Class of 1933
Viewers-with-alarm in Cairo, Egypt, on March 5 were puzzled to find a strange hush fallen over the usually busy city. The bustle of the bazaars and the strident street cries' of the itinerant vendors had given way to an ominous stillness. Groups of citizens stood silent on street corners, and bright eyes gleamed behind latticed windows as if in the expectation of portentous news.
Suddenly a voice rang out loud and clear from the topmost minaret. It continued on for a moment and then ceased. The little groups on the corners whispered among themselves. A son, it seemed, had been born that day to Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Await. His name was to be Alan Leigh Await. He weighed seven and a half pounds, had light brown hair and blue eyes.
Then the cannons boomed and the trumpets brayed and Abou Ben Await marched proudly down the corridors of the AngloAmerican Hospital. He puffed out his chest, feeling the first touches of paternal pride. He would, however, have expanded his chest just the least bit more and strutted just a bit more cockily had he been aware of the fact that he was the father of the official 1933 Class Baby.
Recently we received a postcard from Babson with the stamp, a two-center, stuck neatly in the middle of the back. The following was scrawled beneath a Miami postmark: "Swell golf and tennis here only Idon't play, so I am going over to SloppyJoe's in Havana to-morrow." We were afraid that the current Babson affaire dncoeur had put a stop to his cavorting around. If this is the old Babson rising from the ashes, Sloppy Joe's would be a rather appropriate place for him to visit.
From Howdie Pierpont '3a comes the news that Jus Stanley is selling insurance for the Equitable in New York and is living with the Weemans at 640 West 153d St., N. Y. C. Ken Weeman, according to the same source, has been transferred from Rochester to "somewhere on old LongIsland."
Page Worthington writes from Washington that he is employed by the Telephone Company there. He describes his position as having a "damned good salary, five daysa week" and his employers as being "greatpeople to work for." He continues:
"Saw Larry Reeves recently, trying to collect a big bill for some gravel or something.He was recently promoted to city managerof the firm he is connected with, so youcan see how fast he's traveling. Maybe he'llbe employing some of us suckers after awhile. I saw El Sager during the fall, alsotrying to chisel a bill for his old man;glimpsed Col Milans and Dickie Lyon twiceon the street, and have heard tell that HalSmith and Henn Dudley were here.
"I managed to get a few days off this fall,and drove all the way up to school to spendthem. I saw very little of the 'factory inmates.' I did see Nieblingfor a few minutes.James 'The Mighty' Pimper blew into towna week ago, having finally decided to letloose that strange hold he has had on theEnglish department for four and a halfyears."
From the wide open spaces adjacent to Ebnis, Montana, comes the following edited piece from Bill Doyle. It is dated March, 1934-
"Much to my horror I received fourcopies of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE last weekfrom the East. The horror concerns whatis happening to various and sundry gentlemen of 1933. My Gawd, isn't there a celibate in the outfit?
"Or maybe I'm laying too much stresson that part of the news—l'm batching ina well-ventilated log shack in the MadisonRiver valley. 'Batching' to you means livinga lonely life without the assistance of awoman in washing and cooking and cleaning and other things.
"In your January accounting you mentioned the fact that Mercer Curtis and Iivere making a romantic expedition—orsomething to that effect—which is true, except that there's a helluva lot of realitytied up with it. In the first place Merc'swife came out from the East to join him,which meant that he and the Mrs. took upabode in the flourishing city of Bozeman.All the time I clung steadfastly to my Rousseau and Wordsworth and tried to watchmyself becoming a finer spirit because Jworshipped and lived with Nature.
"I hunted for all my food, didn't buy apiece of meat since I got here. I was broke.I cleaned house, washed clothes, cookedwhat grub I could get hold of, cut wood,tried to read, but couldn't because I wastoo busy living (he must have read 'Walden' anyway) wrote an article for the Saturday Evening Post which was rejected,nursed my pup through distemper, andfound a girl-friend fifty-three miles away.
"For a time there the cottontails had become more or less extinct, and life becamevery real (Longfellow). But then I shot mean elk that provided find and lasting service.
"Its been a swell experience, and Iwouldn't have missed it."
We leave Bill to saddle ole paint and head for civilization and sanity.
Hagan, evidently bored to death with such small-time commutation as that between Rye and Worcester, suddenly ups and floors us with the startling announcement that he is in Nashville, Tenn., where he is working in a well-known five- and ten-cent store. We can imagine Br'er Hagan with the South in his soul, casting sly glances at the sloe-eyed, dusky beauties who glide lissomely along the streets of that quaint Southern town. Unfortunately it is illegal in Tennessee to cast a lip over a mint julip, so we shall have to omit that side of the picture. We have already mentioned Babson anyway. Excerpts from Hagan's very profane letter:
"No doubt you are mildly surprised ornot as the case may be (You certainly get both sides of the question here.—Ed.) thatthis letter is coming to you from your oldpalsy-walsy in such a place as Nashville,Tenn. Well, the crux of the matter is thatI have followed in the footsteps of BrotherWeeman in becoming one of the W. T.Grant boys, and Nashville is the first stop.
"I still don't get the score in this racketbut you know—feel your way along cautiously and all is okeh."
He then lapses into a rhapsodic passage on the physical aspects of some of the girls whose counters he supervises. He mentions the fact that there is an unwritten law of the Company "like the N. W. mounties" that the men shall have no social intercourse with the salesgirls, but adds optimistically that "it has been known to happen."
