Class of 1903
It was a mighty fine thought of Frank Wentworth's when he left the Pacific Coast for a hurried Thanksgiving trip to the East that of the possibility of getting together a group of 1903 men for the evening of November 27 that he might renew old friendships.
The air-mail no sooner conveyed the desire than the wheels started to turn to give Frank such a welcome back to Boston as he might recall for many a day with that feeling which is distinctive in the gathering of classmates. With no less a shoulder at the wheel than that of Ned Kenerson, cards were hurriedly sent to the Boston crowd, issuing an invitation to dine with him at the Union Club on November 27. That happy combination of Mine Host Kenerson and our guest Wentworth served to break all records for replies from classmates with a brand new 95% record. But what a combination? You fellows can't ring that number every day.
On the evening of November 27, fifteen Potholeskers sat down to one of those indefinable, absolutely delectable venison dinners, which was never on even Sally Prex's list and certainly not on that of the Rood House. Reminiscences of the days of college life, the high spots of the life of our guest during the past 35 years, stories of travels in China, Manchuria, and Japan brought to a close a most interesting event in the lives of the Boston Potholeskers, and Frank took the midnight train for New York headed west.
Those gathered about the table were Ned Kenerson, Frank Wentworth, Dick Brown, E. L. Brown, Pip Howard, Meat Hanlon, Phil Jones, Billy Keyes, Horace Kidger, Brutus Luce, Ralph Neal, Bob McGowan, O. W. Smith, Prex Whelden, and Ned Burbeck.
When a fellow picks up his goods and chattels and moves out of this beloved New England without even a notification to your Secretary, it always arouses my curiosity. I generally dig out his new location in one way or another and proceed to persuade him that the whole class wants to know the reason. Such was the case of that perpetual traveler, Roy F. Bergengren, who finally sat down to write a full threepage letter explaining his reasons for locating in Madison, Wis. I also learned why he succumbed to the demands of a mere class secretary. Quote—"On my return tothe office from Fargo, N. D., my wifecalled my attetition to your letter of September 26. She assures me that if I do notanswer it in some detail, she will, andtherefore I will endeavor to answer itsimply for your personal information, andcertainly not for reproduction in the ALUMNI MONTHLY." .... Quote—"Allthis is for your general information. Thefollowing paragraph is the only paragraphwhich I would care to have you use in yourvery interesting colwnn in the ALUMNI MONTHLY, which I read each month withgreat interest. We moved to Madison inorder to be centrally located for the workwhich we are doing, and that work has todo with the management of the CreditUnion National Association."
At the close of the letter he says, "Pleaseextend my good wishes to any of thebrethren you encounter, and tell themthat we are very comfortably located inMadison and that we would be very happyindeed to see anyone who wanders out thisway at Raiffeisen House." Thanks, Bergie, that's fine, I congratulate you on the splendid wife you have.
"Meat" Hanlon was present at the Dartmouth-Princeton game and reports contacts with "Kid" Cohen, "Buck" Lewers, and "Gink" Ford. If my memory serves me right, "Gink" always places a wager at both the Yale and Princeton games. After the long lean years that tie with Princeton must have broken "Gink's" heart.
Report of the New York trio has it that Bob Davis and family are in this country, with Bob's business address as 502 Stone St., New York City.
"Buck" Lewers' home address is 53 East 16th St., Brooklyn, N! Y., and his business address 500 sth Ave., Cosgrove & Cos., New York City.
Harry Watson of Keene, N. H., recently took flight from an icy doorstep of his home. Result, a fractured arm bone. Enforced rest in the hospital may have better results than a trip to Florida, but Harry says it is not half so interesting.
Chauncey Colton, conciliation judge of the Duluth, Minn., Municipal Court, bubbles over with Dartmouth enthusiasm as he writes of the fine bunch of Duluth boys in the various classes at Dartmouth, many of fine athletic abilities and all of good scholastic standing and dandy fellows. He reports the regaining of good health of Mrs. Colton after a serious illness last December, and a family automobile trip the past summer through South Dakota and the Bad Lands. Chauncey's son, graduating in 1935, is now with Montgomery-Ward in Baltimore in the merchandise department and doing well.
"Squeaks from the Golden Gate" has announced a change of business headquarters of Wynne Matteson. The U. S. Bureau of Public Roads moved to the new Federal Office Building at the Civic Center, San Francisco, and there you may leave your card for Wynne.
Henry G. Safford, late of New Orleans, may now be found at 505 Lovett Blvd., Houston, Texas. On looking back over the files, I find that this is his address of former days.
To see the name "Bucky" Bates in the newspaper always stimulates the interest of a 1903 man. But this time it is "Bucky" the son of our "Bucky," a teacher of mathematics in the Brookline High School, who, it is announced, will serve as coach of hockey for the Brookline team. I wonder if Herbert Nelson will lead the cheering. Horace Kidger, head of the Social Science Department of the Newton High School, recently participated in the program of the New England Association of School Superintendents in a most practical and vitalizing way. The following I quote. "At the annual convention of the NewEngland Association of School Superintendents held at Boston University on November 6, Horace Kidger conducted ademonstration class in 'Problems of Democracy.' The demonstration, which was heldbefore an audience of some five hundredpersons, was to show the manner in whicha controversial subject could be handled inthe class room. The subject which was discussed by the class was, 'ls Democracy themost efficient form of government? A comparison of Italy, Germany, and the UnitedStates.' After the group discussion was concluded, the superintendents questioned theinstructor on the advisability of the classbeing told the opinion of the teacher."
One superintendent wrote, concerning the meeting, "I was especially pleased withthe freedom and absolute sincerity demonstrated by the members of the class. Theknowledge that questions of public concern are being thought about and talkedabout in this way in our high schools isgratifying and encouraging."
Secretary} 198 Humphrey St., Marblehead, Mass.
