Class of 1911
YE OLDE TYMERs ALMENACT
For the Month of FEBRUARY
DOE REDE AND GIVE HEDE
1 1890—Ye church bells of Newburyport, Massachusetts, chime the birth of Malcolm Gale Rollins.
2 Hof Hoefler, forty-nine years old today.
3 1910—ALUMNI MAGAZINE carries a story: "The Misfit" by John R. Scotford"Quite a compliment, since it is thefirst undergraduate literary effort published for some time."
4 1908—College orchestra organized—l911' Loughlin, Mayer, Barstow, Taylor, C. W. Harris, Rose.
5 Triple Birthday Greetings to Deac Trask, Dave Traitel, and Howard Rose.
6 1909—Stan Macomber celebrates coming of age.
7 Big birthday party—Alt Jackson, Carl Hoar, Ray Nead, Troy Parker send each other felicitations.
8 1910—Junior Prom Committee organized— J. W. Pearson, chairman; B. K. Ayers, secretary; J. M. Mathes, treasurer.
9 Good old Joe McDonald thinks back to his natal day in 1889.
10 1908—Freshman basketball practice starts. Sanborn, T. Chase, McCarthy, Cuddy, and Pierce show up.
ii 1911—Green defeats Mass. Aggies in hockey game. Body cheeking was rough and penalties frequent. Sarge Eaton and Patten each drew one min ute suspensions.
is Wee Kimball and Shorty Mayo eat birthday cake.
13 Ditto for Al Nutt. 14 Crooks and Hedges are one year older today.
15 1910—Bill Hart celebrates his a Ist birthday.
16 1909—Before the largest gathering at Cushing Academy since Capt. Glaze spoke there, Boli Sherwin gave an enjoyable talk on the benefits derived from the Christian Association.
17 1889—Abington, Massachusetts, population increased by one—Jack Daly responsible.
18 1890—Bob Barstow begins his long hard life.
19 1911—Second Annual Winter Meet held in Vale of Tempe. F. H. Harris stood in second place in ski events. W. H. Weston Jr. captured the novice jump.
20 1909—Dramatic Club returns from road trip, presenting "In Chancery" and starring Keough, Parker, Batchelor, Carlisle.
si Happy Birthday to Ed Hatch and Lew Partridge.
22 Many Happy Returns of the Day to John Mullen and Harry Waterhouse.
23 1911—At a meeting at Hotel Lennox in Boston, F. W. Long, manager of varsity track team, was elected president of the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
24 '9l0-Jack Ingersoll and Hugh Kerrworthy are now ready to vote.
25 1908—Baseball cage practice—one promising candidate discovered by Conroy '11 who played a star game for the Holy Cross preps last year.
26 1911—Dartmouth hockey season reviewed. Stucklen stands third in individual score record of league.
27 1892—Thornton Wilson, one year old today.
28 1911—Lost! A pearl handled knife about three months ago; three blades, scissors, file, punch. Finder return to T. L. Parker, 10 Richardson, and receive one dollar ($1) reward.
29 This happens only once in four years. Silver Jubilee only once in twenty-five years.
IMPORTANT
Before you read these notes you will have received a postal card which you should have returned to the Secretary, advising him more or less definitely as to whether or not you will return for reunion. If you have not already done so, will you please make it a point to mail the card at once. This will be the beginning of a final list and is necessary so that final arrangements for reunion may be made. For instance, our choice of headquarters will depend principally upon how many will return. The sooner this information is in, the better the chances of good headquarters.
Of course it is understood that the Secretary assumes no responsibility for information printed in this column. For instance, a Cohasset correspondent informs me that one C. C. Butts was recently seen in those parts leading a flock of four hundred turkeys in various Dartmouth cheers with astounding results. Claimed when he got through that he was a better cheer leader than Dick Paul ever thought of being.
Les Gibson echoes "Expect to be there.""Yours for Irish instead of Rye. Mig andI will be nye for the reunion of the potbellies"— John Pearson.
Of all things, Al Wheeler is quoted in the November 25 Time. In fact, Al wrote the letter himself, which was printed as having come from a scientist. How many recall that stirring event which took place in old G.A.R. Hall and to which he refers in his letter? Perhaps also you remember the fellow who was hypnotized and was dancing with a broom, and how suddenly he snapped out of it and disappeared through a window when somebody spotted him with an egg over the right eye. Here's Al's publicity:
. ... "I still think, after reading thevarious letters in LETTERS and looking atthe pictures, that the Fakirs are fakers.
"I recall an incident of more than 25years ago during my college days at Dartmouth in Hanover, N. H., when a travelingfaker appeared in town, claiming to be ahypnotist and dealer in magic Heprepared a fire on a table about six feetlong and toalked and stood on it very leisurely with the flames licking his ankles.He got away with it the first night
"On the following night, during his laststunt, he did the same thing. But he hadbarely started with his naked feet in theflames when a doubting chemist of hardynature, who was in the audience again—fora purpose—took off his shoes and socks,jumped on the stage, knocked the professor down, and walked and stood in theflames himself amid the cheers and jeers ofthe rest of the students.
"The professor left town suddenly, probably for the Fiji Islands, where he taughtthe trick to the students there."
In a personal letter Al writes:
"If I get back to Hanover next June,which I still hope to do, I will no doubthave the Doctor of Science degree conferredupon me. I certainly will be sore, if I don't.My treatise on the magical subject of firewalking will debunk the Fiji Islanders andother learned professors, and if a Phi Psican't beat a Fiji in all sports and things, Iwill resign. I will close the subject, with achallenge to any Fiji, white or colored, calloused feet or tender, to a fire-walking contest, with a scientific Phi Psi.
