CLASS of 1910
Bunny Armstrong is an optimist. He writes: "Busted twenty-five years ago and busted now. The next twenty-five years ought to be much easier. Change residence address from Beach Bluff, Mass., to Friendship, Me., my new legal address. Am pleased to advise that I am running for board of selectmen and will let you know the results after town meeting day next March." Well, here's one vote for Bunny if he will give us a new plank sidewalk on tother end of Main St.
Larry and Mrs. Bankart and those two splendid young daughters, Misses Deborah and Betsy, spent a month this summer "dude ranching" at A Bar, A Ranch Encampment, Wyoming. That family sure knows its horses, and perhaps will stage a private rodeo for Tenners at the TwentyFifth.
Squire Hobbs of Somerville rates his name in a recent issue of Time.
Harry Wells and committee completed early in June the setting of the 1910 Bronze Memorial Tablet in the main entrance of Memorial Field at Hanover.
At the rear left on one of the supporting piers you will find a beautiful tablet with the following inscription:
IN PROUD MEMORY Died in Service KENNEDY CONKLINTHOMAS KNOXSTURGIS PISHONBATMOND THOMPSON"They shook from their wingsThe dust of their bodies." This Tribute from their Classmates in 1910
Harry with his usual attention to details did a fine job. Ben Williams wrote the inscriptions.
A1 Salmon has joined company with Henry H. Fish to form Fish, Salmon, and Cos. for the purpose of dealing in bonds and investment stocks with offices at 75 Federal St., Boston. The piscine family should be well represented in that outfit—and anyway we wish A 1 all of the luck in the world in his new business.
Jim Porter, Smokes' Magnate Extraordinary, vice-president and general manager of Waitt and Bond, continues his skyward writing by having been elected president of Congress Cigar Cos. not long ago. Jim retains his Waitt and Bond connections, and just adds this presidency as a pastime to take up his slack minutes. It has been a smoky old world for most of us since the stock market crash of 1929, which a lot of people seem to think is the only crash that ever happened yet old Jim Porter cashes in on smoke, and enjoys his sailing, fishing, and golfing to boot.
Speaking of fishing reminds me of "General" Grant, who fishes in Lake Winnepesaukee when he is not advertising and selling shoes by the factory output. "General" in one day at the lake caught one 7 lb., 7 oz. lake trout—two weighing 5 lbs. each, and two between and 4 lbs. The "Gen'l" wins the Old Bamboo unless someone can displace him.
The Commencement issue of the Dartmouth Pictorial contained a picture of Fletch Burton's oldest daughter, Miss Elizabeth Carolyn—she having attended the Green Key dance at Hanover. Mr. and Mrs. Fletch had three daughters before Fletch, Jr., came along to act as their contribution to the Dartmouth student body of about 1940.
A considerable portion of the populaceand particularly those having a preponderance of the female species in their offspring-think something ought to be done about changing entrance requirements at Dartmouth. On the other hand such men as Herb Wolff and Thayer Smith, who can send up family basketball teams and the like, claim that they will have more tranquility of mind with requirements unchanged.
Nate Sherman is selling a lot of Chevrolets in Braintree.
"Heinie" Barrett and Harriette Mary Gray were united in marriage at Ottawa, Ohio, on June 3. They are at home at 415 Burns Drive, Detroit. All Tenners send their sincere congratulations and best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. "Heinie."
Allen Dorr, the perennial youth who sells butter and eggs by airplane, paid me a nice call this summer. We had a fine visit. After his departure some of my friends wanted to know who that "youngster" was. Many a woman would sell her husband if she could get Al's recipe and make it work on her own face.
"Juddy" needs some money for the treasury to clean up last year's bills. Address, Harold L. Judd, 1100 Forest Road, Lakewood, Ohio.
Leo Sherman came east from Grinnell, lowa, to attend the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society at Buffalo. He and family spent August at West Rupert, Vt.
Karl Maerker opines that Pineapple Hank and Treasurer Judd play some tough bridge along the shores of Lake Erie. He did not say how much the Cleveland entertainment cost him.
"Heinie" Hobbs, our freshman president, and Floyd Barnet have "gone west" to join "Spuddy," "Kid" Stuart, Jack Field, John Ferguson, and other Tenners who are now in the Great Beyond. Detailed obituaries are on the Necrology pages. Four Tenners in just a few months seems like a heavy toll.
As we grow older and experience the joys and sorrows of life, each departure from our ranks seems to strike a new and deeper chord in our souls.
"Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead—he is just away!" Riley.
Send in news items about yourself—your family—other Tenners.
