1898*
A magazine known as The Distributor and published by the Western Electric Company has in a recent number a splendid article on our classmate Ted Leggett. I wish I could put in the entire article, but the ALUMNI MAGAZINE authorities do not permit of such enthusiasm. The article mentions our classmate in the most pleasing manner, telling how young Fred Leggett packed his Dartmouth diploma on a Wednesday, came to New York on Thursday, applied for a job on Friday, and began work Monday, and for forty years he has been on the job for the Western Electric Company and is now its treasurer, custodian of the company's millions of dollars, and also one of the directors and member of its highest council. His duties have taken him around the world once, across the Atlantic many times, and all over the United States and Canada. He has moved from New York to Tokyo by way of the Suez, from Tokyo to Antwerp, from Antwerp to New York, from New York to San Francisco, and was no longer than three years in any one of these places. In the last twenty years his headquarters have never moved outside the radius of one and a half miles, and he is now at 195 Broadway, New York City.
His experience in the company's business was world-wide at the age of thirtythree, and upon his return to America he was given rapidly increasing responsibilities. For twenty-one years he held every executive position in the company's distribution department and finally became director of the entire department. In 1933 he was elected treasurer of the company and the next year a director. He still enjoys his mandolin as he did in college. He started out collecting stamps when he was a boy and now has a noteworthy collection. Better than stamps, however, is his collection of friends, and it is world-wide. He enjoys golf and has been known to make an 83. Mrs. Leggett likes to travel, so they stay home one year and travel the next. They have two married daughters and a third at college, all three full of interest, as we '98ers discovered at our 40th Reunion. Ted has one grandson, who was named for him and rumor says looks just like him.
The Secretary had the unusual privilege this year of visiting among his five brothers and three sisters, all now between fifty and seventy years of age and all well. This took him far afield, for he visited two brothers and a sister in Wisconsin, one sister in Denver, Colo., two brothers in the state of Washington, and a sister in the state of Oregon. He then went down through the redwood empire on the Pacific coast to visit his old friend Semp Smith at San Francisco. Then on the way home he stopped at a ranch near Cody, Wyoming, for one week with his two children, Robert, a sophomore at Dartmouth, and Barbara, who enters Mount Holyoke this fall. Here he had some wonderful fishing for mountain trout. He then came home with the two children after a most marvelous trip of two months which took him clear to the Racific coast.
In a recent clipping from the Boston Post the Secretary read that Edward Tabor Jr., who is now a sophomore at Dartmouth and a son of our classmate Dr. Edward O. Tabor of Lowell, won the golf tournament held at the Salem Country Club in the State Junior Golf Championship. So, like his dad, Edward Tabor Jr. is a champion athlete.
"Pete" Adams, just back from an important astronomical conference in Stockholm, writes as follows: "I am just back in Pasadena from a long European trip, and find your letter sent in June regarding the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. I hope it is not too late to send in my subscription, which I certainly want to continue. Our reunion was a fine one, and I enjoyed enormously the opportunity of seeing the men and the College under the conditions which you and a few others made available."
Jim Aubey and Mrs. Aubey have taken frequent week-end trips to beautiful places in New England this summer. They are rejoicing in the fact that their son Millard has been assigned to the Framingham district as engineer and has secured a residence for his wife and small son near them.
Ev Snow and Ruth spent part of the summer near Amherst, N. H., and while there motored to Camp Wawona and enjoyed the hospitality of Oscar Bourne, friend of '98. The last three weeks of their vacation they spent at beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee, a favorite summer place of theirs for many years. The Secretary secured rest and refreshment on their hospitable piazza with its beautiful view to the north on September 3.
Major Gilman and Harry Clark are once more working together at West Point. How many inspiring friendships '98 has made!
Frank Hartigan shows his usual keen interest in '98 and Dartmouth and writes a cordial note ordering the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Everett Hoyt and family have summered, as usual, on the shores of beautiful Newfound Lake in New Hampshire.
Dick Marcy and Florence have spent many delightful week-ends at their cottage in Rindge, N. H., with its noble view of Monadnock. They plan to go south as usual on November 15.
Seth E. Moody writes a pleasant note from Lamont, Idaho, where he has resided for many years.
Sherman Roberts Moulton was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont during the summer. "Sherm," we all congratulate you. Our hats are off to '98's chief justice, a high honor well earned.
Mrs. F. S. Pope went immediately to a hospital after reunion days were over, but is now in normal health again.
President Fritz Robbert enjoyed the reunion tremendously, and it did him a great deal of good, so say his New York intimates and friends. I believe Fritz would like a reunion of '98 every year.
The Springs and the Snows had a pleasant visit together during the summer.
Fletcher Harper Swift is once more in the good old U. S. A. with his family.
The Carneys had a beautiful wedding in late June, when daughter Ruth was married to Mr. Richard M. Burnes. Mrs. Burnes is a graduate of Dana Hall in Wellesley and attended Vassar College. Mr. Burnes is a graduate of Middlesex School and is a member of the class of '39 at Harvard. The bride and groom sailed to Europe for their wedding trip and will make their home in Cambridge after the middle of September.
Everyone seems to have nothing but praise for Denis Crowley and his sprightly committee for the way the 40th Reunion was handled.
The next important event is the '98 roundup, which will occur at the University Club, Boston, Friday night, October 21, the night before the Harvard-Dartmouth game. Buck Chandler's being a member of the board of governors of the University Club has enabled us to acquire our old fine room at the club. The moving pictures of the reunion taken by our official photographer "Bill" Williams will be shown. It is hoped, too, that the report of the reunion and of class affairs will be on hand. No one can afford to miss it, so paste the date in your hat and also write it on your cuff.
The class officers elected at our 40th reunion are as follows: Frederick W. Robbert, president; Joseph W. Bartlett, alternate president; H. Philip Patey, secretary and treasurer; Henry D. Crowley, alternate secretary and treasurer. One banker, two barristers, and one bookman. With these four busy B's, '98 should "go places."
Secretary, 57 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville, Mass.
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