CLASS of 1921
The New York crowd of Twenty-oners began the 1931-32 season of class dinners with a party at the Dartmouth Club on Friday, October 30, the night before the Yale game. Ye sec. had to miss the party, but Vice-president Rex King served in his stead and re- ports that in addition to himself the following were out: Red Kerlin, Rog Wilde, Bunny Gardner, Coot Carder, Bandy Lowe, Sumner Perkins, Cliff Hart, Tom Griffith, Jack Hubbell, Dana Lamb, Norm Kadison, Ort Hicks, Harry Chamberlaine, Doug Storer, and Mac Johnson. Bud Richart had another dinner date, but he dropped in on the party before the proceedings were over, as did King Cole, who was stopping in New York for the night on his way up from Atlantic City to New Haven. Doug Storer had with him those famous characters of radio fame, the Sisters of the Skillet, who did some A No. 1 entertaining for the crowd, and then Josh Davis '27, the erstwhile Dartmouth center, gave the gang a talk on football, and hinted that the metropolitan sport writers who weren't inclined to rate Dartmouth as having much of a chance in the game next day were decidedly off the trail, whereby Josh established himself as being a first-class predictor. The head of the Cornell alumni group in New York was also present, and he gave the boys a talk too, and greatly added to the enjoyment of the evening, which was voted an excellent starter for the season's activities.
Ye sec. also missed the game in the Yale Bowl next day, and like all the others who couldn't make it, is wishing today that his presence had been possible. We did, however, see the Columbia game, which of course was another story. We went up at the last minute and our seat turned out to be on the Columbia side of the field, and though we shifted between the halves to join the Dartmouth rooters, trying to find out where '21 was located proved a riddle we couldn't solve, so we can't give any adequate line on just who was present to shed a few silent tears that grey, dismal fall afternoon. However, we've since learned that Rex King, Ort Hicks, and Coot Carder were among our fellow, though unseen, mourners, and we did spy Frank Taylor in the act of aiding some fair young lady in the jam at the 215th subway entrance after the game. That was some jam too, only equaled by the crush at the entrance of the Nugget when the Talmadge sisters were the heroines of the hour back in '21.
In addition to his excellent report on the first 1921 gathering, Rex King informed us that Doug Storer has a new job. Doug is now connected with the Blackman Advertising Agency, and is in charge of the radio advertising division of that firm. Doug among other things is a director of numerous radio programs, a job for which he is ably fitted, being at present '21's leading authority on radio broadcasting.
Ort Hicks took a business trip recently in that vast region west of Hudson River, and he has given us the following report concerning it. In Harrisburg, Pa., he called on Jimmy Jones, who now has an office at the Pennsylvania state Capitol, being purchasing agent for that state. Ort says Jimmy looks much as he did back in the golden era, and hasn't taken on a lot of weight as so many of the boys have. Journeying west from Harrisburg, Ort next struck Columbus, Ohio, and his report on his visit there has solved a mystery. We'd had word from Ken Sater of a mysterious flash of light that sped up High St. one morning recently and then disappeared, leaving the good Ohioans gaping in amazement, and now it develops that it was Ort paying a visit to the Ohio capital. It seems that Ort swung off a Pennsylvania train about 8:07 one morning and swung aboard another at 9:10, in the meantime making three or four business calls, which explains why he couldn't give us a good account concerning our ex-bunkie and also solve the great Columbus mystery.
In Indianapolis Ort saw Alex Thomas, who is in the metal products business with his father, and in Chicago he spent the evening with that w. k. barrister and ex-treasurer, Ned Price. After a good dinner, the two good Twenty-oners, recalling their days together in Astronomy 2 (or was it 8?), set out to visit the Planetarium, which is a spot you must get Ort to describe to you the next time you see him. Anyway it was closed, but Ort and Ned saw some stars just the same, and they weren't at the end of a cop's nightstick either. Incidentally, Ort informs us that Ned is busily lawyering with his dad in Chicago.
And now for a few other items that have found their way into the secretarial typewriter since last we sat down before it:
Dick Libby pleads guilty to serving as a statistician for the Western Electric Cos. at the New York office at 195 Broadway.
Ken Bean is now submaster of the Manchester (N. H.) High School, West.
Jack Sercombe has been made chief clerk of the law, right of way, tax, and general claim departments of the Union Pacific System. Jack makes his headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
Speaking of railroads, Nels Smith, in addition to serving as an assistant professor of economics at Dartmouth, is a member of the New England governors' railroad committee.
Dr. Hastings Walker is now medical director of the Leahi Home at Honolulu.
George McMillan today sports the title of lubricating engineer for the Standard Oil Company of New York. George's business address is 230 Park Ave., and he now resides at 56 West 11th St., New York city.
Chuck Moreau, the editor of the the Independent Press of Bloomfield, N. J., which incidentally is one of the best weekly newspapers published anywhere in these United States of America, contributes the following item: "Don't believe this was ever reported," Chuck reports: "I was married June 27, 1931, to Miss Christina Eleanor Kreag of Rochester, N. Y. We met on a Wyoming ranch in the summer of 1930. The bride was graduated from Manhattanville College, New York, in June, 1931. We took a wedding trip to Canada, and are now at home to all '21ers at 33 Oakland Ave., Bloomfield."
Dick Barnes has been transferred from Worcester, Mass., to Boston by the Cities Service Refining Cos., for whom he sells industrial and motor oils, and he in turn has transferred his wife and daughter from Worcester to 46 Outlook Drive, Lexington, Mass.
And now ye sec. begs leave to introduce his second daughter and third youngster, Miss Hester Ann Brown, who was born in New Rochelle, N. Y., November 6, 1931.
The class of 1921 was represented at the Holy Cross game among others by Dan Ruggles, who went up with a party from Salem, to stay at Canaan, where they were joined by Ort Hicks, up to Hanover for the D. C. A. meeting. Dan reports that he and Ort conferred at length with Roland Batchelder, settling not only the educational problems of Canaan, where Rollie is principal of the high school, but of most of the country's colleges and universities as well. Incidentally, you boastful fathers, did you know that Rollie is the father of five? Who can beat that? Also up for the week-end were Chick Stiles and Mrs. Stiles, who stayed at Waterbury, Vt., with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ryder, of course taking in the game at Hanover.
This same Chick Stiles, whom we knew as an artist extraordinaire, is now gaining fame as a golfer. Following many fine performances, he wound up the season by tying the record for Bellevue Golf Club at Melrose, with a brilliant 33. Personally we don't believe that even Rynie Rothschild, Ky Frost, Val Grundman, Norm Carver, or any of the other 1921 star golfers are getting many scores below that these days.
Hoyt Marsden is now living in Springfield, Mass., having returned from Chicago, where he was with the Dennison Manufacturing Co.
The Boston '21 crowd had their annual banquet at the University Club on Friday evening, November 6, the eve of the Harvard game, with sixteen in attendance. They were as follows: Eli Smith, Pran Cosgrove, Russ Bailey, Chan Symmes, Charley Johnson, Bob Mayo, Tom Cleveland, Bill Fowler, Dan Ruggles, Dean Patch, El Harper, Chan Cavis, Nels Smith, Tom Norcross, Manny Manchester, and Reg Miner. Following the dinner, Charley Johnson showed the Tenth Reunion movies, which proved most interesting, and after that '21 got together with the class of '19, who had also a banquet at the University Club that evening.
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