CLASS OF 1921
The good word from Chicago is that the "Pow Wow" held in connection with the football game with Northwestern was a great success in spite of the fact that Dartmouth lost the game, and that 1921 was well represented and took an active part in the affair. And now we'll turn things over to Bill Embree for a few paragraphs, and let him give you a first hand account of the Chi doin's.
"The 'Pow Wow' was a great party, and I think everyone enjoyed himself," Bill writes; "Ken Thomas was on the reception committee, and also took an active part on the committee for the Freshman-Lake Forest game. We had an informal gathering of our class at luncheon on Friday, the first day of the 'Pow Wow', and nearly all the visitors and a great many of the Chicago boys were present. From then on, the boys were fairly well scattered in various groups, but the following is the list of our class who were seen by the writer at various times:
" 'Rynie' Rothschild and Dewey Gruenhagen came down from Minneapolis without their wives, and therefore did not take part in the formal functions, but were fairly busy otherwise. 'Pick' Ankeny was also on hand. Paul Mott drove over from Adrian, Mich. Ned Price came all the way from Pennsylvania, and Jim Sabin arrived from Denver. Jack Means brought his wife to the '21 luncheon. Horace Wortham and Norm Carver were also present. 'Fritz' Bornman was at the game Saturday, and I saw 'Ky' Frost for a while at his room at the Stevens. Joe Lane was also on hand.
"The Chicago boys who were present were: Val Grundman, Ken Thomas, Jerry Cutler, Al Laffey, Bill Terry, Dick Hart, Dud Robinson, Bill McClintock, John Hasbrook, and myself."
The New York gang omitted the January class dinner to concentrate on the annual dinner of the New York alumni late in the month, so we have no Manhattan gathering to report on this trip. We have run into a few of the boys about town and at the Dartmouth Club, however.
One evening just before Christmas, our family having departed for New England a few days early, we dropped into the Club for dinner, and there found Joe Lane, the Tennessee furniture king, in town on his way back to Concord, N. R., for the holidays, and with the evening to kill before departing Bostonward on the midnight. So we joined forces and journeyed over to Broadway to see Beatrice Lillie in "This Year of Grace." Although his headquarters are in Chattanooga, Joe reports spending a great deal of time on the road, making frequent trips to Chicago and New York.
On another occasion we found "Bud" Richart, the Westchester realtor, and Frank Livermore of The Outlook advertising staff in earnest conversation in the living room. We could not ascertain, however, whether Frank was trying to sell "Bud" some space in his magazine or "Bud" was selling Frank a home in the suburbs. "Bud" did report, however, that "Tex" Kouns had left the task of keeping Broadway lighted up with electric signs to others and had started to publish a thrift magazine, the exact name of which we have forgotten. Anyway "Bud" said he'd seen the initial issue and it was O.K.
On still another occasion we had dinner with Mac Johnson and Had Pinney '22. Mac reported that he and Had were bound for some lecture on biography or something of that nature, as unbelievable as that may seem.
On the night of the Dartmouth-McGill hockey game at the Garden in New York we spotted Jack Hubbell escorting a young lady to a ringside seat, but if any of the other boys were present we missed them.
Manny Manchester was in New York shortly before the holidays, getting some more interviews for the Boston Herald, and he dropped in at the Sun office for a chat.
Our genial President shook the dust of Manhattan from his dogs just before the New Year, temporarily that is, to make a business trip to Arizona. Just before Ort started he was earnestly seeking a class directory, so the secretarial surmise is that some of the boys are going to see Ort ere his return.
And now to dig down further into the class mailbag and draw up a few more postcards.
" "Jigger" Hodgdon writes from Cleveland, "still doing accounting work."
Tom Cleveland sends in the following from Newton, Mass.: "A daughter, Constance Cleveland, was born October 22, 1928, making our family circle four, the others being Joan Cleveland, three years old, Mrs. Cleveland and myself."
Don Morse is "planning to be married in the near future." That was written over a month ago, and it will be another month still before you read this, so by that time the wedding may be a fact.
