Class of 1931
And so beginneth the college year, which will culminate in the biggest Twenty-one party yet. Even if in these crisp, cool days of autumn leaves and ascending hopes that this really is the fall in which we beat Yale, June and reunion seem a long, long way off, don't forget that the months do roll by swiftly and begin planning now to be in Hanover next spring. President Dan is already hard at work drafting his reunion aides, and later in the year, will have some plans to present to you. Meanwhile just figure that all the men you want to see will be back, and start a little reunion fund of your own so that when the roll is called you won't be among those missing.
At the annual dinner of the Dartmouth alumni of Westchester County, N. Y., last spring at which Artie Anderson, Bill Barber, Doc Wilcox, and ye sec. upheld the honors of '2l, Artie gave us a list of men about whom he'd like to have some news. We promised faithfully then to have it for him by now, but what with the sum- mer vacation rand one thing and another we can't keep our promise in full, but at least we've taken care of part of Artie's list, and we beg to report that Furo Haight is on the Pacific coast selling for the Duplan Silk Corp. with Los Angeles as his head- quarters and 6833 Trolley Way, Venice, Calif., as his summer address, which sounds, incidentally, like a good place to spend the summer; that Bill Terry is in New York and connected with the advertising staff of the McFadden Publications at 420 Lexington Ave.; and that Red Ege is one of Minnesota's leading legal lights with offices in St. Paul.
What with the family away at the shore most of the summer, ye secy, dropped in at the Dartmouth Club for dinner occasionally and there in our role of summer bachelor found two of the regular members of the Bachelors' Club holding forth quite frequently, namely Mac Johnson and Sumner Perkins. Mac is still keeping the wheels of Wall Street turning, and Sumner is still seeing that the phone bells jingle as they should over in Newark.
Speaking of bachelors, we beg to warn that fast dwindling group that they are to lose another member in the near future, Fran Cosgrove, the Marlboro, Mass., shoe store magnate, having announced his engagement to Miss Lucella Jones of Marlboro,
Ellis Briggs was in the United States during July with Lucy and the children on a month's leave from his post at the U. S. embassy at Havana, and he had been back only a few days when his mother died very suddenly at her summer home at Stock- bridge, Mass., of a heart attack. Those Twenty-oners who had the privilege of knowing her as a charming and delightful hostess at her Riverdale home both during undergraduate days and afterward all mourn most sincerely her passing.
It is with great regret that we have to announce the tragic death of Walter Beran Wolfe in an automobile accident in Switzerland during August. An obituary notice of his passing will be found in the Necrology section of this issue.
One hot July morning we ran into Kent McKinley, erstwhile theatrical magnate of Clayton, N. Y., on Chambers St. in Manhattan, and upon our inquiry as to what he was doing so far from the Thousand Islands country with the summer play- house season in full swing, he admitted having deserted the ranks of the footlight artists for Wall St. He is connected with the investment firm of Francis I. du Pont & Cos. He asserted that he hadn't given up the theatrical game entirely, however, and that he was then at work upon a play. We'll have a pair down front later on, thank you, Mac.
It will interest all of you baseball fans to know that Red Rolfe, who has been playing such a swell game all season in the Yankee infield, is a kid brother of our own Dick Rolfe.
Harvey Burton got a new job this summer, having been transferred from the post of department manager of upholstery fabrics, hardware, and sundries with the Manhattan firm of R. H. Macy & Co. to the store of L. Bamberger & Co. in Newark, where he has become assistant to D. Olsen, vice-president and merchandise manager of floor coverings and draperies.
Our own summer was considerably brightened late in July when the Hon. Ken Sater, barrister extraordinaire from the banks of the Scioto (Columbus, Ohio, to those of you who got E in geography), paid an all too brief visit to the shores of the Hudson. We beg to report, upon advice of counsel, that the firm of Sater 8c Brown, once of 14 Hitch, took up where they left off some years back and enjoyed a most delightful, though miniature Dartmouth reunion.
Rog Wilde has very kindly sent us a copy o£ the July 12 issue of the Chicago MarketDaily containing a most excellent likeness of Joe Lane, who is described in the accompanying article as vice-president in charge of sales of the Tennessee Furniture Corporation. The article is an interview in which Joe tells of the need of research in designing for the furniture field. We wouldn't know about that, but we beg to report that Joe's argument sounded most convincing. The article was published at the time of a furniture convention in Chicago, and Rog reports that Joe was in town for the event, though he had dashed back to Chattanooga before Rog could catch up with him. Rog states that Jack Hubbell was busy singing the praises of the Simmons products to the assembled furniture men, while the convention was in progress.
And now ere we close we'd like to call the attention of the class to the most excellent record which Jack made as head of the Alumni Fund drive for the past year and also to the fine showing the class made under the guidance of Dan Ruggles, who went in to pinch hit as head of the class drive when Jack moved up to the top job. We also want to express the thanks of the class itself for the hard work done by Bob Burroughs, Harry Chamberlaine, Ort Hicks, Red Kerlin, Rex King, Cory Litchard, and Charley Stickney in helping Dan, and express also the gratitude of the class officers for the contributions of those of you who helped make '21's showing possible. And may next spring find '21 forging ever further ahead. Incidentally at the June meeting of the Alumni Council Jack was appointed to head the Alumni Fund drive for the coming year.
The Rev. Charles T. Allen is now pastor of the Robinson Memorial Methodist church in Maiden, Mass.
From out in the Western mountain country comes the news that Vin Corwin is territorial manager for the General Motors Acceptance Corp. at Billings, Mont.
Phil Payson reports that he has become Cleveland representative of SKF Indus tries, Inc.
Ted Pellens is now real estate manager for the Cannon Shoe Co. of Baltimore, Md.
And now once again may we point out that we are going to follow our annual custom of concentrating our news notes in the columns of this MAGAZINE, and we trust that you are all going to be with us through till June. A check to Bob as usual covers not only class dues, but a year's subscription to the MAGAZINE, we know that Natt Emerson and Sid Hayward are planning some great issues for the coming nine months, so let us land on your library table the first part of each month.
Secretary, 7 Lotus Rd., New Rochelle, N. Y.
