Class of 1926
Tiring of the fact that Old Man Winter has gone sissy this year our No. 1 outing clubber, "stamp-out-vice" advocate, and skier supreme, none other than "Million- dollar" Cleary pushed business aside, removed himself from the sub-tropical climate of Father Knickerbockers' realm, and mushed north to Hanover for Carnival. Bob had the time of his life avoiding the hundreds of beauties who graced the environs of our fair Alma Mater and settled himself down to a week-end of outdoor life in the raw. He reports having seen Danny Drury, teaching one of his young sons the art of the hickory blades in the Vale of Tempe Paul Allen busy at work in the library .... a fleeting glance of Hugh Morrison as he passed in a car. .... Spent some time with Red Merrill and Sid Hayward Chewed the fat with Dean Chamberlin, who was busily engaged entertaining a photographer from Life, who was intent upon getting the wrong kind of pictures Enjoyed a performance of "The Chocolate Soldier," starring Emmy Merrill and Sally Drury. .... Saw Tem Farwell doing a swell job as head judge of the jumping events as well as one of the judges for the downhill slalom .... but the piece de resistance of the week-end was the request from Pathe News to execute a few jump turns and Christianas for the edification of the city yokels who don't know a ski from a toboggan. If any of you see the Pathe newsreel of Carnival, Cleary is the last guy in the picture to start what appears to be a descent into the maelstrom. You won't recognize him, because the cameraman insisted upon taking a rear view. This, of course, was very annoying to the one who was voted hand- somest in the class, but nevertheless gave him a thrill which in turn developed an enthusiasm, the like of which is peculiar only to Roquefort E. Clammy. February 11 found our young Daniel Boone again heading north for ten days of frigid frolic at North Creek, Woodstock, Hanover, and Franconia. We refer Cleary to that old Latin proverb, "Otia dant vitia."
It is with great pleasure that we announce the acceptance by Al Louer to serve as class agent for the coming Alumni Funcl campaign to succeed Charlie Singleton, who did such a grand job last year. Al, as we all know, has been particularly interested in this work, and we are confident that he too will make a great success of the job. Let's all get behind him and do everything we can to help when he calls upon us.
We quote the latest from Don Hoffman: "Can't give you much in the way of newsthis month except a few rumors and soforth. Nate Parker was in town a coupleof weeks ago for a short visit, and he andCarlie Blunt were together here and there.Gib Robinson and wife left last Saturdayfor a month's vacation at Nassau and arereturning via New York. Gail Borden continues to write a most interesting columnin the Chicago Daily Times. A letter fromhim might be of interest to everyone.Dropped in at the Harris Trust Co. theother day and foutid Peanie Parker gloating about a picture and article about himself, giving the details of his success inreaching the semifinals at a recent squashtournament in St. Louis. His boss, WarrenFellingham, was having a tough timebringing .him back to earth. Plan on leaving here this week for Florida, so don't expect much news from me next month.Sorry not to be able to give you more now.My regards to your wife."
A very nice letter arrived from Jack Cannon last month just a wee bit too late to include in the February notes. Here it is:
"Your letter of December 30 has just reached me, as I changed my home address and also have been out of town. However, that doesn't excuse my past negligences, so from this date on I promise you I shall be very prompt with the news which you request. The little news I am about to give you will perhaps reach you too late for the current edition, but you can include it with the information I will send you later for the next edition.
"As perhaps even you can deduce from the letterhead, I am now with McCall'sMagazine, ferreting out those elusive agates and endeavoring to impress advertisers that McCall's is the best women's magazine published. The manager of the Chicago office is Milt Ghee, a Dartmouth alumnus whom you perhaps have heard of through his football activities before our time. Another chap in the office is Red Washburn, also an alumnus of the earlier classes. There isn't an awful lot of information I can give you about myself and the other members of the class, as I have not been attending the luncheons frequently, for my territory not only includes Chicago accounts but also the states of Illinois, Indiana, and lowa. You can understand from that that I am out of the city a good deal of the time. However, I will pass on to you what information I have at hand.
