1925*
This is our last edition for the Class Notes Section. We will turn over the July issue, and the report on the 15th Reunion, to the new Secretary.
We have been looking at the picture of Craven Laycock which hangs over our desk. It is difficult to realize that he won't be physically present in Hanover in June. Only ten days before his death Charlie Bennett 'OB returned to Detroit with the news that he had seen Craven in Hanover and that he looked the picture of health. His passing was a great shock to all of usit does not seem possible that his grand smile, his upright walk, his firm handclasp, and his resonant clear voice have left the Hanover Plain that he loved so well. But, of course, Craven Laycock hasn't left either Hanover or Dartmouth men. Some fifteen thousand knew him, and it will be four score years before the last of them have ceased to remember and speak of him. Even then, as long as Dartmouth lasts, his name will go down through the boundless years to come as one of those who made the College great. To his son-in-law and daughter, Bob and Catherine McKennan—'2sers both—and to Mrs. Laycock, the Class sends condolences at his untimely passing; but there is deep joy in the fact that we were permitted to know him so intimately and for so long a time.
We were going to make some sort of a plea for the Alumni Fund. We make it now in this form. Several Detroit '25ers, who had already increased their contribution over last year, have, since Dean Laycock's death, decided to increase their contributions again. They felt that this would be the sort of memorial that Craven would approve and appreciate. No Dartmouth man ever loved the College more devotedly; the Class could pay him no finer tribute than a record subscription to the Fund, in his honor.
The Reunion is only about ten days away. Suitcases are being taken from the attic, road maps are being studied, railroad and airline reservations are being made. At the end of these notes will be found the names of the hundred and one '25ers who (on May 8th) were definitely coming. In addition one hundred and seventeen are listed as "probable" or "trying." This is a grand result and assures 1925 of a 15th that will be remembered for many years to come Al Perkins and Buck Jones are both coming all the way from California Roily Stebbins has recently returned to Michigan from Sun Valley and Miami—but is planning on being in Hanover for the 15th The Chicago delegation at latest reports numbered over a dozen Just how the Committee is able to give all that goes with the $15.00 tax is certainly a mystery, but a very welcome one. Costumes, music, Friday night reception, Saturday luncheon, Saturday night Class Dinner, Barn Dance, Sunday Outing, Class Movies, etc.,—all are included.
John Packard has returned from Florida and again taken up the management of the Toy Town Tavern in Winchendon, Mass Mosh Mosher has moved to Kendal Green, Mass Bob Carpenter has moved from Washington, D. C. to Buffalo, New York—723 Prospect Ave Lee Burgess, one of our best movers, is now in Danielson, Conn. Our book shows four addresses in three years Will and Mabel McLaughlin announce the arrial of 7½ pound Thomas Orville McLaughlin. Congratulations!... .Winthrop Rice is the author of Practical Aspects of Foreign Language Study in the March 23d issue of SCHOOL AND SOCIETY The "Lame Duck" Committee for the 15th should be composed of Curt Abel, Pete Blodgett and Clif Hill—all of whom broke their legs this past winter while proving (?) that "skiing begins at 40.". . ...George Chamberlain recently returned from a two weeks' vacation in Jamaica Paul Nute is a bit peeved. He was all set for the 15th but expects to be drafted by Western Union to attend the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia '2sers present at the Boston Alumni dinner were Lane Goss, Line Davis, Lang Spring, Ralph Thompson, Chet Eaton, Jock Brace, Pete Blodgett, Hal Stevens, Charlie Haywood, Ken Nugent, Jake Penney, Russ Fox, Steve Ryan, Eddie Griffin, Homer Tilton and Ken Hill Don Gardner '28 has organized the "Dartmouth Sea Dogs"(Boston). The purpose is to get together all Dartmouth men interested in sailing. Frank Wallis is Corresponding Secretary and other '2sers are Bob Bishop, Homer Tilton, Bill Sleigh, Whitey White and Ken Hill. An overnight trip to Scituate is planned for the week-end of June 29th George L. Scott, headmaster of The Morgan School has just been elected Assistant Professor of Education at Dartmouth for the two years beginning this September. He has also been appointed to the summer school faculty at the Plymouth, New Hampshire, State Teachers College for this summer. Congratulations, George Curt Abel writes from New York City "So far I have not heard definitely of anyone who will not make the reunion and there is certainly plenty of enthusiasm around town about the various events."
The list of those "coming" and those "returning if possible," follows:
DEFINITELY RETURNING
Curtis Abel, Charles Babcock, Ross Beatty, Henry Bjorkman, Clarence Blodgett, Frederick Blodgett, William Boies, Chester Bolles, Robert Borwell, Lloyd Brace, Francis Brown, William Bunting, David Burner, Edward Burns, Norton Canfield, Robert Canfield, Norman Clark, Stanley Copeland, Philip Coykendall, Lincoln Davis, Chester Eaton, Foster Edwards, Harold Elder, Carl Elmquist, Blair Gilbert, Lane Goss, Gerald Gould, William Griffin, Raymond Guernsey, Rudolph Haffenreffer, Milton Hart, William Hawley, Edward Hewitt, Paul Hexter, Kenneth Hill, Richard Holden, Martin Huberth, Charles Jameson, Hersey Johnson, Louis Kimball, Joseph Leavitt, Laurence Leavitt, Donald Lyman, Alan Manning, Lawrence Marshall, Lyle McKown, George Megathlin, Parker Merrow, Sidney Milnor, Charles Moore. Kenneth Nugent, Edwin Ober.
