Class of 1921

The reunion costume this year is to be a green and white blazer with a cap to match, according to plans just completed by Rex King, reunion committee member in charge of costumes. It was early approved by the other members of the reunion committee, and given its final ratification when shown to the group of Twenty-oners gathered for the annual dinner of the New York alumni at the Hotel Commodore on February 27. It won out there incidentally against great odds. In the first place, Hugh McKay was against it from the start, calling loudly for something nautical, thus giving rise to a report that he was planning a cruise or buying a yacht or something. Then when Rex drew forth the sample blazer sent him by the costumers it was found to be "neat, but not gaudy" all right as promised, but unfortunately in orange and black. And as virtually every man present had seen far too much of those colors one snowy afternoon last November, and as, to make matters worse, the garment bore the numerals "1930," it looked for a few moments as if Hugh were going to get his sailor's suit, but Rex did a bit of orating, painting a vivid word picture of how much more attractive it would look in Dartmouth's colors and with "1921" replacing those lower numerals, so that virtue finally triumphed and the blazer was voted in. Incidentally the committee has decreed that each Twenty-oner shall appear in Hanover armed with a pair of white flannel trousers to complete the official costume, and that we beg to state is a relief to ye sec., who found on arriving in Hanover for the lenth that all the trousers that went with the polo costume in vogue that year which were of a size fit for Rog Bird, Dan yder, and himself had been previously handed out, leaving only those which fitted us so tightly as to make certain an embarrassing catastrophe in the rear the first time it was necessary to bend forward even sightly. So we had to be content with Just a polo cap from the official wardrobe, an this year, for a change, we are looking orward to appearing in full regalia.

Nineteen men from the class showed up for the New York dinner, as follows: Bord Hel mer, Hugh, R6X, Ort Hicks, Jack Hubbell Dick Libby, Mac Johnson, Paul Nicholson, Ralph Baker, Doug Storer, Bob Wilson, Chuck Moreau, Tracy Higgins, Bill Terry, Wade Werden, Bill Codding, Cliff Hart, Paul Belknap, who was down from Bellows Falls on business and joined up with the New York crowd for the party, and ye sec.

Paul Nicholson disclosed that he had taken to the boards again out in Port Washington, L. I. this . winter having played a leading role in the Port Washington Players' production of "The Ivory Door" recently.

There was a report along Broadway of late that another Twenty-oner had made an appearance recently in a suburban production in which he appeared in full armor and carrying a spear in the retinue of Sir Something or Other, but when we tried to interview the young man on the subject he exclaimed so hotly that it was "a dirty lie" and added such dire threats of driving a spear far into our person if we printed such a thing about him that we are taking the prudent course and he shall go nameless.

But to get back to the dinner, Bord disclosed that like Bob Burroughs, Bill Fowler, and a few others he still cavorts on skis on wintry week-ends. In fact he had just shortly returned from an outing up in Vermont, where he did some speeding on the wooden runners down the trails on Mount Mansfield. He serves as secretary and treasurer of the Amateur Ski Club of New York, an organization which began to popularize the sport in the Metropolitan area long before the various railroads began to operate their week-end snow trains, thus making Grand Central Station a hazardous spot for us home-loving commuters with all the ramps thronged with the ski army marching forth with blades on shoulders of a Friday afternoon.

NEWS AT THE DINNER

The dinner marked the first appearance of Bob Wilson since he got back to New York from Washington, where he did some lawyering for the Administration. His present job is as assistant to the president of the Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. His offices are at 205 East 43d St., New York City, incidentally.

Paul Belknap revealed that in addition to running his father's old paper, the Bellows Falls Times, up in Vermont, he has an interest in a trade publication, The Buyer'sSecretary, in New York, thus bringing him down to Gotham occasionally.

We had a telephone call recently from Ex-Treasurer Ned Price, the Chicago barrister. It seems that Ned had been in New York on business and was about to hop back to Chicago aboard a plane, but he paused long enough to report that the Chicago Twenty-oners, Inc., had recently dined together, Ned, Bill Embree, Ken Thomas, and Dick Hart being among those out, and to state also that he'd be in Hanover in June.

There has just come into our hands a copy of a publication called the Chicago Daily Limelight, and in an "extra" edition and right on the front page under the heading "Last Minute News Flash" appears a picture of our own Rog Wilde, all decked out in fishing regalia and dangling his catch in front of him in the most approved style. The accompanying story reads as follows:

"An intimate view of Roger C. Wildewith a portion of his family [Oh, we forgot to mention that a portion of Roger's son appears in the picture], Mr. Wilde, anardent Waltonian, spared the rod andspoiled previous October records to winthe Grand National Prize. In recognitionhe received the Alfred Terrell trophy, achest of sterling flat silver. When interviewed, Mr. Wilde stated, 'To One and AllDinner at Eight!'"

Incidentally the reunion committee is arranging to have Rog give a demonstration of his prowess as a Waltonian from the new bridge between Hanover and Norwich as soon as the sun comes up on Sunday morning during reunion. Ort Hicks will take movies of the event, and Artie Anderson will describe it for posterity via the sound reels.

Jack Hubbell passes on the news that on a visit to Philadelphia late in February he found Werner Janssen winning new laurels for his conducting of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

And now it is our sad duty to announce the passing of another classmate, John Perry Mitchell Jr., who in the years since graduation had made rapid strides forward in the field of education in a manner to reflect great credit both on himself and on the class. Perry died February 24, and a more complete notice concerning him will be found in the Necrology section.

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