1921*
Two outstanding examples of conciseness come to the fore in the '21 mail bag. Having admiration for persons able to write succinct letters, the scribe reproduces them verbatim From Herrick Brown, veteran newspaperman on the Sun—"The following men out for the '21 dinner at the Dartmouth Club on the eve of the Princeton game: Rex King, Herm Noyes, Tracy Higgins, Dud Robinson, Bill Owen, Abe Weld, Bob Loeb, Cliff Hart, Carlton (Sully) Sullivan, Dick Libby, Herrick Brown. Bill Rex '22 joined us for the party. Sorry you weren't on hand. Football smoker afterwards was fine." .... From the Rev. George Washington ('Wottaman") Ferguson, writing from P. O. Box 2271, Tucson, Ariz., to our treasurer—"Will you kindly make a notation of the new address above? Thanks. Have settled out here now and it looks like 'for keeps.' Have a church out here. New. Built two years ago. Also a girls' boarding school, Hacienda del Sol. Ages 11 through 18. Guarantee the finished product. On the side, am developing a citrus ranch—for the odd moments and emergencies. Good luck to you on the campaign." .... We all echo the last refrain. Rog is working hard to collect dues from a sufficient number of classmates to balance the '21 budget, richly deserves the success which latest reports indicate as being within hailing distance. In the event that any reader of this is of the minority yet to be heard from, please help by sending $3—your dues including ALUMNI MAGAZINE for one year—to "Roger C. Wilde, Treas." The envelope, if you've forgotten, goes to 401 Stones Levee, Cleveland.
Kent McKinley has moved out to Jersey —Orton Road, Caldwell; is in the securities game at 14 Wall St., Manhattan Jim Stanley is superintendent of Talbot Mills, Woolens, North Billerica, and lives on Blanchard Ave., Billerica, Mass Frank Livermore now hangs the old chapeau at 651 No. Terrace Ave., Fleetwood, N. Y., sale& supervises by day in the metropolitan . territory for ("Birds Eye") Frosted Foods Sales Corp., Postum Bldg., 250 Park Ave Hal Printz is manager in the Windy City for Printz-Biederman Cos. Offices at 337 So. Franklin, resides at alO East Pearson St. Our Chicago scouts will please investigate further Our energetic treasurer while West on an autumn business trip laid down a smoke screen for the annual '21 banquet in Chicago. Tentative date looks like January 16, when Hubbell, Lane, Chester, and Wilde himself will be on for the Furniture Market affair. More about this later, but set aside the date now. Out-of-towners will contact Harry Chamberlaine, Hearst Magazines, 919 No. Michigan Ave Rex Stark, who is assumed to be still masterminding for Meredith Publishing Cos., Des Moines, serves, it is discovered, as secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of lowa. What's new in the verdant cornand-hogs state, Rex? Please write—"all is forgiven."
Emendations—Last month this column did Geo. Harris the grave injustice of referring to him as a "Webster" Dictionary magnate. Change this to read MerriamWebster (the original and the genuine), because there are on the market a lot of imitations not measuring up to the G. & C. Merriam Cos. standards After an unsolicited plug like that, how about sending us a Xmas card this year, George? Two months ago, though, there appeared a worse error—we had "Coot" Carder down as poohbah of the class party the night before the Princeton imbroglio. Change this to read Cliff Hart, chairman. Our apologies, Cliff.
"DERBY & BALL " 'Snath Makers Since 1851' "Waterbury, Vermont
"Dear Charley:—l can see that you were not brought up on or anywhere near a farm, or you would know without explanation that a scythe snath is the crooked handle to which a scythe is attached for mowing by hand Tom's spelling you can see is a little bit weak and he hasn't any more hair left than I have, at least it looks that way to me, although I can't see my own head very well. I should say Tom had put on a little weight with the years but otherwise has changed very little. He still has that astoundingly virile black beard which makes him look as though he never did shave! .... The information as to our manufacturing skis as well as snaths is correct. The name of our company is as above, and I am a partner in the concern. My job is not dignified by any title and consists of being a general handy man about the place. The statistical information which you have in regard to my family is correct. No additions since 1927 and none contemplated I haven't any information about any other '21ers; either none comes through Vermont or else they don't stop here. I wish more of them would Sincerely yours, DAN RYDER." . . . .Tom Cleveland last month spelled snath, "snaith"—probably phonetic spelling, wot, Tom?. . . .And as for your aspersions on our farming, Dan—why, shucks —when a boy the scribe spent many summers on a farm near Saint Paul—but then, we never were much of a hand for calling things by their right names. Many thanks, Dan, for the letter, and please remember to write this column after those rather frequent pilgrimages to Hanover.
