Class of 1937
"Break, break, break, on thy cold graystones, O sea!
And I would that my tongue could utterThe thoughts that arise in me."
One might like to lapse into dreams of college days, but let us set these aside for the moment and see what the present offers: CHUBBER: Art Guyer: "In an openrace on Hell's Highway, the best I coulddo was fourth, but I hope to do better witha little more practice." .... Jim Hathaway is up in Wisconsin "batching it," two miles from another human with a collie dog for company: "I expect to be a fullfledged lumberman in another month. Ihave to ski to the woods, the snow is sodeep." .... George Loff "is going toMt. Washington to ski during Dartmouth'sspring vacation." .... "Here under abeautiful full moon, amidst the palm trees,and women so beautiful that Dot Lamourwould be put to shame . . . ." is the setting in which John Hoffstetter writes from Florida.
CARNIVAL: "As you walk around the campus the intervening time since you were 'really there' just falls by the wayside and you feel at home." .... "In the car of the 'special' packed with somewhat faded beauties. "Dana Prescott was in town." .... "John Latchis thrilled the guests at his house by making movie—aye—TALKlNG movie stars of them." .... "The '37's on hand weren't too numerous, but there were enough of us to make us seen and heard: Mutt, Sherm and Mrs. Sherm Blake, Whit and Mrs. Whit, Monk Amon, Jerry Low, Roily Bialla, Will Clay, Bill Hund, Gordy Torrey, Bill Ashe, Jack Richter, Bob Bosworth, Jack Van Nostrand, and more." .... A big article in the Boston Herald headed "Popular Dartmouth Carnival Once Considered Eccentric Affair" was written by Hal Putnam "I (Bill Clay) have a few black hairs left in my head; I can see fairly well; and I can still walk without crutches." .... Bob Areson "doubted if he'd get back to Carnival and came through with the profound observation: 'You know, I'm losing my partying attitude.' " . . . . "The highlight of the return trip was Morty. I have never seen him in such shape." .... "Back from Carnival with a leaky schnozzle and a sore larynx!"
NUGGET: "Hal Goldberg left Harvardto become manager of the Barre OperaHouse, Vt. If things look promising, he'llstay in the movie racket permanently. Of course, all '37 men get in free, you hope.
HOT DOGS: Asher and Compton are back from the Farm School in Madison and are picking out the best hogs for Will son and Cos. Better wear a hat if you are down at the Yards Jim Otis, State Street Trust Cos., Boston, claims: "Thisbank messenger work is almost inspiring.You never get a chance to rest as we did incollege," and adds, "I haven't a secretaryas yet."
PARADISE: "She's smart as a whip andpretty as the devil. Doesn't use lipstick anddoesn't need to. She's one of the first girlsI ever went out with whom you didn'thave to give a song and a dance to or worryabout entertaining her. We ate pea.nuts, sat up on the edge of the chairs during the game, and had a slick time."
WEDDINGS: "Ry Collins (who leftHanover early) was married recently andis in the advertising business down inPittsburgh." .... "Bill Donaldson is tomarry Jean Frazier, Wellesley '37, on Feb17, 1938." Guess, even the shoutin' is overnow Sandy King, who left school early, is "marrying a very beautiful andswell girl and things look nice and rosy forthe two of them." The date is April 23,and perhaps we'll have her name soon..... Giles St. Clair is soon to enter aninstitution .... that of marriage. Heand Florence Penick of Montclair, N. J.,announced their engagement on Feb. 26..... Phil White "is planning to middleaisle it this spring and settle down here inthe flour city (Minneap.)."
