DePauw Class of 1963 A Reunion to Remember

DePauw Class of 1963

A Reunion to Remember

Bob McClure, editor

Official Class of 1963 Reunion Newsletter

November 2012

From The DePauw ? Fall '62

Sept. 21 Nine Trustees Seek New President to Replace Russell J. Humbert

The committee is headed by Glenn W. Thompson, chairman of DePauw's Board of Trustees and presently filling in as the University's Chief Executive Officer"...."We want a great or near great man, or at least one with a potential for greatness."

Tuition Loan Plan Altered "Giving students the right to

defer tuition without charge was, in effect, giving them a free loan," Comptroller Deward W. Smythe said. ... If a student pays $125 at registration, and pays the remainder in three installments ($167 in Oct. 20th; $167 on Nov 20th and $166 on Dec. 20th), the total interest would be $4.17.

Sept. 24 Fraternities Pledge 244 With Aid of Computer

Thirteen DePauw fraternities pledged 244 men Saturday, climaxing five days of fall rush. KTK, the inter-fraternity council, used an IBM computer for the first time this year, facilitating preference matchups between houses and rushees.

At the Voncastle The Spiral Road, starring Rock

Hudson and Burl Ives The Mating Game, starring Debbie

Reynolds and Tony Randall

Sept. 26 DPU Average Up; 192 on Dean's List ? Women Smarter in Every Way?

DePauw coeds had both the beauty and the brains last semester as they compiled an overall 1.77 grade average. 192 undergraduate students compiled over a 2.5 average for the semester and were named to the Dean's List.

Sept. 26 The Editor's Notebook: Unmotherly Advice Paraphrased (by Bob McClure)

Commenting on an article in McCall's Magazine, "Unmotherly Advice to a Girl Going Away to College," McClure wrote: "DePauw girls (listen DePauw mothers) never have to fear falling into the `wrong crowd,' or `getting a roommate who is not our kind of people.' All DePauw students are each other's kind of people. DePauw is so inbred it borders on incest. And the wrong crowd ? never.

Oct. 3 DePauw's Professors Give Opinions on the Suggested Honor System; Some Skeptical, But Agree on Theory

Prof. Fred Silander of the Economics department is willing to participate in an honor system, although he is not sure how many students would be willing to report cheating. The problem at DePauw, he said, would be establishing a tradition of an honor system.

Oct. 5 Senate Takes Action: Protest Letter Asks Moderation at Ole Miss

Student Senate passed by

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Big Campus News: Dining Hall, Fitness Center and Starbucks!

October was a big month for news from the DePauw campus. On the Thursday before Old Gold Weekend, President Brian W. Casey announced that DePauw University received a $25 million gift from R. David and Suzanne A. Hoover (both 1967 graduates of DePauw) to help build a new dining hall (see rendering below) and endow need-based scholarships.

The majority of the $25 million will provide the lead gift for the construction of the R. David and Suzanne A. Hoover Hall, to be located in the heart of campus between the Union Building and Burkhart Walk. The remainder of the gift will provide $9 million to support the R. David and Suzanne A. Hoover Endowed Scholarship Fund for need-based financial aid.

Then, a few days later, President Casey announced that DePauw received the first major gift toward the University's comprehensive athletics and recreation master plan, which was approved over the weekend by the Board of Trustees. The master plan will provide a road map for the University's investments in athletic and recreational facilities in the coming years. It calls for a series of phased improvements to the

Lilly Center and athletic fields. A $5 million commitment from

M. Scott and Kimberlee A. Welch represents the lead gift on the Lilly Center project and will provide for the construction of the M. Scott and Kimberlee A. Welch Fitness Center, a new 16,000-square-foot facility.

Competing for the excitement was the opening a few weeks earlier of a full-service Starbucks! The DePauw Bookstore has moved to a newly renovated space on the courthouse square in downtown Greencastle. Now featuring an expanded floor plan, Starbucks caf? and new name, Eli's Books introduced DePauw and the downtown Greencastle community to the new store with a three-day grand opening. President Casey and Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray presided over the festivities.

And finally, construction continues on the completely redesigned Anderson Street, with new paving, sidewalks, lighting and trees. A new formal entrance to campus, The Hoover Gates, will grace the intersection of Anderson and Highway 231. You will experience the new gateway firsthand when you return to campus for Alumni Reunion Weekend 2013.

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Alumni Colleges

Thursday, June 6: Remembering ... Sharing ... Connecting at the stunning Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics. (Check out the Institute at depauw.edu; click on Academics, then Academic Centers and then select Prindle Institute.) ? Becky Watts Lortz and Marilyn

Muse Thompson are planning two morning sessions designed to reintroduce us to some of our classmates. (We are still receiving nominees for these sessions ? how about you?) ? "This I Believe" features essays

by participating classmates about the core values that guide their daily lives. ? In "Life After DePauw", a sampling of our classmates will help jump-start our sharing time by talking about their very interesting post-DePauw experiences. ? Professor Glenn Gass from Indiana University will help get us into a mindset for remembering with a captivating presentation on Rock and Roll from our era. ? Judy Marsh Ireson will help us close the afternoon with a memorial program remembering our deceased classmates.