Ben Williams was quoted at considerable length in the May issue of the Bridge World. It appears that Ben is a bridge expert who has developed a system somewhat of his own. Ted Baldwin, Guy Spokesfield, and "Wilk" have a way of getting together out on the Coast whenever there is any semblance of an excuse—something like that Twin City outfit composed of Nick Carter, Ken Phelps, "Bard," Mike Elliott, and Noah Foss who, we hope, will carry on and enlarge their activities of last year.
One of my old trade associations teachings was that "associations prosper in adversity, and die in prosperity." Why not try that out in class circles? In times of depression a man is less independent and more susceptible to the good fellowship that comes from contacts with personal and business friends.
A cheery greeting and a firm handshake from one Tenner to another always strike deeply—and as we mellow with age, they mean more to us all. Occasional group luncheons in Boston, New York, Cleveland, Chicago, and other places will reward those who attend.
Harold Winship is connected with the Maxwell-Davis, Inc., advertising agency, of Hartford, Conn., which is a very well known outfit in that territory. Win's long sales experience with Landers, Frary, and Clark of New Britain has served him well in obtaining some nice accounts. He lives at 588 Broadview Terrace in Hartford, has a son who will be ready for the 1940 Dartmouth contingent, and gets a lot of fun from a fine flower and fruit garden. Like Russ Meredith, he is one of the Tenners who has kept up his music in local circles, and after two years' work has written a three-stanza song entitled "The Fellowship of Song." Tenners will do well to look up Win when in Hartford.
We hear that our two orchardists in Massachusetts, Type Hitchcock at Gilbertville and Sid Bull at Lexington, have some great places. Both have gone into raising highgrade fruits—and we hear that Sid wins plenty of first prizes in shows where he exhibits —also getting top Boston prices for his products. We do not happen to know whether Type exhibits at the shows, but if he does, his fruit is among the top-notchers.
Guy Spokesfield, humdinger Tenner of the Pacific Coast, suggests that all Tenners or Dartmouth men who ever get in or near San Francisco look for DARTMOUTH ASSOCIATION in the telephone directory, put in a call and get the secretary, who will tell you where the weekly luncheon is held and contact you with any Dartmouth men you wish to see.
Frank Meleney and Kid Fowler were among the summer visitors at Hanover.
John Brooks is one of the substantial citizens of Claremont, N. H.
Jack Dingle, Chicago insurance man, takes an occasional trip to the West Indies, where jet-black people speak perfect English. Jack's son, John, now at Culver, is slated to enter Dartmouth in the fall of 1933.
Pres. Pineo's nine-year-old son Jim is a delightful little chap. I ran across him and Pineo at Albany in June as they were en route on a fishing trip by launch to Lake Champlain. It was Jim's first real fishing trip, and he sort of showed up the rest by catching the first fish.
Too much praise cannot be given Andy Scarlett for the splendid job he did as Class Agent. Andy put 1910 over the top with contributions of $5,050. Only two classes had larger subscriptions—1911 maintained its previous fine record by raising $5,613.50, this being the occasion of its Twentieth-—and 1900, always a generous giver, came through with $5,500. 1900 raised its funds from 102 members and 1911 from 148—both having higher average subscriptions. Andy put 1910 in third place by raising $5,050 from 185 subscribers, which was a truly remarkable accomplishment in a year like this. He modestly claims that his assistants did the job, but any class that can get 22 more subscribers than in the previous year must have a guiding hand that is just about right.
To Tenners who are unable to visit Hanover frequently the following changes will be of interest—new addition to Gym for squash courts—new post office on lower Main St. at insertion of street to Leb—College milk pasteurization plant near the heating plantnew nine-hole golf course near the Vale of Tempe ready about July, 1932-—new water mains and cement sidewalks—some new store fronts on Main St.—remodeling of Reed—and a well-grown grass lawn where once stood the College church.
25 YEARS AGO
It will be the intention of your Secretary to run this sub-column in fitting anniversary of our matriculation 25 years ago. Its continuation and size will depend largely on its reception by the class.
To date considerable information has been gathered from college authorities, enthusiastic class members, memorabilia books, the Aegis, college catalogues, and old issues of the Weekly Dartmouth and the Hanover Gazette.
The class of 1910 entered college on September 20, 1906, with 355 men, which was the largest freshman class to that time by nearly 50 men and which continued to be one of the largest classes for the following decade.
Such an increase revealed the momentum which Dr. Tucker's policy of bearing down on admission requirements and increasing the enrollment was gaining.
Frank Basil Tracy in a carefully written article in the Boston Transcript of October 20, 1906, reviews the enrollments of 25 leading colleges and universities throughout the country. Dartmouth stood third with 14% increase. Mr. Tracy in giving reasons for the gain says it lies wholly in the enthusiasm of the alumni of the college and in the personality of its president.
