1937*

In addition to our LIST OF WARRIORS we have a list of men who want to serve but who are deemed physically unfit. Jack Devlin, vice chairman of the Reunion Committee and head of the Nominating Committee, Tony Genewich, Art Guyer, and Bill Montei have all been classified 4-F. There are others whose names are not yet available. There are many who have been refused admission to various services because of a faulty "bite" in their teeth, a color deficiency in their vision, or piece of foreign material in the lobe of their ear.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A 4-F MAN? In the winter you ski; in the summer you play golf and tennis. In college you played football and hockey—never had any serious aches or pains. You feel healthy. You know you are healthy. But THEY SAY you're unfit for duty, THEY SAY THEY can't use you: "What if you did get straight A's in math. What if you were the eastern cross-country champ noted for your endurance. There's a pin prick in your ear and someday it might. .. .and you've a slightly relaxed inguinal ring someday if. .. .might pension laws. .. .regulations. .. .not my job t0... .sorry!"

And so Mr. 4-F leaves the recruiting station, ex-senior fellow, ex-hockey captain, ex-endurance man, ex-head of his class at Tuck School. He's not a machinist in a vital industry. He has no children to support. He wants to serve. He knows he can do a good job—hasn't he been training for it through 6 years of college "Sorry, old man. .. .we can't use you, not even on a typewriter; YOU'RE ONE TOOTH SHY!"

Yet not one of 'em is bitter—just very disappointed. But they're going to get in sooner or later. Gradually they will be able to point out the present errors and the necessary changes will be made. Also, we've got men already in who are doing away with the useless red tape and 20-year-old regulations. The following '37 MEN ARE ONACTIVE DUTY. They are added to last month's list: Steve Cochrane, Lt., U.S.M.C. stationed at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn is engaged to Dorothy Tiffany of Point Abino, Ontario. Frank Davis, Ensign, U.S.N.R. is engaged to Dorothy Campbell of Plainfield, N. J. and Smith '4l. Bill Greenwood and Paul Olson have both been commissioned in the Navy. Milton Marsh is a private at Ft. Devens. He was married Dec. 27th to Marion Monbleau of Plainville, Conn, and Northfield Seminary. That brings our total to 76 in service. Some addresses have changed: Stan Berenson is at Camp Edwards; Bill Cash, Ensign is at Bos: ton; Don Frank is at Camp Crowder, Mo. To comply with necessary requirements we will not give the locations of men on ships or men outside the country.

DON'T CROSS REUNION FROM YOUR PLANS. It will be held the week-end of May 15th. Postcards are being sent to you to obtain your ideas on the general plan for reunion. Fill 'em out and send 'em back immediately. In the meantime more guys are marrying. On Jan. 11th Myron Wright and Kathleen Shedd of New Haven, the Ecole Internationale, Switz. and Smith '39 were married. John McLane was best man with Art Ekirch and Dr. Ken Stearns as ushers. The groom's leaving for active duty as Capt. Army Med. Corps. 20 days later Marion Cruce and Virginia Berry of Oklahoma City got hitched. John Umpleby and Alice Wilson were married Dec. 20th. She's from N.Y.C.. and Conn. College with an M.A. from Columbia. Sergeant Carl Stern got 24 hours leave from Camp Roberts to wed Marjorie Gunst of Del Monte, Calif, on Jan. 24th. Carl is presently enrolled in the new "Orientation Course for Military Personnel" which is to be given every soldier and officer: "The background of the present situation, with especial emphasis on the '3B-'4i period, and the current phase. 4 of the lectures included—l. Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, 11. Denmark, Norway and Sweden, 111. France, IV. Battle of Britain." Justin Smith (with Putnam Woolen Corp.) has been married since July '3B to Jane Nostrand of Montclair, N. J. Kim Hall is engaged to Elsie Le Fevre of Shoreham, L. I„ Berkeley Inst., Packer Coll., and Bryn Mawr '3B. Kim hopes to finish his Ph.D in Organic by June. He spent all last year doing research for the Nat'l Defense Research Comm.

