1941*

Vox POPULI

I have at hand a complaint from a '41 who shall be nameless, a complaint which is not unexpected. It alleges that the class notes lean too heavily on the notes and do not include enough of the class or as the plaintiff puts it "following the wanderings of a few and neglecting the class in general."

The issue is not new, and for a full discussion you are referred to the first '41 notes in the October MAGAZINE. Putting it one way, there are approximately 700 members of the class, counting non-graduates, each one of whom is undoubtedly of cardinal interest to somebody else. Thus to keep everybody contented each month, allowing a first and last name for everyone, would require 1400 of the 1500 words allowed for '41 class notes by the inner sanctum of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, and would not leave much room for conjunctions, prepositions or information. In other words the mills must grind slowly.

However, admitting the merits of the above cited complaint, and being in receipt of considerable news, the rest of this column will be jam-packed with items of interest about many people. This is what you want, so roll up your pants and wade in.

Any resemblance noted in the following to the art of writing a column is sheer accident.

QUOTED CORRESPONDENCE

From Al Hutton in Cleveland, O.: "Hal Newell is up at Michigan Law School and really working hard.

"Jack Waldorf is working here in town as a priorities clerk at the Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company.

"Howie Wilson arrived here last Saturday and got himself a job at the Oster Mfg. Cos. as a clerk. He claims that he has a beautiful room for only $3 a week no heat, of course.

"Ozzie Mills is working for his father's metal partition company. He was sporting a lovely shiner about a week ago and refused to say where he got it.

"Dick Horn is in the Army out in Denver.

"Bill McKelvey who has been worrying about the toy dept. of his father's department store in Youngstown, is now worrying about being drafted.

"Frank Simpson, I understand is going to Cincinnati Law School.

"Larry Tenant has been drafted, leaving a good job with Republic Steel. "Jack Twist is down at Randolph Field.

"Steve Winship and Walt Kuhn are completing their officer's school at Northwestern as midshipmen.

"Line Morton is working for the Dennison Mfg. Company in Boston.

"Stacy Hill is at Harvard Business School and has a side job during any possible air raid.

"Bill Jeavons leaves soon for California and the RAF. He has been working on a flying instructor's rating until he got the RAF idea.

"Bob Evans is going to the Western Reserve Law School.

"Myself, I have been taking a few business courses at Cleveland College. Now I have to go to Marine Corps Basic School in Philly. There, too, will be Frank Simpson, Art Hills, Monk Larson, Jay Baker, Charlie Schlenker, Red Hedin and others."

And we saved until last the following: "Bob Frondorf is now with the PacificFleet, probably Manila."

"Dixon will accuse me of being a politician," writes Spider Spinney from the vicinity of Chicago, "but here goes a la Winchell

"Eddie Marlette has undertaken the direction of his father's business in Buffalo and you can ditto that for Bill Sleepeck in Chicago here. I see quite a lot of Bob Nissen, mostly on the week-ends. He's all set for the Naval Reserve in January.

"Spent a colossal week-end with DickOtter in Champaign where he is—or rather was—going to school for his master's in chemistry. Otts has a good set-up with an instructor's job on the side. About a month ago, he switched suddenly to Indiana with the same swell set-up. You can ditto Otter's story for Don Norton up at the U. of Minn

"Bud Rothermel is in the insurance biz here in Chicago, and Jack Edwards is working here, too, for Wilson Sporting Goods. Saw Irv Jackson but I can't remember what he's doing. I've got that funny feeling that I've missed someone "

Editor's note: the individual missed, as a matter of fact, is Spider Spinney. By last reports he was holding forth as a trainee for the Acme Visible Records Corporation.

The third blue ribbon letter writer of the month is Bill Aylward, at Cornell taking a Navy Diesel course after getting his USNR commission at Northwestern in September. He sends news of the Naval Reserve contingents and Cornell.

"Harry Patterson and Chick Weisker were sent to communications school at Norton Heights, Conn., but are now out of there on some ship probably. Tom Jardine, and Dan Lib by too, I believe, had to resign their newly gained commissions to transfer into Naval Air Corps, but they've been at it for three months and now should only have about five months to go. They went originally to Miami.

"Jim Vaughn was sent to Great Lakes Training Station for duty, then to Seattle, Wash., for undetermined duty. Phil Shribman was sent to Merchant Marine School in N. Y., but should be out of there by this time and on a ship. I heard that Red Higgins of the Prairie State group was on a destroyer in the North Atlantic and that Johnny Everett is in Newport, R. 1., learning about mines and torpedoes

"Since I've been here at Cornell, I've seen Wayne Hill, Jack Orton and RogAhlgren who are in the Law School. Jack expects to be drafted this month, but may enter a reserve midshipman's school instead. Bob Thome is here, too, doing graduate work in Botany, I believe.

"Bill Bailey was the first of his class to solo in primary training as a naval air cadet."

ROMANCE AS USUAL

Some day a month will pass in which no member of the class is married or engaged, but it wasn't last month. Chet Williams was married to Dorothy Margaret Tate in North Augusta, South Carolina, on December 17. When last heard from Chet was in ground crew service at the Augusta, Ga., Army air base.

The engagements: Clayt Gray, completing his advanced training at Kelly Field, to Geraldine Louise Swan, of Keene, N. H., Colby Junior College, and Mary Hitchcock. Ray Hayes, of Worcester, Mass., to Mildred Parks, of Wellesley Hills. Dick Sawyer, teaching at K. U. A., to Barbara Louise Kenney, of Hudson Falls, N. Y., and the Dartmouth secretarial staff. Bob Rock, USNR training at Northwestern, to Mary Jean Ross, of Wilmington, Mass., Colby and Mary Hitchcock. Ed Larner to Barbara Chandler, of East Bridgewater, Mass., and Wellesley. And Walt Schultze, transferring from Macy's to the Naval Reserve, to Mary Louise Wing, of Crestwood, N. Y., and Wheaton.

And from the newspapers, one more marriage. Bernie Doriss, Pratt and Whitney machinist in Hartford, wed to Helen L. Rudd, of Fall River, Mass., on Nov. 15. Next month, East Lynne.

Secretary, City Room, Washington Post Washington, D. C.