1936*
Nineteen hundred and thirty-six in politics. No congressmen as yet, but Jack "Ten Yard" Kenny is an alderman in Hartford, and is working for the law firm of Spellacy and Yeomans, the former of whom is mayor of that city—all of which shows that Captain Kenny still knows where to run the plays. Up in Keene, N. H. Dave "Winter Carnival" Putnam is not only a member of the City Council but also serves on the Finance Committee and spends busy evenings worrying about tax rates and funded debts. He reminds all '36ers that Keene is not far from Hanover and that all are welcome to a good dinner, a soft bed or even a hot buttered rum if they will stop at the Putnam home on Jordan Road. Things may go hard with Bill Niss if he is barn-dancing again in that territory and doesn't pay a visit to Dave and his wife. In fact if anyone discovers Socialite-Chubber Niss barn-dancing any time anywhere this column would appreciate a picture.
Eddie Chamberlain who is a growing figure in Hanover in more ways than one has visited Keene and addressed various business and alumni groups in that city, which may mean that we have a forward pass throwing Dean Laycock right in our own class English scholar Chuck Williams is with Boston publishers, Houghton Mifflin Cos. and makes periodical trips through the south visiting the gentlemen bookstore keepers.
Men Wanted
The Schorer Cos. of Hartford, Conn., for which Brint Schorer is an enterprising and successful salesman, could use a few more ambitious young lads in distributing their specialty product throughout New England. If any of you are looking for a good job in nice country you ought to write to Brint at the above address. He manages to show up at all the football games driving a new Buick so work can't be too tough.
Charlie Lehman writes from Williamsport, Pa., where he is interning, that he is a married man (glaberous men, take courage) and the proud father of a November daughter. The mother of this future Carnival queen was formerly Betty Parsons of Conn. College '36 whom Charlie met in Hanover. A challenger for Carnival queen honors will be Rebekah Page Tindle, Sewickley, Pa. daughter of Jim Tindlearrived in December Ed Hyde is an interne at Geisinger Hospital in Danville, Pa., and Jack Hill is about to open a law office in Williamsport.
In Detroit Dave Campbell now wears out pants wool in the sales office of Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp. looking forward to the day when he can start wearing out shoe leather for the same concern. He is married to Doris Valade and guarantees that Detroit's best brews will be on ice at all times for tired and thirsty classmates. Hospitality is overwhelming this month.
.... LaForrest "Tommy" Thompson audits for Haskins and Sells in the motor city.
GOING
Joe Jayne—engaged to Joan Leeds of Elizabeth, N. J. Joe is with Montgomery Ward in Troy, N. Y.. .Sid Barr to Shirlee Euster of Lowell, Mass.
GONE
William "Brad" Chase married in February to Kathleen Nolan of Springfield, Mass. where Chase is a representative of the General Fibre Box Cos Spike Daniels of Calco Chemical Cos. to Louise Holmgreen of "San Antone," Texas Myron Clark, now division freight agent for the Penn R. R. in Grand Rapids, Mich, to Clara Elizabeth Smith of Methuen, Mass. Jack Sawyer served as best man at this last wedding and Norm Allen and Fred Gonnerman helped officiate. Norm teaches history at Montclair Academy.
Stan Walker has just opened his law office in Worcester, Mass., and Al Harrington is in the same city working for the U. S., in the timber salvage business Bob Harvey lives up in Prattsville, N. Y. and reports his occupation as "artist.".... Gene Austin is finishing his med course at Indiana University Nevin Wiley has gone into social work, being a caseworker for the Family Service Society in his home town of Buffalo, N. Y. Nevin used to give fine service at "Ma" Smalley's Bill Spring is with Travelers Insurance in Albany Marty Brown works for the Parker-Young Cos. in Lincoln, N. H Graham Beckel sells for Paper Box Corp. in Oakland, Cal.
If you want them set up in the other alley drop over to New Rochelle where Howie Rogers is in complete charge of his father's latest addition to his chain of bowling establishments. Howie hasn't advertised any games on the house—yet Al Beetle is a member of the Botany Dept. of the University of California Roy Bergengren writes news for a paper in Madison, Wis Ollie Brown is a Dept. Manager in Almy-Bigelow and Washburn, Salem, Mass Ralph Cockroft has finished his study of accounting at Columbia and is engaged in that sort of work for the Walworth Cos. (heavy goods—not 5 and 10c stuff). He is ractically a fixture at the International ouse in New York where my brother Jim is also a familiar figure. Hugh Chase, back from England, lives there at present I believe.
News is scarcer this month than students in Hanover on a Harvard week-end. Get some up "Slim" Freddie Mechlin works for an investment house in Washington Norb Hoffman saw Schulberg hustling through New York. Budd's second novel is on the fire, says Norb How do you like Dang Scherman's recent spreads in LIFE? You ought to take your hat off when you talk to Louisiana's gubernatorial candidate Sam Jones, Dang. A look at any issue of LIFE will disclose some of Scherman's work and he is certainly doing a swell job.
Where is Lou Benezet? And what is Sonny Heg doing in Evanston, Ill., and Harry Bradford in Colorado, Merrill Teulon in New Hampshire, Jack Sullivan in Framingham, Charlie Brooks back in Massachusetts? And where are Jack Clark and Freddie Weinberg and all the rest of you guys?. .. ,Al Gibney is so hard up that he is sending chain letters through the mail soliciting golf balls. He made a mistake sending one to Wilson—will probably get a fistful of slugs.
In last month's ALUMNI MAGAZINE the editors referred to endeavors being made in Hanover to improve the social life of Dartmouth in order to keep more of the students in Hanover and off the College Highway week-ends. Next year's football schedule shows the Green meeting Georgia Nov. 23d in New York. This hardly seems to be the way to improve the campus life of Hanover. Granted, this may be during the Thanksgiving vacation, but couldn't the game have been better scheduled for Hanover when the students would be there? Who in New York is interested in a Dartmouth-Georgia game, suh, outside of we alumni around the city and a few students home for vacation? If both teams are winners you can also interest the bandwagon football fans and sports writers. Of course, we in New York like to see the Indians play but a gathering of ten or fifteen thousand spectators rattling around in the bleak Polo Grounds is not the setting for college football that the same crowd would present in the shadows of Velvet Rocks and Balch Hill. Let's take the ball game back to the campus.
If you don't read the letters to the editor in each issue of this MAGAZINE you are missing a lot of fun. It's surprising to discover that an old alumnus will take time out to write to the editors concerning the radicalism of Hanover professors. And it's a pleasure to read answers like Joe Millimet's and to realize that by far the, great majority of Dartmouth men are proud and thankful that they went to a school where education is not indoctrination—where they were not taught "ultimate truths" which ten years later turned out to be invalid hypotheses. That's the type of school that one buck in the Alumni Fund helps to maintain, and contributions are already coming in. Let's have more letters next month and you'll be spared sotne of this editorializing.
Secretary-Chairman, 143 Sunset Ave., Ridgewood, N. J.
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