1926*
The outstanding news of the summer has to do with a noteworthy honor paid to a distinguished and active member of 1926 and a great and good friend of the College —Mr. Leslie Waggener. Last February he was chosen Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas. While Mr. Waggener with his customary modesty made no mention of the event for months, the Dallas Times Herald had this to say editorially—
"The election of Leslie Waggener of Dallas to the chairmanship of the board of regents of the University of Texas is an honor that has been earned by able and faithful service.
"Mr. Waggener, who has been promoted from the vice chairmanship, was first appointed to the board in 1931 by Governor Ross L. Sterling. During most of this period, he has been chairman of the finance committee.
"The devotion of Mr. Waggener to the university was inherited, so to speak. His father, Dr. Leslie Waggener, was one of the first members of the faculty, of which he became chairman. Waggener Hall is named in honor of the memory of the be- loved professor of English.
"Leslie Waggener, one of the outstanding bankers of Texas, has a campus back- ground. He was born in Russellville, Ky., while his father was president of Bethel College in that city, and he has the doctor of laws degree from the University of Texas.
"Mr. Waggener is coming to the regency chairmanship at a time when the university is experiencing rapid growth and assuming increased significance in the life of the state. His election is gratifying, not only because the post is one that he merits, but because he is eminently qualified to head the regency at this time."
THE MELODY REMAINS
Wherever there is a gathering of two or more '26ers who were able to get back to Hanover last June, the conversation inevitably gravitates to the pleasant subject of the 15th Reunion. As Brant Wallace put it —"We had a grand time in Hanover and as far as I was concerned, it was the best Reunion ever."
In the rush and bustle of that exciting week-end I missed the news that Walt Armstrong was not the only one among those who were unable to be on hand who were thinking of us and took time off to telegraph their greetings to the Class. Bus Heydt and Charlie Starrett apparently held their own Fifteenth and wired to say that while their good right arms were in Holly- wood, their thoughts were in Hanover. Gob Des Marais, thoughtful as ever, also sent in a Wah Hoo Wah from the Pacific coast.
The good people in Hanover seem to be growing accustomed ot the '26 habit of scheduling reunions on the slightest provocation or on none at all. My first trip down Main Street in August after the long absence since June brought forth more than one greeting such as "Well, what in the world are you doing back here? You don't mean to tell me that 1926 is holding another reunion!" In any event the informal August week-end turned out to be another success in the parade of Hanover parties and a full report will be presented next month. For the moment, some twenty indefatigables were on hand to have them- selves a time and had it. They included-Bob & Dot Salinger, Tubber & Mary Wey- mouth, Walt & Billie Rankin, Don & Dot Norstrand, Oz & Dot Fitts, Hugh & Betty Morrison, Red & Emmy Merrill, Sid and Barbara Hayward, Courtney & Marjorie Brown, Dan 8c Sally Drury, Paul Allen and yours truly.
WE POINT WITH PRIDE
Al Louer's report to the Class on our performance in the Silver Anniversary Alumni Fund Campaign made both pleasant and unpleasant reading. There is a solid thrill to be derived from the fact that 1926's total money gift of $6,274.11 represents a new all time high. Moreover the increases came not only from the handful of loyal men who consistently give far above the average, but from scores of others who appreciated the importance of the Anniversary Fund and wanted to share in it.
It's hard to understand, on the other hand, the decline in number of contributors, particularly after two years of 100% performances. Certainly the same effort was made as in the past years by the legion of tireless Fund workers who give of their time and energy without limit. It looks as though the weakness were due to a lack of responsibility on the part of some men who made the promise and then failed to live up to it.
But enough on the subject of the 1941 Fund. Al Louer and his assistants did a remarkable job. We were licked in a fair contest by 1921. There's a job to be done next year and when the time comes, we're going to do it.
