1956-08-01

              Illinois Wesleqan fnivorsitq Bulletin
ALUMNI ISSUE AUGUST, 1956
Members of the 1916 Championship Baseball team on the steps of the Science Hall following the IWU-Cha-nute
Field game on Alumni Day. Front row, I to r: Dr. J. Norman Elliott, Bloomington; Matthew Welch, Collins-ville;
E. J. Pacey, Paxton; Howard Millard, Decatur; Earl Van Ordstrand, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Second row,
I to r: Walter Schuwerk, Evansville; *Earl Bentley, Pontiac; W. C. Dunham, East St. Louis; Ivan Elliott, Carmi.
*Died July 13, 1956.
Commencement
A near capacity crowd heard Dr.
Arthur S. Flemming address the
1956 graduating class. Dr. Flem-ming
is director of the U. S. Of-fice
of Defense Mobilization. His
subject was "Our Common Respon-sibility."
In his address he stressed
the fact that we are buying time
by mobilization, until such time
as spiritual forces can break
through and bring peace. He spoke
particularly of the "atoms for
peace" plan and the "aid to educa-tion"
plans as forces that will help
prevent war. The nations and com-munities
can save themselves
through service, and mutual assist-ance
is not a "giveaway," but is for
the good of all and is to demon-strate
the belief of this nation in
spiritual values.
One hundred and twenty seniors
received bachelors degrees. Dr.
Flemming, Clarence Heyl, '08, and
Merle C. Nutt, trustee, had the de-
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School of Nursing
Becomes Part of IWU
Illinois Wesleyan has added a
school of nursing to its program.
The affiliation between Brokaw
Hospital and Wesleyan has changed
and the new school will be a part
of the University just as fine arts
are a part of it.
Under the new plan, all fresh-men
in the School of Nursing will
take full time college work at Wes-leyan
but live at Brokaw Hospital.
The second and third years will be
spent in the hospital for clinical
training, and the fourth year will
be on the campus. At the end of
four years the students will re-ceive
bachelor of science degrees.
This means that all nurses at Bro-kaw
must take the fourth year in
order to complete their work.
In the past Brokaw nurses could
come to Wesleyan for a fourth
year for a degree if they wished.
Now this is compulsory, and will
greatly strengthen the program.
1916 Baseball Team
Holds Reunion
Members of Wesleyan's 1916 base-ball
team held a reunion on Alum-ni
Day. The nine living members of
the team attended the IWU-Cha-nute
Field baseball game in the
stadium, and in the evening at-tended
the annual alumni dinner
with their wives. A special table
was reserved for them. Fred Young,
who played with the team the year
before, Ned Dolan, and Jack Horen-berger,
IWU baseball coach, were
invited to sit with them. Wesleyan
has won eleven state baseball
championships, including the one
this year. The 1916 team, however,
is the only team with a perfect
record since baseball was recog-nized
as an organized sport in 1885.
During the dinner Howard Millard
'17 presented the members of the
team. Mr. Millard, sports editor of
the Decatur Herald-Review, was
in large measure responsible for
the event.