Lester Little's many friends will be glad to know that at New Year's at least he was in good health and spirits in Canton, China, where he occupies an executive position with the International Customs Division. We met Lester's brother, who had just had a letter, giving the family, however, very little information about the war. Of course with the disruption of customs affairs at Shanghai and other ports the work at Canton has been greatly increased, and Lester's staff is very busy these days. Apparently the war does not slow up the social side of things, for mention was made of a rather hasty departure from the dinner table with an air raid impending, and after the danger had passed the return to finish the meal.
We all hope that Lester continues safe in his exposed position these difficult days.
Our Florida colony at the moment is known to consist of the Ken Fullers, the Larmons, Hopkins, and the Bert Woods. Bob, we hear from one of his associates, is completely recovered from his long illness and is expected back at the office in a couple of weeks. He has been staying at Miami at the hotel operated by Perry Fairfield and is in excellent spirits, and we hope he has no recurrence of his difficulties.
The Larmons are down for a month. Bert Wood has some alleged radio business, while Ken Fuller is banking at the First National at West Palm Beach.
George Webster writes from Highland Park, 111., that he is still in the fur manufacturing business and would be very glad to make a coat now and then for the Dartmouth boys' wives and families. This is exceedingly optimistic in the midst of this variously described adjustment from what we once called the normal state of business, and we hope this advertisement is productive of a lot of business.
George said he made his first trip to New York in several years and was very glad to have met with Mart Remsen and had a fine old Dartmouth chinfest.
Win Loveland spent last summer in Europe. As you know, he is professor of English at Boston University, and describes his sabbatic year as having been very productive in uncovering a lot of material which he hopes will be helpful in his lecture course.
Ralph Woodman turns in from Milford, N. H., sending his best regards to everybody in the class and prophesying that he will have a son to enter Dartmouth sometime soon.
We had a pleasant call from Howard Potter, who regulates the water supply of the state of Maine, the precise method of which he described to us in erudite Thayer School terms, to which we listened very carefully but doubt the advisability of attempting to repeat here. He was in Boston attending a national convention of water-workers from here and there, and when we saw him he was playing hooky, possibly to do a little shopping for the missus, or something. Anyway, he is in excellent health, having fully recovered from his very severe automobile accident of a year ago.
Howard's old roommate, Jack Harris, whose regular avocation is chief accountant for the Dewey and Almy Chemical Company of Cambridge, Mass., has achieved considerable of a reputation as a dinner speaker among groups of cost accountants, for we have seen his name appear twice recently.
Pennell Aborn is responsible for the information that Jack is quite a shark in the realms of higher mathematics, having to do with cost formulae and such. In fact, we seem to remember that he was quite a shark along mathematical lines while he was in college.
Doctor Fletcher Colby, we have just learned, once spent a couple of years as medical officer in India, but, as he says, he learned better and returned to Boston, where he specializes in the practice of urology and is on the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital. His office is at 26a Beacon St., and his family consists of one child, age three. Fletch sends best regards to all.
Walter Gould, writing from Mclndoe Falls, Vt., says he has recently resigned as pastor of the Congregational church at Mclndoe Falls and at present is employed by the Quarrie Corporation of Chicago, publishers of school materials. His daughter Lois is a senior at the University of Vermont.
Well, Walter, we hope you will turn up at one of our reunions and be more regular in your correspondence.
Roscoe DeWitt's daughter, Silvia, has transferred from Wellesley to Southern Methodist University, while Elizabeth is at Hackaday Junior College. And Roscoe builds, and builds, and builds bigger and better buildings all over the Lone Star State.
Emerson Barrett dropped in recently. He had just been to Hanover visiting his son, and we had a fine chat going over all the boys. We hear that Emerson has recently moved into a new house overlooking the Country Club in Brookline.
Jess Pomeroy is very proud of his son John, now at Worcester Academy, who he prophesies is going to be an outstanding southpaw pitcher when he gets to Hanover. His daughter Elizabeth is at DePauw University, expecting to graduate this coming June. Jess says he has been with the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company for twenty-two years, and reports everything well in the thriving metropolis of Holyoke.
Jess Stillman says he is very busy at his job of supervising analytical chemistry for the duPont Company in Wilmington, and outside of that he spends his spare time in gardening. His two daughters are ten and thirteen respectively, and beyond that he reports everything quiet on the duPont front.
Win Mayo, we have just learned, has a son in the senior class at Hanover. In addition, his daughter Virginia is a student nurse at the Children's Hospital in Boston, while Mary is at the Choate School. Win says he has little time to do anything else but keep plugging along to meet the tuition payments, which would seem to be quite a chore under the circumstances.
