CLASS of 1910
Andy Scarlett—depression proof collector and Chem. Prof, at Hanover—has consented to act as class agent again next year. That means continued success for 1910. By the way, Mr. and Mrs. Andy are doing a good job contacting freshman sons of Tenners and giving them a homelike feed once in a while. Great couple, that!
A recent issue of the Hanover Gazette contains the following item:
"Ben Ames Williams, Dartmouth '10, summer resident of Lake Winnipesaukee, has devised a new system of contract bridge, we are informed by the Laconia Citizen, which further says that he has sold a magazine description of it for ten cents a word to the extent of 30,000 words."
Better than penny a point—and just a bit safer.
Class news and plenty of it is needed. Send some along to our Secretary.
Harold Winship is now with the Hartford Printing Co. of Hartford, Conn., as account representative. He is singing again with the Choral Club of Hartford.
We hear that Joe Kinney's son—Ritchieis enrolled at Clark School preparatory to entering Dartmouth next fall. Joe and family summer at Elkins, N.. H.
Fritz Rainey spent the summer doing archaeological work in Belgium and Germany. Going abroad seems to be his annual habit.
Charlie Libbey used his son's matriculation as a freshman for an excuse to visit Hanover this fall. No man can have a better reason for visiting the scenes of his college days.
Bill Taylor has gone and done it—after several hundred years of habitual bachelorhood, and in the big cities at that—he fell, and he fell good and hard.
We are indebted to a little bird for the following from a Springfield, 111., paper:
"MISS ELLA CHAPIN BECOMES BRIDE OF WILBUR L. TAYLOR
"In a simple ceremony at noon today at the home of her parents, Miss Ella Chapin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Chapin, 728 Fayette Aye., became the bride of Wilbur L. Taylor of Lawrence, Mass. Rev. John T. Thomas, pastor of First Presbyterian church, officiated. There were no attendants.
"Preceding the ceremony a short recital was given by Miss Wilma Hunter. Her numbers included: 'Oh Promise Me' (DeKoven); 'Sweetest Story Ever Told' (Stults); and 'I Love You Truly' (Bond), piano; 'Because' (D'Hardelot), voice. During the ceremony she played 'At Dawning' (Cadman), the bridal chorus from 'Lohengrin' (Wagner), was used for the processional and Mendelssohn's march for the recessional.
"The bride was attired in a white lace frock with matching accessories and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses.
"Following the ceremony luncheon was served with covers laid for 35 guests. The couple departed on a wedding trip to northern points and afterwards will reside in Chicago.
"Mrs. Taylor has been engaged in X-ray work in Chicago for several years. Mr. Taylor was graduated from Dartmouth College and is manager of the Chicago branch of the Archer Daniels Midland Company."
The class extends its hearty congratula- tions to Bill and Ella!
Gay Gleason, Tommy Leonard, Shing Sherwin, Ed Shattuck, Ben Williams, Slip Powers, and Jim MacPherson were among the Tenners reported at the Holy Cross game.
The sympathy of the class goes to Art Lord, who lost his mother in mid-October. Many of the class will remember Mrs. Lord as a kindly lady who was always interested in the college. Her husband, the late Professor John K. Lord, who passed away in 1926, taught Latin to Tenners, and had a host of friends among us.
Far-away Tenners will be interested to know that the student body still breaks up town meetings in Hanover and holds football rallies. A boisterous student protest against proposed action for a new high school compelled the voters to adjourn their meeting until Christmas vacation began and the students left town.
A monster rally was held before the Yale game. Coach Jack Cannell condemned the student critics, but said that the size and spirit of the rally convinced him that the old Dartmouth spirit was returning. It was the greatest demonstration in six years with a large bonfire and 2,000 students participating in a torchlight parade.
"Lefty" West is hustling up business for the Erie. He can tell you why the Erie is a better, bigger, saner, and safer railroad since he joined the forces many decades ago. "Lefty" and Jack Dingle reune in. Chicago occasionally.
