Class of 1923
The following is a copy of a letter received a few days ago from the vicinity of Chicago:
Dear George: We had a dinner the other night, the occasion being a resumption of 1923 social activities after a lapse of two years. The following lads evidently had a dollar and a quarter and the willingness to part with it; George Whiteside (typical traveling salesman) ; Ward Hilton (insurance man and quit benedict) ; Bill Wallace (insurance man, and Hilton's wife's sister s husband) ; Bill Juergens (diamond purveyor) ; S. S. Sollitt (skinny, capable contractor) ;Walt Jones (mathematician, now applying himself to Western Electric problems) ; Chick Obermeyer (diminutive peddler of hollow tile, more often diminutive man-about-town) ; the undersigned (worried shoe merchant).
The following men were unable to attend because their wives had borne them daughters on the preceding Tuesday (and that's a fact!) Schryver, Pope, Mike Cramp. These three put out music, paper, and surety bonds in the reverse order named.
Bus Carpenter (mucilage and ink magnate) ; John Coonley (Nokol magnate) ; Cy Gordon (who travels) ; Butch Kimball (who built the organ in Roxy's Theatre) ; and other magnates could not attend.
Most of us are coming to Hanover next summer. However, from the after-dinner conversation, the number who finally board the train will be considerably fewer than the number who want to do so, if their wives who now insist on going along have their way. And wives do.
The '23 boys actually have more contact than the above bi-annual dinner would indicate, as there are always a few on hand at Jack Childs' Monday noon Dartmouth lunches. Pudge Neidlinger was on hand last Monday, and in his capacity of member of the Athletic Council explained the plans, the difficulties, and the prospects of future football seasons.
Signing off for two more years.
Yours, T. T. Metzel.
Metz has failed to mention Spike Hamilton in his letter, who is now leader of one of Chicago's best orchestras at the Opera Club. If you listen in on the radio or step out to some night club you are sure to hear Spike's latest achievement "Bye Bye Pretty Baby." This was written very recently by Spike, and today is one of the most popular tunes.
Frank Doten has forwarded me a few letters he received in connection .with the class dues.
The following is from Doc Roberts, Stamford, Conn.:
Dear Frank:
I am sending in my class dues with an apology for being so late in doing so. I imagine your last letter to the class members will be very effective in bringing a large number of delinquent members to their senses.
Dartmouth will shortly be on the map in this section to a greater extent than ever. Several of us are organizing a Dartmouth Club of Stamford, which will be the means of doing a good turn for the College when opportunity permits. Our Twenty-three delegation is small in these parts, but we have been able to keep in pretty close contact with class affairs and the affairs of the College in general. Cub Strong is in Greenwich practicing law and is making quite a name for himself in that town of millionaires. Joe Zone is here in Stamford practicing in town affairs. I have been practicing for over a year and have been very much gratified with the measure of success that I have had. George Billings dropped in the other day from Springfield and has opened a real estate office here. All four of us are among the few remaining single men in the class, judging from the class news of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Any dope about our fifth reunion be greatly appreciated. I am sure of about eight men in my particular group here in Connecticut who will be on deck at Hanover for the first big pow-wow the class has had since it breezed out into the world in June of 1923. Practically every '23 man I have met says he will be there.
With best regards, Doc ROBERTS.
Len Marshall wrote a very interesting letter from Memphis, Tenn. He travels all over the south except California selling laundry and drycleaning machinery.
The first big drive toward the "famous fifth" will start at an informal luncheon at the Lenox Hotel here the second week in December.
Secretary, George 701 Cambridge St., Brighton, Mass.
