Class of 1904
We have with us today voices from the distant places, which we do not often enjoy. I know their letters will be greatly appreciated.
Covington, La.,March 22.
I was very glad to hear from you . . . .for the last few years my mother has sentme the ALUMNI MAGAZINE as a birthdaypresent and we have enjoyed it. The yearssince 1929 haven't been rosy ones, yet employment for the last two years by ERAand CWA as assistant administrator andthen assistant engineer for this parish hasprovided plenty of work. My family is wellgrowing fast (in size, not in numbers). Arthur, my oldest son, who graduated fromWest Point in 1932, is presently at theSchofield Barracks, Hawaii, as lieutenantin the 13th Field Artillery. My oldestdaughter graduates from high school thisspring and should go to college—as she isreally a brilliant student, having led herclass for the last six or eight years. Marguerite, the next oldest, will graduate nextyear; Mary, the third daughter, goes intohigh school next year. The two boys, HughC. and Albro, follow along in grade schoolfor a while yet. Mrs. Blair has not beenany too well, but is somewhat better lately.My own health is good.
GOBBO.
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 24
We have all been in excellent health thiswinter, which has been very mild; springis breaking already.
Business is pretty bad, there being over300,000 on relief in this county at present.However it is better than for a long time.... I see Billy Mac Keen every littlewhile. He is with Uncle Sam, chasing thosewhose income tax returns don't look right.He looks in good health, quite a lotheavier than when in college,has threechildren, and lives in one of the suburbs ofPittsburgh.
KIMMIE
Chicago, Ill., March 19.
Accept my thanks for your letter and thegood news it contained. I haven't attendedour annual banquet here for three years,as I have been out of town each year, andlast Friday, when President Hopkins washere, I was on a trip in Wisconsin. As formyself and family, I rejoice that all arenow in fine health and everything in general is going along satisfactorily. Our oldest daughter, Ann Elizabeth, was marriedin 1932 to Samuel Craig Plummer Jr. andlives here in Chicago. A son was born lastDecember 12, whose name is Samuel CraigPlummer IV. Our two other daughters,Helen and Marian, are in college here inChicago. Helen will graduate from Chicago University in June, 1936, and Marianin 1938. I was sorry not to be able to go toHanover last June, but a brother andfamily were here from Spokane at thatlime. Give my best to any of the boys yousee.
PEACH AM
Opportunity, Wash.,March 28
Folks here are having their troubles,Fruit, or rather apple growers, in theNorthwest are in bad shape financially andcannot operate without government loans.Many who were well fixed a few years agoare broke. Have not had a good apple priceyear since 1929. Many times the larger thecrop, the deeper the grower goes in thered There are good power plantsalong the Spokane River, but not all ofthem are operated to capacity. There isnow more electrical power available thanthere are users. In time the Grand Couleewill have the high dam, and this meansnew irrigation of our million acres, but wewill be out of the picture when all thisland is watered. Many look for cheappower, but politicians have the habit ofnot operating cheaply or economically..... Many boosters for the Townsendplan out here, yet there are many oversixty who need and could use $200 permonth who are opposed to it. As to thenew land under irrigation, we do not needsame (my own view), as already there aremany thousand acres under water whichare not under cultivation. On the wholeam of the opinion that Northwest farmersare in much better shape financially thanin the Middle West and South, and betteroff than wage earners in towns and cities.Local conditions in Spokane have improved so far as retail jobs are concerned.The local bank situation improves..... 7 intend to keep on going here, asI sell spray materials, and in the fall,wash and pack apples for other growers.As to Hoover, feel that he has had his day,am opposed to the present dictatorialpowers over the individual. Here in Washington state there are many radicals whofeel that the entire conditions should bechanged, I feel that we should go slowly.MO.
(I am indebted to Beck for this nice letter from MO Lockwood.)
Darien, Kwangtung, March I.
When it comes to writing a letter that issomething else again. You know I damnednearly flunked my English course, including beloved Clothespins' "Grit and thePower of Assimilation
Here I am back in the Far East againafter seven years in the U. S. A., three inthe paradise of San Francisco, and four inthe hell of New York. When I went backto San Francisco in 1927 I expected tospend the rest of my mortal days there andthought I was sitting on top of the world.However, I can't complain, this isn't a badplace at all from a climatic and alcoholicpoint of view, and life here while it hassome drawbacks, is still quite pleasant.(Whit mentions here the price of a fewstaple articles for bankers, viz., gin $7 percase, Scotch $17 per case, Spaulding andDunlop golf balls 455, caddies 10$ for 18holes.) A good, no, an indifferent (therearen't any good ones) Chinese cook orbutler $6 to $7 a month, and on that hefeeds himself and raises a family. There'sno more music or opera here than inWaterville, less really, for you have theradio, while our facilities in that directionare about nil. Lots of dinner parties . . . .for exercise in season, tennis, swimming,skating; bowling and golf last all year ifone can stand playing in 52° weather.From China and Japan papers I learn NedBartlett was out this way a while ago
. . why couldn't the darn cuss havestretched his trip a bit and paid us a visit?How we would have welcomed him ! ! !Our family of three (daughter 15) are allin good health. Give my best to all thegang.