"Bob Goss still is very enthusiastic regarding the College, particularly the class, and he seemed to enjoy himself immensely at the many football broadcasts this fall.
"Dick Gunthorp is quite the country squire, living in Lake Forest on the Swift estate and shooting traps every Sunday morning and then donning his tweeds to take a stroll through the heather. How- ever, he became fed up with our miserable Chicago weather and left last Saturday for a two weeks' trip to California, with oblivious disregard to the recent plane crashes. He left the little woman home, as she took the trip last winter, so you can imagine the precarious condition the girls on the Coast may be in.
"Ollie Kobisk is practicing medicine in Batavia, Ill., which is about 35 miles west of Chicago, so we shall perhaps hear of him in the near future as one of the outstanding men in white.
"I haven't seen Howie Kolb recently, but I understand he still insures the lives that Kobisk is trying to save. He is not adding any contributions to future generations, however, so I don't know whether it is physiological or luck.
"Al Louer is quite the domesticated, married man, but the responsibilities incurred in such a union have not dampened his ardor and enthusiasm.
"Larry Oatman is now the proprietor of a dairy in one of the small towns west of Chicago. Personally, I can't imagine anyone who more typifies a dairy man than Larry.
"Ted Parker still retains his position as one of, or perhaps I should say the outstanding, suave bachelor, but he has been escorting both intensively and extensively a very attractive blond, so if he recovers his lost honor, he may join the benedicts.
"Gib Robinson joined the married ranks six or seven months ago, and as far as I know, he still is heading the women's dress department at Marshall Field's. I wonder how his wife likes his hobnobing with all the good-looking models.
"Norm Shellman was recently married and is now a member of the Good House-keeping staff. They are one of our competitors, but Norm is not in my territory, so we are still on a speaking basis.
"Bill Smyth has also joined the back-to- the-country movement, and is living in Lake Forest. He and Gunthorp are both competing for the country squire title. "Johnnie St. Clair, as you perhaps known, now represents the AmericanWeekly in Detroit.
"Morrie Williamson recently became the father of a second child, and regardless of the trials and tribulations of fatherhood and the insurance business, he still retains that bewildered and naive expression and peaches and cream complexion.
"This is about all the news I can g«e you at present, Charlie, but will try to dig up more for future letters.
"My best regards to you and the fellows in New York. Let me hear from you on any matters you wish to bring up, and please address me according to this letter- head.
"JACK'
Fulfillment of his promise to write wit more regularity permits us to present cur rent letter from Jack:
"There seems to be very little news toforward to you. However, I will give youwhatever meager supply there is. Saw DickGunthorp the other day, and he certainlycontracted the California bacillus and carhardly wait until he has a farm or ranohout there. While down at Santa Anita hemet Charlie Starrett and Eddy Lynch. Healso saw a great deal of Mine LaFever,Dick's former roommate. We are all looking forward to our annual banquet themiddle of this month, and, of course, willgive Prexy a very cordial welcome. SorryI can't give you any more news, but everything seems to be in the doldrums here."
George Tully dropped a few lines under date of February 6, enclosing a clipping from one of the Boston papers relative to Dartmouth College as a ski paradise. In the middle of the article in bold-face type appeared the following:
"Among the deathless legends of the college is that of Tiny Marsans, the 269-poundfootball guard who came up from Cubasome years ago. He had never, up to hisfreshman year, seen ice in any form exceptthe sort that came in cubes for chillingbeverages. And during one of the carnivaldays Tiny accepted a dare to take thevarsity ski leap, although up to the moment he had never strapped a pair of runners on his feet. It is still told how Tiny'senormous hulk came whizzing down theincline and shot into space, one ski woundover a shoulder and the other flappingagainst his spine. And when he landed heplowed a groove into the mountain sidethat went clear down to mother earth, leaving fragments of his skin clinging to thegravel and rocks. But he rose under hisown power and limped off to collect hisbet, which was one chocolate egg frappe, or'long lead,' as they say in the DartmouthCo-op."
