1925*
Another Dartmouth year has about passed and we of the class of 1925 are approaching our 15th reunion—and also approaching the year when "life begins." Our oldest children are beginning to enter high schools and preparatory schools, and our midriffs are growing, and the hairs of our heads are either disappearing or turning a becoming grey. Some of our number are becoming famous and powerful in the world of men—most of us are plodding on, meeting the interest on the mortgage, wondering if improving times would bring a raise, and trying hard to find a satisfactory answer to the question of the meaning of life in a world that is very complicated and complex, and sorely troubled by wars and rumors of wars.
We are a part of that large group known as "Dartmouth men," and since the days of our youth that term has grown considerably in meaning and in substance. Part of that growth can be found in the history of the men of the class of 1925—and we are proud of that fact, individually and collectively. There are numerous ways in which we. can show our love of and our pride in the College—but perhaps the easie.st and the most satisfactory method comes each year in the shape of the Alumni Fund. Our record for some years has been one of which we can be proud—but whether we continue to forge ahead depends upon our individual decisions between now and the end of June.
Jack Reeder has taken over the reins from Connie Conrad, and it is up to all of us to give Jack the same kind of support we gave Connie. There are many in the class who are giving "till it hurts." We might as well face the fact, however, that there are many who are not giving according to their separate abilities. This is true in all of the classes, and probably will always be true—but the record of the class of 1925 will be increasingly determined by the manner in which individuals increase their contributions from year to year. There are far too many men in the class who give $5 and who can give $10 or $15, far too many who give $10 when they should give $25. Our share this year on the basis of the $110,00 objective is $3,139, and we gave $2,847 in 1938, $2,098 in 1937, and $2,198 in 1936. Unless we have a great many increased contributions, we are going to fail this year—and in so failing we will fail to support Jack for the unselfish work he is putting in, we will fail to re- ward Connie for the grand job of building up which he did, we will fail to hold our present enviable position in the Dart- mouth picture. The Secretary feels that he would be remiss in his duty if he did not point out this great necessity for in-creased gifts this year.
The Dartmouth Club of Worcester met a few weeks ago. '25ers present were Brad Kingman, Dutch Gehring, Russ Fox, Phil O'Connell, Cy Penney, Bill Gleason, and Lane Goss. Announcement was made on April 18 of the appointment of Phil O'Connell as supervisor of applications for construction and permanent loans, specializing in FHA mortgages, for the Worcester County Institution for Savings. Formerly Phil was chief valuator for the Federal Housing Administration in Massachusetts The sympathy of the class is extended to Mill Peabody, whose father recently passed away in Florida Whitney White seems to be becoming a big butter and egg man—he has eight chicks, two ducklings, and a rabbit, now housed in the play room but soon to reside in an outdoor coop. Ken Hill recently had lunch with Bill Boies, vice-president and cashier of the National Bank in Naugatuck. Ken reports that Bill is developing a rather high forehead. Fine reports continue to come in on the fine progress of Nort Canfield in the field of medicine. Who will write up a "brief biography"? Jim Anderson has moved to Falmouth Foreside, Me., and Jim Phelan to Newark, N. Y. Herman Curtis is with the Michigan Public Utilities Commission in Lansing. Paul Reed has left Chicago, and is now with Andrew Geyer, Inc., in New York City. Irving Burns is no longer in Holyoke, Mass. His new address is 721 East 34th St., Baltimore.
The first article in the April, 1939, NewHampshire Troubadour was "Reveries" by Bill Sleigh, a part of which we quote:— .... "None I think is any more vivid to me at the moment, none more beautiful, than ten short minutes late one crisp win- ter afternoon two years ago, when a fellow skier and I, last to leave the mountain top, stood at the beginning of the Winnipe- saukee Ski Trail on Mt. Gunstock and watched the changing colors of that mag- nificent panorama as the sun slid down behind the rimmed hills and left the world bathed in the dim light of the rising moon. The black pines and spruces silhouetted against the darkening blue of the evening sky, the glorious royal purple and lavender shades of the snow-covered hills, the great expanse of ice-and-snow-covered Winni- pesaukee bathed in the soft tones of pink, the twinkling lights of Gilford appearing in the gathering dusk like their counter- parts above as 'one by one in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossomed the little stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels,' and the myriad of everchanging, unbelievable combinations of pastel shades—all combined to create an atmosphere of peace, beauty, and The Eternal which was at once soul-filling and breathtaking."
Some months ago all members of the class received a green sheet to be filled in with biographical information for the new General Catalogue to be published next year. In spite of several follow-ups a large number of 25ers have failed to return their sheets to the Alumni Records Office. If you are one of these will you dig up the blank and send it in? The class records will not be complete until you do so.
Which brings us to the question of whether or not the class wishes to publish a 15th-year report of the class. Many classes do this. If a sufficient number of '25ers plan to purchase the General Catalogue it might be well to postpone a 1925 report for five more years. Of course, the information in the Catalogue would not be nearly as complete on each man as it would be in our own 15th Report. In any case, will you all please drop a penny post-card to the Secretary, giving your views on the subject? Wally Wallis wishes to know whether or not plans for the 15th should include wives. It might be well to include your opinions on this subject, also. This is the first time in two years that the secretary has definitely asked for a personal note from each one of you. We are constantly suspicious that the monthly notes are not particularly popular with the class. Unless you answer in sufficient numbers we will know that the suspicions were justified. Furthermore, Wally will be forced to send out a questionnaire of his own. Will you please EACH ONE OF YOU-drop me a penny correspondence card? We can only serve as secretary through June, 1940, and would like to feel for the next twelve months that the Notes Section was proving satisfactory to the class. A good summer to all of you!
Secretary, 344 Buhl Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
* 100% subscribers to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, on class group plan.