Three hundred and fifty-five soup-green Freshmen varying geographically from A 1 Barker of New Vineyard, Me., to Winsor Wilkinson of Berkeley, Cal., landed smack in the middle of the Hanoverian landscape they moved trunks, they bought radiators and useless articles aplenty, they took it on both extremities of the body for just about 24 hours, when they organized as a mighty mob and "took nothing no more."
The conservative Hanover Gazette of September 27, 1906, states: "At the football rush between the sophomore and freshman classes on the campus last week Thursday evening the class of 1910 carried off the honors and the ball—contrary to the usual result in the contests." And what a brawl!
After this things moved rapidly in all directions—the annual reception of the Dartmouth Christian Association to freshmen in Bartlett Hall was a "very pleasing and successful affair"—Dartmouth Night-varsity football included the following Tenner candidates —Guards, Fat Douglas; Tackles, Heinie Hobbs, Dud Kohler; Ends, Chan Baxter, Charlie Gibson, Harry Hunter, Bill Harlow, Fat Lee, Cy Richmond, Clarke Tobin; Quarterbacks, Hank Haserot, Tom Heneage, Ted Baldwin; Backs, Larry Bankart, Kid Stuart, Jim Baldwin, Horace Chadbourne, Bill Dudley, Harry Driver, Eck Hiestand, Cap Hedges, Leo McCusker, Babe Steward.
The class of 1910 tax collectors appointed were Floyd Barnet, Maurice Blake, Jim Everett, Jack Field, Walter Norton, A1 Salmon, and Bob Woodcock.
Harmony Morse recognized early in our career the unusual musical talent, and filled seven of the eleven vacancies in the Mandolin Club with George Thurber, Bones Jones, Sumner Lloyd, Ken Phelps, Chet Scott, Jim Young, and Inky Taylor.
Tenners to make the Glee Club were Guy Carpenter, Marshall Comstock, Albie Coleman, Babe Steward, and Russ Meredith.
The class of 1910 wallops 'O9 by taking two out of three games in fall baseball seriesalter Norton starred in all three contestsLefty West won the first game with Tommy Leonard as his catcher—Jim Porter pitched the third and deciding game.
In college choir we placed Guy Carpenter, Albie Coleman, George Gonyer, Marshall Comstock, Russ Meredith, Win Nay, and Fritz Rainey. Debating showed Cliff Lyon, Ski Shaw, Jim Lowell, Arthur Yergin, Gay Gleason, Buck Allen, Bill Knapp, Ben Williams, Ed Raabe, Maurice Blake, Dave Johnson, Ken Knapp, Elmer Curts, Fritz Johnson, Stafford Johnson, and Fletch Burton.
Freshmen clean up the fall track meetJohn Bredemus winning 11 points in the pole vault, hammer, and shot—Nate Sherman, 10 points in the 100, broad and high jumps, and high hurdles—Keith Pevear, 10 points in the hammer and shot—Cy Richmond took second place in the 220—Hunter (do not know whether it was Bob or Harry), third in the 880—Guy Spokesfield in tie for second in mile—Jack Thomes tied for second in high jump.
Class meeting elected "Heinie" Hobbs, president; Larry Bankart, vice-president; Cy Richmond, secretary; Jack Dingle, treasurer —and $1 tax was voted. *
Max Stanton won individual golf championship at New England Intercollegiates.
Dartmouth under the leadership of Johnny Glaze opened its 1906 football season by defeating Norwich by one touchdown with no goal—s-0. The following men were in the game:—le, Kennedy, Richmond; It, Dodge; Ig, Blake; c, Dillingham, Brusse; rg, M. Smith, Douglas; rt, Lang; re, Prichard, Ruxton; qb, Glaze, McDevitt; lhb, Bankart, Dudley, Lord; rh, Heneage, Stewart (probably Stuart); fb, Greenwood, Storrs, Hathaway.
Vermont was trimmed on the following Wednesday, 8-0, Coach Folsom using practically the same men with Jim Baldwin getting a chance at fullback.
On the next Saturday Holy Cross was downed, 16-0—several new faces appearing; —le, DeAngelis, Tobin; It, Hobbs, Dodge; lg, Blake, C. Smith; c, Dillingham, Brusse; rg, M. Smith, Brusse, Douglas; rt, Lang; re, Prichard, Ruxton; qb, Glaze; lh, Steward; rh, Bankart; fb, Greenwood, Hathaway. Clarke Tobin was given a try at end; Heinie Hobbs was first string tackle; Fat Douglas, Babe Steward, and Larry Bankart being the other Tenners to play.
If you fellows like this sub-column and want it continued, send in all sorts of anecdotes, historical references, and the like which CAN BE PUBLISHED. Lack of space compels me to sign off until next month.
A few prize photos or snapshots could be used to very good advantage.