For those of you who have not been told, Robert Morgan Stopford, Dartmouth '26, was married to Miss Isabelle Ann Wood- hall of Jersey City, N. J. Bob and his wife are now living at 16 E. 11th St., N. Y. C. Congratulations.
Don Bennett recently corresponded with Brant Wallace, at which time he asked to be remembered to all '26ers. He has been confined to the State Sanatorium, Rutland, Mass., for some time, and I am sure would enjoy a line or two from some of his old friends in the class.
Just as I was about to close my rambling news column for the month the mailman delivered a letter from Nate Parker, from which I am pleased to quote: I thought about writing around the first of the year when I was in California, but it remained only a good intention. I didn't have much news to report at that time, for I hadn't been able to locate Ritchie Smith ln San Francisco, as they informed me at Ginn 8c Co.'s office that he wouldn't be back at his desk until January 26. So I presumed he had gotten away on his annual Hawaiian trip before the coast strike started. You know how long that lasted, so I guess Ritchie had a nice trip. I wasn't in San Francisco very long at any time, as we Were staying with Jane's family in Stockton, and didn't locate Bill Nigh either. We spent a week in Hollywood and saw a lot of Charlie and Mary Starrett, who made our sojourn there extremely pleasant. Bus Heydt was visiting, or probably I should say spending the Christmas holidays with his very attractive wife, who is Leona Maricle of Columbia Pictures. Bus had just finished a show in New York a few weeks before Christmas and driven out for the holidays. Who knows but what we shall see his shining countenance on the serene ere long. Charlie was looking very fit and is making 'Westerns' for Columbia at present. On the way back home, which trip I made alone, leaving Jane with the children in Stockton, I stopped for the day in Chicago and saw Carl Blunt and Gib Robinson and their respective wives. Gib is now an old married man of almost a year, and his wife is very attractive. Perhaps you've seen him in New York recently, as he goes there quite often. Of the local contingent I've seen John Gearhart, president of the Western Pennsylvania Alumni Association at present, and Fred Wenck since my return home. Fred is enjoying his work in the advertising department of H. J. Heinz & Co. Hump Campbell is the proud father of a son, born several months ago. I haven't heard that the baby is interfering with Hump's managing one of Sears Roebuck's stores here. Joe Kinney continues to make important strides in his work with the United Engineering and Foundry Co., of which I think he is now assistant manager of sales. Ralph Thomas continues his duties as assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Pittsburgh. That about covers my contacts with the men around here. I'm hoping to get over to New York sometime soon, and if I do would certainly enjoy seeing you and Edith again. Please give her my best. Maybe you can get a few lines for '26 notes out of this, Charlie, although as I look it over I must confess it doesn't offer much. I had a note from Al Louer, saying he was class agent this year for the Alumni Fund. I think we are fortunate in getting him, and I hope we can put '26 across this year. Have you made any plans for liquidating our deficit yet? The last I heard from Mac was that the class subscriptions, if sufficient, to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE on the five-year plan would temporarily help. Did the members crash through? With best regards. Nate."
Referring to Nate's query about the Reunion deficit, I would like to state for the information of the class that your ex-Reunion Committee still holds the bag for about $400.00. We have not made an issue of this before, because we had hoped to interest the class as a whole in the five-year plan of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Frankly, the reception of the plan was disappointing. The same men who always back the class and College came through, and as usual the rest of the class was out to lunch.
Brant Wallace, Bob Cleary, Les Talbot, and myself personally underwrote the Reunion deficit to the tune of about $100.00 each. We are not overly optimistic about the chances of recovering this money, but we would like to inform those men who are interested in the class of our predicament and would welcome any suggestions for its cure. In our opinion it is a class burden to be shared by all and not four members who already have contributed considerable time and effort to the general welfare of the class.
Secretary, Edward B. Smith Co. g i Nassau St., New York