A Library Bulletin of Baker Library con- tains the following, which will be of interest to all Tenners:
"THE FERGUSON ROOM
"Who are the privileged ones? That's what a lot of people are asking about a certain room that has been set aside on the top floor of the library for the use of faculty and honors students in the social sciences. The whole trouble begins right here with this phrase 'social sciences.' Define social sciences as those which 'treat of man as a member of a group,' and it is difficult to deny any one a place in the sun. First comes along a protesting group which is not among the elect, as far as the Ferguson Room is concerned, but which claims to be the point de depart of all social science. Next there is a group which uses the College catalogue to prove that all the social sciences taught at Dartmouth rest upon its introductory course. To date the linguistic departments have not tried to make a sesame out of humanism, nor have the physical and chemical sciences been heard from, although they must shoulder a pretty heavy responsibility for the creation of this machine age which provides the social scientists with most of their problems.
"Down at Yale there is a new Institute of Human Relations which has gradually taken one thing after another under its protective wing until it looks like Yale University all over again. With due respect for the spirit of kinship that is abroad, it would have been necessary to draw the line somewhere, as far as the Ferguson Room is concerned, to prevent overcrowding. As a matter of fact the use of the room is, by the request of the donor of the money used in equipping it, limited to the departments of economics, history, political science, and sociology. For faculty and honors students in these fields it provides a secluded and comfortable place for the study of outstanding books in the four special fields to which the Room is devoted, and for occasional social gatherings.
"The bronze tablet installed reads as follows:
The room also contains a collection of books donated in memory of E. Phelps Johnson of the class of 1912.
Tom Heneage is an insurance specialistoperating out of No. 120 South LaSalle St., Chicago. That boy sure can operate.
Harry Sandberg, who was John Barrett's right-hand man for many years with PanAmerican activities, can be found with SpeakO-Phone Recording Studios, Greylock Building, 201 West 49th St., New York city.
"Surplus" Judd needs money with which to pay class bills. A check mailed to H. L. Judd, 1100 Forest Road, Lakewood, Ohio, will do the job.
Robert Reynolds, Rollie's sophomore son at Dartmouth, was listed in "Men of Outstanding Scholastic Achievement" for his scholastic work during freshman year.
Rollie—largely because of his Shurtleff House training—is doing a good job with his family. Fourteen-year-old George crossed the country in an auto this summer, and then sailed with a group of boys from Seattle to Saguenay. The young daughter of the family was a member of Children's Tour, conducted under auspices of the Horace Mann School, Six weeks were spent living with German children and contacting child life in Germany.
Rollie says that the experiment was more than successful, and if continued on a larger scale would be greater assurance against future wars than any adult peace society could hope to be.
While the children were away, the rest of the Reynolds family fished in Vermont—as is testified by a certain snapshot showing certain fish which might have been borrowed for the occasion. Anyway, Rollie submitted a picture—whereas and whyfore General Grant and "Easty" failed to. Possession of the "Old Bamboo" may yet be in doubt.
"Bard" and wife are supposed to have come East from Minneapolis on a business trip in interests of Bardwell-Robinson Co., large manufacturers and jobbers of sash, doors, and mouldings—but a published tracer of the trip would show their auto in Hanover for the week-end of the Lebanon Valley game and in New Haven seven days later. Some business trip!
The following Tenners were reported running around the Yale Bowl on a memorable afternoon not so long ago—George Chamberlin, Walter Norton, Dixi Crosby, "Type" Hitchcock, Pineo Jackson, Rollie Reynolds, Obbie Coleman, Doc Foster, Ralph Paine, Mickey Holmes, George Thurber, Clarke Tobin, Joe Kinney, Gay Gleason, and Win Nay.
Dusty Craft left his lily-white home town for the game, and we hear that Slip Powers, Fletch Burton, "Bard," Herb Wolff, and Ray Seymour had their wives and other members of their families along.
We would be glad to receive names of unreported Tenners who enjoyed the festivities.
It appears that Bob MacPherson, son of our James Eben, is playing great football this fall for Framingham High. Bob plays quarter—well, read some of these press notices for yourself.
"Coach Daniels followed his plan of holding Bob MacPherson by his side during the first few minutes, and then sending him in to cash in on the drive he always seems to get out of the team. This plan has worked out in the Gardner, Marlboro, Worcester, and Fitchburg games, as long marches and scores have usually been the result.
