Class of 1926

You may see from the class photograph by our own Whit Blair how you looked on June 13 if you were in Hanover, and if you were unable to attend our great Tenth, you can see how many old friends you missed. It should be mentioned in passing that there were many in Hanover who for "various reasons" failed to get their handsome faces in front of the camera.

Eighty-seven men and seventeen girls represented 1936, truly a disappointing number, but on the other hand a very representative group, as may be seen from the list of those who attended and the order in which they registered.

Les Talbot, Bob Cleary, Brant Wallace, Tiny Marsans and wife, Charlie Bishop and wife, Nate Parker and wife, Larry Kennison, Larry Smith and wife, Obbie Barker, F. C. Jones Jr., Don Hoffman, Jake Jacobus, Tom Floyd-Jones, H. N. Van Duyn, Homer Shaver, Frank Milliken, Herb Darling and wife, Dan Drury and wife, Dick Gun thorp and wife, Perk St. Clair, Granny Knight, Jud Bellair, Dick Major, Geo. Pierce, Jud McCarthy, Ed. Chaffin, Bob Goss, Wendell Ross, Bob Edgar, Tubby Weymouth, Tom Farwell, Gordon Chipman, Bob Riotte, Bob Carr, Randy Cox, Jim Sullivan, Harry Hall, Doug Everett, Dean Chamberlin, Joe Batchelder, Art Wilcox, Don Mackay, Paul Dillingham and wife, Bruce Eaken and wife, A 1 Louer and wife, Hump Campbell and wife, Sew Tyler, Wee McClintock, Bill Hughes, Don Norstrand, Carl Schipper, Bob Salinger, Herb Redmond and wife, Clarence McDavitt, Chuck Frankenberg, Skipper Smith, Hank Merry, Tony Gleason, Max Whitman, Dave Harriman, Hal Marshall and wife, Steve Weston, Peenie Parker, George Tully, Hugh Morrison, Harry Fisher and wife, Chris Bailey, Warren Thompson, Ed Emerson, Bill Barclay, Whit Blair, Carl Allen, Snipe Esquerre, Nick Nickerson and wife, Hub Harwood, Chuc"k Webster, Ken Godfrey and wife, Red Merrill, Foster Howland, Lee Powers, Geo. Buck, Frank Poor, Morrie Ryder, Charlie McKenna, Bleek Williams, Walt Rankin, Sid Hayward.

Everyone seemed to have a glorious time, as may be partially indicated by the fact that the reunion committee got a bill for $38.00 from the College for damage. Some of the boys found the elixir of life and went right back to their freshmen days.

Thanks to one Ernie Perry, who dispensed barrels upon barrels of ale, we found ourselves continually in a convivial mood from the time we arrived through our picnic at Interlaken Camp on Sunday.

At our class meeting on Saturday everyone enjoyed seeing the class movies again, and many comments were passed during the showing thereof.

Class officers for the ensuing five years were elected as follows:

Secy-Chairman, Charles S. Bishop; Treasurer, Clarence McDavitt.

Executive Committee: John D. Cannon, Donald S. Hoffman, J. B. Wallace, William S. Hughes, Albert E. M. Louer, Frances E. Merrill, Nathan K. Parker.

The following resolutions were adopted: RESOLVED: That the deep appreciation of the class of 1926 be given to Branton Wallace for the work he has done in directing class activities during the past five years. It was largely due to his inspiration and hard work that the Fifth Reunion was so successfully carried through in 1931. Since that time he has not missed having class notes appear in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE every month, and he has constantly guided activities of the class with the help of such stalwart supporters as; Clarence McDavitt, Bob Cleary, Charlie Bishop, Charlie Singleton, Les Talbot, Tiny Marsans, and others in various sections of the country. To Brant, then, our hearty thanks for what he has done in the past for us and for Dartmouth College. We are delighted that he is willing to serve again on the executive committee and to give to new officers the benefit of his experience in class affairs.