He closes with a reminder that there is "no repeal in this damn state—nothing todrink but cawn." Also he wishes to know whether or not that mug Babson is married. (So does yr. sec.)
His address is: W. T. Grant Cos., 215 sth Ave., North Nashville, Tenn.
Bob Feakins is employed by the Sun Oil Company at their Marcus Hook refinery. He still lives at Swarthmore Ave., Swarthmore, Pa Ed Foley is working with the General Motors Cos. in New York. .... Spence Furbush, erstwhile Dartmouth baseball player, will graduate from Bates College this June. . . . . A 1 Gemberling is working in the laboratory of the Sherwin-Williams Paint Cos Archie Gordon writes that he is "working in NewYork and applying the principles of Comteto the art of selling dresses." .... Gene Hammett is business manager of the Intercollegiate Orchestra Bureau Bill Harris is studying at the Ohio State Medical School Parker Hart is doing graduate work at the Harvard School of Arts and Sciences Mel Hershenson is learning the leather business under the guidance of his father. .... Dave Herzig, having received his B.A. degree from Western Reserve last June, is now studying at the Dental School there. He is engaged to Miss Sylvia C. Ehrlich Fran Hoge is employed by G. M. & P. Murphy, brokers at 52 Broadway, N. Y. C Ed Home is located with the Texas Company at their bulk station in Fitchburg, Mass
George Jacobus is at the Cornell Engineering School Ed Janjigian is studying medicine at B. U A 1 Jaques, Box 762, Hanover, N. H., is at the Dartmouth Medical School Cliff Johnson is reported to be puttering about at the Harvard Business School Marty Kerwin is learning management engineering with Stevenson, Jordan, and Harrison at 205 W. Wacker Drive in Chicago. .... Ralph Keyes has returned to Hanover to study at the Medical School and is living at Mink Brook Manor Bill Lang is working with the Gulf Refining Cos. in Pittsburgh, Pa Peter Mankowski is studying German and doing some teaching in Minneapolis, Minn Tom Mann, who married Miss Anne Bekewell Brower on March 11, 1933, lives at 826 Second Place in Plainfield, N. J., and works for Field, Glore, and Cos., at 38 Wall St., N. Y. C John Meek is at the U. of P. Law School in Philadelphia Vin Merrill, living at 29 Hammond St., Cambridge, is studying landscape architecture at Harvard Tris Metcalfe is selling motor cars in Yonkers, N. Y.
Fred Meyer is studying at M. I. T. He lives at 159 Bay State Rd., Boston Don Miller is employed in the proof department. of the Ist National Bank in Huntington, W. Va. He lives at gO2 12th Ave., Huntington Ted Monahan is doing graduate work at the Harvard Business School. He rooms with Archie Lade. .... Bill MacCarty is "tearing 'em apart" at the U. of Minnesota Medical School. .... Henry McKee has moved to R. F. D. 3, New Philadelphia, Ohio Bob Norton is working for the Western Union Telegraph Cos. in Philadelphia Bud Newman, after two years at the University of Chicago, has received a graduate scholarship in anthropology for his first year of graduate work Larry O'Leary writes that he has been spending his time between Maine and Florida Harry Osborne may be reached at 3604 Yale Station, New Haven, Conn John Paull, now living at 502 Newberry Ave., Newberry, Mich., is employed by the White Star Northern Oil Cos Ray Peck is at the U. of lowa, where he is studying medicine. His address is 122 E. Church St., lowa City, la
Fred Porter is at the Harvard Business School. His address is McCulloch B 42, Soldiers Field, Boston Bill Porter is working for the Johns-Manville Cos. in New York City Ted Purcell is frequenting bread lines in Evanston, 111 Eber Resnick is studying medicine at the University of Vermont and is living at 96 Henry St. in Burlington Nathan Root has returned to the Dartmouth Medical School and is living at g Downing Road. .... Win Rowe is studying at the Yale Medical School Dave Russell is working for the Standard Oil Cos. of New Jersey Lee Sanborn is studying at the Teachers College of Syracuse University Bill Schlesinger is at the Western Reserve Medical School Alex Selivanoff, son of the late Czar's chief attorney, is living at 41 E. 57th St. in New York, care of Graham Taylor, and is doing free lance typography Charlie Shafer is selling for Schulderberg & Sturdle, meat packers, in Baltimore Bill Sherman is employed by the A. & P. in Medford Ev Shineman is working in the sales department of the Beech-Nut Packing Cos. in Canajoharie, N. Y A 1 Speare is selling insurance for the New England Mutual Cos Hobie Van Deusen is employed by the American Museum of History in New York Dave Warden is studying medicine at the U. of Penn. and lives at 4637 Sansom St. in Philadelphia Charlie Webster is an assistant cashier with the National Biscuit Company Ed Weidenhamer is a U. of P. medical student and resides at 3810 Spruce St., Philadelphia Howie Wheelock is working in the advertising department of the Magazine of Wall Street at 90 Broad St., N. Y. C Don Wood is working for his dad in the Childs & Wood Insurance Agency in Chicago Herb Woodard, married, is working for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Cos. in Boston and is living at 32 Fairfield St.
Secretary, 64 Cooke St., Waterbury, Conn.
