CLASS OF 1921

One of the best examples of loyalty to 1921 to come to our attention since we departed from the Hanover plain seven years ago was shown recently by a classmate who was only with us during freshman year. In Ned's class treasury report in this fall's issue of The Smoker, it was revealed that the class was just $lOO in the hole financially. A couple of days after. The Smoker came out, Ort received a letter from this Twenty-oner saying he had read Ned's sad news and that as he wanted to see the class start off the fall with everything clear, he was enclosing a check for $lOO to square accounts. He desires to remain anonymous, so we can't give him away, and reveal his identity, but we can take this place to tell him that the officers are more than grateful for the splendid spirit his act shows and to pass on to him the sincere thanks of the whole class.

A few days before election Bob Burroughs returned his questionnaire card, and on it he predicted that His Honor Mayor Sullivan, Bob's fellow-townsman in Manchester, N. H., would be elected solicitor (we of the rabble call the job district attorney) of Hillsborough county, N. H., which takes in Manchester, Nashua, and several other places. John won the right to enter the race on the Democratic ticket in a primary in September, and Bob said that although Hillsborough county was generally counted as Republican he thought Twenty-one's great orator was going to win. He proved a good prophet, for win John did. Hoover carried New Hampshire, the Republican candidate for governor was elected, but not our mayor's Republican rival. In fact the Manchester Union of the day after election stated that in a great Republican landslide in New Hampshire, Hillsborough county was the only one to go Democratic, and those of us who have been spellbound too by the gifted tongue of the greatest cymbal player Dartmouth ever had can well pick out one of the reasons for this result. It seems that this Democratic slate in Hillsborough was quite a Dartmouth affair, for in addition to the familiar face of the mayor we saw gazing at us from the pages of the Union none other than A 1 Lucier 'lB, him of the magic fiddle and bow, A 1 was elected county treasurer. We can shed a tear or two already for those whom John will prosecute. Boy, they don't know what's coming to them, but we do, and they won't like it either. So here's for a Wah-hoo-wah for Sully, mates, and let him hear it.

We hadn't gone completely goofy when we wrote the November notes and casually referred to the famous speed trip to Europe of Jack Hubbell and "Red" Kerlin without any explanations. We didn't realize that they were going to be needed at the time, but the dope is this. We sent in too many items for The Smoker, and at the last minute several got crowded out for lack of space, and among them was one about the record-breaking jaunt to Europe staged by the above mentioned gentlemen last August. They made a round trip on the good ship Pennland, and succeeded in conquering London and Paris in the week that vessel laid over on the other side of the Atlantic. According to reports drifting back here, Londoners are still standing agape at the speed with which the boys looked over that town, and even sophisticated Paris gave them a second once-over.

Another item left out dealt with the arrival of several youngsters in the Twenty-one family, including: Miss Martha Litchard, daughter of the well known class agent from Springfield, Mass., and Mrs. Litchard (Miss Litchard made her debut July 12); Miss Marjorie Ann Miner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reg Miner, who was born June 30; and a new Miss Bolles (we haven't her full name yet) second daughter of the Hal Bolleses, who was born in July. Miss Bolles's dad is still superintendent of the Strathmore Paper Co's plant in Woronoco, Mass.

Reg incidentally has a new job. On October 29 he left the firm of Monks and Johnson, for whom he had been working as an architectural engineer, to enter the city loan department of the Boston office of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, so Reg's business address is now 197 Clarendon St., Boston, instead of 99 Chauncy St.

Mac Johnson is in a new post also, having taken a position with the National Bank of Commerce at 31 Nassau St., New York city. Previously Mac had been with the National City Bank of New York.

All of the advertisements for the Broadway musical comedy, "Luckee Girl," feature the song hit, "Come On, Let's Make Whoopee," which is the work of Mann Holiner and Werner Janssen '2l. Of course Werner's contribution is the music, and how good a job he has done is revealed by the fact that this tune is one of the leading fall hits along the street of bright lights.

Nels Smith is the latest Twenty-oner to join the ranks of the Doctors of Philosophy. Nels received his degree from the University of Michigan last June. He is again serving as an assistant professor of economics at Dartmouth this year.

The Secretary has enjoyed two calls recently from Twenty-oners who dropped in to see him while in New York. The first was from Manny Manchester, who was in town getting interviews with Homer Croy and J. P. McAvoy for the Boston Herald, and the other was from Charley Stickney, staff man on Barron's, the national financial weekly, whose headquarters are also in Boston. Charley was down on a vacation, not business, however. He said he thought it was about time to look the Broadway lights over again, and see if they really were as bright as those they have up on Tremont St. The Stickneys have a new daughter, their second. The latest is Miss Julia Hunnewell Stickney, who was born October 8, in the Cambridge, Mass., Hospital.

The A 1 Greens also have a daughter, Miss Mary Green, who made her bow in Syracuse, N. Y., October 11. A 1 is still newspapering on the Syracuse Post Standard.

