1938*

Whatever you may happen to think of the draft, it's an ill wind that blows no good, for Von Pechmann's number came up the last time the wheel spun around in his bailiwick; he's off for the army, sir, and the streets of Indianapolis are wet with tears. And after all the nasty things he's said about me, I'm not even going to try to get even. I won't even mention anything about his engagement. But there are a lot of engagements, and some weddings, too. Dick. Niebling and Libby Connell, Smith '3B, at Goshen, Mass., last June 22; they're now part of the '3B contingent in New Haven, which also includes Howie Rea, who expects to carry law books for Breed, Abbott & Morgan or a gun for Uncle Sam next summer; Jack Russell; Hank Molloy; Asher Lans; Hal Berman; and Tel and Jane Mook—all of them trying to prove that the case system isn't what it's cracked up to be—and Dutch Holland, who comes out of hiding in the Drama School occasionally to show me a new clipping about Bobby Reeve's latest success in the squash world; and those successes accumulate remarkably fast. Dick Perriman (still at Cornell Med, along with .Bill Mosenthal, George Dana, Bob Pollack, Ahab Gordon, Chief Foley, and Handsome Hank Mc-Duff) and Charlene Orman in New York on September 6. Bud Hanley and Mary Louise Logan of Elgin, Illinois, on May 18 last, now at home somewhere in the Newtons. The last time I saw Bud he was trylng to talk a French street-car conductor out of six centimeters, tuppence. And by the time this reaches you, Barbara Armstrong will be Mrs. Walter May Dunlap Jr. —March 15 in Lancaster, Pa. There must be some more weddings, but I can't locate them now. Spring will take its toll, how- ever: Just to keep two good skiing families together, Dave Bradley, former contender for one Torchy Peden's throne, and Elizabeth McLane will take the vows on April 26; Bob Egelhoff and Mary Foster Weeks of Newton Highlands in May; Hank Molloy (who doesn't weigh a pound more than he ever did) and Peggy Meckel of Pittsburgh in June; Sam Wakefield and Margaret Atkinson in Minneapolis about the same time; Phil Leach and Virginia Newberry on June 28—and it's rumored that their housewarming will extend over next fall's entire football season; and Ballplayer Bill Duckworth and Janet Cook sometime in the not too distant future.

From 'way out on the west coast Bob Archibald reports that he's signed up with the Navy Supply Corps as well as with The MacMillan Company; and between volumes he seems to be doing some skiing "in the Sugar Bowl in the Sierras." I always thought the Sugar Bowl was in New Orleans, And I always knew Arch was a chubber at heart. Bud Walls joined the coast contingent in December, forsaking Chicago for Los Angeles. If the weather's as lousy as it usually is in California, Bud probably wishes he were back in Chicago. And he'd have Herman Borneman to talk to on rainy Tuesdays. If the weather should happen to be lousy in New York, just call up Bill Wischmann at Lord and Taylor; he's vice president in charge of complaints, or rather in receipt of them, and he answers to the name of Lord Taylor himself. Jim Chandler struck some tough weather on Moose Mt. one night, too; or was it just a field trip for Gulf? Bill Main, Don Badger and H. Pete W. Christiansen are also field-tripping for Gulf in and around Boston. Congratulations are in order for Oman Cook, the class's first 32nd degree Mason. Likewise to Fran Reilly, who was recently a semi-finalist in the Ames Competition at Harvard Law. Jim Conney and Bill Fasolo are his legal partners in crime at the "1699 Club." My Gawd, Carl, the country will be flooded with Dartmouth lawyers this summer. Bob Ross is also in Cambridge, chasing a Ph. D. in English and Jack Russell back to New Haven after weekly Friday-to-Tuesday week-ends. Butch Seidensteucker, Fran Schildgen and Dick Holt were in New Haven for the Yale basketball game. It turned out to be a fairly close game; we were all sure what the outcome would be, but we didn't expect a 51-50 score.