Myron Files, in addition to being a professor at Tufts College, has been appointed to the faculty of the University Extension Courses of the state of Massachusetts. Myron does a little farming on the side at Harvard, specializing in the Big Apple!
Bert Symonds occupies a great big shiny desk in the palatial offices of the Second National Bank here in Boston, and looks very professional but not forbidding as occasionally we pass his throne on our way to deposit our modest pay check. His son Arthur is at Tilton School, Tilton, N. H., on his way to Hanover, while Barbara is at Colby Junior College, New London. Bert says you can count on him for the twenty-fifth.
"WHY GO To COLLEGE?"
"Why go to college?" asks the eminent Doctor Hutchins of Chicago in a recent Saturday Evening Post article.
"Perhaps," might reply our equally eminent Doctor Hopkins, "to experience the 'impact of youthful mind on youthful mind.' "
Perhaps, too, the class of 1914 might echo to experience the satisfaction of finding years later that undergraduate appraisals were correct.
Ted Marriner, Bill Slater, Henry Koelsch
We saw Ted emerge from the rank and file to contribute splendidly to undergraduate activities, and believing in his ability he became on graduation our class secretary—a duty he reluctantly relinquished at the beginning of his splendid career.
Bill's dynamic personality and gift of voice early asserted itself into capable athletic managership and glee club leader. He thus foretold a life of devotion to college and class interest which grew stronger with the years.
Henry possessed a personality of such impact that so projected itself among his classmates that he became our graduate president, an outstanding attribute in our era, we recall, in that class presidency had gone frequently with outstanding athletic achievement.
Now, in a space of three short months, these three outstanding men have been called to join the eternal Dartmouth brotherhood. Each in his own way "kept for her the old chivalric faith." The gap they leave is wide. We early saw their worth. They carried on to justify our con. fidence. Shall we not, then, in the same spirit continue in good works to close the breach left by their passing?
Thus, Doctor Hutchins, we make bold to answer your question .... for the lifetime of Dartmouth fellowship!
With the passing of Rugar Young the Secretary is again reminded of the interesting details of achievement which come to our knowledge but posthumously. Rugar had an outstanding military career, supplemented by definite civic contribution. The Secretary has written an expression of the class's sympathy to Mrs. Young. In her reply of appreciation she expresses Rugar's interest in Dartmouth affairs even though his visits and contacts were so limited.
This again is reiteration of what we all know so well .... the lifelong hold of "The Granite of New Hampshire."
John Kiernan doing himself proud in the New York Times under the head of "Snow White and the Dartmouth Sports" after doing justice to skiing in general gets around to finish with our own Johnny Piane. The paragraphs we will let you have verbatim:
" 'Nobody catches him on skis when anybody is looking,' said the visitor with a grin. But, John Piane is an institution at Hanover. In fact, he's the Dartmouth Co-Op. You know the Yale Co-Op, run by students on the profit-sharing plan. Well, the Dartmouth Co-Op started that way, too. John Piane went to Dartmouth and worked in the Co-Op and stayed there after graduation. Well, the store got into financial difficulties and John took it over somewhat as his private concern. He was one of the first to see the boom in skiing on the way. Now he makes skis that go as far off as Japan. Maybe some of the Japanese soldiers are using them in Northern China, and it may lead to diplomatic difficulties if discovered. John picks out Tennessee hickory for the Norwegian Government and supplies the great Norwegian ski-maker who makes only twenty- four pairs a year, of which only five are allowed to be exported. I don't know what the Norwegian Government does with the others. Probably gives them to cabinet ministers to use in going to winter meetings of the ministry."
The class of 1914 had a fine representation at the Boston alumni dinner. Gathered around were Roger Rice, Ernie Kimball, Wally Drake, Win Ross, Saltmarsh, Cap Lawrence, Fred Campbell, Hal Brown, Ev Barnard, Abe Newmark, John Burleigh, Bill Herlihy, Gus Fuller, Bill Taft, Bill Fletcher, and the Secretary.
Two outstanding prodigals were Fred Campbell and Win Ross. Fred, with offices in the John Hancock Building a block away, admits this is the first dinner to which he has gotten around in some years, and now that he has broken the ice he plans not to miss any more.
Win Ross has been a recent absentee also, and we were very glad to see him again.
Wally Drake preserved his record of never having missed a Dartmouth dinner in Boston. He is quite a lot better after his long siege with arthritis, and outside of losing a little weight he appeared unchanged. Being a doctor, he could look at his year of torture in rather a humorous perspective and amuse the table with rather some detailed description of a thousand and one types of treatment to which he had subjected himself. We are only sorry that funny as they were they are not exactly printable in this family journal.
