CLASS OF 1910
The class of 1910 has suffered another one of those losses which strike deeply into the soul of the class—Jim Colgan has answered the Great Call. It is difficult to realize that we will not see smiling, fun-loving Jim any more on this universe, but what a treasure of memories he has left to us who remain here a few years longer. Ray Gorton, "Else" Jenness, "Obbie" Coleman, and Herb Hinman '07 (for whom Jim worked on the Panama Canal) have been helpful in preparing the obituary which is printed on the Necrology pages.
The class of 1910's portion of the Alumni Fund is dragging along very slowly according to Andy Scarlett's latest dope—Thousand Dollar mark not yet reached—less than onefifth of the needed amount—Andy is working hard and so are his agents—1910 is honored with the HIGHEST QUOTA of any classHarry Driver's own personal gift was the first one received—there's a bit of sentiment for you—some men who gave last year cannot give this year—those who can give should give—a large number of men can increase their subscriptions—and THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE NEVER GlVEN— this is their opportunity to get their names on the published list of subscribers and come forward in a real crisis to help out—the College needs and must have the money—how the deficit was ever kept down to its figure is a wonder in itself—come on—a few "Ten Ups"—and let's all do our bit.
Rollie Wood worth is a chess player of no mean ability—recently winning his way into the Vermont state semi-finals. We hear that the Larry Bankarts have purchased a nice, big house, and are now occupying it—their address is 15 Kimball Road, Lynn. Lew Williams finally comes through with a letter —"I have been taking things very easy as though I were a very affluent party, which I certainly am not, and I'm getting along very well indeed"—it would take more than a minor operation which went haywire and caused a blood transfusion to keep Lew down—and besides, he is needed for that 25th, which is not so distant. Don Bryant, Jack Dingle, Howard Fogg, and "Mac" Kendall were the Tenners at the Chicago alumni dinner. Prof. Jim Ingalls, head of the Industrial Department at the Northeastern University Engineering School, is doing good work there. The University has adopted Jim's co-author book, "Elements of Surveying," as a textbook. Horace Eberly, district manager of the Southwestern Plant of the United Drug Co. at St. Louis, who had to leave College during freshman year because of his parents' deaths, is a regular subscriber to the Alumni Fund, and regards his few months at Hanover as one of the bright spots in his life—we know many others who feel as Horace does. Dick Carpenter, All-America Red-Head before his hair receded, is specializing in Canadian securities as manager of the Canadian Securities Sales Department of Hart Smith & Co., 52 Wall St.—we have not learned whether his business necessitates week-ends in Canada. While watching a baseball game on the Campus in Hanover the other day, Dick Southgate '07 asked if we knew that Les Wiggin was in Dick Hall's House—we hot-footed there, found the Ivory Pounder bolstered up in bed eating supperfat and cheerful—seems he went to Hanover for a vacation, was taken ill with sciatica and rushed to the Dick Hall House—expected to be there about another week. Here's a hot one from Pineapple Hank, who lives in Cleveland when not elsewhere—"For your notoriety column—I am informed that Paul Whitcomb, better known as the Greek Restaurant King, finding the water go brackish (sec'y's note: whatever that is) at his estate at Portsmouth, sunk a well at cost of several thousand dollars, but after two months the water became so salty he had to abandon the project"—Hank should know by now if he is ever going to that more than one man got salt from his drillings. Howard Fogg is representing the Chicago Alumni Association on the Alumni Fund Campaign. George Underwood claims with indignation that he did attend the Stanford game last fall, "sat in front row of colonnade and did not miss a thing"—that makes us feel better, George, and keeps your attendance 100%—George, by the way, is vice-president of the Insurance Federation of Massachusetts; president of the Worcester North Board of Fire Underwriters; finance officer of the Gardner Post American Legion; former chaplain and now esteemed leading knight of the Gardner Lodge of Elks; and secretary of the Chair City Club. It is not often that we get anything on the staid faculty members at Hanover, but here's one on Prof. Herb Coar—he attended the American Association for Advancement of Science meeting at New Orleans not so many months ago—was driving back north in the night—drove through the rail of a bridge—sank in several feet of water —heard logs bumping over the top of his car —sat composedly in his seat until they stopped bumping—then crawled out like a diver —floated to