1921
On Broadway everyone is known as "Joe." In your favorite Elks Club it's always "Bill." But in Hanover in the month of June, everyone in '21 will be masquerading under the monicker of "Fred." This simple system promises to unscramble many an otherwise awkward situation. If his face looks familiar, you know his name instantly. It's Fred. Mr. Addison Sims of Seattle will have nothing on us when it comes to marvelous memories REUNION LETTER OF THE MONTH: It comes from Corey Ford of Freedom. N. H., Secretary of the illustrious Class of 19- Executive Committee of his class has voted to merge the whole works into '21- but let Fred tell the story:-
"This is to convey to you the unanimous elation of my Class of 19- at the cordial invitation to join your Class of 1931 at vour Tremendous 20th this coming June; and to assure you that we are looking forward as one man to meeting you and your fellow members under the table, where all good reunions wind up. (As a matter of fact, our own Class Reunions usually start under the table, and wind up somewhere in Omaha with our coat buttoned up on the wrong buttons and somebody else's hat on.) We are sure that the blending of your Class (which is, of course, the finest, fairest, handsomest, most intelligent and most likeliest to succeedest Class ever graduated from Dartmouth) with our own Class (which is the finest, fairest, etc. Class ever not graduated from Dartmouth) should be an event of breathtaking proportions, and one which we are looking forward to celebrating with proper ceremony We hope only two things: First, that our Class will not be requested to speak, inasmuch as our tongue was cut out by a Morro tribesman at an early age and never grew back, and whenever we get up to speak we always make an indistinguishable sound like 'Thank you very muchulp.' Second, that our Class will be able to stall off a magazine assignment which threatens to take our entire class out of the country the first of June. We would hate like hell to miss the party, and particularly to miss meeting Dan (Fred) Ryder and finding out more about those scythesnaths he makes. We never knew a man before who could make scythe-snaths, let alone pronounce them."
In addition to Fred Ford, incomplete and indirect returns from only 129 precincts show the following coming back in June:
Alley, Anderson, Auger, Fred (Pete) Bailey, Fred (Russ) Bailey, Fred (Ingham) Baker, Barber, Batchelder, Bateman, Bausher, Bean, Braman, Burroughs, Fred (Jack) Campbell, Carder, Chamberlaine, Chester, Childs, Fred (Warrie) Clark, Cleveland, Cole, Cook, Cosgrove, Crisp, Dodge, Embree, Fisher, Fleming, Folger, French, Fred (George) Frost, Geilich, Goulding, Halsey, Flarris, Fred (Cliff) Hart, Heath, Helmer, Hicks, Fred (Tracy) Higgins, Hill, Hubbell, Fred (Mac) Johnson, Lane, Lawrence, Litchard, Livermore, Loeb, Fred (Bandy) Lowe, Lundegren, McKay, McKin- ley, Mac Donald, Mallary, Marcy, Fred (Bill) Miller, Miner, Mix, Morse, Norcross, Fred (Henry) Palmer, Patch, Pendleton, Penney, Perkins, Perry, Plume, Pollard, Price, Reynolds, Ridlon, Ruggles, Ryder, Sanderson, Smead, Fred (Eli) Smith, Fred (Red) Stanley, Stickney, Stiles, Storer, Fred (John) Sullivan, Symmes, Terry, Tracy, Vance, Wilde.
Bear in mind that this consolidated compilation covers reports received only to April 5. As of that date men on the "probable" list were:
Anger, Fred (Herrick) Brown, Cutler, Dens. Which makes a probable grand total of 11 a to that early date. Regrets in advance for anyone inadvertently omitted; and further statistics next month.
Here are a few reunion committee assignments Cleveland has asked Norcross and Stiles to assist him in the tent (this has all the earmarks of a circus)
Price has a bang-up committee working on attendance (to whose efforts may be attributed the large turn-out in prospect): Braman, Burroughs, Carver, Cutler, Fisher, Fleming, Fred (Ky) Frost, Halsey, Fred (Cliff) Hart, Hubbell, Fred (Mac) Johnson, Loeb, Fred (Bandy) Lowe, Mac Donald, Mallary, Manchester, Norcross, Pollard, Fred (Eli) Smith, Staley, Stiles, and Trainer Litchard has named Stiles in charge of softball, Cook for golf, and Hicks on tennis.. .. .Wilde appoints McKay his right bower on financial trusteeship Ruggles has Fred (Russ) Bailey, Lundegren, Pendleton, and Stiles working with him on nominations, this committee being all in the Boston area so that personal get-togethers may be feasible Harris writes that "Fred (Ingham) Baker and Fred (DeWitt) Mallary have kindly consented to share with me the arduous duties of chairman of the Sunday vespers."