Class of '63 Music Survey

By the time you read this, we will have completed the Top 20 Music Survey for the 50th reunion. Many thanks to the 35 people from the Class of 1963 who agreed to take the time to complete the survey. The plans are to determine the top 20 tunes selected by your 35 class members and to create a music CD to give to those who attend the 50th reunion next June.

It is our hope to find a 1963 class member willing to serve as the narrator (DJ) for the CD. If you have any talents and/or interest in doing this, please contact your 50th reunion planning committee.

Thanks, Kit Lortz '62

Try to Remember

The Collegians began at DePauw in 1948 as an all-male choral group. Women entered the ensemble in later years.

In 1963 the group consisted of seven women and eight men: Jack Anderson, Bob Bluhm, Jim Birch, Joe Busey, Carol Wing Gentry, Louise Gray, Meg Greenawalt, Dave Kaeuper, Billie Jo McCullough, Cindy Rogers, Marilyn Schaaf, Bill Sheahan, Phyl Stormont, Doug Weir and Chip Wilhoite.

The Collegians were an all-student, all student-run organization with no official connection to DePauw.

In September of 1962, a new weekend entertainment series debuted at The Duck, produced by Russ Nevins and Roger Ramsey. Individual members of The Collegians often showcased their talent in this setting. Bob Bluhm and Phyl Stormont performed on opening night. Later in the year, the "At the Duck" series presented My Fair Lady, with Carol Wing Gentry as Eliza, Jack Anderson as Mr. Doolittle, Bill Sheahan as Freddie Hynsford-Hill and Louise Gray providing the piano accompaniment.

The final concert of the The Collegians'1963 season was a musical tribute to George Gershwin, narrated by Roger Ramsey, featuring selections from Porgy and Bess and Girl Crazy. In March the group left for San Francisco and a USO tour of the Pacific Command, singing in Hawaii, Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Formosa, Philippines and Vietnam.

Over the years, The Collegians recorded two LPs. Kit Lortz '62 has merged those LPs into a single CD. To listen again to the music of The Collegians, go alumni/arw/?ryr=1963, and "try to remember."

For All We Know

The Collegians The Collegians of our era symbolized my fantasy college life. Full of sass, schmaltz and pizazz, they represented the college smart set, which I longed one day to join. I had a long way to go.

The Collegians had "uptown" class. I was southern Indiana corn.

Entranced the first time I heard and saw them, I remain under their nostalgic glow.

At that first encounter, I think in Meharry Hall, I was particularly taken by a vivacious, mischievous little soprano in an aqua taffeta dress. Did she dress up a stage! Could she dress up a song!

Oh, how I wanted to be a Collegian. But there was a big problem. I couldn't sing; I have no rhythm, and I don't dance or act, either. There was no hope.

Then one of my roommates, Bob Bluhm, of our class, who had all the talent that I lacked ? and more ? auditioned for the Collegians. And he made it. He was ecstatic; I was overjoyed for him, too. I was also envious. He was living my fantasy.

Bob let me live my Collegian dream through him. After rehearsals, he sometimes gave Dick Affolter, our other roommate and also a classmate, and me a little run-through of a

song or a piece of patter he had in an upcoming show. Before many a performance, Dick and I would check out his tux to see if Bob was ready for prime time.

But there was still the girl in the aqua taffeta dress.

Well, I celebrated my 60th birthday at the home of the girl in the aqua taffeta dress. In a complete surprise that night, she and my son ? he has the voice his father only dreamed of ? sang Mozart and Verdi arias and Broadway show tunes to me in her living room in front of a gaggle of guests I had invited to her house for my birthday. What an unforgettable concert ? my son ... and the girl in the aqua taffeta dress!

For our 70th birthdays, the girl in the aqua taffeta dress and I ? and our families ? celebrated with a blowout in Hawaii. No songs this time, but plenty of laughter and remembering.

For all of us in the Class of '63, our DePauw years opened up a rich life of then-unimaginable delights. But 50 years ago, "who knew where or when."

For our 80th birthdays, the girl in the aqua taffeta dress and I are assuming that there will be another joint celebration. "For All We Know."

? Bob McClure

depauw.edu/about/175celebration

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Participation is the Key to Reunion Success

The DePauw University Class of 1963 Reunion offers many ways to participate. In fact, participation is the key to making the Reunion a success. A great Reunion Committee has been leading the way for nearly a year. Committee members came to campus last June to get ideas from the Class of 1962. They are working hard to plan interesting and fun events for next June. They are reviewing menu options to make sure your meals on campus are superb and sumptuous. They are even helping to find "lost" classmates to make sure everyone knows about the big celebration.

And the Living Unit Representatives have been calling all of you to encourage your participation. "Make sure you have

the dates on your calendar." "We want every member of our pledge class to come back." "Don't miss this ? it will be one of the best parties you've ever attended!"

The LURs also have been talking with you about about the

importance of participation through your support for DePauw. The 50th Reunion is a special opportunity to think about what DePauw has meant to you, and what DePauw will mean to future generations of

students. So, please consider a special gift to DePauw for your 50th Reunion.

