Class of 1924
With very few exceptions members of the class could have taken a mass vacation this summer and this department would never have known the difference. Through a person who knows a second individual who knows Solly Thurston's brother-inlaw's wife we learned that the Evanston H. S. Latin professor spent the summer at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Mass., and sojourned a week in Hanover along with Doc Hallett '22, Dan Harris '25, and wives.
The National Outdoor Advertising Design Award Competition, which closes this month, has a board of twelve judges, the first of whom is A 1 Brown, advertising manager for Best Foods, Inc. This competition is judged on the basis of the best designs of 24 sheet posters.
Though Dave Perry will unquestionably get honorable mention for his job in directing the Alumni Fund, this column should give him a hand for the j®b he did. Though we ended up in approximately the same position, 49th in a group of 60 classes, 239 made contributions this year against 209 last year, 12091.42 was the total as against $1550.50 a year ago, with 65% of living graduates contributing this year compared with 56% last year. Although one of the "20" classes is not too far away, the remainder are far up the ladder and will give us an even tougher goal to shoot at next year.
Many of you with growing families who are strong for educational toys and have Holgate Brothers' carts, blocks, or peg boards about, can reflect that Jim Henretta had plenty to do with them. Jim reporting via the 24 Hour Notice questionnaire lists himself as vice-president in charge of manufacturing and selling, and treasurer of the Blue Eye Lumber Cos., Garland, Pa. Just to bring you up to date, Jim has a girl and three boys ranging from ten to three. He continues to be a consistent and ardent left-handed golfer. He adds that he sees quite a little of another golfer, Dick Henry, and Dick Dickinson. "Dick of Boston hasthree swell hellions (two boys and a girl)who will probably have him standing onhis ear for the rest of his natural life.Heredity will tell."
Pete Wheatley crashes through from Brockton and Abington, accompanying his questionnaire with the snapshot of a beautiful new home. He is still playing a lot of tennis, although his wife thinks it is about time he realizes his age. Pete's activities outside of the law firm of Keith, Reed, & Wheatley include directorships in the Abington National Bank, North Abington Cooperative Bank, and the Abington Mutual Fire Insurance Cos. He also is the vice-president of the Brockton Kiwanis Club and keeps active in the Masons. His daughter and son are now 6 and 3 respectively.
It has been a long time since we have had any word from Harland C. Stockwell, but he turns up as an assistant executive secretary of the Chicago Civic Federation and Bureau of Public Efficiency, which in plain English is governmental research, at 160 North La Salle St. Living out in Evanston, Harland bumps into Kent Francis, who teaches in Evanston High School, Solly Thurston, and A 1 Pearl. On the Dartmouth Alumni squash racquets team he reports that he has played number six on the five-man crew, and that if they would make the matches two out of three instead of three out of five, he could still take some of the younger alumni into camp. Flowers occupy his free time, with two sons to look out for, David and Michael, aged five and one.
Les Willard, who has been practicing law in Sanford, Me., is now a judge of the Sanford Municipal Court. Les, who was married two years ago, has a daughter born last September. Golfing, skiing, and lesser evils are mixed with the Elks, Masons, and the Maine Bar Association, outside of court.
Bob Benjamin has shifted his life insurance activities to the New England Mutual Life Insurance Cos. at 36 Pearl St., Hartford, Conn. He still keeps up his interest in the U. S. Army as first lieutenant in the Financial Reserve, and holds down the position of vice-president of the Hartford Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association. A few additional side lines include secretary of the SAE Alumni Association of Conn., secretary-treasurer of the Hartford Chapter of the Chartered Life Underwriters, and member of the Executive Committee of the Conn. Life Insurance and Trust Council. Between meals he goes in strong for philately. Bob reports an eventof-the-year with Stan Lonsdale's motherin-law's remark that she thinks him a swell guy—"a mark of success for theBridgeport 'typhoon.'" Station WTHT puts its general manager, Ced Foster, on the air frequently, but fortunately without his mustache showing.
It is only fair that we hasten to correct an impression which Charley Altman thinks is wrong. Although he has served the past two seasons as architect for the Megiddo Expedition of the Oriental Institute in Palestine; and prior to that, two seasons with the Khorsabad Expedition of the same Institute, his business address is not Palestine but the University of Chicago, Chicago, 111., and his home, New York City. From 1933 through 1935, Charley concerned himself with the evacuation of the palace and city of Sargon, King of Assyria. "We used to read abouthim in those dim and distant school days,and even had a look at the drawings of hislittle dump. We have managed to add toand change those school texts considerably—all to be published in due time. Thefollowing two seasons we were at Megiddo,the Biblical Armageddon, a city guardinga strategic pass through Mount Carmelused as lately as the World War by GeneralAllenby, when he chased out the Turks.And there we have collected a mass of information as well as some things worthseeing. All on loan until next winter, weare trying to arrange several exhibits, onein New York and one in Chicago. Sorry,the last thing I wanted to do was write alecture."
Although fairly complete and gratifying in numbers, there are still 550 more questionnaires which this column would like to receive.
Secretary, 12 Haviland St., Worcester, Mass.
