Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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The Men of Smith Burnham Professor Smith Burnham, L.L.D., fifty years a teacher, head of the department of history and social studies at Western Michigan College of Education from 1919 to 1939. Distinguished educator, erudite historian, inspiring teacher, loyal church- man, outstanding citizen, valiant champion of . . . righteousness, lover of young people. These are the words of D. Stanley Coors in dedication of Smith Burnham Hall. Smith Burnham died before completion of the building but with the knowledge of its dedication to the Burnham brothers. The stature of this man offers the men of Smith Burnham a proud tradition. There were many events etched in the memory of the men at the hall: the Homecoming displays, Sunday afternoon football games, intramural football and basketball, the first snow party, the traditional Christ- mas party and the big dance, The Festival of Knights. These events highlight the biggest chal- lenge of life — the living of it. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Potter, Ann Marie and Mary Louise. 104

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Row 1 — Dean Barnum, Junior, Battle Creek; Wilson Blair, Jr., Sophomore, Coldwater; Dwight Bowser, Sopho- more; Elkhart, Ind.; Edgar Carter, Jr., Junior, Three Rivers; Richard Day, Junior, Battle Creek. Row 2 — James File, Sophomore, Do- wagiac; Dean Gerbel, Junior, St. Joseph; Thomas Goldsberry, Junior, South Bend, Ind.; Gordon Growell, Sophomore, Grand Rapids; William Kimbrough. Sophomore, South Haven. Row 3 — Thomas McClanahan, Junior, South Bend, Ind.; Warren McKenzie; Charles Miller, Sophomore, Clarksville; Norman Osborne, Junior, Battle Creek; William Peshek, Sophomore, Men omi- nee. Row A — Leonard Platteborze, Junior, Comstock; Frank Quiriconi, Junior, Coloma; Mel Schnepp, Sophomore, Riverdale; Richard Sosnowski, Junior, Hamtramck; Jack Stettler, Sophomore, Three Rivers. Row 5 — Larry Stout, Sophomore, Bloomingdale ; Leonard Tardonni, Senior, Muskegon; Edward Todd, Junior, St. Joseph; Pete Troost, Junior, St. Joseph; Ken Vandermolen, Junior, St. Joseph. Officers for Vandercook Hall this semester were: Norman. Osborne, President; Peter Troost, Vice Presi- dent; and Dean Gerbel. Secretary. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bowers, Sook Hee and Robert. 103

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Seated, left to right — Bob Pasquinelli, Jack Krueger, Robert Durbin, Michael M. Misna, C. Alan Tressler, John Delanty and Phillip K. Williams. Standing, left to right — Norman Tubbs, Tom Rowley, Jim Kahler, Scrappy Cox, Charles Lux, Gerald Kortfelt, Archie Potter, Herb B. Jones, John Ryor, Robert Lahti, Eugene Wank, Greg Morden and Don Carlson. ■ Row 1 — Roger Avers, Sophomore, Algonac; Harold Ball, Sophomore, Newaygo; Philip Barber, Sophomore, Sparta; Thomas Barber, Sophomore, Sparta; Million Belete, Vocational-Freshman, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Bekkele Berhane, General, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; James Brown, Freshman, St. Joseph. Row 2 — Donald Carlson, Junior, Menominee; Hugh E. Conners, Sophomore, Royal Oak; James Copping, Sophomore, Mt. Clemens; Gilbert Covey, Freshman, South Haven; James Eger, Sophomore, Elkhart, Ind. ; Jack Fox, Sophomore, Bradley; Don Fraser, Sophomore. Franklin. Row 3 — Richard Fulton, Freshman, Athens; Asefa Gabregiorgis. Freshman, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Jack Green, Sophomore, Nashville; Otto Laabs, Junior, South Haven; Charles Lynch, Sophomore, Highland Park; Kenneth Machata, Junior, Mount Prospect, 111.; Larry Olson, Junior, Muskegon Heights. Row A — Dennis Otto, Freshman, Edwardsburg; John Peruzze, Freshman, Grand Rapids; Willard Poole, Sophomore, Grand Rapids; Harold Rettstatt, Freshman, Delta, Ohio; Jimmie Rice, Freshman, Fulton; Jim Richmond, Freshman, Midland; Ernest Sanders, Sopho- more, Edwardsburg. Row 5 — Darrell Sikkenga, Freshman, Muskegon; Lawrence Smith, Sophomore, Dowagiac; John Wardle, Junior, Grosse Pointe. 105