Class of 1925
During 1925 we were greatly impressed by the tenth reunion of the class of 1915. At that time our tenth seemed to most of us to be a rather vague affair in the far distant future, but now it has become a most pleasant impending reality, and in a few short months we will be back in Hanover for our biggest and most important reunion of all.
In this regard a few nights ago a gang of us from Boston and vicinity gathered for a real old-fashioned feed at the Dartmouth Outing Club cabin at Groton, Mass. It was a swell party, and as the evening progressed certain definite plans were formulated which will assure youse guys of a darn good time in Hanover next June. Thanks to Nate Bugbee, no details were overlooked, and he did yeoman service with Bill Sleigh in putting on a grand spread. The Chamberlain twins, who are in the business, carved up the best steer around these parts, and Nate did it proud in the way of tasty steaks broiled in the fireplace. Among those present: Lane Goss, Eddie Pease, Pete Haffenreffer (from Rhode Island), Ken Hill, Whitey White, Jo Leavitt, Bill Thompson, Al Gehring and Lang Spring from Worcester, Johnny Garrod, and Bob Rhodes.
Incidentally, Garrod had just returned from Quebec, where he and two or three of his pals pursued the elusive trail of big game. According to Johnny, when the smoke had cleared away they were the proud possessors of seven deer, three bear, and three moose (none pink), so the shooting must have been fast and furious.
Bill Sleigh is now a director of the Boston Y. M. C. A.
Ken Simonds and his wife are now living at 1 Langdon St., Cambridge, Mass., from which point Ken commutes to the Boston offices of Jackson & Moreland, 31 St. James Ave.
Bob Bingham, in the course of helping to untangle legal situations in his home city of Manchester, N. H., has been representing that state at Milwaukee in the inter-boundary commissions dispute, whatever that is. On his return from Milwaukee recently, Bob stopped off in Cleveland and had a very pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Nugent. Dick is with the Cleveland Trust Co. Lawyer Bingham has also been elected to the board of the American Junior Bar Association, and not at all incidentally, he is the proud parent of a new daughter.
Bob Palmer is in the insurance racket in Springfield, Mass., and Web Collins has also located in that city, engaged in the cotton waste business. Web is also one of the newer fathers.
We have an announcement of Neil Williams' marriage in Chicago last October third, to Edythe Knisely Hales. Mr. and Mrs. are at home at 533 Brier St., Kenilworth.
Quoting verbatim from an interesting letter from Paul Walter: "Overcome withremorse at having been out of touch withthe class of '25 for so long, and pepped upby the October ALUMNI MAGAZINE (Editor's Note: Ahem!) and the first weeklyluncheon of the Washington alumni thisfall, I'm taking time out to report in afew items which may be of interest. Thesudden realization that it will have beenten years next June since shifting the oldtassel on the mortar-boards makes for asudden feeling of old age at the very door.More so because four of us satacross the table from a bunch of '34ers and'33ers at the aforesaid luncheon, whichgathering is held every Tuesday at 12:30at the Harrington Hotel here.
" 'Coop' Rhodes, who is a practicing attorney with offices in association with hisfather in the National Press Building,'Bick' Bickford, engaged in research withthe Forest Service which has taken him allover the Rockies and who has most recently come from New Orleans to do somestudy in the Washington headquarters,J. C. Elder, whose affiliation is with theBureau of Internal Revenue here, andyours truly, represented '25 at the luncheon. I am informed that Eddie Yates,Chan Walker, and Bob Carpenter are allresidents of this fair city, but somethingmust have kept them from the luncheon.
"I've been private secretary to Commissioner Draper of the Federal Power Commission for nigh on to four years now, andhave been improving my spare time withthe law course at George Washington University, although whether a degree willever be forthcoming or not is most problematical. Having been out of school forso long, it has been considerable of a trialto get back into regular habits of study.
"Occasionally members of the class driftinto town and out again, but one generally hears about it afterwards instead ofseeing them at the time. However, I'veseen Brad Foss a couple of times, NateRugbee once, and Bill Farnsworth infrequently. Bill, by the way, is also locatedhere as deputy assistant to the administrator of the Amusement and Entertainment Division of the NRA. That probablyisn't the correct title of the thing, but youget the idea. I dare say Bill's former activity as a theatrical producer has stoodhim in good stead."
Here's hoping the above will shame some of the rest of you "long-losts" to going and doing likewise. It's a welcome sight to these old eyes to receive messages from mates in the outposts.
Secretary, 67 Milk St., Boston
