1923*
Art and Science
The big news and noise on Broadway this season is the new Revue "STREETS OF PARIS," the phenomenally successful successor to the phenomenally successful "HELLZAPOPIN." After opening in June before several weeks of SRO audiences in Boston it moved to New York as one of only n shows that dared to compete with the Fair and the worst summer weather in years, and has continued to pack 'em in ever since. The writer of several of the hit skits of the show is Tom McKnight '23 who started on the road to prominence in this field during Hanover days as the writer of the Carnival Shows and as a frequent contributor to the Jack'O.
The picture of Tom and Bobby Clark, the comedian of the show, was taken at a rehearsal and would seem to prove that rehearsals are not all the drudgery that we laymen are led to believe they are. Tom McKnight has had a mighty interesting career, starting right out of Hanover when he went with General Motors Export Cos. handling overseas publicity. He left the automobile field after four years and became associated with the radio department of the Young and Rubican bican Advertising Agency in New York, a move that lead to the formation in 1932 with Wallace S. Jordan '25 of "McKnight and Jordan Radio Productions." Tom soon became known as the "Radio Doctor." Many advertisers call him in on weak shows that they found slowing down. If there isn't a good idea or the show is hopeless, Tom turns a deaf ear but many of the programs which have started out badly and then got better, improved because Dr. Tom McKnight had taken over. Tom hasn't confined himself to radio work by any means, having written skits and lyrics for many other stage revues and vaudeville acts. In 1931 Tom married Edith Meisner who played the lead in Garrick Gaieties of 1930 and for whom he wrote what turned out to be the hit song of the show. This picture idea bears out the reports of those who have seen Tom recently that as far as looks are concerned he might just as well be back in Hanover pinch-hitting for Bill Cunningham at the Nugget piano.
Speaking of Young and Rubican, it has been announced that effective Oct. 15, Tommy Burch will be transferred from the Chicago to the New York office of that firm as General Assistant to the V.P. in charge of contact on all General Foods products handled by the agency. After a year of newspaper reporting and automobile selling in New York, Tommy went with Borden Sales Cos. in 1925 as an advertising clerk and subsequently advanced to Assistant and then to Advertising Manager. The next stop up landed him in Chicago first as Manager of the Midwest Sales Cos. who handle all Borden manufactured products and later with Young and Rubican as an Account Executive.
Cap Palmer is another who has been notching his gun recently. Just a year ago this column expressed its envy of Cap who at that time was interviewing Deanna Durbin, Frances Langford, at al, collecting material for a book entitled "HOW TO SING FOR MONEY" which he is working on with Charles Henderson, foremost Hollywood vocal coach. The book is now an actuality, having been released Oct. 6, amid a crescendo of publicity, broadsides, editorials, testimonials by some of the punks of the singing fraternity such as Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby and Kenny Baker, and a review in Time's music department. Cap cuts another notch for having his story "Imperfect Lady" (iCosmopolitan, Jan. 1939) dramatized by Clark Gable and Ginger Rogers on the Gulf Oil Company's Screen Guild Theater over a CBS network Sunday evening, Oct. 1. Cap would be more than grateful if you would forward to him at 2056 North Catalina St., Hollywood, any clippings concerning the book which you may run across.
Two more benedicts to report—word has just reached us that Ed Roe was married to Eloise Tarbell of N. Y. on March 20. Our congratulations are no less sincere for their belatedness! Ed's marriage marks the successful culmination of a long and hard up-hill fight beginning shortly after graduation when he started out with one of the large grocery chains and got sidetracked into a minor clerkship, which small though it was he felt he could not give up because of unfortunate outside financial responsibilities. Determined to better himself he studied law nights and in 1938 was admitted to the New York bar and to partnership in the firm of Jones and Roe. In addition Ed has been very seriously training his voice and sings regularly in the Saint George's church choir which is reputed to be among the finest in New York. Walter Johnston is our other newlywed, having "I do'ed" with Evelyn Winifred Cox of Fort Morgan, Col., in Boston on Sept. 23. Mrs. Walter is a graduate of the U. of Colorado while Walt is one of the big guns in Stratton & Cos., a large flour and feed firm in Concord, N. H., which from now on will be their home port.
Carl Gray sends on a fine letter covering several of the Hartford gang to wit. ... .Charlie Rice controls most of the real estate situation, the name Goddard and Rice & Cos. being prominently displayed in all sections of the city Frankie Smith is still the big political boss in Waterbury, besides being President of the J. E. Smith Lumber Company and Director of several other enterprises Metty Morse lives in Larchmont, N. Y., but is seen frequently around Hartford in his capacity as Manager of the N. E. territory for Mill and Factory Publications Bill Blake, an outstanding heating engineer Carl himself it should be added is doing no mean job in this business of getting ahead, V. P. and Director of The Whitney Chain and Mfg. Cos., Hartford, V.P. Rath and Strong, industrial engineers of Boston, Director of the Strawberry Hill Press, New York, Trustee of Williston Academy, in addition to an active interest in many civic organizations make Carl one of Hartford's most substantial citizens.
