1921*
Of the summer's major news developments, only one is really still news: the 1921 summer outing at the Tracy Higgins estate, Smithtown, L. I. Scheduled for September 10 and engineered by Cliff Hart, the date was the same as the deadline for these notes to be in the hands of the Alumni Editor. It seemed like an excellent idea to ask that the presses be held, so this issue might carry a story on the historyshaping event—until a check was made of the volume of '21 news accumulated. Then we knew there wasn't a prayer, for secretaries are expected to limit their outpourings. The class of '21, however, has so many good men—men who are always going places and doing things—that over a period of four months news piles up unbelievably. So if you don't find the story on the Smithtown outing in this issue, look for it in November. And of you men who so thoughtfully have sent letters and squibs but fail to find them in this number, your scribe can only ask indulgence. Too bad, and just when a feud was ready to be launched involving Tom Cleveland and Dan Ryder—but to tell about that now, would be beating the gun.
The first big flash of the summer, which came sizzling over the wires late in June, told that Jack Hubbell—our own Jack —had been elected vice president of the Alumni Council at its annual Commencement meeting Hard upon the heels of this important news came the finish of the Fund campaign, and when the last statistic was in, '21 had hung up a new record for larger classes. It is this department's understanding that a "larger class" is one of more than 200 graduates. With 399 members including 245 graduates, we had 291 classmates making gifts this year. This placed us at the 119% mark (a ratio of contributors to degree-holders). Most of the superlatives that readily come to mind seem to fall short of the mark when one begins appraising a class like 1921.
While all this was going on, your class officers were busily perfecting plans to put the ALUMNI MAGAZINE in the hands of all our graduates and interested non-graduates. Under the 100% group subscription plan, now in effect and about which you've each been hearing during recent weeks, the MAGAZINE is sent regularly to every '21er. The class is paying for everyone's subscription in a lump sum and at a special rate. Dues have purposely been kept at the low level of former years, $3.00, your officers feeling that this is an amount we all can afford to pay. In maintaining that rate, however, they've relied heavily on the loyalty and enthusiasm of all you men to come through, so that the class treasury will have sufficient income to meet operating expenses for the year including the 100% group MAGAZINE subscription. But '21 has always ranked high when a question of loyalty to either Dartmouth or the class was involved.
Going back to May, when the last batch of notes was put together, the forecast (which appeared exclusively in this column) relative to Ort's ability to supply news proved to be all to the good. The head class agent and the Scribe arrived in Hanover for the secretaries' meetings on Friday, May 13, and together were assigned Room 13 at the Inn. At first, all this "13" stuff had us a little goofy, but nothing unfavorable developed Late Saturday afternoon, the program reaching a breathing spell, an impromptu gathering for '21ers in town drew these men: Don Sawyer from the Nashua alumni group, Nels Smith, the eminent Public Service Commission chairman from Concord, Joe Folger and Franklin McDuffee of the faculty, Ort, and your correspondent. We were unable to reach George Frost and Jack Hurd, the other 1921 fratres in universitate (can that be right?). Definitely a grand reunion On Sunday, en route to N. Y., Ort and your reporter drove by way of Keene and staged an enjoyable reunion, although far too brief, with Howie and Marian Slayton and their two attractive children, Marshall, aged seven, and his sister, Sandra, about 2 1/2. Howie is with Socony Vacuum Oil and looking fit as a fiddle.
If we can read our own notes, scribbled as Pilot Hicks negotiated the numerous turns after leaving Keene, Ned and Pamela Price shortly before had spent a night with the Hickses en route to Bermuda for a long-delayed honeymoon. You will recall that Ned is an extremely busy Chicago attorney; the wedding took place 'way back in 1936 Author Ralph Loomis is now addressing himself to the short story, having given up acting as Greenfield correspondent for the Springfield Republican. Ralph is single and cares nothing for baseball—he's "all tennis," to quote Ort, who ought to know about the latter game Art Oppenheimer is in the insurance business and was prominent at the annual Springfield alumni group dinner George Thyberg is back in Springfield and traveling out of there for Butler Brothers Hoyt Marsden is sales manager in the same city for General Electric Appliance Sales Corp.; has four children. . . . .Alec Youngerman is superintendent of a New Haven dress manufacturing firm; his wife, a graduate of the Yale Art School, paints and "sculpts" under the name of Miss Ullman, her title before she met Alec; they have one daughter Newell Smith is merchandise manager of the D. M. Reid Cos., Bridgeport's leading store John Fitzgibbon, also of Bridgeport, is a cost accountant with duPont Frank Foster is once more in East Greenwich, R.I., and reported in the insurance business.
