Class of 1929
Ben Leavitt bought the tickets and held onto the seats at last night's basketball game with Harvard, the first one some of us had seen since Pinkie Austin, CarlSpaeth, Jim Morse, Inches Pierce, PhilMay, and others packed us into the gym those frosty evenings years (nine) ago Mr. and Mrs. Tom Maynard and Mr. and Mrs. John Dickey of Winchester were there, also Mr. and Mrs. Chris Born of Chestnut Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Bill andres of Newton Center.
Today Art Nighswander has been here in the office, taking the depositions of witnesses in a New Hampshire case. Among the witnesses was Gus Herbert. whose chief claim to fame right now is his second son, James Arthur Herbert Jr., some three or four weeks old. That makes two boys for Gus. Art is a 'very distinguished appearing barrister with slightly greying hair and an easy manner. He finds the practice of law in Laconia, N. H„ much to his liking. He is in partnership with Thomas Cheney, present attorney general of New Hampshire, and recently announced candidate for governor, and Lord '2B. Art is married to Herm Richardson's sister and has a two-year-old daughter. Herm, by the way, is headmaster of Sterling (Mass.) Junior High School.
We trailed Saw Kier to Milwaukee, where he sat down and wrote from the office of the Milwaukee-Western Fuel Company:
"As you will note from the letterhead, I am at the moment of writing in Milwaukee, having come out here to make an audit of one of our affiliated companies. I shall probably be here a week or two more, and may then go to Minneapolis for a similar purpose. The old address still holds good in Pittsburgh, and in case you haven't it right, is i x i Walnut St., Wilkinsburg.
"Just came back here from a week-end in Chicago, where I spent some time with Ken Page. Ken was slightly under the weather, but it was nothing serious. Enjoyed a good bull session with him, and was pleased to note signs of returning prosperity, for Ken told me that auto sales seemed to be picking up, and that he was getting his share.
"Last September, had a letter from Noel Salomon, who is now employed in the Comptroller's Department of the General Petroleum Corp., one of the Standard Oil family. Says the change from the trucking business is like a jump into paradise. He closes with a promise for the Tenth.
"I have not yet noted in the necrology of the class an announcement of Dint")Moore's death. I ran across the item m looking over the fraternity directory, which merely listed the date of death. I can't remember the exact date, but I believe it was in January, 1936.
"I'm sorry, but that completes the tale. Although I joined the local alumni on Dartmouth Night for an evening of bowleg, I ran across no '29 men. One moreJohn Gordon is now connected with the Elliott Addressograph Cos., still in Pittsburgh. Nothing exciting about HerbSimpson, Wat Spangler, at al, whom I see weekly at the luncheons in Pittsburgh.
"As to the Tenth—alter the way you ran the Fifth, any one who makes suggestions is out of place. Without guarantee, I hope to be there, and anticipate an equally pleasant reunion.
"SAW."
A handsome article in the Detroit Evening News January 31 gave a detailed account of Dick Eberline's marriage to Mary Conwell Sibley, in Detroit. They went to Quebec and the Laurentian Mountains ski trails on their wedding trip.
John Blain is with Matson Navigation Cos., San Francisco.
And Blyth Adams is a fellow townsman, working for the American Trust Company.
Still another 'Friscan is Polly Parrott, who is with W. F. Coleman.
Kyosuke Fukuda is at the Miyako Shimbun, Tokyo.
John Cort is assistant store manager at Gimbel Bros, in Pittsburgh; lives in Mt. Lebanon, nearby.
Ben Scales owns and operates Reynolds Reports at 6361 Jackson St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dr. Stan Friedberg has opened his own office at 122 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, specializing in diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.
Ross Hughes married Mrs. Mary Adams Duncan January 22 at Montclair, N. J.
1929's ALUMNI FUND
The following presidential message speaks for itself: "THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE ALUMNI FUND CLASS AGENTS CLASS OF 1929 G. E. Wiedenmayer, Class Agent, 472 Ridge St., Newark March 5, 1938
"Dear Bill: "I understand that the March issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, which arrived today, was sent to all graduates of the College. Had I known that in advance I would have suggested that your notes include a direct appeal to that extensive body within our class which has never contributed to the Alumni Fund.
"However, I suppose that most of them paused long enough in passing to the athletic sections to observe that the reason for the 'free ride' to non-subscribers had something to do with the Fund campaign. We might even assume that a few were sufficiently moved to locate 1929 in the various tabulations, notwithstanding the low estate to which it has fallen. Of that latter group of detectives some may realize that they have not helped us to do even that well, and resolve to foresake their unholy detachment. Am I too optimistic?
"Well, whether they decide to mend their ways as a result of the MAGAZINE or not, I can assure you that before the current Fund season is over they will have heard plenty about that annual gift to the College in general, and a number of facts about 1929's generosity in particular. We have been busy since March 1 in fulfilling our promise and/or threat of last summer to find out the underlying causes of our financial anaemia. The response thus far from the various class agents indicates something in the nature of a new lease on life. I am more than hopeful that even as this appears in your columns the coffers will show us more than a month ahead of last year, which sounds extravagant but actually is not.
"To continue on the cheerful strain, you know there are over two hundred regular contributors who, year in and year out, lay it on the line without excessive coaxing. Our campaign will be built around the idea that a goodly number of them will realize, after a few reminders perhaps, that this is an excellent time to step up the ante from the i-3-5-and-7 dollar brackets to 10-15 or better. We will also ask the regulars to respond as quickly as possible in order that the agents will have a maximum amount of time to crack the hard cocoanuts. That request is an urgent one, as you will realize when I tell you that there are 185 members of our cultured circle who have never tossed even two-bits into the pot. While that figure includes a number of men who spent only a short time in Hanover, I might say they would be more than offset by the gang who have edged into the charmed set by the proverbial whisker, by giving something in only one or two of the eight campaigns gone by.
"One more thought and I'm through. That refers to the not inconsiderable group which has had more than its share of bad breaks. It is a difficult subject to bring into the discussion, but frankness and the urgency of the need compels me to say there must be a great deal of high powered rationalization going on among the non-contributors, if one only takes a squint at much higher percentages achieved by 1928 and 1930, and taking my word for the fact that most of the donors contribute out of sheer love for the College, and not from any plethora of cash.
"All right, boys—let's go! We may be down in the standing now, but, we're going up 'way up! "Yours for the Green Derby, "Gus E. WIEDENMAYER."
Secretary, 75 Federal St., Boston
