1931

Came a telegram the other day from your Secretary Ed, saying that he'd been run out of Pittsburgh and forced to take to the road for Gulf Oil out of Toledo, and that accordingly he'll be in no position to dig up and handle news for the Secretary's job, so until we find a successor for Eddie, you shall be subjected to the ranting of this individual.

Ed, incidentally, no sooner got over to Toledo safely than he sought youth again in a baseball game, attempted to hog a fly ball away from another outfielder, and has been in the hospital and hotel bed for three weeks, with a busted leg.

Class Carousals Traveler Jack Warwick ran into Frank Hardinge down in Houston, where the latter was representing some association of real estate agents Commissioner Holton Noyes, N. Y. State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets, a real big shot in this Empire State, was our local Rotary speaker the other day, and much to our surprise we discovered that he is none other than the dad of Al Noyes, one time '31 pole vaulter, who is now crack salesman of Oneida Community, Ltd., famous silverware makers, famous, too, as locale of that historical Oneida Community, experiment in communal life of the past century, of which Al's grandfather was the founder. .... Here- with a hot tip, anonymous, that Charlie (Vermont) Prouty has abandoned being an instructor in English at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., after two years in that capacity, and has gone over the big pond to Oxford to undertake some graduate study .... and the same letterhead whence the above came divulges that Jim Rick 3d is vice-president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Eastern Pennsylvania Eastern Massachusetts gets up a very swell recreational pamphlet with plenty of good pictures of that vacation land, and on the last page there appears a very smooth couple in golfing pose, and if it isn't Rex Fall and the Missus.

Now, this deserves a new paragraph. Attention all Outing Clubbers and other hikers to the tale of Ruth and Jim Verity, M.A., who wrote Sher Guernsey during the summer asking for details of a planned trip up the D.O.C. chain to Washington. We'd like to give you the whole three- page description of the hike that Jim sent along afterwards, but space isn't so Ruth, Jim, and another couple started hiking at Holt's Ledge Cabin, walking in there from Thetford, thence to Cube, Armington, Great Bear, Moosilauke Summit House, and Franconia. Then over Lafayette and across the Pemigewasset Wilderness to Crawford Notch and on up to the Lakes of the Clouds, where they finally got a clear day for the summit of Washington. Major difficulty of the trip was locating Franconia Cabin after dark, the clue finally being the D.O.C. garbage sign. (My mouth's watering; is yours?) More power to you, Jim, and particularly to you, Ruth, who me thinks should be made an honorary member of '31 Cabin and Trail.

To Attorney and Mrs. Bill Steck on Sept. 7 was born a daughter, Margaret Ross. No mention is made of the feelings of young Bill, aged one year A card from Bretton Woods, N. H., proves that Dutch Holland sold enough life insurance to make the company convention up there. This all means that Dutch is coming along fine From some old questionnaires sent out by Jack Warwick some time ago, we learn above the signed name of George Lill that he was "never" going to get married. What does your better half, Eleanor, say to that, George?. ... Did you know that Ed Murray's old man is Senator Murray of Idaho? Will someone please tell us whether '31 still has the same three hams? Just in case you don't know, these radio licensed amateurs who get into the newspapers every so often by hearing an S.O.S., broadcasting the Louisville flood or something similar, are termed "hams," and '31 had or maybe still has three, Temple Nieter, Cliff Clifford, and Hank McCarthy Another question, is Ken Sampson the only mortician in the class? Jim McElroy is definitely the only minister.

Pretty nice to see Red Rolfe playing in his third World Series. That operation last fall evidently did him a lot of good, as he has been hitting over .300 all season and has occasionally led the whole Yankee slugging force Jack Warwick says Reformer John Martin is proud papa of three .... not so many in the class with three candidates for Northampton and Hanover

Here's some questions that need answering: What is Ralph Maynard doing back up in Rumford, Me.; how is Joe Linz doing with R.K.O. in New York; is Chub Hetfield still president of the board of aldermen in Plainfield; what is Forrie Norris doing in Beantown; is Bert Brock making negligees; and what the deuce are the rest of you up to these days?

Your scribe would welcome any dreams you may have of escapades with other '31ers. For example, the other night the writer dreamed that Ed Studwell, Jim McElroy, and he were caught in a girls' dormitory somewhere and were having a great time trying to explain the situation. Although the writer can recall several peerades with these other two gentlemen (and is going to recall same to Jim when he's a bishop), he can recall none similar to the above dream.

Your scribe will also welcome any choice bits of deviltry perpetrated by '31 enfants. The Thorn pair fortunately spend most of their waking hours fighting each other, instead of the neighbors' children, which is just as well, but it does make one feel something or other to have a daughter in school.

Secretary, 443 Warren St., Hudson, N. Y. Pinch hitting for ED GRUEN