Sgt. Doctor Maloon (nicknamed "John") is interviewing and classifying the recruits arriving at Camp Upton. "My leisure time is spent at the Dartmouth Club and up at the USO picking up free tickets for Broadway shows. (I wish Dr. Areson could read this.)" P.S. Areson's mother calls him "Squash." John Hoffstetter is in the Naval Ordnance Dept., stationed at Erie, Pa. Carl Gram believes he's in Los Angeles to stay. Most of Carl's dough goes to Brad Peterson, Bob Morris, Bud Walls, and Bill McMurtrie via Calif, poker (the Californian never loses). Gail Compton, with a little girl one year old, is the Farm Editor of the Chicago Tribune (Gail is, not the little girl) and is now writing a series of articles entitled "How to Make a War Garden." One of his paragraphs reads: "A war garden is not a difficult undertaking, but the responsibility should not be accepted lightly. Rightly done it becomes an impressive contribution to the nation within reach of everyone."

RUG'S STILL HUNTING SLUGS. He wrote to Bill Rotch. Bill wrote back: "Getting 3 bucks out of some of us New Hampshire Yankees must be a little like pulling teeth; not that the teeth come out so very hard, but it takes so much prodding for us to get around to having the job done. Buying nipples, bottle caps, diapers, lactose, Mellin's food, pasteurized milk, safety pins, whooping cough inoculations, concentrated cod liver oil, strained prunes, spinach, carrots, and now and then a shiny rattle for young Pete leaves just about $3 in the bank, which might as well go toward the Class of '37 as toward a potential Dartmouth '63 man." Tom O'Brien spent 3 yrs. at Harvard Grad. Sch. of Ed., 1 yr. teaching at Drake High Sch., 1 yr. at Ky. Military Inst., and is now back at Drake as Registrar. His wife also teaches school. Bob Hahn is in marine insurance, S. Orange, N. J. Parker Johnston (called by his mother "Jav" ever since he broke the record on the southern trip) is now with the ins. firm of Fred S. James, Chicago. Bob Greene's hoping to buy tires for his car which he uses to sell hearing aids. The aids themselves have a B-i rating, the highest non-military classification. Tony Genewich is with Callaway Mills in N. Y. but may be transferred to Ga. and then La. His roommate at 302 E. 29th St. is Art Guyer, N.Y.U. Med. Student who earned part of his tuition teaching in the Hanover Inn Ski Sch. during Xmas. Bill Hoyt is an accountant with Pan American Airways, Africa Ltd., at Accra, Gold Coast. He's signed up till Dec. '42.

The aforesaid Rug asks that you please send in your dues immediately (to cover the MAGAZINE, etc.) as he heads for the Army soon and won't be able to haunt you—then how would you feel? Art just became a cert, amateur instructor of the U. S. East. Amat. Ski Assn. Roily Bialla hopes to be in officer's training school soon: "I've had innumerable interviews and passed my physical. According to rumor I'll be leaving about the middle of Feb." Bill Geraghty also has his application in. Following a recent furlough he wrote: "The impression I got from my recent contact with civilian life in N. Y. calls for a big 2000 lb. bomb dropped in the middle of Central Park so that women wouldn't be as concerned with air-raid fashions and men with 'how am I going to pay f°r this'—look's like this county is going to be rudely jolted into realizing that there's a war going on."

Herb Butz is still with Buchen Adv. Cos., Chicago- Ed Casey is teacher-coach, Barre, Vt Sid Lansburgh is an economist with the OPM in Wash. John Latchis manages the Latchis Hotel, Brattleboro, Vt. Dick Rush is a Littaner Fellow, Harvard Grad. Sch. of Public Adm.; George Snyder's an asst. buyer at Macy's. Loring Stinson is a salesman for Porter Screen Cos., Burlington, Vt. Dr. Brad Varnum's at Boston City Hosp. Dr. Dick Woods is at L. I. College Hosp. Quincy Fortier teaches at the Inst, of Anatomy, U. of Minn. Bob King is working on defense contracts in Philadelphia.

