Class of 1917
Though you have all received Curly Carrs report on the fine progress made by our class in the 1935 Alumni Fund drive, I feel it is so important that at least a part of his letter should be repeated here:
To the class of 1917 I extend my congratulations and sincere thanks. From 82contributors in 1934, or 0f the class,we rose to 160 contributors, or 64½%, including memorial contributions. It is arecord to be proud of and showed an improvement over the preceding year whichwas surpassed by only two other classes.In total contributions we also increasedfrom $1,209 to $2,151, which is a remarkable increase.
"I appreciate extremely all that the classhas done this year, and trust that eachmember feels, as I do, that '1917' really hasproved to the alumni as a whole that it isone of the best classes of all, and that, inthe future, it will not only maintain butimprove its record of this year."
From an indirect source we have just heard that Arthur P. Maclntyre has recently been elected treasure of Lever Brothers, a well-earned promotion from his position of comptroller of the same firm., which he had been for several years. Congratulations, Spike!
Al Shiels has started a worthy enterprise in the form of questionnaires to various members of the class located in the Far West, from which he has received two answers so far. To begin with his own report we quote from his letter: "Dear Classmate:
"Just a little experiment in applied'something or other.' It occurred to methat because there are some fifteen of usof Dartmouth '17 in the more or less'Wild West' it might be rather interesting to know what we are doing—and evenon occasion, to see something of eachother.
"Just to start the ball rolling—thewriter, after leaving college, spent somefour years in the 'service.' In 1916 we wereon the Border with the Seventh New YorkInfantry. At the start of the recent festivities we gave up a reasonably good job asassistant buyer at Bullocks of Los Angelesto return to New York City and re-enlistwith the old outfit. A winter in the 'SunnySouth' at Spartanburg, S. C., sleeping intents in the balmy air (it hit eight below)with a trip to the base hospital with pneumonia earned me an S.C.D.
"Home again—and in two months theCalifornia air had me going as good asnew. I enlisted in the Coast Artillery atFort McArthur, Calif., and was assignedto the 55th Ammunition Train. Winteredin France that year at a fashionablewatering resort—even the roads wereunder water. On our return to the StatesI came into the department store again,and spent the next eight years as assistantand buyer. The call of the wild was toostrong, so some nine or ten years ago Iwent on the 'road,' selling children's wearto the department stores and specialtyshops west of Denver. I am still selling,and incidentally, went into the manufacturing business in a small way the first ofthis year.
"Have been married some sixteen yearsand have a daughter fourteen. Like golf,tennis, and badminton, enjoy bridge andCaliforniana. I still have to meet the wellpublicized 'farmer's daughter,' who is supposed to play such an important part inthe life of the 'traveling salesman.'
"Whenever possible I see the Dartmouthgroups along the line, and have bumpedinto Atwater and Graves in Spokane, Collard in San Francisco, Woodruff in LaJunta, etc.
"Please don't, put me down for one ofthose perennial college enthusiasts whoglories in making classmates' lives miserable. I shall be pleased, though, if you areinterested to get together any dope youmight have and circularize it among our-selves. There might be some pleasant possibilities for us as a result. My address is310 North Gower St., Los Angeles, Calif."
AL SHIKLS.
In response to Al's letter, he received two answers, one from Bart Shackford, M.D., from Long Beach, Calif, (details of which we will give you next month), and one from Ken Hammond, Loveland, Colo., excerpts of which follow:
"Your interesting letter came the otherday, and I heartily approve of all Dartmouthmen of the '17 class getting togetherby way of letters, if in no other way.
"My history frotn college days is some-what like yours, in that I too served in the16th Division in the infantry in France.That outfit was known as the Yankee Division, which name would mean something to those living in New England.
"Since the war days, I have lived inOmaha, which is my old home town, andwhere I managed to make a good living inthe wholesale vinegar manufacturingbusiness, and later in Deyiver, Greeley, andfinally in Loveland, Colo.
"Leaving the manufacturing business, Ientered into my present occupation, whichis that of burying the dead. I worked forthe old Yeager Mortuary in Denver andthe Macy Mortuary in Greeley. Then in1929, upon the death of Mr. Rice, theformer owner of this mortuary, I boughtthis business and have been here eversince. I dare say that I am one of the veryfew Dartmouth men in my line of business, and the only one of the class of 1917that I have ever heard about in this line.But I like it very much, and have beenfortunate, so far, to get along real well.
"As to my family, I married Dorothy H.Loomis, of Westfield, Mass., after the war,and have two children, Jean and Jerry,aged 9 and 4. All well and happy.
"We plan to go to Hanover in 1937, ifnot before. There is some possibility thatwe may drive back there this summer, butour plans are somewhat indefinite rightnow.
"Well, thanks for your interest. I am enclosing your good letter, thinking that itmight be used to give someone else anidea of what is going on. I suggest thatafter a few of these letters are collected,that they be forwarded to our class secretary so that he can use the information inthe class notes in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
"I saw Ty Woodruff two years ago. Noneothers of 1917 whom I can recall now."
From the New York Times we learned the sad news of the death of A. Heywood Knowlton by drowning on August 9. See the Necrology for a further account.
Secretary, Craig House, Beacon, N. Y.