Philip O'Connell, Franklin Osgood, John Packard, Robert Palmer, Ross Pearl, Edwin Pease, Albert Perkins, Harold Perkins, Jack Per-Lee, Edouard Petriquin, Lincoln Price, William Pugh, Robert Reading, Paul Reed, John Reeder, Robert Cooper Rhodes, Elmer Richards, John Roche, Stephen Ryan, Harry Savage, George Scott, William Sleigh, Frederick Smith, Stanton Smith, George Sprague, Arthur Spring, John Spring, George Stevens, Harold Stevens, Radford Tanzer, Hamilton Thayer, Ralph D. Thompson, William Thompson, Homer Tilton, Newton Tobey, Walter Tower, Channing Walker, Frank Wallis, Ellis Waring, Eliot Warner, Warner Washburn, Howard Wellman, Ford Whelden, Llewellyn White, Neil Williams, Charles Wilson, George Zahm.
Returning if Possible
Leßoy Adams, Andrew Anderson, James Anderson, Douglas Archibald, Harwood Bacon, Charles Bankart, Sherman Barnett, Sydney Batchelder, Allen Bickford, Robert Bishop, Edgar Blake, Winston Brown, Carl Bridenbaugh, William Bryant, Nathan Bugbee, George Bullard, William Calvert, Donald Cameron, Whitney Campbell, William Carter, George Chamberlain, Edward Childs, Milo Clapp, Wilfred Clark, Webster Collins, Nathan Colwell, Francis Crawford, William Cubbins, Brice Disque, Edward Dodez, Ralph Dwinell, Mark Emerson, Maxwell Emerson, Milton Emerson, Henry Fleet, Bradbury Foss, Lester Frenckel, Mott Garlock, Theodor Geisel, Lewis Goas, Richard Gratz, Edwin Griffin, Frank Hershey, Lee Jamison, William Jenkins, Berkeley Jones, Henson Jones, Matthew Jones, Preston Kelsey, Frank Kennedy, Donald Kilby, Karl King.
Bradford Kingman, Elpheage Kirouac, Cornelius Kurtz, Leonard Larrabee, Donald Lawson, Francis Leach, Bernard Levison, Elliott Lyman, George Lyon, Barrett Lyons, Charles MacMillan, Norman Martin, Gordon Marvel, Kenneth McDonough, Terrence McGaughan, Harold McHenry, William McNulty, Howard Megee, Robert Meginnity, Robert Misch, Kenneth Montgomery, George Moore, Samuel Morris, Clarence Morrison, Robert Myers, George Neilson, Henry Octavec, Radcliffe Oxley, Paul Pearson, Cyril Penney, Charles Peterson, Patrick Phelan, Robert Pierce, Anthony Reddy, Charles Robinson, Edward Roessler, James Rogers, Hiram Russell, William Russell, Walter Sawyer, Francis Shea, William Shepard, Ralph Shineman, Kenneth Simonds, Robert Simonds, Drennan Slater, Arthur Smith, Carl Smith, James Smith, Norman Smith, Robert Smith, Robert Snyder.
Harlan Statzell, Rowland Stebbins, Norman Strickland, Robert Sweetser, Richard Taylor, Ralph Thompson, Robert Torrens, Fred Webster, Robert Weinig, Orrin Werntz, Frederick Weston, Roland Whitney, Francis Wilder.
Hail and Farewell
It's a little difficult to say, as Secretary, Good-bye. The past three years have passed very quickly. There isn't any work connected with the College that we don't enjoy. There have been many months when we weren't satisfied with the Notes. But unless the news comes in there isn't anything to be done about it. It would have been easy and pleasant to write on something which we felt rather keenly about, but that isn't the purpose of the Class Notes section. It is primarily for the dissemination of news about members of the Class. There's plenty every month, if only you will all be conscientious about sending it to the Secretary. Personally, we still believe that with a Class as large as 1925, and as widely spaced geographically, the soundest idea is one based on district secretaries. We urge you all to co-operate consistently and regularly with your next Secretary. It is supposed to be a thankless job. We don't feel that this aspect is very important. What is important is the turning out of a satisfactory piece of work—in order that the Notes will be readable, enjoyable and a source of pride to every '25er each month. To accomplish that end the individual members of the Class must lend their aid. To those of you who have assisted in the past three years, and to you who have from time to time dropped us personal letters, we send our most sincere thanks. We are looking forward to seeing a great many of you in Hanover on the 14th, 15th and 16th. Best regards to you all.
Secretary-Chairman, 344 Buhl Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
Class Agent, Young and Rubicam 506 New Center Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
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