Class of 1926
Secretary, 342 Madison Ave., New York
Heigh ho, life is full of little surprises as I've always said one just can't tell what will happen next. Now you take these men of 1926. You would think that they were all severely musclebound in the pen hand until a bulletin or something goes out among them. What do you suppose, well, I can't keep the secret any longer, no less than ten letters have come to this secretary from modest youths.
Take Herb Darling, for instance, out there at 1415 Vassar Drive in Toledo he says he is building a pumping station out in Toledo, going to Dartmouth luncheons and planning to attend the Northwestern game this fall.
Then there is Russ Webster out there in the Toledo Scale plant and doing nicely.
Or if we go to Miami, we discover Seely '26 "doing everything from appraising grapefruit groves to writing editorials." Can we imagine anything better than this fellow in a grove of grapefruit. If it weren't for the steadying influence of Calladay and Dreier this boy might slip rapidly.
It seems too that Bill Behrens is in Niagara Falls (not really, the town you understand.) He has been with General Electric, Cornell summer school to get B. S. degree, cruise on Great Lakes and now is home with W. A. Rogers Ltd., silverware and cutlery. And Bill writes that Jack Akin works for a certain telephone company in Albany.
And of course in Manchester, N. H., we would see Herb Redman adjusting things for Travelers Insurance Cos. Dick White is there now after having been called home owing to the death of his father.
Manchester's other famous '26 man, Emmett Willis, came to N. Y. to seek a job and found one with the White Star Lines—Still with red hair etc. is Willis.
Among the missing who have come to light are Walt Armstrong and Dean Chamberlin. Walt is assistant roadmaster for the L. A. & S. L., Los Angeles, Calif. I guess that's a railroad or something. Dean was discovered in N. Y., rooming in the Bronx with Ken Andler and Charlie McKenna—a group often found in past years on the top floor of Wheeler.
Steve Millard of Brooklyn resigned from the International Banking Cos., and now is in the loan and discount department of the National City Bank, Bowery branch, in the heart of the Ghetto.
Pete Potter hastened to correct an item which said he had married Miss Carolyn Nemiak, and insisted that he had married Miss Gertrude C. Nemiah. It is peculiar, but one of the best ways to hear from men is to publish some misinformation about them. Well, Pete took two semesters with M. I. T. working betimes with Western Electric and N. Y. Telephone, and is now in the development and research department of A. T. & T. and dwelling in Brooklyn.
Added to that list of those who insist on marriage are the names of C. S. Bishop to Miss Edith Lynette Good at Elizabeth, N. J., on May nineteenth and Joseph N. Kinney, Jr., on same date to Miss Mary Kathryn Eynon at Bethlehem, Pa. Now that accounts for two good Phi Psi's.
From out the Pacific Coast come tidings of Herman Trefethen, now a manager of Mr. S. H. Kress's general store in Huntington Park, California.
Urged to give his stenographer work was Don Bennett who still is with the Equitable Life Assurance Society in Boston with one of those titles (Service Supervisor.) Don is a regular attendant at those great Boston luncheons.
Speaking of titles, how's this one for Howard Kolb, "Branch Office Representative in the Group Department." This is one type of title used by the Travelers in Hartford, Conn. Mr. Kolb is doing well under the handicap.
Holders of good positions in Chicago are Hal Lewis with the 111. Bell Telephone Cos., Warren Fellingham with the Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Trust Dept., Arthur Seibold, Northwestern Law School, and Norrie Williamson with the Connecticut Mutual, etc. Norrie, rosy cheeked and all, lunched with Richard Mann and this secretary in N. Y. recently. He said that the dinner in Chicago was something like a wow.
One might be interested to learn that Courtney Brown is now a securities analyst for Orton & Kent. Mr. Brown is still his democratic self despite his position in the financial world.
Jack Strauss reports from Los Angeles but he fails to report his work. He is at The Langham, West 7th and Normandie.
Bill Semple also in Los Angeles reports to the Produce Building, 1315 E. 7th St. I assume he is also in business.
Gordon Linke is of the insurance tribe in West Hartford. The fortunate company, I do not know.
Three '26 men are reported as not answering communications addressed to them; they should. The little rascals are Leslie McFadden, Roland McDonald, and John Fleming. Write to me or the college, boys, and you will be forgiven.
Certain men seem unaware that they are no longer at college, and I am sorry to report the presence of Edward McClintock, Thomas Colt, Courtney Brown, Charles Webster, and Herbert Harwood in Northampton recently. The pity of it, men, ah, the pity of it. Things to Remember
(1) June 16 at Mrs. Walker's for all '26 men in Hanover.
(2) Write news during summer to secretary.
(3) The Alumni Fund.
