Class of 1914
Hello Classmates!
In this first issue of the new college year you are offered one of the finest tonics ever put before you. Drink hearty, mates, it's good for us. We refer to Paul Wilson, excerpts from whose recent radio talk are printed herein.
Confession is good for the soul, and for one we solemnly swear to do our best to rise above the New Deal, missed putts, lost orders, and all the rest of our personal discomforts, terrible as they sometimes seem, and to reflect upon the courage of this man.
Obviously he doesn't want sympathy. Write to him. Keep him posted on athletics, class news, and the like. Send your letters to the Secretary, and they will be forwarded to Paul. Such courage must not be denied our help.
Each month we plan a feature article about some classmate who happens to find himself in circumstances somewhat apart from the humdrum. Timeliness suggested the first of the series on Paul Wilson.
Some have already received letters from the Secretary asking their help on this series. Please do your part.
If we ever acquire this business of a fixed calendar, making holidays automatic, weeks uniform, and upsetting that pleasant problem of what day it is east and west of the International Date Line, we can thank, among others, our classmate Phil Smith, who is the American secretary for the International Fixed Calendar League. And without knowing too much of the subject, in which case we should probably refrain from referring to the matter at all, we are willing to become a member of a league for Fixing Fixers,—the result, no doubt, being a rugged defence of the Fixer, getting Phil a fat raise in pay. This, at any rate, should provoke Phil into argument which will help to fill this column.
EXTRA!Burglar Caught by Wealthy OwnerLooting Home
A letter from Hanover contained a clipping which we almost tossed into the wastebasket, listing as it did a lot of stock exchange stuff. But five years of looking for the silver lining makes us look for the brighter side, so we turned it on. Source unknown, but here it is. Top columnswell picture beneath, which reads:
"FLYING TACKLE. That's what Red(Paul W.) Loudon, partner in the Minneapolis investment firm of Piper, Jaffray, ifHopwood, used to throw a burglar for agoal Monday night. The prowler was playing around with a flashlight, looting theplace, when Mr. Loudon quietly enteredhis home and downed the burglar withone of his old-time Dartmouth tackles, forwhich he was noted on the football team ofhis Alma Mater."
Yeah—and then what did Red do? And what had the burglar corralled? Red,—if you don't supply all the lurid and harrowing details, we shall, with the help of certain classmates, imagine them in this public print. Come across quick!
We thank Jim Hodge of the Dartmouth Club of Northern New Jersey for the information that Les Bacon occasionally shows up at club functions, and in case Les sees this perhaps he will let us hear from him.
One of our secret reverences has long been the engineering profession. Thus, when A 1 Richmond sends us a copy of the Public Service Bulletin, published by the Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha, of the sovereign state of Nebraska, of which Allan Tukey is a director, that is of the Utility we gather, if not the state, our admiration mounts afresh. Such statistics we have not met since our exposure to Statistics A under Doc Person, which Tuck men of the day will recall we were not very good at. Problems too appear. For example: In the year 1933 the plant pumped 9,580,670,000 gallons but only 7,664,727,320 gallons were delivered through the meters, leaving an unaccounted-for discrepancy which our daughter Janet, who got an A last year in arithmetic, calculates to be 1,915,943,680 gallons of water, which makes a shortage of no mean degree,—or may be quite normal when entered upon the balance sheet of a public utility. There are a dozen pages more profusely illustrated. Write Tukey for a copy. Maybe he will answer and thus we shall have some further news to report.
