1937*

Can you find a poem with a depth of feeling and imagination great enough to depict our class in its second year out? I have tried and found none. We are six hundred and sixty-six strong, full of hope and ambition, making a common stand against the everyday adversities of life. We are confident and eager, yet thoughtful and uncertain.

There is a fullness in life which we have learned to glory in, whatever our material success may be. It was in Hanover that we first heard of the "whole man". As we grow older the vision becomes keener; we appreciate the drama in life—in our own lives. There is so much that a Dartmouth man can find satisfaction in: PARENTAGE: "Judith. .. . one doesn't want to miss a single gesture or change of expression or habit. . . . her first laugh, first tear, the change from recognizing mere light and shadow to following objects and gradually concentrating on her mother as someone really more than just the person who feeds and comforts her. one certainly does realize what a family can mean and the place in our lives it has." (Phil Robertson) ... "Bob Cone has a daughter, born early in December." ADVENTURE: Gordon Torrey off to China with Richard Halliburton and John Potter '3B to sail a Chinese junk back to the Calif. Fair.

FRIENDSHIP: The Hartford '37 Night (Falion and Wentworth) "Dozen of us included: R. Allen, R. Burns, Cone, Fenn, Luttrell, Manternach, Pingree, Sawyer, E. Stearns, we 2 Allen all the way from Hempstead, N. Y., and Pingree from Greenfield 55 postcards sent out 2 exceptions to a quiet evening: song of 'Ronnie McDonald' and a hilarious introduction of fictitious personages who posed as George Hill and Robby Blanchard, both supposedly of '37." ... The Boston Party: (Devlin, McCray, Lansburgh) "... into the Parker House! Room smaller than last year but only cost ½ as much . . . keg waiting. . . count kept rolling up and up to a grand total of 46 . . waved everybody to their seats and explained how the expenses figured to 50 cents each . . . .super-movies by Art Guyer, Yale and Cornell games, Hanover spring reunion last year, and one of '37 Carnival. . . . afterwards the boys sang, bulled, and drifted The register plus notes: R. Cooper (Harvard Law), J. Williams (scouted for Blaik, now happily wedded), E. Cleaves (teaching school in Waltham),

G. Reynolds and R. Aylward (both at Filene's Rock-pile), L. Marr (Bethlehem Steel), D. Ross, L. Barrett (Arlington Lumber Co.), T. Reck (Soldiers Field to Hamp in his new Ford), W. Dipson (Harvard Law), H. Putnam W. Taft (deciding between U. S. Steel and Dupont), L. McCray, D. Prescott (squash champ of Harvard Bus.), A. Guyer, T. O'Brien and J. Meston (both in Harvard Sch. of Education), A. Romonow (merchant at White's), S. Berenson, B. Bankart, C. Schaaf, B. Varnum, W. Todd, R. Sullivan, D. Smith, J. Otis, Dana Johnson, P. McLane, S. Atwater, E. Timson, G. Bennett, G. Roewer, C. Hinman, C. Ray, A. Chester, L. Harris, S. Lappin, W. Hoyt, R. Knapp, E. Ekin, R. Tompkins, C. Gram, E. Skourup, D. Hall, T. Mclntyre Going to meet at Jake Worth's in the near future." (Jack Devlin).... Chicago Men met at the Bier Stube, 10 came in when Dingle opened the door: E. Price, L. Bratton, D. Kimball, S. P. Johnston, T. Nast, Dingle, E. Eaton, F. Castle, D. O'Brien, J. Lindsay, D. McKinlay . . next time the management is going to pay us for spreading good cheer and singing in both English and German, Park sure can dance!... Philadelphia Reunion (Hal Parachini) "10 fellows for dinner at Hotel Normandie: W. Bennett, H. Bullen, Rog Cheney, J. Knorr, S. Ochsner, H. Parachini, M. Petti, A. Sutter, J. Wolfs, R. Koury. W. Greenwood was sick in bed, Don Otis sent regrets from Portsmouth, Va., Gandy Rube wrote saying out of town. Adjourned to a bar at Walnut and 40th and found Charley Lehman '36, who with Jo Wolfs led a song fest. . . our vocal serenading won a number of free rounds of beer on house and spectators. . . sang the Winter Song with all parts February set for our next session." '37 Night In Ithaca (Tom Cohen: "Bassett, C. J. Clark, McCoy. Shevlin and I batted the jot for some hours in the 'Dutch'. Plans are afoot for a spaghetti dinner soon via Bassett, McCoy, and Shevlin."

LOVE: Cal Eldred "engaged to Eleanor Ruth Fessenden, Erskine Sch. and Pierce Secretarial.". ... Furman Stanley: "still training with New Jersey Bell. . during the hurricane, after almost being blown off a pole, I decided the ground was a better place Christmas holidays, engagement to Miss Mary Mittler of Hempstead, N. Y., and twice my Carnival date, was announced. to be married in June and live here in Morristown."

NOBILITY: "A sad note. . Dr. Bowler died in Hanover. . . a fine gentleman whose name many generations of Dartmouth men have respected and perhaps immortalized in the song 'Where Oh Where', and whose son is now dean of Dartmouth's Medical School." (Sey Ochsner.)