Jack Hubbell and Ort Hicks "motored" up for Commencement—to the facile pen of Ort we all are indebted for this summary of '21ers seen "On Saturday afternoon we held a cocktail party for returning classmates. Unfortunately, we did not get many of the clan together; those on hand were Dan Ryder and Rollo Briggs, in addition to Jack and myself. Joe Folger had already gone to Nantucket, but he was ably represented by Marion, who starred in the Commencement show. Sally Baker was also with us, joined later by her husband 'Cue-ball' Ralph. Incidentally, Ralph has forsaken the city"—(Ort refers to New York, you should know)—"and has become manager of the Ben Franklin variety store in W. R. Junction. I had the pleasure of visiting them in their home on the hill toward Wilder; their daughter Barbara is one of the loveliest youngsters I have seen. . . . .Frank and Ida Ross were in town for the week-end, and Marsh and Priscilla Whelden were over for one day to see a nephew graduate. Geo. Frost was very much in evidence, but efforts to locate Jack Hurd and Franklin McDuffee were unsuccessful The big treat of the week-end was a short chat with Mike and Mrs. Doran, which occurred between two very stirring tennis rallies. Mike looked as robust as in the old days "
Milestone Items—Bob Mac Donald and Helen C. McFarland were married June 27, 1936, in the Church of the Unity, St. Louis, the home of the bride, and on Oct. 3, 1937, received their first income-tax exemption, Elizabeth Murray Mac Donald. Bob is with Kendall Mills, Baltimore office, and reports "things are going right a10ng."... .Jake Garfein's "second venture" into the field of matrimony occurred July 18, 1938. In the transaction Jake acquired a 14-year-old stepson, who may be a prospect for Dartmouth; Jake hopes so. He is still with John Hancock Mutual Life in 'Frisco Bandy Lowe postcarded in July that he was getting married Aug. 12, "so we will be there on the 10th of Sept." Unless our records are screwy, Bandy's office is still at 60 John St., N. Y. C., where he is of course a lawyer It is reliably reported Gene Leonard was recently married and is living in Minneapolis; details lacking at press time We (as a class) have a lot of previously undisclosed babies, data on whom will be tabulated and appear in an early number It is with regret that we record the death in 1936 of By Sewall, whose life is briefly reviewed in the necrology section.
Mick Shoup one August day sat in his law offices in the Exchange National Bank Bldg., Colorado Springs, and dictated the following gem, spurred by an inquiry as to whether his "other activities"—stated on his data card "Before N. L. R. Board"were for diversion or in line of duty: "In regard to the National Labor Relations Board activities, you may rest assured that I was on the side of the poor downtrodden employer, although as you well know he has no chance in the Labor Board rulings.
"I see quite a bit of Ralph Ruder. He has become so intrigued with the beauties of Colorado that he has made Colorado Springs his permanent abode. Enjoyed very much seeing Zach Jordan '20 over the Fourth. He now lives in Los Angeles and gets out this way every now and then.
"You seem to inquire relative to my occupation. At the present time I am engaged chiefly in legal work for mining enterprises, our companies being in the gold, coal, and oil businesses. We are doing our best to keep the nation on the gold standard.
