1919*
It is our pleasure to extend several congratulations this month. Cliff Hayes has been appointed Vice Pres. of Pacific Mills in charge of all southern manufacturing operations, with headquarters in Lyman, S. C.
Bill Picken has been nominated Vice Pres. of the Dartmouth College Club in New York.
Bill Grant is Pres. of the Dartmouth Alumni Club in Baltimore. I had a fine letter from him recently in which he said in part: "I've always regretted not getting back to reunions for quite a good many years but that is principally due to conflict with the family's vacation plans. We spend my vacation in New Hampshire, and the past two years, Bill Jr., 16, and Mac (McLean), 13, have been at Bud Hoban's camp near New London. Bud, as you may know, was once a very good Dartmouth quarterback. George, 6, Mrs. Grant and I always spend several weeks near Contoocook. We manage to get up to Hanover at least for a few hours but were I to get up for Commencement, all our other vacation plans would be thrown out of gear. I was in the photo engraving business for about ioi/£ years and for the last 9 have been in mail order foods. We do much the same thing for fine preserves and jellies, fruit and vegetables and certain seafoods that the Frank E. Davis people of Gloucester do for mackerel and other seafood, and the New Process people with shirts."
All the way from Los Angeles, Murray Hawkins sends the following: "I see Ralph Kilpatrick from time to time and recently bought the lumber from him to build myself a house. He is with Security Materials Cos. here and I believe is second in command. I also hear from Rollie Foss once in a while. Believe he is auditor for National Shoe Cos., a wholesale outfit here. I have two children. The older is a girl who is a Sophomore in High School and doing very well. The boy is in Bth grade and the only way I can get him to do any school work is to tell him if he doesn't make good grades, he can't go to Dartmouth. As a result he has done fairly well and should be Class of '49. I am with Young & Koenig, Inc., investment counselors and have been with them a little
more than 5 years." Bob Stecher gets into the News again. This time it is in connection with the Opera in Cleveland where he was photographed in full regalia on the opening night.
A few weeks ago, my travels took me through Western Conn, where I had an opportunity to see:
C. S. (Burp) Austin. He is Sec. & Treas. of Lewis Engineering Cos., Naugatuck. He has two daughters, 16 and 14, both attending St. Margaret's in Waterbury.
Walter J. Moore who a few years ago retired as Sec'y of the New Britain Alumni Ass'n after having served 7 consecutive years. Walter has specialized in boys and has two—David, aged 14—and John, 9.
Ray Crumb, formerly Mayor of Bristol, Conn. He now occupies one of the big front offices of New Departure Div. of General Motors and is their Public Relations expert. Ray has three childrenMarilyn, 18, who attends Laselle Junior College in Auburndale, Mass.; Frances, 16, and Bruce, 9, both of whom attend the local schools.
The Spring vacation season found Spider and Bea Martin at the Sedgefield Inn, Greensboro, N. C. where Tom Bresnahan exchanged several golf lessons with them. Tom's boy is going to Exeter next Fall.
Sandoe's son, Nick has been accepted for the Class of '45 in Hanover and will enter next Fall after graduating from Kent.
Letters have come in recently from Moe Forrest, John Fornacca who is now located at the head office of American Express Cos., 65 Broadway, N. Y. C., Red Murphy who has been recuperating from stomach Orcers, Jigger Merrill now a Major in active military service at Fort Custer, Mich., and Prof. Augustin Goldiere, Davidson College, Davidson, N. C.
In Chicago, not so long ago, opposing views on the Nation's role in the war were given by Miss Lillian Gish, the actress, and our fellow 'iger, Prof. J. G. Kerwin of the political science dep't of the University of Chicago, in a Coast-to-Coast broadcast over WGN and the Mutual network.
Prof. Kerwin asserted that if the American people would believe news reports from Europe rather than doubt them, there would be few who would oppose aid to those now standing out against the German menace "even at the risk of war." He said "The greatest danger today is not a perversion of the American mind through highly colored propaganda—it lies in the propaganda phobia which has seized upon many good people and rendered them incapable of belief in even the most ordinary facts the world at large knows only too well. The more truth there is in a report, the more these people doubt it and the more they turn upon the one who reports it. Propaganda paralysis is a dread disease when it prevents our taking positive measures to protect our own security and way of life. The powers now standing out against the menace must be aided— even at the risk of war. There is risk in every move we take. We have said we will take such risks. We have elected to supply Great Britain and her allies with supplies. It is our intention that these supplies shall reach their destination."
The Protest Club has been closed for the season and the latest report from our private detective agency is that headquarters are in the process of being moved to Second Ave. where activities may be resumed.
Here are a few new addresses: Sanford M. Treat, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York; E. Clarke Ingraham, 367 Pearl St., Laguna Beach, Calif.; John E. Berry, 1013 E. Fairview Ave., South Bend, Ind.; James W. Buckley, 5357 N. W. sth St., Box 3141, Route 1, Miami, Fla.
This is my last chance to remind you of the Annual Alumni Fund Roundup known this year as the Ernest M. Hopkins 25th Anniversary Campaign. Our Class has had a good record on the Fund year after year and we have every confidence that this year we shall greatly exceed any previous performance.
Spider has been our very conscientious Class Agent almost since graduation and he is a member of the Alumni Council Campaign Fund Committee. We can support his loyalty and at the same time bring great credit to ourselves, our Class, our College, and above all this year, to President Hopkins, by contributing to the Alumni Fund.
See you again next Fall.
FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1919, LEFT TO RIGHT: S. G. STEIN, E. CLARKE INGRAHAM, J. G. CAPPS, ROGER O. CLARK.
Secretary,2 Park Ave., New York, N. Y.
Class Agent, Graybar Electric Company 180 Varick St., New York, N. Y.
