Class of 1910
Mr. and Mrs. "Tobe" vacationed in Florida this winter ... via Pipestone Benjamin and Barrister Carter, both of Minn. We learn that portly Tom Heneage, 120 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, is "director of the event and will supply complete details to prospective entrants" . . . which event being the Second Annual Midwest Tournament for golfers at French Lick Springs, Ind., April 7, 8, and 9. Tobacconist Porter went to Porto Rico this winter . . . while Tob. Forristall took an extensive trip through the South and Midwest . . . both boys Blackstoning. We had a most delightful visit with Harold Robinson recently. . . . Mr. and Mrs. "Robbie" and children are attending various forms of school at Hartford, Conn., for the remaining months before they depart Chinaward . . . they spent the first six months of their sabbatical year in California, then journeyed eastward across the continent in their family bus . . . having a tremendous time, for autos are scarce in their section of China, and the roads are worse . . . everything went fine until within 30 miles of Hartford an icy road sent them spilling over a hill ... no personal injuries, but 50 bucks spent for the car . . . we invited "Robbie" to come to Barre and address the Men's Congregational Club . . . over which your Secretary presides ... he came up, did a great job and was our over-night guest ... we visited late and arose the next morning to go at it again ... it was our privilege and pleasure to obtain an intimate picture of China and "Robbie's" 16 years there such as could have been obtained no other way . . . the good wife, Marion, having tried to read some of Pearl Buck s books and given up in disgust, vowed that China contained nothing of interest to her . . . but due to "Robbie's" ability as a narrator, she enjoyed thoroughly both sessions . . . and sat them through ... it took him nine months to learn Chinese ... but it would take us about nine lifetimes . . . that Robinson family is full of rows (or scraps or fights, if you please) ... each member must have a Chinese name ... his is JAO MU SHIL ... his wife's is JAO TAI TAI ... the children are JAO KUEI MIN (Harold, Jr.), JAO KUEI TE (James) and JAO KUEI CHEN (Elizabeth) . . . this JAO is pronounced Row (such as families have) . . . the title of this evening's address to the club was "China Walking in Her Sleep" ... if any of you fellows want a most delightful evening either in private or at some function, get hold of "Robbie" at 85 Sherman St., Hartford, Conn. ... he will enjoy you as much as you do him ... for he's just the same old fellow.
The class will be surprised and shocked to learn of Bill Dussault's sudden death, full details of which are in the Necrology section. We send our heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Dussault and the boys.
Allen Doggett is now located at 248 W. 17th St., New York City, where he has been engaged with the raising of funds for unemployment relief under the city auspices . . . "Doggo's" sons are at Deerfield Academy . . . the older one, Allen B. 3d, is making quite a name for himself on the swimming team there ... he is due in Dartmouth shortly. "Red" Rollie Woodworth, the Barre banker, was elected to the executive committee of the Vermont Bankers' Association recently. Here's the kind of freshmen they have at Hanover now . . . Bob MacPherson, son of James Eben, and a darn good kid in his own name, writes your Secretary, "I don't take muchtime off to write letters, so you can see thatyou're one of the favored ones, one of the'famous class of 1910!' Say, where do youget that stuff? 1910 won't even be on themap after 1936 gets through" . . . Bob played on the freshman hockey team this winter, and rooms with our young friend, John McKernan, who was captain of the freshman basketball team.
