1914*

EXTREE! EXTREE! JUNIOR LOUDON ENTERS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA,

This startling news is culled from the Minneapolis Journal with a picture of Red's son busily at work on the University of Minnesota campus. But don't get too excited as Bobby is only five and he has just entered the University Kindergarten School, and Red says he will take due care that the matter doesn't get too far and he will turn up at Hanover after all. Incidentally, from the photograph we should judge that Bobby might be better material for a guard or tackle than an end. This perhaps is just as well as he might not turn out to be such a good end as Poppa and that would cause no end of family discomfort.

Doc Kingsford to us—but Captain C. L. Kingsford of the First Battalion, 172 nd Field Artillery—is undergoing intensive training at Camp Blanding, Florida. Doc writes in interesting fashion concerning the shores of Kingsley Lake on which his barracks are situated. He doesn't care for the sand lawns and the turpentine pines. His conversation concerning the origin of the drinking water and its sulphur content had perhaps better be imagined than expressed. He had a pleasant visit with Phil Yeaton in Gainesville, Florida, where Phil is Head of the Engineering Department at the University. He says Phil has changed very little since leaving college and he is extremely busy on defense work. Doc's outfit are using 155 mm. Howitzers. He expects to be placed in charge of a battery very shortly. All in all, Doc writes as a true artillery man and already we feel better concerning the defense program after reading his most interesting letter.

We were sorry to have missed Walt Daley when he called the other day. He was looking very well

Jim Wulpi has been transferred from Kansas City to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he is District Manager for the Transcontinental and Western Airlines.

Howard Bowman is with the JohnsManville \Company with headquarters in New York City. On his occasional trips to the midwest he visits with Sam Sheldon and Red.

Jack Conners sends us a long letter from Hal Taylor who reports that since last November he has been in and out of the hospital three times with a disturbance of the thyroid gland, but things are now beginning to look up again and he is in hopes of an early and complete recovery. Writing further he comments on the youthful appearance of Myron Files. He should know that Myron, in addition to being a Professor of English, is a good deal of a philosopher, which doubtless accounts for his lack of worry and consequent staving off the rigours of advancing years.

Adding to our list of 1914 farmers is String Howe. His farm is in Clay, New York, R. D. No. 1. String says he is still a gentleman farmer as he retains his job with the Porter-Cable Machine Company. His twenty-five acre lot is being operated on "shares" with an old Swiss bachelor, who is quite a character. The professional farmer works the farm, ploughs the garden, sells the milk and eggs, pulls the car out of the mud with his stout Percherons— all for about one-third of String's normal city rent. This sounds to us a bit like a real estate promotion and if any more farmers crop up (no pun intended) we may be forced to verify the truth of some of these contentions.

String's daughter Julia graduates this month from Syracuse University and she has already landed a job teaching Home Economics. Son Lyman is a freshman in the College of Forestry.

Well, maybe our next Reunion will turn into more or less of a Grange Meeting. Just in case it is held up at Mart Remsen's farm we are planting two rows of radishes in order to qualify in the 1914 local chapter.

Gordon Sleeper has a son entering Dartmouth this fall. Recently in Hanover Gordon Jr. stayed with Tony Rudd's boy, and Gordon said it was grand to hear the two lads talking in the same room in North Fayerweather where he and Tony spent so many hours years ago. Gordon reports that although a stock broker he is still carrying on to the extent of eating three excellent meals a day.

So we close another magazine year. Our very best wishes to you all for a pleasant summer. Next fall. .. . who knows? But of a few things we can be sure. Certain verities will remain. One of them will be Dartmouth College. There is no need to expand on this theme for you all understand it equally well and the necessity for its support. Your contribution to the 25th Alumni Fund will probably do more and go farther this year than at any year since our graduation. Mart Remsen is our Class Agent and he lives in Hanover (P. O. Etna) New Hampshire.

1914's BIG CHIEF Walter Beach Humphrey '14 has contributed this sketch of one of his DartmouthIndian characters, on which he is an authority, for the use of his class.

Secretary, 16 Grove St., West Medford, Mass.

Class Agent, Etna, N. H."