Class of 1906
The long-lost Happy Wayman, who is almost reverently remembered as having defeated Lizzie Cummings for the honor of being class president freshman year, has been located again through the medium of a news item from Printers' Ink. This has just been sent in by Fat Pratt, erstwhile heavyweight champion of the class but now the slender, athletic vice president of the Smokador Manufacturing Company. Happy, testifying in real Salvation Army style, advocates the sale of Venetian blinds manufactured by the Kenway Venetian Blind Company, of which he is vice president.
The above will answer the inquiry from Eric Kelly, who asks, "Do you hear fromHappy Wayman? He would feel verymuch at home in our building—the newSanborn Hall which houses the EnglishDepartment—because the room where heused to live in old Sanborn has been reproduced in toto in the new SanbornBuilding. As I recall it, he either roomedwith Cap Ketcham or Beany Waring.Same floor, same wall paper, same chandeliers and all, with Professor Sanborn'sold furniture, books, and pictures.' Happy should pay the room a visit. It would probably inspire him to deliver another one of those masterful, Ciceroniantype orations with which he used to paralyze the class in English 10.
Reverend Ray Butterfield, after having had pastorates in Chicago, Hartford, Worcester, Maiden, and all way stations, has finally chosen one in that most picturesque little New England village—Hinsdale, N. H.
It will be "Good morning, Judge," hereafter when one addresses Steve Cushing, because on May 5 he resigned as chairman of the Public Service Commission of Vermont to accept appointment to the office of Superior Judge. The Burlington Free Press comments as follows in its editorial columns:
"It is a fine compliment to Stephen S.Cushing of St. Albans that he has beenselected by Governor, Aiken, after considering a large field of possible selections,as the new superior judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of JusticeLeighton P. Slack and the elevation ofChief Superior Judge Allen R. Sturtevantto the Supreme Court.
"Stephen S. Cushing should make anideal judge. He has a keen and judicialmind, good common sense, and has earnedthe reputation of being eminently fair inthe consideration of all sides of every problem he tackles. His long service as legislative draftsman for the Vermont GeneralAssembly gave him background of Vermont laws such as few attorneys in thestale have had the opportunity to acquire.
"While there will be regrets that thePublic Service Commission has lost theservices of Mr. Gushing, it will be generally recognized that the Vermont benchhas gained a valuable public servant."
In a current issue of the Boston NewsBureau, under the caption "Strictly Personal," appears a very excellent reproduction of the noble physiognomy of Ned French, together with the following comment:
Edivard S. French, president of theBoston ir Maine and Maine Central Railroads, is ringing the bell with some of thebest operating efficiency record the B & Mhas ever known."
Our erstwhile basketball manager has during his regime as president changed the Boston & Maine Railroad from a keen rival to our largest scenic roller-coasters to one of the most efficiently operated railroad lines in the country. One can now tiavel over its lines in genuine comfort and with the definite assurance of being able to remain in one seat all the time, which is quite a contrast to the old days when we used to take those Toonerville Trolleys out of the Norwich and Hanover station.
Eric Kelly represented our class at the annual meeting of the Secretaries' Association
held in Hanover on May 13 and 14.
One of Denver's most attractive society weddings took place on Thursday, June 2, in the Church of the Ascension, when Dave Main's daughter, Betty Louise, was married to Henry W. Keyes Jr. of Boston, son of New Hampshire's former United States Senator Henry W. Keyes.
Ned French's only other real Dartmouth rival in the railroad field is modest, unassuming, capable Joe Nuelle, who renewed old and made new friendships when he met with our class at the last reunion. This was the first time Joe had been back since he left Dartmouth, and most members of the class had not seen him since then. His presence added much to the joy of that memorable gathering. A great and well-deserved honor has just been bestowed upon him. On April 28 Joe resigned as president and general manager of the Lehigh Coal Company to take the presidency of the Delaware and Hudson Company. Associated Press dispatches contained very interesting information on how Joe rose from the engineering department of the New York, Ontario, & Western Railway, with which he started in 1907, to the presidency of the road in 1930, when he resigned to head the Lehigh Coal group. In his new position he has the honor of succeeding L. F. Loree, dean of American railroad presidents. No man will be happier over his success than Ned French, and at the next class meeting an enthusiastic WahHoo-Wah will await Joe.
President, Room 1430, Merchandise Mart Chicago, 111.