the surface—swam ashore and has lived happily ever since. In "Mac" Kendall's efforts "to save the railroads" he has moved back to West Chicago—he does no more traveling and is in Chicago all of the time—doesn't like being tied down to a desk —but promotions are promotions—and that lad's going somewhere in railroading—Tenners should make "Mac" a call when in that vicinity—all you have to do is to phone the general office of the Chicago and Northwestern and they will locate him for you. Fritz Rainey had an article in the April issue of the Philadelphia Forum Magazine entitled "The Return of Romantic Literature"— a few extracts from an interesting and well written article are: "Those who are still shouting, 'We have the brains,' are growing a bit tiresome, and their protestations of superiority no longer carry the old conviction— Novelists are beginning to relearn . . . that the greater portion of a rapidly disappearing reading public is sick of the sordid banalities of life as it is—the very air is charged with hope of a new era about to be born. And it will be Romantic, perhaps in a form different and more vital than the old Romanticism, but nevertheless clean, legitimate, soul-satisfying Romance." Ed Keith sends a fine letter from Porto Rico—his oldest son graduated from Sanborn Seminary in New Hampshire last June and is now with him—his next two sons are in Hanover High School—Ed has been down there since 1917, when he joined Jim Ingalls—a small Dartmouth colony helps to break the long distance from Hanover—Kid Fowler visits Ed occasionally—price of sugar is way below the cost of production—splendid crop this year, giving tons of sugar from 100 tons of canethe harvest runs from December to June, and right now they are cutting, planting, plowing, etc.—heavy crops and high yield at low cost is the aim—some fields have produced 100 consecutive crops of cane—yield per acre is ever increasing due to better methods—good homes to live in—good eats—nine-hole golf course—whole island only 40 miles wide and 80 miles long—central plateau is a mountain range not over 4,400 ft. high—very brokengood roads but narrow and full of hairpin curves—people friendly and good-naturedgreen cocoanuts afford a great drink—always cool, no matter how hot the sun is—Ed joined the Masonic Lodge at Salinas, the Consistory at San Juan—and the Shrine from Panama put through a class there also.
Cy Richmond is vice-president of the Irving Trust in New York—now in a new building—is able (according to Dick Carpenter) to sit at his desk and contemplate the rights and wrongs of the world, due (no doubt) to swinging his chair around and gazing upon the classic outlines of Old Trinity church. Beezle Parker is with his old company— Aberthaw—and is working on the Christian Science Publishing Co. building in Boston. Walter Norton retains his youthful lines by playing hockey and basketball in winter and golf in summer—he tried contract bridge and ping-pong, but gave both up, as they were too much for his "atavistic" nature—no one but a Phi Beta Kappa could use that word successfully decades after leaving college.
25 YEARS AGO
Breaking of relations by Brown was a big topic of discussion in College—on Wednesday, April 24, 1907, an umpire's bum decision caused Capt. Percy Skillin to withdraw his team from the field. The whole play centered around our own Walter Norton—third inning—Dennie singled—Jones and Paine reached first on errors—Pitcher Tift hit line drive towards second—Dartmouth infielders were playing in and the batted ball glanced off or touched Walter's glove, for the ball struck Paine, who was running from first to second—Dennie and Jones scored and Paine was called out for interference with the ball- Jones sent back to third, and umpire allowed Dennie's run because he crossed plate before alleged interference—Dartmouth contended Paine was hit by batted ball and the runs could not count as ball was dead—Brown contended that Walter touched the ball and it glanced off and struck Paine and both runs should count—after consultation with Coach McCarthy, Capt. Skillin led the parade off the field—Boston Herald said Capt. Percy's contention concerning the play was right as did American League umpire O'Connell— and Percy was not the lad to back down when he knew that he was right—he may have been over-hasty—he made public apology later— Brown without waiting for the Dartmouth Athletic Council to have an opportunity to interview the team severed all relations— and they remained severed for more than one moon—few seemed to care much. Bobby Bartlett was president of the Alumni Council in those days. The Dartmouth Bi-Monthly sized up the situation: "The rivalry between the two cplleges has never been a very spontaneous affair, and at times it has seemed very artificial. It was evidently bound to die eventually, by violence or from natural weakness. Now it is gone. Requiescat in pace!"
