Thayer School News
With this issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE the Thayer School News suspends publication until next fall. A couple of weeks after this appears many of our alumni will no doubt be returning to Hanover for Commencement and reunions. Dean Garran has asked me to remind all alumni who expect to be here at that time of the annual get-together in Bissell Hall. This will be held as usual on Sunday evening, June 16. Professor Fletcher expects to be here to greet old friends, and the laboratories will be open for the inspection of any one interested in seeing the recent developments at the school.
Phil Thompson '09 has been kind enough to forward several letters which he has received in connection with the current Robert Fletcher Fund campaign.
One of these letters is from Herb Mandeville '31, who is living at 74 Harrison Place, Irvington, N. J. Another one came from a classmate of Herb's, Shaw Cole '31, who seems to be on the jump in field engineering work, which keeps him moving from one place to another every month 01 so, judging from his comments on the profession. Incidentally, the April Civil Engineering contains an article, "The Pitot Tube in Current Practice," by Shaw's father, Edward S. Cole. Shaw himself was in this line of work with the Pitot Company in New York City for some time after his graduation.
It is with deep regret that we note the death, on March 16, of J. B. Hodgdon, C.S.D. '85, of Joplin, Mo., after an illness of nearly six months. Word was received by Mr. Thompson from Mr. Hodgdon's daughter, Mrs. Guy Mills, in response to the Robert Fletcher Fund opening appeal.
Robert Colburn '34 writes of his activities in Buffalo. One spare-time job which he has worked on was the design of some odd-shaped concrete beams for a sedimentation tank, in which work he found the theory of the developed section very useful.
Don Phinney '34, who has been a more or less regular visitor throughout the year, dropped in the other day with enthusiastic accounts of the progress of the Quabbin Reservoir work in Massachusetts, on which he is employed. He has forwarded a set of plans for the work, which is a mighty interesting project.
Griff Roberts '3l visited the school last month with his wife and three-year-old son. Griff, who was looking mighty healthy and prosperous, is in business with his brother, his official title being general manager and treasurer of the New Bedford Stevedore Corporation. It's not a racket, says Griff, just a monopoly.
Formal announcement was received recently by Dean Garran that Miss Ruth Elizabeth McNees and Mr. Eric Turner Burgess '30 were married on Saturday, April 20, and will be at home at "Craig Apartments, West Queen Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia," after May first.
George Hersam '30 dropped in last month for a brief visit, flying up from Boston and back the same day.
Tim Paige '29 paid the school a visit -on April 19 with Mrs. Paige. Tim had been touring the sotlthern part of the state with the Wonder Weeder, which he manufactures and markets. In case you don't own one of these implements and haven't seen the advertising, I advise that "The Wonder Weeder makes cultivation a pleasure" and is "the ideal weeder for the woman gardener." Tim has lost none of his old interests.
Harry C. Hill '03, who is with the Lane Construction Company in Meriden, Conn., paid a visit to the school in April.
William H. Ham '98, treasurer and general manager of the Bridgeport Housing Company in Bridgeport, Conn., visited Hanover in April at the time of the trustees' meeting.
Jack Macdonald '14 came to Hanover on May 4 to attend the testimonial dinner given to Dr. Bowler on the occasion of his retirement from active service with the College.
This letter goes to press before the spring meeting of the board of overseers in Hanover and the graduation of the second-year class, scheduled for May 24. The report of that occasion will have to be held over until our next appearance.
Thayer School will be open all summer, and Dean Garran hopes that many of the alumni will have an opportunity to visit Hanover and the School during the
summer months. The surveying season for the first-year class opens August 15, and regular classes get under way again September 19. Until then, happy days!