"Easty," newly elected president of the Milwaukee Association of Commerce, made the front page of Chicago Tribune in bold headlines with his prediction "End of Slump in Sight . . . The present year marks the beginning of the end of the depression . . . liquidation in its severest stages is past . . . but liquidation must still take place in government costs" . . . "Easty's" picture was in the photo section . . . some guy, that lad, to bust in on the front and back pages of the "World's Greatest Newspaper." President Pineo gets his name plastered all over the financial pages of various newspapers and insurance publications . . . the Bankers Indemnity Insurance Cos., which he presidents, made a splendid showing in 1932 . . . and our classmate gets fitting recognition ... he came near needing another kind of insurance recently, when one of Mickey Holmes' oil trucks tried to run him down . . . you know Mickey does most of the oil business in New Jersey, and his trucks are as thick as mosquitoes down there. "Mac" Kendall and family, who are nicely settled in that w.k. place known as "Madison" (which can mean anything from the University of Wis. to the state capital, county seat, at cetera), claim the natives are as enthusiastic about the town as are Californians about their territory and climate ... he adds, "We continue to hear thatbusiness is improving in the East, but weare commencing to get suspicious, for ithas not improved noticeably here as yet.It would seem that we had been sufficientlypunished for all the false pride and otherunattractive qualities which we acquiredprior to 1929, and that we deserve a breaksoon."
The feature article in February issue of the Massachusetts Teacher was "The Pres ent Educational Crisis" by our own Ernest Stephens . . . who is high in Lynn educational circles . . . busy, sticking very close to his job and doing it mighty well. . . . Ernest closes his very interesting article, "Let no one misunderstand the situations presented by this educational crisis.Educators must not insist on a program,the cost of which will make impossible anearly return to normal times, but we wouldbe traitors to our cause if we did not insist on maintaining those features of oureducational program which it is felt areindispensable in furthering the heritageof a free people who cherish their right to'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,'the aims and objects of which are best realized through a system of free publicschools" ... we are sending the article to Baker Library Archive Room at Hanover, which welcomes alumni publications of all kinds.
The Chicago bunch certainly came through last month ... we had fine letters from Bill Taylor, Don Bryant, Billy Williams, that guy Paul Albert, who never writes, and Mac Kendall, who left Chicago recently . . . Paul Albert, treasurer of that large and well-known institution, Albert Teachers' Agency, says that he sees Don Bryant and "Shorty" Worcester occasionally ... and that "Ski" Shaw and son visited him recently . . . first time they have seen each other for 20 years . . . "Ski" looks about the same but has fewer hairs and more weight around the middle . . . his son, Roger, is a fine lad of 20 . . . Bill Taylor writes philosophically, "Most of us are tending to businessand have to work hard ivhether the resultsare what we want or not" . . . from what we hear about Bill, he is able to get results if anyone can . . . Don Bryant gives us some news about John Vander Pyl . . . last summer "Vandy" had a tough time with an infection on his right instep . . . the infection spread . . . and for a time it looked as though he might lose his leg . . . the recovery was complete . . . Don has a son ready for Dartmouth in the near future.
Your Secretary certainly needs an avalanche of class news if we are to keep this column open . . . this issue sees our reserve supply just about exhausted ... if the Boston, Cleveland, and New York groups would come through in proportion to the Chicago gang, we would have enough to carry us through the rest of the year . . . for the scattering Tenners are always good for several items . . . we had a splendid five-page letter from Billy Wil liams, who is to lead our Grand and Glorious 25th in a little over two years hence . . . Billy has gone into the advertising business for himself . . . referring to the "25 Years Ago" column he writes, "I neverdreamed that anything could take me backto live four blissful years all over again ashas that column . . . last year and this. Ihope you realize what real joy it is givingmany, many others. You lads in the Eastmay know how fortunate you are with yourfrequent contacts, but I doubt it. Perhaps,we, marooned out here, make up for it inthe intensity of pleasure we derive fromrare meetings" ... it seems to us that Tenners are always mighty enthusiastic and sincere in their greetings how often and where you meet them . . . the old College gave us a heritage which we cannot lose easily . . . and the sentiment certainly does not lessen with the passing of years. We have attended lots of Dartmouth gatherings during the last 25 years but we have never attended any that were better organized, that contained more good fellowship than the two Chicago Pow Wows— at the last one we had 40 Tenners present . . . some record, that, for other classes to shoot at . . . and here's just hoping that business will pick up enough so that we can get out there to Number 3 . . . some way . . . somehow. Who knows?
