Class of 1932
To start the year's news out on a cheerful note we might reflect on the sad showing the class made in the Alumni Fund last spring. Yeoman Harry Litzenberger, after his strenuous efforts to bring the matter before us and. finally after it had all been closed up, appeared gratified with the results of the campaign in a summarizing bulletin he sent out. In one respect he had reason to be: the increase in the number of contributors from our class was 33% over last year, the increase in amount, 17%. But it must be remembered that the contributions the year before were so meager that this percentage is almost meaningless. The next significant item is that we ranked 4.9 th among the different classes. 1930 and 1931 ranked 12th and igth respectively. And in the last place, I firmly believe that the committee in charge of the campaign this year did as smart a job as they possibly could have. Harry Litzenberger, Johnny Wright, Joe Byram, Dick Cunningham, Jack Hamel & Co. worked like hell, carrying on various phases of the drive. And truly great praise is due John Clark and Ed Marks for their splendid journalistic accomplishment in the "Check-Up." As far as I know nothing comparable in its scope and execution has ever been achieved by any other class in this department. Incidentally a few copies are still left for distribution in case you have lost yours and would like one for reference. Just write in to this office before the 10th of October enclosing a letter containing at least ten items concerning members of the class and you will get a copy of the "Check-Up" together with a picture of T. O. M. Pettengill at the Cup Races. You don't have to get the latter if you don't want to.
Bo Wentworth sent his Alumni Fund contribution in the form of French francs, partly I suppose because he thought they might be worth twice as many dollars before they got to Hanover, and actually because he is working in Paris as assistant to the continental manager of the Hartford Insurance Cos., 37 Rue Vivienne, Paris. He will probably be there for two years.
BARBARY COAST STUFF
Franklyn Marks joined Irving Aaronson's orchestra as arranger this summer after having played with Merle Jacobs up to that time.
Walter Rushmore was a sales clerk at Macy's and an oil-burner salesman before he entered the foreign department of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.
Tom Lott is still at the University of Michigan, working in a Detroit law firm during the summer Don Marcus, as far as I know, is still in the office of the commissioner of accounts of the City of New York Art Allen is with the First Boston Corp., 100 Broadway, N. Y.
. . .' . Alex Christie is in Aurora, Ill., with the W. T. Grant Co Keith Naylor works in the travel department of the American Express Co in New York Everard Stuhrman, after being graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, was employed by the Florida State Road Dept. onaFERA project .... Holden Lewis does investigating for the New England Equity Corp. in New Haven Dave Kirby is with the Oklahoman and Times in Oklahoma City. .... Dick Statham calls himself a "technical salesman," and his business is at 230 Park Ave., N. Y Clarence Farr is a structural engineer with the E. G. Budd Mfg. Cos. in Philadelphia.
Jack Titcomb got his C.E. degree from Thayer School in 1933, and from October that year until July, 1934, was a student in mining geology with the Trepca Mines, Ltd., in Yugoslavia. This fall he intends to enter Yale for one year's graduate work in geology.
Gene Catron writes, "I spent part of ayear at home in Denver doing practicallynothing, and for the past year have beentaking a combined course at the Yale LawSchool and Harvard Business School. Thefaculties of the two schools have felt theneed for such a course for a number ofyears and about six of us from the firstyear class at Yale are going to subject ourselves to the experiment. The usual coursein the two schools would take five years,but by taking additional work we plan toreceive both our degrees in the period offour years. My address this fall will be theStaplers Club at Harvard." During the summer Gene was a tennis professional at the Millbrook (N. Y.) Golf and Tennis Club, in addition to being a tutor and riding companion to a young lad from St. Marks.
According to Joe Pipe, who is with the Gulf Refining Co. in Boston, Johnny Collins was graduated from Harvard Business School, Ed DAncona is at Chicago Law School, Joe Byranx is an investment counselor with a security house in Boston, Mose Parker is there with a wholesale furniture establishment, living in Allston; Lee Potter is teaching at Browne & Nichols, and Dick Pike is with the 2d National Bank of Nashua, N. H.
