Class of 1925

Hearty congratulations are in order to the Pete Haffenreffers on the arrival of the Class Twins December B—Ann and Rudolf Frederick the 4 th. All hands are doing nicely, but the event has necessitated moving into a larger home at 109 Hazard Ave., Providence, R. I.

Phil Coykendall crossed us up on coming East and is still with the California State Highway Commission, located at Hayward, Calif Our newspaper observers give us the following interesting notes: Harold "Bucky" Bates, former intercollegiate 440-yard champion, is now hockey coach at Brookline High School. Since graduating Bucky has had considerable experience teaching and coaching, and playing amateur hockey in up-state New York. His hockey team, with a dearth of material, opened the local league with a victory. . . Homer Tilton has been elected president of the National Skeet Shooting Association. This is a responsible position when you realize that there are about 1800 active skeet clubs in the United States and the sport is rapidly growing in popularity abroad. Further, when you see or read Hunting and Fishing or NationalSportsman, with a combined publication of 600,000 monthly, remember that Homer is one of the active officials as well as part owner of these publications More and more our class lawyers are making their mark(s). Goodwin, Proctor, & Hoar, 84 State St., Boston, Mass., have admitted Frank Wallis to partnership, and Miller, Owen, Otis, & Bailey, 15 Broad St., New York City, have conferred the same honor on January 1 to Bob Hardy. Frank has been with his firm since graduating, with highest honors, from Harvard Law School, and Bob went directly from Columbia Law School to Broad St. As of January i, Frank Brick was also admitted to partnership in the law offices of Donovan, Leisure, Newton, and Lumbard, 2 Wall St., New York City. One of the boys who listened to our "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" for class news, fulfilled a welcome New Year's resolution, and the following is his handiwork: The securities analyses from Robertson & Georgeson, 1 Wall St., New York, are now signed by Dick Nye. The New Deal apparently has its advantages—even in Wall St. .... Buck Snyder, able fire chief of Saugerties-on-Hudson, was seen looking for the long-lost and too-little-heard-from Woody Wilson, after the Princeton game. .... And speaking of that, Bill Bunting of Calabogie, Ontario, Canada, was in New York late this fall on his semiannual visit, and curiously enough, the business of the Black Donald Graphite Cos. required his presence in New Jersey on the same day that the officials at Princeton lost their bifocals. Another late fall item: 24 Twenty-fivers gathered at the Dartmouth Club in New York for dinner. Details are available but omitted. The attenders: Paul Deisroth, Doug Archibald, Francis Brown, Chet Bolles, Paul Nute, Pudge Wheeler, Bob Canfield, Clif Hill, Ross Pearl, Stan Litchfield, Harry Clark, Les Frankel, Bill Griffin, Frank Brick, Dutch Gehring, Brice Disque, Marty Huberth, Walt Vom Lehn, Jack Mahool, Ralph Udall, Terry McGaughan, Bob Misch, Nate Colwell, Curt Abel From this list there are interesting notes. Curt Abel, recently returned from his annual Christmas excursion to the Bible Belt, more or less in the interests of General Foods Jello, reports seeing Lyle McKown in Minneapolis. It seems that Lyle and Dr. Harry Tinker were among those present at the dinner the night before for the about-to-be-vanquished hockey team. . . . . Nate Colwell ("Grapenuts" to you from Delta Alpha days) is in New York to sell the advertising agencies on the use of the radio stations represented by the J. H. McGillvra Studios at 485 Madison Ave. . . . . Several months ago Bill Griffin switched banners to that big league advertising firm, Lord & Thomas. The Lucky Strike adds now bear his mark Mott Garlock, for some time with the Bankers Trust Cos., is in the investment business at 48 Wall St. with Graham Parsons Frankie Osgood has moved to 616 Westview Ave., Germantown, Pa. In other words, from the City of Mutual Disregard to the City of Brotherly Love. . . . . Paul Reed was in New York over the holidays in the interest of Armour fc Cos. At present Paul is trying to get the American public string-conscious ("gut"conscious, we believe is the strict academic term), since this is one of Armour's lesserknown interests, in regard to both musical instrument and racquet equipment Steve Ryan is district manager in the pigment color division of the Imperial Paper & Color Corp. in Philadelphia. He divides his time between trips to the South and the Pennsylvania Athletic Club Ralph Thompson must have done a lot of reading this fall to write book reviews ahead. Anyway, the New York Times had to struggle along without him for a month while he basked in the Jamaica sunshine. .... And from the travelers: Having survived the ordeal of writing a success story on Gov. Alf Landon, just in case the New York Times needed it on November 4, Francis Bacon set sail for Mexico, hoping for the best. He reported a field day— "Festiville"—in company with Press Tanner, Mexico City's leading electric appliance and hardware merchant. In Acapulco, way down on the Pacific Coast, he discovered Mr. and Mrs. Dan Slawson enjoying a month at the "world's best beach." Seems the Slawsons have been in Mexico since May and are planning a winter in Havana en route to Germany for the summer. Dan is writing about Mexico, and after another year perhaps he'll burst into print in the National Geographic.

Andy Edson has been found—but not his baggage. We will close with part of his letter, under December dating, from the Foreign Service of the Dept. of State, Washington, D. C.:

"At present I'm very busy helping outtemporarily in the Secretary's office . . . .hope to get up to New England for skiing.. . . . Had an interesting trip home viaSiberia, stopping a few days at Moscow,Berlin, and London. It's swell to be home,and I hope to see a lot of the gang. Thisburst of matrimony among the '25ers isimpressive. I'm still free .from entanglingalliances but weakening on the generalidea Since I shipped my trunk viaPacific, it is thoroughly strike-bound inHonolulu, which makes it fine for me, asmy present wardrobe consists of what Icould bring in a couple of suitcases. My address is c/o Mr. M. O. Edson, 508 PalmetteSt., West Palm Beach. Again, sincere regards to the gang, ANDY."

Corr. Secretary, "Lyons & Cos. 75 Federal St., Boston