George Davies is resigning his teaching job in Cleveland to enter business at Wauseon, Ohio, where he welcomes all Tenners . . . George has regarded teaching as a luxury for many years, but being a heavy stockholder in one of the Toledo banks that failed, he was forced into the unfortunate position of having to pay both bank and government for "things that no longerexist. My first job will be to sell some 20farms which have come to me via themortgage route. They are selling almost ascheap as the abandoned land in Vermont ... $15 to $25 per acre. If some of youeconomic sharks can tell me what we aregoing to do with our surplus land, I shallbe glad of an answer." The New Deal, George, will remove it from your hands . . . and if it doesn't then throw it open to us Tenners.
Address changes coming through from the Alumni Records Office at Hanover, presided over by the efficient Miss Ford, are: Charles L. Crawford, 1007 N. Cass St.,
Milwaukee, Wis. Joseph J. Davidson, U. S. Veterans' Hospi
tal, Ward B-3, Oteen, N. C. Walter C. Douglas, 100 Broadway, N. Y. C.
Pecksland Rd., Greenwich, Conn. Leon B. Kendall, sm Rowley Ave., Madison, Wis. Atkins Nickerson, 859 S. Spaulding Ave.,
Los Angeles, Calif. Louis P. Nissen, The Rectory, Lee, Mass. Walter M. Price, 180 West 135 th St.,
N. Y. C. Walter G. Wilson, 138 Carr Drive, Glendale, Calif.
From the above you can see that we have new lines on "Chuck" Crawford, one-time roommate of "Albany" Hatch; Walter Douglas, who is a member of the New York Stock Exchange (Atta Boy, Walter); Louis Nissen, who has moved to Lee; Walter Price, the singer; Walter Wilson, who is to be looked up by Guy Spokesfield some day ... we not having heard directly from these men for some time . . . this notice invites something from each one.
That "11 Lbs. Reward" brought good results . . . Don Bryant made himself eligible by giving us news on John Vander Pyl . . . Art Lord on Ernest Stephens . . . George Davies on Roy Norris. Now we want information on these
fellers: Max Stanton, Newton, Mass. Jerome Badgley, Gering, Nebr. Guy Perry, Pleasantville, N. Y. Scott Perry, Buenos Aires. Charlie Kent, Cheshire, Conn. Cheever Comey, Cleveland. Art Rollins, Lancaster, Mass. Harry Mudgett, Meriden, Conn Dallas Smith, Simsbury, Conn. Don Palmer, Springfield, Mass.
We appreciate having Tenners keeping their eyes open for news—Goodness knows we need it . . . clippings, photos (ancient or modern) and anything else of interest are ever welcome.
Every once in a while a Tenner sits down . . . and does himself, his class and his college, yes, his country, proud . . . here's a sample that takes this month's Yeller Punkin . . . Guy, the Little Drummer Boy who ran away and enlisted in '6l, then organized the Commercial Eating House Orchestry, writes from California . . .this Spokesfield lad sends a Real Gloom Chaser, Gents ... an Answer to a Secretary's Prayer . . .
Read it, sons of Eleazar, read it . . . Forget Your Troubles . . . and Laugh Once Again.
"Day before yesterday it rained 5½inches. That was just a drizzle. Today itis raining. Reminds me of the time I livedin Oregon. It rains there between sevenand eight feet a year. Believe it or not, theArmy gave special medals to the men whoserved their enlistment there and cutspruce for airplanes, while a lot of us birds,who were down here in California fightingsand-fleas big enough to drink all of thatwater, didn't even get our meals on time.
"Now about the boys.
"CHET COFFIN: Chet started out in California in the land development business.What Will Rogers calls the 'Escrow Indians.' Chet used to meet them at the trainsand tell them where they could get thebest all-fired land in California . . . for aconsideration.
