Class of 1917
The summer rest is over, and the ALUMNI MAGAZINE is again about to resume its usefulness, disseminating dope to those members of the class who are its financial supporters.
This magazine should be received by every man who is a contributor to the Class Plan, and though issued to benefit everybody concerned, we should like word from them.
Unfortunately our notes for the August issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE had been turned over to the editors, and were beyond recall when we learned of the death of Dr. Gile. We felt that you would surely understand that it was not neglect on our part that no word appeared in our columns relative to this most untimely event. Dr. Gile was a friend of every Dartmouth man, but we always felt his intimate relation to and interest in our class because Arch was one of us. Undoubtedly many of you immediately recall personal incidents in your own Hanoverian career which give you pleasant memories of your association with Dr. Gile. He knew most of our class by their first names, and we felt keenly the news of his illness, which only briefly preceded the news of his death.
It is with no little surprise, pleasure, and relief that we announce the safe arrival of one George Gregory, Jr., at that all-protecting harbor of Matrimony. Unfortunately adequate words of congratulation and best wishes seem to fail us because it was a startling event, and we honestly have not recovered from the receipt of the announcement of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. McCormick, informing us that their daughter, Gertrude Constance, had married the aforesaid George Gregory on the Sth of September in New York city.
This last capture within our ranks permits us to charge our last line of defense with sterner resistance to the onslaught of these female interlopers who continue to thin our ranks and leave us less . numerous. However, a little philosophical consideration of the situation will reveal to us the possibility of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE of 1950 announcing the marriage of one of our classmates. If we remember rightly, Soup Soule was the first to go. We wonder who the last will be.
Before long we contemplate a vital change in the arrangement of these notes. We feel that our advice to fathers and husbands should not be put under one heading, and for that reason we shall have two sections of our notes, one entitled "What the Married Men Should Know," and the other "What the Single Men Should Know." This is all in view of the fact that there are many family items which are apt to bring tears of remorse to the eyes of those who have their Japanese valets and Riverside apartments but no family.
Carrying out the above thought, we received a card from Carroll Valentine announcing the birth of a daughter, now named Mary, on the second of September.
Furthermore, we also recently received a picture of Friday Bean's two oldest children, and if a look at these two attractive youngsters —Richard and Anna—does not pull the heartstrings we are no judge of human nature. Friday is roaming the country in the service of the United States Geological Survey, and at present he is at work in Meredith, N. H. He still gives as his permanent address Meyersdale, Pa., and can always be reached care of the U. S. Geological Survey at Washington.
We caught a fleeting glimpse of Perk Stree- ter when he made his annual pilgrimage to civilization. He was looking hale and hearty, and swore that he was still single, and in view of this fact we reminded him of his obligations as a unit in our last line of defense, to which we have referred previously. As you doubtless recall, Perk is located in St. John, New Brunswick, and spends his time directing the manufacture of paper pulp.
It seems that Bob Buxton has joined that select coterie of '17-ers in the fashionable suburb of Beach Bluff, Mass. Bob is assistant superintendent of the gas works at the Lynn Gas and Electric Company, so those of us who continue to get the usual bad service doled out by these utility companies, and especially those in Lynn, are referred to the superintendent.
Stan Kingsbury crashed through with his questionnaire after urgent pleading on our part, and he thus revealed the fact that he is still located in Norwich, Conn., and that he is there engaged in the manufacture of leather belting for transmissions. He can be reached at the Connecticut Belting Company, and we know that he would be glad to have a word from any of the gang.
Speaking of these questionnaires reminds us of the miracle which caused the heavens to open wide and release a word from our old friend Keyes Page. He has been terribly noncommunicative these many years, and we feel quite relieved to have actual evidence of the fact that he is still very much alive, living in Jackson Heights, L. 1., and working in New York. In 1919 he was married to Miss Maude Weld of Vicksburg, Miss. He is now manager of the statistical department for White, Weld, and Company, an investment house well known in the East, if not throughout the country. We hope that he will venture further word at some future time when he feels inspired, or even when he feels obliged to let us know what goes on.
Bud Steele says that he has seen Russ Willis in Manchester, but he has nothing more to report except the details of his own personal activities of the last few years. Ever since he married in 1920 Bud has spent most of his time in Manchester, where he is now running his own grocery store under the name of the Howard L. Steele Company.
Saw Howard Stockwell the other day for a minute, and he reports the birth of a fourth son. Unfortunately the difference in ages prevent the assembling of a complete Psi U delegation, but none can say that he hasn't done his share. Howard is still living in Belmont and working with his dad in Cambridge. Furthermore, as previously and as always, he is interested in civic enterprises in his town of residence, and he reported the other day that he was now busy on the development of a new hospital project.
It is very difficult for us to correctly express our mind on this next item of news. However, at the risk of censure we wish to repeat an experience of Dick Holbrook for your information and guidance. As you all remember, Dick was voted to be the best looking man in our class, but it was a long time before he was finally persuaded that life alone meant nothing at all. Imagine our surprise when we received an announcement that Dick had become the father of twins, a boy and a girl. We wish to ask for a descriptive title for this act of fate. In any event, we are very proud of Dick, and it gives us a great deal of pleasure to greet Dick, Jr., and Joanne Holbrook.
Secretary, _ 37 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass.
