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IN MEMORIAM . .. RAY LAPHAM Ever Young Scholar-Hunter Born 1893 - Died 1948 Ray Lapham, who taught freshman composition and vocabu­ lary building at Vanport, was born in Vancouver, Washington, and grew up on Portland's East Side. He took his B.A. degree from Reed College in 1919 and his M.A. in English from the University of Oregon. Mr. Lapham died as he would probably have wished to die ­ hunting ducks with two of his students during the Christmas holi­ days . In his younger days he was a high school athletic coach and served with the United States Marines in China; throughout his life he was a sportsman and lover of the outdoors . We at Vanport have missed him; we have missed the old jalopy that he used to drive, the old pipe he used to smoke , and the battered felt hat that seemed to be a part of him. Also VIe have missed his sound advice and his way of teaching the valid and vital ideas of good writing.