Class of 1922
Mai Clarke, for years uncommunicative, was moved to prose by the Twenty-Twoter issued in February. It appears that the Clarkes have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter (Judith) and a three-months old son (Jr.). For the past twelve years Mai has been a master at Country Day School in Newton, Mass., and he is now assistant headmaster and teacher of French. He assists in coaching football and squash. We quote:
"I spend the summers—after an M.A. andtwo summers in Europe—playing the smaller N. E. state and sectional tennis tournaments. In winter it is squash. Last winterI went to the Nationals in Pittsburgh withthe Boston team, which was beaten byPhilly in the finals.
"This winter—with the B. A. A. in bankruptcy—I deserted the 'A' league to start aDartmouth Club team. We finished thirdin the 'B' league due to sickness and defaults, but we plan an 'A' team next year,especially if we can gain a recruit fromManchester, N. H., such as Johnny Carleton."
Eugene Lane Busher, first son and third child of the Chick Bushers, appeared in December.
Ulysse Auger writes that he has more law business to do because his brother, Emile '2O, has left the family firm to work for the government. Ulysse had his son, just under two, on skis this winter.
Cecil Goldbeck, the only man in the class whose dues are paid three years ahead, announces the removal of his office (literary agent) to 366 Madison Ave., New York City.
Jimmy Folan, agent of the New York Life Insurance Company in Norwood, Mass., was another who was stirred by our February bulletin.
Rex Malmquist forwarded a letter which he received from Oklahoma Bank Commissioner Howard Johnson '22, in which that statesman spoke of remembering Rex "as arather physically compact, short-legged,and towheaded Swede." Rex apparently does not deny any of these charges.
NEW JOB FOR JIM HAMILTON
Jim Hamilton has been appointed superintendent of the Cleveland City Hospital, a very important promotion, upon which we'congratulate him. The city authorities made the offer on February 18, and Jim had it under consideration for several weeks. We reprint from the Daily Dartmouth its article about Jim's new appointment:
"James A. Hamilton '22, superintendentof Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital andassistant professor of industrial management at Tuck School, accepted the positionof superintendent of the Cleveland CityHospital yesterday. He will take chargethere July 1, at the same time assuming hisduties as a member of the Cleveland College staff of Western Reserve University.
"Hamilton will leave Hanover after 10years as head of the Hitchcock Hospital and18 years of direct association with Dartmouth College as student and instructor.Graduating from Dartmouth in the class of1922, he took his M.C.S. degree at TuckSchool the following year, and has beenteaching there ever since.
" 'I hate to leave Dartmouth and deeplyregret parting with the cooperative, loyaldevotees of the hospital staff' stated Hamilton in an interview last night. 'I especiallyregret leaving at a time when the hospitalis on the threshold of a period of growthand expansion.'
"He stated that his decision to accept theoffer of Fred W. Ramsey, director of publichealth and welfare in Cleveland, followeddeliberation on the question of giving uphis work in a hospital supported by voluntary funds to accept the superintendency ofone maintained by the municipal government'The greater need for service lies inthe field of publicly supported hospitals,'he said, and expressed his belief that withinthe next decade the emphasis in hospitaldevelopment was likely to be on the improving of municipal and government operated institutions. 'Therefore I look forward with pleasure to joining the hospitalorganization in a city which is so wellknown for its cooperation in social welfare.'
"Hamilton holds a number of high officesin hospital management associations. He ischairman of the Council on Small Hospitalsof the American Hospital Association andis directing a committee which is revamping the financial program of the organization. As president of the Hospital Executives of New Hampshire, he is recognizedas the state's leader in hospital affairs. Heholds a membership in the Local MedicalHospital Superintendents Club of Boston.
Fifteen hundred beds is the capacity ofCleveland's City Hospital, one of the largest of municipal institutions of its kind. Itis one of the teaching hospitals for WesternReserve, each member of its staff being onthe faculty of the university's medicalschool."
In a letter to your scribe, Jim wrote:
"You don't know how difficult it is, forone who has been associated as long as Ihave with Dartmouth College and the Han-over community, to decide to leave, espe-cially when conditions have been so happyhere. However, this is one of those oppor-tunities that I just cannot afford to refuse.Everyone with whom I conferred, includingPrexy, urged me to go and felt I would befoolish to do otherwise. It made me wonderwhether they were anxious ta get rid of me.As you know, Hanover is next to Heaven,and yet, at my age, I am very anxious tosail o'er the seas, troublesome as they maybe. My only consolation rests with the factthat there is a large Dartmouth gatheringin Cleveland, and I have hope that theywill include me in their fellowship."
Secretary, U. S. Attorney's Office United States Courthouse, Foley Square New York
