WHERE ARE THE WHISKERS OF YESTERYEAR?
ASK THE CLASS OF '03
1896 - Do you remember the boys who used to wear weeping willies? The junior and the sophomore, the senior, with his wrinkled brow, how weird the whiskers that they wore! Where are those tousled tassels now? Gone, all gone, like the old, familiar faces of the song! And why? Read on; we are going to tell you here what caused men's whiskers to disappear.
1897—The year 1492 is fixed in your memory. In 1897 another notable thing happened. Colgate's Shaving Stick was.invented. After that whiskers began to disappear from the countenance of man. The William Goat continued to wiggle his long goatee; but man ceased to part his curtains. "Why hide behind hair?" said he.
1903—It was in the memorable year of 1903 that Colgate & Co. took the rub out of shaving. If whiskers still had lingered as the frost in Springtime lingers, they were doomed when lather needed no more rubbing in with fingers. With the mussiness taken out of shaving, even members of Congress began making good resolutions and facing their constituents openly and fairly.
1904—Then came the safety razor, strengthening the logic of the morning shave at home. Men sat no more in barber shops, by weary waiting vext; they ceased to squirm, as mad as hops, when someone else was "next." The softening lather produced by Colgate's Shaving Stick made it so easy to shave, either with a safety or an old-fashioned razor, that the wind no longer whistled when it fitfully was blown over smooth and germless places where alfalfa once had grown.
1917—Colgate leadership in making shaving a pleasant morning exercise was again made manifest when the famous "Handy Grip" appeared, in 1917, assisting man to keep his beard from cluttering the scene. It held the ' 'Refill" Shaving Stick, and scored a triumph that was quick
Dutch Irwin has moved again. This time he has kept the same job though, but he's planted his nicked-up furniture at 1262 Westlake Ave., Lakewood, Ohio, where he joins the rest of the Cleveland 1911-ers. I extend to you his invitation as follows:
"The new domicile supports two bedrooms — something sadly missed in our erstwhile 'loft,' where the tarrying guest tarried over night on the dining-room table and combed his hair in the A.M. by the reflection in the silver platter given us by one good classmate. Now any old 1911-er can drop in and find a reg'lar bed detached from supper, and we only hope that some of them will drop around and soil a guest towel or two for us. Which, by the way, we gotta use up some time. And as that privilege is denied me, come on, you 1911-ers."
All Dartmouth men, and 1911 in particular, are glad to learn that Jack Ryan is to be here next fall to help Jack Cannell with his football team. Jack helped trim Harvard in 1907. Here's for him to repeat. He is modest and won't admit it, but he should be commended for making a big sacrifice in order to come back to help Dartmouth.
Max Eaton has gone to Cincinnati to enter the business of his father-in-law.
Report also has it that Harold Dykeman is now established in Chicago.
Fred Eaton has moved out from the McElwain Company, and has taken on work in New York.
Chester A. Jenkins has had very good success in his athletic training at Bates College. A wealthy alumnus of Bates has recently given a cup for athletic competition, which is to be called the Jenkins cup.
John Lovell has set up with the Robert A. Boit Company of Boston.
Stedman Products Company has taken on a 1911-er in the shape of Paul Ayer.
Bob Kimball was recently invited to a stag party in Boston. His reply was as follows: "Don't think I can get away. Would like to, but I have a new son, who seems to demand much attention."
Jim Cuddy is now in business for himself, having formed a motor transportation company in Boston.
March 12 is the big day in Wee Kimball's family. Seven pounds and seven ounces of Wee, Jr., arrived on that particular Sunday afternoon.
