Class of 1932
Whitey Almert married Miss Cornelia Butler of Syracuse on the 15th of April. Whitey's responsibilities as manager of the Auburn Sears and Roebuck store allowed him only the week-end for a honeymoon. He was back at the store promptly on Monday morning, and will commute back and forth from Syracuse.
Unfortunately I failed to mark the date on an item culled from the Herald Tribune, but it must have been around the beginning of April. Anyway it is doubly surprising because it says Al Snite is a licensed aviator, and furthermore, he married here in New York Miss Betty Pierce of Plattsburg, N. Y.
To both these couples the class will wish to extend hearty felicitations.
Walser got back from Hawaii finally, came to call on us at 19 Barrow St., and settled the controversy that arose last month about Cleaves' and Newcomb's life in Martinique. He had had a later letter from them alleging that everything was rowdy-dow, and they would probably be down there for some time to come. This, however, was not altogether on account of the supreme qualities of that rum-laden paradise, but partly because the two lads were embarrassed financially. Hosmer, the insatiable, spent only a few weeks on these shores after his return from India before signing up in the foc'sle of the SteelScientist, bound globe-wise. On the 10th of April the newspapers reported her 499 NE Colon.
The last foreign news is a remarkably interesting letter from Dieter Schoeller to Charley Doerr, kindly forwarded to me: It is about time to tell you how muchI enjoyed your letter in December last yearwith all the news from the college matesaround you. I hope that some others gotjobs in the meantime, although it doesnot look as if the situation in the U. S. hasimproved. Here in Germany people almost begin to believe that it will improve,and that is already one step forward. Practically everybody stands in some way behind our new government, or let us bettersay, nobody dares to oppose. Germanyseems to be unified. Differences in opinion,differences between social classes and smallstates seem to be so much less pronouncedsince there is one big party at the head ofour government with practically no opposition. Great things have been achieved,such as the successful fight against Communism, the successful fight against graftand corruption, and the great cleansingchange in our government. There areseveral things which I do not consider at allto be perfectly all right: the oppositionagainst the Jews is rather rigid, the personal liberty of the individual is suppressed,, but all those things come alongautomatically with a revolution. I readthe New York Times the other day andwas astonished about what they are tellingyou about the German barbarians. Manyof those cruel stories were invented, andmoreover not in a single line was theresaid anything about the good side of thenew movement. Don't be afraid that theold and proud Prussianism is coming back.Hitlerism is much the same as Fascism. Itis a combination of Nationalism (goingback to the past history and the old typical customs of a nation, and moreover trying to unite all those various German Lander like Prussia, Bavaria, Saxonia,which actually have never been united asyet). The other part is Socialism, includingmore national planning, equalization onincomes, doing away as much as possiblewith the social class differences. There iscomplete order in Germany besides thatgreat change of personalities in the sphereof public and private life as well. ... Isee, it is impossible in a letter to give youa clear picture of the situation, and it willbe more useful to tell you something aboutmy doings.
"I have spent the entire winter in Berlin, working for a big textile trading company. It was an extremely interestingtime, for in Berlin 'wackelt die Wand,' aswe Germans say when there is very muchgoing on. There were loads of big politicalevents, of big gatherings with excitingspeeches, and so on. Moreover some goodconcerts, operas, theaters for quiet evenings. I shall probably stay in Berlin fortwo or three more months, and what willhappen then is still rather uncertain. . . .My address remains: 81 Tiergartenstrasse,Dresden A.20.
"Many fields, many crowns, "DIETER."
Doerr himself sends flashes about: "DON SIMPSON, who has been here(Minneapolis) for the past six monthslearning the ropes in Sears, Roebuck, & Co.. . . has been moved to a branch in CedarRapids, lowa. He has mastered their system in stock control and is off to show the.small town retail store managers how todo it. [Auburn papers please copy.—Sec'y.] "JACK HOLLERN has settled down fora definite stay with the Phoenix Mutual inthe life insurance field. Already he hashit his stride. His sales talks are asthorough as the stories that Deak Mackused to tell after a two-day baseball trip. "MAX WOLFF landed a job with the Minneapolis Dredging Company as purchasingagent and general assistant. He is 'on location' in southern Illinois at the presenttime.
