CLASS OF 1914
This Secretary's life is either a feast or a famine. Last month we had nothing fit to print, and this month the biggest windfall ever.
Rumor has it that Henry Koelsch is leaving New York this month to return to London, where he will assume full charge of the London branch of the National City Bank.
Walt Humphrey and Chuck Kingsley formed the nucleus of the 1914 delegation at the March dinner of the class in New York. Perhaps it might be more truthful to state that they were the whole delegation. The April dinner, in addition to these two wheelhorses, brought forth Ted Lavin, Bob Hopkins, and AI Richmond.
We are pleased to report that Jack Harris, who has been ailing all winter, is up and about again. We understand that he is working somewhere in Cambridge. Just where we have not as yet ascertained.
Prom the book column of Bob Hopkins, New Yorker we learn that Thome Smith, none other than the fair-haired boy of our freshman days, has concocted a treatise on The Night Life of the Gods," (Doubleday, Doran). It is described as "a fantasy, straining slightly at the leash, about elves, drunkards, and pagan mythology. Quite amusing."
Clipped from a Laramie, Wyoming, paper: The performance of Stainer's Crucifixion given at St. Matthew's Cathedral Sunday, March 15, under the direction of Hugh A. Mackinnon, organist of the church, was very gratifying to the large congregation which gathered for the occasion. The chorus work was exceptionally smooth and finished, the male chorus being particularly fine. Mr. Mackinnon added much by his masterly work at the organ."
Most Fourteeners might get the idea that we have subscribed to a clipping bureau, but such is not the case. The following was clipped from a Detroit paper by eagle-eyed Page Junkins, and refers to Crust Buck:
"Detroit loses an excellent health guardian in the departure of Dr. Carl E. Buck, who goes, on indefinite leave of absence, from the Board of Health to the American Public Health Association in New York.
"Teamed with his superior, Henry F. Vaughn, he worked valiantly for eight years to protect the community from the scourge of epidemic diseases. Dr. Buck and Dr. Vaughn and their associates performed such alert patrol duty that Detroit stands first among the metropolitan cities of the world in her public health rating.
"Because of his labor here and his prior activities as a malaria research man for the Rockefeller Foundation, Doctor Buck boasts a national reputation as an epidemiologist. Detroit owes him much in the general health of her citizens."
Jack Dellinger and Vogie Stiles, both passing out the oil for Shell, have a chance to get together quite frequently. Jack is in St. Louis and Vogie in Wood River, Ill., about forty-five miles apart.
George Wheatley is with some insurance company in Chicago with an office at 176 West Adams St.
Paul Applin is chief geologist of the Cosden Oil Company in Fort Worth, Texas.
Doc Bullis is executive secretary of the Buffalo Athletic Club. This, 1 believe, corrects a previous error in this column wherein we credited the local Y. M. C. A. with having Doc's valuable services. At least we were correct in stating that he is in Buffalo. We are also told that he is a much sought after speaker at Rotary and Lions Club meetings. He is managing editor of the Club's paper. The use of the gymnasium and swimming pool keeps him healthy and clean, so he wears his years lightly. Doc is happily married, although we understand that nothing has come of it so far.
Walt Daley has transferred his affections from the RCA-Victor Corporation and is now research engineer of the Robert Gair Company. A brand new 1931 model daughter arrived about six weeks ago, so the Daley brood now numbers three,—two girls and one boy.
Marshall Picken is covering Westchester County for Halsey-Stuart, and between times is diligently devoting his energies to the improvement of his golf game.
Ted Lavin uses the New York Club as a place to park between trips to Boston, Bermuda, and points south. Ted dispenses street car publicity for the Eastern Advertising Company.
AMOS 'N ANDY
Probably this is the hottest shot that has found its way into your Secretary's files: Amos 'n Andy fans may be interested to learn that these two gentlemen were at one time employed as life insurance Salesmen by Hank Llewellyn in Chicago. During the early days of broadcasting Hank was given occasional publicity over the air when visiting the studios.
Win Mayo, Leominster's leading citizen, runs a factory manufacturing various nitrocellulose products in addition to his banking and real estate activities.
Ray Trott has been elected president of the Rhode Island Dartmouth Association, succeeding Bill Slater. Charlie O'Connor became a member of the executive committee. All of this occurred at the annual dinner held April 10 at the University Club in Providence.
