Class of 1910
Herb Wolff, New York barrister of note, chairman of the board of governors of the New York Ethical Culture Schools, has a feature article "Civil Liberties and the Teacher" in April issue of The Standard, published by American Ethical Union
.... Herb points out that a teacher, unlike other citizens, is deprived of free speech, and jeopardizes his job if he speaks too freely .... of interest is. "A goodteacher should be broad-minded and liberal in the sense that he will not be dogmatic and arbitrary and completely intolerant to views contrary to his own." . . . . we're sending the article to the Archive Room of the Baker Library to be added to the collection of 1910 writings .... Dixi Crosby, popular instructor at the Bloomfield, N. J., High School, coaches dramatics, and has the town placarded with notices of the forthcoming annual play, "What Happened to Jones?" .... we personally think that Alpheus Dixi was not broad-minded like H. Wolff sez a teacher should be, and plenty of us wonder why that particular question should be confined to the "Jones" family .... Mr. and Mrs. Ken Phillips of Omaha announce the marriage of their daughter, Merlyn Putney Phillips, to Charles Henry Buell on April 11 ... . Bokum & Dingle (our John Harvey), agency of the Mass. Mutual Life in Chicago, celebrated its fifteenth anniversary with a luncheon at the Palmer House .... George Chamberlin is very active for the Irving Trust Cos. of New York in connection with the receiverships which they are handling .... "Cy" Jack Richmond is V.-P. of the same bank .... we saw a picture of Harry Mudgett recently .... first time we've seen hide, hair, or likeness of him since college days . ... he looks like the keen, prosperous business man he is; face a little fuller, and hair receding some, not like some of the boys, not bad at all, in fact; it seemed good to get a look at him .... we hear that Ernest Stephens and Larry Bankart are two of Lynn's hardest-working men; Ernest doing his usual good job with the schools there, arid Larry attempting to keep the food industry in good spirits in spite of having to work under four different codes .... "Lefty" West is still on the payroll of the Erie, which would have to shut down if 1910's southpaw didn't bring in the business and keep the books straight .... "Lefty" opines, "Still tomake my first million. However, I don't believe money is all there is in life, so whocares if I don't have a million" .... Jim Ingalls was quarantined out of his home while two of his children had scarlet fever .... Juddy still needs class dues .. . "Mac" Kendall is getting his 8- and 10-year-old sons ready for Dartmouth .... he writes, "I took the tip which youpublished in the MAGAZINE and wrote fora Bulletin. I have already spend considerable time with it and have laid it aside forfurther perusal. 1 am impressed with thevariety of courses now offered, and also surprised at the similarity of some to thoseoffered in our day. The requirements forgraduation have certainly been liberalizedso that it is tempting to dream a bit aboutwhat a fine course one could not choose,yet I suppose that there are just as manylooking for the snaps and dodging the hardones as there were in 1906-10" . . . . "Mac" sent his wife and three children to visit at his brother Warren's in Washington during Easter vacation, commenting, "From the brief notes I have received Ijudge that Warren has shown them everything. Florence and I have been, planningit for them for several years, waiting untilthey all were old enough to appreciatewhat they were seeing" .... "Mac" (who with his brother Warren have gone out from Vermont and Dartmouth into the railroad world and made good) wise-cracks that the recent severe winter in Vermont and New Hampshire will shut up some of the old wiseacres who are always crying that the winters aren't what they used to be ... . Eleanor, daughter of Art and Bertha Lord, and cellist of ability who plays in a trio with Ed Kenway's two daughters, was elected to membership in the Newton High School Chapter of the National Honor Society . . . . Ed Raabe, N. Y. telephoner, was visited recently by Charley Libbey's son, who is doing a fine job at Dartmouth, and is quite prominent in dramatics .... "Shing" Sherwin has a nice looking son, Dick, who is to enter college this fall .... the lad has made a fine record at New Hampton, being on the honor roll, winning the original essay prize, doing newspaper reporting, and maintaining Scout work .... we would appreciate Tenners letting us know before fall what sons are entering with the freshman class .... last fall we led all classes out of a total 65 Dartmouth sons entering .... Ted Smith's new address is care of J. B. Diaz & Cos., Prado 135, Havana, Cuba.
Burt C. Miller has separated from his father's business and has established a persona} service in jewelry, watches, and silverware, operating from an office in his home (846 Warren St.), in Albany.
On one of his trips to New York this winter, Burt's car got out of control on a slippery road and came to a stop in a bad smash-up. Burt was knocked out for several hours, but after a couple of weeks taking things easily and carefully, he was back on the job, full of pep and optimism in his new venture.