I've wondered several times how many Thirty-Eighters were in the Army. Ed Schumacher is; and our first military casualty seems to be Harry Conner, of the United States Marines, sir. But it was tennis balls and not cannon balls that felled him. This comes by way of Tom Boyan and John Emerson, so I have it straight. Larry Hull is masquerading under the name of Corporal Hull, Troop F, 101 st Cavalry, or something like that. At least that's what one of my operatives at Fort Devens reports. I'll bet Von Pechmann is never a corporal; I'll bet he doesn't even do very well on K. P. Speaking of K. P., I don't know what Skull Fletcher is doing in Minneapolis these days, but he isn't writing many letters. He's so negligent that Morrow Peyton and I had to take wife Margaret to a party not long ago. Sam Wakefield and Mugsy were at the same party, looking the part of the engaged couple trying not to look too engaged. Fletch was allegedly off in the bushes of Minnesota trying to sell Chevys to the Swedes. Peyt is back in St. Paul now after having spent a couple of centuries in the Dakotas trying to liquidate frozen assets for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; he evidently said the hell with this noise after a stuffy farmer tried to liquidate him. Denver is a swell place—the government has a mint there. And Mr. and Mrs. Tom Macey live there, too; Jake Carey and I happened to run into them one night last summer while swinging from roller-coaster to roller-coaster in an amusement park. In spite of what Life says, St. Louis is still dirty, and Ed Grace is working out of there for the X. Company. He called me up one day in Macomb (The County Seat of Mc-Donough, the hub of Western Illinois), but I thought it was Von Pechmann and said I was out.

The Boston Group held its annual dinner on January 16, with a goodly showing of twenty-three turning out to hear Professor Foley deliver the main address (and I quote Mr. Emerson—John, not Ralph) "the subject of which no one seems to remember very clearly, but it was highly informative and amusing." The next big event in Boston is the picnic and Pops Concert in May. Emerson seems to be busier than Tex Rickard: he's organizing a '3B picnic for Green Key (May 9 and 10) and wants everyone who will show up with or without a date to write him at 65 Auburn Street, Cambridge, Mass. The following ought to qualify the same gentleman for the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting (is there one?): "John Godfrey is at Tufts Med School; Red Stoodley when not out drinking in Annisquam and points north, east, south and west, is with Glidden Paint during the day and doing glee team work with a local outfit in the evenings; Wykoff is at M. I. T. doing graduate work; Coke Barton is with Back Bay Electrotype and Engraving; Brad Jenkins, strangely enough, is working for the Jenkins Transportation Cos., and seems to have settled down into married life to the extent that he has deserted the ranks of those who gather for class dinners; Bob Bott is with Hatchett Brand Foods; Harry Ham is at B. U. Law, as are Bob Jones and A 1 Pettoruto; Ham Ferris is with United Car Fastners; and Bob Griffin is married and can be found working for H. A. Johnson, the food jobbers who supply the college with buffalo balls and such like delicacies for Commons." Frank Foley and George Spaulding, when last seen, were headed for Manitoba and a moose-hunting expedition.

Steve MacKinnon looks just like his old man except that he has some hair; Mer'l Davis sounds very executivish over a telephone; Dave Hosmer is skiing for the Syracuse Ski Club under the name of Sven Sitzborg; and it looks like rain in New Haven. Don't ever send your sons to Yale.

Ten to one Von Pechmann's uniform doesn't fit.

ROBERT H. RENO.

Fund Contributors for 1940 Contributors: 403 (78% of graduates). Total gifts: 11,371.68 (85% of objective). EWART G. WALLS, JR., Class Agent.

