1923*
The Harvard Game week-end has come and gone and with it the annual "Nightbefore" '23 dinner at the University Club. As usual Sherm Clough ably performed the duties of chief rounder-upper and in addition to the old standbys Ted Caswell, Frank Doten, Poke Goss, Ly Harding, Len Morse, George Musk, Charlie Rice, and your scribe presented for our great pleasure the first time appearances of Cy Ashen back, Jim Landauer, and Rog Wilkinson. As mentioned last month Cy Aschenbach is now a full-fledged Boston- ian (TIME'S Boston office and residing in Cohasset) while just about two weeks before the dinner Socony-Vacuum transferred Rog Wilkinson to its Boston office in the Park Square Bldg. Rog is living at 21 Pickwick Rd., West Newton, where any '23ers can be assured of a royal welcome. Jim Landauer may have taken in this dinner before but not for several years and we were all delighted he was able to plan a combined business and pleasure trip to be with us... . which incidentally is a
prescription we wish more of you out-of- towners would avail yourselves. In addition to the conviviality of the evening and the fun of this once a year gettogether, ye Sec was able to make it one of great profit to the Class by convincing Ted Caswell that he was the man to be general chairman of our 20th reunion. Ted has been on the committees of each of our three major reunions and his counsel and diligence have been an important cog in their success. The experience thus gained plus Ted's great ability as an organizer and his keen interest in all things '23 make him a natural for the job and we can all be assured right now of another grand reunion in 1943.
Karl Williams hastens to write from Rockford, Ill., that the report we published last month that he had been a delegate to the Republican National Convention was partially in error. Karl was there O.K. and right on the front of the platform but as one of the four appointed tally clerks and not as an official delegate. Karl's chief political activities have been confined to campaign managing and he served as temporary and permanent chairman of the Republican State Convention at the time of the last general election in 1936. On the more personal side, Karl returned to his native Rockford to enter the States Attorney's office in 1927, after graduation from Harvard Law School and a year's practice in Boston. After six years as an assistant States Attorney he opened his own law office in 1932 and has been at it ever since. At the present time Karl is Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court and holds a number of other jobs without emolument including that of a Trustee of Rockford College along with Karl Lundberg. Karl claims to play rotten golf and to annually dislocate a shoulder or something trying to maintain the illusion that all Dartmouth men ski. In this latter statement we suspect Karl of undue modesty, he having been Sec. of the Rockford Ski Club for a good many years and officers of ski clubs don't hold their positions without demonstrating considerable ability on the boards. It was in 1934 that Mary E. Commons of Freeport, Ill., reluctantly consented to become Mrs. Karl.
Out of the Windy City comes an interesting item that Joe Pick has been very modestly holding out on us—we knew that since graduation Joe had been with Richard Pick and Heller Co., manufacturers of upholstery fabrics, and is now Vice-President and that he was married in 1936 but what we did not know that Mrs. Joe is none other than the charming Ida Krehm, brilliant young American pianist. To be sure she hadn't reached that stage when she and Joe were married but the following year she entered the three big national competitions and took them all. N. Y. recitals followed and appearances with the Phila. Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony. She is going into her third year of extensive concert touring throughout the East, South, and Middle West, and expects this year to get out to the West Coast. From now on, Joe, we can all share the pride you justly have in your wife's triumphs but at the same time let it be distinctly understood that we think she is a pretty lucky gal to be Mrs. Joe Pick.
Glen Elliott sends along a most interesting story on George Cooke who is one of the quieter members of '23 and hasn't been heard of a good deal. Like the rest of us, however, Dartmouth and '23 are still tops with him and never will be otherwise. George's hobby is photography—colored still pictures especially and he has recently started taking what he hopes eventually to be a collection of about 150 pictures of Dartmouth. George has already used the start of this series to good advantage in successfully steering the son of one of his neighbors Dartmouth-wards and we will wager too that not the least of the fun of such a collection is in the taking with the many necessary trips to Hanover. Since 1928 George has been employed by the Collyer Insulated Wire Co. of Pawtucket and is at present well up the ladder in charge of mill production. In 1928 Ann Coggershawl (Pembroke 1922) stepped down the aisle with George and they have now landed at 324 Pleasant St., Rumford, R. I.
Glen also reports lunching with Art Little fairly recently and considers that it might be of interest to report that Art states there are no further additions to his embryo eleven, the number being temporarily stalled at five. Art says that Monk Keith wrote recently that there is a possibility that he might be transferred to that other possession of the U. S.New York City. Monk is working for the American Bank Note Co.
Speaking of Bank notes Bob McMillan writes that dues-collections so far are approximately on a par with a year ago. As explained before, however, this isn't good enough as our operating margin is much too thin and we do hope everybody who reads this who has not already done so will shoot a check along to Bob right away. You will find his address at the head of this column.
Word has reached headquarters that Owen Smith has been transferred to Portland, Maine, (ye olde home towne) with the N. Y. Life Ins. Co. Owen has been most successful in the life insurance business practically since leaving College and this latest move is another fine promotion for him. To us Owen will always be best recalled for the photographic work he did for the AEGIS and BEMA when we were in school and you will all be interested in knowing that he has carried on this hobby to the point of becoming a real expert. The June issue of "U. S. Camera" carried a 4-page article with 24 of Owen's pictures as illustrations to show the progress he has made since those days. "Sales Management" also gives Owen a big write up which is altogether too interesting to be edited so here it is in full.
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