1921*
Number One spot this month goes to announcement of the new '21 Co-ordinating Committee. This matter of having a carefully-picked group of key men strategically situated throughout the country was discussed at the '21 Exec. Comm. meeting in Manhattan on November 7. Details having been perfected, composition of the committee is announced as follows (class officers and members of Exec. Comm. indicated by an *):
CALIF.—Furb Haight, Red Kerlin; COLO. —Mick Shoup; CONN.—HaI Braman*, Howie Ransom; DELA.—Warren (Omar) Homer, John Woodhouse; D. C.—Ed Kelly, Jack Means; T. H.—Pud Walker; ILL.—Bill Embree*. Ned Price*, Ken Thomas, Rog Wilde*; lOWA—Rex Stark; KAN—Jim Wicker; ME. —Joe Walker; MASS.—Ike Baker, Dave Bowen, Tom Cleveland*, Cosie Cosgrove, Dick Dickinson, Charlie Johnson. Walt Lundegren, Reg Miner, Don Mix*, Pen Pendleton, Dan Ruggles, Sev Severance.
MICH.—Joe Vance; MINN.-Pick Ankeny; N. H.—Ken Bean, Bob Burroughs, Norm Crisp, Jim Dodge, Bill Fowler, George Frost*; N. J.—Howie Heath, Gus Perkins, Dave Plume, Charley Stickney*; N. Y.—Bill Alley, Bill Codding, Lo Goulding, Dink Miller, Skinny Moore, Dud Robinson, Doug Storer*, Bill Terry, Dave Trainer; OHIO—EI Fisher*; ORE.—Jack Sercombe; PA.—Dutch Bausher*, Harry Trull; R. I.—Breck Breckenridge; VT.—Hewitt (Charlie) Moore, Roy Pollard, Dan Ryder.
This committee will operate between now and our 25th Reunion to stimulate interest and activity; and also to assist, when needed, Class Agent Ned Price, Special Agent Dutch Bausher, Treasurer Rog Wilde, and the Secretary.
Since Pearl Harbor, Washington has been assuming ever-increasing importance. Even in '21 news, the big stories are coming out of the Capital. Early in January, Bob Wilson wrote that he was doing his bit for Victory as chief of the Food Products Machinery Unit, Industrial and Office Mchy. Branch, Div. of Industry Operations, War Production Board, as it is now known. Bob says he keeps "so busy from 8:30 until about 6:30 every day that I often wonder if I have ever really done any work in the past." You'll recall that he formerly was in Manhattan as Asst. to the Pres. of Associated Grocery Mfrs. of America Bob also discloses that Russ Goodnow, Providence machinery man, is doing his bit in the Project Rating Unit (we assume in the same branch and division) Frank Livermore is another patriotic '21er hard at it in Washington. He is with WPB as editor of the Field Program Unit, Contract Distribution Branch, Production Div., a task which he describes as a managing editor attempting to co-ordinate all activities on field office bulletins published for manufacturers in the interest of the procurement program. Frank formerly was with Frosted Foods div. of General Foods Corp Ort Hicks is chief of Frank's unit, his job being to correlate and clarify information and "directives" issued by the various procurement agencies and other contract distribution units to the C. D. B. field organization We hope you follow all this.
