CLASS OF 1903
In the November issue notice was made of the success of Helen Jones in the tennis world. Helen is the fourteen-year-old daughter of Philip N. Jones of Beach Bluff, Mass. Since winning the Junior State Tournament last summer, Miss Jones has played in the National Junior Tournament at Philadelphia and in the winter tournament for girls at Longwood, Mass. In the Longwood tournament Miss Jones was beaten in the finals, but showed a strong game against a much older adversary.
On December 20 Mr. George William Patch and Miss Margaret Merwin were married in New York city. The congratulations and best wishes of the class are heartily extended to George and Margaret, and the promise of a warm welcome into the class family is given for 1933, the time of our next reunion. George has been teaching since 1928 at Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
On Wednesday, January 28, the Dartmouth Alumni Association of New York and vicinity fed the hungry hundreds of graduates at the Hotel Plaza. After the repast President Hopkins, Governor Roosevelt, and Professor Lingley advised and exhorted them all to shed pessimism and to become optimistic. Of the nineteen 1903 men listed as in New York and vicinity there were seven hungry-looking fellows present, as follows: Ray Brown, Harold Hess, Charlie Chedel, Kid Cohen, Bolz French, Buck Lewers, and Win Rice. (My New York correspondent says that the 1903 delegation was placed well up in the bread line, not because of any well merited honor but due solely to gray hairs and a bald head.) But to continue in the words of my correspondent: "Dr. Chedel surprised us by coming in from Wesleyan headquarters at Middletown, Conn., and looked and talked well and happy and prosperous, due doubtless to the epidemic of infantile paralysis, which unfortunately has been brought under control. Kid Cohen, Bolz French, and Buck Lewers held earnest reminiscence of the Tenth, and gave evidence of their continued progress and prosperity. Buck spoke proudly of his two fine daughters, but bemoaned the fact that he could not send them to Dartmouth. Bolz enthusiastically defended the course of the American Tel. & Tel. in buying up all the independent 'phone lines in New England, and really made us believe that you New Englanders would suffer greatly if you interfered in any way with such purchase and operation. Kid Cohen is beautifully preserved, and immaculately dressed as always. Ray Brown, Harold Hess, and Win Rice preserved the dignity of the table with the help of four 1904 men, McKennis, Streeter, Woodbridge, and one other, who shared it with us. Harold Hess reported that his business was unusually good (fire insurance and this time of year). Ray Brown said that his business of selling visible record equipment in this area seemed to be the only business, except the red ink business, showing prosperity at this time. Ray confesses to weighing 225 pounds. Win Rice is assistant principal of one of the Brooklyn schools, and we hope will soon be promoted to a principalship."
Miss Margaret Arms Hart and Mr. Edwin Hendr'e Grant, Dartmouth 1930 and son of Judge William Grant, Dartmouth 1903, were married in St. John's Cathedral, Denver, Colo., on January 3. We recall with much pleasure the presence of Miss Hart and Ned Grant at the 1903 dinner following the Harvard-Dartmouth 1930 game. To Margaret and Ned we extend our best wishes and congratulations, and to Judge and Mrs. Grant may the joys of an increased family circle be theirs.
Secretary, 198 Humphrey St., Marblehead, Mass.
