CLASS OF 1916

A letter from D. S. Green '19, in France, mentions the fact that he had just seen his brother Chan for the first time since both had been up in the front line trenches. Chan is a corporal in C Company, 101st Machine Gun Battalion.

Here's a recent Portsmouth, N. H., news item: "Word has been received from Beirut, Syria, announcing the engagement of Leslie Westbrook Leavitt and Miss Margaret B. Bliss. Miss Bliss is a graduate of Vassar '1915, and is the daughter of President Bliss of the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut. Mr. Leavitt is a graduate of Dartmouth 1916 and is now teaching at the college."

One hundred and seventeen 1916 men in the service, according to the latest report.

Pip Cowan has moved from Duluth to Salt Lake City, where he is working for the Salt Lake Hardware Company. "I tried three times to sneak into one thing or another," he says, "and got into the Minnesota National Guard once, but they ran me out after three weeks on account of my hearing. Give my best regards to any of the boys you may see."

Pete Soutar always did like Honolulu, but he didn't imagine he'd drift out there as speedily as he has. Fact is, he's a second lieutenant in the 25th Regular Infantry, Schofield Barracks, where he was detailed after a course in the Officers Training Camp at Fort Leavenworth.

Harry Murchie and Hiram John McClellan, who is a second lieutenant, are training at the aviation school at Love Field, Dallas, Texas. Murch has been having a rather rocky time of it with scarlet fever, but is coming along all right.

Ensign Herbert Lord, U. S. N., and Miss Inez Randall of Boston were married at Hanover on March 18.

Lieutenant Roger Morse, Ordnance Corps, who is temporarily attached to the Tank Corps, writes of some of his doings in France. Here's a bit from his letter: "I must tell you about the great little Dartmouth reunion we had February 2, at the University Club here. I had no idea who was to be present, but of course went around at the appointed time. Eighteen Dartmouth men showed up. Paul '02, Bill Ponder '17, Hobbs '19, Hort Kennedy '18, and Walt York '16, were the ones I knew', and believe me, we' sure did have a whale of a time, a good fat feed, many a rousing Dartmouth song, and then some little talks by some of the men who have had exciting experiences in aviation and ambulance work. Ponder, Hobbs, and York are all full-fledged aviators, enlisted in the French Army and fling at the front in the Lafayette Escadrille. We sat up talking at the Club till 2 a. m., and it sure did seem great. All in all it was a bang-up time and I can assure you the newly formed Dartmouth Alumni Club in France has an enthusiastic bunch of eighteen charter members and looks forward to many more meetings with increased membership."

A letter from Johnny Pell says that he's heard from Chick Pudrith and Red Loudon, who are aviation lieutenants, somewhere in England. John's address is Base Section No. 1, A. P. O. 701, A. E. F., France.

Hap Ward finds things on the qui vive in China: "I don't believe I'll get fat or lazy on this present post, for we have eight weeks of disaster piled around our ears. The city has been captured three times by troops and a good deal of looting has occurred. There seems some possibility of the pneumonic plague, which has been raging in the north, coming this way; if it does, we shall have to beat it, of course. The fellows surely will have some worth-while yarns to spin after the world comes back to an even keel and all the rumpus is settled to the disgust of Old Bill the Hun. I myself will be able to entertain the gang for an hour or two with a few wild yarns of life in the center of China. One thing I've learned out here is, I'm proud to be an American. I would give my best pair of spats to see you all and sit back in my pants while the old gang spilled the line that made Hanover the gem of American bull-fight arenas. My cheero to any of the lads you meet up with."

Secretary, Richard Parkhwrst, Pier 72, East River, New York