1908
The fancy skater who entertained the crowd at the outdoor evening at Dartmouth Winter Carnival, February 10, was Dwight Parkinson, talented son of Dana Parkinson '08, and grandson of William D. Parkinson '78.
John O'Shea was elected business manager of the Jack-o-Lantern at mid-years, which is considerable of an honor and responsibility. Also it raises the possibility that the class scribe may continue lifelong debates with the O'Shea family. Now on matters of publication dates and late copy for the publication. It used to be about who would wear the nice cravats which O'Shea pere owned but let his roommates use, except on occasions when the real owner planned Leb excursions. We love to have a dispute with an O'Shea, win or lose.
A few new addresses: Bill Silleck, 41 Grafting Place, Freeport, N. Y.; Howard Williams, 2025 Mt. Vernon Blvd., E. Cleve- land; Harry Mitchell, 18200 Shaker Blvd., Cleveland; Dr. F. F. Pillsbury, 9 Central St.. Lowell, Mass.; Edward Holland, 518 S. San Julian, Los Angeles; Art Sides, R. F. D. Box 148, Bridgeport, Conn.; Gardner Marion, 140 Carter St., Chelsea, Mass.; Harold Cogswell, 104K Pleasant St., Oak Park, Ill.
Thirteen (lucky) classmates attended the Boston alumni dinner February a, and had a class roundup before the formalities at the Somerset, and for two hours after- wards. Present were Donahue, Pease, Bob Thompson, Lowe, Corcoran, Tappan, Gleason, Harding, Harriman, McCarthy, Vaitses, Jordan, and Art Lewis. Letters from these men say it was the best gather- ing of the kind in years. The class reporter tried to get there for a first-hand report, but the printing business in Hanover took a pre-Carnival spurt and he missed the Boston dinner for the first time in many years.
George Squier is reported to have added a recreation room to the basement of his house at 119 Parker St., Newton Center, and it is said to be a howling success. Howling, any way.
Chet Melville recently had a public exhibit of his famous collection of sea shells, and says he'd be glad to show them at any time to any classmate who can give the password, which is "She sells sea shells" repeated thrice at high speed.
Queech Safford is now a selectman in his home town of Springfield, Vt. His daughter Rebecca graduated last June at Colby Junior College and is now at home.
Dick Merrill postcards from Pasadena, mostly about the grand time had by all at the Stanford game. He is trying to induce Art Lewis to enter some of his fast horses at Santa Anita.
Don Comstock is handling a large real estate development in Vermilion, a suburb of Cleveland. His card says he almost never sees any of the "old bucks of '08" but keeps in touch as best he can through the meagre news in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.
Dick Lunt is now professor of science in the Rhode Island College of Education, in Providence. Says he wishes classmates would look him up when they go whizzing through Providence.
Dick Danforth reports from the Pacific Coast. Says he is trying to sell oil refineries, and his hobby is still sailing and racing. He sees the western group occasionally.
Mrs. "Harry" Harriman has fully recovered from severe illness that kept the Harrimans from the reunion last June. Their son, Benjamin, Dartmouth '35, is working for a Ph. D. in chemistry at Pennsylvania State College.
A nice long letter from Phil Flanders tells how he is getting back, after some severe setbacks. His address is now 74 Dover St., Keene, N. H.
"Chick" Currier, in El Centro, Calif., was recently made Imperial Potentate of Al Behr Temple A.O.M.S. in San Diego. Among the letters of congratulation read at the occasion of his induction into office was one from Halsey Edgerton, who wrote on behalf of Dartmouth College. Pres. Hopkins was away at the time, so the treasurer (Halsey) did the honors.
Bob Marsden was a Hanover visitor early in February. He has just finished putting in a water system for the town of North Stratford (mainly famous as the home of the Hinmans), and is now engaged on some engineering project in Errol. Bob said it was 49 below zero the morning he left No. Stratford, which was II degrees colder than it was down the river in Hanover, and effectively silenced any bragging we had to do about the chilliness of New Hampshire mornings. Bob is engineering WPA jobs, and his permanent address is W. Manchester, Vermont.
Fred Munkelt is now with the W. B. Connor Engineering Corp. of Pittsburgh, and says he spends much time traveling. His card was written in Oberlin, Ohio, where he was visiting his daughter, a senior in Oberlin College. Fred is chairman of one of the alumni admissions committees.
Classmates will be sorry to learn of the long illness of Fred Stripp. His daughter has sent in a letter about her father, with some clippings from western papers of Dartmouth interest. Miss Stripp writes as follows from 960 Tulare Ave., Berkeley, Calif.:
"I am writing for my father, Mr. Fred A. Stripp, a member of the class of '08.
"He has been ill for the past two years with a severe case of arthritis, and has therefore been unable to take an active part in the Alumni Association work around San Francisco Bay area.
"My father's class has been well represented at the meetings held each month by the San Francisco Alumni Association, and has also been active in connection with the annual dinners held.
"The following '08 men attended the Dartmouth Pow-Wow prior to the Stanford-Dartmouth game: Jim Norton and Dick Merrill from Southern California, and Webb Evans, Al Wood, Dick Danforth, "Dolly" Gray, and my father, representing the local association.
"Dick Danforth headed up the football committee, and Webb Evans and Dad represented the class on the general committee on arrangements, with Webb doing the lion's share of the work."
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