Class of 1917
On February 15 a most successful class dinner was held at the New York Dartmouth Club with a record attendance of thirty-two men. Don Brooks explained for the nth hundredth time the principle of the Active Group, and to his appeal the boys responded nobly; in fact, all but three signed up on the spot and put their Five Dollars on the table. Arch Earle, Ev Robie, and Mike Donehue led the choristers, who shattered the dignified tranquillity of the Club until the early hours. Bob Scott's moving picture film of the Fifteenth Reunion proved to be most interesting and produced peals of hilarious laughter, particularly when George Currier dove out of the rowboat at Lake Morey. Don Brooks retained his ping-pong championship, but only after a long hard struggle with the "dark horse" Cliff O'Neill. I cannot vouch entirely for the completeness or authenticity of the following list, but to the best of my knowledge among those present were:—Gene Towler, Frank Lagay, Don Brooks, Gil Swett, Karl Koeniger, Cliff O'Neill, Mai Switzer, Don Walton, Len Reade, Trott King, Chuck Gilmore, Harry Fowler, Red Wendell, Ves Whiton, Bob Adams, Arch Earle, Ev Robie, Rudy Miller, Don Aldrich, Tom Cotton, Mike Donehue, Art Duhamel, Em Fritz, George Gregory, Dick Marschat, Howard Myers, Sam Saline, Len Shea, Bill Stewart, Doug Fleming, and Don O'Leary.
As promised in an earlier issue, we can give you here an excerpt from Sam White's letter of last October:
"Had an interesting hunting trip thisfall, after mountain sheep. We flew aboutan hour from here into the Alaska Range,landing in a valley above the timber linethat would take about a month to get inand out of by any other available transportation. The next day we tramped hereand there, looking for the elusive sheep.One spot prese?ited a picture—we werestanding on a low ridge thrown up by aglacier. At our feet a small lake, the bankof this lake on the opposite side being theglacier with hunks of ice splashing intothe water sporadically. Above the lakejagged peaks covered with snotc with theblue-white of two glaciers winding downto join and form the big river of ice atour feet. Behind us low rolling hillsbacked by more white peaks. To our righta small stream came down from a narrowvalley, or draw. Far up this valley we couldsee a few moving white spots on the sideof a hill, which marked a flock of mountain sheep. High up on a ridge on eitherside of the entrance to this draw stood twosolitary sheep, acting as sentinels for therest of the flock. By the time we hadworked our way up to where we had seenthe sheep, these sentinels had flashed theirwarning and the big flock was out of sight.We climbed after them, following theirtracks until they reached a place we didnot have the nerve to cross. By that time Iwas glad we couldn't get a shot at them,for I was so all in that the idea of packingeven a few mutton chops back to campdidn't appeal to me.
"This is the time of year when 1 get abit homesick to spend a Saturday afternoon up in the stands swapping yarns withthe old regulars whom I haven't seen sincethe game last year. However, that is something to look forward to—and in the meantime I find this a grand place to live."
Following are new addresses received during the past several months: Britton, Ralph R.—210 S. Wilbur Ave.,
Sayre, Pa. Dobbins, William F.—36-38 Glen St., Glen
Cove., L. I.; West Mark Apts., Huntington, L. 1., N. Y.
Dunning, Ralph A.—Clyde Iron Works, Duluth, Minn.; 116 Hardy St., Duluth, Minn.
Earle, Edgar C.—St. John's University, 98 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; 258-14 Pembroke Ave., Great Neck, N. Y.
Hager, Fred A.—903-905 United States Bank Bldg., Johnstown, Pa.; Linden Ave & Frederick Sts., Johnstown, Pa.
Hawley, C. Kent—2l2 Essex St., Boston, Mass.; 75 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, Mass.
Healey, Maurice T.—Lilley Bldg.,III West Main St., Waterbury, Conn.; 85 Newton Terrace, Waterbury, Conn.
Hill, John W.—l4a High St., Portland, Me.
Marschat, Richard A.—34 Bethune St., New York City.
Murphy, Richard D.—Bs Prescott St., Cambridge, Mass.
O'Neill, Clifford R.-N. J. Bell Tel. Cos,, 29 Baldwin St., E. Orange, N. J.; 18 Sheridan Ave., W. Orange, N. J.
Ponder, William T.—Grenada Gables Apt., Forest Park Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas.
Rariden, James V.—35 Orkney Rd., Brookline, Mass.
Robie, Everett—Rice School, Stamford, Conn.; 23 Elmer St., Springdale, Stamford, Conn.
Sewall, William—6l7 W. 54th St., New York City; 72 Seneca Ave., Tuckahoe, N. Y.
Shattuck, Gerald A.—c/o Navy Dept., Washington, D. C.; 116 Middle St., Portsmouth, N. H.
Shea, Leonard A.—Melville Shoe Corp., 555 Fifth Ave., New York City.
Smith, Newton L.—14 Central St., Foxboro, Mass.
Sturgess, Albert—Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.; 171 Rumson Rd., Atlanta, Ga.
Wain, Raymond R.—830 Mississippi Ave., Davenport, lowa.
Woodward, Earl—56 Upland Rd., W. Somerville, Mass.
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