Class of 1913
The New York Times on April 23 carried the following story on the Jacob Ruppert, captained by Steve Rose:
"BALBOA, C. Z., April 22.—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's flagship, the Jacob Ruppert, sauntered down the canalchannel and tied up at a pier at sunset today, looking like any casual tramp andbetter than when she had sailed for LittleAmerica.
The ship lacks the romantic appearanceof the old City of New York and the Eleanor Boiling of the first expedition, butshe has served well, according to AdmiralByrd. Her rails were lined with men, towhom Admiral Byrd called greetings fromthe pier.
A line of huskies, veterans of the Antarctic expedition, was tied to the rails ondeck. The dogs looked anxiously towardshore and barked happily as a tug warpedthe ship into the dock. On deck also was theairplane Floyd Bennett, which had flownover the South Pole on the first expedition.It, with a Fairchild, which was also aboard,had been dug out of the snow by the present expedition. The Floyd Bennett will bea museum piece.
The Jacob Ruppert on her uneventfulreturn voyage made stops at Easter Island,Talara, and Galapagos, where the partycaught some tiny Galapagos penguins forcomparison with the giant emperor penguins brought from the ice barrier. Fifteenof the thirty emperors are still alive andwere preening their feathers in the refrigeration room tonight as if they were planning shore leave. The penguins lost on thevoyage died of pneumonia, autopsiesshowed.
The Jacob Ruppert will go through thecanal tomorrow and the Bear of Oakland will follow. Both ships are expected to sailnorthward on Thursday and the expedition will be received by President Roosevelt on May 10. Mrs. Byrd sailed for NewYork aboard the Quirigua tonight, and theadmiral is returning aboard the Jacob Ruppert."
Bill Tapley is on the faculty of St. John's Law School, Brooklyn, N. Y., teaching law. . . . . More news from Brooklyn stated that John J. Remsen was elected treasurer of the St. Nicholas Society and Nassau Island-re-elected, we are quite sure. It was at the 87th annual meeting and Paas Supper of the society, descendants of those Dutch settlers who "bought Manhattan at bargain prices three centuries ago."
Ralph Stone is in New York—the New York sales representative for Pease and Curran o£ Providence, R. 1., refiners and dealers in gold and silver. He, with John Remsen, Nor Catterall, Larry Stoddard, Collin Wells, and Al Dessau attended the last New York class dinner.
Have you sent your Alumni Fund check to John Remsen? Eighty-five per cent of contributors is what we are after this year. If those who have contributed in the past continue this year, the percentage Will be possible easily. Most of the regulars are already in, but send in something at once if you have waited until now to act. Every check received makes the job a little less difficult for John.
Denver has a new chief for lawyers. Robert E. More of 1459 Clayton St. was elected president of the Denver Bar Association at its annual meeting on Monday, April 29. Bob graduated from the Harvard Law School after leaving Hanover with the class of '13, and from 1931 to 1923 he taught in the Denver University Law School. He is associated with a prominent Denver law firm. He was formerly a trustee of the Denver Bar Association, and has written a number of articles for the Rocky Mountain and Michigan Law Reviews. Bob is also a member of the Alumni Council.
This is a reminder to all to make plans to be in Hanover for the class annual reunion. Bob Conant will arrange for part of a dorm as he did last year. Bill Towler will send you a letter. Ask those who were back last year about the swell time they had and plan to go yourself *his year, June 14-17.
Secretary, 40 Broad St., Boston
