1919*
The Dinner before the Princeton game in New York, partially reported in the last issue, was a great success and we expect to make this an annual party. Others there not mentioned previously were: Vaughn Little, Buttenweiser, Hal Davidson, Sandoe, Stone, Huntington and Garrison.
Bill McCarter ably presented the latest information on the football situation but I must in fairness state he did not give us any tip-off on what was to happen in Hanover the afternoon of the Cornell game. The Class of '19 rejoices over the thrilling performance on that historic day. Earl Blaik is our hero for life.
I have been getting reports on the Princeton game from several sources. A short letter from Fiske says: "The only one I saw at the Princeton game was Gin Mullen who was being very ably escorted by his wife. I attended the Class Dinner in Boston the night before the Harvard game and had a grand time renewing acquaintances with the Bean Eaters."
A letter from Siegbert reads: "Spider and his wife were the only visible signs of life of the 'l9 Class which I saw at the game. This probably was my fault, as I failed to send in an application for tickets on time and had to take them wherever I could find them. Thought you might be interested to know that when I was out West this summer, I bumped into Collie O'Gorman in Santa Barbara. Told me he was living in Los Angeles and looked younger than ever."
Freddy Balch sent me this report: "A very good friend of mine was at Princeton while I was at Dartmouth and we attend that game together each year. This year was our turn for sitting in the Princeton stands. I also attended a Princeton cocktail party before the game and went to the Elm Club after, so that day was very much on the Princeton side and I didn't see any of the Dartmouth men I usually enjoy a few minutes with on that occasion.
"I did go up to Hanover for the Cornell game and had a very enjoyable Dartmouth time there. Three of us were going up into the mountains above Lincoln, N. H. for a week's shooting and went up early so we could stop in Hanover for that game, and certainly enjoyed every minute of it. Bill McCarter was the only 'iger I saw. The only 'iger I've had recent news of is Laurie Eastman. He is a Lt. Commander in the Naval Reserve and stopped at my house in Lansdowne on his way from Portland to Edgewood, Md. where he had a special training course of 30 days last summer. Said Waddy Owen is in Jacksonville with one of the big electric supply concerns.
"After the game in Hanover, we drove out to some roadhouse out beyond Lyme for dinner. Bumped into a group there who tell me Stewie Wark is Exec. Vice Pres. of a large New York advertising firm."
In addition to those already mentioned, I've learned that others who saw the Princeton game include: Bob Stecher and his wife, Budd Welsh and family, Jack Moriarty and Jack Keating. I imagine there were many more. Colwell and Huntington, I know were planning to go.
For the Brown game, Jim Davis is my only source of news. He went and saw Mai Drane, Louis Munro and no one else he knew. While on the subject of Davis, you will notice his name appears at the top of this column as MAGAZINE Agent. This means it is his job to get subscriptions and the money therefor. He tells me there is still some left to be paid for this year and that he'd like very much to have this cleaned up right after January ist.
Here is some HEADLINE NEWSChet DeMond has been made a member of the firm of Price, Waterhouse & Co. This is a great honor and a fine tribute to Chet's ability. He started from "scratch" and worked his way up.
Jimmy Bear is now with the Fruehauf Trailer Co., Detroit.
Sewall Sawyer is still with Club Aluminum in Cleveland—has three boys aged ten, six and three.
Tracy Kohl is Manager of the Oak Park Arms Hotel, Oak Park, 111. This Fall he took a i'our-weeks vacation in New Mexico and Texas and saw Gene Neely in Dallas. Gene is associated with the Federal Housing Administration there. His son is a Senior at the University of Texas where he is an honor man and a letter man in football.
Jerry Kerwin is a Professor at the University of Chicago. He is in great demand as a lecturer and Banquet Speaker and active in the University Round Table. Jerry is still single.
Moe Forrest is in the security business at 135 So. La Salle St., Chicago, living in Barrington, Ill.
Manning Hodgdon is with the Aluminum Cos. of America and reports are that he has been traveling a lot this year.
Rautenberg with Celotex Corp. is another traveler, having spent a good deal of time in recent months in the South and Southeast.
Bill Warner lives in Winnetka, Ill. and is with the In-Tag Div. of Interchemical Corp. of Chicago.
Phil Watson early this year purchased a 100 acre farm in No. Sandwich, N. H. and spent most of the summer there with his family.
George Bingham has bought and built over a barn in Lincoln, Mass. and moved in this Fall.
Bob Stecher was a Team Captain in the recent Cleveland Community Fund drive. Fletcher Andrews 'l6 was the Campaign Manager this year—his wife is Norm Jeavons' sister.
Ray Adams was in New York early in December and among other things joined the Dartmouth Club as a non-resident member. If you live outside the metropolitan area and come to New York occasionally, membership in the New York Dartmouth Club is a real buy. Dues are only $10 a year.
From the Far West, I have news about Dr. Henry F. Wilkinson. He is an Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat specialist and one of the best in Bellingham, Wash.
From Hanover, I've gleaned the following: Each Fall The Dartmouth conducts a contest in predicting football results. Year after year Prof. Russell R. Larmon '19 wins the experts' division of the contest. He has just won a Knox hat to be awarded by his friend John Piane '14 of the Co-op, $5 in trade at Allen's and a $3.30 meal ticket at the Streamliner Diner."
A recent letter from K. C. Bevan tells of his illness and progress toward complete recovery: "Louis Munro and I had some idea we might go to New Haven and see the Yale game, with our wives of course—but along the middle of Sept. I came down with influenzal pneumonia and—before I'd recovered from that, and probably as a consequence of it, an attack of phlebitis in my left arm. I have not had the use of my left arm since, and don't know when I will. I am however in good enough shape so that I put in a few hours at the office every day."
Mrs. Si Stein was in Hanover the weekend of the Sewanee game.
Francis Allen has moved back to Greenwich, Conn. His address there is Glenville Road, Rock Ridge.
Ken Gilchrist has moved into New Haven and his new address is Bx4 Edgewood Ave. This is in the Westville section and not very far from the Yale Bowl.
Budd Welsh submits this information regarding his Freshman son: "Graduated from Summit High School, Summit, N. J. in 1939 and from New Hampton School, N. H., in 1940. Band, Orchestra, Hi-Y, Glee Club, Student Council, Basketball, Track and Yearbook Staff. So far, his only activity in college is the Freshman Glee Club."
May the New Year bring you and yours a bountiful supply of good things.
Secretary, 2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. Magazine Agent, Framingham Centre, Mass.