HONEST JOHN WRIGHT
J. Amos Wright was engaged in conducting his annual summer tours through certain spaces of the Far West Ken Todd is with W. R. Grgce & Co., 7 Hanover Square, N. Y Isadore Garber wholesales in liquor and wine in Waterbury Bill Brister is a United Fruiter at 1 Federal St., Boston
Jack Light is in Clifton, Arizona, with the Double Circle Cattle Cos Bunny Rich sells American foundry equipment for the American Foundry Equipment Cos. of Chicago Frank Eggleston, when last heard from, was assistant secretary of the Rhode Island Truck Owners Association Dick Hazen works at 230 Park Ave., N. Y., with the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Cos. He told me that he had heard that Russ O'Brien had just returned from Europe Johnny Almert, a veteran with Sears, Roebuck, & Cos. is now managing their store in Lorain, Ohio. .... Dave Larrabee is assistant dean of men at the University of Illinois. His address is Newman Hall, Urbana, 111 Mark Richard is at Gimbels in New York. .... Marv Chandler analyses public utilities at the firm of C. D. Barney and Cos., 65 Broadway, N. Y.
Back in April I got a letter from Alf McLaughlin, mentioning that Dan Kraft was with the International Silver Cos. in Meriden, that Willie Kendall was transferred by the Pennsylvania R. R. from Erie to Pittsburgh, that "Charlie Boak wrote avery entertaining letter saying that he wasstill on the broad fat part of his anatomywaiting for big things to turn up. HankWeston, I understand from Chuck Maxwell (whom I saw at Carnival), is workingin the bank with his father'at JacksonHole, Wyoming As for myself, 1have been working with the U. S. Coastand Geodetic Survey. It started out as afederal C W A project, but God only knowswhat it is now. For a month I worked forthe State Forestry Dept. on insect control,searching for the elusive Bo Weevil or PineShoot." Alf's address is 130 Bradley Ave., Meriden.
Sonny Foley, as of June 12, was managing one of the Grand Union stores in Peekskill, N. Y.
Whip Walser sends a letter from Randolph Field, Texas, enclosing a picture of Frank Peart and himself, both looking very bronzed and competent in snappy flying cadet uniforms. Quoting Walser, "Wearrived here June 30, and to my surpriseI saw Peart in the regular line-up of"dodos." For about three weeks we hadvery intensive training, consisting of drillsand, more drills. After that we went to theline and started our dual instruction, besides going to Ground School and studyingsuch subjects as theory of flight, engines,and radio buzzer—the Morse code. Neitherof us are hot pilots, but somehow we managed to solo and have started doing stuntsduring the last two weeks. We now get usually a half hour's dual instruction andthen take our solo ship up for an hour andpractice either spins or turns, ch****?,loops, pylon eights, etc., etc.
"We are rooming together in 'A' Company barracks and like it very much—arecalled the Dartmouth twins and stick upfor the old school and especially for theclass of '32.
"Out of the original 148 that started hereJune 50 there are about 85 of us left andfrom day to day we live under a sword',hoping that it will not fall on our headsiHowever, many more will have to bewashed out, as the Army is very strict in itsrequirements and only wants to keep thebest. By the end of September there willbe only about 60 left and at the end of ayear's training perhaps 25 or 50 will finallysurvive.
"We do a lot of swimming, ride, andusually rip into San Antonio over theweek-ends. This coming week-end we areplanning a tarpon fishing trip at CorpusChristi; and expect to consume a lot ofcold bee?at the same time."
The usual matrimonial rumors have carried to this office, one being about Pete Cygan's marriage. Would like confirmation of same. A neat card from the John Visscher Eliot Jr., announces the birth on July 7 of Sarah Rowena Eliot On May 19, Joe Pipe's sister, Elizabeth, was married to Johnny Weston. I'm sure '32 will approve highly of this sort of intraclass alliance. Congratulations! An undated clipping announces the engagement of Miss Virginia Hyde of Cleveland to Bain Davis. And finally, the engagement of Miss Margaret Dobbin of New Rochelle to Bill Morton has been announced. The wedding will be sometime in the fall. Best wishes to all these couples!
Secretary, 24 E. 38th St., New York
