1923
The statement by Sherm Clough, Ward Hilton, and Babe Miner in the April issue of the MAGAZINE was of necessity prepared considerably in advance of publication since which time it has been announced that the 1941 Alumni Fund will be the Hopkins' 25th Anniversary Fund. As everyone who will read these notes will also have read Prof. L. B. Richardson's superlative article of Mr. Hopkins' twenty-five years as President of Dartmouth it would be impudent of me to elaborate on the added significance that attaches to this year's campaign, serving as it will as a measure of recognition for 25 years of such outstanding leadership. Dartmouth men will find it an incentive to contribute in numbers and amounts in excess of any similar effort in the past. Many non-Dartmouth men and non-Dartmouth parents of Dartmouth men have asked to be allowed to participate. Your Fund committee and your Executive Committee are confident 1923 will respond in like manner. The occasion, of course, calls for larger—much larger—than usual gifts and for those who will find it convenient provision has been made to allow payments of these increased gifts to extend to November 1. We made a wonderful record last year. This year's must be better—it is up to you—will you help make it so? Remember, it's for Prexy Hopkins!!
Once again we hear from our Minnesota reporter, Eddie Lynch, with up-to-theminute news on his fellow townsman and business associate, Harold H. Bishop. Bish had a very good start in the business world with the Minn. Loan & Trust Cos. in Jan., 1924, by first making arrangements to room with Eddie at the Y.M.C.A. As a result of this intimate relationship he has done very well and is now Vice Pres. of J. M. Dain & Cos. which, incidentally is the same firm with which Eddie is also Vice Pres. In case you do not know, J. M. Dain Cos. is an investment firm dealing in securities of all kinds and descriptions. Bish is the Manager of the Municipal Dept. and so far has been most fortunate in that municipals do not come under the S.E.C. rulings. He was married in 1925 to Dorothy Crewe of Rochester, Minn. Nancy, aged 13, and John, aged 9, are two of his main problems now. In April, 1928, he went with the Equitable Trust Cos. of N. Y. in their Paris office. Not wanting to be different from other Americans in Paris in 1929 he left there in Dec. going to work for the First National Bank & Trust Cos. of Minneapolis. Since 1936 he has been with the J. M. Dain Cos. Eddie adds that Bish still attempts to ski occasionally but that he personally has not seem him taking any jumps recently. He does put a line in the water occasionally but very few fish seem to like the type of bait he uses. In conclusion, Eddie says "Oh yes, one more thing, he flatters himself as a bridge player which incidentally frequently costs him money."
The Springfield, Mass., papers inform us that Dr. Howard B. Brown has recently been promoted from Assistant to Associate Medical Director of the Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Cos. The announcement goes on to note that after graduating from Dartmouth in 1923 Howie received his medical de- gree from U. of Pennsylvania in 1925 and immediately thereafter joined the Mass. Mutual. The article also lists Howie's military history as overseas service from 1917 to 1919 with the 42nd Reg. of the Rain- bow Div. and service from 1926 to 1937 as a medical officer with the rank of Capt. for the 104 th Inf. Mass. National Guard.
And now we get a chance to catch up on Jim Pyott, an especially interesting item because it is so seldom a man can become a truly legendary character of one institution and yet remain loyal to another. That is Jim's case. He left us after his freshman year, transferring to the U. of Chicago where his football and track activities place him with their athletic immortals. Jim played three years of football, captaining the team in 1923 and those were the days when Chicago not only had a team but always wound up near the top of the Big 10 heap. In track Jim was a consistent winner in the quarter-mile. In spite of all this fame won on another campus, Jim's one-year residence in Hanover left him with a permanent soft spot in his heart for Dartmouth and 1923. On graduating from Chicago in 1924 Jim went with the Pyott Foundry Cos. of Chicago. After a couple of years of foundrying Jim decided to take a fling at the investment field and was connected variously with some of the best houses in Chicago until two years ago when he got the call to return to the Pyott Foundry Cos. with whom his current duties are in the sales line. In 1936 he married Helen Duvall, a Chicago girl who in 1937 presented him with his likeness in the form of little Jim.
