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2317 W. 20th St.

Los Angeles Cal. 90018

Oct 15, 1967.

cy: Della Van Heyst

David S. Jacobson,

Sec'y to the University,

Stanford, Cal.

Dear "Alum":

Answering your call for help –
"If you were there" – in the Alumni Almanac
of Oct. 1967, there are two old sayings we
should never forget! One is "You never can tell,"
and the other is "the "Bawl-Out" is always right."

Though I graduated in '07 – sixty years ago –
yes, I was there and I am still here, and
I have my copies of the "Bawl-Out" for 1905-06,
and 1906-07. It is curious that years ago I
solved a similar difficulty by referring to these
little directories, so I decided to keep them,
and my last copy of "Who's Who in the West" identifies
you as a Stanford graduate (class of 1930).

At the time of the Quake I roomed with the
late Fred Christy '06 in the NE corner room {caret: "(1st floor)"} at
the south end of the Encina wing next to the Quad.
Our door, and all but one window, were jammed
but we jumped from that window and that is
where we saw Walter Wentz hanging from the roof.
I never knew who dragged him in but you say it
was his room-mate. And so, according to the
"Bawl-Out" I can tell you that Wentz, that year,
roomed in 157 Encina, with R.D. Brook, of Seattle
Spokane, who went {Latin letters: "Phi Kappa Psi"], graduated EE '09,
and died Dec 7, 1918. If you wish to trace further
it might be that the Phi Psi house could put you
in touch with his family. Yours for Stanford.

Wendell W. Ward '07