Class of 1932
Off the beaten track, but a fount of wisdom and good fellowship since pre-Civil War days is McSorley's bar on Seventh Street near Cooper Union in New York. Unique and authentic, this fine old tavern where only men are welcome has a tradition for discussion and good ale known to many down the years. John Masefield, during his early days in America, is said to have tended bar here, and there is a well known painting by John Sloan which captures its grimy glow.
Comes now a further tribute from REUEL DENNF.Y, published in a recent issue of the magazine Poetry. In these lines especially he has caught the full flavor of the place: "There, in the evening, the city carpenterBumped up a drink with one of Croker'smanAnd politics and poetry were oneFrom supper time until it closed at ten.The gray-haired men considered fromtheir chairs -How time is emptied like a single ale.Their china eyes saw tabby woo the fireAs men their recollection at the rail.
Life on the '32 newsfront has been fairly active, at least in the occurrence of vital statistics. Their third child, a girl, was born to Joe and Peggy CARLETON on Jan. 20, the Carletons thereby setting a commendable example for others with family aspirations. Sheila was 8 lbs., 11 oz. at birth and lives with her parents and two brothers at Canton, Mass. Joe is treasurer and factory manager of the Fox-Cross Candy Cos. of Cambridge.
On the same date Linda Shaw CLARK (7 lbs.) made her debut in Washington and Alexandria society. Her father, with a journalist's respect for the moderate use of adjectives, tried to be properly casual about the whole thing, but her obvious charm was such that he was making only a poor success at this when visited by the writer in the course of a Washington junket last month.
Son of the month is Jonathan ALTMAN, bora to Jerry Altman and wife on Feb. 15 at the New York Hospital. Mrs. Altman is the former Celeste R. Gottesman of Lawrence, L. I., and a Wheaton graduate. The Altmans live at 327 Central Park West, N. Y.
MORGAN HOBART has deserted Hollywood temporarily, and is in New York managing Technicolor's local office and living at the Shelton. GEORGE BLADWORTH is a salesman for the Simmons Cos. in Springfield, Mass., where he now lives at 120 Byers St. DEL WILLARD is a physician in the Worcester City Hospital, residing at 1006 Main St. CONNIE JOHNSON, who formerly sold insurance in Chicago, is now in the advertising department of the International Harvester Cos. in Milwaukee.
A welcome letter from CHUCK OWSLEY encloses Denney's poem and several other items, and goes on to tell of a ski week end at Mt. Washington, appending some pertinent observations in characteristic Owsley vein: "I find, in my experiments with skiing,that the most essential thing is to hide thefact that I went to Dartmouth. People expect too much. Last year I wore my oldmanager's sweater in Tuckerman's. Everybody stopped what they were doing towatch me start my first schuss, assumingthat I was one of Walter Prager's swiftestkannonen, and I'm afraid I brought greatdiscredit to the name of the College by thecalamitous way I ended up FERRYconveniently sprained an ankle just before I was up to visit him last time, so wasunable to make good his boast of greatartistry with the boards. However I got abig laugh out of the mere thought of himskiing, which was some -compensation
On his last trip Chuck met JOE BYRAM, "spry as the next '32er," but was regretful to learn, following his return to Cambridge, that a trip to the summit would have been rewarded by the sight of ALEX MCKENZIE, who is back up there again as chief radio operator. Alex spent a year at the Blue Hill Observatory and another year in cosmic-ray research at the Bartol Foundation.
808 FENDRICH and wife are living at 34-19 90th St., Jackson Heights. JIM HANNAN, formerly a resident of that Long Island community, has moved to Summit, N. J., where Gordon MacKenzie also makes his home. Mac was just named district sales manager for Monroe Calculating Machines.
FRANK MCGUIRE, active in the law up in New London, paid a brief visit to New York last month. Bob Hosmer was in Washington recently after a short stop at Frederick, Md., and plans a visit to New York. MARVE CHANDLER and 808 COLTMAN had a week-end of fine skiing in the Laurentians over Washington's Birthday. JOE BOLDT'S brother, O'Brien Boldt '39, was named editor of The Dartmouth for the coming year.
