1934*
About a week before writing this column, your secretary and your treasurer decided to take one of those celebrated Ski Meister weekends into the north woods of Vermont, to see whether Mt. Mansfield didn't smell sweeter than Times Square on the stroke of 1939's last midnight. It came to pass that voyaging on the same train and using some of the same local taxis in the cold country was one Link Daniels, accompanied by Brother Whit '32. And upon one wintry day, whilst taking an autobus from town to mountain we were all discussing certain classmates at Dartmouth. We spoke of how Jeff Jackson, who had boarded our very train in New York, had left the train at White River Junction at 3 o'clock that morning and was at the moment undoubtedly cursing the lack of snow in Hanover but taking solace playing 21 and gulping ale in the Beta House. Then there was spoken in awe the name of Yallallee, who had left by catboat for the south seas but whose greeting cards were mysteriously postmarked Toms River, New Jersey. And last we discussed the other half of Link 'n Lee, Good Taste Ambassadors—Eggleston, who we supposed had probably fallen afoul of some Massachusetts ordinance and been stopped in his gustatorial bee-line for the New England ski-fields. For Link 'n Lee, it must be remembered, are in the business of dispensing coffee and pickled watermelon rind to the festive hungry, where'er they be.
Among the first ten faces we gazed into upon reaching the snowy slopes of Mansfield was Jackson, who had abandoned hope of a good 21 game. Only an hour later came Yallallee, who told us that his boat had been wrecked many months ago in Chesapeake Bay and that this was no wraith upon which we gazed but fleshly Yallallee on a week-end away from Congoleum-Nairn. You've guessed the resttoward dusk in steamed Eggleston in his ambassadorial coffee-wagon, with a week-old blond beard and looking for all the world like a fugitive from the brig of an old banana boat. He lasted in Waterbury, Vermont, until 4 in the morning of New Year's Day; then, having found no room in either inn or manger, he made his parting gesture by hurling a snowball through our tavern window, tipped his hat to the ladies in the party, and disappeared down the road to Montpelier with a grubby hound dog baying after him and his coffee and pickled watermelon rind.
Perhaps in this offering we will complete the round of events reported by those many members of '34 who have remembered the crunch of feet on snow by the scratch of pen on check. But before the avalanche of Duespostal news begins, we are glad to give an interim (which, in this case means not accurate) report on the attitude of Class 1934 to the sacrosanct subject of Matrimony.
For the slightly less than 700 men whose names we carry on the class records, there have been chalked up 206 marriages and 79 children. This, however, does not tell a true story, because of the two-hundred. odd men who for one reason or another did not graduate from the College many have not kept a close enough relationship with us to have had their milestones recorded. More stastically accurate is the fact that of the 484 graduates, we have at present writing 171 married men, or 35%. Of these, 42 have sired one offspring, 8 are the fathers of two, and one (perhaps 3) is a triple progenitor. This one is Chuck Herschey, and the two question marks are Charlie Rolfe and Jack Shea, concerning both of whom we have had vague rumors of twins in the second effort. The two-time parents are Art Grimes, Frank Hekma, Herb Heston, Jack Hinsman, George Kimball, Ed Moore, Bill Scherman and John Spiegel. We believe that Charlie Dean and Carrington Hill also stand in his honored classification. If you think we're going to name any more, you're crazy.
We wondered, while making this tour through the class records, whether the advancing years were bringing with them more marriages per annum. The answer, strangely enough, is no. The years 1936, 1937 and 1939 each contained about 33 weddings, while 1938 slumped down to the 1935 level of 20. Three of the boys had the field to themselves during all or most of the undergraduate years, while 13 stepped in before the year 1934 was over. There are some whose marriage dates we don't have, in fact, whose status we assume only after receiving birth announcements. It seems a common phenomenon to pride paternity over wedlock.
There will be a brief pause for station identification while the writer takes the rubber band off dozens more of those Duespostals which Dick Gruen has sent on. A deep breath, and we're off Bob L. Palmer is Merchandise Manager and Stylist for Arrow handkerchiefs, dress shirts and collars. Bob is a husband of 4 years standing, has a 2-year-old daughter named Diane Bob Adam spoke of the recent nuptials of Sam Carson, also attended by Brothers Daniells and Barret of out Toledo way Gardner Brown married Susan A. Webber, of Waterville, Maine, September 16, has a new job with the First National Bank of Lewiston
Dr. Sidney Cohen is doing psychiatry at the Westboro (Mass.) State Hospital. Sid locates Irv Silverman as an interne at Brockton Hospital, and Stan Bloomfield as resident in pediatrics at Boston City Hospital At secretarial and clerical work in the Bronx's United Hoisting Co., is Lex Paradis, who is also putting in nights at Columbia for a degree in Library Science Herb Steyn is in the Marine Transportation Dept. of Socony-Vacuum.
"When war comes, don't forget Joseph's Bombproof Basement—there's room for all." Mike claims he's working his head off in his new job as merchandise manager of James McCreery's Downstairs Store
Bill Daniells says it was swell to see everyone at Reunion—they ought to comeoftener. The surprising thing to me wasthat all the New York tycoons hadn'tchanged much. I had expected to see greying temples, the weight of the world ontheir shoulders, and the wealth of nationsin their pocketbooks. It was right good ofthe Committee to get our tax down to$2.75 a head.. .. .Frank Turbett, accountant with Ernst 8c Ernst, was sorry to miss Reunion—as usual, I was busy at the wrongtime Dan Schuyler practices law as associate in his father's firm, Schuyler & Hennessy. Dan was married in 1935, has a 14-months-old Daniel Jr Boardman Veazie is progressing at Swift & Co. He reports that Dick Schultz is married, has been more than once a father, and is in the live-stock commission business
Mail has bounced from the recorded addresses of Bill Hastorf (New York) and Al Yankauer (Albany). Any clues? Dick Fowle reports that he was offered a berth with the Social Security Board in September, and having been released from his teaching contract he is now doing field work out of Montpelier The legion interested in Bob Goodman's address will be able to reach him at 222 N. Piedmont St., Arlington, Va. Bob recently broke into print with an article on Revenue BondFinancing, which appeared in the October issue of LEGAL NOTES ON SOCIAL GOVERNMENT, published by the A.B.A Henry Martorano, who is teaching in Ansonia High School (Conn.), was married September 30 last to Amy V. Hassett Stu Barber bids fair to fan intersectional flames by proclaiming, "I saw sunny California and I'll take Maine any day." Em Brown married Ellen Scholl, of Boston, on May 27, 1939
Edwin Cowie has been recently transferred to the Boston office of the Atlas Plywood Corp Bob Douglas lives at 14 South Munn Ave., East Orange..... Mayo Cohen became a member of the New Hampshire Bar last July but for the present is continuing his work with the Connecticut Labor Department H. B. Brown, who we remember was a little nervous about it at Reunion, was presented with young Joanne Thalia Brown on July 18 Dana Redington's young Robert hits his first year mark this month.
Help wanted in writing next month's column. If you have recently eloped, broken out of jail, caught a runaway horse, used the mails to defraud, or just plain started a happy new year, let's hear about it.
Secretary-Chairman, 126 Beaufort Place, New Rochelle, N. Y.
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