1905*
"Gib" Fall, who, like Stuart Chase, the author and publicist, hails from Somersworth, New Hampshire, has recently sent a very interesting letter from which the following parts will be of interest to the Class. "Gib" has been a successful teacher for nearly thirty-five years at Chestnut Hill Academy, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Fortunate are the pupils who have come under "Gib's" ministrations.
"It was a great pleasure to see the boys in June after so many years. The great pity is that we all get together so seldom and that the time is so short when we do have a reunion. I envy the men around Boston or near enough to share in their frequent 'get-togethers' and wish I might have a part in them. There is not a single 1905 man in this section and I know very few men who attend the meetings and dinners. They are nearly all young men of recent classes. In our day very few boys came from this section, but now they are going in greater numbers so we have a very large association.
"The MAGAZINE is very much worth while and every Dartmouth man should read it from cover to cover. I have learned more about the college from the articles in the MAGAZINE than I ever knew about it while there. It is a great credit to the college and all who help make it the outstanding college publication in the country!
"I was much interested in Ned Estes' letter for you know Ned and I grew up together and I often recall the orchestra we had in high school. In those days I played a 'mean' trombone but we had some mighty good times. His letter was also interesting because I came to Chestnut about the same time he went to Robert College. I am finishing my thirty-fifth year here and guess I shall stay put until it is time to hang up the harness or cap and gown, whichever way you look at it. It has been a grand experience and I have never regretted the choice I made. Every year now I have sons of some of my old boys and it is interesting comparing them with their fathers.
"At this time of year my thoughts inevitably turn to New Hampshire and our old home with its big family gatherings. The memories are all happy ones but tinged with sadness as we think of loved ones who have gone on. But such is life and we in our turn have to make way for the new generation. All we can do is to try to fit them to take over and do a better job than this generation has done. As we look around us today we must realize our job has not been a very good one."
"Cy" White, of the legal firm of Redman, White, Willey and Winslow, with headquarters at the Press Herald Building in Portland, Maine, has written the following, in response to a request for information about the Whites:
"My son, John William Loud White, is entering Dartmouth as a Freshman this fall. My oldest son, Richard Loud White, graduated from Dartmouth in 1939, and is now working for the Container Corporation of America in Philadelphia. "My daughter, Margaret Loud White, is a Freshman at Skidmore College.
"Put Greenleaf from Auburn was down to the recent Annual Portland Dartmouth Dinner. We had a very fine dinner with an attendance of about sixty.
"I have been a member of the committee considering applicants for entrance to Dartmouth this year, and have had the pleasure of meeting about half of the next year Freshmen from Maine, and will interview the rest of them later in the year."
We congratulate you, "Cy" upon your sound judgment in continuing the White tradition at Hanover and in selecting for your daughter, Margaret, that excellent college for women, Skidmore at Saratoga Springs, New York. Our daughter was a graduate of Skidmore in the Class of 1938.
In the last few years an increasing number of Dartmouth Alumni have been sending their daughters to Skidmore College, over which presides Dr. Henry T. Moore, formerly Head of Department of Psychology at Dartmouth, and recipient of an honorary degree at Dartmouth last June.
The Secretary would be pleased to hear from other '05 men who are, like "Cy," performing service as members of committees to interview candidates for admission 10 Dartmouth.
Walter L. Nourse, Principal of the Edison Junior High School in Los Angeles, writes that on February 15 the Nourses moved into their new home at 3662 W. Stocker Street. Walter and Mrs. Nourse have had the pleasure of planning their three houses in Los Angeles.
Bob Harding writes that the Class Lunch on January 15 at the Parker House, while not largely attended, because of the epidemic, was much enjoyed by Lafayette Chamberlin, A. C. Smith, Henry Hobart and Bob. It was an especial pleasure to welcome Henry Hobart who, because of being in business on the West Coast so long, hasn't been in Boston for twenty years nor in Hanover since 1923. He was in New England because of the death of his mother, at the age of eighty-eight years. The burial was in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The sympathy of the class goes to Henry in his great loss. He is at present in the industrial movies business.
At the Boston Alumni Dinner on February 4, 1941, at the Copley Plaza there were, in addition to Lafayette Chamberlin, President of the Association, the following '05 men present: W. E. Chamberlain, Cornish, R. Brown, Proctor, Keady, Weston, Wilkins, Donnelly, Loder, Hatch and Harding.
Since so many '04 and '05 men came to the banquet than had made reservations, it was necessary to have a table for each class. It is regretted that it was not possible to continue at the same table with our '04 brothers.
The dinner of the classes '01 to '05 inclusive will be held at SchrafEt's, 16 West Street, third floor, at 6 P.M., Saturday, March 15. The response from all classes is reported by Bob Harding '05 representative of the Committee, to be exceptionally favorable. It is hoped that, in addition to the New England '05 men, large numbers will be present from other sections of the country. The affair will be informal. Present plans call for only one speech to be given by one of the wittiest of the alumni in these classes.
Secretary, 4 Holt St., Concord, N. H.