Pudge Neidlinger turned mariner with a vengeance this summer, taking the Eastern Y.C. cruise with Pete Jones and later a two-weeks' cruise off the Maine coast with a group of Hanover friends. Pete's boat, the Ayesha, has been a consistent winner all summer and placed in the money on every day's race of the cruise. She is a 39 foot racing rigged yawl with a cruising class rating, and sails under the colors of the Eastern and Cohasset Yacht Clubs.
Denver's loss is Chicago's gain—Joe Houston's firm, Calvin Bullock, has moved him to its Chicago office, Joe and family having taken up residence at 195 Fuller Lane, Winnetka.
George "Golfer" McK.ee is a lawyer with offices in Montpelier, Vt., and is well on his way to being a country squire, having recently purchased more than half the town of Worcester, Vt. Since graduation George has won the Vermont State Golf Championship three times but of late has confined his playing to the friendly foursome variety and is tending strictly to his practice and to politics, in which he has dabbled locally with some success. George and Mrs. McKee (Lorain Frenier of Montpelier) have two daughters.
Hip Conley pleads no news and a very uneventful life. He has been with the Trust Department of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago the past sixteen years, is married, no children and lists his time wasters as playing golf badly and musical instruments no better.
Phil Wagner has been employed since graduation by Western Electric Company of New York in the Accounting Department, is married and has two daughters, Judith 8, and Alice 5.
Carl Bowen who owns up to being married but has no children, entered the service of Art Metal Construction Cos. of Jamestown, N. Y. in 1922 and in 1931 moved to Detroit as Branch Manager of their office Mr. and Mrs. Spike Hamilton are broadcasting the arrival on August 12 of a new fiddler, George Stevens Hamilton Nonny Fay's picture appeared in the Boston papers recently in connection with the N. E. opening of a 1940 Crysler line, Nonny being V.P. in charge of the wholesale department of C. E. Fay Cos. of Boston, New England distributors George Weston has changed from hot air to cold air, i.e. from bond selling to air conditioning with Consolidated Engineers, Inc. of Springfield, Mass. . ...23's contribution to the September convention in Boston of the National Stationers was Ted Caswell, representing F. S. Webster Cos., Cambridge, Mass. (carbon papers, typewriter ribbons, etc.) and Bus Carpenter, representing Sanford Ink Cos. of Chicago.
Before turning you over to Pudge there are two most urgent pleas to be registered. 1. Some good newsy pictures to use in this column. We know many of you have recent snaps of yourselves or some of the gang that we would all like to see and would make grand additions to this column. Just send them along either to me or to the Magazine offices in Hanover. 2. Bob McMillan reports that the immediate response to the bills for the class dues was excellent but has since slowed down with quite a few still unpaid. Your receiving of this MAGAZINE is being paid for by class funds and in order to replenish our treasury each and every one of you have a definite obligation to send in your annual $3.00 class dues. Checks should be made out to Dartmouth 1923 and mailed to Bob at 1500 Hudson Street, Hoboken, N. J.
November 1919
Colgate and Dartmouth fight for a mythical Eastern Championship to a 7-7 tie before record crowd 1923 team beats New Hampshire freshmen 32-0 with scores by Calder, Foster, Hoag and Height. .... Freshman class track team comes within two points of winning college championship in fall meet. Point winners: Granger, Sammis, Brown, Rippel, Sollitt, More, Rockefeller, Lewis, Dillon, Lee and Kanky Chun Dramatic Club selects twenty-five men from "wealth of freshman material.". .. .John Spaghett comes to town with his inimitable cheerfulness and pack of plaster statuettes Pictures are taken for the Green Book Freshman football ends with scoreless ties against Dean Academy and Coburn Classical Institute. Arch Giroux exhibits teeth marks of Classical scholar as typical wound from game The Dartmouth urges every college man to take sides in League of Nations fight Disappointment is expressed that college's foresight makes it unnecessary to close because of national coal strike Phil's . Cafe is wrecked by fire Boyd's restaurant holds a houseparty dinner dance Scotty's has the carriage trade "Bevo" ads appear regularly in The Dartmouth George Zahn is signed to coach the basketball team.
THE BROADWAY HIT "STREETS OF PARIS" Tom McKnight '25 and Bobby Clark at a rehearsal recalling Carnival shows of 1923vintage by Author and Composer McKnight.
Secretary-Chairman, 17 Nottingham Rd., Worcester, Mass
Treasurer, 1500 Hudson Street, Hoboken, N. J
* 1oo% subscribers to the ALUMNI MAOAZINE, on class group plan.
