1925*
A little over three months and we'll all be in Hanover for the reunion. The committee is at work and the details will soon be in your hands. Start planning now—and don't stop planning until you come up the hill and land on Hanover soil. For seven years the Secretary was in Hanover for commencements, and each year we have seen one, or several, of the reunion classes better organized and having a better time than the others. We hope 1925 will be the class best organized and having the best time this June. We hope so for two reasons—first, in order that we may uphold our record as one of the wideawake classes of our decade; second, and most important, in order that each one of us individually, and all of . us as a group may leave Hanover after the reunion with great joy and satisfaction in our hearts and a deep desire to keep in close touch with Dartmouth,—and a potent longing for our 20th reunion to come and bring us all together again.
We don't know how many of you read the letters in the front of the February issue of the MAGAZINE, but if you missed them, turn back to page 4 and read "A Green Tie." Most of us in our love for the College are prone to consider that love a little deeper, a trifle more unselfish, a bit more understanding than the other fellow's. Then suddenly, some incident, as it pertains to another Dartmouth man, makes us realize that there are others (that there are thousands)—just like us. The love of the College is so wide-spread, so unselfish, so deep that the proofs of it are constant and of daily occurrence. Other men love their universities and colleges —almost as we do, but not quite. We think that the thing which most differentiates the Dartmouth love from that of some of our sister institutions is to be found in the all-consuming, unquenchable insistence of Dartmouth men that the College forge ahead; that it continually seek for perfection; that it shall be the leader in anything which it undertakes—and that we shall all have a hand in making it preeminent. Other college men love their college and are proud of it, but they seem content to be proud of the past and of the present. Dartmouth men, at heart, seem more intent upon Dartmouth's future—the future which they know is assured—because they will never be satisfied with anything that pertains to Dartmouth, except perfection, and that is never attained. But the institution which seeks it with the greatest insistence is going to be the leader in the field and going to continue to produce, and to cherish such men as Fred S. Stripp '08, and his son, Fred Jr., who should, we would guess, make a splendid honorary member of any of the recent classes.
Ken (F.) Montgomery has been made a partner in the Chicago law firm of Wilson and Mcllvaine. Whit Campbell, himself a member of Taylor, Miller, Busch & Boyden, writes:—"Monty has been associated with them since graduating from Harvard Law School in 1928. Time would properly describe Wilson 8c Mcllvaine as one of Chicago's oldest and most potent law firms. For the further information of your readers, Monty is still a bachelor, maintains quarters overlooking Lake Michigan at 219 Lake Shore Drive, and is a prominent clubman. He is a member of the University Club, Saddle and Cycle Club and Skokie Country Club. He is secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago, Vice President of the Harvard Law School Society of Chicago, and secretary of The Legal Club of Chicago A third child was born in the Warner Washburn family on December th The new arrival is a daughter and has been named Elizabeth. Tubby also has daughter Jean, eight years old, and a son Tohn, six years old Stan Smith, the Rockford baron, was in Chicago over the holidays and attended the cocktail party held by the Chicago Alumni Association at the University Club on December 29th. Stan announced, with a few blushes, that he has been made a trustee of Rockford College. Rockford, as you undoubtedly know, is one of the leading, if not the leading, colleges for girls in the middle -west. Karl Williams of the Class of 1923 is also a trustee of Rockford College.
Bill Thompson was recently re-elected president of the Lowell Dartmouth Club. .Robert Pike is the author of SaintThomas Aquinas and The Songe du Verier appearing in the October number of JPECULUM; and Neglected Treasures? by Stowell Goding has been reprinted from the MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL of last October Larry Leavitt writes-"You will be interested to know that Dot and I with the two children spent the Christmas holidays with Jock Packard at the Royal Park Inn, Vero Beach, Florida. We were there last year and enjoyed it even more this year. Jock and Ruth made it very pleasant for us. One of the high-lights of the vacation was a sailfishing trip. I was fortunate enough to hook a big one and Jock had his camera already to take a picture but after playing with it for thirty minutes, I lost it when the leader broke. A young lady hooked one at the same time and managed to land hers. That makes me look pretty bad. The Royal Park Inn is a wonderful place to stay and I can recommend it to you very highly. It would be a lot of fun if next Christmas several of us) could plan to be there together."
Jim Adams' new address is 513 East Band Street, New York City and Chet Bolles, the Royal Battery Corp., Jersey Ave., New Brunswick, N. J Lee Burgess is with the American Sales Book Cos. in Bridgeport, Conn Ed Hennessey has moved from North Carolina to 100 Central Street, Springfield, Mass.; and Rod Jones has left Canada and is at present at 400 West sth Street, Jamestown, N. Y.
We were sorry to hear of Ken Hill's confinement with the grippe—if there is as much around the country as there is in Detroit, a lot of 25'ers must have been down Dick Holden is again one of the sponsors of the Boston Opera. Dick has kept up his undergraduate Glee Club work by singing solos in one of the large Boston churches, by being active in various musical societies, and by sponsoring various musical festivities..... Bill Sleigh recently invaded Washington and Ken Montgomery, Boston Pete Blodgett took another vacation trip in February, this time to ski on Mount Tremblant in the Laurentians and to spend a few days at St. Sauver. Get ready for the 15th!!
Secretary-Chairman, 344 Buhl Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
Confucius say: 40 = 25 -f- 15th Wise Man Be There!
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