1910*
DOUGHTY HE-MEN .... "There were nearly 200 of them, and a more healthy, happy, jovial, sociable crowd you could not get together for there are no superfluous frills on the genuine Dartmouth man" .... so ran a Feb. 14, 1895 story in the Boston Globe, telling about the annual Dartmouth dinner Thanks to my youngest sister, Alice, for the yellowed copy Every once in awhile she digs up a gem of Dartmouth lore .... where in the world she gets them, I don't know .... incidentally, she lives in the old home town of North Stratford, is married to a Univ. of Michigan grad, and has two lively sons headed for Hanover whether or not their parents realize the fact.
MENTAL PEREGRIN A TION .... We're going to deviate a bit from our monthly custom of pursuing a Dartmouth class secretary's "Eternal Triangle" which translates into YOU to ME to THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and back to YOU
for example, at the moment, in this exact space we'd be telling you that young Jack Everett '41 who got 3.7 last year is a doggone sight smarter than his old man, James Aloysius '10, but there is no point in publishing such an obvious fact.
COLLEGE TRUSTEES Returning to the Boston dinner we find Slip Powers' dad, Samuel L., later a college trustee, acting as toastmaster, with Charles F. Mathewson (Sam's father) representing the current board .... thus giving 1910 a prominent start in Dartmouth affairs while we youngsters were still in primary school. HANGOVERS and HEADACHES .... President Tucker was highlight of the evening, having just returned from a trip to alumni associations in Detroit, Chicago, Denver, New York and Washington ....
and it seems that they were having headaches and hangovers in those days, something akin to ours of immediate past and present.... but let's quote the Globe:
"He (Dr. Tucker) had learned through the alumni associations, men were not only preserving their college traditions and sentiments but were also reaching out into the educational life of the country. One of the greatest forces at work in holding this nation together is the sentiment begotten in the minds of college men.
"The fellowship of educated men is a saving element in the present critical times. Divisive influences are at work in the church, in society and in the economic world, and there is special need that educated men should stand together. The colleges should train more men for public service, and more and more people are looking to colleges for available men."
And when you lads gather under Hanoverian elms next June for your continuous Bull Sessions, President Tucker's statements can serve as one basis.
THEN, AS NOW .... One Samuel J. Elder cautioned, "Certain things had crept into college athletics which were regrettable. Every college man owed it to his college to keep disagreements out of public print."
BIG MEDULLA OBLONGATAS . ... "There could not be too much athletics," said Clark College president, G. Stanley Hall, "More physical life is needed. The structure of the mind must be based on the structure of the body. Dartmouth men are to be congratulated on their broad shoulders and large medullas. The nape of the neck should be full and strong."
CYNICAL, INDIFFERENT And here's one more fodder for YOUR THIRTIETH BEEFING PARTIES which discuss everything under the sun .... and settle nothing.
"Physical training," continued Pres. Hall, "is the basis of all enjoyment and is necessary to prevent nervousness and nervous diseases. It is an evil sign of the times that young men are so cynical, so indifferent and so critical, and feel so little of the joy of youth."
That last sentence will be a stopper for Herb Wolff, personal friend and advisor of Henry Morgenthau who handles our nation's finances, when he conducts his "Five Year Questionnaire" on a fair night next June. Herb is slated to head up one Forum under the trees.
ESOTERIC .... The Reunion Committee comprised of Chairman Ed Shattuck, Art Allen, Else Jenness, Earle Pierce and Andy Scarlett has evolved a new modus operandi for "goth Reunions" .... all plans are kept secret within the breasts of the committeemen until completed
however, visible straws in the wind indicate a Reunion in June that will lift the years, gladden the heart, emancipate the mind from wordly troubles and fears.
OFFSPRING .... Deborah Bankart got a nice picture in Jan. 5 N. Y. HeraldTribune (she favors her mother in looks), has been assigned as ski teacher to Franconia Ski School, having passed her tests on Cannon Mountain last year Dick Sherwin's engagement to Miss Eunice Bagot of Buffalo, N. Y., has been announced, Miss Bagot being a graduate of Wheelock School in Boston Bob Wells and Jack Tobin represent 1910 on the Dartmouth ski squad this year, Bob following along in the footsteps of his illustrious brother, Eddie, who is now a medical student Ted Driver is active in the Dartmouth Social Service Union which does a real job in aiding unfortunates in the Hanover area, such as chopping wood, harvesting fall crops, repairing buildings when the man of the family is sick or injured or otherwise unable to help himself Laura Lord is attending Northfield Seminary and preparing to enter Smith next fall Larry Waterbury '12 says that young Jim Keith who never went to Dartmouth, is one of the best Dartmouth men he ever saw.
RINGSIDE AT THE WAR .... Juddy took two weeks vacation in Florida, had a ringside seat at Port Everglades when the British warship drove the German freighter into port Ted and Julia Hill have a grand little white New England house for their summer home in Surry, Maine The Tom Fosters have a new residence address in Portland, 30 Branhall St Charlie Leavitt is connected with the N. Y. Post Office, lives at 346 W. 71st St Chan Baxter says that Bob Strong, Dartmouth's able and personable freshman dean, made a big hit on the West Coast during his recent trip there.
.... Red-headed, balding Dick Carpenter is very active in Williston Seminary alumni affairs, now working on Williston's 100 th Anniversary that takes place in 1941 Williston gave 1910 a nice delegation in Dick, Fletch Burton, Jack Dingle, Type Hitchcock, Thad Park, Nathan Prentiss, Eddie Sickman.
AUTHORS .... Harold Winship had two articles in the August, 1939, SEMINAR QUARTERLY, one The Church Bell, the other The Radio of Spirit.'... .Rev. Bill Moe delivered an historical sermon in the First Congregational Church, Guilford, Conn., which has now appeared in pamphlet form Dr. Wes Hunt's article on Periesophageal Abscesses in March issue of ANNALS OF OTOLOGY, RHINOLOGY AND LARYNGOLOGY has been widely reprinted.
...N. Y. Worlcl-Telegram carried five columns of today's play, The Time of Nobody's Life by Whidney B. Sipple, the preface reading, The Time of Nobody'sLife is a perfectly lucid drama, clear in itsfundamental implications, illuminatingon the whole, only I don't understand it .... neither does your secretary, Sid might, though Ben Williams continues to get quoted and pictured wherever books are mentioned; any college or class could well be proud of having Ben Ames Williams listed among their members; Ben is tops as a Tenner and Dartmouth man, too Our old History prof, Sid Fay, now one of Harvard's well known professors, had a very interesting article Recipesfor Neutrality in Nov. 4 SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE; it has been widely quoted and is worth making an effort to obtain and read.
DAUGHTERS OF DARTMOUTH .... Somewhere in the feminine brains of 1910's offsprings at Skidmore College there originated the plan of organizing a group to be known as "Daughters of Dartmouth" .... being deprived of attendance at Dartmouth, they decided on the next best thing, having some recognition of their own .... in the group to date are Peggy Leonard, Natalie Hatch, Marjorie Scarlett, our own ICatherine of 1910 plus Virginia Partridge, Betty and Mary Lewis of 1912 birthright.... more later.
KING BRADY says that he sat with 1911 at the Harvard Game dinner "simply trying to convert the heathen." .... Joe Davidson attended Columbia University during the summer Winsor Wilkinson, wife and two fine young daughters,Jean an Jean and Sally, are coming east from California for the Reunion in June.
Ralph Paine would like to get his finances in shape before the Class convenes at Hanover, so would appreciate any dues payments coming his way.
Secretary, Canaan St., Canaan, N. H.
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