Class of 1903
At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, N. H., Victor M. Cutter was the guest speaker. Few if any citizens of the old Granite State are able to extol the advantages of living within its confines as "Vic." On this evening he must have been at his best, for it is said that Californians of 1903 vintage would have marveled could they have heard their president as he told how many more attractions New Hampshire possessed than Sunny California. Fishing, hunting, scenery, weather, and even the people themselves were portrayed as features excelling. The need of products of this state in Central and South American countries was particularly interesting, as "Vic's" seventeen years in those countries had shown him, and the dream of a beginning of interchange of commerce was told to an enthusiastic audience. Look forward, Potholeskers, to a beautiful evening in June, 1938, when that delegation of Californians hold forth on the steps of Massachusetts Hall.
And while on this subject of New Hampshire versus California, along comes a letter from my old roommate, Tim Lyman of Sacramento, Calif., who is so anxious to make the trip to the next reunion in 1938 that he has taken a chance on an Irish sweepstake. Now that's an idea. Tim reports the presence of a few grey hairs and the wearing of glasses, just to keep up. with the majority of 1903 men. He is in good health and still an optimist. His wife, Katherine, seems to have been behind the Irish sweepstakes idea, and is looking forward to her first reunion at Hanover in June, 1938.
The columns of the Manchester Union again bring forth a 1903 item of interest. It seems that the city of Portsmouth for the second time has sent to the New Hampshire legislature a member of the feminine sex, Mrs. Mary C. Dondero. Mrs. Dondero has for some years, been an active political worker, and was rewarded by a large vote at both the primaries and election. "In ipiß she was the original MissPortsmouth, and, still retains the charmand personality which won her that title." Mrs. Dondero is the wife of Charlie Dondero 'O3, and their children are Geraldine, a student at the Emerson School of Oratory in Boston; Jacqueline, a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire; Eileen and Carlotta, attending schools in Portsmouth.
Ned Kenerson reports that "Kink" Erwin and "Jake" Smith seem to be very happy and interested in their new educational positions in Vermont, the one superintendent of schools of several towns and the other principal of Brigham Academy. Few of our class are more soundly grounded in education than these two fellows, and Vermont school authorities are to be congratulated for their selections.
Speaking of taking long chances on such as the Irish sweepstakes, I want to record one that I took a short time ago. A patient spoke of having lived in Birmingham, Ala., for eight years, and when the history taking was over I remarked that I had a classmate living there and wondered if she knew him. "I know his whole family well,the Woolvertons. Has he told you of thefine scholastic record his daughters havemade at Goucher College." How often these long shots hit the mark is perhaps not recorded, but with a target such as "Wooly" I rang the bell. It was a great sound, "Wooly," and I won't reproduce it for fear of offending your modesty.
The booklet of the Dartmouth Association of Northern California lists the following '03 men as members of the association: Frank S. Drown, Herbert C. Follett, Dr. Timothy Lyman, B. Wynne Matteson, Frank W. Wentworth and L. A. Williams.
On January 25 the New York EveningJournal displayed a half-page picture of our classmate, Lewis Haney, surrounded by quotations from some letters written to him in praise of his economic writings. The quotations from the letters were fine, inasmuch as the sentiments expressed must have, tickled the pen of said Lewis and stimulated further effort. But the picture! Potholeskers, there was no pipe in sight! It must have been in his pocket. Never let it happen again, Lewis, for you do not look natural without it.
Secretary, 198 Humphrey St., Marblehead, Mass