Red Howes has moved from 31 Harvard St. to 45 Yale St. in Holyoke. Still collegiate!
Herb Bartlett is merchandise manager of the May Company store in Los Angeles.
Your Secretary had a great trip to Hanover on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Secretaries Association, May 1. Quite a few of the loyal sons of 1914 were there for reasons of business or pleasure,—to wit: John Piane, besides making known the arrival of a new daughter, gave a lurid account of his early days as a Hanover merchant when he became proprietor of the College Bookstore. I judge that the principal asset purchased by John, when he took possession, was a twelve-hundred-dollar cash register on which a down payment of twenty- five dollars had been made by the retiring owner. The cash register is now one of the museum pieces of the store, and can be seen by anyone interested sufficiently to pay John a visit.
Milt Pomeroy was among those present at the meeting as the delegate from the Holyoke Alumni Association. Art Woodies represented Lowell. We missed seeing Red Davidson, a former regular attendant, who has since forsaken the lowly officeofsecretaryofthePhiladelphia Association to assume its presidency.
Ted Marriner was in Hanover as a representative of the State Department at Washington speaking before a group of students who may be considering diplomacy as a career. You may be interested to know that Ted has reached the top in his line. He is the head man of the Bureau of Western European Affairs in the State Department. Ted will spend the summer in Paris pinch-hitting for the consul, will return to Washington in the fall, and this winter will go to Geneva for further arms parleys. We are indebted to some watchful New Yorker for the following clipping from the editorial page of the Times:
"Speaking at Dartmouth, Mr. J. Theodore Marriner, chief of the State Department's Division of Western European Affairs, made some remarks which will interest young men contemplating diplomacy as a career. He noted, to begin with, that it is one of the smallest professions. 'There are,' he remarked, 'probably less than 12,000 officials in the whole world in the combined diplomatic, consular, and foreign office services of all powers, and if we should take the diplomatic establishment alone, it would presumably be a quarter of this number, or some 3,000 ... In the United States there are approximately 750 persons in the foreign service (of whom 200 are in the diplomatic and 550 in the consular service), and in addition there are about 750 persons in the Department of State, making a grand total of 1,500 out of 130,000,000, or approximately 1 to every 100,000 inhabitants.
"One of the useful qualities which he stressed was the capacity for prompt action. The diplomatist cannot concern himself too much with musty rules. Situations arise which often cannot be fitted into theories but which require quick decision. In this respect the work partakes more of the breathless quality of journalism that the ponderous deliberations of the law.
"Another factor," as Mr. Marriner pointed out, "is that the career requires abnegation and an absolute renunciation of all idea of personal victory . . . The glow of victory implies the sting of defeat, and the infliction of that sting destroys all possibility of ultimate success in diplomacy. An American foreign service officer must further the policies of Republican and Democratic presidents with equal zeal, regardless of what his personal ideas may be. It is also true that one will not accumulate a fortune in the foreign service—although it is better paid than the Army and Navy. In the military services, however, political appointees do not become admirals and generals, whereas in the diplomatic service they do become ambassadors.
"Young men who are willing to subordinate personal considerations, however, will find many rewards. The opportunities for patriotic service in the protection of American citizens and the promotion of trade have an undeniable appeal, and there are always those to whom foreign residence is attractive. But the career's greatest satisfaction lies in the fact that as a representative of your country it makes you very much a part of the stirring times in which you live."
It has been a long time since this column has been in a position to give any definite information regarding those of our class who make their abode in Chicago. We have always presumed that these hardy sons have been so busy dodging Al Capone's bullets and ward-heeling for Cermack that they didn't have time to write. We still lack an active correspondent in the Windy City, but have been fortunate to cull the following items of interest from a recently published bulletin of the Chicago Association:
George M. Webster is secretary of Webster and Co., of 5 No. Wabash Ave.; Len White is professor of public administration at Chicago University; Russ Williams is president of the H. M. Sheer Company, Quincy, III.; Jim Wulpi is circulation-traffic manager of Inter State Airlines; Rugar Young is in the real estate and insurance business, Joliet; Ev Barnard is Western representative of the Earnshaw publications; Hank Llewellyn represents the Sun Life of Canada; Franz Marceau is mail order rebuyer for Montgomery Ward; Walt Netsch manages the meat packing department of Armour and Co., and Ed Reber is secretary, treasurer, and general manager of the Cotta Transmission Corporation of Rockford.
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