"We are all getting alotig very well outhere, but I have not become used to thechange as yet. I miss the gang and all thesurroundings and the weather, also. I amsick of sunshine and so much sameness.They say it is Christmas here, but the 5and 10 cent store doesn't make it so, although I like their prices. I would like tosee a little snow, and so I guess I never canbe satisfied, as I used to get sick of that, too.
"1 represented 1911 at Los Angeles, listening to the wire returns from the Harvard and also the Yale games. Everybodyenjoyed them both very much, and as longas the jinx was beaten, I suppose we cancall it a successful season, but the Columbiagame spoiled it some. I guess they made toomany points the first of the year, and ranout of them, although still remaining highscorers.
"Best regards to you all, and will startwalking to Hanover after Christmas, butnot barefooted to begin with.
"AL WHEELER A.8., 8.5., Ph.D., D.D.S."
Joe Hazeltine has had to give up his work with the Telephone Company in New York because of ill health, and return to his old home in Lynn temporarily. Joe writes, however, that he is hoping to join us all in a' good time in June.
It may be news to some of you that Earle Gordon is a justice o£ the peace, and as such entitled to conduct marriage ceremonies. Earle did recently. An engagement was made for a couple from Lebanon to appear at his home at 11:30 one Sunday evening. It was snowing hard, the roads were slippery, and the couple did not appear until 12:30. At this point Earle, being in the process of getting ready for bed, was interrupted by a loud hammering on the door. He dressed hurriedly, went to the door, and found the best man with the tobe bride and groom. The marriage license was presented, but Doc found it necessary to inform them that he could not marry them since the marriage license was obtained in Lebanon, and they must return to Lebanon whence came the license, but the reply was, "We must be married tonight, and there will not be anybody inLebanon up who can marry us." "Allright," said Doc, "get in the car." So Doc beside the driver, who was the best man, and the fiance and fiancee in the rear, drove out on the West Lebanon Road across the town line where about 1:30 a.m., anchored opposite a telephone pole, Doc with the aid of a flashlight performed the ceremony, which was a double ring affair, with all the grace of a real minister.
Is IT REALLY GEORGE?
Can you imagine such brevity? "Coming" George M. Morris.
Satan Sanderson does better: "Kae and Iwill be among those present. (Even if -wehave to sell a cow to make it.) Don't omitthe real reunion at Whitefield, and if weold duffers can stand the rigors of a bigparty {like one of you) it might add to thezest of things. Evidently I'm thinking wet,so I better not say more.
"Still a farmer and would-be politician.One of the damn fools that still believethere is some good in the New Deal andhope to have the privilege of voting forF.D.R. again in 1936. Think the 1935 edition of D football very good. Am satisfiedthat the secret of health, happiness, andcontented living is a life in a small N. H.country farm."
The 1911 Messieurs and Mesdames of Hanover, N. H. (ten of them all told) had the pleasure of meeting the sons of 1911 at tea on a recent Sunday afternoon. Practically all of the nineteen men who were in town felt duty bound to accept the invitation (the twentieth, Bob Keeler Jr., being in Washington as an observer of the national government). The elders, at least, enjoyed the occasion greatly, and they are pleased to report unanimously that the members of the second generation surely are a big improvement on their forebears. Without exception they are an attractive group of boys. Two of the seniors had been in some of the same classes but neither knew their fathers were 1911ers. Well, that will not happen again.
It was suggested a few months ago in this column that classmates Hurley, Chase, and Wyman would be reunioning together soon in the far-off city of Honolulu. It has happened. Lieutenant-Colonel Pat Hurley, Major Heinie Chase, and Professor Wyman were present as incorporators of the new Alumni Association of Hawaii.
From Bert Shurtleff: "If a questionnairewas sent out, I did not receive one, but inthe next issue you may advise that I shallbe there, and here's hoping we shall havethe biggest attendance ever."
Jack Coggins writes: "Speaking of reunions, Nat, tell this one to the generationsthat never knew that Wentworth Hall wasa 'dorm.' Tell it to the old inhabitants of'lrish Village' at the top of Reed Hall. Atthe Friday session of the Football CoachesAssociation, Dec. 27, the whole four occupants of the first two rooms in Wentworthin our day turned out for a 100% reunionin the persons of George and Bud Hobanand Ky Byrnes and yours truly. A phonecall would have brought Seth Emerson ofthe next room and Louis Ekstrom from theLittle Town of Bethlehem could never havestayed away. We were all looking for TomKeady, who was missing after many yearsof regular attendance."
Answering your question, Jack,—yes, that gray-haired man in the bottom row of the 20th Reunion picture, over from me toward center, is Morris, but you were 1/10th wrong on your names in the picture in the January issue. The last man is not Wilson.
He would! Dick Whelden says: "Whydidn't you mail the bills for dues with theChristmas greetings so as to save postage?"
The following from Howard Randerson: "Many of the class will be interested in theJanuary issue of the Congressional Digest. It is mentioned that one Charles Warren isthe publisher of some important books onpublic affairs. Imagine Charley Warrenwriting a book entitled: 'The Pathway toPeaceofficially recorded in the documentsof the Academy of Political Science Good work for Charley!!! Wasn't he theone who originated the famous phrases:'Peace at any price!' and 'The recollectionof quality remains long after the price hasbeen forgotten!' ? ? ? ! These it is believedhe introduced while returning from apeerade to Hanover in the good old days.It is not generally known who inspiredthem. It may have been some collegewidow! But they were very expressive andsignificant later in the World War. It ishoped Austin Keough or Charley's wifedoesn't get hold of this news.
"As Mussolini would say, 'Abyssinia inJune!'"
Boli Sherwin A Leader in the D. C. A.
Secretary, Hanover, N. H.
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