Class of 1923
When this issue of the magazine is received the Alumni Fund campaign will be well under way. You will all know that Sherm Clough is the class agent this year, and that the Alumni Fund headquarters for the class of '33 are in Boston. Sherm has mustered up a group of top-notch assistants, composed of Sherm Baldwin, Ted Caswell, Frank Doten, George Fuller, Pete Jones, Bob McMillan, Ivan Martin, George Musk, Cap Palmer, and Henry Perkins. Great things are expected from this impressive list of campaigners, and those of you who have not already sent in a contribution are urged to reply forthwith to the request which you have already received from the committee.
Last year when plans for the campaign were considered we decided to do a little experimenting. It was thought to be a more effective procedure when the chairman or class agent and all of his assistants were located in one city. The possibility of greater co-operation is obvious, and the result which Jim Landauer obtained last year tends to verify the theory. Another part of the experiment is that each year the '23 fund headquarters shall be rotated. Last year the work was done by the New York group, this year Sherm Clough and his brigadiers from Boston will take the measure of '23's contributions, and next year we will find out what Chicago can do. In this way a number of active '23 alumni may have an opportunity to serve the College in a very important capacity. We are confident that the various men will enjoy the work, and if the plan proves effective from the point of view of increasing the percentage of contributors and increasing the amount of money received, everybody will be happy.
I had the pleasure of making a trip to Hanover last month. I had a chat with Sherm Clough in Boston, and found him enthused and ready to serve as class agent. He is employed in the advertising department of the Waltham Watch Company, which probably accounts for the fact that he was exactly on time when we met at the Copley.
The snow had almost disappeared in Hanover, which is just another way of saying that it was about as slushy as Hanover can be in the early spring. I was able to borrow Dean Pudge Neidlinger's rubbers for the occasion, however. For a while I sat in his office and observed his excellent handling of undergraduates who had received 24-hour notices. This was not exactly an opportunity to be in the Dean's shoes, but as previously stated I was in the Dean's rubbers. The Niedlinger twins are well known to the Hanover gentry, particularly to Don Cobleigh, who spends his leisure time reminding the youngsters that they have dropped their pennies and must retrace their steps looking for them.
An interesting story about Ralph Duffy in connection with the New England flood has been passed along by Sherm Baldwin. It seems that the flood unfortunately hit him about the worst of any one in his locality, completely wiping out a five-story building which not only contained machinery vital to his production but also was a connecting link between the two main mill buildings. The loss, while very high and an awful tough break, was cut down considerably by Ralph's good judgment in having all the stock moved to other parts of the plant where it was out of danger. This job was completed only about an hour before the building gave way, and upon finishing this work, Ralph ordered all employees home, so that there was no loss of life.
A recent issue of the Atlanta Journal carried a photograph and news item about our own Frank J. O'Gara. Frank has just been elected a director of the Davison- Paxon Company. He has been merchandise counselor for that company for the past three years, coming to Atlanta from New York, where he was associated with R. H. Macy & Cos. The article states that Frank has identified himself with the civic and social activities of Atlanta, is a member of the Capital City Club, and president of the Atlanta Dartmouth Club.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH
The grass is green and the sun is warm. Who thought up the idea of 1:00 and 2:00 o'clock classes.
The wood-pulp logs that jammed the Connecticut a month ago have disappeared. A few tried canoeing.
Walker Leach had a cabin on Webster lake. "Had" is almost accurate, because he invited Art Little, Joe Houston, Ralph Staley, A. W. Bartlet, and Allen down for a week-end.
Secretary, 136 Liberty St., New York
WALTER LEI.AND JONES March 8, 1936 La Grange, 111. "Thus goeth on another of our legion to a better life. Let his ever be eternal peace."
