1936*
Dick Morton's November column set a standard which is going to be tough to meet. In order to meet it I'm going to need help, and so by the time that the January column appears will have written to numerous strategically-located fellows asking them to serve on a Secretary's Committee. The idea, of course, is for each member to consider himself responsible for a letter to me at least every other month so that this column doesn't boil down to a mere recital of the doings of a small group of the gang with whom I come in personal contact. Want to hear from all other classmates as well, and if you are interested and willing to serve as a news-gatherer we should be able to augment this Secretary's Committee so that it can adequately cover the entire class.
One thing that we as a class are way behind on is a knowledge of who all our new co-ed classmates are. A good many of you are married (God knows how) and the rest of us want to know who your wives are so that we can welcome them into the fellowship of the class. From the wives that I have seen it is going to be mighty tough for us bald-headed bachelors to do as well as the already married men have done. So send in the story on your wife and kids, if any Fred Gonnerman took the vows in Plymouth, N. H. with Elizabeth Tobey of that town and Boston in September. Stan O'Gush, Dan Doan, and Reil Peck were on hand as ushers. "Chubber" Bill Niss married Abby Sharpies in Harvardtown November 4th, with Al Gibney and Bill Curtis (still a medical student at Washington University, St. Louis?) assisting in the officiating Dick Taylor was married recently, and Smedley Smith will be by the time this column appears .... took time out at the Yale game to get himself a marriage license in West Haven for wedding to Helene Misserian, recently of the Yale School of Drama.
Something else that the class as a whole should consider is our terrible showing in the Alumni Fund. As you know we were just about at the bottom of the list. Pretty tough to explain and we're interested in your reactions. Might be a good idea to put an Alumni Fund contribution on the annual budget; then it doesn't seem like such a blow when the time comes to shell out.
This column will probably center around the New York gang, as notification of my taking over this job was only recent and so far the records are slow in getting to me. In and around New York are Dick Knight, a "commercial cadet" for Public Service Electric and Gas Co.—Jim Fortune with the Metropolitan Life but not selling— Al Bedingfield Unemployed but notexcited about if—Here's a darn good history teacher looking for work. He's still to be seen around Columbia Joe Cunningham has just been closed out with the Fair—was an information man. Ed Higbee and Bill McLaughlin are prosperous accountants with Lybrand, Ross Bros, etc., and other debit and creditors include Bill Niss and Bob Brenner of Arthur Anderson, Frank Wetstein of Arthur Young, and Bob Burr with some concern of which I can't remember the name. Bill Ferguson and Bob Howland are doing internal accounting (not too happily) for Western Electric and Continental Baking respectively. Ed Brooks tries to export carbon black for Binney and Smith—is married to Ruth Daugherty. George Peck is a salesman for Dennison Mfg. Co.
Sub Harris is selling for Chivers bookbinding company and is balder than the writer (though probably not so shiny as Dune Newell) There's more than business interest for Dick Hefler, in Security . Analyst, in the Central Hanover Bank. Bob Prentice is all upset about what is going to happen to the Post Toasties on the City of Flint. He's "the" export advertiser for General Foods. Think that it's the Guaranty Trust which employs recently-married Bill Hoffman, husband of the editor of the East Orange news medium. Bob Button also works there, and having just finished Brooklyn Night Law he must feel time hanging heavy on his hands as he used to work in the daytime, school and study at night, and play in an orchestra over the week-ends—"sterner stuff." .... Walt Mosenthal is an insurance expert for H. Mosenthal and Son, brokers. Blake Hughes sells for the New York Life Insurance Co.—no high pressure man Ross Martindale—sound effects technician for N.B.C.—was introduced over the radio one morning as one of the men behind the scenes. Boyce Price is now a sales promotion man for some building supply concern—will be selling tiles I think. Ralph Butler—married to Ruth Cathcart and living nicely in Darien—is some sort of young prodigy with advertisers Young and Rubicam, while Ben Moyer is a space buyer for competitors Ruthrauff and Ryan. Dick Wilson is a "tax expert" for the U. S. Trust Co. (F. W. Robbert '99 please take notice). Just out of Harvard Law is Bud Minsch, now working for Baldwin, Todd and Young and living here in New York Ex Adman Stern is now a biscuit salesman for Loose Wiles. Bob Stokes is with some chemical concern downtown and raises pigeons for a hobby.
