1928*

The most exciting news I've ever had to report in these columns is the large number of our classmates who are quietly slipping into Army and Navy uniforms. Three months ago 30 were on active duty—now there are 60. An outstanding feature of this procession is that it's largely voluntary, for well over half of the men are married, have children and are not in danger of being drafted.

Lt. Hoyt Thompson, recent graduate of the Quonset Point Naval Training Station, was at Pearl Harbof just before the Battle of Midway and may have been in it.

Even his wife doesn't know yet where he is, but Capt. Rocky Keith would be glad to hear from you at this address: 2nd General Hospital, A.P.O. 1099, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Your guess is as good as mine whether he is in Africa or Ireland.

Most recent recruits are Lt. Bob MacPhail, who was sworn in the Naval Reserve in June Bud Maring is a 3rd Class Petty Officer on board a patrol vessel off the New Jersey coast John Scott and Norm Nash were commissioned Naval Aviation Lieutenants in June and will probably start their two months' training course at Quonset Point, R. 1., in the mid- die of August Bill Alford, another Naval Aviation Lieutenant, is in the final two weeks of his training at Quonset Point. . . . . Two months after Pearl Harbor Jack Cook of the A.T.&T. landed a billet in the Navy Department, pending commission. He has just been commissioned as Lieutenant and ordered to report at the Naval Training Station at South Boston July 15 Lt. (j.g.) Dick Foote, of Toledo, started his two-months training course at Harvard on July 1.

Lt. Jerry Sass is Assistant Operations Officer at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida, and would like to have you drop in if you're down that way Lt. Cal Billings is taking the officers train- ing course at the Army Flying School at Enid, Oklahoma, and is assigned to a Cadet detachment as a tactical officer working on plans and training. Flis bride of two months has joined him and they are living at 509 West Indiana St., Enid Ed Purnell of Chicago is in the Army but Chuck Bennet says he doesn't know where.

Bill Evans, part owner of the Curtis Bakery in Scituate Harbor, Mass., was inducted on June 16. He says, "Phil Sherman interviewed me at Ft. Devens. He takes special charge of Dartmouth men—and he can help a lot, too."

Lanky Langdell, who, as attorney to the Governor of New Hampshire has had to pass on the legality of the acts of the N. H. Legislature, enlisted as a private on June 2, a few days after his engagement to Judith Branch of Goffstown, N. H., was announced. After being interviewed at Devens by Sherman he landed in one of those swank hotels in Miami Beach, and is in the 582 nd Technical School Squadron, T.S. No. 226 Latest '28er to find himself being interviewed by helpful Pvt. Sherman is Steele Smith of Waterbury, Conn.

Jack Phelan began a six-months officers training course last month and will emerge a 2nd lieutenant. He is our first "Volunteer Officer Candidate."

Promotions are coming thick and fast for the boys who have held commissions for several years. Sam Bassett and Chuck Hazzard are now Lieutenant-Commanders. Sam, who has specialized in aviation medicine since 1934, is on the Naval Reserve Flight Selection Board in St. Louis. Chuck has been in the Medical Corps for a year and is now on the hospital ship U.S.S. Relief. Bob Nespor, also in the Medical Corps, has just been made a senior grade Lieutenant and is still attached to the Navy Recruiting Station in Buffalo.

Bob Clark has been promoted to Captain in the Ordnance Department in Washington Jerry Luellen has come up the hard way, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, and now Lieutenant. He is taking the Signal Corps officers' training course at Fort Monmouth, N. J.

Study of the '28 Service List discloses 33 in the Army and 27 in the Navy, and four times as many officers as privates. Our ranking officer is Lt.-Col. Norm Costello, and going down the line we have 7 Captains, 9 Lieutenants, 2 Sergeants, 1 Corporal and 13 Privates; in the Navy we have 2 Lt.-Comdrs., 14 Lieutenants, 8 j.g. Lieutenants and 3 Petty Officers.

After a highly successful career at the Taft School as a teacher and coach, Al Fusonie resigned in June to become Personnel Supervisor of the Rhode Island plants of Collins & Aikman. He is living in Bristol, R. I Ed Wheatley and Eleanor Elizabeth Wright were married June 2 in Scarsdale, N. Y Ed Lilley has a son, Robert Francis, who was born June 24, weighing 10 pounds. Ed says he looks like the 1963 fullback. He'll be playing behind a giant linesman named Scott MacGregor Skinner, born May 31, who tipped the scales at 11 pounds

You can be proud of '28's magnificent showing in the Alumni Fund campaign, the results of which are given in another part of this issue.

Secretary, Troy, Pennsylvania