"Go to Salt Lake now and then and have seen Bob McConaughy several times during the past year. Reuel Phillips '20 comes through Colorado Springs now and then, having as his occupation that of purveyor to the ladies of the latest styles. Never thought he would end up that way. Was up in Minneapolis a year or so ago and had lunch one noon in Saint Paul with Red Ege, Rynie Rothschild, and Dewey Gruenhagen. However, living in the great open spaces of the West, I don't see as many of our old classmates as I would like to. Enjoyed seeing Bill Embree in Chicago, the early part of May, when stopping off from a trip to Cincinnati to attend the Coal Mining Division of the American Mining Congress.
"Some of these days will sit down and write you a really long letter, but wanted to acknowledge receipt of your nice post card and give you a little dope.". .. .Our thanks, Mick; every man in the class now reads this column, so we collectively urge you to make good on that promise to sit right down and write another letter.
Dan Ruggles is now commuting to Boston from Marblehead; we never dreamed Dan would leave Salem. The new Marblehead address is Briar Lane. Our sincere thanks, Dan, for your several letters—the other news is "on ice" and expected to get into type next month Frank Lambert has been transferred from Pittsburgh to Youngstown, Ohio, as general superintendent of A. 8c P. in charge of Youngstown unit; resides at 257 Gypsy Lane (no doubt some sort of a tie-in with A. & P. radio program) Al Dunn now receives mail at both his new home, 107 Tamalpais Rd., Berkeley, Calif, (preferred address), and the U. S. National Park Service offices over in 'Frisco, where he is associate engineer FLASH: Don Sawyer this fall is heading up the Nashua Community Chest as president Bill Embree in August wrote he planned driving East for the Bates game, on the way visiting Washington, D. C., and New York and Smithtown, if possible, and looking over a few New England prep schools with his son, also Bill, aged 13 Bill and Ned Price did the honors for '21 at the Dartmouth Field Day last July at the Chicago Golf Club Erling Hunt is professor of history and head of the Department of Teaching of Social Science, Teachers College, Columbia; is editor of Social Education, published for the American Historical Association and the National Council for the Social Studies—the publication is the journal of the latter organization. Erl confides he is still not married, on or about October 1 was to move to 460 Riverside Drive, and has a leave of absence coming up for the spring semester Paul Belknap, although still with Fernald's Exchange, Springfield, is traveling almost continually for John B. Gallagher Cos., N. Y. and Chicago, special edition advertising representative for larger newspapers throughout the land.
"C. D." Bassett writes that he has taken on the presidency of Aberdeen National Bank and Trust Co, Aberdeen, So. Dak., along with the Fargo, No. Dak., bank (where he's been for some time). Clarke is very modest about the thing; we have an idea he's the real executive head of the Fargo institution (Merchants Nat. Bank and Trust Cos.); the title—vice president. "I divide my time between the two towns but spend the larger part in Fargo," says C. D., "and my family lives in Fargo." Thanks for the grand letter, C. D.; the other news you sent we are saving carefully for the next blast From unimpeachable sources it is learned the chances are better than good Johnny Sullivan will be the next governor of N. H Ken Smiley, dean of Dartmouth men living in Hellertown, Pa., had his title upped (September 1) to director of admissions at Lehigh University. Ken had been assistant director since 1934. ... .Jay Fuller, of Contoocook, N. H., traveling up and down New England for Lily Mills Co., thread, Shelby, N. C., gets "a chance every six or eight weeks to park by the campus and smoke a pipe or two." Some people get all the breaks.
The ALUMNI MAGAZINE this year is not actively seeking photographs for the class notes section but is encouraging their use by assuming the expense of cuts. So, you candid camera fiends and amateur shooters of all shades—as well as professionalsare urged to send pictures of '21 news appeal; all phetographs will be returned if you so indicate. .As this correspondent understands it, pictures of babies (whether young or of the other variety) and of family picnics are not particularly sought after.
COMING '21 EVENTS
October 7—Night-before-the-Princeton Game session, Dartmouth Club, N. Y. Earle "Coot" Carder, chairman, Out-of-towners call him at Longacre 5-6628.
October 21—Night-before-the-Harvard Game affair, University Club, Boston. Dan Ruggles, chairman. Out-of-towners call him at the Herald.
Secretary, 108 South Second St., Emmaus, Pa.
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