Class of 1895
Walt Lane has a collection of snapshots taken in 189 and a little later, of Dartmouth scenes, buildings, and undergraduates of that far-back period.
They include likenesses of "Tommy" Thompson and "Shorty" Pillsbury actually studying; of "Tute" White, Roger O'Connor (the crack "south-paw" pitcher), Archie Ranney, his catcher, Hamp Howe's tally-ho coach, etc. Perhaps they will be reproduced (some of them) in this column later on.
In response to a recent letter, Walter writes:
"It interested me, and made me wish thatwe could sit down together and swapyarns, reminiscences, and experiences."
He refers to a Harvard sophomore he is interested in, who seems to be selecting all the snap courses he can. He said unto him that if he were his dad he wouldn't pay his way "unless he buckled down and did some work."
This reminded Walter of senior year at Dartmouth, when one of our leisure-loving mates "picked all the snap courses, andthen the professors got wind of the factthat their courses were regarded as out-and-out snaps, and they soaked the poor cussesthat were under them with a whole libraryof collateral reading, themes, etc. So whileShorty and 'I were riding high, wide, andhandsome with plenty of 'senior indolence'. . . , the snapper was practically confinedto barracks, reading his head off."
Dr. Charlie Pollard, specialist, is now connected with Immanuel Hospital in Omtha. A year or two ago I met in Washington a prominent citizen of Omaha, who knew Charlie quite intimately. He reported that Dr. C. W. Pollard was one of the outstanding men in Omaha. His son, Joseph, also a doctor, is on the faculty at Dartmouth in the department of physical education. He is married and has a little daughter, Susan, five years old, and a very small son, just walking, Charles W., who not only carries his grandfather's name but reflects his countenance and build also.
Sliver Rice's son, Winthrop, is teaching French in the University of Syracuse. He is also author of books on French literature. William Foster Rice Jr. seems to inherit his noted grandfather's talent for chemistry. He has been connected with the Royal Gelatin Company.
John Letteney is busy with his dredging company, whose office is at Quincy, Mass. He resides at 116 Allerton Road, Newton Highlands. His son Russell is a Boston lawyer.
Henry Sanborn, superintendent of schools in Andover, Mass., is in line for the honor of being the oldest living alumnus of Dartmouth College. His venerable father now holds that exalted title, it would seem.
"Tommy" Thompson says the thermometer was 60° on the morning of March 6 at Salt Lake City, with not a cloud in the sky all day long. "Why go to California?" he asks.
Referring to the Theta Chi tragedy, he says, "Perfectly awful and next to impossible to believe!"
Roland E. Stevens Jr., a member of Theta Chi, writes that he heard it announced over the radio on that fateful Sunday, that nine members of Theta Chi at Dartmouth had died from gas poisoning. No names were given. He spent a painfully wakeful night trying to decide who his nine friends were who lay lifeless at the familiar house in Hanover while he lay awake in Rochester, four hundred miles away.
Editor, White River Jet., Vt.
