Class of 1926
The 1926 class dinners, bearing the good will of Ireland's patron saint, were the schedule for March 17 in New York, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago. Buffalo, under the tutelage of Dick Burlingame, and Washington, headed by Clyde Hall, have yet to report. Chicago contributes with two telegrams, but we are hoping for more details before this goes to press.
NEW YORK
Beaming Charlie Singleton, whose beams grew greater as the evening wore on, greeted the New Jersey delegation, composed of "Banker Bleek" Williams from Hackensack, later crowned individual pingpong champion, "Salesman Chippy" Chipman of Passaic, Jack Roberts of Barbary Coast fame hailing from Glen Ridge, Les Talbot, still brokering, of East Orange, Clarence Brazil and his bridge partner, "Doc" Godfrey of Westwood, Graham Ford, Bill Hughes, Charlie Bishop, Hod Stentiford, and yours truly as we arrived at the Dartmouth Club.
Preliminary exercises in the card room disclosed Westchester presenting a formidable array of members with Captain Floyd Jones and "Million Dollar" Cleary planning to hunt icebergs during their summer vacation—no wonder they're still single. Carl Allen, Bob Minton, Bill Farnsworth, and George Algar represented the six-footers, but the smaller yet broader members headed by Courtney Brown were very much in evidence.
Hod Stentiford informed us that he had been married since July 29, 1932, to Miss Katherine I. Hubbell of Ossining, N. Y. They are now living at 469 Grand Ave., Leonia, N. J., and Hod is with the Travelers at 55 John St., New York City.
Adjourning to the dining room, Garry Garretson held the floor on a story of an automobile salesman, despite the boos emanating from thirty-seven other lusty throats. The doctors Knight and Fowler rendered a medical song, after which Dean Chamberlin told several of his now famous French-Canadian stories.
The following wire was sent to the Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago meetings, and the following responses received back
"Greetings from New York Delegation ofThirty-eight Classmates. Prosit!"From Chicago"Sixty belching right back at you."And again from Chicago"Chicago greetings from Bellaire, Blair,Ted Hank Parker, St. Clair, Worthington,Sherman, Blunt, Cannon, Loomis, Kolb,Seibold, Williamson, Gunthorp, Gibson,Fleming, Buckwalter, Korten, Linke,Moderwell, Fellingham, Ross, Ford, Lewis,Goss, Robinson, Tourtellot, Pitney, andMerrill."
About this time, George Scott announced that two members of the class had agreed to donate one thousand dollars to the class quota of the Alumni Fund if the rest of the class would give the balance. Needless to say, this is the greatest inducement the class has had in regard to the Alumni Fund, and we hope it will strike a responding chord with all members, as it did with the New York group, who pledged over three hundred and fifty dollars the night of the dinner.
Before signing off on the New York party may we name a few whom we had not seen in some time; Sandy Martin, Hal Johnson, Jack Bickford, Hank Esquerre, Dick Mandel, Per Johnson, Don Norstrand, Win Nickerson, Bob Stopford, and Jim Truesdale were on hand, and of course Bobo Williams and Chuck Webster, who are familiar to all at the club. Larry Kennison is now at Brooklyn College teaching Math, having received his Ph.D. from California Tech.
CLEVELAND
By MONK BOURNE
Slightly delayed in reporting on our meeting, but it was unavoidable.
We felt it was a real success and the men are anxious to meet more often than annually as was proposed. There were seven present, all being there except Frank Briggs. The various occupations of the men may be of interest for news to publish in the MAGAZINE.
Junk Anthony—single—is in the office of Leonard Ayers, the famous statistician of the Cleveland Trust Cos., which bank promises to become the strongest in these parts as a result of the recent upheaval. I would say that he was doing splendidly.
Dan Drury—married and with three sons —makes his residence in Willoughby, a suburb so to say of Cleveland. He is in business for himself as a construction engineer, finds it quite hard sledding right now of course, but if you know Danny well, you feel as I do, that he will make a success of it.
Bruce Eaken, having graduated from Western Reserve Law School, formed a partnership with another lawyer to make the shingle Uible and Eaken. They report quite satisfactory progress. Mr. Uible is a member of the Ohio legislature, trying to pass legislation to give us the frothy drink soon.
Jenks Brookes, after working in Boston for quite a while, must have felt the depression coming on because he gave up his position and is now in Cleveland, attending Western Reserve Law School, in his second year I believe. He is living in a law fraternity house, and adds that he takes a very different attitude toward his classes than he did as an undergraduate.
Joe Stevens, who was formerly with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, our morning newspaper, has taken a position with the Ohio Bell Telephone Cos., soliciting advertising space for the yellow pages.
Dick Randall is still connected with the Guardian Trust Cos., at least he was the other day. However, as they are one of the largest Cleveland banks which did not open, and it was recently announced that they had laid off about 180 men, we are quite concerned about his present status.
Yours truly is still in the employ of the Bryant Heater Mfg. Cos. in the capacity of control supervisor. I am married and have one child, a daughter 10 months old that I am mighty proud of.
By the way, I have some news of our George Buckwalter. He has also graduated from Western Reserve Law School and is now practising in Warren, Ohio. Further information is not available at this writing.
In regards to the Alumni Fund, I think that the reaction of the New York boys is fine, and I hope that ours will be as commendable.
BOSTON
By CLARENCE MCDAVITT
Some time during the afternoon of March 17th Harold Trefethen and Dick Nichols set out for the Dartmouth Outing Club of Boston cabin at Groton, laden with the provisions for the Boston group cross country dinner. They not only carried it out but prepared it, and did such a good job that the only complaint was from our hotel man, Ralph Bristol, who was disturbed that no demitasse was served.
The start of the evening was inauspicious, at least for those of us who were not active Outing Clubbers. It developed that the road into the cabin from the main highway was not negotiable except by canoe, and the walk in was most uncomfortable. The aforementioned Outing Clubbers arrived with overshoes, and it was noted that some of the urban members left the meeting a little early. I understand that they were thoughtful enough to leave the overshoes for the owners when they had reached the main road.
Those present, as I recall it, included Elliott, Buck, Bristol, Lowell, Trefethen, Salinger, Morrison, Nichols, Orr, Poor, Norris, Lamb, and myself.
Scotty was all in favor of sending us a telegram, but he couldn't if he would. However, the Outing Club site and the club house itself are truly most attractive, and it was unanimously voted to hold another dinner, but later in the spring when the road had dried out.
Pledge cards for the Alumni Fund should arrive soon and those in Boston are enthused over the possibility of "performing an outstanding service" due to the fi,ooo back log offered by two classmates.
On March 27, Mr. and Mrs. Ulric S. Atkinson of Montclair, N. J., announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Palmer Atkinson, to William S. (Bill) Hughes. Palmer, who attended Rosemary Hall and Mount Vernon Seminary, later studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Above you see none other than Ritchie C. Smith on a business trip in Hawaii. Of this he writes, "This might be captioned'Why Men Go Native,' but actually isnothing more or less than your old roomyplying his trade as book agent in the Territory of Hawaii. And if you think thesemaids are somethin'—you ought to see thethree dusky damsels who are teaching methe 'Hula.' I never did get no breaks."
Secretary, 1060 Broad St., Newark, N. J.