VISION: The Hanover Party (ArtGuyer): "Five at dinner (B. Austin, J. W. Brown, D. Bauer, Moseley, Guyer) and 2 others dropped in later (Ohlinger, Ruggles).... discussed possible methods of our class doing something constructive for the educational aspect of the Dartmouth scene. . . . several suggestions (1) a stipend, the interest from a fund contributed by the class, might be arranged to assist men earning Govt, interneships who could not afford the living expense involved (2) establish a fund from which the interest would pay for a series of lectures." Phil Robertson from his Inn near Plymouth: "... hoping we can build the place up with log cabins on the hill so that Dartmouth men from the city can come and get a real taste of relaxation and freshening that these hills can give. There is always something one can improve, can plan for and carry out. The classes before us came out into a depression-ridden country—we into a warcrazed and unstable world. Our generation will have to help to reset the old lines, lay the new ones, and all the time preserve the things we have come to consider sacred. School gave us some things that are badly needed—friendships, tolerance, and an ability to live together."

MARRIAGE: "Doug Butman, 3d year Harvard Med., was married to Ruth Harris, also of Waltham, Mass., on December 23.". Al Bryant and wife in Pittsburgh for Christmas, short visit with Dave Rainey Don Sieburg: "Jan. 16, 1939! That's the date that is set for my marriage to Doris. . . . and it's really going to take place at last! Going to sign up an apartment this week-end if we can find a place that we can afford. Everything is cheaper down here (Haddonfield, N. J.) including salaries.".... Tudor Wall, big pictures from the Los Angeles Times are in the files, Kathleen Titus was the bride of Nov. 27, 1938 "The bride wore " Best wishes, lucky girls, now that you're in our club we're mighty proud.

THE OUT-OF-DOORS: "The class of '37 plans to enter a SKI TEAM in the Alumni Carnival. . . . need for jumpers and crosscountry men as well as slalom and downhill . should enter at least 4 men in each event" (see Guyer, W. Brown, etc., for data) Bill Rotch, Pete McLane, John Greenleaf, Roy Hatch (left the Assoc. Press in favor of the Boston Traveler) were skiing on the new aerial tramway Art Ruggles "spoke before the Deerfield alumni in Cortland, N. Y., during Christmas, thence to Hinman's for skiing."

RESPONSIBILITY: "Warren Crumbine now in Cleveland with his wife and 4-months-old boy. . . working for the Cleveland Trust Co. and decided to follow a banking career.". "Elsom Eldridge is bishop of Buzzard's Bay, Mass.," says R. Barney.

COUNSEL: Jake Mosser at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., teaching English and Math Bob Bohlke is teaching grammar school in Connecticut "Bar Moseley (teaching freshmen in Hanover), like so many of us, is pretty much at sea about the future."

INDUSTRY: "Ben Marion is in Washington bearding the housing authority.". . . Tom Duff: "working in the stationery line in Jersey City for my mother.".... Dave Rainey: "still working for Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Co., still nothing serious in the way of settling down, still missing that life of Dartmouth more than is good for me." . Bill Geraghty swamped with work during the holidays at Lord & T's but enjoying it Hep Randolph: "Now a trade and hotel salesman for the same Aluminum Cooking Utensil Cos. with N. D., S. D., Minn., lowa as my territory. My job is to call on hardware stores, dept. stores, hotels, bakeries, meat-packers, hospitals, electric range companies, state institutions, schools, etc making my home where 1 hang my hat.". .. Ralph Griffith in Chicago early in January selling his company's jewelry to the merchants. . Latta McCray, member of Rufus Choate Club at Harvard Law and chairman of the school's charity fete ... "coaching the freshman team were 3 assistant coaches, one each from Dartmouth, Yale, and Princeton."

COLLEGE LOYALTY: "Have become better acquainted with you as an alumnus rather than as a student in college. This is not surprising, for, as the wonders and the lasting greatness of Dartmouth become more visible and more heartfelt in perspective, we who were close-by as students, elbowing and pushing our way past all kinds of barriers, had not the mature grasp of appreciating these wonders and this greatness." (W. Fisher) Dartmouth Club of Hartford, Dec. 20, E. Stearns, Montei, Fenn, Cone, Wentworth, Falion present- Fenn elected secy.-treasurer. . . .New York '57 Night (Bill Geraghty): "35 at dinner . . . singing led by Al Bryant. . . majority favored continuing the monthly dinners (2d Thursday of each month).... may get Whitey Fuller down with some football movies those present: Don Johnson (Montgomery Ward), E. Kelley, J. Schmer, J. Herman, D. Herrmann, W. Bell (out of Tufts, now working), W. G. Brown (released by wife for evening with a warning), D. Samson, A. Gray, F. Vogt, S. King, J. Umpleby, P. Marx, G. Vennum, R. Hahn, J. HofFstetter, R. Kent, J. Strong, E. Cabbie, D. Griffin, J. Duffy, A. Munkenbeck, J. DeMay, W. Hund, T. Jenkins, B. Marion, A. Bryant, W. Storck, M. Burke, F. Stanley, J. VanNostrand, R. Allen, V. Turecamo, H. Whitaker, W. Geraghty."

... Chicago to Cornell game: Dingle in one car, Castle in another, they saw the game: Cohen, Munkenbeck, Kiernan, Turecameo, Neale, Dipson, Broadbent, F. Mclntyre, "Fletcher," Cochrane, "Dolly" Stark During Christmas vacation K. Stearns, C. Moister, and W. McLaughlin motored to Hanover Sey Ochsner re '37 Night: "Isn't it odd how much inertia there is about something which is as obviously pleasant and profitable as such a gathering is... it would seem that the whole clan would absolutely flock to the meeting, but I know it doesn't work that way."

If you know of a poem, gentlemen, please don't hesitate!

Secretary, 10314 So., Hoyne Ave., Chicago, Ill.

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