Class of 1917
For the men who have been seeking a model form of communication the Secretary is pleased to submit the following letter, which came to us last month. Of course we may not be in a position to command Charlie Stone's fluent style, nor may we have the wonderful progress to report which he has, but a letter such as the following is a welcome sight for sore eyes. "Dear Sunny:
"Spring is not only officially here, but it is actually making itself felt in the far north country here. All of which doubtlessly brings reminiscenses of the far-famed Venetian season—gondolaless but very galoshful, to speak with Carlylian ruggedness.
"Now with that speech off my chest. I shall proceed with some fodder for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. As perhaps you have read, Professor Moore left here in June to become president of Skidmore College, a girls' college at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. In consequence, I am chairman of the department—which is somewhat larger than it was in our undergraduate days. We have in addition to the esteemed chairman two other assistant professors and two instructors as fulltime staff, and Dr. Harrington, the psychiatrist, giving us part time with two courses on mental hygiene.
"Another recent incumbency—but not so abruptly recent, either—l am serving my second year on the Administration Committee, being junior class officer. Every ten years the college turns out a super-class, and I am very glad to serve in my capacity as guide to the geniuses of 1927.
"Thirdly, my recreation is obtained in my work as one of the five members of a national committee on the construction of psychological tests to be given for the first time this June by the College Entrance Examination Board.
"My remaining spare time is spent socially. This is a hint to the class secretary that he has not partaken of nutriment in the Stone household for some time, and he is' pretty nearly due. Let me know when you are coming up, and be sure to leave room for a meal with us. With best regards, Charlie."
The System Service and Supply Company, of 37 Warren St., New York city, is pleased to announce that Mr. E. B. Mudgett, formerly of George A. Carr and Company, Inc., is now a member of their firm. We congratulate the new firm member, as well as the firm, and we hope that the association is mutually profitable.
Alas! Alack! Another good man gone wrong. This time with tears in our eyes we are forced to announce the marriage of Mr. Vincent K. Smith to Miss Anne Thomas Jessop of Cleveland, on the 19th of March. Yes, of course we congratulate Vin, and we wish the former Miss Jessop the very best of good luck, but it hurts to see another stalwart unit in the last line of defense succumb to the ravaging onslaught of the Fairer Sex.
Here's some news—and we don't mean maybe. The college has at last located our old friend Anderson W. Wacaser. He is selling life insurance—a splendid profession—for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company at their office in Chicago. There may be some of you who do not remember the bow-legged demon who left us during freshman year, but we hope to tie him fast to the class by our resurrection process.
Another little bit of business conversation came to this office in the form of the following announcement: Mr. William N. Mansfield and Mr. Gilbert N. Swett announce their association in the firm of Mansfield and Swett, Inc., real estate brokerage, Maplewood, N. J. Success to them, too. If they contemplate affiliations in Florida, we suggest communication with our old standby, George Currier. Furthermore, if they are curious as to values in the vicinity of Evanston, Ill,., we suggest communications with the newly announced firm of Hokanson and Jenks, Inc., in that city. This combination is entitled to their share of our good wishes, and we are only too glad to apportion it.
Those of you who have the opportunity of visiting down-town New York in the evening might be interested to know that Eddie Burns is manager, we believe, of the Child's restaurant at 31 Courtland St. Please present this coupon for free butter cakes and coffee.
Be prepared to shed more tears because Bruce Ludgate has grown tired of cooking coffee over the gas jet all by himself, and now seeks the comforts of a home, which will undoubtedly be presided over by the present Miss Elizabeth Stauffer. We are not sure, but we presume that she is a resident of Lancaster, Penn., and according to a newspaper photograph, she is a very attractive young lady. In a letter to the Secretary, Bruce says: that he expects to be married in June. All we can say is that our blessings go with them both, even though Bruce has failed to heed our many admonitions.
We recently received a newspaper clipping to the effect that Bill Erb has married again, and that his present wife was the former Mildred Peirce of Evanston, Ill. They were married in that famous jumping-off-place called the Little Church Around the Corner. We are inclined to feel that the proper romantic start of any married life should certainly include a wedding ceremony in that church. Good luck to Mr. and Mrs. William B. Erb!
Al Edgerton came out of the North Country in the form of a questionnaire. He reports his commercial activities as including a vicepresidency of the Northfield National Bank, and a treasurership of Phillips and Slack, Inc., granite manufacturers. His social activities seem to be those of a well established country squire, happily married and established forever in a small Vermont town until the people of the country demand his attention to bigger things, as has been the case with other sons of that state.
Those of you who had occasion to use codes in the service may be able to decipher this message, which appeared on a picture postal card which came from Havana, Cuba, from George Currier. "Just missed another boat, that's all. But damned if it ain't wonderful'
BUSINKSS took the Secretary to New York again last month on two separate occasions, and during one of these visits it was his good fortune to see Pop Ford at lunch time. Pop was terribly nervous as the result of a shaky market and sickness at home. We know that the condition of the former is settled, and we hope that the condition of the latter is very much better. Don Aldrich reported over the phone that he is in good health and extremely active in his new work as rector of the Church of the Ascension. On the occasion of one of the visits the Secretary spent the week end in Cranford, N. J., with Bob Paine, thus having the good fortune to renew acquaintance with Barbara Anne, aged 3, Bob, Jr., aged 7, Mrs. Robert Gordon Paine, aged—well now, that's hardly fair. It might not be amiss to put in print the fact that the Secretary is seriously inclined to consider the advisability of waiting for Miss Barbara Anne to grow up before he visits the Little Church Around the Corner with any object of matrimony. In this connection it is only fair to state that other ambitious fathers wishing to file applications for the hand of their Secretary on behalf of their daughters may do so by phone, wire, or radio. All applications should be accompanied by photographs.
The next column of news will include a report of the Secretaries Meeting at Hanover, and if weather conditions continue as they are in Hanover that report is very likely to include the story of a long, half-mile ski trip over the golf course. This morning's paper (April 8) reports another, foot of snow in that land of "sunshine and palms." But it's a great old place in spite of all that, ain't it?
Secretary, 37 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass.