1938

Adams, John D. Adams, Stephen B. Allbright, George S. Aluisy, Gabriel R. Ammarell, R. R., Jr. Archibald, Robert E. Armour, John W. Averill, Walter, 2nd Badger, Donald B. Baker, Frederick W. Baker, Roger M. Berliner, David L. Berman, Harold J. Berquist, Raymond H. Block, Leroy B. Blumenauer, Charles E. Boerker, Allan E. Borneman, H. Ross Bott, Robert N. Boutilier, E. Lloyd Bowen, Julian P., Jr. Boyan, Thomas A. Boyle, Donald W. Bradley, David J. Brandis, Durward H. Brett, Frank W. Brew, Robert H. Briggs, J ames A. Brinkman, David Brown, Charles H. Brown, Robert M. Brown, Stanton Brownell, Parker Buck, George 8., Jr. Buffington, Roger F. Calder, Alexander, Jr. Caldwell, Samuel J. Campbell, Robert S., Jr. Cannell, Frank W. Cardozo, Sidney 8., Jr. Carey, Howard J., Jr. Carpenter, James A. Carroll, Joseph D., Jr. Carroll, Robert M. Carson, Robert H. Casler, Howard E. Cataldo, Robert J. Chamberlin, Roy 8., Jr. Chamberlin, William C. Chandler, James R., Jn Chapman, Thomas S. Chester, Clifford G., Jr. Chickering, Roberts Chivers, Warren H. Choate, David F., Jr. Christiansen, H. P. W. Clarke, Donald P. Clarke, M. John Clarke, William N. Clarke, Winthrop I. Cohen, Jordan E. Collins, William H. Compton, Charles E. Conner, Harry S. Cooney, James E. Cotter, J ames A., Jr. Cravens, DuVal Cuffe, James F.. Curtiss, Charles E., 3rd Cutler, John A. Cutter, Victor M., Jr. Dana, George W. Davenport, Frank F., Jr. Davidson, Eric W. Davis, Ferrien S. Davis, Merrill N., Jr. Dawkins, Y. Parran, Jr. Dennen, William I. Devlin, Lyle A., Jr. Doane, Frank H. Dobie, Duncan A., 3rd Dodd, Walter J. Dow, Russell W. Duckworth, Roy D., Jr. Duffy, David E. Duguid, John H. Dunlap, Walter M., Jr. Egelhoff, Robert M. Ellis, Seymour Emerson, Chester A., Jr. Emerson, John H. Emlen, Robert L. Erhard, George C. Farrington, Richard E. Fasolo, William A. Feakins, Paul H. Feineman, Robert E. Ferris, Hamilton Y. Flynn, Warren G. Fogg, Howard L., Jr. Foley, Robert E. Levinsohn, Murray E. Leyrer, Elmer W., Jr. Linscott, Rolliston W., Jr. Livermore, Charles P. Llewellyn, John T., II Lorenz, Edward N. Lowell, Dana T. Lutz, John L. Lyle, William P., Jr. Lynch, Franklin, 2nd McChesney, L. W., Jr. McDuff, Henry C. McFarland, William D. McGrath, H. Thomas MacGregor, Robert M. Mcintosh, Jack H. McKenna, James W. McKeon, J ames J. MacKinnon, Cyrus L. McKinnon, Walter W. McLane, John R., Jr. McLaughlin, Paul F. MacLeod, Colin, Jr. McMahon, J. Kenneth MacMeekin, Gordon B. McMurtrie, William H. MacNutt, Stearns McSwain, Alfred J. Main, Charles T., 2nd Mallory, Blaine W. Manegold, Robert L. Mann, Charles R. Marshall, Daniel A. Marshall, Morgan C. Martin, Franklin, Jr. Mather, Forest L., Jr. Mattimore, J. Clarke Mayne, Frederick H. Mayo, Winthrop M., Jr. Mays, Whitefoord S., Jr. Meachem, John D. Mercer, John F. Merigold, Ralph A. Merrill, John P. Merritt, Philip J. Meservey, Edward B. Miller, James F. Milliken, John W. Mock, Charles J. Molloy, Henry P., Jr. Mook, Henry T. Mooney, Francis R. Morrissey, Blair D. Mosenthal, William T. Moss, William F., 11l Motch, Arthur E., Jr. Moulton, Howard A., Jr. Mussey, Robert D. Nassikas, John N. Nelson, John G., Jr. Nelson, Richard A. Newman, Frank C. Nichols, George D. Niebling, Richard F. Nims, Lucius Norcross, William E. Oliver, Charles S. Olmstead, William W. Olson, Bruce F. O'Neill, John B. Otto, Richard R. Owen, Robert I. Pabst, Harald Parker, W. J. Lewis Paul, W. Glessner Payne, George H. Pazdon, Walter A. Perkins, C. Andrew, Jr. Perrin, Edward F. Perryman, Charles R. Pickering, Clinton W. Pickering, Frederick B. Piderit, Fred W., Jr. Polk, David L. Porter, George W. Potter, John R. Prentice, E. Miles, Jr. Rand, John A. Rasmussen, Harold F. Rathbun, Herbert W., Jr. Washburn, R. Randall Watson, William H., Jr. Weiss, Adrian S. H. Westheimer, Julius M. Wheelock, George H., 2nd Wiggin, Charles 8., Jr. Wiggins, William J. Wilhelm, John W. Williams, Ben Ames, Jr. Williams, Gross T., Jr. Williams, Lloyd R. Wilson, Donald S. Balmer, David