1912*

Your Secretary is short of notes this month. It would be much appreciated if each of you, when he reads this short column, would sit down and drop a line to the Secretary with any news he may have at hand. Incidentally, we could use some snapshots of members of the Class for this column.

Syd Clark writes from Rio de Janeiro that he is living on the beach, and that a pre-breakfast swim is a part of every day's program.

A letter from Zita V. Dana at 164 a Jefferson Street, Muskegon, Michigan, says of Hike that he was always very loyal to Dartmouth, and enjoyed telling of his college days and many friends, and of his regret not to be with the Class in 1937. Zita is treasuring the Class Book for Lowell Jr., and hopes that he will be in interested in Dartmouth. Perhaps some member of the Class may pass through or near Muskegon and be able to drop in on Hike's family.

For some unexplained reason, there was no letter from Husky DeMerritt in the Class Book. Here is news to take the place of it. Major Dean R. DeMerritt of the territory of the Hawaii National Guard, is administrative assistant to Colonel Perry M. Smoot, adjutant general of Hawaii, and a very busy man, in these times of extra drills and field training periods. He is often at his desk in the Honolulu armory until midnight. Husky was born in Northwood, N. H., and after graduation from Dartmouth, entered the employ of Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, where he remained until the World War in He attended the original Plattsburg military training camp in 1916, and in August, 1917, was commissioned as provisional second lieutenant of cavalry in the regular army, and as a first lieutenant ten days later. His first assignment was to the 24th Cavalry at Camp Logan, Houston, and later, Fort Bliss. This outfit was reorganized as the 82nd Field Artillery, but in September, 1918, as a captain, Husky was transferred to Camp McClellan, Alabama, to be an instructor with the 11th Division. There he remained until March, 1919, when he was reassigned to the 17th Cavalry at Camp Harry J. Jones, Douglas, Arizona. After about a month, the regiment was ordered to Hawaii, where Husky was discharged in August, 1919. Husky came back to New Hampshire in 1920, to take up his work with the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. He joined the New Hampshire National Guard, and became commanding officer of the headquarters company, 172nd Field Artillery. The lure of Hawaii and of the army were too much for him, and in 1928, Captain DeMerritt of the New Hampshire National Guard brought his wife and small son to Honolulu, where he was commissioned a captain in the territorial national guard, July 2, 1938, and promoted to Major July 1, 1939. Husky Jr., aged 13, attends the 9th grade at Robert Louis Stevenson intermediate school.

Another member of the Class who had no letter in the Class Book was Robert S. Dowst, who writes from 268 Henry Street, Brooklyn, New York. Bob's daughter Barbara, is a sophomore at Radcliffe in Cambridge, and his son Somerby, born January 15, 1926, is in Boston Latin School. Since 1933, Bob has been writing sports, mostly turf (horses, to you), and has published the following books, besides a large number of magazine articles: Playing theRaces; A Guide to the American Tracks, (Dodd Mead & Cos., N. Y. City, 1934, $2.00); Winners atid How To Select Them, (Cosmic Press, 30 Irving Place, N. Y. City, f1.00, 1935); Profits on Horses, (Wm. Morrow & Co., N. Y. City, 1937, $3.00); AllAbout Odds, (Wm. Morrow & Co., N. Y. City, 1937, 85(f); Horse To Bet, 1938-1939 Edition, (Wm. Morrow & Co., N. Y. City, 1938, $3.00). He writes that he has a lot of fun writing turf, and that he has tried to say something of value to players. He suggests that if you want to pick the winner of the next Kentucky Derby to be run early in May, 1940, take a look at his annual Esquire story in the April issue. The pick this year is not a hard one to make, and the colt may win.

George Hitchcock's eldest son, George N. Jr., married Ellen Winniferd Longley at Shirley Center, Massachusetts, November 30, 1939.

Michy Mitchell writes from 24 Aubrey Road, Upper Montclair, N. J., which is his home address, that he has been furloughed in the general process of liquidating the PWA in New York.

Doc O'Connor's eldest daughter, Bettyann, and her husband, Sidney Culver of Westhampton, Long Island, are both taking agricultural courses at Cornell this winter, and having the time of their lives.

Secretary, Rochester, N. H.

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