We hear that Walt Netsch should be awarded first prize for beef on the hoof with no fat showing. He was seen this summer in Chicago at a "peppy French revue," —the quotes being supplied by the classmate who accompanied him,—but we will save him for a later issue. Day times Walt does things for Armour & C 0.,. and very successfully, so we hear.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Appointed to serve until June 1939 President S. S. Larmon Vice-President James D. Gregg Secretary C. E. Leech Treasurer John Piane Class Agent John Burleigh
Executive Committee
Chairman.. .R. H. Trott George Tilton J. F. Conners R. C. Hopkins H. Davidson Chaplain Rev. A. S. Wheelock Reunion Director John Piane Marshal W. J. Snow Committee to consider and manage a ClassMemorial gift to the College on theoccasion of the twentyrfift.hreunion. Chairman W. B. Slater E. B. Buck E. M. Voorhees J. L. Day C. M. Claevs Committee to prepare Class Historyto be published at25th reunion. Chairman.C. E. Leech S. S. Larmon A.S.Wheelock W.B.Humphrey J. F. Conners New addresses received since June 1. 1934: L. K. Little, Custom House, Canton, China Hammond Barnes, Morrisville, Vt. Charles M. Claeys, c/o Texas Cos., S. A. F., 7 Place Vendome, Paris, France
Lewis I. Corliss, 43 Whitman Ave., West Hartford, Conn. Charles F. Fraser, Pastor First Presbyterian church, Milford, N. Y. James P. Margeson Jr., 4308 N. Lake Drive, Milwaukee, Wis. John F. McCullough, 190 Deerhurst Blvd., Kenmore, N. Y. William A. Roland, 110 Menlo St., Brockton, Mass. Philip W. Smith, 181 Steele Road, West Hartford, Conn. Jesse W. Stillman, Lindsey Place, Cragmere, Edgemoor, Del. Allan A. Tukey, 615 Insurance Building, Omaha, Neb. Leonard D. White, U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Raymond H. Foss, TVA Project, 919 Frances St., Knoxville, Tenn. William C. Hands, 23 W. Park Place, Rutherford, N. J. Walter LeCount, 46 Lafayette St., New Rochelle, N. Y.
Few men of the class realize the debt that is owed to Perry Parsons, and follow- ing his death, to the surviving members of his family, for the financial interest they have taken in the class, the Alumni Fund, and Dartmouth affairs generally.
It has been the custom for Perry's family to memorialize his name each year on the rolls of donors to the Alumni Fund. This spring in continuation of this custom and recalling Perry's keen interest in his class reunions, there was forwarded a gift substantially greater than their usual contribution.
By direction of the. class, the Secretary has acknowledged this gift to the Parsons family. The gratitude of the class is here-with recorded and has been spread upon its minutes.
REUNION REPORT
Perhaps you have received the report of our Twentieth Reunion,—and then again perhaps not. Perhaps it hasn't been published yet due to printers, the natural laziness of the Secretary, the heat, humidity, and the NRA. It will be along soon at any rate. This is a good place and time to pay public tribute to the part played in its success by John Piane. From the start most of the activities, plans, costumes, financial worries, and correspondence settled upon his shoulders. Quietly and efficiently he brought order out of chaos. Everything was planned for and anticipated. Even a coat for Jo Beer, who didn't show up to wear it.
John did such a fine job that no one could be found to match it,—hence, he has been made director of our twenty-fifth with full powers of dictator. And in this way, gentlemen of the class of 1914, our next reunion will be a SUCCESS.
Finally we made a PROFIT—yes, sir, we did,—John did; with all bills paid and not a dime from the class treasury, the reunion shows a black balance of a few dollars, but it's black and in these days that's NEWS!
HARVARD GAME
The class will assemble at dusk Friday, at the University Club, Boston. Games will be played, you may eat, and legally drink your brother's health. It will be informal, with only a nominal charge for the room, each man being on his own from that point on. Tell the other men you meet and drop in if for but an hour. In the list of outstanding students for the past year, appears the name of Karl Olson Jr., who during his freshman year achieved a rank of 4.0. Congratulations, Junior, and take a bow, Senior.
TWO MORE HAVE PASSED
Regretfully are recorded the names of two men from our ranks who have passed on,—Harold Ingersoll and Thorne Smith. Details in regard to Smith appear in the necrology section. Two grand spirits these. Too bad they did not remain longer at Hanover, but short as their stay was they left lasting impressions with their classmates.
Secretary, 367 Boylston St., Boston
