Class of 1906
Halsey Charles Edgerton, treasurer of Dartmouth College, and Miss Ada Lorraine Sniffen, assistant to the bursar of the College, were married in Concord on the morning of April 10, Bishop John Dallas performing the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Edgerton are spending their honeymoon in Bermuda.
Harlan Wood, who has not been able to attend any Dartmouth functions for many years, was present at the gathering of the Virginia alumni at Charlie Milham's in Williamsburg, Va., on March 10. Harlan, who has been engaged in telephone work for a score of years, is now with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Richmond.
The latest monograph that I have received from Arthur Holmes is a reprint from an article in the January number of Oil and Soap, and is entitled "Some Results That Have Been Obtained by Supplementing the Dietary with Cod Liver Oil."
I have received a most interesting letter from Tubby Laton in Los Angeles, under date of March 16. Here it is in full:
"I had the opportunity of hearing GusAyers as the principal speaker at a divisional meeting of the American Society ofCivil Engineers a few nights ago, andthought I would write you, as the repository of class records, while I am still in thedaze of his figures.
"As you know, he is one of the chief, andI think the chief, engineer of the Six Companies who are constructing Hoover Dam.Gus has been on the job since the desertcalm was disrupted in 1930. At the divisional meeting held in the University Clubin Los Angeles, Gus spoke without notes,following a four-reel movie of some of thework, and had figures of tonnage excavated,machinery specifications, cost figures, andwhat not, at his tongue's end as to amazeand daze the listeners, especially a poorpediatrician, who attended by sufferance.
"This construction job will sometime bewritten down properly, I hope, as it hasrequired the utmost forethought in planning; the most meticulously careful precision in details; the overcoming of natural barriers and obstacles of tremendousstrength; and the utter disregard of financial considerations to secure the maximumof safety factors.
"They built a town of 6000 inhabitantswith the appurtenances necessary—schools,clubs, police and fire protective departments, miles of roads, streets, and railroads—drove tunnels big enough to hold most ofthe Dartmouth College buildings, turnedrivers, moved mountains of sand, gravel,rock, etc., out of the way, then combinedthem and are moving them back to buildthe dam itself. They employ a small armyof workers, and an incredible amount ofrolling stock of railroad trains, trucks,tractors, busses, special machinery, cableways, drills, mixers, and everything in themachinery catalogues.
"As you see, I am enthusiastic.
"For myself, I am one of the many millions in the depression army. The medicalprofession was the first to be afflicted andpresumably will be the last to recover.However, I am still eating and practicing,and am in good health. My daughter is ajunior at the University of Southern California. I lecture occasionally and haveclinics for the Southern California medicalstudents, and receive a title therefor without further compensation except a reducedrate for football tickets, so what the H-!
"I have had inquiries as to Sethus Wells.I haven't seen him for over a year, and donot have his present address. The same istrue of Arthur (Toot) Bourne, who was notin good health the last time I saw him.
"Please forgive this long screed, but believe me, yours sincerely,
"GEORGE P. LATION."
Now ,isn't that a real letter? I wish some of the rest of you fellows who have news up your sleeve would follow Tubby's excellent example and let your secretary have
the benefit of your correspondence. Mrs. Childs and I have just returned from our spring vacation, which we spent most delightfully as the guests of the Milhams in Williamsburg, Va. Charlie and Alma are perfect hosts and did everything to make our visit a memorable one. Their home, Garrett House, dates from the early eighteenth century, and is one of the show places in that wonderful city of colonial antiquities, and is furnished throughout with American and English original pieces o£ the same period as the house itself. Their colonial garden is a spot to dream of. Charlie and Alma are most entertaining guides, too, to all the many spots of historic interest in Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, and the country round about. Moreover, I had the privilege while there of reading the manuscript of the book Charlie is writing—and I advise you all to watch for its publication.
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