Jim Taylor gives his position as assistant sales manager of the Strelinger-Copeland Company of Detroit. He also reports his marriage on April 28, 1928, to Miss Florence Eleanor Fox, a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1921. They were married at the North Woodward Congregational church in Detroit.
And from the Coast comes word from a long-lost member of the class, the first "bunkie" ye Sec. ever had in Hanover, Nord Jordan. Nord, who like us once hailed from the famous "collar city," Troy, N. Y., is now a bakery cost accountant for the Leighton Industries, Inc., of Los Angeles, a leading restaurant chain on the Coast. Nord's home address is 1223 Edmond Drive, Rosemead, Cal.
"Speedy" Fleet says he is "still retailing lumber at Greenport, L. I." "Was at Oky O'Connor's wedding last fall," he writes further, "it was a great party. Met him and his bride in Hanover at the Columbia game along with Johnny Hasbrook and 'Skeets' Mesquita."
Art Ross writes in to say, "There may be a wedding to report shortly," but since then we have heard nothing further on the subject. Art is connected with the War Department in Washington.
Jim Frederickson of Madison, Wis., admits to still being in the lumber business there. Way back last winter we reported that "King" Cole, one of Atlantic City's leading citizens, had to miss out on the annual dinner because of a new arrival in the family, and we promised to get some more information concerning the new member. We never did get around to it, however, and now "King" has helped us out by the good word that "a likely Dartmouth quarterback" arrived on January 26, 1928, in the person of Maurice Y. Cole, Jr.
Joe Vance, the barrister, gives the following data on himself and Detroit: "Still single, and the prospects look good for continuing in that status for a while. Ken Sater dropped into the office on law business from Columbus, Ohio, recently. 'Ky' Frost, 'Fritz' Bornman, and once in a while George Christopher Forman, gather Tuesday at the Dartmouth luncheons here."
From Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Andrew Kuehn 2d sends word of Andrew Kuehn 3d, born December 19, 1924, and Curtis William Kuehn, born March 12, 1928.
Charlie Gilson says: "Recently transferred from New York by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Present job is "office manager of group division, in Pittsburgh."
Henry Palmer gives ye bee. a new home address, 539 Moreley Ave., Akron, Ohio, and explains that signifies a new house. He was recently honored by election to the post of chairman of the Akron section of the American Chemical Society. Henry is chief chemist of the Xylos Rubber Company of Akron.
Stan White reports his marriage on April 23, 1927, to Evelyn W. Barton of Lexington, Mass., and they now have a daughter, Miss Nancy Washburn White, who made her debut March 14, 1928. Stan is an accountant with a business address at 80 Federal St., Boston.
Ken Bean, who is a member of the faculty of the Manchester, N. H., High School West, is serving as faculty manager of athletics at the school. He writes further that he "found Dave Bowen at the Harvard Summer School last summer chasing a degree, and Dave helped me keep cool by taking me for a swim at South Lincoln."
Tracy Higgins, the Brooklyn ink magnate, reports: "Baby and wife fine—business better than ever," and then cordially adds, "Our latch string is always out. Our address is 114 Stratford Road, Flatbush, and Twenty-oners who call will be very welcome."
Walt Wolfe has been appointed psychiatrist to the Children's Court, in New York city.
"Jack" Sercombe's contribution is as follows: "No wedding bells yet. Am still a special accountant for the Union Pacific system, still located at Omaha, and at present am working on disbursements account. Would like to get East and see Hanover again, but with the old home in Portland, Oregon, I usually head west from Omaha instead of east."
Bob Elsasser is again a member of the faculty at Tulane University, New Orleans, this year, after spending three months during the summer working for the federal government as a field agent for the Personnel Classification Board in charge of the Southern district. Bob's job was to collect salary and wage data on professional and clerical employees.
As can be seen from all the above, the class has been responding in great shape for the appeal for news, and ye Sec. both for himself and the class wants to extend thanks for this excellent co-operation. And now the secretarial back bends in a deep bow, and he bids you adieu.
Secretary, 7 Lotus Road, New Rochelle, N. Y
