Class of 1913
We heard that Steve Rose was with the Byrd Expedition, but as confirmation was not forthcoming we wrote to his brother and received the following letter:
"My brother Stephen is with the ByrdAntarctic Expedition but not at the ice atpresent. He is now captain of the Jacob Rupert, the larger supply ship, now stationed at Dunedin, North Island, New Zealand.
"He went out as first mate of the Bear, asmall barkentine with auxiliary steampower. She was formerly a U. S. revenuecutter on the Bering Sea Service. She wasbuilt specially for work in the ice, and itwas on that account that she was selectedin spite of her age.
"My brother obtained his berth aboardher through his connection with the U. S.Naval Reserve, in which he holds the rankof lieutenant-commander. His experienceshave varied all the way from hunting crabeater seals with a knife on the new ice,alone, while the ice party was establishingits base and laying in supplies for the winter, to riding to hounds and attending huntballs in New Zealand while awaiting thetime to return to the Antarctic to bringback the expedition.
"The Bear was very nearly frozen inwhen she was returning from the ice. Shemade two trips through the ice on the Bayof Whales, and when returning the lasttime was caught in a freeze-up. A southerlygale came up and broke up the ice, drivingice and ship out to sea with such a violencethat for thirty-six hours she was hove to,surrounded by broken field ice and icebergs, with waves which ran thirty-five feelhigh, and in an intense cold which causedthe sea to steam so that it was impossible tosee a ship's length ahead. The ship iced upbadly and became very logy before theweather moderated sufficiently to permitclearing the ice.
"The ship was hove to on several otheroccasions both in antarctic gales and intropical storms, but on these occasions thesituation was not complicated by ice, fog,and darkness.
"The Jacob Rupert will sail shortly forthe Antarctic to bring the expedition back,so that mail will not reach him now. Anyletters should be addressed to Capt.Stephen D. Rose, SS Jacob Rupert, ByrdAntarctic Expedition, Care of Postmaster,New York."
Later there should be much interesting information coming from Steve.
Our class luncheons are continued on every Wednesday at 12:30 o'clock, but now at the Dartmouth alumni lunch rooms at the Parker House, room 176, where you can always find Dartmouth men of all classes as well as those of 1913. Try it when in town.
Walter Nolan did such a splendid job in Springfield for the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Cos. that he has been transferred to Boston to have charge of the wholesale department. He is living at 123 Pine St., Wollaston, Mass.
It was rumored that Kris Kringle was to visit an Egyptian citizen for the first time, so we went down to the Pishons on Christmas Day to help Nicholas Pishon, son of Emmett and Kathleen, celebrate his first glimpse of a lighted tree. Nicky was born October 19, 1934, and can be found at home in Egypt, Mass.
Ted Davis is writing for the SaturdayEvening Post again, and several stories have appeared in recent issues.
The December New York class dinner at the Dartmouth College Club was attended by John Remsen, Nor Catterall, Larry Stoddard, Collin Wells, and Yick Nutt. Nor reports that news was scarce.
"Muggins' " picture was in the paper. Muggins rivaled the legend of the cat's nine lives. He was struck by an auto on Paradise Rd., Swampscott, and scampered away, to be rescued about four hours later from drowning on Red Rock through the combined efforts of two women and the Lynn and Metropolitan police departments. Muggins is a two-year-old thoroughbred Irish Terrier owned by Dean A. Munsey.
SP. "KIPPIE" TUCK and. H. H. "Chip" Semmes in the cast of "A Gold Mine" left with the Dramatic Club for a trip covering Me., N. H., Vt. and Mass. The Hoffman String Quartette with Heinrich Gebhard as solo pianist gave a concert in Webster Hall and on Feb. 10th, Prof. George Ray Wicker made his farewell address to the student body at the Commons Smoker—"What's Woith While."
Wm. J. Randall was appointed field coach, with J. T. Keady and Clark Tobin as assistants, by the Athletic Council. Nat Sherman at the B. A. A. meet won the 40yd. open dash.
Phi Kappa Psi bought the Dr. Wm. T. Smith residence on School St. for a fraternity house.
Gray, Scully, Rich, Gibson, Barber and Nelson—freshman basketball team, and S. G. Bigelow was elected captain of the freshman hockey team to take the place of Capt. E. R. Cook, who left college. Thirtyone freshmen responded to Harry Hillman's call for the freshman team.
At the "Olympic Games" in the 22nd Reg. Armory in New York, Nat Sherman made a new indoor world's record of 7% sec. in the 60-meter dash.
Officers consisting of R. L. Bennett, Pres.; F. A. Alden, Vice-Pres.; Marc Wright, Sec.; and F. C. Orton, Treas., were elected at the Freshman Class Meeting.
The Freshman Debating Union formed with Karl H. Fulmer, Sec., and H. W. Merrill, Manager of the debating team.
The night of February 25th was an exciting one—C. F. Rice '10 returned to college and started for bed in So. Fayerweather. He discovered a fire, roused Fred Harris '11 and went to ring the alarm. Fred aroused the dorm. "Rice summoned Jake Bond but they could not open the Chapel alarm box. Bond crossed the Campus and sent in an alarm from the hotel. Twentyone men of the local department responded." The thermometer showed it was 25 degrees below zero and the fellows jumping in pajamas or hastily gathered clothes from the windows broke all dash records to the near-by dorms.
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When We Were Freshmen