"Head Coach Amiot of Fitchburg High said after the game: 'MacPherson's choice of plays was hard for us to solve, and I have never seen his kicking excelled on any schoolboy gridiron.' "
25 YEARS AGO
The big class affair of November was the freshman-sophomore football game, which went down in history as one of the scrappiest street brawls ever played on a gridiron. Because of tensity of feeling, officials well able to take care of themselves and a few underclassmen to boot were selected. Big Bill Clough was Umpire—Harry McDevitt, Referee—Head Coach Folsom of the varsity was impounded as Head Linesman and Timekeeper, while Kid Richardson and Bullock were Linesmen.
The sophomores searched their ranks most carefully, and drew forth Dutch Schildmiller who was an All-America end the following season; Reggie Bankart, another varsity player; Jimmie Turner, a former Northwestern half-back and a football player worthy of a job on most college teams; Dick Lord, small but tough; Cap Kelly and others
the complete lineup as shown in the summary being: Ross, Swenson, le; Schildmiller, It; Bankart, lg; Thomas, c; Bell, Oatharin, rg; Schofield, rt; Burns, re; Kelly, qb; Lord, Johnson, lh; Turner, Patterson, rh; Leighton, Marshall, fb.
1910 had these men in the game— Walter Norton, Ward Meagher, re; Roge Pierce, Charlie Gibson, rt; Lennie McClintock, rg; Don Palmer, c; Storm Josselyn, Ernest Cushman, lg; Dick Floyd, Dud Kohler, It; Tommie Leonard, Chan Baxter, Hunter, le: Spuddy Pishon, Tom Heneage, qb; Eck Hiestand, rh; Pip Cowan, Clarence Peattie, lh; Heinie Hyde, Joe Kinney, fb.
The Dartmouth said of the game: "The freshman team, although out-weighed and out-classed in all departments, played a brilliant defensive game, holding their opponents again and again when a touchdown seemed certain. "Finally, the freshmen took the ball away from the sophomores through a field goal falling short, and then in punting out of danger, the ball was blocked by Dutch Schildmiller, it rolling behind the goal line where A 1 Schofield fell on it for a touchdown. Reggie Bankart kicked the point—thus permitting a '09 victory.
Zowee, what a game! Scrap, scrap, SCRAP! Tommie Leonard was removed with a severe blow in the eye, and Ross '09 was taken to the hospital with a dislocated elbow. Bruises, batters, black eyes, and arnica were the highlights for many days to come as a result of the 20- and 15-minute halves—no quarters then and NO QUARTER WAS ASKED OR GIVEN—of turbulent footballing.
At this point permit me to say that TheDartmouth is the authority used for names in everything pertaining to College athletic and non-athletic activities. Corrections of any kind are always welcome.
While on the subject of football we will trace the varsity team through its closing days of a most disastrous season. After the disappointing Williams tie, Princeton loomed large on the horizon.
On November 3, Dartmouth was snowed under to the tune of 42 to 0 at one of the most powerful and aggressive football aggregations the orange and black ever had. Such names as Eddie Dillon, Cooney, Harlan, McCormick, and others.
The Dartmouth summary was—Prichard, Stearns, DeAngelis, re; Lang, rt; M. K. Smith, Baldwin, rg; Brusse, c; McDonald, Pevear, lg; Pevear, C. Smith, It; Hobbs, Kennedy, le; Glaze, qb; Stuart, rh; Bankart, Driver, lh; Greenwood, fb.
Capt. Glaze played one of the best games of his career. Dartmouth's longest gain was a thirty-yard run by Kid Stuart.
On Nov. 10, Amherst was defeated 4 to 0 in one of the bright spots of the 1906 season, Johnny Glaze for the second time during the season winning his own game with a field goal. Tenners mentioned for playing smart football that day were Kid Stuart, Harry Driver, Heinie Hobbs, and Keith Pevear—the first name furnished the spectacular features with runs of 35 and 42 yards.
Amherst was captained by the well-known John Hubbard. Heinie Hobbs lost his trousers, and had to have mid-field replacements from Fat Douglas.
The summary was—DeAngelis, le; Hobbs, It; Pevear, lg; Brusse, c; Tobin, rg; Lang, rt; Prichard, re; Glaze, qb; Driver, Bankart lh; Stuart, rh; Greenwood, Hathaway, fb.
