Class of 1910
That 1910 is Dartmouth's greatest class is proven by many statistics—one of which was standing second in the Alumni Fundtrimmed out only by '79, which beat us by less than $100—and which class must be filled with millionaires—BUT more recent and convincing statistics are in connection with the freshman class where Old 1910 has over 25% of the Dartmouth sons—where it exceeds its nearest competitors almost 3 to I—with a grand total of 11—11 sons of Ten- ners are Dartmouth freshmen as against 43 sons of Dartmouth men in the class. Who doesn't believe in heredity?—l9lo must have been a great class—a prolific class—a masculine class—a loyal class—any class that can get 11 sons by Gordon Bill must possess a whole lot of innate greatness— of course, considerable credit must be given to the fine wives of 1910—particularly in a few outstanding instances—par ex- ample (acquired in Percy Skinner's Fran- cais classes), that of the Scot MacPherson (so named by L. Bankart) and his good wife Louise, whose son Bob is among the freshmen—Anyway, ANYHOW—here's the line-up:
This makes Dave Johnson's second son in College. He has the honor of being the first Tenner to have two sons in College at the same time—the other son, Sophomore Dave Jr., got an average of 3.2 last semester, which meant four B's and an A—I would call that further indications of heredity—another sophomore, Rollie Reynold's son Robert, had an average of 3.8 for the same semester—figure that out for yourself—l am not so sure about this being a case of heredity—neither is Rollie-who rather hopes the College does not start digging up 1910 marks.
Last heard of Norton Cushman was when Julius Warren met him on the street in Worcester this summer. "Lefty" West has a new theory about golf—the old south-paw claims that a man's score should equal his weight—for instance, he weighs 185 and argues that he has a perfect right to match it in 18 holes—"Lefty's" family spent the summer on Long Island while he was scurrying up business for the Erie.
Larry Bankart's daughter Deborah is attending Miss May's School in Boston this year—philosopher Larry writes a few lines which strike deep —"These are trying times,but for the most part they have been goodfor many of us. I find that we all are morehuman, sympathetic, and moderate—and Ihope the high hat has been abandoned forever in our class, city and country."
Otto Taylor has evacuated Long Island and moved into winter quarters in the wilds of New Jersey—having purchased a home at 86 Blackburn Road, Summit, N. J., so as to give his two boys ample room to work off their excess energy without unduly disturbing the neighbors. EVERY TENNER, REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE LIVES, IS RECEIVING THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE THIS YEAR-it is being paid for from the CLASS TREASURY —in a group subscription—if you like the MAGAZINE—if you like the Class Notesplease pay your class dues to Juddy—if you are able—if you are just not able to, then don't give them another thought—and get what fun you can from reading each issue —better days are ahead—Chins Up will help a lot until then.
It has been very difficult to get much item material about Brown Cooper in recent years—but here's a great picture of 1910's Master of Drums as he is today in his own home town, Fort Wayne, Ind., when visited by Karl Maerker this summer. Karl speaks: "Brown came right over and we had a dandy visit—seems just the same —a little heavier—a little more bald but the same old boy—seemed to know everyone in town—one minute he was speaking to the corner cop and the next minute he was hailing a bank president"—that's Brown, gentlemen, that's Brown. Thanks to "Ben," our butter and egg magnate at Pipestone, Minn., we received a clipping from the front page of the Minneapolis Tribune listing "Easty" as one of the big shots attending the relief meeting of financial leaders at Chicago called by President Hoover—"Easty" is listed as president of the William O. Goodrich Co. and chairman of the Wisconsin Commission on Industrial Rehabilitation.
Recent address changes are: Guy C. Spokesfield, Route 1, Box 10, Tujunga, Calif.
Henry R. Harrison, Bus.—Stout at Broadway; Res.—1060 Washington St., Denver, Colo.
Atkins Nickerson, Res.—1115 S. Sycamore, Los Angeles, Calif.