TRAVEL: Wish you could read the whole letter, but space is scarce: From Jack Foley (London U.) to Bill Clay (Yale U.): . . . Switzerland for two weeks .... turned into a complete Chubber .... got beautifully tanned .... skiing for the first time in my life .... what fun to go continually for almost an hour .... people at the hotel were mostly young." .... "Amazing how superior she is to England when it comes to modernization in conveniences and equipment." .... "A Japanese student .... promises to show me some of the places where the Germans are training the Japs." Seemed terribly poor, in fact all of Belgium appears to be .... half the male population in towns seem to be in uniforms .... the factories that appear properous and running at full rate, invariably are munition ones." .... "Last night I arrived home .... my courses are all seminars .... our main work .... reading and research in the libraries .... never work nights .... libraries all close .... social activities take place every night .... (school) is co-ed, a valuable asset I'm able to give teas fairly well—a custom that is rather a necessity to learn for courtesy's sake." to Cam- bridge for a couple of week-ends . . . their movie house is just as riotous as the Nugget .... Metro lion gets 'wolfed' at and everything." .... "Politically London continues to be one of the scenes of maneuvering for power and protection. .... General feeling is 'next' war is even further off than the years since the last one. The desire for cooperation with the U. S. is very noticeable, and I'm afraid America is again receiving the propaganda of war times Roosevelt is greatly admired .... because of his foreign policy Deep apprehension exists in England over the recession in the States."
Park Johnston, selling insurance, thinks that "it is nice work if you can get it"
From Roy Abbott (U. of Freiburg, Black Forest, Germany) to Sidney Hayward: "... the odor of ski wax mingles with [he fumes of beer and the reek of sauerkraut. I'd place my money on the Dartmouth team over the U. of F. anytime but the German gals would leave their American sisters far behind (in skiing?)." great open slopes where one can simply let 'things ride' for several kilometers in a straight line .... in the evening there was a great crowd of about sixty in the hut .... plenty of soup, and more beer .... best of all, a fellow played a squeeze-box—he played very well, t00—and we danced the 'Skiwalszer.' Which, being danced with ski-boots on, is very noisy; and it also is very gay, for there is a great deal of throwing the girl up in the air, etc. Especially at the end, when one bumped her head on the top of the roof " i . There are plenty of potatoes. In fact Germany owes America a vote of thanks for the blessing of the potato. What I can't figure out is what did they use to eat before they had potatoes?" .... "The principal function of modern German art seems to be to draw posters 'give us back our colonies' (these posters are everywhere) . . . ." I'm looking forward to go- ing skiing with another Dartmouth fellow."
UNVERACIOUS: Such is the rumor
that Gus Farwell has a permanent Carnival date. RADIO: "Frank Danzig won a $75 firstprize trumpet-soloing 'Basin Street Blues'on Tommy Dorsey's amateur program" (WEAF, Feb. 9), says the press Les Koenig has given up law school and now "he's writing commercial scripts for radioand hoping to work up into the movieracket." .... Bob Mulliken and Major Bowes were on the same program, March 3, WBBM, at 8:20. Certainly was a thrill to hear the loud applause which greeted his number.
CADAVER: "Bud Knorr .... takinga few courses at Penn .... going to enter Med School next fall." Places of transfer for '37 men now in Dartmouth Med., 2d year: COLUMBIA (P & S): McLaughlin, Milne, Moister, K. Stearns. HARVARD: Butman. HOPKINS: MacCarty. Don Bauer and Dick Watson now in Ist year Dartmouth Med. will continue for their 2nd year. N. Y. U. (Bellvue): Branch, Stock, Wright. PENN.: Cheney, Ochsner, Wolfs. RUSH (Chicago): Coggeshall, Jacobs, McGregor, O'Brien.
Carl Stern ruined the health of all the local alumni when he formed a basketball team and got us to play; the score is a secret.
Med. students in time of war: "One manseriously stated that war would be a greatexperience for us all, because we couldthen become experts in handling manydiseases never otherwise so prevalent andin caring for the wounded. Perhaps it didnot occur to him that our work should beaimed toward preventing suffering andpreventing disease .... yet it is truethat many men would achieve fame—evenin medicine—more surely as a result ofwar."
NURSE: Garry Lowe, fighting his way out of a relapse, has "come to the conclusion that there's more pure gold and nobility of character per square inch amongnurses than there is in any other group ofpeople."
