1930*

In his "Message from Elysium" the late class secretary, Albert Ignatius Dickerson, implied that a dignified account of the rump meeting of the Executive Committee of the class of 1930 would be rendered in these notes. Deponent states that said meeting was a truly dignified assembly, and that all items which were properly presented before said august body were treated with due ceremony and proper decorum, and further, that any additional comments at this late date would be so much persiflage. The minutes of the meeting, as rendered from Elysium, are, therefore, hereby approved.

It is difficult, if not impossible to keep up with the growing list of Thirtymen in the service. Elsewhere in this issue of the MAGAZINE is a directory of Dartmouth men in the service, or full-time government jobs, where all our boys will be found. Alex McFarland published a list in one of his Fund "Thirtyteers," admittedly incomplete, and we are sure that the additions recorded here will still fall short of the complete roster. With your cooperation, however, ail effort will be made to keep up to date.

Bill Brown was commissioned a Lieutenant (j.g.) and reported for active duty July 13th at the Naval Training School in South Boston. Former Sergeant Rusty Morrill, U. S. A., is now Lieutenant (j.g.) Morrill, U.S.N.R., and is presently stationed in New York City. Charlie Street is also in the Navy and by the time you read this will be a Petty Officer engaged in inshore patrol duties. Lieutenant (s.g.) Al McGrath completed his A.V.-S. training at Quonset, R. 1., in June, and an unconfirmed report has come in that Pat O'Brien is in the A.V.-S. group. No, not everybody is in the Navy, as Jesse Lichter, at last reports, is stationed at Fort McLellan. Corporal Ellis Gilbert was at Fort Sam Houston, and Lieutenant Art Hayes is with the Signal Corps in Washington, D. C.

Bill Fenton is serving "for the endurance" as secretary of the Smithsonian War Effort Committee, which "tries everything from making little instruments for the men in the planes to calling in Sophie Tucker on morale." Tom Shartle, president of the Texas Electric Steel Casting Co. was one of thirteen who were invited by Price Administrator Leon Henderson to become members of an advisory committee which would be a liaison unit between the OPA and manufacturers of steel castings on price problems.

Thirtyman Ev Low is manager of Montgomery Ward's Division 30—in other words a general merchandise divisional manager in their New York headquarters. Previously Ev had been with Lord & Taylor and Hahne's. Ave Raube, formerly of Montgomery Ward, is in the management research division of the National Industrial Conference Board in New York. Both Ev and Ave live in Summit, N. J.

Modest Buck Steers would never divulge it, but we learned from one of his admiring public that he has been promoted to the position of chief space buyer by Pedlar & Ryan, national advertising agency. Another admirer stated that Buck has just purchased a large house in Scarsdale, N. Y.

Waterbury, Connecticut's new payroll auditor and city paymaster is Tom McLarney. For the past several years Tom has been in the finance division of the Work Projects Administration, serving during part of that time as supervisor.

The engagement of Miss Eleanor Louise Steitz of Huntington, Long Island and William Frederick Howe was announced this spring. Bill is associate counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers. Miss Steitz was graduated from Vassar and received her Master's Degree in chemistry from Columbia, and is presently associated with the American Cyanamid Company at their Stamford Research Laboratories.

The marriage of Miss Desiree E. Hahn and George Godfrey took place in Cornwall-on-Hudson, at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Saturday, March 7. The bride attended New Jersey College for Women, New Rochelle College and Spencerian Business College. George is with the New York Telephone Co. During the summer the Godfreys are living in Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Dave Latham was on the delivering end and Ernie at the receiving end when James David Latham was born, April 18th, to Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Latham. Charlie Raymond Jr. arrived April 24th, in plenty of time to allow his daddy to get to Hanover to be elected 1930's new class treasurer. We'll have at least two more birth announcements around November, but Lee Chilcote Jr.'s birth on May 5th completes the list for the time being.

MAJOR HAMILTON D. SOUTH '3O Word has been received from MarineCorps headquarters; at St. Thomas, VirginIs., of the promotion of Ham South '3O tothe rank of major in the Marine Air Force.

Secretary, Simons & French Co., Inc. 99 Hudson St., New York, N. Y