CLASS OF 1921
The season for 1921 dinners got under way in Chicago and New York early in October, and the outlook is for some mighty successful parties before the winter is over.
Dick Hart writes as follows of the opener in Chicago: "Our first 1921 dinner was held October 1 at the Tip Top Inn. The following men were present: Bill Embree, Val Grundman, Bill McClintock, Dud Robinson, Ken Thomas, and myself. The purpose of the dinner was to discuss the advisibility of holding a 1921 class reunion during the Pow Wow November 23 and 24. We definitely decided to hold a 1921 class luncheon at the Blackstone Grill on November 23 at 12.30. This grill is in the Blackstone Hotel, directly across the street from the Stevens Hotel."
The initial turnout of the year in New York was*a record one. Thirty Twenty-oners sat down for dinner at the Dartmouth Club October 4, and this was the biggest number ever out for a class dinner, although we have had larger contingents out at the annual New York Dartmouth dinner. We can really claim 32 men too, for Bud Richart was around before dinner and got back later, having in the meantime feasted some real estate prospect (masculine or feminine, Bud didn't say). Then along about 8 o'clock Rog Wilde, the Vermont furniture magnate, blew in from Philadelphia and joined the party. Rog said it took so long to convince one of his prospective Philadelphia customers that they really did turn out something else besides granite and maple sugar in Vermont that he could not get over to New York in time for the dinner.
Among those showing up for the affair was Herb Jagels, who hadn't been to a '21 function since the dear old freshman days. Herb never got back to Hanover after freshman year, going right into his dad's lumber business over in New Jersey and taking some extension courses at Columbia nights, but his good Beta brother "Rex" King got hold of him and brought him around, and he said it seemed good to be with the gang again.
The others out at the dinner were: Lovell Cook, Mac Johnson, Bill Alley, Jack Hubbell, Harry Chamberlaine, "Coot" Carder, "Skinny" Moore, "Red" Kerlin, Ernie Wilcox, Ort Hicks, Bob Wilson, "Bandy" Lowe, Cliff Hart, Ed Luedke, Paul Nicholson, "Bumpus" Ridlon, Abe Weld, Herm Noyes, Walter Wolfe, Lym Worthington, Bob Loeb, Bob Martin, Larry Nardi, Doug Storer, Hilt Campbell, "Bunny" Gardner, "Tex" Kouns, and ye Sec. himself.
Bill Alley, "Rex" King, Jack Hubbell, Harry Chamberlaine, and Prexy Hicks were the committee who arranged the dinner, and how well they did their work is shown by the turnout.
After dinner Ort ran off some "movies" for the boys up in the card room of the club, and the comments from the audience stirred memories of "movies" at the Nugget ten years ago.
Doug and Mrs. Storer got back from their trip to Europe on the Carmania September 11. They visited both London and Paris, and took some side trips from those cities. Doug said that soon after they landed at Plymouth, England; he was startled to hear a familiar cry of "Hey, Doug," and turned to see Hubbell leaning from a phone booth and waving. (Jack apparently had started right in to date 'em up, though he had hardly gotten off the boat.) "Red" Kerlin, Jack's companion on the famous European speed tour, was located shortly taking "movies" of the harbor a la Hicks, and the trip had a '21 reunion of their own there on the spot. Both the Storers and Jack and "Red" flew from London to Paris, though not on the same day. Hubbell and Kerlin reported a fine crossing, but Doug says no Channel boat crossing could have been more bumpy and rough than their plane trip was. Incidentally "Red" is reported to have taken some fine pictures from the plane on their flight. They all had another reunion in Paris before Jack and "Red" dashed off to come back to the United States. Doug and Mrs. Storer were "over there" for a month.
Our sporting department reports that we have a tennis champion in our midst, Harry Chamberlaine having won the singles cham- pionship of the Jackson Heights, L. I., Tennis Club recently.
We have a near tennis champion also. In spite of his vigorous efforts to cover the fact up, it has leaked out that the 0. H. Hicks, who was a member of the doubles team which was nosed out at the wire in the finals of the Long Island Tennis League championship matches at Whitestone a short time ago, is none other than our genial President. (Ort says we're cock-eyed about that nosed out at the wire stuff. He says they were outdone at the last green. Many pardons, Ort.)