WHIT
A few weeks ago it was my privilege to spend an hour with "Ike" in his office on the top of Boston. Incidentally we looked over some of the old class news and pictures from the days of Ike's secretaryship. It was great fun to see you birds as you used to be before the veneer of habit, material success, and position covered up the enthusiasm of youth. If funds permitted I would send to every man in the bunch these pictures of thirty-odd years ago. It would be a priceless panacea for the financial and physical uncertainties of presentday life. I attended the class agents' meeting in Boston late in March and heard "Hoppy's" wonderful appraisal of the value of the Alumni Fund to the College. It is one of Dartmouth's greatest assets and deserves your constant and substantial support. I had expected to enjoy the evening with that class agent of all class agents, "Robbie," but he was unable to attend. Incidentally I enjoyed reminiscing with C. C. Hills '05 whom I had not seen since Hanover days, and John Burleigh '11. The following noon I lunched with "Robbie," and learned among other things that the venerable Ex-Secretary—Harry B. "Beck" K. U. A. Johnson is the first subscriber to the Alumni Fund this year, and better still, that this old long-distance runner, true to form, has had a successful winter, rating second in a group of twentyfive salesmen throughout a three months' period, in addition to the duties as chief of the Pittsfield, Mass., office of his firm.
Saw Tom Streeter and young Tommie at the Eagle Hotel in Concord for a brief but extremely enjoyable visit. Tommy is already making plans to return to the haunts of his dad at St. Paul's School. What a contribution Tom would make for New Hampshire and Dartmouth, if with the family, he would follow Tommy and carry on again in his native state in the Streeter tradition.
Beck Johnson and Jig Leverone have already checked in on the proposed plan for an off-year reunion at Commencement. . . . . Carl Woods, Ned Bartlett, and Sid Rollins are always there, I expect to be. Bill Gray has been there ever since he learned there was a Dartmouth College, so here's a lucky seven .... Beck—Bill-Carl Dave Jig Ned Sid to draw to. Be lucky with us—spend a big week-end in Hanover this Commencement. Watch for the big list in the June number and see that your name is included. Mrs. Lillian Carpenter Streeter, after long years of illness, entered into eternal life at her Concord home, in the early evening of March 29, at the age of 81. Although Mrs. Streeter was not included when her distinguished husband, Frank S. Streeter, was made an honorary member of our class in freshman year, it is nevertheless true that she adopted the class, and on the occasions of various reunions entertained many of our number at her fine New England home, en route to and from Hanover.
Mrs. Streeter was one of the foremost women of the generation, interested and working always with vision for the betterment of conditions affecting women and children in school and work. Briefly, she was an active and interested supporter of social, philanthropic, and public health movements national and local—throughout her exceedingly busy and interesting life.
Tom has the understanding sympathy of the class.
PLUS DE FAMJLLE
Last minute bulletin .... Monsieur and Madame Jean Jeanneney of Paris, France, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Jean Roger Jeanneney. Madame Jeanneney was the former Miss Janet M. Woodbridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. King Woodbridge, of Washington Square, New York! City.
Nos felicitations a vous, grandpere atgrandmere Woodbridge.
Owing to the innate modesty of our Secretary many of his doings do not come to the notice of the members of the class, and I am therefore venturing to send this paragraph to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE for inclusion with the notes submitted by Secretary Austin. Those in New England who keep in touch with the public prints are aware of the fact that David S. Austin II, the main squeeze of the incomparable town of Waterville, N. H., has through his penchant for public service and his desire to promote the welfare of New England as a whole, and the state of New Hampshire in particular, became a well-known figure in the circles devoted to the advancement of New England's interests. Dave is a member of the New England Council and of several other groups devoted to the advancement of this part of the country. A short time ago he appeared as one of the principal speakers at a large meeting in Boston, which included the Advertising Club of Boston, the Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis Clubs of Boston, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Sales Managers' Club, the Boston Hotel Men's Association, and the Crosscup-Pishon Post of the American Legion. Many notables were present. Dave spoke for New Hampshire and his talk was enthusiastically received.
E. K. R.
Secretary, Waterville Valley, Waterville, N. H.
