Class of 1934
A good many tricky things have happened to our various '34 boys since we broke the clay pipes on the Old Stump. In the hope that some of these developments may make news in organized fashion, our own statistical department got to work and saw what it could do.
A few months ago there was published a volume entitled "Register of Living Alumni of Dartmouth College." Because this is of so comparatively recent a date and does half the job for us, we used its figures and beg indulgence for whatever percent- age of error it possesses. This publication listed 471 in the graduate lists of '34, and 172 among the non-grads, and just to make it easier, we're keeping this down to the full-fledged grads.
Of these 471, 84 names are entered with no identifying occupation. Some of these— very few, I think—are in the ranks of the unemployed job-seekers. The rest just don't answer mail from the Alumni Records Office. Of the 387 remaining, 164 profess to be engaged in study, and it is supposedly from this group of hardy men that will emerge our future architects, astronomers, dentists, lawyers, ministers, and physicians, which sections don't yet receive any break from our class at all.
Business, which includes practically all economic enterprises not included in other classifications, claims 97 o£ our men. These fellows range from clerks in the local grocery stores to key men in the large monopolistic undertakings.
Among the more scattered occupations, Advertising, Education, and Insurance each hold 18 of our 19345. There are 13 in Banking, 9 in Manufacturing, 7 in Journalism, 6 in Social Service, 5 in Accounting, 4 in Investment Banking, 4 in Real Estate.
To mention a few names in the least populated of the chosen professions is but the work of a few moments. Our two authors are Art Leonard and Charles Strauss. The lone musician is Stan Abercrombie. Dave Beasley and Alden Clark are the two guys who chalk themselves up as publishers. Wendy Williams is all alone on the radio roster, but we happen to know full well that Ted Thompson is also right up there.
The Theater has taken Buzz Edson, who is managing one of the Trans-Lux cinema houses in New York; Al Hewitt, who has been on tour with the Lunts in "The Taming of the Shrew" (damn it, I forgot to put that in here two months ago); Fred Rinaldo, writing for the M. G. M. studios; and John Dineen, who, however, has temporarily left the family Casino for a short delve into life insurance.
Government Work has George Donehue and Fritz Mosher in its viselike clutch. Walter Draper and Don Sandy list them- selves under Chemistry. Herb Hawkes is the class Geologist, up in those Siscoe gold mines. Luke Wilson lives under the heading of Educational A dministration.
That vital force, the Press, has its representation from '34 in Ernie Barcella, of the United Press; Bob Brown, who was studying in Ithaca; Bill Cahn, working on the Bridgeport Times-Star-, and Jerry Danzig, who after a year on the Journal joined the press department of WOR.
Howard Linton holds up the banner o£ Library Work, in the Baker building in Hanover. Steve Briggs alone is an engineer. Montana Bob Smith is staying close to the soil in the calling of Agriculture. The Telephone is represented by Jim Ballard, Science by Bob Stauffer, Building by Joe Dolben and Frank Hekma.
And still nobody in Art, Aviation, Consular Service, Editorial Work, Forestry, Hotel Business, Landscape Architecture, Statistics, Army, Navy, or Y. M. C. A. Tell me if I'm wrong. Even Athletics included no one, but off the record we know that Bob Miller has been seeing quite a bit of the country with the American League. Likewise the Postal Service is deserted, but
we. have it from reliable sources that Goose Goss was treading the concrete for a while with a mail sack.
So much for economic pursuits. Looking at the workings of Dan C., that scatter- brained young chap with the darts, we find that out of this same number of 471 grads, 26 are officially married on the class records—a small enough proportion to raise the hopes of the rest of us who haven't been doing so well. These figures, unlike the above ones, are corrected to the current date. The 26 fair-haired boys are Stan Abercrombie, Joe Bender, John Cheney, Irv Diamond, Dan Degasis, Clarence Davies, Jake Edwards, Bob Gallagher, Art Grimes, George Green, Jake Hekma, Bud Hall, Chuck Hirschey, Jack Hinsman, Herb Heston, Russ Ireland, Mike Joseph, George Kimball, Ed Moore, Bob L. Palmer, Chuck Rolfe, Jack Shea, Dan Schuyler, Bill Scherman, Ed Valier, and Jim Wendell.
Besides these there are a few non-grads who the records show are permanently out °f the stag line: Don Buckbee, George Ellis, Bill Goss, Howard Hallock, Jamie King, JMck Loughry, Bill McCullam, Roger Read, Bill Starling, and Jack Wilson.
Signed on the dotted line are Ernie Barcella, Dave Beasley, Em Brown, H. B. Brown, Walt Crandall, Jim Cowan, Charlie Dean, Mel Gunst, Bill Haist, Ed Hilton, Al Jacobson, Bill Knibbs, and Art McGregor. The books say six children to date. If there are any more youngsters, send 'em in. Chuck Hirschey has 2½-year-old Judith Ann; Herb Heston has Eleanor, one year; Tamie King has a junior, age over two vears; George Kimball's Leah Nell is 15 months old; the Class Baby Boy, E. R. Moore IV is to have his first birthday in May; Tack Shea has a baby girl, we understand.
' Any additions, or corrections? If so, let's have them. If not, the minutes stand approved as read.
Secretary, 30 Fifth Ave., New York
