1931*
Those of you who have had to meet a publisher's deadline with an article at regular intervals can appreciate the feeling of relaxation and relief that your fond Secretary had at the prospect of a guestor should I say ghost-writer for this issue. At a recent '31 dinner at the Dartmouth Club one of the more talented members of our group offered to take this column over for this issue, and my only reaction could be one of pleasure because of the change it would give to every one who reads this MAGAZINE. Imagine my chagrin and disappointment to receive the following letter a few days after this offer:
"Dear Mac: The Good Book says that strong drink is a mocker. To which I add a fervent 'Amen.' (and your Secretary does, too). At some point last Tuesday that nasty old stuff, alcohol, seems to have snuck up on me. I have a vague but increasing feeling that I made some sort of a date to meet you Friday night and help you turn out a column. If I did, I can only say that it was gin talking and not me. My wife returns to town Saturday which means that I shall have to spend Friday night getting food in, and the apartment fixed up. If I made commitments which I cannot fulfill, blame it on the demon rum."
You see, fellows, my intentions were good and you really were going to get a chance to read a little different type of column. Perhaps next month I can get our ghost writer to fill in.
Speaking of Dinners, we have a letter from Ernie Moore which says he attended the Annual Dartmouth Dinner in Chicago in honor of President Hopkins, and '31 was well represented by Johnny Goodwillie, Os Bliss, Al Wolfe, Bill Seney, Sey Burge, Chet Johnston and Bob Chapman, and '31's most traveled member Frank Hardinge. I might add that Chicago certainly showed New York 'giers up with such a turnout because at our New York Dinner five of us—Fred Nichols, Vic Rockhill, Jack Warwick, Dick Holbrook and I held down a table at which reservations for seventeen had been made. It was the night of the big storm here in the East, however, which probably accounts for some of the fellows not showing up. Petey Boynton had a good excuse for not coming that night as his son was born at the same time as the Dinner, and Petey was at the hospital. Ernie also reports that he saw Jack and Jane Cunningham in Detroit where Jack is an expert on arc welding and the building of model railroads. He also saw Cliff Powers, the king of the canned meat division of Kingan & Company and the most eligible bachelor in Indianapolis where he drives around in a big Dartmouth green opera-seat job. After a number of attempts, Ernie and Ed Burrill finally got together in Madison, Wisconsin, where Ed is in line for a nice promotion with his oil company. And he also tells us that '31 is going to be doing its share in the Dartmouth activity in Milwaukee for this coming year, with Bill Minnehan as the president of the Club and Johnny Hase as the vice president.
We had a note from Johnny Cogswell located at Riverhead, Long Island, as a commercial representative of the Telephone Company. Johnny says his telephone number is Riverhead Official 50, that it doesn't cost anything to phone him, and that any of the gang in town or any of the fellows who get here from out of town, who are looking for something to do, might give him a ring. He would like to hear from you.
After a lapse of about a year, the '31 group in New York got together for a Dinner at the new Dartmouth Club at 30 East 37th Street. There was a fine turnout with some twenty-four men present, including Jim Verity—Sid Rubin, barrister of 50 Rockefeller Plaza—Will Lapidus, Rosey's automotive accessories—Ed Brummer, in town for the winter and working with "Blondie" Carlson in "Blondie's" telephone service business—Doug Woodring, barrister from Newark—Ed Maas, formerly with the financial section of the Herald-Tribune, and now with J. Walter Thompson advertisers—Harry Townsend of the Employers Liability and in the process of getting ready to sail for Brazil to act as agent for the Singer Sewing Machine—Don Stoddard of Wood-Struthers —Bill Little of the Little Show business (Bill had some plans of a lovely home that he and his wife are building out on Long Island and it's surely a peach) —Johnny Camph—Charlie Mummer- Johnny Milos—"Blondie" Carlson—Ken Anderson, insurancer with the Provident Mutual—Dick Cukor, Macy executive- Ned Rosen, general insurance of Dash Brothers—Dutch Holland, New York Life's top clubber—Jim Lyall, United States Trust Company's personnel man- Frank McCord, McCann-Ericson's newest addition'—Hank Richmond—Charlie Schneider—Walt Housman—Charlie Betterand yours truly. Plans were made for another gathering sometime in April around the middle of the month. So if any of you fellows are in town, you might inquire about it.
