Class of 1906
The class of 1939 at Dartmouth contains four sons of 1906: Richard L. Brooks, Converse A. Chellis Jr., Colby A. Cogswell, and John F. Page. This brings the number of the second generation of our class now enrolled at Dartmouth up to fourteen. The upperclassmen are Alan A. Beetle '36, Laurence F. Brooks '37, Arthur G. Guyer '37, George P. Loff '37, Richard N. Moore '37, Robert A. Jones '38, Charles T. Main '38, Samuel F. Main '38, Edward B. Meservey '38, and William S. Patten '38.
Josie Alma Chase, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Theodore Chase, was married on October 12 in the Presbyterian church of Roanoke Rapids, N. C., to John Francis Shaffner.
Before this number of the MAGAZINE reaches you, you will have received notices from Charlie Main of the annual class dinner to be held in Boston on October 25. This year we are deserting the Parker House for the University Club, where so many other class dinners are held. Next month we shall tell you all about it.
The Boston Herald for September 16 carried on the front page a picture of much interest to our class. It showed Shorty Davis as president of the Old Harbor Realty Company, with two of his associates, examining the first deed of South Boston property to be used by the government in the PWA housing project, a deed to 560,000 square feet of land which Shorty's company has sold to the United States for $225,000.
Now for some interesting news from the other side of the world. Last June Nat Leverone received a splendid letter from Bob Richardson in Rancagua, Chile, from which I shall quote as much as the space allotted me by the editors will allow:
"Almost every American home here hasa short wave radio, and we all tune in at6:30 for the news report over WGY, so wekeep connected somewhat with the States,even though our papers come three weekslate. We easily get London, Berlin, Madrid,Moscow, Schenectady, and Pittsburgh.Sometimes late at night we can get longwave, when the local stations are quiet.. . . . Last fall (your fall), I got a bigkick out of listening to the world's seriesof baseball, and later on several footballgames over the 16 m. station at BoundBrook, N. J. It really seems marvelous tobe able to hear all this, 6000 miles away.
"I have heard little news about Dartmouth for a long time, but as I listen tothe scores of football this year, I shall beespecially awake for the Yale game, and ifDartmouth wins you may be certain I shallbe amongst the many who will take a longdrink in celebration
"Chile is coming out of the depressionbetter than many of the countries of the
world. There are always rumors of government overthrow, and a few communistsare always seething discontent for moreradical social laws. As it is, Chile has had
in force for ten years many of the ideasthat are being proposed by F. D. R.—socialsickness insurance, old age pensions, syndicates of laborers—but no collective bargaining, compulsory life insurance by thewhite collar class, etc. The latest proposalis that 95% of all employees must beChilean. It is now 80%. If this goesthrough, I may leave here, as I will notgive up my nationality just for the position. At any rate, I am about ready toplan my home in the States, and would doso if I only knew what that crazy man inWashington will try to do next, and couldplan on what a dollar will buy five or tenyears hence, or what my life insurance willbe worth. I doubt if I ever try to practicein the States, although I do have licensesin New York, New Hampshire, and NewJersey.
"I shall miss this place, for I have builtup the medical service from nothing tonow, when we care for some fifteen thousand souls, and instead of being alone asat first, now have seven assistants and afinely equipped hospital, wtih five emergency hospitals with from three to sevenbeds each. The main hospital has seventytwo beds.
"The main thing one gives up in places.like this is friendship for the decliningyears of one's life, and as he gets older andtries to plan his permanent home he realizes how much that really counts. It issomething that one does not appreciatewhen he is younger. I began to realize thisat the reunion in '26—that the friends ofcollege days had now other more intimateattachments, and the thread of 'O6 seemedhard to join together in '26. I wonder if Ireally care to return to another reunion,for the last one left me sad."
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