Whitney H. Eastman, Bus.—c/o Wm. O. Goodrich Co., Box 603, Milwaukee, Wis.; Res.— 4716 N. Wilshire Rd., Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee, Wis.
Ferdinand D. Armstrong, 8u5.—179 Lincoln St., Boston, Mass.; Res.—4l4 Chestnut St., Waban, Mass.
Bill Taylor says: "1932 has not been adull time in Chicago in the real sense ofthe word. With two political conventions,the Insull crash, and the runs on the bankslast June, there has been plenty of excitement." Bill's new home address is 1506 Arthur Ave., Chicago. Classmates are ever welcome at the home or office.
We were shocked to learn of Bob Macomber's tragic death. An obituary is in the Necrology pages.
We hear that Ray Gorton, Lou Wallace, and "Slip" Powers played golf in the Invitation Tournament at Marion, Mass.— none copping Le Grand Prix in that ancient game—BUT Ray was a member of the Songsters' Leading Foresome—Lou doing some mean stunts at bridge—and "Slip" holding forth at other well-known indoor sports. "Bunny" Armstrong, shoemaker for the Forgotten Man, called at Dr. Thomas A. Foster's (none other than Our Own Doc) office in Portland this summer for a little "swamproot" to cure a cold after week-ending in Friendship, Me.— (at last reports cold better and Bunny's address changed again)— Good Old "Dinny" Pratt lives quietly in South Orange, N. J., while holding down a real big job as general superintendent of Altman's in N. Y.— sometimes known as "The Pagan City"— young "Dinny"—l6—6 ft. 2 in.—will be a Dartmouth freshman in a couple of years —Tenners should look up Old "Dinny" when "in town"—"Tobe" sees him frequently as a fellow commuter on the Lackawanna—Hankus Spankus Haserot— Originator of "Kornlet" (free advertising, Hank)—claims Julius Warren attended a Dartmouth gathering on Johnson's Island in Lake Erie—spent the afternoon inspecting tombstones in the old Confederate Cemetery—and at the end of the day had established a speaking acquaintance with every member of the party—Julius claims Hank and "Rabbi" Judd run the Cleveland Club—Hank making speeches (as of yore), nominating officers, conducting campaigns for the candidates and pointing out weaknesses of every member from '75 to '32— (Atta Boy, Hank, we sometimes wondered if you were slipping any)—the "Rabbi" doesn't do so much talking—BUT specializes in COLLECTING at bridge and adding an impressive tone to the meetings"Tax" Mitchell and Julius send good material to Hanover each fall—in the teaching game one has plenty of customers but some are a bit difficult to satisfy (no doubt, Dean Bill could testify to this, and, by the way, his is one job this Secretary does NOT want this year or next—she's sure tough)— Julius always likes to get back into New England summers, browse around and meet as many Tenners as he can—Jim Everett was in Europe again during late summer—it is said that Jim works hardbut "unlaxes" some while on the ocean—Earle Pierce had a "beef" with "Cupe" Adams 'll, up in Plymouth recently—Paul Whitcomb is now known as "Tiger" Whitcomb because of his animal picture collecting propensities—"Slip" Powers' daughter, Polly, graduated from the Madeira School in Washington last June and is now abroad to study French and music—Mrs. "Slip" took the trip to help get her settled —Bill Deering, one of Maine's Most Famous Legislators, B.M.W.D. (Before Maine Went Democratic), is budget officer with offices in Augusta—we understand that Smilin' Bill has all of the tax-payers' money at his disposal—some of us wish that Augusta was a bit nearer—it was your Secretary's very decided pleasure to meet Ray Sheets when College opened this fall —for the first time in over 20 years—his figure is reasonably rotund—he looks prosperous (which we hear he is)—with him at Hanover was that friendly upper-classman of our days—Bill Knight '08—same old Bill —always a pleasure to meet him—Ed Shattuck is Boston manager of General Printing Inks—a consolidation of the large ink manufacturing concerns, including Geo. H. Morrill Co., with which Ed was affiliated for many years—"Rusty" Williams is acting as buyer for a group of institutions in Boston—Art Allen's family spent the summer in New Hampshire—Art being there part of the time—Mr. J. Bidwell Thomes—once known as Jack—holding sleeping quarters in Fayerweather—has "High-Yumped" into lecturing on bid and contract bridge—during his spare hours—Andy Scarlett's fine eleven-year-old daughter (who taught us a new game of solitaire this summer) has been quite ill with rheumatic fever but is much better at this writing—Gay Gleason, "Buck" Allen, "Buck's" son Jack, and another Rivers School boy journeyed to Hanover for the Norwich game—heard that Jim Nourse, wife, and son (understand the name "Percy" does not go so hot with the female species of the Nourse family) were at the game—also Ben Williams—on September 28 Else Jenness celebrated his 14th wedding anniversary—the response for class news has been very commendable—no secretary has a better bunch to work with—we do need more items, however, from everyone far and wide—and on every subject.
