Class of 1921
Paul Belknap has resigned, and with this issue your new Secretary makes his bow. Paul has moved away from Hanover, in which connection he felt it imperative to be relieved of the duties of class scribe. He has done an outstanding job, and it is with sincere regret that all '21ers see him go.
Paul is now manager of Fernald's Exchange, 360 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass., and living at 147 Maple St. Fernald's is a 4o:year-old organization supply- ing personnel for newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies, and kindred fields. Paul writes that he recently met Hoyt Marsden on the street and learned that Mrs. Hoyt has been quite ill in recent months but is rapidly convalescing under the able care of Dr. Paul Sanderson. Paul also spotted in a Springfield newspaper a picture of Ray DeWitt Mallary, local attorney, with a big write-up announcing his candidacy for nomination to a vacancy on the State Republican Committee.
From the Middle West we have word, from another '21 legal light. Joe Vance writes on engraved stationery of the firm of Beaumont, Smith, 8c Harris, Union Guardian Bldg., Detroit, bemoaning the lack of news but contributing the following:
"George Forman is still down in Lexington, Ky., and the last time I heard ofhim he had formed a partnership with oneof the natives down there arid gone intothe air conditioning business.
"Ki Frost, as you know, is still with theJ. L. Hudson Cos. (department store) andFred Borman in the printing business.Fred has taken up radio as a hobby, andnow operates his own amateur broadcasting station."
Nice going, Joe. From now on, you're covering the Detroit front.
It seems there are pink elephants in New York. Of course, we had strongly inclined to this theory, ever since our undergraduate days, but now the suspicion is confirmed by a special dispatch. In a contest to supply a name for the pinkish elephant painted abaft the bar in the famous New York hostelry known as the Bristol, Frank Livermore brought into full play his abilities as an etymologist and won first prize. Frank's winning entry has resulted in the elephant's being called "Elmer." The source of this important news item must remain anonymous.
Lee ("Dutch") Bausher is serving on
the executive committee of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Eastern Pennsylvania for the second successive year.
Werner Janssen has been signed up as regular conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the coming season, after a very successful season as guest conductor this past winter. We understand that Werner and Mrs. Werner (known to some of you cinema fans as Ann Harding) have moved back to Hollywood for the summer.
The May issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE has not yet arrived, as we pen these lines, but we understand that it carries an account of the 1920-1921-1922 combined class dinner held April 11 at the new Dartmouth Club in New York. To Mac Johnson, '21's bachelor habitue of the Club, go our thanks for the following statistics on attendance. Dartmouth's Grandest Class mustered 34 braves for the occasion, as compared with a paltry 27 from '20 and only 14 from the class of '22. The statistics speak for themselves; in the event of any dispute over the figures, we hereby absolve Mac of all blame and accept full responsibility ourselves.
Your attention is directed to the grand job Rog Wilde is doing in the important berth of class treasurer. In past years, '2l has had around 115 to 125 subscribers for the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. The class reached a new high last year with 143 men on the "payroll". Rog writes on April 25. "Thisyear we have 144 subscribers and I hope toadd to that list by means of a special offerfor the April, May, and June issues whichwas sent out recently." At the same time he reports a list of the most recent men to respond to the call to the colors: Johnnie Woodhouse, down in Wilmington, Del.; Charley Gilson from Evanston, 111.; Frank Livermore, the Bronxville, N. Y., etymologist; Charles Roger Bailey, utility tycoon from Duluth, Minn., and C. P. ("Red") Payson, Warren, R. I. The subscription from Red carries a notation "Hold UntilCalled For"-, Rog adds that Red was not leaving Florida until May 15. All this-requires an explanation, Red, and we expect a letter full of news from you by the first post after publication of this issue.
Joe Folger enthusiastically accepts the assignment of covering the Hanover front for '21 news, and kicks through with the following sample:
"I ran into Don Sawyer here last week.He is working for Kidder, Peabody and isliving in Nashua. Leon Bateman droppedin on me yesterday (Joe's letter is dated April 28). I saw him at his store in Lexington earlier in the month. At the moment I arrived, he and Walter Holt werehaving lunch together. Holt is teachingin Acton, Mass."
Joe adds nothing about himself, but we know that he is vice president of '21 and the College catalogue tells us that he boasts an M.A. degree and is assistant professor of Spanish. His office is at 323 Dartmouth Hall, which from now on is >921 headquarters in Hanover. Please make a note of this fact.
Jack Hubbell advises that his residential address henceforth is xoo Mendota Ave., Rye, N. Y. Warrie Clark has a new address at 611 North 7th St., Burlington, lowa. Bill Barber now lives at 22 Elm Lane, Bronxville, N. Y. And Bob Kendall can be reached at Transmarine Navigation Co., 244 California St., San Francisco.
Bob Burroughs airmails one of the newiest letters imaginable. We quote in part:
"I was sorry Paul Belknap felt he had to resign as secretary of the class. Since he decided he had to give it up, however, I was delighted to learn that you had agreed to carry on.
"Joe Lane has stopped over twice lately with us, in ' the course of hurried New England trips. As I understand it from a friend in Chattanooga, he is now the real head of Tennessee Furniture Corporation, though to hear Joe tell about it, you would never realize the responsibilities which he has assumed.
"Joe is getting quite bald, so the old question will probably never be answered as to how he would look with his red hair turning white. I remember Rog Wilde used to predict that the net effect would be pink! Perhaps with that startling effect in mind, Joe has purposely neglected to .invest in hair tonics.
