Denver

The expansive halls of Denver alumni experience were decked this past month with the golden verbiage of two college presidents: John Sloan Dickey, speaking at the Southwestern Regional Alumni Conference in Oklahoma, and Louis Benezet '36, president of Colorado College, who addressed the more than seventy alumni, undergraduates, fathers, and prospective freshmen at the cheerful Christmas-vacation luncheon held at the Albany Hotel.

Dr. Benezet spoke feelingly about the increased responsibilities that are the pattern of undergraduate life in today's colleges. The student today must be more than a wellrounded man. He must be a thinking man, acutely aware of his own capacities and limitations and the capacities and limitations of his particular field of study. More than this, he must have time to think so that he may, in part, become different from his father.

Jim McElhinney '61, John Studholme '64, and Chuck Greer '64 were on hand and spoke briefly of the pigskin's progress. Then Don McMichael '53, regional enrollment chairman, reported on the current effort, naming Jim Swanson '59 and Paul Clarkin '59 as cochairmen of the School's Committee, Bob Woodberry '54 as assistant enrollment head, and Steve Cowperthwaite '52 who will take over the variegated reins of the interviewing obligation. Success to all, our thanks — and our full cooperation, I am sure.

Seven of our group were delegates to the Regional Conference at Oklahoma City on December 8 and 9: Ralph Rickenbaugh '28, Will Nicholson '22, John Nelson '31, Dick Shaw '39, Don McKinlay '37, Sey Wheelodc '40 and, lastly, Everett Parker '16, who stowed away lumpishly in the steerage, far from the luxuries of first-class travel, with only a cigar for comfort.

We were welcomed with rare enthusiasm and celebration into the conference of some fifty men from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arizona and Colorado. President Dickey was at hand and spoke formally and informally concerning matters of interest to far-flung alumni. The meeting was properly concluded by further placation of the local Lares and Penates and then we boarded the iron bird for home. The entire flight was cloud-enveloped but Denver sparkled coldly under a. two inch frost of new snow. It was an interesting and educational interruption in the pre-Christmas routine; the careful planning of the alumni of Western Oklahoma, was in evidence everywhere.

Also in evidence everywhere, purveying cement to cement lovers of Oklahoma was expatriate Gordon Rippey '57 and his effervescent new bride, Sally. They are a beamish pair.

Secretary, 301 Marion St., Denver, Colo.