On a three-game trip starting April 27 Dartmouth defeated Tufts 9-4—McDevitt's fielding featuring the game—line-up was Dutch Schildmiller, lb; Ken Merritt, rf; Harry McDevitt, cf; Percy Skillin, If; George Grebenstein, 3b; Kid Richardson, ss; Walter Norton, 2b; Micky McLane, c; Skinny Beckett, p;—Dartmouth made 11 hits, McDevitt and Skillin getting three each and Schildmiller two—the next day Phillips Andover trimmed Dartmouth, 5-4—same line-up with exception of Porter Smith playing third, Shoppelry catching and McDuffee and Johnny Glaze in the box—Walter Norton made two of Dartmouth's seven hits—on the following afternoon Dartmouth won from Harvard, 4-3—regular line-up with Skillin pitching, McDevitt in center field, Grebenstein on third, Shoppelry catching and Micky McLane playing left field—Richardson and Norton got two each of Dartmouth's six hits —the Harvard line-up was Harvey, cf; Briggs, lb; McCall (a Dartmouth legacy), 2b; Dexter, If; Simons, ss; Pounds, Leonard, rf; Pritchett, 3b; Currier, c; Hartford, p—On May 1 Colby was defeated at Hanover 5-1— same line-up with both Micky McLane and John McLane playing rf; Shoppelry and Dick Goode catching; and Sid Hazelton pitching— features were McDevitt's getting two hits, Norton's fielding, and Hazelton's pitching— by the way, if you want to hear how freshmen should be coached, just take an afternoon off at Hanover and listen to this same Sid put his 1935 baseball squad through its paces— very much worth while—and what a line, what a line!—good?—sure!—darned good! —Bowdoin was trimmed in one of the best games ever seen in Hanover—with Bowdoin leading, 4-0, in the eighth, Dartmouth scored five runs to win—regular line-up with exception of Hobart playing third, John McLane in right field and Micky McLane, catching and in left field, Beckett and Skillin pitching and Shoppelry catching—Walter Norton and Hobart each got two hits—Hobart's fielding was a feature—on May 4 Dartmouth trimmed Vermont at Burlington, 7-6, by scoring two in the ninth—Dutch Schildmiller got three of Dartmouth's seven hits—Johnny Glaze pitched and allowed nine hits—look at this Vermont line-up—LARRY GARDNER, ss; Williams, 2b; Grow, cf; Whitney, rf; RAY COLLINS, p; Burrington, c; White, If; Watkins, lb; Pattridge, 3b—on a threegame trip, Dartmouth was defeated, 2-1 by Yale, 3-2 by Wesleyan, and 10-3 by Princeton—Skillin pitching against Yale and Princeton and Beckett against Wesleyan—Dartmouth made three errors each in Yale and Wesleyan games and five in Princeton contest—and got four hits from Yale, eight from Wesleyan, and two from Princeton—Tufts defeated Dartmouth at Hanover, 6-4—Sid Hazelton allowed only six hits but there were twelve errors behind him—Lafayette rendered another defeat, 2-0, getting nine hits while Dartmouth got only one and made three errors—the team staged a come-back to defeat Amherst, 5-0, with Beckett pitching and allowing only two hits—Schildmiller and Beckett, respectively, getting three and two of Dartmouth's eleven hits—on May 26 Dartmouth won the Prom Week game from Wesleyan 5-4—Skillin pitching and allowing six hits—on May 27 the Eastern College Athletic Association was trimmed, 9-0, with Hazelton allowing five hits and Dartmouth playing its first errorless game of the season— May 29 Dartmouth defeated Phillips Exeter, 8-1, with Sid Hazelton pitching and allowing two hits—in the Exeter line-up were Jake Orr, who was to come to Dartmouth, Sam White of Princeton fame, and Loftus, who went to Yale—Memorial Day Holy Cross trimmed Dartmouth, 6-0, at Worcester, only two Dartmouth men reaching first base— Beckett pitched and allowed 12 hits—Jack Barry played short for Holy Cross—the season closed with a team batting average of .205 and a fielding average of .933—Capt. Skillin led the regular batters with an average of .281—the summaries have all been taken from The Dartmouth, and we think that we recognize some errors and omissions but have no way of proving them—however, the facts are sufficient to give a rather complete picture of a season that was featured by fine pitching, poor batting, and fair fielding— with the Brown incident holding the limelight.
