1905*
The Annual '05 Dinner before the Harvard game was held at the University Club in Boston on the evening of October 17, 1941. There were present: Dr. Bill Clough, Roger Brown, Bob Harding, Lafayette Chamberlin, George Proctor, Dr. Sam Wilkins, Jake Smith, Sliver Hatch, Midge Reid, Dr. Andy Macmillan, Judge Jim Donnelly, C. C. Hills, Jim Mulally, his son, Judd, of the Class of '42, Walter Emery and your Secretary.
It was an especial pleasure to see again Jim Mulally, Counsel for the Great Northern Railway at St. Paul, Minnesota, and his upstanding son, Judd. Walter Emery's coming from New York each year for these dinners is much appreciated and most welcome.
Jim Mulally gave us a very interesting talk on conditions in the Northwest. Judge Jim Donnelly entertained and enlightened us with colored movies, taken by him, about Quebec City, the Gaspd, Pinehurst and Charleston in this country, the Azores, Italy and Egypt. Jim's running comments on the pictures enhanced their interest.
The appreciated thanks of all present are extended to Jim Mulally, Judge Jim Donnelly, Walter Emery, who make a substantial contribution to the edibility of the dinner, and Bob Harding for his work in preparing for the dinner.
Those members of the Executive Committee present elected unanimously Walter Lillard as member of the Class Loan Committee to replace our late, esteemed classmate, James A. Vaughan.
It was a pleasure to hear from Walter Emery that Tubbie Besse is much improved in health.
Charles Goodrich, Chief Engineer of the American Bridge Company, with headquarters in the Frick Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has sent the following interesting letter:
"These are busy times for us engineers and my case is no exception. My force of engineers and draftsmen has been augmented to more than five hundred and as most of the orders on the books of the American Bridge Company are for National Defense construction, quick decisions and performance are paramount.
"I had to take a couple of trips recently to the Panama Canal in regard to structures which we are furnishing for the interesting work going on there. One trip was by plane all the way—New York-Miami-Balboa, C. Z., and return by way of the Central Americas and Mexico—more than 6,000 miles. The huge 'Strato-Clippers,' with their supercharged cabins, flying between Miami and the Canal Zone, gave me one of the greatest thrills of my life. Flying directly over the crater of the active volcano of Santa Lucia in Guatamala was another hair-raiser. I could not but marvel, as I sat in my comfortable seat in the plane, at the tremendous changes that have taken place since we were in college when airplanes and radios were not even dreamed of and even automobiles were in the embryonic stage. There came to my mind the trips from the depot in Norwich up the hill to Hanover in Hamp Howe's horse-drawn stage coach at 1:30 A.M. with the temperature 15° below zero.
"This summer, as usual, Mrs. Goodrich and I spent our vacation at Suncook Pond in Center Barnstead, N. H. There was an added attraction this time in that we had recently bought the farm which we have been occupying for so many summers. Therefore, the usual fishing took a back seat and most of my 'time off' was spent in repairs and improvements to the old farm house in anticipation of future vacations.
"I can boast of two grandsons, one of them more than five years old and both of them being steered, as far as I am able at this early stage, toward Dartmouth. We also have a real new granddaughter born this September. All three are my daughter Elizabeth Malek's children and live in Westfield, N. J. My son Robert, as yet unmarried, has recently moved out here to Pittsburgh and is employed in the American Bridge Company Treasury Department.
"Another pleasure during my vacation was a day in Hanover, an inspection of the new Thayer School Building, and a visit to the 'Camp' in Canaan Street where the students take their course in surveying.
"Election to the Board of Overseers of the Thayer School, succeeding the late Dr. Hovey, is an honor recently bestowed upon me which I greatly appreciate. The duties of the Board carry with them the very pleasant anticipation of a visit to Hanover twice a year.
"As I write there comes to me an overwhelming sense of gratitude and obligation to our College for what it has given me; an educational privilege second to none in the world on a campus and amid surroundings peculiarly beautiful and where tradition and story of the mighty deeds performed by all the long line of illustrious sons of Dartmouth who went before us are so inspiring. Such a privilege was mine and to them have been added recently the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering and now election to the Thayer School Board. All these privileges and honors, I know, are far beyond anything I could hope to deserve, yet of them I am duly and humbly proud."
'05 men in New Hampshire and New England are delighted that Charles has exhibited his characteristic discernment in selecting this region for his summer home.
The new addresses of these '05 men are as follows: Stanley Besse, 1936 Tremont Ave., Bronx, N. Y. C.; L. Clayton Grover, 110 Water Street, Athol, Mass.; Harry G. Dennison, 142 Elm Street, Worcester, Mass.
There follows a list of the sons of '05 men now in College. Robert D. Atwood '42, son of Howard D. Atwood; '42, Judd S. Mulally, son of James H. Mulally; J. Gardner Chamberlain '44, son of William E. Chamberlain; James C. Donnelly Jr. '44, son of James C. Donnelly; John H. Furfey Jr. '44, son of John H. Furfey; Edwin L. Newdick '45, son of the late Edwin W. Newdick; John W. L. White '45, son of Ernest M. White.
Bob and Mrs. Harding spent the summer at North Falmouth and Chatham on Cape Cod. Fred and Mrs. Chase were at Squam Lake, N. H. Their son, Hugh C. '36, is now teaching English and public speaking at Coe College, lowa.
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