1938*

From SIDNEY CARDOZO

A quick visit to Hanover last week when in the line of duty for Life I went up to Brattleboro to see Kipling's home. The photographer on the job turned out to be Don Guy, who is a reporter-photographer on the Rutland Herald. He and his wife drove me on up to Hanover, arriving in time for dinner. I called on Lang about twelve, after a visit to the Nugget which seems to be suffering no peanut shortage, but he wasn't in. His Hanover night life must be terrific. He expects to be in the Navy shortly but just what his commission is seems to be a military secret.

Our class had a good turnout at the New York Dartmouth dinner. Mattimore made it between trips to Washington, trying to get a naval commission. Jim Briggs was there, told us that he was leaving "in the near future" to drive an ambulance for the American Field Service. Bob Ross announced the birth of a daughter Susan on December 18th. He is working for the League of Nations Committee. Bob Reeve and Pat Gorman discovered they had daughters on the same day (Jan. 22) with almost identical names. Bob's was Judy Anne and Pat's Joanne. Whitey Mays and Bunkey Dunlap almost matched the coincidence with daughters on Jan. 17.

Most milestones passed by the class these days seem to be military. Here are a few more of the "family" ones. Engaged: Ruth Eleanor Gordon to William H. Watson, now a naval lieutenant at an unidentified air station; Sally Marie Schley to Bob Manegold; Virginia Ritsinger to Harold Marsh who is a third year med student at the University of Wisconsin; Sarah Marie Callahan to Bill Hennessey; Bettina Loheed to Jim Towne who is now with the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. Fred Pickering now with the 101st Cavalry at Fort Devens, married Mary Murdock on December 27th at Annapolis. Bob Cheheyl was recently married to a Wellesley girl.

Von Pechmann writes from Fort Benning. "This is the busiest place I've ever seen, but if luck holds out, I'll graduate March 27th, with my commission. Where I'll be assigned after that, remains the big mystery, but I'm praying for something interesting and for a long life at the same time If I ever get any rest I'll collapse. Twenty minutes for lunch seems like a furlough."

Another letter comes from Bill Chamberlain's mother. Bill "has been stationed in Iceland since last July. Before that he was at San Diego. Having left his position at Northwestern as Instructor in Economics and Statistics."

News is slim these days. We all seem to be busy with expanding families—either our own or Uncle Sam's. Muff Davis dropped in at the office the other day after a short trip to Maine, no longer a yeoman and about to join the air force. I met George Buck on the train a while back, on his way to Larchmont to join his wife after four months down in the Carribean.

I imagine that most of our thoughts and actions are now concerned with the war and because of that end with a lengthy quote from a letter of Vining Sherman.

"Primarily I'm well and safe. Since the outbreak of hostilities I have not even been seasick, which is all right with me—never will forget the first six months I spent aboard this 'can.' It was rugged.

"My brother Nat and I joined the Navy as seamen back in August 1940, and together we cruised to Guantanamo, and on down to Panama in the Arkansas. Along with us were Zeke Billings and Soupy Campbell, Dave O'Brien and Red Herman. A freak coincidence threw us all together in the starboard fireroom on many night watches, and we'd get together under a blower and sing Dartmouth songs. It was pretty good.

"At the end of this cruise I was shipped off to Northwestern's graduate campus on Lake Shore Drive. For three months I had me one hellova time keeping off trees, but they turned me out along about December 12th, and I landed at a Japanese fishing port, at which point they embarked me for

. . . . Wow, was I snowed under for a while. Every officer new aboard is 'George.' And I was no exception. Pretty soon I convinced the commodore—this is a flag shipthat it was safe to turn in the old Sherm holding the deck. And there I've been ever since. Communications is my main job. We spend our time seeing that we get the word. But as every communicator will find outthere is always some guy who doesn't get the word.

"Not mentioning ships or places, I can only say that we have already begun a ham- mering which the Japs are going to dislike more and more. Last 'fishing trip' we took was just about the biggest thing in my life since I was lead-off man on Harry Hillman's mile relay team one night in the Boston Garden. I'm here to tell you, we smacked 'em right between those slant eyes of theirs and we made our get-away—thanks to the good Lord and an all-day fog. I will never forget the greeting they gave us here when we returned. They lined the docks and shore stations, and cheered us with a heartening lust as we steamed by, ship by ship. Boy I'm telling you it sets a fellow on fire inside, makes a guy feel like he is somebody. Man you ought to see them go to general quarters. I got knocked down twice trying to get to the bridge when we had a night scare not long ago. One man in the director didn't have on anything but a towel and a tin hat, but by heck he wasn't hampered anyhow. And when the time came I wish you could have seen those boys in action. They call this ship now—'That Shooting Little Sonofabitch!' So it goes. May the Lord be as eagle-eyed as before and may the fog be as thick."

