CLASS OF 1926
"Dear Chuck, If the College publishes a new edition of living alumni, my name ought to be included. All of which and however is to convey to all parties interested and involved that I am still around. And say, Chuck, if you are gathering data for voluntary candidates for honorary degree of D.C. (Delinquent Constituents) you might add my name on record card SN3456 (Kardex System of Quick Reference) that I do not owe Sid any money.
My name is on pay roll No. 200 of the New England Tel & Tel Company but I am working under my boss and for my pay. Some of us work for almost nothing, don't we?
The last time I saw Ethel she was still wearing a ring that is the conventional way of saying "sunk." It is my ring, if you know what I mean; but she is the one that's sunk. I might check up over the week-end to find out if I am still married to be engaged, or what have you, if any.
I am feeling fine, Chuck, and voted the ticket my great-grandfather voted because my sister-in-law's mother's uncle said I ought to do it. Check off the following as being existing member of the class, Chuck. You see I want everyone in that new list that is coming out.
All of which gets back to my starting point, and beyond that there is nothing, for this is my first report. Don't acknowledge, Chuck. Just let me see my name in the MAG.
REG HANSON"
"Dear Sid, Since leaving college I have met only two members of the class of 1926 so you can imagine how the ALUMNI MAGAZINE made me homesick the other day. These two members were Bill Nigh (a couple of years ago in McCloud, Calif.) and Les McFadden (last summer in Los Angeles).
I am doing my daily toil in Salina, Kansas, struggling in the grasp of one of those soulless corporations the Union Pacific R.R., and will probably remain here as long as the Octopus continues to do me the honor of grasping.
Yours,
WALTER R. ARMSTRONG JR., Ass't Engineer U.P.R.R. Salina, Kansas"
Above two documents are taken from a rare collection of hand-written letters from the famous collection of Twentysixianna. The class will note the interesting tendencies of the writers of these rare epistles: (1) a distinct desire to report fully on their activities since college graduation, (2) a genuine feeling for their class and college which seems to have driven them to pen and paper. We are exceedingly fortunate in having obtained these specimens for the readers of this column and we insist that there is absolutely no moral to be had from this quaint peep into the pages of the great.
Chapter Two
All heartiest congratulations to Richard Lattimore who joins that little salon composed of '26 men at the English universities. Richard will go as a Rhodes man from Indiana, where he at present is a member of the faculty of Wabash College.
Interested parties may find Henry Lamb at the Y.M.C.A. in Pawtucket, R. I.
The faculty of Albany Business College has Prentiss Carnell, a graduate of the Tuck School of Business Administration, as teacher there.
Donald Steele is now enrolled at the Harvard Business School after carrying title of "Spe'cial Agent" for the Aetna Casualty. Don studies during the morning hours and wholesales United States shares, investments, trusts, etc., to dealers in and around Boston.
Richard Major persists in selling lithography for Rode and Brand, N. Y. Mr. Major has procured an order while with above concern.
The following represent additional subscribers to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE: William Viall, Per Johnson, Dick Husband, Bob May, Stew Orr, Doc Wright, John Greene, Bill Nigh, Charlie Singleton, Tubber Weymouth.
"Miss Ellis is married to Mr. Treadwell"— headlines from society columns of Boston. Miss Mildred Ellis was a graduate of the Ascension School. Mr. Treadwell is a Dartmouth '26 man and a graduate of Babson Institute '27.
Mr. Henry Whittemore, a classmate of Mr. Treadwell's, assisted at the above wedding. Mr. Whittemore's ordinary pursuit is that of rapid figure calculator for Kidder, Peabody and Company of Boston.
Mr. Tubber Weymouth has been recalled to the main offices of the S. D. Warren Company, papermakers, after traveling Eastern villages and cities for a year or more.
Mr. Singleton is now with the R. H. Macy Company of New York and living at 204 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y., where he would be glad to receive letters from other men of his class in college.
President Everett writes that all along the Merrimac is practically perfect. He is anxious that our "third" be all that it should be. He says, "I have just been in New Haven and Boston playing 'shinny' with the University Club of Boston for the third year. Monday night we trimmed Harvard 4-3."
Listen, classmates, Doug, Sid, Win, Obbie, and I want Clyde Hall to be chairman of the Third Reunion Committee. I wrote a long and complimentary letter to Hall asking him in a nice way to accept this office and the poor stupe writes that he feels he is not free to take the job. Doug promised in his letter that he knew of no better selection than his old Marathon roommate. Can this man Hall plead business and get away with it? I am sure that with Clyde in Boston, Doug in Concord, Sid in Hanover and assistant vice-presidents in New York, Chicago and on the Pacific Coast we could count on a simple, reasonable, and effective reunion with a modicum of effort. It devolves on each of you to persuade Hall and we will have a reunion.
These be the class news and notes for February.
Secretary, 7991 Hartwick St., Detroit, Mich.