In track Harvard won the dual meet at Cambridge, 83-34—Art Shaw won the high hurdles in 15.3—Dollie Gray was tied for third in the event—Nate Sherman took third in the hundred—Rube Prichard third in the 440—Bill Jennings second in the 880—Art Shaw second in the low hurdles—Keith Pevear second in the shot—Allan Brown second in the high jump, in which Jack Thomes and Dollie Gray tied Shreve and Roosevelt of Harvard for third place—Nate Sherman and Dollie Gray took second and third in the broad jump—Henry Blake second in the hammer—while John Bredemus and Harry Blythe won first and second in the pole vault. In a dual meet with Amherst, Dartmouth won 82-44—the famous John Hubbard being the big-point winner with 18 to his credit, winning both hurdles and the 220, and placing in the discus—Nate Sherman was third in the 100 and second in the 220—Cy Richmond, was third in the 440—Guy Spokesfield second in the mile—Jack Thomes first in the high jump—Keith Pevear first in the shot, second in the hammer, and third in the discus—John Bredemus was second in the pole vault—thus giving Tenners a fine field day.
Dartmouth won the New England Intercollegiates with a total of 47 points as against 28½ for Brown, the nearest competitor- the victory being due in a great measure to our Tenners (and freshmen at that), Nate Sherman, Keith Pevear, and John Bredemus who scored heavily—Nate won the 100 in 10.1 and fourth in the 220—Keith won the hammer, was third in the shot, and fourth in the discus—John tied the pole vault and was fourth in the shot—Art Shaw won the high hurdles from those well-known athletes, Jack Hubbard, Johnny Mayhew, and Horrax.
William Jennings Bryan addressed the College on April 28—Charlie Fay, Walter Douglas, and Piper Donovan were in the casts of "For One Night Only" and "Bachelor Hall"—Charlie Libby contributed "That Aprille," a song of spring, to the DartmouthMagazine—Larry Bankart scheduled 10 games for the freshman baseball team, but we have been unable to find the line-ups and scores—Malcolm Bissell resigned from TheDartmouth board to enter Yale in the fall— "Bones" Jones elected leader of Freshman Mandolin Club, which was composed of "Bones," Sumner Lloyd, Ward Meagher, and George Thurber,first mandolins—KenPhelps, Heinie Reed, Chet Scott, second mandolins— Sid Whipple, Jim Young, violins—Everett Robinson, Inky Taylor, cellos—a telephone pay station booth erected in College Hall— Rev. A. W. Vernon resigned from pastorate of College church.
Nate Prentiss and Tom Heneage were committee members of the Canoe Club—Paene Meet—watering tub entertainment—Prom Week—"If I were Dean"—Hanover Fire Dept. questions disappearance of 7 fire coats —Shorty Stern and Sheldon Smith on varsity tennis team—Chet Coffin left College early to pitch for New Bedford New England League team—Dean Chuck Emerson explained flexibilities of elective system to Tenners- Jim Everett elected to The Dartmouth board.
This ends the first year of the "25 Years Ago" column—its purpose has been to touch the high spots of that first of four great years at Hanover—lack of space prevented use of many details—interest in the column has extended beyond the ranks of Tenners—we have tried to do our best—supply and authenticity of some material have not always been what we desired—but we have tried to do our best—if you do not want it another year, we will drop it—if you wish the column continued, send your Secretary a letter.
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