Class of 1913
"The first thing I look for in the ALUMNIMAGAZINE is the report of the doings of the1913 class, and it is always very interestingto read your comments on what the boys aredoing. Just as frequently I have in minddropping you a note myself, but for somereason or other never get around to it.
"As a matter of fact, the last few yearshave been rather busy ones with me. Asyou know, I am still connected with theJulius Kayser Company, and a considerablepart of my work is looking after the Canadian end of our business. This takes meacross the border at least once a month.Business up there has been somewhat better than down here, and all indicationspoint to things picking up very materially.
"A few years ago I got mixed up in localpolitics and have been serving time as amember of the local board of education inHillsdale, N. J., and during the past twoyears on the Council. At the present time Iam president of the Council and policecommissioner. The latter job is very interesting, although I must admit that it issometimes embarrassing to have to killtickets for my friends in all parts of thestate.
"Not to be outdone by Len Manley andNat Lenfestey, I got into the banking business, and am vice-president of the FirstNational Bank of my home town.
"We have had our ups and downs, butthings are going along very nicely now andwe are looking forward to the prospects ofmaking a little real money."
Matt Gately writes from the First National Bank of Boston, Sucursal, Buenos Aires:—
"Thanks very much for sending me allthe clippings, which were extremely inteesting. The revolution in the coaching system seems to have been complete, and thenew step is certainly starting out auspiciously. I hope that we get a decentbreak for a while nozu. I should very muchlike to have been present at the farewelldinner to Craven Laycock. The list ofnames in the clipping you sent me soundslike old times.
"There isn't much to tell you from thisend that you don't already know. I thinkthat general conditions are a little better,but I haven't any plans for making a tripnorth as yet—not this year anyway. Whydon't some of you folks take a vacationdown this way? You might come down andvisit the Dartmouth Club of Buenos Aires,which is still flourishing as heretofore withthree regular members and occasional transients now and then."
From Printer's Ink we learn that "Crawford H. Baker has been named manager ofthe chain-store sales division of Bauer &Black, Chicago. He has been with theBauer & Black sales department since19 29."
Bill Towler asks the question: "Why notA 1913 Reunion Every year?"
"The idea of an annual trip to Hanoverat Commencement time is not a new one.Wilkins, Pishon, Towler, and many othershave developed the habit in our class. DickRemsen, Doc O'Connor, Dick Paul, ChetButts, Warren Agry, and Sig Larmon arejust a few of the many exhibits from otherclasses who grace the scene almost everyyear.
"We see no reason why the Commencement week-end every year shouldn't bringmany of 1913 back to Hanover. At Princeton, 1911, 1913, 1914, and others reune every year—30 to 100 strong—no costurwes,no class tax, no programs, just a get-together over the week-end—see the boyssee the old sod—then back to work.
"Those who make this annual trip toHanover enjoy it sometimes more than thebig reunions. There is always golf, andthey see the boys in our contemporaryclasses that we don't ever see on the five-year reunion plan.
"Hanover is only a few hours over theroad from any point in New England, andfrom New York we make it in eight ornine hours, leaving, say, Friday at four,arriving at Hanover at 12 or staying overnight on the way.
"It only takes a little gas and oil. Youhave to eat anyway, and it might as well bein Hanover, so get on your bicycle, see thesweet old place this year, sit back and laughat 1914, relax, shake off dull care, be asophomore again for a week-end."
This is an idea. What do you want to do about it?
We have appointed the following REUNION COMMITTEE to serve during the present class administration until 1938. Their duties will be to promote and manage an annual reunion for 1913:
Towler, chairman, Wilkins, sec'y-treas., Trowbridge, Ted Davis, Knight, Nelson, Dessau, Macdonald, Pishon, Remsen, Hugus, Alden, Conant, Linscott, Harmon, Appleyard, Ward, Fairbanks, Morton, McClary, Dudley, Wright, Wilson, Semmes, Lenfestey, McAllister, Catterall, and Shepard.
Secretary, 40 Broad St., Boston Direct news in the form of a letter comes too infrequently. Here is a letter from Bill Terry:—
