Class of 1917

' As you know, we the traveling under a full head of steam with our destination named as the 17th of June. Although you haven't been inundated with advertising matter as yet, we recommend that you keep the letter slot well oiled and in good working condition, so that the subsequent influx can be easily received.

The New York gang assembled for a dinner the middle of last month (November), and there is another get-together this month. At the last turnout a good many new faces, at least to the Secretary, were seen and there was some of the usual stuttering and hasty questioning as to who certain men might be. To our way of looking at it, no one man in the class is going to be able to remember everybody's face, especially when we get up to Hanover for the reunion. You can study the Aegis all you want backwards and forwards, and still find that somebody is going to fool the life out of you. Among those present were Bob Adams, Don Brooks, Tom Cotton, Emdon Fritz, Freddy Friedrichs, George Gregory, Rudy Miller, Mudge Mudgett, Russ Marr, Bob Nuese, Cliff O'Neill, Len Reade, Sam Saline, Buck Stewart, Art Stout, and Doctor Wagner.

We understand that Boston is having another dinner on the 13th of December, and we will report that in our next sheet. We hope that other get-togethers will be organized in different parts of the country, because New York and Boston are going to stage some sort of a dinner every month, and it would be well to find out when those dinners are being held if you are to be in the immediate vicinity of those different sections.

Hai Tobin has written a nice, long letter to the Secretary, in which he reports favorable progress at Saranac. We know that Hal would be tickled to pieces to have any form of communication from any members of the class, and we cannot request too emphatically the suggestion that you co-operate with him in making his long day shorter, as there is not an awful lot to do but that which probably appears monotonous. Hal says that he sees Cottie Larmori, Joe Philbin, and Francis Lane Childs from time to time, and that probably helps a lot in keeping his Dartmouth interests up to date. Address: 45 Franklin Ave., Saranac Lake, N. Y.

Our Northern correspondent provides us with additional news from Northfield, Vt., to the effect that Johnny Davis continues to get recognition and publicity on the basis of his athletic interests. We are making careful note of your accomplishments, John, because if there is any strong-arm work to be done in Hanover in June you are going to be called upon to prove the fact that you are as strong a man as all these reports we are getting seem to indicate.

Searls Morton broke a protracted silence recently and favored us with a letter, the largest part of which was given over to making the Secretary explain why he hadn't been to Columbus, Ohio. Outside of the fact that the Secretary had a very wonderful time the last time he was there, it probably will provoke a laugh among the others in the class when you think of anybody as anxious to go to Columbus. However, we promise you that the smile will be wiped off your face if you venture into that hustling little city, and especially if you can find Searls Morton there.

Another Northern correspondent informs us that Husky Merrill is teaching history at Kimball Union Academy of Meriden, and that his wife is keeping lecture dates in the immediate vicinity. She had better look out or she will find herself included in "THE TENTH" program.

Word has reached us, indirectly of the fact that Mort Rhoades had a daughter born last August. That is all we can say about it because we don't know any more, and until Mort wakes up and sends us the whole story this will have to suffice as the item of news.

The Secretary had the pleasure of renewing old class acquaintance the other day, inasmuch as he had lunch with Buck Stewart and Skin How at the Dartmouth Club in New York city. either of them has changed in appearance a bit. Of course Buck has been married for quite some time, but Skin flew over the hurdles last October, and that makes one less. Buck is living right in New York city, but Skin has to fly back and forth between Westport, Conn., and the Big City every day.

Incidentally we recommend that you remember that the Dartmouth Club of New York is at 24 East 38th St., and that it makes a darn good place to establish headquarters when you are in the city.

We are very glad to report that the mysterious "Dot" who married Porter Perrin is none other than Dorothy Merchant, Smith 1919.

Unfortunately this column is nowhere near as long as it should be this month, owing to the fact that we cannot use the questionnaire information at this time, so we are relying entirely upon short notes containing news items. Please keep the dope coming, because we want to make this a very interesting source of news.

Incidentally, by the time you have read these notes you should be the recipients of another news medium, which we hope will be of great interest to you. Let us keep the steam up, because we have got a lot to do between now and June, and all hands have got to help.

Secretary, 903, 220 Broadway, New York