CLASS OF 1917
Just fifteen years ago we were settling down as real Dartmouthers after those first weeks of shake-down by 1916's best shakers- down. Another fifteen years and some of you will have sons getting paddled right where the old man got it (always providing, of course, that you have followed Sunny San- born's advice and provided by insurance for the little fellow's education). Some of the real he-members may even have attended the boy's graduation by that time.
One paragraph of hot air ought to be the limit; so here's for the news column.
Len Shea sailed with Gene Tunney on the Mauretania in August. According to the news sheet of the New York Dartmouth Club, Len is on his way to Czecho-Slovakia by way of London and Paris on some sort of investigation of the manufacture of braided leather ladies' shoes. How's the betting that Len never reaches the Czecho border if he goes to London and Paris first?
Bunny Holden was reported as present in Hanover during Commencement. He was present at the 1918 election of officers in some top floor room in Topliff; and as one after another of the 1918'ers refused the office of president, or just dropped out of the meeting entirely, it seemed as though 1918 was to be without a president for five years. However, just as the last member of that class wandered off he was heard to murmur, "I nominate Holden"; and Bunny, being the lastman left, had to announce himself elected.
A large picture in the Boston SundayHerald recently showed four daring Lynn business men about to fly to Burlington, Vt., in connection with the dedication of Lynn's airport, and the shortest and stoutest of this group was our own Phil Blood.
This aviation business has its gloomy side, though, and on July 26 Cliff Thompson met with a fatal accident while trying out a new ship down in Warwick, R. I.
Among the new non-resident members reported by the New York Dartmouth Club is Arthur Oscar Duhamel. Duey's wife will know where he is hereafter, when he spends a night on Broadway.
A recent bulletin of the Pacific Coast Alumni Association, which includes Frisco and northern California, lists Ray Collerd and Alf Whitaker as active members, Ray in Frisco and Whit in Sacremento.
Hal Weeks left Albuquerque and toured east and up the Atlantic coast during the summer, landing'finally at his old home town, Exeter, N. H.
Rog Stone reports No. 1, William Sidney Stone 2d, born on August 24.
Bob Scott reports Robert Donaldson Jr., born July 16, down in New Haven. He ought to be at the Yale game this year shouting loud Wah Hoo Wah—the.Wah part of it anyway.
Bill Fitch went to work for—excuse me, became associated as vice-president with, F. L. Putnam and Company of Boston on August first.
Mac Mac Murray reports himself as in business in Davenport, lowa, although residing at College Park, Huntington, Ind.
It is a bit too early to announce definite plans for class affairs at the football games (these notes being written September 9.) However, unless there are unexpected changes, there will be a dinner Friday night in Boston before the Harvard game at the University Club or City Club; and the Saturday night after the Yale game usually sees a Dartmouth dinner dance at the Taft.
Returns from football applications have brought out the following changes of residence: Birt Birtwell's engineering work has brought him up into Jersey, and his present mail address is Box 469, Rockaway, N. J. Al Bushnell is now superintendent of schools at Henniker, N. H.
Summer Emerson, still with the Guaranty Company of N. Y., has moved his head- quarters to Montreal, 1413 Royal Bank Building.
Harry Worthington of Ditto, Inc., is still with ditto, but has moved his office from Maryland to Chicago, Harrison at Oakley Boulevard.
Jim Rubel writes asking that any '17ers in Chicago for the Pow Wow on Friday before the Northwestern game keep their eyes open around the Pow Wow headquarters for announcement of a class lunch or peewee Pow Wow before the big one. These notes, being written up the first week in October, do not allow the opportunity to announce definite plans yet.
ADVENTURES OF SIR OTTO GHETSOM CASHE (Icontinued)
(Synopsis of first installment. You will remember that Sir Otto is being retained by the class as a financial adviser and his first decision is to organize a championship team.) "You ask," said Sir Otto,"whether it will be a baseball, polo, or auction bridge team. It will be none of those. I intend to organize a diggety team."
He probably noticed our amazed expressions; but holding up his hand for silence he went on:
"This team must be without question a championship team, and I have selected a sport in which there will be no competition. As others take up the sport and competition develops, our team will have such a head start that it must remain the champion. Hence we will always draw the crowds—and the money.
"And now I will anticipate your query as to what a diggety team is like. You have all heard, of course, of a hot diggety dog. Take away the hot dog, and what have you? Diggety is the correct answer. Simple what?" And then Sir Otto started off at a mad pace for the fall football games to select the personnel of the team.
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