Hicks has picked out four cinemaconscious men: Bartholomew, Carder, Fred (Charlie) Johnson, and Steiner And last, but by no means least, Chamberlaine is handling publicity by and with the advice and consent of Mix and Wilde, and is, in the considered judgment of this reporter, doing a grand job.
As for program features. Embree, lone wolf of the Class Dinner committee, is moving furtively and in an aura of mystery. All he will disclose is that Prexy Hopkins. "unless dire contingencies conflict," will be present at least for part of Saturday evening. Our main speaker will be "Cheerless" Richardson, Secretary of 'oo, historian of the College, scholar, wit, and all-around good fellow. Notable guests will include ambassadors plenipotentiary from '20 and '22, entertainers, singers (this wouldn't beus ourselves, would it, Fred?) and "even slight delving into the political situation with echoes from the Mayor of Hanover."
Storer is equally reticent about revealing what his Entertainment committee has up its sleeve. Your reporter has heard a rumor, however, that on the program will be a stage and screen celebrity named "Jello" Hicks, who will do Love in Bloom on his fiddle. If he gets away with this, he contemplates rendering If Practice MakesPerfect for an encore. The whole thing hinges, however, on whether these are ASCAP or BMI tunes; Storer now is looking that up in his music catalog, for we'll have to be careful on account as how we'll be on the air. (Everyone is hoping for the best.)
Before passing on to the Man of theMonth department, it is timely to speak of the Hopkins 25th Anniversary Campaign of the Alumni Fund this year. Everyone in '21 is anxious to do his bit, not only for Prexy and for the College, but also for our hard-working Class Agents, who are reported to be making an all-out effort in this, their last year on the job. The Agents honor roll reads like this: Hicks, Burroughs, Chamberlaine, Kerlin, King, Litchard, Price, Rothschild, Ruggles, Sawyer, and Vance. A grand bunch of guys. Don't let them down. And don't make them write repeatedly before you respond
MAN OF THE MONTH: Roger Wilde is on leave from Simmons Company and is now in Washington where he is Special Assistant to Robert L. Mehornay, Chief of Defense Contract Service, Production Division of O.P.M. He will spend most of his time working with the 36 offices now being organized in the Federal Reserve District and branch banks with periodic visits to Chicago to keep in touch with his Simmons' job there.
Burroughs sent word that he'd been skiing at Stowe, Vt., with Fred Ryder and John Carleton '22, and that Ryder is an adept on the boards. "His son, Danny, has made the Nose Dive trail down two miles of Mount Mansfield in 3.05, having established that record when only 13 years old. No boy of anywhere near his age has done it in anything like that fast time, so we may look forward to having Danny as a valuablemember of the Dartmouth Ski Team in a few years. Incidentally, I piloted my son Jimmy (12) down over the Nose Dive trail and although he established no speed records, he pleased his dad no end by skiing the trail very satisfactorily."
LETTER OF THE MONTH: Oky (Fred) O'Connor, a 8.T.O. (Big Time Op-erator) with Imperial Paper & Color Corp., Glens Falls, N. Y., says: "My duty is to try to sell enough Imperial Washable Wallpapers, in conjunction with our sales force, to keep our several mills operating to capacity. This work involves a great deal oftravel but I seldom see any of our classmates Although I live just about 100 miles from Hanover, I have not been able to return during June, as we are at the peak of our season at that time—busy with our salesmen and distributors to whom we display our lines for the following year. I have very definitely set my heart, however, on attending our Twentieth this June and hope that nothing will interfere with it, although I must admit that this decision will be subject to change right up until the time I leave I hear regularly from 'Fred' Harris and 'Fred' Fleet, and last summer, although I was not at home at the time, 'Fred' Embree came through Glens Falls enroute to Hanover and called my home I would be grateful if you would let our classmates know that in traveling through here at any time, if they will stop at my home they will be most welcome I think that I enjoy the ALUMNI MAGAZINE more than any other single thing I read.". .. .Fred (John) Sullivan reassures '2l thuswise: "You bet your life I will be in Hanover for our Twentieth Reunion, and I do not intend to get sidetracked. After soldiering through 18 different Commencements with Fat (Fred) Childs, it will take more than a world war to keep me away from this one I'll be seeing you.". .. .And Childs has this to report: "You sort of amuse me when you check which New Hampshire 'si brothers expect to make Hanover in June. None of the Manchester group has become so decrepit that he could sit 80 miles away from the scene of the battle and not enjoy any desire to draw blood in the fray. We are not built that way, and you will probably find us all sitting on the steps of Allen's Drug Works waiting patiently for you birds to show up.
