TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1957
From Youth to
Gun Collection
Many men who have served or who are still serving in
the armed forces! have developed gun collections as a result
of military service, but Capt. William F. Saunders, Marine
instructor in the University NROTC unit, started his years
before he became a Marine.
Saunders was only a 12-year-old youngster in grammar
school when he first became in
terested in guns. Since that'time
—lB years ago—he has built up a
collection which is now insured
for $2OOO.
More Than 100 Firearms -
Saunders has more than 100
firearms in his collection, which
includes pistols and rifles from
every war the United States has
been in since the Revolution.
Other weapons in his collection
are swords, bayonets, machine
guns and a practice aerial bomb.
All of Saunders’ firearms are
jin excellent condition, including
I the oldest weapon of his collection
I —an old muzzle-loading musket.
H- does not acquire a gun unless
it can actually be fired.
Saunders, a 13-year Marine vet
eran, collects primarily military
weapons and he does not bother
with the “oddities” that many gun
collectors own. He buys most Of
his weapons from dealers or pri
vate individuals but a few were
gathered in World War II and the
Korean conflict.
Most Prized Weapon
A Civil War percussion revolv
er is his most prized weapon.
Known as a Freeman Revolver,
it is one of the rarest of the Civil
War guns. The reason he values
the revolver so highly is that it
was made in his hometown,
Watertown, N.Y.
The most expensive weapon in
his collection is an Old Scotch
flintlock pistoL which cost him
$3OO. It is the most he has ever
paid for a gun.
Many of his guns have inter
esting stories behind them, but
one of the stories really stands
?ut in his mind. While stationed
i' Cannes, France, some years ago,
he ran across what he believed
to be a .31-caliber Colt revolver
worth around $75 or $lOO in the
United States—in a shop.
'Relic' Turns Out Fake
Midshipmen
March For
inauguration
A detachment of approximately
100 midshipmen from the Uni
versity participated in the inaug
ural parade in Washington, D.C.,
on Jan. 21.
The Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps units from the
University and the i University of
North Carolina were chosen from
among the 53 unifs throughout
the country to join with the Naval
Academy in the parade.
Fixed Bayonets
The' detachment passed in re
view for President Dwight D.
Eisenhower in company forma
tion, wearing the traditional navy
blue midshipman" uniform and
carrying fixed bayonets. The suit
was identified by the University
guidon.
Capt. Victor B. McCrea, com
manding officer of the unit, des
ignated Midshipman Commander
Robert Draft commander of the
detachment.
Other Participants
He was assisted by Midshipman
Lt. J. G. Charles Hamer, as exec
utive officer, and Midshipman
C. P. O. Philip Stell, as, mustering
petty officer.
Capt. McCrea also designated
as platoon commanders Midship
man Lt. William Myers, Midship
man Lt. J. G. John Be van, and
Midshipman Ensign William Kirk.
The unit color guard was com
manded by Midshipman Henry
Bartol.
Art Exhibition
Honors Prof
George S. Zoretich; assistant
professor of art, has a painting
in the 25th biennial exhibition of
the Corcoran Art Gallery, Wash
ington, D.C.
The exhibition opened Jan. 12
and will end in Washington
March 10. Following the Wash
ington exhibition the painting
will be shown in Toledo, Ohio,
from April 1 to April 30. A rep
resentative selection then will go
on a national tour under the aus
pices of the Ameridan Federation
of Arts.
The aim of the Corcoran * Bi
ennial is to show a- group of con
temporary works which have im
pressed the exhibition jury as be
ing of high quality.
Zoretick’s painting, entitled
“Valley,” was selected .by the
jury. Of 1,643 paintings submitted,
the juiy selected 70 works. The
exhibition includes an additional
120 paintings by invitation.
Booklet Published
To Aid Travelers
A 24-page booklet entitled
“Europe: Sources of Information”
has been published by the coun
cil on student travel to aid those
planning their first trip abroad.
. The booklet was designed to be
of particular service to students
and those traveling on’.limited
budgets.
The publication, priced at 25
cents, may be obtained from the
council. The address is 179 Broad
way, New York 7, N.Y.-
Former Dairy Professor
Dies in Altoona Hospital
A Leland Beam, professor emer
itus of _ dairy production, died
Jan. 21 in the Veterans Hospital
Altoona. He was 65.
He served on the University
faculty from 1916 until his retire
ment in 1954. Mr. Beam servec
as director of agricultural short
courses for 11 years.
Marine,
Grows
By LOU PRATO
The storekeeper had two dozen
of these weapons selling for $4
each. Saunders purchased five of
them, thinking he had really dis
covered something. But after in
vestigating the matter he found
out that the guns were not made
m 1858 in the United States as he
had been led to believe but were
made in 1938 in Belgium. He got
rid of all but one of the revolvers.
Saunders has exhibited his col
lection a number of times in the
past but not in recent years. As a
service man, he does a great deal
of traveling, which hinders him
from exhibiting his collection.
This makes it impossible to carry
the collection with him although
he sometimes displays an indi
vidual weapon to a class or group.
T he entire collection is kept at
the home of an aunt in Water
town, N.Y.
Scholastic Society
Offers 2 Awards
Two $3OO scholarships are be
ngi offered by Phi Eta Sigma,
freshman men’s scholastic society
to graduating seniors who are
members of the society and who
plan to do graduate W'ork.
• Seniors who are members of
Phi Eta Sigma and who have an
All-University average at the end
of their seventh semester of 3.50
or better and who will graduate
in June are eligible to apply.
Dr. Franklin B. Krauss, faculty
adviser to the local chapter, has
requested eligible seniors to make
applications him for the scholar
ships.
Appointment Made
To Military Faculty
Ist Lt. Gilbert J. John, a signal
corps officer, has been appointed
to the faculty of the military de
partment as a member of the
:ophomore instructor group.
Lt. John has just returned from
a tour of duty in Europe as com
manding officer of headquarters
company of the 28th Signal Pat
alion.
Lt. John received his B.S. from
Washington State College in 1933.
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A Campus-to-Career Case History
Planning for growth. Joe Hunt (left) talks with Jim Robinson (center). District Construction Fore
man, and O. D, Ftisbie, Supervising Repair Foreman. In Joe's district alone, 600 new telephones art
put into seriice every month.
“I’ll take a growing company”
70,000 telephones to keep in operation
... $20,000,000 worth of telephone com
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salient facts about Joe Hunt’s present
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“It’s a man-sized job,” says Joe, who
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1949 a 3 an E.E. “And it’s the kind of job
I was looking for when I joined the tele
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“I wanted an engineering career that
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