Jim Gidney is home from the American University of Beirut with a bad back. He taught English there for one year and now has a year's leave of absence to get his back fixed. He's starting work toward a doctorate at Columbia and the back is still a question mark. His reports indicate that Dick Crosby is a great favorite out at the American University, where he knows only enough Arabic to catch the kids up on their cussing Another doctorate aspirant is "Four Point Pinky" Conklin, who's starting toward one at N. Y. U. His position is that of Investment Research Director for Guardian Life, and he's married and claims a daughter Tommy Towers, another Brooklyn Law College graduate, is an adjuster for Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. —lives in Valley Stream, L. I. and is raising an amazingly healthy and husky son.
To get away from New York. .. .Jimmy Pollock is a teaching fellow at M. I. T. Doug Chisholm is a salesman for Richards Mather and Co. in Minneapolis. Fred Daly—a lawyer in Boston. Chuck Delbridge the same in Detroit. Bob Ervin plans production for Hood Rubber Co. in Watertown, Mass. Larry Goldthwaite is teaching biology and geology at Colby Junior College (you guys know where that is).
Their seem to be some titles among the '36ers too. Here's Monny Greenbaum, Assistant Secretary of the Lion Match Co.; Ed Nilsson, Assistant Manager of A. H. Bartlett Co.—commercial printers in Ludlow, Mass.; Dick Taylor, Vice President of Electroloy Co. Bridgeport, Conn.; probably lots of others too Class Prexy Al Butler is an Account Executive for Clapp and Poliak here in N. Y. Chick Thompson—accountant for C. and P. Telephone Co. down in Richmond. Dick Wakefield is "learning" at Wuskansut Mills, Farnumsville, Mass. Bass-slapper Bill Bury is with 1.8.M. in Endicott, N. Y. or was at last reports. Mac Rowell teaches school in Newport, N. H. and Jim Conkling is with du Pont in Philly. Don Sutherland lives in Brighton, Mass. is married, working, and studying for an M.A. in Education. With Calco in Bound Brook, N. J. is Spike Daniels who contemplates marriage come winter.
Morris and Essex (Bob and Bill) are now married. Later hope to have a complete list on all married men with wive's names etc. Ken Lieber helps the Pennsy R.R. maintain its way,—his headquarters, Philly- Connie Wickham is assisting a professor at Penn Law School in the preparation of a tome on bankruptcy, and Clay Mellor is also in Philly working for his dad Larry Jump must be having an exciting time if he is still with the Bureau International du Travail in Geneva Dang Scherman is back in New York from Washington where he served as Life's representative for the special session. Lane Donovan is associated with Gately Shops Inc. in Detroit and it is rumored that his face appears happily sporting one of Gately's two-pants suits in various Detroit advertising media. Joe Jr. is his pride and joy.
Joe Millimet writes at length from Concord, N. H. where he has his name on the letterhead of Demond, Sulloway, Piper and Jones, Lawyers. Having graduated with considerable honor from Yale Law School (as did Paul Cleaveland, Bob Keeler and Cliff Porter and probably some others) he is lucky and happy to be back in New Hampshire. Spends most of his week-ends in Hanover and will do anything for you except sell that old desk which you left in the basement. Budd Schulberg is in Norwich working on his first full length novel, and Joe offers to act as entrepreneur for autographed first editions at no extra charge Glad to learn that Budd was actually far removed from the finished product of filmonstrosity number one Winter Carnival. Did any of you ever see as much of the Norwich station as you saw in that show. And how about the "What'll it be tonight boys?" bar?
Our space is just about exhausted so will close with many hopes—hope that you'll all write, that you'll remember that this column has to be in by the 10th of the preceding month so may seem a little antedated, that if you want to know someone's address you'll get in touch with me (I'm referring to members of the class), that you are not all confirmed reactionaries, that you will contribute to the Alumni Fund next year or let us know in advance why not, that if you're in New York you'll attend Jocko Morrison's class dinners (once a month at the Dartmouth Club—and Bank of New Yorker Jocko is doing a fine job), that some of you would like to go back to the hills but don't quite know how, that the Stanford game will be Dartmouth's last appearance in subway football (i.e. Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds stuff), that this year's Carnival Committee will bring the Carnival back to Dartmouth and away from the Eastern Slopes ski social set, that we can all get together back in Hanover for our Fifth Reunion, that you'll add your ideas to this brief editorial comment, and last but by no means least—that if you want to know just what George McCleary's job consists of please write direct to George.
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