CLASS OF 1916
Dartmouth and the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen suffered a grievous loss in the passing of Peter Oles Soutar on April 1. A cable of April 2 to the United Fruit Company in Boston contained the brief report that "Pete" was on a gasoline-driven car, presumably of the railroad light hand-car type, which struck a dog and was derailed. "Pete" lived only a few hours following the accident, and did not regain consciousness. Of his service in the tropics the officials of the United Fruit Company speak in the highest terms. He was acting superintendent of : District No. 4 of the Cuban sugar plantations, comprising over 16,000 acres. "Pete" was one of the original class officers of freshman year, and from the very beginning took a leading part in the class organization and activities. His keen interest'in Dartmouth and 1916 never lessened even' during the years of the War, and in the past few. months . he had been actively cooperating in the round-up for the Tenth Reunion in 1926. 1916 mourns the loss of one of her greatest leaders. A more detailed account of "Pete's" activities following graduation will appear under the Necrology of the June ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
In the pictorial section of the Boston Traveler of April 4' appeared a camping scene in the White Mountains, in which Dr. and Mrs . E. P. Hayden of Boston figured prominently: And again we ask "How do they do it?"
We had occasion recently to. get in touch with Bob Burlen for an entertainment program, and learned that Bob's services are very much in demand throughout the East as a dispenser of jocularity and mirth. It will be well worth the box office price to witness Burden ' arid Jay in action again on the historic banks of Lake Morey.'
Jim Coffin, recently back on his feet following an operation for appendicitis, hastens to check in the news items from the New" Hampshire district. Jim's very successful operation was performed by Dr. Philip McQuesten 1911, a brother of "the once renowned "Gene," last heard of at the Yale Bowl in October. As a result of past meritorious performance,. Jim has been again invited to lecture before the factory problems . class of the Harvard Business School. Long may he wave!
There still remain unpaid a few. of the 1916 pledges to the Memorial Field. The central committee is working to clean up the odds and ends of the campaign before the annual report in June. That the 1916 class total may not be diminished, the .co-operation of all men who have not completed their pledges is asked to maintain our standing among the 100 percent classes.
The prelude to the "Smashing Tenth" of June, 1926, is now planned for the week-end of November 7, the occasion of the DartmouthCornell football game in Hanover. The memory of the informal class reunion at Windsor in 1923 prompted the selection of hotel accommodations nearer the scene of action. Reservations have been made at the Hotel Rogers, Lebanon, for members of the class and their wives, and the Secretary would like to hear from all men who have any possibility of making the trip.
Since Gil Tapley has broken into print as a forecaster of the style in men's shoes, some three hundred members of the class have suggested that Gil turn his attention toward the regulation or standardization of ladies' footwear. One of our well-known matrimonial sages recently remarked that he wouldn t hesitate to trade his "Flivver" in for a Packard if he could be assured that his wife's shoes would be in style, for more than a week.
With the arrival of the first robin Is Eigner started training for the Balmacaan golf classic. "Is" was recently re-elected president of the "Hole in Ten" Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Craver announce the arrival of John Elliott Craver on March 4.
It will probably take a full month to bring out all the echoes of Hobie Baker's recent trip to New York city. Meanwhile all stations are standing by. The three sleuths assigned to trail him were exhausted after the second day, and even Alger found inspiration for another novel. Father Manhattan was groggy at the bell.
Chester McNutt Woolworth and Miss Mae Gorton were married in St. John's church, West Hartford, Conn., January 17. W. Howard Woolworth 'IS was best man, and among the ushers were Carl K. Gish '15, John B. Butler '16, and Richard C. Morenus '17.
The Balmacaan Perennials are already preening their feathers for the annual Commencement flight to Hanover, there to witness Nineteen Fifteen's tenth celebration and to lay the setting for "Balmacaan's Biggest Barbecue." Included in the trip is a jaunt to the shores of Morey to rehearse the mystic rites and to seek a propitious omen from the spirit of the mighty medicine man beneath the limpid depths. Who would seek the magic of Balmacaan follow the June trail to Commencement .
Secretary, 85 Sargent St Melrose Highlands, Mass.