Among those seen and reported to or seen by your Secretary at the Lafayette game were "Heinie" Hyde, Lou Wallace, President Pineo, Art Allen and family, Tommie Leonard, Hal Sprague, George Allen, Ralph Paine and wife, Bill Dussault and wife, Charlie Fay and family, Norton Cushman, Buck Allen, Gay Gleason, Andy Scarlett and family, Harold Washburn, and Herb Coar.
Pineo stopped off at Hanover for a couple of days—en route north to his old home town, Montpelier, where he intended to spend a week or so following the hounds after birds and other game. It is the first visit he has made to Montpelier in some years, and he anticipated a complete letdown from business cares. Send in some news.
Reminiscences: The Dartmouth continues to hector 1910: "For several yearsthe Palaeopitus has been universally lookedup to and respected as the highest studenttribunal in Dartmouth College. But itsday seems to be over. Last week representatives of a certain organization in this college saw fit to overrule orders of thePalaeopitus, tearing down from bulletinboards certain announcements made bythat body. This organization (you haveprobably guessed it already) was noneother than the sophomore class (1910). Weare hardly surprised. . . . The only strangepart is that members of 1908, 1909, and1911 fail to agree with the class of 1910."
As your Secretary recalls—1910 never cared particularly while in college what other classes, the administration, or even the faculty thought—but it did have some warm friends among the "townies"—our august college paper also complains about sophomores eating at the senior tables in the Commons—Al Meehan entered business in Concord—George Thurber had recovered from a broken leg received in the Wet-Down—as had Jim Lowell, who broke his leg about the same time jumping off a B. & M. freight near "Pompy"—Floyd Barnet and Sumner Lloyd rooming together at Wisconsin—Bill Ayers entered Columbia-Joe Kinney recovered from serious accident which happened while he was acting as brakeman on the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn during the summer—"Tobe" elected class president; Jack Dingle, vice-president; Norton Cushman, treasurer; Warren Shaw, secretary; class managers elected were Hank Haserot, football; Mart Hannon, baseball; Johnny Shambow, basketball; Allen Doggett, hockey.
Secretary, 168 Hill St., Barre, Vt.
Freshman Tenner Town Geo. E. Cole Munroe Winnetka, Ill. Arnold S. Hatch Jr. "Albany" Albany, N. Y. Edward W. Higbee 3d Ed Ridgewood, N. J. Melvin B. Johnson Dave Cleveland, Ohio Lewis C. Judd Treas. Judd Cleveland, Ohio Joseph R. Kinney Jr. Joe New York Robert N. Lake Jim Greenwich, Conn. Robert MacPherson Jim Framingham, Mass. Ralph M. Paine Ralph Waterbury, Conn. Roger C. Sheets Ray Rockford, Ill. Roger C. Williams Ben Chestnut Hill, Mass.