"Dottie and I are looking forward with a great deal of anticipation to a visit with the Lanes in Chattanooga next September and a drive with them through the Great Smokies. That will give us our first chance to meet the Lane youngsters. After seeing Lucille, Joe's wife (who is from Georgia and most attractive), when the Lanes spent a week with us last summer, we are hopeful we shall find that the Lane offspring takes after mama rather than after papa, and yet, it does seem as if Joe's face and form ought to be duplicated in another generation.
"Occasionally I have a chance to see Norm Crisp, but find he is so conscientious about the demands of his fast-growing medical practice that he refuses to take much time off from business for social diversions. This is the universal complaint of his friends in Nashua.
"Another '21er who is on my regular track is Dick Rolfe of Penacook, N. H. Dick has two of the sweetest little daughters you ever saw, and in the summer it is hard to pry him away from his family at Webster Lake.
"Fat Childs still continues a bachelor. Are there any others besides him and Mac Johnson? Fat is just as good a skier as ever, as he has demonstrated to us each week-end this winter and spring.
"Occasionally I see Johnny Sullivan, who keeps tremendously busy with a good law practice, as well as holding down the job of state commander (New Hampshire) of the American Legion. Sully now has a daughter, Patricia, about two years old, who performs amazing exploits according to her daddy. As I understand it, the proud father gives these reports from a purely impersonal and impartial viewpoint.
"A week ago Monday, I bumped into Ken Bean for the first time in months. Ken has recently been made principal of West High School in Manchester after about ten years as assistant principal.
"Then recently I have bumped into two members of the class whom I had not seen for years. One was Rudy Hodgson of Somersworth, N. H., who owns and manages the Somersworth Woolen Co. Rudy was most anxious for news of other members of the class. I think I convinced him he ought to come back for the 20th. He says the reason he has never been up to other reunions is that he was only in college freshman year up to the time he enlisted in the Navy. If Rudy is properly urged, I think he will be back in 1941. (Nice going, Bob!)
"The other was Ed Page, now of Boston. As I was walking along Milk St., Ed grabbed my arm. When I turned around and saw him, he looked absolutely no different from the last time I had seen him, certainly as much as seven or eight years ago. I asked him how he managed it to keep looking so young, and was told the picture would be changed completely if he took his hat off. Since he and I were both running to appointments, I did not have time for a demonstration, and am still wondering what was under the hat."
Bob overlooked completely reporting on the Burroughs menage, but we don't need a letter to tell us that the head of the house is mopping up as special agent in Manchester for the National Life Insurance Co. of Montpelier, Vt„ as well as holding down the job of Republican national committeeman from New Hampshire, to mention only a few of Bob's connections and duties. His traveling makes Bob an ideal special correspondent for this column.
Sandy Sanderson is doing obstetrics and general practice and has now assumed the role, we understand on good authority, of one of the leading Springfield, Mass., physicians. Jim Smead is likewise reported one of that city's leading medicos. George Harris and Ingham Baker, both with G. & C. Merriam Co. (Webster Dictionaries), are traveling about 80% of the time, covering the Middle Atlantic and New England states.
Several sources send news about Springfield and environs. Ernest Chapman recently deserted the Chamber of Commerce to enter the general insurance business for himself as a broker. DeWitt Mallary spends his spare time commuting between his Springfield law duties and his farm in Fairlee, Vt., where he is experimenting with blooded Holsteins, poultry and witch-grass. Dan Patch, comptroller of Fisk Rubber Co., is just moving into a new home in Longmeadow. Hal Bolles no rolling stone, is still superintendent of No. 2 Mill for the Strathmore Paper Co. at Woronoco.
Ort Hicks writes that he's going to Hanover May 13-14 for the Secretaries Association meetings. Your new Scribe also plans to be on deck for that occasion and hopes to secure from Ort a supply of '2 news to carry us through most of next winter.
Manny Manchester, who has deserted Boston and its famed Herald for New York and free lance writing, has an article on Grover Whalen coming out in Scribner's for June, and at last reports
was busily at work on several more magazinearticles. Cory Litchard reports that Mrs. Cory and he spent a very enjoyable week-end in Hanover over Washington's Birthday and had a grand reunion with the Norcrosses and the Clevelands. Also Cory and Hank Cook attended the C. & G. midwinter feed in March, and Chick Stiles was on hand for the occasion. Cory says, "Along with him was Mrs. Stiles, whogave us a real insight into the vicissitudesof prese?it-day houseparty chaperoning."
Word has been received that Russ Whittier died last fair after an illness of several months with tuberculosis. This sad news reached us too late for preparation of a necrology notice for this issue which would do justice to Russ.
Every last man in '21 is grateful to our class agents and proud of the record the class made in the Alumni Fund campaign last year. Our hats are off to Ort Hicks, Bob Burroughs, Harry Chamberlaine. Red Kerlin, Rex King, Cory Litchard, Rynie Rothschild, Dan Ruggles, and Joe Vance, the men who put '21 out in front with a record of 95% of our graduates contributing and gifts aggregating 109% of the assigned objective. The same identical group is handling the job again this year. Let's all get behind them and help. If you haven't sent your contribution already, do it now. Address Orton H. Hicks at 330 West 43d St., N. Y. And remember that your gift must be received by June 30 in order to count in this year's campaign.
And in signing off, may we remind you that during the summer you are expected to write the Secretary at the address shown at the top of this column, and give us some dope about yourself?
Secretary, 310 S. St. Cloud St., Allen town, Pa.
