Class of 1916

In the final heat of the Alumni Fund dash for 1924-1925 the tape is just ahead. Your check to Jess Fenno, class agent, represents your loyalty to the ideals, your faith in the guiding policy, and your appreciation of the service of Dartmouth. If you would be under the wire before the bell, grasp your pen by the fetlock and do not spare the crop.

A recent letter from Doc Greeley advises of his resignation in February from the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. We are going to miss Doc's services in traversing the country and establishing contacts with the Balmacaaners on the far frontiers. 'Doc" is now a member of the firm of the George Booth Rice Corporation, manufacturers, agents, of 1193 Broadway, New York, and carries with him the sincere good wishes of the class for success.

Just to prove that there are still a few third rails left in the Connecticut district, Johnny Pelletier breezes through with a brief word of cheer. We learn from authoritative sources that Johnny is blazing a trail of progress through the Stanley Works of New Britain, Conn.

.Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parkhurst announce the arrival of John Wilder Parkhurst on April 21. Mother and son are doing well.

We are indebted to Larry Doyle for his recent letter. Larry is with Clark T. Chambers, Inc., "real estate in all its branches," of 30 East 42d St., New York city. Four lines make a stanza, but scarcely a poem. We await the conclusion.

"Ed" Riley, who recently came up from the "land down under," broadcasts from London that he is scheduled for a little visit to the confines of Balmacaan not later than July. "The proverbial Act of God, War, Flood, Fire, etc., are the only things that will stop me from checking in at the 1926 Barbecue."

It didn't take "Eskie" Eskeline long to get on the job after his return to Harbin, Manchuria. Already a postcard has filtered through, requesting that the proper change of address be made on the ALUMNI MAGAZINE mailing list. Mark it well that "Eskie" and his Chinese joss are also focusing on Lake Morey in June of 1926.

By way of exercising his last days of the complete independence of bachelorhood, Jess Fenno shoved off with Abe Lincoln on April 19 for their summer camp in Wolfeboro, N. H. 'Twas a balmy spring evening when they arrived, but Boreas, Jack Frost, and the rest of their gang put in a busy night. The morning's round of golf was battled and won on the nineteenth hole alone, for 'steen inches of snow covered the landscape. The Balmacaan "athletickers" dug prodigiously for two days and as many nights and won their way back to civilization and open roads just ahead of Monday morning's whistle. " 'Twould have been a real carnival," quoth Jess, "if we had brought along the other skis."

Bill Brown is already lamenting the fact that his high school graduation exercises for 1926 appear to conflict with a very important conclave in Hanover. As principal of the school Bill has certain prerogatives, and it's safe to assume that he would poll a unanimous vote if he suggested lopping a mere, week or two off of the school year. "Bill, by the way, proudly, though belatedly, announces the birth of Ruth Ann on December 30, 1924.

While on our way to the Secretaries Meeting in Hanover on April 30, we stopped off in Concord, N. H., just long enough to call "Heinie" George on the telephone. Ruth George advised with regret that "Heinie" was supposed to be at "the Lodge," and since there were no raids reported the following day, it is possible that he was there, banging away at the big bass drum. After arrival in Hanover we had the pleasure of Gil Tapley's company, and the following day Dick Parkhurst pulled over the hill with the report that Andy McClary was still slumbering in Windsor. Dr. John Gile, now one of the leading surgeons of the north country, was too much on the jump, particularly on account of his father's illness, to be available for a 1916 parley.

Gran Fuller and family have just completed arrangements to summer in the fashionable North Shore Colony of Hampton, N. H.

Sterling Wilson is the fourth member of the Balmacaan aristocracy to admit a pilgrimage to the alluring shores of Florida. Sterling whiled away the Easter holiday at St. Petersburg, and admits that there is "nothing wrong with the place."

It was a very pleasant surprise recently to receive a brief message from Leigh Rogers. If our memory serves us correctly, the envelope bore a domestic postmark. Can it be that the Balmacaan inductor has completed the founding of the new local at Warsaw, Poland? Unleash the hounds and let Dame Rumor take the back trail!

Bob Burlen is one of the headliners for the Fathers' and Sons' Night to be staged in Boston in the near future under the auspices of the Dartmouth Club of Boston. The success of the evening is assured, and also mirth aplenty.

Although the occasion was one of the most profound sadness, we were happy indeed to have Jake Mensel with us even for only a few hours. Jake came up from Philadelphia for the funeral services of our late lamented vice-president. He is with the Thomas Leedom Company, of Bristol, Pa.

From reliable sources we are constantly hearing the praises of Bob Clunie for his splendid work in the schools of Newcastle, Maine. Our educators are few in number, but their efforts to date have been mighty. Less Leavitt in Beirut, Syria, and Russ Leavitt at Hampton Academy, Hampton, N. H., are two others who are rapidly winning recognition for their services in the educational field.

As a follow-up to our previous announcement we can now confirm our arrangements with the Hotel Rogers for class reservations for the big home football game of next fall, the battle with Cornell. If you can't hit the trail for the informal Commencement conclave this month, make your plans for the return in the fall, and advise the Secretary as soon as possible so that adequate accommodations may be assured. Let the still north intrigue you on the threshold of tomorrow!

Secretary, 85 Sargent St., Melrose Highlands, Mass.