Here is a letter from John Vander Pyl that we are delighted to print, first, because it pays a much merited compliment to our able classmate, Andy Scarlett, second, because it gives a pretty good picture of what the College is doing through its "Fathers' Dinners": "The SophomoreFathers' Dinner at the Dartmouth Club inNew York this year was the most enjoyableone that has yet been held, to my way ofthinking. There was a natural cordialityand eager sociability which suppliedwarmth and ease to the gathering from thefirst. I think there were four of our classpresent. Ray Seymour acted as chief hostto a gentleman whose son earned the GradeA in all but two of his studies, in both ofwhich he fell to Grade B. I suppose theypicked Ray to team up with the father ofthat boy because he looks so intelligent.Incidentally, the boy in question was onewho came before the alumni committee ofinquiry when he was a candidate for admissionto the College, composed of RaySeymour, Frank Meleney, and me, and Ithink that he reflects some credit on us asgood choosers, for I recall that we wereloud in our praise of the lad.
"Ed Higbee was there as a daddy for ourclass, and he was accompanied by his attractive son, who is a member of the sophomore class this year. I had the pleasure ofsitting -with them at dinner and observedthat the younger Higbee displayed thesame modest, well-bred demeanor whichmade Ed so acceptable a companion andclassmate to us. Joe Kinney was there asa sophomore father, but I did not get achance to visit with him much. Andy Scarlett was present as sophomore class officer.I cannot begin to tell you all that he saidin his talk to the assembly, because hetalked rapidly and confidently, and packeda great deal of information into a short address. It was a surprise and delight to meto see the rather shy Andy, as I remembered him, stick out his chin and launchinto his address so easily and boldly. Hetold of the gradual but constant raising ofstandards of scholarship to luhich studentsare required to conform. In the class whichhe serves there were "jo boys who failed tomaintain grades in accord with the minimum requirements during freshman year,thus being on probation. They were theboys who were Andy's first concern. Eachone was interviewed at length in order todetermine if possible the reason for hisdeficiency. Their work was watched closelyfrom month to month and additional interviews were had for the encouragementof those trying to improve and the admonition of those who were making noprogress. You could see that the job wasnot for one who was not a real teacher, adviser, and friend of younger men, and whenAndy was through with his talk, the gentleman to whom I acted as host said to me,'Well, I certainly am glad that my boy isworking under the eyes of men such as Ihave listened to tonight. Nothing that Icould say or do to advise him or exhort himto worthy effort could be more sincere orunderstanding than their methods.' I heardthe same sentiment repeated with variations by other fathers of sophomores whowere present. One man came up to Andyafter the meeting and said, 'You told mejust what I wanted to know. It costs me alot of money which I do not come by withease to keep my boy at Dartmouth, and Ihave been concerned as to how my investment in him and his future was beingsafeguarded. Now I know and I am satisfied that everything is done that I woulddo and more, to justify my investment andhelp my son to get real value out of it.'
"I think that Andy said that of the 70boys who entered sophomore year on probation only 12 failed to emerge into acceptable standing at the end of the firstsemester. Some advice to parents whichAndy gave was: 'Do not give your boys alarge amount of spending money. Do notpermit them to have automobiles at colege. Require that they live in collegedormitories, or at least, in outside quarterswhich are under supervision of the collegeauthorities. Do not try to make your boyinto a lawyer if he prefers something else.Give a boy a reasonable latitude in theelection of his studies.'
"After two days of personal interviewswith fathers of many of the sophomoresand a night of speech-making, Andy wasvery tired. He made a fine impression onthe company, and we Tenners who werepresent were proud of him."
"Beezle" Parker has finished his work with Aberthaw Construction Cos. on the Christian Science Building in Boston . . . . Ed Raabe, Pineo Jackson, Phil Forristall, Ray Cutler, and Clarke Tobin represented 1910 at the annual dinner of the Northern New Jersey Alumni Association, at which Coach Blaik, after being introduced by Tobe, spoke; and at which the old steam roller got to work and elected Pineo and Clarke president and vice-president respectively, of the Club .... we heard they'd been picking up proxies for some time .... Pineo was last heard of addressing the Rotary Club of Lima, Ohio, on insurance.
