Class of 1907
The 30th Reunion Committee proposes to start the campaign with this issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and prosecute it with vigor until 1937.
Here's a report from last Commencement, from Runt Martin,—just a sample to whet your appetite for next June. He and Mrs. Martin, accompanied by Bruno Kimball, came 1500 and 3500 miles respectively, and report a grand time. Let Runt tell you about it,—and focus your thoughts on the 30th.
"Bruno and I, with Mrs. Martin, were made to feel thoroughly welcome in the dorm of the mellow men of 'O6. Though I had intended to help guide Bruno about, he made me attend some functions I had not planned on, but which I, as well as Bruno, much enjoyed—the President's reception, the Class Day speeches, the Commencement Ball, and the Alumni Luncheon. In the parade of classes, Bruno and I marched with 'O7 placards, picking up and putting Francis Boyer between us. At the luncheon, our Bill Minsch spoke, superbly, as the representative of the par- ents of the newly graduating; and our George Howard was elected president of the Alumni Association.
"We met Bill Wyman and his charming wife. Their son was graduating, Bill was feeling and looking fine Judge McLane was in town long enough for a trustees' meeting Harry Storrs, back for a day, brought the sad word of Denny Black's death Harry Wellman was fishing in Newfoundland I saw Dick Southgate before he left to avoid the crowd .... and we called on the Heneages Bishop Niles arrived, and accompanied Mrs. Martin (Dorothy), Bruno and me to the Ball.
"Bruno seemed to have a grand time. I have asked him to write you his impressions of his visit. He went to Boston, where he lunched with Bishop, had an hour's talk with Norman Cushman, and phone talks with other classmates. In New York he saw Tom Perry, but missed Sam Bartlett, who is his cousin.
"On ray way home I attended a Dartmouth luncheon in Cleveland with Ivan Greenwood, on my 50th birthday anniversary. Ivan lives on a farm some twenty miles out, and is looking the same as ever. I had a phone talk with Jack Wallace.
"Kitching's daughter Jessie was valedictorian of her class of 410 at White Plains, N. Y., High School. "Kitch" has changed from road work to staying at his New York office, publishing business papers for his same firm, the Vincent Edwards Company. "Elwood Richardson, still selling railway supplies, owns blue ribbon show horses, has a summer home on Lake Michigan, near Holland, Mich., and with Mrs. Richardson winters in Florida. His business address is Oxweld Railroad Service Company, Room 2012, 230 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago."
Bruno kept his promise to record his impressions of Hanover after 29 years, and they will be reported to you next month.
With sadness, and with deep sympathy for his family, we report the death, on June 4, of Dennie Black. He died suddenly in his office at the Veterans Bureau in Boston, where for sixteen years he had been examining physician. Burial services were held in Nashua, N. H., and were attended by a number of Denny's classmates, one of whom, Judge McLane, writes:
"The passing of Dennie Black takes from the class one of its most vivid and colorful characters, and the news of his death must have brought many a 1907 man to a sudden stop and turned his thoughts to almost forgotten incidents of our common life in Hanover thirty years ago. Dennie's unfailing and contagious good spirit was always in evidence, whether in the dormitories, on the diamond, or on the campus, and his circle of friends was as large as that of any man in the class.
"Since graduation he had kept in frequent touch with many of our members and with his wife he could be counted on for the reunions and the football games. The qualities which made him so much loved in college carried over into his professional life, and at the United States Health Service in the Federal Building in Boston he was one of the most popular members of the staff.
"At the funeral in his old home church in Nashua the bearers were Classmates Jim Reilly, Gene Brooks, Charles Woodworth, King McCoy, Cric Crocker, and Judge JVlcLane, and there were also present from the class Tom Reilly, Jerry Macdonald, Roger Shattuck, and Jack Stilphen."
"Rip" Heneage, director of athletics since 1927, resigned that position as of September 1 on account of ill health. Rip suffered a severe heart attack a year ago while golfing at Hanover and has been under medical supervision since that time. Although much improved, he has been advised against resuming the strenuous duties of the athletic directorship. He will continue to reside in Hanover, where three of his four sons will be in college this year.
During Rip's regime, Dartmouth's athletic relations have been established on a higher plane than ever before, and physical plant and equipment have been greatly increased. He has every reason to take pride in his accomplishment on behalf of the College, and his class may well take pride in him.
Secretary, 80 Federal St., Boston Remember—the 30th! A warning—and a challenge!