"LEON WARNER combines the duties ofclerk with those of assistant manager, learning some of the intricacies of the retailhardware business in Minneapolis. Helanded fresh from Hanover in March andhas hardly emerged from his business activities since."
Concerning himself Charlie says merely, "am about to start a bit of contact workfor the '32 Alumni Fund campaign." But it is sate to say that it is more than "a bit" he's doing, along with the other members of the committee. Have you answered their calls, classmates? It's easy to forget. Don't let it go any longer.
Bill Morton was in the office the other day, looking as fresh as the Century of Progress. Chase, Harris, Forbes in Chicago has dissolved, and Bully will probably be in New York indefinitely. Bob Wilkin has been moved from the Yonkers office of his company to 40 Wall St. And of course the Street's ursa major, Pettengill, is still hanging on, doing little to combat an inflating waistline.
Aarne Frigard, so the rumor goes, is teaching astronomy in a high school near Boston. A visiting Vassal' girl, Socy major or something, came one day to the venerable Herr Doktor Frigard's class; came the next day with the eager light of learning in her shining eyes, equipped with a notebook, which she used frequently.
Milt Lieberthal, true to a promise he made last fall, despatched the following message on April 23 from Hanover:
"My knowledge of Hanover and contents consists entirely of what I can gleanfrom the daily papers. Since I am coopedup in lab most of the time, I miss most ofwhat happens, and therefore must doubtthe value of this little billy doo as a bringerof glad tidings. However, let it not be saidthat a thirty-two-er was ever tardy injumping into the traces. I'll tell you whatI know.
"Irv Kramer, who is one of my roommates as we go to press, is still the same oldboy, only there's considerably more ofhim. He weighs zio pounds, count 'em,folks, 210. He used to weigh 300, but youknow how times are. His two flights ofchins bid fair to have a blessed event; I'lllet you know the worst when it happens.Incidentally, he's a med-schooler and isgradually learning about life. Joe Bennettlikewise is one of the boys here in towndoing the same sort of thing. Butch Modarelli is still wowing the local yokels withhis bon mots and stuff. He's going down toPenn next year, much to his surprise. Theother fellows of our class still around areCal Fisher, Orrin Crankshaw, Deac Campbell, Add Roe, French Dickey, Willie Hand,Ben Read, suh, and Joe Roberts.
"Saw Ping Ferry in town here a whileago, and the sissy actually had an overcoaton. I was loath to see an old tradition go bythe boards, but that's life. Had a letterfrom Johnny Nutter, who is haunting NewYork stage doors, aching to play the foolfor delighted audiences, but like as notyou know more about what the littlemaestro is doing than I do. Beau Wentworth popped into town a few weeks ago,back from his sojourn in South America.He's looking fit, and claims the nativesaren't what they're cracked up to be. Heexpects to listen to Eddie Cantor for sometime to come. . . .
"I've nothing much to tell you aboutmyself. Managed to be in a show for theHandel Society and had a lot of fun running through my old tricks. Incidentally,the Players are perking up beyond anything they've ever seen, although the program had to be cut due to the bankingholiday. Shades of Jim Shevlin! . . . I expect to be in New York at Bellevue nextyear."
A gathering of the clan in Boston, organized by John Wright, was held on April 15 at Sam Allen's farm. Twenty-one in all appeared, which was fairly remarkable in view of the fact that the boys had to trudge through a heavy fall of snow to attend. John reports:
"Among those present from the outsidebusiness world were: Hank Barber, grappler; Milt Burns, insurance; Phil Burleigh,printing; Johnny Witcomb, banking; BobMattox, tea business; Terry Logan, restaurant, and Cal Geary and Johnny Fish,promoters at large; Charlie Odegard, historian, and Herb West, litterateur, fromthe Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.Eddie Judd was the sole representativefrom the school of microscopes and cadavers. Those from the business school included Maru Chandler, Ben Drew, HalDrake, Johnny Van Buskirk, and DaveKirby. The laic school men present wereCharlie Ryan, Joe Fanelli, Bob Buckley,Dave Stern, myself, and Sam Allen, ourcordial host."
Members of the class can get special railroad rates for themselves and members of their families to Hanover for Commencement, June 16-20. To take advantage of this one must procure identification certificates, supplied upon application to your Secretary.
Secretary, Dartmouth College Club, 24 E. 38th St New York