Two of the boys at the dinner reported new members of the family. And the new arrivals are both future Carnival girls. There hasn't a 1948 Dartmouth halfback shown up in the ranks in so long that the officers are thinking of presenting a Brown derby or something to the next Twenty-one reporting a candidate for the Hanover campus.
The Lovell Cooks have a daughter, Miss Marian Cook, born in Brooklyn in June and the Paul Nicholsons also have a new daughter, their second girl. The newcomer is Miss Katherine Smedes Nicholson, and her birthday was in April. Paul says their first girl started in school this year, and he's already begun to count his grey hairs.
There was a report also at the dinner that the Emory Corbins of New Britain, Conn., have a daughter born in July. This is their second youngster, their first being a boy, who is now going on three years old.
Word from the Green Mountains is that "Fig" Newcomb has a new job. When last heard from he was secretary of an association of granite dealers, but now it seems that he has become sales manager for the firm of Marr and Gordon, Inc. Our informant does not state whether or not "Fig" is peddling granite, but as the firm's headquarters are in that' Mecca of all granite men, Barre, we suspect that he is.
Through a conversation at the New York dinner, ye Sec. learned that Bob Wilson was married last March to Miss Virginia Chalmers of West Newton, Mass. Bob is a rising young barrister with a Manhattan law firm.
It was reported at the dinner that another famous bachelor was about to desert the ranks, the good word being that sometime between the time that this is written and when you read it Oky O'Connor would become a bridegroom. We'll attempt to give some more definite news about him at a later date.
Here's what some of the men who showed up at the New York party are doing. Lovell Cook is in the insurance game, and handles life insurance, burglary insurance, accident insurance, or what have you. Bill Alley sells bonds for S. W. Straus and Company, Jack Hubbell sells advertising space in the Ladies'Home Journal. Harry Chamberlaine does the same thing for Good Housekeeping. "Coot" Carder is another Straus bond salesman, and Paul Nicholson sells the same sort of securities for Paine, Webber and Company. Ernie Wilcox is a popular young physician in suburban Pleasantville. "Bandy" Lowe is an attorney for an insurance firm, and he is also building up a practice of his own on the side. Cliff Hart is an architect. Ed Luedke operates banking concern in New Jersey. "Bumpus" Ridlon, or more formally speaking, Dr. Ridlon, is on the staff of Bellevue Hospital. Herm Noyes is with the Lincoln Safe Deposit Company. Dr. Walter Wolfe is steadily gaining fame as a New York psychiatrist. Lym Worthington is on the advertising staff of the Daily News. Bob Loeb is a lawyer. Bob Martin is with a banking firm. Larry Nardi manufactures riding habits. Doug Storer is in the advertising game. Hilt Campbell is an accountant. "Bunny" Gardner is a sub-contractor in the building game. "Tex" Kouns helps keep New York lighted up with advertising signs, and ye Sec. is still a newspaper man with the NewYork Sun.
The word from Hanover is that Dr. Norm Crisp is back there again this fall as a line coach assisting Jess Hawley, having obtained a leave from his post with the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn.
Dr. Ransom Wells, last heard from as a staff physician with a hospital in Newfoundland, is back in the United States once more. He is now a member of the staff of the State Infirmary at Tewksbury, Mass.
A directory of alumni secretaries just released shows Marion Sherwood as the secretary of the Dartmouth' Club of Utah. Sherry is with the Royal Milling Company at Ogden.
And now ere we part the officers of the class would like to have me point out that while this issue of the ALTJMNI MAGAZINE is being sent free to every man on our class rolls the other eight issues for this college year will be sent only to those men who have paid their dues. There will be no other issue of the "Smoker" until next fall, so if you are interested in learning what the other members of the class are doing and have not already sent Ned the necessary three bucks for dues, how's to dig down and ship it off to him at once. There will be 1921 notes in every issue this year.
Secretary, New Rochelle, N. Y.
