Class of 1916
Last month Fletch Andrews sent in some news from fair Cleveland. When the ALUMNI MAGAZINE notes were being written the letter could not be found. This past month, another note has come from Fletch, telling of his work in connection with the coming to Cleveland of the Dartmouth Musical Clubs and of the redhot loyalty of Ruby McFalls. The earlier letter spoke of the activities of President Andrews of the Dartmouth Club of Cleveland. Among them were several bowling feats on the local alleys with "Hoppy," who came from Hanover to speak at the Club's annual banquet. Let me quote Fletch: "At the first session there were a bunch of girls on the next alley, and one of them, unable to find a place to sit down, came over to our alley and said to 'Hoppy,' 'Say, would you mind moving over a little, baby, so I can sit down?' Needless to say, the President was vastly amused, and I alluded to the incident at the banquet that evening, suggesting that his name be added to Elinor Glyn's list of those possessing 'IT.'"
Verg Rector is reported as having an ice cream convention in Cleveland recently. Ruby McFalls turns out regularly at the Dartmouth luncheons, while Bill Osborn and Bill Brett are usually A.W.O.L.
Fletch is now on the faculty of the Western Reserve University Law School, teaching criminal law, negotiable instruments, conflict of laws, and a general review of Ohio law for the Ohio bar examinations, is on the committee which investigates applicants for Dartmouth as well as on the admissions committee of the University Club, has recently taken one of the leads in the Junior League-Hermit Club musical revue show, and says he is still crazy over his wife and daughter. And still he finds time in which to drop us a frequent line.
Dick Parkhurst recently saw Olin Smith in Boston. Olin sells for the Westinghouse Company in New England and elsewhere.
Jake Story, who is in the ship-building business at Essex, Mass., recently built for the government a new customs cutter for use in Boston harbor. This boat—the "W. W. Lufkin" shortly after delivery to the government caught fire and was practically put out of business. After the insurance and other matters are finally adjusted, Jake thinks he may get a chance to rebuild the "Lufkin."
Two of the boys sent to us from Hartford have given us news items. Peggy and Chan Green had a daughter—Margaret Osgoodborn on March 15.
Mrs. William Chiwis announces the marriage of her daughter Ruth Chiwis Robinson to Park Hayden in New York on March 31. Dr. and Mrs. Hayden will be at home after May 1 at 285 Clinton Road, Brookline, Mass.
Chet Drury is manager and vice-president of the Security Bag Company of Lockland. Ohio, and is living at Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Roily Wass is an accountant with the Producers and Refiners Corporation of Independence, Kans. (These two brief items came to us from Hanover).
We had a long letter from Red Tucker the other day, written from the U. S. Veterans Hospital at Ft. Bayard, N. M. To quote in part:—"l was a patient at Whipple, near Prescott, Arizona, for a little over a year, then Mrs. Tucker loaded the old gas buggy and she and the pup drove out, and we went back into the wild, open spaces for a while. Camped, in the Prescott National Forest, and, when cold weather began to descend on us, took a camping trip up through the northern part of Arizona and New Mexico—through Flagstaff,. Grand Canyon, to the Petrified Forest, and, at Gallup, turned off the beaten path into the Navajo Reservation. Had many and sundry adventures there, and finally came out again at Albuquerque, and turned north again into the Pueblo country, going to Santa Fe and Taos. Then the snows were getting too close for comfort, so we followed the Rio Grande down clear to El Paso. There we turned back and headed for Tucson, but stopped off here to see a friend. While on the visit, the Commanding Officer told me I ought to go to work, so I was examined carefully, and it was decided it would be a fairly safe chance to take. So, while the red tape was being unwound, we went on to Tucson, and returned here January 1, reinstated in my old standing as TB specialist with the Veterans Bureau, and I am on duty again. My work here at this time is the answer to a long-cherished ambition. I am in charge of the heliotherapy work, with instructions tobuild up that clinic comparable with the best in this country—which means, in the world. It also means a lot of research, but they have promised me not only the resources of this hospital but of the entire Bureau if need be. A big bite, but a most welcome one. So far, I have been able only to outline the work and gather together the things I shall need in it. That part isn't even done yet, for Uncle Samworks slowly, he is so big and ponderous. However, I plan to begin the 'spring drive' by April 1. Meanwhile, in addition to all that, I have charge of the woman's ward, and am examining all the personnel on the reservation (some 500 or more) for evidence of ancient or modern signs of TB. I finish that assignment next week. So far, the woman's ward has beenquiet and peaceful, but it is a job for a diploat, and I walk in fear and trembling each day. And that is that."
Secretary, 646 Angell St., Providence, R. I.