The Harvard and Yale games served as the occasions for '2l get-togethers. A very successful class dinner was held at the Boston City Club on the eve of the Harvard scrap, and among those present were several Twenty-oners from out of town who were in the Hub for the game, as follows: Eli Smith, from Georgia; Ort Hicks and Jack Hubbell, up from New York; Hal Braman, from Waterbury, Conn.; "Red" Stanley, over from Providence; Paul Belknap and Dan Ryder, down from Vermont; Cory Litchard, over from Springfield; and Bob Burroughs and "Fat" Childs, from New Hampshire. The Twenty-oners from Boston and vicinity at the dinner were: George Cavis, Fran Cosgrove, in from Marlboro, "Buck" Freeman, Hal Geilich, Russ Goodnow, Lorin Goulding, El Harper, Charley Johnson, Jeff Lawrence, Manny Manchester, Hoyt Marsden, Bob Mayo, Reg Miner, Tom Norcross, Bill Perry, Frank Ross, Dan Ruggles, Paul Sanderson, Joe Shaw, Bill Spencer, Charley Stickney, and "Chick" Stiles. That made 32 in all, if our Math, still holds good. After the dinner, Ort ran off some "movies," as he does so frequently at the New York parties, and later on the crowd adjourned to the football rally of the Boston alumni, which was also being held at the Club.

One of our scouts reports that in addition to those listed at the dinner Con Beattie and Johnny Sullivan were sighted in the Stadium the afternoon of the game.

Twenty-six members of the class were present at the 1921 dinner held at the Dartmouth Club in New York the night before the Yale game. Ye sec. unfortunately had to miss the party, but those present reported a highly successful affair. Rog Bird was on hand, and he sang all the old favorites and a lot of new ones beside, and the diners were also entertained by Howard Remig, a friend of Doug Storer's who has been very gracious in coming around often to sing for the gang, with whom he is a real favorite. Sherry Baketel '2O also joined in on the party, which shows that he knows a good class when he sees one. The Twenty-oners out were: Abe Weld, Terry McAdams, "Phez" Taylor, Hal Geilich, down from Brockton, Furb Haight, Bob Martin, "Coot" Carder, Bill Alley, Harry Chamberlaine, Rog Bird "Bandy" Lowe, Bob Loeb, Cliff Hart, Tracy Higgins, Doug Storer, "Doc" Rosenthal, "Red" Kerlin, Jack Hubbell, Herm Noyes, "Skinny" Moore, Paul Nicholson, "Dutch" Bausher, over from Reading, Pa., for the game, Bill Barber, Ort Hicks, Mac Johnson, and Jim Wicker, who has recently been transferred from Peoria,-111., to New York by the W. T. Grant Company, by whom he is employed. Jim is at present inspector of the firm's chain stores in the Metropolitan district.

Ye sec. did get up to New Haven for the game next day, however, and among those from out of town, in addition to the crowd up from New York and vicinity, whom we spotted taking taking the cold shower in the Bowl that afternoon were Lorin Goulding from Boston, Don Smith from Turners Falls, Mass., Don Mix, from Worcester, Joe Lane up from Tennessee, Dick Barnes, down from Worcester, Fran Cosgrove, Ray Mallary and the Rev. George Ferguson, from Springfield, Mass., Walt Holt of Ashburnham, Mass., Arthur Ross, from Washington, D. C., Hal Braman, Emory Corbin, from New Britain, and "Fat" Childs. Any of the above will testify that the weather for the game was about the worst ever, and it was remarkable that the team, handicapped by wholesale injuries as it was, put up as good a game as its did under the conditions. In fact both teams played remarkably well under most adverse weather conditions. Incidentally the Norm Crisp coached line put up a whale of a game against the heavier Yale forwards.

Bob Burroughs wrote us recently as follows concerning "Fat" Childs: " 'Fat', formerly Manchester's leading sanitary engineer, is now motoring around New England," says Bob. "The company is paying his traveling expenses with the idea of his promoting Saturday night baths through the winter by selling hot water heaters." To which we can only add that "Fat" must have felt right in his element in the Yale Bowl, only the bath that was handed out there was cold, not hot.

Dick Barnes reports a new job. He has left the oil heater business and is now "selling industrial and automotive lubricants for the Crew Levick of Philadelphia, one of the Cities Service subsidiaries." His headquarters are in Worcester, and his new business address is 81 Lafayette St., Worcester.

The Rev Hugh Penney has moved from Providence, R. 1., to Lowell, Mass. Hugh is now pastor of the Eliot-Union church of Lowell.

Art Gilbert reports himself among the June bridegrooms. On June 9 he married Miss Dorothy L. Fuhrman of Kansas City. Art was married in the Westminster Congregational church by the Rev. George H. Gilbert '7B. Art is again a member of the faculty of the Kansas City Teachers College.

Dave Plume has joined the ranks of Twenty-oners in New York, having been moved up from the sunny South recently by the Union Carbide Sales Company. His business address is now 30 East 42d St., New York city.

And now, the hour being late, we shall sign off until the January issue, when we trust this section will reappear "bigger and better than ever."

Secretary, 7 Lotus Road, New Rochelle, N. Y.