CLASS of 1918
With another vacation sorrowfully behind us, it again behooves us all to settle down to some real work, this year especially with every one belly-aching his woes. Turning to our trusty Remington, we shall begin to record whatever 1918 news we have at hand, and that seems to be very little.
We heard from George M. Davis early this summer concerning the fact that he had the honor of being elected president of the New Rochelle board of education last spring. His is a sizable job, presiding over the destinies of 10,000 school children and a plant of four high schools, ten grade schools, two special schools, and an operating budget of two million shekels a year. Furthermore, we understand that George is the youngest man ever to have held this position in New Rochelle.
Roy Cleveland reports from Park Ridge, 111., as to the arrival of Hale Middlekauff Cleveland on 5.24.31 with a net weight of 6 lbs. 4 oz.
We have the announcement of the marriage of Tom W. Proctor on June 27 to Miss Constance Sidney Hall at Belvedere Farm, Perryman, Md.
From a booklet issued by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Cos., we learn the fact that Ernie Earley has written the astonishing total of more than $1,500,000 new life insurance during the past year and has added 105 more lives to his safekeeping. How does he do it? Naturally, he has garnered most of the honors bestowed by the company upon its deserving slaves, and ranks third in a host of nearly 1000 agents.
It seems that Stan Jones has been keeping open house this summer at his castle-by-the-sea at Westhampton Beach, L. 1., for a cotillion of New York 'lB-ers. However, the tales of certain quondam guests of his as to the goings-on there would hardly bear repeating in this column.
We hear that Tom Campbell is about to depart for France to spend a year at research and study in chemical engineering.
Jack Hurlbut is still over in France at L'Estello de la Mar, Cannes, near the Italian frontier, and speculates most of the time as to what would happen to his place if France and Italy should some day take a notion to take a swat at each other.
Apropos Europe, your Secretary spent a couple of weeks there himself this summer, ascertaining whether druggists in the old countries are as drugless as that genus of merchant is here. He is constrained to report that as far his researches went he was unable to purchase a good glass of beer at any of the pharmacies that he visited. Its just too bad that these people haven't as yet been Americanized.
Secretary, 953 Madison Ave., New York
