1923*
The Lafayette game turned out to be quite a '23 pee-rade with the following either seen or reported as present Ted and Olive Caswell and Sammy Sammis headquartering at the Inn Jim and Ruth Doyle vacationing and celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary Babe and Florence Miner who drove over for the game from their summer place, a most delightful old colonial center-chimney farmhouse on the West River in T ownshend, Vt Dr. Jim Hennessy up from Hartford for the day Lew Putnam and Les Richwagen and wives down from Barre, Vt Jim and Ruth Landauer week-ending at their Hanover "shanty" on Pineo Hill Brad Smith and George Fuller riding the special train from Boston the local contingent Pudge and Marian Neidlinger, Don Cobleigh and Dr. Joe Pollard the official athletic team doctor Ralph and Emily Duffy, Horace and Helen Taylor, Ellie and myself parking at Moose Mountain Lodge. Ted and Olive dropped out to see us Sunday forenoon and this impromptu gathering of three such classic brows was much too choice a subject not to be pictorially recorded for the benefit of all. Horace suggested that had only Johnny Allen, Eddie Lynch, Chick Bundy and Cocky Lewis been on hand a better title might have been "The bare facts of '23."
Horace reports that Carroll (Red) Mcpherson has just been given a new job and a substantial step up with the Buffalo Evening News. From court reporter, to the city desk, to head of the rewrite department. Red's new job is one of those as important as it is titleless, consisting of rewriting and condensing news dispatches for five minute broadcasts over the two radio stations controlled by the paper.
The last time we saw or heard of Johnny Paisley he and his cigar were still holding up Serry's entrance. Imagine our surprise to find them both in that identical spot this same week-end but to discover that it had degenerated into a mere vacation gesture and that for the past four years he has been with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Cos. in Miami, Fla. Address 3600 N. E. gnd Ave. Johnny reports that the Miami artificial ice skating rink is doing a land office business but that hockey has not caught on at all and consequently he has been unable to cash in on his Dartmouth training—in which connection we got quite a chuckle recalling the time our Sophomore year that the sub—sub—Yan-nigan line of Paisley, Furey, Bob Smith and Baldwin pledged themselves not to shave until they had scored on the varsity, and the resultant several weeks of "House of Daviding" it until Johnny finally broke the charm.
The Harvard game was also the occasion of considerable '23 activity. Eighteen of us met at the University Club in Boston for dinner the night before the game and in addition to a fine dinner had a fine evening of visiting and get-togethering. "Here's" were by Howie Bartlett, Shiner Beggs, Chick Burke, Ted Caswell, Sherm Clough (the organizer) Jiggs Donahue, Frank Doten, Poke Goss, Ly Harding, Jack Lee, Ivan Martin, Len Morse, George Musk, Charlie Rice, Hen Perkins, Leon Sargent, Mort Stern and Ye Sec. Pudge Neidlinger was in town but unable to join us as he had been invited to speak at the Harvard Varsity Club's annual banquet. Pudge, Athletic Director William J. Bingham of Harvard and Romey N. Berry, former Athletic Director of Cornell united in a triple blast at critics of college football, Pudge headlined the program with a speech aimed directly at the public assertion of John Tunis, a Harvard graduate who was in the audience, that football has no place on the college campus. The game itself drew out quite a few more; Pete Jones, Stan Richmond, Walter and Mrs. Kurtz (visiting the Henry Hudsons) Brad Smith, George Fuller (still managing those night before dances at the Hotel Somerset) Sam Home, Walt Maroney, Jim and Ruth Doyle (still vacationing) Cy Aschenbach and Harold Stoneman.
Learned over the week-end.... that Dr. Mort Stern has a son (first) Morton D. Stern now four months old. .. .that Bob Buckley, his wife and kennel of prize setters have left Burlington, Vt. and the Shell Oil Company and are back in Natick, Mass., Bob's old home town.... that Cy Aschenbach after twelve years with Crowell Collier's publisher has joined the N. Y. sales staff of Time....that Bob Chaloner is principal of the Coxsackie (N. Y.) High School.
I hope you all noticed in the last issue the Wah-Hoo-Wah for Charlie Zimmerman on his election to the Presidency of the National Association of Life Underwriters at its annual convention in St. Louis, September 28. This is the highest honor the Insurance industry can give to one of its employees and we are justly proud to have it bestowed on one of our gang—made the more impressive by the fact that he was unapposed. Charlie is the speakingest and quotedest guy we have ever followed around the country-speeches, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus; quoted Boston Transcript, Chicago Tribune, etc. etc. all in the past thirty days.
News of some of the gang seems to come in bunches these days. First we report on Tom McKnight when along comes a letter from him postmarked Beverly Hills, Calif., advising us that he is out there for ani indefinite period directing the radio Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, the dramatizations, for which was written by Tom's wife, Edith Meiser.
And then after telling you about Dick Townsend's latest venture in purchasing Canyon Inn, almost the next mail brings an announcement of his marriage to Nan Marsh Owen-Morris on October 6 at Virginia City, Nevada and an "at home" at 126 Orinda Highway, Orinda, Calif. Congratulations Dick! !
The Dartmouth Secretaries Association new address list shows many '23ers prominent in Dartmouth Alumni affairs Johnny Foster member of the Alumni Council Charlie Rice, President of both the Connecticut Assn., and the D.C. of Hartford Sammy Sammis Secretary Berkshire County D.C Go Bliss President and George Weston Secretary, Western Massachusetts Assn Les Richwagen, Secretary the Vermont Assn Jules's Rippel another dual president, Northern New Jersey Assn. and D.C. of Newark Red McPherson Secretary D.C. of Western N. Y Win Weser, Secretary D.C. of Westchester County Karl Williams Secretary D.C. of Rockford, Ill Eddie Lynch President Northwest Assn Swede Swenson, President Wisconsin Assn Fred Fisher Sec. the Oregon Assn.
