Class of 1903

In a poll conducted by your Secretary the indication of a rise in morale of the class is evident. The poll was a small one and confined to the New England area, but as Jim Farley always states "the sweeporiginates on the Atlantic seaboard andspreads to the Pacific." All this leads to one prediction that by 1938 the Pacific Coasters will start a sweep toward the Atlantic coast, ending in a big turnout at reunion in June. In arranging for the gettogether and the family dinner before and after the Harvard game, fifty return postal cards were sent out, covering members of the class living in New England, and twenty-five returns were received. Heretofore ten or twelve replies have been made.

From Harrisburg, Pa., John Pray Wadham has again sent out an appeal for subscriptions to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and we feel sure that his analysis of returns will show an increased interest in what the Potholeskers and the rest of the Dartmouth world are doing. If you haven't already done so, get behind John in his effort to work up a wider class and college interest by sending in your subscription. Do it now.

And what of that night-before-the-game dinner? With Freddie Baker coming down from northern New Hampshire and Phil Jones appearing for the first time in years, the tempo of the occasion was quickened immeasurably. Fred looked as though he had just returned from a long vacation physically and mentally "fit as a fiddle." One of our class called at Fred's office this past summer and was told that golf was his great recreational effort and that legal matters were perhaps best discussed on the golf course, and then I know of his great interest in fishing, so there you have the reasons for his statement "fit as a fiddle."

Phil Jones is the same physically lean, mentally alert boy of old. Still playing a good game of tennis, he has passed on his knowledge and love of the game to his daughters, who have already attained proficiency and favorable comment in this neck of the woods.

Private and general discussions of college life and policies, the hospital drive for funds, football, politics, and what not filled the after-dinner hours in rapid succession, and convinced us all that to miss this night would be just too bad.

The family dinner at the Winchester Country Club was most enjoyable. The hospitable atmosphere, the splendid food and service of this club cannot be surpassed, and after the excitement of the game the combination was "just what the doctor ordered." And then there were the ladies. No class has been more favored by its group of "better halves" than ours. As one of the fellows expressed it, "I'm notsure that if we dropped out the wiveswould not carry on." Even the night before the game a dozen of the girls had a dinner in town and then attended a theatrical performance. Charlotte Kenerson, we salute you.

Those who participated in these occasions included Vic and Florence Cutter, Ned and Charlotte Kenerson, "Meat" and Susan Hanlon, "Brutus" Luce, Phil and Helen Jones, Fred Baker, "Emma" and Helen Brown, "Oat" and Florence Mudge, Ned and Edith Burbeck, Charlie Hall, Ralph Keyes, O. W. and Amy Smith, E. L. and Elaine Brown, Harry and Edith Watson, "Prexie" and Martha Whelden, Artie Bolster, "Oom" and Mrs. Paul, Andrew Jackson, Horace and Marion Kidger.

Now you off-the-Atlantic-coastline Potholeskers, this is the skeleton crew of the 1903 reunion in 1938, and if you and your wife don't plan to join you are going to miss one great time. Think it over. It will be your 36th year out of college.

Secretary, 198 Humphrey St., Marblehead, Mass.