Class of 1903

At the Pow Wow there was hardly any phase of the present Dartmouth College and its interests that was not discussed in detail. Eddie Schlatter landed in with a mild touch of the grippe. His deafness handicaps him in but his mind works like a steel trap. Witness the correspondence course in the Romance languages which he conducts and in which there are now pupils in all parts of the globe. We were surprised to find how extensive it was. We know he understood the "selective process" perfectly after our lucid explanation.

Herbie Follett sat in with us at all the affairs, practically. He is liberal and good company. His wife is an invalid, and we did not see her for that reason. Not much change in appearance, not perhaps any more than in Henry Haugan, of whom we didn't see so much and are sorry we didn't see more. Don't believe he could tell you, as could Dan Hinckley, for instance, who like Jim Creswell has accumulated a fine, sweet wife, that the first requirement for a freshman dean is not that he be a Dartmouth man, or even that he make sure that no worthy athlete is excluded. This gives you an idea of the trend of our conversations. Haugan-' doesn't know what he missed, and we hate to correct some of our classmate's ideas, because per se they do seem desirable, and perhaps should be provided for. Probably if Meat Hanlon, for instance, were running things, they would be.

And this reminds us that we met John Crowell, Jr. Offhand, in the words of Spot Pierpont, who seems to be the whole Standard Oil Company of Nebraska, at any rate, the official paper bears his name only and Secretary-Treasurer after it, "the boy is quite an improvement on his father." He should be in Hanover at the same time as John Bodge Kenerson. Spot came down with the grippe, Eddie Schlatter's or some other first class brand, after he got back to Omaha. He would of course have first class stuff if he had any, as we all found out and will long remember. Certainly a regular guy, a likeable chap, and knows his way around.

It was a real treat to see Jim Cresswell; same old Jim, a little heavier, a little less hair, but the same lovable personality as of old. Has, if I remember correctly, two small children. After he left college and taught for a year or two in the neighborhood of Green Bay, Wis., he went into business near St. Paul, Minn., with an older brother. After that he was with a railroad as freight solicitor, eventually getting into his present company, which is producing oil in its own fields in Texas and selling to the pipe lines. Since last December he has been in control of the company's affairs. His title is President. "Nuf sed," and good luck to him, to the very fine wife he has accumulated, and to the two small children. Jim's all right.

Dan Hinckley, married March 23, 1920, to Elizabeth Davidson, and his daughter born August 23, 1922, Elizabeth Hinckley. Mrs. Hinckley and Mrs. Creswell joined in the festivities like good sports. Dan is in the advertising business with one of the old and long established agencies. Must be successful; certainly is liked very much.

All in all, it was a great gang that got together. Brutus Luce has a picture of the banquet with 'O3 right in the foreground, and it may get printed some time.

Friday evening the boys put on a vaudeville show that would have entertained us if we hadn't known a single one of the artists or realized that they were in any way connected with Dartmouth; and the "banquet on Saturday evening had the finest list of speakers that it has been my pleasure to listen to in a long* time.

I doubt if there is another association in the country that could have done' this particular kind of stunt with the great success that the Chicago alumni did, and I hope that every three or five years we shall see the event repeated. Certainly a real benefit to the College.

Have been waiting to see a review of Groves' new book in the MAGAZINE as promised, but in lieu thereof will print the following:

"Ernest R. Groves, professor of sociology in Boston University, whose book, 'The Rural Mind and Social Welfare,' was published a year or two ago, has now written 'Personality and Social Adjustments,' which Longmans, Green, and Company are publishing. The book is based on the author's own experience as a social worker and investigator, and deals largely with problems that center about the home life. The result is a stimulating work for those who have to do with people, especially with children."

The Burbecks, Ned and Edith, came out of winter storage to call on the E. L. Browns, arriving in a brand new Dodge coupe; . otherwise than that they seemed quite normal. And Susie Hanlon, or Marion Hanlon, or maybe it was Meat Hanlon, arises to remark that Danvers has seen a new car and could stand it to see another. Whether this means that one of the twenty-six new six-cylinder cars the Pettengill Company bought was allotted to the Hanlons I cannot tell. Any way this ought to mean at least a free dinner for the Doctor and Edith. That ought to make up to them for the Sunday dinner they have asked me to bring my better half for. You know Ned was chairman of the nominating committee that didn't know they made me an editor, and I feel free to take his money when I need it for bail, or Christmas, or any purpose, now the class has no booze problem, so he knows it can't be spent that way. But he wants me to "settle our affairs out in the back yard after this dinner," and I dunno. Guess I will go into training.

The Masonfe order of Derry, N. H., is about to erect a fine temple that will be a credit to the order and an ornament to the town. It will be built on the lot now occupied by the residence of Dr. Charles E. Newell and family, which was built by his father, the late Dr. Henry E. Newell, some forty years ago. Dr. Charles E. Newell is vice-president of the board and a director in charge of building the temple. Apparently for anything I find in this item, 1903's largest family is to be left homeless. Hard luck.

The Middleboro (Mass.) Gazette contained the following, together with a very good picture of our worthy classmate. Wish we could print the picture too: "Alton G. Pratt, who received the highest number of votes for selectman at Monday's election, is a native of Middleboro. Upon the retirement of the late N. W. Keith in 1906 he acquired his interest in the shoe manufacturing business of Keith and Pratt, which he conducted in company with his father, the late Herbert A. Pratt. On the death of the latter in 1918, he assumed with his brother, Harold M. Pratt, the ownership and active management of the Keith and Pratt concern. Mr. Pratt is a member of the Central Congregational church. He also holds membership in Mayflower Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and Bay State Commandery of Brockton. He is one of the board of trustees of the Middleboro Savings Bank, and is one of the directors of the Middeboro Trust Company."

We had a letter from Morley K. Dunn a while ago, sending us some money and saying, "I have not the slightest idea what it is all about, but rest assured that your request must have some foundation in fact." And now we get from Dana Whipple a picture of "Mike" Dunn's brother, printed in a druggists' magazine, who, Dana writes, is doing splendid work for the decent independent druggists, and I take it Dana is one of them. Always thought he was independent, and glad to find out he is decent.

After H. D. Cashing got out of the service in 1919, he accepted a commission as lieutenant colonel of infantry in the Offi- cers' Reserve Corps. In 1923 he transferred to the coast artillery, Officers' Reserve Corps, because the anti-aircraft service now functions under coast artillery instead of infantry, and his particular interest and widest experience was in that branch of work. In May he was promoted to the rank of colonel in the coast artillery section, Officers' Reserve Corps, and assigned to the command of one of the reserve regiments in the Second Corps area-the 539 th Artillery (anti-aircraft). So far as we know, this gives 'O3 the ranking officer, certainly in this service, and we think in the Reserve Corps, among our alumni.

Editor, ,516 Commonwealth Ave., Newton Center, Mass.