New York, and Van Cleve finished Columbia Law School this past Spring. Lt. Jim Malaney and Miss Jean Dorothy Neuman were also married this June. Jim is stationed at Ft. Knox. Miss Louise Schikler and Lt. Scott Rogers announced their engagement on May 13th in Cleveland, Ohio, and plan to be married the latter part of July. Louise graduated from Purdue University and is now at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Miss Josephine Tutt, of Colorado Springs, and Lt. George Mills were married last March. George is stationed at Camp Carson, Col. Miss Virginia Newman and Lt. Ed. Doyle announced their engagement in May. Ed. is in the Army Air Corps and stationed at Middletown, Pa. Miss Elizabeth Burlingham and Dick Babcock were married June 12th in Winnetka, Ill. Betty graduated from Vassar College and Dick has just returned from 15 months of service in the Middle East as a volunteer ambulance driver. Miss Margurite Helen Adams and Captain Jay Stout announced their engagement in May. Miss Adams graduated from Cornell University and Jay is a captain in the Army Air Force.

PROMOTIONS: Recent promotions include Duke Lyon and Howie Sommer who have been raised to the rank of captain, and Gordon Wentworth and Beezy Small- wood who have been made ist It's.

Lt. Cal Bowie has been reported missing somewhere in the Pacific theater of war. Cal is in the Marine Air Corps and was piloting a torpedo bomber. That's all for now but keep sending in news of yourselves and any other '40's that you know about.

Acting Secretary, Bldg. No. 5, Village Green, Orange, N. J.