Fund Contributors for 1941

Contributors: 328 (64% of graduates). Total gifts: 11,840.60. EWART G. WALLS, JR., Class Agent.

1938

Adams, John D. Aluisy, G. Ronald Ammarell, R. R., Jr. Archibald, Robert E. Armour, John W. Averill, Walter, 2nd Badger, Donald B. Baker, Frederick W.

Baker, Roger M. Barber, Hans W. Barker, C. Harvey Barnet, Henry B.; Jr. Bayer, Herbert T. Beck, Henry C., Jr. Bell, Daniel J. Bennett, William F. Berliner, David L. Berman, Harold J. Berquist, Raymond H. Blaney, William H., Jr. Block, Leroy B. Blumenauer, Charles E. Boerker, Allan E. Boothroyd, Carl W. Borneman, H. Ross Boutilier, E. Lloyd Bowen, Julian P., Jr. Boyan, Thomas A. Bradley, David J. Brandis, Durward H. Brett, Frank W. Briggs, James A. Brown, Irving E. Brown, Robert M. Brown, Stanton Buffington, Roger F. Calder, Alexander, Jr. Caldwell, Samuel J. Campbell, R. Smith, Jr. Caplan, Nelson, H. Cardozo, Sidney 8., Jr. Carey, Howard J., Jr. Carpenter, James A. Carroll, Joseph D., Jr. Carson, Robert H. Casler, Howard E. Cataldo, Robert .J. Chamberlin, William C Chandler, James R., Jr. Chapman, Thomas S. Chase, Richard G. Chester, Clifford G., Jr. Chickering, Roberts Chivers, Warren H. Choate, David F., Jr. Christiansen, H. P. W. Clarke, Donald P. Clarke, William N. Clarke, Winthrop I. Colie, Runyon, Jr. Compton, Charles E. Condit, Merrell E. Conner, Harry S. Cook, Oman S., 3rd Cravens, DuVal Cutler, John A. Cutter, Victor M., Jr. Dana, George W. Davidson, Eric W. Davis, Ferrien S. Dawkins, Y. Parran, Jr. Deery, Robert L. Dennen, William I. Devlin, Lyle A., Jr. Dobie, Duncan A., 3rd Downer, Prescott W. Duffy, David E. Duguid, John H. Dunbar, Howard P. Dunlap, Walter M., Jr. Eckel, Robert E. Egelhoff, Robert M. Ellis, Seymour Emerson, John H. Emlen, Robert L. Erhard, George C. Ervin, Charles E., Jr. Faegre, Robert Farrington, Richard E. Fasolo, William A. Faulkner, William G. Feakins, Paul H. Feineman, Robert E. Ferris, Hamilton Y. Flynn, Warren G. Fogg, Howard L., Jr. Fortuna, Louis J. Francis, Richard M. Freeman, David B. French, Arthur E., Jr. French, Herbert S. Frese, Robert H., Jr. Frey, Frank J. Frick, Louis M. Ganter, William Garvey, James V. Gilbert, Richard A.

Golden, James, Jr. Goodkind, Edward A. L. Gordon, Onslow A., 11l Gotfredson, Lawrence, Jr. Grace, Edward W. Graham, John F. Grant, Austin R. Griffin, Robert L. Griffin, William J. K. Gutner, Leonard B. Guy, Donald C. Halfman, Walter W. Hall, John A. Hallett, Maurice C., 2nd Ham, Harry H. Hanley, Harry E. Harries, Herbert D., Jr. Hartung, Ernest W., Jr. Harvey, Robert C. Hastings, Alfred 8., Jr. Hathaway, Charles F., Jr. Hawkes, Albert J. Hennessey, A. W„ Jr. Hennick, Robert P. Herschel, Kenelm W. Heyboer, Harry D. Higbee, Richard C. Hirst, John M. Hitchcock, Charles Y., Jr. Hochberg, Jerome J. Hogerton, Sydney F., Jr. Holden, Parker Holmes, Thomas W. Holt, Richard T. Howard, Kenneth R. Huck, John W. Hull, Jack W. Jacob, Philip H. Jenny, Raldeau D. Johnson, John D. Johnston, Ralph W. Jones, Alexander, Jr. Jones, Robert 8., Jr. Jova, Juan J. Kantzler, Morris H. Keresey, Richard E., Jr. Kieselbach, Richard Kindergan, John F. King, Arthur K. King, Martin R. King, Warren C. Kingsbury, George T. Kirch, Edwin A., 11l Koeppel, Arthur E., Jr. Kohn, Everett A. Korn, Edward I. Lake, Wendell E. Lang, Robert E. Lans, Asher B. Lansberg, William R. Leach, Philip F. LeComte, Frederick C. Leighton, James H. Lemmon, George 8., Jr. Levinsohn, Murray E. Linscott, Rolliston W., Jr. Lorenz, Edward N. Loring, Herbert R. Lutz, John L. Lyle, William P., Jr. Lynch, Franklin, 2nd Lynch, George B. McChesney, L. W., Jr. McDuff, Henry C. McGrath, H. Thomas MacGregor, Robert M. Mcintosh, Jack H. McKenna, James W. MacKinnon, Cyrus L. McKinnon, Walter W. MacLeod, Colin, Jr. MacMeekin, Gordon B. McMurtrie, William H. MacNutt, Stearns Main, Charles T., 2nd Main, Samuel F. Mallory, Blaine W. Manegold, Robert L. Marshall, Daniel A. Marshall, Morgan C. Marsteller, Emlyn H., Jr. Martin, Franklin, Jr. Mattimore, J. Clarke Mayne, Frederick H. Mays, Whitefoord S., Jr. Merrill, John P. Merritt, Philip J. Meservey, Edward B. Mickey, Howard B.