The reports on babies keep coming To Dick and Isabel Barnes, a boy (2), Richard R., May 11, 1936. To F. M. ("Jack") and Adrienne Sercombe, a boy (1), Jeffrey W., June 9, 1936. To A 1 and Elsie Green, a girl (2), Ellen, Sept. 4, 1937 Now cometh before the Court, Attorney R. F. Wilson Jr., who, being first duly sworn, deposes that he has one son, to wit: Thomas Chalmers, born Nov. 4, 1928. What, no girls, 80b?....And here is "Doc" Beaudoux with the big news he has three children: the "baby" a 12-year-old by the name of George William Jr.; Mary, 16, and Robert, 15. The boys are headed, says Doc, for Hanover; writes on Southwest Consolidated Cos. stationery, 707 No. Haskell St., Dallas, Tex., Factory Distributors Rupert Carter discloses he holds forth at 160 Lynn St., Peabody, Mass "Pete" Bailey from Duluth, where he's with Minnesota Power & Light Cos., rifles a few random shots labeled, "Icicles from the North Country." Young Charles Jr. is to enter Dartmouth with the class of '48. Pete opines, "that Hanover Holiday idea looks good," at the time of our 20th, for it will give "the kid" a chance really to look the place over, too! Duluth has some good places for skiing; "wish the Big Green would play (football) out here in Minnesota some time.".... Furb Haight, Los Angeles silk tycoon, was spotted October 8 at Princeton by an eagleeyed scout—Report: "Furb was as well groomed as ever.". .. .George Frost reveals "Doc" and Dottie Fleming, of Elkhart, Ind., were in Hanover late in October and saw the College for the first time since graduation Joe Lane's prolific pen produces a letter that's what might well be called a honey; it's being saved until we can dish it up in toto Thanks to all you other authors, too; we're swamped; just have patience.
Seen in Hanover the Brown game week- end: Batchelder, Dave Bowen, Burroughs, Corbin, Folger, Geo. Frost, Hubbell, Hurd, Laffey, Litchard, McDuffee, Walt Prince, Frank Ross, Ruggles, Ryder, Sonnenfeld, Jim Stanley A '21 luminary on the faculty, George Loring Frost, is serving as chairman of the new Council on Student Organizations, under the direction of which all undergraduate organizations of a non-athletic natureexcepting the Outing Club and the publications—operate Dan Ruggles reports the biggest crowd in history this year for the 'si banquet in Boston the night before the Harvard game, with the following on hand—Russ Bailey, Dick Barnes, Dave Bowen, Bob Burroughs, Chan Cavis, Tom Cleveland, Fran Cosgrove, "Doc" Fleming, "Ky" Frost, Hal Geilich, Ort Hicks, Charlie Johnson, "Jeff" Lawrence, Norm Lowe, Reg Miner, Don Mix, Don Morse, Tom Norcross, Ralph Pendleton, Bill Perry, Frank Ross, Dan Ruggles, Jim Stanley, "Chick" Stiles. "The long-distance commuters were Doc Fleming, from Elkhart, and Ky Frost, who flew from Detroit, arriving at the University Club about 8 P.M. He came to take his daughter, who is at Dana Hall, to the game.". .. .Take the mike, George: THE SPIRIT OF '21 BY GEORGE L. FROST
IN DECEMBER, 1917 Three '21 men, J. T. Murphy, H. W. Presson, G. J. Shephard, were awarded the football "D"* on the basis of 15 minutes in either the Penn or the Brown game, and the following freshmen received numerals for having played with the varsity squad: G. N. Brown, Crisp, Garland, Graydon, Grundman, Hasbrook, Kadison, Rosenthal, Sanderson, Schulting, Weld, Whetton Cross-country insignia were given to Manchester and Slack. Bache-Wiig, Dale, Mesquita, Hickman, H. H. Noyes received letters for soccer Doctor Clapp selected the following freshmen for the orchestra—Herrick Brown, R. B. Miner, first violins; E. S. Price, second violin; G. D. Beattie, cello; M. F. Johnson, flute; W. R. Keys, oboe; H. F. Palmer Jr., clar- inet; R. J. Goodnow Jr., S. W. Plum Jr., horns; R. W. Elsasser, cornet; A. P. Chester, trombone; H. H. Walker, piano. ....The Dramatic Association put on "Seven Keys to Baldpate," with Cleary, John Sullivan, Bird, George Frost, Fleming, Carder, and Mallary in the cast. "Probably the greatest individual success of the evening was gained by Mr. Bird, as Peters, the Hermit," said the reviewer, Kenneth Allan Robinson The Dartmouth announced that there was no truth in the rumor that shortage of coal would require the College to close; reported that a two years' supply was on hand.
Secretary, 108 South Second St., Emmaus, Pa.
* Editorial Note: By vote of the Athletic Council, freshmen in 1917 for the first time in many years were allowed to play on the varsity, and were awarded letters and numerals. There was no freshman team, and because of the War, Dartmouth had dif- ficulty in fielding a varsity eleven.
