Class of 1906
Four sons of 1906 are members of the new freshman class at Dartmouth: Laurence F. Brooks of Gloucester, Mass., Telford Frazier of Swampscott, Mass., Arthur G. Guyer of Hanover, and Richard N. Moore of Peterborough, N. H. The parents of all these came to Hanover with them when they entered, and I had the pleasure of a chat with Lymie Frazier and Herbert and Effie Moore.
Just before college opened Harold Rugg returned brown and happy from his summer's trip to France, Denmark, Norway, and England. He has many thrilling experiences to relate; in Paris he had a delightful interview with Edward Tuck, and in Norway he spent two weeks mountainclimbing with Dr. Fred Lord in a section that is seldom visited by Americans. In addition, he took a sea voyage to the Arctic circle and sported beneath the midnight sun. And, of course, he brought back a lot of interesting antiques.
About the same time the Meservey family arrived in town after their year abroad. They spent several months in England and as many more in southern France; then this summer they traveled about the Continent, visiting Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. Since their return they have been busy getting Ellen off to Smith, where she is entered as a freshman, and Edward back to another year at the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut.
Barbara Bell, Bill's daughter, is an efficient secretary in the department of state poor relief in Concord, N. H.
Joe Tufts is now vice-president of the County Fire Insurance Company, with his office at no South 4th St., Philadelphia. His home address is 808 Alden Park Manor, Germantown, Pa.
Other new addresses that have come to hand are: Elon Pratt, 344 West 72d St., New York City; Max Hartmann, 86 West Cedar St., Boston; and Bug Gardiner, 5268 16th Ave., N.E., Seattle, Wash.
The Chicago Tribune for September 29 carried a picture of Nat Leverone in company with former Vice-President Charles G. Dawes and Maj. Gen. Frank Parker at a farewell luncheon to Gen. Parker given by the Interfraternity Club of Chicago on the eve of his departure for his new post in the Philippines. Nat as usual was acting in the capacity of toastmaster. If he keeps up this toasting business a few years longer he will hold the record for introducing famous people to their enchanted audiences.
Cap and Esther Pierce celebrated their silver wedding at their home in Springfield, Mass., on August 12.
The kidnaping racket has reached out toward a member of our class. During the last week of August, Joe Smith received letters at his home in Burlington, Vt., demanding first $3,000 and later $24,000, and threatening that if the money was not forthcoming his fifteen-year-old son, Sydney, would be kidnaped and slain. A close police guard was kept for several days over the Smith home, and constant watch was maintained over the boy, who at all times was in the care of two or three adults. On September 1 the police apprehended one John Sheeran, who is said to have confessed, under grilling, to the crime and who is held in jail under heavy bonds for the October term of Federal Court at Rutland.
At the meeting of the American Chemical Society held in Chicago during the second week of September, Arthur Holmes was one of four scientists to present a very interesting report on the effect of regular dosage of cod liver oil on absenteeism among employees because of ill health. This report made the headlines of the Chicago Herald-Examiner of September 12.
Charlie and Alma Milham spent a week of their vacation at the Hanover Inn just as college was starting. They are as enthusiastic as ever over the pleasures of living in the beautiful Rockefeller-restored city of Williamsburg, Va. On their way back to their home, they stopped in New York, whence Charlie reports meeting T. Brown and Ned Redman and finding both as blooming as ever. He also saw Chet Everett, who is still a partner in Fuller and Everett, civil engineers, at 21 East 40th St. His two sons, Theodore and Robert, aged twelve and thirteen, are both attending a private school in Bronxville.
Harold Stanton is teaching French this fall in a university extension course recently opened in the Y. M. C. A. building in Portland, Me.
The following interesting editorial was published last week in the Barre (Vt.) Times, and was entitled "The Bigness ot 'Ned' French": "Vermonters, and New Englanders in general for that matter, have ahigh respect for 'Ned' French, president ofthe Boston and Maine railroad. His bignessis well known and has been the reason fornumerous stories told about him. It wasexemplified during the flood, when, as operator for a small railroad in Vermont, heused all equipment at hand to open communication to the outside world. Heamazed high-salaried engineers from Canada by rigging up a make-shift derrick andlifting an entire bridge back on to itsfoundation in order to get his trainsthrough and transportation established tostricken Barre and Montpelier.
"Here is another story, which ThomasDreier, writing in 'Hidden Treasure',tells to illustrate this bigness of the Bostonand Maine head:
" 'A suggestion which called for the cooperation of a number of groups of business men had been brought to EdwardFrench He discussed it with a department head, who argued that the railroad should play a part provided it wasagreed that the goods involved would beshipped over the railroad and not ontrucks.
" 'I don't give a damn how the goods areshipped,' said Mr. French. 'I don't care ifevery pound goes on trucks. The importantthing to think about is that this plan ifcarried out will help the people of northern New England. It means greater business, more employment, and increased prosperity in recreational sections.'
" 'Ned French thinks in terms of thebest interest of the people of the territoryserved by his road. He knows that what isgood for all the citizens is sure to be goodin the long run for the B. & M. He refusesto limit himself by narrow selfishness.'
"Bigness of this nature is contagiouswhen spread by a man like Ned French.The Boston and Maine seems to be dominated by that policy right now, whatevermight be said about the railroad's policy inyears gone by."
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