Mills, Francis C., 3rd Mock, Charles J. Molloy, Henry P., Jr. Mook, Henry T. Morrissey, Blair D. Mosenthal, William T. Moss, William F., 11l Motch, Arthur E., Jr. Nassikas, John N. Nelson, John G., Jr. Nelson, Richard A. Newman, Frank C. Niebling, Richard F. Nims, Lucius Oliver, Charles S. Olmstead, William W. Olson, Bruce F. O'Neill, John B. Ossen, Paul I. Otto, Richard R. Owen, Robert I. Pabst, Harald^ Pallister, David S. Parker, W. J. Lewis Parkinson, Dwight Passmore, Richard C. Payne, George H. Pazdon, Walter A. Perkins, C. Andrew, Jr. Perrin, Edward F. Piderit, Fred W., Jr. Polk, David L. Potter, John R. Prentice, E. Miles, Jr. Rand, John A. Rasmussen, Harold F. Rathbun, Herbert W., Jr. Raymond, C. Allen, Jr. Rea, Howard W. Reeve, H. Robert Reichardt, Jack L. Reilly, Francis X., Jr. Reinman, Myron E. Renchard, John V. Reno, Robert H. Reynolds, George R. Robbins, Arthur W. Roberts, Thomas C. Robertson, Andrew D. Robertson, E. Chipman Robinson, David Roby, William J. Rockwell, Hobart H. Rooker, Richard W. Ross, Robert H., Jr. Sapiel, Alexander A. Scarbrough, J. W., Jr. Schaeffer, J. Peter Schubart, W. Richard Scotford, John R., Jr. Seidenstuecker, Karl F. Sharpe, Carl M., Jr. Sherman, Vining A. Sherwin, Richard H. Shoemaker, Arthur F. Shumaker, E. E., Jr.

Sibley, Fred S. Simmons, Donald Simons, Samuel Slattery, John J., Jr. Small, Gilbert, Jr. Smillie, John W., 2nd Smith, Arnold R. Soule, Arthur T., Jr. Southworth, Robert A. Stein, John S. Stix, Robert L. Stoddard, Eben Stone, John W. Storch, Harold I. Stoughton, Richardson Straus, Nathan, 3rd Streater, Harold S. Sullivan, Michael F., 2nd Sutherland, Philip Symmes, Laurence M., Jr. Taber, Elwyn L., Jr. Tabor, Robert W. Talbot, Peter S. Tanis, Gilbert R. Tesreau, Charles F. Thompson, Philip P., Jr. Thorpe, Frederick E. Tisdale, Richard H. Todd, James H. Tolles, Russell F. Tomlinson, Robert D. Tower, John L. Townsent, A. Robert1 Troutner, C. Ray, Jr. Ullman, Gerald H. Urion, Paul B. r. Van Kirk, Arthur H. vonPechmann, Carl F. Waggaman, Eugene S., Jr. Wagner, Frederick E. Walls, Ewart G., Jr. Ward, Earl C. Warner, E. Blair, Jr. Watson, William H., Jr. Westheimer, Julius M. Weiss, Adrian S. H. Whelden, John E. White, Edward K., Jr. White, Graham U. Whitman, Stewart L., Jr. Wiggins, William J. Wilhelm, John W. Williams, Ben Ames, Jr. Williams, Gross T., Jr. Williams, Lewis M. Williams, Lloyd R. Wilson, Donald S. Wing, Allan B. Wiswall, J. Boit Wolff, Alfred R. Wood, Everett W. Wurster, L. Rodman IMemorial gift fromhis father and mother,Mr. and Mrs. James A.Townsend.

RICHARD B. STANTON '38 Graduate of Randolph Field trainingcourse and headed for advanced flying.

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