Class of 1913
Line Wilson was in Boston in January on a hurried business trip from San Francisco to New York via Lyndonville, Vt., Squire's old home town. The French Line was having a conference in New York.
To date, Buck Freeman has been the only class representative at the Dartmouth luncheons in Washington, this season.
Eight New Yorkers attended the January monthly class dinner at the Dartmouth Club on the 28th. Call Bill Towler, Nor Catterall, John Remsen, or the Club to find time and date of dinner when you are in New York Jack Macdonald was elected president of the Thayer Society of Civil Engineering at the annual dinner on January 18 Collin Wells reported that Jack Nelson is in charge of the distribution of surplus food for the state of New Hampshire A1 Dessau is sailing on February 17 for a month's trip to Majorca, Balearic Islands. AI received plenty of advice to get into no disputes with the Spanish cops and to keep out of the Majorcan hoosegow.
The next column will give a report of the results of the class Winter Carnival on February 27, to be held at Billy Roses' night club, Broadway and 53d St. Ski jumping, etc., to the accompaniment of Leon Friedman's and Leon Fisher's orchestras.
Jay D. Runkle, divisional merchandise manager of B. Altman & Cos., in a report on the results of a questionnaire filled in by piece-goods merchandisers in stores throughout the country, brings out the fact that synthetic yarns goods may be promoted without affecting silk sales. Among the ways that yard goods sales may be developed, questionnaire answers indicate, are: Better contracts with dressmakers, better customer help, further development of sewing classes, closer co-operation with pattern and fabric resources, better balanced stocks, and omission of top-heavy promotional stocks.
Grace and Carl Forsaith of Syracuse, N. Y., are touring the U. S.; first stop with George and Helen Watts at Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. You may see them anywhere.
Harold C. McAllister, who has served the New Hampshire and Granite State Fire Insurance Companies as special agent in Connecticut and southwestern Massachusetts for the past twelve years, has been transferred to the home office at Manchester, N. H., where he will take charge of the underwriting for southern New England.
Much space was given on the front page of the Burlington, Vt., Free Press andTimes to Bill Appleyard on January 14. It seems that Bill, with other airways and railroad officials, telephoned to Amelia Earhart on the completion of her Honolulu-California flight and after the con- versation wired their congratulations. Amelia sent a long wire of thanks to Bill for the messages and again for the hospitality extended to her when she was in Burlington at the dedication of the municipal airport of that city.
THE SUCCESS OF the Outing Club "field day" roused interest in skiing throughout the college The Debating Team won from Brown in Webster Hall. which was used instead of A. Dartmouth, for the first time. Gov. Quimby of New Hampshire presided and the College Band furnished music.
Clothes, books and $350 were divided among 33 of those living in So. Fayerweather, who lost most and could least afford it .... the Trustees announced that the dormitory would be "rebuilt with exterior lines identical with those of the former building Three-quarters inch ropes placed in every dormitory room to be used as fire escapes as the danger of stepping with bare feet on cold steel fire escapes is too great.
Oli Blanchard, Tim Joyce, Steve Perry and A. H. Tilley admitted to the college and the Class of 1913 at the beginning of the 2nd semester H. M. Wells of the French dept. with Fred Greenwood and Guy and Roy Lewis fdrmed the Dartmouth String Quartette.
Tuesday, March Bth, was Town Election day and 13 votes were cast over at Etna .... every candidate for office unanimously elected Doc Bowler made an appeal in A. Dart, for all to purchase a Brick in the new gym.
Announcement made by the Athletic Council that, with no September football games, the list would comprise 7 games: Mass. Aggies, Colby, Vermont, Williams, Princeton, Amherst and Harvard Johnny Mullen '11 elected basketball captain for next season. .... "General" E. V. K. Willson fell and broke his arm at the conclusion of a hard lap in the relay race between Psi U and DICE.
1913 (Scully, Winship, Edwards, Barber, Gibson, Gray and Kinoy) took the basketball series defeating the sophomores 25-19 and 32-26 in the two games Harry Hillman, in the first outdoor meet, divided the events into freshman and varsity and the freshman results were: 100-yd. dash won by Nichols, Radnitz 2nd, Wilkins 31'd, time 10:3; 1 mile won by Ball, French 2nd, Oliver 3rd, time 5:05 min.; 440-yd. dash won by Seidler, Ashton 2nd, Tilley 3rd, time 57:2; Luhman won the 16 pd. shot put, distance, 38 ft.3 in
Patricia Donovan '12 in his inimitable female impersonation was the star of the Amateur Vaudeville show in Commons. Clarence Meleney recited "The Red Rose" —hello Rosa, hello papa—and Dunning '11 and Dudensing '13 in "a clever black face sketch" were some on the long program. .... Miss Rodey announced that 50-word night letters over Western Union could be sent for the cost of ten in the daytime.
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When We Were Freshmen