"The Indians got thicker than the newarrivals, so Chet helped himself to a softjob in the U. S. Shipping Board. Thatlasted several years, and then Chet wentinto the insura?7ce business, where he isstill hitting the old ball. Chet has twogrown boys, and just to keep in practicehas a daughter of 15, a very pretty girl.The grandson is a year and a half old, butthere are no great-grandchildren yet sofar as T know.
"Chet looks about the same as he did20 years ago, except that his chest hasdropped a little towards the waist line andhis fetlock has slid up towards the backof his head. Sort of makes him look taller,if you only see him from his new chestline to his new hair line.
"ATKINS NICKERSON hitched his baby Lincoln to a star and climbed up to this mountain town where I live just before Christmas. Brought the missus with him, and wehad a gabfest. 'Nick' has fallen away quitea bit, doesn't appear to weigh over 250 pounds, and is as amiable as ever. Theydash back and forth across the UnitedStates with supreme disregard for the distance. 'Nick,' Walter Wilson, and I aregoing to get together and form some sortof a political party of Tenners who belongto the unemployed. We haven't decidedwhether to run for office or to run fromwork. After you have been out of a job forsome time you begin to suspect your truemotives, that is whether you really do wanta job or whether you would like to see achange in the social system which wouldprovide the bare necessities of life to everyone who is out of employment.
"Al BARKER: AI settled in the SanJoaquin Valley in central California, and,escaping the clutches of the 'Escrow Indians,' opened up a small store, sellingeverything from clothespins to Fords. Afterten years or so of this life he sold out andwent to the big city of Oakland to look forsomething more worthy of his mettle.
"The first time he rode on one of thestreet cars owned by the Key Route System he knew right away that they neededa good man at the helm, so he went tothe general manager to offer himself forthat position. The G. M. asked AI wherehe was educated. Before replying Al tooka shot at a garboon located convenientlyacross the room. Immediately the G. M. interrupted the forthcoming reply with, 'Boy,that's class! What year were you at Dartmouth?' So Al got the job.
"As Andy Scarlett can tell you, the tripfrom Berkeley to Oakland via the KeyRoute is one to be taken with no littlepreparation. The distance is only four orfive miles, but everyone carries his lunch,and sometimes it is a good plan to havealong a pair of pajamas. Al saw a chanceright away to add to the company's prestige on this run. So he put in a system ofhotels and eating houses along the linefor the passengers to patronize during thetrip.
"Al also put another good rule into effect. It forbids women 85 years or overfrom hopping on and off the cars whilethey are in motion. Al didn't say how onewas to know when the cars were in motion.Al has a nice home out in the suburbs ofOakland, an attractive wife, and twocharming daughters in high school. I askedAl how he ever managed to get to workon time on the Key Route. Al said, 'Oh,I use the Southern Pacific.' Smart boy, Al.
"TED BALDWIN: 'Baldy' lives in theunique town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, inhabited mostly by long-haired men and shorthaired women. 'Baldy' is neither. He issimply a respectable barrister trying tokeep peace (for a fee) amongst the rabble.The law business should be good in Carmel,for the papers are always carrying (something wrong with the typewriter—must bethe climate) accounts of a scrap betweentwo or more of the many factions there.
"The last scrap was between the nudistsand some snooping aviators. The aviatorsapparently were willing to risk at least oneeye as they flew low over the nudist colonywhile the nudists desisted from whateverit is that a nudist does and threw rocks atthe aviators. I don't know which side won.The last I heard the jury was up in acaptive balloon suspended over the nudistcolony trying to keep from agreeing onanything too quickly.
"Well, goodbye, Hap, I'll send you thedope on the Tenners down here in Southern California as fast as I get around tosee them."
Secretary, 168 Hill St., Barre, Vt.
1909 THE HANOUM CAMPS 1932 THETFORD, VERMONT The Hill Camp for girls 6 to 14 The Hanoum Inn and a few cabins for parents and The Lake Camp for girls over 14 friends. This season: Special opportunities for those The Nursery Camp for boys and to study music or the fine arts. girls 2 to 6 Professor and Mrs. Charles H. Farnsworth, Directors
