Class of 1909
To BRING YOU UP TO DATE
Roy Abbott, Frank O'Brien, Hal Prescott, and Bankart attended Commencement to watch their sons graduate. Dana Prescott, Hal's older boy, rowed at stroke in the Dartmouth crew last spring in the races against Williams and Boston University, which Dartmouth won, and will go to Harvard Business School this fall. A picture, of the crew was in the first announcement of the Alumni Fund for this year. At Commencement were also Fred Carroll, Emmett Naylor, and Bob Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Swenson, of Ridge Road, Concord, N. H., and Rye Beach, N. H., on June 23 announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lois Swenson, to Mr. Frank Lawrence Moore Jr., son of Mr. Frank Lawrence Moore of New Haven, Conn., and the late Mrs. Moore. Miss Swenson attended the Bennett School in Millbrook, N. Y., and is a graduate of the Mary C. Wheeler School in Providence. She also attended Miss Stout's European Travel School and the Erskine School in Boston. Mr. Lawrence is a graduate of M. I. T. The wedding will take place in the fall.
The Dillinghams are very pleasantly located in the village of Crestwood, Westchester County, N. Y., and are thoroughly amalgamated in the New York gang; their gain and our loss in Boston. Dill's older boy should be in Dartmouth shortly.
In May Ced Wellsted was in New York and lunched with Hal Prescott. Ced reported that his business was going well and that plenty of golf and handball was keeping him physically fit.
Bill Patterson, vice-president of the Manila Trading and Supply Company, of Manila, P. 1., expects to take enough time off next year to come to New York.
At the annual dinner in New York this year our representatives were in second place for attendance, missing out by one man, although they included Ingie Fearing as somewhat of a ringer. Those present were Batchellor, Chappelear, Colley, Dillingham, Dowdell, Fearing, Gardner, Naylor, O'Brien, Prescott, Readey, Thorn, Tucker, and Ward. This was a better turnout than we had in Boston this winter. We will try to do better next year.
From Craig Thorn: "At our last monthly luncheon (August 11) the fellows made me promise to write you. Some of them get around the country quite a bit, and with pardonable pride tell how the 'ogers here in New York stick together and manage to see each other fairly often. The story our traveling classmates bring back to us is that Dartmouth men in other communities wonder how we do it.
"We meet for lunch regularly at 1 P.M. on the second Wednesday in each month. For the time being our location is the Savarin Restaurant at 120 Broadway. Sometimes a letter is sent out and at others only a post card as a reminder. Quite often the phone is used to coax someone out whom we have not seen lately. But always a reminder of some sort.
"There are twenty-five of us in New York now, including Austin, Bates, Batchellor, Chappelear, Colley, Dillingham, Dowdell, Dreyfus, Dudley, Dwenger, Gardner, Hall, Howland, McLoud (Scarsdale, N. Y.), Naylor, O'Brien, Oliphant, Prescott, Readey, Ryan, Smith, Snow, Tucker, Ward, and myself. We recently lost Burns back to Boston and Pettengill to Chicago. Russ, however, gets to New York frequently and always attends the luncheon if here on the right day.
"We draw regularly six to twelve at these luncheons and have had as many as sixteen. Some of the fellows can always be depended upon if in town—others come infrequently, but most of them phone or write if they find it impossible to attend. We debated, as we did in '35 and '36, whether or not to meet during the summer months, and again decided in favor of continuing. In June six showed up, seven in July and six again this month. It certainly helps to hold our interest in the College and in our class, for bits of interesting information regarding both are always handed out.
"Art Sporborg was in my office Tuesday, looking fit as ever. His big regret is that our luncheon was last week and not Wednesday. Art is doing well in Miami Beach, and during his short stay in New York is occupying an apartment in one of the towers of the Waldorf. Last summer he was in town for a luncheon and got a great kick out of meeting the old gang again.
"Most of our classmates are getting along nicely, occupying important positions in banking, investment, industry, and the professions. We want to see you other fellows when you come to town, so try to arrange to land here or be here on the second Wednesday of any month."
From Hal Prescott: "Just had a telephonechat with Reg Colley, and find he has beenhaving a troublesome time with his eyes.He tells me that for a time he was afraidthat the sight of one eye might be permanently impaired, if not lost, but currentdevelopments are much more cheerful andhe now expects that his sight will be fullynormal again shortly. Reg has been verybusy working for the Bell Laboratories.His job requires considerable traveling,and he frequently lectures on his biologicalstudies, in which he is expert. Reg has beenthe recipient of many degrees, and themore respectful of his classmates addresshim as Doctor Colley. Fortunately, or unfortunately, he hasn't many respectfulclassmates."
The Sheldons announce the arrival on August 15 of Diantha, weight 9 lbs. 7½ oz.
We note the following changes of address:
Fred C. Batchellor, bus. Room 1200, 19 Rector St., New York—res. 66 Morton St., New York City.
Roy H. Dodge, bus. field appraiser, State Tax Commission, Olympia, Wash.—res. Windsor Apartments, Seattle, Wash.
Hazen K. Hibbard, 1717 S. Baltimore, Tulsa, Okla. (Central Steel Cos.)
James Hitchock, Mason, N. H.
Maurice Readey, 1819 Flushing Ave., New York City.
We lost three of our members this summer, A 1 Schofield, Ernest Wells, and Slim Cummings. While Wells was with us only during 1905-06, A 1 and Slim were well known to all members of the class and their loss is severe.
There will be a class dinner at the University Club Friday evening, October 22, before the Harvard-Dartmouth game.
Secretary, 100 Milk St., Boston
