SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
Ashton Castle '24 submits the following report of the spring house party.
Hotel Del Mar, on the coast, one hundred miles south of Los Angeles, was the scene May 11 and 12 of the annual spring house party of the Southern California Alumni Association. Twenty members journeyed with their families, many arriving in the early afternoon. Weather as "usual," some played tennis, others swam. Still others merely exercised one arm in whetting their appetites. At dinner, well served, President Gibson spoke, "... and as I look about I can say that the apparent vigor of the men is only excelled by the beauty of the ladies." Long applause. Warren Currier, w.k. 'OB songster, led the singing. Jerry Barnes, chairman of the entertainment committee, stopped at each table, shook hands, missed dinner. Following, every one danced and enjoyed a merry party. Above, staid guests tossed sleepless in their beds.
Sunday more tennis, swimming, bridge. No one played golf. After a late luncheon, as the sun dipped into the Pacific the members sped north to home and rest. Visiting firemen: Gerald C. Barnes 'll, Hartley Caldwell '22, Ashton Castle '24, Max H. Cook 'O5, Warren Currier 'OB, James T. Durkee 'l7, John Fleming '24, Walter B. Gibson 'll, J. H. Gray 'OB, Leslie A. Hatch '9B, C. Carleton Hitchcock 'l6, Granville H. Luten '25, Robert S. Morris 'l2, Emory L. Pratt '24, J. Leland Richardson 'OB, Howard Rockefeller '23, Robert B. Thieme 'l6, Walter G. Wilson 'lO, Bernard J. Wyle 'l6.
Spring fever held over into June. El Rancho de Los Tres Hermanos was the scene of the outbreak. We called it a barbacue. The following men made the trip, and fortunately all of the same group returned, Blackie Perkins '9B, Vic Salinger 'OO, Tubby Laton 'O6, Dolly Gray 'OB, Dick Merrill 'OB, Jim Norton 'OB, Kid Richardson 'OB, Ed Martin 'O9, Jerry Barnes 'll, Ole Ahlswede 'l2, Tex Morris 'l2, Ray Bennett 'l3, Barney Owen 'l5, Herb Richardson 'l5, A 1 Shiels 'l7, Phil Rothman '22, Hartley Caldwell '23, Harold Streight '23, Fred Eaton '24, Emory Pratt '24, Leon Rothschild '24, John Greene '26, Larry Kennison '26, Les McPadden '26, Reg Gresley '26, Roscoe Guyot '27, Gordon Jamison '2B.
The growth of the Southern California Association is keeping pace with Los Angeles. Nearly every week at our luncheons some new man appears, looking for a familiar face. John Fleming '24 recently arrived from Cleveland —he is a lawyer. Elliott L. Perkins '9B, formerly of New York, also practices at law. Rev. Philip K. Swartz '23 administers religion in Saticoy. Clark Blythe, a native son and Babson statistician, has returned. John Greene '26 is a newspaperman—hails from Utah. Leon J. Cone 'l7 from Duluth, Minn, says it with machinery. Tex Morris 'l2, naturally from Texas, sells autos in San Diego. Robert Salinger '27, recently graduated from Harvard Law, will practice his chosen profession here. From the class of '29 we claim Dick Baldwin, advertising, John R. Neale, banker, and Allen Floyd.
The Wawona Pow Wow is next. All the boys are saving their pennies. I have received confidential information to the effect that the San Francisco alumni are grooming their teams with daily practice sessions, so that they can successfully defend their challenges to the Los Angeles warriors. We shall depend upon our natural ability to outwit them. We feel that this party has tremendous possibilities and should become an annual event on the Pacific Coast,—and to San Francisco for their initiative and industry, a gilded something-or-other.
Secretary
