Class of 1921
How to start—how to finish one of these monthly splurges is always a problem. The dribble of '21 news seems to have no continuity, yet the story tells, if anything, of continued interest in each other and loyalty to things Dartmouth.
Big news of the month seems to be Prexy Hubbell's mishap "at squash racquets," as he phrases it. But his report is rather modest, so we lift from Herrick's version as follows:
"President John Hubbell has been seenlimping along the thoroughfares of Manhattan recently with the aid of a cane, anainquiry reveals that Jack was rendered hors de combat during a squash racquetsmatch early in December. A rival of hison the squash courts insists that it was acase of Jack's age catching up with himwhen he tried to participate in a youngman's game; however, the official rulingseems to be that John severely pulled atendon while participating in a strenuousmatch. His injury has left Ort Hicks andAbe Weld as the sole '21 representativeson the Dartmouth Club team in the Metropolitan Club League. Incidentally Jack'splanned move to Boston has been deferred until Feb. 1."
Other New York flashes: Rollie Batchelder was in Manhattan during the holidays and dropped in to gab with Hicks. Rollie is now inspector of the first division of first corps area CCC, with headquarters in Fort Williams, Me. Dana Lamb has become a Wall St. partner, and quite busy now that things are on the up and up-or are they? Carleton McMackin is at a new home address, 115 East 30th St., while changing jobs in the publication field. Al Catterall is now with Hearst Magazines in New York, home address 45 Kingsbury Rd., Garden City.
From Boston, Dan Ruggles adds fuel to the feud, and with some trepidation, we include the following:
''The Stiles-Stanley, Norcross-Clevelandfeud rolls merrily along. It will be recalledthat the Stiles-Stanley 'Don't go to Reunion Club' griped the Norcross-Cleveland faction no end. In order to get eventhe Norcross-Cleveland team remainedaway from the get-together before theHarvard-Dartmouth game.
"While this combine were sitting athome twiddling their fingers and chuckling over the great bombshell they hadcast into the '21 ranks by their absence,they were very much surprised to learnlater that the only action caused by theircut was a vote of thanks for their consideration of the rest of the class (the nuisances).
'The Stiles-Stanley combine furtherclaim that Fat Childs in only mediocrecondition can cause more havoc, wreckage,and all-around nuisance than Norcrossand Cleveland together could cause intheir balmiest days. To bring the feud upto date, Norcross and Cleveland are boycotting the!, Harvard-Dartmouth hockeygame, due to the fact "Chick" Stiles hastwo Melrose High proteges on the BigGreen Six. We were able to get a last minute statement from Tom Cleveland beforegoing to press, as follows: 'With Stanley,Stiles, and the grippe all over the place, ithas been a tough winter.'"
We understand that Harold Gellich has, or shortly will, move his shoe factory from Brockton to Boston. It is also rumored that Tom Cleveland '21, one of our most famous realtors, is keeping his eyes open for suitable living quarters for the Gellich family.
Two of '21's most famous athletes have suddenly "got religion." Chick Stiles, preeminent golf mug hunter of 1931, is captain of a church bowling team in Melrose! Your correspondent attempted to learn the name of the church, but there was none forthcoming—l don't think Chick knows it himself. He admits one night when the minister attended the bowling match, he didn't even know him! A member of Chick's team is Frank Ross. In view of the fact that he makes a trip from Marblehead to Melrose on bowling nights, we do not think he knows much about the regular church activities either. It is refreshing to know that at least two 1921 "tramp athletes" have changed and now go in for a sport of refinement.
Charlie Stickney writes that he missed the New York class dinner early in December and was promptly chided by Cliff Hart, who likewise bemoaned the absence of Roy Pollard and Hal Miller. The dope now is the next gathering will be held the first week in March—but we haven't been able to get the exact date. He also sends a clipping indicating that Ruggles at last breaks into print in New York—a squib about a new ',37 advertising campaign for the Boston Herald in national papers, with Dan directing N. W. Ayer on how the job should be done.
A couple of Christmas cards reminded Ye Sec. that he is beloved by a few. Dick Dickinson sends a honey from Amherst, Mass.—a photo reproduction all decked out with poetry and holly, showing an "informal" pose taken at the 15th reunion —EI Fisher, Gos Halsey, Tom Cleveland, and Dick sprawled on a sidewalk settee with simple grins on physogs. Dick's comment is, "Here's a quartet that's ready tostage anything for Major Bowes or anyone else."
But that quartet have nothing on Treasurer Rog Wilde, who apparently was in bad company at the Bier Stube of the Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, during the holidays. The mail brings a song book of such numbers as, "Hamburg ist einschoenes Staedtchen," music and all, with a notation in wobbly handwriting, "Greetings from Rog Wilde and Don Smith." Can't you picture it?-Any '21er would gladly miss next year's Yale game to have been there.
Well, here's a few changes of address. There seems to be a pretty steady interchange of correspondence between certain classmates, others seem to have dropped all contact. Here's some chaps who wouldn't mind a little mail at the new quarters:
. Johnnie Eisaman from Cleveland, to 1581 Arthur Ave., Lakewood, Ohio.
Al Gates, from Boston, to 158 Division St., Greenwich, R. 1., with a connection in the wool trade in Providence.
Paul Ladin, former lace importer in New York, to the real estate game at 1285 N. Laurel St., Hollywood, Calif.
Frank Ross, from Melrose to 43 Humphrey St., Marblehead, Mass.
Bob Mac Donald, from Birmingham to 3405 Greenway St., Baltimore, Md. G. Harry Chamberlaine, still at 919 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, but with Hearst Magazines instead of Good Housekeeping.
Remember the deadline on news notes is the 10th—that classmates are the best friends you've got, and it's worth an occasional postcard to keep the rest of us informed.
Secretary, Dartmouth Press, Hanover, N. H.
