Class of 1917
The annual dinner of the New York Association, held on February 27, was a huge success for everyone, more particularly for the 1917 delegation. Although perhaps our group was small in numbers, this was more than compensated by enthusiasm and zeal. Most of the group met at the Dartmouth Club some time before the dinner, which started things moving in the right direction immediately and laid the foundation for a grand evening at the Commodore. At the Club were Russ Marr, Cliff O'Neill, Sam Saline, Len Reade, Gene Towler, Tom Cotton, Don Brooks, and your scribe, and we were joined at the dinner by Karl Koeniger, Bob Adams, and Mike Donehue. In all honesty we must add that the Marr-O'Neill combination went astray between that point and the hotel, as somehow they were hard to find during the dinner session.
A few news items filtered in from this crowd. "Silent" Sam Saline one of our leading New York barristers, divulged the secret that he has a large fishing lake and camp in Canada, where he is anxious to have a class party just .after our next reunion We discovered that Tom Cotton had become very active in the Farley New Deal enterprises in and about New York, but, as you might expect, he had a hard job explaining just what his duties were Mike "Caruso" Donehue was in particularly fine voice, making the halls echo throughout each song—and he had good reason to be celebrating! That day he received his appointment as associate in surgery at the Lennox Hill Hospital, which makes him second in command in that division. In case you don't realize it—that spells success!
Before these notes are published you should all have received Treasurer Brooks' annual love letter. I hope you have read it carefully. As he explained in detail, it was decided to give up the use of the term "Active Group," due to a certain amount of criticism that has been received from various directions, particularly Boston and points east. As a substitute plan for the next two years we now have a simple class tax amounting to $5 per annum, which includes a subscription to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE and also a small percentage towards your Twentieth Reunion tax. So no matter what you call it, you still lose the $5, and the more promptly you pay it the more money, energy and time you save your treasurer.
Secretary, Craig House, Beacon, N. Y.