Send your Slug to Rug and return your REUNION BALLOT.

Jack Devlin is chairman of our class of 1937 nominating committee which will submit nominations for class officers for the next five years at the meeting in Hanover, reunion week-end, May 15-17. Jack has this to say: "Five years is a long time, and it takes a darned good man to keep '37 affairs moving in the right direction. You must have some '37er in mind who in your mind would do a job, and do it well for the next five years. Drop a line to Ray, McKinlay, Ruggles, or Devlin, and give us your ideas for a secretary, treasurer, and members of the executive committee. Confidential dope can be addressed to me at 94 Stone Road, Belmont, Mass. Now's the time to pat a back, register a kick, slam the present way of handling things, praise the incumbents, or just sound off in general. Let's have it. Whose your man?"

'37 FIVE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH by PHIL WHITE

March is here again—the month of receding snows and advancing slush—the month of the duck boards. Start off the month by sweeping week-end sports schedule:

Track—Dartmouth wins Quadrangular meet. Genewich wins shotput, Hofstetter's final sprint wins mile relay.

Skiing—Win I.S.U. Championship with perfect score. Capt. Warren Chivers and Ted Hunter place high in all events.

Swimming— Beat Navy. Frank Young aids materially.

Hockey—Beat Princeton. Costello, Otis, Bennett star.

Basketball—Beat Princeton. Parachini, Dingle, Thomas star.

Phi Beta Kappa awards named: Will Bennett, Jack Detlefsen, Jo Fowler, A 1 ray, Bill Greenwood, Garry Lowe, Mike etti, Dex Smith, Carl Stern, Russ TompKins, Art Tucker, Tony Turkevitch, Bob Turner, Fred Vogt.

HERE AND THERE: Bar Moseley and Pete McLane organize Senior Mt. Washington Trip. Players present "Bury the Dead" with Bill Leonard and Herb Levine. Ted Hunter is president of I.S.U. North Country Fair with "Swing-Dime" run by the fraternities under Jake Shafer and Hal Goldberg's committee. Rowing Club gets 2 new shells—hockey team beats Princeton and finishes second in League—basketball team beats Princeton and finishes second in the League (coincidence?)— Benny Goodman chosen for Green Key—Mediocre town meeting reelects all officersbasketball floor is up and the nine is down limbering up its muscles—pinball machines declared illegal— (comeback soon made, however)—Dr. Bruening gives Guernsey Center Moore lectures—Bill Thomas on everybody's All East TeamEd Wynot awarded Inst, of Public Affairs Scholarship—Lacrosse team works out in the rink preparing for southern tripspring football practice is under way—letters awarded: for swimming—Walt Graf, Frank Young, for basketball—John Dingle, Don McKinlay, Hal Parachini—Variety Show in Webster a success—Class Officers Elected including Class Orator Bill Clay, Commencement Ball Director Fink Broadbent, Sachem Orator Bill Leonard, Address to the Old Pine Wayne Ballantyne, Address to the College Cam Beckel, and Class Poet Patrick O'Sheel. Marshalls were Ray, Ken Stearns and Whitacker. Areson, Berkowitz, Bialla, Geraghty, McIntyre, Sloggett and Frank Young were the Executive Committee, McCray was Vice President and Gordon Bennett and Joe Kiernan were Co-Presidents.

Intercollegiate Gym Meet held in Hanover—Marian Anderson sings and howbaseball, track, and lacrosse teams leave for the South—the lucky stiffs—playwriting prizes go to Yale Mintz and Milt Goldberg. Those of us who don't go to New York for the spring vacation are going to stay and play out in the center of the campus and make slush pies."

PILOT OFFICER J. L. FRANCINE '37 Member of the Royal Canadian Air Forcefor the past two years.

Secretary, 10314 S. Hoyne Ave., Chicago, Illinois