1911

The mortality rate among members of 1911 continues its relentless course. Harry R. Stevens passed away on April 14. See the obituary section of this issue.

To employ a phrase made famous by King Edward VIII in his abdication speech, "At long last," a first award has been made under the 1911 Permanent Fund Samson Occom Scholarship. The recipient is Randy Williams '76, a transfer from a California community college in September '74. He is married, the father of an infant, and receives no financial aid from his parents. He undoubtedly meets the requirements for dire need. To date, Randy cannot be termed better than an average scholar, if that. He holds two part-time jobs and is taking remedial steps to improve his classroom performance. He plans to graduate in '76 and return to Alaska to teach school and counsel Native Americans for about three years. After that he hopes to attend law school.

The three counselors to the Native American Council (nine members) unanimously recommended Williams for the first award. After checking with members of the executive committee. Ken Clark advised the director of the Office of Financial Aid on April 7, 1975 that Williams was eligible for a full award of $2,500 for the year 1974-75. As to the year 1975-76, the recipients' record will be subject to review in July. It is possible that a second recipient for a award will be considered at that time. At least the project has now risen above ground level and our thanks to Ken Clark for his successful negotiations.

Don Cheney is the subject of a headline article appearing in the Orlando Seminal of April 9, 1975. Tribute is paid to Don and his father as being very substantial citizens who laid the foundations for many features of Orlando community life. At 86, Don is the full time president of the Orlando County Historical Society and full time chairman of the Society's Museum. In his earlier life, he was very active in Boy Scout activities and set up the first juvenile court for Orange County and served as its first judge for 12 years. He is presently an honorary trustee of Rollins College. We should say that Don has lived a well rounded life and is still going strong.

Although this announcement may appear in the Alumni Magazine at the same time as in the class notes, it would seem the contemplated change in the schedule of Magazine production was worthy of mention. For some time now, the Alumni Magazine Office has been considering dropping the July issue and replacing it with one for September. The July number has been devoted to Commencement activities and reports of reuning classes. Coming at the start of the vacation season the demand for advertising space is very low. It is now proposed that the June issue be kept open to include Commencement news and the reunion reports shifted to September, with other class notes being omitted. It is felt that a September issue will be better attuned to the school year than one in July. A poll taken among 60 classes was practically unanimous for the change.

As this is the last issue for the current school year - a pleasant vacation season to all.

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