1914*
Some thirty of the faithful gathered at the Parker House the night before the Harvard game and spent an enjoyable evening gathered around the famous mahogany table once graced by Charles Dickens and many other celebrities. Myron Files and Jack Harris appeared for their first 1914 party and we predict they will be regulars from now on. Doctor Wally Drake recovered sufficiently from his lay-up with arthritis to be in circulation again and was roundly welcomed.
Hod Potter was up from Augusta, Maine; Jack Conners, Cap Lawrence, Bob Hopkins, Bill Taft and Win Webber were among the out-of-towners who supplemented the Boston Old Guard. We had pleasant letters from Red Loudon, Dick Pritchard and Sig Larmon. Paul Wilson showed up late in the evening and he seems to be getting along fine. He attended the game the next day, and no one out of the many thousands gets a greater kick out of this annual highlight than does Paul.
Back to New England again is Parker Margeson, recently elected Vice President of the McGowan-Educator Food Company, and living in Lowell. His fellow-worker, Larry Nichols, was likewise at the dinner.
Regretfully we record the passing of two more classmates Bryant Pollard, who was with us but our freshman year.
.... and Lieutenant Commander Fred W.
Granger, who passed away on August 22, 1939. Up to the present time we have been unable to secure any further details about the latter. A full account concerning Bryant Pollard appears in the Necrology section.
Red Loudon was recently elected Vice President of the Investment Bankers Association of America. Red is a partner of the firm of Piper, Jaffray and Hop wood in Minneapolis.
We had a pleasant visit with Red Davidson from Philadelphia recently. Red was passing through on his way to Nova Scotia where his family had been summering. He wants to send his regards to all the boys.
We likewise have a letter from Dick Barlow telling us that he had recently bumped into Jack Conners and family in the Grand Central Station. Dick has a son, George, in the freshman class at Hanover and, incidentally, it appears that 1914 has the largest single delegation of sons in this year's freshman class.
INFORMATION PLEASE!... .The Alumni Records Office, in preparation for the General College Catalogue, would like information, addresses and occupations of the following men Walter H. Junkins, Kenneth H. Bartlett, Tsing Lung Lee, Benjamin H. Quarles, Clarence T. Thurman, Louis Tomassi, Cameron Whiteford, Eugene C. Williams. Please drop the Secretary a card if you know anything about these missing brethren.
The big news of the month concerns our Vice President, Mart Remsen. Our scouts report that he has given up the practice of law, purchased a farm in Etna Village, away up on top of a big hill whence the gorgeous view includes Hanover and surrounding country generally. It is reported further that Mart is overhauling the place generally to be ready for housewarming during our off-year Reunion next June. Good luck and good living, Mart.
Continuing our Reunion Resume, we must bear in mind the admonition of our daughter, just now quite involved in the technique of theme writing, to the effect that we used the word "grand" at least a dozen times last month in talking about Reunion. We shall therefore be careful. At any rate it was a Grand Reunion!
Sunday morning dawned bright and fair and the class met at ten o'clock in the new College Church, almost opposite President Nichols' residence in our time, for a memorial service conducted by our chaplain, the reverend Arthur Stanley Wheelock.
Following the singing of hymn, Scripture and Invocation, Arthur summarized for us some of the spiritual values of the intervening twenty-five years, pausing to pay a tribute to those who had passed on since our last Reunion; and then proceeded to light for us a candle which might serve to guide us in this darkened world in which we find ourselves. He exhorted us out of memory for those who had gone, to take full advantage of the years which are yet before us. His final words we give you as he spoke them:
"There is one other word I would add before closing this brief address. Out of the associations of this 25th Reunion, out of the memories of our youth that it evokes, out of the influence of this environment, where there is much of the new and strange, but also much of the old and the familiar—out of this powerful and stimulating experience there should come a certain renewal of the spirit of bold enthusiasm and adventure that marked our lives twenty-five years ago. Indeed nothing more significant could possibly happen than for us men, twenty-five years out of college, close to the zenith of our powers, seasoned by long experience in the ways of the world, some of us holding dominant places in the affairs of the day, to find through the memories that crowd upon us this week a renewal of the venturesome spirit of idealism that was ours twenty-five years ago. When we left college we thought that we were ready to remake the world. But we were wrong. We lacked experimental, first-hand knowledge of the world. The world had little trust in us, was even inclined to smile at us. We had won no place or station and few had place or station prepared for them. Now all that is changed. We are experienced. We are trusted. We have position and influence. What a tragedy if meanwhile we have lost our idealism and spirit of adventure and become mere freight in the movement of human progress!
"There are grave problems confronting us today—problems in the world of industry, problems of political and national life, problems of war and peace-problems that concern the future of democratic institutions and the well-being of every citizen of America. These problems are likely to be settled in one way or another in the next twenty-five years. What a pity, if they be settled in the spirit of iconoclasm and selfishness. What a victory if they be settled by men like ourselves who, possessing the wisdom and experience won during the last quarter of a century, match it with the courage, audacity and idealism that we possessed twenty-five years ago.
"Comrades of the Class of 1914, the greatest years are still ahead of us. To the memory of our beloved classmates and of our happy associations with them let us add a renewal of those high hopes and worthy ambitions they shared with us, that as we presently return to our homes and our tasks we may go not only with the wisdom and experience that the last twenty-five years have brought, but also with the bold enthusiasm and courageous idealism that was ours a quarter of a century ago. So shall we be worthy representatives of Dartmouth College; so shall we be good servants of God and His Righteousness!"
There followed another hymn, benediction, and we strolled forth into the brilliant June sunshine, inspired to take full advantage of this spiritual opportunity.
It is fitting here to mention the career, particularly these last few years, of Arthur Wheelock. In White Plains, New York, in 1921, a small group of people began gathering in a garage each Sunday for Divine Service. This new church grew rapidly for people of all religious backgrounds came into its membership. In April 1931, Arthur was called to assume the pastorate and soon found that the old structure, a portable frame building, was wholly inadequate; in fact, the Sunday School overflowed into neighboring homes and the growth continued. Despite the depression, the courage of this church group led to the erection of a new edifice. Men of means in the community, viewing this spiritual effort, contributed largely from their means and a sum in excess of was raised. The' universal interest is evidenced by gifts from such divergent groups as John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. James H. Post, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mr. J. C. Penney, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and Major-General John F. O'Ryan.
Now Lize is the pastor of a beautiful church with nearly seven hundred and fifty members. It is interesting that the membership of this community church is largely made up of younger married persons, in direct refutation of the common opinion that the younger generation is losing interest in the church. This congregation includes many leaders of thought and action in Westchester County and it is because of the courage and enthusiasm of such men and women, inspired and led by our classmate, that this outstanding church development has come to pass.
We wish you many years of successful ministry, Lize. You are an inspiration to all of us.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!
MR. AND MRS. SIGURD S. LARMON '14Do not find it hard to watch Dartmouth 33 Yale o at the Bowl November 4.
Secretary, 367 Boylston St., Boston, Mass.
Treasurer, American Tube and Stamping Plant Bridgeport, Conn.
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