Class of 1936
The first letter of interest for the classis one from Bill Gibson, written on theM. I. T. Voo Doo stationery. Bill is doingmarine transportation work at M. I. T.and says in his letter: "Getting on the VooDoo seemed to be the easiest way of gettinga subscription to Jacko, which I read avidlyevery month, and occasionally, mayEleazar forgive me, use as a source for alittle material." He also goes on to report that there are a number of '36ers at Tech, "but with its five or six miles of corridors we seldom see each other. John Proctor is in my course, naval architecture, andI see him daily. He's living in Wellesley,but I'm afraid is not taking advantage ofhis opportunities. I saw Dick Wakefieldtoday, and Don Robbins is here—he'smarried and living in town. Bill Woodsname is in the catalog and directory, butI'm damned if I've seen him around. LewMarsten is also rumored to be locked awayin a closet in building 10 with a slipstick.This place is so colossal it's pathetic; thereare miles of buildings I've never neverseen." Bob Ervin is working in the Hood Rubber Company, and it has been claimed on several occasions by the group of girls under his supervision that he is a veritable Simon Legree. Johnny Bouker is working for an insurance company, but the name of the company or its address seemed to have escaped our informer.
Dean Worcester is working for Chris Craft, Inc., in Algonac, Mich. Spencer Johnson, who recently had a letter from him, said that Dean rode five hours on a train to a Michigan ski center—a sand dune where there is no snow, only mud. He seemed a little lonesome in his letter, occasioned by his distance from home, solaced, however, by his out-board motor and his piccolo, which he plays in the village band. Spencer Johnson himself is working for Kidder, Peabody & Company, investment bankers and brokers, and is located in their Boston office.
Fred Dailey is attending Harvard Law Sdiool, and' Lou Welt is working for his father's paper company in Detroit, Mich. Fred Varney is working for the Employers Liability Insurance Company, Ltd., of London, in their Boston office. Stan Osgood is attending Harvard Law with Dick Spong and others, and George Capelle is said to be surveying Boston Harbor at present. Fred Cleaves occasionally finds time to do some work for the American Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, although according to his friends most of his time is spent drawing cartoons.
I am sure we are all glad to hear that Vance Miller, who has been "under the weather" since Commencement, is a great deal better. Norm Sherry has recently located in Boston at the Copley-Plaza hotel. Before that, Norm had been in Williamsport, Pa., working at another hotel. Dick Tabor has recently transferred from Jackson and Curtis, brokers, to Chase and Whiteside. Lindsey Brigham is working for Davenport 8c Company in Boston, and Ted Dearborn is located with Remington Rand Company, also in Boston. Al Harrington is a runner for the National Shawfflut Bank. When last heard from, Phil McGinnis was working for the First National Bank of Concord, N. H., and Bob Bullock is now working for Kresge's in New York. Bill Reed is reported to be forking at Schraft's Restaurant in Boston, although someone thought that he might have been moved to another store by now. Here is an item from a recent letter from
a '36er which was sent with excellent intentions, but seems to me to be a little vague as a news item: "Somewhere I sawJim Stevens, but I can't remember where."
Norb Hofman writes: "These monthlyget-togethers down at the Dartmouth Clubare very opportune conventions; I havemanaged to get to all but one, and enjoyedseeing many of the old gang. As you haveno doubt concluded for yourself, Wall St.,Law School, and the advertising and akinrackets seem to have claimed most of ourboys. The last-mentioned fact assures themeetings of the Club of a good bit of competitive mud-slinging, with the smoothtongued Scherman (of Time) and Ad-manStem seeming to do well. Hearst is penetrating our ranks, with Matzinger now wellestablished in his fold."
Bob Houlihan is in business with his father in Mouller's, Inc., in Cambridge, Mass., and Herb Beskind has recently become affiliated with Sohn, Feiman & Company, certified public accountants. Don Albertson is in Palo Alto, Calif., although I have no report as to his occupation. George Allen is doing post-graduate work in chemistry at Penn State College, and Norm Allen is teaching and coaching in Harrisburg Academy, Harrisburg, Pa.
Don Andrus is studying at Cornell, and Alan Beetle is a graduate student at Harvard. George Blackmore is working for the Bendix-West Air Brakes Company in Pittsburgh, Pa. Dick Brierley is at Tuck School, as is Gordon Brown. Walter Connly is working for the Walworth Manufacturing Company, Greensburg, Pa. Louis DeBus is in the advertising department of Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Joe Dewey is a salesman for Culbertson and Henderson, Ford and Lincoln dealers. Dick Dodge is a student at the Long Island Medical College, and Al Doolittle is at the Thayer School at Hanover.
Ed Fenton left Dartmouth after his sophomore year, and is a newspaper reporter for the Washington Post. Bill Foster is working for the Remington Arms Company in Bridgeport, Conn.
Bill Shaw writes very graphically about the Proctor and Gamble plant's trouble during the recent flood in Cincinnati, and also says that he has run into several Dartmouth '36ers; namely, Ellie Palmer, who is working in advertising, Steve Dietz and Welt Beinhart, who are also working in Cincinnati. Milt Johnson, who left college the end of his junior year, is living with Bill Shaw, and is working with the Gardner, Richardson Company, paper makers.
COURAGE, MON AMI
Under this heading we have the belated news that Gib Sykes announced his engagement to Miss Betty Heizer on New Year's Eve. We also have in our records two marriages which heretofore have been unmentioned: Ed Avery was married on October 3, 1936, to Elizabeth Fowler, and Dick Douglas was married April 20, 1935, to Betsy Alward.
The Letter of the Month award has been postponed this month by the judges because of the dearth of material to choose from. I feel sure, however, that an early Spring will stir the souls of potential letter-of-the-month men, and that there will be a great deal of correspondence between now and the time of the May issue.
Secretary, Williamstown, Mass.