A letter from Shepherd's Hotel in Cairo bears, oddly enough, the familiar scrawl of the peripatetic WALSER. The Whip had just completed one of his hardest trips, convoying a caravan of 18 cars with 57 people from Beirut through Jerusalem to Cairo. On the long drive through Palestine they were urged by the police to be espe- cially careful and to keep together. Despite all precautions, the caravan was a car short when it finally arrived at Jerusalem.
"Two hours later, the eighteenth carturned up," writes Whip. "The peoplewere angry of course—had lost their wayin the dark. Lo and behold, in it was aMr. Baylis—the great-grandson of EleazarWheelock—so that not too much wrathdescended upon my shoulders—being aDartmouth man helps out even in far awayJerusalem!"
In Washington—BAlN DAVIS is with the Department of State, working on trade agreements. DEKE MACK is with the Registration Division of the SEC. JACK MUNN is with the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee. In his spare time, HOWIE SARGEANT keeps track of the Rhodes Scholars of his year, serving as secretary for the group. In his spare time, RED TUCKER —well, have a look at the recent issue of Life, which shows him dining with a senator's daughter!
A report from the Middle West indicates that VICTOR RUEBHAUSEN is a sound engineer for picture transmission with International News Photos. Vic is living at 1644 W. Farwell Ave., Chicago.
RODG BROWN is with the Packard Motor Car Cos. in Detroit. BOB BLACK is at the Y. M. C. A. in Wilmington, Del., and GENE CATRON is at 3751 S. Gilpin St.. Englewood. Colo. DON ALLEN continues teaching at the Texas Country Day School in Dallas, where he has been located since 1934. BILL HAND is said to be knocking 'em dead in the cosmetics line in New York. JOE ROBINSON, back from Detroit, is in the fruit business in Boston.
JUD COVELL lives in Brandy, Va., a town so named because a liquor dealer who settled there in 1810 hung out a big sign which became the outstanding landmark in the section. Quoting his letter: "My present job, and it looks permanent, is running a 500-acre farm, specializing in corn, wheat, and cattle, and receiving government checks. I have a couple ofcolored men to do the dirty work, so mytime is not too laden with matters of importance to keep me from hunting and fishingin season and otherwise enjoying the pleasures of life in Virginia oft mentioned insong and story. However, it is as far fromany idea I had of my future occupation asis possible. I did quite a bit of writing,publicity, sales messages, and assorted ghostwriting while I was with Gulf, but since Icame down here letter-writing is as far asI've gone. As for engineering, my endeavorin that field has been limited to runningcontours on a piece of land and trying tofigure out how much the governiment isgoing to give me."
Jud is married and has a boy of nearly three, a girl of eight months. He relays the news that BILL MACKINNEY was married on Feb. 9 to Miss Thelma Disney in Jenkintown, Pa.
Announced in the New York Times of Sunday, Feb. 6, was the engagement of Miss Carol Joy Kaffenburgh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Kaffenburgh of New York, to BILL GERSTLEY, who lives in Elkins Park, Pa. Miss Kaffenburgh, who formerly lived in Boston, is a graduate of the Lee School of that city and of Harcum College, Bryn Mawr.
Also announced in recent weeks was the engagement of DICK TRUE to Miss Dorothy Sanborn Foss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Foss of Auburndale Mass. Miss Foss attended Lowell Semi; nary.
Further grist in this month's mill in volves the appointment of FRED POST AS assistant resident in Cincinnati General Hospital. DR. RALPH LITTWIN was ap. pointed to the staff of the New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. MARK SHORT is working on the Social Security Board in Baltimore. CHIP CRONIN is a security statistician with S. B. Chapin & Cos. in New York, and lives at 50-01 39th Ave., Sunny, side, L. I.
GEORGE PETTENGILL, on a recent excuision over the river from Wall St. to Newark, ran into JOHN KINGSLAND, who is practicing New Jersey law with the firm of Lindabury, Steelman, Zink & Lafferty. While lunching in Newark's Schrafft's, George encountered another 'gaer, Russ O'BRIEN, breaking bread with eight beautiful dolls. Pressed for an explanation of this mid-day philandering, Russ explained that he was merely training a survey class for the National Biscuit Company.
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