Class of 1936

This last issue of the 1936 class notes finds us limited as far as material goes, but nevertheless full of exuberance upon having visited Hanover once more. On the Hanover trip we were fortunate enough to see Stonewall Jackson for a few minutes, who, as you know, is doing a grand job as fraternity advisor. We also saw Von Oehmig to speak to and Bill Niss from a distance at the base of Mount Washington, where we were trying to ski after a winter in Florida. Also before we forget it, we must report that Aldis Butler and his wife, Chub, are looking hale and hearty, with Aldis very much wrapped up in a new job with a firm whose name is unpronounceable and incidentally impossible to remember. An evening over a glass of beer with Al Gibney in Boston also helped to satisfy our thirst for news of the College.

And now for some letters: Johnny Creigh writes: "Since I wrote you last,about a year and a half ago, I have sortof jumped around in the business world.At that time I was in western Kansas witha natural gas pipe line company. Then Iworked nine months, until last October, inthe sales end of American Airlines herein Chicago. I started working for the Pureoil Company the first of November, and. Iam now working in the control laboratorynear home here at Highland Park, Ill.

"What really got me going in this letterwas something I read in your last month'snotes about Bill Curtis and his St. Louisrugby champions. However, I believe histeam is the champion team of St. Louis orpossibly Missouri, but not of the Middlewest; for our team (Chicago Rugby Club),which is undefeated, journeyed to St.Louis a couple of weeks ago and beat BillCurtis and his champions."

Now that we are on the subject of athletics, we got quite a kick out of opening one of Jack Smith's letters, out of which dropped a sheaf of clippings, the heading of one of which reads: "SpecsClark Pleases Boss," and lo and behold, there was a picture of Phil Clark, known amongst his intimates as the "immortalNigpuss." As long as our class is limited in its number of celebrities today, we feel that special attention should be given to the following writeup: "What the Redbirdboys were really jubilating was the classshoicn by Specs Clark in left field. He's aformer 440-yard star from Dartmouth andis just breaking into pro baseball. He's asfast as any Redbird since Gutteridge, andis batting a cool 1,000 with two singles, twodoubles, and a triple. In addition, he haswalked once and sacrificed once, and stolentwo bases."

In his letter Jack Smith reported that "Keeler and I are still at 31 High St., NewHaven, industrious students of gloriousprofessions—the law and architecture."

Although we made the statement that the class had a limited number of celebrities, another clipping that has come in would tend to discredit us. This particular clipping has an excellent picture of Dick Dorrance, who is shown holding a radio message which has just come off the radio press. The clipping reads: "S. D. Dorranceholds up a two-column newspaper receivedin preliminary tests of a radio facsimilesystem over WOR's yio-kilocycle channelin its New York studio."

Bud Huffman was referred to in a previous issue as having recently moved to Dayton, Ohio, without any particulars. We merely had inserted this sparing bit of information which we had received from the college records; and as we expected, Bud came through with a letter. "I saw inyour column that 'Bud, Huffman has recently moved to Dayton.' As a matter offact I have lived in Dayton all my life.However, I do want to give some newsabout the local Dayton chapter.

"I don't know whether you know it ornot, but I married a native Daytonian,Sarah Lawrence '35, last October. After aswell honeymoon in Florida, we returnedto Dayton and are now living at 53 CentralAve. Since taking up our residence at 33, we have had a number of '36ers drop in tosee us, including George McCleary, JackMatzinger, and Pug Atherton '35. I amnow connected with my father here in theHuffman Manufacturing Company, and Iam trying to find out what makes a salesmanager. I wish you would issue a cordialinvitation in your next issue to all '36ers tostop off in Dayton and see us at any timethey are in this vicinity."

Bob Kittell writes that since graduation he has worked in one of Montgomery Ward's stores, but on January 3, 1937, shifted to the Tyler Fixture Corporation.

He passes on the information that Jim Lamaster is ending his second year in the Hartford Theological Seminary at Hartford, Conn., and Gordon Turner is from last reports ending his second year at Albany Law School.

COURAGE MON AMI

"Mr. and Mrs. William Nealley announcethe marriage of their daughter DeborahBradford to Mr. Robert Gay MacPhersonon Saturday, the sixteenth of April." A clipping from the Boston Globe under the heading, Keene, N. H.: "Miss RosamondPage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. MannPage, and David F. Putnam of Keene weremarried today. The couple will sail March18 on a wedding trip to England."

And so the class notes end for 1937-38 with the customary period of hibernation until fall stirs pigskin toters and class secretaries. As you all know, the column depends on correspondence for its sustenance. We will print anything in the way of news about '36ers if we only have the news to print; and believe us, letters from classmates are greatly appreciated. Our address this summer is Toy Town Tavern, Winchendon, Mass. See you in the fall.

Secretary, Lynde Lane, Williamstown, Mass.