On the morning of the twenty-third of October, 1950, a small airplane plunged into the top of a mountain in southwestern Pennsylvania. As it crashed, the bright flames of life that danced in the hearts of Elliot Ritchie Alexander and his wife, Charlotte White Alexander, were instantly extinguished. These were no ordinary flames. In the four years that they had burned on this campus they had illuminated the lives of hundreds among the students and the staff. They spread sparks of cheer and confidence among us, sparks that have kindled new fires in our hearts U).