SEDULOUS: At Brewster Academy, N. H., Mel Estey is teaching history and economics and coaching tennis, cross country, and skiing Walley Fisher is doing "a bit of skiing .... and nopolitics" although he received a letter from Landon recently, who "is delighted tohear that politics interests Dartmouth menand makes them anxious to build up political interest and improvement in their ownhome communities." On the side Walley is employed by Louis Dreyfus & Cos. "asclerk, typist, messenger-boy," and is attending the farm school at the U. of Minn, in the evening.
WHITE COLLAR: Ab Dingle went to Ohio State U., but only to audit their books for a Chicago Accounting Cos Bob Greene has landed "another jobxuhich promises to open up into more fertile and remunerative fields .... withthe advertising department of the Blackhawk Mfg. Cos. in Milwaukee." . . . . Stan Berenson is working in the afternoons for a Boston real estate and insurance company and finds it hard going to keep up with the law in the evenings. .... When warm weather comes, look for Art Shapiro; he makes ice cream cones for the Eastern Baking Cos. GRIT: "However, at present everythingis still terribly unsettled; my job makes forlong hours, and office work like this is notwhat I want. BUT I'M LEARNINGPLENTY."
KIPLING'S "MAN": A suggestion was put to Prof. Larmon by a '37, "that honorary degrees may serve to establish foryoung graduates a standard at which toaim in their life . ... it follows that, ifthey can be so considered, our college mustnot give degrees of such kind to men whoselives are all one-sided, even if brilliant.... if, as we believe, a man really oughtto strive to be broad-minded and versatile,a father, if possible, and a good husband,and this and that which is worth while,besides being a good scientist or statesmanor artist." .... '37 truly adds, referring to Prof. Larmon: "I'm always amazed howseriously and whole-heartedly he tacklesproblems and how honestly analytical hebecomes."
"THIRTY-SEVEN NIGHT II" April22 (except in Boston and New York City)
BOSTON: Vacation at Harvard causes a postponement here until the 28th of April. Latta McCray says: "Be at theParker House at 8:00." The rest of the plans are a secret! Lenny Harris and SiCl Lansburgh are working on them.
CHICAGO: "Table One 'Bier Stube' BisMarck Hotel six-thirty"—S. Johnston and Kligerman will say no more.—Keep an eye on your mail box for further details.
HANOVER: "Banquet Outing Club, RossMcKenney Entertainment, MaybeMovies. Lake Sound Movie, Beer, BigTime," wires Art Guyer. Bill Greenwood will get the Tuck School boys out of their cells.
HARTFORD: Beardsley and Fenn are going to "throw a sausage and flapjacksupper, with coffee and pie, about sevenP.M followed by appropriatemovies .... perhaps Durrance-Bradley ski movies from down under . . . .and of course pretzels and beer." . . . .. . . invite all of '37 available inConnecticut." ADDRESS: The camp connected with home of Francis Fenn Sr., Sunset Farms, West Hartford, just off Farmington Ave., 2 miles beyond W. Hartford Center.
ITHACA: "Willard Straight Hall at 7:00 P.M., subject to change." Tom Cohen will advise all Ithacans if there is any change and in the meantime says that: "o-entlemen of the class—and drunksresiding in Syracuse and other way stations are not only welcome but expectedat the affair, and that a penny postcardto me at 105 Brandon Place, Ithaca, willreserve a place and a free beer."
MICHIGAN: Meet at the "Dearborn Inn,Dearborn, Mich., for dinner at seven." Lem Bowen is handling the pre-game preparations.
NEW YORK CITY: "Dinner April Twenty-first Seven O'Clock Dartmouth Club" is Bill Geraghty's wire. Subsequent letter promises entertainment and perhaps movies.
PHILADELPHIA: It will be all Bullen's fault, listen: about the proposed Second Town-Painter .... this time it isHENRI'S, where lives Marge, the greatest little trucker in Phil it is at1330 WALNUT ST. (near McGillen's). ... a piano .... good food, but itwould seem smart to us if people atedinner first." The time is 7:30.
March 28: Law School Vacation ends, Sec'y returns from Hanover.
Secretary, 10314 So. Hoyne Ave., Chicago, Ill.