Two classmates have raised a Challenge Fund of $100,000 to encourage your Annual Fund gifts. Those who increase their gift over last year's amount will earn a 1:1

match on the increase from the Challenge Fund. If you did not make a gift last fiscal year, your new gift will earn a 2:1 match. The Reunion Committee has set an Annual Fund goal of $400,000 and 63 percent participation for your class.

This year there is another way to support DePauw ? Tiger Club. DePauw created Tiger Club in response to requests from alumni who want to give to athletics. Half of each gift may be designated for a specific sport. The other half goes into a fund administered by the athletic director for all gifts.

The easiest way to make a gift, to either the Annual Fund or Tiger Club, is on DePauw's secure giving site: depauw.edu/give. Please participate in your 50th Reunion by planning to attend, and by making a special gift to DePauw today!

From the Reunion Chairs

Dear '63 Classmates, It's not too early to PLAN to

attend our 50th DePauw Reunion, June 5-9, 2013. In fact, it's just about eight months away! Because this will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience and "A Reunion to Remember," plan to arrive Wednesday for our opening reception at the Elms, President Casey's home. We promise you will not be disappointed as it will be a great place to reconnect with men, women and dear friends.

A formal registration form will be part of the third newsletter coming in early March. But put the dates on the calendar now.

Thirty-five of our classmates volunteered to vote for the 20 best songs of our era (1959-63) in a music survey in recent months. And if any of you have had a secret

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desire to be a disc jockey, we have just the opportunity for you. The survey of our top 20 plus songs is ready to become etched into history on a cd, but needs a voice to put it together. If you are willing to be that voice, please contact Kit Lortz at

starwood@. This WILL be ... "A Reunion

to Remember." We look forward to seeing you there!

Ev Whaley LaFollette, Phil Eskew, Carolyn Watson Kruger

Co-chairs Evelyn Whaley LaFollette and Phil Eskew pick up tips from 1962 co-chair Linda Martin Katula at the opening reception at The Elms.

Faculty Guiding Lights

be some of the football players! We did manage to rescue them and pass the course. I have not had to save a football player since, but it was an exciting way to end the course!

Renie Kinzer Milliken

My favorite professor was Felix Goodson. I was fascinated in his class about abnormal psychology. He was always very receptive to his students and was not afraid to share personal experiences. He encouraged me to continue my studies for a graduate degree in psychology at Iowa State University; he helped me to obtain a half-time assistantship. Because of his faith in me, I have worked with the seriously mentally ill for the past 28 years. The work has often been exasperating, but has always left me believing that the human spirit can be rekindled to help people lead a productive and satisfying life.

Sometime during my DePauw career, I took a lifesaving course ? not sure why. I believe the instructor's name was Peggy. I think perhaps she was married to a professor. She was short and peppy and had kind of reddish hair. There were eight of us in the class. The course turned out to be rather difficult with a lot of written work and some pretty difficult tests. At the end of the book work, we went to a nearby lake (don't remember where ? a distance from the campus) to take our practical exam. We knew we would have to upright a canoe, stand on the gunnels and do something called "gunneling" ? and also "save" some real people. However, she did not tell us that our rescuees would

I particularly remember Dr. Elmer Klemke teaching Introduction to Philosophy. Because I had taken several years of vocal training, I appreciated Dr. Klemke's fluid and articulate lecturing style. Besides being extremely knowledgeable, he was able to make his field "live" for those of us in class. One day he was giving a lecture on sense data ? are things really there, or do we just perceive them as sense data. At this point one of the guys said, "But, what about when you run your car into a brick wall?" Dr. Klemke laughingly replied, "Well, that's a hell of a big bunch of sense data!"

Dr. Klemke had a wonderful way of transcending time when he spoke of the greats of philosophy such as Socrates and Plato. I could almost imagine his sitting with them in some picturesque place in ancient Greece discoursing on some interesting topic of the day.

Kathie Spangler Vashaw, AXO LUR

Dr. Winsey taught art appreciation, and I decided to take one of his courses to meet the liberal

arts requirements for DePauw graduation. I certainly was not an art major; my art education had been confined to elementary school.

Dr. Winsey brought the world of art to life for me! I learned the history and progression of art forms through the centuries. In his classes, he took you on art tours using his own slides. (Yes, slides! This was before the digital age.) His exams were brutal, requiring a lot of memorization. But I was so intrigued, entranced with his presentation and content, that I took two more of his courses. Neither one fulfilled any requirements. He had simply sparked a lifelong interest.

For many years, Dr. Winsey took students on European art tours. I so wished to go on one of those tours, but that was not to be.

Many years later, I finally had the chance to visit Italy and to see with my own eyes so many of the statues, paintings, buildings (architecture) that we had studied at DePauw in Dr. Winsey's classes. To this day, I remember getting teary eyed when standing in Venice's San Marcos Plaza, looking at the Cathedral and bell tower and then touring inside. My lasting appreciation for art of many types was Dr. Winsey's great gift to me!

Carolyn Watson Kruger

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