Class of 1914
Well, here we are again, starting off another year with the bright blue September days with us, etc thus beginning and ending the poetic touch in one full sentence.
And it maketh the Secretary's heart glad to have before him a pile of notes to keep this column going for at least three months. In the meanwhile, of course, you will have responded to John Piane's prithee pleadings and have sent in your class dues, including your subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, thus insuring getting all of the news during the year.
'14 OVER HANOVER
The way that 1914 men are being drafted for key positions in the alumni activities of the College is another good reason for subscribing to the MAGAZINE, SO that you can keep track of their activities, and the list is getting longer each year.
Beginning with President Larmon, whose fame in administering the class activities in the Dartmouth Club of New York caused him to be chosen as chairman of the Alumni Fund, succeeding Jack Hubbell. We prophesy that under Sig's administration the Fund will rise to new and greater heights. We pledge you, Sig, that 1914 will do its share in aiding you in this great labor of love.
Bill Slater goes on the Alumni Council as representative from Providence. Dick Pritchard, as you know, has been a Council member, and we understand has been given new and greater responsible activities in that body. Wag Green, likewise is still a member, and Red Loudon, of course, is a member of the Athletic Council.
Our class is honored by these appointments and we offer our congratulations to the men themselves, knowing full well of their fitness for the respective jobs to which they have been assigned.
Speaking of the Alumni Fund, the class did itself proud this year in the achievement of its excellent record. You have already received John Burleigh's bulletin on the subject. To John and his hard-working assistants should go a big basket of pine cones for their untiring efforts. And the class is likewise deserving of commendation for their excellent record among the other classes in the high position to which it has attained in Alumni Fund rankings.
July 1 comes a beautifully engraved card which upon opening, the first line of announcement—the name of William B. Slater—caused us to remark that the Slaters are again proud parents. Further perusal indicated that instead Mr. William B. Slater has become a general partner in the firm of Jackson 8c Curtis, in which decision his classmates unanimously opine that said firm used excellent judgment.
Just about Commencement we received a pleasant epistle from Mr. Richard Joseph Shaw Barlow. Dick said he was going down to Preekness in Baltimore the following Saturday to work out a practical problem in the theory of the laws of probability and chance, and that if he didn't do too badly he expected to be in Hanover for Commencement. As our agent reported later that Mr. Barlow was present in Hanover, we assume he didn't do too badly.
Speaking of Commencement, there was a goodly turnout of the boys: Larmon, Barlow, Conners, Red Davidson, Chandler, Taft, Slater, Piane, Burleigh, Hopkins, Remsen, Pritchard, Butler, Babcock, Giles, and Loudon. Everybody reported an excellent time. Unfortunately we could not be present, and we are looking forward to next year.
We hear that Ellsworth Buck is making an outstanding record as commissioner of education in New York City. It is gratifying to see men like our friend Buck taking an active interest in practical politics, not merely to grace various commissions but to give wholeheartedly of their best efforts in order to apply to the political scene the practical experience of business life. Certainly the class hopes for Ellie a successful administration and further honors in his chosen field.
Howard Fahey is getting all steamed up about his son, who is football captain at prep school this year. According to Howard we are going to have something pretty fancy in the way of an end in Hanover in about three years.
Oscar Olson's son made the honors list at Hanover last June, and we understand that he has been awarded one of the senior fellowships this coming year. As you will recall, Oscar Jr., during his three years, has made one of the highest records scholastically in recent years.
We had a nice letter from Carroll Edson. He has been taking a special course at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from which we assume he has gone back to a military career which has interested him so long.
Alec Tuck, we hear, made his most recent periodical trip to Europe via the VonHindenburg, enjoying a very pleasant trip across.
Fernando Guarch writes from Caguas, Puerto Rico, that Hal Brown called on him last spring and he had a chance to show him all the highlights of Puerto Rico. His daughter is entering college here this fall, and we expect to see something of Guarch about football time. He closes by saying that he is the Dartmouth consul in Puerto Rico and that he sincerely hopes men of the 'l4 crowd will call on him when down that way.
Bert Wood writes from Detroit under a very tricky letterhead that in response to our requests for news, his only recent claim to fame is his election to membership in the National Geographical Society, which, for the perusal of future historians, we hereby record.
SOCIAL WORK IN NEW YORK
We had a grand letter from Bino Knight, who is at the Mount Washington Presbyterian church, 84 Vermilyea Ave., New York City. Bino says he is very busy with a large parish of poor people, who demand a great deal of his time. In addition to his regular parish work he has been taking care of a bunch of community children in connection with the WPA in an effort to keep them off the New York streets. We have heard from other New York boys that Bino is doing a perfectly grand job and is highly respected among the social workers for his untiring efforts in behalf of his parish.
For going on two years now we have been reporting the meteoric rise of Parker Margeson on the staff of the Marshall Field Company, and we were a little taken aback to learn he was made executive vice president of the entire outfit. We know this must be a grand job, and we offer our sincere congratulations to one vice president from another.
October 23 is the Friday evening before the Harvard game, and the class will meet at the Parker House about 5:30 for rest and refreshments. James Gregg, vice president of the class and prominent churchman and citizen of Wellesley Hills, will preside in his old-time manner.
Hie Hopkins well is gushing gayly.
Secretary, 367 Boylston St., Boston
