CLASS OF 1909
Gordon Weinz, Sam Bell, Harry Floyd, Cad Cummings, Chet Brett, Phil Chase, Clark Saville, Frank Williams, Wallie Ross, Bill Holzer, and your Secretary attended the alumni dinner, and- not only enjoyed the dinner, but had an unusually good time together. We were somewhat disturbed to learn from Cad Cummings that he was boxing with his fourteen-year-old boy Edwin, who is about 5 feet 8 and weighs about 135. We admit that Cad was and presumably is a good athlete, but we think he is taking a long chance with his anatomy and parental authority. Perhaps we can have a father and son's boxing tournament as well as golfing tournament at the next reunion. Old man Bob Burns' oldest boy, Bobbie, Jr., is about 14 years old, 5 feet 11 tall, and weighs about 155, mostly muscle. When this match comes into the ring I think I will bet on Junior. Harry Floyd spent the summer abroad, as you know, put in part of the early winter in the South, and is about to head for California, with his golf clubs. "Join Filene's executives and see the world." We presume that he is headed for Hollywood, and that that is the reason Louise is not going, but we didn't venture to ask Harry for any further details. For the benefit of the wives of the class, Harry says that Hollywood is now seriously threatening Paris' claim to leadership of the styles for women, and that in a very few years it will predominate. The only picture we have seen this winter is Trader Horn, and judging from that we hope Harry is right. Phil Chase reports traveling at about 60% of normal with rates greatly reduced, but we doubt if Phil has had to cut down on that account. Sam Bell was about to leave for California to christen a new 34-foot cabin cruiser for his brother. Sam is fairly active in the affairs of a Manchester bank and a fire insurance company as well as managing his real estate business, but is in fine form.
Jake Mason's job as treasurer of the New England Confectionery Company would seem to be enough to keep him exceedingly busy. But Jake got interested in the Boston Twilight Golf League for golfers of a handicap of nine or over, and when he wasn't looking they elected him secretary and treasurer of the League, captain of the Charles River Country Club League team, and a member of the executive committee of the League.
Under the supervision of Plum Leighton, boss, and Phil Avery, architect, Wellesley Country Club has built squash courts, and Plum and Phil are allowed to play on them. Bob Burns and I have tried to get them to play with us at the University Club, but can only assume that they must have been forbidden to play there.
Fred Reed is running a teachers' agency in Boston and has a son, Bill, at Worcester Academy. Bill was manager of the football team and was just elected captain of the swimming team for next season. Bill is headed for Dartmouth and should get there in the fall of 1932.
Bob Burns took a few days off from business the last of March to have his appendix out. After the first day or so he was running his business by telephone and seemed to be rather enjoying his convalescence. And from the attention he was getting from the nursing force, it looked as if he was the only patient in the hospital. Bob's oldest boy was placed second in the fifty-yard dash of the recent swimming meet at the University Club, doing the fifty yards in about 32 seconds. This is Bobbie Junior's first competition. With a little coaching he should develop into a first class swimmer.
Secretary, 100 Milk St., Boston
