1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

440 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for May, 1954
Danish King Names Phi
Knight of Dannebrog
WALDEMAR WESTERGAARD, North Dakota '06,
Professor Emeritus of History at U.C.L..4., has
been named as a Knight of Dannebrog by the
King of Denmark. The Cross of the Order of
Dannebrog, First Class, and a diploma were
given to Brother Westergaard by Danish Consul,
Ryan Grut, at the January 31, 1954, meeting
of the Southern California Chapter of
the American-Scandinavian Foundation. The
Cross, which until the 19th century was only
bestowed on royal personages, was conferred
upon Brother Westergaard by the King of
Denmark "as an appreciation of your valuable
work in the cultural field." Brother Westergaard
is an "old timer" member of the
American-Scandinavian Foundation.
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DR. WALDEMAR WESTERGAARD, North Dakota '06
Randolph Hearst, to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Mayor Thomas d'Alesandro accepted the gift on
behalf of the city of Baltimore.
DR. ALTON OSCHNER, South Dakota '18, famed surgeon
of world renown, and chairman of the department
of surgery at Tulane University, has asked
the tobacco industry to contribute up to $10,000,000
for a nonpartisan study to determine "the agent in
tobacco tar that produces lung cancer." Brother
Oschner has put the responsibility for the increase in
lung cancer on cigaret smoking, and immediately
after he declared himself to that effect, there was a
sharp break in the prices of all tobacco stocks listed
on the New York Stock Exchange.
GORDON KEITH CHALMERS. Brown '25, President of
Kenyon College, speaking in the city of New York
at the annual forum of the Tuition Plan Inc., in
February, warned against a steady deterioration of
American education, in that basic liberal arts courses
such as science, history, and literature, have been
supplemented or replaced by "interpretation" of
those courses. "Interpretation," declared Brother
Chalmers, "as represented by these so called "cocktail
courses' of interpretation, has become a national
sport, with the result that the student forms the
habit of liking a subject if he can name and recognize
it, without paying the price and the concentration
necessary to enter and master any part of it."
ANDREW B. BURKHARDT, Cincinnati '40, West Virginia
sales manager for American Airlines for the past
four and one half years, has been named district
sales manager for American's Boston area, which includes
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland. He has been with American
Airlines since 1939.
WILL C. GRANT, SM.U. '28, was the recipient of one
of three Southern Methodist University Distinguished
Alumnus Awards of 1954, Presentation was
made by President Umphrey Lee at the annual
observance of Alumni-Founders Day held in Dallas,
March 23. Brother Grant, who resides in Winnetka,
111., is head of Grant Advertising, Inc., which he
instigated in 1935, and which now has offices
throughout the world.
At meetings of the Boards of Directors of the
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company
and The Belt Railway Company of Chicago, held in
Chicago February 9, FRANKLIN C. GAGEN, Ohio Wesleyan
'38, General Attorney, was appointed General
Solicitor of both companies.
G. NOLAN BEARDEN, Georgia Tech '28, special agent
for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
in Los Angeles, Calif., has been elected chairman
of the Million Dollar Round Table of the
National Association of Life Underwriters. Election
as head of the organization is recognized as one of
the top national honors awarded to a member of the
industry.
JUDGE KURTZ KAUFFMAN, Dickinson '21, was the
presiding judge at the court trial of Mr. and Mrs.
James Roosevelt in California. Shortly after graduating
from Dickinson College, Brother Kauffman went
to Los Angeles where he, engaged in the practice of
law, and was elected judge some time ago.