Lew Ross received his M.C. S. from Tuck School in 1924 and immediately joined a New York merchandising concern operated by 16 of the largest department stores in America. After two years of this training Lew became associated with E. M. Chase Cos., furniture dealers of Manchester, N. H. as vice president. Just last month Lew was promoted to the Presidency. Win Wadleigh sent along the newspaper announcement of Lew's election which also reminds us of his musical talent by noting that his excellence as a pianist iswell known.
Thanks to Heinie Bourne's diligent news scouting we are able to catch up on Dayton's two man delegation. Aubrey Miller after several years as office manager of National Cash Register Company, gave up the industrial field for education and is now in charge of the Commerce Department of the Fairview High School. During this period Aub has found time to be an active member of the Masonic Lodge, Eagles, and the National Association of Cost Accountants, in addition to studying for his M.A. at Wittenburg University and (incidentally, of course) taking the vows with Kay Stoppenback of Portland, Oregon in August 1938.
Howard Teter did not graduate with us, having transferred to Ohio State, but in spite of this dual affiliation is one of our most loyal members. After four years with the White Motor Company he joined Walter Kidde Cos. of N. Y., manufacturers of fire protection equipment and special U. S. Air Corps and Navy equipment such as oxygen cylinders, etc. with whom he is now Sales Manager and Air Corps Representative with headquarters in Dayton. He married Mildred J. Jones of Cleveland in 1924 and their son William Charles Teter is now five years old. Howie's only complaint is that business has been so good that he has been unable to sneak away for but one Canadian fishing trip in the last seven years.
The few minutes each month Charlie Zimmerman spends in Chicago he puts to the best possible use, that of digging out '23 news and sends along the following: Bill Juergens, the V.P. of the Dartmouth Alumni Ass'n of Chicago, the proprietor, manager, etc. of William F. Juergens and Cos., Retail jewelers at 31 North State Street which concern Bill established in 1931. Notwithstanding his close association with wedding rings, presents and such marital details Bill's defense has stood up one hundred percent and he remains one of Chicago's more eligible bachelors.
Chick Obermeyer is an Attorney at Law and Secretary of the Franklin Realty Corporation and the Investment Corporation. Chick spent the first few years out of Hanover with the Illinois Brick Cos. selling hollow tile but forsook commerce for the law about the same time he retired as Chicago's man-about-town to become a dutiful husband (1934) and doting father (daughter 1936).
Our Treasurer, Bob McMillan and Mrs. Bob have just returned from a week at Hot Springs, Virginia where Bob represented the Lipton Tea Company, of which he is Advertising Manager, at the convention of the Association of National Advertisers..... George and Mrs. Morrell were also there, George in the interests of the Morrell Packing Company, Ottumwa, lowa, of which he is top hand. ..Rotary Club Presidents in New Hampshire include Frank Donovan, Peterborough and Harford Nay of Lancaster.
The sincere sympathy of the class goes to George Fuller and his brother, Granville 'l6, in the sudden death of their father, Will S. Fuller, on November 9. For a man who never attended Dartmouth, Mr. Fuller was one of the most enthusiastic Dartmouth men I ever knew and a real pal to George's and Gran's many friends.
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December, 1919
The College is bursting with pride with the football team rated as the leading team in the East The team is honored with a tremendous banquet addressed by Coach Spears on The Philosophy ofFootball Excitement is created by newspaper reports that relationships in football would be resumed with Harvard. .... Palaeopitus announced that at twelve noon freshman caps would be dispensed with An editorial three days later condemned the Class of 1923 for abandoning all freshman rules and being disrespectful of upper classmen President Hopkins is appointed head of a State Commission to study the Sunday Laws in New Hampshire L. B. Norstrand is elected to the dubious honor of being secretary-treasurer of the Albany-Troy Club In three successive issues, The Dartmouth runs a full-page ad of a colossal movie, The Miracle Man, with all seats reserved in the Nugget Theatre The names of the stars do not appear in any of the ads but they turn out to be Thomas Meighan and Betty Compson. ....The College casts its straw vote on presidential candidates heavily in favor of Leonard Wood, Coolidge, Hughes and Lowden, with scattered votes for Wilson, McAdoo, and other democratic candidates Many prep school stars report for freshman hockey—notably P. W. Wanamaker and Paisley of Melrose High; Osborn of University High; Calder, captain of the Shaw High Seven; Smith, captain of Arlington; Foster of Montclair; and Gladstone of Poly Prep A Dartmouth editorial urges men to get out from the haze of Cube Cut and Omars and use the wonderful facilities for sports.
... .Announcement is made of a campaign to raise $360,000 for a new athletic field as a memorial to Dartmouth's World War dead N. Austin, M. G. Jones, A. I. Merritt, C. A. Palmer and L. W. Woodruff are included in a delegation of twenty men sent to Des Moines for a Christian Association convention In spite of the coal strike, arrangement is finally made for special trains to take everyone home for Christmas vacation, and a merry Christmas was had by all.
L. K. N.
CURLY-TOPS AT MOOSE MT. LODGE
Secretary-Chairman, 17 Nottingham Rd., Worcester, Mass
Treasurer, 1500 Hudson Street, Hoboken, N. J.
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