Class of 1923
The night before the Yale game, Dartmouth's alumni living in Westchester County arranged a smoker at the Gedney Farms Country Club. For the benefit of those who have never heard of Westchester County, it is the section of the United States which is bounded on the south by the Bronx and on the north by the state of Connecticut. So much for location. The beer was plentiful and the doughnuts were served with and without sugar. So much for the refreshments.
The main speaker of the evening was our own Dean "Pudge" Neidlinger, who managed to survive the drenching he received at the Harvard game. (About three inches of rain fell that afternoon.) Of course, one of the main topics of the evening was a discussion of the manner and means by which several stars of the Dartmouth team were poisoned. "It was eitherthe spinach or the water " said Dean Neidlinger, but on that date he could offer no solution as to why that particular spinach should be off-color. In spite of the handicap, the team left the field of battle in New Haven with no loss of prestige. The following, excerpt appeared the following day in a New Haven newspaper:
"Tales to the effect that Dartmouth'sfootball team was sick from dysentery gaverise to many a shudder on the part of Yalesupporters as they pondered on whatwould happen to their team if the BigGreen fielded a healthy eleven, while thegeneral consensus of remarks in the pressbox was to the effect: 'lf those Dartmouthboys are sick I'd like to see 'em when theywere well.' "
Among other '23 men who attended the smoker were Irish Flanigan, who admirably discharged his duty as master of ceremonies, Dick Kershaw, who has by strict diet and careful living reduced his weight by 50 pounds. That is not an exaggeration, and he looks a good deal better at 175 than he did at 225 pounds. His business partner, Winnie Weser, and their New Rochelle neighbor, Ed Furay, were also in attendance. Jim Doyle was present. There were also other '23 men there whose names have slipped my memory for the moment.
We have word from Sherm Baldwin that Sherm Clough resigned his position with the Waltham Watch Company on October 15 to take a position with Frank Doten in frigidaire's Boston office as advertising and sales promotion manager. The following is an excerpt from Sherm's letter:
"My getting together with Sherm resulted in an impromptu father and soncheering section at the Dartmouth freshmen vs. Boston College freshmen game.Ralph Duffy with two sons, and Sherm,Poke Goss, and myself with one eachformed a small but loud section of theDartmouth supporters.
"Before the Harvard game, Ted andOlive Caswell had a buffet lunch for asmany '23ers as they could round up.Charlie Rice, Poke Goss, Clarence Goss,Ralph Duffy, and myself aiiswered theroll all with our wives. The main topic ofconversation was a "Wives Back to the Fifteenth" movement, which seemed togain considerable momentum under thepromotion of Mrs. Ted and Mrs. Charlie,who you will recall supported our Tenthin such grand style."
The "Wives Back to the Fifteenth" movement got under way before Sherm's letter was received. It seems that Pete Jones got together with Ted Caswell and decided that a wives' committee should be appointed. Since the appointment of committees is the thing that a secretary likes best to do, the proposal met with no resistance whatever from this quarter, and we are delighted to announce that Mrs. Olive Caswell has been appointed as chairman of the wives' committee.
Our New York representative, who can usually be counted on to make all of the football games and most of the pre-game smokers, Mr. James Dittman Landauer, has recently undergone the unpleasant business of having his gall bladder removed. I spoke with the nurse in attendance this morning, and she advised that while he had not had a very easy time of it, he was doing nicely and would probably be up to things within another week. He is not able to talk on the telephone as yet, and it looks as though either Irish Flanigan or myself would have to take over for Jim, so far as the New York division of the Dartmouth cheering section is concerned. Ofcourse, there are only about 5,000 other New Yorkers who go to see the football games also. One of the 5,000 is Jim Doyle, purveyor of asbestos products for Johns-Manville. I met Jim on the commuter's special one frosty morning in late October, and he seemed to be well abreast of the times footballwise, and apparently has corralled his share of this Democratic prosperity.
George Plant, formerly with the National Retail Dry Goods Association, has made an important step forward in accepting the position of manager of personnel with Bamberger & Company of Newark, N. J. George was engaged in labor relations work with the Dry Goods Association, where he distinguished himself as a competent man in the field. The large department stores usually select their executives from the ranks of the industry, and it is to George's additional credit that he was selected from an outside organization. Last summer he was "given the works" at Macy's. One day he was selling lollipops to unsuspecting children, and the next day he was soothing the ruffled feelings of some irate customer in the capacity of section manager. Next came a week on a delivery truck, followed by half a dozen other such jobs, which wound up finally at a topnotch executive position at Bamberger's. His new job required that he give up his home in Westchester and move to New Jersey. This had no sooner been accomplished than his wife was taken ill with pneumonia and for a week or ten days was very close to the edge. An oxygen tent and blood transfusions last Sunday seemed to have gotten her past the climax, however.
We now have two distinguished members of the class of '23 engaged in personnel work. The other is Johnnie Foster, who is in charge of personnel for W. T. Grant & Company. Some day I am going to invite both George and Johnnie to a nearby tavern and after the third drink ask them what this personnel business is all about anyway.
Eugene Carbaugh Jr., former candidate for mayor of Hanover, erstwhile resident of Newark, N. J., is sailing next Tuesday for the Kingdom of Greece—on business. My last information about Gene was that he was in the mortgage business and doing very nicely. Perhaps he has just negotiated a mortgage on the Colosseum in Athens and is going over to see how badly he got stuck.
Described as a graduate of Dartmouth College in the class of 1923, a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and of the Badminton and Tennis Clubs of Boston, Mr. Robert Livingston McMillan was the masculine lead in a wedding ceremony in which Miss Margaret Tuttle Spencer was the feminine star. A little wedding party of eighteen people assisted the bride and groom in getting over the last hurdle to the altar, and Sherm Clough describes the event as follows: "It was quite the affairhaven't seen (or drunk) so much champagne for many moons." Bob McMillan has been in this column several times during the past few years, and we are delighted that the announcement of this event is of such importance. Bob and his bride will make their home at 7 Arlington St., Cambridge, Mass.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTH
Pete Howe was editor-in-chief of TheDartmouth. Rog Wilkinson was managing editor,—Bevo Beveridge, business manager.
Editor-in-chief of the Jack-o was Widy Bertch,—of the Bema, Johnny Harkins.
Al Taylor led the band,—Spike Hamilton, Mox Hubert, and Jack Booth, the Musical Clubs.
The greetings of the season were, "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." They are still Merry Christmas and HappyNew Year.
Secretary, 136 Liberty St., New York