RESOLVED: That the class of 1926 express its appreciation to the four men who have during the past five years been chiefly responsible for the collection of Alumni Fund gifts from the class. The class agent and his assistants spend long hours of personal time in doing work which can never bring them the reward they deserve. To the following men and to those who helped them we now express our deep appreciation and gratitude: George Scott, Clarence McDavitt, Bob Cleary, and Charlie Singelton.

RESOLVED: That the class of 1926 express its appreciation for the efforts of the Reunion Committee, which has so capably planned this Big Tenth, and is now carrying its plans through to completion. Regular meetings of the committee have been held for nearly a year. Charlie Bishop has been chairman of the committee, and his assistants have been Bob Cleary, Les Talbot, and Brant Wallace.

Mr. Leslie Waggener of Dallas, Texas, father of our classmate, was elected an honorary member of the class, as an expression of our appreciation for his many kindnesses and his great interest in the College and ourselves. We welcome him to our brotherhood with open arms, and hope that he will be able to be with us at future Reunions.

You will be pleased to note that 1926 set new records this year in the Alumni Fund campaign, both as to members contributing and amount of money given. Two hundred and ninety-eight men shared in giving the • College $2,870.00. We are grouped among the last 12 classes, and are proud of the fact that we were number one in our division. Credit in great measure should go to Charlie Singleton, class agent, for his untiring efforts in bringing about such a fine result. He and his many able assistants throughout the country did a swell job.

We have the following general news to submit:

Dick Mandel and Laurie Fitz-Gibbon, with wives, spent a brief vacation in Han over early in the summer.

Another Hanover vacationist and wife was Jim Oberlander. He has battled his way through ten years of combined coaching and studying, finally to have a clear path to the practice of medicine. Obie and Madeleine have been searching around New England for a place to raise the two boys and get the Dr. under way.

Clyde Hall has been getting experience in various jobs in Washington. Now his address is the Senate Office Building, where he is secretary to New Hampshire's Senator Brown.

Robt. Breyfogle, when last heard from, was in Barcelona, with the National City Bank. 'Fogle may be a general by now.

Don Church is one of the reasons why the Mountain View House at Whitefield, N. H., managed by Frank Dodge 'll, is rated as the very tops up that way. Don is assistant manager, and travels south, in the hotel business, in the summer.

Through roundabout sources we hear of the birth of a daughter to the Carleton Blunts in Chicago.

In the quest of new horizons and a bigger and better wilderness, Tom Colt and Sid Hayward journeyed along the North Shore of the Gulf of Newfoundland this summer, covering several hundred miles in a couple of weeks, mostly via fishing boats. They report marvelous fishing on the big rivers up there and plenty of frontier country.

Our new honorary member (of the class) visited Hanover this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Waggener of Dallas make an annual custom now of touring East and spending much of their time in New England.

Jack Bickford got away from New York in August for a vacation on Sugar Hill, in the White Mountains.

Notes from Hanover and vicinity: Paul Allen completed work for a bachelor's degree in the library school at Columbia. .... Dick Husband and wife were among the 700 or more who attended meetings of the American Psychological Association in Hanover last month. He teaches at U. of Wisconsin Harry Savage has built up a first-rate practice of medicine in Lebanon Red Merrill finished work for his Ph.D. at the U. of Chicago this summer and returns for his second year in the Dartmouth Soc'y Dept. . . . . Hugh Morrison taught in the Harvard Summer School Dick Lattimore spent a holiday from teaching at Bryn Mawr with his folks in Hanover. .... Dean Chamberlin is on leave of absence from the College this year to travel for the Progressive Education Association, visiting schools and colleges in the East. .... Dan Drury, wife Sally, and three boys have come back to school. The Thayer School is Danny's idea of how to put the finishing touches on the practical contracting experience he has had since graduation. He is enrolled for the two-year course. Skipper Smith reports some exciting sailing on L. I. Sound and more remote stretches of ocean. Skipper is probably the only inventor in the class, at least as a full-time career. He lives up to .his name by being a sailor of no mean ability.

1926 10th Reunion-June 13, 1936. 1926 Gathered at Dartmouth Hall, Celebrating the Tenth Reunion

Secretary, Edward B. Smith Cos., 31 Nassau St., New York