Class of 1926
Hello efferybody! Well here's your scribe back again with a few hot flashes picked up during the summer recess.
Flash! Wells River, Vt., June 23, 1937. The stork visited the home of the Thomas Batson Farwells and left a bouncing baby girl. Her name is Lee, and she joins big sister, Rosina. Congratulations!
Flash! Canfield Hadlock was married to Miss Josephine Cook on September 3 in Wilmington, Del.
Flash! Dean Chamberlin, the perennial bachelor, finally succumbed to Dan Cupid's wiles and was married to Miss Enid Constance Straw on August 11 at Old Greenwich, Conn. Dean and his wife spent the summer at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N. Y., where they studied at the summer work shop on progressive education. They are both connected with the eight-year study being made by the Progressive Education Association, which is sponsoring a project whereby the activities of graduates of progressive schools are traced through their college period and for a few years following graduation.
Flash! Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cleary announce the birth of a daughter, Susan Welsh Cleary, who arrived on July 30, and tipped the scales at 7 lbs. and 6 ounces. Bob told me to be sure to tell all '26ers that she is beautiful. However, this is an unnecessary description of one who has such an attractive mother and a father who was voted handsomest in the class of 1926.
George Snell and his bride, the former Rhoda Carson of Southwest Harbor, Me., were in Hanover for a day's visit this summer. They were married July 27.
Steve Millard and his wife made a brief stop in Hanover.
Ralph Thomas and wife spent some time at the Hanover Inn during August. He is assistant cashier of the First National Bank, Pittsburgh.
Hal Rosenberg and the Mrs. visited the College for the first time in years, this summer. He has recently been made manager of the Sears Roebuck store in Lowell, Mass.
Jake Jacobus recently made a business trip to Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Minneapolis. He stopped at Kittanning, Pa., en route, where he visited the inimitable district attorney of Armstrong County, none other than Floy Carleton Jones Jr., our Chappie. According to Jake's report a stop was made at the Elks Club, where Past Exalted Ruler Jones and Paint Brush Jacobus whetted their appetites to the tune of several Martinis. The result; Chappie went to sleep after dinner and the Verona flash discussed politics with Mrs. Jones. It seems that Chappie is running for re-election but will not pay anything for votes. Hal Gibson is now living in Cleveland, where he is busy as assistant editor of "Pencil Points."
Joe Kinney of United Engineering & Foundry fame spent the month of September at Mantoloking, N. J., with his wife and four little Kinneys.
A mere handful of loyal '26ers met at the Dartmouth Club in New York on September 8 at what had been advertised as a class dinner. However, because of the small number in attendance we shall not call it such. Those present were Max Whitman, Hank Merry, Tom Floyd-Jones, Bob Cleary, Jake Jacobus, and yours truly. After dinner we took in the football game between the Eastern All-Stars and the New York Giants.
Flash! Hap Johnston, the big starch merchant with Stein, Hall & Cos., New York, has purchased a home in Merrick, Long Island.
Flash! Ed Fowler, Doctor Edmund Prince Fowler Jr. to the trade, spent the summer abroad.
Flash! Sidney C. Hayward, erstwhile secretary of the College, visited Gotham on the 25th of August, at which time he joined Cleary, Wallace, and Bishop at lunch. The topic of conversation was the sad state of affairs in the class of 1926. Greater Boston take notice! To be specific, 568 men entered college in the fall of 1922. 403 graduated. Of this number about 120 subscribe to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE—about 80 men showed up at reunion—and far too few subscribe to the Alumni Fund. We were considered a great class in college, but we apparently are far from great as an alumni class, in so far as interest displayed is concerned. Will you who read this column endeavor to stimulate interest among those classmates whom you see on at least one thing, namely, the ALUMNI MAGAZINE? It is the only regular medium of contact with the class and College, and should be in the hands of everyone every month.
Red Merill is going to start a drive for subscriptions, and your help will do much to get the magazine into at least 200 more 1926 homes.
At this point, I should like to offer on behalf of the class many thanks for the splendid job A 1 Louer did as class agent on the recent Alumni Fund campaign. Interest displayed and effort expended such as this is what we need more of. Our hats off to A 1 and his very worthy assistants, Don Norstrand, Paul Allen, Snipe Esquerre, Les Talbot, Nate Parker, Perk St. Clair, Ted Parker, Dick Gooding, and Bill Nigh.
An early summer letter from Jack Cannon brought the following news:
Paul Kyburg is making an extended trip to South America, four months, purely business.
Gail Borden covered the Coronation in England for the Chicago Times. How about a letter, Gail?
Al Louer received a letter from Win Robinson, who is now in Toronto with the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Cos.
So much for the summer accumulation of news. Let's hear from all of you, and let's get those ALUMNI MAGAZINE subscriptions rolling in.
Secretary, Edward B. Smith Co. 31 Nassau St., New York
