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1916 IN THE SERVICES
Any attempt at a complete list of the men of 1916 now in the armed forces does not seem desirable for the present, but the following recent assignments must certainly be an item of very real interest and pride to us all: Fletcher Andrews has been commissioned as major in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the Army; Jack English holds the grade of Captain in the Army Air Forces; Constan- tine Tripolitis is now Lieutenant Com- mander, U.S.N.R.; Sterling Wilson is Lieu- tenant, Senior Grade, in the Navy. The military addresses of these classmates (and of many others now in service) are avail- able upon request to the secretary protempore. Remember how important even the simplest letter seemed to you when you were in training?
ESKELINE AMONG THE JAPS
Eskie returned to the United States on the Gripsholm late in August after many years' service with the Standard Vacuum Oil Company in Tsingtau and in Tientsin, China. His letter calls for no comment from the secretary other than the state- ment that after the experience which he describes he plans to attend the Colgate and the Harvard games:
"The Japs arrested me Dec. 9 at Tientsin along with several other Americans. A car full of officers and a truckload of armed soldiers came to my house at 8 A.M. and took me off to prison. On March 11th I was handcuffed and taken by train from the Tientsin jail to the Peking military prison. I was incarcerated altogether for a period of 5 months and 9 days. I lost 52 lbs., but I am glad to say that I have now regained 28 lbs. I am here on a farm resting up and trying to forget I ever was a jail bird. I guess that the Jap diet of rice, lily-roots, lotus-roots, seaweed soup etc. didn't agree with me. I didn't get out for any exercise at all the first 36 days I was in prison; I suppose the Japs considered chasing fleas in my cell was enough exercise. I lived, slept, and ate on the floor of my unheated cell, and kept my overcoat on night and day. The toilet was a hole in the corner, and I slept on the floor three feet away from it. I was released from prison on June Bth and sailed from Shanghai June 29th on the Conte Verde for Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa, where the Americans were exchanged for a like number of Japanese. After stopping at Rio de Janeiro the Grips holm arrived in New York on August 25. There were ten Dartmouth men on board and we had a get-together every Friday afternoon. A cable was sent to President Hopkins from Rio, and a picture of the Dartmouth group was also taken."
OTHER SIXTEENERS
Reg Chutter writes from Buenos Aires, where he was for the moment discharging his function as Director of Export for Sharp and Dohme (Productos biol6gicos y farmaceuticos) of Philadelphia; Reg's business occasions much travel, but his home is in Wynnewood, Pa.
Glenn Gould has returned to New Eng- land after some years in the hotel business in Florida and is now established as indus- trial engineer with the Anderson Nichols Company of Boston; his residence is West Acton, Mass.
Art Conley is now a resident of Brook- lyn where he has moved after some years in the Connecticut countryside. His busi- ness connections are with the typewriter industry and he readily admits that the volume of business has increased seven- fold this year. He would welcome six- teeners at any time.
Hap Ward contributes from his home in St. Petersburg, Florida, this helpful report which deserves wide circulation because of its wide application: "From now on it's fishing, golf, and investments—with profits therefrom in the order listed above."
Phil Stackpole, after a career in banking and finance, has turned to the law, passed his examinations for the bar, and is thus qualified to become an attorney, should he so desire.
Ig Eigner is engaged in income tax work with the Collector of Internal Revenue, Boston, and retains his placid tempera- ment—a definite asset in this business these days.
Howard Renfrew maintains a jewelry business in Boston and .has recently been in touch with Dick Parkhurst and Donald Wessel.
Ed Kirkland, Professor of History at Bowdoin College, addressed the alumni of Bowdoin at their 74th annual dinner held at the University Club in Boston this spring, according to a clipping from the Boston Herald which has come belatedly to hand. Ed Jr. is a member of the class of '46.
Bob Clunie is principal of Lincoln Acad- emy, Newcastle, Maine, a splendid school in a delightful community. Bob's son, Fred, is a member of the class of 1945.
Les Leavitt continues at the University of Beirut, Syria. His dues to 1916 have been paid at his request by his son Howard '43 since American assets in Syria are now frozen.
Ros Magill is reported to have addressed an insurance group meeting, according to accounts in the metropolitan press, and to have advocated partial exemption from taxation on life insurance premiums.
Rod Soule of First National Stores is said to experience difficulty in the purchase of merchandise in tin cans these days; it would appear that we all have our difficul- ties.
Despite the war and all, 1916 now has sixteen sons in the College, but their names must be postponed to a later issue.
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