At the dinner your Secretary was cornered by our good friend, Doug Woodring, and made to realize that he had misquoted pretty seriously in a previous column. In the January column I gave Doug credit for being the president of his local Junior Chamber of Commerce and for having put over a ticket sale for a concert of over $1,800. Actually this should have been a quote to Doug from Beany Thorn in which Beany was the president of his Junior Chamber of Commerce group, and it was Beany who engineered this concert series ticket sale. Sorry, Doug and Beany, and I hope this helps to set the picture straight.
Incidentally, Beany has very graciously agreed to continue as Class Agent for the Alumni Fund for this year and perhaps if we will all get our contributions in to him early, he will agree to take it until the Tenth at which time we can tell him personally how much we appreciate what he has done. The Alumni Fund begins next month, so when you get your notices, shoot your checks to Beany.
At the meeting considerable interest was evidenced as to what Ab Dean (Epstein) was doing. Nobody seemed to have heard or seen much of him, and then yesterday we got a letter from Frank McCord in which he said that he saw Ab. He is looking extremely well and contented and is taking a fling at advertising art where he seems to have a ready market for his wares. Ab barely escaped being in the movies a few years back and he now seems quite relieved that nothing came of it. What a man! And with all those gals out there, too, Ab! You probably could have had some fun out there with Bob Ryan who at present is 31's only gift to the movie industry as far as we know.
The suggestion was made that there are a number of fellows in our Class who have had unusual experiences in both getting jobs and in the types of work they are now doing. With the coming of the Alumni Fund and Beany's Class Notes, we would like to publish in this column the stories of the lives of the fellows in our Class to date who are doing interesting things. If you know of anybody who falls in this group, will you drop me a card and give me his name, and we will see what we can do about getting him to shelve his boyish modesty and give us some of the facts about his career. In the meantime, don't forget to send your checks to Beany.
Fund Contributors for 1939 Contributors: 360 (80% of graduates). Total gifts: $2,126 (93% of objective). CRAIG THORN, JR., Class Agent.
1931
