Class of 1919
There is little in the way of news which has made its way to our desk this month. Perhaps it's just as well, for there is no room for anything more what with the clutter of income tax blanks. The number of papers, blanks, and books of reference necessary for us to prove that we don't have to pay any tax always amazes us.
The Alumni Records Office has all but failed us. They advise tersely that Reginald C. Brummer is in business at 1017 Pacific National Building, Los Angeles, Calif. residence 1330 5th Avenue, S. W., Portland, Ore. In the East that would be considered something in the way of commuting. They also report that Sam Jenkins, Dr. Jenkins to you, has a new address: 35-13 103d St., Corona, N. Y. An Associated Press story, which featured young mayors recently, noted the fact that John A. Gordon, age forty-two, had just been re-elected without opposition for the fifth consecutive year.
Spider writes that he and Bea spent the 22d of February in Hanover with Chet and Emily Gale. He says: "In an effort to refuteyour remarks in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Gale insisted on putting on an exhibitionof skating." We imagine this to be a sad case of loose language on Spider's part. What he undoubtedly meant was that Gale made an exhibition of himself trying to refute our statement. Also, we note that there is no mention made of any attempts on skis, but I'll bet they were out behind the barn trying to figure out how you made them slide along the snow.
And while we are speaking of Spider, we would like to say a word or two about the Alumni Fund. Spider, by dint of much hard work these many years, has kept the class in a respectable position among the classes of our generation. He has never had any margin to work on, however, and it has always taken the last ounce of effort to get us where we could circulate freely without too much back-talk from any of the nearby classes. Wouldn't it be a swell gesture of appreciation for this grand job if we were to all loosen up and give generously and early this year? I happen to know, although he has been so very patient and has done no squawking about it, that the thing he would like most is to get 100% of the class to contribute. Other classes do it and there is no reason why we can't. ■What do you say we all come through for him? It seems as if everybody could give some little bit, no matter how hard the world is bearing down.
And speaking of nearby classes, the bruiting about of the '18 class reminds me that we are only about fourteen months away from our TWENTIETH reunion. And that ought to be something. You'd better start making plans now to be there. Tuck a dime a day in the old sock, starting this morning, and you'll be able to come in a taxi from Cleveland like Raible. The first problem that always arises in planning a reunion is what deft alliteration is to be used to name it. Tremendous, turbulent, tantalizing, titillating are the obvious adjectives. What we want and need is something new, exciting, breath-taking. Consequently, anticipating this early dilemma of the committee, we are offering a prize for the best suggestion received prior to June I—the prize to be one box of aspirin tablets to be presented the first morning of the reunion. Duplicate prizes to all tieing contestants.
Secretary, Framingham Center, Mass.