"Ink" Taylor has been busy as chief attorney for Dan Mulloney, president of the closed Federal National Bank in Boston .... "Inky" is slated to do most of the arguing in this well-known bank case .... Don Bryant worked with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation during the winter .... much to Don's chagrin and disappointment, his son Edward left Dartmouth at end of first semester and entered University of Chicago .... the lad just didn't like in spite of a good scholastic record .... "Else" Jenness was elected president of the New England Association of Beta Theta Pi ... . Ralph Paine and wife spent part of April at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va Ralph is some pumpkins in the merchandising world .... the Waterbury Republican ran recently a three-column photo of Ralph, surrounded by four drawings, the first showing Ralph as a youngster in overalls milking a cow, with this caption "Raisedon farm .... born in Hartford, Vt educated at grammar and high schools,Hartford, Vt., and Dartmouth College.... boyhood ambition to be a businessman" .... next drawing showed Ralph as a grinning youth selling a pair of suspenders to a gent—"First job in HowlandDry Goods Cos. (Bridgeport) selling men'swear .... then held various positions instore .... floor man, ass't supt., thensupt in 1922 came as treas. andgenl. manager to present company ....made president, Feb. 17, 1930 .... another picture shows a dignified business man at a desk—"He is president and treasurer of the Howland-Hughes Cos." .... and the last one is Ralph leaning over a golf stick—"His hobbies are golf and automobile traveling . . . . member, Masons,Commandery, Knights Templar ....past master, Euclid Lodge .... pastpresident, Kiwanis .... past president,Conn. Dartmouth Alumni Assoc Waterbury Club .... Watertown GolfClub .... Chairman, Code Authority,NR. A."
Dartmouth men everywhere will agree with Ralph Paine in what he writes about the tragedies of the College .... "Thetragedies which have hit Dartmouth thisyear have had, as you probably know, asobering effect upon the whole undergraduate body. I feel that President Hopkins has had a terrific load to carry andthat he handled the parents and the student body very ably, indeed. It is good thatwe have such a man at the head of Dartmouth."
Ray Cutler got re-elected to the board of governors of Dartmouth Club of Northern New Jersey .... same one Tobe and Pineo electioneered at ... . "Easty" got elected director of Archer, Daniels, Midland Cos., at big outfit .... "Beezle" Parker is resident engineer on the new Hanover High School and will be there for some time .... Tenners should look him up .... Jim Everett and family had their picture in May 8 Boston Herald . . . occasion: Jim about to make another trip to Europe .... young Bennie Benjamin, son of our own Harold, got a tough break during the family visit to St. Petersburg, Fla came down with measles and got locked up in the hotel for eight days ....
Through a little button-pressing that approaches mystic quality we were able to get the low-down in plain Bostonese on these classmates: .... "King" Brady, one of the deserving Democrats, is now cashier in the Internal Revenue Department • . . . "Fielder" Jones is assistant manager of the RFC for New England .... Ray Gorton got a free insurance trip to Florida this winter for selling two or three millions of life insurance, or something like that; he came home after six days, while his fellowtraveler, B. Armstrong, got fallen arches and had to remain 10 days longer . . . . Jerry Graves has joined the throng of insurance brokers .... Ed Shattuck has moved to California as Pacific Coast manager of the Morrill Ink Cos.; Edmund moved family, bag, and baggage, and expects to be there permanently . . . .Jim Everett has just returned from a trip through the South and reports business is on the up and up ... . Bill Murphy is working for Jim, and comfortably fills a good-sized private office .... Business is improving around Boston and it looks as though things might be on the way if the bright boys in Washington don't put it on the bum.
Sheldon Smith is back on his feet again after a serious illness during the winter .... "Smitty" had a tough time of it and a close call .... when you read about U. S. Rubber's come-back and its being the lowest cost producer of footwear, you can chalk the credit down to Walter Norton, who has charge of the footwear factories which have been consolidated into one outfit in Naugatuck , . . . Harold Washburn is on the graduate instruction and fellowships committee at Hanover . . . . has anyone seen G. Underwood? . . . . last August we sent him a return postal and he kept it .... it seemed like old times to see Larry Bankart's name getting headline attention for Dartmouth's coaching job last winter .... of course, such a thing was utterly out of the question because of Larry's large business requirements although he is a real Dartmouth man 100% of the day .... football will soon be in the air again .... and while you are at it, you might take a look at next fall's schedule, starting with the Norwich game on September 29 and running through each Saturday in this order; Vermont; Maine; Virginia; Harvard at Cambridge; Yale at New Haven; New Hampshire; Cornell at Ithaca; closing the season with Princeton at Princeton on Nov. 24 .... it is an easier proposition than the peripatetic affair of last fall, but walking through those big games is no "lead pipe cinch" .... so you can't expect this Blaik regime to pull a bunch of rabbit-victories out of the hat any more than anyone else short of a magician could .... give them a chance, and the team is apt to go places if the enthusiasm of undergraduates, alumni, at al can be transcribed into touchdowns .... and everyone is hoping
. ... in the meantime the alumni are faced with doing a real job on the Alumni Fund this year .... the closing date is June 30 ... . and if you have not kicked through yet and are able to, there's still time to help hard-working Andy Scarlett, very much worth-while citizen of Hanover, bolster his total for 1910 and the College. This is our swan song for the current MAGAZINE and College year .... it is being written in Florida with the sweat running down our back the way water runs through Mink Brook's channel in springtime .... we're heading North soon.
You'll see us again in the October issue.
Secretary, 168 Hill St., Barre, Vt.
