Class of 1908
Dana Parkinson, according to notice sent to all regional foresters and directors o£ forest experiment stations, dated April 8, 1936, has been appointed chief of the Division of Information of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Bill Knight of Rockford, 111., legal circles, was a speaker over WENR, Chicago, May 12. "Law Enforcement Agencies," was the title of Bill's talk, which was part of a series to be delivered by prominent members of the Illinois bar. Bill, who is a former state's attorney of Illinois, is also a former president of the State's Attorneys' Association of the State of Illinois.
Will (Bill) Levan Lee, the Deke from Cleveland who arrived in Hanover with 'OB and graduated with us, has failed to answer letters and other missives from Hanover for such a length of time that the Dartmouth College Alumni Office now lists him as "Lost." A note from that office says: "Perhaps a note in your class column inthe ALUMNI MAGAZINE might bring forthsome clue." Here's hoping.
No less a herald of progress than the Holyoke, Mass., Daily Transcript started one of its recent leading articles on Page One in this wise: "Morton Hull, one ofHolyoke's outstanding citizens, a founderand past president of the Holyoke RotaryClub, received the nomination for the governorship of the 30th Rotary district whensome 500 delegates to the annual springconvention convened this afternoon (April17) in the Hotel Nonotuck, conferenceheadquarters Mr. Hull has been aleading figure in the Rotary movementsince it was started in this city about 20years ago. He helped found the local cluband served as its president last year. Mr.Hull succeeds Erwin S. Jennings of Bridgeport, Conn.
Fred O. Copeland writes from Randolph, Vt., in this wise: "I can think of nothingnew with me save that I now favor securities payable in three different currenciesinstead of dollars alone. I have added asailboat to my hobby of hunting Indianrelics on Lake Champlain; matters of artand nature continue to thrill me far morethan money or politics." Freddie appears to have found the solution of a problem the rest of us, probably, are wrestling with on all possible occasions—how to obtain new interests.
Jack Clark and his wife, on their springtime sojourn to Bermuda, encountered quite a good-sized Dartmouth delegation en route home. "Curiously enough," Jack writes, "an the ship coming home werefour Dartmouth contemporaries (with various relations), all traveling separately. Theywere Russ Pettengill and Emmett Naylor'O9, and Tom Wallace 'lO, in addition tomyself, '08."
Larry Symmes, in company with his son, Larry Jr., spent a recent week-end in Hanover. Larry Sr., gave an account of his visitation as follows: "Our week-end in Hanover was a quiet one, as it was the last of the spring vacation, but it gave me a chance to do what I have not done for years, namely, really see the College. Max Norton, the bursar, suggested to me that what I needed at Dartmouth was a guide. Of course for an old grad to be told that he needs a guide in Hanover is pretty strong medicine. But after I had swallowed it, I realized that Max was right, and that while my visits to Hanover are reasonably frequent, there is always something special to be attended to and no time to survey the plant as it exists today.
"So I accepted the suggestion and was put into the able hands of Nelson Brown's son, who is a senior there and is one of the several college guides. For several hours he gave me his time, and showed me in detail what has been happening to the physical organization at Hanover in the last twenty years.
"After my experience I recommend the same treatment for every one in the class. It is folly to think that we have been able to keep pace with the growth of the College, and a visit such as I made would do us more good than any* spring tonic we could take.
"I have not seen any of our classmates since the Alumni Association dinner. I attended, the other night, a dinner at Rockefeller Center for the class agents of the Alumni Fund, where it was significant that I was one of the old grads, with some 100 men there from the younger classes. Recent graduates have about a dozen gents in each class to enable them to do the job, and I found myself ranking too close to the top from point of service to be comfortable. There was the class of 1872, 1898, 1901, 1903, 1907, and I came next. However, there is nothing that can be done about it, so far as I know."
This issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE marks the end of the third year during which no issue has appeared without at least a few notes from 1908. Repeated exhortations, by mail, for contributions in the way of notes and subscriptions have been made. Comparatively few of the classmates subscribe to the MAGAZINE and fewer answer the solicitations for news notes. However, the attention necessary to put the 'OB notes in shape has been a pleasure. I had hoped to be able to continue the job until our next reunion, a full five years. But unforseen developments preclude any such program, and I regret to say that it will be impossible for me to act as class editor during the coming year. Any volunteer who would like to carry on for a while will confer a favor by communicating with an interested classmate whose initials are "L. W. G."
Editor, Batavia, N. Y.