No one who has received Bob Salinger's report could fail to be impressed by several pleasing facts. First, the Reunion was a financial as well as social success. Secondly, the Class actually has cash in the bank for the first time in years. Thirdly, Bob already has devoted considerable time and effort to his new job and deserves support from every man in the Class. Have you sent Bob your dues?
HOLD YOUR OWN TICKETS PLEASE
That frosty tingle in the air, that dull thump one hears, means just one thing- football is here again and there's going to be plenty of fun and excitement in watching Tuss McLaughry's first Dartmouth team. All reports indicate that it should be a good one.
Informal get-togethers are planned before the major games. Come a little early and have a wee drap and bite with the boys! Here's the program— COLGATE October 11th at Hanover. Trophy Room in Gym at 12:15, bring picnic lunch. HARVARD October 18th at Cambridge. Cock Horse Inn, Cambridge, at noon. Lunch will be waiting for you. YALE October 25th at New Haven. On lawn in front of the Armory (which is just west, or the Yale side, of the Bowl) at noon. Bring picnic lunch. PRINCETON November 8th at Princeton. 12:30 P.M. in front of Field House (just across road from horseshoe end of the Stadium). Bring picnic lunch. CORNELL November 15th at Ithaca. Plans will be announced in the November issue. Tubber Weymouth will pour.
TIME MARCHES ON
Despite Hitler and taxes there is still plenty to indicate that 1926 continues to progress along healthy lines. To Can and Josephine Hadlock on the sth of last June there was born a son—Daniel Canfield Hadlock. Vital statistics are lacking but my guess is that he'll be a mountain climber, just like his old man. Ed and Margaret Emerson also are the proud parents of a new son—Edward Everett Jr. who arrived Aug. 20th. Charlie and Lillian MacDonald have a new daughter, Candace Starr, who made her first debut on May 6th.
The benedicts continue a losing fight against fate. On May 29 th in Chicago Bob May married Virginia Mary Newton. Dick Eberhart and Helen Elizabeth Butcher were married on August 29th in Cambridge, Mass. Dick, after years of teaching at St. Mark's School in Southborough, has accepted a new post this fall at the Cambridge School in Kendall Green, Mass.
Among recent doings in Wall Street- yes, there still is a Wall Street—it is to be noted that Charlie Bishop on June and became associated with the fine investment banking firm of Lazard Freres & Co. On the same day Fred Hurd announced his association with the well known investment counsel firm of Brundage, Story & Rose.
Any reader of Liberty will recognize the familiar and expert touch of Ed Dooley who has left the New York Sun to edit all articles pertaining to sport published by that nation wide magazine. Good news came from Chicago last month in the announcement that Gib Robinson has left Marshall Field & Co. after thirteen years to accept an important post with the Julius Forstmann Corp. Gib will be a vice president of the extensive Forstmann organization and will devote much of his time to sales development and retail store promotion.
Please send me any good snapshots youmay have taken at Reunion and don't forget that Clarence McDavitt would like toborrow your movies.
LESLIE WAGGENER, DARTMOUTH 1926
RITCHIE AND BETTY SMITH AT REUNION
Secretary, Holsapple & Co. 30 Pine St., New York City Treasurer, United Shoe Machinery Corp. 140 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
Successful Corpse The latest news from Hollywood on Louis Jean Heydt '26, who way back in the Broadway past of "The Trial of Mary Dugan" switched from being a reporter on the old NewYork World to acting a newshawk, reports that he is rapidly dying his way to film fame. He went through the process of becoming a corpse so successfully in "Test Pilot" that the Hollywood habit of type-casting just won't let him live through a picture. The height of corpse fame was reached in "Dive Bomber" when he passed out in the glorious company of Fred Mac Murray and Regis Toomy. But Bus Heydt has hopes of evading death in the movies and lasting to the end of a film. His Broadway experience cheers him on. Having been a "newspaperman once himself," he managed to achieve the heights of comedy in "Strictly Dishonorable" and "Once in a Life- time."