On November 17 (and how's that for a Harvard date) we were defeated at Cambridge by a 22 to 9 score without the services of Capt. Glaze, who had not recovered from injuries received in the Amherst game. However, Harry McDavitt did a fine job in his place. Dartmouth scored on a field goal by McDavitt, and a forward pass from the same player to Ben Lang. (Can you imagine Ben as a receiver of passes nowadays?)
The Dartmouth summary was Prichard, re; Lang, rt; Tobin, rg; Brusse, c; Pevear, Blake, lg; Hobbs, C. W. Smith, It; DeAngelis, le; McDevitt, qb; Stuart, Steward, rh; Driver, Heneage, lh; Greenwood, Hathaway, fb.
On November 24 Brown walloped Dartmouth for the first time in five years. Crippled by the loss of Capt. Glaze and completely outplayed by a superior team, the Green had but one chance to score in the entire game.
The summary was—Prichard, Stearns, re; Lang, rt; Tobin, M. K. Smith, rg; Brusse, c; Pevear, McDonald, lg; no left tackles are listed but they were probably Heinie Hobbs and C. W. Smith; Kennedy, Jennings, le; McDevitt, Brooks, qb; Stuart, rh; Driver, Heneage, lh; Greenwood, Hathaway, Storrs, fb.
Thus ended a Dartmouth season that was very unsuccessful in the winning game column. Green material and injuries raised havoc with victories, but the College stood squarely behind the team and coaches. The coaching staff had been comprised of F. G. Folsom '95, head coach; Ralph Glaze '06, Walter Lillard '05, and Jess Gage '06, assistants—all men of ability.
Letters were granted to Johnny Glaze, Ivan Greenwood, Rube Prichard, Jerry Macdonald, Harry McDevitt, Chauncey Smith, Morris Smith, Henry Blake, Gene Brooks, Harry Storrs, Bill Jennings, Pat Hathaway, and Rip Heneage, all seniors; Charles De Angelis and Mike Stearns of the juniors; Ben Lang, Knuck Kennedy, and Joe Brusse of '09; and Heinie Hobbs, Keith Pevear, Clarke Tobin, Harry Driver, and Kid Stuart of 1910. Johnny Glaze was elected captain.
The fall season had introduced us to the late "Gig" Gallagher, who had no superior as a cheer leader; Paul Pelt, inimitable trombonist, band leader, and everything else that was funny; Tony and his dog, Si. Mention should also be made of the dog Skeet, who was omnipresent day or night, trailing across the gridiron during a game or waiting at the chapel doors.
An early Hanover snowstorm brought us plenty of recognition through a scathing editorial in The Dartmouth because of alleged failure to shovel snow from the campus to permit varsity football practice.
George Howard, now president of the powerful United Corporation, was editor-inchief of the paper. A week later an apology was made when it was discovered that a shortage of shovels prevented more men from working.
Anyway, the following editorial was good reading then—and even better now:
"1910. They say that your glory has departed. Such indeed are the evidences. You contributed liberally to the support of the athletic finances; you have followed the teams well. But you have failed utterly to comprehend the significance of a simple call to duty. You were notified, every man of you, you were requested personally to aid in cleaning the snow from the oval. And you responded how well? Fifteen, by actual count, fifteen out of your total three hundred and fifty turned out with boots and shovels. Two years ago hundreds of men worked ceaselessly even by the light of torches, until the oval was entirely cleared of its snow. They say that you are quitters. You have indeed failed to respond as you ought to have responded. But let the past be remembered, and in the future do not forget that it is your business, especially your business, to act always loyally and enthusiastically in such capacities."
If you like this, you should be willing to help it along by contributing either a bit of ancient reminiscences or a modern news item. The life of a class secretary is ever one of worry as to where enough items are coming from for the next issue. Some of you guys might loosen up enough to shoot in some personal news.
1910 Tetiner TopicsSecretary Hap" Hin manBarre,Vt.
Secretary, 168 Hill St., Barre, Vt.
IN COMMEMORATION OP THE AFFECTION FOR THE COLLEGE OF JOHN ALVA FERGUSON, 1888-1925, CLASS OF 1910, THIS ROOM HAS BEEN FURNISHED AND EQUIPPED THROUGH A GIFT BY HIS FATHER