Akerlund, Andrez P. Allen, Lawrence, Jr. Alton, William H.Jr. Amos, George A., Jr. Anderson, Courtney A. Anderson, Kenneth L. Andres, Harold A. Andrews, Leon F. Asher, Robert E. Austin, Basil F. Babbitt, Charles A. Barker, Robert H. Barnum, Russell P. Barrington, John G. Baron, William K. Bean, Delcie D., Jr. Beckwith, H. Russell, Jr. Bender, David J. Benger, William L. Benson, John K. Bertram, Wallace Bettman, Irvin M. Billings, Lester K. Blatz, Frank H. Bliss, George O. Blocksom, Robert Z. Boardman, Arthur G., Jr. Boermeester, John M. Bond, Harold H. Borkum, David N. Boyle, Bernard L., Jr. Boynton, Perry S., Jr. Briggs, Charles A., 2nd Brockway, Weston H. Bromberg, Gabriel Brummer, Edward C. Burkhardt, Frederic S. Burnett, George H. Burrill, Edward B. Burroughs, Henry B.1 Buxbaum, Herman S. Camph, John A. Carlson, Rolland D. Carrington, B. W., Jr. Carvalho, Curtis B. P. Carver, Gordon M. Chamberlin, John B. Chamberlin, John H. Charlton, Ralph W. Chase, Richard B. Child, Samuel B. Choate, Joseph E. Clark, Leonard J. Clarke, John M. Clarkson, Frank B. Clifford, D. Gordon Clisby, Philip J Clow, Stephen E. Cole, John N. Coley, George A. Conklin, George W. Conklin, William S. Cooley, Emerson F. Cram, Spencer E. Crehan, Paul J. Crosse, Howard D. Cukor, Richard M. Cunningham, John F., Jr. Curtiss, Edgar F. Danforth, Theodore L. Davis, Arthur C. Davis, John E. Day, Durfee L. Dean, Abner Denby, Richard A. Denham, Daniel Derby, Gordon H. Dickerman, R. Vance Dickey, Robert M. Dingman, Charles W. Dodge, Rodney W. Donner, Roger B. Douglas, Walter D., 2nd Downey, William H. Dwyer, Charles W. Eagen, Thomas F., Jr. Ecker, Arthur D. Eldredge, H. Wentworth
Elmer, Edward 0., Jr. Engstrom, Charles G. Esersky, Joseph Evans, Peter B. Ewing, John R. Farley, Walter L. Felker, Charles H. Feltner, John B. Findlay, Ronald W. Fisher, Richard Flynn, Edward A. Frame, James T., Jr. Frankel, George E. Frederick, Robert G. Freeman, Gaylord A., Jr. Freeman, John B. Galley, Henry W., Jr. Garlick, J ames H., Jr. Garson, Byron J. Gathright, Joseph R. Gehring, Carl W. Geiger, William A. George, Francis E. Gilchrist, Hart D. Gilpatrick, George H. Glickman, Harold Godfrey, James B. Goodwillie, John J. Gorsline, W. Henry, Jr. Gould, Allison A. Greig, Roderick F. Greenlund, Nelson C. Griggs, Chandler B. Gristede, Charles A. Groves, Samuel A. Gruen, Edward D. Guernsey, H. Sherwood Hale, Robert L. Hall, Lindsey M. Hall, Malcolm W. Hall, Stephen G. Hallenbeck, Millard O. Hanauer, Edmund M. Hardinge, Franklin, Jr. Harmon, Carlyle H. Harris, Clifford E. HaseJohnH. Hausman, Walter J., Jr. Hawkins, George A. Hayden, William R. S. Hayes, William S. Hay ward, Oliver S. Hedstrom, Olof H. Henry, Richard M. Herget, John C. Hetfield, George F. Hickin, Robert J. Hill, Charles 8., Jr. Hobbs, Orodon S. Hodson, Frank E. Holbrook, Richard G. Holden, Philip L. Holland, Robert C. Holman, Howard F., Jr. Hovey, David Howard, Charles W. Howe, Dana H. Hubbard, Charles C. Huckins, Joseph C.2 Hunter, Ralph W. Huntley, Robert A. Hutton, Eben B. Jaquith, Hawley Johnson, Henry L., Jr. Johnson, Theodore S. Jonas, Ralph F. Karasik, Monroe Kelley, David W. Kent, Edgar H. Kent, Francis W. Kimball, James A. King, Victor R. Klein, Lester J. Klein, Morton A., Jr. Knight, Richard A. Knight, William H. Krider, Paul O.