Barber, Hans W. Barker, C. Harvey Barnet, Henry B„, Jr. Barrett, J. Clark Barrows, John O. Bayer, Herbert T. Beck, Henry C., Jr. Belknap, Edwin P. Bell, Daniel J. Bennett, Richard O. Fortuna, Louis J. Fox, Grover H. Francis, Richard M. Freeman, David B. French, Arthur E., Jr. French, Herbert S. Frese, Robert H., Jr. Frey, Frank J. Frick, Louis M. Ganter, William Garvey, J ames V. Gayer, Wade G. Gilbert, Richard A. Golden, J ames, Jr. Goodkind, Edward A. L. Gordon, Onslow A., 11l Gorman, Patrick H., Jr. Gotfredson, Lawrence, Jr. Grace, Edward W. Grant, Austin R. Griffin, Robert L. Griffin, William J. K. Griffing, Edward J., Jr. Griffith, John L., Jr. Gugino, Carmelo, Jr. Guy, Donald C. Halfman, Walter W. Hall John A. Hallett, Maurice C., 2nd Hallock, Robert P., Jr. Harries, Herbert D., Jr. Harriman, Lewis G., Jr. Hartung, Ernest W., Jr. Harty, R. Philip Harvey, Robert C. Hastings, James E. Hathaway, Charles F., Jr. Hawkes, Albert J. Heath, Edward P. Hecker, Carl M. Hennessey, A. W., Jr. Hennick, Robert P. Herrick, Elliot D. Herschel, Kenelm W. Heyboer, Harry D. Higbee, Richard C. Hirst, John M. Hitchcock, Charles Y., Jr. Hogerton, Sydney F.s Jr. Holden, Parker Holt, Richard T. Howard, Kenneth R. Huck,JohnW. Hull, Lawrence C., 3rd Hunter, Gordon M. Jacob, Philip H. Jenkins, Bradford G. Jenny, Raldeau D. Johnson, John D. Johnston, Gaston Johnston, Ralph W. Jones, Alexander, Jr. Jones, James C., 3rd Jones, Richard C. Jones, Robert A. Jones, Robert 8., Jr. Jova, Juan J. Kantzler, Morris H. Kelley, Robert D. Keyes, Charles C. Kieselbach, Richard Kindergan, John F. King, Martin R. King, Warren C. Kingsbury, George T. Kirby, Edward G., Jr. Koeppel, Arthur E., Jr. Kohn, Everett A. Korn, Edward I. Kruschwitz, Gilbert H. Lake, Wendell E. Lane, Benjamin F., Jr. Lang, Robert E. Lans, Asher B. Lansberg, William R. Laughlin, Lawrence R. Leach, Philip F. LeComte, Frederick C. Leighton, James H. Lemmon, George 8., Jr. Raymond, C. Allen, Jr. Rea, Howard W. Reeve, H. Robert Reichardt, Jack L. Reilly, Francis X., Jr. Reinman, Myron E. Renchard, John V. Reno, Robert H. Reynolds, George R. Robbins, Arthur W. Roberts, Thomas C. Robertson, Andrew D. Robertson, E. Chipman Robinson, David Ross, Robert H., Jr. Rowland, Thomas H., Jr. Rugen, David V. V. Sandresky, Clemens H. Schaeffer, Joseph P. Schildgen, Francis J. Schmidt, Richard C. Schneider, Lorin C. Schopflin, William Schubart, William R. Scotford, John R., Jr. Seaver, J. Thatcher, Jr. Seidenstuecker, Karl F. Sethness, Ralph E. Sherman, Vining A. Sherwin, Richard H. Shumaker, Edward E., Jr. Sibley, Fred S. Simmons, Donald Simons, Samuel Slattery, John J., Jr. Small, Gilbert, Jr. Smillie, John W., 2nd Smith, Arnold R. Soule, Arthur T., Jr. Southworth, Robert A. Stead, William R. Stearns, Robert S. Stix, Robert L. Stoddard, Eben Stone, John W. Stoodley, Harry M., Jr. Storch, Harold I. Stoughton, Richardson Stratton, William P., Jr. Straus, Nathan, 3rd Streater, Harold S. Sullivan, Michael F., 2nd Sullivan, William P. Sutherland, Philip Tabor, Robert W. Tanis, Gilbert R. Tesreau, Charles F. Thomas, Edward M., Jr. Thompson, Philip P., Jr. Thorne, T. Kirby Thorpe, Frederick E. Thorpe, Paul E. Tisdale, Richard H. Todd, James H. Tolles, Russell F. Tomlinson, Robert D. Tompkins, Bruce Tosi, Jerome R. Tower, John L; Townsend, A. Robert1 Troutner, C. Ray, Jr. Trump, Rodgers S. Tuck, Leighton B. Uline, John B. Ullman, Gerald H. Urion, Paul B. VanDenburg, J. K., Jr. Van Dike, Louis H., Jr. Van Kirk, Arthur H. Van Orsdel, Ralph A., Jr. Van Riper, Howard C. vonPechmann, Carl F. Waggaman, Eugene S., Jr-Wagner, Frederick E. Wakefield, Samuel C. Wales, Willington C. Walkley, Charles U. Walls, Ewart G., Jr. Ward, Earl C. Warner, E. Blair, Jr. Wing, Allan B. Wischmann, Wm. J., 2nd Wiswall, J. Boit Wolff, Alfred R. Wood, Everett W. Woodman, Richard C. Worcester, Francis, Jr. Wurster, Lloyd R. Wynkoop, William M. Yankauer, James R. xMemorial gift from hismother andfather.

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