Class of 1932
Clarence Willey, his father writes from Bradford, Vt., got his Master's degree in psychology from Princeton last spring. During the summer he was awarded a special fund at the University of Wisconsin, where he is now doing research work in psychology relating to the development of childhood. Albert Levi and R. D. Hall are also carrying on graduate work at Chicago and M. I. T. respectively. Bob Fendrich tells me that John Weisenfluh, still seeking his B.A. degree, spent last year at Guilford, but decided, "since no one ever heard ofthat institution, to continue the process atNorth Carolina University, hopeful of procuring the coveted sheepskin this June."
Whit Daniels writes from Pau, defending himself in regard to the charges made by Howie Sargeant published a couple of months ago in this column. Last summer, "out of a sea of fifty thousand French facesintent upon the 14th of July fireworks onthe Pont Neuf, the familiar countenance ofSargeant bobbed up. And I write you thisto protest, if for no other reason, against asly aspersion upon my reputation made bythat nomadic member of our class severalmonths ago; it was just in the holiday spiritof the occasion that I happened to be conversing with a French demoiselle when heinterrupted. Since then my wanderingshave been quite off the beaten track and encounters with even a native of the old hometown are rare " Later on in the summer, after a trip through the eastern part of the country, Whit arrived at le Lavandou, on the Cote d'Azur, where he settled down to "eating the lotus for about five weeks." Then an extensive tour through the Roman Country of France, and visits to Sete, Carcassone, Lourdes, etc. At the Park Lodge School in Pau, he says, "the businessof teaching newspaper work and social activity keep me well occupied. The work,however, is very pleasant, including sixhours of classes per day, generally directingthe athletic program, and, specifically,coaching basketball—an increasingly popular game among the French, althoughthey play a sort of free-for-all rugby versionof it. Due to the low level of the pound andthe dollar on the international exchange,Pau has lost the majority of its English andAmerican residents, but continues to drawa large number of French and Spanish roylty, particularly the latter, who find it aconvenient place to which to transfer investments in property which revolutions athome threaten to confiscate. Among the attractions of the winter season are the hunts,the races (at which it is not difficult to makemoney), the varied program at the casino,and, of course, dances, teas, etc." Whit gloats further with a very nice description of the surrounding country, calculated to make every Outing Clubber wish he were in the Pyrenees, and every gambler that he were at the track in Pau.
Next fall Whip Walser is joining the Army Air Service, in which he will spend six months at Randolph, six months at Kelly Field, training. He is now a member of the National Guard, spending part of each week at Miller Field on Staten Island, learning as much as he can about airplanes. This summer he will fill in with his old job as life-guard at a nearby beach. Charley Mayo, he reports, has returned from Florida in his boat, which he used to take out fishing parties, and is now back in Provincetown, having in the meantime written a book. Charley is the sole member of the class (excluding Jim Moore, who has bought a new boat and races on the Sound, summers) now seriously following the sea, and we'd like to hear more about him. The frothy sagas once cheerfully supplied by Capt. Windblown Bob Hosmer will no longer appear in this chronicle, it seems, For Bob has settled down, working now in marine insurance in Syracuse, probably to be moved shortly to Chicago. And his sturdy cabin-boy, Ping Ferry, is a reporter on the Detroit Free Press. Until they collaborate on a volume of reminiscences the world will be without the tales of as salty a pair as ever wore the Big Green.
I have received through Mrs. Templin a newspaper notice of Bud's wedding, with a nice picture of the wedding party. Bud married Virginia Mathias of Elkhart, Ind., on December 31. Mrs. Templin was graduated from Dana Hall in 1930 and Pine Manor in 1932. Mr. Templin is now engaged as manager of the Mishawaka branch of the Wilbur Templin music stores, and the couple will make their home in Mishawaka.
At a recent class dinner in New York I got wind for the first time of several marriages. Last May, Harry Harper wed Isabelle Hatfield, and they are residing now at 695 Webster Ave., New Rochelle. On January 25, 1932, Marion Palmer was married to Holden C. Lewis. They are living in Hamden, Conn., the parents of a fewmonths-old baby daughter, Patricia Ann. The preceding items were supplied on the respective authorities of Jim Corbett and Hank Voorhis. Morry Hubbard tells me that George Orcutt is married to the former Patricia Sullivan.
Gordon Mackenzie is engaged to Miss Betty Johnson of Summit, N. J. According to Ed Marks, Bill Peck is also engaged, but I could not find out his fiancee's name.
The class dinner, referred to above, was held at the Dartmouth Club in New York on March 23. There were about thirtythree there, not counting Pettengill, who was in the building but did not hear dinner being announced. Afterwards there were four reels of class movies. Unfortunately I haven't an accurate list of all those present, but several men supplied the following items: From Fendrich, "Bill Pletzstill slaving for the real estate firm of Byrneand Bowman .... saw Cal Fisher at aColumbia prom, claims he and OrrinCrankshaw are busy in the procedure ofbecoming M.D.'s at Cornell. Whitey Goodman, also at the prom, hopes to be anattorney at law by 1935." .... Carl McGowan had a letter from Harry Litzenberger, who is building himself up for the annual Alumni Fund activities. He had recently been skiing with Eddie Toothaker and his wife Harry Harper notes, "along with Joe Slattery, and Gus Weston'}i, am helping Roosevelt ease the creditsituation through Dun & Bradstreets, Inc. ■ . . ." Carl Bang, when last heard of, was running a Texaco gas station Jim Gardner is in the real estate department of the Poughkeepsie Savings Bank According to John Zimmerman: Ronny Olmstead is with the firm of Niles & Niles, accountants, of 165 Broadway, and has been in Philadelphia on a six months' job. Frank Gilbert is also in accounting (with Haskins & Sells, J. Z. believes). M. L. Leich is still doing radio announcing with WGDF in Evansville, Ind. Dutch Wollaeger, at Christmas, the time of last report, was tossing boxes around in a wholesale grocery. Alex Christie is working with W. T. Grant in Louisville Gus Zimmerman gives the information that Bob Harrison is working for a publishing company and learning how to fly on the side. Bob Fisher and Gates Hastings are with the Consolidated Gas Cos. Gene Freeman is working in Omaha Rushmore reports that Ed Rollins has been elevated to a department head in the New York Title and Mortgage Cos., with which concern Spec Macy is also affiliated. Brud Plumb is spending his spare time training and riding horses at East Norwich, L. 1., his home Joe Boldt, according to A 1 Rice, is working on the Times Fred White is working in Brooklyn Dick Hazen claims to have seen Dan Gage, A 1
Keyworth, Judd, Dublin, and Deke Campbell on a trip to Boston a couple of months ago Don Marcus, who is "examiner of accounts" in the office of the Commissioner of Accounts for the City of New York, says that Gordon Walker is at law school in Cincinnati, and that Stan Leach is a gentleman farmer in Adel, lowa.
The men at the dinner were very glad to see in attendance Willard Van Doren, who came in from Ridgewood and sat through the meal and movies in a wheelchair. He is still pretty much confined in his activities, and would enjoy seeing any members of the class who are around that particular neck of the Jersey woods. Adrian Nitschelm, according to Willard, is holding down a job with the Prudential Life.
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