"Personal comments from each member take the following shape: Bean— I'll be up perhaps for only one day, since the date sort of conflicts with my School commencement show. And yet I'm going to be there Sat. night.' Burroughs— Of course I'll be there—perhaps for that whole week.' Hill 'l'll probably show up if this guy Childs does. Someone will have to pack his bag when the thing's over.' Sullivan—this lead dog has broken from the harness. I don't have any dope on him since we gave him back to the Morgenthau's in Washington. I do know he had something to do with my income tax giving birth to another cipher, so God help him when he drinks that first drink I mix for him. Me— I presume if the above named gents intend to make asses of themselves, I should be there to see that the job is done correctly. And this looks like one spot where a Childs can do a man's job.'"... .Fred Elsasser writes from New Orleans that the barrage of literature and personals aimed at building the lure to Hanover is "perfect" and that he's bending every effort to make the grade, although as early as April he can't be sure of the outcome; "say that I'll answer the other personals if, as, and when my bundle of 'goat feathers' permit.". .. .Fred (Homer) Cleary has a new address at 116 West Walnut St., Lakeland, Fla Fred (Warren) Ege checks in with a new residence, 1617 34th St., N.W., Washington, and moves his desk upstairs in the Munitions Bldg. to Room 2626 Fred (Frank) Livermore removes to 35-24 78 th St., Jackson Heights, L. 1., N. Y Fred (Bill) McClintock is out in North Hollywood, Calif., 4436 Cahuenga Blvd., and is in aircraft manufacturing; we have a mighty interesting letter from him ready to publish at the drop of the hat.
Fred Hicks reveals: that Fred and Dottie Burroughs have started (late March) on a six weeks' vacation in California and other points west, object—skiing; that Ruggles is the creator of the "Missing Links" advertising contest now running in the Boston Herald and destined to sweep the country by storm, and that Tracy has just been elected to membership in the Sales Executives Club of Manhattan What's cooking, Brother Frost?....
IN MAY, 1920 Tenney was elected editor of the Bema; Bausher, business manager; Nardi, advertising manager and Tracy Higgins, circulation manager
Price was elected editor of The Dartmouth; Ruggles, managing editor; Kerwin, business manager; T. Higgins, assistant editor; Hicks, assistant managing editor; Herrick Brown, intercollegiate editor; Green, supplement editor, and Briggs, secretary The Jack-O chose Gordon Merriam as editor, Cook as managing editor, Wilde as circulation editor, and M. F. Johnson as circulating manager The program for Junior Prom included a performance of Clyde Fitch's The Truth, baseball games with Columbia and Penn, a the dansant in the gym, besides the prom itself. Said The Dartmouth the day before: "The vast floor has been decorated by an expert corps of decorators, with hanging flower baskets and festoons of blossoms as the dominant note. Reisman's jazz orchestra, direct from the Brunswick, Boston, will be embowered in a profusely decorated booth. The reputation of these jazzists guarantees a full evening." The program of dances was 15 fox-trots, 4 one-steps, and 3 waltzes A typical week at the Nugget offered Mack Sennett's newest five-reel thriller, Down on the Farm"They are all there from Louise Fazenda and Ben Turpin to Teddy the dog and Pepper the cat"—as well as a Mutt and Jeff cartoon; Connie Talmadge in Two Weeks; Elaine Hammerstein in TheShadow of Rosalie Byrnes; Katherine MacDonald in The Thunderbolt; Fair Binney in The Blue Pearl, and Robert Warwick and Lois Wilson in Thou Art the Man.
more, Ege, Elsasser, Homer, Hurd, Jones, Reams, King, McMillan, Manchester, Fred (Gordon) Merriam, Moreau, O'Connor, Oppenheimer, Fred (Cape) Payson, Rolfe, Slayton, Fred (Nels) Smith, Steiner, Thomas, Van Cleve, Weld.
Secretary, 718 Drake Ave., Roselle, N. J.
Class Agent, 330 West 42nd St., New York, N. Y
THE SPIRIT OF '21 By GEORGE L. FROST