Roger Rice mentioned that he had had lunch with Paul Perkins in Lowell recently. Paul has a boy at Culver Military Academy. Roger mentioned likewise that Win Loveland is continuing his sabbatical year wintering on the sands of Florida. We really don't know why someone in the New Deal hasn't thought of a compulsory sabbatical year for all. Now this would be a law that would be really worth something.
Cap Lawrence views that he has stopped experimenting with his golf swing. Now he is going to settle down to really play some golf. We thought we would mention this in case of first tee handicapping.
Abe Newmark has a grand collection of New Deal stories, in case you should run into him, told in Abe's inimitable manner.
All the boys seemed to be having a very good time, and they are all rarin' to go for the Reunion next year.
Excerpt from "Dartmouth in Dixie"—
" 'HoW about a "Cotton Club" at Hanover?' asks Jack Dellinger 'l4, formerly ofDallas and now of Tyler, Texas. Jack'sthought is that with a clubhouse at Hanover (and he offers to chip in $lOO towardsits purchase) we Southerners might headthat way more often. 'Just think of thosenarrow-minded Yankees (I love them)'says Jack, 'who can breeze in and out ofHanover so easily; and think of all theright eyes which could be fertilizingSouthern cotton fields—one to every 1427square miles—if only we could make it.' "
The subject matter in this issue pertinent to the Alumni Fund indicates that we should all go into spring training in preparation for this annual date. President Hopkins stressed undergraduate activities at Hanover, and we were again greatly impressed by the fact that the College gives so much for so little. We believe he stated that the cost per student is more than twice as great as that part borne by the student. The class of 1914 has had an enviable record in the past few years and particularly last year under the general administration of the Fund on the part of our own Sig Larmon and our very able class agent, John Burleigh.
The point we should like to make here is that with nine out of ten men making contributions to the Fund, why not make these contributions early and save the expense and effort of repeated reminders and thus ease the burden on the men responsible for the Fund activity?
Obviously the Alumni Fund does not have to be sold to 1914. Therefore, this year let everyone be a committee of one to mention the subject to other Fourteeners he meets and suggest the sending of the contributions quickly when the first call is received.
ALUMNI FUND RECORD FOR 1937
250 contributors (96% of graduates),total gifts of $3,734.16 (105% of objective ).
JOHN R. BURLEIGH, Class Agent
Assistants: Herman Davidson, Harold T. Johnson, Sigurd S. Larmon, Edward Leech, Paul W. Loudon, John M. Piane, William B. Slater.
CONTRIBUTORS
1914 Aborn, Pennell N. Adams, Wilson I. Anderson, Thomas A. Applin, Paul L. Austin, Herbert S. Babcock, Jesse H. Bacon, Lester E. Baldwin, Dalton G. Barke, Ralph J. Barlow, Richard J. S. Barnard, Everett H. Barnes, Hammond Barnes, William W. Barrett, W. Emerson Bartlett, Herbert L. Bartlett, Kenneth H. Batchelder, Charles S. Batchelder, Joseph H. Batcheller, George R. Beals, Geoffrey H. Bean, Harold C. Bentley, Warner Blackburn, Casper K. Boggs, George A. Borden, Horace L. Bowman, Howard E. Breslin, William W. Brown, Paul H. Brownell, Carlton K. Buck, Ellsworth B. Buckley, Clyde D. Bullis, Leland S. Burleigh, John R. Burnham, Donald C. Butler, Clarence K. Campbell, Frederic W. Castle, Harold A. Chandler, Clyfton Chase, Charles A. Chase, Daniel Chen, Po Claeys, Charles M. Coe, Philip F. Colby, Dudley R. Colby, Fletcher H. Cole, Samuel D. Conn, Dwight Conners, John F. Cook, Harry M. Corliss, Louis I. Crandall, Charles N. Cranston, Frederick P. Crowell, James M. Curtis, Howard S. Daley, Walter F. Davidson, Frederic A. Davidson, Herman Davison, Norman H. Day, Joseph