Homecoming---'49Something new 011 <strong>campus</strong> this year atHomecoming was <strong>the</strong> downtown par-ade anddisplays which <strong>the</strong> students rigged uphomecoming bro<strong>the</strong>l's and sistersforlast October. 1t'8 pr'et.ty hard to recapture foryou <strong>the</strong> color and excitement which prevailed~:n~h~i~;~~8bu~hlil:~.ez: ~~.:t b~~;z~fI~~~etI~~~I~PhotosIJ'!} Ricldinyl,oll.creators.1'op left:io~.~:"i~i~~l;i!~~:il~h Wt~e~r>i~:~Can't Beat Our Record" dIsplay.Top right: A mammoth green and goh~"Terror" which won for PhIAlpha Alpha a first prize, for<strong>the</strong> most worked on exhibit.Lower left: To Delta Sigma f~r tl:ebest all-around <strong>the</strong>ir\V.M.C. sleigh-aLower right: A portion of <strong>the</strong> pregameparade.As <strong>the</strong> number- of cars on Hoffa Field suggest, this was one of <strong>the</strong> best attended Homecomingsin years. McDaniel Lounge was overflowing with Alumni representing for-ty-one classeswhich embraced fifty-three years of life at 'Western Maryland. It was a joyful reunion of oldfriends and young ones; we are aheady looking flJ"ward to a better and bigger one next year.Phot-,b'J Cnbb:iI'/I/.
ON THE COVERMr. F. Murray Benson, '17. Baltimore lawyerand <strong>college</strong> trustee since 1936, has beenBoard of Trustees ofelected Chairman of <strong>the</strong>Western Mar-yland College. Mr. Benson is <strong>the</strong>son of Rev. Pr-ank T. Benson, former editor of<strong>the</strong> "Methodist Protestant" and Board member.Mr. Benson succeeds Bishop James H.Straughn, 'flO, as Chairman.his gr-aduation Following from WesternMaryland 1917 Mr. Benson studied law atin<strong>the</strong> University of Maryland rrcm which hereceived <strong>the</strong> degree of LL.B., being admittedto <strong>the</strong> State Bar in 1922.In 1930 he became a member of <strong>the</strong> MarylandLegislature, serving in that capacityuntil 1933, at which time he became President<strong>the</strong> Commissioners tov Opening Streets inofBaltimore.In 1924 he was elected City Solicitor, andserved ior one year' in that office.Since 1943 Mr. Benson has been U memberof<strong>the</strong> Law Firm of Tydings, Sauerwein, Bensonand Boyd. In 1944 he became Parole Directorfor <strong>the</strong> State of Marylund, and wasnamed President of <strong>the</strong> Middle Atlantic StatesParole Association in 1948.Mr. Benson a Vice-president of <strong>the</strong> Mar-ylandGeneral Hospital, and a member of <strong>the</strong>Boar-d of Trustees of <strong>the</strong> Westminster TheologicalSeminary, besides a member ofMethodist<strong>the</strong> Board of PublicationsChurch.He was married in 1926 to Miss MeriamSeipel. They have four children, two boys andtwo girls, <strong>the</strong> oldest of whom, Janice, is ajunior at westernThe Bensons reside 3501 Copley Road,Baltimore, and attend Methodist Church.StanHis bro<strong>the</strong>r, Arthur Emory Benson, residentof Los Angeles, California, a graduate of<strong>the</strong> dass of 1924 at Western Maryland, is <strong>the</strong>Vice-President of <strong>the</strong> West America JnsuranceCompany.NEW COLLEGE TRUSTEEThe appointment of Mr. D. Carlysle Mac-Lea as a member <strong>the</strong> Board of Trustees ofof<strong>the</strong> College was also announced at <strong>the</strong> Boardmeeting in October. Mr. MaeLea, a memberof <strong>the</strong> class of 1922, is <strong>the</strong> son of DanielMacLea, a board member and owner of <strong>the</strong>MacLea Lumbar Company of Baltimore.COMING EVENTSFriday, February 24-<strong>the</strong> New York Alumniwill hold <strong>the</strong>ir annual dinner at <strong>the</strong> SheltonHotel Oakroom, Lexington avenue and 48thstreet. The assembly will be at 6 :15 in <strong>the</strong>South Lounge Mezzanine, followed by dinnerat seven. One hundred are expected. Send reservationspromptly on receipt of notice.The Philadelphia Alumni have selected FI'iday,April 14th, for <strong>the</strong>ir annual dinnerwhich will be at Kugler's, ill one of <strong>the</strong>ir privatedining rooms. Notices will be mailed you.A limit of 80 makes it advisable that your reservationsbe mailed as soon as you receiveyour notice.Saturday, March ll-<strong>the</strong> Washington Alumniwill hold <strong>the</strong>ir annual dinner at LewisMemorial Church. Notices containing fur<strong>the</strong>rinformation are being sent out.The .1950 Class ReunionsAs we go to press, letters are in <strong>the</strong> mail toClass Officers, named below, to call <strong>the</strong>ir classesto hold <strong>the</strong>ir reunions at <strong>the</strong> <strong>college</strong> 011 Saturday,May 27, 1950. Will members, as soon as<strong>the</strong>y get <strong>the</strong>ir letters, write to o<strong>the</strong>rs of <strong>the</strong>irclass in an effort to have <strong>the</strong> largest reunionon record. The Spring bulletin will' carry detailedinformation about Alumni Day.Addresses of Reunion Class Officers are:1000 S. A. Harker, Pi-es., 417 Broadway, W.Cape May, N. J.S. W. Tuylor, Sect., 1905 Route 2, Asheboro,N. C.1910 C. C. Day, Sect., 5000"42nd Ave., Hvatts,ville, Md.1915 J. C. Numbers, Pres., 2211 RosewoodAve., Winston Salem, N. C.W.• J. Kindley, Pres., 604% 1920 Park Ave.,Salisbur-y, Md.1925 Charles Bish, Pi-es., 14 Duvall nc.,Westmoreland Hills, Washington, D. C.Harry O. Smith, Pres., Frederick High1930School, Frederick, Md.1935 John W. Stallings, Pres., 2J7 W. 6thsi., Laurel, Del.1940 S. C. Galbreath, Prea., 1912 S. ArlingtonRidge Rd., Arlington, va.Robert W. Harrison, r-e., 1945 N. J. StateHospital, Trenton, N. J.Vol. XXXI No.3 January, 1950Western Mar-yland monthly during <strong>the</strong>College Bulletin, Westminster, Maryland, publishedschool year from October to May and July-August except November and April by <strong>the</strong> <strong>college</strong>.&.A~:~,~~dc~~~, ,::'n~li~~u"n~~"~fl;act:b~rOI3.A~~~~~ Z~. IU 12E"Ulrod~[t"ip;~i'Bll~!~~ :ft ~~~~':,"~r~~d~dMf,,~'ci~"~~~,i;~~' ~:~ij,
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