NECROLOGYThe College was recently notified of <strong>the</strong>death of Walter G. Clark, graduate of <strong>the</strong> classof '14, who died on Dec. 8, in Dallas, Texas,where he lived with his wife and son. The lateMr. Clark, after leaving Western Maryland,taught school in Iowa for several years, andbecame a school supervisor <strong>the</strong>re. At <strong>the</strong> timeof his death he was a representative of <strong>the</strong>Dupont Company, whose southwestern headquartersare in Dallas, a position he had heldfot' several years.Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Dora PriceRobertson, a member of <strong>the</strong> class of '96, passedaway March 10, at her home in Middletown,DeL For several years a resident of Fayetteville,N. C., she returned to Middletown after<strong>the</strong> death of her husband and had becomequite active in community life prior to heiillness.Her immediate survivors are: a stepson,Mr. William H. J. Robertson, of Westfield,N. J., a step-daughter, Mary Robertson Taylorof West Palm Beach, PIa., and a bro<strong>the</strong>l', Mr.William Price, Sr., of Middletown.Alumni and friends of Western MarylandCollege were shocked at <strong>the</strong> news of <strong>the</strong> suddendeath of J. Lester Weihrauch, a graduateof <strong>the</strong> class of '25, who passed away in hishome in Baltimore, Thursday, March 24. Anactive member of <strong>the</strong> Baltimore Alumni Clubof <strong>the</strong> Alumni Association of <strong>the</strong> College, hecould always have been counted on to participatein any program his Alma Mater sponsored.H. Myrle Malehom passed away Monday,January 30, in westminster. A member of <strong>the</strong>class of '98, she was <strong>the</strong> daughter of <strong>the</strong> lateAndrew Jackson and Ellen Koontz Malehorn,and is survived by her sister, Florence. Furmany years Miss Malehorn assisted in <strong>the</strong>laundry room at <strong>the</strong> College.Dr. H. A. Lakin, graduate of <strong>the</strong> class of'96, passed away December 8, in Harrisburg,Pa., after having been hospitalized for twoweeks. Following his graduation from WesternMaryland in 1896, Dr. Lakin took his medicaldegree from <strong>the</strong> University of Maryland MedicalSchool and began his praet.ice neal' Gettysburg,moving to Har-r-isburg' in 1!)15. From1910 to 1919 and from 1945 until his retirementshor-tly before his death, he served asassistant medical examiner for <strong>the</strong> MetropoJitanLife Insurance Company.Mrs. Cora V. Himle'r, so well-known tofor-mer- graduates of <strong>the</strong> College as "Mo<strong>the</strong>rHlmler," passed away unexpectedly in herhome. Thursday, March- 9, in Westminster.Her son, Henry, is a graduate of <strong>the</strong> class of'36 and his wife (Edith T. Hansson). of <strong>the</strong>class of '37.SPRING SPORTSA full schedule of Spi-ing sports has blossomedinto color as this bulletin goes to press.Unable to give you a lengthy account of <strong>the</strong>athletic program on <strong>the</strong> Hill at this time, we'llhit <strong>the</strong> high to date, and call your attentionto <strong>the</strong> issue of <strong>the</strong> bulletinfor <strong>the</strong> final results.'I'he golf, tennis, lacrosse, and baseball teamshave spread <strong>the</strong>ir- wings and have taken offinto state and Inter-state althoughto date not many contests been played.Taking a brief gander at each onc--golf, lacrosse,and baseball are operating under newcoaches. Dr. Milton J. Huber, Jr., WMC '43,assistant professor in Sociology, finds time tomentor <strong>the</strong> golf team. Mt.· St. Mary's teedoff with <strong>the</strong> Hubermen in <strong>the</strong> first match of<strong>the</strong> 1!l50 campaign, <strong>the</strong> results: W.M.C., 3;"Mount", 6.Lacrosse squadmen, under <strong>the</strong> coaching ofMr. Edward Sparrow, who filled <strong>the</strong> post leftby Al Paul, '50, have found <strong>the</strong> going rough in<strong>the</strong>ir first few encounters. April 7, a smoothlyworking Williams team "outatuck" <strong>the</strong> TerrorStickmen, leaving Westminster with a 11-1victory under <strong>the</strong>ir belts. R.P.I. followed inclose order with an impressive victory over ourboys by a score that is almost too hot to print,24-0. . Down on <strong>the</strong> diamond, <strong>the</strong> baseballteam has had three contests under its newcoach, Jim Boyer, who came in as trainer for<strong>the</strong> football team last year. Jim knows hisbaseball, is all umpire in <strong>the</strong> big leages. Coldwea<strong>the</strong>r played havoc with <strong>the</strong> players in <strong>the</strong>first three contests and all three were droppedto strong competition by teams representingR.P.I., Maine, and Washington College. Thefirst two, against keen clubs, were dropped byclose scores, 9-6 and 4_2. The baseball teamlooks for a good season, despite <strong>the</strong> loss of itsfirst three games. Professor Hurt's tennisteam has had only one match to date, that withColgate, who came rolling down from NewYork State with a powerful team and beat <strong>the</strong>'Western Maryland rncoucteers. 8-1.COACHING NEWSrt was recently made known officially thatCharles "Rip" Engle has been named Headcoach of football at Penn State University.Engle, a graduate of <strong>the</strong> class of 1930, playedfootball for Western Maryland on <strong>the</strong> greatteam of '29, when in an eleven game schedule,<strong>the</strong> T1Wro1'S came through undefeated. Englealso coached at Western Maryland when hecame into OUI' athletic department underChar-lie Havens, Db-ector, in 1941. He went toBrown University in 1942, and became Headcoach <strong>the</strong>re when coach Staley was called into<strong>the</strong> Navy ror service during <strong>the</strong> war.12
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