Class of 1903
Along in July word was received from "Oat" Mudge that Andy Perham and wife were in camp at a point about five miles from Amesbury, Mass., and in the township of South Hampton, N. H. "Oat" explained that the location was rather difficult to find, but by following directions he thought I could find Andy. After a vain attempt to gather a few '03 families for an afternoon of reunion with the Perhams, your Secretary and wife decided to find them. We were first misdirected by a traffic officer, then by no less than six inhabitants of South Hampton, as to the possible location of a camp they never before heard existed. Finally one mentioned Smith's Corner near the Pow Wow River, and thinking of the many Smiths in existence the possibility of finding one Smith about and with knowledge of the sought-for camp, we proceeded for the Corner. Now Smith's Corner had four corners, but not a Smith could we find. We paged Orville, Jake, and Albert, but nary an answer. Making contact with a near-by farmer whose Sunday afternoon nap was thus rudely abbreviated, we explained our greatest desire for the moment. Said he, "Surely, there's a young fella up in the camp by the river road who's a Swede, and, yes, his wife calls him Andy, and, yes, he comes from Georgia. Nice fella that." A note left in the front door of the camp later brought profound apologies and regrets from Andy for having been away from camp for the first time in a month. But Swede he is, 1903! Andy swears New England has it all over the South for the summer months, but he has his doubts about the winter time.
Another devotee of New England for a summer vacation is "Bolz" French. "Bolz" is a great lover of the woods. He likes nothing better than trout fishing, and annually goes to Jackman, Me., region to try his luck. The last letter received from "Bolz" stated that he was just leaving for Jackman for a ten days' mosquito trip, then, if his wife would listen attentively to his fish stories, he would meet her at Kennebunk Beach, Me. It is difficult to get these fish stories outside the family limits, but "Bolz" has some rare ones, I am told.
Ned Kenerson and "Tink" Erwin are really professionals at this sport, fishing, I mean, though the last arrangement made between these devotees of Isaac Walton was disrupted for business reasons. Possibly these old-timers are slipping, like some of our '03 golfers.
The Imperial Potentate of the Exchequer for '03 reports contact with C. T. Hallinan of London, England. The full address is, 11, Belsize Square, N.W.3, Tel. Primrose Hill 3861. Hallinan is a stock broker associated with a large firm in London. He has a splendid family, including two boys who have hopes of entering Dartmouth.
The passing of Harold Smith removes from our midst one of the finest types of man of our class. A splendid student, a Christian gentlemen, genial, and ever loyal to the College and the class. Harold in his quiet, forceful way left an indelible impression on the minds of those who knew him best. His efforts to attain a place in life were so clearly thought through that his success seemed a perfectly logical sequence. In 1913. "Curly," familiarly named because of his hair, wrote that he was the only 1903 man in the state of Ohio, and that he felt tremendously lonesome. In 1923 he wrote: "I have built myself a house on thehighest point of ground I can find in theseparts, just to remind myself of the oldGranite State; and I am bringing up twolikely boys who act as if they might beembryo Dartmouth men."
Dan Daniels was recently reported by no less an authority on 1903 men in Vermont than "Jake" Smith as helping to operate the Canadian Pacific freight service at Lyndonville, Vt. He says Dan is well and happy, and, to use "Jake's" own words, "a darn fine fellow."
Jake Smith is starting his ninth year as principal of the Bellows Falls High School, and in a recent letter intimates his delight in my interest as to the "internal and external growth during my incumbency." He probably refers to his intelligence and his poundage. He reports his family well and enduring. He quotes Gen. Jackson as authority for his belief that son Justin is a lot better than his dad.
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Secretary, 198 Humphrey St., Marblehead, Mass.
