CLASS OF 1916
"Hap" Ward comes out of the "twilight zone" in Buffalo to report "laying the cornerstone" for his trip to the 10th. Regrets he can't hit Hanover sooner, but shows he's still working for Dartmouth by lining up prospective freshmen. Reports he has seen Ed. Winters, Ernie Frey, and Dave Shumway, all of whom are located there, and heard that Jake Mensel is in the rug business in Bristol, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Shephard of Englewood, N.J., announce the marriage of their daughter Marguerite to Dr. Frank G. Pettengill on September 19. Best wishes, Doc! This news comes from Charlie Jones, who ushered. He adds that Pett and his bride are now residing at 12 East 86th St., New York city.
Chicago group announces itself again in a very peppy letter from Joe Cheney. Livy Cole, Gumbart, Ken Henderson, Bob Sherer, DeWitt Stillman, Ros Magill, and Joe form the team. Joe pulls a couple of wise cracks about Livy Cole learning to cook in his father's stove factory, and "Gum" nursing a lame back from carrying his sample case of steel rails.
At last Bill Brett is found. Ruby McFalls dug him out in Cleveland working for the Enamel Products Company, (address: Eddy Road at Taft Avenue, Cleveland) DailyDartmouth will please copy!
Everett Parker writes from Butte, Mont., that he and Dan Lindsay, who is in Coeur d'Alene, are the only Sixteeners in that "wooly" state.
Our former secretary has emerged from the sublime state of bachelorhood. Mrs. Edward H. Kenerson of Winchester announces the engagement of her sister, Miss Katherine Foster Ryder of Bellows Falls, Vt., to Richard Parkhurst.
Another member just reports to us. Bill Brown, principal of the Amherst High School, Amherst, Mass., was married August 19, 1922, to Miss Mary T. Collins of Alton, R.I.
The belated report of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Cohen of Baltimore, Md., to William Biel over a year ago has just come to hand. The occasion was celebrated by a wedding trip to Europe.
It was a pleasure indeed to run across "Jake" Story of Gloucester on the trail of tickets for the Harvard game. "Jake" left Hanover after freshman year, and since that time has been off the beaten path. He is now located in Essex, Mass., and while doing six weeks' jury duty in Boston has pledged attendance at the class luncheon.
On Friday night, October 26, the night before the Harvard game, the Balmacaan A.C. flourished again at the annual dinner in the Boston City Club. Forty-seven men answered the call of the frenzied cheerleader, and among this number were several whose faces have long been strange to Boston. "Rob" Clunie was down from Rumford, Me., Charlie Jones from New York, Max Spelke from Stamford, Conn., "Chuck" Durgin recently returned from the Philippine Islands, and "Kike" Davis from Belgium. It was the first Dartmouth football game "Kike" had seen since he left Hanover, and "Chuck" wasn't far behind him.
Following the dinner the full number adjourned to the night-before mass meeting, where Jess Hawley and Jack Cannell spoke briefly and conservatively of the merits of the "Big Green Team" that made history in the Stadium, the following day. The college band, forty-five strong, kept the crowd on edge, and it was another one of those big nights that always precede the invasion of Cambridge - smoke, spirit, and enthusiasm running high.
The slogan "Back to Hanover for the Cor- nell game" gained rapidly in popularity after our Harvard victory. Fifty-four Sixteeners and fifteen wives hit the trail north to attend the greatest get-together Hanover has ever witnessed. The class made its headquarters at the Windsor House, Windsor, Vt., where over forty of the boys and twelve of the wives hung their hats.
The usual soul-stirring Dartmouth Night exercises were held in the Gymnasium on Friday night, and standing room was at a premium. Immediately following this celebration the procession of undergraduates and alumni moved up Wheelock St. past the Library and down Lebanon St. to the Memorial Field. There, by the flickering light of countless torches President Hopkins conducted the dedication exercises of the memorial to the one hundred and twelve men of Dartmouth who gave their lives in the great war.
Carl Holmes represented 1916 in the dedication tribute, and in memory of our boys placed a wreath at the base of the tablet with those of the other twenty-one classes numbered on the Honor Roll. Following the prayer offered by the chaplain of the Yankee Division, Taps were sounded from the darkness above the Memorial Arch, and then the echo from the distance; it was an inspiring ceremony, and an occasion that will long be remembered.
A special meeting of the class was called at 10:30 Saturday morning in the Tuck School Clearing House, and thirty-eight men were in attendance. The Secretary opened the meeting with an outline of proposed changes in the class organization, based on the recbmmendation of the Secretaries Association meeting in Hanover in April, 1923. Following a discussion of the proposal, it was unanimously voted to elect an executive committee of five men with geographical representation to control the affairs of the class. The following names were submitted by the nominating committee of Fiske, chairman, Doenecke, and Fenno:
Secretary, H.C. Bean, ex-officio, Boston. Treasurer, P.C. Burnham, ex-officio, New York.
K.M. Henderson, Chicago.
R. Parkhurst, Boston, New England.
G.H. Tapley, New England.
The report was unanimously accepted, and the above committee elected, to serve until the Tenth Reunion in 1926.
The executive committee will take full charge of the plans for the reunion, delegating authority to various sub-committees to carry out the active arrangements. Since both President E. C. Riley and Vice-President P. O. Soutar are located in business indefinitely outside of the country, it was deemed advisable by the nominating committee to include only the active officers.
Following the reading of the treasurer's report and a discussion of operating expenses and the laying aside of a fund for the Tenth Reunion, it was unanimously voted to increase the class dues from three to four dollars for the coming year.
The resignation of G.H. Tapley as class agent was accepted, with the realization that it was unfair to expect one man to carry on the active work on the Alumni Fund for an indefinite period. The appreciation of the class for unselfish service rendered was expressed in a rising vote of thanks to the retiring agent. J.K. Fenno was unanimously endorsed as the new class agent to succeed G. H. Tapley.
It was suggested that district sub-agents be appointed by the executive committee, to maintain a closer personal touch with men located outside of the three centers of local 1916 organizations. These subagents will be appointed within the next month.
Immediately after the Cornell game, whichis now ancient history, the large majority ofthe Sixteen group migrated back to Windsorfor dinner and an evening's entertainment. Alocal dance, a friendly game of draw two andcarry three, intermittent near-harmony by"Gene" McQuesten and other spontaneous warblers whiled away the evening hours until quiet finally settled on the Windsor hostelry just before dawn.
Sunday morning's breakfast call came all too soon, and then the parting of the ways. By eleven o'clock the last active remnant of the 1916 horde had departed, and it was the end of a great party.
To date over a hundred questionnaires have been returned to the Secretary. Seventy-eight men have already signified their intentions of appearing in person for the Tenth in 1926. It is planned to issue a class directory listing home and business addresses and other brief data on every man. If you have not already sent in your questionnaire, kindly do so at once; your co-operation is necessary to the completion of the directory.
Class news items will appear monthly in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. YOU make the news, and we'll print it.
Secretary, H. Clifford Bean, 38 Algonquin St., Dorchester, Mass.
