Class of 1911
Of course, the Commencement period could not come and go without a generous sprinkling of Nineteen-Eleveners being around to see that things were properly conducted. George Morris and Warren Agry were here for their last meeting of the Alumni Council, since their term expired this June.
In addition, the other members of the class seen at various times about the campus were Bob Barstow, referred to below; Chet Butts, talked about enough anyhow; Josh Clark and Demon Hawkridge, trying hard to take care of each other; Political Jack Coggins sporting a new straw hat; Jack Ingersoll, still swinging his golf clubs as valiantly as ever, particularly now that he is making bricks instead of selling bonds; Sticky Pendleton, representing the General Leather Company of Newark, N. J.; Mac Rollins, looking for a ride somewhere, and George Thurber, acting in some official capacity in connection with the dedication of the new Chi Phi fraternity house.
At the Commencement exercises Bob Barstow was a recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. This degree was conferred upon him with the following remarks: "Robbins Wolcott Barstow 'l3, Minister, First Congregational Church, Madison, Wisconsin.
"Representative of three generations of Dartmouth men who have been preachers of the Word; capable executive in development of the strength and resources of a church strategically placed for service to yojjth; understanding guide and enlarger of the religious interests of a great university community; to whom has been given the spirit 'of power, and of love, and of a sound mind,' I confer upon you the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity."
1911 has a new representative on the Alumni Council, who should ably fill the places of the two men who have recently retired. He is commonly known as Wee Kimball, and although I expect to get shot for doing so, I am herewith telling you what a recent issue of the National- Retail Dry Goods Association had to say about our new member of the Alumni Council: "Another man you should know better is Warren F. Kimball, director of the Insurance Bureau. If there ever was a man who worked harder and more intelligently for the good of any trade than Kimball has worked for our trade in insurance matters, we never expect to meet him. In the four years which have elapsed since Kimball joined our staff he hasn't let down for a single minute. He has been making surveys of the insurance problems of member stores and giving a general insurance service. Recently the board of directors approved the formation of a separate corppration for the purpose of brokering lines for member stores. In this way Kimball hopes through securing moderate lines from a great many stores to build up a set of experience figures which can be used to secure fairer classification of department store properties. Kimball knows his stuff thoroughly. In fact it is not exaggerating to say that he knows more about retail store insurance matters than any other man in the field, and if you don't use his knowledge and work with him you are extremely short-sighted."
Some of the reuning classes went to Frank Dodge's at Whitefield, as usual. They reported a fine time. Frank said, I suppose having in mind previous 1911 reunions, that they were a fine bunch but that they were terribly quiet. Of course, it is no news to say that Frank had his usually successful season in Florida, having a capacity house all winter, and is now enjoying a house full of guests in Whitefield, so there is no chance for any of us this year.
I don't suppose Dick Paul could be in two places at once, or he would have been here for Commencement. As a matter of fact, he was sergeant-in-arms at the Republican convention in Kansas City. As to what that means, your guess is as good as mine.
I am sure it will come as a great shock to all of you to know that Lew and Margaret Sisson have recently suffered another severe blow in the loss of their eldest daughter, Mary Louise. The report which I received was that all three of the girls had been critically ill with influenza pneumonia, that the eldest daughter had died, and that the other two were not then out of danger.
Sid Beane, who was engaged in the construction of our beautiful new Library, has accepted what promises to be a very fine opportunity with the Brown Manufacturing Company in Berlin, N. H. He has ahead of him the task of consolidating the various engineering forces of this large company and bringing about a more unified control.
Bob Morrill is fast getting into the plutocrat class. He is now a partner in Prescott Limited, an organization consisting of Mr. Prescott and himself, who operate a number of subsidiary organizations. Bob is jumping around the country quite a bit and frequently seeing classmates. His latest include Lou Partridge and Mac Rollins in New York and Bob Keeler and Dutch Irwin in Cleveland. Somebody said Bob was here for Commencement, but if he was, I did not see him.
Ben Ayers was one of the signers of the purchase agreement with the Governor of New Hampshire in the purchase of the property in Franconia Notch, in which the Old Man of the Mountain is located. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has recently succeeded in preserving this bit of country for future generations, and Ben has taken an active part in making this possible.
Clint Elwell has been appointed general agent in charge at the Boston office of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania business of the Fireman's Fund group of insurance companies. The companies with which he will be identified are the Firemen's Fund, the Home Fire and Marine, and the Occidental. This makes Clint move to 10 Post Office Square, Boston.
Harry Bicknell has moved up a notch on his street, his new address being 611 Keystone Ave., River Forest, 111.
Rath Sprague has come to the States to join his family, which is now larger than formerly by one, the newfer member of the family group being Susan. Rath expects to stay in the country the rest of the year. Ray Taylor sends in the information that Cap Duffle's business address is Madrona Ave., St. Helena, Cal., and that his residence is Monadnock Building, San Ffrancisco. This may be all right, but not knowing San Francisco very well, it sounds twisted. Anyway, probably you can get hold of Cap at one place or the other.
Austin Keough seems to have made a double move as well, since he moved his office into the new Paramount Building, 1501 Broadway, and his residence to 170 New York Ave., Brooklyn.
Stew Gibson, judging from a letterhead recently submitted by him, seems to be located now with the Davis Chemical Company at 93 Massachusetts Ave., Boston.
At a recent convention of the American Steel and Heavy Hardware Association, which is the national association of the heavy hardware, iron, and steel jobbers, Bob Sanderson was elected vice-president.
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