L. Dearing, Arthur H. Dellinger, John L. Deverian, Nasib V. DeWitt, Roscoe P. Drake, Wallace H. Edson, Carroll A. Elkins, Edgar H. Emerson, Dean A. Fahey, Howard S. Fellows, Albert W. Field, John H. Flanders, Robert Fletcher, William L. Floyd, Walter E. Foss, Raymond H. Franklin, Morris E. Fraser, C. Frederic Frost, George W. Fuller, Charles K. Fuller, Samuel A. Gardner, Gail I. Garry, Hubert J. Gilbert, Daniel B. Gilbert, George H. Gilbert, Wilfred C. Giles, E. Newman Gould, James R. Grant, Kenneth Green, William A., Jr. Gregg, James D. Hall, F. Derby Hallett, Howell K. Hands, William C. Hanna, John A. Harlow, John M. Harris, Jonathan N. Harvey, Philip C. Hastings, Robert C. Hawley, James B. Haywood, Henry Hazen, John N. Healy, James M. Heenehan, James T. Herlihy, William R. Herring, Albert C. Hinman, Hazen B. Hobbs, Leon P. Holway, William R. Hopkins, Robert C. Howe, Paul Hubel, Jesse H. Humphrey, Walter B. Humphries, Alfred E. Hutchins, Ralph M. Jenkins, Ralph A. Johnson, Harold T. Jones, W. Scott S. Junkins, Edwin P. Kalenderian, Vahan H. Kimball, Ernest L. Kingman, Lawrence Kingsford, Carleton L. Kingsley, Charles Kittredge, Ernest R. Knight, Walter D. Koelsch, Henry A., Jr. Kuech, Russell N. Larmon, Sigurd S. Lavin, Edward A. Lawrence, Carl A. P. Learoyd, Ernest S. LeCount, Walter K. Leech, Edward Lincoln, Proctor P. Little, George P. Little, Lester K. Llewellyn, Frank A. Loudon, Paul W. Loveland, Winslow H. Lyons, L. Vosburgh MacCartee, Douglas G. McCullough, John F. Mackinnon, Hugh A. Maddalena, Arthur D. Main, Theodore Marceau, Franz R. Margeson, J. Parker, Jr. Marriner, J. Theodore Mayo, Winthrop M. Munson, Robert Netsch, Walter A. Newmark, Abraham J. Nichols, Loring P. Niles, Caleb H. Noble, Robert S. Noe, Ralph D. O'Connor, Charles W. F. O'Leary, Paul A. Overton, Alan M. Palmer, John M. Palmer, John P. Papson, E. Taylor Pattee, Luther A. Pattillo, Gilbert S. Pease, Harold A. Peppard, John T. Perkins, Paul L. Piane, John M. Picken, Marshall W. Pollard, Bryant F, Pomeroy, Milton D. Pooler, Francis Potter, Howard H. Pritchard, Richard E. Ramage, James B. Remsen, Martin J. Rice, Roger C. Richmond, Allen P., Jr. Robinson, Elmer Saeger, Ernest T. Saltmarsh, Sherman W. Sargent, Gorham P. Sheldon, Samuel D. Shields, James B. Sisson, Rufus L., Jr. Skakle, Alexander T. Slater, William B. Sleeper, Gordon C. Smedley, Charles W. Smith, Holton A. Snow, Winthrop J. Spore, Leland P. Stickney, George H. Stiles, Harold A. Stillman, Jesse W. Stout, Charles E.1 Stratton, Stanley C. Sullivan, Florence F. Symonds, Bertrand R. Taft, James -C. Taylor, Harold F. Therrien, Zotique W. Tilton, George H., Jr. Trott, Raymond H. Tuck, Alexander J. M. Tukey, Allan A. Van Riper, Harold G. von Lenz, Rudolph Voorhees, Enders M. Warren, John A. Washburn. William W. Webster, George M. Weed, Frederick H. Welsh, Frank A. Wescott, Chester A. Wheatley, George D. Wheelock, Arthur S. White, Leonard D. Wilkinson, Ray L. Williams, James R.2 Wilson, Paul F. Wood, Bertram C. Woodies, Arthur F. Woodman, Ralph S. Woodman, Rodney C. Wright, Burrell Wright, George O. Wulpi, James M. Wylde, Oliver A.3 Yeaton, Philip O. Young, George, Jr. 1 Memorial gift from hubrother, Mr. Benjamin U-Stout.2 Memorial gift from hUclassmate, Mr. J. L. Del-linger.3 Memorial gift from hitclassmate, Mr. William B.Slater. Men Carrying Insurance with the College as Beneficiary Reals. Geoffrey H. Ruck, Ellsworth B. Daley, Walter F. Edson, Carroll A. Emerson, Dean A. Englehorn, Wesley T. Fairfield, Erie Hallett, Howell K. Tunkins, E. Page Kimball, Ernest L. Kingsford, Carleton L. Koelsch, Henry A., Jr. Larmon, Sigurd S. Loudon, Paul W. Loveland, Winslow H. Lyons, Walter L. MacCartee, Douglas McCullough, John F., Jr. Mackinnon, Hugh A. Netsch, Walter A. Richmond, Allen P. Robinson, Elmer Stillman, Jesse W. Trott, Raymond H. Wescott. Chester A. Willey, Albert G.
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