Lane, Harold H. Langenbach, Edward R. Lapidus, Wilbur R. Larrabee, David M. Laughton, Armine W. Leach, A. Searle Leuthner, John G. Levison, Melvin S. Linz, Joseph S. Little, William E. Loveland, David S. Lull, Arthur S. Lyall, James Maas, Edward J., Jr. McAllister, Charles S. McCarthy, Henry J. McCord, Frank P. McDonald, W. Clifford McDonough, John T. McElroy, James F. MacKechnie, John G. McKenney, Leo F. McKnight, Frank B. MacMillan, Benjamin Magee, Gray M. Martin, Albert G. Martin, John 8., Jr. Marx, Arthur G. Marx, Charles S. Mason, Howard F. Matteson, Willard E. Maynard, Ralph T. Mecutchen, Edward T. Mendell, Charles S., Jr. Merriam, Joseph P. Merriman, Frank G. Miller, Blaine H., Jr. Miller, E. Spencer Miller, George H. Miller, William C. Milos, John F Minehan, William B. Montgomery, Wilder P. Moore, Ernest H. Moore, G. Bedell Morris, Edward W. Morris, G. Douglas Morrow, Earle L. Mumma, Charles L. Myllykangas, Lauri E. Neely, Hugh F. Nelson, John M. Nichols, Charles M. Nichols, Franklin T. Nickum, George C. Nims, Charles S. Nims, Ralph O. Noyes, Albert K. Nutt, William F. O'Connor, Edwin J. Oelman, Robert S. O'Keeffe, Adrian F. Oleksiw, Nicholas B. O'Neill, Charles K. Page, Lincoln R. Palmer, William E. Park, Robert E. Pastore, Edward W. Patterson, J. Thomas Patterson, Reed M. Peirce, Theodore S. Peterson, Roland F. Phillips, George L. Phinney, William L. Picken, Edward C. Pitkin, Edgar S. Pope, Francis M. Power, Clifton W. Pratt, Malcolm L. Proctor, George N., 3rd Quinn, Francis X., Jr. Reno, John H. Rice, James W., Jr. Richmond, J. Henry Rick, James, 3rd Rikkola, Allan A. Roberts, Charles D. Robinson, Charles L.
Rockhill, Victor E. Rodgers, H. Rand Rogers, John 0. Rogers, Nickerson Rolfe, Norman C. Rolfe, Robert A. Rosen, N. Ned Rosen blum, Elmer M Ross, Lincoln E. Rubin, Sidney S. Rushton, Joseph G. Ruskay, Joseph A. Russell, Charles M. Russell, F. Forsha Rusterholtz, Wallace P. St. Louis, Robert W. Sampson, Kenneth E. Sankey, Richard E. Schneider, Charles A. Schuldenfrei, William H. Schuyler, William M. Seder, Harold E. Seepe, Arthur W. Seiden, Milton Seney, Wilson T. Sherman, Saul H. Sloane, Robert R. Smith, A. Thad, Jr. Smith, Montague T. Smith, Stephen W. Smith, William H., 2nd Snow, Tower C. Soule, Parker F., Jr. Spiegel, Arthur H. Spotts, Robert L. Stanford, Edward B. Steck, William F. Stevens, George N. Stoddard, Donald A. Studwell, Edward F. Sullivan, Charles L., Jr. Sutton, Allard A. Swift, William 8., Jr. Symonds, Edmund A. Syrek, Mitchell R. Taylor, H. Lewis Taylor, Sam M. Taylor, Wesley 0. Tetzlaff, Frederick W. Thompson, Ward E. Thorn, Craig, Jr. Thorsen, J. Wallace Thursfield, Richard E. Toomey, David E. Tonis, Robert Torras, Alvaro G. Townsend, Harry C. Tucker, Lawrence H. Uglow, George S. Verity, James L. Vernon, Hollis E. Wagner, Robert S. Walker, Clifford R. Walker, Harry S., Jr. Walker, William E. Wallace, Robert A. Walter, Hart E. Wardle, Ralph M. Warne, Charles C., Jr. Warwick, Jack R. Waterman, William B. Watson, Joseph C. Weatherley, John S. Weisert, John C. Welch, Frank K. Welsh, Vernon M. Wendell, William T. West,. Edwin A. Weston, Payson G. Whitcher, Wendell J. Whittinghill, Maurice Williams, John R., Jr. Williams, Stanley E. Williams, Stephen B. Williams, Thomas F. Jr. Willson, Eugene B. Wilson, Douglas E. Wilson, William L. Winslow, Charles E.
Wolff,Allan I., Jr. Zinn,Martin,Jr. Wolff, Willard C. 1 Memorial gift from hisWolff,WillardC Mr. Rolert p. Woodring, E. Douglass Burroughs '21. Wooodruff, William E. 2 Memorial gift from hisWwoodward,Harry R.Jr. classmate, Mr. Basil F. Zimmerman, Robert E. Austin.
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