It was reported in one of the Fall issues of the MAGAZINE that Phil Bowker had been defeated for the nomination of Representative of the gth Mass. District but that even in defeat he had been so strong as to actually inject himself into statewide politics and the article forecast that his political halt would be a brief one. Brief it was, it just having come to this corner's attention that only a few weeks afterwards his re-election Gov. Saltonstall appointed him Associate Commissioner of the Metropolitan District Commission for a five-year term. This Commission is the executive head of the police, park, water, and sewage services in an area including Boston and 42 surrounding cities and towns. Big job—big honor. Congratulations, Phil!!
The winter vacation score remains even this month with Kerch and Phyllis Holt's skiing trip to the Laurentians off-set by the Phil Smiths two weeks as guests of Allapatchee Lodge, the inn managed this win- ter by Betty Corrigan (with week-end assistance from hubby Bill) at Punta Gorda, Fla A late flash that Ike and Barbara Coulter and Art and Edith Little are scheduled to leave shortly on a trip to Havana changes the standing to GulfStreamers 3, Blizzard Busters 1 Stuie Knight's business duties took a jump recently with the announcement that George Knight & Cos. of Brockton of which Stuie is one of the bigger-wigs has purchased another plant—this one in Lynn, Mass
Walt Holmes will resign on April 1 from partnership in Holmes and Stevenson, publishers representatives to become eastern advertising manager of Child Life Magazine .... the Laymen's League of Worcester will carry a decided ex '23 tinge for the next 12 months with Ralph Duffy the newly elected Pres. and Bob Hess Chairman of the Membership Committee The Barre (Vt.) Daily Times recently carried a cute picture of Les Richwagen's 5year-old twin sons practicing on their violins in anticipation of joining the Barre Junior Symphony Orchestra Speaking of pictures, where are all those snaps you fellows were going to send into this column? .... Bob McMillan was in New England recently in the interests of Continental Soup Mix (IT COMES IN AN ENVELOPE), a new venture of the Lipton Tea Cos. of which Bob is Gen. Sales Manager A sure sign of Spring—the about May 15th change of Hen Moore's Daily column in the Boston Herald from "Riding the Ski Trails" to "Rod & Gun."
May, 1921
A shipping strike tied up eleven ports in the country. West Virginia coal fields were closed in bitter strike. U. S. Steel announced a 20% wage cut and the Railway Labor Board approved a reduction of wage rates for railroads. The flood of gold from European countries worried economists. Polish Silesia was in armed revolt.
The superior spirit of the Class of 1923 prevented the Class of 1924 from assembling for their class picture within the thirtythree-hour period of the annual contest and our superior organization made '24 look so bad that The Dartmouth in a front page editorial commented as follows:
"To the freshman class the College is indebted for an exhibition of weak kneed class spirit verging on the well known ochre streak. .. .the class stands indicted for their piffling attempt at a freshman picture. . . . utterly cowed by their rivals. .. .sophomores ready and willing to battle to the last man. . . . 1924 quit."
The Prom was featured by the annual election of the Mayor of Hanover. John Sullivan silver tongued his way to succeed Jake Whetherby to that great office with laughs for all. In senior elections the favorites for top honors were Frank Ross and Paul Sanderson. Wellman was favorite professor; Smith the favorite college; Bebe Daniels favorite movie star with Elaine Hamerstein, Constance Talmadge and Pola Negri runners up. Favorite cigarettes were Fatimas, Luckies, Omars.
Comedy of the month was also provided by a runaway horse which threw Bill Taylor '23 and climbed the stairs of a Main Street block to be extricated hours later by the combined efforts of Labbies' hostlers, the fire department, and one thousand howling students.
The founding of the Green Key society was announced with little realization that' this was to be one of the greatest contributions of the Class of 1923 to Dartmouth College.
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