Just before press time, Dana Lamb's voice came over the wire with the news that he was leaving for Washington on a special assignment with the British Admiralty Delegation. As understood by this reporter, Dana will be an American relations officer and will act as sort of an "interpreter" for the English. Which sounds both interesting and intriguing; Dana plans simultaneously to carry on his Stock Exchange business in Manhattan by telephone from the Capital During January your operative made two trips to Washington, during which he had the pleasure of seeing Livermore, Hicks, Dodge, Chester, John Sullivan, Wilson, Hubbell, Nels Smith, Fleet, and Exnicios. We heard of the presence in town of Robinson, Grundman, and Goodnow, but were unable to establish contact; also Weld had been in town but had left about one hour before this operative arrived. Therefore it follows, chum, that if you want to see beaucoup '2iers, Washington is the place to be. ... .Jim Dodge was in the Capital for a few days on business; appeared "right in the pink" and reported his elder boy a student at Holderness Ike Chester was looking for additional Government contracts with which to keep his factories in Kokomo humming John Sullivan was interviewed in his spacious office in the Treasury Department overlooking the White House grounds; said he'd either seen or heard lately of so many '2iers in Washington that he thought he ought to throw a Class dinner Just to illustrate how the boys are congregating, there were five men from our class at a regular Tuesday Dartmouth luncheon at the Annapolis Hotel attended by this observer Jack Hubbell is spending nearly his entire time in charge of all Washington contacts and business of Simmons Co., in which assignment he enjoys the title of Assistant to the President Nels Smith was extremely busy with his Board of Investigation and Research duties, but took time to extend this department a very cordial reception. .... Speedy Fleet was in town for 24 hours in connection with a Housing transaction; spent an evening with Jim Dodge, Frank Livermore, and your agent.
Marshall Exnicios is the only native Washingtonian of the large group we saw or heard reports about while in the Capital. We visited Ex briefly in his offices in the Washington Bldg., where the investment firm of Ferris, Exnicios & Cos. has its offices. Ex looked very virile and vivacious, we thought, and was wearing a mustache which may be described as "neat but not gaudy." His two daughters are in private schools and Ex continues to mow down all comers in squash racquets We dropped by the Comptroller of the Currency's offices, hoping to have lunch with Ed Kelly, our old roommate during freshman year; but were informed that Ed was on an extended trip examining national banks out of the Richmond branch office..... Immediately upon returning to Manhattan, this department sent out a call for news to Abe Weld, as it was reported in Washington that Abe had sold his shop in Mystic, Conn. Sure enough, Abe comes back with a communique saying he's in the exportimport game in Manhattan, of all places, and living at the Dartmouth Club Dud Robinson reports a recent trip to Cleveland and most delightful visit with Joe Schultz, leading banker in those parts. Joe has been married several years now (although detailed report never forwarded to this department)—and Dud asserts that Mrs. Schultz is a most charming addition to 'si The class gained another new member with Breck Breckenridge's marriage to Gladys Kletzle of Manchester, Conn., a Pembroke (Brown) graduate, on a date undisclosed to this department. Breck continues to be Secretary and Asst. Treasurer of Blackstone Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Providence Scads of news going over to next month Swing it, George:
THE SPIRIT OF '21
By GEORGE L. FROST
IN MARCH, 1921 The Dartmouth brought news from all over the world: "Man Engraves Prayer on Pin Head"; "Debutante Slouch Will Die Out, Says Wellesley"; and, heading a story about club women fighting lax censorship of motion pictures, "Kansas Ladies Off Pash Movies.".... Harland Manchester broke into the "College Wit" number of Judge with a feature article, "Morning Glory." ....The marriage of Miss Margaret Cooper, of Hanover, and Walter G. Prince, of Duxbury, was announced. Speedy Fleet was best man Bower, Dorney, Perry, Ross, and Rothschild won their letters in hockey. Holt, Homer, and Wilde won their gymnasium "D." In the review of the highly successful basketball season it was stated that "Chamberlaine developed into one of the best pivot men ever wearing the Green. He was never brilliant, but always dependable, and furnished the solution of a problem that at one time threatened to wreck the Green's hopes.".... Chamberlaine, Ege, Exnicios, Folger, Luedke, Nels Smith, Paul Smith, and Frank Taylor were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. ... .Fritz Kreisler gave an enthusiastically received concert Bart Bartholomew took over A. H. Woodman's Picture Shop. "At present Bartholomew is making a composite picture of the Senior Class."
Secretary, 718 Drake Ave., Roselle, N. J.
